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ST. LOUIS' SADDEST SABBATH.
I'I.XERAL CORTEGES MOVE IX A
COXTIXI AI. LIXE.
l ifty-oue Burials lu llie City Proper
and Thirty-nine at East St. Loots.
The Work of Searching; the Ruin.
Still in I’rogress—V Scarcity of
Searchers Brought About at East
St. I.onis by Labor Agitators.
St. Louts. May Sl.—Grand and Florissant
a liues. the main thoroughfares to Belle
taine and Calvary cemeteries, were
c ivied to-day w-.th a continuous stream
of carriages following the victims of the
tornado to the last resting place. The ap
, ranee of the hearses in the sad pro
iioti alone punctuated the points where
one funeral party ended and another be
.un. There was a sunless sky and the
sombre clouds dripped a misty rain, as If
tture was weeping at her own dreadful
work. Fifty one of the victims were bur
; 1 in this city and thirty nine in East St.
Louis.
The work of searching the ruins has
s-ne steadily on. Two hundred work
house prisoners were set to work upon
the ruins of the city hospital. Health Of
ilcer Starkeloff is of the opinion that a
number of bodies are under the ruins and
the work was pushed with vigor. Up to
8 o’clock to-night no bodies had been
found.
Lack of labor In East St. Louis ham
pers search work. The labor agitator is
abroad in that city and his infamous work
has had its effect, as in some cases $1 an
hour was demanded for searching the
ruins.
Three patients died in St. Mary’s hospi
tal in East St. Louis to-day.
Most of the work there is directed to
. arching the ruins of the Vandalia
lrcight depot, and other buildings about
the eastern approach of the Eads bridge.
All the railroads have placed on sale ’’tor
nado rate" tickets at all points within a
radius of 230 miles of St. Louts, and to
day there are 50,000 strangers here viewing
the ruins.
Relief work has been systematized.
I)r. VV. W. Boyd, chairman of the com
mit,n, says that 3,500 deserving appli
cants received assistance to-day. The
fund for this purpose this morning footed
up sul,ss. The mails are beginning to
bring subscriptions from the whole
country. While iho demand for help is
great, it is still believed that the citizens
of this city will be able to care for all
without appealing for outside help.
The exaggeration of damage to large
buildings and hotels by newspaper cor
respondents is the cause of much indig
nation. No one large hotel In this city
suffered even temporary inconvenience.
The convention auditorium, which was
represented to be obliterated. Is reported
to be slightly damaged. Contractor Mc
t'une has repaired the building, and to
morrow it will be turned over to the
Business Men’s League ready for occu
pation.
The city is rapidly recovering from the
shock of the disaster, and very soon the
storm will be only a date in local history.
The only addition to the death list in
i-'t Louis to-day Is Carlo Alfonero, a
peddler, who died at the Alexian Brothers
hospital to-night at 9 o’clock.
The Bteady mist of rain found hundreds
of families unprotected save by hastily
constructed lean-tos against the few re
maining walls. Some were provided with
tents. Three hundred of these were sent
up from Jefferson barracks to-day. The
Provident Association, the business men's
league, and the public relief committee
have provided for 150 families, each re
ceiving food sufficient for two days and
such shelter as could he secured.
All transfer and express companies have
hauled free the few* belongings of the
sufferers who secured rooms.
The attendance at all the churches were
unusually large and the services were
memorial in character. Dr. Seuyler, dean
of Christ Church Cathedral, held a spe
cial service, at which a large sum was
contributed to swell the relier fund. Two
services at Pilgrim Congregational
church yielded nearly SI,OOO. Contributions
were made in all the churches and pledges
made to continue the relief work until
the need ceased. Arrangements have been
made by every society, church and guild
in the city for benefit entertainments.
A panic was prevented to-night at the
Union station by the prompt work of a
special detail of fifty policemen. The 30,-
visitors who hail viewed the ruins
gathered at the station about 8 o'clock.
The midway, the grand hall on the second
iloor, the waiting rooms and every pass
ageway was packed with humanity. It
was impossible to open the gates. As
sistant Chief Kiley marshaled his men at
the Twentieth street entrance and began
forcing the crowd through the baggage
tramway to the train sheds. It took a
half hour to relieve the pressure. Women
tainted, children screamed and men
fought. Three women were injured and
■ oiit children were separated from their
friends. There are probably a thousand
■“Mangers in the lower half of the city to
il tht wandering helplessly in the dark
ruins.
EXPULSION'S FOIt HAZING.
Four Sophomore* at Lafayette Giv
en Their Walking Papers.
Easton, Pa., Hay 31.—1 t Is stated that
four students of the sophomore class of
Lafayette College have been suspended
f i hazing, and that others are on the list.
Tin- men suspended are all cast for promi
nent parts in the sophomore play that was
to be given at the commencement, and In
sequence the performance, It is said,
v i be abandoned.
Tiie hazings are a surprise, as the col
lege authorities are very strict about this
* t'Use.
, ' uie freshman who was hazed was badly
b . tened by a discharge of fireworks.
-'■■■ iher, it is said, was initialed into a
[ ' fraternity and was branded with
L-’b ted cigars as part of the performance.
■" v-ral of the higher class men are also
sum to be involved.
A DEHELICT COMES ASHORE.
Part of the Vnrunuls Cargo of Lum
ber Saved.
Nassau, N. P.. May 31.—The derelict
American schooner Varuna went ashore
>’ IVood Cays on 'May 18. The vessel is
a total loss. Her cargo of lumber has
L ai partly saved.
Varuna was a three-masted
- ai oner of 436 tons. She haled from
a Am'bly, N. J., and was owned by
v ' m Birdsall. She sailed from Darien
' r’ tor Philadelphia, but was aband
. Wee. 15 In latifUde 33:05 X„ longitude
1 v\. She was reported as having
u sighted several times afterwards.
Fra nee's Derby.
. ■ 1 ms. May 31.—The Prench derby was
iO-day anil was won by Cnatnpiu
■ with Champignon second and Tre
third. There were sixteen starters,
winner was ridden by Boon; Chain-
| m by Pratt and Trebous by Barlen.
Ur. H. V. M. Miller Dead.
V anra, Ga„ May 31.—Dr. H. V. M.
r died here to-day. He was at one
... ' . a member of the United States
‘ ■ from Georgia. He was born in
‘- 11 Carolina in 1811.
®he fHuxfranjj Wrtos.
KENTU KUS SILVER VICTORV.
They Elect 670 Delegates as Against
240 for Sound Money.
Lexington Ky„ May 31.—The free silver
leaders are jubilant to-day over thi ir
sweeping victory throughout the state yes
terday. Accurate figures on returns from
the state shows CTO silver delegates to the
state convention, against 2*j for gold. The
silver men carried every congressional
district in the state except the Fifth,
which is the Louisville district. The
western end of the state, deluding the
First, Second, Third and Fourth district.-,
did not send a single sound money dele
gate, and for that reason the leaders, who
have consulted with Senator Bia-kburit,
think it will be proper to make a Western
Kentucky man chairman of the conven
tion. The choice will probably fall be
- ex-Coiigressman Goodnight of the
Third district, and Congressman Stone of
the First.
Senator Blackburn is disposed to be mag
nanimous. He said to-night: "There is no
time for quarrelling. The success of the
democratic party ought now to be tho
aim of every true democrat. We have
fought a good fight and we have won. We
ought not to say an unkind word of our
late opponents nor censure those who came
to us at the eleventh hour."
Tho friends of Secretary Carlisle and
President Cleveland are not so easily pro
pitiated, for they say they will not vote
for a free silver candidate for President.
They openly avow their preference for
.McKinley or any other republican for
President, over a sliver democrat, run
ning on a free silver platform.
Senator Blackburn will probably bo
made temporary chairman of the conv, n
tton Wednesday. He Is in splendid spir
its to-night over yesterday’s victory, and
thousands of congratulatory telegrams
have been received from ail over the
United States.
Louisville, Ky., May 31.—The Courier-
Journal, In an editorial to be published to
morrow, throws up both hands, as far us
future democratic success In Kentucky is
concerned. It says that the state is now
on in the republican column. The edito
rial in part says; "They (the democrats)
have repudiated the only President the
democratic party has elected and seated
for fifty years. They have repudiated the
most distinguished of Kt ntucky’s living
sons and the greatest democratic intel
lect In the United States. They have split
upon the fathers of the party, whose
names and organization they claim; hate
proclaimed Jefferson an ignoramus, Jack
son a conspirator, Benton a knave and
Cleveland a traitor.
"Fur the faith handed down through a
hundred years of glorious party history,
they have substituted a fail rejected by
every intelligent civilization on the globe;
and for the exponents of that faith, they
have substituted such apostles of popu
lism as Stewart; such exhorters of social
ism as Tillman, and evangels of anarch
ism as Altgeld.
"Saturday's work makes Kentucky re
publican for years. Before Saturday, Brad
ley ism was dead, but Saturday made it
possible for any republican to carry Ken
tucky over a party which binds itself to
the corpse of free silverism. The one
chance now for the Kentucky democracy
is that the Chicago convention shall not
ratify its stupendous blunder, and that
chance seems all too remote.”
BOOTH’S VOLUNTEERS.
The Genernl Denies That Two Post*
Are to Seeetle.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 31.—Ballington
Booth, head of the volunteers, made ad
dresses here this afternoon and evening,
and on both occasions spoke to large and
sympathetic audiences.
In the course of his address this after
noon, he said: “Mrs. Booth and myself
had intended to retire into private life for
a much-needed rest twelve weeks ago, but
backed by assurances from all over the
country we started th.e movement of to
day. It has been asserted that the Volun
teers had but five posts, and that two
of these posts had intended to go back to
the Salvation Army. The Volunteers have
not lost two pos.ts. On the contrary, the
posts at Napanv’ille, 111., and Cedar Rap
ids, Mich., are stronger than ever. V\>
have sixty-eight officered and organized
posts, and a number more waiting for
staff officers in order to organize. In our
war office forty-eight officers are em
ployed. and we have a paper with a paid
circulation of 19,000 per week.
“I am not out of the Salvation Army of
my own seeking. I loved the old move
ment, and both Mrs. Booth and myself
worked for it with untiring devotion. I
was driven from the old movement for ex
pressing an opinion as to its government
in this country. I have come to the conclu
sion that any organization that is to ben.
efit this nation must be separated from the
jurisdiction of a foreign government. I
should have been in the Salvation Army
to-day if the Salvation Army were Amer
ican. We must have rules and organiza
tions framed by those who recognize the
laws and institutions of our country.”
CATHOLICS AND THE A. P, A.
Candidates to He Asked to State
Their Position.
Frankfort. I(y„ May 31. Father Thomas
Major, pastor of the Church of the Good
Shepherd, created something of a sensa
tion in his sermon to-day. After reading
a letter from the bishop of this diocese
directing the Young Men’s Institute, a
Catholic organization, to send letters to
Gov. McKinley, Senator Allison, and other
republican and democratic presidential
possibilities, asking them for a written
statement of their sentiments in regard to
the American Protective Association, he
said that the time had come
when Catholics, -'in self protec
tion, should know the senti
ments of candidates for office on this sub
ject. He also asserted that many Catho
lics who voted for Gov. Bradley were now
sorry that they did so. He predicted that
but few of those to whom the letters are
to be addressed will give an answer to
the query in regard to the American Pro
tective Association, but Indicated that
Catholics should affiilliate only with those
who speak out in open hostility to the
order.
PANIC ON A STREET CAR.
One Person Killed and Inotiicr Fa
tally Injured.
St. Louis, Mo., May 31.—One person was
killed, one fatally injured, and two were
seriously hurt yesterday afternoon In a
panic on an electric car on the Carondelet
line. The trolley wire broke and fell on
the car, frightening the passengers, who
rushed out. , ,
Miss Veronica Pavelock, 1< years old,
came in contact with the wire, and was
instantly killed.
Miss Lillie Cloquette, 17 years of age,
sustained a compound fracture of the
skull, and will die.
Miss Blanche Cloquette, her sister, re
ceived a scalp wound.
Oswald Vatt, a butcher, had his right
shoulder dislocated.
Small-pox In Morro Castle.
Key NVest, Fla., May 31.—Private ad
vices received in this city last night state
that smallpox is racing at the Morro
castle. Havana. On May 34, sixteen cases
were removed from the Mono to the hos
pital.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 1, 181)0.
DREIBUNQ SCENTS DANGER.
CUXCEHTED ACTION IX THE CASE
OF CRETE CONTEMPLATED.
Greece t.k. Germany to Join llcr In
Everting Pressure to Prevent Tur
key From Sending Large Rein
forcewentu of Troop. to the Isl
and—The Turkish Force Xumber*
7.200 Men and the Cretau 20JKM*.
Berlin, May 31.—The situation In Crete
is engaging the most serious attention of
the German government and greatly ab
sorbing public interest, as involving man
ifold dangers to the peace of Europe. It
is an open secret that the government,
in tho event of any radical change tak
ing place in the relations between the
island of Crete and the porte, will sup
port a proposal for the union of the is
land with the kingdom of Greece.
In the meantime the question of the an
nexation of the island of Crete to Greece
is cot one In which the Drethund is vitally
interested, though communications have
passed between the governments at Ber
lin, Koine and Vienna, tending toward
concerted action on the part of the Drei
bund powers in behalf of Crete, and tho
Greek government has asked the govern
ment of Germany to Join Ureeoe in ex
erting pressure upon Turkey against the
latter's throwing large reinforcements
of Turkish troops into the island, with a
view of wiping out the Cretan revolt by
sheer force of numbers.
What Greece most desires at present
is that u sort of truce shall be established
between the Turks and the Cretan rebels,
while the European powers confer as to
means of a final settlement of the
Cretan question. At present the force of
Turkish regular troops on the island Is
7,200 men, and 1,800 additional troops are
about leaving Salonlca anil an equal num
ber are on the eve of departure from
Smyrna to reinforce them. Opposing this
Jot< <• there are now over 2'i.uuO Cretans
under aims, and they are being rapidly
strengthened by Gretk volunteers, who
are Well armed and possess ample sup
plies of provisions and ammunition. This
force is able to hold the entire island
against the Turks with the exception of
the fortified towns.
In an article discussing tho Immediate
outcome of the Cretan trouble, the Voa
siehe Zeltung recommends the appoint
ment of a Christian governor for Crete,
who snail administer the public affairs
of the island under the supervision of a
commissioner, who shall be a European.
The Hamburger Naeljrlchten, the organ
of Drince Hismarek, bbimes England for
inciting the rising of the people of Crete,
and suggests that the European powers
settle the Cretan question concurrently
with the Egyptian question in a way which
will defeat the aims of the English gov
ernment.
Among the officially Inspired Austro-
Hungarian newspapers, the Pesther
Lloyd expresses the same opinion as that
advanced by the Vossiche Zeitupg, and
declares that there must he a root and
branch reform of the public administra
tion in Crete without delay.
The Austrian clerical organ, Das Vater
land. expresses its understanding that the
European powers desire that Crete shall
be retained as a part of the Turkish em
pire; nevertheless, the Austrian officials
apprehend that the breaking up of the
Turkish empire may begin with the sep
aration of Crete from Turkey.
Since the first announcement in the mid
dle of February last of the complete dis.
cord between the emperor and M. Her
bette, the French ambassador, the emper
or has adhered to his determination not to
meet the ambassador personally until he
.should call to present his letters of recall,
which he did last Tuesday. The meeting
of the emperor and M. Herbette was a for
mal affair, which marked the ending of
an extremely disagreeable episode. The
Cologne Gazette, in a very courteous ar
ticle upon the withdrawal of the plain
speaking French diplomat from the Ger
man court, says that in leaving Berlin, M.
Herbette can feel assured that the Ger
man officials will render full justice to the
activity which he has displayed in the di
rection of maintaining peace.
M. Herbette will retire permanently from
the field of diplomacy and return to his
scientific studies. The Marquis do Noail
les, formerly French minister and ambas
sador to Italy, and ambassador at Con
stantinople, who has been appointed as M.
Herbette’s successor, is a trained diplo
mat of high birth, with the personal style
of a well-bred gentleman, and already
commands expectations of success in court
and diplomatic circles. Since President
Thiers sent him to Washington as minis
ter of France to the United States in 18R,
the Marquis de NoaiUes had a continuous
good official record until 1886, when he left
the diplomatic service at his own request,
his retirement being associated with his
displi asure at the edict issued by the
French government banushiog the Orleans
family from French territory.
The Hamburg correspondent says: "The
nomination of Marquis de Noailles to be
French ambassador to Germany consti
tutes a triumph of the policy of M. Hano
taux, French minister of foreign affairs,
over that of the. late radical ministry of
Fiance, who wished to send to Berlin a
democratic ambassador. The German-for
eign office, getting wind of this project,
the paper says, contributed on its side to
compel the French government to aban
don the idea. The presence of the Mar
quis de Noailles In Berlin, the Correspon
denz continues, will prove the intention
of France, without sacrificing any of her
old projects of revanche, to maintain re
lations with Germany through an ambas
sador whose social position will enable
him to inform his government of the tend
encies of the policy of Germany in a su
perior way to that in which M. Herbette
was ever able to do.”
By the retirement of M. Herbette, who
was the senior of the diplomatic corps,
Count Lanza di Basca, the Italian am
bassador, becomes the doyen ambassador,
but on account of the fact that he is a
bachelor the wife of M. de Szogney Mar
ich, the Austrian ambassador, who is next
in the rank of seniority, becomes the
doyenne of the diplomatic body, and will
m.ike all the presentations of foreign la
dies to the empress at court functions.
The case of Louis Stern of New York,
who forfeited his bail of 80,000 marks un
der conviction of having insulted Baron
von Thuengen, deputy commisisoner of
the Spa at Kissingen last summer, has
occupied a great deal of space In the col
umns of the German press since the publi
cation of the correspondence on the sub
ject winch passed between Baron von
Thielmann, the German ahbassador at
Washington, and Hon. Richard Olney,
United States secretary of state. The
hone papers have assumed that the publi
cation of the correspondence was permit
ted by Mr. Olney for the purpose of caus
ing inconvenience to Baron von Thiei
mann, and bringing about his retirement
but it has not occurred to them that the
correspondence was published In the ordi
nary course of things with no possible
bias behind its appearance apart from the
utterance of an irresponsible press. The
opinion entertained in the foreign office is
that Stern did not exhaust the ordinary le
gal means at his disposal to obtain a re
versal of his sentence and that h~ asked
the state department at Washington to in
terfere in his case before he had gone to
the end of his legal resources, thus creat
ing trouble all around which could have
been averted.
Dr. Chrysander, I’rinee Bismarck's phy
sician. has informed the Silesian deputa
tion, who had arranged to cal! upon the
ox-chan elior and pay their respects to
him, that the state of health of the
prince Is such as to render It desirable
that the reception of the u nutation bo
postponed. The date of the r- ptton 1.:.*,
therefore, been fixed for Jure t>.
A meeting of the German t\>lonlnl So
ciety was held yesterday, at wueh it
was resolved to petition the Reichstag to
gram credits for an inere.i of the
strength of the navy, upon the ground
that the navy, as it Is at pro-. at consti
tuted, is inadequate to pion.t the t?x
pansion of the German colonial posses
sions.
MOSCOW'S FAMISHED MOB.
The Mud Rn.h at the Fen.l Cos. t
I.IRM Lives.
Moscow, May 31 —The city is not yet
recovered from the shock occasioned by
the frightful calamity that occurred yes
terday on Hodyorsky Plain during the
progress of the great free feast and en
tertainment in connection wi.h the cere
monies given at the expense of the cur
to whosoever desired to partake. T ■ v
tent of the disaster was not i x.tggi aivd
In the first reports.
ft was officially announced tilts morn
ing that the total uumber of vie tints w is
1,138. Most of them were MeuJlks, from
the provinces, a poor class of people, but
among tne number were many of the pov
erty stricken residents of Muse w and
villages in the neighborhood of the city.
The fete was practically for tho benefit
of this class of the population, and tho
middle class generally held aloof from
the entertainment, or else \ sited the
plain In tho capacity of spectators.
At the request of the czar there will In
it solemn requiem mass in the chapel of
the Kremlin to-tnorrow morning. AU the
members of the Imperial family w© at
tend.
The bishop of Peterborough, who Is In
Moscow as the representative of the Es
tablished Church of England. preaotPkl a
sermon In the English church li re t-d iy.
Among those w ho were present w ore the
Duke of Connaught, who represents his
mother. Queen Victoria, the Duchess of
Connaught and their suite. A colkctlon
was taken up for the benefit of the suffer
ers, and a goodly sum was raised.
The statement that the disaster would
bring the coronation festivities to a close
lias not the slightest basis in truth. The
functions have not been stopped. A ball
was given at the French embassy last
evening. It was attended by the members
ot the imperial family, tha foreign prim es,
diplomats and the highest Russian ami
visiting aristocracy. This function was
one of tho most brilliant that has tnk"n
place in connection with the coronation
ceremonies.
London, May 31,-The Dally News will
to-morrow publish a dispatcti from Mos
cow saying that the chief of polltji is
reported to be in utter despair over the
terrible calamity, and that he haa at
tempted to commit suicide.
The dispatch adds that many of the at
tendants at the booths are among the
dead. Some of the booths were broken
into splinters by the resistless rush-of the
crowd.
It further says that the great bail given
by tile French ambassador w.is, owing to
political reasons, not cancel!' i. It was
also determined that it should b .held
lest the disaster be supposed <o .have
been even greater than it actually whs.
CHEEKS GIVEN POH KRUGER.
The Release of the Prisoner* He
relveil With Enthusiasm.
London. May 31.—The Johannesburg
Standard telegraphs that the release of all
of the members of the reform committee
with the exception of Messrs. Rhodes,
Hammond, Farrar and Phillips, the four
leaders who were originally condemned to
death, has caused widespread rejoicing In
the Transvaal and elsewhere. When the
fact became known President Kruger, to
whom the release is due, was enthusias
tically cheered. The members of the Jo
honnesburg exchange sent a telegram to
President Kruger expressing to him their
warmest thanks for ills generous action,
which they declared would have a bene
ficial effect throughout South Africa. The
dispatch adds that confidence is felt that
the President will extend his generosity
to the. four leaders who are still in jail un
der sentence of fifteen years' Imprison
ment.
Pretoria, May 31.—President Kruger and
Secretary of State Leyds emphatically de
ny the statements made by Seymour Fort,
who was private Secretary to laird Locdi
when the latter was British high commis
sioner in South Africa. Mr. Fort, as cabled
here, asserted that Dr. Jameson designed
to make a rush on Pretoria and seize docu
ments proving the existence of an offen
sive and defensive alliance between tin
Transvaal and Germany. Both the presi
dent and secretary of state declare that
the republic would not tolerate the inter
ference of Germany. France or any other
power in her internal or external affairs.
The release of the political prisoners has
caused great rejoicing here. A crowd en
thusiastically cheered President Kruger
as ho was leaving the executive building,
after announcing that the prisoners wouid
be set at liberty.
GLADSTONE AND THE CHURCHES.
An Early Settlement of RellKlotis
ID (Terence* I mprobnlile.
London, May 31.—Mr. Gladstone's letter
to Cardinal Rampolla, papal secretary of
state, on the subject of a re-union of the
Christian churches will be published to
morrow by Lie newspapers here. It will
occupy two columns. Mr. Gladstone con
tends that a condemnation of Anglican
orders by Rome would morally be a
stride towards ex-communication; would
make more conspicuous the religious dif
ferences of the churches and enhance
the difficulty of future reconciliation.
Nevertheless, he says, he does not expect
an early restitution of the CfTPistian
unity, which marked the early history
of the churches. He welcomes the pope's
command that an investigation should
be held as to the validity of the Anglican
orders, and details the advantages that
are likely to accrue therefrom.
MORRIS PARK’S FALL MEET.
The Steeplechase Association to Try
It Again
■
New York, May 31.—At a meeting of the
stewards of the National Steeplechase As
sociation, held at Morris Park Saturday,
May’ 30, it was unanimously decided that
a two-days meeting shall be given at Mor
ris Park in the autumn. The programme
is to Include three steeplechases or hurdle
races each day, the 11— tl closing for fixed
events to be Sept. 15, and that the en
trances to ail over-night races shall be
free. It is also proposed to amend the
rules so that 3-year-olds can run in hurdle
races in August.
FATAL FIGHT IN' FLORIDA.
Two Men NVonml Each Other Fatal
ly Before Their Families.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 31.—1n Washing
ton county yesterday, Henry Danley and
James Powell, who married sisters, fought
in the presence of their wives and chil
dren. Powell sunk an ax into Danlev's
left shoulder almost splitting off the arm
and part of the str’v Danley then shot
Powell through tin- stomach. Powf'J i
reported dead and Dardey will die. A
family quarrel caused the duel.
STEAMER BERMUDA SHELLED.
TWO SPIN 1.11 WARSHIPS CHASED
HER FROM Cl BA.
Eight lioats With Tiirtj-Niuc Mru
in the Water it Mile and 11 Hull
From Shore Wheu a Gunboat In
expectedly Threw ller Flash Light
on thr Party— Most of the Men in
the Rout. Probably Killed.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 31.—A1l conjec
ture regarding the whereabouts of.the now
famous filibustering steamer Bermuda
were set at r at to-day w hen she steamed
up tho Delaware river and made fast to
her pier. She came from Puerto Cortes.
Honduras, and instead of arms and am
munition, her cargo consisted of B.bW
bunches of bananas and 8.000
sliver dollars. Tho silver was
taken out to buy fruit, but
t strike among the fruit cutters, coupled
with the lielief that the v> ssol was not
bound on a legitimate voyage, made it Im
possible to secure a full cargo. The at
tempt to land her outward cargo and pas
sengers ou Cuban soil was a fiat failure,
and tho escape of the vessel from destruc
tion by Spanish shells was little short of
providential.
The Bermuda stilled from Philadelphia
on April 23, in command of Capt. O’Brien,
for Jacksonville. Site sailed from that lat
ter port on April 28, In command of Capt.
Riley, who succeeded Cupt. O'Brien. The
expedition was made up of ninety-six nu n
from Key West, Tampa and Philadelphia,
In command of Gen. Loldul Vidal, a sol
dier of the former revolution, and a nu
tlve of Hunttago do Cuba. The cargo con
sisted of two guttling guns, 1,000 rlfica,
200,000 rounds of ammunition and 1,000
pounds of dynamite. An attempt was
made, under Gen. Vidal's orders, to laud
on the night of May 4, at a point on the
eoust of Cubit, ti n tnlles east of Carde
nas. A Spanish gunboat wus seen early
In tho evening, but it was thought she did
not notice the Bermuda, und eight boats,
with forty-nine men, were In the water,
about one and a half miles from the
coast, when a search-light from un ap
proaching cruiser was flashed over the en
tire party.
All hands were instantly In a slate of
hopeless demoralization, and a desperate
attempt to got buck to the steamer w u
made. Only a few, however, reached the
Bermuda, which started ut once at full
Sliced. She had only run about eight
ntilts, when n Second gunboat started In
pursuit, which was kepi up until day
light. There wi re repeated (lashes and
roars from the guns on the Spanish war-'
ship. Solid shot aml bursting shell thick
anti fast, until tho distance between the
vessels increased, tin- Bermuda lying
forced lo her utmost speed, and when tiny
dawned the gunboat could not be seen.
Two days later the steamer arrived at
TruxlUo. Honduras, the balance of the
war material having been thrown over
board during the race.
Five of the party were drowned in at
tempting to make the landing, among
them Nlcollni Cardenas, brother of Col.
Cardenas, an Insurgent chief. The fate of
the others Is not known but It is believed
that the greater number were caught on
the coast and probably shot by the Span
iards. At least 32 of the party are missing.
The other passengers were landed on the
coast of Honduras, between Truxlllo and
Puerto Cortez, and afti rwards reached
(Mobile, Ala., on the steamer Clearwater.
Hayden West of Camden and Adrian
Eldrldge of this city returned on the Ber
muda. The fate of Dr. EmlloCahada Is un
known, but he Is believed to have been
among those lost. It is said there Is now
little doubt but that Hie Intended land
ing place of the Bermuda was known to
the Hpanlsh officials In New York before
she left Jacksonville.
Atlantic City, N. J., May 31.—1 t Is be
lieved by some here that Spanish gun
boats are patrolling the lower New Jer
sey const on the watch for filibustering
expeditions. John and David Andrews,
two (oral yachtsmen, have reported to
LTghfniirse Keeper Wolf of the Absecon
light that search-lights proceeding from
vessels off this city were seen late to
night. Hoarch-liglrfd have been seen on
the coast on several previous occasions
within the past four days.
Madrid, May 31.—-A dispatch to the Im
partial from Havana says tiiat a Spanish
force has defeated the rebels near Cien
fuegos, killing fifty of t'hdm.
OPPOSITION FOR DUN WOODY,
Tito SDxerlte* to Pnl CllmDilatc
Jn tin- Field.
Brunswick, Ga., May 31.—1 tls an
nounced to-day that John F. King of
Camden county, will be put up by the
silverite3 to oppose Harry F. Dunwoody
fir the Senate, and that Frank M. Scar
lett, the! present candidate, will retire in
Mr. King's favor. While Mr. King is
an officeholder in Camden, it is positively
asserted that he is a resident of Wayne
county, and consequently debarred from
making the race. It is expected that
neither Charlton or Camden will endeavor
to oppose the nominee from Glvnn. It Is
Glynn's time to name the candidate, and
to take the right away' from her will not
be expected when the eonventlon assem
bles for business. At the lust nominating
convention Glynn asked Charlton to stand
aside for ner as a matter of accommo
dation. Chariton declined, and Giynn did
not push her request, but aided Charl
ton's candidate with her usual big demo
cratic majority.
HARD FIGHTING IN CRETE.
A Turkish Force Repulses the Chris
tians at Vnmos.
Athens, May 31.—Advices have been re
ceived here to the effect that Abdullah
Pasha has succeeded in relieving the
town of Vamos, which was besieged by
Christian insurgents.
London, May 31.—The Dally News will
to-morrow publish a dispaatch from
Athens saying that in relieving Vamos,
the Turkish troops first carried Tsivara
after a bloody fight. The position in the
Canea district is serious. At Retimo, the
fighting, burning and pillaging continue.
The consuls at Heraclion have asked that
warships be dispatched to that place.
TWO SHOT DEAD.
A Hrnvc Detective anil a Moonshin
er liile the Dust,
Lexington, Ky., May 31.—Thomas Holli
flelds, one of the most daring detectives
In Eastern Kentucky, was killed yesterday
while trying to arrest a moonshiner,
named Adams. Adams also suffered death.
Holllflelds and another officer located
Adams in the house of his father, and
went in to arrest him. The “shiner" ran
out the back way. and was shot by Holli
fields. The father, who had secreted him
self behind a door, then fired at Holll
fields, a load of buckshot taking effect
in uis back.
STIRRING I P THE SILN ERITES.
Tlielr' Chiilruifin Call, t pon Them to
Stimd Firm.
Washington, May 31.—The following cir
cular has been given out for publication:
“Headquarters National Sliver Party,
Washington. D. C., May 3i). 1890.—T0 tho
Friends of Silver: Since (he founding of
this party, on Jan. 22, 1.896, the; work of the
organization has been steadily, but quiet
ly pursued, and the country has been
aroused to a pitch of excitement unknown
since the civil war. Silver Is on all lips
throughout the land. It is echoed and re
e -hoed from the gilded mansion to the
lowly cottage. As each hour passes It be
comes more apparent that a political con
flict, the like of which has never been
seen liefore Is Just at hand.
“It must be clearly understood at oneo
that party lines cannot withstand this
conflict, anl so far as the friends of sil
ver are concerned, they must not. The
party leader who puts in his time mending
party lines while the silver oause suffers
will bo relegated to a deserved seclusion.
There is no time for composing dlffe'cnees
between men who do not agree on this
question. The only thing to be considered
Is how those who do agfee can get to
gether. They who say they are for free
silver, and at the same time plead for tho
unity of parties, arc not the friends of sil
ver and the suffering people. Tho unity
of old parties is tho death of silver, as
everybody knows.
"Those who look to coming years for a
peaceful settlement of this matter, inis
talte the condition of the times and the
temper of the people. There can bo no
delay. The conflict will not wait. The
hour has come.
“Tile secret of success In this conflict
consists in tho lining up for the buttle.
Those who compose tho line must be
friends, striking Hie same blow for tho
some object. This breaks party linos, and
party lines once broken, silver will be
free.
That meeting of earnest men on Jan.
22, 1890. marked an epoch, anil will live
In history. The convention which grew
out of it, to lie held at Ht. Louis on July
22, will undoubtedly be one of the most
Important conventions and notable gath
erings ever assembled In this country.
Under the wisdom of Its acts und that of
the peoples party convention, to be held
at the same place and time, depends the
vital question as to whether we can have
a Just settlement of this money issue In
our generation. If that Issue can be
clearly presented to the voters of tho
United States, stripped of ail minor po
litical questions, and under u standard and
leadership which will command the eon
fldonce of tile people, It will win by un
overwhelming majority.
"Our friends are urged to push the work
of organization with all possible vigor,
f living no heed to those who udvlse await
ng the uetion of Iho old parties that con
tain enemies as well ns friends of our
cause. Tho power of our organization to
defeat the ambition of Janus-faced politi
cians is being recognized by all parties,
hence clean out declarations for or against
silver are the rule in the local convention*
of all parties this year. /
“Our purpose is to unite for action all
believers In the restoration of free silver
and prosperity. Tills cannot bo accom
plished by Inaction or delay on the part
of our friends.
“Tho republican party Is committed to
the gold standard through the platforms
of 80 per cent, of the state conventions,
arid any straddle that may be made In it.
national platform will deceive no one.
"The democratic party must not ask iho
country to accept any candidate it may
name acquiesced in by the gold wing of
that party.
“The question of vital Importance Is for
silver men to name the candidate for pres
ident whose nomination will be readily ac
quiesced in by all believers In monetary
reform.
“Friends of silver, look to your interests
and organize now while the fruit Is ripe
for plucking. Do not wait on the problem
atical action of any party.
“J. J. Mott, Chairman."
CONGRESS NEAR ITS CLOSE.
Final Adjournment Apt to Come on
Saturday,
Washington, May 31.—"1 believe we may
be aide to adjourn business Saturday,"
said Senator Allison, chairman of the
Senate committee on appropriations, yes
terday. "The session may run until
'Monday, hut there Is really no good rea
son why we should not liuve a final ad
journment ori the day I have named. All
of the appropriation bills are enrolled,
with the exception of the contested Items
in conference, and these can be enrolled
on short notice.”
Senator Allison is not alone In this
opinion, and for the purpose of getting
away at the earliest possible moment it
is understood that the Senate will, after
to-morrow, begin its daily sessions at 11
a. m., and remain In session as late as
7 i>. m. One night session will, perhaps,
be necessary on Tuesday, for the Senate
has agreed that on that day it will take
a final vote on the anti-bond bill.
it is the general Impression that a vote
will be had, before adjournment, on the
"filled cheese" bill, which has already
passed the House, although a vigorous
opposition will be expected to it in the
Senate.
The understanding is that the Senate
will endeavor to pass the river and har
bor bill over the President's veto the
day following similar action on that meas
ure by the House. But little. If any, de
bate is anticipated.
The conferees on the postofflee appro
priation bill have practically agreed upon
all Its Items except the Gorman amend
ment restricting the consolidation of post
offices by the Postmaster General. It Is
claimed that the House will accede to
this amendment. The first conference on
this bill was not held until Saturday last,
although It passed both houses more than
a month ago.
The only matters that will be likely to
cause debate In the other appropriation
bills in conference are the sectarian school
question In the Indian bill; the decrease
of the number of battleships; the limita
tion of the price to be paid for armor and
the proviso forbidding the employment by
contractors of naval officers on leave in
the naval bill; a question as to the sec
tarian charities in the District of Colum
bia bili, and a like question in regard to
the District of Columbia hospitals in the
sundry civil bill.
To-morrow being “suspension day” in
the House it is expected that the Philips
labor commission bill, the Erdman arbi
tration bill, the New Mexico bond bill and
the Alaska salmon fisheries hill, wi’ll be
called up under suspension of the rules
The report of the committee on rivers
and harbors, upon the President’s veto
of the river and harbor appropriation
bill, recommending that It be passed
“the objections of the President .to the
contrary notwithstanding,” is looked for
on Tuesday. The House will expend lit
tle, if any. debate on the matter, and a
votb will be taken promptly.
The committee on rules may report
an order setting aside two additional days
beside Monday in which the motion to
pass bills by suspension of the rules will
be in order. This, however, will not be
done unless the passage of the joint reso
lution, fixing the date of final adjourn
ment, should he delayed until the end of
the week. When once that resolution
passes, the six days next preceding the
day named for the close of the session
will become suspension days, under the
standing rules of tile House.
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POLITICAL FUTURE A PUZZLE.
XO OXE A RLE TO TELL WHICH
PARTY WILL WIX.
Ol<l Lines So Badly Demoralised
That the Lenders Cannot Sajr
\\ bit'll side W ill Lose the Most
A otes The Republican. Very
Doubtful of McKinley Should He
He Their Xonilnee.
Washington, May 31.—The republican*
In congress aro anxious to go home and
look after their political fences, while
many of the democrats seem to take but
little interest In tho approaching cam
paign. Never before In the history of the
republican party, has there existed such
a strong feeling of doubt as to the elec
tion of a candidate, who has such & wave
of popular sentiment behind him, as 1*
displayed In the case of McKinley. The
remarkable spectacle Is presented of the
republicans being afraid they will not suc
ceed. while on the other hand the demo
cratic, congressmen hero nro thoroughly
discouraged at the outlook for their par
ty.
I have endeavored to ascertain the causa
of this peculiar condition of affairs In the
political world. I have discussed the sub
ject with leading republicans and demo
crats In both branches of congress, and
huve been astonished to learn that neither
side Is possessed with that amount of con
lldcnce that is usually displayed on tho
eve of the national conventions.
Senator Lodge Is a careful student of
national affairs and when ho lays aslda
his partisan feelings ho can view a poHtl
cal situation as fairly as any man In con
gress. It Is well known that he lias no
personal Interest In the nomination of Mc-
Kinley, for Speaker Reed Is his first
choice, and also his personal friend. Al
though the name of Speaker Iteed will bo
presented lo the convention, his best
friends do not expect to see him overcome
the great wave of sentiment that is un
mistakably behind MeKlnley. Of course,
Senator Lodge desires to see a republican
President in the white house, be he a Reed,
a McKinley, ar an Allison.
Looking over the political field, from •
purely non-partisan standpoint. Senator
Lodge says ho never saw the conditions
surrounding a political campaign so cloud
ed with uncertainty as at present. Ha
says hts anticipates a break in the old par
ty lines and the contest waged on the
financial question. He would have pre
ferred to see the fight made on the tariff
question alone, for on that issue he con
tends that the republicans and a large
number of democrats are of one and the
same oplnlon—ln favor of protection. He
says it win bo very interesting to watcll
the movements of the two groat forces
behind the gold and the sliver parties. Ha
Is certuln that the republicans will declare
for a gold standard at St. Louts, and ha
predicts, that the democrats will declare
for free silver. He fears the democrats
may go a step further and also declare for
a revenue tariff, with Incidental protec
tion. In that event he cannot derive much
consolation or confidence In the success
of his party.
If you leave Senator Lodge and seek
Senator Hill of New York, the latter win
probably tell you that there is not the
slightest ground for hope In the demo
cratic outlook. He will tell you that the
democratic forces are discouraged and de
moralized in almost every state, and that
the men who have formerly been active in
tiie party organization, now decline to givo
their time or attention to what they deem
to be a forlorn hope. Ho aril tell you that
the democrats cannot hone to win with
the great states of New York, New Jer
sey, Connecticut, Maryland and Massa
chusetts against them. In accounting for
the unhealthy condition of the party, he
may tell you that the lack of Interest in
the democratic cause arises from the fact
that Uie administration has not been wise
or Judicious In the distribution of the fed
eral patronage. He may also tell you that
the rear of a third term lurk* In th*
breasts of a large army of democrats, who
do not sanction the thlrVterm idea.
Turning from Senator 1111 l to Senator
Burrows of Michigan you are again con
fronted with the fear that the free silver
men of the south and the west may be
strong enough to combine and overturn
the iilans of the republicans of the east
ern and middle states. Senator Burrows
professes to he a sound money republican,
but Inwardly ho fears the silver Issue Is
stronger thun the party lines in his state,
and also In other states. He is for Mc-
Kinley. or anybody who may be nominat
ed at St. Louis, but he cunnot convince
himself that the republican candidate will
have a walk-over, If the democrats take
advantage of the opportunities at hand.
Senator Mills of Texas cannot see any
thing but discouragement ahead for the
democratic party, divided, as it is, on the
one great question now before the coun
try. He says he has begged his people to
beware of the fate that awaits them if
they insist upon dividing the party upon
this issue, but, as the people or Texas are
determined to follow the silver standard,
he will go with them, even at the sacri
fice of his political life.
Thus opinions differ so widely that one
man’s Judgment on the situation is about
as good ns another. The strange part of
the situation is that the shrewdest polit
ical leaders In both parties are utterly at
sea as to what the result may be If
political lines are obliterated, and the
fight is made for sound money as against
free silver.
O\E DELEGATE TOO MANY.
Mississippi, Entitled to Elghteeit
Elect* Mucteen.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 31.—The demo
cratic state convention 'which met at
Jackson, April 29, and which declared for
sixteen to one, elected Senators George,
'Walthall, Gov. MeLaurln, Senator-elect
(Money and Hon. H. R. Henry of the Cla
rion Ledger, the leading free sliver paper
of Mississippi, as delegates from the state
at-large, In addition to the fourteen dis
trict delegates, making 19 delegates in all,
wlillo Mississippi Is only entitled to 19. A
motion was made by 'Mr. Voeller of this
city to elect Messrs. George, Walthall,
MiLaurln and Money by acclamation—
these gentlemen had not been candidates.
Mr. Henry was an active candidate. He
was placed In nomination when Mr. Voel
ler renewed his motion to elect the others
by acclamation, whereupon a delegate
moved In the interest or harmony that
iMr. Henry be added, and that the five
gentlemen cast the four votes from the
state-at-large.
There Is u well authenticated rumor cur
rent here that Secretary Sheerin of the
democratic national committee has offi
cially written Mr. Howry, member of the
national democratic committee from this
state, reminding him that the state is
only entitled to 18 votes and enquiring
•who the superfluous man is. The curious
and unprecedented complication possesses
national Interest and has created no little
mirth as to "who constitutes the fifth
wheel of this presidential band wagon?”
The gold bugs "laugh with ghoulish glee”
but are fair enough to admit that Mr.
Henry, who Is the real free silver leader
of the state, has been badly treated by
hts apostles of the white metal, all of
whom hold office. , .
Fifty Horses Ilurnetl.
Mew York. May 31.—Fire to-night at
Nos. 319 and 321 East Fifty-third street,
in liohlman’s boarding stables, caused a
loss of 373,000. There were seventy-flvo
horses to the stable, fifty of which were
, burned.