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Somo of the Measures That Are Likely to Como Dp for Considera tion This Session. RULES COMMITTEE KOT DECIDED The flout* SoiiIob Today Apt to Bo LKUo Int«rcat—Hardly a of Members Will Bo Proaant at Opening Boll Call, WaShhvgton, Dec. 2.—At 12 o'clock tomorrow (Monday, December 3.) tihe v house at retpresenltlves will convene la tlie third Bird final session of the fifty- third consrecs. When its term runs out at jioon on the 4th bf March, next. It will (have been in seeston for fifteen months, divided as fid lows: From Au gust 7, 1893. to November 3, 1893; from December 4, 1893, to, August 28. 1894, and from December 3, 1894, to March 4, 1895. The attendance of members on opening day Is not expected to number much more than it as muoh as n quo rum; indeed toe record of arrivals at the poatoffice of toe house up to last wislht was far Short of a majority. For o day br two, however, it i3 more than probable there nvilil be no absolute ne cessity for toe presence of a quorum. Besides BStenttniff to toe reading of the message of toe president. It (3 not like ly toait anything else will be done to- mttrow. The house may hear the an nouncement Of the death of Hon. Myron B. Weight, latte a representative from the Fifteenth district of Pennsylvania, who was re-aiectad to toe ftjty-fourtlh cengrtss, and died tour days after the election. No programme of business has been arranged by toe co.nmlltltee on rules. Mr. Outh'walte. one of the majority mambers of toe committee, had not ar rived in toe ofty yieatarday. Speaker Orlsp and Mr. Catohlngs had not can- suited toe minority members, Messrs. Reed and Burrows. A meeting of the comnidititee wiH be held after toe ad journment tomorrow, and they will doubtless agree upon some line of ac tion. Among toe hills that are likely to come up are the Nicaragua ottnal hill end toe bill to permit the railroad com panies fth pool passenger and freight bititin-sss under regulations by the inter state eoromecc committee. Tito con tested dScetlon case of Williams vs. Set tle., from toe Fifth North Carolina d's- trict. which was poeboned from last ees- elonffy agreement, will also be brought up, but toe results of the late elections have dlvesteid tt of Interest. Aside from toe regular appropriation bills, '.therefore, toe-re Is not much busi ness In ’sight tout is likely to receive tliial or decisive action.' A new finan cial policy, the recent bond issue, and the Investigation of Judge Ricks of the United Sta-teo court, Dram the Ninth district of Ohio, in relation to his ac tion as clerk of toe court, will doubt less be diaoueeed. Chairman Sayers of the appropria tion committee says lie will have the pension ana i-oruiicatlons bills on the cn.enOar of tne nouse early In tue w-cCK, and that If no other important business presents itself for consldera- itiun the house will send them to the senate before the week clostu. The pen sion mil is now ready to be t re potted, ana tne mini meeting of tne suu-com- imttee having in cnarge tne fortifica tion bill wt.l be held at 11 ° clock to morrow, at which time Gems, bcnofield aunt Batcliellor will be preseat lor ex- antinut'iou. Gen. Schoueid of toe ord nance board and Gen. Batcnclor huve suomined somo estimates for work lit ]t ort (Monroo. work for the senate, The senate oalendur containing 145 bt Is and resolutions that nave been reported by committees, many of them measures that are of great Importance a.«u wnicli will be urged tor aouon as soon as the senate can get at them, most important among tnesc from a political point of view are the four eeraluS “ I UUIl' ’ tUl'ltt blllS, Sent ■Washington, Dec. 2.—By direction of the president, Secretary Laraont has made an order remitting the .mexp red Portion of the sentence of Brlg.-Uen. Swayne, Judge advocate general of the army, and directing film to -take sta- '•on in Washington City to await' tbo farther orders of iho department. It Is understood that Con. Swayne ■will be placed on the retired! list on the 22d Inst, when he reaches the age of sixty-two years, and that In the meautimo ho will to* granted leave of absence, Gen. David C. Swayne was appointed Judge advocate general by President Garfield in 1SS1. In 1SS4 he was court- martlalod upon oharges growing out of tlie transactions with a firm ol stock brokers and suspended for ten years. During this time he has resided nu'etly In this city. WANTS FREE SHIPS. Commissioner Clsumbrelaln Argues Very Strongly In His Report. ^“Wngton, Nov. 2,-Tho annual report of Commlss oner of Navigation Chamber- lain is mainly an argument for free ships, *“»• of the United states and other nations. Only six American steamships, including the New Yorkend Paris, crossed the Atlantic, and only seven the Pacific last year, while i™ 7 ? New York and Philadelphia Mono tbtrty-three steamships, mainly new steel vessels, owned by Americans, crossed regularly to Europe under foreign flags. American enterprise, be says, is essen tially in advance of the law. for Ameri cans own more steamships forbidden by the registry law to wear American colors than they own steamships in foreign trade under the stars and stripes. He Recognizes the Senth as the Home Germany Is Expecting Few of of Americanism in Rhis | Things Which She Has Country, j v Most Desired. BAHEN MAY DIE. Operation to Be Performed as a FlnaJ Resort Washington, Dec. 2.-The condition of B&hen, the captain of the Georgetown college football eleven, who was so se verely hurt in the game with the Colum bia Athletic Club on Thanksgiving day, remains about the same. The spine is fractured and the pressure on the spinal cord has produced paralysis from the chest down. He will be moved from the college dispensary tomorrow and taken to a hospital, where an effort will be made to remove the fractured pieces of bone. The operation is to be made as a last resort and his recovery is doubtful. The other players who were injured in the same game are either entirely recov ered or out of danger. CARPENTER HAS SAILED. Washington, Dec. 2.—Soi-euiry Her bert this morning received a cablegram from Admiral Carpenter, dated Naga saki, stating that no n-nl silled from that port with it s-Hag shp, tlia Balti more, for Taku, via Chee Foo. distance Is about too miles. The CLEVELAND IMPROVING. Washington, Dec. 2,-Presldent Cleve land Is reported tonight to have so far improved that he will be able to resume his duties at the White Haase tomorrow. Secretary Gresham visited the president at Woodley this afternoon and took short drive with him. KOLB'S FURTHER PLANS. Will Exercise the Duties of Governor Far as He May. Montgomery, Dec. 2.-A meeting of the ■ u P*> r ‘* r » °f ton claimant Reube nF? Kolb has been called to take place to. w ’ h ? n u ls proposed the future proceedings tor pushing the claim bf Kolb . bo outlined. The conduct of Mr. Kolb in taking the oath yesterday has not * >e !i n *^ s ' rc f? ,l) *® t0 supporters and the efTect is something of a snlit as the result of hit. over from the house at the close of last 6ttssi<Ai and reported favorably to the senate on Aug. 20. Mr. Jones of Ark- ausis and Mr. Harris of too finance committee have said tbat they intend- ed to cat! these bills up, and especially toe sugar bill, at toe earliest possible moment, but It ls not likely that they will urge them during toe first week. As It now stands on the senate ca.«i dar, toe house bill providing for free sugar was atr ended by toe senate finance committee by Imposing a duty of 40 per cent, on all sugars. The bouse bill providing for free cool was amend ed by toe senate finance committee by imposing a duty on bituminous coal when imported from any country that levies a duty on American coal (this being understood to be directed chiefly against Canada). The house bill admit ting Iron ore free was reported by toe senate finance committee without amendment, but toe fourth Mil, as Co free barbed wire, was reported by a substitute providing for toe admission not only of free barbed wire But of the materials which might enter tato Its manufacture. In view of the recent complications at Bluefields, Mr Morgan will take toe earliest opportunity to bring to the at tention of the senate his bill relating to he consruettai of the Nicaragua canal, which Be reported to tie sen ate so long ago as April 14. Thb. meas ure is bound to be the cause of much discussion, and will be champ'oned by Senators Morgan and Frye. There is thought to be but little doubt that It will pass toe senate, but ts fate in the house is surrounded by element* of doubt. . ’ The house bill to establish a uni form system of bankruptcy, which was favorably reported to the senate on July 31 last, will be a matter of earnest discussion. and toe anti-op tion bill may protrude Itself early in the session, Mr. Washburn being as zealous In its support now as he was when the bill was up for consideration in the preceding congress. This "was reported to the senate cm the 3d of August, and on the same day there was also reported the house Mils to admit the territories of Arizona and New Mexico to toe sisterhood of states. Mr. Faulkner will endeavor to add these new stars to the flag before the Fifty-third congress dies. the result of his plan of action so far determined upon , has becomo public. The intention of Kolb Is to pcrfprm all the Wta-in"?.#. Savernor so far as he may. He wl l Indite and send to tho legislature m f 9sa 3«. and at the proper time he will give to Warron S. Reese a certificate of election as United States senator from Alabama and will Issue similar credentials to the four or five contesting congressional candidates Governor Oates will sign the certificates of the gentlemen declared to be elected mid it is tho calculation of Mr. Kolb that Republicans and Populists in the house will seat Che contestants and thereby vir tually recognise Mm as tho proper gov ernor. In order to prevent this lino of notion a bill hns been prepare dby Repre sentative Knight of Hnle county to go before the legislature Immediately upon Its assembling entitled. "An act to pre vent any attempt at usurpation of public office.*' Tho troops have all left the city and everything Is qniot. Neither Oates or Kolb appeared on the streets today. JOHN BURNS AT NEW YORK. England'* Labor Leader Welcomed to American Shores. New York. Dec. 2.—John Burns, M. P„ snd representative of the amalgamated labor In England, arrived here today on the steamer Etruria. Samuel Gompera, president of the American Federation of Labor, and a couple of local labor lead ers, went down the bay on the revenue cutter and boarded the big liner at quar antine to receive the noted Englishman. Ths real welcome, however, did not oc cur until Mr. Burns reached the pier. There hundreds of members of trades unions escorted him to the Columbia ho tel. On his way up West stree tmany stevedores who had worked on the Lon don docks recognised their champion, and, grasping his hand, saluted him with •'Good luck to you, John.” Mr. Bums commented on these incidents later at hts hotel and spoke of the pleas, ure be experienced when he was remem bered and addressed so familiarly by those ho had known In the old days, , Mr. Bums Is accompanied by David Holmes, a London labor leader, who, with Mr. Burns, comes to this country as the representatives of the trades union .congress party of England to attend the annual congress of the American Federa tion of Labor at Denver, which begins December 10. DR. BARBOUR DEAD. Richmond, Va., Dec. 2.—Hon. B. John- aon Barbour died at his home tn Bar- bourvtlle. Orange county, this morning In the 76th year of his Ufa The de- cessed was a ion of Governor Barbour of Virginia, who was also minister to the court of St. James. He served In the general assembly of Virginia and took a deep Interest In public attars, but was more widely known as a brilliant orator owing to his high literary attainments. REFINERIES RESUME. Brooklyn, Dec. 2.-Resumption of work at the sugar refineries In the easter dis trict, which recently shut down, was be gun tonight when at 6 o'clock 609 men were sent to woik and ton more were put on at midnight. Tomorrow It Is prom ised 1.300 additional men will be given employment. THE NEGRO’S VOTING POWER, DR. MIQUEL’S PLANS FOR REFORM He Thinks the Enfranchisement of the Prince of Wales' Visit a Topic of Orest Negro Warn a Great Mistake to Be Interest—Some Incidents of the Life Thoroaahty Regretted—Tho of tl.e Prince,. Ol.m.rcL Loyalty of the Soath. . The Tariff on Grain. NorwTork, Dec. 2.—The Rev. Madison Berlin, Dee. 2.—The speech from toe O. letors of too Bloomlngdale church, throne has been finally revised, and Is Cn a prelude to his sermon this evening. In the form in_whldh to* emperor will said: “Hnvng reoently spent a few reald “ to toe' deputies next Wednea- ■weeks Ih too South, I feel It to bo my day- 11 0001111,18 to* usual declarations duty publicly to admit that 1 had un- ,hat Cftrtnuny enJoys ^lcndly relations t:i I enlarged my Information by per- S* Jt"2" and the “P Ira ' «oo« ,• . y «<>na of all Europe eoem to point to son-rt observation, an entrely erroue- the maintenance of peace. A sympa- ous Idea of the South, and I tako this thetlo reference to Alexander iii.'s means plibltcly to apologize for tlioso I death ls about the only noteworthy uncharitable,. thoughts. My lectures I ' ealure °C toe paragraphs concerning were on American lines and my pious forciffn "ftoirs. Touching domestic poll- for lntenser Amerleaulsm and mom I -* “?■ * mtwror ^ ‘ho ontouslasr-c loyalty to American Pleas. ZSlJTtoo as laid down by tho founders of our and that,ths full strength of the law repubho, met ©voryivheru with tho bo exe'rtgd 1 to control the socialists heartiest response. If the iocsn of war agitation. ■ should be sounded, a foreign foo In- He wi>l express hops that too reieh- vade our sliores, or an insurrectionary |; 8tU8 ' * ive tho government the body arise in our midst, a mill on men, neQa ® d »wjvport to these ends. He will armed to the teeth, would coino from nmncUX roform8 the South and rally round tho Bag of tr *h. t0 P iWe the flnanoes i z r “inr. true American part of our nation to- workingman's Insurance and measU4 day, because of tbo 1mm station which relieve the agricultural distress twill ls now weakening and undermining tho bo »Huded to briefly. The recent min- foundaCons of our society. Rebel! ,ster ‘ al cH»is, which everybody would TiUt word must henceforth not be U1 ™. t0 hav<1 ^Plained, will be Ignored, spoken. I believe that the South today ‘} ue * tIon of passing n memorial grasps the hand of tho North iu a fel- “ ooooe 1 rnln * Alexander HI. lomsb-p which has la ,t no misgiving thT S. Zttl^Eu^f CT nor deceit. The public meu of tne aa usual, opposes anything that tho South are not, as with us, "professional government advocates, and aavs m hi. foreigners, who have made public Frelssinulge Zellung that the Jim offices a public steal. Tue Southern tion win be u«ain«?..ii LI . ^ men in public office are patr.otlo uud the death© of for* ‘ P en ‘?' as uevoted, consc.ent.ou.lv American in.i ,. . oC fore 'gn sovereigns here- pc.BOnally tlie embodiment of lutegri b l' et ‘ merely “ unouncftd ,0 ty. But you say they don't believe u , v f rrichstag in ^aae Jt was la session, negro UomlnaCon. Neither do we honn. ^»'^ e ® overnme “' will try to North. We bel.evo -n too negroes fill- memory d«plte too chfs be 6 °nT in 1118 S0Utl1 - EufInn - P ° l8s remaps In doubt tK" In fistic J} ® ® “ U me V'-Sroee Immediately democra.ts mad mdlcnL are in after the.r emincip.tc.on was practical- lMglle to defeat the election of Herr ly one of the greatest mistakes rnailo bc Ptorident of tbo by any free government, in many nil . S b i 10 Previous session counties and states too colored voters von r ,he b 5 UEO will be: Herr dre lu toe majority and a ride woiUS take toe government. Ne- Dr. Bueritlia. fecond vlceJ)resident * ’ giodommarion will mean white dam- dr; MiqShS' ‘“The solid South is broken, and will & break more and more If they, are let I will i» Jk. driquel’e reform prwGM's alone. But .Jet the n^xt congress agl- are un- * a ° rce bill and self defense will I t0 lb * : . Tbe b®Me«Uon of ihe sol dlfy the South again. 2“? r *® ultlr <»nt«-ibu«ons to toa impe- “A suffrage limited to an educafonal tbereTc w U ™i«h f °„ r f noah * r year - « D, J qualification is the on.y solutionoftho But Illiteracy s net ««*« at the Tttmo toe ncS- confined to the South. Our Northern I 1 *®* ««ulation- o*f uhe amount of fu- c.t.es. are thronged with foreigners as tu Ii ^, eraIJ coiitratouUon. Jml^oile In the r Iguorauco and d^- tArXtt <3Q NH&v*Uy6» do not graded In their morals as wore tluf tab^ f'avp 1 ^. lihouyn they will :• *• “enaco SS^f ee Institutions. I agriculture, with a novel projent which be tot mire would solve toe problem of ANOTHER BANK ROBBED egiUcultuKH diritrea?. He nislos tout the ■— ‘ gpvenameat buy OJrmom grain, grind It This Time the Defaulter Was a Geonrla. 2“ ‘ e ’'' v ? r '"’ m , em mUH aWd sell the pro- born Brooklynite ** v Uct aibroal<s . Jbe small grain growers, ynite. - h * «iyo, would be thus ausured Of an Brooklyn, Dec. 2.—Another Jharkct and higher priced. Tho Mtlon with ^ pl i ,n ' btla b ? m f03olved In silence at the ., , many or tho curious (eaturoa mfnjjitry of agriculture. Which have distinguished those In the The Gther'propodaJs of too Agrarians, Chemical and in too Shoe and Leather I ? uc 1' 08 fisher protection for sugar, Banks in New York camo to light ve. celB . grain, and slmiilar fiinm p.-oducts, *®, r . d ? y - 10 this Iasi Instance thedts’t'n- bawe tbten treated In ttit samt manner. fmS n , S m ea L ure . 18 the ‘mallness of the Emperor WUiiam has amount the bank will lose, but as In the Nmited Hanwnersien's activity to toe ?‘Jf r •wo c “«“. according to the at lea mll,tar y plan at canal* which he • t ^ cm ' tho shfity hank official bc 'I , es to ouft to rough several Prussian nrui bathing from his wrong doing, I districts. The©e canals would benefit toe ”,?" cy v , whloh was taken from fanning tnbeiwstB greatly, but toe Agra- of Y h ~ lnt0 th ® pockete Mans do not think much 6f them, tional FrtSl* J‘“"« facturers ' Na- , Tho antll-Semltco. wtho hailed with de- SSSbmvr Broadway, Wll- lght toe confing of Hohenlohc and Kel- exJSJd 27'sm totofmh ^r Untnot to Mf' b( - ain nfistnust both, and expn'ss keener. ‘i" h 0011 - ,,nlrh! *’ » ba ‘ much more is to be had connected wtto the 2 een wm mer - 'ban from toe hated yea£and hi. a'comSfic. C , f “ priy !- ?’ he B0m l'°fil®' < *l newSpapsrs Moog, the son of a livery stable 1 kfSie?' « lve 1 * lbumla ?' fou*® f° 0 ‘'his avulsion. Leltcb was discharged from th. a ’ ,lhe5 ' b ro '«SI strongly ttg.rini»t Jew threo months ago the shoruge mili bjl . Mo * 08 * »»*>*»“ practice. The came to light during the last week it <un,l ' s ‘ mlt * a mean tio test Hohenloho'o was exposed through the change In book- P"M!*>n by tnf rmluclng a bill forbid- keepers necessitated by Leltch's dtsmls- dlnB 1510 tmmtjratlon of Jews, cal'iedto uLk'hI' e .M t U nl, t i, , ? 0 il te *5 er . J as l ALBERT EDWARD'S VISIT, bean going on. The officer* or the bank 'oiZrifiaJay “‘iZ? 1 ® J* tatpectwl here hop. to recover the full amount and two mv|Z £«n N M™ any toys ago took steps In that direction. awoSldi£22? ijRli"* 1 the en WW President Loughran ot tho tank said P0 , UUfl8 " y®‘ now both tonight that he would prosecute both to^h-tikl? Mroleo ccevcur In Leltch and Moog, and it Is likely that f^ehor.v the printa has warrants for thel rarrest will be applied f^ r ™ e 5,' th *J^® ot meAlMor. Accord- for tomorrow. Leltch Is about 27 years *° ul'fa'tdhes from St. Petersburg, of age and was bom In Savannah. tho «» ar «nd czarina, sfleer visiting Co- peobegen In June, and Gsborno In July, »y w-ay of CRANDALL IN JAIL. „„„ „ — I Berlin. That toe ccmpcror does not look Bondsmen Give Up the Johnson City with pleasure on the tilrrm ot an Anvlo- . Bank President Ruwlvn tatentte Is self^vMent. His dls^ - I sa tisfaction has been Impressed by the Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 2.-J. E. Cron- S?°L r ' ut 7 vrt J? n * lvon 10 «>« Prince of dall,- president of the First National Bank Na 'P , «' In St. PotcrdbiitK. As a renre- - - ■ - KCMntiVl. Of TV In— It.—vtn. English agalnslt Russf8i*S trustier allies, the French." PRINCESS BISMARCK'S DEATH. Tne nawspjipers are tilled with toe de' tails of Priucess B-emavaK's dieatih. The Neuste Nuahrlchien Buys that during the sunny days in November she took long drives to ibid farewell to toe best loved cornea around Vartm. After Nov. 17 she did not leave her bed, although she lusistod upon direct ing her household to tho last. The old cnancetoc visited her bedside twice every night. He was taking a short rest tn his own room on too last night wtiou Dr. Schwcnmnger called him to her deathbed, A correspondent men- tlons lu the Neuste Naohrichteiu that tho princess never heard her husband speak In tne rdchstiig. “It would he too painful." she said "to ece him light ing men who wish him evil.” In times when rumore of plots to nssussnato her husband were especially numerous she was over fearful of an attempt to poison him. and prepared nil his food with her own hands. Tho correspond ence between them 1ms been reprinted to ehow their mutual devotion. Wher ever Blsmurck was, he would close the busiest day with a letter wishing her goodulghf. He would send her a bit of Jessamine from Peterhof, odshvclss from Gaateln and heuther blossoms from France. TAX ON AMERICAN GRAIN. Information from good sources lull cates that tne government thinks of levying prohibitory taxes on American cereals and timber unless congress modifies the tariff on German sugar. Such a measure would help lull toe oomplalnts of the agrarians against the reciprocity tariff Introduced by CU- privl. Tho socialistic democrats deputies WEI meet here on Thursday to consld- or too Bobet-Vullmar feud and ar range a programme of parliamentary action. GrtKenberger, Vollmur’s lieu- tenant, will advise his chief to maka a sacrifice to harmony and Llebknecht will try to pacify Rebel. Tho object ls to eleme up the ranks In too face of tbo common foe, even If permanent unity cannot be established. Tho peoplo of Dresden have decided to erect a statue to Blemarck In too Market place. Tho unveiling will tako place on Bismarck's 80th hl-rthday. Conferences of German railway em ployees have been held in Munich, Stuttgart, Oarlsruhe, Mayonco and oth er cities. All voted for toe stoppage of all freight train*, and most of the passenger trufoa on Sunday, so as to give the officials a day of rest. Tho South German governments favor the reform. The Vossleche Zoltung’s Toklo cor respondent suys that German is rapidly displacing English as tho principal for eign language In Japan. Tho Japanese minister of education has Issued a re script substituting German at tho head of the fcavgn languages 'taught la toe universities and high sohools. There * re seven German professors In the University of Toklo. The trial of Vbn* Kofze, the central figure In the anonymous Tetter scan- dal at court, la expected to end wtth an acquittal. The Austrian government has con cluded negotiations with the Roths- child syndicate for a loan of 76,000,000 florins, which" is required to complete the reform of too country. The syndi cate already holds tho greater part of tlie needed bullion. 0 CIVIL SERVICE KEI’ORT. A WMte Fanner Killed and His Daughter Shot by a Negro Villain. LEIGH’S BODY HACEED TO PIECES His Daughter Used a Shotgun md guvaA ths Lira of Hsrsalf and Hn Mathsr —rrosptat of s Lynching if tho Ntgro 1s Captured, of Johnson City, was arrested this sfter- noon on charges made by the New York correspondent of tho bank that Crandall had made false entries In their account. He was held in $5,000 bond, wMch he was unable to give. He was also under bond on two other oharges and last night his bondsmen gave him up and he will nrob- ably go to Jail. The condition of the tank, which failed two weeks ago. la tad. and creditors will not get over 20 per cent, on the dollar. SHERWOOD DIXON DEAD. Chlaogo, Dec. 2—Sherwood Dixon, the nowly appointed United States district at torney for the nprthern district of nil- nols, died today at hi* residence In liti* city of bronchial consumption. COUNTY TREASURER MISSING. Fort Worth. Tex.. Dec. 2.—Ex-Treasur er E. M. Phelps of San Augustin* county has beer, missing from bis home In Ran Augustine since November 17. The county safe I* locked and Phelps’ successor can not gain admlaalon. LYNCHED BY NEGROES. Ocala. Fla., Dec. 2.-U la reported here that a negro named William Jackaon waa lynched by negroea near here today. He hod ravished a negro woman. He had been arrested, but negroea took him from the officers and bung tun. ror?rnuV-, K i ns Husjih.rt'and the fu- in*. ?1S ‘ x> * w ,a <*« triple Allt- crown PMta® bar *v- *r y re S*-‘° ®*fi®Gt seme connldsra- yet ♦** wm net Invited to toe r ' ,m waa ‘°Uhd for Gen. BoWefflne arid Attrnlral Gervalse, Durlrt ? bl * short otnj ai 'Potsdam toe crown prince told the emperor a few tih!ng» shout the enube given him and toe cordiality ex tended to the Frowtomeu. If the Prince of Walen dlaplpanes the din- *L Ma . ‘ m ’Pre»ion lout by the crown prince d Story, he will do more than ever be torn ito supprivs bad feeling strong th© *k>wero. The sum!-official nevapagwj contlneu to treat toe Anglo-Ruastan UTleratind- lug as an Influence for peace and there- fore for the strengtoenlng of toa Triple AHaroe. The KseliAtahe Zeltung de- rtss existence of , definite agrae- most, hskltoj toot England Is merely feeling her may wtth Russia. The Novoe Vromya, recurring yester day to the subject at tue Anglo-Riwlsn undrr,standing, oonanetiled caustically. cm toe trttouslontle predictions of ihe London emits. "The stitemenM iFle*. Ing n clone WsnrisMp between England and Russia.' U oayr, "are incoherent bahMe. Ruprla derfros on entente with BnglMd s« regards the DanlanelFs.but never wouM became toe tool ’of toe Tbo Corffmtritom Hopes to itnnlly Per- foot All Dapartnuots. - Washington, Dec. 2.—Thu oloventh annual report of tho o'vil sei vioa com mission, which construe vely ls to ac company Fresldent Cleveland's mes- «ago tomorrow, but .which, like oilier documents, ls perp’.ttad to seo daylight beforehand, Cs to somo orient explan atory, but it Is also declamatory and aggressive. The commission stated that the folly of 4I10 misstatements Indulged In as to toe questions asked In tbo examina tions has (been so patent that they nro now rarely repeated. One of toe fa vorite untruths of tho spoilsmen, says tho report, Is that tho questions nro irrelevant and not practical, but as a matter of fact tho questions asked art practical and relevant to tho duties of tho positions sought. It Is not claimed that, under all circumstances, a system of competitive examinations would bo best for filling all positions, but what is claimed Is that under too existing conditions this system Is infinitely bet ter than too patronage system, which * fit present tho only nltornut.vft. In tho larger postofflees it is said that tho law is now better observed than It 1ms ever been before, nnd tho postofllco at 'Baltimore ls mentioned as one In which too Improvement Is shown nnd as affording an instance ot tho good done by tho commission’s investi gations. Tho Indianapolis postotnen .is also spoken of as one whlcU was very bad from a civil service putt ol view and which is now in perfect shape. IRwton and Chicago aro sad to do offices where tho Law. Is observed well. Tn too railway mall sorvico too law das boon absolutely served and nether appointments nor removals have been made for apolitical reasons. After speak’ng of too conviction or Postmaster Ickes of Newark, N. j„ and Internal Revenue Collootor Haney Kentucky for making political as sessments Cn tho presidential campaign of 1882, referenco Is made to too caso of C. H. J. Taylor, recorder of deeds for tho District of Columbia. 0r which n report ls now In tho bauds of tho president for aotlon. Of this the com- mission ssys: “In invest gating this caso too com mission was much stru 't by th<* condi tion of terrorism that obtained a tbo unclassified Oil service. In the* ser vice there Is no security of tenure. Removals aro made for purely political and personal reasons, snd there 1* an amount of corruption In consequence. In the tmciass’fled civil service nnd m the excepted place* at Wa»uhgnn tho conditions are as bad as ever. These evils will be largely cured by tha re cent extension of ton tlaxsiflcations In the departmental serv'oe.” Tho recent extensions, already trade irabtlo, aro stated in detail, with their effects, snd It Is said tlut there ate only a few 'mportant branches of the service yet unclassified. Nownan, Ga., Dec. 2.—A murder that has never been 6urpaw3d in devejleh design and Inhuman execution occurred hero last night. Tbo wildest scones of excitement" are' prevalent In Ncovnan nnd vicinity over too murder at in.d- night last of Mr. A. B. Le'.gn, a prom inent middle Georgia* farmer, and the shooting of his pretty 17-year-oil daugh ter, Miss iWfllto Leigh, by a negro farm iianTl, At mtuDlght Mr. Leigh was awakened by Joe Bean, n thriftless ne- gro laborer, who had been Irregularly, employed on too farm when on extra! hand was needed. Ho had loafed about the farm In toa intervals of labor. Un told Mr. Leigh that a tenant namrja Clem had been suddenly stricken and wanted some modlolno. Mr. Leigh gavo It to the negro to taka to Glean, but Bean refused, and tbo two men started off together. Fifteen minutes later Bean returned and told Mrs. Deign that her husband had seat for her to go to too. neighbor’s. Mrs. Leigh-grow, suspicious at tills point, as sho saw a pistol In tho negro’s hand. Ho brushed Into too house. Tho negro refused to leave when ordered and tho daughter grabbed a double-barreled gun and lev-i eled tt at-Blm. Ths negro aimed bis weapon nfltl fired. Tho young lady fired the noxt Instant and again the reports of tho negro's pistol rang out. Ho then turned nnd fled, tho young lady firing after him. 'One of tho negre’a elm's took offecfln Miss Leigh's face, mak- tag a serious wound, but, still plucky, she went out and arousal tho neigh bors. A search - of fifteen minutes resuilted In finding 'Mr.'Leigh’s body, hacked to ptcres, less than fifty ynrda from tho residence. His head was crushad in nnd almost severed from his b'«ly by knlfo cuts In .toe nook. Tbo chest nnd neok were butchered with n knife or .razor in a manner that Indicates tbo work of a madman. Tbo mutilation of too head was something fearrril. An gry citizens set.out to search for tho negro. Thoy searched all day but have not found him. -They 1i.lvo found tracoa of him nt several places, and it n ? fc bo ^Wls'ngr if a jyochlnjr talsea place. Tho peoplo of tho entJro ccuhfy.' aro Jn a terrible srac-e cf oxcltemout. fire at tifton. *?“• new residence, About com- 01u * bt fire tills rooming Inelde a partition and yr»» burned very badly. Tho loft* I* about $1,000, covered by Insurance. Slrt? ^ re ' lrobab 'Y eft Incendiary orl- ARiffSnCB LIKELY. HISTORIAN FROUDB'S WILL. London. Dec. 2—The will of James An. tbony Froudo orders that all hli literary papers be destroyed, Inoludlng th* im printed document* concerning th* Csr- lylce. wMch Thomas Carlyto bequeathed to him. Borne High Official Muet Negotiate WltH the Japaneae. .^5?°"' ®®c. 2—'Tho correepondent ol the Times In Choe Foo wire*: "All trafflo to tho north-ward will ceae* In ten day* and lha Japaneae will hava to bo quick If they Intend to attack Pe- SI? E I® reported that tha next attackwlll bo made upon Wol-Hal-WoL but Gen. Chang, a bravo and competent officer, commanda tho defense of this forelrnwe ani 1,9 lB a,,lnt ®' 1 b Y several A Chinese refugee from Port Arthur f? y " M, 1 ' seacral* tad equal command. In tn« defence aaid all fought bmvely, but te plana lacked consolidation, henco the it/ 98 ™ ^ wo Bcnsrals cecaped, ona to Chee Foo. where ho la In hiding, and the KSS”' " <® -kely that toej taT e ra. fle .* l Lrd , . a ^^ a d! Tlie Ohlneae four that If peaco bo con- niundle n . < h y ‘fc®, *l®b an ded troop* will reach 0,9 ’ Who <> countr Y within their The last reliable report Is that Japan Informed the United States mlnlBter that EEE 1A willing to negotiate If China Jhu V. U0 . tor p * acc ‘ Chlna h®" I 00 ® “lA therefore no armistice la probable The Times hear* from Kobe: "Th* governmint ha* publlihed a etatement that Commander Dotting waa not prop erly accredited by China to negotiate for peace and that China muet accredit a high official with complete power." rrPHOID IN OYSTERS. Doctor's -Explanation of a Connecticut Fever Epidemic. , Nemr Hsven, Conn., Deo. 2.—Under tba bonding "Typhoid at Wesleyan University," toe current Issue of tha Yale Medical Journal s.ys: "Tfio re ports received from Middletown show conclusively Hint too typhoid outbreak: was caused by oysters obtained In New Haven which bad been contaminated by sewerage from a house whore the disease had been prevailing. All who have the disease nt Middletown nto Iho oysters raw. Dr. Foots has shown that tho typhoid bacclllus can live In- sldo ths oyster shell." Dr. Foote ls demonstrator of bade- rlology In Yale Medical School nnd made t series of exponman'S to dolor- m'ne toe points mentioned. ' Or. Lindsey of the stats board of health says that he is to mike a sp-Val report In regard to tho typhod tp‘- demlo nnd that tho report is now in prepanifsn. DROWNED WHILeTkaTINO. Newport, VI.. Dec. 2—Wlllle Daggett, aged l». Ed Scott, aged 12, and George Kilby, aged 16. were skating on Hie lake last evening when they skated Into a rift at Farmnt’s Point and drowned. Tha bodies ware recovered today. CASIMIR.PERIER KNIGHTED. ’ 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 2.-Th* czar ha* conferred the grand ribbon of St. Andrew Nswskt upon President Caslmlr-Pericr of Francs •