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Established 1850. - - Incorporated ISSS •
3. H. ESTII.L, President. (
BIG PAY FOR THE RECORDER.
A HILL PGHDIXG TO MAKE HIS
SALARY 116.1KK1 A YEAR.
It Mould Also Moke Him Presiding
.Indite of the Court of General Sea.
xf on*—The Recorder Assert* That
the Attache* of the Court Are
Thoroughly Incompetent and i uOt
to Fill Their Position*—Loose
Method* In Vogne.
New York, March 30.—The Senate ju
diciary committee, appointed to make an
inquiry into the causes of the pending bill
to increase the salary and powers of the
leeorder, began their work in the judges
chamber in the new criminal court build
ing to-day. The pending bill proposes to
make the recorder the presiding judge of
ihe court of general sessions and increases
his salary to 310,000 a year.
At 11:20 o’clock Chairman O’Connor call
ed the committee to order and announced
the object of the hearing. Judge Cowing
said on behalf of the general sessions,
"We shall offer every assistance In our
power to aid your investigation. We are
in sympathy v/lth the purpose of the in
quiry and hope you will go away with a
knowledge of the true facts. We hope
you will hear all that is to be said on both
tides."
Recorder Goff wau then called to the. wit
ness stand and sworn.
Chairman O’Connor questioned him.lie
was asekd to give his views of the court of
general sessions. He said: “Well, sena
tors, I wish to say I have learned for the
first time this morning that there has been
a chief justice of this court. J'hat posi
tion was occupied by Recorder Smyth, but
not by Judge Cow ing, as he states.’’ Judge
Cowing denied that he had so stated.
The witness continued: “There has
never been any statute, never any ruling,
to lit a chief judge of 'the general sessions.
It has always been an assignment of
custom. I have long been convinced that
ithe attaches of this court are thoroughly
incompetent and unlit to fulfill the duties
of this court. There has been no order,
no discipline. They are never found on
duty. They eoroe when they want to,
and go when they want to. The ap
pointees of each judge consider them
selves independent of tihe other judges.
There are no hours of duties.
’’There has never beam any rules of the
court. The lawyers practice *n any part
they wish,” the witness continued.
“Wheal a motion Is overruled in one
part a lawyer can go to another Judge
in another part. There Is absolutely no
rule governing that. There was such a
case last fall.’’ The witness then cited
tile case.
Mr. Goff said: “X became convinced
some time ago that the whole system
connected with the Indictments was Il
legal. Hence arose the scandal connected
with the pigeon-holing of the indictments.
As long as 1 can remember many of the
Indictments were held over the heads of
men for election purposes. This was fS 1
pecially true with liquor dealers. There
was a great Increase of indictments just
before election. When In the district atr
torney's office, my desk was broken open
to get out some Indictments —other desks
were broken open. There is no record
of lndtotfments. The Indictments have
been taken over to New Jersey und
burned, as Mr. Purdy can tell. I have
never sought to cast any reflection on any
judge. It is against the system I object.
1 insisted on a ehange when I became're
corder, and the system is now much bet
ter. The indictments are now a matter
of record. I think more is to be done.
1 invited my brother judges to a meet
ing in January and one of the subjects
discussed was appointments.”
Mr. Goff spoke of the list of attendants
and clerks and said some of them drew
pay from the city for years while really
giving no service. He said: “I considered
that the chief clerk of this court should
not be a district leader In politics.”
Senator O'Connor wanted to know If
the clerk of this court could not use his
official position to advance the Interests
of his party.
The recorder said he could do so. He
said there was no reflections on the
character of Mr. Sparks. If
clerks had been promoted for honesty,
efficiency and length of service, as the
other judges claim, Mr. Hall or Walsh
would have been made chief clerk.
"Which system would you recom
mend?”
"1 would have men come here and work
for their money, the same as any me
chanic. I would have the men divorced
from politics, and would not have men
receive letters from political parties, as
Judge Cowing knows.”
"That is net true,” spoke up Judge
Cowing. ‘‘Don’t use my name.”
"Judge Cowing knows men received let
ters,” continued Goff.
"It's a lie; it’s a He,” shouted Judge
Cowing. ‘‘Don’t mention my name, es
pecially in connection with a falsehood.”
Mr. Goff got red in the face, but con
tinued, "and there is Clerk Hall, who
became a democrat after his appointment
by Judge Cowing.”
"That’s a lie,” cried out the clerk, who
was standing nearby. “I am a democrat
and always have been.”
Judges Cowing and Fitzgerald were
asked If they wanted to ask the recorder
any questions.
“No,” said Judge Cowing, “I will an
swer him in my own wfey. I would not
Put questions to him. I have not spoken
to him in three months. But I wish the
opportunity of being heard.”
"And I, also,” said Judge Fitzgerald.
"I want to make a statement.*
"Oh certainly, judges,” said Chairman
O'Connor. “We shall give you a chance
to give your side of the case. We only
wish to get at the truth of the matter.
There seems to be a difference among
the judges.”
"Ves, unfortunately,” said Judge Cow
ing, "there is a difference and It Is a dis
graceful condition of affairs. During my
sixteen years’ service I have not had
anything so scandalous.”
"1 am sorry to see such a condition of
things,” said Chairman O’Connor.
The chairman, then announced a recess
for an hour.
After the recess Judge Rufus B. Cowing
was sworn. He said he was city judge.
He then proceeded to read a statement In
which he said: "I am not here to smirch
my court. I shall confine myself to the
proposed bill to regulate the appointment
of court attendants. Supposing I had sent
to Albany a bill increasing fny salary 33'A
Per cent., and making me chief judge
of this court, what would you think of
Judge Cowing? I pause for your answer.
M e are all presiding judges In our own
part. Who could belter be selected chief
Judge than he who Is fitted by long ex
perience and acquaintance with the ways
®ht Horning fJrto&
of the court? There Is no law designating
such selection. I have been here for 17
years. Recorder Goff has not been here
seventeen weeks. I am a republican, but
not a partisan. By long service, I should
be chief judge. I think I am entitled to It
and will claim it until you take it away.
"1 was sorry when I heard the hard
things said this morning about these poor
court attendants. There is not a court in
the Catted States that is conducted with
more order, decorum and propriety. The
man Mayhan, after fifteen years faitnful
service, became sick and unable to at
tend court. The recorder had him stricken
from the rolls. Is that the reward for
faithful service? I will vote for the dis
missal of any man in this court who does
not do his duty.
‘‘Perhaps the district attorney has made
bad use of indictments In some cases, but
is a reform judge going to stop all that? I
told the recorder that the appointment
of a chief clerk could not go to him by
legislative enactment. He said: T will
have that or take nothing. I have In
fluence up at Albany and will get what
I like. ”
At this point Recorder Goff got up and
announced the death of Judge Randolph
B. Marline of the court of general ses
sions. He requested that the committee
adjourn out of respect to his name, and
this was done. Judge Marline died at his
home at 2 o'clock 'this afternoon. Al
though he had been ill for several weeks,
his death was sudden and unexpected.
An acute attack of Bright’s disease was
the Immediate cause of death.
PEACE PROBABLE.
Lit* Sou Now Acting For 111 in—Tat
Mhi Foo I’nder Bombardment.
London, March 30.—A dispatch from
Shlmonosekl to the Pall Mall Gazette
says the prospects for peace are very
favorable. A conference has been held
between the Japanese plenipotentiaries
and Li Hung Chang's son-in-law, the
latter acting on behalf of the Chinese
envoy. A dispatch from Hong Kong
says the Japanese are bombarding the
city of Tai-Wan-Foo, the capital of For
mosa.
A dispatch from Tokio says Japan vol
untariity grants an armistice pending the
disability of the Chinese envoy, Li Hung
Chang, and during the conference of the
peace commissioners.
A special dispatch from Shlmonoseki
says the three weeks armistice agreed to
between Japan and China applies only to
the localities of Moukden, the Gulf of Pe-
Chi-Ll, and the Shantung.
New York, March 30.—A special cable
dispatch to the Herald from Shanghai
says: "LI Hung Chang is progressing
favorably. The treatment of his wound
has been antiseptic and has proved quite
effectual. The viceroy objects to having
tho wound opened for the purpose of ex
tracting the bullet. The empress’ nurses
are in attendance on the patient and per
form the necessary bandaging. The em
peror’s physician reports that the wound
is situated one centimeter below the mid
dle edge of the left opthalmlc cavity. It
Is oval-shape and measures eight milli
meters across. The swelling caused by
injury has closed one of Li’s eyes. The
btiTTet entered through the exterior wall
qf ,UUc left superior maxillary bone."
Washington, March 30.—Secretary Gres
ham received a telegram from Minister
Dun at Tokio this morning, officially con
firming the armistice between Japan and
China.
CI'BAN LEADERS ON THE RUN.
Report* that They nre Leaving: the
Island as Fast a* Possible.
Madrid, March 30.—The prefects of the
Cuban provinces have all resigned their
offices and will be replaced by military of
ficers. The government has information
that Macco has arrived in Jamaica, that
the rebel leader, Henry Brooks, has left
Cuba for New York, and that Insurgent
Leaders Caiman and Garcia are trying to
get away from the island.
The officers of the army and navy and
volunteers and the inhabitants of Cuba
have all congratulated the government
upon the appointment of Gen. Martinez de
Campos to’ the supreme command in
Cuba.
New York, March 30.—A special to the
Herald from Key West, Fla,, says: “One
of the Herald’s several correspondents
in Cuba has just forwarded here the fol
lowing translation of a mißsage from the
revolutionary chieftain Atnauor Guerra:
" ‘ In Camp, Manzanillo, March 20, 1895
To the Editor of the Herald: This is for
the information of our friends in the Uni
ted States.
“ 'I would ask the American people not
to believe the stories of insurgent defeats
coming from government sources. They
are false. We are more than holding our
own. By the middle of June we will have
20,000 men in the field. We feel sure of
the sympathy of all Americans.
"Amador Guerra.”
RAN DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Three Killed and Txvo Fatally In
jured on a Trolley Car,
Hazleton, Pa., March SO.—A frightful ac
cident occurred qn the mountain tracks
of the Lehigh Traction Company at
Jeanesvllle to-day. A trolley car coming
down the incline ran away and three per
sons were killed. outright. Two were
probably fatally injured and a number of
others were seriously hurt.
Mrs. John Early of Beaver Meadow, her
son, Edward, aged 8 years, and Mrs. Wat
kin T. Williams of Hazleton were killed.
Mrs. Jose Evans and John Wier, both
of Colerain, were probably fatally hurt.
Motorman Albert Seitz lost control of
the car immediately after striking the
grade at the top of the mountain. The
passengers became excited and rushed to
the rear platform and prevented the con
ductor from applying the brakes. The
car kept the rails until it neared the bot
tom of the incline, when it jumped the
track and ran against a telegraph pole.
The pole was knocked down and the car
plunged into a ditch badly wrecked. All
of the passengers, with the exception of
Mrs. Evans, jumped from the car. The
conductor and motorman were not hurt.
SPEAKERSHIP OF THE C OMMONS.
The Government Expected to Snpport
Mr. Gully.
London, March 30.—The Exchange Tele
graph Company says that at the cabinet
meeting to-day it was decided to support
Hon. William Court Gully. Q. C., M. P..
for Carlisle, to succeed Sir Robert Peel
as speaker of the House of Commons. It
can be stated, however, on the best au
thority that the above statement Is based
wholly on general belief that Mr. Gully
would be put forward by the government
as Its candidate. There has been no au
thorized statement that Mr. Gully has been
selected.
SAYANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MARCH 1805.
A FIGHT ON THE SUFFRAGE.
GERMAN TORIES OUTSPOKEN IN
FAVOR OF RESTRICTION.
The Emperor and Hl* Minister* Al
leged to Have Already Considered
the Matter—Count Mlerbneh Advo
cate* Dissolution of the llclelialKg.
Suspension of the Constitution and
the Holding of an Election on the
lliimlm of a Limited Right of Fran
chise.
Berlin, March 30.—The Reichstag has
been watching for two days the struggle
between the ministers and the high tariff
conservatives of the farmers' league.
The debates have been animated and often
bitter, for the agrarian leaders have gone
at the government with all the energy
that they displayed in their attack upon
Count CaprivL
The peg on which the debate was hung
was Count Kanitg's famous proposal that
the government raise grain prices by
monopolizing the grain trade. The mere
announcement of the subject drew an un
usual number'of deputies and & crowd of
visitors who tilled the galleries to the last
seat. Most of the visitors were agrarian
sympathizers who Ignored the rules of the
house and murmured audibly their ap
proval of the big conservative speakers.
They ought to have been rebuked by the
president, but in the excitement of the de
bate their offense was overlooked.
The strain brought upon the political
world by the demonstration against Prince
Bismarck has been Increased steadily this
week by reports of a dissolution and re
organization of the cabinet in the interest
of the Bismarckians. At the same time
rumors that a restriction of the suffrage
was contemplated by the emperor and his
ministers have been revived by the social
democrats and Richter radicals, who
evidently believe them and are corres
pondingly truculent.
The agrarians are using every instru
ment of agitation to keep up the popular
ferment. Meeting* of peasant farmers
are held in all the rural districts to voice
the protectionist demand for anew Reich
stag and a higher tariff on grain. Agrar
ian literature is clogging the mails. There
is hardly a hamlet or cross roads where
the people are not being stirred with ag
rarian leaflets and by agrarian speakers.
The Prussian Landtag and other provin
cial diets have been impressed into the
agrarian service. They have rung ail
the week with the land-owners’ denunci
ations of the commercial treaties and the
government’s indifference to agrarian
claims. The conservatives and their al
lies In the high tariff movement are
determined to win at any cost. Defeated
in the council of state, they came at
once before . the Prussian Landtag with
arguments in its favor. During the debate
in this tory stronghold, Count Mlerbach
disclosed the dearest wish of his party
by urging the necessity of a coup d’
etat. He argued that unitNTsaf NuffrSge
had put the government at the mercy of
the ignorant and Incendiary element of
the empire. The only way out was to
deprive these elements of their misused
power. The federal council would have
the approval of all thinking Germans if
they should dissolve the Reichstag, sus
pend the constitution and hold the elec
tions on a basis of a limited right of
franchise. He admitted that It would
be difficult to devise anew electoral sys
tem off hand, but he insisted upon the
necessity of it if Germany were to be
saved from ruin and revolution.
Count Mlerbach is one of the few pol
iticians who had the courage to main
tain openly his friendly relations with
Prince Bismarck when the old chancel
lor was under the imperial taboo. He
still follows closely every turn in the pol
icy of Friedrichshruhe, and in this case
ho undoubtedly expresses Prince Bis
marck’s views, for in recent years Prince
Bismarck has hardly concealed his opin
ion that he made a mistake in giving the
empire manhood suffrage. But few news
papers venture now to advocate either a
dissolution or a restriction of the suffrage.
The free conservative Posit has come out
boldly with the declaration that Count
Mlerbach has suggested the one possible
way out of tho present crisis. “There
can bo no real security for the nartton and
society,” it says, "until universal suf
frage and the secrecy of the ballot shall
be abolished.”
Even tho feudal Kreuz Zeltung hesi
tates to speak as frankly, although its
editor, Herr von Hammersteln, is not less
extreme than Count Meirbach in his
agrarian loyalty.
The Reichstag ended to-day the debate
on Count Kanitz's grain monopoly pro
posal aqd referred the proposal to a
special committee of twenty-eight. The
deputies then adjourned for the Easter
recess, which will last until April 23.
Eugene Richter's Frelssinge Zeltung
says in reply to these friends of Count,
Mlerbach’s policy that a revolution from
above would be followed by one from be-
low.
The Vossische Zeitung, liberal, says:
“The overthrow of manhood suffrage
would weaken the empire. The federal
sovereigns, headed by the etnperor, nre
surely incapable of abrogating and thus
undermining the foundations of state.
Certainly nobody will assert that the heads
of the federal states have consented to
a conspiracy against the suffrage; yet
with impulsive daring the emperor, who.
is the chief executive, is venturing to go
forward without an effort to keep In
touch with democratic methods. It will
be no surprise if the suffrage be attacked
any day."
Meantime, during the debates on Count
Kanitz’s .proposal, the ministers have
evinced no disposition to satisfy the agra
rian demands. Freiherr von Hammer
steing-Loxton, the minister of agriculture,
promised reforms of the taxes on sugar
and spirits, but these are small remedies
for the agricultural depression and the
agrarians scorn them openly. Froth err
von Marschall, secretary of the foreign
office, answered coldly yesterday the
heated arguments from the conservative
members. “The government has Just fixed
for ten years,” he said, “the duties on
grain, it has done this under treaty
and has obtained concessions In return.
With what excuses end requests can we
now go to the powers?”
The committee on the anti-socialist bill
passed the hurt six paragraphs yesterday.
Including the clerical amendments and to
day adopted the whole measure by a vote
of 17 to 8.
The Frelssinge Zettung says the bill
will come back to the House in more
•drastic form than the original.
It 1* said in the parliamentary lobbies
to-day that the clericals will vote In solid
phalanx for the bill to please the emperor.
It has been arranged after much nego
tiation that the emperor will receive the
new president and vice president of the
Reichstag shortly before the Bismarck
banquet on April 1. The idea of Invit
ing them to the banquet originated with
the emperor, who thought It a great Joke
to oblige them to join In congratulating
Prince Bismarck after refusing In the
Reichstag to do so. Adolf ltraun, a mem
ber of the Vorwaerts staff, has been ur
rested for refusing to say who gave him
the text of a secret imperial decree pub
lished In his Journal. He is liable to six
months Imprisonment.
CHICAGO’S DEAD CONFEDERATES.
The Preparation* for the Dedien
tion of the Monument.
Chicago, March 30.—The confederate
mono moot to Oak wood cemetery In this
city will be dedicated on Decoration day,
Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina
delivering the dedicatory address. The
event ho* awakened great enthusiasm In
the south and car loads of flowers, blos
soms and hanging mosses will be sent to
Chicago to ornament the monument and
graves or burial plot from each of the
southern cities of Atlanta, Savannah and
New Orleans, where committees of the
most influential citizens have been at
work for some lime. Among the ex
eonfederate otficers who have expressed
their intention to Gen. Underwood of be
ing present arc: Lieut. Gen. John B.
Gordon, United States senator from Geor
gia, and commander of the United Con
federate Veterans; Lieut. Gen. James
I-lOng-street, the senior southern general
living: Lieut. Gen. A. P. Stewart, Chlclta
mauga park commissioner; Maj. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, ex-governor of Virginia;
Maj- Gen. E. C. Walthall, United States
sonaHbr from Mississippi; Maj. Gen.
Mathew Butler, ex-United States senator;
Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, Gen. For
rest’s principal lieutenant; Brig. Gen. Ep
pa Hunton, ex-United States senator from
Virginia: Brig. Gen. Joseph Shelby, United
States Marshal of Missouri; Col. William
Preston Johnson, president of Tulanu Uni
versity of Louisiana; John W. Daniel,
United State* aonajtor from Virginia, and
ot her*.
The committee of reception Is composed
of 2uo prominent Chicagoans, among them
being Postmaster liesing, John J. Mitch
ell, H. N. Higginbotham, Lyman J. Gage,
president of the First National Park;
Cyrus H. McCormick, James W. Scott,
W. T. Baker, Potter Palmer and Gen.
John C. Black.
The battery of four steel rifle cannon,
having a record, and nearly 2,0.1) project
ile-* that the government appropriated with
which to ornament the burial plot aro in
the city and awaiting good weather to
be placed in position.
There are 6,u00 confederate soldiers bur
ied in Uakwood, the largest number In
terred at any one point in the north, who
died in Camp Douglass prison IW2-'(S.
The monument erected over their re
mains was cut in Georgia, of pearl grey
granite, near Atlanta, and Is surmounted
with a bronze statue of a typical confed
erate soldier after the surrender, and
stands from base to crown of statue forty
feet. t
A 111.1/.ZARD IN THE WEST.
Snow Fall* far Twelve none* on u
Stretch at Nebraska.
Denver, Col. March 30. —A blizzard struck
Denver ait 3 o’clock this morning and a
heavy, wet snow fell for twelve hour*
steadily. If was accompanied for a time
by thunder and lightning. The street rail
ways were barely able to keep a portion
of their cars running during the day, and
so heavy was the snowfall that great un
easiness was felt [jy tenants and property
owners for their roofs which were slowly
piling up tons of weight.
Early this morning a gable of the Co
lumblno building on Twenty-eighth street,
was blown in by the wind and several
small buildings have been crushed In by
their load of snow, but no damage of any
importance has yet resulted from the
snow fall.
The sitomi (s general throughout the
mountain region and extends east a far
as the state line.
No freight trains are being run either
north or west of Cheyenne, and trains on
all of the reads centering in Denver are
badly delayed. The South Park branch
of the Union Pacific* Is snowbound in the
park and no trains are moving on that
division. At Grand Junotion the Rio
Grande trains are tied up on account
of the recent washout. The tempera
ture js high and the snow is not drifting,
except in the South Park, where a fierce
wind is blowing.
The snowfall will be of incalculable val
ue to the agricultural and stock growing
ittteresQi.
Chadrou, Neb., March 30.—A heavy storm
has been raging In the Biackhilis since
early this morortig end all telegraphic
comunloation between here and Dead
wood is cut off. The wind has been blow
ing a gale here for tho laat forty-eight
hours and a Ugh! rain set in last night,
which has continued Intermittently ever
since. It Is now snowing furiously and
the wind Is blowing (hard from the north.
A large number of farmers were In the
city to-day and started home. Fears
for their safety are entertained.
AUSTRIA AND BISMARCK.
The Reieh*rntk Refuse* to Override
a Mnalelpal Connell.
Vienna, March 30.—The national Ger
man party in the Redchsrath submitted
to-day a proposal that the government
cancel the order ot Gnoses municipal coun
cil against a Bismarck demonstration.
The Marquis of Booquehem, minister of
tho interior, replied that the government
could not assent to the proposal. In
suoh matters the Austrian national idea
often eclipsed the most conspicuous vir
tue of the great hero whom It was pro
posed to honor. lievatton to one's own
fatherland eund sovereign ought always to
come firert.
The chamber declined to vote urgency
for the proposal. The promoters of the
project were the only deputies voting in
the affirmative. Later twenty-three mem
bers of the German national group met
and sent a dispatch of congratulation'to
Friedrich* rube.
TAYLOR IN CHILI.
Soutli Dakota’* Defaulting Treasurer
Located.
Pierre, S. D-. March 30.—W. W. Taylor,
the defaulting state treasurer, is in Chill.
He left Havana Jan. 20, sailing for the
Isthmus of Panama, which he crossed
by rail and proceeded down the Pacific.
He Is now comfortably located at Val
paraiso. The Pinkerton detective reached
Havana on Taylor's trail five weeks after
he had sailed for the isthmus, and re
ported him a* having sailed for Vera Cruz,
Mexico.
TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
ENGLAND STILL SI'SPICIOI S OF THE
TALES FROM ARMENIA.
Spain's Effort* to Secure a Loan In
Pari* Prove I nanccc**fal—The
Country Looked 1 pon n* Being on
the Ver*e of Insolvent-} —llcrf Tll
letl’* I tbel Suit Prove* n Sort of
lloomet AOTt —Ame r ten n* font r* hut-
Is* to the Tennyaon Memorial
Fund.
* London, March 30.—The report of the
Armenian commission of Inquiry is ex
pected in May. As skillfully as the atroc
ity agitation has been worked the public
greatly distrust the sensational stories,
which are known to be coming from a
common source. There is no iifoof, says
the Standard, that these circumstantial
narratives which are being published are
the result of Independent Inquiry near the
scenes of the alleged Incident. The liter
ary garnish differs only slightly in each
case and suspicions are aroused from the
appearances of them all that they are
simply different versions of the same old
Armenian story. The original aim of
the Armenian wire pullers, as developed
in the Speaker, whs the formation of an
Armenian province embracing the vllay
etes of Van, Bltlis, Kharpoot, Erxcroum
and Slvas under a government appointed
by the Europoan high powers.
Constantinople advices are to the effect
that the British ambassador, Mr. Currie,
the French ambassador, Mr. Catnbon,
and the Russian ambassador, M. Nelidoff,
have had a series of conferences with
the sultan and found his majesty favora
ble to a conference of the foreign am
bassadors und delegates representing tho
porte immediately upon the submission
of the report of the Armenian commis
sion of inquiry.
The negotiations looking to the raising
of a Spanish loan in {’arts have col
lapsed In the same way that they fell
through in ’London. The discrediting of
Spanish nuances is shown in l’arls by
ihe action of the Chambre syndicate 111
deciding on Thursday last that the bonds
of tile N'ortli Spain rullroad were no
longer a good delivery on the Bourse
This decision was chiefly due to tho an
nouncement that the railway would pay
its coupons next coming due In paper,
instead of gold. Tho Statist asks how
Spain Is going to meet her expenditures
in Cuba, Being on the verge of insolvency
at home and abroad.
The result of the libel suit of the labor
agitator, Benjamin Tlllett, against the
Morning has added to the already large
volume of discredit attaching to profes
sional labor agitators. It was shown in
the evidence that out ot £6,tide a year re
ceived from subscribers by the Dockers'
Union, of which Tlllett Is the editor,
£4,225 is swallowed up each year in sal
aries and expenses of management. In
1887 Tlllett was earning live shillings a
day, now ho gets £2OO a year. Tho Judge,
in charging the Jury, commented upon
the fact that Tlllett complained of the
Morning’s asserting that ho was living
in affluence, while the union dock laborers
were starving; yet he (Tlllett) did not
seem tu think it libellous Lo call his op
ponents liars, Judases, cut-throats, plgots
and the like.
The leading financial houses are an
ticipating the floating of a large Chinese
indemnity loan with a prior sterling loan
for repayment at the last issue of the in
demnity loan, so as to enable Japan to
get a first charge on the bonds secured
by the customs revenues of the treaty
ports.
The committee of the Tennyson memo
rial of the Isle of Wight send their thanks
for the generous co-operation of Ameri
cans, through whom the project liar be
come an International one. Tho numer
ous small contributions of half a dollar or
so have testified to the extent and sin
cerity the American tribute. The com
mittee especially recognize the efforts of
Mrs. G. T. Fields of Boston, Mrs. G. W.
Childs, Prof. Charles Eliott, Mrs. J. W.
Howe, Mrs. Agassiz, and the iffembers
of the Longfellow and Lowell families.
The American subscriptions promise lo
amount to £4OO. The memorial will tie In
scribed: “Erected by friends In England
and America.”
The Princess of Wales will start for
Copenhagen on Monday to Join her sla
ters, the Dowager Empress of Russia and
the Duchess of Cumberland. The Illness
of her mother, the Queen of Denmark, Is
very serious and she is In a critical condi
tion.
The sight of Mr. Gladstene's eye which
was operated upon Is markedly fulling.
The general health of the ex-premier is
good and he is amazingly spry. An In
stance of his endurance is shown in the
manner In which he passed lust Thurs
day. He paid a visit to the Speaker, after
whjeh he spent an hour In the museum of
natural history, studying fossils. Leaving
the museum he called upon Sir William
Harcourt and In the evening he dined
with a group of friends of his son, Sir
Henry Gladstone.
CALLED IN ALL THE CASH.
A Commission Merchant Cliurgrri
Willi Embezzlement.
Chicago, March 30.—Thomas D. Water
bary of Malcolm & Waterbury, the com
mission house which failed a few days
ago, was arrested to-day on complaint of
Charles W, Bar well of Jefferson, la.,
charge! with embezzling (5,000. When the
firm assigned last Wednesday, Waterbury
scheduled the liabilities of the firm as
(1,800, and the assets at (390. Harwell, who
was in charge of the branch agencies ut
Jefferson, says the schedule Is false, al
leging that Waterbury called in all the
money from the agencies, taking (5,(100
from the Jefferson office alone. Barweil
accuses Waterbury of taking this money
for himself, when in fact it belonged to
other people, having been put up to cover
certain margins in stocks.
PLANT AND THE PENNSYLVANIA.
The Story of a Uoyoott Absolutely
Unfounded.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 30.—Associated
Press dispatches sent out from Pittsburg
oar Friday night stated that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company hurl declared
a boycott on tha Plant Florida-Cuban rail
way and riteamMilp line. From The mostt
reliable sources It has been learned that
there was absolutely no truth In the re
port, a* the Plant system and the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company sustain the
closest relation* in the sale of ticket*.
LAWLER IN THE SOUTH.
The Commander-ln-Chlef of the G.
A. 11. Inspecting the Posts.
New Orleans, La., March 10.—Gen. T.
G Lawler, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of tho Republic. Gen. J. W.
Burst, quartermaster general; L. B. Rey.
ex-lleutenant governor of Illinois; C. C.
Jones, adjutant general Grand Army of
the Republic, and Col. George 8. Roper,
chief of staff, aro on a tour of the south
ern states. They arrived here lost night.
To-night they are enjoying the courtesies
of the various clubs and having a good
time. To-morrow they will visit ex-Oov.
Warmooth’s extensive sugar plantation.
Monday and’ Tuesday they will spend In
the Crescent City, attending camp tires
of the various grand army posts.
On Wednesday night they will leave
for Montgomery, Ala., from which place
they will go to Atlanta- Gen. Lawler is
the first commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic to officially visit the
sodth, and one object of hts visit is to im
press the school authorities with the im
portance of a dally drill and salute of the
national flag.
The general expressed himself to a
Southern Associated l’rees reporter to
night as highly pleased with the spon
taneous and cordial manner of his re
ception by the southern people.
BALTIMORE CONFKHENCB.
The Member* Pur Tlirlr Rehpeets to
President Cleveland.
Washington, March 30.—Ths principal
business of the morning session of the
Baltimore M. E. Conference was the au
thorisation of a (30,000 bond Issue to aid
Wesleyan Female Institute. A good por
tion of the bonds were subscribed to by
members of the conference,
A member referring to the objection
made yesterday to accepting the Invitation
of President Cleveland lo visit the \Vhtte
Houhc, on the ground that a similar In
vitation from President Grant had been
declined, stated that he was present In
1875 and that no Invitation had been re
eel ved from President Grant,
After the transaction of some routine
business the members of the conference
adjourned to visit the White House, where
l hey were received by President Cleve
land in the east room
UNCLE SAM NOT TO FIGHT,
The Hpunl*li und South American ln
cldeHts lo lie Busily Adjnated.
Columbia, 8. C„ March SO.—Ex-United
States Senator M. C. Butler was asked
to-day, while ruturulpg iiome from Wash
ington, for his opinion as to the ques
tions which have lately arisen between
our government and Spain and other for
eign powers. Replying, he said: “They
will soon blow over. Judge Gresham, the
Secretary of State, is managing them with
decided ability and tact, and the ques
tions in controversy may safely be left
to President Cleveland and himself. A
foreign war would not be acceptable to
a great many people In this country.”
The ex-senator is in tine health, and
notwithstanding his cork leg, thinks of
Investing in a bicycle.
BERLIN’!* HIG (OMMEIIS.
It Kcllp*c* All Preceding Testimo
nial* to Illsmarck.
Herlln, March 30.—Tho great Bismarck
Comment was held at tho Philharmonic
this evening, and it eclipsed ;*ll the pre
ceding testimonials to Prince Bismarck's
popularity.
in eulogizing the old chancellor, Rector
Pfeideter said: ” Prince Bismarck hud
always bec-n a loyal monarchist. He
never has favored government by parlia
ment. To be sure, he introduced uni
versal suffrage, but now possibly he re
garded this step as a mistake.” (Tre
mendous Cheers, which the chairman
Joined). In conclusion Rector Pfelderer
said he rejoiced in announcing that he
saw hundreds of Catholics present,
STATEMENT OF THE TREASURY,
The Excess Expend It uve* Over Re
ceipts Lcs* Than 1(750,00(1.
Washington, March 30.—The official
monthly statement of the treasury re
ceipts and expenditures for March, which
will he issued Monday, will show that the
treasury has been nearly able to hold its
own during the month. The excess of ex
penditures over receipts will be less than
(750,UW. For the fiscal year to date the de
ficiency will be stated at (37,000,000 in
round figures. The receipts show Improve
ment over Feburary of about (3,000,000,
while tho expenditures remain about the
same as for February.
A NEW PLOT AGAINST HAWAII.
Exile* Trying lo Get Up a Flllbnster
iiitf Expedition.
San Francisco, March 30.—Information
has reached the office of the Hawaiian
oonsui, Mr. Wilder, of a plot to over
throw the present government In the Is
lands. The leaders of the alleged con
spiracy, which was hatched in this city,
are said by the consul to be C. W. Ash
ford, ex-attorney general, and others who
Were deported for complicity in the recent
revolution. The plan of the conspiracy is
that of a filibustering expedition.
THROUGH A BURNING THE*TLB.
Eighteen Loaded Freight Car*
Ablaze After tlie Crash.
Portsmouth, 0., March SO.—A Norfolk
and Western railroad trestle five miles
north of here, caught fire early this morn
ing. The first through freight train that
paused broke through and eighteen loaded
cars were dropped forty feet Into Dry
Run. The entire wreck is burning. The
cars were loaded with coffee, furniture
and glass. Ail traffic is suspended. In
cendiarism Is suspected. An unknown
tramp was killed.
Colombia’* Revolution.
New York, March 3#.—A special cable
dispatch from Colon, Colombia, says:
"The government announces that the
rebel armies under Gen. Martinez and
Rodriguez were cut to pieces at Boyaca.
The insurgents have thrown down their
arms, It Is beclared, and the revolution is
at an eud. In a decisive engagement the
government lost 209 man and the rebel*
3(JO. Uen. Martinez was captured. Traffic
on thu Magdalena river Is open again.”
I DAILY. (1 A YEAR. >
’ 5 CENTS A COPY. L
I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK II A TEAR I
JOHN BULL’S GRIP ON AFRICA.
GERMANY AMI ITALY TO STATU BY
11IM AGAINST FRANCK.
France's Mlnlnter of Foreign AN
fit Ira llenlea Tliat the French Ki
tensiun Encronche* l pon the
Itrilish Sphere ( Influence—Franc.
Expected to Propose a Congrett to
Mettle the Dispute—A French
Mtatrainan Mounds a Warning,
The Parisian Pres* Defiant.
London, March to.— The cabinet council
which should have been held laat Tues
day, but was at Ihe last moment post*
poned until Thursday on account of Lord
Rosebery's Illness and waa again <]e*
ferred Until to-day, was held at noon
anW“lasted until 1:10 p. m. The detail*
of the proceedings have not been given
out very extensively, but It la under*
stood that Lord Kimberly made a report
upon a long conference which he held
with Baron de Coursel. the Freeh am*
bassador, on Thursday, just prior to thff
delivery of Sir Edward Gr*y'e speech in
the House of Commons. It Is also stated
that the foreign secretary presented dls#
patches from Lord Dufferln, the Britisd
ambassador to France, treating of an in*
tcrvlew he had had with M. Jianotaux,
the French foreign minister, at wlilchi
the latter expressed his moat sincere dee
sire to maintain the most friendly rela*
tluus between France and Great Britain.
M. Ilanotoux made the contention tha|
ihe French extensions of territory In tho
Hinterland in no way encroached upon tho
British sphere, but declined to reoognlxo
as BrllKh territory that Included In tha
Upper Nile valley. The whole position
pivots upon the accuracy of the Informa
tion received by the foreign office. Th*
French expedition which started from
Upper Mobaught last October pushed for
ward nine hundred miles to the northeast,
reaching a point very near to its objec
tive region, Bahr El Ghaxal. Thia Infor
mation, bu*ed upon communications from
Uganda, does not seem to have tha eutir*
confidence of thu foreign office and th.
same may be said of other communication*
.from that quarter. Nothing is definitely)
known of the exact whereabouts of th.
French expedition, but report* received at
Uganda from ihe British agent at Wadelai
have excited the fears of the government
and made the Upper Nile question auul*
and urgent.
instructions which have berg sent l*
Uganda potut to the establishment of a
British protectorate over UtoyofO and tha
equatorial province formerly governed by
Emin I’osha, with stations ulgug the Nila
to Lado. The success of the British nego
tiations with France depends upon the iat.
ter's repudiating encroachments upon the
Upper Nile, and probably M. Honotoug
will propose a congress to settle the dis
pute. For some unseen cause, England
shows an unwonted determination to en
force her claims against a great power,
while the French seem reluctant to go to
extremities. The British attitude of res
olution, according to the talk In diplo
matic circles, Is due to the German and
Italian entente In regard to the African
Hinterland, their reuwakened hostility to
France, and England's reliance upon her
renewed friendship with Russia,
The Times has an Interview with a lead
ing French statesman which summarize*
the French views: "We are not In a pasl
tlon so long as our present condition In
Europe lasts,” he said, "to quarrel with
England, but she must nol make It too
unpleasunt forms, nor must she wound
our self-love, we shall eease to be pru
dent.”
An un Instance of tho want of enterprise
on tho part of the leading Paris newspa
pers It may be mentioned that those paper*
uppeared yesterday morning without a>
ward of allusion to the African debate in
the House of Commons and only woke up
to the declarations of Sir Edward Grep
twenty-four hours after they had been
delivered.
Paris, March o.—Concerning the Angle**
French controversy the Matin says: “Hi
is needless to notice the eccentricities 08
the British. The only sensible speech lit
the House of Commons In respect of tha
differences between France and England
was that of Mr. Labouchere and the sit*
uatlon shows Franc* the necessity ef daJ
fending her territory.”
The Figaro says: "Sir Edward Grey'd
statement was impudent. It was simply)
raving on his part to accuse France of
bad faith, white his menace Is merely
tom-foolery." The Figaro further says
that It looks to M. Hanoteaux to keep tha
British foreign office In Its plaoe.
The Gaulnia says France will respect
only the rights of the ports in Egypt and
not notice thoße which England arrogated
to herself.
The Gil Bias says England has nob
forgiven France for her expedition to
Madagascar.
The Rappel says England Is playing m
dangerous role and making many ene4
miea.
The Temps commenting on Sir Edward
Grey’s speech in the British House of
Commons, says France will endeavor t
preserve her equanimity, though recogniz
ing the moment a* grave and the problem
as difficult In the matter of the points of
difference regarding Great Britain's de
clarations that the upper Nile Is Egyptian
territory and therefore within the Brit
ish sphere. "Despite British shifti
ness,” the Temps says, “we do not despair
of settling the question peaceably.”
La Patrie describes the British as
rhodomon tades.
FRANCK’S WAR IN MADAGASCAR.
The Troop* Uirird to Treat Every,
body .Vastly.
Paris, March 30.—Gen. Duchesne, in com
mand of the main force of the French
expedition in Madagascar, has Issued an
order to the troops enjoining them to re
spect the persons and property of natives
and the foreign residents, and to treat all
those peaceably disposed in a friendly man
ner and their enemies, on being disarmed,
justly and kindly.
Admiral MradeVa Squadron.
Washington, March 30. The cruiser
Montgomery has been ordered to join
Admiral Meade's squadron. This will give
him seven vessels—the New York, Min
neapolis, Columbia, Cincinnati, Atlanta,
Raleigh and Montgomery the largest
squadron of modern vessels seen on any
station for many years. The Montgom
ery, now at Mobile. Ala., will start a*
soon as she coals. At what point she will
Join the squadron Is not known, but It
will probably be Colon ol Port Urnon.