The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 10, 1895, Image 1

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fflE CAMDEN CHRONICLE. VOLUME VII. "C)<u1 Our INutUe Lmwl." CAHDEN S., C., FRIDAY MAY 10, 1805 NO. I NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. 'tun i w o \>n.Mirv\ s \ i urn s itio. lUASKit i,vn? vi'ii;it.\m>.\ . ? l(D<it I Hi: I) 'Id IttOPOItT \T ('(II l(T 10% 10 It \ T( liiMDAV . Tho I ii? u I'M'** it (* Appear to Have Hit* t pper lland still (From the at art correspondent of the Unt ied Proas.) Santiago do Cuba. Apiil 25, via Key Weal, Fla., Muy 7. ? Although Uonerul Garrlck stated on the 2?d. that the Amer ican sailors were absolutely innocent and he would release them on the 23d. the Bailors were not freed until thin after noon. They were only paroled and are re quired to report to court every Tuesday u lit kl Trial. The United States Consul wrote den. Oarrich today and asked their absolute release. A. Helton, In an Interview, said he started with Itlchelleu tp fort au l'rjnce, oft Capo llaytlen; their bark was caught in a galo and driven to Mole St. Nicholas in distress. After repairs, they proceeded with ina|n sail spilt. Windward work \^s impossible and they ran before the until they sighted the Cuban coast aWmade pott at Quanatanamo. The Consul referred them to Santiago, where - they proceeded and were arrested upon - arrival, February 23, charged with land ing two Cubans, arms and ammunition. This they denied, but were confined in a filthy prison. They had fever and/were transferred to tho hospital and th#n re turned to prison. Attempts wore mado to extort^ a confession. RicheDleu wh</ Is 111 wf^h rheumatism was finally released, but, ncjt, allowed to leave the Island. The ineh^arov -penniless. The Consul has ar ranged for hoard and desires lo Send them to the United States. They may forfeit claim to indomnlty If they disregard par ole. Relton was born in Sweden and na turalized In New York. For nine year he served on American ships, lie has a masters certificate. Richelieu was born In Franco, but has been naturalized. Flor CrombOt, declared dead by the Government Is aHlve and at the head of a band near Sango. Maceo is directing operations against SalcetTo. Gomez. Marti and l'erez are proceeding In the direction of Puerto Principe. Campos fears a ris ing there and goes to Intercept them. It Is reported on Rood authority that 150 troops were surrounded Sunday by 2,000 insurgents at Ramon <le I, as Gtmyas. Fifty Spaniards are said to have been killed. The others escaped to Caney, six miles from here. The Government started a train at midnight from here to San Duls for reinforcements. Four hundred troopS were sent. Maceo directed the battle. It Is reported that twelve soldiers while bathing at Raima Sorlno were attacked and cut to pieces by Insurgents with ma ehets. These reports are unconfirmed by the authorities. There are rumors that a part of Salcedo's column was defeated by the insurgents near Sango today and many killed and wounded. Confirmation Is lacking. Definite news is anxiously 1 awaited. (Signed) J. FRANK. CLARK. / Tlllfl 1)101, A \VA It 13 1)10 A l)I.O('K . / j MiiMNev iittt Six Votes Despite II'Im WKIiilrnwnl. Ry Southern Associated Press. Dover. Del., May V. --Despite the with drawal of George V. Mnssey from he senatorial <? mtesl s\\ votes were cast for li 1 2ii today T(i.? explanation giv -n ?by his friends was that they had re quested a conf? rele,% with the oth ??* members tonight, ,i:id until (lie confer eiiee lias been held they should con tiiiue to vole for him. It Is not -believe. I thai (lie Mnssey in. n will go to eitli v ll'ggins or Addicks but will ask that a new man by nai"<d. The Addick;; men <ti!l reinaln ll'"??. and dit'lare th it i It will be Addicks or noltody. The one ballot taken today resulted: H?gsru-.s (Hop.) (!. Addicks (Rep.-) 6, Mass'-* <Rep.) C, I'cniicwili (Rep.) 1, Ridgel," (belli.) !). TiimieM (I'em.) 1. The Hous'.? I today adapted a ret olution not to ad journ until Salurd'iy. May J9th. The I Senate is expected So concur. May 9lh had been previously fixed upon as the date for adjournment M lilt IHOlMOIt .N Sl KliKMWat.S 1 Twu JuvenlleM Unnlcil In Florida (?lvc Themselves Up. Jacksonville, Fla., May 7.? Robert and Joseph Hubbard, the two young men who killed Percy Dines, an lOngllshman, In South Jacksonville last Christmas eve and who have eluded capture ever since, surprised Sheriff Rowden loday by ap pearlng at the court house and surrend ering. The lioys are very young, Joseph being 31 and Robert 17 years of age. Since the killing of Dines they have In en at various places jn Georgia and Alabama coming from Birmingham in (hp latter State to give themselves tip. The boys were accompanied by their father, upon whose advice they surrendered. Mr. llubbard lives at Clinton, N. C.. of which place he has been Mayor for four teen years. The boys claim that they kill ed Dines in se|f-d< fenee. Rewards aggre gating $.7)0 were offered for their arrest but the officers could not locate them. Dines, the slain man, had only hern In America a few months. Mliii-lii'il ii \ Hinge?/ (From the staff correspondent of the Cnl ted Press.) Santiago de Cuba, May 7.? A party of insurgents attacked the village of Chrlsto twelve miles from this city and burned a number of buildings In the place, A train sent with troops- to relieve the vil lagers was stopped by the Insurgents and to the fight that followed the captain In command of the troops wart wounded. General Mnrtl's camp has started for Guautnnamo at 7 o'clock this mornings Manuel Fuenles. the Cuban correspondent who was arrested on the charge of hav ing aided the Insurgents has been releas ed from prison, but has been ordered to h ave the Island. I A M A I At A M ATRD A .HSOCIATIOW . r t \niiHicr Firm C(?nci'iir?, , Mfiklnir Tlirn* V lelorlc* In KAi'ty-KlKht Mourn. / Ry Southern Associated Press. Pittsburg. Pa.. May 7.~Ttio Amalgam ated Association of this city are elated over the receipt of the signatures of the management of Ibe Bllgo Iron Works, lo the wage scale. The firm concedes the demand of tho workers In all departments of tho mill and work will resume at once, giving employment to about 400 men .This Is the thlrft -victory In the past ?S'ho^cs - for the association and it Is thounffct pos sible that the strike may not I extend much further. There are no other changes In the situation up to the hour of 2 p, m. IN TUB lUCK'HNT \(? . , I'lio A 11 1 i-Hoc tui Im< Hill Im \ l>M?>rl?l iitf Ail lulorrai. |{y .Southern As.s ooiated Press. Merlin, May 7. 'I in* many ? > u l ? I >>i a 1 1 ructions afforded b,v the hcautifil weather were not st flloioni- Co prevail an enormous crowd front tilling tin stranger's gallery of tlu? Heichstag to day. Tin* session o| ened with the cott side ration of minor matters, and mriPj mcnil?ers rcinain.il in the restaurant until the ringing of tho electric boil* summoned ihem to the chainlier to form a quorum for tho ??? nshlcraUon of tit: question of the second reading of tin nuti-ftm in list hiil. The galcrlcs and lob ?oies wore aconcs of some <vxcitcmcut, hut lief House was quiet. li was tint expected that there would he any ox traordinary public i ti rest in the read ing stage of the lull, as it consists mere ly of the offering of a string of mnoml incuts to existing pa i agraphs. '"onera' debate theivoii is now al-( * < d, aM these amendments will he <i hated the third reading. Interest in this stage of he m ? <" was confined to tlie votlug an .net dents eonneoted with the i ?m r. jfapNs theinscl vt\s, hnt even these will not at feel the final vote ( f the hill, thonuh they may cause ??ti mporarily Mount strange tactical allmices upon th, wording of the amendments. I'uhlic '?! terent in tiie hill will (login after tic House has decided upon which pans graphs shall rmain Then the pnrtle> will rally for the contest. Today's set sioit opened without any dramatic in n dent. The preside*:; called upon I>r von Buehka, ("on> vvative, to read a loiUs printed report of the eominittis 'The Socialists were urilMtially qclot and reticent in accordance with their cxpee - ations that the Libera! parties would do their work. 'Pile second reading stage of the l?'lt ?will prolkaK.v last a fortnight. Owing to the lengt! of time eonsunr't by minor business, ci nsldera lion of tli anti-Socialist hill was only begun ana i lie day's proceedings were confined t . reading the report of the committe*. The chamber then adjourned until <? o'clock tomorrow tvtning. tlhancclloi Prince von lloheulehe retnaiiieil tin 1 the end of the .sitting It is astmiii'd that, his pui'iMise i:; remaining was to make a slateinenl in regard to the b\' after the reading cf the coniniitlec re port by Dr. von liiuhka, but the Inatr lwing late he did not do so. A 1,-11 !?: \1?i;i? Sl'WUHD. Cup ((till of a .Spit II 1m Ii Muii-of- War I?uoreM Our Oiiiirtmt Ine itif;iilu (Iwni, Hv Souliheni Associated I'rcw, Jacksonville, i, - A i| |<> tin> ninvR-l'iilon f r< . 1 1 1 Tamp.i, K|n., s.i.vs: ? >u Friday r.iulif tin* Spanish man of- war liifa iila Isabel. ;hrit- ihivs from Havana,/ parsed Mullet Key quarantine st-ation n0 the month of ampa Hay in violation of !hi- <|ua rautiuC* regulations of the Slate of I' lo) ilia i .ii<] (lie I'uitcd Slates, ami aiutiiori'd I ?.*n mil?v? up the ha.v. The next morning (lie ipta ran line ollicer, I?r. Kchoiiicndki, dispatched the ipiuranlinc steii tuer (Jerm, commanded hy Captain linssell, to overhaul the v'cs.-ti ansl bring her back to the station. Captain Duena, in iiuuuiTml <f the "miser, made a loud pro|?*st, although he eon fi?4>eil he Haw the si.mis ami knew i I was a qui -ran tine. Itut ('apt a ill lins sell iiisisf<?d ap<| tin- vessel Vjvl urin?d to the sta-tioji^' where she wa| fumiigaled ami detniiK d. On "lewjvlrg notice Collector of Cms tonus I/itslie win'uil Nei'nitaii'y' of tiie l'r? usury _.(>ivl?Cc for ii'strueiicps. The Seerqlary wired for data. whieh was ? iirnishv?i iiivmeiluitiry. Secretary Carl isle Mien ordered Cn'KecIo;* Leslie to waive (he quarantine revrulal ions so far as the I Tutted Stales wys co'ieerred ami lo allow tin' vessel lo go in pe,:?e. Tills was communicated lo the Mad'*id gov ernment l?y Spanish Yiee Corsnl (Julier rez a I this port. The State ipiuruntiiie re^'il.ition h.i-? ivceu violaieil and lie* State Heard of Health will ? strictly enfor.-c tin- pro visions of fii'x'tion " " of I he 1 5 ? ? v i '?? S| a.tntfs. That seel ion imposes a. line of not le?? than $1"<1 or not more than <I,<MN?. State Health Oilier ! >r. .1. V. Purler will down to Mu!li>l Key to morrow morning to per.--' ?iv illy i - ' c*t the vivwd ai.il will thru vii'muII hi- re port, wh mi tie! ion will be taken. CKfVritAI/S ffliOATINO illKIIT. Iloi'i'lvrr* Authorised to llorroiv Money for :tO I In ) m lo I . I <| ii I ?l ii < ?> l(. I jy Southern Associated Tress. New York, May 7. --Judge Pardee has authorize*! the receivers of the (ieorgia Central lo borrow money for ttilrly days with which lo pay off the floating debt. The floating debt now amomils to 2;u.2?Si, with Interest. It fen <lue on July I. ls!i:t> but has Ix'en extended from time to lime. The debt carries Interest at six per cent, and one-fourth per cent, com mission. The creditors have several times threatened to sell the collateral unless the loans were paid. The reerttvers show that It Is important for the Central Rail road to retain the stocks and bonds In order lo maintain (he Integrity of the system. The money can be borrow<*d and lenders subrogated to I he rights of the present creditors under, (he -floating debt. The time for depositing (he Savannah and Wesicrn bonds under the bondhold ers protective agreement has been ex tended lo June 101 h, next. A lt( \ ON TIIK IIWKM. OwIiik lo n Humor 'I'll n I Hun I. of Monln-iil I ? i* <1 Sn*|ieiiileil . My Soul hern Associated 1'resa. Si. Johns. N. K., May 7. ? l-,ast night a rumor was sot afloat here that the Itank of Montreal had suspended pay ment owing to the depression in Cana dian Rttllwity senurltlen and the deficit In the Canadian revenue. The report spread with Inconceivable rapidity, and this morning a run was organized on afT three of the banks In this city? the branches of tho Hank of Montreml. the Itank of Nova Scotia and the Merchants* Itank. Hun dreds of persons gathered around the banks tiefore the opening hour demanding gold for (ho notes In (heir possession. Fortunately, all the banks h$ve an abun daitoe of gnrtd to meet t be demands iqion ihe^i and redeem (heir circulation. Kach Is rAdTnnlnjr notes of the others and gold U so ,plontUull>r display e?f that confldcnce Is beginning to #?* restored." Dvlfgstei In Mrmphli. Baltimore, Mil., May 7. ? The Balti more Hoard of Tnulo will send three delegates to the Memphis sound money convention. I'lie committee on banks anfl currency su Inn it ted n report which was HCcvMvi I ami President Ijcverinff will npiKitnt the delyjfates. HAMPTON ROADS CONTROVERSY. (III. IIOWKM. AI>I?S A.\ INTKIIMtfT IM< ? II VI'TIOH . MAKIOS I'l llltic A CX>.\\ WKttATION W ITH A I.IOX A-MDICH NTMl'tl 10 > s . \\ imt Tr?i??i?tro?l nt the ('onfprencf With l.luoolu. My S-?niln-ri Astoria Utl Press. Atlanta, iMtiy 7. Pol. I- v:i n P. Unwell, of the Atlanta PoiiMltutioi., mills :? ii luterestlr.K coupler i?? the eon i"'.M?i'?y over wl'iii uniirrttl at the .11 hi | ? (tin I loads ruiili'iTiU'o between . lent I/mcdii and ll?)U. Alexandei Stephens, president of ill*' Ponf?*d era y. It will be remembered that Mr \\'?iitoi>vii ii'f?*i? t I,v Mated that .?t that i\> ifcrciitt: President Lincoln prcsentetl i short <?: paper i >' Mr. Stephens sayim?: "I wl.l wrlre tin- \\ ? ?r?l 'union' at tin1 i"p a lid you may write what you please .?n the oilier," u >:at men I which is taken ,i> iiosiiiinx thai Mr. I.ineoln war* road> .mil williii); to pu.v the South for the >.1.1 Vl'K lli*l;l<t Surdity's I \ >llr< t it II t loll, .lollll !*i-iuplr I Jra ves ondt-avoro?i to show that Mr. l.tlic.iln ii u!e no Mich proposition ..ii i lir quot-v. f 1*1 mi Messrs. Stephens, 1 C ? *:i )>? i ii. Ilcuter i-iitl Pumpbc.l to csii ? t ;? i i? ' ? i in in the :s*ito Mm* made. The Phil ii-lelpliia 'limes, in ;ui <Mlilori.il written prcsir-mahly I Pokuiel M l lun*, throws a liliiional 1'irht on (In- subject, claim :'u* t'hiil Mr. Pim-ohi v . onM have pro ;? ,.im| in ptty ilie Sooth four liuml r?*?l ? uill). >n <lol!n is for In-!' "lines, hul * 1 . ? I ?l? ? ? make I hi' proposition sillipy beea use Mr. Stephens iisiil f-i;iti.il al tlic o'.H.-el lli it I : ?* could pot i -ii t ? *i*t ii i ii n 1 1 > pn.p isi linn tliiil 1 1 i < I not embrace the perpetuity ? f tin- t'onfo.ler.icy. Pol. llowrlJ'i* li'lli'i- jLilvor* IIm- details of a t'iti>\ i-ir-ii t ion In* hail with Alexander : I. Stepln iii* on tln> subject iiMiler <li*. ' * ; ! s-#i ? >n. Shortly aftrr Mr. Stephens was ' iiiaiuninli' I iJoveruor of (Scoruii. in the vi-ar I SSI!. In spent a da\ as the jrue*! of Col. Ilowell al liis home. Afti'i* dinner (he talk tuni'vl to the I lampion Koiulr ? oifi ri'iu'e. ami Mr. II<-wi*'1 asklvl Mr Stephen* if hi' ever 1 1 <- 1 ? I any hi.pe thai ' lie conference would 1 1 1 >'1 1 oiil ? 1 1 ft < * r? ? 1 1 1 1 \ from the way it did. Mr. Stephens said: "I had jrrcat hope when tin* t|iit*sll<>ii w\n thvst agitated about the conference. 1 was always in favor of settling tin-, war anil preventing further bloodshed.* 1 1 1 ? I when the conference' was suptfi'sted hy Mr. ]?lair ami others. I took a very ?\elivo part in pushim; it. There was very liilter opposition to It on the part >f l ho friends of 1 'liv'iih'iit Davis In the < 'o'iu 'us-, hnt lip?i'}y it was authorized, i ml cniiimls'sloiiers' Were m lceliil to at tend tin? eol ferell'-e. Mitch lo in.v^ re vcivt- these e< iii.inl>sionei'H were yivf*rv>. i-*j n'i'i fie iiKstrueiioiis whli'h preveiileil liiein ni'U'otialiiiK fer peaee on any other iia?i?s than that wlii li jriui runleiMl the in ?lepioiilenee aiul autonomy of -tho Poll fi'ileri'te St<lt"s." Mi*. Stephens went on to Hate hit* ?i oifiTi'iien with Mr, Davis in wiileli lie ur^e*l that 1he ouninlssiou he not ham icreil with ii.ntru<*Hons. but he not no ?iicoiiraiieineiit : oil the other hand, the lav the eotninissfioners left they were ?voint eilly inform<*d that no f?eHleinent ?old I lie i-mniileri d that did not reeoy 'il/.e I hf> inde|endei.ee of the I'oii'o ?lerele ? .ovcMimieiit. Mr. Stiidiens told of the 'infliiiiK with Mr. Diiwoln and hit* as Moeiali-M and the enrdiality "f Mr. I-ln '*?>lu'? irreettnir of the repr<*soitt?<ti v?*s of t lie < 'onfederaey. "After wo had r< turned to the sa.ooii ? ?f the Ktramer." eoiitinued Mr. S-lepheiiH. "'Mr. l/in?'oln was very t rlkative and !>h\isjint with all of the eoiiviliiwioiieiis. T le sceiiwd to he ill a f^plelidid humor ?nd wjif* in exiel'ent spirits. After a-wh c \ joined him and we went apart from i he others and sat down at a wiiial. ?able when* there was writing iiki terial. ?'Ills was bef< re any formal <lisen<f-ioii '?ad eiHiiineneed. He broieheil the sub ject of the e. nferenee and exprwseil deawiire at the faet that I wan one of ? he i- ?n vn li-'si oner-. >il I<> i'U.id y?hi nie villi great earii<f?'un-i*: '1 beWf've yon i lid I ean fettle this matter, 1 know von and you know me. I have eonh | in voiir Inleirrity and be.ieve >*??" ?r.xe in mine. I do uoi think you wonhl i?k i ne to do n u.vthiutf improper and I \ 1 1 1 1 1 ? I not nT'ire your ecuisent Jo any t illii Whle.il I believed unjust I lekiuc .1, a |.leee of paper and m1.d1ir.4r it to -,vn r< I he f*anl: '? will write one wor.V at the top of this -hivt of pape. Hid that word will be 'union, and with ?his as a baton yon tiny write out the leriHK of s.'tttein. nt and on that I ? d. ?ise all my inllm mu to have ( oiijirrws -.?tih'fts we ii'ivi1. ' . -I then tol.l hint whnt our instim t ions were from President Davis and when I did a cloud came fn?; his rhin droin>c<l to ln? bre^sl, and for several minutes lie did not way a word After a pause be raised mil. his seat I ?nd said to me. uplifted: I hen I am not res|K?nkible for any furtilier I.IckmI she<l. I had hoped the war would end with this conference, but it Is lmpoHwl hie to make any settlement with the instruct ions by whWfli you are Ik.uihI 1 trust you will consider coalmen ual whnt has oeeiirred Initween us. 1 If we had been eim^nvereil to nejpoti nte a settlement with the preservation of the l'nion as a basis the South woulrt have l?cen paid for Its skives and we would "h-ave irol any just and reasonable re< -opinion at tJie haa*te of 1 rfwidem I ,ii woln . Our Instruction* binding us to re jo^nize only t<he independence of the? South prevented our atv-ormjdishinK any thing. for at the threwhhold of Mr. Tin ?*ol 1 i's desire for peace was liis deter mination that it must In* lms?-d upon anion. , ^ T.h?'?e are tlic words as near as L can remember, -which Mr. Stejfliens yiK>ko at my resilience, says (-ol. Howell. With the I'xceptiou of my family, the only person present w*a h the late Mark Johnston, an intimate -friend of Mr. St<aT>licns since lioyhood, find a noij^libur of mine, -wluwn I had invited overdo take diimer with us. I nsked Mr. Sti^ns at that time to permit me to pul dish the conversation, but he e* pr.-swe<l his preference to have nothing said nl>out it as the conference ma-tter of unwritten Wator/ he not frfl ev*?n thea autLori^d to make it public. Since, however, the matter ?hciM ?*ne up for newspaper discussion, I think it hut justice to all conccrnoo that the pirfdic lie piven the limtit of this utateinent from one of the most lmi*<rtnnt characters In Hml m>ted con (ttrcntc. ^ \\lien will HuelKinaTi be ??!ectroentcd. I the rating griiwmw conundrum that ; New Ynrk is now nuesMlim. c * ? m:\ <>I,I T10N l\ Kl'l ADOK the Hjini(t>r Hit* llvvu Orilt'rcil <o ^ l'roi'W<l (o Kattuorr Itlit . I lly Southern A'nh'IiiIisI I 'ioss \V:t*lilii?tDii, May 7. T!.e I uiltsl j Stales ct'tliMT Kit U^jei !,.ft Huell.i \ eilt UIM May 'J umler ?v:i'n]c-?| t?r?|er.s to pivved i Willi all possible tx*l> to lv.menihla for tin* proteetion of Amerieiin ?iti/.eu* ami properly i tulai ?;cro?l l?y tJie revolti lion \\hi<li has oumm-uotl in IJeuatlor. Tile State I >epai tnnesit wilt* in |Mf>ses shut of ailvii'tw of litis revol t at !ea*t ten ilayis ajro, I?m the fact's have heeii until today f?mves?>fully ttiip|ire.sr>etl fioii. ilu' i?ul?l i**. 'I he naval authorities frank ly say, however. that on the request of .hi- Stale I >epartinciit, urgent infirm ioiu> Ita ve In on (sent to t'oimiiumlrr Walxin, ? f tin- UaiiKii". then at Itucna Ventura. I.loo iuil<t? from (ilia ya.<piil. I l> Ti.lmuu. the ti("V\ American min ister In I < taili'i'. lef'l Winliiiitfion A|?nl loili h?r Ins |>o?t at Quito, the ea.pital. ii. >1 f>itoul.l In- In tiuayaqitil hy this time. Tin* join in y from the |*>rl to the en pi* : Ml is aet'oinj?!i^heil on'.y hy primitive ve rities ;? 1 1 ? I usually tukiv* three week*, i lie | covin,*) is t?i t luiar ami l*'s Uior?, in wl.ich t lie it I n -Is are Ntronye.st. are 'letweeu Quito ami ( Jnavvupiil, ami it i* mil likely Minister 'lilliua.il has heen ih.e to leave the eoasi. Tin" prinent rev* J ! n r i >ii lia?s In en ant ii*l|iale?l hy the Kctpiutloria n Koverninent for he past t'liree or four luontlm, ami, aceortliiitf to iii\ lie 1 1 1 1 e i'r? rei-e.ve?l liere, was ev jiecisl to he more morions than the li iiiii American re\o>lls usually are. I lie ?ate t eahle iievVt< s')?o\vs that tin' upris iiiK i? K?'iieral, extending to all the more im|?.>rlaiil prov-inef?* near tlie coast, ami thai it i* exi ei illiii^ly well organized. mir?i> i-ontiomi't. \ ( lileiiRo Miihiirui'tunr Iti'fimt'K To \i?*wer Sen it t e CHnnmlltee'* tfue* I ton Hy Southern Associated Press. Springfield, 111., Mny 7.? K rank. II. Coop er, of Slogel, Cooper & Cy.. of Chicago, Is now In charge of the Sergeant-al-Arms of t ho Slate Senate, being hold In con tempt for refusing to answer n question propounded l>y the Senalo. I ty a vole of 2S To 13 the Senate excused Mr. Cooper from answering the questions piii to hlin l>y tin- Senate Commit too. and which ho had refused to answer, with the exemption of the question as to the amount of business transacted last year. Oil this question the Senate, hy a vole of 20 to 1!?. decided that he must answer. On his refusing to do so he w*f?T placed in tin- custody of the Borgojyn-at- Arms, and the Senate adjourned without further acl Ion . I'll VM H \T KIMIi. Her I'nslilii'i I ? < MiiriloiiMOiue In Vleir of I lit- I'rolc*! \|(idu?i .lisjs llliese < '?? il <| tl o* t m . Hy 8ou thorn Associated Press. l'arlB, May 7.?' Tb(* Figaro, says: "The peaceful success of the protesting pow ers In regard lo Japan's conquests in the Kii?t makes Franco's position in connec tion ^Ith the coming celebration at KleS of tho openiiiK of the Ualtlc Be. a canal, much lefts burdensome, both morally and pollt Ic-ally. The Matin congratulates France upon 4tie success of the protests, but severely eoTflnwits upon the attitude of the Amer ican and English governments In the eri ul?. ii.oon shout. (aciiornl \ pproprl n t Ion Hill of 'I'i'Jim l.i'KlNlntiirc I'iiIm lli? TrMimir) In n Hole. Austin. Texas, May 7.? The State treas ury when it closed last night was an nounced insolvent by Treasurer Wortham. The passage of the general appropriation bill by the legislature Just closed, made the SLuto liable at onoe for $014,000. To pay this amount there was only $100,000. The bill became effective yesterday and warrants were drawn anil witTilii six hours every cent of the $100,000 In the treasury was taken out arid there liT now a shortage of $514,000. Treasurer Wortham says it will be next January before the State wKl be on a cash basis a^ulii. Another .Strike. 15y Southern Associated Press. Jollet, 111., May 7.? Foreman, laborers and greasers to the number of .000, em ployed at the Illinois Steel Company's mills here, struck yesterday for an ad vance In their wages of from 25 to 50 per cent. The strike of these men made It Impossible to continue running the mills and they were closed down at midnight, throwing 1,500 men out of employment. Men Old. Hy Southern Associated Press. She.boyga n. Wis., May 7. ? The m ;.i employed iu the Oardcii Toy. Co., Fro.t Veneer Co., and Ci<" rge Spruit & Co. were forced out ^vcsAvrday, uittkiny tie total list of slvlke-j nlHMit 3,700. N ? actual viob-n/v i.s \?t reported. At a meeting last niglit the strikers doeid-* I to dose every ftieii ty in the city ex cept tlio I >illingh:iir. .Manufacturing C' . I'rloe* of SIkii-d llalneii. Hy Southern Associated Press. Hoaton, Mass., May 6.? The meeting of the shoo manufacturers held in Hos ton lost week has resulted in the manu facturers of this city raising tho price of men's shoes, the Increase varying from six to twenty-conls per pair. Owing to the rise in leather manufacturers realize that this is the only legitimate why of realizing a profit on goods. tlorAon'ii Trial. Hy Southern Associated Press. l/otiisvillo, Ky? May 7.? The exam ining trial of Fulton Cordon for tho murder of hi* wife and Arclric Brown, was billed at II a. in. Coroner flood whs tin' first witiu-N.H and tcxtifk-d as |*do the wotnijfe on the I * nil oh of Mrs, (Jordon a?<t .Mr. IImhii. Polioeiiiam II*iv(lle, w l)|(? a.rrestod Ooolon, gave hiu ?1esthn?my ami was on the witness stand when a re*i?*i was taken f?t 12^0. / Will Hnrrcn?liT I'ort Arthur. Hy SoiitJuTn Associated I'rew. Paris, May 7. ? The Kuwpe.an edition of Tho N'mv Vork iferctld tomorrow will contain the following1 dispatch from Tokio, under date of today : "Japan, on ff i4 1 ex?>lmngc of ratifications tomor row, will agree to surrotwler I'ort Ar thur ti^nd Mno-Tiing In consideration of the |xi.m?ent of 100,0110,000 jtaolt*. .fepnn meiy ?H*> (tnnfi to 0?rea that part of Manchuria -which Is left, to her. It Is believed that this is perf?*rtly sat isfactory to l(u?sin and insures peace. Kprnkrr Crisp la Wsahlnfflon. Washington. T>. C . May 4. ? flp -aker Crisip reached Washirgton tonight He was fatigued from fhe effect* of journey, and went a' once to his room, declining to gee any one. THE INCOME I TAX HEARING. Tin: t un dn Mr ii vri i.i: is vr uisiuirr TIN'S AiniHMH ?.i:m;iivi. srouio llltll'SKI.V I'llll TIN'S llll. I.. Sir. i'hoitlo \\ ii? Npntli Iiim \\ Iteu Coil r I Adjuurnrd. M.\ Sort hern A smociii It'll INvmk Washington, I> i' May 7. The sec ? .?il day s pjvcc ding of ih,. r? argument ? 'I llir income lu\ cases began ill lllo Su,;n fin.* (\uiri ? f (lie United Slates a; no, hi today, in the | tiseiue ,?f a mvnllv roil ii,, ', | a iiilii'M,. it spectators, htwycv. as \\ri; as l Ii,* public in general. Amoim Iho sprlal'is alli'i, ti'il t > '? 1 11 y wer?\ Win. Jay. one ,if ih. i, mils,. I f r ill,- i>|, poiicnts n| ih,. law. (ho grandson ,if Chief .luMlt'i' .lay. who was a uii'iii ?: er i.l' i!i,< tvnr i when ilit> Mrs i il vision of l!u> t'oiirl was uia^lf on iIh- subjcct oi ihr-'fl la \ rs, in tlm' celebrated case of Hyllon. o| I75M. although Iii> ,| it) utii lakf pari in ilii* decision. Assistant All'iimx (it'iii-ral Wlntii.-y resumed lus argument in support of i )i< ? i'oiisI :i til; iia i | \ ,,|" i |,i> law iiinli'i* con stili-ration Mr. \\ hltney argued that there wnn iu? not I lfil iK'linitiim t?f tJu> wo ril ilnty in the jiH-isprudomv of '-his I'oiintr.v, ami that tin- court wan lift to (ho tU-ii nition given to the >!vrni in tin* decisions in previous onx*>.s for guidance in ile dcrntinlng its tinvwiiiig. Recurring t lieu to <t ho tcl'lll i)ii',.ft tatxca, Mr. Whitney sa itl ithat the re acarvli math' by him htul led him U? conclude thai until it hail found a ifliice in tlm American Constitution t' had never been used i n if rec4vgni//cil as a legal term. Proceeding to discus* the decision of the court Mr. Whitney said: "Great wi'ijfli' shoiiltl iho given to t-vory prin ciple clearly and deliberately laid down hy thf court, although not necessarily involved in tlio lU'visijiui. The doctrine <>f .stare decisis mIioiiJiI have its ox t rentes t ex'Vntdon in fast's involving the fuiidu mcivtal principles of luxations. Tho no eessity for iho applicat ion tif tin- ih ii* | irino was never greater than In Iho prtwml. case. It whoiihl I*' a national dijciNtn.?r if <\?iigrot%a cou-ld not, in times of nuddeo liU'uiw, rely implicitly, not only on tlio precise rilling, hut oil the prindiplcw ian<l delVnition deliberately cnunoin''ed hy , this ^'ourt. Dlsciittdng tho exemptions' In tin' law to which I'Mi'ptSoiiH liavo been taken by fh?? |>artio.s to i! ho litigation, Mr. Whitney tailed attention to the fa of thai" they were not originally In tho law. wore ihi< priced there by it* friends, Imt hy its opponent*. One wan sug^cstis! hy Senator Morrill, one by Senator Oullom ami another hy Sona ? Or Mill. ii|h?ii grounds of jiulilit' poliey and philmnithropy. It was argued Hint to tax liieotneH from saving's hankn tend to <U#n.tiiinifjo Iia1rit? of thrift and aceiimnlnOion, and in n lieviinr w?im>*or the eo-opcmtive inwtitnt Ioiih of tax, ao eumulatiotiH of moinoy had iiImo ennipeil tho bunion Impiisi'd upon others. Hut willioii't jroiliK into deta.ilH Mr. Whitney ealltsl tin* a Lt out ion of < lie eourt to the laiiKita^e <?f de<'iKi<niK irjHni tho power of <%iii?iy*s.s to iiuiko exempt ions in k u oral. In oondndiiiK, Mr. Whitney appealed <o the jiiKtii'tyt t,? (iin?ider the whole oiiH<., ineliuliiiK the ?pie?tloiis of tax on rent*, as if it had never Itoen l?ofore llioni, and if in ho doin#r they jrave duo weight to all the fnclH and ''he k-iw tliero was no doubt in his mind wluit tho judgment irf the e<?urt would lc*. Mr. Whr'ney fuimhed at 2:20 o'elook and wtis follt>\vod by A tlorney (Joneral Olney, who <doHe<l the ease for the Government in mipixirt of the law. After roonpitiibitiiiK tlio ar^uineii''M advaiut'd on boha!f of the United StatoH at the former hearing lie a?a in e<MlftoiMled 'that, JudRetl by the l0rf?uilK<? of the law itwelf, it did notK-mile a tax whieh wan lieeeHsarily to (lie doein e<| a tax on real e?tafe. The ilpinioii of ??Jie eourt, lie said, dealt with the eatte na if ixmiIh were the only Kubjeet of t'ie ineoine lax law? nn if all the rent of the Ntat irto were omrlfetl. mul It Hinip l.v provided for ass^-K?iiiK land owiioih aet'ordimr to their routs. That was not, lie submitted, -the true way of looking at the matter. Hut ftiipjtoKe it to be. what follows? We have a sta-'ute deal iiik' with landlord* as a ohms ? taxing them beeaiiHo of thoir vocation of laixl lord, and moasnriiig th?* tax hy rent* actually rts-oivetl. Smlt a <ax waa (mt feotly legitimate and perfeeily On miliar. There was no pursuit in life whieh wiin not subject t<i it. at 'tlio will of the legislature. Wlwt jM legally and llreor?"l ieally posHibN* is one thing, what is actually ami practically possible i? nnilo another. I low does tlii* new doetrino that, personalty in general a ml all income* must lie taxe/1 l?y the rule of ap|>ortion ment ? 1i<?w <t<>eM thin nowUloclrlne work in practice ami what is its operaion a.s between Individual taxpayers? Why, it I* conceded on all hands that it would cauw the most starlling inetpiali lien making one man in one part of the l:nion pay live, aix or ten tlmea a* m uoh as another man pays in anothei part of the I'nion in respect of the #<a.mo amount t?f property. lu conclusion, lie said: "It is Impos sible therefore, I submit, to KiifTer, our selves to he bcgnildod with the llattei ing iinaction ttmt In tihls new constitu tional iW-trine the Federal Government does not HUMtain Merious impairment In one of the most im|Kirtnnt attrilnites of Sovereignty. Theoretically, Its taxing |K?wer nvay be unaffnetod. Practically, it in cut up by the decision to any large shsre of vinalth of the eountrj, a<s to all income, ?.ind a? to the great mass tif all p?!rs??na| property. 8ue-h a rcKiilt, if It mu?t l?e, will, I firmly !>e lieve, when fully cora|>rc4iem]ed. by tlie AiiU'rioin people, be* universally depre ciated as a great public calamity. Tliey have come to utka prfde In the United State** as iwre^>rf4rnta#ive of an indivi. dual nationality, as a political sovereign pqiKil in authority to any othor on tho fwee of the trioltc, nde?|iiate to all em ergencies, foreign or ilotm-stic, aixl hAf ing at its ct?nrrmnd for offense ami de fen?'e ami for all governmental purposes all the nwemrr-es of the nation. It will be an uivweltxffno awakening for them to di*?i?v*r that 4 bis thing of their faJth and their pride U hut a maimed ami crippled cremation wfter *11, irvveated with but a fnaetion of the moat impor t*nt of gorerrwnental porwera, and weak i eat exacly where its atreofth 4iouLd the grciatetst, Nor will it lex>en or | mitigate tlioii' .surprise t<> I on ru that a j constitution, which ha s long Ikvii lauded I to thi? skies as the culmination and glory of a pin>plc'a taxatukii, in nuw J touiul to be so contrived that while no . > utnulaicd wvallh shirks and ivsoitpoa its I duo share of the ptiNic biiitleua under i 'M' ot I ts (ii < ?\ inions, i In' less fortunate I members of s.xi.iy whom the llovern nieiit reaches through what they out and ilriiik a u> I wear an. I all other i-liingH they nniNt have ami must hay an* wholly w it lion t constitutional protection a n*l at thi1 uieivy of (\?nj?resf?. t 'll.ot ,1 lift I ? Fuller 1 1 1 1 1 t i o 1 1 r 1 1 the A t lorm\\ <??>>)( as to his i^tiiilon when I'l'ittis Ins u'inc ta \al'lo a.s m<>iic.\ , (n w hlt'h lir a iusw ?-|-isl that it wa.s after they ha<l been n cfivitl and wore ill his ? i ' i a |>or>i.vvl >u. t 'on 1 1 lining on that suggest ion tlu< A ! t, i itcy ticitcral t*aid: li i.s i n t iiii;? i >?i| thai, lo^ii ally speak ing. if a ta\ .hi na' e-tate ks a ?( i ri><- 1 lax. .>.? is a lav on pi rsoti.il pro;>crt> : "ill dial If i i \ <>ii ii'ii 1 8 is a lax on it iil t ?- 1 ; 1 1 1 > so ii, a ! i\ oil inloii^i an I Ii\1.Ii.ii?I> a lav on i In ? capital pr ?* I u < iiig I I "I hat i!io louiial process williout tlaw I am willing to adml'; a.ud I * ? ron ?fill,* fin ihi*r. that if thf .s 1 1 * p a In atlv ' i'.ni ? . 1 1 \ liken is not I'i'l rnt'i't I, the rciii.tii' i i ijLf stops air not nnliki'ly, .sooner o." later. to I .Mm Un! | nni not pro pari- I to a'-'ii'i> that the rr.snil, if l'nll\ i ? -t ??iin! :slii-t|. v i>| ' I- niatti r for connrat illation or anytlilni.' Inn a inisfori uno or a ilitvii s t or." I In- \ 1 1 o'ii i'\ t ! rii i ra! ike In i oil. v, ?i'inivin'^ I ????? than .in li.iin I ? \ scM'ral ninnies, mi I ai .Vt w a.s |trom;>(l\ fol ' iw. .1 In Mr .|,.. ..i.ti I I I 'lioa to in Ihe '?rii in; of tin- flii-ini; nililre-s. II s i'si i^ ntiiiri-s ivi'ii< al'iiiv-l dramatic ^a ??r ft ri i- anil ' i'ii|io>sitioiis. " I n l max it l ir: ? i> " ?> ismt I." Ii" - 'ill. "we ari' in a '"nrl of 'aw ami In In- i mirt of i ?? i ??. i !?: ut ii*n. Wo lire not nv;is?(n<>rMili'i^ hi fun* a ?pii/.y.ical hlslori oal niM'iitv a** ilo' As-idMant A'tnrin-y ?Ji'iu rnl sol 'no. I to nis.s line In liis ad 'i-o nor a"o wo in a pilitioal a^nciii i a w'ioiv liis i-h'.i'f i nl.:lilly In* ? > ' ail'm; i'i an am 1 1 ? i*i 1 1 ? - 1 1 1 In ' 1 1 1 ? Con llliiii.ni ia order to not riil of what !m trill'.- iin- elTete doctrine of appor Mr. Olioale said that the reason why l Iw whole country wan anxiously nwialt Ing tho division of the court, which, ii was to ho hoped, was to lie the ultimate and liiial <leelsion in the ease, was not ' i *.'ii'" iv. | |. i' ii ? i.| in-1 alinul Ihe n i > inent of tin' paltry 'J per eent . of income for a tenn i?f live years; that they could and would, if nis-ensary, gladly pay, hut they WH idetl to know whet.her or not what had hot-u hellovcsl to he a nafe ii if. I mi r.'fmso I liv l In ir forel'a thor.< Upon K'ihuI eoiisidera t Ion, was to he (rnmpesl tiiwler foot ami lis proteetioii (liMiiivl in lh*> fuliiri*. That w^is the ituoKtion which the people wanted In have niimvcriHl, Vlr. Ohoa.tc a|K>k<.' only half an hour, when the court adjoiirmsl. In that hri??f time 'lie ^rfvluwinl wmio of the pro|V)Hitiom? atlVn iK'ed hy the Attorney tjeiierai in a half humoroiiH, half Ss'ir ua.stlu way. that ?oeini?<l to viiftlly ii.tniMe his hean-rs, <>s|u>ciiilly the lawyers. 'Hn tnoro Hprloua part of hit* arjpumont was dlnt'ted against Ihe (loinmi of Iho Mii-rrdiioHN of pr?H'e<lont8 . I.'.'OO mio\ STltliir.. Twit of I In- IIIIiioIn SIim'I 'n Tllll<* Mint I low it \h ii 4 neiK't* . Ily Sou tli or it1 Asnoclatotl I'ichh. Chicago, 111., May 7. -Twelve hundred ni on employed In tho IjVuat fnrnuco de partment of the llllnolH HU><d Company mills at South Chicago quit work thin morning. Two furnaces arc shut down tt? a remilt and the utrlkerH ex pex-t that they have Bympathlswra enough to spread llio dlsaffeetlon to other depjirtnients. It Is likely that tho four other furnaces may lie compelled to suspend. The strikers claim that not enough men are employed in tho blast furnaces at work to divjdo tho labor fairly, and that they are not receiving wages that wil* enaldo them to live. Two years ago tho men cUthn that the'y were being paid a day for work that ihev now do in 12 hours for $1.00. Kveryt)J05g Is (pilot and orderly at Lbc mills. It. ForHyfrie, second vice president of the Illinois Steel "Company, said this af ternoon that he lielieved that It would bo necessary to shut down tho plant at Houlh Chicago tonight because of lack of pig iron, which is tho product of tho fur naces on which tin- men have stopped work. If tho mills nro shut down, 3,000 men will l>e thrown out of employment. Tonight 7(H) of flio strikers attacked the gate to Uio oonrjmnicK enclosure at Si }t h and (Jroen Hay streets, and in n struggle with tho police several were injured. The p<?lice. although gT<'fttly oil t nn in here* I, iihis] their (^uhs to good pur|K>sc ami notwithstanding the on slaught of tlie Infuriated men they inorv than hold their own. In a short time t.h**v had scattered the crovf*! . 'Hie l*olico sent for reinforcements nnd 1<>f> otllcers were soon on the scene. Twenty-eight of the ringhsidciv, mostly Hohemians and l'oles. wcn? jilaced un der arrent. In lnitli s<Tlinin?ges eight |sdic?>ineii nnd a number of strikers were hurt, but none seriously. A heavy guard was plae**! about the works of the steel company tonight and dotiudinwiits of police placed on duty in every port ion of tho town. No further trouble ocmirri-d up to midnight. The slrlki-rs have been employed hy the coiirjtany less than a liiontb. Threi? weeks a>A? the wag*' seJieilule was re duced from $2.10 :i day to !fl .<5<> and the old men loft. 'Hteir place? were taken by an imporlahtn of Hungarians and Poles who have be*'ii operating the ftiriia<'?'s rtlnce the middle of April. They have been meeting recently and have decided that they were working too lianl and too brtig for too little money. I.KO AM) IIOIlKM.Off K. Tit c Pope ('ii I In IIIiii t?? Order for ToonlliiK Premier Crlnpl. Uy Soiitiheru Aswocla led I'rew. Home. May 7. The I 'ope has kuiii liioiu'd Cardln'-il llolunlohe to the \ ati e.'in o\tiiik* to his having tor.pted I'f'mier Cri.spi on the . x'l ji^jon ??f a re*'enl din* iter at tin* nvhhnvo of Itaroii lllais', Miitiisior of Foreign Affuirs. Cardinal Hohenloh obeyed the sum iiioiis, and was imiei^llately granted m* iiiulieme with His Holiness. The Pop'* was briis<|iie lit his manlier, . and reproached the Cardinal with having offered a toast to Hignr'> Criwpi. Cnrdina! Hohenlohe retort ed that the triumph of the ehuVeh was always <l? s rabir, even with th> assistance <af Pr.'nii r Crispi. The Pop* replied that the church did not need Hignor Crisjii, ami rrked the Ca rdllll to make a slateinei:t effacing the ha;1 lniDre.iskMi which h's toast to the Itnin'i premier luul ereat-d. (.^ardliiaT TTohen. lolie refuseil to prcii Ise that he \vou!d make such a statement, nnd the au* dSenee ended, with ls?th Hijv? Ui>linr>s% and Ihe Cardinal in *|i nnttry slaifK e, mind. " ?j ? irivt b ?f? i>'<*ad?d guilty the e/ir dor of MImm (iing Aiifi Ln on seirteiiceo to life impt isoMucnt. A STEAMER FROM HAWAII vi:< k in \ it \ (> it iosii a >i itia'i si:s to in ri:iti i:kh i\ iiowi.i'.ic.s cask. itovvi ivrs iiwi) iu:r.\ imhmjim; i:\ i ii v\ vu avt uortcN. K In TIioiiuM MiihI of l( Can llo Trnccd to (he llrlllNli . 11 > Soiit hern Associated 1'ivsh , San Francisco, May 7. The ?tcam? iship (Jaclic, which arrived liu<t evening, brings the following advices: 1 1 < kitol ii I ii, April ItO. Minister Hatch last week receive) tihroutfh TJuiteil Sates Minister Willis, a coinniuni<\i tion of much importance from Secretary (ireshain, in which he dec lined to inter* tViv in the ca.se of J oil 1 1 A. Howler, who if< now fcrvintf a nenteneo of live year a imprisonment for misprison of treason,, a crime fur wliioh lie daiimsl that the military commission Iliad no rigilit to tr> him Howler had taken an unquali tied oil th of <allcKla<ii<Y> to Kalakua. See retary Hreshain holds that lie thereupon lost hit* America n citizenship and for fcited all claim to t.lie protection of the A nierica n ( JoverniniMi t . Pile eases of Scwtard, Hulick ami ^Itvr* sfliall. who are American citizens: aro unlike Howler's, in that the crlxnf for which they were convicted was tm\son. Seward and Marshall had not l-akon ?ny oath of aillcKlauoc. However, it- 1ft scarcely coil tended t ha t a military pom mission cannot ad upon a case of trea son. It is known that the royalists/haVe for some weeks pant been indalgiiiK very sanguine hopes of tilie later deliver ance of all the political prisoners ?' They confidently expected the Interference of l')nKhind and America upon the groundi that the military commission which tried their ease was an unconstitutional and illegal coxirt . 1 .titers have recent ly been seen telling the priaoncm that l.lioir speedy release was certain and even going; no far as to say that the monarchy would shortly lie restored un der Kainlani li.v Itritlsh Interference. 11 ??v >?ver - ill foiindiil, there is no donht that the royalists have, lieen indulging ext ra vajj'a n t hopes of Mils sort. The effiN't of this lias been a sudden ces sation, during the past fortniKht, of the previous active movement In favor of annexation by which they hope to dls place the Dole 4 Soveniiiient . No solid foundation for the renewed royalist hopes is known to exist . Neither Thurston nor the cabinet have lent any countenance to Ktich a theory. The present attitude of Mr. (? repliant and the apparent agreement therewith of the Itritislli commissioner seem to Indi* , . cate le<t -alone ]xillcy. A fortnight ago very lively rumors were afloat from Ha ift Maui about, expected uprisings of royalists on that island. Some alarm was created there and soino arme Www sent, up from here to t.1ip sheriff. Tfc ? was found that rumors were tracoflble to a prominent lOnglislinian o/xlOast Maui. It is Iwlieved Unit >mortfc of the late royalists' reaction atnonif ' the na tives con be trnced to Ilie ejCcrUomi of l.be British, especially of tl|i? Anglican Itishop, Willis. j \ >IOH A I. CUU/* |>?3. >1 \ Wnr ir.-lnn Mndc 011 Nimv OrlcmiN' Sun iin> It ii 111 llonnOM. Hy Soutlihorn Amwhitecl ProH?. New Orleans. May 7.~/riio grand inn' tills afternoon returned thirteen In dietmenl* agehmt. the proprietors the Wingers Wmatre, tihe Kden Muscf, !iik| Tlvoll concert halls for violation of the Siuxfmy laiWH . Selling liquor to minors and employing women as dis penser* of be<T ??d otlier drinks sold in Mm1 Ui?11h lire tho olnirgies. This 1st i the beginning of a era art do wgminst sucli *' places and It in liellevpd they "will fmve to retire from btmliicHS. The l>oml of tho accused was lixed at $250 In each case . Til 10 MOVrWItKY AT PAN A MA . I'uvcrnl (Ik* 1.5(H) Miles WMIinnt Mnklnu Any Iiifcrmoillnt^ Htop. My Southern Associated PreSs. Washington. P. C., May 7.? The coast . defence vessel Monterey arrived at Pan nmii I his morning, having loft Acapulco Sunday, April 2S. tho day after th Brit- - lnh landed at forlnto, and made tho voy iigo of 1,600 miles without tho necessity o f stopping at any Intermediate port. The Monterey will remain at Panama only long enough to re-coal and secure supplies from New York, which nhould reach her before the end of this *? ck. She wIM then continue her crutso sduth, touching at Hucnuventura, lOsmeralda, und Guyaqull. A II >IK\I \ \ COMMISSION. Tin* llc|Mirl Im DcnIIiii'iI <0 Ho n Mn?* of t'oiilriiillrlor)' Mlntt'iuents. Hy Soiiuhcrii AwiK'lii'tttl Press. < '<iii-iimilii<>j?lf. May 7.? The United Press repri* ?iitativc\ here learn? that tin* report <>f the Ardicnhiu o>irum??sion <l< t? ii tied to In* a miAs of eo n t r & lie u?ry -t rfiMiicni " ?>l the Tiirkkdi defcgsles \ ? j -11- the fo|-i iv*i delegates. The f\?rte, i I i* !<>iniiil, will i^erioilily nd<H?t the ><lali:in< ills of the' fi/nnor and ron we to iccept the* latter *.ir \n basis of reforms) hence the scheme of 1 lie Turkish com nil-don on Armi'iii.ln reforms /recently submit ted <0 and H^jtcowd liyj tiho Hul (.111 empowering Armenians with a share n the provincial Kovcriunent does not 1 1 1 tide to Si.tssoiin. f^h?ve is /a story tliro.nl that the foreign acltCfFie of Ar menian refotms shortly to lie presented to 1 he Porte hy HiivaIa, Ktigiuud mid I'ljiu ?*. L-j hilled upon the associated .net that the I'orto lm* mndo no im provement in the administration* of *4? f lir.s In Armenia in accordance with the terms of the treaty of Merlin. A t'tirnr Knrtnry. Hy Southern Associated Press. . Jacksonville, Fla., May 7. ? A local syn dicate has closed with the New York cigar manufacturer* for the ostahllshment of a factory In this city wlttoh will work fflJO hands. Work will be commenced at once on the erection of a three-story brick building* Tho factory wtlf be established In temporary quarters .within thirty days. KX-SKKATOB IHTM*>ll. Hy Southern Associated Press. Washington, D. C., May, 7.? Kx- Sena tor Hutler, of South Carolina, accompan ied by his family, left for his bora* Tn Kdgeneld, ?. O*. this morning. M7f . ho is now out of politics al together, but ho Is quite confident his Stato will send a solid free silver dsTcgatton to tb? next Democratic National Convention. ^ %