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HOW IT WILL BE DONE.
THAT their
WILL KE A DEFICIT,
But't Will be Promptly Met and States How
Million* Can be Easily Raised by a
Graduated Scale of income Tax.
London, April 16.—The budget was intro
duced in the house of commons today by Sir
William Harcourt, chancellor of the ex
chequer. Sir William stated that the fact
that the total revenue for the last year
was only 1597.900 under the estimates proved
the solidity of the national finances, in view
ct the depression of trade, ft was estimated
mat the expenditures for the coming year
would be £9J.-»55,900, which will leave a de
ficit of £4,529,900. This deficit, he said, would
not be met by either borrowing (cheers) or
by abandoning Hie tixed provisions lor the
liquidation of the national debt. It was pro
posed to cover lite deficit by appropriating
i.’,359,000 front the sum mortgaged under
the naval defense act, the income tax, an
increase of the death duties and an increase
of a penny on the pound on the income tax,
six pence per gallon on spirits and six pence
per barrel on beer.
S?ir William Harcourt spoke two hours
and three quarters. His monotonous style of
delivering added greatly to the necessary
dullness of explaining in detail the govern
ment’s complex scheme of reorganizing the
death duties, by consolidating the existing
live classes, the probate account, estate
legacy and succession duties into one, which
is to be called the estate duty. This imposes
it graduated taxation beginning witli 1 per
cent on sums from £IOO to 1590 and ascending
to 8 per cent on amotin'ts of over £1,000,909
A graduated scale is also applied to the in
come tax. Incomes of £159 are now exempt
from taxation. The bill provides that in
comes of 116 V a year shall be exempted,
while an abatement of lllv is allowed on
income, under £.i«i and an abatement of £l"0
on al! incomes under £SOO. The effete of this
readjustment will be that incomes of £SOO
will pay no more under the proposed tax
ot 8 pence in tne pound than they do under
the existing tax of 7 pence in the pouno.
bir William contended that the additional
duty on spirits and beer would fall upon
the producer and not affect the consumer,
lieviewing the past year, he showed that the
loss in revenue on spirits had been offset
by the increase in revenue from beer, which
had exceeded the record by £B,uoo.
The chancellor of the exchequer suggest
ed that the incrase had been due to the mild
w eather.
Tin savings hangs' returns have increased
by £1,000,000 which was proof' that the re
sources ot the wage-earning classes had
been enhanced.
Mr. t.oschen said the budget contained as
complicated provisions as had eVer been
submuied to parliament. The proposed reg
ulation of the death duties, lie declared,
would occupy the eulire session.
Mr. Ji din .1. Clancy, nationalist, thought an
increase of duty on spirits me very last ex
pedient that ought to be resorted to for
the purpose of meeting the deficit. Whisky,
he said, was the national beverage of Ire
land and an increase of duty on spirits
would be felt keenly.
Sir William Harcourt expressed the opin
ion that .Mr. Clancy had made a mistake.
The annual expenditures per capita for
wioky. be said, was 19 shillings in Scotland,
li> in England and only 13 in Ireland. In
view of the enormous profits made by deal
ers in spirituous liquors and beer, it was
difficult to conceive of any source of reveiue
Jess open to objection.
Gibson Bowles, lory for l.ynn Regis, said
that ihe budget proposed that the rich be
plundered for the bcm tit of the poor. The
rich were victimized because they were de
serting the government.
The I.orris Passed It.
The house of lords today passed the Beh
ring sea bill, the house of commons having
agreed to the amendments of l.ord Kini
-1 *rb y. seer tary of slate for foreign as
-1 rirs, inelud ng th* ch tnge in clause seven.
There was no del,ate: the final stages of the
hili will be taken tomorrow. Clause seven
of the Behring sea bill, as amended, is as
follows:
"Whereupon ar. ■ proc < ling in any court
against a person and ship in respect of any
< ifviis. us-ainsi the at, it is proved that
the ship sail'd from its jiort of deparlure
before the firovisions of tie- awai t were
known, and that such a person or master
of a ship did not, after sailing and before
th ■ • "11 • re of 'lee'
provisions, s’e h a person shall I>< acquitted
mi l tin- sli p shall lie rel'-a'-' d and not for
feited."
lii I’rt r! in men I .
London, April ii.—Mr. Mortons bill to
.abolish th'- power ot the house ot lords
to veto legislation pass. I by the house of'
commons was r, ad m the house or
commons today for the Inst time. Later
the bill iutrodm ed by Mr. Charles E.
Round'll to abolish the representation in
parliament of the universities was also
read forth Hr:-t time.
< kispi ncologizes.
Ami Peace Oner More Reigns Over the
Italimi I’lihMlber of Deputies.
Borne, April 17.—Immediately afitr the
reading of tiie minutes cf y -terda;. s pr.i
, dings in th. chamber ol deputies today.
Signor Imbriann, radical, rose amt pro
tested against the manner in which I’reniVT
Cri-pi “had menaced the people's represen
tatives” in his speech on Monday.
Signor <'ri: pi, in r* plying, ad'mlted th it
lie had become heated during the proceed
ings, and said he would, therefore, apolo
gize to tin* house. He had ilie greatest
respect, he said, for the people’s deputies.
The premier’s explanation and apology
were received with m-aity cheers, mid
Signor Imbriani’s < xpression of satisfaetoin
ter.ui d io further smooth over the mailer.
Sp.-iuisb Pilgrims Visit the Pope.
Rome, April IS. The pope received and
.addressed a larg. body of Spa: Th pilgrim.--
fn St. Peters today. Cardimii Benito Sati
tazy For-s, archbisbap of S ville, presented
tl" pilgrims to his holin'ss. li> his ad
chess. the cardinal referred io the strong
feeling of a tlaehme-.i which Spain had
always elite tain. I toward the papacy. He
spoke with especial praise of the pope's en
cyclicals, which lie declared furnished the
true solution of the social questions of the
times. <»ii b. If of Hie pope, rt-nor Merry
J>.-1 Vai, Span, h amabass mor to the Vatican,
read m the Spanish language a discourse
to the pilgrims, in which the pope said
that the pilgrimage closed worthily as a
jubiie, which proclaimed ih* j religious
g'ories ot Spain. Tim pope i.irnestly de
sir. I fraternity among the social classes
under a regime of charity and justice, and
-..ivi'-'l i-omi id and union and a return to
institutions which were not controlled by
political passions.
Nineteen car-linals and fifteen bishops
were pi> s- nt. ’fir- pop.- was in excellent
health and spirits. and in a genial mood.
ROYAL MITHI.S.
Coburg Crowded with Imperial Guests,
Tlir Dei'ornliont..
Coburg. April 19.-Her royal highness.
Princess Victoria Meiita. of Saxe-’ 'oburg-
Gotha, granddaughter of qut-'ii Victoria,
was married today, in the .impel of the
ducal pala< . litre, to <lru"d Duke Ernest
Loui Charles Albert William, of Hesse,
grandson of Queen VietorU.
The weather was splendid and the city
was packed with I'-vai and imperial g'|.
foreign visitors and German sightseers.
Every building was decorated in some man
j-er. even thi most modest cottage having
fluttering at leant some slight dispiaj of
bunting to the breeze, while the important
thoroughfares and prominent buildiiu;.-
were buried beneath decorations of all de
script ions and colors.
A New Saint.
Rome, April 15.—The Spanish preacher
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and theologian, Jean D’Avile Dcigo, who
was known to his contemporaries in the
sixteenth century as the apostle from Anda
lusia, was beatified at St. Peters to
. day in the presence of 7,000 Spanish pil
grims and forty bishops. The ceremony
was held in the front nave and was
watched by’ crowds of Italian Catholics in
the gallery. A picture of Juan D’Avile was
placed on the altar at the end of the ba
silica and a bright light was thrown on it.
The ceremony ended at noon and tiie pil
grims dispersed quickly and silently. At
5:30 o’clock this afternoon the pope was
borne up the aisle to the altar. He was
escorted by twenty caruinals. He prayed
for the new saint, swinging with his own
hand the censor before the altar.
IN THE SENATE.
An Agreement Readied for Debate on
the Tariff Bill.
Washington, April 17.—Mr. Voorhees,
chairman of the committee on finance, pre
sented to the senate a voluminous manu
script with the title ‘'Changes in text and
. rates of duty provided under the act of
1890 and under the administrative act ot’
June, 1890, made by the tariff bill as it
passed the house and also as reported to
the senate, together with statistics re
i lating thereto, and the rates of duty pro-
• posed by tiie Mills bill in 1888." He asked
that the report be printed for the use of
’ the senate.
“Let the resolution go over, under the
rule,” said Air. Sherman, and tiie resolution
i went over till tomorrow.
[ Mr. Harris said: “The unanimous con
sent agreement under which the senate
acted during the past week expires with
yesterday, by its own terms. Ino senator
from Rhode Island (Mr. Aldrich) ami my
self, recognizing the fact that it would
expire at that time, have conferred with
Vesiiect to the matter, and have agreed
to ask unanimous consent of the senate
that for the present week and until next
Tuesday the agreement of last week be
’ continued- that is, that the senate meet
at 12 o'clock, take up the tariff bill prompt
ly at 1 o'clock and proceed with its con
sideration until 5 o’clock without any in
termission. We ask that, on Tuesday next,
at 5 o’eloeA, what is called ‘general debate’
i shall cease; and, after that, the bill shall
, be taken up and read, paragraph by para-
: graph, for amendment —the committee
amendments being hist dealt with. 1 de
, i sire to reserve, however, the right for a
‘ senator on this side to be heard in the
1 nature of general debate after what is
■ called ‘general debate’ shall have closed.
' 1 propose that, on Wednesday of next
I week, a senator on this side shall have a
I couple of hours to address the senate.
' J After same discussion, -Mr. Harris’s prop
i Ositioii was agreed to by unanimous con
sent, Mr. Hill reserving the right to make
i a motion to proceed to the consideration of
; the free list.
Mr. -Morgan asked and obtained leave ot
! absence until the 3d of Slay.
Mr. Smith, of New Jersey, next address
ed the senate, confining his argument chief
| ly to opposition to the income tax, and de
l daring that he should do everything in
his power to defeat it. Mr. Smith delivered
, liis speech slowly, emphatically, and in a
serious voice, and was accorded an alten
i tive hearing. He spoke until 5:30 o'clock,
1 ' and then, after a short executive session,
the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
The Senate ami the Sugar Trust.
The senate seems to have laid down its
i j hand again to the sugar trust. Some of
the leading senators became alarmed at
the implied threats in Senator Hill's speech,
and, in their eagerness to catch every pos-
I sible vote to pass the tariff bill, have, it
, is said, agreed to give the trust even more
i ' protection th in it now mis in the bill, pro
. vided the trust people will exert their ef
i - forts to put the bill through. High protec-
• , lion on sugar will catch Populist Peffer’s'
vote. He is after protecting the beet su-
‘ : gar producers of his state.
! j With the votes of Peffer and the other
' two populist senators the votes of I lid
! and Murphy could be dispensed with. Pro-
I teetion to the trust, of course, catches
Brice, McPherson and Smith, who are
i among the other so-called “conservatives.”
i Tiius, under this new agreement, the bill
’ cannot be defeated by Hill, even if he
’ should endeavor to do so. But no one who
1 knows Hill believes he really wants to de
. feat the bill, even if the income tax goes
in it. Hill simplv wants to cut out the in
<( me tax f< atures. Rut, even if th y are
' put in, he may vote for the bill.
i if course this new proposed deal is meat
to the sugar trust. The insiders of that or
ganization seem to feel sure it will go
through. Yesterday they were so confident
, > of it they sent sugar stock up four points
au I may yet run it way above par.
Certainly some lively scheming is go
i’i:- on about 1 ate these da>
i While the southerr senators don t like
the idea of a lery high duty on sugar with
n wile discrimination in favor of the re
fined prodii't, they are w illing to cone.-de it
I to make sure of the bill. They hold there
' are too many good features in the bill to
kill the v hole measure simply rather than
grant a high duty on sugar.
Later on they believe it probable that a
, separate measure can be passed dealing
I with sugar.
, ; Mon-ill Tilk« wnrlff.
Washington. April is The resolution of
fered last Saturday by Mr. I’, tier lor the
j appointment, of a select committee of nine
s.-nat'ors to provide fer a full and respe t-
■ ful hearing of the persons and organizations
j now on their way to Washington to present
‘ i their reinonstram 's to congress, was laid
before the senate, and Mr. Cockr.-ll moved
. ; to ref. r it to tiie commiittee on rules.
Mr. Peffer demanded the veas and nays
on the motion io refer, but, before the vole
could be taken, the hour of I o’clock p. m.
arrived, and, under tiie arrangement, the
- tat iff bill was taken up.
■ i Mr. Morrill, republican, of A ermont, ad
' ' dressed the senate. Be began his speech
’ bv a promise that he would not w< ary
the i i.occupied mahogany' chairs of sena
tors. but would observe “comparative sena
t torial brevity." He kne v how it would
1 be for him to seek to “deprive the cigar
• symposium of its usual quorum in the <‘oat
ro-ini.” His speech was one of sarcastic
I i ridicule on the attitude of the democratic
party towards protection and tree trade,
■ as exemplified in the pending tariff bill,
: The philosophy of the present tariir bin,
i as eonfess.-d by the chairman, was lound
I in the dogma Hint concessions had to tie
I made to pass the bill, that all government
and ev, ry prudent act is founded on com
promise and l.art’r, by which it would i ■
; explained how, one by one of the Torego-
. i ing capricious favors, crawled hurriedly
i into tiie tariff bill when some democratic
[toman threatened to appem otherwise
unto t’aesar. II any republican begged lor
! favors they were piously pitied, and then
| piteously . rueitie-!.
i At the . lose of Mr. Morrill s speech,
which he read from prin-ted slips, noti.-i'
: was given bv Mr. Mills of his intention to
j address the senate on the tariff bill next
, I Tue day. .
ANOTHER. SEIGNIOR Mil-. BILL,
! ! 'l'liis One Prepared by Nir. Nleyer, of
Loiiisiiliia.
i Washington, April 18. Mr. Bland’s coin
i age commitiee met today for the first time
■ since the silver seigniorage struggle and
. \\ • ft* ti’fiitt'ii to a surprise*. IP prt*-
tentative M<-y< r, of Louisiana, was
' to urge his bill for eoinmg tiie seigniorage
- ! and lor low interest bomis, and in doing
' i so he stated authoritively that the measure
‘ had tiie approval and was in part suggested
' ! by Sc.-retasy Carlisle and in the judgment
1 of tiie secretary would be signed l>> the
president. To this extent the bill was re
garded as an administrative one and as sat
isfuctorilj overcoming the objections of
Air. t h velaud’s veto of the Bland bill. The
member.s ot the committee came tugetiiei
after many weeks, no meeting being call'd
■ I alter the Bland seigniorage bill was re-
port- d to the house, -H.d absent' eism pre
v> nting a meeting after tiie Veto of that
j bill.
There was a large attendance today, Mr
: Bland being in th;- chair. The measure was
: discussed, but no conclusion was reached
I today. Secretary Carlisle was shown at
the treasury department the statement
made m the coinage committee. He de
clined to discuss the merits of the Meyer
| bill, it is learned, however, that the bill,
I as originally prepared, w.ts presented to Mr.
I'arli: le, who, at Mr. Meyer’s le'piesi. dic
tated a revision ot’ it, the presumption being
that as revised it met with his approval
It is not believed, however, that the mat
t' ,‘ has been brought to the attention of the
president and whether he would approve
it if presented to him is problematical.
The argument is made that the president’s
utterance in bis message vetoing the Bland
seigniorage bill warrants the belief that
the Meyer bill would meet with his ap
proval.
Sergeant-at-arms Snow decided today to
enforce the old law for “docking” the sal
ar- of members without waiting for the
■ passage of the resolution of the judiciary
, committee directing him to do so. Aceord
i inglv. he prepared a blank certificate and
| sent it to tiie government printing office for
i a supply of the blanks. They contain a
‘ clause in which a member will hereafter
I have to certify how many days he has
j bi en absent each mouth. The speaker’s
I certificate follows, giving the total due the
I member, less the deduction for absent days.
I he BuiKleNcatli NYU! Regi'et It.
I Berlin, April 17 —The opinion is general
here that the bill to readmit the Jesuits
I into Germany, which nass.-d the rciehsiag
testcrilay, will be rejected by the b'.mdes
rath. It is significant that the debate on
I the question in the reichstag yesterday was
not participated in by any member ot the
government.
I MAJOR E. A. BURKE.
A MAS WITH AN EXCEEDINGLY VA-
RIED AND CHECKERED CAREER.
His Adventures in Honduras Since His Flight
from New Orleans—Was on the Losing
Side in the. Last Revolution,
New Orleans, April 18. —The press reports
bring the news that Major E. A. Burke,
formerly of New Orleans, but for some
years past a resident of Honduras, has
reached almost the last s.-oU oi im.'fortune,
and that he is now a fugitive, uirner pain
of death, from the iv- . ini country m wniuh
he onginally sougm ,eiuge from an Amer
ican penitentiary.
Burke was tin ireasurer ot' Louisiana for
vight or nine j as. His term of oliiee
ended in 1888, and ve»_> so under the in
coming state aurninisti.. , t was discov
ered that he had for a tong ii-ae, and to a
very great amount, been robbing the treas
ury of Louisiana. He was in England at
the time of the disclosure, organizing a
company to develop certain mining prop
erty hi Honduras, of which he had become
possessed, and he made haste to Hee to
Central America from a prosecution which
he doubtless knew he could not safely face.
There he has remained ever since, and
from time to lime ins friends have heard
of him, now as being on the point ot a
brilliant success, and again as being in
volved in hopeless and irremediable failure.
At irregular periods it would be given out
that he intended returning to Louisiana as
soon as he could accumulate money to, meet
the expenses ot his trial, but it is not iii.ely
that either he or any one else ever believed
this, for there seems to have been no doubt
as to the nature ami extent ot the embez
zlement and as little as to Burke’s soie re
sponsibility for it. But, however that may
be, the game seems to be played out now,
and all uncertainties set at rest. Burke
has fled to San Salvador with Vasquez, the
defeated pretender to tiie piesid.m-y, and
Bonilla, the triumphant aspirant, makes no
secret of his homicidal purpose with re.er
euce to either.
The history of this man Burke is io
mantic enough to have been laid in the days
of Sir Walter Raleigh, John Hawkms ami
Amyas Leigh. Nothing is certainly known
as tp his antecedents, although he claimed
that he was the son of an Irish political
exile of the better class and that he was
born in Kentucky. What is known absolute
ly is that al fifteen years of age he was
brakeman on soiih; hbiiana railroad, and
that two years later he was a soldier in
the confederate army. Toward the close ot
tiie war he appeared in Texas as an onicei
in the quartermaster’s service, and here,
through ms extraordinary ability as an or
ganizer, he attracted universal attention.
After the close of the war he first went
to Galveston and later to New Orleans. In
the latter city he made his debut as a work
man in a marble yard at $1.50 a day. He
was a man of superb physique, ot' indomit
able energy, of sleepless ambition and phe
nomenal ingenuity. Very shortly after reach
ing New Orleans so shortly, indeed, that, it
savored of a theatrical transformation- lie
turned up as local freight agent ol the
Illinois Central railroad. Next he went into
politics. In 1874 he was elected administra
tor of improvements of the city, a place ot
great responsibility and particularly rich in
political patronage. In 187'9 he bought The
Democrat newspaper; a few months later he
absorbed The Times, and then established
the journal since known as The Times-
Democrat. About the same«tiine lie became
state treasurer, which office he held until
1888, as has already been related. Through
out that period he was foremost in all pub
lic enterprises, and. to all appearances, ut
terly unselfish in his labors. Certainly no
one thought al the time that Ills inspira
tion was a. sordid one, lor he always
headed the subscription list and gave in
effort as liberally as he did in money. He
was a man ot dazzling sell' mes, of theatri
cal surprises, of prjjigipus achievements.
Ten years after nis appearance in New
Orleans as a day labjisr in a marble yard,
he had made himself tiie most eonspieuo'.is
figure in the state. It was he who, in th ■
fall of 1874, tore up the track of the Illinois
Central -ailroad so as to .veep the I’nited
States troops from ;• aching N-.-w Orhans
in time to prevent the overthrow Os the
Kellogg government by tiie White League.
It was he who in the winter of 1876-7 pro
moted, if he did not altogether inspire and
I realize, the deal by which the electoral vote
I of Louisiana was given to H.iyes and- the
democrats. He organized campaigns,
■ fought duels, devised schemes of public
development, wrecked and ri surrecti-d news-
. papers. When the famous but ill-fated ex
j hibition of 1885 was first suggested he op
i posed it in his newspaper, but when the
merchants and capitalists of the city offer
ed him the director generalship, be at once
threw himself into the project with all his
tire and enthusiasm, and with all ills match
less genius for organization. It was a fail
ure, but through no fault of his. He did
everything except create a patronage. If
devotion, ability and untiring effort could
have availed, the New Orleans exhibition
' would have been the greatest triumph of
! the generation. He worked himself to a
■ shadow, spent his own money and all that
' he could borrow, and was the chief victim
j of the downfall.
But the general impression among those
■ who knew Burke most intimately between
i 187'1 and JBBS is that lie cared for money
i only as a means of making himself honor
ably prominent. He was not a man cf
ordinary vices. He did not drink or gam
ble; he was not addicted to horses. His
private life —if lie can be said to have had
' any was one of alisolute simplicitj' and
, purity. He loved display, and no doubt
i desired to prolit by it, but it was display
of tin; large kind. He sought prominence in
' connection with great public affairs, with
I works of beneiicenee ami industrial develop
ments. He semed possessed by au in
; satiable fury of unrest. Nobody acquainted
I with the man's history al tnat lime. |.i<-
i lieV'-s that a single dollar of Hie thousands
purloined from the state treasury was used
foi Burke’s personal purposes. 'l'lic opinion
1 of tim.se closest to him is Hi.it it was taken
! lor the campaigns of 1884 and sent to doubt -
ful states, such as Indiana, < 'onnecticut and
i New fork. Indeed, it is known that a very
■ large sum—thoughi to In- .yliki.Oiiii was ri -
; eeived by Hie democratic, managers of In
; diana in October of that year, and, at -
I cording to general belief, from Louisiana.
! And it is very certain that Burke was quite
I confident, alter Mr. < ’I. \ t land's election,
■ that lie would be reeignizi d in some very
1 '"lisp;'nous way. He did pot hesitate to
' assert that he had a distim i and specific
I understanding with .Messrs. Barnum and
I Manning, bj virtue of which he had a
I right to expc t much; nor was it any secret
: that Ju had fixed his ambition Ujion tiie
i postmaster generalship. Jh, Cleveland s
j i<-pu"iniion m these alleged bargains aston
ished and disheart -ned him. From that
■aiy lorward tie woie the air of a man
wim fi.td sacriliced himself ~mi been be-
| irayed. From that day forward he seemed
to be plotting for a new beginning, a new
cal'eer iui'l a new en viionnient. And no
I (.mum in- w as.
He had already established relations with
! Bogran, the president, of Honduras, and it
; transpired ver> soon after his rejection
j bj Mi. Cleveland, early in .1885, that Burke
j had ohtained or was obtaining extremely
I v.iluaim eimcesslons i,i lands, water courses,
i etc., in that lepublic. Indeed, it can now be
: seen that when lie went to Europe to
i xpioit ms i entral American schemes he
hail already provided himself with a refuge
from tie- inevitable storm.
\v hat is to be Burke’s fate is, of course,
i mere guess work. He is for the moment
’ a fugitive. The cause to which lie had
allied himselt lias been .overthrown, and
ihe successful leader, Bonilla, is now busily
Illustrating his talents for securing peace
by the simple and artless process of ex
terminating his enemies. If lie can get hold
of \ asquez and Burke, lie w ill undoubtedly
put them to death, and if he be a prudent
man he will spare no effort to get hold of
them. Burke is only little past the prime
of life, he is singularly gifted with courage,
address, audacity and endurance, and while
he rem tins in that neighborhood Bonilla
need not delude himself with the idea that
he is safe. Indeed, if Burke had but the
nucleus of a thousand men. he could, witli
his ability as a leader, his genius for in
trigue and his amazing talents as an or
j ganizer, soon control not only Honduras,
but the whole isthmus from Panama to the
Mexican line. As ii is, however, he is a
refugee, and, according to all accounts, a
particularly helpless and forlorn one. We
may at any moment hear of his violent
death, and so of the closing scene in one
of the most extraordinary careers in modern
history—a career of adventure, of vicissi
tude so strangely checkered with folly, no
bility, triumph, despair, heroism and mean
ness that it reads like the story of ten
men, rather than of one.
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with the other ingredients used in the best
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et. Price 25 cents.
The prospect as to North Carolina, pol
itics is that there will be either three par
ties in the field this year—the democratic,
republican and populists—or two sets of
candidates if the populists and republicans
Should unite against the democracy.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
HARDENINGS OF A WEEK IN TIIE
UVANY SOUTHLAND.
Georgia Alone Is Not Our Domain Wo
Corer the Entire South from the
Fotoiuae to tho Rio Grand.
LaGrange, Tex., April 17.—A terrine
wind storm this morning completely de
molished the -Methodist church, one ot tiie
finest church edifices in south Texas. Num
bers of buildings were blown down ami
unroofed, and trees and shrubbery ot all
kinds uprooted.
Arkansas Primaries.
Fort Smith, Ark., April 15.—Last night
closed the most excitirg and bitterly con
tested primary election tills county has
gone through for years. ine reiurns in
sure instructions, by a big majority, tor
Governor Fishba k for tiie United states
senate and a. L. Little for congress.
Killed wtili it Rocx.
Columbia, S. C., April 16.—(Special.)—A
negro nainpd Wash Martin quarreled with
! his w le, Lou Martin, m Hie town of Lau
rens today aad threw a rock at her, striking
her on lite head, causing death in a few
moments. Martin tied and the sheriff is
pursuing him with a pack of hounds.
1' i iz.e J igl't al Meuipbii*.
Memphis, Tenn., April 21. Before the
Pastime Athletic Club tonight Danny Need
ham knocked out Mike Ryan in the second
round of a finish light, it was Needham s
first appearance in the ring since he injur
c» his wrist, about two yea”s ago. The
men weighed 159 pounds each. Ryan is a
wicked rush' r, but was no match lor Need
ham in point of science. 'lhe light was
lor a purse of $1,900 a side.
I'orpornl runner at Galveston.
Galveston, Tex., April 21.—Corporal James
Tanner, ex-pension commissioner, accompa
nied by his daughter, Mrs. Wright, and E.
R. Perkinson, arrived in this city this morn
ing on the steamer Nueces, and will spend
several days here. Mr. Tanner says his
trip is of no political significance; he is
simply here in search of health and recrea
tion.
City Olii'-crs for Colnmhia .
Columbia, S. C., Apri. 14.—(Special.)—The
new city council elected a number of city
officials tonight. John P. Thomas, J)'., was
elected city attorney, John Alexander, su
; perintendent of water works; Niernsee and
Lamalte, citv engineers; Abe Brill, i lectri
cian. L. J. Radcliffe was re-elected chief
ol police.
NN hit |in Give Rond.
Meridian, Miss., April .17. -(Special.)—The
pruiimimiry trial of Huston Bourin and five
other, members of the Marion comity white
cap orgailiZffan, was lieaid by Judge Hous
ton at Purvis station last night. The men
were grantejl bail in tho sum of $1,900 for
their tippearance at the June term of the
circuit court in that county. They promptly
gave bond and were released from custody.
Bound Out to Coui-t.
Purvis, Miss., April 16.—The preliminary
trial of the live whitecaps, namely: Huston
Bourin, Bennett Bourin, Elisha. Beard, John
Rodgers and Walter Rodg'rs, who were ar
rested several days ago, charged with whip
ping Sam Waiier, was called this evening
before Chancellor NV. T. Houston. Rodg
ers was discharged. The other lour waived
examination and were placed under a bond
of SI,OOO each for their appearance at the
next term of the circuit court at Columbia.
A Large Gold Nugget.
Murphy, N. April 16.- (Special.)—A
gentleman tells of the finding of a gold nug
get on Brasstown creek riiat measured
Ix 2 inches in size. This nugget is worth
a small fortune and should many of them
be found we will scon millionaires. In
this conmeimn we will say die mining in
terests are looking up consideralily and
enthusiasts declare that the truth las
not been told of the mineral wealth of this
section.
On the Gallows.
I Bennettsville, S. C., April 20.—[Special.)—
! At noon today Alex Edwards, colored, was
I liqnged in the Marlboro county jail tor the
! .murder of James Burnett, colored, ihe
I murder, a Very brutal one, was committed
D< :ember 23, 1893, near Clio, 8. C. Edwards
undertook to pilot Burnett from Bingham
to Mci’ollaii'i. While passing through a
dense wood Edwards murdered his eompan-
I ion and robbed him, securing a pistol and
> in money. The prisoner made a full con
; session of gull and professed religion. Both
■ negroes were from North Carolina.
lliir.glUK tv «l ttafo , .
Parkersburg, W. Va., April 19—At Yol
i low t'reek, ( 'aahoiin count) . on Sunday even
ing, Mrs. lioyd Radabaugh found her hus-
I band and two children hanging to a rafter
I in a. barn. The children were strangled be
i tore being' hung. ..'nda baug'h’s face was eov
i ered with tiny scratches, supposed to have
i been caused by Ills babies' fighting for life.
Radabaugh was a. wealthy farmer and
stood high in state politics. His motive is
A it.-duel ioa In NN ages.
Monroe, La., April 17.—From the head
quarters of Hie Vicksburg, Shreveport aun
Pacific Railroad Company In Cincinnati
comes the announcement, under data of
April 13th, that a reduction of 10 p. r <ent
on the stilaries and wages of the employes
of this road will take effect on tin iftfi of
May next. This also appli- s 1 , Hi ■ iin
ployes of the N< w Orleans . nd .’’ort'M ast-
■ ern ami Ahibama and Vicksburg rails a.ls,
thesi roads being utjder the sane- ytr.eral
’ management.
safe Enough Now.
Naslr.vlllc. Tenn., April 17. (Special.)—
■ Coffee comity officials today brought Vilen
Gunn and Myra Holt to the Davidson county
jail for sat-.- keeping. The men w re
i charged with the murder of La Fayette
' Dixon, at Tulla.im.ii i, o tuber 12. 18;i3. Lew
Bell and Harry Gilxson are in jail at Man
| cheater mH Murfreesboro, respectively,
charged with being aicornpliC' . There is
ci I'siderai'le excitement at Tullahoma over
! the pre preliminary trial, which was held
1 yesterday. \\ hiie there was talk of lynch
i ing, the gi’i'.itcst teal' was that the men
j would be released by their friends.
A Town Enjoined.
' Cha tanooea. Tenn., April 17.- i.'pe- ial.)
In th. ( nited States I'ederal eourt .ludgi
Key loday granted an injiim tioii sought by
the East Teuimssc ■ Telephone I'ompany
against tiie town of <'li-veland. The tele
! phone peopl •. at cunsidt rable expense, have
construe ted a line from this city Io Cicve
laird, Ihirtj -nine miles distant. On leaching
; ('leve'am! tin) were nut with threats of
i tt-aring down the poles if the) passed the
1 corporation limits without first paying $590
i for tiie privilege. The company regarded
this as blood money, ami imn -e the suit
An appeal w ill lie taken.
Ten Growing in South I'sirolinil.
Washington, April 15. —The British foreign
office has published a. repori from If H.
Raw’son-W alker, consul .n <'harb ston. on
' tea-raising in Hi nth Carolina, ■ln which Im
, declares that owing to the climatic contli
tiom- of that yurt of South ’’arollna, whore
' tiie plant has been cultivated, the indica
tions are that great success will attend Ihe
production of tea. there. Opinions cf cx
-1 ports are given wh!e)i show' that tiie prodiml
ranks very high, being worth from 25 to 3a
cents per pound, wholesale, and that last
season about thirty-seven and a half iwinds
of cured tea per acre were secured. The
plants are still young, and much better
restflls are confidently predicted.
< orlH’ll ii'i'i .ineksom
Jacksonville. Fla., April 19.—(Special.)-
J. E. T. Bowden, of this city, wim leaped
into a certain soi l of fame some six months
ago on account of his connection with the
Duval Athletic Club, is out again before
the footlights ;tnd trying to work the news
papers for some more cheap notoriety. lie
claims that 'he old elul» has been reorgan
ized, with Bowden himself in it, and that
negotiations are now pending by which, in
all probability, the Corbett-Jackson fight
will be pulled off in this city, if fought
in this country at ail. Bowden tells only
what is true, but the sporting ipublic will
take little or on stock in it—coming from
I him. Bowden talked too much during the
other affair. H was chiefly what he said
! for publication that stirred up the governor
i of Florida so hotly against the club and
' tiie fight; and Bowden's latest! declaration
i as to the intention of the Duval Athletic
{ Club will lie like a red rag in the face of
the chief executive. G iverimr Mitchell was
i a good dei;l humiliated by the action of
’ Judge Call in issuing the restraining order
to Sherift Broward, whereby tiie January
fight was made possible; and. if Bowden
begins his old ill-advised talk again, it
will, in al! probability, stir up the gov
error to quietly do something *to prevent
another prize light in Jacksonville, even if
he has to call the legislature together in
special session for the purpose of enact
ing an absolutely prohibitory statute. Pub
lic sentiment here is not opposed to com
bats like that lietween Corbett and Milch
ell, ami, in all probability, there would be
no opposition of any account to the Cor
bet t-Jackson light being held here if the
club and its Packers only go about it in
the proper way. But if they permit “Jet”
Bowden to <ry il out from the housetops
six or seven months in advance of the
event, the governor will find some way to
knock them out. This time Im will work
on the quiet, too. He has learned that he
lost the game in January by too much
bragging before hand. If the Duval will
call Bowden down and then go to work
in a business way, Corbett and Jackson
can easily be brought together here next
December.
THEY NVERE CONVICTED.
A Verdict in the Packwood Murder
Trial in Florida.
| Tavares, Fla., April 21.—Jenkins, Mcßae
I and Clinton have been found guilty of the
1 I’ackwood murders, though in the cast- of
! Cimion lite jury made a recommenuation
ol mercy. Tne jury reached a verdict m a
i very snort, wmle, being out but little over
lan Hour. It is unuerstood that there was
I practical unanimity as to the guilt of tne
I deieimants. 'J lie verdict was a surprise.
; Tnose wuo have followed the trial closely
| were of the opinion that either a mistrial
j or an acquittal would be the outcome. This
i opinion was uue to the lack of direct evi
dence against Hie defendants and the dis
connected character of the circumstantial
evidence against them. it is the general
opinion that tne defendants committed the
murders .and public, opinion will support the
verdict, despite the apparently disjointed
character ol the state's evidence.
Jenkins is half Indian and half negro,
while Mcßae and Clinton are members of
I respectable white families in Volusia coun
ty, this state, where the murders were
committed, the case having been removed
to Tavares, Lake county, on a change of
venue.
The murders, which are the most horri
ble on record in Florida, were committed
near Now Smyrna, Volusia county, over
two years ago. The victims were Miss
Bruce, Mrs. Hatch, Bennie Hatch and
Frankie Packwood, the two latter being
little boys, about five years old. Miss
Bruce was a sister-in-law ot Frank J. Pack
wood, at whose home the murders were
committed. Packwood was absent and Mrs.
Hatch, with her boy, was keeping MLss
Bruce and Frankie Packwood company ovej'
night.
ARSON AND A'lTl’MPTED Ml RDER.
A I'nrin Hhikl Shoots His Employer
nod Fires Two Harns.
Knoxville, Tenn., Apri! 18.—(Special.)—Mrs.
Anderson is a widow residing’ near Rock
ford, on a fine farm, which she owns. Her
success as a farmer Is great .and sue has
accumulated considerable money. Her barns
and farm buildings are noted. For some
time F. J. Shoemaker lias been one ot a
large number of farm hands. A day or
two ago lie was discharged for cause. Early
this morning J. C. Anderson, his mother s
manager, was awakened by hearing a noise
in his bedroom. He arose in bed, when
immediately two shots were fired at him.
One of them took effect. Mrs. Anderson
ran to the room and was met by Shoe
maker with a revolver in his hand. The
mother and son were driven into a closet.
They remained there for probably halt an
hour, not knowing where their ex-employe
was. Finally, they heard a roar.ng noise,
ami, rushing to a window, saw their larg
est barn in flames.
I’oung Anderson was unable to reai ii the
born on account of a wound and loss of
blood, ami they were compelled to watch
the warn burn, and with it live head of
mules, two fine horses, two carriagis,
fifteen cows and a large quantity of hay.
When the first barn was about consumed,
they discovered that shoemaker had also
fired another large barn, which contained
corn, hay and other farm produce. As
soon as dayLghit came, neighbors, who had
gathered, telephoned for the sheriff, and
a large number scattered in pursuit of tile
would-be murderer, who had been recog
nized in the light of the burning barns.
He was captured about 10 o’clock six or
eight miles from Rockford and jailed. A
large guard is surroundmg the jail to pre
vent lynching. Mr. Anderson will recover
from iiis wound, but the loss of property
will amount to at least five thousand
dollars.
SOUT/lE/iN xVI'iP.S NO'JES.
nors) for frequenting barrooms, drinking
and gambling.
The fruit crop will probably be a failure
in North Carolina.
mandments, which had adorned the jail
walls in a neat frame.
The Kentucky Press Association will meet
in Frankfort, Ky., June 6th.
Great fires are raging in the mountains
in Burke county, destroying much timber.
Willi.- Cook, a lad of twelve years, has
be -n arrested on a charge of burglary at
Bonhaln, Tex.
(• }•; Crabtree, bookkeeper of the. Z.
1. i.von t"l,;" ' o la :vary. Durham, N. C.,
lias mysteriously disappeared.
Many of the gold mines in western North
Carolina ale very active at pr.sent and
will be developed by their owners.
in Louisville, Ky., a man was arrested
and sent to jail for stealing a pocketbook.
When Hie man's time was out it was dis
covered that lie had stolen the ten com-
The burning of the postoffice at Chico,
Tex is supposed to bi? ths work ol an m
c( ibl'iary. and $175 is offered for his cap
ture.
11 is reported that Hie skeleton of a pre
historic giant has been uiiearthed on Hie
kinks of Bo's d’Arc creek near Bonham,
T< x.
Tim skeletons of several human beings
i w,i 'll-iriiied about six miles northeast
I ol Midlothian, Tex., on the farm of Mrs.
1 Holland.
j Benton, Ark., has a jug factory that
I keeps several commercial travelers on the
' road all the time, and sends jugs all over
I tiie south
Miss Bessie Kirkland, who is to marry
How ard Gould, is a niece ot '.lrs. (C.
i ( row. of Raleigh, N. C. Iler people are
i from Hillsboro, N. C.
Near Charlottesville, Va., a little girl
wandi red o.i' fi'iin home. When lo.md she
was sleeping under a tree witli tier bead
piiiowed dangerously near a venomous
snake.
There are approximately 1,650 suballiances
in North Caro'limt. -Mr. Barnes says they
aro rapidly being reorganized. '■ here are
| about ?','H<9 members in good standing ai d
•' half of these are women.
A Florida alligator crawled into the resi
l dene, ol a slcjiiiig citizen near Dtlardo
and swallowed one pair of boots and all
the obi lio.-s that could be *’oun I. The
noise awoke Uie citizen, who dispatched
' the saurian.
Throe men, while fighting on a train in
M i.-sis; ippi. were hurled from tin- pkt'Jorm
w hile the tram was running at full sp ■ d,
but were well enough when they landed to
’ jump tii' and continue the light.
Charles Reid, of Norfolk, Va., who has
| been in aetive business in that city for
i seventy-thice .'ears, celebrated his ninety
fourth birthd.iv on the 4th instant. Fif
‘ te>?n grandchildren ami twenty great-grand
i children were present at tiie reception in
; his honor.
I'nd"r the bead of “Do Hogs Bay?” The
i K brni nd, K-... Register quotes Mr. Foun
tain- Rice, a' Madison comity larrmr, as
saying that from the produce of nine red
sows last )' .ir lie sold $1,565 worth of hogs,
kill,'a meat for a family of fourteen per
sons. gave away four hogs and has mi)
hogs and pigs still left.
Two young' men named John Coleman
and Frank Ragsdale. living four miles
northeast of Union City, Tenn., went to
the house of Riley Dodson and fastening
a string to one of the windows on the out
side, Hu y then walked off a short distance
from the house, and pulling the string
I tight they rubbed a piece of rosin over it,
' producing a most horrible noise. The noise
i increased so that Mrs. Dodson fainted,
I whereupon Will Dodson came out of the
house and knocked Coleman down w!;h a
piece of plank. After regaining conscious
ness Coleman and Ragsdale made good
their escape.
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