Show IN washington confederacy before the senate I 1 I 1 DOINGS IN THE HOUSE minority report on southern outrages YELLOW JACK OUT disunited labor bartle S I 1 to talk it over NO AT 4 national debt state ment decrease and restored to t domain western asad press to titz STANDARD THE SENATE sundry civil appropriation bill under dio gussion sion aug 1 tile committee on agriculture reported back the house bill to enlarge the were and dutie the department r agriculture and create an executive department to be known as the department part ment of agriculture in the bill as reported the provisions of the I 1 louse bill forthe weather bureau from the war department to the department depatt ment of agriculture are struck out evarts from the committee oa foreign relations reported back the gen ato kint resolution and e 0 I 1 the president of tile bowering un fo ted states to take such measures as in his judgment may be necessary to obtain indemnity promptly for injuries losses and damages suffered by tile venezuelan steamship company of newyork New York by reason of the wrong fill seizure and detention of the com bartys three steamers in 1871 and to employ such means or exercise such powers as may be necessary Tho resumed consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill the pending question being on the amendment boffl ered yesterday by call for the rec ove I 1 y appropriating 0 property of the late confederate states now held in adverse possession to annl eh un d said be had be on a committee a few years ago which had investigated that whole subject and he was satisfied the appropriation would be a useless waste of money and that the wisest thing to be done with the assets of the late confider as with the late unpleasant ness acy tec I 1 was to forget all about them and let them go gibson opposed the amendment lie suba I 1 tied it was not 1 r a this late hour to call in i arn rho validity or integrity of ie surrender that was made by the officers of the confederacy on land or sea the confederate orate states had died a noble death an the field of battle many yea r g ago all that survived being X hat n t i ment of honor which had beaten high in abd tbd hearts ef the men who cepro dented that fallen power for one be would have engraved on its tomb stone the epitaph engraved on shake spear ets tomb 40 d friend for Jesus sake forbear T h the dust enclosed bere aielo e ud be he who these bones and cursed be be who moves these atones call said he did not sympathize with gibson in the opinion that the dust of jhb confederacy should be buried and its good friends let it alone the confederacy would live in history for the great and heroic characters which it had developed there was no need to leave their dust undid their fame was written in the immortal pages of history by such illustrious characters jas lee and jackson and he was glad to know that the loyal heart of the north and 0 f its soldiers responded to that sentiment ile was not ashamed of the acy and dolled its dust to remain undisturbed it could not be alto ted down or overlooked the confederacy has no dust but it baa an immor tat glory of heroic character of noble self sacrifice allison moved to lay calls resolution on the table agreed to the bill was then reported back to the senate and all the amendments ni ere coleur red in except that ap 50 for the widow of professor baird 1 I w lich reagan demanded the yeas and the amendment was coa cuffed n yeas 28 nays ilu sherman explained lie had not v atod on the amendment because be thought the appropriation too large ile would have been willing to vote for an appropriation of and he an ested that the amount could be rog c e d by a conference c ommittee tile b ill then passed allison stated in response to that there now remained u adis posed of 11 vo of the regu lar appropriation bails the army bill the navy bill tho sundry civil bills the general chency bill and the fortifications bill ile thought it might be safely a assumed that all appropriation bills c 0 uld be disposed of next week could not bay when the tariff bill would b 3 presented adjourned TIIE HOUSE discussion of senate amendments to the army bill aug I 1 after die oft routine basine 9 a the house committee of t ill ento amendments to the army zy bill the pending mo tiou mati that made by townshend of illinois to non concur in the amendment appropriating 2500 for repairs to the sea wall an at willets new york to licy which the louse should n act ng u senate anione ments which if alered in the house would out of enter ile then pr I 1 tp oppose the e a of a gun actori at Water vIlet arsenal could see in tile no disposition on tile part of tile senate to in fringo on the p ower to p position to tile senate amend ments seemed to be to obstruct any legislation on the subject of public de bense because it would not be to pass the bill at the present session I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 after considerable further debate on this line during which butterworth and rech had one or two colloquies collo th e amendment was non ca as was also the one appropriating for tile manufacture or purchase so af cannon and carriages bayne D ove d to substitute alto r bertye n 1 f 0 watervliet Water vliet arsenal as the site of the proposed gun factory act d moved to nor concur in the amendment providing for the ca of a gun d for tile purchase of steel aa fu 0 and ho co atteo rose tile recommendation of tile com matteo as to minor amendments was carried out and the amendments were tion concurred in sayers texas offered a declaring that the house will insist upon its disagreement to senate amendments nos 20 27 33 and 35 relating to fortifications and ordnance and the house requests 9 con rence thereon and further de c 1 a r n g it the judgment of the i i u that the managers on the part of the house phoned insist on a disagreement and should not consent that the appropriations for aronld be placed on the arm bill as that subject had been re for red to the committee on app actions and sucha p P r 1 lations 1 8 beal 1 I inthe fa r ti fl oc 1 ions bill 7 0 ace bhend raised a point of order resolution and pending its athe d the house adjourned DISUNITED LABOR one party union the other yet still divided aug I 1 A conference of the executive committees of the union and united labor parties was held here this evening to see if some settlement of difference could be reached the united labor people proposed po posed todi to di vide the electors in the state between the parties the proposition was refused they then offered to withdraw their tickets from half the states if the union labor party would do the game this was likewise declined the labor party agreed to the withdrawal of both tickets and the nomination in a joint convention of a new one thi was refused and tile union labor men demanded aa a basis of ise nothing the co withdrawal of atle united labor bartys candidate and their sup t of the union labor party the labor committee withdrew from further nominations robert cowdrey the united labor for Presidency tho as I 1 sailed the following ch allenzo to A J streeter the candidate of abe union labor party 0 excuse for the existence of two let r parties in this country and as all f foresto unite the two proved futile I 1 hereby challenge y u to meet me in friendly debate to guv tain the claims of your martir partir that you have a remedy that would cure the evils that you are complaining of and on the g thus me do to let the vote 1 this country judea whether ur barty or the united labor party rag the truer remedy for the evils thit we would cure TUE JACISON POLITICAL RIOTS 1 aug I 1 tho minor fly report of the senate judiciary committee on the jackson political riots was submitted by senator pugh to the senate today to day the minority says the be airings were held with closed doors and in washington more than a thousand miles from the locality of the transaction Henc ethe members of the committee had no opportunity of examining the great mass of witnesses who were on the round the report follows evera detail 0 gf the occurrences under investigation it says the conspiracy 0 f and balala to allm ithe nato negro vote and to secure the operation cooperation co of the committee of one hundred Is suggestive of the methods these south em outrages are manufactured for 11 ll purposes it declares that stanis impeached as utterly un orthy of credit it finds the evi den ra t federal officials incel cat d by th majority as unimportant y and illegal it is not shown the minority says that one of the federal officers inar J ay in bated by the committee did a single illegal act or alad or advised in the doing of such the report la signed by senators pugh coke vest and george DEBT STATEMENT auga public debt statement interest bearing debt principal interest tG total debt on which interest has ceased since maturity debt bearing no interest total debt pran cipal interest total total debt less available cash items not cash in treasury daba less cash in treasury august 1 1888 debt less cash la treasury july 11 decrease of do ailt II u the month decrease of debt since june 1888 an L surgeon general hamilton said today to day the yet low fe verin florida appeared to be dying out for lack of material there a alro 0 F at present 1 I be said three cases at PI nt C ty a d none at bamps tamps no thi g ha be n heard from and tahri e places for several days LAND aug 1 land corni has bold for cance aaion seventy nine desert land entries in wyoming territory aggregating about acres ATIO LISHING CONVICT LABOR ug L governor hit has approved the bill passed by tile legislature at the recent special session abolishing hand labor and state manufacturing in all penal institutions or the state the attorney general decides that tile ball applies to all penitentiaries aries and reformatories as well as state prisons BIG FIRE OTTAWA august I 1 t B lumber idill at birchton Birch ton burned this afternoon together wit lithe entire sebo sons cat valued at A num ber of work mens houses and tool houses lost tto total loss will amount to on i aich there Is an insurance ol 01 the cincinnati southern freight train was derailed on a feet embankment ban kment near somerset ky tho conductor and two tramps were killed at cannon a small town in grayson county texas last night rey U I 1 larrison u Bleth odist minister killed his son in law ben pervin and then billed hims e family tromble tron ble I 1 I 1 L 1 |