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Vol. VI. No. 1.973
" GROWING INTEREST.
r Jurors and Spectators Alike,
Become Very Attentive.
CECILIA TALKS IN COURT.
The Pollard-Breckinridge Case
Is Being Closely Contested
at Every Point.
Washington, March 14.—Court had
assembled, and the clerk was calling the
jury in the Pollard-Breckinridge breach
IBP of promise suit when the door to the left
" of the judge s bench opened and Miss
Pollard came in. It was her first ap
pearance since her sensational exit on
HE Monday when she was borne from the
M chamber by Mrs. Buchanan and Miss
Ellis, and fell halt fainting at tile door.
| Miss Pollard was pale, but otherwise
’ self-possessed. The courtroom was
crowded when the crier rapped for or
der. < olonel Breckinridge and all his
■ counsel were present. Mr. Carlisle, of
r the plaintiff’s counsel, had come in a
► minute or two e rl er, escorting S.ster
L Cecelia and her o ipanion in holy or-
B ders, who is require tby a rule of the
order of the sisters of charity to accom
pany a sister called for duty in the
w world.
Sister Cecelia saw Miss Pollard enter,
but they did not exchange greetings.
Calueron Carlisle began proceedings by
! continuing his examination of Sister
» Cecelia.
• “his er Cecelia,” he asked, “have you
B a good memory ter faces and names?’’
ft “Not very good for faces, but for
f nanus, jes,” was the answer.
L “Can you positively say that Miss
/ Pollard was a patient at tiie Norwood
Founding asylum when you were in
f charge?"
k “I c-anuot, sir.”
“Can you positively snv that she was
not a patient at the asylum during that
time?’’
“No, sir.”
fe “Now, S ster Cecelia, state the grounds
for that belief.”
“I obj >ct.” said Mr. Butterworth; and
then followed another legal tilt over the
' admissibility of the question involving
an opinion.
, Judge Bradley held that if the ques
tion was put to identify the plaintiff
with some person in the asylum at a
k given time it was competent, but if it
* was put to have the witness’ drawn
conclusions for the purpose of making
that identification it is not competent.
The question was overruled and the
plaintiff’s attorneys noted an objection.
‘ Then Mr. Carlisle asked if Sister Ce-
L celia could state anything about tne
Identity of the plaintiff with the patient
in the asylum during the months of
t May, June and July, 1885. Mr. Shelby
’ objected, and the question was with
drawn. Sister Cecelia, in answer to
questions by Mr. Carlisle, stated that
there were two ladies at the asylum who
went veiled because they feared being
recognized by visitors.
Mr. Carlisle then asked if she ever
»ent any patients back to Cincinnati in
carriages.
“Yes, three or four,” was the answer.
, The spectators and jurymen became in
terested at this point, for they under
stood that every point in the description
a- of the asylum given to her counsel by
Miss Pollard was being put forward for
- identification by the witness.
> In answer to other questions. Sister
> Cecelia said the name Berguoyne or Bur-
I goyne was on the record of the Norwood
I asylum as a patient there.
I Mayor Butterworth asked Sister
I Cecelia a question or two about when
I she left Cincinnati, and then said she
might be needed in a day or two to an
swer more questions.
I Sister Cecelia said she would remain
l In Washington until court was through
f with her. and she was then excused.
L Mr. Carlisle then took up and read
I the deposition of Mrs. Kate Perry Kane,
a physician of Cincinnati, and member
L the firm of which Di. B.lb Buchanan
■ was senior member.
Mrs. Kane recognized Miss Pollard as
■ the young woman who came to the
[ house of Drs. Perry and Buchanan in
| 1885, and was known as Miss Louise
L Wilson. She understood Miss Wilson
K was recovering from confinement. At
■ ©ne time Miss Wilson had gone to meet
B her seducer, and when she returned told
■ deponent she hid met the man, but it
■ was impossible to marry him. She
■ loathed him she said.
L Miss Wilson said tha man had offered
WT to marry her to clear things up but she
disliked him so that she refused. This
wa * important in view of the effort the
defense is making to show that Colonel
g reckinridge did not seduce Miss Pol-
l'd. He was a married man in 1885
while Miss Wilson whom deponent said
■ was Miss Pollard had said her seducer
B offered to marry her.
I CORBETT TAUNTSSANDOW.
■ Jim Invites the Strong? Man to Stand
S Relore Him Three Minutes.
■ New York, March 14. —Sandow and
B Jim Corbett met at the Mount Vincent
■ ho!el, and if the strong man had been
■ in any pugnacious mood the chances are
■ that he would have had his head
K knocked off.
B Sandow was at a table with his min
*ng r when the pugilistic champion and
Eddie Foy came in and ordered a bottle
L «f wine. Sandow gazed at the pugilist
■ / from afar, and then wlnsp red to his
F manager. The l itter came over to Cor
■ Lett, and introducing himself, said:
j “Mr. Corbett, Mr. Sandow would like
l> you to understand that he is in no way
| responsible for the statement made in
■ many newspapers that he claims to be
t able to defeat any pugilist by entt ring
J the ring and breaking the prize tighter s
K arms or crushing in liis ribs. He knows
mull stories are ridiculous, anil trusts
you do not believe they emanated from
him.”
aa Corbett turned around, and throwing
a contemptuous glance towards the
man, said in quite a loud tone of
“You fell Mr. Sandow that not
THE ROME TRIBUNE
orny no i oeueve me ......... _v. ,
him, but I know it to be a positive fact, i
i And also tell him that my offer to ’
wager him $3,500 that he dare not step
I into a ring with me and stay one round,
still holds good.
“And,” he continued belligeien’ly 2
“while yon aie telling him all tins,
just add that his head will be a good
ileal bigger than it is when I get
through with him. Now, that's all. My
money is ready now or at any time.”
The strong man’s manager returned to '
his table with a discomtitted, withal in
dignant face. The bystanders waited
with breathless expectation to see what
the strong man would say to such strong
language.
They were destined to a great disap
pointment. Sandow and his manager
went #ut and took the air.
STEWART WRITES.
He I’luces Cleveland and Harrison in the
Sanio Boat Politically.
Dun ver, March 14. —Senator Stew
art, of Nevada, has written from Wash
ington to the News a Populist paper, a
long letter in which he says the avowed
purpose of ex-President Harrison in his
denunciation of President Cleveland
made in speeches in the west is self-lau
dation.
Senator Stewart says he wants to call
attention to the fact that Mr. Harrison
is on another campaign of deception in
the interest of the gold syndicate of
New York and London. It was the con
spiracy of the Harrison and Cleveland
administrations and the gold exporters
which depleted the treasury and brought
on the panic. He closed by declaring
that the People’s party is the nucleus
around which the people may rally and
rescue the country from the slavery of
the gold bugs.
Mutterings All Over Central America.
Comitan, Chiapa, March 14.—The
greatest excitement prevails across the
border in Guatemala. Arms for the rev
olutionists have been received there from
San Francisco. A gentleman just re
turns I from an extended trip through
Central America reports dissatistaction
in all its countries and revolutions
brewing everywhere.
To Overthrow Barrios.
Guatemala, March 14.—The police
claim to have discovered indications of
a grave conspiracy to overthrow Barrios,
having its headquarters in the northern
part of this country, with branches in
all parts. The president is conferring
frequently with his military chiefs. He
has postponed his trip to Quezaltenango.
To Revive Mining in Georgia.
Dawsonville, Ga., March 14.—There
is a movement on foot here among resi
dent landowners and non-resident capi
talists to open up and operate a number
of mines in this county. Many promi
nent properties are already being pros
; pected and reveal in certain signs the
richness of the mines in this section.
The Norfolk and Western Extending.
Toledo, March 14.—The Norfolk and
Western Railroad company is negoti
ating for the purchase of the Ohio South
ern railroad, recently completed to
Lima, and which it is contemplated to
extend to this city. Officials of Norfolk
have made a tour of inspection over the
road.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, March 14.—Forecast till
Bp. m.. Thursday. For North Carolina
and South Carolina—Fair, slightly cool
er Thursday morning in the interior,
variable winds, becoming northeasterly.
E istern and Western Florida, Georgia
and Alabama—Generally fair, variabl ■
winds, becoming southerly. Missis
sippi—Fair. followed by showers on the
coast, southerly winds.
Terrific Ha Istorin.
Gainesville. Tex., March 14.—A ter
rific hailstorm prevailed here during the
night. Hail as large as hens’ eggs fell
in large quantities for nearly half an
hour, breaking hundreds of windowglass
and doing other damage. A heavy gale
came up. and many people thinking a
cyclone was approaching, fled to their
Htormhouses.
Grl«-f Killed the Wife.
Savannah, March 14.—Sarah, wife of
Sam E iwards, the man in jail for cut
ting up tile body of Izah Harden, who
was myst rion-dy murdered here, has
just died su Idenly. Sarah grieved
about her husband and said she would
I ratiu r die than believe him guilty. Do •-
' tors say it was not suicide, but probably
grief.
ChftlnnHn Wilson on the Move.
Washington, March 14 —A City of
Mexico special says; Chairman Wilson
left Gnadulagara yesterday for Sun An
ton.o.
i-o.sou, il nt n Jt w:h!i WoihUnj.
Boston, March 14—Just before day
, all the physicians in the Jewish district
at North End were arouSbd from their
slumbers to attend patients suffering
j from a malady resembling poisoning.
I Tne afflicted had been guests at the fes
tivities of the marriage of Harry .Fern
gold, or Worcester,,to Miss Margoliz in
Meno; hall, and ate heartily. About 60
casei are being treated. No fatalities re
ported.
Death of a Theatrical Manager,
Baltimore, March 14. John T.
Ford, the veteran theatrical manage,,
has jest died at his residence in this
city. His death was sudden hnd unex
pected. The immediate cause was heart
disease superinduced by grip.
I
I Another Showman Dead,
Cincinnati, March 14.—Colonel R.
E. J. Mills, a well known theatrical
manager, has just died here, aged 60.
HOME. UA., Till RSDAY MOItNINH. MAnCH 15. 1»1>4
JUST KILLING TIME.
This Is the Charge Made in the
Finance Committee.
BOTH SIDES ARE CHARGING
Members Bound by a Secrecy
Resolution and It Is Hard to
Get News of Progress.
Washington, March 14.—Mr. Sher
man was able to attend the meeting ot
the finance committee, but he did not
arrive until a late hour. All the other
members who are now in the city were
present.
The first thing done was in the direc
tion of preventing the publication of the
action and discussion of the committee.
This was brought about by a resolution
pledging members of the committee to
secresy, and as a result none of the
members would speak, further than to
say that absolutely nothing had been
accomplished, and no agreement Avas
reached as to when the bill should be
reported.
Democratic members are accusing
their Republican colleagues of consum
ing needless time and characterize their
conduct by that more expressive word
“filibustering.”
This the minority deny, and say that
all they ask is time to consider the bill.
In return they accuse the majority at
tempting the railroad bill through the
committee.
After the routine morning business
the senate resumed the consideration of
the Bland seigniorage bill.
At 2 o’clock Mr. Harris called atten
tion to the agreement to take a vote on
Mr. Allison's motion to reconsider the
vote by which the seignorage bill passed
to a third reading, and the vote was or
dered resulting as follows: Yeas, 28;
nays, 45.
The house at 1:10 p. m. on motion of
Mr. Sayers went into committee of the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation
bill, Mr. Lester, of Georgia, in the
chair.
Some Nominations.
The president sent to the senate the
following nominations: George M. Ad
ams. pension agent, Louisville, Ky.; W.
W. Degge, postmaster, Norfolk, Va.
About the Dispensary Cases.
Washington, March 14. Commis
sioner Miller has received no informa
tion of a clash in South Carolina be
tween the state authorities and Collector
Towner. The state dispensaries arc
treated by the internal revenue bureau
the same as though they were individ
uals engaged in the wholesale or retail
Lqnor business. If illicit liquor is found
In them, the liquor is seized and sold to
raimbursj the government for the un
paid tax and the remainder, if any, is
turned into the treasury. In no case is
it permitted to pay tax on illicit liquor
and retain the goods.
Condition of Georgia Banks.
AV ashington, March 11.—Returns of
the condition of 27 national banks in the
state of Georgia up to February 28 show
the average reserve to have been 40.72
percent; loansand documents, $7,124,-
000; lawful money reserve, $1,183,000;
surplus funds, $1,067,000, and individ
ual deposits, $5,140,0()0.
MUrtt CONFIRMATION.
Minister Thompson Tells How the Bra.
xllian Revolution Ended.
Washington, March 14.—Secretary
Gresham has received the following dis
patch from Minister Thompson:
“After the shore batteries had fired
upon the insurgent ships for 30 minutes,
the latter surrendered unconditionally,
Da Gama having previously gone aboard
a Portuguese mau-of-war.”
News from the Nictheroy.
New York, March 14. —The follow
ing cable has been received by Flint &
Co., from E. C. Baker of the Brazilian
cruiser Nictheroy: “Rio Janeiro, March
14, 1894: Finished in good shape.” It is
believed from the above that the rebel
lion in Brazil is at an end.
OVER THE QUEENS SPEECH,
’
There Is Some Dissatisfaction Which Har
court Would Like to Appease.
London, March 14.—The house of
commons was croAvded when Sir Wil
liam Harcourt announced that the gov
ernment had taken advice from all
available sources and had'decided to
make a declaration that the judgment
given in amending the address did not
show a mature and well considered de
cision of the house of commons.
This was a grave question, and the
government would not present the ad
dress as amended, to the queen. Conse
quently the government proposed to
bring up a new address amounting
merely to an acknowledgement of the
speech from the throne. A motion to
1 rescind the address and substitute one
merely acknowledgingthe queen’s speech
was agreed to without division.
Found the Unlucky Thirteen.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 14.—The
bodies of the 13 men entombed by the
cave-in of the Gaylord mine in Ply
mouth, Pa., have been brought to the
> surface. It is certain that the men
' were instantly killed by the fall of
rocks and earth.
A Millionaire’s Marriage.
Norfolk, March 14. —John Dwight,
of the firm of John Dwight & Co., of
New York, a millionaire, 74 years of
age. was united in marriage with Mrs.
Clara L. Freeborn at St. Paul’s Episco
| pal church.
A BIG FIGHT. •
A Strong Showing Made at the
Campaign Opening.
OWENS SPOKE TO 2,000.
His Friends Literally Took Lex
ington by Storm-Owens
Strictly In It-
DEXINGTON, Ky.. March 11. The
Breckinridge people here have shown off
to a decided disadvantage. Colonel
Breckinridge's opponent, W. C- Owens,
and the latter's friends took the town by
storm, and many predict that Breckin
ridge will be beaten..
The occasion was the opening of what
promises to be the greatest political
struggle known in Kentucky since Ed i
Marshall ran on an independent ticket
against J. C. S. Blackburn, in 1878, and ,
was defeated.
Mr. Owens addressed an audience of
2,000 people in the Lexington op-ra
house. A prominent organization known
as the “Fayette Owens club” was form
ed, with Captain Barney Treacy, the
noted owner of Irish Chief, Larosa and
other noted race horses, as president.
Resolutions were adopted commending
Mr. Owens as “eminently qualified to
adorn the seat in the national house of
representatives made illustrious by Hen
ry Clay, John C. Breckinridge, John J.
Crittenden, James Ij. Beck and Joseph
C. 8. Blackburn.”
In the course of his speech Mr. Owens
said:
“The civic crown of honor for which
I strive has been so often proudly won
and grandly worn that lie who seeks it
i now, though bolder far than I dare be, |
must needs approach with fear and |
trstmiling. Whether we turn on the I
one hand to the bsautiful country where '
sleeps the great commoner, or on the
' other to your public mart, wtiere, from
■ your very doorway, the bronze meinen- j
to proclaims Kentucky's pride, the air i
■ is redolent with songs of love and praise ;
for your glorious dead, and AVith warn- i
ings for him who seeks unworthily to
lift the mantle fallen from forms of |
' such heroic mould.
“Place in my keeping the banner that
marks your sacred trust and though I
may not, shall not, lift it where it
floated in the days of old, yet, by the
hills that seem eternal, 1 swear to re
turn it unstained by dishonor.”
THEIR MODEST CLAIM.
Uclra ot .lohnpo Haven Want the Govern-
' ment to Help Them.
New York, March 14.—Heirs of John
De Haven are trying to secure payment
from the government of $400,000 with
interest from 1776. They say De Haven
i loaned the government that amount
i when it was in great need and was never :
■ repaid.
De Haven was a wealthy Frenchman, 1
who came to this country before the rev
olution an ! espoused the cause of the pa- ;
1 triots. After his death papers were j
( found it, is claimed, giving evidence of
the loan.
The claim was first presented in 1859,
’ and received some favorable considera
tion. but was lost eight of by tiie com
mencement of the civil war. Recently
■ the matter has been revived, and $5,000,-
000 is the amount demanded.
There are 39 heirs of John De Haven
living in Lancaster, Warren and Venan
go counties, Pennsylvania. Jehu De
' Haven, a grandson, is the head of the
family. He is 80 years old, and lives in
’ Harrisburg. His daughter, Mrs. John
. Falker, lives at 430 West Forty-fourth
street, in this city.
I Want the Monetary Conference It***umed.
’ London, March 14.—The chamber of
[ commerce, in accordance with a resolu
tion adopted by the Oriental section,
have sent a memorial to Lord Rose
berry, the premier, requesting that he
- take steps to bring about the resumption
5 of the Brussels monetary conference, in
x the hope that further discussion of the
money question in the light of recent
1 even Is will result in the adoption of a
3 plan to remedy the evil which has dislo
cated business throughout the east.
They Charge Discrimination.
i Ottawa, March 14.—New trade re
. turns reveal astonishing discrimination
on many important lines against Great
f Britain and in favor of the United States.
For instance, iron rails imported last
year from Great Britain were taxed 60
' per cent, but the same article from the I
I United States paid only 42. Thus the I
> balance of imports for 1893 were against !
t England. Cast iron pipe from England
t paid 66 per cent, and from the United
. States only 40 per cent.
> ABOUT BEHRING SEA.
Still a Lot of Red Tape Business to Be
> • Done io the Matter.
■ Washington, March 14.—Secretary |
' Gresham and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the J
British ambassador, are very busy these
1 days and have many long consult:!t ons
in their efforts to arrange matters so as
to give effect to the finding of the arbi
trators in the Behring sea case. The
’ bill recently introduced in the house by
5 Representative McCreary at the instance
-of Secretary Gresham is but one step on
j the road leading to a final settlement.
2 That measure, which defines tne limits
f of the tAVO zones in which seals may not
be taken at all, or only under certain
conditions, applies solely to vessels sail- .
ing under the American flag.
As soon as it is enacted into alaw a bill
’ of similar tenor will be intro luced in the
‘ British parliament. Further than this
f it will be necessary to negotiate a treaty
. between the United States and Great
- Britain to make binding the results of
t_be arbitration , and to this e.nd efforts I
are now m progress, ine principal ob
ject to be secured from our point of
view is a binding agreement as to the
punishments to be mete 1 out to offend
ers, and especially to bring within the
reach of our laws the pelagic sealers
under the British flag. It would be of
little avail to seize these craft and carry
them to port only to have them dis
charged by the judiciary. And as con
gress has no power to legislate in tne
case of British snl jer-ts, it becomes nec
essary to seek an honty by treaty for
the seizure of offenders of this nation
ality.
There-is some question as to whether
or not the modus vivendi will continue
in operation even after the enactment of
the legislation now pending in congress,
and to come before parliament. In
some quarters the view is taken that
this agreement will continue in full
force until the very last measure neces
sary to give effect to the arbitrators'
findings has been adopted. If this view
should prevail, it would bear very hard
upon our interests, Cor it would oblige
the North American Seal company to
confine their catch to 7,500 skins, to
I their severe loss, and would a]so deprive
our government of the tonus of $lO that
( it would receive from the 50.000 skins
that might be taken in other circum
stances. This sum, aggregating $500,000,
would go a long way toward defraying
the expense of maintaining the fleet of
naval and revenue marine vess.ds on
police dnty in Behring sea. and besides,
it is a question whether the government
would not be liable to the so il company
for its losses sustained by reason of the
undue restriction upon its operations
imposed by the modus vivendi.
PAID UNDER PROTEST.
Fraudulent Claims Are Ordered Allowed
by Commissioner Lo> liren.
Washington, March 14.—AH suspen-
I sions of pensions in cases where pay
ment has not been already resumed or
, where the pensioner's name has non
| been stricken from the rolls will be re-
I move ! by an order signed by Commis
' siouer Locbren. The or ler, which was
sent to the chief of the finance division,
is as follows: “In accordance with the
I provisions of the act of congress ap
! proved Dec. 21, 1893, you are hereby;
; instructed to at one > take such steps as I
i may be necessary to remove susp-nsion '
of pensions in all cases in nvliich action ;
| of resumption o. payment or dropping I
j from tne roils has not been taken.”
This action affects the cases of he-1
tween 3.00(1 and 4,(»00 pensioners. The ‘
pension agents will be instructed to pay
these pensioners their former rates until
otherwise ordered by the bureau.
Com;nissior,?r Lochren, inspeakilig of
the order, s ud:
“The attorney general in his recent
opinion on tin act ot congress of Dec. 21, I
1893, hel l that that act applies to nil i
cas‘s of pending suspensions, even'
though tiie evidence of iraud or of lack i
of title is ever so stronn and convincing. ■
Under this ponstruction there was noth-1
ing left for the bureau butto remove the
suspensions in all cases where suspen- J
i sions have not already been removed, or
‘ where “there has not already been a fe
. sumption of payment or dropping from
' the rolls. The result, of course, will be
' the payment of a large amount of money
. from the treasury to persons who are
; defrauding the government.”
FRIENDLY ENGLAND.
( I
She Just Sent the Cleopatra to Protect
American Interests.
New York, March 14.—The follow- !
ing extiact from the Star and Herald, i
I of Panama, dated Friday, March 2,'
would seem to give an explanation of
the lauding of a British force at Blue
fields, Nicaragua, a proceeding which
is now attracting considerable attention
in Washington and elsewhere. The
Star and Herald says: - i
I “H. M. S. Cleopatra arrived at the i
colony yesterday. After taking coal I
' this vessel will return to Greytown to '
protect American interests, ha ving been j
sent by her Britannic majesty’s govern
ment immediately on the wreck of the ‘
United States steamer Kenrsarge, to
render any assistance possible to the i
shipwrecked crew and to attend to thi
interests which that unfortunate ship
was sent to look after until su< h time as
an American man-of-war arrived.”
A Dangerous Ic© Shove.
Montreal, March 14.—There was a
dangerous ice shove in the St. Law
rence, near Chambly, which caused
great consternation, as the water in the
river rose to an imrwense height. No '
lives Avere lost, but part of a liuryin ;
ground and one side of an old historic
fort were washed away. A large num
ber of coffins are floating about in the
open part ot the river.
■ i
The Millionth Loaf Given Out.
New York, March 14.—One million
loaves of bread have been given to the ■
staving poor of New York by The I
World’s Free Bread fund. To a child
the millionth loaf was given at the
Houston street depot. She carried it
' home to a mother who is sick, to a
, father who is in despair.
Judge David Hon’s tunerai,
i Augusta, Ga., March 14.—The re
mains of Honorable John Shelton Da
vidson was interred in the presence of
the largest concourse of people i h it evt-r
attended a funeral in this city. Mason-,
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias ami
friends, both political and personal,
from over the entire state were present.
Augusta paid the last tribute by an out
pouring of nearly all of its citizens.
A Young Girl's Suicide.
Atlanta, March 14.—Cora Plunkett.
‘an Atlanta girl 19 years old and quite
1 pretty, ran away from Mrs. Wolfe’s
house of correction for girls and killed
herself with some dea-ily drug two hours
later. Sae took the poison at 9 o'clock.
For four hours she lingered in ui: ,n
--sciousness, dying at 1:30 o’clock in the
afternoon.
PRICE *IVE CbNTb.
SAUCY JAPS.
They Bluff an Admiral of Ours
Into Silence.
THREATEN IO BLOW UP
The [American Flagships in
Hawaiian Waters--Rather
Gay. to Be Sure.
SYDNEY, N. S. W., March 14.—Pas
sengers by the steamer Arawa which
has ji st arrived here, give accounts of
some interesting recent events in Hono
lulu. They assert that a subject of Ja
pan was recently arrested in that city
city for a trivial offense and placed in
jail. He escaped from jail and swain out
to the Japanese warsuip.
The authorities appealed to the
American admiral asking that he de
mand his surrender of the Japanese. The
commander of the Japanese warsuip re
fused to give the man up and threatened
that if the American admiral boarded
his ship he would give him half an hour
to leave and if he refused, the American
flagship would be blown out of the
water. According to the story ot the
passengers the escaped prisoner was not
molested.
BIG REFORMS.
Some of the Kxpe<*t«*<i Result* of th#
Work of the Dockery Com miss on.
Washington, March 14. —A reduc
tion in tlu clerical force of the treasury
department of from 300 to 400 clerks,
the abolition of the office of commis
sioner of customs, the reduction of the
register’s bureau to a division of the
secretary's office, the consolidation of
two or three of the audiior’s divis.ons
into one. the practical wiping out ot the
eoast and geodic survey, tne probable
amalgamation of the two comp.roller s
offices into one, and a thorough over
hauling of tiie sixth auditor's office—
.these are some ot the result •; expected
1 to follow as a consequence of the work
done by the Dockery comm ssion in the
1 treasury department alone. Three ex-
I pert accountants have been engaged tor
■ many months in examining tiie intri-
I cate and complicated system of treas
ury bookkeeping.
Division after division and bureau
after bureau have been taken up and
their relation to each other an 1 to the
whole system weighed with a view to
a reduction in force and to simplifying
. the keeping of the accounts, Without,
' however, impairing their accuracy or
the safeguards thrown around tnem.
The results attained have been sub
: mitte I to Secretary Carlisle from time
ito time, and by him “forwarded to the
i house committee on appropriations to
■ be incorporated in the leg-slat ve. execu-
I five anu judicial appropruit on bill. The
work has been done so quietly and sys
tematically that handy a ripple has
i been caused on the suriace, and the
, radical nature of the rvorgao'z -non of
the treasury department and the large
reduction contemplated in its iorce w.ll
not be fully known until the bill itself
is printed.
A thorough reorganization of the sixth
! auditor’s office is one of the most nn-
I portant changes contemplated. This
I office is as large, if not larger, than the
agricultural department. Its work per-
I tains to ail the complicated accounts of
i the postoffice department, and for many
years the work has been very far be
hind. It is so now. Only a few weeks ago
the president. Postmaster General Bis
sell and Secretary Carlisle had an ex
tended conference lasting one aiternoon,
endeavoring to devise some plan to ex-
I podite the work of this important di
- vision.
I Its general condition was declared to
be unsatisfactory, and when the appro
i priation committee of the house have
digested the data furnished it by the
‘ Dockery commission of experts, some of
the most radical changes and innova
i tions will probably be seen to have b en
j made in this large division. Oilier de
' partments will be taken up in turn, and
changes almost as import.-uit as those
suggested in the treasury will bo recom
mended.
THE MOTILONE INDIANS.
Said to Be Ucyoinl K«*<h*inption anil Must
Be Killed Out.
Washington, March 14.—The Ameri
can consul at Maracaibo reports to the
state department that the Motilone In
dians, who are noted as the most bar
barous people on the American conti
nent, have resumed atrocities on the
‘ River Catatumbo, in Venezuela, to such
an extent as to drive civilized persons
from the rich districts which have re
i cently been settled, and no alternative
' seems to remain but for the government
to inaugurate a war of extermination,
showing no quarter without regard to
age or sex. However bloodthirsty this
method may appear in this enlightened
century, it is thought no other w.ll solve
the problem.
These savages have proven utterly un
susceptible to civilizing influences, and
no recourse is left but to ’reat them as
ordinary beasts of prey. They have oc
casionally disappeared in the depths of
tiie forests for a year or two onlv to re
turn with almost incredil le fury and
destroy the new settlements that had
been started in their absence, practicing
the mod horrible cruelties, and leaving
no vestige of the pioneer posts except
the mutjlat.ed bo lies of their victims.
The whole country is now insisting
that the government shall adopt drastic
measures to correct the evil.
A Cleveland Man Itlertea.
Charleston, March 14.—Returns
from the congressional election have
been received from the whole district,
except half of Lexington county, and
clearly indicate a re-election of James
F. Izlar, a Cleveland Democrat, over J.
William Stokes, an Ocala Democrat.