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1 the morning NEWS, )
J Estahlisbeo 1830. Incorporated 1888. >-
( J. H. ESTILL, President. j
BILLY MAHONE IS BOSS.
BIS ENEMIES HOLD A MEETING BUT
HE DON’T CARS A FIG.
TbeJ Prepare a Circular Proposing a
Joint Committee to Patch up a Peace
Between the Bival Wings of the Re
publicans in the Old Dominion—One
Sent to Harrison.
■Washington, May 99.— 1n response to
the call issued by Gen. V. D. Groner, chair
man of anti-Mahone’s committee of the Re
publican party of Virginia, a delegation com
posed of about 150 of the most prominent
members of that section of the party met
at the Ebbitt house to-day and prepared a
communication addressed to Gen. Mahone
to be submitted to his committee for their
approval or rejection. The committee
then called on the President for the pur
pose of presenting to him their side of
republican politics in Virginia. The Presi
dent was unable to hear them to-day, but
said he would meet them at a future day.
He said he would be glad to have a copy of
the proposition made to the Mahone
committee, and the committee promised to
send it to him. After each member of the
delegation had been presented to the Pre-i
--dent, they retired and returned to the
Ebbitt house, where they held another
n: ' ling, and appointed a committee of ten
to n ait on the President and make an ap
pointment with him for a visit by the dele
g.i ionat some future time. Among the
menu ers of the delegation were the follow
ing: Gen. V. D. Groner, Hon. Harry Libby,
Col. James B. Brady, Gov. W. E. Cameron,
f>. Shelfey Lewis, Hon. J. H. Rives, Maj.
O. E. Hme, A. M. Lawson, Sampson P.
Bailv, Dr. Giitner, C. C. Clark, Dr. Wiso,
Hon. J. A. Frayser, S. Pattorson, Judge
Willoughby.
THE COMMUNICATION.
The communication above referred to is
as follows:
Washington, P. C., May 20, 1889.
Of n, William Mahone, Chairman, Etc.:
< ; i ni ! am instructed by the organization
which 1 represent to ask you to submit to the
Committee Over which you preside the subjoined
suggest ions. They are profferred with a sneere
desire to ascertain some fair basis on which the
republicans of Virginia can be united against
t i common foo, ami we are willing to sacrifice
e\ •/thing hut principle to the attain nent of
t ; cud. it is proposed that the c nnmittee
Cit-r which you preside shall appoint two repre
sentatives to meet two gentlemen simi arly
steeled by that branch of the Virginia party
which I represent, and that the four
j is so chosen shall be authorised upon
d.-agreement to select a fifth republican,
l ve a voice and vote in their deliberations.
N . diat the committee so jointly formed
shall he empowered to arrange and give n tice
for lepiiblican meetings throughout Virginia
on a hate agreed upon, and all on the same date,
a: which the republican voters shall be called
co t.organize theirown meetings,elect a chair
man and secretary thereof, and to choose dele
gat' to a state convention; the time, place, and
representation of such convention having
been previously notified to the public
by reasonable notice from the joint
committee; tho meetings for the
election of delegates to be called in the same
way throughout the state, as well as at the
same time, that is: either all shall be mass meet
ings, or ail precinct and ward meetings whe: lu r
in c.ti-s, towns or counties. It shall be lurthor
1 a.>d stipulated ttiat the chairman and
scc-eiary elected by such meeting shall certify
tic and, legates elected, aim that such certificates
•ha lotituce the credentials of the delegates
to the temporary organization of the state
convention, and that the roll shall ne
made up op such certificates by joint committees
who shall also have charge of the building iu
which the state convention is held and admis
sion ther to; ami further, that when the state
convention so chosen shall have assembled and
bind have been called to. order by the person
selected by said joint committee, iliet) the con
v don it self shall elect its own temporary
chairman.
'< ! ’ are the lcariing and essential features of
the overture which I am authorized to submit
to your committee. The details beneath the
essentials are to be left to the dis
cretion of our joint represents ives.
it remains for me 10 say that
t '■ plan of compromise having l>een
J I to and carried into effect, those
f"r whom I speak will manfully abide by tbo
r ill, and will battle earnestly for the noinl
i <„f the convention, and the same pled(?t is
'!">■: from thoso whom your committee
represent.
i>i; the prompt transmission of this to
I’"' 1 nimittee aDd a reply ns early as consist
ent with convenience, respectfully yours,
V. D. <lnoNErt, Chairman.
. lie P esident, in it letter addressed to
l. G-oner, acknowledged the receipt
ot h ■ letter transmitting tho ab ive com
ttiunicatiou and said that on liis return
fr. in Brooklyn he would communicate with
him. fixing a day on w hich the committee
Would be received.
MAHOXE’B CONTEMPT.
Maho 1 osp uss with the utm st contempt
i ’h■■ imti-Malioneites of Virginia, whose
o moiistration against him proved such a
Coni; let • lizzie to-day. He will pay no
Te attention to their address, he says,
than the President did to their visit. He
has no reason to unite with t em notv. It
W"Uid si noly mean that they would divide
spoils with him. He considers
•’.‘ins it master of Virginia patron-
K y' J . an< i proposes to put them
in tue cold. Ho admits ti nt Senator
axed him all right at the white house,
.ahone offered Mr. Riddlebrrger the con
-11 Vl. Hong-K 11,' held by Cols. Mosby
no Withers, but Mr. Riddleberger refused
>i‘ tlie ground that ho did not want to go
on of the country. Now he will get noth-
NEW FOiTM ASTERS IN DIXIE.
James Harden at La3t Scoops in the
Prize at Bartow, Fla.
W ashingto.n, May 23.—Tho President
appointed the following to bo postinas-
James Harden at Bartovr, Fla., vice D.
Stl,,l y, resigned.
J >h-n Hasty at Monroe, N. C. Office
Became presidential.
v ’ M. -Martin at Johnson City.Teun.,
/ He: ay, removed.
v : •' StJu.iVAX at Harrisonburg, Va.,
p" " 1 I’" Hlttmibour, removed.
\ ’ 'am 11. Strothers at A'arrenton,
' ' I* M. Caldwell, removed.
( bw J. I’binck, Pratt Mines, Ala.
uno presidential.
I ' v W. Chapman of Now York, to
, l t general.
a ’ ■ 1 ottox of Lswis'on, Me., to he
j 'M atto ney Go i, ral vice Robert It.
1,,.' 1 1 "I Arkansas ledgned. lie will
• v ~° '* ti. government business
j, J 8 court of claim*.
1. 1 "AM C Hheiai y of Tennessee has
r „ ,l, 'l -n ted chi T■ f the division of dep
-1 “ Planus in t ie Indian bureau.
federal Docoratton Day.
I , amii.Vitox, May 29.—The President
, " ii-Kio" |„r Now York at 3Go
i tins afteribion. lie was accompa
-1 y''cietary Tracy and I'rivnio Macro
t dii'i l. Ihs parly expo "t to return
‘•■ipigtnn t -morrow evening.
c ■ " 'V'cutivr departments will be
' Do hi a. ihi day.
bond I’urchasoo.
I, A'liiivtijox, Mav 2d.—Tho bond nffer
i; 'j a X "ggregatini #1,(1.11,000. Ou„
(.' *om Is at prices ranging
"1 _ ill |;si. 'J hvae wrro all rejected.
1 '"" i '’ *!■%• *1 KWtolUb I *.
•a.o vx.ro ail attwpiad.
The Morning News.
HAYTIAN COMMISSIONERS.
A Belief That Neither of the Original
Men Will bo Renamed.
Washington, May 29.—1 tis regarded as
probable by those in tbe secrets of the state
department that neither Lew Wallace nor
Beverly Tucker will go to Hayti. Mr.
Wallace is sincerely desirous not to go. Mr.
Tucker wants to go, and is very much
broken up because be cannot go, but that
he cannot seems certain. “I never made
the same mistake twice,” President Harri
son is quoted as saying to-day.
Secretary Blaine still ’ stands by
Mr. Tucker, and insists that tho
objections fo Mr. Tucker are really hitting
at him. He thinks that Mr. Tucker is a
much abused man, who has been vindicated
by his appointment under former repub
lican administrations from and any all as
persons cast upon him. But Secre ary
Blaine is not President. The matter will
probably be discussed in the cabinet Friday,
and it may bo indefinitely laid upon the
table.
DUTIES ON IMPORTS.
Secretary Wladom Muses a Ruling in
a Case From New York,
Washington, May 29.—Secretary Win
dom has affirmed the decision of the col
lector of custo ns at New York, assessing
duty at the rate of 35 cents per pound and
35 per cent, ad valorem on recent im
portations bv H. Herman Bternbach & (’o.,
and Ballen, Joseph & Cos., of the so-called
worsted coatings, suitings, etc., used
in the manutacture of men’s and
boys’ clothing. The secretary held that as
these articles were made in part of wool, it
was the evident intention of the statute
that they should be assessod for duty at the
rate applicable for manufacturers of wool,
instead of at the lower rate under which
they have been previously classified
as worsted cloth.
MENTONE’3 PRISONERS.
The Brother of the Ladies Lays the
Case Before the Government.
Washington, May 29.—Gardiner von
Nostrand, brother of one of the American
ladies, who were arrest and in Mentone,
France, at the instigation of a milliner, was
at the depai truant of state this morning.
He made a formal statement of the cas ■,
which contained nothing in addition to what
has already been pu dished, except the
sworn statement, of his sister, which agre s
in all material poi its with that made by
Mrs. Dorr. The papers have been fiied,
and the department will look into the cases.
RAILWAY MAIL OhiURES.
Special Examinations of Applicants
to Be Held.
Washington, May 29. —The civil service
commission gives notice that in order to se
cure ample registers of persons eligible for
appointment to the position of railway
mail clerk from the following named
states aid territories, special examinations
of appl* nts for that position will be held
by the United States civil service commis
sion on Wednesday, June 12, at Jackson
ville, Fla., Atlanta, Savannah, and Macon,
Ga.; New Orleans and Shreveport, La.;
Vicksburg, Jackson and Oxford, Miss.;
Charleston and Columbia, S. C.
Details of Military Instructors.
Washington, May 20 —Second Lieut.
C. G. Morton, Sixth infantrv, has been
relieved from duty at East Florida semi
nary, at Gainesville, Fla., Oct. i, and has
been detailed as profeasor of military
science and tactics at tho Florida state
agricultural college at Lake City.
First Lieut. L. H. Orleman, U. S. A,,
(retired), has been relieved from duty at
tho Florida agricultural college, at Lake
City, and detailed for duty at the Peeks
kill (N. Y.) military academy.
Judce Speer in Sorrow.
Washington, May 2!).—Judge Emory
Speer has been summoned here. His
father-in-law, Dr. Morgan, is thought to be
dying.
A BAMOAN AGREEMENT.
All the Questions to be Definitely
Settled To-Day.
London, May 30, 2 a. m.—The Berlin
correspondent of the Daily Sews savs that
the Samoan conference appointed anew
committee, which, aftor a lengthy discus
sion, arrived at an agreement. All ques
tions under discussion will be definitely
settled at to-day’s sitting. The sgre-inout
will be published in about ten days, when
the ratifications of the respective gov
ernments shall have arrived. The
American commissioners will receive
instructions from their government by
cable. Sir Edward Mul-t, tho British am
bassador, poos to London for instructions.
Prince Bismarck, Count Herber Bis
marck and Dr. Schneiuingor have gone to
Schonhau ,, on.
AMERICAN DEFEAT ANNOUNCED.
London, May 30, 3 a. m.—Tho Times'
Berlin correspondent, refer i lg to the Sa
moan coifei ence, bay-: “The Amo icais
ha Ia tough light, fir the assertion of their
principles, but the convention will show
that they have not bee i successful.
MIND-READER BISHOP’S DEATH.
Tho Coroner’s Jury Finds That It Was
Dud to Natural Causes.
New York, May 29. —The coroner’s jury
in the matter of the inquest into the death
of Washington Irving Bishop found the
following verdict t .is evening:
We. the jury In the case of Washington
Irving Bishop, find, first: That hediedut Lamb's
CiubouMay 1.1, Jss.i: second, the cause of
death was coma: IhirJ, we further find tlmt
while l>rs. Irwin. Ferguson a.id liance acted in
goo i faith in performing an nutopsy on the
boly of the and •!• ue I, e would state that Dr.
Irwin, through ovens alousivs.s. acted in sont *
haste respecting the direction of the perform
ance! the uiilopsy.
Coroner Lory thereupon discharged the
three doctors, who had been held in #2,000
bail each.
CRUSHED BY BEAMS.
Three Men Fat illy Injured at a Barn
Raising in Ohio.
PITTIBURG, Pa., May 29.—A special from
Akron, O, aay: “At Loyal Oak, this
county, t<>-day, while a number of fanners
wrro assisting Jacob Boers tier in a barn
ru slug, one of the heavy beams
fell up >u a score of workers. Frank
lUrleh, Jacih Ktiru nod Milton Ilrmrstlur
were terribly crushed and nil will die.
William, Cuar.es and Joseph Bauer ie-
Ctd ed infer al injuries, n and a dozen other*
were badly out and bruu and. several receiv
ing be km iitnba A kow.oful of women
wh > woie preparing dinner for th" workers
rushed out, aud, on seeing blood flowing
from the wounds of their hutbtuda, severe]
fan tel away, a wild scene ensuing. Puyst
mans w#t e sent tor in three neighboring
hamlets.” i
SAVANNAH, GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1889.
CRONIN’S TRAGIC DEATH.
THE EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT AT
THE CORONER’S INQUEST.
Tho Men Who Rented the Blood Be
smeared Cottpge Seen Consulting
Ice Dealer Sullivan Before Closing
the Bargain-The Police Still Un
able to Find the Doctor's Clothes.
Chicago, May 29.—Tbe tostim a o y ns
elicited before the grand jury in the Cronin
case yesterday was not only very important
but thorough. Each and every witness
summoned was put through a series of ques
tions such as called up their remembrance
of facts from the greatest to tbe smallest
importance. The chief witness was Milk
man Mertes. Said he: “I passed tho Carl
son cottage on the night of the murder. I
saw a buggy containing two men,
drawn by; a white horse, drive up to
the door. The man seated on
the left jumped from his seat hastily and
ran uu the steps. He carried two pack
ages. Before ha had time to knock at the
door it was opened, it appearing to mo that
someone was waiting inside the hall way.
At the instant tho man stepped inside tho
door the mail in the buggy whipped up and
drove rauidly to North street, where he
went to the west and was lost to sight.
1 had been drivi 'g past the cittage when I
saw the man in the buggy get out and
run up ihe steps and the buggy drive
away. After attending to my business at
a grocery near by I returned over the same
road past the cottage on my way home.
This was perhaps tbirty-t iree minute;
later. I saw light in the cot; age and heard
a hammering or smashing sound.” It was
plainly evident from the above testimony
that tho mail who ran rapidly up tho stair
way was Dr. Cronin, intent on rendering
succor to some dying man.
the owner of the cottage talks.
Tho next witness was Carlson, Sr., tho
owner of the cottage. “When the man
who called himself Frank Williams rented
m v cottage March 20. I noticed that he
went over and t iked to Sullivan, the ice
man. He apparently nlked familiarly with
him. As April 20 apnroached and rent day
was coming near, I began to think it
strange that my tenant did not occupy the
premises. I \> anted a reliable tenant.
Seeing that he had talked witn Sullivan
I went over a: and spoke of his (pieor conduct
in not living iu the house he had rented,
and added that I felt somewhat anxious
ab mt my rent an 1 the permanency of the
tenant. ‘He’s all right,’ said Mr. Sulliva i
to tne. ‘He will pay you all right enough
when the month is up.’ Mr. Sullivan at
first denied that he ever saw the man.”
The connection of ice man Sullivan with
the Cronin mystery, and the cause of tiis
arrest and detention, are Here made plain !y
apparent.
YOUNG CARLSON ON THE STAND.
Young Carlson was the next witness for
the state. He said: “I was present who i
the furniture was brought to the cottage
twe days after rental, March 20. Two m’n
calling themselves Williams unloaded the
truck. The driver remained seat 'd. Ho
did not handle the goods. I casually stepped
up to tho driver and discovered that he was
a swede. I spoke to him in that language,
and he told me that ho had broueh the fu -
mture from No. 117 Clark street.” The
story of the men who rented the cottage
having formerly roomed at No. 117 Clark
street, where the furniture was taken by A.
H. Revall & Cos., is thus verified.
A WOMAN AS WITNESS,
The next witness was one of importance.
She was young Mrs. Carlson and was
attired in deep b ack with a heavy mourn
ing veil covering her face. She said: “I
visited my mother-in-law March 20. While
at hor home, a cottage,which sits in the
roar of the fatal cottage, a man k ockw 1 at
the door and entered. He came from the
back part of the premisos in the vicinity of
Sullivan’s barn or house. He said ho de
sired to see tho cottage, which was for rent.
Old Mr. Carlson took him over and showed
him about the place. T evT-turned, and
the man said be would take the cottage, at
the Paine time producing 512, the amount
of the fir-t month’s rent. Ho gave his
name as Frank AVUiiams.
MADE WILLIAMS MAD.
“While the receipt for the monev w s
being made out young Mr. Carlso i asked
Mr. Williami what hi* business calling or
profession was. This did not suit W iil.ams,
for ho looked sullenly at his questioner, a id
at ad of us, then, lowering his eyes, said:
‘I am employed down town.’ I renmrke 1
shortly after he loft that he seemed mad at
tho question. When he departed lie did
not go to the front toward Ashland avenue
but started over toward Sullivan’s. Ho
seemed anxious to get out of the home.’
The description given by Mrs. Calls in
tallioi very closely with that givei by
Woodruff of tho man he called King, an t
who, he said, gave him the truuk-liauliug
job.
Mr. and Mrs. Conklin, at whose house
Dr. Cronin boarded, w-re the next wit
n- sses. Th*-y told how I)r. Cronin w.i
driven away in a buggy with a white h rse.
BOMKTHINO IN COUGHLIN’S STORY.
According to a morning paper there ap
pears to be more in tis at iry which Dei "C
--teetive Coughlin told ab ut the coum cli > i
of a man whom he called i nomas H nit i
from Houghton, Mich., with th- Cro in case
than has been supposed. T:.e mu i call,
himself Willia and Smith. Notes of Cougn
lin's stuteme.it to Mayor Crriger were pro
duced before tbs grand jury . -t rlay, a I
they placed Smith ii an ugly p oiti in. Hi,
name Williard is not his baptismal one. It
is one unde which he was known in C hi
cago. He visit, and the E ;st Cl ic ig ' aveim
station to inquir fir Coughlin. Cougbh.i
and himself immediately o-tablU i • 1 , iti
mate relations. S r.ith rosily pod $3 to
Coughlin as payment fo-the use of th "
buggy given on Coughlin’s recommenda
tion. Tills is established by tbo testimony
of tho desk sergeant at the sat ion.
A WOMAN IN THE CASK.
Smith iiat> I eon r cently ke "ping company
with a somewhat frolicsome woman nt a
resort n -re. 1 lie same you ig woma ii, an
inti i ate friend of a I’liun ton detective.
rS ie has given tbo detc.'tlve -orno valuable
pointers in re orouoe to .Smith. B.nith
shaved off liis boa vy <■ i" o'L nr 1 • ' day
efter the Cronin murder. Tbo barb r who
did the shaving has given mutinim..
S uitu throw a.ray hi si >u>m hv In • > tin.)
day. He bougnt a now me, tint whic im>
now w. ai s. The batter has been discovered
and can b- producei if it is doom "J al
vuablc.
NMITH COMES TO THE FRONT.
The intimation in several morning papers
that Willard J. .Smith may possibly kn "w
souiethiug inor* of t t.’roum case than
yet suspected, brought that g "iitlemau lut >
the city this luortiiog fro n Riverside. Ha
went before Chief Hubbard, n il after
again denying flv oompiicitv lu the mur
der, nt the >ugge‘ti'>il of th* chief, Visitcl
tli* jail aud latUctivcCougiilio wssbr mght
from Ills ceil, dim susp cion ntaius! Str.
M.uith rests on tho fact that hii name i*
Hmiiti. that he eamu origl .aliy from Hau
oook, Mich., and that bo done not give a
very atiaight account of ids life in tins
city.
“Hello, Willard,” said Coughlin, when ho
was confro ted by Smith.
“H li>\ Dan,” replied Smith.
“Is this tho Suiitn you meant when you
state I that tho buggy you ordered from
Dinnu’swas for‘To ’ Smith, of Hancock,
Mich., an old friend who h id since gone to
New ,\1 xicoi" asked Chief Hubbard.
"It is not,” said Coughlin.
He affirmed this statement, and the chief
said to Smith: "I guess this ought to set
tled.”
Hinith is not under arrest.
Coroner Hertz to-day adjourned tho
Cronin inquest until Monday morning next.
No evidence was heard. Tue adjournrao t
was taken at the suggestion of State’s
Attorney Longneeker, who was of the
opinion that the taking of evidence in
public might hamper tho police in their
work of investigating tho clows.
AN ARREST IN INDIANA.
A special from South Bend, Ind., says:
“Millard Williams of this city was arrested
M inlay night near Chain lakes, where he
had been fishing. Ho is suspected of being
the person w o drove t o rig containing the
remains of the murdered Dr. Cronin. Will
iams ;s a native of this city, but for several
months past, until the day foil wing the
disappearance of Dr. Cronin, h • has been
living in Chicago. On the day of Dr.
Cronin’s dis ippearunce he returned, and, it
is said, he departed from Chicago so sud
denl that all Ills elTects were left behind.
Ho denies all knowledge of She c ime.”
INVESTIGATIONS AT TORONTO.
A morning paper publishes along story of
the investigations or me of its reporters in
Toronto. The point sought to be established
is the connection between C aries Long, the
reporter who sent out dispatches alleging
that he had seen and talked with l)r.
Cronin in Toronto, and W. J. Starkey, a
Chicago lawyer, who has been in Toronto
for a year or more, a fugitive from justice,
charged with jury bribing. The paper
says: "Tho proof is conclusive that Star
key supplied Charles L> ig with the cue mid
materials for the latter’s reports of Cronin’s
presence in Canada and interviews with
him.”
BRUCE’S STORY.
In regard to tho story told by a private
detective named Bruce, printed last even
ing in the Daily News and telegraphed
abroad to tho eifect t hat he (Bruce) hud
been offered a sum of money to kill Dr.
Cronin, Alderman McCormick says there is
no truth iu tho story whatever. He says ii
is a piece of spite-work ou the part of
Bruce, aid that he intends to take leg 1
steps to have Bruce puuished for his state
ment.
SEARCHING FOR HIS CLOTHES.
Lieut S hmittler, of the Larrabee street
station, and tea officers were busy all
day to-day searching for Dr. Cronin’s
clothes. They worked for nothing. The
cottage ii Ashland avenue where tho phy
sician is supp sel to have been assassinated,
was first searched. Officers in the base
ment dug up tho ground underneath the
flooring to a depth of a foot or two, and
searched every crack and crevice about the
windows, beams, sinks, aud coil bin,
without discovering a trace of anything
that might have belonged to Dr. Cronin.
Lieut. Scheuttler fastened n candle on Int
end of a string, and lowered it through tho
wall spaces from tho attic to tho floor beams
below. The chimneys and flues were
searched as well a3 every shelf and closet
on the ground floor. Several of the officers
searched under tho sidewalks and crossings
in the neighborhood of the cottage, and
looked through all the catch basins and
outhouses. Lieut. Schsuttlor and the offi
cers were then driven to Belmont avenu •
bridge. They dragged tho river fur several
hundred feot without success. Tho search
will bo continued to-morrow.
THE GRAND JURY UNSATISFACTORY.
It is stated to-night, upon eppar-ntly
good authority, that the prosont grand jury
will not bo asked to give tho Cronin case
any further consideration. The serious
characer of this announcement is best ap
preciated and the tonde icy of the investig i
tions best understood, when it is
remembered that a considerable num
ber of the members of the jury are
Irishmen, or of Irish descent. While State’s
Attorney Longnecker is as voiceless as a
sphinx a< to the mason for declining to con
tinue t o investigation under tho prese t
jury, thoso high in uut ority do not deny
that tho qu soon of nationality hai much
to do With tbs decision.
CATHOLIC LAITY.
Their Congress for the United States
to Meet at Baltimore.
Baltimore, May 29.—The congress of
tho Catholic laity of tho United .States will
assemble in Baltimore on Nov. 5 to disc ns
matters relating to tho welfare of tho
Catholic church in t his country. A number
of gentlemen have been iuvitod to prepare
pap rs on literary and educational topic*
The congress will moot about tbo
time of the centennial of the
Catholic hierarchy of the United
.State;, a.id the opening of the Catholic
university at Washington. Tuese events
a 1 o r "ii; od together ii order to give the
bi ho s a i opp rtuuity to see something of
ti.e <• mg,A s, the laymen an onportu ny to
u'toud the centennial ce ebratiou, n i both
an opportunity to bo present at the opening
of the Catholic university.
IRELAND’S VICEROY.
Tho Earl of Zotlani Accepts the
IPositlon -A Petition.
London, M ty 29.—The Kiri of Zetland
basac-ep. i the vieiroyship of Ireland.
Tho deputation, ap. oi itsl ny the meet
ing of un. mist mnnbu s of the House of
Jjonl* a i 1 tho House of Commons, held ro
cm:ly at tho residence of the Marqm* 0 f
(Va rf >r.J, called on Lord Salisbury to-day
and p ess i'*d tue petition adopted by th
ine tn.:, "Ukl g f r t .e a olitio i of the
v, erov-Jbp of Ireland, and the transfer (f
it. fil e f’>us to th*secretary of state, in
r ;> v ' i the a idr as of tue patitiouar*, Lord
•H-'iisbury p • ..i n l to giro the matter his
early Cos .Mdvratlon,
IRON AT $7 60 A TON.
Abram 8. Hewitt'* .dea of the Possi
bilities In Alabama.
Baltimore, May 89.—Tho Manufac
turers' lin-anl publin.es extracts from an
Ri liclo by J. T. Hun h, president of the
British Iron Trade Association of England,
d-cu ring “the irou or* rojulreiin-nts of
thi world, nod the conditions
, f t inr supplv, as affoctin* the
British iron industry," in wh.ch he calls
t - itt- tiou of L gdish ir m-makers to the
greet devel ipmei s now in projr -s in the
south, nu t say- t ,at be learns, oo the nu
th >rity of In- Ir: uni, Abrsin H. Hewitt,
i.o I it*- r.-c itlr 'Pii there,' that lion can
lie produc • i hi Ambama for about HU shill
ings (IT 50) per ton.
A Hurrtcaua In Now South Walou.
Hydnly, N. H. |V„ May 29. A burneai’e
extendi g ovrran tixtenilse ra >g* of c nst.
ha-pr-vadwi frfo ir days. Toe rainfall
bos never been equaled. Railway train*
ha* Immiu susiMud U. many lend 'bps bava
(Hxurrod and a uuuibsrof bvan liava beau
ALABAMA. CKIKBHATIONS
AND N ii) W DECATUR
HAVE A BIG HURRAH.
Assistant Attorney General Shield’s
Present to Represent the Adminis
tration —Ho Makos a Speech in
Which He Outlines the Policy of the
President and Those Associated with
Him.
New Decatur, Ala., May 29.—Deca
tur and New Decatur, Ala., the new
industrial cities of the Tennessee
valley, have put on a holiday ap
pearance, and are celebrating the com
pletion of several important industrial en
terprises. In response to invitations from
citizens, regular and special trains from
every direction have brought several thou
sand visitors. The chief features of
the celebration to-day were tho
inspection of a great number
of manufacturing plants in operation,
including the now shops of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad |and the United
States Rolling Stock Cos mpany,“laying the
corner stone of a public school and other
public building*, a southern barbecue, a
ball at tho Tavern Intel, fireworks aud
m .sic. President Harrison, recognizing
the importance of tiie development of
southern industries, sent Gen. Shields, As
sistant Attorney General, to represent the
administration. Among many other dis
tinct s bed guests were Gen. Joseph
VVuoelor, member of congress from
Alabama; John M. Allen, mem
ber from Mississippi; Hillory Herbert,
mein! er from Alai ama* A. 8 Co'yar of
Tennessee, Dr. G. M. Fitzpatriok of Wash
ington, Den. E. K. Smith of Tennessee,
Jo eph Hodgeson of the Mobile Register,
and Solomon Palmer, suneriutendont if
education of Alabama. All of these made
eloquent speecnos.
SHIELDS’ SPEECH.
Following is the speech of Assistant At
torney General Shields, the representative
of the administration:
Fellow Citizens and Friends: A Kentuckian
by birth and a Missourian by adoption. I feel at
home among the southern people. It is with
sympathy and affection that 1 meet you this
evening. We are citizens of one common
country, and I claim a brother’s right to address
you. dv mission is not to indicate tho policy,
nor to discuss partisan politics, but as one coil
nected with the administration, l cordially
greet you. All citizen* rejoice in the magnifi
cent mat-rial progress recently made In this
beautiful land of sunshine and (lowers, and wel
come you to tho number of industrial states.
HARRISON S SOUTHERN POLICY.
Much has been written un i said about the
southern policy of this adininhtra tiou. The
President has s town remarkable ability to con
vey to the public hi* views in his own way and
at the proper time, and yon may bo sure th t,
Ids adiniuisira Jou will be broad enough to eni*
brace the whole country, and will c nserve the
interests of the south as well as the north, an I
that both he and bin cabinet take the tfreatent
interest in the advance me it of your material
interests and continued prosperity.
The cabinet is composed of wise and con
servat.vo men who believe that “those serve
their party best who serve their country best,”
and the Interests of the whole will bo consid
ered without sectional preference.
NO PARTISAN HOSTILITY.
The President has shown by his public nets
and utterances that no partisan hostility
to the southern people animat -s his
heart. On the contrary, one of the most
important, perhaps from a business standpoint,
the most irupot taut position in the cabiuot, was
giveu to a southern state, .and one w hich cast
its electoral vo e for Mr. Cleveland. I refer to
the Secretary of the Interior. It is at his *ug
gestion that 1 am here and lender his congratu
lations to the people of Alabama for the new
era of prospei ity which .8 dawning upon thorn.
NORTHERNERS AND SOUTHF.RNKRS.
To 3 people of the south do not understand the
people of the north if they believe they are
animated by sectional hostility. \W have
heard much of the array of a solid north against
a solid south. On the stump and in the press
the republicans of the north have been de
n muced as (tie enemies of the southern people,
as favorings -iHah m easures of political economy
by enacting laws to make the north rich at the
epen >e <*# ihe soul h and as wishing to Inter
fere .vith the local self government of the states.
Recrimination against the south has followed.
These statements oft repeated have engendered
a f cling of alienation between the ttuclionu
which is unjust to both.
THE GOVERNMENT SUPREME.
It is true that the Republican party believe*
that the national government within its spheres
is supreme; that the issues settled by the war
can never b; reopcneJ, nor the r**mj u thereof
dwarfed by subtle constructions; that every
citizen has a right to cast his ballot and have it
counted as cast; that the ohil Iren of the conn
try shall receive a liberal education at public
ex|*iis*, and that the best interest* of the
country da nand the enforcement of the Ameri
can system of protection to home in lustriea,
but it demands nothin ; of others it is not
ready to concede on its part. It ha* no atiirno*
ity or hostilit v toward tin people of the south,
and verily rejoice* at every inuication of their
prosperity. There is deep sympathy with the
southern people in all portion* of the north, in
view of the irern *ndous problems with which
they are confronted. Providence Ims placed
tlr* burden not omyon th* south, but on the
whole c sultry, t < so * that they are met iu a
fcpirit of toleration, fairaea* and wisdom.
REALIGNMENT or PARTIES.
Tndiviluallv I brdlove that these questions
will be solved in the near future l>y parties re*
afUroing on economic end induftrtol lines i
believe that the material development of the
south now ko rapidly occuriui< the key
to uulock the sirun I >n. >la have dilfered on
theories of political economy with patriotic
sincerity in th *ir differ'* ces, ami as the<e in
and istrial question* afTncting local matarnl
interest* arise, wo will fiml all class* s of
voter* dec! led on these !in. With
the development of the In ex
h lustiblo natural reiourc • within nearly
all of the south rri BtaU •. nIW Km .
tern its, new p Ikd *s, now vinw-i will constatitly
demand the attention f the husiries* men and
of the young im , n of the South, and as these
questions are w sely considered in the light of
reason arid n t of prejudice, iu the light of
to day and not of yest* r lay. y ur inie’.ligence
will bring correct decisions, and your prosperity
will rival iu iin luxuriari<-o the prodi
ga Ity of nature iri your hills an 1 v iHcyn
When Km country, north a \ aoutb, forgets
the dirfereuce •of the jast. and rcal./.es tba' It*
<l< -tiny is before it uuu not behind it, and riv*
to the exigencies of the pren-nt, acccpiiiijf the
results of the war iu good faith, t mu the
astounding progress of tha first century of our
national existc.u a will pah* before the magnifi
cent grandeur of the* next ce itu y.
* * * * * * •
A LONO STRIDE.
A* our Interests grow to/ther, and the brawn
and muscle and capdtl of the norm come to
the aid of the natural resourc*** of the a >uth,
and close business relations draw together,
m* tning difTei eiim s will disappear and rivulrie*
will exist in tha comj e . on .of business plans
for iuJiutnal deve* rather than in the
jealousies of par: hauMhfp. Utoida will not bo
reah/.o!, prosperity may not be continuous,
happiness will not l>e coiuolcte. but If I aired
aud prejudlc' s are dissipated on both sides, and
the golden rule characterises our intercourse, a
1 mg stride in national movnieot will have been
taken.
THE NEW STAR OF THE SOOTH.
In expectation of the realisation to some rx)
tent of these results, we hail the nsw star
which has risen in to* so ith. and extend both
hau l * to welcome you wit tnn the circle of In
dOs trial elates. You will be doublv waU*ooit
because yo# rightly belong tur* For nearly
a isfulury you have ►tmVvic I against your
destiny, a/rUmllur* alone lias tempteJ you,
but now this great Harvest of mineral wealth
which has lain oonc ak and under your very feet
wait ing f >r you to galii**r it Invito* your energy
and intellect Wdi you be •qua! to Um emci
rucyf
VOICE* r HOB 1 HI I* A nr.
lit eonciueien be said t
Im vvtoes ( Waabiarw#. JefiWea*. Mad aha,
Hamilton. Franklin, and others, founders of
our country, thunder down the century, H I
tiing the people of the Fuited States encour*
age and foster man 1 act urea. As th y
r verbente along the course o.
time, Jackson. \W hater, and “the Gallant
Harry of t:.o West," with unsoltlshucss patriot
ism and fir-seeing wislom, re-echo the strain.
Lincoln, (irant, and UarfloM c itcli up the re
frain, and with the ad do I experience of 100
v ars, call t h*‘ pr sent g-meration, n >t only of
the north, b .t of the south, east ui 1 west, to
bni'.on tin* brow of America’s goddess the
legend “American productions for American
markets.'’
Over 100 prominent persons who wero
unable to be present sent, graceful and com
plimentary lottors of regret. Tbo press
from abroad was largely represented. The
celebration was a great success. To-morrow
there will be a steamboat excursion ou tho
Tennessee river.
PARNELL C()M!\ii‘ SION BTORIE9
Joseph Blfffffir Taken the Stand an<i-
Gives liia Testimony.
London, May 29. — -Maurice Iloaly, mem
ber of parliament for Cork, was a witness
before the Parnell commission to-day. ile
admitted that tho Cork b a ;jh of th®
league had received applicat ions from other
branches for l.sts of merchants who were
nieinbe 8 f the league in order that other
merchants might be boycotted. Mr. Heaiy
held that it was legitimate to place such
pressure upon shop-keepers.
BIOOAK AND TUB OUTRAGES.
Jo eph Biggar, me nher of parliament for
West. I’avail, testified that he had been a
me nber of the supremo council of the
Fenian brotherhood, but. had bean expelled
in 1877 for advocating cois.itutionai a>
tion. Hu joined tho land league in 1879.
Ho declared that the mcAui ig of tiiespeoch
ho made at Cork in tho spring of
1880, in which ho referred to Ana chist
Hartmann am having imitators in Ireia .<l,
had been misundor to ul. Ah a fad he iiud
only warned tbo Eiipporters of
candidate that i ha iiHg.,at of the people was
likely to r‘suit in tho use of dynamite. In
asub.equo is osou at Castletown he had
ad vise 1 he people to tiko care that the land
t hey occupied should he of no value to the
land grabbers,
SHOOTING OF LANDLORDS.
Ile had further said that it. was no part
of the longue’s duty to recommeud the
shooting of landlords, but that it was its
duty to (life:id anybody charged wiihshoot
ii.g landlords or their agents. Hu Lad nui i
this because no onlldenoe wa- plac'd
in the adtuitiUlratiou of the law, arid
ho had hold that the league ought
to defend prisoners whose crimes were
the outcome of had laws. He and Patrick
Kgaii were trustees of the funds of the
league. lie could not ass mate either
Messrs. Egan or hUiendnu with outrages.
Mr. Big gar said he nothing
to the human funds. Him object in joining
the brotherhood was to obtain ltd assistance
in parliamentary elections.
BOOKS OF THE LEAGUE.
Sir Henry James, for the Times , cross
examined Mr. Bigger. The witness said
that he never took part in tho work of the
league’s t oasury. He never drew a check
or saw its bank book. 11 ■ was naturally
indolent and left the work to others, lie
did not know where the record of the
money dealings of tho league was kept, nor
did he even know why he had boon asso
o.atod witu Mr. Egan as treasurer. Just
before tho suppression of the land league,
most of tbo h mks wore removed. Thirty
two books had bee i htuded to Mr. Soamo*,
solicitor for the Times.
I’residing Judge Hannen remarked that
this was tho first time bo had hoard about
these books.
Sir Henry James said that it was a mis
take. There w.>re no such b >oks in Mr.
Huame*’ possession.
Mr. Mud that all tho Important
books of too league hud boon removed to
Eng and. They were very bulky. He did
not know that any bo ks had been de
stroyed. He had not the slightest notion
of what had become of tbe missing and cu
ments.
ATTORNEV GENERAL WEBSTER HONORED.
Fur hundred solicitors gave n banquet
to-night to .Sir Richard Webster, and pre
sented to the attorn uy general a com .li
me. itary address signed by 2,K!)0 member*
of the bar. In returning thanks the attor
ney general fc nid im welcomed the asper
sions that procured him such honor.
EVICTION’S AT LUOOACURRAN.
Dublin, Mny 29. Seven farnilie*’ were
evicted nt Lu;’i{iitiiroii to-day. More
evictions will follow Friday next.
A SINGULAR REQUEST.
Philadelphia, May 29.— John Fitzgor
aid, president of tiie Irish National League
of America, telegraphed fco-day from I.i i
coln, N’eti., to the municipal council of the
I ish National I, 'ngue of Philadelphia, ask
ing if it was advisable to postpone the na
tion il league e invention whicii is to be
held in this city July t! and 10. The execu
tive commUteo of the council to-night de
cided that It would l> a mistake to post
pone the con ve-tion, and they res-dvol to
ci tl ue making arrange-nente for tha l
ovi) it. Mr, Fitzgerald did not Assign any
reasons for the postponement.
Pops Leo Reported Dead.
Rome, May 29.—The public was startled
to-da ) v .re ort of the death of the t>op*.
Ih> rum ir reached the houses of parlia
ment arid caused much excitement. On
inquiry it was learn and that the was no
foundation whatever for the rumor. His
holiness is enjoying good health and attend*
daily to the duties of his office.
Boh,trade's Riot.
Vienna, Muy tip. Th /'olltical Cnrre
apondenc* declares tha’ tha imrortanoe f
tue riot- at IMgredo has be-*o r eutly exag-
K'Tat i. ft assert* that the mod was com
posed mainly of school bov* and loafers
and that their was no demonstration against
Austria.
Pods Leo’s Noble Guard.
Rome, May 29 The pone ha* suggested
the’ the ntnmbenof the nobis guard should
s.irve forty v-are, Instead of thirty a* at
prose t, before being entitle 1 to a pension.
The proposal meets with strong opposi
tion.
Lord DulTerln Honored.
London. April 29. —Lord DufTerln was
to-day presented with the freedom of the
city. Afterward a banquet was given In
his honor at the Ma sioa house.
Dutch Liberals Lose.
The Hague, May 89. —ln the elections
to-dav for memters of the provinoial
assembly the liberals lost sixteen seat*.
Crlepl Back In Rome.
Rome, May 29.—P dm • Munster Crlspl,
who accompanied (CI g Humbert to Berlij,
bas retui. ed to this 'tty.
McQuafd In KwUserland.
Rome, May 29.--Uts.op |V.c<j is id has
gone to Hsrf serlao.l lie will remain there
vral week a
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A PACIFIC WAR SCARE.
A BRITISH SQUADRON ORDERED
TO BEHRING SEA.
One of tho Trio in the Fleet the Most
Powerful Ship of War in the Pacifies
Uncle Sum’s Vessels Very In
ferlor-No Alarm Felt at Washing
ton.
* ntCAdO, May 29.—A special dispatch
from Victoria, B. C., to the Daily Neiva
siys: “This city is in a state of great ex
citement consequent upon an order received
•>y tho fleet to be prepared to sail for
Behring sou June I V The fleet consists of
tho Swiftsure, Aiuphion and Defender.
Ihe Amp ion is a twenty-knot cruiser,
is heavily armored, and is by far the
nr st powerful ship of war in tho Pacific
ocean. Sealing schooners are being assured
thai, every protection wdl be afforded them.
Torpedo boats are being fitted f >r the pro
tection of the harbor. The Colonist (news
paper) speaking on the subject, praises the
prompt action of the British government
in protecting her interests and thinks that
a rupture betweou England and the United
States is imminent.”
NO ALARM AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 29. Nobody at the
state and navy departments expressed alarm
at tho news coming from Victoria, B. C.,
t at tho British North I’acifle squadron had
bee i ordered to Behring sea. Cos nmodore
U alko \ in charge of the detail office at the
navy department, says that none of <mr
naval ve-.seU have been ordered to Alaska,
except ttie Thetis,which was assi ;n i to that
station somo time ago and has been regu
larly engaged in pa rolling tbo Alaskan
coast for several summers past. He save
lie doc- not tniuk Great Britain an I the
United States w ill war about tho seal fish
eries.
BELGIAN POLITICS.
Tho Premier Accused of Organizing a
Conspiracy.
Brussels, May 29.—1n the Chamber of
Representatives to-day, Prime Minister
Beernaort made a long speech,in the course
of which he strenuously denied that the
government was plotting tiie ruin of citi
zens t rough the agency of police spies,
lie accu-od the opposition of making noli
tienl capital out of the recent trials at Mens,
a charge that elicited applause from the
members of the right.
A BOLD CHARGE.
Mr. Bara accused the prime minister of
organizing a conspiracy. Ho demanded an
inquiry, ami moved a vote of censure
1114 inst tho government. The motion was
rejected. A resoluti m oxpre-sing confi
de ,co in tho government was then adopted
bv a vote of TH to 33 Whon tbe ministers
left tbo cliuinbor the crowd outsl le hissed
them and shoutod, "It ■sign!” “Resignl”
.Several persons conspicuous In tho do uion
stratiou woro arrested.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
A Fearful Fire at Yokoto—A Series of
Bar hquakes.
Ran Francisco, May 29.—A Pacific
mail steamer arrived yesterday, bringing
Chi eso and Japanese nows.
Groat fires are reported in Japan, which
occurred on May 3. At Yok to 1,000 houses
wero destroyed. The liro originated in the
re i leuco quarter about II) o’clock at night,
and burned for sin Urn hours. Many lives
wore lost. The emperor subscribed over
£I,OOO out of hi. own purse for tho relief of
tiie mi lie About 10,000 people wore
rendered homeless.
On Osliinn Island an eruption took place
April 18 led destroyed more than half of
the lion es on the island.
Aunth-r peculiar di>ease I an broken out
in Tukadagu , tho victims dying live hours
after being attacked.
A series of earthquakes was followed by
tbe opening if the ground 1,000 feet long
by 3 feet wide.
TEXAS’ SPRING PALACE.
The Projectors Got Their Id<*a from
the Corn Palace.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 29.—The Texas
Spring Palacu was opened to-day. It is an
exhibition of the products of the state. The
throe-story building is in the shape of a
cross and covers 80,000 square feet. It is
covered inside and out with pictures repre
sontiug T u xa* scenory ad with geometrical
fi.'urcs, all nude of products if Texas. The
interior of the building I- Hilo 1 with every
product of the earth and sea, ail from
Texas. The exposition idea was suggested
by the Hioux City corn palace, but the
Texas palace os it stand* exceeds in execu
tion anvthi ig the original designers ever
and earned of. The pain o complete hus cost
J.’> 0,00). The building was furnish and by
Fort Worth, but t o wit Iu state help and to
decorate and fill it with its wonderful pro
ducts and pictures.
MORMONS IN DISGUISE.
The People of an Illinois Town Mak#
it too Hot for Them.
Chicago, .May 29.—Ad.*p itch from Tus
cola, 111., says: “A peculiar religious sect
has stirred uo c mmotioa in this c unty.
They call ho > u.v-i tue “Pentecost Murid,”
and it is believed that they are seeking to
make convene to Mor monism. They have
broken up several families at Car nngo, mil
in luc and several wives and young women to
travel with them. Two of the pro ic era
were mobbed there Monday night a.d
Rev. Sibert was nearly killed.
Exposition Comm seioners Dined.
Paris, May 29. —The mini tor of e m
morco gave a din ier to-night in bo u.r of
the f roig i curamisiioners to the ex ibition.
Premier Tirard, in proposing the c! at
t',U..tof the evening, a-sursd the C il ilil
eloueri that the Fr nch nation and govern
ment wer- 1 grateful for their support. He
was c .nvincod that the exhibition would
give birth toanen era of peace. Ail ti e
cabinet ministers and piany .enato-s and
deputies wore present. A brilliant recep
tion f 11 /wed.
Wants to Buy Up Distilleries.
Louisville, Kr., May 29. —E. F. 'loof
heimer, who raye he represents th.> Now
York agenteof an Engllebsyndloate,blurs ,
negotiating with the distillers with a vi' w
of purchasing ail tbe distilleries ii ti e
elate. His princ pal* will tie here next
week, A number of distillers have bad
talks with lloolbelmer, but It is thought
very unlikely tnat suob a deal caabetoaua.
Slain by Their Mad Mot nor.
tIRENHAk, lex.. May 29.-Mrs, Ka ilolph
IJr .dt Isi’etne suddenly insane yword.v,
ad, seising a pistol, killed two < t her c dt
dim. U eof the chit Irru klll'-d Va 4
yee l * ,and, eigi th# othe- B H> V• >• U s its#
y iit>i -i < aitd, a baoy, and i* caped trout
the Uv Ate, aud It r.lil at Uu