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< THE MORNING NEWS, I
' Establish M> I*o. Incorporated 1888. \
j J. H. ESTILL, President. )
A DEATH SWOOP.
EmH of Lives Lost
Oy Cyclones.
LOUISVILLE AGIIAVE
The Dead Estimated at from 1,000
to 1,501
Hundreds Also Reported to Have
Perl3hed at Metropolis, 111.—Great
Destruction to Property at Olney,
111.—Heavy Snow Storms and Ter
rific Winds Throughout the North
west.
New York, March 38, 2:30 a, m.— The
terrific storms west appear to have been of
fatal force in the vicinity of Louisville,
Ky., although there are no positive definite
reports upon which to base any estimate
of the damage. There is not at this hour,
nor has there been for several hours, any
information whatever from the city of
Louisville or vicinity.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
There have been rumors of alarming loss
of life by the force of the cyclone, but
everything needs confirmation.
The absolute breakdown of all telegraph
facilities causes groat apprehension and
suspense. The city of Louisville is beyond
all reach of the telegraph, and is a dead
city so far as wire communication is con
cerned.
Tho cycicno must have spent its greatest
force there.
1,000 TO 1,500 KILLED.
A report just received here says Chief
Operator Breed of the Western Union
Company at Louisville had arrived at
Jeffersonville, lud., across the river from
Louisville. He reports terrible destruction
there, almost tha entiro western portion of
Louisville being in ruins, and 1,000 to 1,500
peoplo supposed to be killed. This informa
tion is said to have come over the railroad
wire betwoea Jeffersonville and Indianap
olis. This must only bo taken as a rumor,
as there are no means of confirming re
ports at present, and the statement is only
given in tho absence of authentic informa
tion.
SEVERAL HUNDRED KILLED AND INJURED.
Chicago, March 27.—A lato special says
that Metropolis, a small village in Illinois
about 35 miles from Cairo, was destroyed
by a storm and that several hundred people
were killod and injured.
SNOW AT DUBUQUE,
Dubuque, la., March 27.—A heavy wind
and snow storm from the east has been
raging since noon. Street car traffic is
greatly impeded.
TRAINS ABANDONED.
Sioux City, la., March 27. —A snow
st ,rm, tha heaviest of the season, has been
raging to-day. Trains are delayed and on
tome of tho roads are abandoned.
SNOW DRIFTS AT MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 37. —The
weather is comparatively warm, but snow
fell heavily aud the wind blows fiercely. In
piaeo* dritts are piled so high that the street
car lines have had to suspend traffic. Tel
ephone wires are scattered through the
streets and trip up pedestrians.
A TORNADO AT METROPOLIS.
Cairo, March 27. —A tornado struck Me
tropolis, 111., this evening. Many houses
were blown down. The wires are down
for miles.
THE BLOW AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, March 27. —At 3 o’clock this
afternoon it rained a deluge, lasting ton
minutes, but being sufficient to transfer the
gutters into miniature rivers. During the
brief deluge the darkness was oppressive,and
there were mauy who expressed alarm at
the prospects of a second visitation by a
cyclone. The skies cleared as quickly as
they darkened, and it turned cold, with a
high wind, which blow down signs aud
wrecked a few' chimneys.
From various points in the state come
reports of the storm.
FEARFUL DESTRUCTION AT OI.NEY.
At Olney, 111., the storm was very severe,
unroofing houses, overturning barns and
w recking windows and chimneys.
The electric light station budding was un
roofed.
Schmidt’s restaurant was unroofed.
'X ho cornice of Spring’s grain store was
blown olf. Here a boy "’as blown out of a
window but escaped unhurt.
The wind then tore down two frame
buildings belonging to the Clark estate, un
roofed tho stores of Messrs. McLean and
Newell & Drallen’s oflico, and completely
Wrecked Herin’s brick shoe store.
A two-story frame dwelling occupied by
Mrs. M. Sponslor as a millinery shop was
crushed like an eggshell, and Mrs. Sponsler
was buried in tho ruins. She was quickly
extricated and found to be seriously in
jured. She may not recover.
Robert Byrnes building was unroofed,
and John Ooldy’s residence was wreekod.
The storm struck tho house of Dell Harrell,
nnd it was completely demolished. The
family sought safety in tho cellar and es
caped unhurt. The adjoining residence* of
Dr. Marshall and H. U. Morse were badly
damaged,
1 he residence of Mr. Mathes, near by, was
lifted Irom its foundations and crushed,
burying the fnmily in the ruins. All es
cape t serious injury save Mrs. Mathes, wao
now lies in a critical condition.
Many other houses worn considerably
damaged.
A cow und a calf wore taken up by the wind
and carrie I over a quarter of a mile, beiug
droppe 1 in a field uninjured.
The dwelling of John Rourrell was blown
completed) away, uot u vestige of it i<-
b mining. The streets present a desolate a|>-
Rmrancn, being filled with and il>ri.
Advii' -s from Ji ffornuu City, Cape Oir
ariienu and Charleston, Mo,, state that the
1 nil* was very utrsrn, and at tee Infer
;la e one life was Jest, a woman whose
name is uot given,
A I4KAVY BiW 10 IOWA,
Kanuas Out, Mei cli 27—A dispatch
f ole tti mi* t.U), la,, says Uiat th stortu
wuksover toe met; partake* of
the nature of a blizzard. It began snowing
there at noon, and at 6 o’clock in the even- >
lug snow had fallen to a depth of fifteen
inches in the western portion of I
the state. Trains from the west j
are delayed, and some have been j
abandoned entirely. A dispatch from '
Lincoln, Neb., says that the storm through
out that state was of extraordinary seventy
for this season of the year. The wind blows
at a high rate of velocity and snow is fall
ing rapidly. Tho snow is from four to
eight niches deep, and trains aro delayed.
A BLIZZARD AT OMAHA.
Omaha, March 27. —Since noon a blizzard
has prevailed. Most of tho street cars in
tho city are blockaded, and travel is greatly
impeded.
TIIE STORM IN KANSAS.
Kansas City, Mo., March 27.—A storm
has prevailed throughout Kansas and
Southwestern Missouri to-day. Know is
reported from some portions of Western
Kansas. The barometer varied in differ
ent localities from 258 at Wichita to 28 ■* at
this point, the lowest for years. The ve
locity of tho wind was extraordinary for
such a long-continued storm.
At Wichita, Kan., the wind did consider
able damage. Heavy plate glass windows
were smashed in, signs displaced and
chimney tops blown down. The water
works building was partilly unroofed and
tUe heart of one wall was blown down, fall
ing upon a workman named William Eads
and severely injuring him. In the northern
part of the city, where th 9 wind had freest
play, sevoral s auties and outhouses were
demolished. Telegraph -vires are in bad
condition. At Abilene, Kan., considerable
damage was done to chimneys, signs and
coruicos. Snow fell during tho ufternoon.
WIND AND HAIL AT CAIRO.
Cairo, 111., March 27. —A wind and
hail storm passed ovor Cairo at 4 o’clock
this afternoon. Hailstones weighing over
three ounces foil.
Considerable damage is reported from
Bird’sl’oint, Mo., where it is reported tho
wind struck the town and blew down sev
eral houses. Along tho lino of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad all wires from this city
are down.
GENERAL IN THE NORTHWEST.
CniCAGO, Marcli 27. —Tho storm which
reached here at noon to-day has been gen
eral throughout tho northwest. Snow fell
ami then turned into rain a id sieet, accom
panied by wind blowing 35 and 40 miles an
hour. "
FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Much Distress in the Overflowed Dis
tricts South of Memphis.
St. Louis, March 27.—The officers of the
lower Mississippi steamers a: riving here
report much distress in the overflowed dis
tricts south of Memphis, and the outlook
for tha next crop is quite discouraging.
Should the water not drain off by April it
will seriously interfere with their planting.
Over 1,000,000 ompty sacks have been
shipped to points between Memphis aud
Vicksburg, and have been filled with earth
and sand, and used in strengthening the
levees.
OHIO’S HIGH FLOOD.
A Heavy Rainfall A sain Prevailing
Throughout the Upper Valley.
Cincinnati, March 27. —At 7 o’clock to
night tho river had fallen two feet and
two inches. The steamer Keystone State
left for Pittsburg this evening riding the
highest flood an Ohio river packet ever
rode. It has been drizzling all day until
to-uight when a heavy rainfall set in.
Upper Ohio valley reports say rainfall
prevails everywhere
A Gale at Detroit.
Detroit, March 27.—A violont gale of
wind, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow,
struck this city at 7 o’clock this evening uud
interfered seriously with traffic, us well as
the telephone and telegraph wires. The
snow shortly chauged to sieet, and at mid
night it is still falling in sneets and the gate
has decreased but little in its violence. No
damage has been reported.
ARCHER’S SHORTAGE.
State Securities Pledged to Secure
Personal Loans.
Annapolis, Md., March 27. —N0 one bore
seem3 to know yet just the extent of State
Treasurer Archer’s difficulties. Every one,
however, is willing to say that it was au
insano impulse which forced Mr. Archer to
reject aid. Intimate friends of Mr. Archer
have known of his trouble since
Monday, and any amount needed to
make good his shoitago was offered.
One man tendered 825,000 in cash, if neces
sary, aud without security. Mr. Archer
rejected all offers of aid, saving that ho
himself alone could settle the affair. When
last in Annapolis, Mr. Archer said it would
bo the last time he would ever visit
the place. The theory advanced to
day is that in a moment of
tomptatiou ho pledged securities
belonging to the [state, but not to a large
amount; that he was made to know that out
side parties were aware of his transactions
and that dread of exposure drove him insane.
Another bank to Baltimore, other than the
Mechanics btuk is said here to hold a con
siderable amount of Mr. Archer’s paper.
There should bo in Mr. Archer’s possession
to the credit of the state over 8000,090 of se
curities that can be passed by hand. These are
to be soarched out and their whereabouts
ascertained.
THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Tho joint committee to investigate Mr.
Archer’s accounts aro Senators Foe and
South and Delegates Shaw, Lair ami
Harden. The matter is at a standstill until
this committee begiuß to act, which will
probably be to-morrow, w ith the investiga
tion of Treasurer Archer’s safe deposit box.
archer’s wanderings.
Treasurer Archer, it turns out, was in
Baltimore on Monday with Mrs. Archer,
and, sending her to Bolair by an early train,
he returned homo hv a late one. -'I nday
night he passed in his office. Tuesday he
stayed ah day in the third story of tho
Masonic hall, over his office, and
on Wednesday night ho wandered all
night with his coat off. He was found early
iu the inoruing shivering with cold aud
wot. He refused to go ii mo at so early an
hour in tho morning aud disturb the ladies.
His gardener took aim to his borne, and,
building a lire, got him dry clothes. He
was then taken homo, where ho lost con
sciousness. A telegram to-night says
his mind has been restored. Seuat r Silver,
his son-in-law, went to Jlel.iir to-night to
obtain the key of the box in iho safe d•-
p lit vault s-t apart fur the state’s seour-
Ities. To-night another batch of Treasurer
I Archer’s laissMunpriMfoßi. amounting to
132 oUO was discovered. iSo far, without
official invi stig iti >n, S39,WJ Ins been found
p, t> iniaappropritttwL Largor develop
ments nr- expect® 1 when t e investigation
committee get* down t > "ora.
Hun of the Cushing.
Newport, it. L, March 37,—Toe torpedo
i*o*t wldng male u. . tslda rua of three
it four h-ii* Pa-day io’mel wild Urn or
t wei ve <U)' KIM hi ► >•* provnl herself
iTfc. tl safe an i <sie to To** lb dtiauttu,
Vais wm Mi* last trial. The hoard will pru
nouue* the boat a **' ’•*,
SHERMAN’S BILL SHELVED
KIS ANTI-TRUST BILL BENT TO
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
It Is to be Reported Back In Twenty
Days—Messrs. Edmunds and Piatt
Advocate Monopolies on Constitu
tional Grounds Agricultural De
pression Comes Up.
Washington, March 27.—1n tho Senate
to-day the House bill to amend the census
act iff March 3, ISS9, was roported from tho
census committee, the effect of it being to
allow special agents 83 a day for subsistence
when traveling. After an explanation by
Mr. Hale it was passed.
Mr. Hawley, from the committee on mili
tary affairs, reported back the House bill
authorizing the purchase of 2,500 teats by
the Secretary of War for tho use of the
people driven froki their homes in Arkan
sas, Mississippi and Louisiana by
the present floods, and appropriating
825,000 for the purpose. Mr, Ed
mun !s, while declaring himself in
favor of tho bill, called it to tho attention
of tho senators, who were troubled about
the constitution in appropriating money for
objects not specifically named in that in
strument. Mr. Hawley, assuming that the
remark was partially directed at him, said
that he considered that this bill, and not the
Blair bill, came within the clause of the
general welfare.
After a brief discussion, in which it was
stated that there had been no request for
tents from either Arkansas or Mississippi,
and only indirectly from tho governor of
Louisiana, the bill was passed.
Mr. Frye, from tho committee on com
merce, reported the Senate bill suspending
for one year the statutes that require steam
ers to be provided with certain life-saving
appliances, guns for throwing lines, rockets,
etc. He spoke of the bill reported by him
on the same subject two or three weeks ago,
and which proposed to repeal the law. That
bill, he said, had been reported on informa
tion received from the treasury depart
ment. It had attracted the attention of the
people interested, aud lie had received 3ince
then such information os left him in doubt as
to the propriety of passing it. The commit
tee had therefore agreed to a bill suspend
ing the law for a year, and there were rea
sons why it should be pa-sed immediately.
After this statement the bill was passed.
THE ANTI-TRUST BILL.
Tho anti-trust bill was then taken up, and
amendments to it as reported from the c >m
mittee of tho whole were brought before
the Senate.
The first amendment that gave rise to
discussion was a provision excepting from
the prohibitions of the law combinations of
workmen and farmers. Mr. Edmunds op
posed it incidentally ia a speech that was
mainly in opposition to the bill itself. He
illustrated his objection to the amend
ment by relating the story of a
case which occurred here only a few
months ago, when a skilled printer, a
citizen of the Uuitod States, a man of good
character and with a little money (such
things sometimes went together, even ia
the Senate o£ the United States) applied to
the public printer for employment, and
although ho was just the man who was
wanted to till a vacancy, the public printer
was not permitted to employ him, because
he was told that if lie did, nine-tenths of the
primers employed in the office would cease
w'ork, and the country would go to destruc
tion, because it could not read to-day what
had been said in congress yesterday. And
this was because the man did not
belong to a particular combination. If
that was not tyranny Mr. E lmunds did not
know what tyranny was. The tyranny uf
a thousand mou was infinitely worse than
the tyranny of ono man, just as the tyranny
of the commune in France was worse than
that of the monarch who had been over
thrown.
ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION.
Looking to the iron industry for another
illustration, Mr. Edmunds went on to argue
that if labor comoinations put up the price
of wages fifty per cent., the people who
owned mines and furnaces and forges had a
right to combine to protect themselves so
as to get such prices as would make up for
the increased cost ot production. Ho was
willing to go as far as congress had the
power to go in the way of breaking up tho
great monopolies that existed to the detri
ment of the country. So far as the
constitutional question went, he believed
that tlie safety of the nation depended
more largely on tho preservation of what
wore called the rights of tho states than on
any other one thing. He therefore should
be slow about voting for auv act of con
gress which ho thought went over tho
boundary which the c institution prescribed.
Ho believed it to be better to endure the
partial evil of even the most grinding
monopolies than to attempt to stop by ono
inch over the clear boundary lino that had
been established and maintained between
congress and the legislative power of the
states.
PLATT ATTACKS THE BILL.
Mr. Platt made an earnest attack upon
the bill, as a bill that was aimed at every
business in tho United States. There was
but one constitutional provision in the bill
and that was an amendment offered
by Mr. Koagan, which confined
the bill to persons engaged in
transportation. That was the effect of tho
amendment aud it would uproot the inter
state commerce law. Mr. Platt gave the
business figures for last year of eight repre
sentative woolen establishments i t Connecti
cut showing a net loss of $4,971; and said
that under the bill, if the owners of these
establishments came together and com
bined to got a fair living profit on their
business, that the agreement would be un
lawful aud void.
THE BILL REFERRED.
Mr. Walthall uioved to refer the bill and
amendments to thelju liciary committee
with instructions to report it back within
twenty days, The motion was agreed to,
the vote being yeas 81, nays 23. Tne repub
lican senators who voted iu the affirmative
were Messrs. Cameron, Higgins, Platt,
Stanford, Stoekbridge, Toller, aud Wolcott.
The democrats who voted in the negative
wore Messrs. Berry, Cockrell, Pugh, Turpie,
Vance, and Voortioes.
AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.
Mr. Edmunds sent to tha clerk’s desk and
had read the report of J. R. Dodge, statis
tician to tue agricultural department, on
agricultural depression and its ca ises—an
abstract of wiiic i lws been already pub
lished. Mr. Cockrell and nied the correctness
of the report, and -Mr. Voorheos added that
it had been got up for an occasion, und to
serve a purpose.
A PENSION BILL.
The Senate then proceeded to considera
tion of the Hmate bill granting pensions to
ex-soldier* and sailor* who are incapacitated
for toe performance of manual labor, and
providing I t pensions to impendent rela
lives of aace<.ifc*i soldier* and sailor*. After
Benin time ipeit in dixm-iug it, the bill
want over with ut final notion.
Th" House hill for tin* admission of Wyo
ming a* a state w*• bill before the M> oate,
■ and *n.* laid mi the table a A oi dei e 1
I mini.
All Ol der dung the dally hour of meet
mg at 11 o’clock from Monday lies; was
•greed to, l fie Hvuate Ifiwi adjourned.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890.
WYOMING TO BE A STATE.
The House Passes the Bill Allowing
Women to Vote.
Washington, March 27. —The II u>o mot
at 11 o’clock this morning in continuation
of Wednesday’s session, and the Wyoming
admission bill was again taken up for con
sideration.
The debate went on in political lines until
1 o’clock, when the previous question was
ordered.
Mr. Kpringer, oa behalf of the minority
of the committee, offero i an amendment
providing for another convention, called
under authority of an act of emigres e The
amendment was lost by a veto of 131 yeas
to 138 nays. Messrs. Donnell of Minne
sota aud Shormau of New York voted
with tho democrats in the affirmative.
Mr. Springer then offered au amendment
providing that there shall bo an election in
iVyoming on Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November next, for a representative
to the Fifty-first and Fifty-sec mdcougreses
and for state and judicial officers. Theoon
stitution shall be voted upon, and if the
vote is against female suffrage, that feature
shall be eliminated from tho constitution.
This motion was also lost, the vote being;
yeas 133; nays 139, Messrs. Duunell of Min
nesota and and an Schaiek of Wise nsiu voting
with the democrats.
Mr. Springer then offored his last amend
ment, which strikes out the clause of the
Wyoming constitution providing for female
suffrage. The motion was defeated, the
vote being yeas 133, nays 138. Messrs.
Duunell of Minnesota and Lohlhack of Now
Jersey, voted with the democrats.
Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky moved to
recommit the bill. The motion was lost,
the vote being 129 to 144.
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill was then passed, the vote being:
Yeas 139, nays 127. This was a strict party
vote, except that Mr. Duunell of Minnesota
voted with the democrats.
Mr. Baker of New York moved to recon
sider, and moved to lay that motion on tho
table.
Mr. Springer demanded tho yeas and
nays, whereupon Mr. Baker suggested that
this was a dilatory motion.
Mr. Spriuger turned tha laugh upon Air.
Baker by remarking that the gentleman
having niado the motion himself, should be
aware whether or not it was dilatory. Tho
moti on to ree insider was tabled, the vote
boing yeas 132, nays 119, a party vote.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the army appropriation bill.
It was road at length, and without action
the committee rose, aud the House at S:IU
o’clock adjourned.
RATES ON IMPORTS.
Representatives of the Cordage In
dustry Heard—Works of Art Free.
Washington, March 27. Representa
tives of the National Cordage Association
appeared before the republican members of
the ways and moans cominitteo to-day to
protest against tho proposition to increase
the duty on loose fibers used in twino mak
ing. Among them were E twin 11. and
William M. Fitlerof Philadelphia, and K.
B. HanckUy of Uosto^ r >"'bny aud. not ask
any reduction of tho existing rate, but de
clared that tho proposed increaso would be
ruinous in its offects upon e rdugo makers,
and would not protoct the farmer, as libor
is not produced in this country.
AN OLD RATE RESTORED.
Tho principal change ’made in the text of
tho bill to-day was tho restoration of tho
old rate of duty on whiting and pari3 white,
which the bill proposes to increase.
Kato Field’s argument this morning also
appeared to have had an effect, for tho com
mitteemen have practically agreed to accent
her suggestion aud piaco works of art on
the freelist.
Representatives of the briar wood pipe
industry and makors of piano actions occu
pied the time of the committee this aftor-
Doon in argumont against special features
of the bill.
FRANCE THREATENS A TARIFF WAR.
Paris, March 27. —La Liberte, discussing
tlio McKinley bill, now before! congress,
expresses the opinion that a tariff war with
America must follow the adoption of tho
measure.
A STORM ON THE WING.
High Southwest Winds Will Prevail
on the South Atlantic Coast.
Washington, March 27.—Tho signal
office furnishes the following special bulle
tin to the press:
At 8 o’clock this morning a severe storm
was central in Eastern Kausas, with a
velocity on tho eastern side of thirty-six
miles; southern at, St. Louis, on tho
southern sido of forty-eight miles; western
in Northern Texas, on tho
western side of sixty rniies; northern in
Colorado, and on the northern side of thirty
six miles; north in Nebraska and South
Dakota, with a severe blizzard and snow in
Nebraska. Warnings were sent out this
morning for a severe local storm in tho
states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama, and
for a severe norther extending from
Kunsns to northern Texas to-night and to
morrow morning. At noon the storm had
moved eastward so as to cover all of Illi
nois, witli high winds, Chicago reporting 40
miles east and increasing. The storm will
be felt on the Atlantic coast to-night or to
morrow morning, producing severe local
storms in the interior and easterly gales on
the coast from Hatteras to Maine, anil high
southwest windi on the Kouth Atlantic
coast. _ __
COGHLAN’3 ESCAPE.
The Refusal of a Witness to Testify
Makes Conviction Impossible.
Washington, March 27.—Commander
Joseph B. Coghlau of the navy was re
cently ordered before a court-martial for
trial on charges of conduct uubecoming an
officer and a gentleman, in having written
a newspaper article criticising and ridi
culing the administration of uaval affairs.
When the case was called, tho accused
pleaded not guilty, and a civilian witness
oy whom it was expected to prove tho au
thorship of the newspaper article refused
to testify, and the court was powerless In
in the matter. Whiio tho law gives
army courts-martial the sumo authority
over a civilian witness an is possessed the
civil courts, there is nothing iu tho law
compelling tho attendance of civilian wit
nesses at naval court*-martial. The record
in tho Coghlau ea-o bus not yet b.ten re
ceived at. the navy department, but iu view
of tho absence of proof th *re i* no doubt of
his acquittal. In anticipation of that re"fit
Commander Cugnlan has written to the
Secretary of the Navy requesting that he
be restored to the command of the Mohican.
Too request is not in iked upon with favor
and U not likely to to granted.
HawktmjvlUo a Poatmnster.
Washington, Match 27.—1 tis a goo 1
thing to )><* ore i a dtsbiul cousin of
tho vl'ti President if you want a po*toffies.
I Chat aes mot* (ir 1 1*< e'cnih’ onmt of U, F.
Fareou* at Hawkiosnll*. Mi** King aid
Mr. Boone were e t a*li* for Jir, Parson*
Imisu * in* si* V; ' iTebieut uTtc; <
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SAVANNAH IN THE COLD.
THE P AN-AM FKICAN PARTY WILL
GO TO BRUNSWICK.
Savannah Not Represented on tho
Map Used by Manager Curtis—lho
fcoutli American Delegates to Give
a Banquet in Honor of President
Harrison-Work of the Congress.
Washington, March 27.—The foreign
delegates to tho jan American conference
have issued invitations to a dinner to be
given in honor of President Harrison on
April 1(5. This is supposed to indicate with
some accuracy tho probo le date of the ad
journment of tho conference. The trip of
tho delegates through the south will be
made after that date.
WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING NOW.
The conference still has under considera
tion the reports of the cominitteo on a
monetary convention, no conclusion having
been reached.
It has transpired that in thedobateonthe
report of tho committee on customs union
the United States delegates, upon authority
of Secretary Blaine, offered full reciprocity
with the Argentine Republic, Dr. Kaonz-
Pouu, the uolegate from that count y,
having advocated free trade in a minority
report and in a speech in support of it be
fore tho conference. Tho reply of Dr.
Saenz-I’ena to tho speeches of t e United
States delegates will be made next Monday,
when ho will probably state whether or not
his country will accept the offer. The value
of the goods imported from the Argentine
Republic in 1839, was $5,454,(118; of which
81,329,212 worth paid duty. No offer ot
reciprocity was made to any other of tho
South American republics.
m WILL GO TO BRUNSWICK.
Although tho pan-American conference
will not go to Havaimah it will probably go
to Brunswick, running down from Macon
on route to Florida The explanation given
by Executive Officer Curtis is that Bruns
wick has important trade relations with
South America, and also that the delegates
want to accept the iuvitation to Jekyl
Island. Col. Lester, who presented both
the Savannah and Brunswick invitation!,
is glad they accepted one iff them, although
he regrets that they did not accept the
other. He was surprised to find on tho
railroad map of Carolina, Georgia and
Florida hanging in tho office of Mr. Curtis,
no allusion whatovor t > Savannah. There
was not even a dot in the place whero it
ought to be.
CENTRAL AMERICA’S UNION.
Senor Cruz, the Guatemalan minister, to
day received a message stating that Guate
mala lias approved tho provisional treaty
of uuiou between tho flvoCentral American
state*. This makes three of the flvo states
which have ratified the treaty, tho assent of
Honduras and Nicaragua already having
been secured.
WINDOM’S SILVER BILL.
A Minority Report In Opposition to It
Laid Before the House.
Washington, March 27. —Representa-
tives Bland of Missouri and J. R. Williams
of Illinois, members of the House commit
tee ou coinage, weights and measures, to
day submitted to the House a minority rc
p at in opposition to tho Wiudoin silver bill.
Tueysay the bill is a very dangerous ex
periment, for if it fails to restore parity of
tho two inetals —and fail it must beyond
any shadow of doubt—silver will be in a
worse plight, than now. The report con
cludes as follows: “Tho bill is very adroitly
drawn to suspend silver coinage, to totally
demonetize this metal and to permanently
establish for tho United States the single
standard of gold payments. It does these
things effectually, though cunningly.”
Mrs. Harrison’s Return.
Washington, March 27.—Mrs. Harrison
and party returned to Washington this
evening from their visit to Florida and the
south. They were all in good health, aud
expressed themselves as highly ploasid
with the trip.
Nominated for Postmasters.
Washington, March 27. —Tho President
to-day nominated the following postmas
ters: Benjamin M. Parsons, at Hawkius
ville, Ga.; Hugh M. Eikic, at Fayetteville,
Tenu.; Barclay M. Tillman, at Khelbyville,
Teun.
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, March 27.—The bond of
ferings to-day aggregated 8143,650. All
were accepted at 123 for 4a and 102^a for
BERLIN’S LABOR CONFERENCE.
The Last Business Session Held Yes
terday.
Berlin, March 27.—The labor conference
held its last business sitting to-day. Batur
day’s meeting wiil bo devoted to compli
ments and formalities.
It is stated that Prince Bismarck, in con
versation with M. Burdeau, one of the
French delegates fib the labor conference,
advocated exemption of miners from mil
itary service, in view of tho danger as
well as utility of their occupation. This
privilege, ho suggested, should Independent
upon the miners refraining from strikes.
FATHER O’DWYER RELEASED.
A Procession a MUe Lone Escorts
Him to His Home.
Fekwoy, March 27.—Father O’Dwyer,
who his been in prison for five mouths
for cffonses under the crime act, was
relen=ed to-day from TuUamore jail. A
great demonstration was made in ids honor.
Hsvorul thousand people in tbo cars and on
foot, accompanied by numerous bauds of
music, escorted the priest to his home. The
procession was a mile long.
Russia's Students' Riots.
London, Mnrch 27. —There has been a
renewal of tbo disordor at Bt. Petersburg
university. On Monday and yesterday
there were riotous demonstrations by the
students, which were b-.irpre sod by the
police. There h.js also been further rioting
at CharkolT and Kazan universities.
St. Petersburg University is closed and a
cordon < f police has been drawn around the
grounds. Hoventevn students of Uharkoff
University have been arrested. They are
cunrged with complicity in a nihilist plot.
NEEDED MORE FOUNDATION.
The Collapso of the Bowen-Merrtll
Building Due to Faulty Construction.
Indianapolis, March 27.—Tiie coroner’s
investigation Into tins disaster at the
Bowen-Merrill Are, by which twelve fire
men lost tin Ir lives, shows that the collapse
of lh<> building ts dun to faulty <• in-tjy
tion. It hit* been enlarged at different Mhc >
I on a foundation not so intended by ties
I original buttotcr, tiie change* culminating in
! au; rslructuiu dependm,; in )<a> t for t’s
I support ou adjoining budding* equally
| faulty. Tie* Ur*, wl ilo tUetrnm li.te agent.
( was not of itself sufilcutut to ciu-ui the oot
-1 lap*#. . *ie* tesbm *ny is unanimous trust
j ti.e lira 'Wpsrtiuuul n:te t promptly sod ;u
--| LdligeulJy,
ENGLAND'S PARLIAMENT.
The Dispute With Portugal The
Tithes Rent Bill.
Losdon, March 27.—1a the House of
Commons to-night Hon. Philip Stanhope
asked whether the status quo insisted upon
by the govornmoat in the dispute with
Portugal was being ro-torid anil what
course the government proposed to tako.
Sir Janies Korgusson, under foreign sec
retary, replied tlint there had been no co:i
dition imposed that had reference to the
stntus qua. That was a newspaper phrase.
The government simply insisted upon the
withdrawal of the Portuguese forces from
the Br.tlsh protectorate as a preliminary
step to diplomatic discussion. This had
been done.
THE TITHES KENT BILL
Sir Michael llicka-Beach, president of
the hoard of trade, moved thn second read
ing of the tithes rent bill. He apologized
for pressing it on tho House, saying iu ex
planation that tho government w;,s con
vinced of the urgent necessity for an
amendment to the present law. Ho asked
the House to consider tho bill as an earnest
attempt to do just ion to both tno clerical
and tithe payers sides in tbo interests of the
country at large.
A .JUIKILINO MEASURE.
James A. Pincton, member from Leices
ter, liberal, opposed tho bill as a higgling
measure. It turned into pot table form the
nation’s property so as to enable the party
promoting the scheme to carry elf t.heir
plunder easily hereafter. It was an attempt
to delude p lblic opinoion. Tho government
would not fuoo tho real gi iovaueo—the fact
that the tithe system took out of the land
every year monies that ourht to go to
lighten the financial burden of tho people.
George Osborne Morgan, member for
Kast Doubingshire, declared that Welsh
men at most universally condemne i this
emphatically Welsh bill. It was regarded
in Wales as a measure intended to do wliafc
only a miracle could do—namely, to sat tho
church of England in Wales on its legs. He
did notobjed, to the Incidence of tithe rout,
but he maintained that it ought to bo ap
plied to national purp uses. Thera would
l>o no difficulty in tho collection of tithe
rent if it wero applied to purposes of which
Welshmen approved.
GERMANY'SHiSW CHANCELLOR.
Caprivi Disdains a Guard—Close Rela
tions with England.
Berlin, March 27.— Baron Biebenstein of
Baden has been nominated to succoed Count
Herbert Bismarck.
The Hamburger Nachriahten, says that
Etnporor Wiliam will endeavor t> estab
lish a personal entente with tho leaders of
tho various parties in tho Reichstag.
The emperor has conferred tho collar of
the order of liohouzoilorn upon Count Bis
marck.
Prince Bismarck intends to write ex
haustive memoirs. Count Herbert Bn
marek is permitted to retain the title of
minister of state.
Chancellor Caprivi has declined the sser
v ices of detectives far his protection.
Prinoe Bismarck always had a body guard
of detectives following him wherever lie
went.
The National Zeitung draws attention to
tho groat importance of thefac; that tho
Prince of Wales was the first princely per
sonage whom tho emperor consulted on tho
change in the chancellorship. Tho Zeitumj
asserts that the ornjieror impressed upon
the Prince of Wales lis intention to con
tinue the peaceful policy of tho droiburnl
and to foster close relations with England.
Prino Bismarck’s pension is 41,500 marks.
A committee has been formed to promote a
national memorial thanking Prince Bis
marck.
• THE FAREWELL.
London, March 28, 3 a. m.— The News'
corrcspondnfit ut Berlin says: “In tho fare
well interview between the emperor and
Priuco Bismarck tho emperor thanked the
prince most warmly for Ins great services,
and repeatedly embraced and kissed him.
After the popular ovation yesterday Prinoe
Bismarck remarked: ‘I must have been
capable of doing something of which my
opponents cannot deprive the world. I sup
pose that is what the people wish to ex
press.
Liverpool's Dockmen.
Liverpool, March 27.—A delegation of
the striking dock laborers called upon the
employers to-day and demanded tho dis
charge of the men who had been brought
to Liverpool to fill the places of the strikers.
Tho employers declined to accede t<> the de
mands, and the negotiations for a sottle
nient of tho strike based upon Mr. Davitt’s
recommendations have been ruptured.
Senator General Daban Arrested.
Madrid, March 27. —Senator General
Daban has been arrested for issuing a cir
cular urging resistance to the government
mandates. The Senate approves the arrest.
The general will probably iu sentenced to
two months’ imprisonment in the fortrois.
Rebellious Troops at Rio.
Kio Janeiro, March 27.—The garrison
of this city recently became disaffected,
and was ordered to the south. The troops
refused to go, and the government cau
celod tho order. There is much discontent
throughout the city.
France’s Budget.
Paris, March 27.—1n the Chamber of
Deputies to-day M. ltouvier, minister of
finance, replying to a protest against in
creased expenditures, declared that the
budget for the coming year would show u
surplus.
Rome's Council Resigns.
Home, March 27.—The communul council
of this city, having failed to agree with the
government on tho regulation of finances,
has decided to rosigu. Tho filling of tiie
places of tho councilors will lead to diffi
culty.
Cost of the Emin Relief Trip.
London, March 27.—1 tis expected Urn’
tho cost of tbo E ni l relief expedition will
be 220,(XX). There is no truth in the report
that the funds are inadequate to meet the
expenses.
A Chinese War Conclave.
Bhanuhai, March 27.—A high conclave,
including Li Hung Chang, has convened at
l’ekin to confer witu tho boards < f war a.d
admiralty regarding liuseia’s designs ou tho
frontier. _
A Plot to Kill the Cznr.
London. March 27.—Tbo Tdearapk't
Kt. Petersburg correspondent reports mat
tho authorities haveufseovered u fresh mili
tary conspiracy to murder t l ..* *
A Dig Strike at Barcelona.
Madrid, Mai ell 27.—Fourteen hundred
workmen of Bsrceion * buve struck for
higher wages and fewer h urs of lab >r,
Churchill Censured.
London, March 27. lbs Birmingham
I Tone, have u >.odiously censured Lord
j Itaudolpb OUureh.il.
Eieeri • finite
Bkuua, March 27.—The strike of the
| coal iiituer* at El see t< spreading.
I DAILY,SIB A YEAR. I
1 Si’PINTO A COPY. V
| WtlilKLY.l -'S A YKAR. |
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
THE NEW ENTERPRISES OF THE
PAST THREE MONTHS.
A Total of 1.2P4 for tho Past Quarter
Against 1,250 for the Same Period
Lost Year—A Might Falling Cff la
Wood Working Enterprises—Great
Prosperity Ahead.
Baltimore, March 37. —This wo-k’s issui
of the Manufacturers' Recant, will contain
the quarterly report of the industrial
progress of the south. The comparison < f the
new enterprises organised or projected dur
ing the last three months, with the carre
spomling periods of tho throe preceding
years, makes an interesting exhibit. It is as
follows: New enterprises, 1887, 923; 1888,
1,075; 1889, 1,269; 1890, 1,294. Thera
was a marked increase iu nearly
every Important industry. Of furnace
companies 24 wore organiz'd, egaiust 19
during tho same period of last year and
three during tho samo months of Pss, while
of miscellaneous iron ami steel works, such
ns rolling mill, pipe works, otc., there were
twenty-six, or more than double the num
ber during the lirst quarter of 1888, and of;
machine shops and foundries there wero
fifty-seven, against forty 1 tst year aud 1
thirty-six the year before. Thus, while the
south increase's tho number of its furnaces
it makes a still more rapid inerea-e in tho ■
number of its miscellaneous enterprises tliat
tauo pig irou aud turn it into finished
product.
Of flour mills, furniture factories, ice
factories, etc., there was also an increase.
In wood working enterprises there was a.
slight falling oil'.
"a great future.
Commenting on these statements that
Manufacturers' Record says:
“Looking over tho broad field of industry
that is sufficiently represented in the
comparing the ochivem -nts of the last three
months with those of any similar period
during the past decade, remember
ing all that lias been prepared by
immerse investments amounting to
many millions of dollars to become
productive and profitable in tho near future,
wo can see a multitude of reasons for be
lieving that, tho south has just er >s .e 1 the
threshold of development, and that for a
long time to come advances in all lines of
industry will be such as to dwarf by their
greatness all that the world now looks upon
with amazement.”
SHO T DOWN BY A MINER.
A Policeman f-lain by One of a Gang
Sleeping on a Coke Oven.
Punxsutawnky, Pa., March 27.—Tues
day night about 0 o’clock some of the strik
ing miners at Adrian aud Walston came
down to Horatio tor tho purpose of trying
to obtain some money or food for their
families, who aro in very needy circum
stances, and after going around among
their fellow miners they concluded to go and
sleep on tho coke ovens. Coal and iron
Policeman Samuel Smiles ordered thorn to
vacate the company’s promi ei, and after
the men had endured nil they coaid from
tho officer, one of the gang drew n revolver
and fired three shots into him, ami late last
night the officer expired. The comoany
immediately gave chase to the gang, num
bering five, and captured four. They were
all sent to jail. The man with whom tho
policeman lirst came in contact escaped.
Mauy of tho miners’ families are on the
brink of starvation. They live in the
poorest shanties and led miserable lives.
FLACK’S BAD HENCHMEN.
Amended Indictments Brought in by
the Grand Jury.
New York, March 27.—The grand jury
of tho court of general sessions this after
noon brought m amended indictmenti
against Deputy Commissioner of Public
Works Bcrnai and F. Martin aud Deputy
Sheriffs Joseph A. Young ami Philip B.
Walsh. The amendments set fortli th
facta surrounding the taking of money from
persons for whose arrest warren s bad iieen
issued, and which constitutes a bribe. They
also set fortli that tho indicted persons knew
they were acting illegally in every instance.
The accused will be called upon to plond to
morrow.
AN ENCAMPMENT SCHEME.
Prominent G. A. R. Mon Say It is 0
Private Enterprise.
Boston, March 27. —Several prominent
G. A. R. nnm, among whom were Gen. Jj
M. Corse, Maj. Merrill, and Department
Commanders Evans and limes, were s-en
to-day relative to the proposed national
camping ground at Appomattox. They
knew nothing of it, and were inclined to bei
lieve if such u thing was contemplated il
was a private enterprise for private gain-
Nothing bad been said about it in the na
tional encampment, and if it were true th 4
soldiers would be likely to know about it.
THREE BROTHERS KILLED.
An Express Train Strikes Them and
Throws Them Against a Freight.
Binghamton, N. Y., March 27.—Tbre
brothers named Uackofield of New Yori
city were instantly killed at Bed Rock thii
morning by an express train on the Erh
road. They wore struck by the possengel
train ana burled against a freight trail
which was passing and which prevoutwj
them from hearing the approach of th*
express, one of t;,e fastest on the rood. Th
bodies wore all horribly mangled and death
in each Case was iustantaueoua.
STRUCK BY A MINK TRAIN.
Two Men Killed Instantly and a Third
Fatally Injured.
Baltimore, March 27.—An Amtrlvii
special from Frostburg states tnat Ham
Porter and James Carter were killed ant
William Murray fatally injure! to-day bj
a train of loaded cars in tbo Hoffman miuei
of tne Consolidated Coal Company. Tb
men hud ft -libed work and were walking
sl .ng the slope to go Ut their homes wher
the cars came upon theta with the result
stated. _____
To Serve Eive Years In Prlaon.
Kocheatkk, If. Y., March 27. —John A
Dai is, the defaulting city ue -surer </
U sDiester, who embezzled feW.iXU of tb>
city ’s money, plead-4 gully t< a charge <*
grand larceny in t >v llr t degree this umn*
mg and was sente n.- i to five years is
Auburn prison. He will be taken to pritM
to-morrow.
Gaiinciu Miasm is trike.
Gallic**, Pa, March 27, The nuaer
•t the tnU'./ii Coal and Cove Company*
mineeat Gafil/u earn# out to dry uu t
strike hi ..ppteition to toe Heatu ml-*
driller which theeaepsuy iutr.4u wi. Tie
wnvkssre closed, and Um prehibhiUes of l
spwMiy resumptive of work w< not very w
over aging
