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SPAIN TO THROW CUBA A SOP.
MINISTRY now drafting propos-
ED REFOHSIS,
They Are to Take Effect When the
Province of Pinnr del Rto 11ns
Been Pncllled—The l’rovlnces of
Havann and Mutnnzas to Be Includ
ed—Cuba, to Be Given the Right to
Elect Her Own Congreaa and Con
trol Her Own Tariff.
Washington, Deo. 29.—While it is not
.rue that the Spanish government will ac
cept the mediation of the United States
in giving autonomy to the island of Cuba,
it has been known for some weeks that the
Spanish ministry propose giving the Cu
bans a larger measure of home rule than
they have heretofore enjoyed. President
Cleveland has been repeatedly
advised that these reforms will
be inaugurated when the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio has been
pacified. It was in this province that Gen.
Maceo and his followers have been located
for the past year and since Maceo's death
the work of pacification has been consid
erably expedited.
The time is now believed to be ripe when
the home rule reforms will be instituted
there, and also In the provinces of Matan
zas and Havana, where the Insurgents
have never secured a foothold.
It has been frequently asserted by Spain
that the intended reforms would have
been put in operation long ago, but for
the insurrection, and that some of the
leaders among the Insurgents started the
rebellion in order to prevent the reforms.
These reforms embrace the election of the
entire Cuban congress, instead of a mixed
congress of fifteen elected members and
fifteen appointed by the queen regent, and
also a complete control by Cuba of her
tariff.
The Spanish ministry are now under
stood to be engaged in drafting the pro
posed reforms, but thus far the only
knowledge respecting them is of a gen
eral nature. It is believed that they will
he completed within the next fortnignt,
and it is not unlikely that a copy wili be
cabled to Secretary Olney by the permis
sion of the Spanish government, before
their public announcement.
Madrid, Dec. 29.— An emphatic semi-offi
cial denial is givbn to the statements ca
bled here as coming from Washington to
the effect that Secretary Olney and Senor
Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister to
the United States, had practlctaliy termi
nated their negotiations on the Cuban
question and detailing the extent of the re
forms that Spain would grant to Cuba un
der the guarantee of the United States.
It is also semi-offieially denied that the
government has questioned Great Britain
France and Italy in regard to their atti
tude in the event of a war with the United
States.
London, Dec. 29.—The Daily News will
to-morrow publish a dispatch from Paris,
saying it is quite clear that Spain is car
rying on negotiations with the United
States, although her pride compels her to
do so in an underhand manner.
The dispatch adds that the proceeds of
the popular loan, recently issued by the
Spanish government, is virtually exhaust
ed, that the buoyancy that followed the
death of Maceo is evaporating, and that
the government is unable to Avoid seeking
an agreement with the United States.
SLAUGHTER AT SOTOI.OXGO.
One Side Says It Was a Battle and
the Other a Massacre.
Havana, Dec. 29.—1 t is officially stated
to-day that a Spanish column has had
an engagement with rebel parties under
Sotolongo on the Sotolongo ranch, near
Jaguey Grande, province of Matanzas.
The insurgents are alleged to have been
completely dispersed, with the loss of fif
teen killed and one wounded. The Span
iards had a corporal wounded.
It is known that this "engagement” was
simply an attack made by the troops upon
the defenseless paciflcos on the ranch, and
that the fifteen persons reported to have
been killed in battle were brutally massa
cred.
Claudio Perez Medell and Jose Perez
Garcia have been tried by a court mar
tial sitting in Morro castle. They were
•harged with the crime of rebellion. Their
sentence has not been announced, but they
will undoubtedly be condemned to death.
Two French citizens named Rene and
Louis Joseph Reindeau have been tried
for the same crime by an ordinary court
martial at the same place.
DELGADO'S DEFENSE.
Seeeotnry Olney Make* n Slntement
About the Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Secretary Olney
to-day made the following statement in
regard to the case of Henry Delgado, the
Cuban correspondent of a New York
newspaper, who was captured by the
Spaniards in the province of Pinar del
Rio on Dec. IS: "It appears from a re
port of the Havana consulate that Mr.
Delgado was made a prisoner by the
Spanish troops in the course of recent
military operations in the province of
I'inar del Rio; that he is reported to have
belonged to the staff of the insurgent MaJ.
Gen. Maceo. and to have been in com.
mand of the artillery, and that a letter
to Maceo and one from Maceo to the pre
fect of Las Lumbus were found on his
person. It being represened to the con
sulate that Delgado is a native-born
American citizen, all tho rights to which
he is entitled under our treaty with Spain
oud subsequent protocol have been claim
ed for him."
Mr. Delgado is confined In the military
liospitul of Bnn Amhrosio, outside of Ha
vana. The rights spoken of In the state
ment consist of a trial by the ordinary Ju
dicial authorities, unles* the prisoner "Is
taken with arms.” Then he must be tried
uy a council of war or court martial.
INNUKD FORGED CHECKS.
A Triii n, Formerly of Sooth Caro
lina. Arrested In California.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 29.—J. T. Falk
of Abilene county Texas, formerly of
South Carolina, was arrested tiers yester
day on the rhnrgo of forgery committed
T ‘a*. He confessed to having passed
ihticlut for a large amount through three
young m*i, whore acquaintance lie mule
• n tlull state. Falk s father is said u> be
* w **\ h y •ml respected citizen of South
uiwotink.
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RIGO AND HIS PRINCESS.
The C ouple Prove a Great Cariosity
at Buda-Pesth.
Buda-Pesth, Dec. 29.-Janos Rigo, the
Hungarian gypsy musician, and the
Princess de Caraman-Chamay, formerly
Miss Clara Ward of Detroit, who recently
eloped from Paris, have arrived here from
Stuhlweissenberg, where they had been
visiting Rigo's parents. Their presence
in the city, where the story of the elope
ment has filled much space in the news
papers, Was awakened the liveliest curios
ity, and people of all classes make all
sorts of efforts to see the couple. When
it became noised about that Rigo and his
American mistress were stopping at a
hotel here, hundreds of persons went to
the hotel and stood outside ror hours, in
the hope of seeing the pair. So large did
the crowd become that traffic on the
streets in the vicinity of the hotel was
blocked, and it became necessary to de
tail special police to handle the people.
The princess and her paramour have
visited the theaters since their arrival,
and appear to enjoy the notoriety they
have obtained through their liason. When
ever they have appeared at places of
amusement the princess has been blazing
in diamonds, and as she is a remarkably
beautiful woman, has excited much atten
tion. The audiences as soon as they dis
cover who the couple are, neglect the stage
and devote all their time to watching Rigo
and the princess, who evidently delight in
the sensation they are creating. The con
trast between the two is great. Rigo, who
is about 35 years old, looks like the ordi
nary gypsy he is. His complexion is
swarthy, and his common ancestry is
plainly attested in his face.
The respectable people of the city are
thoroughly disgusted with the manner in
which the couple are acting, and say that
ordinary deoency should impel them to
keep themselves as much as possible from
the public gaze, but this view of the mat
ter does not seem to meet with the appro
val of the parties most interested. Many
men of the world scoff at the idea of Rigo
divorcing his wife and marrying the prin
cess. They say that after he gets as much
money as possible from her, he will aban
don her and return to his wife.
BUBONIC PLAGUE* SPREADING.
The Record for Two Days 177 New
Cases and ISO Deaths.
London, Dec. 29.—The -Bombay corre
spondent of the Daily Mail reports that
the bubonic plague is spreading rapidly,
and is exciting much fear. The official
figures show that there were 177 new
cases and 130 deaths from the disease dur
ing the past two days. These figures,
however, are misleading, owing to the
inaccuracy of the native doctors, and the
number of new cases were probably con
siderably in excess of official returns. Tho
death rate is stated to be extremely high.
Two hundred thousand natives have fled
from the city and the panic is spreading.
Special trains have been put on the rail
ways for the use of refugees, and these
are crammed with people seeking to es
cape attack by the disease. The Euro
pean residents have so far remained in the
city, but they are getting anxious. It is
doubtful whether any Europeans have
fallen victims to the plague. The com
mercial interests combine to stifle the facts
regarding the ravages of the disease.
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
Deceased a Real Estate Speculator
and Prohibitionist.
New York, Dec. 29.—John Pagan, a
wealthy citizen of Yonkers, committed sui
cide this morning by shooting himself
in the head with a revolver. He was an
extensive dealer in real estate, and had
laid out a large tract of land in the north
ern section of Yonkers, known as the
White City. The dead man was known
throughout Westchester county as the
leader of the prohibition party having been,
on different occasions, their candidate for
high offices, and having spent much time
in advancing the cause of prohibition.
He was at one time in the dry goods busi
ness on a large scale in Yonkers, the firm
being Pagan & Sing. Recently he was en
gaged almost exclusively in real estate op
erations. It is believed most of Mr. Pa
gan's real estate ventures did not turn
out successfully, and that these troubles
bore upon his mind so heavily that it be
came unbalanced. He was about 65 years
of age.
POPE LEO AS A WARRIOR.
Catholic* In Every Clime Ready <o
Fight for Him.
Rome, Dec. 29.—The pope to-day gave an
audience to a body representing the old
Pontifical army. He made an address to
the representatives. In which, after speak
ing of the services rendered by the army,
he declared that the papacy would finally
triumph. He added that he had received
offers from Canada. Ireland and elsewhere
from people who were ready to hasten to
the denfense of the papacy. He hoped the
moment would soon come when he would
see himself surrounded anew by sons as
faithful and as well beloved as those
which had comprised the Pontifical army.
engine axle breaks.
The Engineer Killed and the Fire
man Badly Injured.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 28.—A special
from Louisville, Ala., to the State Herald
says: "A terrible wreck occurred on the
Eufaula and Ozark road this morning, In
which Engineer Charles E. Higgins was
killed outright, and the fireman, Mr.
Woods, received very painful injuries in
his desperate leap for life. The wreck waa
caused by the axle on the front truck of
the engine breaking. The passengers on
hoard were not injured."
CADETS AND THE INAUGURATION.
The Curps From Weal Point and An
napolis to Tarn Oal.
Washington, Dec. .-*creUry of War
Latnont has ordered the corps of cadets
of the United IRutee Military Academy at
West Point to proceed to Washington at
tbs proper lime to participate in the In
sugural ceremonies of the President-elect.
It Is sleo understood met Secretary Her
bert will order the cadete of the naval
academy to Washington st the same time.
The two corps will probsbly l quartered
in the state, war and nary building.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER MO, 1896.
FAILURE OF A BIG PAPER FIRM.
THE VAN NORTWICK BROTHERS
OF BATAVIA, ILL., ASSIGN.
Their Suspension Hastened by the
Voluntary Liquidation of the At
las National Bank of Chicago.
They Owned Pit Shares of It*
Stock and Owed the Hank fCUNt,-
OOO—'The Brothers Supposed to Bo
W orth *2,500,000.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—As a result of the vol
untary liquidation of the Atlas National
Bank of this city, William M. and John
S. Van Nortwick, who held 464 shares of
stock in that bank, and were borrowers
therefrom to the amount of $300,000, made
an assignment yesterday to the Equita
ble Trust Company of Chicago, who took
charge of the Van Nortwick's bank at
Batavia yesterday.
The failure Involves the entire interest
of the Van Nortwicks, whose estimated
wealth, according to their last statement,
is $2,500,000, often estimated at three times
that amount, and representing, besides
the Van Nortwick Bank and other prop
erty at Batavia, large manufacturing in
terests. The total liabilities will probably
be near $2,000,000. The articles of assign
ment, three in number, were filed in the
Kane county court at Geneva at 4 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, William M. and J. S.
Van Nortwick, each assigning as individ
uals, and the two as a company.
The interests of the Van Nortwicks are
large and diversified. They own the West
ern paper bag factory, at Batavia, em
ploying several hundred hands, with a
daily output of 2,000,000 bags. Large fac
tories at Kaukan, Wls., for the manufac
ture of manilla paper and at Memphis,
Tenn., for the making of paper “wooden
ware," rre branches of the Western Pa
per Bag Company, and are conducted un
der the same management.
The Van Nortwick Paper Company
owns mills at Combined Locks, near Ap
pleton, Wis., which cost SBOO,OOO, also the
Appleton Manufacturing Company at Van
Nortwick, 111., with a capital stock of
$20,000, which turns out wind mills and
agricultural implements.
In Batavia so much real estate is owned
by them that people are often heard to
remark: "The Van Nortwick’s own Bata
via.” Besides the brick block, in which
the bank is located, erected at a cost of
$40,000 and other real estate, they own 400
acres of farm land there, valued at $50,000.
Among their possessions are also thous
ands of acres of pine lands in Wisconsin.
They are stockholders in the old Second
National Bank, and the Aurora Cotton
Mill Company at Aurora, and banks at
Appletou and Kaukana, Wis.
The Van Nortwicks probably are the
most extensive paper manufacturers in the
west, and the ramifications of their busi
ness extend all over the western country.
Had it not been for the spreading out in
this direction, it is thought that the crash
of yesterday would have been avoided.
The Appleton Paper and Pulp Company,
and the Kaukana Paper Company, under
which names all of the Van Nortwick pa
per interests in the Fox river valley are
consolidated, constituted one of the strong
est paper combinations ever formed. The
combination included the Appleton Pa
per and Pulp Company, Kaukana Paper
Company, Combined Lock Paper Com
pany, Wisconsin Sulphite Fiber Company
and Union Pulp Company. These com
panies are combined under one manage
ment for the manufacture of books, print,
manlla and express paper, sulphite and
wood pulp, and do an Immense business
in these specialties. The main office of
the companies is in Appleton. The Apple
ton taper and Pulp Company, was Incor
porated in 1873, and has a capital of $150,-
000. The buildings were burned a few years
ago, and were never rebuilt.
The Koukana Paper Company plant is
located at Kaukana, Wis., seven miles
from Appleton, on the Chicago and North
western railroad. This company was in
corporated in 1879, and has an authorized
capital of SIOO,OOO. Seventy-five workmen
are employed, and the output is ten tons
of manlla paper daily.
The Combined Lock Paper Company was
incorporated in 1890, with a capital of $150,-
000, and the mills have an output of thir
ty tons of pulp daily, and forty tons of
paper. This company makes printing
paper exclusively.
The Wisconsin Sulphite Fiber Com
pany owns valuable wood land, and sup
plies wood for making pulp to the mills
named in the foregoing.
The Union Pulp Company has mills at
Kaukana. It was incorporated in 1879,
with $50,000 capital. The capacity of these
mills is twenty tons of pulp each work
ing day.
CHOLERA, SMALLPOX AND FAMINE.
Bail State of Affair* Reported In
China and Japan.
San Francisco, Dec. 29.—The steamer
Peru brings news that in addition to the
small-pox epidemic at Japanese ports,
cholera has revived in Hong Kong, and
though there are not yet many deaths,
the plague is Increasing and serious re
sults are expected. The disease had made
much headway in many Chinese cities
and on the island of Formosa. The Ja
panese ports have declared a quarantine
against all cholera Infected districts.
A sever famine Is reported from West
ern China. It is particularly severe In
the city of Chuan Tung, in Szechuan pro
vince, where there has been a prolonged
rain, causing floods, which have spread
over vast areas of country, destroying al
most the entire rlca and vegetable crops.
The lnhsbttants are dying by scores from
starvation, and to add to the horror of It,
a large proportion of the city, situated on
a bluff at a bend of the Klnsha river,
was carried under the flood by a landslide
and about 3.000 of the starving Chinese
were drowned. The flood has undermined
the base of the bluff and a portion of the
hill about five acres in extent, plunged
Into the water.
COAST LINK'S SPECIAL.
Its Flyer to Florida to Rmume li*
Ran Jaa. H.
Washington, Dec. 29.--Commencing Jan.
I, nest. Ihe Atlantic Coast Line will be
gin the tenth season of their New York
and Florida fecial as a solid train be
tween eastern due# and Florida, It will
leave New Fork dally, except Sunday, at
4:10 p. m- arrive in Charleston *< jj.*
BISHOPS ORDER A BOYCOTT.
Excitement Caused In Canada It) an
Edict Against a Paper.
Montreal, Dec. 29.—Tho. mandament is
sued by the Roman Catholic bishops of
Quebec, forbidding faithful Catholics to
“subscribe for, read, circulate, or other
wise encourage the newspaper L'Electeur,
published in Quebec City, under pain of
being deprived of the benefits of the
church," has created intense excitement
throughout the province, and is denounced
in strong terms by the Liberal, French and
English papers. Mr. Pacaud, publisher of
the condemned paper, will, it is under
stood, take an action for $5,000 damages
against each of the bishops, who signed
the mandament, and a number of promi
nent men here have expressed their will
ingness to subscribe toward carrying the
case to the privy council if necessary.
La Patrie, a liberal French paper, pub
lished in this city, says: “It is Mr. Pac
aud, who was struck, but Mr. Laurier,
who was aimed at. It is L'Electeur which
is assassinated, but in tho hope that the
point of the dagger after having killed
Pacaud, will strike the first minister of
Canada in a vital spot. The execution of
L’Electeur at Quebec is and can be only
the beginning of a struggle to the death
with the government at Ottawa.” ,
Mr. Pacaud says he will cease the publi
cation of his paper and appeal from the
condemnation of the bishops to the Roman
court.
The Toronto Globe, in a leading editorial,
to-day, says: "The matter is not one
which concerns French Canadians and
Catholics alone; the maintenance of the
rights and liberties is a matter which
interests us all and which demands tho
gravest consideration of every citizen of
Canada.”
The offense of L’Electeur consisted In
publishing a pamphlet written by Mr. Dav
id upholding the doctrlge of the supremacy
of the state, in state affairs and denying
the right of the church to dictate to elect
ors how they shall vote upon such a ques
tion as that of the restoration of separate
schools in Manitoba.
Mayor H. B. Beaugrand, editor of La
Patrie, announces over his signature that
he has taken up the challenge thrown
down by his hierarchy of Quebec and that
he will run for the St. Louis division of
Montreal as an anti-clerical candidate. Mr.
Beaugrand ran for this seat In 1890 and was
defeated by only a few votes. In his let
ter, which occupies over two columns, Mr.
Beaugrand calls upon all the liberal Cath
olics to revolt against the domination of
the bishops. He describes the ex-com
munication of the Quebec L'Electeur as
the beginning of a war to the death, and
he offers his paper and all its financial and
intellectual resources to aid in the war.
Quebec, Dec. 29.—A dispatch from Ste
Anne da la Perado is to the effect that
at the court proceedings for the invalida
tion of the Champlain county election,
owing to undue clerical influence, Chan
cellor Beland and Bishop Lafleche, who
were summoned as witnesses, peremptor
ily refused to answer any questions, say
ing they were Independent of civil tri
bunals. Eight or ten witnesses have been
heard so far, and no proof of corruption
was given. Three or four witnesses
swore they voted for the conservative
candidate on account of influence brought
to bear on them by Bishop Lafleche.
Nearly all the priests of the county will
be called to give evidence in the ease.
At the last general election, Dr. F. A.
Marcotte, conservative, was declared elect
ed for the county of Champlain, defeat
ing Philllppe Trudel, liberal, by a small
majority.
The action is brought to unseat the
present member, and the bill of particu
lars, contains sixty-five clauses, the
first twenty-one of which are indirect
charges of corruption against the sitting
member and his agents. The other clauses
refer to undue clerical influence on the
part of Bishop Lafleche and his clergy.
It especially alleges that during the cam
paign Bishop Lafleche delivered a sermon
In the Cathedral at Three Rivers, in which
he declared that the leader of the liberal
party—Mr. Laurier—had fallen into an er
ror, condemned by the church, and that
the Catholics could not vote for him or
for his candidates without committing a
sin.
The case is exciting much interest in
political and clerical circles, as It Is the
first in this Catholic province in which
the action of a bishop and hi* clergy have
been challenged.
THIIKE MORE CORPSES FOUND.
The Remains of a Boy Still la the
Cihnlts Wreck.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 29.—Three more
victims of Sunday’s wreck on the Birming
ham Mineral railroad at the Cahaba river
bridge have been recovered from the de
bris. The remains were identified as those
of Mr. and Mrs. Tibbs of Adger, and Mrs.
Gleadall of Helena. A five year old son
of Mrs. Gleadall is still missing. The
remnants of two grown people are as yet
unidentified. The Injured, with the ex
ception of Mr. Bryson of Blocton, will re
cover.
FEHItI BOA T KING DEAD.
(apt. Thomas Pickles of New Or
leans Passes Away.
New Orleans, Dec. 29.-—Capt. Thomas
Pickles, one of the best known and most
enterprising citizens of New Orleans, died
to-day of heart failure. He was born in
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, in 1829, but
lias been a resident of New Orleans since
he was 18 years of age. He was sole pro
prietor of the ferries plying between New
Orleans and the right bank of the river,
ten vessels in all, and was Identified with
numerous public enterprises. * ,
SOUTHERN RAILWAY’S SHOWING.
A Decrease In Earnings Shown In
the Company's Report.
New York, Dec. 29.—The Southern rail
way report* from November gross earn
ings of $1.6*4,178. a decrease of $293,16*; ex
ponses and taxes, $1,061.4*0; a decrease of
$110,604. Net earnings, $622,(85, a decrease
of $92,561. From July 1 to Nov. 90—Grose.
$6,118,7M, a decrease of $442,796. Expen sex
and taxes, $5,(22,723, a decrease of $265,974;
net earnings, 12,71*,071, a decrease of $176,-
*22. , _
tobmrr Company Not Ranted Oat.
New York. Dec. 29. It was erroneously
reported in the dispatches of Christmas
day thst the Boh m-r Plano Company had
been burned out. Its name having been
confounded with 'hat of the Sebastian
Mummer Plano Company, the concern
whose plant was destroyed by lire on the
day mentioned
MONEY MAD IN MINNEAPOLIS.
TWO MORE RANKS FORCED TO
CLOSE THEIR DOORS.
The Columbia National nail (lie
Washington Hank the Institutions
Involved—The Closing of the For
mer Precipitated a Run on the
Latter—Roth Institutions Expect to
Pay Tlielr Creditor* In Full—Fail
tires in Ollier Cities.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 29.—The Colum
bia National Bank, whoso president is
Charles Klttleson, ex-state treasurer, and
whoso cashier is Joseph Bobleter, also an
ex-state treasurer, failed to open its doors
tills morning and Georg") M. Coffin, deputy
controller of the currency, who happened
to be in the city, took charge. Cashier
Bobleter said that the liabilities, not in
cluding the capital stock, etc., and Includ
ing principally deposits, amount In pound
numbers to $247,000, while the assets, most
ly notes, amounted to $450,000. He said that
he had no doubt but that the depositors
would in time be paid in full. Tho state
is creditor to the amount of $16,000 and
the county to about $5,000. The city had
$1,200 on deposit. At the present time, ac
cording to Cashier Bobleter, there is $33,-
000 cash in the vault, and SIOO,OOO will be
collected within the next thirty days. The
suspension was ordered for the purpose
of protecting the majority of the creditors.
The bank's capital is $200,000.
The suspension of the Scandia Bank
yesterday and the Columbia this morning
created consternation among the patrons
of the Washington Bank, and such a
"run” ensued that the bank was com
pelled to close its door shortly after noon.
Depositors drew thetr checks directly at
the bank and through the clearing house
at such a rate that it was evident that
the Interests of all the depositors demand
ed the suspension of business. The oank
knew that its strength . would be sorely
taxed to-day, and had made arrange
ments to get $50,000 in cash, which would
have tided it over safely, but the money
was not forthcoming this morning, and
after a vain attempt to stand the de
mands, Cashier Brecke telephoned Bank
Examiner Kenyon that the officials had
decided to close the bank, and asked him
to take charge.
Cashier Brecke stated this afternoon
that aside from the matter of cash on
hand, the batik was in excellent shape.
Exactly what will be done has not yet
been determined. It Is very likely that the
suspension will be only temporary, as the
resources of the bank are in such shape,
according to Mr. Brecke, that its depos
itors can be paid in full in a comparatively
short time, and 50 cents on the dollar
within two months. In round numbers,
the liabilities are $500,000, and the assets
$600,000. Of the latter only $14,600 is real
estate. The bank had some city deposits,
$3,000 of state money and $4,000 of the
county’s.
The banks officials are: President, A.
C. Haugan, who is at present city treas
urer; vice president, K. S. E. John; cash
ier, O. E. Brecke. The bank’s loans and
discounts are $507,145. Its deposits are
$153,000, and its capital stock SIOO,OOO.
The announcement of the failure of the
Columbia and Washington banks caused
a considerable flurry at nearly all of the
other banks of the city. The biggest run
was on tho Farmers and Mechanics Bank,
the largest savings institution In the north
west. with deposits of over $6,000,000. This
bank is said to be entirely safe. It stood
a constant run of eight days during the
panic of 1893.
STEAMER ST. PAUL SOLID.
The Story Reflecting on Her Safety
Declared Untrue,
London, Dec. 29.—The statement made
yesterday that the entire hull of the
American line steamer St. Paul below a
certain level must be reriveted and that
other repairs to the vessel are Imperative
is denied by the managers of the Ameri
can line, who assert that the ship will
merely undergo the customary half-yearly
overhauling. Chairman Wilding of the
American line, said to-day that the plates
and rivets in the hull of the steamer St.
Paul, which were strained when the ves
sel went ashore at Long Branch, N. J.,
on Jan. 25, last, while on her way from
Southampton for New York, would be re
placed. The local workmen of Southamp
ton. Mr. Wilding said, were not suffi
ciently skilled to restore the excellent
workmanship bestowed upon the
vessel at Philadelphia, and the
company had therefore arranged to sup
ply the deficiency by sending a force of
the best workmen to be found in the Clyde
yards to do the work. Advantage had
been taken of the occasion of tho cus
tomary seml-annugl overhauling to get
the work done and there was no other sig
nificance, he SHld, in sending the 309 riv
eters ami caulkers who have gone to
Southampton, With the exception of the
strained plates and rivets mentioned, Mr.
Wilding added, the vessel was in perfect
condition, her hull being as good as the
day she was launched.
FOUR FIREMEN IN FLAMES.
Caught In a Rack Draught, Rut Res
cued by Their Comimnlons.
New York, Dec. 29.—Foreman John
Whalen, Assistant Foreman Dlvlney and
Firemen Cornelius Collins and W. M.
Shaw, all members of engine company
30, were serious burned while at work at
a fire In a frame bul.ding, corner of Var
lck and Weat Houston h reets, to-day. The
men were going up tho stairway of the
huikling when they were caught In a back
draught and Instantly envo loped in
flames. They wor<- rescued by their com
rades and removed to the hospital. The
damage caused by the fire was slight.
MUGAH Till XT'* NEW FIGHT.
A Coffer I‘lsnt to Hr Started In thr
East to Down Arbuekle.
Toledo, 0.. Dec. 29.—1 tls announced here
that.the glutsr trust proposes duplicating
the Wooleoti plant at an eastern point,
probably ltoston or Philadelphia. The
purpose of his move la to meet Arbuekle
on his own camping ground. It la un
derstood 'nat a iargs sugar factory and
warebnur now Idle, which Is owned by
the trust, will he utilised and that Wool
son's ns"*e, brands, etc,, will b used. It
lx also a*d that them will be a further
redu' non of one-half cent per pound in
the price of Woolson coffee.
BOSTON'S STREET CAR STRIKE.
The Muss Meeting's Committer Pre
sents Its Suggestions.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 29.—The committee
appointed at the meeting at Fanuetl hall
last evening of sympathizers with the
West End railway employes, and composed
of Alderman John J. Mahoney, Robert
Treat Paine, ex-Congressraan McEttrtck,
Senator John J. Quinn and Rev. W. H. Al
bright, had a conference this morning, and
later waited on President Little of the
West End road and presented the follow
ing: 'The undersigned committee ap
pointed by citizens of Boston, assembled
in mass meeting in Fanuell hall, on the
evening of Dec. 28, to deal with the ex
isting West End railway controversy, has
met tn conference and respectfully submit
to tho president and directors of the West
End Railway Company the following re
quest on behalf of their employes: “We
hellevo these requests call for no mors
than justice between tho men and tho
corporation. We believe that the welfare
of the citizens of Boston demand a prompt
and equitable settlement of this whole
controversy.
"First—Tho discontinuance of the em
ployment of new men.
"Second, reinstatement of former em
ployes.
“Third, that a committee of the men
be received for the purpose of making a
Just agreement dealing with tho perma
nent relationship of the corporation to its
employee.”
Tho committee was courteously received
by President Little, who Btated that he
would bring the mutter before the exe
cutive board of the West End Street Rail
way Company, but he could not promise
that tho agreement would he signed.
HOY HELD FOR ARSON.
lie Is Also Accused of Putting Dyna
mite In the Building.
iMontpelier, Vt., Dec. 29.—The case of
Charles T. Wales, charged with arson In
attempting to burn Goddard Seminary, at
Havre, where he was a student, on March
20 last, came up for trial to-day. He is
tho son of well-to-do and highly respect
ed parents, who reside in South Barre.
The preliminary hearing brought out the
fact that a fire was started tn the building
which was shortly gotten under control.
In a storeroom in tho upper story of the
building were found six half-pound sticks
of dynamite, wrapped in a lot of old cloth
ing. the whole saturated with kerosene
and covered by several boxes. Had the
dynamite exploded tho whole building
would have been demolished and hundreds
of persons probably been killed. Wales
was said to have been seen near the build
ing shortly before tho fire, and was Identi
fied as the man who purchased tho dyna
mite from a hardware dealer here. Asa
result of the hearing Wales was bound
over to await trial in the sum of $5,000.
The case will probably be a long one. as
over seventy witnesses hav6 been sum
moned. About a dozen witnesses were ex
amined to-day, the principal one being
Principal W. A. Pierce of the seminary.
His testimony related to the discovery of
the fire, the actions of Wales when arrest
ed, Wales' standing In school, which he
stated waa not good, and the general dis
position of the youth.
The testimony of other witnesses exam
ined was on the same line.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT lII'RNED.
Tontnra of Finnic Shot Into It
Through the Iwltrh Board.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 29.—The regular
and reserve sections of tho People's Elec
tric Light and Power Company’s plant at
city dock, Kiver street, and the Passaic
river, were destroyed by fire early this
evening, plunging the city into darkness
which may not be reliever! for several days,
Tho entire plant Is wrecked. Thirty sev
en dynamos ranging In value from 12,500
to 17,500 each were consumed.
Leo Camp, foreman of the regular dyna
mo room, was at the switch board when
a sheet of HamJS came through from the
outside. This passed over Gamp’s hands,
burning him severely. In an instant
every wire In the plant was a tongue of
flame shooting to the “shut offs," and Ig
niting everything which they touched.
Two alarms were sent In. Hard work by
the fire department confined the flames to
the four walls of the Electric light plant.
The plant cost $200,000 two years ago.
The loss Is placed at $175,000, with insur
ance of $75,000.
NEW COUNTERFEIT NOTE.
It Is a Photographic Reproduction of
One Issued at Detroit.
Washington. Dec. 29.—The secret service
division of tho treasury department re
ports the discovery of anew $lO national
bank note. It Is a photographic repro
duction of a note issued by the ITnion Na
tional Bank of Detroit, Mich., check let
ter "B,” series of 1882. signed by W. 8.
Rosecrans, register, and C. N. Jordan,
treasurer. Chief Hazen of the secret ser
vice says it is the product of the name
hand as a counterfeit note recently dis
covered of the National Bank of Com
merce, New York.
MAINE RANK SHORT OF MONEY.
The American Trust Company of
Auburn Falls.
Auburn, Me., Dec. 29.—A petition for a
receiver for the American Truat and
Banking Company has been filed. A di
rector says: "The money is coming in in
such amounts that we aro encouraged to
think our doors can again be opened for
business. The company has little borrow,
ed money, and the directors believe that
western Investments will prove all right.”
CYCLONE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.
The Town of Ne vert Ire Reported In
Itnlns With Loss of Life.
Melbourne, Deo. 29.—A cyclone fhat pass
ed over a section of New South Wales
has virtually demolished the town of Nov
ertlre. It Is reported that there was a
large number of casualties, but as the
storm destroyed the telegraph lines it Is
Impossible at present to get any details.
BURGL4HM MEt’UHK 91,500.
Broke Into ■ Brunch oilier of an In
samnea Cam puny.
New York, Dec. s9.—'The safe In a branch
office of the Metropolitan Life Insurence
Company was blown open by burglare dur
ing the night and ll.tuu and a gold watch
wae stele ft. The safe was blown open by
dynatults or nltro-glycerlne.
( DAILY, $lO A /BAR.
- I CENTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY 2-TIMBS-A-WEEK *1 A YEAR f
LATIMER ENTERS THE LISTS.
SECRETARYSHIP OF AGIIICULTUHI]
HIS AIM.
Delegation of South Carolina Repub
licans Going to Canton to Lay Ilia
Clninis Before President-Elect Mc-
Kinley—The Dnetor a Republican,
While Ills Father Was an Ardent
Supporter of the Confederacy—Tha
Old Chestnut of Turning the State
Over to tlic Republicans to Bo
Sprang,
Washington, Dec. 29.—South Carolina
has gbne into the cabinet-making busi
ness, and Dr. Joseph P. Latimer of Green
ville Is to be put forward as the proper
material to aid In the construction of tha
very Important piece of political furnllura
In tho household of the McKinley adminis
tration.
A prominent member of the South Caro
lina colony returned to Washington to
day, bringing with him the Information
that a delegation of South Carolina re
publicans will Journey to Canton In a few
days to present tho claims of Dr. Latimer
to President-elect McKinley. Dr. Lati
mer aspires to tho position of secretary oC
agriculture, for, although he has for a
number of years been an eminent physi
cian, he has also been one of the mos*
successful planters In the south. In addi
tion to deriving a handsome Income from
his practice and hla plantation, he ac
quired by Inheritance a large fortune,
which would enable him to hold up tha
social end of the administration to a bet
ter advantage than many of the other
gentlemen from tho south whose names
have been associated with a cabinet posi
tion.
In politics Dr. Latimer has been a life
long republican, and lx known throughout
the southern states as one of the few men
who stood up for the cause of the union,
although his own father waa on the op
posite side of the civil conflict.
Dr. Latimer's friends will proceed to
Canton prepared to show Mr. McKinley
that there Is a prospect of turning the
Palmetto state over to the republican
party, if protection and not the negro
question is made the paramount Issue in
that state. They claim that In the up
country the cotton planters and cotton
manufacturers are ready to Join hands
with the rice planters in the low country
and establish a protective party in South
Carolina, if the new administration will
recognize such men as Dr. Latimer In
the distribution of the federal patronage.
They assert, further, that the negro ques
tion is being rapidly eliminated from poli
tics In South Carolina, while the benefits
of protection are becoming more and
more apparent to those who are indus
triously inclined.
It in said In behalf of Dr. Latimer that
he Is not an office-seeker, for he declined
to accept the position of collector of cus
toms at Charleston under the Harrison
administration. His supporters claim
that he outranks Cunningham, Russell
Webster or Smalls, when it comes to nigh
grade republicanism, and they will pre
sent all of his qualifications to Mr. Mc-
Kinley in the most glowing colors imag
inable.
If a cabinet position Is denied him, he
will probably be urged for something
“equally as good,” as the professional
place hunters put It, hence the President
elect may as well prepare himself for a
long and Interesting chapter on South Car
olina politics when the Latimer delega
tion reaches Canton.
Those who profess to be close to Mr.
McKinley, and who have been permitted
to take a peep into the cabinet-making
shop at Canton, Insist that John F. Han
son of Georgia, still leads the southern
contingent and retains his place on all tha
preliminary slates outlined by the Presi
dent-elect and Mark Hanna. It is not
necessary for the Georgia republicans to
send delegations to Canton to enlighten
Mr. McKinley as to MaJ. Hanson’s qual
ifications for a seat at the cabinet table.
His long personal and political friendship
with both Mr. McKinley and Mark Hanna,
renders him the most dangerous rival that
Dr. Latimer, H. Clay Evans. Gen. Powell
Clayton, James A. Gary, Gov. Bradley,
end their army of political supporters have
to contend against.
Mark Hanna is expected In Washington
soon after the New Year opens, and it is
understood that Dr. Latimer has made
arrangements to be in this city at the same
time, and talk over the situation In South
Carolina with him. Many other repub
lican politicians and place hunters will
Journey to Washington with the hope and
expectation of having their names record
ed In Mark Hanna's book of favors to ba
granted.
THU ST COMPa'nYIN TROI RLE.
Tight Money Force# a Receivership
at Sloax City.
Sioux City, la.. Dec. 29.—0n application
of W. T. Honsluger, vice president and
a large shareholder in the Farmers’ Trust
Company of this place, G. Hollister, waa
to-day appointed receiver of tho institu
tion. Tightness of the money market ren
dered it Impossible for the company to
meet its debentures when the maker* of
notes on which they were secured de
faulted payment. Receiver Hollister es
timates the assets at $238,000, and the lia
bilities at $135,000.
GERMAN EMIGRATION.
A Bill to Restrict It to Be Introduced
hy the Chancellor.
London, Dec. 29.—The Chronicle's Berlin
correspondent telegraphs that Chancellor
von Hohenlohe will shortly submit to the
Bundesrath a measure that presumably
alms at checking emigration from
the agrarian districts. The bill
will provide that intending emi
grants shall give a. month's
notice of their Intention to the police,
without whose permission they will not
be allowed to embark at German ports.
MRS. BEECHER IN A BAD WAY.
The Shock Unstained In Fraelarlng
Her Hip May End la Heath.
Stamford, Conn., Dec. 29.—The condition
of Mrx. Henry Ward Beecher, who frac
tured her hip a tew days ago, remains
critical. She ha* sustained a sever* shock
and her recovery is now considered doubt
ful. Relative* of Mr#. Beecher have been
summoned here in view of her falling con
dition