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ESTABLISHED 1850.
'j H ESTILL, Editor aaa
IRELAND’S GREAT CRISIS
FATIIFR It VAN CJOKS TO JAIL. IN
* v iRIUMPH-tL PARADE.
Force a Whj Through the Multl
r, u ,l, with Dr*eu Cworcls-Glsdstone
His Speech iu l’rlluient
*" ln .t the Cos rdon Blil-Go.ehen
K,,,lice to the Liberal Leader In an Ir
rit*ttug Vein.
IHBI.IS, March 29.-Father Kyan, of
tna Herbertstown branch ot the National
Lame, presented himself to-day before
lustice Boyd of the Bankruptcy Court.
He persisted in his reiusal to tell the
court what he Knew about the doings of
tenants iu his parish respecting the trus
teeing of rents under the plan oi cam
paign and was condemned to prison.
Lben Father Kyan emerged from the
courts prisoner he was met by a multi.
, u(te 0 f citizens. They numbered many
thousands, and they cheered the priest
with enthusiasm and prolonged applause,
m.l men followed him in procession 10
L tail, makine his tour a triumphant
oae. A number of prominent men took
. a ,i j n the procession, and among the
mow conspicuous were Lord Mayor Sul
livan and Archbishop Croke.
FATHER SLATTERY ALSO SUMMONED,
lather Slattery was also summoned by
Judge Boyd to give similar information
to that demanded of Father Kyan. He
1 kev.ise refused, and was also ordered to
3 ' ri6o n. Both priests were removed to
ail io a cab. The people hooted
md i“ered the police in attendance
tm tue cab, and lor awhile refused
to permit it to proceed. A disturbance
t-DSUHi. ar.d the police, who were mount
ed vi.de with drawn swords upon the
•rowd, and cleared a lane for Ihe cab. Mr.
j’Brie'n. editor ot United Ireland, also
'oiinscd the prisoner to jail. He, with
f. honl Mayor and Archbishop Croke,
■lideii. me Lord Mnvor’B carria.e, Tue
Lb thi itened the police along the
pvfaoie route, .".tid the scene at times was
tery exciting.
BALFOUR TOO NEW,
London, March 29.—The Standard,
Ahxle admitting that Mr. Baltour be
layed lack of gi asp of the complexities
il the Irish problem, excuses Inm on the
Tt.und ci his newness in office,
iu the iiotise ot Commons to-day Mr.
1 iadstor.e resumed me debate on ihe
rish criminal law amendment bill. He
ras loudiv cheered when he arose. He
ad that in an issue so grave, proposals
o extreme as those now put lorth by the
;overnment required ample time for enu
meration. ile lorn and himself bound
and support Mr. Parnell’s amend
rent, because tho ground upon which
ir. Balfour based the governmeat’a case
ras absolutely insufficient and unaatis
aciory. The governni nt’s bill, instead
1 being a cure Tor Irish ilia or even a
alliatlve, was a measure that would
ggravate the deepest seared and worst
isorders. “With this coercion bill,” ex
laimed Mr, (Hailstone, “the prospect ol
onciiialinn has vanished into thin air.
'he government intends to exclude the
mid bill, which was the main leoommen
ation of the commission w hich has just
ornpleted an exhaustive investigation of
be Irish trouble. Nothing remains but
he figure of coercion—bare, bold aud
aunt—alas, too familiar!
WHAT STATISTICS SHOW.
“The Right Honorable Chiel Secretary
it Ireland has attempted to excuse the
■oposais on the ground that crime in
Hiianrl during tne lust three years has
■*>a-ed, but he nas followed an un-
H'u) cou'se in refrainingtroni givingtbe
■ otlicial miormation proving bis
■ Hj,‘' ouu - The statistics of crime in
■ i, pj were against the government.
H Ns.(he instance given of threaieuing
H. j ■ in issj, 432 tjuult letters were
*" hut seventy-five
Hv were received. I'hat hardly
IV.W ground lor asking Parliament
Klifr ;nt 10 311 extreme measure of coer-
K i, Giber classes ol crime amounted
fr 1 to old, and in 1880 to 517.” Oppo
■•Sa cheers. Tins increase was Ue
-7 ucd as the main reason lor the ex
reme demand ol thegovernm -ut. ii Mr.
naitour null lurther private inlormation
let him speak. U wus the first time ho
oiadsto: e > knew'of anouvuious asser
bijus beiug imposed ‘on I'arliu
meut iu suppart of a demand
mi legislation. [Cbeers.l liere
rie relerred in detail to the cases adduced
ll- Bailout- of league tyranny over
persons. Continuing ho said that hoy
ooitmg was bad enough, but it was not
roiihtied to Natroaalists. He knew a
lotestant clergyman who had been de
li 01 b ' B . * !v *ng b cause he was a
mi Continual allusion bud been
i .n previous Liberal coercion propo
n 11 18,1 when his government pro
•nercion the ground was agitation
rim." <l f ,, J l ‘ng. Wherever he went tie was
t ha crime. For the present bill
Hate was no excuse.
* h,r midable breach ok trust.
to common W * s n,a,lw u 'p ,,u Cie House
iinnnt the most formidable breach of
heV’Lno 1 l “ popular assembly could
„j,j„ h i, c -io relax the conditions upon
sohanu, i ne .l“ rll ?" ,ent 81,011 K' sanction
ilie i,,h* 1,1 l ke criminal law in Older that
Ihe law ,mg,„ tali w,i tl increased strli,.
Oin.m 0 mirticiilar ponion ot the
would ln"sL b t eCt, ‘ rtle rj i’P°‘tion
Liliest , 1 u f ,on having tee
Vi. ' 'TP OI tnnity to examine the pro
tvervV ~ .iU H' l,i “* Irish and
lulleL L ." SU tnt ' m ber should have the
cup. is nl i 01 l >| ‘ e ntiiij; bin views
hi t vi, 11 or 8llll "g ana scrutinizing
At (l (,„ *''he proposals of the government.
,u 8 '! lObt insulting and exasperat
o l\,ri,nL s r l ' e wom ever anbmitted
risn *u e , Dt T W V “• provision that
lever known ® ‘ e , d ln London. He had
"flu,* „,*V", oh H Wow 81 tlie national
>°uld‘h>ve>i" a l d ‘ ll ‘ e Rovernmeut
i-•rivatnL'J’ v 1 8ed 1101 h' ng more llkelv io
rmsne,?. # J* ry ' xl8ll "v evil. As to the
io a i H .... , duration of the bill the pro
“'"do one’s blood boil.
... * "RAND OF INFERIORITY,
•tnporatv'im, hKt waa fo >''erly only a
v isle nee vviueuy as a p. rmunent rule of
fit a brand of ; U 9ty Jl ''' und woul(1
urever * \ a,erlo >‘tr upon Ireland
iat force U l" in<! 'Pl
Kiev ye".** a fbo'ody. The lesson of
■bulk ofthe t el ? ctlon of 188 °. since
HV.otn iJh, ' ,,K T H “ "*d Judged that it
i> tt i" d Hill 9 ,u ff ,aul "ome
Ittand on,e h .“ d Dt " " lrve fl from
CIK 11 condition long un
n ish y tI,,H ?11 w “ 8 Pee a use
|*fn. u l ;. 0 ' ,l knew that a |Hrge
■Jl iai go—body of Llber
■ Aov th. a , l " ,! ir interests and would
them lo the lust. [Cheers.)
B[ l|a "* r "OGKJtBBIVE POLICY.
Hp ' ’' ial ucceded to the aiiiinals
1101 .?! 11 Ib " issuli wou dbe
■ a,e l :T,' ~H" Wo "'“
■ s had alrea 1 '“i* W,l,uh
■t l„i' ' “dv partly remedied, oo
■-or moderation ,n “*ns*eut
Blais he K... . n •" lo hk Would the
■R, bound to persevere io their
endeavors to assist her. The time would
soon come when to the many now sup
porting the cause of Ireland would be
added many more; when deplorable pro
posals, such as those of the government,
would no more be associated with the
name of Ireland, aud when it would be
seen that in doing what they could now
to serve the Irish cause they were also
serving the cause of the wide empire of
Great Britain. [Prolonged cneers.]
TAUNTED BY GOSCUKN.
Mr, Goscben taunted Mr. Gladstone
with his alliance with the National
League. He asked him how he would
continue to meet tha league’s constantly
increasing demands until an absolute
separation should be completed. Every
body but the allies of the league consid
ered the state of Ireland to be intolerable.
The government would be disgraced if It
refrained from frustrating the efforts of
the enemies of existing laws and the op
ponents of whatever remedial measures
the government might propose. He re
gretted the absence irom Mr. Gladstone’s
speech of any condemnation of Irish
crime or the violent language of Irish
agitators. The Liberal leader ratber sug
gested defense ol those crimes. The gov
ernment naatd their case upon the noto
rious failure of the administration of
justice. Proper administration of laws
constituted tne safety of individuals, and
was the only true guarantee of life and
liberty. Here he read extracts from a
judge’s charge on the difficulties attend
ing the administration ol the laws, tie
asked whether this evidence, though not
statistical, should be disregarded.
JURORS IN DANGER.
Was it not well known that jurors were
indaDgerof their lives? "Were not indi
vidual jurors held up to odium by the
public press? He deplored Mr. Glad
stone’s til quoque allusions to boycotting.
Such a way of treating a crime would be
understood by ignorant people as justifi
cation of the crime. There were miseries
inilieted under boycotting that were out
rages upon civilization such as no gov
ernment should tolerate. Mr. Gladstone
had spoken of the breach of trust. The
government also had a trust to which it
was their duty to be true —a trust that
had been placed in their bands by the
country —to restore the authority of the
Queen, respect for Judges and liberty of
ail classes of society. [Cheers.]
GLADSTONE MAKES A HIT.
Mr. Gladstone’s speech is widely com
mented upon as an effective exposure of
the feebleness of the government’s
reasons ior demanding coercion. The
strength of his reasoning is admitted by
the conservatives, and is telt keenly by
the Unionist-Liberals, more of whom
threaten to secede unless tae coercion
bill be reduced to simple provisions
against boycotting and the plan of cam
paign. The Cons* rvatlves already talk
ol dropping the proposals relating to the
trausier of jury trials, especially since
the Unionist papers in the provinces
declare them to be untenable. Mr.
Gladstone renewed bis defiance of the
government to attempt toeniorce closure,
'the Giadstonians are confident that they
can delay the passage oi the bill until
May, and in the meanwhile are hopeful
that the evolution of events will toil the
whole scheme. The whips on each side
have forbidden the members to he absent
during the holidays unless they are
paired. Tne Radical societies through
out tho country are pass
ing resolutions against the coercion
bill, pronouncing it impolitic and
unjust.
The Knglish Radical press denounces
the measure iu language of passionate
indignation.
Tne Rail Mall GazeUa says: “Such a
measure, subjecting the nation, white
skinned, Christian and civilized, to arbi
trary interference with the elementary
liberties and rights of man, wouid justily
an insurrection. It the Irish rose in re
volt they would have our hearty sympa
thy and support. If they dul not, wish to
revolt against such a system they would
deserve our infinite contempt.”
STRINGENCY FAVORABLE.
Michael Davitt, presiding at a meeting
of the National League at Dublin to
night, eaul the very stringency of the
/ialtour measure appeared to him to be a
lavorable feature. He was not prepared
to say what it might he necessary lor
Irish manhood to do when naked tyranny
reigned in Ireland. Under previous
Tory governments despots uad been made
to feel when they tried to crush liberty
that they tbemiAlves had been crushed.
William O’Urien, editor of Untied Ire
land, said he would not preteud to be
violently apprehensive of the tuture. Tne
Irish people had gone through trials be
fore similar to those they would have to
endure should me proposed coercion law
be adopted. "When Balfour shall have
had experience in the result s of coercion,”
said Mr. O’Brien, “he will find a plant
bed much more tolerable than the bed of
Chief Secretary of Ireland.”
William O’Brien, editor of United Ire
land. iu a speech made at Dublin 10-nHbt,
said that if evictions on Lord Lane
downe’s estate did not cease he aud Mr.
Kilbride, who was the principal tenant
on his lordship’s l.uggacurrun estate,
and who was recently evicted, would
visit Canada and begin an agitation with
a view to having Lord Lansdowne ousted
from the palace at Ottawa.
PARNELL APPEALS TO AMERICA.
Lincoln, Nkb., March 29.— The follow
ing cablegram was received by Hon. John
Fitzgerald to-day, and a reply sent to Mr.
l’aruell:
llotsk ok Cohuoxb,London, March 28,1837,
/I- //' ri../ hn * itnjn o//, Li ne.Ho, -Veh.:
The, coercion bill proposed to-night in the
"House of Commons is the eighty-seventh since
the act of union, eighty-seven years ago. it
is also most stringent, tyrannical and un
ca'led for by the slate of affairs in Ireland.
Never before has a coercion bill been proposed
when crime was so rapidly decreasing
as compared with previous* years.
The measure is aimed against
all open agitation, and appears to he
expressly designed for driving discontent be.
neutli tile surface. It places ail public
speukers, writers aud conductors of news
papers absolutely at the nicrcv of stipendiary
magistrates homing their office at the pleas
lire of Hie crown It condemns me Irish
speaking peasant of racs-renied Kerry to the
tender mercies of a packed jury of draoge
nien or landlords, or to a jury of hng i-lmien
a', the Old liiley in London. The Liberal
parly, headed by Mr. Gladstone, stands
as one man against tills iniqtiitout
measure, anil will light shoulder to
shoulder with its in opposing ir to the last.
It seems impossible to believe that even the
present House of Commons will continue to
follow the Tory government in their ruad
course, and good judges consider that the
measure will break and ruin the Cabinet.
We must, however, prepare for the worst,
and I confidently appeal to the American
people for that sympathy ami support wbirlf
they have never wt'hhcld from a people
struggling for liberty. Paknkli,.
MR. FITZKKKALD'S REPLY.
Lincoln, Nkii., March 111, 1887.
To //"fi, iJhuriai A. i‘a>*til, /h unt uf Clam.
"> n., /o dost;
Your cable received. The league will ro
ffuuble Ha efforts. Ireland la sure ni Ameri
can sympathy and support In tlie coming
crisis.' The Nabra.k* L gislauire to-day by
a iinanlm >u vote passe I resolutions of sym
pathy with Ireland and rondrinning Hie Tory
policy ol coercion. This mid similar rnanl
leslaiiona tbrouaiioiit Hus free country give
11*** Ho to the slanders of the huglish pieti
tiiat true Americans do not avmoathlxn with
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1887.
Ireland. This great liberty-loving people of
i the United States are entirely in sympathy
with Ireland's struggle for home rule.
John Fitzgerald,
President.
I'll* NEBRASKA RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions passed both
houses of the Legislature by a
unanimous vote, and were immediately
oabled to Mr. Gladstone and Mr, Parnell:
Whereas, The government of Great Bri
tain. in detlanoe of the wishes of the Irish
people and of the expressed will of the people
of Wales aud Scotland and of tile democracy
of England, deny the Irish people responsible
government, and now threaten them with
the infliction of laws that will trample on
every vestige of personal and constitutional
liberty, and must onlv end in bloodshed, if
not in the ruin of the Irish people; and
Whereas, The Irish people have always
been steadfast and faithful friends of Ameri
can liberty, lighting for its achievement and
dying for Its preservation, and so bound up
with us iiy ties of blood and honorable mem
ories that our hearts are greatly moved by
thoir noble struggle for human freedom there
fore,
Rea Ived, That we condemn the Irish policy
of Lord Salisbury and his Cabinet as at vari
ance with every principle of constitutional
law and justice, as inhuman in conception,
and tending not only to injure the people of
Ireland, but to imperil the safety of the Brit
ish Empire aud to estrange the good will aud
friendship of the American people, who have
never sanctioned a policy that conflicts with
justice and liberty.
R'aolvad, That we extend to Mr. Parnell
and bis co-laborers, aud to the Irish nation,
our heartfelt sympathy aud encouragement
to continue their gallant struggle uutil under
the agls of a national and responsible gov
ernment Ireland shall once more enjoy peace
and happiness
Reanleed, That we honor the noble stand
taken by Mr. Gladstone and the enlightened
democracy of Great Britain, and express our
confidence that their principles of justice aud
liberty to Ireland will prevail over the bar
barous and unrighteous policy of the Tory
government.
Reai,lead. That copies of these resolutions
bo cabled to Hon. Charles Stuart Parnell
and Hon. William E. Gladstone. House ol
Commons. London.
SYMPATHY FROM ILLINOIS.
Springfield, 111., Jlarcn 29.—1n the
House to-day a resolution was adopted
condemning the proposed Irisb coercion
laws, aDd condemning the policy of tbe
English government toward Ireland, and
extending sympathy and encouragement
to William E. Gladstone and Charles
Stuart Parnell in their crusade against
oppressive and unjust laws, and for their
faithful endeavors to hasten, by constitu
tional methods, better government tor
Ireland.
CROSS OF THK NEW CRUSADE.
Dr. McGlynn Given a Tremendous
Ovation at the Academy of Music.
New York, March 29.—The Academy
of Music was filled lo its utmost to-night
with admirers of Rev. Dr. McGlynn, who
had assembled to listen to the deposed
priest’s lecture on tbe “Cross of the New’
Crusade,” On the platform were many
well known supporters of Dr. McGlynn
and leaders of the labor movement.
When Hr. McGlynn walked* upon
the stage 6uch a reception was
never witnessed before. The whole house
rose to their seatsen masse; men, women
and children cheered, waved their hand
kerchiefs and hats. Dr. McGlynn was
moved to tears. Three little girls pre
sented him with a large basket of flow
ers. During his speech Dr. McGlynn
reiterated his faith in Henry George's
idea of land, and declared be would teach
it at all hazards, any ecclesiastical au
thority 10 the contrary notwithstanding.
BCKOPL’S UNREST.
An Attempt to Assassinate a Russian
General Fails.
St. Petersburg, March 29.— it has
transpired that when Prince Alexander
was deposed aud escorted out of Bulgaria
by tbe successful conspirators he ac
cepted from them 4,9001. with which to
pay his way to Darmstadt. The money
was handed him at Rem, in Bessarabia,
where the Prince’s kidnappers parted
with him. Suit to recover the sum has
been inaugurated by the rebels who made
the loan.
It is stated that, ail of the Nihilists ar
rested for complicity in the recent ploton
the Czar’s life when taken into custody
wore small bottles of poison on tneir
bosoms, and that secret agents hud been
depu'ed to smash these bottles in the
event of tbe assassin retreating from bis
task at the last moment.
ORDERED TO QUIT THANN.
London,
Post says that two French manufacturers
at Thann have been oidered to leave the
territory within five days.
ITALY CENSURED at HOME.
Rome, March 29.—The members of The
Extreme Left m the Chamber of Deputies
have passed resolutions severely censur
ing the government for entering into an
alliance with Austria and Germany, be
cause both powers are friendly to the
Vatican.
anew plot.
Vienna, March ■-!.—The 'l'asreblatt says
that, anew plot has been discovered at
Pbilippopolis and that 200 arrests have
boen made in connection therewith.
A widespread military conspiracy has
been discovered at Vania. Nine officers,
twenty subalterns and three cadets have
been arrested lor complicity therein and
sent to Sofia.
(ialiitiberti’s Mission.
Rome, March 29.—Mgr. Gallmberti,
speuial papal delegate to Berlin, has
failed to secure any satislactory results
in the negotiations with the Centre or the
Catbolic party o Germany. In conse
quence of tho adoption by tne Landtag of
Bishop Kopp’s amendment to the ecclesi
astical law. the Vatican has decided to
leave the Centre Jinny full Llharu of
setmn in German
talning also the snme freedewrlor Itself.
Gen. dresser Fired On.
London, March 29.—A lettsr from St.
Petersburg reports tdnt Gen. Gresaer
while riding in the street was tired at
with a revolver, but not hurt. The would
be nmrderor was arrested but coiamitlod
suicide soon alter.
Victoria's .lululoo.
London, March 29,—The Queen baa
commanded all tbe members ot the royal
fumtly to come to Loudon to celebrate iwr
jubilee.
(ion. Ripley Dead.
New York, March 29.—Gen. R. 8. Rip
lev died this evening at the New York
Hotel. Tbe attendant physician and
nurse were tbe only cues present at his
dsatii. Gen. Newton bad the body at
tended to. Gen. Ripley’s lumily are
wintering in Florida, and no arrange
ments will he made for the funeral until
their arrival.
mother Attachmeni.
New York. March 29.—Tho American
Gas, Fuel ami Light Company baa se
cured an at'acbuient against the properly
of defaulter w elter I, Lawton. Tney
olauu that be convened to Ids own use
stocks, bonds id casn to the einoqat ol
m
nKlcai, nibbled, MM
POSTAL EMPLOYE PASSES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAWS
DO NOT FORBID THEM.
The Postmaster General Secures an
Opinion from the Attorney General on
the Subject—A Circular Covering the
Points of the Opinion Sent Out to the
Railroad Companies.
Washington, March 29.— 0n March
21 the Postmaster General solicited from
the Attorney General an opinion upon
questions whether there be anything in
the act of Feb. 4, 1887, entitled an act to
regulate commerce, which prohibits the
practice of reoeiving passes by employes
heretofore prevailing in this department,
and if any particular act prohibits con
tinuance by railroad companies of the
practice of transporting postal employes
free of charge as heretofore, aud in what
degree and what limitations. Upon re
ceiving the reply of the Attorney General
the Postmaster General issued a circular
addressed to the division superintendents,
inspectors and other officials and em
ployes ol the railway mail service.
THE CIRCULAR.
This circular embodies the substance
of both the letter oi inquiry ar.d the reply,
and is as follows:
The attention nt the department hns been
invited by the officers of many railroad com
panies to the interstate commerce act, with
tlie inquiry how far those provisions which
they have deemed restrletire of free travel
affect persons or employes of the postal sur
vive. The correspondence has almost uni
versally coutaiued expressions of willingness
to continue the facilities Hereto lore afforded
unless such course be in contravention of the
law. In order to get a satisfactory exposition
of this point the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral was solicited. Tlie Attorney General’s
opinion, which has been furnished to the press
at length, is that ilie interstate act does not
affect the postal service, but is in regulation
of commerce only, and he concludes us fol
lows: “As the act does not include the mail
service in Its provisions none of the lawful,
customary anil neces-ary instrumentalities by
which that sen ice is conducted are subjected
to the law.
PART OF THE SERVICE.
“Among the lawful,customary aud necessary
instrumentalities for eflieieiu, roniisteut and
successful conduct of the service, the Pust
Office Department is aulh rized by law to
send officers, agent Hand clerks of the govern
ment to taae charge of. protect and distribute
the malls and to search for and investigate
errors, frauds or crimes relating to them.
Persons thus employed when iu actual line of
duty or when in pursuance thereof, going to
or returning from their places of residence,
while in the performance of service, or to or
from their assigned line of duly in the ordi
nary and customary course of the service,
should be regarded as in tlie performance of
oili dal duty and unaffected by the provisions
of the act.”
RELIEVED FROM DANGER.
This authoritative interpretation relieves
all railroad companies employed in carrying
the mails from any risk ot violation of the
statute by a continuance of the courteous
methods of interooiirse aim business hereto lure
prevailing between the department and the
railroad companies. It should, perhaps, be
added by way of information, that the tians
portalion given to inspectors upon commis
sion of the department and to postal clerks
in line of their duty is not free travel, hut by
law aud regulations constitutes part of the
service paid for in the mileage compensation
to railroad carriers, inspectors and postal
clerks who may be required by auy mail con
tractor to pav fare when traveling on official
duty will lake a receipt for tlie same and re
port tlie facts to the department that the
amount may be deducted from the carrier’s
compensation according to loug established
uses.
BA HTHQU AKB PHKNO MBN A.
Uitpl. Dutton to Head a Paper on tho
Recent Disturbances.
Washington, March 29.—Capt. Clar
euce E. Dutton, Chief of the Bureau of
Volcanic Geology of ihe Geological Sur
vey, will read a paper at the next meet
ing of the National Academy, which takes
place the third week in April, embodying
the results of the study of an immense
mass oi data upon tiie Charleston earth
quake. He does not propose going beyond
well-proven lacts as to the nature, origin
and influence ol seismic phenomena, but
he believes tnat the material in band will,
when fully worked up, add much to the
mass of human knowledge regarding the
loci of the disturbances, rale of the mo
tion of earth waves and kindred
poftits of scientific interest, and
that it will be especially valuable in sug
gestions ior observations and study of
future phenomena. Tho advance made
iuttorly in respect to the knowledge ol
earthquake phenomena may be Illus
trated by a single point. The record rate
of motion of earthquakes ol history varies
from o()0 to 900 mitres ner second. The
data upon Ihe Charleston disturbance
proves conclusively that its earth waves
traveled between 4,000 and 5,000 mitres
a second, while French journals at hand
containing observations upon the Riviera
shocks give rates almost as high. It is
not to be supposed that modem earth
quakes are more energetic than their
predecessors, but it is certain that mod
ern met! o Is and opportunities give saicr
results. _______________
AUSTRIA'S NEW MINISTER.
Baron Tavara Arrives at Wnnliitig
fou Ful:y Accredited.
Washington. March 29.—Baron Ta
vara, who arrived here to-day. is fullv
accredited us the Minister of Austria to
the United States. Ho is reniembeml
here as an attache of the Austrian lega
tion during I’resident Grant’s first admin
istration. He made himself very popular.
He is an excellent talker and an accom
plished musician. Tha selection of such a
man lor this mission is thought to he in
tended to show the desire of Austria to
make amends tor her conduct in the
Kecley case, for which it !• understood
sue has already formally expressed her
regret. Our government is willing to
accept this tardy apology, ami wlllun
doubiediy send a Minister to Vienna
as an evidence ot its forgive
ness. It is understood that the
mission to Austria has been offered toex-
Keprehentative William 11. Cox. of Norm
CaiOlina, by the President, His rvply
has not -,et been received by the Presi
dent. Mr. Cox’s friends think ho will de.
cllue tne honor. They say that while he
has the tastes and means to enjoy a resi
dence in Vienna be would not willingly
leave the United States for any length of
time. He hopes to return to Congress,
and has his eye on the Governorship of
North Carolina.
seuling strike Bills.
New Brunswick, N. J.t March 29.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
made a final settlement with Khsiill Con
voy 10-duv lor tne expenses Inclined by
tlie latter’s deputies Iu guarding the com
pany’s property at Perth Am hoy during
ib late great strike. The cost to the
company was $2:1,000. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has also adjusted aud
paid the i xpenae ol deputies at South
Amboy, where 60 dsuuuea art •till on
dutv.
THROWN OUT OF WORK.
The Transfer Station ofthe Penn syl
vaniu Komi at Pittsburg; <> be Closed
Pittsburg, Pa., March 29. —The en
tire force ot clerks iu the transfer station
of the Pennsylvania railroad in this city
have been notified that alter the present
mouth’s business was finished iheir ser
vices would be no longer required. Near
ly 100 men, reoeiving salaries from SSO to
$127) per month, will be thrown out. of
employment by the abandonment ot tlie
station, which Is believed to tie one of the
first visible effects of the passage of the
interstate commerce bill. Heretofore all
freight from either east or
west passing trorn the main line
of tlie Pennsylvania railroad to the main
line of the Pennsylvania company, or
vlceversa, has been re-billed and trans
ferred iu this city, but in future all freight
will be snipped through to its destination
without any transferring whatever. The
interstate bill will materially cut down
the profit on short Usuis, and it is to this
fact probably that tne present move is
due, although the company has been con
templating either the removal or aban
donment of the transter station lor some
vears past. It is certain, however, that
matters have been hastened by the pas
sage ol the bill. Among those who will
lie thrown outol employment are a num
ber of men wno have been in tne employ of
the railroad fora score of years and who
have grown gray in the service.
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF THE NEW LAW.
Galvehron, March 29. —The Southern
Pacific Railway Company is discharging
all its baggage masters and imposing
their duties ou the express messengers.
I bis is said to be owing to the interstate
commerce law.
OLD DOMINION'S (sUIT.
The Knights of Lubor Kilo Their An
swer to the Company’s Bill.
New York, March 29.—Louis F. Post
filed yesterday with the Clerk of the
United States Circuit Court the answers
of James T. Quinn, Timothy B. Putnam,
Patrick MacGnrtland, John J. McKenna
aud James McGrath, Knights of Labor,
against whom the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company brought suit lor $20,000
damages, and who were held in bail for
trial. The case grew out of the boycott
of iroigbt handled by the company.
ln their answers Messrs. Quinn, Put
nam and MucGartland deny all
the other allegations and claim that tue
longshoremen were “locked out” by the
company because they refused to accept
a reduction of wages; that the employes
were paid by the hour only, and were
under no contract lor any term ol service
whatever; that the longshoremen acted
in a peaceable and orderly manner for tbo
purpose of maintaining the rate of wages
of their craft, and that they (the defend
ants) only acted as mediaries to settle
the dispute. Messrs. McKenna aud Mc-
Grath admit beiug officers of the Ocean
Association of Longshoremen, and claim
that they were justified in their actions,
being under no contract to the Old Do
minion Cornpanv. Tne defendants ask
tor Judgment dismissing the case with
ousts.
NEW ORLEANS’ COTTON FIGHT.
The Commercial Frees Discharges
Its Old Hands.
New Orleans, March 29.—There is no
material change in the cotton handlers’
strike here. What cotton there is to be
handled Is being handled with the excep
tion of one or two large lots, and the in
dications are that all the cotton will be
handled where an emergency exists.
The strike is only against the
cotton yard men No. 2 (colored).
The Commercial Press has discharged
its old hands and employed white
labor belonging to the new council. It is
said that the discharged men have tiled
with the proprietors of the Commercial
Press a copy ot a protest against this vio
lation ot their written contract, and
that they will ut once enter suit
in the courts for redress, it is
also stated that the teamsters
ard loaders, who are all colored men and
members of the old council, will refuse
to handle cotton from any press that ig
nores cotton yard uieu No. ’2, as they do
not propose to see the men of their race
shut out of the presses it they can help
it. Apparently the object ot the strike is
to force the cotton yard men No. 20l the
old council to join the new council and
abide by its regulations.
CONNELLSVILLB’S LOCKOUT.
A Deadlock in i lie Attempt to Arlii
t rate tin* Troubles.
HfrrsßUßG, Pa., March 29.—There ap
pears to be a complete deadlock ln re
gard to the arbitral ion measures among
the Conneilsviiis coke workers. The
operators have declined to meet the board
of arbitration, on which the Knights of
Labor are not represented, as they nold
that an agreement with unauthorized
men would not he effective. John Mc-
Bride ami William Mullen have b-11) se
lected as arbitrators by the Miners’ Asso
ciation, but the operators refuse to recog
nize them. Hon. John R. Byrue, who
has been selected as the Knights
Labor representative, says that if nie
Miners’ Association do not mage satis
taciory arrangements the Knights will
negotiate lor themselves.
I'OWI)Bl;LY INDIGNANT.
Senator Burke and lit pri sehtatlve
Role hack t ensured.
Bt. Louis, March 29.—A special from
Springfield, 111., says; “it is said that
General Master Workman Powderiy has
written several letters to conservative
Knights ot Labor inths North west con
demning the course ot Senator Burke aud
Representative Itubrbuck in attending
A i arebist Ncone’s wile’s funeral lately In
Chicago, lie says being members of the
Legislature they coulii not uttend as in
dividuals, but were there in t tie I r official
capacity, as lar us tho public is ODhcern
*d, much to ihu injury of honest Knlghis
ol Labor. Mr. Powderiy is strong and
outspoken in the matter, aud does not
hesitate to express hliuselt thereon.”
Knights <ti dcred Out.
Bennington, Vt., March 29.— A walk
ing delegate of the Knights of Labor yes
te day ordered out all tne Knights em
ployed In the hosiery mill oi Rock wood A
Cos., and the mill was partially shut down
to-day.
Heating Cars by Nteuui.
New Brunswick. N. J., Marob29.—
The Pennsylvania railroad use been run
ning itical passenger traffic between this
oily and Jersey City lor the past few days
in cam healed by steam from tne locomo
tive,and it has been found feasible to beat
limited number of cars by this means
and maintain a sufficiently high temper*
ture.
WINTER’S PARTING NIF.
| Tlie Snow Blockade on the Inter
j Colonial Railway Unprecedented.
Quebec, March 29. —The snow blockade
| ou the Intercolonial railway is unprece
dented. One train has been 100 hours
! covering two miles, and the snow flriits
where it now stands completely cover
j the telegraph poles. The outgoing Eru:-
: lisb mail, which left Friday, is still stuck
between Riviere du Loup and Rimouskl,
while the incoming English mail and an
emigrant special train are likely to re
main over to-nlgbt at St. Flave. Every
effort is being made to clear tho line, mid
no expense will be spared. Tbe Canadian
Pacific railway canceled all outgoing
trains yesterday and this morning, but
will attempt to get a train through to
night. The drilts on this road are very
deep.
NORFOLK TRUCKERS SUFFER.
Norfolk, Va., March 29.—Reports
from the surrounding country indicate
serious damage to vegetables from tbe
snow and ice of last night and this morn
ing. Pens, strawberries and cabbage are
seriously injured.
FREEZING AT DANVILI.K.
Danville, Va , March 29. The
weather is very cold here aud thero was
a severe freeze last night. It is feared
that much fruit was killed. The weather
is cold ugain to-night and a hard freeze
is expected.
UNPRECEDENTED AT WINCHESTER.
Winchester, Va„ March 29.—Tlie
blizzard to-day was the coldest experi
enced hi re in years at so late a da’c
The thermometer marked 18 (legs, at sun
rise and it has been very cold all day. il
is freezing hard to-night. Fruit is not far
enough advanced to be injured,
VERY COLD AT LYNCHBURG.
Lynchburg, Va., March 29.—The
weal her is very cold here. Last night lot:
formed In exposed places. A snow storm
prevailed this morning. Early fruit and
vegetables are badlv damaged.
SAVED FROM A BARK.
1 lie Captain and Second Mate the
Only Suivivors.
New York, March 29. —The bark Scots
Boy, which arrived to day from Lisbon,
brought Capt. Williams ami the second
tnateot the schooner Marcus A. Davis,
from Fernandlna lor Philadelphia, wuler
logged and abandoned. The first mate,
steward aud two seamen had died from
exposure the night previous to the rescue
of tbe Captain and second mate, March
24. The sea was very tieavy, and the
rescue was difficult and dangerous.
The survivors were almost exhausted.
They were not able to walk and
had to l>e hoisted on board of the bark.
They had been lashed lor forty-eight
hours on top of the niter-house without
food or water, and their clotUuyf. was torn
to rags. Capt. Williams said his vessel
had hard, heavy southwest gales, in
which she became leaky and drifted off
shore. On March 22 she capsized during
a squall and filled. The tore and main
inast were cut away, and in tailing cur
ried away the mizzenmast. The vessel
then righted.
COOK COUNTY’S BOODLERS.
The Grand Jury inquiring Into Some
of the Notorious Jobs.
Chicago, March 29. —In tbo course of
its labors to-day the grand jury investi
gated the job connected with the building
of a sewer from one ot the public schools,
and it is said has deciued to indict two
contractors and a county commissioner
on acoount ot their share in tbe transac
tion. ihe story is that the commissioner
will be charged with bribery, a peniten
tiary oil :nse, and punishable with greater
severity iliuu any of the other charges
against the boodler*. Conspiracy will be
charged against the contractors. Com
mon rumor hns all along stated that
there was $5,000 involved in the artesian
well job at Riivenswood, and that this
money was divided among the comniis
) .toners and one warden. <’h • jury gave
1 up part of their tune to-day to find out
| the truth of this story. VVitnesses are
! said to have personal knowledge of the
| transaction.
• COOLEY’S iTkmT RULING.
Special Rules Allowable io Meet
Competition by Water.
Chicago, March 29.—Judge Thomas
M. Cooley, of' Michigan, departed for
Washington to-day to meet the other
Railroad Commissioners appointed un
der the interstate commerce bill. Before
leaving ho banded his resignation as re
eelver of tho Wabash railroad to Judge
! Gresham. In a briel talk Judge Cooley
hhid the first question the commission
will take up for consideration will be re
| garding an application by tbe associated
■ roods ot Kentucky, Tennessee and Ala
i bama to he allowed special rates on
through trailio. without affecting their
local traffic, on account ot competition
bv tile Ohio river and Misslsstypi river
lines. Judge Cooley says tbe commis
sion is authorized to graut special rates
in such cases Hit finds water competition
materially affects the through traffic oi
railroads.
MURDERED BY H 4NOING.
Bobbers Take An Unusual Way of
Killing a Man.
St. Louis, March 29.—A special from
Hazen. Ark., reports that Sunday tnorn
|mg Benjamin Mabba was found dead
: hanging ln his room. Suicide was the first
’ conclusion, hut investigation disclosed
roboerv, and the conclusion now is
that the thieves hung Mubhs up and let
him down partially choked until he re
vealed the hiding-place of his money and
valuables, of which he was known to have
consideiable, and that they then hung
him up again and lei' him while they pro
curt and the booty. There Is no clue to the
perpetrators. The time that elapsed after
death before the discovery of the robbery
has given the criminals ample time to
escape.
Montgomery Gets an Oil Mill.
Montgomery, Ala., March 29.—Hen
ry C. Butcher and F. Oliver, President
and General Manager of tho Southern
Cotton Seed OH Company, arrived here
to-day and perleoteil arrangements to
locate here cue ol the eight new coitori
seed oil mills to be built in thu South this
summer. The Montgomery Land aud
Improvement Company donated ten acros
ot land (or a site. Tne plant is to cost
$125,000 and to have a crushing capaoity
ol 150 tons per day.
Froblbition’H Victory.
VV inch ester. Va„ March 29 —Offlolal
returns from every precinct iu theoouniv
snow a majority for me “drys” oi 4H4 a
Waterloo deiaat tor the “wots.” A large
vole was iioiled.
(PRICESIO AYFAK.I
i 5 OKHfe A COPY, j
FIRE HUNGRYFOR FLESH
MANY NAKROW ESCAPES FROM
A BLAZE AT IKOY,
The Fire Believed to Have Been el
Incendiary Origin—The Lll 8130,0(111
anil the Insurance 8189,700 —Sever l
Mnua Burned Out at Colnmhui—Tin
]iiHUrunceon the Went i’oint Mills.
Troy, N. Y., March 29.—The Caawell
building, occupied principally by Fesaen
den, Lambert & Tower, dry goods dealers,
was destroyed by tire at 4 o’olook this
morning, and the Fulton street front el
the Boardman building was damaged.
K. J. Barnes, a dealer in woolen goods,
Max Sinsbelmer, milliner, and Kate A.
Murphy, milliner, lost all their stock,
which was partially insured. J. Tern
pane, a jeweler, and other occupants of
the Boardman building sustained slight
losses. Several occupants of the
Boardman building had narrow
escapes. L. A. Morrisey, n
sick man, wns carried out on a bed, and
Mrs. E. L. Sheldon’s bed was on lire **
she led her room, l'be tire originated in
the Caswell building, in the basement of
tho store of Fessenden, Lambert & Tower,
and burned rapidly. A man named Con
rad. a watchman at the store where the
lire was discovered, was taken to poltoa
headquarters aim questioned by Sunt.
Willard this morning. The firemen say
there was something mysterious about,
the rapid spread ol the flames, as tde five
burst out In several places at once. The
tors! loss was $130,000 and the insuranco
*132,700.
FATHER ANP THREE CHILDREN PERISH.
Ithica, N. Y., March 29.—A special
this morning stales that, a dwelling house
occupied by Matthew Massick.at Ludlow
vllle. 10 miles irom this place, was burned
between 12 and 1 o’clock this morning,
Mr. Mattsiok and his three children per
ished m the flames. The Coroner is in
vestigat.ng the esse. Mr. Massiok was
an employe of the Lehigh Valley rail
road.
IIKAVY I.OSSKS AT COLUMBUS.
Columbus, ua , March 29.—Fire this
morning destroyed the shoe store of \V.
it. Bedell, and tho clothing store of J. K.
Harris & Cos. Mr. Bedell’s loss is SII,OOO
and bis insurance $7,000. Harris & Co.’s
loss is SIB,OOO, insurance SIO,OOO. J. A.
Kirver <fc Co.’s dry goods store was slight
ly damaged by smoke and water but tha
loss is covered by Insurance.
The storehouses were the property ol
the Georgia Home Insurance Company,
and were insured for SO,OOO in the Ham
burg-Bremen Company, which will repair
the damage.
WEST POINT’S BURNED MILLS.
The fire at the West I’oiut cotton mills,
located six miles below West Point,
caught in the wheel bouse. The fire soon
burned the belt that runs the pumps, thus
rendering them useless. The mills burned
rapidly and were soon reduced to asnes,
together with an elegant grist mill ad
joining. Thu picker room and warehous •
with 2,000 bales of oulton were saved. The
mills are insured for $200,000 in the fol
lowing companies: North America, $lO,-
000; Georgia Home insurance Comnauy,
$19,500; Hamburg-Bremen, $7,600; lionr
Fire Insurance Company, $5,000; Macon
Fire Insurance Company, $5,000; Honm
Insurance Company, $7,500; Scottish-
L'nion and London, $10,000; Lion, $10,000;
Germania, of New York, $5,000; Queen,
of Liverpool; fVfcOOO; Underwriters’,
$7,500; Fire Associ siion, $5,000: Nertb
ern, $10,000; Gerim..'.i-American, of New
York, $7,500; Royal, $10,000; London and
Liverpool, $7,500; Southern Mutual
$4,i)00; Central and Mutual. Chicago,
$5,000; Manufacturing and Mercantile
Mutual, $5,000; Western Manufacturing
Mutual, SIO,OOO. This throws 200 ope
ratives out or employment, comprising
with their families 000 people. These mills
were the best equipped duck mills in thu
South- The principal owners, W.C. &L.
I,aider, ol West Point, say they will re
build at once.
Virginia’* Debt.
UICHMOND. V*„ March 29.—1n tbf
Senate to-ctiiy joint resolutions were
adopted appointing joint committee of
the two hoimes lo comer with the Com
mission of the Council of Foreign Bond
holder* on the eubieot of the State deht.‘
The resolution* are the same ns tboso
adopted by tlio House and telegraphed
last Saturday evening, except that tins
limit lixed for the meeting; of the two
commissions is “not later than April 20,"
instead ol April 12, as agreed upon by the
House. The House still concur in the
change of tune.
A Canal Aqueduct Blown l T p.
Cincinnati, March29.—a special Irom
Deli a nee, (>., says that a lew nights ago
the Cecil aqueduct, on the canal, was
blown open, l'he next night armed men
drove away the gqardu who were watch
ing the reservoir und blew out the banks
in two places, and dually dynamite was
Used to destroy tbo locks. It. will take
half the summer to repair the damage
already done. The Governor has been
asked for Instructions. There was a
strong effort reoently to have the Legle
laiure vacate the canal at this point.
Mother Sy mpporuso’s Death.
Montgomery, At. a., March 29.
Mother bympporaso, of the Sisters ol
l.oretto, was buried here to-dav. Shu
had been (or several years Mother Sups
rlor of the Itoman Catholic oonvent here
and was greatly beloved by the whole
community. She was born at Loretto,
Ky., forty-tlve vears ugo of parents named
Warren, and Vindicated her life to the
sisterhood at the age of brtcen. Bishop
O’Sullivan paid a high tribute lo her lin
and virtues.
Trial <t the Haiti Knobbcrs.
Spuing field. Mo.. March 29.—At the
solicitation ol the authorities and citizen
of Christian county Judge W. 1). Huts
bard lias issued a call (or a special
term of court, to be held at Ozark April
19. for the trial of the stxteeu bald knob
b. rs now cotilinod in jail for the murdet
of Green and Edens in Christian county.
Toe prosecution is cerium ot convicting
all the parties, and all of tneiu will eithet
hang or serve long terras in tbs penilen
tiurv.
FlghilnK Over a Label.
Springfield, Mass., March 29 The
International < Igarmakers’ Union ol
America has, turough the Westaeld
Union, petitioned the Superior Court for
an injunction restraining the Ailanti
Cigar Company or Westfield from usinz
the labol which they allege is an Imila
tlon ol and au infringement upon tb
well-known cigarmaker’s label. Tns
necessary sum mo us has been Issued Ir
the case. It is returnable on tbe llrei
Monday In May.
Gone to Canada.
New unto. X. Y., March 29—0. Si.
Bate, ol Gardner, Ulster county, hat fl- and
to Canada. 1 1 turns been engaged in thi
cattle business, and It U said tailed lm
$40,000