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. THE MORNING NEWS. i
I Established IV,O. Incorporated 1888. >
j J. H. EST ILL, President. I
BLAIR’S FLOW OF WORDS.
MEN WHO LOOS HIS GIFT HORSE
IN THE MOUTH HARD HIT.
Southern Opposition Ascribed to
False Reports—He Threatens to
Belt the Republican Party if it
Goes Back on Its Alleged Pledge
to Support the Bill.
Washington, March 7.—ln the Senate
to-day the usual morning business was ac
complished in the way of the presentation
of petitions, and of the introduction aud re
porting of bills, none of them of public
importance, aud the Senate at 12:30 o’clock
proceeded to consideration of bills on the
calendar.
The publio building bills on the calendar
having been reached, the following were
passed: For Sterling, lIL, *50,000; Oak
land, Cal., |30,0ol); Cheyenne, Wy., *150,-
000; Chester, Pa., *100,000; Helena, Mont.,
*400,000. ’
BLAIR’S BILL COMES UP.
At 2 o'clock the Blair educational till came
up as the “unfinished business.” Mr.
Platt and Mr. Harris desired Mr. Blair to
fix the time when a vote could be taken on
the bill.
Mr. Blair said that he was unable to do
so. At least five or six senators desired to
speak upon the bill, aud the concluding
speech of Mr. Evarts would necessarily
take considerable time—probably a full
day. He then proceeded to reply to some
of the criticisms of the bill made by Messrs.
Faulkner and Spooner.
Messrs. Plumb aud Spooner had, he said,
referred to the fact that the newspapers in
the south were against the bill, urni that
some of the southern states were against it;
that was to say, that those who had control
of affairs in the south were opposed to it
He would like to ask how long it was since
those northern fire-eaters had beguu to pin
their faith and shape their polit
ical action on the testimony of the
southern democracy. Could they rely on
the evidence of such people at one end, and
call them falsifiers and liars at the other
end? Ordinary common horse sense would
find it exceedingly difficult to follow the
logic of those gentlemen.
HIS PARTY PLEDGED.
He insisted that the Republican party
was pledged in its platform to tiie pas
sage of ins bill, and he predicted that if
that party failed to mako good its pledge,
that fact would put an end to the party.
For himself, he owed no political al
legiance to a party that lied; and there
were other men in the country, like him,
testing the solemn pledges of the Republican
party. That, ho said, was no tbreas, but it
was a fair warning—a fair warning from
one who lovt and his party, and who had as
much bio. and in t. e soil w ifich that party had
helped to bless as any of them.
HALE OPPOSED IT.
Mr. Hale addressed the Senate in opposi
tion to the bill, assorting that the rising tide
is against it, and citing the steady growth
of the vote in the Senate against it upon
its successive appearances as evidence
in oupport of Lis assortluu. Among the
people at largo, lie said, support has fallen
away from the bill in the same manner. In
his own state the sentiment among the
people, educators, clergy and press was
largely in iavor of ttie bill when it first ap
peared, but the revei-se is now ti e case. Mr.
Hale went on to say that the south had
been at first tempted by the largess offered
in the bill into supinentss and into yielding
up interest in local common
school education; but that os
soon as the south had seen that
the bill was not likely to receive immediate
passage the south had turned loyally and
earnestly to the task of rearing and main
taining aud increasing its common school
system.
EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.
As to Mr. Blair’s assertion that the con
dition of education in the south was worse
thau it had been twenty years ago, Mr.
Hale said that it could not bo correct. It
was imps sfiblo to believe that any commu
nity in the United (States, north or south,
would find itself advancing in the ac
cumulation of wealth (as the south
was shown to be) without at once setting
itself to the task of uplifting what was tho
foundation of the prt sperity of any people
—the common school system in the advance
ment of education It was not possible that
the south could go on increasing in wealth
and prosperity without turning its attea
tion directly to the great question of the
education of its people. The history of the
bill had shown that all the time that the
opposition to tho bill had increased the
reasons for its passage had diminished.
BLAIII READY WITH A REPLY.
Mr. Blair replied to Mr. Hale’s argument
and also to those of Messrs. Spooner and
Plumb, but said tba the points which
he was making were all fully set forth in
his eight day speech, copies of which in
pamphlet form ho had by him, and was
ready to supply to such sena
tors as might like them. As to
the statement that the newspapers at
the south were opposed to the bill, ho said
that the whole|democratic press of the south
was not opposed to it. The
Montgomery Advertiser was strongly
for it. A southern senator who was
opposed to the bill had told him that the
Eapers in bis state were asserting that the
ill provided f r mixed schools, and had
thereby turned public opinion against it.
So that if there was a change of public
opinion as to the bill, it was not trutti, but
lies, that had done evil to ti.e south as well
as the north. There were 150 pipers edited
by coloied people published in the country,
and every one of ti cm was for the bill.
THE NORTHERN INFLUENCES.
As to the press in the north,he ha l already
stated the reasons for its position, and he
did not propose to reiterate them. He knew
that the bills bad been given in the House
iuto the keeping of packed committees in
former congresses, and that its rep rt had
been prevented by threats to prominent
members of congress of the anathema of
the church on them and their families. He
was not mistaken as to the source from
which most of the misrepresentation at the
north had come. The Jesuitical power of
the country had decided that the way
to get control of the schools was first
to get control of the press. The
1> ess had received its full share of attention
and had manifested its full share of sub
erviency. He had a letter (extracts from
which be read) from a member of the New
York Press Club, asking for a copy of bis
speech so as to learn something about the
bill, showing that even the newspaper men
in New York could Und out nothing from
the press about it.
CLASSED WITH THE CHESTNUTS.
The Tribune had said it did not publish
auy of the matter be uuse it was oi l rr.at
'er. The Tribune bad not f r years puo.
bsbei any of ail the terrible facts which he
>ml read to the Her ate. It did not do its
duty, 'i he New York [tapers were monopo
* of the w</rt kind, and the country
j ijiers bad been and poisoned by
'nem. Even tbs iteput.liuou party
Ju the north bo<l been induced
iy ttdsreprcwtttauonf to turn its
beckon idie natjonai impuleu* of repot/-
tmaolsm end opp m tbs Mi ; but when It
got facts (us it Wt/übl get them mem* ttiwei
fs.rrcawfiswa.ia
Herald, Boston Globe, and New York
Tribune as being against the bill: and said
that every democratic paper in New York
had ouce advocated it, naming in that con
nection the Herald, Times, World, and
Evening Tost. He also included in
the list the Chicago Tribune —“that free
trade organ.” In couclusio . he said that
lie had still further statements to make and
statistics to introduce, but he would do so
on sumo other occasion. The next speech,
he said, would be made m favor of the bill
by Mr. Higgins on Monday.
After a short executive session, the Sen
ate at 5:15 o’clock adjourned till Monday.
GOES BACK ON THE BILL.
• "
Montgomery’s Advertiser Wants to be
Stricken From the List.
Montgomery, Ala., March 7.—The Ad
vertiser of this city, with reference to the
statement made by Senator Blair to-day
that it was strongly m favor of his bill, will
say to-morrow:
Mr. Blair yesterday classed this paper among
the supporters of his educational bill. The Ad
verliser was at one time willing to accept ti e
terms of the Blair bill, and so argu-d. Now
that this state has gone ahead and increased
her appropriations for schools, with
an evident disposition to make even
further increase as her revenue will
warrant, we prefer to depend on ourselves.
Under a federal adoiini-t ration that had proper
regard for the rights of the states there might
be no harm to come from the measure, but
with such bigoted, and narrow-minded nten to
administer the laws as those now in control, we
prefer, for our part, to let it alone. When Mr.
Blair said he favored, and urged the measure to
build up the Republican party in the south, the
Advertiser lost whatever interest it had previ
ously felt in the bill. Strike the Advertiser
from your list, Mr. Blair.
SENATORS ON THE RACK.
Dolph’s Committee Summons the
Members of the Upper House.
Washington, March 7.— Senator Dolph
called a meeting this afternoon of his special
committee directed to discover if possible
the leaks through which the public are in
formed of the proceedings in executive ses
sions of the Senate. Having failed to ex
tract any information from the newspaper
men who were called as witnesses, the com
mittee this afternoon decided to take the
other tack, and, beginning at the head of
the list, it summoned members of the
Senate tot appear before it and put
them through a course of questioning
similar to the one applied to the newspaper
men. Before other senators were summoned,
however, several members of the commit
tee, except Mr. Higgins, who did not got
into tho room for an hour or so, were sworn
in turn, asseverating that they had never
disclosed proceedings of executive se-sions
beyond the limitations of the rules. Chair
man Dolph himself escorted the first sena
torial witness, Mr. Aldrich, to the room,
while the others went up alone, pursuant to
a summons by a messenger, except Mr. Al
len, who had Mr. Aldrich for a companion
and guide. After Mr. Aldrich came in t;urii
Me.-srs. Allison, Berry, Bate, Alien, Call,
and Ransom. At 5 o’clock the Senate went
into executive session, and the committee
adjourned until Monday.
WHAT THE SENATORS TESTIFIED.
The Senatorial witnesses, it is understood,
satisfied the committee that they had not
transgressed the rules as they understood
them, most of them explaining that they
construed the rules to permit them to give
out the fact of the confirmation or rejection
of a nomination. The examination of mem
bers of the Senate by the committee
will require two or three days, if all
of them are summouod, and until it is com
pleted the matter will not, it is understood,
be further discussed by the Senate. The
impression prevails that the resolution to
imprison the correspondents for contempt
will fail; but there is a probability that
some of them will be certified to the dis
trict attorney of the District of Columbia
for prosecution on a charge of sedition.
PENDLETON’B FIGHT IN ICOUBT,
The Judges Said to Have Assured Heed
of Their Support.
Washington, March 7. —Mr. Pendleton
of West Virginia, who was illegally de
prived of his seat in the House by a minor
ity of that body, has gone to New York for
a brief rest. On his return announcement
will be made as to the course to be pursued
to bring his case before the courts. It will
probably be either by suit for salary or by
quo warranto proceedings. The republicans
manifest a strange willingness to have
the case taken . into the courts
which has somewhat puzzled the
democrats. A remark dropped
by a republican to-day throws
some light upon tho matter. “You don’t
suppose,” said be, "that we would have
turned Mr. Pendleton out in that way if we
had not known just what the supreme court
thought about it.” In somewhat more
guarded terms he then intimated that
Speaker Reed and the other republican man
agers had taken pains to satisfy
that a majority of the supreme court would
sustain them in it before deciding the elec
tion case by a minority vote.
P.EPAYMENT OF DIRECT TAX3B.
The Bill Reported Back to the House
by the Committee.
Washington, March 7. —The direct tax
bill was to-day reported back to the House
from the judiciary committee, accompanied
by a majority report, submitted by Mr.
Caswell of Wisconsin, and a minority re
port by Mr. Oates of Alabama. The ma
jority report says that the views on the bill
last year met the approval of the majority,
and are adopted by them in reporting the
bill back this year. The minority report
says that the veto messsge of ex-President
Cleveland is so accurate and lucid in state
ment, so cogent in reasoning and logical
deduction, that the minority adopts it as
expressing their views on the bill.
RAIDS ON THE TREASURY.
Cannon Finds It Useless to Play the
Part of a Watchdog.
Washington, March 7.— Mr. Cannon, as
chairman of the committee on appropria*
tions, has become an old-fashioned watch
dog of the treasury, who fights every bill
with an appropriation on it which he does
not consider absolutely necessary. He
! spends the day opposing claims, only to be
Knocked into greater nervousness by the
'• favorable report on the $20,000,000 direct
i tax bill. Like the $20,000,000 French
spoliation claims bill, this is quite outside
all regular appropriations.
ttlience is Oolden.
Washington, March 7.—Georgia con
gressmen declined to talk for publication
! about the sir-called Livingston pronuncia
tion to.
Anniston’s New Rank.
Washington, March 7.—Thu controller
of the currency has authorised the Anniston
National Bank of Ann s on, Ala., to begin
business with a capital >tt SIOO,OOO.
Mew Postmaster,
Washington, March 7.-Tbe Henste has
V&&SBOS& * a’**'
SEIZURE OF TIIE MILLS.
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS TELL
THEIR BIDE OF THE STORY.
Most of the Timber Cut for Florida
Mills—The Latter Classed as Specu
lators and Charged With Trying to
Work on Publio Sympathy—Losses
of the Government.
Washington, March 7.—Attorney Gen
eral Miller has received reports dated at
Brewton, Ala, from Marshal Walker and
from United States Attorney Parsons,
dated at Montgomery, in regard to the
1 receut extensive seizures of timber taken
from the government lands in Southern
Alabama. The marshal says that a low
estimate of the value of all the timber
seized is about *300,000, and that
there were also seized four saw-mills
located on lands valued at about *40,000
and containing a quantity of plank timber.
He says he also caused to discontinue work
eight other mills by the seizure of their logs
and lumber proved to have been cut from
government lands. In many cases, he says,
mill owners located near government lands
for no other purpose than to destroy gov
ernment timber.
CUT FOR FLORIDA MILLS.
The round logs siezed were mostlveut for
mills located down certain rivers in Florida,
and the marshal says it was employes of
these mills that have given the United
States courts so much cause for timber
prosecutions in Alabama. He says: “The
depredations that have gone on for the past
fifteen years on the public timber in Ala
bama cannot be comprehended, and while
this particular kind of seizure should have
been made by the government years ag >,
even though now late, if properly pressed
and carried out by tho courts now, it will
not only save these lands from being
stripped of their valuable timber but will
save the government much money. These
timber speculators and mill men are now
holding meetings to devise means by which
they can defeat the government in the
seizure of the timber, on which they have
made large advances.
working on public sympathy.
“They are attempting to appeal to public
sentiment and the court that Issued this
writ of injunction to stay the removal of
this timber by claiming that poor people
are the greatest sufferers from the seizure,
and clamoring for an immediate release to
help their sufferings, etc. T hese claims are
not true. It might bo said that tho mills
located in Alabama to depredate upon these
lands, have received 90 per cent, of their
financial aid from speculators in the state
of Florida.” Both the marshal and district
attorney refer to the great excitement
caused bv the seizure, and urge upon the
Attorney General the advantage of his
attendance at the trial of the pending suits.
A BIG CLAIM REPUDIATED.
Uncle Sam Not Apt to Hand $175,000
to Albert H. Emery.
Washington, March 7.—ln the House
to-day Mr. Hangen, of Wisconsin, from the
committee on elections, reported a resolu
tion in the Alabama contested election case
of Threet vs. Clark. The resolution, which
was unanimously retorted, declares Mr.
Clark entitled to retain his seat. It was
adopted.
The House went into fcommittee of the
whole on the private calendar. The first
bill to be taken up was that which was
• under consideration last Friday, directing
the secretary of the treasury to pay $175,-
(XX) to Albert H. Emery of Connecticut in
settlement of his claim for the use of a
testing machine invented by him. After
long discussion tho bill was laid
aside to be renorted to the House, with a
recommendation that the enacting clause be
stricken out. This recommendation was
reported, but no final action was taken, and
at 5 o’clock the House took a recess till 8
o’clock—the evening session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
The House in evening session passed fifty
private pension bills, and adjourned till
to-morrow.
New Census Agent.
Washington, March 7.—C01. Buck is
recommending and Census Superintendent
Porter is appointing an agent in each con
gressional district to take statistics of farm
mortgages. J. Wise Parker, for Con
gressman Crisp’s district, is the only one
yet announced.
Government Bond Purchases.
Washington, March 7.—The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $1,307,450. All
were accepted at 123 for 4 per cents and
103% for 4%5.
Taulbee Btill Alive.
Washington, March 7.—Ex-Congress
man Taulbee is stiil alive, but his condition
is very precarious, and the most sanguine
of his physicians has almost abandoned
hope.
A FACTORY BLOWN UP.
Three Boys Killed and an Engineer
Badly Injured.
Indianapolis, March 7.—A special from
Evansviile, lnd., to the Sentinel says: “An
explosion occurred to-day in the shaving or
dust-room of the Armstrong furniture fac
tory, which utterly wrecked it, and then
fire completed the work. Three boys, Fred
Sachs. Willie Cheatham, and George
Crawford, wore in the dust-room
eating their dinner and were burned
to death. Their bodies were recovered
later, but were burned beyond recognition.
Charles Shelby, an engineer, was blown
twenty feet, and had both legs hr ken, and
his head badly crushed. The explsicn was
caused by the flame of a lantern coming in
contact with the powder-like dust. The
loss to the flrrn is not great, and is covered
by insurance.”
PULLED HIS NOSE.
North Dakota’s Attorney General In
sulted by a Legislator.
Bismarck, N. D., March 7.— A private
letter written by Attorney General Good
win to a friend was read in the legislature
to-day. In that letter Attorney General
Goodwin spoke in very uncomplimentary
terms of several members of the legisla
ture, whom be accused of being concerned
in lottery legislation. One of tho members
so criticised was George Walsh. The latter
met Attorney General Goodwin afterwards
in the corridor < f the capitol, and pulled
his nose. Nothing more resulted. Mr.
Walsh Is twice Attorney General Good
win’s rise.
Wire Mills to Cloee.
Cleveland, 0., March 7.—The wire
mills through ut the country will dose
Monday for two weeks, in order to reduce
the supply of wire in the market.
High Water at Greenville.
Gmeenville. Miss., March 7.—'The river
at this point fees reached the tlgli water
mark wf lOW. ihe Imres* are all right.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1890.
NAVY YARD SITE a
An Unpublished Letter of the Late
Commodore White.
Washington, March 7.—The Louisiana
and South Carolina delegations are trying
to get the House committee on naval affairs
to incorporate in the naval appropriations
bill appropriations for the proposed new
navy yard opposite New Orleans and the
depot of supplies at Port Royal. They are
employing in ttiis effort a hitherto unpub
lished letter to the Secretary of the Navy
from the late Commodore White, chief of
the bureau of yards and docks, trans
mitting the report of the navy yard com
missions recommending the projects referred
to.
advantages of fort royal.
In this letter, after earnestly commending
the New Orleans navy yard project. Com
modore White said: “The bureau thor
oughly agrees with the commission in its
statement of the great advantages of Port
Royal as a depot of supplies and coaliug
station. A timber dry dock there is also
essoatia! and necessary, aud can be built at
less expense than in other localities. Po t
Royal being much nearer the windward
islands thau other navy yards, and south of
Cape Hatteras, in addition to all the other
advantages enumerated,would seem to indi
cate it as a verv important point for a re
pair station, t cannot agree with the com
mission as to the easiness aud inexpeusive
ness of the construction of a tho ough sys
tem of land defease for a naval station
here until a further and more critical ex
amination of the locality has been made.
THE MATERIAL INTERESTS SMALL.
"The material interests at stake, how
ever, would be so small that tho question of
defense should not delay the establishing of
the station. The very strong and potent
reason given by tho oommis-ion why Key
West should be held at all hazards should
be seriously considered. While I do not
think that Key West should ever tie made
anything more than a supply station for
our navy, its strategic advantage in time of
war cau’t, I think, be overestimated. For
this reason its land fortifications should bo
made as strong as possible, and a sufficient
number of floating batteries and torpedo
boats should bo especially assigned to its
defense. These could be kept in fresh water
water at the Now Orleans navy yard, and
upon the declaration of war be hurried to
their stations.
CLAYTON S ABBASaINATION.
His Contested Election Case Before
the House Committee.
Washington, March 7.—At a meeting of
tne House committee on elections, to-day,
a subcommittee, consisting of Coairman
Rowell and Messrs. Lacey and Crisp,
reported that it had received the evidonce
in tho contested election case of Clayton vs
Breckinridge from Arkansas, with a
memorial from the contestant and a state
ment from the contestee. They recommend
that these be printed for the use of the
House, and say that they have proceeded as
far as they can without auihority from tho
House, and that owing to the alleged assas
sination of Mr. Clayton, w'hereby the
contest has been suspended, it is of the
highest importance that the matter be fully
investigated. Therefore they reported
a resolution providing for the appointment
of a subcommittee of five members to be
appointed by the chairman to mako a full
and thorougn invest ga ion of tho contested
election case of Clay tou vs. Breckinridge.
The subcommittee is to be authorized to
send for persons and papers, to employ a
stenographer, and, if necessary, to go to
Arkansas to pursue the inquiry. The res -
lution was adopted by a unanimous vote.
SHOT FOUR PEOPLE.
Murderous Work of a Rum-Crazed
Diamond Thief.
Chicago, March 7.—Two police officers
—Linville and Briscoe—and E. C. Cole, a
citizen, were shot down in the street to
night by Patrick Crowe, a young packing
house employe, who bad just committed a
diamond robbery, during which beussnuited
two other persons. Officer Briscoe’s
injuries are probably fatal. Linville and
Cple will recover, but Linville
may lose the power of speech,*
his tongue being cut in two, Crowe, after
his dare devil work, was finally captured,
but not without a long, exciting chase after
shooting and being followed by a mob.
Crowe passed last night in a disreputablo
house, aud this morning ho shot his hostess,
robbed her of $1,5U0 worth of diamonds
and broke the head of a colored servant
woman. This exploit led to those first de
scribed. He was full of whisky.
A BREWING FIRM ABBIGNS.
Tha Widow of a Deceased Partner
Forces the Action.
New York, March 7. — A general assign
ment of the brewing firm of Monroe Eck
stein & Cos., and of Leopold Westheimer,
its surviving partner, was flled|in court to
day in this city. Monroe Eckstein died last
June. Mr. Westheimer is the head of
the tobacco bouse of L. & E.
Westheimer of Han Francisco. E.
Wosthoimer of this firm died, and
his widow applied for a reoeiversnip for the
busine-8 in Ban Francisco. This complica
tion compelled to-day’s assignment. The
brewery interest is valuable, and the as
signees will endeavor to preserye it. The
total amount involved is stated to be be
tween $700,000 and SBOO,OOO, mostly in com
mercial paper. The preferences amount to
$123,000.
BANKERS GO TO THE WALL.
A Failure to Receive Remittances from
Paris the Cause.
San Francisco, March 7.—The private
banking firm of Belloc Freres made an as
signment to the sheriff to-day and closed
its doors. The sberdr says that tho liabili
ties, as far as known now, will amount to
$500,000. The establishment is a branch of
the banking house of Belloc Freres of Paris.
The local manager issued a notice < hat the
firm was forced to suspend, owing to a fail
ure to receive remittances from the Paris
house. He states that remittances are ex
pected soon which will enable the firm to
pay ail demftid* at an oarly date.
Fire Sweeps Away a Mill.
Anderson, Ind., March 7.— The Ameri
can wire, rod and nail mills of this city
were burned last night. The i .stitutioii
was the largest of the kind in the United
Btatae, and the loss will reach $1(10,000,
partly insured. About 300 men aro thrown
out of employment.
Two Killed by a Cave la.
Baltimore, March 7.—The .S'un’s Peters
burg (Va.) special uvh; “John Lawson
and Lewis Howard were killed, and Algio
(irifllu was seri usly injured by the caving
in of a sand bank on the line of the Norfola
and Western railroad near Pittsburg to
day," __ _
A Murderous Parent Hanged.
Charlihtov, W. Va., March 7.—Kells
Kawpf was hanged at 11 o'clock this inorii
iug fr the murder of bis daughter, Mary,
aged 30, and his sou, WiilMun.
CRASH OF THE TRAINS.
SIX PEOPLE KILLED AND FIFTEEN
BADLY INJURED.
Futile Effor*a of a Sleeping Car Con
ductor to Stop the Second Section.
The Action of the Conductor of the
First Section the Cause of the Ac
cident.
Buffalo, March 7.— A1l Buffalo was
horrified last night by the news that a ter
rible disaster had occurred on tho Lake
Shore railroad, near Bay View station,
about nine miles from this city. All
kinds of rumors were floating about!
each one more appalling than the last, and,
as is always true in such cu es, it was
almost impossible to get any information
from the railway people. Tho ill-fated
train was No 12, bound eastward, and due
here at 9:30 o’clock at night. It was made
up of three buggago cars, four coaches aud
four sleepers.
BREAKS IN TWO.
Some miles west of Hamburg the train
parted between the day coach and the first
sleeper, thus destroying the efficiency of the
air brakes as far as the back of the tram
was concerned, and placing it in an almost
uncontrollable condition. It was on a down
grade where this occurred, and the two
pans ofthe Hying express thundered onward
with increasing speed with its load
of precious humanity to death and destruc
tion. The first soction went along as usual
until Conductor John E. lioughtnling dis
covered what had happened, and pulled the
bell cord. It was probably just what most
men would have done under the circum
stances, but was attended with disastrous
consequences.
THE CRASH.
The first section came to a standstill,
and a moment or two later the rear section
crashed into it with awful force and
Velocity, and the wreck was completed.
Louis E. Test, the sleeping car conductor,
was the first person in tho back end of tho
train to notice that the coupling
had parted, and he instantly pulled
the cord, only to find that it had no effeot.
He ran through the other cars with the
same result, and was just in the act of
screwing up the hand brakes when the col
lision occurred. The sections came together
with such force that tho forward sleopor,
the Salina, tele coped the roar coach of the
standing first section, killing seven people
and injuring fifteen others.
CARS IN A HEAP.
The cars were piled in all sorts of shapes
on top of one another, while tho Salina w as
almost completely buried from sight. Those
who escaped injury bravoly set about help
ing those who were loss fortunate. Tiie
screams aud shrieks of many of thoso
in the wreck were enough to
make one’s blood run cold. There wore
eleven persons in the Salina, aud one of
them, J. Swayno, a colored porter, was
hurled from tho car, a distance of 38 feet.
All the rest were more or less injured.
THE OTHERS KILLED.
The others killed were:
John W. Flynn of Canton, 0., traveling
agent of Lai.tz Bros. & Cos. of this city.
John T. Bower, of Pittsfield, Matp. (su[h
posed), travel! g ngont for D. M. Collins &
Cos., of that city.
J. E. (Stewart and wife of Rochester.
Mrs. Joseph D. Bauches, of Saratoga
Springs, N. Y.
At 6 o’clock this morning the railroad
people brought the bodies of
those killed into tho Central depot,
where Coroner Tucker, who had been no
tified aud wus in waiting, at once took
charge of them. All the bodies, with the
exception of that of Mrs. Bauches, who was
a bride of a week, were taken to the morgue.
Mi s. Bauches’ remains were taken to an un
dertaking firm’s rooms. Hlie was 23 years
of ago, and formerly lived at Rome, N. Y.
She was married a week ago to-day.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED.
When five bodies were taken to the
morgue those of two men remain unidenti
fied. It was soon learned, however, that
one of them was that of John W. Flynn of
Canton, O. Ho leaves a mother at Canton,
who was dependent on him for support.
The body of the other is believed, from
cards found in his pockets, to be that of
John T. Cowers of Pittsfield, Mass., a trav
eling agent, most probably, for D. M.
Collins & Cos., of that place, dealers in
ladies’ knit goods. Ho had a ticket from
Columbus, 0., to Rochester. All the bodies
are badly mangled. Those of Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart will be sent home.
AN INQUEST,
Coroner Tucker has impaneled a jury
and will hold a thorough inquest.
The railroad authorities placed a special
train at the coroner’s disposal to take the
jury to the sceoe of the wreck. Those in
jured are as follows:
J. E. Minnick of Philadelphia, right arm
crushed and subsequently amputated at
Fitch hospital.
George E. Allen, genera] northern passen
ger agent of the Erie road at Buffalo.
The nearest telegraph station to the dis
aster is that at Westburg, and on that
account particulars of the wreck were
somewhat slow in reaching the city. The
flr-t arrival from the spot was Engineer
Mooney, who had been in charge of the
train. He brought Mr. Minnick with him
upon the engine.
A GIBE HAD THE BOODLE.
An Express Company Recovers @lO,-
940 of Stolen Money.
Chicago, March 7.—A dispatch from
Dallas, Texas, to-day says: “Supt Fuller
of the Pacific Express Company, and the
father of Walton, the absconding agent,
nre bore afld have secured from a house of
ill fame a package containing $16,940.
Walton left this package in a woman’s
charge when he ran away. This, with
SB,OOO givea up by the absconder in New
Brunswick, makes $24,940 of the original
$35,000 stolen.’’
MINISTER PENDLETON’S FUNERAL,
The State Officers of Kentucky and
Ohio to Attend in a Body.
Cincinnati, March 7.— The chamber of
commerce adjourned to-day until Monday
to allow the members to participate in the
obsequies of the late George H. Pendleton
to-morrow. The legislatures of Ohio aid
Kentucky have accepted invitations to at
lend the ceremonies, as have also G-v.
Buckner of Ken'inky and Gov. Campbell
of Obio. Special trains have been provided
to bring them here and return the someday.
Diphtheria Wipes Out a Family.
Zanesville, 0., March 7.—J. c.
McGregor, reading clerk of the House of
Representatives, died this morning of
diphtheria. Mrs. McGregor did last Fri
day, after the death of four children. Three
children remaining and Mr. McGregor’s
father may die, w bleu will make ton deaths
in one family from diphthei la.
lb* tugar Trust Case.
New Yoke, March 7.—The formal order
of Justice O'Brien in the sugar trust injunc
tion suit was filed to-day. The order con
firms the decision banded down Feb.*ll, no
ouangs whatever being made in the provis
ions whine Just lea O'Brian then set forth.
PARNELL’S EXONERATION.
A Progressive Conservative Stands by
the Irish Contingent.
London, March 7. —In the House of
Commous to-day Louis J. Jennings, pro
gressive conservative, member for Stock-
P°rt, gave notice that he would move to
add the following to Mr. Smith’s motion
asking the House to adopt the report of the
i'arneli commission:
The House condemns the conduct of those
who were resp nsiblo for the accusations
against members of the House of complicity in
murder when such accusations were based on
forged letters.
The notice of Mr. Jennings’ motion was
received with opposition cheers.
Justin McCar hy expressed intense satis
faction at finding a conservative thus
taking independent action looking to tlie
censuring by the Houso of Mr. Parnell’s
assailants. In regaul tot eleague’s books,
Mr. McCarthy assumed the House that he
had attended meetings of the league, and
that lie had hoard nothing contained in the
books that might not bo road in Parlia
ment.
sm JAMES GROWS SEVERE.
Sir Henry James compared the Parnellite
leaders to captains in command of troops,
with the striking difforei.ee that whoreas
the captains were the first to condemn dis
orders, the Parnellites incited their follow
ers to commit outrage. Referring to Le-
Caron and hi< alleged falsities, he askod
what was LeCaron compared with
the men who hud taken an oath
to destroy the government of the
queen and establish a republlo,
and then had entered parliament and taken
the oath of allegiance to her majesty. Ho
asked tho House to recollect who it was that
hired LeCaron. LeCaron was hired and
paid by those English statesmen who now
cheered tho men attacking him. [Cheers.]
The speaker would rather occupy the posi
tion of LeCaron, objectionable as it was,
than the position of the men who were tho
associates of the assassins whose honor the
Houso was asktul to defend.
CHARGED WITH HIGH CHIMES.
Sir Charles Russell had referred to pre
sumably honest men whoso secrets LeCaron
had tried to gain. Who wore those pre
sumably honest men? It was proved beyond
presumption that they iffi vocatvd the use of
dynamite. Mr. Davitt, in his evidence,
called the Irish World's outrage fuud the
inspiration of the niovoment and its finan
cial strength. Tho commission report
teemed with proof that the Irish agitators
alliliatud with dynamiters and sympathized
with tho party of violence. There
wore maintained funds contributed for
tho purpose of destroying the qtieeu’s
government. Yet tho opposition hml the
temerity to ask tlio House to accord these
criminal conspirators reparation. The only I
justice parliament could accord was to in-
serilm the commission report on the roc. rds
and defend the uprightness of the judges
from f ho scurrility of tho men who now tried
to hold them up to execration. [Cheers.]
Messrs. Asquith, C• mil ad others fol
lowed. The debate drugged wearily, and
many members left the House. Finally the
House was counted out. ,
Mr. Caine, unionist liberal, and Mr. Hau
bury, conservative, will support Mr. Jen
nings’ motion. They consider it exactly
the kind of motion that Mr. Gladstone
should tiave offered. Mr. Hanbury says
tho government made a gross mistake in
not embodying the idea of Mr. Jennings in
Mr. Smith's motion. Lord Randolph
Churchill will also support Mr. Jennings’
motion. All the other unionists will sup
port the government.
TI6ZA STILL STICKS.
Ho Hopes th© Cabinet Differences May
Be Adjusted. \
Pesth, March 7.—After a conference
with the emperor to-day Count von Tisza
appeared in his usual place in the lower
House of the diet. Ho stated that differ
ences existed in the cabinet regarding the
naturalization bill, and that if these differ
ences were not set tied soon he would inform
the House of his inteutions.
Herr Appony moved to suspend tho sit
ting but Count von Tisza opposed tho mo
tion. declaring that ho ti pod the cabinet
differences would be settled. He denied
that a grave ministerial crisis had yet
arisen.
The House thereupon resumed tho debate
on the militia bill. The opposition tried to
reopen the flag question by proposing that
only tho national flag should bo used as a
signal. The proposition was rejected by a
voto of 111 to 75.
The Leather Lloyd states that Count
Tisza has offered to resign and that the
emperor reserves his decision in tho matter.
YOUNG LINCOLN’S FUNERAL.
The Coffin Placed in the Catacombs
In Kensal Green Oefnetery.
London, March 7.—Kucoral services
over tho remains of Abraham- Lincoln, son
of Robert Lincoln, were held to-day at the
residence of Mr. Lincoln, and were con
ducted by Rev. J. Monroe Gibson. Among
those present were all the members of the
Ainer.can legation and< consulaie, except
M i], Post, the military attache. They were
ail ace mipaniod by their wives. The coffin
was hidden beneath a mass of flowers.
After the services were concluded the body
was placed in the Catacombs in Kensal
Green cemetery. There wore no ceremo
nies at the cemetery.
A WOMAN’S HEAD IN A PAROBL.
The Ghastly Package Loft at the Resi
dence of a Russian Prince.
Moscow, March 7.—A ghastly tragedy
has cme to light in this city. A parcel
was left at the residence of Prince Dol
geroukoff, which, upon examination, was
found to contain the bead of a woman.
With the parcel was left a note, bearing no
signature, saying, “Tnis is our first exploit.
W e will soon outdo Jack the Ripper.” It
is believed that the woman was killed for
betraying nihilists.
England and Portugal.
London, March 7. —It is stated that the
Portuguese minister here lias failed in his
negotiations witli Lord Salisbury for a set
tlement of the African territ rial dispute
and that he will return t > Lisbon imme
diately. The people in Lisbon are assuming
a threatening attitude.
Germany’s New Batteries.
Berlin, March 7. —The government will
form fifty more batteries of artillery in
order to complete the two new army corps,
the formation of which was sanctioned by
the last Reich dag.
k
A Lockout in Germany.
Berlin, March 7. —The Barmen and
KlberMd factories have decided upon a
general lockout unless the strikers resume
work by the 21st Inst.
Portugal and the Conference.
Lisbon, March 7. —Portugal will send
delegates to the Berlin labor conference.
Shot and Killed.
ODUM, G\., March 7.—Nero Wilson shot
and killed Frank Bikes at this place Wed
nesday. Both parties are colored. An in
quuet was held.
( D ULY. $lO A YEAR. I
5 CENTS A COPY. V
( WEEKLY. 1.29 A YEAR J
TRADE’S rCi.SENO WORSE
BOMB LINES BENEFITED BY THBJ
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
In Others Business Rather Less Sat
isfactory than a Week Amo—lnterior
Money Markets Rather More Easy
and the situation at New York
Much More Satisfactory.
New York, March 7.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s
weekly reviow of trade was issued to-day,
os usual. It saysi “The s ate of trade has
not materially altered during the past week,
though the change of weather has produced
much temporary improvement in some lines,
and ia others trade is rather lois satisfactory
than a week ago.
“The mono; ary situation is much more
satisfactory, notwithstanding tho fact that
the cash actuaL'y held by the treasury is
$3,200,000 • more than last week, for rates
on oall here have declined from 5 to SJk per
cent, and foreign exchange has rison from
485J.< to 4SO>& Interior money markets are
generally steady, but on tho whole rather
more easy.
“The aspect of foreign trade does not
ohange, as tho exports at New York still
exceed those of last year a little, while tho
imports nave not of late shown an increase.
The volume of domestio trado appears well
sustained.
THE IRON TRADE.
“In the Iron trade also the situation has
not materially improved, and at Hitt,burg
prices are again lower. At Philadelphia
mill irons are weaker, but foundry is steady,
and while stocks nro not supposed to be
largo buying is light, and the orders in
sight are rapidly decreasing. In bar there
is a little moro inquiry, but the prices of
plates are shaded. The demand for sheet
iron is unusually good, and for uails a trifle
be; ter.
"The window glass trade is active and
one-quarter of a cent advance in prices
within three months has been ordered, b it
the flint glass works ut Pittsburg are cur
tailing production.
NO CHANGE IN STOCKS.
“The stuck market has not changed
during tho past week iu anv mate dal re
spect, tho average of prices being substan
tially the same, though there was a stronger
tone to-day. The removal of fears conoeru
ing possible exports of gold, the rapid ri-e
of foreign exchange, the indications that
purchasos on foreign account now exceed
tho sales of securities, all tend to make
the absorption of money by the treasury
less observed. It may be added that the
decrease in tho activity of trade through
out the country tends to release larger
amounts of money than have been expected
to return to this center at present. But
with the bank reserves mm irkably narrow
for the season speculation for an advance
in stocks is checked by lear of artificial
stringency in money, as it Is naturally, also,
by tho approach of the season of open navi
gation without satisfactory settlements
among tho transporting lines.
“The business failures throughout the
country during the last week number for
tho United States 233, and for Canada 37.”
WINTER GOMES IN EARNEST.
The Temperature Goes Way Below
Zero In the East.
Athens, Ga., March 7.—Tho second snow
of the season fell hero to-day. Tho storm
commenced at 11 o’clock, and continued the
entire day. The recent cold waves have
killed all early vegetables, as well as fruit
which was in bloom. Farmers say that
spring oats are ruined. Heavy clouds bang
overhead to-night, and there are strong in
dicatious of moro snow before moruing.
SNOW AT DANVILLE.
Danville, Va., March 7.—Snow began
failing here late this afternoon, and tho
ground is now covered. Tho Indications
are for blx inches of snow before inorniug .
Tho storm is general, extending up Into
Patrick and Henry counties.
WAT BELOW ZERO.
St. Johnsbury, Vt.. March 7.—The
thermometer reglsiered 80* bel iw z>ro this
morning. At Lyndon ville it was 25* below,
and at the New Hampshire experiment
station, at Hauover, 14* below.
ROUGH ON THE OATS.
Rondout, N. Y., March 7.—The ther
mometer registered 23* below zero In the
Catskills this morning.
DARLINGTON’S NEW RAILROAD.
A Possibility that It May Become a
Feeder for Savannah.
Charleston, S. C., March 7.— The Marl
boro-Darllngton committee who came hero
yesterday to raise $30,000 toward building
a railroad from Bennettsrille to Darlington,
had a little bettor success to-day. Yester
day they appeared before the ohamber of
commerce, but that body didn't soem to be
impressed with the practicability nr the uso
of the road until it was determined what
was to be done with tho South Carolina
railroad. It was intimated that after
the new road* was built it might)
lie a feeder for Savannah or Norfolk. To
day they appeared before the produce ex
change with better success. Tho exchange
indorsed the scheme, and about $3,000 of
the requisite $20,000 was conditionally
promised. A committee was a.'s j appointed
to solicit further subscriptions.
There are no new developments In the
McDouald-Gallagher deal
AUSTRIANS QUIT BRAZIL.
The Country Failed to Come Up to
Their k xpectatlons.
New York, March 7.— The steamship
Biela, which arrived hero to-day from Rio
Janeiro, brought twenty-nine Austrians
who bad gone to Brazil to settle, but who
had found it impossible to exist, and had re
turned to the United States. They lefs
Kansas to go to Brazil one year ago in a
belief that that country was more fertile
than Missouri. They will start for KAnsJn
this afternoon.
KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Two Workmen Lose Their Lives In a
New Jersey Quarry.
Newark, N, J., March 7,—Two work
in on were instantly killed and soveral other*
were wounded by a premature explosion at
the Eagle Rock quarry this morning. The
mou were engaged ia tamping u blast
when the explosion occurred. It is sup
posed that the explosiou was caused by*
foreign matter in the blast
RISE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Natchez and Greenville Keeping Their
Eyes on the Levees.
Natchez, March 7.—The river at this
point continues to swell gradually. There*
was another slow rain to-day, not enough
to affect the river, but yet enough to help
soften the levee*. Capt Ault, levee In
spector of Concordia parish. Lx. think*
now that everything in safe for three *r
four feet more of water.