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I THE MORNING NEWS, )
5 Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888. V
I . J- H. ESTILL. President. J
DEBS RELEASED FROM PRISON.
THE LABOR LEADER'S FRIENDS
GIVE HIM AN OVATION.
Five Hamired Greet Him NVltli n
Thnnder of Cheers n* He Steps Out
of tlie Doors it Free Mnn Ouee More.
Then the Crowd MitUes n Kush for
Him und Lifts Him on Its Shoul
ders—.He anil ex-Gov. NVnlte Fall
on Eaeh Other’s Neeks—V TrlumpH
ul Journey to CltiruKO.
Chicago, Nov. 22.—Eugene V. Debs, for
five minutes, this afternoon, was literally
“in the hands of his friends.” It was just
after the arrival of the train load of en
thusiastic admirers of this great strike
loader at the little town of Woodstock,
■where he again breathed the air of free
dom for the first time in half a year.
They had marched from the railroad de
pot to the jail, and Mr. Debs stood upon
the steps awaiting them. There was a
preliminary thunder of hurrahs, the storm
of bottled-up admiration broke and there
was a scene which has hardly even been
in the annals of labor affairs.
Without giving him a chance to speak the
crowd rushed upon their hero dragged him
from the steps and in a few moments had
him high in the air. Those who had the
good fortune to reach pirn first were al
lowed the privilege of holding him and
he was passed from hand to hand while
all the while others struggled to get near
him. A casual spectator might have
tuken the whole scene for one of the
mighty battles between rival foot ball
teams, and have imagined that Debs had
the ball.
Meanwhile, the crowd kept up a con
stant calling and the band played on, se
lecting as their theme, "See, the Conquer
ing Hero Comes.” Mr. Debs took it all
in the good-natured spirit in which it
was meant, and when he was put down
began a hand-shaking soiree that lasted
until the train was nearly ready to start
A luncheon had been provided for Ills
friends by him, but everybody was so
busy with congratulations that few had
a chance to taste the sandwiches which
constituted the menu.
The train arrived at Woodstock at 3
o’clock, and w’as filled with labor delegates
and personal friends of Mr. Debs, about 500
of them in all. They occupied six cars.
The Building Trades Association, the
Trades and Labor Assembly ami other lo
cal associations were represented, though
there were many in these associations who
failed to lend their countenance to the
demonstration. The only one of the other
eight directors of the American Railway
I’nion who was present was William
Burns of Chicago.
Among those who went to Woodstock
was Gov. Waite of Colorado. He came
all the way from Denver to he present.
There was a notable scene when he and
Mr. Debs met. Mr. Debs threw his arms
around the aged executive’s neck and
said In a tremulous voice, “God bless
you, my hoy.” The governor seemed
equally overcome. He made some com
mon place remark about being glad to see
him again, and the two men fell to chat
ting of the subjects nearest the hearts of
both.
The march to the train was like the
triumphal entry of a ruler, fortunate in
war. rather than to a man found guilty
in the eyes of the law. The music was
the Marsetllaies, and the streets wore
black and white with hundreds of citi
zens of McHenry county standing ankle
deep in the snow to catch a glimpse of
the central figure of the day. Fully half
of the spectators were women, and one or
two of these brought flowers and threw
them at the cause of all the excitement.
Coming hack to Chicago on the train Mr.
Debs was obliged to walk twice through
all the cars and shake hands with every
occupant.
When the delegation reached Chicago
another crowd was waiting at the North
western depot and the scene at Wood
stock was duplicated in milder colors.
From the depot the line of march was
taken up to Battery D. and although a
miserable drizzing rain was dropping, the
streets were filled with spectators who
joined the. marchers.
Five thousand people were present at
Battery D. when the procession escorting
Mr. Debs reached the hall and the meet
ing was soon called to order. Orrin E.
Woodbury was chairman. He spoke
briefly and introduced Henry D. Llovd
of Chicago, who, in the course of his re
marks, said that Mr. Debs was to-day the
most popular man in the United States
with the real people, because he was the
repudiator of government by injunction.
Mr. Lloyd was followed by Ex-Gov.
Waite who made a characteristic speech.
Among other things he said the decision
by the courts in the Debs case reduced
the American people to slavery. The su
preme court was composed of tools of
corporations. “For the last twenty
years,” continued the Colorado man, "the
government of the United States has been
conducted on the principle of ‘the people
be damned,’ and the present indications
are that the people have been pretty well
damned.”
tommy Morgan read letters from August
McGrath, secretary of the American Fed
eration of Labor, J. S. Coxey, John Stvin
ton, Rev. Herbert N. Casson of Lynn,
Mass.; P. J. McGuire of Philadelphia,
Samuel Gompers, ex-president of the fed
eration of labor, ex-Congressman J. B.
Weaver, of Des Moines, D. Flower of Bos
ton, editor of the Arena, and many others.
Mr. Debs was greeted with tremendous
applause as he made his way to the front
of the platform. The crowd had hardly
1 allowed Chairman Woodbury to introduce
the labor leader before it again broke
forth in tumultuous cheering, which con
tinued for some time.
As scon as he was permitted to do so,
Mr. Deb; delivered a prepared speech, the
ItopF of which was “Liberty.” After term
ing the imprisonment of himself and his
colleagues a “Flagrant violation of the
constitulon, and the total abrogation of
law and the usurpation of judicial and des
i potic power,” the speaker had this to say
lof trial by jury for conspiracy: “At the
1 instigation of railroad corporations I was
I 'ndicted for conspiracy. That trial termi
iated abruptly an account of a sick juror,
and it was currently reported that the in
cident was merely a pretext to abandon
the trial Whether true or not. I do know
that I have been denied a trial and here
and now I demand a hearing of my case.
“If the counsel for the government, alias
the railroads, have been correctly quoted
the case against me and my colleagues
is ‘N’ot to he pressed,’ as they ’do not
wish to appear in the light of persecut
ing the defendants.’ I repel with scorn
their professed mercy. I have had time
for meditation and I have no hesitancy
in declaring that under the same circum
stances I would pursue precisely the same
' policy. I have neither apology nor re-
KI Mr. Debs here came to the subject of
the evening, and he continued: “The
theme is personal liberty; something that
\mericans have been accustomed to eulo
gize since the foundation of the republic,
and multiplied thousands of them con
tinued in the habit to-day because they
do not recognize the truth that in the im
prisonment of one man in defiance of all
constitutional guarantees the liberties of
all are invaded and placed in peril.
“As Americans we have boasted of our
’liberties and continue to boast of them,
out of prison, beyond the limits of Rus
- m injunctions, out of the hands of dep
loy marshals, above the throttling clutch
C ,U corporations and the enslaving power
iif plutocracy, out of range of the gov
ernments machine guns and knowing the
location of the judicial traps and dead
falls, Americans may still indulge in the
iUormmj iv etas.
exaltation of liberty, though pursued
through every lane and avenue of life
by the baying hounds of usurped and un
constitutional power, glad when night lets
down her sable curtains that they are out
of prison, though still the wage-lover of
a plutocracy which, were i: in the celestial
city would wreck every avenue leading
up to the throne of the Infinite by steal
ing the gold with which they are paved, ,
and debauch heaven's supreme court, too. ]
“What is the duty of the American
workmingmen whose liberties have been
placed in peril? The ballot has been call
ed 'A weapon that executes a free man's
w ill as lightning does the will of God.’ ”
The speaker then reverted to the incar
ceration of the American Railway I’nion
men at Woodstock as a subtle invasion
of the liberties of the American people
by the courts, sustained by an adminis
tration equally dead to the guarantees
of the constitution. He continued. “If
the American Railway Union has erred
it has been on the side of sympathy, mer
cy and humanity—zeal in a great cause
and devotion to the spirit of brotherhood
which knows no artificial boundaries.
“In the great' battle of labor between
the American Railway Union and the cor
porations banded together under the
name of the "General Managers' Associa
tion" victory would have perched upon
the standards of labor if the battle had
been left to those contending forces, and
this statement suggests the inquiry, what
other resources had the corporations
aside from their money and the strength
which their federation conferred?
“Defeated at every point wnile the
hopes of labor were brightening and vic
tory was in sight, the corporations, goad
ed to desperation, played their last card
in thq game of oppression by an appeal to
tlie federal judiciary anil to the federal
administration. To this appeal the re
sponse came quick as lightning from a
storm cloud. It was an exhibition of the
debauching power of money which the
country had never before held."
in closing Mr. Debs sa'd- “J have horn
with such composure as 1 could • ommar l
the imprisonment which der ,ed me
my liberty. Were Ia criminal, were I guil
ty of crimes meriting a prison cell, had I
ever lifted my hand against the life or
the liberty of my follow man, had I ever
sought to filch their good name, 1 would
not be here. I would have fled from the
haunts of civilization.”
After the meeting Mr. Debs said: “I will
now go home and remain there engaged
in office work connected with the Ameri
can Railway Union. I will then start on a
tour of the country making public speech
es. the first to he made in Milwaukee, the
19th of next February. I am not going to
lecture, but will make public BP‘ les
partly in the interest of the American
Railway Union, but generally in the in
terest of labor.”
SUSPECTED OF FILIBUSTERING.
Customs Ofliciuls Keeping an Eye on
a Schooner.
■Washington, Nov. 22.—Several expedi
tions alleged to be on foot from this coun
try to aid the Cuban revolutionists, have
been called to the attention of the Uni
ted States government by the Spanish
minister, Senor Dupuy De Lome. He
gives details of one which, he asserts,
has just started from Philadelphia. It
is now, he says, on its way down the Del
aware river. The schooner James W.
Foster in tow of a tug is the suspected
vessel. It. lias on hoard, lie reports, a
number of men hound for Cuba. -Mr. Lie
Lome reports that the programme is for
the Foster to take on ammunition and
arms of Chester, Pa., and proceeding
down the Delaware to transfer her cargo
of men to the Norwegian steamer Leon
off Delaware breakwater, whence that
steamer will sail for Cuba, other sus
pected expeditions on foot in Florida and
Texas are reported, hut no details are
given. Secretary Carlisle has advised
the customs officials of the information
imparted, and has instructed them to
prevent, if possible, the neutrality laws
of the United States from being violated.
Madrid, Nov. 22.—The Impareials spec
ial dispatch from Santiago de Cuba says
Col. Mario, with his column, has harass
ed the rebel leader Maceo for three con
secutive days over a route extending from
Tunas to Guayman. Within that time
the troops had four combats with the re
bels. Maceo losing twenty men, while the
Spanish had only one man killed and four
wounded. Col. Mario intends to follow
up his successes with vigor.
Gen. Canellas is confined to a hospital
in Baracoa with dysentery. The hospital
is filled with Spanish soldiers ill with
fever
Washington, Nov. 22. —The release of
the steamer Horsa, seized at Kingston,
Jamaica, the other day for landing fiili
busters in Cuba, is thus explained. The
vessel sails under the Danish flag, and as
the offense charged against her was com
mitted partly in the United States and
partly in Cuban waters, the officials at
Kingston concluded they had no juris
diction and released her.
Madrid, Nov. 22.—Two battalions of in
fantry started from this city yesterday
for Cadiz, whence they will embark for
Cuba. Their departure was witnessed by
several generals and members of the cab
inet, the bishop of Zion and a band of
students with banners. There were also
present a delegation representing the
queen regent and an enormous crowd of
the populace. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed.
Kingston. Ja., Nov. 22.—The Danish
steamer Horsa, which was seized by the
authorities upon her arrival here on Nov.
16 for alleged violation of the general en
listment act, was held for ten hours and
thoroughly searched. In the meantime
affidavits of several members of her crew
were taken proving that filibusters had
been landed by her up the Cuban coast,
hut the Jamaican government authori
ties decided that no British law had been
violated and under the circumstances
they had no jurisdiction and the vessel
was released. The Horsa sailed for Phil
adelphia on Nov. 20.
REV. SMITH INSANE.
His Counsel Admits That He Sent
Scurrilous Postal Cards.
Boston, Nov. 22.—The case of Rev.
Frank Hyatt Smith came up in the United
States circuit court to-day before Judge
Nelson on the question of the sanity of
Mr. Smith.
Lawyer Hopkins, of Smith's counsel,
read the suggestion, which states that
Rev. Frank Smith was insane at the time
of his indictment for sending scurrilous
and defamatory postal cards through the
mails. Counsel admitted that Smith wrote
j and sent the cards.
Witnesses were then called, who testl
' fled to the symptoms of insajlity in Mr.
i Smith. The court adjudged the defend
! ant insane, and he wiil be taken to the
I government asylum at Washington im
\ mediately.
A PRISONER SHOT DEAD.
Tlie Bullet Fired by a Man He Had
Under Arrest.
Vevay, Ind„ Nov. 22.—About 9 o’clock
last night Policeman Robert Knox, ar
rested Ed Taylor and was on his way to
the jail when Taylor drew a revolver and
fired, killing Officer Knox instantly.
Taylor fled and made his escape. Tlie
officers sent to Warsaw for bloodhounds
They arrived here at an early hour tills
morning, and are now on the track of the
fugitive. If he is caught it Is thought
Taylor will be lynched.
Howgate Begins His Term.
Washington, Nov. 22.—Capt. Howgate
was to-day taken to Albany penitentiary,
to serve his sentence of eight years for
forgery and embezzlement, while at the
head of the signal service of the army.
SAVANNAH, GA,, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2:j, 1893.
GOLDEN EAGLES AGAIN GOING.
THE TREASI HY DEPARTMENT
WORRIED BY THE FLIGHT.
The Danger Murk of If'.'.OIMUKHI Will
Soon Be Reached at (lie Present
Hate of Withdrawals—Tlie Presi
dent to Give Congress uu Opportu
nity to Suggest Some Form of Re
lief—lf Its Aetlon Does Not Sleet
Hlm ideas He Will Sell More Ronds
to the Syndicate.
Washington, Nov. 22.—Another big raid
on the gold reserve was reported at the
treasury department late this afternoon,
and the officials In the treasurer’s office
made no attempt to conceal their anxiety.
The first report that came from New York
was to tlie effect that $4,500,0<‘0 was with
drawn for shipment to-morrow, but sub
sequent information reduced the amount
to S4,CrJO,UM. At this rate it is said at the
treasury that the danger mark, or the
limit, which was fixed at $75,0.6.000, will
soon be reached. It is further understood
that Secretary Carlisle, in his annual re
port to congress, does not propose to
make any specific recommendation to af
ford immediate relief, and it is further
said that the President will only go as far
as to urge the adoption of legislation
providing for the retirement of the green
backs. It is said that the President pro
poses tu give congress an opportunity to
suggest some form < relief, and if it
agrees with his ideas he will give it his
official sanction, otherwise he will veto it,
and sell more bonds to the Morgan-Bel
mont syndicate.
The practical men In congress, as well
as those In administration circles who
are not trying to make political capital
out of the unhealthy condition of the gov
ernment’s finances, point to the insuffi
ciency in the revenues as the great cause
of all the trouble. They call attention to
the .ct that It was claimed that the re
peal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman silver act would bring the de-
sired relief to the treasury; now it is urg
ed that the retirement of greenbacks is
necessary to keep up the gold reserve
and afford sufficient revenue to meet
the expenditures of the government.
While it is conceded that the retin nent
of the greenbacks will eventually help
to keep up the gold reserve, the fact
remains that the expenditures of the gov
ernment continue to exceed the receipts
by over $20,000,000.
Senator Hawley of Connecticut, In com
menting upon the condition of the treas
ury, says he does not believe the repub
lican party intends to take any political
advantage of the present situation, in
dealing with the nation's finances. He
says he is prepared to go to any practica
ble limit with the President and Secre
tary Carlisle, to help bring about an im
provement in the condition of affairs. It
is not the time for the President or the
republicans in congress to play at poli
ties with such an important question, a
question of vital importance, to the whole
country, without regard to party lines.
Senator Hawley says the simple truth
is that the revenues of the government
are not equal to the necessary expendi
ures, and if congress and the President
are in earnest in their desire to relieve
the treasury it can he accomplishd with
out much difficulty.
The senator does not advocab a gen
eral revision of the tariff, but he sug
gests that a duty lie placed on wool and
such other articles as will produce i suffi
cient revenue, lie says lie is willing to
go as far as any reasonable man to meet
the present emergency.
on tlie other hand, some of tlie free
silver men are disposed to derive some’
satisfaction from the present condition
of affairs, for they contend that the pas
sage of a free silver measure would have
protected the treasury and Increased the
circulating medium. Senator Dubose of
Idaho, who is one of the active cham
pions of silver, takes a more reasonable
view of the situation than some of the
rampant free silver men, who insist
that nothing hut the unlimited
free coinage of silver at a ratio
of 16 to 1 will satisfy them. He says the
honest, and sincere friends of silver, who
simply demand that silver shall have a
fair show with gold, are ready to co-oper
ate with the representatives of the gold
standard whenever silver receives just
recognition and the people of the country
have the privilege of judging for them
selves whether they will have gold or
silver as money, it Is feared, however,
that the silver men, who claim to have
a majority in the Senate, will stand out
against any proposition that is not fav
orably disposed toward silver. Under the
existing rules a few men ctin block any
proposition submitted and the outlook for
legislation providing for tlie retirement
of the greenbacks alone is not bright.
Such a proposition may go through the
House, hut the fight will come in the
Senate, and the revival of the old finan
cial conflict is not improbable.
Kx-Itepresentative Bacon of New Y’ork,
who was chairman of the committee on
banking and currency in the Fifty-second
congress, who was in Washington to-day
on private business, says the only way
to replenish the gold reserve is to make
all the customs duties payable in gold.
So long as 95 per cent, of the customs du
ties are paid in paper, there is no way
for the government to obtain gold ex
cept by purchasing it or borrowing. He
says he would retire all the Sherman
notes and all the notes now receivable
for customs and reissue them as green
hacks, which are not receivable for cus
toms. Then, and only then, will the gild
reserve he replenished. Naturately he con
tends that even if the revenues were in
excess of tlie expenditures of the govern
ment. (he gold reserve would still he con
tinually depleted by the present system
of receiving rl! kinds of paper money for
customs duties.
EXPORTS OF GOLD.
Heavy Shipments to lie Made by To
day’s Steamers.
Washington, Nov. 22.—The treasury de
partment was informed early this morn
ing that $3,000,000 in gold had been en
gaged for export to Europe on Saturday.
Secretary Carlisle carried the information
to the white house, when he went over
at 11 o’clock to attend the usual Friday
cabinet meeting.
But later this afternoon Assistant Sec
retary Morgan telegraphed Secretary Car
lisle that the actual gold withdrawals
were 81,050,000, of which $1,000,000 was taken
in gold coin and $3,050,C00 in gold bars.
With the $50,000 taken on Thursday, this
will make the gold exports to-morrow
$4,550,000. Lazard Freres, who early this
morning engaged $1,250,000 for export, re
duced their order to SBOO,OOO. With this
export, the treasury gold reserve stands
at the close of business to-day at $82,-
350.000.
Various causes are assigned by treas
ury officials for the heavy gold’ exports
at this time. Chief among them are the
collapse of the Kaffir mining boom in
South Africa, and the consequent drag
ring down of large houses engaged in
this class of speculation. The eastern
troubles have also caused weakness on
the bourses in Paris, Berlin, Frankfort
and London, leaving the New York mar
ket the only financial center where stocks
and bonds could be sold without great
sacrifice.
Asa res fit of the realization on Amer
ican securities held abroad, to make good
losses sustained In speculation in South
Africa, gold has to be shipped to meet
such sales. Other reasons assigned are the
small export of cotton and the large im
port of foreign goods, together with the
further fact, recognized the world over,
that gold is more readily obtained from
the treasury of the United States than
from the treasury of any other nation.
Several times within the past few years,
the treasury gold reserve has been at a
much lower figure than it is now. On Jan.
31, ISSM. just before the first bond issue of
$30,000,000, it fell to $65,630,173. and even af
ter that gold was put into the reserve,
sending it up to $107,150.0n on March 10. it
full on August 10, to $52,499.7-7. Just before
the second bond issue was made the re
serve stood at $39,000,0<M. From the gold re
ceived from this second s3o.'>i,(s) of bonds
the reserve reached on De pi. $106,821,428.
From this figure it fell gradually to $41,-
393.212, on Feb. 9, 1895, when the third bond
issue, this time for s62.4'i.'ju was made.
Asa result of this issue the
gold reserve attained on June 29,
$107,512,000 from which figure
it has continued to decline, as the result
of withdrawals for export, to-day's fig- i
tires $82,350,000. One effect of the heavy ’
gold withdrawals at New York this
week has been to reclue the gold coin
not covered by outstanding gold certifi
cates. to about $27,000,000 and to so se
riously deplete the stock of gold coin at
the New York subtreasury. that gold
coin from several western subtreasuries
and from the United States mint at Phil
adelphia has had to be shipped to New
York to replenish its reduc ’d cold stock.
The assistant treasurer of the j
United States, Hon. D. N. Mor
gan, in his annual report on the !
operations and condition of the treasury,
after giving figures as to receipts and
expenditures, which differ very slightly
fiom those already published, says:
"Aside from the variations in the total
stoek of gold in the country which are
dependent upon the democratic produc
tion and consumption, as well as the im
ports and exports of the metal, the most
important change now going on in the
composition of the money supply arises
from the gradual retirement of the treas
ury notes of 1890, through their redemp
tion in silver dollars- By this process,
which began in August, 1893. and has con
tinued since, the total Issue of $135,931,002
of these notes was reduced by Sept. 30,
1895, to $143,(166,280.”
New York. Nov. 22.—Lazard Freres will
ship $1,250,000 in gold, W . 11. Grossman &
Bro.. $1,000,000 and Heidelbach Ickelheimer
& Cos., $750,000 on to-morrow's European
steamers.
CARS HAVE A CLOSE CALL.
A Narrow Escape From n Flange Into
the River at Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., Nov. 22.—At 2:30 o’clock
this morning three night ears stopped on
the west side of the Superior street via
duct draw, while the draw was opened to
permit the passage of a vessel. There
were about thirty people on the ears.
The current was off, and the motorman on
a Woodward avenue ear, which was fur
ihest from the draw, left his car without
turning off his controller. The current
came suddenly while the bridge was
swung, and the motor started forward
with a jump. It crashed into the ear in
front of it and pushed that Into the car
nearest the draw. Men and women
screamed and Jumped from the ears. In
spite of set brakes the cars were pushed
against the closed gates before the cur
rent could be turned off the runaway.
The gales wore strong enough to hold
the cars, or they worn., have gone Into
the river, seventy-five feet below. One
woman. Mrs. George Shindler, was se
verely injured by Jumping from the car.
HI Hit ANT’S HARD FIGHT.
Pronouncing of Sentence Deferred
Until Next Wednesday,
San Francisco, Nov. 22. —W. It. T. Dur
rant, convicted of murder of Blanche La
mont, was brought before Judge Murphy
for sentence this morning. Gen. Dickinson
moved for a continuance until Wednesday
next, stating that he had been unable to
complete the affidavits upon which he ex
pected to base his motion for anew trial.
He stated further that the discovery of
certain new evidence made a continuance
necessary.
Judge Murphy said he desired to give the
defense every opportunity to present their
motion, and ordered the clerk of the court
to enter an order continuing the time for
pronouncing judgment until next Wednes
day morning.
Copies of the affidavits referred to by
Gen. Dickinson arc to be served on the
district attorney not later than Tuesday.
RIOTING VT MADRID.
The Pop (l I ace Doivn on (lie Munici
pal Officers.
Madrid, Nov. 22.—The excitement grow
ing out of the charges made by the Mar
quis Cahrinana against certain municipal
officers of using their positions for their
private advantage shows no sign of abate
ment. The students here attempted to
day to make a demonstration against the
accused officials, but were prevented by
the police. When ordered to disperse, the
students stoutly refused to do so, and it
w’as found impossible to drive them away
until the police charged them with drawn
swords. A number of students who were
charged with being ringleaders in the
movement were arrested. It is feared
that the trouble is not yet ended and the
authorities are of the opinion that an at
tack may be made on the municipal build
ings. To guard against this strong de
tachments of gendarmes have been sta
tioned about the various public buildings.
NEWFOUNDLAND'S SMUGGLERS.
They Are Offered Release on Paying
Fines.
St. Johns. N. F., Nov. 22.—The executive
council met last night and decided to re
lease the convicted smugglers upon the
payment of fines ranging from $75 to SSOO,
■according to the gravity of the offense.
The offer was communicated to the pris
oners to-day and they all refused to pay
any amounts, preferring to serve the bal
ance of their terms of imprisonment. The
government will give them until Mondav
to decide what alternative they will ac
cept, intimating that no further clemency
wili’be extended to them.
The government organ, the Telegram,
admits the existence of the direst pov
erty in this city and many of the out-port
settlements. It believes that great desti
tution will prevail during the coming
winter.
CHINA AFTER V NEW LOAN*.
Germany Willing to Make II on Joint
Account With England.
London, Nov. 22.—The Daily News will
to-morrow publish a dispatch from Vien
na saying that advices that
have reached there coming from
St. Petersburg, show that China is
negotiating with Germany with the object
of raising anew loan. It is stated that
Germany agreed to the Chinesi propos
als on condition that Great Britain un
dertake the loan jointly with Germany,
and that Russia he made cognizant of the
matter. Russia has been Informed that
the negotiations are already somewhat
advanced.
A Court C lerk Flees.
Denver, Col., Nov. 22.—C01. Matt Adams
clerk of the district court here, has rel
signed and disappeared. Investigation
this morning shows a shortage in his
accounts said to approximate $2,000.
A BIG RALLY FOR ARMENIA.
HOSTOX PROTESTS AGAINST THE
MASSACRES.
The Meeting; Held Cndor Hie Auspices
of the Armenian Relief Commit
tee—A Series* of Resolution* Adopt
ed—Gov. Robert Treat
Paine, Julia Ward Howe, iliHliop
liimrence, Rev. F. E. ( larke, Cnr
li* Guild, Jr., mul William Lloyd
Garrison Deliver Speeches.
Boston, Nov. 22.—A meeting: under the
auspices of the Armenian relief commit
tee of this city was hekl in Faneuil hall
this noon to protest against the recent
outrages against Armenians and to excite
sympathy for and co-operation in the work
of relief for those in distress.
The floor and sides of the hall were well
tilled with men with a sprinkling: of wo
men, when the meeting was opened. Prom
inent upon the platform were Gov. Green
halge, Rev. Francis G. Peabody of Cam
bridge, Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Samuel
•R. Capon, Hagop Boglglan, Rev. C. Ham
lin and William Lloyd Garrison.
Edward G. Potter, chairman of the re
lief committee, called the committee, to or
der and expressed the intense feeling of
the audience upon a subject which so
touched them as lovers of liberty, lie said
the relief committee had remitted to Con
stantinople during the last two months
over $3,000, and had about S3OO coming in
this week. These contributions were ex
pended on the tieid under the United States
legation in concert with the missionaries.
He then presented the following list of
officers for the mooting, who were elect
ed by acclamation: Chairman, Hon.
Robert Treat Paine; vice presidents. G v.
Greenhalge, Lieut. Gov. Wolcott, Charles
Grannis Adams, Gen. Francis A. Walker,
Samuel Johnson, James J. Jeffrey Roche,
Charles R. Cod man. William Lloyd Gar
rison, Winslow Warren; secretary, Hagop
Bogigian.
A series of resolutions wore presented
by Samuel B. Capon, read and made the
text for a number of speeches, after
which they were unanimously adopted:
They are as follows:
Whereas, during the last year and a
half the ancient feud between Moslem
and Christian has broken out with terri
fic violence in all parts of the Turkish
empire; and,
Whereas, it is proved by overwhelming
evidence that the responsibility for such
atrocious deeds rests largely with the sul
tan's government, whose authoriz'd
agents have been foremost in plundering
arid murdering the defenceless Armen
ians; and.
Whereas, this violence has now extend
ed to the persons and property of Amer
ican citizens resident in that land, and
scrupulously obeying its laws; therefore,
Resolved. That we express our unquali
fied condemnation of the government
which for so long a time has been not
only unable to maintain peace within its
borders, but which has used its power
openly to foment discord and to give un
bridled license to its troops.
Resolved, That what such a government
denounces as rebellion among its sub
jects. while perhaps a hopeless thing in
itself, cannot be censured by any lover
of liberty who remembers the patience,
industry and peaceful disposition of the
Armenian race; and who considers what
the instincts of our common humanity
are, when every sacred right to which a
man is entitled even under Turkish law
had been ruthlessly violated.
Resolved, That we extend our deepest
sympathy to the Uhristian people of the
empire, who having survived the massa
cres, are now left at the beginning of
winter without shelter, food or clothing,
and who may be still in hourly expecta
tion of surrendering their lives to the
rapacious Kurd or the fanatical Turk.
Resolved, That in view of the extreme
destitution of the survivors, we call upon
tht* people of New England to sustain the
appeal of the Armenian relief committee
by forwarding funds to Messrs. Brown
Bros. & Cos., under the assurance that
whatever is entrusted to them will be duly
acknowledged and prudently expended.
Resolved. That we approve the project
of administrative reform submitted by
Great Britain to th<* powers, and only re
gret that they have been so long in their
fruitless endeavors to come to an under
standing.
Resolved, That we commend the vigor
ous efforts of our government to guard
American interests in Turkey, and we ap
preciate greatly the firm attitude of our
minister at Constantinople, who has evi
dently done all in his power to protect his
countrymen from the manifold perils to
which they are exposed.
The speakers were Robert Treat Paine,
the Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, the veteran mis
sionary to Turkey and founder of Robert
College; Bishop Lawrence, Rev. F. E.
Clarke, Julia Wal'd Howe. Curtis Guild,
Jr., William Lloyd Garrison, son of the
famous abolitionist; Gov. Greenhalge and
James Jeffrey Roche, editor of the Bos
ton Pilot, also spoke.
Letters were read from ex-Gov. William
E. Russell, R. John D. Long, A. Shuman
and Josiah Quincy.
Gov. Greenhalge said: “We are here to
consider a grave crisis. The great com
mon sense which runs through the decla
ration of independence cannot be expect
ed of every people.- The Armenian can
not reflect as the intelligent American did
that before he rushes into rebellion or
revolution he must have a reasonable
hope of success. But. if he had seemed
to do what to our cold, • ilculating i♦•!-
ligence is unwise, remember that it is
only the cry of guttering humanity after
all.
“We hear much about the words of the
father of our country about entangling
alliances, but let us be careful that we do
not in a negative and supine way make
entangling alliances with crime and mur
der. rapine and torture. (Great applause.)
“The United States of America cannot
afford to sit a deaf mute in the councils
of nations (applause). Entangling alli
ances! We may make them with the forces
of hell by remaining silent. (Applause.)
“L have confidence, Mr. Chairman, that
the executive action of the federal gov
ernment will be wise, prompt and effec
tive. I hope I am not a jingo (laughter
and applause), but I feel a thrill of sat
isfaction in saying that the Minneapolis,
with 400 blue jackets and forty marines
is likely to be steaming on her swift way
to Constantinople to represent the con
science of Christian America.” (Great
applause.)
The “Turks are riot the cause of the
Armenian troubles.” was the statement
made by David Offley this afternoon to
a reporter.
Mr. Offley is an American who has spent
all his life in the domain of the sultan.
His headquarters are in Smyrna, Turkey,
in Asia, where he is engaged in the fruit
business. He is in Boston now on busi
ness.
Mr. Offley attributes the troubles to
the ambitions of the* Armenians in aspir
ing to independence. Whenever a body
of them has organized for effective work,
he says, their plans have always been
disclosed by some traitor among their own
number.
A bribe from the Turkish government
or the promise of some official position
has always been sufficient to by some Ar
menian.
Then the Turks proceeded to suppress
the treason that has been nutured by the
Armenian subjects.
Many of the massacres have been com
mitted by Kurds, who are roaming rob
bers. The murders are committed, not
on account of hatred of the Christians,
but rather for a love of pillage and booty.
Mr. Offley says their is a vein of treach
ery in most Armenians, yet ther. are ex
ceptions to the rule and he knows of
some Armenian firms in Smyrna that he
would place as high, if not higher than
the English firms. lie says the mission-
arios do an immense amount of good and
are a splendid body of people.
Mr. Offley added: "From the knowledge
I have of the Turks I would say they are
among the most hospitable and kind peo
ple I ever came across during my travels
in Asia Minor, where I have lived for a
long time. This does not agree. I know,
with the majority of reports about them,
but 1 speak as I find them. I will say
that, in my humble opinion the Turks are
not entirely the cause of the trouble.”
Providence, R. X., Nov. 22.—Seventy-five
Armenians employed at the Whitins ma
chine works at Whitinsville, struck yes
terday because the superintendent refused
to discharge tfiree Turks who were work
ing in company with them. Previous to
this act. the Armenians hel 1 a meeting in
reference to this matter and a deputation
waited on the superintendent anJ inform
'd him that inasmuch as the Turks were
the "natural and insolent enemies” of the
Armenians, they did not think it proper
to work in their compafly. The superin
tendent did not consider their claims
strong enough to cause the discharge of
the three Turks and refused to remove
them, whereupon the 75 Armenians quit
work.
III.OODY W ORK OF Kl RDS.
Foreigners at Marnah tow Reported
In Great Danger,
London. Nov. 22.—The correspondent of
the United Press in Constantinople tele
graphs, under date of Nov. 21, that tele
graphic advices from Maraslt represent
the foreigners there as being in gre:if
danger from an attack by Kurdish raid
ers. A letter received in Constantinople
from Erzeroum, under date of Nov. 5,
supplies abundant proof that the massa
cres there were begun and ended by
Kurdish soldiers acting under orders,
rather than by the populace, who fol
lowed the lead of the soldiers through
out. The soldiers and their civilian allies
plundered 1,000 dwellings and 2,000 shops,
and killed 1,000 men. women and children.
The government, the letter says, Is now
endeavoring to restore to the people such
of their property as may be available,
and to distribute some bread among the
starving inhabitants, doubtless under in
structions from Constantinople.
Paris, Nov. 22.—A dispatch to the Matin
from Constantinople says twenty villa
ges northwest of Aleppo have been burned
and their inhabitants massacred.
The massacres at Marash, the dispatch
says, took place in the presence of the
Turkish governor general, who did %.ot
interfere to stop them. Upwards of 200
personr. were killed. The Kurds, accord
ing to this dispatch, are gathering upon
the Euphrates and preparing to march
into Syria for the purpose of massacring
the Christians.
Constantinople, Nov. 22.—A telegram re
ceived in Constantinople yesterday says
that bands of marauding Circassians arc
plundering the villages of Mlssias and
Piaz, near the city of Adana, in Asia
Minor, and also says that outbreaks have
occurred In two villages near Angora.
It is reported in Constantinople that ten
Albanian guards were executed in the
Yildlz palace Wednesday evening. The
government has officially Issued a threat
to severely punish any persons found
guilty of marking houses occupied by
Armenians in Constantinople. One hun
dred and fifty Softas and members of the
Young Turks’ party, who have been ac
tive in fomenting disturbances, were ex
ported from Constantinople on Wednes
day.
The government has issued an order pro
hibiting English newspapers of the date
of Nov. 19, German papers of Nov. 18, and
American papers of Nov. 18 and 19 from
entering the country.
Owing to the danger to foreigners at
Marash the Hon. A. W. Terrell, the Amer
ican minister, and the Hon. Si. H. Her
bert, the British charge d’affalrs, have
demanded of the porte that it protect the
Americans, Englishmen and other for
eigners there. The general commanding
at Marash continues his negotiations look
ing to the surrender of the Armenians
who recently captured some of the forti
fications at Zeitoun.
KNIGHTS OF LAHOIt ADJOI ltN'.
Several Important Mutter* Disposed
of on the liiiKt Day.
Washington, Nov. 22.—The general as
sembly of the Knights of Labor adjourn
ed to-night at 7:2<> o’clock to meet at
Rochester, N. V., on the lirst Tuesday af
ter the second Monday in November, ls9tj.
The press committee of the general as
sembly was directed to send a telegram to
Mr. Debs, addressed to Battery D., Chi
cago. Their telegram read: “The general
assembly of the Knights of Labor hails
the celebration of your release from ille
gal imprisonment as the beginning of a
grand public uprising of the whole people
against the introduction of autocratic
czarism within republican institutions.
Consider us with you to the end.”
Two delegates were appointed to the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial I'nion
convention, to be held in February, 183fi.
A resolution was adopted condemning
the governor of Idaho for forming three
militia companies of aliens during the re
cent Couer d’ Alone troubles.
General Master Workman Sovereign was
selected as a delegate to the International
Labor Convention in London, Eng., to be
held in August next year, and T. J.
O'Reilly of Brooklyn was elected to serve
in his place as proxy.
The question of excluding the Japanese
from this country was laid on the table,
it being held that such action would not
be consistent. Inasmuch as the Knights
of Labor believed in universal organiza
tion.
Resolutions were adopted protesting
against the competition of marine and
military bands with citizens’ hands, with
regard to letter carriers, providing for
four classes, with maximum pay at $1,200,
instead of SI,OOO, as at present, and con
demning the Judiciary and favoring
amending the constitution so as to take
the power of appointment from the Pres
ident.
Resolutions were also passed condemn
ing the use of militia in labor troubles,
and the circulation of national bank notes,
and advocating governmental control of
the, highways.
STOKHS IN HARD LICK.
18c Hml a Fortune la Ivory When
Shot la the Congo Couolry.
Berlin, Nov. 22.—A dispatch to the Tage
blatt from Zanzibar says that the caravan
which was under the direction of the Brit
ish trader Stokes, who was hanged in the
Congo country hv the Belgian Captain
Lothairne for selling arms and ammuni
tion to the natives, has arrived at the coast
of German East Africa with 40,000 pounds
worth of ivory.
Brussels, Nov. 22.—1 t is announced that
the authorities of the Congo state have
decided to court martial Capt. I.othaire for
hanging the British trader Stokes, his
summary action being held to have been
unjustified.
lIIIEKN IN A CELL.
Feeling Running High Against Him
mill Ills W hereabouts Concealed.
Leadville, Col., Nov. 22.—P. W. Breen,
the defaulting president of the Leadville
Savings Bank, was arrested in Denver
last evening and arrived here this morn
ing in charge of officers. The feeling here
is running high against . him. He was
spirited away to avoid hostile demonstra
tions, and his whereabouts Is not known
to the public. He is, however, in charge
of the police awaiting formal commit
ment.
I DAILY. $lO A YEAR. |
4 5 CENTS A COPY. V
} WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK II A YEAR l
FIREMEN FALL WITH A FLOOR.
FOI R OF THE MEN KILLED AND
OYE ESCAPES IYHIBT.
A Girl Employed in the naming
Building Fulls From n \\ imlow anil
Dies From Her Injuries—A Dozen
Other Men, W omen anil Girls In
jured—The liiirned Building
Known as Hie Dry Goods and
W oolen Exchange.
Chicago, Nov. 22.—A fire, disastrous to
life and properly, swept through the Dry
Goods and Woolen Exchange building this
morning.
Five firemen, in the active discharge of
their duty and totally unmindful of dan
ger, wire carried through a floor and
buried under tons of wreckage from the
five floors above. Four of the men lie
dead, but the fifth Is not seriously In
jured.
One girl fell from a window and re
ceived injuries from which she died.
A dozen other men, women and girls
were hurt or overcome by smoke, and
many were rescued from imminent death.
The property loss to 215 and 217 Van
Buren and 278-78 Franklin street, and tho
contents, is estimated at SIOO,OOO.
The dead are: Patrick J. O'Donnell,
lieutenant of engine company No. 2;
Thomas J. Prendergast, a pipeman; Mar
tin Sherroek, a pipeman; John Downs, a
pipeman; Kate Lanilgraff, employed in
A. Stein & Co.'s garter factory'.
Among the injured were:
Daniel McNally, pipeman, removed to
St. Luke's hospital, sprained leg and
bruises.
Olga Keller, leg and arm Injured.
Nellie Turner, fell from fourth story
window and seriously hurt.
Harry O'Neill, arm broken and bacic
injured.
John Bruenheimor, badly injured by
falling from the fourth story, while as
sisting girls to escape.
The others who were injured were girls
and spectators, who saved them, all be
ing overcome by smoke, but they soon
recovered after medical treatment at
hospitals or their homes.
All the dead and injured firemen wera
members of Engine Cos. No. 2. Their cap
tain, Lewis Fieene, escaped the awful
plunge to death only by hanging to the
wall of the window on the second floor un
til released from his perilous position by
firemen on a ladder.
The owner of the burned building is Na
than Fischer of the clothing llrm whose
factory and warehouse Is at Van Buren
and Franklin streets, opposite the scene
of death and destruction.
The following firms were burned out in
the 1,.-shaped building, which was of one
th-j most tire-proof and ornamental in the
wholesale district: Arnold, linings and
clothiers supplies; S. Rosenburg, whole
sale tailors trimmings: Stern & Belrs,
wholesale clothing; S. Bernheimer, sam
ples cotton goods; Louis M. Barnett, tail
ors; the Dime Lunch Cos.; Warring Bros.,
carpet soap, J. Gralfeldt, samples buttons;
Abe Fink, notions and fancy goods; Tootal
Broadhurst, Lee & Cos., wholesale cotton
and woolen goods; N. <J. I’echman & Cos.,
wholesale clothing; Arnold Wolf, fancy
and gentlemen’s furnishing goods; W. L.
Loewenback, manufacturer’s agents:
Branhall Bros. & Cos., samples woolens;
M. Kellen, samples clothing; Philip Klein,
matches; C. S. Mahoney & Cos., samples
notions; A. Stein & Cos., man
ufacturer of garters; J. Roths
child &- Cos., wholesale cloth
ing: Stevens, Sanford & Handy, samples
clothes; Klotz. Veith & Cos., samples but
tons; Fellows & Cos., wholesale linen col
lars and cuffs; S. D. Strytter. manufac
turers’ agents;Kalamazoo Pant and Over
coat Company; A. M. Liclienstein, whole
sale silk handkerchiefs; E. F. Lonaeher,
wholesale cotton goods; Assenheim &
Rich, samples clothing; Judah Bros., sam
ples cloaks and suits; F.Butterfield & Cos.,
samples cloths; A. Robinson &■ Cos., sam
ple- woolens; Leavitt A- Mitchell Bros.,
samples cloths, Centerville Manufactur
ing Company, plush cloths; S. Einstein,
agent; Louis Friedmann, samples cloth
ing; S. Worthiomor & Cos., samples; Eria
Button Works, samples; S. Kahan, adver
tising novelties; 1). Rosenkranz, gents'
furnishings; Othetnan, Dyer & South
wick, samples cloths; Military News Pub
lishing Company, composing room: Na
tional Thread Company; Hammond,
Knowlton & Cos. wholesale thread: Y.
llellesoe. Rubber Type Company; Town
send & Son, wholesale hosiery and un
derwear; S. I*. Eosinsky. garment manu
facturers; M. Delee, tailor; Hlnch & Ould,
samples eioths.
The loss on the building is SIOO,OOO, al
most covered by insurance.
The aggregate loss of the many tenants
is placed at $.200,01)0, the heaviest individ
ual loser being Stern & Beirs, $75,000.
The lire started at 9:13 o'clock on the
fourth floor of the seven-story build
ing, in the garter factory of Stein & Cos.,
where many girls were at work. Two
of these. Kate Landgraf and Nellie Tur
ner, jumped from the windows to tho
sidewalk. The others were helped down
by the firemen and by John Bruenheimor.
The latter fell himself, after all the girla
were out of the building, and was badly
hurt.
The janitor thinks the tire was incen
diary, and accused a man named Buel.
while other occupants of the building sav
the fire originated in a little room on the
third tloor used in the making of papiep
mache forms. No arrest has been made
in connection with the tire.
Shortly after 1 o’clock came the sec
ond tragedy of the fire. The flames had
been practically extinguished and tha
firemen of engine company No. 2 wera
ordered to the fourth floor in the rear
to put out any incipient blaze that might
be found, much of the contents in that
part of the building only being water
soaked. Not one of the veteran firemen,
from chief Swenie down, imagined thera
was any danger from falling tloors. The
unfortunate men hud taken their hose'
from the fourth to the second floor, and
no tire being found. Chen Fiene went to
the window on the north and was in tha
act of shouting to Peter Hart, the driver
of the compay, to shut off the water,
when the fatal cra-sit came.
From the top floor came like an ava
lanche tons of timbers, fire-proof tiling,
merchandise, safes, radiators, fixtures
from the different offices and a mass of
other stuff on the heads and on all sides
of the firemen who put duty before safety.
An immense hole was made in the rear
end of the second floor from the roof
down, great masses of debris hanging on
the edges of the opening. A cry of horror
arose from civilians and firemen, mingled
with the artillery-like roar of the col
lapse.
Capt. Fiene clung for dear life to the
window sill until rescued and then bravely
joined the small band of rescuers, whom
Chief Sw< r.ie sent to the debris. Only one
faint voice was heard, that of McNally.
All the others had probably been killed
instantly. After hnlf am hour's work,
the men, who were in danger every min
ute of more flooring falling on them, ex
tricated McNally, and the others being
given up for dead, streams of water wera
poured on the ruins from all parts on ac
count of fire breaking out and to save
the bodies from being burned. All the
dead firemen wore married and leave large
families. The work of recovering the
bodies was continued throughout the
night.
Early this evening, the fireman dug
from beneath a pile of charred timbers,
titc body of Lieut. O'Donnell of Engine
Company No. 2. It was horribly mangled
with the exception of the face, which was
recognizable. Three more bodies are em
bedded tn the ruins anil the firemen are
hard at work trying to recover them.