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-I" ■" 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.