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A CHARGE OF BRIBERY.
UGLY RUMORS ABOUT THE POSTAL
TELEGRAPH BILL.
Tte Western Unton Company Alleged
to Hava Put Op SOO,OOO to Secure
the Measure’s Defeat-Two Congress
men Expected to Hlse to a Personal
Explanation to the House.
Washington, Feb. B.—Representatives
Bingham of Philadelphia and Ketcham of
jj ew York are expected to rise to a per
sona! explanation hi the Houae to-morrow
to answer the Sunday Gazette, which bo
boldly crystallized the rumors floating
wound the capitol about the knifing of the
telegraph bill in the House committee on
postoffices Friday, which rumors credit Jay
Gould with compassing its death with
money, tnis accounting for the intimations
he has given the Postmaster General in a
brief correspondence preceding Mr. Gould’s
departure south that he was no longer op
posed to the bill.
DUDLEY’S NAME USED.
The Gazette says editorially:
“Mr. W. W. Dudley is trying his hand in
congress with his blocks-of-flve methods. It
it reported that be has the disbursement of
$50,000 to stay the passage of Mr. Wana
mater’a costal telegraph bill. So far he has
succeeded in smothering it in commit
tee, but should it ever reach the House the
amount will have to be increased. Fifty
thousand dollars may be enough for two
committeemen, but not sufficient to cover
the broad field. Some congressmen are to
be had, but they oome high.”
TIME SQUANDERED.
In it* news column* it says: “Tbe public
has been favored with brief reports of what
has been done or rather of the way in which
time has been squandered in the committee
on postoflices and post roads this session, tbe
bone of contention being Mr. YY'anamaker’s
limited postal telegraph bill. Messrs. Bing
ham and Ketcham have led the obstruction
to its consideration, and here and there
some democrat, as the occasion
demanded, has appeared to talk
against time or to vote against the
consideration when ueoessary to prevent a
report to the House. By such tactics the
bill has been kept in oommittee. It now
appears that W. W. Dudley, who has been
managing tbe campaign against tbs bill,
has been provided by the Western Union
Telegraph Company with an extra fund of
$50,000 to work up an opposition to it.
AIDED BY CLARKSON.
“Strange as it inay seem, Mr. Dudley has
had the aid of Mr. Clarkson, who has en
deavored to weaken the influence of his
former ctuef, Mr. W anamaker, by several
devious methods. Another reinforcement
to this lobby is Mr. Moore of Moore &
Schley, who directly represents Mr. Gould,
and hias a separate fund besides the $50,000
placed in Mr. Dudley’s hands. The postal
telegraph bill was put to sleep for this con
gress, at least so far as Mr. Bingham’s com
mittee is concerned, at the nioetiug of the
House committee on postofßces and post
roads on Friday last.
THE BILL TABLED.
“The sub committee, headed by Mr. Evans,
asked that the full committee report the
bill to the House. A motion was made to
have the bill lay on the table, and by a vote
of 6to 4 the motion prevailed, and Chair
man Bingham aud Mr. Ke chem gave some
more evidence of the efficacy of Mr. Dud
ley’s ‘block-of-five’ methods”.
EXTRA SESSION PROSPECTS.
United Action by the Democrats to
Force It Not Probable.
Washington, Feb. B.—So many of the
democratic loaders remained away from the
House caucus last night, four of the speaker
ship candidates, for example—Mr. Crisp,
W. C. P. Breckinridge, Mr. Bynum, and
W. L: Wilson—spending the evening at the
Gridiron dinner, that the conclusion reached
does not necessarily indicate vigorous action
by the entire Democratic party in the
House. It seems quite evident that the
leaders will not unite to bring about an ex
tra session either for the sake of silver or
anything else.
Columbus’ Public Building.
Washington, Feb. 8. —Representative
Grimas expects a veto of the Columbus pub
lic building bill to-morrow.
BE3IPROCIIY INDORSED.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
h xchange of Detroit Thanks Blaine.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. B.— The following
is a copy of a telegram sent by the Mer
chants and Manufacturers’ Exchange of
Detroit last night to Secretary of State
Blaine: ‘ ‘On behalf of the members of this
exchange, embracing the principal finan
cial, commercial and manufacturing
interests of this city, and in behalf
of a very large number of merchants and
manufacturers of this state, who approve,
not only of reciprocity with South and Cen
ti al America, but all the Americas, we ac
knowledge our appreciation of the com
mercial advantages gained by you for our
common country through the agreement
completed with Brazil, aDd we nrge a con
tinuance of your efforts to open up avenues of
reciprocal trade and commerce, particularlv
with Canada.”
NEW APT TO BE SECRETARY.
President Harrison Cables to Him to
Come Home.
New York, Feb. B.—A gentleman of
more than local prominence, who has long
been identified with public affairs, and is
thoroughly informed regarding the inside
workings of the present administration, and
no has just returned from a visit to Wash
ington, said to-day: “At 5 o’clock Thursday
afternoon last President Harrison cabled
en. John C. New, consul general at Lon
on come to Washington at once.”
IDAHO’S SKNATORSHIP.
Rumors That Charges of Bribery Will
be Made.
Boise City, Id., Feb. B.—The reso
ntion which passed the Senate yesterday
providing for the election of a United States
senator to succeed Senator McConnel,
came up in the House. A motion to in
definitely postpone the resolution was lost
v ’ 8 v ot of 19 to 17. A motion to recon
sider prevailed and it will be called up
Again Monday. It is rumored that charges
of bribery will be mane.
J- N. McCullough Dead.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. B.—J. N. McCul
lough, first vice president of the Pennsylva
nia lines west of Pittsburg, and a central
figure in railroad management for thirty
years, died at his residence in Allegheny
City to-day.
Jobn McEeown Dead.
Pittsburg, Pa,Feb. a—John McKeown,
the millionaire oil producer, died at his
home in Washington, Pa., this morning,
aged 53 years.
IHofnitw ffctog.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Both Houses to Devote Their Time to
the Appropriation Bills.
Washington, Feb. B.— The two bran ores
of congress have made rapid progress
during the last week iu the tranua tlon of
public business, bat there is a general dis
position at ths oapital to do even
more work daily,? henceforward. The
lengthening of the legislative day in
the Senate is expeoted to result
in final action before March 4, not only
upon all the annual appropriation bills, but
also upon the rather long list of measures
selected by the republican caucus for ad
vancement because of their public import
ance. So the week in the Senate will prob
ably be devoted to the consideration of ap
propriation bills made ready in time for
action and suoh measures upon the caucus
programme as can he reached.
THE NAVAL BILL.
The naval appropriation bill, it is said,
will be called up to-morrow after final
action is reached on the eight-hour bill, and
the Distriot of Columbia and diplomatio
and consular appropriation bills will be re
ported from the committee during the
week. Other measures that will probably
intervene are the copyright bill, the Indiau
depredations bill ana the Nicaragua canal
bill. It is within the bounds of possibility
that an effort will be made to attach a free
silver coinage rider to eaoh of the appro
priation bills, in which case some delay in
carrying out the remainder of the pro
gramme may result.
In the House.
The appropriation bills will proba
bly continue to absorb nearly all the
time of the House for some days to come,
and the prospect for any legislation during
this week is not bright. The District
of Columbia committee, under the rules,
is entitled to the floor to-morrow, and is
making an earnest effort to secure a day for
local legislation, but Mr. Cannon does not
intend to permit anything to intervene
while the sundry civil hill is pending in the
House if he can prevent it Other appro
priation bills are on the calendar awaiting
action, and it is likely that their considera
tion will consume practically the whole of
the week.
OTHER MATTERS.
There are a number of other matters, in
cluding the shipping bill and Biindry election
contests, on which action by the House is
very earnestly desired, but it is the
understanding among the republicans that
the appropriation bills shall have the
right of way at ail times. The silver bill
and the report of the Raum investigating
committee are subjects which may be pre
cipitated upon the House during the week,
but iu what form it is impossible to pre
dict.
AN ECONOMIC CONGRESS.
The Action of the Trans Missouri Com
mercial Convention.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. B.— At the inter
state congress yesterday the report of the
committee on resolutions was submitted.
It provides that the congress shall be
styled the “Trans-Missouri Commercial
Congress, and states that the sole
purpose of the conventiou and that to be
called by it shall be the consideration of
economic questions only. The report urges
upon congress to provide by adequate ap
propriations for the completion of the work
on the deep-water harbor at Galveston as
speedily as possible without interruption.
WANT BETTER RATES.
The report continues: “That with a tide
water outlet on the coast of Texas such as
is now available, and which is being daily
made more available, the country naturally
tributary to the Gulf of Mexico is entitled
by right to have rates of transportation
measured by distance to that outlet instead
of by a long haul east and west from the
Atlantic ports. That right, now withheld,
we will assert at all times and places until
it is no longer denied; that we
favor free and unlimited coinage of silver;
that we favor the reclamation of the arid
region of the west by the national govern
ment; that we favor the immediate open
ing of Indian reservations in Oklahoma and
elsewhere; that the aotion of congress as to
reciprocity with Brazil meets the enthusi
astic approval of the convention, and that
the movement will be extended until it
embraces the whole of South and Central
America and Mexico.”
NEARLY UNANIMOUS.
The committee was unanimous on all of
the foregoing resolutions, except the one
relating to reciprocity, and upon that a
minority report was presented, but was re
jected.
Maj. J. E. Cane of Houston moved to
amend the resolution relating to free coin
age of silver by adding tho words “product
of the mines of the United States.”
After a short discussion it was adopted.
The conventiou then adjourned to meet in
Denver, Cos)., oa May 19, 1891.
KISSIMMEE’* RICE MILL.
Citizens of the Town Donate a Site.
The Crops.
Kissimmee, Fla., Fob. B. —The citizens
of this place Friday closed the deal for the
laDd situated on the lake at the junction of
the Florida Midland, St. Cloud Sugar
Belt, and South Florida railways, which
they have donated to the Florida Rice Mill
ing Company for a site for their rice mill.
They will begin erecting the mill at once.
This company are now preparing
to plant several thousand acres
of the very rich land just east
of the city. This mill, being built in the
center of the town and connected with
three railroads and the Kinslmmee river to
the gulf, will not only be of great advantage
to our merchants and city, but of untold
advantage to the wide-awake business men
who have the management of the rice busi
ness. The opening of this mill will
be of untold value to the citi
zens of this country, for by
its erection will be opened anew and im
portant industry. There are thousands of
acres of tho richest land in the world lying
adjacent to this place and the Kissimmee
river that can be planted in rico, sugar
cane.etc. When planted it will make this the
garden spot of the country, besides being so
healthy that it was some time before the
census bureau would aocept the reports of
the death rate mado by the enumerator.
The streets are quite full of visitors and
business seems brisk.
The weather has been quite dry, but not
witlistanding tha dry weather cabbage and
cauliflower are being shipped. Strawberries
ara becoming plentiful.
J. M. Bryan, who had a saw-mill near
this place, bad the misfortune to lose it by
fire a few nights ago. He will rebuild at
once.
SANDBAGGED BY ROBBERS.
Tho Safe of a Birmingham Supply
Company Robbed of $786.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. B.—Last night
about 9 o’clock two men entered the offi-e
of the Birmingham Railway and Supply
Company, sandbagged the cierk, John C.
Matthews, tied his hands and feet and
gagged him. They robbed the safe of $786
and made good their The clerk
gained consciousness in about two hours.
He thinks he was chloroformed. The rob
bers were white men.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1891.
LABOR AND THE FAIR.
Chicago’s Trades Assembly Demands
the Employment of Union Men Only.
Chicago, Fob. B.—Tbs organized labor
of Chicago hotly asserted itself to-day re
garding the world’s fair. It was the regular
meeting of the trade and labor assembly, a
body said to represent 47,000 workmen, and
one of whose members was given a seat in
the world’s fair direotory in recognition of
the $3,000 subscribed by the workingmen te
the guarantee fund of the fair. James
O’Connell, president of the assembly offered
the following:
Wherkas, The present directory of said expo
sition indicate an intention of ref using to recog
nize union labor, but threaten to employ indis
criminately non union tabor, thereby flooding
the labor market of Chicago with the ultimate
design of destroying the trades union; there
fore be it
Reeolved, That we, as union men, protest
against tnis treacherous action of the directors
of the world's Columbian exposition, and un
less Immediate action it taken by that body to
redeem thsir implied pledges given in regard to
union labor, that we will deem it our duty to
oppose in every way any further
legislation, either municipal, state or
national, in favor of said world's Columbian ex
position. and we hereby recommend all work
ingmen who have subscribed tor the said stock
to decline to pay any further assessments
until proper assurances ore givsn by the direct
ors that said implisd pledges will be kept; aud
be it further .
Re* tlved. That unless satisf... ”ry assurances
are given by the directors that their indicated
action will bo changed we shall deem It our
duty to ask tne co-operation of every body of
organized labor throughout the country to assist
us in making our protest emphatic.
Mr. O’Connell here jumped up and
shouted: “We will make the directory put
a regiment of soldiers arouud their grounds
if they employ scab labor. The day has
passed when organized labor can be ignored
by a great public enterprise of this kind.”
This was received with cheers, and loud
cries of “That’s right.”
The resolution was carried without oppo
sition.
The men will go before tho world’s fair
direotory with tne above resolution, and ask
further that eight hours be made a day’s
work in the construction of the world's fair
buildings.
STRUCK BY A BIG WAVE.
Tha Eteamer Polarla Reaches Port
Badly Battered.
New York, Feb. B.— The Hamburg-
Amerlcan Packet Company’s steamship
Polaria, regarding whose safety much
anxiety has been felt, reached port to-day
five days overdue. Her foremast was gone,
her engines out of order, the bulwarks for
ward on her starboard side replaced with
rough, unplaned boards, and she presented a
battered appearanoe generally. She required
nearly an hour to make the short passage
from the battery to her dock. Cant. George
Busch explaiued to a number of people who
boarded the vessel the cause of her delay,
and told what a narrow escape the passen
gers and crew had from ocean graves.
STRUCK BY A BIG WAVE.
“We left Copenhagen on Jan. 16,” he
said, “with seventy steerage passengers aud
a general cargo. Jan. 27 was a particularly
stormy day. At 2:30 o’clock iu the after
noon a gigantic wave struck us forward,
and tons of water came rolling on deck.
The first mate was on the bridge at the
time, and above the din of the surging waters
he heard a sharp crash, and when he rubbed
the briny wet from his eyes he saw the big
foremast hanging level with the main deck
over the starboard sida The forward bul
warks had been carried away, and could bo
seen dancing off in the foam on the wave
crests.
THE STAIRS CARRIED AWAY.
“The stairs leading from the quarter deck
to the main deck were gone, and the sheet
iron end of the cabin compartment forward
had been burst in. Portions of the bridge
were missing, and the iron guard rail waa
broken as if it had been glass. A small
boat had been carried off. We put oil bags
out ou all sides of the ship
to calm the waters somewhat.” The acoi
dent to the ship to which the captain re
ferred created a panic on board. No one,
however, was seriously injured. Some
thing happened to the engines at New
foundland banks, which delayed the vessel
coming in.
A BABY EOHN ON THE STREETS.
An Atlanta Policeman Makes an Un
expected Discovery.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. B.— Police Officer
James Baird, seeing Lizzie Anderson stand
ing in front of the National hotel to-night,
approached her with a move-on look in his
eye, and inquired what sbe was doing there.
Scarcely had he asked the question when the
wail of an infant, about two seconds old,
nearly startled him out of his boots, and
flying to the telephone he shouted hard for
help. The unusual occurrence soon gath
ered a crowd, through which the polioe
conveyed tiie woman to a hack. The child,
also, was taken from the sidewalk and cared
for. Officer Baird’s nerves are considerably
shattered, but the other two seem to be
doing very well. The birth occurred early
in the evening, within thirty steps of the
Whitehall street crossing.
Ball Magnates for St. Augustine.
St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. B.— A. G.
Spalding, president Chicago base bail club,
has invited Mr. ihurman, president of the
American Association, and Mr. Prince,
president of Boston’s new base ball club,
to accompany him here. They will
be the guests of tho Ponce de Leon. The
Chicago club and Boston Association club
will jointly occupy and play during March
at tho Ponce de Leon base ball park.
A. H. I/each, holding the record of the
world’s champion hop, Rkip and jump and
standing high jump, and J. W. Rich.the
world’s champion fifiy yard sprinter, are at
the Ponce de Leon.
Senator Butler Hurt
Augusta, Ga., Feb. B.— United States
Senator M. C. Butler, from South Carolina,
who is up in Edgefield looking after his
plantations and away from the busy scenes
of the capital for a few weeks’ necessary
rest, was thrown from a spirited horse while
out orsebnek riding. He injured his leg,
but fortunately escaped serious harm.
Fatally Kloked By a Mule.
Albany, Ga., Feb. B.—W. H. Webb, who
tends a suburban farm at the southern edge
of the city, was kicked in the face and
stomach by a mule Thursday night, and
will die from his injuries.
FRANCE AND THE CHURCH.
The IDoctrlne of Cardinal Lavlgerle
Denounced.
Paris, Feb B.—At a meeting of 3,000
royalists in Nimes to-day the Compte
D’Haussonville ddhounced the Lavigerie doc
trine of adhesion to the republic. He said
he recognized Cardinal Lavegirie’s author
ity in matters of religion, but not in those
of politics. The speaker’s sentiments were
loudly applauded by the meeting.
Von Woldersee’a Successor.
Berlin, Feb. B.—Gen. yon Scblieffen has
been appointed by the emperor as chief of
staff of the imperial army to succeed Count
ron Waldenoe.
COATS OF SNOW AND ICE.
NEW YORK BTATE IN THE SAME
FIX AS TWO WEEKS AGO.
The Streets of Albany in Darkness and
Littered With Tangled and Broken
Wires -More Than a Foot of Snow
Along the Mohawk—Wires Thirteen
Inches in Circumference.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. B.—The effects of
the heavy storm in this city can be summed
up briefly by saying that the present condi
tions here are, on a smaller scalo, exactly
what they were in New York city two
weeks ago. The telephone service is sus
pended. The streets are in darkness be
cause it would be dangerous to turn on the
current among tha tangled and broken
wires; the electric cart have ceased running
for a like reason; the fire alarm circuits are
down and many telegraph wires ore useless.
The damage to the telephone company is es
timated at JIO.OOO.
A BLIZZARD IN THE NORTHWEST.
St. Paul, Minn., Fib. B.—At noon to
day snow began to fall in this city, and
there has been promise of a blizzard during
the afternoon. The storm is general in the
northwest. In South Dakota the storm that
was raging at Rapid City lias extended
over the entire state, Aberdeen, Huron,
Pierre and other points reporting a very
severe blizzard.
The Pioneer Frees correspondent at Pierre
says the worst blizzard since 1888 has been
raging there since last night, with little
prospect of cessation. Tne thermometer
was at 20" below this morning.
The Huron correspondent of the Pioneer
Frets says the snowstorm which set
in there about midnight last night
was still in progress at 0
o’clock to-night, aud has developed
into a gigantic blizzard, almost equal in
fury to that of January, 1888. It has raged
all day, the wind blowing at a velocity of
35 to 40 miles per hour, driving the snow in
blinding clouds.
WORST OF THE YEAR AT ST. CLOUD.
A special to the Pioneer J'ress from Bt.
Cloud, Minn , says: “The worst blizzard
of the season has ragedjhero all day. Snow
has completely filled the air, and has fallen
to a depth of several inches, but is drifting
badly. Trains are delayed. The storm is
still In progress."
At St. Paul to-night the thermometer is
24 Q above zero, but much colder
weather is predicted for to-worrow.
It was 16' degrees below at St. Vincent,
Minn., 12* below at Miunesoda, 14° below
at Mi orehead, Mlnu., 22* below at Bismarck,
and 8” below at Fort Buford. Tho blizzard
did uot appoar in North Dakota to-night,
but was confined to South Dakota, Ne
braska, lowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin,
being severest in South Dakota.
PEOPLE AFRAID TO GO OUT.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. B.—A heavy snow
storm prevailed this morning, nearly block
ing street car traffic. Reports from all por
tions of the state show that the storm was
very severe. In the northwestern part of
the state the blizzard has been raging
twelve hours and tho people dare not venture
away from their homes. In the southern
part of the state the snow it reported as
very heavy and has drifted ten feet deep.
WIRES COATED WITH ICE.
Auburn, N. Y., Feb. B.—A violent snow
storm set in about 8 o’clock yesterday after
noon. continuing without abatement until
midnight. The snow is wet and soon loaded
the trees and wires to such an extent
that the telephone aud telegraph wires
began going down in all directions, and a
largo number of shaiie and fruit trees were
broken down and ruined. The snow ie now
frozen solidly to the wires, which show in
many places an actual measurement of thir
teen inches in circumference. Great dam
age has been done to large orohards in this
vicinity. Falling telegraph, telephone
and tire alarm wires coming in con
tact with the electric light and
electric railway wires caused much
alarm. The mayor ordered the electric
light and electric railway dynamos to be
stopped, leaving the city in darkness and
without railroad facilities. A broken
Western Union wire. coming in contact
with a live electric light wire early in tho
evening, sot the switchboard in the Western
Union office on fire. The fiames were, how
ever, extinguished.
A FOOT DEEP ALONG THE MOHAWK.
Tribes Hill, N. Y., Feb. 8. —More than
a foot of snow has fallen in tbe Mohawk
valley aince 6 o’clock last night. The snow
is very wet and shrubbery have been break
ing down under its weight. Two engines
are reautred to draw a freight train, and
snow plows are out.
fiercest of the season.
Sioux Falls, 8. D., Feb. B.— The fiercest
snowstorm of the season broke early this
morning. The thermometer registered 10 t
above zero. All trains are delayed. Re
ports from Madison, Psrker, Flandreau and
Canton indicate a heavy storm raging.
SNOW RIDING A GALE.
Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. B.—A aevere
windstorm from the northeast struck here
last evening, and is still raging. The mer
cury dropped to 10" below zero this morn
ing. Clouds of snow and dust fill the air.
RAILROADS BLOCKADED.
Yankton, S. D., Feb. B.—A heavy snow
storm began raging here this morning, ac
companied by a high wind. The railroad
cuts are filling up and traffic will be de
layed.
FLAKES FALLING IN IOWA
New Hampton, lA.,Feb. B.—The heaviest
snowfall of th 6 year came to-day. The wind
is in the east, and a fierce storm is raging.
A universal blockade is anticipated.
Saratoga’s winter dress.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Feb. B.—A
foot and a half of snow fell here during
Saturday night and Sunday morning. The
storm continue*.
SNOWING IN MINNESOTA.
Lake City, Minn., Feb. B.—A heavy
snow is falling, accompanied by a fierce
northeast wind.
AN ALL-DAY’S FLUTTER.
Ashland, Wis., Feb. B.—A heavy snow
storm raged all day.
WAR ON SAN SALVADOR.
Gautemala and Honduras Join Hands
Against Her.
City of Mexico, Feb. B.—lt is reported
here that a secret alliance has been signed
between Guatemala and Honduras against
San Salvador. A Gauteinalan dispatch
says Gen. Cayotano Sanchez died to-day at
Faltenango from shot wounds in
flicted by soldiers. Gen. Sanchez
was arrested several days ago for
insubordination and was put under
confinement. Yesterday he attempted to
escape, firing at the guards who followed
him. Ibe soldiers returned his fire, fatally
wounding him. The government has or
dered a court of inquiry into the case.
Guatemala is preparing for war and bring
ing her army u;> to the standard required
by law. President Barillas of Guatemale is
at his country seat, “Libertad." It is a
positive fact that Gen. Ruiz Sandoval has
asked the Guatemalan government for hos
pitality.
ITALY’S NEW CABINET.
l ist of the Nsmss Which Will be An
nounced To-day.
Rome, Feb. 8. —The following cabinet
will he officially announced to-morrow,
with the prebable addition of Signor Vil—
liarl as minister of education:
Marquis di Rudint, premier, minister of
foreleu affairs ad interim, and minister of
marine.
Signor Colombo, minister of finanoe.
Signor Nio itra, minister of the interior.
Signor Luzzata, minister of the treasury.
Signor Pelloux, ml liter of war.
Signor Branca, minister of publio works
ad interim and minister of posts nnd tele
graph*.
Signor Ferrais, minister of justice.
The formation of the foregoing ministry
was the result of the collapse of the pro
jected combination having Signor Saraoco
at Its head.
Siguor Crispi to-day took farewell of the
officials of the interior and foreign offices.
NOT LOOKED UPON WITH FAVOR.
The leading Italian newspapers do not
look with favor upon the new mluistry,
and they all express the opinion that It will
be short-livod. Of the new mlnisteis, Sig
nor Niootra aud Signor Branca are mem
bers of the left, Siguor Pelloux is neutral,
the| others belong to the party of the right.
With Signor Sarraeoo not in the cabinet.
Catholic support of the new ministry is very
uncertain.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DI RUDINI.
Berlin, Feb. B.—The Rome corn*pond
out of the Berliner Tageblatt baa had an
interview with the Marquis di Rudinl, the
new Italian prime minister. In the
course of tho conversation the Marquis
di Rudinl deolared himself a thorough
liberal, aud expressed confidence that
he would reoeive the support of the
whole chamber. He said that while he waa
no friend of clericalism he considered syste
matic persecution of the churoh to be both
useless and objectionable. He predicted the
abolition of the eysteia of votiug known as
serutin de lists. The dissolution of parlia
ment, he said, was not contemplated by the
new ministry. Touching upon foreign af
fairs, the premier described himself as a
warm friend of the dreibund. In regard to
the domestic policy of the ministry, ne said
retrenchments were projected in every de
partment of the government.
ACCIDENTAL COINCIDENCES.
St. Petersburg, Feb. B.—The Novoe
Vremya refers to the fall of Premier Crispi,
the fall of Count von Waiderseo and the
visit of the Arobduke Franz Ferdinand ai
accidental coincidences, and says they form
a guarantee of lasting peace.
BISHOPS AND THE LEAGUE.
Harrington Denies That the Reorgan
ization is Packing.
Dublin, Fob. B.—Several Irish biihope,
following the example set by Archbishop
Walsh, have written letters to the clergy of
their dioceses in opDoaition to Mr. Harring
ton’s appeal to the members of the national
league to reorganize, in view of the ooming
general elections. Archbishop Walsh ad
vised the clerical members of the league to
combat such Parnellite "packing” py re
fusing to join in trickery.
HARRINGTON REPLIES.
In reply to ArchbisboD Walsh. Mr. Har
rington says the archbishop misjudge* the
objeotof theleague'sdrcular, which lssinii
lar to those issued annually by the league.
Mr. Harrington says he informed Mr. Dillon
and Mr. O’Brien before issuing the circular
that in consequence of the collapse of the
American tour he bad determined to ask
the league branches to help the evicted
tenants Mr. Harrington advises the arch
bishop not to commit the priests too hastily
to a policy which will lead to two hostile
camps in every parish.
A PASTOBAL LETTER.
A pastoral letter from the Catholic
prlmata was read in the Catholic churches
throughout Ireland to-day condemning
Mr. Parnell's conduct and warn
ing those engaged in the Boulogne
negotiations to take care that the
compromise readied bo definite, as the
country will have the last word to say on
the issue.
Demonstrations by two rival factions
were held in Btradbally to-dav. Plenty of
policomen were presold, and both demon
si rations were orderly. Mr. Redmond ad
dressed the Parneilites.
The Parnell leadership committee have
agreed to dissolve, in view of the accession
of Mr. Dillon.
I MIGRATIONS FROM ITALY.
Bishop Bcalabrinl Addresses Promi
nent Italians.
Rome, Feb. B.—Bishop Scalabrlni of
Pianzaca to-day addressed au audience of
the nobility and leading statesmen which
had been invited to hear his views ou the
subject of Italian emigration to America.
The bishop in the course of his remarks
expressed the opinion that the movement
of people to America would be beneficial to
both countries if properly directed. He
regretted that hitherto the mother country
had abandoned the emigrants, who, left
to themselves, became victims of dishonest
speculators, and lost both religion and na
tional feeling. The binhop described the
progress of Columbus institute, which he
had founded for the religious and civil pro
tection of Italian emigrants. In conclusion
the bishop said that tne American episco
pate, and especially the Archbishop of New
York, had warmly assisted in the good
work, which was also supported by the pope
and college of the propaganda.
LOST WITH ELEVEN LIVE 8.
A Steamer Goes to the Bottom Off the
Bcilly Islands.
London, Feb. B.—The steamer Chiswick,
bound from Cardiff to St, Nazaire with a
cargo of coal, struck a sand bank off the
Bcilly Islands Thursday morning, and sank.
The captain and ten seamen were drowned.
Eight men who had life belts around them
clung to an overturned life-boat for seven
hours, until they wore rescued by boats
from a lightship. The steamer conveyed
theux to Penzance to-day.
MADE SON MABRY DAUGTER.
A Wealthy Man Inslata Upon the
Marriage of Hie Adopted Children.
Springfield. 0., Feb. B.—A marriage
of an unusual nature was solemnized here
to-day.
Thomas Sharp, a prominent citizen, died
recently, leaving about $300,000 to be
distributed among hi* heirs. Many years
ago be had adopted a poor girl as his
daughter.
Borne years afterward he also adopted his
nephew,' Joe Sharp, whose parents were
dead, as his son. This couple, the bride and
groom of to-day, grew up accordingly as
brother and sister.
Their foster father’s last request was that
they should marry as soon as possible after
his death.
The bride is fifteen years older than the
groom, aud bas three children, the fruits of
a former marriage.
A TORPEDO BOAT REPULSED.
Government Foraea Worst the Rebels
at Iquique.
Lima, Peru, Feb. B.—The mail steamer
Apequipa brings the following news, up to
Jeu. 27, from Valparaiso: “Tne steamer
Imperial which was taking on board 2,000
men for Iquique, was attacked at
night by the revolutionists’ torpedo
boat. Blanco, but the torpedo boat was re
pulsed after several hours' fighting and the
Imperial managed to leave Valparaiso. She
landed the troops on board at
Patillos, near Iquique. The government
has issued a decree, promising those
of its troops not taking part with tne revo
lutionists 25 per oent. additional pay.
Another government decree provides that
the families of loyal soldiers killed or
wounded shall reoelvo pensions equal to ths
full pay of the soldiers.
ONLY TWO PORTS TAKEN.
Taltal and Chanarul are ths only ports
taken by tiie revolutionists.
The Arequlpa was not allowed to touch at
Iquique nor Paragua, and so she left a cargo
for these ports at Area.
The cruisers Almarinto Lynch aud
Almarinte Condell are out in the possession
of the revolutionists, them two now vessels
having been detained by the Chilean gov
ernment at Montevideo.
Joaquin Godov, late Chilean minister to
Poru, lias left Santiago via Cordilleros on a
special mission, it is believed, in connection
with the new ships being built.
At Santiago the aytny is rapidly increas
ing.
AN EXODUS.
Twenty-five hundred persons left Chile on
the steAtner Romolous, which was chartered
by the government. A train filled with
prisoners was stopped by 300 “primitives"
workmen, who liberated the prisoners and
took ths tralu to Iquique,having first killed
the engineer.
The ports of Coqulmbo and Pisngua have
been retaken by the government forces.
In Pisagua a band of workmen who ap
plied to the government for bread bad their
application refused by tho governors and
were fired on, many being killed.
The port of Valparaiso Is still blookaded,
but steamers mansgo to get In and out after
being overhauled by the blockaders. Any
boat moving away after 5 o’clock to the
afternoon is fired on from the shoro.
A great many notable people In Santiago
have expressed a desire to sell or mortgage
their property, but the government has
protested against such transactions, and it
is feared confiscation will follow. Tho
people of the better class are siding with
the revolutionists.
Jovino Novoa, minister to Peru during
tho Chilean occupation, is a prisoner in bis
house. He is seriously 111.
AN OVATION TO BALMERON.
Eight Thousand People In Front of His
Residence, But No Rioting.
Madrid, FeU B. —Eight thousand persons
mot In front of the residence of Seuor
Salmeron to-day and gave him an ovation.
In an address to the crowd from the balcony
Honor Halmeron declared that he had been
lawfully elected in Barcelona. The crowd
dispersed peacefully.
BROILED OHICKHN ON HIS GRAVE.
Chinamen Provide Com Lee With
Food for Hl* Journey to Heaven.
New York, Feb. B.—Tom Lee, tho New
ark Chlnamau, whose sudden death from
au overdosoof medicine, was burled yeater
dey In Woodlawn cemetery. When the
grave had been filled the ceremonies began.
Chang Lee, a lending man in the Chinese
quarter, took n lot of red oandlee and stuck
them at the head of the grave. He then
said some simple service in Chinese. Mean
while Yo Sing and several others wore
solemnly burning green, brown and yellow
lettered papers over the mound.
When the candles and papers were en
tirely burred, anew wicker basket contain
ing a broiled chicken, a piece of bacon and
three empty glasses was'put on tho grave,
and thau the Chinamen left the grave In
single file and solemnly trotted hack to
their washee houses.
A WEALTHY YANKEE ROVER.
Residence Unknown and Coetly Man
sion Tenanted by Spooks.
Boston, Feb. B.— A romantic story was
revealed to-day in a contest over the $500,-
000 estate of the la'e Samuel Welch, who
lived in so many places that the probate
judge doesn’t know where to looate his legal
resilience. For year* a line-looking briok
house on Elm street, Somerville, bas re
mained untenanted, Its wiudows and doors
heavily barred. All sorts of ghoet stories
have been conjured up about this house,
and everybody who lived In the vicinity
was convinced that the house was haunted.
It bad that reputation, anyway, and timid
women and childred always went a block
out of their way to avoid passlog it at
night.
The ghost stories vanished in the light of
to-day’s revelations. That house was built
by Mr. Welch years ago with the proceeds
of a lottery prize which he had drawn. He
was engaged to be married to an estimable
young woman, and the wedding day had
been appointed, when the intended bride
heard that the foundation of bis wealth bad
been laid through a lottery investment. She
refused to marry him. Sir. Welch imme
diately barred up the house, wtiioh had just
been completed, and nsver would give his
consent to its being occupied. He then led
a roving life in Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, where he passed the greater
part of his time. Mayor Pope of Somer
ville was to-day appointed administrator of
the estato, which he will distribute among
a large number of heirs.
THOMABVILLB TOPICS.
Former* to Plant Tobacco—The Au
gusta and West Florida Railroad.
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. B.—A number
of farmers iu tno lower part of Thomas
county will plant tobasco this year. The
soil and climate are said to be identical
with that of the tobacco belt in Florida. If
this Is true there is no reason why Thomas
should not become a great tonaoco growing
county. This industry is becoming one of
magnitude in Gadsden county, Florida, and
Decatur county, Georgia. The common
tobacco plant grow* luxuriantly in all this
section, and the experiments with the
Cuban variety will be watched with great
interest.
A burglar or burglars entered the store
house of Morehouse & Brandon Tuesday
night and carried off a lot of groceries.
Col. A. P. Wright is in Augusta, attend
ing a very important meeting of tho Au
gusta and West Florida railroad, in which
he is a director. There seems to be no doubt
now that this great rosd will be constructed
immediately. It will fill a long felt want,
and certainly prove a paying property from
the very start.
A Railroad Lease Denied.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. B.— The Press
says: “The rumor that the Western New
York aud Pennsylvania railroad, or some
portion of it, had been loosed for a term of
years by the Baltimore and Ohio, is offi
cially denied.”
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TALJUGE ON TIIE SNOW.
WINTER DECLARED GROSSLY MA.
LGNED.
Without Its Bracing Air tha Human
Race Would Be Inane and Effortless.
Job’s Examination of the Snowflake,
The Wonders of Spiritual Crystal
lization.
New York, Feb. BL—The remarkable
movement initiated by The Christian
Herald services in ths Academy of Muslo
is growing apace, and negotiations ar*
pending for additional accommodations on
a gigantic scale. Dr. Talmage’s sermon*
have set thousands of the people of New
York to serious thinking on religious mat
ters. At every service now, men and wo
men rise in all part* of the house to inti
mate their d**ire that the Christians present
would pray for their conversion, and after
the regular service is concluded they speed
ily occupy the orobestra chairs while Dr.
Talmage aud the large corps of workers
who are helping him listen to their difficul
ties aud give them advice. Tearful eyes
and convulsive sobs hear testimony to the
earnestness of the seekers. The New York
Herald estimates that during January
alone over a thousand persons declared their
resolve to live Christian lives. Dr. Tal
niage’s sermon this evening, which he also
preached in the Brooklyn Academy o(
Music iu the morning, wae from Job
xxxvlli., 22: “Hast thou entered into ths
treasures of the snowf’
Grossslv maiignad is the season of winter.
The spring and summer and autumn havs
had many admirers, but winter, hoary
headed aud white-bearded winter, hath had
more enemies than friends. Yet without
winter the human race would be inane and
effortlosa. You might speak of the winter
as the mother of te upests; I take it as the
father of a wkole family of physical, mental
and spiritual energios. The most peopls
that I know are strong in proportion to tba
number of snow banks they had to climb
over, or push through iu childhood, while
their fathers drove the sled loaded with logs
through tho crouching drifts high as tha
fences. At this season of the year, when w*
are so familiar with the snow, those frozen
vapors, thorn falling blossoms of the sky,
those white angels of the atmosphere, thus*
poems of tho storm, those Iliads and
Odysseys of the wintry tempest, I turn over
the leaves of tha Bible ami—though most
of it was written in a olime where snow
seldom or never fell—l find many of those
beautiful congelations. Though the
waters uiay seldom or nevor have felt the
cold touoti of the snowflake on their cheek,
they had In sight two mountain',
tho tops of which were suggestive.
Other kings sometimes take off
their crowns, but Lebanon and Mount Her
mou all the year round and through the
agee never lift the coronets of crystal from
their foreheads. The first time we find a
deep fall of now in the Bible is where (Sam
uel demerit es a fight between Benaiab and a
lion in the pit; and though the snow may
have crimsoned under tho wounds of both
man ar and brute the shaggy monster roiled
over dead and the giant was victor. But
the snow is not fully recognized in tha
Bible uutll God interrogates Job, the scien
tist, conoernlng Its wonders, saying: “Hast
thou entered into the treasures of tha
snow I”
I rather think that Job may have exam
ined the saow-fiake with a microscope; for,
although it it supposed that tha microscope
was invented long after Job’s time, there
had been wonders of glass long before the
miorosoope and telescope of later days were
thought of. Ho long ago at when tho
Coliseum was In its full splendor, Nero sak
iu the emperor’s box of that great theater,
which held a hundred thousand people, and
looked at tha combatants through a gem in
his finger ring which brought everything
close uo to his eye. Four hundred
years before Christ, in the store*
of Athens, were sold powerful
! lasses called “burning spheres,” and
>ayard, the explorer, found a magnifying
gloss amid the ruins of Nineveh, and in tha
palace of Nimrod. Whether through mag
nifying Instrument or with unaided eye I
cannot say, hut I am sure that Job somehow
went through the galleries of the snowflaka
and counted its pillars and found wonders,
raptures, mysteries, theologies, majesties,
infinities walking up and down ita corridor*,
as a result of the question which the Lord
had asked him, “Hast thou entered Into tha
treasures of the snow?”
O, it is a wonderous meteor! Humboldt
studied It in the Andes twelve thousand
feet above the level of the sea. De Baus
suro reveled among these meteors in the
Alps and’Dr. Scores by counted ninety-six
varieties of auowfiake amid the Arctics.
They are In shape of stars, in
shape of coronets, In shape of
cylinders, are gobular, are hexagonal, are
pyramidal, are castellated. After a fresh
fall of snow, in one walk yon crush under
your feet Tuillerles, W lndsor Castles, St.
Paul’s, St. Peter’s, St. Mark’s cathedrals,
Alhambra# and Sydenham palaces innumer
able. I know it depends much on oar own
condition what impression these firing
meteors of the snow make. I shall
not forget two rough aud unpretend
ing wood-outs whloh I saw in mr
boyhood side by side; one nioture of
a prosperous farmhouse with all signs of
comfort, and a lad warmly clothed looking
out of the door upon the first flurry of snow,
and his mind no dobnt filled with the sound
of jingliug sleigh bells, and the frolio
with play-fellows in the deep banks, and he,
clapping his hands and shouting: “Ik
snows) It snows!” The other sketch was of
a boy, haggard and hollow-eyed with hun
ger, looking from the broken door of a
wretched home, and seeing In the falling
flakes prophecy of more cold and less
bread and greater privation, wringing his
hands, and with tears rolling down his wan
cheeks, crying: “O, my God! It snows! It
snowgl” Out of the abundance that charac
terizes most of our homes may there go
speedy relief to all whom this winter finds
in want and exposure.
And now I propose for your spiritual aud
everlasting profit, if you will accept my
guidance, to take you through some of these
wonders of crystallization. And notice
first, God in the little*. You may take
alpenstock and cross the Her de Glace, tha
Sea of Ice, and ascend Mont Blanc, which
rises into the clouds like a pillar of the
Great White Throne, or with Arctio ex-
Slorer ascend the mountains around the
orth Pole and see glaciers a thousand feet
high grinding agninst glaciers three
thousand feet high. But I will take you on
a less pretentious journey and show yon
God in the snowflake. There is room
enough between its pillars tor the
great Jehovah to stand. In that one frozen
drop on the tip or your finger you
may find the throne room of the Almighty.
I take ap the snow in my hand and ae tha
coursers of celestial dominion pawing these
crystal pavements. The telescope is grand,
but 1 must confess that I am quite as much
interested in the microscope. The one re
veals the universe above us; the other just
as great a universe beneath us. But the
telescope overwhelms me, while the micro
scope comforts me. What you want,
and want especially, is a God in
little*. If we were seraphic or archangelio