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Newspaper Page TextI THE MORNING SEWS, i ) Ebtablishid isno. Incorporated 1888. V J J. H. ESI ILL, President. I A GALE OYER THE FLOOD AEKA.NSA3 CITY IN DANGER OF BEING BLOWN AWAY. Xwd Cburche3 and Several Other Buildings Blown From Their Foun . dationa Government Barges Re moving People and Cattle to Dry Places—The Inhabitants Keeping Up Their Courage. Xtyr Orleans, April A —A special from Arkansas City received at a late hour last night says: ‘‘Another wind and rain storm raged here last night. The rain poured down all night. About several strong blasts of wind in rapid succession severely tested the strength of every house i:i town, and brought their occupants out of their beds. For ssvcral minutes it looked as though the town would be blown away. The terrors of the storm in a town covered by water to the depth of 8 to 12 feet cau be hardly imagined.” CHURCHES BLOWN DOWN. “The Catholic church, an elegant little structure, was blown from its foundation npd considerably damaged. The building was Hooded to the depth of eight feet and nil its furniture and fixtures were dam aged. “The negro church was also blown from its foundation but not seriously damaged. “Three or four residences were treated likewise. “The damage will aggregate $2,030. “This morning dawned bright and clear. The river has been falling all day after a rise of one foot last night on account of the rain and the gauge this morning registers •is. 4 feet. The backwater is falling again, and if it should continue to fall a few days the outskirts of the overflowed districts along Crooked Bayou will be sufficiently relieved for the planters to resume opera tions. GOVERNMENT BOATS BUSY. “Two government boats, the H. M. Gor man and R. A. Sheet!, have been busy all day relieving distressed people on the oppo site side of the river. Capt. Tolliuger of the government service has secured a large e impress building here and those of the Mississippi people who want to come iie is having brought over. The barge is at < Miutt’s landing to-day being loaded with colored families and their goods. They will be brought here to-morrow. The building can accommodate several hundred. AN OFFER TO HUNTINGTON. “Capt.Tollinger offers to bring the people at Huntington, who are crowded on plat f. irms and on the levees over to-day and give them quarters, but they declined for the present, and will remain where they are unless another bad spell of weather sets in. There are two burges lying at Huntington to-day, and stock is being put aboard. In a day or two these barges, together with several other barges with -tock that has been saved from the flood in the Mississippi, will he taken by the Sheid up the Arkansas river to the prairies in Arkansas county, where they ill be kept until the overflow subsides. < aple. Tollinger and Hider are turning their attention now almost exclusively to saving people and their property, and with the limited moans at their command they are doing good service.” A TORNADO IN ILLINOIS. Houses Unroofed, and a Furniture Factory Partly Wrecked. Galena, 111., April 4. —A tornado passed over this city yesterday afternoon. It was accompanied by a deluging rain and a fearful rumbling noise, which caussd great fright among the people. As far as reported the damage includes the blowing down of many sign-boards, the partial destruction of a furniture factory, ti e unroofing of several houses in that locality, and the wrecking of the smoke-stack of the Galena boot and shoe factory. Oa the hills in East and West Galena fences were leveled and trees were uprooted. No lives were lost, and no person was injured, but many miraculous escapes are reported. At Urbans, 111., three busi ness bouses were uuroofed during the storm, but no other damage is reported. MONMOUTH GETS OFF EASY. Monmouth, 111., April 4.—A small cyclone struck this city yesterday, and some damage resulted, but the storm for tunately lifted and passed over the princi pal portion of the city. Part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad’s round house was blown down. Several buildings were damaged and roofs blown away. CARS TAKE A TUMBLE. Spreading Rails Throw Them Down, an Embankment. St. Louis, April 4.—About 6:30 o’clock this morning, as an incoming fast express train on the Wabash road was rounding a curve two miles from St. Charles, Mo., the rails spread, and five of the six cars con stituting the train left the track, and pitched partly down an embankment. Some of the cars turned over on their sides and the passengers were thrown about, but none were very seriously injured. All the wounded were speedily taken from the overturned ears, most of them through windows, and were transferred to tho St. Louis accommodation train and brought to this city, where those who desired attention were taken to the company’s hospital and had their wounds dressed, after which they left tor their respective homes or destina tions. When the mail car upset some coals ro led out of the Rtove and ignited some mail matter, but tho flames were immedi ately quenced by the use of hand grenades, aud no material damage was done. Capt. Couch Shot. Kansas City, April 4. —A special to the Ti" les from Oklahoma City says that Capt. J*' • 1.. Couch, loader of the Oklahoma boomers and ex-mayor, was shot this after noon by j, (j. Adams. The bullet entered his left leg and the captain is crippled for ole. Capt. Couch wus a contestant for a valuable claim adjoining the city on the "_cst, on which Adams has a filing. This af'ernoon they quarreled and the shooting followed. A Stray Case of Fever. • *?, ALTIMOHE i April 4.—The ship A. Me al.am, from Rio Janeiro, is detained at quarantine. Three of the sailors died on the passage, the first of yellow fever. Fob. IJ, and the other two Feb. 21 aud on March 4, respectively. Capt. O’Brien said ttie lat ter two did not die of yellow fever, and that there was no epidemic on liis ship. The man who died contracted yellow fever while the s mp lay at anchor in Rio. All were buried at sea. A Chase After Horse Thieves. I)envei>., Col. , April 4.—A Cheyenne, *' J®-. special says all the northern sheriffs are at lull cry on the trail of a desperate tong of wholesale horse thieves. The free booters, finding themselves closely pursued, cut the telegraph wires. The thieves have , Jit tl 7 !e re “ched Montana with 200 head cl Wyoming horses. §£!)? iffiofttittg ffetog. CRANK RATHER THAN CRIMINAL. Miss Shipley Only Eccentric, and Won't be Prosecuted. Philadelphia, April 4.—Mary Rebecca Shipley, from Stauuton, Va., who was ap prehendel Wednesday for shop-lifting, and who afterward made an astonishing confes sion, has been released on SOOO bail. Her bondsman is S. L. Gobelof the Eagle hotel, whore Miss Shipley was boarding. Detect ive Smith said to-dav that Miss Shipley had told Gobel that she did not feel that she was a thief, because she had not taken the goods which were found in her trunk from the various stores with a criminal intent. • HEIRESS TO AN ESTATE. Detective Smith also said he had received a letter from Maj. J. W. Newton of Staun ton, Va., informing him that Mr. Newton was the executor of the estate of Miss Ship ley’s mother, and that he would start for Philadelphia to-day to take Miss Shipley home w ith him. The detective also had a letter from M. M. Gibson, a lawyer at Nor ristown, who made an appeal on behalf of Miss Shipley. He stated that he was well acquainted wish her and knew her family ami her history. He said she had been ec centric since she was a young girl. WON’T BE PROSECUTED. Chief of Detectives Wood also received a telegram from a prominent geutlernan in Baltimore corroborating Miss Shipley’s story about her repectable connections, and sent it over to Detective Smitb. Her grand mother. Mrs. Davis, resides on North Fourth street, and is 95 years old. Detective Smith to-day finished assorting the goods belonging to tbe different firms which had been indicated as owners of Miss Shipley’s pilferings and said he would return them at once. He said it was probable that this would be the last of the matter. The losers would get their goods back and nobody felt like prusecuting tbe defendant. RHODE ISLAND’S ELECTION. The Balloting at Newport To-day to be Under the Old Law. Newport, R. 1., April 4.—The supple mentary election here to-morrow will be under the old voting system, aud not under the new ballot law. Oaly last weak the legislature passed a law making tho new ballot law apply to supplementary elections, requiring city and town clerks to have bal lots printed bearing a facsimile ot their signatures. A copy of the law was not re ceived from the secretary of state by the city clerk until this noon, too late to have the ballots prepared. The parties are, there fore. printing their own ballots ns in former elections. Two representatives are to be voted for. THE RESULT AT PROVIDENCE. Providence, R. L, April 5, 2 a. m.— At 12:45 o’clock this mogping the aldermen concluded tbeir canvass of ttie votes cast in Wednesday’s election. Tney found that four representatives had been elected from the city instead of two. as heretofore an nounced. They are Jesse Metcalf, third representative, who has a majority of 35 votes; Hiram Howard, fourth representa tive, who has a majority of 161; William K. Potter, eleventh rep resentative, with 53 majority, and Lorin M. Cook, twelfth representative, who has 14 majority. They are all democrats, so that the party now i:as elected 38 mem bers of tiie legislature instead of 36, and have to elect 17 more to secure a majority in the grand committee. Tho republicans have to elect 12 more members to secure the same result CHICAGO’S CARPENTERS. Forty Firms Request to Submit Their Demands to Arbitration. Chicago, April 4. —A formal request signed by forty leading business firms was presented to the Journeyman Carpenters’ Council last night, asking that the proposed strike for an eight hour day and an advance in wages be submitted to arbitration. A duplicate ot tho circular is to be presented to the Master Carpenters’ Association. The journeymen suspended action, pending information as to what stand would be taken by the bosses. A de cided inclination was manifested by the men to stand by their full demands aud en force them to the letter. COKE OVENS TO CLOSE. The Workmen Opposed to the Re striction of tile Output. Scott Dale, Pa., April 4.—Tho indica tions point to the shutting down of all the coke plants in this region. Master Work man Kerfoot and Secretary Parker differ widely from tho operators’ plan to re strict the coke production, and state in positive terms that ic the Scott plant of 454 ovens is closed down next week, ns in tended, there is a probability that all the works in the region will bo put out of blast. The labor leaders assert that the notices of closing the ovens have caused wide dis-atu factiou among the miners. A. F. O’BRIEN DEAD. He Represented Colleton County In the Carolina Legislature. Charleston, S. C., April 4.—A. F. O’Brien, who has represented Colleton county in the state legislature for the past six years, died here to-day. He arrived from Colleton two days ago and went to a board ing house, where he was suddenly taken ill, and died to-day. Capt. O’Brien was a gal lant confederate soldier and lost an arm in the service. He was counted the most popular man in Colleton con :ty. The Confederate Survivors’ Association will take charge of the remains. Pennsylvania Importing Negroes. Pittsburg, April 4. —Seventy negroe from Halifax county, N. C., arrived here to day to work in the coal mines of W. P. Rend & Cos., near here. The negroes are to be paid from $1 to $1 50 per day at the start. The miners say there will be trouble if the new men work for less than the scale rate. Six Shot by Moonshiners. LOUISVIL.LK, April 4.—At Flemingsburg, Ky„ moonshiners have recently ambushed revenue officers in a number of fnstauces. Eph Cooper, Si in Cooper, Bart Bumgart ner, George Hogg, and Nelson Eagari have been shot, but advices do not state whether they are mortally wounded or not. Hall Roberts was shot and seriously wounded. All were in the revenue service as officers. Pittsburg's Speakeasies. Pittsburg, April 4.—Some 310 liquor licenses were granted here for Pittsburg and Allegheny City to-night, over 123 issued last year. The cut in the list for 1889 brought over 1,000 -speakeasies" into exist ence, aud the court acknowledges that re strictive temperance will not do. A Conviction in Harlan County. Louisville, April 4.—At Harlan Court House, where Judge Bovd is holding court with a company of soldiers to prevent in timidation of the jury, Hiram Hall has been convicted of murder and senteuced to twenty-one years imprisonment. CHICAGO AND THE FAIR. HISCOCK STILL TRYING TO PICK FLAWS IN THE SCHEME. A Subcommittee of the Senate Com mittee to Investigate the Value of the Subscription List—The Stockholders Hold a Riotous Meeting at Chicago to Elect Directors. Washington, April 4.—The Senate com mittee on the world’s fair was in session several hours to-day. The bill as it passed the House was read in full, together with Senator Daniels’ amendment proposing that suitable ceremonies be held at Washington Oct. 12, 1892, in connection with tbe unveiling of a statue of Christopher Colum bus, the opening of the fair at Chicago to follow. When this had boon concluded Chairman liisrock raised the question of the quality of the subscriptions to the $5,009,000 guarantee fund. Senator Farwell, representing Chicago’s interests on the committee, stated that Lyman Gage, chairman of the finance com mittee, had appeared before the world’s fair committee of the House and testified that 98 per cent, of the subscriptions could be collected in cash, and he (Mr. Farwell) had asked Mr. Gage to make tbe same state ment to Mr. Hiscock as chairman of the Senate committee. He supposed Ibis had been done and that the statement would be satisfactory to the committee. Senator fliso >ck said he could not use a statement made in that way as evidence before the committee. A SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE. It was finally decided to refer the investi gation of the subscoption to a subcommit tee consisting of Senators Hiscock, Hawley, Wilson of lowa, Gray, and Daniel to re port within a week. After consultation with the members of the subcommittee Mr. Farwell telegraphed to Mr. Gage at Chicago to send to Chairman Hiscock the following: 1. A certified copy of the articles of in corporation of the world’s fair exposition, with a list of the directors to be chosen to-day. 2. A list of 1,000 of the largest subscrib ers to the guaranty fund, together with the amounts they subscribed. 8. Tho number of subscribers of less than SIOO, and of the number from SIOO to SSOO. 4. The plan proposed for increasing the guaranty fund and what has been done to carry it out. 5. A statement signed by Messrs. Gage, Doane, (Idell and Wirt Dexter as to the re sponsibility of the signers of the subscrip tion fund, and the probability of collecting the amounts subscribed. A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS. Chicago, April 4. —The stockholders of the Chicago World’s Fair Association, representing 500,000 shares of $lO each, met for organization at Battery “D” armory this morning at 8:30 o’clock. A wicket at the great doors at the entrance was opened, and stockholders, with credentials in hand, began to pass in, at first a few but later in a compact line, the number outside seeking entrance constantly increasing till a solid mass surrounded the doorway. The line as it entered was guided to the large room on the second floor. Here clerks ranged behind tables scanned the certifi cates presented, showing that the bearers of proxies had paid the required 2 per cent., and they received certificates showing the number of shares which they are respect ively entitled to in the meeting. It was nearly noon when Mayor Crieger as chair man of the committee to secure the fair called the meeting to order. On motion he was chosen permanent chairman of the meeting and James IV. IScott was made secretary. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Previous to the opening of the meeting printed tickets bearing forty names of prominent citizens who, it was suggested, were well fitted to become directors of the association, were passed around. It was explained that this was merely in the way of suggestion for the benefit of stocknolders who had not an acquaintance nor the time necessary to make up a good ticket, and that live blank spaces were left to be filled in by each individual voter, in a belli: that the meeting would want to make the board consist of forty-five men. It soon became evident that there was au element of dissatisfaction in the meeting. As soon as the preliminaries were disposed of, ex- Mayor Carter Harrison, who had previously addressed the meeting in one corner of the hall, walked to the front, and, mounting a chair, said he desired to move that the num ber of directors be increased to seventy-five, so that the poor man would secure fair representation on tho boarJ. He did not want to cut out the names mentioned; they were good men, but he wanted to see localities represented which were now being slighted. A THUNDERBOLT. Mr. Harrison was followed by Washing ton llesing, who made a great sensation, when he openly alleged star chamber pro ceedings and said that tho ticket had been prepared by the Southside railway and First National bank. A few hisses greeted this thunderbolt, but tne cheers were weightier. Foreign nationalities had been overlooked. Tt’.ere were twenty-four national ities in the city. The Germans had tieen honored with two names on tho pro posed board of directors and the Irish one name. In behalf of the whole city he de plored the attempt to force forty star cham ber names upon the city. It was narrow minded and selfish, and he seconded Mr. Harrison’s motion to make the number seventy-five. More hisses and groans and loud cheers followed this. Victor F. Lawson moved an amendment that the number of directors bo forty-five. ALMOST A RIOT. A viva voce vote on this proposition was found to be unsatisfactory and a formal ballot by shares of stock was called for. At 1:15 o’clock the noise became simply deafen ing. A hundred stockholders jumped to the soats of their chairs and all were talk ing at once, and during the whole trouble the only question which had yet been put to the moeting was that concerning the number cf directors to be elected. Fifteen ininutis of something which more nearly approached a riot than anything else were spent before the tellers supplied the hundreds of voters with ballots. Speeches were made in a dozen parts of the ball at the same time. When the vote was finally taken and an nounced, it was found that the motion to increase the number of directors to seventy live was lost, 54,345 shares of stock being voted for the motion and 246,444 shares against it, making a total of 300,783 shares voted. THE SLATED TICKET ELECTED. Victor F. Lawson movod that nomina tions be made by the voters prosent, sand ing to the secretary the names of whoever they desire to represent them. The motion prevailed, and each of the several thousands present prepared a list of forty-five names and sent it up. Then Secretary Scott drew one long breath and proceeded to road. All the party names on the p. inted list wera nominated and many more, ranging from Chauncey M. Depew of New Yorx .to John Smith of the Sixth ward. A ballot was then taking for the Durpose of chooemg forty-five of the nominees to act as directors of the corporation. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 5. 1890. When all of the votes had been cast the meeting adjourned. Shortly tierore the adjournment, the fol- j lowing resolution was passed and entered sent bv telegraph to the senators from Illinois in Washington: Resolved, That the vast meeting representing tbe great majority of shareholders in the worlds exposition of 1892, and repr.’seuthiE also the larger Ixxiy of citizens of Chicago, approve and confirm all the pledge- heretofore made on our behalf by our represent atives in congress. We earnestly appeal to the Unit-d States Senate for a prompt and favorable consideration of the House bill on tbe world's Columbian exposition in order that our people may expedite the needed preparations for the stupendous under taking to be confided to us. NAMES OF THE DIRECTORS. Just before midnight the count of the ballots was finished. Tbe forty-five directors chosen are as follows, the first thirty-six being from the list prepared beforehand: Owen F. Aldis, Samuel W. Allerton, W. T. Baker, Thomas S. Bryan, Mark L. Crawford, W. H. Colvin, D. C. Cregier, J. W. Ellsworth, Stuyvesant Fish, Lyman J. Gage, H. N. Higginbotham, C. L. Hutchinson, R. T. Jeffrey, R. A. Keyes, M. M. Kirkman, H. H. KoMsaat, E. F. Lawrence, T. J. Lefens, Cyrus H. McCor mick, Andrew McNally, Joseph Medill, Robert Nelson, Potter Palmer, J. C. Peas ley, Ferd W. Peck, E. M. Phelps, E. S. Pike, M. A. Rversou, Charles H. Schwab, A. F. Seoberger, VV. E. Strong, R. A. Wall, Edwin Walker, John R. Walsh, C. C. Wheeler, Otto Young, C. li. Walker, E. G. Keith, E. B. Butler, F. S. Winston, A. Nathan, C. T. Yerkos, W. D. Kerfoot, J. J. P. Odell and J. V. Far well, Jr. DBPEW BREAKS LOOSE. His Head Full of Erroneous Ideas About tbe South. Washington, April 4.—Chauncey M. Depew arrived hero this evening in excel lent health. In an interview with a I'ost reporter he expressed himself as delighted with the hospitality of the southern people. “Did you see much of the new south!” the reporter asked. "Some of the now south and a good deal of tbe old south. It is there still. The old stock look on the colored man as a sort of nuimal, destitute of moral sense aud respon sibility, who, like Frankenstein becomes, for that reason, dangerous in proportion to his liberty and opportunities. They sin cerely think that their property will be wiped out or confiscate 1, their homes broken up and society destroyed if the colored men’s votes are counted, and they look upon the northern republicans as a species of anarchists who will cheer fully co-operate in that destruction. Nine-tenths of the democrats of the south seem to be imbued with such ideas. The now south hns a different spirit; it believes in mines and mills and corner lots; it be lievas in attracting enterprise aud capital; but the old south is a long way down the millenium of political regeneration. The remedy is not plain, but it certainly does not lie in federal legislation. the southern convict system. “One thi,ng which more thau any other has debauched public sentiment in the south is the convict labor system, which holds in certain states. U nless Kfnnau’s stories of the Siberian horror* mo absolutely true, there can be no scene* in auivtfczed country so terrible as In the southern con vict camps. These poor wretches are leased to men who have no interest in their welfare or reformation. No one sees whether they are properly fed, clothed, housed, treatod, or cared for. Sometimes the contracts call for n certain number of convicts and the state furnishes them. How? If they can’t fill the quota otherwise, most trivial offenses are made excuse for terms of imprisonment. I have no doubt that many innocent men are serving sentences in southern convict camps that the quota might be tilled.” SOUTH AMERICAN RECIPROCITY. Blaine’s Offer to the Argentine Repub lic Only a Bluff Washington, April 4. —Secretary Blaine’s attempt to get the ways and means republicans to let him tack on to the tariff bill his offer of commercial reciprocity to any of the countries south of us, has started a rumor that his special offer to the representatives of the Argentine Republic iu the pan-American conference was ac cepted and that a treaty of commercial reciprocity is about to be transmitted to the Senato. Coupled with the report is ttie statement that this accounts for the replac ing of the tax on bides, and for tho “quiet attitude” of the New England republicans. THE FACTS IN THE CASE. Now, the facts are that Secretary Blaine’s specific offer to tho Argentine dele gates was a cnaracteristic bluff, not worded so that it could be accepted, and, of course, was declined, as Secretary Blaine expected it would be; that the tax on bides was reduced by Phil Armour and his associates, aud had nothing to do with the Blaine proposition which the committeemen had refused to put in their bill, and that the New England republicans continue to bo in as lively and agitated a “quiet attitude” as can well be imagined. They are not giving a thought to the Senate proposi tion of commercial reciprocity with the Argentine Republic, but are working hard to get tho hide tax off. Secretary Blaine, like everybody else when foiled in the House, especially with the ways and means republicans, has gone to the Senate to see it he can’t get his commercial reciprocity proposition tacked on to any tariff bill adopted there. ALIENS IN OUR NAVY. A Bill to Prevent Their Enlistment In the Future. Washington, April 4.— The House com mittee on naval affairs to-day directed a favorable report of the McAdoo bill to pre vent the enlistment of aliens in the navy. The bill prohibits the enlistment of alums who are not naturalized or who have not declared an intention, and also prohibits re-enli:tment of aliens in the navy at preieot, unless they become naturalized. In reporting the bill to the House Mr. McAdoo says that tho com mittee has direct evidence that the de cadence of tlio American merchant marine has so reduced the number of American sailors that difficulty is found in getting naturalized men to man our war vessels. PREFERENCE GIVEN FOREIGNERS. On this phase ot the auestion the com mittee says it also has evidence that prefer ence has been given to foreigners m man ning ttie vessels of the navy rather than to citizens by birth and adoption. Figures are given as to the number of aliens now in the naval service. Outside of apprentice boys there are 1,338 American burn men in a total force ot 7,496, and counting boys there are 3,668 American born, as against 4,378 foreign born. Tne committee unanimously recommends that the bill paw. An Election Contest. Washington, April House com mittee ou elections to-dav heard arguments upon the contested election case of McGinnis vs. Alderson, from the third district of West Virginia. Gen. Goff and Mr. Fuller represented the contestant and Me-srs. Lenity and Sinclair appeared for the sittlug member. BUCK’S RULE IN GEORGIA A TIME WHEN THE CONBITUTION LEANED HIS WAY. The Boss So Confident of the Paper’s inclination to Bplit the Democratic Party On the Tariff Question That He Opened Negotiations—l he Paper’s Second Thought the Best and It Failed to Flop—The Disclosure of the Scheme Incident to a Reply to Gen. Longstreet. Washington, April 4.—C01, Buck, the “bass of Georgia,” has prepared a stst meat in reply to Gen. Longstreet, in which he reviews tho history of their relations to the republican party in Georgia for tho past eight years. He then says: “The general complains of the want of reoogui zation of his recommendations. He unfor tunately recommended for some of th most important offices in the state avowed democrats, declaring them to be good republicans, in other cates men of little value to any party or any cause as republi cans worthy of confidence and trust, while in a few cases he recommended fair repub licans. TREACHERY CHARGED. “His recommendations, however, for the most part were made in hostility to, and perhaps largely for, tho crippling of the party organization in the state and to build up practically nothing in its place. Having little political ability and less following, he is now even powerless to destroy, much less to build. 1 thought that his not voting the republican electoral ticket was of no moment in itself, and that it only illustrated a characteristic of the general to be ulways in opposition to any party action taken and in keeping with his previous record, which I have t een informed is that of not having voted a republican ticket in 12 years. DENIES PUBLISHING THE FACT. “I made no publication of the general not voting tho republican electoral ticket and voting for the regular democratic nominee for congress, nor have 1 nor any of my friends, I believe, caused such publication, I first seeing it in print charge rhat 1 wus fighting him bn that ground. Nor is it true that I was making opposition to him personally or on the ground that he was a Catholic, and his state ment that (Senator Colquitt joined with the ropublicaus in any way, much less on religious and political grounds, in oppo sition to him or what he represented is ut terly false, and is asserted by the general, I think, not that he does not believe It, but because some trifling person having charged it in the newspapers, in his iniud it must be true, DREW ON HIS IMAGINATION. “Ha must have drawn largely upon his imagination in making bis remarkable statement that a recognition by the repub lican administration of tho leadership of himself anil his associates would have brought several s mthern states into tho indorsement of the party nominees in 1892. He had no organization at his back and no pronounced public policy to lie pur sued. He aud his few adherents have done nothing to inaugurate any move ment in the south, or in Georgia for the past six years that lias been heard of, and it is inferred that a recogntion of wnat lie presented meant that appointing active democrats to office iu part, aud worthies* pretenders in part, who for spoils only urged him on In opposition to the party, would win states from the democrats.” THE GEORGIA APPOINTEES. In reply to Gen. Longstreet’s charge that the Georgia offices have lieen filled with “carpet-buggers and niggers,” Col. Buck states that only four of the hundreds of postmasters appointed in Georgia are col ored meu and only seven men are of north ern birth. He adds: “There are no other cases of applications of colored men to be acted upon of which I am aware.” He states that in the internal revenue and customs service “except as storekeepers aud gaugers I can recall only three colored per sons appointed, ami there are very few, if any, men of northern birth.” Under the department of justice, he states that no colored man has been ap pointed, and only one man of northern birth, THE DEAL FOR 1892. Speaking of Gen. Longstreet’* charge that Col. Buek has been giving tho offices in return for the Georgia vote in the con vention of 1892, Col. Buck says: "It is only charitable to say that the gentlemen has not the vigor of mind he once had, for if he wore his former self bo would see tho ab surdity of such an imaginative statement, as it is entirely untrue and hardly needs contradiction.” Col. Buck say3: “I never solicited or desired to be chairman of any committee, or asked to go to any con vention, state or national, but stirank from political responsibility, and shall be glad when I can be honorably removed there from.” DENIES REPELLING RECRUITS. Col. Buck says that far from repelling re cruit!, he has invited all men believing in republican principles to vote the republican ticket. He says that iu 1888. he brought Congressman McKinley to Atlanta to help divide thewhitoaml colored vote on the tariff question. The democrats have con tinued, by drawing the color line, to keep all white men from voting the republican ticket and “any negroes” from voting the democratic ticliet. At the November elec tion in 1888 he saw little result. NEARLY WON OVER THE CONSTITUTION. He says: “Beeing that without an Inde pendent press we could not induce protec tionists to vote with us I undertook to. make terms with tho Atlanta Constitution, then suffering under its defeat in the free trado democratic council, to come grad ually to the support of the republican ad ministration u j sxi its inauguration upon the line of protection. I had reason to believe that that pa;>er would do so, and then the independent protection democrats and re publicans would join iu opoosition to the regular democratic party, by which it was thought we could elect several members of congress in 1890. But this paper could not stand tne pressure, and to recover good standing in its party dropped its strong sup port of protection and began to howl about ‘negro supremacy,’ and straightway tusued its wrath upon tho republican lead ers, magnifying the strength of and giving prominence to Gen. Longstreet and his few f Blowers, with the purpose to lire vent ac cessions to the republican party.” A Liquor Traffic Commission. Washington, April 4. — The committee on the alcoholic liquor traffic to-day re ported to the house the bill agreed upon by that committee providing for the appoint ment of uu alcoholic liquor traffic commis sion. Tampa’s Reservation. Washington, April 4. —Among the bills introduced in the House to-day was one by Mr. Davidson of Florida, for the donation ot tha Fort Boooke military reservation at Tampa, Fls., for free schools. Rain Prevents fiaoing. Washington, April 4.—To-day’s races ! were postponed on account of rain. RIOTS REION IN RUSSIA. The Czar 111 With Nervous Fevor. Violence bv the Student3. London, April 4.—Advices received here to-day from Bc. Petersburg reaffirm the re ports of a serious condition of affairs in Russia. They declare that the czar is suffer ing from uervous fever. A scheme fur the russification of Finland ls’rocoived with extreme disfavor iu that country, and trouble is certain to follow. Advices further say that all the universi ties in Russia have been closed by the gov ernment. Tho students of Bt. Petersburg university made an attack upon Lieut. Gen. Ureason, chief of tbe St. Petersburg police, who wont to the university to quell tho dis turbances aud treated him in a very rough manner, lie was thrown to the floor and wliile lying prostrate wns kicked a number of times by his assailants. SOLELY AN EDUCATIONAL ROW. The students abandoned a meeting which they proposed to hold yesterday, the attend ance being too small. A number of students who were interviewed persis.ei in declara tions that the agitation arises solely on account of educational mattor*. In proof of this declaration the students assembled at the univorslty and technological institute aud sang the anthem, “God Preserve the Czar.” Tbe czar is greatly incensed over tiie disturbances, and has signified his in tention of closing all the highor public edu cational establishments for a year. It is feared by Russian officials, however, that a years’ idleness will foster the growth of dissatisfaction among the student*. EXPLOSIVES AT GATSOHtNA. The police at Gataullina have discovered explosives on the grounds of ttie imperial palace. The imperial family has in conse quence renounced tho ideu of going there to finish Lent. The czar for two days has suffered from a relapse of the influenza, which has com pelled him to postpone audiences. His con dition is not serious. Among the students arrested are Prince Viazemsky and a on of Nabokoff, a former minister of justice. Tho peasants of Riazan, incensed at con tinued flogging and outrages perpetrated by District Chief Hordvinoff, retaliated by thrashing Mordvinoff severely and stoning tho police. Tho czar was deeply pained on hearing the news. IRISH LAND PURCHASE. Lord Randolph Churchill Writes An other Letter Full of Ridicule. London, April 5,3 a. m.-— Lord Randolph Churchill in a second letter ridicules the propositions that tho land purchase bill is a tranquilizing and pacifying measure. On the contrary, ho says, It is cortain to lead to jealousy and repudiation among tonants whose landlords refuse to sell, to my nothing of the repudiation indicated in his iirst letter involving the government in the hopeless double task of enforcing the law in cases of no renters and recovery of money from purchasers. He laughs at the simplicity of tho-e who think that because purchase is voluntary there will lie no re pudiation, or that if offered suuh au oppor tunity to gain his ends Mr. Parnell would not jump at it, CARVEL LITE OPPOSITION. It is obvious by their fierce opposition that the Parnellltes will disengage them selves from responsibility for the conse quences, aud the argument of repudiation will be identical with that of the southern states after the war of secession. He con cludes by sayiug that nothing but the most audacious violation of the pledges given to the English people by tbe Unionist party can justify the passing of the bill. He promisei in a third letter to advance proposals of his own for a land purchase scheme. HURRICANES ON THE PACIFIC. Sailors Who Escaped the Sea Massa cred by the Islanders. Sydney, N. S. W., April 4. —Severe hurri canes on the Pacific during March ouisod many disaster* on the coast of tho New Hebrides. Several ships were wrecked at Labour. A vessel grounded at Mallioollo, and five whites aud thirty natives wore drowned, while thirty others who reached there were massacred pv tbe natives. Russia's Grip on Turkey. Constantinople, April 4.— Russia lia9 notified Turkey that the sum* pah! on ac count of tbe arrears of the war indemnity and the securities given for tho payment thureof are not sufficient, and that, there fore, if the new loan which Turkey' pro poses to raise is subscribed for stio will de mand security for the payment of her claims before the money is devoted to other purposes. England’s Withdrawal from Egypt. Constantinople, April 4. The sultan has signed an irode providing for new nego tiations with England for a convention, cased on tha withdrawal of the English from Egypt. It is state! that Lord Salis bury, the British prime minister, and Rus tem Fashe, the Turkish ambassador at London, will immediately commence nego tiations having that object in view. Dueling in Germany. Berlin, April 4.—ln accordance with tho views expressed by the emperor recently the cabinet order has just been issued for bidding dueling in the army except in cases where* council of honor to which all the circumstances shad have Lean referred shall declare that a duel is necessary. Has Emin Become a Barbarian? Cairo. April 1.4- Em in Pasha has written to neither Mr. Stanley nor Mr. i’urke since they left him. Mr. .Stanley expresses regret and surprise that Emin did not come to thank the khedive. He supposes that Emin is unable to adapt himself to civilized Ufa Bond Forgers Bagged. London, April 4.—A gang of forgers of Spanish and Italian bonds has been caught at Trioste. The forgeries amount lo 85,000,000 francs. It is stated that many well-known men of London and Para helped to dispose of the bonds. Mills to Run on Short Time. Bombay, April I.—The Mill Owners’ As sociation has resolved to close the spinning mills eight days every month and tne weav ing mi.is four days every month for three months. Austria’s Labor 'iroubles. Vienna, April 4.—The labor movement is extending in Austria daily, aud fresh •strike! are imminent in this city and the provinces Eulgarla Yields to Servia. London, April 4.—Bulgaria has yielded completely to tho demands of Servia, and appointed a now agent at Belgrade. Coal Miners to Strike. Pittsburg, April 4. —At a meoting of the coal miners of the Irwin district to-day it was decided to accept last year’s rate, but not sign a contract for a year as heretofore. The operators have been notified, and if they refuse to agree to this a strike of the 2,500 miners in the district Will be inaugu rated at once. I DAILY,*IO A YEAR I < .VENTS A COPY. V I WEEKLY,I.2S A YEAR. ) MAD WITH PENSION LOOT DOLLIVER CRIES FOR MORE AND SAYS DARN THE CO3T. He Wants F.very 8 oldier’s Hand in th® Grab Bag Before He Dies—Cblpman Says It Won t Bo Time to Call a Halt Till tbe Last Bluecoat is Dead. Washington, April 4.—After the read ing of the journal this morning tbe House proceeded to consideration of various pri vate pension bills, coming over from last Friday night’s session. In spoakiag on one of these bills, Mr. Stone of Missouri declared that no people bad been so despoiled aud burdened un lor the name of patriotism and under the guise of pension laws a* had the people of the United States. He denounced the demands of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, and asserted that the pr-sidency was put up and sold to the highest bidder. Thank God, there was one grand man who declined to be a party to such o sale. Though he had fallen, he bail fallen bearing the reputation of wise and incorruptible states manship, aud enjoying the rospeot of every honest citizen. [Applause on tbe democratic side.] Speaking for bimself (au.l t.peakiug, ne knew, against the judgment of hi* party associates) he declared that he had gone as far in the direction of pensions as he intended to go, and he represented ona of the largest ex-union soldier district in tho country. He favored a liberal system of pension laws, but he entered his earnest protest against indefensible extravagance in public expenditures. He favored the grant ing of liberal pensions to true and brava soldiers, but he was opposed to granting pensions to undeserving soldiers, or to bounty jumpers. CHII’MAN WANTS TO GO ON GRABBING. Mr. Chipraau of Michigan criticised and denounced tbe speech made by tho gentle man front Missouri. It was not the time to talk of the cost of pensions. The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Stone) cried halt; but the time for a halt had not come aud would not come until reasonable provision woa made for the needs of every soldier of the country. The country needed a sorvice pen sion ; it needed an increased pension for the deaf und dumb; it needed pensions for widows, and it neoded a law establish ing a rule of testimony in pension cases whereby the oath of a private soldier would receive as much credence as that of an officer. The pension system must continue until the lasi, soldier who served the couutry in the war was dead and gathered to hiis fathers. [Applause.] DARN THE COST, SAYS DOLLIVER. Mr. Dolliverof lowa made au eloquent appeal in favor of higher pensions. He was not in favor of waiting to pension the veterans of the late war until almost all of those who were to be benefited had paid the debt of nature and gone to tbeir repose. They should be peusioned now, aud be would shut his eves to tho coat. Mr. Flower of Ne v York raised his voice in favor of the union soldier arid of the pension list. Wb n, in 1861, the soldier* wont to the battlefield, the government had promised to make their wives and children wards of the nation, and ho was in favor of fulfilling tnat promise. Private pension b.lle, five in number, were then p issed. THE PRIVATE CALENDAR. The House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. The bill for the allowance of cortain claims for stores und suppluis used by tbe United States army under the provisions of the Bowman act was discussed at length, mainly on ixiiuts of order, in the course of which discussion Mr. Alien of MUsi-sippi created merriment by his reference to tee commit tee on rules as a body capable of doing any thing under God's heaven. Ponding action the committee rose, nnd the House at 5 o’clock took a recost until 8 o’clock, the evening session to he for tho consideration of private [tension bills. The House at its evening session, passed thirty private pension bills and at 10:30 o’clock adjourned until to-morrow. FREE BOOTS AND SHOEB. TheWeet Don’t Want the Commlttea to Stop on Hides. Washington, April 4.—" Yes,” said Mr. Burrows of Michigan, one of the ways and means lepublicans, “the New Englander* can have free hides again, but we want to have free boots and shoes as well.” Thi* expresses the latest phase of the western feeling on this question. The prospect of freeing hides from tax this side of the Sen ate becomes more aud more shadowy A strong delegation of glove importers of New York and Chicago appearod before the committee to-day to urge the substitu tion of specific for ad valorem duties on gloves. The change was desired to protect honest merchants from the undervaluation practiced by dishonest importers. They did not ask a reduction of duties. The pre sented a schedule of speclfio rates prepared by the New York appraiser as an equiva lent of the mixed rates fixed in the biiL THE DUTY ON JUTE PRODUCTS. Three New Yorkers appeared before the committee to request a more harmonious arrangement of the duty proposed on jute manufactures so as to reduce it iu corre spondence with the placing of raw material on the free list. They argued that the effect of the chauge would be to increase tho protection on manufactured products to 30 per cent, from 10 per cent. On van* tho duty would be doubled with nobody to protect. Government Bond Purchases. Washington, April 4.—The bond offer ings to-dav aggregated $230,350. All were accepted at 103; j for 4>s and 122 for 4s. DEATH IN A TUNNEL. Six Lives Lost in Two Explosions la California. Banta Barbara, Gala., April 4.—A special to the /Veas says: “A terrible acci dent occurred at Adams Canon, near Sail Paula, this morning, where the Hardison & Stewart Oil company is boring a tunnel for oil. An explosion of gas securred in the tunnell, and a sheet of flame shot out, blowing away a buiiding 100 feet from the mouth of the tunnell. Two men were terribly burned. One of them has since died. A force of men were put to work to close the tun nel, and this morning another ex plosion took place, causing the collapse of the whole tunnel and burying in the ruins five meu, who are certainly dead. H < far as known their names are Br::t Hardison, and Taylor. Young Hardison Is a brother of the head of the company. Interne excitement prevails in San Paula, and 300 or 400 people were at the tunnel.’’’ Alleged Murderers Give Bail. Charleston, W. Va., April 4. Seven or eight persous indicted at tho last term of Logan county circuit court for the murder of Green McCoy and Mile Haley at Hart'a creek last December, which threatened for some time to grow into a feud equal la pro portion to the Hatfield-McCoy feud, have been admitted to tail in $5,000 each.