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THE MORNING NEWS. i
i Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888 \
| I. H. ESTILL, President. f
WRATH OF EMPEROR WILLIAM.
THE REICHSTAG SAVED ONLY n\
COOLER HEADS.
Hut lor tlie Opposition of High Of
ficials and Federal Envoys the
Country Would Son Re In the
Heat of n Political Campaign and
Cabinet Crisis—Count Waidersee
Looked I'pon as the Neat Chancel
lor.
Berlin, March 30.—Responsible newspa
pers venture few remarks on the report
that the emperor went so far a week ago
as to sign a decree dissolving the Reich
stag. The Frankfurter Zeitung said on
Thursday that the emperor decidedly fully
after the anti-Bismarck vote to order a
new election, but was unable to get the
necessary support from the federal coun
cil. Not only the envoys of other govern
ments, but even the majority of the Prus
sian ministers were opposed to a dissolu
tion.
The German press has been equally reti
cent a-i to the emperor's talk at the mili
tary dinner in Friedrichsruhe. There have
been numerous denials that he spoke di
rectly of a dissolution and the summoning
of Gen. Count Waidersee to the chancel
lery. They all come, however, from the
same sources as the familiar corrections
of the emperor’s Indiscreet speeches. The
report of the emperor’s indiscreet remarks
at Prince Bismarck's table was tele
graph from Friedrichsruhe to the leading
Berlin Journals a few hours after he ut
tered them. It was held back to await
the official confirmation, which, of course,
never came. Nobody in the political cur
rent, however, has the slightest doubt
that had not the high officials and fed
eral envoys joined in squelching the em
peror’s fiery resolves and utterances, the
country would now be in the heat of an
election campaign and cabinet crisis.
The Berlin newspapers are accustomed
to observing great reticence In any gov
ernment crisis and rarely dare mention
the fact obtained from the Innermost po
litical circles. The truth often percolates
foreign journals in London, Vienna, or
Brussels, and then is commented on here.
In the present instance the Independence
Beige is doing this service to the Berlin
press. On Tuesday Its Berlin correspond
ent said: “The emperor and Prince Bis
marck ccnvefsed at length on the disso
lution. The emperor wished to send the
deputies home at once, but Bavaria and
Wurtemburg opposed such an abrupt
style of dealing with the Reichstag. Nev
ertheless the emperor has counted the
days of the present house.’’
The correspondents who were in Freld
riehsruhe last Tuesday agree that every
thing pointed to Count Waidersee as the
coming man. Next to Prince Bismarck
and the emperor he was mSst frequently
mentioned and was most generally courted.
He held an Improvised circle Just outside
the castle gate and chatted freely, and en
thusiastically, concerning the events of
the day, and the developments likely to
come In the near future. It was signifi
cant that he laid aside his favorite role
of the simple soldier, uninitiated in poli
tics, and touched without restraint upon
the chief features of the political situa
tion. The majority of the ministers cer
tainly find no pleasure in the present
prospects. The triumph of the Bismarck
element would mean suoh a ministerial
upset as has not been seen for years.
After the federal government had placed
their check on the emperor's resolve to
eend home the deputies at once, Freiherr
von Marschall, secretary of the foreign
office, made a tour of the Reichstag lob
bies assuring everybody that the idea of
a dissolution had never been entertained.
Hr. von Boettlcher also Volunteered the
statement that the house would continue
its business, secure in its existence, for
eo-me time to come, if not to its national
end. Both ministers were eager to deny
that anything like a crisis was threatened.
Herr von Koeiler, minister of the interior,
and Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe, pre
served absolute silence. The conserva
tives and agrarinas credit Herr Koeiler
with sharing the emperor's opinion that
an early dissolution and a reform of the
ministry are Imperative. The emperor’s
temper has not been improved by the an
nouncement yesterday than the radical
deputy Schmidt, the new vice president
of the Reichstag, has refused absolutely
to appear before the emperor or attend
1 , Bismarck dinner to-morrow. His two
colleagues In office, Herren Boul and
bpahn, are likely ito hear some
mate remarks as to Herr Schmidt’s
manners when they have their
idienee. Herr Schmidt has gone further
? ven hi3 lea<i er, Eugene Richter, ex
pected, for the Freissinnige Zeitung said
-;r^ ay morning that while declining to
attend the Bismarck banquet, he would
go ., wlth his colleagues to the imperial
audience. Probably Herr Schmidt changed
* Pl anß upon learning that the emperor
a ter hearing of his decision regarding the
dinner, would be likely to make the au
oience appear unpleasant for him.
The agrarians in the Reichstag commit
tee having in hand Count Kanltz’s grain
monopoly, propose to bring forward the
question of converting the imperial bank
into a purely government department. The
government had a project for a loan bank
calculated to aid the agricultural asso
ciations, but this Is too little to suit the
agrarians. During the debate on the ap
propriations they attacked Dr. Koch, the
Imperial bank's president, as a gold bug,
without knowledge of agricultural needs
and without sympathy with agrarian pre
parations. He said the bank ought to be
nationalized. Dr. Koch told them he would
not alter the bank’s policy and he declined
to resign his office. He also disparaged
their efforts to get together another in
ternational silver conference. The minis
ters took no part In the debate.
The only discordant note in the Bis
marck jubilee comes from the Catholic
editors, who seem to have gone back
twenty years to live over again the bit
ter days of the Kulturkampf. Their news
papers try to minimize the popular char
acter of the fetes by insinuating that the
celebration Is merely an agrarian hula
baloo raised for political purposes. Sev
eral clerical newspapers assert that the
hlg land owners have used pressure to
obtain subscriptions for birthday pres
ents. The members of the Silesian Farm
ers' League are said to constrain the
workingmen and tradesmen with whom
they deal. The administrators of the pub
lic domain, the official directors and in
spectors, in short, and the chief of the
bureaucratic world generally, are charged
J>>' the clericals with conducting house to
houss collections and black listing the
fpje jMotning
men who refuse to pay. A similar system
Is understood to be used by employers
throughout the large industrial districts.
These levies on salaries and wages, say
the clericals, are known as “Otto's
Dimes.’’ The Bismarck agitation has be
come so extensive, according to the ul
tramontane editors, that heavy drafts
must be made on the secret funds in Ber
lin to keep it up. Then comes the usual
suggestions as to “ulterior objects,” “gov
ernment intrigues" and “oppressive im
perial measures.” Talk of this sort Is
hardly noticed In the present flood tide
of national hero wrship, but It is likely
to be utilized later in the parliamentary
feuds. That the whole Bismarck demon
stration Is spontaneous is beyond the
shadow of a doubt. Since the surrender
at Sedan, the country has not been In such
a delirium of Joy. The Empress Frederick,
now in Bonn visiting her daughter, the
Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe, has sent a
long autograph letter to Prince Bismarck.
The letter is calculated to heal the wounds
left by the feud between empress and
chancellor during Emperor Frederick’s
short reign.
Freiherr von Buol, the new president of
the Reichstag, has not won much honor
during his few days in office. While im
pressing all with his desire to be fair, he
is so deaf, that unparliamentary interrup
tions, unless very noisy and violent, quite
escape his notice.
The meeting of the Duke and Duchess
of Cumberland with the dowager empress
of Russia in Copenhagen is supposed to
bear upon the negotiations to restore to
the duke the throne of Brunswick. The
dowager empress of Russia aims to com
plete the understanding between the em
peror and the duke on the basis that the
latter cede his rights in the duchy to his
eldest sen, who will be kept under the
tutelage of Prussia. If the czar should
exert himself, as Is now expected, to
bring about the reconciliation, the whole
matter would be settled soon enough, for
Prince Albeeht Is sick and anxious to re
sign the regency in favor of the legitimate
heir. The heir is expected to visit Emperor
William in Berlin next July.
The social democratic leaders have be
gun an agitation against bimetallism.
William Liebnecht told a meeting In the
Sixth electoral district of the city last
Wednesday that bimetallism was a swin
dle and that the ideal money was pape'.
Gold and silver were mere commodities,
he said, but if one of them must be
chosen, gold was Immeasurably the better
of the two. At several social democratic
meetings in the last week the speakers
emphasized the statement that the social
ists wished to down only the big capita
lists, and for the-present must let the
small fry bourgeoise go. Deputy Legien
startled a meeting last evening, however,
by declaring that socialism must fight also
the smaller tradesmen and artisans. He
was hissed.
The French and German foreign offices
are exchanging communications as to the
conduct of French telegraph officials. The
German embassy in Paris learned facts
which proved almost conclusively that Its
cipher messages to Berlin were copied at
the French office and efforts were being
made to translate them.
FRUIT MEN FEAR A FREEZE.
Welcome Ruins in Kansne, lint a
Illixxurtl an Its Heels.
Topeka, Kas., March 31.—Kansas has
been pretty well soaked to-day, especially
In the central and eastern portions. Good
rains have fallen as far west as PhlUips
burg, Sterling and Caldwell, the rains
being very warm. A blizzard struck the
northwestern part of the state this after
noon and will reach here early to-morrow.
The fruit buds are in a very critical condi
tion and a freeze cannot but injure the
crop, especially peaches and apricots.
Farmers arc well along with their spring
work, and the soli is In excellent condi
tion.
Chicago, 111., March 31.—The drought
which has prevailed for a number oit weeks
in Missouri, Illinois and Michigan was
broken to-day by a heavy rainfall, caus
ing a decided improvement In crop pros
pects. Rain continues to fall in Nebraska,
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Omaha, Neb., March 31.—Rain fell this
morning and to-night over all the state
and the west. It came at a time when It
was absolutely necessary. Much wheat
and oats have been sown in the last fort
night, and this rain ensures them a
chance for life. It also puts the ground
In good condition for corn.
Bingham, Neb., March 31.—For three
days a very disastrous fire has been rag
ing in Ihe country south of this town. It
began Thursday on the ranch of R. R.
Kincaid. The wind blew from the north
east and the fire burned everything before
It. It Is Impossible to estimate the amount
of damage done. Longfellow’s ranch lost
over 200 tons of hay alone, and other
ranches suffered proportionately. Every
body is worn out trying to fight the fire.
Reports to-night Indicate that the rains
have put out the fire In some places.
A LONG ELECTRIC LINE.
It Is to Benn Elevated Rond From
Chicago to New York.
Chicago, March 31.—The Inter Ocean
Electric Railway Company, incorporated
at Sprfngfteld yesterday, purposes to make
some decided changes in the present
method of freight transportation. The
company has a capital stock of $200,000,000,
the largest ever incorporated in the west,
and a number of Chicago, New York and
San Francisco capitalists are interested
in the corporation. The intention is to
construct an elevated electric freight rail
way between Chicago and New York for
the transportation of coal and grain. The
plans and specifications have been drawn
by a Chicago engineer, and the company
will own a number of patents electri
cal devices used by the road.
DENVER’S SNOW STORM.
The Wintry BlankA Turning to Wa
ter Under a Warm Snn.
Denver, Col., March 31.—The heavy
snowfall of Saturday disappeared rapidly
to-day under a warm sun and the rail
roads, though threatened with washouts
from the flood, are moving their trains
nearly on time. The snow was a phenom
enal one, the heaviest fall, 14 Inches, being
reported at Landers. Wyo. The storm
extended Into Northern New Mexico and
Texas.
Americans in a Cuban Frlson.
Kingston, Jem., March 31.—Passengers
from Santiago I)e Cuba report that two
American citizens are dying In prison In
that city. According to the story of the
passengers the imprisoned Americans have
all the passports and papers required by
law and their incarceration is considered
an outrage.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, APRIL J, 1895.
BISMARCK’S ROYAL BIRTHDAY.
HAMBURG RED WITH FIRE AND
BWAHMING WITH PEOPLE.
Six Thousand Students on Ham! to
Take Part in To-Day's Procession.
All the Building* in the City Gay
With Decorations and lllaininu
tions—A llrtdge Illuminated With
00,000 Jets of Gns— Programme of
the Prince.
Hamburg, March 31.—At 6:30 o’clock this
evening, notwithstanding the rain and
mud, the streets were a black mass of
people, in which here and there could be
seen many colored dots, these being the
caps of all hues worn by the 6,000 students
gathered her to take part in to-morrow's
procession. On all the houses in the city
flags are already displayed and on most
of thetn wreaths and garlands add to the
decorations. Many of the shop windows
are converted into small temples for the
glorification of Prince Bismarck. In these
busts of the ex-chancellor, surrounded
with suitable decorations and inscriptions,
are to be seen. TheTe is hardly a house
without candles and tinted lamps in the
windows. Lombard's bridge is illuminated
with 69,000 Jets of gas. The Disconto
Bank was made brilliant with 12,000 gas
Jets and the Deutche Bank displayed
10,000. On the Rathaus are 10,000 candles,
on the Bourse 5,000, while the Victoria ho
tel has 2,000 colored lamps. Roman can
dles will be burned on the roof of the
Bourse for two hours.
In the center of the inner Alster 100
barges are stationed from which fireworks
will be let off. The special features of
this display will be the Bismarcklan coat
of arms In brilliant colors. More than
2,000 rockets will be fired from the quays.
The police will stop all traffic after 7
o'clock to-morrow morning. At that hour
4,000 students from the universities will
assemble in the Moor weld and at 8 o'clock
they will start on their march, proceed
ing through the Damthor, Glockenglessr
wall and Steinwall to the Klosterthorn
station where they will take a train for
Amuahle. The order of the procession
will be as follows:
The grand marshal on horseback; a
band of students from Aachen, Berlin,
Bonn, Brunswick and Breslau; another
band from Charlottenburg, Darmstadt,
Dresden, Erlangen and Freiburg; a band
from Giessen, Goettingen, Griefswald,
Halle and Hanover; a band from Heidel
berg, Jena, Karlsruhe, Kiel and Koenlgs
berg; a band from Lepslc, Marburg, Mu
nich, Muenstter, and Rockstock; a band
from Strassburg, Stuttgart, Tuebingen
Wuerzburg. All these delegations will
carry handsome banners. The unorganized
students, marching five abreast, will bring
up the rear. At 9:30 o’clock the rain ceased
and the city presented a falry-llke spec
tacle. Magnesium lights on the old-fash
ioned towers give a magical brilliance to
the scene and so numerous are the illum
inations that they create the impression
that the city is on fire. The roadways are
crowded with sight-seers and in some
places are almost completely blocked,
and especially In and around the zoolog
ical gardens, where the students are
having a kommers. Fireworks of all colors
arc being set off and the glittering pyro
technics with their showers of sparks of
various hues form a beautiful spectacle
over the Alster basin.
Rudesholm, March 31.—At noon to-day
the people of the Rhino valley united In
honoring Prince Bismarck at the national
monument of the Nlederwald. The con
servatives, national liberals, and centrists
took part in the ceremonies. A large num
ber of men had been at work decorating
the scene, but a stormy southwest wind
and several days’ rain delayed them great
ly. It was found to be quite Impossible
to decorate the houses on Rhine street,
which was flooded with six inches of water
yesterday, and it was difficult to commu
nicate with the left bank of the river.
The people of Rudeslpdm placed on the
national monument a laurel wreath on
which was inscribed, "A Greatful Rhine
land.”
The ceremonies began at 10 o'clock, when
a party of prominent people arrived at
the Nlederwald. The first president of
Hesse-Nassau made the opening speech
and gave a toast to the emperor. This
was followed by the singing of the na
tional air. Prof. Onken from Giessen
made an address eulogistic of Prince Bis
marck, which was followeds by the sing
ing of “Deutchland Ueber Alios,” and
then the “Kaiser Wilhelm and Fuerst Bis
marck” march concluded the morning's
programme.
In the afternoon there was a promenade
concert from 3 to 5 o’clock on Rhine street,
A wine Kommers was held in the Rhine
hall, the principal features being a toast
to the emperor, a speech on the achieve
ments of Prince Bismarck, and a song
in honor of the ex-chancellor. At 8 o'clock
there was a general Illumination.
Immense crowds poured into the
city al day, excursion trains from
all directions arriving and de
parting incessantly. The weather pre
vented imposing decorations, but did not
prevent the festive character of the oc
casion from being impressed upon the
crowds of visitors. Most of the houses dis
played flags and the wine houses were
decorated with fir garlands. All the trains
to the Niederwald were overcrowded and
even then the accommodations supplied
by the railway management proved in
sufficient.
The tribunes erected at the Nlederwald
were occupied by military and singing
and athletic societies of the Rhine valley,
while other accommodations had been
provided for the general public. The Prin
cess Louise of Prussia and most of the
eminent personages of the Rhineland, oc
cupied seats that had been reserved for
them. The first president of Hesse-Nassau
in his opening address said he was glad
to welcome those'who had come to do
honor to one whoso name would live for
ever in history, and to whom the
German race owed Its present
position. He concluded by expressing the
hope that Emperor William would pre
serve the national traditions and proposed
cheer* for the kaiser.
Prof. Onken, who Is a well known na
tional orator, followed. He Is a man In
the 60s, of middle statue. Despite hla
white hair he shows much youthful elas
ticity. He spoke In a clear, strong voice,
and delivered a stirring address, reciting
Ger man war history during the Bismarck
regime. The great chancellor, he said, at
all time* had an eye to the development of
Germany. The orator showed how the
Franco-Prussian war had been forced on
Geimany, and In conclusion proposed that
the asMamblage sand to Emperor WlHtom
and Prince Bismarck dispatches expres-
sive of Us homage. This proposal was re
ceived with tomans, applause.
Frankfort-on-the-Main. March 31.—Last
night the Saalhau was crowded with
guests of the ooosion of the Kommers in
honor of Prince Bismarck. Hans Blum
of Leipsic and Prof Itoharhurst of Heidel
berg were the orators. To-day the festiv
ities were continued. A feature of the
celebration was the uncovering of a mem
mortal tablet in the house on Grosse Gal
l*> Strasse, whore Prince Bismarck
dwelt when Prussian ambassador to the
German diet in 1852.
Festivities in honor of Prince Bismarck
were held yesterday in Wittenberg, Es
senruhr, Brunswick and Posen.
Friedrichsruhe, March 31.—A beautiful
sunny sifternoon brought thousands of
people to the castle gates, where they
vainly sought admittance to the park in
the hope of catching sight of the ex-chan
cellor. Dr. Chrysander, In view of the
great crowds that have recently thronged
the i>ark, was firm In his decision not to
admit the public. Prince Bismarck did not
tako his customary walk to-day, bud had
a short stroll aivund the park to gather
strength for to-gnorrow. Palisades have
been erected behind the park to prevent
marauders from intruding upon the priv
acy of the ex-chtgloeHor. Beer and cham
pagne booitha have bean put up on the right
and left ot the Gallon for the accommo
dation of visitors. Along the triumphal
way to the castle gates are numerous be
flagged poles surrounded by garlands or
fir. Numberless presents of ail conceiva
ble kinds continue to arrive from all parts
of the world.
Prince Bismarok will rest to-morrow un
till 10 a, m„ when he will take breakfast
alone with his family. At noon he w ill re
ceive the Cuirassiers of Magdeburg, the
rectors of the universities, and other of
ficials who will come to offer congratula
tions. He will not make an addTesa, bu,t
one of the.delegallons of Students will de
liver a long oration, for the prince’s edi
fication. After 7 o'clock no one will be re
ceived. At 8 o'clock the torchlight pro
cession will take up Its mafr.-h.
The Counts Herbert and WiliUim, Prince
Bismarck's sons, with their families, ar
rived last nlghit, and Dr. Schweninger
came to-day.
A heavy rain storm which, came up sud
denly at 2 o'clock, made the roads of the
Sachscnwald almost Impassable. Tho
crowds quickly dispersed and stormed the
trains for Hamburg, but a small knot of
the ex-chancellor's admirers remained
steadfastly planted at the castle gates.
Some of Prince Bismarck's admirers,
evidently enrolling the story that when
a student the Prince cured himself of a
fever by eating two pounds of sausages
and drinking several litres of beer, are
sending the ex-chancellor beer and sau
sages enough to provision a besieged gar
rison. Tho platform of the railway sta
tion has been piled up with barrels and
boxes which men have been busy all day
carting to the castle.
A large Japan Incense burner which
arrived from Tokio has been set up in the
garden opposite the principal entrance.
The sword presented by the emperor lies
on a table In the room where the chief
presents are displayed Surrounding it
are clocks, pipes, walking sticks and
beautifully Illuminated addresses in em
bossed leather, wooden, velvet and metal
cases.
Over a mlllHm special birthday postal
cards Intended to he sent to Prince Bis
marck have been sold. Thousands of them
have gone to America.
A monument subscribed for by the In
habitants of Anhalt has been erected. It
consist of a large bronze group on a
granite base, showing a stag and two
dogs at bay, one of which the stag has
rolled over. Prince Bismarck was rather
Indisposed yesterday, being a sufferer from
neuralgia, but he was better to-day.
In several tents around the railway sta
tion a thriving business was done this
afternoon by venders of postal cards, med
als, portraits and biographies of Prince
Bismarck and other articles appropriate
to the occasion. To-day several hundred
thousand postal cards arrived.
King Oscar of Sweden sent the first
royal congratulations.
Berlin, March 81.—All the princes, diplo
mats and members of the Bundesrath will
attend the emperor's banquet In honor of
Prince Bismarck to-morrow evening. The
Bismarcklan press laughs at what tt con
siders the emperor's satiric wit In Invit
ing the president and vice president of the
Reichstag to the banquet and say that
the best wine in the imperial cellars would
turn to vinegar In Ihe mouths of these
unworthy guests. Baron von Bout-'Baren
burg, president, and Herr Spahn, second
vice president of the Reichstag, are not
expected to go to the dinner.
Special prayer's for Prince Btsiparck
were offered In all the Protestant churches
In Germany to-day. The school children
will have a holiday to-morrow. The teach
ers yesterday spoke to their pupils about
Prince Bismarck, extolling the exjchan
cellor's services to the Fatherland.
Sixteen hundred persons including sen
ators, military and civil officers and the
the elite of Soy attended the Reichstag's
elec(ral union's kommers In Hamburg
yesterday.
London, March 31.—The Berlin corres
pondent of the Daily News says that
among the presents sent to Prince Bis
marck Is a lock of George Washington's
hair inclosed In a little golden box. This
is the gift of an American lady.
The. Bitendart's Berlin correspondent
says that Emperor William will christen
the new warship Bismarck.
The ex-cthancellor, the same ulspatoh
says, still dreese-s and undresses without
help. He weigh about 200 hundred pounds
and looks better than he did after his
Illness at Kissingen in 1893.
During his reception of the students'
corps to-morrow the Prince will wear the
hood cap of the Goettingen Hanoverians,
to which body, as a student, he belonged.
A sergeant major who served In the war
with France has sent to Prince Bismarck
a tablet shaped like a Prussian iron cross
and consisting of eighty squares, each the
size of a postage stamp, on which Prince
Bismarck’s name Is written 29,200 times,
being the number of days ho has Mved.
HI.AZE IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
The Chicago Time* Property find I >
Damaged by Fire.
Chicago, 111., March 31.—Shortly after 2
o'clock this morning fire broke out on the
fifth floor of the old Times building and In
less than fifteen minutes the top floor was
a mass of flames. A general alarm was
sent In, and after a hard fight the fire
was subdued, but the building was flooded
with water. The loss Is not below $40,000,
the building being damaged to the extent
of SIO,OOO. It Is probable that the Times'
presses will be wrecked, and in this event
the loss will be heavier. The Free Press
plant was considerably damage! and
losses were sustained by Severn & Ellery
awl the Simon Printing Cos., and Smiley,
Rush A Cos., dealers In stationery.
The fire is thought to have originated
In a pile of rubish from spontaneous com
bustion.
LIS ASSAILANT SENTENCED.
HE GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE FOU
SHOOTING THE ENVOY.
The Japanese Forces linpidlv Sub
jugating the Defenders of the
Chinese Forts on the IVtcndorea
isuds—Nine Heavy Guns and II
Number of Smnller Ones Captured
NVitli One of the Strongholds—The
Terms of the Armistice.
London, Marc'ft 31—A dispatch from To
kio to the Central News says that Ko
yama, the young Japanese who shot Li
Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy, has
been sentenced to Imprisonment for life
at hard labor.
The Central News has advices from
the Pescadores Islands, under date of
March 36. These dispatches states that
Col. Ito reports that on March 24, the
Ma-Kung fort was taken easily by the
Japanese. On the 25th the Japanese at
tacked and captured Yent-Tung, taking
pine heavy guns and a number of smaller
ones, as well as many rides and a large
quantity of ammunition. In the engage
ment the Chinese lost thirty killed and
sixty taken prisoners. The Japanese loss
was seventeen wounded. The Japanese
fleet captured the forts on the Fisher
Islands, and all the island* forming the
Pescadores group are now In the pos
session of the Japanese.
A Tokio dispatch to the Central News
says that Dr. Seriba of the imperial Uni
versity to-day examined Li Hung Chang’s
Found and- found that the patient was
making excellent progress. His pulse and
temperature were normal and he was able
to walk about his rooms.
A Tokio dispatch to the Central News
says that at th first conference with the
Japanese plenipotentiaries Li Hung Chang
asked that an armistice be established.
The Japanese, In reply to this proposition,
stated that an armistice would be granted
on the following condition: "The occupa
tion by Japanese troops of Shan Hnkwan,
Taku and Tlcn-Tsln, and a Japanese con
trol of Shan Hakwan and Tlen-Tsln rail
ways, also that the forts, arms and am
munition at the places mentioned be given
Into the possession of the Japanese, and
that the war contributions necessary for
such occupation be paid by China."
LI Hung Chang asked for more moderate
conditions,' but upon meeting with a re
fusal, he proposed to continue the nego
tiations without a suspension of hostil
ities.
Matters had progressed thus far at the
third conference when the assault upon
the Chinese viceroy occurred. In view of
this untoward event the Emperor of
Japan ordered the plenipotentiaries to
consent to a temporary armistice, waiv
ing all the above conditions. The prin
cipal points agreed upon are as follows:
The locality of the enforcement of the
armistice comprises Feng Tien, Chi Hi Li
and Shan Tung. The opposing armies arc
to maintain the positions hitherto occu
pied and are not to advance beyond them.
Neither government is precluded from
making any new distribution and ar
rangement of troops not intended to aug
ment the armies actually the field, but
at sea transports conveying troops or
material contraband of war are subject
to capture. The term of the armistice
Is three weeks and expires without notice
at midnight on April 20, providing the
peace negotiations are not broken off In
the meantime- The convention was signed
yesterday. LI Hung Chang got the sig
natures of the Japanese plenipotentiaries
and Count ito obtained the signature of
LI Hung Chang. The armistice does not
apply to places not specified In the con
vention.
OBJECT OF THE MASSACRE.
Turkey Wanted t Re in a Position
to Knee the Cossacks.
London, March 31.—The Dally Telegraph
will to-morrow publish a dispatch from
Moosh, via ICars, dated March 31. This
says that only the weather prevents the
commission, of Inquiry Into the Armenian
outrages from inspecting the ruined vil
lage* and pits that characterize more
eloquently than living witnesses, the
nameless horrors committed by the sul
tan’s troops. The only unsolved ques
tion is where the orders for these atroci
ties emanated. An Important telegram
forwarded in August last, giving con
clusive evidence on this point, has van
ished, but its existence is known to sev
eral persons, and It may yet be possible
to ascertain its contents.
The Dally Telegraph will say editorially
that there is an overwhelming mass of
evidence that leaves no doubt that Sas
soun was a mere fraction of a vast plan
to exterminate the Armenians. Bhakalr
Pasha’s plan, conceived four years ago
for the defense of the empire, was the
creation of a Kurdish cavalry force to de
fend the eastern provinces against the
Russian Cossacks, also the removal of all
Christians In the frontier provinces. The
Telegraph says there are now 15,060 Ar
menian refugees In Russia. It adduces
Intercepted letters and other alleged facts
as Indicating that the Ottoman govern
ment conceived and partly executed the
plan of Inciting the Kurds.
The Telegraph also has a dispatch from
Bltlls, via Kars, which narrates the tor
tures Inflicted by the Turkish soldiers.
Some of the victims were forced to
stan/d fpr from twenty-four to forty
eight hours In a sentry box bristling with
sharp Iron spikes, and their flesh was torn
wit hot pincers.
On March 25 three foreign consuls at
Erezeigjum made representations to the
governor general concerning the wound
ing of a tailor by an artillery officer and
asked that an official inquiry be made.
This the governor general angrily re
fused. saying that Turkey and the Ar
menians were like husband and wife—
whatever might be the latter's treat
ment by the former it was no business of
foreigners and Turkey would brook no
interference. This reply circulated like
wildfire and fears of an Impending mas
sacre were revived.
A NEW STR ANGL Kfl IN GOTHAM.
After Killing a Negress He Cats Off
Her Leg;*,
New York, March 31.—The body of a
negro woman strangled to death, wun
both legs cut off at tke knees and a large
gash at the right hip, was found this
morning at 6 o’clock tn front of No. 75,
Sixth avenue. The severed legs were
placed alongside the hips.
The discovery has produced a sensation.
It ts evident that the woman was killed
elsewhere by strangulation, and the mutil
ated body placed where It was found srfme
time during the night. The body has
not been recognised, and nothing has been
discovered that tends to unravel the mys
tery.
SOCIALIST SCORE BISMARCK.
A German Editor of St. Louts De
nounces the Ks-Cbanrellor.
St. Louis, March 81.—'The socialists of
this city to-night held an aatl-Ulamarck
lan mass meeting at Central Turner hall.
The principal speaker was Adolph Hopner,
editor of Tageblatt. In substance he said:
"To-morrow Germany will be ablaze with
the enthusiasm of servile wor
shippers of a man who has
within Che space of ten years Inspired
three wars, entailing misery, mutilation
and death to hundreds of thousands of
people. This apothesls la tho last debt to
be paid to the man who spent a lifetime
In aggrandising the house of Hohensol
lem, washing his conscience, spurring
that ardor that his followers generously
call genius, sacrificing personal honor to
the end. Asa people the nation never ex
isted within his view except at a means
to glorify the dynasty and rlv*t tt* power.
Analysis of Prince Bismarck's part in
uniting all Germany reveals the part of
an absorbed enthusiast, a frenzied zealot,
In creating greater empire for a greater
emperor who Inspired all his enthusiasm,
and Germany became a vast military
camp.
"In murderous wars has this man of
'Blood and Iron’ attained success*. Cer
tain classes of Americans are Blsmarks
on a lesser scale and their methods are
reduced copies of their model. The Car
negie* and tho Pullman* and the execu
tive officers who uphold them ar* In
kinship to the octogenarian Smith who
welded united Germany. Hut sa ‘Blood
and Iron' methods killed German idealism,
whose fragments of former peace and
good will only remain to us In song ami
story, so will the Imitators In free Ameri
ca drain freedom of everything but Its
name, unless 'The people,' not the nation,
take that power which belongs to them
and mold their own destinies."
The hall was filled and the half doaen
speeches in German were loudly ap
plauded.
A Bismarck celebration was also In pro
gress at the German theatqr, and was
very enthusiastic.
PLATT AND THE IiEPURM BILL.
He Orders Hl* Lleufeunnts to Pnsh
Them Through.
New York, March 31.—1n accordance
with an expressed wish of ex-Unlted
States Senator Platt, a number of state
senators and republican political leaders
called on him at the Fifth Avenue hotel
this afternoon for the purpose of talking
over the various reform measures now
before the Senate for final disposition,
as well as other political matters.
Among those present wore Edward Lau
tcrbach. Senators Raines, O'Connor,
Payne, Coggswell and one or two others.
The outcome of the conference is aald to
be that orders were given by Mr. Platt
to his respective leaders present to use
their Influence and paMS the bills referred
to, and see that seventeen republican sen
ators were e.onstantly in their seats, that
number being sufficient to carry them
through.
Ah to the rumors circulated to the effect
that Mayor Strong had requested Police
Commissioners Kerwln and Murray to re
sign in the discussion of the senators and
politicians it was suggested that an
agreemont had been made between the
mayor and the republican loaders by
which the two commissioners mentioned
were not to bo removed.
Senator O'Connor was desirous of know
ing why the mayor wished ihe resigna
tions. There was little doubt as to the
correotnisa of the rumor. Mayor Strong,
It I* understood, had written Gov. Mor
ton and Lieut. Gov. Saxton, asking to
bo released from any promises or obliga
tions made by him relative to Messrs. Ker
wln and Murray, as they had violated
certain agreements upon their side.
SPEAKERSHIP OP’ THE COMMONS.
Gully's Cnndidnry Not Discussed by
The Cabinet.
London, March 31.—The Dally News will
to-morrow announce officially that there
Is no truth in the statement that the cab
inet decided yesterday to support Mr,
Gully for the speak eralh ip of the House
of Commons. The subject of the speaker
ship, tihe News will say, did not come up
at the meeting of the cabinet, the time be
ing exclusively occupied with the discus
sion of foreign matters.
• ITALY’S PARLIAMENT.
A Royal Decree Dissolving It to be
Isstird in n Few Days.
London, March 31.—The Chronicle's
Rome correspondent says that a royal de
cree dissolving par .lament will be Issued
In a few days, and that ths elections will
lake place early In May. Immediately af
ter the decree has been Issued a majority
of the deputies will give a banquet In
honor of Premier Crlspl, when he will an
nounce his programme. In the meantime,
the correspondent says, the premier's
chances of victory are greater than ever.
A BLAZE AT NEWARK.
A Saddlery Manufactory Burned and
Two Other Buildings Damaged.
Newark, N'. J., March 31.—Fire destroyed
the large Weiner saddlery manufactory
at Ervlngton this afternoon, entailing a
loss of $40,000, on which there was $21,000
Insurance. The Margott Novelty Compa
ny's works on the east and the Noble
Press works on the west of the Weiner
manufactory were each damaged to the
extent of about $3,000.
FATAL FRENZY OF A FARMER.
He Shoots and Kills His Wife nnd
Then Hungs Himself.
Fort Recovery, 0., March 31.—Henry
Thorne, owner of a stock farm on the state
line, yesterday shot and killed his wife
and then hatnged himself In his barn.s
Their 14-year-old son was prevented from
giving an alarm until the father had
taken his own life. Thorne was crazy
because of financial troubles.
Fire Licks i p 27 Buildings.
Hayes City, Kan., March 31.—Fire yes
terday destroyed the better part of the
business district. Including seven stone
and twenty frame buildings. Three blocks
were destroyed, causing an aggregate loss
of $75,000. The Insurance is $35,000, The
fire started In a livery barn.
1 DAILY. $lO A YEAR. k
2 $ CENTS A COPT. I
| WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A TEAR f
M’KINLEY’S SCHEME IN DIXIE.
HE THINKS THE SOLID SOI TH 1* A
THNG OF THE PAST,
The Governor liiusllxK on Getting!
Some Support From the Business
Element In Ills Presidential Aspi
rations—That's 1% by He Hobnobbed
With Hoards of Trade and Com
mercial Bodies In the Exclusion of
the Negroes.
Washington, March 31.—Gov. McKinley;
arrived In this city to-night. HU pres
ence lias started a vaat amount of prea-
Identlal gossip In which hta nama is
naturally prominent.
Aa for Gov. McKinley htmaelf, be la
Buying nothing—at least for publication—
although hU room at the Ebbltt house hag
been crowded to-night with politician*
from Ohio and other states. There ar*
not many leading republicans now In th*
city, but such as are hers found their
way to Gov. McKinley's apartments be
fore he had been here many hour*. Th*
governor shows some of the effects of hi*
recent Illness, but otherwise seems in good
health.
One thing that seemed to impress him
In his southern trip was the development
of that section and he is quite willing to
talk by the hour in pral* of th* south.
It is very easy to understand tha method
In his talk In this direction, at least on*
of his personal friends said to me to
night, as we stood together In McKinley *
room, when I asked him what tha gov.
ernor expected to get out pr tip.- south In
the way of aiding his presidential ambi
tions: "There whs a time, us we all know,
when the southern republican delegate
was either an office holder or a negro. If
he was un office holder, he and his ma
chine were for the renomlnatlon of th*
President to whom he owed appointment.
If he was a negro, he was for sale to th*
man who hid highest for bU vote In th*
national convention. This waa th* can*
at Chicago, when Harrison waa nomi
nated and when Alger bought over again
the delegates which Sherman thought h*
had already purchased.
“Guv. McKinley thinks that the condi
tions In the south are changing. He be
lieves that the break In the solidity of
the south whjch was so noticeable In tho
last election is a permanent thing and that
the republicans are really to be a factor in
the politics of the section. Believing, a*
he does, that the country is ready to re
pudiate the democratic Idea of a low tariff,
he tlpnks that the material Interest* of
the south will be just us quick to stand
by the Republican party as If they wer*
tn the north, especially as the negro ques
tion has become greatly eliminated. It
Is this new republican blood In th* south
this respectable elment which is now ally-*
ing Itself to th* party for the Orat tlrao—
that Gov. McKinley Is endeavoring to at
tract to himself. If you noticed his move
ment* in the south, you saw that ho
hobnobbed with boards of trade and com
mercial bodies. He la making himself
solid with the business Interests and hs
believes that he stands as good a eh a nee
to get the support of the south as does
any other candidate for the presidency.”
There ure very few politicians In Wash
ington, however, who expect that Gov.
McKinley's very apparent effort to se
cure the presidential nomination will !>•
successful. The democrats hope he will
be, for they believe he la an easy man
to dsfeat. This is the general sentiment.
The republicans are divided, but It 1* .
only n small minority that will predict
Gov. McKinley's nomination.
Gov. McKinley will go west from Wash-
Ington. He hoe received assurance that h*
ijs very popular in Wyoming and other far
northwestern states, and he thinks ha
can advance hla boom hy swinging around
the circle. The cool-headed politicians,
however, are remarking that tt will be a
year before the national convention
meets.
UKOHUIA CHAITADfiVAi
The Seventh An mill I Aeaetubly)
Opened nt Albnny.
Albany, Oa., March 21.—The seventh an
nual assembly of the Georgia Chautau
qua began to-day under most flattering
auspices. There are hundreds of vial tors
already In the city, and the indication*
are that the institution will be better pat.
ronlzed than ever before. The opening
sermon was preached this morning by tha
Rev. T. Dowling, a distinguished Epis
copal divine of Boston, Mas*., th* text
being Isaiah, xxxvi chapter, ii verse. Tha
sermon wgs a magnificent effort, and was
listened to by 3,000 people.
At 3 p. m. Dr. M. C. Hazard delivered a
lecture on "Palestine as a Battle Ground,”
which proved very entertaining, and show,
ed the rips scholarship of the distinguished
gentleman.
At 7 p. m. there was a vesper service,
with short addresses by Rev. Mr. Dow
ling and the Rev. George M. Brown, field
secretary of the C. L. S. C. The chorus
of 150 voices, under Mrs. T. J. Simmons,
is the finest in the history of the Chautau
qua.
Dr. W. A. Duncan, the father of tho
Institution, is here in charge and direct
ing all the details of the assembly. He is
a wonderful man and has won the en
tire confidence of those who appreciate
the elevating tendency of the Chautauqua
Influence.
FAY OF THE IRON WORKERS. i
Last Year's Scale to Rnle in thn
Mahoning nnd Shenungo Valleys.
Youngstown, 0., March 31.—The M&non-
Ingymd Shenango Valley Iron manufactu
rers met the officials of tho amalgamated
association last night, and signed a wage
scale for the coming year. There is no
change from last year's rate of pay. This
‘will avert a strike. The manufacturers
wanted wages reduced from last year's *
figures, but the amalgamated associa
tion held for the same scale as last year,
and this was accepted by the manufactu
rers. There are about 10.000 Iron workers In
the valley, about half of whom are now
employed.
A Schi ner Founders.
Halifax, N. 8 . March 31.—An unknown
two-masted schosmer foundered this morn
ing on Trinity Ledge, about fifteen miles
off Cape St. Mary, situated near tha ex
tremity of Nova, Scotia in the Bay of
Fundy. At 3p. m. twenty feet of her
masts could be seen out of water and
the crew were tn the rigging.