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I THE MORNING NEWS, I
Established IfW. Incorporated 1888. V
( J H. ESiTLL, President. 1
russq-german commerce.
The New Treaty Sure to Pass the
Reichstag.
The Agrarians Hold a Monster Demon
stration Against It in Berlin But the
Tenor of Their Speeches Exposeß
Their Hopelessness The Silver
Question Cruelty in Cameroons
Land.
(Copyright, 1894, by the United Press.).
Berlin, Feb. 18.—The agrarians rallied
their thousands in Berlin yesterday to
make their final protest against the
Russo-German commercial treaty. The
demonstration was successful from a
parly point of view, as the assemblages
were enormous and enthusiastic. The
agrarian league had spent much money in
preparing for the meet'ngs.
Nobody could doubt that the speakers
were in deep earnest. They felt that
both party and national interests were
imperiled by the Russian treaty and they
argued with all the force of their convic
tions. Nevertheless, the expectation of
defeat was apparent in the speeches. The
agrarians, as well as the public at large,
do not longer doubt that the treaty will
be ratified by the Reichstag. Even the
ultra conservatives realize that their op
position will be vain.
THE MAKE-DP OP THE MAJORITY.
The one question now is: “Who will
make up the government majority?” In
the lobby the consensus of opinion is that
the national liberals, the radicals and the
social democrats will vote solidly for the
treaty. The clericals are expected to di
vide their vote, but the majority will go
with the chancellor. The free conserva
tive vote will be split. Some conserva
tives are likely to abstain from voting;
they threaten to lead the opposition to
the end.
Newspapers are spreading the familiar
rumors of a deal between the government
and the clericals. Chancellor von
Caprivi is said to have promised the re
storation of a Catholic department in the
ministry of public worship in exchange
for the clerical support. This report is
untrue. Chancellor von Caprivi has
given no pledges to the clericals. As the
question at issue is an economic one, the
clerical deputies will vote independently
of party pressure or intrigues of the
leaders.
HELPED BY CONCESSIONS.
Study oft he Russian concessions in the
treaty are increasing its popularity. This
fact has been impressed upon the agra
rians and has tempered their bitterness.
They know that if they should defeat the
treaty the government could and would
now appeal to the country with a cer
tainty of complete triumph in the great
industrial centers. The result of such
a triumph would he- a further re
striction of the protection policy in
Germany and the agrarians shrink from
the prospect. Besides what it actually
gives, the treaty raises expectations of
more. It is believed that the two gov
ernments have an understanding which
points to the reduction of Russian rail
way tariffs and a recall @f the German
decree forbidding the Imperial bank to
grant advances on Russian loans.
THE SILVER QDESTION.
Last Wednesday’s debate in the Prus
sian lower house has widened the breach
between the bi-metallists and the govern
ment. The bi-inetallists have given up
hope of accomplishing through the cur
rency commission anything more than a
few international reforms likely to in
crease the use of silver money. Even this
hope may be vain, for the government de
clared recently in the Prussian upper
Rouse that no great increase of the silver
circulation was possible.
CRUELTY IN CAMEROONS.
The Augsberger Abend-Zeitung pub
lished on Friday several letters from the
African explorer, Kalienberg, who
confirms the worst stories as to ill
treatment of negroes in Cameroons.
.The natives employed there in the o.ficial
service, Herr Kalienberg says, are lashed
for the slightest offenses. In instances
that came under his personal observation,
black soldiers got ’2OO strokes each, lost
consciousness and were carried in pi iable
conditions to their huts. August Bebel,
the social democratic leader, made a pow
erful attack in the Reichstag last Friday
upon the administration in Came
roons. He exhibited whips of rhinoce
ros hide, which were used in punishing
the natives. Vice Governor Leist, of the
Cameroons, he said, had enforced regula
tions that every native must make a
salaam whenever a German passed him.
If sitting or reclining when the German
approached, the native must spring to his
leet in time to make the salute.
A REPORM MEASURE.
Prince von Arenberg told the commit
tee on colonial estimates, that he had de
cided to introduce a bill punishing slave
trading, and altering in several other
respects the colonial administration,
winch, he said, was a bad specimen of
military and bureaucratic abuses. Chan
cellor von Caprivi deprecated the savage
attacks upon the officials in Came
roons. Judgment should be reserved, he
said, until the accusations against the of
ficials should have been proved or dis
proved by the government inquiry. The
chancellor turned upon Herr Bebel hotly,
and made a scorching reviewof hisspeech
against the colonial administration. Roth
inside and outside the Rei< hstag, the de
bate has excited the deepest interest.
IHE KAISER TO ARRIVE TO-MORROW.
Emperor William is expected to arrive
on. Tuesday at Wilhelnisliaven. where he
will entertain the officers of. the iron
clad Wilhelm. On Friday he will go to
."If Duke of Brandenberg, and
will make his annual speech on domestic
affairs.
Chancellor yon Caprivi gives official
dinners with increasing frequency. He
has limited the cost to 20 marks a plate, in
cluding wine and beer. His aide-de-camp,
"ho keeps the purse, has the most rigid
orders to spend no more than the chan
cellor's annual salary of 4X.000 marks,
t?, s t * le anl ° J nt exacted for the state taxes.
■ he chancellor, while not wishing to save
anything, will incur no debts.
lhe Princess Leopold received Ambas
®“*or Runyon and his family on Thurs
kepuession or the anarchists.
Inquiries were made at the foreign office
yesterday as to the report that the con
tinental powers would make a Joint pro
test against Great Hriluin s harboring
anarchists. The report was flatly denied!
Germany has had no suggestion of such
* course, it was said. Another report is
that tlie chiefs of the metropolitan police
lorces will meet in fxmdon to
agree upon international measures
against the anarchism This also
discredited. The police hero attach
■h importance to the story that London is
fbe Jlofmng fta
the center of anarchic conspiracy. They
say that when the necessity arises, a sus
pect can be shadowed more easily in Lon
don than in any other European capital.
The United Press i orrospondent was as
sured also by a high police official that no
proposal for international police measures
against anarchists had been made re
cently by any government.
A PRESENT FOR BISMARCK.
The women of Baden, Hesse and the
Pfalz have formed a committee to give
Prince Bismarck a present on his next
birthday. The present will consist of an
illuminated address and eighty bottles Of
old wine from the three districts.
Dr. H. Bokemyer, of Berlin, says, in a
letter to the Kreuz Zeitung, that emi
grants to America might best settle under
the direction of his committee in North
ern Mexico. By concentrating German
emigration in that region, he says, it will
be possible to establish a German counter
weight to Pan-American tendencies.
THE GOVERNMENT CONGRATULATED.
Two thousand merchants and manufac
turers of the Germau empire met here
to-day. The assemblage vas presided
over by a prominent liberal member of the
reichstag. It was resolved to congratu
late the government upon the conclu
sion of the treaty with Russia. The em
peror presided yesterday over the crown
council. Secretary von Bieberstein and
Herr Thielmann, one of the signers of the
Russo-German treaty, were present.
A ROYAL* WEDDING.
The wedding of the Grand Duke of
Hesse, and Princess Victoria Melita, of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, has been finally ar
ranged for April 22, at Coburg. It will
take place in the presence of Emperor
William and Queen Victoria, in the palace
chapel. The Prince of Wales, the parents
of the bride, the Empress Frederick and
Prince Henry of Batten berg, will also be
present.
ANOTHER BOMB AT PARIS.
It Was Pound on the Staircase of a
Police Station.
Paris, Feb. 18. —A bomb similar in com
position to that used by Vaillant and
Henry was found to-day on the staircase
of the police station in the Rue du Tem
ple, one of the busiest streets of the
city, and which leads to the Hotel de
Ville. In this street is the Marche du
Temple, which occupies the site of the
Tour du Temple, during the revolution
used as a prison for the royal family.
HENRY MAKES A CONFE9BION.
Anarchist Henry made a further con
fession to the police yesterday, and as a
result of it his mother’s house was
searched last night. The police found
much chemical apparatus, and a number
of letters and photographs, includ
ing a grbup of twenty anarchists.
All of these things will prove valuable to
the police in their efforts to arrest all the
other anarchists who were implicated in
the plot with Henry. Henry also di
vulged the names of several of his an
archist friends, and their arrests are ex
pected to take place in a short time.
TRADE HURT BY THE SCARfc.
The anarchist scare has crippled trade
in the best parts of Paris. Travelers go
ing southward break their journeys in
Rheims and proceed thence without
touching the capital. The Rheims hotels
are overcrowded, while the Parisian
hotels are forsaken. The wealthy Pari
sians are remaining at their country resi
dences. The theater receipts have de
clined remarkably.
LEO’S LAST JUBILEE MASS.
More Than 100,000 Persons in St.
Peter’s Cathedral.
Rome, Feb. 18.—More than 000,000 per
sons gathered at St. Peter’s between 9:40
and 11 o’clock this morning, to see the
pope celebrate the last mass of his jubi
lee year. During the mass, the pope wore
the mitre given him by the German em
peror, and afterward the tiara presented
to him by Emperor Franz Joseph of
Austria-Hungary. The pope looked ex
ceptionally well and his voice was clear
and strong.
PILGRIMS FROM ALL ITALY.
The mass was attended by pilgrims
from all parts of Italy, many tourists, a
majority of the diplomatists in Rome, and
a host of noblemen and Knights of Malta.
The pope was borne to the nltar on the
hiedia Gestatoria, preceded by cardinals
and bishops. At the conclusion of the
mass his holiness intoned the Te Deutn,
the, vast congregation responding. Deaf
ening cheers were given when the popo
entered and left the church.
WAR ON THE LORDS.
A Meeting Held in Trafalgar Square
to Prove the Popular Opposition.
London, Feb. 18.—A metting was held
in Trafalgar square this afternoon to de
monstrate the opposition to the House of
Lords. As the weather was bitterly cold
the crowd was not very enthusiastic. The
meeting adopted a resolution that in view
of its repeated obstructions of legislation
the House of Lords was mischievous
and useless, and ought to be abolished
forthwith. Three members of the House
of Commons took part in the meeting.
They were Dr. Charles Tanner, anti-
Parncllite, for the middle division of
Cork; Dadababal Naoroji, liberal, mem
ber for the central division of Finsbury,
and William Saunders, radical, member
for the Walworth division of Newinton.
ITALY’S DEMOCRATS.
An Organization to Be Perfected in
the Defense of Liberty.
Rome, Feb. 18.—The democratic con
gress began its sittings here to-day.
Sixty-seven delegates are present, among
them all the deputies of the extreme left.
They will perfect an organization-—“in the
defense of liberty,” which, they sa.y. is
threatened by the policy of despotism re
cently inaugurated by the government.
A MEXICAN GOVERNOR RESIGNS.
He Was a Compromise That Ended a
Bitter Factional War.
Monclova, Mex., Feb. 18.—The an
nouncement which comes from Saltillo
that Gov. Jose Miguel Musgriz, governor
of the state of Coahuila, has resigned his
office, has created a great stir in political
affairs throughout the's ate. Gov Mus
griz was appointed to toe office by Presi
dent Diaz about six months ago, and lias
made a splendid record as governor. His
appointment was made as a compromise
between the two political factions of the
state, who were, for several months, in
military array against each other.
Kflled on His Vessel.
Morgan City, 1.a,, Feb. 18. Capt.
George M. Allen, of the stoam propeller
Beuian. of the Berwick's Bay Fish and
Oyster < ompany, was shot and killed on
loard bis vessel on Bayou hhaue to day
b.v M. V'erret. The men had a row about
a woman.
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1894.
A CRISIS AT FALL RIVER.
Wages Must Be Cut .or the Mills Must
Shut Down.
The Treasurers of the Concern Face
the Situation With Trepidation—Bro
kers of the Opinion That One or the
Other of the Alternatives is Inevita
ble—The Stocks on Hand and Sales.
Fall River, Mass., Feb. 18. —There is a
movemeut already afoot here to roduce
wages in the local mills. One of the
largest owners of four or five different
mills told one of his treasurers recently
that he did not approve of running much
longer while goods are selling at
present prices. He declared positively
that the operatives would be asked to
choose between a shut down, or a cut
down before April 1. In response, the
treasurer said that he did not believe
that the other agents would consent to a
shut down, but he thought the majority
would vote for the cut down, if the mat
ter was brought before them.
LAST WEEK’S MARK DOWN.
Last week's mark down of the Ameri
can Printing Company’s products caused
many treasurers to lose hope for any per
manent advance in prices before sum
mer. Inasmuch as most of them have
been running along without saving much
money, they feel free to express them
selves in favor of a further decline in the
prices of labor. Last week’s sales were
but 128.000 pieces, while the stock on
hand went up 87,000 pieces.
THE SALgS FOR NEXT WEEK.
There are 126,000 pieces sold for delivery
next week, and only 84,000 pieces for the
week following. Although the mill owner
mentioned, speaks positively regarding
his future attitude, should business not
improve, there are a few treasurers who
do not wish to speak of a cut down.
One of them has said within a
few days that he prefers to let New Bed
ford. Lowell and other places take the
initiative and if the reductions are ac
cepted in those places he would be willing
to take similar action here. Meanwhile
there are reports of under selling by out
side parties. Leading brokers say that
an early shut down or cut down here is
inevitable.
COMMUNION OF CHILDREN.
Archbishop Kain Issues Instructions
to the Parish Priests.
St. Louis, Mo.,Feb. 18.—Archbishop Kain
has created a stir among Catholics during
the week by a letter which he has sent to
the clergy, wherein he expresses the de
sire that all Catholic children who at
tend the public schools be prepared for
their first communion by their parish
priests. He says: “For years some
of the clergy have used coer
cive measures to force Catholic
children out of the public schools into the
parish schools. The most potent means
was to refuse to instruct the children for
their first communion unless they went to
the parochial school for two years. Par
ents who resisted logic succumbed to this
religious ostracism, and took their chil
dren from the public schools. If they
persisted in sending their children to the
free institutions of learning, they either
did not have them make their first com
munion or they sent them to instruction
in another parish, where the
priests had no parochial schools
and, and therefore, were not opposed to
the public schools. In many parishes
ladies endowed with intelligence and a
more practical religion than their rectors
formed classes of girls and boys who at
tended the pubiicschools, or who had to
work, and instructed them at night in
the dogmas, knowledge of which is a pre
requisite for the first commtnion.”
BLOODSHED AT A STILL.
Two Deputy Marshals and Two Moon
shine! s Killed.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 18.—A few
days ago Ham Collins, of Pocahontas
county, with three companions, named
Jones, Francis and Murdaugh, opened an
illicit distillery in a cave near the Pen
dleton county line. Deputy Marshal Rol
lingood, with two special deputies, raided
the place four days ago.
In the fight that ensued, oJones and
Francis and the two special deputies
were killed, and Ham Collins so badly
wounded that he was traced fivo miles
through the snow by the blood from his
wounds. He has not yet been taken. The
story is related by lumbermen, who have
just arrived. _
WOMEN WORSHIP.
Religious Services Held by the Suf
frage Association.
Washington, Feb. 18.—The National
American Woman’s Suffrage Association
held religious services this afternoon.
Rev. Anna H. Shaw preached a sermon,
in which site appealed to women to assert
their rights as given them by God, hut
withheld by custom and man. Sirs. Shaw
also rend a scripture lesson from the
third chapter of the hook of Revelations,
and preached from the eleventh verse of
that chapter; no man take thy
crown.” Julia Ward Howe and Eliza
beth yates assisted in the services. To
morrow officers will be elected for the
coming year.
MINERS LOOKED OUT.
The Employers In the Massilon Dis
trict Issue an Ultimatum.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 18.—A special from
Massilon, 0., says: ‘’At noon yesterday
every mine in the Massilon district shut
down to remain closed, so the opera
tors have formally declared, until
the 8,000 miners dependort upon
them for employment accedo to tho
terms demanded. The trouble was pre
cipitated one week ago, when, without
warning, the operators issued an ultima
tum naming Feb. 19 as tho last date upon
which they would pay the prevailing
prices.”
AN OIL MILL BURNED.
It Was the Seoond Largest Plant in
the Country.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. 18.—The brick mill
of the Griswold Linseed Oil Company at
Warren, 0,, the second largest plant in
the country, was destroyed by fire to-day.
The building, stock and machinery were
valued at $3) o.IKXi, but tho loss will hardly
roach that amount, as about $50,01)0 worth
of si ed and one small building were saved.
Tno insurance is sl2o,uuu.
The Nlctheroy Off Rio.
Copyright isst. by the United Press.
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 18. The govern
ment dynamite cruiser Nlcthero.v has ar
med here alone and anchored outside the
hart or.
SONS OF BENJAMIN.
The Eleventh Annual Convention of
the Order Held at Baltimore.
Baltimore, Feb. IS.—Tho Independent
Order of the Sons of Benjamin met in its
eleventh annual sossion in this city to
day. Nearly 300 delegates were present
from all over the United States and Can
ada. Hon. F. C. Latrobe, mayor,
welcomed the convention to Balti
more. and was responded to by
Grand Master Ferdinand Levy, city reg
ister of New York. The order numbers
15,000 members, and since its organiza
tion has paid endowments amounting to
$1,219,769. The election for grand master
and grand deputy master to day resulted
in the re-election of Mr. Levy by a vote 157
to 74 for B. Rosenthal, of New York, and
of A. A. Rosenberg, of New York, vice B.
Rosenthal, by a vote of 115 to 107. A
committee was appointed to control the
reserve fund, which now amounts to SBB,-
695.29. and which is to bo increased to
SIOO,OOO.
CONEY ISLAND’S FALLEN KING.
He Spends the Day in Jail But Is In
Good Spirits.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 18,-Jdtin Y. Mc-
Kane passed a quiet day in the Raymond
street jail. Throughout the day numer
ous friends called to see him, but most
of them were turned away. A few mem
bers of the board of supervisors called,
and were allowed to soe their ox-presi
dent pro tem, in the warden’s
office. During the afternoon ex-
Judge Troy and lawyers Roderick
and Glendcnning called and were
in consultation for soma time with Mr.
McKane. The ex-king of Coney Island
appeared to be in excellent spirits and
did not seem a bit discouraged. He
laughed heartily over the story printed
in one of the Now York inorniug papers in
which it was said that friends would at
tempt to rescue him while he was being
taken to court to-morrow. He will be
sentenced by Justice Bartlett at 10 a. m.
NEARING THE GAYLORD TOMB.
The Rescuers Expect to Reach the
Miners During the Day.
Wilkesharre, Pa., Feb. 18.—The rescu
ing party at the Gaylord mine worked
steadily all during the day, and succeeded
in making rapid progress. The work of
digging and timbering is being pushed
with tho greatest possible vigor, and it is
now believed that there will be no further
“squeeze.” Supt. Davis, who is in charge
of tho afternoon shift, is of the opinion
that if no unforeseen obstacle intervenes,
some, if not all, of the men will be found,
dead or alive, within the next forty-eight
hours.
The pastors in almost every church In
Plymouth alluded in touching language,
during the services to-day, to the great
disaster that had brought gloom and dis
tress to so mauy'*Pfymouth homes, and
urged that the Hand of charity be ex
tended to those who are in such dire need
of assistance.
A HEROIC VENTURE.
Supt. Edwards, who has charge of the
night shift of rescuers, did a heroic act
this afternoon, at the same time
taking his life in his own
hands. He crawled through an
open place situated near the roof on the
plane in the Gaylord mine on his hands
and knees, with only a safety lamp hang
ing by his side to give what little light
there could be had. Ho managed to get
over 300 feet further in the mine than
any other person has so far dared
to venture. On returning to-night
ho said that he was of the opinion that
he had been uear the spot where tho
men were supposed t<s be, but others
think that he no doubt passed over the
bodies as he was on top of the debris and
the men under.
NEAR THE FOOT OF THE PLANE.
It is reported late to-night that the
rescuers have reached a place In the shaft
850 feet from the foot of the. plane and
they find the cross headings almost clear.
Five brave miners at onco went into this
portion and are now making a thorough
search for the men.
Supt. Rosser, who has charge of the
day shift, is of the opinion that they will
find tho men very soon, if they are in the
place where they are supposed to be.
Supt. McFarland says from the knowl
of the disaster tho men are, beyond a
doubt, dead, and he can seo no chance
where they had any avenue to escape
from under the fall, which was 600 yards
in length.
MRS. DARLING’S WAR CLAIM.
The Houso Committee Recommends
That She Bo Fa id $5,083.
Washington, Feb. 18.—An interesting
case has been reported to the House by
the committee on war claims, which
recommends that Mrs. Flora A. Darling,
who was arrested in New Orleans, in
1864, by tiie military authorities, while
traveling under a safe conduct signed by
(Jen. N. P. Banks, be awarded $5,683
damages. Mrs. Darling was the wife of
Confederate Brigadier-general Edward
I. Darling, and was a New Hampshire
woman. She had gone to New Orleans to
attend her husband during his last illness,
and was starting to return home, when
arrested. Ten thousand dollars in con
federate bonds, SS,(!OJ in the notes of
Louisiana and Tennessee banks and valu
able jewelry, which she carried, were
confiscated. Mrs. Darling’s claim was
for $15,688, but the committee ruled out
tho confederate bonds, sustaining the
claim for the state bank notes and jew
elry.
A CHIEF’S LOVE OF BLOOD.
Korona Responsible for the Recent
Mistake in Sierra Leone.
Paris, Feb. 18.—M. Grodet, the gover
nor of tho French Soudan,has telegraphed
to the government that the encounlor be
tween the French and English forces at
Warnina. Sierra Leone, several weeks ago
was caused by Korona, chief of theGuema.
He decolvod the Kuglish and French
parties by telling each that the other was
a force of Sofas. Col. Abellis, commander
of the West India regiment, to which the
British party bcionved. had an Oudeman
burned for punishment, and Korona,
himself was afterward captured and exe
cuted.
RIFFS READY TO REVOLT.
They Fear Punishment at the Hands
of Their Sultan.
Madrid, Feb. 18.—Groups of armed
Riffs have camped near Molilia and are
trying to raise a rebellion against the
sultan, who they fear is about to punish
them They declare that they prefer
Spanish rule to discipline from Muley
llasseu A dispatch received Irom Me
llila lost night s.ud that the situation was
becoming critical.
ATLANTA A MODERN SODOAI.
Hawthorne Preaches a Sermon on the
City s Iniquities.
An Army of Men Worse Than Redwrine
and Hill Walking the Streets Un
whipped of Justice—Murderers of
Woman's Honor and Highwaymen
of the Business World Pets of the
Parlor.
Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 18.—Dr. J. B. Haw
| thoroe, pastor of tho First Baptist church,
' created a great sensation to-day by his
sermon, which he announced under the
head of “Throwing stones from glass
house*; the inconsistent attitude of so
ciety towards such men as Lewis Redwino
and Harry Hill.”
The church was packed to its utmost,
and the sermon has been widely discussed
during the day. launching into society,
the doctor said: “I am not inad, but speak
the words of soberness and truth, when I
say that many of our homos are schools
of vice and crime. The inliuences which
fill them and surround them train tho
children to false conceptions of life and
fill their imaginations with pictures that
beget a longing for unlawful and ruinous
gratifications.
can’t afford to spurn ntM.
“Considering these facts, when we look
upon a young man convicted of embezzle
ment or forgery, and about to be sent to
a felon’s prison, we cannot afford to spurn
him and anathematize him, because his
crime is simply the productof the corrupt
ing influences which pervades the whole
commercial world.and for which every one
of us is in some degree responsible. Tried
by God's standard of honesty, which re
gards what is in a man’s heart ns well as
what is in his life, that young man is
not more than thousands who
stand high commercially and socially.
Let him among you, who never
planned anything crooked in his own
business, or winked at crookedness
in others, and who is in no way resiionsi
hle for the spirit of dishonosty in tho
world of trade—let him step forward and
hurl the first anathema at the young man
who stands before the tribunal of human
justice convicted of the crime.
UNPUNISHED THIEVES.
“I stand aghast to-day, not as I look
upon a criminal like that, but as T look
upon the great army of eollossal thieves,
who walk abroad un whipped of justice,
and whose example and influence
have led millions of people to think
that dishonesty is disreputable and de
spisable only when it is punished by tho
state. It is the conduct of these Imperial
rogues that is spreading and strengthen
ing the doctrine of the anarchists that
all 'property is theft; and that is hasten
ing a revolution which will make the
bloodiest picture in the book of time.’
THE RUIN OF WOMEN.
“Look, too,” exclaimed the doctor, “at
the victims of the polished deviltries of
men who still move in what are called
tho ‘highest circles of society.’
The world is dotted all over with
the graves of deceived women—
women who were robbed of their
virtue and deserted, and who, in the mad
ness of their despair, sought refuge in the
arms of death The destroyers of these
women are murderers, and yet they are
neither punished by the state nor ostra
cised by those who claim to be the very
cream of our social life.
“If Christ were upon tho earth to-day
he would stand up in these society cir
cles, where Parisian ideas, sentiments
and fashions prevail, and pointing to
some house of shame, he would say, ‘Let
him who is without shame cust the first
stone at it.’
THE FIGHT ON THE HOME.
“It humiliates me to know that there
are men and women of our community
who are too clean and prudish to counte
nance the erection of a home for the re
formation of harlots, but whose sensibili
ties an not at all disturbed by the senti
ments and customs which promote tho
growth of harlotry.
“If all tho thrives were put into tho
chaingang to-morrow it would make gaps
in the business world too fearful to con
template, It Would wipe out Wall street
It would annihilate the grain rings, the
whisky rings and the meat rings. It
would destroy the manufactories and
shut up two-thirds of the brokerage of
fices; it would suspend half
of the water works, cancel a majority
of tho street paving contracts and utterly
exterminate tho plumbing business. It
would thin the ranks of legal and medical
fraternities, take thousands of insurance
agents from the field, shut tho doors of
real estate offices, and so reduce the repre
sentation in congress that no quorum
could be obtained until after the next
election. ”
EVANS AT QUITMAN.
The General Warmly Received and
Preaches in the Methodist Church.
Quitman. Ga., Fob. 18. —Gen. C. A.
Evans arrived in Quitman yesterday
afternoon and spent the day here. The
general was on tlie s’roets this morn
ing shaking hands with the people. He
met with a regular ovation, many who
clasped his hand being old soldiers who
hadjnot seen him since the close of the
war. Nearly all assured him that he
had their best wishes in the cam
i palgn and would have their votes
| when tho time came. He filled the pulpit
I at tlie Methodist church hero this morn
ing, and preached an able sermon to a
large congregation, and notwithstanding
that it was rainimr and a very ugly day,
the church was filled. As the situation
now is, Gen Evans would carry Brooks
county overwhelmingly. H o goes to
Thotnasville to-morrow.
Tallahassee Gleanings.
Tallahassee. Fla , Feb. 18.—The Ladies
After Dinner Whist Club was delight
fully entertained Thursday afiernoon by
Miss Mary Irvin Laughlin. Her elegant
mansion was beautifully decorated with
Tallahassee's choicest (lowers, contrib
uted by her lad.v friends Mrs. John It.
Bradford won the hostess’ prize.
Mr. K. F. Bradford yesterday brought
seven turnips to this city, the aggregate
weight of which was eighty-sevon
pounds
Hon. W. A. Rawls, state chemist, says
that more than four hundred brands of
fertilizer are sold in Florida.
There is scarcely a vacant dwelling
house to be found in Tallahassee, and all
the contractors and builders arc kept busy.
Facts From Thomasvilla.
Thomnsviilc, Ga., Feb. 18. —Tho stock
of A M Barker, clothior, who recently
failed in this city, was sold yesterday to
I). Keifer. of Cincinnati, It is under
| stood that Mr. Keifer will sellilputat
j retail in this city.
J. J. Mash was elected justice of the
I eace yesterday.
THE COBURN CASE.
The Seoretary of the Treasury Going
to Thoroughly Investigate It.
Washington. Fob. 18.- When Beckwith
was appointed and confirmed, ho called
for the resignation of all the subordi
nates. All rosigned except one—Coburn.
He declined to resign on the ground that
he was not subject, in this respect, to the
collector. He employed a lawyer—Hon.
Thomas M. Norwood -and filed a protest
against boing compelled to resign. lu his
paper, thus tiled, ho states that he is an
officer in tlie customs service—a marine
clerk, that the collector has no
right to remove** hiiu', ~ except for
cause; that no cause can bo shown
against him as to his eft
ciency, competency and qualification;
that he is a democrat, that the only
ground for his removal given b.v Beck
with is that he is not agreeable to the
collector; that that docs not affect the
question of his qualifications orelMriency;
and that lie submits to tho Secretary of
tho Treasury the question whether he
can be displaced by the collector without
cause. The papers in the matter are now
before Assistant Secretary Hamlin,
who is investigating the question.
Tho appointment of subordinates
by the collector is subject to tlie approval
of tho Secretary of the Treasury, but
whether that officor will sustain the point
made by Coburn is yet to tie decided.
The decision will be reached only after
a thorough investigation of the question
b.v tho secretary.
In the argument filed by Col. Norwood
for Mr. Coburn, the statement is made
that a similar question arose
when Capt. Wheaton was ap
pointed collector eight years ago.
It is stated that one of the subordinates
—a republican—refused to resign, in
obedience to Capt. Wheaton's request,
thus making a parallel case to the one
now presented by Mr. Coburn; and that
tlie then Secretary of the Treasury. Fair
child, sustained tho points made by the
objecting subordinate, in his investigation
Assistant Secretary Hamilton has not
yet reached this alleged case, and there
fore it is not yet known whether or not it
furnishes a precedent. Up to this time
the present secretary has not had such a
case before him, and he is going to thor
oughly investigate before deciding.
LAND GRANT LEAGUES.
Secretary Smith Decides That the
French Measurement Is the Stand
ard.
Washington. Feb. 18.—Secretary Smith,
in reversing a recent decision of the com
missioner of tho general land office has
decided a point that will have a bearing
on a largo number of cases now peuding
before the department in what is known
as tho Florida Spanish land grants.
The case camo before the secretary on
appeal and involved tho question as to
what congress intended by the word
“league’ in connection with a tract of
land. The commissioner of the land office
decided that congress meant the Spanish
league, which contained 4,438.68 acres of
land. The appellant contended that the
French league was the measurement that
congress intended to apply to private
tracts in tho Spanish land grant. In
his decision the secretary says
that “a league square” of land,
as understood by congress, as well as
those concerned, in reference to private
claims at the time of tlie passage of
the act meant a tract of lnud containing
6,002.50 acres, or the French league. The
Spanish league (4488.68 acres) is less than
tho quantity of land involved and con
frress could not have meant tho English
eague, which is greater than the French
league.
STANDING BY THE OUT.
Engineers Agree to Continue Work at
* a Reduction.
Chicago. 111., Fob. 18.—A special to a
morning paper from Nashville, Tenn.,
says: “The Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis Railway Company and a com
mittee representing the Brotherhood of
I_ocomoiive Engineers, last evening
reached an agreement under which tho
engineers accept a continuance of the 10
per cent, reduction in wages. The
old contract expires March t next,
and the new contract takes effect then.
Tho conference was held in absolute har
mony. Next Monday a conference be
tween tho railroad company and commit
tees representing the conductors, train
men and firemen will he held. The
agreement reached yesterday provides
that the reduction is to continue until the
earnings of the company wil 1 permit the
restoration of wages, when another con
ference will take place.”
A CYCLONE IN LOUISIANA.
Two Children Killed and Great Dam
age Done to Property.
Homer, La., Fob. 18.—One of the most
destructive cyclones known in the history
of Claiborne parish, passed seven miles
north of this place at 6 o’clock to night.
The roaring of tho storm was distinctly
heard here. The cyclone struck the
northwest point of tho parish, traveling
in a northeasterly direction, laying waste
everything in its path. The
casualties known thus far are
one white child and one negro girl killed,
and many wounded. Cleveland & Tay
lor’s store and steam mill were destroyed
and Mr. Taylor was seriovsly injured.
The track of the cyclone was about 200
yards wide.
KILLED IN THE AIR.
A Knoxville Lawyer Loses His Life
by the Breaking of a Cable.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 18.—A frightful
accident occurred tills afternoon, by
which Oliver Ledgerwood, a young law
yer, was killed and two others slightly
injured. A car ujxm wire crosses
the Tennessee river Just below the
city and is operated by a stationary
engino on the north hank of the river.
A cable snapped and struck the moving
car with su> li force as to partly demolish
it, leaving the car susiiended over the
river 2(H) feet in the air. There were
right persons in the car. but ail except
Ledgerwood escaped without serious in
jury. 'lhoy were rescued, hiring let down
by ropes into a boat on the river.
Killed By a Failing Tree.
Washington, Ga., Feb. 18.—A young
colored man named Alox Drlnkard, living
near this place, was killed by a falling
tree this morning. He loft home In the
morning going to the woods to cut down
some trees. As ho did not return by
uight Ins wife became alarmed and a
party going to search for him found him
caught under a large tree. He had evi
dently been dead some hours. It is
thought that he met his death b.v trying
to sunt* h his overcoat (which was anew
one) from under the falling tree. lie was
a respectable, hard working negro and
bis untimely death la much regretted.
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BLAND TO HOLD THE FLOOR
His Bill Still Has the Right of Way
in the House.
A Probability That it Will be Dis
posed of To-morrow— The Election
Contest of O'Neill vs. Joy Next in
Order, but it May be Displaced in
Favor of One of tho Appropriation
Bills.
Washington, Feb. 18. —There appears to
be no present prospect of a variation from
the programme followed by the House of
Representatives for tho past few days.
Mr. Bland has Speaker Crisp's earnest
support in his intontion to keep tho
seigniorage bill before the House until it
shall be disposed of in some way. After
adjournment on Saturday last, tho
speaker was conversing with several per
sons, including one or two members, re*
garding the business for the coming week.
“We shall go right along,” he said, in hi*
hearty fashion. “Just as we have been go
ing, until a quorum votes upon the ques
tion of closing the debate, and remains
until the vote on the passage of the bill is
taken.”
EXPECTS A QUORUM TO-DAY.
"When will that bo, Mr. Speaker?” was
asked.
“Oh, 1 think wo shall have a quorum
with us on Monday, certainly by Tues
day. But whether or not,” he continued,
with something like grim determination
in his manner, “we will go right along.
And the bill will bo passed.”
This Inst stntcmeut was in response to
Mr. Sayers, chairman of tlie committee
on appropriations, who had expressed the
opinion that Mr. Bland would not suc
ceed in securing tho attendance of a
quorum favorably disposed toward his
measure.
ONI.Y NINE VOTES SHORT.
"Why,” said Speaker Crisp, “wo have
only boon nine votes short of a quorum in
the Houso this week, in that uumber
wore nine populists and eight republicans.
These eight republicans will become
eighteen. 1 am assured, when the hill is
brought to the Houso for its passage.”
How many days the Bland bul will
occupy this week cannot, of course, be
definitely stated now, but its supporters
confidently expect that it will be passed
and out of tho way by Tuesday night at
the furthest.
In answer to a question why tho com
mittee on rules was not asked to bring in
an order fixing tho time for taking a vote,
Mr. Bland explained that under existing
conditions such a proceeding would be
useless. “Until we get a quorum here,”
he said, “we could not adopt the order,
and when the quorum is at hand wo won’t
need an order.”
AN ELECTION CONTEST NEXT.
After tho bill to coin the seigniorage of
the treasury silver bullion has boon dis
posed of, Mr. Brown, chairman of tho
committee on elections, will ask the
House to take up tho report in the contest
of O'Neill vs. Joy for the Eleventh dis
trict of Missouri. Mr. Joy. a republican,
is the sitting member, and the commit
tee, by a straight party vote, have recom
mended that O’Neill, a democrat and
former member of congress, be given the
seat. Tho speaker has stated that he
favors action upon this subject next la
order, but Chairman Sayers, of the ap
propriations committee, will antagonize
tho motion with tho fortifications appro
priations bill, unless Mr. O’Neill, of Mas
sachusetts, asks to have the pension ap
propriation bill taken up. Mr. O’Neill is
chairman of the sub committee in charge
of that measure.
SAYERS ANXIOUS.
Mr. Sayers said yesterday,“ham getting
a little hit anxious about our bills, and
although I promised Speaker Crisp
to let the O’Neill-Joy election case
come up last weok, in case the Bland
bill was out of the way, I think l
must now insist upon having at least
one of tho bills disposed of. We have
five ui>on the calendar all good
bills—and I want them well on their
way to tho Senate. The committee
had an excellent record for promptness in
getting them ready for consideration, but
1 want to supplement tiiat record with one
oqually as good, for getting them out of
the House.” So, whether it is to be the
election ease or tho appropriations bills
that will follow the Bland bill, the timeof
tho House this week promises to be pretty
well occupied.
THE FIGHT OVER SUGAR.
The indications are to night that the
sugar schedule of the Wilson bill, with
absolutely free sugar and no bounty, will
be reported by tho Senate finance com
mittco without change, but with the
understanding that the question is to be
fought out on the Senate floor, the com
mittee standing in tho attitude of making
no recommendation on the subject. This
course, it is said, has been practically
derided upon, because of the absolute ina
bility of the committee to make any
recommendation on the question that
would be satisfactory- Senators, repre
senting the sugar interests of the south
ern states, and the beet aud sorghum In
terests of the northwest, reluctantly ad
mit that they have no hope now of any
favorable action in the committee, but
they still threaten a “kilkenny cat” fight
in the Senate.
HAWAIIAN MATTERS.
Until the tariff bill can be reported,
Hawaiian matters will probably engross
senatorial eloquence almost to the exclu
sion of other topics. Although the news
papers have got considerably ahead of the
state department in the publication of
I’resident Dole's letter to Minister Willis,
its transmission to congress to-morrow, in
connection with Mr. Willis' reply, will
certainly spring a debate, .ycm lairs 0 f
the committee on foreign relations are pre
paring to speak in the light of the
information gathered by the investi
gation Just ended. The supposition
that the committee's report will be sub
mitted to the Senate within the next ton
days tends to fasten the attention of the
Senate upon this subject and arouse ex
pectancy as to tho position Mr. Morgan
will take. Tlie resolution of Mr. Stewart
denying tho authority of the Secretary of
the Treasury to issue bonds under the
provision of tho resumption act, which
was lost sight of during the executive
business of the past two or three days,
still remains undisposed of, and may be
made the text of speeches.
GEN. EARLY OUT AGAIN.
He Surprises Everybody by Taking a
Ride on a Street Car.
Lynchburg, Va.. Fob. 18. —To the sur
prise of his physicians and friends, Gen.
Early to-day left his roouignd made tho
circuit of the city on the street car line.
Despite his painful accident on Thursday
and his advanced age. the old general ia
apparently good for several years yek