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1 THE MORNING NEWS. I
EsTABLISHBI>ItijO.IiIOORPORATSI)IBBS. 5-
J. H. IfiSTiLL, President. )
A WHIRLWIND OF FLAME.
JWO FIRES LICK LJP $2,750,000 AT
NEW ORLEANS,
Four Compresses and 80,000 Bales of
Cotton Destroyed in the First Blaze.
Four Squares of Dwellings Laid in
Bulnsby a Elaze That Started While
the Other Was Raging.
New Orleans, La., April a—One
of the most destructive cotton fires
on record broke out at 10:30 o’olock
this morning among some cotton on the
sidewalk in front of a fire-proof press on
North Front street, betweeu Race and
Orange. Parties who saw smoko issuing
from among the bales gave an alarm im
mediately, and a few minutes after the bells
rang out No. 32. The department responded
promptly, but the wind was so high
and the cotton so dry that it burued like
tissue paper. The flames ran high, and In
an almost incredibly short space of time
bad communicated to the pre;s itself and
were working their way along the wood
work to the root. Tho firemen worked like
beavers to check the progress of the flanoos
but their efforts were unavailing. Chief
O'Connor, seeing the serious proportions of
the lire, had immediately sounded repeated
alarms, which had the effect of
bringing more engmos to the scene.
Additional pipes were run out and
extra streams of water wore pumped on the
flames, but they had no effeot whatever.
The flames leaped upward from every part
of tho compress. After three repeated
alarms, a general alarm was sent in and all
the engines in the oity, with the exception
of two or three, were called out. The fire
proof press bad about 10,000 bales of cotton
stored iu it. This was entirely consumed.
It would have beea madness t ortho firemen
to enter the press to save the staple.
ANOTHER PRKBS ABLAZE.
In half an hour after the flames had
started the press was totally oonsumed and
the flames had oommunicated to the upper
presA The destruction here was as great as
at the other preis. In a marvelously short
spare of time the flames bad attacked the
building from all tides, working their way
through the woodwork with wonderful
rapidity. Iu this press was stored
50,000 bales of ootton, some of which
was taken out and taken to a place of
safety. The major portion of the staple,
however, was in flames in a short time, and
it was impossible to save it. The fierce
element of destruction ate its way along the
rafters of the press and down through the
woodwork Into the cotton, which was
stored beneath the sheds. It was the only
cotton stored in the yard. That was saved.
It required but a very short time, with the
high wind that was blowing, to destroy tills
press. The sight was an awe-inspiring one.
For a space of at least two blocks a sheet
of flame shot upward. Smoke and sparks
from the Are were blown down into the
streets by the winds and choked and singed
the spectators.
A THIRD PRESS CATCHES.
Suddenly a small flams was seen to leap
skyward from a corner of the Independence
press. In a second almost the entire square
was ablaze, and the flames formed almost a
•olid block of fire. In the yard were
stored some 10,000 bales of the fleecy staple.
In a little time it was oonsumed. At length
four rows of charred walls were all that
stood to remind one that large buildings
had onoe occupied the Bite. Tee last to
catch was tho Orleaus. The place was
gutted and Us contents, consisting of about
20,000 bales, were consumed. There was no
chance to save any portion of the cotton as
the work of destruction was very rapid.
For soma time the men worked ou these
flames, and when it became apparent that
none of the cotton could bo saved, they de
voted their attention to the surrounding
structures. Water was poured into the
windows and through the doorways
and everything was thoroughly wet.
This probably prevented a number of con
flagrations, us sparks were falling in ail
directions. The walls of the different
burned presses fell within a short time of
each other. In each case there was a sud
den trembling, which caused those near the
walls to fall back precipitately. A heavy
surging and then a deafening crash that
could be heard squares away and the streets
would be strewn with pricks and other
material. The district burned over is
bouuded by Peters. Front, Thalia and
Robin streets, and the presses destroyed
areas follows:
Fire-proof—Penrose Bros., managers,
South Front street, southwest corner of
Robin street.
Shippers—Boyd & Herrick, proprietors,
South Peters street, bet ween Henderson and
Robin.
Independent cotton yard, South Peters
street.
Orleans cotton press, Adam Larch, man
ager, South Peters street, between Tualla
and Terpsichore.
Tbs total amount of cotton burned ns
bear as can now be ascertained, is estimated
at 80,000 bales, hold by factors and com
mission merchants, and oovered by their
open policies. Much of this cotton will be
*eut to the pickeries and saved, so that the
total loss will probably not exceed |.‘ll per
“ale, making tha total loss ou cotton of be
tween #2,000,000 and $2,250,000. The loss
?" the presses and sheds Is estimated at
*150,000.
It is thought that the fire started from a
cigarette, which some person threw among
tte cotton. For blocks around the burning
Presses residents moved out their furniture
for fe ar that the fire would spread to their
Pomes. In their flight they would often
™rjw down their parcels in the street,
Here a number of fire thieves, who are
generally iu attendance on these occasions,
get in their work.
THREE FIREMEN INJURED.
TVhil© the firemen were working on the
“re-proof press at tho corner of Terpsichore
“™ Peters streets the walls suddenly shook
•ai m an instant came tumbling down, and
*j> the horror of the already excited crowd
turee men were seen falling under the mass.
'Hung hands were soon working on the
alls and shortly the unfortunate firemen
ere taken from the ruins. The uien all
j’T’tiged to No. 13. They are Capt. Alfred
upee, Lieut. Shaw and Pipeman Bor
inrlif'u ( a I )1, Dupee was only slightly in
ourf 1 otl;ar two men were badly
ANOTHER DISTRICT ABLAZE.
j“‘l6 the ootton press fire was raging an
•arm w aa g,>nt in for a fire tn the residence
it, 0 ® °f the oity, it being bounded by
•tiki ’ ‘^ tinun oiatiou, Second and Third
M i *' At the time the fire department,
th auil a largo majority of
t ri , residents of the burning dis
_‘u We re at th e ootton press fire. A
tj* was blowing and the flames were
sen t Ued lu all directions. Chief O’Connor
th era ' engines to the scene, but before
hoi: g 66 down to active work a dozen
sent*' Wore i® flames. Alarms were
bois . a ®d every engine on
6U “ "ides of the river was
t ne d to tho scene. The heat was m
benr'v SIU * * or i-l'i* reason it was almost un
wi.-ij e uear tl'e burning nuildings, the
fla, au * ~lan y instances blowing tongues of
aern”* , QProßs the street. The fire swept
Wajl “ Laurel street with a rapidity that
boim i j D , ce alarming, and soon the section
Jed by First, Third, Laurel and Maga-
Pjjc Jlfofitittu ftol*
zine streets—four squares—was ablaze, and
the wooden buildings were de
voured os if they were so
much chaff. Magazine street stayed
the march of the destructive element west
ward, and First street acted as a barrier on.
the south. Kvery building on the four
squares mentioned, except four, was de
stroyed. Most of the houses were small,
but some were vary handsome. Hundreds
of people have been left homeless by the
dre, and in many cases nothing was saved
from the ourning buildings. The scene pre
sented was truly one of desolation.
Nothing remains Jof the many handsome
buildings embraced m the four squares but
tall, quaint looking chimneys, like huge
spectral forms standing guard over the
blackened ruins. The losses by this Inst fire
are estimated at $250,000. It is believed
that the buildings were mostly insured.
BUHNOS AYRES UNDER ARM3.
The Government Evan Distrustful of
the Troops.
London, April 4,3 a. m.—A dispatch
from Buenos Ayres to the Times says:
“The extraordinary precautions that are
now being taken by the government
indicate that serious danger is feared
from the troops. Even officers cannot
pass through the lines. The senti
nels are doubled and the soldiers
sleep in their uniforms. The batteries of
field artillery are constantly horsed, cavalry
is inoessantly going the rounds of the
camps, anti the war arsenal is guarded by
artillery and infantry. The radical
clubs are iu the possession of the
police. The radicals deny that they in
tended to revolt and nssert that the dyna
mite stones are an invention of the govern
ment, the sole object being to pre
vent a ma*s meeting of ,30,000 citi
zens. President Pellegrini doolares that
he holds letters in Dr. Alems’
handwriting, provingthat there was a plan
of revolt. Saenz Pena, tho accepted candi
date for the presidency, approved the strong
measures taken by the government and
promises to support the authorities. On the
bourse there has bean no panic, now that
the crisis has come, and there is a fealing of
relief In com'meroial circles. The streets
have prevented their normal Sunday aspect,
TO 1)8 TRIED FOR TREASON.
Paris. April 3.—A dispatch from Buenos
Avres says that the persons arrested for
being concerned in the conspiracy to mur
der President Pellegrini and others will be
tried for high treason. Tho prisoners have
been placed aboard gunboats in the harbor.
The troop* remain outside the city. Three
newspapers have been suppressed.
IN TUB TH RO PARTY FOLD.
Tbe Organized Tollers of St. Louis
Join the Ranks.
St. Louis, Mo., April 3.—At the Cen
tral Farmers’ hall lost night a ratiScation
meeting composed of delegates,from all the
trades and labor unions in the city was
held to take action on the call from the
state labor committee requesting indorse
ment of the third party or People’s party
Slatform adopted at tbe convention held iu
lusio hall last month. Delegates Had
been elected by all the unions and
Knights of Labor assemblies to rep
resent each body in the meeting last
night. When the assembly gathered
there was a largo attendance. The entire
evening wns spent in organizing, and it wns
after midnight when all the real work of the
body was done. This wns, in short, full in
dorsement of the platform of tho rectut
industrial conference with an 8-hour plank
added. Delegates were selected to the
third party tbe convention to be held at
Sedalia on June 21, and then after arrang
ing for thorough organization and effective
work, the meeting adjourned.
FARKHURST’S ORUB \DB.
Sunday Closing of Gotham’s Saloons
One of the Results.
New York, April 3.—lt was very diffi
cult to-day to find a saloon in this city to
which admittance could be gained. Tbe
few thnt did admit customers through side
door or the rear entrance had lookouts sta
tioned outside and no one who was uot very
well known c mid get in. The mest fre
quented places downtown were closed tight
and men might be seen single aud in
groups going from saloon to saloon
in a vain search for a drink. It wa> pro! a
bly the dryest Sunday New York has
ever seen. Most of the hotel bars were
closed, but in some of them drinks were
served with crackors and oheese at table.
It is said that the general closing of the sa
loons at 12 o’olook last night and to-day is
due to the police, who notified tio sa o:-
koepers that they must close.
HORROR OB THS CYCLONE.
Fifty Parsons Killed and Four Towns
wiped Out in Kanear.
Kansas Citt, Mo., April B.—Half a
hundred names compose the list of those
killed in Kansas by the cyclone of last
Thursday aud s ill the death roll is incom
plete. The details of the rlisaiter, sn far as
it affected the towus of tho strlokon section,
are now believed to be complete, but
many of the carnalities in the country re
gions are unrecorded. Four towus were
wiped from the faco of the earth aud a
dozen or so others wore more or loss dam
agsd. The localities of New Haven, To
wands, Augusta ami Saiolan ure now
marked only by wreckage and piles of splin
tered timber which before composed the
houses of tho town. Of the fifty dead,
twenty-seven were killed outright. Tho re
maining twonty-tbree are those who were
fatally injured aud who have sinoe died.
SHOT HIS SWEETHEART.
A Refusal to Marry Him Mako3 a
Murderer of Her Lover.
Cincinnati, April 3.—A speolal to the
Commercial-Gazette from Huntington, W.
V., says: “Allen Harrison shot and in
stantly killed Battle Adams of Little Cabel
Creek, about six miles from this oity, last
night. Bettie refused to marry him. Yesterday
he went to the home of Miss Adams, re
peated his request and was refused. He
went to a neighbor, borrowed o revolver,
and returning shot her dead without saying
a word to her. Returning home he took a
large doso of laudanum, but he was relieved
of that and placed iu jail. There are threats
of lynching to-ntght.”
A German Jack the Ripper,
Berlin, April 3.—This city was agitated
to-day by the announcement of a supposed
“Jack the Ripper” murder. The body of a
woman of the town was found strangled on
tbe staircase of a house near tbe police
bureau in Kaiser Wilhelm strasse. Ttie
murderer had apparently been disturbed
while at work and oompelled to escape be
fore he had time to mangle the woman.
France’s Mayday Celebration.
Paris, April 3.—The manifesto of tbe
serialist secretariat of labor calls upon the
workmen to organize, in order that thi9
year’s Mayday demonstration may be of
surpassing strength,, and exhorts the people
to keep calm and to leave to th* bourgeois*
the responsibility for massacres like that at
Fourmies last year.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 4. 1892.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
The Free Wool tbl to Consume Most
of the Time tn the House.
Washington, April 3.--Aocordiug to
the present programme of tbe leaders of tbe
majority, tho tariff question will be praotl.
cally the only matter under consideration
In the House during the coming week, and
at Its close, two, or possibly three separate
tariff bills will have beea transferred to the
Senate. The wool and woolens bill is
rapidly nearing a final vote. The general
debate has ceased and the parliamentary
stage has been reached, where five
minutes limitation applies to the debate by
any one member with reference to anv para
graph or the bill or proposed amendments.
There has been some talk to the effeot that
the bill would lie passed to-morrow by a
two-thirds vote, but this will not be at
tempted, as all opportunity for amendments
would thereby be out off. The republican
minority has a large numbor of substantial
amendments to offer, and an opportunity to
dißcuss and vote upon these urtd other
amondmeute will oe freely afforded. It is,
therefore, probable that tho wool bill will
not come to a final vote until Tuesday after
noon, at the earliest.
The binding twine bill will follow the
wool bill. It is believed by tbe speakers
that a few hours of general debate on each
side will suffice to bring this measure to a
voto, aad thnt perhaps it osu be acted on in
season to permit the cotton bagging hill to
be taken up before the week closes. Unless
thro should be a disposition to debate tho
binding twine or bagging bills at consider
able leugth, the appropriation bills will be
suffered to wait upon the tariff bills. With
the possible exception of tho urgency de
ficiency appropriation bill, none of them
are likely to he taken up this week. Satur
ur.lay at 2 o’olock has been set apart for
eulogies upon the late Representative Mel
bourne H. Ford of Michigan.
In the Senate.
Tbe Indian appropriation bill Is expected
to ootne up in the Senate to-morrow after
noon, and as there is pending but one mo
tion, viz: to strike out the provision trails
ferring to army officers tbs duties of Indian
agents, it is bolieved that tha hill can be
passed in half an hour.
Then Mr. Morgan s resolutions are to
be called up and the Senate is
to enter upon a thorough discussion
of the silver question, as well as
of the depression wbioh is osserio l to exist
in agriculture. Mr. Morgan himself has
undertaken to open the debate, which will
doubtless oeoupy the ontire week, bull the
ordor in whioh the senators will speak has
not been further arranged.
JUSTICE LAMA VS ILLNESS.
A Succession of Hemorrhages Imperil
His Life.
Washington, April 3.—The statement
in those dispatches last night that Justice
Umar would probably never sit on the
supreme bench again was made to-night by
a member of his family in about the same
word*. The members of his family have
naturally refused to believe that he was as
ill as he really was, but hemorrhage after
hemorrhage within the past forty-eight
hours has forced them to reluctant accept
ance of the facts. If tbe hemorrhages con
tinue death must soon ensue. If
Justice Lamar should escape death
it is believed that his system
is so shattered that he would
have to resign from the bsnob. He
has not been equal physically to tho exact
ing duties of his position for a long time
and has been steadily draining his strength
in tho attempt to perform them, in order
that they might uot burden hit colleagues—
an attempt pathetic in its self-sacrifice
persisted in, in suite of the protests of his
wife and relatives. However, with the aid
of his private seoretary and his stenog
rapher, he completed all the opinions which
he had to prepare for this term before he
became so ill that ho could not work any
more. If he recovers he will probably go
abroad next summer instead of to tbe
White mountains.
HILL AS A DODGER.
A Belief That He Will Not Face the
Senatorial Silver Debate.
Washington, April 3. Senator Hill had
not returned at a late hour to-night from
New Y'ork, where he went on Friday. He
may bo in the 3enate to-morrow morning,
but ifhels.it will astonish some of his
onllragues who expect Senator Hill to re
main away until Senator Morgan has
finished cateoblsing tho Senate, and espec
ially the presidential candidates, on the sil
ver question. Senator Hill seems to fear
that Senator Morgan will turn from his place
on the first row of the Senate and singling
out tho presidential candidates ou his own
side first, all of whom sit behind him, will de
mand and in some way receive a categorical
answer to the question. Senator Hill, for
example: "Are you or are you not in favor
of the freo coinage of silver as provided for
in the Bland till?” Senator Hill is said to
have been in great trepidation ever since
Senator sforgau announced his intention in
the Senate.
SPRINGER OUT AGAIN.
He Will Make a Short Speech in the
House To-Day.
Washington, April 3. Chairman
Springer of the ways and means committee
has so far regained his health that he was
to-day able to attend churob and afterward
to take a short drive in the sunshine through,
the city, Mr. Springer will appear iu the
House to-morrow for an hour or
less, jand ns chairman of the
ways and means committee will make the
closing argument in favor of tho free wool
hill. His speech will be brief and will be
strictly confined to suswering what he con
siders legitimate arguments that have been
made against the bill.
ARRIVAL OF THE MISSOURI.
Tha Vessel Given a Warm Wslaome
by the Officers at Llbau.
Libau, April B,—The steamer Missouri,
from New York, with food for the famine
sufferers, was enthusiastically welcomed on
her arrival here. The steamer Conoordia,
having on board Consul General Crawford,
Count Bobrinsky, Mr. Edgar, Consul Bonj
hold and a number of civil and military
authorities, wen* out to meet the Missouri.
A band aboard the Concordia played tbe
Araerioan and Russian national anthems.
The discharge of *he Missouri’s oargo has
already commenced.
DEATH IN HORRID FORM.
A Man’s Foot Caught In tbe Rail as a
Trtiln Rushed on Him.
Columbia, 8. C., April 3.—Rlohard
Tucker met a horrible death on the rails
□ear this city last night. He heard tbe
train coming and dallied until it was nearly
on him. He then attempted to run off the
track, but bit foot was caught between a
tie and tbe rail. He made frantie efforts to
extricate himself, but hi* shoe was wedged
lu tightly. When tbe engine struck him be
was tossed high in the air falling back on
tbe pilot, and thence to the ground.
CAVA HERE SERVENTES.
CHATS ABOUT THE PREVALENCE
OF A DANGEROUS CUSTOM.
Men Are to Blame for Allowing Flirta
tious Wives to Continue in Their
Evil Ways to Verge of a Scandal.
Interesting Cases in Point.
(CopyrioM.)
New York, April 2.—Are Mr. Deacon,
Coleman Drayton and Lieut. Hetherlngton
the three husbands whose marital misfort
unes have attracted such universal atten
tion during the past few weeks, deserving
of popular sympathy or hot? That Is the
all-abtorbing question of the not
only iu this country, but also in the old
world. Th* general feeling, especially in
the cases of Mr. Deacon and Coleman Dray
ton, appeare to be that they are altogether
unworthy of any oommlterution. This is
due to the fact that both of them have
practically admitted that they had been
aware of the misconduct of their respective
wives, mouths, nay, even years, before
they thought fit to take the radical
steps which they have recently adopted for
the purpose or avenging tbolr so-oalled
honor. Indeed, an impression prevails on
both sides of the Atlantic that Mr. Deacou,
as well as Coieinan Drayton would
have continued to play indefinitely the role
of the “marl oomplaisant,” had they not
been made aware that the publicity of their
wives’ intrigues had become such that all
further pretense of ignoring their own dis
honor would be regarded ss willful tolera
tion, Involving their social 08'raoism and
their expulsion from tbeolubs to which they
belonged, on the ground of conduct unbe
coming of gentlemen.
Few pretty and elegant women of the
world who shine in ttie higher ranks of
European society are without their eava
liere-serveute, and to a certain extent tho
same state of things prevail* hero. Tbe re
lations of the cavaliere-servente to tho lady
who is the objeot of his devotion are not
necessarily of a culpable nature, but they
are In great danger of becoming so. In
foot, it h no exaggeration to declare that
in ninety cases out of every hundred
they do end In that way. It Is
almost inevitable. For mankind is
but human, and the 80-called Pla
touio friendship between an attractive
woman and a man who is ever ■ t hand to
siiow her all those thousand and ono atten
tions which are the cream of existenoe to
the fair sex, and whioh the husband has neg
lected sinoe the waue of ths honeymoon, can
only ne compared to skating on the thinnest
of ios.
Many husbands like to see their wives
thus attended by a oavaliere-servente, sines
il relievos them of duties that they are
alwaj a delighted to perform for other pretty
women, but wbioh they cousidor arduo s
and tiresome where their own wives
are concerned. Their pride would be
hurt were they to see the
ladies bearing their names without these at
tentions, and yet they would co:unqe: it a
bora to tbemsel .es to be obliged td furnish
them. Hence they are >lisp;mod to regard
with good 111 the friend who appears ou
the scene to relieve them of the duties in
question and to assume the role of the eav
aliere-servente.
Onoe the latter it established io attend
ance upon the wife, the husband feed
himself free once more to consult
his own selfish ta-tes and amussments
as he was wont to do before bit
marriage. He Is at liberty to spend all the
time he wishes at his oluh with his friends,
and to pursue his favorite avocations un
hampered by the thought that his wife is
alone aud left to her own devioe*. If the
cavallere servente, with a view of pleasing
the object of bit devotiont, presents her
with handsomo jewels, why should tho hus
band object, since it ilispentes with the ne
cessity of his purchasing precious trinkets
for her and enables him to spend bis money
elsewhere?
Some of tho finest jewels that Mr*. Dea
con possesses were given to hr by her dead
lover, M. Abeilie, and Mr. Deacon himself
admits that over a year ago he was cog
nizant of the fact that the magnificent dia
mond riviere worn by his wife was a gift
from her cavallere-serveule. Nor does the
latter appear to have contented himself with
presenting Mrs. Deaoon with jewel*. No
secret is made of tbe fact thnt he paid some
of her very heaviest dressmaker’s bills as
well. This is a duty whioh frequently
incumbs to tbe oavaliers-ssrvsnte.
Pretty woman who shins in society
nrely pci-ess much knowledge of
the value of money, and no matter
how rich, are often, very often, embar
rassed for the want of funds. YVhat more
natural than that they should turn for as
sistance in thir diffic.iltv to the one friend
of all others, who, they know, is most anx
ious to lend a helping hand to oblige them?
The great couturier s of Paris and London
and thuso of New York no doubt, too, aro
fortunately baun J down to professional se
crecy much in th# same way as doctors and
priests Otherwise they could furnish an
interesting chanter on this particular sub
ject.
One of the most remarkable things about
the cavaliere-a-rveiite is the extent to which
bis exutor.ee is recognized by society. lu
Paris, for instance, none of Mrs. Deacon’s
foreign friends ami but fow of her Annsri
oan intimates would have dreamed of in.
viting her to dinner without at
tho same time asking M. Abellle. In
London it is impossible to meet the
charming Mrs. Singleton, better known by
her pen name of "Violet Fane,” at any so
cial entertainment without finding hir Philip
Currie of the foreign office in tha im
mediate vicinity, while during the lifetime
of the late Duke of Manchester bis wife
would never be Invited to join any house
party iu which the Duke of Devonshire wa;
not included.
In tho same mauner tbe late Duke of Rut
land was the cavaliere-servente of Lady
Miles, who figured so amusingly in tho Colin
Campbell divorce case, and her easy-going
husband, Sir Philip Miles, dil not even
object when her iluoai admirer presented
her with a magnificent steam yaoht and
lent her for the period of bis lifetime the
whole of his superb collection of the Rut
land family jewels.
I might cite hundreds, nay, thousands,
more of equally well-known cates of socie
ty’s toleration of the presence of cavaliere
servente in ths household.
it would seem tbif: it is indispensable that
they should he either very rlob
or very poor—that they should he
either the doner or the recipient of gifts.
Tho fact that the affection betweeu the lady
and bar cavaliare-aervente does not lu the
long run remain kltogother of a disinter
ested nature appears iu many cases to en
dow a more or lets platonic intimacy be
tween the two with additional piquancy..
Tbe responsibility for this state of affairs
rests with the husband, and is In almost
every case attributable to bis selfish regard
for bis own tastes, bis own inclination! and
his own pleasures. Were it not for this form
of egotism, he would not be so ready to
tolerate aud enoourage tbe presence of e
oavailere-servente in his wife’s train. If
busbauus are really jealous of their wives’
honor end their own, they should surround
their better halvas with all tbe attenuated
and tbe devotions which tbe; were wont to
manifest duriug tbe period of tnetr court
ship aud the beginning of the honeymoon.
Instead of leaving tbe duty awwuers they
should remain themselves fc — cavaliere
servente of their wives.
Carrie Cahsi.kss.
BANKER CLBWA’ VIEWS.
The Financial Outlook aa Soon From
Wall Street.
New York, April 3.—The action of oon
grojs on ths question of free coinage of sil
ver Is an important gain in the direotiou of
confidenoe. Tbe silver faction in congress
bad summoned its whole forces to the last
man, and its defeat puts a quietus on the
agitation, not only for tbe present session
but in all probability for a permanenoy. It
is likely to be followed by a falling off In
the adherenoeof the class of politicians who
have mistakenly regarded it as a winning
political issue and who will have no uso for
it now that noither political party can
be expected to oouimlt themselves to it in
the coming federal elections. The silver
produoe-rs, who have been the main movers
of the agitation, have met their Waterloo,
and are likely to accept the conclusion that
their interests can be aecured only by a
policy whioh links the silver interest* of
the United Btates with th.ae of the rest of
the world—a policy which it is passing
strange they should have failed to long ago
adopt a* the only safe aud wholesome one
for their own branch of Industry.
The silver vote has other advantage* the
value of which It would be difficult to over
estimate. It means beyond all question
that there Is a point beyond which the people
of the United Htates are resolved not to go
in commuting tho country to tho silver
basis. It meant that there is no longer any
real danger of uur being lauded upon an
exclusive silver basis—whioh was the log
ical ami inevitable issue of tbe Bland bill.
And the significance of these aspects of the
vote amounts to a very important gain
toward the ultimate consummation of an
international agreement for the mainte
nance of the duublo standard. Ho long as
Europe saw u posslbllty of this
country being oomrnitied to the oolu
age of whatever ailver bullion the
world might see fit to send to our mints,
there was naturally a disposition to post
pone any suggestions looking to an inter
national bimetallic conference; for snob
action on our part would make It possible
for foreign countries to procure cur gold
and thereby set themselves up on tho single
gold basis—a policy which would be, uo
doubt, very acceptable to more than one
important nation. Now that It it made
plain to the wcrld that the United State* is
nut to be caught iu any such folly, an im
ports t factor of uncertainty in the Euro
pean branch of the question Is removed, and
the ohouces for au early international con
ference nro so far improved.
This uew stage in the silver agitation is
not without its importance to tbe stock
market. Iu iny previous weekly advices, I
have shown that there is good reason to
suppose that from 125,000,000 to 150,000,000
of our securities have been returned from
Europe siuoe the government purchases nf
silver bullion were iuoreased to 54,000,000
ounoes per year; the Infsrsuoe being that
foreigners regarded the drift of our legisla
tion an oalaulatod to result in our luve't
ments brooming largely payable In sliver of
uncertain voluo. This week’s congressional
declaration that Amorlcans see the danger
and will avoid it, is calculated to assure
foreign investors that tee danger whioh
has alarmed them is more apparent than
real; and It is therefore leosouable to ex
pect that this reflux of securities will halt,
if indeed It may not bo succeeded by a re
purchase of stocks and bonds whieh have
been sent borne. Taking tbe vote on tho
silver question us a whole, therefore, it is to
be regarded a* the most important gain to
ward confidenoe that has befallen Wall
street for long period.
With those two drawback*—tho sliver
bill and the Bering sea question —tempo
rarily out of the way i t least, the market
is left more free to respond to natural In
fluences. The low prices of wheat, cotton,
Iron and silver discourage Import Interests,
and offset the advantages of abundance to
many producers; but it should not he over
looked that many other interests are llkoly
to be stimulated by cheap iron, and ths
great body of consumers benefit ny cheap
wheat aud Cotton. In truth, the masses are
prosperous, being well paid and baviug
cheap living. This being si, business must
be accepted ns sound in opite of the com
plaints of small profits. It Is quite certain
that no legitimate cause fora serious de
cline in railroad stocks can be found,
particularly while earnings continue so
satisfactory. There is sound reason
for confidence la tha values of many rail
road shares, aud either manipulation orout
sido buying wilt sooner or later assort itself.
The difficulty now is in digesting the h*-avy
amounts cf securities returned from Europe.
If this movemant continues we may he
called upon to again exp rS gold, u* the
tendency of the merchandise movement is
now towards increase 1 ltupor:* aud di
minished export*. The foreign demand for
Americans will, therefore, be closely
watched for some weeks to come. At the
moment, t o mariet is in a dull hut sensi
tive condition. The obanoes appear to favor
improvement after the April settlements are
fully completed.
RAVACROL’d CONFESSION.
He Glories in His Cr mea and Boasts
That He Won’t ReDont.
Paris, April i. —The report is confirmed
that Ravachol, the imprisoned anarchist
leader, has made a full confession. Twenty
six pounds of dynamite have bean stolen
from the rail works at Niraes. Home an
archist workmen have been arreitod in con
nection with tho robbory.
Ravachol said to tho magistrate: "I am
proud of what I have done. Y'ou will not
got a single) word of repentanoe out of mo.
If I had not been arrested I would have
continued my explosions, sparing nobody
connected with the condemnation of
other nnarchli:*. I would like to
have bl >wn up the Chamber of Deputies
for imposing upon dynamiters the penalty
of death. l.et nothing stand in the way of
tho anarohist propaganda, I murdered
tbe two sisters Marc u aud others simply to
procure money to assist the cause. I could
never stoop to begging. No anarchist
begs. I won’t work. Labor is an injustice
as long as it enrlohes an employer who gives
his workers just enough to keep body and
soul together Every one having nothing
ought to rob aud murder. When there are
many men like mo ths riob will name to
term*, lam a martyr in a humanitarian
cause."
A Viotory for Quay.
Pittsburg, April B.—A special to the
post from Newcastle, Pa., says; “With
three or four preoinots yet to bear from,
Heuator Quay’s majority over Representa
tive Halted, iu the popular voto for senator
in Lawrence oouuty, is 1,350. The entire
Quay tioket was elsoted. David W. Pear
son defeated J. J, Deane for national dele
gate by 1,200 majority, Deane securing but
one delegate out of fifteen. A. L. Marlin
and 11, w. Grigsby were chosen as nomi
nees for the assembly. Grigsby has an
nounced himself for Senator Quay for tbs
Senate.
A Steamer Line to Retire.
London, April 3, —The National Steam
ship Company has notified the 1 board
of trade that it it about to abandon its At
lantic passenger service.
MURDEROUS MOONSHINERS.
A Witness Against Them Killed and
the Country Up in Arms.
Bomsrsht, Pa, April B.—Two moon
shiner distillers named Miller and Pritts
murdered an old man named Hoohstetier,
who had been a witness against them. The
murder was wltnsnod by a man
who oame upon the murderers
in the act, recognized them and ran away.
The country is alive with officers and citi
zens hunting for the murderers. Illicit dis
tillers in this seotiun are very numerous
aud have been verv bold and threatening.
They are undoubtedly hiding tho murder
ers, but that is as far as they
dare go while the feeling against
them Is so strong. In the searoh
for the murdercrz, a number of hitherto
unknown distilleries have been found and
destroyed, but most of them had been
stripped of their apparatus. Officers have
oeeu gathering here from other sections of
the country, and to-morrow half a regiment
will take to the woods expecting to stay
there until they capture or kill the men
they are after.
CAPT. O. W. SLATON DEAD.
He Was on Old and Prominent Citizen
of Griffin.
Griffin, Ga., April 3.—Capt. C. W.
Hlaton, an old aud promluent citizen, died
at his residence here this morning, at 5
o'clock, of dropsy. Capt. Hlaton win a
generous, whole-souled gentleman, and it
cau be truthfully saul of him that he died
leaving no enemies. He was a gallant con
federate soldier during the four years' strug
gle, going out as lieutenant of the Macon
Light Infantry, which position he held until
promoted to tbe captaincy of his company,
wbioh promotion he won by his bravery on
tbe field of battle. Asa civilian
he oommanded the respect and
good will of a very large circle
of friends in this and adjoining counties.
For a number nf years he has been a promi
nent cotton warehousemen hero. Capt.
Hlaton leaves a devoted wife, four sons and
four daughters, besides numerous relations
in this and other states, to mourn his death.
His remains will bo carried to Jackson,
Butts county, his former home, to-morrow
for Interment.
B HUNS WICK’ 4 POBTOFFIOB.
Postmaster Attwood'o Removal Con
sidered a Certainty.
Brunswick, Ga., April 3.—To-day’s
Times published a detailed statement con
firming tho rep jrts wired Baturday about
Brunswick’s postofiioe despite a contradiction
sent to Atlanta Ha’urday. Postmaster Att
wood has conducted the business in such a
loose manner that a shortage has occurred,
though the exact amount has not boen
stated. The shortage is due to mis
management, it is generally supp<wsd.
Inspector Bulla has bud control several
days anil unless Postmaster Attwood
reaches the city to-morrow hie bondsmen
wdl take ohsrge. A rigid examination nf
the mousy order department under Adolph
Meyers has proved that to be alt right.
Tns bondsmen may appoint F. Mo Brown
postmaster. Adolph Meyers is applying for
the position, having written Col. Buck and
ts getting up petithns. Postmaster Att
wood will bo removed and will make good
any deficit, hit family beiug wealthy.
SAM JONB-i AT AUGUSTA.
Five Thousand Persona Attend the
Opening of the Revival,
Augusta, Oa., April B.—Rev. Ham
Jones,aidud by Rev. Stewart of Tonneaseoe,
and Prof. Kxcoll, opened a revival meeting
In Augustu to-day. A large ootton ware
house has been fitted up f>r the oocasion
with seats for 5.000 people and Prof. Exoelt
has a choir of 15u voloes. All of the
Methodist churches in the oity are closed
during these meetings, the Congregational
uniting In ths revival servloes. There Is
preaching three times dailr. Standing
room wis at a premium to-night and Rev.
Jones said tn his sermon that he nsver began
a meeting under more encouraging oiroam
staaoes. Never bef re in Augusta's history
was so large a crowd assembled at a re
ligious service.
A MEXICAN GHOST.
She Ib a Veiled White Woman Who
Walkeend Howls ou a Battle Field.
City of Mexico, April B.—Tbe Monitor
Jiejiubticiino has a letter from Jose Maria
Arreta, in whioh be says that in the Haci
enda de Tecoac every night from midnight
until 8 o'clock a white woman, with her
face covered, walks tho scene of the battle
of Nov. Ill; 1870. The ghost is called “La
Lloroiia." and she glides along the lanes
uttering prolonged walls. The letter adds
that lu ordor to lay the ghost the prefect of
Iluamaulla has ordered a priest to conjure
her, and all night ths bells of the tower of
the little chapel are kept ringing to drive
the white lady away.
SHAW’d CONFESSION.
He Requests That Be bn Executed at
tbe Earliest Moment Possible.
Houston, Tbx., Aprils.—ln the court
room here yesterday Walter E. Hhaw, who
confessed on Friday to tha murder, with a
razor, of his mother, Mrs. Auna Shaw,
and his aunt, Mrs. Belle John
son, for S4O, that he might continue a
spree, hat again confessed. He waived
preliminary examination, acknowledged
his guilt, signed a confession and urged that
his execution bo brought about at the
earliest possible date, as he knows he ought
to die, having committed the crime de
liberately aud in his sober moments.
Utah’s Democrats Divided.
Salt Lake, Utah, April 3.—-The Demo
cratic party has split on the Mormon ques
tion, and as a result two conventions have
been called to select delegates to Chicago.
The anti-Mormon* have callod a convention
for May 3at Halt Lake. Tho other faction
has called a convention to meet at Ogden on
May 4.
A Self-Inflicted Wound.
Lexington, Ga., April 3.—John W.
Sprutliu, who is a well-to-do farmer of this
oounty, accideuialiy shot himself with a
shotgun Thursday. While olimhiug over a
fence bis gun accidentally fired and tbo
whole lad took effeot in his right thigh,
literally tearing the bip away. Hts suffer
ing Is excruciating and he cannot lire.
Hunger in Hungary.
Vienna, April 3.—The famine In tha
north of Hungary is spreading. Two thou
sand persons have been without food for a
month in the oommune near Muukaos.
Many deaths from starvation nro reported.
Iu fifty oommunes the suffering is extreme.
Minister Rold Back.
New York, April B.—Whltelaw Reid,
Uulted States minister to France, returned
from Pans on tha steamship I-a Champagne
to-day. He bad with him the reciprocity
and extradition treaties betwoen the United
States and France.
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THETIIREE TABERNACLES
TWENTY- THIRD ANNIVERSARY
SERMON OF REV. TALMAGE.
Visit of the Famous Preacher to
Mount Hermon Tbe Tabernacla
Congregation Defended From tha
Cb&tgs of Having Put Too Mucb
Money in Its Churches.
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 3. This is
festival day at the Tabernaole. Dr. Tab*
mage is celebrating the twenty-third an
niversary of his settlement in Brooklyn. lit
whits Dowers embedded in green at tti#
book of the pnlpit stood the inscription:
“1869 and 1892.” I)r Talmage’s subjeck
w.ui “The Three Tabernarlee: A story ofr
trials and triumphs." Aud his text Lukt*
ix. ,33, “Let us make three tabernaoljs.”"'
Uur Arab ponie* were almost dead witta
fatigue, as, in Deoember, 1889, we rode neap
the foot of Mount Hermon in the Holy
Land, tbe mountain called by one
mountain of ice;” by another, “a glittering
breastplate of ice;” by another, 4 ’the Mount
Blauo of Palestine.” Its top has an almost
unearthly brilliance. But what must it
have been in the time to which my text re
fer*. Peter and James and John were oa
the mountain top with Jesus, when, sud
denly, Christ’s face took on the slow of th
noon-day sun, and aud Elijah, who
had been dea l for centuries, <-ame out fronz
tbe heavenly world aud talked with our
Hovlor. What an everwhslming three*
51 ones,representing the law, Elijah,represent
ing tur prophets, and Christ, representing
all worlds, impetuous Peter was so wrought
upon by the presence of this wondrous
tnree, that, without waiting for time to
consider how preposterous wa* the proposi
tion, ho erp-d out: “I*it as make three
tabernacles; one for thee, one for Moset
and one for Elijah.” Where would they*
get the material for building one tabernacle,
much less material enough to build twa
tabernacla*, an i, still less, how would they'
get the material for building three? Wher*.
would they get the ba.nmers? Where tba
gold? Where tho silver? Where th®
curtains? Where the oostly adorumentetj
Hermon is a barren peak, and tw
build one tabeinaolo in such as
place would have been an undertaking be
yond human achievement, aud Peter waa?
propounding the Impossible when he oriedT
out in enthusiasm: “Let us build three
tabernacles.” Aud, yat, that is what thi*
congregation have been called to do sink
have dona The first Brooklyn Taberneol®
was dedicated in 1870 aud destroyed by fir®
in 1873. The second Brooklyn Tabernacle
was dedicated in 1874 and destroyed by tiro
in 1889. Tbe third Brooklyr Tabornncl®
was dedicated in April 1891, and in that ®
are worshiping toVay Whet sounded
absurd for Peter to propose, when he said
on Mount Hermon, in the words of my
text: ‘‘l et us build three tabernacle*,” wa
bare not only dono, but, in the mysterious
providence of God, were oompelled to do.
We have been unjustly criticised by peo
ple who did not know the facts, sometime*
for putting so much money in churoh build
ings, and sometime* for not giving os miicis
os we ought to this or that denominational
project, and no explanation has yet been
made. Before I got through with the de
livery of this sermon and its publication
and distribution, 1 shall show tnat no ohurctx
on earth has ever dono more magnificently,
and that no church ever conquered more
trials, and that no members dp ever had
in it more heroes and heroines than thie;
Brooklyn Tabernacle, and 1 mean to have
it known that any individual or religious
newspaper or secular newspaper tha®
hereafter oasts any refieotion on this,
church's fidelity and generosity, is guilty
of a wickedness for whioh God will hold!
him or it responsible. One yoar it was sen*
out through a syndicate of newspapers than J
this ohurch was doing nothing lu the way of :
liberality, when we had that year raised $94.-
090 m haul cash for religious uses. Thera
bos been persistent ami hemispheric lying
against this ohurob. We have raised during!
my pastorate, for churoh building and re
ligious purposes, $998,000, or practically a
million dollar j. Not an Irish famine, or a'
Charleston earthquake, or an Ohio freshot.j
or a Chicago conflagration, but our churcil
was among tbe first to help. We
free seats in the morning and evening serv— 1
iocs to 240,000 strangers a year, and ibat la]
tweutv years would amount to 4,80O,0(Kjl
auditors. W r e have received into our mem
bership 5,357 members, and that is only a
email portion of tne number of those who!
have here been converted to God from nil
parts of this land and from other lands.,
Under tbe blessing of God and througb!
th# kindness of the printing press, my *er-i
inons now go every week into every neigh
borhood in Christendom, and are regularly
translated Into neatly all tbe great
languages of Europe and Asia. The syndi
cates having charge of this sermonlo publi
cation informed me a few days ago that my
printed sermons every week, In this amt
other lands, go into tho hand* of 25,000,009
people. During the last year, lam author
itatively informed, over 2,000 different
periodloali were added to the list of thos®
who make this publication. And yet ther®.
are ministers of the gospel ami religion®
newspapers that systematically and iudui
trioualy end continuously charge this church*
with idleness and eeltiehnees and parsi
mony. I call tbe attention of the whole
earth to this outrage that has been heaped
upon the Brooklyn Tabernaole, though t*
more oouseoratej, benevolent, and splendid
convocation of men and women were never
gathered together outside of heaven. X hav®
never before responded to these injustices,
and probably will never refer to them again,
but 1 wish tbe people of this country an®
other countries to know that what they%
read concerning the selfishness and indo
lence and laok of benevolence and lack of
missionary spirit on the part of this church.,
is, from t'P to bottom aud from stem to
stern, falsehood—dastardly falsehood—*
diabolical falsehood. What is said against!
myself has no effect, exoept, like that of a
coarse Turkish towel, the rubbing down by
whioh improves circulation and produce®
good health. But this continuous misrep
resentation of my beloved church, in th®
uame of Almighty God, f denounce, while l
appeal to the fair-minded men and women
to see that justice is done this people, who,
within a few years, have gone through
struggle that uo other church in any land
or any age has boen oalled to endure, and I
pray God that no other ohurch may ever ba
called to endure, viz:—the building of ttire®
tabernaole*. I ask the friends of tha
Brooklyn Tabernaole to cut ou*
this sermon from the newspaper*
and put it- In their pocket books,
to that they can intelligently an
swer our falsifiers, whether clerical or
lay. Aud with those you may put that
other statement which recently went
through the oouutry and whioh I saw in
Detroit, whioh said that the Brooklyn
Tabernacle had a hard financial struggle,
because it had all along been paying suon
enormous salaries to its pastor, Dr. Talmage.
when the fact is that, after our last disaster
and for two years, I gave all mv salary to
tho churoh building fund, and I received
$6,000 less than nothing; iu other words, iu
additiou to serving this church gratuitously
for two years, X let it have $6,000 for build
ing purposes. Why is it that the people
oouid uot do us justice and say that all our
financial struggle as a ohurch came from
doing what Peter, in my text, absurdly pro
posed to do, but whioh in the inscrutable