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CALHOUN’S NEW MOVE.
A PREDICTION THAT THB CENTRAL.
WILL NOT BB SOLD.
The Recent Action Taken, He Bays, to
Protect Hla Clients and the Junior
Security Holders—He is Not 'Favora
ble to the Hollins Plan—He Thinks
the Property Can be Saved.
Atlanta, Ga., April 2.—Pat Calhoun
arrived in Atlanta from New York Satur
day night, and in an interview to-day pre
dicts that the Central railroad will not be
sold under the hammer, and that the Hol
lins plan for the reorganization of the sys
tem will not suoceed. Mr. Calhoun’s trip
south at this time seems to be significant.
For a year or more he had apparently been
a looker-on at the railroad situation iu the
south, but be has evidently been doing
more of late than simply watching
things. The move he made on Fri
day gives anew turn to
the problem of reorganizing the
Central. Mr. Calhoun stated that be had
no information about the Richmond and
Danville affairs or the Terminal, but be
lieves that Drexel, Morgan & Cos. will re
organize the properties.
In regard to the offer of Alexander
Brown & Cos. ana the other bankers whom
be represents as counsel to buy the Central’s
tripartite bonds, $4,999,000, and to take up
the floating debt of $7,500,000, with past due
interest, he talked at length,
EXPLAINING THB MEANING
of the steps when asked what was back of
the proposition of Messrs. Alexander Brown
& Sons, Simon Borg & Cos., and their asso
ciates, to purchase the tripartite bonds and
stop the sale of the Central railroad, he
Baid: “There is nothing behind the move
ment except an honest effort on the part of
my clients to proieot their own interests
and that of the other junior security hold
ers. and a sincere desire to aid in securing
the Central system from the wreok into
which it bos been plunged. The interest of
roy client is the interest of the Central
stockholders, and of every junior security
holder of the system.”
“Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Lawton in his inter
view this morning, intermates that your
clients should have taken this action long
ago.”
“In this ha is mistaken. It -.va3 not easy,
under all the circumstances, to raise tho
$5,500,000 necessary to protect the Central
from foreclosure. It is not easy for the
minority seourlty holders to raise money to
defeat a widely extended and deliberate
plan to foreclose their property. My
clients have
NOT DELAYED A DAY LONGER
than was necessary. It does seem to me
strange that any seourlty holder who has
the real Interest of the property at heart
could object to an effort to prevent it from
being sold under the marshal's hammer.
In the minds of the people
of the country I think there is still an im
pression that the property is not to paßs
under the marshal’s hammer except as a
last resort, when every effort to save it has
failed.
“The tripartite bonds are due and instead
of an effort to sell the road out at fore
closure sale under the mortgage securing
them, or under the consolidated mortgage
securing the floating debt, every security
holder of the Central road is deeply inter
ested iu providing Borne means by which
these debts can be paid off and
the property saved.
instead of wrecked, whatever efforts may
be made In the future, however, to further
wreck this property, I feel quite confident
will be thwarted. There is substance be
hind the present movement and it is decid
edly advantageous to the Central seourity
holders. It would certainly seem proper
for the present management of the company
to cordially welcome any new-comer who
could bring material aid to the oompany,
and the capacity of my clients to do this is
found in their ability and willingness to
purchase the tripartite bonds and stop the
foreclosure, which no one else has been
either utile or willing to do.”
“Are your movements Influenced by
mere hostility to the Hollins plan?”
“Not at all. I am extremly anxious to
see the Central put on its feet. I have
strongly opposed every effort to wreck it,
no matter where or by whom originated.
I am now and have always been willing to
to take off my coat to save it. Of course,
it is well known that I have never been in
sympathy with tho effort to confiscate the
majority stock, nor have I believed for a
moment that such an effort could succeed.
I have never hesitated to express this
opinion, and I have only been surprised
that any stockholder should fail to
see that his interest lay in trying to prej
Berve the rights of the majority of the
stook. It is perfectly clear that this large
block of stock is valueless unless all the
debts and securities ahead of it are taken
care of. I have
SEVER FAVORED THE HOLLINS PLAN
because I regarded it as unjust and inequita
ble and based on wrong principles, aud I
have never believed it would succsed. It
carries on its face manifest defects that ren
der its success impossible. While express
ing this opinion to those who
sought my views, I have care
fully refrained from public expression
until I oould clearly Bee my way to some
thing better to offer the security holders.”
“Do you still think well of tbe Comral
system?"
“Unquestionably, my opinion of its value
has never changed. It is a great property,
and I confidently believe the future will
vindicate my judgment. It should be re
membered, however, that tbe terrible an
tagonism against railroads in this state has
borne bitter fruit, and has given the oppor
tunity to breakdown the credit and destroy
the efficiency of railroads. Tho seourlty
holders must, therefore, unite to make
mutual concessions in order to put their
property on its feet."
“Bat what about the foreclosure under
the floating debt?”
“O, we will cross that bridge when we
get to It, bat the same power that could
raise the money to buy tbe tripartita bonds
can pay off the floating debt I hope to see
nil interests barm nixed, and by united
effort, there is no doubt the property can be
saved.”
The morning News.
BERING SEA ARBITRATION.
Secretary Gresham’s Telegram to the
Counsel of the United States.
Washington, April 2.—ln view of the
statements which have appeared during the
last two or three days concerning the allow
ances made to different persons employed
in various ways in the preparation and
presentation of the ease of the United
S.ates before the Bering sea arbitration
tribunal, Secretary Gresham has Bent to the
counsel of the United States in ParisJ a dis
patch, from which the following is quoted:
“Neither the state nor the treasury dtpar#
meat is responsible for the mischievous pub
lication. The administration will do every
thing in l;s power to maintain the case of
the United States, and to support our agent
and counsel before the tribunal of arbitra
tion.
THIS WEEK IN THE SENATE.
Probability of a Vote on the Western
t euatorehip Question by Saturday.
Washington, April 2. —The coming
week in the Senate will witness a continu
ance of the debate on the cases of the sena
tors appointed from the western states, with
the probability that before Saturday a vote
Will be taken.
There now appears to be little, if any,
reason why the Senate cannot adjourn as
soon as it is notified by the President that
he has no further communication to send in.
It is possible, but not likely, that the Roach
investigation may lie called up by the re
publicans this week.
THB WEATHER BUREAU BREEZE.
A Full Investigation of the chargee
Demanded by the Chief.
Washington, April 2.—As a resultof the
controversy between Mark W. Harrington,
chief of the weather bureau, and J. B. Mc-
Laughlin, chief of the executive division of
the bureau, Harrington has demanded of
Secretary Morton an immediate and full in
vestigation of the administration of the
bureau. McLaughlin was suspended by
Harrington for insubordination, and recom
mended to the secretary for dismissal. Mc-
Laughlin responded by filing charges of
corruption against Harrington. The in
vestigation is expected by the management
of the bureau to be made at onoe.
HOOKER’S CONDITION.
The Surgeon in Attendance Reports
No Fracture or Internal Injuries.
Washington, April 2.—Allan Hooker,
son of Congressman Hooker of Mississippi,
who was seriously injured last night by
being struon by a cable car, said this even
ing that his father was resting quietly
and was perfectly conscious. The attend
ing surgeon, said Mr. Hooker, stated that
ho eouid not uiseover any fracture, nor
were taere any symptoms of Internal inju
ries. With quiet and careful treatmen: the
physician believed Congressman Hooker
would reaover.
THB ANN ARBOR STFIKE.
A Decision to Disregard the Orders of
the Court
Toledo, 0., April 2. —Meetings of
engineers and firemen were held in this oity
to-day, at which it was decided to stand by
the Ann Arbor strikers no matter what the
decision of the oourt, expected to be handed
down to-morrow, may be. When asked
what aotion would be taken in the case if
the decision is adverre to the men, the lead
ers say that Ann Arbor freight will not be
touched under any conditions. The sugges
tion that this could not be done with
respect to law in case the courts decide all
boycotts illegal, brought out the following
statement An injunction has been brought
to prevent Chief Arthur from ordering the
engineers on the roads connecting with the
Ann Arbor to refuse to handle freight and
cars for that road, became this is a strike
among its engineers and firemen. We have
no doubt tiist the preliminary injunc
tion grunted by Judge Ricks will
be made perpetual. That does not
prevent men from quitting work, does it?
The fact is Chief Arthur has not the power
to order a boycott or a strike anyway. The
members of the brotherhood simply quit
without orders from any one, aud it will be
a task for the courts to reach the power
w hich causes boycotts by means of injunc
tions. Wo shall
SIMPLY RESIGN FROM THE SERVICE
of our employers when we are asked to do
Ann Arbor business.”
Judge Itickß will open court at 9:30
o’clock to-morrow morning and will give
his decision in the cases of the engineers who
are charged with contempt of his manda
tory order issued on Maroh 11, in Cleve
land. He will also read the decision
reached by himself aud Judge Taft on the
application for the perpetuation of tho
order restraining Chief Arthur from order
ing a boyoott of the Ann Arbor road or a
strike on the roads handling Ann Arbor
business.
MISSING VBBSELS.
One Sixty-two Daya Out and tho
Other 122.
Philadelphia, April 2.—Considerable
anxiety is felt in shipping circles concern
ing the fate of two missing vessels which
should have arrived at their port of desti
nation two weeks ago. The vessels are
British barkentine Maggie Thompson from
Bagua for the Delaware breakwater, now
sixty-two days out, and the Portu
guese bark Faroe from Philadelphia
for Faroe, Portugal. 122 days out. It is
feared that both vessels have gone down
with all hands, numbering twenty-six men.
It is believed that the Maggie Thompson,
which sailed from Sagua ou Jan. 2b, was
lost In a whirlwind off Fenwick Island on
Feb. 15. Tho Maggie Thompson was com
manded by Capt. D. Soty of Nova Sootia,
and carried a crew of twelve men. The
bark Faroe was in oharge of Capt. Husoo,
who was accompanied by his wife.
THB CHKRCKEK STB IP.
ItsOpeulnpr to Settlement Said to bo
an Assured Fact.
Tahlkquah, I. TANARUS., April 2.—The open
ing of the Cherokee strip is an assured fact.
After a stormy debate, which lasted all
day, the ratification of the amended treaty
was passed late last evening by both
the House and Senate of tho national coun
cil. Chief Harris will sigu it at once and
then nothing will remain to be done but to
pav over the money to the delegation which
will be appointed to visit Washington in
accordance with the terms of the bill.
Fayed by a Mocking Bird.
Carrollton, Go, April 3.—The singing
of a mookmg bird saved a man and his
wife from a horrible death at Tallapoosa
night before lost.
About 3 o’clock in the morning Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Crusteed were awakened by the
vigorous screaming of their pet mocking
bird, and arose to find their beautiful
dwelling enveloped in flames, and they only
had time to jump from a window to save
their lives. The bird was saved also.
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, APRIL :s, 189:!.
A |40,000 TOBACCO FIRE.
THB PLANT OF THB AMERICAN TO}
BACCO COMPANY BURNED.
The Heat °o Great That the Firemen
Experienced Much Difficulty in
Working at It—Only One of the
WAPs of the Building Left Standing.
500 or 000 Girls Thrown Out.
New York, Aprils.—The 7-story brick
building Nos. 709 and 711 Heoond avenue,
with a frontage of 80 feet on East Thirty
eighth street, formerly occupied by W.
Duka Sous & Cos. as a cigarette factory, but
more recently by the American Tobaoco
Company, of which J. B. Duke is president,
as a manufactory of smoking and chewing
tobacco, was destroyed by fire early this
morning. James B. Duke places the
total loss at $400,000. This loss is
wholly covered by insurance. Be
tween 500 and 600 girls were employed
in the building. The news of the disaster
had scarcely reached the managers of the
company when arrangements were made to
send them ail to Baltimore, where they will
find temporary work in the factory of Gail,
Ax & Cos. The employes will leave for
Baltimore to-morrow. The stock was
valued at $60,000, the machinery at $240,000
and the building at SIOO,OOO.
WHERE THE KIRK STARTED.
Only the north wall remained entirely
standing when the fire got under control.
It started in the cellar. At 8 o’olook this
morning a policeman saw smoke coming
from the grating in the Thirty-eighth street
side of the building, and immediately rang
an alarm. The 7-story building was soon
wrapped in flames, which passed
from every window, and were fast
eating their way through the
roof. It was so fast that the firemen
could, with difficulty, work in the wide
avenue, while it was next to impossible to
live in the narrow side streets. The beat
broke the windows and blistered the walls
of adjoining tenements, the oocupants of
whiob fled for their lives.
The Are was practically confined to the
factory, the only damage by water being
done io the buildings immediately adjoin
ing. When the
SOUTH WALL FELL
a few minutes after 4 o’olock the bom
bardment of bricks destroyed what paint
the heat had not blistered or broken in the
faces of the bouses across Thirty-eighth
street. IVhen the Are was at its bight the
fire lighted up the town for miles around.
Every window in the neighboring blocks
was filled with spectators and a great crowd
gathered as near as the police would let
them in the adjoining streets. Simultane
ously with the falling of the south wall tha
east wall fell. The tower fell a few min
utes later, but broke in two in tbe process,
so that it sank down near the line of
the wall. When both the east
and south walls had fallen Thirty
eighth street was covered one or two feet
deep with bricks, while the west half of
Second avenue was impassable to vehicles.
It was some time after the fire before a
passage could be cleared for the Second av
enue horse cars. No one was injured at
the fire. The loss is large. The factory
was tilled with valuable patented machin
ery, the possession of which made the
Dukes masters of the oigarette situation
when tho trust was formed and made their
rivals glad to combine with them. There
were also tons of tobaoco, raw and manu
factured, in the building,which extended 50
feet on Second avenue, 100 on Thirty-eighth
street, with 175 feet deep in the reur. The
insurance ou the stook, machinery and
building is said to havo been $750,000.
AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
Elizabeth. N. J.. April 2.—Tbo Temple
opera house was entirely destroyed by fire
to-night. Loss $35,000; insurance $20,000.
JEFFERSON’S LATE HOME.
Hundreds of People Visit the Scene
of the Fire.
Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., April 2.—The
scene of yesterday’s fire was visited by
hundreds of people to-day. A search was
instituted for the body of Helen McGrath,
but no trace of her was found. The search
will be resumed to-morrow. Jefferson will
rebuild this season on the earns site, and
will this season occupy the Whittier cot
tage, which is on Buzzard’s Bay
shore, near Gray Gables. Mrs. Jefferson
has been receiving messages of sympathy
all day. Among the first to arrive were
from President Cleveland, Mr. Whittier
and Mr. Benedict.
NEW JERBSY FOREST FIRES.
The Borough of Pleasantville Threat
ened With Destruction.
Pleasantville, N. J'., April 2.—Forest
fires are burning in this neighborhood since
Friday among the pines. At 2 o’clock to
day it looked as if a part of this borough
would be destroyed. On the west side of
the town tbe dwellings were saved by
women and children pouring water on the
walls and roofs of the houses while the men
fought the tlamea. Large cinders fell in
tbe very heart of the borough. In West
Pleasantville two houses were destroyed.
Auotber fire is approaohing from the direc
tion of Ahseoon. No estimate of the loss
can be made.
MILLER-NUNNEMAOHER TRAGEDY.
The Couple Said to have Been Married
tlx Months Previous.
Milwaukee, Wis., April 2.—lt is now
reported that William Bradford Miller and
Miss Alma Nunnemacher were married
about six months previous to the Pass
Christian tragedy. It is said the marriage
aertifieate was fouud among Miller’s effects
o few days ago. The marriage is said to
have ocourred last autumn during a visit of
Miller to the Nunnemsobers at the sea
shore. It is further reported that Miller
made a will shortly before Christmas, in
which he devised his property to, his wife.
ARREST OF A NEGRO FIEND.
He Commits an Outrage on a 10-year
old Girl.
Austin, Tex., April 2. —A burly negro
named Ed Reynolds was lodged in jail here
yesterday by Officer Fowler. Fourteen
miles from here Reynolds met a 10-year-old
girl of Bohemian parentage on her way
from school and committed an outrage on
her which will result in her death. The
prisoner's guilt is undoubted. There are
some hints of lynching, but it will hardly
be carried out as the criminal court meets
Monday and a speedy trial is certain.
Cut a Gash in Her Leg.
Carrollton, Ga., April 2.—Miss Viola
Richardson, tbe 15-year-old daughter of W.
W. Richardson who livee about ten miies
east of Carrollton, near Chapel Hill,
Douglas county, met with an accident
yesterday. She was playing out in the
baru yard and fell over a scythe blade,
which berfuther had left in his lot and cut
herself severely. One leg had a horrible
gash cut in it
A PICNIC PARTY DROWNED.
Lake Ponobartre.ln the tcane of the
Sad Accident.
New' Orleans, April 2.—By the over
turning of a sailboat on Lake Ponchartraln
this afteruaon, four persons, Mrs. Mary A.
Kelly, Miss Agnes and Miss Mamie Flynn,
her nieoe, and M!s Efile Kelly, were
drowned. Several others who formed
the party narrowly escaped a
similar fate. The party, c insisting of
ten persons, all residing within a stone’s
throw of each other iu this city, had gone
out to Milneburg, a pleasure resort on the
lakeshore, for a plcuio. Tbe morning was
spent in various sports, aud after lunch a
sail was proposed. A catrigged yawl was
hired from a bnntkeeper, and the party
started out heading for the Spanish light
houses. The weather was tine ami
Mr. Kelly, who professed himself entirely
oompetout, sailed the boat along merrily.
The light house was reached safely aud the
boat then put about for a return to Milue
burg. Iu tacking tbe yawl careened and
her occupants strove to right her by rush
ing to the opposite side. This enpsized the
vessel und all on board were thrown
struggling into the water. Tha screams of
the women attracted the attention of a party
of men fishing from the skiff some distance
away, and they put off to the rescue at once.
William G. Merzenach, one of the fishing
party, saved four of the occupants of
the yawl, and two others wore
saved by his companions. Four victims of
the accident sank before their eyes. The
persons resoued were taken to Spanish
port, whence they were sont to Milneburg
and theuee back to the oity. Hearob was at
onoe mado for the bodies of the drowned,
but up to midnight none hud been found.
RAIDING “BLIND PIGP."
W. O. T. U. Women Seiza Several
Bottles of "Hop Tea” acd“Porter."
Fargo, N. D., April 2.—According to a
Rolla special, the W. C. T. U, women of
that place resolved yesterday to visit tho
“blind pigs” of that city and Boouro evi
dence with which to prosecute the keepers
of the places. The committee appointed
to make a circuit of the joints
marched bravely up the street fol
lowed by two-thirds of the female
population of the town. Tbe first
“pig” they came to was that presided over
by Lin Bush. Ho attempted to prevent tbo
entrance of tho femalee, but they were not
to be stopped by trifles. Bush was tossed to
one side, and for the first time women
stood within tbe sacred premnetsof a North
Dakota prohibition dive. Au inventory of
the stock was commenced and several bot
tles of “hop tea” aud “porter” were seized.
While iu the midst of their explorations,
Landlord Bush returned with assistance
and soon the air was full of animated fem
ininity.
When tbo ladies gathered themselves up out
of tho street several were bleeding from
brutal blows and all were somewhat dis
figured. Proceedings for assault aud bat
tery were at once instituted against tbe
“piggers,” but the states’ attornev knocked
them out by a motion to dismiss. The
ladies threaten dire vengeance and will see
the thing through.
WADE HAYNES’ HEAD.
What an Expert’s Examination De
veloped as to Criminal Characteristics.
Columbia, 8. C., April 2.—An interest
ing examination of the head of Wade
Haynes, the young negro who has been
respited from time to time by Gov. Tillman
after being sentenced to hang for the mur
der of Miss Florence Hornsby, was made
to-day by JProf. K. A. Ray of Bumter, a
fraduato of the American Institute of
hrenology in New York. Tho professor
had read in the newspapers of the supposed
innocence of the boy, and he came here
with his opinion formed in Haynes’ favor.
He made the following statement regarding
the examination: “On examining Hayues
I find him to be very cun
ning aud severe in his disposition,
with strong amatory propensities, fair in
tellect, but poor moral restraint, and ho
would under favorable olrcumstancos com
mit tbe crime with which he is charged.
Bad characteristics are prominent in
Haynes, while any indication of counteract
ing influences is conspicuously absent.”
Brof. Ray said that Lis examination could
not indicate anything as to Haynes’ guilt or
innocence in this particular case further
than the general tendency of bis nature and
bis general disposition and capacity for
crime.
A BIG MEETING IN PROSPECT.
Tbe Irish Societies of New York
Organizing For It.
New York, April 2.—The municipal
oouncil of tho Irish National League and
the representatives of several other Irish
societies of this city met this afternoon to
organize and arrange a plan for a big am
nesty meeting to be held in this oity in the
near future. The purpose of meeting will
lie to urge the government to demand of
England the freedom of Irishmen now in
carcerated in English prisons charged with
being concerned in dynamite explosions in
London nearly ten years ago. It will also
be demanded tbut the ban of exile he re
moved from Irishmen now living in
Aineriea.
A committee on ways and moans was
appointed to devise plans for tbe meeting
and report at the next meeting of tbe
council.
A committee was also appointed to confer
with other Irish socioties and endeavor to
ssoure their support in the undertaking.
ARRIVAL OF EMBEZZLERS.
One a Back President and the Other
a Lumbar Representative.
New York, April 2.—When the Brazil
ian mall steamship h'eguranca, from Rio
Janeiro, earns up to her pier In Brooklyn
this morning there were two men strutting
up and down tbe deck who attracted
particular attention. They were A.
Codwnlader, once president of tho Na
tional Bauk of West JSuperior, Wis.,
who skipped his bail while under
arrest -on the charge of embezzling,
from $40,00 to $100,900, and H. A. Bots
ford, formerly representative of Gray,
Jenl^>&Co., lumber dealers of Cleveland,
who is accused of embezzling $20,000. They
had the run of the deck, but there was not
a moment that they were not under the eye
of a tall and wiry citizen, who had them in
charge. He was Capt. Charles E. Henry, a
detective.
CLAYTON’S ABSABSIN.
He Leaves Butte for Little Bock In
Charge of the Sheriff.
Little Rock, Ark., April 2.—A tele
gram was received by the governor this
afternoon from Sheriff White, saying he
would leave Butte, Mont., at 7 o’elook with
Hickey, tbe murderer of Clayton, and
Burkhardt, the prinolpal witness. It was
learned this afternoon from M. 8. Haliiday,
chief train dispatcher for the Iron Mountain
railroad, that Burkhardt was In his employ
about five years ago and was discharged tbe
week before Clayton was assassinated. This
announcement greatly strengthens his story.
CLEVELANDAN 1) THE FAIR
THE PRESIDENT TO BE PRESENT AT'
THE OPENING.
He Will Bo Accompanied by the Cabi
net—The Party V. ill First Witness
the Naval Review—The Justices of
the Supreme Oourt to Visit tho Expo
sition—^Visitors From Spain On the
Way.
Wadhixgton, April 2.—lt is stated that
while President Cleveland has not yet noti
fied the world's fair committee ou public
ceremonies that he will BB present at the
opening of tbe fair, he expects to be able
to accept the oommlttoo’s invitation to be
there, extended ou the afternoon of March 6.
Arrangements for the trip are not yet per
fected, but it is probable that tho
President and hu cabinet will go
to New York by speoial train
over the Pennsylvania road and after tho
naval parade go thence to Chicago, ar
riving there Sunday morning, April 80.
The President will leave Chicago for Wash
ington Monday afternoon as soon as ha con
veniently can get away from the lair
grounds. Tho members of tha supreme
court will also go to Chicago to attend the
opening of tho fair, but do not expect to
witness tha naval parade.
VISITING THE FLEET.
Fort Monroe, Va., April 2. —Hundreds
of visitors took advantage of tho delightful
weather to visit tho fleet to-day. Admiral
Gherardi has issued general orders announc
ing the programme for tho reviow in Hamp
ton Roads and New York harbor.
TO VISIT CHICAGO.
Madrid, April 2.—Tho Dukeand Duohess
of Neragua and their children left Madrid
to-day for Chicago. They will proceed via
Paris and Loudon.
THB AUSTRIAN ARMY.
Plane to Increase Its Pence Footing:
Under Advisement.
V ienn A, April 2—Dlspite repeated denials,
it is certain that the war office plans shortly
to increase tho peaoo effective of the Aus
trian army. While tha project to Intro
duce generally the 2-year term and thus
raise the actual strougth of the standing
army to 334,000 men, has been postponed
indefinitely, tho government has decided
not to relinquish entirely some of Its feat
ures. Tha Landwehr is to be
reorganized according to the2-ysar system,
and each of the twenty-five infantry regi
ments is to receive an addition of 141 men.
The field artillery, moreover, will be
strengthened with twenty-eight new bat
teries. The augmentation of tho twenty
flvn infantry regiments will coat 1,000,000
florins annually. The total initial oost of
the ohangos is estimated at about 20,000,000
florinß.
SEIZURE! OF STEAMER.
Judgments for Supplies—A. New Oom
pany to Be Formed.
New York, April 3.—Tho steamship Ho
guranca of the United States and Brazilian
mail steamship line, was seized to-day at
ber dook in Brooklyn by United Htates
Marshal Jacobus on judgments recovered
against the company by several firms that
furnished them with provisions. To
morrow the steamer, together with her
sister ships of the same line, the
Allionoe, Advance and Vigilancia,
will be sold at public auction, to satisfy
various creditors, and it is rumored among
shipping men that several influential mem
bers of the old company, of which William
M. Ivins is the bead, have formed anew
company, under tbe title of the Htandard
Steamship Company, and propose to buy
the fleet in, thus freezing out the smaller
stockholders.
MRtf. Davidson dead.
Neuralgia of tho Brain tha Cause of
Her Death.
Warekboro, Ga., April 2.—Mrs. Jennie
C. Davidson, oonsort of Hon. J. W. David
son, died at 12 o’clock to-day of neuralgia
of the brain. Bho had beeu very ill for
some time, and for seveial days her physi
oiaus have expected tbe last. Bbo will be
greatly missed in social and religious cir
cles, being a devout member of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, and ever ready to
administer to the sick and help the needy,
a loving wife and affectionate mother. She
was 33 years old, aud leaves seven children.
The funeral will take place from the Metho
dist Episcopal church at 2:30 o’clock to
morreyv eveniug.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
A Colored Merchant of Dougherty
County Filled 'A ith Birdshot.
Albany, Ga., April 2.—A bold attempt
to assassinate Alex. Billing-ilea, a well-to-do
colored merchant and farmer of this county,
was made last night about 12 o’clock.
Blllingslea bad just closed his store and had
entered his front yard, when he was fired
upon, a load of birdshot being emptied luto
bis faoe and shoulders. By the bright light
of the moon he recognized his assailant as
Josh Jackson, who was accompanied by
another negro named Pat Cuthbert, both of
whom were arrested and jailed to day.
Blllingslea, who is a colored man respected
in the county, is painfully though not seri
ously wounded.
Georgia’s Chautauqua Opened.
Albany, Ga., April 2. —The fifth assem
bly of the Georgia Chautauqua was opened
to-day with much eclat. The opening ser
mon by Chancellor Htms of the Byracuse
University was preaohed at 3 o’clock this
afternoon to an audienco of 2,000 people.
The city is rapidly filling with visitors anil
the outlook for the assembly is bright.
WALTER GRIFFIN’S DEATH.
Wright, Hia Companion, Hsld as a
Witness in the Case.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 2.—The
coroner’s jury in the case of Walter Griffin
of Detroit, found dead in the woods hero,
has not reached any verdiot. There nre
some suspicious circumstances surrounding
tbe case, and H. W. Wright, the dead
mans companion, was held in default of
SSOO bond as a witness. Both mtu as
sumed aliases when registering at the Leon
hotel last Wednesday. Wright says that
both be and bis companion came from
Detroit. The jury will not be discharged,
but await developments in the cate.
THE DEAD MAN’S NAME GARRETT.
Telegrams from Detroit <. orroborate nearly
ail of vV right’s statements as to the death of
his companion. Tbe dead man was named
Walter Newcomb Garrett. Both stand
well at home. They have been obutns for
years and traveled much together. Wright’s
parents are wealthy. Garrett was an or
phan aud predisposed to melancholy. His
mother and sister perished in tbe Morning
Star disaster on Lake Erie a few years ago.
The jury was in session several hours this
afternoon and railed to agreo on a verdict.
Garrett’s body will be shipped to Detroit
to-morrow. Wight will probably be dis
charged.
SOCIALISTS IN < ONVENT.’ON.
The Attitude oft, eP r:y on tho Suf
frage Queetlon.
Brussels, April 2. — Tho socialists met lu
convention in Ghent to-day, principally to
determine toe attitude of their party In
cau universal suffrage should bo refused
them. Thte morning; 1,000 Fronoh social
isle led by the mayor of Roubaix and sev
eral town councilors, left the
train aiuid tho ehouta of
the crowd which surrounded the station and
marched in ujbody to the convention hall.
On all Bides they were greeted with the ory
"Long live tho revolution.”
Aftcrdisoussiug at length the advisability
of a general strike, the congress this after
noon passed resolutions' substantially in
harmony with previous declarations on the
subject. The resolutions wore to the effaot
(lint there should be no general strike in
Belgium in case the restriction upon
suffrage should tie limited by
parliament to questions of age and plurality
of votes fur heads of families. If, however,
parliament should grant plurality of votes
to property owners and holders of uni
versity diplomas, tho general labor council
should be charged to order at onoe a strike
of all laborers in tho country.
SHIP CAPTAINS IN A DUEL.
The Quarrel Concerning a Place of
Anchorage at Cuguayra.
Paris, April 3. —Capt. Bervan of the
French merchant marine, and Capt.
Ilietsoli of tha German merchant marine,
fought a pistol duel to-day. Each fired
throe times and neither was injured. Tho
captains had quarreled at Laguayra, con
cerning a place of nnchornge. Dietseh
used violent language and when subsequent
lv when he metServan in Havro.accepted a
challenge, Dietseh took his steamer to Ham
burg and returned to give Hervun satisfac
tion. Tho duel was fought near this city.
The exact looation has not been ascer
tained.
BIUMARCK’B BIRTHDAY.
Congratulations Pour in Upon the Kx-
Chancellor.
Brnitis, April 2.—More than 4,000 mon
took advantage of the magnificent weather
to visit Frledrichsruho to-day. Hluoe early
morning crowds have gathered before
Prince Bismarok’s home. Among the first
persons from which Prince Bismarck re
ceived congratulatory messages yesterday
were the Empress Frederick, Prince George
of Prussia, tho King of Saxony, the Regent
of Bavaria, and tho Grand Duke of Baden.
No message was sent by Emperor William.
A SHIP AMONG ICEBERGS. •
The Largest Fifteen Miles Long and
700 Feet Hlgn.
London, April 2.—Capt. Lillla of the
British ship John Cooke, which saiiod from
Son Francisco, Nov. 1 and reached Queens
town to-day, reports that on the night of
Jan. 14 ho saw a full rigged ship sailing
among fifty icebergs. Her destruction, he
says, was inevitable. Tho John Cooke got
clear of the icebergs after many hours of
peril and several narrow escapes. Capt.
Libia estimates the length of tho largest
iceberg ns fifteen miles and its bight os 700
feet.
AN ALLEGED PLOT.
Hevon Arreeta for Planning to Kill
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
Sofia, April 2.—A dispatch from Berlin
states that three railway officials and fotlr
officers were arrested for having plotted to
kill Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Their
plan is said to have been that tbey should
blow up with dynamite the train which will
carry him this week to Voiareggio, where
he will be married to Princess Marie Louise,
daughterof the Duke of Parma. No con
firmation of the dispatch has been received.
LAKE WORTH’S BIG DOOM.
Flagler to Build a 600-Room Hotel on
tha Lake’s Front.
St. Auoustinb, Fla., April 2.—Mr. and
Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, Messrs. MoOuire &
MacDonald, his builders; E. Clinton Clark
of Saratoga, Capt. J. J. Vandergriftson
and T. R. Hartley of Pittsburg, J. E.
Ingraham, Mr. Flagler’s agent, and Capt.
and Mrs. Kaon of Kngiand returned this
evening from Lake Worth, the guests being
greatly impressed with the beauty ami
future of the country. Capt. Rose has
located his future home. The site of the
hotel is on the strip between the lake and
ocean in the Mouormiok traot. The hotel
will be of old colonial architecture,
containing 500 rooms, with a pro
vision in the plans for double that
number of rooms. It will front on the
lake, yet the narrow strip on wbioh will bo
located, affords full view of the gulf stream.
The Jacksonville, HI. Augustine and Indian
River railway will bo extended to a point
opposite Palm beach by next fall. Btearn
ferry boats will transfer the cars across
Lake Worth to the hotel. MoGuire and
MaoDouaid are now ready to put 600
men at work constructing the hotel
and the ueoessary buildings, eto. Con
tractor MacLennan calls for 1,000 men at
once.
Gn tho Diamond.
Cincinnati, April 2.—The Reds de
feated the Birmingham* to-day with ease.
The attendance was 5,000. The ‘-core Is:
Cincinnati 17, hits 14, errors 2; Birming
ham 7, hits 4, errors !. Batteries: Jones,
Dwyer, Mullane and Vaughn; Underwood,
Houthnrd and Earle.
NICW ORLEANS DEFEATS PITTSBURG.
New Orleans, April 2.—The New Or
leans Base Ball Club defeated Pittsburg to
day by a score of sto 4 In the presence of
about 4,000 spectators. This wai the first
defeat the Pittsburgs hare met slnoe they
came south.
A Stranded Schooner Floated.
Darien, April 2.—The sohooner Cassle
Jameson, Capt. Collins, which went ashore
on Wolf Island Wednesday night, is off all
right. The captain was in the city to-day.
The Jameson was bound from Now York to
Darien to load with sawn timber by the
James K. Clarke Lumber Company.
WORLD'S FAIR BELL.
The Monster Will Weigh 13,000
Founds and fctand O 1-2 Feet High.
Trov, N. Y., April 2.—The Columbian
llbsrty bell for the world's fair will be cast
in tbiß city. Historical heirlooms of value
and in great variety, that have been pre
served for generations on account of their
associations, are daily received to be melted
into the bell. It was made known to-day
that Mrs. Grover Cleveland bad consented
to take part in the movement, and ber co
operation. it is anticipated, will be of incalcu
lable assistance. Luring the world’s fair
the bell will be kept in tbe city of Chioago.
The weight of the bell will be 13.000 pounds,
the bigbt V>)4 feet and across the mouth tbe
bell will measure 7% feat.
5 DAILY, *lO A YEAR! fl
5 CENTS A OOPY. V
WEEKLY 81 ZS A YEAR. J
THE SLEEPERS WAKENED
REV. TALMAGE’S EABTER MORN
ING SBBMON.
Thoughts of Christ and Hi3 Religion
Inspired by the Flowers—As Much
Religion in n Smile as in a Tear,
Characteristics of Resurrection Dsy.
Brooklyn, April 2. —The tabernacle
was elaborately decorated with flowers to
day, and ao unusually large audience as
sembled to hear Rev. Dr. Talmage's Easter
morning sermon. The subject was: “The
Bleepers Awakened;” the text chosen being
from I. Cor. xv., 20: "Now is Christ risen
from the dead, and become the first fruits
of them that slept.”
Un this glorious Easter morn lug, amid
the music and the flowers, 1 give yea
Christian salutatiou. This morning Roe
sian mooting Russian on the streets of St.
Petersburg halls him with the salutation,
‘ ’Christ is risen I” nnd is answered by his
friend in salutation, "Ha is risen indeed! 1 *
In some parts of England and Ireland to
thii day thore is tbe superstition that on
Easter morning the sun danoes in the
heavens; and well may we forgive such a
superstition which illustrates the fact that
the natural world seems to sympathize with
the spiritual.
Hall! Easter morning. Flowers! Flow
ers! All of them a-voioe, ail of them
a-tongue, all of them full of spoech to-day.
I bond over one of the lilies and I hear it
say: “Consider the lilies of the field, bow
they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spiu, yet Holomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of tbeso.” I bend over a
rose' and it seems to whisper:
"I am tho rose of Hharoo. 1 *
And then I stand and listen. From all sides
those oornea the chorus of flowers, saying:
“If God so clothed the grass of the field,
which to-day is, aud to-morrow is cost Into
the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, Oye of little faithi” Flowers! Flow
ora! Braid them into the bride’s hair.
Flowers! Flowers! Strew them over tha
graves of tho dead, sweet propheoy of the
resurrection. Flowers) Flowers! Twist
them into a garland for my Lord Jesus on
Easter morning. Glory bo to the Father,
and to the Sou, and to tho Holy Ghost; as
it was in tlie beginning,;i now, aud ever
shall be.”
(>, how bright and how beautiful the
flowers, and how muohthey make mo think
of Christ and his religion, that brighten*
our life, brightens our character, brightens
soatoty. brightens tho church, brightens
everything! You who go with gloomy
countenance pretending you are better tbau
I am because of your lugubriousness, you
oannot cheat me. I’retty case you are for
a man that professes to be more than a con
queror. It is not religion that makes you
gloomy, it is tbe lack of it.
There ii just as much religion in
a* wedding. JJ as In a burial, just as
much religion in a'smlle as in a tear. Those
gloomy Christians we sometimes see are
the people to whom I like to lend money,
for 1 never see them again! The womeu
came to the Savior’s tomb aud they
dropped spices all around tbe tomb, aud
those spices were tbe seed that began to
grow, and from them catne all the flowers
of this Easter morn. The two angels robed
lu white took hold of the stone at the Sav
ior’s tomb and tbey hurled it with such
force down tho bill that it crushed in the
door of tko world's sepulcher, and the stork
and the dead must oome forth.
I care not bow labyriutbiue tha mauso
leum or how costly the sarcophagus or
however beautifully paterred tbe family
grounds, we wnnt them all broken up by
tho Lord of tho resurrection. Tbey must
oomo out. Falbor aud mother—they must
romo out. Husband nnd wifa—they must
come out. Brother and sister—they must
oome out. Our darling obildren —they
must corns out. The eyes that we doss
with such trembling fingers must open
again in tbe radiance of that morn. Tha
arms wo folded in dust must join ours in an
embrace of reunion. The voice that was
lilusbed in our dwelling mast be returned.
Oh, bow long some of you seem to be wait
ing-waiting tor tiie resurrection, waiting!
And for these broken hearts to-day I make
a soft, 000 l bandage out of Easter flowers.
My friends, I And lu the risen Christ a
propbsoy of our own resurrection, my text
setting forth the idea tbac os Christ baa
risen, so bis people will rise. He the first
sheaf of tbe resurrection harvest. He ’’the
first fruits of them that slept.” Before I
get through this morning I will walk
through all the cemeteries of the dead,
through all the country graveyards, where
your loved ones are burled, aud I will
pluck off these flowers, and I will drop a
sweet promise of the gospel—a rose of hope,
a lily of joy on every tomb—the child’s
tomb, the husband's tomb, tbe wife’s tomb,
the father’s grave, the mother’s grave; and,
while we oelebrate the resumption of
Christ, we will at the same time c debrate
the resurrection of all tho good. ‘ 'Christ,
the first fruits of them that slept.”
if I should come to you this morning and
ask you for the names of tbo great con
querors of the world, you would sav Alex
ander, Cmsar, I’hi lip, Napoleon I. Ah! my
friends, you have forgotten to mention tha
name of a greater conqueror than all rhesa
—a cruel, a ghastly conqueror. He rod® on
a black horse across W aterloo and Atlanta
and Chalons, tho bloody hoofs crushing the
hearts of rations. It is the conqueror
Death.
He carries a black flag, and ha takes no
prisoners. He digs a trenob across tbs
hemispheres aud tills it with the carcssees
of nations. Fifty times would the world
have been depopulated bad not God kent
making new generations. Fifty times the
world would have swung lifeless to-*—g*,
the air—no man on tbe mountain, no man
on the sea, an abandoned ship plowing
through immensity. Again and again bos
be done this work with all generations. He
is a monarchal well as a conqueror; Ida
palace a sepulcrer; b:s fountains the falling
t oars of a world. Blessed be God. In the
light of this Easter morning I see the
prophecy that his scepter shall be broken
and his palace shall lie demolished. The
hour is coming when all who are in their
graves shall come forth. Christ risen, we
shall rise. Jesus, “the first fruits of tnem
that slept.” Now, around this doctrine of
the resurrection, there are a great maay
mysterls*.
You come to me this morning and say:
“If tho bodies of the dead are to be ratted,
how is this and bow is that'*” and you ask
me a thousand questions I am incompetent
to answer; but there are a great many
things you believe that you are not able to
explain. You would be a very foolish man
to say: “I won't beliove anything I can’t
understand.”
Why, puttlug down one kind of flower
seed, comes there up this flower of thii
color! Why, puttlug down another flower
seed, comes there up a flower of this color!
One flower white, another flower yellow,
another flower crimson. Why the differ
ence when the seeds lock to be very muon
alike—are very much alike? Explain those
things. Explain that wart on tbe finger.
Explain why the oak leaf is different from
the leaf of the blokory. Tell me how the
Lord Almighty can turn tbe chariot of om
nipotence ou a rose leaf. You ask me ques
tions about tbe resurrection I cannot an
swer. I will ask you a thousand question*
aoout everyday life you cannot answer.
I find my strength in this passage: “All
who are In their graves shall come forth.”
