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Newspaper Page TextI THE MOBSIN3 NEWB, 1 i Establishbii KDO.lkcorpoiiatsolS®!. V I J. H. EBTILL, President. j CRISP’S COMMITTEEMEN. the TINAS OF THEIR ANNOUNCE MENT STILL. UNCERTAIN. Considerable Speculation Over the Committees on Ways and Means and Rules—The Close Connection of the •I wo— Springer’s Views on the Tariff Question. Washington, Dec. 10.— The new and unknown member who modestly prefers a request for a place on the ways and means and appropriations committees was among the callers to-day ou the speaker, and so was the new member attracted by the name and not knowing that It never meets who asked for a place on mines and mining. But places on the "pork” committees, so called, rivers and harbors and put.lie building* were most In demand. At least two score of the members want places on these committees Speaker Crisp got a good deal of advice, too, os to the makeup [of his committees, the purport of it beiug chiefly to put northern men at the front. For the rest of the week the speaker will continue to listen to advice, next week he will begin his constructive work. Meanwhile members are anxious to draw their mile age, which they caunot do until tbs com mittee on that subject is appointed, so that committee may be announced with that on accounts, also indispensable, on Saturday. THE COMMITTEE OX RULES. The noxt committee to be appointed will probably be that on rules, as to which the speaker is considering a reform which would tend to diffuse authority over legis lation. The committee on rules, hitherto in recent years containing the chairman of the committee on ways and means, the ebairmau Of the oommittee on appropriations, as well os the speaker has controlled legislation by saying what should be considered,and when the commit tee ou rules’ triumvirate has been unpopular its members have been termed “The Mau darins,” “The Oligarchy,” “The High Binders” and other and more offensive names. Mr. Crisp himself never having been a member of the committee on rules feels the force of the objection to its monop olizing the power of the Home, and Is disposed to try leaving out of the committee Ibis time the chairman of the oommittee on ways and means and the ebairmau of tbe com mittee on appropriations, substituting for them two oid parliamentarians, provided he can flDd just the material needed. Neithor of the two great committees would suffer by the change, for all business from the committee ou ways and means or the committee ou appropriations is privileged any way. TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP. Another change contemplated by tbe speaker is to increase tbe membership of tho two committees so as to make tbe com mittee on ways nnd means tifteen members, of whom five could be northern democrats, five southern domocrats aud five northern republicans, making it a northern commit tee tvo to ono, aud so as to make the com mittee ou appropriations equal to the task of preparing all tbs appropriation bills if that should he put upon it in the interest of uniform economy. As to personnel, it now seems likely Sir. Mills will be offered tbe chairmanship of tho oommittee on ways aud means, it being understood that he will ac cept; M . Holman the chairmanship of the committee on appropriations, and Mr. Springer of ooiuage, if be does not gat the ways and means chairmanship. NOT APT TO DECIDE BEFORE TO-MORROW. By the Associated Press . Washington, Dec. 10. —The speaker this afternoon had not yet decided upon his collogues ou the committee on rules, and the probabilities are that no conclusion will ha reached until the House reconvenes ou Saturday, and perhaps not nntil next week. The speaker has given some con sideration to the suggestions which members have offered him in favor of a re currence to tho former policy of choosing the members of this committee, a majority of w hom should be in close personal aud political relations with the speaker. Tho matter has not yet gone beyond the stage of informal discussion. CARLISLE'S COURSE. Mr. Carlisle, when he became speaker, departed from tbe prior custom of selecting toe members of the c mmittee ou rules re gardless of their committee assignments, and made its membership go as a matter < t course to tho chairman of the two most imp .riant committees, namely: the ways ami mean, and appropriations. Speaker Reed followed the same course. The previous speakers. Messrs. Raudall and Keifer, had selected the rules committee with regard to other considerations, Mr. Blackburn and Alexander H. Stephens be ing ihe former’s associates and having o! her wise more special committee promi nence. URGED TO RETURN TO THIS POLICY. A number of democratic congressmen urge tbe return to this policy and represent that its effect would be to strengthen the speaker. The ways and means and appro priations committees now have prior rights under the rules over other committees, and with their respective chairmen on the rules committee, which Is the guiding °r “steering” body of the House, the result is represented to be disastrous to the other committees, whose business may be important. The membership on the rules committee, it is urged, should be high enough honor without other commit tee assignment, except of a very ordinary character, such as a chairmanship, perhaps, of some minor committee. COULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIS PARTY. Moreover, as the chairmen of the two principal committees would be the man agers of the work originating with their committees, the speaker would have these men as his active lieutenants i:i fiscal and revenue affairs and the rules committee members as lieutenants In other proposed legislation, and altogether would have an excellent opportunity to keep thoroughly in touch with his party. It has been presumed that ex-Speaker Keed would be one of the minority representatives on the rules com mittee, but under this policy such perhaps would not be the case, as Mr. Reed might prefer to lead the minority of the committee un ways and means. TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION. Then, are two sides, however, to the pro s’ sod method of constituting the rules com mittee, and the speaker also heard the ob jectioDs that were urged against the plan. ~ i represented that the appropriations ways and means committees were the most important of all the committees, and that their work would he the feature of the fr?‘ UD - 11 was urged that the chairmen of me-e two committees should have repre- Bentation on the rules committee, for the Kkh u tbeir P"oy might bo , the introduction of special orders ■olh^, P f ' d . ei ‘. ce \ 11 was urged that it was if u terest °£ th ' 3 harmonious working [.. Jl,® *" t ,° have the order of legislation the e?,i h f' ld * ° f tho * 9 <l,re ctly concerned In the chief measure! to be brought up. lreunu!*P hstened throughout the day to a meuts ou this and other matters relat fpje iHofniitfl ffeto£ ing to the policy of the party in the House in this congress. Subsequently, be said noth- 1 lng had be been definitely decided upon as to the committees, and that ho was unable to say whether or not he would be able to an nounce them before the holidays. springer's tariff views. Mr. Springer, who is likely to be chair man of the ways and means committee, if Mr. Mills should be offered and decline the honor, said to-day. that his policy with reference to the tariff was to provide for free wool, free salt, free lumber, free cottou tlt, free coal and free binding twine. He said: “I do not think we should attempt general revision of the tariff at this time. We should offer the country relief by passing bills for putting the articles named on tho free list and sending them to the Senate. A general tariff bill caunot be en acted into a law and would keep congress here until October. I think there should bo appointed a strong oommittee ou manufact ures with able investigators on if. It should consist of fifteen members, ten democrat* and five republicans. This would make five subcommittee* of three each. They should divide the work, one in vestigating tbe textile industries, an other the iron production, another glassware, and pottery, and so on. This committee would be a sort of adjunct to tbe wars aud means committee, which could go on with its work and then subse quently get all the testimony without along list of hearings. These subcommittees could go on during the session and also dur ing tbe recess. VALUE OF THE INFORMATION. "Their Inquiries should not be conducted with a spirit of hostility toward manu facturer*, but with a view to ascertain the bottom facts, and ascertain in each case what, if any, degree of protection is needed, as 1 have a suspicion that frequently it is represented that they need a great deal more protection than is really the case. It Bhould be ascertained what is the labor cost on tbe things produced, tbe wages paid, whether work bo steady or not, the profits on the aotuai capital and not; on ‘watered’ stock, tbe rolative cost of production here and abroad, whether there ore tacit or direct agreements to limit pro duction, and much more Informa tion of a practical character. This infor mation is not now to he had. The party could then fight the McKinley bill, and if we win In the elections this information would enable us to form a tariff bill adapted to the country’s needs and one that could become a law, and we will pass it in the Fifty-third congress. If we fail in tbe election*, then tbe information has been ob tained and we can keep on until the oountry is educated against the McKinley bilL” ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. The Estimate for Army and Navy Pen sions $147,064,550. Washington, Dea 10. —Secretary Foster to-day transmitted to the speaker of the House of Representatives for the informa tion of congress, estimate* of tho appro priations required for the fiscal year 1893, as furnished bv the heads of tho several executive departments. Although the totals of those estimate* under general head* wore given in the annual reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, made public this morning, gome of tbe details are of in terest. The estimate for army and navy pensions is #147,084,550, whioh is a decrease of $8,748,583 from the amount appropriated on acoount of pensions for tho current fiscal year, which include* a defleienoy appropri ation of $29,850,598. THE NAVAL BILL. The amount of tbe estimates under the general head of the naval establishment is $26,365,654, which is something over $5,000,- 000 less than the presout appropriation. Nearly all of this reduction is made in the estimate for the increase of the navy, the estimate for this item being $12,280,855. Among the estimates for public buildings are the following: Charleston, 8. 0., post office. etc., $50,000; Clarksville, Tenn., postoffioe, $10,000; Norfolk, Va., postofflee, eto., $75,000; Savannah, Ga., postofiice, etc., $95,595, REED'S PORTRAIT. The Ex-Speaker Very Anxious to Have a Good Light On It. Washington, Deo. 10.— Speaker Crisp was the only member of the House who did not have a holiday to-day. He is not likely to have any until Christmas comes. He sat in the speaker’s room behind the hall of the House from IX o’clook in the morning until nearly dark, listening to his succes sive visitors, who were mostly members desirous of telling him their preferences with respect to the committee places. About 4 o’clock ex-Npeaker Reed railed, not to ask for a committee place but to have permission to have his portrait removed from the main hall of the speaker’s lobby to a sidewall, where it would get better light. THE REQUEST GRANTED. Speaker Crisp told him that he did not know until then that he had control of the portraits of the speakers, but he was of course perfectly willing to have Mr. Reed hang his picture wherever he preferred. He went out In the lobby with him and the speaker and the ex-speaker, with the archi tect of the capitol, chose a place for the portrait, which Mr. Reed admires greatly and which he desires shown to the best advantage In order that the many members of the House who have failed to appreciate it may learn to do so. PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. A Report Which Will Shut Out a Number Who Have Had Them. Washington, Dec. 10.—The effect of the report from the committee on rules made by Senator Aldrich to-day will be to ex clude from the floor of the Senate, to a large extent, a number of persons who have heretofore obtained access thereto under the guise of priva e secretaries to seuators, as Jwell as numerous committee clerks, who have enjoyed the same privi lege. The amendment proposed to the rule provides that clerks to committees and clerks to senators shall be admitted only when in the notual discharge of their duties, and that the last named class of persons mußt be regularly borne upon the rolls of the secretary of the Senate as clerks. ADULTERATION OF FOOD. Senator Paddock Introduced a Elll on the Subject. Washington, Deo. 10.— Senator Pad dock of Nebraska Introduced a bill to day which provides for the organisation of a section in the department of agriculture to be known as the food section of the chemi cal division, whose duty it shall be to pre vent adulteration and misbrahdlng of food, drugs, eto. This proposition failed of adop tion at the last session, as an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill, jand was introduced to-day by the 1 Senator as an , n ;„ - The Grand Jurors Released. Saw Antonio, Tex., Dec. 10.—Toe grand ■jurors after spending twenty-eight hours in jail for contempt of court***;> beeni released on bond, the condition übsidg that they abide by the decision of ,4he eocrt of ap peals, where the case has boea token. jtflW '*■ SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1891. BILLS BY THE BUSHEL. THE SENATE STARTS OUT BY BEAT ING THE RECORD. The Day’s Record Shows the Introduc tion of 610 Bills aud Joint Resolu tions—The Number Almost 100 More Than Ever Introduced on a tingle Day at Any Previous Session. Washington, Dec. 10. —Among the docu ments laid before tbe Senate to day by the Vice President and referred, wore tbe an nual report of the Secretary of the Treas ury and a number of memorial* and resolu tions by various religious bodies against opening the Chioago world’s fair on Buu day. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Paddock —To prevent food adul terations. By Mr. Harris—To provide for better quarantine laws, and to establish a national board of health. By Mr. Stewart—To provide for free ooiuage of gold and silver bullion. This bill was laid on the table, so that Mr. Stewart can call it up at aoy time. Also a bill to amend tbe Chinese exclusion act. By Mr. Gray—To transfer the revenue cutter service to the navy department. By Mr. Pasco—To punish officers for sum moning jurors with reference to their po litical or religious affiliations. By Mr. Cullom—To suspend the ooming of Chiuese laborers to the United States. Also to reduce letter postage to 1 cent. By Mr. Turpie—To amend the constitu tion so as to provide for the election of sen ators by tbe people. This bill was laid on tbe table, Mr. Turpie giving notice that he would address the Senate upon it next Thursday. By Mr. Peffer—To amend the immigra tion and naturalization laws. To grant service pensions with additional amounts to prisoners of war, to provide means for their payment and to repeal sec tion 2 of the pension act of June 27, 1890. To reduce the number of pension ratings to ten. To abolish pension agencies and to lessen tbe expenses of examining board*. By Sir. Call—To authorize |tbe President to open negotiations with Sj aiu as to the island of Cuba. By Mr. Vest—ln reference to the export trade in cattle. The bill was laid ou the table, with a notification from Mr. Vest that he would call it up at the next or a subsequent meeting of the Senate. By Mr. Plumb—To provide for the re tirement of national bank notes, free coin age of silver and tbe promotion of interna tional free coinage of silver. By Mr. Mitchell—To reduoe letter post age to 1 cent per ounce. Also to amend the constitution so as to have United States senators elected by the people. By Mr. Hawley—To revive the grade of lieutenant general in the army of the United States. COST OF MONEY LENDING. Mr. Peffer offered a resolution, which was referred to the finance committee, directing that committee to inquire and report as soon as practicable as to tbe actual expenses attending the business of money lending as conducted in the United States by bankers and other persons, both as to short loans and long loans, the object being, as declared in the resolution,“to ascertain ap proximately the actual and relative cost of conducting tbe business of lending money without reference to the value of the amount loaned." The committee is to have power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths and to visit any part of the country by subcommittees. The pre amble recites “that complaint is made that money, when loaned, yields larger profits than industrial pursuits. Mr. Plumb offered a resolution declaring that “congress desires the removal of the re mains of the illustrious soldier nud statesman, Ulysses S. Grant, to, and their interment In, national cemetery, and that the President be requested to convey to the widow of that lamented man suoh de sire, tendering to her on the part of the na tion all necessary facilities for such removal and interment. The resolution was laid on the table, Mr. Plumb giving notice that he would call it up at a convenient time. By Mr. Cameron—Two which provide ir respectively that any officer of the navy now on the retired list after completing forty years of service shall receive the rank and pay of a commodore, and that all medical directors, irrespective of the grade held by them at the tune of their retire ment, shall be retired with the rank of com modore at the age of 62 years and shall re ceive tbn same rank and pay from the date of retirement as medical directors re bred from the active list of the navy. By Mr.Faulkner—To authorize the Secre tary of War to oause to tie Investigated and to provide for payment of all claims for use and occupation of church, college and school buildings for government purposes by Ucited States military authorities during the late war. A LL RECORDS BEATEN. All records were beaten iu the Senate to day, 612 bills and joint resolutions being introduced. This is almost 100 more than ever before introduoed in one day. Most of these bills were old stagers which have made their appearance in preceding congresses. Senator Plumb led his fellow senators and presented tho largest number of bills, with also the widest range of subjects, bills for private pensions and public buildings ac companying measures relating to fiuauoes aDd the tariff. The Senate went into an executive ses sion, at which recess appointments were laid before it and were appropriately re ferred, and then, at 2:30 o’clock, the Senate adjourned till Monday. PECRSa APPOINTMENTS. Seventy-five Names Sent to the Senate for Confirmation. Washington, Dec. 10.—President Harri son to-day sent to the Senato a list of ap pointments made during the recess of con gress, which requlro confirmation by the Senate. There were about seventy tlve in all. Among the more prom inent are Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Crounse, Treasurer Nebekor, Louden Snowden of Philadelphia, minister to Greece, Roumanla and Her via; Richard C. Shannon, minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rico and Sal vador; Ratncaldo Pacheco, mi n ister to Guatemala and Honduras; John 8. Durham, minister to Hayti; the judges and other officers of the court of private land claims; several United States district judges, Including Henry C. Niles of Mississippi, for the Northern and Southern districts of Mis sissippi, and Mack A. Montgomery. United States attorney for the Eastern district of New York. Destination of the 'Frisco. Washington, Dec. 10. —While the exact destination of cruiser Han Francisco, now fitting out at Han Francisco, cannot be of ficially ascertained. It is generally under stood at the navy department that she is going to Honolulu. Crisp's Private Secretary. Washington, Dec. 10.—Speaker Crisp this morning appointed John T. Waterman his private secretary. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC Hundreds of Cases In San Francisco. St. Louie Suffering, San Francisco, Deo. KX—Australian in fluenza, which is similar to tbe grip, bos made It* appearance In Calif ruia. In Oak land, Alameda and other towns hundreds are afflicted, and many deaths are resulting from tbe disease. ST. LOUIS SUFFERING. Bt. Louis, Mo., Deo. 10. —The epidemio of influenza in this city it becoming very pronounced and the physicians report hun dreds of cases under treatmeut. City and government pbyeicians and business and professional men are prostrated in many cates. Nineteen employes of one wholesale bouse had to go home because they were suffering from the grip, and ten professors In the Bt. Louis University are tinder tho care of physicians. RAGING IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, Dec. 10. —Influenza is epidemio in Upper Austria, and an immense number of people are piostrated. Horses, too, havo been attacked by the luilueuza, and many deaths of valuable animal are reported. The disease attacked the horses in stables attached to the largo drago< n barracks at Weis, and its ravages werelpartloularly se vere. A large number of horses have died and many more are sick. A RAID ON MOONSHINERS. After Destroying Two Btilla They Re treat to Avoid a Fight. Tullahoma, Tenn., Dec. 10.— One of tho most successful raids on illicit distilleries in Southern Teuncssee and Northern Ala bama bus just been made. On Dec. 8 Gen eral Deputy Collector J. L. Spurrier ac companied by Deputy Marshals Strong and Orange and Storekeeper Rob ertson, left Tullahoma for a raid on moonshiners on tbe Tennessee and Alabama line. They returned lost night and report the oapture of two large distil leries, together with several thousand gal lons of beer and other materials. The siills were located on the headwaters of Litlle Coon creek, about ten miles from Stevenson, Ala., and in tbe rugged mountainous region of North Ala bama. They had been in opera tion for a long time and were doing a thriving business. The owners of the stills were inclined to.flght, but were driven off. The officers managed to evade a conflict by demolishing the stills quickly and getting out of the locality, as the moonshiners were evidently expecting help. No arrest* were made. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. The Indicator Was Tied and Failed to Show the Pressure. Richmond. Va., Dec. 10.—A special to the Dispatch from Fredericksburg, Va., says that the boiler In tbe saw-mill of T. F, Btonebracker, in that city, exploded this morning, instantly killing Charles Tyson, the engineer, seriously wounding Phillip Hudson and Hamilton Hudson, and injur ing Charles Haunders and W. R. Chalk, Phillip Hudson has since died. Ther cau<o of the disaster, as stated, is that tbe engi neer tied the indicator of the engine, which was out of order, aud it did not register tbe steam pressure. GUATEMALA’S PRESIDENCY. Barilla’s Not a Candidate for Re-elec tion and is Going Abroad. City op Mexico, Dec. 10.— Advices from Guatemala state that President Barillas re cently declared that he was not a candidate for re-election and that he would put for ward no official candidate for tho presi dency. He also said that after his tour abroad he would retire to private life. The eleotion excitement In Guatemala is intense, but the war is only being carried on in tho newspapers and thero is no danger of a rev olution. The financial difficulties are daily becoming thicker. GONE TO WINTER IN ITALY. Two Thousand Italian Laborers Ball for Genoa. Jersey City, N. J., Deo. 10.—Two thou sand Italians left Hoboken on the steamer Werra, of the Bremen lice to-day for Europe. The Werra will land them at Genoa. They think they can spend the winter more cheaply In Italy than by wait ing here until warm weather sots in, doing occasional work. They intend to return to the United States in the spring. The dock was infested with confidence men and it is said that they got a good haul from unsus pecting Immigrants. STATION AGENTS STRIKE. They Refuse to Swear Not to Join a Telegraphers’ Organization. Tucson, Ari, Deo. 10.—There is not a station agent along the line of the Southern Paoifio from Tucson to Yuma, and in the other direction but four between this city and El Paso. A strike has been declared. The reasou for it is a general refusal to obey an order requiring them to take an oath not to join any telegraphers’organiza tion. JAIL BIRDS FLY AWAY. They Haw Off Window Bare and Eleven Crawl Out. Galesburg, 111., Dec. 10.—Eleven pris oners broke jail here last night by sawing off window bars one inch thick. They un doubtedly bad assistance from the outside. The saws were found on tho ground. Their escape was not discovered till this morning. All were in for serious misdemeanors. Three wore burglars. All are still at large. A Run On a .“avlnga Bank. Lowell, Mass., Dec. 10.— A run was commenced on the Lowell Savings this morning, caused by a rumor that the bank is not safe. The bank has so far paid all demands promptly. Tbeuiarin Is looked upon as entirely needless, the bank being considered one of the soundest in the state. A Collision at a Crossing. Champaign. 111., Dec. 10.—A passenger train on tie Illinois Central railroad win wrecked to-day by a Midland train at the crossing at Areola. The train on the latter road crashed into the passonger, killing Engineer Woodruff of the Illinois Central and injuring several passengers. Flame3 In a Brewery. Philadelphia, Dec. 10.—Fire early this morning in tho brewery of Christiau Schmidt caused a loss on building, ma chinery and stock estimated at $25,000. The property is fully insured. Pinos Altos in Ashes, Denver, Col., Dec. 10.—The town of Pinos Altos, N. M., was burned this morn ing with the exception of two stores. No wuter was accessible. The fire is believed to have been incendiary. It started in an unoccupied frame building in the center of the town. A BEVIEW OF TUB YEAB. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBMITS HIS REPORT. A Chapter Devoted to the New Cir cuit Court of Appeals—Amendment of tbe Chinese Exclusion Act Neces sary-The Evils of the Fee System Again Pointed Out. Washington. Dea 10.—'The annual re port of Attorney General Miller was sub mitted to congress to-day. It reviews the business of tbe United States supreme court and devotes a chapter to the cirouit oourt of appeals whioh, he says, has been organized in each circuit aud is ready for business, although an additional circuit judge la each circuit has not yet been appointed. It was found that the court could be organized and such busi ness as might be offered could bo transacted without such judges and their appointment was therefore delayed until such appoint ments could be aoted upon by the Senate. CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT. After epeaklng of the well-known difficul ties in the enforcement of the Chinese ex clusion act, he says: “If it is desired that these laws should be made effeotlve they should be so changed that they cannot be misunderstood. To arrest and try such per sons aud, as a result, simply send them back aoross the British line, is shown to be an idle expenditure of time, labor and money, by the fact that, as might well be expected, tbe same persons have to be arrested and tried over again. Moreover, it is quite uncertain whether an order requiring Chinese prisoners to be sent back iulo the British dominions can be made effective. In a receut case, origi nating at Fargo, the authorities of British Columbia refused to permit two Chinamen to bo returned across the border, unless upon the payment of a SSO head tax each, which, of course, tbe marshal refused to pay. These persons we now have on our bauds and we have uo way of disposing of them according to law. This subject demands prompt Consideration." EVILS OF THE FEE SYSTEM. In a ohapter devoted to the “ovils of tho fee system," the Attorney General gays: “The attention of congress lias been repeatedly called to this subject by my predecessors as well as by myself, and were tbe evils of the system less I should hesitate to again ask that it bo changed. As, however, every year and mouth makes more plain that tho payment of United States attorneys, marshals nnd com missioners results yearly in a vast expendi ture of publio money, uot only to no good purpose, but what is worse, is creating and pushing forward prosecutions with a view solely to make fees against persons who ought not to bo prosecuted at all, I should fall short of what I believe my duty if I did not urge a change in the interest of the just adminis tration of the laws, as well as of public economy. I believe that if these officers were paid a stipulated salary, fairly com mensurate with the work tboy have to |>er form, tho total cost of the courts by reason of tho great reduotiou in feos and mileage of jurors, prisoners and officers would bo greatly lessened, and that with positive im provement in the administration of the laws." CASE OF THE ITATA. The Attorney General reviews the legal proceedings in tho case of the Chilean steamer Itata, and to the oonciusiou of the court in that case, that it is only in the in terest of n government recognized os such de jure or as a belligerent, that tne neu trality statutes oi the United States can be violated, the Attorney Gen eral says: “Experience shows that it is by unrecognized insurgents and revolutionists, having everything to gain and little to loose, and often, therefore, desperate that the neuturality obligations are most frequently violated. Without dis cussing the proposition that suoh a transac tion is legitimate commerce, I venture a suggestion that, in the case of serious in jury to commercial or other interests of a nation with which we are at peace by ships fitted ou( iu our harbors, the plea of such non-reoognition would boja very insufficient answer bef re a board of arbitration or the tribunal of just public opinion. If the con. struotion given theso statutes by the trial court shall be sustained on the appeal the statute should, 1 think, be amended." A WAR OF TAHIFF& Canada and Newfoundland Now at Daggers Points. Halifax, N. S., Deo. 10.—A war of tariffs between Canada and Newfoundland has been formally inaugurated. A cable gram from St. John’s says a gazette extraor dinary has been issued putting in opera tion a law enacted some years ago, which imposes duties on imports from Canada equal to 300 or 400 per cent, greater than on imports of goods from other countries. The island Imports 1350,000 barrels of Hour annually, the larg est proportion of which appears to be from Canada, but eight-tenths of this is said to be western American shipped in boDd via Canada. Several cargoes of New foundland fish arrived here yes terday, and the island owners and shippers wore greatly dlvgustcd at hav ing to pay a duty. Some of tho oarg.je# were bonded and the owners imagined they were still to get the special privileges hitherto enjoyed. In this they were soon undeceived and they bad to conform to both the letter and spirit of the bonding laws. Nova Scotia fishermen are greatly elated at the protection afforded them by the Canadian government. RUSSIA AND THE JEWS. Tho Subjeot to Go Before the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs. Washington, Deo. 10. —One of the first subjects to oocupy the attention of the for eign affairs oon mittee after the organiza tion of the oommittees of the Houso by Speaker Crisp will be that of the harsh treatment of the Hebrews by Russia. This question will be earnestly pressed upon the attention of the committee, and it will be urged to go os far as possible In expressing its sympathy with the Russian Hebrews iu their distress and to take such measures consouant with the usages of diplomany as will tend to seoure an amelioration of tueir condition. GOVERNMENT INTERCESSION. This government will be asxed to con tinue the use of its good offices as an inter cessor with the czar in bohalf of the Hebrews. Tho President, in his message, devoted some space to the question of the wholesale banishment of the Jews frum Rus sia and to the endeavors which this govern ment had thus far put forth in their behalf. The subject will be brought to the attention of the committee, probably by the introduction of a formal resolution, but the customary distribution of the various por tions of the President’s message will bring the matter before the committee in the absence of any resolution whatever. COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE. The London Globe Sarcastic Over the President's Utterances, London, Deo. 10.— The St. James Ga zette, commenting to-day on President Har rison's message to the American congress, says that the most important point in the document is that part whioh has reference to the results of tho McKinley tariff. The figures presented, tho Uasette declares, com pare significantly with British figures, which remain stationary. It is all very well say that Americans will presently discern tho mistake of their fiscal policy, but per haps they may not. In the meantime the calculations of the supporters of the Mc- Kinley bill are working cut mqch better than any one in England has reason to expect. THE GLOBE SARCASTIC. Tho Globe sarcastically comments on the message, whioh, it says, “Is decidedly traced on catch-vote lines. In some passages spread-eagleism is servod up hot; lti others nervous yaukees are assured that the gov ernment knows how to climb down, as in tho cose of Chile and he Bering sea dispute. “Lord Salis bury," the Globe adds, “need not be much frightened at President Harrison’s tremend ous menace and expression of concern at foreign encroachments upon tho territories controlled by Ainerlonn governments." A PROTECTORATE OVER VENEZUELA. The Globe further says that if Venezuela passed under American control the least that could be oxpeoted would be that the suzerain power would forthwith guarantee tho Venezuelan debt. The Globe disputes the statement mads in the message that the prosperity of tho United States is entirely due to the McKinley bill. On the contrary, it says, the prosperity of tbe country it due to an exceptional harvest there at the time when Europe is short of grain. BRAZIL'S DU AD EMPEROR. Royal Honors Paid the Funeral Train in Spain Madrid, Deo. 10. —Tho government gave orders that as soon as the train bearing the remains of tho eg-Emperor of Brazil from Pari* to their final resting place in Lisbon entered Spanish territory every honor due the exalto 1 station the (lecoased had for merly occupied should bo paid. These orders were striotly carried out, and at all principal stations along tho the route soldiers were arranged along the platforms, and as the train rushed past presented arms. The tlugs wero also dipped and royal honors paid the dead ex-ruler. Some of the stations wore tastefully draped with mourning with tbe flag of the old empire of Brazil flying at half mast from polos along tbe route. At the towns, villages and hamlets the residents gathered along tho line, late as the hour was, nnd reverently bowed their beads os tho funeral train rushed past with a thundering uoieo and disappeared in the darkness of the night. BRAZIL'S CRISIS. The Situation at R!o Janeiro Still Far From Reassuring. Rio Janeiro, Doc. 10.—The situation here continues orltfoal. The government appears to have put off its apathy and is taking measures to prevent an emeute in this city. Large bodies of heavily armed policemen are patrolling tho streoti, and though there are signs of disquiet on every side, there has heeu no over tact on the part of the malcontents in tho city. Advices from Campos, a city of 40,000 inhabitants, in tho province <J Rio Jamero, 115 miles northeast of tin# city, show that at that place there has been an open revolt against President Peixotto’s government. A con flict occurred thereon Tuesday last between government troops and a body of in surgents. Advices are not clear as to whioh side won the victory, but it Is reported that ten men were killed and thirty wounded. A panto prevailed on the bourse here to day owing to a heavy fall in the shares of the Leopolina, and Minas Ueraes and the Rio Janeiro railways. It is feared that tills decliue in prices will entail numerous fail ure*. A ROW IN A OKMETESRY. The Responsibility for a Mine Disas ter at the Bottom of the Dispute. Paris. Dec. 10. —A most disgraceful scene occurred at tho cemetery in wbloh a large number of tho vlotims of the disaster at the Putts de la Manufacture at St. Etienne were iuterred Tuesday. M. Douvreleur, vioe chairman of tho St. Etienne Colliery Company, the owners of the mine where the disaster occurred, and M. Gicrodet, mayor of Bt. Etienne, became involved in a dis pute which it is Burmised had reference to the responsibility for the accident, and the language used was simply disgraceful. M. Gierodet thought himself insulted and chal lenged M. Douvreleur, who accepted the challenge and preparations are being made for the duel. A FALL FROM A BALLOON. An Amateur Aeronaut Killed Before the Eyes of His Friends. Bombay, Deo, 10.— Lieut. Mansfield, an amateur parachutist who recently dropped safely from a balloon 11,000 feet in tbe air, to day undertook to eclipse that perform ance, and hundreds of fasnlonable society people and thousands of others assembled to eoe him do It. At a bight of 400 feet, however, his balloon burst and as his parasbute was unprepared, Mansfield fell anil was dashed to pieces on the ground before the eyes of his friends. FRANCE AND THE OHUROH. Radical Deputies Want the Govern ment to Bestir Itself. Paris, Deo. 10. —In the Cbamber of Deputies to-day a radical deputy, speaking for tho radioed deputies’ union, gave notice of a motion demanding that the govern ment introduce a bill dealing with the clerical association as a prelude to separa tion of church and state. A meeting of tho republican deputies to day, at which 110 members were present, a resolution was adopted signifying the ap proval of the i>lan for a party combination egalust tbe olericals. FRIENDLINESS WITH ITALY. Premier Rudlul Notes President Har rison's Expressions. Rome, Dec. 10. —In tbe Chamber of Dep uties to-day, replying to a question asked by Signor Campi on Italy’s relations with tbe United States, Premier ill Rudlui said that he had taken note of the friendly ox prewions contained in President Harrison’s message, and folt oonfideut that tho ques tions at Issue between the two countries would soon be settled. ii " ’ ——————— q j . A French Bark Wrecked. Yllv London, Dec. 10.— Tho French berit Leonore, Cape. Bernard, which sailed from Cooeaw, S. C., Nov. 3, for Swansea, tins been wrecked off Mumble’s Head. The vessel is fastjbreaking up. Tbe crew were drowned. i DAILY, *lO A YEAR 1 { t cEff'rs a copy, y f WEEKLY, *1.25 A YEAR ) VISIT TO MBS. MAYBBICK. TBE MOTHER OF THE PRISONER ALLOWED TO SEE HER. Tho Fair Convict Intensely Weak aud Frequently an Inmate of the Hos pital-Unable to Eat tbe Coarre Food Provided for Prisoners—Well Treated by tbe Prison Officials. London, Den. 10.—Permission seldom granted to life prisoner* was to-day given to Mr*. Maybriok to receive a visitor from the ouieide world. It was hor mother. Baroness Caroline de Roque, now a resident of Rouen, France. From her mother Mrs. Maybriok first learned of the efforts being made to restore her to her children and tho world. She was told of the money that had been contributed by people in tbe United States to pay counsel to attempt to proojre her release, and of tbe Manchester fund which has been raised for the same purpose. MRS. MAYHRICK LOOKING ILL. Later tho baroness was interviewed re garding Mrs. Maybriok by a representative of the Associated Press. The baroness sold she found her daughter looking 11L Bhe is intensely weak and Is frequently an inmate of the prison hospital. She is unable to sleep or to ext the coarse food given to prisoners. During the course of their shore conversation to-day Mrs. Maybriok said in despairing tonss to her mother: “I have dons nothing. Nothing has been proved against me. Why do thoy keep me herel I* it because lam a poor little American girl I I cannot understand why they will not give uie mercy or pardon nnd let you taka me away. lam deeply, dseply grate ful to my American friends for all they have done in my behalf.” WELL TREATED BY THE OFFICIALS. The Baroness de Roque said that Mr. Matthews, home secretary, and prison of ficials always gave her the greatest facili ties when the visited tho prison. Bhs de clared that Mrs. Maybriok Is treated with the utmost courtesy by those In whose charge she Is. Mr. Lumlev the solicitor, has had and la still having many confersi oj* with Sir Charles Russell to discuss new points in relatoln to amrnlo nnd arsenical poisoning. These points wore not submitted at Mrs. May t >rlck’s trial. They are regarded as having such an important bearing on tbe case that both Mr. I.umley and Sir Charios Russell believe that they will bo sufficient to bring about tbo releuse of Mrs. Maybriok. OAPRIVI ON THE TREATIES. The Chancellor Opens the Debate In tbs Reichstag. Berlin, Deo. 10.—In tho Roichatag to day Chancellor von Uaprivl opened the debate on the new commercial treaties. He made a strong appeal in favor of their adoption. He dwelt upon tho fact that horns industries had received a great Impetus under the last cus toms regime; so much *o ghat bver-pr iduotion had caused somo embarras mint. The present impart regulations, he declared, would ruin both employers aud employes. Tho commercial measures under discussion, therefore, were necessary to pre serve Germany’s husbandry aud commerce. The chancellor added tliat the government bad accepted the prlnoiplo of assimilating Germany’s interests with those of other states, and concessions had to be made ac cordingly. These concussions had entailed great sacrifices upon those who had made them. It was the duty of the Reichstag to give husbandry the support it requires and to preserve its relations with trade. This, the cbanoellor said, was tbs principle which had guided the government in negotiating tbe treaties. IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF THE TREATIES. The ohanoellor said that the immediate effect of the treaties upon tbe Uuancss of the empire would be a diminution in the revenue amounting to nearly 18,000,000 marks. This was a matter that required budget consideration. In regard to the question of differential treatment of coun tries uot Included in the treaties, those countries baviDg tbo most favored nation treatment would receive the benefit of the treaties. Regarding other oountris* negotiation* were about to open whereby Germany would endeavor to obtain conces sions. It was needles* to speak of Russia. The lamentable distress that prevailed in that country, causing a stoppage of exports, would not be removed for somo time, and it was useless to disouss what would be done afterward. As regard* the United States the two governments had decided to con tluue to take their stand on the basis of the arrangement of 1885, whereby the Uulted Status received tbo most favored nation treatment. In any oase tho government had no intention to mako a further reduo tiou of tbe tarlffß. In tbe meantime the federal government firmly withstood all attacks. wanted to see bismarck. Such crowds of peoole gathered around tho Reichstag building hope of seeing Prince Bltmarok enter that tbe police had trouble to secure an entrance for the ministers. Many bets were mads tn Prince Bismarck’s ap pearance. Chancellor von Caprivi's speech is described as one of tbe greatest masterpieces of oratory and statesmanship ever hoard in the Reichstag. Prince Bis marck had a full summary of the speech telegraphed to him while the chancellor was still speaking. A a ALE IN ENGLAND. An Immense Amount of Damage and a Number of Fatalities. London, Deo. 10.— A gale, whioh sM in last night, has done an Immense amount of damage, and has been attended with a num ber of fatalities. Up to to-day fourteen of the under writers taking risks at Lloyds have with drawn from the the business, giving as their reason their Inability to stand tbe losses they have incurred through the re cent disasters caused by the phenonemally severe gales which have recently swept ovei tbe Atlantic and along the British and Irish coasts. The furious gales and floods have so weakened and undermined the ancient and massive walls by which tbe greater portion of the city of Chester is inclosed that por tions of tbe old Roman structure have sub sided. A New Volcanic leland. Rome, Deo. 10.—A new voloanio island, 500 meters in length, has appeared south ward of the islaud of Pantellaria, near the scene of the submarine upheaval of a few months ago. Vessels are warned to give the spot a wide berth. Small-pox In Russia. St. Petersburg. Dec. 11).— The small pox epidemic is causing great ravages is Rinzau. The mortality is 25 per cent. There are 25,000 cases of influenza in Odessa. Oreeos's King 111 With Small-pox. Athens, Dee. 10.—It turns out that King George is ill with small-pox instead of chicken-pox, as first announced.