The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 15, 1893, Image 3

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TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS THE KAM KATAHDIN LAUNCHED, And the Indiana Nearly Heady. Both Formidable Battleships. De? scription of the Vessels. THE AMMEJT RAM, which was launched at the Bath, Me., Iron Works Saturday, is the most novel addition thus far made to our new navy. She is called the Katahdin, and in wartime she will be called upon to attack big ships with her strong, sharp bow and ! punch holes in their hulls, thus sending them and all on board down to Davy Jones' locker. When in fighting trim she will be almost submerged, and will present a very THE BATTLES: small and armoricai mark for the enemy's guns. Congress, by act of March 2, 1839, author? ized the construction of a twin-screw, ar? mor-plated, harbor defense ram, upon the design of Rear Admiral Aram sir. United States navy, the design to be based upon his experience with rarxs in the war of the rebellion. The Bath iron works in January, 1891, took the contract to build and equip the vessel and machinery and place the armor, for $930,000. On March 27, 1891, the de? partment approved the proposition of the contractors to lengthen the vessel eight feet, the corresponding increase in the displacement, 133 tons, being uti? lized in increasing the coal supply and providing a battery of four six-pounder rapid fire guns for defense against torpedo boat attack. The original design had no battery whatever. The dimensions of the vessel are as fol? lows: Length over all, 251 feet; length on THE NEW RA] tbe normal water line, 250 feet, 2 inches breadth extreme, 43 feet,5 inches,andon the water line, 41 ieet 6 inches. The total depth from the base to the crown of the deck amidships is 22 feet 10 inches; the normal draft of water is 15 feet, and the displace? ment 2,183 tons. The lower portion of the hull is dish shaped up to a sharp knuctle which runs all around the vessel 6 inches below the normal water line. Above this knuckle the shape of the hull is a areolar arc, with a radius amidships of 39 feet, rising from 6 inches below to 6 feet above the normal water line. This curved deck will be armor plate throughout, the thickness of the armor tapering from 6 in? ches at the knuckle to 2 inches at the crown of deck. Above this deck when the ram is completed will rise only a connoning tower 18 inches thick, a smokestack and ventila? tor, the lower portion of which will be pro? tected by 6 inches of armor, two light bar? bettes, within which the guns will be mounted, and skid beams carrying four boats. Below the knuckle will extend an armor belt 5 feet deep, one half being 6 inches thick and the remainder 3 inches. The hull is framed by continuous longitudinal girders both below and about the knuckle, which gathering together at the bow and stern form avery rigid structure. Transverse frames are spaced 4 and 8 feet apart in different por? tions of the length. A continuous water tight inner bottom 2 feet from the outer skin is carried nearly the whole length of the vessel and up to the armor shelf on each ?de. This bottom is divided into three water tight portions on each side of the keel longitudinally, and these are further cross I CLASH Ol AUTHORITY. Mk (Ma's Gore? at far willi Uncle Sa) Courts. He is Making a Determined Effort to Collect Railroad Taxes. A Columbia, S. C. dispatch of Tuesda J lays: The clash has come and Governor j Ullman and the federal court are in di feet conflict over the railroads situated ! in the state. Governor Tillman has thrown down the gauntlet and bid defi? ance to the United States court, and Uncle Sam has accepted the challenge. Aa stated ia the press dispatches, the sheriffs throughout the state, acting under instructions from Governor Till? man in a secret circular issued recently, have levied upon the rolling stock of the : railroads which have not paid their taxes j as claimed to be due by the state, and j1 have chained the cars to the track, thus j blocking the proper operations of the road, delaying valuable freights in tran fit, amounting in value to several j ' times the taxes for which the levies have ; been made, and which were declated by I the courts in 1892 to be illegal. After hearing the petition of the Richmond and Danville road concerning j this "arrest of trains," Judge Simonton [ of the United States court issued au order 1 releasing all trains that have been tied up. ! and restraining sheriffs from further in- ! terference with the property. This was ordered served upon the sheriffs Tues day by United States marshals. j ; Dispatches from several of these points state that the sheriffs are payi?g no at- j tention to these orders. When the gov- ! ' ernor learned of this procedure he called a conference with the attorney general, the assistant and Judge Samuel Melton. After a lengthy council of war the gov- j ' ernor telegraped the followiog in3truc- j ' tions to the sheriffs : Where the amount of taxes in execution for 1 1891 and 1692 is less than two thousand dollars, hold the property to satisfy the execution, un? less it is ?ken from you by force. Then sub mit to arrest and we will take the case to the 1 United States supreme court on habeas corpus ; proceedings and make this federal judge obey the decrees of that court. In regard to his p sition in the matter j the governor said : "We propose to see j that the state of South Carolina collects [ her just taxes. Our present purpose is \ to hold all of the property on which ; levies have been made, and let Judge j Simonton do his worst. Tuesday morn lng I telegraphed all of the sheriffs to j hold the property on which they have i levied. Our idea is chit Judge Simon- j ton is in contempt of the state govern- ? 1 ment, and we want liirn to act so we can | get the case to Washington as soon as j possible aud prove it by the j supreme court. I think we can j prove that he is in contempt. What we want is for bim to arrest the sher ffs. j If they are arrested the matter will go up to the shape of habeas corpus proceedings, j If we are wrong-that the state hasn't tbe right to collect htr taxes-the sooner we know it the better. Judge Simon ton divided by 13 water tight transveise frames, thus dividing the bottom into 72 water tight compartments. The interior of the hull is further sub-divided by water tight bulk? heads, both longitudinally and transverse. The propelling machinery will consist of two sets of horizontal triple expansion en? gines, the cylinders being respectively 25, 36 and 56 inches in diameter, and the stroke .f pistons being 36 inches. The estimated maximum horsepower, with 150 revolutions per minute, will be 4,800. There will be two screw propellers, each 10 feet 6 inches in diameter and i2 feet 2 inches pitch. Steam will te furnished by two double ended and one single ended cylindrical Scotch boil rs, 13 feet 6 inches in diameter. The total grate surface will be 354 feet and the heating surface 12,150 square feet. The coal bunker surface will be 23/ tons, the normal supply being 165 tons. Provision is made tor carrying about 200 tons of water ballast in the double bottom, which will sink the vessel in action so that the knuckle will be about one foot below the water line. The estimated speed with full power is 17 knots per hour and must be attained to render the vessel acceptable un? der the ton contract. The quarters for officers and crew are all within the armored hull and there will be fitted complete S3Tstems of electric lighting, artificial venti? lation and drainage. It does not require any great stretch of the imagination to lorm some idea of the des? tructive effect of an onslaught from this vessel, which will dash into her foe at full speed, crushing in the latter's side with formidable beak and sending her to the bottom of the sea in a vcy few minutes. THE INDIANA, one of the greatest of the nation's prospective battleships, is about ready for the launching. The Indiana, when she has her armor and her big 13-inch guns, will be one of the most formidable warships in the world. "When she was ordered constructed nearly three years ago, the United States was already fairly weil supplied with commerce destroy? ers that could fight vessels of their class and run away from armored ships, and in pur? suance of a plan to provide the navy with battleships that would be the Corbetts and Sullivans of the seas the Indiana and two Ni KATAHDIN. other similar ships, the Massachusetts and Oregon, were ordered constructed, and the Indiana's keel was laid May 7,1891. She is built of steel and is 348 feet long. 69i feet broad and has a displacement of 10.288 tons. She will carry 460 men. and her battery of four 14-inch and eight 6-inch guns, mounted as they are in pairs in six great nickie steel turrets 17 inches thick, which are in tnrn protected by 17-inch redoubts, is one of the most powerful batteries provided for a Uni? ted States ship. In addition to the guns already described, the Indiana has a large battery of 6-inch rifles; 20 6-pounder and 4 1-pounder rapid fire guns, 4 gatli- g guns and 6 torpedo tubes. The armor, which is the thickest ever placed upon an American warship, is of nickel steel and consists pf the following thick? nesses: Side belt 18 inches; end diagonal belt 14 inches-; conning tower, 10 inches; turrets and redoubt?, 17 inches; armor deck, about 3 inches. The side armor belt is 7$ feet wide, 2 feet above the water and 4$ feet below, and extends along the sides of the ship 196 feet. Above this belt of armor is a casemate backed by 10 feet of coal, and on top of the three-inch protective deck, for? ward and aft, is a belt seven feet high and six feet wide and filled with water exclud? ing material similar to woodite. All the ar? mor is backed by wood and thick plates, which are turned, back by heavy channel bars. There are six powerful search lights ar? ranged alon;; the sides to locate the enemy at night and to guard against small boat at? tacks under cover of darkness. The comple? ment of 12 boats and one balsa are stowed well above the flash of the guDS and are handled by means of powerful cranes. The launching*will tack place from the Cramps' ship yards. has ju3t been told that he has no right to interfere in cases where the amounts are less than $2,000. We will resist tyr? anny, or ignorance-whichever it may be -and bri?g the matter to a focus and have our rights established." GEN. BEAUREGARD ILL. He is the Last of the Foll Generals of the Confederacy. A special dispatch of Wednesday says: The last of the noted confederate leaders that held the position of full general in the confederate army, General Beaure? gard, l es < ritically ill st his residence in New Oi lean?. During the war he was a sufferer from periodical attacks of chronic colic, din? ing which he suffered great agony, bu? he has been free from them for the past ten y< ar.-. Early Sunday morning he was seiz d with a violent attack of his old complaint complicated with an affection of the h<arr_ Since Sunday night three physi? cian, have been io attendance up m him, ?nd it has been necessary to keep him under the constant influence of mor? phine to relieve him from the agony he endures. PANAMA OFFICIALS GUILTY. The DeLesseps and Others Sentenced to Imprisonment and Fined. A special cablegram of Th?.rsdiy from Paris states that thc Panama sentences have been delivered. M. Ferdinand de Lesseps is sentenced to imprs-mment for five years and pay a tine of 3,000 francs. M. Charles de Lesseps is sentenced t > imprisonment for five years and to pay a fine of 3,000 francs. M. Marius Fontaine and M. Cotteau were sentenced to ini prisonment for two years and to pay a fine of 3.000 francs each. M. E-ffel was sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of 2,000 francs. I he sentences have cmsed a profound sensa? tion, especially that of M.. Ferdinand d . Lesseps. FORTY-FOUR PEOPLE KJLLED By the Burning of an Insane Asylum in .New Hampshire. The county insane asylum, four miks from Dover, N. ?L, wss burned Thurs? day ni^'ht and forty-four lives were lost. When Watchman! William Chevey madf bislOo'cock trip into the insane asy? lum, he found tire coming out of a cell occupied by a female inmate and gave un alarm. William Driscoll, the keep r. with his family, lived in the build io jr, ar d he at once broke the lock off of fifty-four ceils and tried to get the in? mates out Thtn he got his wife and two rhn.lt' D, neither ol whom wac dressed; Of the forty-eight inmates only ?our ' scaped. ?hey were Wm. Twom blv, \l >se S:n ;'ison. Wm Dtvey and Frank l> ?n-ht>t?. The trod columns of the Philadelphia ( Tfri*I are thc first, extensive iron A-ork << bc electrolytically plated with aluuiiui tu as u preventive of rust LZJ? WW JL.Jmmm JU ^ IN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS, ! Daily Bootine of Ml Hoises of flo Rlty-Sewil Congress. Measures Discussed and Bills Passed By Our National Law-Makers. THE SENATE. In the senate, Monday, Mr. Morgan demande I the regular ord? r of business, and the vice president decided that the regular order of business was the motion of Mr. Hill to take up the bill to repeal the Sherman silver act. After a good deal of confusion aud parliamentary wrangling the question was brought to a direct vote on Mr. Hil Ps motion to take up the bill to repeal th? Sherman act, and the motion was defeated-yeas, 23 ; nays, 42. Twelve democrats and eleven republicans voted to take up the bill-all the free coinage senators voted together. \ Several who had not been advocates of free coinage voted Against the motion. This vote, however, cannot be considered a test of the silver question in the senate, becau-e should it have been adopted Senator Hill's hill would have become the regular order and would have oe* cupied the time of the renate every day after 2 o'clock until disposed of. The senate, Tuesday, ratified the Rus sian extradition treaty with amendments. The Norfolk and Western railroad bill was reached* on the calendar and laid aside on account of the absence of Mr, Gorman. In response to the senate reso? lution the chief of engineers of the United States army submitted several communications showing that the mate? rial used in th-? construction of the new library bui ding consists of imported from fpreign countries and not home production. The material is Vienna and African marble imported in rough, to cost about $40.000; Italian mirb'e im? ported in rough, costing about $57,000; foreign mahogany wood costing $6,000. A number of uuobjected house bills on the ca'endar were passed, nmong them sixteen private peusion bills; also ienate bills for the relief of the assignees or le? gal representatives of John Roach, de? ceased, topny thc balance due on the United States ship Dolphin. In the senate, Wednesday morning, Mr, M*>rgan introducted a bill to provide f? r the provisional government ? of foreign countries and places acquired by treaty or otherwise, which was read in full and referred to the committee on foreign relations. On motion of Mr. Hoar, it was ordered that at five minutes ' before 1 o'clock the senate, in pursuance of the concurrent resolution of the two houses, should proceed to the hall of the house of representatives to take part, under the c mstitution and law, in the count of the electoral vote for president and vice pre-ident. Some time was devoted to disposing, in various ways, of bills on the calendar. The most important ones were parsed over. At five minutes before one o'clock, Vice President Morton announced tint the time had arrived for the execution of the order of the senate. The senators thea fell into line and preceded by the vice president and secretary, and attended by other officers who carried the boxes con? taining the certificates of the presidential electors, moved toward the hall of the house of representatives. The sen? ate returned to its chamber at 2:10 o'clock and the vice president made a statem nt of the votes for president and j vice president of the United States. ; The bill appropriating $-30.000 for an equestrian statue of General J ?hn Starke, iu Manchester, N. II., was passed and the senate reamed considera*ion of the car coupler bill. No action was taken, and the senate, after a short executive session, adjourned ac 5.30 o'clock. In the senate, Thursday, Mr. Frye, in reporting back adversely certain amend? ments referred to the committee on com? merce (proposing river aud harbor ap? propriation?), said the sundry appropria? tion bill already contained the river and harbor appropriations to the amount of about $16,0*00,000 (under continuing contract clause) and that the committee on commerce would not recommend any any further river aud harbor appropria? tions. On motion of Mr. Morgan, the senate at noon went into executive scs si >n. When the doors reopened, Mr. Wolcott moved to chance the hour of meeting to noon. The vote was a tie and the vice-president voted in the affirma? tive. At 1 o'clock p. m. the automatic car coupler bill was taken up. THE nousE. Monday was suspension day in the hf use and absolutely nothing was done, although the body was in session five hours and under the ru'es any measure having a two-thirds majority of the members present in favor of it, could bc passed under a suspension of all rules. Oates, of Ala? bama, expected to call up the bankrupt? cy bill, and had arranged to be recog? nized for this purpose. Mr. Kilgore, of Tex<is, who has be.m fighting this meas? ure all the tim/-*, began filibustering as soon as the house met and continued his tactics all day. It was nearly three j hours after thc house met before the journal could be read and approved. Ttnsday morniDg in the h ?use, the reading of thc journal having been com? pleted, the speaker stated that without objection it would stand approved. The routine business baviug been disposed of, i the house proceeded to the consideration ! of the legislative appropriation bill. In the house, Wednesday morning, the jouroa.1 was read and approved. Tho speaker laid before the body the quaran? tine bill with senate amendment, and Mr. Raynor, of Maryland, moved a con? currence, which prevailed. On motion of Mr. Springcr.a resolution was adopted admitting to the flo- r ladies, who came to witness thc electoral count, and who \ having tickets to the reserved galleries, I were unable to secure seats. A recess i was taken for a quaiter of an hour. Af- j ter recs?, and a few moments before 1 ; o'clock, Doorkeeper Turner announced : the presence of the vice pre-ident and j j-erate of the United States and the i vast assemblage rose with one accord to i do^them honor. The vice president took J the chair assigned to him to thc right of j the speaker, and thc senators occupied ! thc first four rows of scats to thc right of the presiding officer. Tho counting of j thc electoral votes was then proceeded j with and at its completion the senate rc- ; turned to its own hall. When the sena'e had retired the house resumed in com? mittee the consideration of the legisla- I ti ve appropriation hi il. Withe it. dis? posing of the bill the committee arose : and thc house, at 5:20 o'clock,adjourned. . The house, Thursday, recommitt d the j siiver special order of thc day, which j was the consideration of the repeal of j the Sherman silver aft, to the rule* com- I mittee, which kills silver rep*??! for the J present. The hcuse went into commit- i tee of the who'e for further considera tion of the legislative appropriation bill, j On motion of Mr. Knloc an amendment j was adopted providing that hereafter no building owned or used for public pub- ! lie purposes shall be draped in mourn- ? ing. An amendment was adopted pro- j viling that the executive departments of the government sha 1 not 1>" closed a*- a ! mark of respect 'o thn memory of any ; rlece sed official of the Hnt-d States. ? proviso making it the duty of tin' heads t'f the several executive departments, in i the interest of the public service, ' - f require of all cl<-rk< and other cm ployes not less than eisrht hoots of labor ..sch day, except Sundays a??d public ! holidays, gave rise t.* a gr??t deal of dis? cussion, but no material change was nade. The committee then rose aud re ported the bill to thc house. A motion to re-commit the bill to the committee on appropriations was lost and the bill was passed. The house then adjourned. CAPITAL GOSSIP. The report of Representative Oates on the investigation into the Pinkerton sys? tem and Homestead troubles was at last piloted through the judiciary committee Tuesday, the comittee by a majority vote ordering it reported to the house with leave to the minority to file their separate report. The placards bearing the word "Cloded," which has been displayed on thc front door of the white house ev?r since the day before Christmas, ?hen thc president's grandchild Was stricken with scarlatina, were removed Tuesday, and the public part of the house is once inore open to visitors. The president will now probably resume his tri-weekly receptions to the public. The Kew York members of congress, all of whom worked and voted for the repeal of the Sheratan act, say that thc action of the house Thursday makes an extra session of congre s early in the faring an absolute necessity. They say they have no doubt but that Mr. Cleve? land Will call an extra session for the sole purpose of dealing with the money question. These men are, ho wt ver, somewhat excited. They seem to fear a crisis in financial affairs. The con? servatives, who are equally well posted, were in no such apprehension? and many believe that Mr. Cleveland, after consid? ering the matter thoroughly during the next few week?, will conclude that an extra session is not such an imperative necessity. Counting the Vote? Immense crowds were drawn to th^ capitol, Wednesd'.y, by the merely for? mal ceremonies incident to the official counting of the electoral vote. The cer? emonies incident to the counting of the vote are prescribed by a joint resolution reported by senator Hoar, in 188?, and which had been made applicable to all succeeding elections and been incorporated in the supplement and revised statutes. Vice-president Mor? ton some days since appointed as tellers, on belalf of the senate, for this important ceremony Mr. Hale, of Maine, and Mr. Blackburn, of Ken? tucky. Speaker Crisp appointed .Tudge Chipman, of Michigan, and Henry Cabot Lodge, senator-elect from Massachusetts, as the house tellers. The actual cere? monies were nearly the same as four years ago. There fr as the ceremonious open? ing cf the safe in the vice-president's room, and taking out the eighty-eight scaled packages supposed to represent the forty-four statcs,as received in dupli? cate by mail and messenger. There was a solemn procession in the "goose step" of oil Captain Bassett, who has participated in every presidential count for more than sixty years escorted by a squad of capi? tol police to prevent a raid being made upon the precious locked boxes contain? ing the vous. The boxes having been safely depositad in thc house the senate in a body followed shortly before one o'clock. The vice president having call? ed the j mt assemblage to order, pro? ceeded formally to open one of the boxes which contained the returns of the electors of the various states. The first leturn-that of Alabama-was handed to Senator Ealey, one of the tellers, who, in a low, but distinct voice, read the slat?ment chowing that the eleven votes of that state had been cast for Cleveland and Stevenson. Then cir tifbates wero presented without fi rmal reading, thc U tters merely stating thc result. After the last certificate had been rea l and the result footed up, the vice president made the customary an? nouncement that under tre law th:s was sufficient diclaratioa that Grover Cleve- 1 land, of the state of N?-w York, was elected president of the United States, and that Ad'ai E. Stevenson was eiecled vice presi rent of fhe Uhi'eel States, each for a term beginning March 4th, 1803, and that this result would be entered to? gether with a list of votes on the journal of the senate and :he house of represen? tatives. Thc j lint session was then de? clared dissolved. The senate withdrew, and each house rcsumeJ business in its own chamber.^ _ SOT IS TOOMS. The Bill for Repeal of fte Stan Acl Fails of Consideration, The House by a Vote of 153 to 142 Recommits to the Rules Committee. The question of silver legislation at this session of congress has been ri ?al ly settled. There will be none. The fight ia the house Thursday morning was brief, but highly interesting. General Catch? ings, of Mississippi, opened it by report? ing the order from the committee on rules, setting aside the day and Friday for the consideration of silver. Mr. Ba? con, of New York, chairman of the com- ! mittee on banking and currency, which reported the bill, followed with a brief speech ia advocacy of the adoption of the order and of the bill. Mr. Bland, of Missouri, the leading advo? cate of free coinage, delivered au impassionate speech against the resolu? tion and agaiust the proposed legisla? tion. Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, the abb: young orator who won f ane by his tariff speech last session, declared eloquently that the democratic party dare not go to the people of the country, having adopt? ed cloture for this bil! whoa it"had re? fused it for every measure in the inter? st of the people. There was not a line in the bill which was not opposed to the policy of the democratic part}-. Several brief speeches were made in favor of the measure and several rn- re against it, when General Catchings yielded ten minutes to' Tom Reed. Mr. Keed favored the re? peal of the ??herman law. He said it had only been enacted asa compromise meas? ure to stay for the time being a strong demand for free coinage. It seemed to be an obstacle to bimetallism all over the world and should bc repealed. TFIE VOTE TAKEN. After Mr. Rood's speech, the vof.-j was taken on ordering the previous question on the adoption of the order. An "aye" vote practically meant a vole against the bil!, while a "nay" voto was for the bill. There was intense excite? ment during the call of the roll. Al? most every member on the ll mr kept a tally sheet of his own. It ran a!on<_T al? most even until the last score of names were reached. The vote stood 153 for the previous question to 142 against it. Au analysis of the vote showed that the motion was supported by 107 democrats, 35 republicans and 10 populists or inde? pendent members. The opposition con? sists of 104 democrats and 39 republi? cans. HOV IT WAS I?ECEIVED. When Speaker Crisp made the an? nouncement it wj's greeted with great applau e by the stiver men. It meint the deteat of the bill and the advocates of the repeal of the Sherm m law gave up the fight with? u further cont-st by not contesting the mo?ion of Mr. Cox, or Tennesore, lo res ibmst the sp.-rial order to th<* committee on rules. That w .s carried th rou 4 h <>u a standing vote of l.">0 to S3. >-:ud tint- the fight over silver ended .IIIUJS' before it h id begun. The g..Id men SAW there was no hope and su--- I cumbed Th- ].">?> vol .? for tbe previous question were mide up of 190 democrats ind thirty five republic?n" und nine pop ul ist s. The negative vet", representing the strength e?f the repealers, was m ule up of lui democrats and thirty-eight re? publicans. ac ?arfe THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH Notes of Her Progress ai Prosperity Briefly EpitomiZG? Aud Important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told\ The North Carolina house of represen? tatives, on Wednesday, pas-cd a bill ap? propriating $20,000 for thc statis exhibit at the world's fair. ? ]ftew ?rleahs speciii' say?: In re? sponse tb an ic'quiry at General Beaure? gard's r?sidence; Thursday, the informa? tion was giVen that the general has al? most recovered from the attack of colic which he was prostrated with lust Sun? day; His physicians consider him en? tirely out of danger. Governor Tillman, of Sou'h Carolina, On Friday appointed j. E. Brczeale, of Anderson) to revise general statutes of thc state tinder the enactment of 1889 and i?9i. The salary for the work is $1,500. Mr. ?rezeal will take thc place of Judge Maher^ whose illness will pre? vent finishing .the work. The Meharry medical college, Nash? ville) held its seventeenth anntlal com? mencement Tuesday night, and gave diplomas in medicine to thirty-six color? ed men, dental diplomas to two and pharmaceutical diplomas to tix. One medical graduate is a woman and will go to Africa as a missionary next month. the special message of Governor Hogg to the legislature on the lynching was not known in Pnris, Texas, until the ar? rival of thc Thursday morning papers. The first impulse and expression Was in? dignation that the govetoor should con? tinue to agitate a matter which he con? fesses is without a remedy, but on better considerrtion this gave way to pity for the absurdities, as people called them, into which he had plunged. A Columbia, S. C., dispatch of Thurs? day, says: It is stated officially that Governor Tillman has selected the first floor of the agricultural hall as thc loca? tion for the state liquor dispensary, which may or may not go into being next July. There is talk among the prohibitionists of calling a March convention for the purpose of preventing in thc various counties the number of signatures to the petitions necessary tc get a dispensary. A dispatch of Wednesday states that four thousand people in the Concordia and Cataraonla parishes in the non hern portion of Louisiana, are on the verge of starving. Information received from that section shows that the people are in a pitiable condition, and unless relief is given them many deaths from starva? tion will result. The floods of last sum? mer destroyed their crops. Hundreds moved but thousands were unable to leave. Wednesday morning, Governor Jones, of Alabama, sent to the senate the names of R. T. Simpson, of Lauderdale, and H. M. Somerville and Alonzo Ilill, of Tuscaloosa, as trustees of the Alabama insane hospital. He also sent in the name of Major Henry R. Shorter to suc? ceed himself as president of the rail? road commission. All the appointments were confirmed. There is another va? cancy on the railroad commission to be fi led for which there are about seventy applicants. Lanier and Burnett's grist mill, in South Nashville, Tenn., was d>.stroyed by fire Wednesday night. The mill and feed sheds covered an acre of ground and adjoined the big tobacco warehouse of Charles Dortch and the Nashville ware house and elevator, and were practically destroyed when the fire department ar? rived. The stock in the mill, which is known as thc Rock Ci y mill, was low and thc loss was only $30,000, nearly covered by insurance. The fire origi? nated in a boiler explosion, the causa of which is not known. A Savannah, Ga., special of Thursday, says: Securities of the Central railroad system arc being deposited in the South? ern bank gradually by their holders, who are desirous o' coming in under the re organizion plan. Each mail brings in a number of securities from point? in Georgia and other states, and vice-presi dent Crace is kept steadily busy attend? ing to them. Ooe trouble is the mistake of sending stock without the power of attorney to authorize the action that the senders desire, rendering it necessary to wri'e to them for it. The new street car syndicate of New Orleans sufftrred a heavy loss Tuesday morning by the burning of the sheds of the city and Lake Railroad Company in the square bounded by the custom hou>e, White, Dupree and Bienville stteets. The sheds were fi'led with cars, which were all destroyed. The total loss to the car company is about $70,000. Insurance on the sheds and other property destroyed, was $27,100. There was a bl inket in? surance of $129;000 on the entire prop erfy owned by the syndicate in the neighborhood. The cause of the fire is unknown._ THE TEXAS BURNING. Governor Hogg Wants legislation Against Mob Law. A special dispatch of Tuesday from Austin, Texas, says: A message con? cerning the burning of the negro Smith at Paris has been prepared by Governor Hogg for submission to the legisla uc. The governor says it becomes his pain? ful duty to emphasize the necessity of taking some steps to prevent mob vio? lette in Texas. That the recent terri? ble holt caust at Paris is but an illustra? tion to what extent a mob will go when the laws arc inadequate to check it. While the victim of that affair was guilty of an atrocious, barbarous crime, appalling and contemptible he was cer? tain of full punishment under the consti? tution and la'.vs of thc state. Civiliza? tion stands a helpless witness to the most revolting execution of the age, in which a large number of citizens openly, in broad day, publicly become murderers by methods shameful to humanity. That crime committed at Paris is a pisgrace to the state. Its atrocity, in? humanity and sickening effect on the people cannot be obscured by a reference to the previous act of the culprit in bru? tally taking the life of the innocent child. To contend that his executioners can t either be indicted nor tried in the county where the crime was committed is a pretense nnd mockery. He says if the legislature will enact suitable laws ?nd pl :ce them tit his command every person who takes part in a mob shall be brought to trial, or the strength of ti e machinery of justice shall be thoroughly tested in thc effort. FUNERAL OF MRS. WHITNEY. Distinguished People Take Part in the Last Sad Rites. The funeral of M'S. Whitney, wife of thc ex-stcretary of the navy, was held ai St. Bartholomew's church. New York City, Tuesday morning with impressive Episcopal services. The furneral was under charge of Coi. Dan Lamont. The pallbearers were: Grover Cleveland, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Peabody, Wetmore Hamilton, McK. Twombley, E. Randolph Robinson, George G. Haven, <Jc r^e H. Bend, Edward A. Wick?, Thomas F. dishing and Buchanan Win? throp. The services at the grave were simple but impressive. The floral decora? tions at the buril! plot w-. re beautiful. The flowers tb-it were used a' the iuneral were, by < rdei of Mr. Whitney, d stribut ?-.| among the various hospitals "f the city. There were three wagon loads of them. BUSINESS REVIEW. Reports of Bradstreet and Don k Co., for Past Week. Bradstreet's report of business for the past week says: Features of the business week include ac unusually large number of decreases in prices for staple articles^ among which are pig iron j 21 cents ; finish? ed iron, 50 cents; wheatj 1-2 cent; conij 7-8 cent; oats, 7-8 cents; lard, 34 cents; Cotton^ 1-1G; raw sugar, I ?6 cents; h?gs 5@ 10 cents; and steel; billets; petroleum and high wines as well. In t contrast there has bceii ah advance of 1 cent in speci?l grades of domestic woo': i-2 cent oh Sole leather, i-8 on hides and pork 50 bents, as well as advances for ribber good's, shoei and bricks. East and sotith milder weather has dpened up the ave? nues ot trade^ but in the northwest a seoond cold snap has further restricted business. So far as heard froni the Vol? ume of transactions throughout the cotin try in January, with few exceptions wa9 the largest of any iii that month oh rec? ord. REPOSTS FROJ? THE SOtTT?. Sasiaess in the sotith has been f?vored by the Opening up of traffic rotites, and advices from the larger Cities annotincean improvement in the demand for spring goods. Some delay in placing orders for hardware and clothing is experienced. Wholesale merchants at Baltimore report Collections in the south freer and trade improving. At itichmo'id the demand for groceries and shoes is relatively most active, but there is a good request for pl tig tobacco, cigarettes and cheroot!, while the lack of demand for pig iron catises prices to tend downward. There is no change in trade conditions at Charleston, where the prospects for spring business is good. Memphis mer? chants report considerable activity in hardware and planters' supplies. A like state of trade is reported at Birmingham^ where the volume equals the average for the season. Wholesale business at At? lanta is active and of satisfactory propor? tions, but warm and damp Weather has checked the retail trade. Generally favorable commercial con? ditions in the region tiibutary to ??ew Orleans promise much for the merchants cf that city. The movement of produce is large, eic pt that of meats, which has been checked on account of higher prices. Large sales of sugar and rice cause prices to tend upward. The production of cotton goods at eastern mills is heavier than in any pre? vious year. There are no stocks in hand. The output of print cloths is sold ahead to April and there are no stocks at Fall River against 229,000 pieces held there a year" ago. WHAT DUX SATS. Dun's weekly review of trade says? Actual business is surprisingly large for the season, and yet fears about the fu? ture are also large. Congressional uncer? tainties cause fe irs, but the prosperity and needs of the people make business what it is, and never before has the dis? tribution of products to consumers been larger than it has been thus far this year. Hence industries are remarkably pros? perous. The volume of trade measured by the clearings in January was nearly 12 per cect larger than in any previous year, and the railway movement shows a great increase in the tonnage transported. Yet it is probably safe to say that rarely, if ever, except in a time of panic, has business been more cautiously and con? servatively regulated. Monetat) uncer? tainties are excused by the continued outgo of gold, but the passage of the anti-option bill by th? senate has had no effect upon the market as yet. At Louisville, prospects are encourag? ing; at Nashville, business is good, and at Knoxville, improving with money ir better demnad. At Little Rock collee tions are slow and many planters are be? ing carried over, but at Mobile trade is very satisfactory with good pr? spects. Business at New Orleans is quiet with money in good demand and easy; cotton more active and sugar strong and trade in rice improving. The wonderful de? mand f??r textile fabrics is unabated. For brown and bleached cotton th i mar? ket is said to be the best for twenty years and some makes of sheeting have advanced. The price for manufactured products of iron and steel are depressed beyond all precedent and nevertheless s des continue remarkably large, and the volume of bus? iness is greater than in any previous year. The stagnation in steel rails has beer broken by the placing of. orders fot 60,000 tons by the Pennsvlvania railway, and in plates orders for 20,000 tons inf been p'aced for Cramp's, at Pittsburg mills, though at very low prices. Large structural contracts have also been placed for buildings in New York. The uncer? tainty about the monetary future retards business engagements, but in other re? spects trade is most satis'actory, and per? haps all the more safe and healthy for the feeling of caution that prevails. Business failures during the past week number, for the United States, 255; Can? ada. 46: total. 301. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development During the Past Week. A review of the industries established in the Southern States during the past week shows that a continuance of the interest in textile manufacture is indicated by the establishment of a mill with $450,000 capital at Lock? ville, N. C., by the Lockville Cotton Still com? pany, one with $?00,000 capital at Florence, Ala., by the Cherry Cotton Mills Company, a finishing mill with $100.000 capital at Greens? boro, N, C., by the Southern Finishing Com? pany, together with a $75,000 mill at Juliette, Ga,, and others at Birmingham, Eufaula and Opelika, Ala., Haw River, Mooreaboro and Sta?esville, >?. C., Euterprise, Mis-?.. Lau? ren?, S-C. and Danville and Roanoke, Ta, A minim,' company, with $100,000 capital, has been established at Gadsden, Ala., by the Gadsden Coal. Iron aud Railway company, and a mining and development company, with $150,000 capital, at Navosota, Texas,* by the Mineral Springs Mining company. At Atlanta, Ga., the Aurora Mining company has been chartered with $75,000 capital. Sixty-two new industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with 6 enlargements of manufactories and ?3 impor? tant new buildings. Among the new inchw tri-s nor already referred to are a canning fac? tory at Jackson, Tenn.,with $55 0)0 capital,one at (Knoxville, Tenn., with $25,000 capital and on at McKenzie, Tenn. Flour and grisi milis will be built at Cnina Grove, Ala.. Siler City, N. C., and (.'allaway**, Va. A rolling mill is reported to he built at Ashland, Ky., au ice factory at Liding, Texas, and au oil mill at Alverado, Texas, and phosphate works at At? lanta and Bru us wick Ga., and Fort Meade, F.a. Among the woodworking plants of ihe week a:e lumber companies at Bearden, Fulton and Black Rock, Ark., and CVntral City, W. Va., sm- nul planing mil's at Bristow and Longview, Ala.. BogueChitto, Miss., Wilming? ton. N. C.. and Jefferson, Texas, and novelty ^^o ks ai Jackson, Tt-nn. Water works are tobe built at Snmter,S.C. The enlargements include lime works at Anniston, A ?a., flouring mills at Dandrige, Tenn, cotton rai ls at Prattville, Ala., Griffin, Ga., and Linglev. S. C., and a lumber mill at Petrole? um. \V Va. Among the new buildings of the week are business houses at Athens, Tenn., and Dublin, T? xas. church- s at Savannah, Ga., New P >: t. Ky., and Greensboro, N. C., a court l ouse at Friar's Point, Mi-*., and an opera house at Palestine, Texas.-Tradesman (Chat? tanooga, Tenn.) PROHIBITION A FAILURE, And Opelika, Ala., Will Resort to a System of High License. A special of Friday, from Ope?ka, .\ a., says: The whisky question in Ope? lika is abott? s.-tiled, a >vs?em of high license will i>:- iibstru'od for the pres Li f prohibition law. Opelika has tried prohibition foi six years, and a Urge ma? jori y of ih? pei p'e think it has been a failure, us ir is impossible to suppress the "Muni :ig?rs." Many good men oppose the chung?', but a large majority of the whit?: democrats favor it. The license will be $1,000, with very stringent regu? lations. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Tie News ol fte World (Mensed Iib Pithy BM Poled ?mm$& interesting and tnstr?ctir? td All Class?s of Beaders; M; W, .Wier, chief. justice of idaho d ii ring Mr. tjleyeland's administration; died at ?oise, Wednesday moriiing of ?ppoplexyr aged TO; Malieabl? iron work s at Molensj 111., was destroyed by fire ?uesday night, toss |50;000; About ?Od men were thrown out of employment. The Pennsylvania house of representa? tives} Tiiesday, by vote of 15? to 10, passed a bill to prohibit the manufacture and sal? of cigarettes within the common? wealth, the bill now goes to the senate. .Afc ible dispatch of Tuesday to the iiew York World from London says : Algernon Sartoris} who married ?el?e Grant, daughter of Genaral Grant* died Fritky at C?pri} italy, fie had hot lived wftb his wife for some years. Atable dispatch of Wednesday from Oeninnaj Spain, says: The ?ritishsteam? er Trinaeriaj plying between the rivet Clyde and the Mediterranean ports} was lost off Cape Villand, near Punta del Sijy. Only two of the crew were saved. Thirty-seven were drowned; A Indianapolis special of Tuesday says that a strike is threatened by the engin? eers on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. They had asked for three and a half cents for passenger men and were refused; The question of a strike in consequence is being considered; A dispatch of Thursday from Titu - ville, Pa;, says: The ice has gorged, in ?arl creek, completely surrounding the waterworks and making it ?ecesary fer workmen to be taken to and from it in boats. The water only lacks one foot of being as high as during the flood of last Jtine. Heider's hotel, 263 West Fifth street, Cincinnati, 0., was completely gutted by fire Thursday morning, and four per? sons were burned to death. The dead are: Fred Detzel, waiter; Albert Grau, yardman ; Joseph Maines and a waiter named Gottleib Grau, who awakened the inmates of the hotel but was unable to escape himself and burned to death. Cablegrams of Tuesday are to fie ef? fect that the city of Brisbane, in Queens? land, continues completely isolated by floods. In the region about Wide Bay, Queensland, hundreds of houses were de? molished by the rushing waters ; thous? ands of destitute people have taken re? fuge in the hills, without shelter and nec? essaries. At Brisbane business is com? pletely suspended. The individual banking house of F. V. Rockafellow & Co., at Wilkesbarre, Pa., closed its doors Wednesday morning. It wa< one of the oldest banking institu? tions in that section, and the people had the u'most confidence in its soundness. No official statement has as yet been mide, and whether it is a bad failure cannot as yet be stated. Great excite? ment prevails among business men over the affair. A resolution was introduced in the Oklahoma house of representatives by J. A. Wallace, a negro member, con? demning lynch law, especially when it is meted out to negroes without trial. The intention of the resolution was to cen? sure the recent lynchings in the south, and more particularly the Paris, Texas, affair. The resolution was voted down by a large majority. A Kansas Ci y, Mo, d isp itch says: Cass county judgts, who have been in jail for near.y a year for contempt of court, appeared before Judge Phillips Tuesday morning and reported the adop? tion, by over 2,000 majority, of the 70 cent bond compromise proposition sug? gested by Judge Phillips. He accord? ingly discharged them and remitted their fines. If the bondholders accept the com? promise new bonds will bs issued. A Washington dispatch of Wednesday says : Secretary Foster, of the treasury department, has been notified that the American flig will be formally raised upon the Inman steamers, City of* New York and City of Paris, at New York on Washington's birthday, February 22d. The event will be celebrated with great pomp. Many distinguished people have received invitations to be present and President Harrison will himself hoist the firat flag. A cable dispatch of Wednesdayfrora A*h ens, Greece, states that the island of Zante is shaken several times daily by earth? quake. The king will icmain there some time to superintend the building of huts for the homeless and to assist the reliV committee in Zant3 city. The otnen is still traveling from village to viliage,giv ing generously to the impoverished and trying to encourage the panic stricken. Two Italian men-of-war have taken sup? plies to Zante. A Boston, Mass., dispatch s ?vs: The jury in the case of Asa P. Potter, the ex-president of the bankrupt Maverick bank, charged with false certification of checks, Thursday morning rendered a verdict of guilty. The verdict finds Potter guilty on fifteen counts, which cover practically the five charges over the certification. The case will now go t > the supreme court. The minimum sen tence for the crime alleged is a fine, and thc maximum twenty-five year?' imprison? ment. AFTER THE WHISKY TRUST. Sensational Testimony Before the Con? gressional Committee. A Washington special say*: Thomas Dewer, a United States revenue gauger, fired a bombshell into the whisky trust Wednesday morning. He testified be? fore the congressional committee that Secretary Gibson, of the trust hid of? fered him $25,000 to act ?s a secret em? ploye of the trust while retaining h?3 position wich the government. Tea thousand dollars were to be paid cash and thc balance in stock. He agreed to accept the proposition so as t > get into the secrets of the trust. About the first thin?; he was asked to do was to blowup a rival company with an infernal machine. ? Gibson brought him the machine at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago. It was the size of an oyster can and contained sev? eral large bullets and explosives that would make it go off in three hours alter it was properly placed. When Dewer had gotten the machine he cease I negotia? tions and turned it over to th ; authori? ties. Mr. Gibson found it neceseary to get a United Sta'es gu ?ger lo do this work ht cause no one else is allowed in thc ? ximination of the distiilcric*. This lestimony has greitiy incen?-d the com? mittee aga:nst the Whisky Tust cm .jany. ANOTHER INTERVIEW Between Hawaiian Commissioners and Secretary Foster. A Washington special says : The Ha? waiian annexation commissioners and Dr. Mott Smith, Hawaiinn minister, had an? other interview Tuesday morning with j Secretary Foster,at the state department. As was the case with the previous two interviews, it was entirely informs!, be? ing confined to an interchange of unoffi? cial views upon the subject of annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States. Nothing was said ab- ut thu time when commissioners shall be re? ceived by President Harrison, and thus formally recognized, and the determina? tion of this date depends upon the nature of advices from Honolulu. PROTECTION FOR HAWAI Tlie Stars ami Stripes Raised at tis Segnest o? tte Kew Miat Minist?r Stevens issues ? Pr6ei??ii? t??n W the People of die islands; A San Franfcisco sjiecial lays: fha" most important news brought By tjie Ste?ddship Australia, which* arrived from1 Honolulu Wednesday night; i? thai tjnited States Minister Siemens had est?b lisHed a protectorate over the island: Tile ?ct Was acknowledged at 8 o'clock the ind rn i ni; of the 1st instant, when ihe Stars and stripes were raided over ?lino: Uni hall;. and Minister Stevens' isslie i th? following proclamation : T^j th? Hawaiian People: At tte refluait of the provisions! government of the Hajfoii?ti Islands. I hereby, in the name of the United States of America, assume protection of tito Hawaiian Islands for the protection of life ?na property, arid the occnpatibn bf p?blifc build? ings On Hawaiian soil as far aa may be nec'S saiy for the purpose specified; but hot intefs firing with the administration of public affair* by th? provisional gtjverrtment., 'Hlu'8 action is .taken pending and s?bject id negotiation at Washington; . [Signed, j JomV T. STEVEICS, ?uvov Extraordinary and Minister-Pienip?t?n tiaiy of the tJnited States. ?NITE?) S?ATES LEGATION, February i, ?893. -Approved and executed by C. C. Wiltzfc, cafi tain tjnited States navy, commanding United States Steamship, Boston. The Advertiser Says* regarding the Stevens proclamation that the act Hts principally due to the incessant agitation on the parts of certain whites. Who have always been the curse of the country Coupled with the English and native newspaper efforts to discredit and block the new government. These agencies spread through the town a feeling of ttn-' easiness and distrust. The ptovisonal government conclu ied some positive steps nnecessary, and that it Would be wise to cal! upon the ?nited States fot direct assistance. The Advertiser, continuing, says i "At half-past eighty on the moin'ng of the first, the Boston's battalion landed under Lieutenant Commander Swin* burn, and were sent up to the govern? ment building, where detachments from the volunteer companies from the pro? visional government were also draws up." Lieutenant Ru>h read Minister Stevens' proclamation, and on the stroke of 9 the star spangled banner fluttered np the stain! on the tower. The fl ig was sainted by the troops aod marines and the heav? ier guns of the Boston, and Hawaii was under Uncle Sim's wing for the time be? ing at least. Among the passengers who arrived.in San Francisco on t :e Australia froni -? Honolu'u were Prince Kawananakow, the deposed queen's attorney, and Judge H. A. Wademan. They ate on the way to Washington to present thi queen's case, RECOGNIZING THE NEW GOVERNMENT. A cable dispatch from Honolulu ut der date of February 1st, siys: Shortly after che sailing of the last steamer, the provi? sional government received certificates of recognition ns the defacto government from Japan, France, Great Britain,Chile, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Peru ?.nd the Nether? lands. _ HEADING THEM OFF. An Uncle of Hawaii's Queen Beaches Washington Ahead of Commission* A Chicago special of Thursday says: John M. Cleghorn, from San Francisco, an uncle of Princess Kai ul ian i. the heir apparent to the Hi wai ian throne, ?tole a march on the Hiwaiian commissioner*, who are on their way to Washington to ! present the claims of the provisional gov? ernment. As soon as the news of the revolt be? came known, Cleghorn packed his grip and took the first tr .in for Washington with the result that he arrived in Chicago forty-eight hours ahead of the commissioners, and will reach the capitol that much in advance of them. His purpose is to present the claims of his niece to the United States govern? ment before the commission appointed by the provisional government arrives at the national capitol He is & brother of A. S. Cleghorn, whose deceased wife was the sister of tibs deposed queen Liliuokalani, and whoso daughter, the heir apparent, is at a H?\g ionable school in England. He will lay before President Harrison the claims of his neice. Princess Kaiulani, Sad will plead for the establishment of a protectorate with the princess as queen. COTTON GROWERS TO MEET. A Convention tobe Held at Memphis on the 22d. The executive committee of the Cotton Grower's Association of the cotton grow? ing states, met at Memphis, Tenn., Wedl nesday and passed a resolution that a meeting of the local organizations of the association be called for F?brcary 18th, for the purpose of electing delegates to attend a general meeting of the associa? tion to be held in Memphis on February 22d. A general invitation is extended to all parties who are interested in the growing of cotton to be present or send representation. The committee has statist:cs showing that last year's meeting bore good fruit in many localities. The members say with a full representation and Icc ?I or? ganization, there will be a decrease in the acreage of cotton, which of itself means "more hog and hominy" for the farmers of the cotton growing states. The committee reports much encourage? ment received from the officials of the railroad and steamboat lines entering Memphis, all readily agreeing to give re? duced rates to delegates to the conven? tion. The c >mmittee thinks the atten? dance at this convention will be at least three times larg? than last year. A POPULIST SENATOR Elected by the Nebraska Legislature After Mnch Toting. A special from Lincoln, Nebraska, says: Judge W. B. Alien, populist, was elected Uftted States senator Tues? day morning, receiving seventy votes; four more than were necessary to a choice. Exchange of Mail Ponches. A Washington s?< cial of Friday says: A daily exchange of thorough registered mail pouches has been ordered between Charleston, S. C.. and Augusta, Ga., to commence on 15th inst. The pouches are to leave Charleston at 5:45 o'clock p. ?m. and Augusta at 7 :45 o'clock a. m. via &he Charleston and Augusta railway poat kfnee. _ Recognized by All. A Washington special of Saturday says: The statement is made that aU governments including Great Britain have recognized the provisional govern? ment of Hawaii. The Star says that Secretary of State Foster and Secretary Trar y have admitted that the supposi? tion neretofore entertained that the Brit? ish government has witnessed recognition 1- of the new government in Hawaii is in ! correct. Southern Governors to Meet. Governor William Fishback, of Ar? kansas, issued a circular letter Friday to the governors of al! southern states asking them to join in a convention at Rich? mond, Va., April 2d, for the purpose of formulating a plan for Ce\ ?loping tho resources of the couth and o ffering in? ducements to capital and labor.