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YESTERDAY
AT THE CAPITAL.
Another Georgian Given an Ap
pointment.
Cleveland Beats Harrison in the
Number of Appointments.
. The President Will Probably Attend the
Naval Ball.
Washington, April 18. —L. Renick, of
Georgia, formerly of the comptroller s
office in the treasury department, has.
been appointed chief of the bureau of
statistics, state department.
During the closing hours of the senate
among other contingent expenses author
ized was an appropriation of $5,000 for
the committee on agriculture to inves
tigate the causes for the depression that
exists in cotton and agricultural indus
l tries. The committee will meet tomor
row and apportion the appropriation
between two sub-committees in charge
of the two brandies of inquiry. It lias
already been agreed that Senators
George'as chairman, and Bate and Proc
tor shall institute the inquiry in the di
rection of cotton and other fabrous pro
ducts and that Senators Pfeffer as chair
man and Roach should conduct that
devoted to wheat and other cereals.
These two committees will make person
al inspection of the territory in which
thesy two great products, cotton and
wheat,' are most produced and submit
tlje report to the next session which will
indicate what legislation is necessary,
in their opinion, to remove the evils that
are now claimed to exist.
A telegram was today received from
Secretary Hoke Smith from Athens. Ga..
staling that be was ill with a severe
cold, but would return to Washington
in a day or two. Since bis appouitment
as Secretary of the Interior Mr. Smith
has given from 15 to 1.8 hours a day
to his official duties and in consequence
he is overworked and greatly in need of
rest.
The statement is made that the treas
ury official contemplates presently to
stop using gold coin in payment for
treasury notes issued under the act of
July 14. ISDO. Under that act the gov
ernment was compelled to purchase each
month 4,500,000 ounces of silver and at
the same time issue notes for the bul
lion received. These notes are termed
“Til-astiry notes” and on the face of
them declare that they are “redeemable
in coin.” There are said to be $130.000,-
—* <3O of these notes in circulation and ac
cordkig to the Springer report to the
last congress on the eirenl.jtion st Hi"
• treasury, .about 000 of these
notes have been presented since last
July and gold paid out for them, or at
the rate of $4,000,000 a month. It is
asserted that it is this class of notes
that has been largely presented by New
York brokers in exchange for gold. No
verification or contradiction of the slit le
nient that it is in contemplation to issue
an order suspending the payment of
gold on the treasury notes of 1890 can
be obtained from Secretary Carlisle.
The President has not decided whether
or not he will attend the naval bail in
New York April 27th. but it is probable
that he will do so. Ho has placed all
arrangements for his visit to the review
in the hands of Secretary Herbert, and
as Mr. Herbert has the interests of the
naval ball at heart, it is likely that, he
will arrange for Mr. Cleveland to so
there. This is as near a positive state
ment as can be obtained on this matter.
Several small offers of cold have been
received from Flic west. These offers ag
gregate less than $599,990 and will not
appear on the treasury books for several
days, At eastern points a slight in
crease in gold is noted, free cold having
increased $25,000. making the total ns
shown by the books of t.be treasury to
day $65,560. There is said to have boon
also a slight increase in New York,
which will not he shown un/il tomorrow.
Information received at the treasury in
dicates that the gold shipments for next
Saturday Will not be heavy and none
may go out at all.
The adjournment of the senate has
been followed by a general exodus of
senators from the city and the capital
building has a very deserted lottk. A
number of senators are hidden in their
rooms behind forked doors, attending
to correspondence and seeking to avoid
visitors and office seekers. A number
have arragned to witness the naval re
view and will leave this week forth
rendezvous. Others are preparing to
depart on various investigation trips
that were ordered during the closing
hours of the session.
THE SESSIONS COMPARED.
A comparison of the work and the
duration of the extra session which has
just closed with corresponding extra ses
sions called at the beginning of the
late administration and at the comr
mencement of Cleveland's first presi
dential term is interesting. Contrary
to the generally prevailing opinion, it
is found that Cleveland in the session
which has just closed has broken the
record amX made more appointments to
office than any of his predecessors, ex
ceeding the appointments of Harrison
during the same time by more than
twenty-five.
POPE LEO URGES LOYALTY.
Rome. April IS.—The Pope received
today 4,000 Catholic workingmen from
France. He urged them to be loyal
to the republic and labor zealously for
the prosperity and solidity of its insti
tutions.
EMBEZZLER PLEADS GUILTY.
Wilmington, Del.. April 18.—In the
United States Court this afternoon Peter
E. T. Smith, formerly pay’ng teller
of the First National b-irikaof this city,
pleaded guilty to embezzling $59.00i),
ami was sentenced to seven years im
prisonment and a fine of SIO,OOO.
TO TERMINATE THE STRIKE.
Hamburg, April 18. —The striking dock
laborers in this city decided at a meet
ing held last night to end the strike
and return to work. The vote on the
question stood 173 in favor of termi
nating the strike to 159 against.
AUgS/TA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1893.
A DUCHESS IN PRISON.
She Dent roved an OtHclal Document and is
Pftniftltod.
London, April I.B.—The dowager Du
chess of Southerland was today com
mitted to Holloway prison under sen
tence «if imprisonment for six weeks
imposed by Sir Francis Jeune, President
of the Court of Probate for contempt
of court. She was also sentenced to
pay a tine of £250. The dowager duchess
had obtained permission to inspect
document in possession of the court and
destroyed one of the documents.
The Dowager Douchess was formerly
Mrs. Blair, who was the Dake’s com
panion on his United States tour, some
vears ago. The pair were married in
Florida in 18.89. The Doueliess ex
plained in court today that the paper
she destroyed was a letter- from the
Duke to her.snif which she felt privil
eged to destroy, and she apoligized to
the court, but the judge called her at
tention to the discrepancies in her state
ments concerning this paper and inti
mated that he did not believe her. At
all events he said the apology was not
admitted and he accordingly
sentenced her ns above stated, The
Duchess was awaiting the disposition
of the case in th«» barristers’ consult
ing room. There was a groat scene when
her friends communicated the sentence
to her. The duchess ami friends around
shod tears and exhibited great emo
tion. The solicitors of tin' Duchess had
been prepared for the result and in. ex
pectation of the decision had a carriage
in waiting and hurried her off to jtul.
NO LIEN ON FALSE TEETH.
Decision of an Interesting Case by a Minne
sota Judge.
St. Paul. Minn., April 16.—Judge
Kelly has decided that a dentist does
not have a lieu on a false set. of teeth
on a gold plate after they have been at
tached to the mouth, ami the dentist has
parted x\ith the possession thereof. The
decision was reached in the case of Chas.
A. Vandusn against William J. AVoon
sey. Judge Kelly grew humorous in a
memorandum tiled wWil the decision,
and used a number of figures of speech
in deciding why the teeth should not be
surrendered to be sold nt public sale to
the highest bidder on execution. It had
been claimed that the sheriff could take
possession of the teeth and dispose of
them at public sale, but Judge Kelly de
cided that so long as the teeth are in
defendant’s mouth they are a part of his
body and cannot be seized as chattels.
The case has been before the courts for
some time, aud has attracted much atten
tion.
FAILURES IN LANSING.
Lansing, Midi., April 18.—The Lansing
Lumber Company and Lansing Irou and
Engine Works this afternoon executed to
Orlando M. Barnes mortgages ugon ail
their property, both real and personal, to
secure their paper, of which he Is a
large endorser. All the assets of the con
cerns, aggregating $1,800,000, are placed in
bls hands. It Is suid the liabilities will
not exceed more than half tliut sum. The
embarrassment of the two Institutions was
caused .by the stringency of the money
market for the paet few weeks.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon S.ti'.t" Hank
ing i omptroi:<■■• Sltefv, i.orl took charge of
the Central Michigan Savings Bank of this
cltv. ’There had been quite a ruu on the
bank all day owing to the uneasy feeling
on account of the embarrassment of the
Lansing Lumber Company and the Lan
sing Iron and Engine Works. A statement
of the bank's condition has not yet been
made public. •
THE TYPHUS IN MEXICO.
San Luis I’oto.c, Mexico, April 18. —
An alarming state of affairs exists here.
The typhus epidemic litis been raging
for the five past months, and hundreds
of people have died of the disease.
The scarcity of food supplies, such as
corn and beans, which lias been felt
for several mouths has become actually
a famine among the poorer "lassos.
There lias been no rain here for two
vears, and the scarcity of water aggra
vates the situation. There never was
an abundance of water in this city at
the best of times, the drinking water
being taken almost entirely from wells
which are now low and muddy.
RICE STATEMENT.
Charleston, April 18.—Sheppard & Porch
er, In their report of this date, make the
following statement as to the riee crop of
the United States: Total domestic crop for
the current season of '92 and '93, carefully
estimated. Is equal to 255,000,000 pounds.
Clean "■ edible rice, stock on hand al the
Soul 1 ! inclusive of that as yel unmllled,
by actual count April Ist. 70.207,000 pounds.
Total marketed to April Ist, 178,793,000.
This statement shows there is 48,<93,000
pounds or say 150.000 barrels (nearly 40
per . ent) less of clean rice in stock to be
miirkstcd tlifin would appeur from the i<‘-
port of Dan Talmad.jes' Sou & Co., tele
graphed' on the Bth instant.
ON THE TURF.
Memphis, April 18.—First race, five fur
longs, selling; Dutch Oven won, Bill
Howard second. Ikes third. Time, 1:04.
Second race, seven furlongs, sell.ng, for
3-ycar-olds and up; Dent'fice won, Belfast
seczmd. Rook Lady third. Time, 1:30 1-2.
Third race, Lassie stakes. $1,305 net for
2-yea: old tildes, halt mile; Ph.lopeiia won,
Oh No second, Vivandier third. 'Tim..-,
0:5o 3-4.
Fourth race, mile, selling, 3-year-olds and
up; Red Cap won, Long Ten second, Frank
E is third. T ine, 1:45 1-2.
Fifth race, Harvey Robinson handicap,
min- am! < .leenlli; Torrent won, Lockport
second, Rally third. Time, 1:49 1-2.
A DOCTOR SUICIDES.
Bluefield, AV. Va.. April 18. —Dr.
J. AV. Stafford, a prominent physician ami
wealthy citizen of Graham, two miles
west of Bluefield, committed suicide to
day by blowing his brains out with a
pistol. Four cartridges were snapped
before the pistol fired. The ball en
tered the left eye. He stood before the
mirror and fired the fatal shot, then
walked across the room, fell in his wife’s
arms and died. Hi health was the
cause.
TWO RESPITES.
Columbia, S. C., April 18.—Napoleon
Levelle, the Charleston wife murderer, was
today respited until May 19th by the Gov
ernor. There is considerable doubt as to
his sanity aud a commissiorf will be ap
pointed to pass upon his mental condition.
Wade Haines, the colored rapist, sentenced
to be hanged, was respited for the fifth
time today. His execution will take place
two weeks hence unless in the mean
time some alleged additional evidence is
developed in bis favor.
TESTING THE LAW.
Columbia, S. C., April 18.—The fight
against the dispensary law In this state
was brought up in the Supreme Court today
on the case from Chester where two liar
keepers ask that the city be compelled to
ssv.e them license-for the year. The new
law goes into effect July 1, aud the town
refused to issue license later than .that
date. The court reserved > decision
mitii May Ist. when aratun**: will be
heard.
WINING AND
DINING THE NAVY.
Honors to the Visiting Naval
, Officers.
An Elaborate Menu Most Ele
gantly Served.
Tin German Vessels Arrived After the
Sunset Gun.
Fortress Monroe, Va., April 18. —
Among the events of the day were a
. bout race and baseball game. A picked
I crew of the cruiser Chicago beat the
crew of the Philadelphia for a purse of
$1,500 contributed by the officers and
men of the respective vessels. Basebull
was amusing chiefly io the ladies.
According to naval etiquette no sa
lutes are fired after the colors have
dropped to the accompaniment of the
sun'set gun. The German squadron
steamed into harbor so late in the after
noon that if the Kaiserin Augusta had
not begun to boom her cannons some
distance down the roads she would have
had to slip into her aueorage officially
unnoticed until 8 o’clock tomorrow
morning. She saluted first the United
States flag and the flags of tljp Ameri
can and English admirals and her mas
sive and defiant form was hidden behind
a cloud of smoke as she steamed slowly
to her place near the Russians. Behind
hfr came the Zeadler. a small gunboat
of 1,800 tons, and not unlike the Amer
ican vessels of her size, while the Kais
erin Augusta is 3,000 tons less than the
Blake and is not quite so formidable.
She is nevertheless the most modern
warship now in the fleet and presents
many points of interest even to those
who are not concerned with technical
details. Her captain speaks English
fluently and so do many of the o cers
and men. This is her maiden trip and
this is the third port she has visited.
As the day closed with the arrival of
Germany's iwo white cruisers, with it’ ;
the attending ceremonies, salutes from
' the fort Admiral Ghersrdi's flagship
and the exchange of civilities between
the new visitors and foreigners at anch
,or. so did the night begin with an enter
tainment at dinner of nil of the officers
in the combined fleet by Admiral Gher
ardi and our officers on the thirteen
■ ships that comprise the latest addition
to our new navy and which are now
lying at anchor as evidences of the
progress made in recent years towards
the rehabilitation of the long depleted
power of defense for the country s pro
tection from sea.
Tonight foreign officers to the number
of 700 are the country’s guests ami to
night the American officers are playing
the part of hosts. Our senior rear nd-i
miral entertained the' high command-!
iug officers and the junior officers did thor
! honors to their fellow ofl'o-ers on visiting
I the ships, wilu all r’t" Loi.v,’.. "Y rl .-c
! quette naval regulations provide .for
I such occasions.
I On account of the limited seating ca
' parity on any of our flagships for en
tertaining a largo number of officers al
once, and for the reason that no discrtm
iimt’on could be made, as would neces
sarily have to-be followed 111 giving two
or more dinners, which would have been
necessary in order to have dined all
the visitors of commanders rank. Soc
' relnrv Herbert determined to place the
despatch boat Dolphin at the disposal
of Admiral Gherardi for ibis purpose.
i Aceordmgly she was sent to the Nor
} folk navy yard, whore her cabins were
enlarged to sent fifty persons and her
interior fittintrs made as lavish and mag
nificent as those of the best of foteign
official yachts. So this evening when the
brilliant nssemblnt'e sat down to dinner
L with Admiral Gherardi it found the
. ship well suited for the occasion. Ihe
dinner was prepared with great care,
and the hosts as genial and courteous
as over graced a table
G illant old Admiral Ghorardi hsd given
orders to make the dinner the best, the
market around hero afforded, and the
served were brought with him
form) the different ports he entered on
bi< ’rip nrimml from California two
i months ago. The cabin of the Dolphin
presenter! a brilliant appearance when
i these guests of the government wore
: seated according to their rank in their
i respective navies, with Vice Admiral Sir
,t O. lionkins K. 8.. of the English
Hoot, on Admiral Ghorardl’s right, and
th- Russian captain, the next ranking
officer on his left. Assisting Admiral
Gbcrnrdi to entertain his guests wtc
■ th- cnmmand'ng officers of onr ships.
The dinner was given al: half past 7
i o'clock, and at that hour the gigs nml
steam barges from the foreign ships be
gan to arrive. The guests were attired
fit!! uniform, with side arms and all
the fiecoriipamying splendor of a naval
■ iffimer’s dross. They wore received by
: hrt n'lniiral. surrounded by his staff and
the captains of the whit- fleet. The ta
ble decorations were "l.iboruto and taste
ful. and consisted chiefly of the Amori
: -an colors blend-tl with those of Eng
i land, Russia, France, Italy and Hol
la.ml.
The menu carsl was unique and the
i engraving of the different courses was a
work of 1 art. Surmounting the card.
■ which was of pure white, with beveled
i edges of gobi, was bended a golden
I dolphin with a trident through itsGnoiitt)
I ami tail, an emblem of the ship's name.
Those who sat down with Admiral Ghor
urdi were Rear Admiarls B nlmm and
Walker, commanding the divisions ot
the fleet: Admiral Sir John Hopkins,
Flag Lieutenant Sanderruan of tllf
Blake, the commander of the fleet of
l the Tartar. Lieutenant Commander Mae
i Callister of the Partridge, t'aplajti Ham
ilton, of the Blake; Captain Holland, of
, the Australia; Cantain Rohqn. of the
I Magieienne: Captain Besiiitorsoff, of the
; General Admiral; Geptain Kruger, of
: the Rynda: Captain Ijobero. of the Gin
i v-inni Bansan: Cantain I'.trfail, of th°
I Jean Bart; Captain Arrienno, of the
| Van Siieyk; Captain Krantz, of the
Hussar: Captmin McGlennsy, of tile
Chicago; Conimiander Wilkesp- of the
Yorktown: C iptain Picking, of th-
Cha-’.-ston: Lieutenant Schroeder, of
Y-stviiis; Commander White, of the
• Concord: Lieutenant Fletcher, of the
Cushing: Colonel Frank, of rhe Army:
Flag Lieutenants Kilburn. Miller and
; Stanton: Chief of Sniff Bridgeman, of
I Admiral' Gbernnil's staff; Captain Bar
i ker. of the Philadelphia: Captain Casey.
| of the Newark: Cantain Higginson ot
I the Atlanta: Cantain Watson, of th-
I San Francisco: Lieutenant Commander
: AValker. of the Bancroft: Commander
> Bradford, ot the Bennington: Captail,
i Sumner, of the Baltimore, and Captain
i Potter of the Navy Yard at Norfolk.
The Hygeia was devoid of officers this
i evening on account of the entertainments
going on board the ships. While Admir
al Gherardi wined and dined the senior
i officers, the junior officers looked after
j the pleasure of the junior officers of the
other foreign ships. Each ship was des
ignated to entertain the officers of some
other vessel and thus every officer on
board a foreign ship in tlie roads, ex
cept the Gt rmans who arrived too. late
to Im- invited, wore the guests ot" the
American nnvy this evening at what was
perhaps the most noticeable gathering
of naval officers that has ever before
in the histoiy of the country sat down
to so many hospitable tables as a na
tion's guests.
The dininr by the fleet had its effect
upon the customary gaiety of the hotel.
There were few officers ashore this even
ing aud for once the army men and civ
ilians were forced to dance with the
girls and tohipornrily amuse them while
the blue-coated sailors acted ns hosts to
tlie visitors, As the day began with
brightness on all sides, so did it eno with
the most notable and brilliant series of
entertainments the American navy has
ever participated in. The Roads pre
sented the tippearnnce of it hugh Christ
mas tree lighted with different colored
lights: biit til 9 o’clock, when two thun
derous discharges from the American
and British flagships nnnouncetl taps,
they as quickly disappeared as the
sounds of tho guns and the harbor was
ufapped in darkness with the exception
of bright anchor lights to warn mer
chantmen nf the whereabouts of the
sleeping warships.
PIU£MI>F.NT DAVIS’ BODY.
It Will tie in State in Atlanta on May the
Twenty-Ninth.
Atlanta, Ga., April 18.—It. was an
nounced today that the body of Jeffer
son Davis, will lie in state hero on the
29th of May while en route to its final
resting place at Richmond. It is ofli
cially announced by the committee of
the Fulton county Confederate Veterans
Association, of which Mr. Davis was
one of two honorary members, Henry
\V. Grady being the other, that the
body would leave New Orleans on tlie
night of May 2.Bth, accompanied by an
escort from the Louisiana veterans.
Moutgonic y will be reached early on
the mofning of the 29th. The fuucrsl
train will arrive in Atlanta about 4
o’clock on the afternoon of the 29th
and the body will be conveyed to the
state capital,' where it will remain until
about 7 o’clock, leaving at 8 o’clock for
Richmond. Xhe Confederate Veterans’
Association will in a body meet the
funeral train mid accompany the re
mains to the cnpitol and back to the
depot. The committee will go on to
Richmond with the committees from
New Orleans and Montgomery.
THL SHERIFF WAS SHOT.
But Continued the Pursuit Until Ho Finally
Fell.
Marianna. Fla., April 18. —Deputy
SheriQ' I’ope Gray was killed yesterday
in attempting to arrest Andrew Fergu
son for selling liquor without license.
Ferguson was also wounded. Gray and
two men were coming along the road
iu pursuit of Ferguson. Suddenly the
two parties met or came in sight of each
other. Ferguson was aceinnpauied by
one Conrad. As soon as Ferguson* saw
Gray am' his posse he commenced firhyt.
Gray v i .(hot iu the abdomen, but not
I i-lL'i , wouiujod followed up Ker-
; gusoiT-of.wWiiuilly firing' until he fell
I from the} effect of his wound. Gray died
a short, time afterward. Ferguson, it is
said, escaped into Alabama. Sheriff Fin
layson lei’t hero this morning to hold an
inquest over Gray’s remains. It. is re
ported flint Ferguson is wounded in the
back, bin this is not generally believed.
The affair took place iu the country
many miles from here.
ANOTHER FEARFUL CYCLONE.
'1 he Wires are Down and Particulars Can
not Be I.earned.
Topeka, April 18. —Report riinclied
this city tonight that a cyclone passed
■three miles east of Osage City at 5
o’clock this afternoon, doing great dam
age. One woman is known to have been
killed and a number of persons injured.
The wires are down and the full extent
of the damage cannot-be learned.
A later report brought in by railroad
men says thflt Osage City was badly
damaged by the cyclone and that four
persons are known to have been killed.
THE MURDERER ESCAPED.
Atlanta, G , April 18.—Three police
officers and a negro murderer had a des
perate struggle early this morning. In
! it quarrel yesterday Lee Thomas and
Steve Catchings, draymen, quarrelled
I and Thomas struck Catchings with a
crow-bar. Later Catchings died. Thom
as escaped, but when it was announced
this morning that Catchings had died
a vigorous search was begun. He was
j found in a house shortly before day-
I light. Three policemen were in the
1 room with him and he was dressing
when suddenly he put out the light and
i n -uie :i dash for liberty. A desperate
: struggle followed both in the house
I ami 'in the street. The negro was
I boate.n and the officers more or loss
. hurt, but the negro finally made his
, csoiipe, although seventeen shots were
fired.
SEVEN KILLED.
Little Rack, Ark., April 18.—News
1 was received here today of a fearful
cyclone in Fourche Valley, Scott county.
The town of Bowles was almost en
! tirely destroyed. Seven persons were
i killed and a large number injured.
The path of the storm was half a mile
i in width and everything was swept l»-
l fore it. The bodies of a number of the
- killed were carried over half a mile by
1 the storm. It. is impossible to get full
■ particulars, but it is known that, at
i least seven persons wore, killed and the
1 number may be much larger.
OFF FOR ROME.
Berlin. April 18.—Emperor William
started today for Rome. Before visiting
the Pope on Sunday the emperor will take
| luncheon wul) the ’ Prussian minister.
I Cardinal Ledochowski. as prefect of the
‘congregation of the propaganda, should
be present nt the luncheon, but. in view
of his relations to tlie Prussian govern
ment during the culktiirknmpf, his pres
i ence is regarded as doubtful.
DIN AMITE - EXPLOI > ES.
Minneapolis, April 18.—While some
■ men in a blacksmith shop at Lower to
day were engaged in breaking up a lot
•of old gas pipe with a steam hammer
an explosion took place which killed
three men and injured nine others, two
of whom will die. It is supposed there
was a quantity of dynamite in one of
the pieces of pipe.
MORE CHOLERA.
Paris, April 18. —Cholera has broken
out lignin iu the lunatic asylum in Quitn
per, department of Finistere. Five pa
, tients have died of the disease.
THE UNIVERSAL
SUFFRAGE ACT.
The Brussels Chamber Passes the
Bill.
The Revolutionists Have Gained
a Victory.
It Is Believed that the Disorders Will
Oeaso.
Brussels. April 18. Tn the Chandler
of Representatives. Beernaert, premier. *
congratulated the gendarmes and civic
guard on their success in coping with
disorder. The government would guar- ;
antce, Boermiort dcelareil. to maintain
order. The premier intiuiiited that the
reports on proposals for the revision of
the constitution would be debated to- 1
morrow.
Rebou at once arose and reportrtl
that the Chamber should not wait until i
tomorrow, but should suspend its sit
ting in order ‘that preparation could be
made ready for the immediate presenta
tion and then assemble again at once |
to discuss reports. To this proposition
the Chamber agreed.
The agreement appeared to bo hastened
by the presence of an enormous throng
of people who crowded the precincts of
the Chamber, evidently very much exci
ted on the subject of universal suffrage
and resolute that there should be no
delay in considering that subject. The
approaches to that chamber were strong
ly guarded to prevent violence from
being done to obnoxious members. The
representatives reassembled after the
preparation of reports on the revision
of the constitution, and by a vote of
119 againstt 12. with 14 abstentions
from voting, adopted universal suffrage
with the provision for plural voting by
classes owning property, aecm-ding to
the amount, and situation of the prop
erty.
The cheers within the Chamber were
followed by prodigious acclamations
from the enormous crowd that awaited
the result of the voting outside the
I Chamber. The greatest enthusiasm was
displayed everywhere, ami the people
joined in the jubilee in honor of the
great triumph which they hud achieved.
It is expected that the decision in
favor of universal suffrage will have
an allaying effect upon the popular ex
citement and agitation, wh’eh hud rapid
ly been stssuming the dinjeti-mms of
general insurgency. A day of the terri
, ble uprising or -the people, similar to
I the French revolution in its resistless
rage against privilege and power, had
tlie effect of bringing the officers of the
t’haiuber of Representatives around to
the popular side. There is no donnt t:i
many minds that had not the Chamber
acted promptly there would have been
a revolution in Brussels.
In view of the action of the deputies,
the labor leaders resolved at ti meeting
I held this evening to advise the abnn
donmeut <)f a general strike. At the same
' time ' iiev decided to th" 'peh-ib'
a manifesto against the Nyssen 9:11
which proposes a combination of plural
I voting and universal suffrage. The lead
■ ers will urge the people to follow tip
! their victory by agitating unceasingly
for universal suffrage, pure and smnde.
i The police and workingmen have had
i several encounters this evening and six
i rioters have been seriously injured. me
lerthelcss the "nd of the riots is believed
|to be nonr. The decision of the labor
| lenders to abandon the strike Ims pro
-1 duecd a general feeling of relief. The
| police have worked night and day and
! are completely exhausted. Were the
strikes and riots to continue a few days
more, the preservation of order would
be left entirely to the military, as the
police could not endtirb the strain forty
ciglit hours longer. Many arrests of soc
ial’sts are reported from the provinces.
Anl'vi'i-n. April IS. -Strikers today «-t
km" fire 490 bales of cotton on Quat_ tin
i Rhii). and when the gendarmes arrive!
ith" n’"'i were busy spreading the fire
while the firemen were fighting it. There
can be no question that the strike at
•Antwerp will have a deridedly depress
'Th" most serious disturbance that has
loccurred todav is reported from Bour-
I gorliout. a village n short distance from
| Antwerp. Many candlemakers are eni
l ployed in the villain', and a. majority of
them have joined bhe movement in favor
of universal suffrage. Those who re
mained at work were attacked by the
strikers today, and troops were culled
upon to p'oteot the workers and restore
order. There was no moral force in
| their tippea rance, and they resorted to
th" baymet charge. Four strikers were
killed, and fifteen receives! more or loss
serious bayonet thrusts. It is certain that
j some of the wounded will die. Great,
excitement prevails in the village, aqtl
the strikers threaten vengeance for the
death of their comrades. Here, as in
other parts of the country, the men are
in many instances spurred on to riot by
the women.
At the meetings of the strikers in and
' around Ghent, this evening, resolutions
j in favor of resuming work tomorrow wore
i passed. The tavo men injured in the
I Mons riot died this evening. Altog>'h"r
I seven men have died i'n Mons of injuries
received in the suffrage riots.
THE TREATY STILL IN FORCE.
London, April 18. —In the House of
Commons today Sir Edward Grey, par
liamentary under secretary of the
Foreign Office, stated, in response to
question, that the treaty between Great
Britain ami Nicaragua, signed in March.
1889, guaranteed to British subjects
the “most, favored tuition" treatment n
regard to any canal, radway or »>thcr
mode of transit that might he establi .lied
in Nicaragua. Ratifications of this
treaty hud not been exchanged, however,
and therefore the treaty was not in
force. S‘r Edwin added that nothing
had occurred between the two coun
tries to invalidate the Clayton-Bulwcr
treaty.
HONORING THE DUKE.
New York. April IS.r—This was a day
of receptions for bis grace, the Duke of
A'eragua and his party. Tlie program
prepared upon the arrival of Christo
pher Columbus’ descendant called for
two official receptions, one in the morn
ing and the other in the afternoon.
Everything was carried out as planned.
At the City Hall the freedom of the
city was formally tendered to the Duke
by Mayor Gilroy.
SECURITIES COMING IN.
New York, April 17.—The securities of
the Richmond Terminal system have been
coining iu to Drexel, Morgan & Co.’s
banking house all day for deposit under
their Invitation of April 12, 1893. Charles
Coster, of the firm, said that at the rate
they had been received It would require
only two or three days to accumulate the
required amount of different shares.
TERMS $1 PER YEAR.
DEATH OF ,M A.J. SI’!:EK.
A rrainliwnt ami Hnnnrril *rory;laii Vnswcx
to ll |h Kc*.
Allnnta. Ga.. April is. - Maj. Daniel
X. Speer, president ■ f the Expo <ltl >u
Cotton Mills, d.vd inda.v. lie has been
prominent : n bnsine.s and politicnl cir
cles in G".it;.-.a. During the war he
served on ih" d.ilf of Gen. John B.
Gordon nnd n ftcrw.i rd - on the staff of
fl<|ii. S B. Buckner. He was treasurer
nf the state for several years. Since
then he Ims devoted his time to large
business interests here in Atlanta and
lit several nthc- points in the state.
Daniel N. Speer wits born in South
Carolina on Juno (>. 18,'Jti. His father,
Mr. John Sneer, was one of th" most
prominent citizens of Troup comity, ami
was an extensive planter and farmer.
When the war betwen the stales v is
declared Col. Sneer's father was among
the fil'd to enter the Confe lerntc service,
in which he lost his life in the latter
part of the war.
Col. Spoor was also in tlie war, ami
did much good service for the Confed
erate cause.
Tn the tvtrly mirt of the wnr C<4l.
Speer married the dnughter .of Dr.
Joint F. Moreland, who was one of the
most prominent and distinguished citi
zens of Georgia.
Soon itlier t'id. Speer's victory over
Renfroe fur state treasurer, he r -niovitl
to Atlanta, whore ho hits since been.
Col. Si>eor defeated Mr. Renfroe by a
nwiority of 97.0(K).
After the war, Col. Speer practiced
law in the firm of Speer A Speer, at
LaGrange, and gained considerable rep
utation as a legal practitioner.
After his retirement as state treasurer
ho was elected president of the Expost
Hon mills, which position he has fillca
for the Inst six years.
Col. Spoor is a man of whom a friend
can loan in emergency. His oarnost.
sincere and hearty support of whatever
he believed to bo right is among the dis
tinguishing portraits of his noble clmr u--
ter.
('n.. Speer is well connected in Atlan
ta and. in fact, all over the state. He
is a director in the G -orgia Railroad ami
Ranking Company. vice-president of the
LaGrange Rank and Trust Company,
director in the Atlanta National bank,
the Bank of Carrollton. Bank of Monroe,
Ga.. the First National bank, of New
nan. the Newnan National bank, be
sides being nt present president of the
Atlanta cotton mills.
lie is a go >d citizen and his memory
will be honored among his fellow men.
JACKSON SE< 1 RED SPO.OOO.
How Redwine Cashed ill.* checks tor which
U> re Were No Deposits.
Atlanta. April 18.- An evening paper
prints today what is said to be the side
stance of the statement made by Lewis
Redwine relative to bis defalcation in
the Gate City National bank. The sub
stance of the statement made to his own
attorneys and others and I'epated by sev
' era! witnesses before the grand jury is
I understood to be that Cobb .Jackson ob
tained from him upwards of $90,000.
Th. li'-t an.mint was tiirN-d ‘over to
Jackson in the summer of 1891. when
lie needed money to put. into the Atlanta
and Florida railroad deal. At that time
he received from SO,OOO to $7,000. In
November of the same year it is claimed
Hie go;. $9,000 or $lO,OllO more to bo
used partly for the iiime purpose, and
partly to make bonds in the railroad
case.
Jackson, it is alleged, would come to
Redwine and get money, leaving him bis
note or check, generally the latter, to
cover the amount. Most of the money
was obtained by Jackson in 1892; none
in 1893. For these large sums Redwine
had only Jackson’s paper. This he kept,
in his private drawer at the bank, and
before his flight most: of it was taken
out and burned. To cover up the short
age Redwine would borrow from other
banks and held out deposits in making
up the account of his cash.
The above is of course only based
upon the statement made by Redwine
and as before intimated, there may
evidence which would put another face
lon the transact ion, could it be ascer
'tained.
EIGHT HT’NDREI) LOBBYISTS.
Madison, Wis., April 18.—The most
i remarkable and largest lobby that ever
i journeyed to Madison to pass or kill
la bill arrived hero shortly after noon yes
i terday. It consisted of eight hundred
■ citizens of Waukesha, who went to plead
with Governor Peek to veto the pipe
, line bill which passed both branches of
■the legislature by a lure majority. All
, the banks closed ait 10 o'clock at Wau
: keshn. and the entire population cheered
the train as it pulled out of the depot.
I They simply overran the state house and
cornered (fvemor Peck, who assur- d
' them that, ho would carefully consider
the bill.
SAM CONVERTS 2,409.
. Bowling Gr en, Ivy., Apr! 18.—A religious
wave has swept over Bowling Green and
has carried everything before It. The most
I hardened sinners have become converts
I and the most interesting results have fol
i lowed. Sam Jones was hired by some ot
j his admirers to coin" to th s city and res
| cue it from its dentil of sin. For $2,500 lie
‘ undertook the job and seems to have
earned his money. He preached ten days
, and during that time mor • than 2.400 peo
pie made profess'ons. Three hundred of
the number jo’ned various churches Sun
day, being baptized last night. Besides
the work of convi rting sin lers . the Geor
g n evangelist inaugurated a great moral
I wave against liquor.
FASTED A MONTH.
Pittsburg, April 18. Miss Mollie Neal
son, the young woman faster, completed
her fast of fir'rfy-one days, thereby win
ning Sl.tMMi. She w'-ghed 2<"2 pounds at
the beginning and I’H ait the end. For
several days past she has been unable
to sit mi. Yesterday -he had a bad faint
ing spell and temporary heart failure.
A BLOCK IN ASHES,
Plymouth, Mich., April 18.— Fire was
discovered about midnight in George
Vandecar’s barber shop ami at 3 o’clock
’ Illis morning the leading business block
of the town was in rums. The losses
aggi-'gate between S.’io.oOO and $(1O.OOO.
i '’Hie origin of the fire is believed to be
incendiary.
TO EXILE HEBREWS.
London. April 18.—The Russian He
! brew committee in this city has advices
■ from St. Petersburg that the minister of
the interior has ordered the governors
:of Livonia and Courland to expel all
Hebrews from those two provinces before
Inext November Ist. More than 30,000
i Hebrews will be expelled under this
I order, and will be driven into the over
| crowded towns within the pale.