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1 THE MORNING NEWS. ,
< E*tak_l2Hbd 1830. lNcopoiAT*n 188?.'
I J. H. ESTILL, President, j
LAINE’S EMPTY CHAIR.
iMUNDS MAY SUCCEED HIM IF
HE RETIRES.
ie Impression Growing That the Sec
■ecary Will Soon Resign on Account
>f His Eealth—His Retirement Will
live Him a Free Sweep in the Great
’residential Handicap.
Washington, May 22.—' The President
acting as Secretary of State, there being
> one at the state department in Secretary
sine's absence to whom important quee
ms can be referred. The President
settling down to the eonclu
>n that he will have to act as
■cretary of State for some time
i come, aided by consultations personally
• by proxy with Secretary Biaine. He
es net expect Mr. Blaine to return to
,’aahington, but looks to see him go to Bar
arbor as soon as he can travel. He would
ot be surprised to receive notice ot the
wignation of Mr. Blaiue and his departure
-om the cabinet altogether. He has even
ne so far as to c msider whom he should
sk to take Secretary Blaine's plaoe at the
-ad of the state department.
EDMUNDS FOB SECRETARY.
There is good reason to believe that
eorge P. Edmunds of Vermont would be
ie man on whom the choice would fall,
enator Edmunds will be free Nov. 1. If
eceesary he could ask to have his resigns
.on take effect sooner. W benever it does
ke effect Secretary Proctor will succeed
enator Edmunds, so the President need
ot hesltato to take another Vermonter,
euator Edmunds and President Harri
ou are close friends. Senator Edmunds
as been one of President Harrison’s cons
'.ant unofficial advisers. Asa member of
io foreign relations committee Senator
dmunds has had for years the experience
o fit him for Secretary of State. He would
tjve no such objections to service in the
txbiuet as those which took him out of the
bnate.
BLAINE’S MIND ALL RIGHT.
The President does not look for Mr.
Rhine's resignation beoause he thinks Mr.
Bsine’s mind has failed, as a New York
pfper in a Washington dispatch, witten in
New York, to-day insists. No one has better
reason than the President to appreciate
tie present vigor and quickness of Mr.
Blaine’s mind. The President said to-day
to a friend, “Mr. Blaine’s mind is as clear
asabell and as strong as steel,” but he
added that Mr. Blaine’s body was no longer
a lit casement for such a mind.
As to that President Harrison’s friends
and Mr. Blaine’s friends differ,
hut they all agree that his mind is as good
as ever, while his body is more or les3
affected by his excessive labors of the past
year, aud that he will probably retire from
the cabinet, the Harrison men adding that
he will never take office again ecd the
Blaiue men contending that he will recu
perate his bodily energies so as to be ready
to take the nomination next year.
two years’ work in one.
Mr. B 1 aine heps done two years 1 work in
rme, either hie own reciprocity work or the
rountry’g dipl otnacy being enough for one
man for one year. In doing the first he
encountered the President’s opposition, and
in doing the second the President’s jealousy
and envy. He has had to fight with one
hand while working with the other. He
has had no one to relieve him of any part
of his important undertaking, and he has
necessarily remitted routine matters al
most entirely to his subordinates, to
gether with the diplomats and offioe
seekers, for whom he had no time. Now
he has accomplished his chief objects and
can afford to rest, and he proposes to do so,
especially as be can thus avoid making con
clusive declarations about 1892. President
Harrison's appointment of Mr. Blaine’s old
enemy, Senator Edmunds, as Secretary of
State, would increase Mr. Blaine’s willing
ness to take the nomination if he thinks a
republican oould be elected, or to lot Presi
dent Harrison have it if he thinks there is
not a chance for the republicans.
BLAINE OUT OF BED.
“New York, .May 22.—Dr. Dennis said
this morning that he would not takes Secre
tary Biaine out riding to-day, as he feared
the weather would be too warm. Mr.
Blaine is now able to be up and about the
house, and Dr. Dennis says his complete
recovery is only a matter of a few days.
BUICIDE FOLLOWS RUIN.
The President of a Shoe Company
Blows Out His Brains.
Memphis, Tenn., May 22.—The Hill
Shoe Company failed yesterday, and Will
iam Vilas Hill, president of the company,
immediately thereafter committed suicide.
The failure of the firm was direotly due to the
failure of the Lynn-Davie Shoe Company,
which owed the Hill Shoe Com
pany between #300,000 and #400,010.
President Hill received a tele
gram from the Lynn firm about
4 o’clock yesterday advising him to assign
to protect himself. He gave orders soon
after tnat this be done, and without a word
left the store. He went direct to his home
on Pontiac street, reaching there about 6
o clock. Climbing over a rear fence, he
entered the house by the baok door and
went to his room.
KILLED HIMSELF IX HIS BATH-ROOM.
Here he undressed, and, taking a Win
chester rifle from its position over the fire
place, went to the bath room, where he shot
himself. No member of the family was at
home, and the servants did not hear the
shot. Hig body was found when cold by a
member of the family who had returned
home for dinner. He was 32 years old,
prominent in social circles, and a nephew of
ex-Postmaster General Vilas. The liabili
ties of the company arc about #400,000 and
the assets #200,000. The creditors are prin
cipally eastern parties.
IN A RbCEIVER’3 HANDS.
Partners In a B tr Firm at Charleston
Disagree,
Charleston, S. C„ May 22.—1n the
P nited States court to-day E. W. Hughes
was appointed receiver for the firm of
Fleming & Devereux, a large builders' sup
ply firm, aud granted an Injunction
restraining the senior partner, Howard
Heraing, from interfering with the assets or
bu'-iness of the firm. The suit is brought by
J. 1L Devereux, the Junior j artner, who
claims that hie senior partner has taken
I ossession of #.10,000 worth of the goods.
The firm is the largest of its kind in the alty
and ha- a water front c mnectiou with the
Fouth Carolina railway on Ashley river.
MORMONS TO BE niiNT BACK.
Eleven of a Party of Fifty-three Re
fused the bight to Land
Nbw Yolk, May t12.-Kh.ven of Ibefifty
•hree Mormons who arrived here by the
■ •uioa steamer Wyoming Wednesday were
‘'•day debarred from lending and the
papers in Uia ease sent to the Catted Ufa I **
dietnot site u*j by Gen. O iWne. 1 btf is
I'** 9m ca* <4 Mermen* being refused en-
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JUdfnina
KONJT OF THE NATION.
Plenty for Fens.on Payments—Two
Per Cent. Bonds Probable.
Washington, May 22. Secretary Foster
said this morning that he anticipated no
difficulty in meeting the quarterly pension
payments, aggregating $20,000,000, which
fall due June 4. The available cash balance
Is now nearly §16,000,000 end will go beyond
§20,000,000 by the early part of June by
reaWm of continued excess of receipts over
expenditures. Secretary Foster said there
would be no necessity so far as he oould see
for calling in any of the government de
posits held by national bauks to meet pen
sion obligations. This bank fund now
amounts to §24,500,000, exclusive of the
money deposited to the credit of disbursing
officers.
TWO PER CENT. BONDS.
Secretary Foster said further in response
to inquiries on the subject, that while it
was not altogether settled it was more than
likely that the department would give the
holders of the §’>o,ooo.ooo 4>£ per oent.
bonds outstanding au opportunity to renew
those bonds after Sept." 1 at a reduc:d
rate of interest. He said a Ban Francisco
banker had given an opinion that
these bonds c >uld be floated at
1)4 per cent, interest. He, however,
did not think such a thing feasible with an
interest rate less than 2 per cent. It was
his impression that the matter would be
settled definitely in a short time. He said
that the recent gold shipments had clearly
established one thing, aud that was that the
credit of the United States was above that
of any other nation and could not be
shaken by the severest drain.
CONSIDERED BY THE CABINET.
The financial situation was considered at
a meeting of the cabinet to-day, but with
out result, so far as known." Unless the
Secretary of the Treasury deoides to con
tinue the 4)4 per oent. bonds beyond the
date of their maturity, Sept. 1
next, without abatement ot in
terest, it will be neowsary for him
to give three months’ notice to the bond
holders of his policy in regard to that loan.
This will have to be done uuder the law,
either iu oaae he decides to redeem the
bonds at maturity or in case he decides it
best to extend them at a reduced rate of
interest.
A CIRCULAR EXPECTED.
A circular on this subject will be issued
by the treasury department in a few days.
It will announce that the preseut rate of
interest on the 4)4 per cent, loan will
cease Sept. 1, and will probably
say that the holders of all
such bonds ns do not desire their
redemption at that date may secure their
continuance at the interest rate of 2 per
cent, thus allowiug owners the option of re
taining their bonds at a lower rate of inter
est, if they desire to do so, without placing
the government in the position of asking
for more time.
RAUM’S PROSECUTION.
The Papers in the Case in the Hands of
the District Attorney.
Washington, May 22.— The Attorney
General has referred all the papers submit
ted to him by the civil service commission
in the cases of Green B. Raurn, Jr., and
other persons alleged to have been con
nected with irregular appointments to
minor positions in the pension
oflics to the United States attorney
for the District of Columbia for
whatever action is required by law. Civil
Service Commissioner Roosevelt to-day. in
speaklug of Green B. Rauin, Jr., said that
the commission was the first to briDg up
the case, and it has dona all it has the
power to do in the matter. It has called
the case to the attention of the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Attoruey General ami it was in
consequence of tals, that the Secretary of
the luterior took action.
LETS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OUT.
The Attorney General has gotten out of
the dilemma in which the appeal of the
civil service commissioners for the prosecu
tion of young Raum and his dupes put him
by referring the matter to District Attor
ney Cole, and leaving it to him
to act at his discretion. As the
district attorney is the direct subordinate
of the Attorney General he will probably
await some positive instructions before ask -
ing the grand jury to indict Raum, Smith
and Strachan lest be should find
his act disavowed by tra su
perior and himself iu danger
of removal. His failure to prosecute tbe
case of the Mahoue mcnin the departments,
who were indicted for breaking the political
assessments law, gives little promise of
vigorous action in the present case. If he
does not prosecute the Investigation of the
pension offico which will certainly be held
by the next House will bring out the
reasons. Needless to say Commissioner
Raum is still working hard to prevent tba
indictment of his son, and he still has iu
fluenc.
NO NEWS OF THE ITATA.
The Charleston Believed to Hava
Headed for Panama.
Washington, May 22.— The fact that
the Charleston has not yet reported her
arrival at Fauoma is now regarded by the
navy department as an evldenos that the
vessel did not deviate from her course
to go into Panama, but has passed
onward and southward. So no news
is expected from her until she
reaches one of the South American ports,
probably Payta, or Callao, Peru, which is
not exneoted to happen before Sunday
evening. Meanwhile there is absolutely no
news of the Itata.
THE AGREEMENT RUMOR.
Paris, May 22. —The Steels to-day re
affirms tbe truth of the reported Itata
agreement, and says that the Chilean
steamer will be taken into a United States
port, and that when she arrives there an
embargo will be placed upon her.
GUARDING ACAPULCO.
City of Mexico, May 22.— Military are
still guarding Acapulco tn fear less the
Etmeralda may try to take coal by force.
HER WAR DAYB GONE.
The Galena to be Sold to the Highest
Bidder.
Washington, May 22.— Tbe board of
survey which examined the Galena, the
vestel wrecked on Gay Head last March and
subsequoutly floated aud towed to the Ports
mouth (N. H.i navy yard, has reported to
the navy department that th* vessel cannot
be repaired witbiu ‘IQ per cent of her value,
end therefore recommend that she be sold
to tbe highest bidder.
O’Malley Arrested.
Washington, May 22.—Chief Postoflice
Inspector Hath ous has received informa
tion of the arrest of Detective Dominick
C. O'Malley at New Orleans, obarged with
opening end destroying letters addressed to
Jimmy Carroll, tb* pugilist.
Purchase* of MUver.
WaahingioE, May 32. The amount at
silver offered fur eat* to th* trsosury de
partment today wo* T£4,000 ounese, sod
tbs amount purchased JW.uOu ounces, at
POPE LEO’S ENCYCLICAL.
THE TXT OF THE LONG DOCU
MENT MADE PUBLIC.
Much Space Devoted to the Relations
of Labor and Capita’.—The Extent to
Whioh the Government Should Inter
vene Defined—Mutual Benefit Asso
ciations Indorsed.
Rome. May 22.—The full text of the
pope’s encyclioal has appeared. In hie ex
ordium the pope dilates upon the task whioh
he has set himself in defining for the guid
ance of the church its position toward
exiting social questions. His holiness refers
to the pressing importance of the matter
and the difficulty in dealing with it aris
ing from its complex charac
ter, owing to numerous concurrent
factors requiring consideration, yet he says
a solution oan be obtained by applying the
eternal principles upon whioh the teachings
of the church are always based. Now, as
ever, men’s relations to each other as indi
viduals or parts of society must have the
sauction of the old authority.
WHERE THE LAW MAY BE FOUND.
The law is stated in Deuteronomy iiL, 21.
The divine law, therefore, rejects the so
cialist solution ot social problems, which
would abolish private property .substituting
collective and oommon ownership. Pro
ceeding to oonslder the relations of the state
to individuals the pope says: “To think
that the authority of the state
ought arbitrarily to invade the
family intimacy is a great and
pernicious error. Undoubtedly it can in
tervene when the condition of the family is
too disastrous, but only to alleviate it and
to safeguard tha rights and interests of
publio power without violating the rights
of individuals. To go beyond these limits
would violate the nature of things. The
state should not destroy nor absorb paternal
power to conciliate the rights of the capi
talist and of the proletariat. We affirm
unhesitatingly that human efforts are im
potent without the concurrence of the
churoh.”
A LONG DEMONSTRATION.
A long demonstration follows, recalling
all that the church has done to better the lot
of the proletariat. The pope says: “A
capital error is to believe that the rich and
the proletariat are condemned by nature
to battle and duel without end.
One has need of the other. Cap
ital is powerless without work and
workmen are powerless without capital.
The proletariat cannot and ought not to
injure either capital or the masters, but in
order to obtain respect for their rights they
must abstain from violence. They ought
not to have recourse to recriminations, nor
to listeu to the seditious promises of agi
tators. On the other band the in as tors
ought to respect the individuality aud dig
nit,v of man and the Christian In workmen
and not abuse them inhumanly in their
work nor exploit them beyomj, their
forces.
MONEY FROM MISERY.
“Let the masters remember that the
divine aud human law forbid them to draw
profits from the misery of the poor. But,
besides religious methods, it is necessary
that there should bo co-oporatioa of human
means. The state ought to favor the pros
perity of society as much as of
individuals. It is to watch over the
purity, morals aud interior order of
families, safe-keeping religion, justice and
moderation and equitable diviaon of publio
charges, all of whioh contribute largely to
the amelioration of the conditions of the
proletariat. The larger this general pros
perity the less will workers seek recourse to
exceptional means to ameliorate their con
ditions.
EQUAL RIGHTS AS CITIZENS.
"The proletarians have the same right as
citizens as the riob, consequently they have
the right to the same interest on the part of
the state. The governments should care
fully observe their obligations in the dis
tribution of justice. Absolute equality,
however, is a chimera. Social hierarchies
are based on natural principles.
The state ought to see that
all oovenants relating to work are
conscientiously observed, and should oppose
anything that might cause popular passions.
Yielding to unhealthy exciiatlons would
provoke trouble and violence. Small wages
often give rise to strikes, disastrous not only
to workmen and their masters, but to the
general interests of commerce and public
industry. The governments ought to pre
vent an explosion of these crises.
SUNDAY REST.
“The moral dignity which is usual among
poor and rich exacts" repose from work on
certain days. The state ought to cars for
workmen and not let them become the prey
of speculators and usurers who are seeking
to abuse their wants in order to obtain ex
cessive and dishonest profits. A man’s
work should not go to such au extent that
be is forced to suocuinb under au excess of
corporal fatigue. Everybody’s physical
forces are limited and humanity forbids
that they should be exceeded. Consequent
ly, expediency is shown in certain limita
tion of working hours, which should|be in
terrupted by a period of repose, varying
according to the conditions of the time,
place, publio health and nature of the work.
THE QUESTION OF WAGES.
“The question of wages is especially deli
cate. Justice exacts that au agreed salary
should be paid. At tbe same time the agree
ments entered into by workmen ought to
be respected. Tbe state should see that
these reciprocal obligations aro executed.
Au element of the question is that the
workman ought to l.e able with his sal
ary to provide the necessities of
life. In all these questions it is
essential that the state representatives
should not intervene inconsiderately. It
will suffice to reserve examination of these
points to the judgment of associations in
order to safeguard the interests of both
employers and employed. The tutelage
and authority of tbe state ought to inter
vene only as much as the general interests
demand.
MULTIPLICITY OF INTERESTS.
“Great social advantage lies in laws which
favor multiplicity of properties. These are
tbe best means to prevent opposition be
tween extreme riebsn and extreme poverty;
but it is also neceMOTT that properties shall
not be overtaxed. The state commits an
injustice iu undue exactions from individ
uals.
“Institutions for aiding tbe poor and
tacilitating conciliation between tbe vari
ous social da**** are especially useful in
obtaining desirable results.”
MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATIONS.
Following this idea, the pope then partic
ularly mentlous associations for mutual
succor and instttuti .nsfor insurance iu oase
of accidents, sickness and daa'b and pro
tection of children and girl*. The pope at
taches particular lmpoitai.ee to working
people's associations, and says that
soeiaut corporations so useful in
the past ought to b* adapted to
present need*. These associations, is* adds,
would better answer tbs sods /or which
they wore formed, If tbsy were composed of
bou work own and their masters and thair
scimo ought to develop more and more.
THE RIGHT OF IXIMNINATION.
TU pop* then taps lists* on th*
SAVANNAH, GA.. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1891.
advantages of liberty and the
right of combinations as long as
these associations do not present any
inoonveniencea to publio lnterets, but in
suppressing associations the state ought to
take precautions not to violate the rights of
Individuals, and ought not to advance
the exense of publio Utility as a
pretext to abandon sound political
principles. Unhappily it often occurs
that these associations are male the pup
pets of wire pullers exploiting their pov
erty. It is important to create counter
associations to withdraw workmen from
these unjust oppressions.
LABOR’S FRIENDS PRAISED.
The pope greatly praises those endeavor
ing to better the condition of the proleta
riat, to establish bonds of mutual equity
between workmen and their master*, to
maintain a sentiment of reciprocal duties,
aud to combat Intemperance among work
men. Hit holiness says: “We tee with groat
satisfaction eminent men uniting and work
ing in common to advance their ideas; tha
efforts of others seeking favor by co-opera
tion with genuine workmen's associations
aud the bishops enoouraging them, and
finally rich Catholics acting as vol
unteer friends of proletarians, contributing
with money to develop these associations.
In tba pressure of the efforts of so many
generous minds we have not the right to
despair of our times Let the state protect
the right of legitimate associations
among citizens, but let it take oare
not to interfere with tha internal order of
the life of any one. The real condition of
life is that it proceed from internal
movement. F.xterior conditions ought
only to facilitate pulsations hav
ing an internal origin. There asso
ciations ought to be administered
by upright men, who iu oriels and difficul
ties may fulfill the role of equitable arbitra
tors. The conclusion from all these oom
plex questions la that universal co-opera
tion is necessary, and that everybody ought
to help willingly,under the ausploea of faith
and Christian morality.”
PORTUGAL’S NEW CABINET,
The Minister of Finance Speaks Hope
fully of the Outlook.
Lisbon, May 22.— Senhor Marianaho Car
valho, the uew minister of finance, in an
interview to-day declared that be had full
confidence in the credit of the country.
Everything, he said, would bo retrieved by
a strong government determined upon
serious economio reforms. The govern
ment, be maintained. ought to
favor the establishment of large
companies in Mozambique in order to de
velop the natural resources of that terri
tory. The payment of tha coupons of the
Portuguese rente aud railway bonds, due
July 1, is assured. The king to-day re
ceived tbo members of the new cabinet and
administered to them the oath of offioe.
The Dew cabinet has been well received
by the pros*. Ie seems probable that the
different parties In the Chamber of Deputies
will be completely reconstructed.
RUSSIA'S HEBREWS.
Tne Police of Odessa Fattening bv
Blackmailing Them.
St. Petersburg, May 92.—The law pro
hibiting the acquiring by the Jews of lease
hold property, faotories and other industrial
establishments will shortly be applied to the
whole of Russia, with the exception of the
Jewish zones.
BLACKMAILED BY THE POLICE.
Odessa, May 22. —The police here are
fattening hugely by blackmail on wealthy
Jews. Prominent Jews think the time is
not ripe to form a Jewish nation in Pales
tine, as wealthy Jews would not inveet
capital in such a hopeless enterprise.
GLADSTONE GOBS HOME.
Admirers Gather at the Railway Sta
tion to See Him Off.
London, May 22.—Mr. Gladstone has re
covered from the attack of influenza from
which he has been suffering for some time
past, and this morning be left London for
his residence at Hawarden. A large num
ber of his admirers gathered at the railway
station here to witness his departure, and
when he appeared he was warmly cheered.
Servian Liberals Aroused.
Belgrade, May 22.—The liberals are or
ganizing meetings throughout (Sorvia for
the purpose of protesting against the expul
sion of Ex-Queen Natalie They avssrt that
the mauner in whioh the expulsion was exe
cuted, was a flagrant violation of the con
stitution.
An Argentine Revolution.
Buenos Ayres, May 22.—Revolution has
broken out In the province of Cordoba. The
insurgents have cut the telegraph wires.
PHILADELPHIA'S ORASHg 4.
Eardeley Assigns Hla Property for the
Benefit of the City.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 22.—Public
interest in the sensational developments in
the affairs of the Spring Garden Bank,
Keystone Bank, the flight of the indicted
president of the latter institution, and the
resignation from office of City Treasurer
Bardsley, continues unabated to-day.
William H. Wanamaker, one of Marsh's
bondsmen, this morning offered a reward
of SI,OOO for the arrest of the fugitive,
and he has employed detectives to run him
down. An attachment was taken out this
morning against the Bradford mills, of
which City Treasurer Bardsley is owner, by
John and Janies Dobson, his sureties on his
bond. This morning Mr. Baidsley made an
assignment of all of his property for the
benefit of the city to Edward W. Hagill.
Argument was heard this morning before
Judges Finletter, Gordon and liea to com
pel Mr. Bardsley to answer a certain ques
tion asked him by the committee of the
oity councils that Is now Investigating the
city’s depositories. The decision of the
court was that Mr. Bardsley should answer
the question.
KBNTOOKf’d REPUBLIC AN 3
A Full State Ticket in the Field—Harrl
eon Indorsed.
Lexington, Ky., May 22.—The republi
can state convention closed Its labors by
nominating the following ticket: For gov
ernor, T. A. Woodof Mt. Sterling; for at
torney general, L. J. Crawford of Newport;
for treasurer. Ell Farmer of Somerset: for
superintendent of public instruction, L. V.
Dodge of Berea; /or register f the laud
office, W. J. A. Oardiu of Groeaup; for
clerk of the court of appeals, E. K. Blaine
of lAxlfigton. Tlse resolutions adopted In
dore* PrMMtent Harris M's administration
aid the ne w Kentucky constitution,and pray
* ingress for an el-ctiou law that will give
every American oltlxeu equal right* at the
I*oUa
A Custom House i termed
Iquiyu*, May 22. —Yssterday the gov.
sroineul steamer* iinpsnale, Ahniraote
Coudetl and Marjeeoti Aidue landed 3UO
men in Teited and siam-d the oustum
house. That (.earn Is how in tbs hands of
ERIN'S SEW LAND BILL.
VITAL CHANGES MADI IN THE
MEASUKB BY BALFOUR.
The Revised Measure Passes the Com
mittee Btage in the House of Com
mons—Parnell Twitted for Support
ing the Balfour Plan—The Newfound
land Bill Up Again.
(Copyrighted, 1891, by tha .Veto York Anaociated
Frew.)
London, May 22.— Hardly 20 per cent,
of the membera of the House of Commons
reappeared on the opening of the House
yesterday. Influenza, the tedium of the
land bill and discontent over the brlefnees
of the recess combined to present au array
of empty benobea. To-day tha attendance
was so meager that the whips were obliged
to gather members out of the lobbies and
even to tend to the olubs to get a sufficient
number to make a quorum. Yet the final
stage of the land bill has been the occasion
ot a momentous obauga, going to the root
of the whole matter. The waariuosa
of tha House has enabled Secretary
Balfour, after a brief debate, to
transmute the bill end vitally alter lta char
acter. In lta original form the measure
applied £30,000,000 advanced from the im
perial exchequer on Unee of the Ashbourne
act to enable tha transfer of larger hold
ing* to the advantage of the great land
lords and well-to-do farmers. Secretary
Balfour’s new clause at first proposed that
the greater part of the purchase money be
advanced on holdings uuder £3O.
EFFECT OK THE CHANGE.
Mr, Parnell estimated that tha altera
tion would enable 150,000 tenants to come
under the provisions of the bill who would
otherwise have been excluded. His calcula
tion was based upon official statistics show
ing that 92 per cent, of the whole tenantry
paid lose than 1186. Under pressure from
the Ulster members Secretary Balfour con
sented to substitute £SO as the limit. The
chaugj is of small oonsequence as the number
of tenants paying between £BO and
£SO it only 7 per cent, of the
whole. The transformed bill passed
the committee stage to-night. The
opposition presented an odd medley of Kug
lish radioals, MoUarthyltes, liberal union
ists and Ulster conservatives. The main
body ot the liberals supported the govern
ment, being aatisfled that the measure now
gives small tenants the lien’s share uf tbo
money advauced.
PARNELL TWITTED.
During the debate Messrs. Ilnaly and Sex
ton twitted Mr. Parnell for upholding the
proposals of a man whom he had hitherto
denounced as the worst enemy of Ireland.
Sneaking at a league meeting to-night
Mr. Parnell responded. He said that iu
the acceptance of tne uew clause lay
the ultimate solution of the land question
Though It was a conservative measuro aud
was given through a man who had dis
graced his tenure of offioe, it was a good
clause, aud if driven from publio life for
supporting it ho would cheerfully yield,
being convinced that it was among the
greatest services that it bad ever fallon to
nis lot to render Iroiand.
THE NEWFOUNDLAND BILL.
Consideration of the Newfoundland bill
in the House of Commons is fixed for
Thursday, in the event of the colonial
legislature requiring time to disouss their
measure, the government will delay the lm
per.al measure. The ministers appear con
fident that Newfoundland will pass a
measure in harmony with the imperial
policy.
Tne letter from Coningsby Disraeli, a
nephew of the late Lord BeaonsHeid, attrib
uting the recent conservative defeats to the
absence of an organization similar to that
of the liberals, has found a general echo
throughout the party. Mr. Disraeli accuses
thetory electoral executive of neglecting
the constituencies and failing to keep pace
with the Gladstonian tactics. The political
clubs have decided to inquire into the
charges against the executive. The
present leading wire-pullers, Lord
Abergayenuy and Capt. Middleton, will
probably be replaced by a single function
ary having supreme ooutrol over the con
servative electoral work, similar to the
power possessed by Mr. Schnadthorst over
the liberal elections. The conservatives,
however, mutt first find their Bchnadtborst.
The open discussion resulting from Mr.
Disraeli’s letter has given the liberals an
insight into the disorganization of the tory
ranks.
THE INFLUENZA.
The bleak weather is intensifying the in
fluenza epidemic. Mr. Moulton, president
of the Wesleyan conference; the Samoan
missionary. Dr. Lurner; Sir James Fergu
son, Earl Compton, Admiral Fisher, and
Sir Redvers Buffer are among those that
have been recently attacked. The staffs of
several London daily newspapers are de
pleted. Dangerous sequels of the disease
are frequent.
In the House of Commons the report
stage of the Irish land purchase biff has
been fixed for J une 1.
PARIS STORM-SWEPT.
A Huge Waterspout Tears Through
the C.ty.
Paris, May 22.—A terrific storm pasted
over this olty yesterday evening, causing
considerable damage and creating muoh
alarm. During tbe passage of the storm a
huge waterspout formed in the Chainpe
Ely sees, traversed tbe Place de la Conoorde
and bursted in the Jardin des Tuilleriee,
uprooting trees,destroying lawns and flower
beds aud washing away pathways. In addi
tion a thunderbolt fell in the Esplanade des
Invalides, but luckily there was no loss of
life. Consternation prevailed in tbe neigh
borhood most attacked by tbe storm.
NAPOLEON’S TOMB CLOSED.
France Refused to Allow an Inter
ment in Corsica.
Turin, May 22. In consequence of tbe
refusal of the French government to grant
the request of the executors of the will of
the late Prince Napoleon, tbe Italian gov
ernment has ordered the tomb in tbe church
• fI a Superga, in whioh the prinoe’e body
Use, to be closed. The executors requested
the French government to grant the
prlnoe’s last desire, which was that his body
ib mid te burled in ll** Han Gulnairee, near
Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica.
FRANCE’S TARIFF.
Th* Right or tba Government to Make
Treatiea Discussed.
Paris, Msy 32.—1n tbe debate on tbe
tsriff in tb* Chamber of Deputies to-dav
th* right of th* government to tusk# treaties
wsi discussed. Ministers Klbot aud D*
Krsycloet maintained that lbs government
has tbs right to on.elude treaties modify
lug even tb* minimum tariff with tbe assent
i,f tb* Chamber. A motion to reject tbe
first article of tba tariff bill ea useless in
view of the government's power tn ebang*
the minimum tariff was rejected by v*i# of
MMfilflX
NEITHER SLUGGER WON.
The Fight Declared a Draw After
Sixty-one Rounds.
Bam Francisco, May 22.—The Corbett-
Jackson fight last night resulted most un
satisfactorily. Referee Cook’s decision of
“no contest,” which was given at the end of
the sixty-first round, after the men had been
in the ring four hours and fifteen minutes,
was generally accepted as equivalent to a
“draw” decision. Both men were then ao
weak that It was plain to every one that
they oould not be expected to strike an
effective blow if they i ematned la the ring
tiff daylight. The first half of the fight was
the most scientific contest ever seen on the
Pacific coast, but tho last thirty rounds were
simply a walk around. After fighting two
hours honors were about evenly decided,
though if there was any advantage
it waa in Jackson's favor.
CORBETT'S RALLY.
Then Corbett rallied, and for two round*
pounded Jackson aud had him greatly dis
tressed. But the San Francisco man played
himself out in that effort. With tha excep
tion of occasional rallies, there waa nothing
don* by eithor man during tbs next two
hours. In tho last few rounds Jackson stag
gered around tb* ring, and Corbett was in
but littls better condition. Both men were
heartily oheered at the conclusion of the
fight.
In tha fiftieth round not a blow waa
struck.
It was 12:50 o’clock when the fifty-first
round waa concluded. The fight seemed to
have resolved Itself into a wearing out con
test.
In tha fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty
fourth , round* nothing was
done.
At 1:10 o’clock there were no signs of a
finish aud the spectators were protesting
loudly.
The fifty-sixth round showed no ohange.
In the fifty-suventh round the men con
tinued to walk around amid derisive oheers
from the crowd.
The fifty-eighth round was like the others
and was concluded at 1:2fl o’clock.
The fight was deolared “no contest” at the
end of the sixty-first round.
In view of Referee Cook's decision in the
Jaoksun-Corbett meeting last night that
tb* fight was “no contest,” a meeting of the
board of directors will probably be Held to
discuss the matter. All beta on the final
result of the fight are off.
A FIENDISH PRIME AVENGED.
Two Mountalnera Assault a Helpless
Woman.
Louisville, Ky., May 22. A atory of
brutal ravishing, murder and swift ven
geanoe on murderers comes from Handy
llook, a mountain town near Ashland, in
Eastern Kentucky. Near Handy Hook
Maud Fleener died recently from being
thrown by. her horse and ravished by
George and John Wilcox, brothers,
who had been her suitora.
She bad promised to marry Amos
Queen, who hud met her while sho wns
teaohiug school near Bundy Hook, and
about three weeks ago started to visit a
friend near where the hail taught. The
Wilooxna were passing along on the road she
traveled and saw her coming. They hid in
tha bushes and scared her horse. The horse
ran away and she was thrown and had her
lags broken.
CARRIED HER TO TKBIR CABIN.
The Wilcoxes picked her up unconscious,
revived her, drew strawa as to which
she should be compelled to marry,
bore her to their oabtn and
demanded that she agree to marry John, to
whose lot she faff. Bhe refused and fainted.
They tried to set her legs and ktep her a
pr Loner in tli cabin. When found by her
brother and officers site said the Wilcoxes
did it and died soon after. An examina
tion showed that she bad been chained to
the cabin wall, and had also had been out
raged. The Wilcoxes were captured and
confessed, whereupon they were shot to
death by the brother and lover. Thoy ex
plained in tiieir oonfeeslon that they
chained the girl because she had attempted
to escape. Miss Fleener waa a daughter of
a prominent citizen of Richmond, Ya., who
moved to Handy Hook some years ago and
died there. Bhe was only 21 years old, a
churoh member and a Sunday school
teacher.
THE ROPE BROKE.
Horrible Accident at a Banging—A
Mob Breaks Down the Fence.
Omaha, Neh., May 22.—A special to the
Bee from Broken Bow says: “Albert
Hav*nstein,the murderer of William Ashley
aud Hiram Koten, was banged at 1:30
o’clock this afternoon. When the
trap was sprung Havenstsln’s body
shot down six feet. There was
a snap and a groan aud the body fall to the
ground. The rpe had broken. Haven
stein, half conscious, was at otce ploked up
by the sheriff aud his deputies and brought
bock to the gallows. The rope was doubled
and the trap was again sprung. This time
bis neck was broken and death was painless.
BROKE DOWN A FKNCE.
“Fully 5,000 people had gathered from
the surrounding country, but la order to
wltuess the hanging they were obliged to
resort to mob violence. A stockade sixteen
feet high had been ereoted around
the gallows, just outside of the jail.
The crowd made a dash at the trail
structure and in a twinkling It was com
pietely torn down, exposing the gallows to
view. As soon as this was accomplished
the crowd became orderly, and Bheriff
Jones conducted the prisoner from the jail.
He was accompanied by Father Haley, his
spiritual adviser, and retained his com
posure to the last.”
BPBINQBB FOR EPBAKBR.
The Illinois Legislature Starts His
Boom With a Hurrah.
Springfield, 111., May 22.—Congress
man William M. bpringer has begun his
fight tor the speakership of the na
tional House of Representative*.
By an unanimous vote and amid
enthusiasm and cheers both branches
of the general assembly to-day adopted res.
olutions recommending for speaker Hod.
William M. Springer, and urging the Illi
nois delegation in oongre s to use every
honorable rneane to secure his election.
Brazil's Now Cabinet.
New York, May 22. —The following
cablegram has been received from Kio
Janeiro: “The reorganisation of the cabinet
Is about completed. American Brasilians*
becomes minister of the treasury aud Beoor
Arape minister of the interior. No more
changes are expected. The outlook of
financial affairs is satisfactory. Exchange
is firmer.”
Person Nutell In a Cell.
Atlanta, Ga., Ms* 81 -Parson Deis,
also known ea J. A. H. Nutall, the con
demned bigamist, who for mouths has been
kept from the pe dtenUary through the
effort* of his counsel to secure an appeal
to the supreme court, is in the Fulton
county JelL Boots day* ago Nutall was
serrsudered by hie coodMuea, who grew
nervous a* the time approached for e final
1 DAILY, §lO A YEAR, 1
J t CENTS A COPY. V
I WEEKLY, 1.15 A YEAR, f
GOLD STILL GOING OUT.
THE IFFE3T DEPRESSING IN FI
NANCIAL CIRCLES.
The Country in Good Condition to
Btand the Drain—Money Baez at
New York and the South the Only
Section Reporting Any Scarcity—
Collections Improving.
New York, Moy 32.— 1 t. Q. Dun * Co.’s
weekly review of trade says: “The con
tinued outgo of gold, in spite of the rose
colored assurances by eminent foreign
bankers, has a depressing influence. Si non
Wednesday, when the exports were a* large
as at any other time, there have lieen hopes
that the movement would cease, but further
shipment* for to-day are announced of
§2.000,000, making §7,600,000 for the week,
and dispatches state that Russia draws
§5,000,000 more from London this week. Its
purpose in this largo accumulation is not
explained and It is therefore distrusted.
This oountry oould spare many millions yet
without serious disturbance, for the treasury
now holds, In excess of oertlfloates, about
§20,000,000 more than it held when specie
payments were resumed, but the outgo has
a strong tendency to depress the markets
and prices.
STOCKS WEAK.
” “Stooks have been weak, though with a
sharp rally this forenoon, and tho produce
markets are much depressed, and the fall
iu the price* of all commodities baa been
about 2.8 per cent. In two weeks. The local
money market is fairly supplied at moderate
rate*, as other eastern and western markets
are almost without oxoeption, but at a few
southern points money is close or tight, and
much oaution in extending credits prevails.
At most plaoes trade seems healthy and
there is not more than the usual complaint
about collections, but the disgraceful dis
closures regarding some banks and officials
at Philadelphia amt the collapse of some
'fraternal orders' in that neighborhood,
iocklng up large sums invested by wage
earners, have made muoh local trouble.
EFFECT OF THE STRIKER.
“In this city tho groat struggle between
the employers and the walking delegatee in
the business trades arouses much uneasi
ness, aud similar contests at Milwaukee de
press trade, in addition to the heavy loss
sustained in the northwestern lumber region
by extensive fires. But the great strike of
the aoke workers at Contiefisvllle appears to
be about ended, and a speedy reaumption of
work by the Mahoning valley furuaoe* is
expected.
THE IRON BUSINESS WEAK.
‘ ‘The iron business is rather weakened at
Pittsburg by this prospect of an increased
supply and is vorv duff at Cleveland. but
KOiuewhat more demand is seen at New
York and Philadelphia for the various forma
of manufactured iron. Hteel rails do not
share the improvement and ore flat, nor is
structural Iron active on account of the ar
rest of the building, but there is more de
mand for plates, and bar, which tins been
sold at $1 65, now oommnnds §1 72<4. Pitts
burg notes that railroad orders are held
back waiting for crop resnlts, and while
window glass does well, flint glass has slack
business.
A RAIN WORTH MILLIONS.
"The rain of Saturday last was probably
worth some hundrwls of millions to tbe
oountry for an extensive drought seemed
near.
“Trade at Western cities is quiet but
very hopeful. At tbe south crop reports
are highly satisfactory, and trade, although
only fair,or even sluggish now, and at Mem
phis generally depressed, is expected to be
exoelieut hereafter. No material injury
had been sustained from the drought
in the region tributary to New Orleans, by
cotton, sugar or rice, but heavy rains have
dona great good. In general It may be said
that the orop outlook has rarely been
brighter than it is now, and this gives the
strongest reason for hope that any present
depression in trade will be temporor y.
“The fell tires of the week number 214.
For tbe corresponding week of last year the
figures ware 100.”
TEXAS CROPS AND THE BTOSMB.
A Signal Observer Thinks the Dam
age Has Been Overestimated.
Galvehton.Tex., May 22,—The signal
officer, Dr. T. M. Cluer, has made and ren
dered to the cotton exchange, at the re
quest of its members, a special report of the
storm of May 17 and the damage dona to
growing crops. Dr. Cluer finds that there
were three districts in the storm, accom
panied by hail. In Hopkins, Lamar and Fan
ning oountles 10,000 acres planted in cotton,
gram and fruits, were badly damaged, one
third of the cotton, two-thirds of the grain
aud one-half of the fruit crop beiDg de
stroyed. Twelve thousand acres of ootton,
wheat, oorn and oats In cultivation in Mon
tague, Clark, Denton and Greyson counties
were leveled to the ground.
The third storm made lta appearance in
western Texas, and in Parker, Wetherford,
Travis and Bestrop counties. The storm
laid waste nearly 2,000 acres, 1,000 of
which was in cotton. Dr. Cluer says in
conclusion: “It is hardly probable that
over 8,500 acres in cultivation were in any
way seriously affected by these storms.
Lets than half this was in cotton, not over
one-sixth of which will have to be replanted,
while the remainder is damaged from 10 to
20 per cent. While the forego
ing estimates of the damage are
conservative a* compared with
th* press reports, it is in my opinion
slightly greater than it will actually be
found to have been later in the season. On
account of the narrowness and irregularity
of the tracks of these storms no one farmer,
with few exceptions, has suffered to any
great extent. This will enable them to re
plant cotton, and also to plant oorn land*
where their crops have been seriously dam
aged, in ootton, thus increasing the acreage.
This will, with anything like a favorable
season, more than make up iu total ylelde
for the loss in yield per acre from late
planting.”
BfaELBYVILLB SCORCHED.
A Grocery and Three Bows of Storee
end Offices in f.ulna.
Nashville, Tenn.. Msy 23.— At Bhelby
vills yesterday R. A. Taylor’s grocery, tbs
national bank row. tbs council row and tbs
Commercial row on the west side of the
square and Bridge avenue were burned.
The loss is between #20,00 end #25,000.
The Insurance is about #15,000. The outfit
of tbs Bbalby villa Commercial was almost
totally destroyed.
Francs end Ruesie.
Berlin, May 22. —The Cologne Gaxette
sa i that previous to the czar's visit to tbe
evidbttteu at KoiCL-T. • Friboh squadron
is oxoected at Cronstadt, with 20,000 rifles
forth* Russian srmy and French oflUwrs
Gold Gold for Europe.
Sew York, May SI Tbegeld eojhMN**
