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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MARCH 0,188G.-TWELYE PAGES. forty-ninth congress. .nlTKE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE A FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. uiddleberger Accuses Sherman of Igno- B „ -f tho Rule, of the Senute- Sorwomt Makes a Satirical Reply to Henderaon. WismsoTos, March 3.—The chair laid ..fore the Senate the President's message ,n the treatment of the Chinese in the West, already published. Referred to the com mittee on foreign relations. Evarts presented petitions of officers and trustees of savings banks of New York State representing l,165,000depositors and irj7 (HHI (WO of deposits, praying Congress to stop the coinage of silver dollars. It vras referred to the committee on finance. Kiddleberger offered a resolution, which was agreed to, requiring each Senator to re- r t to the Senate the name of his private secretary. In introducing the resolution Kiddleberger said that some men were holding tickets of admission to the Senate ,1,0 would not be admitted to y, e parlors of gentlemen if they were known as Kiddleberger knew them. Sack tickets were issued to people who received no pay except admission to the Senate floor to blaokmail gentlemen and to libel them in their newspapers. Kiddle- hercer said he knew of a case in point. We h n ,.w what bad been said in the llouso about Eads being on the floor of that House, lie asked if it were permissible for him (Kiddleberger) to state that while Eads had not been on the floor of the Senate he had had three henchmen there—two represent in'' Eepnblican nowspapers and one a Uem- ocratic newspaper—who came to secure in formation on which to Jibel Senators. Im agine a man having n ticket to the Senate Boor in the pretended capncity of a private secretary to a Senator, which Senator had his own son as his private secretory, who drew pay, while the other, the creature, was compensated by a ticket* .tu = r the adoption of the resolution Hoar had it reconsidered and so amended us to have the names sent in to the secretary of the Senate. The education bill was then taken up, and Harrison spoke in advocacy of the bill and in opposition to Allison' amendment. Edmunds moved a substitute to Allison’s ameodmeutas follows: "And in each Stato and Territory in which there shall bo separate schools for white aud colored children, the money paid in such State or Territory shall bo paid out for the support of such white and colored schools, respectively, in the proportion that the white and colored children between the ages of lb and 21 years in such State or Territory bear to each other, ns shown by the census of 1S8U. The foregoing pro vision shall not affect the application of the proper proportion of said money to the support of ail common schools wherein no diKinriion of nice or color shall exist," After a long debate, Blair expressed his willingness to accept Edmuuds’s substitute aud it was adopted. The amendment offered by Dolph was rejected by a rim voce voto, and Plumb begun a speech. While Plumb was speak ing, Kiddleberger rose to a point of order, saying he had called for a division on the vote, mil called for it in a tone thnt the President of the Senate could not fail to hear. Kiddleberger wait ruled out of order, and yiwld'jd under protest. After Plumb lied resumed his remarks Kiddleberger again rose and renowod his point of order. The President of the Sen ate was not observing the rules, ltiddlc- bi rga said. The Senator from Kansas i Plumb) was trying to defeat tho bill and was allowed to make another speech when a division bnd been called for, Tho rCniiou- tibd'tv was between the Senator front Kan sas ami the President of tho Senate. Ho (Uiddleberger) hnd heard it said that whatever ho said in the Senate vna generally "sat upon.” Ho did not caro for that, however, since bo knew he was right. "I am straggling for the passago of this bill," ho aaid, "ami am going to con tinue' that atrnggle under tho rales of tho Senate, aud you enn't take from that desk tho book that ought to control you and find within it a rule that justifies your ruling a while ago." Tho President pro tompore began to re- j'ljr, but was interrupted by Kiddleberger. Union men and ex-Confederates hnd been marching abreast, without a single struggle to do justice to the survivors of the Union urnty. Then the gentleman hail stepped forward, arrested the column, and smiling upon the Confederates as gently as Brutus had snnled upon Ca'sar when ho had in vited him to take a rest at the foot of l’om- pey s column, had proceeded to address them in a perauaaive atrain, ending his speech with the declaration that he would rather Bpend an eternity in boll with them than an eternity in heaven with Northern copperheads. Speaking for himself, while he returned his profoundest acknowledgements to the gentlemen from Iowa for the offer of his society, if we should be so unfortunate us to get on the wrong road and join the gentleman down below, ret he entered bis most solemn and vigorous protest against accepting his delicate companionship, for ho was per suaded that no engagement, however press ing, would prevent the gentleman from ar resting the column and, mounting a ret hot stump, insisting thnt it should listen to him proclaim the same old piece of political law. The conclusion at which he (Nor wood) had arrived upon hearing the gcntl - man's speech was that the gentle man was afflicted with a disease common to puhlio men known as "lux populi on the diaphragm." When this disease became acute it was called eerelrro eltplMntaxti, and this was what af- ilicted the gentleman. If the Congressman from the Third Congressional district of Iowa would requiro David B. Henderson to get out of his way so that he could see his country the Congressman would be cured of his disease und would no longer ho troubled with inflammatory iox nopufl. (Laughter.] Hreekenndce. of Kentucky, guided the discussion aw ay from the channel of poli tics in which it had flowed and brought it back to tho consideration (of tho general question of pensions system. He expressed himself in favor of liberal pensions, and thought that it should always be tho policy of the Republic to pay generous pensions, but there must bo some economy and statesmanlike consideration both os to per sons and tho amount. It was not a matter of sentiment which must decido the rate, but a matter of wise calculation. He closed bis speech with nil eloquent peroration descriptive of tho beautiful cemetery at Lexington, w hich contained the graves of fathers and sona and brothers who had fallen in tho opposing ranks in the teritic struggle of tho war, of tho peaceful lives of tho descendants of those men who, though they had been divided in their sense of duty, had nover been divided in their love. "As an American representative," ho said, "troating of American questions, loving tho American people, denying that this a paternal government, deny ing that taxes should be wrnng from the people except from necessity, I shall vote according to my own convic- WORK AND AY AGES. THE STRIKE OF THE NEW YORK STREET CAR LABORERS Assumes a Serious Aspect—Depredations by Southern Pacific Railway Strikers —McCormick's Men Coming to Terms—Other Troubles. The chair again said, "The Senator from Virginia will please not interrupt the chair. Tho Senator did not call for a division or for the yeas and nays, hut when the Sena tor from Kansas (1'lamb) was advancing in his argument on the bill tho Sena tor from Virginia (Uiddleberger) then rose ami demanded a division. It was then too late. The chair says kindly, but Jrmly, to tho Senator from Virgtuia that he hi* not sought to discriminate against him in the slightest degree. The Senator is mistaken in that. On the contrary, the •'hair has often done the reverse, and ap peals to the Senator from Virginia to with draw that imputation, that the chair had erer discriminated against him or sought t° deprive him of his rights. The point of order is ovcr-iuled.” Uiddleberger—"If tho chair will permit me, I do not mean to sny that the chair Had discriminated against me. I meant to any that the chair itself did not comprehend tho foies. [ Hoars of laughter. ] This is really what I meant to say. After further remarks tho yeaa and nays wera ordered on Dolph's amendment, on which u viva voce vote hnd been taken, and pending the call the Senate went into ex ecutive session. Wheu tho doors were re opened the Senate adjourned. house of representatives. Washington, March 3.—The Speaker laid before the Ilcuse the message of the Presi dent on the Chinese troubles. It was rend by the clerk and referred to the committee on foreign affairs. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, from the committee on ways and means, reported the bill extending iho provisions ot the act •or the immediate transportation of duti able goods to the porta of Omaha, Key >»i»t and Tampa. House calemlar. Hatch, of Missouri, from tbu committee on agriculture, reported the hill to estab- hsh agricultural experiment atations in connection with colleges established in the "‘feral States, Committee of the whole. . I he House consumed the morning hour in committee of the whole in the consider ation of the bill authorizing the appoint ment of a commission to carry on tests of l , r 1 0n 'i steel and other structural materials, lending action the committee rose, and then the nouse again went into committee on the pension appropriation bilL Butterworth resumed his speech begun yesterday, and continues! in the tamo vein as yesterday-a general range of political sulqeeU, without much reference to the MU under discussion. Norwood, of Georgia, made a satirical speech in reply to that delivered by Ilen- i« r \ 0 . D ' °f Iowa, some days aince, ridicnl- ng that gentleman'a profession of friend ship lor the South, but axpreaaing his ad- Mirahon for the manner in which he hod ■laimed the old story which waa aa well ,“”? n , lll# ooontry as "The boy stood or "Mary had alitlle g [ Laughter.) The gentleman “ad made hit speech" while cite according to my own convic tions, treating witli contempt any effort at intimidation or any purpose of misrepre sentation.” [Loud applause on the Demo cratic side. | Fending further action, tho committee rose. Bragg, of Wisconsin, reported the army appropriation hill from the military com mittee, and it was referred to the committee of tho whole. Adjourned. Various Wsshingtotk Notes. Washington, March 3.—The President to-ilay nominated Brigadier General Alfred II. Terry to he major-general, to succeed Huuoock, and Joshua T. Child, of Maine, to be minister resident and consul-general of the liuited Slates to Siam. Tho Fitz-Iohn Porter bill will be reported back to the Senate as soon as the majority and minority reports enn be prepared. Senators Cameron and Sewell join with the Democratic members cf the military committee in the majority report iu favor p( the uuameuded House bill. The division was C to 4. A bill was introduced iu the Senate to day by Call to provide for a survey and an estimate of the cost of clearing out and im proving Gilbert's bar, on Indian River, Fin., and cf Indian River from its mouth to Titnsvillo, Flo. The llouso committee on prlrate land claims, to-day agreed to report favorably a bill to give tho heirs of Myra Clark Gaines land script for 3d,457 acres, the amount of tho grant ma le by Spain to persona from whom she claimed to have procured title. Thu army appropriation bill reported to the Houso to-day, appropriates $23,887,588 —nearly one million dollars less tliun the estimstea called for. The appropriations for the current year amounts to $24,423, 052. Washington, March 4.— Rumors were current here to slay to tho effect that the Chinese minister had received insttuctiuns from his government to demand from the United States a total disavowal of the re cent outrages agaiflst Chiueae residents in the Western States and Territories, con dign punishment—capitally, if killing could he proven against individuals—and that if the United States refused to comply with these demands, the President was to be in formed that the Cbineae Government would immediately proct ed to collect indemnity from Amenean citizens in business iu the imperial territory and withdraw its protec tion from them. In an interview this evening, the Cbineae mluiater said to a representative of the Asso ciated Press that while he had information that China—and especially the province of Canton, the homo of a > large percentage of the Chinese on the Pacific slope- -is greatly exi ited over these outrages und retaliation has in some instances been threatened by the excited people, he has received no in structions to muke any formal demands on this government; neither has he any infor mation that such demands are contem plated. A Colored Uemm-ru* Receives an A).paint- ■ mint. Washington, March 4.—The president to-day nominated James C. Matthews, of New York, to he recorder of deeds iu the District of Columbia, vice Frederick Doug las reigned- Matthews is a well-known colored lawyer, a graduate of the Albany Law School. He has been admitted to tho bar of the United .States Hnpremu Court. It is said tlist he has been successful in the in the practice of his profession and has la bored zealously and efficiently for the Democratic cause in titato and national campaigns since 1872. A tlreeae llctwecu Franca and ltclflnm. Pauls, Msrch 3.—Negotiations for the Congo loan are broken off. The Flench commission went to CoDgo to meet the Bel gian commission for the purpose of defining the boundary line between the territory of Erance and tbit of Congo State. The French commission waited • month, but the Belgian commission did not appear. The French commission » now returning home. Premier DeFreycinet has demanded un explanation from the Belgian Govern ment. A Khortace of ZI0. 000 In Federal roads. San Francisco, March 3.—When Cashier Boroenmnwa* restoredto hi* position in the United Btatcs anb-Trcaanry in Una city, some weeks ago, be refused to beecm* »■ s-ponaible nntil the caah waa counted W ken counted a shortage oftlO/JCW waa dU«>ver- .d. The Treasury Department at Wssh- J^lon was Immediately notified, and a special agent u now on but wry here to in vestigate the matter. Nr.w York, March 4.—Contrary to re port, none of the horse car lines tied up this morning. All of them, with the excep tion of the Dry-Dock line, are running ns usual. Tho latter line is completely block aded, and this has caused some trouble to the other lines which cross its route. home of tho long lines iD Brooklyn extending from the ferries to South Brooklyn are at n standstill owing to tho strike of tho em ployes for $2 a day and twelve hours work. Two attemps were made to stait horso cars in Brooklyn to-day. A car, in which was M. Richardson himself and n detach ment of police, after many mishaps and considerable clubbing, made its way from tho Fifth avenuo stables to the ferry. Tho job with auother car was abandoned before it had been ran twenty feet from the Seventh avenue depot. A mass of railroad iron effectually blocked its passage. The cross town line made another at tempt this afternoon to resume operations At 1:30 p. m. police reserves were called for, und shortly after these began filing from nl Idircctions into Grand street. At the eastern terminus of the road Superin tendent Murray anil Inspector Steera of the police department were present in full uniform and rnado full preparations for a battle with the Knights of Lalinr, which they Beemed to expect. Fully 1,200 police wore assembled. They patrolled Grand street from the Bow ery to East River, a dis tance of a mile, driving before them and into tho side streets the masses of men w ho had gathered. Grand street presented a spectacle never before seen in New York. Standing in front of the Grand street ferry house, as far as the eye could see west, wero overturned horse cam, carts, trucks and wagons of all kinds. At 2:15 a car was started from the stables, and proceeded under an escort of fifty police to tho starter’s stand at East street. There tho line of march win formed, headed by Snpcriu t'inlt nt Murray and Inspector Steers. First came six platoons of police, then followed police, numbering 100, anil the reur was closed by six more platoons of police.. The force started amid tho shunt ing of the mob. No obstacle was met nntil the cor renched Cannon str.et. There was a horse ear on its Bide. It was liftsd from the track by the police who formed tho ad vance guard of the column and cleared away for tho piocessional cor. Its progress was slow aud frequent stops were made. At Madi son street the first stone was thrown aud struck tho sido of the car. On tho cor wero John llrodic, trackmister of the road, who was driving, and John Angres, a conductor, a gentleman wearing a sillt hat, who gave his name as McLean and said ho was a friend of President White; Postmaster Fcrdick and Sergeant McEvoy of the 32d precinct All tho wu; to tho Bowery the track was obstructed witi the wrecks of street cars and trucks, but the advance guard cleared them. At Hcnr< street auother stone went crashing throng! a car window. At East Broadway a large stono was placed beside the wrec unnoticed, and the car was thrown ot. This mishap was greeted .with a tempest of yells front tho thousands lining Uie streets. A perfect pandemonium ’ prevailed. The car was lifted on the track aud again went on its way. At Ludlow street another window wassmashodand rottoneggs thrown against tho co«, At Allen street a blockade was Met A car of the Second avenue und other slineswero placed iu ail positions across the track. Stones flew again and another car window was broke. Tim ob struction was removed after great lubor, and again the car moved slowly on. At Eldridge street more block ades were found and the crowd attacked tho police. A general fight took place here, and tho clubs of tho police wero used with a will und the rioters were driven into the sido streets. Hats and caps were left in abundance behind. Tho Grand street merchants, remembering the recent London riots, took in their stack, closed their doors and put up their irou shutters. The police were reformed and continued. At the Grand street station of the Third Avenue elevated road (the Bowery) was su immense barricade of ears, wagons and tracks. From the windows of buildings on eacli sido of tho street and from the elevated railroad station thousands of spectators looked down on the sea of people. Fur blocks in every direction were long lines of curs aud tracks massed, as if in design, in a seemingly iuextriouble entanglement. All travel was suspended. It wus 2:45 before the way was cleared of the many cars which hail been thrown ucross the tracks. At Mulberty street u stono was thrown Against the car. It struck Sergeant Mc Evoy. The police at once charged the mob furiously aud clubbed right and left, driv ing before them the rioters who sought safety in flight down the side streets. At Center street another crowd waa masked, end from this to Broadway the police hail literally to club a way for themselves und their car. At Broadway not leas than 50,000 people seemed to have been collected, hut they were gathered more as sight-seers, being attracted by the wild reports of the riot which had preceded the police column. This point was passed audit hissing, hoot ing aud wild screams of every kind; hut McL ean concluded not to abandon the cur, Wooster street a pile of bricks overturned as iho car was passing and compelled it to stop. This obstruction beiug removed, anutuer street was made. At Hudson street anoth er baricade had to be removed and it was iloue amid the howls of the striker!. As the car went towards North river the fac tories on either side were emptied of their employes, who greeted the |iolice with execrations and reproaches. The employes of Rothschild's factory made themselves conspicuous by hissing and deriaive shouts as the car passed. Near West street was the last barricade. It waa formed of eoul wagons, beer wagons and logs gathered from round about At l)eH- plaines street a load of cos) was dutu|ied on the track. When the end ot the route was reached, at 3:40 p. m., the police were al- lowed to rest—"to spit on Uieir hands,” one cf the strikers said. After ten minutes, the return march waa begnn, over tte same route and to the some stables. There was any quantity of hiss ing, hooting and bowling, but only two obstructions were met s load of ssod on the track at Canal atreet and a well-wedged tsirric-de at the Bowery. With those re moved, the police at qtuck steps marked to the stables anil ran in the ear. The strikers left for their homes, the police were marched to the precincts, end the danger of a general riot waa dispelled. Many barricadra compelled the stoppage of travel on the Fourth end Thiol avenue lines, end this gave rise to a report that the conductors and driven of these lines heel joined iu the strike. Superintendent White, of the Cross Town Car Line, said, after the return of tho car: “When we start to do a thing we generally accomplish it." Superintendent Murray says he will repeat to-morrow tho march of to-day, if required to do it by the railroad officials. Until this trouble is over ire has ordered all police reserves to be held in constant readiness for a cull. He would uot need militia; the po lice were quite able to cope with any emer gency that might arise. In fifteen minutes a big force of police could be concentrated at nny given point. No police officer wnsinjuredby tho stones thrown to-day. The police made very few arrests, and those were for the most part discharged, explaining that they were caught iu the crowds while attending to their usual busi ness, and only got free when captured aud clubbed by the police. Wiliiam Richardson, who controls the cross town lino, is also the principal ownez of the cur lines stopped iu Brooklyn be cause of tho strike. Thcso lines arc the Atlantic avenue, Fifth avenue, Seventh av enue and Boorum street. These lines con nect with all tho ferries to New Y'ork, and throe of them—the Fifth and Seventh ave nues and Boorum street—councct with the bridge. A mass meeting was hold to-night of the car drivers of the various lines of this city. SrsiKOFiKLO O., March 5.—Tho excite ment in the strike situation is still intense. Tho proprietors of the East street reaper worira claim that only 3'J8 men are out, but tho men themselves claim that GOO arc out. There is no violence. Thu Knights of Labor held a large meeting last night. If no settlement can be reached T. V. Powderly, master workman of the Knighis of Labor, will ho appealed to as arbitrator. The discharged men have re ceived many offers of help from business men and otLers. Tho men call on working- uiuu to stay away from .Springfield until tho difficulty is settled. Only a few outside men linvc come in, and tow havo gone to work. The men are already talking of boycotting und arc in a shite of great excitement. Most of the men discharged will bo destitute in a short time. The proprietors of other facto ries refuse to discharge the Knights of Labor in their employ. The workmen aro quiet and well disposed, and well fixed in their determination to stand by tlieir action. The manufacturers also declare their inten tion not to yield. What the result will he no mau cun tell yet. It is believed flint the difficulties will he settled without violence. Several shops in tho city have recently made 10 per cent, advances in wages. Chicago, March 4.—Fully 80(1 men aro at work in the McCormack reaper works this morning. Tho strike is considered at an end. The unemployed workmen held a meeting this morning, at which thoy pre pared uu address to McCormack, in which they stated thnt if live non-union men now workiug in the foundry aro pluced in some other department, where thoy will not de prive the old hands of employment, a set tlement is possible. The uddress soys: “While we don’t dispute the right of Mr. McCormack to hire and discharge whom he sees fit, wo hold that no man shall ho dis charged daring the working season without just cause.” Racine, Wts., March 4.-The men in the blacksmith shop of J. I. Case's threshing uiachino works have struck and refnso u compromise of 15 per cent increase. Mr- Cubc says: "I havo told my men plainly that if they raised much more trouble 1 should close by tho works. If thoy pressed me too hard, I said, they would havo to lake the ill ' he has expressed tho determination to lend all his energies to placing his line in first- class condition. On the Brunswick division, steel rails have been laid the entire length. Under the inspiration and leadership of Mr. C. II. Hudson, general manager, the the transportation department of tUo East Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia railroad is constantly improving, and will soon be second to no trunk lino in the 8outli. Commencing on the 28th of Fobruary, Mr. B. W. Wrenn, general passenger agent, placed a through train on the line, storting from Atlanta at 4:23, p. m.,and reaching New YorkatG:30, a. m., on the accondday. The finest Pullman buffet cars aro at tached to tho train, and aro ran through. They are unequalled for eleganco and comfort. This train puts the passenger in New Y'ork as early as any other line docs. It is understood that this train will soon bo started at Macon, at about 1 o'clock, p. m. This will he of great advantage to all this section. On tho Covington and Macon Railroad the work is progressing steadily and rapid ly. Including the old Georgia Railroad, about fifteen miles have been graded. The work is being done in the best manner. The management of the road will begin track-laying iu a few weeks. This work will probably ho commenced on the othor side of the river, ns the bridge across the Ocmnlgce will hardly he built until tho road is completed. As to tho Central, its reputation is nhovu criticism. It would be difficult to find n better officered, better disciplined, and bet ter equipped road in the South. It is al ways reliable, and it Is gratifying to stnte that its business is constantly on the in- creaso 4 A TERRIBLE TALK OF THE SEA. business theiusolves and run it. I have al ready lost $50,000 or $60,000 in a plow uompapy, I will not loae any more." A prominent Knlghtof Labor Bays: "The men were foolish. Instead of arbitrating first, they qnitwork and then sent in a com mittee. That is not our way of doing busi ness.” Tie Knights of Labor iu Raccne nro a moving spirit in its municipal affairs. There is a proposition before tun city cooncil to erect waterworks. Tho German assembly of Knights of Labor sent a communication to the council. In it they resolved to aid and insure the (stahlishing of the improve nient under tho following conditions. 1. Tho men employed at the manufacto ry must be llacine citizens. 2. That tho eight hour labor system must he enforced. 3. That wages paid the meu must not be less than $1.00. At a meeting of the council held last night the communication waa placed on file. HAnatKiirno, Pa., March 4 -The jonr- nameu plasterers of this city to-night held a meeting at which they decided to demand 30 cenis an hour on and after May 30th. A special from Lykins state* that a gen rul strike of miners la contemplated iu that region aliout May 1st, unless they aro ul lowed the eight hour system and ten liour’i pay. The men at Wilson's colliery who went out last week for a restoration of 10 per cent, have been offered 7 per cent., hat they refused it sail aro still out. Kew Oiu.kanh, March 4.—To-day tho re ceivers of the Texas anil Pacific road filed a petition in tho United States Circuit Court setting forth: "That last night a party of armed, masked and disguised meu entered and took itossesaiou of the shops and round house nt Big Springs, Texas, took a locomotive to pieces and committed other depredations on the property of said railway company, ahd asking for instructions and protection. The petition further says: “The employed in tho shops along the line of said road in Texas are on a strike, and tlie object of the parties appears to be to prevent the opera tion of the road until tlie demands of the strikers are complied with." Judge Pardee issued the following order “Un consideration ot the foregoing peti tion, it is ordered that the receivers are authorized to suspend the running of trains aud the transaction of 1; tininess upon any part of the line of tbu Toxas und Pa cific Railway or in tlie shops pertaining ‘ i.l railway.” The officials to-day had numerous sppli- cations for work, but all wero rejected. The freight offices were opened to-day and are receiving all shipments except live stock. The strikers arc disconraged and think the movement has been badly ban d|. d. THE RAILROADS. Latest Information Concerning the Lines thnt Centra in Macon. According to the statements of officials connected with the railroads, important im provements have been made in the lines centering in Macon, and still more inqior- tant improvements arc to be made within the near future. An official of the East Tennessee, Vir ginia aud Georgia railroad gave a Tele graph reporter the following information yesterday afternoon: One million dollars have been appi printed by the management of the road for permanent betterments. This large sum la being rapidly expended for steel rails, iron bridges, floe depots and terminal facilities. The Urgent part of it ia being expended . upon the Georgia division. Large forces of hands are at work laying Steel rn'.ln ahd rock ballasting the line, and before the end of the year tba entire divis ion will be in a condition equal to that of the Pennsylvania railroad. Receiver Fink is noted aa an improver of railroads, and Tlie Steamer Saxon Wrecked on a Reef, and Six Lives Log. Halifax, N. F., March 3.—The stenmer Beta, which arrived to-dny, brought from Turk's Island the second ongineer and several of tho crew of the steamer Saxon, which was wrecked on tho evening of Feb ruary 4 in the Caicos Passage. 'Iho steamer was on a voyage from Now York to Capo Haytien. They experienced very storm weather early in tho passage. On the llftl day out, about H o'clock p. in., and during tho moderate weather, she struck ou Bird's Lookout reef, aipl ou tho following day broke in two. The first and second engineers nud fonr men then took to tho boat and reached the shore safely. Another boat, lying along side, ia which were two of tho crow, was swamped when tho Saxon parted and both men wero drowned. Two others of the crew, by t-lio aid of a plank, swam to a schooner 1} ing some distance away, leaving Captain Wyman and four others on the wreck. Thoy wero unable to get away, ex cept by risking their lives in the sea. One of those, tho chief mate,a son of the captain, attempted to awtm to land, bift became exhausted and drowned, Tho steward be came crazed and, hopeless of being rescued, leaped into tho sea and was not nfturwards seen. High winds nud rough water in tho neighborhood of the reef prevented nny at- tempts at the reacno of the remaining sur- vivors being madu until Monday, by which time still another of the meu had been wnshod away, anil the captain becom- ; delirious, hail died. On Sunday, en the weather moderated nnd tte wreck was hoarded by the men from the laud, there was but one fireman and the remuina of tho captain to romovo to the ahoro. Six men in all lost thetr lives. CRAZE FOR PUMPKIN PIE. A Scarcity of the Vegetable Leads to a Gin ger and Floor Adulteration. Ten nr fifteen years ago pumpkin pie was eyed with suspicion. New Yorkers had read of the big pumpkin that bit tchabod Crane up in Hieepy Hollow, when his horse got scared. New Yorkers merely thought that pumpkins were mode to nit people with or else for jack-o-lonterns. But all that has changed. The people have altered their opinion about pumpkins, as well os about a great many otln. r good things, and society has got so it can't get along without pumpkin pm, any more than it could get along without elevated railroads or church fairs. One thing is certain, and that is that there a hundred times as many pumpkins eaten here now as when, for in stance, young men who cast their first vote for Cleveland were boys. It is surprising how many pumpkins nre sold every year in Washington Market. An old vegetable man, who furnished green stuff for all the swell families forty years ago, slatted to figure out an estimate for a Star re- f iorter yeaterda;. After a painful and aborions effort in which he put down a row of figures ns long as a broom handle, the huckster gave it up. He only knew that he hnd handled 10,1100 pumpkins him self last year and that there wero dozens of . others in the markets who had sold pump kins, too. This did not include the thou sands of green grocers around town who imported tho vegetable from J.-rsey and Long Island. Then, besides, there are people who get pumpkins direct from country cousins who ran farms up in Orango county nnd os far west aa Oneida. In a little square room back of a down town pie baker’s shop tho reporter counted 250 blooming pumpkins Inst night. Thoy wore yellow, fat, round and luscious. Thoy will ho turned into pies before to-morrow night aud scattered nil over Manhattan island. The boss baker said he usually Used up 500 pumpkins a week, and nt that bite there were sometimes not half enough to go around. Ho nover saw such a craze for pumpkin pio, he said, and every year things were getting worso. Even mince pie—which, ever Binco Dicdrick Hudson got up n liig feast for his spinster daugh ter's best young man, has more than held its own—lias gradually begnn to wane as compared with tho demand for pumpkin pie. If things didn't chuugc soon, the boss baker said, there wouldn't bo pumpkins onough iu America to supply Now York alone. A restaurant man said that pies could bo made of ginger und flour. Ginger colors flour so that it looks i list liko baked pump kin. Then a handful of spices is thrown iu to kill off whatever suspicions flavor there might be, and the pie iH served with n greon pumpkin leaf on top. It takes an old pie-eater to know the difference, the res taurant man said. KNtW H1H FRIEND. THE SAWDUST SWINDLER'S HLAYElt On Trial For Ills Ufo-Uollanil, the Texan, Tells Itow He Killed Tom Davis. New York, March 3.—In tho tiiol of James T. Holland, of Texas, for the mur der of Tom Davis, tho sawdust swindler, now in progress, tho defendant took tho stand, IIo told his former story of how he bcciuuo acquainted with Davis; that he was on the lookout for an attempt on Davis’s part to rob him; that lie suspected the game would be to show him good money; i hat Davis actually aid cotint out to him $1U,000 in good bills and placed it in the valise; that Holland attempted to secure this va lise and carry it away with him; thnt in tho ■tragglo for tho possession of the valise Holland became convinced thut his life was in danger; thnt he heard Davis's brother shoot from the other side of tho partition to him (Holland) and thnt he then drew his pistol and with the first shot killed Davis and fired another shot through the mrtition in the direction of the suggestion o kill. Holland illustrated the relstivo positions of himself und Davis und his own motions in tho act of drawing and firinr his pistol, Assistant District Attorney Fel lows personating Davis. To make the illustrations more realiatie the pistol which Holland had used on Davis was used in the pantomine. TIIE1R LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE. Persecute*! Celestials Jumping Oat of tho Frying-pan Into the Fire. El Paso, Texas, March 4.—In the last fow days a largo number of Chinese from California lutve passed through El Faso on their way to New Orleans and Texas cities, and many of them ore alto locating in the territorial towns of New Mexico and Arizo- Han Francisco is represented swarmed with Mongolians, who have been driven out of Oregon and Washington ter ritories, and ths pressure, it is churned, is being relieved by the Hix Companies ship ping them east, where antagonism ngains the Chinese is not as strong as on the Pad tic Slope. This influx, however, into the territories of Arizona and New Mexico has aroused latent antagonism there and anti Chinese leagues havo already been organ ized at Socorro and other towns in New Mexico, and nt Tucson and Tombstone, Arizona, which place* are >offering from the heavy increase in their Chinrso popula tion, and which may lead to their violent eviction, as was recently the esse in Wash' ington Territory, COURAGEOUS LADIES. Ciieisea, Mien., Msrch 2.—Twopromi neut loilies, wives of George B. Glazier ami John It. Gates, thwarted what would have been a heavy bank burglary last night. They were going home from the sick bed a friend, at midnight, and in passing the Chelsea Havings Bank saw burglars at work. There were four men. One of the men, who was on the lookout, threatened ahoot the women, who ran away, terribly frightened. Determined to prevent the robberty, if possible, they aronsed several of the citizens, who started for ths bank, end at the noise of their coming the bnrg- lara fled. Prom the character of their work on the safe it is believed that they were professional safe blowers. » past, 1 whether loed . believing that it ia as nnreaaonabla a majority of men to claim the right to eay what a man shall drink a* to say what be shall eat or what be shall wear, whether ha studl rid* or walk, or shall chaw amoks, or do neither. The Grateful Remembrance of a Man who Was In Strain. Texas Siftings. One of tho brightest lights of tho Austin bar was standing on the corner of the ave nue, surrounded by a group of admiring friends, when n man with a peculiar stride anil close cropped liair walked up to the lawyer and, taking one of his hands in both ' his shook it as if ho was going to wrench from his body, saying; “It’s ten years since I saw you, but I know you as soon as I laid eyes on you.” The lawyer was embarrassed, bat the rough-looking stranger helped him oat. on did me a kindness, once, jedge, and et I ever forgit it mny my right arm clove to the roof of my mouth. Don’t you ramom- her when you practised law ten years ago, up in Dawson cuntlty? You did mo a kind ness I never shall forget ’’ The friends of the lawyer cast admiring glances nt him, and one of them said to the other that ho, the lawyer, always bads good heart. Yes,” continued the stranger, still bold ing to the lawyer’s band. “I hod shot a man in Belf-dofese, and the sheriff was go ing to look me up, when yon nobly volun teered to go my bond. And yon didn’t know me, either.” The lawyer said bethought he recollected the circumstance, while the admiring friends sold: “Just like him. Ho is always going about doing good." Yon offered to go my bond, but tho sheriff said he would lio d d if any jack legged shyster could shove a straw-bond off on him, and if you remember, judge, ho refused to spprove the bond and I was locked up,but 1 waa always grateful to you, just tho sniue. Y’ou tried to help me ac cording to law. I broke jail that night and crippled several people getting away, bat thanks to yon I got away." Where have yon beon aince?" asked the lawyer, seeking to change the conversation. "I am just out of the Kansas penitentiary. I would never have got in tbar it yon hnd been about. A feller refused to drink with me and 1 had to shoot him. Let’s step across and havo something,” aud running bis am through that of his legal friend they marched across the street, tho jndge keeping step like s soldier, while the friends on the side- walkswspped opinions about what a bad eye that man bad. Tba Preacher and the Poker Chip. Omaha Republican. A Red Cloud preacher wore his son's watch and chain to a ministerial associa tion. He could not understand the extra amonnt of attention lavished upon him an! til s good brother pointed out that the queer Witch charm which be sported was noth tag more than an ivory poker chip. large Cotton Fire In Saw York. New Yobs, March 3.—Fire broke out at midnight on the cotton laden barges Geoige W. Dale and Charles Whitney, lying at the National Steamship Company's dock in North river, and did $35,001! damage to the cotton. The boats were damaged about $5,1X10. The cotton erne from the Char leston steamship dock and was consigned to the Gitoin Lino. It is owned by a number ( of shippers uuil was insured in various marine companies. The London Socialists Committed for Trial. Loxd'X, March 3.—Bums, Hymlman, Williams and Champion, the (Socialist lead era, were again before ths police court to* day and after a further be iring were com- I mitted for trial on theebargo of inciting the i subjects of the Queen to riot. The defend- i ants were permitted to fnrnish bail for their j appearance. Fonr Men Killed In a Railroad Accident. Utica, N. Y., Msrch 3.—A treigbi train on the Ontario and Western railroad went I through a bridge near Fish Eddy, Delaware county, hut night. E. F. Smith and Alf | Reynolds, the conductor, and twobnkemen , who were tiding in the caboose were killed j and their bodies wera burned to einden. Death of a Prominent Churchman. Loiisvu.t.a, Kv.. March 3.—Rev. Dr. .- Samuel Ramsay Wilson, aged 66 yean, died 1 here to-day. He waa the leader of the split ( which canned lb* establishment of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Psor. Max Muluoi dares to say that there an long pisasgsa avail in Homer which asata to him extremely tedious, and that not a few of Goethe's writings ream to him