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TICKLISH TIMES FOR TURKEY.
PARTITION OK THE EMPIRE STILL
A POSSIBILITY.
The Present Lnil In the Crisis honk
ed Upon in Certain Quarters sis
Only Temporary—Lord Salisbury's
Reputation as si Diplomat Greatly
En Ini need ly the Tact With Which
He lias .Manipulated the Eastern
Tauitle,
London, Nov. 23. —It can be authorita
tively stated that Lord Salisbury's in
structions to Sir Phillip Currie, the
British ambassador to Turkey, who left
England a few days ago on his return to
his post of duty, are to refrain from ex
erting undue pressure on the sultan for
the execution of the reforms in Armenia
and to give the porte time to recover from
the existing administrative anarchy and
to appoint authorities through whom the
reforms must lie effected.
The queen has written a letter to the
sultan. It is reported that the queen
will invite the sultan to visit England
wiien the time shall be auspicious. The
anxiety at the foreign office in regard to
the east has greatly lessened during the
week.
The temporary lull In the Turkish crisis
gives the conservative press occasion to
publish radiant eulogies on Lord Salis
bury as the saviour of the peace of Eu
rope. He alone, it is claimed, has preserv
ed the continuity of concerted action by
the powers; he is the greatest living fig
ure in diplomacy and he extorts the ad
miration of foreign statesmen, etc.
There is no doubt that the prime minis
ter’s reputation ha* been enhanced by the
tact with which he has manipulated the
diplomatic tangle in the east, but the con
servative jubilations are premature and
likely to be turned into ridicule by coming
developments in Constantinople. Tile lat
est and best advices received on the conti
nent concur with those re eived direct from
Turkey. Batches of suspects are daily de
ported from Constantinople and secretly
executed or imprisoned In some of tne sui
fan's oubliettes in Asia Minor. His own
order that all the princes must reside
within the Yildiz kiosk under his direct
supervision is sufficient to indicate how
volcanic the position continues.
The Westminster Gazette publishes a
letter from Constantinople regarding the
secret executions, and the writer tells
a grim story. Divers who are employed
in driving piles for anew pier outside
the Uoldt n Horn, on reaching bottom,
were surprised to find a number of bod
ies standing upright around the place
that had been designated for tile driving
of the piles. One of the divers identified
them as the bodies of students, some of
whom had been known to him personally.
All had heavy leads tied to their feet,
causing them to stand erect, the corpses
thus being given a weirdly, lifelike look.
They numbered between forty and fifty.
Apart from the conservative bluft, It
Is generally recognized that the powers
must prepare to deal with a radical so
lution of the Turkish problem. In dis
cussing the partition of Turkey the En
glish don't shrink from claiming a fat
share of the spoils for Great Britain.
The St. James Gazette holds that
Egypt and Arabia, with that part of
Hereto, joining the Brltish-Indian system
through Beluohistan, ought to be llrit
ish. The assent of the Shah of Persia to
Lh: scheme does not matter. Southern
Persia, it says, is ready to fall at the
first shake.
The Spectator speaks on similar lines.
The Westminster Gazette, advocating
more modest British rights, suggests than
tlie United States tnay have a finger in
the pie. It recalls Richard Cobden’s fancy
published in a pamphlet 111 1833. and en
titled, "England, Ireland and America.”
He pictured the pashaliks transformed
Into free states, controlled by Americans
and prosperous civilization. Cobden’s let
ters show that an Americanized Turkey
haunted his mind. While admitting that
this Is an Illusion, the Westminster Ga
zette says that it is not a hopelessly er
ratic one. Robert college, it adds, is not
the least powerful of the agencies in Asia
Minor. If the American people intervened,
it asks, what might not happen'.'
The representative of the United Press
in Constantinople telegraphs under yes
terday’s date that it is officially an
nounced that the Armenians inhabiting
villages near Adana have surrendered
their arms and kissed the hands of the
governor in token of their submission to
the authority of the government.
The government has offered a reward
for information leading to the detection
of persons distributing or exposing in
public places placards or posters menac
ing Armenians. The government adds in
announcing this, that all Turks must re
spect and love their compatriots.
An additional commission composed
of three members has been appointed to
expedite the peace reforms in Armenia
and have begun their sittings.
United States Minister Terrell asked
the porte for a permit to allow the Uni
ted States cruiser Marblehead to come to
Constantinople, but the request was re
fused on the ground that only powers
signatory to the treaty of Paris can ex
pect such permits.
Constantinople, Nov. 23.—The report cir
culated by the Itculer Telegram Company
that the sultan had issued firmans al
lowing the powers to have two gunboats
or guardships at Constantinople is un
true. The sultan has not yet granted
such firmans.
In an interview Tewflk Pasha, minister
of foreign affairs, declared that order
was being restored everywhere in the
provinces on the approach of troops.
Eizerouin and Adora were pacific
throughout. The reform commission was
actively laboring and had already form
ulated’a list of the new officials.
Sir Phillip Currie, the English ambassa
dor, arrived here to-day.
Athens, Nov. 23.—A dispatch received
here from Crete reports that a skirmish
took place at Kambos on Nov. 20 between
the escort accompanying a commission
charged with the institution of reforms
and a body of imperial troops. Six sol
diers were killed and ten wounded. The
populace were tranquil and took no part
in the disorder, acting in accordance with
the orders of the Greek consul, but showed
much impatience as the riot progressed,
and an inclination to participate in the
disturbance.
GERM AN VS PART IN THE GAME.
Tlic Kaiser Standing- By Austria 111
the Crisis.
Berlin, Nov. 23. Before going to Letzlin
gen on his hunting trip the emperor gave
an audience to M. De Sazogeny, the Aus
trian ambassador to Germany, with whom
he had a prolonged conference, and upon
his return from Letzlingen on Saturday
he Invited himself, upon very short no
tice, to dine with the Austrian ambassa
dor. Obviously this latter act of cour
tesy was intended to emphasize the en
tente between Germany and Austria upon
the situation in the east, as well as to
enable the emperor to learn the latest
phase of the diplomacy of Count Goiu
chowski, the Austrian minister of foreign
affairs.
The confidence fe’t in official circles
here that the sultan will lie successful
In preserving order in European Turkey
and carrying? out the reforms in Armenia
is increasing! According to the corre
spondent of the Hamburg Correspendenz
in Constantinople, the Interviews had
with the sulten by Baron Lecelice, the
shi* JlatTtiitg ftaujp.
Austrian ambassador to Turkey, have as
sisted In creating clearer views of his
practical grasp of the situation than have
hitherto been held in official circles in
Vienna and Berlin.
Baron de Calico, speaking for both Aus
tria and Germany, made it clear to the
sultan that the demands of the powers
could not be evaded, and that disorders
in every part of Turkey must positively
be suppressed and administrative reforms
taken up and carried into effect. In the
course of his interviews with the Otto
man emperor Baron tie Calice got evi
dence that the Armenian committee in
London had renewed their incitement to
an uprising in Constantinople, but that
the sultan had become aware of their de
signs and had been successful in defeat
ing them all.
Semi-official papers, which have long
been silent In regard to the situation in
the east, have now suddenly followed the
lead of the Correspondenz In attacking
the Armenian committee for having px
cited the agitation leading to the out
rages.
The Gazette on Friday, in an article
quoting the recent protest made by the
Russian amhassadrai at Constantinople
to the Armenian Patriarch, blames the Ar
menian priests for exciting the people by
promises of armed assistance from for
eign countries.
The North German Gazette contends
that the existence of an independent Ar
menian state is Impossible, having neither
geographic nor ethnic unity. The paper
then attacks the London Armenian com
mittee, accusing them of employing dis
honest forms of agitation in sensational
telegrams and bogus stories of horrors
designed to work upon the British hu
manitarian sent for the purpose of forc
ing the British cabinet to take action
against the porte.
The articles concludes by asserting that
the Moslem inhabitants of the disturbed
villages have suffered nearly as much as
the Armenians have from the raids of
the Kurds.
Besides the article from which the fore
going is quoted, the paper makes a dis
play of semi-official Constantinople dis
patch praising the energy so splendidly
displayed by the sultan during the crisis,
ploying his great qualities as a sovereign,
which are now promising speedy and ex
cellent results.
Dr. Stoecker’s paper, Das Volk, pub
lishes without comment to-day the an
nouncement that the ecclesiastical courts
are about to inquire into Stoecker’s rela
tions with Baron von Hammerstein,
formerly chief editor of the Kruez 7,<d
tung, who absconded some time ago while
under charges of forgery anil embezzle
ment. The inquiry is not to he made
upon the initiative of the emperor, but i3
rather due to the representations of high
ecclesiastics who arc annoyed at l)r.
Stoeeker’s nominal retention of his post
as court chaplain, while he was at the
same time concerned in questionable poli
tics. associated with his advocacy of
Christian socialism and anti-Semitism.
The Berlin central authorities, acting
conjointly with representatives of the war
office, have ordered an Inquiry as to what
extent young Germans emigrating seek
to evade military service and then a few
years later return to be re-naturalized.
The large number of cases of applications
for re-naturalization in recent years from
Gernvan-Amorioans have instigated the
government to this inquiry. Germans un
der 17 years of age to whom passes for
emigration cannot be refused have gone
to America, remained away a number of
years, in the meantime becoming Ameri
can citizens and returned. They have been
allowed to become re-naturalized without
being required to perform military ser
vice. The war office now proposes
that military duty shall lie enforced in all
cases where it is apparent that emigration
was effected with a view of evading mil
itary st rvice. All applicants will lie read
ily met and restored to German citizen
ship, but no matter what their age. may bo
they will be called upon to fulfill military
duty in u.-'l'wmeso*"'
SKIRMISHING in CUBA.
.Col. Hernandez Disperse* Several
Hands of Insurgents.
Havana, Nov. 23. CoL Hernandez re
ports that while taking a convoy to the
Salto district of Sagua on Nov. 29, the
troops under his command had an engage
ment with a number of bands of insur
gents combined. The fight resulted ih the
killing of four and the wounding of four
teen of the rebels. The government loss
was one wounded.
Later Col. Hernandez fought another
battle with the same bands at San Juan,
dispersing them. In this engagement two
of the government troops were wounded.
The rebel bands under the leaders Mas
ferre, Tapanez and idal were defeated
yesterday by a Spanish column on a sugar
plantation at Unadiana in the province
of Santa Clara. The leader Masferre was
killed, and the Spanish captured thirteen
horses.
Lewes, Del., Nov. 23.—Deputy Collector
Sharp to-day boarded the schooner Jos
eph \V. Foster, which anchored near
Mammoht Boy in Delaware Bay and plac
ed two government agents In charge of
tile vessel. The Foster left Philadelphia
Tuesday for Tampa, Fla., with a cargo
of coal and was suspected of having a
party of Cuban filibusters and a quantity
of arms on board.
Deputy Collector Sharp returned I his
afternoon from a second visit to tiie
schooner and reported having made a
thorough search of the vessel without
finding anything contraband or suspi
cious aboard, and two custom officers are
aboard. Mr.. Sharp has wired to Collec
tor Townsend of Wilmington for in
structions and will wait orders before
proceeding further. Capt. Whealton of
the Foster complains of his detention and
threatens to abandon his vessel to the
government if not released by 10 o’clock
to-morrow.
Boston, Nov. 23.—The Boston News Bu
reau, quoting the published statement
from Havana, Cuba, under date of Nov.
21, to the effect that the insurgents have
threatened to burn $20,000,000 of sugar es
tates in Cuba owned by Americans now
that sympathy is being aroused in Amer
ica for the insurgents, says: “It was not
believed that this Cuban story could be
correct, but private cipher cables, which
have been • received by sugar houses in
Boston, confirm the report and state that
the destruction of the American owned
sugar plantations has been begun, and
some of the fields have already been fired
by the insurgents.
It is unlikely that any meetings will
be held in Boston to express sympathy
with the Cuban insurrection.
t APT. ALFRED SANFORD DEAD.
In Ilis* AuntH He Was a Playmate of
Gen. I .8. Grant.
St. Louis, Nov. 23.—Capt. Alfred San
ford, 73 years of age, was to-day sent
to the city poor house. In his youth he
was the friend and playmate of U. S.
Grant, and when the latter became Pres
ident he made his old-time friend sur
veyor of the port of New Orleans. Capt.
Sanford earned his title bv brave service
with the river fleet that cut Its way past
Vicksburg in 1863. Capt. Sanford’s father
was a major in the war of 1812, and left
his son a small fortune, which has not
sufficed for his old age.
DROWNED IN THE TENNESSEE.
Three Prominent Residents of Nash
ville Lose Their Lives.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 23.—Miss Nora
Work, Thomas Davis and David MeCai
lum, prominent people, were drowned in
the river yesterday at a point 12 miles be
low this city. They were crossing the riv
er at the time in a skiff. There were no
eye witnesses to the accident. The bodies
have been recovered.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1895.
SALISBURY AND THE TARIFF.
THE PREMIER SQUELCHES THE
PROTECTION ISTS,
No MeKinteyisni In Hi* Policy—The
Advocates of Sectarian Education
Apt to Get T!irough Snell Legisla
tion in* They Favor—Tile Purse of
the Liherul Party Grt ring Slim
Owing to tlic Desert t t of the
Richest Member* oft, > Party.
Danger of n Financial V lurry at
Paris.
London, Nov. 23. —The cool contempt
with which Prime Minister Salisbury,
when speaking last Tuesday at the meet
ing of the National Union of Conserva
tives, treated the proposals of the protec
tionists relative to the imposition of a
tariff cn wheat, oats, barley and hops
has keeniy disappointed the agricultur
ists. who trusted that the accession of the
tories to office would imply some modi
cum of protection. His explicit declara
tion that a tariff for protection in any
form was impossible has not deterred the
agricultural interests from making fresh
appeals. Yesterday a deputation from the
National Association of Hot) Growers
waited on Lord Salisbury and protested
that unless a tariff was placed on for
eign grown hops, the English hop indus
try would soon cease to exist. Again
the prime minister was compelled to
speak plainly. Ho asked the deputation
to look closely into the problem of pro
tection. if protection should be granted
to the hot) growers, he asked, what would
be the feelings or the wheat growers’.’
They would be envious. Taking as highly
practical the demands for a protective
tariff, what if they were granted, would
lie the feeling of the consumer ut find
ing tile price of bread raised?
The government, lie added, had no in
tention of placing a tariff on any article
of general commerce. It was seeking by
other means to relieve the agricultural
distress.
Unable to gratify the party yearning for
protection, the government is preparing
to gratify tlic desires for sectarian edu
cation. Lord Salisbury used a suggest!, e
Phrase in speaking to a deputation of
bishops who visited him on Wednesday.
He said: "We must do what we can, uni
what we can do must be done quickly.”
The prime minister obviously meant that
the sectarian day of triumph might te
brief, and that he was ready to grant
urgency to the educational reforms ap
proved by the clericals. The earnestness
of the bishops over the question Is un
mistakable. The archbishop of Canter
bury left a bed of sickness for the pur
pose of heading the deputation and he
spoke under the strain of suffering. The
\\ esleyans hail the next audience with
iue prime minister on Wednesday. The
Rev. Mr. Rigg, the president of the. Wca
l’ .van conference, and the Rev. Hugh
Price-Hughes and other leaders support
ed the platform that has been accepted
b> the dissenters throughout the coun
try. which limits religious instruction in
elementary schools to Rllile reading with
an exposition suitable to children.
The government proposes to ask for an
Increase of £2.000,000 in the coming budget
on the vote for shipbuilding. This will
raise the navy estimates to £22.000,000, near
ly halt of which will bo devoted to ship
building.
The desertion of the richest liberals
from the party is causing a depletion ot
tiie purse of tile party. The executive of
the National Liberal Federation design**
to levy an assessment of a shilling a
bead upon the members uf the party, and
it is calculated that this will produce
£IOO.OOO yearly, but it can be said that un
less the executive la eformed the rank
and file will not subscribe.
The settlement of the Paris bourse,
which begins on Monday, is awaited with
anxiety at the stock exchange here. Dur
ing the week, the break in the markets
here was f-hiefly due to large Paris sell
ing. A great French operator, who was
recently worth millions, got embarrassed
and threw his stocks on the market,
thinking he could liquidate his account
without help. After disposing of large
lots, the market became alarmed and the
operator could find no buyers. The Roths
childs then took over his Kaffir and for
eign securities, thus averting a failure
and saving the markets generally. De
spite the readiness of strong Paris firms
to assist weaker houses, some failures
are expected.
It is likely the strike* in the shipbuilding
yards on the Clyde and at Belfast will
drive prospective contracts partly to tiie
United States, and partly to Germany.
The report current early In the week that
Capt. McClure will come to England as
the agent of the Chinese government, and
look into contracts for the construction
of ironclads and torpedo beats is repeat
ed. The orders. It is said, will extend over
many years and it is said thev are the
largest ever given by any power at one
time.
The latest feature of the labor dispute
is a proposal of tile Tyne shipbuilders to
join han is with those of the Clyde and
Belfast. Tiie dispute does not promise an
early settlement.
Although the expedition that is to go to
As han tee is not likely to tight anybody,
tiie forces have heen Increased, it has
also been decided to send 809 white effec
tives, 0)0 of the West India regiment and
1,500 Hussars. The British battalion is
drawn from it, full grown men selected
from a number of a regiments. The special
weakness of the army was shown by the
difficulty in finding men who were tit for
the service required. One infantry regi
ment could show no full grown men, the
ranks being filed with young and weedy
soldiers. Several regiments did not have a
sufficient number ot full grown men to
supply the demand.
VX EXPRESS OFFICE ROBBED.
The Station Agent Also Stripped of
His dollies.
Troy, Aia., Nov. 23.—At midnight last
night as B. F. Parrott, express and rail
road agent at Searight, was leaving his
office he was seized by masked men. They
carried him into the swamp and cut his
clothes oft him. after which they took him
to the depot and compelled him to unlock
the safe, from which they took one pack
age of money amounting to SSOO. They
got other money and express orders, hut
how much is not known. The railroad
authorities were notified and Trainmas
ter Johnson w ent to the scene with a pack
of dogs, but from some cause the dogs
could not strike the trail. No clue to the
perpetrators lias been discovered yet.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
Tin* Alumni to Aid in Raising n Re
building Fund.
Baltimore, lid.. Nov. 23.—A meeting of
the alumni of the University of Virginia
was held at the Hotel Rennert to-night
for the purpose of collecting funds to aid
in the restoration of the university build
ings recently burned. An organization
was effected with Col. Charles Marshall
as chairman and Rev. Edward H. Ingle
as secretary. A committee was appoint
ed to visit former students and friends
of tiie university, residents of Maryland,
to solicit contributions.
Vatican Consistories.
Rome, Nov. 23. —The pope is suffering
from an attack of catarrh. The holding of
the sc ret consistory, which was fixed for
Nov. 25, lias lu-en postponed until Nov. 23.
The next consistory will be held on Dec
23, instead o£ Nov. is, the date originally
fixed.
AX AGED TEACHER LYNCHED.
Taken From Jail at Mount Vernon
By a Moll of Masked Men.
Mount Vernon, Ga., Nov. 23.—A white
man of good family, of mature years,
and a graduate of Yale University, was
lynched here this morning. His body at
this writing lies In the woods, in a hor
ribly mangled condition, where it was left
by the lynchers, and where it may remain
all night.
The mob consisted of about twenty-five
masked men. The victim of its fury is
Prof. L. W. Perdue, a teacher, well known
in this section of the state. He was ac
cused of an assault upon a young wo
man, and was In jail awaiting trial when
he was taken out and killed.
The professor was taken from the jail
this morning about 2:30 o'clock and car
ried to a clump of woods near by, where
his throat was cut from ear to ear. His
body was then strung up to a tree and
riddled with bullets.
When the sheriff learned that the Jail
was beleaguered by a mob he attempted
to save the prisoner, but was overpow
ered. The mob was a blood-thirsty one,
and would probably have slain the sher
iff as well as his prisoner before it would
have given up Its prey.
Public knowledge of the difficulty which
had such a tragic ending begins about six
weeks ago, when Miss Mattie Grady ac
cused Prof. Perdue of having committed
an assault upon her nearly two years ago,
while she was his assistant at school
teaching. Upon her affidavit, a warrant
was issued for the arrest of the professor.
He affirmed that he had no fears of the
result of a fair trial, and submitted to ar
rest. He was committed to jail for trial.
It is said that a little more than a year
ago Miss Grady gave birth to a child. Itj
lived only a short while. There was not
more than a local sensation because of the
occurrence. A year after the death ot the
child the charge was brought against the
professor. That is the statement that
comes from one side. There is, of course,
another side to the story, but
it cannot bo had to-night.
Prof. Perdue was a man of reflnel man
ners, of finished education, and was will
connected. He was 51 years of age, and
had been a married man for years. His
wife and two sons and two daughters sur
vive him. A telegram has been sent to
Savannah for a burial case, and the’man
gled remains wills be Interred Monday,
after the coroner Has oegun his investiga
tion.
Undertaker Goette received word late
last night to send a coffin to Mi, Vernon
this morning. It will tie sent out on the
Georgia and Alabama train, leaving here
at 7 o'clock.
CAROLIN A’S CONN K.NTIO.Y.
Families of Person* Lynched to He
Paid fk.OOO.
Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 23.—The conven
tion to-day gave a third reading to the
articles on declaration of rights and juris
prudence. A good many ordinances were
also disposed of.
The seotion rela inr to lynehlngs was
changed, so as to allow the family of the
person lynched to recover $2,000 from the
county, the county having recourse upon
the lynchers.
The provision against “released” freight
rates by railroads was stricken out, but
pussenger rates of such a character can
not be changed.
A third member of the convention. J.
M. Sprott, has died, and no afternoon ses
sion was held out of respect to his
memory.
In the convention to-night much heavy
work was done. The article on corpora
tions was completed and sent to Its third
reading, the section permitting new street
railways to come in and use the track
of established roads being stricken out.
The article was sent to the committee on
style and revision. The calendar was
then tackled In an aggressive manner and
some six ordinances and the article on em
inent domain were sent through. Things
are in such shape now that there is no
reason why the convention cannot com
plete its work on Monday and Tuesday
and get to Atlanta on Wednesday after
noon, after all.
A DEFAULTER KILLS A MAN.
The State Department at Work ia the
Faifitire's llehalf.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 23.—0n April 13
last, Probate Judge Randolph of this
county left home under a cloud. On in
vestigation it was found he was a de
faulter to the amount of $30,000 to the
state and county. He went from here to
Colombia, where he bought, so it is re
ported, a coffee plantation. During the,
purchase of some machinery he became
involved in a difficulty with a merchaint
named Charles Slnmuinds. The latter was
killed and Randolph, known there
as Charles Radford, was ar
rested. Tiie state department at
Washington was appealed to and
interested itself In securing for him a
fair trial, which will take place shortly.
The report is that his plea of self-de
fense v.as so strong that he was released
on bond. The consul genera! at Panama
writes that from the description given
there is but little doubt of the. party be
ing Randolph.
SALE of THE M. UNO \. G. ho\d.
The Tennessee Division Brings s;t:i*l,_
000 on the Block.
Knoxville, Term., Nov. 23.—The Tennes
see division of the Marietta and North
Georgia railroad. 106 miles and including
tho bridge across tj'.e Tennessee* river at
this point, was sold'by Special Master R.
H. Taylor this noon to R. T. D. Lawrence
of Marietta, Ga., representing the con
struction creditors. Mr. I-awrenre's bid
was $330,000, a sum largely In excess of
the upset price.
On Monday Messrs. Taylor & Lowrey,
special commissioners, will sell at .Mariet
ta, the first Georgia division and then the
entire property as a whole. It is under
stood that the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap
and Louisville Company will be the final
purchaser.
Tiie Vernon's Crew Safe.
Marcus Hook. N. Y., Nov. 23.—The brig
Emma L. Shaw from Savannah, rescued
the crew of eight men of the schooner
George E. Vernon (before reported der
elict) eighty miles south of Cape Hat
teras. The Vernon was bound from Pas
cagoula for Boston.
Chinese Troops Defeated.
London, Nov. 23.—A dispatch from
Shanghai states that a Chinese army u.
der Gen. Tang-Fuh-Siang, which was sent
to subdue the Kaisn rebels, has been ut
terly defeated at Hsian. The rebels arc
now masters of half the province of Kan
su.
flier Not to He Let tin’.
Now Orleans, Nov. 23.—Judge Moise ot
tho criminal court to-day refused to en
tertain a motion to nolle prosse the case
against Henry Bier, convicted ot per
jury in the traettou company railway
franchise pui'chaea.
A NEW GOLD SCARE IN THE AIR.
TREASURY PIAS.S TO BRING IX TUI;
KKiU'.S.
Nexv InXrnrllan* Shu On) a* to Hie
.tpppptaapp of I.IkIiI Wpialit Coin.
Thp Oovprnmpnt Sow H Hllnu to
I’ny Hip G>|irpu Chorapo Both
YYnys on (Jolil llcpositoil liy Hunks
In Exchange lor Currtoo) —WppUy
Statement of the \pn York Fluun
pler.
Washington, Nov. 23.—The administra
tion to-day decided upon a plan to replen
ish the sold reserve, which it Is confident
ly expected will have the effect of keep
ing tip the gold reserve for some time at
least. The following circular was sent
to sub-treasury officers:
Treasury Department, Washington,
Nov. 23.—Sir: Department instructions of
July 9 and Aug. 23, 1886, requiring you to
reject and place a distinguishing mark
on all gold coins presented to your of
fice for deposit, which are found to be
below tile least current weight, are here
by so modified au to instruct you, when
asked, to accept all such coins at a valua
tion in proportion to their actual weight,
such valuation to L>e determined by de
ducting from tlie nominal value 4 cents
for each grain, Troy, found below the
standard weight on each piece. All light
weight pieces thus received by you are
to he held in the cash of your offices
separated from full weight coins and each
hag of such coins is to he plainly marked
with the amount of the face and actual
values of the contents. If the depositor
should prefer to have the pieces that are
found to be below the least current
weight returned to him, you will, before
returning them, stamp each piece with
the distinguishing mark referred to in
the department letter.
Scott Wike, Acting Secretary.
United States Treasurer Morgan fot
lowed this circular with Instructions to
the subtreasury officials to remove from
banks and other United States gold coin in
exchange for paper currency. Deposits
are required to be made in sums or mul
tiples of SSOO, and the express charges
on tho gold coin and the paper currency
returned therefore will be borne by the
treasury department. Except in special
eases the treasury has never before paid
express charges both ways on gold de
posited in exchange for paper. The banks
have for years tried to induce the treas
ury to do this, and the fact that It lias at
last done so, is evidence that Secretary
Carlisle has determined, as the Presi
dent has heretofore announced would be
done, to exhaust all the meuns ir. his
power to maintain the gold reserve, it
is not understood that this new depart
ure will be permanent, it Is looked upon
as a temporary expedient to obtain gold.
The expense to hanks and others has al
ways been large in securing new' currency
in cases of redemption and in paying ex
press charges on the returned currency,
when gold was deposited for it. Under
this new temporary arrangement, the
treasury pays the charges heretofore borne
by the bankers. The rate paid by tho
government under its contract with the
express companies, however, is less than
the rate charged individual shippers. The
government rate in all territory east of
the Pacific slope is 50 cent a SI,OOO for gold
and 20 cents a SI,OOO for paper.
It will he the aim of tite treasury to
keep the sub-treasuries supplied with all
denominations of currency, so that depos
itors may receive what they desire prompt
ly. They wont have to wait until the
certificate of the gold deposit is transferr
ed to Washington.
Treasury officials explain that confining
shipments to SSOO or multiples thereof, is
to keep within the terms of the contract
with tho express companies.
This restriction does not apply to local
deposits of gold in a sub-treasury city
where any sum may be deposited and cur
rency received for the same.
New York, Nov. 23.—The New York Fi
nancier says this week: ‘‘As usually the
case, when heavy gold exports are 'being
made, the statement of New Y’ork clear
ing banks does not reflect many changed
conditions. For the week ending Nov. 23,
the total decrease in cash was reported to
be only $1,007,600, the loss of $1,590,300 iri le
gal tenders being offset partially by a
gain of $.516,700 in specie. As the shipments
of gold during the six days covered by the
report aggregated over $7,000,000, the banks,
despite tli>- fact that they received more
currency from the interior than they
shipped, must have lost largely in legal
tenders, which were withdrawn for the
exchange of gold at the sub-treasury. Fri
day’s withdrawals, however, are not re
flected in the last statement, and the ef
fect of this drain will net be shown until
next week.
"For six weeks past the specie
Item in the statement lias been showing
a steady gain. One clearing house hank
* xchanged $300,009 gold for legal tenders
at the subtreasury during the past week,
hut the gain reported by the combined
banks for the week was $516,700, bringing
the total specie Item to $66,284,600, or an
increase of nearly $5,500,00 since Oct. 12
last. This regular increase has given
rise to a rumor that the New Y'ork banks
were preparing for another bond issue,
hut as the lianka have been losing gold
since June until recently, and now hold
less than was reported immediately after
they hail absorbed a bond issue, the small
increase does not seem to possess much
importance. It is doubtful, too, whether
the recent expansion of the specie item
means that the banks possess that much
more gold, since silver certificates are
also counted as specie.
"The loan column for the past week
shows a further contraction of $221,900,
a much smaller amount than the weekly
liquidation which bus been noted since
Sept. 14, when loans stood at $522,680,900,
or $24,000,000 in excess of the present
figure.
“The net deposits for the week de
creased $1,068,000, according to the state
ment, but in reality the contraction was
much heavier, and the reserve figures
based on the actual condition of the banks
Saturday would probably differ from
those made up front the weekly average
statement The circulation of the ba%ks
shows a decrease of $208,000, and of this
amount the Hanover National appears to
have withdrawn $150,000 of its own notes.
"The average shows the following, com
pared with the last two years:
Nov. 23.'95 Nov. 24,'94 Nov. 25, '93
Doans $492,711.60U $495,003,400 $41)5,201,700
Specie .... 66,284,600 96,059,500 100,993,600
Legal ten
ders .... 84,003,000 118,0(31,900 88,669.500
Net depos
its 525,170.600 592,371,200 475,311,700
Circula
tion 13,956,300 11,151.100 13,831,900
Total re
serve ... 150,887,600 214,130.400 189,663,100
Reserve
required 131,292,850 148,002,800 118,827,925
Excess of
reserve . 19,594,950 66,027,600 70,885,175
EDITORS IV A COURT’S GRIP.
One Must Pay SSO and Serve lO Days
and Others Mast Pay SSO.
Huntington. \V. Yu. Nov. 23.—City Editor
Yowell of the Times was to-day sent to jail
for ten days and fined SSO for contempt of
court by the judge of the criminal court.
The other editors of the paper Were lined
only SSO. The case was caused bv ail arti
cle that appeared ia the paper reflecting
on the court. I
PORTUGAL’S DEAD MIXISTKR.
Impressive Funeral Services Held at
the Xntionnl Capital.
Washington, Nov. 23.—The funeral ser
vices over the remains of Senhor Au
gusto de Sequerna Thedim, late minister
from Portugal to the United States, took
place this morning in St. Matthews
church. Shortly before 10 o’clock the
body was removed from the legation to
the church, escorted by troops E. and H.
of the Sixth cavalry, under command of
Capt. Craig. The casket was covered
with flowers, largely the offerings of
friends in the diplomatic corps. As it
was being carried into the church the
Marine hand played a sacred hymn. The
auditorium contained a large assemblage
of citizens and representatives of official
life at the capital. The diplomatic corps
was present, with very few exceptions,
headed by the dean. Sir Julian Paunee
fote, the British ambassador, all wearing
their state uniforms and orders. In ad
dition to these was Senhor Aeerado, the
Portugese consul general at New York,
who will discharge the duties of minister
pending the appointment of a successor.
The administration was represented by
Secretary Olney and Assistant Secreta
ries Uhl and Korkhill of the state de
partment; the Judiciary by Chief Justice
Fuller of the supreme court; the army by
Assistant Adjutant General Haggles; the
navy by Admiral Walker and Capt.
Singer of the bureau of naval Intelligence.
Within the chancel sat Cardinal-Elect
Satolli, the apostolic delegate, attended
by Dr. Hooker, his private secretary. A
solemn requiem high mass was celebra
ted by Rev. Father Charles M. Part, as
sisted by Father bee as deacon, and
Father Reynolds as sub-deacon.
As the body was borne from the church
the Marine band played “Nearer My Goil
to Thee." The | jrecession formed with
the cavalry leading, and escorted the
body to Mount Olivet cemetery. There
it was temporarily consigned to the vault,
awaiting shipment to Lisbon for final in
terment. Senhora Thedlm will sail from
New York on the 30th Inst, with the re
mains.
JIAVHATTAX DAT TO HE MERRY’.
An Interesting Program me In Honor
of tlie Y>w Yorkers.
Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. 23.—Mayor William L.
Strong of New Y’ork and party arrived at
5:45 p. m. Troop A was drawn up along
the curb opposite the depot and there
was a big crowd waiting to catch a
glimpse of the mayor of the metropolis.
He was cheered when he stepped into the
carriage, which was In waiting, and again
when he passed through the crowded
streets, escorted by Troop A. With the
mayor were the Hon. Seth Low of Colum
bia College, Gen. Anson G. McCook, Gen.
C. H. T. Collis, Job E. Hedges and the
mayor's son, Bradley Strong. Ex-Mayor
Thomas W. Gilroy and a score of well
known New Yorkers were on the train.
Mayor Strong and his party are at the
Aragon hotel.
There are nearly a thousand New York
ers here now and more are coming to
morrow. The indication point to a rous
ing time in t/jnor of Manhattan day Mon
day. The military parade from the city
to the exposition grounds will be impos
ing. Besides Troop A, the Governors
Horse Guard of Atlanta and the Gate
City Guard will be in line. The oratorical
programme has not yet been definitely
arranged. J. Seaver Page of the mer
chants’ committee will probably be master
of ceremonies. The Hon. Seth Low will
be the chief orator and besides the
speeches of Mayor Strong of New Y’ork,
Mayor King of Atlanta and President
Collier of the exposition company, an
address will be made by Mrs. Joseph
Thompson of the board of ladv managers
The ceremonies will be held in the audi
torium. as the New York state building
will be to small to accommodate the
crowd.
To-morrow A and the Governor's
Horse Guard will attend services In St.
Phillip's church in full uniform. The
Kev. John Wesley Brown of New Y’ork
will officiate.
11l BEAR AGAIN BEATEN.
llnnlon Wins the t hu inpionsli I p and
a ifl.omt Purse.
Galveston, Tex., Nov. 23.—The final heat
in the sculling match between Hanlon
anil Bubear was witnessed to-day by a
small, but enthusiastic crowd, who cheer
ed lustily as Hanlon brought himself in
a winner.
He has won three of five heats in the
race for the championship of England
and a thousand dollar purse.
There was a heavy rain falling at the
time. The scullers went away well to
gether. Bubear got a slight lead on the
return, but did not keep it long, as Hanlon,
by one of ills characteristic spurts came
right up with him a short distance from
the goal and came home two boat lengths
to the good, thereby winning three heats
out of five, the purse and the champion
ship. The time was 9:55.
Bubear says to-night that he will at
once challenge Hanlon for another race
Secretary Smith of the Texas Regatta
said that next year’s regatta would be
held on Dickinson river instead of on the
lake at Austin.
GATE CITY GUARD.
The Company to Enlist in the Ser
vice of the State.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.—The relationship
of the Gate City Guard to the state militia
service was officially settled to-day by an
order from Gov. Atkinson to Capt. Hollis,
the commtfnder or the company, revoking
the license to bear arms which he granted
several weeks ago. This order, which :s in
accordance with the opinion rendered by
Attorney General Terrell a week ago,
haves the Guard without anv military
privileges except as a part of the regular
state service. The company has decided
to enlist in the service rather than to be
come totally disorganized and application
for admission to the service will he made
at onee. It is understood that the Guard
will endeavor to be constituted a battal
ion separate and apart from the Fifth reg
iment, as Col. Candler of the Fifth is
persona non grata to the Guard, this feel
ing being in fact largely responsible for
the company's tight against coming into
the service.
A WOMAN KILLED FOR SM,
The Murderers Fire (lie Hutlding in
YYhieh the Crime Was Committed.
Hodges, S. C., Nov. 23. —This morning an
Unoccupied building four miles from here,
in which fodder was stored, was burned.
Afterwards the body of a woman was
found in the ruins with her arms and legs
burned off. The body is that of Narclssas
Bagnall, a young white woman who yes
terday started to Hodges to take a train
for Atlanta. She had S3O when last seen by
her friends. John Mitchell and Wash
Ware, two negroes, have been arrested
charged with the murder. One of them
took the woman’s trunk to the station.
Ware has made a statement that Mitchell
did the killing, placed the bodv in the old
house and set fire to the fodder. Both ne
groes have been lodged in jail at Abbe
ville. There is talk of lynching. The in
quest is in progress.
( DAILY, $lO A YEAR.
< 5 CENTS A COPY.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR
SAVANNAHS ROAD TO THE SEA.
PLENTY' OF MONEY OX HAND TO
KEEP I P WORK ON IT.
No Recommendation Made for a Far
ther Yppropriution Because the
Last tine Wat* for the Completion
of the Project and nu I nexpendetl
Balance of $110,723 Remains on
II a nil—Estimates Submitted for the
Extension of the Oyster Bed Train
ing Wall.
Washington, Nov. 23.—At the war de
partment it is stated that the chief of
engineers makes no recommendation fop
a further appropriation for Savannah
harbor, because of the fact that the last
appropriation was for the completion of
the project, and on Nov. 1, there was on
hand an unexpended balance of $410,723.
Capt. Carter, In charge of the work in
Savannah harbor, in his report to tha
chief of engineers submits estimates
amounting to $992,250 for the extension ct
the oyster bed training wail and the con
struction of a detached part parallel to
Hie point along the axis of the shores
between Tyhee roads and C’alibogue sound
these estimates being based upon tha
supposition that the entire amount would
be available at one time. The chief o t
engineers says the original project fop
the work in Savannah harbor Is expect
ed to he completed with the money novP
available and *the new proposition sub
mitted by Capt. Carter will requlra
further action by congress, consequently!
he has made no recommendation In that
direction.
Gen. Craigiiill, in his report, states that:
“The plan of improvement under which
operations have been carried on in Sa
vannah harbor during the last fiscal year
was approved by the Secretary o( Wap
July 22, 1892. The project contemplates
the establishment of a navigable channel
twenty-six feet deep between Savannah
and Tybee Roads. The estimated cost is
$1,500,0ut). There is now a navigable channel
from the city to the sea, with a depth of
nineteen feet. The river and harbor act
of August, 1894, authorized the Secretary;
of War to report whether the works pro
jected for the Improvement of the harbor
will, when completed, alTord a safe an
chorage for vessels lying in Tybee roads,
and, if not, whether there Is any necessi
ty for so constructing them, giving, it
so, such changes in the plans and esti
mates as may he necessary. The In
formation called for by congress could
he furnished only after a survey of tlm
locality, which was made by Capt. Carter.
in the last sundry civil appropriation
hill there was an appropriation of $856,250
to complete the project. On July 1, 1895,
there was an unexpected balance of $651,-
629. On the same date the outstanding lia
biltles were $172,390 and the amount cov
ered by contracts uncompleted was $426,351,
leaving a balance of $54,888 available. The
work in Savannah hartior was placed un
der the annual contract system and last
year It was estimated that *856.260 would
complete the project. For that reason the
full amount was appropriated and the new
project will have to be proiiosed and In
troduced into the new river and harbor
hill by Representative Lester.
So far as the Savannah river Is concern
ed. the chief of engimers recommends an
appropriation of $17,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1897. He estimates ih.it
$257,000 will complete the project, but
thinks the amount recommended will l>a
sufficient to carry on the work next year.
CLAIM OF MY H V CLARK GAINES,
Tlie Famous Case Finally Ended ixa
tlie Supreme Court.
Washington, Nov. 23.—The famous Myra
Clark Gaines Vase, it is believed, waa
finally ended in the supreme court of
the United States yesterday, when Chief
Justice Fuller announced that the appeal
of the city of New Orleans from the Judg
ment of the circuit court of the United
States for the Eastern district of Louisi
ana in favor of the United States ex rel.,
W. W. Whitney, was dismissed for fail
ure to print the record. Myra Claris
Gaines, then Mrs. W. W. Whitney (not
the W. W. Whitney just named), insti
tuted the first suit for the recovery of
the property bequeathed her by the will
of her father, Daniel Clark, in the circuit
court of the United States for the dis
trict of Louisiana, in 1836, and five year*
later it had reached the supreme court
of the United States. From that date, 1841.
until yesterday, in one form or another,
the controversy has had a place on tha
calendar of the court. In 1856, the plain
tiff, then a widow, having survived both
Mr. Whitney and Gen. E. It Gaines, whom
she subsequently married, filed an origi
nal hill in the supreme court of the Unit
ed States against the city of New Orleans
to recover property held by it, and a de
cision in her favor was rendered at tha
December term in 1867. The value of
the property claimed was estimated In
1861 to he $35,000.01)0. Suits later prose
cuted were filed for the purpose of get
ting possession or the property included
under the supreme court judgment of 1867.
It was estimated that she recovered six
or seven million dollars worth in all. but
she derived little personal benefit there
from, ast it was largely eaten up by the
expenses of maintaining the litigation. She
died Jan. 9. 1895.
The appeal dismissed yesterday origi
nated in a judgment entered bv'the su
preme court of the United States in 1891
in favor of Whitney, the administrator,
and against the city of New Orleans, for
$595,313, with interest at five per cent, from
IXBI. Under this decree, the circuit court
for the Eastern district of Louisiana is
sued an execution against the city which
was returned nulla bona, "no good.’’
Thereupon, Whitney applied for a writ of
mandamus lo compel the city council to
levy a tax wherewith to pay the judgment.
The city answered that the ordinary ex
penses of the municipality, together'with
the interest on a debt of $20,010,000 ex
the eity could impose under legislative
the rate of which was then as great as
the city could imposeu ndor legislation
restrictions A peremptory writ of man
damus was issued by the court, after hear
ing the case, to arrange to pay the judg
ment. and from this decree the city ap
pealed. In the meantime, however, a set
tlement was affected with the heirs and
there then being nothing further in tho
appeal, the city allowed It to lapse and the
dismissal yesterday was ordered under the
rules.
In the history of the case, all the promi
nent attorneys in Louisiana were engaged
either on one side or the other. For Mrs.
Gaines, the attorneys of national promi
nence who appeared in the supreme court
of the United States within the last thir
ty years were J. remiah S. Black, of Penn
sylvania, John A. Campbell, an ex-Justice
of the supreme court, and Thomas J.
Sentmes of l^ouisiana.
Chicago's Fatal Fire.
Chicago. Nov. 23.—During last night th*
body of Martin Sheruck of Company 2,
the thir l victim of yesterday’s Yaiißuren
street fire, was found buried under a
mass of debris. His head was badly
crushed and a piece of wood had run
in his \side. causing instant death. For
sum. time It was doubted whether tho
body was that of Sherrick or Prcndergast.
The remains were later identified by a
ring on one of the fingers.
Up to a late hour this morning tha
body of Prendergast had not been rs
covered.