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Newspaper Page Text, THE MORNING NEWS. i j Established ISSO. Incorporated 1888. > | J. H. ESTII .I., Presiden;. ) LOUISVILLE IN BLACK. NINETY-SIX BODIES FOUND, AND FUNERALS IN PROGRESS. Five or Six Mora Corpses May be 3 rougtit to Light in Out of the Way Place?—A- Snow Fall That Kas the Effect of a Light Kain. Louisville, March 30.—Ninety-four bodies have been recovered and it is sup pored that five or six more may bo found in out of the way place?. Of tha injured to a noticeable extent the closest estimate is 125. Snow began falling this afternoon about 4 o’cloclr. It melts as fast as it falls and had the effect of a gentle rain, but there lias been nothing like n heavy storm and t ere is no pri spect of one. TEMPORARY ROOFS. Nearly everywhere some measures have been taken to protect property in the roof less territory. In many places temoorary roofs of long plunks have been put on, and in a few instances permanent work is nearly finished. Tarpaulin lines and whatevor olsa will turn water has been pressed into ser vice, and the damage will be greatly les sened. THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. At the tobacco warehouse nearly every thing is under tarpaulins or other protection. Crowds of men wore set to work in them when it was plain that snow or rain would fall, and farmer’s consign* ments, along with manufacturers’ pur chases, were mado as socur >us possible. In spite of all, however, too loss will be considerable, and may reach w'ell toward SIOO,OOO. NO WORK IN THE RUINS. No work has been done on the ruins to day except by individuals, and no bodies have been reported taken out anytvhoro during the day. Funeral professions fol lowed each other in quick succession to Cave Hill, St. Louis, Bertrand and other cemeteries, and the city has been in mourn ing. Many funerals have been with mil itary, Masonic and other honors, and some of the scenes have been very impressive. Masses iiave been said at tlio Catholic churches and sermons preached at the Protestant. KILLED AT DIXON. A Dixon, Ky., special says: “The most terrific storm that ever invaded this section passed through Webster county Thursday afternoon about 6 o’clocs. The storm made its appearance as an ordinary storm usually does, but its cloud soon assumed a light red color, with a dark cloud bunging in the center and funnel-shaped. Then a rumbling sound ensued, accompanied by thunder, lightning, hail and rain, and tLe storm burst forth in its full fury. It was about twenty minutes in duration, but in that time eight lives were lost and thirty persons wounded, some of whom will die. About $150,000 worth of property was destroyed. The track of the storm, so far as known here, began at Black Ford on the Ohio Valiev and ended at bebree on the Louisville and Nashville railroad.” 3HE&KING OB’ THE LEVEES. Tha King of Cotton Planters Saya Thera is Unnecessary Alarm. Chattanooga, March 30.—The follow ing, dated Memphis, has been received by the limes from John P. Richardson, the largest cotton planter in the south: “I And from special telegrams no break in thelsvee at Friar’s Point. Chief Engineer Dabney v. rites that there is no break in his district, and none expected. His levees are in fine shape. A largo force is strengthening and raising every suspicions place. To a great extent the newspapers here have been too sensational. I am sure the planters can and will provide for their labor. Their lands aro useless without labor. Wait until the planters call for aid. At the moment of an unexpected break there is confusion. I fear the newspapers will cause the laborers to do as they did in 1882, wait for government rations and refuse to work, when planting is further behind now than I ever knew it. The planters will call for aid when necessary, and then their calls should be responded to promptly, privately, and by the government. Breaks in the levee aro bad and causing a good deal of the country to bo covered with water, but let the planters not appeal for aid, otherwise their labor will be de moralized and leave tho planters in as bnd shape as if their lands were covered with water.” A TOUR OF THE FLOODED DISTRICT. St. Louis, March 30.—J. J. Hogan of the Memphis Com mercial arrived to-day direct from the flooded district along the "Missis sippi river. Mr. Hogan has just completed a tour of the devastated region. He says the situation is alarming, and in his opinion the flood has not reached its highest notch, in Laconia Circle, which is situated in Despa county, Arkansas, and com prises about 20,000 acres, tho scene is a heartrending one. This strip of country is now under water to u depth of five to twenty feet, and the in habitants—numbering 2,0”0 or 3,000 people, whites and negroes, women and children— are perched on the house tops and in trees. Live stock not already drowned are main taining a piecarious existence with their w retched owners, in some instances on the roofs of residences a-id elsewhere on impro vised platforms of wreckage. Starvation is telling on the cattle, while tho human vic tims are in a scarcely less deplorable condi tion as to food. From Helena the entire M iss > s.ppi delta country, re idling from Vicks burg west to Shreveport and down to New Cr.eans, seems doomed to destruction. Mr. B gan reports all the people in a wide dis trict there fleeing for their lives. AT A STAND AT HELENA. Memphis, March 30.—A special to tho •Ajipcal from Helena, Ark., says: “The rivix came to a stn id to-day, and stands 41. t) f -et on the gauge, 33*.j inches below the high wafer mark of 1886. The steamer Houston Combs and barges loaded with provisions donated by tho people of this place reached Laconia Circle this morning. The unfortunate people of that >l.strict are being relieved as fast as possi ble. i'ii“ levees around Helena are still in K'°d condition, and the feeling here is one of confidence.” STEADILY SWEEPING SOUTHWARD. ' ickbuku, March fit).—The wutor is steadily advancing southward from tho l crovesie. Til.* towns of Fltler*, " 1 ■ *#4 M iramviUa mosts ion go under, as they bo.ug surrounded by water. N. s i’s bayou is rising fast un i the bank ! ~ |V | g In rapidly in front of lb dford *“vcc, Madison parish. Trains biv-- st uiped i;i" lug bo tween Greenville and Rulin' Fork. 1 Iroonvilte is without communication ex ,' It by riv. r. On tin mdu lino of the - ippj Valley railroad, between the <u o river and Lat m ii ter, tho situation •a ywy s. flous. Hi* l’*ciu> lie I r)'/ water I'-i.I i l '” Vicksburg, B.irev,vort ami a ; i e" r wires 1 un ir letwoM Tnbulab and jauieon*, iha water rot, a fuel iu Dry “•Fou. sis m.ia froui iiayvtUe, iu tus OOhi* iMirfittttfir twenty-four hours ending this morning, nui is now within half a mile of the town. WIDTH OF THE BREAKS. Greenville, Miss., March 30.—The break at Hu tmgtoa is about 3do feet, and at Laston 1.300. The water at Huntington is rising 1% inches per hour. PLANS OF CONGR233. The Measures That Will be Before the Two Houses This Week. Washington, March 30.— Under the di rection of Mr. Edmunds, of the committee in charge of legislation, the order of businois in the Senate is reduced to almost a cer tainty. The dependent pension bill is the unfinished business, and w ill bo taken up for discussion to-morrow, unless It should be decided, meanwhile, to first finish con sideration of Florida judicial nominations in executive session. After these two mat ters are disposed of the Montana elec tion cose will be called up. A long debate i? anticipated on the reports in this case. Senator Gray who prepared the minority report, aud his a-sociates on the committee. Senators \ p.nce, Turpie aud Pugh, together with Senators George and Coke, have given notice that they will speak in favor of Messrs. Maginnisand Clark, the democratic claim ants. thf. republican speakers. Senator Hoar, chairman dt the commit tee, will open the deb its in support of the resolution declaring Messrs. Sanders and Power entitled to the seats. Tbo other speakers on the republican side have not declared themselves yet, except Senator Spooner. These three subjects the committee on the order of business, believe will fu ly occupy the entire time of the Senate during tne week aotwuhstandi g that, under the new order of things, beginning to-morrow morn ing, the Senate will hereafter meet at 11 o’clock. Senator Reagan will speak to-mov<rw upon bills providing for tha issuo of treasury notes, upon deposits of silver bullion, and for free coinage of gold and silver. In the House. In the House the army appropriation bill will continue as the subject for considera tion, with probable interruption to-morrow to allow individual members to move to suspend the rules aud pass certain measures of local interest. When consideration of the army bill is completed tne bill to admit Idaho as a state will be called up, and at least tw-o days will be occupied iu its dis cussion. The long deferred tariff bill is expected to make its appearance in the House during the week, and tha appropriations commit tee is making ready to report the legisla tive appropriation bill, which will leave but two of the bills committed to the appro priations committee to bo reported. LAST WEEK’S WEATHER. Crops in This Section of tha Country Reported Benefited. Washington, March 30. —Tho weather crop bulletin issued by the signal service office yesterday is as follows: “The weak ending March 29 has been decidedly warmer than usual over the groater portion of the United States east of the Rocky mountains, the average daily temperature ranging from 6° to 9 above normal throughout the Sou l hern and Middle Atlantic states, white it rvas from 3° to 0” above in the central valleys and Now England. THE RAINFALL. “Excessive rains have occurred during the week over the northern states east if the Mississippi, and in Minnesota, lowa and Eastern Missouri. Excessive rains have also occurred in the South Atlautic states and in Kentucky and over the greater portions of Tennessee and Alabama. Tho precipitations generally exceed one inch over the entire region east of the Missis sippi, white more than two inches fell in Southern New Engiuni, Southern New York, and in Central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys. Only light showers occurred in tho s uthwest, including Louisiana, Texas and Western Arkansas. WINTER WHEAT. “Reports from the entire winter wheat belt indicate that the recent winter freeze during the present month injured the crop less than was at first estimated, and the appearance of wneat has improved during the past week. “Reports from the south west indicate that the weather during the week wa3 especial;}' favorable and planting is progressing rapidly in Texas, Arkansas and i:i the uu flooded districts of Mississippi and Louis iana. “In the Gulf states much of the ground is too wet to plow and farming operations are not so far advanced as usual at this date. “In the South Atlantic states and Vir ginia warm and generally fair weather im proved the condition of growing crops, ex cept in some localities in Virginia and North Carolina, where excessive rains re sailed in some damage. “Early vegetables were much improved in South Carolina.” . CATTLE MEN CHUCKLING. Tho Restoration of the Duty on Leather Mattes Them Gleeful. Washington, March 39.—The represent atives of Phil Armour and tho rest of tho Chicago cattle ring are chuckling with con ceited joy over tho fact that after ail they defeated the leather tne.i by inducing the ways and moans republicans at the last mo ment to restore the cent tax oa hides to their bill, which, U-ider the pressure of Philadelphia, Boston and other leather men, they struck out of the bill o i Tuesday last. The ways and means republicans are keep ing this action strictly secret, esjiccially from the congressmen who represent dis tricts having leather interests, until to-m r row morning, when tho Pill is to be reported to the full committee. There will be a howl among the republican emigre :a men who have t een so strenuously flgutiug to keep this particular raw material freo when they find out to-morrow that after ail their efforts it has been taxed again. They will now have *o rely upon Messrs. Carlisle, Mi ls and tho other democrats on the com mittee to save the leather industries of their constituents from destruction. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. A Gratifying Showing Made at tho An nual Meeting. Washington, March 30.—The auuual meeting of tha American Tract Society was l;c-li! this evening. J us- ice Strong presided. Rev. tl. L. Hheirtr, I). D., the secretary, presented a report of the operati ms of tho society for the eleven months ended March 1. It shows total receipt* of 8334,263, a gam of 2i,126 over the corresponding period iu the previous year, Of the- new puhiica ti ms issue 1 in the year n maj irltjr w re in other languages than English, lUegruuti [ of tract* averaged 7-V),OUu |>a sa each week, A bptnnlr.g Factory Burned. Marih 33,—Lister’s npiunliiit factory at Bradford was d*tr.yj<l by lire I Unlay, The leaf 1* 4.60,000. A PANIC IN' MID-OCEAN. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE CITY OF PAR'S FROM SINKING. A Hole Blown in Her Bottom by the Breaking of Her Low Pressure Cyl inder-The Bravery of the Second Engineer Alone Prevented a Subse quent Explosion. Queenstown, March 30.— The Inman line steamer City of Paris, towed by the steamer Aldersgate, arrived at Queenstown at 4 o’clock this morning. Tha accident by which the City of Paris was disabled oc curred Tuesday, and was caused by the breakage of the low pressured cylinder of the port engine,flying pieces of metal forcing the bulkhead and disabling the starboard engine. The passengers became panic stricken when they found the ship was making water ard that there was a possi bility of the vessel foundering. The water, which flooded the engine compartment, forced through the injecting tubes which, it is alleged, the engineers during the ex citement neglected to shut. The starboard engine was shattered almost to pieces, tie port engine room3 wero filled with upward of 2,000 tons of water and the port engine was entirely useless. SAVED BY THE SECOND ENGINEER. All went well until the 25th inst., when at 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon, while the steamer was going at full speed, the star board engine suddenly collapsed and the low pressure cylinder broke, smashing the injection water pipe connections and burst ing the iron bulkhead dividing the p rt and starboard engines. .Metal flew around in all directions. A portion of the machinery smashed through the steamer’s double bot tom. Water poured through the hole into the engine rooms, compelling the engineers and firemen to rush to the other dock for safety. Te rible consequences would havo ensued but for the bravery of tha second engineer, who, at the peril of his life, enveloped as he was in the hi sing steam, managed to shut off the steam, thus saving the machinery from total demolition which would have happened had the engines con tinued worki lg. Ho thou escap l unhurt. The passengers were much excited, but the captain and officers succeeded in assuring them that there was no danger. The life boats were cleared in readiness for use and the pumps were kept working. AT THE MERCY OK THE The steamer drifted helplessly until the 26tn ins', when the captain sent Chief Offi cer Passon and six me.i iu a life-boat to get, into the track of the other line steamers in the hope of being able to intercept the City of Chester or tbo Adriatic. The boat met the Adriatic, which declined to take the City of Paris in tow. The Aldersgate now hove in sight and offered to to v the City of Paris. The effer was accepted. The Aldersgate is a small steamer unable to go over four or five knots hourly, and progress was slow until Saturd ly, whoa the Onio was sighted. She stood by until 3 o'clock in the after noon, when Fastnet light was sighted. Two tugs were s ;ut out later. The water kept increasing in spite of the pump v An ex amination is b -mg made by divers. Tne accident occurred 210 miles west of Fast net. STATEMENTS OF THE PASSENGERS. Statements by the passengers, which are similar to the other accounts of the acci dent, are to tho effect that there was a loud crash followed by an explosion. The ship quivered and the engine thumped. The vessel leaked rapidly from the hole in her bottom. The officers calmed the excited passengers. The conduct of the crew wa3 admirable. The weather was fine, with no wind. Duri g the sixty hours the steamer drifted sho kept showing distress siguals, sending up rockets and burning flares. Friday morning the Adriatic was sighted. She offered to convey the passengers to New York, but the offer was declined. The Adriatic pro eeded and sent the Aidersgate toaid t ie City of Paris. Three tugs joined the di-a lei vessel, ac companying her to Queenstown. The passengers hold a meeting and returned thanks to Frovidenco for their delivery. They also expressed appreciation of tho ex emplary conduct of the captain and crew, and raised a subscriruion of .£399 for the Liverpool and New York Mariners’ insti tute. THE CAPTAIN’S MEAGER REPORT. The captain of the City of Paris has fur nished to the company’s agent at Queens town a report of the accident. It must be considered a very meager account of an occurrence that has every appearance of being one of the most serious of tho kind on record. The report is dated from the City of Paris, March 29, is addressed to Mr. Cummi is, and says: Tuesday, March 25, at 7:3) p. m., when 216 miles west of l art.net the starboard engine broke down from an unknown cause. Tint cyl inder went to pieces, injuring tha bulkhead and breaking the injection and water pipe connec tions, allowing a considerab e quantity of water to run into both engine rooms and the adjacent sections. No one on board was injured. Mr. Cummins himself want iu a tug to meet the City of Paris, which entered the harbor precisely at 4:50 o’clock iu the morning. TRYING to conceal THE FACTS. A number of press agents who sought to go off to tha steamer were refused permission. Indeed, throughout tho whole matter, scant courtesy has been shown them. When Mr. Cummins returned he was accompanied by three persons, evidently passengers, but none would give a word of information. A second tug want out and brought back neither mails nor passengers, it was only on the arrival of a third tug, considerably later in the day, with a dozen passengers, that anything could be gleaned as to the accident. Special trains were k pt in readiness here throughout the night, with a large staff of* railway hands. Early last eve i.ig, probably before the actual state of affairs on the steamer was known, tho intention of the agents was to lan 1 the mails and pas sengers who desir. and to go ashore and have tho steamer towed straight to Liverpool. Aa moniiug uporoached it leaked out that the steamer would be brought to Cork har bor and all the passengers and mails disem barked. The mails were all laniel by 7 o’clock, but in spite of tha groateit despatch and energy it was well into the afternoon bet re the passengers and liaggngc got away. Too getting of authentic and detailed information is at toudo 1 with tho utrno.t difficulty, owing to the reticence of the company’* officials. However, tho interview* with passengers furnish a fair uptime of the event* both before and after the accident. A Parisian Demonstration Prohibited. Paris, March 3). —ln the Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, M. Coast ing, minister of the lutedor, said the govern in mt was ■ dicituus for the welfare and confident of tiie prudence of the workmen, bit it inis truated th* socialist leaders, and for this reason hud rev lived to prohibit the proposed deni ii i eturn o t May 1. The nolico yesterday per <uilt and a lep Jta lion flout Uie bueb-r# to outer Uin c iam her, but suepre**ol all attempt* to ho.d a uieeMli* aud proOBSUOO. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1890. PATRIOTISM FIRE3 BERLIN. The Ovation to Prlnco Eismarci Un equaled Since 1871. Berlin, March S3.—Prince Bismarck’s birthday was celebrated at the Kaiser’s lauterin to-day with a grand fete, attended by many deputies and a large concourse of people. Herr Miquel delivered an eloquent speech on Prince Bismarck’s incomparable services to the emperor and empire. Thousands of people visited Prince Bis marck to-day. The departure of Prince Bismarck for Friedrich?truhe was the occasion of the greatest public ovation given in Berlin since the return of the victorious troops in 1371. The only thing lacking was an offi cial display of bunting. The sight cf the crowd seemed to fairly take away the prince’s breath, and he appeared to !e making a strong effort to repress his emotion. HEAPED WITH FLOWERS. The interior of the railway saloon was heaped with flowers. On a cushion lay tile emperor’s tribute, a groat wreath of violets encircled a laurel wreath with golden blos soms, and red, white and black ribbons at tached. The empress sent a basket of elder flower blossoms ana magnificent roses. Sev eral tiinosagreat cry arose, “Come buck again,” which seemed to pain tho prince. PATRIOTIC SONGS. Then “The Watch on tho Rhine” was started, aud awakened the deepest emotion, while just before the departure of tbo train “Deutseh Land! Deutsc i Land! Über AUes” was sung. Tho olli oials tried to exclude the public from the station, whereupon hun dreds rushed to buy tickets for ispandau. Soon all the tickets were sold. Then a raid was made on the next station, the fare t > which is a crown. The prince was half pushed, half fitted from the platform. The police were utterly powerloss to keep order. BRAZIL STILL PEACEFUL. Senders of Alarmist Dispatches to be Tried by Court-Martial. Rio Janeiro, March 30. —A decree has been issued ordering parsons guilty of pub lishing or telegraphing false alarmist rumors to be tried by court-martial. EVERY THING PEACEFUL. Washington, March 30. —L ite informa tion received by Mr. Valonto, the Brazilian mi ister, shows that affairs iu Brazil are quiet and peaceful. The government, it is said, is endeavoring to arrange matters so that the first general election und r tho re publican form of government can take place, if possible, earlier than next Septem ber, the time originally fixed. STEAMERS LOST AT SEA. Seven Lives Lost with Ono and Two Boatloads Missing from the Other/ London, March sk—lt is loarnod that tho British steamer Gulf of Aden, from Clyde Jan. 29 for Valparaiso, was wrecked when 100 miles from land. Three bjats, containing in all eighty-one people, left the vessel and one of thorn arrived at Chiloe Island off the west c ast of South America. Two steamer's are searching for tne itusslug boats. 'Tno ikii inh Learner Tom Pyiukn has beers wrefeeH i.i the Scaw. The captain, three officers, and three reu nion were drowned. Monarchists Win In Portugal. Lisbon, March BJ. The government party carried Oporto. The minister of the colonies is elected. Dispatches from the nroviuces show that the g ivernmenc will have a strong majority in Che new cham ber. Maj. Serpa Pinto and Honor Castoiloes, a -cording 1 1 revised returns, are elected in Lisbon by minor ty votes. The president of the recently dissolved municipal council is also elected. Catalonia’s Big Strike. Barcelona, March 80. —The strike movement is spreading throughout Ca'a lonia. Forty thousand rnen uave quit work and it is expected that m iny more will soon join tho sinners. Fears are enter tained that all tho factorie., iu Catalonia will be compollei to close their doors. Thera is a strong anarchist element among tho workingmen. Elections in France. Paris, March 39.—31. Guichard, repub lican, was elected to the Cuamber of Depu ties from the department of the Rhine to day, and M. Raiberti, ai indojiindent re publican, was elected deputy from Nice. Both take the places of deputies whose elections were quash and by the chamber. London Shoemakers Strike. London, March 30.—Ten thousand shoe makers iu this city have gone out on strike. The object of the strikers is to compel the masters to have their Work done iu fac tor.es instead of at the homes of tho work man, and thus do away with the "sweating” system. Bowing- the Knee to Portugal. Lisbon. March 39. —The .Journal do Comme.rcio publishes tho MnkoioloV formal submi-sio i to the Portuguese authorities iu East Africa. The native* express regret at the rebellion and declare that the uprising was incited by English agents. A Lamer Advance Wanted. London, March 39.—Forty thousand ininars in Durham aro dissatisfied with tho f> per ee-.it. advance in wages recently ob tained, a id have re-olved to demand an ad vance of 25 per coat. Colliers Strike in Franco. Mont Lucon, France, March 30.— The colliers of Sioloi Lave struck for an a i vatice iu wages. The me i iu the other collier s thrr ito i to strike, and tue greatost excite ment prevails. SORRO W IN BANDBR3VILLE. Hon. A. M. Ivlayo and Bis Son Dio Within a Few Hours of Each Other. San DERSVfLLE, Ga., March 30.—11-m. A. M. Mayo, clerk of tho superior court of Washington county and clerk of the city of BnudersviUo, died yes.'rrday and was buried iu this city to-day with i. a ionic honors. Ho was one of the most prominent and popular citizen* of t!i!3 county and n faithful and efficient officer. The funeral service* were conducted bv Rev. B. H. Ivoy, tbs Baptist pastor, iu the Methodist church in the presence of a large concourse of people. The Jarnigan Artillery association attended in a Issly, and the members of the city council were the pall-bearer*. Dole itouben, only non of the dsceavnl, w-urcsdy 2 year* old, died to-night and will be buried to morrow. _____ bcott On th* Floor. WAiSHIKOton, March 34.—William L. Hoott redtijsinroil for ilia first tone mi tho floor of \m HiAiae yt>-telily ( wj.J Wat warmly vn-lco'iw i. lie talked Patti* >n for the do iMorttta o Ruination tor gov.roo,- of Pen syivai ib to tiie Pwunejdraais di-mo and udvte'i the and .iiu -rati of the way* and in- *;• cu.niMtMM tv *<sud by tfie fill* blit, Ut Won 11 not like 1 1 sen Uleiu go, a* t hey probably * ill, ftr tun oo*l and Into iron or*. SHOT DOWN IN HIS STORE. A MERCHANT OF BOSTON FATALLY WOUND D B" RIVAL. W. B. Linton the Man Who Putlod the Trigger, and R. B. Shuman His Vic tim—An Old Feud at tho Bottom of tho Trouble- Linton Flees. Boston, G.v., March 30.—Dr. B. IV. Dan iels was summoned last night about mid night to dress the wounds of It. B. Shuman a? Ancilla, about ten miles south of here. Mr. Shuman was mort illy wounded by IV B. Linton about 10 o’clock, with a shotgun loaded with seven buckshot. One shot en tered the left lung, and the remaining six shattered his left shoulder to pieces. Tho shot was fired at close range. The parties had had previous quarrels, and about a yoar aco exchanged shots, but neither was wounded. Last nteht young Mr. Futch ontered Linton's store to make a few small purchases. Linton was mad, and Mr. Futch left his store and wont across the street to Mr. Shuman’s store to do his trading. SNATCHED UP HIS GUN. Linton picked up his shotgun and went across the street to Mr. .Shuman, cursing and trying to cause trouble. Mr. Btiuumn went to the door to ask Linton to cause no trouble. Linton instautlv opened lire on Mr. Shuman with tne above result. As soon as Mr. Shuman fell Linton left for parts unknown. A warrant was sworn out and placed in Deputy Sheriff Blard’s hands for execution. Every means will lie taken to capture Linton. It is reported that $l,O )0 rowan! is offered for his arrest, aud it is thought that the reward will be raised. Public foi ling is very much against Linton. When drinking Linton is considered dan gerous. Dr. Daniels returned to Boston this afternoon at 4 o’clock, and rep orts his patient resting very well under the circum stances. There is little hopo of Mr. Shu man’s recovery. ANOTHER STORY OF THE TRAGEDY. Thomasville, Ga., March 30.—Ancilla is in this county, near the Florida line. Mr. Shuman is a voting merchant, who was conducting :v prosperous business there. Linton is a farmer nearby, and also runs a store just across the road from Shuman. Tbo facts of last, nights tragedy, a? gathered by the Morning News corre spondent hare, are that last night Linton a.id another young fanner nnm.ul Futch '•ore quarreling in the public road between the store.*. Linton had a shotgun. Futch Und a pistol. Futch entered Shuman’s store nnd Linton attempted to follow him, but "as met by Shuman at too door, shoved back, and told not to come in. Thereupon Linton fired a load of buckshot into Shuman's broast, t o two men being only a few fet apart. Mr. Shuman was unarmed and was acting us a peacemaker. All tho parties concerned are people of prominence in their neighborhood, Linton having many prominent relatives in this city and county. THE FREB LIBRARIES. They Stimulate tho Sale of Books . F-v-rywhere. New York, March 89.—Andrew Carne gie’s gonerou. gift lor tho establishment of free libraries has raised the question among publishers and book buyer* a; to tho effect on the book trade generally of public libra ries in the United States. In order to ascer tain how the leading publishing houses re garded the subject, a visit was paid to several of the best known New York pub lishers. * Robert Underwood Johnson of the Cen tury Company spoko unreservedly on the subject. Being naked what effect was pro duced on the company’s business through the opening of large public free libraries, such as that contemplated by Mr. Carnegie, lie said: “Un general principles we are confident that the establishment of freo libraries tends to increase tho sale of books by stimulating tho literary ta tos of the general reader just as the recognition of an international copy right law will stimulate the production of literature. Probably few men who ever lived were prevented fr uu writing a book by tho fact that somebody else had written another. On tbo other hand, many a man’s literary talent has been revealed to him by tho work of others. “It must be borne in mind that tho sys tem of supplying books to consumers is quite different in Amarica and iu E iglund. Over there t o edition of the book is largely regulated by tho number of copies to be ta o i to be taken by Muilie’s library, tho great circulating medium for Britiib readers. Iu England the people depend largely upon tli j libraries winch send book; all through the United Kingdom. This and übtedly pre vents tho English from becoming i book-buying nation. It isn’t generally known that this is tho reason why books are printed there iu three and four volume! that would appear in this country in a single volume. Tnis is to permit the and fibre,it member* of a family to read tho book at the same time, so that it may b3 more quickly returned to tho library. “It i* often superficially urged against fuller recognition uf the right, of uutuors that England is a Country of dear books. Th;* is certainly the case; but it is not due to tho copyright lavs, but to the reading habits of the people. England, as a matter of fact, lias probably ache iper use of books than any other country in the world. The library system will probably never have any such hold in a large country like our o- u as it has in a compact country like Great Britein. "Tl.- relations of the business of the book publisher in tho United Slates to tho library system would be very difficult to determine. As far as the Ce.itury Company is concerned, vo have few data on tiie subject; but I think it will lie found that America i pub lishers rogud the library system as a great ally, and not as a foe to their prosperity. Tne chief foe to the publication ot b ioks which will be bought, praised and kept by the people—a sate of affairs muon to bo desired—is the lack of stability in the hook trade, due to too want of an international copyright law. There are many towns in tbo country in which, twenty year* ago, lhen- was it local bookseller whoso store was the co ter of literary culture lor the town, an 1 who was, in fact,next to tLc minister and school teacher, tho most civilizing genius iu the COlUiiianttjr. Ho V. a i the 'guide, pbil li-Hiph- r and fri- fid’ of the rot' le nient. Go Into the name town now, and you will j,ro!m*-ly find that the energies of the bode;-Iter lnv* lr-eri largely ab*o. L 4 in tiie ->a! of well-pa;mr and kaick-k iaclu, whils t- • ns niuuity lias found it* purvey rof Jlleratuie in n half educate 1, ignorant i inlmr, who km!) Mall the cheap pi rat" I lilt on* of foreign boons and *oil toss* in ituXy by their titte* —s sort of tram-boy literature, fu fret. Certainly tin* *y -lem i* a (try f*L,in purchase ' f books. Tie * paper Lovell are bought and ■•-'id and thrown away, otd tie Is*' act i* proteinl y tf * b-!*t |nsturo( Ur ir*uc|iOl), But • they rspiaosd by good Aumiksa liter stur, writteo by AumtU-ou* and buying Aumtu*! lds**, sad prtwtad iu* substantial form at a cheap price, the book seller would become again a valuable edu cational agency in tho fife of the American aeoplo. The passage of an international copyright law will do much to bring about this desideratum.” Mr. Charles Scribner cf tho firm of Charles Scribner's Bond talked quite en thusiastically of the value of free libraries as an adjunct to the publishing trade. He said: “Such institutions, from the very fact that they multiply the number of renders, tend to increase the number of bookbuvors. They add materially to tho number of those who wish to own books which th'<y have become acquainted with in the libraries. It follows that every new library that is started is altogether a good thing. I think that those boons that have the largest cir culation outside the libraries also iiave tho largest circulation in the lit raries. Take “Little Lord Fauntloroy,” for instance: it has always hail a very extensive circulation in the libraries, yet the outside demand from buyers continues undiminuhed, hav ing, doubtless, bee.i greatly stimulated by tho libraries. “There is no book of our time more widely read than ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ You con find it in every household, almost; yet the libraries continue to supply it to their readers os generously as ever, and its popularity has unquestionably been aug mented by these institutions. “Perhaps,” added Mr. Scribaer, “In the case of a now book, liko ‘Gob. Grant’s Me moirs,’ if tbo libraries took a largo number they might injure the sale a little at the outlet; but every library doesn't take a largo number. It, is quite different in Eng land, whero tho big linraries aro noarly all kept up by subscription. People go to Mtidie’s ami or.lor their uovols and othor books, returning them when road. After six months the books are thrown back on the market and find their wuy to tho second-hand book stores. In our own country it Is quite different. The fro i library doesn't want to go into the book business. A small number of tha now books is taken, and the effect is to help tho sales among the trade. “Clergymen, physicians and the pro fessors iu the leading seminaries are among the best book-buyers; yet almost every book they purchase cm bo found in the libraries. With the exception probably of a certain class of novels, i do not believe any branch of literature suffers from library circulation, as far as the publishers are concerned. VVe havo always regarded tho libraries as an aid to our business.” John Harper, of the firm of tlar|>er & Brothers, is confined to h:s residence by a severe cold, and in his absence no ono at tho great o.tubiiibmont i a Franklin square lias autb iritv to speak for the firm. Ocher pub lish its who were interviewed c decided unanimously with the views expressed by tho Hcribners und the Century Company. “There is no question about it,” said A. W. Wagnalls, senior member of the pub fishing firm of Funk & Wegu Ils. “Jt is to the interest, of publishers everywhere that as many libraries ns possible be established throughout the land. They stimulate tho desire for literature. Tho more good litera ture is disseminated and absorbed, tho greater is the taste for it. Popular appe tite grows by feeding on it. It is a com pound blessing; it refines, ennoble- and broadens tne minds and viowsof the masses, and is one of the greatest benefactors to human society. I say, by all means, tho more froo libraries the better. “I do not believo the sale of any book was * vor affected injuriously Ly the fact that it e uld ho bad at the public libraries. Take our Cyclopedia of Quotations as an example. It is essentially a reference book; yet its sale has been materially helped by the libraries.” G. H. Hanoi son. BOSTON'S VVARKHOU3K. Tho Alliancsm m Organize and Mean Business. Boston, Ga. , March 30.—The Boston Alliance Warehouse Company was or ganizad yesterday by electing thirteen directors, as follows: J. M. Rushing, A. Q. Moody, J. C. Stanaland, A. B. Cone, J. H. Norton, E. L. Noel, D. N. McKinnon, H. 1,. Watkins, D. A. Groover, J. B. Everett, N. R. Spongier, E. R. Whaley, and J. F. Md'arm. All are representative citizens of high standing. The alliancemen will not stop at a cotton warehouse, but have already taken steps to erect an oil mill and fertilize factory. J. M. Rushing was elected president of tbo board of directors; .1. C. Ktanalnnd, treasurer, and A. Q. Moody, secretary. Ten per cont. wan paid ii by tho stockholders. Tho prospects of the alliance waro ous . are very bright, aud the stcck willbj at a premium. THOMASVILLE TOPICS. A Marriage—A Gale The Now Road to Florida. Thomasville, Ga., March 30.—S. T. PhUpot, of tho Gulf house in this city, and Miss Ellen Fields of Abingdon, Va„ were married iu Havnunah Thun day afternoon. The late blizzard, which wrought so much damage in the west, made itself felt here last night in a severe wind, amounting to a gale. The authorities of tho Georgia Southern railroad will soon bo in the city to close up the preliminary arrangements before begin ning work on tho road from Tifton to ThoinatiVilie. A Runaway Marriage. Newman, Ga., March 31).—Wednesday afternoon there nrrivol on Un 2:45 Atlanta and West Point pasitmzer a lady and gen tleman giving theirnamesns Alfred Hacker ■and ioapphira Moll Upon inquiry it was found that they wero iu urgent search of a minister. After spending about live min utes in Ordinary Person's office they went to the residence <-f Rev. Clement O. Carey, and wero married. Mr. Hacker said that he was from New York. It is thought he and iiis bride were a part of the Tallapoosa excursionists. A Mill Burned at Sanford. Hanford, Fla., March 30.—Friday an old mill owned by W. Edgn-, on the wost border of the city, was destroyed by fire-, which is suppo*vl to have benu of incen diary origin. The lons is about ss9'). The mil! was not in us*:. Tho fire swept through a skirt of woods toward the lake front, and was checked and extinguish''l. While the men w, re fighting hue th * flamei the hoys gave chase to singul rabbit i and uluiu.it dr owned rat*. Judge Harder. In Covington. Covington, Ga., March 39.— Teat ac complish**! gentleman and distinguished jurist Judge *V, J). llardon .* visiting Cov ington. )i-: is huie in **ompauy wi u hi* agi-1 mother, tiie gu-e*, of Ins uncle urn! auir, hr. md Mrs. J. J. De trill*. He will ivtnrii )- vine ab III’, i.srcu .19. a i-i -sill r*.‘- inioi,i hl at o'* the bench of tile city court M iiiiisy, March 31. Oakland's k lection. * uni. a mi, Ki.a., Msri-li 3).—The annual ii.vi-uou of te*u o)ti*-f* a* helJ y terday, Ti.i ju* k’ were m Hi* ii Id, The foi tewing we*e eieot-d: Myo , If. i_ Harris ; cters. G <>rg* A. il ii, umweor, Osoia- ti. tenter; uAai-.nai, tl. if. ThSMiaan. Aide* 4 A ***** t DAILY. $lO AYE AR. 1 < 51’K.NTS A COPY. V I 'VEEKLY.I.BS A YEAH. LIVE DOG AND DEAD LION TALMAOE PREACHES FROM A FA VORITE QUOTATION. Tho Dog Alluded to In the Bcriptur® Not tho Sagacious bar,tne of To-day, but the Mangy Cur of Jerusalem— Pm all Faculties Actively Used Bet tor Than Great Ones Unemployed. Brooklyn, March 30.—The e was tho usual difficulty in getting seats, or even standing-room, in tho Academy of Music thD morning when tho sorvieo commenced, the ordinary Tabernacle congregation be ing increased by throngs of persons cage** to listen to the eloquent preach, r. Tho service opened w ith tha singing of the long meter doxoiogy by the immense audience. Dr, Talmage’s subject was, “A Dead Lion,’* and his text, Ecclet. ix., 4, “A living dog ia better than a dead lion.” Following is a* verbatim report of thesormon: The Bible is the strangest, tho loveliest, tho mightiest, the weirdest, the bost of books. Written by Moses tho lawyer, Joshua tha solder, Samuel the judge, Ezra the builder, Job tho poet, David the shep herd, Daniel the prime minister, Amos tho herdsman, Matthew the cu t im-bouse officer, Luke the doctor, Paul the scholar, John the exile;and yet ac .tnplete harmony* from the middle verse of tho Bible, which is the eighth verse of the on- huudyo l amt seventeenth Psalm, b th ways to the* upper and lower fids, hud from the shortest pas sage, which is the thirty-fifth verse of tha eleventh chapter of John, to the longest; verse, which is the ninth vorseof tho eighth chapter of Esther, and yet not au imperfec tion in all too 773,693 words whicil it is composed of. It not only reachos over tha past, but over the future; has iu it a terry bout, as in second Samuel; a telegraphiq wire, as in Job; and a railroad train, as in Nabum; and introduces us to a foundry mnn by the nainnof Tubal Cain, and a ship builder by the name of Noah, and an archi tect by the name of Aholiab, and tells us how many stables Solomon h id to take earn of his horses, and how much he paid for those horsos. But few things in tills versa tile and comprehensive book interest mo sa much as its apothegms, those short terse, sententious, epigrammatic sayings, of which my text is one—“A living dog is better than a dead lion.” Here the lion standi for nobility, end tha dog for meunnee<. You must know that the dog mentioned in the text is not one of our American or European, or Sottish dogs that, in our mind is a synmsm for tho beautiful, the graceful, the the sagacious, and tho true. The Be. Bern ard dog is a hero, and if you doubt it axle the snows of the Alps, out of which ha picked tho exhausted traveler. The shep herd dog is a poom, and if you doubt it, ask tho highlands < f Scotland, Tho Arctic dos* is tho rescue of explorers, and if you doubt it, ask Dr. Kane’s cxjiedition. The wate i dog is a living protection, and if you doubt it, ir k ton thousand homos ends over whoso safoty ho watched last night. But Solomon, the author'of my text, lived in Jerusalem, and tho dog to speaks of in the text was a dog in Jerusa lem. last, December 1 puss ! days uni nights within a Bto ifl’B throw of where Sol omon wrote this text, and from what I saw of the canines of Jerusalem by day, and heard of thorn liv night, I ca t understand the slight appreciation tny toxt puts upon the dog of Palestine. It is lean aid snarly and disgusting, and afflicted with para site?, ami t:ake3 revenge on the hu man race bv filling the nights with clamor. All up and down tfio Bible, the most of which w.:s written in Palestine or Bvrin, or contiguous lands, the dog is used in contemptuous comparison. Huzacl said, “Is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing?” In self-abnegation the Byro-Phamician woman sail. “Even the and igs eat of tho crumb i which fail front tho master’s table.” Paul says, in Philip pian*, “Beware of dogs;” and Sc. John, a l niir >. i speaking of heaven, says, "Without aro dogs.” Un tho other hand the lion is healthy, strong and loud-voiced, and at its roar tha forests echo and the mountains tremble. It Is marvelous for strength,] and when its tddo is removed the muscular compactness is something wonderful, and the knife of tha dissector hounds back from the tendons. By the clearing off of tho fore ts of Pales tine and tho use of fire-arms, ot which the lion is particularly afraid, they havo dia* appeared from place* wheru once they ranged, but they were very bold in olden times. They attacked an army of Xarxoa while marching through Madedonia, They wore so numerous that ona thousand lions wero slain iu forty years in the amphitheatre of Rome. The Barbary lion, tin: cape lion, the Soi.egnl lion, tho As syrian lion, make up a most <*' -orbing anrl exciting cha- ter in natural ’ _,tory. Aa most of tho Bible was written iu regioua lion-haunted, this creature appears in almost all ports of the Biblo as a simile. David understood its habits of night-prowl ing and day-slumbering, as is soon from his description: “The young lions roar after their prev and seek'their meat from God. The sun arisotb, they gather themso'vcs together and lay them down in their dons.” And again he cries out: “My soul is among lions.” Moses knew them and *aid: "Judah is couched like a lion.” Samson know them for he took honey from tha carcass of a slain lien. Solomon knt-W them and says. "The king’s wrath is as the roar of a lion,” and again, “Tne slothful man says, There i-: a lion in tho way." Isaia'i k ew them, ana says, in tho millennium, "T o lion shall eat straw like an ox.” Ezekiel knew them, and saysj “The third w.is iu the face of a lion.” Paul know them, amlsays: "I was delivered out of the mouth <>f the lion.” Peter knew them, and says, “The devil as a roaring lion w-aliieth about.” Ht. John knew them, a: and nays of Christ, “Behold the Lion cf tho trilio of Judah!” Now, wiiat doe* mv text moan when it puts a living dig and a dead lion side by side, and says the former is better than tha latter lit means that small faculties actively used are of more value than groat faculties unemployed. How often you see it! tSc/ne man with limited caoacity vastly useful. Ho tnk's that which God hasglvo:i him ami says: “My mental endowment is not largo nnd the world would not rate me high fur my intelligence, and ray vocabulary is lim it*- 1, and my education was defective, but licre goes what 1 have for God aud salva tion, ar.d tho making of the world good anil happy.” He puts In a wurl hero and a word tliere, encourage* a faint-hearted man, give* atcripture imssago in consolation to tome bereft woman, picks up a child (alien In tbo street and helps him i.runh off tho du.i, ami put a livo-ceii*. j ie -e iu hi* hand, telling him li t to c- y, so that the boy is singing before bn gets r u and tiro corner; waFii.g on everybody that ha* a letter ta carry or a ms**ng'! Pi deliver; wanes Into n rail traui, or a kPtge e -acti, w (tee t, or shop v. ith a smiling fuce that *e s everv body to thinking, “If that man can, with what appear* uinsli vquipirw it in Ilfs, bs happy, why cannot J, |m*w*>tl g far inura than be btut, t<u equally bappy t i in* day of that kind ot doing tiling# may not amount to much, but f *rty year* of tut no one but did n.i,.* ,t in * appreciate it* 1-uuieiitity, There ere ten* of thuusand* of Mtcii tem pi*. I ten 4r*-i* of M*. : u*iu'.ai" *|* wua I, lbo teas it kiuiwu ovw at Un* *t.r. He i*