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Newspaper Page Text, THK MOBNIWO NF.WS. I J vst.blished IHM>. Isoobpobated 1888. V ■j K J 11. ESTILL, President. ) GROVER’S GOOD CHKER. THE OUTLOOK FOB THB PARTY VERY BRIGHT. An Allusion to the Intelligent Way in WhlcU Tariff Reform Haa Been Laid Before the People-Tbe People Open ing Their Eyes to the Iniquitiee of the Tariff. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 31.—The Argus will publish to-morrow the following inter- T j e w with ex-President Cleveland on the political situation, sent to it by its Now York correspondent: “Of course it is need less for me to exprees the deep interest I feel in the election now pending, though I have sometimes feared that my repeated and enforced declination of invitations to visit different localities and address political meetings might be construed as indicating alack of sympathy with the fortunes of the excellent candidates in the democratic field. I am sure that there never was a public question discussed more thoroughly and more intelligently than has been the subject of tariff reform by its democratic advocates. This may perhaps suggest that if the democratic position on this issue is the correct one there should be an imme diate acquiescence on the part of the peo- POPULAR JUDGMENT DISTORTED. “But the judgment of our countrymen has been so trampled, and their perceptions have been so clouded by prejudice and ap peals to self-interest that their appreciation of the province of our government has been distorted, and they have for years been led to beiieve that the conduct of public affairs migat properly minister to their profit, not hv securing general prosperity founded on principle, but by giving direct advantage to certain classes. There can be no advance in tariff reform where these ideas prevail, it is certainly true that in such a selfish operati n the interests of gome of the peaple must be neglected. A protest on the part of those has been stifled by most arrant deception and cajolery. OPENING THEIR EYES. "At last, however, these neglected ones are aroused, and in spite of the clouds of I misrepresentation and delusion which sur- I round them they begin to see the light. I Our agriculturists ana others whose inter- I ests have been disregarded, while I advantages have been aocorded I to a favored few, are not to I be much longer deceived. They are dis ■ covering more and more clearly that the I toil and uncomplaining labor which should I have added to their own comfort and pros- I peritv, have been diverted to the aggran- I diiemeni of others, while they have con- I stantiy grown poorer. They fail to 6ee in I the accumulation of vast fortunes, under I such conditions, any compensation for their I discouraging labor or for their forced and ■ pinching economy. They will not always ■ be silent, but will naturally and inevitably I demand justice to ail and favor to none, I which our institutions promise. ■ THE NEXT HOUSE. ■ "I am confident that we shall secure a 9 majority in the House of Re resentatives. 9 Our success may not be so sweeping and 9 decisive as many of our sanguine friends ■ anticipate, but it will be safa and substan ■ tial. I camiot forget how laboriously the ■ reform moves which must break through H selfish interests, strongly entrenched and un ■ scrupul uslv asserted, and which must over ■ come abuses long suffered and arro -9 fantly maintained. 1 believe that all ■ cur gains must be the result of a hard ■ struggle against these odds. It is not, how ■ ( W, pso le that the complete triumph of ■ the people's cause can be much longer de ■ laved. The effective inculcation of the ■ wb'iesome doctrine which characterizes the ■ democratic press; through the discussion ■ going on in every part of the oountry; the ■ undisguised s hemes of the Republican ■ part to secur its perpetuation in power ■ H !)a K“ reckless enactments which stifle the ■ °*. people's suffrage; its ■ met Epd® of legislation, and, above I „ Z T® P??* 78 dlstr “ 3s daily threatening I fhl jEou.cs under the operation of I wter and nlqui f° u 8 taHff iaw - a 18 • 9 or i 1 T enhances the cost or the 9 of=r bfe '^ fos '-the exertions 9 theariro ? Dl i co ®hinations—make certain I LcemW, of r, afreer ' betlertilae . and the ■ “eondaucy of true democracy. ■ DEMOCRACY’S zeal. ■ ” hatever the near result mav T I wm at flan afr f aid t t , nat tbe z " al ot party lin the TANARUS f l s at discouragement will 9 tesen i, ast dumpen its ai 'dor or ■ 2 * aggressiveness. The Demo- H . , P is thoroughly uni tod I pic It Rf, it f elf " n democratic princil I hut will abandon >ts sacred cause, H achieves cornrlrt 110 tl9 warfare uatil > ■ knew nn s mplete access. The party that ;Kirsy" ,m |9 killed by electricity. ■ A Recklees Megro's Bravado Coats ■ Him His Life. HsraVijcK 1 pi’ ° Ct ' spooial from ■, r .J : 1a " sa >' s; “A horrible accident Thompson Steel ■^brs Va d, 'n L ': hlCh wasiiue to the care- R jb , rt ° u- tb ? victiin , a colored man Pt-rr V W"- Ha hal!s r ’o and 11 njl been working as a m- -Zlt S'*r U was " JtlceA bv H ,:r; ®y that u-'"T" eg,e E,oc ‘ ric Light Washington had often ■•'ry w?s t,?i®, ‘ gbt wire whon ttle . C lt .urnedoff in order to show the bv \r r "' not afraid. He was ■Sht, Mr p: *,r? e ibnt he would be he w,; l n . L „ e ' ln '. him Beveral tinMa }>, f .„ ,01n -* a very foolish thing. ? AUAIN AND died. 'to r:; Iri ; a lU ° olocl£ Washington was 19 3:! e- hse l : ov ,a P r,r f T era , 1 Kteps au,i reich e 'neshr., u t < > c i n „ tbe ® l,>ctr ‘ 0 lamp. ■*' His hand rf ar ning to him, but too ■>: his frame stiff ed she5 he wiro anJ * n an ,!ead v?t“ ed aud ,Ja f H to the IHh? 11 - death must o ! * n . msrle twitched, fight hand . bav V been ills taneous. . bad beuched the wire, and mt * Tl.er,/ rorl r ° d ' had C '’ m ' 'Xcept on i . urt ' -v ' a3 not a mark on ba,d - whore a ouud where he had grasped WreckerTFoiled." a Wre>K ii trR-ii OTWh da i^ attem P t I t. I’aad 1 ’ aa d ChioagTrailw 1 U 7 hurg ' Fort streefl 'n at tho turner ?er cda n f tpi , nd fourth avenue, was Mi'* SUS 7 ya tracks he 7 8 lhe of, ' cor was 24 f ePt ' 8 discovered a bar of rT' ;K a,, d tied ,i. t' lgt ' h B,retcl| Ofl across 9 remove!. 11 * 1 dow “- The obstruction B Cll! "Ao-,?r S t W Tri veier Broka. ^ 0 Trav take in ~,u ' a, l. the humorist. ilje jHufnino §teto£. PRODUCTION OF BTRBL. The Preliminary Report of the Census Bureau. Washington, Oct. 81.—The census bu reau to-day issued a preliminary report on the production of steel in the United States ending June 30, 1890, prepared by Dr. Wil liam M. Sweet, special agent, under the di rection of Frank R. Williams, expert special agent of the division of manufacturers. The report shows that the total .{pro duction of steel in the United States during the year ending June SO, 1800, was 4,446,936 tons of 2,000 pounds, as compared with 1,145,711 tons produced during the vear ending May 81, 1880, an increase of 8,321,- 215 tons, or 290 per c nt. BESSEMER STEEL INGOTS. In the ten years from 1880 to 1890, the production of Bessemer steel ingots and direct castings has increased from 985,208 tons to 3,788,572 tons, open hearth steel from 84,302 tons to 504,351 tons, and cruci ble steel from 76,201 tons to 85,536 tons. No Clapp-Griffiths or Robert Bessemer steel was made in the census year 1880, as there were no works in existence in this country at that time. During the year ended Jane 30, 1890, the production of Clapp-Grifflths steel in the United States was 33,963 tons, and the production of Robert Bessemer steel was 4,504 tons. LEADING THE WORLD. The United States now leads all other countries in the manufacture of Bessemer steel rails, the output during the vear ended June 80, 1890, amounting to 2,038,654 tons, an increase of 1,295,179 tons ever the production of the year ended May 31, 1884 In the manufacture of basic steel this country has made a promising beginning, the production of this kind of steel during year ended June 30, 1890, amounting to 63,173 tons. A CLOTHING HOUSK CLOBBD. The Liabilities of *325,000 Bald to be Covered by the Assets. Chicago, Oct. 31.—The clothing trade was thrown into a spasm this morning by the failure of Leopold Bros. & Co.Jmnnu facturers of and dealers in wholesale cloth ing. Twenty-six confessions of judgment were entered up against the firm in the su perior court for sums aggregating $149,000. The failure was foreseen only by the mem bers of the firm, and the collapse came like a thunderbolt to the trade. The house is one of the oldest, if not the very oldest, in the city, having been established thirty years ago. The senior member of the firm is Henry Leopold, who has been rated as a millionaire. HOW IT WAS PRECIPITATED. The firm’s solicitor said: “The firm has for some time been struggling to avoid in solvency, and their efforts have strained their credit with friends to a very great ex tent. The close money market preventet any further oontiuuance of this policy, and necessitated an acknowledgment of their true condition, which precipitated the fail ure. There is no bank indebtedness and none of the creditors are Chicago people. Many of those to whom the firm is indebted are comparatively small tradesmen in other oities, and all these have been provided for. The solicitor estimates the stock on hand at about $200,000. No assigument will be made. The firm employed 250 men. A member of the firm estimates the liaoilities at $325,000. They are fully covered by the assets. POTTSTOWN’B BMABH-UP. The Conductor of the Shifting Crew Made to Give Bond. Pottstown, Pa., Oct. 31.—Americus B. Misaiiner of Pottstown, conductor of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad shifting crew upon whom the coroner’s jury fixed the responsibility for the disaster to the Will iamsport express at this place on last Satur day morning, in which two lives were lost, was arrested yesterday on warrants issued by Magistrate Urner of Norristown, charg ing the conductor with criminal careless ness. He waived a hearing and gave bond in $1,009 for his appearance at the December quarter sessions for trial. A Wreck at a TunneL Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 31.—Another wreok occurred yesterday morning on the Cincinnati Southern at tuunel No. 20, in Kentucky, in whioh Conductor Lewman was killed. Tho first sectijn of the train pulled out from Somerset, closely followed by the second section. When the tunnel was reached the first section stopped and the second dashed into it, crushing the oaboose and several cars. Several men were seriously injured. Cincinnati's New Board. Cincinnati, Oct 31.—The new board of city officers was sworn into office this afternoon upon receipt of the news from Columbus about the action of the supreme court. Thomas G. Smith was chosen presi dent It is now said that the members of the abolished board will institute quo war ranto proceedings in the supreme court Thrown Out of the Malls. Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 31.—The Times was thrown out of the mails again to day for reprinting the proceeds of a Catholic raffle. A claim was filed against the Postmaster General for SIO,OOO dam ages. The claim is made that no law cau forbid an American newspaper to print the news. Indiana’s Miners. Terre Haute, Ind., Oct 31.—The miners’ state convention adjourned to-day. The convention decided to stand by tue oontract signed in the spring with the ope rators, and will not demand an advance in wages. It is now believed that the diffi culties in Indiana are settled until next year. Cabinet Ministers Resign. Melbourne, Oct. 31.—The members of the colonial cabinet have resigned in conse quence of the passage ye-terday of a vote of want of confidence by the Victorian par liament. The action of parliament was due to the secession from the government sup porters of the members of the Labor party. In Behalf Russian Jews. London, Oct. 3L —Rabbi Adler offers to pay the expenses incurred if Stepniak, Krapotkin, Morris, Burns and others will abandon the proposed meeting on behalf of the Jews in Russia, on the ground that the Jews will not be benefited by being associated with nihilists. Turkish Troops for Tripoli. Constantinople, Oct. 31.— The Porte has ordered the atboritlos in Tripoli to prepare provisions for largo additions to the garrison and fortifications of the province. New Zealand’s Strike Ended. London, Out. 3L—The strike in New Zealand is ended. The men will resume work unconditionally, Greece’s New Ministry. Athens, Oct. 31. 1L Delyannis has suc ceeded in forming anew ministry. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1890. SHOWING OF THE CENSUS. PORTER TRIES TO EXPLAIN THB SMALL INCREASE. He Does It by Alleging that the Enu meration of 1870 was Woefully Deficient—The South the Section in Which the People Were Not Counted. Washington, Oct SL The twelfth census bulletin, issued t>-day, says: “The population of the United States on June 1, 1890, as shown by the first count of parsons and families, exclusive of white persons in the Indian Territory, Indians on the reser vations and Alaska was 63,480,540. Them figures may be slightly changed by later and more exact compila tions, bat such changes will not be material. In 1880 the population was 50,155,783. The absolute iuorease of popu lation in ten years was 12,324,757, and the percentage of increase was 24.57. In 1870 the population was stated us 88.558,371. According to these figures the absolute in crease in the decade between 1870 and 1880 was 11,597,413, and the percentage of increase was 30.08. Upon their faoe these figures show that the population has in creased between 1880 and IS9O only 737,345 more than between 1870 and 1880, while the rale of increase has apparently diminished from 30.08 to 24.57 per cent. HOW IT 18 EXPLAINED. “If these figures were derived from oor reot data they would be Indeed disappoint ing. Such a reduction in the rate of In crease, in the face of tho enormous immigration during the past ten years, would argue great diminution in the fecundity of the population, or a corre sponding increase in the death rate. These figures are, however, easilv explained when the character of the data is under stood. It is a well-known fact, having been demonstrated by extensive and thor ough investigation, that the census of 1870 was grossly deficient in the southern states, so much so as not only to give an exagger ated rate of increase of the population be tween 1870 an 1 1889 iu these states, but to affeot very materially the rate of increase in the country at large. WHERE THE FAULT LAY. "These omissious were not the fault, nor were thev within the control of the census office. The census of 1870 was taken under a law which Supt. Walker characterized as ‘clumsy’ and quoted as ‘barbarous.’ The census office hod no power over its enumerators save a barren protest, and this right was even questioned in somu quarters. In referring to these omissions, tho superin tendent of the tenth census, in his report in relation to the taking of the census in South Carolina, said: ‘lt follows, as a conclusion of the highest authority, either that the oensus of 1870 was grossly defective in regard to the whole state, or some considerable parts thereof, or else that the census of 1880 was fraudu lent.” Those, therefore, who believe in the aouraoy and honesty of the tenth census— and that was thoroughly established—must accept the other alternative offered by Gen. Walker, namely, that the ninth oeusas was ‘grossly defeotive.’ What was true of South Carolina was also true, iu greater or less degree, of all the southern states. 1,500,000 NOT COUNTED. “There is, of course, no means of ascer taining accurately the extent of these omis sions, but iu all probability they amounted to not less than 1,500,000. There is but little question that the population of the United States in 1870 was at least 40,000,- 000, instead of 38,558,371, as stated. If this estimate of the extent of the omissions iu 1870 be oorrect.the absolute increase betweeu 1870 and 1880 was only about 10,000,000, and the rate of increase was not far from 25 per cent. These figures compare much more reasonably with similar deductions from the population in 1880 and 1890. Omitting from consideration those states in which the census of 1870 is known or is presumed to have been faulty, the rate of increase between 1870 aud 1880 in the re maining states has been very nearly main tained in the decade between 1880 and 1890. WHERE THE DEFICIENCY OCCURRED. "Referring to the principal table of the bulletin the census of 1870 is known or is presumed to have been deficient in nearly all the states of the South Atlantic and Southern Central divisions, while in tho North Atlantic, Northern Central and Western divisions no evidence of incom pleteness has been detected. The population of these three last named divisions iu 1870 and 1890, the absolute increase for two de cades aud the rate of increase, is set forth in the following table: Population. 1870. 26,270.351 1830 33,639.2:5 Increase 7,368,804 Or 28.1 per cent. 1990 42,693,862 Increase 9,054,407 26.9 per cent. It will be seen that the absolute increase between 1880 and 1890 exceeded that be tween 1870 and 1880 by 1,685,603, and that the proportional increase was but one-half per cent. less. POPULATION OF THE STATES. The following table shows the population of the several states as found by the census enumeration of 1890: UNITED STATES. Population la 1890 62,480,540 NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION. Maine 660,261 New Hampshire 375,527 Vermont 332,205 Massachusetts 2,235,407 Rhode Island 845,343 Connecticut 745,861 New York 5,981,934 New Jersey 1,441,017 Pennsylvania 5,248,574 North Atlantic division in 1890 17,304,429 SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION. Delaware 167,871 Maryland 1,040,431 District of Columbia 229 796 Virginia 1,648.911 West Virginia .. 780.448 North Carolina 1,017,310 Booth Carolina 1,147,161 Georgia 1,834.360 Florida 390,435 South Atlantic D.visioq 8,836,759 NORTHERN CENTRAL DIVISION. Ohio 3,666,713 Indiana 2,189,080 Illinois 3,818.536 Michigan 2,089,792 Wisconsin 1,683.097 Minnesota 1,800,017 lowa 1,906,729 Missouri ' 2,677,080 North Dakota 182,425 South Dakota 327,848 Neoraska 1,058,793 Kansas 1,423,485 Northern Central Division 22,322,151 SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION. Kentucky Tennessee 1 , < o-i, < sra Alabama J’SSf’iS Mississippi Texas..... 2 t JW2.25a) Oklahoma J,7?1 Arkansas 1,125,385 South Contra! division. 10,948,263 WESTERN DIVISION. Montana ij liT6 9 Wyoming 60,589 Colorado 410,975 Now Mexico 144 Arizona Ctah- *oe'.49s Nevada 44 m? Idaho. 84‘^Jfi Washington 348*51 and Oregon 3 12,' 400 California 1,204.002 Western division 3,008,943 GEORGIA’S GAIN. Georgia gained 12 per cent., while Ala bama and Louisiana gained but 3 per cent, and Mississippi but 5 per cent., although they were comparative!v remote from active operations aud sutferel relatively littie from the ravages of the war On the other hand, thotestates which suffered m st severely from tho war hive made, during the decado between 1870 and 1880, the smallest proportion of gala of the southern states, whereas the reverse should have been the case. Thus Virginia gained 23, Kentuoky 25 and Tennessee 23 per cent., while the states that were farther remote from active operations were North Carolina, which gained 81 per cent., South Carolina 41 per cent., Georgia 30 per cent,, Alabama 27, Mississippi 37 and Louisiana 29 per cent. These startliug dis crepancies can be due only to the imperfec tions of the census of 1870, which were, as has been demonstrated, greatest In South Carolina, Mississippi, Lou.sia a, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, although they were not by any means wauting iu Virginia, Kentucky aud Tennessee. The industries of these two sections are almost entirely agricultural. During the past ten years manufactures have obtained a slight foot ing and mining has male considerable growth in the mountain regions, but these oauses have thus far produced but a comparatively trifling movement of the population. The urban population, al though great in proportion to’ that which existed formerly, is very (mail iu propor tion to the rural population of the region. During the first half of the last decade, Florida had a rapid growth. Its population between 1880 and 1885 increased 73,058, or at the rate of 27 per cent. This rapid growth, however, received a serious check in 1887 and 1888 by an epidemic of yellow fever and by severe frosts. The growth since 1885 has therefore been comparatively slow. THB LAW GOVERNING INCREASE. Snpt. Porter says: “The general law gov erning the increase of population is that when not disturbed by extraneous causes, such as wars, pestilences, emigrations, etc., the increase of population goes on at a continually diminishing rate. The opera tion of this law in this country has been interfered with In recent years by ;the late war, which, besides the destruction of a vast number of lives, decreased the birth rate very materially during its progress. It was followed by an increased birth rate, as is invariably the case under similar circumstances. The normal rate of increase has been, and is, greatly interfered with also by immigration, and it is difficult to estimate the effect of this upon our rate of increase. An approximation to it may, however, be reached by the following proeess: Between 1880 and 1890 5,246,613 Immigrants entered this country. Of these, part have returned to their homes or migrated elsewhere. A considerable proportion, probably about one-eighth, have died. On the other hand, children have been born to them, and it is probable that the births have counter balanced the deaths and emigration, so that the net influence which immigration has exerted upon our population is ap proximately expressed by the number of Immigrants. Subtracting this number from the numerical increase during the past decade, there remains a trifle over 7,000,000 to represent the actual increase of the in habitants of this country over 1880. The rate of natural inorease is, therefore, not far from 14 per cent. DON’T APPLY TO PREVIOUS CENSUSES. “Similar calculations for the population in 1880, and the decade preoeding. would, of course, be valueless on account of the im perfect census of 1870. “Through the South Atlantio and southern oentral states the rate of increase has diminished, and in most of these states it has diminished very materially. A certain reduction in the percentage of increase, especially in the eastern part of this region, was ex pected, due not only to the operation of general laws, but also to the fact that there has been considerable migration in states east of tho Mississippi river to the west ward, and but little immigration. Taken together, however, these two causes by no means account for the reduction In the rate of Inorease in these states.” THE RATE OF INCREASE. The following tables showing the rates of increase during the last three decades in these statfß illustrates the imperfections of the census of 1870 iu a somewhat startling manner: PER CENT. OF INCREISK. States. 1880 to 1870. IB7otolßßo. 1680 to 1890. Virginia and W Virginia 4.4 23 5 9.0 N. Carolina. 7.9 30.6 15.5 S. Carolina.. 0.8 41.1 15.2 Georgia 12.0 30.2 18.9 Alabama .. 8.4 20.0 19.4 Mississippi.. 4.6 36.7 13.5 Louisiana ... 2.7 29 8 18.8 Kentucky. . 14 3 24.8 12.5 Tennessee... 13.4 22.5 14.4 It is but reasonable to suppose that in these states, which were ravaged by war from 1861 to 1865, the rate of increase in the decade, which includes the war period, should be less than the normal one. Of all these states, Virginia, whose soil was the principal theater of the war, must have suffered most severely, aud during tho period in question it increased at the rate of but 4.9 percent. Next to Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee suffered most severely, and yet they increased re spectively 14 and 13 per cent. On the other hand North Carolina, whioh suffered little loss, gained but 8 per cent., aud South Carolina, which suffered less in comparison with Virginia, appaiently remained at a stand still as regards population. GOTHAM’S CaNSUS KICK. Mayor Grant’s BflDrta Seoonded by Gov. Hill. New York, Oot. 31.—Mayor Grant sent William J. Kenny, supervisor of the City Records, to Washington this morning with a letter to Secretary Noble in regard to the census. He also sent facts ana figures relating to the late police census. GOV. HILL TAKES A HAND. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 31.—Gov. David B. Hill has adilressod a letter to Secretary Noble asking for a re-enumeration of the census of the city of New York. He says: “Every enumerator selected to count the inhabitants of that great democratic city was a partisan of the party now in control of the national govern ment. It was to their political interest that the party from which they had received patronage should be the beneficiary of their labor. An impartial determination of the accuracy of the fed eral examination will encourage popular ooufldeuoe in the fairness of the census u reau's work and relieve the popular fear that the state may unjustly be deprived of her right representation in the electoral college and iu the House of ttepresonta tivis." A COLLISION' ON THE SEA A STBAMUR AND A SCHOONER GO DOWN WITH MANY LIVES. The Beene of the Crash Off Barnegat. Elghtr-elx Persona on the Steamer. Twelve or Them Saved by Taking to the Rigging—The Captain Killed In stantly. New York. Oct 31.— The captain of the steamer Humboldt, from South American ports, whioh arrived here to-dsy, reports that at 6 o’clock this morning six miles east of Baruegat he sighted a wreck and bore down to It. The wrecked vessel proved to be the steamer Visuayu, which sailed hence yesterday for Havana. He saw several persons in the ,ig ging aid sen |a boat to their rescue. Ti.e chief officer, second officer, surgeon, one engineer and eight of the crew were taken off aud brought here. The persons rescued state that at 8 o’clock last night the steamer wai run into by a four-masted coal-laden schooner, supposed to be bound north wad. Both vessels sank within five minutes. Capt. Cunill of the Vizcaya was drowned, as were also part of her crew, in all about seventeeu persons, sixteen of whom were passengers. The Viicava bad oiguty-six porsous on board. STORY OF THE DOCTOR. Dr. Rice, the ship's doctor, tells this story: “The weather was flue. The moou shone bright and the sea was smooth. The siiip was in charge of the first officer, wtio was on the bridge. I was in the saloon talking with Mrs. Calvo, when suddenly 1 heard the stop signal. Before I could even wonder what it was for there came au awful shock and a crashing, scraping sound on the deck over our heads and the steamer rolled well over on her port side. Every body in tho saloon was thrown down. A WILD PANIC. All was excitement, men, women and children shrieking for help. I started up to the deok. A terrible scene of confusion met my eyes. The bridge, deck house and fore rigging were all torn away. There was a great gash in the starboard side just abaft the coal bunkers, and into this open ing the water poured. Close by on our starboard beam was a big four-masted schooner, with her bowsprit anil fore rig ging gone and her boats stove In. She, too, was filling rapidly. Men were running here and there ail over the decks shouting all kinds of orders. The steamer was fast sinking. SCRAMBLED UP THB RIGGING. "With a wild idea of saving ourselves several of us scrambled up the port fore rigging. Down went the steamer aud up we cliinod. We reached the foretop gallant and tne hull readied the bottom. This left us jus abovs the surface of the water, but every swell drenched our lower limbs. There wore twelve of us iu the rigging. Some of our crew had tried to reach the sohooner, but she had gone to the bottom almost as quickly us the Vizcaya bad. One of the men said a boat with men from the schooner was rowed away. IN THE YARD ALL NIGHT. “All through that long night we clung to that yard, growing colder and stiffer as each hour passed. Toward daybreak a cold fog settled aud made matters worse. When one of the men on the yard said he thought he heard a passing steamer we all hallooed as loud as our enfeebled voices would permit. Then a boat made Its appearance and we were taken on board the Humboldt. We oould not have endured the ordeal much longer.” STOIIY OF THK SECOND OFFICER. From the second officer some foots were obtained. He was standing on the upper deck under the bridge when the collision occurred. Ho said the steamer’s lights were burning all right and the watch on deck were at their posts. Ho didn’c see the sohooner until the first officer on tho bridge rang the bell to stop. “At the time tie raug to stop,” said Second Officer Covas, “Capt. Ctmiil had just come from supper and was going up on the bridge. THE CAPTAIN INSTANTLY KILLED. “Before we had time to move the schooner struck us; and os tar as I could see, instantly killed Capt. Cunill. Our headway carried it along, and the bowsprit knocked down the bridge house and rigging. I was cov ered by debris, and was badly out in the head and side of my neck. I got out of the taugle about the time ttie water oommenced to run on the decks, aud then I took to the rigging with the others. We stayed there from 9 o'clock at night till 5 o’clock the next morning, and were completely ex hausted when taken off by the crew of the Humboldt.” SANK IN FIFTEEN FATHOMS. LewES, Del, Oct. 31.—The tug Hercules arrived this afternoon and reports that tbe schooner Cornelius Hargrave aud the Spanish steamer Vizcaya collided at 9 o’clock last night fifteen miles off Barnegat. Both vessels sank in fifteen fathoms of water. Ten men from the Hargrave and sovea from the Vizcaya were picked up by the schooner Sarah L. Davis, anil were transferred to the Hercules. The latter proceeded for the wreck to render assistance, but at midnight met the tug Battier, which had been to the soene and found tbe vessels sunk and all hands gone. She had picked up the body of a woman. The survivors report that nearly a hundred people were clinging to tbe wreck at one time. The survivors have been landed at the Lewes life saving station and also tho corpse of the woman picked up. Hue is reported to have been the stewardess of the steamer. BWITZSRLAND’d BPLIT. A Bill Providing for Revision of tbe Eleotoral Law. Berne, Oct. 31.—At a meeting of the grand council of the Canton of Ticino to-day, M. Soldati. the conservative leader, introduced a bill providing for a revision of the electoral laws. The bill was referred to a oommlttee oonsisting of five ojnsirva tives and four radicals. Tbe council will rneot agan on Nov. 6, when it will receive the report of the elections for members of the new grand council, in which the ultra montanes have offered the liberals two seats. The elections will be held uext week. Numerous arrests of rioters have been made at Lugano. It is believed that the turbulent canton of Ticino will be divided into two cantons. GERMAN TRADERS ACTIVE. They are rapidly Scooping In the Cash in Bulgaria. London, Oot. 81.—Sbaw-Lefevre, In a speech at Bradford this evening, said the German traders were exceptionally active and successful in Bulgaria, and tbe oountry was fast developing. He exhorted British traders to imitate tne Germans. Life Savers Drowned. Berlin, Oct. 31.—Eleven German life boatmen were drowned to-day w hile try ing to rescue the crew of the Brituh vessel Erik Berundsen, which was wrecked off Hles vig. Only one, of the vessel’s crew was saved. BALFOUR’a TOPS. What the Delegates of the Landlords' Convention will Ask. Oct 81. —The Express says the delegates appointed by the landlords’ con vention will meet Scoretary Balfour upon his arrival in this city and urge him to change the proposed Irish land purchase bill by providing for the appointment of a aor the high oourt of justice as the of Midland commi-sion, and limiting the power of the local authorities to inter fere with ttie purchase of lands. A DRIVE TO GALWAY. Mr. Balfour drove to-day from Costello lodge, tho residence of Police Comml sioner Byrne, at Carrarve, to Galway. There be received a 1 irge number of representatives of the local ti ados who nude suggestions to him for remedying the distress In the western oounties of Ireland. In reply Mr. Balfour said he was glad the present government had been instrumental iu bringing into effect project* which lind hovered before the.r e res as a dream for many years past. From Galway Mr. Balfour t ok a train for Dublin. A crowd asnotubled at the depot and gave hearty cheers for William O’Brien aud Johu Morley as the train departed. Mr. Balfour was interviewed in Galway by the ohairmau of tho town and harbor commissioners and other prominent per sons. In tho course of bis reply, after referring to the means for improving the flailing industry, he said be feared ha would be unable to do more for Galway in tbe matter of railway* than he had already promised. A SKIRMISH IN A CO JHT ROOM. Tipperary, Oct. 81.—Upon tbe resump tion of tbe conspiracy trial Imre this morn ing much excitement was caused by the ao tion of the police, who ejected Mr. Dalton, member of parliament, as he was entering the gallery iu tiie court room. An appeal w is made to tlm bench, and the magistratee ordered the police to allow Mossrs. Dalton and Kilbridge, also a member of parlia ment, to outer the gallery. Tuo court ordered the release from jail of Alice Sad ler who, with Simon Oleeson, witnesses summoned by the prosecution, was com mitted for refusing to answer questions put to her on Thursday last. The oourt refused to allow the witness to disolose the names of the tenants who had secretly paid rent. EVICTION DECREES. Cork, Oot. 31. —Tbe recorder of Cork has granted eviction decrees against numerous tenants on the Pousoubv estate, including Father lUes, tho pariah priest of Lady Bridge. A SIBERIAN RXILE ESCAPES. Hla Companions Greatly Encouraged by American Sympathy. London, Oot. 81.—A young Russian named Kelchowsky, wiio succeeded in making his escape from Siberia atir having served fourteen years thnro, has arrived In this city. He was arrested in Vienna when 'lily 18 years of age on suspicion of having in bis possession revolutionary documeits and being concerned in a conspiracy against the government. His escape from Biberla was attended with many hardships and perils. M. Kelchowsky is unwilling os yet to publish au account of his life lu exile and his escape, for fear that, by doing so he will endanger his comrades left iu Siberia. ENCOURAGED BY OUR SYMPATHY. He status that tbe exiles there are greatly encouraged by the expressions of ■yuifiuthy with them in thvir fate by the American people, and ho olaiuM that the Russian government is much disturbed thereby. The Official Messenger of Bt. Petersburg recently announced that the rumors our rent In Russia that America ns and others were severely criticizing the Russian prison management were simply the concoctions of mhllßta. M. Kelchowsky also brings news that two earls, named I‘eshekeroo and Ma karenko, who were recently arrested at Ousour, have lieen condemned to solitary confinement pending an official investiga tion for having in their possession clippings from American newspaper* upon the sub ject of the feeling aroused abroad by tbe alleged maltreatment of political prisoners in Siberia. RU3BIA AND THB JBWB. The Reoort of the Slaughter of Emi grants Confirmed. St. Petersburg, Oct. 31.—Gen. Grosser has issued an order to the polioe command ing rigid adherence to the letter of the anti- Jewishlaw, and saying that they must com pel tbe families of Jews expelled from the empire or transferred from on* part of it to another to accompany them. SHOT DOWN ON THE FRONTIER. Berlin, Oot. 31.—The Vossisnhe Zeitung confirms the report from Warsaw that while a number of persons were leaving Russia, their iutentiou being to emigrate to Brazil, they wore fired upon by tne Russian frontier guards at fitupoa. The Warsaw report, however, stated that nine persons were killed, while tbe Zeitung says that only four of tbe party lost their lives. It is stated that since tbe accession of Osar Alexander in 1881 270,900 Jews have been expelled from Russia. STANLEY B STORY. Ha Refuses to Modify His Censure of the Rear Column. London, Oct. 3L —The ’limes this morn ing publishes a parting interview with Henry M. Stanley, Stanley adds nothing to his previous statements. He accuse* Lieut. Troup of using violent language and making vague chargee. He says that all tho rear office* were offended by his first report to tbs Emin relief committee on the condition in which he found the rear column, that he cannot modify tbe censure be then expressed, and that it remain* for those officers to tell their own stories. EMIN PASHA’S ADVANCE. Zanzibar, Oct. 81. —Letters from Emin Pasha say that his expedition is advancing steadily and all hands well. HOLLAND’S DBPQ3BD KING. Hla Ailment Constats of the Loss of His Mind. London, Oct. 31.—A dispatch from The Hague says: “It has transpired that the statements made regarding the condition of the King of Hollaud by the dootors and min isters are untrue. Tbe king's physical health is good, but he is suffering from a mental malady which render* him unfit to govern. In other words, he is a lunatic. Tbe state ment that he was physically ill was made simply made to delude the general public and explain the necessity for tbe appoint ment of a regency.” Jules Ferry for Senator. Paris, Oct 31.— Jules Ferry will be a candidate for tbe (Senate from the Vosges district in January next. Miners Strike at Swansea. London, Oct. 31. —One thousand miners have struck at Swansea for an advance of 15 per cent. 1 DAILY, $lO A YB4R. I 5 CENTR A COPY. V I WEEKLY. $1.95 A YEAR. A NEGRO ill'XG ON A LISIB BULLRTB THHN B I.tED INTO HIM TO KBSP THB HOPE TAUT. He Had Assaulted tbe Daughter of m Farmer in Twiggs County—After the Crime He Went About Hie Worle on the Farm as Usual and Re mained HU Hwung. Hawkinsville. 01, Oct. !.—Owen Jones, a negro, met a Justly-merite 1 death at the bands of a crowd of deaply-lnoenseil citizens of Pulaski and Twiggs yesterday afternoon about dark, near the Pulaski poatoffloe, in the upper part of Pulaski county, near the Twiggs county line. The News correspondent was told lost nlgho that a telegram hod been received from Cochran by tbe oounty authorities at Uaw kinsviila asking that the coroner be sent to hold an Inquest over the body of a negro who had been killed by a mob in the upper part of this county, near Mount Calvary church, eighteen mile* from this place. This was all the inf rtuntion that could bo obtained last night about the killing. OFF FOR THE SCENE. To-day tbe correspondent wont to Coohrare to got all the facts. Hunday Mauder* Howell, whose home is in that part of Twiggs county known at the Flat Woods, went to Maoun to visit the fair and sew Uarnum’s circus, leaving a, home his two daughters. M relay morning one of the young ladies went to visit a neighbor for a few hours, and left her eister, a girl 17 years old, alone at the house. THE CRIME. While the young lady wa< busy with her domestic affairs, a negro tiaud working on tbe ulaca, named Owen Jones, caine iu tb room and dashed chloroform on bar apron aud enveloped her head in the apron, rendering her insensible. After having accomplished bis fiendish purpose he did not even leave the neighborhood, but stayed there on the farm engaged lu his accustomed work. Although the orinut was committed on Monday morning, the young lady was treated no brutally that she could not tell who her assailant was until Wednesday, when she stated that Owen. Jones was tbe guilty party. HUNG AROUND TILL HANGED. The negro had not left the farm since tho outrage was perpetrated, but h'd gouo about hla work as if nothing had happened. The scene of the crime is iu Twiggs, near the Pulaski line, and when the crowd of indignant citizens who had gathered to find out the party who had com mitted it heard who It was they captured him aud brought him Into this oounty. Jones ooufesseil that he was guilty. He aos allowed the privilege of selecting the limb from which he was to hang, wuion he (lid. Ho was hung from a tree on tho road leading from Hawkinsville to AUeu towu, in Twiggs oouuty. Fifty shot* were fired luto the body, aud it was left hanging until late yesterday afteruoou, when it was cut down und an inquest was held by justice of tbe peaoe acting as coroner. Tiler last news is that the body is lying by tho roadside iu a fence corner. HARTINGTON IN EDINBURGH. Ha Defends tbe Irlah Policy of tbe Government. London, Oct. 31.— At a meeting of the liberal unionists, held at Edinburgh to-day. Lord Hartirigtou delivered an addraas, lu which be said that the results of tbe recent by-elections bod shown the necessity for increased activity on the part of the Liberal Unionist Association, although it was a mistake to predict the issue of the next general election from tbe by-eleotioas. He fearel that unless the liboral unionist* presented their policy more clearly, and showed greater activity and vigor, tha cause of the union would o# much en dangered. THEIR IRISH POLICY. The Irish policy of the liberal unionist* had never been developed as a whole. Hitherto they had been compelled to pre sent the case too much as the restoration of order iu Ireland. The remedial side of tho policy must clearly be placed before par liament aud tbe oountry, itiu* giving the oountry a chance for its approval, accom panied by vigorous condemnation of tho unscrupulous tactics of U* opponents. THE GOVERNMENT DEFENDED. Lord Hartington devoted bis evening's •poeoh to a general defense of tbe govern ment, against Mr. Gladstone’s criticisms. He said that coercion was freeing the Irish people from league tyranny aud had made land more valuable than the wiseet local government. He would not aocuse Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien of oowardice, but their action had thrown a strong light on tbe condition of affairs in Ireland. The league had ueariy ruined once prosperous Tippe rary. Only tbe crimes act had prevented such things from being repeated tbroagaout the length and breadth of Ireland. The prenentt government had, perhaps, made mistakes, but their work, on the whole, bad beets credltaole. He was proud that they bad bad the courage to face unpopularity. He would rather bear reproaches for adminis tering needfully severe laws than the responsibility which Mr. Gladstone in curred in excusing breaches and hatred of law. M’KINLBY’a BAD LAW. Cuban Cigar Factories Feeling It* Baneful Affects. Rome, Oct. 81.—The Italia states that the Italian consul general in America has sent a memorandum to the chamber of commerce which is intended to correct tbe erroneous oomments mode by the European press ou the effects of the McKinley law. The consul general declares that the new law is favorable to Italian interests, and will lead to a marked increase in Italy’s trade with the United States. A BAD EFFECT IN CUBA. Madrid, Oct. 31.— Cuban mail advices report that the McKinley law has already had a baneful effect in Cuba. Forty of the smaller factories have l eon closed aud a large number of operators are idle. Premier Cauova del Estiiio announced to tbe queen, at a council of ministers, that there were reasons to hope that Pieside it Harrison would agree to modify the tariff in favor of Cuba, and iu view of the boe tility to the tariff that was beginning to grow in America, the premier thought that Spain would not find it difficult to negotiate anew treaty. French Free Traders. Paris, Oct 31.— M. Mynard, chairman of the Lyons chamber of commerce, and deputies Dounat and DeLoncle have called a meeting for Nov. 5 to form a league for the protection of the French export trade. The league will oppose a government tariff on silks, oils and wool. Its general tendency will be toward free trade. New South Wales' Ministry. Sidney, Oct 3L—ln tbs’ legislative as sembly to-day a motion expressing waut of confidence in tho ministry was defeated by a vote of 46 to 22.