The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, December 15, 1888, Image 1
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J. H. UEVKAUX. Mxnaoas >
VOL. IV.
! WASHINGTON NEWS.
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hbeat the united states of
ficials ARE DOING.
CONGRESS. •
Mr. Frye’s resolution of Monday, in-
Jucting the Senate committee on for
rn relations to inquire into the state ol
Fairs at Samoan Islands, was reported
[ck on Tuesday from the committee or
ntingent expenses, and agreed to.
r. Chandler presented a petition pray
g for investigation into the alleged de
ivation of tiie right to vote for electors
d congressmen in South Carolina,
lis petition is signed by the names ol
5 residents of Ziegler precinct,
tsngeburg county, South Carolina, and
cites that they endeavored to comply
th the registration law of the state,
it were prevented from doing so, and
en on the day of the election were re
sed the right to vote. The petition and
tter were referred to the committee on
ivileges and elections. The Senate
en resumed consideration of the tariff
11, the pending question being the
arris amendment to reduce the duty on
ams, girders, etc., from one and one
nth of a cent per pound to six and
le-tenth of a cent. An amendment of
red by Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, to make
tton ties free of duty gave rise to a long
scussion, participated in by Messrs,
mes, of Arkansas; Berry, McPherson
id Vance, on .one side; and by Messrs,
awes, Aldrich and Stewart on the
her. It was not disposed of—the Sen
ate going into executive session... .In
the House, Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois,
■poke in support of the proposed
amendment refunding the cotton tax.
It there was merit in the latter proposi
tion, that merit should be discussed in a
| . separate bill, and an amendment should
not now be brought forward to embarass
the consideration of the pending mea
sure. II controverted the position taken
try Mr. Barnes, of Georgia, that the cot
ton tax was unconstitutional, and con
tended that the tax was uniform as con
templated by the Constitution, being
the sariUi in Illinois as in Georgia,
I jF* and having been cotleciWl from twenty-
• | SIX states and territories, "’ftrs a.ssump-
- tion that this tax had been paid by'Ahn
people of the Southern States was a mis
taken one. It had been paid
( by consumers in Northern States.
Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, declared that
the bill was sustained neither by law nor
by precedent, and denounced it as a
* fraud and charged that its aim was to
''h perpetuate the power of trusts to exact
Tgg tribute from the people by means of a
Is high tariff. Referring to the cotton tax
t he°attackcd it on constitutional grounds
1 ® and spoke in favor of the proposed
B amendment refunding the tax, as far as
V possible, to the persons who paid it, and
ea reserving the remainder as a common
gl school fund. Mr. Dibble, of South Car-
Hlolina, stated that it was a mistake to
that the state of South Carolina
was in default in regard to the direct
. tax. As a matter of fact more than its
" quota had been paid in. He thought
ttiat the refunding of the tax was a
thoroughly constitutional and equitable
proposition. No conciu-ion was reached,
and the House adjourned.
/ On Monday, the discussion of the
_ tariff question was resumed in the Sen
r 2 *te. Mr. Sherman said the time was not
- z far distant when all structural forms of
, T . steel and iron would be multiplied to an
p’ amazing extent and would be produced
cheaper and cheaper by the offer of . in-
M I \ducements to manufacturers to enter into
business. That was one of the objects
\ of the proposed rate of duty. He thought
* W - H bettor to sustain the finance committee
LVX in its.classifieation than to change rates
' blindly and at haphazard. In regard to
trusts, he looked upon them as one of
-ja j( the most dangerous and subtle inventions
’v■ of man, and was in favor of breaking
1 them up. They were contrary to the
Bpiri of the common law of England;
but the only wey, (he thought,) to break
■HMmd down'was by inviting competition.
■Wit Under the c ill of states in the Home,
la number of bills and resolutions were
tired and refeired. Mr. Holman,
qf fndi;/.ra, asked for the present onsid-
of the following resolution;
S[K»‘Whereas, it is publicly charged in the
press, and otherwise that, in gen
elections of recent years, involving
eleet'ou of President ai.d vice-Pre-i
--tho United Slates and members
Congress, 1 rye sums of money have
involuntai ily cor.'ributc 1 and ex-
YsjH l <!’'nded in various ways for the purpose
k 'f ii-flu ncing and controlling such elec-
Wvtions; and, whfTeas, sue:. contributi n -
flrand expenditures tend to deb.se th>-
franchise, corrupt the b .Hot
and impair the vigor and purity
<rf our free institutions; therefore,
A Kasolvai, That the committee on judi
clary be iu-truc e l to inv< st; gate the said
charges, uiai to/.iquiie wh.it 1 ■g:.-lation
\ ary and pro pet t<> suppress such
upd Expend lures, and to
WMirvc ftnd mruntuiii«ie- freedom and
rr td<Ytivu franchise,
If * * tel report at
SwonaMEnWf
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1888.
any time by bill or otherwise.”
A demand for the regular order by
Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, and Mr. Weaver,
of lowa, operated as an objection to the
resolution. Mr. Holman then requested
its reference to the committee on judi
ciary, which was done, and the House
went into committee of the whole on the
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
NOTES.
The President issued an order extend
ing the civil service rules and regulations
to the railway mail service.
President Cleveland has sent to the
Senate the name of Rev. William Joseph
Larkin, of Illinois, (a Catholic priest,) to
be post chaplain.
Col. Bridgers, of Columbia, was
stricken down with apoplexy whilejid
dressing the Ways and Means committee
of the Legislature on Monday.
Congressman Martin, of Texas, gave
Newspaper Correspondent George H.
Harris a drubbing on Saturday, because
he wrote funny paragraphs about the
congressman.
The President has pardoned W. C.
Jordan, convicted in South Carolina of
Belling liquor without license, and sen
tenced July, 1888, to six months’ im
prisonment and to pay a fine of SIOO, and
Charles Slater, convicted in Virginia of
violating the internal revenue laws.
United States Appraiser Joseph B.
Baker and Assistant George H. Hoffman
were dismissed from the customs service
at Philadelphia, Pa., by order of the
President, who issued the order through
the Secretary of the Treasury. Collector
Cadwalader demanded Hoffman’s resig
nation on the ground that the employes
of the appraiser’s department had im
pugned his administration of his duties,
and preferred against him grave charges.
Full and specific instructions in regard
to the management of the expedition to
Hayti have been given to Rear Admiral
Luce, commanding the North Atlantic
squadron and their execution is ail that
remains to be done. He is to proceed to
Port-au-Prince and request the release of
the steamer “Haytien Republic,” and if
the authorities refuse to surrender her to
him, he is to seize the vessel by force ol
arms and take it to some neutral territory,
where she can be re^tn-reAtv’uer owners.
EXCITING CONTEST.
Thomas N. Hart, Republican, was
elected mayor of Boston, Mass., by
about 2,000 pluralitwg’uesday’s elec
tion closed one of exciting mu
nicipal campaigns ever carried on in that
city. Bitter personalities have been
freely indulged in upon all sides, and
especially has this been the case in the
discussion of the public school question,
which has been the principal issue of
the campaign. This issue was brought
last Summer by the removal from the
public schools, by the school board, of a
certain text book, which contained state
ments distasteful to the Catholic clergy.
Believing that in this action they saw an
entering wedge by which Catholic su
premacy in control of public schools was
to be ultimately obtained, the friends of
the public schools have held frequent
meetings to protest against such inter
ference, and public feeling was wrought
up to the highest pitch. Rabbi Solomon
Schindler was the only candidate whose
name appeared upon all -the tickets.
Another effect of the agitation of the
school question was to arouse a large
number of male voters who ordinarily
take but little interest in municipal elec
tions, and fail to vote at all and cause
many who usually vote the Democratic
ticket to support the opposing candidate.
To this agitation the defeat of Mayor
O’Brien was doubtless largely attributed.
Tiie complete Republican ticket for
school committee, as indorsed by the
committee of 100, was elected. The ma
jority in favor of license was between
15,000 and 17,000.
FRIGHTENED.
The British government Las ordered
troops now stationed in the Mediterra
nean to proceed to Suakim. They will
be replaced by troops fr m England.
The request for more troops at Suakim,
which was ma leaser recent reconnoit
ering, is believed to have been instigated
by the government itself, as tiie easiest
mode of retiring from an untenable atti
tude and of appeasing public misgivings.
xY steamer would leave Suez at once to
convey to Suakim a squadron of the 2Gtii
Hussars and three hundred men of the
Welsh Inlantry. This wmi'd make the
t' tai f ice at Sual m 6,500 meD, com
posed mostly of Egyptians, against 2,400
of the enemy.
RUSSIA IS ANGRY.
At a meeting of the foreign office Rus
sian military authority urged that an ulti
matum be sent the Perdan government
warning it that
for
ennee’ded the treaty ‘Rk
K*|um country to
THE WORLD x «VER.
INTERESTING IZ»Ls BOILED
DOWN IN BE AD ABLE STYLE.
THE FIELD OF LABOR —SEETHING CAUL
DRON OF EUROPEAN INTRIGUE—FI HUB,
SUICIDES, ETC. —NOTED DEAD.
Two men have been arrested nt Naples
for throwing a dynamite bomb at the
German consulate in that city. The
bomb did not explode.
It was discovered on Monday that
$240,000 had been stolen from the gov
ernment’s deposit bank, in Madrid,
Spain. The robbers are unknown.
A report reached San Francisco, Cal.,
on Monday morning that a Santa Fe
overland train was ditched between
Peach Springs and Williams, Arizona,
and a number of passengers.
Shufeldt & Co.’s distillery, in Chica
go, 111., was blown up by means of dyn
amite on Monday morning. The com
pany charges that the whiskey trust had
something to do with the outrage.
Latham, Alexander & Co., of New
York, received the following dispatch
'from a prominent Texas firm: Replies
of an average date of December 3d from
counties which produce 75 per cent, of
the Texas cotton crop, make it 1,278,000
bales, or 103,000 bales less than lest year.
Three-quarters of the large ship build
ing plant of the Globe Iron Works in
Cleveland, Ohio, was destroyed by fire.
Four large steel vessels in process of con
stiuction were upon the stocks within a
few feet of the burning buildings, but
the ships were saved from damage. The I
Loss is fixed at $200,000, and it is prob |
ably covered by insurance.
Alex. K. McMillan, editor of the New
York Commercial bulletin, died in Brook
lyn, N. Y. For forty years be had been
New York correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger. His ill health dated
from the time of the blizzard, when he
attempted to cross Brooklyn bridge. He
was born in Scotland in 1825, coming
here when eleven years old.
Advices from Webster county, lowa. |
state that it is probable that the eviction 1
of Des Mmhies River land settle.s will
begin again in a few da; s. Mr. Sixell,
who owns the navigation title
to most of the balance of the lands iu
dispute, has returned to Fort Dodge,
and says that unless the weather changes
in a few days and becomes so cold that it
is impossible to evict settlers, he will
have United States marshals again in the
field with instructions to finish the evic
tion of all remaining on his land »vU|
have not got their titles from him. iW
said that he did not believe the bill
passed by the House for the relief of the
! settlers would cut any figure.
MILL BLOWN UP.
An explosion took place on Tuesday
in an oat meal mill owned by David
i Illiver on North Halstead street, Chicago,
i 111. The explosion was a terrific one,
' the shock being felt a mile atvay. The
i buildings in the immediate vicinity were
bombarded with flying bricks and tim
bers, and nearly every pane of window
glass within a radius of six blocks was
smashed. Almost before the rumble of
the explosion died away, flames sprang
up from the wrecked mill and the whole
place w. s ablaze in a few minutes. The
fire spread with incredible rapidity, and
when the first fire companies reached the
scene they ha i a block of roaring flames
to contend with. A general alami was
at once turned in. Persons who were
i asleep in buildings adjacent to the
\ wrecked mill were thrown clear out of
! their beds by the force of the explosion
and most of them were more or less in
jured during the terrific bombardment
of brick and other debris. Charles Mil
j ler, John Smith and Charles Coop* r,
' three millers, lost their lives. The losses
ill aggregate $150,000. Oat meal dust
i caused it, but the terrific force is unpre
i cedented, if the story be accepted. No <
! other reasonable explanation is offered,
! however, and the explosion of dust is
accepted until a better reason can be
i found. For the distance of a mile, in
some directions, plate glass windows
. v, 're shattered and buildings violently
jostled by the terrific force of the explo
sion.
AFRICAN NEWS.
A British steamer, recently sent tc ’
Bagamoyo, retuAed to Zanzibar with
several Indian traders and their lamiliei
on board. They report that the town is
wrecked. There was severe fighting
and the reliel loss was heavy. Two Ger
id*n ami two native dependents we-rt
wounded. Bushoii subsequently retired
five miles inlan 1. It is reported that h«
looted an ivory caiavun, and brutally
maltreated the Wunyumwczo porters whd
refu .cd to Join him. j
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