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I THE MORNING NEWS, I
hed 1850. - - Incorporated ISBB. r
J. 11. ESTILL, President. i
IMORS OF WARS.:
JR THK NK\V YEAR j
NOl S.
the Oallnok in the
tevivul of the War
I nitell Sullen Ilin
rmcd Ilritimh Force
Hate Entered the
—ln its issue to-mor
say: "The new year
omens. At home the
i very way favorable,
.ernal politics is most
ming. The revival cf
the United States, or
and the prolonging of
ition in the east are
luieting. The long im-
South Africa has he
re bound therefore to
itingencics which may
is exertion of power,
it must lie relied upon
empire together, l.ap
hat the nation is fully
the probable demands
:es.",
t will to-morrow pub
m Vienna saying that
retoria, the capital of
ates that an armed
ih South Africa C'ffm
-0 men and armed with
guns, Is reported to
Transvaal. This fqrce
■ached the vicinity of
intends to march on
sldent Kruger has or
■ance be forcibly pre
ssued a proclamation
irghers to defend their
atch adds that tight
le.
will to-morrow publish
ating from a commer-
Jameson, the admin
ish South Africa Com
armed men into the
st the Uitlnnders, or
f that republic, to c-n
--s that they lie granted
ts with the Boers. The
at the Kt. Hon Joseph
tary of state for the
■ed the immediate re
to British territory,
to-morrow publish a
town announcing that
,-asion of the Trans
of 700 men was in re
peal fros:>he Uitland
the '“lints,
ter dho“ v J'vVs of the
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nation. The countries
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g an acceptable corn
very great.
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letter from ex-Prime Min
ot similar tenor to the
le same source published
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fction, or rather its non
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SHOTS AT A VARIETY SHOW. I
Two Men Killed and Several Wound
ed in a Mining l ump.
Cripple Creek, Col., Dec. 31.—A shoot! afe J
affray in the Union theater, in the little
mining camp of Victor, a few mites out,
threw the place into great excitement.
Early in the evening the toughs of the
town gave it out that they would clean
out the Union, and when Manager Smith
of the theater accused Tom Pasco, one of
the audience, of being the leader, a pitched
battle was precipitated.
The killed are: George Smith, manager
of the theater, and Tom Pasco.
The wounded are: George Ferguson,
mortally; Robert Smith, shot in the thigh;
Fred Ellis, left arm broken by a shot, and
several Others received flesh wounds.
Victor has always borne an excellent
reputation as a mining camp fre- from
saloon brawls and shooting affrays.
Saloons and dance halls have been run
ning night and day ever since the camp
was started and to-night's affair is the
first serious trouble the town has had.
The variety show at the Union was i>ro
gresslng as usual and the programme
was about half finished, when Manager
Smith came in from his office and walk
ed to a table at which were seated five
or six men. Qne of them was Tom Pasco,
a well-known man about the camp. Smith
accused him of being the leader of a
gang of toughs which were scattered
about the theater, and told him he hail
heard the tfiughs had come down to clean
out the place. The lie was passed instant
ly and In a jiffy a dozen pistols were flash
ing in the gaslight. Before any one could
interfere Pasco had brought his pistol
to a level with Smiths head and had let
Its contents go. Smith dropped on his
knee and as he fell he was seen to draw
his gun. A report rang out and Pasco
reeled and fell almost directly across
Smith.
The shooting then became general and
when the smoke had cleared away nearly
every light in the place had been shot out
and it was some time -before sufficient
lairtps could be obtained to allow the mar
shal to see who had been killed.
It is a miracle that but two were killed,
as bullet marks are everywhere. Some
f the wounded left the place for their
camps without saying who they were
and a full list of the injured cannot be
obtained.
SEMISARY OIRLS SC AADALI 7, EO.
An Indignation Meeting Over Seur
rllons publications.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 31.—The riot
call was sounded from the court house
at Cleveland, Tenn., to-day as a precon
certed signal to summon the citizens of
this quiet town together for the purpose
of condemning certain scurrilloug publi
cations made in two weekly sheets which
are debarred from the United States mails
under the act prohibiting carrying of ob
scene literature, and which grossly re
flected on the character of the young
ladies of the Centenary Female College. It
was a remarkable gathering of business
and professional men, composed of the
best citizens of Cleveland, and fairly bub
bled, over with Indignation. Judge }’. 15.
M.... field presided over the mass meeting
Red-hot resolutions were put through
w ithout a dissenting voice, characterizing
the articles and illustrations as Vile,*
slanders and baseless fabrications, libelous
111 the extreme and designed to injure the
institution among strangers.
Dr. David Sulllns, the aged president of
the -ollege, and a widely known educator,
was present and two newspaper men on
the committee of resolutions were among
the most indignant.
The most offensive feature of the publi
cation was the cartoon accompaniment,
which pictured a highly modernized ver
sion of the Romeo-Jnliet scene. The girls
were shown in deshabille, climbing out
over a balcony to meet the young Lo
tharios, who were coming up a ladder
placed to aid their descent. The origin of
the articles was in the lark of five gav
Chattanooga youths, who were accused
of flirting with the young ladies while
visiting the town and their subsequent
arrest, which episode was distorted to suit
the purpose of the sensational publica
tion.
A DEADLOCK IV MARYLAND.
One of tlie Democratic Senators (toes
Over to the Republicans.
Annapolis, Md., Dec. 81.—Indications at
a late hour to-night point to a deadlock
in the upper house of the Maryland leg
islature. The democrats have fourteen
votes, while the republicans have but
twelve, but Senator W. Cabell Bruce of
Baltimore refused to-night to go into
democratic caucus and the majority was
forced to nomjnate its candidates with
out him.
The republican senators met, discussed
the situation, appointed a committee to
wait on Mr. Bruce to offer him their sup
port as candidate for president of the
Senate, and finally adjourned at near
midnight till to-morrow without taking
any action. It is thought that Mr. Bruce
will be the republican candidate for
president.
The thirteen democrats nominated John
Walter Smith of Worcester county for
president. Mr. Smith served as president
of the preceding Senate.
The republican members of the House
ol delegates nominated Ex-Congressman
Sidney F. Mudd of Charles county for
speaker. Baltimore City's candidate,
William H. Schilling, received 23 voles to
40 for Mr. Mudd on the first ballot.
Thirteen of the twenty-one democratic
members of the House caucused, but ad
journed until to-morrow without nomi
nating candidates for the House posi
tions.
SHITTING THE BUCKET SHOPS.
A \umbfr of Proprletom Iml i<■ (<-d t
Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—The grahd jury to
day voted indictments against the fol
lowing proprietors of bucket shops: Jos
eph Ullman, La Salle street; C. C. Kiall
& Cos., La Salle street; George Shiner,
Tremont house; Long, Clifton house;
Frank Wake, Owings building; C. F. Van
Winkle, Traders' building; B. Vallentine.
La Salle street; Abrogast & Cd., Traders’
building, and W. H. Wright, Rtokerv
building. The evidence was secured by a
committee appointed by the grgnd jury.
The work has been carried on qufetiv,
the members visiting the various places
and buying stocks and grain. The re
ceipts for these are used as documentary
evidence and it was upon thkse the in
dictments were issued. '
Five minutes before the directors of the
board of trade were to have Jpct this af
ternoon for the purpose of deciding If H
M. Greene, of H. M. Grocne ife Cos., was
guilty of bueketshop and pass
ing Judgment accordingly, Ithev were
served with a writ restraining them from
taking any action which woufi debar Mr
Greene from the provisions lof member
ship. The writ was made rrlurnable tho
first Monday in February, Jut it is the
intention of the board to bng the cas ;
into court in a few days orAi. motion *•>
dissolve the injunction. Th*liree!ors at
once adjourned for a
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SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1,189 G.
STORMS AHEAD OF THE SENATE
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THE FINANCIAL MUDDLE SI RE TO j
IIRINU ON A HOT DEB \TE.
A Little Scandal Concerning the
Building of the New Battleships
Also in the Air—Sherman Proposes
That Treasury Notes Shnll Be He-j
issued Only In Exchange for Gold, j
Pettigrew Proposes Cancellation
After Redemption.
Washington, Dec. 31—Though the finan
cial question was not directly belore ;he
Senate to-day for consideration, all the
points discussed had reference to that
burning subject. In a speech In support
of his resolution looking to an additional
rate of duty on raw wool, Mr. Mitchell,
rep., of Oregon, drifted into the stormy
waters of finance and argued that if the
Secretary of the Treasury had exercised
the discretion vested in him and redeem
ed greenbacks and treasury notes either in
gold coin or in silver coin as might be
most convenient, that would have put a
stop to the redemption of such notes.
When Mr. Hill asserted, appropos of
that argument, that ever since 1879 It had
been the custom of all tfie Secretaries of
the Treasury to redeem greenbacks In
gold, this statement was | contradicted by
Mr. Cockrell, who state'} that such re
demption begun In Oei <iber, 1891—never
before—and he added th.ijt Senator Sher
man had offered an amendment in the
Senate to redeem, retire land cancel the
greenbacks with silver dollars, and that
Secretary Carlisle had st vted before the
House committee on appro iriatlons in Jan
uary, 1895, that, if in the beginning, the
Secretary of the Treasur f had exercised
his discretion of paying tl ese notes either
in gold or silver, at his convenience, It
would have operated will and been cf
great benefit. Mr. Cockrell repeated, with
great posltivencss, that to Secretary of
the Treasury had ever until in 1891 yield
ed the opportunity to holders of United
States notes to recover payment in gold,
regardless of the conseqmuices.
After speeches by Mr. Mitchell and by
Mr. Nelson, rep., of Minnesota, the res
olution as to an additional rate of duty
on raw wool was r'eferieil to the com
mittee on finance. 1
Mr. lVrkins, rep., of California, offered
a resolution with a long string of
"whereases,” Instructing t e finance com
mittee to report an ame dment to the
House revenue bill provid ng for an ad
ditional duty on raw sugi • equal to the
proposed increase on othe articles; and
asked for its immediate c< nsideration.
Mr. Berry, item., of Arl insas, object
ed. and the resolution wen over.
Mr. Pettigrew, rep., of louth Dakota
Introduced a bill which w s referred to
the finance committee, to incel redeem
ed United States legul ten • er notes.
Mr, Morrill, chairman c the flnanee
committee, moved that wh in the Senate
adjourn to-day it adjourn until Friday
next, remarking that the finance com
mittee desired to tiii?tr s TANARUS" Thursday to
consider the House bond gi and tariff bills.
The motion w .is agreed to.
The resolution heretofor offered by
Mr. Chandler, rep., of New lampshlre as
to the prices paid for arrm r for vessels
of the navy, whether they were higher
than charged by the same . intractors to
foreign governments, and r •• to govern
ment officers being interest! 4 in patents
Used in its manufacture, w s taken up;
and Mr. Chandler modified)! at the sug
gestion of Mr. Gorman, b; nnitting the
clause as to lower prices c rged to for
eign governments, Mr. Gownan explain
ing that the facts were mlfe known at
the last session, ad well that it had
been deemed very desirab* for United
States manufactures to Ampete with
English and Herman manwacturers for
a single Russian vessel anl that armor
had been supplied at a losif
Mr. Gorman also expressdl his regret
that the r< solution suggest.’.l corrupting
influences among naval office*.
Mr. Hale agreed with Mr. lorman and
favored holding up the hand! of the of
ficials of the navy. "Those great trans
actions,” he said, alluding tl the build
ing of battleships during Severn 1 adminis
trations, "have been done Bienly and
above board, and with intity trans
fused through every branchßif the ser
vice. 1 regret that anythlnflhas arisen
that would, in any way distiß the confi
dence which congress has h.fl in all the
branches of the navy depaflmenl, and
which the country has sharß. If there
is anything, however, to distflt that con
fldi nee, it ought to be broughHut. I hopa
that an investigation will Hmonstrate
that there is nothing in it, "■
Mr. Chandler said that lie in
every word spoken by the suitors from
Maryland and Maine, inelud >g' the regret
expressed by them that ther Was any oc
casion for the offering of tl - resolution.
He had taken the responsih ity of offer
ing it. Facts had come to 1 i knowledge
which required investigatioi and which
required publicity, if they w e as he un
derstood, in order that in fut -e contracts
for armor for vessels of thi lavy which
were to bo built and which tight to be
built in considerable numbe during the
next .few years, everythin! might he
above suspicion and above i irouch. He
did not propose to make nt any states
ment of those facts which ould injure
any officer of the navy or thi overnment.
But If senators were inclin. to learn a
part of the foundation for fie. inquiry
they could do so by readini ip the New
York Times o>f fNov. 19 and ; statements
which justified, and, in his . Igment, re
quired the Investigation. 1
The resolution was agreel 10, as fol
lows: I
Resolved. That the commi J-' * on naval
affairs be directed to inquire* hether the
prices paid, or agreed to !■ paid, for
armor for vessels of the naShavc been
fair and reasonable, also Hether any
prices paid have been on ac
count of patent processes for the
introduction of met'd, or
liy the Harvey process; un.LiH., whether
the increase in prices are reason
aide; whether the issuance rJHny of the
patents was expedited at thM-equest of
the navy department; pat
ents were properly issued, whether
for Inventions net and
who were and are the ownersH such pat
ents; whether any officers nlHie govern
ment were interested therelnMr were at
the time when any contractiH ere made,
or have since been the pat
ents or employed by the owMs- thereof,
and whether any legislation Hnecessary
to further promote the mamHcture and
cheapen the price of armor fHvessels of
the navy. ■
Mr. Sherman offered the folHing reso
lution and asked that It lie Hr for the
present, stating that he present
some remarks upon it next iMiay:
Resolved, that by injurion^Begislatlon
by the Fifty-third congress revenues
of the government were reHcd below
its necessary expenditures; aHthe fund,
created by law for the reHnption of
United States notes has beeHnvaded to
supply such deficiencies of that
such a misapplication of
fund i“ of doubtful legality, great
ly injurious to the public and
should be prevented by sc id
fund to the sum of not less
Out in gold coin or bullion (to
t i.Hit
n
and that in case of any sale of bonds un
der existing laws, it shall be made only
after due advertisement and after pro
posals being fhvited; and then only to
the highest bidder. He asked for Its im
mediate consideration.
Mr. Sewell, rep., of New Jersey, objected
to the consideration of the resolution, and
it went over.
Eater Mr. Sewell withdrew his objection,
but it was renewed by Mr. Hill, who re
marked that the point as to the adver
tisement and sale of bonds was provided
for in the House bill now before the
finance committee, and which, he sup
posed would be reported to the Senate
within a reasonable time.
"Unquestionably,” Mr. Aldrich, a mem
ber of the finance committee broke In, “It
will be reported either adversely or fav
orably.”
The resolution again went over, and the
Senate at 2:30 o'clock adjourned until
Friday next.
SESSION OF THE HOI SE.
A Hundred Members Present In Hear
the Jnnrnnl of Saturday Iteiiil.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Many more mem
bers of the House were present in their
seats to-day than were Expected, to hear
the journal of Saturday's proceedings
read, and to vote in favor of the motion to
adjourn until Friday. That constituted tho
entire programme of business and the
session lasted just twelve Inlnutes. About
100 members were on tlie Itoor. There was
also present H. Dudley (Soleman of New
Orleans, a member of thi Fifty-first con
gress, and now contesting Mr. Buck's
right to a seat in the fifty-fourth con
gress. j |
AFRAID OF GROVER'S' I*o IM LAM IT A'.
An Anti-Cleveland Conference l*ro
lused by a Kansas Man.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 31.—Prominent
democrats here and elsewhere over this
state have received typewritten letters
from one Walter N. Allen of Meriden,
Kan., asking co-operation in an anti-
Cleveiand movement. One of these let
ters, addressed to Senator J. 7.. George,
has been shown the Southern Associated
Press correspondent. It begins as follows:
“Enclosed find proposition for a national
conference of anti-Cleveland men and re
form forces. I ask that you read it and
then send it to some democratic editor in
your state, who will notice same.”
Senator George will take no stock In
any such conference, though like a large
majority of Mississippians, opposed to a
third term for Sir. Cleveland or any oilier
man. He cannot be inveigled into a move
ment tliut savors so strongly ot populism.
Mr. Allen, who is neither democrat nor
republican, judging by his circular, sug
gests that the conference be held a week
after the democratic national convention,
which lie predicts will end in u row. He
proposes to get all llie dissatisfied ele
ments together, “Span the river of preju
dice and form un alliance against I lie com
mon enemy. The Clpveland-Carllsle ad
ministration.’ ”
Commenting on tile letter the Clarjon
Ledger, the official journal of Mississippi,
says: "We are opposed to Mr. Cleveland
for a third term, but si*, old the party ill
convention again nominaie hint, we will
give him a warm support; but we are op
posed to any conference s ich as Mr. Al
len proposes. It is unnecessary to say that
Senator George and other democrats, to
whom the circular lias been sent, will de
cline to have anything to do with the
proposed conference.” ,
DU till Y YEN'S DEFE AT.
The Committee Finishes the Taking
of Testimony.
New York, Dec. 31.—The special com
mittee of the New' York Yacht Club, sit
ting as a court of inquiry into the charges
made by Lord Dunraven against* the
people in charge of the Defender con
cluded Its labor of taking testimony in
the case at noon to-day. The long ar
ray of witnesses who took the stand on
behalf of the Defender syndicate and
gave evidence entirely refuting the char
ges of foul play brought by the Irish
earl, had all been examined by last
night with the exception of some of the
riggers from New' York and Boston, who
added their quota this morning to the
already overwhelming mass of rebuttal
testimony.
George R. Askwith, Lord Dunraven's
counsel, came alone for the first time
since the session opened. J. A. G. Hil
tomn,~ Lord Dunraven's private secre
tary, who was one of the stenographers
of the hearing, left for London ori board
the North German Lloyd steamer Havel
this morning.
Nothing could be gotten out of any
member of the investigating committee
after the adjournment beyond this from
Mr. Whitney: “It will be some days be
for the report will be ready. The evi
dence has all been taken, and we are
through, except for making the report.
I cannot say what day the decision of the
committee inay be expected.”
HOSEHOHO'S ROBBERY.
Tlie Express Agent Implicates the
Mayor and Coroner.
Wilmington, N. C„ Dec. 31.—A special to
the Star says that the alleged robbery of
the Southern express agent at Roseboro,
N. C., a station on the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad of $959, by
masked men a few days ago, has turned
out to be no robbery at all. According to
the confession of Agent Grier, it was a
deliberately planned and executed con
spiracy, participated in by himself. Dr.
Fleet J. Cooper, the coroner of Sampson
county, and Redden Butler, the maywr
of Roseboro.
Cooper and Butler were arrested Mon
day and had a preliminary hearing before
Justices Giddens and Farrell. They were
bound over in a bond of fttSO each, to ap
pear in Clinton on Thursday, Jan. 2. for
further preliminary examination. They
deny any complicity or knowledge of the
matter and say that Greer implicated them
to shift the burden from himself.
LYNCHED FOR STEALING.
A Cattle Thief Hanged by a Ml In
MiftNiKHippJ,
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 31.—Ex-Sheriff Bush
of Simpson county was in Jackson to-day
and tells of a lynching that occurred a
day or two since, but which has not here
tofore been made known, on account of
the distance from railroad and telegraph
offices. A negro named Andrew Brown,
who had served a time in the penitentiary
for cattle stealing, was caught at his oi<l
tricks and started to a justice of the
peace. A mob met the officers on the
road, took charge of the prisoner and left
him dangling at the end of a plow line,
his body full of lead. No arrests have
been made yet, but the affair Is generally
denounced in the country.
Pay the s
HARD FIGHTING NEAR HAVANA.
THE Cl BAN FORCES REIM LSED BY
THE SPANISH.
•
Tile Concentrated Foreeu of the Pa
triot* Engaged In the Fighting.
They Hetreat in Good Order and
Without Very Serious Lula lu Kill
ed or Mounded—The Cuban* Alan
Reported Repulsed In the Jlquanl
I Hair lei.
Havana, Dec. 31.—Gens. Navarro and
Suarcx Valdez held In check throughout
the whole of yesterday the concentrated
forces of the rebel commanders Gomez
and .Macro. Gen. Navarro attacked a
camp of rebels and dispersed them. Go
mez and Mueeo were entrenched at Cen
tral Maria and a battle ensued there
later In which the Spanish artillery were
pitted against'the insurgents cavalry. The
rebels were finally routed and retrented
in two colmuns, leaving seven dead on the
field. Passing Camanagua on their re
treat, the rebels had twenty litters aiul
two carts filled with wounded. Gen. Sua
rez Valdez made an attack upon another
wing of the rebel army, and after two
hours lighting the rebels retreated, leav
ing eight dead and many wounded. Gen.
Valdez reached Baro without further re
sistance. The rebels who confronted him
and were forced to retreut were £,900
strong.
The last news from (he field shows that
the reliels have been driven back in tlie
province of Matanzas, after having been
severely punished by the troops. The loss
of property has been enormous, but
planters now feel more confident in the
future success of the Spanish army, and
will try when possible to grind .again.
Sonic of ihe large central factories, how
ever, have suffered so severely that it
will lie rather hard for them to do any
thing before next year.
On Dec. 28 two government columns,
one of 400 men under Col. Rodon and the
other of 200 men under Col. Pardon, after
a tight lasting two hours, dispersed the
rebels commanded by Raid and others.
The engagement took place in the Jiguunl
district, to the eastward of Rayamo, in
the province of Santiago de Cuba. The
rebels mude several charges with ma
chetes, but were repulsed and finally driv
en from tlie field in confusion. Their loss
was 17 killed. A quantity of arms and
a number of horses were captured By
the troops. Tlie government loss was
eight killed, including three officers, and
42 wounded. The iaiter were taken to
Jiguanl and Bayamo!
Gen. Suarez Valdez telegraphs that he
had an engagement yesterday with u rebel
force north of Ctievilas and defeated
them. The rebels lost two killed.
Madrid, Dec. 31. —A dispatch from Ha
vana to the lmparclal says: “Col. Pe
re'.u, with 860 Spanish troops, made an
attaea upon Maximo Gomez at the head
of a force vastly more numerous than
that of the Spaniards, at Oailmete. The
insurgents' cavalry mude a charge 1151011
the square formed l>y the Spanish troops
and for a time the situation of the Siian
lards was irltlcal. “After three hours'
fighting, however, Gens. Navarro and
Suarez, with their commands, arrived,
and the Insurgents retreated. The Span
ish had nineteen men killed and sixty
three wounded. The insurgents lost 200
killed ami wounded. Gomez made a stand
at Marqute and ugain at Roque, but
was driven from both positions. '
Two thousand Spanish troops embarked
at Cadiz last evening for Cuba.
Baro, Cuba, Dec. 23, via Tampa, Dec.
31.—At 9 o'clock this morning the town
of* Roque was Invaded by Maximo Go
mez, Serafin Sanchez. Cayeto Alverez, and
Agulrrenuz y Saurez with 2,0(W men, the
majority of whom were on horseback.
They did no great damage to the town,
their depredations were limited ulmoni en
tirely to taking a number of horses. They
seized the flag on the town hull and set
lire to anew but unoccupied wooden fort.
They marched through all the streets of
the town, headed by the rebel flag, shout
ing “Viva Cuba Libra." I-ater they en
tered a number of stores, in some of
which they paid for what they took, while
others they looted. They left with the
mayor of the town three of their wounded,
wdth an intimation that they must have
clovse cake ar®. atten|lon. Previous to
reaching Roque, Gomez and his following
had devastated the cane fields of the
Espana estate. They took on the estate,
and had with them at Roque, two prison
ers, alleged iioisoners of wells.
While on the way to Roque the rebels
set fire to the railway work shops on the
line of the Cardenas and Jucaro railroad.
Maximo Gomez, while at Roque, said that
their men comiiosed the vanguard; that
Maceo and Cjuintln bandera were follow
ing with a large force, and that at that
time the latter was near Colef.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 31.—“ Havana for
Cuba” is the iiassword that Is being used
by Cuban agents in securing Georgia vol
unteers to join the Cubans tn taking Ha
vana on Jan. 15. The Morning News cor
respondent accidentally learned thiH fol
lowing fact from a Cuban agent: Several
squads of Georgians, who were unemploy
ed, have left Georgia for Cuba this fall,
and recently tlie number has increased.
Many go by rail to Tampa and thence by
steamer to Havana, via Key West, but
some go from the Georgia coast. All per
sons who are willing to fight for Cuba
•are being Invited to meet the agent on a
certain day at or near Darien. The expe
dition Is to leave on a regular Aitamaha
river steamer and be taken beyond Doboy
and Aitamaha sound, where a fP'buster
ing boat will be in readiness to receive
them. Volunteers will be paid SIOO cash
at the start and SIOO a month for service,
provided that Cuba wins. They will be
lirovided with arms and ammunition. The
expedition is intended to land at Havana
and join the Cubans in beselging the
Spanish city on Jan. 16. It is learned that
several young men have already left Way
cross on one of these expeditions and
several more will leave here some time
this week, via the Aitamaha river.
Are They Bent on Filibustering?
Ocala, Fla., Dec. 31.—The Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular line sold eighty-six
tickets to Marti City cigar makers who
left to-day for Pbrt Tampa.
A BATTLE WITH WINCHESTERS.
Two Men Killed anil Two Wounded
in Virginia.
Sargent, Ky., Dec. 31.—There was a ter
rible battle and double murder at Don
key, a little hamlet, near Pound Gap, In
Wise county, Virginia, yesterday, the re
sult of a drunken row on Christmas, over
a woman of bad character. Bill Wells
and Gus Osborne, always known as good
citizens, met Jim Cox and Abe Williams,
two desperate mountain outlaws, on the
public road a half mile from Donkey,
heavily armed with Winchesters, for the
purpose of fighting it out. The firing con
tinued for more titan two hours. Shortly
after thefirijlircommeneed a deputy
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CLEV El. V NIVS COMMISSION.
No Inkliug Obtainable ■ lu It* Mem
bership or Number.
Washington, Dec. 31.—N0 Information
whatever can lie obtained at the white
house as to whether the President ha*
yet come to any decision in regard to
the membership of the Venezulean com
mission, either as to the number or per
sonnel. Both are left absolutely aj the
discretion of the President by the terms
of the resolution, without even the for
mality of communicating with the Senate
on the matter. The exact text of the res
olution as adopted by both houses of con
gress was as follows:
"lie It enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, tn congress assembled, that
the sum of HOO.OOO, or sp much thereof
as may be necessary, be and (be same is
hereby appropriated for tile purposes of
a commission to tie appointed by the
President to investigate and rei>ort upon
the true divisional line between the Re
public of Venezuela and British Guiana.”
It will thus he seen that authentic in
formation as to tlie composition of the
commission can proceed only from two
sources—the President or the person to
w hom he tenders Ihe office. The presi
dent has not spoken, and there is no good
reason to believe that any otic of the gen
tlemen whose names have been widely
mentioned lu connection with the |hjs(-
tlon lias authorized a statement to be
made on ills behalf. The circumstantial
story sent out some days ago that the
President had tendered one place on the
commission to Richard 11. Halvey of Ma
ryland. chief justice of the court of ap
peals of* the District of Columbia, uud
that lie was holding the matter under
advisement, turns out to be entirely un
true. uud it ts quite possible that the
other names mentioned may be equally
composed of gossip and guess work.
TO TINKER W ITH THE TARIFF.
The Ways anil Meun* font in 1 1 lee lo
Begin Work Next Week.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Chairman Ding
ley of the ways and means committee
will not leave Washington during the
holiday recess. He has been so busy with
his public work that his correspondence
has fallen badly in arreurs and the in
tervening time between now and the
reassembling of congress will be neces
sary to complete It. Mr. Dingley will
not call the ways and means committee
together until the latter part of next
week, at which time the sub-commlttces
will he appointed and a programme of
work prepared. One of the first matters
which Mr. Dingley purposes bringing to
the attention of the committee will he
certain amendments to the administrat
ive features of the present tariff law with
a view to preventing under valuations of
Imports. A strong necessity exists, Mr.
Dingley says, for the correction of some
of the defects in the administrative law.
There are also other matters coming
within the jurisdiction of the ways and
means committee upon which action will
Ire taken, hut of these the chairman does
not cure to speak of In detail at present.
11l NEE'S SRI AD it ON.
The Am phi I rile Ordered In Relieve
tlie Clnelnnat! nt Key AVesl.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Orders were issued
by the navy department to-day assigning
the battleship monitor Amphltrlte to i>ti
trol duty on the Florida Keys, relieving
the cruiser Cincinnati. The Amphltrlte
Is attached to Admiral Bunce's squadron
of (A’olutlon, now lyilng In Humpton
Roads. On being relieved the Cincinnati
will come north to be docked and clean
ed, and on the conclusion of this work
she will be sertt to Join Admiral Bunce.
It has been deckled to keep the squadron
at Hampton Hoads until the Cincinnati
can Join It, at least two weeks must
elapse before the vessels can weigh an
chor and set out on the cruise of evo
lution which has been mapped out by the
navy department.
Fort Monroe. Va.. Dec. 31.—The monitor
Amphitrite sailed from Hamptons Roads
at 3 p. m. for Key West to relieve the
Cincinnati. She will touch at Charleston,
Jan. t>.
RECEIPTS OF THE TREASURY.
The Deficit for (he First Half of the
Fiscal Year ftS,OOO.OOO.
Washington, Dec. 31.—The figures ftU
treasury receipts and expenditures
the first half of the fiscal year 1890,
now pra.-ti.-ally complete. The
statement to Issued on
2, will show approximately
ceipts for the six months wore 1t7,500,000,
and the expenditures $J_82,500,000, making
the deficit $15,000,000.
For the month of December, the re
ceipts were light, being $26,250,000 and the
expenditures $25,750,000, making an ex
cess of receipts over expenditures of $5<X),-
000. Because of the heavy interest pay
ment In January and the maturity of $4,-
320.000 of Pacific Railroad bonds it Is an
ticipated that the month of January will
show a deficit of *10,000,000 or $12,000,000.
HOI SE ELECTIONS CONTESTS.
Mellons to lie open a Number of
Cases to llettr Testimony.
Washington, Dec. 31.—The House com
mittee on elections, No. 2, of which Mr.
Johnson of Indiana is chairman,* to-day
heard motions to reopen, for the purpose
of taking further testimony, the con
tested election cases of Mitchell against
Walsh, of the Eighth New York dlstri.
Campbell against Miner, Ninth New Yor*
district, and Van Horn against Tarsnew
Fifth Missouri district. j
Mr. McClellan of the Twelfth New York
district, whose t>'U is contested by M/.
Cheesboro, stated“o the committee that
the contestant in his case had withdrawn
and asked the committee to report a rwti
lution removing the cloud to his title t/o
the seat. )
MONEY FOR PENSIONS,
Chalrmttn Stone Cull* a Meeting of
the Sub-Committee.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Representative W.
A. Stone of Pennsylvania, chairman of
the sub-committee on pensions, has Is
sued a call for a meeting of hfe commit
tee on Friday of this week. The amount
appropriated for pensions for the current
fiscal year was $140,900,000, which is the
commissioner's eatlmate for the next year.
It is Mr. Stone’s desire to begin the
preparation of the pension bill at once, tn
order that no delay may occur in report
ing it to the House. This is In conform
ity with the republican programme, which
looks to an afllournmi 1.l <>i. congress as
g* <1 s ad tit- >ll ■ DHHB*. have
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GOLD FOR THb GOVERNMENT.
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M Mill %TK \MU< FtRXISH IT.
111.- Iln*l>rr llflrr 1 I ~*.00.000 0"
in Rselinnice for I Prr C*l. TklH>*
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Commission f I Per Cent.—Half ®I
ilii. <■•!.l oiVrrcil nt the Option of
tin- finvt*riime it t.
New Voik, Dor. .ll.—An evening paper
says: "A rontrart was signed thin morn
ing by all the members of the new bond
syndicate subject to ihe formal acceptance
of the government. The syndicate agree to
furnish 11,.1 on ounces of gold, amount
ing to .ilmiO f.-ui, io.ouO gold, the govern
ment to tai . half of this sum first, and
to have tI J option of taking the other
half, and • i- in . r four per cent, thirty
year coin nor.t- at about the same price
as paid for tjie las*. Issue of tionds; tha.,
managers of i lie syndicate to receive a
commission i per cent. The price at
which the lasV tionds were taken was
101.4, at which they yielded Pi per cent.
Interest. -
"The foregoing report Is pronounced
premature by leading bankers. The sub
scriptions for the new loan, according lo
banking officials, foot up anywhere from
Iloo.uoo,nut) to *156,000.000. Report has It that
J. F. Morgan has secured *26,000,000 of this
amount and James Stillman of the city
bunk, an equal amount. Tbs Deutsche
Hank of Herlln Is credited with being
reml;. to take another *26,000,000. A ru
mor was current that Ituasell Sage was
personally Interested In the syndicate to
Ibe ext.-lit of *10,000,000, but this was Sub
sequently denied.
"The form of Ihe application for par
ticipation In the syndicate for the bond
Issue circulated among the banks and
trust companies to-day states that tha
agreement proposed with the treasury
Is substantially the name as that of last
February, J. F. Morgan & Cos. being tha
managers of the syndicate and receiv
ing for their services a commission of 1
per cent.
"Hold to the amount of 11,160,000 ouillesi
met 1... railed for by the treasury, ol*
which one-half, that Is 5,676,000 oancesj
Is u firm sale, the other half being In them
nature of an option. No subscriptions Of>
less than *lOO,OOO will be considered by thel
syndicate, and the gold to be paid ini
must not come from the treasury/* J
The demand for gold, for the purpMfl
of subscribing to the new bond loan, lm
to an advance In the commission pat<9
Tor tlm metal, und transactions were M
ported at one tier cent. It Is reported
that tile *1,700,000 gold, which was snipped
hr the Carls last week, has been OftlMl
i. dnpp.-d t.. this country and will
al.lv 1..- used In paving for bonds.
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