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©he ttfakltL ChronicLc. 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.