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) TABI.ISHF.ri 1850. INCORPORATED 1888. -
I j. 11. JSSTILL, President. (
UNCLE SAM’S ROYAL GUEST
The Princess Pays Her Respects to
the President.
She Indulges in an Animated Conver
sation With Mrs. Cleveland The
Programme Arranged for Her Enter
tainment While at Washington—She
Expresses a Desire to Conform to the
Arrangements Made Without Stick
ling Over Spanish Etiquette.
Washington, May 20.—A day perfect in
every respect greeted tlio royal party this
morning. The princess enjoyed a good
night's rest and at 7:30 o’clock, according
to Spanish custom, before leaving bed had
a cup of chocolate and a biscuit. At 9:30
o'clock she got up and began to prepare
for her official call upon President and
Mrs. Cleveland, until which time she was
not officially known to be in the city. At
10:55 two handsome carriages drove up to
the summer annex of the Arlington hotel.
A large number of people had gathered
around the building, but a squad of police
kept them from encroaching too close in
front of the entrance. Promptly
at 11 o’clock the door opened
and the royal party proceeded
to the carriages. As soon as the carriages
started toward the white house the crowd
broke and ran through the park in that
direction to witness the arrival of the
distinguished party.
AT TUB WHITE HOUSE.
As the carriage of the infanta came to a
standstill under the broad, high ixirtico
of the white house the three score or
more ]>eoplc gathered there pressed closer
together to catch sight of the princess.
Commander Davis alighted first, followed
by the Spanish minister and Prince An
toine. The prince assisted the princess
to alight, and at the suggestion of Com
mander Davis, in answer to an inquiry
from the infanta, offered her his arm and
escorted her through the main doorway
into the corridor of the private part of
the mansion. The duke, the marchioness
and the private secretary to the princess
followed. In the blue room the Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland stood ready
to receive their royal visitors. The blue
room was tastefully though not lavishly
decorated. SenorMuruagua, the Spanish
minister,, presented the infanta and
Prince Antoine, while Commander Davis,
the Duke of Tamares, the. Marchioness of
Aro Hermoso and Senor don y Tovar
withdrew to the adjoining red room. The
greetings between those in the blue room
were very pleasant and had hardly a tinge
of formality about them. They were over
in a minute or two and then the others
were summoned and presented in turn by
Senor Muruagua. Mrs. Cleveland and the
infanta chatted briskly in English during
part of the brief visit, while at times the
conversation was general. At 11:15 o’clock
the infanta made her adieu, followed by
the others. As she walked across the
lobby a woman in the crowd waved her
handkerchief and called out in Spanish,
“Greeting to the Infanta of Spain.” The
princess looked pleased and the other
members of the party smiled.
PROGRAMME OF HER STAY.
The programme of the Princess Eula
lie's stay in Washington was arranged
this afternoon by Commander Davis, rep
resenting the United States government,
and Senor Muriagua, the Spanish minis
ter, representing the princess, with
the concurrence, of course, of the
infanta herself. Monday and Wednes
day of next week will be devoted to sight
seeing. The infanta and her suite will
visit all the government buildings and
other places of interest in Washington
under the guidance of Commander Davis.
Tuesday morning the members of the
diplomatic corps will accompany
the royal party to Mount Vernon
on a steamer chartered for that purpose
and in command of Commander Davis. It
was originally intended that a reception
to the diplomatic corps should be given
by the infanta at the Arlington on Mon
day night, but this has been changed and
the members of the corps will be received
by her on board the steamer at its wharf
on Tuesday before the start is made for
Mount Vernon.
A DINNER AT THE WHITE IIOUSE.
On Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland will give a din
ner to her royal highness and her party
at the executive mansion, at which the
cabinet officers and their ladies will be
present. As the dinner will be of an offi
cial character all those entitled to do so
will be requested to appear in full uni
form.
Wednesday night the princess will at
tend a ball to be given in honor of the
birthday of Queen Victoria by Sir Julian
Paunceforte. the British ambassador, at
the British embassy.
The infanta and her suite will leave
Washington for New York Thursday.
1 he invitation to attend the grand ball to
be given her in New York city has been
accepted by the princess.
Thq infanta has decided that so long as
she remains the official guest of the nation
she will accept no invitations to enter
tainments to be given in her honor except
such as are contained in the programme
arranged for her by the United Slates
Officials in charge of her visit. She ex
pects, however, to throw off her official
character in a short time, probably
after the functions in her honor
Riven in Chicago have been concluded and
she will then go farther west in the char
acter of a private personage. Her tour'
is likely to extend to the Yellowstone
park. The duration of the stay of the in
tanta in the United States has not been
celinitel.v determined, but it will ho from
cue hf two months. This afternoon the
princess expressed herself as delighted
will* her enthusiastic reception in Wash
ington, and said she was very grateful
-or the courtesies extended her. How
ewr much people may believe she desires
to hr honored, the infanta wishes it un
derstood that she has no desire to be
treated in any other manner than that
arranged by the government, and is pi-r
--b ctl.v satisfied and willing to abide by
c l the arrangements that may he made,
"nether they conform or not to the punc
tilio of Spanish court etiquette. Her one
wish is to be treated in the American
'' ay and not to cause any embarrassment
to her entertainers by a desire on tlicir
Part to act in conformity with every little
detail of etiquette that her rank might
*cem to demand.
Two Appointments.
Washington, May 20.—The President
to day made the following appointments:
Owen MeCaiT of Tonnes.-* 1 * 1 uj be secre
tary of the legation of tlie United Htah s
*' Santiago de Chile.
Michael J. Hendrick of New Hamp
* 'ire to be consul at Belleville, Canada.
Walter H. Johnson Itnclgus.
Washington, May l?). Waller Jl John-
Jd", collector of internal revenue for
C' orgla, has resigned.
MUST CLOSE ON SUNDAY.
The Government to Take a Hand in the-
World’s Fair Matter.
Washington, May 20.—Telegrams, let
ters and resolutions, protesting against
the ojiening of the world's fair on Sunday
continue to pour in on Secretary Carlisle
and Attorney General Oiney. The lat
ter is requested to get out an injunction
against the fair. Prom Worcester. Mass,
alone thirty-two separate protests have
been received. The published purpose to
open the fair on Sunday lias stimulated
the sending in of the protests, some of
which arc couched in language more
strong than polite. John Willis Baer of
Boston, secretary of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor, had an interview
with Attorney General Oiney this morning
m regard to the point of law and the gov
ernment's relation to the world's Colum
bian exposition. The Attorney General
said to Mr. Baer that all the appropria
tions made or pertaining to the world's
Columbian exposition were made upon
the condition that the exposition should
not be open to the public on the first day
of the week “commonly called Sunday.”
It would be the duty of the world’s Co
lumbian commission created by congress
on April 25, 1890, to make such rules or
modifications of the rules of the Colum
bian exposition as should require the
closing of the exposition on Sunday.
THE DISTRICT ATTOP.NET TO ACT.
The Attorney General said further that
fifteen days ago, having been led to
think by the press dispatches
and other reports, that the district
attorney at Chicago might be
waiting for some word from him, Mr.
Oiney informed the district attorney that
ho expected him to act in the matter of
restraining the exposition managers from
opening on Sunday by enforcing the law,
if their attitude at any time should re
quire such action. The district attorney
replied at once that he had co
llected to act promptly and in ac
cordance witli the instructions, and
would advise the Attorney General of
any move on the part of the exposition
managers that would make such a step
necessary. Nothing has been received
from the district attorney since that
time, nor has any further word gone from
the Attorney General to Chicago in rela
tion to this matter.
CHANGE3 IN THE NAVY.
Admiral Gherardi to Have Charge of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Washington, May 20.—Secretary Her
bert to-day signed orders making a num
ber of important naval changes.
Admiral Gherardi is ordered to haul
down his flag on the Philadelphia on May
31 to assume command of the Brooklyn
navy yard.
On the same day Admiral Walker will
lower liis fiag on the Chicago and go on
leave for three months.
Admiral Beniiam will transfer his fiag
from the Newark to the San Francisco
and assume command of the North At
lantic station.
Commodore Erben, on being relieved of
the command of the New York navy yard
by Admiral Gherardi, will-raise his flag
on the Chicago and prepare to go to the
European station, which he will command.
He will sail for-Europe as soon as the
Chicago can be put into condition,
which, probably, will be about June 10.
Tlie Newark will probably go to Europe
and the Philadelphia will go to the Pa
cific in place of tlio San Francisco, which
will become the flagship of the North At
lantic squadron.
No'vessel or commandant has yet been
selected for the South Atlantic.
The Charleston will go to the Pacific
and the Bennington, Concord and York
town will be assigned as soon as they are
ready for sea.
The Baltimore will go to the Asiatic
station, leaving the San Francisco, Mian
tonomoh, Atlanta,Kearsarge and Vesuvius
to eonstitute the home squadron.
The command of the Soutli Atlantic
station will be given to some officer now
on shore duty, and it is believed that Ad
miral Walker will be given command of
of the Mure Island yard when liis leave
expires. ,
DEPORTATION OF CHINESE.
Secretary Carlisle to Enforce the Raw
as Far ae Possible.
Washington, May 21.—Secretary Car
lisle said to-day that he would certainly
enforce the law as to deporting Chinese
as far as the means at his disposal would
permit. He intended to begin with that
class of Chinese who are in this country
illegally, having come in in contravention
of the law of 1884. Ha ving sent this class
out of the country, he would then turn his
attention to the other and larger class,
those who have failed to comply with the
Geary law as to registration. But 16.000
remains of the appropriation for the pres
ent fiscal year to carry out this law, but
$50,000 will be available for that purpose
on July 1.
GIVES A GRIPON OFFICES.
Men Under Civil Service Rules Can
Only Be Discharged for Cause.
Washington, May £o.—Judge Bradley,
in the circuit court of the District of
Columbia this afternoon in the case of
Pulaski, a discharged letter carrier,
rendered an important decision in the
matter of the enforcement of the civil
service laws, holding in effect that an
employe of the government appointed
under and subject to such laws cannot bo
dismissed from the service without just
and sufficient cause, and that the courts
liave a right to pass upon the sufficiency
of the cause.
A FLOOR GIVES WAY.
Eight Women Seriously Injured in
the Art Building at the Fair.
Chicago, May 20.—A disastrous acci
dent to-day marred iho close of the great
congress of women. A section of flooring
20x!k) feet in extent, forming the entrance
to Washington bull in the Art institute,
suddenly gave way and fell to the ground,
a distance of twelve feet. Seventy-five
panie-atricken women fell in a muss of
struggling humanity, and the cries of the
thousands of women assembled contribu
t(d to the excitement that followed.
Cries of pain and terror arose, and from
the collapsed section of the building came
most exaggerated reports of many persons
killed or injured. After scores of people
had rushed to the rescue and nearly four-
Krnivof women had been extricated it
was found that eight persons up re se
riously Injured, but none fatally.
A Big Firm in Trouble.
New York, May 20. p><- Pant-oast
Manufacturing Company, the largest
manufacturer of gas and electric flxturi g
in i he country, has gone Into the hands of
,i I'- elwf. Its as •'- are not quickly
available and some of its paper waa pro
tested.
ALL AFTER BUCK'S SHOES.
Renfroc Still Hopeful Hint He Will
be Marshal.
• —-
Sam Dunlop of Gainesville Also on
the Ground—Livingston Very Happy
Over the Outcome of the Fight Over
the Conyers Postof&ce —Dußignon in
Town—The Record of LaGrange's
Fugitive Assistant Postmaster.
Washington, May 20.—The light, over
the office of marshal for the North Geor
gia district is growing warmer and tho
result is very much in doubt. Col. Ren
fx-oe, who successfully concealed his pres
ence from the newspapers for two whole
days, is now a prominent figure every day
and evening at tho Metropolitan hotel.-
He evidently considers his chances not by
any moans upset and claims to have di
rect information from the white house
that Mr. Cleveland has not turned him
down, but still has his application under
advisement.
Another candidate for this office
ai-rived to-day, Col. Sam Dunlop,
and he brought along his
energetic friend, ex-Solicitor Howard
Thompson, who bears the reputation of
being one of the most adroit political
managers in the mountain section These
gentlemen base their claim for tho office
on Mr. Dunlop's thorough knowledge of
the deputy marshal’s service, he having
been the United States commissioner for
a long period at Gainesville, and upon the
further fact that, geographically, he is
the best located of any of the seventeen
candidates now applying.
THE SMITH-LIVINQ9TON SENSATION.
The Smith-Livingston sensation, if it
can bo so dignified, has about run
its course and people are gossip
ing about other matters. The impression
is that Col. Livingston, though lie
has carried his point in beating Weaver
for the Conyers postoffice, will take this
issue home embalmed and use it on tho
stump next fall. Secretary Smith de
clines to discuss the matter, and as it re
quires two to keep up a quarrel, the war
will soon be ended and forgotten.
Representatives Black, Mattox and
Tate are new-comers. Judge Mattox in
troduced a brand new straw hat into
Washington yesterday, and to-day he has
his imitators. Mr. Tate has the' biggest
score of any of the members
in the matter of securing
new postmasters and propose, now
to devote ten days in beating
up the unclassified patronage in the sev
eral departments.
it is understood that Senator Gordon
will be in Richmond at tho ceremonies
attending the reinterment of the remains
of Mr. Davis, and from that city he will
journey to this. The report that he had
withdrawn his indorsement from Pod
Dismuke’s application and given it to Col.
Keufroe is probably au error.
Judge Lawson saw the President yes
terday and asked him point blank if he
had decided to throw Col. Renfroe and
Pod Dismuke overboard, but the
answer he received was guarded.
The President said that lie wished the
Georgia delegation would get together and
agree upon some suitable man for mar
shal. This reply encourages Mr. Dunlop
and may encourage others, who are can
didates, when they learn of it.
HIT BIONON IN TOWN.
Hon. Fleming dußignon is hero oh his
return to Savannah from New York. He
declines to take a hand in the fight for
marshal and further declined to discuss
the prospective race for the seuatorship.
He, however, did not decline to say that
he thought South Georgia was entitled to
tho office, whether he was the choice of
his section or not. Asked if he did not
think the effort of certain Eleventh dis
trict politicians to force Representative
Turner into the race was a scheme to
make a House vacancy he again declined
to depose, satisfying himself with the re
mark that Mr. Turner was a man of
ability and very popular in the state.
The LaGrange postoffice defalcation
carried Representative Moses to Georgia
to-day. Miss Stella Laird, the postmaster,
is well known in this city aud so is her
father, who has brought her into her
present serious trouble. Thi'ough the in
fluence of Post master Locke of Macon, Col.
Buck and W. W. Brown, Miss Laird,
who is a worthy and very hand
some young lady, was given
tho LaGrange office, although she
had been living here for some years prior
to her appointment. Her father was al
ways a worthless sort of a fellow. He
had various places under the government
here, but never managed to hold them.
He left Washington under a cloud, and
numerous creditors mourned his going.
He hailed originally from Alabama. Noth
ing can be said against his wife and
daughters, and they deserve the sym
pathy of all people.
The newspaper writers of Atlanta who
serve northern journals aro engaged in an
effort to break down Hoke Smith. The
Now York Sun of to-day has a
lurid editorial on tho subject
of Mr. Smith's alleged row with Col. Liv
ingston and the Washington Post of to
day has an unkind special from the same
quarter personal to the secretary. These
mischievous attacks on Mr. Smith from
his home are damaging to the state aud
its political interests here.
G. W. Malone was appointed postmaster
to-day at Peeksville, Hoary county Geor
gia.
.1, G. Schaid was appointed to-day as
postmaster at Lexington, S. C.
PUT BULLETS IN EACH OTHER.
A Quarrel Leads to a Fatal Encounter
in West Virginia.
Charleston, W. Va., May 20.—A serious
shooting affray occurred at Gauley Bridge
last night. Wil[iam Shepperd and J. L.
Riggs, the former a contractor on tho
C hesapeake and Ohio railroad, had a diffi
culty some time ago, but did not meet
again until last night, when Riggs accom
panied by Albert Mitchcl, his uncle, met
Shepperd. Mitchell and Shepperd pulled
their pistols and when the shooting was
over Shepperd had received three halls
and Mitchell one. The latter is dead and
Shepperd may die.
Alabama’s Episcopalians.
Mnntgr-nery, Ala., May 20.-The sixty*
second annual session of tiic Episcopal
council, diocese of Alabama, closed tins
morning after a four-day*’ session. All
the rc|srt were of an encouraging
nut ire. The receipts for diocesan mis
sions for the oust year wen- tin- largest in
the history of tlie diocese. Eight young
men of the slate are now studying for tho
ministry.
The next session will be hold at Bir
mingham in May, iHH.
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY, MAY 21,
WORLD’S FAIR CROWDS.
The Attendance So Far Averages 33,-
000 Per Day 90,000 Required.
Chicago, May 20. —Notwithstanding to
day’s big crowd the attendance this week
has boon disappointingly light, consider
ing tlie line weather of the past three or
four days. The greatest attendance of
tho week was on Tuesday, Norwegian
day. when 02,000 people passed through
tho gates. The smallest day was Thurs
day. when but 27.000 jiersons came to sec
the show. Tho average attendance since
the fair opened is about 33,000. This
falls far short of the mark necessary to
meet tli<- expenses of the exposition.' It
takes *45,000 a day to run this big show
and that means 90,000 paid admissions.
If the turnstiles record on an average
00,000 per day for the entire period of the
fair the bare running expenses of the fail
will bo met. The concessions and side
shows aro productive of considerable
> revenue, and from this source the stock
holders may expect a small rate of inter
est on their investment. Beginning on
June 1 the paid admissions must necessa
rily average considerably more than 90,-
000 to make up the deficit caused by the
short attendance and nrmg the month of May
If another season of bad weather comes
along or the attendance from any other
reason should fall below this mark, the
money coming from theiconcesstonaires
must, of necessity, bo used to fill the gap
and therefrom departs the stockholders’
chance of revenue on tlio investment.. In
computing the attendance, u comparison
is generally made by most of the papers
with the figures at the centennial, which
gives the impression that, the attendance
is tremendous. The crowds are large,
but they must be on an average four times
as great as those at the Philadelphia ex
position, as the world's fair costs #82.000.-
000, while tho centennial presented an
outlay of but *8,000,000.
For the first time all the electric illumi
nations of the exposition wore seen to
night and tlie grand sight was witnessed
by over 50.000 people.
RALLY OF THE PRESBYTERIANS.
Delegates From Across the Seas Intro
duced to the Assembly.
Washington, May 20.—Tlie third day’s
session of the Presbyterian general as
sembly began this morning promptly at
9:30 o’clock. The minutes of yesterday’s
proceedings were approved.
Rev. M. L. P. Hill, chairman of the
committee of correspondence, introduced
to the assembly Rev. J. G. Patou, a v ener
able missionary to the New Hebrides, a
delegate from the Presbytery of Australa
sia and Tasmania. Fred Nickar.vice presi
dent of the Evangelical church of Geneva,
and Rev. E. J. Dupu.v, pastor of the lie
formed church of France, representative
of that church and delegate from the
Franeo-American commission for the
evangelization of France. These v isitors
were received by the general assembly
standing. To their greetings Moderator
Craig suitably responded.
The committee on Htk cs.
through Rev. E. P. Whallon, the secre
tary, recommended tlie distribution of
the overtures sent from the various
presbyteries among the several commit
tees, which was approved.
The morning session was devoted to the
consideration of reports. Stated Clerk
Roberts read a telegram of greeting from
the general conference of the United
Brethren in session at Dayton, O.; also
the following:
MACON, C,A.. Mav 10. 1893.
To the Presbyterian General Assembly:
The general assembly at Macon sends
greeting. Peace be within thy wulls and
prosperity within thy palaces. For onr
brethren and companions’ sake we will nova
say, peace be within thee.
James W. La pm,by. Moderator.
Joseph T{. Wilson. Stated Clerk.
The assembly then adjourned, to meet
Monday. Tlie commissioners and visiting
ladies spent the afternoon at Mount Ver
non.
BOMBARDED WITH HAIL.
Heavy Damage Done at Pittsburg by
a Sudden Storm.
Pittsburg, May 30.—At 8:50 o'clock
this afternoon Pittsburg and vicinity was
visited by the most violent hail
storm ever seen here. The
effect was disastrous both to
life and property. Heavy black clouds
suddenly obscured the light of the sun,
while the air became oppressively hot.
Following a terrific electric flush came a
crash and roar of thunder, shaking the
very earth. Before man or beast could
seek cover a deluge of ice came in all its
intensity, and for five minutes there
was a war of the elements
most terrifying. Telephone and
telegraph wires were prostrated in every
direction. Electric and cable cars were
stopped by broken wires or debris chok
ing the conduits and for a time traffic was
suspended. The stinging pelting of the
hail caused a number of
serious accidents by frenzied
horses that broke away from
their drivers. Twenty horses, some of
them valuable animals, are known to
have bean killed in Pittsburg, either by
collision or becoming entangled in electric
wires. John Downey, the driver of one
team, was dragged several
squares and fatally hart. Several
children aged about 14 were
almost electrocuted b.y stepping on an
electric wire. One valuable team at
tached to a carriage standing in front of
the Monongahela house plunged into the
river and was drowned. Two funerals
were broken up by horses stampeding.
The money loss will bo very great, proba
bly over $500,000.
SESSION OF THE EDITORS.
Officers Elected by the Association for
the Ensuing Year.
Chicago. May 20.—The delegates to the
National Editorial Association had little
patience with routine business to-day,
and after accepting the rejxirts of com
mittees and officers in a perfunctory man
ner proceeded to the election of officers
for the < oming year. Walter Williams of
Missouri, editor of the Columbia States
man, was elected president witli 14'.".;
votes, against for Horace J. Knapp
of New York. The vote was made unani
mous. The following additional officers
were then elected : J. B. Eddy of Oregon,
first vice president: James if. Duke of
Mississippi, second vice president; Ewing
Herbert of Kansas, third vice president;
Joseph M. Page of Illinois, corresponding
secretary, re-elected: E. F. Atchison of
Pennsylvania, recording secretary. Treas
urer Gibbs was re-elected by acclama
tion. To-morrow night tin: association
will attend Plymouth church in a body,
and on Monday morning will convene In
the Art palace ut the world's full.
Talmag* Appeased.
Brooklyn, N. Y , May 20. —A settle
ment of the debt u|n the Brooklyn tab
ernacle was affected 10-day and Ucv. Tal
rnage will not re.-,: -•* from its pastorate.
TORIES TO BE THWARTED.
Gladstone Will Meet Filibustering
WHS Closure.
Home Rule’s Defeat Certain Wore the
Liberals to Fail to Resort to Heroio
Measures—The 13 O’olock Rule to
Be Suspended After the Whitsuntide
Recess Complicated Financial
Questions to Be Bridged Over by a
Provisional Agreement.
London, May 20.—Tho question still
confronting tho government is: “How
can the persistent obstruction of Messrs.
Balfour, Chamberlain aud Churchill be
reduced to a minimum?” Another week
has been passed iu factious, fruitless,
platitudinous discussion, and tho home
rule bill has been moved hardly a hair’s
breadth nearer the liberal goal. Neither
unstinted application of closure or the
self-enforced reticence of the Irish and
liberal members has sufficed to expedite
tho work in the committee to even tlie
partial satisfaction of Mr. Gladstone. Tho
ministers have been forced to their wits’
ends to devise some heroic measures to
stop the (low of talk, in which the opposi
tion are trying to drown tlie purposes of
the government. Their plan now is to accel
erate the committee’s progress from clause
to clause by suspending the 2 o’clock rule
immediately after the Whitsuntide recess.
Tho home rule bill would then be debated
day after day and night after night, to
the exclusion of everything else Mr.
Gladstone is understood to approve of this
plan. Tlie old man, having been driven to
a corner by liis antagonists, has developed
there all tho pugnacity of his younger
days and has now rallied himself to find
liis way out. The obstruct ion has not dis
couraged him as it has some of his fol
lowers, but has served merely to
strengthen his energy and determination
to force victory quickly from ths minority.
He has made it known privately in tlie
ministerial circle that the bill must be
brought through the House of Commons
by the middle of July.
THE NEW PLAN.
Without fixing the exact date for re
porting tho bill he has formed a plan for
the purpose of determining approximately
the filial day of the committee stage. AC
the beginning of .every week he will ar
range witli the cabinet for the amount of
work Cos be done in the succeeding days
and will specify the clauses which must
bo passed before the next week’s work
shall be begun. No protest or plea for
fair play from the obstructionists will bo
permitted to thwart tho programme thus
laid out. If necessary for tho fulfillment
of hfs plan some clauses will bo
forced to a vote without any prelimi
-aary debate whatever. Tlie work of tlie
committee will be further accelerated by
the simplification of the complicated
financial questions on which the opposi
tion have+>uilt their hopes of obstructing
to the point of sheer exhaustion of Mr.
Gladstone and his lieutenants. Tho gov
ernment's pnrjiose is to substitute for tho
involved proposals of the bill a clause
lX’oviding for u two years’ provisional
arrangement between the Irish aud im
perial exchequers. This change is as
agreeable to tlie liberals as to the Irish
members. Both think that the postpone
ment of final action on tlie financial de
tails will not affect even remotely the
main principles of the bill, while likely
to avert two or throe weeks of futile dis
cussion. Reports concerning these items
of the ministerial programme have al
ready brought on signs of toryism which
will swell to a hurricane of wrath whim
the unionists see their whole fabric of ob
struction collapse under the masterful
hand of the premier.
COERCION JUSTIFIED.
The liberals and radicals agree that tho
government is justified in adopting tho
proposed extraordinary plan of parlia
mentary coercion, although a week ago
many favored less extreme measures. Tho
unionists alone are responsible for the
bonds which will bind them, as they have
rejoiced openly in their determination to
kill or maim the bill by means of exhaust
ing delays in the committee stage. Al
ready the house in committee has divided
twenty-four times on two clauses, to say
nothing of divisions on motions for
closure. With four pages of amendments
behind them tho members still see fifty
pages awaiting debate and division.
Nine pages of amendments have
been added since the committee be
gan sitting, nor is this all.
in the last week alone several hundred
amendments which were not printed have
been noticed in committee. No govern
ment making the least pretensions to
regulating and facilitating public business
could long tolerate such outrageous fili
bustering without losing all prestige. The
opposition are chuckling over tho fact
that they have compelled the committee
t,o sit thirteen times to pass the first seven
lines of the bill, which covers twenty
pages. Their record is, in fact, beyond
all precedent in the parliamentary history
of Europe.
A STORMY DEBATE. *
The Deputies Authorize the Prosecu
tion of One of Their Number.
Paris, May 20. The Chamber of
Deputies to-day had a stormy debate over
the question of authorizing prosecution of
Baudin, socialist deputy from the depart
ment of Cher, on a charge of having as
saulted the police on May 1. Baudin had
recently interpolated tho government on
the subject of his arrest by the police,
and complained of having been brutally
treated. The minister of the interior at
that time argued that Bau
din's statements were entirely con
trudicted by the facts and the minister
of justice asked for leave to
prosecute Baudin, who us a member of
the chamber cannot be prosecuted with
out authority being granted by tho
house. The question of granting leave
came up to-day and was debated with
earnestness and considerable acrimony
During the course of the debate Baudry
d’Asson. royalist deputy from Vendee,
became angry at being interrupted several
times in the course of his remarks by M.
Dupuy, the ppime minister. He finally
protested that M. Dupuy ought to be com
pelled to a|K'logize for what he termed his
■•disorderly interruptions.”
At this (mint Baudry d'Asson was
called to order by the president of the
chamber and was compelled to subside.
M. Dupuy declared that the attitude
and manner of Baudry " Asson precluded
him from replying to hint.
When the vote was taken the chain tier
authorized tin minister of justice to pros
ecute M. Baudin Tho vets: stood 2>i in
finer to 11*4 • gainst it.
liaudr.v d*Assou has sent M Dupuy,
M doUassagnaic and M, ilcocruin to di>
iiiiiuU satisfaction of J Tender Dupuy.
GERMANY’S CAMPAIGN.
Over One-third of the Next Reichstag
to Consist of New Men.
Berlin, May 20.—Though it would still
be rash and premature to attempt to pre
dict the fate of tlie diverse groups at the
coming elections for members of the
Reichstag, it can safely bo said that if tho
government will offer a slight concession
in the army bill regarding the two years’
service with the colors, it will get a ma
jority in tlio next liouso to supjiort the
bill. As the contestants range them
selves for the approaching battle it be
comes evident that the split in the freis
sinnige party is widening and
that a larger faction ef that political
group than was at first expected will be
sent toward the side of ' the government.
A somewhat similar condition of affairs
exists in the center party. In the absence
of any authorized party manifesto many
staunch centerist electorates will not bind
their candidates to the vote against the
army bill. The representatives of tlio
party in those districts will be
left free enoice as to their
attitude toward the bill, and
this In most cases will mean that the suc
cessful candidates will support the gov
ernment. Another factor promising well
for the government is tho growing ten
dency of the national liberals to act in
concert with the moderate section of tlio
frelsinnige party. Thus the liberals in
Dantzie have abandoned the doubtful con
test, for their candidate and have come
out plainly for Herr Ricket, the leader of
the moderate frelsinnige faction. In
Bromberg both the conservatives and the
national liberals will support the moder
ate frelsinnige candidate against the
democratic frelsinnige, or Richter candi
date.
RICHTER LESS JUBILANT.
□The former jubilant tone of the Richter
faction, which claimed to have a greater
following, rather abates us a semblance
of order emerges from the electoral chaos.
It is already scon that groups are forming
which may give the government anew
cartel party composed of conservatives,
national liberals, moderate freissinniges
ami a faction of tlie centerists.
Of tho deputies who sat in
the last Reichstag and who lost
their seats through the issuing
of the imperial rescript dissolving tho
house, seventy-six have refused to
again stand for re-election. Of the sev
enty-six, 20 arc conservatives, ll national
liberals, 23 centerists, 11 froisinnlges, 8
democrats, 2 socialists, 3 Alsatians and 8
independents. Reckoning out the old
members, who it is certain will not be
re-elected, it is estimated that over one
third of the new Reichstag will be new
men. The opposition papers predict that
half tlie house will consist of new men,
and that half of these will be of strong
democratic tendencies.
ITALY’3 CABINET CRISIS.
No Announcement Yet as to Who Will
Forra tho New Cabinet.
Romo, May 20. —The ministry before re
signing withdrew the Senate’S pension
scheme, at the request of King Humbert.
The Chamber of Deputies continues, pend
ing the crisis, to deal with tho votes upon
the estimates that are not of a contentious
character so as to avoid a dead lock in the
administration of government affairs.
The cabinet crisis continues. King
Humbert has received in consultation
President Farini of the Senate, and Presi
dent Biancheri of the Chamber of Depu
ties. It is at present uncertain whether
Sig. Giolitti. the head of the cabinet which
has Just resigned, will or will not receive
a mandate to form another cabinet. Tlie
Senate lias suspended work pending a
settlement of the crisis.
The resignation of the ministers is the
result of a cabinet intrigue. It is as
serted that Premier Giolitti was desirous
of getting rid of tlio minister of justice,
and ha therefore allowed the credit for the
minister of justice to tie rejected. A
number of ministerialists were absent
when the Vote was taken. It is supposed
that Sig. Giolitti aims to give the port
folio to a senator able to secure a small
majority in the Senate for the govern
ment's pension project.
SAGINAW FIRE SWEPT.
A Spark from a Smoke Stack Starts
the Conflagration.
Saginaw, Mich., May 20. —A little spark
and a strong southwest gale this after
noon between 4 and 7 o’clock resulted in a
very destructive fire. Tho fairest portion
of Saginaw is left a mans of smoldering
ruins. The fire is said to have starteu.
from tho chimney of Briggs &
Cooper, on what is known as
the middle ground, and wafted b.y
the gale it swept down and found refuge
in the dismantled mill plant of Sample &
Camp on the cocks, where there were
many piles of lumber. Here it found rich
food and in the twinkling of an eye the
single spark had grown into a roaring
mass of names and started on its mad
career with a fury that no human hand
could check.
The Bristol street bridge next caught
and a portion of it was destroyed. Thence
the flames leaped to the east side, just be
low Bristol street, where were located a
large number of buildings, including en
gine house No. 6 and J. F. Winkle's ice
houses. Eleven residences and on both
sides of Washington avenue down to
Holden street were quickly licked up.
Then the sparks were carried across the
old bayou into the premises of the Cross
Lumber Company, the planing mill, dum
ber in the yard and a dozen tenement
houses melting like snow.
Then came the Arlington & Curtis
Manufacturing Company's extensive
plant and Bassett's old soap factory, all
of which wero wiped out.
Here the lire struck Jefferson avenue,
and in an hour some of the finest resi
dences in the city were in ashes.
The flames made a clean sweep north to
Emerson street, where the fire continued
eastward south of and along Emerson
street toward the city limits. It cut a
wide swath on Owen, Howard, Sheridan
avenues and other streets east. The
orphans’ home succumbed curly, but tho
inmates wero all removed.
The patients were all removed from St.
Mary's hospital, which was in extreme
danger for a time, but was saved.
The fury of the gale carried sparks
long distances and at 5 o'clock the fire
had reached the magnificent planing
mill, factory and lumber yard of E. Ger
maine. which was destroyed, as well as a
largo number of dwellings in that section
of the city.
The scene witnessed during thesoawful
two hours of wind anil flames arc beyond
the power of pun to adequately portray.
The lire department labored heroically,
but with little success.
It is imiiosxtbU) at tills lute hour to give
an account of tin losses and insurance
'l iic former will reach nearly $1,500,000,
witli probably an insurance Of $700,001)
Fully 1,000 men employed In the fac
tories burned ure i brown out of employ
ment, amt hundreds of families arc hump
ies*. About 800 buildings were burned.
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A MOVE TO OUST LEWIS.
Atlanta’s Postmaster an Offensive
Partisan.
Ths Lively Incidents of His First Days
in Office Recalled The People Have
Not Forgotten His Attempt to Work
a White Girl and a Negro Side by
Side.
Atlanta, Ga., May 20.—Another aggra
vated case of offensive partisanship has
been sprung here. The light on Boss
Buck was so successful that Postmaster
Lewis is now taken up by the local press
and his decapitation demanded. Post
master Lewis’ offensive partisanship
rivals that oi Marshal Buck, whoso title
to that charge is undisputed. The facts
uiKin which Postmaster LcwW is ar
raigned make a highly interesting story.
Gen. Lewis came to this city from the
north a number of years ago and entered
business. Though he was both a repub
lican and a federal general
he found nothing to complain of
in his reception here. He and
Mrs. I j'wis became social favorites
and made a large number of friends. The
general was conducting the business of
the Atlanta Rubber Company, in which
concern he was a partner. Gen. Lewis
assumed the duties of the office, which he
has us yet shown no disposition to resign,
on Aug. 1, 1889. Five days thereafter ho
made liis first apjxiintmcnt,which brought
a storm. In the course of time it sub
sided, but he has never since boon a
persona grata to the people of Atlanta,
and now his removal would be more grat
ifying to the public than that of any re
publican hold-over official in the state.
THE OBJECTIONABLE APPOINTMENT.
On Aug. 5, IHWI, Postmaster r<owis ap
pointed a negro named C. C. Penny to be
clerk in the registry department, of which
Capt. Lyons was superintendent. In tho
same office, acting in the capacity of
deputy clerk, wan Miss Lyons, the super
intendent’s daughter. The negro was
brought into the office by the postmaster
and introduced us Mr. Penny. It was
necessary for the clerk occupying tho
place assigned to Penny to sit about half
the time at thiymme table witli tho young*
lady. 'Die father did not relish the pros
pect, and neither did tho girl.
The postmaster was immovable, anil
so slio tendered her resignation
at once and left within a few hours after
straightening up her papers. This at
tempt on the part of Gen. 1 jew is to place
a negro cheek by jowl in his office witli
the young lady clerk excited widespread
indignation. A white applicant who had
also passed the civil service examination,
was available but Gen. Lewis stated that
he preferred tlie negro. The next day
when these facts were published feeling
ran high. Penny remained at his desk,
while Supt. Lyons was at work
gettiug the business of his office in shape
so thut he might retire.
BONDSMEN WITHDRAW.
On the same date E. Van Winkle,
who was on JGen. Lewis’ bond
for SIO,OOO applied to bo relieved, as he
did not sympathize with his offensive
method. Tho postmaster, seeing the
drift of public sentiment at this juncture,
was reported to have grown uneasy. A6
all events, he began to explain. He
placed all the blame in tho case u|>on the
civil service law. Judge Henry P. Tomp
kins also asked to be relieved us surety on
tho Lewis bond, upon which his name ap
peared for SIO,OOO. His reasons were
identical with t hose that actuated Mr.
Van Winkle iii taking the samo step. By
this time tho excitement was intense,
and on the nigfit of Aug. 8
Gen. Lewis and his friend, Col.
Buck, were burned in effigy
in front of the custom house in the pres
ence of a great concourse of people, whiia
the bund played "Dixie,” and the specta
tors shouted themselves hoarse. Before
the crowd dispersed a procession was
formed, headed by the band, which
marched to Mr. Lyons’ house and scro
nadod the superintendent and his daugh
ter. For some days thereafter compara
tive quiet ensued, which wusdisturbed onr
Aug. 12, by widely circulated reports
that-the negroes in retaliation were going 1
to bum Gapt. and Miss Lyons in effig.v.
The burning was supposed to have beta
fixed for the night of Aug. 24.
LOOKED LIKE A HIOT.
During the afternoon of that date rv
small wholesale tobacco store on Broad
street , near the comer of Marietta street,
was converted into an impromptu arsenal
and made the rendezvous of the whites,
who swore that they would prevent the
negroes from carrying out their design.
All over the city run the reports of im
pending trouble, and shortly after night-',
fall it was witli difficulty that one could
push his way through the dense crowd)
that occupied the entire street from thaj
postofflee to and bevond the corner of
Broad street. The negroes may have in-"
tended to carry out the programme
they were said to have arranged, but'
there was so many Winchesters!
rifles flashing under the electric light*
that night that they didn’t try it. The'
mayor and the chairman of the polit e
board ordered the chief to arm and call
out the entire constabulary’. The fire de
partment was also provided with rifles.,
Finally a lodge of negro Odd Fellows be
came so much alarmed that they appealed’
to Gov. Gordon, who repaired to the scene
and succeeded in dispersing the angry
mob. Shortly afterward on account of
his unpopularity Postmaster Lewis and
tho Atlanta Rubber Company dissolved
partnership lest the serious criticism)
which had been showered upon him
should bring about a boycott and ruin tho
firm's business.
STRUCK BY A HURRICANE.
Eight Sailors Drowned and One Killed
by a Fall to the Dock.
Queenstown, May 20.—The British
ship Lord Templeton, commanded- by
Capt. Sawthern, which sailed from Lon
don for Philadelphia,with Bombay as fur
ther destination, on April 12. arrived hero
to-day after the loss of u number of her
crew in a hurricane. Thevoyage appears
to have gone well until May 1, when the
vessel was in lutitndo 45" north and longi
tude 45° west, where a hurricane broke
so severely on tho vessel that sixteen men
were sent aloft to shorten sail. A truss
broke and tho yard folk on tho
deck. Eight of those who
had gone aloft wero hurled
into the sea and drowned, one was killed
by the fall of tho yard and seven wero
severely injured* Among those who lost
their lives wore the first mate and boat
swain. The sea stove in tho main hatch
and the vessel lost her sails and yards. |
Tlie ship ran before tho wind until the
hurricane abated, when the survivor* in*
sisUst the captain making tho near
est port, and the vessel accordingly came
to Queenstown as fast a* possible in iter
crippled coudiUou.