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England and France. Conflicting Interests in the Nile Basin. LONDON, March 28 -Sir E. Ash mead Bartlett, Conservative for Shef? field, opened an interesting debate in the Commous this evening on Great Britain's relation to France in Africa. ??e moved a reduction of the foreign office estimates for the purpose. He first directed tho attention of the house to the encroachments which the government permitted France to make upon Siam* In Africa France is still more active than in Asia, he said. She had sent out au expedi? tion which was menacing the Upper Nile, and was seizing African terri? tories recognized as being within the British sphere of influence. Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, said Great Britain stood in such a posi? tion of trust in Egypt as to make the British and Egyptian spheres of in? fluence cover the whole Nile water? way. The house ought to be careful about giviug credence to the rumor that a French expedition had been sent to the Nile country to occupy the valley cf the river. The foreign ' office had no reason to suppose that any French expedition either had been instructed to enter the valley of the Nile or had the intention of doing so. He could not belove it possible, in. the face of the fact that the British government's views were fully known to France. The advance of a French expedition under secret orders from the westside of Africa into territory subject to British claims, whose rightfulness had been so long known, would be not only an inconsistent and unexpected act, but also an un? friendly one, and would be regarded as*such by the government. (Cries of "Hear, hear.") Without doubt, African affairs for the last two years had caused consid? erable anxiety as to what might happen in the future. Buring these years, no provocation had been given France from the British side Eng? land had striven to the utmost to re? concile the occasional conflicts of in? tere8ts. The government would con ( tinue to pursue this line of policy, omitting nothing calculated to main? tain good relations with France and at the same time to uphold the un? doubted claims of Great Britain. To this end, of course, the co-operation of the Freuch government and French puolic opinion was necessary. He reii-d on the sense of justice charac? terizing the French government and people to help, reconcile the conflict? ing interests of the power in the parts of the world which were little known, j (Cheers.) Joseph Chamberlain, the Liberal Unionist leader, spoke of Sir Ed? ward's statement as the clearest and most satisfactory declaration yet heard on this subject from the re? sponsible representative of the gov? ernment He now saw, he said, that un4es6 a clear understanding willi France as to African affairs could be reached, the most serious consequen? ces might easily ensue. The state- | ment ought to leave Great Britain's claims on Egypt beyond ail-misunder? standing The whole Nile valley from the lakes to the sea was within the Egyptian or British sphere of in? fluence and that claim on Great Bri? tain's part had been within the knowl? edge of France for five years. He must remind the House, however, that as recently as the beginning of this month, the statement was made, unchecked, in the Freuch chamber and in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that France's object was always to make England feel that her presence in Egypt was harmful, dan that France could come up with i her elsewhere than in the Mediterra- j nean If the French government did not accept such statements, it ought j to repudiate them France ought to ! be questioned regarding her exped? ? lion to the Nile Valley. ? (Hear, ' hear ) Henry Labouchere, the Radical j leader, pronounced Sir Edward Grey's speech a menace to France, j ("Oh, oh.?") He quite understood; the cries of "Oh, oh.'* They came from the Tory members who were de- ! lighted to find a Liberal minister acting upon their principles. ("Hear,"! hear,") This speech waa a menace I on the line of the familiar warning "hands off '* Certain members seem? ed lo imagine the Nile to be as much British property as the Thames He, for one, could not feel surprised that, in view of such statements, France was not friendly. Sir Edward denied that his state? merit had implied in any way a me? nace to France ("Hear, hear.") j The question of a general settlement of their respective interests in Africa j was under discussion between the; two countries. British claims had : been stated clearly. Sir E. Ashmead Bartlett said that iu view of the satisfactory reply made by the government, he withdrew his motion MORE LATITUDE FOR C0I.0XIE8 LONDON, March 28.-The House of Lords tc-day passed thc Marquis of Ripon's bill, repealing the restrictions upon the Australian colonies regard? ing the imposition of customs, and the measure received royal assent this afternoon. The South's ! _ Plenty of Room at the Top For Economy, Corn and Bacon. __-_ Within the last two years, since the i pressure of hard times began to be feit j so keenly, it has been claimed by those j most interested in industrial conditions ! in the South that the lesson of economy ' taught by cheap cotton have enabled . the people of that section to accommo i date themselves to the trade and busi ! ness depression more readily than have ! tbe residents of other parts of the i country. Authorities on cotton have endeavored to impress upon the world the fact that less credit was required in raising the last two cottou crops than had ever before sufficed in the production of a staple Southern crop. By way of contrast with the shortage in the last Western corn crop, it bas been widely announced that the South has had a larger home supply j of food crops in the last season than j at any time in a long period of years. I There has been abundant evidence of ! the stability of the South under the trying conditions of the last two years ; but facts that are now available tend to ? show that this has been due m"re to i rigid economy than to any great in? crease in the home supply of provisions. In fact, making allowance for the in? crease in the population it is found that the South has had less home raised corn, pork and beef in the last year tba? in 1891, whenan overwhelm? ing cotton crop wrought universal hard? ship. Statistics just issued by the Depart? ment of Agriculture show the smallest oom crop in 1894 of any year since 1881. The estimated production last year was 1,212,770,000 bushels, against 1,619.494,000 bushels in 1893 -a decrease of 406.724,000 bushels. The fourteen Soathern States, including Texas, raised 483,423,000 bushels of corn last year ; and while this is an in? crease of 47,678,000 bushels over the crop of 1893, it is still 52.519,000, bushels below the yield of 1891, the year of the 9.000,000-bale cotton crop. The credit upon which that tremendous cotton crop was raised, even with the very large home supply of corn, has been a heavy borden upon the South ever since ; and yet in 1894, with a considerable increase in population and with 10 per ceot. less home grown corn, there was raised a cotton crop which already is known to exceed by 50.000 bales the great crop of 1891. The cotton crop of 1891 amounted to 9,035,379 bales; and a mooth ago the Department of Agriculture accounted for 9,088.000 bales of the crop raised io 1894 and now being markered What is true of com iu the South is j equally true of beef and pork. On Jan? uary 1, 1895, the total number of cattle in the South, exclusive of milch cows, was 11,517.049. or 702.960 less than a year ago. and 1,026.180 less than in 1890. More than one-half of these cat? tle were in Texas, which, while it is the largest cotton State, is more Western thad Soathern in its condition. Hogs! make a slightly better showing; for the j number on January 1, 1895. was 18,- ! 450,796, an increase of 786,693 during the year, while there was a loss of 1. 042. 782 in the whole couutry. In all the distinctively cottou-growing States the number of hogs increased largely iu the last year, notably io the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. While emphasizing tne fact that no Southern State raised as much corn iu 1894 as in 1891, it is but fair to show how rapidly several States are return? ing to their former maximum produc- ? tion. Last year Missiseppi raised 3D, 931,000 bushels of corn, or nearly 10,- I 000,000 bushels more than in 1893 No such crop had been grown iu that State since 1868. Alabama raised 24,760.000 bushels in 1894, 6,000.000 bushels more than in 1893, and the largest crop since 1870 Arkansas produced 38,- i 438,000 bushels last year, against 32,- j 111,000 bushels in 1893 The Texas I crop of 69,339.000 bushels and the j Tennessee crop of 68,000,000 bushels j were gains of 8,000,000 and 5,500, 000 busiiels respectively, but still were far below the average crops of those j States. This survey of crop statistics shows plainly that the South is actually rais? ing more cotton and less corn thau she did four years ago; and while the val? ue of the cotton bas largely decreased in that time, the cost of corn bas ad? vanced to an even greater degree. It is evident, therefore, that the planter has not yet been wholly freed from his thraldom to the country merchant; but the fact that there has been, a very large departure from the long-estab? lished credit system shows how deter? mined and persistent bas been the economy of tbe Southern planters. Their burdens, as DOW revealed by the crop returns, have been even greater than had beeo generally believed. Some curious old customs are still maintained in remote parts of England. At Oakham, for example, the lord of the mauor still bas the right to demand from every peer passing through his realm the near fore-shoe of his nag, though io these days the traveler usual? ly compromises by furnishing a coun? terfeit presentment on a large scale, which is nailed as a trophy to the wall of the old manor, which dates back to thc conquest. Not even royalty is ex? empt from this singular tax, and the shoes of George IV., his brother, the Prince of York, and thc Prince of Wales of our own time are to be seen in this singular collection. Telegraphic Briefs. March 27th. Emperor William, of Germany, has ' determined to dissolve tue Reichstag, j . ? ' The Florida orange growers are con I sidering a removal to the island of ; Jamaica on account of the cold wave* . to which Florida is subject. I The gold is beginning to return to ! America from London. A large ship ! ment is expected this week ; Another Spanish warship, with 1,800 ! soldiers, has been sent to Cuba. The Nebraska Legislature has appro? priated $200,000 for the purchase of seed grain and food for the people of the drouth stricken counties Burglars secured $10.000 from the Rockfurd, III., bank. Milwaukie had a $250.000 fire last night. The Newcomer Bank, at Mount Morris, 111., was entered by robbers Monday night. The safe was blown open with dynamite, and the robbers got about ?10,000. Aldermen Earle and Allworden of the City Council, of Columbia, had a fisticuff in the Council Chamber last night. Burglars entered the store of R. B. Mills at Blackstock, Monday night and stole a large supply of general mer? chandise Twenty-six prisoner? escaped f-om the Wichitia, Kan., jail, yesterday morn? ing. All but two were re-captured The Bell Clothing Company, of Chi? cago. III., wa6 burned out last night for the third time. The loss is estimat? ed at ?200.000. An extensive discovery of rock salt has been made on Jefferson Island, which lies on the Southwest coast of Louisiana. The owner of the land on which the discovery wa? made, Joseph Jefferson, has loog believed that salt existed on his property. March 28. The organization of the Southern States Passenger Association has been completed. Trafilo Manager Finley of the Great Northern Railway was elected Commissioner of the Association. Com? missioner Slaughter was voted a years salary and a resolution of thanks. H. Walters of the Atlantic Coast Line was made presic:nt nf the Association. The Commercial, the oldest bank in Cincinnati, has failed. The fire in Milwaukee, destroyed more than a million dollars worth of property. The Spanish Govprnment has spent , already more than 5,000.000 pesetas, j and has voted ten million more to pay the expense? of the war in Cuba The situation is now admitted to be serious, j Three men were blown up by a boiler i explosion at a saw mil! io Jackson, ; County, Georgia Another case of small pox has devel- j oped io Cincinnati, Ohio. Five children wero burned to death j in a house at Minot, North Dakota. The Prince of Walee'a yatch Britan nia, defeated thc Ailsa and Valkyrie in a race at Nice. Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian minis- j ter, has left Washington for Honolula. Bis note to Secretary Gresham an- ! flouncing his departure was very brief' and curt. John Bigelow, au actor, killed Amy Thill, an actress, in a New York apart meot house and blew out his own ; brains Maj. A. Hanson, one of the most prominent manufacturers in the South, bas sued Senator Bacon, of Georgia, for $14,000. Maj, Hanson had to pay a bond which Mr. Bacon induced him ! to sign, and the suit is the out growth j of it. March 29. I St. Augustine, Fla., was visited by a disastrous fire yesterday afternoon that destroyed between forty and fifty residences and business houses, and left a hundred families homeless. The fire department could not cope with the flames on account of a strong wind and the inadequate water supply. A number of the residences were handsome and costly structures, and the aggregate loss is very large. There was only about one-fourth insurance on the buildings burned. Miss Jennie Warn, an attractive young lady of Richmond, Va, com mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by taking strychnine. Cana8eraga, N. Y., a small town, was almost completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The loss amounts to more than $135,000 ; with only $80,000 insurance. The engagement is announced of Hon. A. J. Marjoribank8, aide-de camp to the Governor General of Canada, and brother of Lady Aber? deen, to Miss Mysie Brown, of Nashville, Tenn. The Spanish Premier, Canovas del Castillo said, in an interview rester- j day: "lt is undeniable that the situation in Cuba is very serious. The Government must use all means to j maintain the integrity of the king- ; dom and crush the rebellion speedily j and thoroughly. "Seven thousand troops will start for (.'nba to-morrow ami 2,00U will be ready to follow them In six months 2U,U?U more will In: ready. Indeed. ! we are prepared to send 100,000 if j need be, for we must end this strug? gle once for all." A passenger train was held up and robbed near Bismarck, Mo , on Wednesday night The robbers did not secure a large amount of money, as the through safe in the express car could not be opened. Another party of New England mill men are on their way South for the purpose of investigating the mill interests. They will visit all the large mills in this State. Mr. J. W. Zimmerman, cashier of: the St. Matthews bank, accidentally shot himself through the stomach ' last night His recovery is not ex? pected. The Senate of the Nebraska Gen? eral Assembly ' was yesterday the scene of a disgraceful fight between two members, in which mutual friends participated. Alabama White Caps. Fourteen Convicts Appeal to the Highest Tribunal. WASHINGTON-, March, 26 -The noted white cap cases from Alabama were under argument in the Supreme Court to-day after the Debs et al, | habeas corpus case had been taken ; under consideration. Rather an unusual condition of things was pre sented in the record and by the briefs j filed. Wiley and William Pruett were taken from their beds on the night of March 4, 189'J, by a party of about twenty men, and severely whipped, each receiving about seventy-five lashes with large sticks, ! "until," as the record says, "they I were bloody from their shoulders to \ their knees, their backs being lacerat- ? ed in many places, the skin being cut in gashes 6ix or eight inches long." j The night was inclement, and, aside j from the whipping, the Fruetts suffer ed greatly from exposure. For this assault J. W. Todd and twenty-six others were indicted in the United States Court for the Northern District of Alabama, under section 5406, Re-i vised Statutes, the indictment charg ing that they "did combine, con- j spire and confederate together by i force, intimidation and threats to in- | jure Wiley Pruett and William Pruett, j who had theretofore been witnesses j and testified against Joe Arnold, j Milton Farmer and George Kelly upon a charge of endeavoring to in- i fiuence, intimidate and impede wit- ! nesses in a court of the United States in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, tried preliminarily ! by and before Robert Clarkson, acting as a Commissioner of the Circuit j Court of the United ?tates for said! district, :.n their person and property : on account of the said witnesses; above named having t- -titled in said [ cause in court as afop-aid," and in] pursuance of such c uspiracy did beat the Pruetts as si. ted. On the trial of the cuse Todd and thirteen others were convicted and sentenced to four years' imprison? ment each and the payment of a fine of $500 From this judgment they I appealed to the United States Su? preme Court, being admitted to bail: pending the decision upon appeal. , The defence was that the indicted parties were not guilty of inflicting I the whipping, and that if they were j it was administered not because the Pruetts had been witnesses in a Un- i ?ted States Court against their neigh- \ hors, but because they deserved it on j general principles. The case was ar? gued for the deiendauts by John C. j Fay and for the goverudent by As- j sistant Attorney Gen. Whitney. In concluding'bis brief, the latter ap-; parently conceded that the judgment j of conviction could only be main tained with any assurance of certain- j ty against three of the defendants. 16 Boils ai Once ? Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies tho Eicod and Ref. to rcs Koait/t. Mr, F. W. SttnceU Wilmot, S. Dak. "C L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. : " About tour years ago my wife was troubled ? with salt rheum. Although we tried nearly everything it got worse instead of better and spread over both of her hands so that she could j hardly use them. Finally ah? commenoed to use Hood's Sarsaparilla and when she had taken two bottles her hands were entirely healed and she has not since been troubled. In December, 1892, my neck was covered with bolls of a Scrofulous Nature. There were sixteen nf them at once and as soon as they healed othors would break out My I neck finally became covered with ridges and HoodVP;sCures scars. I then commenced taking Flood's Sarsa? parilla, and after tailing four bottles the boils had all.heall"! arid thc s<\:r-< have disappeared. I recommended Hood's Sarsaparilla h< all suf? fering from any disorder of the blood." V. VV. STOW ELL.. Wilmot; South Dakota. 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