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Newspaper Page Text7 the morning news. I j Tinms*n 18*°- lNeos?o*ATK 1888. V j Uj T lLL.Pr*id“- \ silver has the floor. h'.ACSBORN AND MORGAN SPEAK *“ FOR free coinage. „ Asß erti That the People Are in of the Proposition-The Veto Power a Vain Reliance - A Denial Tbat it is a Partv Measure -Morgan's speech Unfinished. Washington. Jan. 9.-The President ... before the Senate to-day the resolu *L 0 f the New York Chamber of Com merce in favor of the shipping and tonnage * Mr Cullom presented, as did many other senators, many petitions for and against v Con2of bill. , , Mr Platt gave notice that he would ask ae Senate on Monday, after the routine morning business, to consider the House the finance bill was laid be the Senate. Mr. Plumb gave notice of in amendment limitiag to *I,OOO the c m “lsorv requirement of deposit of United States bonds for every national bank. (This not to apply to deposits of bonds to secure public monies in national banks.) * The bill was laid aside informally, and some miscellaneous business was transacted. ifter this had proceeded some time Mr. Edmunds insisted on the regular order aud remarked, caustically, that it was due to those who wanted to discuss the finance bill that they should have an opportunity to do so, TAKEN UP AGAIN. The finance bill was therefore taken up Again, and Mr. Blackburn addressed the Senate in advocacy of Mr. Stewart’s amend ment for free coinage of stiver. There had been, he said, so much said on behalf of it, and so little in the way of argument against it, that it seemed well nigh superfluous to continue its discussion, at least on the part of its friends, and yet be was not wiihng that the debate should close with out hia adding the testimony of hia section and his people to the merit of the amendment He was not willing to bave it go to the country and the world that that amendment was simply an effort made by the representatives of the silver states, and that the rest of the country was indifferent to the result There as not a silver mine within the limits of the groat common wealth of Kentucky, aud yet he ventured to assert that her people ere as united, as earnest, as honest, and as clamorous in their demand for free coinage of silver as were thepeoule of Colorada, California, Idaho or Nevada. THE VETO POWER, The opponents ot free coinage might rely on the veto power of the President, but that would prove to be a vain reliance. The President dared not furnish them with that veto. When the amendment passed the Senate aud the House, and the bill went to the President, he dared not put his veto upon it unless ho was already prepared to sign the death warrant of a party already doomed. But even if the President did veto the bill that would not save them. Tie death knell of the present con gress, he thanked God, w ould soon be rung; and then would come another congress whose House of Representatives would give free coinage to tho American people, even by the vote required by the constitution to pas3 it over a president's veto; and the Senate would concur in that action of the people’s representatives, so that relief to the clamoring and overburdened people was now at hand, whether the opponents of free coinage willed it or not. NOT A PARTY QUESTION. This, with him, was not a party question, for he denounced the anti-silver policy of every administration for the last twenty years. It did not matter to him that his f wn party was for four years responsible for enduring the wrong. President Cleve land’s administration was just as amenable to criticism and censure as had been its predecessors or its successor. When honest toil was doomed to want and poverty no party shackles could chain him to defense of that which was its cause. He tillers of the soil could endure no longer the burdens put upon their banks by unjust partial legislation. They had at last flet Tinned to mane their cause of grievance jjnowu, nnd their demand that it be righ ed. He farmers’ alliance was now centralised jatoa national organization, and was pro testing against class legislation. A JUST CAUSE OF COMPLAINT. uvery intelligent man and every honest ®an acknowledged that they had a just M'-se of complaint. They asked redress of grievances, not imaginary, but real. The “ifhty west and rejuvenated south endured the fleecing process until i e;r patio .oe was exhausted, aud now they tteant that just laws should be enacted and J'Miirepalei He trusted that tho nme Lad come, aud that ere the ides of dareh were ushered in silver would be re iwied to the position which it had held and Honored for more than 3,000 years. PRODUCT OF OUR MIXES. ~j?‘ -J' )r :?un ®9i(l that he felt embarrassed sate immense mass of statistics and in eonrf. t 1 0? , w : lth which tha Senate and the *" been flooded on silver coinage. n,.,t S '. c ; ,lna ? 0 . ,lnd on the quostion of *™?L y °t value between the two metals; ..Jf 'T 0;, tl not have attempted to make , y nirther suggestions if it were not that ti^ C f nSldGred tbe P r ® f ont an opportune ■■a. lor coi,grass to come to the relief of ,, 9 coun try. It was not worthy of the trll ricau P 00 ?!®. he said, at this stage of rj P ro l?ress, that they should any longer ttw M to baße their financial policy on faiPr,2 W u uafailin S industries; not only nn hut actively and enormously in- Speaking of the product of the ;mines in gold and silver (SBOO,- f' u ten years), Mr. Morgan asked o.her government in the world could “fet security for the redemo r„.m f lt ’ promises, public or private. Could b<T rm Dy Premise herself such a result from j.r mines? Not a tithe of it. Could France? ', all -. Could England, from all her possessions? Not by any means. PROMISE OF THE FUTURE. 15-^? ht , b^ a9 * u,ned tbat Vf the.American mines In the next ten Jr*' j",, lssue of circulation of one, two, ee , d .°i lars t 0 0,16 d °har of gold or sil b* on absolutely safe calculation; Doliev # l6 there would established be a la'rmLvi r tb “ conntry as safe and , ftahle as the flow of water in tho Mis- WS™ r ‘ ver > and which might be calcu * h wit hout any doubt. Then there til ■L i au Mtablished policy which (if tavrnfi aEd em P l °ycd in developing the St °° nt re * ourooa of the country, its p 1 ® “i its commerce) would make States master of the world on - question of finance. t n O CAUSE FOP. FEAR. thatfact whyshould thosonators •ater'f lns aud tearful, and almost in a k u'l paill ° lest if the country sought to use vj,.f er and aTad itself of its natural ad it* s> 3 ,me men might conclude that te- y e; ' n * e n* °t the U cited States was bor t a< ‘k iu its ideas of honor and st,i „ T aad credit? The policy of fear P^->r.i^ Pr T e . ns * on was DOt becoming the bod r Wbj ilafi (? ot their feet planted by a , racb 'if safety. There was no *u s, lou “t the future when the present in nJ: “fured and tbe past was so fruitful v enaid results from the mining industry §Phe JHofning ffctoS. of the country. And yet that was all that the senators were confronted with. Mr. Morgan yielded the floor without conclud ing his speech, and the bill was laid aside. After an executive session the Senate ad journed. FORCE BILL MEN BUBY. An Effort to be Made to Get it Before the Senate Again. Washington, Jan. 9.—Senator Hoar turned over the force bill to Senator Spooner last ntght and left for Boston to attend the funeral of Judge Dev eng. Senator Spooner was directed to get the signatures on the republican side of tho Senate to anew pledge to support the force bill, including of course, voting for a motion to take it up. S j far, it is stated, Senator Spooner has re ceived less than thirty of the forty-five signa ture s required to make the resurrection move effective. Senator Hoar was, how ever, hopeful of getting the whole forty five, and may do s i on his return. HIS LAST RESORT. If he fails in this his plan will he, it is be lieved, to get the anti-force bill republicans to agree to take the force bill up on Thurs day next, the financial bill having been disposed of, and keep it before the Senate for a few days, laying it aside “temporarily ” by unanimous consent to take up Senator Paddock’s pure food bill or the reapportion ment bill, and never going back to the force bill This would set Senator Hoar on his feet and then let him down again, but it would let him down easily and gracefully. THE ANTI-FORCE BILL MEN SOLID. Possibly tne anti-force bill men may agree to some such scheme as tnis, but there is no reason to believe that taey will let the force bill be brought up for passage. They have been greatly strengthened in their position since Monday by the almost unanimous approval of the influential newspapers of tne country, as well as by private letters and telegrams, and are more certain than ever that the force bill is not wanted by the oountry. President Harri son has resumed his efforts to constrain anti-force bill senators to support, or, at least, to let it come to a vote, bat his inter ference hurts rather than helps the bill. COBT OF THIS GOVBBNMSNT. The Legislative, Executive end Judi cial Appropriation Elll. Washington, Jan. 9.—The House com mittee on appropriations to-day completed its consideration of the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill for the next fisoal year. The bill carries with it a total appropriation of $21,559,146, being $1,136,136 less than the estimates, and $208,411 lass than the appropriation for the current year. The whole number of salaries specifi cally provided for in the bill is 10,597, being 261 less than the number estimated for and fifty-nine loss than are provided for in tho act for the current year. Ten clerks to the civil service commission, with salaries aggregating $15,800, are provided for, this rTorca to take the place ot ten clerks with salaries aggregating $14,600 detailed to the com mission from the sever and executive depart ments. The change was strongly recom mended by the civil service commission. A special clause is inserts 1 in the provision making appropriations for horses and mail wagons for the Senate and House of Representatives, requiring the money to be expended by the sergeant-at arms of the Senate and postmaster of the House “under contracts to be let annually to the lowe t responsible bidder tberefor, after due advertisement.” The object of this is to prevent such scandals as were ex poeed"in the Wheat postmastership investi gation. ONE OF BEN BUTLER’S GRABS. A Louisiana Bank Trying to Secure Restitution. Washington, Jan. 9.—The House this morning went Into committee of the whole, with Mr. Allen of Michigan in the chair, on the private calendar. The first bill on the calendar was the one referring to the court of claims the claim of the Citizen’s Bank of Louisiana, growing out of tho seizure and covering into the United States treasury of certain moneys of tho bank by Gen. B. F. Butler. The amount involved is $215,- 000. The measure gave rise to a long discussion, it being advocated by Messrs. Blanchard and Bos nor of Louisiana and opposed by Messrs. Thomas of Wiscon sin and Grosvenor of Ohio. Mr. Thomas moved to strike out the enacting clause. This motion was lost by a vote of 68 to 59. The h ur of 2 o’clock having arrived, the bill went over, the committee rose and the House took a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session to be for the consideration of private pension bills. The House at its evening session passed sixty private pension bills. A SURPLUS IN THE TREASURY. The Government Again in a Position to Buy Bonds. Washington, Jan. 9.—The available cash surplus of the treasury, which was re duced to about $5,000,000 during tho recent financial flurry by heavy purchases of 4 per cents, has been steadily increasing since Jan. 1, by reason of tbe large excess of re ceipts over expenditures, until it has now reached nearly *18,000.000. In speaking of this increase a prominent treasury official said to-day tbe department was once more iu a position whore It could again go into the market and buy 4 percent, bonds if there was any urgent necessity for so doing. The amount of silver offered for sale to the treasury department to-day wai 1,026.- 000 ounces and amount purchased 754,600 ounces, at prices from $1,051 to $1,053. A SOUTHERNER APPOINTED. Gen. Charles W. Field to Fill the Place of Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox. Washington, Jan. 9.—The Secretary of War has appointed Gen. Charles W. Field to the place made vacant in the war records office by the recent death of Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox. Gen. Field is a graduate of West Point and was a distinguished major general under Gen. Rjbert E. Lee in the army of Northern Virginia throughout the war. Since the war Gen. Field has been occupied in various employments. For a long while he was democratic doorkeeper of the House, and a very popular one he made. During the recent Cleveland administration he was superintendent of the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. Buck's Muddled Accounts. Washington, Jan. 9.— Collector Walter Johnson is expected to-morrow to join Col. Buck, who is still here wrestling with his accounts, which, *on account of defective bookkeeping at Atlanta, do not satisfy the treasury officials. Enlargement of the White House. Washington, Jan. 9.— Senator Stanford to-day introduced a bill provid.ng for an extension of the executive mansion in ac cordance with pla&3 suggested by Mrs. Harrison, at a cost not to exceed $959,036. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1891. CLOSING IN THE CORDON. THE TROOPS THREE TO SIX MILES NEARER THE INDIANS. The Line WIU be Gradually Tightened Until the Hostiles Agree to Coma in or Are Whipped Into Submission. It Looks as Though They Would Fight. Pine Ridge, S. D m Jan. 9.—Y'esterday afternoon all the oommauds in the field were ordered to march from three to six miles nearer the bostiles. Late last night the order was put into effect. It. of course, attracted the attention of the Indians. At intervals of tvro or three days the cordon will be drawn more tightly around the hos tiles until they agree either to come in peaceably or be whipped into submission. LOOKS LIKE A FIGHT. The reluctance they display to accept the overtures of Gen. Miles is susceptible of but one interpretation, and that is that they propose to surrender and retain their arms, or die in their defense. This is backed up by the fact i hat a majority of those who have come In from the bostiles are squaws aud children, who it is desired to get out of ibe way. Some bucks come in occasionally, domesticate with tbe alleged friendlies, and at the same time retain a feeling of hostility which impels them to flee the agency. The coming in of Red Cloud is variously interpreted. His good faith is doubted by many, because it is well known that he could not l ave stolen away in the night from the bostiles bad the latter desired to retain him in their midst. EXTENSION OF THE BREASTWORKS. Reference has been made to the fact that Gen. Mi es had ordered an extension of the breastworks on the northern, southern and southeastern corner of the school ground. This fact led to a discovery that one of the plans of the hoetiles, with the assistance of the alleged friendlies, was to attack the sohool. The st ack would . not be made until after tho children had left the building. This evacuation was to be ac complished at a given signal, and imme diately preceding it the scholars were to set upon aDd overpower the teachers, a feat which they could easily do, and then the work of destruction was to begin. THE SEVENTH CAVALRY ON A HILL. Late this afternoon the Seventh cavalry was moved from the bottom in which it has been stationed to a hill immediately east, which commands a view of the agency. From this position they may more easily respond to a call from any part of the agency at any time, day or nig it. Shortly after the change three fires were noticed from the schoolhouse. It is thought the houses of the ‘ Mexican,” Young-Man- Afraid-of-His-Horse and Standing Soldier were fired by the hostile#. The matter is being investigated. TWO CHIEFS COME IN. He-Dog and Jack Red Cloud, the latter a son of old Red Cloud, aud about 100 others have returned to camp, and still more have promised, but have failed to keep their word. Gen. Miles says: “At last accounts the Indians were fighting otnoug themselves. The camp was a pandemonium. There was no head to the hostiles. The desperadoes wore destroying their own people.” POCfATELLO’S PREPARATIONS. Portland, Ore.,Jan. 9.-Adispatch from Boise City, Id., says: “Gov. Willey held a conference last evening with Maj. Noyes, commander of the Boise barracks, and as a consequence the cavalry company and infantry company here are ready to move at short notice. The governor has sent Adjt. Gen. Curtis of the Idaho national guards to Pocatello to confer with the cit izens of Pocatelio and the Union Pacifio railroad. The governor’s uotions will be determined by Adjt. Gen. Curtis’s reports. CENSUS OF THE INDIANS. Their Total Number In the United States 244,704. Washington, Jan. 9.—The census has issued a bulletin giving the population aud other information of the various Indian tribes exclusive of Alaska. Tbe bulletin shows the total Indian population of the United States to be 244,704, which is made up as follows: On reservations, or at schools under the control of the Indian office, not taxed, 130,254. Tbe Indians incidentally under the Indian office and self-supporting are as follows: In In dian territory 25,357 are Cherokees, 3,464 Chick, Hsaws, 9,990 Choctaws, 9,291 Creeks, aud 2,539 Semincles. There are also about 14,247 colored people (mixed Indian blood) living with and members of the above tribes. POPULATION OF THE FIVE TRIBES. The total populationjof the five civilized tribes is, therefore, 04,871; Pueblos of New Mexico, 8.278; Six Nations and St. Kegis of New York, 5,304; Eastern Cherokees of North Carolina, 2,885 Indians (98 per cent. of whom are not on reservations), taxed and self-sustaining citizens counted in the general population, 32,567; Apaches at Mount Vernon barracks (prisoners) 384; Indians in s ate or territo rial prisons 184—total 114,473. This makes tho total population of the countrv, including Alaska, estimated at 37,000,'almost 63,000,000. DRIVEN OUT BY THE TARIFF. Mexican Silver to be Smelted Across the Border Hereafter. Washington, Jan. 9.—The bureau of American republics is informed that since the passage of the McKinley bill, which places a heavy duty on silver liearine lead ores, formerly Drought from Mexico to the United States for reduction, a company has been established for the ereotion of large smelting works at Han Luis Potosi, with a capital of $4,000,030. The capital is mostly furnished by a Now York syndicate, and thb company is organized under the laws of New Jersey. INTERNATIONAL COINS. The President Nominates the Ameri can Commissioners. Washington, Jan. 9.—Tbe President to day nominated William A. Russell of Mas sachusetts, Lambert Tree of Illinois and Nathaniel P. Hill of Colorado to be com missioners to consider the establishment of an international coin or coins, as recom mended by the International American conference, etc., as provided for in the act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1891. Senator Colquitt Better. Washington, Jan. 9.— Senator Colqnltt is so much better that bis physician told him to-day he thought he could go to the Senate ou Wednesday to vote for free coinage. __________________ A Hanging in Texas. Caldwell, Txx., Jan. 9.—Jack Murphy, (colored), a wife murderer, was hanged to day insido the jail building, lie hung about twenty-two minutes before be was pro nounced dead. Only a fe w persons witnessed the hanging. DELAM ATER IN DISGRACE. County Commissioners Charge Hia Firm With Embezzlement. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 9.— A special to the Record from Meadville soys: “G. B. Delamater, G. W. Delamater, late repub lican candidate for governor, and T. A. Delamater, members of tbe firm of Delamater & Cos., bauk ers, who assigned recently, were this afternoon summoned before Alderman Dougnn, charged with embezzlement The complaint was made by the outgoing board of county commissioners, whose term of office expired last Monday, and, stripped of legal verbiage, states that 1L P. Marley, E. J. Baiiey and W. J, Lind say, ex-commissioners, charge Delamater & Cos. with the embezzlement of upward of $30,000 of the county funds, having received the deposits of the bounty treasurer, while knowiug themselves to be iusolveut, and converting the same to their ovi n use. The Complaint was made under the provisions of the act approved May 9, 1889, relating to the receiving of deposits by insolvent bankers, a law iu favor of which Senator De'amater voted. The complaint was read, a plea of not guilty ontered and a hearing was waived. Bonds were given in SIO,OOO by each of the defendants for their appearance at the Feb ruary term of the court.” The suits against the Delainaters are due to the poor showing made by tbe statement of tbe appraisers appointed "to examine the assets and liabilities of the firm. That s.atement was filed this week. It shows that the liabilities are $1,040,000, and the assets in round numbers about 300,000, so that the creditors cannot hope to recover much more than 25 per cent, of their claims. A publio meeting of the uupre ferred creditors will be held Monday to take steps for an investigation of what became of the money. COLLAPSE OF A COMBINE.: The American Harvester Company’s Scheme Abandoned. Chicago, III., Jan. 9i —President McCor mick has furnished the Associated Press tbe following information: “The American Harvester Company, after securing the opinion of eminent counsol from different state*, has been brought face to face with grove legal obstacles to the consummation of the enterprise for which it was formed. These are of such a character that, after the most serious and careful consideration, tho conclusion has been readied that tho whole undertaking must be abandoned. In doing so, it is but adopting the course that such counsel have united in advising. It beliovee that in thus promptly taking this action its course will meet with the ap proval of the public.” CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE. An evening paper says: “Tho collapse of this gigantic business combination, so far as can be learned, is to be attributed to the secession of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Leering Company, the Whitman-Barnes Manufacturing Com pany and the firm of Warder. Bushneli & Glessner. These individual companies were not satisfied with the line of policy mapped out by the majority of tho directors in the matter of raising the prices on farmers and the consolidation of interests of the supply house to the ad vantage of their customers, and they wore so rebellious at yesterday’s meeting of tho directory that before the ntght had closed they had determined to withdraw from the combine and cripple and annihilate those who remained steadfast in their purpose to bleed tbe farmers. A merry war is now in prospect. It is each firm for itself, cut, slash and let die those who cannot help themselves.” EMMA ABBOTT’S FUNERAL. The Services Held at the Central Music Hall at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 9. —Though the funeral services of tbe late Emma Abbott wore not to be held until 2 o’clock, a crowd of people began to assemble at the entrance to the Cen tral Music hall long before noon. Tbe doors were opened at 13:30 o’clock and the audi ence room was at once filled. Hundreds who came later were unable to gain admis sion. At a few minutes before 2 o’clock, to the notes of Schubert’s “Funeral March.” the cortege filed slowly to the front of the hall. the pall bearers. The casket was borne by C. IT. Pratt, William Pruette, Fernando Micheleua, William Broderick, Daniel Consadiue and Richard Karl of the Emma Abbott Com pany. They were followed by the honorary pall bearers, selected from local theatrical managers. Then came the grief-stricken parents of theprima donna, Mrs. and Mr. Seth Abbott and their two sons, Leon Ab bott of Waukesha and Fred M. Abbott. the company. The Abbott company followed and took tbe seats provided for them. Slowly pass ing up the center aisle of tbe hall the pall was laid on what seemed to be a bed of fio ei s. All about on the stage and upon the tahlo3 brought In for tbe purpose were placed the floral tributes from all parts of n e country. Prof. David Swing and Rev. Dr. Thomas paid tribute to the dead in brief discourses, and a quartette sang appropri ate hymns. The remains were then con veyed to iGraceland cemetery, in a vault of which they wore temporarily placed. TURNER’S EXPLANATION. He Says the Bribery Letter was Writ ten by a Secretary. Washington, Jan. 9.— Representative Turner of Kansas baa given to the Post an explanation of the much-talked of letter alleged to havo been written by him to Frank McGrath, president of the Kansas Farmers’ Alliance, concern ing the Kansas seimtorsbip: “The letter was written,” be said, “by a young man about 26 years of age, who cams to Washington from my district about two months ago. He was a lawyer and wanted an office. In order to help him along I let him write such of my letter* as could bo answered without dictation, for he was not a stenogrepher, and gave him enough to pay bis board bill. He hung around me here and at my room, and, of course, had every opportunity to use my stationary. Finally when it be came apparent that he could not get an ap pointment here he became angry toward me, and in revenge wrote tais letter.” Representative Turner says he has taken steps for this man’s arrest and punishment. A Nitre-Glycerine Explosion. Toledo, 0., Jan. 9.—At 12:30 o’clock to day the magazine of the Bradford Nitro- Glycei ine Company, located between Prai rie depot and Bradford, Wood county, about twenty-five miles south of Torledo.ex- Elodod, with a stunning report, that was eard over a wide area, and was mistaken everywhere for an earthquake shock. No one was killed. # Rochester's Strike Ended. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 9.—The long strike and lockout in tbe sboe manufactur ing trade has ended. The employes have given up the fight aud are returning to work upon whatever terms tbe manufactur ers choose to give. BITTER COLD IN EUROPE. SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF FROST IN ENGLAND. Rivers Frozen Over That Have Been Open Since, 1813-Great Suffering Among the Poor People Many Harbors in Northern Europe Blocked by Ice -Thousands Made Idle. London, Jan. 9. —This is the seventh week of the prevalence of frost throughout the United Kingdom,with uo signs of abate ment of the severity of the weather. From John O’Groat'e house to Land's End the oountry is wrapped in snow, aud tho canals and streanu are ice-bound. Evan u num ber of tidal rivers are frozen fast. For the duration of the frost period this is the greatest winter of the century and, iu point of ssverity, the winter* of 1813 and 1814 alone exceeded it Fairs were then hold on the ice on tbe Thames. Severn, Tyne and Tweed. Booths were reared on the ice and all the usual fair frolics were held thereon. The Thames below Richmond remains partially froseu and is covered with ice fioee.which are im peding navigation. EIGHT INCHES OF ICE. Above Teddington the ice on the Thames is eight inches thick. Carriers' vans can traverse the river’s frozen surface from Sutton court to Atiingdon. Skaters have a free stretch for many miles above aud below Oxford. Numerous deaths bave resulted from the extreme cold, several of them at the very gates of the workhouse*, where groups of poor people ware waiting for shelter. Midland newspa]>ers declare that thousaudsof persons in that region ure in a condition of semi-star ration, many laborers being compulsorily idle, without fires or food. CHARITY’S OPEN HAND. The mayors of the cities, with the aid of local boards, are directing an organized distribution of bread and coal, aud are starting relief kitchens; still they foil to reach tne host of cases of distress. Numer ous instances occur of coroners' Inquests on bodies of people found dead in bod", where tbe verdiot is that their deaths resulted from cold or hunger. In every country on the continent there is suffering because of the severe weather. ICE-HOUND COASTS. The coasts of Belgium, Holland and north Germany are blocked with ice. In the Scheldt river navigation is nearly at a standstill on account of the ice. At the north German port of Cuxhnven twenty-nine steam-hips are ice bound. Pilots there are unable to communicate with vessels on account of the ice fioee, thus infixing the harbor inaccessible. Several vessels were struck with immense masse* of floating ice ami sunk. In every instance the crews were saved from death only with great difficulty. STEAMERS DRIFTING. A number of steamers are drifting help lessly between Ottendorf an 1 Bruusbuttel. They have lost their anchors, and have been considerably damaged by the floating ioe. At Hamburg navigation is greatly im peded by tbe immense blocks of ice which fill the river. The board of navigation is making every effort to keep Ihe river opeii, aud has employed three of the strongest tugs that could be secured as ice-breakers. Muny vessels have also been damaged here by ice, but no serious accidents bave as yet been reported. MISERY AT ANTWERP, Ac Antwerp 10,000 workmen have been thrown out of employment owing to the unusually severe weather. The misery caused among the poorer classes in conse quence is widespread and intense. The use of dyuamite is about to be tried to break the ioe at Copenhagen, where sev eral steamships lie ice-bound. At many ports tugs are aottvely engaged in efforts to break the ic-, but not with much effect. The Oeresund is full of ice floes. PORTS INACCESSIBLE. Dispatches from the German ports of Lubeck, Stettin and Bwinemunds, ail tell of the inaccessibility of tneir harbors on ac count of ice, and say that navigation has ceased, that there is muoh snow and that no open water is visible. In Berlin the temperature is at 10° fahreu beit. The Harz railway is snow blocked, and the mails usually conveyed by its trains are now transported in sleighs. All Bavaria lu covered with snow, and in the country between the Danube and the Alps the snow is eighteen Inches deep. In certain localities along the Kbiue the snow, drifts are piled in some spots seventeen feet high, threatening inundation when they thaw. SNOW IN ITALY. In northern Italy snow began to fall Wednesday and did not cease until to-day. The inhabitants of that region are suffering acutely, such weather being entirely un known to them, and it is feared that num ber* of people have perished in the storm. At Mantua, Turin and Milan railway trains are much delayed on account of the heavy snowfall. Disnhtches from Vienna say that com munication with points south or that city is greatly impeded, and that on all the rail ways centering there the movement of trains is partially suspened. SPANISH ORANGE GROVES NIPPED. A telegram from Madrid reports heavy snowfalls In Spain and says that communi cation with all the provinces of Spain is difficult. It also reports the prevalence of intensely cold weather In Valencia, where the orange groves have been swept by a storm, entailing heavy los-es. At Marseilles the hospitals are filled with sufferers from various affections caused by the cold weather. More snow has fallen to day in Marseilles. The dock laborers tnere have lit along the quays great fires at which to warm themselves during working hours. A STORM IN ALGIERS. A violent storm, accompanied by hail and snow, and extending a longdistance inland, is reported from Algiers. The report is coupled with an assurance that nothing like such severity of weather was ever known m that region before. Advices from Baris say that the Seine is blocked with ice near liouen, and that the Baone is frozen above Lyons. Telegrams from Arras and Nimos say that much suffering is being caused at theee places by the intensely cold weather, and that a num ber of persons have been found frozan to death. Portugal’s African Possessions. Paris, Jan. 9.—The Siecle to-day states tnat an agreement has practically been concluded between England and Por tugal rolative to the territory in Africa, entirely favorable to the latter country. Behring Sea Negotiations. London, Jan. 9. —The Press Association announces that the Behring sea negotia tions between Great Britain and the United States have taken a favorable turn. Chili’s Alleged Bo volution. London, Jan. 9.— lquique dispatches re ceived from Chili make no mention of a revolution In that country, and say all is quiet at that port. PONAPEL’B WAR. Scares of Spaniards Killed by tbe isatlveo. Ban Franoiscio, Cal., Jan. o.—Herbert Hand, of Carthage, 111, the newly appointed oonsul to Ponape, says: A communication received from his brother. Rev. Frank Rand, who ha* been a missionary in the islands for sixteen years, confirms the news of fighting on the islands between the natives and the Spanish soldiers. Further details show that in too iirst battle the Spaniards were repulsed, and forty of them were killed. VILLAGES BOMBARDED. Some time after that, a Spanish man-of war bombarded several villages, and troops afterward want ashore an 1 destroyed a number of houses by fire, including the king's palace and missionary building, whieh wore on the islands adjacent. A detachment of eighty soldiers landed at liana and set fire to the building* there. The natives attacked them aud all but one, including an officer of high rank, were killed. UANA SHELLED. Uana was afterward shelled. Groves of cocoauut and bread fruit trees were destroyed. (in the Sunday following a detachment of Spaniards effected a laud ins on Ponape and sixty of them wars killed. Tbe Pouapianx lost only thirty. On the Saturday following a detachment of Spaniards effected a lauding and burned all of the homes of the natives, the church, schoolbouse mid mission buildings on that island, including Rev. Hand’s bouse, in which there was stored sevsral thousand dollars’ worth of Ponai* hooks and a groat lot of personal pioperty belonging to the missionaries. THE WOMEN TAKEN AWAV. The women and ohildron were then loaded Into frail harks and small boats and taken to the island of Kuseie, where they would not tie molested. Consul Rand will ask the government to station one of tbe men-of war reoeutly ordered there at Ponape until affairs are finally settled. CAUSED A SENSATION IN SPAIN. Madrid, Jan. 9.—The news that has reached here via San Francisco and New York as regards tlio insurrection and blood shed existing in the Carolino Islands bo twoeu the natives and Spanish troops quar tered there lias caused considerable sensa tion. It is fearod that tbo United States may claim bevy damages from Spain for the loises suffered by the American citizens. The inhabitants hero hope ttiat tbe action of Admiral Belknap In dispatching the cruiser Alliance to Ponape, in order to protect American missionaries, whoee fives and property are endangered, will have a beneficial effect. Further and more detailed news from tho Caroline Is lands is anxiously awaited. SCOTLAND’S LABOR STRIKE. But Little Chancre in the Situation- Suite Against the Men. Glasgow, Jan. 9.—The railroad strike situation in Scotland has chauged but little. Few men have been reinstated. The efforts of the strikers to bring out more meu have failed. At Perth thirty-eight sui for damages, brought by the (Caledonian Company against tho strikers for leaving its employ without giving tho company proper notice, liave been decided in favor of t.e company. Tbe defendants were not present at the trials. At Hamilton 210 similar actions have been adjourned at the request of the counsel for the defendants. The Edinburgh branch of tho Amalga mated Scotch Molders’ Association has donated .£5OO to the strike fund. FREIGHT TRAFFIC IMPEDED. Bail way freight traffic is greatly con gested. At a meeting to-day at which a committee of leadlug citizens was appointed to confer with the railroad directors about the situation, noisy demonstrations were made. The propo-al that the lord provost of the city be nominated on the committee was rejectod by a large majority, but on an appeal to reconsider was carried. The pro vost, meanwhile, had left the chair io Mr. Caldwell, member of parliament for Ht. Bollux division of Glasgow, In consequence of the uproar. A large i umber of season ticket holders bold a meeting at Glasgow to-night to con sider hew tney could act in coucert in bring ing au adiou against the railway company whose tickets they held, for breach of oon traet. ______________ STARVING IN OLONAKILTT. The 1 oor Law Guardian* Unable to Af ford Much Belief. Dublin, Jan. 9.—While a meeting of the board of guardians of Clonakilty was in progress to-day, a mob of about a hundred laborers from the sea const neighborhood suddenly broke in upon them. Heedless ot remonstrances aid of the show of resistance made by the police the poor laborers insisted upon having a hearing. The guardians finally consented io listen to the spokesman of the party. The latter said that they and tbeir families were literally starving, and that they had individually not been able to earn a spilling in six mentis. They demanded work, and told the guardiuns that they were driven to desperation by the suffering they and tieir families endured. The guardians promised to do tbeir utmost to relieve tbeir distress, but the means of the guardians are limited. The Balfour Irish relief fund now amounts to £14,000. Among the latest con tributions to the fund are £‘JOO sent by Queen Victoria and £IOO donated by Mr. Uoschen, chancellor of the exchequer. BOULOGNE'S CONFERENCE. O’Brien Denies That He la Going to Ireland. Boulogne, Jan. 9.— William O’Brien, re ferring to an alleged interview during the course of which he was reported to have said that he intended to return to England immediately and surrender himself to the athorlties in order to serve the term of imprisonment to whioh he has been sentenced, says: 'The report (s baseless, as is also every telegram I have eeou about our intentions, here or in America. We do not intend that newspaper rumors or oriticlsms shall hurry us in the steps we consider neces sary for the safety of the cause. McCarthy, Sexton, Condon and Hooper arrived here to-day. Bmln Pasha’s Fortified Station. Berlin, Jan. 9.—The Tageblatt to-day publishes a dispatch from Zanzibar stating that Emin Pasha has founded a fortified station at Bultoba, on the shore of Victoria Nyauza, and that he is now returning to the coast. A Wllllmantic Mill Closed. W illim antic, Conn., Jan. 9.— William C. Jielaon,owner and business manager of the Hope River Warp Company, has closed his mill. An assignment is predicted in a few days, with heavy liabilities. A Failure at Yazoo City. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 9.—A special to the American says: “R. G. Hudson, a mer chant of Yazoo City, Misa, assigned yester day. His liabilities are (35,900, and his assets are about the same.” 1 DAILY,SIO A THAR. > < 5 CENTS A OOPY. t f WEEKLY, $1.86 A YEAR TOO MANY GOVERNORS. THciEE MEN CLAIM THE CHAIR IN NEBRASKA. Ex-Gov. Thayer Refuses to Vacate the Office He Appeals to the Su preme Court for a Writ of Quo Warranto, But It Is Denied— Got. Boyd the Probable Winner. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9,— The morning session of the legislature was wasted in wrangling over the minutes of the joint convention, which were badly mixed on account of tbe confusion in the proceedings. All of tbe newly elected state officers are in possession of their offices except Gov. Boyd. Powers, tbe elllanco candidate, took tbe oath of office at 1 o’clock to-rtav, and it is said that the legislature will recognize him av governor. All tbe new state officers have been recog nised except the governor. Thomas Major was installed as lieutenant governor sad S resident of tbe Senate under protest. Gov. ,oyd has been recognized by all ibe new state officers as governor, aud they will report to him. THAYER APPEALS TO THB COURT. Ex-Gov. Thayer applied to the supreme oourt for a 7 no warranto restraining Gov. Boyd from exercising the functions of his office. Judge Maxwell stated to x-Gov. Thayer's attorney that inasmuch as their petition admits that Mr. Boyd is governor their position ie untenable. Judge Maxwell beiioved Mr. Boyd to be governor aud re fused the writ. The supreme oourt then adjourned until Tuesday. The board of public lands and building! Is in session, aud has notified ex-Gov. Thayer to vacate tho governor’s rooms or the board would officially designate another room to be tho governor’s headquarter*. Ex-Gov. Thayer was lucked In his room with friends, some of whom advised him to sub mit peaceably and not have to be ejected dishonorably. A REFUSAL TO SURRENDER. At 12:30 o’clock ex-Gov. Thayer requested the crowd to stand back from Lis door and said: “I will not surrender until the propor tribunal declares that I shall.” Gov. Boyd’s first official act was to ap prove tbe bonds of ths newly elected state officers. Jokn D. Higgins of Grand Island was appointed private secretary. In the Senate Lieut. Gov. Major presided. Gov. Boyd ordered Adjt. Cole to report to him for direction ana to disperse tbe militia on duty. Gov. Boyd ami fifty of his friends have taken iiossession of the rooms of the board of public lands as his headquarters. Attorney General Hastings has refused to file any papers iu the supreme court for ex-Gov. Thayer. IN TnE SENATE. The proceedings in the Senate this after*} noon were not of much importance. A movement was mnde toward limiting em ployee to about half tho number given places last session. Several bills war* in troduced, and an attempt was unsuccess fully made to approve tbe mtuutes of the lustres ion. This business was still pending when an adjournment was taken until 10 o’clock to-morrow. UPROAR IN THE BOUSE. In the House an uproar was created by a motion to appoint a committee to wait on tbe governor and ask for bis message. Amendments directing tbe committee to wait upon Gov. Thayer, Gov. Boyd and Gov. Powers were proposed iu rapid succes sion, and this matter bod not reached a focus at th* time of adjournment. A resolution directing the preparation of a bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for tbe relief of tbe drought sufferers near the Colorado liue was adopted with enthusiasm. A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY. The first conflict of authority took place this afternoon, when telegrams were re ceived by tbs members of the legislature and tra 1 1 emitted to Gov. Boyd, stating that an L diaa outbreak would take place la the northern part of the state to-morrow, and asking that the militia now at the front be placed to ropel tho attack. Gov. Boyd ordered Adjt. Gen. Cole to make prepara tions for the outbreak, but Adjt. Gen. Cole refused to oi ey, stating that he would take orders only from Gov. Thayer. The office of adjutant general was declared vacant, and soon after Gov. Boyd appointed Gen. Victor Vifquaiu to the position. TWO COMMANDER! AT THE FRONT. The state forces on tbe frontier now have two oommanders, and it is impossible to tell whlob they wIU obey. The Janitor of the state house and Mail Carrier Lane have gone over to Gov. Boyd, and It is said that the gas and steaui will be turned off So Gov. Thayer’e office. Gov. Boyd has nothing to say aiiout his case except that be knows be is a citizen, has been legally elected and Sialifled and intends to aotat all hazards, e issued a requisition for a prisoner to-day and peformed other official acts. BOYD’S CITIEENSHIP. Hie friends claim that even if Gov. Boyd was not a legally naturalized citizen, he is nevertheless a citizen of the United States, because he was a citizen oi tbe territory of Nebraska, and when that state was admitted into the union all of its citizens were invested with full oitizens'uip. Others say that it is the design of Gov. Boyd to take the office and keep the case In tho courts during tbe greater part of bis term. Intense Interest is felt in tbe situation, but all parties remain cool, and are determined that there shall be no disturbance pending an official settlement of the controversy. A GAME TWO PAN PLAY AT. The Unseating of Members in Illinois to be Abandoned. Springfield, 111., Jan. 9.— lt seems now that tbe promised attempts by each party to unseat member* of tbe other in order to secure a majority on joint ballot will probably be held in abeyance, since if onoe entered on there is no knowing where it would stop. Tbe threat of the democratio House to unseat Crain has led to a counter threat by the re publican Senate to unseat Noonan and otters, aud these are urging their brethren in the House not to get them Into trouble by any rash measures. MINNESOTA’S HOUSE. The Alliance - Democratio Fusion Ticket Elected. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 9.—The House completed its organization this morning by the eleotlon of the fusion (alliance-demo cratic) ticket, and the Senate spent the morning session In debating the report of the committee on committees, the republi cans contending for wbat they deemed a fair minority representation. Bern Jones in Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 9.— Sam Jones, the evangelist, arrived here this morning en route to Tampa. While hare he was Invited out by the man agement of the Sub-Tropioai and they made him a proposition which he will probably accept, wharebv he will open the institution on Jan. 15, and hold a series of meetings here.