The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, December 15, 1888, Image 1

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Publiahed by this Tararnra Pnbllahtac 00. ) J. H. UEVKAUX. Mxnaoas > VOL. IV. ! WASHINGTON NEWS. _______ 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 GEO, WHOLESALE BEE| 75 BJX.Y STM xlnnual Sales 50,000 Kegs. 'LoSOLfc AGENTS F(J AmOSEaHOSCH .BWjM AND GERKE ■i ■ ri u E- O BUY TBs THE LEAST TEEPLE ■■ 193 AND 195 BR<9 (' i!’ nt • .-:r •re if you w -n.t l-'iii nil lire, M<f 11H I'lll'/-, Co.-kin- Sr.-'.esjß ' line. 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