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) J. H. ESTILL President. \
REED'S BIG JOB ENDED.
THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE MEMBER
SHIP MADE UP.
Quay Gets Hia Revenge on the Men
Who Kicked Over the Tracee—CoL
Lester on the Committee on Rivera
and Harbora—Dixie Gets Only One
Chairmanship.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Chairman Reed
has scored a point by getting all his
committees out before Christm is. He was
congratulated as much upon that this even
ing as upon the success he achieved in mak
iug up the committees themselves. Three
men are seriously disappointed and of
fended. They are: Mr. Hornier of Penn
sylvania, who,after long service on the com
mittee on naval affairs, was put off it
entirely at the request of Senator Quay to
punish Mr. Harmer for voting both for Mr.
McKinley and for Mr. Carson against Sena
tor Quay’s expressel wish; Mr. Cheadle of
of India a, who was tuck'd away on the
committee on claims, because be beaded
the success ul movement to re-olect Blind
Chaplain Milburn, and Mr. Houk
of Tennessee, who was rewarded for his
mercenary course as tha leader of the
southern “squad” during the speakership
contest by being taken ofT and
buried in the militia committee.
CHEADLE’S RESIGNATION.
Mr. Cheadle at once resigned his commit
tee place, aud Messrs. H .rnier and Houk,
who are away, are expected to resign theirs
oa their re urn. No one will m-urn for
Messrs. Cheadle aud Houk, but Mr.
Harmer’s friends in the Pennsylva iia dele
gation are weeping over the severity of his
punishment. Tne other Pennsylvanians
who voted both for Mr. McKinley and Mr.
Carson were all disappointed in their
efforts to get the places they desired, for
Senator Quay had blacklisted them all; but
they concealed their grief and indignation
at Mr. Harmer’s treatment. All the Penn
sylvanians (who voted for Mr. Reed are
well placed. Mr. Harmer was expected to
get up ii the Houss this afternoon and re
sign his committee assignment as Mr.
Cheadle did, but be left for Philadelphia
this afternoon to think it over.
COL. LESTER’S PLACE.
Mr, Lester got from Mr. Reed the repre
sentation on rivers and harbors, which the
southeast has never had before. This is but
the beginning of his efforts to get big ap
propriat.ons for Savannah harbor. Mr.
Lester would have gone on the judiciary
committee if Mr. Stewart of Georgia had
hot been holding over as a member of It.
LUCK OF THE WEST.
The western states received the lion's
share at the hands of Speaker Reed in the
matter of c mirmanships, getting twenty
nine out of the fifty-six p aces. Next in
order came the Middle states, with sixteen
chairmanships, the New England states
with seven, the Pacific slope with three,
and the south with but one, Mr. Brower
of North Carolina, on the com
mittee oa expenditures in the
postoffice department Pennsylvania
leads the listl.o’f individual states, with
Bchairmen; New York comes next with
7; Ohio an<l Illinois have each 5; Wisconsin
has 4;lowa, Michigan, and Kansas 3 each;
Maine, India a, Massachusetts, and Minne
sota 2 each; Nobraska, Montana, Mls*o iri,
Vermont, North Carolina, Connecticut,
Oregon, New Jersey, California, and Rhode
Island 1 each. New Hampshire, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, West
Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and W ash
ington—twenty states in all —are without
chairmanships.
THE CHAIRMANSHIPS,
Following are the chairmen of the com
mittee*:
Judiciary—E. B. Taylor of Ohio.
Banking and Currency—Mr. Dorsey of
Nebraska.
Coinage, Weights and Measures Mr.
Conger of lowa
Commerce —Mr. Baker of New York.
Rivers and Harbors—Mr. Henderson of
Illinois.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries—J. ,M.
Farquhar of New York.
Agriculture—Mr. Fun don of Kansas.
Foreign Affairs —Mr. Hitt of .Illinois.
Military Affairs—Mr. Cutcheon of Michi
gan.
Naval Affairs —Mr. Boutelleof Maine.
Postofflces and Postroads—Mr. Bingham
Of Pennsylvania.
Public L inds—Mr. Pavson of Illinois.
Indian Affairs —Mr. Perkins of Kansas.
Territories—Mr. Strueble of lowa.
Railways and Canals —Mr. McCormick of
Pennsylvania.
Mines and Mining—Mr. Carter of Mon
tana.
Public Buildings and Grounds —Mr. Mil-
Mken of Maine.
Pacific Railroads —Mr. Dalzell of Penn-
sylvama.
Levees and Improvements of the Missis
sippi River—Mr. Burrows of Michigan.
Education —Mr. O’Donnell of Michigan.
Labor—Mr. Wade of Missouri.
Militia—Mr. Henderson of lowa.
Patents—Mr. Butter worth of Ohio.
invalid Pensions —Mr. Morrill of Kansas.
Pensions—Mr. Delano of New York.
Claims—Mr. Laidlaw of New York.
War Claims —Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin.
Private Land Claims —Mr. Caswell of
Wisconsin.
District of Columbia—Mr. Grant of Ver
mont.
Revision of Laws—Mr. Browne of In
diana.
Expenditures in the State Department—
Mr. Scranton of Pennsylvania.
Expenditures in the Treasury Department
—Mr. Atkinson of Pennsylvania.
Expenditures in the War Department—
Mr. Yai diey of Pennsylvania.
Expenditures in the Navy Department—
Mr. Sawyer of New York.
Expenditures in the Postoffiee Depart
ment—Mr. Brower of North Carolina.
Expenditures in the Interior Department
■—Mr! Banks of Massachusetts.
Expenditures in the Department of
Justice—Mr. Sherman of Ne * York.
Expendi ures in the Department of
A riculture—Mr. LaFollette of Wisconsin.
Expenditures in the Public Buildings—
Mr. Flood of New York.
Library— Vr. O’Neill of Pennsylvania.
Printings—Mr. Russell of Connecticut.
Election of President and Vice President —
Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts.
Eleventh Census—Mr. Dunnell of Minne
sota.
Indian Depredation Claims—Mr. Her
mann of Oregon.
Reform in the Civil Service—Mr. Lehl
oaeh of New Jersey.
Ventilation and Aooustics—Mr. Haugen
r, i Wisconsin.
Alcholio Liquor Traffic—J, D. JTavlor of
Ohio.
Irrigation of the Arid Lands—Mr.
* andever of California.
Immigration and Naturalization—Mr,
Owen of Indiana.
Elections—Mr. Rowell of Illinois.
Ways and Means—Mr. McKinley of
Ohio.
Apprqpnatiocs—ilnCouava a i Illinois.
fb* Jltofttittg
Manufactures—Mr. Kelley of Pennsyl
va la.
Accounts—Mr. Spooner of Rhode Island.
Mileage—Mr. Lind of Minnesota.
E trolled Bills—Mr. Kennedy of Ohio.
Silcntt Investigation Committee (select) —
Mr. Adams of Illinois.
CULVBR INDIGNANT.
He Thinks the Jury System Will Be
come a Farce if Clamor is to Rule.
Chicago, Dec. 2L—Juror John Culver,
the man who held out against the infliction
of the death penalty in the Cronin trial,
sends to the Daily News a long statement in
answer to published strictures on his con
duct. He says in part “When I was sworn to
try the case in whio i I was impaneled ac
cording to tne evidence, I had no idea that I
should be required to satisfy popular clamor,
and I now think that jury trials
have become the veriest farce if it is true
that one must suit his verdict to the de
mands of the newspapers or public opinion
(if, indeed, newspauers express, instead of
manufacture, public opiuion), or be de
nounced and maligned, and his action be
attributed to the most detestable of all cor
ruption—bribery his religion derided, and
even his wife and family dragged in to en
hance the sensation.
LONGNECKKR CENSURED.
Among the natural fruits of this passion
ate and clamorous treatment on the part of
the newspapers alluded to I cla-s numerous
published interviews of persons not sworn
to try the ense, and the conduct of Judge
Longnecker in stepping out of the sphere of
his duties as prosecuting officer and as
suming that of censors of jurors,
when, forsooth, their verdict hap
pens not to be in accordance with his
desires, and many obscure and threatening
letters which myself and my wife have re
ceived. That there was a foul conspiracy
to murder Dr. Cronin, and that he was
foully murdered, was unhesitatingly the
verdict of every juror.
THREATS OF ASSASSINATION.
“But if it is true there are counter-secret
societies, as some of these letters indi
cate, plotting death to jurors that
do not find their verdicts
according to the desires of members of
these societies, to what pass have we come,
and in what a perilous position stand our
courts of justice* If I am to be the next
victim of ttiese feuds I shall have nothing
to regret, except that the law made it my
duty to be a juror ia this important case,
and that the state of the public feeling is
such as to make it possible that such an
outrage can be committed upon one who
has endeavored to discharge his duty to the
best of his ability.”
The News also publishes a number of
abusive, obscene, ani threatening letters
which Mr. Culver has received since the
verdict was rendered.
A GASOMETEi EXPLODES. '
Two Men Killed and Two Others
Slightly Injured.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 21.—This morn
ing, shortly after daybreak, the gasometer
of the city gas works exploded with fatal
effect. Last night, owing to some defect in
the works, the gas was cut off, and men
were engaged all through the night
making repairs. The water was drawn
from the gasometer that a man might get
inside to stop the leak. While so doing with
a lantern the gas was ignited, aid an ex
plosion instantly occurred, killi ig William
Gath and Lewis Guthrie, and slightly
wounding two others. The bodies of the
men killed were thrown some distance and
badly mutilated. The gaso meter was
totally destroyed, and other parts
of the works were badly damaged.
The explosion was heard all over the city.
A fire alarm was sounded and the fire cotn
pa ies were quickly on the spot. Steps
were at once taken to repair the damage,
but it will be some and lys before the supply
of gas will be renewed.
NAVASSA’S RIOTERS,
Verdict of the Jury That Heard Their
Cases at Baltimore,
Baltimore, Dec. 2L—The jury in the
Narassa riot case, as to the murder of
Thomas N. Foster, have rendered the follow
ing verdict:
“Henry Jones, guilty of murder in the
first degree; Cozr Fisher, Ed Smith, Charles
H. Smith, alias John Ward, Alfred Jones,
alias ‘ Texas Sb rfcv,’ Edmund Francis, alias
Blue Ball, James Johnson, alias Tom
Welsh, Alfred Brown, ana Am s Lee,
guilty of manslaughter. James Phillips
and M >ses Willi i ms, alias Dakator, not
guilty.” The jury did not agree as to Jamss
Tascer, George 8. Key, Charles H. Davis,
alias Potnpey, Steve Peters, James H. Rob
inson, alias “Snow," Eiward Woodfork
and Norman Woodster, alias “Juggler.”
George S. Key was convicted of murder on
the first trial, and was only tried the second
time as a matter of form as accessory to the
murder of Foster.
A TRAIN WRECK. AT A DEPOT.
One Freight Run Down by Another
and Ten Cars Wrecked.
Hastings, Neb., Dec. 21.—0n the Bur
lington and Missouri railroad, at Sutton
Station, yesterday, thirty miles east of
Hastings, a west-bound freight train taking
wate' was run into by tha Denver fast
freight, completely wrecking ten cars of
mercuandise. Two hundred "feet of plat
form were torn up aud the cars plunged
into the depot. One brakeraan was seri
ously injured. The engineers and firemen
jumped in time to save themselves. The
depot is a total loss, and the main street of
Sutton is blocked with wrecked cars and
merchandise.
AN EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED.
Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 21. —A disastrous
wreck occurre i on the Lehigh Valley rail
road at Laurev's Station this morning. An
eastbound Buffal > express, made up of four
express cars, t ree passenger coaches, and
two Pullman sleeper's, while running forty
miles an hour, dashed into the rear end of a
freight train entering a side track. The
engine turned over on its side, and Engineer
Monro Mosie of South E iston was pinned
bv the legs under the tender. He was gotten
out three hours afterward. His injuries are
probably fatal. The platforms of the
passengers cars were broken, but no passen
fers were hurt. A doze i freight cars were
emolished. The fl igman of the freight
train disappeared after the aocideut.
CIVIL RIGHTS IN CAROLINA.
The Senate Reconsiders Its Action
and Passes the Bill.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 21.—1a the gen
eral assembly to-day the Senate recon
sidered its action takeu last night, by which
the House bill repealing the chapter of the
general statutes relation to offenses against
civil right* was refused passage. After
voting to reconsider the Senate passed the
bill, which as previously passed by the
House will become a law as soon as it re
ceives the governor's signature, which it is
certain to get. There ware only four votes
against the bill In the Senate, and none in
the Hew*
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1889--TWELVE PAGES.
SHERMAN WINS THE DAY.
MORGAN'S BRAZILIAN RESOLU
TION TO GO TO COMMITTEE.
The Gentleman from Alabama Suc
ceeds in Getting Kx-Mlnlster Hill
iard’s Views in the Congressional
Record A Lively Tilt Between
Messrs. Holman and Mills Over a
Question of Salary.
Washington, Dec. 21.—1n the Senate to
day, after some routine business, Mr. Sher
man moved to go into executive session.
Mr. Morgan offered a resolution calling
on the President of the United States for
copies of all the correspondence between
the United States and Brazil, and of all
other papers on file in the state department
relating to tne recent change of govern
ment of Brazil, and said that he desired to
submit some remarks.
Mr. Sherman declined to yield (for that
purpose.
Mr. Morgan—l regard this movement (to
go into executive session) as a dehber .te at
tempt to cut us off from any consideration
of tue resolution (the one debated yester
day), and as the senator from Onio is chair
man of the committee on foreign relations,
to which committee motion has been ma ie
to refer it, Ido not think that he is justi
fied in this course of action. I propose on
his motion to go into executive session to
test the question whether or not tnere is a
voting quorum here; because if we are not
to have any consideration on this side of
the chamber I shall insist that the other
side suffer just as much by that form of
tactics as we do.
DISCLAIMED THE IMPUTATION.
Mr. Sherman disclaimed tbs imputation,
and said that if the Brazilian resolution
could be debated and voted on he had not
the least objection; but there was no
quorum present to decide any controverted
question.
Mr. Morgan admitted that in the absence
of a quorum, his resolution to recognize the
republic of Brazil would necessarily go
over till after the holidays, but he desired
that the information called for in the res >-
lution which he now offered might now be
obtained for the purpose of informing the
country of the situation of
the Brazilian question in the
state department. But he wished
to submit, in connection with it, a state
ment from H. W. Hilliard of Augusta, Ga.,
former minister to Brazil, whicn he hid
received from tb it gentleman this morning,
in the shape of an interview in the Augusta
Chronicle. He also wished to submit the
speech of Mr. Mendonca of Brazil, as re
ported in the morning papers, in response
to the toast, “America all republican,” de
livered at a banquet in New York.
SHERMAN’S CONCESSION.
Mr. Sherman said that he had no objec
tion to the adoption of the resolution j t
offered, if it were acted upon without dis
cussion.
Mr. Morgan—lf the senator will allow me
to put into the Record this communication
from Mr. Hilliard, and also a statement
wnich I will add
Mr. Sherman—l do not think it fair for
thesena'or to do that. Let him put Mr.
Hilliard’s statement in the Record.
Mr. Morgan persisted no farther, but
furnished to the official reporters copies of
papers containing Mr. Hilliard’s statement
and Mr. Mendonca’s spiech, aid tnen his
resolution calling for the correspondence
was agreed to.
Mr. Spooner offered a substitute for Mr.
Morgan’s resolution a? to recognition of the
Brazilian republic, to be referred to the
committee on foreign relations. It declares
that the action of tne President in accord
ing diplomatic recognition to the present
provisional government of Brazil, and
in the instruction of the United
States mi listers to extend, on the
part of this government, cordial and
formal recognition of the new republic as
soon as a majority of the people of Brazil
should have signified their assent to its
establishment and maiutena ce, merited
and rec ived the unqualified approbation of
congress.
Mr. Morgan suggested that there was
something in Mr. Spooner’s proposition “to
point a moral and adorn a tale."
Mr. Call gave notice that immediately
after the holiday recess he would ask the
Senate to take from the table the resolution
offered by him for the appointment of a
committee to report legislation necessary
for the protection of tue people in their
right to homes on the public lands of the
United States in Florida and elsewhere.
Mr. Teller gave like notice in reference to
his resolution for open sessions of the Sen
ate. Tne Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of executive bu -mass, and, at
2:45 o’clock, adjournod till Monday, Jan, 6.
In the House.
The House waS treated to a spicy little
discussion this mor ling betwee 1 Mr. Hol
man of Indiana and Mr. Mills of Texas.
The discussion was precipitated by a state
ment from Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky, to the
effect that in offering the resolution yester
day for the appointment of J. R- Hill
as assistant doorkeeper he bad fixed
the salary at $2,000, believing that
that was the salary which had always been
received by other special employe . From
Mr. Clancy he had learned that this was
a mistake, and that Mr. Clancy’s salary had
been #1,500. [Clancy has been a republican
minority employe). He therefore' moved
to reconsider the vote by which the resolu
tion was adopted, in order that the House
might determine whether it would reduce
Mr. Hill’s salary to $1,500, or increase Mr.
Clancy’s salary to $2,000. The vote having
been reconsidered, Mr. Holman of Indiana
moved to reduce Mr. Hill’s salary to $1,500,
and he urged the necessity of preserv.ng
economy in the expenditure of the public
money.
AROUSED MR. MILLS.
Mr. Mills said that that was the same
speech he had been listening to for the last
sixteen year*. Every seesion the House was
tieatefi to a speecti on economy whioh was
to be applied to the officers of the House
and the smaller officers of the government,
but whenever it came to applying economy
to the expenditure of hundreds of thou ran is
or millions of dollars, the cinque ice of the
gentleman was lost to the country. Could
the American people be protected from ex
cessive expenditures only by cutting
down the salary of some p>or
fellow about the House of Representatives?
He had fought against the reduction of the
pay of the officers of the House and the in
crease of the pay of the officers of the Sen
ate, which the gentleman from Indiana, as
a member of the committee on appropria
tions, had permitted to be done year after
year.
THE HOUSE THE PEOPLE’S THRONE.
He believed, in oommon with all English
speaking people, that the American House
of Representatives was the throne of the
people, and he believed in maintaining its
equal dignity, equal power,and eq tal nghta.
[Applause.) If he should ever succied in
getting to the Senate there would be some
body in the Senate who would still feel that
he was kin to the American democracy, and
that this House should be preserved in equal
dignitv to the Senate.
Mr. Holman said that if the gentlemen
intended to prscUoo aovaaov tbqy must
begin with tha details which cams before i
congress for tha consideration of the 1
House. Had it been smiled and jri ig tne
last six years when Mr. Ciauoey bad been re
ceiving $1,5J0? Had toe go ideunan from
Texas felt it necessary, in order to preserv e
the dignity of tbs Home during these six
years, to increase the salary ) If the House
had been more considerate ii the expen iiture
of pub.ic money than thsSe.iate had been, it
was to the great honor and dignity of tais
body.
Mr. Holman's motion was agreed to by a
vote of 96 to 70, and the resolution as
a uietd and was adopted.
Mr. Cuimni igs of New York presented
the petition of the governor and citizens of
New Jersey, for the relief of Mr*, Delia
TParnell. it was referred
Mr. McComoa of Maryland, from the
committee on appropriation, rep irted the
District of Columbia appr priutiou. The
bill was ordered p. intod aufi recommitted.
This is toe first time in the history of the
House when at the first regular session a
general appropriation bill has been reported
before the holidays.
lkedom’s accounts.
The House adopted a resolution request
ing the United States treasurer to receive
the cash aud assets in the sergeant-at-a ms’
office as a special deposit until the further
order of the House. A proviso is inserted
that uothiug therein contained shall affect
Mr. Leedom’s liability.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill was reported back and laid ou tue table
for the presmt.
At his own request, Mr. VYike of Illinois
was relieved from duty ou tne committee ou
elections, aud Mr. Wilson of Missouri was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
The speaker then announced the standing
and select committees of the House.
The speaker also annouueed the aupoint
ment of Messrs. Mason, Cogs .veil, Struble,
Turner cf Georgia, and Wilson of West
Virginia as a committee to investigate the
ballot box forgeries under the Butterwortn
resolution.
Mr. Cheadle of Indiana resigned from
membership on the committee on claims,
and his resignation was accepted. The
House, at 2:45 o’clock, adjourned till Jau. 6.
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.
Another Long Llat of Lucky Office-
Holders Made Public.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Another long
list of presidential nominations confirmed
by the Senate were made publio to-day.
They number several hundred,and embrace
every department of the government.
Among the principal ones are: Lytnin E.
K .up i, governor of Alaska; commissions s
of the District of Columbia, Douglass and
Hiue; comptroller of the curre icy, Lacey;
collect ors of internal reveuua. R. A. Moselv,
for Alabama; Dennis Eagan,for Florida;W.
H. Johnson, for Georgia; E. H.
Webster, for South Carolina; E. A.
White, for the Fourth North Carolina; D.
A. Munn, for the Fifth Ten lessee.
Surveyor General McKee for Mississippi.
Postmasters: Florida—J. Bell at Ualues
vifie, and W. R. Bush at Lake City;
Georgia—W. Ackerman at Cart rsville, B.
F. Brimbury at Albany, C. Browui g at
Dalton, W. Brock at Tallapoosa, and J. It.
Lewis at Atlanta; Mississippi—J. E. Ev
erett at Yazoo City, W. H. Ghioa at Jacluon,
W. H. Hancock at Meriaian, S. M. llowey
at Oxford, Cora C. Matthews *t Hazle
hurst, May C. Matthews at Harper’s, Mary
N. Pa ash at Green wo id, Mary Simpso i a t
Pass Caristian, Jennie R. Tyler, at Brook
Haven.
District of Columbia Appropriations.
Washington, Dec. 2L—The District of
Columbia appropriation bill, repor ed to
the House to-day, appropriates $5,331,984,
or $350,000 less than the appropriation for
the current year.
Hoar’s Bankruptcy Bill,
Washington, Dec. 21.— The bankruptcy
bill introduced by Senator Hoar is what is
kuown as the Terry bankruptcy bill, ap
proved by the commercial convention at
Minneapolis last foil.
Bond Acceptances.
Washington, Dec. 21.— The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $38,000. All
were accepted at 104% for 4%5, and
127 for 4s.
SAMOA’S NEW KING,
Malletoa Finally Accepted by the
Consuls and the Natives.
Apia, Samoa, Dec. 7, per steamer
Alameda to San Francisco Deo. 21.—King
Malietoa has at last been formally recog
nized as ruler of Samoa by the consuls
of the United States and Germany.
About a month ago the consuls
issued a proclamation declaring that the
Berlin conference bad agieed to recognize
Malletoa as king, and advising the natives
to acknowledge him as such. Tamasose re
plied to this proclamation by saying that,
his followers were willing that such a
course should be taken. Malletoa
and Mataafa agreed to the suggestion of the
consuls, and the native chiefs of the islan is
also signed a document acknowledging
vlalietoa asking. As soon as the Samoans
had come to tuis agreement preparations
were made for an official announcement of
Malietoa’s authority.
his flag hoisted.
Accordingly Deo. 5 Malietoa’s flag was
hoisted on the site of the old government
house, and the United Sates mai-of-war
Adams fired a salute of twe itv-one guns in
its honor. The German man-of-war Sophie,
which was also lying in the harbor, did
not Are a salute. The cons its held a con
ference on the fame evening and issued a
proclamation declaring that the govern
ments of the United 8 atos. Great Britain,
and Germany, from thia time, will recog
nize Malit-toa as King of Samoa. The
proclamation also advised the two native
partiea, which have been hitherto opposed
to each other, t > effect ultimate reconcilia
tion as soon as p issible, and contribute to
the peaceable management of the new Sa
moan g ivernme it. This proclamation was
signed bv Dr. Steubel, the German oonsul;
Gen. H. De Coetlogan, the British oonsul,
a id W. Blacklock, the United States vice
consul It was printed in the English and
Samoan languages, and posted in various
pans of the island. The opinion is gener
ally expressed that this actiorfon the part
of the consuls is the ultimate settlement of
tue Samoan difficulty.
WORK OF THE DOQB.
Galena Wins Second Place in the Race
for Pointers of All Agee.
Birmingham, Dec. 2L —A special from
Amory, Mias., says Count Foster and Galena
real this morning for second pi ice in the all
ages pointer stake, Galena winning. The
winners of this stake are: First, Tribula
tion, $260, owned by Rev. Stevenson
of Staunton, Tenn.; second, Galena,
$l5O, owned by J. F. Gill of Franklin, Pa;
third, Count Foster, SIOO, owned by Dr.
J. U. Holme* of Zanesville, O. Tribulation
and Galena were bandied by Stevenson and
Count Foster by Charles Tucker. Tucker
also handled the dogs that won first money
in the Derby, S4OO, and first in the all-age
setter, #250. The weather fa cloudy and
cooler. Xta eorU the meeting,
CROWNED HEADS QUAKE.
A CRAZS FOR REPUBLICS MAY
SPREAD OVER EUROPE.
Success in Portugal Would be Fol
lowed by Agitation in Spain and
Italy—The German Colony ia Brazil
Stands by the Republic Military
Amusements of the Emperor.
{Copyrighted, 1889, by the New York Associated
Press.)
Berlin, Dec. 2L—The emperor has beeu
svill as to be compelled to keep his hod
since Thursday morning. He arose for the
first time to day and received official re
ports. Hit malady was catarrh, with fever,
and provoked a reourrence of the old trouble
with his ear. Tuere was also in his throat
more thau the usual trouble experienced iu
such coses. An injudicious notd on the
subject was printed in the National
Zeituny. It was intended, of course,
to reassure the publio, but had an
entirely contrary effect, and caused
almost iners ant inqu’rles to be made ot the
palioe. The emperor forbade tio put>~
lication of bullet ns, received in his bed
room leading officials who called, and
treated his ill less in a jesting spirit. His
trouble originated in a o Id, caught wh la
the emperor watched the elf >ct of night
alarm in the garrison at Potsdam, one of
his military amusements being to test the
rapidity witn woich the various regi
me its can be turned out at unex
pected mo nents. But that is
not his majesty’s only military
amusement. At the field maneuvers ai
Bornstadt a regiment of cavalry was sud
denly ordered to advance at full gallop. It
rode holtor-skelter down the badly lighted
streets of Potsdam. Sine of the horse>
were killed, and several of the townpoople
were ridden dow i and badly hurt. Tins
caused much publio irritation, an 1 was one
of tne reasons why there was very little
sympathy with the e nperor in his illness
among his people in that part of the empire.
watching brazil.
For many days now the attention of the
foreign office has been centered up >n the de
velopments iu Brazil and the threatened
coup in Portugal. Long daily dispatches
from Lisbon and Madrid have co tlr ned
the intullige ice recently given In this letter
that Portugal is Ukelv to follow tha exam
ple set by Brazil. The gover line it here
sha< es the uneasiness felt in every monarchy
in Europe. If Portugal take* tire the move
ment of the Portuguese republicans will, it
is believed, be the signal for a rising in
Spain, aud this will tie followed by agita
tion in Italy and a general upheaval of tbo
social forces throughout Europe.
The militant atti ude of the Portugese
government toward England over ths Zi n
b isi dispute fa recognized here as i oce.ssary
to strengthen the position of tne King of
Portugal at home, where any accidental
failure of strength at this moment would
be mado much ot in t ie interest of the radi
cal partv. Prince Bismarck, according 1 1 a
reportafloat in ministerial circlet, has w it
ten directly to the M uquis of Halfab try,
expressing a hope th it n uning will be done
to humiliate tue Portuguese ministry in
view of the im >erial catastrophe in Brazil,
and the position of the monarchy In Portu
gal face to face with similar forces to those
that cast dowu Dum Pe lro.
AN APPEAL TO ENGLAND’S FORBEARANCE.
An article in the National Zeitung, ap
pealing to tha forbearance of t e E igdsh
government, says that 7, srpa Pinto, like
other agents of Portugal, tuiy go lieyon 1
his instructions, but a statesman, looking be
yond a special coup, will see that other in
terests than those relating to the possession
of Afiican territory should have
immediate consideration. Tne youth
of the prince, who has just ascended the
Portug n-se throne, his relationship to
Queen Victoria, and the c mservati ve tend
ency of the Marquis of Salisbury’s policy
should altogether assure such calm adjust
ment of tbo dispute as will not add to the
difficulties in tne way of King Carlos. The
Zeitung's article indicates that Prince Bis
marck favors the E iglish claims in this
difference between the powers. Official
bias is evidently toward England. This is
due chiefly to the intimate re atious of the
courts and the general concurrence in the
foreign policy, but is alio furthered by the
attempts of the Frencn press to foment an
irritation in Portugal against England.
Home German official experience with Zsrna
Pin o goes a certain way toward c mfirming
the opinion that the Portuguese have mado
a mistake.
CAPTURE OF THE SULTAN’S YACHT.
Zerpa Pinto was the officer who, while
the Portuguese consul at Za zibar, caused
the capture of the sultan’s yacht by a
Portuguese cruiser. German intervention
in that case at first supported Pinto, but
ended with an admission that the sultan
had been wronged, and that the quarr.fi
bad originated entirely in the reckless rash
ness of Zei pa Pi ito. The just.ee or in
justice of England’* demands is regarded as
of no Imoortanca to tle government here,
and little interest is felt save iu the possi
bility that the dispute, if it
is pressed against the king, may
afford the republicans in Lis
bon a lever witn whioh to
overturn the monarchy, in that phase the
case causes s me anxiety. Advices received
at Ha nburg from the province of Rio
Grand do Sul, in Brazil, are entirely cun
t ary to the opiuion that the Germau
colonists desire the protection of t ie father
land. They appear to be content to await
events, and h paful that the federated re
public will increase the general prosperity.
They desire to see fully develop'd self
government or state sovereignty
ia the provinces, and believe that the
repub.ican constitutional convention will
grant this and will accord to t iem an en
larged control of the provincial finances.
All this acci.rded, they count upon the
growth in the new world of a great Ger
man free state. The official world here is
dis pp linted by this adnesion of the col
onists to the republic.
BTRIKK OF THE MINERS.
The miners’ strike still remains unsettled.
Several pits in the Saar district are working,
but more are idle. Tue directors sent out
placards to-day proclaiming that all men
who have not returned to
tbe.r work by Monday will
be treated as having rejected the terms of
fered them. Anarchists from Liege, in
Belgium, have been inciting the men to re
fuse the terms. Some arrests of these men
have been made, but this has failed to over
come the agitation. Many police
agents from hero have been sen:
through’ all the districts where the
trouble exists to watch the oDerations of
this anarchist propaganda. Although the
strikes are not directly traceable to t e op
erations of the socialists, the government is
possessed of inf or nation that they are fo
mented through a socialist committee.
LUCKENWALDK’S STRIKE.
The recent strike at Luckenwalde was
directly due to the Berlin committee. Tne
agitation,;thus ac ive and demonstrative,
will be tha bull of Price Bismarck’s argu
ment, in his forthcoming appeal to the
Re.chstag, to pass the socialist Dili entirely
ns it stands, and without eufeebling quali
fications. The government expects to make
pressure enough up in the national liberals
U> turea ih* udthiduwal of tbair CEposi-
tion. There are eigne in the national
liberal pr es that the party will accept the
expulsion clause. The truth of the position
is that the na ional littera a believe they
have done en ugh to justify theinselvee to
their constituents before the electi >n, and
they will now yield to the doraa ds of t in
chancellor. Although the mandate of the
Reichstag expires ou Feb. 21, there 1* s >me
doubt about the date of the elections. Jour
nals are discussing the constitu>io ial right
of the government to delay until autumn
the convening of the new Keicnstag.
The renewal of the agreement or c >alition
program ne, known os the cartel, has not
prevented some lively disputes botweeu
deputies of the allied groups. The more
liberal end of the cotnbina lon Is accused of
making itself subservient to the royal will,
and the emperor is imagi ed as the author
of the programme, aud as saying that he
originated it by sat ing, in tbo styleof Louis
XIV., “Cartel est mon plaisir.” Iu the
disputes of the party Herr liaminnrsteia,
manager of the A'/vuz Zcitang, has, with
Herr Btolp, one of the candidates in favor
of ex-Minister Puttkamo, opposed the na
tional liberal candidate at Bselfeeld. There
upon the national liberals and ultra-con
servative newspapers have fallen foul of
one another, and tue natio ial liberal* accuse
the conservative* of having entered Into
secret negotiations with the progressist wing
of the Deutsclie Freislnnigo p irty to work
the elections in a cumber of districts against
the national liberals.
TUB SOCIALISTS.
The socialists’ trial at Elberfeld is likely
to result in the enforced absence from the
electoral struggle of a number of the ino*t
actlvo soclall*!. loader*. The public prose
cutor demand* that Mobil be sentenced to
fifteen mouths’ imprisonment. Uilleiiberger
aud Harm Cos one year, and Bhumaclier to
six ment is. The socialist delegates In re
union at Rissdorf, a suburb of tbi* city,
decided to join t le international demon
strate i of May 1 In favor of eight hours
for a day’s labor.
Count von Moltke was ill three days with
the fashionable epidemic. He recovered
and was out on Tuesday, but he bad a re
lapse and was taken do *n with bro lobltis.
Tbo doctors now prohibit his leaving his
bedroom.
Herr v in Sastro, under secretary of state
f y the interior, died suddenly to-dav. The
National Zeitung pays a warm tribute to
his many admirable qualities.
DJI FONSECA DYING.
A New Crisis Bald to be Approaching
in Brazil.
London, Deo. 21.—A private cable dis
patch received here from Rio Janeiro states
that Mar dial Deodora do Fonseca, chief of
the provisional government of Brazil, is
dying. The question a* to who will succeed
him Is engaging serious attention. It is be
lieved tat. the change in the miaistry which
would f ilow Marshal de Fomeca’s doath
would lead to serious complications.
THE OBNERAL ELECTION.
Rio Janeiro, Deo. 21.— An executive de
cree promulgated to-day fixes the date of
the general election for September 15, aud
the meeting of tbs oonUtuont assembly for
November 15. Bv the same dec ee, ex-
Kmperor Dorn Pedro i* banished from
Brazil, together with the members of the
royal family. Viscount d’ Ouro Preto and
his brother Carlos Aifons >, and Henator
Martino. Tbo Governor of Rio Grande do
Bui, charged with treason a* the leader of a
movement for the secession of that state, is
condemned to transportation. The decree
recalls a id cancels the grant of five million
millers to Emperor Dim Pedro, and sus
pends his all iwauoe in the civil list.
Five Corpses Washed Ashore,
London, Dec. 21.—The bodies of five of
the missing thirteen par ons and one boat
belonging to the British steamer Cleddy,
wine i was s ink oir the Isle of Wight ve*-
tord ty by collision with the Hr tish steamer
I le of Cyprus, have been washed ashore At
Bt. Catherine Point, on the south side of the
island.
The bodies of the eight missing victims
were recovered at Ventnor, on the south
ern coast of the Isle of Wight.
Influenza In France’s Cabinet.
Paris, Deo. 21.—President Carnot is suf
fering from the influenza now prevailing
throughout Europe. Owing to his ill iess
and to the faot t at M. Tirard, prime min
ister; M. De Freycinct, minister of war: M.
Spuller, minister of foreign affair*, anil M,
Foyee, minister of agriculture, are suffer
ing f ora the same coinpl tint, the cabinet
council which was to havo boon held to-day
was abandoned.
O’Brien Denied a New Trial.
London, Deo. 21. —The motion for anew
trial of the action for damage* brought by
William O’Brien against Lima Salisbury for
slander has been dismissed. Mr. O’Brieu
ha 1 charged that Lord Salisbury in a speech
had accused him of inciting to murder and
robbery. The ground on w.iich anew trial
was asked was that the jury who returned
the verdiot for Lord Salisbury were misdi
rected.
Turkey In a Dilemma.
London, Doc. 21.— The News correspond
ent at Constantinople says the porte finds
itself placed in a dilemma by the Moussaßey
affair. If Aleussa is acquittal, Europe will
be incensed. If he is condemned, it will
prove that there is misgovernment in
Arme ,la, which the porte has pt rsuteutly
denied.
A Fquadroa Ordered to Delagoa.
Ci.i'2 Town, Dea 2L—The flagship Ra
leigh, the corvette Curaooa, and the torpedo
cruiser Brisk, of the Cape of Good Hone
and we t coast of Africa squadron, have
been ord*rel to proceed immediately to
Delagoa Bay.
Our Squadron at Llsbop.
Lisbon, Dec. 21.— The warshios Chicago,
Boston, and Atlanta, of the American evo
lutionary squadron, arrived here to-day.
The Yorktown, the other vessel of the
squadron, is expected to arrive to-morrow.
A Lockout in England.
London, Dec. 21.—Tne proprietors of the
boot and shoe factories in Bristol have
locked out their operatives. By this step
9,000 persons are thrown out of work.
Three of Buahlrl’s Men Hanged.
Zanzibar, Dec. BL—Three of Bushiri’s
head men have been hanged at Bagameyo.
Burgeon Park is dangerously ill with bilious
fever.
PAPER FIRM3 FAIL.
They Are Connected With the Mills
Closed at Baugsrtles.
New York, Dec. 21.—Announcement
was made to-day of the suspension of J. Q.
Prlble & Cos., manufacturers of blank
books and envelopes, and J. B. Sheffield &
Bon, manufacturer* of paper and general
stationery at Nos. 10 and 12 Thomas street.
The Wabash Manufacturing Company, of
Chicago, is also involved. No statement
has been made, but the liabilities will ex
oeed *1,000,000. These are the firm* con
tro ling tne factories at Baugertiee, N. Y.,
which closed yesterday,
1 DAILY, *lO A YYAK
•J t CUNTS V X)’T.
( WEEKLY *1.25 A lf£A&
A WOMAN’S LIEGE LORDS
A FIGHT THAT M AY RESULT IN TUB
DEATH OF ONE OF THEM.
He Persecuted Her After She Had
Obtained a Divorce and Remarried.
Slanderous Storlee Told About Her
All Over Town, and Her Present
Husband Openly Insulted at Every.
Opportunity.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 21.—Eight years
ago J. T. Carter, then a prominent saddler,
and Miss Alice Thorpe, daughter of W. L.
Thorpe, a leading contractor of tbit city,
were married. The pair started iu life
under the rnoet favorable auspices, but their
married life wa* by no means a happy one.
Children cuine to their union, but did not
calm the trouble. If reports be true,
the irascible temperament of Carter
wa* the cause of all thair infelic ties,
and finally a separation ensued. After they
bad been par ed some time the husband
sought and obtained a recouclliati ra. The
pair rmnained together but a few weeks,
however, whan Carter’s worst side again
asserted itself, aud t ey s parated. Bhe
obiaiued a Divorce and took refuge with her
fattier, wnere she rem itued until J. M.
Tho:np*on, a promine.it young Ent Hilt
men: ant, after a courtship, married her.
CONTINUOUS PERSECUTION.
They lived happily until Carter reap
peared. Hno never mo* her former husband
but to meot with sti iging i tsult. Her hus
band became the butt, of Carter’s jests, and
wa* mado to feel tho blush of s .ame at
indecent allusi >n< mad i to bis wife, * Uloh
caiue to lus ears n it atone t rough friends,
but which on one oc-asion he bad heard
from Carte, 's lips. He cautioned Carter
that his conduct muu cease, but tnere
was no cassation. Carter villi tied Thomp
son's wife on every occasion, and men
were shocked to hear the vile expressions he
used In reference to her. But thi* ceased
to-day, probably permanen! ly,possibly tem
porarily. Carter may never ri*e from the
pullet to which he lias been consigned by
tbe fearful use of a knife in the hands of
the man whose manh od be had ou raged.
Oa Tarragona street, shortly after noon,
Thompeon amt bis wife were together near
the ice factory. Ca ter was coming down
the street on t..e opposite side.
AN ENCOUNTER.
When the latter drew near he made an
insulting remark, to which Tbompeo t In
dignantly replied. Carter c. o sed the
street and struck Thompson, wh > fell. Car
ter fell on top of biin. i’be frightened
woman screamed, and attempted to pull
Carter off. As she at .oped tue Ilf* blood:
of her former husband spurted into her 1
face. Thompson had used bis pnoxet knife
with probably fatal effect, i fliedng five!
wounds in different parts of Carter’s b dy.j
Carter freed himself and ran about 10G 4
yards to HullD’ store, wber < he now Use,
tbe doctors having bat slight hopes oft
his recovery. Thumps >n was subse
quently arrested by an officer*
aid Drought to the police station,!
where he was turned over to ihe ►heriff,.
and placed in the county Jail to await tbS
result of Carter's injuri-is. Tue parties i j
the affair are highly connected, and thei
encounter is tbe talk of the city. Brsry-j
body sympathize* with Tuomps *n, and the
news of the occurrence was received with
the expression “served him rigor." Thomp
son is a nephew of Maj. J. W. Thompeon
of Blrmiugnam, Ala., and a relative of Dr.
Banders of M ibile, and is als • highly oon**
meted in Montgomery and Tuscaloeeay
Ala.
FLORIDA P iO-iPHATES.
The Biggest Boom In tbe History of th
Btate in Pro *p act.
Jacksonville, Fla., De -. 21.—A sensa
tion was caused on the streets to-day by the
report of tbe disco very of rioh phosphate bade
at the old Hart plantation, seven miles from
Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad. The prop rty t* part
of the old Baroer grant, and is In Duval
county. It belo igs io Mrs, G. W. Gill, who
last night refu*ed 11,OOP par acre for it. An
investigation will be mad •, for exuerts say
that the s mples are as rich as any discovered
in South Florida.
A 810 book
A gen'leman recently returned from
South Florid*, iu an interview with
the News correspond nt, stated that fer
tilizer prosjiectors are fl eking into Marion,
Pasco, Citrus, and Hernxnlo c ranties ana
buying up 1 inds. He says there is going to
'be one of the biggst bio ns down the •
next year in developing pboipbate belt that
ever struck this country. A dav or two
ago a man from Grand Rapids, M ch., ran
down into Marion c ai ity to 1 ok aftir 490
acres he purchased there three years ago for
SBOO, merely to secure a desirable p ece oa
which to start an orange grove. While down
there someone dlsoovei ed pnoi hate on it.
The owner was buuted up at Oonl* in tbo
hotel, and asked wuat he would take for
t e laud, and after a little chat he war*
offered aud took In cash $15,0)0.
A MAN BORNEO TO DEATH.
Another so Seriously Injured That]
Hts Recovery Is Doubtful.
Tom’s River, N. J., Dec. 21. —The mix
ing bouse at tbe Oni ed States Dynamite
Comoany’s works, about two miles north
of here, was bn ned this m ming. William
Thompson wa* bur ed to death, and Robert
Madkiff was so seriously burned chut his
recovery is doubtful, ihe buildl ig was a
mere shell, aud c mtaine t several hundred
pound* of dynamite, which burned iusteid
of exploding. The loss to the company will
not exceed SI,OOO. ,
Fugitive Lrimlnal* Run Down.
Columbia, 8. C.. Dec. 21.—Cor mer Ben
jamin Covar f Edgi-fleld county has die
cove: ed in Arkansa* Murrell and Carpenter,
two white men co ivie el <of rnuder, who
broke jail in Edgefield two weeks ago.
Extradition papers for the retu -n of the
criminals were issued by Gov. Richardson
to-night._
Another School Girl Dies.
Detroit, Dec. 21— Elith Wheeler died
last night, rnaki 'g the tbi and victim, so far,
Trom the school fire. Fears are now enter
tai .ed for many others, as t is learned that
they inhaled smoke very freely, and the ex
tent of their internal inju. ies from that
cause cannot be ascertained.
A stags r-eid up.
Rawlins, W. TANARUS., Dec. 21.—The Rawlins
and White River stage was held up last
night fifty miles south of here, by two
masked men, ho took sls) from tbe pas
sengers and registered mail.
A County Safe Robbed.
St. Louis, Dec. 21.— The safe in the
oou ty t easu er’s office at Boerne, Kendall
county, Texas, was blown open by burglars
Thursday night and $6,0j0 of the county's
money stolen.
Three More Bodies Found.
Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 21.—Three bodies
were found on the banks of the Couemaugh„
near Coopersdale, to-day. All were those
of woman, none of wham was identified.
