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2 LONDON JINGOES LAYING LOW. THE ENGLISH MASSES NOT IN A WAR FURY AGAINST US. The Bnlk of the People Not Well In formed Concerning the Nurture of the Differeiicen Between the Two Governments—Queen Victoria Also Believed to Be Opposed to a Resort to Arms—The Workingmen’s Clubs Not Hostile to the United States. London, Dec. 21.—N0 one in the thick of events here and in a position to judge of public feeling can honestly affirm that the country is,in the state of excitement over the difficulties that have arisen in. connection with, the Anglo-Venezuelan dispute that some of the newspapers rep resent. Whatever partial efferverescence existed over President Cleveland’s mes sage is now evaporating, and if no new surprise is sprung upon the British peo ple, the whole matter will soon become a mere newspaper war. Official and diplomatic circles have nev er shared in the extreme alarmist views that have found expression in the press, and the placidity prevailing at the for eign office may be judged from the fact that Prime Minister Salisbury has seen no cause to summon a meeting of the cabi net to consider the situation. It is ex pected that no cabinet meeting will be held until the views of the American govern ment, embodied in. a dispatch that Mr. Olney, the American Secretary of State, is understood to be about to send in re ply to Lord Salisbury’s note, has reached the foreign office. Upon making Inquiries as to when this reply was likely to be received, the representative of the United Press learned that it was expected to reach here early in. January. It depends upon the nature and tone of Mr. Olney’s communication whether the situation will become really critical. In the meantime the policy of the for eign office is to "Lay low and say noth ing.” English jingoism, braying in re sponse to American jingoism, may go on, but it does not represent genuine public sentiment, nor can newspaper opinion be taken as an absolutely sure guide to the national feeling. The ignorance of the English masses in regard to the real is sues‘between the governments must ere Jong operate to restrain Lord Salisbury from following an active policy of sheer defiance of America. The Monroe doctrine breaks upon the bulk of the populace like the enigma of the Sphinx. The locality of the dispute is to them a geographical mys tery. Even the Westminster Gazette, which is an organ of the educated classes, thinks it necessary to inform its readers that neither British Guiana nor Demarara is an Island, as is generally supposed in England. Before the government dares to commit the country, the people will want to know what the trouble is about. The queen is showing the keenest anxiety in the difficulty. Lord Salisbury was clos eted yesterday at the foreign office, not seeing even tho diplomats. In the evening he sent a long dispatch to her majesty at Osborne house, on the Isle of Wight, where she is at present sojourning. The queen’s remembrance of the fact that the last official act of the Prince Consort was the preparing of a memorandum counsell ing a peaceful settlement of the Trent af fair will incline her to interfere to prevent a rupture between the two countries. Continuing to collate opinions outside of the leading parly organs and the Carl ton, Constitutional and National Liberal Clubs, the representative of the United Press has essayed to ascertain the feel ing in the workingmen’s political clubs, on which feeling the politicians rely when organizing popular demonstrations. These clubs, though numbering their members by the tens of thousands, repain con cealed from public view until there are pe riods of agitation, when party wire-pullers finding It advisable to foment excitement, jhippH' funds to call out < hfe -mass. 1 * . Wunds alone, however, would not evoke processions in Hyde park, nor enthusias tic crowds in the great halbs. The work ingmen's clubs can only be manipulated on the lines of their own tendencies. Se lecting four of the most notable of these clubs inquiry revealed the fact that there was an entire absence of excitement and only a mild interest In the situation. While keenly alive to home politics, the average intelligence of the workingmen who are members of these clubs does not extend to Great Britain’s foreign rela tions. The Monroe doctrine, especially, is a hieroglyphic to them, but they are sympathizers with America, and their belief in the justice of the American gov ernment is profound. To sum up the re sult of the conversations had with sev eral of the best informed members of the clubs it may be said that the opinion is that the men must learn more about the causes of the quarrel before there will ' be tho smallest chance of their responding to party appeals for a demonstration for or against the government. The recognition of the primary neces sity of the spread of information on the subject has led the London, weekly pap ers which have a purely popular circula tion to attempt in their issues of to-day to enlighten their renders. One of these papers having a weekly issue of 700,00(1 copies precedes its article with the admis sion that many Englishmen will learn lor the first time through President (Cleve land’s message that Great Britain has a boundary dispute with Venezuela, which it then proceeds to explain. The article corududes with an attack on Mr. Cleve land's action uk calculated to bring the principle of arbitration into contempt. An other of these papers, which has an enor mous circle or readers in. the operative and manufacturing centers, likewise ex nounds the Monroe doctrine and then up holds President Cleveland as being In the right tn insisting upon arbitration. It, however, denounces the “Arrogant pre tensions of the United States that tn no part of America shall any one set foot except with the permission of the curious gang of corrupt politicians in Washing ton. The paper adds: “Grant Ireland home rule, and we shall hear little of the Monroe doctrine.” Another radical workingmen's paper holds that it is impossible for the public to support a war on the question of the boundary of British Guiana or of teach ing Uncle Sam better manners. It recalls how Lord Palmerston played tho “Clvla Romanns Sum” doctrine for all it was worth to get well with the crowd when his name was ill-smelling at court and among his colleagues. Mr. Cleveland it Bays, is using the Monroe doctrine in a similar manner as the last dodge of a beaten party to raise smoke and drown a stench. The most notable feature of the articles in those and other papers of the same clas»— conservative, liberal and radical alike—la the consensus of opinion that Great Britain cannot submit to the hu miliation of accepting President Cleve land's demands. The Spectator under the caption of “the death warrant of Armenia." says that Preaident Cleveland’s message is a full excuse for all those persons who arc de sirous of silently deserting an unhappy people. It adds that it is impossible for Great Britain, which is so menaced tr. jn America to risk the outbreak of a Euro pean war, In which, owing to American hostility, she might be powerless to in terfere. The Moslems. It declares, can now carry out their plans. If there are no Christians left in Armenia there will be no Armenian question. The service papers do not discuss the situation from a service point of view The Army and Navy Gazette protests that a war between Grat Britain and the Uni ted State® would be criminal. The Naval and Military Gazette says that war would be a lamentable blunder that would not benefit either power. The fact that the queen's health is feeble has obliged her physician to order a strict er regime for her. Early in the morning she has a cup of coffee and a thin rusty At noon she takes an egg beaten in wine. At 2 o’clock she has luncheon, which Is the heaviest meal of the day. This con sists of aoup, fish and fowl Then she takes a short repose, followed by a drive or a walk. At 9 o’clock dinner is served. Her majesty then drinks watered claret or a glass or dry champagne. At a meeting of the English' Church Union, at which the Duke of Newcastle presided, It was decided to petition the bishop* to order clergymen to refuse to marry persons who have been divorced, such marriage being contrary to the taw of the church and a grievous injury to Chr»ti*n morality. The attempt to compel King Prempeh of Ashantee to accept a British resident and grant other demands made by the British, threatens to be a harder task than was at first expected. The war of fice no longer says that the British ex pedition will merely have to march to Coomassie, the capital of Ashantee. King Prempeh shows no sign that he is desir ous of surrendering to the British. The Ashanteos are armed with good rifle® and have plenty of ammunition, their arma ment having been suplled to them by French traders. The great chief Samory, who, it was supposed, was likely to be an ally to the British in their campaign against King Prempeh, threatens to join the latter. GORDON FULL OF PATRIOTISM. North and South Ready to Rally Aronnd the Flag. Chicago, Dec. 21.—Gen. John B. Gordon of Georgia, delivered a stirring address to-night at Centrad Music Hall, on the “First days of the Confederacy” and in cidentally struck a popular chord by a patriotic reference to the contingency of war with Great Britain. In dwelling with mirigled sentiments of pathos and humor on the unbreakable spirit which dominat ed the soldiers of the north and south, Gen. Gordon exclaimed that this was the spirit which lived among millions of boys in the union to-day, the sons of those who saved the union, and with it the re public could enforce the Monroe doctrine or any other doctrine. If this spirit was transmitted to posterity, the united re public could bid defiance to the world in arms. He added: “In the face of the contin gency which is just in front of us; in view of our melancholy complications with the British nation, the question is in or der whether the republic, produce such leaders for coming events as the north and south gloried in, and such heroes as were behind them? I answer yes; what every may be the measureless calamity of war with England, if the honor and safety of the republic required it. I speak for the southland when I say that, with all their sufferings under conditions of war, they will be found with absolute unanimity and with unbounded enthusiasm, saying that argument is exhausted and that they will stand by our arms. I undertake to say for the ex-confederates, gray headed as they are, that they will rally to the* old flag of this republic with the first' tocsin of war, and their old rebel yell will be heard beyond the Canadian borders.” Great cheering followed this sentiment. CLEVELAND IN CONFERENCE. Olney and Herbert Discuss the Situ ation With Him. Washington, Dec. 21.—Secretary Olney and Secretary Herbert had a long con ference with President Cleveland to-day about the present and probable future as pects of the Venezuelan situation. Mr. Olney and the President, it is under stood, discussed the appointment of the Venezuelan commission authorized by congress. According to the wording of the resolution authorizing the commis sion the commissioners are directed to as certain the true divisional boundary be tween Venezuela and British Guiana. This, of course, makes their work so much more difficult, and increases their responsibil ity. It was said to-day that when the report of the commission is received the President will adopt one of two courses. He will either send the findings of the commission to congress, with a request for action, or else issue a proclamation declaring the true boundary to be that as certained by the commissioners. What would follow this latter action can only be surmised, but it is probable that the President would use it as the basis for another attempt to secure Great Britain’s agreement to arbitration, before taking any radical step, provided, of course, that the commissioners did not sustain the ex treme claims of the British to the dis puted territory. Mr. Herbert’s talk with the President related, it is understood, to the visit of Rear Admiral Bune's squadron to the vicinity of the Venezuelan coast. It can not be ascertained whether any change was made in the itinerary. Admiral Bunce will have an interview to-morrow with Secretary Herbert on the subject. A RIOT AT A MEETING. Italian Faction® Come to Blow* Over the AbyHNinlnn War. Rome, Dec. 21.—The Italian soldiers slain in the battle of Ambalagi, Abyssinia, were commemorated this morning at a meeting held in the University of Rome. The gathering contained a strong leaven of socialists, who interrupted an address delivered by Prof. Oratori by crying, “Down with the African policy of Crls pi.” The rest of the audience retorted with cries of “Viva Italy and the Italian army,” and the uproar was continued for some time. Some of the socialists cried "Viva Men elek,” whereupon a riot ensued, in which chairs were thrown and fists were free ly used, many of the fighters being in jured. Several students were taken into cus tody by the police outside of the univer sity because they refused to disperse when ordered to do so. Later a crowd of 300 students placed a wreath upon, the monu ment erected in memory of the Italians killed at Dogall. The Senate this afternoon discussed and approved by a large majority the credit asked for by the government to carry on the campaign in Abyssinia. State ments wore made by Prime Minister Crisp! and Signor Sonnino. minister of the treas ury, that the government had no intention of occupying the Abyssinian province of Shoa. Italy’s aim. they say, was to re cover and retain the territory that she had already occupied for the defense and se curity of her colony in Erythrea. EASY TO PROVE ENGLAND IVHOXU. Sir Robert Sc bom burgle on Record on the Boundary. Paris, Dec. 21.—Gen. Guzman Blanco of Venezuela said to-day that it would be easy to prove that England was wrong in her dispute with Venezuela. When Sir Robert Schomburgk marked out his boundary line, he said. Venezuela protest ed against it, and England replied that the line was only a geographical one and afterward removed the boundary posts which had been set upon Schomburgk’s line. Italy Offer* to Arbitrate. Paris. Dec. 21.—The Temps publishes a dispatch from Rome, saying that Italy has offered to act as arbitrator of tho difficulty between Great Britain and the United States. 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Whisky Trust Leads the Slump With a Decline of 13 Points—London Fi nancial Institutions Begin to Fret Over the Shrinkage in the Value of Their Holdings—The Financial Kings of the Old World Determin ed to Prevent War. New York, Dec. 21.—The action of the Senate yesterday in unanimously passing measures providing for the formation of the Venezuelan boundary commission led to heavy selling again this morning for foreign account, and this with forced sales by local operators led to a sharp break in prices at the opening of the stock ex change. Blocks of stocks for the account of out of town operators, who were una ble to respond to the calls for margins, were thrown overboard, for anything they would bring, and this added to the feeling of uneasiness. There was no way of knowing whether the brokers handling the various deals had been involved. Presi dent Cleveland’s message on the finances, sent in to congress, dia not have the fa vorable effect on the market at the start that was looked for in certain quarters. In fact in the first hour prices broke any where from 1 to 13 points, and as yester day there were no signs of supporting or ders in any direction. Cordage guaranteed scored the banner loss, selling down 13 points from 25 to 12. The failure of L. H. Taylor & Co., of Philadelphia, who have con nections in this city, and the suspen sion of Hatch Brothers and H- K. Bur ras & Co., of the local stock exchange, were announced in the order named, and this accelerated the downward movement. After the early slump a steadier tone set in and on buying for investment account, as well as tor the purpose of covering short contracts, a rally of I@s per cent, followed. London firms were buyers in a moderate way. The impression is that the bu]k of the trading for this account was for the purpose of covering short contracts put out at higher figures. The recovery m the market was taken advantage of by weakened holders to sell and in the last hour new low records were made for a number of the leading issues. At this time Rock Island sold down to 56, Pullman Pal ace to 146, Manhattan to 91, Jersey Cen tral to 93, and Lackawanna to 154, all the lowest of the week. The closing was fe verish with operators rather anxious as to the course of the Sterling Exchange market and the gold movement next week. It was generally agreed that this is the key to the situation. Reports were current of an intormal consultation of the bank presidents and of the like lihood of the closing of the stock exchange for two or three days next week, but these reports were branded as pure inventions by persons in authority. The transactions'for the day were 314,958 shares, an unusually heavy total for a half holiday. The railway bond market to-day was depressed On further liquidations for both home and foreign account. At the de cline local investors bought the gilt edge issues, and a recovery from the lowest point was recorded. The transactions ag gregated $2,093,000. Sales of listed stocks to-day aggregated 249,646 shares and of unlisted stocks 65,312 sha»res A cablegram has been received by Pres ident McCord of the produce exchange from Chairman Watts of the London Bal tic, the principal grain exchange of Lon don, which was read by President McCord from the rostrum of the exchange. It was as follows: “At the annual dinner of the Baltic last night Yankee Doodle was re ceived with, loud cheers, and the health of the United States with three times three.” The members of the produce ex change greeted the reading of the mes sage with loud applause. London, Dec. 21.—After a flat opening of tthe market on the stock exchange Amer ican securities recovered, but they did not sustain their recovery fully at the close. The other markets closed better under the influence of .an improvement in consols, ’wnich movement is taken to in dicate that influential circles consider the political tension better. Those looking beneath the surface tepprehend that un less the political situation improves there will be a crisis in. London worse than that caused by the failure of the Barings, not on account of the American railroad shares, but on account of American rail road bonds, which are held not only by private parties in England, but by many insurance companies and similar insti tutions. These bonds are already un- The Globe says: “The financial kings of the old world are firmly resolved that such a horror as war between England and the United States shall not occur and they will not hesitate to employ any means to prevent it. Our great banks are insisting upon the immediate repay ment of advances ifiade to American houses, at the same time intimating that they will suspend financial accommoda tion so long as the menace of an Ameri can commission to locate the boundary of British Guiana hangs in the air.” The head of the banking house of Al bert Seligman & Co., No. 9 Draper’s Gar dens. says: “Business returns between the United States Great Britain are virtually broken off. The people are anx ious, though scarcely any of the promi nent firms entertain any idea that war is likely to occur. The financial situation now depends entirely upon the political atmosphere. No financial measures would be effective until a political settle ment is reached. President Cleveland’s financial plans might then be introduced with effect. An amendment of the cur rency would satisfy the demands of Eu rope, though this would be only a partial remedy. But it would be very effective if the consequence should be an appre ciation of the price of grain and cotton and the balance of trade were turned in favor of the United States.” It it given out that Lord Salisbury caus ed the publication of the Venezuela cor respondence between the foreign office anti the department of state at Washing ton on. Tuesday, only upon learning that the same would be published in America on that day. The Westminster Gazette says that President Cleveland’s second special mes : sage to the congress of the United States ■ greatly improves the situation. “The i President's enemies,” the Gazette says, ! “though stalwart for the application of ' the Monroe doctrine, will not scruple to attack his currency policy. We hope that our government will seize occasion to I make it clear that we do not intend to challenge the Monroe doctrine or to raise that issue.” The Pall Mall Gazette says: “Even if Venezuela were 10,000 times right It would be impossible for Great Britain to recog nize her rights or even make the slight est qoneesSon to her until President I Cleveland withdraws from his manacing attitude. The sole service which his mes- I sage has done to the Monroe doctrine is to call forth a chorus of disavowal and ' ridicule from the w’hole of Europe.” i Washington, Dec. 21.—At the close of business to-day the treasury gold reserve stood, with all withdrawals out, at S6S.- 841,950. To-day’s gold withdrawals amount ed to $490,000, taken for domestic use. Philadelphia. Dec. 21.—The firm of L. H. Taylor & Co., bankers and brokers, failed this morning. This is one of the oldest firms on the street. Boston. Mass., Dec. 21. —Price & Co., Congress street stock brokers, have failed. The announcement was made on the stock exchange this morning. SILVER SENATORS STUBBORN. They Boast That They Will Balk Sound Money Legislation. Washington. Dec. 21.—The strong silver men in the Senate do not disguise their dissatisfaction with the President’s last message. One of them said to-day that now it was congress' turn to go “duck hunting," and congress would do it. They say if there is danger in the financial situation, the President should ha>e sounded his note of alarm earlier. Sil- I ver men. also, do not hesitate to say that I the President cannot get through the Sen ate such legislation as will be satisfac tory to him, and that absolutely noth ing would be accomplished by congress staying here. Deepite this, there appears to be a sen timent among the democrats of the Sen ate that they should show a proper re spect for the message and remain re gardless of the expected uselessness of the session. The indications are that the i congress will abandon its recess, but that i financial legislation will not result theie * front GEORGIANS ON THE COMMITTEES. Col. Lester Gets His Old Place on Rivers and Harbors. Washington, Dec. 21.—The political sea at the capitol was as calm as a mill pond to-day, and there was not a trace of the executive hurricane that swept over con gress yesterday. The proceedings were brief and without special significance be yond the announcement of the commit tees in the House by Speaker Reed. The latter is pleased to know that he made up and announced his committees before the republicans in the Senate are able to per fect their reorganization, an operation they have been engaged in, ever since con gress convened. There was some gossip among senators and representatives as to what action may follow the President’s latest message on the finances, but no practical plan has been suggested that is likely to command the support of the tswo houses of congress, and also the approval of the President, hence the speculation is wide and varied. The free sliver majority in tife Senate stands as a menace to any proposition that does not give the white metal recognition on an equality with gold. Under the circum stances, both houses are preparing for a protracted struggle over the financial question, fully realizing that the President is determined to uphold the credit of the nation, with or without the aid of con gress. In the House, th* principal item of in terest was the construction of the various committees. Naturally there were some surprises and numerous disappointments. One of the surprises was the placing of both Messrs. Crisp and Turner of Georgia, on the ways and means committee. It is an unusual proceeding to place two men of the same political faith on that com mittee, but Speaker Reed established a precedent without offering any, explana tion. “It will be gratifying to the people of Savannah and the citizens of the seacoast towns generally to know that Represen tative Lester has again been assigned to duty on the river and harbor committee. There was greater pressure upon. Speaker Reed for assignment to that committee than any other, and the selection of Col. Lester is due to tihe ability and energy with which he has performed service on that committee in the past. He is now in a position to look after the interests of the new project in Sayannah harbor, and other improvements in the state. He is also a member of the committee on war claims and expenditures in the state de partment. He probably fared as ewil as any member of the delegation. Ex-Speaker Crisp, in addition to the committee on ways and means, is a mem ber of the committee on rules, which gives him the leadership of the minority. Judge Turner, besides membership on the ways and means committee,, is assigned to the committee having charge of the expenditures in the department of justice. Lon Livingston was made happy by be ing returned to the committee on appro priations, and the committee on alcoholic liquor traffic. Judge Black returns to the committee on banking and currency, and also to the committee on pensions. Representative Tate goes to the naval committee, and that on mines and min ing. He will have an opportunity to help develop interests in the promising gold mines of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Representative Maddox w’ill look after Indian affairs, and also revision, of the laws. Representative Moses is assigned to pen sions and agriculture. Ben Russell will occupy his spare mo ments with the committee on claims and enrolled bills. Representative Lawson is a member of the committee on. education and the election of the President and Vice Presi dent. Representative Bartlett, the junior mem ber of the delegation, will have an op portunity to look after the contested election cases of two of his colleagues, for he is a member of the committee, on election, and also that on civil serv ice reform. Altogether the Georgia delegation, is weh taa'n care of in if.e new organiza tion of the committees. In the South Carolina delegation, Rep resentative McLaurin carried off first hon ors by being assigned to the committee on ways and means. This is quite a dis tinction for the young leader from Ben nettsville and it will not hurt his future aspirations to serve on the leading com mittee in the House. He is also a mem ber of the committee on railways and canals. Next in order is Representative Elliott of the Charleston district. He has three assignments, education, pensions and militia. In the event of war with Eng land, the committee on militia will take on additional prominence. Representative Talbert will do duty with the committee on labor and expenditures on public buildings. Representative Sprait goes to patents, ventilation and accous tics and expenditures in the agricultural department. Representative Latimer will have an op portunity to follow his school land bill, while serving on the committee on public lands and enrolled bills. Representative Stokes will serve on ag riculture and expenditures in the treasury department. Representative Wilson is assigned to im migration and naturalization, and also expenditures in the navy department. REPUBLICAN PLANS OF RELIEF. More Revenue to Be Raised and a Low Interest Bond Issued. 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A corre spondent writing from Marash expresses the opinion, however, that the immediate capture of Zeitoun by the Turkish forces is not possible and that the Armenians will be able to hold the place throughout the winter. The correspondent also says there was a tremendous panic in Adana of Dec. 7 similar to that which recently occurred in Constantinople. During the panic all of the shops were closed. A telegram received in. Constantinople from Tarsus on Dec. 18 says many fam ilies have fled from there to Mersina, where the United States warship Marble head is lying. A letter from Vostagat, Asia Minor, dat ed Dec. 10; says that place is surrounded by Kurds and the houses of the inhabi tants have been barricaded. It is reported that thirty Armenians have been massa cred there. A communication received at the Turkish foreign office says that the Armenians who are holding Zeitoun have pillaged and flooded dozens of Mussulman villages near Zeitoun, and have killed 266 Mussulmans including 16 women. The foreign office is also issuing other stories of a similar char acter. It is stated that these statements are intended to prepare the public mind for the annihilation of the Armenians who are in possession of Zeitoun. An American who was for a long time a resident of Constantinople writes from Harpoot that the furniture and other property stolen from the American mis sionaries at that place is in the houses of the highest government officials there. He also says that it is a regular practice of the nabobs of the Turkish villages to keep a herd of Armenian women attach ed to their domestic establishment, and when Moslem travelers or soldiers come assign a woman to each guest for the night as a part of their duty in the matter of hospitality. The Turks admit that the Armenians in the district of Sivas are clothed only with a potato sack each and that many of them have died from starvation. The sul tan is reported to have said that he will feed these unfortunates if they will be come Mohammedans. The German ambassador here, acting under Instructions received from his gov ernment, has again urged the porte to pre vent a massacre of the Armenians at Zei toun. Sir Philip Currie, the British am bassador, supported the German ambassa dor in his attempt to save the lives of the revolted Armenians, but it is feared that the Zeitoun district has already been largely laid in waste. Washington, Dec. 21.—The representa tions made by Minister Terrell respecting the condition of American interests In Turkey, have resulted in the dispatch of general instructions to Rear Admiral Sel fridge at Smyrna, Syria, directing |im to furnish protection and comfort to such missionaries as might apply for that pur pose. There was nothing in the instruc tions, concerning a general gathering of the American missionaries at Alexan dretta, or some other port where the Uni ted States has a warship. The cruiser Minneapolis sailed to-day from Gibraltar for Smyrna, according to a cable message received at the navy de partment from her commander. It is esti mated that the cruiser will make the voy age in five days. The arrival of the Min neapolis at Smyrna will give the United States a representation of three vessels in Turkish waters. —\ ■ - HEARNE ACQUITTED. The Jury Declares Him Not the Mur derer of Stillwell. Bowling Green, Mo., Dec. 21.—After one hour's deliberation, the jury in the case of Dr. James A. Hearne, on trial for the murder of Amos Stillwell, returned a ver dict of not guilty at 5:30 o’clock this even ing. This disposes of a case that has ramified the nation and has never been three months off a court calendar for seven years. On the night of Dec. 30, 1888, Amos J. Stillwell, a wealthy citizen of Hannibal, Mo., was murdered at his home. *Mrs. Fanny Stillwell, the young wife of the deceased, was the only witness to the tragedy, and claims the murder was done by an unknown robber. Gossip had prior to the killing associated the names of Dr. J. A. Hearne and Mrs. Stillwell together. In less thdn a year after the murder, the young widow married Dr. Hearne, and some two years later started to visit Eu rope, but the doctor prevailed against this at New York. Meantime >5,000 rewardsfor the discovery of the murderer had been offered and the wedding set scandalous tongues going. To avoid this. Dr. and Mrs. Hearne went to California. After a short residence at Los Angeles, Mrs. Hearne sought and obtained a divorce on the ground of cruelty, but within two months they were re-married. The San Francisco Chronicle enlarged upon the divorce ajnd re-marriage story and made allusions to the Stillwell mur der so pointedly that Dr. Hearne sued M. H. deYoung, the proprietor of the Chronicle, for $160,000. This opened anew the doctor’s alleged connection with the murder, which the Chronicle made the most of. The suit is still pending. Dr. Hearne and his wife were indicted at Hannibal and the trial, which has occu pied two weeks, was taken to Bowling Green on a change of venue. It is likely the charge against Mrs. Hearne will be dismissed. Cleveland SigM the Commission Bill. Washington, Dec. 21.—The President this afternoon approved the bill appro priating SIOO,OOO for the expenses of the commission to inquire into the Vene zuelan boundary matter. The executive approval was given to the measur- as soon as the official copy reached the FrMrfUent KEHOE’S IRON WORKS, FOUNDERS MACHINISTS BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAKERS. All kinds of Machinery. SUGAR MILLS and PANS. Special attention to repair work. Sole Agents for KNOWLES’ STEAM PUMPS. Savannah, - - - A FLOOD IN INDIAN TERRITORY. More Than a Score of Houses Swept Away With Their ■ Contents. Wagoner, I. T., Dec. 21.—The rain of two days’ duration and a heavy snow fall Thursday night which melted, has caused an overflow in the Grand, Verdigris and Arkansas rivers, which has flooded hun dreds of farms and forced the inhabitants to take refuge in the hills. Some twenty or thirty houses have been swept away and with their contents are a total loss, leaving hundreds without homes or shel ter. Last evening a woman was discov ered floating on a mass of drift wood, but as there were no boats to be had the woman probably drowned before assist ance could reach her, as the stream was a rushing torrent. The streams are still rising, and before morning will inundate and destroy hundreds of farms and im provements. Relief corps have been organ ized and bonfires are blazing to-night to warn the inhabitants in the threatened districts. The mining camp at Bull Creek is flood ed and the miners some 200 in number have fled to the higher grounds for refuge, hav ing lost everything. Nothing like the present flood has ever been known here. The St. Louis' Iron Mountain and Southern bridge over Grand river, 15 miles east of Wagoner is in a shaky condition and trains cannot pass. St. Louis, Dec. 21.—A family of eight persons, who were encamped on Spring river, west of Jopin, Were swept away by a flood. The mill at Boston was carried away and mills at various places along Spring river and Shoal creek are partly sub merged. Three wood choppers encamped on Spring river near Oronogo, were rescued from tree tops. The. loss of live stock is heavy. .'All streams have overflowed the bottom lands and the waters have carried away much grain and stock, besides buildings, fences and implements. All of the bottom farms near Osceola are under water, with the roofs of the houses and stables dotting the sea of waves. The Sac river bridge went down. Outside of Osceola not a bridge Is left standing. A number of residences, grist mills and roller mills were destroyed. At Sedalia eight and a half inches of rain fell. A number of landslides are re ported. At Otterville, the Lamine river is higher than ever known before. Reports from other points state that the loss to grain, stock, etc., as well as in the cities and towns, will be very large. Railroad traf fic was seriously impeded. TALLAHASSEE NOTES, Northern Men Looking for Homes In Leon County. Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 21.—Several well to-do farmers from Illinois and Wisconsin have been prospecting in this section the past few days. They were induced to visit this portion of the state by the Clark syn dicate people. They represent many fami lies who desire to come south. Mr. R. M. Williamson, of Wakulla coun ty, has succeeded in making splendid wine from the tomato. One hundred plants pro duce thirty-one gallons, which readily sells at $2 per gallon. Mr. Charles Joel Collins, a native of Tal lahassee, was yesterday married to Miss Annie Kendrick, at Ackworth, Ga. Mr. Collins is connected with the North Geor gia and Marietta railroad. TOBACCO GROWING. The Florida Farmers Are Preparing to Plant the Weed Largely. Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 21.—Evidence is daily accumulating that demonstrates tha(. there is a general tobacco boom throughout Florida. At the office of the state commissioner of agriculture there are now from almost every county in Florida, re questing that tobacco seed be sent them. To supply this great demand, Hon. L. B. Wombwell has arranged for an ample supply of choice seed, which will be sent to farmers free of charge in due time. In addition to all this, associations for grow ing tobacco are being organized in all sec tions of the state. CUMNOCK’S EXPLOSION. The Disaster Caused by Fire Damp auil Not by Dynamite. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 21.—Harry Fink and Ed. Swigart. miners in the coal mii)es at Cumnock, were here to-day on their way home to Pennsylvania, with the bodies of Covey and McCoy, two Pennsylvanians killed by the explosion. They say the search for more dead ceased this morn ing, as it is nqw positively known that only thirty-nine were killed, and that all the bodies have been found. It is now also positively known that the explosion was due to fire damp, as the dynamite did not explode, but has been found in tact. The superintendent says if it had exploded, not a man in the mine would have escaped death. Milledgeville’s New Dormitory. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21.—The board of trustees of the Girl’s Normal and Indus- : trial school of Milledgeville has been call ed to meet in that city on Jan. 6 for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps to erect the new dormitory to the school buildings, for which $25,000 was appropria ted at the recent session of the legisla ture. The work is to be commenced at ' once and the building pushed to comple tion as rapidly as possible. The Modern Mother Has found that her little ones are im proved more by the pleasant laxative, Sy rup of Figs, when in need of the laxa tive effect of a gentle remedy than by any other, and that it is more acceptable I to them. Children enjoy it and it bene fits them. The true remedy. Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the California Fig Syrt.p Company only.—ad. v —■ —— ' 1 ? BIG FIRE ON ST. SIMONS. Two Mills and Lumber Destroyed, the Value Being $147,000. Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 21.—The complete story of the big fire on St. Simons Island Thursday night, which was briefly allud ed to in yesterday's dispatches from Brunswick, is as follows: The Hilton & Dodge cypress mill, 4,000,000 feet of cy press lumber, 1,000,000 cypress shingles and 1,000,000 laths were totally destroyed by the fire, entailing a total loss of $147,000. The insurance is not over $20,000, if any at all, and what may be carried is through brokers in New York city, where the gen eral offices of the company are located. The burned property is all located on the island at the place known as “St. Simons Mills,’’ a distance of seven miles from Brunswick by water and three miles from the hotel by land. There are two mills in the plant and both were reputed to be the largest of their kind in the south. In an. interview Manager James L. Fos ter made the following statement, in ad dition to the figures given above: “The Are started about 8:30 o’clock in the room right over the boiler. The mills have been running night and day for some weeks, and we had steam on at the time. The engineer discovered the blaze, then very small, and called the superintendent’s at tention to it, as he was then near-by. . The superintendent sprang at the water pipe and the engineer endeavored to blow the alarm of four whistles. Before he could pull the cord the fourth time tho whfle space above them was enveloped iaib-. flames, and they had to run Jinr lives. It was a perilous moment, and the sixty operatives in the mill had. difficulty In escaping alive, so quickly, did tho flames spread. The mill proper was soon one mass of flames, and all water con nections were broken. Then it was a task to make new ones by reducing the sizes of the pipes to connect with ones at the other mill, and before that could be done the lumber yard was burning. If a Are tug could have reached us at that junc ture 8,500,000 feet of the lumber could have been saved, but our tug was away, ant no water protection was available. The island people all turned out and willingly helped, but after an all night fight we found ourselves at day break with only a handful of cypress lumber left. tn Brunswick there was much excite ment about 9:30 o’clock when the Are was first noticed. Every available vehicle was brought into service, and great throngs went out to view the scene from the boulevard four miles this side of the Is land. Even at that distance the light was brilliant and all night long the sky V>ver the entire city was a bright red. ft was the grandest scene from an artistic standpoint that has ever been witnessed here. The burning of the mill will affect 120 families as for weeks It has been work ing a crew of sixty each night and day and had orders enough ahead to keep it going for twelve months to come. The estimated loss is calculated as fol lows: Mill property $ 60,000 Two million cypress shingles at $2.50 per thousand 5,000 Four million feet cypress lumber at S2O per thousand 80,000 One million lajt.hs at $2 per thous- and 2,000 $147,000 i Os course at this early date there is no ’ one who can tell whether the mill will be rebuilt or not, but it is safe to (conclude it will, owing to the great demand for cypress products in the market. ft is. very probable that the Altamaha cypress mills near Brunswick will be ’ commenced working day and night now as the same company owns it. Owing to the immense amount of mill property they own that is scattered at various points throughout the state, the Hilton & Dodge people have never car ried heavy insurance and this is their second big loss within, the past eighteen months. VISIT OF CUdBA’S ENVOY. Toma* Estrada Pnlma CnH« on Sec retary Olney. Washington, Dec. 21.—Tomas Estrada Palma, who claims to be the envoy of the Cu6an provisional government to the gov ernment of the United States, called on Secretary Olney at the state department to-day. He was accompanied by Gonzalo Quesada, the secretary of the Cuban rev olutionary committee in New York, and Mr. Rubens, who was Introduced as Senor Palma’s secretary, and who is said to he from Florida. All three had gone to the state department early in the day under escort of Senator Call, but Mr. Olney was unable to see them at the time and the later visit was arranged for. Senator Call was not with the Cubans when they flhally saw Mr. Olney. The visit was of short duration. Palma and his compan ions are citizens of the United States and after their visit to-day the first named said that they had called merely as citizens of the country, to pav their respects to the Secretary of State. “No mention of Cuban affairs and no hint or suggestion concerning Cuban recognition has been made," he said. “The call was merely pleasantly informal.” It is probable that when Senator Call made the appointment for the visit of Senor Palma and his associates, he did so with a distinct understanding with Secretary Olney that the three gentlemen would merely pay their respects as citizens and would not mention Cuba. Senor Palma, will return to New York to-night. PILLSBURY IN THE LEAD. He and Steinitz Play a Draw Game in Fifty-five Moves. St. Petersburg, Dec. 21.—Play in the in ternational chess tournament in this city was resumed to-day, resulting as follows: Pillsbury (white) and Steinitz drew, st Queen’s gambit declined, after fifty-five moves. Lasker was unwell and did not meet Tschigorin. The score at present is: Pillsbury. Lasker. 3; Steinitz, T«?b*-;''rin 1.