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I THE MORNING NEWS, )
■ ESTABLISHED 1860 INCOBP. HATED 188#. r
/ J. H. ESi'ILL, President. 1
BLOODSHED AT THE POLLS.
One Man Killed and His Brother
Fatally Hurt at Troy.
They Were Among the Republicans
and Grabbed at Two Men Who Were
Being Shoved Toward the Polls—The
Excitement Intense at All the
Polling Places—The Regular Demo
crats Carry the Day.
Troy, N. Y., March 6.—There were five
. candidates for mayor in to-day’s election,
but interest centered in the contest be
tween Mayor Whelan, iud. dem., whom
the republicans had endorsed, and Fran
cis J. Molloy. the choice of the regular
democracy, and the adherents of United
States Senator Murphy.
In several of the wards during the day
the struggle between the Molloy and
Whelan men was extremely bitter. A
row was started in one of the districts of
the eighth ward, when Mayor Whelan
appeared and made an appeal for order.
His appearance alone averted a serious
fight.
in the ninth ward a repeater was
severely beaten and two others were ar
rested.
TWO MEN SHOT.
In the Thirteenth ward two brothers
named William and Robert Ross were
among the republicans. They , grabbed
at a couple of men who were being shoved
forward to vote. In a minute there was
a struggling mass of humanity and during
the fracas three or four shots were lired.
When the reserve police force finally se
cured order, Robert Ross was found lying
oa the ground dead from a pistol wound
ami his brother William was lying near
by fatally hurt. Several others were in
bad shape, many men being pounded un
til their faces were unrecognisable.
THE MURDERER.
It is said that the man who murdered
Robert Ross was --Bat” Shea. This in
formation comes from an eye witness,
who stood within a few feet of Shea when
ho fired the fatal shot. Robert Ross in
the meantime had stumbled and fallen
prostrate.
it is said that Shea walked up to Roso
and lielct his revolver within a few inches
of Ross' head and fired while the victim's
face was on the ground. Shea was ar
rested this evening on a charge of mur
der. His injuries are slight.
The excitement was diminished to
night. It is rumored that a mass meet
ing will bo held to-morrow night, when
public sentiment will undoubtedly find
expression loneerning the election out
rages to-day.
. incomplete returns indicate the elec
tion of Molloy. the regular democratic
nominee, by a ir.a ority of 1,200. The
hoard of aldermen will remain under
democratic control.
REPUBLICANS WIN AT ROCHESTER.
Rochester, X. Y., March o.—The repub
licans have elected their city ticket by
ma critics ranging from 2.000 to 3,000.
George W. Aldrich republican state com
mitteeman, is elected mayor over ex-Con
gressman H. S. Greenleaf, dem., by about
3,000.
DEMOCRATS LOSE IN DUCHESS.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 6. —Elec-
tions took place in the twenty towns in
Duchess county outside of the city of
Poughkeepsie to-day. The republicans
elected sixteen and the democrats four
supervisors. Last year tbe same towns
elected nine republicans and eleven demo
crats.
IOWA AT THE POLLS.
Results of the Municipal Elections in
the State.
Des Moines, la., March 6.—At Sioux
City yesterday the entire republican mu
nicipal ticket was elected by from 400 to
600, a gain over last fall.
At Council Bluffs the republicans elect
the mayor and nearly’ all the other city’
officers. The council will stand two re
publicans and two democrats.
At Comings the democrats elected the
mover and the republicans captured the
re,, rder, treasurer and two couneilmen.
LIED AMONG THE GOLD.
Three Miners Killed by the Fall of
Rock in the Ophir Mines.
Bruce Mines, Ont., March 6. —Three
miners were killed by the fall of rock in
the Ophir gold mine y esterday afternoon.
lie names of the dead are: Frank Ferry,
James O. Heath and Anthony Savage.
I v.o other men were hit by flying frag
ments of rock, but escaped with slight
cuts and bruises. They say that the acci
uent occurred without warning, and the
tcree unfortunate miners wero buried be
m' Uh n,asses of rock before they’ could
ii aiie a move to escape. None of the
oouies have been recovered.
DYNAMITE AT CHICAGO.
A Bomb Thrown Into a Hallway and
the Building Badly Wrecked.
Chicago, March 6.—The three-story
ui ding at 152 Nineteenth street was
completely wrecked at,out 2
io ' k this morning by a bomb thrown
> the hallway. The windows were
shattered, the woodwork in the hallway
a "j a .V and the stairway torn clear
, i rom the evidence in the hands
■ police it is believed that an attempt
as nmdo to kill every one in the house,
i- wh,, the person or peisons are is a
•i.'Stery. No one was injured, The
■' ! S occupied by Kittio Day as a
llolJ se of ill-fame.
GLYNN’S CANDIDATES.
Judge Crovatt and W. F. Symons in
the Race lor the Legislature.
Brunswick, Ga., March 6—The ques
o, candidates for the legislature has
• 11 at last settled, so far as Glynn is
loueerned. Judge A. J. Crovatt has for
' e time been in the field, and to-day,
uim the earnest solicitation of leading
■ cens. W. F. Symons, a prominent busi
ri mi'"’ . ron3ent ed to enter the
1 here is no stronger or more popu
v inan in Glynn county than Mr.
i U 1I ' I1S ’ The friends of both Judge
and Mr. Symons have gone to
, ;*j ln earnest, and the race promises
.j. y. ex J'i!ing and interesting from now
viu the nomination. F. E. Twitty de
■■ .c'l to enter the race as he desires to
ll ofla' 4 tim ° exclusivel - v ’ t 0 the prac-
Trial Trip of the Indiana.
l“hiladelphia, Pa., March 6.—The bat
... ' IU P Indiana started from Cramp’s
‘P.iard at 8:45 o'clock this morning on
u Preliminary trial trip.
The morning News.
CHANGE OF THE PREMIER3.
Tho Duki of Devonshire Makes a
Speech on Gladstone's Retirement.
London. March o.—Sir William Har
court, tho leader of the liberal party in
the House of Commons, has issued a cir
cular letter to his supporters, requesting
a full attendance of the liberal members
in the House on Monday next, March 12,
when matters of great importance will bo
considered.
Lord Rosebery attended the queen’s
drawing room to-day. The wea.her was
cold and windy. The Countess of Craven,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley-Martin,
of New York, was presented to her ma
jesty by Ambassador and Mrs. Bayard,
und was afterwards granted an audience
by Prince and Princess Christian.
The drawing room was the smallest, so
far as attendance iseoncorned, which the
queen has held in years. This is remark-,
able from the fact that the queen will not
bold another one until 1895. There were
only 142 people present and the ceremony
only lasted an hour.
All the great o Ulcers of state were in
attendance, however; Lord Rosebery oc
cupied a ccnspicous place near the queen
and tbe other cabinet ministers who
were present.
ROSEBERY TAKES POSSESSION.
The offices occupied by Mr. Gladstone
as premier were formally taken posses
sion of by Lord Rosebery this afternoon.
The new premier was cordially greeted
by the retiring prime minister upon his
arrival at the rooms in the official resi
dence in Downing street.
DEVONSHIRE ON THE RESIGNATION.
The Duke of Devonshire, in the course
of his speech at Yeovil this evening, re
ferring to Mr. Gladstone's retirement,
said that it was a source of great satis
faction that, in spite of hi3 age and in
firmity, Mr. Glaustone had not outstayed
his parliamentary reputation. The
image presented by Mr. Gladstone would
never be impaired; his picture would
never be effaced. He bad passed from
the scene in the plentitude of his
strength and greatness, and neither for
good nor for evil could his place be filled.
He had left to his successors a legacy of
unsettled questions. One of these ques
tions was home rule, which would hang
as a mill stone around the neck of his
party for many years, and in his last
speecli he had imposed anew burden
upon his party—the quarrel with the
House of Lords.
HOME RULE AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.
The only real ground for the quarrel
with the lords was the re eetion of the
home rule bill. Tho other grounds alleged
were absurd, and the Earl of Rosebery
would not take them. If the government
were inclined to hang up home rule, con
tinued the speaker, the liberal unionists
would be in no hnrry to displace
them. But the liberal unionists
would be uncompromising in their
opposition to home rule, and especially if
the government attempted to pass a ger
rymandering registration bill. Otherwise
they eontemi latc-d no factions opposition
to Lord Rosebery, who there was no rea
son to believe was indifferent to the in
terests, honor and greatuess of England
at home and abroad.
LABOUCHERE’S DISSATISFACTION.
Henry Labouchere, in an article which
will appear in to-morrow’s Truth, will
say; “The responsibility for the accept
ance of a peer as prime minister rests
upon tho radicals, unless a clear statement
is made in the queen’s speech that we
are to have a different policy regarding
the House of Lords than Lord Rosebery
is supposed to entertain. Some of the
radicals will make it clear that they will
decline the tinkering of the pernicious
assembly of the peers, and that the right
of that body to interfere with the nation
must cease. Lord Rosebery’s public
utterances with regard lo Ireland arc not
at. all satisfactory. The secrecy with
which Mr. Gladstone s resignation and
Lord Rosebery’s appointment was man
aged was clever, but most unfair Had
the proper time been given, at least a
hundred radicals would have protested
against a peer premier.
A PEER IN POKE.
“We have not only a peer premier, but
a peer in poke. I do not object to any
individual peer because he was born in
the purple and if Lord Rosebery is really
a radical, the difficulty of his being a
peervnav be surmounted by a bill allow
ing peers to renounce the privilege of the
peerage in order that they may sit in the
House of Commons.”
Mr. Labouchere then proceeds to argue
that the House of Commons cannot re
main the ruling assembly while the
premier is in the House of Lords, in this
connection he says: “We will not
have the real control over him.
as we can only turn him out by a
hostile vote at the cost of ruining the
party. We are also idiots to suppose that
the electors will not perceive the utter
absurdity of our position when we appeal
to the country with the battle erv of ‘the
abolition of the lords.’ ”
Mr. Labouchere concludes as follows:
“I am now convinced that the radicals
dearly love a lord. Love for and subser
viency to the titled is the weak spot in
the Anglo-Saxon race. We are a race of
snobs and are never happier than when
indulging in an orgie of snobbism.”
JUMPING ON THE JESUITS.
The Members of the Society at Hidalgo
Expelled From Mexico.
Hidalgo, Mexico, March 6.—The first
step towards driving the Jesuits out of
Mexico has been taken, it is said, by the
expulsion of the members of tbe society
in the college of this city by Bishop
Montes de Oca. To-day the Jesuits are
ail out of power in San Luis Pocosi. and
have been ordered to leave at once. Bishop
tie Oca has yet assigned no official reason
for his action.
ANARCHISTS OF PARIS.
Thirty-four of the Prisoners Held for
Trial and the Other* Released.
Paris. March 6.—Examining Magistrate
Meyer and Judge Espinas completed the
examination of 100 anarchists yesterday,
comprising nearly all of the anarchists
who have been arrested recently. Of the
whole number examined thirty-four were
held for further examination or trial, and
the others were released for want of evi
dence sufficient to justify their detention.
Dies Leaving 315,000,000.
Boston, March 6.—Mrs. Mary Ilemen
wav. the widow of Augustus Herne away,
of this city, died to-day at her hr me, No.
.40 Mt. Vernon street. She left a fortune
of *15,000,000 inherited from her husband.
Erio to Offer Mora Bends.
New York, March 6.—At a special
meeting of the Erie stockholders to-day.
a resolution to issue *10,000,000 new
second mortgage bonds was adopted.
SAVANNAH, GA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, IS',ll.
SPECULATION IN FUTURES.
Tlie President of Gotham’s Cotton Ex
change Gives His Views.
He Declare*' the Hatch Bill Prohibi
tory, Inquisitorial, Obnoxious and
Unconstitutional—The Present Bill
as Objectionable as Any Heretofore
Proposed—Members of the Produce
Exchange Also Protest Against It.
Washington. March 6.—The hearing
on the Hatch “anti-option” bill were con
tinued before the House committee on
agriculture to-day.
J. O. Bloss, president of the New’ York
Cotton Exchange, spoke against tho meas
ure, characterizing it. as prohibitory, in
quisitorial, obnoxious and unconstitu
tional, and not intended for revenue pur
poses, but simply to suppress the business
which it proposed to regulate. He felt that
there w’as very little to sa.v that had not
been said heretofore. He called attention
to the testimony given on the subject be
fore the various congressional committees
and to the speeches of senators and
members against it on toe floor. Anyone
who had studied the subject through the
means of the testimony referred to, could
hardly fail to reach the conclusion that,
notwithstanding the opinion of certain
people that the system of trading known
as contracts for tho future delivery of
certain products, has a depressing effect
upon the articles so traded in, the coun
ter assertion is as fully’ proven; and in ad
dition thereto, the far greater fact be
comes apparent, and one that outweighs
all others in the discussion, that any leg
islation looking to its overthrow and sup
pression is outside the power of congress,
is unconstitutional and is an infringement
of the rights of the citizen to make con
tracts. which have been declared legal by
state and United States courts.
THE NEW BILL.
The claim may be made lie said, that
as the present bill is different in its
character from those that have preceded
it, the testimony lierotoforo referred to,
is not applicable to this bill: but to such
claim, it may be said that, though tho
present bill, is in some respects, quite
different from the others, it nevertheless
contains the same spirit of prohibition
and suppession of speculative transac
tions as any of its predecessors, and the
taxes proposed are such as are calculated
to obstruct business of this character,
which business is considered legitimate:
so that, as a whole, the present bill is
quite as obnoxious and objectionable as
any measure heretofore proposed.
AN EFFORT TO DISCRIMINATE.
An effort had apparently been made in
the bill under consideration tedietinguisii
between what the frienus of the measure
are pleased to term “legitimate” and
“illegitimate” transactions. The earlier
bills upon the subject practically prohib
ited tbe selling for future delivery,
whether the property was owned or not.
In the present bill those restrictions
are mouitied somewhat; neverthe
less, the restrictions and inquisi
torial features imposed upon even the
“legitimate” transactions are so great, to
say nothing of the so-called “nominal”
tax imposed, that even that character of
business is stifled. It was claimed that
tlie tax would produce revenue: but there
vdas no reason to expect that such would
he the case. There could be none, as no
business would be done uyder such re
strictions as the bill imposed. Tho pur
pose of the bill w r as in no sense
in contemplation of or anticipatory
of securing revenue; neither was
there any desire per se to
regulate and obstruct what is
concededjto he legitimate business, from
which only could revenue be derived un
der the bill; the sole purpose being to
suppress what is concicved to be “illegiti
mate.” To his mind, this bill, if it
should become a law', would fail to bene
fit those in whose interest it was ostensi
bly put forth, it would interfere with
the free movoment of the crops, and ren
der the cost of raiv material to the ulti
mate consumer touch greater than at
present.
THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE HEARD FROM.
Mr. Wendall, of the New York Pro
duce Exchange, protested against the
passage of the bill, in his opinion it was
unconstitutional. If congress had the
right to pass such a law, it was under the
taxing power given by tho constitution.
If tho bill was passed under this clause
they should make it general and tax all
contracts made by merchants. Whenever
this subject came up it had a depressing
effect upon business, and made prices
lower.
S. S. Marples, of tho New York Pro
duce Exchange, also spoke against the
bill.
11. B. Slaughter, of tho Merchant's
Exchange of St. Louis, protested against
the passage of the bill, or any similar
measure, i lie bill was unjust, unwar
ranted. and was class legislation tending
to hamper free trading in the principal
agricultural products of tho country.
J. W. Bass, of tbe Milwaukee ( hambor
of Commerce, was against dealings in
“options.” but favored dealing in “fu
tures,” as lie considered the latter benefi
cial to the farmer.
Mr. Hatch, dem., of Missouri, said that
he considered legitimate speculation the
life blood of trade, but thought the sys
tem of “puts and calls” or “options” a
poison and detrimental to business in
terests.
The committee adjourned until to
morrow.
COGBLAN PROSTRATED.
Overwork and Worry Compel Him to
Cancel His Engagements.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 6.—The well
known actor, Charles Cogh lan, was to-day
romoved from his liotei to the Mercy
hospital suffering from nervous prostra
tion. overwork and worry’. His physi
cians say that he will not be able to leave
the hospital for a week, and possibly lon
ger. Mr. Coghlan’s engagement at the
Duquesne theater in “Disengaged” this
week has been cancelled, as has also his
engagement at the Chicago opera house
next week. The company disbanded to
day. _______
Amerious’ Police Force.
Americu*. Ga.. March ft.—The police
commission met this afternoon to elect
the police force to serve tlie city for tlie
next two years. J. G. Lamar was re
elected chief; W. W. Wheeler lieutenant;
W. H. Fagan, W. C. Barrow. T. M. Cobb.
J. T. Fletcher and W. D. Smith police
men. These are all old and efficient off!
ccrs. ’lhe question of authorizing tin
police commission to elect two additional
policemen will be determined by the city
council at tlie next regular meeting.
CARNEGIE’S PLATES.
The Probable Action of the House !
Committee on Naval Affairs.
Washington, March G.—lt was under
stood that the House lommittee on naval
affairs would take some action at their
meeting to-day towurd an investigation
of tho Carnegie armor plate irregularis
ties. Tno subject was not considered,
however, and Representative Cummings,
chairman of the committee, says no reso
lution of investigation is contemplated.
Ho thinks such a resolution would
be referred back and forth and
would accomplish little. For that
reason he lias asked the navy department
by letter for full information on the sub
ject. and this will be used by the committee
and the House when the naval appropria
tion bill is considered. Mr. Cummings
believes this to be a more effective way
of investigating the subject than by a
special congressional investigation.
DISPOSITION OF THE FINE.
Mr. Cummings says the committee
wants to know what has become of the
*140.000 flue, to which the Carnegie works
were subjected. If it has been credited
to the Fo retary of the Navy, the commit
tee want to know it in order to reduco
apropriation that amount. Tho
naval committee’ intends to se
cure full information and will
not allow any desire of the department
for secrecy to stand in the way. It wants
to know, also, how far these defective
armor plates wero paid for iu tho first
place, and to what extent they were usod.
This information will have an important
bearing in shaping the coming appropria
tion bill.
DIXIE’S COTTON MILLS.
The Location of Ev?ry One, With tho
Number of Spindles and Loomß.
Baltimore March o.—Tho location of
every cotton mill in the south, with tlie
number of tqdndles and looms m each,
was published in. the Manufacturer’s
Record this week. The article states
that iu 1880 the south had ltil cottoy
mills, with 607,854 spindles. By 1S1K)
they hud increased in number to 255
mills, with 1,786*553 spindles. The south
now lias 406 mills, with 2,763,879 spindles,
add 62,052 looms. In addition to this the
mills projected will have between 50,000
and 75,000 in spindks. The increase in
spindles last year was over 200.000.
North Carolina leads in the number of
spindles, with 655,000 in operation in 181)4,
while South Curolina leads in looms, with
16,200. North Carolina lias the largest
number of mills, but, as the majority of
them are small, tho aggregate number of
their spindles exceeds South Carolina's
by only 34,000.
Georgia comes third on the list with
.550,000 spindles. The capital invested in
cotton manufacturing in the south has
Increased from *21,970,713 in 1880 to
*97,000,000 in 1894.
Thirty-two mills have reported their
dividends for 1893, the average being 8.8
percent., in addition to which most of
them laid aside a surplus for repairs fir
ex tensions.
Two mills paid 20 per cent., one 18 per
cent., while the others ranged from 12,L
to 4 per cent.
REVOLUTION IN COSTA RICA.
Iglizias Marches Out to Meet a Body
of 4,000 Revolutionists.
New Orleans, La., March 6.—Passen
gers on the steamer Albert Dumois bring
news that a revolution has broken out in
Costa Rica, Senor Iglizias, the present
secretary of state, who was a candidate
for the presidency, has left San Jose, to
meet a Cody of 4,000 .insurgents, march
ing on the capital. Senor Iglizias is tho
leader of the liberal party. His op
ponent for the presidency is Senor
Trijos. leader of the Catholic union, or
cliuri h party.
A battle has been fought at Gracious,
near San Jose, bet ween the liberal party,
under Iglizias, and tbe church pauiy,
under Trios. The churcli party was
routed and Trijos was captured, with A.
E. Jiminez, the Belgian consul to Costa
Rica. The exequator of the consul will
be revoked and ho will bo banished. The
nrenbishop of Costa Rica ami seventeen
priests have been imprisoned.
Martial law has been proclaimed, and
President Roderigucz is supreme dictator.
Fighting has occurred at other small
towns, with small loss of life.
FOUR KILLED.
Shelf Rock Falls on Thsm From the
Side of a Mining Shaft.
Scranton, Pa., March 6. —Four men out
of a gang of nine shaft sinkers were
killed in the Richmond shaft in the
northern part of the city this morning, at
5 o’clock. The accident was caused by a
fall of shelf rock from tho side of the
shaft, near the bottom, and the conse
quent explosion of tlie blower of gas. The
victims are:
Thomas Holwill, a chargeman, married,
with a wife and child, burned to death.
Richard Hughes, single, 27 years.
James North, single, 29 years.
A bert Richards, single. 24 years.
The five others escaped with slight
bruises.
The men were at tho bottom of the
shaft, almost 400 feet below the surface.
CULLMAN’S FIRE.
Sixteen Horses Perished in a Stable.
The Fatal Explosion.
Birmingham, Ala., March 6.—The fire
which broke out at Cullmau shortly be
fore midnight last night destroyed A. J.
York’s livery stable and sixteen horses,
Koopman & Gerdes’ warehouse and
stable, the Methodist church, Kinney
Bros, store, Ned Johnson's residence,
Mathew Wilhite’s residence, Sam Rud
der's residence, Tom Parker's livery
stable. Frank Arndt s saloon, and several
other buildings. The total loss is 820,000.
Dynamite in Koopman & ( erd s’ ware
house exploded, killing Clilt Williams,
and fatally iujuritig George Dinkelbor.v,
a child of Rev. G. W. Lee, and slightly
injuring half a dozen more,:
WEDDED TO THE WIDOW.
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Atlanta’s Festive Hotel Clerk Makes
Am nds to tho Beauty From Texas.
Atlauta. March 6.—Mrs. M. A. Banks,
the handsome young widow, or Houston,
Tex,, who came to this city in pursuit of
Eugene E. Killing! r, her faithless lover,
did not pursue him in vain. This even
ing Killingcr, who was arrested last
night, concluded to make tho the amende
honorable, and quietly went before a
jus tie of Lhe peace with Mrs. Banks and
made her his wile. Before the ceremony,
the determined little widow huh a con
tract drawn up and signed whereby, tbe
faithless young man agreed to accompany
her back to Texas, and boa husband to
her. in fa t as well as in law, and to
night the pair left for Houston together.
A ROW OVER A CADETSHIP.
An Alabama Appointment Charged
Against South Carolina.
Secretary Herbert Accused of Vio
lating the Law in Making the Ap
pointment Representative Strait
Moves That the Appointment Be Re
voked Representative Bankhead
Explains Secretary Herbert’s Action.
Washington. March 6. Mr. Money,
dein., of Mississippi, offered in the House
this morning a Joint resolution authoriz
ing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint
a cadet to the naval academy from the
Fifth district of South Carolina. This
grew out of the case where a cadet was
appointed from Alabama upon the failure
of the representative from that district
to appoint, but was credited to South
Carolina.
Mr. Hopkins, rep., of Illinois, said tlie
case was not unique; that the same tiling
had occurred in Illinois. The Secretary
of the Navy, he said, had violated tlie law
in this case. What ought to be done was
to compel the secretary to vacate the ap
pointment from the South Carolina dis
trict. He objected to the further consid
eration of the resolution, whereupon
Mr. Money said he would present
it as a mattor of privilege, in
volving the rights of the member from
tho Fifth district of South Carolina.
Upon this point the chair and Mr. Money
got into a colloquy. The speaker said the
effect of the resolution would bo to in
crease tho number of cadets, which would
boa change of the law. If the appoint
ment made by Secretary Herbert was un
authorized, it was illegal and void, and
The resolution was unnecessary to remedy
the wrong.
NOT THE FIRST CASE.
Mr. Hatch, dem., of Missouri, said this
was not tho first time where the secre
tary had, on the failure of a member to
nominate a cadet, appointed nn alternate
outside of the state in which the mem
ber's district was located. It was, he
claimed, a violation oLtho law, and the
practice should be stopped.
The speaker stated that the resolution
was not privileged, and it was withdrawn
under objection. •
The resolution authorizing an investiga
tion of the famous order issued by Judgo
Jenkins in tho Northern Pacific receiver
ship case was called up by Mr. Boatner.
dem., of Louisiana, and passed.
On motion of Mr. Moyer, dem., of
Louisiana, Saturday, April 7, was set
apart for the delivery of eulogies in the
House upon the lato Senator Randall 11.
Gibson, of Louisiana.
Referring to the resolution proposed by
Mr. Money, Mr. Strait, dem.. of South
Carolina, rose to a personal question and
related the circumstances surrounding
the appointment of a naval cadet by the
Secretary of tlie Navy, credited to his
district, (the Fifth South Carolina).
He offered a resolution declaring the ap
pointment to bo unauthorized and void,
with a view of having it vacated.
Mr. Cummings, dem., of New York,
said the original resolution had been re
ferred to the committee 011 naval affairs,
and said that it had reported a bill inter
preting tho law, so that in the future
such appointments would he impossible.
Mr. Hatch, dem., of Missouri—Let me
suggest that that does not go far enough.
We should right the wrongs already
done. [Applause.]
HERBERT SET RIGHT.
Mr. Bankhead, dem., of Alabama, gave
his connection with the matter, which
was that he had lost the appointment
from his district under tlie last adminis
tration, and that the Secretary of the
Navy, acting under what ho believed to
be sufficient authority in the matter, had
appointed a candidate from his district,
and c redited him to the Fifth South Caro
lina district.
It transpired in tho course of the rather
rambling discussion that several other
representatives wero ir. tho same fix as
the member from South Carolina.
Mr. Hopkins, rep., of Illinois, suggested
that the ease should bo met h.v a general
law and not by special legislation.
Mr. Strait’s resolution was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. O’Neill, dem., of
Massachusetts, the House went into com
mittee of the whole on the pension appro
priation bill, with an agreement to close
the general debate at 3 o’clock to-morrow.
Mr. Fnloe, dem., of Tennessee, had
read the additional section, of which he
gave notice yesterday, interpreting the
law of Dei - , 21, 1893. so that a pension be
lieved to have been procured by fraud
upon the United States may be tem
porarily suspended pending examination.
SICKLES TIIE FIRST SPEAKER.
Gen. Sickles, dem.. of New York, was
the first speaker. The pension laws, Mr.
Sickles said, iiad all been voted for by all
parties, and the present bill was ap
proved on all sides. It appropriated a
larger sum than was over voted for pen
sions by any government. “That is good
policy,” he said. “Jf you would
have good so diers iu tno next
war, take good core of the soldiers
of the past war.” [Applauso.J
To the commissioner of pensions, he
said, was committed a vast responsibility
and great trust. He must of necessity
confide much of his duty to subordinate
officers. They may not always have the
judicial faculty; they not al way s be active
and vigilant iu the examination of claims.
Congress has a right to expo, t from the
commissioner and his superior officer,
tlie secretary of the interior, and es
pecially from tho President, a- wise
and liberal administration of the
principles enunciated in the President’s
letter of acceptance But, In could not,
Mr. Sickles said, agree with the commis
sioner of pensions in respect to his inter
pretation of the law of 1898. In his letter
to congress, in answer to the resolution
of inquiry, the commissioner had saiu the
law was “iflexact” and “inapt.” Before
that letter had been sont to congress, his
superior should have returned it to the
commissioner with a direction to treat
congress and its legislation with much
respect (Laughter and applause)- “The
commissioner is as faulty in his
law as he is in his manners. He need
only have consulted a law dictionary to
determine the moaning of the words
•right’and “.ested right.’ For his infor
mation, iv> ill read from Houvier.” Mr.
Sickles then quoted from that well known
authority upon the words stated, and
said their use in the statute was “apt.
appropriate and accurate, tho authority
ot the pension office to tlie contrary not
withstanding. So that we not only have
bad manners in the pension office, but
bad laws.”
TIIE DECLARATION OF RIGHT.
Continuing on this point, Mr. Sickles
said that the declaration of right con-
tained in tlie act of Dec. 21, 1893, h ad neon
accepted b,v the pension office itself long
before the act was passed. He read from
a compilation of the pension laws issued by
tin- bureau, saying: “They print them for
other people to read ; they ought to read I
them themselves.” Ho had had marked ‘
twenty sections in that compilation which |
said that ui on a certain state of 1
fads being shown, the claimant shall
he entitled to so many dollars from the
government. The whole pension pollcyof <
the government was based on tin' rights
of till- pensioner. The country frowned
when it saw the maxims of common jus
tice violated in tlie interior department
in the 1 onsideration of the claims of the
wards of the nation. The law of 1893 was
►passed pursuant to that sentiment and it
would stand.
111 conclusion Gen. Sickles said: “So |
much tor the law of this case. In a
larger and broader sense, before the pen- i
sion laws were passed, the people of this
country decreed that from time to time,
us an expression of their grateful appre
ciation of the services of the defenders of
tho union, money, ample sums of money,
should be appropriated us an expression
of the nation’s gratitude. That decree is
as good to day in tho hearts of tho Amer
ican people as it was when made That
decree will never be modified, rescinded
or revoked as long as one surviving sol
dier of tho war lives.” [Applause.]
OKOSVENOK DSNIES EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.
Mr. Grosvenor, rep., of Ohio, quoted
the statement in the i’restdont’s message
that thousands of the neighborhoods of
this country had their fraud lent pensions.
Ho denounced the statement as slanderous
and untrue. He said that there were more
frauds committed every day in tho New
York custom house than had boon com
mitted by all the union veterans together.
There were more illicit stills, ten
to ono, lie charged, than could
be found on the pension roll. If
there were 200 fraudlent pension
ers on the roll, tho commissioner
of pensions should be impeached for
ineompetency. Mr. Grosvenor referred
to Mr. Black’s charge in his speech that
eight companies of a certain north western
1011-days regiment had contributed 614
names to the pension roll for disabilities
incurred in the term of service. The
regiment, he said, was the One Hundred
and Eighty-second Ohio volunteer in
fantry. It was an organization composed
of veterans of two and three years serv
ice. enlisted for a year and not for ninety
days, as Mr. Black had stated, and its
service was arduous and valuable.
OliosVENOtt ATTACKS BLACK.
Upon tho ijuestion of fraudulent pen
sions, Mr. Grosvenor said ho had iieqn
informed by an official in tlie pension bu
reau that the greatest number of fraudu
lent pensions upon tho roll were placed
there by tlie gentleman from Illinois, Mr.
Black, when he was commissioner of pen
sions, under the Mexican veteran bill.
Mr. Grosvenor was paying some attention
to the record of tho gentleman from Ten
nessee, Mr. Ltiloe, on the pension ques
tion, wlien Mr. Kilgore broke in to re
mark: “May i tell the gentleman
from Ohio that. I am much more friendly
to the union soldier than I used to bet”
To which Mr. Grosvenor responded: “I
have no doubt that you learned some
thing by rubbing up against himt”
[Laughter. ]
Mr. < Jrosvenor dwelt at length upon tho
suspension of Ohio pensioners in 1893 and
the reinstatements, in order to affoct tho
result of the election in that state last
November. Of 2,000 suspensions he said
that over 1,300 were reinstated without
examination, and that tho action was a
crime which iu any other than a political
bureau would have raised a storm of in
dignation and protest throughout tho
country.
THE PLACE FOR MAKING RECORDS.
Mr. Coombs, dom., of Now York, said
he supposed that when this bill had been
reported to the House there would be
notiiing to do but vote on its passage, that
it was the unanimous expression of the
committee. But he hpd forgotten, ho
said, that the House of Representatives
was the place for making records for its
members, and so for the past few days
tli old stories have been retold. He said
that tlie claims of the republicans to bo
the only friends of the soldier were not
well founded; that there were among the
democrats, including those who were our
enemies during tho war, just as true and
faithful friends of the soldier as the other
side could show.
THE EFFECT AT THE POLLS.
Mr. Mahon, rep., of Pennsylvania, said
that tlie pension policy of the Democratic
party and administration had aroused the
antagonism of not only tho old soldiers,
but of members of the party. The vote
in the recent election in Pennsylvania, by
which Mr. Grow was chosen representa
tive at large b,y tho enormous majority of
188,000, could not be charged altogether to
tin' tariff question. Ho believed that
fully 25,000 democratic soldiers in his
state voted the republican ticket to
express their opinion of the present
policy of the administration. As
to the resjionsibility for that policy, Mr.
Mahon said. CommissionerLochrcn would
not and did not origiuate or execute a
singlo important act without the knowl
edge and direction of the President, if
this system of attack upon the soldiers
was persisted in. the speaker prophesied
that at tlie next congressional election
Pennsylvania would return a solid repub
lican delegation.
Mr. Mahon gave notice ot an amend
ment he proposed to offer, making a pen
sion on< e granted, unless obtained by
fraud, a< ident or mistake a vested right,
and shall be so held by all the courts and
officers of the United States.
At 5:40 o’clock the committee rose, and
the House adjourned until to-morrow at
noon.
MINTS READY TO COIN.
Director Preston’s Force Could Begin
Work in an Hour.
Washington, March 6.—Mint Director
Preston said to-day that within an hour
after the passage of the silver seigniorage
bill he could begin the coinage of the sil
ver dollars. The San Francisco mint has
the planchetts ail ready for running them
through the stamp machines. All these
preparations were made last October,
when was considering
the propriety of coining silver.
Marietta’s Postmaster.
Washington. March 6. —The Senate to
day confirmed the nomination of J. D.
Northcutt as postmaster at Marietta, Ga.
BASE BALL IN VIRGINIA.
Tho State League Partially Organized
at Richmond.
Richmond. Va., March 6.—Tho state
base ball league was partially organized
at a meeting held here to-night. Tho
cities of Richmond. Manchester, Norfolk,
Petersburg, Stuuntou and Roanoke will
be embraced in it. The season will open
about April 5 and last five months. An
other meeting will be held in Petersburg
next Wednesday, when the arrangements
will be rfected and uaehedulo reported.
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RETURN OF TIIE NIMRODS.
The Presidential Party Again at the
Capital.
Mr. Cleveland Shows the Good Effects
of His Outing in a Ruddy Complex
ion and More Elastic Stop -He Re
turns Laden With Swan, Wild
Geese and Turkeys—Tho Gams Dls
tibuted Among the Members of Hla
Cabinet.
Washington. March B.— The President
reached the white house at 1:45 o’clock
this afternoon after a nine days trip
through tho North Carolina sounds, look
ing as well and strong as at any time
since ho first came to Washington, nine
years ago. His ruddy face showed uu
mistakle signs of exposure to tho sun and
wind during tiis trip for recreation and
rest, and his step was noticeably more
elastic than wlieu he weut away.
To some friends who called late this af
ternoon. tho President said he had never
in liis life had a more enjoyable hunting
triii. Every moment of it had been a do
light to him, and as for substantial re
sults lie asked bis friends to look at his
bronzed face and hands, and then at the
pile of swan, wild geese and turkeys that
lie had brought buck with him.
Capt. Evans, of tlio lighthouse board,
who was in charge of tlie President's
party, stated that from a sportsman's
view tiie trip was eminently successful,
and nearly every da.v after reaching the
Nortn Carolina roast tbe entire party en
joyed excellent shooting.
HOW THE TIME WAS SPENT.
The trip down the river, Capt. Evans
said, was entirely without incident. A
blizzard, which had boon threatening
Sunday, overtook tho Violet below Port
Washington, ami when (Juantico was
readied it was deemed prudent to anchor
for the night, as the storm was so thick
that the pilot could not see a ship’s
length ahead of him. The second night
was spent at Portsmouth, Va., the third
at Ixing Point, N. C., tiie fourth night at
Croatan Sound, N. C., tho fifth and sixth
nights at Hatterus, the seventh night on
the return trip at Roanoke Marshes, tho
eight night at Long Point, and tho ninth
night (lust night) the vessel ran all night.
While laying at Hatterus, tho Presi
dent and party took a stoam launch and
visited tlie neighboring inlets and light
houses iu that vicinity. He met a num
ber of tho people inhabiting that section
and shook hands with them. He was
treated with the utmost respect and con
sideration by alt.
BUCKLES DOWN TO WORK.
Mr. Cleveland buckled down to work a
few minutes after he reached the White
House, in ton minutes after he sat down
at his desk he and Private Secretary
Thurber had disposed of a pile of routine
business. Soon after 3 o'clock Secretary
Carlisle called on the President and the
two had a talk over treasury matters. By
tlie President's direction tlie wagon load
of game was distributed at the houses of
all the cabinet officers. Private Secretary
Thurber and Capt. Evans.
SAW MILLS BURNED.
The Big Plant at WaltertoWn Des
troyed at a Lobs of SIOO,OOO.
Waycross, Ga., March 6. —The Waiter
town mills, one of the largest saw mill
plants in this section, was destroyed by
fire lato last night. Tho property be
longed to the Waycross Air Line railroad
and was valued at over *IOO,OOO. It
was insured for 870,000.
Over 100 convicts were employed at tha
mill. The fire broke out about 10 o'clock
last night. A crowd were attracted to
the spot by cries of fire. Before anything
could be done toward extinguishing tha
flames the entire plant was enveloped.
Efforts were made to put out the fire, but
the wind fanned tlie flames and nothing
could be done There was excitement
on account of a rumor that tha
great boilers would explode, but
as tho boilers had cooled off there was
no danger. Soon tho walls and roofs of
the buildiug fell in with a crash and tho
flames ascended higher in tlie air, illumi
nating tho whole community. People hero
saw the blaze about 11 o’clock, but
thought the woods were on fire. Early
this morning the plant was in ashes.
Capt. L. Johnson, the superintendent
of the concern, arrived on the Beetle at an
early hour this morning, having been
notified of the conflagration. There is a
rumor that anew plant will be estab
lished on the site as soon as possible.
This, is tlie largest fire that has evor been
known in this county.
GERMANY’S NEW TREATY.
Count Bismarck Demands an Expla
nation of Count Von Donhoff.
Berlin. March 6.— The committee of the
Reichstag having in charge the German-
Russian treaty to-da.v rejected the amend
ment offered by the conservatives, limit
ing to one year tiie time when either
party to the convention shall bo entitled
to givo one year’s notice of its abrogation.
The amendment was rejected by a vote of
15 to 10. The committee then adopted a
number of articles, including that fixing
the term of duration of the treaty at ten
years, as originally proposed. The com
mittee will probably conclude its sitting
iu consideration of the treaty to-morrow.
Count Herbert Bismarck, in the reg
ular session of the Reichstag, demanded
of Count von Donhoff, conservative, an
explanation of the Tagblatt’s statement
alleged to have been made on his (Deu
lioff s) authority that Count Bismarck
hud declared that tho rejection of tho
treaty would inovitabiy bo followed by a
Russo-German war.
SILVER HIGHER.
China’s Demand for English Products
Helps the Market.
London, March 6. —The steady increase
in tho China demand for English products
has had tho effect of hardening the silver
market. Tho demand for India council
bills has been very active. Bills to the
amount of upwards of 100 lacs have been
allotted since last Wednesday at pricesias
high as Is., 1 23-82d. Silver securities have
advanced ami rupee paper reached 00J.4
buyers and closed at '4 lower.
LEAGUE OF THE WHEELMEN.
The Meeting for This Year to Bo Held
at Denver Aug. 27 to Sept. 1.
Denver, Col. March 6.— The Denver
Cyclist Union, at a meeting last night,
decided that the meeting of the league
of American Wheelmen iu 1894 will be
held Aug. 27 to Sept. 1, inclusive Many
ot the crack wheelmen of the 1 ountry havo
already notified the union that they will
be iu attendance.