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the MORNING NEWS. 1
I tr.iahllshed 1860. - Incorporated 1888. V
j E,t,tll j H. ESTILL, President. 1
00 RISE IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
L iK WATER coming an inch
EVERY HOUR AT ST. COATS.
L ~ woodohoppers Rescued From
■ and Homelopi in the l.<>-
I land* North of Louisiana, Mo—A
I section Foreman Makes a Pant
I uevere Ride to Warn the Endan-
I K ,. r ed Men— Railroad Tracks Itnd-
I ~ unshed by the High AVaters.
I St Louis, Mo.. Jan. 6.-The rise In the
continues at the rate of nearly
H in it per hour. At 9 o’clock this morn
■ , t . , gauge at the foot of Market street
■ ; j<t ,,-ed 25 feet 6 Inches. Considerable
Banwe-f has been done to cotton and other
Knod*" stored along the levee. River men
Rr. 1 t that the Hood will go as high as.
R.-'tv-seven feet, and it is feared lm-
R lP nse loss to property will result.
Rp. ports from Northeastern Missouri
R , t hat great hardships have been suf-
R re ,j |.y people living along the river
■ pariy this morning, the ateamboat B.
Rl’ l ik- landed here sixty wood-choppers
Rhat had been picked up from tree tops
Ri‘-1 house roofs in the lowlands, north of
Rouisiana, Mo., yesterday. Two hundred
R, hoppers employed by local lumber
Ron tins were at work on the pine lands
R 0 ,l,'r;i.g on the Mississippi, lying directly
R or tof Louisiana, The place has been
Rti-hlvl with tents. The men and their
Rmhi. s have camped for the past month.
Rxh> Mississippi, had been rising rapidly,
Rr no immediate danger was expected.
Rhuiy Tuesday, Salt river, directly north,
Rosa-’ three feet, breaking over its banks
Rnd Hooding the lowlands.
R Joseph Lowdes of St. Louis, a section
Roreman, foresaw the danger, but arrived
Rt the wood-choppers camp too late for
Ram to escape He was astride a horse.
lowing him came the roaring waters,
was a rush for the "highest point”
Rnd those fortunate enough to have cabins
safety on the roof. The narrow strip
Rf highland was covered with shivering
The night was well advanced,
on tho highlands kept the chop-
Rcrs from freezing until daylight, when
were rescued with skiffs and rafts.
B. H. Pike picked up many of them.
R.U Reading switch, four miles north, at
Rhe mouth of the Salt river, the whole
for miles around is under water.
■ The St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern
la. road tracks were submerged. There is
■ansr of the railroad bridge across Salt
liver being swept away.
I Tids morning two expeditions left Louls
■ :>a. one north and the other south—on
■ searching expedition for flood victims,
■avor Hart leads in the movement and
las started a fund to defray expenses.
■ Three .St. Louis and San Francisco pass
■igi r trains are held near St. Clair, Mo.,
ly u washout. One of the trains was due
■> St. Louis yesterday morning, another
■st night and a third this morning. The
■rlsco officials are unable to tell when
Rev will be able to bring their trains
H>to St, Louis, but they expect to do so
Brae time to-night.
■ More than 900 feet of track have been
Rashed away by the rise of the Meramre
Rwr. A large force of men has been at
B ork ' day and night, since the washout,
•pairing the break, which is fifty miles
■ran Si. Louis.
Rl'he .Missouri river and Its tributaries,
H l, Osage and the Gasconade, are falling,
is also the Mississippi above Grafton,
Rl- The Illinois and the Mississippi be-
Grafton are still rising.
SHOT DEAD IN HIS YARD,
■irviving Prlncipnl in a Murder As
sassinated.
■Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 6.—The sur
■ving principal in a murder scene en-
in McMinn county, one month ago
B-da.v, fell a victim to the assassin’s bul
■t.
■c orse Jack, a farmer living near No-
Tenn., while gathering wood in
aßs own yard, was shot and killed by un-
Blown parties, who lay in wait in a
about 150 yards rrom the house.
shots were fired.
•The mime is thought to be the venge
-I*l deed of friends of Taylor Miller, who
19 cu t to pieces recently in a quarrel by
'k. Both men were farmers, and Mil
ls’ was wealthy.
TAAO MEN SHOT DEAD.
;
tor Following a Deer On to
Another Alan's Property,
■charleston, 8. C„ Jan. 6.-L. F. Brown
jH' 1 phen Mazyck were killed at Otran
snout fifteen mites from Charleston,
by John Poppenhelm. All of the
are white. Brown and Mazyck had
out hunting with a party and were
(loose creek In a boat when Pop-
eame up and fired.
ty m. ager particulars have been re
. lIfTC of the shooting, but it is said
H® 1 i! i'Milted from Mazyck and Brown’s
muting to follow a deer into Poppen
-1 property. Poppenheim to-night
aP ’iid.r.d lo the sheriff of Berkeley
■ "tUK dauntless seized.
■ "’’ |l 'board ller Deny Landing nu
Expedition In Cuba.
■“•'ksoi.vllle, Fla.. Jan. 6.-The steamer
■ " "Vsh arrived in port at 9 o’clock, and
1 ' u tody of an officer of the revenue
1 Youtwell. The captain and men
mam rtory of their landing an expedi
■ll ,h ” <’ f wst of Cuba. They say that
E 9 "c ii lak. n from No Name Key last
B w " re transferred to another steam
, have been landed by that
I rhf ‘ Bauntless slipped into tho
I K rlvPr after dark, between the
1 wark and tha dispatch boat
, er ™° ut being seen by the men on
‘ hTRHODES* NETs'Ta Ib.
i I*'' Hives Him nn Ovation on
§■ ,IK 'b'lmrlure fur England.
1 lf,4 ' n . Jan. 6.—A1l of the quays and
yi’l’lMg i:i the harbor were alive with
■ "I’on the occasion of the
)| ,Z' l * 1 Rhode* for England on
■ Dunvegan Cas-
K ■ R’ddes was given a grand
■ " r *he Armenians Freed.
■ i.l iVtin"i il V’ ®*C~Tlie latest advices from
■> t j.„ | file to the Central News state
, ~le -Armenian prisoners In
■ ti, ’ h" 1 ': released to-day un
■ 1,111 9 proclamation of umnesty.
Hl]e M®tm\Q
FAKE YARN ABOAT CARA.
A Young Man Tell* a Story That
Jacksonville gays la Untrue.
Baltimore, Md„ Jan. 6.—Arthur B. Jack,
a young man who has been with Gomez's
army in Cuba since last May, acting as a
newspaper correspondent part of the time,
arrived here last night en route to his
home in Virginia. The Cuban troops, he
says, have plenty of food, such as it is,
consisting of meats and fruits, but their
chief anxiety is about artillery, which is
of great importance to them. They have
an abundance of small arms ana ammu
nition and have a good supply of dyna
mite, which they use very effectively in
exploding mines and blowing up railroad
trains. He says there is no doubt of the
death of Maceo, and states that he was
present when the body of that general was
buried in the mountains, thirty-eight miles
from where he was killed.
Mr. Jack is impressed with the belief
that the Cubans will win their struggle
for freedom. They are fighting desperate
ly, he said, and are daily gaining acces
sions to their numbers.
In speaking of the reported cruelties cf
the Spanish soldiers, he says numbers of
cases came under his observation where
children of insurgents had their eyes put
out or their heads cut off.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 6.—The young
man, A. B. Jack, now in Baltimore, who is
quoted as saying that he had been in Go
mez’s camp since last YJay as a newspaper
correspondent, was arrested in Jackson
ville in October and tried and convicted
on the charge of obtaining meals under
false pretenses.
Jack was sentenced to sixty days’ con
finement in the county jail and was com
pelled to do labor on the public roads. At
the expiration of his imprisonment, which
was in December, Jack left Jacksonville
for some northern point. He was connected
also with the force of Spanish spies that
infested this city in October. Instead of
having returned from Cuba, Jack has just
been released from a Florida convict
camp.
CAMERON AND THE CUBANS.
The Foreign Affairs Committee Will
Stand by Its Action.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Although the Cu
ban resolutions were not discussed in the
session of the committee on foreign re
lations this morning, owing to the ab
sence of Mr. Cameron, the members of the
committee talked about the resolutions in
formally, after the other business had
been finished. It seems certain from the
temper of the committee, that if the ef
fort is made to have the Cameron resolu
tions referred back to the committee,
there will be a bitter fight, and the com
mittee will endorse its action in ordering
the report and resolutions, which are now
on the calendar.
Such an effort Is not anticipated, for Mr.
Hale and those who are with him, are sat
isfied with the present condition of things
and will do nothing to start the agitation.
Members of the committee appreciate
the strength of the organization that has
been effected to prevent final action by
the Senate, and there appears to be a
tacit understanding that the resolution
shall not now be pushed. A
sufficient number of senators have been
arrayed on the other side to prevent the
passage of the bill, and the friends of the
resolution find by rushing the resolutions
they will pass no appropriation bills. This
they do not care to do, although there
are a few of the more radical senators
who would efen go to the extreme of
blocking the appropriation bills to secure
the passage of the resolutions. The pres
ent Indications appear to be against action
on the Cameron resolution.
GOMEZ DEFEATED.
He I* Nulil to Have Left 105 Dead at
Arroyo Blnnclio.
Madrid, Jan. 6.—Dispatches from Ha
vana give details of the recent victory
achieved by Gen v Luque over the insur
gent leader Maximo Gomez, in the prov
ince of Santa Clara, the advices saying
that Gomez left 106 dead on the field at
Arroyo Blancho.
The dispatches also assert that there
are only a few small bands of rebels now
left in the province of Pinar del Rio, and
that these are fast melting away.
A formal denial of the statement that it
is the intention of the government to de
pose Gen. AV'eyler, as captain general of
Cuba, is published in the Epoca, an in
spired organ, to-day.
GEN. LACRETE NOT DEAD.
Delegate ,I’alinn of Ihe Junta Re
ceives a Letter From Him.
New York, Jan. 6.—Delegate Palma of
the Cuban Junta, in this city, has received
a letter from Gen. Jose Lacrele, who is
in command of the Matanzas province,
and whom the Spanish officially report
to have been killed some weeks ago.
“Gen. Lacrete writes me,” said Senor
Palma, "that everthing Is prospering in
his province and the Cubans have started
two newspapers, which shows that they
are not always fighting. He further states
that he is expecting Gen. Gomez In nis
province and is making preparations to
receive him. He reports everything in
side the Cuban line to be prospering.”
CUBANS FI T TO FLIGHT.
Gen. Arolns Honts Severn! nuiuls In
Plnnr del Hlo Province.
Havana, Jan. 6.—Official news has been
received here reporting tlie fact that Gen.
Arolas, while reconnoitering in the vicin
ity of Caya Jabos, in the eastern part of
Pinar del Rio province, met and complete
ly routed a number of rebel parties, kill
j ing seventeen insurgents and taking twelve
I prisoners. The losses of the troops are
not stated. Gen. Arolas also destroyed
several rebel camps and a number of huts.
COUNTY J AIL CONSUMED.
A Negro Convict Nupposed to Have
A tar tell Ihe Fire.
Richmond. Va., Jan. The Goochland
county Jail was burned this morning at
6 o'clock. The fire Is supposed to have
been the work of Frank Bowles, colored,
confined In the Jail, and but recently re
leased from the penitentiary. This is the
third time this Jail has been destroyed by
fire. •
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1897.
PILFERING IN A POSTOFFICE.
NORFOLK’S POSTMASTER SHORT
f5,540 IN HIS ACCOUNTS,
Hi* Bondsmen Rclmlinne the Gov
ernment for tlie I. on* and the Post
master Secures Them by a Moit-
K>' on Ills Property—Where the
Money Ho* Gone a Mystery, ns He
Is a Man of Good Habits and Does
Not Gamble.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 6.—During the past
week Postofllce Inspector Clumm has been
engaged in examining the books of the
Norfolk postofflee. The city was greatly
excited this afternoon by the announce
ment that he had discovered that W. W.
Degge, the postmaster, was short in his
accounts to the extent of $5,840, and that
W. H. H. Trice, one of his bondsmen, had
been made temporary postmaster, With
ex-Postmaster James W. Long as as
sistant, the latter succeeding Gen. E. M.
Henry. Gen. Henry’s accounts are all
right, but the bondsmen blame him for
not making public Mr. Degge’s defalca
tion.
The sureties made good the shortage,
and Mr. Degge gave them a mortgage on
his property to secure them. The in
spector says that only the postmaster is
involved. He says that he has never dis
covered in six years’ experience a larger
shortage, and that Degge took every cent
possible, Degge’s bondsmen agree not to
prosecute him, and they say they do not
desire the government to do so. One of
the sureties said that he hoped Degge
would be retained as postmaster.
Degge says he cannot explain the short
age, except on the ground of negligence.
He is a very temperate man, and never
gambles. He lives modestly, and it is a
mystery to his friends what he has done
with the money. He has a young wife
and two little children. He is 33‘years
of age. He was appointed by Mr. Cleve
land in April, 1894. Both Trice and Long,
who now occupy the positions of postmas
ter and assistant, temporarily, are repub
licans in politics.
BIG SHIPMENT OF SALT.
One Hundred and Sixty Car Loads
Leave New York for Boston.
Silver Springs, N. Y., Jan. 6.—One hun
dred and sixty cars loaded with
6,450,000 pounds of salt, left here
to-day consigned to New Eng
land firms. The train was the Wor
cester salt special, bearing a consignment
of orders tc New England, whiah had been
given contingent on President McKinley’s
election. The vast shipment made up the
finest freight train ever put tdgether. The
cars were handsomely decorated with vari
colored banners. This train will go over
the Erie railroad to Jersey City, and
thence by the Consolidated railroad to
Boston.
A large crowd was gathered about the
train, and as It started there were great
cheering. The first section has attached
a private car for representatives of the
press and officials of the Worcester Salt
Company.
The shipment contains 14,222 barrels
packed with salt in bags and buik, and 10,-
774 sacks not in barrels. If the barrels In
the train were placed standing one on the
top of the other, the most elevated barrel
would be over six miles high.
STEAMER SINKS A TAG.
Tlie Engineer and .Steward (ill to tlie
Bottom With’Her.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 6.—Two lives were
lost as a result of a collision in the Chesa
peake bay, near Fort Carroll, this morn
ing. The Merchants and Miners’ steamer
Howard from Boston and Norfolk crashed
into the tug Robert Wilson of the Virginia
Dredging Company and sunk her.
The engineer, James Chilrus, 54 years
old, and Charles C. Chappell, aged 25, son
of the captain of the tug. were drowned.
The captain and other four members of
the .crew dug to the mud scows which
were In tow of the tug, until rescued. Chil
rus leaves a widow and four children at
Chappell’s home was in Rich
liY.ivilß.aa .IV.URU.
He Had Been Discharged After Being
Accused of Arson.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 6.—Lawrence
Brown, a young negro, was found hang
ing by the side of the South Carolina and
Georgia railroad, near Orangeburg, this
morning with a placard on his breast,
saying that Judge Lynch would execute
any man, woman or child who destroyed
their property.
There is absolutely no clue, tho coro
ner’s jury adjourning until to-morrow.
Brown was accused of burning the barn
of R. E. Wannamaker, but was yesterday,
at Wannamaker’s request, discharged.
An unlikely theory Is that he was lynch
ed by accomplices, who feared his telling
on them.
A LYNCHER * HOT DEAD.
He Proves to Bea Nephew of the Man
Mho Killed Him.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 6.—A second at
tempt was made yesterday morning to
iynch L. C. Combi) of Perry county. Sev
eral weeks ago the ku-klux tried to do
him bodily hatm, but he escaped. Yester
day they came agin, forty strong. He fir
ed on them, killing one, who was left be
hind, and badly wounding another, who
was carried off by his companions. The
dead man proved to he Combs’ nephew,
John Hensley.
GEN. NEURITIS DEAD.
He M u* One of Mexico's Most Cele
brated Military Men,
St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 6.—A special from
the City of Mexico announces the death
there of Maj. Gen. Miguel Negrete, one of
the most celebrated military men of Mex
ico. He served under Santa Ana, and
fought with distinction against Gen. Tay
lor. He served several years us secretary
of war. . 1
BRYAN TO THE BIMET ALLISTS.
•
His Speech Mnrmly Received at the
Nebraska Convention.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 6.—The Lansing the
ater was completely filled this morning
when the state bimetallic conference was
called to order. When Mr. Bryan enter
ed the hall he was greeted with deafening
applause.
Judge Green reviewed the campaign of
1896 and said that while beaten at the polls,
the silver forces were not conquered. The
battle of did not dot ido the war,
nor had the battle of 1896 decided the sli
ver cause. Mr. Bryan said the warm re
ception accorded him prompted him to
paraphrase an old saying which would
read: "It Is better to have run and lost
than not to have run at all.”
He reviewed the campaign from the Chi
cago convention until the close of the
polls. He showed the great gain made by
the silver party
he believed that with the efforts to be
made during the next four years there
could be no doubt of a victory in 1900. He
spoke of the bimetallic league, which is
about to be organized in this state, and
advised that all friends of silver, regard
less of party affiliations, should be en
rolled under one banner. He suggested
that the legislature should still further
amend the election laws of the state to
the end that the. voters should be better
protected from Intimidation, also that the
corporations should not be permitted to
contribute funds for election purposes
Such contributions of corporation funds
was in direct violation of corporate chart
ers.
Ho made a great hit when he said that
while the doctrine of bimetallism had been
defeated at the polls it had made many re
publicans hope that bimetallism would be
secured before the next presidential elec
tion. Some friends of the cause feared the
republicans would manage to steal the bi
metallic thunder, but if they had a desire
to steal It, he was ready to place his thun
der upon the front porch where it would
be within easy reach of the thieves.
He spoke for nearly an hour, and at the
close the audience rose and gave him three
hearty cheers.
The conference adjourned umil this af
ternoon.
Both houses of the legislature adjourned
during Mr. Bryan’s speech, and most of
the members heard it.
BOMBAY’S PL.AGAE.
Tlie Senior Physician of tlie Princi
pal Hospital Succumb*.
Bombay, Jan. 6.—Dr. Monzer, senior
physician of the principal hospital in Bom
bay. died yesterday from the bubonic
plague, which is epidemic here. The au
thorities of the Indian government at
Calcutta have sent Dr. Cleghorn, the di
rector general of the medical service of
the government, to Bombay to investi
gate and report upon the increase of the
plague in this city.
Despite the panic which prevails here,
many victims of the plague refuse to ac
cept medical treatment, regarding the dis
ease as a visitation of God. It is esti
mated that in the aggregate 325,000 persons
have fled into the country from this city,
carrying the contagion to places where it
•lid not previously exist, or where there
were only a few cases of the disease.
M ATSON’S CASE M EAK.
lie Stands No Chance of Ousting Rep
resentative Black,
Washington, Jan. 6.—The Black-Watson
contested election case is to be considered
by the elections committee next Friday.
Maj. J. B. Cummlng of Augusta will ap
pear in behalf of Judge Black and W. C.
Glenn of Atlanta will represent Mr. Wat
son.
The Committee rule is to allow but three
hours for argument, that time to be divi
ded equally between the parties Interest
ed. The impression prevails here that
Mr. Watson has submitted a very weak
case. Judge Black’s manly behavior in de
manding anew election, together with his
high reputation among his congressional
associates will be a heavy handicap for
Mr. Watson to carry in his contest.
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
A Minister ’Loses His House and
Children by Fire.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 6.—A special to
the News and Courier from Pickens, S.
C., says: "The most appalling calamity
that has ever befallen any one in this
county happened to Rev. L. M. Jones last
night. His residence, five miles north of
Pickens, with its entire contents, was de
stroyed by lire, and his son Elbert and
daughter Mary, both about grown, per
ished m the flames. Mr. Joneg was ab
sent. An Inquest was held to-day. The
verdict was accidental.”
OMAHA BANK RESUMES.
It Gives Rond lo I’ay It* Depositor*
Dollar for Dollar.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 6.—The Omaha Sav
ings Bank, which closed its doors last
Saturday, owing depositor* $106,000, after
paying out $600,000 in six months previous
ly, has given an approved bond to pay
dollar for dollar within four years, and
Its off 1 ers are again In charge to wind up
the affairs of the hank. This course has
given renewed confidence in hanking cir
cles, and the slight runs on one or two in
stitutions that followed the closing of the
savings tiank have ceased.
TWO BANKERS PARDONED.
They Receive Deposits Up to (he
Time of Their Failure.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 6.—Gov. Altgeid to
day commuted the sentence of Charles J.
and Frank R. Meadowcroft, convicted of
receiving deposits up to the time their
bank in Chicago was placed in the hands
of a rtceiver, from one year in the peni
tentiary to sixty days In Jail. Executive
clemency was recommended by Judge
Brentano, the trial Judge, and ex-State’s
Attorney Kern.
A College Ilunkrnpt,
Jefferson, la., Jan. B.—The president and
faculty of Storm I-ake College, the Pres
byterian school for Western lowa, have
resigned, and the institution is financially
stranded.
CONVENT BUILDING CONSUMED
SEAEN MN* SMOTHER TO DEATH
IN THE SMOKE.
The Fire Sturts in tlie Chapel nt 6
o’Cloek in the Morning— A Lighted
Cnnille Near (lie ( raille of the In
fant Jesus Sels Fire to the Orn
perles anil Flornl Ornamentations,
.Most ol’ the I’n pi Is lloini' on Yucu
tlon.
Roberval, Quebec, Jan. 6.—At 6 o’clock
this morning fire broke out in the chapel
of the convent here, caused by a lighted
candle near "The Cradle of the Infant Je
sus,” setting fire to the draperies and flo
ral ornamentations, and In an Instant the
whole was a mass of flames. The alarm
was given by a sacristy nun, but the fire
spread with such rapidity that nothing
could be done to save the building. Seven
nuns were smothered In the smoko. Their
names are:
Mother St. Francois de Paule.
Sister Providence (Emma La Tourneau
of Quebec).
Sister St. Ursule (Corinthe Gurncau of
St. Foyne).
Sister St. Anne (Laure Hudon of Hubert
ville).
Sister St. Antonio de Padorie (Catherine
Boulile of Desehambault).
Sister St. Dominique (Marie Louise Gi
rard of Robervai).
Sister St. Louis (Rose Gosscitn of St.
Joan Chrysastome).
Another nun was badly burned in try
ing to extinguish the tire.
The convent and school are a mass of
ruins. The total loss is $75,000, with only
about $12,000 insurance. The school was
closed on account of the holidays, und
most of the pupils had gone home.
NORTH CAROLINA’S SENATORSHIP.
Senator Holler NVorklng Huril to De
feat Senator Pritchard. *
Raleigh, N. C.,_ Jan. 6.—The democratic
legislative caucus adopted unanimously
the following resolution, which was placed
in the hands of the populist caucus:
“Confiding in the people’s party profes
sions favoring free sliver we invite co-op
eration with the populist members of the
legislature in the election of an advocate
of free silver, an opponent of trusts and
combines, and an advocate of an income
tax, to the United States Senate. If ’he
people’s party accept this proposition, we
pledge ourselves to abide by and perform
the agreements entered into."
Three republicans declined to take part
in their caucus indorsement of Senator
Pritchard.
Senator Butler is publishing In his paper
to-night an earnest attack on Senator
Pritchard in which he accuses him of ri
diculing free silver and its advocates in
speeches and interviews last year. Bm
ator Butler also pays his respects to Con
gressman Skinner and says the latter’s
statement last night that sixteen popu
lists were pledged to support Senator
Pritchard is untrue. “I do not, by any
means, concede Senator Pritchard’s elec
tion.” He says also that Congressman
! Skinner is trying to lead a bolt from the
populist caucus, but that it will fail. Mr.
Skinner says that while perhaps three of
those who pledged may dodge, there are
five others ready to take their places.
The democrats arc in caucus to-night,
and so are the populists. Senator Butler
is with the latter.
Mr. Skinner made a speech at the i>opu
list caucus last night urging that Sena
tor I’ritchard lie supported, but the pop
ulist state chairman says Mr. Skinner's
remarks fell perfectly fiat. There are
strong intimations that Senator Butler
will present W. A. Guthrie for senator.
The democrats will certainly support him.
Mr. Skinner insists that Senator Prltch
ard is a winner. Senator Pritchard is ret
icent.
Senator Butler published a statement to
day saying he did not write the editorials
in his paper calling Tom Watson a “va
riegated fool." but that when he replies
to Mr. Watson’s letter, it will be over his
dwn signature.
The legislature met to-day and elected
officers, all republicans and ponullsts. A.
F. Hlleman, pop., is speaker of the House.
Gov. Carr’s message will go in to-mor
row.
Senator Butler to-night miule the follow
ing statement: "A report having been cir
culated to the effect that the policy I have
advocated with reference to tlie election
of senator, whose record on the finance
question Is unquestionable, will necessi
tate democratic support to secure his elec
tion, or that I am In any way encouraging,
seeking or countenancing tho support of
democrats to accomplish that result, is
absolutely false and without a shadow of
foundation, in fact.” •
At the populist caucus to-night Messrs.
Butler and Skinner both spoke. Their
speeches were conciliatory. Senator Butler
urging lhat the various elements of the
party get In line. The senatorial matter
was Informally discussed. There were no
personalities. Senator Butler never men
tioned Senator Pritchard's name, but Mr.
Skinner endorsed Senator Pritchard and
said he ought to be supported. AH those
populists who were blacklisted to-d> y as
Prltchnrd men are said by their frlems to
In; ready to support him. Some say they
will bolt the caucus. Tlie populists will
hold another caucus to-morrow night and
will then reply to the democratic propo
sition regtrding a senator. It Is announc
ed by the Pritchard populist* that the sen
atorial matter will not be settled before
the 15th inst. They also declare to-night
that the Pritchard men have a majority iu
the populist caucus.
SPAIN’S CABINET.
Failure lo Meet Starts Humors ol a
Crisis.
London, Jan. 6.—The Dally News to-mor
row will publish a dispatch from Madrid
saying that the postponement of the usual
Wednesday meeting of the cabinet until
Friday caused a great deal of uneasiness
in the Spanish capital and gave rise to ru
mors that a ministerial crisis was immi
nent. It Is considered more likolv, how
ever, that Gen. Weyler has been ordered
to send to the Spanish government good
news at any cost, before the next meeting
of the cabinet.
Stole a Tray of Diamonds.
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. At 7 o’clock
to-night a thief threw a rock through the
show-window of Hall’s Jewelry store, cor
ner Eleventh and Main streets, and grab
bed a tray of diamond rings, valued at
SI,OOO. The man escaped in the darkness. I
A NEW EDICT BY MEYI.EH.
It Kelnles to Owners and Employes j
of Estates,
Havana, Jan. 6.—Anoll.tr edict has been
Issued by Gen. Weyler. under which ull
owners, managers and overseers of estates
and furms in the provinces of Pinar del
Rio, Havana and Matanzas shall, within
eight days from the date of the edict, ap
pear before the mayor of the fortified
towns nearest lo their homes and prove
their ownerships of estates, or the capacity
in which they are employed thereon. Own
ers of estates will be required to show their
receipts for tho last taxes paid by them
and statements will have to be made of
the number of hands employed on each
plantation. Should the explanation by
the mayors result in the finding of state
ments submitted to be correct, the per
sons summoned to appear will be allowed
lo return to their homes, after having ob
tained proper certificates and passes, in
all cases where the authorities discover
any irregularity in the statements, the
person subjected to examination will be
obliged to remove at once to (he forti
fied towns nearest their homes. At the
expiration of the eight days allowed for
compliance with the terms of the edict,
troops will be ordered to conduct all per
sons found without credentials issued by
the mayors of tho towns and to proceed
according to the instructions issued to
them. All foreign residents of
the three provinces named
who are employed in agricultural or in
dustrial pursuits, either as owners, man
agers or overseers, must prove their na
tionality and furnish full Information re
garding the persons employed by them,
exhibiting their police documents.
All live stock found roaming tho coun
try will be seized by the authorities until
its ownership can be proved, and all cat
tle owners are notified that their stock
must be kept confined and mat certificates
of ownership must be shown to any offi
cial authorized (o examine It during ihe
passage of troops through the provinces.
A party of insurgents under command
of th" leader Enrique Penalver, made an
attack last night upon the town of Ar
royo Nurajo, close to Ahe city of Havana.
They were stoutly resisted by the local
forces, who repulsed them and prevented
the sacking and burning of the town.
TVnalver and three others of the. rebels
were killed and seven were wounded. The
garrison lost one sentinel killed.
The trial of the case of lajuls Somelllan,
the naturalized American citizen, who was
arrested some time ago on a charge of be
ing a rebel and conspiring against tho
Spanish government, has been set down
for Friday next at noon. United States
Consul General Lee Is of the opinion that
the charge brought against Somelllan Is
too weak and vague to warrant his con
viction.
Antonio Mosa Dominguez, counsel for
Julio Sangullly, the American citizen, who
was recently convicted and sentenced to
Imprisonment for life, will appear as
counsel for Somelllan.
Col. Fondelvela, commanding at Gdana
bacoa, has issued an order for the enforce
ment of the edict issued on Jan. 1 by Gen.
Weyler, adding a clause prohibiting the
removal of objects of domestic use lo this
city without a special permit In writing
Issued twenty-four hours In advance of
their removal. Any pep Hon violating this
order will be liable to criminal prosecu
tion.
A largely attended meeting of merchants,
planters and others, was held to-night In
the Spanish Casino, at which, after a hot
discussion, it was resolved to send a long a
cable dispatch to the govern
ment at Madrid expressing the
loyalty of those present at
the meeting, and their regret at the at
tacks of the Madrid press upon Gen. Wey
ler, ami requesting the government to
continue Gen. Weyler at the head of the
administration in Cuba as necessary for
the pacification of the island.
JONES BEATS PULITZER.
Tlie Court Decide* In Favor of the
Editor's Contract.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 6.—ln the state
supreme court en bano this morning the
long expected decision In the Jones-I’u
litzer case was handed down. It Is in
favor of Mr. Jones on all the essential
points.
Judge McFarlane wrote the opinion, and
it was concurred In by Judges Bruce and
Barclay. Judges Sherwood and Robinson
dissented. Judge Burgess did not partici
pate in the deliberation. The decision sus
tains the opinion of Judge Valllant of the
circuit court of Bt. Louis, In granting a
permanent Injunction reatralning Joseph
Fulllzer and the directors of the Post-
Dispatch from interfering with Col.
Charles H. Jones’ control and manage
ment of that newspaper under a five years'
contract held by the latter, which contin
ues In force until 1901. q
AI.TGELD’S ANARCHY.
Tlie Governor Pardons a Number of
l udeservlng Convicts,
Chicago, Jan. 6.—Gov. Altgeid capped
Ihe climax of an unusual pardon record
yesterday by granting freedom to nine
teen convicts, one whom Is John McGrath,
for a decade the leader of the Henry street
guiig, and an arch-enemy of the police.
Five other Cook county criminals were
turned loose by the retiring governor, but
not all of them together will be received in
the city with bo much fear and horror as
the noted McGrath.
Of much Interest to the police also la the
commutation of the sentence of Mamie
Starr, a life prisoner at Joliet, sentenced
from Chicago In 1890 for poisoning her
employers. The sentence In her case was
commuted to twelve years, and, allowing
for percentages, she will soon be free.
DODGE W ANTED FOR RECEIVER.
The Col ii in bln >ntlonul’s President
Ones It SIIO,OOO.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6.—Most of tho
depositors of the defunct Columbia Na
tional Bank of this city have joined in a
telegram to Controller Eckela asking for
the appointment of F. B. Dodge of Min
neapolis as receiver. It was stated in the
meeting of the depositors that Charles
Kittelson, president of the bank, is Indebt
ed to the bank to the amount of $60,000.
The capital of the bank Is $200,000.
Steel Mill to Resume.
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 6.—The south steel
mill of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
Company will be put In operation to-mor
row, after an idleness of four months.
Fifteen hundred employes will get work
by tho resumption.
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SOUTHERN BANKS ARE SOLID.
ftI’LENDID SHOWING MADE IN THE
N ATIONAL REPORTS.
Controller of Ihe Currency Eckels
Make* n Statement Concerning;
Them—Only Nix Failures During;
the Host Tryiiia Flsenl Year 1 *O.l-0
and Two of These Prove Solvent,
A Large Increase Shown In Their*
Cash Reserve*.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 6.—The Manufac
turers’ Record has received from Con
troller Eckels a statement as to the gener
al situation of the banking interests south.
Mr. Eckels says: “The strength of thei
banking Institutions of the south cannot:
better be evidenced than by the fact that
during the year of 1896, which embraced
the most trying portions of 1895 and 1896,
there occurred but six national bank fail
ures, while since Nov. 1, the failures havo
numbered but two. Of these two the bank
at Roanoke, V*.. has proven solvent, and
arrangement to pay its creditors with
out the Intervention of a receiver and gat
into voluntary liquidation.
"As against these two failures, we hava
a condition of Improvement In the cash
reserves of the banks in tlie south, ad
shown by the bank call of Dec. 17, oven
that of Oct. (I, which proves how much
money must have been brought out of
hiding since election day. The two states
thus far reporting, Mississippi and Arkan
sas, show an Increase from 29.42 per cent,
to 32.61 and from 30.49 to 39.65, respectively.
“Of the reporting cities In the south. th
returns from Louisville show an Increasa
from 36.1)u to 41.02; St. Louis, from 26.93 to
31.84; Houston. 67.17 t 074.57; Baltimore, 30.89
to 35.3!; New Orleans, 31.42 to 32.74, and
Savannah, from 28.20 to 39.46. When it la
remembered that the requirement of tha
law, based upon that which is deemed tho
point of safely, requires a reserve of but
15 per cent. In the states generally, and
but 25 per cent. In reserve cities, it la
readily pern how aide Ihe hanks are to
meet every demand to be made upon them
by southern depositors. It is a notewor
thy fact that throughout the south, prior
to 1892, the number of large enterprise*
undertaken enlisted much foreign and do
mestic capital, and not a few unhealthy
booms were created, and yet. despite all
this, the bank failures In that seetton have
been comparatively few, und the losses
entailed upon shareholders and creditors
comparatively slight. It Is safe to say
that If the panic of 1893, preceded as it
was by three years of sudden and unusual
investment of capital in the southern
stales, did not produce more failures than
then occurred, there will be now, with the
banks thoroughly strengthened in cash
means and rid of many undesirable assets,
not a sutficient number to create any un
usual comment.”
LOUD MAY FIGHT A DUEL.
Fitzpatrick's Nlnyer In Trouble With
n Wisconsin Nlilphullder.
Chicago, Jan. 6.—A Superior, Wls., spe
cial says: “Bloodshed may be the result
of n misunderstanding between two prom
inent men. The parties are Col. C. D.
Loud, who is here from Savannah, Ga.,
and W. J. Holden, a local ship builder
and politician. Col. Loud is engaged in
encouraging emigration to the fruit grow
ing sections of Georgia. Mr. Holden was
sent with Col. Loud a short time ago to
Georgia by a party of ship yard men to
look over the country. While away Mr.
Holden conceived the Idea of going Into
business himself, and started a rival busi
ness about three miles from Col. Loud’s
lands, near Macon. The colonel demand
ed an explanation and got Mr. Holden out
in the south one night to cowhide him,
but tlie latter escaped in the darkness.
Both men were armed, so the colonel says,
though shooting, on his part, was to ba
the last resort. The quarrel has been car
ried to this city, and Col. Loud threatened
either to cowhide llolden or kill him be
cause he had ’done him dirty.’ Both men
are talking loud and threateningly, and
a duel has been hinted at. Col. Loud la
a typical southerner, who has the repu
tation of having protected his honor on
ground where blood has been spilled. Hol
den stubbornly holds ofT, and friends are
keeping them apart, and say that a duel
may yet end the misunderstanding.”
TRIBUTES TO CRISP.
List of Speakers for the Memorial
Exercises Completed.
Washington, Jan. 6. Representative
Maddox, who has charge of the arrange
ments for the eulogies to be delivered to
(he memory of the late Judge Crisp, com
pleted his list of speakers to-day. Tha
services will be held Saturday, the 16th
inst., an.l leaders on both sides of the
House will participate. On the republican
side Representatives Dingley of Maine;
Henderson of Iowa; Cannon of Illinois;
Dalzell of Pennsylvania; Hepburn of
Iowa; Wheeler of New York, and Stone of
Pennsylvania will speak. On the demo
cratic side all of the members of the Geor
gia delegation will be heard. In addition to
Gen. Wheeler of Alabama; Representa
tives Dlnsmore of Arkansas; Cooper of
Florida; McCreary of Kentucky; Buck of
Louisiana. Rusk of Indiana; Catehings of
Mississippi; DeArmond of Missouri; Cum
mings of New York; Woodward of South
Carolina, Layton of Ohio; McLaurln of
South Carolina; Richardson of Tennessee;
Bailey of Texas and Tucker of Virginia.
Representative Maddox will open the
symposium ar l Judge Turner will close.
ROTARY ENGINE RIGHTS.
Grant Bramble Sells This Country’s
Privileges for *8.100,000.
Sleepy Eye., Minn., Jan. 6.—Gran* Bram
ble, who Invented and patented the won
derful rotary engine, states that he has
to-day transferred the right to manufac
ture and sell the engines to Henry Francis
Allen, representing the Allen syndicate of
England, for $8,100,000.
This represents the sale for only the
United States— England, Germany, France
and Europe having been previously sold
for $4,060,000. The Inventor yet controls
the engine for Mexico and the Canadian
provinces. The inventor yesterday was
elected an alderman of the village here.
tinner Reaches Key West.
Key West. Flu., Jan. 6.—United States
Senator Money passed through this city
to-uight from Havanu, en route to Tampa.