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( ESTABLISHED 1850. 1 • ( 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