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THE MORNING NEWS. i
< Established 1850. - - Incorporated I*BB. .
( J. H. ESTILL, President. 1
luck deserts lilioukalani.
SHE MIST PAY gfI.OOO AND SERVE
5 YEARS IV PRISON.
Fines of SIO,OOO and Imprisonment
for 85 Y ears the Sentence Imposed
on Several of the Other Revolu
tionary Lender*—The Military
t’oniminnion had Fixed llangtlng
us Their Punishment Hot the Gov
ernment ModiOed It—Nowlein Set
Free.
San Francisco, March 2.—The following
correspondence of the United Press was
received per the steamer Australia to
day:
Honolulu. Feb. 23.—The executive has
not yet passed upon the sentence of the
ex-queen. It is quite certain that the
military commission made it five years
and $5,000 fine. It is well understood that
the government officials are debating the
method and place of imprisonment. A
conclusion will soon be arrived at. This
morning at 9 o'clock the president's aid,
Maj. Shoter, went to Hotu prison and
read to the chief prisoners their sentences,
as follows:
C. T. Gullick, 35 years Imprisonment
and SIO,OOO fine.
VV. H. Rickard. 35 years and SIO,OOO fine.
MaJ. Seward, 35 years and SIO,OOO fine.
Robert W. Wilcox, 35 years and SIO,OOO
fine.
T. B. Walkjr, SO years and $5,000 fine.
Carl Widemann, 30 years and SIO,OOO
fine.
Henry Bertelman, 35 years and SIO,OOO
fine.
W. H. C. Grey, 80 years and 110.000 fine.
Douil Marshall, 20 years and SIO,OOO fine.
John Lane, 5 years and $5,000 fine.
William C. Lane, 5 years and $5,000 fine.
Guillck, Seward, Itlekard, Wilcox, New
lein and Bertelmann had been sentenced
by the military commission to be hanged.
The sentences were modified by the com
mander-ln-chlef as above.
Nowlein received his sentence at the
station house. At the end MaJ. Potter
read: "And furthermore, In considera
tion of the fact that the government has
used you as a witness before the military
commission, the marshal Is instructed to
set you at large, etc.”
The marshal then set Nowlein at liberty.
A similar appendix to the sen
tence was read' In the case
of Bertelmann, and he also was set
at liberty, x-e prisoners exhibited much
nervousness while their sentences were
being read. They donned their prison
suits at once. Guillck was the first to
appear In the new garb. The trousers,
coat and hat were of black and white
stripes.
The sentence of Capt. Davis has not yet
been announced. On account of his ser
vices as a witness it will doubtless be
modified.
The past week has been comparatively
quiet. Martial law will probably be dis
continued after the military commission
has finished the trials for treason and mis
prision.
The first four days of this week were
occupied with the trials of twenty-one na
tives for treason. All of them were charged
with having carried arras with Nowiein
and Wilcox. Three pleaded guilty. The
majority tried to show that they were for
cibly detained beyond Diamond Head and
compelled to carry arms. The only promi
nent case among them was that of George
Markham, a well connected and capable
half-white. He was with Wilcox in his in
surrection of 1889 and was shot down from
the opera house while serving a rifle gun.
Later he served the present government
and was much trusted by the marshal,
having been employed os special watch
man to guard the house of the attorney
general. At the last moment he disap
peared, contrary to orders, and was found
with the rebels. He endeavored to prove
that he was there as a spy. The evidence,
however, showed that he was taking an
active part and did not report anything
to the authorities. Markham's is the
only case of the twenty-one that seems
to have any show for acquittal.
Junius Kaac and wife were arraigned
on Feb. 20 for misprision. Their trial con
tinued the next day. Their conviction ap
pears to be certain. Several leaders and
subordinates made headquarters of their
houses on the night of Feb. 3, when the
arms were to have been landed at Kaka
tato. On the following Sunday, they par
ticipated in forwarding men to Diamond
Head. Kaac hod been a prominent hang
er-on on Kalakua. Through favoritism
he enjoyed for a few months in 1887 the
lucrative office of register of deeds. In
1886 he was the king’s medium for collect
ing the famous opium bride of 876,000.
Since the release from prison last week
of Arthur R. Peterson, for the purpose of
voluntary deportation, the minor heirs
of an estate of $6,000, of which he is the
guardian, claim his detention here to
make an accounting, alleging that he has
embezzled the property. Peterson was
one of the many royal attorney generals
and a capable tewyean
On the 22d twenty-one natives were re
leased from prison, mainly for lack of evi
dence against them. One was William
' iark, Mrs. Domini’s steward, who is con
ditionally set at large on account of his
important services in unearthing the arms
and bombs at Washington palace, and aid
ing in the search for the ex-queen’s papers,
as for his testimony on her trial.
Since the reports received on the 16th of
the expressions of sentiment by leading
senators at Washington, upon the ques
tion of capital punishment for the rebels
nere, the opinion has been decidedly ex
pressed by many leading supporters of
this government, that such views of
friendly senators must necessarily deter
mine the commutation of the death sen
tence as flxed. It is considered to be of
the first importance not to disregard the
views of active friends in the Senate,
however dangerous it may be felt to.be
hot to make some severe examples. The
strongest demand for the death penalty
on the rebel leaders seems to come from
the native supporters of the government,
tr.en of high character. wh,o have long suf
fered greatly from royalist prosecution.
On the 18th United States Minister
■' dlls had a long interview with Minister
Hatch, with special reference to the case
John F. Bowler, an American citizen,
w ho is sentenced to five years’ imprison
ment and a fine of $5,000. Mr. Willis asked
‘hat he should be permitted to leave the
country in place of imprisonment, citing
the case of John White, an Englishman,
"ho received that favor, although proved
to have cast the bomb shell found at
Washington palace. Mr. Hatch replied
that White pleaded ignorance of the use
of the shells, having been told that they
Th rts lnten,l ed for fence ornaments; also
‘ “ lt Howler was proved to have under-
J* - n the destruction of the telephone of-
c *, thereby cutting off the government's !
Ulofning fi
j communication with Its defenders. At his
request Mr. Willis has been furnished with
if f ““ stenographic report of the evidence
In Bowler's case, as well as In those of
Gullck and Seward. Mr. Willis also urged
upon Mr. Hatch the propriety of exempt
ing Bowler from the humiliation of wear
vt e . v oonvlct uniform, on the ground
j that he Is a political prisoner. He repre
| *ented to Mr. Hatch the Importance of
making that distinction in the cases of
1 :V'; 8 “ r 8 generally. The government
' I ‘“dined to recognize any such dls
| Viet dress w * cr 18 now wearing the con
! vil'-' Bowler has been prominent for many
i 8 pollUcal wire puller. He made
; of taiT'' Property fifteen years ago out
hii^ PalaCf ’ wh,ch cost over
contract 1847 he receJved very corrupt
contract from Kalakua for importing a
vuiv ° f f° Uth , Bea laborerß - The reform
nmied n h<> KeiZt ' d power that year an
ex inde ? C ° n ' raCt before h “ had actually
r^" <led anything. He claimed $30,000 for
wT.n ,t XPBCt f and proflts - Three years later,
when the national party came into power,
sevf.il ?? * Um from the legislature and
nltfif 1 ! th “V* ai,d more - which the needy
added to be distributed
among- themselves.
SV'"? ''*•?, be 1 canned the Honolulu
tenre* , h W ® a . satisfied with the sen
alTthe cTrcun^an^ 10 lmP °- ed U “ der
Auft n JiiT nCl,, v 1 O V Maroh 2 “The steamship
;K Wh i C . h arrived ‘Us morning,
g£™ ,°T inß ande P or ted passen
-5, ro ™ Honolulu: James Brown, C.
F Sh M° n 'a John lu <lin. A. P. Peterson
and F Mundenberg, in the cabin; and
Arthur White. Nick Paterson, P. It. Red
sueJkge CarlJa,ltt and P- Carreggi. in the
** a sreneral rule, the deported pas
refused to be Interviewed, say
umW e ivi Wa f really nothing to say, and
wi.T.M f he . c'fcumstances any criticisms
would be 111-advised. Charles Creighton
fii°. r K ey s* enCral under the queen, paid
f a . and been kept Mx weeks in Jail
without being charged with any offense.
?. * T***®?* I *’ made through the United
states minster and his own counsel, to
be Informed of the nature of his offense
were, he said, treated with no notice.
The only response he received was from
the marshal, who informed him that he
would be kept In custody and if no charge
could be made he would be deported, forc
ibly, if necessary. Creighton, defining his
position on Hawaiian politics, said he is
an annexationist, but unalterably opposed
to a missionary party.
F. R. Redward, a contractor In Hono
lulu, absolutely refused to be interviewed,
saying, as he had redress for any wrongs
done him, It was the part of prudence not
to Indulge In criticism. Asked If redress
was by recourse of law. he answ<*ed no.
Georgo W. MarFarlane, premier under
Kalakua, confined himself to the state
ment that he is out of politics and that the
trouble on the islands is at an end,
J. Emmeluth, a m cnber of the advisory
council, said the situation had quieted
down so as to warrant the belief that the
natives would now come In for annexation.
The council had decided upon the queen’s
case and had agreed on her imprisonment
for five years, and a fine of $5,000. Though
the verdict had not been formally ap
proved by President Dole, yet It was un
derstood that the president would not
change it, and In fact, the sentence was
affirmed shortly after the steamer sailed.
Appleeon, who Is credited with having
drafted the constitution which Lilloukal
anl attempted to force upon the kingdom,
said he had been In Jail for six weeks and
had no particular complaint to make.
Dr. E. Brown of the University of Cali
fornia said the government has things
perfectly In hand. The general sentiment
relative to the queen’s trial Is that she
has been fairly treated.
A TRAGEDY Isi A MILL.
Two Men Shot Dead by a Former Em
ploye Bent on Robbery.
Valleyfield, Quebec, March 2.—The town
of Valleyfield had a sensation last night
in the shape of a double murder and at
tempted robbery. The paymaster of the
Montreal Cotton Company, John Lowe,
assisted by two office clerks, J. Loy and
Hugh Wilson, was making up the pay roll
in readiness for Monday. Shortis, who
was lately private secretary to the man
ager of the mill, entered the office about
11 o’clock. Paymaster Lowe always keeps
a loaded revolver close at hand and when
the clerks had about finished their work
Bhortis reached over the counter and
grabbed the revolver. He first shot Wil
son in the left side, and Lowe and Loy,
thinking it an accident, went to his assist
ance. Lay then started to telephone for
a doctor, but as he reached the instru
ment Shortis took deliberate aim and tired
shooting tym dead, the bullet piercing his
heart. Shortis then fired at Lowe, but
missed him, hitting Wilson in the fore
head. Lowe, seeing how matters were,
grabbed the pay boxes, which contained
$25,000, and ran into the vault with them,
pulling the massive door shut after him.
Shortis called to him to come out, saying
he would not injure him, but Lowe re
fused. While Shortis was trying to get
the vault open Wilson, the wounded man,
managed to crawl out of the place and
give the alarm to two men, who were at
work outside. Before these men reached
the office, however, Night Watchman
Maxima Lebcouf entered and was met by
Shortis, who shot him dead. Shortis then
cut the wires of the telephone to shut
off all communication with the outside,
and made another attempt to get into
the vault. The two workmen entered tha
office at this juncture, and as Shortis’
revolver was now empty they soon over
powered him.
John Loy, the first victim, was a most
promising young man, and the eldest son
of Mayor Loy.
Wilson, the wounded man, is in very
critical condition and grave fears are en
tertained as to his recovery.
Paymaster Lowe was imprisoned in the
vault three hours before the doors could
be opened, and as his health has not been
good, Bo is seriously prostrated.
Digging Out the Corpses.
New York, March I.—A gang of 100 men
tolled all night at the work of removing
the huge pile of debris in the buildings,
Nos. 151. 153, 155 and 157 Orchard street,
which partly collapsed yesterday after
noon. The work was carried on by cal
cium light, without intermission, almost
from the moment of the crash and between
4 and 5 o’clock this morning, the workers
were rewarded by the recovery of two
bodies from the wreck. Two more were
believed to be still buried in the ruins,
and two of the injured died in a hospital
during the night, making six killed and
eight Injured.
Egypt's Ex-Khetlive Rcporletl Dead.
London. March 2.—A dispatch to the j
Central News from Constantinople says
that Ismael Pasha, the ex-kbedive of j
Egypt, died this morning. i
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1895.
LIVELY CAMPAIGN IN LONDON.
MEMBERS OF THE COtXTV COINCIL
VOTED FOR IT.
Lending Statesmen Enter Into the
Fray With the Greatest Ardor,
The Majority of the Progressive*
in the Council Expected to be
Greatly Decreased—Ll Hung
Chang's Peace Mission not Ex
pected to he Successful.
London. March 2.—The London county
council campaign, which culminated to
day In the balloting for members, has
been lively and more bitter than any
municipal contest that has been known in
London for a great many years. Leading
statesmen have entered into the fray
with the greatest ardor and have given
and taken blows and lost their temper
with the same freedom that local bosses
are wont to do. In the previous county
council contests only about one-third of
the total number of voters have gone to
the polls, but the party managers on both
sides have all along predicted that a much
larger vote would be polled to-day than
ever. In consequence of the fact that
the conservatives are urging their sup
porters to vote for the candidates on the
npoderate ticket. It Is expected that the
result will greatly lower the majority of
the progressives In the council, which, as
the result of the last election, was 46,
the council standing 82 to 36. Among the
moderate candidates are Lords Cadogna,
Churchill, Durham, Ampthill, Donough
more, Dudley, Norfolk, Dunraven and
Montmorres and Sir J. Blundell Maple.
The progressive candidates Include Lords
Russell, Monkskell and ltlbbledale, Sir
John Hutton and Messrs. John Burns and
Sydney Webb.
The Chronicle, the leading progressive
organ, prints In italics the reason why the
electors should not give their support
to the moderates. The first of these rea
sons is that the moderates are the party
of “Tammany.” The term "Tammany"
has been a God-send to both sides dur
ing the campaign. When their speakers
have exhausted themselves and their vo
cabularies in the ordinary methods of at
tacks upon their opponents they have
Invariably had recourse to stigmatizing
the opposite policy as that of Tammany.
Joseph Chamberlain, in a recent speech
In behalf of the moderates, made an at
tack upon the progressives for having in
creased the salaries of the attaches of the
county council, which action, he declared,
was a thorough "Tammany method.” He
then proceeded to advocate a system of
separate municipalities for the different
districts of London, and argued against
the proposal that a central council in
clude within Its Jurisdiction the city cor
poration. What its advocates call unifica
tion, he said, would end In "Tammanyfl
cation."
AH this Is scarcely revelamt, however, for
the progressive policy is undoubtedly fa
vored by a great majority of Londoners.
Commoners Burns, Stuart, Benn and
Buxton of London, who are all home rul
ers, are charged with very confusing func
tions, as London se>nds thirty-six unionists
to parliament, against twenty-three home
rule members. At the same time, there is
a large progressive majority in the county
council, and from this It Is evident that
the electors want tho munlcipal govern
ment kept outside of politics. In addition
to this, some of the progressive members
have made themselves vastly unpopular
through their persistent meddling In small
matters. An instance of this was furnished
recently in some of these members hid
ing themselves in the bushes in the park,
whence they watched the park keepers.
Asa result of their spying they
reported to the council that they had seen
keepers in the act of eating their luncheon
at other times than the usual lunch hour.
Tills matter was taken up apd the outcome
of It was that a circular was issued, with
the sanction of a majority of the council,
requiring all workmen, under the Juris
diction of the council to report to the
council what they did and how they passed
the time during the hours they were not
working. Then, too, the activity of the
progressive element In the matter of re
fusing licenses to music halls has not tend
ed to increase the popularity of the party.
Nevertheless, the progressives have the
advantage, inasmuch as the moderates
have no really defined policy. They have
allowed themselves to be run by the gas,
water, tramway and livery companies, all
of which foreseeing that they will be ab
sorbed by the municipal government, are
seeking to secure a majority in the council
that will give them extravagant compensa
tion for their plants out of the rates, and
doubtless the companies will see that their
side wins.
The elections resulted In the choice of
fifty-nine progressives and forty-nine
moderates. The moderates gained twenty
one seats and the progressives gained one
seat formerly held by the moderates. In
four districts the results will not be de
termined until Monday.
There Is a general feeling In the foreign
office that the peace mission, headed by
Li Hung Chang, will not be successful.
Russia has absolutely vetoed the proposal
of Japan to annex Korea, and it is under
stood that Japan now wants 1 the posses
sion of the area between the
Yalu and Lloa rivers te form a Duffer
Etate, extending to the Russian frontier
of Amoor, Russian Manchuria, which ter
ritory, now forming a part of Southeast
ern Siberia, was acquired by Russia from
China and Japan in 1858, This move, if
successful, would secure to Japan the
total withdrawal of Korea'from Chinese
influence, possession of Port Arthur and
command of the Yellow Sea road to
Pekin. Japan also asks for possession of
Formosa.
The details of Li Hung Chang’s cre
dential, which will be communicated to
the western powers, do not empower him
to cede either Manchuria or Formosa to
Japan.
The appointment of Prince Lobanoff-
Ro3tovski as Russian minister of foreign
affairs has greatly pleased the foreign
office here. Since the death of M. De-
Giers It has become clear that there ex
ists in the Russian foreign office a pow
erful party In opposition to the Armenian
inquiry, wishing Armenian affairs to drift
along as heretofore until Russia Is com
pelled to intervene. She would then be a
step nearer to the Persian gulf. England
Is very strongly opposed to Russian occu
pation of Armenia alone, and believes that
Prince Lobanoff favors Joint diplomatic
action In that territory.
The Inquiry Into the movement of the
steamer Crathie, In connection with her
collision with the steamer Elbe, which Is
now being conducted by the board of
trade, deals wholly with the question of
lights and the condition of the crew of the
British ship. The German court of in- |
quiry In Rotterdam will Investigate the i
matter of tbs manning of the Elbe life
boats, the behavior of her crew. etc.
A circular has been issued by the Iron
firms of Yorkshire, Lancashire and the
Midlands, proposing the formation of a
syndicate ’to regulate the prices of all
classes of manufactured iron. The opera
tives of the factories have consented to
Join in the scheme.
Negotiations are In progress looking to
ward the attendance of a half troop of
United States regular cavalry at the mili
tary tournament which is to be held In
London in May.
Mr. Fafie, the designer of the new yacht
Alisa, has gone to the Riviera to prepare
that boat for racing in the Mediterranean.
The American colony was present to
day In large numbers at a reception and
formal opening of the American Rendez
vous, a newly fitted up meeting place and
reading room In Cockspur street, for the
accommodation of tourists and travelers.
OSf.AR AVILDF. A PROSECUTOR.
He Accuses the Marquis of Clucens
bery of Persecuting; Him.
London, March 2.—John Sholto Doug
las, Marquis of Queensbury, was arraigned
before Magistrate Newton, in the Great
Marlborough street police court this af
ternoon on a ftbarge of having libelled
Oscar Wilde. Mr. Wilde’s lawyer in pre
senting the complaint set forth that Mr.
Wilde was a husband who was living upon
the most affectionate terms with his wife
and two sons. For the last nine or ten
months, he said, the Marquis of Quecns
berry has persecuted Mr. Wilde with the
utmost cruelty. The last act of persecu
tion occurred on Feb. 28, when the mar
quis left for Mr. Wilde at the Albermarle
Club, of which both he and Mr. Wilde are
members, an open card upon the back
of which was written a vile and disgrace
ful epithet. Implying that Mr. Wilde was
addicted to unnatural practices. The por
ter of the club upon reading the words
enclosed the card In ait envelope so that
It might not be seen by the other perrons
than Mr. Wilde. The detective who ar
rested the marquis In Dover street this
morning testified that when he approached
the marqula and Informed him of the com
plaint upon which he was arrested, hts
lordship said: "This has been going on
for two years.”
Sir George Lewis, the Marquis of
Queensberry’s solicitor, in his address to
the court, said that when tho facts should
become fully known. It would be found
that tho marquis had been acting under
the Influence of great Indignation, based
upon abundant provocation.
The marquis was released on lI.GOO bail
and the case was adjourned for a week.
GUAM) DIKE ALEXIS DEAD.
Galloping Consumption Carries Him
Off in the Itivtcra.
San Remo, March 2.—Grand Duke Al
exls-Michaelovltch, son of the Grand
Duke Michael, died here this morning,
aged 20 years. The young grand duke
was conveyed in a dying condition from
Russia to the French Riviera two months
ago, suffering from galloping consump
tion. and his old father, the only sur
viving brother, Alexander 11, was sum
moned to San Remo a few weeks ago to
attend his death bed. The deceased was
a brother of the Grand Duke Michael,
who distinguished himself by marrying
the Countess Sophie Merenburg, being
banished from Russia on that account.
A SIYGF.It ON THE NVING.
Charged With Contempt of Coart She
Sail* for South Afrlcn.
London, March 2.—ln the high court of
justice this morning the judge ordered the
arrest of Mme. Bettinl, daughter of the
deceased singer, Trebelll-Bettlnl, for dis
obeying the order of the court prohibit
ing her from selling her mother's Jewels.
The order was issued in connection with
the recent Trebelli will case, In which the
validity of the will was disputed. Bettinl
did not appear In court to-day as ordered,
and It was learned she made her escape
to Southampton, where she went on board
a steamship and sailed for South Africa
on a concert tour.
A BIG FIRE AT TORONTO,
Properly Valued at $1,000,000 Goes
lip In Smoke.
Toronto, Ont., March 3.-2 a. m.—Fire
started In Simpson’s dry goods store, the
largest establishment of the kind in the
city,at 1 o’clock this morning and In less
than thirty minutes had completely de
stroyed it. At this hour tho fire has ex
tended south to Wanless’ Jewelry store
and Lovel'e drug store. It has crossed
Yolhge street V* th>3 Imperial branch
bank, J. F. Brown's furniture store and
Charles Mllnes’ hardware store, all of
which will probably be a total loss. It
1b thought the firemen wll not be able
to save the Tremont hotel or the Confed
eration Life Insurance Company's big
brown stone building at the corner of
Yonge and Richmond streets.
2:16 a. m.—The fire has crossed Queen
street to the north and destroyed Jam
ieson’s big clothing store. The fire ap
pears to be under control to the north,
but a high wind Is spreading It to the
east. The entire fire brigade Is on the
scene, but the men are greatly handicap
ped by falling wires. The fire has al
ready destroyed property valued at
$1,000,000 and exceed* In magnitude the
big conflagration of a few weeks ago.
Toronto, Ont., March 3, 2:45 a. m.—The
Knox church Is now burning. The fire Is
spreading.
AY EYGIYE I!LOWS IP.
The Engineer and Fireman Blown
to Atom*.
Birmingham, Ala., March 2.—This morn
ing about 4 o’clock west bound freight
train No. 4, on the Central railroad, was
wrecked twenty-five miles east of here by
the explosion of the engine. The train
was running about twenty miles an hour
when the engine blew up. Seven cars
were wrecked. Engineer McGuire and
Fireman Will R. Reeves were blown 300
yards In opposite directions, and their
bodies torn Into atoms. The wreck caused
the abandonment of the east bound pas
senger train, which was due to leave here
at 2:30 p. m.
What caused the exinosion will never be
known, as only the engineer and firemen
were on the engine and they are dead. The
accident has cast a gloom over the entire
railroad fraternity of the city.
HARD WORK IN THE HOUSE.
THE CLOSING HOI IIS XOT MARKED
BY EXCITING SCENES AS YET.
Considerable Business Accomplish
ed I uder the Rule I’rm liltug for
the l*Nsngc of Hill* I niter n Sus
pension of the Iteglilnr Holes of
the Honse—Hills lurrying Appro
priation* (or Private Claims Meet
XNltli Poor Success—Some of the
Dills Passed.
Washington, March 2.—The first session
of the last day's proceedings of the House
In the Fifty-third congress lasted from
noon until 6 o’clock. In that period a con
siderable amount of business was tran
sacted, under the operation of the rule
providing for a suspension of the rules for
the passing of bills thereunder, and by
unanimous consent. Measures currying
appropriations for private claims generally
speaking, met with very poor success,
either Mr. Sayers, chairman of the oom
mlttee on appropriations, or his alert and
indefatigable lieutenant, Mr. Dockery, in
terposlng fatal objections.
Notwithstanding this was the last legis
lative day of this congress, the proceedings
on the floor of the House were marked by
no unusual scenes of confusion, and but
little delay was occasioned thereby.
Among the measures that were passed
by unanimous consent were the following:
The Senate Joint resolution to continue
the present officers of the courts hi the In
dian territory In office until the bill pro
viding for the reorgunizstlon of the courts
of the territory shall become a law.
The Senate Joint resolution donating to
the citizens’ committee in charge of the
Grand Army of the Republic national en
campment, to be held at Louisville next
fall, condemned cannon from which lo
muke badges for the delegates to the en
campment.
The Senate bill to reimburse officers and
seamen for property lost or destroyed In
the naval service of the United States.
Conference reports were agreed to upon
tho following bills:
(living to the widow of Rear Admiral
Bari English a pension of SSO per month.
Increasing the pension of Rosea Brown,
a veteran of the war of 1812, to SSo per
month.
Authorizing the erection of a statue In
the District of Columbia of the lute I'rof
Samuel Gross. M. D., of Philadelphia, and
appropriating $1,500 for a pedestal there
for.
The agricultural appropriation bill.
A partial agreement upon the Indian ap
propriation bill.
Under a suspension of the rules, a bill
was passed to pay the trustees of Wash
ington and Lee University, In Virginia,
the sum of $17,484, for the use and occu
pancy of the buildings of the Institution
by Union troops during the war. Upon
this motion an Interesting debate oc
curred. In which Mr. Reed warned tho
House that tho government could not uf
foni to enter upon the policy of paying
claims of this character.
Motions to suspend the rule* and pass
the following bills failed:
To pay the trustees of Newberry Col
lege, South Carolina, $15,000, for the use of
the buildings by troops during the war.
To reimburse rofircrcntatlves the amount
of their salaries withheld during this con
gress for absences other thun those ac
casioned by sickness.
A concurrent resolution was agreed to,
naming the Secretary of the Treusury,
the superintendent of the coast andsgeo
detic survey and the director of the mint
as a commission to inquire Into and re
port to the first session of the Fifty-fourth
congress as to the desirability and ex
pediency of the adoption by the govern
ment of the United States of the metrical
system, and also as to the prospect of
the adoption by the leading nation* of
the world of the metrical system of coin
age, weights and measures.
A resolution was agreed to directing
the publication of an edition of 10,000
copies of the report of the comml*slon
appointed by President Cleveland to In
vestigate the Chicago railroad strike last
summer.
At 6 o’clock a recess was taken until 8
o’clock.
The novelty of a night session drew a
crowd of curious people to the capltol.
At 8 o’clock the galleries were crowded
to suffocation. The night was close and
humid, and the air within the chamber
was at times stifling, notwithstanding the
frantic efforts of the doorkeepers to se
cure ventilation. The ladles, who formed
a large part of the audience, piled their
fans vigorously, and looked as uncomfort
able as the patrons of a summer opera.
There was considerable confusion on the
door of the House, which was broken
from time to time by tho sound of the
speaker’s gavel, and his almost plaintive
appeals that the “House will be In
orderj’
At one point In the proceedings the
confusion In the galleries was so great
that the speaker threatened to clear
them If It were not restrained. As the
night wore on the spectators gradually
returned to their homes, and at midnight
the galleries were practically deserted.
Washington, March 3, 4a. m.—A half
hour after midnight the House was pre
paring to vote on the Senate amendment
appropriating $5,0U0,A00 under the bounty
clause of the McKinley law to the sugar
growers of the country. The debate on
this amendment began at If) o’clock, and
was conducted with great vigor on both
sides.
The first business which came before
the House at the evening session was the
amendment In the sundry civil appro
priation bill, appropriating $150,000 for the
purchase of the Blaine property In this
city. The House almost unanimously re
fused to concur.
The amendment advocating a retired
list for the officers of the revenue cutter
service met a like fate. The amendment
appropriating $125,000 for the heirs of
the Ford's theater disaster victims was
agreed to.
The conference report on the District
of Columbia appropriation bill was agreed
to, as was also the conference report on
the legislative, executive and Judicial ap
propriation bill.
When a vote was reached the House
receded fom Its disagreement to the Sen
ate amendment to pay the bounty—yeas
133; nays 124; present and not voting, 2
The Senate amendment appropriating
$125,000 for a government exhibit at the
Nashville exposition was next taken un
Mr. Washington moved to concur. The
vote by tellers resulted: Yeas, 78; nays,
102; and the amendment was not agreed
to.
At this point Jtr. Bayers moved that
the rules be suspended and the House
Insist on Its disagreement to the remain
ing amendments. This was agreed to.
Mr. Cannon moved that the House con
ferees ho Instructed to agree to the Sen
ate's Nicaragua canal amendment. The
amendment, he said, appiopriated merely
$20,000 to a-certaln Its feasibility, perma
nency and cost of construction. The mo
tion was agreed to—yens. MS; nays, 78.
Mr. Holman presented a disagreeing
report from the conferees on the Indian
appropriation bill—three Hems being still
In dispute. Two of these provided for tho
purchase of Indian lands In New York
and Indiana, and one was for the dis
continuance of sectarian Indian schools.
There were loud cries of" Let's go home"
at this point, but Messrs. Pickier, rep.,
of South Dakota, and Van Voorhls, rep.,
of New York. Insisted pn debating the
matter.
Mr. Hooker, rep., of New York moved
that the House recede from Its disagree
ment to the amendment. This was agreed
to —ayes. 106, noes, 80.
Mr. Holman demanded the tellers and
at 2:45 a. m„ the long wearisome calling
of the roll began.
It looks like a cold fllllbuster In the
House and no prospect of adjournment
to-night.
MEXICO’S RAILROAD w HKCK.
The Corpses I.eft All Hay Plied Up
Like Curd Wood.
St. Louts. Mo., March 2.—A City of
Mexico special says that the Mexican gov
ernment has commencod a rigid exami
nation ol the trainmen and officials of
the Inter-Oceanic railroad In an attempt
to fix the culpability of the terrible rail
way disaster of Thursday upon the par
ties to blume. The engineer, conductor
and brekemun on tho 111-fated train were
examined yesterday. The engineer was
John Neuter and the conductor J. H.
Steele, both Americans.
The chief of police of Tenango, with
some mounted rurules, had the bodies
of the dead laid out on the hank for
Identification on the urrlvul of tho relief
train und refused to permit them to be
brought to the city, awaiting complete
official examination of the scene of the
wreck. The bodies, territdy mangled, lay
all day decaying In the sun, plied up like
cord-wood. The entreaties of friends and
relatives were of little avail In gaining
possession of the remain* of the unfor
tunate excursionists, the greater part of
whom were buried to-day In a great
trench being dug near the truck. Ho far
us cun be ascertained ull the killed und
wounded were of the lower class. No
perron of any prominence nor any for
eigners wore In the accident. The loco
motive engineer immediately disappeared,
but war afterwards captured at Chaco.
He, as well as the conductor and other
trainmen, are held as prisoners, pending
the official Investigation.
City of Mexico, March 2.—ffix more
persons Injured In the wreck on the In
ter-Oceanlc railroad Thursday havedted,
making tho total number of deaths so far
seventy. At least five more of the Injured
are expected to die. The statements
made yesterday that 101 persons were
killed In the accident is an error, arising
out of the mistake of the K 1 Universal
In counting some of the Injured among
tho dead.
The damage to the railway company's
property, caused by the wreck, is vari
ously estimated from $20,000 to $50,000.
Many of the Injured threaten to Hue the
company for damages. The engineer in
charge of the wrecked train has not yet
been found, but the chief conductor hus
turned up all right.
The railroad officials say the accident
was caused by the tender truck slipping
out of place.
LOSS OF THE HE WES.
The I'nsseiiKers and Cargo Heseneil
lly the Morgan.
New Orleans, La., March 2.—The Morgan
steamer Whitney arrived at her wharf In
Algiers last night, bringing the crew, num
bering twenty-seven, of the William G.
Hewes, which was stranded on the night
of Feb. 20. The passengers that the Hewes
carried from here for Blueflelds were taken
off the wrecked vessel by the steamer Mor
gan of the same line, which happened to
be at Havana, and was ordered to the reef
on which the Hewes struck. They con
sisted of six white men and nine China
men. Capt. Morgan of the Hewes says:
"We left New Orleans at midnight on
Feb. 16. When I got to the mouth of the
river a dense fog prevailed and for more
than thirty-six hours afterwards no ob
servations were taken and we had to steer
by dead reckoning.
“After that everything was agreeable
until the night of the Zdth, shortly after
midnight, and the moment that I least ex
pected It, the Hewes went on Colorado
reef, lying about twenty miles northeast
of Cape San Antonio. Th# engines were
reversed full speed, but she was hard
aground and could not be moved, in
the morning we discovered our exact situa
tion. I do not think my compasses were
out, and I attribute my accident to the
Influence of currents that carried the ship
out of her course and landed her In a posi
tion that I could not anticipate. There
was no panic among the passengers. They
saved all their effects and all the cargo
was likewise secured. I stayed by the
vessel till the 28th, when the Whitney came
along and took myself and crew off. The
passengers had already been transferred
to the Morgan, that came from Havana to
our assistance, and went on to their des
tination, Blueflelds. The ship Is a total
loss, as heavy weather set In and the ship
commenced to pound on the rocks."
FIIIE RAGING AT SALIVA.
A Large Store and n Newspaper Of
fice Burned Oai.
Sallna, Kas., March 3, 3a. m.—A disas
trous fire Is raging on Sante Fe. the
principal business street of this city. The
fire Is evidently of Incendiary origin. It
started In the basement of the Ober block,
containing the largest dry goods and gro
cery house In the city. The Sallna Dally
Republican Journal and the Herald, a
democratic weekly, are already burned
out. The loss will be several hundred
thousand dollars. Among the doomed
buildings are the Masonic temple and the
National Bank of America.
Shot Hl* Father Dead.
Jaclfson, Miss.. March 2.—News reached
here to-day of the murder near Ardlng
forty miles from here. Tom Jones, 20
years old, fired four times across a table
at his father, killing him Instantly. They
quarrelled several days ago, and when the
father came home drunk and attacked
his son at supper with a fork, the tragedy
ensued.
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TIRED OF THE KAISER’S TALK.
THE fin ANDKNIII Hi; irRECH
PROVES A BOOMERANG.
The Agrarian* Gel Even for the R.
halt Administered Them By Clip
ping the Emperor'* Naval Plan.
Politicians of All the Other Partlea
Also IHsplenMed With the Speech.
The Ivnlser's Visit to Vlrnnn A# a
Mourner.
Berlin, March E— Emperor William’*
public appearances and speeches are caus
ing Chancellor Prlnco Ilohenlohe tho
same anxiety and discomfort that they oc
casioned his predecessor. The rejection
of the torpedo boat appropriation In tho
Reichstag Is due directly to his majesty’ll
speech at the dinner of the Brandenburg
diet. The agrarians were angered by
the rebuff he administered on that occa
sion. They resolved to get even, and they)
did It by clipping his naval plan.
Politicians of all the other parties also
have had much fault to find with tho
Brandenburg speech, not so much on ac
count of Its sentiments as because of its
Inconsistency with the emperor'* previ
ous utterances. They declare that his re
buke to the agrarians was wise, and that
the government must hold to the commer
cial treaties. Hut why, then, they ask.
was It necessary to dismiss Count Von
t'aprlvl. The policy lo which the emperor
clings In defiance of the agrarian* was
Chancellor Caprivl's. It was enforced by;
him with the aid of the deputies’ on the
left, liberals, and social democrats. By
the dismissal of Chancellor t'aprlvl and
the summoning of reactionary tory and
protectionist ministers, his majesty alien
ated all this support and placed the gov
ernment at the mercy of the agrarian
conservatives and the clericals. All of
Chancellor Prlnre Hohenlohe's official
statements at the opening of the session
were framed with a view of gaining their
support. He has had tho great
est difficulty In rallying a majority
to puss the antl-soclaliet bill
Now his efforts have been largely frus
trated by the emperor's loquacity aqd hi*
recklessness In offending the men Into
whose hands he has delivered himself.
Tins Vosslsche Zeltung contingent and
the liberal unionists under Deputies Rlck
ert and llarth are pleased with the pros
pect of a return to Chancellor Caprlvl's
tariff policy. The radicals In sympathy
with Herr Richter and his journals ap
prove the emperor's utterances, but pro
test that such erratic changes of policy
must ultimately prevent men of Independ
ent Judgment from becoming ministers.
Emperor William's Journey to Vienna
this week has excited much comment. It
Is understood that Kmperor Franz Jo
seph did not desire hts presence and In
tended to be himself the sole chief mourn
er at tho Archduke Albrecht’s funeral.
The archduke’s brother-in-law, Prince
Lultpotd of Buvarla, absented himself for
that reason from the funeral. Moreover,
Emperor WllllHin left the official’ apart
ments at the Hoffburg to stay with hla
Intimate friend. Count Philip Zueuenburg,
tbe Gi rumri ambassador. It Is believed
that they mingled an unusual amount of
politics with his mounrnlng and condol
ence at the Austrtun court.
The Inner circle of the council of stat*
(Staatsrath) has been summoned to a
meeting on March 12. The official pro
gramme contemplates three main topic*
as the best means of fixing grain prices
with a view to increasing them eventu
ally; the railway freight rates and their
regulation to suit the need* of the farm
era; the solution of the sugar crisis. Count
Kanltz's grain monopoly plan has no placa
In the programme, although It la under
stood It will not be Intro
duced In the Reichstag till
at the emperor’s explicit request
It shall have been discussed In the council
of state. The council's Inner circle con
sists of the cabinet, the royal princes,
who are ex-offlelo members, and the chief*
of those departments especially concerned
In the legislation to be considered In tha
present case, the departments of agri
culture and commerce. It happen* that
among the present member* the outspoken
opigments of Count Kanltz's monstrou*
monopoly scheme are In the minority.
Emperor William will open the council’*
session with a speech on social reform*
and economic conditions. Chancellor
Prince Hohenlohe will be chairman.
Count von Caprlvi’* birthday, on Feib. 24,
passed absolutely unnoticed by the em
peror and his court, hut the Eighth regi
ment, of which he Is still honorary chief,
telegraphed congratulations. The Ger
man guests at the Montreux hotel, where
he Is staying, gave him three cheers and a
congratulatory reception.
The Radzlwell and Oppersdorff families
gave a big dinner at the Palace hotel this
week to celebrate the engagement of the
Princess Dorothea Radzlwle] and Count
Johannes Oppersdorff. The Talleyrand*
and Radollns were the most conspicuous
of the princely families present.
Mr*. Uuppert, wife of the socialist lead
er In Braubauerschaft, near Buehom,
drowned herself and her three children
this week to escape her husband’s bru
tality. Guppert’s neighbors have told th*
police terrible stories of life In his house
hold. He 1* said to have beaten hla
wife almost dally, and to have forced her
to do the most degrading work In ths
presence of her children. He has been ar
rested.
TWO lIA YKKRS OM TRIAL.
Tliey Received Ilciioilti After They;
Were Insolvent.
Chicago, March 2.~The trial of Charles
J. and Frank R. Meadowcroft, ex-bankers,
on another of the dozen or more Indict
ments found against them by the Novem
ber grand jury, was begun In Judge Free
man's court to-day. The Indictment oh
which they are now being tried charge!
them with receiving 1637 from John Bootl)
at a time when they knew themselves to
be Insolvent. A Jury will probably be ac
crued early next week. The Meadowcroft*
were recently convicted and sentenced to
one year In the penitentiary and to pay a
fine of S2B for receiving deposits when
they knew themselves to be Insolvent. A
motion for anew trial on this verdict la
now pending.
A Mistrial In Doherty's Case.
New York, March 2.—The Jury In the case
of ex-Pollce Capt. Doherty, on trial In the
extraordinary term of the oyer and ter
miner court, could not agree on a verdict
and were discharged this morning. They
had been out since yesterday afternoon,
and the foreman announced that it was
Impossible for them to agree. Judge In
graham, therefore, discharged them. Capt.
Doherty was tried on charges of receiv
ing bribes for protection from Mrs. Th
row, the keeper of a house of 111 fame.