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THE MACON TELEGRAP
K»<al>llibH 1836.
f «l*gr« p*» PnbUib In K Co., P*bl Uh*r.
MACON. GA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1895
I Ml Mil.
The Douse Voted Against the Admin
istration Measure by a Decided
Majority.
DEED VOTED ID FAVOR OF THE BILL
Us w< It «M yol Wtat H. Wanted
but Xt Wm tha Boat That Could
11* Done—All Amendment*
Voted Down.
Washington, Feb. 7.—The house has
considered plana for financial relief
three days and refused by deceive
votes to pass any one of them. When
the oommlttee of- the whole at 3:30
this afternoon concluded Its cessions
three propositions were reported to
the house for its action—the original
Springer bill (administration measure)—
proposing the Issue of $500,000,000 3 per
• cent, fifty year gold bopds, as amend
ed by the committee of the whole;
the substitute proposed by Mr. Reed
authorizing the Issue of two year 3
per cent, certificates of indebtedness
to- meet current deficiencies In the
revenues and bonds to cover the defl-
Mr. Cockrell (Democrat) of Missouri,
chairman' of the committee on appro
priations, protested vigorously against
thaic committee being made the dump
ing ground for other committees, and
he criticized severely the committee on
claims for not presenting a written
report with precise recommendations.
.No action being necessary in the
matter, the senate proceeded to other
business. *
A resolution offered by Senator Call
on the 10th of December for the ap
pointment of a select committee to in
vestigate tile Louisiana oI‘ Honduras
lottery oompany and other corpora
tions in Florida (as to controlling or
Influencing newspapers In Florida) was
called up by Senator Call, who pro
ceeded to address the senate in expla
nation and Advocacy of the resolution.
Mr. Call’s remarks were cut oft toy
Mr. Blackburn’s motion to take up the
diplomatic and consular appropria
tion bill—a motion which Mr. Gall al
luded to In undertone as “bolstering up
the lottery company.'* . t ’
The diplomatic hill was bdfore the
senate up to the hour of adjournment,
when it went' over without action on
IDA Wl
Governor Evans’ Men Run Across tlio
Boldest Scheme to Outwit ■
the Dispensary,
A TUNNEL FOR FORTY FEET.
A Wall Equipped liar at the Further
End of tb« Tunnel With Four
Hundred Gallons of Ant!-
Dispensary Whisky.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 7.—Slick moon
shiners who have for years been mak
ing a stnldy of Ingenious methods to
ML J ... evade t'he United States revenue tuiw*
the Item for a calble between the a re mot In it with the South Carolina
United States and Hawaii. Speeches
were made by Senator Higgins (Repub
lican) of Delaware in favor of It. and
by Senator Palmer (Democrat) of Illi
nois, and Cafferey (Democrat) of Lou
isiana against It. Mr. Palmer, reciting
a sentence from Mr. Teller’s (Repub
lican), Colorado, speech of the previous
day—"Oh, for an Hour of Marcy Clay
and "Webster”—exclaimed, “Oh, for an
hour of Charles Sumner, who would
not consent to the annihilation of. the
negro republic of San Domingo. 'Is there
no one who will speak for the helpless
people 6t the Hawaiian Islands, who
have been robbed, and who aro now
ciency in" the gold reserve with an governed by a people that aro despotic
. . a D.«nn ! a* 0*iO b© "TIia MAimta ft* fifSrt
adjourned.
(Democrat) of Nebraska, reaffirming
the declaration of the Mathews resolu
tion of 1878, to the effect that coin
obligations of the government are pay- ■
able In standard silver dollars at Its
option; and the substitute of Mr. Oox
(Democrat) of Tennessee, containing a
(rehabilitation of state banks, with an
amendment proposed by Mr. Cobb
(Democrat) of Alabama expressly de
clining to confer the right to issue
bonds upon the secretary of the treas-
UI Mr. Bryan's amendment was rejected
—yeas, 127; nays, 169; and then. Mr.
Reed's substitute went the same way
by a vote of 103 to 187. This was nearly
a party vote, the Populists and Dem
ocrats In opposition and the .Republi
cans in favor of the substitute. The
WAS FORCED TO SUSPEND.
The Southern Ijumlber Exchange ‘Dis
continues Easiness.
Savannah, Feb. 7.—The Savannah
Lumber Exchange has suspended oper
ations for the time being.
This has caused much surprise In bus
iness circles here. It Is -the result of
the lumber trust, formed nt &< meeting
in Atlanta a few days ago. The meet
ing In Atlanta, was composed of lumber
sapv mill (men of Georgia and Alabama,
hut nearly all of them, however, were
_ from the northern pant of .those states.
amendment proposed by Mr. CoNb to it is eald here that none of the tombur
v!va?o X o£ a a nd S too U »ub W sti , tuto t l^eIf > ?e n . “«» »» this section have allied them-
ceived but 65 votes in the affirmative selves w.th the trust. It Is understood
to 184 In the negative. Mr. Cox's re- tho combination formed In Ait-
quest for a yea and nay vote was not
Supported by a sufficient number to
secure It. „ . .
■By the unexpectedly large vote of
159 noes and 97 ayes the house, on a
division, refused to order the engross
ment and third reading of the admin
istration bill—the Springer bill—which
was received with appiauee. A vote by
yeas and nays somewhat reduced the
majority against the bill,
WHAT REED WANTED TQ SAY.
Just before the vote was announced,
■Mr. Reed tried to make arc explana
tion of the attitude of hhnself and as
sociates on the Republican side, but
■was out off by cries of "regular order.'*
■He was going to say: , ' „
"I had with the support of alt the
Republicans presented a proposition
Which the ruling powers saw lit to re
fuse. Nevertheless I had gone further
lanta will Ktilaa In aid the lumber Inter
ests of south Georgia, and Uhls move
ment is the death blow of the Southern
Lumber Exchange.
Directors of the exchange say that
dispensary law evaders.
Today cl lair was unearthed right In
the heart of Oarcdlna/s capita], which'
was aJmcst 4n the -bow-eCs of the earth—
a lair which rivals that of the North
Carolina moonshiner,, who dived
through a river's waiter to reach the
mouth of their underground distillery.
It was way down under the cellar of
the grocery store of Messrs. Platt,
Hook & Shull, and the whole coma trac
tion of the underground tunnel, par
ticularly the manner of concealing the
way of entrance, was the acme of in
genuity. About 81,600 worth of liquor
was bagged, for between .300 and 400
gallons of good liquor were found and
confiscated. The search of the place
ts made by -the liquor constables and
oolloo. The owners of the store refused
to allow the officers to go Into the store,
but opened up the cellar.
The building is a very long «no and
the cellar the officers were ushered into
ran only about half way. At tho rear
end was solid earth. The officers knew
whiat they were doing, however, for
they sent for shovels and spades and be
gan to dig Into the wall Of earth. Af
ter digging forward about six feet, their
Instruments struck ;iir and they soon
got Into 'the rest of the cellar. They
wont In and searched all around. On
one side next the brick wall was what
appeared to .bo the solid foundation of
a large chimney, running on up through
the building. On this their attention
centered. F.etty soon they began to cut
Into tho brick, and 4n a short thus they
pazed t'Jiroush# flUd toy tho flrckerlnjj
Usjhit of a. candle <Chey could see that
the chimney >wa« a fatee one, that in
side a ladder nan -upward umd there
smewfwWcffi
things wfoidh I do not approve of, elm- tr-ed toero <md faded to do. The ifonrn-
4. nnniV. 4t,n Mnitnx in rra tre fhd fllli'nn nf ,fh!<S ArFlITlilWliHnn ttnlH >W1 wn n
tho low prices of (lumber in other inur- waa a neat little bir wlth an necossa- «^ m ^“riWauyTs composed of law-
koto, with a weak demand for the (pro- rles Inside. They out the ™le Jarger j vRri doctwrs neq-apaper men and rep-
duct, and tho competition which the
■trust will bring about deeded tho ex
change to suspend opera Kona, at leas
until somed»,ns occurs to better tho
marker.
Speaking ot.foe .trust formed at the
moating in ; A-tljnw, one of rhe 'dlrec-
tora of itao exetranso said yesterday:
“So far os I can learn, they are mere
ply to enable the matter to go to the
senate In hopes that something might
.be done. The bill has failed. I now
desire to Buggost that I have no doubt
this side of the house would vote for
the second section of my substitute or
any other proposition which had any
practical chance of passing.”
(Mr. Springer having changed his vote
for that purpose,, moved to reconsider
the vote, and that motion on motion
of Mr, Hatch (Democrat) of Missouri
•was laid on the table—yeas, 135; nays,
123—which Anally disposed of the mat-
tor.
The question pending when the com
mittee of the whole refused considera
tion of the bill was as to Whether or
not the decision of the,chairman rul
ing out Mr. Bland’s substitute on a
point of order should be sustained.- It
was decided In the affirmative—130 to
55. In the course of the consideration
of the hill, Mr. Wheeler (Democrat) of
Alabama moved to repeal the tax of
10 per cent, on state hanks’ circulation,
and't was lost—96 to 84.
An amendment proposed by Mr. Bell
(Populist) of Colorado providing for the
payment of the bonds In gold or silver
without discrimination against either
was lost—106 to 74.
Mr. Bland got a vote on an amend-
mept requiring the treasury notes Is
sued under the Sherman act of 1890
to be redeemed In acoordqnco with
section 3 of that law. and directing
the coinage of the seigniorage of the
silver 'bullion In the treasury, and it
came within live votes of being adopt
ed—109 to 114.
Before the bill was taken up, bills
were passed authorizing the reopening
of the abandoned military reservation
at Fort Jupiter, Fla., and granting a
penribn of 350 a month to the widow
of fine late Gen. John C. Keltom, adju- *
tant-gencral of'tho army.
Mr. Grosvenor (Republican) or Ohio
offered a resolution Which ho vainly
naked 1 to have considered immediately,
directing the appointment of a com
mittee of five to Investigate the con
gressional elections in'Tennessee last
fiber, with a view to reporting
whether or not the commissions issued
thereunder by the governor of the
state Should be recognized by the
house. It was sent to the committee on
.elections. ,
THE SENATE SESSION.
Arctic weather-was experienced in
Washington today, and at noon snow
had been steadily falling for a couple
1 of hours.
There was, consequently, a very slim
attendance of senators when the sen
ate convened, and lt-wos so dark that
tt was found necessary to light the gas
above the glass roof of the chamber.
Mr. Mitchell (Republican) of Ore
gon said that he was instructed by tho
committee on claims to report an
amendment to an appropriation bill,
and to make a brief statement. Tile
amendment related, fie said, to the
claims for sugar bounty.
One part of the claim, he eald, was
for tho bounty which should have
been paid for sugar produced prior to
the time when the law repealing the
bounty went into effect Another part
of It was for half the bounty on the
if gar produced after that date. The
committee on claims, he said, was di
vided on both propositions. The ma
jority of tbs committee believed that
the ffrat part of the claim should be
paid in full (about 3227.000), but the
committee was not willing to recom
mend favorable action on the second
part, but left it for the committee on
appropriations, and the aemte. In an
swer ,to an Inquiry as to the total
amount Involved, Mr. Mitchell said
that the estimate for the full bounty
was 315.500,000, the half of that being
37,759.003—which, added to the otner
Bum—would make tne whole amount
about 38,000,000.
In the course of a long discussiv?
ailon of 'this orgaoJaition will havOTio
effect, -whatever on ns, as our assoclo
tlon for the time foe.n&has been sus
pended. The purposes of this cswtntza
tlon, as will bo remembered. were to
nwlntaln a smile of prices among oh the
lumberman on tho South AtCantlc coast,
and to keep the tirade up to a certain
sOandand without going into a trust or
combination for the purpose of forcing
purchasers to .pay h gh prices. It was
simply a question of .the protection of
the lumber UJferests. and I Infer frm
what I hiwe heard -thtut (this Is the idea
of the formation of that oombiuat'.ou
in Atlanta.'
GOLD WITHDRAWN.
The Roseavo Wes Slightly Deoreased—
Treasury Receipts Increasing.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Tho treasury
gold reservo wus reduced today by
withdrawals of $320,000 of gold at New
York to $41,743,136.
Tho treasury receipts from nutoms
continue to justify expectations from
the now tariff bill. They Xe*an to in-
iTPase since last November nud have
kept steadily up slneo that (time. The
excess, by monthis, since last (November
as compared with tho .corresponding
months of the last fiscal year. Is: De
cember, $2,050,000; January, $5,007,000;
seven days this month, $1,000,000.
At tho present ratio of receipts
expenditures, "tho month of February
will about ib.ilinco, although tho excess
of expenditures over receipts Is now
$2,400,000. (Most of the heavy expendi
tures are made in tho first half of the
month. Expenditures of tho treasury
do not take Into consideration tho flxM
charges on account of the sinking
fund, which is In arrows about $160,-
000,000, beginning as far hack as Sec-
rcatiy Windam’s time, and being
nored by all subsequent secretaries of
the (treasury since of .this lack of funds.
JAPANESE MOVING SLOW.
:orms and Cold Weather Retard Their
Advances.
London, Feb- 7.—A Central Nows dispatch
from Toldo ray s the ministry of marine ha»
received reports that owing to tho violent
storms and extromo cold weather tho naval
operations at Wei-Hai-Wel bare been alow.
Rom January 31 until February S' the squad
ron maintained a heavy bombardment upon
tho forts at Zhih and eastern Lin-Knng from
outsldo tbo bay. Tho Chlneae war ahip-
Ting-Yuen and Lal-Yucn, with two gun boats,
(seated In the defense of tho forta, keeping
up tho fight each day until dark. Latterh
tho firing from Zhih fort has become greath
diminished, The principal Japanese squad
ron baa been waiting outeido tbo bay expect
ing the Chinese fleet would make a sortie, bnt
in this tho Jaianeae were disappointed. A
Chinese prisoner states that Admiral Ting
haa ordered that although the defenuea on
tho mainland fall, the licet mnat remain in-
aid" the bay and defend the port at Lttt-Klni-
to t io laat extremity.
Tne Japanese eaeniltlea during the thro,
days fighting at Wei-Rai-Wei are as fallows:
Second division, 120 killed and wennde l
sixth division, Getters! Otera and twenty-tw
..them kbl-d and ninety-eight wounded.
A dispatch from Kai-Ping, dated Februir.
6, says there is s great Increase of the Chino
forces In tho vicinity of Yeng-Kow.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Feb. 7.—For G-orgis: Fei
tiil Saturday night colder in extreme south
east; northwest gales diminishing.
PULLMAN HAS GONE.
His private Secretary -Has Also Mys
teriously Disappeared.
Chicago, Fob. 7.—Tho Dolls case was
preceded this morning by the exami
nation .of W. R, Johnson, colored,
porter lit Georgo M. Pullman's office..
Judge Groseeup conduoted the exami
nation, iwtolch 'Was instituted with the
view of finding out, whether Mr. Pull
man bud ovudod eOrvlce of a subpoena
Issued for his appearance In court by
tho defense. Johnson said Mr. Pull
man cilrho to 'his ollioc at 10:30 o'clock
yesterday .morning. Deputy Marshal
Jones arrived an hour later. Porter
Johnson took Jones' caret Into Private
Soeretdry C. S. Sweet, who. without
going into Mr. Pullman's room, brought
back ths card .with the statemen t that
Mr. Pullman was out. Tho defense
trira to get Secretary Swoot into court,
but JoCmtMn stated to t'he court 'that
lie, too, had disappeared. The matter
will bo pushed. Judgo Groescup raid
(that even long after ‘this case is fln-
tstved. when Mr. Pullman gets back
from Florida, tho can be punished for
contempt of court « It shall be pnjvcn
that he evaded the subpoena.
Miss Jennie Curtiss, a houso servant,
testified that (at Pullman she hud been
compelled to pay her dead father’s
rent.
..President Debs was codted. HO waa
nltowed to read several of his mani
festos,'in which everybody was coun
selled 'to absM*n from vloOenoc omd
obey the law. Mr. DObs remained on
the stand all morning.
In beginning tho cram-examlnatlon of
Ddb« Attorney Walker asked: "I am
to understand from your - statement
that yon 'had nothing to do with this
ft 1
The Crantry Locked in the Embrace lo
a Blizzard Wlilcli Uas Had
Xo Equal.
THE ENTIRE BOUM IS SHIVERING
From 8»w York to Mobllo tho Temper*-
(uroW IlAugliig Around Zero, and
In Alauy Plaoss It Prolmbly
Went Below Zsro*
strike or (boycott?'
He thon put tho (witness through tv
hot examination. It was brought out
t'h'ajt all the services Debs over did for
a railroad mils ps firomnn and car
cleaner during a period of four years.
Mrs. Dribs stated that lio was now
drawing no "alary from 'the A. R. U.
He (had out It off 'himself at tho 1st of
Inst October.
ALL TALK IS OF WTAR.
No Settlement of Mexico's Trouble
With Guatemala.
St. Louis, Feb. 7.—A City of Mexico
special 'to the GLobe-Demdorat trays that
Hon. Ignacio 'M'lrisml, secretary of
foreign relations In the Mexican cab
inet, yesterday offlelxlly denied the
staitfiment t-hht Guatemala leas wired
from its grounds and acceded to the
demands of Mcxlcd.
tt'But we 'ire still (hopeful hhert war
may be flnojlly 'averted." Mid the min
ister. Senior Marisoal dill not Indicate
tihnt the settlement of the boundary
question is any nearer an amicable wt-
tlenient than at t'hs beginning ® tho
negott'j'tlons.
Dully drills of volunteers are being
held in the event of w.vr iwltiv Guate
mala. A regular company .has been
organized by tho eiiwpWyes of the de
partment of justice, 'which) lms been
otwtnemted 'by recruits from the ent
ries insure, xney oui sue | y Qr . newspaper men and rep-
and got inside. They could see tare toot- ' e ”j,stives of other professions, as
tom of an ingenious trap door J® rbo . ^ , t| larg0 .number of olerks of
floor above, which corad not bo detected d0 , partmcn t». Drills will be held regu-
above. as tt was covered by sheltorig. | isJSu»ti5 o'clock each -morning and
But the liquor bad nbt beensfound , UMetrlgllour did not atoottho In-
ad the real Ingenuity of frit hiding tlal rpv |^ Vt w bicb showed fifty In at-
rdS:e" ! wai yet to^be 'seen. The con-
ztab'.cs looked around the Inside wuE'S,
of (the chimney and toward tho outer,
twa'.l tbay flnslly discovered a door
about four feet high. They broke this
down and stood at the mouth of a long
dark tunnel -running 'back Into 'the
bowels of the earth. A man could al
most stand creot In the neahy con-
struoted tunnel. Then the
of ibis tunnel began. ®
wonr on <and on until 'they struck fl
print .where tho tunnridlvMcd and
branched in opposite dlrecUons and
then the liauor was in sight. There
wus abotut forty feet of tunneling end
the earth taken out fo.nl been used to
make 'too false back to the cellar. It
took tha constables several hours to get
all tho liauor stored In 'tho
Anil there was lost of It. The const a
bles say they got nearly 4M gallons.
HELP FOR LADY THOMPSON.
Sir William Haroourt Thinks Cunnda
Will Provide for 'Her.
London, Feb. 7.—Sir William Har
oourt replied In the houso of commons
today to the Inquiry of Air. Johnstone
as to whether any provision wou.d be
mado by the government for the roller
Of Lady Thompson and the Junior mem
bers of tho family of the late Sir John
Thompson. He said there was every
reason to foellevo that the people of
Canada would make provision for La
dy Thompson and her children In rec
ognition of the eminent services which
the deceased statesman had rendered
to the dominion.
fllr Edward Grey, under foreign sec
retary, declined, pending the conclusion
of the Armenian Inquiry, tojpresent to
the house any consular reports in re-
S ard to the troubles In Armenia. To
o so, he said, would not tend to tho
advantage of tho Armenians, and It
might hinder tha. combined action of
tho powers,. He denied the statement
that tho porte had asked that the re
port be not issued.
Sir Edward Grey announced that tho
government had received Information
that the Armenian archbishops at Mo-
rash and Zeitouni and tho bishops of
Mourii and Arabzlr had been Impris
oned for years because of their having
taken part in a conspiracy to cause n
revolt. Tho government, ho said, had
given careful attention to these cases.
Sir William Harcourt announced that
tho government would Immediately ap
point a committee to Inquire Into'the
condition of tho unemployed and seek
means to mitigate their situation. Tho
Inquiry, ho said, would extend to tho
provinces.
FIRE3 AT NEW ORDBAlNS.
Now Orleans, Fob. 7.—(The sixth dis
trict was visited by an extensive con-
flagraltion -this morning, in which sev
eral bandsome residences were de
stroyed and others dumageq. The pre
vailing high wind assisted fho flro in
Ms work of destruction dnd fho firemen
wero compelled ito 'Work long and hard
before they succeeded In mining con
trol of -tho element. Tire residence was
destroyed and the. rear of several resi
dences on Piyitanla street next caught
and were destroyed. The Inmates of
the residences whldb wera attacked
lost no rime in deserting their homos
and seeking shell or from fhe chilly
blasts which woro Wowing. Sovcr.il
other fires of P-aer size have occurred
In various parts of tho city. Tho total
loss Is about $25,000.
tcmjtoce ,
A nlgnibeivof young men are in Jail
fnr/o'lLwlng ttve-tr mtriotlam over tho
Guatemalan question to get thorn into
a - riot Tuesday. A student wus har-
cavgutng a erifiwd tn front of tho plrcua.
when'same one In the company shouted
dcflantf.)’; "tong live Guatemala!” A
pitched battle ensued. In which tbo
Gumtemalnn sympathizer was attacked
and beaten before the- pMio* arrived.
Reports from many Interior olties of
tho repupbllc show that the celebration
of Mexican Constitution day, Tuesday,
was used In numerous cares as an op
portunity for -making patriotic mant-
fpsta-Glons in favor of Mexico on fho
ana-Umalan affair, tho present ques
tion being TOide -the subject Of many
flory speeches, and excitement run*
high throughout ‘tlio republic.
NO MORE PRIZE FIGHTING.
Horton's Bill Passed the New York
Assembly.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 7.—The assembly
this morning passed the Horton bill pro
hibiting 'boxing or sparring cxhlbltloiVt
In this state. Tho bill provides that any
person who within this state engages 111,
Instigates, aids, encourages or doe* any
act to further a contention or light
without weapons between two or more
persons, or a fight commonly ca.lcd a
ring or prize tight, either within or
without the state, or who engages tn
a public or private sparring exhibition
with or without gloves, within tho
slate, at whloh an admission fee Is
charged or received, either directly or
Indirectly, or who sends or publishes
a challenge for such contention, exhi
bition. fight, or carries or delivers *uch
a challenge or accepts any, or trains or
assists nny person In training or pre
paring for such contention, exhibition
or fight, Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
EVANS' QUIET COURSE.
IS Not Hurrying'to Assert His Right to
the Governorship,
Nashville, Tcnn., Fob. 7.—H. Clay Ev
ans. who yesterday took oath of office
ns governor of Tennessee, does not ap
pear to be In a hurry about asserting
hl» right to the position. No legal steps
have yet been taken to compel tho de
livery of the exccutlvo office Into his
keeping. Mr. Evans’ present course will
be to perform some act required of tho
governor, then call on tho courts to
enforce his authority. Somo of his ad-
vtoont have urged that ho await the
conclusion of to Investigation to be
made -of allotted frauds iby the legisla
tive committee appointed for that pur
pose before making any further move.
This advice is founded pn a belief that
the Investigation can be turned to ev
ens' advantage in «plto of the partisan
bias of the committee.
0HK3AGO1S ELECT TON CONTEST.
Chicago, Frih. 7.—Judge Carter today
tlsmissed the bre of review by which
the contestant tn <!re Gwift-Hopklns
nayoralty litigation sought to reopen
the proceedings in the tower court.
The court bolds that fee has not Jurts-
tlctlon over a bla of review. The mat
er will now rest witth the appeal -takeji
from Judge Scales' decision ugutast the
contestant, Mr. Swift.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Washington ex
perienced a heuvy snow Storm today,
w'.th gusts of (Wind reminiscent of the
blizzard of 18S8. This morning the
bttromater registered 5 degrees above
and there »vas a slight -raise during the
d»y. The wsa-tfrer -bureau predicts a
'fall to 5 degrees foetow zero by tomor
row morning and that the enow will
continue. The Potomac Is frozen and
It is fearal that the thaw iwJU oiuse a
flood. AM fear 'the bridge, Washing;,
ton’s direct railroad canxmuhlcatton
with tho South, will (bo carried oiwuy.
'The dlslrict commissioners -will ask
congress to appropriate $5,000 to cfccar
•tho river of ice. The snow tod wind
continue tonight and Street oar iratllo
is much impeded.
AT BIRMINGHAM.
Birmingham, Ada., iFdb. 7.—’Em
weather has grown atcad% oolder oil
day and tonight at 0:30 o’clock the idter-
momritor registered 13 degrees above
zero. It w.H go stsll -farther down be
fore midnight. A stiff -northwest gale
has (been Mowing all day. At noon a
severe gust of wind blew Hoar plate
glass -windows out of -the (front of tho
Birmingham (Shoe Company's'(building,
on-tulliing a consldwuiblo loss. Ill -the
Graven budding n window -was also
blown out.
IlN TEXAS.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 7.—Business
wus pracinosBly suspended here all day
long owing to the extromo cold
wia-thor. It avus oolxlur than It hus been
since January 8, 1880. when Galveston
buy .froze and iho thcrainmclter regis
tered 11 above zero. Today at 0 a. m.
It registered 10 above.
NEW ORLEANS FELT IT.
Naw Orleans, La., Feb. 7.—(About 12
o’clock ttus m-iTu.ng.ttfU':' several hours
of warm drizzling rain, -there -was a rat-
tllng of 'windows and a loud -whistling
of the w.ud -which betokens colder
weather. A decided olungo in temper
ature followed the iwhistllng wind, (the
tlurmiomcta: foiling at a rate which
upset all calculations. At 2 o’clock at
CO, nt 10 o’clock this -morning ordinary
thermometers Tog!storing 2K degrees.
A -lio-nvlng wind (prcvallod all day and
made walking on Iho slrerit aqy,thlag
but comfortable. About 11 o’clock there
was p IlghO skiurry of snow, list'cg
n-bout Httceai imluultos, and nt 1 o'dlock
there was anaitbcr and -heiivlor, -which
molted as fast c« It fell, but gave Now
OrieanH people a. good chance to see
what falfing snow tookeid bke. Ton'gfot
tho high wind continues rind the tocnSt
wealhcp bureau gayi the lemipenaiiuro
will fall eight or -ten degrees more be
fore an Mitring, .which will ipnt it down
to 15 degrees ami -would give Neav Or-
leant (the cdldest iwealher on reoord,
KNOXV1LL AT EERO.
Knoxville, Toun., Fob. 7.—A snow
storm which raged thirty hours without
costa-Hon ended .ait noon today. At I)
o'clook tonight the th«rmom»tor regts-
tored two degrees above zero. It will
go 4o 0 bdlow before morning.
AT 'MOBILE. >’ ■ '
Mobile, AVi., Ifob. 7.—A cold Wave
with high wind struck hare before day
light -this morning. The -thermometer
tonight Is down In 111 dcgroeA Ship
ping In Itho river has been blown all
about by ithe gale -which prevails, The
ship County of Yarmouth dragged
ashore on -the east side but is not In
jured and will float at the return of llie
tide. Two barks, ono on Austrian anil
tho other an Italian, names not dis
cernible owing to the darkness, ha7,-'o
foullcd In tnldshrmm mid tin locknl
Tho steamer Kanawha draggod q. intle
down.stream. Oonsldomblo tlmiinr is
adrift from booms. The norther Is
pronounced -the moat severe in local so-
mark -waa 34 (below. Thro average tem
perature for the day tn Watertown
yesterday won 19 below.
THREE BELOW.
Little Rock. Ark., Frib. 7.—The tem
perature frill to 3 degrees below zero
this morning, the coldest oarer known
here. ’ i.
ALL FALL IN LINE.
Sioux City, la.—The thermometer 20
to 30 below.
Baltimore, Md.,—Tbo htabor closed by
Ice, and- railroad -trains one to four
hours late.
Denver, Ool.—A blizzard, with tho
thonnoanotcr away below zero for two.
dayB,
Laporte, Ind.—Thermometer ton be
low throughout Northern. Indiana.
Traffic abandoned on freight trains
and passenger trains late.
Huron. 8. D.—Railroads all blockaUed.
by snow and Ice.
West Superior. Mich.—Fifteen below,
and rapidly falling.
Milwaukee, Mldh.—(Eighteen Inches of
enow. No freights running, and pas-'
senger trains late.
St. Paul. Minn.—Twelve below hero
and -range from 15 to 42 below through
out Northern Minnesota and tho Da
kotas, with mucti Buffering.
Omaha—Eighteen below here, end 20
to 25 below elsewhere In the state.
Chicago.—Hie hanbor closed 1 by lee
and no communication with tho crib
on the water tunnel.
Pittsburg, Penn.—Three below and
falling. Much distress among tho poor.
Cadiz. Ohio.—Natural gas mains’
freezing and fuel famine Imminent.
THE BTUOKEY MURDER TRIAL.
Tha Tostlmony all in And tho Speech-Making
Bogun.
Dublin, Fob. 7.-(Special.)—Tho court
room waa literally packed to its greatest’
-apaoltr, and the ailunco that rolgned.bat
joko tho deep Intoroat tho pahlio fcela in thu
htuckoy murder ease, it being the second day
of the trial. Every vcatlgo of space was tilled,
tho crowd In tho evening surging luto the bar
ouiluuro.
Just In front of tho jndgo's desk is Mrs.
Blacky, in her usual placo near her son, and
oftentimes a tear wulls up in her oyes as tku
attorneys Apeak feelingly of her sou.
Anlutsroathig witness for tho state was Mr.
Olios. Holliflolu, mall clerk ou tho Macou,'
Dublin a id Savannah raiiv ay. In a ctoar ami
oonoisc manner he recited his version of a
sevuu that trauaplrod on tho train during a
recent trip when the defendant was a passim-
gsr. Counsel fi r. the dofoosu endeavored to
puzzle tl.eyoung man but failed.
Captain l’aul Hough, conductor nf the train
In which the liomloidn occurred teatlffi'd as to
tho facts that camavlthin Ins knowledge.
Several more state's witnusacs wero exam
ined and tl 0 state's side closed. Stuokoy’s
attorney’s placed noun of thoir nnmeroue wit
nesses on tho stand. Ex-Judge Roberta be
gan tho argument in behalf of tho prisoner at
1:30 p. tn., and spoke for two hours and twenty
minutes. Tho peroration was otcoodiugly
eloquent and moved many to tears. He diow
a conipii tu and touching picture of thu pretty
country home and happy fireside of tho de
fendant and how likoa thief at night when
absent from his home parties had gone there
and pi'ruuadod Ills wife to loato him, thus
, breaking up tbo family clrclo ouco so happy,
robbing nim of Ills blue-eyed child, bis happi
ness, and tho woman that oneo sworo to bo
true to her marriage obUgattoua. .
Solicitor bum followed. His masterd,
efforts hold thu judge and jury spellbbuuly
ami also the rapt attention of tho large, ap
preciative audience, in a logical manner eihl-
olaIns tho only detente, tho defendant's elate,
moot In affirming the : veracity of tho state s
winters. It was indeed grand. Such n
snoceh waa aster hoard before in this coarl
when Col. Qraluor lmd spoken twenty min.
idea for tho state adjournment time was at
baud.
nals.
■MOOTOOMBRY FREEZING.
NEW TROTTING CIRCUIT.
Baltimore, iMd., Fob. 7.—Delegates
from « number of Maryland, Virginia
and Delaware tracks met hero yester
day and Orica nlzcd the VlrcH&i, Mary
land mod Delaware Trotting Circuit.
William H. Evans, -president of tlho
Gentlemen’s Driving Hark Association
of Baltimore, -was elected president,
and M. Of. Higgins of ths Idlewilu
track, Easton. Md„ secretary. Cot.
Robert Hough, exesccretawy of the
Pimlico Driving Club, represented the
Richmond tracks with Mr. W.. G.
Owens. Hi# (dots# for foe Richmond
tracks, ehr/uld they decide to come Into
the circuit, (were left ctnen for ten (toys.
The circuit races -will begin at. Capo
Claries City, Vo., August 29 and wind
up 4n Dover, Del., oarly la October.
IFERiKIBS (STOPPED BY ICE.
Liverpool. Frib. 7.—An too floo from
the -upper Merwy tn drifted down to
the river's mouth, forming a muss half
a mils tong and several hundred yards
wide. The Ice has block.-1 access to
tile Sanding stage and compelled foe.
stoppage oi ferries.
tonight iho thentaouletor stood
at 11 dogretw above zero. Tho maxi
mum -today wag 35 ami (ho avenge 24,
with a stiff noetbwait wind blowing.
AT AUGUSTA. 8
Augusta, F<*>. 8.—The thermometer
nt 1 o’clock this morning registers
8degrecs above zero, with a stiff west
wind blowing.
COLUMBIA FEARS ZERO.
Columbia. S. C.,'Kob. 7.—Ttoo bliz
zard struck South Carolina this after
noon snd 1s now sweeping all before It
with a to oh wind. Tho mercury fell 17
degrees In foe first three hours. It 4s
now 19 degrees above, with every prw-
pect of sliding -down to zero cro morn
ing.
FREEZING IN FLORIDA.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Fob. 7.—Ai 11,
o’clock tonight Wro mercury at this
place Wad fatten to 20 degrees -Slid -wus
still failing, Rqporta -from various
points In the state show that foe coid
is Intense and that the freeze of De-
cotrJber las wlll-heequalled. Ils feared
that the orange trees -which were re-
ooveringfrom the December freeze will
be ruined, Tho loss to foe curly vege
table and strawberry growers grill be
(heavy.
IN NEW YORK STATE.
Watertown. N. Y., Fdb. 7.-
and odd weafoerln this section, though
it hoe moderated sSigbtly from foe ln-
teiwe cold of the past two days. At 11
a. an. It waa 15 degrees below in the
heart of -the city. wfaYe In foe country
it is from 3 to 5 degrees lower. At
Ooueverneur. St. Latwrcncfi county,
early tthls morning, 28 to 20 below are
-the figures reported, and correspond
ingly low -temperature la recorded from
Oitiertowns throughout this section. At
Alexandria Bay and other Thousand
Island points yesterday foo lowest
MUST ARREST ALL RIOTERS'.
fitribt Orders Issued to tho Brooklyn 1
Dollco Force.
Brooklyn. N. Y., Feb, 7.—Commis
sioner of Police Wetle3 Issued on order
today to inspectors and commanding
officers, dir'■.•ring them to be vigilant
In -prosecution of assaults committed
on those persona omloyod In the zorvlco
of fho railroad -companies and others,
tho stoning of ears by men or boys mii
the cutting of wires. Any officer fuil-
to arrest perrons committing Bitch an
offense in their preseTico will bo dis
missed from tho forco.
For tho first time slneo the strike
was doc'jared oars wero run tram Fifty-,
eighth street to Fort Hamilton this
moaning on -the Third Avcnuo and Ham
ilton avenue lines. The cars loft the
sheds at 0:39 uud a number of trips
woro made without nny violence luring
offered by tho strikers or their friends.
iCapt. Binnnan brought to po.tco
headquarters this -morning foo alleged
dyosnnMd bomlb that 'was found’-noj
nlalit In tho doonwo-y ref the shop of
Wffitam Phillips, ot NO. IMlHedtord
n.vemje. It Is about six inches tong
tttvd tebout (half an Inch In diameter. It
lsmadoof brass and has acapaver-tho,
end. Police• «uperintendeivt Campbell
bad It start to -the navy yard to bo
‘ cSSSt' on three different lines were.
■t/hrmrefl tbv tftrikers during tno yiisnt
»hd itho conductor nud. imotornuui ot
badly totaten. No
arrests woro nmao»
THE WO DENISON BURNS.
One of tho Largest Hotels In the West
Is Badly Damaged by rue.
Indianapolis, Hid- f eb. 7.-Tho Den-
j^foe^VfoitTa. pSriilJ*^destroyed
iMotvhcomety, Aid., Feb. 7.-M 0
nt n (.lm.iiiil' tirnr fire In fl> rooni
ing of n aStouldering fire in a room
distant from where the name*
broke out gives grounds
Incendiaries may haveheen at vrork.
Tho fire raged in thejwutft naiiot
the building trontlngon ^atowfa street,
and a strong northern, wind tanned
it. Tho roof waa soon
dense masses of smoke, but ®.®
wori* keot «m)otillered to ft great extent.
To this lo due tho *act font tho enttio
fclock w®* not consumed and Bcverai
SfocSl brides. When part ot tho
eaves foil Fireman Prank Nut
ter was struck with a burning tlm-
her and seriously liurt. The fire WJ*
under control by noon. Tbo loss will
reach 330,000, with full Insurance^! ho
foes.is confined to the building. Thoro
la additional Insurant* on the tuxnl-
turo, which was damaged 318.000.
Tho hotel was recently enlarged, and
therefore hod enough rooms to aocom-
module tho guests tnken from tho rooms
wTTidi the fire rendered untenantable.
The legislature -was stampeded by tho
aunounaement of the flro. The session
bad just been called to order. Members,
rushed to save their baggage. No outer
motion was needed to adjourn both
MAIUUAGE AT (MIDVHJLE.
Mldville. F<* 7.—(SpqeUl.)—dvrs
wus a hpppy marriage at the Methodist
(tairctt hero on the Oth tnst., the con
tracting .parties - be'-ng Cipt George II.
WIBlums of Jefferson county an.f“Mlss
I.lzzto Boyd, a beautiful ami attractlva
young lady of tks place. The ceremo
ny .wus ipafifonnod by -Rov. Mr. Mill of
Louisville, in the ipresaocc of many
friends of both bride and groom, at
230 In tho uftM-noon. Illie happy
couplo left tmmodlaU-J)- tor foe limns
of the groom, eirrying -tha beet wished
of a host of friends.