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loKEYTQ THE DEADLOCK
IpHEN XT WILL BE BROKEN STILL
| VERY UNCERTAIN.
■he Right to Ask to be Excused from
■ Voting on Adjournment Propositions
(Denied by Republican Speakers—
(speaker Carlisle Denies that He Can
(Adjourn the House.
(Washington, April 5. — The fight over
(ie direct tax bill was resumed this morning
■ben the House mat at 11:45 o’ciock to re
■me the consideration of the legislative
Hsiness of Wednesday. Mr. Reed, of
■aine, immediately demanded the regular
Bder, which the Speaker announced to be
He vote on the motion that when the House
■journs to-day it be to meet next Satur
■ This motion having been defeated, Mr.
(anbam, of Texas, at 12:20 o’clock, raised
■e point of order that the day assigned for
■moderation of the direct tax Hill had ex-
Brel, and he proceeded to argue in favor of
■e point.
■ Mr. Reed inquired of the Speaker how it
■as that the gentleman obtained the floor
■ en there were sevi rai motions pending to
Biourn to a day certain.
■the Speaker replied that the point of
(:•'>- was intended to operate as an e.doppal
B those motions.
■Mr. Lanham suggested that Mr. Reed per-
Bt him to air his parliamentary knowledge
Border to vary the monotony of the pro
Belings. He then proceeded to argue, with
Bwuent citations from previous decisions,
B the Speaker had the power to suv, un-
the committee's construct! >n of the
■ s of order assigning Tuesday and
for consideration of the direct
bill, tliat the time hied expired. To
■q.t any other consideration wcm.d he to
the intention of the committee
in reporting the assignment, and of
He House in agreeing to it. Clear coiisid
'ii of the assignment would show that
■applied not to the legislative, but to the
■ieudor day.
■ THE SPEAKER'S RULING.
■The Speaker disclaimed any power to ad
■urn the House and held that tis long as
■e House refused to adjourn the logisla
■(eday of Wednesday would continue,
recalled many precedent- for the decis
■ and especially the precedent presented
case of the electoral commission bill,
a legislative day extended over thirty
days. He overruled the point of
Lanliam suggested timt the legisla
■ - . of Wednesday migiil continue in:
■ December.
Crosvenor, of Ohio, extended the
<tion by remarking that it might con-
until March.
■h"." Speaker—It might la t tilhtlie terms
■ the present members expire.
Ruclianan, of New York—And it
■n.
Wilson, of Minnesota, attempted to
a flaw in the decision of iho Speaker,
■t as the Speaker was fort hi .1 with a long
■of precedents the attempt was uusuo
■iu!.
■n dreary round of roll calls on dilatory
nis was then resumed. In an interval
en votes, Mr. Hatch, by unanimous
introduced the following m s
I
T1 it 1 1o- ( nnaicn'.■ i , ,n
"ii t>c in-t runted to side.' o ! can
■ i" pivst-n: less of life an i limh in coupling
tnoupling cars used in inm-Ma e . >m-
and in handling the brakes of such
and in what way the growth
the system of heating passenger
from the locomotive or other single
can lie promoted to the end that >ueh
may make a recommendation in
premises to t hr railroads u it I, in i: -
-diet i. ,n a ml ro|ii ,rt to ( ’, mgre- - at an e.n-ly
" nil such suggest ions as lo ii
subjects as ilia., ..cento it nrecssan and
■t was reform! to the Committee on
Bnmerce.
Biu> entire day was consumed in roil calls,
Ban incident of interest occurring, aid
Bdly, wearied out, tho House, at 5:10
Bock, liy unanimous consent, took a recess
Btil 11:45 o’clock to-nuirrow.
I NOT A NEW POINT.
B'ontrary to the general understanding of
B House, the question of parliamentary
B raised yesterday by the motion to ex-
Bc a member from voting on a proposi-
Bi to take a recess is by no means a now
■ unsettled point. On May 2(1, ISs-i, dur-
B consideration of the contested election
B ot Mackey vs. Dibble, the Democratic
Bubers were filibustering against the re-
Bt of the Elections Committee. R’pre-
Btative Hatch, of Missouri, asked
■ be excused from voting on
B motion to adjourn. Several
Bui hers objected, and Mr. Blackburn
B V|, d formally that the gentleman he
Bn ml. The point of order was made
Binst the motion by Mr. Calkins that it
B not in order, and Speaker Keifer sus-
Blitsl the point and hold that a motion to
■excused from voting or a motion to al
- or to take a recess could not bo on-
Btaitu'd, in a dt>cision based upon rulings
BS|s>akers Cobb of the Thiriy-flrst (,’on-
Bss, Boyd of the Thirty-third, Colfax of
B Thirty-ninth, and ottior authorities.
B HOW THE FACTIONS STAND.
tho Revenue Reformers Are
■ Fighting the Measure.
■ akhington, Ap’dl 5. —The revenue ro
lenders in the House are fighting the
■ to rostoro (18,(100,000 of direct taxes
■"ted during the war to the States, he
they believe that it is simply one of
H schemes of Mr. Randall and the
BiiiUicans to prevent tax reduction
■ disposing of the surplus.
Randall, voting with Messrs. Reed and
>n, eari ied t lie proposition to lix Tuos
for (he consideration of the direct tax
■ 'h>- committee on rules against Mr.
ojiposition. Mr. Mills being ab-
Mr. ('arlMe stood alone. The Retmli
acting solidly together in support
direct tax bill, aide 1 by Mr. Randall
|B t'.v some revenue reformer* who waul
" I the direct tax bill hv providing
'bin ling of the col ton tux, pronounced
by the United Suite* Huon-me Court.
the passage of the bill the rove-
H r '"rueiH nave resorted to dilntorv
"is. Inc,dentally Speaker Carlisle
a ruling last night that
to excuse a memlier from
was in order, which multiplies tho
I|,|,; Des of tlliliustei ing. This may have
■ tout, effect should the Republicans
■ Randall dotormine to stave off
■ ition of the tariff bill. This they
B l:i!l ‘"f doing, unless thy are giveii
HB '■ no tor ihd,ate t Iran it seems possible
[■ lv " them.
■ An Ex Indian Agent Indicted.
ahhinotdn, April s.—Tha United
B' ittorney for the Northern district of
' das informed the Kec.etnry of the In-
that Hall, ex-agent, of the
■" lie aud Wichita Indians, in
1 1 Territory, has lie m indicted by llie
|B j> ' .Jury sitting at Graham, Tex., upon a
■fl i lust Elates. Hall was uppoiated
July 28. 1885.
Pie Mafvtim
UNCLE SAM TO BUY BONDS.
The Senate Passes the Bill as Amended
by Mr. Beck.
Washington, April s.—lu the Senate
this evening at 8 o’clock, consideration of
the House bill for the purchase of United
States bonds was rosumed. In a few sen
tences Mr. McPherson withdrew the amend
ment offered by him yesterday. Then the
subsitute as amended by Mr. Beck’s propo
sition was agreed to without discussion or
division and the bill was read the third
ttme and passed. A desire to have the yeas
and nays taken on the passage of tho bill
was indicated by Mr. Stewart,, but hearing
dissent on all sides, lie withdrew the de
mand, and then, on motion of Mr. Beck the
Senate insisted on its amendment to the
bill and a Committee of conference was
ordered.
Messrs. Sherman, Allison and Beck were
appointed conferees, and after an executive
session the Senate adjourned.
TEXT OK THE BILL.
Following is the text of the bill:
That section 2 of the act making appropria
tions for the sundry civil expenses of the gov
ernment for the yoai'ending.luue 30, 1382, and
for other purposes, aud which is as follows:
“That the Secretary of the Treasury may, at
any time, apply the surplus money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so
much thereof as he may consider proper, in the
purchase or redemption of United States bonds,
provided that the bonds so purchased or re
deem shall constitute no part of the sinking
fund, but shall be canceled was intended to
be a permanent provision of law; and the same
is hereby declared ty have liepu, since its enact
ment, and to be now, in full force and effect.
Sec. 2. That whenever the circulation, or
any portion thereof, of any national hank not
in liquidation shall he surrendered by the deposit
of United States notes iu tho Treasury,or other
wise, and the same, or an equivalent amount, is
not taken by other national banks within teirty
days thereafter the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized and directed to purchase at
the market price thereof an equivalent amount
in silver bullion not in excess of the minimum of
$2,000,000 worth per month for coinage pur
poses, which shuli lie coined and used as pro
vided in the act passed Feb. 28, 1818, entitled,
“An act to authorize the coinage of standard
silver dollars anil restore its legal tender charac
ter,’’ provided, that nothing in this act shall
alter or repeal said act of Feb. 28, 1878.
JUSTICE WAITE'S FAMILY.
Commissioner Edgerton Says They
Need the Proposed Fund.
Washington, April 5. —Judge Edgerton,
chairman of the Civil Service Commission,
who is an old and intimate friend of the
late Chief Justice Waite, to-day wrote to
tho Washington agent of the Associated
Press ns follows:
My Dear Sir—l have this morning, for tho
first time, been made aware that a movement is
being made by the members of the Washington
bar and others to raise a fund bv voluntary con
tributions of the bar associations throughout
the country for the benefit of the widow of the
late Chief Justice Waite. Fearing that the
construction of an interview with me. printed in
the Washington Post of the 2d instant, might be
misleading, I will say that the statements
therein made were for the sole purpose of con
demning what, in my opinion, was an improper
intrusion, at that time, into the privnte affairs
of the family of tho late Chief Justice. Since
that time I have been informed that the amount
and exact condition of the estate of the late
Chief Justice, require that the proposed effort
to create a fund for Mrs. Waite should
be successful. It is fully justified. It
is true that the nation has measured the ripe
years of the lawyer by the highest judicial
honors, but it is now necessary that the bar
should add ill the proposed way their testimony
of respect and friendship for the living, to the
nation s honors to the dead. Very respectfully,
A. P. Edgerton,
WILSON'S IDEA OF A CUT.
He Thinks Sugar Should be Put on
the Free List.
Washington, April s.—Mr. Wilson, of
lowa, addressed the Senate to-day on the
subject of the President’s annual message.
Ho quoted figures contained in the last an
nual report of the Secrotary of the Treas
ury, showing the receipts and expenditures
of the government for the last three years,
the aggregate of the receipts over the ex
penditures being $178,000,(100, oranaverage
of $59,000,000 a year. The result thus dis
closed, he said, presented a limit witiiin
which Congre s should move in the matter
of reducing the revenue. However much
the Senators might differ os to the methods
of reduction, all would doubtless agree that
the revenue should be reduced. The method
of doing this which appealed most favor
ably to .Mr. Wilson was the removal of the
duty on sugar and molasses, which yield
about $58,000,000 annually, and he suggest
ed tho propriety of a bounty to American
sugar producers.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
The Senate Discusses the Bill, but
Takes no Action.
Washington, April 5. —The Senate this
afternoon proceeded to consideration of the
bill to provide for the establishment of a
bureau of animal industry to facilitate the
exportation of live stock and their products,
and exterminate contagious pleuro-pneuino
nia and other diseases among domestic
animals.
After a couple of hours spent in the read
ing of the bill and report, and of various
communications (one of them from the
Commissioner of Agriculture criticising the
bill adversely), and after some discussion,
the bill was laid aside without action.
A FAIRY TALE SPOILED.
Plain Facts Always Better Than Ro
mancers of Journalism
Washington, April s.— Secretary Fair
child said to-day that while the President
and ho were out walking on Easter Monday
they saw a lady on a horse which she
seemed to bo unable to direct from the
roadside'Where it was standing in the road.
Secretary Fairchild took hold of the bridle
nnd drew the horse into the road, and the
lady rode away. The President said and
did nothing, there being no reason why ho
should. And this is the w hole truth about
a little incident grotesquely exaggerated in
some of tho newspapers this morning.
Gen. Terry Retired.
Washington. April s.—Maj. Gen. Alfred
H. Terry was placed on the retired list of
the army to-dav. This is in accordance
with the report <‘f the army retiring board,
of which Maj. U n. Schofield is president.
The report was submitted by the Secretary
of War to tho President to-day and was im
mediately approved.
On Frying Pan Shoals.
Washington, April s.—The signal corps
observer at Southiiorfc, N. C., reports that
the American schooner Douglas Hovey,
Cap! Blake, with railroad iron, five da vs
out from New York, grounded on Frying
Pan Shoals flist night. The vessel and
cargo are reported to be a total loss.
Sent to the President.
Washington, April 5. —In the Senate
to-day the House bills to remove the politi
cal disabilitof Willinn M. MackaU, of
Virginia, and in regard to terms of the
United States Courts at Vicksburg, Miss.,
were report. si from the Judiciary Commit
tee aud passed.
SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY, APRIL (i, 1888.
BISMARCK MAY RESIGN.
A PRINCE’S WOOING BECOMES AN
INTERNATIONAL MATTER.
The Chancellor Opposed to the Match
Because it Woulp Interfere with Ger
man Neutrality In the Bulgarian
Matter— Alexander of Battenburg
and Princess Victoria the Principals.
Berlin, April 5. —The Cologne Gazette
to-day publishes the following: “Great ex
citement prevails in diplomatic circles in
Berlin over the possibility of the speedy res
ignation of Prince Bismarck because of the
proposed marriage of Prince Alexander of
of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of
Prussia. Prince Alexander wishes to ac
company Queen Victoria to Berlin as a
suitor for the hand of the Princess. Tho
bearings of the reports are so serious
that they cannot be passed
over. Uutil the Bulgarian question
shall have been settled by all the powers
the projected marriage can only be judged
from a political point of view, and on that
account the marriage is an impossibility.
German policy has its root in an endeavor
to avoid anything that would lie likely to
arouse the slightest inducement for sus
picion, and on the Bulgarian question Ger
many must, in accordance with
the declaration made by Prince
Bismarck in tbe Reichstag, remain
a wholly uninterested party. As long
as Bulgaria is in question! this course of
action affords the only means of retaining
the full confidence of the opposing govern
ments. That confluence would be disturbed
in an instant if the Czar’s most detested
antagonist were to become the son-in-law
of Emperor Frederick. Asa German pa
triot Prince Alexander cannot take a step
which can only he the reverse of beneficial
to the Fatherland. Tho intelligence of the
Prince is so highly esteemed that it is im
possible for him to attempt a suit which
would assuredly cost the German people
their Chancellor.”
Public opinion in Berlin is emphatically in
favor of Prince Bismarck.
AN OFFICIAL DENIAL.
Berlin, April 5, 7 p. m.—The statement
that Prince Bismarck would resign ap
peared in the Cologne Gazette. It
said that the reason given was the
had state of the Chancellor’s Mealth,
but that the real cause was a
sc ret conflict between him and the Em
peror’s party. These reports are officially
declared to be without foundation.
It is rumored here that if Prince Bismarck
resigns Count Herbert Bismarck will also
resign.
a conference.
Prince Bismarck bad a long conference
this afternoon with the Emperor. The
Crown Prince aud Grand lluke of Baden
also had interview's with the Emperor.
Prof. Esmarch examined the Emperor’s
throat to-dav and approved Dr. Mackenzie’s
treatment. Dr. Mackenzie will go to Lon
don on Monday, if possible.
Since the reaction of public opinion in his
favor, Dr. Mackenzie is daily flooded with
invitations of a social nature.
THE FIRST NEWS.
Berlin, April i, 2 a. m. —The report of
Prince Bismarck’s resignation came first
from tho Cologne Gazette's Vienna corre
spondent. It is supposed that the
Chancellor took this means to make
his threat known. Tho article in the
Cologne Gazette appeared in the evening
edition of that paper. A strong affection
has exisied between the young couple since
Prince Alexander’s visit to Berlin iu 1885.
The late Emperor opposed the match, but
it is believed that Emperor Frederick, tho
Empress and Queen Victoria look upon it
with favor.
Prince Bismarck has had a long confer
ence with the Empresss and has also laid
liefore Emperor Frederick a comprehensive
statement in writing of the possible conse
quences of the marriage. The result, ac
cording to the latest report, is that the mar
riage has been postponed for the present
arid that Prince Bismarck retains his posi
tion.
The Cologne Gazette regards tho toast as
evidence that Emperor Frederick will not
consent to Prince Bismarck’s resignation.
GIVEN CREDENCE
London, April s.— Up to a late hour to
night Reuter’s Telegram Agency had re
ceived no confirmation of the report that
Prince Bismarck would resign. But little
importance, however, is attached to the
semi-official denials.
The Lancet, a medical journal, says the
condition of Htnperor Frederick’s larynx is
unchanged. His general strength, how
ever, has increased. Dr. Mackenzie has
been requested bv the Emperor to postpone
liis return lo England.
The British Medical .Journal says that
Emperor Frederick’s disease ’is almost
quiescent, showing no signs of spreading
locally or of invading adjacent parts.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
London, April 5, II p. M. —A dispatch re
ceived hero to-night confirms the report
that Prii.ce Bismarch is about to retire
from the German Chancellorship.
PRINCE WILLIAM’S TOAST.
London, April 6,3 a. m.—A special to
tho Telegraph from Berlin states t hat the
following passage occurred in tho toast
given by the Crown Prince to Prince Bis
marck at tho latter’s birthday banquet:
“The whole imperial family hope that the
Chancellor will lie to the present what he
was to tho late monarch.”
STILL STRONGER CONFIRMATION.
London, 4 am. , —The Times says it
has authentic private information that the
statement, in (lie Cologne Gazette regarding
Bismark is true. Emperor Frederick and
Prince Bismarck disagree. The former de
sires to sanction the marriage of Prince
Alexander and Princess Victoria, while
Prince Bismarck bitterly opposes their union
for State reasons. The Queen’s visit to
Berlin, tho Times says, is connected with
the matter.
“A GERMAN ADVENTURER.”
Sofia. April 5.—A proclamation has been
surreptitiously distribute?) in the barracks
boro denouncing Prince Ferdinand as a
German adventurer, mid asking the soldiers
whether they will suffer him to arrogate to
himself tho title of sovereign.
FRANCE’3 NSW WAR DEBT.
DeFreycinet States His Policy
Boulanger to be Opposed.
Parih, April 5. —M. de Kreycinet, Min
ster of War in the new Cabinet, will allow
the new war debt to retain an exclusively
military character, and* will refer to a
R|>eoml secretaryship all civil and parlia
mentary questions.
Gen. Boulanger will make no reply to the
questions put to him by the Radical Con
gress, but will probably issue another circu
lar to the electors of the depart ment, of the
Nord. The Nord Opportunists committee
will support M. Foucarrl as a candidate for
the Chamber of Deputies in opposition to
Gen. Boulanger.
[m Justice says that a coalition confronts
the new Cabinet, but it can afford to await
the first attack si nee the entire Republican
party is ou its side, *
ANARCHIST MEETINGS.
Five hundred Anarchists assembled out
side the Labor Bureau to-day to protest
against the registry officers. The speakers
reproached the workmen with groveling
before a general who bad been deprived of
his plumes. They declared that the people
must cut the throats of the proprietors of
the Registry office In the same way that
their fathers had cut the throat of a king.
Police dispersed tho meeting when a riot
appeared to be imminent.
il. de Freyeiuet, Minister of War, has
sent a circular to the commanders of the
different army corps asking them to main
tain absolute respect for discipline among
all ranks.
NOMINATED IN DORDOGNE.
Gen. Boulanger’s friends have nominated
him as a candidate for Dordogne. The
electiou takes place Sunday. The Impe
rialist committee of the Department have
issued a circular in support of the General.
George Thiohaud,an active supporter of Gen.
Boulanger, lias issued an address to the
electors, which he has signed “Thiebaud,
President of the Committee of tho Initia
tive.” It is not known here who compose
the committee.
BALFOUR’S BILL.
The Existence of the Land Commission
Extended Seven Years.
London, April s.—Mr. Balfour’s bill to
expedite business in the Irish land courts is
published. It extends the existence of the
Isind Commission another seven years; de
prives tennnts of the option of applying for
a reduction of rent, etc., to either the Coun
ty Court or Land Commission; and of the
right to transfer proceedings from a Coun
ty Court to tho Land Commission. The
bill also empowers the Laud Commission,
with the consent of the Lord Chancellor,
to distribute at will cases between tho com
mission and County Courts, and also on ap
plication and for good cause, to transfer
cases from the commission to a court, and
vice versa.
Four thousand Irish emigants sailed
from Queenstown to-day for America.
O’BRIEN SUES FOR LIBEL.
Dublin, April 5. —William O’Brien Ims
begun an action against tho Cork Constitu
tion (Conservative) for libel, claiming
$35,000 damages.
GERMANY’S FLOOD SUFFERERS.
All the World’s Aid Needed to Heal
Fate's Cruel Wounds.
Berlin, April 5. —Minister von Putkamer
has returned to Berlin from his visit to the
flooded districts. He fully confirms the re
ports of terrible distress caused by the in
undations, ad says that even the most
generous private and public assistance can
heal but a small number of tho wounds
which fate has dealt. Liberal help from
abroad as well as from Germany is earnest
ly requested.
Bounties on Sugar.
London, April 5. —The sugar bounties
conference reassembled tc-ilav. Baron
Henry de Worms, who presided, announced
the adhesion of India and the British
colonies, ands iid t hat there was a prospect
of an agreement being reached with all the
European powers.
Henry George and the Vatican.
London, April t, 3 a. m.—The Unity
Chronicle's correspondent at Rome says
that in oor.sequonc • of a recent letter from
Cardinal Gibbons the congregation of Index
Epurgatorious has decided not to condemn
Henry George's writings.
Maj. Templar on Trial.
London, April s.—The trial of Maj.
Tomplar. of the Seventh Kill s, and chief
of the Balloon Department of the Army,
for divulging army secrets, was begun to
day at Chatham. The prosecution is con
ducted by the Treasury.
Dilke’s Pamphlet.
LONDON, April s.—Sir Charles Dilke, in
a pamplec, denounces the county govern
ment bill on tho ground that the licensing
provisions are defective, nnd that control
of the police is not given to the county au
thorities.
Minister Phelps En Route Home.
London, April 5. —United States Minister
Phelps started for New York to-day via the
Southampton and Bremen line of steamers.
OUR TILT WITH MOROCCO.
Peaceful and Warlike Rumors in Hot
Succession
Washington, April %—The Secretary of
State to-day received a cable message from
United States Consul Lewis at Tangier,
from the tenor of which it is inferred that,
a satisfactory settlement of the trouble
with the Moorish government will soon be
reached.
fears of bombardment.
London, April I), 3a. m.—A dispatch to
the Imlependence Beige from Madrid says:
“The United States government refuses to
accept the proposed mediation of Germany
in Die dispute with MoiPcco, nnd demands
suitable indemnities anfl ap logies. It is
feared that the United States steamer En
terprise will bombard Tangier.”
TO TALK ABOUT THE TARIFF.
A Hundred Member* Anxious to Air
Their View* In the House.
Washington, April s.—One hundred
members of the House have put their names
down on the SjKiakei ’s list for opportuni
ties to speak in tho generul debate on the
tariff bill. Asa tariff speech is usually two
hours long, if they nil spoke tboy would oc
cupy something like 300 hours, or
aliout fifty ordinary legislative days. Now
the revenue reformers propose to close the
general debate at the end of two, or nt
tho most, three weeks. Even with
tho night sessions, which will
lie ordered for general debate, it, will lie im
practicable lor all the men who have ap
plied to lie allowed to sjieak. The Republi
cans and Randallites, who are working in
accord in all the preliminary skirmishing,
threaten to take advantage of this to ob
struct consideration. Meanwhile they are
well contented to saa the direct tax bill,
which they brought forward for the pur
pose, eating up precious time.
BLAINE’S HEALTH BROKEN.
He Looks to be 70 Years Old—Hard
Work and Exoltement Did It.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aprils.—The Chronicle*
Telegram this afternoon says: “James W.
Drape, of this city, D in receipt of a letter
from a personal friend, a Pittsburger, now
in Vienna, a prominont citizen and wide
awake politician, in which this passage
occurs: ‘I saw Mr. Blaine nutto often at
Florence and it Is ovident tnat he is very
greatly broken in health. He look* every
day ol 70 years, and yet is only 53. Wash
ington excitement and too much hard work
have been his troubles, and anyone who
sees him will kamv the reason of his with
drawal from Presidential aspirations. 1
fear his life will not be spared long.’"
SULLY TAKES THE TRICK.
THE RIUE-LIBBY PARTY BEATEN
AT THEIR OWN GAME.
The President Hands In His Resigna
tion to Take Effect April 12 A
Probability that the Present Board
Will Elect Gen. Alexander to Suc
ceed Him.
New York, April. V— The Richmond Ter
minal directors met this afternoon nnd the
minutes of that meeting are well calculated
to make something of a panic in the Kice-
Libby pnrty. It was generally, understood
from the recent correspondence between
that faction and Mr. Sullv that the new
party would have little difficulty hence
forth in completely mastering the situation.
The outlook to-night is entirely changed,
and the present administration has gained
an immense advantage. It is said that the
Rice-Libby people confidently expected
that Mi-. Sully would hold the Presidential
fort until t.be stockhol iers should meet in
May and then resign, w hen they would be
in position to elect his successor.
MB. BULLY RESIGNS. e
Instead of that Mr. Holly resigned this
afternoon, his resignation to take effect
April 13. This enables the present board
to elect whoever they choose as President,
at that time, and there is no reason why
they should not elect Gen. E. P. Alexander
himself, who the Rice-Libby party have
publicly insisted was the best possible man
for the place. The directors, after accept
ing Mr. Bully’s resignation to-day, passed a
resolution which clearly shows that they
are resolved to make a united stand against
the opposition and give battle to the latter
end.
A DECLARATION OK WAR.
It. is as follows:
WmtaSAS, This board and its policy is being
publicly attacked In the newspapers of this
city b,v advertisement.
kt'Hnlrni. Tcat this board will resist in every
proper manner the transfer of tho control of
the Richmond and West Point Terminal Rail
way and Warehouse Company into the hands
of a rival corporation.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Every director ns present except James
Swann. Even John H. Inman, Emanuel
Ijehman and John H. Hull, whom tlm
Rice-Libby party have said would lie on
their directors’ ticket, voted for the resolu
tion, thereby proving their ullegiatice to
the present board.
WHAT MR. SULLY SAYS.
Mr. Sully was seen after the directors
adjourned, nnd asked if he had anything to
say with reference to the proceedings of the
meeting. Ho simply replied: “Having by
my letter to Mossrs. Rice, Libby and Clark
indorsed their request for a callod mooting
of the Terminal stockholders with a view to
making material changes in the present ad
ministration, I did not foel that it was
projwr for mo longer to gontinue ns Presi
dent of that administration, and therefore
resigned.
GOING TO EUROPE.
“In addition to that consideration I was
somewhat influenced by tho fact tha* I am
making my arrangements o go to Europe,
and desire to go under ns little care and as
free from responsibility as possible. I am
now entirely out of Terminal affairs, and
do not propose to take any part, in tho pend
ing contest bet wish! the dissatisfied stock
holders and the present board of directors.
I shall devote myself strictly to my own
personal business, which for a long time
my official duties and engagements have
caused me to seriously neglect. I have
nothing further to say.’’
OPEN BBORBTB LET OUT.
The Chinese and British Extradition
Treaties Made Public.
Washington, April s.—The Senate has
removed tho injunction of secrecy fr< on tho
Chinese treaty, but, not from the President’s
letter of transmittal. Both have already
been published in full.
It has also removed the injunction from
the British extradition treaty, reported by
Senator Morgan Jan. 13, amt subsequently
recommitted by Senator Riddleberger’s op
position. This, too, has already been pub
lished. Article lof this treaty, extending
the provisions of the existing extradition
treaty to the crimes of manslaughter,
burglary, emliezxleinent to tho amount of
$5O, and malicious injuries to property was
amended in clause l by t.ho Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
disavowed by bayard.
The added provisions are the ones which
Secretary Bayard’s friends Imve, on his lie
half, disavowed, and are understood to he
the chief grounds of Mr. Riddlebergei’s
opposition. The clause as it appears in the
treaty sent to the Senate was as follows:
“Malicious injuries to pro|xjrty whereby
tho life of any person shall be endangered,
if such injuries constitute a crime accord
ing to the laws of both the high contracting
purtles.”
the senate's amendment.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions amended this to rea/1 as follows: “Ma
licious injuries to person* or property by
the use of explosive*, or malicious injuries
or obstructions to railways, whereby the
life of any person shall be endangered, if
such injuries constitute a crime according
to the laws of both tho high contracting
parties, or according to the laws of that
political division of either country in which
the offense shall have been committed, or of
that political division of either country in
which the offender shall bo arrested.”
NEW MEN FOR A FACULTY.
The University of Tennessee Strength
eniritf Its Professorship*.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 5. —Tho Board
of Tiusteo* of tho University of Tennessee,
by a unanimous vote, elected Prof. Lutinon
Scribner, at present chief <>f tho bureau of
mycology in the Department of Agriculture
at Washington, D. C., to the chair of
botany ami horticulture in the University
of Tennessee, and also botanist to the agri
cultural experiment station of Tennessee.
Prof. (Scribner to-day telegraphed his ac
ceptance.
The trustees also elected Prof. Henry K.
Hummers, of Cornell University, to lie Pro
fessor of Zoology and Entomology in the
University of Tennessee, and he has ac
cented.
Prof. William E. Ktone, formerly of the
Massachusetts Experiment station and the
Houghton Faun station, and who is now at
the University at Goettingen, Germany,
was elected Chemist to the Tennessee Ex
periment station. Ho has cabled his ac
ceptance.
City Presented with a School.
Galveston, Tex., April s.—Henry
Rosenberg, a millionaire banker of this
city, in a communication to the Board of
School Trustees to-night, donated $40,000
for the Immediate erection of a substantial
public bchool building in the east end of
the city, for tho education of white children
exclusively. Mr. Rosenberg is a native of
Switzerland. He came to Galveston forty
four years ago a poor bey.
A BLOW IN MINNESOTA.
Several Houses Unroofed and Two
Children Injured.
Watkrvillk, Minn., April 5.—A very
severe storm commenced here yesterday
afternoon about 8 o’clock and continued all
night. It was accompanied by heavy
thunder and lightning and a terrible wind
from tho east, In the village but very
little damage was done. Tho only serious
damage reported here consists of several
hi uses unroofed, and at one place, several
miles north of here, the upper story of a
house was blown completely off, seriously
if not fatally injuring two children, oue of
whom was in bed asleep.
At Morristown an elevator is blowndown
and considerable other damage done.
At Bean’s Mills, two miles west of Fari
bault, fifteen box cars which were on a side
track with tho brakes set were blown out
on tho track. So l'ar not enough rain has
fallen to cause any washout, nut if tho
storm continues it is highly probable that
there will be trouble.
TERRIFIC AT FARIBAULT.
Minneapolis, .Minn., April 5.- A Fari
bault, Minn., special says: “At 3:80 o’clock
yesterday afternoon this city was visited hv
tho most terrific wind and hail storm it has
ever experienced. Roofs were torn off from
store buildings, signs blows down and dry
goods boxes and empty barrels sent flying
down Main street, like paper halls. There
was nothing cyclonic in the storm. It was
merely wind and hail, coming from the
southeast at the rate of sixty miles an hour.
It struck the center of the city at 3:83
o'clock and continued in great violence for
fifteen minutes. Telegraph and telephone
pules were broken off, snapping liko reeds
tinder the fury of tho gale. It is estimated
that the total loss will bo SIO,(XX), uud possi
bly more.
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICANS.
List of tho District Delegates to go to
Chicago.
Jackson, Miss., April s.—ln the Repub
lican State Convention yesterday delegates
to tho National Convention from the Con
gressional districts were named as follows:
First District—J. C. Chandler (white, of
Alcorn county and J. W.Leo (white), of Mon
roe county.
Second District—John Benton and George
W. Buchanan (both white), of Marshall
county.
Third District—Mosely Charllton (col
ored), of Waren county and W. H. Allen
(colored), of Coahoma county.
Fourth District —YV. D. Fraser (white), of
Ghichnsaw county and E. E. Petti bone
(colored), of Grenada county.
Fifth District—Samuel I’. Harst (col
ored). of Holmes county and Dr. A. C. Ed
wards (w hite),of Lauderdale county.
Sixth District—G. F. Bowles (colored), of
Adams county and C. A. Simpson (white),
of Perry county.
Seventh District—H. Rheanagh (white),
of Rankin county, and J. J. Spellman
(coloied), of Hinds county.
The committee reported an executive
committee composed of throe members
from each Congressional district nnd 30
from tho State at large, making 41 in all.
VV. K. Mostor was nominated for Congress
from the Fourth district.
MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS.
Tho Democratic Convention to nominate
delegates to the Nutiuna! Convention has
been called to moot boro May 38.
RHODE ISLAND’S ELECTION.
A
Taft's Majority for Governor 1,984
The Legislature.
Providence, R. 1., April s. —Full returns
of yesterday's election show that Royal C.
Taft, Rep., had a majority of 1,984, and
Enos Laphain, ltep., for Lieutenant Gover
nor, bad a majority of 1,755. The suffrage
amendment had 55 over the necessary three
fifths vote. It may take the official count
to determine the result on the amendment.
The Senate stands: Republicans 35, Demo
crats ti, no election 5. The House stands:
Republicans 54, Democrats 10, Prohibition
1, no election 7.
NEW YORK’S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
New York, Arril s.— The Democratic
Stato Committee has decided to hold the
State convention in New York city at noon
May 15.
CLEVELAND INDORSED.
Washington, April tw — The District of
Columbia Democratic Convention to-night
selected William Dickson and Lawrence
Gardner as delegates to the National Demo
cratic Convention. The platform embraces
an emphatic indorsement of President
Cleveland.
HIGH LICENSE IN MINNESOTA.
Two Hundred Prominent Republicans
Praise Its Effects.
St. Paul, Mi.vn., April 5.—A local paper
publishes interviews with about 300
prominent Republicans of Minnesota re
garding the workings of high license in this
State, where tho law has been in effect for
about eight months. It is agreed that the
law has worked well in all tho cities ami
that the effect has been good, not only in
the sense of an increased revenue, hut in
lessening the numlier of saloons and
in bettering the character of those
that are in operation under the law. With
one single exception the replies show that
the sentiment is favorable to the retention
of the law, nnd in nearly every case the
statement is made that the people would not
consent to return to the old order of things.
In Carver county alone, where there are a
great, many Germans, the law has been dis
regarded, but the sentiment there has lieen
strongly opjxisod to any restriction of traf
fic.
A CORPSE FOR A FOOTBALL.
Brutal Crime of a Laborer Crazed by
Liquor.
Fort Collins, Col., April s.— Thomas
Howe, a laliorer who bad been on a pro
tracted spree, last evening brutally mur
dered his wife by cutting her throat with a
jackknife. He then kicked her body into
the stri et and went to bod to sleep off the
effects of the liquor. At 8 o'clock last
night BUO inahk'si men took possession of
the jail where Howe had been placed and
hanged him in tho court yard.
Democratic Congressmen to Caucus.
Wahhington, April 5. —Representative
Cox. Chairman of the Democratic Cjucus
Committee, has issued a call for a caucus
of the Democratic members of the House,
to bo held on Saturday evening next, for
the purpose of considering the proposed ad
mis-ionof the now territories into the Union
of States.
Oskaloosa’s New Officers.
Okkalooha, Kan., April 5.—-The ladies
whoso election to office of Mayor and
Council has brought out a deluge of tele
grams and sps-ial reporters took the oath
of office to-day and will at once assume
their official duties. They declare for law
and order and public improvements.
I PRICK $lO A YEAR. I
1 6CENTS A COPY. [
CARS LEAP INTO A CREEK
A DOZEN OR MORE LIVES LOST IN
A CRASH IN IOWA.
Darkness Added to the Horrors of the
Plunge-The Engineer and Firemau
Killed at Their Posts A Score of
Injured Passengers Hours Without
Help.
St. Paul, April 5—A special to the /)•-
patch from New Hampton, la., says: “A
terrible accident occurred about four miles
west of this town this morning on the Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad, by which at
least a dozen persons lost their lives and
from fifteen to twenty persons were in
jured. Tho train, which left Chicago at
11:30 o’clock yesterday morning, and was
due here at 3:13 o’clock this morning, passed
here nearly on time, and when about four
miles west plunged into a creek. The creek
was swollen by an immense amount of
water, which has been running off for the
past few days, and in addition a gorge of
ice was formed, which carried away a por
tion of the bridge.
PLUNGED INTO THE CREEK.
“There wns nothing to show that them
was danger ahead, and the train plunged
into the swollen stream while running at
full speed. The engine and three coaches
were immediately submerged. Such of tho
trainmen and passengers ns were uninjured
rescued a number of passengers from tho
submerged cars, dragging them through
the windows. Up to 11 o’clock this morn
ing six dead bodies had been taken out from
the wreck and three more are known to lie
underneath the debris, through which tha
water is pouring.
KILLED AT TnKIR POSTS.
“It is also stated that the engineer and
fireman were instantly killed or were
caught in the cab and drowned before aid
could reach them, but the confusion and ex
citement is so great that it is difficult to se
cure reliable information. In addition to*
the passengers known to lie killed, from 15
to 30 are more or less seriously injured. A
number are so dangorously hurt that it is*
foarod they cannot recover. As soon as a
trainman who escaped injury could bo
spared, he was dispatched to the station and.
relief was telegraphed for from Mason City.
HOURS without help.
“Telegrams for relief were also sent to
Charles City and other near by places, but
it was not until several hours after the ac
cident that a train arrived with physicians
to care for the injured and additional help
ing hands to aid in rescuing those still con
fined in the wreck. It is understood here
that a relief train has been sent from the
West and a number of the injured removed
to Charles City, sixteen miles west of tha
scene of the accident. ”
JACOB SHARP DEAD.
Heart Failure the Immediate Cause
of His Demise.
New York, April s.— Jacob Sharp died
at 9:30 o’clock to-night at his late residence.
No. 884 West Twenty-third street. His two
daughters and his grandson, George Sharp,
were present.
Sharp's doctor said this evening: “His
recent sickness, as is pretty well known,
was brought about by a cold contracted
during tho blizzard in Rome, N. Y. He
had been a very sick man for
several years. I was convinced in
my own mind that his term
of life was short. He had been unconscious
for several days before bis death and died,
without recognizing Ids relatives around
his bed.” He was a very undemonstrative
man and hail but, little to say at any time.
Dui ing his sickness he seldom spoke.
AWAKE OF HIS CONDITION.
“One day last week, however, when wa
were alone in his room, he looked up and
abruptly said: ‘Doctor, I don’t think I
shall ever live to lie tried.’ He speke very
earnestly, anil without saying another word
lay back on his pillow and closed his eyes."
But for the cold which indirectly caused
his death, Sharp might have lived for sev
eral years, despite his other troubles. Tho
immediate cause of his death was heart fail
ure, though ho had been troubled with
heart ami kidney troubles and diabetes for
years. In his Inst hours he was taken with
fits of coughing, followed by coma. At
9:30 o’clock he experienced a more severe
coughing spell and fell bock in bed dead.
A RIVER OF FIRE.
Burning Oil Makes a Lively Blaze at
Baltimore.
Baltimore, April 5. —Early this morn
ing a large one-story frame warehouse oa
Hopper’s wharf was discovered to be on
flro. Its contents were coal oil and phos
phates belonging to Griffiths & Cos., and
were destroyed. The burning oil ran under
an adjoining warehouse containing 600
barrels of coal oil, which, with its contents,
was also destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $40,000.
The burning oil ran over the wharf to
the water in the harbor, which for a time
was a sheet of flame. A number of small
vessels were lying near,all of which escaped
serious injury, except a small sloop, whioh
was caught and her sails and rigging de
stroyed. A change Of wind, which blew
the flames back toward the wharf, mas
terially aided in saving sailing crafts.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Two Men Brutally Beaten and Tbeli
Mother Killed by the Sight.
New Orleans, April 5,-r-The IHcayune's
Aberdeen, Miss., special says: “A terrible
tragedy was enacted near this city last
evening, in which George Washington (col
ored) brutally beat two young white men
with a heavy stick and an earthen jug.
When the nows reached the mother of tha
young men, Mrs. Edney, she swooned, and
when she saw her hoys brought home with
their heads gashed nnd bloody, and one
with his brains oozing out, she fainted
away and died at 1 o’clock this morning.
Both men are stdl living, but it is believed
that the younge *. ng*l 17, cannot recover.
A posse in search of the negro shot at him
several times, and it is lielicred that he wa*
either faught or killod."
MANMOBA'S RAILWAYS.
No Moro Opposition to be Made to th
Granting of Charters.
Winnipeg, Man., April s.— Premiet
Greeiiwav and Attorney General Martin ar
rived in this city last night. They wer*
met by 5,000 iieoplo at the station and es
corted up Main street, which was illumin
ated by bonfires. They both spot*
briefly, stating that at least tbre
railways intended entering the pro vines
and entering into active competition witt
the Canadian Pacific railway. They stated
time they hail a written assurance from Bii
John MacDonald that there would he nc
more disallowance of Northwest railwaj
charters. They also stated that the Rot
River road, con nee'ing w th the North *ri
Pacific, would be running into Winnipeg bj
July 1.