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VOL. IV.
MAHONIANISM.
A DAT Or IT Ut THE XATZOXAX
SEXAIE.
Mah«ne Attempts an Explanation of His
Political Treaohery-And Advocacy of
State Dishonesty — Havinjr Already
Proved His Own Dishonesty His Effort
Fall* Flat- And Falls to Create the Sensa
tion Expected -To the Disgust of His
Republican Pals-Rejoinders Promised
by Beck, Brown and Others-Democrats
Determined to Continue the Tight Over
the Organisation to the Bitter End-
Oeneral Capital News.
The Senate.
Washington, Maroh 2S.— Th6 Senate an
nouncement that Mahone would to-day address
the Senate in vindication of his action, and an
explanation of the principles of the Readjoster
party in Viiginia, had the effect of drawing to
the capltol a large audience. As early as 10
o'clock the doors leading to the galleries were
surrounded by an impatient crowd, and within
ten minutes after they were open every avail
able seat was taken, with the exception of
thoee reserved for members of the diplomatic
corps. These were, however, occupied before
the "hour of the assembling of the Senate. On
the floor !a tho rear of the Senators' desks,
were seated o- large number of persons,
many of them representatives elect, while
in various corridors those who had the
raisfort.ins to ftrrive late, congregated and
bewailsd their 111 luck. The journal of Satur
day having been rend, the Vice President laid
before the Senate the resolution for the ap
pointment of Senate offices, stating that the
Senator from Virginia had the floor. Mahone
nremlsed his spsech by expressing his regret
that he should be compelled again to Interrupt
the deliberations of the Senate. "I trust," h«
said, "the Senators and the country will con
cede that to this seeming forwardness I am pro
voked. If I may fail to challenge the generous
consideration of those who would appear to
have found pleasure with Justification In their
varied and ungenerous assaults, I do not doubt
that I 6hall command the respect of
brave and independent spirits here as
I shall among my own people. I
shall not complain of that indirection
which has characterized the manner and
method of the Senators in their allusions to me.
I must accept that they comport entirely with
their own sense and manly deportment and
Senatorial dignity, however little they do with
ray own.
Virginia is acenstomed to meet occasions
where the indedendent spirit of the Anglo
Saxon is required to assert itself. Virginia
has ever met with fortitude and becoming dig
nity every duty which destiny has imposed; al
ways, however, with much contempt for small
party lines; where principle was involved in
which her faith and honor was committed,
with absolute confidence. In my loyalty there,
and my devotion to every Interest of her peo
ple, I will not relax my purpose here to repel
every impeachment of the constituents who
sent me to this chamber with clc-arly defined
duties which they and I comprehend.
I was elected to the United States Senate to
do their will. Not to a caucus to do its bid
ding. Virginia earned her title of the Old
Dominion by the broad and independent action
of her own people and by
the loyalty of her son?, by
the instinct of independence without help at
the hand of those who would now interfere
with her affairs. However feebly I may ex
press that spirit aealnst the gratuitous care
and concern for her at the hands of strangers,
to her trials, to her sacrifices nnd to her will,
I feel that the spirit of her people inspires me
when I scornfully repel for them and for my
eelf the ungenerous attempts to instruct a Vir
ginia Senator as to his duty to them and my
self. Senators should be willing, to deal with
their constituents. I answer for mine.
To him that would insinuate that my action
in regard to the organization of committees of
this body, nnd the proposed election of offi
cers has been controlled by impure considera
tions, (and I am loath to believe that any Sen
ator has co intended, 1 ) in the language of
another, I say:
If thou snyest 1 am not peer
Of any lord of Scotland here,
Highland or lowland, far or near,
Lord Angus, thou hast lied.
Now, permit me to fay that the Sena
tors can no more realize my regret, than they
can measure my amazement that my col
league (Johnston) should have felt it incum
bent on himself to Join the insulting column
in this chamber. He first introduces the
question of my political consistency, or if he
prefers, inconsistency, nnd next
he] would introduce me to this
honorable body, not as his colleague,
but as a repudiator of public ob
ligations. The sence of Justice of my fellow
Senator renders it necessary for me to apolo
gize for noticing my collegue's criticism on
one hand and his provisions on the other.
However much he and his cohorts may en
deavor by the cheap logic of attorney to dem
onstrate what I ought to be, I am by my own
convictions and by my sense of honor what I
am. In this particular I have largely the ad
vantage of my colleague, for if I take him by
his record, diminutive as it is, he neither
knows what he is or what duty he came here
to perform." [Laughter.]
He declared the readjusters had never re
pealed any of the funding contracts made by
Virginia, but asserted the bill passed In 1871
by the Virginia legislature and known as
"broker's bill," which had been advocated by
his colleague, repudiated and forcibly repudi
ated one-third of Virginia's debt. The read-
Ui6ters held that two-thirds of the money
Virginia borrowed should be paid: the other
third belonging to West Virginia, according
to every principle of law and equity. Since
1871 the readjusting party had denied to the
creditor war interest and had proposed to pay
the rest in full. The adversaries* had funded
that war interest, and proposed to repudiate
one-half that which Virginia was in law and
honor bound to pay. He wanted, like the
Senators from West Virginia, to tell
the country what that State
had done with reference to the payment of
one third the debt contracted by the common
wealth of Virginia, whether it had ever pro
posed to pay one 6tiver to maintain the honor
and dignity of the commonwealth.
He criticized the action of his colleague In
not defending the people of Virginia from the
accusation that they were dishonorable — dis
honorable, too, in the opinion of men who
represented States which, by arbitrary legisla
tion, had reduced their debts from ©iS^OOO,
-000 to 88,400,000. He sent to the clerk's desk
and had read a table showing the extent to
which debts of the Southern fctates had been
scaled down. Repudiation honorable, read
justment dishonorable! Oh, Virginia, he said,
"It was for this you bartd your bosom to the
foldier'3 tread and horse's foot. It
was for this you laid waste your
homes and displayed your fortitude, cour
nge and your " heroic suffering. It was
for this you suffered dismemberment of your
territory, and sent your eons to the field to
tycurn to the ruins that were once their
homes. It was for this you so reluctantly
-bandoned your allegiance to the common
country to be the last in the vrar svnd the last
to go out. Oh, ingratitude, thou basest end
meanest of crimes.
He would not occupy, he continued, nny
more of the time of the Senate, with the sub
ject of Virginia's debt, but would rtfer now
o the interogatory put last Friday by Senator
Voorhees to Senator Logan, as to whether the
latter would endorse the papers of an applicant
for the smallest postoffice who favored repu
diation, either a State or national debt. He
would ask the gentleman, Voorhees, how he
found it compatible with his principles to as
pociato with Senators from States
who had repudiated but had not
readjusted He had never heard Riddlebarger
express a favorable opinion, even of the views
of the Senator from Indiana on the national
debt. (Laughter). He also quoted from John
W. Daniel, one of the leaders of the Bourbon
party in Virginia, denounciug as iniquitous
the measures of federal finances, and proposed
to reverse them. He reminded the Senators
from Indiana and Delaware, Voorhees and
Bayard, to try and reconcile their differences of
views on the financial question before the
Senator from Illinois again discussed the sub
ject. As to the Senator from Georgia (Brown)
who seemed to be so much troubled about re
adjustment, he questioned whether the world
had ever produced a man who could so readily
readjust himself to all conditions
and all circumstances. (Laughter). That
gentleman had got ahead of the people
aad of the Democratic party in an effort to
dissolve the Union, and was the first governor
in the South to confiscate prira'e property In
the courts of Savannah and to seize Fort Pa
laski before the act of£secession . Rumor had
It the presidency of the confederate States was
the gentlemen to object at that time. In the
struggle that ensued he, Brown, was earnest
for the cause till its fortunes begun to waver
and then he abandoned it with his militia.
After the war he was next heard of in the
Chicago Republican convention. Iv fact that
gentleman might say with the poet laureate's
book, "men may come and men may go, but I
go on forever." He was next heard of as
a radical candidate lor the United States Benate,
but was beaten by a moderate Republican, the
late Joshua Hill. He next appeared as the ap
pointee of the carpet bag governor of Georgia,
the prince of oarpet baggers— Bullock— to the
office of chief Juscice ol that State, which po
sition he subsequently resigned to take the
presidency of a railroad company. Now, that
gentleman was here and the leader of the Dem
ocratic party, and his explanation was that the
Democratic party had erred and abandoned
him, but that now it had right
ed itself and rallied itself on his, Brown's,
grand reserve of undying and unchange
able principles (laughter). That gentleman
had alluded to rumers of a bargain. If there
was any truth in those rumors, then he { Ma
hone) was indebted for any advantage he
might draw from it, to the fact that the Sen
at or from Georgia did not know of tke oppor
tunltv. (Laughter.) In that point, he (Ma
honeT would answer all inuendoes of the Sena
tor distinctly and gravely, and with due re
gard to the dignity of the Senator he hurled
back with scorn and contempt every imputa
tion that his action here had been induced by
any other consideration than that of the pro
motion of his people's interests, and of the
welfare of the whole country.
He might occupy the Senate for an hour
with rumors as to the manner in which the
Senator from Georgia, Brown, got to the Sen
ate, and the gentleman 6hould learn from that
fact a valuable lesson. Every Senator should
be left to adjust his accounts with his own
constituents. He avowed his responsibility—
his proved responsibility— for the introduction
of Riddlebarger's name as a candidate for of
fice, but professed his readiness to withdraw
that name, if true, as report had it. that the
Democratic Senators would then withdraw
their opposition to the Senate reorganization. '
He admitted as correct the newspaper state
ment read on Saturday by the Senator from
Kentucky, Beck, in reply to the speech of the
colored delegate Moss, and the motion for his
expulsion made by Riddlebarger, and he pro
ceeded to explain that matter, intimating that
if the motive for expulsion had been made on
account of color, the Senator would probably
have regarded the motion as a recommendation
lo Riddelbarger.
This opposition to Riddelbarger was in view
of the coming election in Virginia. It was a
desire to uphold Bourbonisrn there. It was a
desire to uphold the party which while
openly professing obedience to the constitution,
held by mental reservation purposes hostile to
the constitution. It was to uphold the party
there which cMd not believe in the right of
freedmen to vote. It was to uphold the party
that, while nominally according the Cincin
nati platform, in which a full vote, free ballot
and honest count had been demanded, had in
troduced a constitutional amendment requiring
that no man should be allowed to cast a ballot
for any office on any account until hehad paid
a capitation tax. This effort was to uphold
the party which defied the Democratic creed and
which had undertaken by meanst mos indirect
to disfranchise the colored man. That was
the purpose, and whether his colleague had
voted for that disfranchising clause he
couldn't speak. He (Mahone) had not given
that doctrine his assent, either in public or at
the ballot box. For one he wanted no political
serfs in Virginia. He wanted no longer any
condition of personal servitude. He asserted
rights sacred to all men, of a free, uutram
melled ballot, a priceless ballot, and whatever
might be the professions of the gentle
men on that subject, he stood prepared here
on this floor by the courage of the men who
were behind him at home, to assure the coun
try that in Virginia, at least, there should be
free suffrage, a priceless suffrage, a full vote,
and an honest count. (Applause in the gal
leries.)
He stood here to guarantee enforcement of
the lawe, and he saidit by the brave men who
stood at his back in the cause of freedom.
He would tell Senators that his friend Rid
dlebarger was made of sterner btuff than they
calculated, and would survive sny record inves
tigation. The record refuted the statement he
Mahone, had be in elected by Bourbons of the
funding party. He had been a candidate of
the people, who had nominated him at the
polls by a majoriiy of over 20,000 in the elec
tion where the Senatorship had been made the
issue. He knew of no consideration which
could have induced him to have taken a Ecat
in this Senate, or to have held any place- at the
hands of the Bourbon or funding party of
Virginia. He was under no obligations to It
or its champions, here or elsewhere. His al
legiance, under God, was to his country, and
his first duty to the people of Virginia.
It is true the readjusting party had instruct
ed its electors for Hancock and English, but
it was equally true it had forborne, and pur
posely forebore, from instructing for those
candidates and nominees of the Democratic
party. He referred to the manner of his elec
tion, asserting there had been a combination
against him and that the Democratic party
which, like Caesar's wife, 6tood above eub
picion, had been willing to trade a seat in the
United States Senate for a few county officers.
If that was the Democracy gentlemen on the
other side loved, none of it for him.
The purpose of the Readjusters was to stay
the retrograde movement of years, so as to
bring Virginia back from number fifteen in
the grade of States to her original position in
the sisterhood of States. Far be jt from him
that his action here should be controlled or
influenced by the party which has waged war
on his constituents, and whose party success
was held paramount to what be conceived to
be the interest of Virginia and the welfare of
the whole country. The Readjusters of Virginia
had no feeling of hostility, no words of un
kindness for the colored race. He had faith,
and it was his earnest hope that tho march of
enlightened civilization aud human progiess
would proceed until God's great family should
everywhere enjoy the blessings of civil, religi
ous and political liberty. The colored man
had been loyal to Virginia in all the days of
conflict and bloodshed, which had come of the
heroic struggle in the war of
sections. By no act of his was
either the clash of arms or his freedom
invoked. Hehad not measured his duties by
considerations of self-interest. Not so much
could be said of the distinguished statesmen
who urged the South to resi6t the Readjusted
in behalf of principles held to be fundamental.
Virginia hadn't forgotten her abandonment
from that quarter, and needed no counsel as
to her duty to him and the people of Virginia.
The South, as the phrase went, was a mere
geographical expression, and no longer epi,
tomize^a dream of empire. I don't question
he saiu in conclusion, the grandeur of that
hope and aspiration, but it was quenched in
blood, and the South of our day tjas acquiesed
in the decision of war. The Democratic party
affirms that decision in its national plat
forms and in the declaration of its chairman.
I am here to assert Virginia, mother of the
Union, renews her old time faith and devotion
to the government her honored sons aided to
construct, and in furtherance thereof,
I propose to give my best abili
ties, and to exert my every energy.
I (Applause and hisses in the galleries) Mahonc
j was warmly congratulated by Conkling,Dawes
: and Other Republicans.
Senator Harris, (solemnly)— l now move the
' Sc-uate proceed to the consideration of execu
tive business (laughter). Lost, yeas 25, nays 27.
A number of dilatory matters were voted
Daily
SAIN'L^AiJL, TUESDAY MORNING, MAKOH 29, 1881.
down whca.senatbr Dawes, stating he trusted
his friwrflVon the other side would come here
to-morrow prepared to finish this business
and go on with the exeoutlve business, moved
to adjourn . Agreed to .
3lalu>ne's Failure.
Washington, March 28.— Mahone's speech
was the feature of the day, but nothing like
as sensational as his first. The Senate was
crowded, all expecting a sharp war of words,
but the Democrats did not interrupt it, appar
ently being agreed among themselves to let him
alone. About 2:80 this afternoon Mahone
thoroghly warmed up and frequently left his
manuscript. He defended Riddlebarzer and
said he was made of stronger stuff than the
Democrats think. Mahone attacked Senator
Johnston pretty severely, saying Johnston
was elected to the Senate because he had no
record, and could again be elected on the
same ground, as ne had done noth
ing. Towards 8 o'clock the attention
at first paid to Mahone became distracted
and conversation on the floor and In the gal
leries caused confusion. Mahone's speech has
apparently had the effect of strengthening the
determination of the Democrats in the nght.
They consider it an assault on the entire
Demociacy, and especially on the South, and
say they will never yield and allow an election
of Mahone's friend, Riddlebarger. The feel-
Ing has grown so bitter now, that even if
Riddlebarger should be withdrawn, it is doubt
ful if theßemocratee would cease filibuster-
Ing. Voorhees, Brown and other Democratic
Senators attacked by Mahone will make a re
ply. Voorhees has been collecting Mahone's
past history, and will make, It is said, a severe
speech. The Republicans still declare their
determination to fight the thing out if it takes
all suminsr.
ConliUng Will Fight.
New York, March 28.— The Times has a
long special from Albany about the recent
federal nominations for this State, and says
Senator Conkhng will certainly oppose with
all his power the confirmation of Judge Rob
ertson to be collector of the port of New
York. It appears to be, says the dispatch,
that the whole programme was the work of
the magnetic secretory of state. He, it is un
derstood, handed to the President the names
of five persons, which were sent to the Benate
Tuesday of last week. He foresaw the storm
which would be raised by the announcement of
these nominations, and he had trimmed
his sails to take advantage
of the gale. The nominations were received
by the Senate] on Thursday morning. During
the afternoon and evening that day Secretary
Blame and the President assert that many
telegrams poured In against the nomination.
Then it was that Blalne suggested to the
President the name of Judge Robertson, his
(Blame's) ardent adherent and advocate as
Eanacea tor evils which the admistratlon had
rought on itself by its action. The President
good naturedly assented to this view, with the
result now well known.
General Capital Xewt.
Washington, March 28.— The President
has renomlnated Wm. H. Craig, postmaster at
Albany, New York.
The supreme court of the United States
convened to-day. On account of the absence
of Justice Field, whose mother-in-law, Mrs.
Swearinger, died Saturday rileht,lhe court was
left without a ouorum and adjourned. The
funeral of Mrs. Swearinger takes place at the
residence of Justice Field this afternoon.
Gen. Adam Boaeaux positively declines the
position as charge d'affaires io, Denmark, and
the President will withdraw the nomination.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague occupied a seat in
the Senate gallery to-day.
Five cent nickel coins having been pre
sented for redemption In such quantity as to
Bhow the amount outstanding; redundant
coinage has b«en suspended.
Excess of imports of merchandise for twelve
months ended February, 1881, $226,458,012;
for twelve months ended February 29, 1880,
$212,306,044. Excess of imports, gold and
silver coin and bullion, twelve months ended
February 28, 1881, $72,602,365; for twelve
months ended February 29, 1580, 868,791,260.
Funeral of Col. Fred Hecker,
St. Louis, March 28.— The funeral of Col.
Fred Hecker took place at Summcrfleld, 111.,
this aftoenoon, and was much more than of
ordiaary note. Besides the crowds of people
from all the surrounding counties, numbering
over a thousand, there were present commit
tees and delegations from German, French,
Italian, Hungarian, Swiss and other societies
of this city, and delegations from the two
regiments Col. Hecker raised during the war,
a military company from Belleville, 111., and
parts of several singing societies, and a num
ber of Turners from St. Louis.
There were no religious services at the
burial, but speeches were made by F. W.
Fritzsche, member of German parliament,
Ex-Gov. Kerris, of Illinois, Casper Butts, of
Chicago, Emil Pretorius, Judge Rombanr and
Dr. Segival, St. Louis.
Colored Settlement iv New Mexico.
Washington, March 25.— A number of
gentlemen interested in the proposed New
Mexico colored colonization scheme, called on
President Garfleld to-day. Dr. Harvey, secre
tary of Howard university, stated the uni
versity was interested in a large tract
of land in New Mexico, and it was
proposed to have it examined with a view to
its sbttlement by colored emigrants from the
South. For this purpose it was deemed neces
sary to have a delegation visit the territory to
inspect the Jand, and the President was request
ed to aid them by furnishing a small escort of
soldiers to insure the safety of the exploring
party. Compliance with the request was not
objected to by the President provided army
rules would allow it.
The Railroad Bonds and the Cou rts.
To the Editor of the Globe.
It is understood that the Judges of the su
j premc court have unanlmousyl declined to act
in relation to the questions required to be sub
mitted to them under the law for the adjust
ment of the railroad bonds. Section Bof this
aw reads: "In case of the disqualification of
such judges, [of supreme court] or for any
reason specially applicable to said
court or the judges thereof, the governor may
and shall make up such tribunal by
appointment in the place of any judge
I so disqualified or declining to 6erve, one of the
{ district Judges of this State." Now it is not
! understood that the supreme Judge 9 discline
i to act " for any reason specially applicable to
j said court or the judges thereof, " but simply
: because they do not think it is their business,
or the business of any of the judiciary depart
; ment of the state to assume functions constl
j tutionally pertianing to the legislative depart
; ment. That in the fir6t instance it is the duty
; of the legislature to determine whether it has
constitutional power to enact a particular law,
and it cannot delegate this duty to any tribunal.
Under these circumstances the contingency
on which the governor is authorised under the
: law to supply five district judges in the place
, of the five supreme judges has not transpired—
' at least this is what the rather jubilant op-
I ponentsof the law insist upon, and it must be
' confessed it looks that war. Besides, is it
i likely that the district judges will taka a
responsibility declined by the supreme court
judges?
If is a notable fact that since the able dis
; ouseion of this subject in the legislature, the
1 people of the Btaie, and especially of this city,
cave taken a lively interest in getting at the
true inwardness of the law under which the
bonds were issued,andthe question of the bona
fides of the holders of the bonds, and if the
legislature has made a blunder when there
: was a majority in favor of a law that would
hold water, the seriousness of this blunder
nnnot be overestimated.
Acquitted of Hereay.
When Dri; Loomis and Murray first avowed
their faith in the Holman absorption principle
and endorsed Holman's Ague and Liver Pad,
they were charged in certain quarters with
rank heresy. But as time passed, the facts
vindicated them, and a majority of the leading
physicians now use Holman's Pad, with un
bounded success.
OYEE THE OCEAN.
Continuation of Peaceful - Relations Be
tween Germany and Russia Predicted by
the German Prince Imperial — Socialists
Expelled from Berlin— The Swiss Gov
ernment on the Alert fur Russian Refu-
General Old World News.
GREAT BRITAIN.
.. A P2NIAN SCHEME.
London, March Information in the
hands of the police strongly tends to confirm
the complicity ■ of three American Irishmen,
Mooney, O'Donnell and Col em an, In the recent
attempt to blow up the Mansion house. Al
though the extradition treaties do not cover
the matter, detectives who have been sent to
the continent to seek Mooney and O'Donnell
will rely upon the good offices of the authori
ties there not to place legal difficulties in the
way of their arrest. g : . V." *
REBELLION IN AFGHANISTAN.
London, March 28.— A dispatch from
Candahar says a formidable rebellion prevails
in Herat. Ayoob Khan is perhaps already
exiled or a prisoner. Mobamed Hassan Khan,
governor of ' Kushki, Induced three Herat
regiments stationed at Kushkl to mutiny and
join him and the Aimak tribes in an attack on
Herat. It may be safely Inferred that the
murder of Mohamed Jon, who commanded
these three regiments, was the first act of the
rebellion. instead of the result of a private
quarrel. - At last accounts the rebellion was
so formidable that Ayoob Khan was virtually
besieged In Citade. This gives a favorable
opportunity to Abdurabaman Khan to reunite
Afghanistan under the supremacy of Cabul.
Five thousand of his troops are now en the
road here and should be in full possession of
Candahar province by the 16th of April. An
Immediate advance on Herat, if Ayoob Khan
Is not expelled or killed before then, could in
the existing state of affrirs scarcely fail to be
successful. : ,
RUSSIA.
POPULA* REPRESENTATION.
St. Petersburg, March There are con
tinued rumors of Gen. MelikofFs resigna
tion.
It is believed the emperor has ordered an
ukase to be prepared convoking commissions
to discuss the question of the representation
of the people on state questions.
GERMANY.
BISMARCK LAYS DOWN THE LAW FOR THE
LAWMAKERS.
Berlin, March 28.— 1n the Reichstag to
day, Bismarck, replying to a criticism by
Losker, defended the government bills relative
to taxation, and said he | assumed _ the entlr*
responsibility for the memorandum presented
the house, together with the bills. It embod
ied a programme which Is approved by the
federal governments, and which will be crossed
out, if not with the assistance of the present
reichstae, then with that of the next or the
next. Bismarck declared his determination to
oppose any modification of the tariff, and in
crease revenue whenever feasible, by taking
advantage of future duties. He considered it
his right and duty to defend the programme,
and to make every effort to carry It out.
LAND LEAGUE MEETING.
Dublin, March 28.— A monster land meet
ing.was held at Thlrba, Tlpperary county, to
day. Dillon addressed the meeting. He
vindicated his attack on Judge Fitzgerald,
and counseled Irish tenants not to pay
unjust rent except at the point of the bayonet.
: • ~ MORE ASSASSINATION THREATENED. •'.-'
Berlin, March 28.— Crown Princess Vic
toria has received an anonymous letter declar
ing that Prince Frederick will be murdered
during the ceremonies at St. Petersburg. The
letter Dears a Berlin postmark.
SOCIALISTS EXPELLED.
Berlin, March 28.— The police authorities
received Saturday orders for the expulsion un
der the socialist law of eighteen persons
Including six imprisoned for four months,
charged with high treason, but which were
liberated Tuesday in consequence of their ap
plying to the imperial court Justice.
GENERAL FOREIGN.
Athens, March 28.— 0n the 6th of April,
the anniversary of Greek Independence, a
grand review will be held, when the king will
present colors to the regiments composing
the garrison of Athens and Selected detach
ments from other regiments. The meaning
of this act and reasons for the choice of this
occasion are obvious. The ceremony will be
followed by orders for the departure of the
various corps for their alloted stations on the
frontier. .
Constantinople, March 28.— Great ac
tivity prevailed in the preparation for the de
fense of Volo. The work of placing torpedoes
has been commenced by thetroops occupying
Trikeri on the Turkish side of the entrance to
the Gulf of Volo, and earthworks are l>eing
constructed there.
Rome, March 28.— A lady obtained a private
audience with the pope and warned him that
the day and hour were fixed for the murder of
himself and Cardinal Peccl.
Berlin, March 28.— The Prussian govern
ment is considering the question of adopting
the Scruten De Llste system of voting at elec
tions for members of the diet.
PEACEFUL PROMISE.
Cologne, March 28.— A dispatch from St.
Petersburg reports that the German prince
imperial, receiving a deputation of German
inhabitants of Moscow, said: I have always
maintained the closest Intercourse with the
present czar, and you can assure your country
men in Moscow that the old friendly relations,
which have passed into tradition between the
two countries, will continue, and the present
friendship will be as lasting as that of former
generations. This friendship is not only im
portant for Russia and Germany but for the
whole of Europe.
RUSSIAN REFUGEES.
Geneva, March 28.— The government has
directed the police to strictly inquire into
the movements of Russian refugees here im
medlatelv before the czar's assassination, and
6end to Berne the originals of any telegrams
refngees have scut or received about that
time.
A SCERENDER.
New Castle, March 28.— A messenger from
Potchefstroom reports that that place enr
rendered the day peace was signed, after
hard fighting, in which eighteen British sol
diers were killed and ninety wounded. The
Boers captured 3,000 pound ammunition and
two guns.
THE BEL LE VIE W.
Grand Opening: To-Night— Great Union
Band and Vocal Concert .
"The Belleviaw," No. 1 West Third street,
Bridge square, will present a brilliant Bcene
this evening, the occasion being the grand
opening of "The- Belleviaw" under the admin
istration of Messrs Caldwell & Dowe. Two
more popular caterers don't exist In the State.
The Great Union band will give a grand con
cert, singing by a trio of select vocalists, and
a luxurious feast served in hospitable abun
dance. Feasting, song and music, and con
gratulation?, will be the order of the evening.
"The Belleview" will be the popular resort of
the lovers of good things generally. Only the
choicest of everything in their line wiil be
kept, and the past record of the new proprie
tors is a sufficient guarantee that no efforts
will be spared to make "The Belleview" the
gentled :n'a club room, and the most popular
resort in the city of St. Paul.
- Hamburg Edgings,- .
Rich in design, colored and white, now being
opened at" :r . Lindeke, A Co*.
(BIDbE.
SARGENT'S SUCCESSOR
Be Is Said to Have Been Found at Kansas
City, Mo.
St. Loots, March 28.— The Bcputlican's
Kansas City special says it is stated that Col.
L. F. Oakes, formerly of the Kansas Pacific
railroad, will be appointed general manager of
the Northern Pacific road, vice H. E. Sargent,
resigned. ...
THE GLOBE HOROSCOPE.
As it Caata it* Light on the Chicago
Markets.
[Special Telegram to the Globe.]
Chicago, March 28.— Cables nnchanged.
Our wheat marktt opening steady, sold off at
t1.04 for May under a strong local bear pres
sure, but reacting sharply under an improved
demand, cloeing strong at $1.05 bid. The
weather this afternoon colder with light snow.
Would buy wheat on any of the breaks*. Corn
and oats ranged easier, but closed steady, with
the decline regained. Provisions quiet and
easier under more liberal offerings, closing
steady at 815.60 for May pork, and $10.55 for
May lard.
AN AGED WOMAN.
Death of the First Female Child Born in
the City of Louisville, Kr.
LOCTBVILLB, March 28.— "Aunt 3ethy
Givens," probably the oldest woman in Louis
ville, and certainly the first girl child born la
the city, died at her home at 10 o'clock to
night. She was born In 1778 at old Fort
Alborgrass in Jefferson county,
Kentucky, and has been a resident
of this place all her life. She remembered the
time when Louisville was a very small town
and used to tell some very. interesting stories
of its growth and progress. One of the most
astonishing things about her was that she was
never outside of Louisville but once or twice in
her life, and had never been on a railroad train.
She had, up to the time of her last illness, a
remarkably clear memory, and was acquainted
with all the distinguished men of Kentucky,
among whom Henry Clay was one
of her favorites. She was well
informed on all political matters that trans
pired fifty or sixty years ago and used to take
great pleasure In telling her friends how mat
tors were conducted then, and con
trasting them with affairs of to-day.
Mrs. Givens had a holy horror of
theaters and used to boast of the fact
she never was in one in her life. She was a
lifelong member of the Methodist church, and
up to a few years ago rarely a Sunday paised
that her face was not seen among the worship
ers. Her health was remarkably good and
she was wont to say that she was
never sick a day in her life.
She could thread a needle with
out the aid of glasses and her hearing was also
very goed. Last summer she had a severe
fall on a 6tairway at homo and this hastened
her death. She was able to be up and around
the honse,Jnowever, nntil abont a month ago,
when she was taken ill and has been gradually
sinking ever since.
Spring: Floods.
Cocncil Bluffs, Maroh 28.— Owing to
6erious washouts on the Union Paciflo at Fre
mont, Neb., and elsewhera, that road is
placed in a serious predicament, tbe^ttd of
which cannot be foreseen. No Union Paclfie
train has arrived here f.om San Francisco
6ince Saturday, and but two b«en started from
here since that time. The Ice in the Missouri
broke up at this point yeeternay, and for a
time threatened the destruction of the great
bridge between Oouncil Bluffs and Omaha, the
structure being shaken like a leaf. Floods
in the West promise to be still more serious
than ever now. with great loss to railroads
and Individuals.
Omaha, March 28.— The water along the
submerged district on the Unioa Pacific is sub
siding and a large force is at work repairing
the washouts. There are 1,000 west bound
passengers here waiting the opening of the
road. About 200 marched to the depot to-day
and demanded that their money be refunded,
or that they be boarded at the expense of the
company, as they were out of funds. The
company agreed to feed them.
The Stone Cornices.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Last year the city council operated a
much needed reform in ordering down
the unsightlj- signs which disfigured all
our prominent business streets and were
a permanent menace to all passers by.
The stone cornices are considered by
many as a worse and more dangerous
nuisance. The city council could abolish
it, but it took several years to abolish the
former; how long would it take to get rid
of this one?
I suppose the late occurrences in the
vicinity of Bridge Square render it useless
to urge au immediate removal of those
most aangerous projections. I propose
herewith an infallible means of attaining
that end very speedily: Let the St. Paul
f>apers show their independence and pub
ic spirits by publishing the foiling warn
ing, with a few energetic words of com
ment, and it will be funny to observe how
quickly the property owners aforesaid
will receive a call, and have some effective
talk dropped into their ears. Let us try it.
One Who Looks Up.
St. Paul, March 28, 1881.
Warning— Until the city council, or better
the property owners concerned, remove the
dangerous stone cornices on Third street
buildings, or elsewhere, the public is earnestly
requested to avoid, if any way possible.passing
near such buildings. Cause: fctones falling or
ready to fall.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
The Missouri legislatuie adjourned sine die
yesterday.
The Jesse W. Starr iron works at Camden,
N. J., have failed.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beechcr was reported as
greatly improved yesterday.
A cotton manufacturing company has been
organized at Charleston, 3. C, with $400,000
capital.
Jsmm Walsh, of Brooklyn, N. V., who
killed his sweetheart, is sentenced to be hung
May 20th.
Maryland and Delaware p«ach and apple
orchards are roported seriously damaged by
the winter.
The funeral of Col. E. A. Roberts took place
at Titusville, Pa., yesterday. It was the largest
funeral ever known iv that region.
Mrs. L Virginia France, the well known
authoress and poet, is lying at the point of
death at her home at McMinniville, Ky.
The City of Richmond, at New York, yes
terday, from England, brought §502,000 in
specie, and the Arizona brought $500,000 in
gold.
Every seat has been sold iv the Cindnnat
Music hall for the entertainment April 6th, in
honor of the Fourteenth annaal reunion of the
Army of the Tennessee.
A furious snow storm was. reported at La
fayette and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Bix inches
deep at Lafayette and four inches at Fort
Wayne at 1 o'clock and still snowing.
Thirty of the mint operators at Carson have
suspended work for lack of silver. The mint
will only pay eleven find one half cents for ore,
while it 1b twelve and one half cents at San
Francisco.
Hamburg Embroideries.
A fine assortment, in great variety, just re
ceived at Lxxdbke, Ladd A Cos.
Still Hold* Oat.
lowa Citt, Match 28.— Miss Duel finished
the thirty-third day of her fast to-night and
remains in the same condition. Sac will lost
gome time yet.
OEIMES AND CASUALTIES
Revolting Scandal In Connection With the
Louisville Hospital— Extensive Forest
Fires In the East— Suicide of a Leading
Kentucky Lawyer— -Damage to Kail
roads and Other Property by Sprint
Floods in the Southwest.
FOREST riEES.
Niw YoßK,March 28.— Extensive forest flr«t
are reported along the line of the Lthtgh A
Susquehanna railway to Peoria And between
Attleboroand Mansfield, Massachusetts.
CBISHNALLY ANSWERABLE.
Rochistib, N. V., March 28.— The coro
ner's verdict, in the case of Joe Schell, killed
by explosion of the boiler in the Hydraulic
company's building, is, that the company is
grossly and criminally negligent in employing
an incompetent man to run a defective boiler,
and, jhould be held answerable for the . lots of
CHAfiGSD WITS FORGERY. g
Wheeling, Weat Virginia .March 25.— John
H. Seevlly, who was charged with various for
geries, and who left the city last Friday week
to escape, was apprehended in this city to-day,
having returned a few days ago. He was
taken before Justice Caldwell, and waived a
hearing, and committed to jail in default of
$3,000 ball.
A rATAL CROSSING.
Chicago, March 2a.— About 7:80 o'clock
this morning, as the incoming Dcs Plalnes
passenger train of the Northwestern railroad
was passing the Division street crossing, it
collided with a team of horses which was be
ing driven across the track, killing both
horses and the driver.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
Yocngstown, 0., March 28.— The man
head of the boiler at Brown, Bonnell & Co.'s
mill blew oat at 980 this morning. Three
men, Dan Belli?, Ed. Clark and Patrick Cm
roy, were seriously scalded and mangled, and
two of them will probably die. There were
many miraculous escapes, and many men were
slightly Injured.
LEARNED A LESSON.
Cleveland, March 28.— bully from
Hayesville, Ohio, went to Londonvllle Satur
day, and among other reprehensible acts in
sulted the editors of the two papers published
there Finally the town marshal arrested him,
but half a dozen citizens took him away aad
after a liberal castigation put a rope around
the bully's neck, led him beyond the town
line and made him swear never to show his .
face again in Londonvillo. .. ■ >
THE lEWANBAKA DISASTER.
New York, March 28.— The trial of Steam,
boat Inspectors Jayne and Matthews begun to
day. The district j attorney, in opening the
case, made a vigorous address to the jury re
viewing all the circumstances attending the
burning of the Sewanhaka, by which fifty
persons lost their . lives. The indictment,
charging the defendants with manslaughter,
contained nine counts, declaring the disaster
caused by defects in her boilers, and the de
fendants, who had given false certificates of
inspection, were responsible in the matter.
. BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS.
Louisville, Ky., March 28.— Burgcn special
to the Courier-Journal- John P. Daviess, a
prominent citizen of Harodsburg, a practicing
lawyer of the same district, committed suicide
this forenoon by placing a pistol against his
forehead and blowing out , his brains. It is
supposed that he was suffering from temporary
insanity caused either by pecuniary affairs
not going satisfactory, or by ill health. . He
walked out to the stable of the premises after
breakfast and with an accurately aimed bullet
sent his soul into eternity. " He was a son of
Major W, J. Daviess, nephew of the late
United States Senate r John B. Thompson, a
citizen who stood high in the community.
OVERDUE.
San Francisco, March 28.— The steamer
City of New York from Australia is now over
due five days according to the schedule, or
seven days as compared with the average run
ning time. Some anxiety is felt by those
having friends on board, but among the better
informed parties the belief is, that she has
either been detained at Honolulu, or that the
engines have broken down, and that she is
coming along under sail. A sailing vessel is
due in a few days from Honolulu, which will
solve the question as far as that port is con
cerned.
ATTACHED.
New York, March 28.— Tribune: The su
preme court has granted an attachment against
the firm of Starkweather & Co., dealers in
metals, Milwaukee, on the application of O. W«
Mavis, broker, for the firm of Robert Droops
& Co., for tin plates sold in N ovember, to the
amount of $18,127. The sheriff, yesterday,
could not find any property to attach. The
firm was well known in New York, the junior
partner, F. W. Starkweather, having been in
the wholesale liquor business here for many
years.
HOSPITAL SCANDAL.
Locisville, March 28.— The hospital scan
dal, which has been attracting a great deal o
attention for a week past, has reached a point
where the merits of the case are plain to be
seen. Dr. Jenkins, city physician, is charged
with exacting fees from persons admitted to
the hospital, also of maintaining improper
relations with female patients.and with drunk
enness. Dr. Burke, steward, is charged with
scandalous relations with the matron of the
hospital, and gross negligence of duty, by
which patients nave been deprived of medicine
prescribed by the physician. Dr. Egebert has
married the cook at the hospital in haste.asking
the officiating minister to date the certificate
back ten days. The cook, matron, and one or
two patients claim to have been the objects of
special attention from Dr. Jenkins. All through
it is the most disgraceful affair imaginable.
CONFIDENCE OPERATOR. .
Rochester, N. Y. March 28 —A man who
gave the name of H. Langdon was taken before
the United States commissioner this afternoon
on the charge of having used the mails for
fraudulent purposes. According to his own
admissions he has been send
ing circulars as a real - estate
broker and compiler of a real , estate
directory, asking a remittance of one dollar in
each case for the directory, when in fact he
had no such work, had not compiled any data
for it, and had expected and intended to get
the money without rendering an equivalent.
Being forced to divulge his printer's nam»,
he let the officials into the still more
important swindling scheme, which, through
bogus stock reports, he had commenced to
dupe a large patronage. -- His principal opera
tions werejat first in Ohio. Langdon exam
ination resulted in an order to go before the
next United States grand jury. His real name
is not divulged on account of highly respect
able connections. J_^_
Silks and Satins.
Superb line of the above goods Just lecelved
, ' Lindeke, Ladd A Co'?.
Prang's Easter Cards.
A magnificent assortment at Sherwood
Hough's, corner Wabashaw and Third streets
Buy Tour Groceries at Tlmme's.
H. A. Timme, Seven Corners' Grocery, is
closing out hi 3 stock, cheap. He Is going out
of the business. Now's the time to stock up.
Dr. J. M. Reid, secretary of Hhe Methodist
Missionary society, will sail the last of April
for Europe. He will visit add inspect the
Methodist missions in Italy, Germany and
Scandinavia, and will attend the ecumenical
Methodist conference in London in September.
NO. 88
RAILWAY RUMBLE.
HEARD ABOUT THE STREETS OF ST.
' PAUL YESTERDAY.
The Snow Bound Rails— The Manitoba
Company First to Resume Construction
— The Big Farms on the Breeklnridge
Extension— Reduction of Local and Em
igrant Rates by the Omaha Line Com
pany•••lncrease of Freights on the North
Wisconsin— A Passenger Train to be at
Last Supplied for That Road— Stickney'e
Laugh.
The Brown's Valley branch of the St. P., M.
A M. railway is still closed between Graoevllle
and Brown's Valley.
The C, M. & St. P. agencies are now receiv
ing freight for Montevideo, on the H. & D
division.
The S. M. division is still closed west of
Fairmont. The blockade on the I. AD, dlvis
on has not been raised.
Yesterday afternoon there remained five
miles of track to be cleared on the Sioux City
division of the Omaha line, this side of Worth
ington, and it was thought It wonldbe cleared
away in time to allow the passenger train
which leaves St. Paul this afternoon to go
through to Worthlngton. Beyond Worthing
ton there are several snow covered seotlo ns,
at each of which strong crews of
sbovelers are working and making such
progress that it was lasfnight hoped the after
noon train of Wednesday may be sent through
to Sioux City.
One wrong figure In the Globe of yesterday
added eight hundred to the number of colon.
lsts taken west by the Northern Pacific Satur
day. The number intended to be stated was
one hundred and ninety-five.
The St. Paul A Manitoba company is first
of northern companies to resume construction
operations this spring, track-laying having
been begun on its Fargo aud Grand Forks
branch a week ag* yesterday. During the
week about fifteen miles of track was laid from
Fargo north, leaving six or seven miles to be
laid this week to complete the connection at
Hillsboro with the track laid from Fargo south
last season. As soon as the snow is off the
grass, graders will be put at work on the ex
tension north of Grand Forks towards Pwn
blna.
A temporary depot for the St. P. A M. rail
way is being built at Fargo.
The many friends of Mr. A. O. Echelsoa are
pleased to learn that he is to have an Important
work for the Northern Pacific this season— in
charge of a leveling party on the Cascade range
of Washington Territory.
The 8t P. drM. comDany sent out yesterday
a party of thirty men from Erie, Pa., with ten
or eleven car loads of stock and a general
farming outfit, going to Williams station on
the Breckinridge extension, to open and oper
ate the large farm near there owned by Capt-
Leech, of Erie. Another Erie party of about a
dozen persona went out last evening en the
Northern Pacific, for Farsro, to open another
large farm about twelve miles sontbweet from
Fargo.
The Breckinridge extension, one of the Dakota
branches of the St. P. «fc M. railway, has
not been Interrupted by enow during the wln
tor, but has been operated according to the
needs of local traffic, by oniy two or three
trains weekly. This month there has been a
notable increase of the traffic, especially at
Durbln, the temporary end of the truck, and
atDwight Station. The latter is quite a
flourishing place and likely to advance con
siderably this season from being the center of
operations of the Dwight farming company,
which owns about 50,000 acres of land In
RicblanJand Traile counties, mostry near
Dwight, and which is taking a large number
of settlers into the county. This company is
composed of Hon. J. W. Dwight, M. C, of
Dryden, Hon. T. C Platt, United Btates Bena»
tor, of Owego, and several other wealthy
New York gentlemen of prominence in politi
cal and business affairs. Financially and in
the personal influence of its members, this
company is probably the strongest of any
which has invested largely in Dakota lands.
Beginning April Ist, the Chicago, St. Paul
& Omaha Line company will reduce local rates
on its North Wisconsin and Nebraska divisions
from five to four cents per mile, giving it a
uniform four cent rate on all its roads. As
6oon as the tickets are received from the
printer, say about April 15th, the company will
further place round fare tickets on sale at all
stations, to and from every station on any of
Its roads, at rates considerably under the
single trip rate?. It has also made a con
siderable rednction on second class or cml
grant tickets, to and from Chicago and Ooun
ci[ Bluffs.
Freighting business on the North Wisconsin
railway has increased so as to require two
freight trains dally and a third talked of
as needed to meet the increasing requirements
of the lumber trade- This improvement in
traffic has forced the management to arrange
for putting on at an early day, what the pa
trons of the road have long asked for and de
served—a passenger train, run at hours and in
time to accommodate the people who have to
travel over the road. Heretofore the pas
senger business of the road has been done by
a train, sometimes ironically called an accom
modation train— which ran between stations
at moderate freight speed, stopped at every
station to load and unload way freight aud
for the engine to do the switching of the sta
tion; and which was never on time at either
terminus. As a consequence people have trav
eled by it as little as possible. The promised
new departure will increase the intercourse be
tween St. Paul and the farmers, lumbermen
and merchants of that part of Wisconsin de
pendent upon this road.
"These Blank -Blank Sytulioate Filler:"
[Winnipeg Times.]
Mr. Stickney, ; of the "Syndicate," on a re
cent trip to Winnipeg, went Into the baggage
car to enjoy a quiet smoke. There was in the
van an easy chair, in which was reclining the
baggage man. Mr. Btickney preempted the
softest trunk he could find, but as, a few min
utes later, the baggage man rose and went to
another part of the car to attend to his duties,
he very sensibly took possession of the vacated
chair. After a while the baggage man re
turned, and Mr. Stickney at once arose and
apologizing asked him to rosume hit chair.
The baggage man, < equally polite-,
suggested to •' - his ' visitor, - whose
identl y he did not | recognize, to keep the
chair, but the latter considerately declining,
the former still so persistently urged him to
do so that Mr. Stlckney at last rather unwil
lingly acceded, and as he sank back in '■■ Its
comfortable folds he murmered, "You. are
very kind— very kind, Indeed." "Not at all,"
was the ready response, "not at all. - You see
there's so many of these blank-blanked syndi
cate fellars around now-a.days, that we nave
to be polite to everybody." The baggageman
still wonders why his visitor should have
smiled so audibly. He couldn't see anything
particularly funny in his remark.
Wall .^Strtet Speculating on a D*«da>oo&
Railroad.
'. ' [New. York World, March 25.] -
"The new thing to-day," said a broker, 'is
the Central City, Deadwood and Eastern rail
road. It Is to be built in the Swart 'of the
Black Hills, and will wait for the Eastern road*
to come west and connect with It. It is a local
road, running from the Dakota gold, fields to
Deadwood and away to the coal nelds. There
are 1.400 stamps along the line. The road has
a yearly business of 30,000 tons of freight
at $5 per ton waiting at the foot •of
the 'T' bills to be- taken •;• to the . raining
camps, and their it can carry all the freight it
wants back to the 1 Spearfish. > waters, where
9 000 cubic feet of water per minute with a
fall of 275 feet in four miles L gives power
enough for 8,000 stamps. Like the Eureka
and the Palisade road, this new one can pay
for itself every year. - It has been the : fashion
able thing to get in on this : stock, and with
such a blooming prospect there is no difficulty
in selling it all. >^^ ;. ; : ■- :>> '. . .'