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I THE MORNING NEWS, i
• Established 1860. Incorp. hated 1868 •
I J. U. ESTILL, President. \
EARLY LAID IN HIS CRAVE.
All the Honors Due a Soldier Paid the
Dead General.
The Procession Prom the Church to
the Cemetery Watched by Thou
sands of Spectators—Many Distin
guished Ex-Confederates Among the
Honorary Pallbearers—A Salute at
the Grave.
Lynchburg, Va., March s.—The funeral
of Gen. Jubal Anderson Karly took place
at 3:30 o’clock this asternoon from St.
Paul's church, Rev. T. M. Carson, the
rector, officiating, assisted by Rev. Hal
land Fleming, of the Presbyterian
church. The procession, which moved
from the residence on Upper Main
street promptly at 3:15 o’clock,
was an imposing one, and was witnessed
by thousands of people, who lined the
thoroughfare along the entire route.
Hundreds of old veterans, who served un
der the dead general during the war,
were present from all sections of
the state, and marched on foot in the pro
cession. Many distinguished confederates
were argong the honorary pall-bearers,
including Gens. Eppa Hunton, L. L. Lo
max, Dabney Maury, ex-Gov. McKinney,
Col. C. S. Venable and Col. Robert E.
Withers. Gov. O’Ferrall was not present,
but was represented by his chief of staff,
Col. C. O’H. Cowardin, Private Secretary
Chesterman and Adjt. Gen. Anderson.
A detachment of the Richmond Howit
zers. numbering thirty men, also took
part in the ceremonies.
The corps of cadets of the Virginia
military institute, about 200 strong, were
conspicuous in the line.
From the church, the procession moved
to Spring Hill cemetery, where all that
was mortal of the dead confederate was
laid to rest, the Lynchburg Artillery
Blues firing a salute of seventeen guns
over the grave.
EXTOLLED IK GENERAL ORDER.
New Orleans. March s.—The following ex
plains itself:
Headquarters United Confederate Vet
erans, New Orleans, La.. March 3. 1894—Gen
eral order No. 120—It tecomes the painful
duty of the general commanding toannounce to
the survivors of the confederate armies the
death of another great chiefiatn of the lost
cause. Lieutenant i General Jubal A. Early
closed his long and eventful career on
the 2d instant at his home In
Lynchburg, Va. A truly represents
tive American, he illustrated In his person
with the highest distinction the dual services
of citizen and soldier; eminent in early life
for his forensic ability at the Hutllngs. in the
forum and legislative halls of his native
state: at the call to arms he always promptly
entered the service of his country and became
a hero of three wars. His name Is enrolled
as one of the most conspicuous in The annals
of oi r civil strife, in which he was dis
tinguished for his strong convictions, hich
order of skill as a commander, coupled with
uahiuching personal courage.
Associated from ttrst to last with the opera
tions of the Army of Northern Virginia, his
corps partied) atod in the midst of the brii
liant and fateful struggles of that renowned
command, and his name will tie forever asso
ciated in history with Lee and Jackson.
By order of J. B. Gordon,
General Commanding.
George Moorman,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
EULOGIZED IN TEXAS.
Pallas. Tex., March s.—The confeder
ate veterans met hero last night and
passed warmly worded resolutions upou
the death of Gen. Jubal A. Early. Some
of the speakers unmercifully scored Gen.
Longstreet for his attack upon the dead
hero, which he dared not do while he was
living.
A FLAG AT HALF MAST
Richmond. Va.. March 5. —By order of
the governor, the state flag was displayed
at half mast on the capitol to-day, in
honor of the late Gen. Jubal A. Early,
and a detachment of the Richmond
liowitzers fired minute guns in the capi
ta square between 3 and 5 o’clock, the
hours of the funeral at Lynchburg.
FRAUDS IN ALABAMA.
Law Officers Accused of Swindling the
Government.
Birmingham, March s.—Special Exam
iners ( halmers and Clowert have sprung
a sensation in federal court circles by
their report to Attorney General Olney
just made. They charge the North Ala
™tna commissioners aud deputy marsh ,is
"ilh employing professional witnesses
ami forging bogus witnesses’ names to
Prosecutions, thus coining thousands of
unearned dollars by tiie fraud. Already
on,- witness has been convicted of per.urv
aud sentenced to two years and a half,
and a dozen others have been indicted for
ic the federal court meets to-day,
and the examiners have a variety of pros
ecutions to institute before the grand
Fd'y. ihe government has been defrauded
of nearly 8250,000.
DEADWOOD DEVASTATED.
Fire Sweeps From the Center of Main
Street to Chinatown. \
Head wood. S. D., March 5. A large
Portion of this city was destroyed by fire
this morning. No wind was blowing at
ti e time, or the entire city would have
P ep J burned. The fire originated in
asliold's saloon and burned all that
jar of the city between the center of
•mm street and Chinatown. The loss is
ttmated at $160,000, on which there is
; u insurance of not to exceed $25,000.
j heaviest losers are the Dements,
a * Graves. Haines & Hein. Starr
VV allock, and Gib, Stone & Cos.
Tanks Swindled by a Forger.
Jackson, Miss., March s.—The Capitol,
' t'lto and Jackson Banks, of this city,
‘ '( been swindled out of SI,BOO each by
. "i-gery. a plain looking man, giving
• name as Kinderick, bought New
‘.'‘‘f 1 ?? drafts for $lB, which ho raised
q dl ding two ciphers, and alter indors
v the cashier's name on the back, cashed
■ rn in New Orleans. It is understood
„ vbe forger received s3,uuo in this
way. 4
Miners Resume Work.
Baltimore, Md., March 5.— A special to
,!. , ®' v ® front Wheeling, W. Va., says:
an the miners in the Ohio sub-district
. ' ’■ OVt ‘r 7.000 in number, have agreed
.. return to work to-day, pending a set-
m cnt of tiie wage question by arbitra-
Committees of miners and opera
’ f? wall meet Wednesday to appoint the
' K ra tors. The operators are holding
out for a 50 cents scale.”
Small-pox on a Steamer.
' oston. March s.—The steamship Vene
,of fbe Lelaud line, from Loudon,
•uch arrived yesterday, bad four cases
tlm Sll ' al ‘'Pox ou board, one of which
Proved fatal.
CROOKEDNESS AT THE POLLS.
A Number of New York Election In
spectors Fined-
New York, March s.—Only twenty-one
out of the seventy-five indictments for
frauds at the last election remained to be
disused of this morning, before Justice
Barrett, in the court of oyer and ter
miner. Of the twenty-one persons yet to
be tried, four have lied and their bail has
been lorfeited. These are James Collins,
Me\er Aladsk. Edward O’Donnell and
Edmund Leppier. The first man called
to the bar this morning was John Hard
ing. an inspector in the Twenty-eighth
election district of the Fourth assembly
district, who pleaded guilty to tbe charge
of neglect of duty and was fined S2OO.
Tbe name of Jos. Humphries was
next called. He was Indicted for making
a false canvass as inspector in the
twenty second election district
of another assembly district.
Humphries did not respond
and Justice Barrett declared his bond of
82,5(H) forfeited, but stayed execution for
a week so as to allow Humphries’
beadsman a chance to bring him into
court.
SAVED BT HIS GRAY HAIRS.
F. J. Gallagher, inspector of the
Eighteenth election district of the second
assembly district, who was indicted for
neglect of duty, withdrew his plea of not
guilty and pleaded guilty to the charge.
He is an old man, 73 years of age, and
very feeble in appearance. Justice Bar
ret suspended sentence in his case.
Sentence was also suspended in the case
of James P. Hyland, another inspector in
the same district. Assistant District At
torney Wellman stating that the evidence
showed he had not been guilty of an ag
gravated offense. Hyland had also
pleaded guilty.
John S. Gegan pleaded guilty of unlaw
ful electioneering and was fined 8250.
VV. H. Kooney and Charles McKenna,
inspectors in the Fifty-first election dis
trict, were sent to prison for one year and
ten months each for making a false can
vass. They are also to pay a tine of 8230.
Thomas McMahan, whose bail was for
feited on Friday, was produced to-dav in
court, fie pleaded guilty to fraudulent
electioneering, and was sentenced to one
year in tbe penitentiary.
A EAUY OF TILLMANITES.
Gubernatorial Candidates Stand By
the Party Platform.
Abbeville. S. C , March s.—About 500
persons assembled here to-day in response
a call of the Abbeville Farmers Associa
tion to elect a delegate to the reform con
ference to be held in Columbia to decide
as to holding a refSrrn nominating con
venticn, and also to hear speeches from
gubernatorial candidates. Isaac McCalla
was elected delegate.
The only candidates present were Dr.
Sampson Pope, Senator John Gary Evans
Lieut. Gov. W. H. Timmerman.
Secretary of State Tindel sent a letter
in which he declared himself opposed to a
convention.
All the speakers announced their ap
proval of the Ocala platform. I)r. Tim
merman stated, however, that he was op
posed to government ownership of rail
roads and telegraph lines.
TILLMAN AS A FINANCIER.
Dr. Pope jumped on the railroads for
not paying the taxes demanded of them,
and described Gov. Tillman as one of the
greatest modern financiers. He favored
the dispensary, and he pitched into Pres
ident Cleveland and the democrats gener
ally on the tariff, declaring if Calhoun
were alive he would join him (Pope) in
demanding protection from the pauper
labor of Europe.
Mr. Evans, the dapper young senator
from Aiken, made an elaborate defence
of the dispensary law. Someone in the
crowd told him that he would vote for
him. but that the dispensary stuff was
mighty mean. Mr. Evans predicted that
the dispensary would be an issue in
the nest presidential campaign and
that all the states would adopt it. He de
clared that the reformers had found the
state thoroughly besotted, and that the
whisky men ruled, intimidating the
highest officials. Each barroom was a
political club, and was subsidized by some
politician. He thought 97 per cent, of the
people favored the dispensary. It had
Decreased drunkenness 75 per cent.
Dr. Timmerman also advocated the dis
pensary, and favored an early conven
tion.
The meeting proved a regular John
Gary Evans love feast.
MINERS ARMED WITH BOMBS.
A Dastardly Conspiracy to Kill, Burn
and Destroy.
Charleston, W. Va., March 5.—A das
tardly conspiracy was unearthed in the
minirip regions to-day. The strikers
took to Acme twenty-seven large dyna
| mite catridpes to blow up the works and
destroy the store the other night. At
their meetings yesterday, last
night and Saturday, the ar
rangement was made to arrest
Wyant, bring him to Montgomery and
tnrn him over to a mob of strikers. Then
it was that the cartridges already dis-
I tributed among the strikers, were to be
thrown among the troops who came with
the sheriff’s posso. Gov. MaeCorckle has
one of the bombs in his possession. The
plan was next to kill Wyant aud then go
i down the river to ail the works, burning,
killiug and destroying.
HOW XT WAS FIU7STRATRD.
The plan was frustrated by Wyant's
being taken to Fayetteville, thus saving
W.vant’s life and the lives of the soldiers.
It is understood that the entire plot was
disclosed by a striker today, who could
not bear the weight of it on his mind. It }
is known how Adkins was killed, who
fired the shot and everything.
A man w oso name is not
known now, and of whom no
mention has been yet made in the press,
lies buried on the ridge shot to death by
the sheriff's posse in the Tipple.
Tremendous excitement is raging among
the strikers to know who “peached” on
them, and an attempt will be made to
night to catch him. If found his life
won’t be worth a penny.
A Bonded Warehouse For Atlanta.
Washington, March s.—Representative
Livingston, of Georgia, offered in the
House to-day a bill appropriating $lOO,-
000 for a bonded warehouse at Atlanta,
Ga. '
A Plate Mill Eurned.
Wyandotte, Mich., March s.—The plate
mill of the l.urcka Iron Works plant was
destroyed by fire this morning. The loss
is #55,000 with no insurance.
SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1894.
PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.
The Queen's Speech From the Throne
a Very Brief One.
The Earl of Rossbery Has an Audience
With Her Majesty in the Afternoon.
Earl Kimberly the New Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs- Henry
Hartley Fowler to Tak the Indian
Portfolio- Morley’s Refusal.
London, March s.—The queen, accom
panied by Empress Frederick and Prin
cess Beatrice, arrived at Buckingham
Palace this morning. The House of
Lords met at 1:30 p. m. The local gov
ernment bill received the royal assent,
the queen’s speech was read and the
House adjourned.
The speaker and the members of the
House of Commons went to the House of
Lords to hear the queen’s speech read.
Mr. Labouchere and half a dozen other
radicals remained behind. Later the
queen's speech was read in the House of
Commons and that body adjourned.
THE SPEECH.
The queen’s speech proroguing parlia
ment is purely formal, only fifteen lines
in length and begins: ‘’Upon this occa
sion, when your labors have been unpre
cedented in amount and duration, I re
gret that your release from them will be
little more than nominal.” The queen
then thanks tbe commons for the sup
plies granted, and concludes with the re
mark that she anticipates lasting advan
tages from the laws enacted.
ISOSEBERY WITH THE QUEEN.
The Karl of Rosebery called at Buck
ingham palace at 3 o'clock this afternoon
and had an audience with the queen
lasting an hour. He was chocred as he
left the palaeo by the crowds who had
congregated to catch a glimpse of him.
Mr. Gladstone drove out this afternoon
and was also frequently cheered.
it is officially annoum ed that the Earl of
Kimberly will succeed Lord Rosebery as
secretary of state for foreign affairs, and
Henry Hartley Fowler, president of the
local government board, will take the
place of the Earl of Kimberly as secre
tary of state for the Indian department.
MORLEY 8 REFUSAL.
The report is officially confirmed that
John Mqrley has refused the India secre
taryship because be did not wish any of
fice which was isolated from the cause of
Ireland.
Sir Algernon West, Mr. Gladstone's in
timate friend and companion at Biarritz,
has been appointed to the privy council.
John Cowlan. chairman of Mr. Glad
stone's election committee in the Midlo
thian district, has received a baronetcy.
The national liberal federation, consist
ing of a union of all the liberal associa
tions through the kingdom, has issued
through its executive a long manifesto
which eulogizes Mr. Gladstone and has ied
the organization to follow his home rule
plan. The manifesto demands that no
item of the party programme be imper
illed or delayed, and closes with expres
sions of confidence in the ministry. It
contains no direct reference to the change
in the premiership.
MEETING OF THE LIBERAL UNION.
The Liberal and Radical Union of Lon
don met to-day aud passed resolutions ex
pressing deep respect for Mr. Gladstone,
gratitude for his work at the head of
the party, and confidence in Lord Rose
bery and Sir William Vernon Harcourt.
Tho union emphasized the necessity of
adhering to the party’s declared pro
gramme, and of carrying on the campaign
against tiie House of Ixjrds. George
Howell, liberal member of parliament for
the northeast division of Bethnalgreen,
addressed the meeting with much bitter
ness concerning Mr. Gladstone's retire
ment. It w its deplorable to contemplate
the eagerness, he said, with which
Mr. Gladstone had been hounded
from office. It was useless to
try longer to disguise the facts. The old
lady of Windsor and several members of
the cabinet had made no effort to keep
the old leader at the front. What great
damage Mr. Gladstone's retirement ivould
do to his party was apparent to every un
prejudiced man. Mr. Howell was inter
rupted almost constantly during his
speech, with cries of dissent and half
suppressed applause. He had hardly
taken his seat when Mr. Pem
bery, delegate of the union, began
another attack upon the queen.
He said that she had summoned
the Earl of Rosebery to take the premier
ship because tbe nobie was about to
marry a princess, the widowed duchess
of Albany. This reference was greeted
with loud cries of dissent, and Chairman
Richard Causton, who is lord of the*
treasury, withdrew peremptorily from
Mr. Pembery the privilege of the floor.
ATTITUDE OF TUB PAIINELLITEB.
Interest now seems to center in the at
titude of the Parnellite party as the posi
tion of the McCarthyites is said to be
settled. They to rely upon the government
to give proper attentien to Irish legisla
tion in due course of time.
The followers of Mr. Labouchere seem
to have dwindled down to a very insig
nificant number. In fact, it is claimed
that the distinguished radical now lias
only two followers. The Pamellites, who,
it is said, would act with the radicals,
are more numerous, but John Red
mond, their leader, adroitly refuses to
commit himself in any way and thus re
mains master of the situation. The
M™ arthyites, it is claimed, are not in a
position to enforce any demands.
The liberal members of parliament will
meet on March 12, with the foreign
officers. It is expected that Lord Rose
bery will then make a statement of bis
policy.
Rio’s Epidemic of Fever.
Rio Janeiro, March s.—Signor Bertola,
the italiin consul at this port, died from
yellow fever yesterday. Jhe disease con
tinues to spread, and about 200 persons
are prostrate.
Capt. Sturgis, of the Norwegian steam
ship Santuit, and G. M. Rollins, died from
yellow fever to-day. The Santuit left
New York Dec. 7 for Pernambuco, towing
the Brazilian steamer Pirating, sho ar
rived at Pernambuoo Jan. 20, and subse
quently came to this port. Mr. Hollins
was a banker, having an office at No. 10
Wall street, New York, and was also en
gaged in tho South American trade. He
represented the insurgent Admiral
da Giima in tho various conferences with
Admiral Benliam, which culminated-oin
the United States cruiser DeLroit firing
on the insurgent fleet, and was preparing
to return home when stricken with the
fever.
To Be Elevatad to the Peerage.
London, March s.—Premier Gladstone
has recommended that Stuart Kendall,
member of parliament for Montgomery
shire, and Sir Reginald Earle Welb.y,
permanent secretary to tbe treasury, be
elevated to the peerage.
CLEVELAND ON HIS RETURN.
The Party Reached Long Point, N. C..
on Sunday.
Norfolk. Va.. March s.—Capt, Williams,
of the steamer Kingston, which has
just arrived in this port, reports to Col
lector Banks that ho passed the Violet
and saw and shook hands with the Presi
dent at Church island road. North Caro
lina, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The presidential party, after spending
several days most pleasantly on a trip
through the North Carolina' sounds, re
turned yesterday afternoon to the light
house supply station at Long Point, N.
€.. which is on the Albemarle and
Chesapeake esnai, and in the vicinity of
the famous Currituck gunning marshes.
When the party were going south
a stop was made at Long Point and a
little sport indulged in. the distinguished
gentlemen bagging time swan and two
geese. Whether or not this game fell
under the presidential fire is not stated
It is reported that the party is gunning
on the marshes to-day. The captain of
the A iolet, in reply lo a question yester
day, said he did not know when the start
for home from -Long Point would be made.
THE VIOLET AT NORFOLK?
Norfolk. Va., March 5, 8 p. m.—The
steamer Violet, with the presidential
party aboard, arrived here at 6 o’clock p.
m. She was met down the harbor by a
Virginian reporter, to whom Mr. Cleve
land stated his trip had been en oyable.
and the sport fine. He was looking
splendidly. The Violet coaled at the navy
yard and resumed her trip to Washington
at 9 o’clock p. m. She will arrive there
about noon to morrow.
THE PRESIDENT’S TROPHIES.
In the interview, the President stated
that ho killed about thirty ducks and
twenty geese, and a swan. He de
clined to speak about congressional mat
ters and merely said that he bad heard
that the Bland bill had passed the
House.
The reporters who interviewed the
President went down the river on the tug
David B. Hill, Capt. Jester. As the little
tug approached, the lighthouse tender.
Secretary Gresham and Capt. Evans
craned their necks for several minutes,
looking at the name on the little vessel in
amazement. The President looked as if
he thought the matter might have been a
put up job, but the reporters aver that it
was merely a coincidence.
DOLLARS FOR DIPLOMACY.
The Consular Appropriation Bill Re
ported to the House.
Washington, March s.—The diplomatic
and consuls!* appropriation bill was pre
sented to-day to the House by Chairman
McCreary of the committee on foreign
affairs. It appropriates a total of 81.513,-
738, which is 846,706 less than the amount
of the last bill. With the prospective
consular foes, which amount for the
last fiscal year to $1,009,000, it is esti
mated that the uctual cost of the diplo
matic and consular service will be less
than 8500.000. The share of tho United
States for the intercontinental railway
commission is reduced from 130,000 to
$20,000. The report states that the prac
ticability of the railway between the
United States and South America has
been fully demonstrated by recent sur
veys.
BOUND FOR AFRICA.
Thirty Negroes From Atlanta to Sail
From Savannah To-day.
Atlanta. Ga., March s.—Thirty negroes,
in charge of Traveling Passenger Agent
Sam Webb, left here to-night for Savan
nah, bound for Africa. The party will
sail for New York to-morrow and take
ship for Liberia from New York. The
negroes are members of the African Em
igration Society, headed by Rev. Gaston,
who recently had so much trouble in the
courts on account of alleged fraud. They
have been contributing their nickels and
dimes t buy passage for a year and two
years past. Two thousand negroes as
sembled at the depot to sec their venture
some bretheren off.
VIRGINIA’S BALLOT LAW.
The Walton Bill Defeated in the Lower
House.
Richmond. Va., March s.—Tho Walton
bill to graft the Australian ballot system
on tbe Anderson-MeCormick election law,
was defeated in the House of Delegates
to-night by a tie vote. A motion to recon
sider was entered, and the fight will come
up again to-morrow.
The Senate to-day passed a series of
resolutions looking to the settlement of
West Virginia’s portion of the undivided
state debt, anil which are designed
to meet the House objections to
the resolutions passed by the Senate
some weeks ago. and which wero de
feated in the House.
PURSUIT OF THE PIRATES.
Virginia’s Legislature Passes the Re
ciprocity Ovster Law.
Richmond, Va., March s.—The legisla
ture to-day passed the Maryland and Vir
ginia reciprocity oyster pirate bill. The
bill provides that each state shall be al
lowed to pursue trespassers in its waters
for ten miles into tbe waters of the other
state, and when a capture is made the
offender shall be tried in tho courts of the
state in which tho trespass was com
mitted. If Maryland passes a similar
bill congress will be asked to ratify tne
legislation.
MAJ. G. O. CONNER DYING.
He Is One of the Most Prominent Ma
sons in the Country.
Chattanooga, Teun., March s.—Maj.
George C. Conner, one of America’s most
prominent masons, is dangerously ill nt
his home in this city. His physicians
have lost hope for his recovery. His
trouble is diabetes, complicated with tu
mor. He may linger a week or ten days,
but the end seems inevitable.
A COTTON TRADER DEAD.
One of the Oldest Members of the New
York Exchange Passes Away,
New York, March 5.—J. T. Murray, one
of the oldest members of the cotton
cx< hunge, died to-day very suddenly. He
was down town on Friday, apparently in
his usual health. On Sunday he had an
operation performed for a cancer of the
eye, which resulted fatally. Dr. Murray
was a nutivd of North Carolina and came
to this city shortly after tho close of the
war.
Nine More Anarchists Arrested.
Paris, March s.—Nine more anarchists
have been arrested to-day. Among them
is a man named Francois, who, it is al
leged, was implicated with Kavaehoi in
the explosion of the Cafe of the Very.
AN ATTACK ON WINE SMITH
Hepburn Goes for Him During the
Pension Debate.
He Ridicules the Autibiography of the
Secretary in the Congressional Di
rectory The Bitter Republican Par
tisan Also Belittles the South's
Quota Toward the Payment of the
Government's Expenses— Bnloe De
fends the Administration.
Washington, March s.—The House of
Representatives began the second year of
the Fifty-third congress at noon to-day,
with prayer by Dwight L. Moody, the
evangelist. There was a good attendance
of members, and the prayer was listened,
to attentively.
On motion of Mr. Richardson, dem., of
Tennessee, a resolution was passed ap
propriating *5,705 for publishing the cor
respondence submitted to congress since
Jan. 1, on Hawaiian affairs, with an
amendment placing the publication in
charge of the Secretary of State, instead
of the committee on foreign relations.
The bill to enable New Mexico to be
come a state, which was called up by Mr.
Joseph, dem., of New Mexico, immedi
ately developed opposition. Mr. Cannon,
rep., of Illinois, demanded a second, and
tellers were ordered. The republicans
refraiued from voting and the result was
announced as 12fi yeas and 1 nay. No
quorum having appeared, Mr. Joseph
withdrew his motion, and Mr. O'Neill,
dem , of Massachusetts, called up the reg
ular order—the pension appropriation bill
—and Mr. Dolliver. rep., of lowa, ad
dressed the House on its provisions, criti
cising the present administration of the
pension office.
Mr. Hepburn, rep., of Towa,.scored the
action of "the representatives of the iate
confederate states” for their opposition
to liberal pensions. "Not one of these
states,'' he said, "contributed a dollar—
not even a nickel—to the pension roll.
The late confederate states contribute
but a small proportion to the expenses of
the government. 11l all the ports of the
United Slates #177,000,000 was collected,
and of this sum the confederate states
contributed but #4.000,000.”
HIS IIEMAIIKS OBJECTED TO.
Messrs. Livingston, of Georgia, and
Enioe, of Tennessee, objected to some of
Mr. Hepburn's statements on the south's
proportion of the contribution to the gov
ernment’s expenses, and Mr. Hepburn
admitted that there was justice in the
objection. A large proportion of the south
ern people, he said, woro cheap cottons, a
large proportion went barefooted and did
not have to wear shoos. This was on ac
count of the climate, and they were not
obliged to pay duty on imported goods. But
the people of the states in favor of grant
ing pensions contributed nearly all the
expenses of the government, and now the
people of the late confederate states
wanted to order what the people of the
other slates should do with their own
money. The con federate states did not
contribute to the pension roll. |Ap
plause. j Mr. Hepburn said he could
show that the present administration
was opposed to a liberal pension policy,
and the first proof of that was that
Grover Cleveland was President of the
United States. He had vetoed a bill
granting pensions to deserving iron and
had coupled his veto with many insulting
expressions to old soldiers.
AN ATTACK ON HOKIf SMITH.
The selection of Hoke Smith to admin
ister tho pensions was another evidence
of hostility. Secretary Smith was re
ferred to in sarcastic lermr. and tho read
ing of his biography from tho congres
sional directory, which Mr. Hepburn
hinted was prepared by the subject him
self, created muc h laughter among the
republicans, particularly the detailed ac
count of Mr. Smith's law studies. Hoke
Smith, he held, was unfit to administer
the great oflice ho held. He had
been brought up under influences opposed
to the old soldiers, an I those first domi
nated him in his pension policy. Another
evidence of the hostility to tiie pensions
was the change in the examining boards.
Now men many thousands of miles away
examined the cases of pensioners, and
tho board of physicians who had made
personal examinations of applications had
been done away with. It was the inten
tion of this administration not to allow
any pensions during this first year.
A TILT WITII TALUK IT.
A controversy took place between
Messrs. Hepburn and Talbert over a
statement of Mr. Hepburn's that if the
democrats believed their charges that the
pension roll was running over with fraud
were true, they would be only too glad
to investigate. Mr. Talbert objected to
this statement, and he and Mr. Hepburn
played "give and take” for several
minutes, during which there was much
confusion. Order was finally restored
and Mr. Hepburn concluded.
Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, took tho oppo
site view from the preceding speaker.
He said that there was a large amount of
money and a large number of votes in
volved in the pension <|uestiou, and it
opened up a chain e for demagogues to
exercise vocation. He defended tho
Secretary of the Interior and his pension
policy. He contended that justice had
actuated every suspension of pensions.
Since the beginning of the Cleveland ad
ministration until Keb. it. last, MU3 cases
of fraud in pensions had been discovered j
by the pension office, and 147 convictions ]
had been obtained. A large part of Mr, i
Enloe’s argument was devoted to com- !
pany I of the lWh Ohio regiment. The 1
members of this company, he said,
who had not participated in any of the j
bottles of the war. had alleged more disa- 1
bility in their applications for pensions j
than did the members of .the Seventeenth
Kentucky regiment, which had served
between tiircc and four years and par
ticipated in fifteen battles. This regi
ment was being investigated by the pen
sion oflice. said Mr. Enloe, and with this :
statement as a basis, he proceeded to de
fend the methods of the present commis
sioner of pensions in prosecuting fraudu
lent applicants.
THE KAUM ADMINISTRATION.
When Mr. Enloe. said that the Kaum rd
ministration had changed the political
character of the pension' examining
boards he was met with a storm of pro
tests from the republicans. Mr. Ml 111-
ken, rep., of Maine said the policy of
changing the political complexion of tho
medical boards began under the iirst
Cleveland administration and was con
tinued by Gen. Kaum.
Mr. Enloe, also made the accusation that
persons employed in the pension oflice
who were in sympathy with the last ad
ministration had rejected deserving ap
plications for pensions in order to injure
the administration. Ho knew of such
cases of his own knowledge.
In conclusion Mr. Enloe, in reply to
criticisms ol Mr. Hepburn ami others,
wished to say that he had as much right
to speak on the pension question as had
any other man on the floor. It did not
mutter whether he was too young to go
into tho war or unit, nor did it matter
what section he came from, he had a
right to speak on any question that con
cerned the people. He was there to pro
tivt the tax-payers of the country and to
stop fraud ami this was not only the po
sition of the commissioner of pensions
and the Secretary of tho Interior, but of
the President himself.
Mr Baldwin, dem.. of Minnesota, had
hoped that the war had ended with the
surrender of Eeo, but lie was mistaken.
I lie eentlemcu on the other sido were
fighting it over again, leaving it from
generation to generation as a heritage.
Mr. Baldwin also wanted to know if the
gentlemen on the other side, in endeavor
ing to make extravagant pension appro
priations, were trying to embarrass tho
tariff legislation, for pensions must be
paid out of money provided by the tariff
lanes.
BLACK’S STORT ON I.OCHHEN.
Mr. Cannon, rep , of Illinois, said the
gentleman from Illinois. Mr. mack, the
former commissioner of pensions, had
stood on tiie Poor of the House and, it
seemed to him, acted as the attorney for
the Democratic party in its pension pol
icy. In his speech lat Saturday he had
told of tho magnificent charge of the pres
ent commissioner of pensions at Gettys
burg, and it seemed to him that the gen
tleman was endeavoring to have the record
of Commissioner Lochren spread over
the pension policy and tho unfriendliness
of the administration to the pensioners.
Ho would like to know whether the gen
tleman from Illinois was in favor of the
pension veto which Mr. Cleveland made
during his first administration.
Mr. Black said the bills vetoed came to
him from the President through the Sec
retary of the Interior, and wore b,v him
referred to various divisions for report.
He had then sent tho cases back to the
Secretary of the Interior with reports,
sometimes giving the opinion that they
should be vetoed. More questioning liv
Mr. Cannon failed to get tho desired in
formation from Mr. Black, who declined
to betray what lie believed to bo confi
dential relations botwoen the President
and the commissioner of pensions (him
self).
CANNON SETS A TRAP.
To one ans wer of Mr. Black Mr. Can
non said: "Then my colleague does en
dorse the veto of the private bills, but
not the dependent pension billsf”
"You understand something 1 have not
said,” was the reply, "but you have de
termined to make me say.” | Laughter.)
Mr. Cannon persisted that the gentle
man had not answered his question as to
whether he favored the pension policy of
the first Cleveland administration, and
Mr. Black repeated that lie could not an
swer until permission had been given him
by the president, or the law had pro
vided for the removal of the confidential
relations under which he was placed with
regard to his official connection with the
president.
Mr. Cannon wanted to know what his
colleague thought of the matter, as an in
dividual, not as a former commissioner
of pensions. He saw nothing wrong in
that.
“Your estimate of duty under given cir
cumstnnces, might guide some, but it
would not guide me.”
“Will my colleague tell me whether the
vetoes wero written in the pension office,
or in the white house!” asked Mr. Can
non.
"I trust the gentleman will not persist
in that line of questioning after what 1
have said,” said Black.
CANNON PERSISTS.
Mr. Cannon did not want to embarrass
his colleague, but he would like his ques
tion answered, ho said, anil Mr. Black
replied, amid great applause from the
democratic side, tiiat it was a question of
personal delicacy and decency.
Then Mr. Gannon made some reference
to the embarrassment he had caused Mr.
Black, followed by a few othor remarks
about Mr. Black’s refusal to answer his
question.
This brought Mr. Black again to iiis
feet with the declaration, which lie de
livered with much feeling, that he de
clined any longer to be placed in the
position of a witness, to be badgered by
the gentleman from Illinois.
“The gentleman declines to answer,”
said Mr. Cannon. "Tho people of this coun
try don’t care three hurrahs in Hados
about what ho thinks—they want to know
about tiie policy of the administration
on the pension question.”
Mr. Cannon devoted the rest of his ar
gument to citing cases of deserving pen
sioners, many of whom had received
their injnries from disease and not from !
bullets, and he declared, that tho Presi- !
dent was doing just as little as possible
uuder the dependent pension act, which
he had once vetoed.
At the conclusion of Mr. Cannon's re
marks the House, at 5:40 o’clock, ad
journed until to morrow.
A CRANK AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
He Demands Possession of the Build
ing and Everything in It.
Washington. March s.—Early this
morning a middle-aged man of respect
able appearance presented himself at the '
white house, notified the guards that be
was Abraham Julius Kisler, of Baltimore,
and had come in obedience to divine rev- i
elution to take charge of the building.
He called attention to the populist
movement to secure control of other'
branches of tho government, and its ulti
mate success, and declared positively that
he had been empowered to save the execu
tive mansion and turn it over to the Jews
for the safety of .its contents, both nia- J
terial and immaterial. He was not em
barrassed when his credentials were de- j
manded, but began issuing orders and
acting in such a threatening way that lie
was arrested and sent to the, nearest sta
tion.
Judicial Candidates.
Waycross, Ga.. March s.—Judge Joel IT
Sweat is a candidate for re election!
Several other candidates have annoum ed
themselves. Mr. Bennett, a lawyer of |
prominence, is in the race, and will have
good backing from the Brunswick bar.
Judge Sweat is very popular throughout!
the circuit.
Arguments Against the Hatch Bill.
Washington, March 5.—J. Labouisse,
president of the New Orleans Cotton Ex
change. J. O. Bloss. president of the New ;
York Cotton Exchange, and. other mem- ;
bers of these bodies, appeared before the
House committee on agriculture to-day in
opposition to the Hatch "anti-option bill.”
Macon's Postmastership.
Washington. March 5. —Ex-Mayor Price,
of Macon, is in the city to hurry up his
appointment as postmaster of that city.
His papers have been made out and will
go to tho President ou his return.
I DAIEY. HO A YEAR, I
{ f> CENTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY, iUI A YEAR. |
DEALS IN COTTON FUTURES
Libouisse Before the House Agricult
ural Committee.
He Speaks in Opposition to Hatch’*
Anti-option Bill Statesmen Ac
cused of Using Contradictory Argu
ments to Explain Declines in the
Pries of the Staple—The Farmer Not
Injured By Contracts For Futuro
Delivery
Washington, March 5.—J. W. Labouisse,
president of tho New Orleans Cotton Ex
change, appeared before tho agricultural
committee of the House this morning in
opposition to the anti-option bill. Mr. la
bouisse read extracts from speeches made
in tho House going to show that tho fall
in the price of farm products \*as due to
“luture” dealings, but that when the
same gentlemen were speaking on silver
they claimed that the fall in
the prices of agricultural products
was due to the practical demonitizatiun
of that metal. Mr. Labotiissee contended
that selling cotton for future delivery
could not affect the price of the product.
Some times when tho deliveries wero
made tho market was higher than the
contract price, and at other times lower.
Tile prices depended to some extent upon
tiie amount of the crop, and to other cir
cumstances that could not be foretold.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
He illustrated the uncertainty of the
prices by reading extracts from letters
written to him by leading cotton buyers
at Boston, stating that eleven of the
great New England mills were now run
ning on half timo and some would in a
few months shut downialtogether, not so
much because of of cotton as
because of the inability to sell the manu
factured product. The writers said that
nothing approaching ttiis state of
affairs had existed for twenty-five years;
yet, notwithstanding this fact, the price
of ( otton is hi her to-day than it was two
years ago. He argu 'd that, tho ofiectof
the bill would be to drivo the small deal
er* out 0i the market arid give a monop
oly of the trade to a few principal houses.
In the absence of oompotion, these latter
would fix their own terms. Where tho
exporters now make one-eighth of a i-out
a pound, they would make a cent and 3
ccuts a pound to compensate them for the
additional risk incurred, and this increase
in their profits would bo taken from the
cotton grower.
IN KEEPING WITH OTHER DECLINES.
Mr. Ixibouisso contended that the fall
In the prices of farm products was simply
in keepiug with the fall in the prices of
more articles of human industry during
the last decade, and that tbe qiiostiou of
"future” dealings had no connection with
this fall in any way. He went on to show
how that away back in 1645-47 tho price
of cotton was about 7 l <jc per pound when
the output was only about 2.950.000 bales.
At the present time tho market is on a
crop of 9,000,000 bales and on one
of tho years previous of nearly that
amount, and yet the prices are higher
than they were in 1847 when there was no
suggestion of "future” deliveries The
speaker was interrupted a number of
times by members of the committee, who
plied him with questions relative to tiie
operations of the cotton exchanges of
New York and New Orleans, and the
effect of future dealings on the price of
cotton, to which he replied fully.
THE BROKER AND TIIE ft TIMER.
Mr. Eunston, of Kansas, one of tho
members of the committee, desired
to know if tiie brokers whero
tffe farmer would come in who at
contracted to deliver cotton in November,
tempted to sell his cotton during that
month. Mr. Eabouisse replied that if ho
were to deliver the cotton in November
ho would buy it from tho farmer himself.
Mr. Eunston asked If tho brokers could
not fix the price by destroying his only
competitor, namely, the farmer. Ho
made his position clear by explaining that
tlio broker contracts to furnish the cot
ton, and when tiie time comes to deliver
it there is nobody to purchase the cotton
from tho farmer but tne broker; conse
quently tho latter gets the product at his
own prico. /
Mr. Labouisse said thatin his opinion
it made no difference who bought from
the farmer, whether himself or the mill
owner; each intended to get it as cheap
as possible and Unit tho farmer could
deal with the one quite as well as ho
could with the other.
GOTHAMS COTTON BUSINESS.
J. O. Bloss, President of the New York
Cotton Exchange, replying to Mr. Hatch
said the average sales of < otton in New
York was about 200,(XX) bales per day.
Ho was of the opinion that speculation
had tho effect of stimulating the price of
cotton. On the highest markets the
greater business was dono. Wheu tho
market was low the trading was dull.
In reply to a question by Mr. Hatch,
he said that there was no agreement be
tween the fiuyer and seller than an actual
delivery of the goods should not bo made.
The commute adjourned until to-morrow,
when the hearing will be continued.
AN EXCHANGE TAKES ACTION.
St. Eouis, March s.—At a meeting of
the hoard of directors of the Merchants
Exchange today the following resolu
tion was adopted with reference to the
Hatch anti-option bill:
The board of directors of the Merchants*
Exchange of St. Eouis joins sill) the repre
sentatives of other commercial bodies in pro
testing against the passage of the House btil
entitled: y\n act regulating the sale of cer
tain agricultural products, defining options
and futures and imposing taxes thereon,” or
any bill of a s milar nature, as un>ust and
unwarranr aud as being class legislatl a,
tending lo humper or prohibit free trading
in the principal agricultural product, of the
country to the great detriment of noth pro
ducers and consumers. The board therefore
respectfully urges upon the honurabie sena
tor! and reprsentattves from Missouri, to
oppose in every way tho enactment of such
unwise and injurious legislation.
80,162,089 PASSENGERS.
The Annual Report of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad-
Philadelphia, March s.—The annual re
port of tho directors of tho Pennsylvania
railroad was given out to-day. The gross
earnings of all lines cast and west of
Pittsburg for tho year wore $135,059,787;
operating expenses, $95,491,558; and net
earuiugs, $39,568,228. There wore 136,514,-
388 tons of freight moved and 85,152,089
passengers carried.
Dinkins En Route to Valdosta.
Ocala, Fla.. March s.—Sheriff Harrell,
of Valdosta, Ga., arrived last night and
departed this morning with J. W. Din
kins, who is wanted there for collecting
S2OO, and never returning tfe- money to
parties who entrusted the notes to him
for collection, also for bigamy, as he ad
mits having three wives.