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FRANCE’S FATAL RIOTS.
IHB TERRIBLE CONFLICTS ON THS
BTRSETS OF FODRMIES.
Folice and Soldiers Given a Hand to
Hand Battle by the Mob Throe
Killed Outright by the Volley From
the Soldiers—Many Legs Amputated.
Paris, May 2.— Further particulars re
ceived here in regard to the labor riot at
Fourmie* yesterday show that early last
night a mob composed of about 1,300 people,
carrying sticks and armed with revolvers,
surrounded the gendarmes, crying “Down
with the master!" "Death to the master!"
“Wo want our brethren!" This last
cry referred to the man arrested
eariv in the day for intimidating
men who had refused to go out on strike.
The mob then attacked the town hall, and
the gendarmes sent there to protect that
building fired their revolvers in the air in
order to frighten the rioters, but without
effect.
CHARGED BY THE TROOPB.
Troops, with fixed bayonets, then charged
the mob and drove it away from the im
mediate neighb rhood of the town hall.
The crowd, however, after being driven
backward, retaliated by firing volleys of
bricks and pieces of paving stones at
the troops, frequently striking the
soldiers. After this proceeding the
mob retreated for a while, but
subsequently reappeared with increased
numbers, and made an attack upon the
gendarmes. A fierce conflict took place
between the gendarmes and rioters in the
renr of the church, during which a number
of the former were placed hors du combat.
INFANTRY SUMMONED.
A regiment of infantry was then sum
moned to the scene. Renewed disorder and
an uproarious soone followed, the orowds
fighting hand to hand with the police and
soldiers. Finally, upon the rioters persisting
in their refusal to retire the soldiers fired,
killing three people outright aud wound
ing a number of others. The sol
diers, acting under the instructions
of their *Jofficers, and in order to
avoid the taking of life, fired low ae the
legs of the people, with the result that many
limbs of rioters have been amputated as one
result of the labor disturbances. After this
severe lesson the mob fled and all was com
paratively quiet during tho night. To-day
there is a feeling of suppressed excitement
throughout Fourmies.
TURBULENCE CONTINUES.
London. May 3. —From reports received
here it is learned that turbulence continues
iu the mining districts of Franoe and Bel
gium. The resentment for sentenoes of two
years’ imprisonment imposed on the anar
chist leaders in the riots which took place
in Cbarleville and St. Quontincs, in
France, led to renewed scenes
of disorder in those places to
day, while in Seraings and Liege,
In Belgium, determined attempts were
made by tho strikers to prevent any of the
men who refused to join their ranks from
working. When non-strikers attempted to
commenoe work they were attacked by the
strikers with stones and other missiles. The
gendarmes found that all their efforts to
repress the disturbance were useless,
and they were finally compelled to
invoke the aid of the military. At the
Harlot colliery in St. Nicholas, where the
soldiers had been ordered out to preserve
the peace, a rifle Are failed to awe the riot
ers, although several of them fell wounded.
The strikers very stubbornly resisted the
military, and only dispersed in the face of a
cavalry charge. About thirty of the rioters
were arrested.
A CLASH Ilf HUNGARY.
During the riot on Friday at Bakes, in
Hungary, a number of enraged peasants
made a savage attack on the chief magis
trate of the place for prohibiting the peo
ple from holding Mayday demonstrations.
The magistrate was trampled and kicked.
Hera again the military were called
upon aud they drove the rioters away,
oaptured twenty and bayoneted two. Af
fairs assumed such a dangerous shape that
the authorities were compelled to deolare
the place in a state of siege. All the shops
have been closed, and the latest reports say
that the people are still wildly excited.
ITALY'S CHAMBER AHOUBBD.
Discussion of the Mayday Riot Brings
on a Storm.
Rome, May 8. —In the Chamber of Depu
ties to-day, amid noisy interruptions, Signor
Niootera, minister of the interior, recounted
the events of Mayday, and read telegrams
to show that the country was tranquil.
The troubles in Rome, he said, were due
to the anarchist, Lamdi, who had
been sent expressly from Paris to
incite a disturbance. He did not blame the
deputies concerned, but he thought it
would have been better if they had held
aloof and defended the military and police,
who had erred rather on th 6 side of toler
ance. In view of the coming judicial
inquiry he asked the members to withdraw
their interpellations, otherwise he must
move to adjourn the debate for six
months. Signor lmbriani provoked a
storm of protests by persisting in
the face of Signor Nicotera’s denial that an
officer was brutually attacked at Barelai.
The turmoil caused the president to sus
pend the sitting, and upon it being resumed
he decided to adjourn it until to-morrow,
wiieh the government would demand an
explicit vote of confidence.
ROME'S LABOR LOWS
Two Hundred Fersons Placed Under
Arrest.
Rome, May 2. —Two hundred persons were
placed under arrest in connection with the
labor day disorders. The gendarme
wounded yesterday died thi6 morning from
the effect of hi 9 injuries. A number of men
engaged in tho building trade went on strike
to day. They showed a disposition to engage
in a dangerous demonstration, but the police
immediately dispersed any gatherings.
Many stores were closed by their proprietors,
who feared more trouble.
BELGIUM'S WORKINGMEN.
Thirty-four Thousand Minin* District
Bands Strike-
Brussels, May 2. —ln spite of the mani
festo issued by the council of the working
men’s party urging the workingmen not to
go out on strike pending the decision of the
Chamber in regard to demands being made
throughout Belgium for universal suffrage,
SO,OOO miners and 4,000 iron workers in the
Charleroi mining distrlot have struck
work.
At Liege numbers of people who are out
of work attempted to-day to march in a
procession through the streets, but were
prevented from so doing by the police.
This was resented, and several riots oc
curred. The police used their batous freely
sad made many arrests.
LON DO .4 CARPENTERS STRIKE.
Four Thousand Men Out and 10,000
Others Express Sympathy.
London. May i—Ten thousand carpen
JUuftiina ftotog.
ters and joiners met to-day in Hyde park in
support of 4,000 members of these trades
who wont out on a strike to-day for forty
ssven hours work per week and 10 pence
per hour as wages. The speakers who ad
dressed the meeting declared that the
strikers had plenty of mosey and that they
did not stand in any fear of ' ‘scabs."
INFLUENZA'S SPREAD.
Barristers, Court Officials and Mem
bers of Parliament Attacked.
London, May 2.—The influenza is spread
ing rapidly in London. Many barristers
and officials of the law courts have been
attacked by the disease, and it is spreading
among the members of the Houses of Lords
and Commons.
At Woolwich arsenal so many of the
workmen are suffering that work there is
greatly interfered with.
At Leicester the disease has appeared in
a serious form.
At Widens, Lancashire, the influenza has
developed into a veritable epidemic of a
dangerous and peculiar type. The physi
cians of that town aud neighborhood are
working night and day. At Sunderland
there have been several fatal cases of in
fluenza.
LONDON'S NAVAL SHOW.
The Bxhlbitton on the Chelsea Em
bankment Opened.
London, May 2. —Ths naval exhibition
on the Chelsea embankment was opened at
noon to-day with great ceremony. The
Prince of Wales presided over the opening
ceremonies, and the Princess of Wales
turned the switch which threw into the
circuit all the electric Illuminations. The
exhibition was then declared open to the
public. The ceremonies took place in a
downpour of rain, but the distinguished
participants were under shelter. The exhi
bition is held in tho grounds of the old
Chelsea hospital in temporary buildings
erected last year for military exhibition.”
JOINS THE GREEK CHURCH.
A Sister of the Emperor of Germany
Won Over.
Athens, May 2. —The Duchess of Bparta
(Princess Sophia of Prussia), a sister
of Emperer William of Germany, the wife
of Constantine, Duke of Sparta, the heir to
the throne of Greece, was to-day formally
admitted into the Greek church at the royal
chapel here. The metropolitan of Athens
officiated, and only members of the royal
family of Ureeco and Premier Delyannis
were present. Thanksgiving services in
commemoration of the conversion of the
crown princess were held in the Greek
churches throughout the kingdom.
Bismarck’s Victory.
Berlin, May 2. —Complete returns from
the election iu Geestemunde to fill the
vacancy in the Reichstag show that Prinoe
Bismarck received 10,544 votes, against
5,48tJ for Herr Schmalfield, the socialist.
Prinee Bismarck to-day received a depu
tation from the national liberal committee
at Geestemunde. Ho accepted the mandate,
and thanked the delegates warmly for the
honor which had been conferred on him.
Prince Napoleon’s Burial Place.
Paris, May 2.—The French government
has refused the demand of the executors of
the will of tho late Prince Napoleon in re
gard to the latter's final place of burial. The
executors asked that according to the terms
of the prince’s will his body should be
allowed to be interred on Isles Banguinares,
near Ajaooio, Corsica.
O’Brien Writing a Novel.
Dublin, May 2.— William O’Brien, in bis
leisure moments in the Galway jail, is en
gaged in the work of writing a novel. The
scene of the story is in the west of Ireland,
and the period is the Sixteenth century.
The horoine is a portrayal of Grace
O’Malley. Messrs. O’Brien and Dillon spend
much of their time in reading, both prison
ers being able to obtain an unlimited supply
of books from the Queen’s oollege library.
A Blaze at Bilbao.
Bilbao, May 2.—Fire, supposed to be of
incendiary origin, which broke out yester
day in the ship building yards of Rivas &
Palmer, at this port, caused damage to the
amount of $500,000.
LYNCHEB3 BOARD A TRAIN.
Thirty Armed Men Take a Negro Prls
oner to Lynch Him.
Birmingham, Ala.. May 2.—Monroe
Walters (colored) was arrested in this city
yesterday on a charge of poisoning a
family in Columbus, Miss. He was being
taken back there to-day, and when the
train neared Hudson station, near the Ala
bama line, thirty armed men came on board
and took possession of the man. The last
seen of him he was disappearing through
the woods, surrounded by his captors and
with a rope around his neck. The place
was in Lamar county, and when the train
was boarded the passengers were greatly
frightened, thinking Rube Burrows’ gang
was alter them.
SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Towns Peel a Shock.
Woburn, Mass., May 2. Woburn,
North Woburn, Burlington, Winchester,
North Winchester and Stoneham were all
visited by an earthquake lost evening, and
though no damago was dene the shock was
quite heavy iu some places. Dishes and
windows were rattled, and in a few cases
houses were shaken so violently as to stam
pede the inmates.
NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOCKED.
Nashua, N. H., May 2.— An earthquake
shock was noticed in the northern portion
of the city last night, causing vibration,
but doing no damage.
QBN. LONG’S BURIAL..
The Funeral Attended by Thousands
of People.
Charlottesville. Va., May 2.—The
funeral of Gen. A. L. Loug was held at 11
o'clock to-day. All business was suspended.
The funeral was attended by thousands of
people. John Bowie camp of con
federate veterans and the Monticsllo Guard
conducted the obsequies. The funeral dis
course was delivered by Dr. MaHamckel of
Christ churoh. Gen. Long was given a
military burial, with a salute of eleven guns
by artillery in honor of his rank of briga
dier general, and a volley of three shots
over bis grave by tbe Monticello Guard.
Many distinguished persons attended.
Pittsburg's Carpenters.
PittsHpro, Pa., May 2.— The carpenters
of this oity are rather ou the fence in re
gard te their strike for sight hoars. This
afternoon official notice wes received from
the parent organization that the Pittsburg
strike was not authorised, and that there
fore it was repudiated. This means that
they will receive uo aid from the organiza
tion and must fight it out alone, if they
fight at aIL
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1891-TWEI.VE PAGES.
GERMANY’S PARLIAMENT
TH3 KAISER TRYING TO CONOIL- i
IATE THE RIVAL PARTIES.
Government Inducements Given the
Guelphs and Poles and the Center
and Freissinnige Parties—The Policy
in Posen—Siamarck’a Victory Modi
fied by a Comparison.
(.Copyrighted, 1891. by the Hew York Assoc afd
Ibrtts. '
Berlin, May 2. —The prospect of Prince
Bismarck’s early reappearance in the
Reichstag has given an impetus to the gov
ernment’s plans for conciliation cf the
various parties, so as to render them ready
to coalesce in the goveriAient’s interest.
The Center and Freissinnige parties aud the
Guelphs and Poles in turn receive govern
ment inducements. Though the Poles only
o unt sixteen in the Reichstag, their steady
support is worth securing. The recently
developed tendency of the government to
ward the conciliation of the Poles ought
justly to be ascribed in part to a quickened
sense of justice in the dealings with them.
Whatever mixed motives may animate the
government,the Poles of Western Prussia
and Posen have boon favorably influenced
by freer use of the national language in the
schools, by greator facilities afforded them
for the acquirement and sale of land, and
by increased courtesy accorded by officials
to the Polish families.
the budget debate.
To-day’s debate in the lower house of the
Diet on the budget commission for German
colonizing of \\ estern Prussia occasioned
remarks touching the government’s policy
in Posen, and provoked Chancellor von
Caprivi to explain. Ho denied that the
government hail conceded to the Poles any
thing beyond what cauie within the soope
of tho settlement law. It has met the wishes
of the Poles as regards both schools and
church. The Poles, ou their part, had also
manifested a desire to bring themselves
into closer accord with tho government.
This desire found expression in the support
whioh the Poles gave the government pro
posals for increasing the defensive power of
Germany. This, the chancellor said, was
indeed a pleasant and surpi ising change.
If the Poles would take passage on the
pathway of conciliation the government
and tho Germane were ready to follow.
Alluding to suggestions that tbs amicable
treatment of the Poles had a
latent aim to make proselytes among
them, Chancellor von Caprivi scouted
the idea, and asserted that tho sole aim of
the government was to conciliate the Poles
through a sense of justice. Tho speech met
with gonoral favor in the House. If he had
designed to contrast the conditions of the
Poles in Posen with that of their harrassed
kindred over the Russian border the chan
cellor oould not have spoken better.
Bismarck’s election.
Prince Bismarck’s victory in Geestemunde
is modified bv the fact that he polled 2,0C0
fewer votes than did his national liberal
predecessor in the seat. The socialist ballot
was reinforced by over 1,000 Guelphist and
Freissinnige voters, whose hatred of Prinoe
Bismarck exceeded their dislike to the
socialists. The semi-official press abstain
from commenting on the result.
The Freissinnige Zeitung hails Prince
Bismarck’s entrance into the Reid.stag as
an act of homage to the parliamentary
system which he persistently tried when
chancellor to discredit and weaken.
Prince Bismarck, in an Interview on the
eve of a re-ballot, declared that if he wont
to the Reichstag he would never attack any
policy directly initiated by the emperor,
and that his line of conduct would be the
same os that followed by him since
he left Berlin. He was convinced,
he said, that the greatest danger
to the Fatherland was not from without but
from within. Ho would not refrain from
exposing it, but he certainly would never
say anything to give his opponeuts reason
to charge him with attacking tho emperor
from personal motives. This sort of
assuranoes promise lively times in the
Reicliatag.
GERMANY’S DESIRE.
The Hamburger Nachriehten holds that
the death of Count von Moltku adds to the
desire of Germany to see the prince in the
forefront of politics. "The sentiment of
disquiet,” ssvs the Nachriehten, “fills the
empire. The future is uncertain. Thenew
men into whose hands have been confided
the destinies of the Fatherland cannot reas
sure the country.”
The freissinnige and centrist press is in
dignant at this language, and the Germania
responds os follows: "True Germans have
the fullest confidence in the emperor aud
new counselors, and disquiet will "only arise
if a political despot agara becomes master
of the fate of the nation."
THE TREATY WITH AUSTRIA.
The Austro-German plenipotentiaries will
sign a treaty of commerce at Vienna to
morrow.
The Swiss Bundesrath to-day received an
invitation to send delegates to the commer
cial treaty conference which is to open May
15. Neither Belgium nor Italy appears to
be willing to assist in the formation of
a customs union directed primarily against
the new French tariff. The results of the
conference cannot affect the commercial
relations between Germany and America.
The board to whom the government some
time since referred the position of Germany
under the Frankfort treaty is understood to
have concurred in the opinion that it is im
possible for Germany to grant preferential
tariffs against France under strict construc
tion of the provisions of the treaty.
AMERICANS IN ART.
The American department of the Inter
national art exhibition is a thorough suc
cess. Biorstadt sent four pictures. C. H.
Pearce’s “Shepherdess” is among the largest
canvases exhibited. It has received high
praise from critic*. Gari Melcher’s work
occupies a place of honor. E. L.
WeuKs exhibits bis “Pearl Mosque,"
Walter Mace wen his “Absent,” Eu
gene Vail "The Thames." Walter
Gay, "The Spinner," and Julius Stewart,
“Full Speed.” Other fine works are sent by
Frank Bridgeton. Julian Story, T. II
Clarke, Mlse Lee Robbins, Miss Graetore,
Humphrey Moore, G. P. Healey and A. D.
Anderson. Messrs. Melchers and Macewen
are here as tho representatives of the Parls-
American artists. The committee are the
guests of the emperor at a banquet to-night
at Potsdam.
The appointment of Lieut. Clarke of the
United States cavalry to serve with the
Dusseldorf Hussars has evoked approving
comments from the press. The Voesische
Zeitung says it is the first case of the kind
and ought to be recognized by America as a
pledge of the warm feelings whioh those in
the highest station in the German Empire
entertain toward the great commonwealth.
r
A Polloe Clerk Short.
Toledo, 0.. May 2. At 9:30 o’clock to
night Wrn. H. Cook, dark of tea polios
court,was arrested in bia office on a warrant
sworn out by Mayor Emmlok charging him
with embezzling 910,000. Cook has been
one of the most popular republicans in
Toledo. He broke down and confessed to
the mayor that be was short in his accounts
and could not ssy how much. It ought be
920,000 #r 925,000.
CATERPILLARS ON THE RAILS.
Millions of Inseots Swarm a Trestle
and Nearly Stop Traffic.
Charlotte, N. C„ May 2.— Carolina
Central trainmen have been having a pe
culiar experience with caterpillars tor four
or five days past, and it is something un
heard of in tho railroad history of this
state. Just east of Lumhertou is what is
kuown as "Big Swamp,” and the railroad
goes through it on trestle work,
broken hero and there in the solid
portions of the swamp by embankments of
earth. Last Tuesday anariny of caterpil
lars began moving out of the swamp, and
when they reached the streams over which
the trestles carry the rails they masted on
the railroad and proceeded to
cross on the trestles. Tne
rails and ties were oovered inches deep
with a moving masa, and the first train
that encountered them was brought to a
dead standstill, the driving wheels of the
engine slipping around aaif the rails had
been thoroughly oiled. The eugiueer ex
hausted the content* of hjs sand box before
he got through the awatffp and reached a
clear stretch of traok.
another thain Caught.
It was thought that that trip would be the
end of the caterpillar trouble, but the very
next day a train encountered another array
of caterpillars crossing the trestle and had
the same diffioulty. A Charlotte bound
passenger train yesterday had a similar ex
perience, and the passengers say
the scene was something truly
wonderful. The rails and crossties
of the trestle were actually ob
scurod from sight by masses of caterpil
lars, and the ground and swamp ou each
side of the track were Htteroa with tho
mashed fragments of millions of catorpillers
from the wheels of the passing trains,
and from this mass an unendurable
stench arose. Where the caterpillars
came from i3 not known. The
farmers on this side of the swamp express
no uneasiness fur the safety of their crops
so long ns the advancing army persists in
using the trestle as its means of getting
across the streams, for none of them have
got more than half way across before a
train would come along aud convert them
into fertilizer.
STAiE BOARDS OF'SIaLTH.
Seventh Annual Meetlnsr of the Na
tional Conference.
Washington, May 3.—Tho seventh an
nual meeting of the Ajnorican national
conference of tho state boards of health,
began its session here to-day. Dr. J.
N. McCormack of Bowling Greon, Ky., is
president, and Dr. C. O. Probit of Colum-
UUB, 0., is secretary. The nttendhhco was
not ns large as expected, and the original
programme was therefore altered.
J. W. Douglass, one of the commissioners
of the District of Columbia, welcomed the
delegates ou behalf of the city.
Dr. Jerome Cochrane of Alabama read a
paper ou "What u requisite for a thorough
system of quarantine and maritime tauita
tion in the tight of present scientific at
tainment?" To disinfect without restriction
to commerce was an important problem.
He advocated the port of departin'* as the
port of disinfection—the use of superheated
steam for fine articles and of boiling for
those of acoarser grade.
Dr. T. R. Oliphaut of New Orleans road a
papor, "Given a vessel with a cargo from
Central or South America or tho West
Indian Islands, can such vessel and cargo be
disinfected without discharging its cargo,
and can such cargo be disinfected thorough
ly and without damage after it has boon
discharged?" Dr. Oliphant upheld the
method in vogue in New Orleans by binoxido
of sulphur.
Dr. E. F. Solomon of New Orleans dis
oussed the question of interstate disinfec
tion. He advocated the quarantine of one
state against another.
A REPUBLICAN CLUBHOUSE.
An Attempt to Ralae $3C0.000 to
Build One at Washington.
Washington, May 2.—A member of the
republican national oommittee. believed to
be CoL W. W. Dudley, is quoted bb snyine
tbat a movement is on foot to ralso a fund
for a national republican heudquarters in
Washington. The plan, he says, is to get
1,000 meu to subscribe S3OO each, and the
money thus raised, 1300,000, is to be used
to build a club house oqual, if not superior,
to the Union league in New York, it is not
expected that a olub house such as it con
templates cau he erectod before the opening
of tho oampaigu of 1892, but President
Clarkson of the republican league aDd John
I. Davenport, who are ae the head
of the movement, hope to have
ground broken for the new home
long before next May. In the meantime it
is said the league and the republican
national committee will rent a big house in
this city and open temporary headquarters.
Possibly this may content these gentlemen.
The $300,000, if it is ever raised, will be
used to take care of floaters in blocks of
live.
BLAIR'S F.EJEC.'ION.
A Business Scheme May Hava Had
Something to do With It.
Washington, May 4. —Ex-Minister Blair
had his talk with Secretary Blaine to-day,
and thereafter became uncommunicative to
newspaper men. It is believed that Secre
tary Blaine told him he mutt await the
President’s return. The intimation male
to-day by Mr. Ho of the Chinese legation
that ex-Benator Blair was refused by China
because he was going out, not onl v as our
minister, but am the agent of Philadelphians
who have bhan kicking for concessions from
China, probably furnish the real reason for
ex-Seuator Blair’s rejection, although there
is no intimation that China gave that aa a
reason officially, aud his anti-Chinoae
speeches gavo ground enough for China’s
action. It is well known here that ex-
Benator Blair has spent most of his time
since congress adjourned iu Philadelphia,
aud that he pasaod his last day there before
be left.
Doctors in Session.
Washington, May 2.—The sixteenth
annual meeting of the American Academy
of Medicine began ft* sessions here to-day.
It had 515 fellows, and elected thirty-six
new one* to-day. Ita proceedings wera
routine in character and technical.
BRIBED BY STRIKERS.
Imported Men in the Coke Region
Paid to Quit Work.
Bcottdale, Pa., May 2.—The striker*
are celebrating to-night over the with
drawal of at least 500 man from the various
plants. They acknowledge that this was
brought about by the free disbursement of
money. Their funds are improving, the
Clearfield and others having voted to make
assessments on coal mined for their benefit.
The operators are not idle, however, and
labor is being steadily imported to take
the plao of the deserter*. To-morrow a
mass meeting will be held to argue with
Imported labor. Outside of the pounding
innioted ms Officer Gay and one Hungarian,
attain were serene.
HARRISON AT A BANQUET
A SPBIOH AT 'FRISCO FOLL OF
GOOD HUMOR
A Compliment Paid to the Beauty of
the State —I he President's Visit a
Brilliant Disillusion The Magnifi
cence ofHia Welcome -ANew Epoch
for the Nation—Our Love of Peace.
San May 4—President
Harrison delivered the fpllowing address at
the banquet given in his houor at the Pal
ace hotel last night:
Mr. President and Gentlemen When the
Queen of Hhrha visited the court cf Solomon
and saw Its splendors she was compelled to tes
tify that the half had not been told her. Un
doubtedly tho emissaries of King Solo
mon's court who had penetrated to
her distant territory found themselves
in a like situation to that whlrh attends i all
fornians wtien they travel oast, they are afraid
too much to put to the test the credit of their
hearers, and, ns a gentleman of your state ssiil
to me, it ho* resulted Iu a prevailing indisposi
tion among Californians to tell the truth out of
California. I Laughter and applause Not at nil
because Californians are unfriendly to the truth,
but solely out of compassion to their hearers.
| Laughter. I They address themselves to the
capacity or those who hear them; and taking
warning by tho fate of the man who told tho
sovereign of the Indies that he had seen water
so solid that It oould be walked upon, they do
not carry their best stories away from home.
[Laughter.]
A BRILLIANT DISILLUSION.
It has bean, much as 1 have heard of Califor
nia, a brilliant disillusion to me aud to those who
have Journeyed with me The half bad not
been told of the productiveness of your valleys
of blossoming orchards, of gardens laden with
flowers: we have seen and been entranced. Our
pathway has been strewn with flowers; we have
been surprised, when we were In tho region of
orchards and roses to be suddenly pulled up at
a ststiou aud ns :<od to addreos some remarks toa
pyramid of pig tin. | Laughter and applause.]
Products of the mine, rare and exceptional,
have been added to products of the field until
an impression lias been made upon my mind
that if any new want should be developed iu
arts, possibly If any want should be developed
In statesmanship or any vacancies In office
I groat laughter | we would have a safe reservoir
that. can he drawn upon mi libitum. [Laughter
and applause. ]
A MAQNISICSNT WELCOME.
But, my friends, sweeter than all the Incense
of Hewers, richer than all the products of the
mines, lias been the gracious, unaffected,
hearty kinduess witli which the people of Cali
fornia have everywhere received us without
division, without diseent; a simple and yet
magnificent American welcome. (Great ap
plause.) It is gratifying that It should bo so.
We may carry into our campaigns, to our con
ventions and congresses, discussions and
divisions, but how grand it is that we are n
people who b iw reverently to a decision when
it is rendered and who will follow it every
where, with absolute devotion of heart, without
asking what party may have given ttie loader
in whoso hands it Is placed. [Enthusiastto
cheering.]
A NKW EPOCH AS A NATION.
I believe that we have come to a uew epoch as
a nation. There are opening portals before us,
Inviting us to enter, opening portals to trade
and influence and prestige, such as we have
never seen before. [Great apnlausa. j
We will pursue the paths of peace, as we ere
not a warlike nation All our interests, all our
history, are in lines of peace. Only Intolerable
uggression.only peril of our institution* or flag,
can thoroughly aroußu us [Great applause ]
With capabilities for war on land and sea miex
celled by any nation in the world, we arc smitten
with love of peace. We would
promote the peace of this hemisphere by
placing judiciously some large guns about tho
Golden Gatu [great and enthusiastic cheering]
simply for saluting purposes [laughter and
cheers]—and yet they should he of the best
modern type. [Cheers ] We should have on
the sen some good vessels. We wou'l need
as great a navy as some other people,
but we do need a sufficient
navy of first-class ships, simply to make sure
that; tho peace of tho hemisphere is preserved;
simply that we may not leave the great distant,
marts and harbors of commerce and our few
citizens who may be domiciled there to feel
lonesome for a sight of the American flag
(Cheers.] We are now making flue progress in
the construction of a nary. The best
English constructors have testified to the
com plat eness and i>erfnotion of some of
our latest ships. It is a source of great
gratification to me that here in Ban Francisco
the energy, enterprise and courage of some of
your citizens liaro constructed a plant capable
of building the best modern ahipe. [tries of
Good, good, and cheers ] I saw with (fl-cat de
light the magnificent launch of one of these
now vessels 1 hope that you may so enlarge
your capacities for constructing that it will not
lie necessary to send any naval vessels around
the Horn. [Cheers.]
. MERCHANT SHIPS WANTED.
We want merenaat ships. [Cheers.] I be
lieve we have come tiLt.be time when we should
choose whether we wfl| continue to be non par
tlcipants in the commerce of the world, hr will
now vigorously, with the push and energy
which our people have shown in other lines of
enterprise, claim our share of the world's coin
mere-.
I will not enter into a discussion of the meth
ods of which the postal bill of the last session
of congress marks a beginning, here in ( aii
fornia, where for ao loug a time a postal ser
vice that did not pay its own way was main
tained by the government; where for other
years tho government has maintained mall
lines into your valleys reaching out to every re
mote community aud paying out yearly
a hundred times the revenue that
was derived from it. It ought not to
be difficult to persuade congress that our ocean
mails should not longer be tho only service for
which we refuse to expend even the revenues
derived. It Is my belief that under the opera
tion of the law to which I have referred we
shall he able to stimulate ship-building; to se
cure soma hew lines of American steamships,
and to increase the ports of call of those now
established. [Enthusiastic cheering.]
one or HIS AIMS.
It will be my effort to do what may b done
under the powers lodged in me by law to open
and increase trade witn the countries of Central
and South America. I hope it may not be long
—I know it will not be long, if we but unitedly
pursue this great scheme- until one can take a
sail iu the bay of San 1-rancisco and see some
deep water ship come in 1/caring our own flag,
[Enthusiastic and continued cbeerjng. | During
our excursion the other day I saw three great
vessels come in. One carried the Haw
aiiun and two the English flag. I am a
thorough believer in the construction of the
Nicaraguan canal. [Cheers.] You have pleased
me so much that I would like shorter water
communication between my state and yours.
[Cheers.] Influences and operations are now
started that will complete. I am sure, this
stately enterprise, but mv fellow citizens and
Mr. President, this is the fifth time this day that
l have talked to gatherings of California
friends, and we have so much taxed the
hospitality of San Francisco [cries of no. no!]
in making our arrangements to make this city
the center of a whole week's sight-seeing, that
1 don’t want to add to your other burdens, the
infliction of longer speaking ]Cries of go on ]
Right royally have you welcomed us with all
tbat la rioh end prodigal In provision and dis
play and with all graciousoess and friendliness.
I leave my heart with you when 1 go. [Great
and prolonged cheering. j
On lte return from Haoremento this after
noon the President’s speoial train stopped a
few minutes at Benya, and a floral tribute
in the shape of a cannon was presented to
the President by the schaol ohildren, who
were drawn up In a body.
A VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY.
On returning to this city from Bstera
tnento this afternoon President Harrison left
the train at Berkeley and visited the Univer
sity of California aud the deaf and blind
asylum. He then drove to Oakland, and upon
reaching that oity was welcomed by a great
crowd of people. The street# were gaily
decorated, and the floral display was very
elaborate. Tha President made some short
addresses at Oakland, and afterward re
turned to this city, where he was given a
reception to-night bv the Union League
Club.
AT SACRAMENTO.
Bauuamlyio, Cal, May 3.— President
Harrison and party were met early this
morning by a reception committee from
Sacramento and escorted from Davisville to
this city. Ae the train drew into the beau
tifully decorated union depot in Sacramento
a salute of twenty-one guns wai fired and
an immense crowd greeted the President
with oheera. Mayor Comstock spoke a few
words of welcome, and the party
then entered carriages and were
driven to the capital. Representatives
of the Grand Army of the Republic poets
acted as a guard of honor and ware accom
panied by a procession of militia and the
Society of Pioneers. Thousands of people
had assembled at the Capitol park, and all
the school children were drawn up in line on
either side of the broad walk leading up to
the grand stand, and as the President was
escorted through the line ha was pelted
with flowers.
TUB BPBBCHUSKING.
Mayor Coinstook introduced Gov. Mark
ham, who, after a few remarks, presented
the President, who paid a gl wing tribute
to California's pionee s. Kx-Oov. Newton
Booth then delivered n short but eloquent
address and was followed by Secretary
Rusk. Postmaster General Wanamaker
was not preseut, which was a great disap
pointment to the employes of the postotlice,
as they had arranged to present him a
with beautiful silver and floral souvenirs.
After the speechmaking the President held
a short reception In Gov. Markham’s office,
after which the party were escorted back to
the traiu and left for Oaklnud, the battery
firing another salute as tho train left.
BCR INTONHASA 810 FIRB.
A f- treat Car Stable, a Newspaper
Office and Other Buildings Aflame
Scranton, Pa., May 2.—Shortly after 13
o'clock this morning one of the most disas
trous fires in recent years in this oily broke
out in tho barn of tli* People’s Street Rail
way Company on Linden street. The
fire then attacked the rear of
the Republican building, which was
separated from the barn by a narrow
alleyway. The rear part of the four
stories of tho Republican building was
gutted, and the fire caught on the roof, eat
ing its way betwoon the floors. Tho most
strenuous exertions of the flremeu went for
naught. At 3 o’clock the fire was under
control, but tho immense Republican build
ing was a partial wreck, nearly tbo entire
structure being soaked with water. Thu
rear windows wero burned away, the rear
roof was gone, holes were cut through the
tloors and coiling and a great part of the
furniture in the offices and printing rooms
was utterly ruined.
A CHURCH DAMAGED.
The roar part of (St. Luke’s church also
suffered badly, and the roof of G. VV.
Dunn's blacksmith shop, on Linden street,
was carried away. Tho rear of Healy's
millinery store, fronting on Wyoming
avenue, was badly damaged. A low estimate
plu es t he loss on tho People's street rail way
at (00,000, and it may run (16,000 beyond
that amount. The less by fire and water
in the Republican building will probably
reach (10,000. A arsalpart of the damage
totbe Republican* magnificent new home
caunot be repaired. 1* addition to tho loss
to the Republican nlrfody mentioned, its
loss on its presses and tho stock in tho job
department will be #IO,OOO more. The tire
originated in the oil room of tho street ear
barn, a torch having ignited a large pieoe
of waste there.
I.ATEH ESTIMATES OK THE LOSS.
Hchanton, Pa., May 3, 11 p. m.—The
latest estimate of the loss caused by this
morning’s disastrous fire fixes it at (130,000.
The People’s Street Railway Company lost
thirty-three cars, valued at (4,600 each, and
the entire car service of tho city Is orippled.
Tho oompatiy is put ting forth every possible
oxurtlon, and will be running cars as usual
within a week.
NEGROES OP IN ARMS.
They Swear to Avenge the Death of
One of 7heir Race.
St. Louis, Mo.. May 2.— The Litpatch
says a telegram ban bueu received at Table,
quab, I. TANARUS., from Lanapier, Cooweesooowie
distriot, from a deputy sheriff nuking for
assistance to quell a riot ia progress there.
It oem that Wednesday night a negro wan
found dead near the poetoffloo with mu tieck
broken. The Indignation of the whole
negro population of the Cherokee na
tiou in that vicinity was aroused,
and they prepared as early as possible to
seek out the murderers, believing that it
was tho work of full bloods. The dispatch
states that there are now 300 negroes well
armed and swearing yengence on the entire
o immunity cf citizens. The greatest ex
citement prevails and a posse of 100 men
left with the sheriff for the scene.
THE SITUATION KEIUOUH.
Kansas City, May 2, 11 p. m. — Late
news was received here to-night from the two
Beats of war In the Cherokee Nation, Indian
Territory, where the full bloods are making
a campaign against the negro intruders. At
tho town of Gooseneck Rend, where the
trouble hgan yesterday, the negroes still
hold the fort with Winchester rifieaaud one
brass cannon. The Cherokee Indians at 7
o’clock to-night bad not attacked the ne
groes.
A dispatch from Vinita says that the
Cherokee government will call for volun
teers to drive the negroes off the lands or
light them to a finish.
A dispatch from Tablequab says that the
difficulty at i.auspaU will, without doubt,
result in a serious outbreak. The negroes
are still id possession of the town. The sheriff
has loft Taiequah with a posse of twenty
flvemen to re inforce the Indians at Lana
pab. Every Indian in Taldequah is ready
to join the sheriff If he should bo needed.
SHOT BACH OTHER DEAD.
Two Notorious Outlaws Shoot Out an
Old Feud.
Mjddi.ebbououoh, Ky., May S. —At
Walnut Hills, Va.. near Middlesborough,
yesterday, two notorious outlaws, named
Jackson and Crabtree, between whom an
old quarrel existed, met in the streets,
drew revolvers, tired simultaneously and
both died Instantly. Jackson was shot
through the heart and Crabtree through the
brain.
Fire Threatens a Town.
Austin, Minn., May 2. Fire broke out
at Lyle this morning at 1:30 o’olock. This
afternoon it was still raging, with two-thirds
of the business houses in ashes. The Mil
waukee depot had been burned, and the
Kansas City station was threatened. The
Austin fire company went to the assistance
of the doomed town.
Riohmend'a Grand Jury.
Augusta. Ga., May 2.—The grand jury
made taeir general presentments to-day.
They commended the county officers, re
oommeuded enlargements of the girls’ high
school, and the expenditure of 125,00010
remodeling the oourt bouse.
Bandbagged and Robbed.
Augusta, Oa., May 3.—J. H. Armistead
reports this morning that he was sand
bagged lest uight and roboed of $lB. He
was stunned by the blow whiob bs received,
and knew no more until be awoke this
morning on the river hank.
( DAILY. (10 A YEAR. I ,
< 5 CENTS A COPY. V
I WEEKLY, 1.25 A YEAR. J
WARM DAYS AND NO RAW
THH WEEKLY CROP REPORT OP
’I HE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Only a Few Sections Report an Bx
cejs of Ra n—The Week Favorable
for all Growing Crops in the Grata
Region —Cool Nights Retard tha
Growth of Cotton.
Washington, May 2. —The weather crop
bulletin iasuad to-day says: ‘‘The pas*
wo- k has been warm in the northern state*
oast of the Rocky mountains, except in
Northern New England, while about tba
normal temperature has prevailed through-*
out the southern states and on the Pacifin
coast. The excess of temperature baa
been moat marked in the northwest, wherw
over the spring wheat region and a Inrgn
portion of the winter wheat region, th<*
daily temperature rangod from 6° to
above normal for the week. About th*
same excess of tomporature is reported frona
the Middle A tlnntio states.
THE RAINFALL.
’’The week was dry generally!
throughout all the agricultural/
istnets, the only sections re
porting an excß of rainfall being Wash-’
tngtou and Northwest Oregon, portions oft
Idaho and Montana and Eaatarr*!
Florida. There was a total absent
of rain generally throughout tb*
Gulf and Middle Atiantio stateay
upper lake region, central Mississippi vaU
lay and California. Light showers occurred!
in New England, from tho lower lakaf
regions southward to East Tennessee, and)
in Minnesota, lowa, and the upper Mitsi
•ourl valley,
IN THE GRAIN REGION.
“The weather during the last week ha*
been specially favorable for all growing
crops throughout the grain regions of tha|
northwest and central valleys. Exoessiva.
sunshine and warm weather favored farm
work, ami early sown wheat in Minnesota
and Dakota is in excellent condition.
"The light frosts which occurred during
the weok in the central valleys did not
prove injurious. Iu the winter wheatl
region, exteuding from the Ohio valleys
westward to Kansas and southward
to Tennessee and Arkansas, all crop*
are reported in excellent condition,
wheat and grass growing nicely and
munh corn planted. Warm, clear weather
has caused very rapid evaporation, and al
though there has been an excess of precipi
tation during tho season, there are many
localities in the central valleys whore addi
tional rain would prove beneficial, and thf
Indications are that these rains will oocuT
during the early part of next weok.
IN THE COTTON REGION.
“In tho ootton region cool nights have re
tarded the growth, and croiis are generally
iu need of rain. Crops are backward, al
though a good stand of ootton is reported
iu the western portion of tho ootton region,
while iu tho cost the grouud is too dry for
plautiug. In the states on tho Atiantio
ooast the weather, although clear and dry,
was not favorable, and crops iu this sec
tion would be munh improved by ralu.
"Frost during tho early part of the woe it
did alight damage to fruit in New England, l ,
but reports from New Jersey say: ‘The!
conditions are favorable, and fruit pros- - ?
pacts in all districts were never bettor.’ ’’
DUNN MTJ3T GO TO JAIL.
He la Identified aa a Man Wanted ab
Bedallr, Mo.
Atlanta, Ga., May 2.—J. L. Dunnjhaa
been Identified as the man who is wanted ah
Hedolia, Mo. for forging, and it now looks
as if the companion of the charming Misal
Maurice, whose blonde hair and suggestivei
reputation os a metropolitan dansetisq
crratul such a sensation here amonjH
the gay young men, is in for j|
term In tbo penltentlary.QgTbis morning H.)
M. Waddel and D. Evans, agents for the]
Georgia Pacific railroad at Columbus!
and West Point, Miss., reached this cityj
and after looking at the waybills purport-!
lug to have been given by them they pro-s
nounced the signatures forgeries. They"
also called attention to the fact that the|
waybills were dated March 22, whioh wad
(Sunday, on whioh day no ootton was shipped
from their stations.
THE MEN FROM BEPALIA.
I Alter, J. J. Kenny, special agent of the'
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, and FJ
Merri wether, cashier of tho First National
Hank of Sedalia, arrived. Mr. Morriwethorl
described Dunn to a nicety before entering!
the station houao, anil when at last the mam
was brought bofure him ho promptly exJ
•laitned that be was the portv who had]
victimized the Bodalia bank to tbq
tune of $.’5,260 by forging a wsw
bill for stock, which he represented
had been shipped to Wood Bros, or
Chicago. In Hedalia Dunn operated under
the name of T. Kibloy. An omnibus ticket
was to*day discovered in the prisoner’s
clothes, the date stamped UDOn which shown
that he was in Hedalia at the time the fraud
Is said to have been committed. Monday:
it will be determined whether Dunn is to
prosecuted hore, sent to Memphis or given
up to the Missouri authorities.
CROPS IN GEORGIA.
Tho Returns for April Received at tho
Capitol.
Atlanta, Ga., May &—lncomplete ree
turns received so far for the May crop
bulletin te be Issued from the agricultural
office indicate for the whole state a slight
falling off In the planting oQootton, with aq,
increase for corn.jThofgenerai avoragee have
not yet been struck off, but about 176 re
ports are in.
Those from Southeast Georgia show thsg
compared with last year cotton planting has
decreased a little, while more corn has beets
planted than before.
East Georgia appears to have planted
about as last year.
North Georgia again shows ootton to be
slightly under, and corn slightly over, last
year.
Id Southwest Georgia there is a little mor#
corn and very little less ootton..,
In the middle portion of the state a sharp
increase Is reported in corn and a slight de*
crease in cotton.
No readable statement can be furnished
till the arrival of further reports and tha
tabulation of the whole next week.
A BURGLAR SHOT DEAD.
The Finding of Hia Body In an Out
house a Big Surprise.
Atlanta, Ga., May 2.—Night before last
G. W. Crouch, an Atlanta grocer, shot aa
unknown burglar who was trying to break
lDto bis store, and yesterday tbe criminal
was found dead in aa outhouse in which be
had crawled after being disabled. Crouoh’a
residence adjoins his store. Hearing a sus
picions noise in the night he grasped his
shotgun, and descrying tbe would-be burglar
poured two loads of buokibot into bis body.
The man ran away, and Mr. Crouch sup
posed little harm bad been dona till the body
was found.
