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} ESTABLISHED 1850. ) (L H. EBTILL Editor find Proprietor, f WHEAT TAKESA PLUNGE. A DEOP OF NINETEEN CENTS PER BUSHEL YESTERDAY. Market Opened Quiet, But the Flurry- Soon Began—Prices Hammered Down From 92 1-4 to 73—Crowded Eleva tors and Large Receipts Greatly Aided the Bears in Their F'ght. Chicago, June 14.— The calm of yester day on the Chicago Board of Trade was fol lowed by a whirlwind of excitement to-day. Traders had just nicely caught their breath and steadied their nerves after the break of Saturday when a second cyclone came. It was the wheat pit scare of Saturday, en larged and intensified. The liberal takings of July yesterday by the clique made that future steady. The outside traders talked themselves into the belief that the combina tion permitted the sharp decline on Satur day, and that they were about to buy July as they have already done May and June. Many became “tailers,” scalpers became active and it looked as if the worst were past, and that the lowest point for July had been reached, when the 3c. drop of Saturday occurred. But outside forca were at work for the bears. Thousands of cars standing on the tracks, elevators all full, the tremendous receipts reported and everything pointing to more wheat. Such were the conditions when the wheat traders went on ’change this morning. JUST BEFORE THE STORM. For the first offerings of July there was no takers. Jt was offered under the sup posed market, still no takers. The tears that took hold upon the bull element at the close of last week, again made them quake. July dropped from 83 3-k\ to Site, while men were thinking what to do. Every one wanted to unload, but no one wanted wheat. In less time than it takes to tell the story July was offered at BOJ4O. It was short, storm v but terrible in its effects on the crowd. Traders crawled out of the pit dripping with perspiration. There was talk of failures, but none were announced. Then for an hour there was a slight rally and July sold up to 81 l-3c. This was but a lull in the storm. At 11 a. m. the indicator for July showed that it was again selling down, and in fifteen minutes it was offered at 79c, Then came the third tumble at the noon hour and July sold down to 7l> l-2c., or below the opening price. A WILD PANDEMONIUM. The entire board was little less than a pandemonium and the bears declared it a just, retribution on the bullish wheat manipulators. Rumors reached here that there was a run on a bank in Cincinnati, where the headquarters of the “longs” are supposed to be situated. Margins were freely called and heavy deposits demanded. The Chicago banks, it was said, refused to advance any more money on wheat, and late in the session it was stated that the checks of some of the parties interested on the long side had been refused. At 12:30 came the startling announcement that all persons having trades with Rosenfeld & Cos., one of the clique houses, should close them at once. The uproar had not subsided when July wheat took the fourth and worst turn of the day. and dropped for a moment to 74c. and closed at the end of the morning session at 743i'c. EXCITED BROKERS AFTER THEIR MARGINS. Trouble was expected on margins at Ker shaw's, and the crowd was readv for any thing short of an earthquake. Throngs of people pushed in from tho streets, ana the gal lery was filled with an excited throng of men and wqpen. It was a morning session to be remembered as long as wheat grows. The intermission at 1 o’clock gave the members a chance to catch their breath, and when the afternoon session was called the excitement had somewhat abated. FAILURES NEARLY CREATE A PANIC. At 2:20 o’clock it was officially announced that E. W. Bailey & Cos. and Hainill & Brine requested all parties having trades with them to close them out at once. The instant this announcement was made July wheat dropped to 73 l-20., but soon recov ered, and went back to 74. In five minutes later Secretary Stone rapped the tumultous crowd to order and read the following from the leading clique house of C. J. Kershaw & Cos.: "We nave the assurance that mar gins and ample funds will be forthcoming by to-morrow afternoon, and we request that no trades tie closed out.” The an nouncement was received with cheers, and in a few minutes July wheat was selling at 75>$c. HOW THE FIGURES RANGED. The lowest figures touched by July wheat during the day was under yesterday’s close. Although the chief excitement of the day was in Jiuy. yet June wheat sold with the wildest fluctuations, from 93c. down to 90c. up to 91c., and then by jumps down to 78e., when a slight reaction occurred. The lowest figure touched by June was about 20c. under yesterday's closing price. June closet! at 74%c. De ferred futures declined less sharply, but during the morning dropped about 2 l-2c. for August and September. I lorn was active but weak, and the fluctuations showed a wider range than for some days. Several lines of long corn were on the market, which, with the heavy decline in wheat, had a depressing effect on values, which ruled weak. The market opened at about the dosing figures of yesterday, declined, with slight fluctuations,' le., ana dosed s tc. lower than yesterday. July opened at oßc. and dosed at 37%c. OTHER PRODUCTS EFFECTED. Oats, owing to the excitement in wheat, received but little attention. Considerable business was transacted in the provision market, and the feeling was greatly un settled. A falling off in the receipts of hogs and the advance in prices caused a stronger feeling early and the sales of products were made at higher prices. The break in the prh'es of grain, however, caused consider able nervousness, and the offerings were very liberal and caused a marked reduction in prices. July laid opened at $0 07 l-Sand sold down to *' 00. July ribs opened at I" 72 1-2 and sold up to $7 75 ami closed at $7 to. A CINCINNATI DENIAL. Cincinnati, Jun >*.—The very general impression that Cincinnati furnished a large part of the clique which has been ,charged with managing the Chicago wheat deal, turned attention iu this direction to-day, when the panic in wheat developed. Very strangely, Cincinnati mein!>ers ol the clique vanish from all attempts to locate them. J. XV. Wilcher, who has been publicly uamod as one of the nitinibers, flatly de clared, when naked for information ns to the cause of the trouble, than lie knew noth ing about i*. If he whs so deeply interested "s charged, ho gave no sign, and went on ending as usual. When ’change hours were ucor, the others who ware suspected of lieing in the deal were equally reserved. One of the leading men of tlic 'supposed clique said he did riot -lieve any Cincinnati men were in it; that it was made uji of the o|H>rntors iu California and Cleveland. NO NIWNW OF PUNISHMENT. Whatever the truth may be, there is no of any suffering her*. Outsiders who have some opportunities of knowing say that the clique was not caught so deeply in July wheat, and that June had been practically settled. A prominent broker being asked his opinion of the truth of the charges made by Rosenfelt & Cos., that Cincinnati members of the clique had failed to furnish money, said it was more likely that the market MR* broken in Chicago by lying about the Cincinnati banks. ‘‘Why,” said he, “there were fifty or more telegrams received on 'change to-day, saying: ‘Wheat weak, owingjo a report of a run on the Fidelity Bank,’ or ‘Wheat weak on account of ru mors of weakness of the Cincinnati banks.’ ” AN ANONYMOUS ATTACK ON A BANK. These dispatches were so abundant as to indicate that there must have been some concert of action. This theory is strength ened by the receipt by the Fidelity Bank from a number of their correspondents of an anonymous printed circular intended to injure the bank’s standing. They were mailed from this city June 10,11 and 12, and seem to have been the origin of the rumors circulated to-day. The officers of the bank are making a rigid search for the author of this circular. Instead of anything in the likeness of a run, the bank was busy receiv ing deposits. This episode of the Chicago wheat panic has caused much feeling here, and the Commercial Gazette will say to morrow : AN EDITORIAL CUDGEL. “Yesterday, after the decline, the city was full of rumors. Among these were dis patches that the Fidelity bank was affected. We visited that bank and we are authorized to say that the Fidelity bank is in no way, directly or inkireotly, concerned in the so called deal, and cannot be affected by the result. There is not in the Fidelity bank a dollar of security in the shape of Chicago wheat warehouse receipts for loans, and no loans of any kind in con nection with the Chicago transaction, that are not good. Mr. Briggs Swift, the President, is weil known here, and his state ment will be received here without question ing. The business of the bank was con ducted yesterday as usual. There was no run upon it from the city jt outside. It would be unfortunate if o"r financial con cerns should be affected by speculative syndi cates, and it is gratifying to know“ that whatever the result of the Chicago wheat deal may l>e, that the Cincinnati banks are free front the entanglement. THE MILWAUKEE SUFFERERS. Milwaukee, Wis. June 14.—The sudden drop in wheat at all the great gram centres created a great excitement on 'Change. Three failures are reported, viz.: Frank Wilson, Janies Wilde anil Hill, Fleiksheim & Cos., the latter being the Milwaukee branch of C. J. Kershaw & Cos., of Chicago. MILWAUKEE EXCITED. Such scenes of wild excitement as were witnessed on ’change to-day have never been known here. When the break came everybody frantically tried to sell wheat'and nobody wanted to buy. In a short time July wheat sold off from 80 7-Bc. to 77 l-40., while September dropped from 79c. to 75 3-4 c. Shortly before noon Hill, Flertz heitn & Cos. were compelled to announce suspension. They were buying for Kershaw & Cos., of Chicago, and" were dis appointed in not receiving the remittance expected from Kershaw, and being also pressed bv the other houses to whom they were indebted, and yielded to the pressure. Their suspension dragged down Hooker, Crittendon & Cos. and Frank Willtan, each of whom, it is understood, called for #30,000 in margins, failing to get which they were also compelled to give up. Hill, Flertzheim & Cos. claim that the money needed by them will be forthcoming to-morrow, in which event Hooker, Crittendon & Cos. and Frank Wilson will also resume. John Wilde, a broker, annouuoed his inability to meet his margins this afternoon. It is be lieved that other houses will find themselves in deep water. BULLS AND BEARS BOTH SINGED. Much money has been lost here in small amounts, that in the aggregate represent a large sum. The bear alemeut is strongest on the local board, but that crowd is not feel ing very jubilant, having been whipped in the deal. The bull crowd had exacted dif ferences all along the line of the advance, and now that the time has come to make up differences the other side is unable to meet them, sci that the peculiar spectacle is pre sented here of both bulls and bears being singed at the same time. Frank Wilson re ceived a dispatch to-night, stating that Ker shaw & Cos. would pay their obligations to-morrow. PILES OF SILVER. But Sturdy Watchmen, Armed to the Teeth, Watch It Day and Night. Washington, June 14. —The count of the cash in the United States Treasury, which is now in progress, has developed the fact that the vault capacity is entirely inade quate for the safe handling of the silver. The silver vault was filled to its utmost ca pacity some time ago. arid there still re mained about 8,000,000 standard dollars, which for want of a better place were piled in bags in a passageway leading to the vault. In taking count these hags had to be removed to an outside hall, where they now remain, protected from outside interference by nothing but a pine board partition. It, therefore, has to be guarded at all times by the watchmen employed iu the building, who are armed with revolvers dur ing the day and with repeating rifles during the night. Every precaution has been taken to prevent its being tam pered with-while in its present condition. The count will last five weeks more and the silver cannot be returned to the vault room until that is completed. In the meantime the work is being pushed on the new silver vault authorised by the last Congress. It will have a storage rapurity for 100,000,900 standard dollars anil will probably be ready for use in September. TO SUCCEED REN: PERLEV POORE. The Committee on Printing of the Senate co-day appointed W. 11. Michaels, of Grand Island. Neb., clerk to the committee to suc ceed tin- late Maj. Hen: Parley Poore. Mr. Michaels js a practicing lawyer and was until recently editor of the Grand Island Timex. gen. miles in ch arge. Reservation Indian.* Found to Be Assisting the Ilostilos. Tucson, Art., June 14. —Gen. Miles ar rived hero last night and took personal charge of the Indian campaign, as there is every appearance of a prolonged war. Sus picion has long pointed to the Indian set tlers or. the San Pedro reservation as being the abettors of San Carlos renegades, and it swains now to bo am wtoblisht i ffi<*t tbufc they are so. They have kept the hostile-, informed as to t he movements of tiie troops and have also furnished them with horses to aid them In making their escape from their pursuers. SWITCHED OFF. The Treasurer of a Switchmans’ Aid Society Absconds with the Cash. Kansas City, June 14.—Walter 8. Con don, Grand Secretary and Treasurer of the Switchmans’ Mutual Association, has ab sconded. He is a dmauiter to the above named concern but to what eiteut is not known, * SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1887. PERCHED ON ATOP RAIL. THE NON-COMMITTAL POLICY OF THE VATICAN. Still Wasting Time in the Commons —The Parnellites Have No Definite Plan of Attack and the Government Wins Every Time—Davitt and Cox to be Prosecuted. London, June 14.—The Times correspon dent at Rome says that the Pape has no sympathy with Mr. Parnell’s Irish cam paign, but that, no official opinion to show how the church regards the movement has yet been given, because the energetic pres sure brought to boar by the majority of the Irish bishops holds normally the conserva tive tendencies of the Vatican in check. The correspondent adds that nothing more is definitely known regarding the question of reconciliation between Italy and the Vatican, or of the establishment by England and the Vatican of diplomatic relations. GLADSTONE’S ADVICE DISREGARDED. In consequence of the refusal of a section of the Parnellites last night to listen to the advice of Mr. Gladstone, who suggested that only weightier points lie discussed, little progress was made in the House of Commons with tho coercion bill, the whole evening being consumed in discussing the twelve lines of the fifth clause. To-night a number of the scrappy amendments were proposed and rejected, the minister treating each in the curtest manner, the Liberals refraining from speaking. The result of this absence of any one plan of attack will be that some of the worst features of the hilt will escape amendment when cloture is finally applied Friday night. MR CHAMBERLAIN’S IDEAS. Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at a Unionist banquet to-night, said he rejoiced that the signs of the times were favorable to the Unionists. The game of lawlessness mid dis order was up at last. The people had ex amined Mr. Gladstone’s statements for them selves. and the result was that their faith in his judgment and patriotism had been rudely shaken. He (Chamberlain) was glad that the further responsibility for the negotiations at the Round Table conference had been shifted from him to I yard Harrington, in whom he had entire confidence. Since he (the speak er) had at the Round Table conference, sub mitted an alternative plan for abolishing the dual ownership of land without pledg ing the British credit, Mr. Glad stone had admitted that the scheme was feasible, which admission was somewhat of a feather in the Unionist cap. They had been forced to support the present government rather than accept the Pamellite yoke. There Could be no hope of a reconciliation until the Gladstonians dropped their new allies. The Unionists must know what Mr. Gladstone was pre pared to surrender liefore they would accept his offer for a conference. The old reaction ary Toryism was dead and the hope of the future lay in the union of the parties to carry out the Dartford programme and other necessary reforms. PAVITT AND COX TO BE PROSECUTED. Dublin. June 14.—1 tis reported that the government intends to prosecute Michael Davitt and Joseph Richard Cox (National ists), member of Parliament for East Clare, for inciting the Bodyke tenants to resist eviction. DAVITT COMPLIMENTS THE EVICTED. There were only two evictions at Bodyke to-day. No resistance was offered. There are now only four tenants to be evicted. Michael Davitt in his speech to-day thanked the people for their admirable discipline, good temper and pluck. The campaign was over, he said, and victory rested with them. WANTED, GOOD JURORS. Yesterday’s Progress in the Sharp Case—Vanderbilt Dismissed. New York, June 14.—The twenty-first day of the Sharp trial opened today with about half of the new panel of 150 talesmen making excuses to the clerk, who convinced them that only the court had power to ex cuse. Judge Bftirett decided the Vanderbilt em bracery case by severely lecturing the young mail. The Judge said that it was evident there was no criminal intent on the part of the young man and he allowed him to go. Up to tlie recess the jury had not been completed, but the vacant seat was filled this afternoon by the selection of Jacques Kahn, a furniture dealer. Janies M. Fair child, the ninth jnror was then excused by the court. AN ARTFUL FORGER CAUGHT. Arrested After Many Days for Passing a Forged Check lor $37,000. Chicago, June 14. —A special from Wabash, Ind., says: Frank Fowler was arrested at Richvalley. near here, yesterday. He went there a few days ago and hired out as a laborer to a farmer. Saturday a United States detective appeared at ltichvailey and informed the farmer that Fowler was wanted in Tennessee for forging a check on Gov. Bate, thirteen months ,ago, for $07,000. Fowler is one of the most expert forgers in the country. On the way to the railroad station the prisoner made a desperate effort to escape, knocking the officer down, but the latter managed to recapture him. TRIED BY A HIGHER COURT. A Colored Woman Dies in Jail wliLe Being Tried for Her Life. Westminster, Mo., June 14.—Jessie D. Brown (colored) was placed at the bar of the Circuit Court of Carroll county for t rial on Friilay last for the of her new-born child. She was iu feeble health, consumption having developed im mediately after her arrest. She was daily carried from the jail to the court house, having been unable to walk. This morning, her sister, who attended to her, found her fiend in bed iu her ceil. Hie Aet wu-Re ported to the court who said she had tried by a higher tribunal and ordered jury to be dismissed. PA3COE A LL RIGHT. Accounts "Jumbled'’ Through His In competency, Say the Commlttoe. Buffalo, June 14. —The committee of the Typographical Union, who remained here a few (lays to straighten out Secretary-Treas urer Pascoe’s account!, have loft for then homes. They said before leaving that they had no reason to think there is anything wrong with the accounts, and that the jutn iile occurred from lnrompeteney. A SUPREME COURT DECLINES. No Decision to be Rendered as to Whether Beer Is Spirituous. Ralf.ioh, N. C., Juno 14.—The Supreme Court to-day declined to decide the question of the right of Giersrh to oell vinous or malt liquors under the local prohibition law, which was brought before them in the shape of a habeas corpus fast THE COFFEE MARKET. Brokers in Better Trim and Confident That the Panic is Over. New York, June 14.— The feeling in the street among the coffee brokers is stronger this morning. Cables from Havre and Rfo note the increase of prices, standing at Havre at 2c. above New York quotations and sc. above at Rio. A private Havre cable dated to-day at 10:80 a. m. gives an advance of two francs or about forty [shuts in the New York market. All this tends to strengthen the feeling on ’Change. The talk of the street is the grand stand of the “Old War Horse,” Mr. J. J. O’Douohue, in staying the tide yesterday, which would have otherwise carried widespread disaster. Mr. O’Donohue feels confident. He believes that the scenes of yesterday will not lie re peated. ALL PREPARED TO-DAY. Said he: “At least one big house was very closely pushed yesterday and two others had a narrow escape, but they are all right to-day. The big one lias now $500,000 in the bank to its credit, and will meet ail its demands. 1 stand behind them and t here is no danger. AU feel that, the market is now in stronger hands, and buyers are lie ginti.ng to think the bottom has been reached and are sending in their orders. I have tilled orders for 17,000 bags this morn ing in the regular order of business. STREET GOSSIP. The Rio speculators who bolstered up this boom are considered a shaky lot. They have a way of dropping on a falling mar ket. Speculators and brokers from Balti more and Philadelphia are flocking into the street to-day, and a general feeling of sup pressed excitement rules. The brokers are gathered together on the streets discussing the situation this morning. A FEVERISH BUT FAIR MARKET. At the first call at the Coffee Exchange this morning an excited crowd of brokers gathered about the board. The heavy bears of yesterday did not noticeably appear to the front. The market was feverish and uncertain. The sales recorded at the first call, however, show an advance on an aver age of lc. or 100 points. The fluctuations were groat and a wide range of prices ap peared for the same months delivery, t ables from Havre, showing a raise of SO points, steadied tbs market and infused new life into the crowds. Later a cable fmm Rotterdam saying that the sellers there were reluctant to sell was received with cheers and cries of “Good enough!” The local sales on the first call were 40,000 bags. LOOKING AFTFR SETTLEMENTS. A great deal of excitement was mani fested among the brokers and speculators as to the prospects of the settlement of Arnold & Cos. and Mack ay & Small, the two firms which went under yesterday. Mr. B. G. Ar nold said that his firm was not prepared to make a statement for some days. So far they had not beard from any of their cus tomers. Mr. Small, of the flrnfoc Maekay & Small, said they were also unable to fur nish any statement. “The crisis is over,” Mr. Small said, “and to-day I think we shall lie ablP"fo pay dolP.r for dollar. Our customers will not suffer." The street is full of rumors of the trouble among the bunks at Chicago and Cincinnati, but telegrams from these cities denj’ them. CHANDLER ELECTED SENATOR. New Hampshire’s New Senator to Fill the Unexpired Term. Concord, N. H., June 14.—The House voted for a United States Senator at 12:05 to-day. There was a large attendance of the members, and the galleries and lobby were completely filled. The balloting pro ceeded quietly, each man’s vote being watched with much Interest. The ballot re sulted as follows: Synion G. Griffin, of Keene, 1; Joseph Wentworth, of Concord, 1; Gilman Marst'on, 4; Harry Bingham, 136; William E. Chandler, 165. Mr. Chandler having received a majority of the votes cast, the Speaker directed that his name is' en tered on the journal tts the choice of the majority of the House. The vote fftr Mr. Wentworth was given by Mr. Ladd. Independent, of Atkinson; that for Gen. Griffin, by a Mr. Young, of Roches ter, a Knights of Labor member, and those for Mr. .\1 art.ton, by Democrats. AH the Republicans were present und voted for Mr. Chandler. Mr. Gould, Democrat, was the only absentee. There having been u major ity for Mr. Chandler in the Senate as well as in the Holism he is elected for the unex pired term of the late Senator Pike. Under the law both branches will meet in joint convention at noon to-morrow, when the journal of to-day’s balloting will lie compared, and the formal announcement of Mr. Chandler’s election made. STA3LES BURNED. Destructive Fires at Bt. Louis Yester day-Loss Over $76,000. St. Louis, June 14.—At 1 o'clock this morning a large stable of the Brewing Company, on the corner of Cass avenue and Eighteenth street, was gutted by fire, involving a loss of aliout $15,000. Half a down valuable draught horses were burned. Several teamsters and their fami lies lived in the upper iwrt ot the building and lost all their effects, they having them selves only time to escape in their night clothes. Almost simultaneously fire broke out in the extensive stables of the Mound City Street Car Company, on Glasgow and Jefferson avetnios. The stables are valued at $25,000, and were entirely destroyed. Three hundred and five mules, valued at *75 each, were burned to rjjvith. A large amount of feed and 800 sets of harness were also destroyed. The total loss is $50,000. SYSTEMATIC THIEVING. Freight Conductors and Brakemen Charged With Robbery. Omaha, June 14.—Ths discovery ha* been made that the conductors and brakemen of the Union Pacific railroad have been carry ingout a systematic scheme of jobbery like that exposed some months ago on the Penn sylvania railroad. The official* have been suspicious for a long time that something of that sort was going on and last winter (lis i charged several men, but they have been ‘nun I fie to get a positive clue. Yesterday a ear was broken open at Central City and goods taken from it. A telegram was re ceived by on official here giving a list of the stolen property, and also stating that the thieve* had been spotted. Several robberies of the same character have liecn committed at Central City, and it seeni* that the crows running east from Cheyenne are most deeply involved. AMERICA LEAD3 THE WORLD. An India Broker DeslreaCab'o Cotton Quotations from the United Staten. New York, June 14.—As an Illustration of the fact, that the market* Of the whole world are Isms lining more and more inter dependent, the following incident is noted a* of Interest: A letter has been received by the Associated Press in this city, from a Hindoo broker at Bhamngar, Italia, nsklng for f.h' 1 dally cable quotations of cotton re ceipt* at the United Htalot ports and of the cotton futures at New York. A PERPLEXED SULTAN. QUEEN VIC AWAITING HIS ROYAL IRADE. Additional Taxation Bills for Germany -Rapid Progress in the Emperor’s Recovery—The Bourse Quiet Russia Desires Help to Oppose the Anglo- Turkish Convention Bismarck’s Illness. Constantinople, June 11—Sir Harry Drummond Wolff, the British Ambassador in connection with Egyptian affairs, has notified the l J orte that Queen Victoria has appended her signature to the Anglo-Turkish convention concerning Egypt, mid that her majesty awaits the issue of the .Sultan’s irade announcing the convention in force. OPPOSING THE LIVERPOOL CORNER. Liverpool, Jupe 14.—1n connection with the cotton spinners’ sliort. time movement favorable replies have been received from the spinners representing 11,000,000 spin dles. A decision on the subject has been deferred until Friday next. Germany’s new taxation rills. Berlin, June 14 The spirit tax lull was passed by the Reichstag to-day. In the course of the del>ate Minister Von Keliolz’ intimation that the taxation bills now be fore the house did not conclude the govern ment's scheme for the taxation reform, Herr Von Benugsen said he fully trusted that, the present Reichstag would not have to deal with any more taxation hills. THE EMPEROR RECOVERING. It is officially announced that Emperor William is niakiqg remarkable progress to ward recovery. He rose at noon to day and passed the afternoon in his study, receiving several reports from the government offi cials. BUSINESS ON THE BOURSE QUIET. Business was quiet cm the Bourse to-day. Prices were very firm and there was a frac tional advance in international securities. RUSSIA’S CLEVERNESS. The Russian government has made over tures for ii joint opposition to the Anglo- Turkish Convention, on the ground that it interferes with the common right of the Powers to Central Egypt and the (Suez Canal. Count Bismarck remains neutral. COUNT BISMARCK ILL. Count Bismarck’s condition lias become worse. He is afflicted with rheumatic pains, which prevent his sleep. His doctors advise rest and a change of climate. This illness, however, prevents his traveling at present. FORTIFYING THE NEUBE. Brussels. Juno 14.—The Chnmt>er of Deputies to-day, by a vote of Hi! to 41. passed the bill for the fortifying of the Neuse. NO INTERNATIONAL TRADES’ CONGRESS. London, June 14.—-The Executive Com mittee of the Trades' Union Congress ban re] sir tod aguinst the holding of an inter national trades' congress, on the ground that trades’ unionism in England has so few points in common with the continental trades’ unionism. “Foreign trades’ unions,” says the report, “are not so organized as to be able to send delegates whose credentials would pass the scrutiny of the English committee. The methods of the English trades unionists are ridiculed and rejected by the foreign workmen, who want the government to accomplish at a stroke what has taken the English a long iieriod of self-effort to obtain. Englishmen are glad to see the hours of the foreign laborers short ened and their wages increased, but they find no ho]x> of improving the posit ion of the English workers except by the efforts of tbeiuselves.” WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE. The Poll Mall Gazette prints an inter view with Mr. Morrell MaeKenzie in which the latter adheres to the opinion that the swelling in the throat of the German Crown Prince is simply a warty growth. Doctors authorize the announcement that unless some change occurs, the Prince will lie absolutely restored to good health. ITALY’S AFRICAN MEASURES. Rome, June 14.—1n the t Chamber of Dep uties to-dav Gen. Viale, Minister of War, introduced a bill providing for the credit of 5.j,000,000 for military operations in Africa. RIOTS AT CLEVELAND. Strikers Attack and Beat Innocent Workmen In Their Blind Rage. Cleveland, June 14.—The strike tin the ore docks of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad culminated in a riot this afternoon. About a month ago the men who load the ore into the care at tho docks struck for #2 a day. an advance of 25c. Since then tboir places have lieeu tilled by colored men from the South and foreigners brought here from Chicago. For the past fortnight these workmen have been given police protection, as the strikers, who me Irish, have threatened to drive them out. This afternoon George Vnrtor, a colored porter nf the C'*:itrttl dejmt, took Supt. O’Brien, of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio road, bis dinner to the docks. The strikers, who had congregated attacked him, and knocking him down boat him terribly, amt would have killed him had they not been driven a cay by the police. At the same time John Manvon started home to his dinner. He is unloading ore from a vessel, and is not a striker nor a “seah.” He was assaulted just the same, however, and had bis leg broken. The pcs •lice cal bid for assistance, and the patrol wagon dashed totbex-ene and the officers dispersed the mob. The .railroad company seeing that they would liave Pi act quickly to prevent a bloody scene, loaded their im ported colored men into a train and started away to the suburb*. John Joyce, one of tho men who assaulted Vactor, has been arrested. COKE OPERATORS AT BEA. Ultimatum of the Furnace Men which Unsettles the Former. Pitthburg, June 14.—The coke operator* who have not granted the 13 1-2 per cent, advance in wage* to employes have taken no further action in the matter. There i no intimation of their giving the advance. It is probable that the operators will meet to-morrow und confer with the blast furnace men. who will hold a meeting. A* stated In previous dinpatelie*, the furnace men have given, a* tneir ultimatum, that they will not receive any coke at #3, even it the strike is settled. It is argic and that this will make the operator* more united not. to give in. AMERICAN EVICTIONS. This afternoon writs were served by Sheriff Gray ou twenty-five of tin* strikers at the Pennsylvania Halt Works ordering them to vacate the company’* house* on or before the first Monday in July. If the houses are not vacant at that, tune the ooeu pant* will bo evicted. The strikers denounce the action of the company, lint, with one or two exceptions, have promised to move nut peaceably. There are no indications of a settlement. A large demonstration of the striker* will be haidrrkU/ night, at which delegations of the Knight* of Labor a**ni biies from all the surrounding town* will be present. CHARGED WITH MURDER. Burnett Committed to Jail Charged With Hancock's Murder, Macon, Ga., June 14. —The commitment trial of A. J. Burnett, charged with the murder of J. C Hancock, was concluded to day, in Crawford county, liefore Justices Spilleis, Cleveland and Sanders. No event ever attracted such a large crowd in that county. Such was the interest that a heavy delegation from all the adjoining counties were present. Jerome Burnett, the son, lias not been ar rested, hence his trial could not lie hail. The prosecution wus represented by Messrs. Patterson, Moore ami Wallace, tlio defense by Messrs. Rutherford, Smith, Blassengaiue and Wright. At the conclusion of the trial Biu nett was committed to jail on the charge of murder. A RESPECTABLE CITIZEN DEAD. Armstead Bryant, one of the best known negroes in Macon, and of some means and respectability, was found dead in his bed this morning. Heart disease caused Ids death. ARREST OF A BOLD, BAT) BURGLAR. Thomas Lattimore, the bold burglar who broke into Mr. liuhu's store the other night, in the teeth of a large party of guests at the Hotel Lanier, the electric light and a burg lar alarm, was arrested this afternoon. He was identified by having some of the stolen goods about liis person. COLLEGE CONCERT. The annual concert came off to-night at the Wesleyan Female College chapel. This morning the second section of tlie senior class read essays. Hon. Albert Cox, of At - lanta, was prevented from being present and delivering the literary address on ac count of the sudden death of his brother at Lad range. A JACKSONVILLE FAILURE. Good Reports from Tampa A Yacht Race and a Wedding. Jacksonville, Fla., June 14.— V. H. James, groceries, failed to-day. M. L. Floyd was appointed asssignee. The assets are aliout SI,OOO, and the liabilities sd,si)o. There are five preferred creditors, mostly in this State. The creditors principally be long in Tallahassee and Jacksonville. TO KEEP 'EM WARM. Four immense boilers, aggregating fifty tons, arrived for the Police de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, to-day, on the steamship Seminole. a pastor's wedding. Rev. R. Weir, pastor of the Methodist church, of laVilfa, married Alisa Mattie Knight, a well known LaV ilia belle to-uight. good quarantine regulations. Air. l’aul Lttlune, Jacksonville's Board of Health representative in THuipa, wrote to day from Tampa that Dr. Bruner, of .Savan nah, and Dr. Wylie, of Sanford, had per sonally nisi>erte<l the fumigating and land ing of the Havana and Key West mails and Hint they expressed themselves thoroughly satisfied. THE CHEMAUN wins. In the twenty mile race tin lay for SIOO, between the yachts Chemuuu and Hero, the Ctiemaun won by thirty-seven seconds. key west’s favorable report. Key West, Fla., June 14. —There has be*'n one butnew ease of yellow fever here since yesterday. Daniel Davis died in tlie hos pital and one patient has lieen dischargeil. FLOATING MILL BURNED. Mill and One Million Feet of Lumber Burned at Apalachicola. Apalachicola, Fla., June 14.—Swindell Bros.’ floating saw mil!, the “Triumph,” located here, was burned to-day, together with 1,000.000 feet of boards. The fire originated in the cabin of the mill and was communicatee to the lumber ashore. TIT FOR TAT. Chicago Laborers Sow the Seed for a Bitter and#Jnlooked for Harvest. Chicago, June 14.—There are not as niany bricklayers leaving the city now as when the lookout was inaugurated, aud for the same reason that kcqw the bricklayers out of this city. When the union here raised its initiation fee to #35 for the pur |iose of keeping bricklayers out of Chicago, they did not. tliiuk, probably, that other cities would follow their example. Those bricklayers who went from hero to Milwau kee, Kansas City and Omaha, were slws'kcd on reaching these cits* to Hud that they would not bo allowed to work by the unions until they paid their initiation fee. NO BROTHER!,Y I,OVE THERE. As all those who went, away intend to re turn when the trouble here is settled, they did not like to pay HO or $25 into a union to whose membership they may belong not, more than a week or t wo. The unions of the cities named refused to change theireon stitution to accommodate the Chicago visi tors. Several bricklayers, who left here a week or two ago, have returivd, as lieing unable to iiy the fre the union required, they could get no work. IRON WORKERS' NEW SCALE. The Pittsburg Convention Issues a New Scale Call for a Conference. PITTSBTTBG, June 14.— I The convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Worker* complett-d anew scule at this morning's s'ssion. It is understand to I>c the demand of the puddlers for a IS 50 rate for Imiling on a 2c. card, and a correspond ing advance of 10 per ccut,. in other depart ments, with the exception of the millers, which, it is said, remains at 17c. Copies of tlio scale will bo sent out to the manufac turers to-morrow, and the conference on the wage question Is to begin next Tuesday afternoon At this afternoon's session of the convention, the rejsirt* of the officers were heard. Secretary Martin’s report re viewed the trouble bet ween the Assix-iation and the Knights of Lals>r. It if expect, *1 that the A inalga tod people will deckle upon a defluite line of policy toward the Knights. IRATE IRISHMEN. They Don’t Like the Idea of a British Banquet in Taneuil Hall. Boston, mittee on Taneuil Hall this afternoon gave a hearing on a jsitltlon of the Central I<al*>r Union and others that thebourd reverse its action granting the use of Taneuil Hall to the British societies for the banquet in honor of Queen Victoria's jubilee. Thu ad mission to the banquet were to be by tickets and pivKissia were to Ist devoted to charitable purposes. The committee will make its re|*>rt next Monday night. Con siderable bard feeling was exhibited during the hearing. Produce Exchange to Close Early. Nkw York, June 14. —'The board of man agers of the Produce Exchange today de cided to ovexr i.ttfinaa at 2:15 i>. m. during July and August, except on Saturday, when the exchange ojoee* at norm, according to the Saturday half holiday law. I PRICE ft in A YEAR. I 1 4 C ENTS A COPY, f SUPREME COURT CASES. THE DECISIONS HANDED DOWN AT ATLANTA. The Court Adjourned to July 6—Death of William Millor, a Convict Tha Chamber of Commerce Onslaught on the Bucket Shops A Bort of Lata Repentance. Atlanta, Oa., June 14.— The following Supreme Court decisions have beeu handed don u: John F. Hardin vs. Thomas A. Lovelaco, Bartow. Allirmed. Alice H. t’uyler et a!, vs. Henry H. Smith, administrator, et ah, Chatham. Re versed, because lower court erred in re fusing the application for an order to re move the rase to the United Htafces Circuit Court. Z. D. Harrison et al. vs. Cotton States Life insurance Company, Bibb. Reversed, with Instructions. D. K. Christie vs. J. C. Whatley, Terrell Affirmed. The court then adjourned to July 5. death of a convict. Principal Kec|>er Tower received notice to-day from the < fid Town camp of the sud den death of William Miller, a convict. An inquest was held, but. not reported. CHANGED THEIR MIND. The ('handier of Commerce appointed • committee of five to memorialise the l/gi lature to suppress the bucket-shop* and to petition the C ity Council to tax them $lO,- 000. Much a hill passed the last Legislature, but the Governor vetoed it on a petition from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. GAMBLERS' OUTFITS IN A BLAZE. A novel scene was witnessed on the pub lic square near the artesian well this morn ing by ai>out 'SMI people, including a num ber of Atlanta’s leading citizens. It was tha burning of about s.‘>,ooo worth of gaming oa raphe niolia, by the chief of police. Earlv this morning Chairman James English, (if the Police Commissioners, issued an order to (thief ('oiUiOlly to have all the gnmblirg tool* stored at the station destroyed by fire, in public. During the last seven years a number of raids have been made by the police on gambling saloons in this city. After each haul the materials used by tha gamesters in their play were brought to tha station. In this way these implements hava accumulated until there were on hand about twenty |x>ker tables, several roulette tables, utxriit 100 decks of cards, several hundred checks of all kinds, 400 or fsxi figured cards and a complete keno outfit, some of the tools were very haud -onie and costly. By order of Chief Con nolly a patrolman took an ax and chopped tlie paraphernalia into pieces at the station house. Six drays were then loaded with tha pieces and they were hauled to the public square, where they were made into two big bonfires a few feet apart. When all was ready Chief Connolly and ('apt. Couch poured kerosene on ‘be pile and the chief then lighted a match on liis boot and set them on fire. The stuff was soon blazing and crackling in the presence of the populace, who watched the mounting tiaines with the keenest interest. The prop erty of a number of old Atlanta gamblers was represented in the fire. Heveral of the gentlemen who still remain in the city were about, as red-hot as tlie. flames in their com ments at the wholesale destruction. Tlie f;oods were contraband, however, and it has ong since been docided by the Council tha* they should never be returned to their origi nal owners. A NEW FEATURE OF PROHIBITION. In the Recorder's Court to-day, in the case of ,T. H. Hill, a negro, charged with the violation of the prohibition law, John Papa, the agent of Joseph Thompson at this point, who runs a wholesale liquor house at Griffin, testified that he sold Hill three gallons of gin. Hill, he stated, gave him $0 down, upon which he ordered the liquor to !*i sent to him from Griffin. On hearing this testimony. Recorder Anderson at once put Pa|a under a tfiOC bond for sell ing liquor in Atlanta, holding that when an agent orders liquor for a customer at a dis tant place, uud receive* the money in Atlanta, it is a sale of liquor in this place, and a violation of the prohibition law. Thi* is anew phase of the prohibition question and lias caused much comment. This method of getting liquor to Atlanta is practiced by a number of agencies here, and the decision of the Recorder to-day will give rise to the making of tlie prohibition cases on a different line and lead to a more regard and genera) enforcement of the law. The case against Papa, made to day, is a test case and will he watched with interest when it come* up in the City Court, to which he is bound over. A THRIVING GEORGIA TOWN. Tifton’B New Railroad -Advantage* Hr Will Bring. Tifton. Ga., June IK.— Every one here i* talking railroad. It is now nearly reduced to a certainty that the line of the South Georgia and Florida rood will tap and croc* the Brunswick and Western railroad at this place. Your correspondailt was informed this morning that a large force of band* would be put at work here in the next twa weeks, grading, etc. large and valuable tracts of heavily timbered pine lands will thus be rendered accessible to the market. The line of LSe nisive road will probably run a few miles to the westward of Nash ville, the county seat of this ilkmw county, and thence on to Valdosta, Go. .and Gainesville. Fla. The building of this road living now looked upon a* a certainty, it la having quite a tendency to enhance th* value of lauds along tlie proposed route. The mill at tins pair is dally turning out huge lots of beautiful luinner, flooring, weather-iioarding. etc. Capt. Tift is now erecting another large dry kiln, in addition to the others now run ning. CHIPLEY CHIPS. Narrow Escape of a Georgia Boy from a Horrible Death. CHIPLEY, Fla., June 14.—An accident, that mum near being a fatal oue, happened to Mr. James Weaver, a young man from near Whigbaui, Ha., last evening at the steam mill of Daniel Nepper's, of this place, Just before the hour for the har.di to knock off work for the day Mr, Weaver, whose dutv it is ts supervise the planing de partnient of the mill, noticed the matcher, which is a large and powerful machine, wus out of order, and went at once to set it in order while under full steam, but un fortunately be was caught in the shafting .ind licit ing und was drawn into the rua, i hinery, and but for the timely splitting of the large i>uid, which threw the smaller ones off, he would have been Instantly killed. He ewajs'd with a 1 sully hroken :uid lacen a tod arm. Suicide at Covington. Covington, tl a. .Juno 14 — Jiles Whitten, a very old cit'/en of this place, committed suicide by hanging himself this evening while under mental aberration. He bad I made repeated effort* before td take hit lite. I He was about 'JO year* oW