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VOL. V. NO. 2,026.
MOVING ALONG
TheTarlff Bill Being Pushed
in the Senate
THE HAWAIIAN RESOUTION
The Senate Agrees That the
United States Should
Let the Islands Alone
Washington, May 31.—1 n the senate
two resolutions, one offered by Mr. Hill,
requiring Mr. Gray’s select committee
to sit with open doors, and the other
offered by Mr. Dolph, for the arrest of
Elisha J. Edwards as a recalcitrant wit
ness and tor his presentation at the bar
of the senate, went over for a day under
• the rule.
A resolution reported from the com
mittee on foreign relations was agreed
to unanimously declaring that it, of
right, belongs wholly to the people of
i the Hawaiian islands to establish and
maintain their own form of government
and domestic polity; that the United
States ought not in any way interfere
therewith and that any intervention in
the political affairs of those islands by
any other government will be regarded
as an act unfriendly to the United
States. The vote was taken by yeas and
nays and the result announced as yeas
65, nays none.
« Mr. Mills stated that if he had not
been paired, he would have voted no—
not because he did not recognize the
right of the people of Hawaii to institute
I their own government as they pleased,
L but the government of the United States,
■ having overturned the government of
V Hawaii, and having put the Hawaiian
■ people under a military power, against
I which they could not protect them-
selves, it was its duty to tear down the
oligarchy established by force and per
mit the people of the Hawaiian islands
to institute their own government.
Senator Sherman Speaks.
■ The tariff bill was taken up at 10:30,
find the amendment offered by Mr. Hale
to make the duty on sawed boards $2
• per thousand feet was defeated. Yeas,
22; nays, 31.
A vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered by Mr. Allen to place on
the free list all logs, lumber, laths,
shingles and building materials, com
monly used in the construction of
dwelling houses, barns or fences, and it
was defeated. Yeas, 4—Allen, Irby,
Kyle, Peffer—nays, 48.
On motion of Mr. Allen, assented to by
Mr. Vest, on behalf of the finance com
mittee, paragraph 178, fixing the duties
on lumber of any sort plain or finished
was struck out of the bill for the pur
pose of having such lumber afterwards
A placed on the free list.
At 1) :50 the wood schedule was com
pleted, the remaining votes having been
taken without debate. The sugar sched
ule having been reached, Mr. Sherman
began a speech on the pending bill. Al
most all of the senators were in their
seats, while a number of members of
the other house occupied sofas. The
galleries were well filled, many ladies
being present.
Mr. Sherman cited the Confederate
1 constitution forbidding a protective tar
, iff and said he believed the opinion in
the south was changing on this question.
Mr. Morgan challenged the statement
made by Mr. Sherman that he (Morgan)
' had once said he doubted if the dis
ifcCovery of coal and iron in Alabama was
Wortunate, as it interfered with the pro-
J duction of cotton. Mr. Sherman went
on to show the industrial development
of the south, and said the south wanted
{protection for its industries.
| Referring briefly to sugar, Mr. Sher
man said his friends in the south were
I anxious but hopeful about sugar, and
[ expected to have a duty placed upon
\ that article and if not a duty at least
} bounty. In defending the McKinley
bill, he said it had some demerits, one
jf them being the bounty on sugar, to
which he was opposed at the time.
' Later on, hesaid for the purpose of es
tablishing the industry of beet sugar
ind also for the purpose of protecting
L ;ane sugar producers of Louisiana, he
I vould cheerfully vote for the duty of
I rom 1 to 2 cents per pound on all sugar
f mported into the country. He would
rather do that than give a bounty.
He was glad of the development of
the south; it was a good sign, and
showed that that section of the country
was prospering as it should do.
The Republican party and the peo
ple of the west were indebted
to senators from the south for the duty
that had been given on coal and iron.
► They would not have been granted, he
i believed, had not coal and iron been
* discovered in the south.
•t.v.nson Proceed. Agalnnt Witneaiea.
Vice President Stevenson said that
& would, during the day, send to the
trict attorney his certificate with
refer, mce to the refusal of Correspond
ents Edwards and Shriver to answer
questions asked by the sugar trust in
vestigating committee with a request
that the government enter criminal pro
ceedings against these gentlemen before
the grand jury. The investigating com
mittee has resumed its investigation.
Senator McPherson, a member of the
* finance committee, was the first witness
examined.
Ainsworth Gott Off.
The second indictment against Ains
worth, chief of the pension record divi
aon of (he war department for man
anghter in connection with improper
ly conducting repairs to the old Ford’s
theater building which resulted in its
collapse and the- death of 22 of the
clerks, has been quashed by Judge Mc-
Comas on a demurrer. This practically
ends the prosecution of the case and
secures Ainsworth's release from his
bond.
In the House.
rAt 19:85 p. m. the house went into
committee of the whole on the bill to re
the state bank tax, and Mr. Black,
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
Os Georgia, resumed ins epeepa in favor
of the total repeal of the law,
BRIGHT SOUTHERN GIRLS.
Texas Representatives Carry Off Honors at
Lexington—The Post’s Liberality.
Lexington, Ky., May 31.—The Texas
girls again carried off the honors at
Hamilton college this year. The annual
commencement was held and the honors
and diplomas awarded. There were 16
girl graduates. Miss Etta Inman,
of Houston, Tex., gained first honors,
and delivered an unusually brilliant
valedictory. To Miss Procter, of Groes
beck. Tex., wert the second honor. She
delivered the salutatory. Miss Mamie
Botts, of Bonham, Tex., won the Jones
medal. The Latin medals went to Miss
Ruby Campbell, of Linnville, Tex., and
Etta Inman, of Houston, Tex. The
first elocutionary medal was awarded to
Miss Mary Handy, of Bells, Tenn., the
second to Miss Mackie, of Valdosta, Ga.
The Delsarte medal went to Miss Jen
nie Spear, of Chicago. Misses Bettie
Prather, of Maryville. Mo.; Nina Wam
pler, of Butte City, Mont.; Lily Jacob
son, of Russellville, Ark.; Fannie Sum
mers, of Centralia, Mo., all won house
keeping prizes.
Misses Inman and Procter, winners of
first and second honors, are the girls
sent to Hamilton college by the Hous
ton Post. They also win the prizes
offered by that paper. The Post an
nually defrays the expenses of two
Texas girls to Hamilton. They are
chosen by a ballot taken by that paper.
HE LAUGHS NOW.
A Fugitive from Justice Returns After
Twenty Years’ Absence.
Cincinnati, May 31.—Benjamin F.
Davidson, who was reported dead 20
years ago, has come back to Cincinnati.
Detectives went to look for an indict
ment on which he was to be arrested,
but found that it had been nolle prossed
a year ago.
During the closing days of the war
Assistant Quartermaster Thomas B.
Hunt was stationed at Charleston, S. C„
and, it was charged, entered into a con
spiracy with Davidson whereby the lat
ter drew from the national treasury on
warrants issued by Hunt about $70,000
for a lot of imaginary hay and oats
claimed to have been delivered to the
army at New Berne, N. C.
In 1871 the special treasury agents
discovered the fraud, and Hunt was ar
rested and tried by a courtmartial,
which failed to convict. At the same
time Davidson was indicted here. He
was arrested in 1873 and released on
<2,000 bond. After entering a plea of
not guilty on Feb. 15, 1873, he vanished,
and was traced from city to city. It was
at last reported that he had died in
Texas.
Davidson laughs at the authorities.
MARKED FOR A PURPOSE.
Men Who Aided the Officers in Keeping
the Wealers Out.
Salt Lake, May 31.—The Salt Lake
chief of police with his force still re
mains on the line separating Davis and
Weber counties, holding back the army
of industrials, headed by General Smith.
Organized sympathizers of the common
wealers procured an order for the arrest
of the chief, but he declined to be ar
rested by remaining just over the coun
ty boundary line. A motion to modify
the order of the court so that the army
would be allowed to pass through the
territory under guard was argued, and
was taken under advisement. Several
local wealers were arrested on the
charge of inciting to riot. On the per
son of one of them was found a list of
deputy marshals, and the name of the
local firm who had supplied the militia
with arms. It is surmised that the
men and the firm were marked for a
purpose.
As Far Apart as Ever.
Washington, May 31.—A special dis
patch from Birmingham, Ala., says:
The committee appointed by the citi
zens, in mass meeting here, to confer
with the coal operators and a miners’
committee with a view to adjusting the
strike, if possible, has met the operators,
but after a prolonged conference noth
ing was accomplished; the operators de
clining to recede from their original
proposition for 20 per cent reduction.
The operators believe they have about
won the fight, but the strikers are still
firm.
Commanded to Disperse.
Indianapolis, May 31. Governor
Matthews has issued a proclamation
commanding the striking miners who
are obstructing the passage of trains in
the counties of Clay, Parke, Vigo, Sulli
van and Vermillion to disband and call
ing upon the sheriffs-of these counties
to enforce the law. The governor says
that if the proclamation is not obeyed
at once he will proceed to enforce it
with the militia.
Griffith’s Slayer in Jail.
Chattanooga, May 31. W. L.
Steakley, who without apparent cause
murdered Dr. A. P. Griffith at the close
of the congressional convention at
Cleveland last week, and who was re
leased on $5,000 bail, pending prelimi
nary proceedings, has been committed
to jail without bail.
Turned Over to th. Ladles.
Richmond, May 31.—The Jefferson
Davis mansipn has been formally turned
over to the Ladies’ Confederate Memo
rial Library society by the city of Rich
mond. The building will be used as a
museum for Confederate relics.
iciote'rs Must ray s rrun.
Ottawa, Ills., May 31.—The Ladd
miners arrested at La Salle on Satur
day for carrying arms have bean fined
SIOO each by Justice Weeks. They all
pleaded guilty. Having no money they
will serve their fines out in time in the
county jaiL
BOMB, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1894
PUEBLO DROWNED
The Heaviest Flood Since the
Deluge of 1865.
TWO LIVES BEEN LOST
There Will be an Appealling
Loss of Property—Rail
road Damaged,
Pueblo, May 31. —The greatest flood
in the history of the town, rivalling the
historical flood of 1865, has caused dam
ages amounting to upwards of $150,000.
The entire business district from Bluff’s
to Fourth street is inundated, water
standing upon the union depot platform
to the depth of one foot. Hundreds of
families were rescued during the night
but, so far as learned, no deaths are re
ported.
The electric light stations, gas works,
telegraph and telephone offices are ren
dered useless. The levse broke in a
dozen places. The Arkansas river
brought water from the west. Dry
Creek from the northwest and the
Fountain river from the north all went
out of their banks during the night.
No trains can either enter or leave
the city in any direction.
Reports from the west indicate that
the railroads have been very badly
damaged. The new line of the Florence
and Cripple Creek road is reported
washed out for nearly its entire distance.
Governor Waite is held at Victor, and
will be compelled to come out overland
when the storm ceases. Rain still con
tinues quite heavily.
Denver’s Report of Woe.
Denver, May 31.—A special from
Pueblo received at noon says: Several
people have been drowned in the flood.
Two bodies have already been recovered.
The water has now fallen 18 inches.
The damage will exceed half a million
dollars.
Traffic at Pike’s Peak railroad at
Manitou has been entirely suspended
for the first time in its history by reason
of the great damage to the roadbed.
The Rio Grande and Santa Fe railroads
are seriously crippled at many points by
washouts, rockslides and washed away
bridges. The damage throughout the
state will, doubtless, be very great.
NAMES OF INJURED
In the Wreck of the Excursion Train on
the Southwestern Railroad.
Washington, May 31.—A special from
Atlanta, Ga., gives the names of the in
jured in the railroad accident on the
Albany and Carolina branch of the
Southwestern railroad at Holts, Ga., as
follows:
John Smith, Bluffton, may die; A. M.
Jones, Edison, may die; C. F. Butler,
Arlington; G. F. Pennell, Hallsburg,
Ala.; John T. Notris, Columbi
ana, Ala.; Loft Anderson, Corider;
L. M. Free. Damascus; J. J. Slappey
and Miss Slappey, Hilton; R. F. Will
iams, Columbia: Master Frank Tulley,
Arlington; L. A. Tulley and Master
Julius Tulley, Arlington: Captain C.
M. Holt. Columbia; Mrs. G. F. Little,
Hilton; M. T. Little, Hilton; Mrs. L. T.
Tulley, Hilton; John C. Chancey,
Blakely; C. O. Thompson, Colum
bia; W. M. Barfield, Bluffton; W.
H. Spurling, M.lford, Henry Batts,
Damascus; J. J. and W. E. Fulton, Clay
county, E. G. Brown, Bluffton; A. G.
Tonguefield, Ashefield, Ala.: Tilden
Malkins. Edison; J. F. Mills, Edison; C.
A. Sheppard. Edison; W. T. Hall, Halls
burg, Ala.; M 33 Emma Reems, Hilton.
The News from Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 31.—Nearly all the
wounded in the disaster at Holt's sta
tion are doing well. No deaths report
ed yet. though it is reported that two
will die. The wounded are at Albany,
and are mostly from the neighborhood
of Columbia, Ala.
HAWAII’S CONVENTION.
Minister Witlis Says the Election Passed
Off Quietly on the Islands.
Washington, May 31.—The president
has sent to congress dispatches from
Minister Willis under date of Honolulu,
May 10, in which he says:
The election of delegates for the consti
tutional convention, held on May 2, was
quiet and orderly. Os the 18 delegates
elected, five are native Hawaiians and two
are Portuguese. Several others were born
here, but of foreign parentage. The vote
actually cast was somewhat over two
thirds of the registered vote. The con
vention will hold its first session on the
thirtieth instant. The condition of affairs
here remains peaceful.
The minister then says that, as con
gress now has the Hawaiian question
before it, he has informed members of
the Hawaiian Patriotic league, who pre
sented a protest against the action of the
provisional government in calling a con
stitutional convention, from which na
tives are excluded except under a re
strictive and prohibitive oath, that he
cannot receive or forward resolutions of
political bodies.
A Murder Committed Long* Ago.
Walkerville, Ills., May 31.—The pe
trified body of a woman has been found
by hunters hear here. On the forehead
is a gash which indicates that the woman
was killed with a sharp instrument.
Mrs. Bridgewater says the body is that
of Mrs. Lovess, who was her neighbor
60 years ago, when there were few set
tlers here. Mrs. Lovess was a beautiful
woman, and a land seeker paid her a
great deal of attention. Her husband
left her and the settlement. Soon after
the cabin in which he and his wife had
lived burned to the ground. It was sup
posed that Mrs. Lovess was cremated
in the burning cabin. The land seeker
who had been devoted to her was not
THOUSANDS KILLED
Terrible Flood Disastes in
Several China Towns
A FEARFUL CATASTROPHE
Over 400 Bodies Found Float
ing On the Yang-Tse-
KlangJßiver.
New York, May 31.—A special troin
Han-Kow says that 1,000 persons at
least have lost their lives in a catastro
phe peculiar to this singular action:
Heavy rains, caused apparently by a
waterspout Or “cloudburst-" fell early
last week on the upper Han, suddenly
flooding the lowlands to the depth of
several feet.
Two great rafts moored to the bank
were torn away by the maddened wa
ters and hurried down stream, smashing
everything in their way for over 200
miles, leaving death and ruin in their
wake. They reached the mouth of the
Han, where it empties into the Yang
tse-Kiang, at this place, Friday night.
Like two huge catapults they crashed
into the junks there and swept them
into the Yang-tse-Kiang. where a whirl
pool was formed and the hapless crafts
with their crews were sucked beneath
the furious waters. Six small Chinese
gunboats were sunk while trying to
rescue the hundreds of persons thus
placed in jeopardy. Life saving boats
also did what they could, but the cur
rent was so rapid that all efforts proved
of little value.
The vast, impetuous volume of water
that rushed out of the Han did much
damage on the opposite, shore of the
Yang-tee-Kiang, over a mile distant,and
to the bund in front of the iron works.
Many frail houses on the bank were car
ried away, occupants and all, the water
coming down like a tidal wave, almost
without warning.
Over 400 bodies have been found float
ing in the Yang-tse-Kiang below this
place, and others are found daily.
The Han drains an immense area and
its surface is covered with junks and
small craft. The only wonder is that
the destruction was not greater, the pe
cuniary loss being confined to the de
struction of junks and boats and the
flooding of rice fields, of which no esti
mate can be obtained.
Fatal Floods in British Columbia,
Vancouver, May 31.—The overflow
of the Frazer river is cansing great de
struction and loss of life. The valleys
have been submerged, houses of ranch
ers have been swept away and fields
laid in waste. Many herds of cattle and
flocks of sheep have been drowned.
Whole villages on the banks of the
stream are floating. So far, seven lives
are known to have been lost.
Poaching in Hudson’s Bay.
Ottawa, May 31.—1 n the house of
commons Mr. Mills (Liberal) moved for
copies of all the correspondence since
1867 between the government of Cana
da and the imperial government in ref
erence to her majesty’s exclusive sover
eignty over Hudson's bay. He com
plained that the United States noaehers
were operating in these waters owing to
the inaction of the Canadian govern
ment. Sir Charles Tupper said there
were such rumors afloat, but that the
government could get no evidence to
corroborate the same.
The Guilty Pair Convicted.
Gainesville, Tex., May 31.—Miss
Ella And and her accomplice, Edgar
Townsend, charged with murdering
Miss Aud’s illegitimate infant by drown
ing it in Fish creed, 12 miles north of
Gainesville, have been convicted in the
district court. The jury, after being
out 36 hours, returned a verdict of
guilty, and fixed the punishment at 20
years tach in the penitentiary. Miss
Aud is 25 years of age and Townsend
19 years old.
Fatal Explosion in Nsw York.
New York, May 81.—A terrific ex
plosion, followed by fire, occurred at
4:30 a. m., in the distillery on the
ground floor of a double tenement at 129
Suffolk street, resulting in the death of
Lizzie Yeaga, a 4-year-old child, and
serious injuries to four others. Twenty
families tenanted the building. The
explosion and fire cut off the usual
means of escape, and 15 children were
thrown from the upper windows.
A Quarantine Plant In Danger.
Montgomery, Ala., May 31.—A good
deal of excitement exists in Mobile over
the threat on the part of a number of
citizens of Baldwin county to burn the
quarantine plant which is located in
that county, across the bay from Mo
bile. Extra precautions have been taken
to protect the plant from any onslaught.
The threat of Baldwin’s citizens is based
on the fact that infected vessels are
treated at the plant.
A Fortune Left Him.
Port Townsend, Wash., May 31.
Frank C. McDill, a restaurant keeper,
lately of Port Angelas, has turned up
as a long lost heir to a fortune in Chat
tanooga, Tenn., valued at $50,000. He
had been absent from home for 15 years
and several thousands of dollars have
been spent in vain endeavors to ascer
tain his whereabouts.
Mr,. Fitzgerald Was Acquitted.
New York, May 31.—Mrs. Catherine
Fitzgerald, the sister of Police Inspector
McLaughlin, who has been on trial in
general sessions the last three days for
killing Mrs. Carrie Pearsall on Oot. 2,
last, was acquitted, the jury finding
that she was insane when she fired the
fatal shot.
IHOUbLt. UN GAMP.
The Democratic Campaign Committe Send
ing Out Objectionable Matter.
Washington, May 31.—Democrats in
the house are very indignant over the
discovery that the congressional cam
paign committee, of which Senator
Faulkner is chairman, is sending out to
Democratic papers some misleading in
formation which reflects upon the Wil
son bill, and even seeks to repudiate
that measure. The committee asks all
Democratic papers to publish the state
ment. The friends of Mr. Wilson have
entered a vigorous protest, on the ground
that there is neither justice nor wisdom
in circulating a campaign document re
lating to the tariff bill before anybody
knows what that bill will actually be.
Then, again, the figures are said to be
ridiculous. For instance, the average
rate of duty on sugar in the McKinley
bill, with its bounty and its duty of half
a cent a pound on refined sugar, isgiven
at 14.55 per cent. The house, as will
be remembered, struck out the bounty
and put all sugars on the free list. Not
withstanding this, the average rate of
duty in the Wilson bill on sugar, is
placed at 28.43 per cent—just double
the figures of the McKinley bill. An
explanation of this was sought. It was
found that the house had left in the
sugar schedule two little items—glucose
and confectionery—on which the aver
age rate of duty was really 28.43 per
cent, but as a matter of fact only about
$50,000 worth of these articles were im
ported.
The sugar duty in the senate bill, ac
cording to these figures, was placed at
39.59 per cent., but it was not stated
that these figures covered imports to
the value of about $120,000,000. Other
percentages in the table are said to
have just as little to stand, on as these
relating to sugar.
Senior Faulkner has refused to head
the protest of the Wilson people. He
says it is too late; that the statement is
now on the way to Democratic papers
in all parts of the country.
MRS. LEASE BETTER.
Her Husband Has Not Visited Her Since
She Was Stricken.
Olathe, Kan., May 31.—Mrs. Mary
E. Lease, who has been seriously ill for
three weeks, has been improving stead
ily since last Friday, when a radical
change in her treatment was made. Dr.
Haviland, who is a homeopathist, and
Dr. Williams, who is an allipathist,
quarrelled at the outset, and Dr. Wil
liams got control. It is alleged that he
gave only opiates and cathartics.
Mrs. Lease’s friends, among whom
were a number of physicians, protested,
when she grew worse instead of better,
and Dr. Williams was finally persuaded
to call in Dr. Porter, of Kansas City,
who advised a change. Since then she
has gained steadily, and will probably
be able to get out within six weeks, but
she is still far from being out of danger.
She is afflicted with an aggravated
case of sciatic rheumatism, and an ab
scess has formed in her left hand. She
cannot even answer questions that re
quire only a negative or affirmative an
swer, although she is apparently in the
enjoyment of all her senses.
Her husband has not visited her since
her first illness, claiming that he is
afraid to leave his home for fear harm
will be done his children by the cranks
who are constantly sending threatening
letters. Charles Lease, Jr., her son, is
with her constantly.
Venezuela’s Geary Law.
Washington, May 31.—Hereafter for
eigners in Venezuela must be provided
with documentary evidence of their na
tivity, occupation, family and other de
tails, just as Chinese are in the United
States. Mr. Bartieman, secretary in
■charge of the legation at Caracas, has
'transmitted to the state department a
Icopy of a decree to that effect made by
President Crespo. All foreigners who
have been less than six months in the
country are required to file these decla
jrations.
Tried to Swallow Damaging Proofs.
Paris, May 31.—While the police
were searching the lodgings of a sus
pected anarchist named Chambers, the
suspected man made an attempt to con
ceal something from the searchers by
swallowing it. He was seized and made
to disgorge, when it was found that he
had tried to swallow the draft of an an
archist manifesto invoking his “com
rades" to resort to the use of explosives,
poisons, etc., in order to “terrorize the
bourgeoise.”
The Skeleton of a Mastodon.
Columbus, 0., May 81.—Professor
Edward Orton, of the state university,
has succeeded in unearthing in good
condition the skeleton of a mastodon
found in a swamp deposit near Selma,
Clark county, Ohio, and it will be
placed in the university museum. The
animal evidently sank in the mire of
the swamp. This is the third one found
in the same vicinity. The bones weigh
1,700 pounds.
Found a Missing Heir.
Port Townsend, Wash., May 81.
John McDavitt, the keeper of a little
restaurant in this city, has been located
here after years of search, and is heir to
SIOO,OOO left by a wealthy farmer at his
home in Chattanooga, Tenn., which
McDavitt left 25 years ago.
Must Not Sell Doctored Cigarettes.
Chicago, May 31.—The city council
has passed an ordinance making it a
finable offence to sell, offer to sell, or
expose for sale cigarettes containing
opium, morphine, glycerine, jimson
weed, belladonna, or sugar.
Burned In a Hotel Fire.
Bonham, Tex., May 31. Charles
Lewis, a guest at the Columbia hotel,
at Laconia, was burned to death in the
destruction of the hotel at that place.
The other guests escaped and were wit
nesses to the horrible fate of Lewis,
whom they were unable to help.
PEICE FIVE CENTS.
TRAITOR TURPIN.
Melinite Inventor Sells out to
Her Political Enemies
PRONOUNCES THE DOOM
Sold to Germany Because the
Inventor’s Name Was Strick
, en from the Legion.
New York, May 31.—A. Paris special
to The Herald says:
We have a new scandal, and one
which promises to have sOious results.
Turpin, the inventor of melinite, has
sold to Germany, for 5,000,000 francs,
the secret of an electric chariot which
is expected to produce a terrifying ef
fect in war. If the news was confined
to this Turpin would be merely a trait
or, and would arouse the disgust of
every honest man. But the serious part
of the affair is that Turpin asserts that
he offered his invention to the French
minister of war, who refused to listen
to his propositions, and that he asked
for an audience of President Carnot,
who declined to receive him. If Turpin
had been an unknown man the conduct
of the minister and president would be
comprehensible. They are the custo
mary victims of cranks. But Turpin is
well known as the inventor of melinite,
and as such he has rendered a. great ser
vice to France.
Turpin was condemned some time ago
to five years’ imprisonment for having
sold to the English gun making firm of
Armstrong the secret of certain weapons
of war, and as a result of this sentence
he was struck from the rolls of the
Legion of Honor. It is said that he has
sold his secret to Germany because the
the government refused to restore him
to the Legion of Honor. He has gone to
Brussels, where the sale took place.
The German government made him
offers on several occasions, which he
finally accepted. The money was paid
over by a German general, who went to
Brussels from Berlin expressly for that
purpose. Turpin knew what a crime
he was committing. He wrote to a
friend:
I am going to sell my invention to Ger
many. In eight months you will have
war, and in 10 months there will no longer
be any France.
M. Le Herisse announces his intention
to interpellate the government on the
subject. M. Merceir, minister of war,
has been informed of this intention, and
says that he will not object to meeting the
question after he has had a conference
with his colleagues. He admits that he
refused to see M. Turpin,, and also de
clined to negotiate with him. He scouts
the idea that M. Turpin’s new invention
is an important one.
BRAZIL FEELS GRATEFUL.
She Will Celebrate Independence Day and
Erect a Monument.
Rio de Janeiro, May 31. —The Fourth
of July will be celebrated here this year
in a manner to demonstrate th the
United States the gratitude of the peo
ple of Brazil for the support received
from the government of the great
American republic during the recent
civil war. The celebration will consist
of a military and navy review and the
laying of the cornerstone of a monument
surmounted by a statue of James Aeon
roe, the author of the Monroe doctrine.
President Cleveland has been re
quested to send a United States squad
ron here to take part in the naval re
view, and special medals will be pre
sented to President Cleveland and Pres
ident Peixoto in commemoration of the
triumph of the established government
over the revolutionists.
Has Not Been Heard From.
Washington, May 31. Brazilian
Minister Mendonca says that the move
ment in Brazil for the erection of a
monument to James Monroe is a very
popular one. At the head of it is Sena
tor Joao Cordeiro. The cornerstone of
the monument will be laid on the fourth
of July, and the moument itself un
veiled on the fourth of July a year
later. Thus far no request for the at
tendance of a squadron has reached the
state or navy department.
Outhwaite Ha» Been Nominated.
Columbus, 0., May 31.—Congressman
Joseph H. Outhwaite has been nomi
nated for election to a sixth term as
representative of the Twelfth district in
congress. There was no opposition and
the nomination was made by acclama
tion. The resolutions adopted approve
the Chicago platform and demand the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1. Mr. Outhwaite was not present.
He voted with the administration on the
silver coinage question.
General Weaver for Congress.
Atlantic, la.. May 31.—The Popu
lists held a convention in the Ninth con
gressional district. Seventy delegates,
representing nine counties, were given
seats. On the first formal ballot Gen
eral J. B. Weaver, of Des Moines, in the
Seventh congressional district,was nom
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Maney May Go to Prison for Life.
St. Paul, May 31.—The denial of the
application for a writ of prohibition in
the United States court allowed the
courtmartial of Lieutenant Maney to
Sroceed on its merits. If convicted un
er the sixty-second article of war, the
lioutanant mav be imprisoned for life.
Gorman Getting Better. <
Laurel, Md., May 81.—Senator Gor- !
man passed a good day and is improv
ing. He was able to see his secretary
for a short time, and disposed of some
of his correspondence. It is thought
that he will be able to go to Washing
ton the last of next week.