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J. H. ESTILL, President. \
BLAIR STILL IN THE RING
HIS BILL. KNOCKS OUT ANOTHER
DAY IN THE SENATE.
Plumb Threatens to Try to Shove the
Measure ABltle —An Agreement
Finally Reached to Take the Vote
Nest Thursday- Mr. George Delivers
Himself on the Southern Question.
Washington, March 12.—The Senate
proce. lied this morning to vote on the reso
lution to exclude from the Congressional
Record the interpolations made by Mr. Call
in the report of his discussion with Mr.
Chandler on Feb. 20. The resolution was
agreed to by a vote of 3G yeas to 14 nays.
The demoorats voting ia the affirmative
tv ere Messrs. Cockrell, Paine, Pugh, and
Vance.
Mr. Cullom gave notice that on Friday
morning ho would call up the House resolu
tion relating to the death of the late Mr.
Townehend, representative from Illinois.
Ou motion of Mr. Edmunds the Senate
proceeded to considsrauoc of the resolution
reported on Fob. 10 from the committee < n
privileges find elections, declaring that it is
competent for the Senate to elect a president
pro tern, who shall hold offico during the
pleasure of the Senate and until another is
elected, and sh ill execute the duties thereof
when the Vice President is absent.
Mr. George took the floor in opposition
to the resolution, although he felt, as he
said, that he was undertaking a hopeless
task in opposing a resolution which had
been approved in a republican caucus. Mr.
George was still speaking when the hour of
2 o’clock arrived, and the educational bill
came up as the “unfinished business.” He
asked unanimous consent that he might go
on and finish his argument.
PLUMB ANXIOUS FOR A VOTE.
Mr. Plumb called upon Mr. Blair to give
the Senate some indication of the time
when he would be ready to have a vote
taken on his bill. There wore (he said) a
great many important measures on the
calendar. Measures relating to pensions,
to forfeiture of land grants, to silver coin
age, and to other important subjects affect
ing the prosperity of the people. Nearly four
months of the session had elapsed, and
nothing had yet passed the Senate that
could be said to be of any national im
portance. He gave notice that unless some
agreement could be made as to when a vote
on the educational bill would be taken he
would move at 2 o’clock to-morrow that the
bill be placed on the calendar. He wished
to invoke a response from the sphyux of
New Hampshire.
Mr. Blair—You must first dig the sphynx
out of the sand.
There being no objection to Mr. George’s
request, he resumed his argument.
BLAIR ANSWERS PLUMB.
At the conclusion of Mr. George’s argu
ment, Mr. Blair arose to make a statement
as to the educational bill, referring to Mr.
Plumb’s remarks as the “Rushing speech of
the Father of Waters.” He spoke of the
obstacles in the way of reaching a vote on
the bill during the present week,but thought
that by Thursday or Friday next a vote
might bo taken. Discussion on that point
was participated in by Senators Plumb,
Hawley, Platt, and Frye, the latter stating
that there evidently was no desire on the
part of the senators to listen to speeches on
the educational bill, as he had frequently
counted as few as seven senators present,and
Mr. Blair suggesting that perhaps those were
times when the senators were engaged in
salmon dinners. Finally it was arranged
that ou Thursday of next week at 2 o’clock
Mr. Blair shall have the floor to speak for
not exceeding an hour, and that then the
bill shall be under the five-minute rule, and
the vote shall be taken on the amendments
to the bill.
PLUMB BOUND TO RUSH THE MATTER.
Mr. Plumb gave notice, notwithstanding,
that he would on Monday move to take up
some other bill, the effect of which would
be to displace the educational bill.
Mr. Plumb moved an amendment to rule
39, so as to provide that all votes cast in ex
ecutive session, whether yea or nay votes
or otherwise, shall be made public' at the
close of the session at which they are cast.
The amendment was was referred to the
committee ou rules.
The resolution In regard to the president
pro tempore was again taken up, and, after
iurtber discussion, was agreed to without
division. It reads:
Resolved, That it is competent for the Senate
to elect a president pro tempore who shall hold
office (luring the p easure of the Senate, and
until another is elected, and shali execute the
duties thereof duriug all future absences of the
Vice President until the (senate otherwise
orders.
The concurrent resolution for the investi
gation of immigration matters was laid be
fore the Senate with two House amend
ments, extending the investigation to the
purchase of American industries by foreign
capital, and to the use of Bedloe’s island in
New York harbor as an immigration de
pot. The House amendments were agreed to.
GEOROE ADVOCATES BLAIR’S BILL.
The educational bill was then taken up,
and Mr. George addressed the Senate in ad
vocacy of it. He said that from the begin
ning he had regarded the measure as a gen
erous offer made by the northern states to
the southern states. He was not there to
ask alms for the people of Mississippi, but
be should not go into the spurning business,
as the senator from West Virginia
i Mr. Faulkner) had done some weeks
agv, when he got on his high horse
and proposed to spurn bribes and all that
sort of thing. There was no tribe in it.
But he did not feel that he had a right
when ho looked at the condition of a largo
Portion of the black people of Mississippi) to
u-ject the oifer made. He did not regard
die offer as being made ou dishonorable
terms to the people of Mississippi. The
c mmltteo on education and labor had
struck out of the bill an obnoxious
cause that had been contained in
the proviou* bill (m reference to re
vision of text books) and bad
done so on his motion. That had been gen
crous action ou the part or the republican
members of the committee. Mr. George
vent on to say that while lie did not share
in the idea that the colored people of the
>utli would be elevated by education, be
" as willing to have the opportunity extended
m them, and he drifted into a defense of
; a white peoplo of the south, and an ar
raignment of those who stir up dissensions
the south for political ends.
HIS nEART IN THE WORK.
Mr. Hour said that he had too much at
uonrt the passage of the educational bill—
"that most important uud beneficent
measure”—to be turned usido into discussion
' !! 1 1 e questions raised by Mr. George, but he
Asked that gentlemau what his ptuu was as
to the colored people of the south; and
"bother it embraced protection and security
! 1 their right to vote without interference
p' force or fraud and their right to the fair
administration of justice.
Mr.iOeorgo said that ho had proposed no
iJan. lie had thougnt, however, that the
from Massachusetts and other Sen.
t* could umieistaud tho difficulty of
tttviug au orderly, good, secure govern,
meiit, with two diverge races, differing in
All i lungs, and ospueiaily when the passions
L‘ ’bs ignorant race wore lufl uued by in-
U: irfoddling irwi out*uis. The theory of
%\}t Jlafniujj
the government was that the people were
capable of ‘elf-govermnent; that the people
of each s ta‘e were capable not only uf dis
charging state duties aud of performing
state powers, but also of performing their
share of the national duties ad powers.
NO GUARDIAN STATES.
There was no 'such thing under the con
stitution as wise states, capable of the
guardianship of inferior states. There was
no such thing under the American theory
of government os states in wardenship to
other and better states; but yet, judging
from the history of recent years, tile theory
seemed to be that there were some states
(the New England states and others) wise,
great, good, capable of discharging their
full duties to their own people and to the
federal union, and, also, capable of guar
dianship over their more unfortunate sisters.
“That,” said Mr. George, address
ing the republican side of tho Sen
ate, “is your theory; that is
your practice. And in your blind zeal (I
will not oall it by a worse name) to rectify
all wrong, wherever it may be, in your as
sumed wisdom and goodness, to correct the
shortcomings of ot ere, you transgress the
comity of the constitution. You incite in
the southern section of the union the dagger
and the torch. Evou if we in the south are
not fitted for self-government (as we are),
we do not need your tutelage.”
JUSTICE IMPARTIALLY ADMINISTERED.
Ausworing a portion of Mr. Hoar’s ques
tion Mr. George asserted that there was no
distinction in the administration of justice
in Mississippi except that the black man
had both in the jury box and on the bench
a leniency accorded him which was not
accorded to the white man. He said that
no black man was tried before a jury on
which there were not black men, except
occasionally when a black man express ’d
to his counsel his wish to be tried by a
white jury. What right, he asked, had the
senator from Massachusetts to impute by his
question that there was difference made
ia the administration of justice in
the state of Mississippi between the whites
and blacks? There were certain crimes
which, whether committed by white or
black, were followed by swift and terrible
vengeance in the shape of inob law. He
deplored that, and he deplore i the blood
shed which was occasionally the result of
race conflicts, but, he asked, wore there no
mobs in California and other western states
where conflicts wore excited by the presence
of the mild Mongolian? The senator from
Massachusetts expected the millenium in
the south with ail its troubles; but he would
never get it. He prayed that there would
be too much virtue and wisdom in the
American people not to allow time and op
portunity and just meai.s—without im
pertinent interference—to settle the gravest
problom that was ever presented to the
human mind.
HOAR REPEATS niS QUESTION.
Mr. Hoar said that the senator from
Mississippi had talked about almost every
thing else, but had not answered the simple
question which he (Mr. Hoar) had put to
him. He had asked the senator to state his
plan, and how it differed from tho repub
lican plan of dealing with the south, and he
had answered with the volcano to
which the Senate had just listened.
The Massachusetts plan, the northern plan,
the republican plan, the American plan of
dealing with that American problem that
confronted the couutrv to-day was simply
this: Where a mass of illiterate American
children was seen growing up to be citizens,
voters and sovereigns,to provide means as far
as was possible for curing the evil. Another
part of their plan was this: They proDOsed
that the lawmaking power of the country
and the law-executing power of the coun
try should protect the right of every Amer
ican citizen, poor or rich, foreign born or
native born, black or white, to cast the
ballot which the constitution conferred
upon him, and to have that ballot counted.
So far as that was a matter of national con
cern in the election of na
tional officers, they proposed to provide
for it—so far as they couid—by tbe exercise
of the national forces. In addition to that,
they proposed to aid in their private ca
pacity the southern states, so far as these
stales desired to accept it, oy private bene
factions. That was their plan—the whole
of it —aud he challenged the senator fr m
Mississippi to discover any other plan that
had been proposed, enacted, deflated, or
thought of, throughout, the length and
breadth of the land. He had asked the
senator whether his plan iucluded security
to every voter casting, and the counting of,
his vote, and to that interrogatory the sena
tor had been entirely silent.
GOING BACK TO THE BILL.
Coming back to tho educational bill, Mr.
Hoar declared that the measure vims dearer
to bis heart than anything else proposed or
discussed before the American people. If
he could be assured (as he was assured) that
the bill would become a iaw. and that the
great consequences would result from it
which he expected to result, he would be
willing to go out of public life to-morrow
and never to be again heard of among his
countrymen.
The discussion again took a sectional
turn, Mr. George arguing that the act for
the re-admission of Mississippi, Texas, and
Virginia forbids those states from imposing
an educational test on voters, and saying
that if that fundamental condition were re
moved he would then be prepared to make
known his plan.
Finally the discussion came to a close,
and, after a short executive session, the
Senate at 6 o’clock adjourned.
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.
Two Collectors of Customs on the List
and a Few Others.
Washington, March 12.—The Senate
has confirmed the following nominations:
To be collectors of customs—J. E. Lee, at
St. Johns, Fla.; Daniel P. Booth, at Mobile.
To be United States marshals —Simon S.
Matthews, for the Southern district of
Mississippi; George I. Cunningham, for
South Carolina; James W. Brown, for the
Western district of Tennessee.
William E. Craig, to le United States
attorney for the Western district of Vir
ginia.
To be postmasters—W. F. Elgin, at
Corinth, Miss.; C. P. McCabe, at Leesburg,
Va.; Parke Aguew, at Alexandria, Va.
DOLPH’B COMMITTEE.
The Chairman Supposed to bo Pre
paring His Report.
Washington, March 12.—Mr. Lolph’s
investigating committee has practically
concluded its work of examining witnesses
as to their knowledge of tho sources of in
formation respecting proceedings of the
Senute in executive ses ion. Mr. Dolpb is
at work upon a document supposed to be
the report of the committee., but its tenor
or conclusions will n t bo disclosed until
after its presentation to the Senate.
A Conscience Contribution.
Washington, March 12.—The secretary
of the treasury to-day received a conscience
contribution of S9O 25 from au unknown
resident of Charleston, H. C.
Ordered to ikuaoa.
Washington, March 12,—Tho United
HteU-e steamer Mohican has been ordered to
Memo* to relieve the Adii*, hud sad of tbe
Iroquois, Wbiefc disabled.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1890.
TAULBEE’S FATAL WOUND
INSTANT DEATH ESCAPED BY THE
SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH.
A Portion of the Orbital Plate and
the Petrous Portion of the Tem
poral Bone Fractured by the Ball.
An Abscess at the Base of the Brain
the Cause of Death.
■Washington, March 12.—The autopsy
on the remains of ex-Congressman Taulbee
was held to-day. The ball was found to
have passed beneath the eye downward and
inward, fracturing a portion of the orbital
plate. Thence it went toward the brain,
fracturing and splintering the petrous
portion of the temporal bone. The ball was
found imbedded in bone and dura mater.
INSTANT DEATH NARROWLY ESCAPED.
Further penetration of the sixteenth of
an inch would have probably resulted in
instant death. At the base of the brain a
large abscess was formed, and that was the
immediate cause of death. Other abscesses
were discovered, and the brain aud mem -
branes were much inflamed and congested.
The position of the ball was such that it
could not have been extracted with safety
to the patient, even had its exact location
been known.
THE INQUEST’S PRINCIPAL WITNESS.
The inquest into the shooting was held
this afternoon shortly after the autopsy had
been completed. The principal witness was
Samuel Douelson of Tennessee, ex-door
keeper of the House. He was walking arm in
arm with Mr. Taulbee when suddenly Judge
Kincaid appeared on the landing of the
stairway close behind. Mr. Taulbea’s face
was turned partly toward Ju ige Kincaid
when the latter exclaimed: “Mr. Taulbee,
you can see me now.” The
deceased turned still further toward
Judge Kincaid, when tho latter
fired one shot. Tbe rest of the story has
been many times told. Other witnesses
added nothing to what has been printed.
The verdict of jury was that Mr. Taulbee
came to his death “from a pistol wound,
the pistol being held in the hand of Charles
El Kincaid, ii the United States capitol
building Feb. 28, 1890.”
At the conclusion of tbe inquest Judge
Kincaid was committed to jail to await the
action of tho grand jury.
The funeral of Mr. Taulbee will take
place to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock from
Zurhorst’s undertaking rooms. The Ken
tucky delegation will act as pall bearers.
A CONTRACT IMPLIED.
Secretary Windom'a Reply to Florida’s
Immigration Bureau.
Washington, March 12.—Socrotary Win
dom has written a letter to the collector of
customs at Jacksonville. Fla. ,in regard to the
proposed importation of about 1,000 servant
girls from Norway and Sweden upon as
surances given by tbe state bureau of im
migration that while no contract will be
made good homes will be provided for them
after their arrival. The bureau submitted
an inquiry as to whether “it will be a viola
tion of the law to land parties who pay
their own passage, with such a
statement made in advance.” Sec
retary Windom says in reply:
“While the department does not undertake
to determine questions of law or fact upon
hypothetical statements, and in advance
of an opportunity for official action, yot in
this case there is no hesitation in expressing
the opinion that the proviso in section 5 of
the alien contract labor law exempting
from its operation ‘persons employed
strictly as personal or domestic servants’
was intended to apply only to servants
wh> should come into this country
with their employers. Without attempting
to pass upon the action of the bureau
at the time I do take the liberty of calling
attention to the language of the first section
of the act referred to. Partial, or special,
express or implied contracts are alike under
the ban of the law, and whether the court
would determine that there was an implied
agreement on the part of tho bureau to
furnish homes after the arrival to from 500
to 1,000 servants at from $6 to $lO a month
—implied from the language of their
answer, they can tell as well as I. Ido not
think it proper to say more at this time.”
BLAIR’S BILL IN CONTEMPT.
The Senate Weary of It, but Ite Au
thor Irrepressible.
Washington, March 12.—The Senate
showed its contempt for the Blair bill more
plainly than ever to-day. Senator after
senator on the republican side to-day told
Mr. Blair that the Senate was weary of it
and wanted to hear no more of it, but to
vote upon it, and so get it out of tho way of
more important matter. Mr. Blair, still
protesting that it was more important than
any other bill, finally agreed to let the
Senate off with a vote a week from to-mor
row. Five speech ;S, not counting another
by himself, are to be made meanwhile.
The discussion made tho Senate and the
galleries laugh. Senatorial dignity seems
to have permanantly disappeared. Thero
is little reason to doubt that unless there is
a great change in what Mr. Biair calls “tho
headwaters of the senatorial system” tho
bill will be dofeated. Apart from the ob
vious objections to it, it has been actually
talked to death by Its author.
The feature of tho day in the House was
the sharp prohibition versus high lice se
debate on tho Oklahoma bill, which ended
in a compromise which will maintain tho
present exclusiou of liquors from that
country until tho first territorial legislature
meets. The growing strength of t e prohi
bition idea on tbe republican side of tbe
House was very striking. Most of the pro
hibition orators were republicans.
CARNEGIE AS A CRUSHER.
Owners of Small Steel Bail Mills Stirred
Up on the Tariff.
Washington, March 12.—Representa
tives of tho smaller steel rail mills are com
plaining to members of tbe ways and means
committee that Andrew Carnogio is act
uated strictly by the selfish desire to see
his smaller competitors crushed out in stat
ing to the republicans of the ways and means
committee that $5 a ton is enough duty to
protect American steel rails now, and that
$8 a ton would protect them at any time,
even if there was great depression in tho
near future.
AN EXCURSION TO VIRGINIA.
The New England Press Association
Coming South to Investigate.
Washington, March 12.—Arrangements
are making for large excursions through
Virginia of representatives of tho New
England Press Association. The purpose is
to give the visitors of the north a better aud
more intimate knowledge of tbe condition
of affairs in tbe south. (Senator Daniels
aud a huge number of well-known Virgin
ians have written letters approving tbe
project, and President Harrison has
consented to give the excursionists a
reception.
THE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Discussing Prohibition for the Terri
tory of Oklahoma.
Washington, March 12.— The first three
quarters of an hour of tho session of the
House this morning was consumed in a des
ultory discussion as to the states on the
calendar of the private claims reported
from the court of claims, but tho speaker
reserved his decision.
Mr. Cannon, from the committee on rules,
reported a resolution setting aside to-day
and to-morrow for tho consideration of the
Oklahoma bill, the final vote to be taken at
4 o’clock to-morrow. Tho resolution was
adopted, aud accordingly the House went
into oommittee of the whole on the Okla
homa bill.
Mr. Kellev of Kansas offered an amend
ment providing that the general s'atutes of
Kansas, iustead of Nebraska, shall extend
over tho territory until after the first ses
sion of the legislative assembly.
WOULD GIVE THEM PROHIBITION.
Mr. Pickier of South Dakota strongly
advocated the amendment, principally oil
the ground that it would extend to the new
territory the prohibitory laws of Kansas.
Mr. Fitcn of New York said that this was
an attempt on the part of tho advocates of
prohibition to win in the House what they
had lost in the committee. The committee
had had the whole matter under dis
cussion. In committee the advocates
on one side had desired the laws of
Arkansas, and on the other the laws of
Kansas. The laws of Nebraska, where
there was high license, had been selected as
a compromise. Now the gentlemen whose
hobby was prohibition attempted to extend
over Oklahoma the Kansas law, which
state after state has voted it would not
accept. The question was, whether the
House would override the unanimous vote
of the committee in order to please the
gentlemen who were advocates of prohibi
tion before they were republicans or before
they were democrats?
CUTCHEON AND TnK INDIANS.
Mr. Cutcheon of Michigan protested
against thrusting upon the Indian* in Okla
homa the unspeakable, indescribable curse
of whisky shops. He protested against it
iu the name of humanity, in the name of
common decency, and in the name of the
plighted faith of this great nation.
Mr. Springer said that the committee on
territories had chosen to extend the laws of
Nebraska over Oklahoma in a spirit of com
promise, and he hoped that the House would
ratify that choice.
Mr. Spinola provoked the ire of Mr.
Funston of Kansas and Mr. Kerr of lowa
by a statement that as much liquor was
drank in Kansas now as before the prohib
itory laws were adopted, aud by exclaiming
that he was sick of hearing of Kansas ami
prohibition.
TARSNEY TELLS A STORY.
Mr. Tarsney of Michigan told a story to
the effect that last summer he bad attended
court in Southwestern Kansas. One day he
noticed the judge scowling and looking
toward an ante-room. He looked up and
beheld the prosecuting attorney shaking
a bottle of beer at the judge, not
in an intimidating manner, but in
a bewitching, enticing manner. [Laughter.]
Tho judge shook his head and the proseout
ing attorney retired. Iu a moment tho
judge, turning to the jury, said: “Gentle
men—We will now take a recess for ten
raiutes,” and followed the prosecuting
attorney. [Laughter.] “Mr. Chairman,”
concluded Mr. Tarsnev “I am opposed to
further extension of Kansas prohibition.”
[Laughter.]
Mr. Stewart of Georgia offered an
amendment (as a substitute for Mr. Kelly’s
motion), providing that section 2139, Re
vised Statutes, shall be in force in the terri
tory until after the adjournment of the
first session of the legislative assembly.
A PERSONAL RIGHTS PLEA.
Mr. Mills of Texas made an appeal for the
personal liberty of every citizen of this free
country to eat what he pleased, to drink
what he pleased, to go where he pleased,
aud to come back when he pleased, and he
opposed any proposition which would re
strict that liberty.
Mr. Stewart’s amendment was agreed to
by a vote of 70 to 47. The sectiou of the
revised statutes referred to prohibit tho in
troduction of liquor into Indian territory.
On motion of Mr. Holman of Indiana an
amendment was adopted providing that
none of tho lands embraced in the territory
shall inure to the use or benefit of railroad
corporations except tho right of way hereto
fore granted.
Pending fnrther discussion the commit
tee rose and the House at 5:20 o’clock ad
journed.
IN MEMORY OF KELLEY.
Eulogies to be Pronounced by the
Leaders in Both Houses.
Washington, March 12.—The eulogies to
be pronounced in the House on Saturday
upon Williatn D. Kelley will be more numer
ous and more interesting than on Oi dinary
funeral days in that body. The father of
the House will be eulogized by all Its sur
viving leaders, even Samuel J. Randall
desiring to send a letter in lieu of the speech
lie would like to deliver if he were able to
be out. Representative Charles O’Neill, as
Mr. Kelley’s intimate friend, and as next to
Mr. Randall entitled to wear Mr. Kelley’s
mantle, will probably make the most elab
orate speech. Mr. Reybum, Mr. Kelley’s
successor, Messrs. Bingham, Bayne and
other Pennsylvanians will srieak. Gen. Banks
expects to spook among tho Now Englanders.
Tho south and west wifi be well represented.
When Senators Quay and Cameron return
a day will be given by tbe Senate to similar
eulogies on Mr. Kelley. Senators Sherman,
Morrill, Allison, Beck, Voorhees, and others
who served in tbe House with him will
unite with the Pennsylvanians in doing
honor to Mr. Kelley’s memory.
TOUR OF THE PAN-AMEBIOANB.
About Twenty Delegates Have Signi
fied Their Intention of Coming.
Washington, March 12. —About twenty
delegates to the pan-American conference
have thus far signified their acceptance of
the invitation seut them by Secretary Blaine
to visit the southern states as guests of tbe
government. Th* places which will be
visited are Norfolk, Newport News,
Fortress Monroe, Richmond, Charles
ton, Augusta, Macon, Savannah,
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa,
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans,
Birmingham, Chattanooga, Memphis,
Nashville, aud Knoxville. The entire time
occupied by tbe trip will not exceed three
weeks, aud the itinerary will be so arranged
as to have tho delegates spend the Sundays
at Fort Monroe and St. Augustine. Tbe
arrangements for the tour are now being
made Dv the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, and tho schedule will be constructed
by Tourist Ago .t Draper, who had charge
of the tour through the north and west last
October and November.
Hemingway’s bbortigo.
Jackson, Mims., March 12.—The legisla
tive committee which was appointed to
investigate ex-i*reasurer 11 oniugway’s ac
count* will make a r> p >rt in a few days.
No intimation hojMCwped the committee as
to what bos been discovered.
ASK A DUTY OX ORANGES
THE FLORIDA COMMITTEE GOES
BEFORE CONGRESS.
A Claim that the Fruit Can be Culti
vated Much Cheaper In the Tropica
Than in This Country—Mr. Flower
in Behalf ot the Poor Opposes the
Imposition of a Duty.
Washington, March 12.—Representa
tives of the Florida orange growors ap
peared before tho ways aud means
oommittee to-day to request an additional
measure for protection for their industry.
J. E. Hartridge presented their case in an
argument during which ho dwelt at length
upon the practice by importers of securing
unduo remissions of duty upon damaged
fruit. He believed that the duty should be
fixed at $1 a box and the provision for dam
age allowance should be stricken from the
law. This would result iu the importation
of good fruit and the protection of the
domestic orange growors from competition
with trash.
cultivation in tub tropics.
Large areas of land abroad were being
prepared for orange culture. Owing to
climatic conditions and rich soil the trees
iu the tropics mature earlier than the Flor
ida trees. With cheap labor in addition,
the foreign cowers promise to seriously
interfere with the Florida oraugo growers.
Unless something is done to help them,
thousands of people who had invosted their
money in, and given their timo to orange
growing, would be thrown out of employ
ment.
FLOWER OPPOSES PROTECTION.
Mr. Flower questioned one of iho gentle
men and ascertained that Florida oranges
were now selling in New York at $3 25
per box, whilo inferior Mediterranean fruit
was selling at from $1 75 to $2 25. Mr.
Flower said that cheap fruit was tho poor
man’s fruit. Tho rich would always buy
the superior Florida orange. Ho did not
see that the Florida orange growor needed
additional protection when ho produced a
grade of fruit that sold readily for more
money than foreign fruit.
AN INSINUATION OK FAVORITISM.
Mr. Mills asked why the orange growor
should be protected at the expense of the
cotton growor, or the wheat aud com
grower.
Ex-Gov. Mabry replied that these men
could not be protected, but was that a good
reason why the orange growor should not
be protected? He denied that increased
protection meant dearer fruit. It simply
meant that American fruit growers would
supply the entire American market. Ho as
sured the committee that Florida oranges
could then be retailed at a cent apiece.
WANT TO BE ASSURED OK STABILITY.
The people of his state had labored hard
to develop this industry. They wanted to
show the people of the country that they
had something substantial to offer them;
some inducement to come down and make
their homes in Florida.
Chairman McKinley asked if that was the
general sentiment in Florida.
The witness replied emphatically that his
people wore unauimous In advocating pro
tection for their industries.
Mr. Flower drew out the fact that it
would take some years to mature a grade of
orange that could be sold in competition
with the Mediterranean orange. He wished
to know whether it would not answer the
witness’demands if an increase of duty was
granted to take effect, say In twelve years.
WOULD BE TOO LATE.
The witness indignantly rejected the prop
osition, saying, “You would wait until a
man is dead and then sing psalms over him.”
Tbe chuirman remarked that Mr. Flower
did not seem to understand that a poor
orange could drive a good orange out of the
market.
Mr. Flower rejoined that the chairman
did not seem to understand that it would
be many years, uccording to the growers’
own statement, before they could replace
the cheap foreign orange (the poor man’s
fruit) with a domestic orange at the same
price. Moreover he did not beliovo I hat the
climatic conditions of Florida (where he
was interested himself in an orange grove)
would ever permit this grade of fruit to bo
grown.
Gov. Mabry replied that the people who
bad put their money into tho industry knew
otherwise.
DON’T COMPETE WITH FLORIDA.
Mr. Flower said that ho did not want to
injure tho Florida orange grower, but he
did not want the n to injure his constti
ueats. Now this foreign fruit came to
New York at a season of the year when the
Florida orange was unfit for market and
could not be had. Therefore, a duty of $lO
a box would not help the Florida grower
at this time, but any duty would injure his
(Mr. Fiower’s) people.
Gov. Mabry wished to know if the Influ
ence under which Mr. Flower was laboring
was that of the New York bankers who
were advancing capital to Italian orange
growers.
A FAVORITE INVESTMENT.
Mr. Flower retorted that New York bank
ers were raising one-third of that very
Florida ora igo crop about which Gov.
Mabry was talking. Florida orange groves
were a favorite investment In New York.
F. S. Goodrich of Florida expressed his
satisfaction at the change that had come
upon the Florida democrats who were now
hero asking protection on oranges, knowing
that if their request was granted it meant
a little duty on wool, a little ou Peunsyl
vanta manufactured products, and so on.
RIVERS AND HARBORB.
Forty Per Cent, of the Estimates the
Basis of the Appropriations.
Washington, March 12.—Instead of re
porting the river aud harbor bill on Satur
day, the House river aud harbor committee
will consider itself fortunate to get it out
by April 15. The committee finds more
difficulty in making a big bill than it would
find with a small one. To this (lay, although
it long ago aniion ced that heal ings wore
closed, it is listening to arguments for par
ticular localities, it has not finally deter
mined on any appropriations, although 40
per cent, of the estimates buvo t eea agreed
upon as tbe general rule of action.
A BARKENTINE IN DISTRESS.
The Revenue Cutter Colfax Tows Her
Into Wilmington.
Wilmington, N. C., March 12.—Tho
revenue cutter Colfax arrived off tho liar
last night with tho dismasted It llian bark
ontine Antonio iu tow. Tho Antonio left
Licartes, Italy, Dec. 23 for Wilmington,
with a cargo of sulphur. In a gale Jan. 29
she lost her foremast and niaiutopmust.
One of the crew, Dominica Hixigna, was
drowned. March 4 she was fund-ho t with
provisions and w ter by the British steamer
Miranda, and this supply was about ex
hausted when the Colfax look her iu tow.
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, March 12.—Tbe bond of
ferings to-day a* *rwgatdsi.'f7,’.ldO. All were
acoep wl at 123 for 4 > aud my, to- 4 y,s.
CHURCHILL’S SPEECH.
It is Characterized by the Press as
Replete with Coarse Vulgarities.
London, March 12. —The House of Com
mons this evening rejected the Irish land
tenuro hill by a vote of 231 to 179.
COARSE VULGARITIES.
Tho Standard, commenting on Lord Rin
dolph Churchill’s s;>eoch iu the House of
Commons last night, says:
If Lord Randolph Churchill thinks it worth
his while to sacrifice his career for the sake of
entertaining a jaded public with coarse vulgar
ities, that is his business. The government is
not a |ieimy the worse for his latest freak.
A BOOMKRRANG.
The Pall Mali Gazette says:
Lord Randolph Churchill's speech will dam
age himself by lls effect on any sober estimate
of his lordship as a political force. He admitted
that he ought to have s|>oknn in the debate on
the secO 'd reading of tne I'arnell commission
bill; be therefore showed lack of courage anil
nerve in not speaking. How can he wonder
that others attach little weight to his views
If ho himself lias not the full courage of them I
A FUNERAL ORATION.
The St. James Gazette says:
Lord Randolph Churchill has administered a
dual and fatal dose to that lingering invalid—
tils political reputation. The closing scene was
witnessed last night. His speech was its funeral
oration.
DOWNFALL OF TIIE MINISTRY.
Dublin, March 13.—The Freeman's
Journal says:
The debate on Mr. Smith’s motion asking the
House of Commons to adopt the report of the
i’arnell commission mid tho amendments to the
motion marks a stage of the disruption and
dow'iifnll of the ministry, whose character for
fair play, honor and honesty is tarnished.
Hidney Herbert, junior lord of the treas
ury, in a speech at Croydon to-day, exhorted
the conservatives to prepare for an ap
proaching general election.
GERMAN Y’B LABOR RALLY.
Hat ofthe Delegates Who Will Repre
sent the Fatherland.
Berlin, March 12.—The German dele
gates to the Berlin labor conference are
Baron von Berlispsch, the Prussian minister
of commerce; Bishop Kopp of Breslau;
Herr Madgebnrg, under secretary in the
ministry of corntnorco; Herr Bolch
urdt, chief of the politico-commercial
department of tho imperial foreign
office; Herr Lohmnn, member of the fed
eral council; Dr. Haucheoorne, director of
mines in tho Prussian ministry of pubi c
works: Herr Laudinann, Bavarian delegate
in tho bundesrath; Herr Heyl, councillor of
the ministry of commerce, an 1 Herr Hoocli
lin, a manufacturer. Dr. Koyser, coun
sellor of tho legation, bus been appointed
Bocretarv.
The tlamburger Nachrlchten says that
committees will be appointed to discuss the
grouping of the questions to be submitted
to the labor conference. It is expected that
tho conference will bo in session two weeks,
and that six plenary meetings will bo held.
PRUSSIA AND POLAND.
The Former Declines to Alter the Ex:-
istlng Laws.
Berlin, Mnroh 12.—1n the lower House
of tho Prussian Diet to-day Herr Btablewski
moved that the Polish language be used in
religious education in the schools of Prus
sian-Poland.
Herr von Dossier, minister of pttblio wor
ship and education, said the government
declined to alter tho existing laws. Ho re
ferred to the difficulties encountered in tho
enforcement of the present laws in tho face
of tho Polish agitators, who, he said, did
not scruple to attack eveu the bishops. Tho
motion was rojeotod.
DAHOMEY’S aMAZ JNB.
A Female General Killed by the
French During the Campaign.
Paris, March 12.—1 tis officially an
nounced that the King of Dahomey,
accompanied by his female warriors, has
retired to Lama after remaining at Godo
mey four days ami not daring to attack the
French post. The rest of ids army remains
at Godomey, whero it is erecting fortiilca
tious. During the campaign 1,000 Daho
mians, including a female general, wore
killed. It is stated that the French cantivcs
taken by tho Dahotnlous are Bale at
Whydah.
A Hungarian Dinner.
Budha Pebth, March 12.—Count Albert
Apponyi, leader of tho opposition iu the
Hungarian Diet, and Count Karolyi, im
perial minister, were present at a dinner
given by the emperor last night. Count
Apponyi’s presence at the banquet is sig
nificant, inasmuch as no member of the op
position has been invited to an imperial
dinner for many years.
Eighty Lives Lost.
London, March 12.—1 tis now known
that eighty-eight jiersons lost their lives by
the explosion Mondav in tbo Morsa colliery,
in Glamorganshire, Wales.
An unlocked lump alongside of the corpse
of a workman named Morris explains tho
explosion in the Morsa colliery.
Emigrant bwlndlers Sentenced.
Vienna, March 12.—The court at Wodo
wico sentenced two emigrant swindlers to
four years and six months’ imprisonment
at hard labor. Others received sentences of
from one to four yoars at hard labor. Tho
public prosecutor appealed on tho ground
that tho sentences wore inadequate.
Glynn Petre Not to be Harmed.
Oporto, March 12.—A league w hich was
formed here by tho studonts for the avowed
purpose of assaulting Glvnn Petre, the
Bristish minister, has been abandoned.
The auti-K.iglisb feeling is subsiding,
Brazil’s Banks.
Kio Janeiro, March 12.—Opposition
papers condemn the decree establishing
hanks in the northern provinces. They say
the carrying out of the decree is likely to
cause great confusion.
Influenza at Teheran.
Teheran, March 12. —Influenza is raging
here, causing seventy deaths daily. Sev
eral members of the shah’s household are
among the sufferers.
Minora Out at Nottingham.
London. March 13.—Five thousand
miners of Nottingham have struck for an
increase of wages.
Germany's Military Credits.
Berlin, March 13.—The new military
credits amount to 84,000,000 marks.
A MABB FOR DAWBJN.
The Tragic Doath of the Editor BtlU
Before the Public.
Charleston, 8. 0., March 12.—A solemn
pontifical moss of requiem for the repose of
the soul of Capt. F. W. Dawson, who was
allot l>y T. B. McDow on the afternoon of
March 12, 18H0, wus celebrated at the catbo
dral to-day, a large audience belug present,
including Card, Dawson's widow and hit
orplianeu children. The .Veins and Courier
building was closed during the sc. vices aud
its flag was display-id at b.lf mast.
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KIVERS OX THE RAMPAGE
THE FLOOD SITUATION GROWING
* WORSE HOURLY.
Continued Rains Swolllng All the Trib
utaries of the Mississippi The
Levees Still Intact, but Grave Fears
Felt in Many Places—l he Losses Not
Heavy aa Yet.
St. Louis, Match 12.—Flood news from
various poiuts along the Mississippi river
and other streams this morning is that
White and Black rivers, in Arkansas, are
on the rampage. Both are out of their
banks and overflowing the country on each
side for miles. Heavy rains have fallen
and continue to fall along those streams,
and a general inundation is looked for. The
Black is a tributary of the White, and the
White empties into the Arkansas just above
the point where the latter pours its flood
luto the Mississippi. At Fort Smith, on the
Arkansas, a rise of over eighteen feet took
place iu twenty-four hours, and at last
accounts the swell was proceeding at a
rapid rate.
WILL SWELL THE MISSISSIPPI.
The great rise, added to the minor floods
pouring out of all the small tributaries
lielow Fort Smith, will greatly add to the
volume of water In tho Mississippi below
tbo mouth of the Arkansas, and increase
the peril of the lower country. All the
railroads in tiie vicinity of Fort Smith are
suffering from serious wastiouts or lost
bridges, and trains are abandoned tempo
rarily.
ARKANSAS CITT FLOODED.
At Arkansas City, on the Mississippi, the
water from the Sappington Hook crevasse
has inundated t he rear part of the town, and
the lands in the back country are being
flooded. It is not thought, however, that any
great damage will result from this break,
as the bayous ami interior streams aro capa
ble of carrying the water away rapidly.
All the available boats of tho government
Hoot have been put into tho levee service.
The river front from Arkansas City down
is being carefully watched, and the weak
places in tiie levees strengthened. A report
prevails that the levee at Alsatla, La
twenty miles south of Lake Providence, had
broken, but this has not been voritted.
At Batesville, Ark., the White river rose
eighteen feet yesterday, and is now rising a
foot an hour.
STILL RAINING.
A special to the Itejjuhlir. from Arkansas
City, Ark., says it lies been raining there
for about forty hours, and the crevasse in
the levee above tho city is now about 400
feet wide. The people are much
alarmed at tiie outlook, and some
aro seeking higher ground. At
Poplar Bluffs, Mo., tho situation is serious.
In tho Helena (Ark.) district the river con
tinues rising rapidly. The rise in Arkansas
west of Little Bock, Ark., is unprece
dented. It is feared that another day will
bring out the unwelcome nows of the water’s
ravages.
MORE THREATENING THAN EVER.
Memphis, Tenn.. March 12.—Tho flood
outlook to-day is more threatening than at
any previous time siuee the present high
water began to excite attention. The rain
fall over the couutry west of hero anrl
south of the Ozark mountain range has
beau over three inches within the past two
days, and the storm still continues. Asa con
sequence, tiie Arkansas and White rivers are
pouring out immonso volumes,and the situa
tion below their mouth is anything but en
couraging. The river at this point has risen
to tiie groat flood level of 1882—38 feet—and
Is rising slowly. Every effort is being made
by the government forces to stop the break
at Sappington, and os that crevasse is
in slack water tho chances are in favor of
its repair. Tho feeling, however, is that
the levees on tho Arkansas side along the
entire Tensas front must go down. The
landings between hero and Cairo are so
covered with water that the boats are un
able to laud except at a few places.
AT GREENVILLE.
New Orleans, March 12,—The Fieri,
yune's Greenville, Miss., special says: “The
river stood here last evening 47>£ feet and
was rising, lloports from the levees along
the Mississippi side up to 8 o’clock p. m.
wore that the principal levees were still in
good shape, but tho Htrain against
them was increasing every hour.
Continuous rain, accompanied dv heavy
winds, prevailed and some disaster seemed
not improbable before morning. It had
been raining very hurd since 2 o’clock, and
was still coming down in torrents, with no
indication of any change soon."
AT HELENA.
The Times-Democrat's Helena (Ark.)
special says: “Tho river has crawled up
two inches during the last twenty-four
hours, and now marks 43 feet and 5 inches
on the gauge. The water is now 4 feet 8
inches below high water. Tho rise during
the present week will be gradual Begin
ning next week it will be more rapid, and
the highest water will reach here Sunday."
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Three Negroes Returning From Prayer
Meeting Ground to Death.
Kansas City, Mo., March 12.—Rev.
David McGrow, pastor of tho colored Bap
tist church at Armstrong, Mrs. Andrew
Boyman, and Will Jackson, all colored,
were run over by a Union Pacific train last
evening and killed. They were accompa
nied by three other men, and were return
ing from Armstrong, where they had
attended a prayer meeting. At the time of
the accident ail were on a high fill just
across the river. The three latter jumped
down the embankment and escaped unhurt.
IRON MINE BANOS nTRIKB.
The Tramway Men Demand Higher
Wages and All Out.
Minneapolis, Minn., March 12.— The
Journal's Ashland, Wis., special says: “The
great Dorris Iron Mine, the largest pro
ducer in the world, is idle to-day. Its 1,000
employes have struck. The tramway men
struck yesterday for higher wages, and this
morning the miners refused to send an
cuuoe of ore to any train way men except
those ou strike. Both sides are determined,
and the light seems destined to be a long
one. Most of the strikers are foreigners.”
Charged with Bribery.
New York, March 12.— Deputy Sheriff
McCorry aud Warden Keating of the Lud
low street jail were to-day indicted by the
grand jury on charges of bribery. They
were placed under arrest and taken to Part
1 of the geuerul sessions, before Judge
Fitzgerald, who fixed the bail at ¥IO.OOO in
each case. It was furnished and the men
released.
Death of a Librarian-
Lexington, Va., March X2.—Jacob
Fuller, 76 years of age, librarian of Wash
ington aud Leo university, died at 8 o'clock
this morning.
Kentucky’* Constitution.
Louisville, Kt., March 11—The Ken
tucky legislature to-day passed a bill call
h.g a ouaslituUduul eeureuUua