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. ESTABLISHED 1850. ) jj. H. EtaTILL, Editor and Proprietor. | railroads ox the rack JUDGE COOLEY AGAIN EXPLAINS THE OBJECT OF THE TRIP. Questioning the Propriety, Justice or Expediency of the Law Not in the Jurisdiction of the Commission The Texas Pacific Case the First Heard in the Crescent City. Kkw Orleans, May 2.—The Interstate Commission met here to day. Judge Cooley, in opening the proceedings, said; “Our investigations are not for any purpose of questioning the propriety, jus tice or expediency of the recent legislation of Congress. All that has been settled for us, and we are here simply for the purpose of'determining the question whether in the pursuance of that legislation we shall, in certain specified cases which have been brought to our attention, make exceptional orders which ahull give relief in these cases from the ordinary operations of the law That is all we propose to do and all we have any authority to do. Therefore anv testimony that might lx? ottered on be half of parties that should'go beyond that, or which should seem to question the pro priety or justice of the legislation would be out of place altogether, and we trust will not he offered. The parties applying for exceptional orders are railway companies. They have put in petitions and we shall hear evidence offered on their behalf, and also on behalf of other parties who may think they are aggrieved or in the interrat of communities which may lie subserved by granting the petition. We will also accept evidence on behalf of parties or communities tending to disprove the ap plications which have been made. We shall take up fust evidence in support of petitions and after that evidence in opposition.” THE TEXAS PACIFIC’S PLEA. The first case taken up w-as the petition of the Texas Pacific railroad for a continuance of present rates, supported by a petition of the people of Shreveport, presented by a committee headed by Congressman Blan chard. The testinlony submitted showed that if the long and short haul clause is ap plied to the railroads entering Sln-eveport it will kill the business of that city. I. Hardy, Assistant General Freight Agent, of the Queen and Crescent Line, stated that immediately on the passage of the hill the rates of the Anchor Line between St. Louis and New Orleans had been acl ranred 100 per cent., and between St. Louis and Vicksburg 50 tier cent., and that on the suspension of the fourth section for a short time rates had immediately been lowered. J. C. Haskell, Superintendent of the American Salt Works of New Iberia, La., contended that an enforcement of the sec tion would work an injury. P. L. Saunders of the Jackson (Miss.) Board of Trade also opposed the long and short haul clause in a lengthy paper. MEMPHIS FAVORED. A committee of the Cotton Exchange sub mitted a paper calling attention to discrimi nation by the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas railroad against NewkJrleans in favor of Memphis. The company charges $2 25 per hale on cotton from Shaw’s station, which is 124 miles this side of Memphis, but brings cotton from Memphis to New Orleans for lc. per bale on through cotton, and $1 per bale from Memphis to New Orleans as the terminal point, The petitioners consider that this is contrary to the intent and pur poses of the interstate commerce act. William Oliver, of the Mississippi Cotton mills at Wesson, read a paper favoring a suspension of the law so far as it affected the product of his mills. C. Y\. Gibson filed a petition from the Board of Trade of Aberdeen, Miss., asking for a suspension of the fourth clause over the Illinois Central from Aberdeen to New Ofleans. THE UNION PACIFIC EXEMPTED. Frederick Knowland, General Eastern Agent of the Union Pacific Kiuhvay Com pany-, of New York, appeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission to-day-, and presented a petition from the Union Pacific Raihvay Company, asking exemp tion from the ojx>ratiou of the fourth clause. Exemption was granted in the Icrm as presented and the same as granted to the other transcontinental lines. a-L- Sanders, of the Jackson, Vicksburg ami Meridian railroad, read a paper favor ing a suspension of the fourth clause aud it was filed. A protest against the suspension of the hw, drawn up in conformity with the reso jutioii adopted at the meeting on Friday il 1 „ ® u ß al ’ Planters and State Agri cultural Society's executive committees, was tiled. TO BE PRESENTED LATER. Judge Fentress, general solicitor for the Illinois Central road, said that the road w-as tot yet prepared to present it* case, but would do so later, probably at the Memphis session or in Washington. .. " e Pacific, Louisville and .?ashv-iUe, Mississippi Valley and other loads will also present their cases later. A - , Houston, of Ban Antonio, Tex., piesented a petition from the Sail Antonio and Aransas Pass road for a suspension in favor of that road. • John J. Gragard, of the New Orleans number of Commerce, presented a resolu nfo 0 , la * Ixxly favoring the enforcement 4 the law. Mr. Gragard added that the '■ti mnn.y heretofore given was from luil raftos and persons whose interests lay in auroads His observation and experience tint to show that the sentiment of the peo- m favor of an enforcement of the THE PEOPLE NOT ORGANIZED. i ?'• ®ahlnrn, Vice President of the uisville and Nashville railroad, asked if W| W0 ' ,1(1 I*' possible to got people to testify. : t Gragard sail] the people were not organ ■ an< * were consequently not in a posi "ii to make a show against the railroad onievs, intriguer's and bribers. A , te l a recess, Sidney Bernheim, of Port 's>n, made a statement relative to ''cr iminations against that town cb D. Wallace, of the Produce Ex . l ,, ! t "v'tod the memorial of tire Pro rli,,lit..Sugar- Exchange, Mer it ami Manufacturers’ Association, and ■ Ircimnies'. Dealers’ and Lumbermen’* lun ß e i Acting jointly, calling for an in . ri'ieut, of the law. He called to the m support of the allegations of tire "turn as witnesses W. B. Campbell, E. T. '■"j't:. Hugh MrCloskey , President of the ROC RxcWkc, and E. Belknap, repm - ’"lf various mercantile interests, who P *nitad facts and figures to show dis oiimiiation in rates. STEAMBOAT INTERESTS. In- j lni,M,Hf ' Interests were represented , ”• Bryant, who read resolutions v!,.' .'y the National Board of Steam at its recent imteting in Ne'v ' ■ Bbihhnnn, of the Louisvillomul Nnsh i ~ ! u ' l ' °n( l , stated that his company riru i "'lroduoe at Memphis a full stnte*- K , , °f the relations and eomjxu-atlve i 118 „ elver and mil transportation. „ ",‘ n - oheldun, of the Texas and Pacific i,i, o’ SiUl I"* "'ould file a printed argument 0,1 >** port of his line. | „ ' Cooley iinnounced that the crommis- 1 . .'yv'ldyit Wednesday isi Memphis And •non* lr<, c' v o 1 here or iu Washington do-u --'ntaiy evidence not submitted in New Or leans. The commission then adjoui-ned to meet in Memphis, whitlrer they will go to morrow morning. SLAIN BY A MANIAC. Horrible Fate of a Handsome Woman in the Backwoods of Michigan. lonia, Mich., May 2.—John A. Snyder, aged 35 years, was declared recently by medical examination to be a fit subject for the insane asylum. He lived in Bushnell township, near lonia, with his wife and two children, in a log shanty on his father’s farm. Sunday morning he did not appear, and his brother went over, and a horrible sight met his view. The wife lay dead in bed, her skull being broken in with an ax; a child of 2 years was on the bed bathed in its mother’s blood uninjured, while another, a little older, yvas iu the crib, both screaming in terror. Snyder was tracked to a swamp back of his house. From here he was easily trailed by blood for, several miles. About 10 o’clock he walked into the house of George Forsher. He had with a razor cut three huge gashes in his throat, from which he will probably die. His wife was younger than he and'handsome, and there had been trouble between them. She was afraid of him, and ha<i told her friends that she had hid the ax and razor for fear of his using them on himself and her. CUT HIS CAROTID ARTERY. Suicide of a Brother-In-Law of the Famous Yerkes. Moorhead, Minn., May 2.—The body found Saturday on the banks of Red river, about ten miles south of town, has been identified as that of C. E. Sayles, of the firm of Parkhouse & Sayles, of Valley City, Dak. He 'vas one of the bondsmen of Pease, Treasurer of Bar nes county, who defaulted for #30,000, and in consequence Mr. Sayles’ firm had been forced to suspend. He was a brother-in-law of C. T. Yerkes, the street railway man of Chicago and Phila delphia, and returned from a visit to Chicago Friday. He registered at a hotel in Fargo that day and went out. Nothing more was heard of him until his body was found. He had taken out his pocket knife and made a single incision in the carotid artery, from which lie had bled to death, the bloody knife being still in his hand. He was evidently laboring under much depression on account of his business troubles. He leay-es a widow and tyvo children. ATLANTA TOO PREVIOUS. A Visit to that City by the President Very Uncertain. Washington, May 2.—The President is somewhat surprised to see himself so posi tively announced as certain to be in various cities on various occasions during the next six months. Within a few days he has been thus announced as to be at New Haven on June 17 to attend the Yale Com mencement; at St. Louis in July or August, and at Atlanta in September. Now, as a matter of fact. he has male no plans as to any of these proposed trips. He would like to go to all the cities named. He means to go if he can. He would like to go to New- Haven for simi lar reasons to those which caused him to go to Cambridge. He would like to go to St. Louis to see something of the West and to Atlanta to see something of the South, but he does not know yet what he can do in any of these cases. DEBT OF THE NATION. The Total Obligations of the Govern ment $1,704,174,957 38. Washington, May 2.—The debt state ment issued to-day shows the decrease of theriublio debt during the month of April to Xe #13,053.098 77; the decrease of the debt since June 30, 1880, #83,905,923 50; the cash in the Treasury, #400.105,890 41; the gold certificates outstanding. #94,434,485; the silver certificates outstanding, $137,740,- 430; the certificates of deposit outstanding, $8,350,000; the legal tenders outstanding, $346,081,016; the fractional currency (not including the amount estimated as lost or destroyed) #0,948,472 37; tho total interest bearing debt, #1,103,459,308 72; the total debt, $1,704,174,957 38. The net gold in the Treasury April 80, was #180,902,431, or sl,- 037,410 lass than oil March 31. The circula tion of standard silver dollars April 30, was #55,735,205, or #1,006,450 less than the cir .culation March 31. McGOWAN’S FLIGHT. Various Reasons Assigned for His Misappropriation of the Funds. New York, May 2. —The actual amount of the defalcation of District Attorney Mc- Gowan, of Queen’s county, so far as now known, is about #19,500. When McGowan presented his bank books as vouchers to the Town Board of Audit of Newton prior to relinquishing his office as Hupervisor last month, they showed a balance to his credit of $27,172. It now appears that all but $7,000 of this was marie up by accommodating friends, who lent him cheeks to deposit yvhieh were immediately afterward withdrawn. It is reported that Mr. McGowan met with heavy losses in Philadelphia and Heading stock, in which he had invested at the suggestion of a prominent railroad official. Most people think, however, that the money went in helping friends ivho were in financial diffi culties. EXONERATED BY OVERWORK. The Jury Excuses the Train Dispatch er’s Fatal Mistake. PottsviLLE, Pa, May 2.—Reports sent out from Tamaqua to the effect that Wil liarn Scott, assistant dispatcher at Tama qua, who was charged with responsibility for the fatal collision at Mintzar’s station on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad on Saturday, had fled are unfounded. Tire coroner’s jur y found that the collision was caused by “a mistake of William Scot t, train runner at Tamaqua,” and censured the railroad for not pr oviding a sufficient force in the diKjruteller's office. Several Reported Killed. Denver, May 2. —Reports have reached here that awed-bound passenger train on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad which left Albuquerque at 3 o’clock this morning, heavily loaded with passengers, was derailed fifteen miles west of Coolidgc, N. M., about 0 o’clock this morning, awl the train buitly wrecked. Several (lei-sons were killed aud in jured. As the telegraph offices along the line are run by employes of the rood it is ini|>ssiblo to get particulars at present. Meridian and Vicksburg. New York, May 2.—At the annual meet ing to-duy of tlm Vicksburg and Meridian null-nail Urn old officer* and director;, wore re vly te4, with the exception of Otto Plock, wbiV&t ic< ended in Ww directory by C. C. I * Cbc'ianooga’n Now Bank. Was bib tITON, May &—The Comptroller of fit? i-V nicy t'.wbiy author ized the Chat tanooga Rational Hank to Dugin business i*. .tir a calltul of $300,000. SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1687. ERIK’S TERRIBLE ODDS. SEEING THEIR POWER, THE TORIES FORCE THE FIGHTING. A Motion to Enforce the Cloture Clause Carried by a Vote of 257 to 135 Mr. Healy’s Motions to Amend the Amendment Unavailing Gladstone Fighting in the Van. London, May 2.—The Times, referring to the charges against Mr-. Parnell and his party, says: “Our article on Parnellism and crime and the Parnell letter have sunk deep into the public mind, and have produced a conviction that nothing will shake, save evidence of the kind that Mr. Parnell can not produce.” The Times also publishes a long article of tho style of the articles on Parnellism and crime, purporting to show that John Dillon, in his defense in the House of Commons of the Parnellite party against the charges that they irad had relations yvitli Dynamiter Sheriden, either offered to Par liament a tissue of fictions, yvliich he had never taken the trouble to examine, or reached a still lower depth of dishonesty. healy’s new amendment. In the House of Commons to-night Sir. Healy moved that the first clause of the enures bill be so amended as to indicate clearly to yvhat portions of Ireland the bill will be applicable. He suggested that the words “proclaimed districts’' be omitted and that “Kerry, Londonderry and Belfast” be inserted in their stead. Mr. Balfour declined to accede to this pro posal. He said the government intended to apply this clause to all parts of Ireland Yvhere the prevalence of crime justified such act ion. Mr. Healy asked if blood stained Belfast, where troops hail been shot and policemen murdered, was to go free, yvhile the miser able rack-rented districts in the Southyvest yvere to be punished. Mr, Balfour replied that the government would exercise perfect impartiality iu sup pressing disorder everywhere. aimed at the nationalists. Mr. Labouchere said the scope and aim of the bill was to crush out the Nationalists, leaving the Orangemen to do anything they liked. Tho administration of the law wus so bounding yvith the Orange faction that it could not be impartial. Mr. Gladstone suggested that the words “proclaimed districts’’ remain, but that the districts be defined under other clauses of the bill. The answer of Mr. Balfour that all districts would be treated impartially was not sufficient, because the Ministers had often referred to particular parts of Ireland where the bill yvas meant to operate. BELFAST’S ABHORRENCE. No doubt the people of Belfast regarded with disgust and horror the prevalence of disorder in their midst, but the same apology was equally good for other districts. [Cries of “heal - , hear.'] The conduct of some per sons in Belfast recently stained the name of Ireland more than the conduct of the people of any other part of Ireland had. [Cheers.] Lord Randolph Churchill said that the suggestion Mr. Gladstone had mude might have been valuable, but its value had been destroyed by the raising of points which were calculated to lead to controversy. DECLARED INCOMPARABLE. Mr. Gladstone had made himself a party to the insinuation that the government in tended to apply the clause only to certain parts of Ireland and leave Belfast out. There had been disorder in Belfast, but the law had not been arrested. There was no analogy between the riots in Bel fast and ‘‘moonlighting” in Kerry, for which not a single person had been made amenable to justice. No one would venture to assert that juries in the north of Ireland had failed to do their duty, as was often the case with juries in the south of Ireland. To put the diabolical outrages of the south of Ireland, as Mr. Gladstone did, on the same level as the disturbances in Belfast yvas to condone and apologize for those outrages. [Cheers.] BELFAST’S BLOODY RECORD. Mr. Healy replied that over 309 persons yvere maimed for life and some killed in the Belfast riots, and that only a few of the rioters had been punished. Ho said the statement was untrue that there had not been convictions in Kerry. There had been over twenty. Mr. Holmes said that not a single “moon lighter” had ever been convicted. It was only by a change of venue that any con victions could be obtained. Mr. Healy postponed his motion in defer ence to Mi - . Gladstone's suggestion. JOHN BRENON’S LIBEL SUIT. The libel suit brought against William Ridgway, publisher of I‘icadilh/, for #25.( NX) for asserting in a Mock pamphlet on the Irish question, recently issued by him, that Sir John Brenon, plaintiff, a former Home Rule member of Parliament, was a Fenian and ally of the Invincibles, came up for trial to-day. The court room was eroyvded. Mr. Ridgway pleaded that the alleged libel was true. Mr-. Brenon, being sworn, made an emphatic denial of tun defendant's statement. Sir John said he had never been a Fenian. He left the Land League, he said, in June, 1880, after a quarrel yvith its managers for openieg his telegrams. He had not since that time joined any Irish league or association, or any Fenian league or- association. He hnd never travel oil lietween Paris and Ixmdon on Irish republican business. He had never interfered yvith tho work of tracing dynamiters. Sir John declared that Sir Lyon Playfair told him that Mr. Glad stone had become converted to the home rule theory in 1879, anil that he desired Mr. Parnell to accept tile office of Chief Secre tary for Ireland. The witne a spoke to Mr. Parnell about taking the office, but he de clined even to ontei-tain tho idea. HARTINGTON to THE UNIONISTS. The Marquis <■( Hartington writes a letter to the Lilieral Unionists advising them to organize as a party for the purpose of main taining their position. The Marquis soys: “The Liberals atwtaineJ irenrapa too long front acts which seemed likely to in tensify and perpetuate Liberal divisions, while the prosja-ct of a reunion of the party, or of reasonable toleration oti the part of the Liberal ma jority toward the Liberal Unionists existed. The establishment of a vigorous Liberal Unionist association will liest. preserve the integrity of the Liberal party. Other-yviso sound Liberals who cannot approve of Mr. Gladstone's policy may lie driven to join tho Conservative party.” INQUIRIES NOT LIMITED. An amendment proposed by Mr. Healy, that an inquiry bo held only when evidence Iras been withheld on account of intimida tion, was rejected by a vote of 200 to 110, after a discussion that lasted two hours anil ,i half. Mr. Healy then moved that the high court and not the Attorney General be em poyvered to order an inquiry. Mr. Gibson, Solicitor General for Ireland, replied t hat tire government yvas unable to accept the amendment. Mr. Gladstone, rising to reply to a state ment by Mr. Elliot that lie (Gladstone) yvas responsible for the equally strong system of five year* ago, said that Mr. Elliot over looked anesis'ji' ial difference, namely that hi* bill had hecn directed against crime, while the one under discussion was not. tCries of “Ohl” “Oil!”] At least, he added, the pres ent bill was directod against acts that had not hitherto been considered crimes. Any way he would not renew his former pro posals, because he vas con vim that they aggravated the evil. CLOTURE ENFORCED. The discussion being continued, W. 11. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, amid cries of “shame,” moved to enforce the cloture rule, and the motion yvus carried by a vote of 257 to 135. Mr. Gladstone and the other opposition loaders tvalked slowly into the opposition lobby, while the Parnellltes and Gladston iaus stood cheering wildly. Mr. Hoaly’s amendment was then rejected by a vote of 201 to 142. Mr. Nolan moved to report progress on the bill. W. 11. Smith said the government was unable to agree to this, because only 9 of the 140 amendments to the first clause had been disposed of. Later, however, progress was reported. A UNIONIST STUMBLINO BLOCK. A meeting at Devonshire House Saturday appointed a committee consist ing of Lord Hartington, John Bright. Joseph Chamber lain, Sir Henry James and others to dis cuss the point* of dissension among the Unionists and to consult with the govern ment yvith a view of adjusting the differ ences. At a meeting to-day albdifferences were arranged except with reference to the venue clause of the crimes bill, which Mr. Bright and a majority of the committee Yvisli to reject, yvhile Lord Hartington and his followers yvant it retained. BOYCOTTING A COUNTESS. Dublin, May 2. —Notices have been posted in Michelstown, ordering the people to boy cott the Countess of Kingston. The Dublin corporation has adopted a res olution calling upon Canadians to give Mr. O’Brien ah enthusiastic welcome, in order to mark their sense of the Marquis of Lans downe’s conduct. Copies of the resolution arc to be sent to the members of all the Canadian Legislatures and municipalities. ATLANTA’S RALLY FOR ERIN. Atlanta, Ga., May 2.—DeGive’s Opera House was packed to-narht with distinguish ed Georgians, who assanblcd in mass meet ing to protest against tie coercion bill now before the British Pamament. Gov. Gor don left a bed of sickness to preside over tire meeting, and wo* so ill that he had to return home before it adjourned. Mayor- Cooper, of Atlanta, was first Vice Presi dent. Hon. Albert H. Cox first addressed the assemblage and presented the following reso lutions, which yvere unanimously adopted: 1. That the policy propounded by Mr. (Jlud stone and Mr. Pai-nelf of home rule for Ireland has our profound sympathy. Our own expert cnee has taught us, and we submit to the world that self-government is the keystone of the arch of civil liberty and safety. 2. That we sympathise yvith all English and Irish statesmen and patrjpts who oppose the policy embodied in the coercion bill, viewing that policy os subversive oithose ancient Eng lish principles that men iawd must he tried hy a jury of their pervPlwicinag*>. that the freedom of the press must lie preserved, that the right to peaceably assemble aud discuss griev ances aud petitions for redress must be kept inviolate, aud that the writ of habeas corpus must lie sacred, so that an honorable judiciary may promptly adjudicate whether personal liberty shall be restored or lie for feited to just laws. 3. We express the hope that the signal failure of all other policies will induce the statesman ship of England once to try the policy of gener ons justice toward Ireland. COLQUITT ADVOCATES INTERFERENCE. Senator Alfred 11. Colquitt declared in a speech that it yvas time for tho United States to stop its policy of isolation and make her voice heai and in Europe, especially on the .Irish question, which is a question of hu ’inanity. Tire Irish people presented the only spectacle of a people w ho, after several hundred years of oppression, still preserved its vital spark of nationality and defied oppression. Judge Howard Van Epps, a distinguished jurist, detailod the infamies of the Irish agmi-ain laws, described their workings aud gr aphically pictured the struggle of Ireland for freedom. He referred to the well-known prodili etlon of the South for England and Englishmen, but announced amid great ap plause that the South uas not prepared to let that prediction blind her to her injustice to the English-Irish policy. Senator Joseph E. Brown gave hearty ad liereuce to the st -ugglo of Mr. Gladstone to secure homo rule for Ireland. Henry YV. Grady sjioke of the cause of Ireland as the causeot humanity. The South yvas once threatened by a force bill which wits defeated by the firm work of Samuel J. Randall. He hcqied that Mr, Ola*lstonecould do for Ireland yvhat Mr. Randall did for the South. Rev. Dr. Hawthorne, the celebrated Bap tist divine, made tho concluding speech, paving a high compliment to Mr. Gladstone. The resolution-) wore ordered to lie cabled to Messrs. Gallstone and Parnell, after which the meeting adjourned. SCHNAEBELES’ ARREST. His Leave of Absence Extended for Two Months. Paris, May 2.—M. Schnaebeles’ leave of absence from the office of Commissury at Pagny-sur-Moselle has been extended two months. At the end of his leave he will be entitled to retire on a pension. He asserts that tire German Commissary who invited him to Ars points and him out to the German detectives, who arrested him. The Ger man official report of fire affair says that a Commissary named Tausch was intrusted with the task of arresting M. Hchnuebeles, and it is probable that the numi-s were un consciously mixed by those who accused Commissary Gautoch of treachery to M. BchnaebeliH. M. Schnaebeles has given notice that he will not accept ’the diamond cross which it was proposed to givo him, and t he donation* yvliich have been made toward its purcliase Imve been given to the Alsace-Lorraine flnrteijr NO STATE OF SIEGE. Berlin, May 2. —It is officially stated that Germany has no intention of proclaim ing a state of siege in Alsace-Lorraine. RUSSIA'S WARLIKE ACTIVITY. Brussels, May 2. Advices from Kt. Petersburg nay that after a fortnights quie tude the country in again in a state oi un easiness. Lurne armaments are being pushed forward yvith feversb activity. An order of the War Ministry points to the concentration of groat masses of troops ou the frontier of Russia. Papal Appointments. Rohe, May 2.—Cardinal Pampolla has been appointed Pu|ml Secretary of State; Mgr. Agliardin, Secretary of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs; Mgr. Potelli, I’apul Nuncio at Paris; Mgr. Galmiberti, Nuncioafc Vienna; Mgr. Pietro, Nuncio at Madrid, and Mgr. Beilin, Nuncio ut Munich. These ap puiitmeiit* will b confirmed at a consis tory to he held oil May 23 Goschen’a Tobacco Taxes. London, May 2.—Mr. Goxcheo's budget proposes tlrut the import duty on cigars shall Ik) ss. i>ei- iHiund of teibm-co; on cavendish toiiacco in leaf. 4s. 6d. per pound; on caven dish manufactured, 45.; on tobacco con taining 10 |ier cunt moisture, fix. 2d.; and on tobacco containing less than !0 {Mr ceuf. moisture. 3s. hi. rsfr pound. FLAMES LEAF TO THE SKY LOUISVILLE LIT BY A W AREHOUSE AND GRAIN ELEVATOR. The Latter Building Nine Stories High Fourteen Loaded Freight Cars Totally Destroyed, as Well as a Cot tage, Two-Story Frame House and Two Stables Blazes in a Coal Breaker. Louisville, May 2.—A very disastrous fire broke out about 3 o’clock this morning at tho immense warehouse of Brown, John son & C0.,0n Fourteenth and Maple streets. Two alarms were turned in calling out the whole fire deportment. The first was sound ed five minutes before 3 o'clock and the second at H;3O o’clock. By the time the engines arrived the warehouse was beyond saving. The flames mounted high in the air and lit up the whole city. The building contained an immense amount of lruy, rye, barley, corn and oats. AN ELEVATOR GOES. Half an hour after the warehouse had started burning the nine-story grain elevator of Struter Brothers, at. Fourteenth street and BrotvYvny, caught from the thick flying sparks that the wind carried in immense quantities for half a mile to the north. The Strater elevator was within half a block of the burning warehouse, and could not possi bly be saved. The tewer first caught and then tho yvliole structure became envelojicd in one solid mass of flames. Tho firemen could do little else but pay attention to sur rounding residences. xYt the time of the breaking out of the fire no less than forty freight cars, mostly loaded, yvere lying on tho tracks in the vicinity of the burning building FOURTEEN CARS BURNED. All but fourteen of those were saved. The cars belonged to the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and were loaded yvith hay, grain, etc., and the fourteen totally destroyed with their contents will be a loss of about $.50,000. The elevator, yvith its contents, wus valued at about SBO,OOO. Tho Insurance is $58,000. The loss of Brown, Johnson & Cos. will be between $90,000 and $100,000.' It is frilly insured. A cottage, tyvo-story frame house and two stables were also destroyed. The work of the fire department was hampered on ac count of there being an inadequate supply of yvater in the neighborhood. A COAL BREAKER BURNED. YVilkesbarre, Pa., May 2.—The No. 10 breaker of the Lehigh and fvilkesbarre Coal Company, situated at Sugar Notch, three miles from here, was burned this morning. Within three hours from the time the fire broke out tho enormous structure was totally destroyed with all its valuable ma chinery. Tiie breukor hnd not been in operation for some time past. The cause of the fire is unknoYvn. The loss is estimated at $60,000. STILL BURNING. , YYTwckkbarre, Pa., May 2,11 p. m.~ The fire at No. 10 breaker at Sugar Notch still continues. Tho coal in the mine is now burning, tho fire having extended down the shaft to a depth of 700 feet. Preparations are being made to flood the mine, as this is the only yvay to extinguish the fire. This will take a week or more to accomplish and will entail great exju-nse on the com pany. The colliery has not been working for the past two years, owing to the nature of the coal veins, mining ot which would not |iay under the present, condition of the market. The loss so far is estimated at #IOO,OOO. A FLOOD OF BURNIXG OIL. Cincinnati. May 2.—A special from Lima, 0., received early this morning, says; “Lightning struck a k 5,000 barrel oil tank, near town, and set the oil on fire. Twenty five other tanks in the immediate vicinity are in danger, and if fired yvi 11 flood the southern part of the town with burning oil. BOLT SHOPS BURNED. Chicago, May 2.—A1l but one of the big shops of the Cliicago Forge and Bolt Com pany, on Forty-third street, were burned to-night. The total loss will reach #125,009. During the fire Bartlett Haslett, a spectator, was fatally injured by a falling derrick, and pipeman William Barber had a leg crushed. CAMPAIGNS IN EGYPT. Osman Digna Reported Captured - Italy and Her Army. Buakim, May 2. —Deserters report tliat tho Hadcudowa Arabs, assisted by other friendly trilsw, have dislodged the Soudanese rebels from Kassala, and captured Osman Digna aud Abu Girga. ITALY DECLARES WAR. Rome, May 2. —Gen. Saletta, the new Italian commander at Massowah, has pro claimed a states of war in Massowah ana its dependencies. The government has introduced in the Chamber of Deputies a bill to reorganize the nrmy. The number of regiments f Held artillery is to lie increased from twelve to twenty-four, and each regiment is to have eight flatteries. Five regiments are added to the mountain artillery. The number of officers of infantry is increased by 33 colonels, 87 majors and 100 captains. The cavalry is augmented by two regiments. A credit of 3,000,000 lira is demanded by the bill. Killed by Bursting Boilers. Pittsburg, May 2.—Tlie lioilevH of the tow boat J. O. Risher burst at an early hour this morning while the steamer wits passing Woods’ Run, a few miles below this city. A man named Hayes was instantly killed. Two others, whose names could not bo learned, were fatally injured. Hayes, who was killed, was a deck hand. He was in the cabin just over the boiler room and was blown through the roof and scat tered in fragments. Scarcely enough of his remains could be found for an inquest Engineer James Cumpliell and hi* fireman were fatally scalded. The force of the ex plosion was upward and the upper works of the boat were wrecked. Taggart's Peculations. Philadelphia, May 2.—The officers of the Union Trust Company announce that the approximate embezzlement of James N. Taggart, lately teller of that company, is #29,000, for- part of which indemnity is held. CLARK’S BAIL FORGEITKD. New York, May 2. —Tho bail of Clark, the ixret office clerk who stole a #IO,OOO package addressed to the Chemical National Bank of this city, and who skip{ied to Can ada, wus forfeited tewlav. The bail was #2,500, and ill the form of a certified check. Heavy Shipments of Freight. Chicago, May 2.—Shipments of Pacific const freight from Chicago have junqied from two or tin ce carloads to an average of twenty carloads daily since tho new r-.to* were put into effect fast yveek. The increase is principally in low cUase* of freight, such a buggies, high wine*, etc. England to Salute France. London, My 2.--Special orders have been sent to the Mediterranean squadron to salute tjio French flag at .Marseilles whoa fbe-thrtts of Edinburgh is returning to at tend tho jubilee festivities. MUSEUM MASTERPIECES. Over SIOO,OOO Worth of Paintings Given to the Metropolitan in a Week. New York, May 2. —Judge Hilton has given Meiasonier’s painting of “Friedland, 1807," to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also presented the museum with Dp taille’s “Defense of Cbiunpigny." The first was bought by Judge Hilton at the sale of A. T. Btewart's collection for the purpose to which it is now devoted. Judge Horace Russell, Judge Hilton’s son in-law, has also presented to the museum Piloty’s painting of “Tliusnelda at the Triumph of Germanu•us," purchased at the sale of the Stewart collection. “1807” cost Jndge'HHton *06,000; Detaille, from his private collection, purchased from the salon of 1875, and then regarded by the artist as his best work, is certainly worth now in the market *IIO,OOO, so that with eight additional pictures given by George 1. Seney, Judge Russell and the Schaus gifts, paintings representing a value of over *IOO,- 000 have been a, lded to the collection of the museum during the past week. HONORING AN EDITOR. Baltimore’s Council Congratulates Proprietor Abell of the Sun. Baltimore, May 2.—Both branches of the City Council to-day passed a resolution congratulating A. S. Abell, publisher of the Nun, on his approaching semi-centennial of continuous nvumgsment. The resolutions compliments Mr. A1 ell for his enterprise and generosity, mentioning his liberal contributions to charitv, and his heavy expenditures in improving and beautifying the city. They speak of him ns the oldest in ago as well as the oldest m service of any living journalist, ami espe cially congratulate him on the marvelous success of the enterprise to which ho has de voted his life. The resolutions are to tie en grossed and presented by a committee of which the Mayor shall lie chairman. L ASTERS LOCKED OUT. An Unfortunate Embrogllo Among Cincinnati Shoe. Factories. Cincinnati, May 2. —Avery extensive and disastrous lockout was inaugurated in the shoe factories here to-day. It has been the custom for several years for the pro prietors and employes to send delegate to form a board of arbitration for the purpose of lixing the rato of wages oaeh year. Six of the eight as semblies of the employes have appointed dele gates, but two assemblies, composed of last era and fitters, the latter women and girls, have refused to send delegate. Thereupon the proprietors have shut out all members of these two assemblies, numbering 2,600 persons. Their stopping will soon cause other branches to suspend, anil serious inter ruption will result. Strike of the Hod Carriers. Chicago. May 2. —Alxmt 3,000 hod ciyr riers went out on a strike this morning in ain in lance with the deeison reacln il ! yesterday. Fully one half of the contractors declined to accede to the demands upon them for an increase. The officers of the Hod Carriers’ Union claim that only 1,500 men are out, the others having received what they de manded . A meeting of the Master Masons’ and Builders’ Associations has been called to meet to-morrow night, for the purpose of taking action regarding the strike. Less than 200 wood carvers went out to day on the threatened general strike. Coke Workers Out. Pittsburg, May 2.—A general strike of the coke workers of the Connellsvllle region is regarded as certain. One-half of the men refused to go to work to-day, and the others, it is thought, will strike after to morrow's convention. The operators issued their ultimatum this afternoon, in which they refused to make any concessions at present, but promised to consider the mat ter as soon as there is nn advanoe in the price of coke, They are preparing to close down for a long and bittor tight. Mixers and Teasers Give In. Pittsburg. May 2.—Tho glass mixers and teasers who struck two weeks ago for u 10 per cent, advance returned to work to duy at their old wages. The recent decision on the coke question was the principal argu ment against arbihration, and the fact that the Knights did not support the strike left the men without resources. All the fac tories are again in operation. Carpenters Strike. Waterbury, Conn., May 2.—A1l the carpenters in this city, numbering nearly :JOO. quit work tosiay because the employers refiiwd to give them the same wages for nine hours work as they received last season lor ten hours. House Painters Strike. Wilmington, Del., May 2.—The house painters in all the Wilmington shojis struck this morning for *2 50 i>er day, a raise of 25c. Two of the largest employers have granted the increassandit isprolialilo others will follow. Plate Matter Objected To. Hamilton, Ont., May 2.—The printers in the /'itllndium office are to be culled out be cause the proprietors refuse to discontinue tiie of stereotype plate matter. The Palladium is a labor paper. Striking at London. London, Ont., May 2. —Bricklayers, la liorers and carjienters to the number of 200 have gone on a st rike here for an increase of wages. Out at Hamilton. Hamilton, Ont., May 2.—A large num ber of carjienters struck to-day for an in crease in wages to 22 l-3c. an hour ail around. Fotheringham on Trial. St. Lons, May 2.—The case of David S. Fotheringham, the alleged accomplice In the roblwry of the Adams Express on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad by “Jim Cummings" some months ago, was call ml in the Criminal Court this morning, and both sides announcing their readiness for trial the work of impaneling a jury was proceeded with at once. |An Explosion at a Saw Mill. Chicago, May 3.—A special from Pa ducah, Ky., says the main steam pipe in tho suw mill of the Paducah Lumber Company burst Saturday, and the engineer and three others were fatally seahled or otherwise in jured. But little damage was done to the mill. Wont Virginia's Senatorship. Charleston, W. Va., May 2.—The Re publicans held a caucus to-night and nomi nated J Jon. VV. H. H. Flick to be voted for in joint iisa-mbly to-morrow. Mr. Camden is the DAnocrotic caucus nominee. Ballot ing will begin at 13 o'clock tomorrow noon. Cotton In Bad Condition. Montgomery, Ala., May 2. —The niton stand lit this neighborhood is laid on ac count on the drought. Much of it has not come uim 1 PRIDE <IO A YEAR, i 1 3 UEATS A COPY, f PERRY STILL IN THE YAK. BLOXHAM FAILS TO HEAD IN ANY OF THE FIVE BALLOTS. Pasco Far Behind the Two Leadors— Senator Wall Unsuccessfully Tries to Have tue Caucus Recommend a State Convention of the Party to Name 9 Candidate. Tallahassee, Fla., May 3.—The Sen ate to-iiay passed the bill requiring section masters to keep a record of the stock killed by railroads, and spent the entire afternoon in fruitless discussion of the bill incorpor ating De fv> ni ijlj m versi ty . Several important game and fish bill* were referred to the special committee which will consider well all bills on that subject and report one for passage. The House passed the hill requiring pur chasers of seed cotton in Gadsden county to pay a license of *OO, and also the bill pre scribing tho manner of giving sixty daya notice of purchase to introduce local and special legislation. The House did a good day’s work and iiv definitely postponed several liaii hills. Representatives Dyal was excused because of the death of his daughter. IN JOINT SESSION. In joint session to-day, the two houses o t the Legislature voted for a United State* Senator us follows; Hli ix ham 21 Perry 21 Pasco 16 Goodrich 1L Finley 3 The session then adjourned to 13 o'clock, to-morrow. THE DEMOCRATIC C AUCUS. The joint Democratic caucus met in th< Assembly hall to night, and at once began to lull lot for United Stabs Senator. Following is the result of the first ballots Perry 8® Bloxham 8# Pasco i The second ballot resulted; Perry M) Hloxliam ...331 Pasco 19 The third ballot stood; Bloxham SB Perry 33 Pasco \ 1$ A NOVEL SCHEME BEATEN. After taking two other ballots without! change, Senator Wall introduced the follow ing resolution, which was lost by a vote o£ 53 to 83: Resolved, That we, the Democratic caucus,' realizing the Impracticability of making a satis* factory solution of the present deadlock in the Senatorial contest, and desiring to be governed in our action by the will of the people, hereby request, the State Exacut ive Committee to ciJkw convention of the Democratic party of the stfUM at as early a day as practicable, to a candidate for United States Senator, snafs pledge ourselves to be guided by the such convention. %' Tiie caucus adjournod to night. Last, night about midnight fire was dWj coveted in the Iwsciuent of the occupied by Dorr & Bowen, Htatu Printer*, opposite the capitol, but the flames were ► tiuguishcd without much ilamage. CAUSES OK ABSENTEEISM. The scarcity of members at the sessions of the Legislature during the past few davW Is due to the absence of several of the com mittees apjiointed to visit the various insti tutions of the Htate. The committees were made large so as to have every portion of the .State represented, and as the Senatorial contest has prevented earlier visi tations, more of the committees have Uien away at the same time than was con. template!l when they were formed. No ma terial inconvenience has, however, resulted as tho several standing committees had their hands full of important bills under consid eration, and tho time was spent in this way. Besides this there uro committees at work preparing necessary measures that, are re quired to get the new constitution in satis factory working condition. amendments to the constitution. The usual number of proposed amend ments to the constitution luive txjen made, and among them is a proposition to-make Gainesville the capital of the Htate. This, with nearly all the other suggestions, will bo lost, as they are not favorably considered tuid besides the remaining weeks of the ses sion must lie devoted to perfecting measures that must pass in order to keep the Htata govern rrient in a healthy condition— such us appropriation bills, apportionment of representation, the iiassage of cnabllM statute in aid of the constitution, etc. Special and local measures will in all liiiity be lightly touched after this, as portant general matters must be attendMl to in order to avoid tho necessity of callmflH an extra session of the Legislature. judge wkstcott’n worth. In the dentil of ex-Judge James D. cott the Htate loses one of its beet legal minds. His services to the Htate in several lines have been invaluable and his friends realize that they have lost one in whom they could repose confidence and trust. He was engaged in making a digest of the Florida Supreme Court reports, and the work will probably be completed by some of his friends, and the volume become a use ful one to practitioners. He left a verf handsome property, principally in this city, composed of houses, stores and other realty, besides one or two plantations in this county. Dr. John Westcott, of Ht. Augustine, is his uncle, and presumably will receive the greater part of the property. THE RAILROAD SURVEY. Now that the preliminary survey of ths. projxxwd Thomasv ille and Tallahassee rail road iuis been made and is in every way sat isfactory to tiie office™ of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Com (any, tho work on the road will probably begin la u short time and the ••apitai city of Florida connected directly with the gi-eat Georgia system of roods leading to the market and business centres of tiie country. The line jstsses through the most picturesque and fertile section of Florida, and as soon ns tfee road is completed this beautiful country will be rapidly set tied by white fanners, who will give their [xnnonal attention to the development of the re sources of tiie section and to the raising of fine stock, for which this portion of tiie Ht ata is so well adapted. Vegetable growing will then be made more remunerative than ever. Danville’s Tobacco Salos. Danville, Va., May 2.— The leaf to bacco sales here for April were 2,236, til pounds, at an average of *8 per hundred, i'he sales to flat® since October, last year, have been 14.116,318 pounds, at an average of #3 54 per hundred. t Plttsburt •’b Scorcher. Pittsburg, May 2.—At 4 o’clock this afternoon Die mercury was up to 05” and at 10 o’clock to-night it registered 78’. Many mills and factories closed down to-night, the heat being so intense tliat the employee were Ulicble to work. M to and Wife Shot. Vienna, Wis., May B.—Lad night, whil* riding In a buggy, Mr. and Mrs. John Car ls'll were shot by sonic unknown person i sneaking behind the carriage. Mr. Uarbell 1 died instantly aud bis wife will not recover.