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J _ , . „ THE MORNING NEWS, 1 * Established 1850. - . Incorporated 1888. > * J- H. E3TILL. President. J 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.