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TFTE MORNING NEWS. i
! Established 38SO. Incorporated 1888. >
\ J. U. ESTlLL,Pres,dent. \
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
REMONSTRANCES AGAINST EX
TRADITION WITH RUSSIA.
Senator Voorhees Wants Immediate
Attention G.van to Agr cultural De
pression—The Federal Court Officers
of Florida Aga‘n Under Fire—Sen
ator Daniel on the Elair Bill.
Washington, Ma ch 17.—1 u ti e Senate
this morning, while petitions were being
prese t;d, Mr. Cockrell rose to present a
reraostrance against the extradition treaty
with Russia, but was notified that it was a
matter for executive sessions.
Mr. Vest said that he had several such
petitions, but that he had consulted with
several of the oldest senators and that there
was a general concensus •< f opinion that
they should be pre.e 1 ted ia executive ses
sion. *
The presidening officer, Air. Ingalls, hold
that pe iti ms relatin ’to the busi iess pend
ing in executive session should bo presented
in executive session.
IDEA OK THE PETITIONERS.
Mr. Pratt sai 1 that of course there peti
tioners went on tt.e idea that there was an
extradition treaty pending between this
country and Russia. The newspapers had
published what purported to be such a
treaty, r the substance of it. That had
called forth these remonstrances. He did
not see that any harm would result from
their being presented in open session, and it
seemed to him that people exercising the
right of petition should have an oj portu
nity of knowing that their petitions wore
presented.
Mr. Cockrell remarked that the petitions
were in print, and bad been, he presumed,
published in newspaper. They respect
fully asked tho Berate not to rat
ify the pending or any other treaty,
between the United States and the Em
peror of Russia, and gave reasons why it
should net be ratified. He thought that
they should be presented in opensession and
considered in executive session. He did not
not know tnat there was any treaty pend
ing in txecu ivo session between the United
States and Russia, and the remonstrances
were against any treaty now pending or
that might hereafter be made. If t’ere
was no treaty pending (and he took it there
was not), why should the remonstrance be
presented in executive se sionl
The presiding officer submitted the ques
tion as to whether the petition should be
received in open session and it was decided
that it SLouid be.
The petition was therefore presented and
several other liko petitions froai German
lab >r societies in St. Louis and vicinity
were likewise presented.
agriculture’s depression.
Mr. Voorhees offered the following pre
amble and re olution:
Whereas. The deep and widespread depres
sion and decay of tie agricultural interests of
the American people; the enormous and appall
ing amount of mortgaged indebtedness on agri
cultural lands: the total failure of the home
market to furnish remunerative prices for
farm productions; the palpable scarcity and in
suitlciei.cv ot the money in circulation in the
hands of the people with which to transact the
business of the country and effect exchange of
property and labor at fair rales, are circum
stauc-sof most overwhelming importance to
the safety and well-being of the government;
therefore, lie it
Resolved. That it is the highest duty of con
gress in the present crisis to lay aside all dis
cussion and consideration of mere pa' ty issues,
and to give prompt an lim media'e attention to
the prepaiatii m and adoption of such measures
as arc required for the relief of the farmers and
the other over-taxed and under paid laborers of
the United States.
He asked teat the resolution be printed
and laid on the table, and gave notice that
at the closi of morning business Wednesday
be would a-k permission t o submit some re
marks to the Senate in relation to it.
Florida’s federal court officials.
Mr. Call asked that the resolution in re
lation to the nominations of Me srs. Swayne
and Stripling us judge and district attorney
for the Northern district of Florida be laid
before tho Senate.
The presiding officer ruled that any mo
tion for consideration in open session of ex
ecutive session business sir uld be made in
executive session. Ho therefore declined to
entertain the resolution.
Mr. Call said that be had submitted an
other re-olution on the same subject, which
he asked to have read.
The presiding officer said that he had ex
amined that resolution, and that bethought
it open to the same objection. He did not
regard the resolution as in order with opeu
doors.
Mr. Call suggested that the Senate could
not decide whether the chair was right
until it heard the resolution read.
Tne Presiding Offi er—lt ts the duty of
the chair to pare on all resolutions that may
be offered, a don all motions that may be
made.
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sherman—l think that tha question
now under consideration is not a proper
oae to be considered with open doors. I,
thereto! e, more that the Senate proceed to
consi leralio.i of the pending matter with
closed doors.
Mr. Edmunds seconded the motion, and
the presiding officer ordered that the cham
ber be cleared of all not entitled to remain,
and the doors wore closed.
Mr. Call —I raise a point of order.
The Presiding Offices—The chair caunot
entertain the p >int of order.
Mr. Call—X appeal from the decision of
the chair.
The Presiding Officer—The chair cannot
entertain the appeal.
The doors were reopened at 2:10 o’clock.
DANIEL FAVORS BLAIR’S BILL.
The education bill was the i taken up as
the unfinished business, and Mr. Dan el ad
dressed tle Sonet) in adv cacy of the bill.
He said he world confine him elf to an rut
line of the eonsidi rations which would lead
him to cast bis vote in its favor. Ho thought
it right to throw out of the discussion the
declaration that the bill could be looked
upon in any lie ht ns a bill of rnend cancy.
He could s o no mre propriety in
declaring that a bill appropriating
public funds for the purposes of education
was a bill to fill tha hands of beggars than
any other appropriation moamre that
might come before the Senate. It had been
said by Mr. Plumb that no one had asked
for such a measure. His (Mr. Daniel’s) state
had asked for it by every channel of com
munication through which the- common
wealth could reach the ge ,e al government.
The passage of toe bill bad been asked for
in the platform of tho Republic.! ii arty
in Virginia. It had been asked for in
the platforms of the Democratic party.
It hail been asked for in public meeting*,
and it had boon asked for by tho almost
unanimous vote of the general assembly of
Virginia (So that one staie, at least, hail,
in umquivocal language, said Inat it de
sired the passage of the bill.
CONSTRAINED TO VOTE FOB IT.
Whatever might be bis personal pre lileo
tion on t i question, lie should ft*ei cm
st allied either to resign his wnk and permit
his constituents to semi some oue in bit
place who would fittingly carry out their
wishes or the cast his vote and givo his in
fluence in fsvi r of the bill.
He had no difficulty as to the coastitu-
Uonaliiy of the me**ura.
The next question, thwefors, that pre
sentei itself was: Was it a wise and proper
measure! The measure was not the off
spring of the solicitations of the common
wealths of the south. It was, in his judg
ment, the offspring of a generous and phil
ant ropic feeling on the part of those s:at‘s
men who first suggested it. It was, he be
lieved, the first aieamre of ge,.eral and
comprehensive legislation since the u.-
happy period of war which the
members of the great political o ganizatiou
that had in the main controlled the legisla
tion of the country bad proposed to apply
to the solution of those questions w aica
were an aftermath of the bloo :y struggle.
II LIBERALITY A MISTAKE.
In liis judgment there was not an illiberal
w >rd or an illiberal law oa the statute book
of the Unite! Btates that was not a pro
found mistake of statesmanship. He did
ntt believe that there was a single dis
franchisement, a single penalty, a single
harsh wind in the laws of tie
United States since ti e last gun fired at
Appomattox that had not retarded, instead
of aiding the prucere i f healing
and reconstruction that had beeu at
w rk. Hedidn t disbelieve the s atementof
thesena or from Onio (Mr. Sheiman) the
other day—that in the heart of the northern
peiple there vas generosity and niagnmn
ity. The difference between tkegreit regi
ments of people Alio inhabit .me
American republic was not tho
difference of iutu tion, but a differ
ence of local surroundings. He saw iu
the Blair bill, hot bayonets, not banners,
but he saw in it an approoriation for edu
cation, and some very powerful and funda
mental co.isiderai ions would have to stand
in his path before he ever voted against
any well devised measure for education.
DIXIE’S EXPENDITURE.
The southern states. Mr. Daniels said, bad
been doing taeir full duty in the matter of
education, and had, siuce"lß7o, spent $252,-
000.000, taken out of the pockets of the peo
ple, f r the purposes if educalion. HLo tn
state had beeu fourth in the list iu the mag
nitude of its donations an i appropriations.
Mr. Morgan asked Air. Daniel whether
he desired to increase the taxation on the
people of Virginia by the amount appro
priated under tiio Blair bill.
Mr. Daniel replied that he did not wish
to increase that taxation in the form in
which it hud been drawn from the people.
There were two ways, bo said, of dealing
with every subject. Or.e was that of deal
ing with it in an abstra t way, and of
imagining idle things which mglit possibly
come to pass. The other was to take things
as they were found and try to make the
best of them.
AN ASSURANCE TO THE SOUTH.
The bill would be, he said, an assurance
to the people of the south that the federal
congress held them and their situation in
considerate remembrance. It would be an
indication to the colored people of the south
that those who preached generosity were
willing to practice it. The condition of the
state of Virginia had been described by his
coll Barbour). He did not con
sider that that condition was at all peculiar
to Virginia. It was one that was shared in
by a! most every commonwealth in America.
Tnere Was a certain degree and character
of prosperity in Virginia, but it was not a
prosperity that spread itself wi h an equal
hand all over the commonwealth. The ag
ricultural interests of the state were deeply
depre sed. He did not attribute it iu any
degree whatever to any inferiority on the
part of the people, but to conditions that
applied in every part of the United States
aid that were working out their results iu
tiie north, south, east, and west.
AGRICULTURAL DECADENCE ELSEWHERE.
In this connection ho read ex
tracts from an article in the New Y >rk
Times of Saturday sh wing agricultural
decadence in Now Jersey and Ohio, and he
referred also to like decadence iu the New
England states. He put the question
whether the agricultural classes desired the
passage of the bill, and said that ttiey did.
They were under weight of taxa
tion, not only in Virginia but
in other states, winch they could but ill bear
under the circumstanc s of their situation.
They would welcome a well declared appro
priation from the federal treasury that
would give enlarged school accommodations
and that would carry school houses—as
King Alfred carried justice—to every man’s
door. They would receive the bill iu the
spirit in which it was tendered.
A CROSS FIRE.
Air. Daniel, proceeding to discuss some
constitutional points in connection with the
bill, was asked various questions by, and
received various suggestions from Messrs.
Harris, Morgan, Reagan, Coke and Faulk
ner; but he declared, in reply to their objec
tions, that he could not see arty substantial
difference between tne power of the federal
government to takea piece of land and give
it away for educational purposes, and
power to take money out of the treasury
with the same object. While the tree of
knowledge was not the tree of 1 fo, it would
tie found that the most unlightened nations
had the highest moral ideas, and that the
m< st enlightened rneu were the men who
had the highest character. It was not tho
education of the school room alone that was
to be depended upon. It was the educa
tion of society, the education of history,
the education of tradition. Bur, ail that
cune more easily when the book served as a
guide to it. IV niie he sometimes felt ap
palled as he stood before the problem which
the soulh had to deal with, he saw that in
this men ure they were drifting toward the
light. He would deal with it as a ship
wrecked sailor, landing in the night time
and seeing through the murky sky a taper
gleaming in the distance. Just as surely as
that sailor would rise up and travel toward
the light so, in this case there was light in a
dark place, aid, for himself he would say,
"Let it shine.”
morgan’s opposition.
Mr. Morgan opposed the bill. He said
that he had had opportunity on three pre
vious occasions of discussing it in exteaso ,
and he had no disposition to add anytuing
to what he had heretofore submitted to the
Senate. The bill, he sail, was a bill for
taxation and for double taxation, its
object and purpose being to
compel certian states of the union to
tax themselves more than they were
now doing for the benefit of public
education. He did not like the idea
of congress forcing the people of
Alabama to tax themselves (as they
would have to do at the close of the term of
the bill) $3,000,000 a year for public sch >oU
wh n they did not now spend more than
s(j! >O,OOO a year for all the expenditures of
her s'ate government.
Mr. Hawley obtained the floor to speak
against tho hill, but not desiring to go on
this evening t ie bill went over till te-tuor
row, Mr. Evnrts stati g that u was bis pur
pose t j speak for tho bill Wednesday.
On rnoiion of Mr. Hale tue urgent de
ficiency bill was taken up, and a number of
amendments reported by the committee on
appropriations were agreed to. Several
others were not note 1 u(>on.
The Seuato then i.dj urued.
INGALLS AS BAD A3 REED.
Significance of Hls High-Handed Sway
In tho fceoate.
Washington, March 17.--The cowardice
of the Senate, which is oue of the most
potent causes of its opposition to opening
it- doors during the dUeusu m of n ruina
tions, was mainly shown to-day mciden
t illy, tteuatoT Ingalls as president pro lent.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1890.
made rulings as arbitary and unprece!
dented as Speaker Reed. Tne President
has nouunuied men for district judge,
district attorney, and marshal for Florida,
wiios-j records, tne republicans think, will
not bear public scrutiny. For that very
reason Senator Call, as "tho representative
of the state most interested in those nomina
tions, wanted them thoroughly discussed in
open session. When he as.ced the Senate to
s i co sider them to-day Senator Ingalls
absolutely refused to put the m ition or to
entertain Senator Call’s point of order or to
entertain an appeal from his decision.
MADE CALL GASP FOR BREATH.
Senator Call almost gasped for breath
after this extraordinary display of irre
sponsible power. It w,s even more start
li g to the Senate than Speaker Reed’s
ac ion was to the House, for the presiding
oilic r of the Seuate has never bad the
power of the pre iding officer of tho House.
After what Senator Ingalls had done the
Senate bad to go into executive session to
disp: se of Senator Call’s motion. There,
protected by the closed doors, tho republi
cans got enough democrats to and sert Sen
ator Call aud def> at bis motion. If the
democrats had stood by Senator Call he
could have gotten republicans euougu, per
haps, to carry his proposition, and so do the
people of FI rida and the public generally
an inestimable service, but they did not
have couruge enough.
The Senate in < xeeutive session to-day
discu sid Senator Call’s resolution for dis
cussionof Florida judicial nominations in
open session aud defeated it by a large ma
jority. This is not taken as a i indication
of the strength of the sentirn nt in favor of
this course, as earlier in tho day the Senate
overruled President pro tern. Ingalls’ruling
that remonstrances ngain-t the ratification
of the Russian treaty must tie presented in
executive session.
CENSUS OF THE! CHINESE.
It Will be Used In Connection with
the Exclusion Act.
Washington, March 17. —Iu the House
to-day bills were passed increasing from
J150,(K)0 to $300,000 the limit of the cast of
the public building at Sacramento, and for
a public building at Paris, Tex., to cost
SIOO,OIIO.
Air. Hopkins of Illinois, under instruc
tions from tho committee on the merchant
marine and fisheries, moved to suspend the
rules and adopt a resolution making the
“Diugley bill” to do away with compulsory
pilotage a continuing special order for
March 27. The motion was lost by a vote
of 112 ayes to 122 nays.
A CENSUS OF THE CHINESE.
Mr. MoKenna of California, under in
structions from the committee on the
eleventh census, moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bdl authorizing the superin
tendent of the census to enumerate the
Chinese population in such a manner as to
enable him to make a complete and accurate
descriptive list of all Chinese persons who
are in t >e United States at the time of
taking the census, and to give to each per
son so enumerated a certificate con
taining particulars necessary to fully
identify ium, and such certificate shall
be sole evidence of the right of the person
1 1 be aud remain in the United States. The
bill further provides penal statutes against
Chinese who shall sell, transfer or dispose
of such certificates. The sum of SIOO,OOO
is appropriated to carry out the provisions
of the act. The bill was earned without
division.
HAWAII Iff THE CONFERENCE.
On motion of Mr. Hitt of Illinois, acting
under instruc ions from the committee on
foreign affairs, the rules were suspended
and the joint resolution was passed request
ing the President to invite the King of the
Hawaiian Islands to select delegates to
represent his kingdom in the pan-American
congress.
Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts, acting un
der instructions from the committee on
naval affairs, moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill to transfer tho revenue
cutter service from the treasury department
to the navy department. The bill was op
posed by Messrs. Cannon of Illinois and
Blount of Georgia, but the motion was
agreed to, and the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. Hopkins of Illinois,
acting.under instructions of the committee
ou postoffiees and post roads, the rules were
suspended and the bill was passed creating
tee offi of assistant general superintendent
a id chief clerk of the railway mail service.
The House then at 4;5U o’clock adjourned.
DOLPH’S COMMITTBi DONE.
Sonator Payne and IS. J. Babcock the
Last Witnesses.
Washington, March 17. Senator
Doiph’s select committee to investigate the
source of the “leeks” of the proceedings of
executive sessions had before them to-day
Senator Payne, who had not previously ap
peared, and E. J. Babcock, clerk of the
committee on foreign relations. With these
witnesses the committee apparently closed
its activ e labors, vacated the room in winch
it had been n eeting and sent back to the
rooms it the committee on territories the
worn Bible on which w 1 1, nesses had been
sworn.
A CORPSE IN THE POIOMAC.
The Body Identified as That of
Beniamin A. Jones.
Washington, March 17.—The badly de
composed body of a man was found yester
day morning in the eastern branch of the
Potomac river. Mrs. Jones, wife of Benja
min A. Jones, the defaulting pay clerk of
Maj. Goodloe, of the marine corps, this
morning identified the body as that of her
husband, who has been missing since
Christmas day. bhe also identified several
articlos taken from the clothing of the dead
man. Mrs. Jones’ son also identified the
body as that of his stepfather.
Couldn't Stand Chandler.
Washington, March 17.—Senators Call
and George make no secret of their reason
for resigning from the Senate committee
of investigation, of winch Senator Chati
dier is chairman. They both said to-night
that Senator Chandler was so disagreeable
that it was simply impracticable to serve
with him.
Grounding of the Dispatch.
Washington, Mar-h 17.—The navy de
partment hat received information to the
effect that Secretary Tracy and his friends
have been taken aboard the United States
fish commission stearar Fish Hawk, and
are now on their wav to Norfolk. The Dis
patch is still aground on the shoals.
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, March 17.—The bond offer
ings to-day aegregated $272,5)0. All were
accepted at 12d for 4i and for
Bayard to be In Charleston.
Charleston, S. C., March 17.—Hon. T.
F. B <yard has written a letter consenting
to d"liver an oration before the Huguenot
Society of South Carolina in Charleston on
April 14 i .ext.
Mississippi’s Lost Cash.
New Orleans, March 17.— The Tim#*-
Democrat'* Jackson, Miss., special says:
“To* j Jut legislative treasury inve tigauou
commit e ha • concluded us hivantigs'lon,
which will show the fame detl. t, $215,012.’
BISMARCK HAS RESIGN ED
HIS 80N ALSO SURRENDERS HIS
PORTFOLIO.
Differences With the Emperor Over
the Labor Conference Alleged as the
Cause of the Chancellor’s Action—
Ge t. von Caprlvl Mentioned as the
Chancellor’s Successor.
Berlin, March 17, 7:39 p. m.— A report
is widely current this evening that Prince
Bismarck has tendered his resignation to
the emperor.
WON’T CONTEST THE SEAT.
The oartellers have decided not to present
a candidate for the vacant Berlin seat in the
Reichstag. Hinzpeter and Helldorf both
declined to contest the seat.
The miners regard the socialist agitation
with distrust and aversion. Sixtv-nine
of tho 209 branches of the Rhenish
Westphalian union have seceded as
a protest against the s cialst
leaders of that body. Thirteen thousand
miners have sent to Emperor William a
telegraphic message, thanking him for the
good wilt be lius sbowu toward the work
ingmon.
ALL HIS POSTS ABANDONED.
Cologne, March 17.—The Gazette's cor
respondent iu Berlin says he belie\es that
Prince Bismarck will immediately retire
from all the posts now held bv him. A
meeting of the cabinet, the correspondent
say?, w s held at 3 o’clock this fiernoon, at
which Piince Bismarck presided, to de
liberate upon the position which would arise
from his resignation. The moo ing lasted
two hours,
YOUNG BISMARCK ALSO RESIGNS.
London, March 17.— A dispatch from
Berlin says it is stated there that, both
Priuce Bismarck aud Count Herbert Bis
marck havo tendered their resignations,
and that Emperor William has ac
cepted the resignation of the chancellor.
A PRESS CENSORSHIP.
London, March 18, 3a. m.— A Berlin dis
to the Daily News, timed at midnight, says
that all telegrams are vigorou-ly in
spected by the authorities, and are slopped
if they go beyond announcing rumors.
The immediate and ostensible cause
of the resignation of Prince Bismarck is
divergence of opinion between the chancel
lor aud emperor concerning factory in
spectors. ,
it is reported that the emperor has refused
to accept Count Herbert BUmaick’s resigna
tion.
Gen. von Caprivi is mentioned as the suc
cessor of the chancellor.
MEDIATION FAILED.
The Berlin correspondent of the Times
says: "Something must have occurred iu
connection with the labor conference to
e use Prince Bismarck’s unexpected action.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who
arrived yesterday, appears to have failed in
his attempt to mediate between the emperor
and the i hanc llor.”
The Standard's Berlin correspondent
says: “The German officials decline to
forward my message.”
ENGLAND’S STRIKERS.
Thousands of Mon AUjpver tha King
dom Joining in'lhe tight.
London, March I*.—The coal carter* of
Liverpool have joined th 9 strike.
Ten thousand miners iu North Wales have
joined the strike.
Twenty thousand Tyne-side engineers
have joined the strike.
Several mills in Lancashire have been
c mpelled to stop on account of the scarcity
of coal, arising from the strike of miners,
and others are ruining on short time for
the same reason. The attitude of the miners
varies according to t ie manuor in whicu
their demands are met by the masters.
Most of the miners who went on a strike
iu Nottingham have resumed work, tho
masters having conceded an advance of 5
per cent, in their wages.
The strike of miners in Brunswick has
ended, the employers conceding the men a
small advance in their vv ges. Ttiey have,
however, dlmiisied 100 Poles who were the
ringleaders in the strike.
MINE OWNERS IN CONFERENCE.
A conference of the coil mine owners of
Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Der
byshire, Leicestershire and North Wales
was.held to-day to consider the eiiuati in
arising from the strike. The conference re
fused to grant the men’s demand for an
advance of 5 per cent, in their wages and a
further advance of 5 per cent. July 1. A
committee was appointed to meet the men
Thursday and endeavor to secure joint
action looking to an arrai gem lit of the
method for the regulation of the work and.
avoidance of strikes in the future.
There was much excitement at the coal
exchange to-day in c msequeuce of tho
general strike of coal miners. Prices ad
vanced greatly.
RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS.
Liverpool, March 17.—The striking
dockmen engaged in a riotous demonstra
tion here tonlay. Thirty thousand of them
marched through the streets, and the route
of the procession was the scene of constant
disorder. The magistracy has invoked the
aid of the military to preserve the peace,
NO ONE WILL WORK.
At a mass meeting of the dockmen to
day, a ship owner, having asked why his
men refused to work when he accepted the
union rules, received a chorus of shouts
that no men would work white others
starve. The strikers overturned a passing
grain lorry, stabbed the driver, and pelted
the police with stones aud brickbats.
GERMANY ANDTHS TOILERS.
Emperor William and the Pope Ex
change Correspondence.
Berlin, March 17.—Prince Bismarck
gave a dinner to the British delegation to
the international labor conference.
Emperor William wrote a letter to the
pope informing him that Bi-hop Kopp had
been appointel one of the German delegates
to the labor conference, and declaring tha
be relied upon the support of tne Cath die
clergy in settling the social questio i. To >
pope, in reply to the letter, thanked bis
maje-ty for the appoint cent of Bishop
Kopp and indicated that himself and the
Larch had always been interested in the
question, which, he said, would be best
solved by the application of the Christian
principles of Sunday rest and religious edu
cation,
GERMANY’S MINERS.
Hints of an International Strike If
Wages are Not Advanced.
Berlin, March 17.—0f the 400 miners
employed in the Karz stohl mine at Dort
mund, 120 held a meeting yesterday, and
appointed Herr Sobroeder a delegate to the
international min rs’ conference at Brus
sel*. Herr Schroaiar mode a i address to
the miners, in which he declare i that if
■natters ould not be arrange 1 ixsr.c.dully,
the miners would seek to estabii h a uni
versal brotherhood an I inaugurate an inter
national strike in order to show the w <rld
the poverty-etrteke ■ c n.diUou which wo ild
prevail without coal. Herr Hcbroed tr't
..Leech finally became so violent that police
•sUeolved the meeting.
FRANCE’S NEW CABINET.
Active Work and Political Conciliation
its Programme.
Paris, March 17.—The new ministry has
announced tho programme which it intends
to pursue. Its policy will be one of active
work and political conciliation. The re
publican majority in the Chamber of Depu
ties will be made the pivot upon which tho
action of the government will turn in a
constant effort to protect the moral, in
dustrial, commercial and economic interests
of the country.
Special attention will bo devoted to the
amelioration of ilio condition of the laboring
clav.es. In this connection a bill will bo
brought forward empowering pawn
broking establishments to make small ad
vances on easit-r terms than at ; reseat, and
another bill providi g for bettor organiza
tion of the public funds devoted to chari
table purposes in the country districts.
An endeavor will be made to enforce the
school laws in such a maimer as not to
wound the religious sentiments of the peo
ple.
THE BUDGET.
The budget submitted by M. Rouvier
will boa thered to in its integrity, and no
s.ops will tie taken to impair the country’s
pe feet liberty of action when tho present
commercial treaty with Turk >y shall ex
pire, in 1892.
In enforcing the fast military law pains
will be t.ikou to obviate interruption of
professional and scientific studios or the
pursuit of ecclesiastical careers. Certain
students will bo permitted to begin thoir
military service at tha age of 18.
RAISED THE BRITISH FLAG.
The Action of ft Consul Causes Great
Excitement in England.
Mozambique, March 17.— 1 t is reported
here that Mr. Buchanan, the acting British
consul, has hoisted and saluted the British
flag in the Shire district. Mr. Buchanan is
accompanied by a large force of natives
under command of European officers.
LISBON EXCITED.
Lisbon, March 17.—The action of Consul
Buchanau has caused great excitement
here.
Tho foreign office here has received no
advices regarding the reported incident.
PORTUGAL CLAMORING FOR REPARATION.
Lisbon, March 17. —The newspapers here
all clamor for reparation for tbu English
occuoalion of the Shire district.
Tue government has made a formal pro
test to Lord Salisbury against tho action of
Consul Buchanan. Feeling runs so high
that it is feared an attack may be made
upon the British legation, and a guard of
troops has been placed there to prevent any
hostie demonstration. The cabinet was
specially summoned this afternoon to con
sider tho situation of affairs.
BERLIN’S CONFERENCE.
Three Committees Appointed The
Men at Tbeir Head.
Berlin, March 17.—The international
labor conference to-day appointed three
committees. The first is on working mines,
and ts pro-ided over by Herr Hanchecoiue,
the bead of the Berlin mining academy.
The second is on Sunday labor, and has
for its presi ieut Bisnop K .ppand for its
vice president tho Danish Delegate Tietgon.
The third committee is on the labor of
women aud children, and is presided over
by Jules billion, with Hungarian Delegate
Sclmeirer us vice president.
PARNELL’S FXONORATION.
Lord Randolph Churchill’s Constitu
ents Disapprove of His Attack.
London, March 17. —Mr. Gladstone con
ferred with the liberal loaders in tho House
of Lords yesterday, and it was decided that
L .rd Kimberly should move an amendment
to Lo.d Salisbury's motion with reference
to the report of tue Parnell commission.
The conservative association of tho South
Paddington dis net, represented by Lord
Randolph Churchill in parliament, has
adopted r s lotions disapproving of Lord
Randolph’s attack upou the government
with reference to tho Parnell commission.
Artillery Officers In Prison.
St. Petersburg, March 17.—Two Rus
sian artillery officers have been arrested
here on the charge of being nihilists.
The night patrols of Cossacks and gen
danues iu this city have been increased.
WIDOWS OF MINERS TO SUE.
A Recent Explosion Charged to the
Carelessness of the Company.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 17. The
widows of the victims of the Nottingham
mine disaster, by which eight men were
killed by an explosion of gas about six
weeks ag >, entered suit to-day against the
Lehigh and YVilUeibarro Coal Company for
damages aggregating $100,009. T. ey claim
that the accident was due to criminal neg
ligence on the part of the company
in not providing sufficient ventilation
to prevent the accumulation of gas in the
mine. The disaster was one of the
appalling in the hi tory of the anthracite
coal hold-, the victims being literally roasred
by the blazing gas. The officials of the
company had made a change m the mine
boss s a short time before t he accideut, and
it is asserted that their ignorance of the
workings of the mine caused the explosion.
TWO STUDENTS DROWNED.
The Boat Dashed Against a Break
water and Both Thrown Out.
New Haven, Conn., March 17.— The
bodies of two Yale students, Edwin Rowe,
Jr., a member of tho senior scientific class,
and Jarius Kennm, a member of the fresh
man scientific class, weie washed ashore at
West Haven t -day. Yesterday they hired
a small sail boat and went to Milford about
eight miles down the sound. They Rtarted
for home about 1 o’clock in the afternoon
against a strong wn and and heavy sea. Ti.ey
managed to work up to 'he entrance of
this harbor, where their brat was dashed
against the breakwater and the young men
thrown into the water and both drowned.
CHARLESTON AROUSED.
The Union Cotton Compress and
Wharf* Property bold.
Charleston, 8. C., March 17.—'The
stockholders of the Union Cotton Compress
and Wharf Company to-day confirmed the
sale of tueir property to the Neill McDonald
Company of New York for $150,000. The
purenasers have already paid $25,000 guar
antee on the property. The city has granted
the purchasers the right of way
throgh the street*, and they wil]
build a bolt line railroad running around
the oast shore water front and c unectiug
with all the wharves. This is considered
tue higgwd step forward for Charleston iu
the lust fifty \ ours.
Beware of Pneumonia.
Ue at once Baker’s Bare Cod Liver Oil
or Baker's Emulsion. Of druggi W.
RISE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
! A Fell of Four Inches In 48 Houra
Reported at Vicksburg.
New Orleans, La., March 17.—A
special to the Times-Democrat fr. m Vicks
burg says: “ l'he river here fell four i ches
in the past forty-o ght hours. The river is
falling for a distance of twenty miles above
and fifty miles below t e R leig'i crevasse,
which is steadily ideniug and was 1,(1 tO
feet wide this morning. The fix'd will sub
merge the finest p rtion of North Louisiana
Steamers are now rem wing st ck fr in
Tensas parish an 1 in 1 entities rcao.ied by
rail removals is the order of the day.
A FLOOD AT THE DELTA.
"TheQuein and Cre-cunt railroad author
iti- s expect their Shreveport division to be
flooded ut the delta in a few days. The
water is also showing up at Lake One. The
damage by the crovn .se will be immense,
though the st ck will undoubtedly be saved
for the most part. Tho tug Parker left for
toe crevasse this morning. Rumors of a cre
vasse at Bolivar Landing, Miss., and one at
Millikan's Band. Lu., were current this
morning, but are authoritatively denied.
Tho Raleigh crevasse has relieved all
auxiety for ihe time being.”
DRUGGISTS AND DRUNKS.
South Dakota’s Prohibition Law Dis
tasteful to the Pharmacists.
Aberdeen, 8. D., March 17.—The South
Dakota druggists shotted their bauds this
morning. They don’t like the provisions of
tha prohibition bill, and especially those
making petitions signed by twenty women
necessary to secure permits, the SI,OOO
bond clause, and the general '‘hu
miliating features of the measure,
wlnch a a an outrage upon reputable drug
gists.” Asa prominent l >cal pharmacist
puts it, all the Aberdeen druggists signed an
agreement this morning to keep no liquors
after May 1, and dis atclies from all other
places indicate that tlieud.icwif President
Steam of tho Pharmaceutical Association
ired f otu here to sign similar agreemeuts
will lie generally folio n ed.
SUNDAY’S SHIVELING.
The Lowest Temperature of the
Winter Recorded in This Section.
Washington, March 17.—The signal
office furnishes the following special bulletin
to the press:
Reports from the western portion* of
North and South Carolina and from E intern
Tennessee show that Sunday morning was
onlier than an v morning during the pust
winter. The coldest and tys previously re
ported were March 2 and 3. Following are
some minimum temperatures, with their re
lation to the lowest temperature of the
past winter: Charlotte, N. C., 18°—2®
below; Augusla, 22°—2° below;
Charleston, 24“—4° below. Through
out this area, including also South
ern Tennessee, Northern Alabama and the
greater portions of Georgia and Florida, the
ininitrutn temperatures of yesterday and
to-day were the lowest on record for so late
in the season. Killing frosts were reported
this morning from Mobile, Titusville, Fla.,
and undou Lully prevailed over all Central
Florida. Light fronts occurred at Pen-ia
c la, Fla., Cedar Key( and Jupiter, Fla.,
which latter place is nearlv half way be
tween Titusville and Key Weit. Tuis is
nearly two weeks later than anv previous
period of frosts in tho vicinity of this sec
tion.
TOBACCO NIPPED BY THE FREEZE.
Ashville, N. C., March 17.—Report*
are coming from the great tobacco coun
ties in Western North Carolina, showing
that at least one-third of the plants in the
tho beds have been killed by the cold
weather which prevailed Ha’ urday night and
yesterday. The peach and apple crops are
also almost wholly destroyed. The mer
cury stood at 10’ above zero Sunday morn
ing.
FROST AT SANFORD.
Sanford, Fla., March 10. The
heaviest frost of the seas in fell here lost
night. Ice formed five-sixths of an inch
thick. The therm imeter registere lai low
as 20". Great damage has been done to
young and tender growth, but it is im
possible to give an accurate statement of
the results as early as this. It is believed
that large orange trees are not hurt. Fruit
that was exposed bad a nair iw escape. The
weather is pleasant, aud no frost is expected
to-morrow morning.
DAMAGE AT GRAND ISLAND.
Grand Island, Fla., March 17.—A
heavy frost an i freezs occurred here last
night, and crops are badly injured.
A SHERIFF KILLS THREE MEN.
When Called on to Surrender They
Opened Fire.
Monte Vista, Col., March 17.—Thurs
day John McCann, Charles Harris, end
Thomas Gallagher, confined in the county
jail, overpowered the sheriff wheu he came
to give them their evening meal, and es
caped. The prisoners started up the Rio
Grande river. Friday morning Sheriff
Hecker, with a posse, started in pursuit.
Yesterday morning at daylight tbeir camp
was disc vered. Tho fugitive! wore called
upon to surrender, but instead of and /ing so
they fired upon the posse. The sheriff re
turned the fire, shooting three times and
killing bis three mau. None of the sheriff’s
pos e was injured.
SULLIVAN’S CASE IN COURT.
The Mississippi Supreme Court Re
verses the Lower Court.
Jackson, Miss., March 17.—1n tho case
of John L. Sullivan for prize fighting in
Mississippi tho supreme court judgment is
that the judgment of the lower court is
reversed and the case remanded, and Sulli
van is held under his bond to answer such
indictments as may be found at the next
term of court. The case of Bud Renaud .f
New Orleans, aider and abettor of the Sulli
van -Kilrain is similarly decided.
Respited fbr Thirty Lays.
Richmond, Va.. March 27.—The g >v
eruor to-day respited for thirty days Will
iam T. Jordan (colored) of Cnarh tt sville,
who was sentenced to be hanged March 24
for the murder of Policeman Seal. The
court of apnea's will pass upon t..e casn.
Gov. McKinney was taken ill this even
ing. _____
Jonathan Young scammon Dead.
Chicago, March 17.—Jonathan Young
Scammon, founder of th lnter-Ocean, and
for many years prominently m o.tided with
the growtu and prosperity of Chicago, died
at his home in Hyde Park this morning,
aged 78 years.
Bt. Patrick’s Day at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla, March 17.—N0
formal cole.nation marked Ht. Patrick’s
day ii this city. Unde.- the management
of Father Kenney of the Church of tu* Im
maculate Conoepiion a literary a id musical
i .vnent waa given in tue pan
hall to night. Tue speaker* were V. K.
Pogue, II n. P. K. Me hurray, po*tmoter
of Jacksonville; Hon. Frank Pojie and Col
M. It. Alasou, d.rector general of the Hub-
Tropical ezboeltioii.
I DAILY. $lO A YEAR I
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FATAL FIGHT WITH FIRE.
TEN FIRFMEN KILLED BY THE COL
LAPSE OF A BUILDING.
The Structure Swarming With Etru
Flght-rs When the Unexpected
Crash Carried Them Down—Tha
Flam os Thought to Have Eeen Under
Control Before the Collapse Oc
curred.
Indianapolis, March 17.—Fire broke
out in the basement of the Bowen-Merrill
Company’s wholesale book and paper bouse.
No--. IB and 18 West \V ashing ton street, at
4 o’clock this afternoon. Tne location of
tlie fire preventel effect we work on the
part of tne firemen, and the flames quickly
ate their way to tho fir-t ad second floors.
The company carried an immense stock, es
timated at $125,000, on whic i there is an
insurance of #75,000. The budding and the
adjoining ■ ore. of H. P. Wasson & Cos.,
and Bryan & Sullivan were bidly dam
aged, but the exact loss cannot now be
give i. The firemen seamel cimnletely
bullied in tl elr eff rts to subdue the flames.
The rear wall fel , crushing several firemen.
Probably eight oi ton were killed. Tureeof
the buffies have been taken from the ruin*.
TEN DEAD.
Indianapolis, Marci 18,8 a. m.— The
magnitude of ihe disaster c instantly grows.
The number ot tne dead is now increase 1
to ten. Some harrowing s oaes have been
witness il to-nig.it.
't he face of one man is visible above the
ruins, in which all tho rest of his body ia
buried. He is held fast bv an iron girder,
is still alive but insensible, and there is no
hope of saving’, him.
The cause of the joss of life L as yet not
quite apparent. During the two hours and
a half in which the fire was burning there
had beeu scarcely a fiame visible to tue
sjieclators in the streets, and the volume of
smoke ha 1 been so dense as to utterly ob
struct the vision.
RUSHING TO THEIR DEATH.
About 6 o’clock the first entrance to the
building was made by tue firemen, who had
previously been held back by dense smoke
issuing from within. Then ladders were
raised from the front and rear and the
building literal y swarmed with firemen.
The crowds in the street began to disperse
and everybody co isiderod the fin practi
cally extinguished when there was a
sudden crash and the whole building,
except the Washington street front, led in
with u eras.). Firemen were on each of
tho throe floors .and the root, and they were
of course carried down in the collapse. It
would seem tha t o building had b *en in
sufficiently tied to thine on either side of it,
and that the flames ate a bole in the center,
letting the whole cave.
'J he building occupied by the book com
pany wiih a four story basement marble
front building facing Washington street
just west of Meridian,
START OF THE FLAMES,
Tho fire started shortly before 8 o’clock
near the furnace in tue sub-basement. T e
fire department when it arrived seemed at
a loss to lactate the fire and began pouring
water iuto the building at the lront when
the soat of the trouble was in the rear. Fop
two hours the fight had o mtinu din this way
until a ninj rity of spectators had left under
impression that the fire was out. About
5:30 o’ol ck, however, there was a terrible
crash, and tho enifra building except the
front wall fell inward. At the time a nnm
borof firemen wore on the roof of the build
ing, and were buried in the debris which
was piled fort.v feet high within the walls of
the burned building.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Immediately the work of rescuing tha
living and extricating tue dead was begun
by at least 500 volunteers, who, in addition
to the uninjured firemen and member*
of the police force, formed a strong
corps of work era At times their ears
would bo greeted by the groans of the
wouude I uud mouth the ruins, and then
the work wouid be pushed with renewed
vigor. For three hours the forces labored
to ri acue the wounded and rec >ver tha
dead. Up to this writing four men havo
been taken out dead and fifteen injured,
several of whom mav die. Two otners are
known to be iu the ruins, and are un
doubtedly dead.
ALL ABOUT AUGUSTA.
An Accident at the Mill of Stillwell
Mlllen & Pike.
Augusta, Oa., March 17— Last year
Stillwell, Mlllen & Cos. of Savannah
bought property here and organized the
Augusla 1-umber Company, They bought
and fitted up with machinery for the man
ufacture of lumber, sash, blinds, doors,
etc., what Is known ns the old pistol factory,
a largo four-tory brick building which had
been unoccupied and dismantled si ice the
war. They dug anew race way from the
second to the third level of the catal and
ran tbeir mill bv water Dower. Toe race
passed close by the corner of tha
north end of the building and from
today’s accident it seems that the brick
race’has been leaking for weeks or months,
until the entire norm end of the building
has been undermined. This ru rning tha
north wall fell in a heap on top of the wheel
pit, crushing it in and tilling the race with
the debris. Tne damage amounts to about
$2,000. The work of repair began at once,
and will be completed in about thirty (lays.
A NEGRO BADLY HURT.
Fire occurred 10-night in the mixing
room of the Georgia C .emical VVorkx Tbs
dust iguilel from a lamp in the bauds of q
negro named Charles Cunningham. The
damage was slight to tbejbuildiiig, but Cun
ningham’s face was badly burned and his
full backswards from the s affold to tba
floor, breaking his wrist and jawrbone, be
sides sustaining other severe bruises and
cuts.
A MILL MF.ETING.
At the annual meeting of the Richmond
factory to-day, S. Le.ter was elected presi
dent to succeed Albert Doughty. This is a
yarn mill twelve miles from Augusta. New
machinery has been ordered, and the ca
pacity of tho mill will ba doubled.
CAT UAL OF THE BTATBI.
A One Legged Confederate Fatally
Hurt—Supreme Court Decisions.
Atlanta, Ga., March 17.—Matthew
Parker, a one-legged confederate, was to
day run down by an acc mmolation train
on the state road, arid injured so seriously
that the doctors decided to take off hit
other leg Death followed. The accident
occurred near the city limits.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The following supreme court decision!
were handed down to-day:
Cruchelt vs. the Sa vkunah and Tubes
railway; from the city court of Bavaunah,
Rove, sed.
DuP. nt vs. Walden; from Chatham. Af
firmed.
Scholl vs. Olmstead; from Chatham. Af<
firmed.
st. Patrick's dat.
St. Patrick’s dev was celebrated bare by
appropriate exercise* ad a banquet by tbt
Uioenuau and Emmet Club.
