Georgia Historic Newspapers

    | THE MORNING NEWS. i
< Established 1850. Incorporated IBSB. V
( J. H. ESTILL President, )
SENT TO DINE IN IUDES.
A NYORi MI'KD IREt.’S WISH COM
PLIED WITH.
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At t’aa Last Momant Ho Was Some
wast Loss Anxious for a Hot Dinner.
The Killing of aa Italian tils Crime
Which Landed Him on the Gibbet.
Charlotte, N. C-, July 2. —The hanging
of Brabham, t!ie negro who murdered the
Italian, Mocoa, took place at 10:44 o’clook
this forenoon. A day or two ago he ex
pressed a desire that hig execution take
place about 11 o’clock, in order that he
might take dinner “in hell,” yet he changed
Ins irreverent mood this morning and had a
conversation with three clergymen, to
whom he confessed, ex pressed re
p 'Tita ;co and the hope of pardon,
i met his fate with firmness, in
• presence of about 200 person*. He
; io no remarks to the crowd himself, but
P. I*. Alston, a colored clergyman,
Brabham’s request, said that he had con*
. :>rd hl guilt of the crime for which he
"asto be hanged, aud that he wa9 also
:: lilty of the robbery which oocurred at the
',iford bouse some days before the murder.
Brabham, however, declined to betray an
associate iu the robbery, who, ho said, was
in pr sscssiou of some of the stoleu goods,
lie refused to go further in his confession.
BIDDING FAREWELL*.
He bade farewell this morning to all his
c tnraies in jail with the exoeptioa of Cald
-ieil, who had twice assisted Sheriff Smith
in defeating his attempts to escape. HJ had,
howerer, on the previous day included
( aidwell in his farewells. He ate nothing
since yesterday morning, and also deolioed
stimulants which wero offered him. He
slept well last night and see ned to have
good control of himself when he was
Irought to the soaffold. He wss the sev
enth victim who has been hanged on the
s :mo scaffold. The drop was cot and the
f .'1! was 4' l 2 feet, which did not suffice to
break bis neck. Death ouuued In eleven
minutes.
MUCH INTEREST IN THE HANGING.
The hanging caused much interest here
through the brutality of the er.me, the
threats of lynching which followed, and
the oonfliot botween whites and blacks in
the neighborhood of the jail where he was
imprisoned. The fact that he also
very recently made a desperate attack
upon Sheriff Smith with his shackles, whioh.
but for the intrepidity of that officer and
the interference of Caldwell, a prisoner in
the jail for gambling, would have proved
successful, aided to public interest in the
affair. There was no race feeliug, however,
the justice of the sentence being acknowl
edged and quite a number of the Witnesses
being negroes.
TICKETS EAGERLY SOUGHT.
A novel feature of the occasion was that
the ti rkets of admission to the jail issued bv
the sheriff w-re eagerly sought, being
peddled around at from 50 cents to $5
eaoh. The crime for which Brabham
was executed was committed last April.
He entered the small store of an Italian
named Mocca, where, calling for a glass of
cider, be drew out a oar ooupling pin con
cealed under bis coat and dealt a death
blow while Mecca’s back was turned in
drawing the cider. This occurred at 11
o’clock at night, and Brabham to-day said
lie bad the pin concealed under his coat
from 4 o’clock on the previous afternoon
awaiting his opportunity.
DIXIE'S COMING MONUMENT.
The Committee to R iise the Money
Feel Much Encouraged-
Nashville, Tens., July 2.—Capt. W.
Childress, chairman of the committee from
I he Southern Press Association to collect a
fund for and at tea and to the details of the erec
tion of a monument to the memory of
2eifor.on Davis, is just tack from a meet
ing of the committee at Atlanta. Ho says
that the committee feel much encouraged
at the progress of affairs. About 120,000
have already been raised, but I efore actual
work is commenced ou the monument they
expect to raiße $50,000. Active measures
will be taken at onee in soliciting the fund.
It was decided to select a general agent to
iook after the collection whose name will bo
announced in a few days. The commit
tee determined to request President 8.
Crews of the Southern Press Association to
esll a meeting of the association at Nosh
'd o not later than Ootober. At this raeet
h r the committee hopes to report $50,000
raised, which will insure the erection of a
a nument, to submit plans and specifica
tions, and to receive full instructions.
SICK AT QUAP.ANTINE.
Dr. Goreavelt Dying and the Surgson
ia Charge 111.
New Orleans, La., July 2.—A special
from Pay St. Louis says that the latest
from the United States quarantine station
1 f Chandeleur Island ss of Monday’s date,
une 29. Dr. Qorenvelt was alive yet,
hut no hope of his recovery was
entertained. Dr. Carter, the surgeon in
charge, had been taken ill, and at
once telegraphed to Washington ftir a
geon. It ia expected that the surgeon
u'ueral will make a detail to-day of a
tu lie and naan. The steward is in charge of
wfairs witli Doctors Carter and Gorenvelt
Ltd up. While it is not stated that Dr.
: - rter has yellow fever it is understood
teat ho had never had that disease.
LYNCHERS ON HIS TRAIL.
A I rother Killed by a Man He Drove
From Bis Sister's Room.
Keokuk, la., July 3.— Albert Parnitzke
shot and killed James Warner near Utica,
la., lust night. Parnitzke entered the room
°f H urner’s sister aud made an Indecent
proposal. The girl refused to submit to
hun, and he shot her, the bullet entering
her cheek, when Warner drove him from
tie house. Parnitzke then secured u rifle
and Rhot Warner, the latter dying instantly.
Lynching parties are scouring the country
in search of the murder.
A STRIKE AT DUQUK3NE.
O rnegie's Men Demand Recognition
°f the Amalgamated Association.
ittsburo, Pa., July 2. —This evening
1 men walked out of the Allegheny besse-
H: ‘ steel mills of Carnegie Bros.
'°. at Duquesne. There was no ques
lni , of wages in the strike, the
on Bimply demanding that the Amalga
mated Association be recognized. The firm
e ussd to sign the scale Tuesday, and
' a.oil that the mill wo .. - I always will
n , run independent of uiization.
To -raph I-o „ own.
New O:; ans, July 3. — A number of
tel-. gr .p p jug erected by the Postal Tele
f “. o '*'ia[iy, ou South Rampart. De
Lord ami iSt. Joseph streets, were cut down
this afternoon by order of Mayor Shake
speare. Ihe mayor’s action was taken in
response to a resolution adopted by the city
council on Tuetday,
The morning news.
CAPT. A. A. WINN’S DEATH.
A Sudden Attack of Hemorrhage
Carries Him Off.
Guyton, Ga., July 2.—Capt. A. A. Winn
died suddenly at 11:8Q o’clock to-night of
pulmonary hemorrhage.
Capt. Winn represented the Morning
News at the alliance barbeoue at Spring
field to-day, returning hers to-night, and
wiring in his report of the day'* rally. Now,
a few hours later, he is a corpse. Capt.
Winn was a gallant ex-confederate, and
was popular in a very wide circle of ac
quaintances.
The arrangements for his funeral have,
of course, not ban made yet.
KING IN THE JURY’4 HAND3.
The Jurors Sent Out Late in the
Afternoon and Not in Yet.
Memphis, Tknjl, July 2. —The jury hav
ing in their hands the fate of Col. H. City
King, charged with the murder of David H.
Poston, in this city in March last, is locked
up In an ante-roora of the criminal oourt,
where they were sent by Judge Dubose at
4:30 o’clock this afternoon. The oourt has
been adjourned until next Monday morning
at 8:30 o'clock, but will, of course, In the
event of a verdict being reached, be
at onoe convened. The proceedings of the
last day of the celebrated trial brought out
a tremendous crowd. Every available inch
in the court room was occupied, and the pas
sages leading to the two entrances to"the
court wore jammed by a perspiring mass of
humanity. More ladies were present to-day
than at any time siaoe the trial began.
king’s demeanor.
The defendant, as has been his wont, oo
oupied bis usual seat in a rooxer, using his
fan very vigorously and maintaining an
apparently iiidiffnrent air. The time of
the oourt until 3:30 o’clock was taken up
by Attorney General Petero in the closing
argument for the state. He grouped his
facts oarefully, analyzed efrery part of tbe
evidence and ieft no point Untouched, the
jury giving him olose attention. Tne charge
of Judge Dubose, whioh occupied one hour,
was concluded at 4:30 o’clook, at whioh
time the Jury retired.
A SCHEME TO HIDE A MURDER.
The Wife of One of the Murderers Sur
renders Voluntarily.
Nashville, TENN.,JuIy 2.— A dispatoh
from Montgomery, Ala., says: "On Mon
day Judy Bibb, a colored woman, came
from her home, fourteeu nulss from the
city, and surrendered to the sheriff, saying
that Saturday night a man named Asa
Stark came to her house and attempted an
assault upon her. In defending herself she
used au ax, striking her assailant several
blows, splitting his skull and killing him
instantly. To-day an offioer from the
locality in which Stark was
killed, brought Joseph Bibb, Judy’s
husband and Ben Murrell to jail on a
charge of having committed murder. It is
stated that proof has developed ti show a
conspiracy between the two men and woman
to murder Htark and then the woman to
surrender herself, toll £he story of the at
tempted ag'ault to clear herself and at the
same time shield the real perpetrators of the
crime.”
BHORTAG3 OF T3i SHERIFF.
Total of the Defalcation at Least
$56,000.
St. Louis, July 2. —A dispatoh from Ar
kansas City, Ark., says: “Thedevelopments
fully oontirm tbe report of the defalcation
of Sheriff Warfield. Yesterday afternoon
his family packed all their effects aud left
on the Kate Adams for Memphis. The
actual shortage will be iu tbe neighborhood
of $25,000, made up of state
tax, syhool tax and levee tax. It will be a
total loss to his bondsmen. In addition to
this, advioss from Little Kook say he is
short $30,000 op his settlement of last year.
It is stated that Warfield has lest heavily in
cotton futures during the past few months.
People here are very bitter against him,
and every effort will be made to capture
him."
LITTLE SHO'.T OF MURDER.
Boys w ; th Guns Cause the Death of a
Pair of Lovers.
Nashville. Tbnn., July 3.— John Smith,
a prominent farmer, living near Franklin,
Ky., was returning from town in a buggy
yesterday accompanied by Miss Mary Daw
sou, and on passing u pond by the roadside
where some boys were shooting frogs his
horse became frightened. He requested
the boys not to shoot until he got
his horse by the potid, but they
heeded not his request and began shooting
again, frightening his horse so much that it
ran (tuny, turuiug the buggy over and
throwing the occupants out. Smith's ueck
was broken and he dud instantly. Miss
Dawson was not killed outright, but was
fatally injured. Smith and the young lady
wero to have beau married next week.
A CYCLONE IN IOWA.
Great Damage Reported to Buildings
and Crops at Gray.
Boone, lA.,July 2.—Dispatches received
here report a cyclone at Gray, Audubon
county, yesterday evening. A large num
ber of houses in the track of the storm were
destroyed and a number of people were
iujured. One man is reuorted killed.
At Halbur there was a heavy storm of
hail, doing much damage to crops of all
kinds.
Audubon also reports a heavy hailstorm,
with hailstones as large as hens’ eggs. The
storm lasted twenty miuutes ami greatly
damaged crops. Great Arcadia and West
side also report great damage.
MISTAKEN FOB A CONVICT.
A Louisiana Man Shoots one of His
Closest Friends.
Port Gibson, La., July 2.—J. Oscar Mc-
Coe, residing six miles from town,
was shot and instantly killed last
night by Robert Thetford. Thetford
mistook him for an escaped
conviotand halted him. McCoe failed to
halt, whereupon Thetford fired, with the
above result. The affair is deeply deplored.
Both parties stand well, and were close
friends and neighbors.
Locomotive Works to Close.
Paterson, N. J., July 2. The large
Cooke locomotive works of this city, em
ploying 1,000 mon, will close down in a few
days, owing to dullnets in the business.
X arly ail of the bauds will be discharged
to-morrow night.
Five Per Cents Bring Par.
TaNOGGs. i'KvN., July 2.— Two
<i aud fifty i. c nand dollars iu thirty
. . i per cent. >:re,>t and sewer bonds
were sold at par this afternoon to T. G.
Montague, representing a syndicate.
Cherboa Among Cottle.
Port Gibson, La, July 2.—Cbarbon has
made its apnearauce hero and is doing much
harm to cattle.
BARDSLEY’S LONG TERM.
FIFTEEN YEARS IN SOLITARY CON
FINEMENT HIS FATS.
But Few People in Court Owing to
the Fact That It Was Not Known
That He Was to be Sentenced—Ble
Brother in-Law the Only One of His
Former Friends Present.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 2.— Ex-City
Treasurer John Bardsley was sentenced this
morning by Judge Wilson to 15 years’
solitary confinement in the Eastern peniten
tiary and to pay a flue equal to the sum
which he pleaded guilty to misappropriat
ing.
Tbe fact that Bardsley would come up
for sentence to-day was not generally
known, so that when District Attorney
Graham arose to address the court aud ask
that sentence be passed upon the prisoner
there were not more than fifty people in the
court room.
THE district attorney’s speech.
The district attorney spoke but briefly,
but in Hie course of his address he denied
Bardsley’s contention, made In his
statement to the oourt a week ago,
that the ex-treasurer had not mis
appropriated a dollar. Mr. Graham
showed that by Bardsley’s own
statement he must have at least
misappropriated $320,000, ai that amount
was required to be made good by his sure
ties, according to their boud, to tbe state
and city. Mr. Graham practically ad
mitted that Bardsley’s declaration that he
placed $915 ,UOO in the Keystone bank, tak
ing due bills for the money, was true, aud
that the money was deposited in tne bank.
PLEA OF BARDBI.EY’B COUNSEL.
Mr. Alexander, counsel for Bardsley. re
viewed the statements made by his olieut
and appealed to the court for mercy on the
ground of Bardslev’s plea of guilty and his
past services to the city. Mr. Aiexauder
said that Bardsley did not get a dollar of
the money he put into the Keystone Bank,
and that within six months it would
be shown who did. Mr. Alexander vehe
mently declared that his client has not
stolen a dollar, but that he had only pleaded
guilty to statutory offenses of loaning,
speculating with aud receiving interest on
public funds.
WON’T APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCILS.
Never with bis consent, said Mr, Alexan
der, should Bardsloy appear before the in
vestigating committee of the councils to tes
tify, tnit if at any time the district attorney
desired any information or his assistance
his client was illing to aid him. With tho
exception of his brother-in-law, not one of
the hundreds of friebds that Bardsley
had a year ago wore present when
he arose to receive the sentence of tbe
court. The sentenoe of Judge Wilson was
that Bardsley undergo fifteen years’ soli
tary confinement in tho eastern peniten
tiary, and that he pay a fine in a sum equal
to the amount of his embezzlement arising
from the transactions to which he had
pleaded guilty.
THE AMOUNT OF THE FfNE.
District Attorney Graham places deficit
at $1)53,835 38, which is SBB,OOO more than
Bardsley admitted in his own statement.
This arnouut wiil be reduced by payments
to be made by his sureties, so the qmountof
tbe fine will not be determined until after
the examination of the aocounts shall be
finished. Bardsley returned to Moyameneing
this afternoon and it Is expected
that he will be takon to tho eastern peni
tentiary to-morrow, where be will be shaved
of his beard and be given a striped suit, and
thereafter be known by number. Judge
Wilson was seen after passing sentence upon
Bardsley relative to the amount of the fine,
and 6aid that It would bo about $237,530.
BLAINE’S CONDITION.
No Reason Wtiy He Bhould Not Be
Well by the Autumn.
Bar Harbor, Me., July 2.—Secretary
Blaine, although not feeling so well to-day
as yesterday, perhaps, from over-exertion,
was teen walking on Main street to-day,
aud took his acoustomed rids from 11:30
o’clook until 1:30 o’clock. He Is by no
means a well mau, bit there is no reason
why he should not be well and strong by
the autumn. Mauy false rumors arise from
the fact that tho publlo did not know how
sick he was in New York. Since bis sick
ness there he has steadily improve!. Any
drawbacks have been for not more than
a day or two iu duration. His
physician here is Dr. Taylor, a
specialist in nervous diseases, who was re
ooinmeuded to Secretary Blaine by his
daughter, Mrs. Emmons Blaine. Dr. Tavlor
says his patient eats well, sleeps well,'has
no organic disorder ana is rapidly recover
ing his usual health.
TAKES BIT LITTLE MEDICINE.
He takes no medicine whatever, except
occasionally simple romsiies to regulate
his digestion. He has had no trace of the
paralytic affection from which he suffered
three years ago. The principal benefit his
physician can render is to encourage a:.d
tell him what to do. Sooretary Blaiue gets
despondeut with himself. The sickness iu
New York was the result of overwork
combined with la grippe. Notwithstand
ing the statements of his phvsioian and
streauom denials of the members of his
family, many people here believe Secretary
Blaine to be broken down and that he will
never again engage in active life, yet it is
evident to every one that he has improved
since his arrival here.
A PASTOR’S RETIREMENT.
Commemorative Services in Honor of
the Event.
Norfolk, Va., July 2.— Commemorative
services were held in the First Presby
terian church of this city to-night in honor
of Rev. George D. Armstrong, D. D.. who
has retired after a pastorate of forty years.
Tbe services were participated in by the
ministers of all of tbe Protestant churehes iu
this city and of Portsmouth, and many dis
tinguished clergymen from el-ewhere. The
chief address was made by Rev. Dr. Moses
D. Hogeof Richmond. An eloquent and
touching response wus made by the venera
ble Dr. Armstrong. Short addresses wore
also made by others.
At the concluß.ouof the service Dr. Arm
strong was given a purse of #1,150 in gold
and his wife a handsome silver soup tureen
and ladle from the congregation of the
church.
WALLACE STAYS IN.
The Government Can Neither Ap
point Nor nemove a Supervisor.
Charleston, 8. C., July 2.—An interest
ing case involving the right of the gov
ernor to remove the supervisor of -egistra
tion was decided in tha court of common
pleas to day. Judge Wallace holds that
the governor can neither appoint nor remove
a supervisor without the consent or advice
of the Seuate. Mr. Cantwell, the supervisor,
had been removed on the gr und of holding
unconstitutionally two offices at one time,
viz.: clerk of the county commissioners and
supervisor of regulation. Judge Wallace
decides that the two offices aro not incom
patible or unconstitutional.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, JULY' 3, 1891.
STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER.
A Cash Balance of $163,893,809
Claimed in tbe Now Statement.
Washington, July 2.— The treasurer
issued his statement of assets and liabilities
this morning under the new form adopted
by the department. Tbe total assets are
stated at $205,148,308; and tha total liabili
ties at $51,249,490, leaving a cash balance of
$153,593,599. The total assets aro made up
of the fallowing items: Net gold, $117,0074
772; net silver, $17,304,509; treasury notes
on hand, $9,705,238; net United States
notes, $1,001,744; trade dollar bullion,
$843,208; fractional silver and minor coin.
$19,982,008; national bank n tos, $5,655,174,
and deposits with national banks,
$28,358,699. A Statement prepared at the
treasury department shows that there was
a net decrease of $4,120,954 in the circula
tion during tha month of June, and a net
decrease of $T,030.504 iu the money
aad bullion in tbe treasury during
the same time. The decrease in
the circulation was made up as follows:
Standard silver dollars $9,185,669, gold cer
tificates $1,283,040, silver oertifloates
$3,in,230, national bank notes $1,775,169,
against which ware increases as follows:
Gold coin $1,441,945, subsidiary silver
$437,698, treasury notes $2,350,885, United
Statei notes $10,526. The decrease in the
treasury holdings was made up of the fol
lowing! items: Hold ooin $17,479,452, sub
sidiary silver $407,187, United States notes
$10,626, trade dollar bullioa $112,934.
Tuere was an Increase in the following
items: Standard silver dollars *4,971,779,
treasury notes #3,200.185, national bank
notes $485,684, gold bullion $0uG,072, silver
bullion #2,669,875.
TWO PER 03NT. 80.ND3.
The Cabinet Decides to Extend the 444
Per Cent. Bonds.
Washington, July 2.—At tho cabinet
meeting to-day it was decided to extend the
4)4 per cent, bonds at 2 per cent.
Carrying out the decision reached at tha
cabinet meeting to-day, a circular wag is
sued from the treasury department this
afternoon announcing that, “m pursuance
of the reservation contained iu the circular
of June 2, 1891, whereby the bonds of
the 4)4 per cent, lean were
called for redemption on aud
after Sept. 2, 1891, public notice is hereby
given that any of the bonds of said loan
may be presented at this office on or before
Sept. 2 next for continuance during the
pleasure of the government, with in
terest at the rote of 2 per oent. per
annum, in lieu of their payment at tbe date
above specified. The department will pay
no expense of transportation on bonds re
ceived under the provisions of tills circular,
bt bonds returned will be seat by prepaid
registered mail unless tbe owners otherwise
direct.”
CHILE’S OIVIL WAR.
Victories Claimed by the Revolution
ists—The Coupons.
Washington, July 2.—Mr. Montt, the
Cblleaa congressional envoy here,-to-day
i pselvod a dispatoh from Senor Errazuriz,
minister of foreign affairs at Iquique,
stating that the congressional army has oc
cupied Huasca and that the army of Bal
maceda has fled.
chile’s coupons.
Paris, July 2.—Th o Chilean legation
states that the amoitnts necessary to meet
the coupons due yesterday and the sinking
funds of the loans of 1885. 1886, 1887 and
1889 were paid by the government partly to
a city bank on June 1, partly
to the London bouse of Rothschilds
as far back as April 8, and
partly to the Deutsche Bank iu Berliu.
The assertion that the Congressional party
provided these funds is unfounded and de
signed to load the public to believe that
they are defraying Chile’s foreign obliga
tions. President Balmaceda cables an ab
solute denial of the statement that prisoners
and women have been tortured.
LANGSTON FOR JUDGE.
A Colored Deleg ition from Virginia
Urges His Clftims.
Washington, July 2. —A delegation of
twelve oolorad man representing the Vir
ginia Republican Association of Washing
ton, called on the President this morning in
hehalf of John M. Langston as a candidate
for tho position of circuit c )urt judge of
Virginia. They presented a rn mori*l which
the President took under cous deration. Ho
told them that in oaso Langston should be
apjwinted his selection would rest upon his
fitness and not his oolor.
New Postmasters.
Washington, July 2.—Tho President has
appointed the following name i postmasters
at offices which were recently raised to the
presidential grade: Mitchell.G. Hall at Cor
date, Ga.; Miss Ella N. Henry at Elberton,
Ga.; W. C. Shaw at Harridan, Tenn.;
J. P. Edmondson at Marvrllle, Tenn.;
Ezkiel Gilbert at Buena Vista, Va.
. Commissioner of Patents.
Washington, July 3.—The President has
appointed William E. Simonds of Connecti
cut to be commissioner of patents, vice
Charles E. Mitchell, resigned.
PITTSBURG'S CARPENTERS.
The Strikers Bring About Two Results
Not Counted On.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 2.—The carpenters
who will go to work after July 4, at their
employers’ terms, havo dope two things
they did not count on during their nine
weeks strike. They have forced a score of
smaller contractors to the wall, who have
fallen into the power of the master build
ers, who advanced thorn money,
thus making the builders’ association
more of a monopoly than ever.
Another unexpeoed effect of the
failure of tbe widely advertised eight-hour
movement is the black oye received by the
federation of labor. That order will lose
several thousand members from this dis
trict owing to its non-fulfillment of its
promise to provide aid for the strikers.
This is also true of the great coke strike,
and both fell through from the tamo cause,
poverty. Disorder aud wrangling exist in
the building trades aud complete re-organi
zation will likely occur.
RAILWAY EMPLOYES.
Action of the Supreme Council of the
Federation.
Terre Haute, Ind., July 3, —The
Supreme Council of the Federation of Rail
way Employee adjourned lost evening.
Grandmaster Sargent, of the firemen, was
re-elected president of the counoil, and
John A. Hall, secretary of the Switch
men’s Mutual Aid Association, was
elected secretary and treasurer,
to succeed Mr. Sheehan of the Brotherhood
of Trainmen, whose order was expelled
from the federation. The council now
consists of nine members, three from eaoh
of these orders: Firemen’s Brotherhood
and the conductors’ and switchmen’s broth
erhoods. Bef re adjourning some minor
changes were made iu the constitution.
HIGH WINDS IN GERM ANY
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AND GREAT
damage to property.
Terrible Destruction Throughout tho
Lower Rhine District Crefeld a
Heavy Buft'erer—Forty Houses De
stroyed at Auratb and One Man
Killed—A Fund for the Homeless.
Berlin, July 2. —A terrible storm of
thunder, hail aud rain passed over a large
part of Germany lost night, causing im
mense damage to property and loss of life iu
the villages of Snchtellon, near Dusseldorf
and Slttard iu the (..’retain distriot, and also
near Duddeldorf. Many houses were com
pletely wrecked and the inmates buried in
the ruins. 3 hlrtesn bodies have already
been recovered. Army pioneers have been
sent to aid tu the work of rescue. It is ye
too soon to form any estimate of the total
number of lives lost.
A CYCLONE AT BRUNSWICK.
At Brunswick the storm assumed the pro
portions of a cyclone, aud the inhabitants
reported last night as being one of the most
terrible in their experience. This morning
the streets era filled with wreckage;
houses were demolished aad others badly
damaged, while many thoroughfares are
turned into midiaturo rivers. The churohes
suffered severely. None were destroyed,
but ail were more or less damaged.
At Sanet Ruperchert, near Gretz, Styrfa,
a waterspout carried away two houses and
drowned nine occupants. Every hour addi
to the story of the disaster.
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION.
The tornado caused terrible destruction
throughout tha lower Rhine district. The
Rifelemen’s hall at Crefeld was lifted from
its foundation and carried clenrti away. A
circus was blown over and pavilions were
damaged and their contents Shattered.
Several attaches sustained injuries.
Tho effects of the storm w ere still worse
in tbe neighborhood of Buechtelln, on the
rods to \ iernouz and Slttard. Houses
were overthrown, trees were uprooted, and
many cattle were killed. Much damage
was done to chimneys and roofs. The total
damage is estimated at $250,000.
FLIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.
The inhabitants who took shelter in base
ments or in the open air escaped without
slight injuries, as did the workmen buried
in kilns.
At the village of Aurath soarcely a bouse
was spared forty being destroyed aud a man
being killed. Tho damage there is estimated
at sl/6,000. A fund has beep started for
the relief of the homeless. Volunteers are
searching the debris for possible victims.
TOUR OF THE KAISER
Amsterdam Treating Her Royal Guest
to a Beries of Fetes.
London, July 3.—The police authorities
of this city have warned the German and
French socialists and anarchists resident
here that it they attempt any hostile mani
festation upon the occasion of tho visit of
the Emperor of Germany to England it
may be well for them to kuow that tho
police are taking tbe strictest precautions,
and making elaborate preparations
to check auy Mich socialist or
anarchist movement. The sermon of Dr.
Joseph Parker, delivered in tbs City Temple
Sunday, denouncing tbe emperor’s proposed
Sunday visit to the naval exhibition, in
whioh Dr. Parker said, "surdly oven the
emperor cannot want to spend all the six
days of tbe week in playing baccarat,” has
provoked a number of indignant letters of
protest, whioh have been published in va
rious papers.
The programme for Empornr 4\ illiam’s
visit has again been altered. The Prince of
Wales will meet the emperor at Port Victo
ria. It Is reported that the emperor will
receive Prince Victor Napoleon while hers.
BTILL AT AMSTERDAM.
Amsterdam, July 2. —The emperor to
day received the German residents of this
city at the palace and thou visited tbe
orphan asylum and town hull. After this
inspection the emperor and bis party em
barked in boatson the canal and witnessed
the nquatlo fete which had beau organized
in bis honor on the Arnstpl. The river
banks wore densely packed with people, and
it mav be sai'l that Amsterdam and its
neighfiorhood ore en fete in the fullest sense
of the word.
A DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
At 9 o’olock this evening, from Vessels in
the river, their majesties witnessed the
finest display of fireworks ever seeu in
Holland. The fete was provided by the
municipal authorities. There were numerous
elaborate set pieces, illustrating historical
events, tbs chief being the battle of Admlra 1
de Ruyter with the British fleet in 1666, and
a portrait of Emperor William. Thousands
of Chinese lanterns were displayed on the
vessels in the harbor, and the whole city
was illuminated, presenting a memorable
sight. Tho display was witnessed by a
dense and enthusiastic crowd of citizens.
DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
Famine, Beat and a Strange Disease
Plaguing the People.
St. Petersburg, July 2.— The Russian
government is buying oom intended for ex
port, and will distribute it among the starv
ing people in the provinces where distress
prevails.
Excessive heat in tho south of Russia is
oausing many deaths.
A curious disease disabling arms ond legs
of its viotims lias appeared in the village of
Klutchenchioh iu Nashi Novogorod.
LOSSES OF THE POPE.
The Papal Nuncios to Invite Contri
butions to Make Them Good.
Rome, July 3, —The Vatican authorities
have requested tho papal nuncios at for
eign courts to invite contributions to
compensate for the speculative losses in the
Peter’s pence fund- The pope has decreed
an extension of the marriage tax for all
Oatholio states. This decree specially
affects Spain and Portugal, whioh have
hitherto been exempt from the tax.
Parneh and the Priests
Dublin, July 2.—The Irish Roman
Cathclio bishops, at a meeting held hare
yesterday, re-affirmed their former declara
tion that Mr, Parnell is unfit to be leader of
the Irisa people, that h® i* unworthy of the
confidence of Roman Catholics, aud calling
upon lritbmen to repudiate him.
Parliament's End Near.
London. July 2.—William Heurv Smith,
first lord of the treasury, In the House of
Commons to-day announced that it was tbe
intention of the government to finish tho
preseut session of parliament at the end of
the month.
Villages Wipd Out by a Waterspout.
Vienna, July 2.—A waterspout In the
vicinity of Murau, Styria, to-day destroyed
two villages and caused a loss of twelve
lives.
The Irish Land BilL
London, July a—The Irish land bill
passed the committee stage in tbe House of
Lords this evening.
DOLGEOROUKOFF EEAD.
His High Life at Moscow and Heavy
Debts to tbe Jews.
Paris, July B.—Prince Dolgeoroukoff, re
cently governor of Moscow, died in tbts
cltv yesterday evening. Prinoe Rolgeorou
koff was until recently tho czar’s intimate
and confidential friend and represented the
czar with pomp and pageantry,giving brill
iant halls and dinners, which, as it was
said, would have required the
purse of fortunes to keep up
for any longth of time. Ho'oow had al
ways oeon known ns a city where the Jews
we-e better treated than in any other of the
large cities of the Russian empire, and to
the Jews, it has been announced. Prince
Dolegcoroukoff turned for financial aid, and
the Jews, in return for the kind treatment
fhoy reooived, ooured many roubles Into
tho coffers of Prince Dolgeoroukoff.
OVERLOADED WITH DEBT.
To these free gifts from the Jews loans
succeeded iu due course of time, and it
transpired in February last that the
vioe regal court of Moscow,
prodded over by Prince Dolgeoroukoff, was
overwhelmed with debts to the wealthy
Jews of Moscow and etaswhere. Affairs
seemed to reach a climax when, owing pot
sibly.to his lenlanoy, due to the fact Diet he
owed the Jews o much mouoy, that Prince
Dolgeoroukoff, Instead of eiercifing the se
venty against the Jews, allowed them to
construct a bath near the Cathedral of
Moecow. The czar’s indignation at thin
action upon the part of tiiu confidential
frieud, tbe governor of Moaoow,
is said to have been boundless,
and the prinoe’s enemies are said not to
have been slow in taking advantage of the
czar's ohange of feeling toward tire prinoe.
Borne time later explanation* were de
manded of Prince Dolgeoroukoff. These
explanations do not seem to have satistled
the ozc.r, for shortly afterward the prince
was relieved of his duties as governor of
Moscow, and the Grand Duke Berglus, a
brother of the czar, was appointed governor
of Moscow in plaoo of the disgraoed prinoe.
The latter seems to have left Russia some
time later, and to have died praotically in
exile in Paris, as announoed to day.
LtBEiTY-LOVING BOERS.
An Attempt to Invade Masbonaland
Repulsed.
Cape Tows, July 2.—Abodyof armed
Beers, composed of about 100 men and their
families, crossed the Limpopo yesterday,
thus raiding Mushonaland and taking the
first steps toward founding a republic of
the north. These uien were pioneers of
the “ Big trek,” which has been so
long talked of, and to prevent which
President Kruger promised to use bis
utmost endeavors when he was informed
that the British government would oorislder
any such invasion as an not of hostility
against the queen. The pioneers were no
sooner in Mashonalaud than they were met
by police and troops in the employ of the
British South African Company, who drove
the Boers hack and arrested their leaders.
FIRE ON TBE RICHMOND.
The Board cf Trade Surveyor Unable
to Learn Its Origin.
Liverpool, July 3.—The board of trade
surveyor, in his report on the fire In the
hold of tho steamer City of Richmond, says
he discovered nothing to show tho origin of
the lire. He Is rf tbe opinion that but
for the iron deck over the cotton
aud tho steam injectors tbe
vessel would certainly have been
losf. He draws attention to the fact that
small oritices likely fanned the latent fire,
and urges sbrunulous care in stopping even
the smallest where ootton Is concerned, and
points to the (longer of carrying cotton un
der passenger spaces.
LOST IN VESUVIUS.
A Brazil an Overcome by tho Sulphu
rous Fumts Falla Into the Orator.
Rome, July 2.— Two Brazilian travelers
yesterday, in spite of warning of its danger,
ascended to the mouth of the crater of
Vesuvius, aooompanled by a guide. They
were watohed through a glass, and were
seen to become envoi ved in a oloud of
sulphurous smoke. One toppled into the
crater and was loet. The other was dragged
out of danger bv bis guide and saved.
The victim was Dr. Silva Jsnrndine. He
was a highly esteemed journalist of Rio
Janeiro. He fell 170 feot sheer into the
glowing lava. He left a wife and family
in Paris.
WISSMANN’S LOTTERY.
The Emperor Overruled the Adverse
Action of the Minister
Berlin, July 2.—Tbe Denteohe Wochen
blatt says that Herr Arendt, conservative,
assorts that the oouuiel of ministers re
jected the Wissmann lottery project, but
were overruled by the pressure of the em
peror as president. Tho Wochenblatt adds
that It is soaroely an opportune moment to
issue a state lottery, which, moreover, is
intended to be an annual institution, when
parliament has just abolished private lot
teries.
ITALY AND THE FAIR.
An Exhibit Can Be Secured if the Man
ngera Try.
Rome, July 2.—Tbe report that the
chamber of commerce of Home hod de
clared itself against Italy’s participation in
the Chicago exhibition is absolutely without
foundatioo. On tbe contrary, there is the
best of feeling among those who would nat
urally care to exhibit. It is, however, true
that, by reason of the seemingly entire lack
of interest on the part of the exhibition au
thorities, the people of Italy are fast losing
their desire to exhibit.
PORTUGAL’S PANIC:.
Gold and Silver at a, Heavy Premium
—Government Plans-
Lisbon, July a.— The monetvy crisis
continues. The premium on pound sterling
Is 800 reis and on silver money 2 per cent.
Finance Minister Carvalho proposes to
authorize the bank of Portugal to issue
notes of 500 and 1,000 reis on condition that
the iisue have a limited period of circula
tion and that the bank withdraw the larger
notes and be allowed the privilege of refus
ing to change notes for ooln for three
months.
ROYALTY’S RIGHTS.
The Pall Mall Gazette After the Duke
of Cambridge.
London, July 2.—The Pall Mall Gazette
this afternoon urges some member of par
liament to question the government in the
House of Commons iu regard to the
action of the Duke of Cambridge in
disregarding the park regulations by smok
ing in Kew gardens in spite of the remon
strances of the keepers, and also as to bis
conduct in driving through the gardens in
spite of the keepers’ remonstrances.
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PANAMA CANAL SCANDAL.
A B!Q SENSATION MAY COMB
FROM THE INVESTIGATION.
The Leading French Financial Paper
Declares the Panama Affair the
Greatest F.nanclal Scandal of the
Cntury-A Charge That Subscrip
tions Were Secured on False Repra
ee itations.
Paris, July 2.—The inquiry into the mal
adminiscrati on of the Panama Canal Com
pany, which is now progressing, will
probably be of tho most protractod and
comprehensive character, if it is really
meant to take it th’ ough. The Lessepe ohqua
is not now the mighty power it war, but It
has still a wide inlluenco iu high political
quarters and throughout the press. Of course
Count de Lessops declare* that be oourt*
tho inquiry and only fours that
it may be pronounced needles*.
He will probably get more than
he or his colleagues may desiro. Freuoh
publicists, who nave from tbe inception of
the canal criticiied it as a ruinous enter
prise, have taken up the cause of Courtt de
Leseops’ dupe* once tuore and, under tbe
lead of Leroy Beaulieu, aro trying to bring
about genuine and exhaustive investigation.
AN INFLUENTIAL DENUNCIATION.
The soundest and most reputable financial
organ in Prance, tbe Economists Fran
ciiise, has denounced the Panama affair os
"the greatest financial scandal of the nlne
teentn century,' uud demands trial of Che
persons responsible for the acsorption of
1,800, 000,000 fraucs, snatched from
the savings of small capitalists,
many of whom have beau ruined,
and number* of whom are dead through
demalr. No inquiry, it is declared, Will be
satisfactory unless it goes back of tbe firs#
attempt at raising capital in 1879, whtob,
ending in failure, woe followed by a second
attempt in 1881, wheu subscriptions were
got on an allegation that a ointrant had
boen made with Convrer and Hersent to
dig the canal throughout, under a forfeit of
690,000,000 francs.
THE CONTRACT A MYTH.
This contract, it Is asserted, never existed,
though on the faith of it sulieeriptions were
obtained. A subsequent agreement with an
Anglo-Dutch syndicate, on the existence of
which more capital wo* raised, is also
alleged to have bod no sufficient
validity. In brief, a series of agree
ments, on the faith of which
share capital was Issued, , are declared to
have been fictitious; many millions squan
dered in bribing the press throughout
France to seduce by "fallacious statements"
•mall capitalists to Invest; whilst miliiions
more were appropriated by leading member*
of tho council of tbe administration having
community of interest* with certain of the
entrepreneurs. Th-se straightforward and
specific charges may become tbe basis of
one of the greatest trials of modern times.
DOWN O I THE DHEI3UND.
Condemned by the Press as Disturb
ing the Public Mind.
Rome, July 3. —The Osseroatare Romano
to-day strongly ooodeinns tho droibund as
disturbing the puMio mind instead of in
suring peace, and guaranteeing to Free
masonry violent possession of Rome, while
making Italy the aondarene of Austria in
Trieste aud the gendarme of Gsrmauy in
Alsaoe. , . *.,
PROVISIONS OF TUB NEW TREATY. 'i
Paris, July 3.—Tho Matin, to-day de
clares that tje now treaty of the so-called
dreibund suppresses three clauses of the
first treaty as follows: First, that clause
which compelled Italy to send three army
corps to tbe Alpine frontier in tbe event of a
Franco-iiermau war. SoConfi, tbe clause
compelling Austria to station troops Oa Che
Russian frontier ,n the event of a Russo-
German war; and, third, the clause fixing
the minimum peace effective of Italy ana
Austria Tbe throe powors, however, ac
cording to the AfaHn, mutually guarantee
the integrity of their respective terri
tories.
818 FEROUSON IN THE DARE.
London, July 2.—Sir Janies Ferguson,
political secretary of the foreign office,
replying to Henry Labouchero ladvatioea
liberal), one of the members for Northamp
ton, to-day, said that the gov
ernment had no Information os
to stipulations of the dreibund.
No doubt the Marquis di Rudini, the Italiaq
premier, had correctly described the ex
change of views which has taken place
between her majesty’s government and
thq Italian government. Many measures
taken, be continued, in case it
was found necessary to maintain
the status quo in the Mediterranean,
Would be a matter far consideration accord
ing to the circumstances at the time. The
employment of British forces would depend
upon the .estimate of these circumstances
made by her majesty’s government. In
conclusion Sir Ferguson said that the exist-*
lug understanding Is not aimed at any par
ticular power.
BI3MARGK DEFIANT.
Ho Thinks tha Government Tried to
Influence the Fewspapers. ■., ,i
Berlin, July 2. —Prince Bismarck writes
to the Hamburger Jiachrichten that tha
Reichsanztiger, in recently denying that
toe imperial government asked the federal
authorities to use their authority to in
fluence the newspapers against him. is evi
dently badly informed and unawaro of tha
government correspondence with the au
thorities of tbe federal states on the sub
jects. The prices is understood to refer
especially to’Bavaria. The letter is tanta
mount to a detlauce of the government.
Jaws Arriving in Palestine.
London, July 2.—Many Jews are arriv
ing in Palestine, from 200 to 300 families
weekly. They are entirely destitute, and
the distress among them is terrible. Bread
is very dear. Typhus and scarlatina ara
raging in Jerusalem, and a general pesti
lence is feared.
Russia’s Rye Crop.
London, July 2.—The Russian rye crop
will be bad and thsre will bs no surplus fr r
export. Largo German orders have been
sent to the United States and Canada. It
is reported that Russia is ai3o buying sup
plies in America.
Ber'.lu 'Bus Drivers Strike.
Berlin, July ‘A —A auction of the ’bus*
men of this city have struck for higher
wages and fewer hours of labor. The move
ment threatens to become general.
War on Slavery.
Brussels, July 2. —The delegates of the
powers signing the anti-slavery act hate
prolonged the time of adhesion in order to
give France a chance to reconsider.
Strike of the Clyde Iron Men.
Glasgow, July 2.— This morning 8,800
additional Clyde iron men struok against
the proposed reduction gt 5 per cent, in their
wages.