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Newspaper Page Text. the MOUSING NEWS. I j J-T..T .mid 1860. lee*roXATED ISBB. V j"j. h .ESTlLLJ’reeideiit. \ CHICAMACOMICO'S WRECK tee lost vessel. TH3 BEITISH 61RAITH AIRLY. Only Seven of Her Crew of Twenty- Six Men Saved— A break in the Gov ernment Cable Cute Off Communica tion-Tbe Coast in the Vicinity of the Wreck Desolate in the Extreme. Norfolk, March 25. —The steamer which want ashore amilebelow the Chloamicomico life-saving station on the North Carolina coast, yesterday morning, is the British steamship Straithairly, bound from San tiago de Cuba to Baltimore with iron ore. Out of a crew of twenty-six, nineteen were lost including ail the officers except the mate. The steamer will tea total loss. A DESOLATE coast. It is difficult to imagine a more desolate coast than that upon which the Striathairly was wrecked. For 100 miles south from Cape Henry there extends a strip of sand cast up from the sea, and separated from the mainland bv many miles of broad salt sounds. Sometimes this strip broadens to a few miles, and then shrinks to a mere thread of gray sand. The inhabitants are few in number, scattered in solitary dwellings and viitoout means of communication with the world save by the occasional oykter sloop or fishing boat that at irregular inter vals cruise along the sounds. HOW THEY LIVE. Their living is derived from the sex, and the strip is nearly barren of vegetation. On tbe sea side long sand bars run out so that a vessel wrecked upon this coast is sure to strike at a distance from the shore and bo speedily torn to pieces by the tremendous Hatteras swell that has made the vicinity tbe dread of the navigators for a ceytury, and has strewn the white beaches with the timbers of numberless vessels and countless sailors. THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. The life-saving service is of the best in the country, but owing to the character of the coast the most usefulof their appliances, a life line thrown from a gun, can,rarely be us-d and the craws are compelled to rely hrgely upon their surf boats, which they manage to launch and land with marvelous atxterity in the fierce surf, which con stantly rolls upon the beaches and bars. A BREAK IN THE CABLE. Communication between this city and the scene of the wreck of tbe steamer Struithairly at the Chioamaoomico life saving station is interrupted by a break in tbe government telegraph cable across Ore gon inlet. 'This is an arm of the sea about three miles across, just south of Kittyhawk. All information from the wreck has to be brought across this break in a boat, and only two trips are made daily, and only when the weather permits. The last trip was made this morning and all of the available facts have already been sent. No further information will ho received until to-morrow morning, when it is thought the names of the lost and saved will be secured. An order has been sent from the agents of the line in Balti more to forward these of tbe crew who Mere saved to that city, and they are ex pected to arrive here the last of this week, when the full story of the wreck and its causes may be gotten from the second mate, who is among the seven who were saved. JEFFERSON'S BIttIHDAY. The Democratic Clubs o'" the Country to Celebrate it. W ashington, Marcii 25.—The National Association of Democratic Clubs has issued a circular letter addressed to the democratic clubs throughout the United States, invit ing them to appropriately celebrate the anni versary of the birthday of Thomas Jelfer son, on Thursday, April 2. In the circular the simplicity which characterized the life o’Jefferson is pointed out and contrasted with what they term, “the centralization, prodigality, favoritism and corruption of the last congress.” COULD GO NO FURTHER. "They could go no further,” says the circular, “for they have exhausted the surplus in the treasury, and in the Mc- Kinley bill, raised taxes and prices to the ast points of endurance. The time is es pecially appropriate, while celebrating the birth of the great apostle of liberty to re joice at once over the popular repudiation ft'ial adjournment of the odious billion dollar congress, whose existence was a menace alike to the freedom, prosDerity and business of the country. SUBSIDIES AND IRADS, Wanamaker In Conference With the Diplomatic Representatives. ash i ngto.y, March 25.—A1l the diplo matic representatives from the countries south of us did not appear at the conference at the Postmaster General’s office to-day, but t;.e others are expected to drop in from time to time, for the Postmaster General in vites them to call at their own convenience, ire got a good deal of valuable information to-day m an informal talk with those who did come as to the prospects of increasing the trade with their respective countries. They could not tell him, however, what their countries would do in the way of furnishing subsidies to supple ment those to be furnished by our govern ment without consulting their govern ments. fhis they will probably do. The ostmaster General has not determined nat subsidies shall be granted only to steamship lines running south of the United j ates, but he will probably fce obliged by e limitations of the law and the appro priation to do so. NEW CIRCUIT JUDGES. -he Pres'dent Won’t Appoint Them Till Congress Meets. " ashington, March 25. — The President ex-Qpv. Beaver of Pennsylvania, who called on him to-day to inquire when the new circuit judges would bo appointed, that ty would not be appointed until congress “ again, and as there was no present aa extra session, this would P bably not be until December. He ex p ained that the new circuit courts could be ‘ ganized un< D’r the law in June by the onj ' rem ® court justices and the present cir- V ,i ud K. e for each circuit for each state, nn t lttC * naßmu ch as there was, therefore, messing necessity for their appointment, ci they were to be appointed for life, It j t m° Wa ' t until they could be con met*. The President is strengthened in ms purpose by the fact that be expects to Mvinote some district judges, and that the tier would not like to give up life places °n such an uncertainty. A New Ex-Confederate Association. Washington, March 25.—The Washing- Association of Ex-Confederate Soldiers Ts ™, durß waa organized here to-uigbt. the officers eleated were Conway L. Robin on > President; M-.j. E. W. Anderson, first ice president; William Harmon, second •ce president; CoL Elyson L. Costin, seo etary; Dr. W. P. Young, treasurer; also * n executive and relief committee. The question of holding a memorial meeting in honor of Gen. Johnston was referred to the executive committee. Übe Jlofnih® SUICIDE OF A COTTON FACTOR. C. W. Henry of Charleston Blows Out Els trains at His Desk. Charleston, a C., March 25.—The cot ton market here was upset to-day by another mysterious suicide. Between 4 and 5 o’clock this afternoon C. TV. Henry, a well-known cotton-factor, was found by his clerk, Edward N' rth. sitting at his desk in his office on Adger’s wharf with a bullet in his brain. In bis right hand was grasped anew nickel-plated re volver, with one barrel discharged, and the dead man’s thumb pressed on the trigger. The pistol had been thrust in his rignt ear and fired. On the floor, under the chair on which he sat, was a pool of fresh blood. On the desk before him was his order book and check book. Nobody heard the fatal shot, which must have been fired about 4 o’clock, while most of the cotton mea were at dinner. no cause assigned. No cause can be assigned for the suicide. The deceased was well and prominently known in the community. He was 67 years old. He was a native of New York state, and came here while a boy; Was adopted by Mrs. John Wilkes, and grew up in the cot ton business, being formerly in the firm of Middleton & Cos. He served during tbe war in the Charleston Light Dragoons and was a gallant soldier, serving throughout the entire war in the ranks. He has no rela tives here. His sole surviving sister is Miss Elizabeth V. Henry of Albany, N. Y. This is tbe second suicide in the cotton exchange circle this season. A CATTLE TRAIN RUN DOWN. St Cars Full of Live Stock Tossed From the Track. Omaha, Neb., March 25. —A special to the Bee from Sutton, Neb., says: “The flyer on the Burlington road crashed into tlie rear end of a stock train four miles east of town at 7:30 o’clock this morning while running at tbe rate of fifty miles an hour. It was snowing hard at the time and the flyer and two engines were pushing a snow plow. The stock train was not seen by the engineer of the passenger train until the trains were twenty test apart. The snow {flow ran under six cars loaded with cattle, throwing them to the right and left of the track, and the seventh car landed on top of the engine. The sec ond engine was thrown twenty-five feet to the side of the track and fell on its side crushing and instantly killing Engineer Roberts of Flaitsmouttn COOKED BY ESCAPING STEAM. Henry Adell, bis fireman, was caught in the wreck and-tbe escaping steam literally cooked his legs, arms and hack. The pas senger coaches left the track but were not overturned-and uone of the passengers were injured. It is said that the cause of tbe ac cident was the wrong order given by a train dispatcher. The cattle in the car which landed on top of the engine were re leased by the passengers, who built a bridge twenty five feet long and drove the animals down. Only one steer was hurt. NEGROES IN POLITICS. Colored Voters Urged to Cut Candi dates Who are Not 'a Ith them. Washington, March 25.— The Interstate Civil and Political Rights Ass: ciation of the United States, an organization of colored men, have issued an address to the negro voters of the north, in which they say that the President has done all that he oould do to influence such action in congress as would result iu the holding of fair elections in the south, but that some few senators “ have seen fit to vote in such a way as to re-rivet political chains upon our brethren in the south, and negative the influence of the uegro voters in the north." TO CUT A FIGURE NORTH. Important elections are to be beid this autumn*in the northern states, where the negro vote is the balance of power, and each negro in the north is urged “to con stitute himself a committee of one to see some other voter and urge upon him the Importance of refusing to vote for any can didate unless he is known to be a firm friend of the negro, and the casting of a free bal lot and having it fairly counted.” The ne groes are urged to organize for offensive and defensive purposes and allow the Anglo- Saxon to fight his political battles alone whenever he is one of those men who have said that the negroes are an inferior class of people to the Anglo-Saxon race. CALIFORNIA’S SCANDAL. The Committee Unable to Tell Who Handled the Money. Sacramento, Cal., March 25. The committee appointed to investigate the charges of bribery in connection with the recent senatorial contest reported to the Senate yesterday. The report finds that the money came from the Southern Pacific Company, and within thirteen hours after it arrived here it was in the state library, but who handled it there or for what pur pose it was handled the oommittee did not determine. INCLINED TO SQUELSH IT. In the Senate to-day Mr. Preston intro duced a resolution instructing the attorney general to turnover the evide ce found in the waste basket in the state library office to the grand jury of Sacramento county for further investigation as to the disposi tion of the money which was shown by the report of tho investigat ing committee to have been brought to the capitol. In the debate upon the reso lution which followed Mr. Preston urged the members to have a care for their repu tations, but a motion to refer the matter to the judiciary committee was eventually carried. Car Service Managers. Richmond, V a., March 25. — The national association of car service managers in ses sion here to-day, elected the following offi cers : E. M. Moon of Chicago, president; A. M. Simmons of Cleveland, vice presi dent; A. C. Thomason of Scranton, secre tary. The association adjourned to meet in New York next October. Blaine’a Illness. Washington, March 25. —1n spite of the statements of his physicians tho belief that Secretary Blaine has been a very sick man and is not yet out of danger, is very gen eral in official circles. Secretary Blaine sat up in bed to-day. Ho received President Harrison when he called, aa be has called several times before. Amateur Oarsmen. Washington, March 25. —The National Association of Amateur Oarsmen will hold its next annual regatta here on Aug. 18 and 19 next. Purchases of fcilver. Washington, March 25.—The amount of silver offered for sale to the treasury de partment to-day was 538,000 ounces. Tho amount purchased was 129,000 ounces, at 98.10@98.1-4c. An Appointment for Florida. Washington, March 25.—Attorney General Miller has appointed E. Pax tell assistant United States attorney for the Northern district of Florida. SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1891. ITALY'S FLAG OYER OtRS. A RaPORT ON THE INCIDENT AT NEW ORLEANS. The Stars and Stripes Alfeo Shown Upside Down—A Crowd Witnessed the Sight and Considerable Indigna tion Aroused-The Flags Obtained From a Shanty Owned by Italians. New Orleans, March 25.—1n obedienoe to orders by Mayor Shakspeare to investi gate the fiag incident upon the aoquittal of the Italians, tbe following report has been made by the third harbor precinct: “About 4 o’clock Friday evening, March 13, a crowd of Italians, numbering forty to fifty men, congregated on the levee at the head of Ursuline street. Three of them, named Guiseppi Leperic, A. Lancetta and Romana Barchielono, the ‘ ’ latter a brother-in-law of James Caruso, indicted'as one of the assassins of Chief Hennessy, entered a shanty at that place which is owned by Italian stevedores and used by them as a warehouse for baskets, flowers, eta, for the fruit ships and-luggers, and took therefrom a number of flags, among them an American flag. Peter Corales, keeper of the shanty, made no effort to prevent the men from tak ing the flag on the flagstaff attached to this shanty. Leherio Lanoellor and Barchielono hoisted the flags, the Italian at tbe top and the American turned upside down below it. The affair created con siderable excitement, and a crowd soon gathered.’’ The names and addresses of a large number of witnesses are appended to the report. BURNING OF THE LIGHT. The Picayune this morning prints au interesting story in support of the charge that the records of the Louisiana Electric Light Company were dootored in order to make it appear that the light at the corner of Basin and Girod streets was burning dimly at the time Chief Hennessy was slain. Martin Gash was an employe of the company, and was recently discharged. He was among the witnesses summoned before the grand jury. Gash said he was a clerk appointed by the city, but paid by the eleetrio light company, to compare the police reports of the lights with the company’s reports, investigate discrep ancies and make correct light reports. Ho was thoroughly posted as to the work of the trimmers and inspectors. The light near hisjhouse is on the same cirouit as tbe Girod street lights. He got home after II o’clock the night Chief Hennessy was killed, and when ho passed the corner of Girod and Basin streets, the light was burn ing brightly. In looking over bis reports the next day he found that from 10:20 to 11 o’clock the light had been burning dimly, but that subsequent to 11 o’clock it was bright. O’MALLEY IN THE SCHEME. O’Mallev came to him in November and sought information touching the number ot the Girod street circuit, the inspector who attended it and other parti oulars. Each night the circuit book was turned over to the inspector, who then made his entries. A type written copy for the main office and a letter press copy for the works were made in the morning. The book was then turn and over to Gash, aud at the end of the mouth Gash sealed with wire the book of reports and placed them on a shelf over his desk. McGrath and the superintendent of the works were the ouly persons having access to the books. About the beginning of March Gash observed that tbe October book had been tampered with, tbe wire seal being broken. Gash examined the hook and found that the figures 40 had been added after 11 in the report of circuit No. 6 (on which the Girod and Basin streets light is located) for Oct. 15, making It appear that the light at Girod and Basin streets was burning daily between 10:80 and 11:40 o’clock, the time of the shooting. On March 5 Gash turned the books over to McGrath. SUMMONED AS A WITNESS. The next morning he received a subpoena from the criminal court as a witness for the defence. Inspectors Riley sad Meyer and two dynamo men were summoned. He was asked to bring the book. Suspeetiug that he was wanted to testify as to light, and fearing it would be attempted to hold him by the 11:40 o’clock entry, ho went into McGrath’s office and asked to sei the press copy of the re port. He found that the copy had not been tampered with, and showed that after 11 o’clock the lights burned well. Bo he went to court, and Intended, if placed on the stand, to say the original report had been falsified, and to call for the press copy to prove bis assertion. He was never called. TO CONTINUE THE INQUIRY. The grand jury wiil meet again to-mor row and continue its investigation of O’Malley and the Hennessy jury. From what can be learned a great deal of valuable testimony has been elicited and there is a basis for half a dozen indictments against O’Malley and others. These will be all brought into court together, probably about Saturday, so as to lay the whole business before the court at onco. There are also a number of parties of whose guilt the jury is morally convinced, bui the jury cannot obtain direct evidence sufficient to indict. 'i heir names will pronably be mentioned in a spec.al report, which will have all the effe t of an indict ment upon the public mind. The special report will be ready about the time of the findings. The prison raid will not betaken up until afterward. Very little sleep is being lost over that portion of the case. If anybody should be indicted it will be because there is direct evidence of his participation in the attack, and there is very little of that sort of testimony. A COLLISION AT A DEPOT. One Man Killed,Two Dangerously and Three Painfully Injured. Milwaukee, March 25. —A serious wreck occurred on the Northwestern road, at Racine junction, last night, by which one man was killed, two dangerously hurt, and three others were more or loss injured. A mail car. baggage car and five freight cars were destroyed by fire. The pecuniary loss is estimated at $50,000. The collision occurred at midnight between a north-bound North western passenger train and a south-bound freight on the same line. The latter train consisted of sixty-four cars and was under such headway that it could not be checked sufficiently to allow side-tracking. Both trains came together on the main trac : at the depot with the above result. The fire man ou the freight train was kilted and L ,th engineers were dangerously hurt. The other men injured wore all railroad em ployees. A Lumber Company Falls. New’ Orleans, La., March 25.—A special to the Picayune from Beaumont, Tex., says: “The Warren Lumber Com pany, operating one of tbe largest law mills in Eastern Texas at Warreu, passed into tbe bands of a receiver yesterday. The assets and liabilities are eslimated at $500,- 000. Houston parties are the principal credi tors. 8. T. Swintord, who was appointed receiver by tbe court, thinks matters can be amicably adjusted, and the plant begin operations in a few days.” CAUGHT LONG ON WHEAT. A Clique of Capitalists Trying to Quietly Unload. ChiCaoo, March 25.—A morning paper gives tbe following as tbe cause of the present excitement tin the wheat market here : “That there are a number of wealthy men who are largely interested in May wheat there can be no doubt, but tbeir interest consists in letting go in a graceful way of their present holdings. If they are buyers from now on it will sunnly be to run up prices so they can sell at higher figures. These men have been long on May wheat, and m tbe present state of the market they would like to dispose of all their holdings. THE BUYING. “Early in October a number of brokers acting for these millionaires began buying December wheat, and so successful were they, that before the end of the month their holdings ran way up into millions of bushels. Then the financial panic came on and It was found impossible to sell, so they had to carry it over to May. Yesterday was the first time these holders could see daylight. This was the cause of heavy sales. PLENTY ON HAND YET. “They have by no means gotten rid of all tbeir holdings and it is probable that the market will be allowed to get back to its normal condition before any more is sold. They are desirous of creatiug the impression that an attempt is being made to corner May wheat, and when prices revive suffi ciently they will let tbe remainder of their holdings go. If necessary, they may appear iu the rote of buyers." BIG DR Fra IN KANSAS. Tracks Disappear from Eight and Irackß Blockaded. Kansas City, Mo., March 25.—Dis patches from Kansas state that the wor9t snowstorm of the season is raging in that state. Trains front the west all came in late this morning—that 4s, those that got in at all—and their crews all have woful tales to tell of the weather. The country from Eastern Kansas to Denver has dis appeared under an immense fall of snow. At Junotion City the snow is five inches deep, at Hayes City twelve inches, and in Colorado there is a foot and a half of it. A biting windstorm is whirling the snow in great drifts, and the railroad tracks everywhere bare disappeared from sight. NOT A WHEEL MOVING. A dispatch from' Atchison says that the central branch division of the Missouri Pa cific is not moving a wheel to-day on ac count of tbe snow plockade. Several trains have been caught between the stations, among them ’ a pay train and a passenger tralp. The company man ages to provide the crews and passengers with food, but with difficulty. A snow plow was started outj this afternoon, but ns fast as it cleared the pathway the snow drifted in behind it and the attempt was abandoned, leaving the plow engine to “die" in a drift. UNOL SAM 3 WBE JKS. The Nina Can be Floated—The Galena Will Come High. New Bedfoiid, Mass., March 25.— The tug W. S. Slater arrived here this noon from Gay Head with Lieutenant Coin .mander Bieknell on board. The Galena is reported to be in good condition, and a steam pump will bo plated on board to-day. The wreckers say the Galena can be floated If the government is willing to foot the bill. The tug Nina is light and can be pumped out and floated at any time. She lies in good condition. BICKNELL RELIEVED. Washington, March 25.—Lieutouant Commander Bieknell of the Galena wns re lieved upou the advice of a medical officer, who reported Commander Bieknell in danger of prostration. The navy department has recoived advices confirmatory of the report that the tug Triatia has broken in two. This is under stood to negative any hope of floating her. The reported Binking of the Galena in the sand is also regarded as an indication that that vessel also is doomed to destruction. PLANT LESS COTTON. Advice of the Alliance Exchange Managers to tbe Farmers. Birmingham, Ala., March 25.—The meeting of the business managers of the southern alliance exchanges adjourned late to-night. Resolutions were adopted that it costs 8 cents a pound to raise cotton and urging southern farmers to reduce their acreage this year by least one-third. They also urge that no women be allowed t j work in the field, but that they be kept at home, raising chickens and other articles that will do for food. A resolution was adopted favoring tho establishing of a cotton tie factory in Birmingham, toe prod uct of which will be used by the alii-,nee, and a committee was appointed on that subject, with Manager Gaither of this city as chairman. THE FIR3MEN KILLED. A Coal Train Runs Into a Train of Empty Cars lp Virginia. Richmond, Va., March 25.—C0al train No. 78, Conductor Stratton, collided with another train drawing empty cars between Rock Castle and Stokes early this morning on the James river division of the Chesa peake and Ohio railroad, causing the death of Firemen Mahone|and Sigfriad. Conductor ilosby of the empty train had his arm broken. Both engines and fifteen oars were badly damaged. CuNNEQTICUTM STATE TICK3T. The House Declines to Accept the Finding of the Senate. Hartford, Conn., March 25.—1n the House this afternoon the unfavorable re port of the committee on tho canvass of the votes on the Senate resolutions declar ing the dem icratic state officers elected was accepted, and in accordance therewith the resolutions wore rejected. A resolution appointing Augustus H. Feuu associate justice of the supreme court and judge of superior court waa adopted by a vote of 125 to 15. _______________ A Levy Against Contractors. Stillman, Ga., Maroh 25.— Sheriff Kemp, under warrants issued by a Macon firm, levied on all the stock of Griffith & Lim bergen, contractors of the Macon end At lantic. Tbe failure of the Macon Construc tion Company eft them unable to meet their obligations. It seems to have left all the contractors in financial straits. Tbe civil engineers say they have not been paid off since December, and feel very anxious, but hope for tbe best Wilmington’s Paper at Auction. Wilmington, N. 0., March 25 —The Wilmington Daily Mesxenyer,. including all tbe prases, material and good will, was sold at auction to day under a $10,900 mortgage for . $4,500. It is auuouooed that the publication wiil be oontinued. POPULATION BY RACES. IHB WHITES INCREASING MORE THAN THE NEGROES. An Important and Interesting Bul letin in Preparation by the Census Bureau—The South Atlantic and fcouth Central States, Missouri and Kansas Included-Tabulated State ments. Washington, March 25. Supt. Porter of the census bureau has in preparation an important bulletin, giving the population of the S uth Atlantic and South Central states, Missouri and Kansas, by races. Tbe total populations embraced in this count Is given as 23,875,250, of which 16,868,205 were white, 6,096,166 colored arid 10,888 Chinese, Jupanese and Indians. In the states in cluded wore found in 1890 fifteen-sixteenth* of the entire colored population of tbe United States so that for the purpose of immediately ascertaining tbe {lercentago of increase of the colored population the returns of these states are adequate, and not likely to be materially affected by the returns of other states and territories where the colored population is small. The abnormal increase of the col ored population in what is known as the black belt during the decade ending 1880 led to u popular belief tnat the negroes were increasing at a much greater rate thau the white population. This error was a natural one, and arose from tbe difficulty of ascertaining bow muoh of the increase shown by the tenth census was real and how much was duo to omissions of the cen sus of 1870. The facts as ascertained sus tain the theory that tbe high rate of In crease in the growth of the colored popula tion as shown in 1880 was apparent, not real, and that it was due to imperfect enu meration in tbe southern states in 1870. THE RACE LOSING GROUND. The following table gives the number of colo- e l people to every 100,000 white* in th- United >Sttes for the decades since 1790, with tbe point of increase of each. No. ot col’u Percent, of Per cent, of to 100.000 increase increase Year. white (white.) (c loreil.) 1700 as lsoo.:;: wwo '. &r 1810.. 57.594 20.0 58.5 18.0 58,38(1 28.1 29.9 1830.. . 69,750 2h.fi 87.3 1810.. 68,320 20.5 23.5 1850.. 55,319 34.3 27.4 1880.. 61.393 81.8 22.4 1870.. 46,429 19.6 8.0 1880.. . 45,396 37 8 34 8 1890.. 41,475 21.6 13.9 HAVEN’T HELD THEIR OWN. During the past decade the colored race has not held its own against tho whites in the region where the climate and conditions are, of those which the country affords, best suited to its developments. It appears that In only tho three decades from 1800 to 1830, during part of which tune the slavo trade was iu progress, has tho colored race in creased more rapidly than the white. Hiuco 1850 the whites have steadily increased at a more rapid rate than tho colored people. This increase has not boon effected by the aid of immigration, for with tbe exception of Kansas and Missouri, these states have received comparatively few emigrants, either from foreign countries or from the northern states. Tho proportion of the colored inhabitants to the whites increased somewhat between 1800 and 1830, but since that time it has sleadily diminished. In 1830, when tho proportion was at it* maximum, there wore nearly six colored inhabitants to ten white, but this proportion has been reduced to a trifle more than four at the present date, or by nearly ono-third of its amount. The de ficiencies of the ninth census, the report says, are so apparent in this table that any reference to them is wholly unnecessary. The following table gives the present white and colored population of the several states under consideration: States. White. Colored. Alabama 830,795 881,432 Arkansas 816,517 311,277 Delaware.... 139,421) 2.902 District of Columbia 154,332 75,US’ Florida 224,161 100,878 Georgia 972,482 863,710 Kansas 1,874,882 5,251 Kentucky 1,585,520 272,981 Louisiana 554,712 682,898 Maryland 824,149 218,004 Mississippi 539,703 747,120 Missouri 2.524,468 134,131 North Carolina 1.049,191 50,770 South Carolina .'. 433,458 092,503 Tennessee 1,332,971 434.300 Texas % 1,741,190 492,837 Virginia 1,014,680 640.807 West Virginia ; 729,202 33,508 To get the total populati n of these states 2,580 Chinese, 100 Japanese and 8,208 In dians should lie added to the sums of tho white and colored population. THE PERCENTAGES. The percentage of u hite and colored pop ulation in each of these states in 1890 and 1880 are given us follows: 1890. 1890. 1880. 1880. States. While Colored White Colored Alabama 54.91 45 04 62 45 47.53 Arkansas 72.37 27.69 73.71 20.25 Delaware 81.75 17.22 81.90 18.04 District Coluinbia.66 99 34.96 66.41 33 55 Florida 57.35 42.58 62.92 42.01 Georgia 52.98 47.01 52.97 47.02 Kansas 90.34 3 59 95.59 4.33 Kentucky 8555) 14.09 83 53 16.47 Louisiana 49.59 50.32 48.40 51.46 Maryland 79.00 20.92 77.51 22.49 Mississippi 41.85 57.98 42.30 57 47 Missouri 1)4.23 5.75 93.29 0.70 North Car01ina...64.85 35.05 61.96 37.95 South Car01ina...89.82 60.16 89.29 60.70 Tennessee... 75.42 24.57 73.84 20.14 Texas 77.89 22.04 75.22 24.71 Nirginia 01.27 38.70 68.24 41.70 West Virginia 95.61 4.39 4.19 MOVEMENT OF THE NEGROES. Several tables are given which show the movement of the colored element of tbe population during the last half century. An inspection of the table* makes it evident, says the bulletin, that there has been no extended northward movement of this ele ment since the end of the civil war. In deed, with the exception of the District of Columbia, the border states soem to have rather lost than gained, and during the last decade there became a perceptible south ward movement of the colored element from some of the b rder states Into those bor dering on the gulf, particularly into Mississippi and Arkansas, where they have increased proportionately to the whites. Let the states under consid eration be divided into two groups, the first comprising Delaware, Maryland, the Dis trict of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Noi th Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis souri and Kansas, and too second South Carolina, Georgia, • Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Now the increase of whites in the first of those groups from 1880 to 1890 was at the rate of 22 per oent., while that of the colored element was but 5.5 per oent. In the second of these groups the rate of Increase of the whites was 31.8 per cent., while that of tho colored was but 19.1 per cent. In the first group the number of colored to 100,000 whites diminished between 1880 ar.d 1890 from 28,701 to 23,088, or 13.5 per cent; while in tbe second group it diminished from 81.450 to 73,611, or only 9.0 per cent. There is. therefore, a perceptible tendency to the southward by the colored people, which, by no means nowerful, has resulted iu drawing a no.able proportion of that element from the border states, and in pro- ducing in two of the far southern states a more rapid increase of the colored element than of the white. BRITAIN AT TUB FAIR. The Mother Country Coming Over to show Her Products. London, March 25. —The British govern ment, through the Marquis of Sail ibury, has formally notified Secretary Blaine that Great Britain accepts President Harrison’s invitation to take part in tbe world’s fair in Chicago in 1893. Ixjrd Salisbury has also notified Hiesident Harrison, through Secre tary Blaine, that a royal commission will be appointed to assist the British merchants in exhibits of IHritish Industry at the fair, and to further British interests there. SPAIN TO TAKE PART. Washington, March 25.—The Spanish government has notified the department of state that it will participate at tbe world’s Columbian exhibition at Chicago, thk woman’s building. Chicago, 111., March 25.— Mias Bophia G. lUvileu of Boston wins the SI,OOO prize offered for the best design for the woman's building of the world's fair; Miss Lois L. Howe, also of Boston takes second prize ssooand Miss Laura Hayes of Chicago gets the $2.50 offered for the third best design. Miss Hayden it a first honor graduate of the Massachusetts institute of Technology, and Miss Howe is from the same Institu tion. Miss Hayes is Mrs. Putter Palmer’s pri vate secretary. As soon as the awards were made Miss Hayden was wired to come to Chicago immediately and elaborate her plans. Her design is one of marked sim plicity. it is in the Italian renaissance style with colonnades, broken by canter and pavilions. The structuro is to be 200 by 40U feet and 20 feet to the coruice. There is no dome. The chief feature of ornau.enUs tion is the entrance. PARNELLITE3 ATTACKED. McUarthylteo Prevented Them From Going to a Meeting. Dublin, March 25.—Alexander Blain, Parnelllte member of parliament for South Armagh and a member of other Parnell ites, were driviog from Coakston to Dun moro to-day to attend a Parnellito meeting when they wore interrupted by a crowd of nationalists and compelled to return to Cookston. ARCHBISHOP WALSH’S INTERVIEW. Rome, March 25.—Archbishop Walsh gave the pope an account of the schism In the Irish parli imentary party, and his holi ness counselled the archbishop to instruct his clergy to adliero to tboir present atti tude, HEAI.Y’B INJURY. Cork, March 25. —Tbo extent of Timothy Healy’s injuries at O’Brien Dalton’s hands was not all told at onco. It now nppears that Dalton knocked out five of Mr. Healy’a teeth. Mr. Healy is in receipt of abundant me sages of symnathy from his associates. John Morley wns a witness to-day at the trial of Dalton and others, for rioting at Tipperary. Mr. Morley testified that the action of Col. Caduell’s constabulary was most unwarranted and without just reason. Mr. Morley described the attitude of the public nnd police at the mo ment the alleged rioting began. He told bow the police without any justification charged upon and clubbed people, und said that ho saw tho police strike Mr. Harrison and deal several blows which he (Mr. Morley) classes as murderous. RUSSIA’S DiliAL WITH FRANOB. Tbe Drelbund ttiil m the Dark as to Its Terms. Paris, Maroh 25. —The Journal ilex De batesr to-day announces that Baron de Moii reuhouu, tbo Russian minister here, will to morrow formally present President Carnot with the Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Andrew, the Russian deaeration which the czar by a recently signed -decree conferred upon tne president of the French republic. This ceremony, according to impressions prevailing in Berlin, murks an important epoch in tbe hiitory of France and in the history of Russia, und is supposed to point to the actual conclusion of a forms! fealty alliance betweon France and Russia. BERLIN IN THE DARK. In Berlin official orrcls it Is said that until recently the czar had resisted all attempts of going beyond a i en ente cordiale with France. The precise terms of this most im p rtant convention are said to be unknown to the powers forming the famous triple alliance, but it ii expected that M. deGlers, the Russian minister off reign affairs, will not long keep tiie matter secret, and that he will cause the governments forming the triple alliance to be made aware of the main feaiues of the compact entered into between Russia and France. Whether the Russian- French understanding will result in peace for Europe or whether it will tend to ag gravate the triple alliance are m-.tters which tbe cabinets of Europe at present are anxiously discussing. A SAXON COUNT DEAD. Ho Was Chief of the Army of Occupa tion in Franco. Dresden, March 25.—Gen. Count George Frederic Alfred von Fabrico, president of the council of tho ministry of Saxony, died to-day. Count von Fabrica was also min ister of state, minister of war and minis ter of foreign affairs, having held those positions since 1886, when Saxony joined the Northern German confederation. In the Prussian war of 1806 he acted as chief of staff for Prince Albert of Saxony. He was promoted to lieutenant general, When peace was deolared he entered the ministry of war and reorganized it. After the conclu sion of the preliminaries of peace in the Franco-Pjussian war Count von Fabrioe remained in France a* chief of tbe army of occupation and os the representative of Prince Bismarck. An Arbitration Agreement. London, March 25.— The Vienna corres pondent of the Chronicle says that the gov ernments of too United States and Switzer land have concluded a convention by which the two c untries agree to submit to arbi tratioh any disputes which may arise be tween them. President Harrison, in return ing the draft of tbe convention to Switzer land, appended a suggestion that other nations might adhere to the agreement by signing and depositing a copy of tbe con vention at Washington. Bismarck and tbe Reichstag. Berlin, March 25.— Herr Buhl, a promi nent national liberal member of the Reich stag, after paying a visit to Prince Bis marck, has made a statement to the effect that if Prince Bismarck should bo elected to the Reichstag he would immediately ap pear in that body. Spain's Eight Hour Agitator. Madrid, March 25.—The workmen’s con gress now in session here has approved of tbe propositio ito declare a general strike throughout Spain, should such a step be found necessary in order to secure the adoption of the tight hours for a day’s work system. f DAILY, $lO A TEAR. . J 3 CENTS A OOPT. ( WEEKLY, $1.23 A Y EAR, \ LANGSTON AND JIAHONE. THE TWO ENEMIES SAID T J HAVE BECOME RECONCILED. Langston Agree* to Make up Only on Condition That the Color Line in the Republican Party Ist o be Absolutely Abolished— A Harr.son Del rgatlon from Virginia. W ashinoton, March 25.—The Star to night publishes a column story to tbe effect that complete reconc.liation between Ma hone and Langston ha* been brought abcut through tbo intervention of ex-Congro*s man Waddell, from which the following ex treats are made: This was their first greeting since the presi dential campaign of ISSB, and it was just a trifie formal at first. The genera', as the Star re porter was informed, was very punctilious, however, in his reception of Langston, who was Uignlfle 1 and cautious. For throe hours they traveled up and down tbe lint of Virginia polities, discussed the records of the past, made mutual explanations and promises, and calcu lated a* to th® next campaign, gradually wanning up to each other until at the end of the conference they Ua l become taster trlends than ever, and had formulate! some of the features of the campaign. LANQSTOX’S ULTIMATUM. It was a memorable Interview Langston repeatedly made this assertion of the platform of his compromise: -‘I shall Join you as a repub lican, and as such I shall do my liest to promote the interest of the party. I shall work for you and your success Just as long as you help me, but remember this is to continue just so long a* you treat me as a republican. The moment you oppose me in the least because my hair is curly, or because I am black. I shall turn aroun l and fight you to the bitter end. 1 shall fight any republican on the color line, but when that ta obliterated I can fight with him.” mahoke’s promise. Mahone replied that he appreciated the situa tion that henceforth there should be no parti tion of ihe party on the line of complexion! With this understanding the ex-enemics shook bands. A HAHniSON DELEGATION. It Is understood that t .ls means the sending of a Virginia delegation to the next presidential conv ntion instructed for President ItArrisoa. No one. however, cares to go so far as to pre dict this without reiervation. It is not known whether the President had any hand In the effort to bring about a compromise between the factious, but It is asserted that he has quietly removed several obstacl s to this result within the past two months, and hus done much to relieve the pressure in the state. The New York World says to-day that the movement to secure one of the new cir cuit oourt judgeships for a eilored man is imde in tbo interest of Laugston and that Langston in h.s candidacy relies for suc cess In sume measure upon the white re publicans of Virginia, A CAR WHEiiL FIRM HARD UP. The Business Once Large, but it Has Fallen Off. Philadelphia, March 25.—The firm of A. Whitney & Buns, car wheel manufac turers, is financially embarrassed. The firm is now composed of John R. and James 8. Whitney, surviving sons of the founder, James S. Whitney. They decline to give any details of the matter, boyond admitting the bare fact. The car wheel works wore founded by Asa Whitney in 1848. When the works were built they were among the finest in the country. An immense trade was soon built up. and the works were In flourishing condition. The founder died, however,' about 1874, leaving an estate estimated at SI,OO },- 009. The management fell to his three sons, but it was discovered that hu daughter bail a large dowor Interest in tbe property. The interest on this inheritance was not paid, and the works were mort- Saged to secure It. Bince then the works ave been doing n fair business, but have been gradually falling behind younger es tablishments. They have not sold t > the main railroad lines, hut most of their wheels have gone to small southern roads. Last yosr the rating of the firm by commercial agencies was cut down between $200,000 and $330,000, but tbeir credit was good at that amount. ENGLAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND The Government Strongly Opposed to Receiving tbo Merchants. London, March 25, —The Chronicle de< dares that tbe guverument had strong ob jection to receiving a deputation of mer chants engaged in the Newfoundland tradi who appeared in the House of Comment yesterday, and that it onlv acceded to th pressure brought to bear iu the mattor id order to avoid inflaming the excited feeling in the colony. FRENCH COMMENTS. Parih, March 25.—The Dix Mituvinu Sircle admits that the fishing territory iz Newfoundland is practically useless t France, but c intends that the fight is worth a high price to England, because it would represent the retention of the Colon In the British empire. The Estafetie, Jules Ferry’s paper, scouti the idea of compensotiou, either pecuniar? or territorial, for France’s rights in New foundland. As it is rumored that M. Ferry is to be placed at the head of the proposed colonial ministry, much importance attache! to this statement of the Extafette. LOS3 OF THE UTOPIA. Twenty-five More Bodies Recovered and Buried at Sea. Gibraltar, March 25.—A diver reporti that the damage to the Utopia is slightui than was at first supposed. The Anson’i rum ripped the steamer’s plates from amid ships aft for about twenty feet. Thi Utopia lies on the Anson’s anchor. Twenty five more bodies reoovered to-day wen buried at sea. The diver says he boliei o there are still many bodies iu tbe wreck. The marine court, which has been in quiring into the loss of the Utopia, decider to-day that Capt. McKeague, commandei of the Utopia, was guilty of grave error) of judgment in attempting to enter t i anchorage behind anew mole withou knowing what vessels wero there at auchoi and in attempting to turn the Utopia out a the anchorage across the Anson’s bow. Or the strength of this flndlDg and the verdict! of the coroner’s jury, the police court dis missed all tbe charges ponding agains Capt MoKeague. Adhesion to tbe Coalition. Buenos Ayres, March 25.— 1 tis an nounced that the provincial governors wil signify their adhesion to a coalition of th Mitre and Roca parties. The governor o Buenos Ayres, however, opposes the coali tion. Queen Victoria at Grasse. London, March 25.—Queen Victor! arrived at Grasse to-day. Louisiana's Broken Levees. New Orleans, March 25.— Dispatch* received this afternoon indicate that th crevasse in 8t James parish was closed b; Supt. J. M. Grant of the Texas and Pacfli railroad, aided by planters in the vicinitj Tbo White House crevasse is now 500 fee wide. The Concordiacrevassa in East Car roll parish is 700 feet wide and tho wate from it is doing damage.