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THE MORNING NEWS. 1
' FaTAEUSHX!' IBV>.ISCORPORATEDISBB. >
■) j. H. ESTILL, President. )
pI'KE OF CLARENCE DEAD j
.sgiand-s hbir appa&ent
PASSES AWAY.
s!io ToIliOR of the Big Bell of St. Paul’s
Cathedral Told the News to the Peo
i9 of London—The Demonstration
0 f sorrow More Noticeable In the
End Than In the More Plebian
Sections of the City.
Losdon. Jan. 14.—The Duke of Clarence
V ondale, eldest son of the Prince of
Wales and heir apparent to the British
.J,,*, died this morning.
Tbe Prince of Wales sent the following
. ij-rani to the lord mayor of London:
“Our beloved son passed away at 9 o’clock
Albert Edward.”
The news of the death of the Duke of
Clarence has caused widespread griof aud
demonstrations of the public fooling are
everywhere apparent. On all the public
buildings dags are displayed at half mast
and throughout the whole of London the
ead intelligence was received with
expressions of deepest sorrow.
Tbe lord mayor first received
telegram timed at 9:08 o’clock concerning
the condition of the dying prince. This
news was from Sir Francis Dewinton, con
troller and treasurer of the household of
the pniuce. The dispatch was as follows:
change for the worse has occurred. We
>, ar there is nut much hope.”
Then at 9:05 o’clock the lord mayor re-
W ved the following: "His royal highness
,awd away at 9:15 o’clock."
After this came the dispatch from the
Prince of Wales announcing his son’s death.
st. Paul’s bio bell tolled.
On receipt of the news the lord mayor at
once gave orders to have the great bell in
ty Paul's cathedral tolled and also sent the
following message to the Prince of Wales:
"We are profoundly moved by the sad nows
and l ave communicated it to our follow cit
lz,.lS. YVe tender our deep and respeotful
svmpathv with your royal highness in this
great sorrow and national calamity.”
the story of the bell.
WVn the solemn tolling of the groat bells
su Paul’s were heard they conveyed to
tn on* within hearing of their deep
mouthed booming the fact that the duke had
passed a*ay. The bells in St. P’aul’s are
• never tolled save on the occasion of the
death of an heir to the throne, and therefore
no further information was necessary for
the people of London to make the n aware
that after a gallant struggle the duke hid
finally succumbed. The announce
ment of his death caused far
less commotion iu the city than
was expected, but this was no doubt due to
the fact that nearly everybody had given
up hops yesterday and believed that death
was sura to claim the duke. The telegram
from the Prince of Wales to Lord Mayor
Evans announcing the death of the duko,
wib not posted at mansion house until 10:30
o’clock. When the little piece of white
paper was put up there were only a few
persons in waitiug. They read the news
with stolid indifference. The crowd at no
time exceeded thirty during the first half
hour after the announcement was posted.
Scarcely any comments were made.
inn ARISTOCRACY MORE DEMONSTRATIVE.
In the West End there was a scene that
to in striking contrast to the indifference
displayed in the vicinity of the mansion
house. Hundreds of persons well-known in
the upper circles of London society, mem
bers f the aristocracy and others, gathered
in litfla groups and gravely discussed the
deals of the duke and its effect upon the
succession in all ita bearings. Serious faces
could be seen all along I’all Mall aud there
it no doubt that the calamity was muoh
taken to heart by the English nobility. For
some reason no bulletin w as posted at Marl
borough house, the London residence of the
rrineeof Wales, until after 11 o’clock, and
as numerous carriages arrived their occu
pants would descend and go to the porters’
lodge to inquire as to the late-t news from
Sandringham hall. Here they were iu
formei of the death of the duke, and many
M tee lady visitors were seen returning to
their carriages with their handkerchiefs to
their eyes. The blinds of the public houses
and many private houses and shops were
awn. both in the West End and in the
iho afternoon newspapers all appear
*ttb mourning borders.
AT SANDRINGHAM HALL.
to noon no official bulletin of the
®th of the duite had been issued at Band
gcam hall, but soon after 10 o’clook the
i-oscf the house were drawn, and the
apjii the church was placed at half mast,
and the churoh bell began tolling. These
, 8J* ve toe people waiting about the
1 ,, Srst information that all was
. I ' r m an early hour this morning
dir oro ® m 9 of police were detailed to
...” , ? u * Sandringham hall, and they
mated any access to the house.
? y ,. prcgr<SSBedl tho crowd In the
Tfc.-.. i: Marlborough house increased.
r‘ a ” as at times completely blockaded
J?ages couvoyiug the most noted
ihprpi °" bhe kingdom. Lord Salisbury,
u esr minister, and Lady Salisbury and
•m0.,.i em ‘ re diplomatic corps were
the callers.
>c ' ! *^' s afternoon the following
, 1 was received from Sandringham:
ttrlv improvement* during the
night, the strength of the
iiilpii * .Jarenco and Avondale suddenly
Utkin . " j u .t - o’clock he began gradually
death occurred at 9:15 oclock.”
tein -i was signed by three physl-
Mtu, hi°n ad been in attendance upon his
•biw in Westminster
i ere tolled from 12 o’clook until 1,
the new heir apparent.
I tte/.Cv",, o£ tbo Duke of Clarence
I f'bc, nI B 6 ’ r * uc e George of Wales be-
I tkerefri-u lr tllß Prince of Wales, and
I fie to h‘ ol T r u PDarent to the throne.
I teies „ rn 3, 1865. He soon dis-
I *i'trsnrv| l> l eCt * oll *' ur ''aval affairs, and
I WcuVi. 111 minor capacities was np-
I tee nnn 1 ■'* arch, 1890, to the command of
■V; ;t, "ut Thrush, and w hile on this
■ ti.ri, ' attached to the British North
■ *'sprn., n ,!' : ' Jfl ' lon> In August, 1891, ho
■ , l ° tliß rank of a commander
■ majvety’a Hunt.
I It . DEAD PKINCB NOT POPULAR.
I k "J u stated that l’rlnco George
■ ,; re Popular than his deceased
■ *&•.. yf 8 r ”n cig all classes of British
■ i V"* ,sf - '''lines (faxetle , In an arti-
M 'te: . ,‘.' v °d to reflect tho general
■ "M.;,. V,; 't would bo sycophancy to
H 'Uh ,[!•’. ’ napless prince was regarded
devotion or intense per-
B utei.?.;,, - v a majority of those over
■ p:.. v sat have ruled. Wo have the
H ' W. 1 ' 1 keliovo that in the death of
have Clarence and Avondaie
■ lu ’t a promising
■ "'lose untimely taking
■ i; ,,n nur meed of sorrow even
I ''W'Pti dial circumstances of
B O'- w, ’ ll 11 “ the circumstance of
B ‘Marriage wherein the spe
ll : aV S- death of tho duke can
Cl (2*4. a serious difference in tho
B (u-,‘, lynMt ‘ c situation. I’rince
Blt c tl,. SUi P s into the place of tho
B i*' 0 ev °nt has any lossou it
H 4 duty that princes owe to their
subjects from their position to take due and
seasonable measures to make the succession
secure.
The British Medical Journal says: “The I
Duke of Clarence and ’Avondale was de
lirious on Tuesday. Delirium remained a
prominent feature of his illness.”
Telegrams from all parts of the kingdom
show that the news of the death of the duke
was received everywhere with tokens of
deep respect and sorrow.
THE QUEEN AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
The Duke of Connaught aud Strathearn,
uncle of Prince Albert Viotor and personal
aide de camp to the queen, arrived at Ports
mouth at noon from Osborne. He traveled
on the royal yacht Albert and Victor,
which entered Portsmouth harbor with the
ensign at half mast. As the royal
yacht got abeam of the
flagship Victory the latter’s ensign was
lowered to half roast and this movement
was followed by all the other ships in the
harbor. The Duke of Connaught imme
diately landed and took a train for Sand
ringham. Her majesty is prostrated and
did not feel equal to the task of accompany
ing the Duke of Connaught She still re
mains at Osburne house. Isle of Wight.
Messages of sympathy and condolence
have been received by the queen from the
rulers of all the civilized countries of the
world. The Priace of Wales wanted the
burial to be at Sandringham, but the queen
deaided on Windsor.
The queen has ordered that the court go
into full mourning for three months and
hai canceled all “drawing rooms” and state
levees.
She announced that the funeral of the
duke would be a state function and that it
would be held in St. George’s chapel, Wind
sor palace. It was in this chapel that the
marriage of the duke to Princess Victoria
Mary was to have taken place on Feb. 27
next.
KEEPING THE CROWN IN THE FAMILY.
The gossip concerning tho succession,
which was freely Indulged in during the ill
ness of the duke, has been greatly increased
by his death. It is generally agreed that
haste will now be made in bringing about
the roa-riage of Prince George to remove
tho possibility of Fife’s succession. On July
29, 1889, Alexander William George Duff,
who was then Earl of Fife, but who was
subsequently created Duke of Fife, married
Princess Louise Victoria Alexandria Dag
mar, eldest daughter of the Prince and
Princess of W T ales. Of this marriage there
was born on May 17, 1891, a daughter who
was christened Alexandria Victoria Alberta
Edwina Louisa Duff. As the succession
now stands, in the event of the death of the
Prince of Wales aud Prince George, the
throne of England would fall to tho wife of
the Duka of Fife, and after her death to
Lady Alexandria Duff, her daughter, who
is not yot a year old. This possibility is not
viewed with equanimity by the
members of the nobility, who
believe that the heirs to the
throne should bo of full blood royal.
It is hinted very broadly that a marriage
between Prince George and Princess Vic
toria Mary of Teck will bo arranged. The
newspaper Modern Society , however, to
day asserts that a marriage has already
been arranged between Prince George and
the daughter of Prince and Princess
Christian, who is his cousin.
Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of
Clarence and Avondale, oldest son of the
Prince of Wales and heir presumptive to
the throne of Great Britain, was born Jan.
8, 1854. He was educated at Trinity College,
Cambridge, aud at the University of Heid
elberg. He was a naval cadet for a short
time before entering college, on the warship
Urittania. The priucipai events in his life
were a 3-years’ cruise with his brother
George, his appearance in the House of
Lords aud his engagement to Princess Mary
of Teck. Tho first began in 1879, the second
occurred in 1890, and the last only a few
months ago. When the prinoe took his
place in the upper house of parliament, he
was created Duke of Clarence and
Avondale and Earl of Athlone.
Intellectually, he was rather dull and hoavy,
but was a graceful dancer, a clever violin
ist, which appeared to Lave been his chief
accomplishments. His bobby was the col
lection of photographs, of which he had
gathered a large cabinet.
Prince Albert was known to his associates
as “Prince Eddy,” and had been disrespect
fully nick named “Collars and Cuffs," be
cause of his careful attention to dress.
Prince George, since the death of his
brother, is heir to the British throne next
after tho Prince of Wales. Though all im
mediate danger from his recent attack of
typhoid fever is over. Prince i leorge is any
thing but and if influenza should
fasten its clutohes on him tho Duke of Fife’s
baby, with its commoner blood, would be
brought closer to the British throne than
tho aristocrats care to contemplate.
CARDINAL MANNING GONB.
Death Claimed Him While Prayers
Were Floating Heavenward.
London, Jan. 14.—Cardinal Manning
died at 8:20 o’clock this morning. The car
dinal continued to grow weaker
and weaker during the night,
until finally his prostration became
complete. He was able, however, to
join in the prayers which were being
offered at his bedside. His eminence con
tinued these supplications for divino mercy
until 7:30 o’clock, when he became uncon
scious. His death was oalm aud he passed
away evidently without pain. Telegrams
of regret from all parts of the world are be
ing received.
Henry Eduard Manning, D. D., cardinal
of the Roman Catholic church, was born in
Tatteridgo, Hertfordshire, England, July
15 1808. Ho was educated at Balleot Col
lege, Oxford. While at Oxford he was or
dained in the Church of England, and was
remarkable as an oloquent preacher, anil as
a leader of the tractarian party. In 1834
he obtained a country rectory and in 1840
became archdeacon of Chichester. In 1851
the legal decision In the Graham case, sun
ieoting the church to the authority of the
crown on the question of doctrine, occas
ioned his leaving the Church of England
and joining the Church of Rome in which
he was made a priest in 1857. In 1865
he was appointed Roman Catholic
archbishop of Westminster. At the
ecumenical council in 1870 he was one of
the most zealous promoters of the infalli
bility dogma. In 1875 he was named cardi
nal, and continued one of the great loaders
of the ultramontane section of the churoh.
He had a keen intellect, great spiritual
fervor, aud was devoted to good works. He
was particularly energetic in matters per
taining to public education, and did a
groat deal to improve the condition of the
poor Irish in London. His influence for
good was very noticeable in adjusting the
differences between the dockmen and
directors of the dock oempames in the
groat strike in 1889. He was the author of
a large number of publications, all of
which show he was a man of remarkable
ability.
Cardinal Simeonl Dead.
Rome, Jan. 14.-Cardinal Simeonl form
erly papal secretary of state and prefer
general of the propaganda, died to-ilay.
His death was due to an attack of influenz ,
from which be had been suffering for several
Seraflao Vannulelli, papal *>cre-
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1892,
tary of memorials, will succeed Cardinal j
bnueoni as prefect geueral of propaganda.
His Eminence Giovanni Bimeoni was
born at Pallano 1816, an Italian statesman,
and having been ordained, became, la 1847,
auditor to the nuncio at Madrid. In 1875
he became nuncio at Madrid, with the title
of Archbishop of Chalcedonia in partibu*.
In the following year he succeeded Cardinal
Antonelli as secretary of state and prefect
of the apostolio palaces to Pius IX., and is
supposed to have dictated his policy of re
sistance t' the Falk laws in Germany, and
the education laws in Franco. On the ac
cession of Leo XIII. in 1878 he was replaced
by Cardinal Franchi, aud became prefect
of the propaganda.
FRANCE AND THE VATICAN.
The Clergy Ordered to Cease Op
position to the Republic.
Paris, Jan. 14.—The pope has sent a
special letter to the cardinal-archbishop of
Paris requesting him to Instruct the French
clergy to cease all opposition to the repub
lic, and to follow to the utmost the pope’s
policy of conciliation. The Bending of this
letter is duo to the satisfactory Interviews
that have taken place recently between his
holiness and Count Lefevre de Behaine, the
French ambassador to the Vat
ican. It is understood that
Count de Behaine assured the
pope that France would reciprocate Jfor
the Instructions sent by him to the cardinal
archbishop by relaxing the restrictions
placed on religious bodies, and by allowing
more liberty in religious instruation.
CONSPIRACY IN BULGARIA.
Army Officers and Prince Ferdinand’s
Cook Under Arrest.
Paris, Jan. 14. —Tho Eclaire to-day pub
lishes a dispatch from Sofia stating that
fifty army officers have been arrested iu
that city on a charge of being Implicated iu
a plot against the livos of Prince Ferdinand,
the ruler of Bulgaria, and M. Stambuloff,
Bulgaria’s prime minister. The dispatch
adds that a report is current that Prince
Ferdinand bad a narrow escape from
being poisoned by strychnine at the hands
of tho palace cook. Fortunately the man
was observed acting in a suspicious manner.
Ho was watched and was detected in the
very net of placing strychnine in some dish
he had prepared for the prinoe. He was
immediately placed under arrest.
OPENING OF THBI LANDTAG.
Tho Speech From the Throne Read by
the Chancellor.
Berlin, Jan.l4. —The Landtag was opened
to-day. The emperor was not present, and
in his absence Chancellor von Caprlvi read
the speech from the throne opening tho ses
sion. The speech made no reference to
foreign affairs. It announced that bills
would be introduced dealing with the appli
cation of the Guelph fund, elementary
education and extension of government
railways. Referring to the finauoial situa
tion the speech described it as less favorable
than It was iu 1891. It was not improbable,
it added, that there would be a deficit owing
to increased expenditures.
BLAIN BY ARABS.
Slave Traders Surprise the British
Outposts in Nyassaland.
London, Jan. 14.—A dispatch from
Mozambique says: “The Arab slave traders
in Nyassaland recently combined their
forces and made an attack on the British
outpost at Makanjiras. on the southeast
shore of the lake, killing Capt. Maguire,
commander of the South Africa Company’s
force of Sikhs,Dr. Doyle, Mr. KoEwan, the
engineer of the company’s steamer, and
nine Sikhs. Many more were wounded.
The fato of the outpost is in doubt. The
lake company has asked for a gunboat and
a supply of ammunition.”
RAVAGES OF THE GRIP.
The Epidemic Spreading Rapidly in
Northern Italy.
Rome, Jan. 14.— Tho influenza is rapidly
spreading in Northern Italy. Four hundred
cases were reported in Leghorn yesterday
and the people are greatly alarmed. The
mortality from the disease in that city is
very heavy. Many deaths are reported
from the influenza in Mantua aud Savoua.
PUPILS PROSTRATED.
Paris, Jan. 14. —One hundred and
eighteen of the pupils in the military school
at St. Cyr are prostrated with the influ
enza.
Only Fifty Saved.
London, Jan. 14. A dispatch from
Hong Kong states that fifty passengers from
the lil-fated steamer Nainicbow, which
foundored off Cupehi points, carrying down
with her 414 persons, were saved by fishing
boats that were in the vicinity of the scene
of the disaster.
Portugal’s cabinet Resigns.
Lisbon, Jan. 14.—1n the Cortes to-day
the premier announced that the ministry
had resigned, owing to its inability to find a
successor to ISenor Carvalho as minister of
finance and that the king had accepted the
resignation of the ministry.
QUAY S RESOLUTION.
It Begins to Look as Though It May
Not Be Introduced.
Washington, Jau. 14. —Senator Quay
did not put in his resolution to investigate
the civil service of Philadelphia to-day, be
ing pursuadod by the advice of friends not
to do so for the present. On his return from
Beaver ho may do so. He has no doubt that
the resolution wouid be adopted. Chair
man Wolcott, of the committee on civil ser
vice, wiji bo disappointed if Senator Quay
does not press the resolution. Chairman
Wolcott is an enthusiastic civil service re
former, aud if he gets no other opportunity
to exercise his abilities in aiding civil serv
ice reform, may take up tho report of
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt on
tho Baltimore primaries of last spring, the
recommendations of which the President
has never carried out, and Inquire wby it
has not been heeded.
BRICE’S SEAT,
The Movement to Oust Him From
the Benatorship.
Columbus, 0., Jau. 14.—1n the House
this morning the resolution to inquire into
the legality of Calvin S. Brice’s election to
the United States Senate on the ground
that he is uot a citizen of Ohio, was re
ferred to the committee on elections. The
vote stood 54 yeas to 26 nays. The demo
crats voted solidly against it, and Mr.
Griffin (republican) voted with them.
Crisp’s Convalescence.
Washington, Jan. 14.—Speaker Crisp is
now convalescent and out of danger, unless
a relapse should unexpectedly take place.
He dressed this ir.orniug and wrote a latter
or two. He may be out next weak, but will
not take any risks. He is peculiarly sub
ject to changes in the weather and a few
days of sunshine would greatly aid him. -
AN INCENDIARY LAIMA) W
CAUGHT IN THU ACT AND SHOT
TO DEATH.
The Cellar of a Boarding House En
tered at Night and the Planks
Sprinkled With Kerceer.e—No Re
sistance Made by the Negro When
Discovered and Fired On.
Columbia, S. C. , Jan. 14.— For several
months the town of Laurens, this state, has
been the victim of incendiaries. Fire after
fire has occurred, thousands of dollars have
been lost in smoke and the citizens have
been apprehensive as to whose turn would
come next. Oue of the incendiaries met bis
end about midnight last night. Lawrence
Thompson, a 20-year-old negro, was caught
almost in the very act of firing Mrs. Rich
ardson’s house and was shot to death by her
son, J. Oswall Richardson. Last Thursday
night Mrs. 8. P. Richardson’s boarding
house on Harper street was set on fire and
the evidences of incendiary origiu were
unmistakable.
HER SON ON GUARD.
Bince then, Mrs. Rioharilson’s son, a
young man 22 years old, has been keeping
guard, staying up pretty much all night.
Ho had placed a breech-loading shotgun
loaded with buckshot under the back steps,
where he could get it conveniently if it was
needed. As it was raining last night Rich
ardson concluded not to stay up. and a few
minutes before 12 o’clock wont out to get his
gun. When he reached the rear of the
house he saw a negro go around tho side of
the house aLd enter the cellar.
READY FOR ACTION.
Richardson got out the gun, but in doing
so made some noise. He went back and,
without being himself seen, saw the negro
coming from the cellar door. The negro
went in again, was gone several minutes,
came back and stood for a minute or two
looking hack. Riohardson fired two shots
and then thinking that he heard someone
running Lehiud, went back to look for
them, knowing that the negro whom he had
seen oouid not escape on account of the
high fence. Coming back in a moment
he advanced, thinking the negro had gone
into the cellar, but came upon him standing
behind the cellar door.
THE NEGRO KILLED.
Richardson then opened Are with his pis
tol. He fired five times, reloaded, and fired
three times again. Thompson died imme
diately. There was found just within tho
cellar a quart bottle containing about u
tumblerful of kerosene, and some of tha
planks inclosing the cellar were wet with
oil. Matches were found on Thompson. An
inquest and autopsy were ho|d this morn
ing. The verdict was that the killing was
justifiable, Richardson surrendered imme
diately.
Richardson, in charge of the sheriff, ac
companied by his counsel, B. W. Ball, came
to Columbia to-night, and a motion for bail
will be made before Justice Mclver to
morrow.
RATES ON EXPRESS PACKAGES.
Small Packages to Go for Less Than
25 Cents.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14.—T0-day the rail
road commission met. It was an In
teresting and lively session and its work is
fraught with great interest to tho people
of the state. The meeting to-day
was for the purpose of fixing
express rates under the power granted it by
the last legislature. What the rate will be
is not yet known, but enough has beau
learned to justify the statement that when
the order is published there will go forth a
howl from the express companies equal to
that made by the telegraph companies over
the recent circular in regard to the tariffs
fixed by the commission.
RATES ON SMALL PACKAGES.
One important item which tho commis
sioners propose to do away with is that
charging 25 cents for small packages. Here
tofore it has been the custom of the express
companies to require a payment of 25 cents
for the forwarding of small parcels, no
matter what distance they were to be trans
ported, whether one mile or 500. Under the
rates formulated to-day this will be changed.
Tariffs, it is authoritatively stated, have
been made which will hereafter be
proportionate to tho distance and weight of
all packages. Capt.. Butler Mays, the as
sistant superintendent of the South
ern Express Company, was called
before the commissioner to present the
express company’s side of the question. He
asked time to look over the rates and hear
the objections that the corporation would
make. This was granted, and Jan. 25 was
set as the date on which to hear and deter
mine the opposition that the company
would make to the proposed tariffs. It is
understood, however, that the commission
is inflexible in regard to : he above instance,
and will not change its ruling. Other im
portant changes were also made, but just
what they are has not been disclosed.
ARRESTED ON HIS BRIDAL TRIP.
A Columbia Man Taken Into Custody
at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Oa., Jan. 14.—Early this
morning Chief of Police Connolly received
a telegram from Columbia, 8. C., to arrest
Ernest Lovick, who is wanted there on a
a charge of leaving the state with an in
tention of defrauding his creditors. A
patrolman was sent to watch the inco ring
trains and a man answering Lovick’s de
scription was arrested. lie gave James
Harmon as his name, and insL-ted that he
was the wrong party. The obief had him
guarded in the station house until the Co
lumbia authorities e: uld be communicated
with. To-night a telegram earns asking his
detention as he was the right man. Lovick
is accompanied by his wife whom he mar
ried yesterday at Columbia. Her maiden
name was Bowmen. She has shown the
utmost devotion to her husband, remaining
with him the whole time he has been under
guard and steadfastly refuses to believe him
guilty.
GEORGIA’S ENCAMPMENT.
Griffin's City Council offers Water and
Light.
Griffin, Ga. . Jan. 14— Griffin will be in
the contest for the state military encamp
ment. At a meeting of the city council
held this afternoon, the city agreed to fur
nish water and lights on the grounds. Sub
sequently a citizens’ meeting was held when
the matter was fully discussed, after which
a strong committee was appointed to go to
Atlanta to-morrow to present Griffin’s hid
and Griffin’s advantages for locating the
eucampment here.
Snow at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 14.—Snowflakes
fell here this evening. It was tho first seen
hereabouts since December,lßß6, when there
was a fall of about four inches.
SNOWING AT MOBILE.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 14.—Snow fell here
fiercely this afternoon and evening and is
still falling. This is the first snow here
since 1886.
SENATOR HILL IN THE HOUSE.
He Holds a Regu’ar Levee hi the Rear
of the Democratic Side.
Washington, Jau. 14.— Senator Hill
proposes to make all the friends possible in
his pursuit cf the presidential nomination.
After the Senate adjourned to-day he went
over to the House and spent an hour and a
half shaking hands with democrats. He sat
most of the time on the long leather-oovert'd
bench liehind the democratic side, whither
the democrats went or w ere brought by
Messrs. Catchings and Cummings, two of
Speaker Crisp's lieutenants, or by the
famous “Ike” Hill of Ohio, deputy sergeant
at-arms, who thinks Seuator Hill tho great
est mau living, and only equaled by Jeffer
son and Jackson among the dead. About
seventy-five democrats paid their respects
to Senator Hill.
ONLY TWO LEADERS AMONG THEM.
Representatives MoMiliin and Blount
were tho only real leaders among them.
Some of them were so enthusiastic in their
conversations that Mr. Dockery, who
was speaking, had to appeal to the cnair to
keep order and sevoral tunes the presi ling
officer felt moved to ask on his own account
that Senator Hill’s admirers should not in
terrupt the ! usinets of the House. Senator
Hill was smiling and courteous. To those
who had any conversation with Senator
Hill he commended the advice in his Albany
speech. E-. cry body was interested to see
wtiat Nberinnn Hoar and Gon. Krod W ill
iauis, who were several times in Senator
Hill’s neighborhood, would do. Finally Mr.
Williams, with Messrs. Crosby and Gool
idgo of Massachusetts, were presented to
him, but Sherman Hoar would uot Jotu
them.
CALL’S CONTEST.
Tho Senate Committee Hears David
son's Arguments.
Washington, Jan. 14. —The Senate com
mittee on privileges and eleotiotis this after
noon heard argument In the contested elec
tion ease of Davidson vs. Call, involving
posses ion of the seat held by Senator Call
as representative of Florida. Senator Call
was not represented by counsel.
Gen. Hurton, counsel for Mr. Davidson,
in bis argument reviewed the prooeodiDgs of
tho legislature In elooting Senator Call, and
spoko of ttie certiflca'e of election to Mr.
Davidson.
Constitutional questions bearing on the
contost wore quoted and commented on by
the oounsel to show that the action
of the legislature were illegal, ami that tho
election of Senator Cali was void owing to
the absence of a quorum of members.
Precedents involving the use of the appoint
ing pow ers by governors to fill vacancies in
the Senate were quoted, as well ns legal
cases touching the question. A long argu
ment followed on tho definition of the word
legislature as applied to the organization
of the state's legislative body and on the
question ns to whether a senator could be
elected without a jo'int assembly of the
legislature. The election of a senator, the
counsel asserted, must be, according to the
constitution, by the legislature, and with
out regard to what, preceded tha election.
Senator Call rested his cose without argu
ment and the committee took the matter
under consideration.
BLAINE WILL RUN.
Alger Goes Home Thoroughly Satisfied
of the Fact.
Washington, Jan. 14.—Secretary Blaine
will accept the nomination if tendered him,
but he will say nothing on tho subject. This
is the information Gen. Alger of Michigan
gathered to-day as tho result of an in
quiry which he came here especially to
make. Gen. Alger lias a personal, vital in
terest in this matter, for if Secretary Blaine
would not accept the nondi ati in and should
let that fact be kDown, Gen. Alger would
announce his own candidacy for the nomi
nation. But although he is a close friend of
Secretary Blaine, and although he
presented bis desires to Secretary
Blaine strongly to-day, he did not get
any direct and positive answer from him.
Ho received the information on which ho is
going home—satisfied that Secretary Blaine
will run—and if Gen. Alger has any place
ou the ticket this year, it must be the
second one—from other men who want to
see Secretary Blaine nominated, especially
from Senuto#s Quay and Washburn, with
whom he had a long conference.
NO WORD FROM OHILHJ.
Minister Montt Somewhat Disap
pointed at His Country’s Tardiness.
Washington, .Jan. 14. Neither the
President nor Honor Montt has received any
significant message from the Chilean gov
ernment to-day. None is really expected
now before next week, although no surprise
would be felt if some conciliatory express
ion came before. Minister Montt, who insists
that the Chilean government desires peace,
and that it will prove it, admits that he is
disappointed that the definite aud official
assurance of this has not arrived, os he
confidently expected by this time it would.
It must come, he says, but may be delayed
until after the trial of the indicted men.
It is said that the President has
determined to await the return of Judge
Advocate General Rerny from California
with the full official report of the inquiry
and his own personal comments and obser
vations before either sending the correspon
dence to congress or an ultimatum to Chile.
ENLARGING THB FREE LIST.
The New Democratic Bills to be lutro
duced at Once.
Washington, Jan. 14.—At an informal
conference of the democratic members of
the ways and meanß committee to-day, it
was agreed that soveral bills which had
been drawn up by various members of the
committee and generally discussed and ap
proved by the democratic majority, should
bo introduced by tbeir authors at
once into tho House and referred
to the committee. Asa result
of this agreement bills will be introduced
to-morrow placing upon tho free list lumber
in all its forms, binding twino, barbed wire
fencing rods and salt. A member of the
committee is quoted as saying that a num
ber of other features of the present law will
doubtless be attacked. Cotton ties and cot
ton bagging will receive attention, os will
coai, iron ore, kerosene and a number of
other things.
LIVINGSTON'S SPEECH.
Hla Voice Better Than That of Any
Other Speaker During the Day.
Washington, Jan. 14,—Representatives
Jerry Simpson and Tom Watson both asked
Representative Holman for time in which
to speak to-day in favor of his resolution,
but Representative Holman refused them
both in favor of Representative Livingston,
whom he recognized as the leading alliance
man and whose maiden speech was received
with considerable applause, which justified
Representative Holman’s preference. Rep
resentative Livingston had the best voice,
at ail events, of any one who spoke to-day.
TYPESETTING BY MACHINERY.
Report of the Committee of the News
paper Association.
New York, Jan. 14.—The committee on
machine composition, appointed last winter
by the American Newepapor Publishers’
Association, presented a voluminous report
to the executive committee of the ass<xna
tlo.i in session last Tues lay in New York.
Tho report In all Its details, with numerous
appendices, will bo pub.ished ptivatelv for
the exclusive use of the members of the as
sociation. Following is n formulated sum
mary of the conclusion of the committee:
The committee agree in stating,
1. That machine composition is absolutely
practicable, and very much cheaper than band
composition.
'i. That, as between type setting and type
casting machines the latter are by far more
preforuble for ordiuary newspaper work.
3. That so far as was revealed by this test,
the Rogers typoeraph produced tne best anil
most economical result. Its simplicity of con
f-tructiim was so great that it was set up ready
for running in ninety minutes for live consecu
tive working days. No machinist or other
party than the operator had anything to (lo
with the machine, and it rau srnootidy, with
scarcely amomenl's Interruption for the oat ire
Period of the test.
4. That so far ns revealed by this test, the
Linotype machine, while showing hursts of
s[wed exceeding t lie capacity of its competitors,
yet, owing to tbo recklevsoc-s of the operator,
tile absence of any superintendent, and possibly
to tile too deti -ate and complicated mec .anisoi,
fell far short in tho general result of accom
plishing what hod been claimed fur it by Us
owners
fi. Toe McMillan machine, while exhibit ug
the highest typographical excellence of its com
position because justified by hand, nevertheless,
by reason of tiie fact that it requires Hires skilled
workmen to produce its results, it is not to bo
preferred on the score of economy for use in
newspaper offices under ordinary working con
ditions.
6. The St John typobar was not entered as a
contestant, but Mr. St. John courageously ; re
routed his original experimental machine ou
exhibition out}-. Its peculiarity consists in
casting a slug line by compression and w ithout
beat. Tho novelty of tills machine attracted a
great deal of attention
KincnEitifK Driscoll,
W. J. Him Aims,
E. 11. Woods,
Committee on Machine Composition.
COATED FAILURE.
The Embarrmsed Cotton Firm Makes
an Assignment.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 11—The em
barrassed cotton and wool commission firm
of Joseph H. Costae &Cos. of No. llGChest
nut street, this city, made an assignment
this afternoon to Horaco H. Fritz. The
assignment is made by Joseph H. Coates,
Harrison B. Hcholl and John Walter Gutn
mey individually and as the llrm of Coates
& Cos. Besides tho members mentioned in
the assignment Charles I£. Clsg
horn and Edward H. Coates are
speeial partners. The house Is a successor
of Edward H. Coates & Cos. and Cloghorn
& Herring, and has been rated ut nearly
*500,000.
Messrs. Claghorn and Coatos arc said to
each have #IOO,OOO Invested In the firm.
There are no pi eforeuoes, and no judgments
or attachments war* brought against tho
firm, which has heretofore stood high in
the commercial and financial world. There
uro three branch houses in the south,
which will, of course, be included
in tho assignment. The immediate cause of
the failure was a foreign attachment Issued
yesterday afternoon for #IO,OOO by the
Fanners and Mechanics’ National Bank
against the Washington Manufacturing
Company of flloucestor. N. J., and Joseph
H. Coates & Cos. Vloe President Horoup of
tho bank said to-day that Coates & Cos.
wbro the selling agents for the
Washington company, and were sup
posed to have property and money
of Ihe manufacturing company on hand.
This had been garnisheed. The cause of
tho emi arrassment is given as the demoral
ized condition of the cotton market. The
assets and liabilities of the firm cannot be
statod at this timo, but they will be large.
an express Package stolen.
It Turns Up in the House of One of
the Company’s Drivers.
Staunton, Va., Jan. 14.—Several days
ago, an express package sent from the
treasury department at Washington to
the National Valley Bank at Staunton, con
taining #B4O in bank notes, was receipted
for by the express agent here. When he
readied bis office tho package was missing.
To-diy Express Driver Eugene Keys was
arrested and his houso was searched and
$640 of the money was found.
STRIKE OF THE MESSENGERS.
New Men Secured by the Company to
Fill the Vacant Plaoea.
Atlanta, Oa., Jan. 14.—The express
strike here is still on, but the situation re
mains practically unchanged. New men
are being procured and old ones are con
tinually quitting. Enough men have been
obtain.d to render it unnecessary to handle
freight subject to "delay,” and to-dav every
train left with heavy loads of freight At
tained for the lost twenty-four hours by the
insufficiency of help. The express company
has imported a lot of Pinkerton’s detectives
to look after its interests, and this action
has created much sympathy for the strikers.
OUT IN VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 14.—The express
messengers on tho Richmond aud Danville
railroad went on strike to-day.
TAKEN TO HER HOME.
Tba Bride of a Police Station Marriage
Reclaimed From the Slums.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14.—Myrtle Lou
Perkins, who figured in a station house
marriage sensation throe or four weeks ago,
was taken to her home in Taliaferro county
to-day by her brother. She refused to live
with her husband, William Stone, and wont
to a house of ill-famo. Previous to her
meeting with Stone she had been of good
character. Her parents aro wealthy, and
she is said to be worth $16,000 in her own
right
Gen. Robert Ransom Dead.
Raleioh, N. C., Jan. 14.—Gen, Robert
Ransom died at New Berne, N. C. this
morning. He was the younger brother of
Senator M. W. Hansom, and was a major
general of cavalry In the confederate army.
He graduated at West Point in 1850. lie
distinguished himself in many battles,
especially at Mary’s Heights and Fred
erick* burg. Ho was of late years assistant
engineer on the government works for
deepening water courses in Eastern Caro
lina.
Virginia’s Debt Settlement.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 14.—Gov. MoKin
ney to-day sent a rn(visage to tho legislature
concerning the state debt, inclosing tho plan
of agreement for a settlement between tho
state debt commission and the Olcott com
mittee. It was referred to the finance com
mittees of both houses.
A Verdict for $14,000.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14.—The cae of J.
8. Wiggins against the Central Railroad
and Banking Company was decided this aft
ernoon. The jury returned n verdict for
$14,00(1 in favor of the plaintiff.
i DAILY, 810 A YEAR. I
-f S CENTS A COPY. V
i WEEKLY, $1.35 A YEAR.
STRUNG Pl’ AND SHOT.
A NEGRO MURD 4 RE t LYNCH iD AT
OXFORD, O.
Ho Had Been Hiding In a Shed Within
a Few Hundred Feat of the t ceae of
the Crime for a Week—Several At
tempts Made Before the Crowd Got
Him in Its Clutches.
Cincinnati, Jan. 14.— Henry Corbin, th®
negro who murdered Mrs. Genrgetta Hor
ner at Oxford, 0., last Tuesday night, was
lynched there at 10 o’clock to-night. Ha
had been hiding ever since Tuesday
in a shed within a few hundred
feet of tho place where he had com
mitted tho murder. Growing hungry.*
he had sent a negro boy uptowi*
to get him something to eat, and the boy;
told that he was getting the food for Corbin
and t id where the murderer was hidden.
At oneo a crowd formed and rushed to th®
spot to which the negro boy bad directed
them. Corbin heard them too late to
escape, and in his oowardly fear endeaw<t
ored to put an end to his life with a smalt
83-caliber rovolver. He allot himself abova
the right eye, but the wound was not fatal-
SEIZEO BY THE CROWD.
Fearing that their victim had escaped,
the crowd rushod in and seized him, buO
the marshal and his asnxtn its took him Ini
charge and were leading him to the cala-s
boose, followed by an enraged c/owd. which!
now numbered several hundred. Just aS
the door of the calaboose someone threw!
a rope around Corbin’s neok, but the mar
shal’s knife savod the wretch for a mouwiit.
The rope wtjs cut and Corbin Wits hujjtligsl
iiito the calaboose. Word soon, eumo, how
ever, that the sheriff was on lys way to
take Corbin 1 '.to cu-itody, and upon hesqing
this the mob broke into the cala
boose and dragging out the
hanged him to a tree In the public squar®
and riddled his body with hill hits. It is saiil
that 400 pistol halls were shot into his body.
The crowd thou disappeared, leaving th®
corpse banging, and at the prosent writing
it still swings in the public square.
THREE MEN LYNCH A NEGRO.
Ho Entered the Room of a Sieter of Two
of the Men at Night.
Danville, Va., Jan. 14. —Information
was received hero to-day of a lynching in
Pittsylvania county. George To wler, a ne
gro youth, lived with D. W. Mitchell, a
woll known farmer, and slept in the houso.
On Sunday right ho eutorod tho room of
Mitchell’s little daughter and attompted to
outrage her. Mrs. Mitchell heard tho nois.v
and entorod the room and caught the negro
in the act. Mitchell rushed In and caught
Towler, tied him and soqt tor a justice, who
arrived Monday morning. J. C. and D. L.
Mitchell, brothers of tho little girl,,
arrived in the afternoon and ac
companied by Dock Hnyraore, took
Tower from the officer, led him to the woodst
and swung him to a tree. His body was
found the next morning. A'jurv of inquest!
Was hold and rendered a vordiqtYlmt the do
ceased met hie death at the tends of tho
three men named. The Mitchell boys and
Haymore wore arrested and tried bofore u
magistrate, but the result of tho trial is not
yet known. Great excitement prevails iu
tho neighborhood, nnd serious trouble be
tween the whites and blacks is feared.
TENNESSEE SHAKEN.
An Earthquake Followed by a Roar
ing Sound.
Mkmuhih, Tknn., Jan. 14.—A distinotr
shock of earthquake was folt here at 3:03*
this morning. The vibrations wore fromi
north to south. Buildings werp shaken
and several suburban residents were
awakened from their slumbers.
ROARED LIKE A TORNADO.'
Jackson, Tknn., Jan. 14.—This city win
visited by an eartbqunke at 3:30 o’olook this
morning. Tho shock was followed by is
fearful roaring like an approaching tor
nado. Many citizens wore aroused trout
their sleep and wore greatly alarmed.
Tennessee's Miners.
Chattanooga, Tknn., Jan. 14.—Tba
miners from the Coal Qreek region are pass
ing through here on' route to the Unit®
mines in Arkansas, owned by Chattanooga
parties. One hundred or more men will
emigrate, taking their familioa with thprn..
Tho latest information froi/i the mining
regions In the easturu part of the a til to is
very encouraging and there is very littd®
probability of any further trouble.
Damage by Frost In California.
Los A nobles. Cal., Jan. 14.—Thofceavy
frosts of yesterday wore very destructive t<
both the fruit crops and the trees in tha
Han Gabriel valley and around thp riven
section. No accurate estimate can be mada
of the damage yet. but one authority
places th? reduction of the fruit crop at over
50 per cent., and some estimate tba loss in
money to be #1,000,000.
Still Retrenching.
Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 14.—T0-day three
freight trains on tho Richmond and I)au
villo division wore ordered to bo taken off
and a large number of carpenters and la
borers at their shops were dropped.
Hupt. Dobson says it is also very.proba
ble that ho will have to reduce the "working
timo at the shops from nine hours to seven
hours per day.
Baltimore Bankers Fail.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14.—J. A. Ujpho!-
sou & Hons, bankers, closed thoir doors to
day. Some of the smaller savings banks of
Maryland anti West Virginia kept accounts
with tho firm. No business nor bank her®
will be affected. Audrow Nicholson, one of
the sons, dropped dead in tho biyik a day or
two ago.
A Horse Car Struck by a Train.
CntCAOO, Jan. 14. —An inbound For#
Wayne tram struck a Forty-seventh street
transfer hofso car of the Chicago City Rail
way Company to-day. Two passenger* ou
tho horse oar were killed instantly. Thirteen
other passengers were injured.
Eleven Business Houses Burned.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 14.—The eleven
principal business houses of the town of
Bolton were burned by a fire, which broko
out about 3 o’clock this morning. The low
is estimated at #30,000. There is very little
insurance.
A Light House as a Monument.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 14. —A joint resolu
tion was adopted in tho legislature to-day
calling upon congress to ereot a monumsut
In the shape of a light house on the flp raps,
in Hampton roads, to the memory of Com
modore Matthe w Fontaine Maury.
The Baltimore Floated.
Vallejo, Cal., Jan. 14. —The cruiser
Baltimore was extricated early this morn
ing from her position in the shallow part of
the stream, where she struck after Coming
out of tho dry dook yesterday. No damage
was done to tho cruiser.
