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/ THE 3IORNTNG NEWS, ) J Established I*so. Incorporated 1888.1 ] J. H. ESTILL, President. ) SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION savannah made the eastern PORT OP ENTRY. A Flowery Speech to the Senate by Gov. Seay—A Striking Illustration of the Changed Sentiment of the Southern People—A Series of Reso lutions Adopted. Montgomery, Ala., Doe. 13.—The Southern Interstate Immigration Conven tion reassembled this morning in the hal! of the House < f Representatives at the stato eapitol. Nothing could better illustrate the changed sentiment among the southern people. A little more than a quarter of a century ago in the same hall, the southern confederacy was organized. To-day representatives of every southern state, including New Mexico and Arizona, adopted what they believe to be a practical plan for inducing northern people to come and make themselves welcome in all parts of the south. The first business was the appointment of a committee to wait on Gov, Seay aud invite him to address the convention. GOV. seat’s address. Among other things. Gov. Seay said: I like to say in your presence that the great purpose which has drawn you to this place has mv most hearty personal approval. I reflect that at the beginning of this century, or there abouts, the particular section which is so largely represented here had thirty congress men. and in 1860 they had thirty-five represen tatives in the House of congress. In 1880 they had 147 representatives in the House of con" ress at Washiugton. The representation there is based upon population, am! the statement carries the argument that the stream of immigrati n to this country divided arou and the boundary lines of the terri tory especially represented here. The cause, acd the'only cause, of this divergent*; of popu lation, has been removed, and now under anti through the great •force of absolutely free institutions we may expect devei patent equal to that of any country on earth. Men have only to come among us to be convinced of the ad ntages of this particular section. To the south of "us is a great gulf still unvexed by the argosies which are yet to freight it. Further still to the south of us is prosperity tbat is exceeding anything on this continent even. anJ the connection which will eventually bring into immediate communication the g eat gull to which I have referred and the Pacific ocean will mark an epoch in the commercial greatness of the southern states that will exceed any other in the history of any country. The past is s -cure, aud we have our hands upon its sacred tra litions. The present and future are ours. Our faces are set forever totheeastward, and "forward'’ is the best word in the language. REPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. Mr. Chilton of Texas, chairman of the committee of organiz ition of thffperman nt s ut ern interstate im igrat on bureau, submitted the c mmittee report as follows : Your committee selected for the purpose of drafting a plan of organization looking toward the formation of a permanent southern interstate immigration bureau for the purpose of securing added population and capital for the southern states andj terri tcries, securing uniform freight and immigra tion rates, the opening o: a general office and the establishment of other offices and agencies, the arranging of fairs and expositions, estab fishing ports of entry and the doing of ail other things necessary for the development of every state or territory embraced in the call of this convention, beg to submit their report as follows, and recommenl that there be selected an executive committee to consist of a luemoer from each state and territory: that said executive committee shall select a general manager, and that said executive committee aud general manager s', all consti tute the southern interstate immigration bu reau, and shall hold office until the meeting of the next annual conveti ion. or until t.ieirsuc v.-sors have been elected and accepted the trust. Your committee furt lermore surgests that rdl matters pertaining to the conduct o l ' i e interstate bureau be left solely with the bureau, there being no question of state i ter r e*t nvolved, since each state will be rep e sented bv one of h r most able aid rev re sen: a tive men in the fo mation of the executive committee. Your commit tee further suggest that said inter-state bureau shall consist and bo composed of ttie following named persons as tbe executive com mittee: John T. Patrick, of Ra eigh, S. 0.; R. F. Koib, if Montgomery, Ala.: Logan H. Roots, "f Little Rock, Ark.! T. W. Poole, of New Or leans; George W. Carlisle, of Jackson, Miss.: B. M. Hord. of Nashville^J. E. Ingram, of San ford, lia.; W. L. Glessiier, of Americas, Ga.; A. P. Kutler of Columbia. S. C.; J. S. Doucher of -Austin, Tex.; T. F. Nelson of Folsom, 4. M.; G. W. R. Hale of Roc y Mount. Va.; Temple Bodly of Louisville, Ky.; J. K. Gwynn of Mis souri, aud that when a vacancy occurs in said executive committee the governor of the state from which the retiring member came shall be requested to fi 1 the vacancy, and in case said governor fails to make sue appointment, the executive committee shall fill said vacancy. On motion of Mr. Patrick of North Car v linn the report of tho committee was amended by inserting the name of Col. K. B. Chilton of Texas as general manager of tho bureau, aud, as amended, tne report was adopted. THE RESOLUTIONS. . The committee on resolutions mnde the following report, w 1 ich was adopted: Whereas, It is believed by many citizens of the Unite ! States that (he southern states do not. drs:re to have immigration fro n the no th em. New England and northwestern states and territories; therefore be it Item leva, By this southern interstate immi gration convention, assembled this day in the city of Montgomery, Ala., composed of officials and prominent citizens of the several southern sta es and territories, that we extend to ail law ab ding citizens of every re ligious fa th, or pohticaUparty. an earnest and hearty inTitntloti to mae their home in some o e of tnese local states and territories h re represented in tliis convention. Resolved, That l ie south offers grander and creator opportunities and inducements to labor and capital than any other country on the face of the globe; that there are yet to be found within the borders of the states here repre sented in this convention a larger acreage of unoccupied a ricultural mid horticultural lands °Pen to settlement and occupancy at a less price per acre then can be lound in any other portion of the (finted States; that in her mineral and timber resources she is destined to ] ad the whole world; that tile south needs Immigration, and the kind of immigration wanted is that which is intelligent anil energetic; mm wi o are capable of producing something >n addition to their Immediate necessities ami who will add to tbe intrinsic value oi lands or other pro pert v liy cultivating and im- Proving them: that the south wants more me chanics, more laborers and men who have en-rgv and enterpr su to utilize and develop r wonderful natural resources, and who will build and maintain factories and mills, manu facture and handle her enormous and diversi fied products, build railroads, improve her immense water power, and develop lier mineral resources. Hr wived. That we. the membe-s of tbis con vention, pledge ourselves indivig .ally and col lectively to support and encourage any aud every prop t effort that may be inaugurated by the southern interstate immigration bureau to make known our resources ami to ext nd to the world our hearty invitation to settle among us. CLUBS IN EVERY TOWN. Mr. Iluhleiu of Keur; ckv, offered the following, which was adopted: Resolved. That this convent lon earnestly fecomin nd the format ion of commerc al clubs In eacu city or town In every south rn state, •ni that the tiusiness men of the south be os- P •eially c Arg il with t i" organisation of tnese |. ;tw. Tile r objects shall la* to urge and afiv r live the commercial advantages and opport uni ties for new and increased industries in their respective localities. A res dutiori, recommending to the people °* tlie south to give preference to home manufacturers, whs voted and urn. Tho con vention desired manufactures to stand on titeir merits and price. . A hologram from Kansas city was read :o no effect tha.if tho oouvenUou concluded to The Morning News. hold a southern exposition in any northern city, Kansas City had some inducements to offer. FAVORS EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION. On Invitation Prqf C. N. Frederickson of Chicago addressed the convention. Ho en couraged the idea ot European imigration. He said: The attack on European immigration is in my opinion a mistake. Poor immigrants were turned into prosperous farmers and re claimed the northwest. There is no real danger from socialists and anarchists. This convention with its desire if immi gration is a protest against the sensational cry ofenti-European immigration, J recognize the Angio Saxon ace as the trim descendants of file old liber: y loving Scandinavians, but I want to ccpress the hope that the Angl > Saxon ra e will bo true to the , real principles of freedom. K. W. Banks, of Mississippi, offered the following, which was adopted: li' so red. That those of ibo southern states w hose legislatures are now in session, and when hereafter next convened be urged to make suit able and ample appropriations to promote the cause of immigration, aud carry out to tho highest success tho plans ar. i purposes pro moted. and promulgated by tbis convention. Resolved fur the •. T it the secretary of this convention lie requ -stsd promptly to transmit to the governors of the respective states and territories represented in this meeting certified copies of the foregoinz resolution, with the re quest that they call the attention of the legisla tures of their respective states to the same. W. C. Johnson of Ai bama offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That tbe executive committee pre pare as soon as practicable a well-digested plan for the promotion of immigration, to be posted by the several states in the interstate organiza tion. REFUNDING OF THE COTTON TAX. R. D. Berry of Alabama offered a resolu tion to have the board of the bureau of southern interstate immigration prepare a bill and present it to tho federal congres for passage, asking the return to the south ern states of the sums paid .nto tho federal treasury as a cotton tax, with a provision to secure the appropriation of such sums for the purpose of furthering the cause of education, immigration and material development This resolution was referred to t::e c mmittee on resolutio s. On motion of Logan H. Roots of Arkan sas the executive committee of the inter state bure :u was instructed to call a con vection in 18S9 at such time and place as they may deem best. 'Jftta convention then adjourned sine die. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. At a subsequent meeting of the executive comi-ittee sub-committees were appointed ns fol.ows, of all of which General Manager F. B. Chilton of Texas is ex-officio chair man: On Railroads, Excursion Rates and Immi gration Transportation—R. F. Kolb of Ala bama, J. E. Ingra n of Fior.da, John T. Patrick of North Carolina. On Ways ami Means—Logan H. Roots of Arkansas, R. F. IColb of Alabama, T. F. Nelson of New Mexico. After a long discussion New Orleans and Savannah were both selected ports of entry for i timigrants. The executive committee, who constitute the bureau, will meet again to-morrow. BIRMINGHAM’S INQUEST. The Mayor Telia Why Po ice Didn't Charge the crowd. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 13.—Tho coron er’s jury to-day began investigating the hooting at the county jail on Saturday night last. Mayor Thompson was the only witness examined. He testified that the crowd continued to advance on the jail after repea ed warnings given by the sheriff and many o.hars. Tub crowd mide many threats, and he belie. ed they were in earnest. TALK OF DYNAMITE. Ho heard consido able talk of using dyna mite. He could not say whether the first shot was fired by tbe officers or by the crowd. He had given < rders to hold the jail at all hazards. He did not call out the military because he bolieved the civil au thorities cou.il hold the jail, aud he was opposed to the use of military only as a last resort. WHY CLUBS WERE NOT TRUMPS. Mavor Thompson sai l he had intended to bring a force of office s o it of the jail and make an attempt to drive tbe crowd back from the alleyway lea ling to the e trance, but got cut off from tho jail and could not get back. The investigation will be re sumed te-moTow. Tbe troops have all left the city, and only a small force of deputy sheriffs is now guarding the jail. All is quiet. ALABAMA’S' METnODISTS. The Work of the Second Day of the Conference. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 33£—The second days proceedings of the Alabama Methodist con ference (south), consisted of the examina tion of the records of the clases of the second and fourth years, and the admission of five candidates to the deico at.;, ad two to ttie elders’ or tors, l'he effort of Rev. W. C. Dunlap, commissioner of educa tion for col red people, to raise a fund in the conference for the support of this work, was opposed on the ground t at it i- not properly conference work. Rev. Dunlap was given permission to canvass the people of the church in behalf of the educa tional fund. STEEL RAILS. Increased Activity in the Market— The Year’s Sales. New York, Dec. 13. —There is increased activity in tne steel rail market. President B. J. Clarke of the Tuomas Iron Company said to-day; “Prices at Chicago and the s aboard are ruling above $29 per ton, and at the mills the ruling rate is S2B per ton. I’he sales already made for delive y next year no v amount to 40J,000 to.is. In 1888 over 1,251.000 tons wero sold and delivered prior to Dec. 1. About 250,000 tons more will be placed this mouth, making the total 1,451,000 tons. COTTON AFI..H AT CHARLESTON. The Bales on a Wharf-The Loss Prob ably sl-,000. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 13.—Fire broke out between 11 and 13 o’clock last night in 450 bales of cotton lying on Boyce’s wharf ready lor shipment, and securely covered by tarpaulins. The fire is stiil burning, and engines are placing on it. It is es i mated that 200 bales are injured, more or less. It is i tsured in local agencies for $43,000. In surance agent) estimate the loss at about SIO,OOO. The cotton is owned by Gas Laver & Cos. Ex-Banker Harper Insane. Columbus, 0.. Dec. 13.—E. L Harper, vice president of the Fidelity bank of Cin cinnati, au v in the penitentiary, has be come suddenly insanvt, ami was to-day re moved to the prison asylum and locked up. Two Killed and Seven Injured. Montgomery, Ala., Doe. 13.—The boiler of a cotton Bin °‘ l H- " • Turner's p tv-ii, two miles fro n here, exploded this morn ing, kill Ime George Turn r and two negroes cum t„t sad wouuuing seven others. SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1888. A VOTE FOR EF.W STATES THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS HEADS OFF THE REPUBLICANS. Utah Not to be Included in the Omni bus Bill—A Separate Measure Cov ering- Its Case to be Presented Dakota to Do as She Likes as to Dividing. Chicago, Dec. IS. —A dispatch from Bis marck, Dak., says: “Communicationshave been received here from the territories of Wyoming, Montana arid Washington, callingupon the leaders in Dakota to take steps toward hold ng an i.iter-territorial convention that will act in the interest of admission for all the territories that are properly equipped for statehood. It is quite likely that such aco ive ition will be held. Dakota is one grand mass rneetin gat pre ent and will remain so until she be come a state. Every town and city in the territory is holding meetings and buying torches, and eve,ry orator is giving his lungs abundance of exercise. Every man who owes a house or au acre of la id feo!§ confident that statehood will add to the value of his property, and every com munity feels that it is being held back by the fact that Dakota is still a territory. Tne legislature will cmvene Jan. 8, and it is expected that one of its first acts will be to call a constitutional convention and tak other prelimi ary step3 to ward statehood. In nearly every legislative district the members have been instructed in favor of division of the territory, and there will be virtually no opposition t > calling a consti tutional convention for North Dakota.’’ TO ADMIT IDAHO. Washington, Dec. 33.—1n the Senate to day Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill, which was referred to the committee on terri ries, for the admission of Idaho as a state. The Senate proceeded to executive busi ness, and at 4:25 o’clock adjourned till Monday. ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The Home democratic caucus to-uigtit, after a session lasing over three hours, adopted a resolution for the admission oi Dakota int > the Union either as one or twp states, as the peo le of Dakota shall decide, and for the admission as states of Washing t in, Montana and N • w M xico also. It is pro posed th it th -so states shall all be admitte i as one bill. Utah, although not mentioned in the resolution, it was agreed sh uld be admitted into the Union, but by a separate bill, A SMALL BEGINNING. When Chairman Cox called the caucus to order at 7:30 o’clock, ouly thirty members were present, but others strangled in at interval so that when the caucus adjourned at 10,45 o’clock, sixty members were in attendance. It was soon evident that the democrats had come nearer to an under standing since the adjournment of the caucus Tuesday night, and that the only questions at issue related to Dakota and Utah. MR. COX’S SPEECH. Calling Mr. McCreary to, the chair Mr. Cox opened tbe proceedings with a state ment that it would be well to correct some errors which had been made in the report of of the last caucus. He said be had favored the division of Dakota into two parts as well as the admission of Montana, Washington and Now Mexico, because they uai a sufficient ratio for one member oi congress. North Dakota had 225,000 peo ple, and Sout i Dakota nearly 375,000, an t they were abundantly able therefore to as.ume stateh > ><i. Utah, which had 210,000 people, he did not include for reasons not necessary to discuss. He expressed a vvillingncs. to . ceept Mr. Holman’s proposi i ion so far as it related to taking in these territories, all of which by the reports of their governors this year, to tho Secretary of tho laterio , showed that they wero up to tho ra io in numbers. Mr. Cox oppose i Utah coming in the general “omnibus bill,” but h 9 was willing to defer to the wish of the caucus aud accept an “omnibus” meas ure, provided it wa3 understood that Dakota should have the privilege of division. MIL DOCKERY BACKS MR. COX. Mr. Docke v of Missouri supported the position taken by Mr. Cox, and said that it was the general sentiment of the people of the we t that something should Lie done speedily for the territories, and teat the people of Dakota snouid be given dec s ion of the question of whether it snouid com; iu as one or two states. Mr. Wheeler of Alabama, Mr. B'.ountof Georgia, Mr. Mansur of Missouri, M ssrs. Rice and McDonald of Minnesota, Mr. Voorheos of Washingt >n Territory, aud others took ’the same ground. Messrs. Otto and Herbert, of Alabama, and M'. McMillin of Tennessee, however, stoutly opposed the division of Dakota. Mr. Me- Millin took more advanced ground even than Mr. Oat-sat the cau us Tuesday nigut. He declared that it would be political suicide for the Democratic party to admit tiles - new states. The Democratic party should go slow iu th.s matter. It was n t good politics. The a proposed sta es were repub lican, and would continue to be repubiiea t, notwithstandiug any action the democratic House might take looking to their admis sion. UTAH’S CASE. The Dakota question then became lost sight of temporarily iu tho discussion over the question whether Utah should be in cluded in an "omnibus h i1” f r the admis sion of new territories. Delegate Cain of Utah made an earnest appeal for the inclu sion of his territory in the proposed bill. He said that polygamy was now no lyngcr p acticcd to any extout and that tho voters were required by the state cons itution as a preliminary to exercising the right of suff ago to swear that they were not polygamists. The Demo cratic party should not undertake to deny U ah ad:nis-:ion solely because of tne relig ious belief of some of her citizens. In his a peal, -Mr. Cain wai seconded by Mr. Brecltinrid o of Kentucky, who thought Utah would probably be tho only new democratic s ato in the laud and oug.it not to be omitted. UTAH NOT IN THE OMNIBUS. Considerable opposition was manifested by others to the inclusion of Utah in any “omnibus bill,” ba ed on the ground that the republican Senate m ght take it as a pretext for letting the whole mat e• go over until next year. It was finally agreed after division that Utah should not be lucluded in the “omnibus bill.” Tho committee on territories was then requ"s ed by a vote showing a small majority in favor of the p opositioa to prepare and present to the House a separate bill for the admission of Utah. This was the only in-ta ce in which there w<s any great differ nee of opinion in the caucus w ich seemed fairly harmonious on everything else. Tne Utah question being disposed of, Speaker Carlisle and Judge Holman ad di eased the caucus in favor of au “omnibus bill’’ to include tor itories having a ratio of pipuiatiou entitling them to oue member of congress. DOUBT AS TO DAKOTA’S DESIRE. Mr. Carlisle expressed some doubt about the people of Dako a being so lavorsbie to division as hod been reported, but never- theless said that he concurred with Mr. Cox when he said that tbe Democratic party might as well anticipate the inevi table. Mr. Cox closed tho dobato iti a speech in wh.ch he said tint it wa- evident t at a groat a lva ce toward harmony had been made siuoe the previous caucus. Ho asked t.e members to accept tbe proposition of Mr. Holman, leaving the Dakota question to the people of that terri tory and providing for the admission of the other territories named. The Hoi :an reso lution, amended by the suggestion from Speaker Carlisle, was then adopted, and the caucus at 10:45 o’clock adjourned. SABBATH OBSERVANC3. A Committee Heard by tho Commit tee of the Senate. Washington, Dec. 13.—A lnnro delega tion from the American Sabbath conven tion, which has been in session hero for the past two days, had a hearing this morning in the reception room of the Senate before the committee on education mid labor, which i as before it the bid introduced last May by Senator Biair, “to s-'cure to the people tbe enjoyment of the first day of the weak, commonly known as t e Lord’s day, as a day of rest, and to promote it) observance as a day of re igious worship.” Tho members of the committee present were Senators Blair, ch firman, Wilson of lowa, Rainier, Cali and Payne. OBJECT OF THE HEARING. The object of the hearing was to pres* upon tne committee the consideration ad passage of t is bill. Tbe delegation wnsin trodcue lby Rev. W. F. Crafts of New York, who presented many documents bearing o the subject, in luaing Cardinal Giobous’ letter, ands ae i that the petitions for the pas a e of the bill repress ted nearly 14,000,000 perrons. The hearing lasted over six hours continuously, 1 ut au h ur and a quarter of tliis time was given to represen tatives of personal liberty, leagues, Ho brews. Seventh Day Baptists, and other pponents of tne bill. SOME OF ITS ADVOCATES. Among tbe best known advocates of the measure were; Mi" s - J- C. Bacon, superin tendent, of Sabbath observance of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union; A. S. Diven, formerly vicß president, of the Erie railway, (who assarted that tho Sun day railwa service can be abolis e l with out in ju y to the public, or to railways); Rev. Byron Sunderland, of IVash ngton; R v. T. P. Stephe on, cor esponding sec retary of the National Sabbath Reform Association; Rev. T. W. Conrad, editor of the Lutheran Observer ; Secre’ary Sterns, of the Nalio al Temperance Society, and Mrs. Bateman, delegate of the Woman’s C ristian Temperance Union. The opponeu sof the bill were Rev. D-. Lewis and Prof. Alonzo T. Jones of the Battle Creek (Mich.) institute, representing the Seven Day Baptists; Mr. Wolf, repre senting the Secular League and the Defense Association of the United States, and others. Tbe cabinet meeting to-day was shorte than usual, a id adjou ned before 2 o’clock, so as to enable the President to keep an ap pointmeut at that uour to receive delegates of the National Sabbath Union convention. MEETING' OF THE ELECTORS. Senator Edmunis Wants the Gover nors Notifl.d. Washington, Dec. 13.—1n the Senate to-day Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution, which was agreed to, directing the secretary of the Senate to send by mail to the gover nors of each stato, printed copies of the acts of Feb. 3, 1887, and Oct. 19, 1883, re specting the meetings of the presidential elect us, and tne transmission ana counting of the electoral votes for President of the United States. He stated t at he ha ! been infor med by more than one me nberof theH us;and by one or tw, senators that thev lc- irrio 1 from their re spective states that the p oper authoritie there had not yet bee t advised of thes recent laws. He desired that there should be no mistako in the matter. SELLERS' RESIGNATION. He Refuses to Withdraw It and Vexes tbe President. Washington, Dec. 13.—Attorney Gen eral Garland to-day received a tel.gra > from United States Di-trict Attorney Se! lers at Indianapolis, declining to withdraw his resignation aod insi.ti g upon itsne ccpta ice. It is said that liie President am aLomev general are very much dissatisfied wit i Mr. Boiler’s course iu relinquishing his office just at this particular time, when so many important matters are pending in his office, and it is inti mated t at he may be dismissed instead of being allowed to re sign. Congressman Martin Fined. Washington, Doc. 13.—Representative William H. Martin of Texas, charged with assault on Gao ge it Harris, a reporter on the Evening Star, appeared in the polio, court this morning, pleaded guiity and wa fined $5. Mr. Martin had intended to read a state meat da ouucing the newspaper press o: the country as in a cons iraev to rum him. but R'presentalive Amos Oummi g, oi Now York u, and Robert Vance of Connecti cut, both newspaper men and friends o, Mr. Martin, persuaded him "nt, to read it. The Senato’a Free Washington, Ilea 12.—Mr. Brown’ little scheme for wiping ou the tobacco tax, aud enacting tbe fraudulent Senate free J is by way of redeem.ng th; republican plodg of tnr.ff reform, caun >t carry. Spea o Carlisle will not recognize any repub lean :o move such * profio-iiJon, and no demo crat would do so. .Speaker C irlisle sill thinks that the republicans have made tax reduction impossible at this session. Increased Postal Facilities. • Washington, De % 13.—The Postmaster General has ordered to be established a fuh railway potofllce lino between St. Louts and Nashville, ou the Louisville and Nash ville railroa i, thus making a c mtinuous full car service between St. Louis and M intgomery, A ia. Small cars aid part of cara have hitherto beou in use ou thi. hue. Savannah’s PostofHce. Washington, Dec. 13.—Congressman Norwood went to see the .Secretary of the Treasury to-dav about getting additional ground for tne Savannah building, but the secretary was neari g tho delegation which wanted itioqual ties iu duties ou woolen and worsteds corrected, and Mr. Norwood could not watt. He will go up again to morrow. Organization of the Seriate. Washington, Dec. 13.—1n tho senate to day Mr. Kidd eberger off rod the following resolution, which, under tbe rules, went over until to-morrow: Resolved. That tliis Senate will proceed to organization by the election of Its ofllcsra on the first, day of the tc.aa.on after January 1, IW. Be.mont Confirmed. Washington, Dec. 18.— The Boa ato to day confirmed the nomination of Perry Belmont as minister to Bpain. A FENIAN PLOT TO KILL. STARTLING TE TIMONY BEFORE THE PARNELL COURT. A Witness Tells of an Alleged Agree ment on Hia fart to Murder an Ex pelled Member of the League—Trans portation to America Promised Him in Casa of Success. London, Dec. 13.—At tho meeting of the Parnell commission to-day. Constable Feeloy testified that he tteuded several league meetings. At one of them Mr. Pur nell made a speech. One of his remarks was that “these aro the days for actio.:, not for words.” A man named Buckley, who said ho was a laborer, testified that he was sworn in ns tt member of the Fenian Brotherhood in No vember, 1880. In 1882, ho ccntiuued, a man named Roach had been expelled from tbe league for giving information to the police wuich led to the arrest of several member-, of tho league. MURDER PLANNED. A meeting was held anti it. was nr ranged that the witness, w tli Fitzgerald aud Phoenix, should shoot Roach. Rjvolvor ero given them for the pu p so. The men followed Roach f: oni court, where lie had be n prosecuti ig a neighbor for tres passing on bis land, to his own hou e, bui they on id no opportunity to shoot him. A meeting was held shortly afterward at :he house of a man named Casey, aud the witness was asked whether he would undertake to shoot Roach if the league provided him with funds to esca; e to America. Tho witness consented and was given a revolver and twenty-four cartridges and advised to practice and im prove his aim. A SHELTER PROVIDED. It was arrang 'd that after he had shot R ach he should take shelter ut the hous. of a man named Dean, and witnesses would be forthcoming to swear that he was nokin the vicinity at the time of the murder. 1 lit witness a t rward met Roach driving cattle, and attempte Ito shoot him. He pulled the trigger of his revolver throe times, but th weapon mi-sed fire. Roach then bolted. The witness was arrested and charged witt attempti g the crime, but witnesses swore that he was at Dean’s house when tho at tempt was made, and ho was released. THE MONEY HE OBTAINED. The witness some time after applied to tbe league for money to go to America, and btained £2 10s. He expressed dissatisfac tion with tho amount, but Phoenix told him that he could not expect an v more in vieo of his failure to shoot Roach. On cross-examination, the witness averred that his attempt on Roach’s life w as a genu ine one. Before the occurrence he used to practice firing with his revolver at a stone of the size of a man’s head. This statement caused a sensation in court. MORONEY RELEASED. Dublin, Nov. 13.—Moroney, who was imprisoned in Kilmainhani jail for con tempt under tlie coercion act, was released to-day by order of the Court, on the grouim of ill.health. Col. Fitzgibbon Trant, deputy lieutenar. of county Tipperary at Thurles. has give notice of the proposed eviction of nineteen annlies and has warned the workhouse authorities to make provisions for them. THE SHEEHY ARREST. In the House of Commons to-night a lebate ensued on a motion by S unite Whitbread (liberal), that the IT,use record its approval of the Sheehy committee’s re (iort. Mr. Balfour opposed tho mol ion 'hich, be said, he considered u mecessary He had given instruct on; that r.o mom be should tiave a process served on him unde my circumstanc s whatever withiu tin precincts of tho House. After a long dts cussion the motion w.s rejected by a vote ot 182 to 130. PANAMA’S SHIP CANAL. The Result of the Subscriptions Not Yet Certain. Paris, Dec. 13.—The bourse closed firm. Foreign securities were very strong. Pan arua shares touched 137 frar.es 50 co itiini: during the day, bat closed at 150 franc3 anti 25 centimes. Tlie canal company lias issue a circular, in wk cb it says that the dellail result of the subscriptions for tba loan .• not yet known, but tho ardor and manli uess shown by those vtbo have subscribed to tify to tho vitality of th t enterprise. Tito circular created a favorable impression in the financial world. DISCUSSED BY THE CABINET. At a meeting of the cabinet to-day tw schemes in connection with the Panama canal were discussed. One of t e schemes was to defer the payment of tne interest oi. the bonds until th canal is in worki i order and to put tho present company it liquidation and form anew compan whose shareh lders shall tiave priority B ; the other scheme it was ui-o proposod fi defer payment of intere-t until the comple tion < f tho canal, but the present company i to bo nllowed to continue to ex stand br authorized to grant a now company at i dxtxl price theco. cessions necessary to com pitta the canal. Count do Loseps favored tho latter proposition. As th • Colombian government has ouly treated with tho pres ent company, it is uncertain whether it would agree to the substitution of anew company. ANOTHER EXCITING SCENE. London. Dec. 14, 4 a. m.—A Paris di - patch to the Daily News says: “During another exciting sceue at tbe Panama Canal Company’s office to-dav on a t ail for Count DeLesseps, Charles DeLesseps. his son, appeared. He announced that o I 180,000 ouds bad been subscribed fur. nnd that the company would therefore committee returning deposits to-mor row. ltefeniug to his fatherV remarks on tho previous day, lie said, “my father is younger in spirit thm I. Hiit remarks were inn le on the -trongtb of a hopeful report that I made him. the result is bankruptcy or tho winding tip of tho company,” He urged them to petition the government to come to tlie nasis ace of the company. A NOTE TO THE PRESS. Paris, Dec. 14. 5 a. m.—Tne Panama Canal Company has issued a note to the press, stating that the result of the issue is unknown, but giving no indication w ethot the minimum number of bonds required has been subscribed. Agitation In Armenia. Ht. Petersburg, Dec. 13.—. Secret socie ties with extensive ramifications, c tmpo-cl of young, educated armenians, modeled after a yomg Italian society which flour ished p lor to 1848, have bee i discovered in Russian Armenia, Their object Is to re el against RuvJun rule and to establish au A.meuian union of indepeo 'cnee. Germany's Colonial Policy. Berlin, Dec. 13.—Tne miuixterial parties forming the majority in the rue..stag have abandon and their intention to move ao ain -udme it in the direction of an active colonial policy to Herr VVindthorst's motion iu relation to Lost Afr.cu aud the slave trade. MGR. PSHBICO’3 REPORT. Satisfaction or Irish Political Aspira tions a Necessity. London, Dec. 13.—Mgr. Persico’s report on tho Irish ques ion is almost completed. He directs attention to the tact that all the governing authorities of Ireland, from the 1 rd lieutenants d-iwnard, are Protestants, and not well disposed toward the Catholic*. On tiie other hand, he says t„o agrarian -truggl • engenders outrage an.Ltotal viola tion of mo al law. He, himself, has im proved the state of affairs, but much re mains undone. The Iris 1 people refute absolutely to admit that the plan of cam paign is criminal; they consider itlegii mato retaliation upon the laud owners, who, they sav, must pay for the misdeeds of their class iu the past. THE LAND COURTS. The land courts sometimes succeed in quieting the people by obtaining c ncessiotis fr an landlords, but generally they inspire little co..fide ice. The pope may still do much, provided he oau convince the Iri-b people that he is not actiug in accordance with an agreement with the English gov ernment. The people must be made to comprehend tlie moral imp rtance of their acts. They must bo taught to ae eus'om themselves to the separation of politieal questions. They must not serve is the instrume t of those who, under the pretext of nationality, lead them to the commission of acts that are contrarv to morality. Mgr. Persico expresses mo t ibsoiute disapproval of boycotting. He signifies the opinion that Irish political ispirations must be satisfied before peace can be restored. EL, MAHDI VICTORIOUS. Stanley and Emin Bey Reported In His Power. London, Dec.l4.sa.m—The Standard says it has reason to believe that a letter received at Syakiin from Osman Digma stated that the Mahdi’g troops had it length bee 1 suc cessful ; that Emm Bey had held out bravely but that his men mu tin tered and delivered iiim with a white traveler (supposed to lie Stanley) to the Mnhdist leader. Digma sends proofs to support the truth of his as sertions. PHELPS AND SACKVILLE. A Notice from the Former Sent to the Latter for Comment. London, Dec 13 —ln the Hou eof Com mons to-night Sir James Ferguson, under foreign sec etary, replying to Lord Ran lolph ( hurchill. said that the American ninister had presented a notice on the S.-iCkvilio affair a fe v and lys ago and ttiat it iad been referred to Lord Sack villa for comment. The eorr spondence on the übject could not be published until com plete. • Blr Warren and Buakim. London, Dec. 13 —lu the House of Commons to-night, W. 11. Hruith, t le gov ernment leader, was asked whether Nir Charles Warreu was to be sent to Suakim. He gave an evasive reply that afforded no information. Franco-Grecian Commerce. Paris, Dec. 13. —The Chamber of Depu tes to-day rejected the proposed commercial treaty between France and Oreoce despite the energetic -upper! given the measure by AL Goblet, minister of foreign affairs. Pope Leo Won’t Leave Rome. Rome, Dec. 13. —It is officially stated that the pope does not iutend to leave R, cue, nor has he thought of taking such a step. Switzerland's New President. Berne, Dec. 13. —M. Hammer has been elected President of Switzerland, and M. Ruchonuet vice-president. PINE FIBER BAGGINQ. A Report to the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. Charleston, S. C. Dec. 13— At the anniversary meeting of tho Chailevton Cot ton Exchange held this morning the follow ing report. was made on pine liber bagging by the committee npp in tod to examine , .to tha matter: “The committee ap pointed by you to make a test ,f the pine fiber bagging thnl voa sent to the exchange by the Acme Manufacturing Company of Wilmington, N. C„ beg leave to report that they had two hales of oott n compressed at the Cbirles on Hydraulic Press, which were covered with piue straw bagging. They report that tho bugging was apparently as trong as the j ite bagging and made ss neat a covering. Tho bales wbencom pre.sel were band ed roughly with cotton looks, and the nagging did not seem to tear to any greater extent than ttie juto bagging when treated under similarco idition. Your committee nrositl tied the pine fiber bag ging is equally as strong for baling cotton as the jute bagging, but tho miporta t question to he considered is whether tlie pine fil er bagging will slain tho cotton to a greater extent than Hie jute hagglin’ will when tho hales have heeu ex pos. and t" bad weather. This question cau only be determined by a practical test.” BANK 11UBBB8S FOILED. The Teller Covers One with a Pistol In tho Nick of Time. Denver, Dec. 13. —A bold attempt at bank robbery was made in this city this afternoon at tho People’s J National bank. While part of tho force were absent at hi cu a stranger entered and eugaged the cashier in conversation. His pal sneaked in a back dour and entered tho v .ult, but before he secured any money Mr. Blamiard, the bank teller, noticed him ami rushing to the vault, covered the thief with a revolver, ordering him to hold up his hands, which lie did until u police wagon arrived and took him to jail. In the exciLeinent tho first robber escaped. Tbecii" captured ore liis pants in boot* made < f fel . Ho refused to give his name, hut is supposed to bo an eastern crook. .ti y wore stopping at a leading hotel and were elegantly dre-sed. HARRISON'S LAW MUM. The General Retired From It on Elec tion Day. Indianapolis, Doc 13.— 1 t transpires that on e. action day, tbo law firm of Harrison, Miller & El tin. was by mutual consent and previous u derstanding dissolved, and ince tnat day, (Jen. Harrison bus bad n"tbing whatever to do wit its business r affuiiH. The now firm is Miller ft Elam. Gen. Harrison, from force of habit, proba bly, continues to visit bis old Inw office nearly ovory time ho goes down street. Morse’s Railroad BUI. Washington, Dec. 13.—Representative 1/3 .pod Morse is receiving letters from railroad men and others, commending Ids bid to repeal the interstate commerce law Ho duos not know yot when he will be given a bearing before the commerce com mitten, but be is preparing LU argument for that occas.on. ( DAILY. *lO A YEAR, 1 < 5 CENTS A COPY. V I WEEKLY, jl-Cj A YEAR. \ ACTORS RAISE A HOWL. THEY WANT CONTRACT LABCR LAW TO KEEP UP THEIR PAY. An Assertion that .importations from England are as Menacing to Them as the Chinese to Other Toilera-lhe British Ballet Girl on the List. A\ ashinoton, Dec. 13.— The American actor has taken alarm at the invasion of the theaters of the United States 1 y the ever increasing of English and European footlight arti ts. He says that the profes sion is overcrowded, and that he is being pushed to the wall by actors from abroad who como here and, after securing a large share of the money of the con trv, flit back to their native shores to revel In their newly acquired wealth. He tells the same story that minors, mechanics and ot iers have told of bei g supplanted bv cheap labor, brought to t is c uatry u dir con tract. Like artisans, be wants protection. BEFORE THE CONGRESSMEN. Louis Aldrich, Harley Merry and Lew** M. Banger, u committee representing the* Actors’ Order of Friendship, appeared be fore the Ford immigration investigating committee to-dav, and ask -d th it the co.i ract labor law bo amended so as to include professional actors aid musiciaus among the classes prohibited from entering t e United States under a labor con ract. At present the law spe ially exempts actors and in us cia -s from its provisions. Under his exemption the commute said that large u mine s of foreign actors were annu aly brought to this country for the s !e reason that they would wort cheaper than America actors. THEIR GAINS CARRIED SWAT. The money obtained was not sent here, but was take i back to the c >uctries whence they came, when their engageme it wa at an end. They did not, the committee s ;id, object to the presence of s ars like Ir . i >g, C quelin, Patti and others, but to the it of minor actors they, brought ith tbe.u, and to the die p grade of foreign ac ,-rs, whom American managers in n >rted steely because of their cheat,ness. The average pay of an A nerinan nctor was S4O a week, for a season averaging twentv-six w ek3, while the average weekly pay of an En glish actor was only $lO. LIKE TTIK OLD SOLDIER. The American actors we e the equals of their foreign i retbren in every respect. Many of t e American ac ors bad served tbo country during the wa , aid they ail contributed to the prosperity of the coun try. Their profession was already over crowded, and they th >ugbt themselves iairlv entitled to protection against the wh lesale importation of cheap foreign actors, who are under no obligation to tn United Sin es. Mary Andes ,n, they de clar'd, had brought he. whole company, upors, stage mechanics and all, from Eng land, because she could hire them cheaper than Am-Tic ins. IMPORTED BALLET GIRLS. The Kirnlfys had for the same reason im ported ail their ballet girls, actors and stags people. The same thing WRs true of tu burlesque show, "Mome Cristo, Jr.,” now running in New York city. The committee furthermore complained that wardrobes, stage properties and scencr. were all im ported co trary to law without the pay m nt of customs du ies and to the harm ol Americans dealing in these things. This was lone, the committee decl ired, through ballet girls and others falsely swearing that the wardrobes and otner property were their personal effects. ANNEXA ION OF CANADA. Mr. Butterworth Introduces a Bill on the Subject. Washington, Dec. 13.—Mr. Butterworth of Ohio introduced in the House to-day for reference, a jo nt res dution authorizing iht President to negotiate With reference to unity end as-imilation with the United .Stales of the Dom mon of Canada, or one or moie of the provinces thereof. After a long preamble, the re-olunons declars ttiat the President is authorized and em powered to invite negotia ions looking tc assimilation and unity of the people o{ the Dominion of Canada and tbs United States under oue government such unity and assimilation to be ba ed upon the admission of the several provinces of the Dominion or any one of the into the union of the states upon the same term! and equality with the several states now composing the Union, and ttie assumption by the United States of the indebtedness of tho Dominion of Canada, or a just proportion thereof, anil such other o juitable term, and conditions as justice to the high contract! g parties mav demand; and further, that -lth a >iew to sue i nego tiation, the President invite the appoint ment of commissioners by the government of Gieat Jiiitain and the D minion of Canada, to’ eonsidor tho wisdom and ex pediency of settli g and adjusting all con troversies and differences which now exist lx-tween tho two governments grow ing out of tbo fisheries or otl erwiso, bj such union and assimilation as is herein be fore suggested, either as to the whole or any province, or the several provino ■*, ol be said dominion; such negotiations to t-e conducted with due regard to tlie ami,’aide relations which obtain tietweea Great Britain and the United Btatao and the obli gations imposed thereby. POSTMASTERS RESIGNING. Their Action Taken with a View to Naming Their Success irs. Washington. I>c. I.".—Post master Ge* oral Dickinson to-day said to au Associated Press reporter that within the last fen weeks bo i ad received the resig latious of a considerable number of presidential and fourth-class postmasters, with a request that the republicans whom they . ame and reo omiiioud he aptwinted in their places. Others have written asking whether their resignations and recoinme da tious of republican successors would receive favorable action. In reply to an Inquiry as to Ins action in these c ises, tne P stluaster General said that no i eng nations had been or would be accepted that aie made fur the purpose of forestalling tbs action of the incoming administration by the appointment of republicans. Adjournment I 111 Monday. Washington. Dec. 13 —Senat r Gray moved to-day that when the Heuatc adjourn to-day it he to meet on Monday. I hi- wai agr, e'd to by a vole of ‘M to 23. The re punlican senators wlio voted with ili< de oocrats in the affirmative were Messrs, Bowen, Cameron and Davis. New Poatofilcea. Washington, Dec. 13.— The following postofficos have been estnhlislied: Georgia Walton, Houston county, with H ury 8. Krugm as postmaster. South Carolina— Areola, Luticaster county, with Thomas Vf, bitterest as postmaster. Bond Purchases. WaBHINOTOn. Dec. 13.— T0-day's bond oToii.igs nggre ated *414,150. The acoept aucse were *IOI,OOO itfi at 103 and 10HX.