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6 SAVED BY A CLOSE SHAVE. The Tariff Bill Sent Back to Confer ence by the Senate. The Vote on the Retention of the Dif ferential Duty on Sugar a Tie—The Republicans Had Staked Their AU On the Fight Over Sugar, and Threw Up the Hponge After Their Defeat. The Three Populist Senators Vote With the Republicans—Hill Paired With Irby. Washington, July 27.—The struggle ended in the Senate to-day and the tariff bill went back to conference. It was a close shave, however. The sword of Damocles was above, hanging by a thread. Upon the retention of the one-eighth dif ferential on sugar, which the sugar sena tors and Senator Smith of New Jersey insisted upon as the price of their sup port, and the loss of which, meant the in evitable defeat of the measure, the vote was a tie. The absence of Vice Presi dent Stevenson was almost fatal. By dint of hard work, the republicans succeeded in mustering the votes of the populists. Senator Hill of New York and his FilesiAchates. Senator Irby of South Carolina, who ran away from the fight, leaving Senator Hill to pair him. They had thirty-two votes in favor of striking out the differential. The democrats, with the excepations named, stood manfully to the caucus agreement and cast thirty two votes against their opponents. A tie was the best the opponents of the bill could ao, and a tie, parliamentarily speaking, loses, so the differential and the bill were saved. The republi- cans who staked t their all pn the cast of the sugar die, then threw up the sponge, and allowed the bill to go to conference with out further ado. The conferees will get together, and before the end of next week the Chances are the bill will be a law. On the three points at issue the Senate will win two and the House one. The sugar duty will be “flat” and the duty on coal and iron will remain as it is, with a reciprocity proviso—virtually as good as free coal and iron. An absurd rumor is afloat to-night that President Cleveland will veto the bill. He will sign anything that comes to him. If any man wants to win money and can get a bet on a veto it will be like finding greenbacks on the street. DETAILS or THE DAY IN THE SENATE. By the Southern Associated Press. Washington, July 27.—There were very few people in the Senate galleries to-day and the attendance on the floor was also slim. Mr. Harris occupied the chair. The reading of yesterday’s journal was dispensed with, and the usual routine business proceeded. Then the confer ence report on the army appropriation bill was taken up. In explaining the appropriations Mr. Bluckburn, dem., of Kentucky, said the bill, as it passed the House, appropriated $23,586,024; and as it passed the Senate $23,011,1184; and that as agreed to by the conferees the bill appropriated $23,592,- 384. The paragraph referring to the Indians at Mount Vernon barracks, Ala., pro voked some discussion, but the report as a whole was finally agreed to. THE TAIIIFF BILL TAKEN UP. Then, at 1:15 o’clock, the House mes sage, asking further conference on the tariff bill, was laid before the Senate, the pending question being the point of order made yesterday against the motion of Mr. Washburn, rep., of Minnesota, to instruct the Senate conferees to recede from the differential duty of one-eighth of a cent a pound on sugar, the point of order being that it is not in order to give instructions in a “full and free confer ence.” Messrs. Manderson and Platt argued against the point of order. The decision of the presiding officer, Mr. Harris, was in favor of sustaining the point of order and excluding the amendment. The decision was appealed from by Mr. Washburn, and the motion to lay the ap peal on the table was made by Mr. Faulk ner, dem., of West Virginia. A TIE VOTE. The vote was taken amid great excite ment ana it resulted in a tie—yeas 32, nays 32. The three populist senators, Messrs. Allen, Kyle and Peffer, voted with the republicans: so did Mr. Hill, the vote of Mr. Irby was paired with ■frfriit of another democrat, Mr. Smith of New Jersey. The only senator who, not being paired, did not vote was Mr. Stew art of Nevada. He was present in the chamber, but refrained from voting. The net result was that the motion to lay on the table, not having a majority, failed- THE VOTE. Following is the detailed tie vote: Yeas—Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn Blanchard, Brice, Call, Cockrell, Coke Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gorman’ Gray, Hunton, Jones or Arkansas, Lindsay’ McLaurin, Martin, Mills, Mitchell of Wis consin, Murphy, J'aimer, Pasco, Pugh, Ran som, Roach, Turpie, Vest, Vilas, Walsh and White—32. Nays—Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Ca rey. Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois. Frye, Galllnger, Hale, Hansbrough Hawlev, Higgins, Hill Jones, of Nevada, Kyle, Lodge, McMillan, Manderson, Mitchell of Oregon. Patten, Peffer. Perkins, Platt’ Proctor, Shoup. Squire, Teller and Wash bum— 32. Pairs were announced between Messrs. Butler and Cameron. Callery and Power, Camden and Pettigrew. Gordon and Wilsou, Harris and Sherman, Jarvis and Hoar, McPherson and Morrill, Morgan and Quay. Smith and Irby- both demo crats ; and Voorhees and Wolcott, Mr. Stewart was present, but did not Vote; nor was he paired. This accounts 'for the whole number of senators. Then came the question whether the decision of the chair should stand as the judgment of the Senate; and it was also decided in the negative, in the same wav —the vote being identically the same as in the first instance. WASHBURN’S MOTION NOT AGREED TO. The next vote was on agreeing to Mr. ■Washburn's motion; and ft also failed from the same cause--the lack of a majority—the vote being for the third time 32 to 32, but this time the republi can senators and their allies voted aye and the democratic senators voted no. Then Senator Gray's original motion, to insist and agree to a further confer ence, was agreed to without division; and the same seven conferees were ap jxnnted. The bill passed was the Senate bill to oi>en certain parts of the Fort Jupiter military reservation, in Florida, to entry under the homestead law—the two Florida senators stating that they had reconciled their differences and made amendments in the bill. ■ Some dozen bills on the calendar were Ksed, after which, at 3:50 o’clock, the ate adjourned till Monday. v 1 ’ ■■■ ■■ ' ■■ ■' De rachauel Wounded in the Cheek. Paris, July 27.—A duel between Depu ties Clemenceau and Dersehanei was fought with swords this morningat 10:30 o’clock in a secluded 3[>ot at Boulogne- Sur-Seine. Two rounds were fought, in the second of which M. Clemenceau Pierced the right cheek of his antagonist. The wound, though painful, is not con sidered serious. DEBS PUTS IN A DENIAL. A St. Louis Man Asserts That He Never Expected to Win the Strike. St. Louis, July 27.—A morning paper quotes Albert Smith, one of the local leaders of the late railroad strike, and a friend of Eugene V. Debs, president of the National American Railway Union, as saving: “At the beginning of the re cent strike President Debs told me that he did not expect to win the strike. He had a purpose in having the strike or dered. He believed that a strike at the time that the American Railway Union was called out was the only way by which the laboring classes could be brought together. They could do nothing for themselves as long as they were not politically organized. The strike, he thinks, will bring about this organization, causing the men to break away from the old political parties.” Mr. Smith says that President Debs will be a candidate for some office, prob ably congress, and that the work of or-, ganizing political bodies will be begun soon. DEBS DENIES THE STORY. Terre Haute, Ind., July 27, —President Debs denies the dispatch sent out from St. Louis in which he is quoted as stating to Albert Smith, a strike leader, that he (Debs) from the beginning had no hope of winning the strike, but that he had a purpose in having the strike ordered. “I do not know this man Smith,” he said, “and never made such a statement in my life. The whole dispatch is false. I am seeking no office and will accept none.” President Debs will address a meeting of citizens at the opera house Sunday nigh t. OUT A DASH AND FLED. Clarence Wilmot Formerly of Savan nah on a Lark in Canada. Montreal, July 27.—Some weeks ago a dashing young fellow who gave his name as Clarence Wilmot, and his natal place as Savannah, Ga., arrived in Montreal. He received entree in Montreal society and soon cut a dashing figure. He spent money lavishly and gave out that his mother w’as a millionaire, half a dozen times ever. ' A few days ago Wilmot announced to his friends that he intended to marry Miss Marler of Three Rivers, and he pro posed to do it in grand style. He char tered a big steamer and issued over 300 invitations for the trip down the river, which was to have taken place Saturday evening. Great preparations were made forthetrip. Champagne galore was or dered, and many prominent people were invited. , . To-day there was wailing and gnashing of teeth when it was found that Wilmot had disappeared, and that the grand festivities were declared off. Miss Marler is unknown in Three Rivers, and now the people who acquired the acquaintance of the swell southerner are wondering who and what he is. FELL FROM A CAR WHILE ASLEEP The Train Running 40 Miles an Hour and the Man Unhurt. Jackson, Miss., July 27.—Last night three miles below here while dozing in his chair. Express Messenger Edward Stevens of Water Valley fell from the car door. He was not missed until Canton, 25 miles above here, was reached. A message was sent here that he was mis sing and must have fallen from his ear. A handcar was rigged up and several, gentleman started down the track hunt ing for him. Three miles below they found him. lying within two feet of the track soundly sleeping. He awoke as soon as they touched him and asked what was wanted. He says lie has no recollection of falling and imagined him self asleep In his bed at New Orleans, when the rescuing party found him. The train was running forty miles an hour when he fell off, and that he was not killed is a tairacle. Aside from a few minor bruises he is not'hurt. A PLOT TO KILL HEUREAUX. The Ring Leader Killed and the Other Conspirators Set Free. New York, July 27.—The steamer Saganaw, from San .Domingo, bring news of a plot to assassinate President Heu reaux of San Domingo by a party of young men. The conspirators 1 were not sufficiently cautious about their plans and the president was fully informed, of the dangers menacing him before the arrangements were completed, and he put the machinery of the law in opera tion against them, and eleven conspira tors were arrested and brought before the courts. The ring leader, a young man named Broadhill, was condemned to death and shot, and as President Heu reaux considered the example sufficient the other ten were set at liberty. It is said the plot was betrayed by indiscreet friends, and that the president had been posted in regard to it since January. A SPLIT IN THE A. R. U. The West Oakland Lodge Declares the Strike Off. West Oakland, Cal., July 27.—The local branch of the American Railway Union voted last night to declare the strike off. A resolution to that effect was passed after a heated debate, the vote standing 187 for and 146 against. The meeting lasted until midnight, and was very stormy in character. Both sides battled with energy and de termination. As a result some ill feeling was aroused. After the division an exciting scene en sued. Cheer after cheer broke from the opposing elements. Chairs and benches were upset and general confusion pre vailed. DIDN’T OWE ENO $450,000. New York Brokers Exonerated From a Charge of Fraud. New York, July 27.—A report of Daniel G. Rollins, referee, filed to-day in the supreme court dismisses the action brought by Broker Arthur Dyett on an assigned claim of John C. Eno against the latter’s former brokers, J. M. Seymour, J. A. Baker and L. A. Seymour for $450,- tMX). Eno, who had been president of the Second National Bank of this city, when he had to fly to Canada because of misap propriating the bank’s funds, claimed that his brokers had fradulently with held $450,000 of his money. Referee Rollins finds that the brokers were not guilty of fraud. McKane Refused a New Trial. New York, July 27.—Tlie general term of the supreme court iu Brooklyn this morning handed down a decision refusing a new trial to John Y. McKane, who is undergoing six years sentence in Sing Sing prison for his share in the Gravesend j election frauds last November. McKane's i counsel says he will at once take the case I to the state court of appeals. Uncle Sam Loses More Gold. Washington, July 27.—The treasury again to-dnv lost a large quantity of gold • —53,000,0u0, $2,84Mi,000 for European ex port. anti S2OO,UUO sent from Canada. This reduces the gold reserve to $55,173.000, nearly $10,000,090 lower than when the I bond issue of $50,000,000 was made in j February last. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWQ-TIMES-A-WEEK BUSINESS A BIT BETTER. Gold Exports, Strikes and the Tariff the Only Drawbacks. .a • , The Outflow of Gold Attributed to Hostile Legislation Which Has Caused a Lack of Confidence Among Foreign Lenders—A Decided Im provement Reported in the Textile Industries—The Iron Mills Still Short of Orders. New York, July 27. —R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: “The heavy outgo of gold, the fall of the treasury reserve and the price of wheat to the lowest point on record, and the increasing uncertainty about the tariff have entirely overshadowed other influences. Business delayed for months by two great strikes now crowds the rail roads add swells the returns and gives the impression of a revival in business, but it is not yet clear how far there is an increase of new traffic, distinguished from that which has been merely block aded or deferred. In some branches there has been more activity, but in others less, because events early this week led many to infer that no change of the tariff would be made. The internal revenue receipts on whisky have sud denly dropped more than half, and sales of wool have greatly increased. But the uncertainty is not removed, and much of the business done seems to be in the nature of insurance against possibilities. THE EXPORTS OF GOLD. “All the year it has been argued that gold exports have practically ended, but the outgo this wCek has been $5,300,000, making the net outgo for the month about $10,000,000. Os all explanations given only one is based on facts. With 1 wheat at the lowest point ever known, and moving from the farms very freely, while imports are still restricted by doubts about future gold duties, could not go out if there were the ordi nary confidence in the - future of enterprises here. But much was doue to prevent that confidence by legislation hos tile to lenders in western and southern states, and many millions have doubtless been called in by foreigri loan companies and taken away. Still more has been done by the strikes, the depression of manufactures, the loss of railroad earn ings and Lhe rapid decrease of treasury balances. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. “The textile industries have been per ceptibly stimulated, according to dealers, by disagreements which many suppose may prevent a change of the tariff, and there has been more buying of cotton goods, with slightly higher prices for a few, notwithstanding the closing of some important mills. The stock of such goods is, on the whole, quite large. “In woolens, the goods famine which clothiers prepared for themselves bv de ferring orders is such that imperative necessities now keep most of the mills at work, and the purchases of wool for im mediate use are large. But there is no change for the better as respects orders running into the future, and indeed some concerns have withdrawn spring samples on which low prices had been fixed, and will make no effort for trade at present. The sales of wool have been greatly swelled by speculation, in the belief that Wool is not likely to decline in any event, but may advance sharply if tariff changes fail. AMONG THE IRON MILLS. “Vlihile a scarcity of coke delays resump tion of work in many central and western iron mills, the light inquiry for finished products at Chicago and the disappoint ing demand at Pittsburg raises doubt whether a material increase can be ex pected until the tariff question is out of the way. The demand for sheets is bet ter at Chicago, and there are numerous small orders for structural work at Pitts burg, with a rather better demand for bars, but nothing like the expected rush. At Philadelphia the tone improves and prices are steady, but foundry business is much depressed and sharp competition prevents an advance in finished products. “The failures for the three weeks of July compare well, of course, with the panic period last year, commercial liabili ties being $6,417,696,. of which $3,588,938 were of manufacturing and $2,388,011 of trading concerns. Commercial loans are expanding but little, and great caution still maintains soundness. “For the week the failures have been 249 in the United States against 386 last year, and 39 in Canada against 23 last year.” NO NET GAIN. Bradstreet’s to-morrow will say: “Leading influences affecting the course of general trade throughout the United States within the week have not resulted in a net gain. Prolonged drought and hot winds have damaged corn and other crops in Nebraska, and fears are entertained of like losses in Kansas. Without early rains the reduction in the yield of Indian com is expected to be considerable. The outlook for the yield in the spring wheat states is regarded as unfavorable, which re-acts on country merchants and checks demands. Several thousand striking miners in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama refuse to re turn to work at the rates agreed upon in conference, and this continues to depress business throughout the tributary re gions. “Iron, steel and other industries are hampered throughout the Pittsburg dis trict for lack of coke, which restricts production in the face of a mildly improv ing demand, and keeps the price of spot bessemer pig and billets about $1 higher: than quotations for future delivery. “Continued exports of gold from New York are regarded as an unfavorable in fluence, and there are more unfavorDle reports as to mercantile collections. More serious in its disorganizaing effects on general business is the continued delay in tariff legislation, few merchants caring to try [to provide for prospective wants in view of the uncertainty. WHAT THE REPORTS SHOW: “The other side reveals rejxarts of mod erate improvement in general trade at a larger number of southern cities than, last week; improvement in the outlook for the Columbus river salmon canning pack: increased activity in leading lines in San Francisco, full and regular fruit shipments east from the Pacific coast, anti au improved demand for iron and steel at St. Louis, Pittsburg, and other centers; practically complete restoration of the railway freight service throughout the country; a tendency to buv very sparingly for fall deliverv at Philadelphia. Baltimore, New York and Boston; excellent crop prospects in most southern states, and increasing orders among Providence manufacturers of dry goods, specialties and novelties in jew elry. “The spurt in the demand for wool at Boston and at Philadelphia is attributed on the one hand to the expectation of the failure of tariff legislation, and on the other to demand by speculators, who be lieved lhe wool prices 'had touched the lowest possible point. “Heavier shipments of merchandise from Baltimore to southern points were caused by the announcement that freight rates would advance on Aug. 1.” • IN THE SOUTH. ‘ From the south Memphis, Nashville, Charleston, Augusta, Atlanta. Chatta nooga, Savannah and Galveston report a slight’ improvement within a week, the South Carolina and Texas ports adding more favorable reports as to crops and the fall outlook. Atlanta manufacturers are fairly busy, while at Savannah naval stores are quiet and stocks accumulating. There is no change at Jacksonville, but fall prospects are regarded as favorable, while at Birmingham prolonged labor disturbances depress trade.' At New Or leans jobbing is dull, but building trades are active, furnishing employment to many who should otherwise be out of work.” NEGROES ON THE WARPATH. » 1., Payday Marked by Drunkenness and Bloodshed in the Coke Region. Connellsville, Pa., July 27.—Yesterday was payday at the surrounding coke works and the imported negro workmen fairly made things howl. They came to town in squads of fifty, and after making a few purchases spent the balance of their money at the saloons. In New Haven the colored men practically took possession of the town. At Troffer the men fought throughout the whole night, and the deputies were kept busy making arrests. This morn ing six of the negroes are confined there, handcuffed together. At the Davidson works a fight occurred about 4 o'clock this morning. One o*f the men was badly cut with a razor. It is reported that a negro woman was killed, at Vanderbilt in a general fight late last night, and that the murderers threw her body into a coke oven to con ceal their crime. The story is not cred ited. Another attempt at dynamiting was made Dy the strikers early this morning, near the Trbller works. A bomb was thrown at the home of John Bailey, a non-union coke worker, the missile strik ing a tree in front of the house. It ex ploded with a deafening, report, shatter ing the windows and splintering the tree. Had.the bomb struck the house a number of liVes would have been lost, as all the Bailey family w;ere at home and asleep. There is no clew to the perpetrators. MUTINY AMONG CONVICTS. A Deputy Warden and. a Prisoner Killed at Tracy City. Nashville, Tenn., July 27.—The convicts at Tracy City are in a state of mutiny, and as a result two men are dead and two others are suffering from slight wounds. This afternoon the convicts loaded a pipe with explosives, placed it in a coal car and attached a slow fuse to it. Deputy Warden Nelson and his assist ants were passing along another entry to bring the ebnvicts out for the night; when they arrived opposite it the bomb exploded. Mr. Nelson was in stantly killed and Guards Tep rell and Thurman were slightly wounded. A negro convict named Pete Hamilton was killed by a volley from the other guards. There were 115 convicts in the mines at the time, and all but sev enty surrendered. These remained in side, and swear they will not come out. Mr. Nelson was a member of the last gen eral assembly from-Maury county. The state officials . here were .at once notified and they in turn. telegraphed Superintendent of Prison Kork to go at once to Tracy city. Telegrams to-night saj’ it is hardly necessary to send troops, as the convicts will probably surrender before morning. Escape was the object of the mutineers. BOWDEN HORSEWHIPPED. A Conductor Accuses Him of Insult ing Hig Wife. Jacksonville, Flag July 27.—J. E. T. Boldenwho ved the manager of the Duval Athletic- Club, * which organization bulled off the Corbett- Mitchell fight here last January, was horsewhipped in an inch of his life to-day. Bowden’s assailant was one Brunson, a Pullman car conductor, and the cause was an alleged insult to Mrs. Brunson. Brunson met Bowden in a saloon; covered him with a pistol and then proceeded to wear out a buggy whip on him. Bowden begged for mercy, but Brunson was implacable, find when he finished Bowden was in a pitiable condition. His face was a mass of bruised and quivering flesh and his clothing was cut to shreds. Brunson is a six-footer and weighs over 200 pounds. Bowden is about five feet high and weighs about 95 pounds. It is feared that further trouble will follow. Bowden denies that he insulted Mrs. Brunson. STRIKERS SENTENCED. Two Santa Fe Men Given Forty Days in Jail for Contempt. Chicago, July 27.—Richard Lawrence and Edward Rhodes, the first of the strikers to be punished here for lawless ness growing out of the Pullman boycott, were sentenced to forty days in jail by .Judge Grosscup of the United States court . to-day. The men were Santa Fe strikers at Chillicothe, 111., and were charged with contempt of court in interfering with traf fic of a road in the hands of government receivers. CELINA SWEPT BY FIRE. It Started In Two Barns and Then Reached the Business Section. Celina, 0., July 27. —Fire started last night in two barns and quickly communi cated to others, and then to the bnsiness portion of the city. It destroyed Metzner & Pufer’s machine store, the National hotel, the postofiice. the Citizens and Commercial banks, Wyckoff's drug store and a dozen other business houses, caus ing a loss estimated atslso,ooo, with about $30,000 Insurance.. HOPE FOB WELLMAN. A Norwegian Sealer Reports Having Spoken the Explorers. London, July 27. —Carl Sciewers, the Norwegian Arctic enthusiasts, to night received a telegram from the Captain of the Erling, a Norwegian sealer, which arrived to-day at the Island of Tromsoe, Finmark. Norway, reporting that he had spoken the Ragnvald Jarlin latitude 84° north, with all well on board. The Ragn vald Jarlin was then free ofjtbe pack ice and should now be well on its way to the north pole. No date is given, but this is definite news of the safety of the Well man expedition. The party wished to be reported all well and full of hope. A Negro Murderer Hanged. St. Louis, Mo., July 27.—William Henry i Harrison Duncan, colored, was hanged in 1 the hallway connecting the jail and court house in Clayton, St. Louis county, this morning for the murder of Police Officer James Brady on Oct 6,1890. Maj. S. L. James Dead. i Baton Rouge. La.. July 27.—Maj. S. L. James, lessee of the state penitentiary and one of the best known men in the state, died suddenly at bis Angola plan tation, in West Feliciana parish, to-day, aged 60 years. 11l health gives way to Brown’s Iron Bitters 1 : MONDAY, JULY 30, 1804. CHINA’S LOST TROOP SHIPS. The Japanese Opened Fire tfii the Ves sels From the Shore. The Cruisers I hen Steamed Up and Joined in the Bombardment on the Transports—The Japanese Residents of Shanghai in Peril—The Chinese War Officials Mobilizing Their Army With Great Rapidity—Corea's King to Be Held as a Hostage. Shanghai, July 27.—The statement that war has been declared between Japan and China is generally accepted here as cor rect. The Japanese victory, wherein a number of Chinese transports were sunk, was gained Wednesday. The Chinese loss of life was very great. The transports were. sunk off ,the Corean coast and belonged to the fleet of eleven steamers which sailed from Taku on Friday, July 20,. with 12,000 troops. The fleet left Taku under escort qf eight gunboats. The majority of the transports proceeded slowly with the gunboats, while the faster ones steamed at full speed, so as to land thdir troops as soon as possible. On the transports which arrived first at the Corean coast were a few hundred soldiers from the army of the north. Most of the ; force, however, consisted of coolies with inferior firearms or merely bows and arrows. THE ATTACK. The attack upon the steamers from the Japanese guns is described briefly in a dispatch received this evening. The firing was begun by a Japanese battery on the shore, while the Chinese officers were trying to debark their men from the first steamer. The cruisers then steamed up. and opened.fire on all the'firansports which were lying to, wait ing to discharge the men. The Chinese were unable to-make any effective re sistance. They were thrown into great confusion and many jumped overboard,, to escape the hot fire, under which "the transports suffered severely. The Chinese officials here do not con firm these dispatches. They are exceed ingly reticent as to every report concern ing hostilities in Corea. .Thebeginning of hostilities had caused keen excite ment among all classes here. Business is virtually suspended, although many, smaller firms have made desultory efforts to sustain their trade. JAPANESE IN SHANGHAI IN PERIL. The position of the Japanese: residents is precarious. For weeks the*more pros perous Japanese have been leaving the city, but many of the poorer and middle class still remain. The Europeans best acquainted with the city think that the • Sikh police will be strong enough to pro tect them from the Chinese fanatics. The viceroy is confident that the north ern army is sufficiently strong to cope with the Japanese force and he does not intend to employ the southern army ex cept in ease of extreme necessity. The mobilization proceeds rapidly and the preparations to embark large bodies of troops are making with unexpected energy. The Chinese government bought two large steamers yesterday, and nego tiations for others are in progress. The Japanese announce, that they will hold the King of Corea as a hostage until the internal reforms demanded by them shall have been satisfactorily guaranteed, in Seoul excitement is at white heat. There has been considerable disorder, and an uprising o| the people may come at any moment. WARSHIPS IN BATTLE. Yokohama, July 27. —Cable communica tion between Japan and Corea is inter rupted, but it is rumored here in semi official circles that a Japanese warship has fired upon a Chinese, warship at Ha san upon receiving hostile provocation. THE NEWS CONFIRMED. London, July 27.—A special to Lloyds from Shanghai confirms the Central News’ dispatches that war has been de clared between ChinS and Japan. Telegraphic communication with Corea is interrupted and the wildest rumors are in circulation. Hugh Mathieson & Co., the Chinese government agents in England, to-day re ceived a cable, message which also con firms the announcement that war has been declared between China and Japan. Neither the British government nor the Chinese nor Japanese legation has any official advices of the declaration of war. WAR NOT OFFICIALLY DECLARED. London, July 28, 4 a. m.—Several morn ing dailies print this morning the follow ing dispatches from Tien-Tsin: “War has not been declared officially either in Tokio or Pekin. It is believed in gov ernment circles that it will uot be declared for several , days. If the exchanges of notes now proceeding result amicably, the collisions that have already taken place will be mutually dis avowed ; otherwise they will be regarded as casus bello. The transport which was sunk by the Japanese was the Kow- Shung, owned by Mathieson & Co. It is reported that all were lost. The Mathiesons ha*ve taken over a number of Chinese coasting vessels. Hereafter they will sail their, steamers under the British flag. “Telegraphic communication between Japan and Corea has been stopped, there fore no direct information can beobtained in Yokohama, where nothing is known of a declaration of war. The Japanese au thorities stopped on Sunday the Nagasaki mail steamer bound for Shanghai.” AMERICAN MARINES LANDED. Washington, July 27. —The Corean king has been taken prisoner by the Japanese, and marines have been landed from the Baltimore to protect the American lega tion at Seoul. This information was con veyed in an official cablegram dated yes terday to the Secretary of the Navy from Capt. Benjamin F. Day, commanding the flagship Baltimore at Chamulpo. Up to the close of office hours the state department was without any formal no tice of a declaration of war between China and Japan, and so far as could be learned the only telegrams bearing on the situation in Asia was the cable from Capt. Day, of the Baltimore. Seoul is distant about twenty-five miles from Chemulpo, where the Baltimore lies, and as there is only a narrow footpath and no railroad, the marines must have marched the distance. FRANCE AND THE REDS. Floquet Becomes 11l In the Midst of a Speecli In the Senate. Paris, July 27. —In the senate to-day a report was read, favoring the adoption of the anti-anarchist bill, which passed the chamber of deputies yesterday 'without alteration. M. Floquet protested against such ac tion. saying the action was worse than needless. There was no danger that could exceed the results of the introduc tion of arbitrary action in a free state. The bill demanded penalties that would * strike at any citizen. It was similar, he declared, to the detested measure, surete generate, which followed Oram’s attempt to assas sinate Emperor Napoleon HL A jury, he said, was the only rightful judge of the so-called incitement mentioned in the bill. Here M. Floquet stopped and began turn ing his notes, apparently having lost the thread of his discourse. Senators began crying, “Speak,” “speak.” And then there was an embarrassing silence. M. Floquet, who was obviously ill, turned appealingly to President Chal lemel, who, seeing that M. Floquet was to proceed, suspended the sit ting. After an interval the sitting was resumed, but, as M. Floquet was still un able to continue, M. Beaumanoir spoke in opposition to the bill and M. Dupuy re plied. M. Dupuy said the bill was in no sense anti-republican, but had been defined to establish a line of demarkation between republicanism and disorder. M. Arago argued that the bill would be powerless to suppress anarchy. All ex perience should show it, as such a system of repression was a failure, and that it violated the principles laid down in 1848. Tne best remedy for anarchism, he'said, was a free democratic government. The whole bill was passed by a vote of 205 to 35. Tne Senate approved all of the articles of the bill. Before taking a final vote on the passage of the bill, M. Verninac moved to limit the duration of the act. The motion was rejected by a vote of 198 to 62. The chamber will be prorogued to-mor row. The radical and monarchical newspa pers, in their comments on the passage of the anti-anarchist bill by the Chamber of Deputies, concurred in the opinion that the biH was designed more with a view of crushing anarchism than with the pur pose of abridging the freedom of the press. WEENN’S NEW BERTH. He Will Become General Manager of the Memphis and Charleston. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.—1 tis announced to-day thatß. W. Wrenn, general pass-' enger agent of the East Tennessee, who retires from that position on Aug. 1 to malje way for the management of the Southern railway, which takes the East Tennessee on that date, will become gen eral manager of the Memphis and Charleston. As general passenger agent of the East Tennessee, Col. Wrenn was also officially connected with the Mem phis and Charleston, but the active man agement was in other hands. The Mem phis and Charleston is still in the hands of Receiver Eink, but will finally be brought into the Southern sys tem. Until that time it wil be under Col. B. W. Wrenn’s manage ment, The carrying out of the plan of the Southern will very likely cause a lively shaking up in both the mechanical and traffic departments here. Several important offices will be consolidated and it is understood that that there will be a consolidation of shops, each of the three systems, the Richmond and Danville the Georgia Pacific and the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia having big shops hepe. The three systems also have separate ticket offices, which are likely to be combined on the plea of convenience as well as economy. No One Mourns the Loss Os the treacherous, long-abiding, deceptive symptoms of kidney Complaint. But the re turn of regularity is hailed when, with the aid of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, the wise disciple«of common sense who uses it per ceives a return of regularity. Use the Bitters in malarial, kidney or dyspepsia trouble, dis order of the bowels, nervousness or debility. ad. GEORGIA’S CONSTITUTION. Three Amendments to Be Voted on in October. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.—Gov. Northen to-day issued his proclamation providing for the submission of three constitutional amendments passed by the last legislature to the people at the October election. .The first amendment provides for the addi tion of two more judges to the supremo court bench. It went before the people two years ago and was lost, but it is be lieved that it will be ratified this time. The second proposition provides for an amendment of the powers of the state to appropriate money by giving it the right to include all confederate veterans on the pension list those disabled from age or disease, as well as those suffering from wounds or other disability incurred in the service. The third amendment provides for the holding of summer sessions of the legis lature, beginning on the fourth Wednes day in July instead of the fourth Wednes day in October, as at present. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. . When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. JAILED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL. I ■■II. • ■ 1 »■ One of the Publish ere of the Financial News Azrested. New York, July 27 z—D. C. DeMerritt, one of the publishers of the Daily Finan cial News, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of malicious lE£.>el for printing a story of an alleged expected receivership for the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company. He was taken to the tombs police court. Police J ustice Ryan issued the order of arrest. Alex Lassen, the other partner, is said to be in Nova Scotia. tL\l77/ CIBBOb KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and’ tends to personal enjoyment when rightly usea. 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MASS. © I oooooooooooooooooooooooc *B*B*M*esas»M*MsisßsiM*ißssssus<sssßsswMsssussA4****a s*s*sa*si WAR CLOUDS AT BLUEFIKLDS. The Nicaragua Force Forced t» Rew turn American Launches. Colon, J ply 27. —The following advices have been received here from Bluefields, Mosquito Territory, Nicaragua: “The Nicaraguans under Gov. Cabazas have been defeated and have retired to Ra mam, where they collected 400 men and seized some American launches, intend-' ing to make a descent on Bluefields. The launches later' were restored to their owners upon the demand of the American consul. Capt. O’Neil of the United States gun boat Marblehead has landed 150 United- States sailors and marines in order to protect the United States consulate and American interests generally. The Mosquito chief is expecting a re newal of the attack. The British consul has telegraphed for. a British' warship. The inhabitants of Bluefields are leav ing that place injargc numbers. The wo» men and children have already left. The rebellious subjects of Corn Island were disarmed, but at Port Limon they have since purchased arms, and at Bocas they chartered 'a schooner, which took them to Bluefields. They have been re enforced there, and intend invading Cora Island. A SLICK THIEF. He Stole a Pistol and Attempted te Fasten the Crime Upon Tramps. . Flemington. Ga., July 27.—Flemington had until yesterday afternoon within its limits one of the shrewdest thieves that} has long been its displeasure to hold. His name is Med Hayward, late of Savan nah, now of Liberty county jail. Hay ward, who is in the employ of J. A. Stewart, was left at the house yesterday morning to cut wood, while Mrs. Stewart closed the house and’ went to pay a neighbor a visit. In ,a short time Hay ward came running lo the house of the neighbor, apparently exalted, exclaiming at the same time that two white men, fagged and barefooted, had broken into the nouse and had stolen a pistol, and on seeing him had run off, but not until he had shot twice at them with, a Winchester ritie w hich he hgd secured in the house after the abrupt departure of the white men. Mrs. Stewart im mediately notified Sheriff Smith, who was soon on the ground, A little discrepancy in one story of young Hayward caused that astute officer to fasten the crime on him. The sheriff charged Hayward with the theft, who in a short time confessed it and got the pistol from where he nad bur ied it at the foot of a grapevine, some two hundred feet from the house. Hay ward was lodged in jail last evening. Scrofula— a more common evil than people are aware—is cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.—ad. TAXPAYERS ALARMED. A Meeting of Those in Four Counties of the Levee District to Be Held. Greenville, Miss., July 27.—The short age of Gen. W. S. Ferguson, ex-secretary and treasurer of the Mississippi levee board, the insolvency of his bondsmen, his absence with no apparent effort to secure his return, the heavy taxes im posed for levee purposes and the large indebtedness of the board, has prompted the taxpayers to call a convention to bo held in Greenville Aug. 15. Delegates from every precinct in the four counties comprising the Mississippi levee district are invited to attend. Whiskers that are prematurely gray or faded should be colored to prevent the look of age, and Buckingham's Dye ex cels all others in coloring brown or black, —ad. ARTHUR AVERTS A STRIKE. The Atlantic and Danville Engineer® to Stick to Their Posts. Norfolk, Va., July 27.-Chief Arthur of the Brotherhpod of Locomotive En gineers arrived here to day to adjust the differences between the Atlantic and Danville railroad and its employes, brought about by the issuance of a circu lar a few days ago announcing a general reauction in wages on Aug. 1. Chief Arthur held a conference w ith the man ager of the road and to-night announced that no strike would take place. Not what we say, but what Hood’s Sarsaparilla Does, that tells the story of its merit and success Remember HOOD’S CURES. A BAD MAN. He Bit Off the Upper Lip of Hia Better Half. Dorchester, Ga., July 27.—Justice Dele ral committed John Washington Mclver, colored, to jail yesterday on a charge of asiiaulton Mclver’s wife. Mclver and his wife had a falling out and got into a roU?hand tumble fight, in which the wcut-an had almost her entire upper lip bitten off and a large piece from her shoulder by the irate husband, who then run off for a gun a distance of three miles and <m returning was prevon'.ted from killing the woman by the timely ’ interference of some neighbors who happened on the scene. It 13 stated that Mclver killed a man in one of the near-by counties, and that a reward .is offered foi" him by the governor. He has the reputation of being a desperate man and bad c&Jzen all over the county. - .... Fok’ Over Fifty Year*. MRB. WINStOW’S SOOTHIKG STRtTY h&S been used children teething. It soothes, the child, soft* ‘ns the gums, allays all pain, cures wind and is the best remedy foe diarrhoea. - Xfr ~mty-five cents * bot» Un.—Ad.