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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORMNO SBWi I ESTABLISHEDIS6O. IXCOBPORATETJ 1658. > J. H. EBTlLL,President. 1 A YOKE ON THE FARMERS. VOORHEES SPEAKS ON AGRICUL TURE'S DEPRESSION. The Inequalities of the High Tariff Pictured as One of the Causes. Every Pretense of a Home Market fcr the Farmer a Fraud—The Blair Bill Bobs Up. \\ ashingtos, March 19.—Vice President Morton having returned to the city after two weeks’ absence occupied the chair at the opening of to-day’s session of the Sen ate. An unusually large number of peti tions were pre ; euttd\aud referred, com prising some for, and some against.the Sunday rest law; some for free coinage of silver and several from labor unions against the employment ou government works of any but United States citizens. The bill to increase the pension of a sol dier of the war cf 18111 (Isaac N. Daly, 98 'ears old) from $8 to ?5U a hionth was re ported from the committee on pensions and passed. agriculture’s depression. The resolution offered by Mr. Voor hees last Monday us to agricultural depression was t iken up and Mr. Voorhees addressed the Senate in relation to it. He spoke of the deep, strong current of anxiety, discontent and alarm prevailing in the farming communities, and said that he pro posed to aid them by inquiry as to the cause of the existing depression. It was now nearly thirty \ ears since the close of a ter l ihle "war had given to unhallowed avarice an opportunity to prey upon the self-sacri ficing patriots of the country such as had never before been presented to the basest passions and the most sordid and odious vise. UNEQUAL BURDENS. The measures then resorted to for tax ation for one class of citizens and for the enrichment of another class had been legis lation bv which the burden of the public debt had been doubled, silver demonetized and the high protection tariff established. He characterized the tariff as a curse and not a blessing. He was dealing not with a theory, but with a condition which even a blind man could look at ami draw from it an unerring conclusion. He detailed the low prices for farm produce at present pre vailing, ana said tho time would come, at no distant day, when the farmer would look ou the proposition to tax biin and his wife and children for tho protection and benefit of other people besides himself as he would look on a law of congress to establish tbe army worm and weevil on his wheat; to infest his cattle with murrain and his hogs with, cholera. A FRAUD AND A SHAM. Every pretense of a home market for the farmer was a fraud, amt every pretense of taxing wheat and oats and potatoes for his benefit was a cheat and a sham. It was a notorious and self-evident truth that the tariff, as it now stood, iccreaserl the farm er’s expense account from 35 to 100 per cent, on every implement of industry with which he toiled; and last year binding twine had been enhanced to 18 cents a pound by the tariff and tho twine trust. He did not believe that the hands of the farmer would hold a republican ticket at the next presidential election. Mr. Voorhees quoted from recent publications to show tbe re markable decadence of agriculture in New England; of the decline in land values there, and in the north and west, and gave .statistics of the extent to which agricul tural holdings in ail those sso.tous are mort gaged. THE NECESSARY REMEDIES. Air. Voorhees concluded by saying that the remedies to be applied were: First, tariff reform; second, a full supply of legal tender money; third, free coinage of silver; fourth, suppression, bylaw, of gamhiig in futures; fifth, a liberal policy of pensions. •Summing up, he said: "111 the face of these things (referring to tho subsidize.g of tbe press, purchasing of voters in “blocks of five,” official patronage, etc.,) and wilh full knowledge of what is before us, we will gird up our Ipins like men and go for ward to the fight. The battle may be long and weary, but the sun will go down on a great and final victory of eternal right over legalized vrrong: of freedom and equality over caste. Had, mighty day of the swift coming future.” As Mr. Voorhees took his seat there was some applauEe in tho galleries aud on the floor. blair’s bill up again. The Blair educational biil was then, at 3T5 o'clock, taken up as the unfinished busi ness, and Mr. Pierce of North Dakota ad dressed the Senate. He hoped, he said, to have an opportunity of voti.g to postpo e the bill till the second Tuesday in Decem ber next. He should vote for sue i postpone ment in the hope that tbe bill would be amended so as to divest it of its objection able features aud yet secure iu a large degree wt.at seemed to him its most righteous objects. He went on to say that North Dakota did not ask for the bounty proposed in the bill. Bbo would have to pay, under the bill, 8400,000, and would re ceive practically nothing m return. That was asking too much, it was asking the people of his state to give of their scanty earnings money to educate the illiterate of stales old enough, grand enough a.d rich enough to cure for themselves. He was opposed to the cheapening of education, iu the sense of making it obtainable without effort. Before tho passage of tho eduea - t.ional bill tho Republican party should carry out its pledges 10 the old soldiers and pass the dependent pension bill. It would ne time enough to attend to the educational bill after tbe formers had been saved from ruin and the old soldiers from beggary. EVAKT.3 SUPPORTS THE BILL. Mr. Evarts addressed tho Senate in sup port of the bill. He liad seen the bill pass twice, ho said, with great concurrence,on the republican side of the chamber, and with large assent on the democratic side; but then the situation of congress and of the executive had been such that there was to reasonable expectation of the bill becoming a law. If the bill could have been submitted to a vote of the House of representatives it would have parsed with n great dral of enthusiasm, but the dictation of the democratic caucus and of tiie committee rooms prevented its being presented to the Hotf e. There had been also a question whether the then executive would buve approved toe bill. Now all t hat v/aa changed. Whatever should bo the action of the .Senate (if it passed the bill) it was doomed to pass the House, aud was -ure to receive tlwapprovul of the President, as lie (Mr. ErarUt supposed from the Presi dent’s public action and public expression. He argued that tbs pending bill follows 1 in its scheme every aiettiodan f every prin ipl< •"nbracad in the agricultural colleges bill of lNiii, which b * spake of as one of those great and beoiikwat measures which the senator from Vermont (Mr. Morrill) hod given to tbs country; aid he pointed to Cornell university to tbs stats of New York us liuviog been founded and upheld under tl-st donation of the g-neral government. CALL JTAVOM run UtAtim. Mr, Ca l spike |u favo of the tail. If* had voted tor it na Ndd, and would do so jjiJ ufjlj 1 tiiUU t fVifi till it ti ,a iltiMf iS an u. J.. 1. •a had bum '-'-ftteliirl la litaamriouUura fp)f Jltofninfl ffe£. colleges bill and in the bill for experimen ted stations. If there was anything in the bill that interfered with the control of the schools by the states it never would receive his support; but there was nothing in the bfi! which could justify such a conclusion or from which such an assumption might be reasonably inferred. Mr. Bate obtained the floor and the till went over till to-morrow. Mr. Allison, from the fiuance committee, reported back, with amendments, the House bill to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of revenue (Mr. McKinley’s a!- ministrative bill), and it was placed’on the calendar. 1 he Senate then adjourned. CIVIL, SERVICE PLACES. Successful Applicants From the South Have a Good Chance. Washington, March 19.—The civil serv ice commission has in course of preparation a circular of instruction for applicants for appointment to the governmental service. A considerable portion of it is devoted to discussion of the question: "When may an appointment be expected;’’ In connection with this subject, it is learned that while the quotas of the several eastern, northern and western states are generally exhausted, those of tbe southern states, especially in eligibles for appointment for clerks, are by no means full, the fact being, it is stated, that competent clerks who can pass tho necessary examination from either Louisiana, Missis sippi, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ho nth Carolina, or Kentucky, are reasonably certain of ap pointment. LUCKY ALABAMIANS. During tho last three years seventeen men from tbe state of Alabama successfully passed the clerkship examination. Of these ten have received appointments, the remaining seven having been certified but not appointed. During the same time about 190 men from Indiana successfully passed the same examination, only fivo of whom have received appointments. Of 150 from New York about twenty received appoint ments. Taking tbe appointments iu the en tire departmental service, it was stated tiiat only ouo woman is appointed out ot every thirty who successfully pass the required examinations. DUTY ON LEAD ORE3. They Will Have to Pay Under All Circumstances Hereafter. Washington, March 19.—Tbe repub lican members of the ways and means com mittee will submit the tariff bill to the full committee Friday. There are one or two items not finally acted upon, but these will be definitely settled before that time. An agreement has been reached with regard to Mexican lead ores, which has been a vexatious problem. Lead ores will be dutiable at cents per pound, and will have to pay a duty re gardless of whether or not the lead ore is associated with other ores. Under the ruling of the treasury department lead ores were allowed to come in free of duty when mixed with silver ore, where the lutter was tno material of chief value. There was a great deal of complaint in the west over this ruling, and under the new schedule lead ore will pay a duty under all circumstances. MUDD'3 FIGHT FOR A SEAT. The House Devote3 the Day’s Session to tho Contest. Washington, March 19.—1n the House to-day Mr. O’Neill cf Pennsylvania pre sented the remonstrance of the business men of Philadelphia against an increase of duty on oranges and lemons. It was re ferred. Mr. Cooper of Ohio, a member of the committee on elections, called up the Maryland contested case of Mudd against Compton, it being agreed that the debate shall ho limited to six hours, at the end of which time the previous question shall be considered as ordered. Mr. Lacey of lowa opened the discussion with an argument in support of the claims of the contestant. Messrs. Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Greenhalge of Massachusetts also advocated the claims of the contestant, and the case of the sitting member was uphold by Mr. Moore of Texas nnd Mr. Gibson of Mary land. Pending a vote the House, at 4:30 o’clock, adjourned. BLAIR’d BILL APT TO PASS. The House Will Probabiy Seat Mudd on the Same Day. Washington, March 19.—Unless an un expected change occurs the Senate will pass the Blair bill and the House will seat Mudd to-morrow. In each case the majority will be small. Tho votes will be very close. There are senators who hone to see the Blair bill defeated, and representatives who hope to see Mr. Mudd defeated. But neither result is expected. Still, all tho op ponents of the Blair bill will try to be present in tho Senate, and all the domoorats will try to be present in tbe House, so that if any opportunities oc cur they may be improved. The democratic leaders would bo very intolerant of repeti tions of the absentees which cost Mr. Cate of Arkansas his seat. If the Blair bill passes tc-morrow it will became a law, for tho House i3 waiting to pass it and the Presi dent to sign it. CONGER’S LARD TAX BILL. A Favorable Report Ordered by the House Committee. Washington, March 19.—Tho House committee on agriculture to-day ordered a favorable report on the Conger bill defir.i g and taxing compouud lard, with some amendments. The report was not unani mous, and several members of the com mittee will probabiy make a minority report. The committee deciJeiled to pt int the numerous protests against the bill, with tbe arguraoats that have been submitted. A Fight On Lyman. WASHINGTON, March lU. —Much pressure is being applied to President Harrison to secure the removal of Commissioner Lyman of Connecticut from the civil service com mission. His enemies are preparing to util ize whatever tboro is of censure in the forth coming report of the civil aorvico committee of investigation. They my Commis sioners Lyman, Campbell and Suldy will all be removed. Coming to Tallapoosa. Washington, Mr.rc.l U).—The Now Eng land investors ami manufacturers’ excursion to Tallapoosa,• reached here this morn ing. A special limited t ain of vestfbuled Pullmans, under charge of E. P. Carjwn* ter, will leave to-night for the south. hokk UOVKBNJIBNT Alt). Wa*KVW. March 19.--Me<sre?ary ProeUit has *ut jeriaoi aad llti-mai sxpen diun sof IhU.oOO for th* prote-tUr. of tM ieev<* on ttkwmipf* river i the third saws tsszmt ~m ‘ m - SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1890. CHICAGO'S COMING SHOW THE FAIR BILL LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE BY THE COMMITTEE. The Accompanying Report a Very Lous Cne—The Government Repre sented as Assuming no Risk—The Cost of the Government Buildings Limited to s4oo,ooo—The Fight on the Date. Washington, March 19.— Mr. Candler of Massachusetts presented in the House to day tbe report cf the special committee on the world’s fair. It is exceedingly long and Is accompanied with voluminous appendices. The provisions of the bill have been given in these dispatches. The report takes up the bill section by section, explains the effect of each, and states tho considerations which governed the framing of each. THE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS. The committee has given careful consid eration to the statements of tho representa tives of the finance committee of the city of Chicago as to the subscriptions to the stock of 15.0U0.000, and believes the subscriptions to be bona fide, that they are made in good faith, and that they will bo paid. Some of the statements made by the chairman of that committe are appended to this report. The committee also accepts the statements and representations made by the citizens of the city of Chicago, through their commit tee, as to their ability to raise an additional 85,000,000, and is of the opinion that ttiey are made in good faith and will not be re pudiated. NO RISK BY THE GOVERNMENT. Tbe committee claims that the govern ment of the United States dees not assume any risk, but is asked to enact such legisla tion as to denionstra: e that it is in sympathy with or desires to encourage the patriotic efforts of the citizens of Chicago in this great national and international exposi tion that will mark this important epoch in the history of the world and commemo rate the life and services of Christopher Columbus in a manner worthy tbe continent he discovered. DATE OK THE DEDICATION. Section 8 provides for tho dedication of the buildings of the w orld's Columbian ex position oil April 30,1893. Upon the question of the time fur holding the exposition there was a difference of opinion among tho mem bers of the committee, and each member reserves tho right to vote for such time for opening and closing the exposition as might be deemed best after further discussion. THE PPSSIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. Section 9 provides that in addition to ap proval of the commission, tho Prcsidont of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that $10,000,000 has been raised or provided for to successfully carry on this fair, before proclamation is made and invi tations extended to foreign nations. Section 10 limits the cost of the govern ment buildings to the sum of $400,000, and appropriates 8100,000 of that amount tor the remainder of this fiscal year aud for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. THE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION. Section II appropriates $300,000 for the purpose of paving the expenses of a gov eri mont exhibit, the maintenance of its buildings and for tho exponscs of the com mission aud other contingent expenses, ad subject to the approval of the secretary of the treasury of the United States for the remainder of this fiscal year, ami for fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, aud limits the expenditure of the government there after for all purposes connected with the exposition to $1,500,000. Comprised in the appendice are a number of communications from cabinet and bureau officers and others to tbe committee. Secretary Windom estimates that $823,- 000 will be necessary for the government exhibit, and the Secretary of Agriculture adds $350,000, nnd wants a special building. In his communication Secretary Langley of the Smithsonian Institution, who places ins estimate at $985,000, says that in the fourteen years which have elapsod since tho Philadelphia exhibition the standards have completely changed, and the government exhibits at Philadelphia, which were ad mirable for the time and thoroughly satis factory to all visitors, would fall far below the expectations of tho present. THE MINORITY REPORT. The minority report, signed bv Messrs. Belden of New York. Hatch of Missouri, and Flower of New York, is as follows: The undersigned members of the world’s fair select committee respectfully dissent from the foregoing report and its conclusions. We lie"- lieve that the following resolution, which we voted mjfavor of in committee,should have been adopted: Resolved, That when a guarantee fund of $10,000,000 shall be secured by the citizens of Chicago, the sufficiency aud legality of which shall !>e satisfactory to this committee, we re port the p 'iiding bill with such amendments as the committee may agree upon. SUBSIDIES FOR SHIPS. Vice President Stshlman Makes an Ingenious Suggestion. Washington, March 19.—Vice President Stahlman of the Louisville and Nashville railroad made an ingenious subsidy sugges tion to the Home committee on merchant marine to-day to obviate what he said was an unjust discrimination iu tho Faiqutaor bill, which the committee is to report favor ably against the southern railway and steamship lines. Instead of requiring a steamer to sail a full thousand miles in order to got the subsidy, ho proposed to pay the subsidy for any fraction of a thousand miles, provided only the voyage is from a United States to a foreign iiort. This would give a stoamer from Florida to Cuba, for example, tho same chance at tho subsidy as steamers from New York. The committee was favorably impressed and will probably incorporate this provision in tbe bill. ________________ Nominations for Postmasters. Washington, March 19.—The President to- lay nominated to he p stmastera: Virginia—George S. Smith, at Marion. South Carolina—Maggie L. Carson, at Aiken; Joshua E. Wilson, at Florence. Harrison On a Duck Hunt. Washington, March 19.—President Har rison wont this afternoon upon another duck hunting excursion to the preserves of I the Maryland Ducking Club, ou Chesapeake bay. ______________ Want to Work Only Eight Hour*. London, March 19.—Eight thousand em ployes of the Armstrong gnu works at ! Eiswick Lave struck lor a working day of eight hours. purchases cf Bonds. Washington. March 19.—The bond of- I faring* to-dsy aggregated $147,000. All ! were accepted at 123 for 4s aud 10334 for ft's, _________ ______ Depew Start* South. New York, March 19.—'. hauuecy M. j Depew and family left the city to'diif f'T 1 fH, Augustine, Fla. Mr. Depew is etuieav -1 c.;og to get rid of m attack of grip A NOVELTY ON THE GIBBET. Mississippi Hangs a White Man for Killing a Negro. Memphis, Tenn., March 19.—M. J. Cheatham (white) was hanged at Grenada, Miss., at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon for the murder of John Tilman (colored) on July 10 last. The drop was eight feet, but (he noose slipped and ho strangled to death iu nine minutes. Cheatham is the first white man fa suffer the death penalty for tho killing of a negro in Mississippi. In the summer of 1888 Tilman was brought before the grand jury to give tes timony in reference to gambling ut a place nine miles east of Grenada, where Cheat ham kept a store. He implicated M. J. Cueatham and Jini Lemon (white), Jake and Lee Irvin, Cornelius Robinson, and himself, ail colored. TILMAN PUT OUT OK THE WAY. On this testimony Cheatham, with the others, was indicted. At the January term of tbe court following Tilman again tes tified against Cheatham, nnd would have been before the court for the same purpose at tbe August term, but was put out of the way before the time arrived. On July 13 news was brought to town that Tilman was missing, and ou the Sunday following his body was found iu the river with several heavy stones tied to his feet and breast, Cheatham, Lemon, Robinson aud the Irvins were placed under arrest within a few days. A STORY OK THE KILLING. Upon the trial Lee Irvin related the his tory of the crime, us follows: Thursday night he loft church on his way home, and was mot by who came near shoot ing him, mistaking him for Tilman. Ou perceiving his mistake, however, Lornon made bun dismount and join the other persons. The crowd walked up the road and ambushed them selves. Tilmau came along about 11 o’clock. Cheatham, with a double-bar reled gun, sent nine buckshot crashing through his lungs and heart. The gang then picked him up and, before he was quite dead, put him in a sick, threw him across his saddle, and went to the river. The body was taken out of the sack, stones were tied to his head and feet, aud he mis thrown into the river. THE LAW PROCEEDINGS. Cheatham was convicted and sentenced. The case was appealed and the decision of tho lower court was affirmed. At the January term of the criminal court Lemon, Jake Irvin and Cornelius Robinson plead guilty to manslaughter, ami were sentenced to thirty-five, thirty and twenty-five years respectively, Lee’lrvin has not yet been tried. TURNING THE TABLES, The Instltuter of Many Law Suita Jailed as a Forger. Washington, March 19.—Dr. Harrison Waguer, whose numerous and heavy suits against tbe Adams Express Company, insti tuted in small county courts, have recently attru ted considerable attention, is locked up in the police station here to await the pleasure of the authorities of Stafford county, Virginia, who want him on a charge of forgery. Dr. Wagner says that he was a manutacturor of medicines of Frederick county, Mary land, and that ho brought suits against the Adams Express Company iu Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina for failure to deliver Ills mediciues, obtaining numerous judgments by default of the ex press company, who failed to put in an answer to the suits. THE ALLEGED KORGEUY. A letter acknowledging tho company’s indebtedness to him in the sum of $1,50U,()0U, upon w hich tie based his suit to attach the property of the express company, and tho signature to which, it is charged, he forged, he declares came to him through the mulls after he had obtained judgments against the company. It was signed in the name of the late President Dmsmore, and although the letter was postmarked from South Caro lina, audnotfrom New York, tho company’s headquarters, he nevertheless thought it genuine. After waiting some time ior the money, bo brought an attachment suit, which has respite i in the attention of tho Adams Express Company being oafied to tho case and in die doctor's arrest. He sooius to be a crank. TRACY AT NORFOLK. Tha Dispatch Flooted and the Secre tary Eoards Her Again. Norkolk, Va., March 18.—The United States fish commission steamer Fish Hawk, with Secretary of the Navy Tracy and party on bourd, arrived at tno navy void this "morning. Tho Secretary immediately on landing began an inspection of the work now going on. He first visited tbe Baltimore and made a thorough examination of her. He then visited the Texas and cruiser No. 8, aud from there went to th • bending shed and other places where work was going on. His examination was thorough aud com plete. THE DISPATCH FLOATED. The United States ship Dispatch, which grounded in the Potomac river Sa urday night, was pulied off yesterday by tiio United States tug Fortune of this yard aud a Washington government tug, nnd arrived at. this yard this morning, soon after the steamer Fish Hawk. Secretary Tracy w ill spend to-iiight at Virginia beach, and will leave here ou the Dispatch to-morrow. FLIGHT OF THE AUDITOR His Bondsmen Good for the (Amount and Willing to Pay. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 19.—The shortage of City Auditor Whiteside, so far as known, is $0,883 50, and the city is secured by good bonds, signed by wealthy relatives of Whiteside who are able and willing to pay any amount that may ho shor t. An investigation of the city auditor’s books is now pr grossing It Will take several weeks to complete tbe investigation. Ex-Auditor Whiteside is thought to be in Canada with a woman of this city, against whom a suit for divorce is tie ruling. It is not thought that tho defalcation will be very large aud that the bon'is will be ample to secure the city from loib. JAILED FOR EXTORTION. Another Arrest Made in the Sheriff's Office at New York. New York, March 19.—Charles E. Heb barJ, special depuy sheriff* connected with tho order ot arrest department In the sheriff’s office, was arrested this morning on an indictment charging him with extor tion. Tho prisoner win taken before Judge Kitzg raid fu the general sessions court and placed under S2,uCO bail. He D tho fifth man arrested upon charges of this kind. Two were arrested yesterday and two Monday. _____ Mai. Clark Disappear* New Yosk, March )9.—Maj. Clark, who shot at W. Kindolpb In front of the Smiheru Society'room on Juu. Ui lust, has forfaited hi* nail and disappsartd, Hl* bntuktnan 1* Vernon K. Stevenson, In the •urn of 91,009. Judge Martin# tveu'.d a twuch warnuit for the accused* BISMARCK'S BOLD BREAK. THE PEOPLE NOW MANIFEST A FEELING OF REGRET. Two More Explanations Offered as to the Cause of Ills Split With the Emperor French Editors Think Eurooe’a Peace Lees tecure—Rus sian Scribes Pretend Indifference. Berlin, March 19. —Prince Bismarck in his noto to tho etnperor tendering his resig nation alleged that old age aud failing health were his reasms for desiring to with draw from public life. To-day’s papers call attention fa the fact that while taking lunch yesterday with tho delegates to tho labor conference Prince Bismarck gavo a cordial greeting to M. Jules Himoii, the head of the French delegation, aud had a long conversation with him. Ho has in vited all the French delegation to dine with him to-morrow. The Worth German Gazelle says Count von Caprivi of the Eighth army cor; s uas been appointed chancellor of tile empire to succeed Prince Bismarck. The National Gazette, in an article on the resignation of Prince Bismarck, says it expects that tho sentiment abroad will sub side when the conviction gains ground that the Germans look to the future with full confidence In tho omporor and German na tional spirit. ALSO MADE PRESIDENT OK THE MINISTRY. The National Gazette says that Gem von Caprivi, the new chancellor, has also been appointed president of the Prussian minis try. The Gazette, also says tnat Count Herbert Bismarck persists in resigning his post of imperial foreign minister. The Tageblatt says that the resignation of Count Herbert Bismarck Ims been accepted, and that his successor will prob ably be Count Berchen. other changes. Herr von Boettioher becomes president of the Prussian ministry. Count Kulenberg, governor of Hesse- Nassau, succeeds Herr von Boetticher as minister of the interior. Count Herbert Bismarck will receivo an ambassadorship. Ministers Herr Furtli and Maybach have resigned, the latter because he lost Prince Bismarck’s support against the domunds for increased stratogetic communications. Gem von Caprivi,tho new chancellor, will not assume tho foreign portfolio. ANOTHER STORY OK THE SPLIT. Among the many rumors concerning "the causes that led to Prince Bismarck’s resig nation is a story to the effect that the em peror intimated his intention to abolish the otlice of president of the Prussian ministry and that Prince Bismarck stoutly objected to such a step. Tho emperor asked for an in terview on the subject, naming lOo’olock at night as tbe hour for the meeting. The chancellor replied that ho was too old to come at that hour. It wus after this, the story goes, that Prince Bismarck formally tendered his resignation. The Tayeblatt says that the emperor has dismissed Count vou Waldorsee, his chief of staff. CAPRIVI A SURPRISE. London, March 30, 3 a. m.—The Post’s Berlin correspondent says: "The ar point ment of Caprivi will unquestionably excite surprise. Possibly he is only a stop-gap. His policy in the I Met has always lieen con ciliatory. His views are moderate and clearheaded.” the latest reason refuted. The Berlin correspondent of the .Veins says: “The story that Prmce Bismarck de clined to attend tbe emperor in tho evening is amply refuted by tho fact that tho em poror visited Pi nice Bismarck that very evening. It is reported that the etnperor was armoyed at Prince Bismarck for interviewing Dr. Windtborst without consulting him. 1 can state it as certaiu that Prince Bismarck did not intend to resign at presont, because he wished to avoid the impression that the elections caused him to resign. He intended to make a great political speech on the reopening of tho Reichstag and io await a chance for an impressive exit from the political scene. Several German reigniug princes tried to mediate. Prince Bismarck is in excellent spirits. He suffers from insomnia and earnestly desires rest. His family, and especiilly his wife, is glad that he resigned. All will go to Friedrichs rulie this week. It is rumored that Herr Maybach bus vvitbdrawu his resignation at Prince Bismarck’s request.” WANTS HIM TO RECONSIDER. The Telegraph's Berlin correspondent hears that tho emperor’s repeated confer ences with Herr Boetticher and yesterday’s council were aimed to induce Prince Bis marck to reconsider. Count Waldersee has gone to Italy on a furlough, but owing to a difference with the emperor he will resign shortly. Tho Standard's Berlin correspondent says: “Caprivi is opposed to increasing the navy, which the emperor favors. The emperor likes him pers inully, but he is in tractable by uat ure and is not likely to be chancellor long.” a comparison of the two men. The Times' Berlin correspondent says: “The emperor had a chance to study Von Caprivi’s character during the maneuvers last autumn, and decided to follow tho idea of Frederick tbe Great that a general is the bo A conductor of foreign policy, because he best knows how far he can go with the army behind him. Although a soldier of tbe first order, Caprivi, in tho opinion o£ ail his intimates, is very much more; and if per sonal appenrance counts f> r auything, be is u man of great force of character, aud will combine in high degree suaviter in modo with fortiter in re, blending sagacity with patience, resolution with good humor, and German thoroughness with southern fire. He looks a typical Teuton of the hugest aud most impressive type. He bears a re markable likeness to Bismarck, and might easily pass for his brother. The difference in their character is discernible In their gait—that of Prince Bismarck being sharp aud heavy, while that of Caprivi is deliberate, expressive of leisurely elegauce. Tho new chancellor Is a brief but capable speaker. Count Herbert is unpopular in the diplomatic world, nuil it is not likely that be will be ap pointed to an ambassadorship. The guests at tho reception given by tho emperor and empress included the delegates to the labor conference. Priuco Bismarck was most affable when dining with tho French delegates. M. Delnbeca, one ot thedeicgatc# sent by France, has resgnod owing to differ ences with his comrades.” RUSSIAN OPINION. St. Petersburg, March 19.—The (Irtish danin says that the re#ifnauon of Prince Bismarck will scarcely affect Germany’s relations whb France and Russia. Ihe Wireos Vre my a says It is difficult to realize that the g mill statesman who D known on tho globe wherever the rays ot civilization Lave penetrated can ever en tirely disappear from tho political arena. 'i lia Xorosti approve* ot tbe resignation at Priuco Bismarck, and says it will result iu benefit to Germany and the other nations of Europe. FRANCK FKARH WAR. PaIUS, Mare* 19 /fi nutty caul , says war is doubly certain to break oat be fore long. The Siede feat s s tnie rash act of Emperor William will disturb tho peace. BRITAIN'S IDLE BRAWN. Mill After Mill Closing Owing to tho Scarcity of Coal. London, March 19.—The stagnation in many branches of industry caused by tho strike of tho coal miners continues, and threatens to become nmru accentuated as ttie manufacturers’ stocks of fuels become exhausted. Unless tho strike is speedily settled tho Lanoastershire cotton trade will meet wiih a severe set back. The manu facturers cannot afford to pay the an nounced pricj* for steam power. Half "f the mills at Oocringfan are at a standstill owing to tho scarcity of fuel, and many thousand hands are idle. Tiio strike iu Nottinghamshire is prac tically ended. The men have resumed wort in all the pits except four. STILL OUT IN NORTH WALES. It was expected that the strike in North Wales would terminate tc-day, but the men hold firm in their demands. The mine owners have called another meeting, at which it is expected that a compromise be tween themselves aud tho strikers will be agreed upon. If tiio strike continues until tho enj or the wmk 10,000 brick and terra ootta work ers will be thrown out of employmo.it, as it will be impossible to ruu tiio works any lo.iger, their stocks of coal being already low, A DECISION TO KIGItT IT OUT. A meeting of the lotucnsbiro nnd Cheshire coal mine owners was held to-day, at which It was decided to resist the demands of the miners. Tho mine owners of Ixilocstorshiro also held a meeting to-day and decided to give tho men tlie advances they demand. It is expected that tlioconferonce to-morrow will result in a compromise between the miuers who are still out aud their employers. IDLE LOOMS AT MANCHESTER. Manchester, March 19. Fourteen thousand looms were idle in Burnly yester day morning, and 3,000 were to stop after the close of work yesterday. Many manu facturers in view of the narrowness of the margins and tho dearness off fuel for their immediate wants have determined to cease work until the end of tho miners 'strike. Owing to the coal strike several more mills nt Accrington and Leeds have been compelled to close. Tho situation is becom ing alarming. Tho Dundalk nnd Newry Packet Company announce that owing to the coal strike they are compelled to suspend operations ou their Liverpool line. HOOTCH MINEIIH UNEASY. Thirty thousand Scotch coal miners who are not sufficiently organized for a strike nro working only four days a week iu the hope that they will thereby secure an advance. Tho coal supply is dwindling, it is esti mated that 380,000 miners are still out. This involves tho idleness of an equal number of workers in other trades. CONCESSIONS IN YORKSHIRE. London March 30, 3 a.m.—One-half of the Yorkshire owners have concudod an ad vance to the strikers. SIBERXA’d SHOOTING. The Convicts Were Armed and Re sisted the Troops. London, March 19.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of tho Daily News says the Russiun government has been disagreeably impressed by tho meetings which have been hold in Kngland and America to de nounce the outrages committed upon oxilos in Siberia. A correspondent in Bihnria sends details of the Irkutsk uffnir. He says that the piisoners involved in the affair wore exiles who were suspected of having boon con cerned iu the explosion at Zurich last March. They wore allowed to live without restraint iu Irkutsk and easily found employment among sympathizer* who ure opposed to the Russian system of exiling political prisoners to Siberia, All wont well until the police discovered that the exiles were printing proclamations and se iding them to Moscow. As soon as the authorities learned what was going on the leaders among tbe oxilos were sent to labor in the mines and the other, were told to prepare themselves for a journey into tho interior. A BATTLE. Tho unfortunate prisoners appealed in vain, aud at last resolved to sell their lives dearly. Barricading themselves in tho house they awaited an attack. They had been well provide ! with arms and amuni tiou by friendly Siberians, and they re ceived the troops who were sout to capture them with a heavy fire. Several seldiers were killed by the first volley. A flerco fight ensued, the besieged exiles bolding out until a majority of their number were either killed or wounded. After it was all over the ringleader, who had survived the battle, was hanged. Germany's New Military Bill. Berlin, March 19.—1 tis stated that tbe new military bill which will be submitted to the next Reichstag will be confined to provisions for the completion of the organ ization of the two now army corps autnor iz' and by the last Reichstag. The demand for credit for the formation of new batteries will be abaudoued. DISCUSSION OK THE CONFERENCE. The Freisinniye Zeitunj states that yesterday’s military conference discussed the question of abolishing the septeuuate and fixing tho peace footing of the army annually and reducing tho term of service for Infantry from three to two years. The conference also decided upon a new military bill, which provides for the organization of two new army corps—a matter bearing up on the chancellorship crisis. A Labor Conference at Spandau. Berlin, March 19.—Notice) have boen poitod in the artillery worksuops at Span dan requiring the employes to appoint ten delegates to confer with Maj, Becker, di rector of tho works, regarding laws affect ing their labor and to arrange for a mutual system for terminating their contracts. The Devonshire Handicap. London, March 19.—At Derby to-day, the Devonshire handicap hurdie race, about two miles, was won by J. B. Burton's | Brownie. J. Howard’s Meldrum wns second, nnd 11. Heasuia u’s Prince Frederick third. Thore were tea starters. Price of Canadian Cottons. Montreal, March 19.—A special meet ing of tho Gray Gotten Mn ufa furors’ Association was hold in this city l -day. it was reported that nil the mill* bad agreed to an advance of i’, cents per pound m the price of liner c t tone. Uverp ' Strife* Over, Liverpool. March 19.—The strike of tbe dock laborers here i practically ended, and the mnu are resuming work. Ko many of the strikers have re-umed work that tbe employers have decided to | (top importing laborers. Influenza In New Zealand, i Ai.cEi.AttD, Mart* 19.—Influenza U rav | aging New Zealand. 1 DATCY.IIOA YEAR | < B CENTS A COPY. V I WEEKLY. 1 2B A YEAR. ) TARIFF BILL PROSPECTS. MKINLEY OBLIGED TO HAVE MORE TIME! TO FIX IT UP. Protests Pouring In from Nearly Every Industry Affected-Hamilton Dlsston Joins in the Fight Against the Proposed Cut in the Sugar Duties —An Agreement on Lead Orea. Washington, March 19. —Mr. McKinley will not ire able to report tho tariff bill to tho full commute,) to-tnorrow. He may not he able to get it tip before Monday. The publication yesterday morning of the first draft of the bill, with all its uncor rected errors and without its later amend ments, together with tbe publication this morning of several completed schedules, brought down upon tho committee a flood of remonstratlons before which they fled' from their committee room unable to work.. Senators, representatives, and those of their constituents who could go* here, came in person, and letters and telegrams poured in from all over the c .untry. the principal points ok objection. 8; The sugar, hulas and metals duties and tbe taxes on tobacco were tie principal points of objection*. Besides the Kansas,. California and Louisiana sugar protest*,,, Mr. Haruier of Philadelphia, to the general) astonishment, brought anew one iu bebalffl of Hamilton Dixston and his associates, who propose, Mr. tianuer says, if the cut in ttia sugar duties is not made to begin sugar rais ing in Florida, but will abandon the enter prise if the cut is made. The issue of New England was heard in protest against the omission of raw ma terials for iron and steel and woolen and cotton manufactures from the free list. Altogether tiio committee thought it best to go over the bill again, it will probably bo reported to the full committee, however, without material change. CLANS OK THE DEMOCRATS. The democrats will not delay the bill in cormnitteo longer than is necessary to nre paro a minority report. In the House tbny will move amendments to each schedule, nnd at tho end of the discussion move to re commit the lull with instructions to substi-: tute a hill made up of thoir amendments. Upon tiiis motion they cun get the veas and.< nays and so put the house on record. In the democratic substitute the free list of the Mills bill will bo extended so as to include tho raw materials which woolen, ootton, iron, steel aud othor manufacturers are ask ing for. THE DUTY ON HIDES. Nothing that tho republicans of the way* and mentis committee h3 proposed has created more of a sensation thao the at tempt to impose a duty upon hides and skins. Thore is nothing like leather for re flating such a strain as this, and its strength, lias already been felt here. Jt seems than tills proposition, like that to put a duty of $1 a pound on raw silk, was proposed by Mr. Gear of lowa on behalf of the western republicans, who think the way to re lievo the farmers of the crushing burdens of taxation la to im -1 use additional taxation on possible farm products. In the lovra campaign last fall tho republican* promised on the stump to tax hides, among other possible farm products. At the cattle men’s c invention in Chicago last year assurances were given, on baiiulf of prominent western republicans, that hides should bo taxed. AN ATTEMPT TO ROPE IN MR. MILLS. An impudent attempt was mode by the organizers of tiiat convention to get Mr. Mills of Texas, us the representative of a cattle-raising state, to commit himself, either by speech <t by letter, to the hide taxing policy. Mr. Mills could not go to Chicago, but lie rebuked them sharply in a strong 1 Ltor, in which lie said that bu would never tax hides or any other raw material, adding at tho same timo an impressive review of the prosperity to the leather trade resulting from free raw hides. This letter was so convincing that tho cattlemen did not dare either to read it publicly or to publish it in the report of their proceedings. Mr. Mills will give its contents to tho country, however, on the floor of the House. dinuley’s fight. Mr. Dingley, tbe New Englaud member of the wa\ sand means committee, deserve* groat credit for his skillful fight against the taxation of hides and for getting the raw silk tax out of the bill, and in modifying the taxation of hides. As at first proposed tho tax was to bo I cents a pound on all bides and skins. Air. Dingley has suc ceeded by hard fighting m getting goat, kid anil wild unlinal skins excepted from a provision made for a rebate of duty paid on material used in manufacturing goods ufterward exported. He is stiff fighting to eliminate tho whole paragraph, but will not succeed in this; nor will th# Massachusetts members, ns they hope, be aide to get it out in caucus or in tho House. They wili have to defeat it in the Sonato. AN INTERESTING SIGHT. It is very interesting to Bee Messrs. Diu&ley and Lodger aud othe.New England republicans contending for these particular free raw materials. However, Mr. Dingley says New England would be benefited by the passage of the proposod bill even though it contains no response to New Eugland’s demand for free raw material. He says tho compensatory duties on wooien and on cotton goods, and the duties on fuxm products (except hides) will improve the condition ot her manufactures and farms. Ho admits that iron and steel manufacturers do not fare so well, but says that can’t be helped. Free pig iron, for example, can’t be had. In other words New England’s needs and her helplossao>> are alike recognized. A MASSACRE ON THE CONGO. The Abduction of the Wife of a Native Chief the Cause. Paris, March 19.—1 tls officially stated that a telegram hat been received from the Congo stating that a French post consisting of ten natives, under a European agent, bos been massacred at Übungus. The ab duction of the wife of a native chief by the European is stated to have lean the 'cause of the massacre. An Italian's Phonograph. London, March 30, Ba. m.—A MUaoass named Foaeatl is exhibiting a simplified Eiisou phonograph costing S3O. The in strument reproduces the human voice and music in a marvelous manner. Launching of tbe Newark. Puii.adet.phia, March 19.—Tbe Newark, the last of the cruisers built for tbe govern ment by Cramp & 8 ms of this city, wai successfully launched at 13:19 o’clock thii afternoon in a blinding snow stortu. Tli vesiel was christened by Mis Grace 1L Boutelle, daughter of Congressman Botp telle. Bain Stopped th* Game. Chicago, March 19.—The Brooklyn has' ball game was postponed ou account ot rain.