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e,t,W,, j*H. KSTILi.. President.
PREDICTS war in the pacific.
CN ,, rO „ mobuas a7ALARMIST ON
fE *U HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
. confident the I>* d * W,U *°*
B * • ■ rriitted to Heinain Indepen
n, 'i ns II the United State*
111 I. in '\nnex Tl.em-Re*pon*iiil
' for the Bloodshed Would Kent
U} th e Senate— The Clash to
i non _
Within Ten Near. in the
Senate t"'* Opinion.
w h: ,:on, Jan. 18,-Senator Morgan
pi>vl lhe attention of the Senate during
entiri . time of the executive session to
, , in th e presentation of his viws on the
of the annexation of the Hawaiian
su i t wa s the second installment of
speech, and when he con
luVa. o f. wminutes after 5 o’clock, he
hid not then reached the end.
H, spoke for about three hours to-day
i’is speech was again a presentation
of :he importance of the islands to the
Vnitde States. He dealth especially upon
the military importance of the islands,
‘nine Con. Schofield and Capt. Mahan,
quoin* “• •s’
the eminent authority on naval affairs, at
length in support of his position that the
islands were a natural outpost of the
United Slates and necessary to the protec
tion of our Western coast and of our gen
eral commerce in case of war.
Mr. Morgan predicted that if the United
States did not take adavntage of the pres
ent opportunity to acquire the islands there
would be war between this country and
some other country within ten years. It is
not, he said, within the bounds of possibil
ities, in vii w of the present European com
petition for territory in Asia, that the Ha
waiian Islands should he allowed to re
main independent for any length of time
after the United States should finally an
nounce their determination not to make
them a part of American territory.
Does the senator from Alabama mean
to say,” interrupted Senator Pettigrew,
‘ that the Hawaiian government would vol
untarily seek the protection of some other
power and thus forego the great advant
age those islands now enjoy in their reci
procity arrangement with the United
States, which results in our remitting to
them annually not less than $6,000,000?”
To this question Senator Morgan replied
s that the reciprocity treaty had been ne
gotiated for the purpose of giving this
country cheap sugar. He said that it had
been of greater benefit to the United States
than it had been to Hawaii, because it
had accomplished its purpose of making
cheaper one of our great commodities,
and one of the necessities of every house
hold. We want, he said, not only the
sugar from Hawaii, but cheaper coffee as
and many other necessary articles
that could be grown in those islands.
The senator displayed a number of large
map- from which he contended that the
'‘lands were in the roadway of commerce
between our western coast and the orient,
and said that all ships, whether laden
with the articles of commerce or the muni
tion? of war, must necessarily pass them
in going to and fro between this country
and the Asiatic coast, and thus, he said,
the nation which controls Hawaii will con
trol the commerce of the east.
In closing, he said that failure to annex
th inlands meant inevitable bloodshed,
and the responsibility for that bloodshed
would rest upon the Senate of the United-
State? for its failure to perform its duty
ft this critical hour in the history of the
two .countries.
tins. GOODWIN'S DIVORCE SUIT.
Referee Recommends Tlint She Be
Granted !s7o Pep Week Alimony.
New York, Jan. 18.—Application was
•ha'li in the Supreme Court here to-day by
counsel for Nellie R. Goodwin, wife of Nat
- Goodwin, the actor, to confirm the re
port of ex-Judge Donohue, referee, recom
mending that an absolute divorce be grant
ed to Mrs, Goodwin.
f . T!,i ’' s,:iL as begun some weeks ago, but
1 ( "’as not publicly announced until
to-day.
Jiirtfe Pryor reserved his decision.
proceedings were brought on the
statutory grounds.
r,o n ! Orel’s report recommended thai
ttiopv °° W * n all °wed $75 per week all
. -.‘i Mrs. Goodwin was granted a de
ar.i . ‘ sei,ara tlon on the ground of cruel
? and ouman treatment.
(• j' 1 1 mp nt was made by which Mrs.
1 n accepted $25,000 in lieu of alimony
err, ( '°wer rights In Goodwin’s prop
< OULEGE CLASSES CLASH.
i < "'<<■ Scrimmage Amoiiu 5tu
•10.,, 11( n jj aptlßt institution.
Y '■ Jan. 18.—A class fight,
a ”' in ' ,cd in a bloody riot, took place
le mons the students in the Franklin Col.
r ! 11 baptist institution of Indiana,
tli ii hior? anr * s °Phomores on one hand
'hiv. jllniorß and freshmen on the other
to-nii-t','' .clashing and the climax came
t'tu " 10,1 *he '!9 flag was waving over
crow i ~ P ' A senior member of the
flotii ■ : , on the roof and tore the flag
l"' • hesmte a protest,
t , another '99 flag was run up over
a -i riinV , loute- was torn down and
yard ' ensued In the court house
k ii h over a hundred students
arid ],j, i } leads were broken, faces cut
v. i "owed freely. A great crowd
~ ~. 1 confliet. Officers finally
v ii. |, ’. h ® s, cuggle the *3,000 telescope
cxi),, | ' oaniaged. Further trouble is
1 to-night.
‘htHl'.lll VS BRAWLERS.
1 'sn*n a Scene of Violence
p r ” n<l ll,< " Session SiiHiicniled.
flj,. '^ an ‘ —The Bohemian Diet to
-1,. ” i ' ain the scene of turbulance.
dent * 'nnounced that a German stu-
Wherri-'" 1 lM ’* >n astau >ted in the street,
ien' "’" all the Germans rose and vio-
Oov m 'tndod satisfaction, calling on
ei lh u „, i. hanove to resign, on the
li,,h, ~l la at he is Incapable of governing
mn",v. r, ion *' as stwnended. nil the Ger
_i , 1 ties hurrying to the scene of the
l"''i'n u re further street riots to-day
the Czechs and the Germans, and
ts Wer ® patrolled by the troops.
Hhe Jtto#iiiiio §feto£
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK AT HAVANA.
Riotous Spirit Seems to Have Ex
hausted Itself.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Such information
as the state department has received as
to the situation in Havarfa is confirmatory
of the unofficial dispatches and shows that
quiet reigns in the city, and that the im
pression of the officials there that the
riotous spirit has either exhausted itself
for the time being or has been completely
suppressed by the strong hand of authori
ty, is justified.
The situation was briefly alluded to In
the cabinet meeting to-day and was not
regarded as warranting any change in
the attitude of our government.
Minister de Lome has written the state
department denying the truth of the re
port that the customs officials of Havana
have thrown obstacles in the way of land
ing the supplies sent from the United
States for the Cuban sufferers. The state
department Is satisfied that, regardless of
any difficulty that may have been experi
enced, there will be no trouble from now
on in promptly placing in Gen. Lee’s pos
session for immediate distribution any
supplies that reach Havana harbor in the
regular manner.
CUBANS BESIEGE CHUELA.
Spanish Reinforcements Finally
Force Them to Retreat.
Havana, Jan. 18.—News received here
from Spanish sources to-day says the in
surgents besieged the Spanish camp at
Chuela, in the province of Santiage de
Cuba. The insurgents fired fifty-six can.
non shots and kept up a continuous mus
ketry fire from 6 to 11:30 in the morning.
At 3 o’clock the same afternoon (date not
mentioned) the Spanish gunboat and a
column of 500 Spanish troops raised the
siege of the place. The garrison had
five men wounded.
STATE SECRETS ON CU BA.
State Department to Give the House
Information.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Chairman Adams,
of the sub-committee on Cuba, chosen from
the membership of the House committee
on foreign affairs, has requested the state
department for such information as is
available on the status of affairs in Cuba.
Assistant Secretary Day has answered
that the information is being prepared.
This will be the first Cuban information
sent to the House in two years.
STUDENT HIOT AT LYONS.
Jewish Shops and the Synagogue
Under Attnek.
Lyons, Jan, 18.—To-day the students
made a riotous demonstration in front of
the synagogue and the Jewish shops,
breaking shop windows and raising menac
ing shouts. The police had great diffi
culty in dispersing them. Hand to hand
encounters were frequent and there were
many arrests.
There was much agitation in the Latin
quarter, but the police barr.ed the bridge,
and all attempted demonstrations were
suppressed. Meanwhile the effervescence
increases in the provinces.
Shops of Jews at Nantes have been
stoned.
M. Clemenceau’s paper, the Aurore, was
publicly burned in front of the military
Club at Bordeaux, where serious disorders
took place. The police were roughly han
dled: and the guard .finally charged the
mob. Thirty-two arrests have been made.
Telegrams from most of the large towns
show that the anti-Jewish crusade is as
suming most menacing proportions. The
government is seriously alarmed. Another
strong attempt, it is said, will be made
in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday,
to overthrow the cabinet.
ITALY’S BREAD RIOTS.
Cavalry Disperses the Mob nail the
Government Furnishes Bread.
Ancona, Italy, Jan. 18,-The bread riots
were renewed here to-day. The partici
pants in the demonstration, having been
expelled from the town, assembled outside
the town gate, but the cavalry dispersed
them. .... i
A band of rioters wrecked a train and
proceeded to burn the country house of
a grain dealer. The troops extinguished
the flames and dispersed the mob.
Fifty persons have been arrested.
The military bakers are distributing
bread to persons in need of food.
FORTY' KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Terrific Explosion of Gas in a Mine
in Itnssia.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 18.—Forty persons
were killed and eighteen injured by an ex
plosion of gas in one of the mines of the
Donetzaie Company in the Targdoc dis
trict in the Northwestern district of Azof
to-day.
I*OHT Al FRINCEiS BIG FIRE.
right Hundred Homes Burned nnd
More Thun B,oo© Persons Homeless.
Washington, Jon. IS.-United States Min
ister Powell reports to the state depart
ment from Port au Prince that the Amer
ican residents suffered heavily from the
recent fire, which destroyed 800 homes in
Port au Prince, rendered homeless more
than 2,600 people and entailed a loss of
more than 11.000,000. Many of the largest
American commercial houses were located
.:,;s,rrr,s
au Prince. Many who were in affluent cir
cumstances are paupers to-day.
CANAL ACROSS NIC AH AGI’A.
Will Stimulate Shipbuilding nnd
Double Value of Onr Navy.
Kansas City. -Mo.. Jan. 18.-Dur.ng to
day* seslaon of the Nicaragua Canal Con
vention, resolutions were adopted urg(ln*
uoon Congress the necessity for legislation
to secure permanent construction of the
f inal The resolutions recite that the
. s ,ifh a waterway would greatly
opening ■ (i on’s commerce, would
increase the nation and would
.< .•
States navy.
SAVANNAH, GA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 111, 1898.
HUNGRY HORDE HITS HANNA.
SENATOR BESIEGED BY THE GEOR
GIA OFFICE SEEKERS.
The Faithful Feel That Hanna Alone
Can Land Them—The Senator An
nounce* That He Will Take No
Fart iu the Factional Fight in
Georgia—The Georgina* Announce
That the Suxnnnah and Brunswick
Collcctnr*hips Will Go to Dcvcaux
and Dunn.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Georgia Republi
cans swarmed around the capitol to-day,
like flies around a sugar cask on a warm
afternoon.
In this instance, Judson Lyons, Walter
Corbett, John Deveaux, Bill Pledger, W.
R. Leaken of Savannah, E. R. Belcher
and H. T. Dunn of Brunswick and Clay
Grier, who wants to be postmaster at Dub
lin, were the flies and Senator Mark Han
na was the sugar-coated cask.
As the time draws near for the selection
of the Savannah, Brunswick and Atlanta
collectorships, all of the aspirants, who
have the Republican organization behind
tliem, feel that Senator Hanna alone can
give them the places they crave.
The newly elected senator from Ohio
spent several hours in the lobby to-day,
meeting various callers from Georgia.
At the conclusion of these consultations
it was said by the Georgia Republicans
that Deveaux will get the Savannah col
lectorship, Wimbush be surveyor of cus
toms at Atlanta, and A1 Dunn be collector
at Brunswick.
Just before the Senate went into execu
tive session the correspondent of the
Morning News met Senator Hanna in the
corridor and engaged him in conversation
relative to the Georgia appointments. In
reply to a direct question, Senator Hanna
stated that he has never promised any
one that Deveaux shall be appointed col
lector of the port of Savannah. He said
he was entirely familiar with the condi
tions surrounding this case, and had re.
fused to interfere in behalf of any par
ticular candidate. He added that he has
troubles of his own in Ohio, and he has
as much as he can attend to in look
ing after,the interests of his own people,
without going into Georgia to settle fac
tional disputes. He talked quite freely
on the subject, remarking that he had
heard some very commendable statements
made in behalf of Joe Doyle, who is an
aspirant for the collectorship.
It was suggested! that the friends of De
\eaux do not hesitate to claim that they
have absolute assurance that Senator
Hanna will urge his appointment when
the time arrives.
“No one has any authority from me to
make such assertion,” replied Senatoi
Hanna.
"My position in this connection is simply
this: Before Col. Buck went to Japan I
was apepaled to in the interest of various
aspirants for federal appointment in Geor
gia. I said then, as I say now, that 1
could not interfere in factional fights, and
added that the men who could command
the support of the regular party organiza
tion ought to be recognized. As to inter
fering personally in behalf of any partic
ular candidate I have not done so, and
will not do so. Whoever the leaders of
the party select for appointment, ought,
in my judgment, to be appointed. That
is my position not oniy with regard to
Georgia appointments, but with regard to
appointments in other states.”
The Republican leaders of the Georgia
delegation are greatly elated over these
statements of Senator Hanna, for they in
sist that it simply means that the slate
made up by the organization will be put
through, all protests to the contrary not
withstanding.
Maj. Hanson is expected here to-mor
row, and he will endeavor to see the Pres
ident and break the slate of he can.
It is understood that Mr. Leaken is will
ing to take either the col
lectorship or the postmastership at
Savannah, if he can bet his claims favor
ably considered by the President.
He went to the White House to-day with
a view to making an appointment for an
interview with the President. He also
has an engagement to meet Senator Han
na to-morrow, with a similar object.
A delegation, consisting of prominent
members of the Union Veterans’ Union,
called at the White House to-day to urge
the appointment of Capt. William F.
Pierce of Lee county, Georgia, as consul
at Nottingham.
The news of Attorney General Terrell’s
withdrawal from the race for the govern
orship created a sensation among the
Georgia congressional contingent.. When
the first telegram telling of his withdrawal
was received, there was a disposition to
believe that there was some mistake; but
telegrams sent by different members of
Congress to Atlanta friends brought con
firmation of the report.
It is the universal impression among the
Georgians that this withdrawal insures
the nomination of Col. Candler. All of
those who discussed the developments
agreed that it seems impossible for any
contingency to arise which can prevent
the nomination of the Plow Boy of Pigeon
Roost. It is believed that (he younger pol
iticians of the state will now all get to
gether in support of Col. Candler.
This withdrawal is regarded here as
having a significant bearing upon the
next senatorial race. It is believed to
mean that Gov. Atkinson sees no chance
to defeat Senator Bacon, and that Mr. Ter
rell’s withdrawal is an acknowledgment of
defeat in that respect.
PORT All PRINCE'S EARTHQUAKE.
FiKMire* Several Inches Wide In
Many Parts of the City.
Washington, Jan. 18.—United States Min
ister Powell reports to the state depart
ment that on earthquake occurred in Port
au Prince on Dec. 29, which lasted several
seconds and caused fissures several inches
wide in many parts of the city; homes
rocked and dishes and other articles were
thrown from shelves. Great excitement
prevailed during and after the seismic dis
turbances.
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SIVCiUE IN A CELL.
Traveling Salesman Hangs Himself
While Suffering With Tremens.
Zanesville, 0., Jan. 18.—J. G. Hagerty of
Pittsburg, traveling salesman for the
American Tea Company of that city,
hanged himself with a handkerchief in a
cell of the city prison at 11:30 o'clock to
day. He had heed placed in prison two
hours before suffering with delirium
tremens.
RUSSIA'S FORCE IN CHINA.
Czar Promise* to Withdraw Them
Whoa German Affair I* Settled.
London, Jan. 18.—The Shanghai corre
spondent of the Daily Mail claims to have
eminent authority for the statement that
the Russian charge d’ affairs, M. Pavloff,
has informed the Tsung Li Yamen that
immediately the Gorman affair is setlled
Russia will restore Port Arthur lo China
and withdraw her troops without claim for
indemnity. In return, however, the corre
spondent say, China must employ Russians
exclusively to drill her troops and to con
trol her customs and railways. Russia
now has three war vessels inside and out
side of Port Arthur, while she has 5,000
troops on land.
CHINA'S CONCESSIONS.
The Emperor Willing: to Open Three
New Treaty Port*.
London, Jan. 18.—A speial dispatch-from
Pekin says China is ready to open three
new treaty ports, and to agree to an ex
tension of the railway into Yun Nan prov
ince, but declines to consent to the exclu
sion of other powers than England from
the Yang Tse Kiang valley.
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
says the Russian charge d’affaires, M.
Pavloff,protests strongly against the open
ing of Halien Wan, but China is appar
ently anxious to obtain financial assist
ance, and will give it Ps security for ob
taining a loan. She will permit the ex
tension of steam communication on in
land waters and will grant increased trade
facilities at all open ports.
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TRAIN WRECK IN CALIFORNIA.
Two Trainmen Killed and Several
Oilier Persona injured.
Colfax, Cal., Jan. 18.—This evening the
west bound passenger train on the Central
Pacific Railroad jumped the track near
here.
Two trainmen were killed and several
other persons injured.
The train carried a large number of over
land passengers.
Tho great engines draw the train over
this section of the mountain road. The
boiler of one of them exploded, scalding
Engineer Hackett and Fireman Llghtner
so hailly that they died.
Engineer C. C. Brown was cut and
crushed about the head, and Fireman C.
F.* Brown was badly scalded.
An invalid lady passenger, riding in the
baggage car, sustained internal injuries,
the extent of which has not yet been as
certained.
Mail Clerk H. A. Stevens was cut inter
nally and received serious spinal Injuries.
Soon after the cars left the track the
mail car caught fire and was burned.
BOOKKEEPER SHOT.
Patent Medicine Mm. Accuse* Him ot
Insulting Hl* Daughter.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 18.—Dr. Charles F.
Simmons, n reputed millionaire, and pres
ident of the Simmons Patent Medicine
Company, shot and seriously wounded
Emil Davidson, bookkeeper for the St.
Louis Trust Company, at the corner of
Cardinal avenue and Olive streets to-day.
Dr. Simmons, who is an elderly, gray,
haired man, met Davidson on the street.
Fassersby heard angry words and the next
instant Simmons drew a revolver and
fired five times, each shot taking effect.
Davidson dropped to the sidewalk, serious
ly wounded, but will recover.
Simmorts was at once placed under ar
rest. He told Capt. Boyd that the man
he shot had attacked his daughter, and
that he tried to avenge the wrong done
her. ,
This is Dr. Simmons’ third affray. Sev
eral years ago he stabbed his brother-in
law in Mississippi. Three years ago he
stabbed his bookkeeper, named Mcßrain,
in a quarrel.
JAY EATON OUT IN A CHALLENGE.
Ready to Meet tny Bicyclist In the
World For $5(10 a Side.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 18.—Jay Eaton of
New York, the indoor bicyclist, to-day
Issued the following challenge:
“I am ready to ride against any bicy
clist in the world. I will put up SSOO and
whoever accepts can put up another SSOO.
Then, I understand, the Indoor Cycling
Club is willing to add any amount to this
main slake that will prove satisfactory to
both parties. My challenge includes ail
the world's champions. lam willing to
meet Lehr, Sanger, Cooper. Bald, Taylore,
Michael, or all of them on these terms:
"Races to be one, two and three-mile
heats; best two in three; or one, two, three
and five-mile heats; best two in three, or
all in one-mile heats, best two In three,
unpaced, single paced or tandem paced.
This challenge will remain open until fur
ther notice. I would like to see some ot
the Europeans accept my challenge, Lehr,
the German champion, preferred.”
TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.
Contractor of 23 Years Kills His
AVife of 18 anil Himself.
Decatur, Tex., Jan. 18.—This morning
about 10 o'clock Eugene White shot and
killed his wife and then killed himself.
He lived at Vernon, Tex., and was a con
tractor, assisting in building the court
house at this place, and married Miss
Maud Allen and moved to Vernon.
Some time ago Mrs. White moved to
Decatur and refused to live with her hus
band. Yesterday he went there and on
h.s wife's refusal to return with him, he
shot her in the left temple, killing her
inslantly.
Then he walked into the yard, but re
turned in a moment to the room where his
wife was laying in a pool of blood and
shot himself in the right temple, dying
immediately.
Neither of them spoke after being shot.
White v.as about 23 years old and his wife
about 18. They had been married less
than two years.
, Pierre De Troynt Dead.
Paris, Jan. IS.—M. Pierre L. de Troyat,
v.ho was the head of the military house
hold of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico,
and later was editor of Eg Liberte and
other papers, is dead.
Two Mew Postmaster* In Georgia.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The President to
day sent the following nominations for
postmasters to the Senate:
Georgia—James A. Burdette, at Cedar
town; John M. Duff, at Tifton.
COURT FINDS A CONTRAST.
DRAMATIC SCENE AT THE EX LU
NATION OF MARION TWIGGS.
Said tile Mattre**e and Stone Used
at Cumberland Sound Were Not la
Accordance With Specification*.
Conversation* With Capt. tarter.
Several Question* Ashed by the
Court—There No fros Exami
nation.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 18.—The most dram
atic and pathetic scene which has yet ap
peared in the Carter Investigation, was the
examination here to-day of Engineer Ma
rion Twiggs in a reclining chair, In the
parlor of his brother’s home, where he is
an invalid.
To see the officers of the court, in full
uniform, grouped about the double parlors
of Capt. Twiggs’ home, listening to the
labored utterances of the young man. who,
in the strength and freshness of youth,
has been stricken with an insidious dis
ease, made all the more pathetic the con
trast between the robust soldiers and the
invalid witness.
There was a melancholy recognition and
admission of his condition when one of
the stenographers kindly offered him a loz
enger to clear his throat, and he sadly de
clined it, significantly tapping his lungs,
and remarking, “I am pasL that.”
The excitement and exertion of the ex
amination showed plainly, and the wit
ness’ handkerchief soon became as wet
as a rag from wiping the heavy perspira
tion that beaded his face.
After an hour or so the officers saw
how sorely Mr. Twiggs’ strength was tax
ed, and took a recess until 2 o'clock to al
low him to rest before completing his
testimony.
The testimony of Marion Twiggs, assist
ant engineer at Cumberland sound, dealt
entirely with the material used in the jet
ties, and the construction of the mat
tresses and fascines T he mat
tresses used in the work under the super
vision of Capt. Carter, he said, were not
according to the specifications of lire con
tract. When asked if the fourth-class
rook complied with the specifications, lie
declared that it did not, saying he had
tested it and made a report. Judge .Vl
vocate Barr asked if there were any in
spectors at the mattress camps prior to
Capt. Gillette's arrival. Mr. Twiggs re
plied there were not, and said Capt. Car
ter saw several of the mattresses him
self.
“What conversation, if any,have you had
with the accused?" was asked.
"One in which he came to the hospital
in Savannah and said the mattresses he
had seen were such mattresses as he want
ed built; they suited him. This was just
prior to the arrival of the officers consti
tuting the board of inquiry.”
"Did you have conversation on any oth
er topic bearing on his administration?"
W ”Nothing that I think bears on the sub
ject," was the reply.
The Judge advocate replied that the court
would decide as to its relevancy.
"Capt. Carter asked me.” continued Mr.
Twiggs, “if I believed the mattresses were
up to specifications. I replied that I did
not. He also asked me if I did not feel
free to come Into his office and talk freely
on the subject of the work. I replied that
I did not, because I believed that he, Capt.
Carter, was very friendly to Capt. Green."
Mr. Twiggs also recalled that Capt. Car
ter asked him about the different inspec
tors who would probably testify. Among
them he mentioned the inspector over his
work. Capt. Carter remarked that that
made no difference, that he was weak.
Mattresses that the witness examined were
not designed according to specifications,
he said. He di dnot reject them, he said,
because they were better than those he had
seen used In Savannah river.
“What kind of timber was used?" was
asked;
“Any that happened to be on the
ground,” wag the reply.
“Do you krtow how the force was paid?”
was the next question.
“By the bundle, I think,” was the reply.
They were not on the regular pay roll
of the contractor.”
“Do you know of any kind of wood that
was not used?” was asked.
“All kinds were used,” was the reply.
A map was exhibited, drawn by the wit
ness, showing the survey and soundings,
indicating the shrinkages of mattresses
after they were sunk. The contractors
did not ask him for specifications. lie had
no specifications and did not have the
contract price of stone or mattresses.
Mr. Twiggs estimated the cost of tho
mattresses to the contractors at 10 cents
per square yard for sinking and all.
Fascines lor the mattresses were built
very loose, he said. Limestone or Florida
rock was mostly used to sink them, with
some granite. The contract prescribed
that the fascines should be carefully and
ti. roughly made. They were not .so
made. Very often the rope would slip,
be loose, or be broken. The fascines were
not uniform.
“What proportion of brush was there
in the fascines compared with what tney
should have contained?" was asked.
"About one-third,” was the reply. “Bun
ble brush was used in filling the mat
tresses."
“Did you make any report to rapt. Car
ter of these defects between the inception
of the contracts and the time Capt. Car
ter was relieved?” was the next question.
“Capt. Carter saw the work himself, so
there was no necessity for me to report
to him,” was Mr. Twiggs' reply.
The following facts were elicited In an
swer to various questions by different
members of the court. This Is the first
time members of the court have ques
tioned any of the witnesses.
By Capt. Taylor—" What were your spe
cific duties?”
“There was an inspector over me, and
my work was that of assistant engineer,”
Mr. Twiggs said. “I received Instrue.
tions to receive eight-course mattresses
and to place sufficient stone on them to
hold them secure in a storm, but to use
as little stone as would accomplish this.
The mattresses constructed by Capt. Gil
lette were sunk in the same way us those
made under Capt. Carter. The mattresses
generally held together very well when
sunk. I was calling attention to defects
all the time which contractor generally
failed to correct. I did not order the work
stopped because the mattresses were .is
good as those X had seen used in Savan
nah. In the mattresses Inspected by Capt.
Carter, there were only about four-ninths
of the brush called for In the contract.”
One of the members of the court asked
if there was any change In the construc
tion of the muttresßcH between the last In
siiectlon by Capt. Carter and the first in
spection made by Capt. Gillette, and Mr.
Twiggs replied there was not. He said
the brush used was good live brush, and
that it was choked at intervals of two iff”
two and one-half feet, which is about what
the specifications called for. The amount ot
stone to be used on mattresses, he said,
was practically a matter within his dis
cretion;
There was no cross examination of the
witness.
This covers all the material evidence of
the witness, and the court adjourned to
meet on Thursday at 11 o'clock in Savan
nah. Capt, Carter left on the 2:55 o'clock
train to-day, and Col. Barr and Capt. Gil
lette left to-night. The remainder of the
court objected to the night ride, and re
mained over in Augusta, where Capt. Tay
lor will look after them until 2:35 o'clock
to-morrow afternoon.
The United States arsenal in Augusta,
on the sand hills, is one of Uncle Sam's
attractive posts, and Capt. Taylor took
pleasure in exhibiting his post to the dis
tinguished visitors.
Capt. Carter, Mr. Rose, Mr. Charlton
and Mr. Hinsdale returned to the city last
night, having come by way of Yemassee.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Government tail Save SSOO,(HH> a
Year la Clerk Hire,
Washington, Jan. 18.—Civil Service Com
missioner John 11. Harlow was before the
Senate civil service investigating commit
tee to-day and presented some interesting
statements In suggestions and reply, main
ly lo questions on the subject submitted by
Senator Elkins, of the committee.
He sold that if all the government em
ployes In the city were required to work
the fall seven hours a day, as required by
law, it would mean a gain of 4,500 extra
hours a day, with a saving approximate
ly of SBOO,OCO a year for clerk hire. At
present the great bulk of employes work
six and a half hours. The gain outside of
Washington would not be in this propor
tion.
Commissioner Harlow believed many
millions of dollars would be saved If the
departments were managed like the av
erage business house or eoriKiralion.
“The nearer the government approaches
to the eight-hour law for employes, ex
cept where great mental exertion is re
quired, the less reason will people In pub
lic employ have for being dissatisfied
with their own condilion," he said.
Chief Examiner Server of the commis
sion suid that up to date 200,300 fieople
had been examined and 52,557 appointed
to office, not counting reinstatements. The
entire expenses of examinations was $11.75
each and the cost pt examining and certi
fying thoso appointments to office was
$11.75 each.
ANTI-SCALPING BILL.
House Committee to Report it In the
Form of n Substitute.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The House com
mittee on commerce to-day- voted to report
the anti-scalping bill, in the form of a
substitute prepured by Mr, Sherman of
New Y'ork.
The substitute follows the general line
of the original bill, with' some additional
features. It places a penalty on railroad
officers who deal with scalpers. Hereto
fore the plan has been to hold the cor
poration liable, but the new provision ex
tends the liability to officials, making
them subject to a misdemeanor, with fine
or imprisonment on conviction.
Anew paragraph Is inserted In section
two making it unlawful for general pas
senger agents to supply tickets to other
than authorized ticket agents.
Another substitute provision provides
that unused tickets shall tie redeemed at
any time within one year. Any company
failing to redeem a ticket Is made liable
in civil action to a penalty of SIOO In
excess of the redemption money on the
ticket.
Mr. Sherman will write the report and
present it to-morrow.
INDEMNITY' FOR A LYNCHING.
President Recommend* Payment of
gIfO.OOO to Mexleo.
Washington, Jan. 18.—President McKin
ley to-day sent to the Senate a message
with a report from the Secretary of State,,
relating to the lynching in 1893 at Yreca,
Cal., of Louis Morena, a Mexican citizen,
and the demand of the Mexican govern
ment for Indemnity.
The President says: "Following the
course adopted In the case of the lynch
ing of three Italians in Louisiana, In Au
gust, 1896, I have recommended the ap
propriation by Congress, out of humane
considerations, and without reference to
the question of the liabilities of the gov
ernment of the Foiled 'States in the prem
ises. the sum of *20,000 to be paid by the
Secretary of Slate to the government of
Mexico, to be distributed among the heirs
of Louis Morena.”
CHILD Ml it HER SUSPECTED.
Remain* Found In n, ilnrnlng House
and an Arrest Follow*.
St. Bonis, Mo., Jan. 18.—While the fire
department was extinguishing a fire In a
dwelling house on Choteau avenue to-day
the charred remains of a little girl was
discovered. The house was occupied by
August Bauer and his alleged paramour,
Mrs Hilda Krsar, and her little girl.
Bauer was arrested. The police think
he killed the child and fired the building.
Bauer says he eloped with Mrs. Ersar from
Switzerland, and that she brought her lit
tle daughter with her.
COM MBPS IIKIBERY CHARGES.
The Senate Committee Begin* It* In
vestlgntlon.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 18.—The Senate com
mittee to-night lagan its Investigation
Into the charges of bribery made by Rep
resentative Otis during the recent sena
toffbi contest.
Nothing of genera! interest was elicited.
Telephone, telegraph and hotel mana
gers, summoned as witnesses, refused to
answer some questions and asked for
time to consult their superiors. Their re
quests were
SIIOOTS lIIS imOTHKR-IN-LA W.
Cruelty to Wife nnd Children the
Provocation for the Crime,
New York, Jan. 18.—Herman G. Heinz,
who came from San Antonio, Tex., during
the holidays, to visit his mother in Brook
lyn, shot and mortally wounded his
brother-in-law, Otto Diehl, to-day. Heinz
then walked to a police station and gave
himself up. He said that Diehl, who had
married his only sister, had been brutal
to her and her children, and he inul shot
Diehl on that account. *
( DAILY. *ll A YEAR.
J 5 CENTS A COPY.
( WEEKLY 2-TtMEU-A-WEEK O A TRAIN
HOUSE JINGOES MAKE IT HOT.
RECOGNITION OF Cl BAN BELLIGER
ENCY DEMANDED.
De Armaml of Mla*onrt Spring;* flifli
Sensation by Offering; lleeonltioni
n* an Amendment to the Consular
anil Dlploiaatle Appropriation Bill.
Bailey of Texan ilnek* De Armond.
The Aotluji t linlrman Sutnin M
Point of Order tgnln.t the Scheme,
Tlie Ruling: Appealed From anil
the Chairman Sustained by n Mu.
jorlty of OS Vote*.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The first contested
election case of the present Congress wa*
disposed of by the House to-day.
Chairman Taylor of the committee otf
elections No. 2 reported that Thomas
Clark, who filed notice of contest against
Jesse F. Stallings, representing the Sec
ond Alabama district, had abandoned hid
contest, and, therefore, unanimously re.
ported a resolution declaring Mr. Stall
ings entitled to the seat.
The House then resumed consideration
of the army appropriation bill.
When th<- House adjourned yesterday ak
point of order had been raised against
provision of the bill mollifying the methoil
of computing the mileage of army officers.
The chair overruled the point of order.
Mr. Sayers, Dem., of Texas, said the pro.
vision would Increase the cost of mileagt*
lo the government. After some discus
sion it wqs temporarily passed over.
Mr. Sayers then raised a point of ordeif
against tho provision requiring the pay!
of enlisted men by paymasters In person.
The point of order was sustained and thu
provision went out of the bill.
Mr. Little of Arkansas offered an amend
ment to appropriate $15,000 for the repaift
of the National cemetery at Fort Smith,
Ark. He explained that tho cemetery had
been totally wrecked by the storm whlehi
recently devastated the town. The amend
ment fell under a point of order.
The army appropriation bill was passed,
and the diplomatic anil consular appro
priation bill was taken up. The minority!
served notice that they proposed to debate!
our foreign relations exhaustively.
Mr. DeArmond of Missouri offered as an
amendment to the diplomatic and consu
lar appropriation lull a resolution for Ihet
recognition of Cuban belligerency, and
wlien a iioint of order was raised against It
he made a strong speech appealing to thosa
who sympathized with tho struggling In
surgents to override the rules of tha
House, assert themselves and adopt thla
amendment now. He declared they could
never explain their course to their constit
uents If they dill not seize this opportunity.
Mr. Bailey, Deni., of Texas, next,‘amid
a burst of aplause, challenged Mr. Hitt,
chairman of the committee on foreign af
fairs, to state that it was the Intention of
those in authority to give the House at*
opportunity to vote on the Cuban bellig
erency resolution.
Mr. Hitt made no reply except to pro
test that Mr. Bailey was out of order.
Mr. Hepburn, in the chair, sustained tha
point of order.
Mr. DeArmond thereupon appealed from
the decision of the chair and urged that
the members seize the present opportunity.
'Mr. Dinghy, the floor leader of the ma
jority, hurried to the rescue. Great ex
citement prevailed.
The speaker entered the hall of tha
House while Mr. Dingley appealed to his
side of the House to disregard all the per
sonal Inclinations toward the amendment
and stand by the rules of the House.
In reply to Mr. Dingley. Mr. DeArmond
urged the members to free the House foe
a single hour from a "dominion *o abso
lute that the mebers to free the House for*
tion for nothing except as those in author-
ity had approved it.” ~
Gen. Henderson. Rep., of lowa, answer
ed Mr. DeArmond, declaring that If a ma
jority of the House was against the Cuban
resolution there would be no action despita
the fine political play of the Missouri gen
tleman.
The excitement on the floor continued.,
but debate was temporarily diverted to that
rules and parliamentary tactics, and par
ty lines were broken when Mr. Fleming,
Dem., of Georgia, opposed the Gubar*
amendment on the ground that it was not
In order, and Mr. Colson, Rep., of Ken
tucky, followed in a vigorous speech ar
raigning the committee on foreign affair*
and his Republican associates for delay
on Cuba. He warned Republicans that
the people would hold them accountable*
for the delays. He declared that is some
thing was not done he would be one to Join
in (he most revolutionary tactics on tin*
floor to bring the Cuban question to t
hearing.
On the motion to close debate on the ap
peal, the rising vote was yeas, 152; nays,
114.
Without further amendment, the blip
was passed.
The Wheeler resolution for the appoint
ment of members of the Board of Re
gents of the Smithsonian Institute, wat
also passed.
Mr. Hitt, chairman of the committee or
foreign affairs, then called up the diplo
matic an>l consular appropriation bill.
Mr. Bailey objected to any limitation on
the general debate.
The bill carries $1,729,008, an Increase ot
$33,700 over the law for the current year.
As soon as the enacting clause had been
reached, Mr. DeArmond, Dem., of Mis
souri, offered an amendment to recognize*
the Cuban Insurgents as belligerents'
Mr. Hitt raised the point of order that
the amendment was new legislation anil
obnoxious to the rules of the House.
Mr. DeArmond, speaking of the point of
order, said he fully understood the rule*
of the House, which were designed to
suppress, when desired, the will of ther
House.
The chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, he said, might feel constrain
ed to raise this point of order, but ha
reminded the House that there still re
sided, In his judgment, the power at any
time, at any place, on any bill, to placa
what the House believed should be there.
For months, he declared, those in control
of the House declined to allow to be dona
what the people desired, namely, that Con
gress act upon this question of recogniz
ing the belligerency of the struggling pa
triots in Cuba. When the people of the
country felt as they did, it was the duty
of Americans to override those petty llttla
rules which had been used to suppress ac
tion. The newspapers were filled daily
wlth harrowing talas of starvation and
cruelty In Cuba. Should we emulate the
example of Nero, who fiddled while Roma
burned, and sit supinely and indifferently
by when men almost, within sight of our
shores were fighting for principles as holy
as patriots ever fought for, or heroes ever,
defended.
Further inaction, he said, was a disgrace
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