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Newspaper Page Text}THE MORNING KIWS. . IniIUHID 1860. InOOSEOXATII>I£BB. > J. H.KbTILL, President. . ) NO WAR OYER THE SEALS the negotiations take a most FAVORABLE TORN. The Two Governments Apparently Find a Be els on Which They Can Settle the Wrangle-A Communica tion on the Subject From Lord Sai.s bury to Sir Julian Fauncefote. Washington, March 10. —The Bering sea negotiations have taken a most favorable turn, and cbe government* of the Uni ed States and Great Britain appear to have at length reached a basis upon which to settle their difficulties, as is evidenced by a com munication from Lord Salisbury to Sir Julian Fauncefote, the British minister here, which was laid before Secretary Blaine, and was made public by him to-night, from which some extracts are here given. THE CONTROVERSY NARROWED. The letter is dated Feb. 21, and in its opening paragraphs says: The dispatch of Secretary Blaine, under date of Dec. 17, has been carefully considered by her majesty's government. The effect of the discussion which has been carried on between the two governments has been materially to ea.iue the area of the controversy. It- is now quite clear that the advisers of the President do Du' claim Bering sea as a mere clausum, and indeed that they repudiate that contention in express terms. Bor do they rely as justifica tion for the seizure of British ships in open soa upon ths contention that the interests of the seal fisheries give, to the United States govem mrut any right for that purpose, which, accord- Iny to international law. it would not otherwise possess. CLAIM OF THE UNITED STATES. Whatever importance they attach to the preservation of the fur-seal species—and they justly look on it as au object deserving the most serious solicitude, they do not conceive that it confers upon any maritime power rights over the open ocean which that power could not a sert on other grounds. The claim of the United States to prevent the exercise of seal fishery by other nations in Bering sea, rests now exclusively upon the interest which by purchase they possess in the ukase issued by the Ernperor Alexander L in the year 1821, which prohibits foreign vessels from approach ing within 100 Italian miles of the coast and 'siands then belonging to Russia in Bering sea. RUSSIA'S RIGHTS. It is not, as I understand, contended tbat’the Russian government, at the time of the issue of tins ukase, possessed any inherent rights to enforce such prohibition, or aoquired by the act (if issuing it any claims over the open sea bc yond the territorial limit of three miles which they would cot otherwise have possessed, but it is said that this prohibition, worthless in itself, acquired validity and force against the British government, because that government can be Shown to have acoopted its provision*. ENGLAND'S ALLEGED ACCEPTANCE. The ukase was a mere usurpati on, but it is raid that it was converted into valid interna tional law, as against the British government by the admission of this government itself. I an not concerned to dispute the contention that an invalid claim may, as against another government, acquire validity which, in its inception, it did not possess, if It is formally or effectively accepted by the govern ment. But the vital question for decision is whether any other government, and especially whether the government of Great Britain has ever accepted the claim put forward in this ufease. Our contention is that not only can it not bu shown that the government of Great Britain a: any time since 1821 has admitted the soundness of the pretension put forward by ihvt uks ,e, but that it can be shown teat it has categorically denied it on more than one occa eion. ENGLAND’S NOTICE TO RUSSIA. Lord Salisbury quotes the notice given by the British government to Russia in 183 j that it did not admit Russia’s right to ex clude foreicu vessels for 100 miles from the coast, and disputes the validity of Seeretai'y Blaine’s argument that Great Britain had, by imputation, renounced any claim to rights in Bering sea by failure to assert or exercise suoh right. He also expressed ina bility to admit Secretary Blaine’s conten tion that Bering sea is not part of the Pacific ocean, and then goes on to say: Her majesty’s government have, in view of these considerations, no doubt whatever tbat British subjects enjoy the same rights iu being soa which belong to them in every other portion of the open sea, but it is nevertheless a matter or sincerO AAlsfa.ci.iou that the Presi dent is willing Uy refer to arbitration what he concedes to be the matters to have been under discussion between the two governments for the last four years. NEGOTIATIONS PROPOSED. In regard to the questions as they are pro pjsed by Secretory klftlt.e, I should say that as to the first and second no objection will be offered by her majesty's government. They are as fol lows: 1. “>yhat exclusive jurisdiction in the sea Known &s the Bering sea and what exclusive rights in these seal flshorlee therein did Russia assert and exercise prior add up to the time of t.ie cession of Alaska to the Unite i States? “ii. How far were these claims of jurisdiction as to the S'*al fisheries recognized and conceded by Great Britain?’ 1 he third question is expressed in the follow mg terms: “Was the body of water now known as Jjering sea included in the phrase ‘Pacific ocean a- used in the treaty of 1*25 between Great Britain and Russia? and what rights, if Bering were given or conceded to Great Britain by the said treaty?" A LINE DRAWN. Her majesty’s govermneit would have no objection to reforriug to arbitration the flr*t /ai tof that question if it skould be thought uebiraoie to do so; but would give that consent with a reservation that tney do not aujr.it that decision of it can conclude the argtir question the arbitrator would bav© to •?Uy*imne. To the latter part of number three , T° u ‘u be their duty to take exception: ‘What vl * an^r) * n Bering sea were given or con cert e-i to Great Britain by said treaty?’’ rirpv!- >at * La ! u * ia3 unver DUggested that any jgnts were *' ven l ° er or conceded to her by he said treaty. All that was done was to rec t’cT‘ lze . or natural right of free navigation in oat. as in all other parts of the Pacific ocean. Rrit a not those rights to Great away 0 because were never hers to give PASSED TO THIS COUNTRY. not the rights of Russia as to juris anri to Keal Ashcries in Bering sea, st or the water boundary, iu the treaty be ln the United States and Russia of March ™> fv'• . pass unimpaired to the United buttes tin dor that treaty fr ihe fourth question is hardly worth referring an arbitra' or. as Great Britain would be p.epaijd to accept it without dispute. i uo fifth question runs as follows: R *• w h*t are now the right® of the United ofp es as to the ur Beal fisheries in the waters lim- nn * sea out *ide of the ordinary territorial th^ lt8 ‘ w hether such rignts grew out of ne cession by Russia of any special f hts or jurisdiction held by her in ucn fisheries or in the waters of Baring ii H * 7 out l he ownership of the breeding • -nils and habits of the sea s in going thither f f ear ing their young there m aud going out font 1 l ” e * lands for food, or out of any other ct or incident connected with the relation of s £ al fisheries to the territorial possessions of ‘ h e United States?” first clause, “What are now the rights of States as to the fur seal fisheries in Uerinjf sea outside of the ordinary ria limits?" is a question which would arhn ry P ro P erl y referred to the decision of an ..' „ ator - But the subsequent clause whica that such rights couid have grown out hah? e °T llersh *P of the breeding islands, and sn °‘ ttlo Bea ' s In resorting thereto, involves e,ti sl i r ?P t *on as to prescriptions of Inter ne i2?.. aw at **** P ra sent time, to which her accede * government are not prepared to THB SIXTH qiIKSTIO. rruin? question (relating to the establish . °.' a closed period in the seal flshingi, ““•“.orals with the issues that will arise in of 11.1 . controversy should be decided In favor Britain would perhaps more fitly form 8 , ’cance of a separate refereuce. Her ref;..?, 8 K°vernment have no objection to aroi... 1 ?* general question of a closed time to far.! lon orlo •‘‘‘ccrtair. by that means how me enactment of such a provision is neces- f|j)s Jffifffttitwj sarv for th* preservation of the seal species; but any such reference ought not to contain wouls appearing to attribute special and ab normal rights in the matter to the United States. There is an omission In these questions which I have no doubt the government of the Presi dent will be very glad to repair, and that is the reference to the arbitrator of the question, w hat damages are due to persons who hare been injured, in case it shall be determined by him that the action of the United States in seizing British vesselk has been without warrant in international law. Subject to these reservations, her majesty's government will have great satisfaction in join ing with the government of the United Siates In seeking by means of arbitration and adjust ment of tae international questions which nave so long formed a matter of controversy be tween the two governments. In closing. Lord Salisbury requests that Se: retary Blaine be furnished with a copy of his dispatch. LONDON PRESS COMMENTS. London, March 11, 5 A. m.— The Stand ard, commenting on the Bering sea papers, says: “Both nations will rejoice to know that the differences have narrowed until they have reached a shape at which both sides can agree to arbitrate. Nothing could be more barren or irritating than an at tempt to appraise the relative value of polemical gains." The Times says it is diffionlt to imagine that Secretary Blaine can jiersist in keep ing the quarrel open after Lord Salisbury has accepted the bulk of hisown proposed terms for a oonference, or can make it a grievance. The terms declined have been shown to be manifestly unjust to England. The result of the Canadian elections following the popular reaction against the new tariff law iu the United States may induce him to reflect that more success would be gained by fair and amicable deal ing than by high-haaded action and tali talk. DIREJT TAX PAYMENTS. The Government Not Inclined to Help the Claim Agents. Washington, March 10.—Assistant Sec retary Nottleton has notified claim agents and others Interested in claims under the direct tax bill, tbat all payments under that aot will be made to the states in trust for the citizens thereof, from whom they were collected, and their legal represenfives, and tbat claim agents ana others will not be allowed to examine the direct tax records of the department unless they are author ized by the states to do so. Our Minister to Japan Dead. Washington, March 10 —Secretary Blaine to-night received a cable message from Tokio, Japan, announcing the death there of United States Miuister John F. Swift, at 7 o'clock to-rught. He died sud denly of heart disease. AN ANGLO-AU- RICAN WAR. A British Navy Officer Alleged to Have Predicted Hostilities. Chicago, March 10.— A Montreal special quotes an officer of the British uavy as say ing: “There is more significance to be at tached to the approaching visit of Lord Wolseley to Canada than is generally be lieved. Gen. Wolseley will a* once pro ceed to the Pacific coast with Gen. Herbert and inspect the defenses cf Britisu Columbia knd the navy yard Esquimaux. He will remain at Victoria until the United States has given its ultimatum with regard to the Boring sea question.” The officer said he would not be surprised to find Great Britain and the United Stat s at war bef.ire the year was out. The British government bad been remaining quiet in view of the possibility of the liberal party tn Canada getting into power, through whom Lord Salisbury believed a more satisfactory settlement of the matter in dispute could have been reached than through the ud rnimstsia ion of Sir John Macdonald, whose policy has been more In the direcsio.i of In tensifying hostilities than effecting a recon ciliation. In conclusion, he said that the activity about the British dock yards clearly showed that England was preparing to be ready for an emergency. A FIGHT IN A LEGISLATURE. Inkstands and Other Missiles Hurled about Very Recklessly. Little Rock, Ark., Maroh 10.—An up roar was created iu the House of Repreten tstives this afternoon by a quarrel between Representatives Head (independent) aud Mitchell (democrat), In which the lie was passed and then inkstands, spit toon* and other movables were used as missiles. Nobody was hurt, but several members besides the combat ants were literally bespatted with the con tents of the inkstands and spittoons. The belligerents were placed under arrest, but offered apologies and were released. The question under discussion was whether the matter of calling a constitutional convention should be submitted to a vote of the people or be decided by the legislature, it wus decided to submit it to the people. SHOT HIS SISTEB'3 LOVER DEAD. A Couple of Californians Fight a Duel W ith Pistols. Ban Diego, Cal., March 10.— The par ticulars of the killing of William Tremmer by Frank Coto at El Cajon, form a sensa tional story. Tremmer had been courting Coto’s sister, but was objected to by her relatives. Yesterday the young men met and Coto forbade Tremmer to call on his sister again. Aftor a quarrel they decided to fight duel. Twenty paces were stepped off. Both began firing and after a few shots Tremmer fell dead, while Coto re ceived a severe wound in tho arm and back. He has been arrested to await the actiou of the grand jury. ANXIOUS TO HANG. An Illinois Murderer Refuses to Ac cept a Stay of Execution. Decatur, 111., March 10. —Bill Craw ford, who has been sentenced to hang Sat urday for the murder of Mr*. Mathias, re fused to apply for a stay of execution, al though the judge had said it would be granted if requested. He say* he i guilty, aud does not care for delay la tue execu tion, but wants it over with. A motion for an inquiry Into bis sanity, made by his counsel, has been overruled. FELL. 65 FEET AND DIED. Horrible Fate of an Engineer Who Was About to Retire. Huntington, Pa., March 10.— While stepping from his engine to the coping of the bridge east of here, this morning. Engineer James Hamilton of Altoona missed his footing and fell a distance of sixty-five feet upon the rocks below, meet ing with instant death. He was oae of the oldest engineers on the Pennsylvania rail road and was about to retire from active work. Pool Rooms Can Run. Louisville, Kt., March 10.—This morn ing Judge Tnompson decided that pool rooms could not be closed as they wore doing a lawful business. SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1891. DROWNED IN THE FLOOD. TWO PROMINENT YOUNG PEOPLE Off AUGUSTA PERISH. Henry C. Lamar and Mies Louise King Connelly Thrown into the Water by the Capsizing of Their Boat—After Touching 35 1-3 Feet the Water Bogan to Fall. Augusta, Ga.. March 10.— This after noon Hsnry C. Lamar and Miss Louise King Connelly were drowned while rowing in a canal two miles above the city. The boat was caught aud capsized in a swift current at the open flood-gates near the Shamrock mills. The bodies wore recov ered and prepared for Durlal. Both were popular and highly commoted young peo ple. Mr. Lamar was a graduate of Prince ton college of the class of 1885, a well known nthlete, and a man of noble quali ties. Miss Connelly was a granddaughter of the late John P. King, ex-Unitud States senator from (Jeorgia, and a niece of the Marchioness of Anglesy. THE CITY IN DARKNESS. The city is in darkness to-night, the high water having interim ed with the eletcrio light and ga* companies. Traffic will be re sumed on all the railroads to-morrow. No mail wav delivered to-dav, and business was practically suspended. No serious damage to property has resulted, and no further trouble is apprehended from the high water. The river readied thirty-five and a half (set, and has beon gradually falling all day. ON A TEAR IN BALDWIN. Milledgkville, Ga., March 10.—The losses from the flood* of Sunday and last night in this seotion will be hea/y. The Oconee river and Fishing creek are very close to the highest known water mark, and have inundated a vast area of lauds near their banks. The wagon bridge on the Macon read over Fishing creek was swept away yesterday and it s ruck the Mtlledge ville and Asylum railroad trestle, three miles below, tearing it from its abuttments aud leaving it a wreck. The trestle over double branches, between hero aud the asylum, was washed out. The Oconee river is in the second story of Conn & Co.’s mill, and two or three hundred bushels of corn were damaged there. Over 1,000 bushels wore convex ed to the third story yesterday, and saved. Owing to the washout on the Georgia railroad at James station, transfers nad to be made there, and mails have been very irregular. Nearly all cf the bridges have suffered more or less from the floods, and when tbs damage to crops, stock, etc., is taken into consideration the less will run hign. HEAVY LOSSES IN GLASCOCK. Gibson, Ga, , March 10.—The recent ex cessive rains have proven disastrous in this community in the way of gulleying farms, washing away bridges and blowing out causeways. The A. G. &F. railroad is impassable, duo to several washouts. No mail trains have passed here since 4:30 o’clock last Saturday afternoon. ALL THE LEVEES STILL SAKE. New Orleans, La., March 10.—No in formation concerning any breaks on the Louisiana line cf levees has beeu received up to to-day, and the otate engineers are hopeful that the dykes will successfully re strain the flood, though in the northern por tion of the state there are several levees about whose stability some apprehension is felt. The water has not reached the level of last year’s flood and many of the levees have been raised and strengthened so that the state engineers be lieve there is less danger than there was last year. The water is almost up to the crest of the levees on Bayou La Fourehe, and fear is felt there, as the La Fourehe inter sect* a territory richly (lotted with *ugar plantations. A PATROL BOAT. The government engineer here is making arrangements to charter a patrol boat to watch tire dangerous points along the riser and to check, if possible, crevasses in an in cipient sage. Lieut. Millis, of the govern ment service,and State Engineer Richardson have gone to the front on a tour of inspec tion, and to take precautions against the in roads of the Mississippi. THE FLOOD IN MISSISSIPPI. Memphis, Tenn., March 10.—A special to the Appeal-Avalanche from Okalena, Miss., says: “Reports just received show that great damage has bran done throughout the country oy the fl ods Saturday and Sunday. Many bridges aud turnpikes have been washed away and it is impossible to estimate the damage. The Illinois Central railroad is sending its fast trains over the Vicksburg Meridian and Mobile and Ohia roaus via Jackson, Miss. At Lexing ton, Miss , the storm was the most destruct ive ever known Liero. The town was ulmost cut off from all communication with the outside world. The Illinois Central bridge, one mile east of that town, boa been en tirely destroyed, and great loss followed. The track was washed up in many places. Saturday evening Miunia Brag, a young colored school teacher living near here, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Bridges, both wooden and iron, have been washed away and the roads are itnpassabl*. Farming operations are entirely suspended and plowed land is hadlv washed. It will delay planting two or three weeks. Feno.s along the creeks are compleely gone. Farmers ate greatly discouraged at tbs outlook. A ter rifle storm passed within three miles of Brandon, Miss., Sunday night, carrying destruction. Every house on S. R. Donald’s place was blown aw ay and he and his wife were seriously injured. The splendid resi dence of the late David L. Wilson, near Brandon, together with ev. ry building on the place, was blown away, leaving only the floors and the fou dation. Mrs. Wilson and her Invalid *on were carried with the bed upon which they were sleeping out into the front yard and completely covered by timbers aud debris. They were severely bruised and had to remain out in a pouring rain all night.” THE CUMBERLAND FALLING. Nashville, Tknn., March 10. — The Cumberland river has been falling slowly all day. At dark the gauge showed 47.7 feet —a fall during the twenty-four hours of three-fourths of a foot. The rise from above is expected here about to-uight, when a rise of a foot or jnore is anticipated. The submerged lumber yards here are all pro tected by booms, and little further damage is expected, as they can stand a rise of five or six fret more. A boat from the upper river reports high water everywhere, but no great ainouut of damage done. A BLAZE AT BUFFALO. Henry W. Burt’a Five-story Business Block In Ash ’B. Buffalo, N. Y., March 10.—Henry W. Burt’s uve-story brick and iron building on the oorner of Court and Pearl streets wt* totally burned to-day In a very brief time, and other neighboring buildings damaged. The total loss is $225,000, nearly covered by insurance. The building was occupied by C. V. Formes & Cos., wholesale woolens and trimmings, and Schauroth & Wohlers, shoe dealers. The building burned s > rap idly that little or nothing was saved, and the firemen had narrow escapes. ROBINSON BACKS OUT. Bo Refuses to Leoae the Georgia Southern— A Receiver A eked For. Macon, Ga-, March 10.—Late to-night an application for a receiver for the Macon Construction Company was filed in the office of the clerk of the supe rior court by John S. McTighe & Cos., rail road contractors, of Memphis, Tenn. McTighe & Cos. were the contractors on the Macon and Birmingham and the Mac m and Atlantic railroads, and have filed liens amounting to $389,610 against the two roads. It appears that John M. Robinson, who was sup posed to have contracted to lease the Georgia Southern railroad from the Macon Construction Company, has gone back on his contract and that the pe titioner now takes this step to secure him self. He rots forth that the Mncon Con struction Company and its railroad are in solvent and utterly unable to meet their Indebtedness. The wildest excitement ex ists among the stockholders in Macon. W. B. Sparks, who went down the road with Mr. Robinson, returned to-day without him, but refuses to speak on the subject until to-morrow. Mr. Robinson, however, has gone north. ON TO CHICK\MAUGA. The Inspecting Party Cordially Wel comed Along the Route. CnATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 10.—After a very interesting trip through the rapidly developing seotlou of Southwestern Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, the distinguished party of congressmen, guverumeut officers aud military men arrived here at 10:30 o’clock to-night for the Eurpose of reviewing the Cbiokamauga attlaflsld before determining the maimer in which the appropriation for the improve ment of the CnickamaUga national park shall be extended, Th* partv included Sec retary Broolor, Attorney General Miller, (Juartermoster General Bacbelder, Sena tors Mauderson, Frye, Sanders, Carey and Hawley; Representative! McKinley, Canton. Henderson of Illinois, Cogswell, Hooker, Clements, Post, Osborne, Allen cf Michigan and Baker and a number of newspaper tnou. Representa tive Evans of Tennessee and Gen. H. V. Boynton of Washington were in charge of the party. Mr. Eddy, vlee president of the Roanoke and Western Railroad Company, and Col. Hudson of tit* Ka*t 'Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia road, met the train on route and ere irted the party, which was tne rooipieut of much attention at Roanoke, Bristol, Knoxville and other places. WELCOMED BY COLLEGE GIRLS. At Bristol a delegation of young girls from the female college welcomed the guents, aud at Knoxville a crowd of good size gathered in the railroad station and loudly eftded for the better known of the publio men. Secretary Proctor, Attorney General Miller, Senator* Manderson and Frye, and Representatives McKinley, Can non, Baker, Allen, Henderson, and Hooker all made brief speeches, extolling the south generally and Tennessiie particu larly. Maj, McKinley attracted marked attention, and was received with applause. A PROTECTION SPEECH. Senator Frye made a ringing speech up holding protection. The south, he said, was like the boy whose mother forced his mouth open and made him take a dose of oil, which, though not liked by the boy, did him lots of good. The republicans proposed to keep cramming protection down the threat of the south, for it was for the good of the country. Preparations have been mads to give the visitors an enjoyable time. Chiokair.uuga. Mission Rhlge aud lookout Mountain will be visited. A recaption will be given to morrow night, and the following night the party will attend a banquet in celebration of the manufacture of basic steel in Chatta nooga. The river is very high here, bnt not sufficiently so to interfere with the pro gramme. Editor Dana in the South. Chattanooga,Tenn.. March 10.— Charles A. Dana of New Fork passed through this city to-night in a private oar, en route for Birmingham, Ala., thence to Bninswiok, Ga., aud Florida points. He is accom panied by Col. Le Grand B. Cannon, vice president of the Delaware and Hudson rail road, aud Chaster Griswold of New York. HENNBSJSVB MURDER. Tho Jury Visits tho Scene of the Shoot ing at Night. New Orleans, March 10. —Both sides in the Hennessey murder case have finished the introduction of testimony. After con sultation it was decide! that the defense should occupy seven hours with its argu ment and the state five hours. The case will, therefore, in all probability, go to the jury Thursday afternoon. The jury visited the scene of the shooting to-night. Although the electrio light at the corner of the shooting is slightly further away from Monasterio’s shanty and Beeler’s gailery than on the night of the shooting partita in the galleries could easily he seen from the stro-t crossing and nice versa. The grand jury to-day investigated the charges of attempts to bribe talesman jurors in the Hennessey case, aud found three indictmonts against parties not yet arrested for attempting to bribe jurors. SIBEL WORKS CLOSED. The Edprar Thomson Works at Brad deck Not to Resume Tot. Pittsburg, Pa., March 10.—Tbs Edgar Thomson Steel Works of Carnegie's, at Braddock, Pa., which shut down for re pairs several weeks ago, will not resume operations for some time. A general re sumption was expected by the employes this week, but the firm has decided to continue the shut down for this mouth at least. This action enforces idleness upon nearly 2,000 men. No cause is assigned for the continued suspension. The Minneapolis Tribune told. Minneapolis, Minn., March 10.—Acom ranv, headed by W. J. Murphy of Grand F rks, N. D., to day purchas'd the Minneapolis Tribune from Alden J. Bleth een for $400,000. It is stated that ex- Renator Pierre of North Dakota will take the editorial management of the paper. Houashold Suffrage Offered. Brussels, Maroh 10.—The Belgian cab inet has declared In favor of household suf frage—the adoption of which would in create the number of voters from 130,000 to 730,000. The liberals, however, are not content with this concession. Survivors of a Wrecked fchlp. New York, March 10.— The steamship Saratoga, which arrived to-rlay from the West Indies, had on board Capt. Robinson, the mate and ipurteen men of the British steamship W. G. Russell, wrecked on the Isle of Pines. Feb. 20. The Russell was bound from Uio Janeiro for Pensacola. PARNELL’S CHURCH FOES. THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL BLAMES TnE BISHOPS. It Declares that the Feud in Erin Would Soon Be End and If Tr.er With drew from the Contest -Provisions of the Proposed Constitution for a Federation. Dublin, March 10.—The Freeman's Journal to-day says that if a tew bishops withdrew from the political cun test iu Ireland the food would be quelled in a week. The clergy in their hearts know that the game of the seceders is an old whig game, and the Parnellitee depend upon tho country to foil them. John O’Leary, who has joined the Parnell oommittea, has written a letter for publication in whioh he state* that he stand* by the leadership so long as Mr. Par* nell goes for an independent parliament. Mr. McCarthy, in a published article to day in the new organ of bis party, the .Na tional Press, declares that the national fed eration holds the vote* and the people and the power. The power of the landlords is is gone. The democracy of Great Britain, Mr. McCarthy declares, is on the side of ueiauu. iuu Sluuiuuu if uiiv luru CauiiGt imperil the oause of a nation. the federation constitution. The draft of the constitution to be sub mitted to a meeting of the anti-Parnellites iu Leiuster ball, this city, detines the object of the national federation us being borne rule, land law reform, improvement in the status of the masses, locial and politioal rights of tho laborers and artisans, and the development of Irish industries and resources, the abolishment of the grand jury system, the establishment of un educa tional system lin ed on the principle of equal dealing toward all section! of the Irish people, electoral registration, reform in regard to parliament and mu nicipal governments, and other bodies, and the repeal of the coercion act. A pledge will also be proposed binding all the members of parliament who declare for a notional federation to vote with the party. It is also suggested that the chair man of the Irish parliamentary pa;ty should also be president of the national federation. THE CONFEDERATION CONVENTION. The national confederation convention opened in this city to-day. Justin Mc- Carthy presided. A letter from Archbishop Walsh was read, in which tho archbishop said that four-fifths of the constituencies were ready to follow the lead of Kilkenny. Mr. Parnell's policy involves the destruc tion of the work of the last ten years. Letters of approval of the course adopted by the McOurthyites wore read from Arch bishop Croke ami most of the bishops in Ireland. Sir lhoiuas Esmonds, secretary of the convention, stated that 115 organisations had seat delegatos. Letters had been re ceived from ninety other organisations stating that these organizations would sup port Mr. McCarthy. m’carthy’s breech. Mr. McCarthy said that the league had allowed itself to bo captured in a lecreaut way by a "crowbar brigade.” The federa tion, he declared, was well rid of the na tional league. It was thought by some persons that they had waited too long for the leaguers to take action, but they bad felt bound to hold on in the hope that the party would remain united. For Mr. Parnell he had no words but thcuse of compassion. Iu following the wrong o urse Mr. Parnell's fate as leader of the Irish parliamentary party had become sealed. TUB BOULOGNE CONFERENCE. Thomas .Sexton, member of parliament for Belfast, during the meeting made a Rtatoment to the effect that during the Bou logne negotiations a representative of the majority of the Irish parliamentary party offered to leave the chairmanship of the party open for a year if Mr, Parnell would retire temporarily from that position. The negotiations proceeded on this bas.s. Mr. Parnell’s leadership, he said, is no longer within the range of practical politics. An executive committee was appointed consisting of Messrs. McCarthy, Condon, Davitt, Doasey, Dickson, Murphy, McCar tari, Arthur O’Connor, Sexton, Sheeby, Sullivan and Webb, and also Messrs. Dil lon and O’Brien, if they are willing to serve. RUSSIA’S ttYB ON ECiiNDiNAVIA. The Czar Anxious to Add New Terri tory to His Umpire. Bt. Petersburg, March 10.— The tension of affairs caused by the political situation in Sondinavia is keenly watched and fol lowed here. Russia has 10-. g been waiting for on opportunity to Incorporate into the Russian empire the country beyond the northwestern frontier, thus gaining a free Atlantic seaboard and enabling It ssia to make Ofoten, in Norway, a naval pert of equal strategic lmiKirtance to Vladlvostock, near the northern limit of Corea, on the sea of Japan, by joining the gap now sep arating the railway systems of Rutsiu and Scandinavia. These scheme* have hitherto bean eclipsed by the grander scheme of the Balkans and the possible extension of Rus sian territory in that direction. ENGLAND’S LABOR COMMISSION. A Statement In Regard to Its Com position to Be Made 10-morraw. London, March 10. William Henry Smith, the first lord of the treasury, reply ing last night in the House of Commons to questions on the subject, said that he ex pected to be able to make a statement in regard to the composition of the labor commission on Thursday next. It is reported that Joan Aird, member of par liament for South Paddington, and Messrs. Giffon, Burns and Mawdsley, the latter a moderate trades unionist, who opposed the eight-hour bill, will be invited to sit with the commission. ENGLAND*,3 BsCCiRAT GAME. Sir Gordon Gumming eets a Trap for His Accusers. London, March 10. —Sir William Gordon- Cumming ha. obtained an order from the court before which his action for damage* will be tried, requiring the defendants to furnish in detail a description of the acts of cheating at bacearact with which he is charged. The defendants, in view of the fact that it would be difficult to specify the acts referred to, have appealed to the court to reverse the order. The decision on the appeal is reserved. An Anglo-French Bow Ended. Paris, Marcli 10.—The Ttmpx says the negotiations between France and England on the Newfound iaud question have resulted in an agieement, which will be subnitted to the French aud English parliament* at the end of the week. The Chamber of Deputies passed the sugar bounties bill. Plenty of Ducks for Harrison. Baltimore, March 10.—Reports from Benjies, where the Presidsut is bunting, elate that ducts of ail kinds abound and tiie prospects are line for good shooting. IRELAND’.-* POTATO CHOP. The Local Government Foard Issues Ita Rep irt. Dublin, March 10, —The Irish local gov ernment boaid has issued its long-expected report on the failure of the potato crop and upon the condition of the congested dis trict. Among other things the report stales that the dlstr eta in which the disease appeared comprise about half of Ireland and that the di'easo is duo to planting old champion s*e I. the disease resisting proper tins of which have been greatly we kened of late years. In the light, dry toils the crop in some places was excellent, but in oold, wet land and in the mountain districts the fail ure was every where s irioua. THE CORN CHOPS. Tho corn crops are mostly good, green crops are up to tho full average, and tho other resources of the formers are ab ut up to the average. Briefly put, the report goee to show that small farmers aro in good circumstances, but aro confronted with a scarcity of potatoes, which is unprecedented in thirty years, causing the deepest distress in the congested distr.ots. This distress is aggravated by the reluctance of local shop keepers to grant credit so early in the sea son, or before they are able to judge the harvest prospects. MEANS LOBS OF MEALS. Bome of the boards of inspectors estimate the potato crop failure ns equivalent to a lose to the nooplo affected of their midday meal and the l.ws of a portion of their sup pors for part of the year. The remainder of the report gives details as to how tho suffering poor should be re lieved, and showing that the distress is, as yet, on the increase. Relief applications are confined to the congested districts of tho west and to the laboring and fishing classes of the south, but it Is expected that tho pressure for relief will become more general between now and the month of April. RUSSIA AND THE JtWH. The Severity of the Laws Redoubled in Vigor. London, March 10. —Since the Loudon Mansion house tnoe tug, which expressed sympathy with the Hebrews and resulted in sending through the lord mayor a memorial to tho czar which was returned unread, the severity of the anti-Jowish penal laws has been redoubled in vigor. When the written laws ure inadequate arbitrary laws replace them. The commission appointed to (leal with the question was composed chiefly of Judophohe*, and In view of Mie persecutions about 10(1, OitO of the poorest clasies of the Jews have embraced Ru'sUn orthodoxy, but the baptized Jen* are subjected to the same restrictions and disabilities as the others. INFLUENCE OF THE ROTHSCHILDS. St. Petersburg, Maroh 10.—Thesomi ofilciul Novae Vrmnya ba* taken up the hint that If the Rothschilds espouse the causa of the Hebrews it ineaus financial pressure upon the Run iuu government, ami publishes a long, venomous ortiole, stating that the Uothschlhls,tUeiuselvM have given hostages to the Russian government, mso niucu that they now own practically all the naphtha springs of Baku, and have arranged with the American BtandariOil Comi any to divide the markets of the world. The Novae Vremya then says that Russia would not fail, in the event of finan cial troubles, to give a Roland for an Oliver. MRJ. OATdCAM's a&NiTY. Her Imprisonment Again Brought Up lu the House. London, March 10.—Dr. Fitzgerald raised a question in the II u>e of Commons to-day In regard to the case of Mrs. Catb cart, a wealthy lady of Stafford, who, it Is allegod, wag conflued in an uisaue asylum at the instigation of her husband. Dr. Fitzgerald asked whether it was true that Mr*. Cathrart had been seized by four servants of the £rivat* asylum within the precincts of the iw courts; whether the *“lure constituted a case of oontempt of court, aid whether it was legal to se zs a person under what was called an urge-icy order and confine him or her in an asylum before a medical examina tion had been made or a certificate given. THE SECRETARY’* STATEMENT. Mr. Matthews, home seentarr, replied that Mrs. Cathcart had been taken In the strand outside of the law courts and it wus entirely for the oourt to decided whether the seizure constituted a cate of oontempt. He added that all the legal requirements of the lunacy acta had been fulfilled, ond he saw no reason to interfere iu the matter. A MURDERS it’A PLOT FOILED. He Proponed to Feign Insanity and Then Escape. Loganbport, Ind., March 10,—Martin Shafer, a convicted murderer, wrote a let ter to bis wife, which wai intercepted by the sheriff. It outlined a plan to feign in sanity, go to the asylum and subsequently escape through the aid of a relative em ployed there. The letter wat produced in court when a motion fora new trial was made Friday, and Shafer was immediately sentencod to fifteen years’ Imprisonment. SEVEN KILLED. A Condenser Used in Menufacturlng Ammonia Explodes. Glasgow, March 10.— The condenser used la the manufacture of ammonia at Dixon’* iron works in this city, exploded to-day with terriflo force. Three mangled bodies were recovered from the ruins of the building. Four other bodie-, including that of the manager of the worke, are still buried In the debris. BISMAhCK AS A CANDIDATE. Deputy Bchaaf Hatd to Have Acted Without Authority. Berlin. March 10.—The central exec utive of the national liberal party an nounces that the Prussian deputy Schaaf, who proposed to the local committee of the Nineteenth Hanover division that Prince Bismarck be selected to contest the by electi n, a-ted wi hout the authority of the exeoutive in so doing. Belgium's Threatened Strike. Brussels, March 10. —The council of industry and labor has presented to the chambers a petition in behalf of the em ploy ers and employes urging the govern ment to do its utmost to avoid a general strike, which is threalenn i if parliament does not agree to universal suffrage.. Gu-de, the French socialist, who has been in this city for some time arranging plans for the May day celebration, has been warned to leave Belgium. Argentine Finance*. Paris, March 10.—A dispatch from Bue nos Avres tavs: “The bourse here has favorably received the new loan, but It is feared that unless fully subscribed here, it will be necessary to have recourse to Eu rope for aesistauoe.’’ I DAILY.SIO A YEAR, i 5 OKMTSAOOPY. V I WEEKLY. *l. AYE \ ENGLAND’S BIG BLIZZARD TRAINS FULL OF PASSENGERS CAUGHT IN THE DRIFT. All Trace Lost of an Engine and Mall Car—Many of the Travelers Held Prioonere for Hours and Half Frozen When Rescued-The Storm Une qualed in a i.ecade. London, March 10. —The blizzard in the south of England continues, though the weather in Loudon is milder. The railroads of Kent and Susi -x are completely block aded, and the country is deep with snow. The hurrionne which accompanied the snow storm pilod the snow drifts on all sides, stopping traffic on the railway lines and country roads. Train* full of pas sengers in the midlands were snowed up last night and the passengers were not rescued until this morning. The rescued people suffered terribly from the cold during the night, owing to the cars not being heated. A train on the North Kent railroad bound for this city, was snowed up a cut last night and still remains in the drift. A number of engines have been sent to the relief, but they have been unable at yet to move the blocked train. A TRAIN MISSING. The Sheerness mail car cannot be found. It bee been lost somewhere along the lie* between this city and Hhenrness. A search ing party sent out after the missing mail car rescued the engineer of the lost engine. He was found half frozen in a snow drift. Two clergymen were snowed up in a car riage on Kavorsham road last night and were rescued witn difficulty. Reports from tho provinces show that tho blizzard prevailed from Bt. George’s ohannel to the North sea. One of tho affects of the severe storm has been tbe stoppage of tl e South Walee iron works. All toad traffic is stopped and ail trains there are delayed. DEEP DRIFTS EVERYWHERE. In Somersets dre. Dorsetshire, Hamp shire and Gloucestershire there are snow drifts everywhere many feet deep, render ing field work impossible. In those oountiee the mail service has been completely stopped, and tbe farmers suffer immense loss among cattle and sheep. Taken altogether the storm has been un equaled In severity for a decade, not except ing the terrible weather during tbe latter part of 1880. A passoriger train which left tbe Charing Cross raihoad station at midnight for Folkestone was caught in a huge snowdrift outside of Folkestone. The passengers were not rescued until 8 o’clock this morning, w hen many of them w ere seriously ill and half frozen. On tho London, Chatham and Dover railroad trains were delayed for hours. Maidstone, Rheoruesv and Hitting bourn* have bean cut off from oonunumention with the country surrounding them, THE THAMES RISING. In addition to tbe damage done by the storm its-if, tbe Tiiamce has commenced to rise in a dangerously rapid manner, and al ready inundates the low lying districts from Richmond down. Qreen grocers of tills city and elsewhere are suffering from a dearth of vegetables. All wagons coming in from the country have been snowed up along the roads. Work about the various docks in and about London has been partially suspended owing to tbe moss of snow accumulated about tbe docks and ships. In South Devonshire tbe snow storm con tinues its violence. The railroads are blocked and a mail train bound from Southampton for London is snowed up. Towns on the channel islands have also been cut off by the snow from all commu nication with each other. live savers drowned. At Liddy, a small seaport town of Kent, while the coast guard life boat was going to the rescue of the crew of an endangered vessel the life boat capsized and several of it* occupants were drowned. Near Hastings, Sussex county, five fish ing smacks were wrecked aud three fisher men were drowned. Tee mall boat from Dover reached Calais Is safety, but in a terribly battered condi tion, and after being eighteen hours adrift in the channel. Her larly passenger* were half dead with eeaslcknoss and fear when the boat finally made Calais. LOSS OF LIFE PROBABLE. Snowed-up truins continue to be reported, and in *v*r v case severe hardships to pas sengers resulted from a lack of means of heating the cate. Some passengers are missing, aud the explanation advanced Is that they left the trains to seek shelter else where, aud perhaps lost their lives in the •now drift*. Passengers bound for London from the continent have been forced to stop at Sheer ness, trains being unable to prooeed farther on account of the enow. Traffic on the Great Western railroad is completely blocked, and train* of that road are mowed up at different points. Tb* sea wall supporting the Great Western rail road's llnei between Dawllsb and Exeter ha* been breached by heavy pounding from th* sea. A TACHT DRIVEN ASHORE. Dispatch from Harwick says that tb yacht Bapbire, owned by Mr. McLarr of Glasgow, baa been driven ashore there. Mr. McLarr was washed overboard and drowned. Information from Cardiff this afternoon is to (be effect that the storm rages In that neighborhood with unabated fury and leverity. Adi-patch from Dover this afternoon stat-ss that the admiralty pier at that place has been so battered by tbe waves that buge stones weighing ten tons apiece have been displaoed, and blocks of iron weighing two tons each have been carried away by tbe violence of the waters. SNOWING IN GERMANY. Berlin, March 10.—A severe snow storm prevails on the German coast. Railroad communication is greatly impeded, and trains are snowed in *t Hamburg, Holstein and Micklenburg. Tbs English mails are greatly ilelared In consequence of the snow blockade. Inland the weather is more wild, but beavv rains are falling and caus ing the rivers to be flooded. STILL SNOWING. London, March 11, 5 a. m.—Snow ha* been falling the whole night and the storm has taken a fresh start, but iu milder form, in the north of England and in Scotland. In Dumfries the thermom eter registers 11* of frost. In the southwest of England a gale has been blowing Intermittingly during the last twenty four hours. Business at Bristol is suspended. Trains are snowe 1 up in ail directions. The Duke of Edinburgh, who was going to Devonport to resume bis naval duties, was unable to travel beyond Taunton. The blizzard rages with unabated fury at Tiver ton, whore there are snow drifts twenty feet high. All the continental mailbosts were several hours late. A Norwegian bark took Are iu the channel last night while trying to light signals ol distress *ta i was destroyed. There are 30,000 ciKera idle in Rhondda valley in consequence of the storm.