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• ( j. H. EBTILL, Editor and Proprietor. ,
laptists on beverages
■he convention adopts gen.
SMITH’S REPORT.
Systematic Benevolence Urged Upon
■ the Members of the Church—Home
■ and State Mission Work Shouid be
■ pone in Co-Operation Committee
I seminations— Meeting of the Alumni.
I l.orisvit.t.K, May 10.—Tlie last day’s ses
lou of the Southern Baptist Convention
■tK'in and with a small attendance, though the
Kjurch filled up later in the day.
■ (;,,,, Given Clay Smith's report of the pre
■inns dnv from the Temperance Committee
Has adopted after some sharp debate upon
■ . dause ‘ Liquor rs a beverage." A num
■.,. 0 f delegates held that intoxicating
■ .. ~-s sliould not be allowed even as a medi
■ Dr. j. p. Reogroe, of Alabama, read the
■port of the Committee on Systematic Be
■u olence. It urged that the chief purpose
■as to secure the blessing of regular and
■eoj-ful giving from every member of tho
Baptist church in the South.
| co-operation recommended:
■it recommended complete co-operation
■tween the convention and the State con-
Kntions and general associations. It re
■mmended that State organizations use
Brery effort to secure a pledged amount by
Bntributions from every member weekly
■ monthlv, that State boards be appointed
Bid church meetings for benevolent work
■ apoointed for every fifth Saturday and
■unilav in the months of the year; that pas-
Krs be given as much freedom for work of
■romoting systematic benevolence as possi-
He, and the appropriate committees of this
be instructed to devote thom-
Blves to this work. After a long discussion
He report was adopted.
STATE MISISON WORK.
■ The report of tho Committee on Co-op-
Hatim of the Home Mission Board
Hith the State Mission Board was
Had by Rev. Bailey of Florida. It stated
Hat, under tho present form of constitution.
Hates co-operating directly with the gen-
Kd boards do not receive a fair representa-
Hon in the convention. Therefore it re-
Hmimciidc.-l an amendment giving, in addi
■nn to the present representation to each
Hate in the convention, one delegate for
Hch SSOO spent for missions within its
bounds.
;lj. P. Eagle, of Arkansas, made a minority
■port, retaining the present basis of repre
sentation.
■ The minority report was adopted.
■■<. H. Strickland, from the Committee on
■rt, which was adopted:
■ Foreign Missionary Board of Richmond,
■a.—H. H. Harris, of Virginia, President:
Presidents: Joshua Levering, of
G. Witfleld, of Mississippi: J. F.
■rerai, of Missouri; B. H. Carroll, of Texas:
■ L. Kilpatrick, of Georgia; C. Manly, of
■cuth Carolina; J. J. D. Penrose, of Al*~
Hma; J. B. Searcy, of Arkansas; J. U.
■enter, of Tennessee; N. A. Bailey, of
■lorida; W. T. Atkinson, of West Virginia;
W, Lomhies, of Louisiana: Theodore
■Thitefield, of North Carolina; G. F. Baghy,
■f Kentucky; ,T. T. Burroughs, of Virginia;
A. Tapper, Corresponding Secretary;
B Williams, Treasurer; A. B. Clarke,
■ecording Secretary; H. C. Burnett, Au
■jt°i'- Managers: W. W. Landron, John
Hollon, H. N. Ellison, It. H. Pitt, W. E.
V. .T. Shiman, William Ellison,
8,8. " ui.slow, J. B. Hudson, S. C. Clopton,
B D. Thomas, George Cooper, C. H.
viand, T. P. Matthews.
■ Home Mission Board—John I). Stewart,
■f Georgia, President; Vice Presidents: W.
■: Chaudoin, of Florida; W. R. L. Smith,
■f Virginia; M. D. Early, of Arkansas; A.
■ MrManamy, of North Carolina; 11. F.
■pniles, of .Mississippi; J. J. Taylor, of Ken-
A. J. Rowland, of Maryland; F. M.
of Texas; Henry McDonald, of Geor-
B' 1 . F- Riley, of Alabama; W.
■ „ Peniek. of Louisiana; H.
■.Sanders, of South Carolina: O.L. Hnilev,
B : Tennessee; C. W. Hyde, of Missouri; A.
B* Ticheiior, Corresponding Secretary; A.
B, Treasurer: A. C. Briscoe,
■te-erding Secretary; P. F. Abbott,
Managers: J. B. Hawthorne,
■c m. Daniel, George Hilvear, V. C.
8v , 7; l ' William Crenshaw, J. D. Turner,
■ ' Kiser, J. A. Anderson, J. R. Fondle
■>u, H. D. D. Stratton, D. CL Ray, J. D.
R- v , "• *”• i’ibson. A. P. Freeman, E. N.
■>anen and C. A. Davis, Jr.
I THE SEMINARY ALUMNI.
■ .At a meeting of the alumni of the Bap
■jfl 1 ecological Seminary Dr. Noyes stated
B ; f ™ p quinary had been pined where it
■by its removal to Louisville. There have
H , , '°students at the institution,
■'“S'lid. Anew and plainer building is ap-
■ rfw 'lmig completion. It will cost *74,000.
■Another and grander edifice will be erected
■n Broadway. “I won Id like to have this
■°tay given or raised bv old students. A
■entlciuiin of New York often; ?2.j,000 if we
$ i ;>,OOO additional, one-half of which
■“‘jd go to endow a professorship.”
8.. n 1 ' 11 ' 5 t , ho bating *l,lOO was subscribed
K- • le student* as n nuclus of n fund which
■ proi sised to raise. The seminary now
■ t-'(MKK) invested funds; SIOO,OOO in real
■•jate, in addition to a lot on Broadway and
■ v'3? ‘! m,, unt of in vest,si funds.
■ Ato clock the convention adjourned te
K,;.°" the second Wendesduy in Aluy, 1888,
■** fiichmond, Va.
KNIGHTS TO REVOLT.
PWderly’s Conservatism Not Liked
by the Hot-Heads.
I 1 HTCaoo, May 10.—The Dnih/ Xnrs pub
■ •Mus the text of a long circular said to have
■T 1 n out to all prominent Knights of
I, *’7 the secretaries of the assemblies
R' ( .niiornia, Oregon, Colorado. Nebraska,
■aiiiiO's Michigan and Missouri bv Locul
Id™. y , No ' *■**. ,,f Portland, Ore. The
' ,o ,“ounces General Master Work
|r, 1,,, owdcrly f,, r hj s rejoicings over the
Is i t municipal election.
It ,‘i , resolutioiw pass.',l bvtheas-
IhI? ,ly . demanding that Mr. I'ovvderlv he
*, r , om The liailu AVorx savs
r '. i, e Knight* are on the eve of a great
, ” ' “nd the circular is the result of a
iicert+fl move by which, if au assembly is
‘.'“.a general withdrawal from the
*eor will follow.
I HICAUO'h HUILDINO TRADE TROUBLES.
a„ J ,,c ACK), May 10.—A committee of the
, * , Bn , nat<>d IVailes’ Association had a
f . i. conference with the Executive
s.hi I ° r the matiter masons to-dav. but no
tes ' v s reached. To-night the inas
yu '™ asor| s deliberated on the situation.
I , ‘fades Council will call a meeting for
th ;.r rro "' night and discuss tlie action of
h , H A majority of the builders any
,* n S ‘‘ an uvert n strike unless tbe labomv
more rational.
Unveiling a Monument.
im.C., Slay 10.—The monn
., l .t t" the Confederate'dead of the battle
WHS unveiled to-.lay at
IV jin' Johnston county. Hon. A. M.
rlr.' " L Wilmington, ‘delivered an nd-
Many distinguished men were
Among tbcm were Hon. lVilliam It.
. otate Coinmissionor of Agri.-ultiu'e
wnsonand others. Three thousand peo
"‘Liessed tho ceremony.
fpjc Jlofning
GRAND ISLAND HAPPY.
Vegetable Shipments Bringing in Sat
isfactory Returns.
Grand Island, Fla., May 10.—Grand
Island is in the midst of the vege
table shipping season, and is ship
ping at the rate of 300 crates a day. So
far the returns have been very encouraging,
owing to superior frost protection, the crops
not having been hurt by the weather. Good
prices were received for all kinds of green
truck. Planters are now looking in this
direction, and no doubt there will be a great
many new' settlers here by next season. Two
families have just arrived from Erie, Pa.,
and are beginning to improve their land.
Tiie brass band, organized some time ago,
is making wonderful progress.
The Sunday school picnic Saturday was a
grand success, over 200 being present.
The county seat and new county have not
yet been settled, and Fort Mason will no
doubt be given the county seat, because of
its geographical position. There is another
move to establish a sugar refinery at Fort
Mason. A company with ample capital
proposes to start a refinery somewhere in
this section. There are fine sugar lands
here, as it has been proved that we can
make finer syrup and more to the acreage
than Louisiana, and if the refinery is estab
lished this section will plant thousands of
acres of cane.
RUINED INDUSTRIES.
Fire Plays Terrible Havoc Among the
Mills of Lebanon.
Hanover, N. H., May 10.— Fire at Leba
non, N. H., this morning destroyed eighty
buildings and caused a loss of fully $300,000,
with insurance of not more than SIIO,OOO.
The fire originated in Mead, Mason & Co.’s
furniture factory at 1 o’clock and burned
four hours. The buildings burned included
oil of Mead, Mason & Co.'s shops and stores,
Kendrick & Davis’ watchkey factory, the
Baxter machine shops, Cole & Son’s foundry
and machine shops, Rogers’ woolen mill,
B. T. Tilden’s wood working shop (occupied
by Muchmore & Whipple and others),
Shaw’s grist mill and marble
shop, Baldwin’s block, Pulsifer’s
block, C. D. Scott’s livery stable,
the Mascoma House, twenty-five dwellings
and several storehouses and tarns. The
burned district covers nearly ten acres on
both sides of the Mascoma river and on
both sides of Mechanic, Mascoma, High
Mill and Hanover streets. Every manu
facturing establishment here except Ken
drick’s brick woolen mill is destroyed. A
special train from Concord with a steamer
under charge of Chief Newhall arrived at
0:30 o’clock this morning and relieved the
exhausted local firemen. Six thousand men
are thrown out of employment.
COL. TAYLOR’S SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
300 Prominent Gentlemen Sit Down to
a Dinner at Boston.
Boston, May 10.—It was a notable gath
ering of prominent business and professional
men and distinguished journalists of New
England and other parts of the country that
sat down to the banquet tables in the large
dining hall of the Hotel Vendome, in this
city, to-night. The banquet was a personal
testimonial from the business men of this
city, irrespective of political or party con
siderations, to Charles H. Taylor, editor
and manager and one of the pro
prietors of the Boston Globe , to whose
personal efforts the success of that newspa
per is largely attributed. Distinguished
newspaper men in other cities had been in
sited to be present to pay a tribute to the
personal worth and business capacity of Col.
Taylor, and quite a large number of them
came. In addition to the newspaper men
there were present many distinguished offi
cials and citizens and well-known business
men. These included Gov. Ames, Lieut.
Gov. Bockett and Hon. Leopold Morse.
Altogether nearly 31X1 gentlemen partici
lted in the testimonial. Col. Jonas French
acted as chairman. Charles A. Dana was
the principal speaker of the evening.
MADE A BANK EXAMINER.
3. McD. Tate Given an Appointment
Under the Administration.
Washington, May 10.—The Comptroller
of the Currency has appointed Samuel McD.
Tate, of Morgantown, N. C.,to bo Examiner
of National Banks in the States of North
Carolina and Virginia. Mr. Tate is about
lis years of age, and has had large business
experience. He was at one time associated
with the management of the Memphis &
Charleston Railway Company, and has
served several terms us a member of the
General Assembly of North Carolina. He
was chairman of the Finance Committee of
the State House of Representative:-;, and is
said to have special qualifications for the
position to which he has just been appointed.
Hyatt Sure of Appointment.
Washington, May 10.—After all James
W. Hyatt, of Norwalk, Conn., will be ap
pointed United States Treasurer to-morrow.
The President did not like the publicity
given to the fact that Mr. Hyatt was being
Favorably considered in connection wit h the
place, but he did like Mr. Hyatt’s qualifica
tions, and so Mr. Hyatt will lx.* appointed.
He is now at home securing his bondsmen.
The bond is for §IOO.OOO. He must have at
least two bondsmen. Ex-Senator William
H. Barnaul will probably ta one. Hyatt
will return here and assume the duties of
the office at once.
Trade Dollar Redemption.
Washington, May 10.—R*i>orts received
at the Treasury Department show that
0,500,126 trade dollars have been redeemed
to date. The principal redemption was in
Philadelphia. The law authorizing the re
demption of trade dollars has already been
in (ijKTution two months, and has nearly
four months to run. It was estimated thut
there were 7,000,UK) of these coins in this
country. Importations from Chilli and
Japan may swell the amount to 5,000,000.
Keifer the Irrepressible.
Washington, May 10.—Ex-Speaker J.
Warren Keifer, who seems unchanged in
every respect, arrived to-day prepared to
thrust in nis speech at the unveiling of the
Gai field statue on Thursday. 'Hie members
of the Committee of Arrangements being
appieseitmve that be will not confine himself
to the twenty minutes allowed him, have ar
rnnged to have a salute of artillery fired at
the conclusion of his time, even if this may
not be a sufficiently loud hhit.
An Army Officer Dropped.
Washington, May 10.—An order was to
day issued from the War De(>artniniit by
direction of the President dropping Hecond
Lieut. John J. Hhaw from the rolls of the
army fr.>m May 0. IJeut. Hhaw was charged
with duplicating his pay accounts, but dis
appeared before lie was arrested.
Bonifaces in Convention.
Washington, May 10. —The members of
the Hotel Mens’ Mutual Benefit Association
of the United Htates met this morning at
Willard’s Hall to transact business and
elect officers for the ensuing year. Jewitt
Wilcox, of Chicago, was elected President.
Justice Woods No Better.
Washington, May 10.—Justice Woods,
Hi nee his return from California two weeks
ago, has not materially improved.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 11, 1887.
O’BRIEN OFF FOR CANADA
LANSDOWNE TO BE RAKED OVER
THE COALS.
The Orator Apparently of the Opinion
That Personal Violence May be At
tempted Against Him- British Loyal
ists on the Umbria try to Make the
Agitator’s Voyage as Unpleasant as
Possible.
New York, May 10.—The reception com
mittee appointed to meot Editor William
O’Brien engaged a tug and started from
Castle Garden at 3:15 o’clock yesterday
afternoon. Tho tug reached quarantine at
4:30 o’clock in the afternoon, and took on
board Deputy Health Officer Smith. The
Umbria was found near the lightship at 9:30
o’clock. The big ship was lighted from stem
to stern, and her decks were crowded with
people. Tho crowd on tho tug began to
cheer and call for Mr. O’Brien, as
the tug neared the Umbria. Some
passengers of the latter bogan to answer
with cheers for the Queen. Mingled with
this camo the strains of "God Save Ireland”
from one or two. The noise made by both
parties rendered it impossible for the two
captains to understand each other. The tug
drifted past, came back and tried to near
tbe ship.
TAKEN INTO THE TUG.
Cant. McMicken, of the Umbria, refused
to allow a line to be cast to the tug or to
allow Mr. O’Brien to leave the ship until the
health officer had boarded her. When ho
understood that the health officer was on
the tug a line was thrown.
As Mr. O’Brien scrambled down the side
of the ship the line parted and the tug went
adrift, but the committee pulled him into
the tug, and a formal address of welcome
was read, to which Mr. O’Brien responded
with brief but eloquent thanks. He started
for Montreal to-night.
The steamship fleet that arrived since, Sat
urday, including tbe Umbria, is still outside
the tar. No passengers except Mr. O'Brien
have yet been transferred, as the health au
thorities will not permit steamers to trans
fer until after passing quarantine.
THE REPLY TO THE GREETING.
In renly to the address of greeting on
board the tug, Mr O’Brien said: “I thank
you again for this very kind and hospitable
welcome, whioty show's that lovo for the
green little island is still strong in your
souls, ns it always is in the hearts of our
countrymen. Every Irishman is a better
Irishman for coming to America. As we
passed Galley Head pier fishermen came out
in their little boats and cheered us. Tho
last things we saw were bonfires on the hill.
Now, after 3,000 miles over the ocean, and
miles away from land, the first thing we
find is a number of enthusiastic Irishmen to
greet us. We came out upon a delicate
task.
LANSDOWNE HIS OBJECT.
“We come to let Irish-Canadians know
just what kind of a rackronting champion
Lord Lansdowme is. We are going to tell
3,000,000 of Canadians how Ireland is being
depopulated by the brutal system he repre
sents. We have done one thing during the
past three months. We have stopped pay
ing rents to raclcrenters. Not one man who
was evicted has broken, faith with the
policy. We made the landlords support
every evicted tenant out of the rents.
Lansdowne was the first to draw the sword
against the poor people. We know what
the results will Be —victory.
BRIGHTER THAN EVER.
“Ireland’s prospects arc now brighter
than ever. We will show this Lans
downe that we have got as good men as he
had. If we go down it will be with our
faces to the foe; but I don’t think we are,
going down in the brutal storm that these
tyrants have raised. The hearts of the peo
ple are with us. Confidence is the cause wo
represent. It is your support of our cause
and our great leader, Charles S. Parnell,
that has brought victory abnost within
range of us. I thank you kindly for this
reception.”
LOYALISTS ON THE STEAMER.
At an interview at his hotel Mr. O’Brien,
after alluding to the band of British Loy
alist!; who had tried to make it uncomforta
ble for him on the voyage over, he said: “I
cannot wait to sneak in New York, as much
as I would wish to. My mission is to Can
ada, and 1 must guard all mv strength. Be
sides, they have the right first to near me.
I shall start for Montreal to-night, and shall
make my first speech there. I hear Ireland’s
friends have been refused cveiy large hall in
Montreal, but that will make no difference,
for, if necessary, I shall speak in the public
squares.”
* THE LINE OF HIS SPEECHES.
“Have you any fears of trouble!”
“Not the least. Igb to Canada on a mis
sion popular alike with Protestant and
Catholic, and will set forth tho wrongs of
the farmers of Ulster as forcibly as those of
the toilers of the South. There isn’t a re
ligious question in the matter. I appreciate
the intended honor of an escort from the
Irishmen of New York, but I have declined
it, and I shall go to Canada just as a simple
traveler on a peaceful errand.” He further
said that the o<)ercion bill will pass, but that it
will react on its promoters and will certainly
be repealed when its obnoxious provisions
tacome more so by enforcement. Speaking
of the Parnell letter, of which so much has
Ixien said, he asserted most emphatically
that it was a forgery, and a very clumsy
one at that. He would not say that Piggot
was the forger, but he spoke of him as a
renegade, and said that if he did not write
it he was fully capable of just such a thing.
Mr. O'Brien says if he gets back from Can
ada safely, of which he has no doubt, he
will spend a week ii> speaking in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston.
The twelve Irish constables who resigned
their offices because they wpre compelled to
carry on evictions, and who arrived in New
York last week, to-day announced their in
tention of becoming citizens of the United
States by filing their applications in the
Court of Common Pleas. They have all
been employed as salesmen in a large cloth
ing house.
A DYNAMITE CRANK.
Chicago, May 10.—There was a sensa
tional incident at the anti-coercion meeting
at Buttery D last night. A few minutes
before 9 o'clock a man was seen pushing his
way toward tho platform. He was busily
engaged in distributing a Homing red circu
lar Word went round that the man was an
intruder, and one of the committee was sent
to know his business and how he came to
be disturbing the meeting. One glance at
the circular settled it and the jieddier of the
red papier was hustled to the door. He re
sisted and fought with the tenacity and
courage of a bulldog. To o or three stal
wart policemen were called to the scene and
the intruder was dragged out. His pockets
were stuffed with circulars, and as the
officers shook him into submission showers
of the red handbills fell from every fold in
his clothes. No one knew who he was. He
was asked to explain himself and
five his mime, but he refused,
'o a reporter he said his name
was William E. Fitzpatrick and that lie was
a painter by trade. “I believe in dynamite
as the only power for Ireland,” said Fitz
patrick. “Oh, won’t England rejoice when
it reaches that country that an Irishman
was Picked up in Chicago for preaching
dynamite?”
Fitzpatrick was arraigned in the Police
Court to-day. The court fixed his fine at
$5, which was afterward suspended, it heing
represented that the prisoner was of un
steady intellect.
AN ALL NIGHT SESSION.
London, May 19.— The House of Com
mons sat until 5:30 o’clock this morning
on a motion being put during the night by
Mr. DeLisle, Conservative Unionist, for an
adjournment. Mr. Bradlaugh said he de
sired a division on the motion simply to
show who were opposed to his motion for
the second reading of the oaths bill. Mr.
DeLisle’s motion was rejected by a vote of
185 to 104. After several further futile at
tempts to adjourn Mr. Bradalugh said he
was satisfied that a majority of those pres
ent were against adjourning and agreed to
withdraw his motion. The House then ad
journed.
The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a rumor
that the government has ordered to be pre
pared six first-class cells in Milbank prison
tor the accommodation of Parnellite mem
bers of Congress whose arrest they may
deem necessary, The report is discredited.
PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT.
In the Houso of Commons to-day in com
mittee on the coercion bill Mr. Hotly moved
an amendment that a person committed for
contempt of court ta treated as a first-class
misdemeanant H argued that witnesses
committed for refusing to answer questions
ought not to be subjected to the same pun
ishment as criminals. When the last coer
cion was in effect he said mere detention of
many persons shortened their lives ten
years. [Cries of hear! bear!]
Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
said that persons committed could avoid
punishment by answering questions.
There was no difference between cases under
the clause and cases of contempt under the
ordinary law.
John O’Connor (Nationalist) said that if
the government imprisoned witnesses as
common criminals for refusing to answer
questions it would ta a disgrace to civiliza
tion. Why didn’t they propose to apply the
old-fashioned Implements of torture, includ
ing the thumbscrew and rack?
A GREAT DIFFERENCE.
Sir Charles Russell (Liberal) contended
that there was a great difference between
witnesses examined under the ordinary pro
tection of legal advice in a regular court
and those who, under the clause, could be
compelled to attend a private ex
amination and answer whatever questions
were put to them. [Hoar! Hear!]
Mr. Balfour replied that the law under
the explosives act gave the same powers.
Mr. Gladstone denied that these were
parallel cases. Under the crimes clause
witnesses would ta summoned to state
whether someone had induced somebody
else to take, or refuse to take, a particular
farmer to deal or refuse to deal with a par
ticular tradesman. [Cheers. ]
Mr. Hcaly put it to the government
whether it would agree that men committed
under the clause should not be kept in
solitary confinement more than twenty
hours out of the twenty-four.
Mr. Balfour promised that the govern
ment would ftiqnirt into tlirt mode in which
the law was administered and prevent harsh
treatment of persons committed under its
provisions.
Mr. Healy’s amendment was rejected by
a vote of 195 to 144.
Mr. Healy then moved to reduoe the
penalty for contempt in the case of witnesses
to seven days imprisonment.
Mr. Healy’s amendment limiting the
penalty for contempt was defeated by a vote
of 138 to 111.
PLANS TO EXPEDITE THE BILL.
An informal meeting of the Cabinet was
held to-day to discuss plans for expediting
tbe passage of the coercion bill. It was de
cided to abandon the attempt to effect a
wholesale application of the cloture role at a
fixed date. The refusal of tho chairman of
the oommittee to put cloture until each
clause has been fully discussed, has com
pelled the Ministers to adopt the plan of
asking for cloture after bona fide amend
ments have been heal’d.
Tho Ministerialists now calculate that the
discussion on the coercion bill in committee
will last three weeks longer.
A committee of leading Conservatives
have made unofficial overtures to Mr.
Galdstone and Mr. Morley, with a view of
finding out whether those gentlemen will
assist lu the appointing of a commission,
consisting of two English Judges and one
Scotch Judge, to inquire into the Charges
against the Baimellites. The Glondstoaians
are opposed to troubling themselves any
further with the question unless the govern
ment takes definite action, while the govern
ment is not disposed to muko a move until
tho coercion bill shall have passed.
The Unionist members of the Eighty Club
have beon summoned to attend a meeting
called for the purpose of declaring tho posi
tion of the club on the home rule question.
The Gladstonians being in a majority will
outvote their opponents and compel the
withdrawal of the Unionists from tu* club.
HEAVY EXPENSES.
Dublin, Mav 10. — At the fortnightly
meeting of tho National League to-day the
Treasurer’s rejxirt showed that the expenses
since the previous meetiug tad exceeded tho
receipts by $l6O.
FRONTIER PLOTTERS.
The Leipsic Supreme Court Bring* In a
Long Indictment.
London, May 16.—A dispatch from Paris
says tho Leipsic Supreme Court has pre
pared an indictment, covering 5,000 pages,
against persons arrested in connection with
the rose in which French Commissary Schna
tales was implicated, and the trial of which
will begin a fortnight hence. The indictment
covci-s all the evidence in detail, collected
during several months past, regarding bur
racks, elections, M. Deßouble's trip, M.
Mchnatales und bis emissaries, the Patriotic
League and its newspapers and letters, “and
in short,” says the correspondent, "it is an
indictment as much' against France as
against the prisoners."
MELINITE USELESS.
Paris, May 10.—In relation to the dix-
Itatch from tar lin stating that cxiieriinents
showed that melinite decomposes if kept
long, und is therefore of no use for war pur
poses, the government state* that the sub
stance experimented on at Berlin was not
melinite.
M. iAMnourrux, manager of the Eden
theatre, in which “Lohengrin” was produced
recently, but which was withdrawn, owing
to the opposition by a portion of the people
to German works, has entered suit against
the newspaper La Prance to recover 50,000
francs damages for an attack made upon the
opera.
A Congreas of Roman Catholic*.
London, May 10.—A congress of English
speaking Roman Catholics will meet in Lon
don shortly to discuss religious progress,
labor and capital, Intemperance and other
subjects. It is expected that American pre
lates will attend. Cardinal Manning is the
loading spirit in the movement.
Weit Indian Commerce.
Madrid, May 10.—The Minister of For
eign Affairs informed Congress to-day that
it was improbable that the commercial
treaty lietween the West. India* anil the
United Htates would be arranged. He mid
that the government was not inclined to
enter upon a tariff war.
A TOUR OF THE FIELDS.
WHEAT’S CONDITION NOT AS GOOD
AS A MONTH AGO.
Ohio the Scene of the Most Berious
Set Back -Rye Suffers to a Less
Extent, Owing to its Hardier Nature
-Four-fifths of the Proposed Cotton
Area Already Planted.
Washington, May 10.—The report of the
Department of Agriculture for May relates
to the condition of winter grain, the pro
gress of spring plowing and the proportion
of the proposed cotton already planted. It
indicates a decline in the condition of wheat
of two points since April 1, the general
average for the whole country being 86,
against 95 at the same date in 188(5, 70 in
1885 and 94 in 1884. The change* in condi
tion have not been uniftinu throughout tho
winter wheat region, some States showing
an increase, a majority a slight delino and a
few a heavy falling off. The States of tho
Middle Atlantic coast, from Pennsylvania to
North Carolina, show some improvement,
seasonable weather having aided the plant
in recovering more than was expected from
the injury done by the trying season during
February and March.
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. /
In New York and Now Jersey the amount
of winter killing was not fully known on
April 1, and this, with cold and unfavorable
weather during the month lias caused a
serious reduction of condition. Tho drought
has reduced the average somewhat in the
eastern Gulf States and has wrought very
serious damage in Texas and Arkansas,
lowering the condition during the month
19 and 10 points respectively. Favorable
temperature and seasonable rains have im
proved the prospect in Tennessee, West
Virginia and Kentucky. The condition has
been considerably higher in these than it
has averged in May for the past five years.
OHIO’S HEAVY LOSS.
The most serious reduction of the month
is in Ohio, where there is a falling off of
eight points siuce April 1, due to the con
tinuing evil effects of tho alternate freezing
mid thawing noted in tho last rejiort, and to
the cold, dry weather during the greater
part of April, which gave the injured plant
little chance for recuperation. A favor
able season, after April 1, might have in a
great measure repaired the injury done up
to that time, hut continued unfavorable
conditions have wrought still further dam
age, and a small crop is now inevitable.
Michigan and Indiana show a slight decline,
while in the Western States and Missouri
there is a gain of one point. Unfavorable
weather in Kansas and California has caused
a slight falling off, while in Oregon
the prospect has advanced, it being the only
State in which the condition reached 10.
The averages of condition by States are:
New York 86, Pennsylvania 72, Maryland
84, Virginia 80, North Carolina 90, Texas 60,
Arkansas 93, Tennessee 96, West Virginia
89, Kentucky 95, Ohio 71, Michigan 90, In
dianaß7, Illinois 93, Missouri 96, Kansasßl,
California 89, Oregon 101.
RYE AND BARLEY.
Rye lias suffered from the samo conditions
whlyh have Injuriously affected wheat, but
on account of ite hardier nature the general
average is considerably higher, standing at
90.8, against 92 on April land 95.7 at the
same date in 1886.
The condition of barley is low, the average
being 87.8, against 96.7 in May, 1886, and
82 in 1886. The season has been more gen
erally advanced in all parts of the country
than usual, spring plowing being seriously
behind only on the Atlantic coast south to
Pennsylvania, and on the Pacific slope. In
these sections it has been delayed by cold and
excess of moisture. Elsewhere work is ahead
of the average year the season, especially
during the early part of April, having beon
generally favorable with temperature above
normal and the rainfall' at the minimum.
The proportion already done on May 1 is es
timated at 80 per cent, of the whole while
the amount usually completed at that date
is about 76 per cent.
COTTON PLANTING.
The proportion of cotton already planted
amounts to more than four-fifths of the pro
posed area, and is slightly greater than at
the same date in any of the preceding five
years, but is a little less than the proportion
returned by correspondents as tho
averago planting, at that date.
The proportions by Htates are:
North Carolina 70, South Carolina 80, Geor
gia 84, Florida 96, Alabama 88, Mississippi
84, Louisiana 83, Texas 98, Arkansas 80,
Tennessee 80. There is some complaint of
slow germination and poor stand on account
of drought at tho time of planting in some
sections, but with favorable weather rapid
replanting is filling all the ga|>s.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
A Case to be Made Out Against the
Louisville and St. Louis Road.
Washington, May 10.—A communica
tion was received at the headquarters of the
Interstate Commerce Commission from
merchants of Biloxi, Miss., to-day protest
ing against tho. suspension of the long and
short haul clause, and complaining of dis
crimination ngalnst Biloxi by the Louisville
and Nashville railroad.
MAKING AN ISSUE.
Hr. Louis, May 10.—It is said that a case
under the intenstata commerce bill will ta
brought against the Louisville, Evansville
and Ht. Louis roil way. The line contracted
to take several hundred can* of com from
East Ht. Louis to seaboard points. Subse
quent development*, it is charged, proved
through hilling to have been mode for the
purpose of concealing the real [mint of de
livery, which was Ijouisville.
Tbe corn was purchased, it
is alleged, for distilling purpose*
in Louisville and the railroad engaged to
deliver it at a less rate than ite own pub
lished schedule of rates, which was the
tariff on grain used between itself and com
petitor*. The Louisville rate is 12c. per
hundred, and the proportion of the through
grain rate belonging to roads be
tween Louisville ami East Ht. Louis
is Bc. It is asserted that two charges
will ta file! against the traffic
manager in the Federal Court, one for false
hilling, wh'ch discriminate 1 in favor of the
owners of this particular load of corn, and
the other for a lower rate from East St.
Louis to Louisville for the benefit of certain
individuals and advancing it to the former
tariff without giving public notice as re
quired by the commerce law.
CHARLESTON WANTS IT ENFORCED.
Charleston, May 10.—The Charleston
Ohamtar of Commerce to-dav appointed a
committee to memorialize the Interstate
Commerce Commission in favor of an im
mediate enforcement of the interstate
commerce law.
Squire Stofor to be Tried.
Mt. Sterling, Ky., May 10.—Squire
Silas Stater, who took the uuusual course of
liberating Mr. Oomeilson, who was serving
sentence for his assault on Judge Reid, ha;
been arrested on a charge of unlawfully
aiding the escape of a prisoner. This pro
ceeding ia under a provision of the general
statutes, and the trial will begin to-morrow.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Annual Convention of the Order
Now In Session.
Prm.ADET.rmA, Pa., May 10. The
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Honor met in
secret session at the Continental Hotel thus
evening. The sessions will continue ten
days. The Knights of Honor were organized
June SO, 1873, in Louisville, by James A.
Denioreo and sixteen young men. Mr.
Demoree is still identified with the order ns
Grand Re|>orter. In the fourteen years of
its existence the order has distributed
$30,000,000 to its sick members and to
widows and orphans of its deceased mem
bers.
When Judge L. A. Grata, of Knoxville,
Tenn., Supreme Dictator, railed tiie body to
order at i o'clock, 130 delegates, represent
ing 35 States and the District of Columbia,
presented their credentials. The afternoon
was taken up by the reading of the reports
of the Supreme Dictator, Treasurer and
Secretary, and regular business will not be
reached until to-morrow’s session.
Many of the delegates are accompanied
by their wlveq, and the National Lodge of
Pennsylvania has appointed a committee to
fittingly provide tor their entertainment
during tho ten days the lodge will be in
session
The nomination and election of officers is
set down for Thursday, when it is thought a
spirited contest lor the jiosition of Supreme
Dictator will take place.
The report of B. F. Nelson, Supremo Re
porter. snows that at the beginning of last
month the total membership was 136,002,
being a slight increase over last year.
The report of the Supreme Treasurer,
Joseph W. Branch, shows that during the
fourteen years of tho order’s existence, a
total of £$(,000,000 have been distributed.
The total receipts of the widows and
orphans benefit fund during 1886 was
$3,080,018, and up to April 85, 1887, $1,063,-
603; a total of $4,143,533 16. The balance on
hand on April 35 was $69,305. In the gen
eral fund the balance on hand April 35 was
$10,058. There is a special fund of $31,375.
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.
The Law Passed by the Last Congress
Generally Heeded.
Washington May 10.—The law passed
by the last Congress to regulate Congree
sional olection contests, allows thirty days
after the filing of a certificate of election
for the contestant to give notico of contest,
thirty days for the contostee to reply, and
ninety days for the biking of testimony,
which shall be forwarded to the Clerk of the
House without unnecessary delay. This tes
timony has lieen received by the Clerk of the
House in the contested cases of McDuffie
against Davidson, of Alabama; Worthing
ton vs. Post, of Illinois; Lowry vs. White,
of Indiana; Frank vs. Glover, of Missouri,
and Smalls vs. Eldoll, of Botith Carolina.
The Mme limitation has not yet expired in
the New Hampshire case of Haynes against
McKenzie. In the case of Thoebe against
Carlisle the period within which testimony
must be taken, ended on April 25, but no
testimony has yet been received by Gen.
Clark, Clerk of the House. Gen. Clark says
there may have lieen some cause for delay
in forwarding testimony in this case, al
though he lias not been apprised of any.
• A FRATRICIDAL FIGHT.
One of the Trio Killed and Another
Wounded in the Arm.
Huntsville, Ala., May 10.—A most
distressing tragedy occurred here this
morning. Three brothers, William TANARUS.,
Charles and Newton Hutchens, became en
gaged in a quarrel which resulted in tho
death of one and the wounding of another.
Accounts of the affair are conflicting, but
they agree in the statement that W. T.
Hutchens, tho eldest brother, fired five
shots, one striking Charles in trie arm and
two piercing Newton’s shoulder and stom
ach, killing him instantly. Bad feeling hod
existed among the brothers for some time
and they had had repeated quarrels. The
eldest brother surrendered himself and was
lodged in jail. They are the sons of J. M.
Hutchens, a prominent contractor and
builder, who was a candidate for Mayor at
the recent election.
MEXICO'S CONDEMNED SOLDIER’S.
Commutation Might be Asked by the
United States.
City of Mexico, May 10.— The sentence
of death which has been pronounced on Col.
Arvizu, Lieut. Gutienez and Hergt. Valen
zuela, of the Mexican army, for having
violated the army regulations by crossing
the border at Nogales illegally, is said to be
the result of the opinion of the government
that a severe example must, be made
to prevent in the future similar danger
ous occurrences, which might bring about
international difficulties. Among some of
the Americun residents it is felt that while
the sentence may bo legally just, yet com
mutation of sentence might be gracefully
asked of the Mexican government by the
United States. It was expected here that
the sentence would be executed to-day, but
no news to that effect has reached here
from the frontier.
. VIRGINIA'S NEW CODE.
The Republicans Insist on Having it
Read in Full.
Richmond, Va., May 10.—In the House
of Delegates to-day the new Code came up
for consideration. The Republicans at once
liegan filibustering, anil insisted upon the
reading of tho voluminous document. The
Democrats endeavored to have the reading
dispensed with, but the Republicans still
demanded it, and reading wus lieguiL The
Democrats divided to keep the House m con
tinuous session till tho work should lie con
cluded. The reading to night is dragging
along monotonously, the members paying
little or no attention to it. Unless a change
in tactics should occur a prolonged session
may lie extiectod, as the reading of the doc
ument will occupy from forty to fifty hours.
The readers arc being relieved every half
hour. •
KILLED WITH A HOE.
A Young Man Killed in a Flold In a
Quarrel Over Money.
Montgomery, Ala., May 10.—A special
from Wetumpka, Ala., reports the murder
of a young man named Powell by a man
named Fallins. Powell went around a field
where Fallins and his two sons were hoeing
cotton. A short time afterward Fallins
sent for Powell’s mother, who, when she
i-ame.Jfonnd her son bleeding from a fatal
wounii in tho head made by a hoe. Fal-
Ihis told her that Powell had given
him some Impudence. Ho then left
and has not been heard from since. Full ins’
son hus been arrested but refused to give
any information as to the affair. Kahilis
owed Powell money, and it is supposed that
the difficulty grew out of that.
New Foundland'a Balt Bill.
London, May 10.—The Times says: The
government has sanctioned the New' Found
uuid bait bill. The law will come into
operation in 1388.
j PRIC E #in A YEAR. I
j 3 CHATSA COPY, f
\N EARTHQUAKE FISSURE
THE CRACK 26 MINES LONG AND Ah
WIDE AS 18 INCHES.
Mud and Water Thrown to a Great
Height When the Earth Opened -One
Spring Near Benton Goes Dry and
Two Others Double Their Voluxa*
of Water.
Ban Francisco, May 10.—A special front
Guayamas, Max., dated yesterday, says:
“Shocks continue at Ures. Many buildings
have been cracked and rendered unsafe.
Nobody lias been hurt, but the inhabitants
are leaving as fast ns possible. A large slice
of the mountain fell down with a crash. The
friction of the rocks iguitod the woods cau
ing the belief that a volcano lmd broken
forth. At the Delicias Santa Elena mine
the earthquake caused a great panic. A
whole hill fell down scattering rocks among
150 persons, but fortunately nobody was
hurt. The districts beyond telegraphic com
munication have not yet been heard from.
The authorities are awaiting the arrival of
couriers.”
MONSTER FISSURES.
A special from Tucson, Ari., dated yes
terday, says: “It. J. Kerr has returned from
a trip' to Tres Alamo in the Sail Pedro Val
ley. He rejiorts the earthquake fissure to lie
not less thmi twenty-five miles long. It ex
tends from a short distance below Beuson to
fifteen mill's below Tres Alamo. Its width
is from rt to 18 inches. On one side the
earth has sunk several inches. At place*
along the crack wafer burst forth but after
ward ceased flowing. The crack in many
places is still open to a depth of several
inches. Reliable information states that
when the earth opened water and mud were
thrown to a great height. One spring In
the vicinity of Benson went dry and two
others doubled their volume of water, but
on the cessation of the disturbances a dry
spring commenced flowing and in the other
two the water diminished to its former
state.”
THE PATH OF THE DISTURBANCE.
City of Mexico. May 10.—The govern
ment meteorological bureau report* that the
recent earthquake shock traversed Mexico
through the Hierro Madi a mountains, which
cross the country from northwest to south
east.
GERMANY’S SPIRIT BILL.
The Reichstag Begins the Debate on
the First Heading.
Berlin, May 10.—The Reichstag to-day
began a debate on the first reading of the
spirit bill. Minister Von Bcholz, in pre
senting the bill, urged the necessity of in
creasing the revenne of the empire in view
of the greater precautions demanded for the
security of the Fatherland. The bill, he
said, especially affected agricultural inter
ests. The government, however, believed
that the South German States, without en
dangering the interests of their distilleries
or agricultural classes, could support the
tax.
A majority of the speakers that followed
declared in favor of too bill. Herr Heidel.
the Bavarian Finance Minister, stated that
he would support the bill in the general in
terest of Germany, but Bavaria was not
disposed to renounce her rights. She gave
her approval under reserve and demanded
careful inquiry as to whether or not the
business of the Bavarian distilleries would
suffer under the bill.
Representative Schmid, of AVurtemburg,
said the bill met the views of the AVurtem
burg government. It was an especially
happy circumstance, he said, that the meas
ure threw a frssh bond of union around
Germany.
The debate was adjourned until to-mor
row.
RUBSIA AND GERMANY.
New Taxes to be Enforced Against
Merchants in Posen.
Berlin, May 10.—The Russian govern
incut has decreed that all merchants in
Posen, having commercial intercourse be
yond the Russian frontier, must pay the
taxes of the Russian Merchants’ Guild and
obtain a license from the Russian Minister
of.Trade, The tiemi-OJJlcial Prr.nn in it*
comments on this and the new Russian
duties on metals displays great indignation.
The Cologne Gazette says: “This
course constitutes a crushing
blow fo Gorman industry and is
hlno a blow in the face to previous Russian
policy and the fioliry of its present official
leaders. It shows that the Kritkoff and not
the DeOelrs party commands the real
fiower. Such measure* can only have the
object of affecting the political attitude of
the country against which they aro di
rected.”
CUBA’S HOME RULERS.
Annexation to This Country Talked of
In the Cortes.
Madrid, May 10.—In Congress to-day
the Cuban home rulers declared that tha
government, unless it promptly found
means to Improve the prospects of tha
Spanish West Indies liy granting the lilierty
demanded by the creoles, would find itself
unable to chock the Cuban movement in
favor of annexation to America.
Senor Moret, Minister of Foreign Affair*,
replying for the government, said that both
Sfiain and America desired a reciprocity
treaty whereby, although it was iinponihl*
to obtain privileges for West Indian sugars,
Sfiain hoped to seeure advantages in return
for concessions in fa vor of American im
porta. in behalf of the government he op
posed home rule, but he promised early
political and tariff reforms.
An Anglo-French Agreement.
Paris, May 10.— Lee Temps says that an
agreement has been made between Lord
Salisbury and Mr. Flowers defining tha
sphere of action of England and France in
Fast Africa. England recognise* the right*
of France over the Obock territory anil the
Gulf Todjournh, ami cedes the island of
Masliab to France. The frontier of French
territory extends from Cape Djilxmjeh to
Harrar. France admits the authority ol
England over the territories east of Cap*
Djiboujeh.
A Schooner Refused Provisions.
Halifax, N. H., May 10.—The American
schooner Clara J. Friend, which put in her*
yesterday from the Western Banks, applied
to the custom authorities for permission to
buy a quantity of provisions. Consul Gen
eral Phelan telegraphed the Minister ol
Customs, who replied that no American
v easel could purchase provisions in a Cana
ilian isirt under th provisions of the treaty
of 1818, now In tprve. Consequently th*
schooner will have to sock provisions else,
where. ,'pt
Our Legation in Mexico.
City of Mexico, May 10.—Ttie American
legation has been removed to the spacious
and handsome building where Minister Man
ning also lias his reeidene.
Queen Vic to See the Wild Went.
London, May 10.—The Queen has com
manded that a private performance be given
by the Wild West snow at 5 o'clock to
morrow afternoon