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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD.
VOLUME 22:
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17^ 1895,-SfXTEEN PAGES.
NUMBER. 8.
LONDON CABLE LETTER
The Powers Are Closely Watch
ing Each Other.
THESPECTATOR’S ASSERTION
Russia and England May Settle the Eastern
and Northeastern Troubles.
THE TROUBLES OF THE IRISH PARTY
Mr. Brand, Owner of the Yacht Spruce IV,
Which Was Defeated by the Ethel
Wynn, Takes His Defeat Like a
True Sportsman.
London, Nov. 16.—(Special Cable Let
ter.)—No root or branch of the policy of
the powers towards Turkey has yet been
decided upon. Official opinion here con
curs with all reliable advices from the
European capitals that an agreement be
tween the powers as to how they shall
actively intervene in the event of the
sultan evading his promise to effect re
forms in the administration in Armenia,
or his proving defiant to the demands of
the powers, still remains to be obtained.
Even a revolution in Constantinople
with a general Moslem rising, would find
the concert incomplete. In the mean
time the main function of the fleets as
sembling off the coast of the Levant will
be to watch each other while the gov
ernments continue to try to arrange the
limits of their common action, if such
should be forced upon them. Sir Philip
Currie, the British ambassador t'* Tur
key, who has been in England fo. sev
eral days on leave of absence, passed a
few hours at the foreign office today
prior to starting on his return to Con
stantinople on Monday. It is impossible
to glean from official sources definite in-'
formation as to the proposals Initiated by
Austria a fortnight ago. These proposals
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stood that the most likely solution of the
question will be the administration of
Armenia by an international commission
with the occupation Ot the country by
Russian forces under an European mau
date. The reinforcement of the Austrian
troops in Iiosnia points to a projected ad
vance on Macedonia in the event of a ris
ing there. It is an absolute certainty
that should a naval force be required be
fore Constantinople the British squadron
will not be allowed to appear there alone.
The Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, first lord
of the treasury and government leader In
the house of commons, made five speeches
In Glascow on Thursday, but he contrived
in all of them to avoid making the slight
est reference as to the government’s pro
gramme at the coming session. Accord
ing to all precedent the cabinet must
already have agreed upon what bills
would be Introduced and given instruc
tions for the drafting of measures.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of
the exchequer, speaking at Bristol,
vaguely promised the earliest possible
consideration of measures for the relief
of the agricultural depression.
Some revelations of the gdvernment’s
policy are found in a statement made by
Sir Robert Peel in a speech delivered by
him at Tanworth, which constituency he
represented in parliament for thirty
years. He declared that he had learned
from exclusive and authorized sources
that the government Intended to consoli
date and take over all mortgages on land
by lending money to landlords at 3 per
cent, thus enabling them to save 2 per
cent, as most landlords have been obliged
to raise loans at 5 per cent. The scheme,
according to Sir Robert, has the support
of several of the ministers. The West
minster Gazette defines the measure as
a landlords' cabinet bill. Such a bill
would certainly be the salvation of many
land owners whose properties are heavily
mortgaged, but it would require the gov
ernment’s full majority of 150 to pull it
through the house of commons.
The Rt. Rev. Sir Mattehws White Rid
ley, the home secretary, promised a dep
utation of trade unionists, who visited
him a few days ago, that the govern
ment would Introduce an employer's lia
bility bill, giving workmen compensation
for every accident that befell them in the
course of their labors with the Tories
favorite nullifying clause enabling work
men to contract themselves out of every
right given under the bill.
These measures, with an Irish land
bill, now form the fixtures for the ses
sion. The ministers desire to postpone
for another year the denominational ed
ucation to the bill.
j ne iingnsn newspapers, even tne (jest
informed Journals of London, give no
idea of the crisis on the stock exchange
during the fortnightly settlement that
is Just over. The announcements made
by the press that only three brokers
had been declared defaulters caused a
chorus of misleading congratulations.
Those on the inside know how weak the
speculative position continues to be and
that nearly forty firms. Including some
of high reputation, had to appeal to their
creditors to allow them extra time, or ob
tain assistance to continue In business.
Of these firms, fourteen were Involved in
Barnado stock. They received support
from Barney Barnato, who did not flinch
in giving help right and left. Though a
crushing panic was averted, the difficul
ties are such as to make liquidations
now necessary. No material recovery is
expected before Christmas, and It will be
later than that if several of the firms
who paid short on the settlement do not
succeed in closing arrangements that
are now pending.
In an interview Mr. Brand, the owner
of the half-rater yacht Spruce IV, which
was defeated by the Ethel Wynn, stftd
that he received the fairest treatment
while he was in America. The racing
was properly conducted. The steamers
did not interfere in the least, except once
by adcident, when the owner of the in
terfering steamer apologized. His only
complaint referred to his protest, the re
fusal to support which lost him the cup.
The Ethel Wynn in the sixth race, he
says, certainly violated rule 34, by not
keeping clear.
The committee threw out his protest
because nobody on board the committee's
boat was able to see any violation of the
rule. The committee, he declares, ought
to have taken evidence on both sides
before deciding the matter.
The Ethel Wynn had Just crossed the
finishing llqe in the last race after the
boats had been running with their sheets
well eased, when the wind shifted dead
ahead and the Spruce was compelled to
windward against the tide to go to the
line. It was this that made his boat's
time look so bad, a fact that the Ameri
can press had not noticed. Altogether,
the Ethel Wynn as an all-around craft,
especially for American waters, proved
to be the better boat.
From information gathered this even
ing it is understood that Austria’s pro
posals for the settlement of the Turkish
question are the deposition of the sultan
and the appointment of a successor
pledged to reform the granting of some
measure of. local autonomy to Armenia
and the formation of an international
committee to supervise the changes.
This scheme, like every other plan in the
future of Turkey, bristles with difficul
ty and Implies protracted negotiations,
during which a conflagration may be
started in the Ottoman empire.
The Spectator uses an air of authority
today in asserting that Prime Minister
Salisbury has a distinct policy in inter
ference" for the contineneles, the time to
develop which is fast approaching, ft
says that a joint ultimatum will be pre
sented to the sultan transferring the In
ternal government to persons who are
trusted b ythe powers. If the sultan re
fuses to grant the demands made upon
him the combined squadrons of the pow
ers will advance upon Constantinople
and the beginning of the end will have ar
rived. The Spectator adds:
"It is feared that the powers may be
too late. Far from the danger to the
Christians being exaggerated, every ac
count of troubles reaching the ambassa
dors at Constantinople is worse than
those reaching the public. Though the
sultan is reported to be terrified, he shows
no sign of abandoning his position of de
fiance, and even should he do so he could
not be trusted. The moment he is satis
fied that the powers do not intend to have
any trifling with their demands he may
retreat to Broussa, the ancient capital of
his house, where the shells of the allied
squadron cannot reach him."
The article concludes with the state
ment that it seems probable that Russia
and Great Britain will come to an en
tente relative both to the far east and
the near east, but the course of action is
not yet clear. The Spectator may have
obtained its information from Inside
sources, but only its last remark can be
held to be certain.
Mr. Timothy HSaly's adherents boast
of his tact in declining to take his ex
pulsion from the parliamentary commit
tee of the Irish party as a severance from
the party and upon his Insisting on his
right to remain in the ranks of the antt
Farneilttes. Mr. Healy is at the same
time free to take an Independent lead,
relying upon his power as a parliamenta
ry debater and his skill as a tactician to
CQmpell the antl-Parneilltes to follow
him.
Having thus obtained a free hand ne
can reassert himself against the recog
nized leaders of the party In the house
of commons while still claiming to belong
to the party. It Is an astute policy, and
Is far more dangerous to the leadership
of Messrs. McCarthy and Dillon than If
Mr. Healy formed a faction of his own.
Mr. DtHon, recognizing the danger, last
night told a meeting in Dublin that
should Mr. Healy go on the same lines
that he has followed hitherto the men
who expelled him from the committee
would expel him from the party. Mr.
Dillon must have known that this was
Impossible. The anti-Parnellite leaders
are Impotent to prevent Mr. Healy from
figuring in parliament as an anti-Parnell
ite. They may repudiate him, but their
power of expulsion has been carried as
far as it can be.
The fuss over the expedition that Is to
go to Ashantee to compel the king of that
country to comply with the demands of
the British ultimatum recently sent to
him is not justified by any prospect of a
genuine war. The war office officials call
the affair police'coercion, not war. Five
hundred white troops, armed with Mar
tini-Henry chrbines, and a contingent
of Houssas and West Indian troops, with
no maxim or other guns, save their ri
fles, will march to Commasie, the capi
tal of Ashantee, where the king Is ready
to submit. A British president will be
established in the capital, with a suitable
guard. No fighting is expected, as the
power of the king is a mere shadow'.
King Coffee, whose power was destroyed
by the expedition led by the then Sir Gar
net Wolsely, who is now commander-in
chief of the British army, will cost £900,
000 to the British exchequer, against
which an indemnity of 50,000 ounces of
gold was extorted. Few of the newspa
pers will send special correspondents
with the expedition, the war office ad
vising that correspondents will receive
no assistance. The correspondents will
have to provide for their own affairs and
will have to furnish their own food and
ammunition. Each correspondent will
require fifteen bearers to carry his sup
plies.
PUGH HELD THE FORT.
Morgan Misses His Train, But the Junior Sena
tor Is on Hand and Speaks to a Crowd
ed House.
Demopolls, Nov. 16.—(Special.)—On ac
count of missing his train at Livingston
Senator Morgan did not fill his appoint
ment at this place today, but despite this
disappointment the opera house was
•packed to hear Senator Pugh, Who held
them Intensely interested for more than
two hours. The general impressidn here
Is that his speech will go a long way
toward healing up party differences.
Crowds are here from all parts of the
county, and an air of general satisfaction
prevails among them.
Spanish Defeats.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 16.—A cable
gram to the Times-Union from Key
West, Fla., says:
The steamer Olivette tonight was
packed to her utmost with Cuban pas
sengers, many of whom stopped over in
this city. Some of the passengers re
port that Gomez and Maceo have passed
from Camaguey to Las Villas district,
crossed La.Trocha, as they term it.
The insurgent Matagas with 500 men
had an engagement with the Spanish
troops near Cienga Zapalos, province
of Matanzas. The Spanish colonel was
wounded and captured and sixty of bis
men killed. The insurgents lost twenty
five killed and wounded.
The insurgents have fired the towns of
Savanilla and Pajuara. It is reported
that the filibustering expedition that left
here Monday has landed in Las Villas
district.
Cuban War News.
Madrid, Nov. 16.—The Spanish cruiser
Knsenada and several gunboats have left
Canary Islands for Cuba.
A dispatch from Havana to the Corre
spondence says the insurgent band from
Remedrlos is cs-operating with the in
surgent leader Maximo Gomez in putting
a stop to outrages by negroes and mulat
toea under the rebel leader Guerra. The
dispatch also says General Valkes has
fought an artillery battle between Saatcti
Splrltus and Santa Clara with a band
commanded 'by the leader, Zatas. The re
sult of the fight Is not yet known. Gen
erals Olivier and Garrlch have had
skirmishes with Maceo, but the position
of the two armies Is unchanged.
An Old Conductor Gone.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16.—W. D. Ken
nedy, the South Carolina and Georgia
road conductor. In point of service the
oldest railway conductor In 'America,
died here today. Mr. Kennedy has been
a conductor in active service for forty
years without intermission.
A MOST FRIGHTFUL PLUNGE
u" —r—
Thirteen People Meet a Horrible
Death.
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THREE MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
An Electric Street Car Ran Into an Open
Draw
AND FEU INTO THE CUYAHOGA RIVER
The Motorman, Who Was to Blame,
Leaped From the Cor and Fled-The
Conductor was Partly to
. Blame.
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Cleveland, 16—A frightful ac
cident, by ,whieh thirteen people lost
their lives, occurred- this evening. Owing
to the criminal' and still unexplainable
carelessness of a street car conductor a
car well lill&il with .people took an awful
plunge of 120 feet from the draw of the
central viaduct Into the dark waters of
Cuyahoga river. The accident occurred
at 7:35 o’cldfilt- The central viaduct is a
long stone and iron structure which
crosses the Valley railroad and the Cuy
ahoga river and connects Jennings ave
nue on the south side with Central ave
nue on the east. The bridge Is 120 feet
above the river;
The draw was open for a tug drawing
a schooner, which was about to pass be
neath the bridge. As usual, the gates
were closed on both sides of the draw
and the dftngei lights were displayed to
guard ajyainst an accident. An electric
car was seen coming along the east to
wards the south side, but Capt. Charles
Urennon, who has charge of the bridge,
had no thought of danger, as the usual
precautions had been observed. The car
was one of Cedar and Jennings avenue
branch of the big consolidated line and
had fifteen passengers, a conductor and
a motorman aboard. At what is known
as the "derailing switch," some 200 feet
from the draw, the conductor mechani
cally alighted, as is the wont of all con
ductors at this point, lo see if all was
right. The car was brought to a stand
still and the motorman awaited for or
ders. The conductor, for some unac
countable reason, failed to see the red
signal of danger or the closed gates, or
perhaps custom made him careless and
he signalled to the motorman, John Rog
ers, to come ahead.
The motorman turned on the electric
current, the conductor jumped aboard
the car and at considerable speed the ve-i
hide .neared the death trap. Why the
motorman did not see the danger lights
or the closed gates sooner than he did
will always remain a mystery, but the
fact remains that he did not. A few feet
from the draw it dawned upon the motor
man that it was open.. With a speed oif
desperation he threw the handle and ap
plied the brakes. The bridge captain,
seeing the approaching car. shoulcd like
a madman, but it availed nothing. The
car was already on the down grade to the
draw and the brakes were not able to
hold the car on the slippery rails. The
motorman, realizing his danger, forsook
the precious cargo he was hauling, and
with a wild cry leaped off the front plat
form, ran down the viaduct In the direc
tion of Center avenue and disappeared
In the darkness.
At the same instant two male passen
gers jumped off the. rear platform and
escaped death as by. a miracle. The car
reached the closed iron gates and in an
instant the crash of snapping iron and
breaking glass was heard. This alarmed
the conductor, 'who had stepped Inside,
and he was sepn to make a dash for the
rear door, but he was too late. A second
later the car swayed on the edge of the
awful space, steadied for an Instant, as
though In -an frantic effort to maintain
its equilibrium, and toppled over. There
was an agonizing chorus of screams and
In an instant all as quiet.
The car struck upon a projection of
plies in the abutment beneath the draw,
then turning and collapsing it fell into
the dark river below, scattering its pas
sengers In all directions and breaking the
tow line between the tug and schooner
that were passing. A few suppressed
groans were heard by the men who hap
pened to be on the docks below. Men
from the bridge above and from the
docks who had witnessed the accident
called to the men on the tug to pick up
the people, but only two passengers, one
man and one woman were rescued.
The news of the accident spread rapid
ly and in a few minutes a fire boat, six
ambulances, six dead wagons and a
squad of policemen were on board. The
injured man and woman were taken to
a hospital and the work of rescuing the
bodies was taken up. One by one they
were found and taken to undertaking
establishments in different parts of the
city as Cleveland has no morgue.
The work of Identification was ex
tremely slow. Late at night when the
southslde residents heard of the catas
trophe and when thety began to realize
that their loved ones had not returned
home, the undertaking establishments
were telephoned and visited, several cf
the bodies being Identified before mid
night. The police are on the lookout
for the motorman and extra officers in
every part of the dty; are searching for
him. but thus far he has not been appre
hended. .
Among the dead identified up to mid
night are:
Miss Martha Sautenhelmer and Mrs.
John Sautenhelmer. her sister-in-law, of
No. 154 Merchant avenue.
John Hoffman, the conductor, and
Curt Lephehene, a 16-year-old boy, who
had In hie pocket a ticket from London,
Canada, to Victoria, B. C.
Bessie Davis, school teacher, of Noyce
street, 19 years old.
Hehry W. Mecklenburg, tailor, 18 Mary
street: 38 years old.
Harry W. Horster, clerk at the Root
& McBride' Co., 61 Mentor avenue; 25
years old.
James McLaughlin, jylnter. No. 78
Trowbridge avenue; 35 years old.
- Ferguson.
John Sofrenger and George Ross were
the men who Jumped oft the platform.
Pat Rooney was teken out of the river
alive, but badly Injured.
An Attempted Assassination.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 16.—Ed Stuckey, a
prosperous farmer of the Harrlaville
neighborhood in Simpson- county, tweny
miles south of here, was assassinated
upon the public road last night, being
fired on from ambush. A load of buck
shot hit Stuckey in the hfad and he can
not rehover, though alive when found
this morning. He could tell nothing, and
there is no clue. A family row Is thought
to be at the bottom of the mystery.
SECTIONAL rfs ERASED
And the South’s Future Possi
bilities Discovered
FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME
The War Is Being Fought Over Again at
Atlanta
BY EACH VISITING DELEGATION
Not a Word I* Said About tha Advance
ment of Science and Art or the South’s
Present, But Its Past and Fu
ture Is Harped Upon.
Atlanta, Nov. 16.—The Kentuckians
celebrated today at the exposition. Two
celebrations were announced and some
friction was expected, but Mrs. Cantrell,
who was running one of them, did not
carry out her programme, although she
had secured the auditorium. Mrs. Ste
phenson directed the woman's feature at
tile woman's building in the afternoon.
At 11 o’clock the members of the state
board of commissioners to the exposition,
headed by Senator J. D. Harris of Ken
tucky, escorted Governor-Elect Brad
ley and his staff to the auditorium and
were given seats on the stage.
The auditorium was comfortably filled.
Members of the Cleveland chamber of
commerce, the Manufacturing club of
Philadelphia and the Michigan and Ohio
prefcs associations were In the audience.
On the stage sat Governor-Elect Brad
ley, Governors Greenhalge and Eippitt
with their staffs.
Mr. Jack C. Spaulding, the general
counsel of the exposition, welcomed the
people to the city on behalf of the ex
]>osltion and Introduced Governor Atkin
son.
Jilt? fcjuvciuui oaiu uici c who nuviii'io
too good to be turned over to the noble
men and women of Kentucky, and the
people of Georgia rejoiced to have Ken
tucky with them.
"We who stood with the mlnuteinen,”
he said, "proscribe no race. We open
our arms to the people of the earth and
say to them ‘come to us and be protected
by the American flag,’ and all we ask
Is that they shall stand loyal to us and
acknowledge no flag but the flag of our
country.”
The governor alluded frequently to the
patriotism of the American people and
elicited great applause when he referred
to the wiping out.of sectional issues.
Goveronr-Elect Bradley was intro
duced and said in the course of his
speech: »
"Kentucky and Georgia. Indeed the
whole south are awakening to the pos
sibilities of the future. In this section
.ce have not accomplished what might
have been accomplished, but the future
wilJ prove that we have a new south, a
south devoted to Improvements, a south
that has broken its chains and that
stands forth in unfettered manhood.
"While we love Kentucky we love the
south. Standing In the partial shadow,
across which Is rapidly moving the light
of approaching prosperity, our eyes grow
brighter, our hearts beat quicker, and as
a native southerner who loves the south
and her brave and generous people I but
voice the sentiment of all when I ex
claim, 'God bless the south.’
“There is no more fitting place than
this beautiful city in which the world
may see the progress the south has
made.
“While we love the south and are de
voted to its Interests, we rejoice that sec
tional lines have been substantially
erased, and that today we have in reality
no south, no north, no east, no west, but
one country, grand and indivisible, to
which every citizen owes his honest alle
giance.
“Would that your gifted Grady were
living, that he might see the swift ap
proaching realization which his prophet
ic words portrayed. His patriotic utter
ances have not been forgotten, but form
a part and parcel of the inspiration of
this occasion.
ent year to those that marked the era
from 1861 to 1865. The rifle pits that then
marred the beauty of your city have
been obscured by stately houses and
busy streets. Involuntarily our minds
travel back to the troublous days when
the baptism of fire was upon us. We see
a brave boy In blue emerging from the
doorway; we hear the words of 'good
bye' and ‘God bless you;' tears stand In
the mother's eyes, which her heroic soul
struggles In vain to suppress. He passes
through the old orchard, but hears not
the birds as they sing the same sweet
sohg of his childhood’s happy hours, wil
ling to die that his country's flag may be
preserved; with rapid steps he moves
away, never, never, to return.
"We see another brave boy In gray as
he steps from the rustic porch. He, too,
has bidden a fond good-bye amidst tearB
and prayers. Just as he Is passing from
view the white handkerchief of his
sweetheart waves a loving adieu, and
he, too, marches away, never to return,
gladly giving his life to the cause which
he conscientiously believes to be Just.
1 “The music of drum and fife and bugle
strikes on every breeze. We see two
i armies in battle array—one on the moun
tain top, the other in the valley below.
1 We hear the command ring out, 'Charge!
Charge!’ We see the glittering sword
and bayonet, the banners defiantly wav
ing on either side. Up, up the steep ac
' cltvity they rush, despite the cannon and
' musketry that pour death Into their
f.raJnks.
; ‘“They meet In close and deadly con
1 fllit; the very ground beneath them trem
bles with the shock of battle. The blue
r uniforms mingle with God’s own blue
1 and the blood of America’s bravest and
■ best makes sacred forever the soil.
“We pause, not to discuss the causes
, that led to that sacrifice, r.or the motives
by which men were actuated; we know
that in this broad land there Is not one
’ who does not rejoice that the union was
preserved.
"We put behind us forever the bitter
ness of the past and shall keep constant
ly before us the glories which are our
commort vheritage and the magnificent
possibilities of the future.
"Henceforth there will be no contest
between us except as to who can do the
most to build up the country, who can
do most to develop Its resources, who
can do most to protect Its honor, who
can do most to preserve its Institutions.”
v Governor Qreenhalge of Massachusetts
was then introduced. He referred to the
brotherhood of the people of Massachu
setts and Kentucky so feelingly that he
was frequently Interrupted by applause.
He said that colonels had been tossed
! around yesterday between Georgia and
Kentucky until it had been deckled that
colonels were common thing’s.
“But what will you think of govern
ors,” he asked, "after this.procession has
passed by? You will think they are com
mon things, too.”
Governor Lippet was presented and
spoke for a few minutes to the Kentuck
ians.
He spoke of the wonderful progress of
Atlanta during the last thirty years. He
said that Atlanta had the best wishes of
the people of Rhode Island. He extended
the congratulations of his people to the
people of Atlanta for what they had ac
complished.
At the conclusion of Mr. Llppet’s
speech the crowd was Invited to the
woman's building, where they were en
tertained by the board of lady managers
of Kentucky.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Maes opened the wom
an’s prayer meeting with prayer; Lieu
tenant-Governor Mitchell Alford and
Governor-Klect Bradley spoke; Mrs. Jes
sie Bowen Caldwell sang the well-known
song, “Kentucky;” Henry T. Stanton
read a poem and Mrs. S. L. A. Greve
read a paper opposing woman’s suffrage.
.Author of “America” Is Dead.
Boston. Nov. 16.—The Rev. Dr. Samuel
F. Smith, author of "America.” died
suddenly of heart disease at the Emer
gency hospital about 5 o’clock. Dr.
Smith was on his way to Hyde Park,
where he was to preach tomorrow. He
was removed to the hospital, where he
died.
NEW YORKBANK STATEMENT
It Is Estimated That Five Million Dollars May
Be Required for Gold Exports
Next Week.
New York, Nov. 16.—The New Y'ork Fi
nancier says this week:
The statement of the associated banks
of New York for the week ending Novem
ber 16 does not reflect the week’s opera
tions by any means. During the week
ending with Saturday over 13,000,000 in
gold was exported to Europe, the specie
being obtained b ythe exchange of legal
tender. Yet the bank statement for the
current week shows an actual increase of
$097,000 in cash, the loss of $631,400 in legal
tender being offset by an increase of 51,
348,600 in specie. Of course Saturday’s
gold exports did not figure in the state
ment, but even with this factor elimi
nated the report does not cover the ac
tual condition of the banks.
It is estimated that $6,000,000 may be
required for gold exports during the com
ing week, unless sterling exchange
breaks, as seems probable. This, coupled
with the fact that the demand for interior
funds Is falling off and the reserve of the
New York banks is gradually increas
ing, seems to foreshadow a less favorable
rate for money. The whole bank state
ment, in fact, the loan of the past week
shows a decrease of $2,989,700, the total
now standing at $492,933,600, the lowest
figure reported since May 11 last. The
contraction since the 1st of the present
month has been about $8,000,000 and since
October 6 nearly $18,000,000. The decrease
for the week past was probably due
largely to liquidation of mercantile ac
count and also to the efforts ot some
banks to get their reserve qbove 25 per
ctrit.. The total dnrOctOber 12 last stood
at $40,861,900, as against $65,767,900. The
total speculation holdings, however, are
nearly $17,000,000 less than on February
9 last, when they reached the. highest
figure reported last year. Deposits, as
was to have been expected In view of the
withdrawal of the funds earlier in the
week’ fell off $1,707,200. The total deposit
item Is now $40,000,000 less than reported
three months ago.
As a result of the week's operation the
reserve of the New York banks increased
$1,144,000.
The averages show the following, com
pared with last year:
Nov.16,’95. Nov.17,’94. Nov.18,'93.
Doans.$482,933,500 $498,937,000 $401,732,800
Specie. 05.767,900 94.421,100 99.924.300
Decal tender. 86.193.800
Net deposits.. 626.228.600
Circulation .. 14.164.300
Total reserve 161,961,200
Reserve re
quired . 131,557,150
Excess of re
serve. 20,404,050
117,789,800 81,717.200
594.547.400 464,684,100
11.170,000
211,610,900
14,076,600
181,641,500
148,636,850
62,974,050
116,171,025
65,470,475
ROBERT S. DAY KILLED.
A Prominent New Orleans Man Accidentally
Shoots Himself While Looking for
a Burglar.
Orleans, Nov. 16.—Robest S. Day,
a prominent cotton factor and one of the
best known and most popular members
of the New Orleans cotton exchange,
died at 5:30 this morning from a pistol
shot wound accidentally self-inflicted at
1:30 this morning. Mr. Day was
awakened by a noise made by a burglar,
so he grasped his revolver and made for
the library, from which the noise had
proceeded. The house was In total dark
pess and In some manner Mr. Day stum
bled and fell, the pistol exploding and
the ball entered his left breast Just above
the nipple. The burglar escaped through
an open window, leaving no clue. Mr.
Day was one of the best known men In
this city in business and social circles. He
was born on Long island and was 41
years of age. He was head of the cotton
Arm of Robert S. Day & Co. For several
years he was commodore of the South
ern Yacht club and took a prortiinent
part in the work of the carnival societies,
serving as King Rex for one year. He
was the son of James I. Day; for a long
time president of the Sun Mutual Insur
ance company of New Orleans and who
died a few weeks ago at an advanced
age at his home In Connecticut.
THE PHOGHAMME AHHANGED
For the National Educational Association,
.Which Will Visit Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 16.—An ad
journed meeting of a commute of the
Florida Press association and the gen
eral passenger agents of the Florida
railways was held this morning to ar
range an Itinerary for the National Ed
ucational association, which will visit
Florida In January. There were present
T. J. Appleyard of the Florida Press as
sociation, chairman; T. T. Stockton of
the same association, secretary; O. Mc
Donnell of the Florida Central and Pen
insular; H. C. McFadden of the Plant
system; G. D. Ackerly of the Jackson
ville, Tampa and Key West; Joseph
Richardson of the East Coast railway,
and W. H. Lucas, proxy for G. A. Mc
Donald of the Georgia Southern and
Florida.
The following Itinerary was adopted;
Western contingent to rendezvous at
Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, January 14,
thence to proceed to Tampa via the
Plant system, stopping en route at Ocala;
eastern contingent to rendezvous at Sa
vannah Tuesday, January 14, thence to
proceed to Tampa via the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsula, stopping en route at
Silver Springs and Ocala.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Senators Morgan and Pugh Are
Being Criticised.
SILVER CRAZE DYING OUT
And These Gentlemen Seem to Be Ignorant of
the Fact.
WHAT i © EVENING STAR HAS TO SAY
0 -
The Dj* cracy Simply Occupying an Old
P Ground of the Enemy, and
With the Enemy’s Consent
KT
and to Its Profit.
Washington, Nov. 14.—(Special Corre
spondence.)—The action of Senators Mor
gan and Pugh in proceeding with their
stumping tour In Alabama in the face
of what a number of newspapers are
pleased to term the recent defeat of sil
ver in the elections is causing much com
ment here. Of course the papers who
see nothing but defeat for silver In the
recent flections are the same who are
continually crying that the silver
"craze" is dying out, and yet the old
corpse is always live enough to be killed
every election. They are the same pa
pers who look upon the recent demo
cratic Waterloo as a vindication of the
course of the administration and the
same who overlook the fact that Virginia
and Mississippi, the two states where
democracy triumphed, elected legisla
tures that will send free silver advocates
to the United States senate, and the only
states in which the president's policy
failed of indorsement. ,
ine evening oiar, an aamimsirauon
paper published here and hating an ad
vocate of silver as the evil one hates
holy water, In speaking of our senators’
course tells the views of the majority
of Alabamians In Washington In a man
ner so clear that I have been constrain
ed to give It a place here. It makes ex
cellent reading and abounds with much
sound sense and logic:
“It is approved in some quarters and
condemned in others, but in all quarters
alike it has led to the expression of views
that plainly show the desperate straits
Into which the national democracy has
been driven. '
“What is there left for the democracy to
stand on? The question Is a sweeping
one. Nor Is It at all confined or solely ap
plied to tl)e next presidential race. That,
on the contrary, U almost conceded in
advance to the republicans. But after
that—and assuming that the republicans
do win—what, In the language of a popu
lar singing comedian, Is the poor man,
the poor old democracy, to do?
"The situation Is summarized thus as
showing the dlfferenee between the party
now and In 1893, when 1t was restored to
powch The election of 1892 was carried
on'a platform declaring for bimetallism
strong enough to catch free coinage
votes, and for a revision of the tariff thab
would completely eliminate the principles
of protection. The democratic congress
elected received thus most specific in
structions from the people. But with
what result? The repeal of the purchas
ing clause of the Sherman act at the pres
ident’s suggestion, which left silver with
out support of any kind, and the passage
of a tariff bill stuffed to the covers with
protection of every kind. The democracy
today, therefore, It Is Insisted, is dis
tinctly in line on these two vital ques
tions with the republican party. Small
difference might be disclosed as to de
tails, but none whatever as to the prin
ciples. The republicans are for sound
money and for protection, and were first
in the field. The democracy Is simply oc
cupying an old camp ground of the ene
my, and with the enemy’s consent and to
Its profit. It has therefore been repudi
ated.
This, it Is explained. Is what Is moving
Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pugh In their pres
ent course. The democracy must hava
something of its own to Btand on and to
fight for. They claim that It has that,
by repeated professions and repeated con
gressional votes, In free fcolnage. It must
therefore remain true to silver, even In
the face of the defection which Mr. Cleve
land has organized and now leads. If
the country wants a gold polloy and a
protective tariff It will turn to the party
and ought to turn to the party whioh In
all of Its history has applied and ad
vanced these two things. It will not, and
It should not, turn to the party which',
until the past few years, had always op
posed those things, and still, as they hold,
opposes them In Its majority membership.
Mr. Cleveland himself cannot persuade it
to acept from his hands as the leader of
the democracy what It expects to reoetV*
only at the hande of the republican lead
ers. • 1
"It Is In this way that those democrats
who applaud the Alabama senators Justi
fy their course. They attribute the recent
disaster of the party to what they charg*
Is the false attitude In which It has been
placed. The country, they claim, cafk be
brought to approve of both bimetallism
and a low tariff, but not by a Juggle, or
unrepresentative leadership. The democ
racy must not attempt again to blow
hot and cold. It cannot hope to beat ttai
republicans on their own ground. The
adjuration, therefore, is to get together
under the old standard, renew the pledge
to the old principles, refuse all dick
ers about office, and remain contentedly
and courageously on the outside until
an undisguised as well as an undoubted
victory has ben won. Other victories.
It is pathetically admitted, turn to ashes
on the lips.”
There has been a number of prominent
democrats from Alabama In Washington
this week, and while all of them hgVe
been here on personal business, still whp
can tell what bearing the getting togeth
er of so many members of the democ
racy from the state with prominent dem
ocrats located here may have upon the
campaign.
Col. H. C. Tompkins, chairman of the
democratic executive committee, Is at
tending the session of the supreme court.
Colonel Tompkins, while not an an
nounced candidate for Senator Pugh’#
seat, still It Is said by his friends that
he Is more than apt to be heard from be
fore the light Is over.
Hon. Thomas H. Clark, secretary of
the state executive committee and Bleak
er of the last house of representative*,
reached Washington Tuesday night.
Mr. Clark has many friends here Wh®
gave him a hearty welcome.
Hon. Scott Sayre, a prominent Ala
bamian and member of the legislature.
Is In the city. There are few men, who
have represented their county In the leg
islature of Alabama, of more ability
than Mr. Sayre and he Is deservedly