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i§§if. VA« 8LYKE, Editor and PaWlshsr. wmv. HcHlCMRT, ILJLINOI8. M ELECTKIC FLASHES. PRO MR ALL PARTS OP THE WORLD. m,1 K<* SB! XUttra«d Raaafelta*a,P*^ ••Ml Mention. Con8afi»tiMW, Aeokieata. Chines nnd t rimlMti, Mteer Oteus IM<I Event*. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. • 'fis Election Bill Discussed-Senator Stas- fip'fe Loan BUI. Tne election nil was taken up In the Sen­ ate on (he 5th, and Mr. Gray spoke against 0k The bill, he said, was menacing to the peace. happiness, and freedom of t he sov- e*«lBt*te8. Notwithstanding the sneer uf- hy the President of the United « • , >8fe886S as to the objections of those who op- powedtho bill. there were many who be- Sieved the measure one that threat­ ened the integrity of American insti­ tutions, State and national. Senator Stanford Introduced a bill to provide <ko Government with means sufficient- to Mpply the national want of a sound circu­ lating mediant, and asked that It lie on the table, stating that he would hereafter sub- Wit some remarks on it. The bill Is the Same as that introduced by him last May. Tit authorizes the issue of 8100,000,000 la Treasury notes to be loaned at 2 per cent, .upon application by citizens owning mi in­ cumbered agricultural lands, the loans not •to exceed one-half the assessed value of the land nor to extend for more than twer.ty •years. In the House the joint resolu­ tion authorizing the Secretary of War to issue one thousand stand of arms to each of the States of" North and South 'Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska was passed. The politicians had a lively fight over the annual pension appropriation bill. The JJenioerats charged that the total appropri- aUon proposed was many millions short of the amount that will be required during the "next fiscal year to pay claims that will be granted under the pension legislation of this Congress, and that the object was to throw on the next, Congress the necessity of providing for a heavy deficiency. The bill, "which appropriates something over $135,000,- 490, was finally passed. MORE MONEY REQUIRED. fl|ft large Volume of Trade Creates a Sf. nand for Loans. i iR. G. Dux & Co.'s weekly review of esays: Stringency in commercial loam, noticed last week as the chief cause of present dis­ turbance, is now almost the only remaining cause. In domestic affairs there has been a distinct improvement in the disposition of henk* and money-lenders to give necessary rapport to legitimate business, curtailing speculative advances as far as possible. But the volume of trade is still surpris­ ingly heavy, as clearing-house ex­ changes prove, and railroad earn­ ings and the returns from many cen­ ters of trade are larger than ever before at .thisseason. With time and a spirit of mu- jtaal helpfulness the legitimate busine-s of the country should soon recover its normal state of health. Numerous and full reports • this week show that the cheapness of,cotton at the Booth and the delay of winter weath­ er at the North have somewhat, reduced the transactions and caused more tardiness fit collections than heretofore, but colder Weather and the approach of the holiday season already begin to have a favorable effect at many points, in the Northwest, While a conservative feeling appears and money is generally in sharp demand, there is noted greater ease at Cincinnati and one or two other points, and at Chicago neces­ sary advances for legitimate business are Made to the exclusion of long drawn out or speculative demand. The country trade is healthy, and no fears for the fntnre are expressed. ' FAILED FOR $2,500,000. Hew Orleans Beats Forest to Sis- P*n& "THE extensive cotto I house of V. & A. Meyer at New Orleans has sus­ pended with liabilities aggregating fS,500,000, assets £3,000,000. This is the thirti largest cotton house in the country and supposed to be one of the wealthiest. They ask for an extension and say they will pay dcllar for dollar. The recent financial panic, the slowness of collections, and the decline in the price of cotton each had its share In the re­ sult. The house is composed of Victor Meyer, Vice President of the Union Na­ tional Bank, Adolph Meyer, recently elected to Congress from the First Louisiana District, and Cassius Meyer, capitalist. The firm was interested in twenty-Ave or thirty cotton plantations, a&d owned half a dozen of the best Sugar plantations in Louisiana. Bought Canada'* Cotton Milti* THE Dominion Cotton Mills Company, .composed of wealthy Montrealers, A. P. tlault being President, and Mayor ©renier Vice President, has at length completed the amalgamation of the nine gray cotton mills of Canada. These mills, which were built at a cost of •4,800,000, have been purchased out and out by the company for 83,800,000. The •tills will come under the new manage­ ment Jan. 1. Two or three of the small­ er mills will manufacture exclusively for export to China, the West Indies, and Jjjouth America. The capital of the com- . #kny is 000,000. Missionary Trouble in Japan. * THE Rev. Dr. N. G. Clark and the ' Bev. J8«l she went to jd her services for care of the sick and"1MMM fitt the hospitals. Her first du- tlea %i«rc in the Indian hospital under Dr. iSr«*»n, During the last year of the war she was in the Sorttliwest with Col: Dan McCook. and wh'le there she was made a prisoner by Champ Fergu­ son, the gucrrila, and sent to Castle Thunder in Richmond, whotc she re­ mained four mouths. In 1866 Dr. Walker visited Europe, hoping that her reforma­ tory ideas would meet with more encour­ agement. She appeared upon the plat­ form in St. James' Hall dressed in a black silk tunic reaching a little below the knees and fitting thr» figure closely like a taan's frock coat, black cloth trousers, her hair In curls, and a bunch of flowers at her throat. A coMBiNAfioJr has Wen formed tb control the management of tlio cheap lodging houses in Boston, known as "Friendly Inns." The organization will be called the New England Lodging Hotel Company. The company is con» trolled by five persons who own the capi­ tal Stock of $14)0,000. StepV have been taken to establish houses in Portland, Worcester and Providence. ANOTIIEK big defalcation at Albany, 15. Y-, has become public. The amount of the stealings is estimated to be from 980,600 to $100,000. The victims are Henry W. Sage & Co . and the defaulter Is Joseph B. Abbott, a bookkeeper. To add to the excitement the body of Ab­ bott was fontfd in a room but little used In the Windsor Hot M, where it is sup­ posed to have lain for twenty-nine hours. A partially emptied bottle of laudanum wps beside it. •. ,n have tnterwiii^^li: ttee will recom - ik.;.:Ciiii#iiiiWe increase in *lwtibto^Fn*ttinbers of the so that It will prob­ ably be about 349 or 351. The bill iatroduccd by Mr. Frank of Missouri would giv. lEMls twenty-one members, and might suttfl# New York and some other State* thfct are grumbling about the census, as they wouid lose none of their present representation by the adop­ tion of the Frank bill. Mr. Frank pro­ vides for a total membership of 356, to be apportioned among the several States as follows: Alabama, 9; Arkansas, 6; California, 7; Colorado,Connecticut, 4; Delaware, 1; Florida, 2; Georgia, 11; Idaho, 1; Illinois, 22; Indiana, 13; Iowa, 11; Kan-, sas, 8: Kentucky, 11; Louisiana, 6; Maine, 4; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 13; Michigan, 12; Minnesota, 7; Mississippi, 7; Missouri, 15; Me*|**a, 1; Nebraska, 6; Nevada, 1; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 8: New York, 54; North Caro­ lina, 9; North Dakota, 4; Ohio, 21; Ore-: gon, 2; Pennsylvania, 30; Rhode Island* : 2; ISouth Carolina, 7; South Dakota, 2; 1 Tennessee, 10; Texas, 13; Vermont, 2; Virginia^ 10; Washington, 2; West Vir- 1 ginia, 4; Wisconsin, 10; Wyoming, 1. PARI Of TiONS URE. WESTERN HAPPENINGS.;, 4/.$ A MAS about 35 years of age arrived In Quincy, III., last Thursday from Port­ land, Oregon, arid registered at the Sherman House as Andrew Eoler. Three days later when the chambermaid en­ tered his room she found him lying on the floor covered with blood and in a dying condition. There was a bullot- hole in his breast and another in the head. He was taken to the hospital, where he said that his only motive was weariness of life. He said he had relatives in Belleville, lit, and in Osage County, Missouri. . ' IN broad daylight, between 3 and 4 o'clock In the afternoon, with many men and several police officers scarcely twen­ ty feet awav, Joseph N. Osier, cashier of the.Allerton Packing Company at the; Chicago Stock Yards, was robbed in his own office In the packing-house by two unknown men and relieved of 83,200 in cash. At 3 p. m. a horse attached to a buggy drew up in front of the office stairs and from it descended a man. He cramped tho buggy, and as he did so another man. well dressed, wearing a broad-brimmed slouch hat and having a black beard covering his face, jumped out of the buggy. The two men inspected the horse and buggy carefully. One of them with the utmost deliberation lifted up one after another of the horse's feet and carefelly rooted out the dirt from the frog with a stick. It was pay-day at Allerton's, where per­ haps 1,800 men are at work. The money to pay the men is obtained at the Stock Yards Bank, and from that place, about o'clock, came John Robinson, an old employe, with 33,000. Mr. Robinson had just left the office wnen the two granger-like individuals rounded the head of the stairs and a second later entered Mr. Osier's office. Mr. Osier was alone. Suddenly one of the in­ truders exclaimed: "Give up that stuff," at the same time pointing a revolver at the cashier. The secontl man threw dbwn a bag, and motioned to Osier to throw the money into the bag, and the Cashier obeyed. He was also-made to throw in an additional $200 which was on his desk. The men then left the office, locking the door after; them. They jumped into their buggy and drove rapidly away. TIJE City' Council of Chicago have passed the ordinance for the issue of 15,000,000 of bonds in aid of the World's Fair. The ordinance provides for the issue of *$,000,000 in bonds, $4,000,000 in bonds of $1,000 each, and 91,000,000 in bonds of $500 each, to bear date from Jan. 1, 1891, payable in thirty years, to bear interest at 4 per cent., payable semi-annually, both bonds and interest to be payable at the American Exchange National Bank in New York. At any time after the Exposition directors shall have collected $3,000,000 on its stock then the bonds shall be sold and issued in inch amounts as it may demand, the money to be paid over to the World's Fair directors, provided that the bonds shall be issued and the proceeds paid to the Treasurer of the World's Exposition upon the express condition and agree­ ment that the city shall be repaid as large a proportionate amount of the pro­ ceeds ot the bonds as is paid to the stockholders on the sums subscribed and paid by them, the money so paid to the city to be used in redemption of these bonds. All coupons that may have ma­ tured before the issuance of the bonds shall be canceled by the Controller. The privilege of redemption of the bonds before maturity is given to the city upon the payment of a premium of 5 percent, and ninety days' previous notice in three newspapers, providing that the bonds are called in only on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July of each year. The credit of the city of Chicago is irrevocably pledged to the : * POLITICAL PORRIDQE. ' --Jt* THE official count of the vote of Cali­ fornia at the. ascent election has been concluded, and shows that Markham,' Rep., for Governor, received a plurality of 7,60ft E. L. MBRRTTT, member of the Illinois General Assembly, has written* to the Secretary of State of Indiana for copies of Indiana's new election law. He states that it is his intention to introduce a sim­ ilar measure in the Illinois Legislature. THE Marion County (Kan.) contest for member of the Legislature, wherein E. W. Maxwell (Alliance) "and Georgo M. Rood (Republican) had each received the Same number of votes, was decided by lot in favor of Mr. Rood. FOREIGN GOSSIP. 'Ait a meeting of the Catholic hierarchy •t the "residence of Archbishop Walsh, In Dublin, It was resolved to issue a manifesto declaring that the Archbish­ ops and Bishops of Ireland consider that Mr. Parnell is unfit to remain the leader of the Irish party. The objections to Mr. Parnell are based mainly on moral grounds, but it is also the opinion of the hierarchy that his continuance in the leadership would inevitably cause disun­ ion in the party. . BERNE, Switzerland, has been startled by a crime similar in many respects to those which were cotnmitted by Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel district of London. As some men were passing through a forest In the vicinity of Berhe they discovered the body of a young, peasant girl who had been murdered and mutilated in a most shocking manner. There is no clew to the murder. * ADVICES (from Orenburg, Eastern Rus­ sia, state that the mercury suddenly fell from three degrees of warmth to thirty degrees of cold. Four caravans of horses, sheep and camels, and thirty Klr- gesa riding across the steppe* were frozen to death. Dr. Judson Smith, of ths America I Kg?" »D<1 l°,or,!3, °'the Board of Foreign Missions, say that the ' FRESH AND NEWSY. ' tns American Stove and Furnace Trust which was put on the market some months since has not proved a suc­ cess, and now a suit in equity has been brought in Boston against its promoters, underwriters, and subscribers to re­ cover for its advertising bills. The concern was formed to consoli­ date the business of the Magee Fur­ nace Company and the Smith & Anthony Stove Company. The capital invested was $1,874,000, and subscriptions were solicited in London, New York and Bos­ ton. The English syndicate excitement, however, had begun to subside, and the result was that only about $300,- 000 was got. The underwrit­ ers who guaranteed the subscrip­ tions were reluctant to put up the cash, and the result is that the syndicate has come to at least a temporary hait. H. B. Humphrey, of Boston, placed $12,000 worth of advertising for them, however, and he does not propose to lose his money. A committee of four has been appointed to try and effect a settlement Mr. Richard Hechscher, of London, the English promoter, Is here assisting in the adjustment THE collections of Internal revenue during the first four months ot the cur­ rent .fiscal year aggregate $51,028,289, being an increase of $4,245,290 over the collections 01 the, corresponding period of last year.. There was an increase of $1,653,477 in spirits, $1,198,616 in tobac­ co, $1,301,550 on fermented liquors, $26,- 239 on oleomargarine, and $65,477 on miscellaneous, and a decrease of $70 on State bank notes, etc. SIB CHARLES TUPPER has cabled John Carling at Ottawa. Ont., that the Eng­ lish Minister of Agriculture had an­ nounced in the House of Commons that the Imperial Government had decided not to permit any more Canadian cattle carried on the steamer Linda to be landed in Great Britain. This vessel reached Liverpool about the middle of November, having lost 354 head en route, and the stock lauded were in such poor condition that they wero sold at a dead loss to the shippers. *¥<%?,* . » from Japan to the effect that : American missionaries had stirred up trouble at Ponapi, in the Caroline Isi- .; »uds, is false. The fact is the mission- • .Iwes acted as peacemakers between the Spanish aud the natives. The Spanish priests are jealous of the Americans, and 4^he Spanish soldiers burned their mis­ sionary property, but it is only through (VS ^ file intervention of the Americans that d i" libe Spaniards can get on with the natives. . Will Return* Bnslnw. {S/ AT a meeting in Boston of the stock- r ̂ holders of the Kansas Packing Company, >;* the Chase Refrigerator Company, and the Cold Blast Transportation Company, $f Kansas City, it was decided to resume business. Found No In«Hctm«nt. . THE case against Superintendent K ' Lang, of the ill-fated Hill FariB mine, £ At Dunbar, Pa., charging him with crim- p;' Jnal responsibility for the deaths of the ^§v miners, came before the Grand Jury, IfS, and the bill was ignored. The failure of ^' 7. the prosecution wili have a disheartening : . ' effect on the suits for damage against I the company. Inve»ttnr »n Cuba. • ' AN American syndicate has purchased ?V;::'"-the San Ramon sugar estate at &ian panillo, Cuba, for $600,000. At 6 o'clock in the evening the United States Express messenger at Zanesville left a sachel containing several thousand dollars in packages hanging up in the office at the Baltimore and Ohio depot while he stepped out on business. He locked the door, but when, he returned five minutes afterward the door was un­ locked and the contents of the sacliel Kone. The express efficials are ret? refusing to say how much the loss; BA8TERN OCCURRENCES. ^ V Db. MARY E. WALKER, well known , '̂ throughout the country for her eccen­ tricities and as the only woman com­ missioned a surgeon Of the United States my during the rebellion, lies dying at " farm five utiles west of Oswego, N. Dr. Mary arrived from Washington August • WMlltad been sick in the and her physicians directed that >e sent to her home. She is troubled V'piUrkeart faiiora, and the end is looked or any moment Dr. Walker is a graduate of a Geneva, N. Y., medical col­ lege, and was admitted to practice in . atABKBT REPORTS^ , CHICAGO. CATTLC--Common to Prlmo....® 8.25 0 8.75 Hoos--Shipping Grmdes 8.SO & 4.00 SHEEP %00 @ 5.25 WHEAT--No. A BEDR?............. .92 @ .03 CORN--No. 2. ,5C OATS--No. 2 .45 RTE--NO. 2. 0,1, :M» 8OUTHERN INCIDENTS. THE Supreme Court, of Mississippi, has affirmed the case of ex-State Treas­ urer W. L. Hemingway, convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. FOUR men, two on a side, met on the highway near Madison, Ark., and fought with knives. One of the men, named 'Oillutn, was cut seriously across the Week, and he will die. Two others, Tom Hammond and his son, are badly cut. NAPOLEON MCDANIEL, sentenced at Texarkana, Texas, recently to imprison­ ment for life for wrecking and robbing the Cotton Belt train, has made his es­ cape. He was in jail pending an appeal to the State Supreme Court. The night guard unlocked the jail door, when McDaniel and three other prisoners who had succeeded in wrenching a bar from the cell door leaped upon him and felled him to the earth, seriously wounding him. They possessed themselves of his weapons and two of them, McDaniel and * °AT8_N°. ̂ Wbite.; BCYTER-- Choice Creamery.;, CHEESE--PUU Cream, flats...... EaGs--Fresh. * »•. , POTATOES--Western, per bo..... INDIANAPOLIS, CATTLE--Shippl ng Boos--Choice Light SHEEP-Common to Prime...... WHEAT--NO. 2 Red CORN--No. 1 White OATS--No. 2White . ST. LOUIS. CATTUE. WHEATS-NO. 8 Bed!I " I " COBN-NO. 2....;...... OAT»--No. 2 B ABLET--Minnesota , CINCINNATI, CATTLB. HOGS SHEET WHEAT--No. 2 Bed . COBN--No. 2 OAW--No. 2 Mixed, _ MILWAUKEE. * WHEAT--No. 2 Spring, COBN--No, S OATS-NO. % White. B*K--No. 1 1 BABLK--No. 2 DETROIT. CATTLE Bo-w SHEEP WHEAT--No. S Bed. COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATH--No. 2 White. TOLEiXX I WHEAT ^ CORN-- C a s h . , 120 .23 & .60 <0 .81 .48 .70 .28 •UJ4 .24 .95 8.60 0 4.50 8.00 0 4,00 8.00 © 4.50 .93^® .94'4 .03 V# .54*$ .49* 4.00 & 5.25 8.00 & 3.75 .93 Kb .94 .49 & .50 .70 <a .78 .96 *3 .62?fc0 .47)44 B I a man named Buckingham, made their CAnxr.--Good to escape. Bloodhounds are on their track. THIC NATIONAL CAPITAI* , . -tips Census Committee of the House of Ijtepresentatives is now In possession of the data furnished by the Census Bureau ttd will go to work upon a plan of reap­ portionment of representation aud re­ port a bill as soon as practicable. Thp lUpublicaa end of the committee la a 1 . i-r. Zf HOPS--Medium and Heavy...... WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBN-- NO. 2 EAST LTBKBTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime..... Boos--Light SHKEP--Medium to Good........ LAMBS. KKW YOKE. CATTLE. Hoas SHKEP. ................. WHEAT--No. I Bed. , S. ***** *.*. *.... ««>«»«.»». ® 5.00 &4.00 & 1.Q9H & .56!* Ther Law TOMeh Will hJblt Lotttrtoi lit Anjr State--Pireefi3B£|s of thi MmIob*! Al­ liance C«al||n£k W Setilra at Ocal*, dispatch.] ' - The;:lnpAp£AllIance sat down the fom:MQ;' |̂jpay. There was no sec- Uonallsm iu jiilflrd to tke .OMMpM^ ior . _ ̂regard to the;'l|||i»ure fntrrtrthfilL.'hT the HiMli#|aft^ele- RitiiM^ by that sota, diacttM^I^Dy men from nMHjr all the tHatw H^ph and South, was finally aroplad>> without a d^iwinting vote. A demise from FenffiQ^pinia and one frosa^lftlnois thought ^to 'ireso- lution wan a tflfle premature ttt thia time, hut otherwise there was 110 oppo­ sition. A resolution was also adopted, with little or no difference of opinion, de­ nouncing the Louisiana Iiiwtery and providing fcx the, submission of a con­ stitutional awiadment which will make impossible in any of the States this and similar ift#tlttitlons. Immediately after the reading of the minutes of the morning session this morniug Col. L. F. Livingstone, .Presi­ dent of the Georgia State Alliance, took the floor on a question of personal privi­ lege. Ho said that many rumors had been circulated, growing out of the pub­ lication in certaiiv papers before the meeting, intimating that corrupt meth­ ods and improper moans had been used In the Senatorial election in Georgia. These stories and insinuations he de­ nounced as infamously false, and he de­ manded a full and searching investiga­ tion of the whole matter by a committee about which there would be no suspicion r\f trhltAVOQh Dr. C. W. McCune and Col. L. L. Polk, whose names had also been brought into piatter, joined in the demand, the former asking that the charge that the National Economist and other official organs were run by Wall street money be included in the investigation. The demand wa9 compiled with, the committee consisting of one from each State, selected by the delegate from his State. It will take up any charges made against any officers or members of the organization. The balance of the morning session was taken up by routine business and the introduction of resolutions, which were referred to proper committees. " Among those introduced was one de­ nouncing the railroads of Florida for raising the freight rates on oranges, a constitutional amendment in accordance with President Polk's suggestion for the establishment of a* legislative .council, . and other matters appertaining to the internal affairs of the order. | At the aiternoon session Delegate W. S. McAllister of Mississippi introduced a resolution, which was adopted, denounc- i ing the election bill. The preamble re- I lates that the bill involves a radical rcvo- t lution in the election machinery of the Union, both State and national, and its passage would be fatal to the autonomy of the States and cherished liberties of the 1 citizens; that in the holy war which they have declared against sectionalism the firesides of the farmers of the North, East, South, and West were the citadels around which the heaviest battles were* being fought; and, to the end that vic­ tory may crown their crusade and fra­ ternity and unity reign, they, therefore, protest against the passage of the bill, and earnestly petition the Senators to employ all fair and legal means to defeat the measure, "which can result in noth­ ing but evil to our common and beloved country." A «« Mr. McAllrster took the floor in sup­ port of the resolutions/and at the end of a strong speech moved their adop­ tion. As he sat down there was a still­ ness and hush in the convention which foreboded a storm, and everybody ex­ pected it to burst from the Western or Northwestern delegations. But no storm came. After a few moments of Sus­ pense Delegate Deming, of Pennsylva­ nia, arose aud said that he regarded the introduction of the resolutions as un­ timely; that there was largely prevalent at the North a feeling that the Farmers' Alliance was a Southern organization. Its members being saturated with South­ ern sentiments; and that the passage of these resolutions would strengthen that opinion and check tho growth of the Al­ liance in the North and East His lan­ guage was very tempfrate and concili­ atory, and a ripple of applause greeted the close of his speech. President McGrnth, of the Kansas State Alliance, moved the adoption of the resolutions without reference to any committees and without debate, which was lost, A delegate from Illinois expressed practically the same sentiments as Mr. Deming of Pennsylvania He feared that the adoption of the resolutions at this timo wouid confirm the charg6 sometimes heard that the Far; liance is a partisan body. The he said, is fast getting a West and in localities where sentiment is strong. / This ac national body woiJu tend Into political disiipute and s pansion over the States of the West and Northwest. President Hall, of the Missouri State Alliance, moved that the resolutions be tabled; but after a short Interval, in which there were several short but tem­ perate speeches in favor of their pas­ sage, he moved to table his original mo­ tion, which was carried. The question then reeurred on Mr. McAllister's motion to adopt the resolu­ tions, and when the motion was finally put it was carried unanimously amid the wildest enthusiasm. Next Saturday has been designated "Labo^ Day," and at 11 o'clock T. V. Powdeny, Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, will speak. Ad­ dresses wHl also be made by Capt. Tre- vellick, Grand Treasurer of the Knights of Labor; Ralph Beaumont, Chairman of the Congressional Legislative Com­ mittee, and H. Martin Williams* ex-State Lecturer of the Missouri Knights of Labor. Among the fraternal dele­ gates in the city from other national and local associations are A. II. Gallagher, of the Worklngmen's Reform League of New York City; William A. McCar­ thy, Chairman of tho American Work­ lngmen's League and also of the New York Free Coinage League. Upon the arrival of Mr. Powderly, which Is now announced for Friday afternoon, some matters affecting future political action and consolidation are expected to como under discussion. * While the white alliance was in ses­ sion the National Colored Alliance form­ ally opened its third annual convention, with National President J. S. Jaclcpon of Alabama in the chair. The principal business transacted was reading of the annual address Of National Superin­ tendent R. M. Humphrey, who is really the executive head of the organization. There are about fifty delegates present, and they appear to be intelligent men who know what they want and are ready for business. Mr. Humphrey's address is a signifi­ cant document, inasmuch as it is out­ spoken for third party politics and de­ clares unequivocally for the Henry George single-tax idea. After reviewing'th® growth of or­ der, HuperintendeBt Humphrey mild of the deplorable coa&ttton In wjn^l the colored people had fouad themge! Unable to clothe and feet them<*elv#> a It He nMtottat tilmiew#i|stem 1 fliers contract rency. |i«-follows: It is Is in circulation this y ear nM^f eaOugh tO l>ay for the cot- tea crap at «kN» cents a poond aua «he wheatctflf i£ifi#Kijj|'cents n huahel, iwtfeat for the InlMiBv^ ^tke AlliiUM* WPW change* toobfbOitr that coftoit would h©* wwl above lour coats a pound. At the taraiest of thoosandk of tMehesf and most "iMuentiai colored people o< this conntvyv both within and outside the Alli­ ance, it i»e«HpM» mr: call ywtft- tentlon tothe necessitr that exists tov Mse- pendenee fan political action. Dating this year no i«M than fire representative hodlefh of colored men assembled in ChieaMh WaNh* ington, Baletgh, Richmond and Philadel­ phia, and declared their disaffection Mid unaAllatlon with the existing poMtleal parties. None of these great convent tions have appeared willing to formu­ late a platform that they consider would he Satisfactory to their race. It re­ mains, thecetorc, that you should give your earnest attention tc this all-absart>iiig ques­ tion, and K by it spirit of mutual compro­ mise you may be able to seefee *teh pledges from the great labor ocgaalsations now represented In this city as will movant reciprocal and hearty confedezaJtta* %n*l CO operation, doubtless great goodj^ttl in­ sult to both the white and the .cohered races. Those who hope to equalize the bur­ dens of taxation, to relieve the depression of agriculture, and to restore the OewpMt* ment to the service of the people, must join together and stick together, and they must have a name as well as a platform of prin­ ciples distinctly their own. To this name and platform they must invite their fellow- citizens of the United States as to a refuge and a fortress. In the recent elections the Influence of the Alliance was felt, and every man real­ ized what tremendous power it is destined £n the near future to exert, but it must be remembered that in this case the Alliance was fettered by party names which it could not bear and in many States refused to vote at all. We hear that in Mississippi 40 per cent, of the white and 70 per cent, of the colored people absolutely refused to vote or even to attend the polls. In Texas and*- many other States the elections went rather by default than otherwise. The people were not satisfied with the standard-bear­ ers, and, rather than be considered Demo­ crats or Republicans, they remained at their homes and refusgd to take part in the election of men in whom they could feel no Interest. •' _ *'•: • Col. Humphrey comrojltsf himself with­ out reservation to a platfoirm of social­ ism and Henry G^drge's singlo-ta^ idea. He says: ' •' 7 '•1 - / ••; • God has given this earth to all the living. Men have as much right to monopolize the air we breathe and the sunshine that warms ns as the land that by God's ordination feeds our families. We take this occasion distinctly to afflrm that land is not proper­ ty, never can be property, holds no allegi­ ance but to the man who. lives on it. HI* Improvements are his. but the land belongs to the sovereign people. In view of these Indisputable truths we recommend to our people the principles of the Single-Tax party, and that we should remove the bur­ dens of taxation from all property, because the value of property is increased by taxa­ tion ; but, on the contrary, land, if carrying all the taxes necessary to support the Gov­ ernment, would not be held by speculators, as it is now, and would soon become abund­ ant and cheap. There are already millions of our people, both colored and white, who favor this single-tax plan, and we recom­ mend it to you, as its enactment into law would place homes within the reach of all the people. The convention was thoroughly in harmony with the views expressed by the National Superintendent. The Sec­ retary's report showed that there were now enrolled in the organization about 1,200,000 as members, of whom over 700,000 are male adults. All of the Southern States are thoroughly organ­ ized, and the following are partially or­ ganized: Delaware, Ohio, ..Illinois, In­ diana, Missouri, and Nebraska. In round numbers there are in Alabama 100,000 members, South Cardlina 90,^ 000, Mississippi 90,000, Texa9 90,000, Georgia 84,000, Arkansas 20,000, Louisi­ ana and Virginia 50,000, Tennessee 60,- 000,North Carolina 55,000, and Kentucky 25,000. The balance are scattered among the other States. At the afternoon session a committee from tho white alliance, consisting of a delegate fiom Tennessee, Virginia, Ala­ bama, and Louisiana, called In to extend fraternal greetings. It would have beoa a staggerer to the friends in the color line to have seen the good feeling shown on both sides. The white delegates were introduced to the negroes, shook cordially, and spoke to them as brother; They were cordially received, and vltation for the colored men i delegation to the meeting of was accepted. The visit Friday. Mr* Humphrey in con said: "From the " alliance has been^tf^H^^HVavor of the third partxJttHH^^^HPEey have practically feut MH|^HPEe Republi­ cans. This is the Tillman case in South ^9Hpia. That fight would have boon lclWut for the active lored alliance, who third party movement, fully 75 per cent, of away from the polls, the colored alliance drawn away from the Repub­ licans is that they feel they have not re­ ceived justice. They have had no share in the offices, but, far more than this, they are beginning to realize that the legislation In Congress by tho llepubli- enns has been against the farming inter­ est, of which they are an important part. I have never heard any complaint about their not being protected in the ballot." One prominent man in the Alliance said: "Had tho Lodge bill been passed twenty years ago it would have been a blessing. It's too late now." He ex­ plained this>.by saying that the time had come when white men and black men would vote together. Mr. Humphrey was formerly a Democrat, but says the Democratic party had come to b% »J>j»d <!>•* <» Knfl *\a ma! 1 tisia ni nil ' 'J ENTER MO OF WIVES AFCRD OF DECATUR. Wfc»s Hu* bracts, Fntiwra m4 fee t» Club til* Hfjipilii* of Magr CattMl* fcr »ol«n Three members of the represent«||̂ f|̂ pM of Decatur, with a tmntbeg «£ 'ttffiML niMi from »«M»nce, ' ** the formal open- MH <** *£• ' Chatb-fcoose. The ad- «Ntf» «U delivered by Mrs. A nna B. KUUfcdu, the tost President, who srteSSssnK' fiw^lttiiaoMiW'^«|«taeid'aaa school-house. 'MqaNal aeleetfions ^rlng the evenlc> g were MMMe^hr~MfMLlnleiait*pw.)ll«3 Jessie Steele, Mrs. K. H&rirood, George Tyner, Do L. Bunn. Balph Templeton, William Page and Leo Seilbrun. The receptloo began at 7 o'clock, and did not close until after 11 o'elofcir. Few woman societies can boast club­ houses. They are almost unknown, in feet, this side of the Atlantic. Hie club-house of tbe Women'ft Club of Decatur is distinct­ ly emblematic of the organization which owns aod occupies it. The 4>lub-house Is naturally Intended to administer to those functions of the society which tony be termed social, but It rep e- sentt enteicprise, the enterprise and ad­ vancement which have won for the society an Mttrtahle reputation more than local In the veld of Systematic and successful phi­ lanthropy and benevolence. The Woman's Club of Decatnr had Its origin hi the Sorosls Society, which was merged In the present organisation in 1887. Among tile practical results of - these thrpe yean' work in this city may be mentioned the formation of the Industrial and Char­ itable Union, the organization of the Wom­ an's Exchange, the systematizing of the working of the Belief Society, the success­ ful career of the Industrial Home for De­ pendent Girls, and the existence of other subsidiary societies in the field of organ­ ized charity. The present officers of the society Hjft President--Mrs. M. M. T. Randall. - Vice President--Mrs. G. B. Bacon. ' . Secretary--^Miss Anna Hcnkle. '* •'•****••'"• ' Treasurer--Mrs. J. H. Beyans. , Among the honorary members of the club are Mrs. Mary A. Livermore of Melrose, Mass., and Miss Kate Field of Washington. D, C. , The Social work of the club Is divided Into four se'rtlonsfor classes---one for the study of current topics, one for the Chautauqua course^ and history,, one for the study ol Sbakspeare, and onfe for the homo and phi­ lanthropy, so styled. The sewing school foi poor girls comes under the last named de­ partment. ; The club butldlng Is situated on the north side of Central Park, in the heart of the City, and is known as the Decatur Woman's Club House. It is not really the property pf the i Woman's Club, but has been built and furnished by a stock company of Deca­ tur women, eighty-three In number, all members of the Woman's Club. The offi­ cers of the Woman's Club House stock com­ pany are: President--Mrs. Anna B. MiUikin. Vice President--Miss Laura Wikofl. Treasurer--Mr. M. M. T. Randall. Directors--The officers and Mrs. Vail, Mrs. Ida W. Baker, Mrs. J. W. Ilaworth, Mrs. Dr, A. ,T. Stoner, and Mrs. C. P. Thatcher. The building is a four-story pressed brick and designed by a Chicago architect. The total cost of the structure is $14,000, not In­ cluding the outlay for furniture. INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT, The December Statement Show* n In crease of •6,130,819 Since Oct. X. The following Is the public debt state­ ment for December: IHTEREBT-BEABINQ DXBT. Bonds at per cent f 61,189,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 668,204,100 Refunding certificates at 4 per eent. 99,490 Aggregate of int ere Bt-bearing debt exclusive of IT, S. bonds issued to Pacific railroads.... *689,4M, Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. 1; 9BBT BEARING Ho INTBBE8T. Legal-tender notes tS4Mg|.Qia Ola demand notes National bank notes-- Redemption account (deposited Treasury under act of JiHj. 1890) 7?r.; Fractional ennencv, less $8,395,934 estimated aa lost or destroy&i,... Aggregate of defetrSearing no ln- 62,994,633 0,910,626 tore at, InfitcuUna national bank fund deposited in the Treasury wider act of July 14, 1690../ [ I , $406,619,390 Certiflcatefi Issued on- deposits of gold apd silver ooin and legal-ten­ der gotes: eertlfioates. oertlflcates cyeertifloates--«... notes of 1890..;... egregats of oertiAeates offcet by cash In the Treasury $511,478,898 175,079,068 810,560,034 6,690,000 10,258,800 that it had no politics at all. About Well-Known People,̂ BISMABCK'S autobiography will appear early nest year, and it will be printed ill Paris to avoid any restrictions by the German Government, - v. P. T. BARNITM, before eating dinner Thanksgiving Day, deeded to the Uni- vemlist Church of the Redeemer, at Bridgeport, Conn., of which he is a mem­ ber, a house aud lot worth 910%0(Kk W. K. FOLT.KTT, of Mills County, Iowa, this season harvested a crop of 7,000 bushels of apples from 3,000 trees, oc­ cupying forty acres of land. He sold the crop for $4,500, the returns for his land thus beiug over $100 per acre. HASCAL L. TATIX>B, a millionaire of Buffalo, N. Y., has purchased Radnor Park, in the western suburbs of the city, for $20,000. Mr. Taylor proposes to establish an asylum for the cure of persons addicted to the opium habit. ABTHXTR OBTOH, the British Claimant, alias Tichborne, is now employed as a waiter in a big drinking saloon in Bir­ mingham. He is paid a largo salary, not so much on account of his ability to draw beer as on account of his facility in drawing customers. BEN JIUTUB* has given -Mr. Parnell - bit of characteristic advice. "If I were in his place," says Butler, "I should go into Parliwnebt* and, after stating the accusation* made against me in proper language, X *h««W '•ddress the members In the iMimiieW^orSavior,to the ac­ cusers charged with *lfke offense: 'He that is without sin amdng you, let Mai cast the first stoueu' * Aggregate of debt, including certifi­ cates, Nov. 90,1690. 549,298,188 Deersase of bonded debt during the month. 4,614,334 CASH IN TBKASUBT. Reserved for redemption of United States notes, aots ot Jan. 14,1875, and July 1S/188F................... •100,000,600 175,073,069 810,663,034 6,590,000 19,258,800 6,341,668 For redemption of gold certificates Issued For redemption of silver certificates Issued. For redemption of currenoy certifi­ cates Issued... For redemption of Treasury notes, act July14, 1890.... For matured debt, accrued infer est, and interest due and unpaid...... Total cash reserved for above purposes - §616,816,631 AVAILABLE FOB OTHER PUBPOSES. Fractional silver, fractional cur­ rency, and minor coin not full le­ gal tender. Net eash balanoe, including $54,20?,- 976, national bank fund de­ posited In the Treasury under act of July li, 1600... $19,816,749 39,027,975 Total... $575,800483 Debt, less oasA in the Treasury Nov. 80, 1890 873,436,839 Debt, less eash In the Treasury, Oct. •1,1890 867,806,186 Net increase of debt during *the month $6,130,819 The Secretary of the Treasury sent to Congress estimates of the expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1602. The following is a recapitulation: .Estimates Estimates 'Appropria- Objects. for 18*2. Legislative estabtnt. $3,599,033 Exeottre do 31,499,563 Judicial do. . 462,100 Ftorelgn in- teroourte. Military es- tabUshmt 36,160,991 Naval do,.. Indian a f • fairs. Pensions'.., 186.363,066 M&xtii'-yr* oeous..... 83,974/81 Permanent annualap- - propri*ns,. 122,486,808 for 1891. tlons for *91. $8,399,199 19,881,778 464,760 $8,816,008 18,833.944 461,688 1,943,606 1,805,788 1,941,863 33,506,201 6,846,908 85,908,148 24,290,498 6,801,899 98,687,363 19,007,443 7,020,361 S6.045.W 84.934,431 84,016,686 7,480,954 133,779,664 87,968,881 44,450,456 101,888,436 186,703,148 Totals..$407,077,133 $341,428,973 $414,436,688 •Including deficiencies and miscellaneous. Items of Interest THB Prince of Wales has a cabinet containing copies of every style of pho­ tograph ever taken of himself. These prints of Wales are negative evidences of his vanity. M»s. LKTITIA TYUSB SEMPLK, grand­ daughter of ex-President Tyler, has given a collection of old oil» paintings which belonged to the Tyler family to William and Mary College. Da HAM., a New England lecturer, states that ,the average expense of a Spanish grandee is about 93 per week, board and washing included. Who will , sigh for a castlo in Spain after this? i PBKSIDENT CABNOT is said to be one of the most fastidious gjuKKmones In France, His chef is eue of the most noted men of his cr*N ttt th^ world, and is the inventor of » nui»liei< ol cmlliaiy «M« d'cBuvre. , ^ , llDEREO ^ON. AND -Wliat Is Bstar At the Hatiosis ' wamm and HOUW-OW UMNreXMspoMd Of mnA Mew OMiCta- TKltfast session of the Fifty-first Con­ gress began on the 1st Inst. At noon when Vice President Morton's gavel fell he beamed on the Senate. Chaplain Butler's prayer was m trifle JtMagef^hanjpuv&rhut it made up In ferrorwlist lt,lj^ed:>i brev- ity. * After prayer the OBly bu^tmii in or­ der was the ewearing In 'Or • new . Seaators. The credentials of Seiiat»rs-elect 0a^ey and Warren of Wyoming were prdieu^ed, and they took the oath. Senator Oarey's bald head was known to erery one In the < Senate. Of Senator Wajrrea it was re- v V < marked that he added anchor to the long list of youngest-looking Senators who wear glasses. The customary resolution that the draw lots to determine their length of service came from Senator Hoar, who is i4| Chairman of the Committee on Elections. Secretary Anson McOook brought out the queer-16okln^ box with its handle like a oom-popper from which the slips were to be taken, and in leas than a minute after "the adoption of the resolution it was known ^1! that Senator Warren's term will expire '-ilS. March 4, 1893, while Senator Carey will - serve until 1895. Members of the vKI House of Representatives were in no hurry V to resume their places before noon, so that in the crowd of people on the floor before 11 o'clock not a dozen were Con­ gressmen. Pages and doorkeepers kept fgjfi running in and out bearing flowers in VI bunches and tied with gay ribbjns, has- ^ ̂ kets gotten up by skilled hands, and elab­ orate floral pieces donated by enthusi­ astic friends. The Democrats were specially favored with mementos, though the desks of about twenty Republicans f j were also tastefully decorated. Some 200 members were present when the chaplain invoked the divine blessing, and during the tedious roll-call enough more came in to f: swell the number to 227. Tho galleries were jammed, except those reserved for the Pres­ ident's family and the diplomats, where a few persons, lonely looking, were seated. The Speaker had much difficulty in moder­ ating the noisy convention of members so that the ftlerk might hear the responses to the roll-call. AT the expiration of the hoar devoted to the calendar in the Senate, on the 3d, Mr. Hoar moved to proceed to the consideration of the House bill "to amend and supplement the election laws of the United States and to provide for the more efficient enforce­ ment of such laws." Mr. Gorman demanded ; »lie yeas and nays on that motion. The yeas and nays wore taken and the vote (a . strictly party one) resulted: Yeas, 41; nays, , ' lj 30. So the election bill was taken up, and the 't' reading went on monotonously and to empty chairs up to 2 o'clock, when, under the ; ̂ rules of the Senate, the "unfinished busi­ ness" from the lust session came up, being the House bill providing for the adjustment v> * of accounts of laborers, workmen,,and me- -V chanics arising under the elght-liour law. Mr. Hoar moved to proceed with the con- sideration of the election law, and Mr. * J Gorman rose to argue against that motion. The motion finally carried, and the g consideration of the election bill was ^ continued. In tho House, Mr. Harmer, » > of Pennsylvania, presented the petition of . ; ,v citizens of Philadelphia in favor of an • s amendment to the McKinley bill allowing ' a rebate on unbroken packages of smoking tobacco and snutf. Referred. In the morn- lng hour Mr. Simonds, from the Committee i on Patents, calleilup for consideration the . copyright bill. Mr. Payson (111.) raised tho J question of consideration. The House de- cided--yeas, 132; nays, 74--to consider the bill. No vote on the measure was reached. IK the Senate, Mr. Hawley, from the Com- mlttee on ' Military Affairs, on the 3d re- ported and asked to have put upon Its ;$§j passage a joint resolution authorizing the ^ Secretary of War to issue arms and ammu­ nition to the States of North and South ^ Dakota. Mr. Manderson moved to amend | 'M$ it by Including the State of Nebraska, and " ,3 referred to the threatened uprising of the Sioux Jn^ians on their rej|gu£]|ti§||gt)t£re. Mr. VA' s said jfrpif "Tf "prnj tion j;2 JMflHHra hundred • thousand rati«®i®f^^S^BT the starving Indians it islstent with Christian sn. Miles, he said, had 'f i 'stated in publlclfitervlews that the Indiana,'it were driven to revolt by starvation; and it was in his judgment a crime on the part of .• the Government to stand silently by and i do nothing except furnish arms to thu whites. In the House the copyright "J<j bill was passed, the vote being 139 to 95--44 majority for the bill. The affirmative vote ^4; was given by 105 Republicans and 34 Demo- l:ii crats, and the negative by 69,Democrats and •. 26 Republicans. A large proportion of its support came from the Eastern and Middle 'h States, while the bulk of tho opposition was from the West and South. The bill is sub- stantially the same as that which passed la the Senate In the Fiftieth Congress and failed to be acted upon In the House. THB election bill was taken up in the Senate on the 4th and Mr. Pugh spoke in opposition to it. He said the country could ji not fail to understand the true character £f| and nature of the proposed legislation. It i| was never intended to be put in operation in Republican districts. Under its operation :s| there wouid not bo a single district io the ; United States from which Democrats were 2 elected to Congress that would not be . - subject to supervision by partisan Re­ publicans. The whole * conception of the bill was a transparent and audacious scheme, having no other end or- ¥< t;i purpose than the capture of Democratic !,ila districts. ID the House the bill for the '.1^ punishment of every guardian, conserva- , i tor, curator, committee, tutor, or other judiciary agent for the embezzlement of the pensions of a ward was passed. On mo- , tion of Mr. Morrow, of California, the House went into committee of the whole on the 'J^yA pension appropriation bill. Mr. Morrow said that the bill appropriated for the pay­ ment of pensions the sum of $133,173,000. It was estimated that this sum of money would be distributed among 654,715pension- % era. This was the largest number of bene- >^§1 ficlarles ever provided for in any single 5$jj item In the statutes of the United States, i It was estimated that tho gross cost to the '! United States of these pensions for the year-' |l 1892 would average $203 each. He believed !-V lj there would be 110 deficiency next year-- i that there would prove to be a slight excess , of appropriation. J* ! vJv: • % M'H ; ALL SORTS. r " • v-i A NKGito at Perry, t5a„ is said to weigh 600 pounds. 5 i OPIUM kills about 160,000 porsons an- ^ nually in China. • , -1 ROCKING-CHAIBS are higher And mor$ 1 spindled than ever. ^ ^ 1 Asr acre of sunflowers has Just beet* - ! gathered near New York. ^ A CHii.n born to an Albany, G$£i> | couple had at birth two teeth. | A NiSK-VEAB-oiiD Buchanan, Oa., boy sets over a column of type a day. RTJSSEIX SAGE keeps an old one-dollar bill--the first dollar he ever earned. / A HAT that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte was sold recently for $400. A COBBVILLE, Ga.. man tells of a pig which has been adopte d by an old cat WOMEN have returned to their senses, and are again wearing their own hair. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S mascot is a brass telegraph key. He keeps it in a glass case. THE cheviot shirt in bold, bad black and white stripes has caught on tremen- j dously. » THEHE wa%4,466,036 tons of steel pro- daced In the United States during the last year. THE dudes of London expend annually for dress sums ranging from 91,500 to $2,000. A LAWSUIT begun 200 years ago has just been decided by tho imperial courts in Leipsic. MB. SKELTOS, of Hart County, Geor­ gia, owns a hog 14 months old and weigh-' ing 525 pounds. , THE Louisville Times is authority for the statement that Bine out of ten crim­ inals are bow-legged. A man at Caldwell, Tex.; ha* ft beard more than sevenleationg. H*»fus«s to appear in a museum. r ' i. 1 1 v ^ ^ -.A.. .. . V -SF U**4LA 3&m. k