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Newspaper Page Text/ THE MORNING NEWS, j < Established 1830. Incorporated 1883. > ( J. H. ESTlLL.l’resident. I BIG GAPS IX THE LEVEES. A MONSTER HOLE CUT IN THE BANK AT CATFISH POINT. The Towns of Bolivar and Greenville Already Invaded By the Rushing Torrent—Great Destitution Among the Colored Feonle at Sklnwith. The Government Barges at Work. New Orleans, April 5.— A special from Kesedale dated yesterday says: “The new levee at Catfish Print, between C mr.eily’s mid E. F. Miller’s, broke at 4:3d o’clock this morning and the is now rushing in through the gap, which is 690 feet wide. The scene >f this last mishap is ab iut eight miles south of Bolivar landing and compar atively near to the Eiston crevasse. The i 'atlish Point levee has been regarded witn apprehension for some time, and the news of its collapse does not occasion any surprise. Most of the plantations affected were already mere or less inun dated by water from breaks lower down at Easton’s and Huatii gton. The best of the estates in :he country will bo flooded to a very considerable depth. It is believed that precautions have already been taken to protect st ck, and that no liumtn lives are endatigero 1. Tue stream from the break will strike right across Lake Bolivar, which is now rising rapidly, some say at the rate of four inches an hour. BOLIVAR WILL BE FLOODED. “The hustling iittle town of Bolivar near by will probably be partially overflowed, although it stands on high ground. The principal planters who will suffer are Maj. J. E. Eduions, Col. Green Clay, Mrs. Myers, J. P. Gieuan, and W. A. Martin, the Green place, owned by B. Franklin, Maj. It, J. Nugent, George Wade, W. W. Rife, D. Storm, E. G. Miller and George .Scott. By adding to the column of water from the breaks lower down, the back country will also be invaded and the difficulties of the evil will probably be increased; in fact the main tendency of the Catfish Point break will aggravate the mischief already done. Every effort is being made to close the gap which, however, is said to be widening. The river at Rosedale is falling slowly and all the other levees are holding well.” POURING INTO ROLLING PORK. A dispatch from Rolling Fork, Miss., re ceived at a late hour last night, says: “The water in ldeer creek has risen four feat in the last thirty-six hours, is now running over its hanks on the east s.de, and is still rising at the rate of half an inch an hour. Every foot of dry land in Rolling Fork will I e under water before morning. Passenger train No. 7 from Memphis, due here last night did not arrive till, this morning. It could go no further after reaching here. Several hours later it was turned round and ordered back to Leland. The trainmen say that it is impossible to get back there there with it, ns the track between Panther Burn and Mitayuinn floated off of its bed after the traiu passed over it this morning.” TRINITY RIVER’S RISE. The Picayune’s Dallas (Tex.) special says: “Trinity river is overflowing its bot toms, and much damage is resulting there from by the drowning of stock. The dam broke at the unfinished city water-works above the city lust night, and now the no v •?3,00J engine is ten feet under water. The new reservoir will also sustain damage to the extent of many thousands of dollars.” GREENVILLE INVADED. The Picayune's Greenville, Miss., special says: “The levee which has so long been in great danger of breaking at Catfish Point, near the Connelly plantation, in Bolivar county, about twenty miles by land above Greenville, gave way vestorday morning, and from the latest reports received the crevasse is from 1,700 to 1,800 feet wide and increasing. The levee there is very sandy, and the wash will bo bad. The water reached Greenville about 8 o’clock this morning, and up to this writing has risen one foot in our streets, and is still rising steadily. AVashington avenue, the main business street, is now one sheet of water from the corner of Poplar street to the race track, aiul the water is making its way over tho sidewalks into the stores. AVater is coming up through the floor of More & Archer’s drug store, and Vormus Bros. & Garrison and Jackson & Hen ning’s furniture establishment have nearly half a foot of water on the floors. RESIDENCES VACATED. “A great many people had to vacate their residences to seek higher quarters on ac count of the sudden rise. All tho ditches and other channels leading to the southern high portion of the town are being dammed to p’re-erve tho ridgo situatod between Washington and Central avenues from being flooded, as this spot will perhaps in a few days be the only available pieco of land whero many horses, mules, cattle, etc., could be congregated and kept out of tiro w ater until tho flood falls. A TERRIBLE SIGHT. “Parties who arrived hero to-day from Greenwood, the greater part of their jour ney being made in a skiff, doscriba tho situ ation in me Sunflower lowlands as a terri ble sight. At an astonishing speed the water is spreading over va-c improved and cultivated lands of tho planters, many of whom would have boon at the end of another week or so through with their planting. Houses of all descrip tions and forces in long sections are easily carried away by the terrible currents, and ■■very conceivablo household object is seen floating down Bayou Phalia swamp-. Stock and household effects that can bo trans ported are now boiug hurried to tho front by those who have not taken precautionary steps. SHELTERLESS AT SKIPWITH. “In the neighborhood of Skipwith tents re sadly neoded by tho colored people. I he levee there, we are informed, presonts b> a person with kindly feelings and sober thoughts a terrible sight, which must grow greater in the future if substantial aid an d speedy relief do not come. At every “step the colored laborer n, ‘d bis family are found most destitute, nrraye lin garments that have seen their best days, and which afford them but little comfort aud no protection from tho howling winds. For shelter they nave nothing but the canopy of heaven, and the night dews in pity must weep as they fall. DEATH FACING THEM. “If no assistance comes to these people many will die from expo ure. Food will s °ob be needed, aud if not provided great suffering will be the consequence. i’he government officers have done a great deal of good in that section, but as t hero are other localities which are now showing signs .if approaching distress their means ave t 0 be divided. Cant, Aider left [his morning from Skipwith with two Purges to help Capt. Tollinger get out the l>e pie and stock at Catfish Point, where assistance was badly needed. CATTLE DYING. “In the vicinity of Wiulerville a great ?“. 7 catile are dying from a disease called nol lowborn. La .ke AVashington country and the highest points on the banks of the beautiful rapidly disappearing out of sight, 1 T’hich had not been known stuce }**■ 4he outlook iacot hopeful for plant ing the overflowed region before May. Just soon as the water subsides sufficiently ®j)e IHofnitw thev will, we suppose, temporarily close the break so that the crops may be protected agaiust a future rise this season. THE FLOOD OF 1885. “Returning ti 1883 for comparison, the high water this year is nearly a month later. T is is di-couragiug, though the situation has its hopeful feature, too. The Lake Bolivar crevasse in 1885 let in per haps as much water as all of these we have now. and the Rivert n crevasse nearly as much t.s all of them, while the river had to fall below thirty-seven feet before Lake Bolivar quit feeding the floods over the fields. The Offutt’s and Huntington cre vasses will cease to be serious feeders, it is presumable, at forty feet and tuo Easton at thirty-nine feet, but there is menace and danger as long as the present bight is ap proximated. A SECOND FLOOD. “In 1885 thero was a most disastrous second flood, beginning May 7. Newly planted crops were drowned out. Despite the unmb-rloss outlets tae river rose to within l'.j feet of its previous hight, and broke the levee May 35 at Clark’s front. This rise, which wus mainly from the Arkansas river, did not go off until late in June, ami on many plantations no cotton was raised. There is the consolation that if the levees have gone to pieces in spots it took the highest water on record to do it. BEATS THE RECORD. "The highest point has not been touched at Cairo, but in the duration of the floods the hight, the truest test, 1830 takes prece dence of ail recent years. No year of which there is a full record but 1885 compares with it. For illustration, tho water passed above forty-six feet at Cairo this year three times, and it will not, it is safe to say, go below that stage before April 15. Forty-three days of such a stage at Cairo is unprece dented. In 1885 it was reached Fen. 30 and passed below March 51, or lasted twenty nine days. • “The average of the Arkansas is about the same for the two years, but there was a phenomenal flood out of the White river this year. “The condition of the upper rivers is not hopeful, Cairo still standing above forty eight feet, and there is a rise out of the Arkansas which will probably check the fall here.” THREE WOMEN DROWNED. The Picayune's Greenville special says; “Yesterday whiio a colored man with three women in a skiff were fleeing from the ap proaching flood in Hogue county, on the Georgia Pacific railroad, the skiff over turned. The man escaped, hut the three women were swallowed up by the flood,” BARGES GO TO TUE BREAK. The Picayune's Arkansas City special says: “Yesterday as soon as t::o news of the break at Cattish point reached here, the government steamers Speed and Graham took several barges to that point and brought away about 150 people and their effects; and also a lot of stock, etc. Capt. Toilinger of the government survey is on the ground doing ivery.hing he can to save life and prop erty. Those who wish to come will be hr ught here by tho government boats, and quarters provided for them. Parties Who visited the scene of the disaster to-day stats that the torrent coming out of the opening hns about spent its force. Although this is much the largest break thhl, ha< yet ocCure 1 on the Mississippi side, the territory that will he affected by it will be comparatively small. FEARFUL DESTRUCTION. Outside of the Catfish Point peninsula the water from this crovasso will reach but little territory that was not already inun dated by the crevasses at Mound, Hunting ton, and Offutt’s, but the destruction of property in this little peninsula is fearful. Planters who owned plantations around Catfish Point are almost ruined. It is estimated that over 100 houses have been washed away, aud there is very little hay, corn or plant ing seed left. Plauters will bo so badly orinpled that taey will meet considerable difficulty in making a crop even if the water recedes in time. The flood has left almost nothing. The whole bend filled with water as high as that in tho river within a few hours after the break occurred. To-day the back water broke through the levee at Eutaw ledge in the lower end of the bend, and is now running back into the river. It is thought that sev eral lives have been lost.” TRACK OF THE TORNADO. A Report on the Destruction in South ern Illinois. Springfield, 111., April s.— Adjt. Gen, Vance has returned from the south ern part of the state, where he was sent to investigate the damage by the cyclone of March 37, and made a report to Gov. Fifer yesterday. The report, says that at Metro polis one woman was killed and fifteen peo ple aero wounded, but none mortally. The damage to property at Metropolis is SBO,OOO, and to farmers in .no vicinity, $30,000. The citizens are repairing their damaged houses rapidly. The homeless have ail been cared for, and there is no immediate suffering. Iu Grand Tower, Jackson county, two persons were killed and four mortally wounded, two of whom have since died. Thirty-seven were more or Iss seriously wounded. Nineteen houses were destroyed and their families rendered home less. "Thire are no vacant houses, and churches are being used as hospitals. Eleven persons were wounded at Camp bells Hill. A CLOUD BURST IN NEW YORK. Freshets Caused Near Ithaca and Traf fic Interrupted. Ithaca, N. Y., April 5.—A cloud burst hear here last night caused freshets in the southern and eastern sections of the county, carrying away many bridges and the dam t > the upper reservoir of the city water works. The lower section of this city was inundated to an extent precluding the pass age of trains on tho LehighV alley,Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and Lake Shore roads until noon to-day. The Delaware, Lackawanna end Western bridge near Caroline station was washed out and the channel was widened to the chasm 90 feet wide, but travel is not impeded, as passen gers are transported around the gulf. The waters are now subsiding. SLAIN BY AN INDIAN. A School Teacher Assassinated at the tine Ridge agency. Omaha, Neb., April 5.—A young ludiau named K gle Horse yesterday shot and in stantly killed Frank E. Lewis, a school teacher at the Pine Ridge agency, and then committed suicide. Mr. Lewis was going home from school on horseback, when Eagle Horse stepped out from an ambush and shot him in the back of the head. Eagle Horse afterward met some other Indians, to whom he said ho felt he was going to die and wanted White to go with him He then shot himself. Mr. Lewis is tho son of an Episcopal clergyman now a chaplaiD in the army. Cuba’s New Captain GeneraL Havana, April s.—Gen. Chinchilla, the new captain general of Cuba, arrived here yesterday. SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, APRILS, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. A FATAL DOSE OF I’OISON. TWO OF A FAMILY DEAD AND OTHERS VERY ILL. A Servant Girl Suspected of Having Fut Rough on Rats In the Food—No Motive For the Crime Known—She Had Only Been With Them a Day and Disappeared. Chicago, April s.—George N. Newland, a oitizen of Englewood, died suddenly this morning and his wife die! about noon. Their daughter is seriously ill, but may re cover. It is thought that poison was ad ministered to thorn last evening. A servant girl, who is suspected, has disappeared, aud a search for her is progressing. Frank Newinnd, a grown son, was also poisoned, and his lifo is in danger. NO CAUSE KNOWN. The maid servant had been in the sorvice of the family only one day, and no cause can be assigned for her commission of the crime, if she, in fact, committed it. Yester day afternoon she complained that she was suffering with toothache, and the daughter. Miss Grace, aged hi years, gave her money to buy medicine to relieve it. The supposi tion is that she bought rough on rats, which sho ad ministered to the family at supper in some canned corn. Mr. Newland was a well-known citizen, a retired real estate dealer, and lived in an elegant house in En gel wood. A SUSPECT ARRESTED. This evening a woman answering the suspected servant’s description was arrested at the Park theater. She denied all knowl edge of the poisoniug of tho Newland family, though positively identified by a number of persons as being the suspected girl. The prisoner said she was a variety actress. A sad feature of the case is tho fact that the Newland family ia taking the servant were don gau act of charity. The Anchor age mission, from which they got the servant, has been constantly helped by tho Newiands, financially and otherwise. It is a refuge for women in a disreputable quar ter of the city. ARCHER’S FINANCIERING. His Slip Shod Banking Methods Led to His Betrayal. Baltimore, April 5, —The legislative committee making an inquiry into the financial proceedings of State Treasurer Archer huve found this much about the missing $157,00U: That since 1887 Mr. Archer has been in the habit of borrowing either on his note or as a “call loan” from 4 1,000 to $4,500 at various periods and depositing as collateral bonds of the treasury relief loan, Freoderick City 4 percents., or bonds of the Baltimore and Ohio car trust. He has renewed his notes frequently, has paid little or no attention to them wneti matured, and has even told the officers of the banks when they asked that his ace >unts be properly settled that they had in tho state securities held by them their own protection. For three years Mr. Archer followed this style of petty dealing with the city banks. called to time. It was only when ho essayed to borrow money iu tho Merchant's National bunk and had carried on the; note renewing busi ness beyond the patience of the officers of the hank, that he met n questioning spirit. President Douglas 11. Thomas had lent money to Mr. Archer on two Frederick .City 4 per cents, mid the state treasurer kept letting the note run until, in the language of President Thomas, “The bank requested him to pay it.” This was at the beginning of of the year. President Thomas, who comes from Frederick, obtained, after consider able trouble, bonds issued by that city in the sinking fund of the state. He found that ho had surrendered to Mr. A' cher upon the latter paying hi i note two with the same number as the two in the state’s keeping. Suspicion became a cer tainty and he communicated with Comp troller Baughman. Ti e latter talked with the governor and the executive message of March 30 astonished the state. TWO BOY3 SHOT. A Negro Fires Into a Crowd at Ran dom During a Quarrel. Pittsburg, Pa., April 5.—A shooting affray occurred here on Fifth avenuo to night, resulting in the killing of John O’Hara, 12 yearsold, and the serious wound ing of Martin Fahey, a youth about the same age. The shooting was done by a negro named Ligbtner, and the victims, who were white, were innocent bystanders. The colored Knights Templar were having a parade, and as they passed McNulty’s livery stable a white woman was jostled by the marchers. An unknown man expostulated with tho colored men, when a party of five young negroes standing on the pavement took up the quarrel. FIRED AT RANDOM. Lighfcner, who was ono of the partv, pulled his revolver, aud fired three times into the crowd. The streets were full of people, and two of the shots took effect, one passing through young O’Hara’s heart and killing him instantly, and the other enter ing Fahey’s back below the left shoulder blade In the excitement following the shooting Lightner escaped, but two of his friends wore arrested. The victims were standing on the sidewalk watching the parade when shot, and had nothing to do with the quarrel. Fahey will recover. A COAL MINE ON FIRE. Many Men Nearly Caught by the First of a Series of Explosions. Wilkesb arke, April 5. —It jras thought that the water had decreased in the fatal South Wilkesbarre shaft—where eight men lost their lives three weeks ago—sufficient to make au examination of all tho inside workings. At 3 o’clock this morning a large number of men were sent into the workings of the Baltimore vein of the No. 5 shaft to clear away the debris. They had not proceeded far when a most violent explo-ion of gas occurred. Fortunately none of the men were injured. Two more heavy explosions have since oc curred. It is now impossible for any one to enter the burning pit. The officials have been on tUe ground during the entire after noon superintend!’ g tho flooding of the mine, water in large streams being brought from creeks running along the mountain sido near the Stanton mine. It will take another week to flood the workings and drown out the fire. Powder Works blown Up. Barton, N. Y., April s.—The powder works at Bay Chester bio w u p at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Two men were killed, and great damage done to houses in the vfeinity and the Baychester railroad station. Rates on California Oranges. San Francisco, April s.— Tho freight committee of the Transcontinental Associ .- tion has issued a notice reducing the ratei on cargoes of oranges to $1 to Atlantic sea board points by the association. It will be come operative April 9. SESSION OF THE SENATE. A Number of Petitions on the Chinese Question Presented. Washington, April s.—Among the pe titions presentel in the Sen ate to-day was one from the president of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mission, protesting against the passage of the bi'l providing for the deoortationor imprisonment of Chinese f> unJ in this country with u certificate, also remonstrance* of the American Bap tist Missi n, tho Baptis nimi-ter,’ recent c inference at Boston, and churches of I)or chciter. Mas-., against the pending legis lation, in reference to the Chinese; also res olutions of bha hoards of commerce of Ban Franc soj against the repeal of the Chinese exclusion act. aud for additional legtr ition effectually t > prevent Chinese immigration. SEVERAL BILLS PASSED. Bills were taken from the calendar and pa sod as follows: (9 To authorize the Secretary of the Treas ury and tho proper accounting officers to restate, settle and pay to the owners of private dies the balau?.: of the commissions due them and appropriating $359,000 for the purp use. Appropriating $500,000 for an additional fire-proof building for the national museum. Providing for an Inspection of meats for exportation. • against adulterated food. Prohibiting the importation of adulter rated articles of food or dri. k, aud author izing the President to make proclamation iu certain cases aud for oth r purposes. The bill provides that the secretary of agricul ture may cause to bed made u careful in spection of salted pork* \d bacon intended for exportation with a now to determining whether the same is wholesome, sound and fit for human food whenever tho law's, reg ulations or orders of the government of any foreign country to which such pork or bacon is to be exported shall require in spection thereof relating to tlio importation thereof, into such country, and also when ever any buver, seller or exporter of such meats intended for axpuft shall request in spection t hereof. importation prohibited. It forbids the importation of any adulterated or unwholesome food or adult erated wines or liquors; provides penalties for such offenses; authorizes the President to issue a proclamation su.pending the im portation of animals so as to guard against infectious or contagious diseases. For the aopointmeut of an assistant gen eral superintendent, and otiief clerk of the railway mail service with salaries of $.".000 a.:d $3,000 respectively. This isa House bill. AN OREGON SCHEME. Appropriating $3,860,;ii0 for the con struction of a boat railway at Dalles aud Celilo Falls and Ten Mile rapids of the Columbia river, in Oregon, ami for tue im provement of Three Mils rapi Is. After a short executive session private bills o.i the ealeudar were taken up, and with Mr. Frye iu the chair and Mr. John son, the chief clerk, doing the reading, 113 bills were passed in just one hour. Among them was one Rivu g a pension of $59 a month to Mrs. Caroline B. Stevens, daugh ter of Senator Baker of Oregon, who was killed at the battle of BulD Bluff, aiul one giving u -pension or $)()(! a month to the widow of Gen. Johu F. Haitrauft of Penn sylvania The Senate then adjourned till Monday. WORK OF THE HOUSE. A Bill Passed to Reorganise tht Federal Artillery Force. Washington, April s.— lrj the morning hour m the House to-day several bills called up by tbe military committee were pa-sol Among them was one teorganiziug the artil lery force of the army into seven regiments, of not more than twelve batteries each, with the same regimental and battery organiza tion as now exists, except that thero shall he but one first lieutenant and ono secoud lieu tenant to eacii bat ery. “Also a bili providing that in making ap pointments to tbe army from civil life the President shall givo precedence to gradu ate of West Point who have been honor ably discharged, to meritorious members of tbe national guard and to deserving gradu ates of institutions of learning having army officers as instructors. Tho House took up in committeo of the whole the Senate resolution providing for tho removal of the powder magazine frem Ellis Island, New York harbor, and estab lishing a landing depot for immigrants, and thou referred it with an unimportant amendment, which will necessitate Its return to tbe Senate for further action. At 3 o’clock public business was suspended and the House proceeded to pay a tribute to the memory of Ne.vtm W. Nutting of New York. After eulogistic addres es by Messrs. Payne, Blanchard, Bliss, Gr svenor, I’eters, Sherman, and Henderson of Illinois, the House at 4:13 o’clock adjourned. NOMINEES FOR OFFICE. Lewis A. Grant to be Assistant Sec retary of War. Washington, April s.— The president to-day nominated tbe following: Lewis A. Grant of Minnesota to be as sistant secretary of war. Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles to boa major general. C >l. Benjamin H. Grierson of the Tenth cavalry to be a brigadier general. “Henry Flad of Missouri,|a civil engineer, to be a member of the Mississippi River Commission. Gen. Grant, nominated to be Assistant Secretary of War, is a Vermont lawyer, though now a resident of Minnesota. He entered the army at the outbreak of the civil war as major of tho Fifth Vermont infantry, and arose by regular promotions to the rank of brigadier general April 27, 18)41, and commanded the so-called “Ver mont brigade” to tho close of tho war. Florida’s Federal Officers. Washington, April 5. —The Senate has confirmed tho nomination of G. B. Pater son, t > be attorney for the southern district of Florida. The fact of the confirmation of the nonii: ations of Messrs. Swayoe, Strip ling aud Mizall, the Florida judicial ap pointees, which occurred la t Tuosday, was made public officially to-day. Government Bond Purchases. Washington, April 5. —The bond offer ings to-day aggregated (25,500 4s at 122. All were accopted. Ho.p for Mrs. Parnell. Bordentown, N. J., April s.— Thero is a movement on foot in Trenton to render some kind of assistance to Mrs. Delia 18. Parnell. Old Ironsides, the home of Mrs. Parnell, is heavily encumbered. Her friends have afforded her temporary relief, but something more must be done, and Trenton people propose to do it. A Strike Settled. Pittsburg, April s.— The strike at Oliver Bros.’ nut and b It works was settled this afternoon by the men withdrawing their demand f r the discharge of oue workman and the reinstalment of another. The works will resume on Monday. Nearly 1,009 were affected. A NEW ERAIN GERMANY. THE PEOPLE GRADUALLY REALIZ ING THE TRUTH. Some. However, Still Looking For the Ex-Chancellor’a Return to Power. The Prince and His Son Offered Seats in the Reichstag by the Carteller Party. (Cony right, 1830, by New York Associated Press.) Berlin, April 5. —Tne events of the week have accentuated even more than the r sig nation of the chancellor the new era that is opening In German history. Until his actual departure tho public was loth to be lieve that the emperor was iu earnest in parting with Prince Bismarck. Doubt is no lougor possible, and apathy has yielded to an uuwonted desire to do homage to the departing statesman. Henceforth atten tion will be divided between two theaters Friedriclisrube, representing the grandeur of tbe edifice of Ger man unity, and Berlin, the center of the new and untried regime. It is im possible that the emperor could have been an unaffected spectator of the unending tribute of admiration and respect tbat poured in upon his discarded minister. It is reported to-day that he has again refused to con-ent to the publication of Prince Bis marck’s letter of resignation STILL LOOKING FOR HIS RETURN. The public still declines to believe that the retirement of Prince Bismarok is final, it being urged that he is by five years the junior of Mr. Gladstone, and may still count upon a decade of activity. The cm tellers have offered to resign two seats in the Reichstag in favor of Prince Bismarck and Count Herbert Bismarck, but it is certain that the ox-chancellor and his sou will not accept them at present, whatever they may do at a later time. Tho Emperor having declared that be will recognize only two parties, those for and against, him, will be likely to disregard conditional party divisions and to seek tho assistance of the liberal-clerical coalition. Thus Prince Bismarck,iu the event of his re entering tho Reichstag, might seem to be in tho unusual position of tho nominal, if not actual, leader of tue opposition. AWAITED WITH INTEREST. The opening of the Reichstag and royal speech are awaited with tue keenest inter est. In view of the certainty of the rodis tributinu of tbe parties the preparation of the new military aud colonial measures will probably be delayed until the beginning of May. Herr Richter is expected to resign from the liberal committee in the Reichstag as he has already done from the liberal commit tee of the diet, liis personality blocking the mutual approach of the liberal groups. Dr. VVindthorst claims three indispensable concessions in return for his support of the governmoat—the return of all religious orders, religions touching iu the schooli, aud the removul of discretionary revocable character from all concessions made to the Catholic partj’. The centrists are well aware of the strength of of their po-ition, and intend to derive every pos sible advantage therefrom. According t) the National Zeitunij the new military bill provide! for a permanent increase of 18,000,000 marks in tho annual expenditures. For the moment colonial affairs are over shad lived by’ home politics. Herr von der Heydt, the financial backer of the East Africa company, recently declared In tho Woehcnblatt that Prince Bismarck’s de parture was the sign of anew aud an ener getic colonial policy. ENCROACHMENTS IN AFRICA. Herr Reftchardt, the explorer, in a lect ure showed that it is of the utmost import ance to secure possession of Tabora, whtoh place is further inland than Mpaliwaw in the direction of Lake Tanjaeka and Victoria Nyanza. This and the strengthening of the treaty footing in the German sphere of in terest appear from inquiry iu the most re liable quarters to be the sole objects of the E uin-Weiwsman expedi tion. E nin lies advised the conclusion of a treaty of peace with Bwauaheri, in order that his assistance inav lie secured in advance for tho Germans. The talk of the recapture of VVadelai is based upon mere surmise. The exact scope of tho expedi tion will not bo known until the bill of sup plies is before tho Reichstag. What is cerrain, however, is that tbe era ppror will decline to consent to the adop tion of any colonial policy antagonistic to England. During the recent visit of tho Prince of Wales the emperor did everything possible to show the value he attached to close friendship between the two nations. Another guarantee in this direction is found in tbe composition of the colonial department of tbe foreign office under Dr. Krouel, who is known through his connection with tho Samoan conference, and who is aided by au efficient staff of specialists, all of whom are personally ocquainted with tho extent aud character of the British colonies. SOLICITUDE FOR THE ARMY. The omperor’s solicitude regarding the army is further shown in an imperial or der published to-day, to the effect that, in view of its incompleteness, the reserve in fantry military officers system hitherto pursued, which provides that oflloers must come from the ranks of the nobility, must bo extended to include those noble by character, in order that the sons of honor able middlo cl > ss families may hold ap pointments in the army. The sarno rule will also apply to the civil servioo. The emperor further disapproves the holding of commissions being dependent on the pri vate income of aspirants. He therefore de crees that tho pay of officers of the rifles, foot artillery,and pioneers shall be increased by 45 marks monthly, that of the officers of the field artillery by 75 marks, aud that of officers of cavalry by 150 marks. LUXURIOUS LIVINO FORBIDDEN. At much Pngth ho enjain? commanders to set an example of self-sacrifice to the officers, to cueckindulgence in unnecessary luxuries, tho habit of making costly presents and giving frequent banquets, etc. It is tho emperor's pleasure that only command ing generals shall bo expected to entertain. It must not occur that staff officers who have done good service shall feel anxiety about facing the sacrifices which might seem incumbent upon them if they held regimental cifburiands. In conclusion, the emperor desires that the list of aspirants shall bo submitted to him, together with the names of i fllcers who do not conform to the rule prescribing a simple mode of hfe. He declares that hab its of luxury must be seriously and firmly opposed, and he inten is to a largo extent to jud.:o of the capacity of officers by this standard. The emperor has also issued regulations looking to the sup pression of dueling in the army. THE NEW OFFICIAL ORGAN. The Iteichsame.i r/er. which is now the vehicle of all olficl l articles, formerly printed in the North German Gazette, pub lishes a series of articles which are sup fiosod to have been directly inspired >y the emperor of several policies ar.d re form*. So far no definite projects are men tioned, but the tendency is toward legisia- ti >n (or the regulation of the [working day and wage question. The Deutsch bank is about to issue shares in a German American Trust company to promote and protect investments in Ameri can stocks. The leaders of the Freissinnigo party have refused to take part in the movement for the erection of a monument in honor of Frinee Bismarck. Among the lending panors only the Vos siche Zeituny nrul Tageblatt presume that Kmin will return to tt'adalai. EQUATORIAL AFRICA. An Explorer Declares that It Is of No Commercial Value. London, April s.—Sir Bamuel Baker, a well-known African explorer, has written a letter to the Times indicting the British government for its policy, which he de clares has led to the loss of all the positions gained in Africa by the enterprise of individual Englishmen. He justi lies the alliance between Emin Fasha and Maj. W'oisa nan, and says it was only natural that Emin should jun tbo O rman government expedition, which will never imitate the fntal example of the E iglish forces of advancing oalvto retreat. Sir Wa uuel points out how the Germans may, in a few months, regain the equato rial province by foundi g stations at Vic toria Nvanza, and forming an ullt nnce with Mvanga, king of Uganda, thus 'eventually securing control of the White Nile at Goudokokoro, while Italy will become muster of the situation by gaining possession of Berber KmssnU. Khartoum will then naturally fall He concludes his letter by deolaring that the equatorial provinces mo of no c muierclal value. The cost of the transportation of the products of the provinces is ten tlm*B greater than they are worth. Legitimate purchases of ivory cannot ho mane in the provinces. England, he declares, may ba well content to be an onlooker iu that sec tion of Africa. , DOM PEDRO'S ILLNEaS. His Condition 80 Serious That the Last Eacraments Were Administered. Canneh, April s.—The illness from which Dom Pedro, the deposed Emperor of Brazil, is suffering has assumed a critical phase. He was iu a comatose state during the greater part of yesterday. His condition was so serious that it was deemed necessary to administer tie last sacrament* of the church. His physician. Professor Charcot of Purls, says, however, that though ins weakness is extreme he is iu no immediate danger. The Prince of Wales, who has just arrived at Cannes, has paid a visit to ex- Emperor Dom Pedro. O rmans Around Paris. Parts, April 5. —It is reporcod that the government has ordered that a census he taken of the Germans residing ii the suburbs of the city. It is understood that this step is taken so German reside ts with out menus of subsistence can be sent to Germany. EDITORS AT CHARLESTON. The Southern Press Association to Bo Loyally Entertained. Charleston, 8. C„ April s.—An enthu siastic meeting of citizens was held horo to-day to make arrangements for the enter tainment of the members of the 3< utbern Press Assoointion, which meets here April 30. A general committee and several spe cial commit tics were appointed. Henry Wotterson of tbo Louisville Courier-Jou mat will deliver the annual ad dress in the Grand opera house on the night of April 30. Ou May 1 the editors will be tuken on an excursion around the larbor and given an Inspection of the pt.osphate fhdds and largo fertilizer works. That night there will be given the greatest banquet ever given in the south. The next day they will bo taken up to Summerville and given a lunch In the new hotel just built there. Charles A. Dana of the New York Nun, William Henry Smith and D. IVMcKoaof the Associated Press, Congressman Amos J. Cummings, President Norviu Green of the Western Union and many other prominent visitors are expected. RHODE ISLAND POLITICS. The Democrats Win Two More Seats In the Legislature. Newport, H. L, April 5. —The supple mentary election to-dav for first and fourth representatives resulted In tne election of two democrats, William P. Olarko by 73 majority, and Andrew K. Quin i by 33 majority. It is possible that toe election is not i gal, as it was held under the old vot ing system instead of under the provisions of the new ballot law. If the house of rep resentatives is democratic, hr it probably is, the democrats will not be likely to ra se the issue, but the republicans muy appeal to the supreme c .urt to decido as to the legal ity of the poll. THE NEW ELECTION IN PROVIDENCE. Providence, R. 1., April 5.—A new elec tion has been ordered for the oily of Prov idence for Saturday, April 13. The supplementary elections to-day bring the legislature to stand: Forty-seven re publicans and forty-four democrats. There are seventeen meuibos yet to ha elected, and of tbesj too republicans need seven to curry the grand committee. SUICIDE OF A MILLIONAIRE. Marcus C. Stearns of Chicago to Fol low His Dead Daughter. Chicago, April s.—Marcus C. Stearns, one of Chicago's oldest and wealthiest resi dents, attempted to oomrnlt suicide at bis handsome Michigan avenue residence to day. He fired four bullets into bis head, producing wounds from which recovery is impossible. One shot, fired into his mouth, almost split his tongue in two. For some time be has been in depressed spirits. It is surmised that his depression wi s due to the rece.it death of his favorite daughter, the wife of ex-Mayor Carter Harrison. Mr. Stearns was one of the leading members of the board of trade, and has an estate worth perhaps $1,500,000. Recovered Xhelr Corpses. Santa Barbara, Cal., April s.—Late last night the rescuing party at the scene of yesterday’s explosion reached Hardison, Young, and White. All three were dead. The bodies were badly bruised and torn by the explosion. The remains were taken to Santa Paula. lowa's Llcenso BUI. Dks Moines, la., April 8. —The House this morning went into committee of the whole on the pending liquor license bill.and after extended discussion voted by 51 to 43 to report the House in favor of an indefi nite postponement. The committee then rose. _______________ No Uprising In San Domingo. New York, April 3.—The steamer Sagi naw of Hayti arrived here to-day. ice captain reports that tie rumors of an up rising in San Domingo are without foun dation, and that there w ere no signs of a rebellion. ( DAILY. Sl( A YEAR t < SCENTS \ COPY. V I WEEKLY, 1.24 A YEAR | ELECTIONS TO CONGRESS. A FAVORABLE REPORT ON THH M’COMAB BILL. The Minority to Eubmlt an Opposi tion Btatsment—An Outline of the Provisions of the Measure—Redis trlctlng to be Made Only Onoe in Teu Years on the Census Basis. Washington, April s.—By a party vote ot 7to 5 the House committee on the elec tion of President and Vice President and representatives in congress to-day author ized a favorable report with amendments on the McComas bill to prevent gerryman dering in the congressional district The bill also provides t at representative! to the Fifty-second congress shall be elected from districts composed of the same territory and having tie same boundaries as those from which the representatives in the Fifty-fir-t congress were elected. The mi noritv will submit a report in opposition to the bill. FEDERAL SUPERVISORS. A conference of the republican members of the Senate committee on privileges and elections was hold to-day. Asa result Chairman Hoar wns requeued to prepare a bill to regulate elections of members of con gress. It is undorst >od that the measure to be proposed will provide for the appoint ment of national supervisors in every district in which a certain number of voters shall petition therefor. These supervisors shall watch and count the vote, and make certifi cation thereof to cue state board of can vassers, who shall thereupon issue a certifi cate of election to the candidate receiving the highest number of vote*, and these cer tificates shall be used by the clerk of the House in making up the roll of the members elect. jjj PROVISIONS OF THE BILL. The bill as amended provides as follows: That In each state entitled under an appor tionment of repres-ntatives In congress to more than one representative, the number of repie sentativos to which such state may be entitled in the lifty-tliird and ea :h siibsoouent.'congress, shall lie elected by uußFlcts which have ah nearly as practicable an oqual numbered inhab itants, so that the most populous district in such state shall not have more than IS.UOO In habitants in excess of the population of the least populous district. They shall be com posed _of territory enutiguous, adjoiniug and [as far as practicable compact. They snail hi equal in number to the number of representative* to which such stab* may bn entitled In congress, and no ono district shall elect more than one representative. TO RKDISTMCT KVKRV TEN TEARS. Mtr each national decennial census of popu lation shall have lawn completed, congress shall determine on the repres ntatlon In con gress and reapportion the same among the several states as entitled, and the legislature of each state elected next after such apportion ment by congress shall redisLriot each slate under the restrictions and regu lations as to population and terri tories hereinbefore provided, and such redistricting, when made by the state legisla ture. shall not be altered by any succeeding legislature during the term of ten years prior im 11 the next succeeding decennial census. Congress shall make the new apportionment so that hereafter in each state there shall be oil* apportionment of representation by congress am! oustre* 1 tstrioting only thereunder by each state iu Conformity with each decennlal’censu* of population. THE PRESENT DISTRICTS TO ST.lvp. Until tho next uoportlonment of representa tion ball be made by congress conformably to tho eleventh census, there shall be no change of tho boundaries of any of tne congressional dtj in any state to alter tho same ns they existed when the representative* ot the Fifty-first con gress were elected,and the representative* or the Fifty-second congress shall be elected from the same districts, composed of tho same terr tory and having the aairio boundaries ns those from which the representatives in the Fifty-first con gress were elected, any law of any state hereto fore or hereafter passed to the contrary not withstanding In any state where no legislature Is elected subsequent to the reupportlomnent by congress and prior to the election ot representative* in congress under such new apportionment. In case of a decrease In the number of representatives to which any state may be entitled under such apportion ment by congress, the leglilaturo of said state, then In session next after such apportionment liy cougress, shall and may redlstrict such state under the restrictions andr 'gulatl.ins as to the population and territory hereinbefore provided; and in care of au increasv In the number of representatives which may bo given to any statu under any such ap portionment by congress, suea addiilonal repre sentative or representatives may bo elect.-dby the state at large, and other representative* bv anti from the districts prescribed by law until the legislature of sued state elected next after such auportiooment in themann r Hereinbefore prescribed i hall redistrict such state. FACTS TO BE CERTIFIED. Thu state certifying board shall In addition to tho matters ana facts now required to be set! out In tlieir certificates further certify that such representativ a have be*n duly elected to represent the districts constituted and composed of territory in conformity with this act, and that such districts in respect of territory and boundaries have not been comti tute.l or altered bv auy statute of such state en acted tiefore or after the passage of tuis act, in violation of or in conflict with this law. In case of tho failure or refusal of the proper cere tifying board of the state to sign or forward to the clerk of the House, a certificate of the elec tion of any representative as authorized and required by law, the clerk of the House of rep resentatives lu malting the roll of the next suc ceeding House, shall receive the returns of the local canvassing board of officers, properly cer tified according to law, as sufficient certifica tion of tho election of a representative In con gress. BALLOT BOX FRAUDS. Twelve Election Officers of Jersey City Under Arrest. Jersey City, N. J., April s.—As a re sult of disclosures made before the special committee of the Senate that is investiga ting tlie ballot-box frauds In this city all the election last November sixty warrants were is uod to-day for persons alleged to be implicated in the frauds. Twelve arrests were mad-. All wero election office's, and eight are democrats and four republicans. The accused are Thos. Trotter, Jacob Mos chell,Thus. Fallon, Jas. Hart,lhos. Durancy, John Farrant, George Heller, Thomas Nel son, Charles H. Ncott. James H. Buckridge, Oscar L. Frieborg. and Harry Speers. The complaints were made by J. T. Altemus, who is in the employ of the Senate commit tee. It is charged that tho election officers were engaged in a conspiracy, and that they accepted ballots from persons who wore not entitled to vote. The persons arrested were admitted to ball, to await the actiou of the grand jury. More arrests wiil be made Monday. Fight of the Masons. Cedar Rapids, la., April s.—ln the famous fight of the CVrenean Scotish rite agaiust tn 9 grand lodge of lowa Judge Preston yesterday overrule:! the motion of the defense to throw the suit out of court o:i the alleged ground that the court has no jurisdiction in the matter, the Cerenean Scotish rite not being an incorporated body. Tee Cerenean* consider this a decisive vic tory. Forty-two Buildings Burned. Watertown, N. Y., April s.—The busi ness section or the village of Theresa, twenty-five miles from this city, was en tirely" destroved by fire this' morning. Forty-two buildings were trained, involving a loss of $150,000 to $300,000. About twenty buildings were dwellings and the remainder stores and shops.