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THE KORNING NEWS, I
J ESTABLISHED 1860 INCORPORATED 1888 -
| J. H. ESI'ILL, President. 1
OLD GLORY THE FLAG OF ALL
British Merchantmen at Rio Apply to
Benham for Aid.
The Admiral of the British Fleet Re
fused to Grant Them Protection In
Obtaining- Water—Admiral Benham
Complies With Their Request—Brit
ish Sailors Cheer the Stars and
Stripes and Trample Their Own Flag
Under Foot.
iCopyright, 1894, by the United Press.)
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 21.—The merchant
vessels at this port are suffering ex
tremely for want of water, because of the
refusal of the insurgents to allow a water
boat to go about the bay and supply such
craft with fresh water. The captain of
the British merchantman, N.■%.. Smith,
made application to the commander of a
British man-of-war for the assistance
necessary to enable him to ob
tain a supply of water, and
was contemptously refused. The mer
chant skipper proposed applying
to Admiral Benham for aid, whereupon
the commander of the war vessel sneer
ingly answered that he might do as he
liked. The captain of the merchantman
then appealed to Admiral Benham, who
assigned Lieut. Kilbourn to guard the
waterboat under the American flag. Ves
sels of all nations are seeking the protec
tion of the United States flag. British
sailors are openly cursing the English
officials, who, they declare, are sacri
ficing commerce to aid Admiral da Gama.
Evidence of the existing feeling in this
respect is given in the fact that at the
principal landing yesterday, the British
flag was trampled in the dirt by British
sailors, whose officers expressed no word
of disapproval of their act, which was ac
companied by cheers for “Uncle Sam.”
DONE AFTER THE NICTHEROY.
Washington, Feb. 21. Secretary
Gresham to-day received a cable message
from Minister Thompson, dated at Rio
Janeiro, stating briefly that the insurgent
warships Aquidaban and Kepublica had
passed out of the harbor this morning un
der fire of the government forts. The
conjecture is that they went, after the
cruiser Nictheroy, which a few days ago
t urned up in Rio Janeiro harbor, and then
sailed southward.
Secretary Herbert has received official
information that no yellow fever now
exists on board of the United States ves
sels at Rio and Montevideo.
A dispatch received to-day from Ad
miral Benham says that all on board the
ships at Rio are well. It is understood
that the Detroit, which has just rejoined
Admiral Benham’s squadron after a tour
of observation in the southern provinces
of Brazil, reports that the stories of in
sm-gent successes in that quarter are
almost wholly fictitious.
CRISPI ON THE DEFENSIVE.
He Replies to the Attack on the Gov
ernment s Policy in Sicily.
Rome, Feb. 21.—1n the Chamber of
Deputies to-day Prenjier Crispi delivered
a stirring reply to the attack made upon
the government yesterday by the radical
leader, Signor Cavalotti, concerning the
action of the government in declaring a
state of seige in Sicily. Premier Crispi
declared that the government would resort
to the most energetic measures to repress
any revolutionary movement started by
persons or parties whose aim was to
weaken Itlay. The government, he said,
had acted entirely within the law
in declaring a state of siege
in Massa Di Carrara without having
been asked to do so by the people affected
by the uprising. In taking this step, he
declared, the government ban not con
ceded anything to its adherents or its op
ponents. The remarks of the premier
elicited a storm of radical protests.
CONDITION OF THE FINANCES.
Baron Sonnino, minister of finance,
and ad interim minister of the treasury,
made a statement of the financial condi
tion of the treasury and the various gov
ernmental departments. He announced a
deficit for the fiscal yearof 155.000,000 lire,
which, lie said, was likely to be sensibly
increased in coring years, unless
remedial measures re immediately ap
plied. He then submitted a number of
proposals, which consisted of new taxes
and economies in the administration of
the various departments. When
the economies should be applied
to the fullest extent he estimated
that a saving of 31,000,000 lire
a year would be realized. The
economical measures, which had been op
erative during the past vear. had resulted
m saving 12.000,000 lire, of which 6,000,000
had Been reduced from the annual ex
penditure of the department of war and
4,000,000 from the marine budget.
BRITAIN’S NAVAL BUDGET.
The Cabinet Seriously Divided Over
the Amount to Be Appropriated.
London, Feb. 21.—The Globe makes the
unqualified statement that the govern
ment has become seriously divided on the
question of the maintenance of the navy.
Dart of the cabinet is strongly in favor of
maintaining the present standard of the
nav .v, somo going so far as to advo-
EU® a considerable increase in its
emelency at whatever cost may
necessary. On the other hand,
other members of the cabinet, including]
l remier Gladstone, refuse to place them- |
selves in the attitude of favoring the ap- j
propriationof money necessary to carry
o it tne ideas of those of their colleagues
rf ' atpr navy. All attempts to
Ue u e differences on this question
nave thus far failed, and the matter is
still unsettled.
RAN away with a girl.
A Hail Clerk Jailed on a Charge of
Abduction.
New York, Feb. 21.—Carl J. Jattie, a
railroad postal clerk, 35 years of age,
‘"ug in Charleston, S. C., and running
between Charleston and Washington. I).
I was arrested in this city to-day, on
telegram from Chief of Police
• loore, of Washington, charged with
abducting Maud (Albert, a girl of
*'ving in Washington. Jattie is
is f . lo have taken the girl away from
Joe latter city on Monday, Feb. 12. and
"Ought her to this city, where the couple
I I t up at the Coleman house fora few
'" ■ later going to a furnished room at
”*'st Hftemtb street, whore they
"ere when arrested 1 bey passed under
be name of C. Ji. lord and wife, Jattie
is held iu (M.hho hail for exatuiuttion
r.Iridgy, 1 ridgy, and the girl was turned over
w U* Gerry bock-ly.
fbc JUtenittg
TRAFFIC AGENTS MEET
List Of the Roads Represented A
Chat With the Chairman.
New Orleans, Feb. 21.—The following
roads have representation at the meeting
of the Southwestern Freight Traffic Asso
ciation, which is holding a session at the
Grunwald hotel:
Southern Pacific—C. W. Bean. W. G.
Neimeyer and W. H. Connors.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe—James
N. Huller.
St. Louis and San Francisco—F. D.
Russell.
Fort Worth and Denver City—D. B.
Keeler and wife.
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas—J. C.
McCabe.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific—D.
Atwood.
Texas and Pacific—D. H. Turner, who
is accompanied by his wife.
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe—L. J. Polk
and T. N. Beand, his clerk.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas—H. A.
Child; also J. W. Allen, of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas line in Texas.
St. Louis and Southwestern —J. W.
Barnhart.
Missouri. Pacific and Iron Mountain—
W. C. Stith.
San Antonio and Aransas Pass —E. J.
Martin.
International and Great Northern—
J. B. Bartholomew.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe—W. B.
Baddle.
The association was called to order this
morning shortly after 11 o’clock, as yes
terday the meeting was executive.
A CHAT WITH THE CHAIRMAN.
In a short but very pleasant chat with
a reporter this morning Chairman Day
said “I am almost ashamed at our associa
tion being so dilatory in getting down to
business each day, but the members are
really doing good association work now
as'you see them conferring in groups prep
aratory to a call to order. They confer
together, and when the meeting is opened
we are able to expedite business. I do not
know of anything of great moment
that is on our docket. We get
tnrough a vast amount of work, but
the bulk of it is only dry details, and
while’ important to the railroads, does
not possess much public interest. The
Southwestern Traffic Association have no
reason why they should not meet in New
Orleans every now and then, except that
geographically it is not conveniently situ
ated for a good many of our members.
“Yes, the southern end of the associa
tion has been pegging away for a long
time to bring off a meeting in your city.”
UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION.
At themeeting to-day consideration was
given to the subject of uniform classifica
tion and the. appointment of a
committee to co-operate with com
mittees from the trunk lines, Cen
tral Traffic. Western Freight and Southern
Railroad and Steamship Associations in
the preparation of a freight classification
to be applicable.upon business between all
points in the United States, but, after a
full discussion, the subject was finally
passed until the next meeting, in order
that the members might have an oppor
tunity to acquire additional information
essential to its final disposition.
A resolution was adopted providing
that bills of lading and tariffs should con
tain provisions to the effect that the
rates therein named and the transporta
tion of shipments covered, will be subject
to the car service rules applicable at the
point of destination.
RETURNED SHIPMENTS.
A committee consisting of representa
tives of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific and St. Louis, Western and Texas Pa
cific railroads was appointed to give con
sideration to the matter of rates upon re
turned shipments and report to the gen
eral meeting previous to adjournment.
An agreement was reached providing
that upon freight shipments in carloads,
carried on passenger trains, the rate to
be charged shall be not less than double
the rate applicable on similar movement
with freight train service.
After discussion of the question of
rates on grain and flour, the committee
previously appointed with power to act
finally was continued and given further
time to report.
A MURDEROUS COLLEGE PRANK.
Freshmen Made 111 and Their Cook
Killed by Sophomores.
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 21.—A large num
ber of students of Cornell university are
leaving town as a result of the sophomore's
practical joke on the freshmen last
night. While the freshmen’s annual
banquet was in progress behind locked
doors in the large hall formerly occupied
by the Masonic fraternity the room was
flooded with chlorine pas. A colored
woman, employed as cook, died from
the effects of the gas. and about thirty
students were made ill, but will all proo
ably recover. Two students, named Mc-
Neil and McCulloch, were reported dead,
but they are still alive, though very ill.
Some person had entered a room under
the kitchen attached to the hall and
bored two holes in the ceiling above. On
a table s.ood a large Jug, corked, but in
the cork were two rubber tubes,
which ran nearly up to the celling,
where they were connected with
two glass tubes which ran through
the holes in the floor, thus spreading in
the room above the gas generated from
the jug, which was found to be chlorine,
from a mixture of salt and sulphuric acid.
There was, however, no clew to the party
who had been guilty of this dastardly
piece of business. The coroner has taken
the matter in hand, lienee the exodus of
students.
ELLA FAYSON HANG.
Gov. Northen Commutes Her Sent! ncs
to Imprisonment for Life.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21.—Gov. Northen
to-day commuted the sentence of Ella
Fayson (tolorcd,) who was convicted as
accesory before the fact of the murder
of Theodore Granwaldt in Mclntosh
county, to life imprisonment. The woman
and her husband waylaid Granwaldt,
who was a peddler, and killed him for the
purpose of robbery in 1 h!0. The husband
was hanged, but pending her execution
the woman went crazy and was sent to
the asylum. She is now restored to her
reason and subject to the sentence of
death imposed by the court. The gov
ernor, however, spared her life on a
petition of tlie dtl ens of Mclntosh
county. Judge Falligant and Solicitor
Fraser also signed the |>etilioii.
Secretary Herbert Indisposed.
Washington, Feb 21.—Secretary Her
bert was not at the navy department to
day, being confined to Ilia home by a se
vere cold lie says, however, that he
does not con tom pi ate taking a trip on the
Dolphin, and hoj*s to be at bD desk at
the department iu two or three days.
SAVANNAH, GA„ THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22,1894.
GROW’S BIG VICTORY.
His Plurality May Go as High as
175,000.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 21.—Complete
returns from thro 3-fourths of the sixty
seven counties in the state, and close esti
mates of the remaining counties, show a
plurality of 109,594 for Grow, rep., for
congressman at large. This is the largest
plurality ever given by the state for any
candidate, and may be increased to 175.-
000. The republicans made almost a
clean sweep of the counties, only eleven
of the sixty-seven counties giving a
plurality for Hancock, dem.
In 1893 twenty-eight counties gave plu
ralities for the democratic candidate for
congressman at large. Among the coun
ties wnich flop over to the republican
column is Licoming, which had never
given a republican majority on a state
ticket. The anthracite coal counties—
Schuylkill and Luzerne—are among those
that flopped.
REDUCED PLURALITIES ELSEWHERE.
Those that remain in the democratic
column all show greatly reduced plurali
ties. Berks county, whoso majority usu
ally ranges from 7,500 to 10,000, gives
Hancock only 2,340 plurality, and York
county, which could always be relied
upon for a majority of 3.000 to 4.000 for
the democratic candidates, gives Hancock
a plurality of less than 300.
The eleven counties which give plurali
ties for Hancock are Berks, Clarion, Co
lumbia, Cumberland. Lehigh, Monroe,
Montour, Northampton, Pine, Sullivan
and York.
Philadelphia county gives Grow a plu
rality of 58,940, and Alleghany county, in
which Pittsburg is located, looms up with
nearly 30,000. Every county in the state
shows republican gains as compared with
the vote of 1892, with the single exception
of the strong republican county of Lan
caster, which gives Grow 9,322 plurality,
338 less than was given for Gen. Lilly
in 1892.
FOUND A GOLD MINE.
Two Americans Stumble Acroee Fabu
lous Riches in Mexico.
Durango, Mex., Feb. 21.—James Cran
dall and L. T. Parker, two Americans,
prospectors who have been mailing a tour
through the mineral districts of the state,
arrived here to-d.y and created a sensa
tion by announcing that they had discov
ered the long lost Spanish mine of fabu
lous richness in the mountains near the
village of Pernado.
The explorers claim that the mine is situ
ated in a remote part of the Sierra Madres
and that they came upon the shaft by ac
cident. A short distance from the mouth
of the ancient mine is found the ruins of
the old shielter. which had been used to
reduce the rich ores of the mine.
There is on the dump many
thousand dollars worth of ore. The old
workings were thoroughly explored and
the two fortunate young men brought
with them here a large number ot samples
of the ore to be assayed.
After completing arrangements ,for
working the old mine-on an extensive
scale they will return to Pernado and
take full charge of their valuable find.
A BARK FIRED AT SEA.
The Skogsfjord, From Savannah,
Abandoned After a Hurricane.
London, Feb. 21.—The Norwegian bark
Exquis, Capt. Skoglung, arrived at
Queenstown to-day and landed the crew
of the Norwegian bark Skogsfjord, Capt.
Moller. which sailed from Savannah, Ga.,
Jan. 4 for Garston Dock. The Skogsfjord
was caught In a hurricane, lasting
three days, which tore away her
rudder and otherwise rendered her
helpless. For ten days after the storm
subsided the vessel was tossed about, per
fectly unmanageable. Her cargo shifted,
and 200 tons of it were jettisoned in an
endeavor to right the vessel. Finally the
Exquis came to the rescuo of the
crew and the Skogsfjord was a ban
doned on Jan. 28, in lat. 46“ north and
long. 56° west. The Skogsfjord was set
on fire by the captain of the Exquis.
UNCLE SAM’S STAMPS.
The Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing to Turn Them Out.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The Postmaster
General this afternoon settled the long
controversy over the awarding of the
contract for printing the postage stamps
for the next four years by rejecting all
the bids and ordering that the work be
done by the bureau of engraving and
printing. The principal bidders were the
American Bank Note Company, of New
York, which now has the con
tract, and Mr. Steele, of Philadelphia.
The bureau of Engraving and Printing,
through its representative, Capt. John
son. submitted an estimate which was
materially lower than either of the two
bids. ,
The American Bank Note Company,
will print the stamps until July 1, when
the bureau will be prepared to do the
work.
IVES’ PHYSICAL CONDITION.
He is Reported a Wreck But Says the
Story is Untrue.
New York, Feb. 21.—A Herald special
from Cincinnati says: “W. C. Rinerson.
of the Queen and Crescent railroad, who
returned from Tampa Bay, Fla., yester
day, reports that Henry S. lies is a
physical wreck. He says Ives can live
only a few months.”
IVES DENIES IT.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 21.—A special
to the Times-Union from Tampa, Fla.,
says: “Henry S. Ives, the Wall street
financier, was much amused to learn that
it was reported in the north tiiat he was
seriously ill. He is in excellent health
and will remain here with his family for
several weeks.”
McKeesport’s Close Election.
McKeesport, Pa.. Feb. 21.—The excite
ment over the four-cornered mayoralty
<oatest was intense last night, and the
vote was sogfiose that no candidate could
be declared sale until the last returns
were received at 3 o'clock this morning.
The result shows up as follows: Andre,
republican, 969: Stratton, democrat. 934;
Thompson, independent, 932; Reed, citi
zens’ 781.
Business Firms Burned Out.
Quincy, 111,. Feb. 21.—A disastrous fire
occurred in the business portion of the
city this morning. The damage reached
over $175,000. Among the buildings and
content* destroyed are Sommer A Lynn's
wholesale drug house, lot* *9o,l **); Relia
ble Incubator Worn*. lo *22.18)0, sin
nock at -Nicbols, merchants, lot* 807,000.
The losses are partially covered by in
surance.
A Resignation Asked For.
Washington, Feb. 2) The President
to-day asked for the resignation of Em nr
son Etheridge surveyor of custom* at
'l‘ Uli
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
A Bis Fuss Kicked l'p About Mills’
Service on lie Committee.
Busybody Ohandler Set* the Ball in
Motion—Senator Vest Likens Chan
dler to the Mosquito Sent to Make
Men Miserable Senator Sherman
Concedes the Right of the Demo
crats to Avail Themselves of the
Services of Senator Mills.
Washington, Feb. 21.—After the routine
morning busiuess in the Senate, in which
the presentation of remonstrances against
the Wilson tariff bill was the only thing
noticeable, Mr. Allen, pop., of Nebraska,
offered a resolution calling on the Attor
ney General for a statement as to whether
he had recently given to the Secretary of
the Treasury an official opinion that sil
ver certificates were not lawful money,
and for a copy of such opinion |nd all cor
respondence on the subject. With a
slight verbal modification the resolution
was agreed to.
Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the finance
committee, rose to a question of personal
privilege, and sent to the clerk’s desk and
had read a Washington dispatch to the
Philadelphia Press containing a state
ment as to the democratic members of
the committee waiting on President
Cleveland at the white house and receiv
ing instructions as to his desires on the
subject of certain provisions of the tariff
bill.
TUB DISPATCH ABSOLUTELY EALSE.
After the dispatch was read Mr Voor
hees said: “The value of that dispatch
from here to one of the leading newspa
pers of the United States consists in the
fact that there is not the slightest, faiut
est, trace of truth in a single word or syl
able in it. Nothing of the kind took
place, and nothing out of which it could
be manufactured. Not a thread exists
out of which this fabric of falsehood
could have been woven. But. so wo go.
And how are we to help It*
I rise this morning to the hope
less task of stemming a current of
misiatement, knowing, however, that it
will go on Just the same. But the circum
stantiality of this statement, Involving
the President of the United States, is such,
and the circulation that it will receive is
so extensive, that I thought it my duty to
lay it before the public and to start the
truth in its tardy race. Things of this
kind lead me to reflect how much of false
hood wo believe in history. I doubt if
seven-tenths of human history is not un
true as written. The correspondent of this
paper says that he asked me a question
and that l made an evasive answer, but
that ho was in a position to state the
facts, and then he makes a statement
which has no foundation at all. I can
say initntiejpatioa of some question being
asked me that we are doing our work
pretty rapidly and pretty well. A good
deal of hard work has beon dona on the
Wilson bill, and there will not be much
delay. The bill will be reached here at
the earliest moment possible, and that
moment Is not very far off.”
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chandler asked Mr. Voorhees to In
form him and the Senate if the senator
from Texas, Mr. Mills, or the senator
from New Jersey. Mr. McPherson, was a
member of the finance committee.
Mr. Voorhees informed him that the
record would show who constituted the
committee, and that the senator should
look at the record, rather than to go
“spearing” with a question ns to who
were at work and who were not at work.
They were pretty much all at work. The
senator from Texas had done a magnifi
cent work, and was one of the mainstays
of the committee. He [Voorhees) did not
know what the senator from New Hamp
shire was after, or what he was after half
the time,
Mr. Chandler said that ho thought
that his inquiry was a perfectly proper
one.
NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
Mr. Voorhees—l have no disposition to
give a curt answer to the senator from
New Hampshire, but I will say to him
that we arc doing our business in our own
way, and that it is none of his business
(laughter). He is not a member of the
committee and lias no duties connected
with it. Wo are hard at work and doing
the nest we can.
Mr. Chandler—l beg to say that it is
iny business to know what the finance
committee is doing. It has a bill before
it which Is utterly destructive of the in
dustries of New Hampshire.
Mr. Voorhees said that he was not to
be bet rayed into any loss of temper by
anything which the senator from New
Hampshire might say.
Mr- Mandorson, rep., of Nebraska,
called attention to the newspaper state
ment that Mr. McPherson had been some
what disgruntled bv the fact that he had
beon left off the subcommittee in charge
of the bill and had absented himself from
the Senate chamber and from the com
mittee room, leaving the senator from
Texas to act in his place.
SHERMAN STAKES A STATEMENT.
Mr Sherman, rep., of Ohio, one of the
republican members of the finance com
mittee, declared that the tariff bill had
not been considered at all beforo the com
mittee proper. Ho had been informed
that it was the custom to refer su b
bills, in the first place, to a sub-commit
tee of those in favor of them, and he had
no fault to find with the finance commit
tee lor doing so in this instance.
“Certain it is.” Mr. Sherman continued,
“that no member of the finance commit
tee who is classed as a republican has
been called Into consultation in reference
to a lion on the bill. 1 do not know but
what, on the whole, that may be the bot
ter way to present tbo question, i un
derstand that a subcommittee of throo
senators is considering the bill, and tiiat
it is to bo reported, in due time, to the
majority of the committee, composed of
democrats, and eventually, I suppose, to
the whole committee, when the republi
can* will ha o some words to say. A* to
the point wh jthor tiu senator from
Texas or the senator from New Jorsoy i*
acting on the sub-committee is a question
that I do not think wc are bound to look at.
It is a matter of family arrangement.
If the other side desired to socuro the
services of the senator from Texas, who
i* familiar with the tariff question, we
have no right to growl or object. It is
sufficient lor me to say now that the tariff
bill has never yet been considered by tbo
finance committee; but it. no doubt, will
be in due lime,”
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE.
“Do you know who arc. nt this moment,
members of the finance committee?” Mr.
Chandler asked
“Ido. Mr Sherman repiiod,
“I want to know,''said Mr. Chandler,
whether the senator from Saw Jersey or
tua senator from Texas Isa member, or
whether both of thorn are members?”
“Both of them cannot be members,”
said Mr. Sherman.
“I suppose that the senator from Texas
is now performing the duty which had
been performed by the senator from New
Jersey.”
Mr. Platt, rep., of Connecticut, inter
posed with the remark that the senators
were entitled to know whether Mr. Mills
or Mr. McPherson was a member of the
sub-committee that was considering tho
tariff bill.
NO SUB-COMMITTEE.
Mr. Vest, a member of the finance com'-
mittee, asserted that there was no such
thing as a sub-committee on the tariff
bill. That statement, he said, had grown
out of the active and prolific imagination
which characterized the modern news
paper reporter What had been done by
the three senators, meaning himself and
Messrs. Mills and Jones, of Arkansas,
had not been done under any appoint
ment as a sub-committee, but because
they appreciated the public necessity
which required the bill to ho reported as
speedily as possible. “Let our friends on
tho other side,” Mr. Vest added, “re
serve their .ordnance until that bill comes
to the Senate. l)o not let them put their
gigantic intellect at work on this ‘leather
and prunella.' ”
Mr. Manderson expressed the hope that
the bill might yet be referred to a sub
committee of mem tiers of both parties,
and that the hearings which had been
denied to the different industries inter
ested would be accorded either by a sub
committee or by the entire committee.
A MISAPPREHENSION.
Mr. Voorhees declared that a great mis
apprehension had prevailed on the subject
of what was called "hearings,” and that
to give hearing to all persons interested
would involve a question of timo which
would be prohibitory of legislation. He
spoke of the similar course pursued
in relation to the tariff of 1893
and In 1890, and said that the democrats,
who wero then in the minority, bided
their time, knowing tiiat it was the right
of the majority to make a bill to suit
themselves, before they submitted it to
tho minority, or the Senate. The cham
ber itself was, he said, the arena of con
test. That was the place for differences
of opinion to be argued and tried. Hear
ings in the committee room would involve
a moitgage on eternity before they got
through. Tho only logical, reasonable
and proper method of legislation on such
a subject was to have the majority party,
the party which was responsible for legis
lation, put it in such a shape as would lie
satisfactory to itself, and then place it be
fore the Senate and the country, and
take the consequences.
THE COMMITTEE rOR ACTION.
The committees was for action, and as
speedily as possible; and for that purpose
it had taken the course it did. He paid a
compliment to tho distinguished, able,
patriotic and unselfish senator from New
Jersey, who had rendered his aid to the
committee when ho was able to do so.
The committee had done tho best that It
could. Whether there wore three or
seven senators at work on the bill, help
ing the finance committee, was a matter
that concerned nobody. The distinguished
and beloved senator from North Carolina,
Mr. Vance, a member of the committee,
was ill and unable to take any part in the
matter. Sometimes the senator from
New Jersey was with tho commit
tee, and sometimes he was not abla
to be present. Nobody was at work be
yond the six members of the majority
and if the work was done satisfactorily
to the American people, he took it that
all would look upon tho statement this
morning as a mere speck, a mere passing
mote in the air, not worth a moment's
consideration. The thing was to do the
work as speedily as possible. In
his conscience, in his instincts, in
every pulse of his nature, ho was
driven to speed in this matter.
Whether those whom the bill would
effect might like it or not, there was one
thing worse than their disapproval of It;
and that was to be held in doubt and un
certainty. “Let this hill be passed.” he
added.” lot It be built up ou the side of
freedom, justice and equal taxation, and
the businoss interests of the country will
adjust themselves to it and go forward.
I have no fear on the subject of the future,
none whatever.”
MILLS ANSWERS THE HOWLERS.
Mr. Mills, who had not been in the Sen
ate chamber during tjie discussion, en
tered at this point, learning, as ho ex
pressed it, that he had been "dragged
over the floor of the chamber” on account
of the part he had taken in trying to help
his democratic friends to discharge the
pledges which they had made to the
country, he said he had no apoligies to
make for any part that he had taken in
reducing the burdens which the
republicans had placed upon tho shoulders
of the people of the United States
and be did not feel that it,
was the duty of the finance committee to
consult those who were receiving tho
plunder from the pockets of the vast
throng of the people. The beneficiaries
of the protective system wore not to bo
consulted about how much protection
should beailowe i them. The complaints
reminded him of the boy who complained
that his brother did not let him on oy
himself, saying: “Every time I try to
have a little fun with him he yells and
makes me unhappy ”
"What were you doing!” he was asked.
“Why, I was Just hammering him on
the bead with a mallet, and every timo 1
hit him he yells and how can I have any
fun with him?” [Laughter.].
Mr. Chandler made some satirical rof
orences to Messrs. Vest, Mills, aud .Jones,
the tariff sub-committee, who, he said,
were suffering from tho effects of the elec
tion in Pennsylvania yesterday.
WHY MOSQUITOES WERE CREATED.
' This brought a retort from Mr. Vest.
It had been long, said Mr. Vest, a ques
tion in natural history as to what purpose
the mosquito was created. A naturalist,
who had spent some time in Florida, had
roccntly solved the problem, and said
that the mosquito had been created in or
der to make certain human boings so un
comfortable that they would be willing to
leave this world so as to obtain the glo
ries and bliss of the next world.
■ 'Die senator from New Hampshire,"
said Nlr. Vest, “takes in this body tho
place of the mosquito. He lias been
stinging and prodding everything in
reach since his entrance into this cnam
her. If ho lias nn.v further useful pur
pose I have never been able lo under
stand It. [Laughter on the floor and in
the galleries.| There ia no subject In
which that senator is not able and more
than willing to drag in any one of bis
brother senators, if he can make him un
comfortable even for a single second.”
HOW MILLS CAME TO ACT.
Mr McPherson, dein., of New Jersey,
staled how it was at ids request that
Mr. Mills was asked to take bis place on
the finance committee while he was ab
sent from the city on S' roiintof ill health,
and be declared Mr. Mill* entitled to his
everlasting gratitude for having done so
Hr had toinid on his return to
Washington that the committee had
made s good deal of progress and hsd
been employed for some ten da vs
in preparing tlto tariff hill. lie
had asked Mr. Mills to remain
on the committee, as ho himself
was unable to attend its day sessions and
its night sessions. He (McPherson) bad
performed no service, and had not gone to
tho committee room while the subcom
mittee was in Session. As to the news
paper statement to which Mr. Chandler
had referred, Mr. McPherson suggested
that it was drawn very largely from im
magination. He had stated to number
less people, who had come to him. want
ing him to hear them in regard to some
particular industry, that he was already
as well advised about it as they wero;
but he thought that he had nowhere
stated, or at no time, that ho knew more
about the tariff than any man in the
world.
ANNEXATION OF nAWAII.
After some further discussion the epi
sode dosed at about 2:30 o’clock; aid
then the resolution of the committee on
foreign relations against the proposed an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands was
taken up and Mr. White, dem., of Califor
nia, made a speech in support of it. Re
ferring to the nspersions made against
Mr. Blount by some senators, Mr White
said there was nothing in tho evidence or
the facts to warrant such charges. He
especially refuted the statements of Sena
tors Cullom and Hoar that Mr. Blount
played the part of a spy. Not ono single
transaction in all Mr. Blount’s career
there made such an assertion Justifiable.
In concluding he said: "This resolution
embodies an expression to the-effect that
wo must recognize conditions ns they are.
The conditions are undoubtedly such that
it is in our interest, and proper iu every
respect, to recognize tho present govern
ment ; to declare that no foreign power
shall intervene, nnd to record the solemn
assertion that we do not wish any treaty
oi annexation at this time. It is hardly
worth while to attempt to penetrate
tho future. Thu republicans will find
a united democracy in this matter.
They need not flatter themselves
that there is any work of disin
tegration going on in the Democratic
party. They will find us ready for them.
There was no loss on the bill to repeal
the federal election laws. Our majority
was quite comfortable. We are prepared
to stand by the democratic administra
tion. We may criticise a little, but a
little family row does not mean a divorce
ab vinculo.”
The resolution again went over without
action.
A short executive session was held,
and tho Senate at 5:45 o'clock p. m. ad
journed until to-morrow.
MILLS ON THE COMMITTEE.
He Resigns, but Later In the Day Re
considers His Action.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The announce
ment was made to-day, with Senator
Mills' sanction, that he has withdrawn
from the Senate committee on finance.
Whether or not it came about as a result
of the debate in tho Senate, or personal
solicitation with tho senator, cannot bo
said, but at all events Mr. Mills, late this
afternoon, reconsidered his action, and
will remain with tho committee until the
bill is passed. “There was a vast amount
of work connected with the tariff bill,”
said Mr Mills this evening, “and I was
tired of the trouble I was causing. I was
put on the committee temporarily to fill
the vacancy caused by the ab
sence of Mr. McPherson, and during the
time he was away, I gave the best effort 1
had to the work in hand. Now that Mr.
McPherson has returned, I thought It was
no more than right that he should take
his own place ou the committee. That
was the only motive l had for saying I
would leave the committee. This after
noon Mr. McPherson told me his health
would not permit him to do the work, and
that I must continue. Under the circum
stances I could do nothing else, and shall
remain with the committee until the bill
Is reported. That is all there is about it.”
Neither the sub-committee nor the
finance committee hold any meetings to
day. and there is no change in the situa
tion.
LOOKED LIKE A TEA PARTY.
Woman Suffragists Before One of the
House Committees.
Washington, Feb. 21. —The buzz of fem
inine voices nnd the presence of forty or
more well dressed ladies, gave to tho
House Judiciary committee room this
morning the appearance of a fashionable
toa, with the usual scarcity of men. Tho
occasion was a hearing given by the com
mittee to a delegation of woman suf
fragists, headed by Miss Susan B. An
thony. Some of those present were Rev.
Anna Shaw, of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Vir
ginia Young, of South Unrolina. Mrs.
Marion Dußosc, of Georgia, Juno Brooks
Greenleaf. of New York, Sarah S. Bis
sell, of Ohio. Mrs Alice Waugh] of In
diana, Lyl Merldith Stansbury, of Colo
rado, and Ida C. Hutton, of Illinois. Tho
members of the committee present were
Messrs. Goodnight, Stookdale, Boatner,
Wolverton. Dearmond, W r A. Stone of
Pennsylvania, and Broderick.
CLEVELAND TO TAKE A REST.
He Will Probably Go on the Dolphin
for a Duck Hunt.
Washington, D. C.,Feb. 21.—The Presi
dent lias decided to take recreation for a
few days, but has not yet determined
where he will go except that his time will
be spent on the water. The dispatch
boat Dolphin, sometimes called “the
President’s iaeht,” arrived at the Wash
ington navy yard last night and it is
believed that Mr. Cleveland will utilize
tho vessel for the trip. He will probably
go Friday afternoon after the cabinet
meeting, or on Saturday morning. The
ducking season is nearing an end, and it
is undersioo l that Mr. Cleveland wants
to get a bit of his favorite sport. Reports
from North Carolina that tho president
will go to that xtato cannot be confirmed.
MINISTER TO PARAOUAY.
Granville Stuart, of Montana, Nom
inated for the Position.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Tho President
to day sent to the Senate the following
Dominations:
Granville Stuart, of Montana, envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of tiie United States to Paraguay and
Uruguay.
John M. Savage, of New Jersey, United
States consul at Dundee, Scotland.
Harris Purcell, register of tho land of
fice, and Lary VV Hunter, receiver of
public moneys, at Montgomery, Ala.
Thrss Postmasters Confirmed.
Washington, Feb. 21. -The Senate has
confirmed the nominations of the follow
ing postmaster*
Mississippi—W r . U. Alexander, at Ox
ford,
North Carolina—ll. Galloway, at
lioidavllle.
South Carolina- James U. Davidson, at
Newberry.
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PARIS IN' A WILD PANIC.
Madame Calabrcsi Dies From Her
Wounds.
A Bomb Found In the Corridor of
Theater An Anarchist Just Over
From England Arrested—Police Com
missary Dresch Asks to Be Trans
ferred on Account of the Plots to
Kill Him Ribardy Not an Anarchist.
Paris, Feb. 21.—The police arrested to
day an anarchist named Rivoli, who had
Just arrived here from England.
Mmo. Calabrcsi, who was wounded by
the bomb explosion at 69 Ruo St.
Jacques yesterday, died to night.
Police Commissary Dresch, who ar
rested Ravachol, aud has been porso
euted ever since by tho anarchists, is
tired of his office, and has asked to ha
transferred to a country district. Tha
revelation of a plot to kill him yesterday,
has convinced him that he is too carefully
watched to bo of service in hunting an
archists.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE IN A THEATER.
A tin box supposed to contain an in
fernal machine was found in the corridor
of tho Comedle Francatso this evening.
It was sent to the municipal laboratory
for examination.
Several glass and iron tubes that
lookod like bombs wero found in corridors
of private houses, or near small city
buildings to-day. Most of thorn had boen
placed by pra -tieal jokers and wero found
to contain only harmloss powders. Two
of them havo not yet been examined.
THE CITY PANIC STRICKEN.
Paris is panic stricken. Everybody
carrying a parcel is suspected and
watched by the police. Metal boxes are
regarded ns evidence of an evil intention.
Count Laveaux was arrested this evening
as a suspicious character beeauso he was
carrying a tin box under his ana and de
clined to open it at the oommand of a po
liceman. When opened, the box was
found to contain paints
RIBAKOV NOT AN ANARCHIST.
A man declaring his name to bo Etienne
Ribardy called at the main police office in
Rouen to-day. He said thut ho was not
and never had been an anarchist, and
that tho person who sot tho timo
bombs in Paris yestorday has as
sumed the name. Several months
ago, the man said, he lost his wallet
which contained his civil papers and elec
toral ticket. Tho anarchist who set the
bombs, he thinks found the wallet and
usod the papers to screen his identity.
The Rouen police are inclined to accept
this story.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS.
Ths Eighth Annual Convention of tha
Association in Progress.
New York, Feb. 21.—The eighth annual
convention of the American Newpaper
Publishers’ Association was In session at
the Hotel Imperial in New York to-day.
In tho absence of W. J. Scott, of tha
Chicago Herald, who Is the president
of the association, and of Col.
E. H. Woods, of Boston, vice president,
C. W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic,
who is chairman of the executive com
mittee of tho association, presided.
Nearly 100 members registered, coming
all the way from Maine to Texas, and as
far west as Denver. Tho question of
libel laws was introduced, and on motion
a cominitteeof throo was appointed to get
the co-operation of tho New York state
members toward effecting a change In tha
New York state laws.
A discussion was hel l as to the pro
priety of granting a commission direct to
advertisers.
The great part of the afternoon was
taken up in the discussion of rates on ma
chine composition, and it was the unani
mous agreement of the association that a
time rate to both the offico and the opera
tor was productive of tho best results.
Tho annual banquet will be held at tha
hotel Imperial to-morrow evening.
SESSION OF THE EDUOATORS.
Interesting Papers Read—To Meet at
Cleveland Next Year.
Richmond, Va.,Feb. 21. —At the session
of the National Educational Association's
department of superintendents to-day in
this city, papers were read by John L.
Hughes, inspector of schools of Toronto,
Canada, on “The Kindergarten in its Rela
tion to tho Public School System”;
by W. T. Harris, United States
commissioner of Education, Washington,
D. C., on “Tho Curriculum for Secondary
Schools,” and John Eaton, United States
commissioner of education, on “Educa
tion at the Uolumbian Exposition.” Tha
discussions were participated in by W. N.
Hallman of Washington, W. H. Max
well of Brooklyn, Albert G. Lana
of Chicago and C W. Barden of Syra
cuse. The body decided to meet next
year at Cleveland, 0., the date to be fixed
later ou. The visitors wero entertained
at au elegant banquet at the Masonic
temple to-night.
AN ELEPHANT KILLED.
He Became Unruly at Marianna and
Had to Be Shot-
Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 21.—A special
from Marianna states that the large ele
phant, Gypsic, belonging to Harris’
Nickle Plate show, now playing in that
town, was killed to-day. The elephant
was being taken from tho cars to tho
tent, when ho became unruly and refused
to go. got away, was captured and
chained down in tho tent. He managed
to escape again, tore down the tents,
kno. koil one man down and came very
near killing several that wero standing
around. After a long chase he was re
captured. refused to go in his car, showed
light and had to be killed. Twenty shots
were flrod into him from a Winchester.
A MATADOR KILLED.
Thrown to the Ground by a Mad Bull
and Gored to Death.
Saltillo, Mexico, Fob. 21.—The bull
fighting festivities at Moneto were at
tended with another fatality yesterday.
One of the bulls mode a quick and vicious
attack upon Jose Barrera, the matador,
and. before he could evade the enraged
animal, he wss thrown to the ground and
gored to death. The handerllleros and
other performers in the ring had a very
exciting time killing Uie uiad bud.