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\ J. H. ESTILL President. |
TALK ABOUT THE TARIFF.
MORE MANUFACTURERS BEFORE
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE,
Protection Represented aa a Question
of Life and Death With Cutlery Man
ufacturers A Flea for Protection
for the Tin Plate Industry-Other
Arguments.
Washington, Dec. 27'.—The House -ways
amf means committee went promptly to
■work at 10 o’clock this morning, and
listened to a statement by C. S. Landers of
New Britain, Conn., on the subject of table
cutlery. He was pat sfied with the pro
vision of the Senate bill, except in regard
to one feature of classification. The
average duty on table cutlery imposed by
the bill was 52 per cent., and the change
proposed in classification would increase the
average to 56.23 cents. Cutlery manu
facturers would have to be protected, or
they would have to die.
J. Logan Cbipmau of Michigan read tele
grams from several stove firms iu Michigan,
protesting against mica being removed from
the free list.
Charles Brice, representing the Gold
Dealers’ Association, argued in favor of
an increased duty on gold leaf and bronze
powders.
Clark Fisher of Trenton, N. J., wanted
the duty on anvils raised to two and three
tenths cents per pound.
THE TIN PLATE INDUSTRY.
William C. Cronmeyer, of Pittsburg de
scribed the unsuccessful efforts of Ameri
can manufacturers to produco tin plates at
a profit. In response to queries by Repre
sentative Burrows, the witness said that to
manufacture a box of tin plate iu this
■■ountry cost about $5.50; while in England
it could be produced at $2.25 less, the
differe. ee being attributable to the differ
ence in the cost of labor. The present duty
was not a protective one, but that proposed
by the Senate bill, w hile not as high as it
ought to be, had the meiit of being pro
tective. If the tin plate industry
could bo built up iu this country, it would
support a number of people nearly equal to
the popula ion of New York city. In con
clusion, the witness read an extract from
the Ironmonger, published at London,
warning VVeicu tin-plate manufacturers of
the efforts being made in America to in
crease the duty on that article, but declar
ing that tnose manufacturers had enough
friends in the United States to defeat the
scheme of the ultra-protectionists.
CONSUMERS BENEFITED.
William Metcalf of Pittsburg, who is in
terested in tho production of crucible steel,
impressed upon the committee the fact tuat
since a tariff had been placed on steel and
iron the cost to the consumer of articles
manufactured of tbe-e materials bad been
reduced. He stated that be sold steel to Mr.
Fisher to be used in the manufacture of
anvils, and that within twenty-one years
the price of this steel had fallen from 3d to
50 per cent.
George T. Oliver, representing|manufact
urers of wire rods and wires, addressed tho
committee. He was well satisfied with the
existing tariff on everything except wire
rods. On this material he advocated a
specific duty of 6-10 of a cent per pound on
rods not smaller than No. 5 wire gauge, and
of 1 cent a pound on rods smaller than No.
5. Any reduction of the duty on wire rods
would iuevitably advance the price of
barbed wire fencing and wire nails to the
consumer.
CUT VERSUS WIRE NAILS.
A. W. Campbell of West Virginia, a
manufacturer of rut nail*, controverted the
.statement made by Mr. Oliver to the effect
that the wire nail was cheaper than the cut
nail, and he contended that the contrary
was the fact. He thought that manufact
turers of s .ft steel should receive the same
measure of protection as was accorded to
' the producers of steel rails, and he expressed
himself as sa’isfled with the provisions of
the Senate bill.
F. J. Slade, of Trenton, N. J., addressed
the committee on the subject of structural
iron. The price for iron beams to-day was
three and one-tenth cents per pound. 'When
he went into the business, twenty years ago,
the price was about double that. In re
sponse to a question by Mr. Flower, Mr.
Slade stated that there was a combination
among the producers of structural iron, but
he denied* thit the profits of the business
were too large. They did not average more
than 8 per cent. Unrestricted competition
would lead to bankruptcy. Combination
was advantageous to trade, and it was the
duty of perso s engaged iu business to look
after their own business. The manufact
urers of beams simply said to one another:
“Let us charge fair prices for our own
goods.” That was all the combination there
was. No effort had been made to close out
firms that did not belong to the combina
tion, and there was no understanding that
production should be limited.
VIRGINIA’S COAL AND IRON.
Gen. lmboden of Virginia, speaking for his
section of the country, favored the reten
tion of the duty on coal and iron ore. In
fact he felt that it would be wise policy to
increase that duty. He described the
growth of the coal, iro.i, and railroad in
dustry in Virginia, Tennessee, and Ken
tucky, and contended that all this industry
would be imperilled if coal were placed on
the free list. Having stated that coal from
the Virginia coal fields was sold in the West
Indies and Central America, Gen. lmboden
was asked bv Carlisle whether, if that were
true, the Virginia coal producers could not
compete in their own country with Nova
Scotia coal. Gen. lmboden responded in
the negative, and declared that an abolition
of the duty would ruin the coal Industry of
Virginia. He then proceeded to argue in
support of retaining the duty on iron ore.
CLAIMED TO REPRESENT THE NEGROES.
He represented no skiled labor, but un
skilled labor. The men who worked the
mines in the south were principally negroes.
These peoi lo had to be provided with work.
It they did not receive work they would live
on the whiles dishonestly. The nogro would
not steal If he fcould get work. The negroes
were the best mine workers. They were
practical, industrious, and faithful if they
were paid promptly and treated kindly.
Let congress do nothing which would de
prive these people of the opportunity of
making an ho. est living by delving in the
ground with pick and shovel.
He was a protectionist. He al
ways had been one, and he believed
that if in the south there could be a square
and fair vote on the protection issue, with
out any extraneous issues, theprot* otiouists
would overwhelmingly carry at least four
or five southern states. The north had been
made rich by protection. It was now the
opportunity of the south to become rich. If
anybody was to be protected, he would
rather make an American rich, than a
Hungarian, Italian, or Belgian.
ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTIL
Mr. Flower of New York inquired (in
reference to the re marks as to elections in
the south) whether Gen. lmboden meant
that the color line had to be drawn, and
that the gentleman had to vote against his
sentiments.
Gen. lmboden—We are compelled to
stand togetuer there under certain condi
tions. The tariff sinks into insignificance.
In the recent election I voted, with extreme
JHuftiing ffatog.
reluctance, tbe democratic ticket; but I did
it. [Laughter.] I think I need not go any
farther ti an call attention to the
action of the President, whom I respect,
and of the speaker of the House, whom I
sincerely resnect. Both are able and pa
triotic and sincere men; but they have put
a stamp on men in the sou h whom we do
not vote' for. The President has not se
lected as the represent .live of the pe p’e a
single southern man to a foreign mission.
In the House there are sixteen republicans
from tho south. Only one got a chairman
ship of a commit ee. On this question of
pr tection, I am a reoubhean; on local
questions, lam a democrat. [Laughter.]
Mr. McKeuna of Colorado—We are glad
to receive the approval of your judgment,
even if you cannot vote with us.
[Laughter.]
Mr. Gear inquired what the men now
working in the mines would do if they
should be thrown out of work!
Gen. Imboden —If they bad no labor they
would have to go to stealing chickens.
[Laughter.]
REARED AMONG NEGROES.
Judge Bowliug of Virginia made an
argument in favor of the retention of tbe
duty ou iron ore. He thought that this
matter of protection to the industries of
Virginia became one of the most important
factors in the det-rmination of toe rnco
question. He had been born and reared
among negroes, and he counted them as his
warmest friends. He spoke in no dispar
agement of the negro race. He could tell
instances of trust in that race which would
do honor to the heart and head of any man,
and should live in song aud story. The ne
groes were in tho south, and the question
was how to make better citizens of them.
Farming did not pay in Virginia, and other
labor must be supplied to tbe negro. W hen
he had labor and received his wages for it,
instead of remaining idle and thriftless, he
got a little home and ceased to be a politi
tician. Protection was a source of slrength
to the people of the south in endeavoring to
make better citizens of t e negro.
Congressman MeComes of Maryland and
th - ee other Maryland members oppored any
reduction of the duty on coal The com
mission then adjourned.
The sugar refiners will be heard to-mor
row.
FREE RAW MATiRIALS.
The Republicans Not Apt to Do Much
for the Manufacturers.
Washington, Dec. 27. —Such statements
as that of Maj. Be.it of the Pennsylvania
Bteel Company, or that of the New England
Iron and Steel Manufacturing Corn pan v,
presented to the ways and meins commit
tee yesterday, undoubtedly make an im
pression on republicans like Messrs. Bur
rows, Gears, and LaFollette, who are in
clined toward giving the manufacturers
who ask free raw material what they want,
but little or nothing Is likely to come of it
notwithstanding, breausi the republican
representativ. s in congress from, for ex
ample, Pennsylvania or Has achusetts do
not represent, thote ma ufacturing cou
stltutents who are asking free wool, free
coal, and fee ore, hut unite to oppose these
requests. This is the answer which mem
bers of the ways aud means committee,
who were seen last night, made when they
were asked whether or not the manufacturers
would get what they want. If the repub
lican representatives of Pennsylvania and
New England really represented their man
ufacturing constituents, the latter could get
what they wa it before spring.
A MEETING OP REPUBLICANS.
The republican mem ers of tbe ways and
means committee held an informal confor
e co this evening and agreed to end >avor
to report a tariff bill the first week in Feb
ruary, They agreed that the Senate
bill should be the base of
their action, and that their
alterations in it should be made on its prin
ciples. They agreed that there should be
no free coal, free iron ore or free wool pro
visions m the bill, nor indeed any provision
for any free raw material of any impor
tance, unless it should be sugar. The dispo
sition is to cut tho sugar dutv down
lower or to cut it away altogeth r,
giving the cane, beet, and sorghum sugar
raisers a bounty.
No other material reductions in the tariff
schedules are proposed, but an increase, ns
for example, that proposed to-day in the
tin plate duty, will be made. The surplus
revenue is to be reduced only by the a count
of the tobacco tax and sugar duty reduc
tions.
NAVY OF THE NATION.
A Change in the Flag—The Comple
tion of the Ealtimore.
Washington, Dec. 27.—The Secretary of
the Navy has adopted anew design for the
flag of the navy, to take effect July 1, 1891.
It will be applied to both the flag and union
jack of the navy, and consists of a rectan
gular arrangement of forty-two stars.
It has been decided at the navy depart
ment to have the steamer Ossipee repaired
at the Norfolk navy yard, but the dte
when she will be docked has not been de
termine! upon.
COMPLETION OP THE BALTIMORE.
The coi.tractors for the construction of
the cruiser Baltimore having notified the
department that the vessel is completed.
Secretary Tracy this afternoon formally
instructed Capt. Soblev to accept her, con
ditional up on the completion by the centraet
o sof any work remaining t> be done under
the contract. While the order has not yet
been issued.it is understood that the crui er
wilt be sent immediately to Noifolk to re
ceive her guns. T e vessel should have
been completed, according to contract,
about nine months ago, and during
that length of time the contractors
have been under a penalty ranging from
$23 to SIOO per day for each day’s delay.
The official report of the result of the last
trial has not been received yet, tut tho in
dications are that the bonus the build ts
will be entitled to for horse poser developed
in excess of the requirements will very
largely exceed the loss which has been sus
tained on account of tne penalties for the
delay,
THE EIGHTH VESSEL ACCEPTED.
The Baltimore is tbe eighth vessel ac
cepted by the government since it under
took the construction of anew navy of
vessels of which the Roach cruisers were
the beginning.
RULES OF THE HOUSE.
No Progress in Framing Them Being
Made by the Committee,
Washington, Dec. 27.—" What progress
is the committee on rules making?” inter
rogatively remarked ex-Speaker Carlisle
this evening. “No progress, as far as I can
ascertain. I have no knowledge of but one
meeting, and nothing was then done toward
formulating rule*. I am ignorant as to
what the other members of the commit tea
are doing. They mibe making rules now
without my knowledge; but I do i’t think
they are.' Speakor Reed, Mr. McKinley,
and myself a e the only members of the
committee in town at preseut. It is p ssi
ble that Mr. Reed may have a set of rules
ready for adoption hen the House con
venes. Mr. McKinley and myself have
been busy ever since the adjournment for
tbe hol.days on the ways and means com
mittee, where every hour of spare time has
beeu devoted."
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889.
BRAZIL'S MIND MADE DP.
NO CHANCE OF TtiE RESTORATION
OF THE MONARCHY.
Barboza Says It ie a Republic or An
archy—The Ex-Emperor’a Allowance
and Subsidy Cut Off Because He
Failed t 6 Abide by His Decision—
Europe's Hope's Groundless.
Washington, Dec. 37. —Senor Valente,
tbe Brazilian minister, has received a cable
gram from Ruy Barboza, minister of finance
of the nrovisional government of Brazil,
dated Rio Janeiro, Dec. 27, of which the
following is a translation: “Ex-Premier
Ouro Preto has been banished on account
of acts of conspiracy on the part of his fol
lowers. The i nperiai family because of
their having changed their attitude taken
here from acquiescence to encourage
ment of the pretensions of the
reaction, and making this the cause of the
throne, were deprive 1 of the civil list and
sub-idy. The provisional government
maintained the civil list as an act of mere
tolerance, unheard of in any other revolu
tion, and added to this a subsidy of $3,-
500,000,
CHANGED HIS MIND.
The emperor accepted both here, but on
his arrival iu Europe, under the advice of
disastrous counselors who had brought
about the fall of the monarchy, refused the
subsidy beause it w is an act of revolution,
but accepted the civil list as a right based
upon law. In view of this denial of the
legitimacy of the revolution, which has been
sanctioned by tho whole country, our meas
ure cutting off the civil list and subsidy was
an act of mere common sense. These
measures have here met with general sup
port. Let Europe reflect on her revolutions
effeoted at the expense of floods of blood
and g eat financial disasters. We have ac
complished ours without one drop of bl >od,
and the least financial trouble. Whoever
thus conducts nimself in m>t trying mo
ments Jmust be able to manage his affairs
with sufficient discretion and judgment.
ALL RIGHTS TO BE RESPECTED.
“We shall continue to respect all rights,
maintain tribunals, organize adminis
tration, observe alt contracts, and keep up
tho budget; but any attempt against public
order will be repressed with implacable
severity. Commerce, agriculture and the
working classes call uoo i us to assume this
attitude. We shall hand over to the c in
stitutional convention the republic lutac.
Those who believe that this convention is
called to decide between a republic and
a monarchy are mistaken. A monarchy
is out of the question. The constitutional
convention will only have to organize the
republic. There is no niore monarchic party
here. The European press should not be
misled by newsmongers, whose machina
tions are here objects either of amazeme it
or derisiou. These mistakes of the press
f j uent here schemes of disturbance, but
the d.lemma now is simply a republic or
anarchy.”
MB. DAVIS’ BURIAL PLACE.
Mrs. Davis May be Unable to Reach a
Decision for a Year.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 27.—Maj. J. Taylor
Ellyaon yesterday received a letter from
Mrs. Jefferson D ivis, in reply to one he had
written to her transmitting the resolution
of the city council, expressing a desire that
the remains of her distinguished husband
might be interred here. In her letter,
which is dated Beauvoir house, Beauvoir,
Miss., Dec. 21, Mrs. Davis says:
If gratitude for the manner in which the peo-
Ele of Richmond sustained him during the war,
is affection for her citizens, and pride in the
calm fortitude of her men and women under
crushing defeat were to be the moving cause
only, 1 might lay him there unquestioned, but
the state of his birth, Kentucky; the state of
hts adoption, which showered every honor
upon him within her gift, Mississippi;
tae state where the confederacy first un
furled her flag, Alabama: the state in which
his parents spent their early life, and where his
father was oorn, and where my husband has
received many honors, Georgia; thi state in
which we found friends and home, and where
our dead repose, Tennessee; and last, not least,
the state which now gives him a sepulchre
amidst the teirs and plaudits of her people; all
these have put forth claims so strong that I can
not choose, and have decided to wait perhaps
a year befoie making a sel ction. To rest in
the soil with your Immortal heroes, Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee aud Btonewa 1 Jackson, is a privilege
fully appreciated, and 1 would be the last to
undervalue the honor; but whea final decision
must be made I cannot be unmindful of the
rignts of those who have done me he nonor to
claim the custody of my dead, and I beg you to
have patience with me for a season.
CHARLESTON SMELLS A RAT.
Receiver Chamberlain Suspected of
Trying to Unload.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 27. —At a meet
irgcf the merchants’ exchange held here
to-day there was a very general discussion
of the railroad pi oblem. Receiver Cham
berlain of the South Carolina railway came
on for a general rashing from several of tho
speakers. One of the speakers declared
tnat Mr. Chamberlain’s object in his ad
dress before the chamber of commerce a
day or two- ago, in which he advised
tho local capitalists to get con
trol of the second mortgage
bonds of the railroad, was to get the bed
price he could for the road. No definite
action was taken at the meeting, but the
sentiment seemed to be in favor of orgaue
izing a construction company aud building
a new road to the west.
u
GOTHAM’S WIRES.
The Grand Jury Brings in an Indict
ment for Manslaughter.
New York, Dec. 27. —The grand jury
to-day made a presentment in regard to
electric lights and electric light wires, in
which they expressed the opinion that the
business of generating and distributing
electric currents sho Ud be investigated by
tue next legislature for the purpose of ascer
taining the character of legislative enact
ment required to provide for the public
safety, There was also presented an indict
ment for manslaughter against Charles W.
Pierce, superintendent of lamps of the
Brus.i Electric Light Company, one of
whose wires kill and Salesman Harris on
Eighth avenue while moving a showcase
with which the wire came in contact.
FALBE RBPORTB OF A MABSAORE.
Cheyenne Sioux Muttering, but Plenty
of I roopa at Hand.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—A special from Fort
Sully, 8. D., says: “The reports of a mas
sacre of settlers in this vicinity are un
founded. Squatters have been moving
upo 1 1 e reservation in the low lands along
the Missouri, and the Cheyenne Sioux have
made threats, but the whites have not been
molested. There are four companies of the
Twelfth United States Infa itry hero, who
ate able to quell any outbreak in a few
hours. _______________
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, Dec. 27.— The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $43,500. All were
4s at 127, and all were accepted.
TWO MEN CUT IN HALF.
Both Asleep In Their Bunks When a
Steamer Crashed In.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 27.— At 1:S0
o’clock this morning the Union Pacific
steamer Oregon ran into aud sunk the
British ship Clan McKenzie, at Coffin Rock,
on the Columbia river. Charles Austin and
Matthew Reid, two oolored sailors, were
instantly killed. Ther were asleep in the
forecastle of the Clan McKenzie, aud when
the bow of the Oregon str-idc uer the Rharp
point of iron ran into the bunks in which
the sailors were lying, and cut the two men
in half.
HALF OF EACH BODY DROWNED.
They were struck at tho waist, and the
upper part of each body fell into the river
below and sank. Tbe Oregon was on her
way down the river en route to San Fran
cisco with a full cargo and passengers, and
the Clan McKenzie was King at anchor in
one side of the channel. Tne captain of the
ship claims that his lights were all proper.y
displayed, and that tue vessel was moored
parallel with the channel at the time of the
collision.
CLAIMS OF THE OREGON.
The Oregon was running under slow bell
and run her bow on tne port side into t le
starboard bow of the Clan McKenzie a dis
tance of thirty feet, tearing off the ship’s
how completely and ripping up the decks
and railing for about forty feet from the
stem. Immediately after tne collision the
ship began to settle and soon sank in Jfour
fatnoms of water. All tne crew were
safely transferred to the Oregon and
brought back to the city.
The Clan McKenzie is a fine iron vessel
valued at SBO,OOO, aud is said to be fully
insured. The loss to the Oregon will ho
SIO,OOO.
PLOTTING IN A PRUON.
Ton Men to Escape After Murdering
the Jailer.
Zanesville, 0., Dec. 27.—This forenoon
one of the prisoners in the jail U.’re disclosed
a plot of ten prisoners to murder the jailor
aud escape with outside assistance. Tniug
Coulter, the Dresden murderer, had sawed
through the boft of the cell door of a pris
oner name! Embry, wuo was to release the
others. After the’ discovery Quigley, who
was implicated in tbe plot, assaulted and
would have killed a prisoner named Morris,
who, they claim, dssclosed the plot to tho
officers.
CIGARETTES IN CAROLINA.
The Governor Blgna the Act to Keep
Them from Minors,
Charleston, S. C„ Dec. 27.— Among
tbe 266 acts passed at the recent session of
the legislature of this state was one to pre
vent the sale of cigarettes to minora In
the hurry of tbe session, which only lasted
twenty-five days, the cigarette act escaped
public attention. The governor has signed
it, however, and tho 300 cigar manufactj
urora and dealers in >thi* ci v are nov very
much excited. No plan of action
has yet been agreed upon, but it is probable
that all tne dealers will adopt the “drop a
nickel in the slot” machine for the di-posi
tion of their cigarettes. Manufacturers of
tbe “slot” machine may therefore expect to
receive large orders iu the near future, os
nine-tenths of tbe minors in this community
are addicted to the cigarette habit.
PART
Four Men and a Team Carried Into
the River Below.
Williamsport, Pa., Dec. 27.—One s)>an
of the new bridge over the river at Market
street, which had not been fully fastened
iu position, went down this afternoon when
a heavy load of lumber was driven upon it.
A team and fdur men went down
with it, falling about thirty feet.
William Somers, one of the men employed
on the bridge, whose homo Is in Rochester,
N. Y., was killed. Burt Thompson, the
driver of the team, John Daley a id Frank
Cable, the latter foreman of the bridge
men, were ail considerable injured. The
driver was warned by the bridge men not
to drive on the dangerous span, but went
ahead regardless of the notice.
RAILROADMEN MAY STRIKE.
The Discbarge of Twenty Conductors
Causes the Friction.
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 27. —There is con
siderable trouble on the Cincinnati
Southern railway, caused by the discbarge
of twenty brotherhood conductors, and one
brotherhood brnkemsn. Employes ail along
the line are much exei cised over these dis
charges, and it is reported here that C ief
Conductor G. W. Howard and Chief Ei
gineer P. M. Arthur, represen ing
the orders of the brotherhood of conductors
and engineers respectively, are now at
Somerset conferring with Supf. Clark in re
gard to the trouble. All efforts will be
used by the aggrieved men to settle the
trouble without a strike, hut if they do not
succeed in an amicable arrangement of
their difficulties it is believed the engineers,
conductors, and brakemen will all quit
work.
TRAINS COLLIDE.
Though the Smaahuo Was a Bad One,
No One Was Seriously Inured.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 27.—A passenger
train coming east and a freight going west
c llided on the Richmond and Alleghany
railroad this morning near Pemberton. The
e lgi ears and firemen saved themselves by
jumping, Tbe engine of the pas
senger train was wrecked, while
the baggage, express and passenger
coaches were badly damaged. There were
but few passengers ou the train, and none
were hurt. Express Messenger Uillock was
carried down the embankment and buried
in the wreck, but after being extricated
was found to be only badly bruise 1. Mis
taking one freight train for another was
the cause of the accident.
Anxiety for Randall.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Much apprehen
sion as to his condition has been felt by
Randall’s friends yesterday and to-day.
Numerous anxious inquiries have been made
as to it. At 11 o’clock to-night it was
stated that bis condition was practically un
changed._
A Y. M. O. A. Gets SIO,OOO.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 27.—The will of
Daniel Hillman, a young man who dod
here recently, was probated to-day. His
estate was valued at SIOO,OOO, and among
the bequests was one of SIO,OOO to the Bir
mingham Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion.
An Indian Hanged.
Globe. Ariz., Dec. 27.—Nahdiezaz, an
Apache India i who murdered Lieut. Seward
Mott of tue Tenth Cavalry on Gila river,
March 10, 1837, was hanged to-day.
No Ice Palace for St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 27.— The directors
of the carnival association have deter
mined to abandon the building of an ice
palace.
INFLUENZA’S INVASION.
AN EXHAUSTIVE MEDICAL, PAPER
ON THE MALADY.
Some Hints ns to the Best Remedies
to be Used —An Alarming Death
Rate Reported at Parle—Opinion of
a Chicago Doctor Who Has Faced
the Disease Before.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.—The Medical
News of this city in Its issue of to-morrow
will publish an exhaustive article on
“Influenza—La Grippe,” by Prof. Robert
Bartholomew, of the Jefferson Medical
College. After giving an historical sketch
of tee disease, its pathology, and morbid
anatomy, the author says: “Influenza
comes suddenly, and goes as quickly. Tho
least robust at any age and women soern to
be the first victims. It is here a question of
condition, not of sox. The largo number
simultaneously attacked attracts general
a tention, and thus thoso most impression
able are seized, the onset being facilitated
by any depressing emotion, like fear or
illness.
A SERIES OF LIGHT CHILLS.
“There is no rigor properly to be thus
designated, hut rather a series of light
chills and a feeling of heat therewith.
Sometimes malaise of a gonoial kind is ex
perienced, but like the attack itself is short
in duration, lasting hut a few hours. With
the first access of nasal and facial irrita
tion comes a chilliness which is followed by
si me feverishness with more pronounced
malaise, aud in general tho headache,
weakness, and soreness of the members,
and especially of the larger joints. With
the progress of the ca o in some epidemics
there is considerable general weakness, aud
even marked depression of the vital powers.
Tho pulse becomes small, and the mind
gloomy, and restlessness ensues.
symptoms of death.
‘When a fatal termination is to oocur, as
a rule, an extension downward into the
tracuea and bronchia takes place. Although
catarrhal and croupous pneumonia aro said
to lie ’complications,’ they should bo re
garded as occasional conditions, aid when
present are, properly speaking, consti uted
parts of the tualadv. Theo:. ief importance
of croupous and catarrhal puuemonia is
that the development of these out of an
existing catarrh of bronchia is frequently
a cause of death. The rapidity with which
the disease supervenes, its preliminary do
▼ilopmo t being two hours,.and its whole
career being but a matter of three or four
days, is remarkable.
RELAPSES COMMON.
“Relapses aro common, usually each suc
ceed! g seizure beiiig milder. Obviously a
catarrhal process, if extensive aid severe,
may contribute 1 nmeusely to chronic dis
ease of the middle ear, the eustacliian tube,
nose, and throat, anil thus permanently
damage those parts. The best, manner of
securiug immunity is by the inhalation of
sulphurs acid gas daily when an ap
proach of the epidemic renders it necessary,
and by taking live grains ot saiycilicato of
cincbo.iidine three times a day, and by so
living as to avoid taking coid. When tho
attack has begun it seems to bo desirable
to give one or two grains of calomel at
night, inhale some sulphurous acid gas, and
have the patient sit in a room where steam
containing eucalyptol can lie inhaled in
large quantities. Tne insufflation of resorcin
by dusting over the entire area of the
affected parts as for as practicable is also
recommended.”
THE INTERNAL REMEDY.
“The internal remedy most desirable i£
atrophinej in solution—one grain to one
ounce of wator —tbo dose being from one to
five drops, the minimum being for little
children after first dentition. Tincture of
belladonna may be used—from one to ten
drops twice a day. As this medicament is
both prompt and prolonged in action, it
should be given not more than twice a nav,
unless the dose be much smaller than is ad
vised above. Soiycilicate of cinchonidino
and quinine should be given as a prophy
lactic remedy if there be reason to suppose
that such power is really exerted by It. My
own conviction is that as a prophylatic a
combination of ciuchomdine with salycilio
acid is preferable to quinine; for depression
and melancholy it is probable that atro
phine will do better. For distressing head
acne, joint-pains and wasefulneoi, auti
pyrine, acetouilla, phenectin, aud other
germicides and antiseptics wiil no douot
be found useful.”
STUDIED THE DISEASE IN RUSSIA,
Chicago, Dec. 27.—Russian influenza, the
genuine “La grippe," has shown iu fashion
able bead in Chicago, and already a 1 rge
number of cases are rep irted. Dr. Sum
mers, a physician and surgeon, who has
passed through two epidemics of the disease
in Ru-aia, has since last Monday had fifteen
cases for treatment, “All of there casee,”said
Dr. Summers, “have had u ini-takable
symptoms of Russian influenza, and some of
them have developed into very bad cases.
There is not as much sneezing are enpany
ing the disease as popularly supposed. The
first symptoms are a feeling of lasdtude
and weakness, tightening of the air pas-ages
of the head and throat, and a person ap
pears ah >ut to be stricken with pneumonia,
and if the disease is not arrested pneumonia
will reeult.”
4 D > jou think tie disease will be as severe
hero as in Europe!”
“It will be all over the city in a waek or
two, andJt "ill be ge mine Russian i iftu
enzi; there is no mistake about that. I was
in Rusiia in 1875, and in 1881, when the dit
esse was so prevalent, and l know from ex
perience I gained there Is no use endeavor
ing to check it, for it can’t be stopped, In
my opinion tho disease will he severe, and
there may be some deaths. The first case
t at came to me in this epidemic showed
the presence of the bacteria in large nu n
here. While I was examining the patle t
some of the muco s dropped ou my ooat,
and I had a touch of the disease myself,
although 1 arrested it in time. I also ex
amined Borne of the bacteria under the mi
croscope. They are the most active of liv
ing things I ever saw, and are constantly
movi-.g."
AN ALARMING DEATH RATE.
Paris, Dec. 27. —The large number of
deaths resulting from the influenza in this
city is exciting general apprehension. It is
reported that 580 deaths from the disease
have occurred within twenty-four hours.
Tbe papers print this report, hut some of
them doubt the figures, claiming that they
are too high.
Influenza is spreading and is very fatal.
The number of deaths in tho citv from all
causes Cnristmas day was 318. For several
years past tbe regular averago nas been
200 for that day. Fully one-third of the
populace is prostrated. The editor of the
Mrmitcur Universal and three soldiers died
in the Versailles hospital t -day.
VIENNA HOSPITALS CROWDED.
Vienna, Dec. 27.—The hospitals in this
city a- e crowded wita patients suffering
from influe za acoompa lie 1 hr inflamma
tion of tho lungs, pleurisy and peritonitis.
There are over 100 cases of influenza m
Prague.
There bare been several deaths here from
diseases tuat began witn influenza.
RECOVERY OF THE CZAR.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 27,—The czar is
making favorable progress toward recovery
from his mtta-k of influenza. H < ha* never
been in a erlt cal cond t on,an ino fears have
been felt as to the ouicome of his Illness.
AS OUTBREAK AT KOENIGBBKRG.
Berlin, Dec. 27.—For some days past
there have been a few sporadic cases of in
fluenza at Koenigsherg, but the disease has
now become epidemic, and some of the
case* are of a m -st serious nature.
Influenza is increasing throughout Ger
many. It has crippled operations In the
ship-building yard* in Flensburg, Kiel, and
Dantric. In cases where the disease u
slighted or not treated it engenders pul
monary disorders. The doctors siy that
the climax is passed in this city, and that
the and sense son the iva ie. In consequence
of many cases in the Guards, ail furloughs
are suspended.
INCHEASING IN PORTUGAL.
Lisbon, Dec. 27. —The number of esses of
influenza in this city and Oporto is in
creasing.
Two thousand persons have influenza, in
cluding tuts queen and Honor Gomez, the
foreign minister.
A DEATH IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Canton, Mash., Do, 27.—Thomas Smith,
aged 25, of this town, died this morning,
lie had been 111 with “las grippe,” and vent
ured out before he had entirely recovered.
His illness developed into pneumonia, with
the stated result.
BALTIMORE IN THE GRIP.
Baltimore, Dec. 27.—Thirty odd of the
postoflee clnrss and letter carrier* are
tTering from influenza, and are unable to
work. Numerous other cases of “l<a grippe”
are also reported.
ATLANTA’S DEAD EDITOR.
Hla Successor in the Sanctum—Value
of the Est ite.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 27.—Much interest
has been felt tu to who would bo Mr.
Grady’s successor in tho editorial manage
ment of tho Constitution. Hinca his deith
Clark Howell, Jr., has acted as managing
editor, and will oontinue to do so. Mr.
Howell had for a good while previous been
Mr. Grady 's assistant, and always filled the
place during tho latter’s absonco. • Kditor
ln-Chief E. P. Howell will give closer at
tention to the work of the oflloo than he has
since Mr. Grady took charge, bpt there is
no thought of employing anew man. In
other respect* the statr will remain as it is
for tho present. Though the stockholders
have taken no formal action, there appears
to be no doubt about the matter.
VALUE OF THE ESTATE.
The chances that Mr. Grady left his fam
ily in comfortablec rcumstancesseem good,
though it is impossible to arrive at an accu
rate estimate of bis assets as yet. A part
ner values his newspaper i terest ut
8103,000, and his home property at *20,000.
He had *IO,OOO or $17,000 life insurance.
The mortgage on his home place was not
more than fn.OOO and it has beeu paid. Tue
impiession of those in a position to know
best is that when what the estate owes has
been settled enough will bo luit to provide
well for the wife and children.
THE MONUMENT FUND.
Nearly 50,000 ha* boon raised by the
young men’s committee for a monument to
Mr. Grady, and ouly a few subscripiions
have bee i received from outside of Atlanta
os y#b. From all parts of the state come
telegrams saying that the people want to
help in the work, and doubt os* many of
Mr. Grady’s friends north and south will
desire to aid iu building this monument, ami
fur that r anon the committee iu charge
has decided to hold the lists open
for tome days. Among those who wired
subscriptions from the north to-day were
Isadora Strauss of New York S3OO,
George T. Wright of New York SIOO,
O. B. Potter of Now York SIOO, Asa
P. Potter of Boston $ 100, and Charles A.
Sinclair of Portsmouth, N, H., SIOO. (Sev
eral letters containing subscriptions have
been received from other northern cities,
but have not yet beau reported to the com
mittee.
Orion Frazee, the sculptor who Mr.
Grady sent to New Orleans to procure a
death mask of Jefferson Davis for a monu
ment here did not see Mr. Orady again
until ho went to take a mask of him. Both
masks are perfect.
MATI'HBWB BBT FREE.
The Man He Shot In Dangerous Con
dition and Maoon Indignant.
Macon, Ga., Deo. 27.—Macon in aroused
by the release of James Matthews, who
shot an Italian bartender named Charlie
Barm on Christmas night. Matthews re
mained in the city prison twenty-four
hours. No warrant was sworn out for him.
Attorneys Dessau and Bartlett and J. A.
Thomas daman led his release to-day be
cause the legal limit of detention had
expired. Chief of Police Kenan, after con
sulting thecitv attorney,released Matthews,
ho boarded the 11 o’clock train. Ho is
said to be m Savannah now. Much indig
nation is expre sod at the escape of Mat
thews, though it is hard to locate the blame.
Barnl, the wounded man, is in a very
dangerous condition, and it is thought he
will die.
Atlanta's New Bonds.
Atlanta, Ga, Dqc. 27.—The issue of
$12.1,000 worth of 4 per cent, city bonds
was s gned by the mayor to-day. The
Atlauta National Bank takes them all.
W. J. Kano, formerly of Savannah,
reached hare from New York to-day.
Killed by a Falling Tree.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Dec. 27.
—A terrible accident occurred on the Fraser
river road yesterday. Six young men out
sleigb-ridiug were driving along the road
when a tree fell, crusning the sleigh, killing
four of the occupants and the horses. The
other two men escaped with severe bruises.
Zerpa Pinto at Mozambique.
Zanzibar, Dec. 27.—Major Zerpa Pinto
has arrived Rt M zambique. -
Zerpa* Pinto is returning toEurope upon
the plea of ill health. His dispatches to the
government declare ihat the English
officials have wrl.ten him their thanks for
his services in Nyanxa land.
A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR SLAIN.
A Brother Operator Suspected of the
Crime, and May be Lynched.
Needles, Cal., Dec. 27.—C. W. Davis,
day telegraph operator at Peach Springs,
Ari., was shot and killed last night near
the telegraph office in that place. O. L.
Ambrose, night operator, who is charged
with the shooting, bai been arrested. There
are fear* that he will be iynohed before the
sheriff of the county arrives. The shooting
is supposed to have grown out of a light
which the men had yesterday, in which
Davis was badly beaten and Kicked in the
face and head.
A Break In a Cable.
New York, Doc, 27.—The cable between
Ma anlian and Rio do Janeiro has.according
to the latest advices from Brazil, ceased to
work. No cause is given for the break in
the line, as the means of communication
between the two .point# are limited.
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NO OUTBREAK AT JESUP.
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THE TOWN WRLL GUARDED AND
EVERYTHING Q TI3T.
A Messenger’s Alarming Rumor from
Johnston Station Proves Unfounded,
More Prisoners Lodged In Jail, but
the Structure Well Guarded—Mr a,
Ryan Interviewed at Brunswick.
JI HUP, Ga., Doc. 27.— A messenger came
from Johnston Station on the Jesup express
to-night, and said twenty-five or t lirty
armed negroes would be here on train No.
5. Jesup would have given them a
warm reception, but they were no*
on board when tho train came in.
Mr. Higginbotham, accompanied by several
gentlemen, went out this morning with hU
bloodhound* and struck a trail where Mr,
Ellis saw Brewer and bis gang yesterday
evening. The doge followed the trail at ’
lively gait until they c me to burnt woods,
ond could do nothing m 're. Numerous
rumor* have been clioula ing to-day, but
none of them could be reduced to facts.
Bob Bowlos, brother in-law < f Brewer, was*
arrested and lodged in jail this evening.
TUB JAIL GUARDED.
Sheriff Robinson has pieced a strong
guard around the Jail, and the prisoners arw
safe. Judge Atkinsou ha* wired tbe ah rift
to ta'-e th - pr soiers to Brunswick jaiL j
Mr. Higginbotham and the oltizsns will
go out again to-morrow af :er Bre ver. H
is aupp sed to lie in the Altomaha swamp,
uear Phinholloway creek.
Many negroes a-e leaving the town, Th
better class, however, will ram tin. They
express thorns dvea as being anxious foe
Brower's captuieand just punlshtueat.
It U reported that three negroes warn
shot near Doctorlown to-day. Georga
Roach of Johusio i Blutlon reports thres of
his hands wounded.
If Brewer is not eaotnred to-morrow a
largo reward will l>e<ffeied for him. Th*
citizens are determined to have him,
J*up is preparol f .r auy emergency.
MRS. RYAN AT BRUNSWICK.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 27.—Mr*. J. W.
Ryan of Jem > arrived at Brunswick this
Atoning. Tho News corrotoondent in er
viewed her a to v minute* afterward.
Following isthesuha'anceof what she said:
“Chriscm s night a crow I of forty maa
came to our bouse aud culled for Mr. Ryan.
Mother went to tbe doo , told the men Mr.
Ryan was eating supper, aud would be out
in a few minutes. VVnen he went to tha
door 1 was with him, and. svei >g many
armod men, I went out with him. No
soo er did be get outside the door than tha
crowd began to accuse Mr. R an of tieiag
the ins igator of the riot. He denied tha
charge, aud went so far as to take his oath
to that effect.
ORDERED TO LEAVE TOWN.
“They would not believe him, and after
consulted in one of the n weut up to him,
and t >ld him ho must get away fr >iu Jesup
by sunriae, or be would lie roasting in this
lower region*; thea tue crowd le.t. A few
minute* uf er Mr. Ryan t Id ras good-by
and left. About fifteen rainutea af er Mr.
Ryan left the bo iso, the same
crowd came back. Everybody In tbd
c owd was drunk except Dr. Drawdy and,.
Austin Floyd. If it had uot beeu for thoaa?
two some harm would have been done.'
When the crowd came no and demanded*
Mr. Ryan father told t etn be bad gone.
They would not believe it until they had
searcher! the hou*e. Then they left six men !
in the bouse to keep walch and see tuat Mr.
Ryan did not return.
FEARED DEATH.
“Father feared that evil would befall that
family, and next (lav went to Savannah
and saw in the Savannah News that Mr.-1
Ryan was in Brunswick. He came over
here because be was afraid somebody would*
kill him. There is just one thing more I j
want to tell y< >u. 1 intend to file a suit against*
the Western Union Telegraph Company for
allowing a private message to bs given to
nowsoapor. In to-day’s Savannah Morn-'
ino Newh I saw a message sent me by Mr.
Ryan’s mother in Colorado published ir
full. There was no way for the publie to
got hold of that telegram except through,
tiie operator who received it. I shall enter
suit against the conipa y right away.
[Ed. Note—The Morning Newb did nod
print the text of a telogi am from Colorado,
os Airs. Ryan states. Neither did any oC
its men see the di-patch a luded to or know
anything about its contents.]
BARTOW HAS A RIOT SCARE.
The Negro Ringleaders Arrested and
Quiet Restored.
Louisville, Ga., Dec. 27.—N. T. Har
man of Bartow, this county, telegraphed ta
Louisville this forenoon to Sheriff Quluney,
that there was a negro outbreak at Bartow,,
that soma of them bad been disorderly and
resisted arreit, and several others bad
armed themselves with shotgun*
aud Winchester nflei, and were defying tbs*
town author! ies, Hhe 1 f Quints y at ones
had ten deputies sworn in a .and started for
Bartow, where they arrived before noon*
and soon quieted ti.e dLturbane* by a>re*t-i
lug several of the leaders. To-night tbs
de. uties are en route to Louisville with
three prisoners, where they will be lodged
in jail to await trial.
ALL QUIET NOW.
Bartow, Ga, Dec. 27.—Everything ia
quiet here to-night. The town is guarded!
by deputies armed with Winchester rifles,
and, as the leaders of the not have been
rested and lodged in jail, n > further trouble
is apprehende i. The citize s are all armed,
with Winchesters, aid ready to move at*
once should It bi necessary. The trou le
occurred on Christmas day over an attempt;
to arrest a disorderly negro, who rcststdd.
and caused a riot. No one was seriously
wounded. Three of the leaders we. e capt
ured to-day by a sheriff's posse from Louis-*
ville, assisted by cit.zens of Bartow, On
of the riuters is still at large.
NO TROUBLE AT MIDVILLE.
Midville.’Ga. , Dec. 27. —There was n<J
riot here but Midvilie was called on by
Bartow for help.
Agent F. A. Jone* of the Central railroad;
in this city received a telegram last night*
from Midvilie, aski g for arms and ammus
niiion. Two ca es of guns and a supply of
ammunition was forwarded by last nights
express. _
Death of an Ambassador.
Vienna, Dec. 27.—Count Alovs Karolyi,
formerly Austrian ambassador to Groat
Britain and Germany, died suddenly while
bunting on horseback on his estate at Press*
burg, Hungary, yesterday. When found his
neck was broken. It is not cert >ln whether
he was attacked by apoplexy and fell from
his horse or that ho fell and broke his neck,
Senator Ingalls 111.
Kansas Citt, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from
Atchison f-ays Senator Ingatl ’ attack ol
influenza assumed a more virulent form
later in the day, and he was compelled to
take to his bed." No serious results ore am
ticipated, but Mr. Ingalls will remain is
the hands of physicians until he feels him*
self recovered,
