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M ACPI of FRIDAY. MARCH 7, 1884.
ESTABLISHED 1826
^DOMESTIC NEWS.
..OCEEDINOS OF BOTH HOUSES OF
M ° C0NCRE88 YESTERDAY.
WjUBIfotos, D. C., March 8.—The Sen-
.(.look up and passed bills providing f or
z ran'Uuction of public buildings as
fiUs: Greenville, S.C., to cost 850,000;
!% v \Vest 8100,000; Macon, Oa„ 8125,000;
iniusta, Ga., 8200,000; lluntsviUe, Ala.,
tlOOOOO. Also a bill appropriating 8100,-
L, [ or tho enlargement of the custom
loose in Hichmond, Va. Thirty or forty
0 ( these bills providing for the erection of
Mblic 'wildings were passed, embracing
oeariy all of this class of bills on the cal
endar.
BOUSE.
Ur Randall, under instructions from
aJeommittee on ap]>ropriations, reported
Sek the letter from theSecretary of the
SSssurv relative to the rebate on tobacco,
fir Randall said the secretary's letter set-
W flint, no additional
VOLUME LVIII—NO. 13.
Seat into public notice that persons hav-
claims, by the emnloyment of agents
at 5 per cent, commission could get pre
mie ice in considertion for their claims.
He wanted to say to the House and claim
ants that there was no occasion whatever
for claimants to go to any expense to se
cure the pa, ment of their money. If they
employed agents after this statement they
would do so of their own volition. The
secretary’s letter was ordered ptinted in
the Record. ,, ,,, _
The House, upon motion of Mr. Town
send, of Illinois—yeas 227, na; s 40-sus-
pended the rules io pass the bill pension
ing Mexican veterans. Tho bill docs not
apply to soldiers of the Blnck Hawk and
other Indian wars. Mr. Townsbcnd ex
plained the bill, stating that it was con
fined exclusively to those who served In
the Mexican war and did not contain pro-
viaion not already sanctioned by the
ftlouseof Representatives. Persons who
who were under political disability were
excluded from the benefits of the bill.
WisnisoTOX, March 4.—In the Senate,
Mr. Cockrell, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported adversely and had
indefinitely postponed all bills providing
far the distribution of coudemned cannon
to cities or associations.
Mr. bogan, from the same committee,
reported favorably a bill to relieve the
members and judge-advocate of the Fitz-
Jolin Porter court-martial of tho secresy
imposed by their oath as to the vote of the
court Mr. Logan intimated that ho would
ask the Senate to consider this bill to-day.
On the conclusion of the morning busi
ness, the military academy appropriation
bill was placed before the Senate. M r. Lo
gan said he had been authorized by the
committee on appropriations to ofler an
amendment to the bill, providing that
heccalter any cadet dismissed for hazing
should not be eligible to reappointment.
He said he had consulted many of the best
"Hirer. In authority «t the Academy, and
itwas their and his o; ’ ‘ **—* * ’
could not be stopped w
vision, and ho behoved that such a pro’vls
LECAL TENDER NOTES.
Tho Supreme Court Declares the Act
Authorizing Them Constitution-*!.
M’asiiisotox, March 3.—A decision was
rendered by tho Supremo Court of the
United States to day In the long pending
legal tender case of AugusfD. Julllard vs.
Thos. 8. Creenman, brought here by writ
of error to the Circuit Court of the United
States for the southern district of New
York. The question presented by this
case, os it is stated by the court, Is wheth
er notes of the United States Issued iu time
of war, under acts of Congress declaring
them to be legal tender in
payment of private debts, and
afterward in time of peace redeemed and
palu In gold coin at the treasury, and theu
reissued under the act of 1878, can, under
the constitution of the United States, be
h-galtender in payment of such debts.
Tho court is unanimously of the opinion
that the present case cannot be dis
tinguished tn principle from cases hereto,
loru decided and reported under tho name
legal tender cases—Dooley va. Sf.iith, Rail
road Company vs. Jackson and Maryland
vs. Railroad Company, and all the jnatlces
except Justice Field, who adheres to the
views expressed itt bis dissenting opinion
In these cases, are of the opinion that they
were rightly decided. The court holds
therefore that Congress has power to is
sue obligations of the United States in
such Iona and to Impress upon them such
qualities as currency for the purchase
of merchandise and payment of
debts as accord with the us
age of sovereign governments. The
power is incident to the power of borrow
ing money and issuing bills and notes of
the government for money borrowed. The
bill!
aid stop
to and
the bill, as amended, was
Bills were Introduced and referred as
follows: By Mr. Sherman, granting copy
right to newspapers. By Mr. Cali, to fra-
provt the eptranee and channels of 1’ensa-
coll harbor, Florida, including both tho
inner and outer bars.
Mr. llcwitt, of New Yark, from the com
mittee on ways and means, reported a bill
topKventtho adulteration of teas. The
na il based upon a recommendation of
the Secretary of the Treasury. It forbids
the Importation of tea dust, and gives im-
(«?«* an opportunity hi export from the
United States within six months after the
bill become* a law adulterated tea they
may hare received.
son.
i "P*. commltteo on military of-
JJirstCKlar decided to report adversely the
| tewinhon intro.hn-.-il by Senator George
ic erection of a statue of GaH-
! national cemetery at Vicks-
to permit the
I , i _fo.tbc 1w.ii iiibi iwwiniij ui iwsv
The committee hold that the nation
ai cemetery shoo id be -acred to the mem-
hNjnrfMldlenof the Union army
tin sxwinrzn copyright.
1,1,52 Is a copy of the bill Intro-
I SfmeMiSjSiSJf Sherman today front-
1 - „ lB * “pyriflht to newspaper!:
,n * ct "i, etc., that any dally or
I.un.* n,w, J! a Pe r . or any association of
I mSf? shall have the right to
11™'; » n d sell lor the term of eight
I ng.from the boor of going to
I ^" -'herontents of said dally or weekly
I nfT p * (lfr ' Of thecoUectsd new* of said
on#
.l]!®**^** 2-That for any infringement of
I Rfanlcd by the first section
I »n» « be Iinr, J Injured mav sue in
leiniT 1 ?!* 0 * ““Pewnt Jurisdiction, and
I Zu/JJP J" J proper action tho damages
IffuS’tlf by ™n the pmoosmmk-
IStoe«n5|” n * etoe,,t * t °8 ct * lcr wit k coit#
SU1 of the foregoing measure
IcvUmS In tho House at the
I ... JWy by llcpri-cntativi
IRISH DYNAMITERS.
| 10 Unit* In Dwmnnaing That the
nilea States Suppress Them.
. Mar.h.V The to-mor-
I * iU Publish the following special
to day: The German
b.^ a ' Spanish Frencl *and other em
I 0:5 are roce i v >ng instructions tc
r Minor Mao,
: ; ••• ■■ -f foreign .flairs, r,
impressing upon tliosc bills or nates of the
quality ol being legal tender for the pay
ment of private debts was a power uni
versally understood to belong to sovereign
ty in Europe and America at tho time of
tho framing and adoption of the
constitution of the United States.
This power of making
Botes of the United States legal tender in
the payment of private debts, being in
cluded In the power to borrow money and
provide a national currency, is not defeat
ed nor restricted by the fact that Its exer
cise may affect the value of private con
tracts. If upon a just and fair interpreta
tion of the whole constitution a particular
power or authority appears to be vested in
Congress, It la no constitutional objection
to its existence or to its exercise that the
owe.* of a contract of an individual may
e Incidentally affected.
"Congress, the court says, in concluding,
is the legislature of a sovereign nation,
being expressly empowered by the consti
tution to levy and collect taxes and pay-
debts and provide for the common defense
and general welfare of the United States,
and to coin money and regulate tho value
thereof and ol foreign coin, and it being
clearly authorized os incident to the ex
ercise of these great rights to emit
bills of credit, to charter national banks
and to provide a national currency for the
whole people in the form of coin, treasury-
notes and national bank bills, and the
power to make the notes of tho govern
ment legal tender in the payment of pri
vate debts being one of the powers belong
ing to sovereignty in other civilized nations
and not expressly withheld from Congress
le constitution, wc are irreaisti-
. impelled to the conclusion
that impressing upon treasury notes
of the United States the qunlity of being
legal tender in payment of private debta is
an appropriate means,conducive and plain
ly adapted to the execution of the undoubt
ed powers of Congress, consistent with the
letter and spirit of the constitution, and
therefore witfiin the meaning of that in
strument, necessary and proper for carry
ing into execution the power vested by this
constitution in the government of the Uni
ted States. Sucli being our conclusion in
the matter of law. the question whether at
any particular-time in war or in peace
the exigency la snch, by reason
of unusual and pressing demands on
the resources of the government or of the
inadequacy of the supply of gold and sil
ver coin to furnish the currency needed
fur the use of the government and people,
that la a matter of fact. Whether it is
wise and expedient to resort to these means
Is a fsolitical question, to be determined by
Congress when the question ot exigency
arises, and not a judicial question- to be
afterw ard passed upon by the courts. It
follows that the act of May, 31st, 1878. is
constitutional and valid, and that the Cir
cuit Court rightly held that a tender in
treasury notes, reissued and kept in circu
lation under that act, was a tender of law-
agents .of other States and govern
ments. each of wh’ch is superior to the
general government, it must have power
to protect tile elections on which its
existence depends from violence and
corruption. If it lias not this
power, it is left Helpless before two .great
natural and historical enemies of a repub
lic—open violence and insidious corrup
tion."
Addressing himself to the argumen
made in this case, that became there is no
express ilower delegated to Congress to pro
vide for preventing violence exercised on
a voter as a means of controlling his vote,
no such law can beenacted.be savs: “It
destroys at one blow, in construing the
constitution of the United States, the doc
trine universally applied to all instruments
of writing, that what is implied is as
much a part of the instrument as what is
expressed. This principle, in its applica
tion to the constitution of the United
States, more than to almost at.y
other w-riting, is a necesaity. by reason
of the inherent inability to put into
words all derivative powers—a difficulty
which the instrument itself recognizes by
conferringon Congress authority to pass
all laws necessary and proper to carry into
execution powers expresslv granted, and
all other powers vested in the government
or any branch of it by the constitution.
He points to the power of Congress to pass
laws to punish theft or robbery of the
treasury of the United States and depre
dations on the mails, although Congress
has been given no express authority to
pass such laws. As to the argument that
the states can pass the necessary laws on
this subject, and that no necessity exists
for such action by Congress, he points
points out that the existence of State laws
punishing counterfeiting of coin of the Uni
ted States has never been held to supersede
acts ot Congress passed for that purpose
or to justify the United States in failing to
enforce its own laws to protect the circula
tion of the coin which it issues. He di
rects attention also to the attempts of Con
gress to protect the officers of the govern
ment in the exercise of their duties tn hos
tile communities, in the nullification
trouble in South Carolina and in the late
rebellion and during the troubles growing
out of the enforcement of the draft. He
asks, if it be not doubted that Congress has
power to provide laws for the proper con
duct of elections for representatives in Con
gress, are such powers annulled because
sn election for State officers is held at the
same time and place, and replies; “These
questions answer themselves. It is only
because the Congress of the United States,
through long habit and long years of for-
beaeance, lias, in deference and respect
to the States, refrained from the exercise of
these powers, that they are now doubted."
He holds that the fifteenth amendment of
the constitution by its limitation on the
power ol the States in the exercise ol their
rights to prescribe the qualifications of
voters in their own elections, and hy Its
limitation of the power of the United
States over that subject, clearly shows that
the right of suffrage was considered to be
ol supreme importance to the national
K vemment, and was not intended to
iclt within the exclusive control of the
States.fHe closes with this language; "In
a republican government live ours, where
political power is reposed exclusively In
representatives ol the entire body.of the
people, choeen at *hort intervals by popu
lar elections, the temptation to control
those elections by violence and by corrupt-
tion is a constant source of danger. Such
has been the history ol all republics, and
though ours has been comparatis-ely tree
from both these evils in the past,
no lover of his country can
shut Ilia eyes to the fear of
future danger from both sources. If the
recurrence of such acts as these prisoners
stand convicted of is too common In on-
quarter of the country, and give omen of
danger from lawlrss violence, the free use
of money tn elections, arising from the
vast growth of recent wealth, in other
quarters presents equal cause for anxiety.
The rule to show cause in this case Is dis-
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPA1CN.
Arrangement of the Democratic con
gressional Campaign Committee.
W.ISHIXOTOX, Marcli 4.—'The Democrat
ic Congressional committee met at the
Arlington hotel in liiia city this evening
and organized for the coming campaign.
Senator Pendleton, chairman of the Dem
ocratic joint caucus, preslued, and Kepre-
sentatlve Post, secretary of the joint cau
cus, acted as secretary of tho meeting.
Thirty States and four Territories arc rep
resented on the campaign commit
tee, these lieing the States and Ter
ritories which send Democrafsc Senators
on representatives to Congress. Thirty-
one members were present at the meeting
tills evening. The following executive
■ immittcc was selected: On the part of
ib Senate—Garland of Arkansas Kenna
of AVest Virgins. Gorman o' Mariam!; on
the part of the House of Representatives—
Paige of Ohio, Rosecrans of California.
Htockslager of Indians, Stevens of New
York and Murphy of Iowa. It was decided
that tills executive committee should be
empowered to select the members of the
campaign committee for the States and
Territories not represented In either the
Senate or House of Representatives by
a Democrat. These States and Territories
are, Colorado, Kansas, Maine. Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont and Dakota. Idaho, New
Mexico and Washington. No other busi
ness was transacted by the campaign com
mittee.
The executive committee met npoh i <
adjournment of the campaign cemmittec
and organized by electing Senator Gorman
chairman and Representative Post secre
tary. 8enator Kenna and Representatives
Stevens and Stocksiager were appoint d
a subcommittee on finance, and Senator
Garland and Representatives Murphy and
Paige a sub-committee on campaign
documents, the chairman being ex-officio
a number of both [subcommittees. The
committee had an informal talk over the
arrangements to be made for the cam
paign, but did not enter into any discus
sion of questions of party policy.
The revenue reform Democrats appear
to be in a minority on tho executive com
mittee. Senator Gorman, tho chairman,
and Senator Kenna are both tariff Demo
crats as arc Representatives Paige, of
Ohio, and Stevens, of New York. Rep
resentatives Stockslagrr and Murnhs
were Carlisle men. and with Senator Gar
land represent tho tariff reform element
on the committee. Representative Rose
crans voted for Carlisle for Speaker, but is
an "in'-identalprotcctionist." and endorses
the Ohio tariff platform. The secretary of
the committee la a "tariff" Democrat. In
the mair, the committee is composed ot
the younger element of the party.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
The British Troops Arriving at Suakim—
Ceneral Coodwin’s Movements*-
The Antl-Dynamito Cam
paign in England.
GERMANY.
BISMARCK RESORTS TO THREATS.
Berlin. March The Sorth German
• > ' ( Bi-man k'i ordain oondrtiuiM tin*
iTOitoval of tin- StMTSsioiiirits (O oiler in (lit*
Kich'-tair a jv-olutioti thanking tin* United
States Home of Representative* for its
action on the death of Herr Lacker. The
nm\ in*' of Mich a resolution, tin* (i'ly-tf,
says, would constitute a • shame
less, act. The Gazctt>■ refrains,
• '( re>jn*.'t to Congre-**. from assertin
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.
Gray—Justice Field dissenting.
A decision was also rendered to-day in
what are generally known as the lire per
cent, land rases, yIi, the State of Iowa and
the State of Illinois against NoahC. Mc
Farland. commissioner of the General
Land Otlice. These are petitions for writs
of mandamus to compel the commissioner
cf the General Land Office to make a state-
ment of accounts between the United
States and the States of Iowa and Illinois,
for the purpose of ascertaining what sums
of money are due ssld States by the acts
providing for their admhsion to the Union,
which authorized ths payment to them of I
five per cent, of the net proceeds of public
lands Ivins within their limits which snould
be sold oy Congress. The question presented
by the cases is whether or not public lands
located by militant boundary land war
rants come within the scope of the acts
above mentioned—that Is, whether such
lands are lands sold by Congress. The
court holds that under the act of Marchs,
is 13, relating to the admission of the State
of Iowa into the Union, or the act of April
UL 1818. for the admission of the State of
Illinois into the Union, by which 5 per
cent, of the net proceeds of lands lying
within the State, and afterward aold by
Congress, is reserved and appropriated for
the benefit of the State, the state is not en
titled to a petcentagc o i the value of lands
disposed of by Congress in satisfaction of
military land warrants. The writs of
mam/>imus prayed for are therefore refused
and the petitions dismissed. Opinion by
Justice Gray-Justices Miller and Field
di-«enting.
The amount of land located within the
military boundary land warrants in the
various acts in nineteen of the Southern
and Western States up to June 13,1882,
was C3,3£!,000 acres, the largest amounts
being in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Wiscon*
-in and Minnesota.
Poor Wise Tries Again to Set Himself
Right With the Negroes.
Washington, March 4.—The Danville
investigation was resumed this morning.
Senator 8hcrman stated that Mr. Wise
wished to make a correction of his testi
mony, or to make an additional statement.
Wise, taking the witness chair, said that
while he did not wish to make any issue
with the official reporter in regard to the
language imputed to him in connection
with the vlsita of colored members of the
Legislsture to his house, still, as a general
statement ot his dealings with members of
the Legislature, the report did him Injus
tice. What he referred to was a particular
instance of a person who hod come to
his house to
had called upon 1
He intended it, not as a reflection upon
them, in any sense, but to illustrate that
the man In that positiou was less exacting
THE BANKS COUNTY PRISONERS.
THE DANVILLE NUISANCE.
Immense influx of Northern Capital Into
the South.
Baltimore, March 5.~The Manufac
turers' Record will to-morrow publish a
statement of two months' progress in man
ufactures in tho South, stowing the
amount of capital invested in Soathcm
manufacturing and mining enterprises
during January and February. The
amount is placed at $28,20) JXKX Kentucky
sliows the largest aggregate. $0,081,000,
while Alabama is second with f5.210.000,
Virginia $3,830,000, Texas $3,503,000, Geor
gia $2,074,000, Maryland $2,015,000. North
Carolina $1,227,000, West Virginia $916,000,
South Carolina $901,000, Tennessee
,000. and the other States a little
than $500,000 each. This remark
able increase is made up of
a wide diversity of Industries. Tho cotton
mills now building and inaugurated since
the 1st of January will cost over
13,250,000 and add more than 100.00*) spin
dles to the number now in the South. As
vA • 11 - liit-ir f.iitli in Southern
manufacturing, a nunilxr of well estab
lished Southern mills propose to largely
increaso their capacity. The Eagle anil
Phenlx Mills, of Columbus. Georgia, in
tend to erect a new $100,000 mill; the
Rome. Georgia, cotton factory will spend
$100,000 on a new mill: the Riverside Cot
ton Mill Company, Danville, Va.; the
Matthews Mill Company, Selma, Ala., and
the Birmingham, Ala., cotton mill will
each expend about $100,000 or more on
new mills, while in addition to these there
are a number of other cotton factory pro
ject* being worked up. An immense
amount ot Northern and Western capital
ia going into Southern industries, and the
Southern people are investing largely in
new enterprises.
Scakim, March 2.—The British troops
entered Tokar at noon, Saturday. A few
shots were exchanged with the enemy,
when the 4,000 rebels holding the town
fled. Osman Digna is encamped eight
miles distant from Suakiin. A battle with
him Is expected when the British troops
return to Suakim from Tokar. All reports
commend the steadiness with which the
British moved on Teb. The square in
which they advanced to battle was never
broken. The determination and bravery
of the rebels were shown in the fact that
when they were charged by the cavalry a
great number of them threw themselves
upon their backs on the ground and
speared the horses of the troops as they
dashed over them. H
Suarim, March 2.—The march to Tokar
was accomplished in four hours from Teb.
The Hussars scoured the country and kept
up desultory skirmishing jwith the enemy,
who retired in disorganized masses in the
direction of Tawanief. The Arabs lost 1,100
men dead on the field at Teb, besides guns
and oilier munitions. Their whole camp,
including 375 tents and many camels, were
also taken. The condition of tho camp
showed that the Arabs had relied upon be
ing victorious. Gen. Graham will send
part of the Tokar garrison to Trinikat and
will destroy the works of the fortifications.
He will then march to Tawanief, where he
will convoke the sliicks of the friendly
tribes and thoso submitting to him, to
make arrangements to keep open the route
between Suakim and Berber.
Cairo, March 2.—'The goverment, feeling
convinced that General Gordon’s mission
will fall and his life be put in imminent
peril, has offered to Abdel Kadir Pasha,
minister of war. under sanction of Sir
Evelyn Baring, the British minister, the
governorship of Kharinnm. Abdel Kadir
i'asho^ refuses to accept the offer, however,
unless General Gordon assents.
Gen. Gordon lias ordered Col. Stewart,
commander of the expedition sent up the
White Nile, not to attack the natives un
less he is attacked by them, but to try to
negotiate with the shiek Bazgaras to
r> B|m| HH—mm
The rising of all the tribes in Darfour and
Kordafan and attack Khartoum.
London, March 2.—Admiral Hewitt led
the marines in the attack on Teb. Tho
gcons acted nobly. Queen Victoria has
sent a telegram congratulating the troops
on their victory. General Graham tele
graphs ns follows: Tokar has been relieved
The rebels:
„ ng
that the heccssioni.-its actually paid cash
for the Lasker resolution, but says it waa
offered in tho hope of reaping a reward in
the furtherance of petty party interests.
The Uazftts adds: An attempt to carry
the proposed resolution would
be a violation of law, and direct corres
pondence with a foreign parliament
would be a breach of the constitution.
The government would certainly visit
uch an encroachment upon the domain
•f the monarchy with serious conse
quences.
The evening journals sav that the Seces
sionist deputy, Kapp, denies that he orig- l " restore order, and that tho Governor, at
inated the resolution of condolence. He the request of the mayor of Alapaha, had
asserts that Congress is politically far too
eiilighti-ned for a *o*n*»ihh* fon*itrm*r t-> feel
tempted to molest it with his personal
~1shts.
A COMBINATION AQAIN8T ENOLAND.
Berlin, March 3.—The German ministe
rial organs a**«'.eiato the alliance of Rus-
sia. Germany and Austra with a coming
league of tuc continental power* against
the maritime preponderance of England.
A notable article appears in Kreuz
/■ ’ which prcdii tn
iatioj‘i of a league, »..»
Vance, to break the insular supremacy of
Ingland, which it says by the annexation
of Egypt has completed the links of a
gigantic chain extending from Gibraltar to
China, and coiled around the body of
~ 'opie, monopolizing the commerce of the
id and making the Mediterranean sea
and Indian ocean English lakes.
Tho Berlin Post urges France to join an
alliance promising more substantial bene
fits than those arising from her
entente with England. Dr. Busch,
uti'hr foreign y<*crct;iry, in an ar
ticle in the Grenzbaten, remarks that
Russia’s progress toward India is a matter
' indifference to Germany. “England.”
says, *is no longer our ally, but regards
with evident mistrust.” It is supposed
that these articles are indications of a di
plomatic campaign against England.
Paris, March 5.—A majority of the
arliamcntary committtec who nave been
examining the question of the importa
tion of American salt meats are in favor of
the government’s proposal to appoint offi-
go - to* Khartoum. If that shiek cen to injpect imports on their arrival in
•refers to fight lie will precipitate France. Paul Bert Is in favor of a con-
all the tribes in Darfour and vention with America for a regular inspec
tion of pork in America by officers who
shall be empowered to issued certificates
which shall then be vised by the French
consul iof the port from which the pork is
shipped. When pork arrives in France
it would only be necessary then to see
whether the |rrench consul had properly
vised the certificates or had indorsed an
objection upon them.
Captain Wright Severely Censured.
BoeTON, March 4.—The report ef the
United States local inspectors, Andrew
Burnham and Andrew J. .Savage, on the
City of Columbus investigation waa
completed this afternoon and
was forwarded to the aupervlsing
iiuu»« w ^ Ills • mother, and Inspector-general In New York to-night,
called upon him and talked with him. Captain Wright ia handled without gloves.
The inspectors aay that in tome way Capt.
Wright was evidently impressed with the
erroneous idea that so long as he waa with
in call the ship waa being legally pi
loted. Captain Wnght had taken
an oath to perform ids duties according to
Italian
I rone.,« ^ •• •*g»rdlng Eu-
with » view to de-
I ment m uiiwl ^V^ldngton govern-
I Moved .ivnJ! 0 legislation against
|amba2J?" am,te n “«»rie*. The name
lot string? approve tin* reviving
lemmtnt ■» fitoen a *y that the gov-
1 i- U-t at,!,, t., „|.
|p , >' : *.ion *59*001 European inter-
■ rurvciliaiuv. He
m tn a out Knffiish protec-
Ivreat whetf immunity from
1. f w.*r.» until"-
eSS2.?* Ule uy that
protect* revolutionary In-
nS,„7* v 1,5 tlunitors to'ior-
aX?l2j?L“, ow con 'l' Uia » " nl >-
■boiSnnfrev * •Udur.'.I Tho other
"^5hS. takt i Ul '' ground that moral
“ “* <*ly re iy (or socialistic
California Floods.
JreteS , *“S b o( '’, T ""'.v rain*
,
1 •'»■* Ang.-i.**. wL.ri* int.T. t* »r a lucmoer oi Longrees. .
a tj?** **■ caused W tin* recent qu*--ti*»r. presentad bythecaaes relates to
q it. ii f r ,„„ j* . the constitutionality of the law
av '<.-wrai mil4*\ .,[• ti,,; under which the prisoners are held.
f. l'- 1 ' 11 " raiir-i.ui h- IV .» I-.'. *, . Miller, speaking for the court,
tllC ( ’**I.*r vd.» ei.--.-rt r dividing that the offense set forth in
The I tb* Indictment is fally covered by sections
Th. Supr.m. Court Affirm. 7b.tr S.n
t.nc.—Th. Rights of Congr.ee.
Wamaoior, March 8.—A decision was]
ren-lered by the Supreme Coart to-day in
xhatare known as the kukiux cases,
which stood on the original docket under
lb. Utto fit Jkrtr in the nutter ol Jroper |
Yarbrough and other*. They are peti
tions (or writaothabea* corpus to release
a number of persona now imprisoned un
der a judgment of JJlh. United States Cir
cuit court for the Northern district o(J
Georgia, rendered after trial and conric
lion of the prisoners, for the offense of]
threatening and otherwise intimidating
colored rotors at an election in Georgia
■Hiarosbtr of Congress. Th* principal i
any se
in that,
thon a white person similarly situated
would probably have done. Before he be
gan his testimony, he had asked the re-
l-nrters to submit their note* to him, for
the Insertion of tables.etc.
8*nator Vance—"Well, now, Mr. Wise,
I wish to ask you, sir, how are we to un-
dersUod you in relation to this correc
tion? Do you say that the sUtement
which the reporter made la not what you
said, or that it Is not what you wished or
intended to say?”
Wile—"Isaythis, sir; I don't care to
make an issue with the reporter as to
whether he took my exact words or not. I
say I do not belter, he did. At the same
time, pursuant to what bad been the un
derstanding from the moment I testified,
I revised it, for the reason that before I
spoke a word I told him 1 desired to revise
the testimony and insert tabulated state
ments.”
Senator Sherman said that when Wise
first applied to him for leave to Qrise his
testimony and put in tabulated statements
he (Sherman) told him he thought be
would be allowed the usual privilege ac
corded to members of Congress as to bis
testimony.
Wise said he would like to add one sen
tence more: “In so far as my testimony is
•ought to conrry the impression that I
ramie a discrimination between coxired
and white members of the Legislature, as a
rule, In their communication with me, it
does them and me injustice. I have always
treated otiiciaUcaUing upon me,by whom
soever made, without any discrimination
whatever, and always expect to do so.”
now us mnniD at nan.
The following is the official report ef the
remark, which Wise revised: “The fact
that I ugree with them politlcaUy does not
mean that I invite them to my house. I
could not do such a thing in Virginia and
maintain any social standing. There ia no
such condition there. The black members
of th* Iegislstore have to come to consult
me as to i-olitlcs, and they go to my kitchen
an oath to t>errorm his duties according to
his best skill and judgment. He says in
the course of his testimony that hewn*
“‘’"Kd
mony
duty, and never went
while on these , voyage*
of seventy hours or more. If
he chose to dispense with the service* of a
special pilot and assume the duties of
boihmasterandpllot.be alone was to be
held responsible for the actual and proper
performance of the duties he assumed.
The inspectors compliment the captain
for his efforts tn saving life after the ves
sel struck, bntsay: “We have come to the
conclusion that Capt. Wright was the only
legal pilot on duty at the time of the dis
aster and (or two hours preceding, and
that for at least one hour before she
struck he was not at the post of
duty ot a pilot, attending to
his actual duties, and as a master for tile-
gaily rtalroallng ths partaraune* of bis
duties of pilot to those unauthorized, and
-inhibition In Cobb.
.. .. . . ; At: e
•ellinr .Me 0,1 ll ‘* T
-rr.-ll ha
least tlx hundred us
I ■ government whose essential char-
ter ia republican, whose executive bead I
■dJroWatiT. bray are both eteeUre. 1
most numerous and powerful
by tiiei
. oi Corrupt,on A.'i l .d
1- I pr qeai-.ion oo (Uttttagas M
Tre*: ^ttt-ntion irtd demand greslron-
derstion. if this government i« anythin;
lorothai a meresggregj:
iranch of th.-Legislature is elected by
people -tirectly, has no power by ap[
prUle l*»* to -*■ un-thlii election train
■CrororootTialowco. of con notion sik
end send up their message, and I go to the
bock yard and sea them.”
now na cmxciED it.
Wire's revision is as follows: "The
(net that I agree with them politically
does not mean that I invite them to ray
bomi socially. 1 could not do such a thing
in Virginia and maintain any social stand
ing; and there It no snch condition there.
For example, a black member of tb. Legis
ts ters cam* to consult me as to puli tin. Yon
being my cook, ami tent np his
t, and I went to th* beekyaid."
Shot br Hi. Son.
Btcnnoxo, March A—More. M. EUiei
a dry goods nrerebant in tb. town part i
this city, wss fatally shot to-day by hie
wo Mutes. Tb* young man fired four
shots at his father, two of which took ef
fect in the tack. The son was arretted
while in tb* act of shooting his father.
The ill treatment of hit mother and other
i, anything domestic trouble* are ths allayed cause of
>f d*-[rg*ted . the tragedy.
; rebels had held tho town since Febru
16th. < ‘
tants.
tains. It has been ascertained that the
rebel guns at Teb were served by Egyptian
soldiers. The Arabs ol Hudeku have de
clared In favor of El Mahdl. The governor
has telegraphed to Sennaar for troons.
Suakim. March 3.—Gen. Graham wiil
send the Egyptians found at Tokar to loin
the garrison at Suakim. The English
troops will be withdrawn to Teh. yrhencc,
after receiving supplies of watfer, provis
ions and munitions, they will advance to
fcttack Osman Digna. Before the British
renew the attack upon the rebels,
Osman Digna will be offered a con
fercnce. Five thousand rebels who lied
from Tok ir when the British entered the
town on Saturday joined Osman Diema.
If Osman Digma refuses to surrender,'It ia
expected that the rest of the tribes under
sheiks will express their desire to come to
terms.
Suakim. March 2.—After the battle
Baker Pasha nnd Admiral Hewitt return
ed to Trinkitat. The soldiers and sailors
stationed there heartily cheered Baker
Pasha, who bad been so severely wounded
that he was unable to walk. Veterans
who took part in the battle say that they
never met at more resolute foe. The
enemy’s trenches were found completely
tilled with corpse*.
TRKBNOUin DETECTIVES.
London, March 3.-.The police are doing
their utmost to discover the author* of the
dynamite plots, but the clues are not very
raising. They are now trying to find
a..v cabman who. a little before the Vic
toria explosion, drove three men with an
American trunk to a certain
house. Notices have been cir
culated describing two Irish Americans
who arrived at Waterloo station from
Southampton February 12, having an
American trunk in their possession. An
Iriahmau named Nellis has surrendered to
the Greenock police who aay* he know*
the murderers of Lord Leitrim.
London, March 5.—The troops from
Trinkitat are arriving at Suakim to night.
A contingent under General Duller will
remain at Fort Baker until further order*.
General Graham is making preparations
Suakim to advance upon Tamanieo. The
*helk* of several tribes have sent in envoys
offering to desert Osman Digna and assist
the English U paid for Their services.
Twenty-seven hundred bodies have been
buried at Teb. including those of
Egyptians killed in the tight between
Baker Pasha’s troops and the rebels.
Capt Mason, the English agent at Mas-
soah, Is organizing an Abyssinian contl
gent under English officers, to operate
upon Khartoum via Kassala, if El Mahdi
continues fighting. General Gordon asks
for further supplies of money. The
treasury at Cairo has sent him four
thousand pounds and a number of decor-
t pilot 11
hereby r
council, has renewed to Zobehe
offer of the governorship of Khartoum
and Darfour. Zobehe Pasha declines to
Croat Robbery.
Sr. Louis, March 3.—Prentiss Tiller,
money clerk of the Pacific Express Com
pany here, whose father is a Louisville
detective, disappeared about 3 yesterday
afternoon, takiug with him two valiies
full of msney packages, the total amount
being very nearly $75,000. The theft was
committed in collusion with a stranger.
Detectives have been put on the track,
but have done nothing as vet
St. Louu. March 3.—K. B. Butler,
agent of the Pacific Express Company,
has no doubt but that Tiller had two con
federates, as many of the packages con-
’ id gold coin, and were too heavy to be
lied by two persons. A watchman
was in the front of the office while the rob
bery was being perpetrated, but had no
suspicion of Tiller robbing the safe.
Jealousy and Murder.
Baltdiobx. March 4.—A special from
Delaplaine, Fauquier county, Va.. says:
Sunday morning John Glascock, while In
a fit of passion, supposed to have been
that he is a dupe of the Sheiks, who take
bribes and delude him with false news. It
U reported that Sheik Ibiahem is on the
\Vhi»e Nile with 9,000 Arabs, and that
Shiek Buraher is advancing on Khartoum
by the Bice Nile with 8J)00 men
CREAT BRITAIN.
TURNS OUT TO HAVE BEEN A TEMPEST
IN A TEAPOT.
Creat Excitement, But no Bloodshed-*
The Military of Brunswick and Al
bany Calleo Out But Are
Not Needed.
Telegrams received from Albany yester
day evening reported that a fearful riot
progress at Alapaha, in Berrien
county, on the Brunswick and Western
railroad, between the whites and blacks of
that place, and that the riot was caused
by the blacks resir ting arrest by officers.
The telegrams further stated that it
would be necessary to call out the military
RUSSIA.
MINISTER HUNT’S FUNERAL.
St. Petersburg, March 4.—Every mark
of respect for the memory of the decease
American minister, was shown by the au
thorities. An offer of a military escort to
attend the remains to their temporary rest-
m; placi* in th** church was mad**, but the
relations of Mr. Hunt declined this honor.
prjp
at once to that point, and aid the «ot1 au
thorities in quelling the riot.
impossible for some time to get
any definite information or any details of
the disturbance, as it was also reported
that the wires had been cut, ami no com
munication could be held with Alapaha
either by way of Albany or Waycross.
The news of the affair caused great ex
citement throughout the State. Captain
Woolfolk, of the City Light Gauras, of
Columbus, wired the Governor that his
company would leave, if necessary, on a
special train for the scene of action.
The following special to the Tki.eouapu
and Me^kngeu was sent from Albany at H
o’clock:
Albany, March 4.—The telegraph offices
here and at Alapaha are so crowded with
extra service to-night that it is impossible
to get anything direct by wire, except
what Is learned from the oorreinondence
between the Governor and the Mayor of
Alapaha and the captain of the Albany
Guards. The latter received an order from
the Governor this afternoon to go to Ala
paha and aid the civil authorities m quell
ing the riot. The whole affair is probably
exaggerated, and will prove nothing more
than a tempest in a teapot. The ori
gin of the riot is traced to an
effort upon the part of friends of a citizen
of Alapaha, who was undergoing com
mittal trial for disorderly conduct, in vio
lation ot a town ordinance, to rescue him
from the authorities.
The captain of the Albany Guards has
received a second dispatch from the
Governor, telling him to hold himself in
readinesH, but not to go to Alapaha until
notified by the Mayor that his command
ia needed. The Guards are now in readi
ness, awaiting orders. The last advi
ses from Alapaha report everything quiet.
Later.—'The Mayor telegraphs that all
Is quiet, and that the Guards will not be
needed.
LATER.
The following special from Brunswick
rives additional details, and shows that
the whole affair, as stated in a former tele
gram, is nothing more than a tempcut in a
teapot:
Brunswick. March 4, 11 p. m.—The
latest reports from Alapaha indicate that
the rioters have been dispersed, the leaders
arrested and quiet restored. Manager
Morse, of the B-unawkk and Westers,
held a special train in readiness to carry
troops io the scene, but they are now hap
pily not needed. The trouble grew out of
the arrest on Saturday last of Daniel
Turner, the leader of a gang who have al-
SOUTH AMERICA. wavs opposed the authorities since the
YELLOW tever at THE isthmus. town was incorporated. He swore he
New York, March 5.—l’anatna dries of! should never be juiqped but was jugged
itii, ultimo, contain the followinR: Sev- the aame.on Satunla.* for violating
eral cases of yellow fever have occurred I some local ordinance. To-day was set for
on the isthmus. Medical men believe it ' the trial, and his henchmen came to town
ill U-< oioe epidemic, on account of
Rsward Offtrtd.
Columbia, 8. C., March 5.—The Govern
or has offered a reward of $500 (the highest
•utn permitted by law) for the arrest of
W. B. Cash, who shot town Marshal Rich
ards at Cheraw on the 22d of February,
from the effects of which he died.
Railroads Consolidated*
Savannah, March 5.—At tko annual
meeting of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway to-day an aminat was
entered into for the consolidation of five
railroads now leased by that company.
A Treasurer Disappears.
Norwalk, O., March 5.—M. O. Van Fleet,
county treasurer of Huron county, disap-
•cured last Saturday. His cash account
s short from $50,000 to $00,000. His bondA-
men are good for the amount It Is thought
that he is in Canada.
GREAT SNOW STORM.
Houses Buried up to Their Roofs In
Snow In Canada,
Morning News.
Montreal, March 3.—Tho snow storm
has caused much damage in Eastern Can
ada. Many private houses along the SL
Lawrence river are almost buried in snow,
and their occupants have to make their
exit through attic windows. Trackmen
have not Men snob drifts for many wears.
In some sections they are over 12 feet
‘ * “* 1 from Sorel
snow bank
yet been re
half a mile distant, and shot himself
through the heart. The fire tn the house
wee discovered and extinguished before the
bodies were consumed or much damage
resulted. John Glacovk was the second
and youngest eon of Thomas A. Glascock,
one of the wealthiest land owners in tbia
section.
Proposta to Divide Texas.
Galveston. March 2 — A dispatchsto the
AVxr» from Fort Worth says the stock-
men's oonrention. at Sweetwater, yestee-
day pazsed a resolution favoring the divi
sion of the State of Texas, with Port Worth
as the capital of the new Bute.
There are eighty American stn-
| dmu at the University of Berlin this
I winter.
the search for dynamiters.
I The efforts of the police to discover the
authors of the dvnamite outrages contin
ue with unabated zeal. It appears per
fectly cerUin that they are upon the right
trail, and they are constantly bringing new
facts to light which they brileve will assist
them in soon placing the conspirators in
Ithelr bands. It has now been learned that I
three men landed at Southampton Febru-
20th from the steamer Donan. which
m New York February 10th. Two of
I these were gentlemanlMin appearance, the
other rough and sailor-like. They pur
chased two portmanteaus, of which on* I
has been identified as that found at the
Charing Cross station filled with explo
sives, and the other as that found at the
Victoria sUtion. The movements of these
three men have been traced to London. It I
Lis believed that six men in all were con
cerned in the plot Three of the tlx have
not been traced beyond their landing at
Southampton. A reward Is offered for the
I apprebenrion of the men, two of whom are I
described as Americans.
| London, March 5.—Police surveillance
has been extended to Hamburg, Antwerp.
Brest and Bordeaux. The registers of
I hotels in Brussels. Paris and other cities
have been scanned. An inspection has
been authorized of dynamite works in
France.
Irisspring. A resurrection of nature’s
latent forces is taking place. Like the
worI«i around you, renew your complex
ion. Invigorate your powers. CffAtur the
> tiiiinrn Ilf I/*-. A\rr i Sarsaparilla ix
the means to use for tL.i purpose.
leased.)
DIOOINO OCT A TRAIN.
Ottawa, Ont., March 3.—Archer Baker,
general manager of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, who was on the snow bound
train a*t Bells’ Comers from Thursday
day night until Saturday afternoon, states
that *'<ou i non art* engaged in clearing a wav
the snow from the imprisoned train. It
la impossible for the passengers to leave
the train, there being upwards of five feet
of snow surrounding it.
A BLIZZARD IN DAKOTA,
St. Paul, MInm., March 3.—Specials
from Bismarck. Jamestown anil Farg<
show that March came in with a blizzard
that throws all its predecessors this year
into Insignificance. There was a heavy
«uow all Saturdav night, and yesterday
Morni ’r the wind began blowing forty to
fifty miles per hour, catching up the snow
ami driving it in such blinding ma**?*
that the streets were deserted. Trains
were delayed all day, and all the cuts have
Ir.f1 full of -now. Report* coming
fr":a all parti of Dakota >ay that the mow
in some places wav light, but that the
wind was terrific. The thermometer was
from 5 to 10 degrees below zero. The
wind oo reaching here last night had
apeutitsfoice. LaitfVMhfalil yririi
north of here th* «MMr uw am
the thermometer from 10 to 15 degrees be
low zero.
LATKR DETAILS.
Minnkafolis. March 3,11 JO r. m
to the number of twenty-five or thirty, to
No blood was
aw reigni su]
[SPECIAL FROfc OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Albany, Ga., March 5.—Dispatches
from the scene of the riot give but little
Idea of the -erioii« **1111311011. Everything
is quiet superficially, hut Alapaha has
passed a critical period and h verging upon
another that will probably render her disa
greeably notorious.
Saturday, about 2 o'clock, Dan Turner,
man notoriously turbulent when drunk,
came to town, nnd, becoming intoxicated,
openly defied and resisted arreri. He was
promptly lodged in jail by A. G. McCrae.
the marshal, but was released later in the
evening on fifty dollars bail, to appear be
fore Mayor Kirby Tuesday morning. Re
pairing home, he rallied his kindred and
friends to the number of twenty-five or
thirty, who accompanied him to town, all
armed and -wearing to uphold
film. Mayor Kirby perceived his ow n im
potence to proceced, and, po»t|>oning
the trial to 2 p m , telegraphed
the Governor for military assistance.
A reply was received at . p. m. The Al
bany Guards, Capt. Woolfolk were ordered
to the scene. In the meantime, the Gov
ernor’s answer being delayed, Mayor Kir
by deem ed It advisable to postpone the
trial to Saturday week. This was done
and the trob dispersed, after making din-
threats againn Marshal McCrae. Me-
Crae succeeded Turner ai marshal twelve
months ago, which is thought to he the
cause of Turner** deep-seated and malig
nant hostility. The trouble waa only
averted by the postponement.
The Tblcgrafh*8 representative, on
visiting the scene thiv morning, found
matters abnormally quiet, but deep though
suppressed excitement prevails and fears
are entertained, as the friends of Turner
are desj>erate and determined, and will
protect him on the day of trial.
Mayor Kirby and the citizens are thor
oughly aroused and indignant In conjunc
tion with the officers, the citizens are an
ticipating trouble and bloodshed Saturday
week, and are preparing for any emergen
cy. McCrae's life has been threatened and
the crisis avert'd yesterday may recur on
the day of trial.
The following are the ringleaders Dan iel
Turner. R. I). Turner, George Turner, Jefl
“ssmitii, William Neimith, J. I. .Sutton,
J. Button. D. M. Greiner, T. H. Sutton,
J. J. I. .*»*. William !.uk*\ J S. Burke,
William 1'iil, Met Padlock and F. B Gray,
rbe . i. l is nut yet, and Saturday'* van
may act in blood for Alapaha.
Ad'
ditional dispatches from many points
and West give later details ot the
OEATH ON THE RAIL.
Two Man Killed on tho Wsstarn and At
lantic Railroad N«ar Tilton*
[special TELXORAM .
Dut .n G*. Mar. h 1 W. M Flower
I’he railway ar.- bl.» k.* l by S and J. Ward, two citizens of this place
ere killed at Tilton, ten miles south «
North
blizzard. ,
snow drifts in all directions and passen
ger trains where they are moving at all, . . , . .. . .
are slowly following enow plows. The | this pit-•qby.the north 1
>ut 4
weather U very
Work Rasumod. *
Pittsauao, March ft.—Fires were lighted
in two of the green glass bottle factories
of McCully A Co. to-day, and (he men were
notified to prepare for a resumption of
work in a few days at last year’s wages.
The strikers are jubilant OTer this second
break in the manufacturers’ lines thii
week, and regard it as evidence that the
lockout is about over.
train on the W
mu], about Ii
ling. Dalton
:k c p
A Cargo Burning.
March 5. -The
Bennett, from ILickport
arrnred here to-uay
lime on hr*. Th* fire
much progress.
for Jack-
with her
has not
two men wer
frolic. Ward
thinking the
senger train, 1
endeavored t
in front of it 1
it to TIiton y
was drank,
expre-* wa- t
which Would
1 take* Ward a
id Atlantic
the trau k
1 the platfo
gh
the train wai running at a very high rate
of speed, and bo*h "lenwrre caught by
the engine, carried wrue sighty ft*t and
instantly killed. Their bodies were fear
fully bruised and mutilated. Both leave
families.