The News and Observer.
*' w 'l’m
volume xxxvm.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF SATURDAY, FEBUARY 2,1895
ANGRY WORDS THESE
** LI \ It” A N l» “S('Ol N l»lt Eli” TIIE
BFITiIE S H VNDIRO BK*
th »i:\ members.
I MOST SENSATIONAL SCENE.
Concrc'iman Brockimidge Attempt*
to Strike Mr. Heard o« Missouri—
Both Member* Arre-ted and Satlsfac
torr Public* t pologir* Made—Hawaii
theladirect Cause of the %I ereation
—The New Administration Bill Re
ported to the House.
Washington, I). 0., Fob. 1. —A very
gray-haired mat violently struggling in
the arms of several men to reach another
man standing facing him, and amidst
almost indescribable confusion, whil»
•pithets of ‘liar” and “scoundrel” were
bandied between th) two combatants,
was a scene on the floor of th& House of
Representatives this afrernoou, those* n
- therein being members of that
istinguished and honorable body.
Caute oi the Altercation.
Hawaii, which has been the occasion
•f some of the most tumultuous scenes
witnessed iu tne F.fty-Third Congress,
was the indirect cause qf today’s niter
• .tion between Messrs. Heard (i>em.),
Missouri, and Breckinridge (Bern),
Kentucky, surpassing in sensational feat
tires anjthing seen on the floor
House lor years.
It was bought about by an ell b oy
Mr. Hea d to cut off debate on a resolu
tion reported from the committee on
foreign affairs by Mr. Hitt (Hep ), Illi
nois, asking information re-p eting the
connection of British subjects with the
recent attempted revolution in
at a time w am Mr Breckinridge was at
tempting to get the floor to sp. ak on the
resolution.
Mr. Heard was anxious to proceed
with the consideration of District of
Columbia bills, for whi h the day hat)
been set apart, and demanded the pre
vious question
Mr. B„*ekinridge went over to Mr
Heard's s* at and was seen to engage in
a heated * on vernation with him, or whic u
only the words “scoundrel” and “lia>”
could lx> heard more than a few feet
Then the burly and venerable-1 ookiug
K< ntucklan w .s seen to lunge forward
to strike Mr. Heard, bat several mem
bers threw themselves upon him and
prevented a c illtsion by a severe strug
gle-
Beth Member* Arrested.
Both geutiem u were ordered under j
arrest by the Speaker, and appeared ;
later at the bar of the House where
they made explanations wh ch ended
the incident f**r the tune being.
Mr. Heard's statement was not sat s
factory to Mr B ackiuridge and corn
mon friends uud* rt<M)k io adjust the j
difficult). The result or their labors
was shown later in tho day, when Mr.
Heard rose and stated that his friends
were of the op mon that he had not
withdrawn the language offensive to Mr.
Breckinridge, after that gentleman had
disclaimed the language which g *ve
him, (Hear ) offense, and that he would
then do so, saying In had intended to do
so i" ♦ »•* fi st instate 4 Though Mr
Breckinridge expressed his satisfaction,
ren«>»«um» aiKitogies 10 the House for !
creating the scene and lagged the par- j
don of all concerned The whole in <t
ter was, <m motiou of Mr. Goodnight,*;
tDern ) Kentucky, ordered t>» be omitted
from the r< cord.
The res ilution of inquiry was adopted,
also the so lowing bills*: To p msion Ma
ria Do’s, widow of a lieutenant iu the
•th heavy artillery, (to e re a defect iu
a bill veto • t by President Cleveland); t >
restore the status of the M s>onri m litia
under the pension act of 1890, (made
necessary by a ruling of the pension bu
reau); to appoiut an additional Judge;
for the northern district of Illinois
The Reilly bill to refund *he indebted- i
of the Pacific railroad, was further
discussed by Mes-rs Bowers, (R *p ), of
California, and Bryan, (Deiu ), of Ne .
braska, on the opposition, and by Mr.
Caruth, (Dam ), of Kentucky, iu favor i
of its passage.
The contested election case of Stewart
vs. Childs, from the Eighth Illinois dis j
| trict, was r» p >rt d fr m the committee
•n elections, an»l Mr. Brown, chairman,
(Dem ), of Indiana, gave notice that he
would call it up rn-xt Thins lay.
Rrpo t on Currency ltill.
The mow currency bill appeared before !
tin* committee on linking and currency !
and was r ported by Mr. Springer, and
leave given the minority to tile their in
dividual views on the measure.
The r- p » r accompanying the measure !
is supplemented by a copy of the Presi- ;
dent’s message, which was read to both
houses of Co* gross on the 29th ultimo I
The report states that the message sets
forth clearly and for* ihly the reasons for
the passage of the bill.
“The committee.” it continues, “could I
Aid nothing in facts or argument which
would better portray the existing condi
tions of our financial affairs or more
.dearly demonstrate the n '<sity for j
prompt and patriotic action on the part j
of Congress in order to secure the needed :
relief ”
The re port t hen summarizes the differ j
•nt amendments agreed upon by the!
committee, and concludes a« follows: i
“The extraordinary condition to which
tie President has referred in his mes
sans and the necessity for immediate
action, in view of the early
adjournment of this Congress, have
constrained your eotum ro-e t* con
cur in rep* rting the biM with the
* propose*! amen* meins to the pub ic for j
it* consideration, each member reserv
ing to himself the tight so file his sub
sequent views thereon, and have them
p luted with the report, of the committee
ii i*t vote on the proposed amendments
and other amendments which may be
offered in ‘he House and on the final
passage of the bill as he may deter
mine.”
At 5 o'clock the House took a recess
until 9 o'clock, the evening session tola?
devoted to a consideration of private
pension bi la
Evening Session.
Washington, I). 0., Feb. I.—At the
even ng sessi >n, five private pension and
relief bills wore const* ered in the com
mittee of whole aud ordered to be favor
ably reported for the action of the
House. Among them was a bill to place
at the rate of S3O a month on the pen
sion rolls the name of Julia E Locke,
who, by her last marriage, was the widow
of General D .niel MeUook, one of the
famous fighting family of that name. It
was the first bill of this character that
has received favorable action in the
House at this Congress.
WILITvTsiT US AGAIN.
Speaker Crl«*p Much Improved by His
Visit to North Carolina.
Special to the News ami Observer.
Washington, D 0., Feb 1.
General aud Mrs. R F. Hoke, of Ral
euh, passed through here yesterday for
N -w York, accompanied bv their daugh
ters, Misses Lydia and Fannie. Mrs
Hoke and the young ladies will spend
the winter in * New York. Miss Lydia
attending Misses Peebles and Thomp
son’s school.
* * *
Speaker Crisp was at the Capitol yes
terday, looking very ranch improved as
a result of his visit to Asheville for the
pst week or ten days. While there he
t >'k in the famous Vanderbilt estate,
being shown all over the grounds and the
Vanderbilt palace by special invitation.
He says the • state surpassed his most
sanguine i-xpectatious in point of grand
eur and general attractiveness, and he
dnjoyed his visi* ia connection with his
stay at the noted mountain resort im
ra usely. It is the intention of of youDg
Vanderbilt to make this the permanent
homes*end of his family. He is trying
to induce his mother to take up her resi
dence here, and when he marries will
make it his hi me.
Mr. Crisp tells the Washington Post
he feels the beneficial effects of his short
vacation so much that he will shortly
take another flyiug trip to the same
place.
♦ * *
Miss Mace, of Raleigh, will assist Mrs.
John DeWitt Warner receive on next
Tuesday, at 1700 19th street, N. W.
* * *
Capt, Alexander has purchased a very
tine breed mare at the Alexander Island
Race Course. The ni tre is to be shipped
to Charlotte next month aud Mr. Alex
ander says she will be one of the finest
bred animals in his section of the Sta’e.
* * *
In the cut this week at the Census of
fice three North Carolinians lost places:
James Madison Leach, Miss Arnold,
Ernest Lambeth.
To morrow the vote on the Union
Pacific Railroad Fifty Years Perpetua
tion b it will have the deciding vote cast.
The North Carolina delegation, as 1 said
yesterday, will be divided. This meas
ur *, it is strange to say, has been pend
ing in each Congress for twenty years.
♦ * *
The programme for the Vance memo
rial exercises iu the House has not yet
been made out, the committee, not being
able to get together and make proper
arrangements, has postponed the eulogies
from the 17th to tue 23*1 inst.
* * *
Congressman Bower is expected to re
turn to-night or to morrow.
Tilts CHICK I>l AUG A PARK.
All the Governors of the States Invited
to Participate m the Dedication.
Washington, 1). 0., Feb. I.—Secreta
ry Lament, in pursuance of the act of
Congress providing for the dedication of
the Uhicktimauga military park; has ad
dressed an identical invitation to the
Governors of all the States, being the
first event of a military character con
nected with the war to which the Gov
ernors of State-* have been invited. The
invitation read.-,:
“Under an act of Congress, approved
December 15, 1894 it is provided that,
the dedication of the Chickamauga aud
Chattanooga National Military Park
•hall fake place at Chickamauga, Ga.,
and Chattanooga, the 19 h and 20th of
S ptemiter next and that the Secretary
of War shall invite the Governors of
States and their staffs, aud the survivors
of the s ver.tl armies engaged in the bat
tles of Chickamauga and C hattanooga o
participate iu the inauguration ceremon
ies.
“I therefore, have the honor to re
quest your presence and that of your
st iff. together with such further repre
ten tat ion from your State as the Legis
lature thereof may see fit to authorize
at t-ucT dedication. No appropriation
has been made by Congress for paying
the expenses of State representatives.
It is hoped, however, that the State will
make early provision for a large attend
ance of its citizens at this national dedi
cation "
Secretary Lamont also sent a letter to
Speaker Crisp requesting the participa
tion of Congress in the ceremonies.
Earthquake iu Italy.
Rom?, Feb. I.—Slight earthquake
•hi'Ls were felt iu the city of Naples
aud iu many towns of Naples and Awl
lino districts.
RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1895.
THE CURRENCY TANGLE
ANOTHER DEB VTE IN THE SEN
ATE ON THE FINANCIAL
SITU A t ION.
MORE OF KOLB'S FOOLISHNESS.
The So-Called Credential* of Warren
S. Reese to Succeed Senator Morgan,
Signed by Kolb as Governor of Ala
bina, Presented in the S> nate—The
Queer Document Laid on the Table--
Senator feller Does Some I’laiu Talk
ing on the Financial Question.
Washington, I>. 0., Feb, 1 —Thecon
siderationof the District of Columbia
appropriation bill by the Senate to-day
again involved an interesting financial
debate.
The principal speaker was Senator
Teller, who, referring to Mr. Gorman’s
i remarks yesterday, commented rather
vigorously upon the assertions of the
| Maryland Senator that there was a treas
' ury deficit of $100,000,000, aud con
treated them with the President's mes
sage, say ing there was a “comfortable
balance” in the treasury. Mr. Teller
said the surplus was not there, and he
thought it was right of the Senate to
learn the truth about the matter.
Teller’s Plain Talk.
Mr Teller’s speech was of some length
! and several interpolations by Senators
| on either side brought out an expansion
! of the Colorado Senator's views and
1 drew out as well the explanation from
j Senator Gorman that yesterday when he
I (as it might have been) used the word
i “revenue” measure v it h the understand
-1 ing that such would be placed on appro
i priation bill, he meant to use the word
i “money.” Mr Gorman disclaimed any
I proposition to place on an appropriation
! bill a bill to raise revenue.
Mr. Teller said no legislation would go
on the appropriation bill with his sup
port. The putting on an appropriation
bill, he said, of a provision for borrowing
money is vicious and ought to be pro
hibited by the constitution. Mr. Teller
was applauded upon concluding his
speech, the peroration of which wa? de
livered with much impressivcnc- . Sin
gularly enough, the applause began on
t he floor, Senator Mitchell starting it and
the galleries were not slow in showing a
sympathetic chord of approval so that
the presiding officer felt called upon to
lecture them.
The final debate for the day was closed
by a short speech from Mr. Call, (Dem )
of Florida, who deprecated the attacks
made upon the President and the Secre
tary of the Treasury, although he de
clared himself a believer iu the free
coinage of silver.
The credentials of Senator Chandler
for bis second term were presented by
h?s colleague, and placed on file.
This action is supposed to mean that
the differences that have existed be
tween ihe two New Hampshire Senators
from a time beyond the coming to the
Seuate of Dr. Gallinger, have been set
tled.
.More ol Kolb’s Foolisnes*.
Mr. Allen, (Pop.) of Nebraska, pre
sented what he called “the credentials
of Warren S. Reese, as senator-elect
from the State of Alabama,” and asked
that they he placed on file.
The President: “They will be placed
on file.”
Mr. Allen: “I asked that they be
read”
The paper was read. It consists of a
square of parchment on which is written
in border lines of red ink, the following:
State ok Alabama,
E X ECUTIV E DE PA RTM ENT.
This is to certify that on the 28rh day
of November, in the year of our Lord,
L M 94, Warren S. Reese was duly elected
by the Legislature of Alabama a Senator
to represent said State in the United
States Senate for the term of six years,
commencing the fourth day of March,
1895
Witness, his Excellency, our Gov
ernor, R. F. Kolb, and our seal here
with affixed, at Montgomery, Ala., this ]
Bth day of December, 1894.
(Signed) R. F. Kolb, Governor.
J. O. Foneville,
Secretary of State.
Deposition of the Queer Document.
“I move that that commun cation bv j
referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.”
Mr. Allen: “Let it take the usual
course.”
Mr. Gray: “What is the usual course?”
Mr. Allen: “To hare them placed on
file, as other credentials are. 1 do not
know that credentials go to the Commit
tee on Privileges aud Elections, unless
there is a contest.”
Mr. Gray : “1 do not know that to be
the usual course fora communication'
of that kiud. The reference which 1
proposed would be th* 1 proper disposition j
of it.”
Mr. Allen: “It- does not occur to me
that that is proper at this time. If a
contest came up I supposed that the !
Committee on Privileges aud Elections
will have to consider it ”
Mr. McLaurin, (Dem.), Mississippi,
inquired whether th* document had the
State seal attached
Mr. Allen: “There is no seal ”
Mr. McLaurin: “Does it not propose
to have a seal attached?”
Mr, Allen: “Yes, but as a matter of ;
fact there is no seal attached to the cre
dentials 1 ask the Senator from Dela
ware to withdraw his motion and allow
the credentials to lie on the table for the
present, as 1 propose to address the Sen
ate on the subject next week. Tie
* whole question can be disposed of at j
! that time.”
Mr. Gray assenting, the paper was
laid on the table.
(The seat claimed is the one to which*
Senator Morgan lv»s been re elected and"
for which his credentials are now on >
; file.)
The conference report on the armyap
| propria* ion bill was reported and agreed ’
j to.
The President's veto on the bill for a j
railway right of way through the Gila j
I reservation wsvs presented, read and re- I
I ferred to the Committee on Indian As
; fairs, with a bill proposed by Mr. Stew- !
art avoiding the President’s objection.
The Senate, at 5:50, went into execu
tive session, and a few minutes later ad
! journed until to-morrow.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The House llill Preferred Over the
Seuate Bill hr the Committee.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 1 -—The
House Commerce Committee to day
adopted a resolution that the Nicaragua
canal Dill previously reported from that
committee, be adopted as a substitute
for the bill which passed the Senate last
1 week. The debate attending the con
; sideration of the resolution was brief,
i the and generally expressed sentiment of
} the committee is that the House bill is a
safer bill; that it is more carefully
guarded in detail, and that it only gives
the maritime company $5,000,000 in
stock as against $11,500,000 in the Sen-
J ate bill.
Mr. Mallory. of Florida, introduced
i in the Hous« to-day a bill appropriating
i $1,000,000 for the establishment of a
dry dock and naval repair station on the
j government reservation of the Island of
Key West, Fla.
Ttie Sugar Bounty.
A delegation of business men from
I New Orleans?‘accompanied by Senators
Caffery and Blanchard, of Louisiana,
called yester \y * n the President to as
certain his v;« ws with regard to the pay
ment of the bounty on the sugar crop
of 1894.
i Mr. T. J Hayden, president of the
! Whitney National Bank of New Orleans,
made a practical statement, of the con
-1 dition of business affairs iu New Orleans
brought about by the failure to provide ■
for the bounty on the crop of last year,
! aud dedal 1 emphatically that unless j
I Congress made some provision for the
payment of at least half of the bouuty
|on the crop of 1894. which had been i
j planted and cultivated, and in some j
! cases manufactured pefore the repeal !
!of the McKinley law, the conso- j
; quences would be disastrous, not only to j
: the sugar producers, but to their eredi
| tors in Louisiana and other State*, v ho
1 hail made advances, based upou the
expectations that the bounty* would be
: paid.
i Mr. Cleveland gave an attentive hear
; ing to the statement, and said be would
; reiterate the opinion already expressed
I by him that the #laim for the
bounty on the crop of 1894
was well founded in equity, and that
Congress should provide for the payment j
i of at least one half of the bounty allowed j
under the McKinley law, or an amount .
sufficient to make up the difference be
tween the full bounty ami the duty ;
levied by the new revenue act. He as
sured the delegation of his hearty sym
pathy with the sugar produce*s. and of
his desiro to have the eqni’y of their
claim duly recognized by Congress.
THE DEBS TRIAL.
Con y, the Couamonwealer, Among
those Present at the Trial.
Chicago, Feb I.—Judge Gross*, up, |
this morning, in the Deb’s trial, denied j
Attorney Johu G. Geeling the right to j
cross-examine witnesses, but afterwards j
reconsidered his decision.
C S. Darrow had just conducted a
cross examination of Edward Spencer
when Mr. Geeling, who represents six
defendants, began to question the wit
ness. J udge Gross* up stopped him aud j
Mr Geeling took exception to the ruling
Special Counsel Ed win Walker, differed
from the court, who then rescinded his
ruling.
It is the opinion of competent lawyers
that had Julge Grosscup insisted on ,
denying the right of ctoss examination
to Mr Geeling. all of the latter's clients
would have been enabled to obtain a ,
ue*v trial.
Among those present at the trial (his i
morning was J. S Coxcy, the com mon
wealer.
THE WHISKEY TRUST CASK.
All Ihe Couijmny’s Rooks Locked Up |
and Uaunot Re Got At.
PEonft, 111., Feb. I.—All the books j
and records of the Whiskey Trust are
locked up in the company’s vault in the
office here, and the man who holds the
combination is in Chicago.
This state of affairs is ve*y likely to
land some one iu jail, and to lead to sen
sational features when the trust ease
comes up for hearing in Judge Gross
cup’s oourt in Chicago to morrow.
Yesterday Judge Grosscup issued an
order that any stockholder in the com
pany should be allowed access to th* 1
books. When Mr. Bijura, the New York
counsel of the majority of the stock
holders, to-day made formal demand to
see the books, he was told that they were >
locked np, and the only man who knew •
the eombina i >n was out of town.
Delaware’!* Senatorial Deadlock.
Dover, Del., Feb. I.—Three addition- .
al l»allors for United States Senator were
taken to day, all resulting as follows:
Hig«ins 9; Addicts 6: Massey 4: Wolcott,
Dem xrat. 6; J *hn R Nich* Ison, Dem
ocrat, 2; Tunnell, 1). uiacrat, 1 Absent j j
two.
STRANGE BEHAVIOR
THE COLLIDING STEAHFR DID
NOT ANSWER TIIK ELBE’S
SIGNALS.
THE TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE 334.
The Survivors Say that Ihe Vessel Re
sponsible for the Accident Immedi
ately Steamed Away-—Some Grave
Charge* Asia inst the Elbe's Crew—
French Newspapers Raking Unfavor
able Comments—Movement in tier
many to Raise Fuads for the Sufferers
IjONdon, Feb. 1.- It is understood
that the officers and crew of the Crathie
; were examined to-day by the British
; Consul in Rotterdam. They will leave
j the ship and return forthwith to Aber
| deem
Vovera, Hoffman aud tSchlegel denied
j emph *tically this evening that the Cra
, thie remained signaling for two hours
i near the scene of the collision. They say
| that, had she done so she could have
saved many lives. Hoffman, who w,»s
among the first to reach the Elbe’s deck
| after the collision, did not see the Cra
! thie answer any of the Eibe's signals,
j He noticed a small steamer, apparently
| the one that had struck the Elbe, steam
i ing away.
Charges Against the Crew.
As regards the behavior of the Ell)**’*
crew, Hoffman says: “I seized a life belt
as soon as I got on deck, but a sailor de
manded it, saying that it belonged to
j the crew. I gave it up with the remark:
I ‘.Well, I hope you will save yourself’; but
tie nidu’t. The crew did their best, to
keep the passengers out of the boats.”
Hoffman was grea'ly embittered by
i the loss of his wife and child. Ho talks
| continually about it, and in each inter
i view makes new charges against the
er w.
Vevora told a reporter to night: * 'There
l was a lot of green hands in charge of the
j life boats. They were so excited they
did not know **h t they were about
They filled one boat and then dumped
all the occupants into the water. The
crew in our boat were very reluctant foad
j mit Miss Bucher, Hoffman and I dragged
i her in without any aid from the seamen.”
Vevera and Huffman aho attack third
t officer St.oßberg »* d first engineer Hues
j sel They say that both acted selfishly
i after the rescue and that Stoilbcrg made
j u > effort to command the boat, but, gave
| the whole responsibility to steerage pas
I senger Boetheo, who had been cook on a
; French steamer. They speak highly of
| Boethen’s coolness and skill, and give
him the whole credit for managing the
boat.
The company have backed Vevera and
Schlegel to sail on the steamship Umbria
to-morrow, and both will start to-morrow
morning for Liverpool. Each has re
ceived sls from the company, as he lo»*t
everything with the ship.
No Further News.
Many more smacks arrived at Lowe
stoft late this afternoon and this even
ing. They brought no news. Others
i are due to arrive to morrow and Sunday.
| The skipper of the smack Competitor,
i which returned to-night, reported
that he saw yesterday what he
thought was a mail bag, and tried
to catch it with a b at hook. Ho missed
it, and knowing nothing of the collision, 1
did not try for it again. Ljand bills dis
tributed in Lowes’oft s*y that Consul
Bradber will pay £SO for tlm body of
Walter Schnell, one of the Elbe’s first
; C’-bin passengers The ship wrecked
, mariner’s society has sent a barometer to
| Skipper Wright, of the Wild Flower, and
£lO to his men, and the Mayor of Lowe
s*oft has smarted a fund for their
benefit.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
among the Elbe's passengers were the
Gutfeman brothers, directors of a s*eam ;
mill company, near Kamehan, Hungary. I
The Guttemau’s had fled to escape arrest
for forgeries by which they def auded j
the company and the peasant sharehold
ers of •<OO,OOO florins Th* y are said to ‘
have given assumed names at the steam- I
ship office
'Total Loss ol l.tfe.
New York, Feb I.— North German .
Lloyd’s agency in this city to day re- i
eeived cable di-pa*eh from the home of
fice in Berlin which gives the exact j
number of persons who wer on the ill
fated ship Elbe as follows:
Cabin passengers for New York, 44.
Cabin passengers for Southampton. 6. j
Steerage passengers for New York, 189
Steerage passengers for Southamp i
ton, 10.
Captain aud cretv, 148.
Postmen, 4.
Stewardesses, 8.
Total, 854.
Os all these the saved were only twenty, j
Two pilots were also aboard the vessel, ,
making 354 persons in all. Os these
twenty were saved. Total loss of dife
334 persons.
ITufavoroble Comments in Paris.
Paris, Feb. I.— The greater part of j
the Paris newspaper comment on the loss i
of the Elbe is unfavorable to the officers
and crew of the colliding ship, the Cra- :
thie. La Lanterue violently condemns !
those on board that ship, saying that j
English seamen are proverbially brutal, j
The Figaro aud La Lanterue both de- !
nounee the British Captain, remarking !
that his conduct was just what might
have been expected of an English sailor.
For Relief of Families of the Victims.
Berlin, Fob. 1. — A committee was
formed here to-day, with Dr. Von Boet
thicher, Imperial Minister of the Inte
rior, as president, to appeal to the public
for funds for the relief of the families j
and other dependents of the victims of
the Elbe disaster.
NUMBER 9.
t ONM Rll* I I\ G SOLDI ERB.
A Declaration ol War ExprcteS to k*
Made by fii’iiro.
j Bt. Lous, Mo., Feb. t.—A City of
j Mexico special to the Globe-Democrat,
i states that various inductr al organisa
; tiers of that republic and of border
; point* iu the United States are making
j elaborate preparations for an immense
demonstration in favor of the Mexican
j government in its dealings with the
1 Guatemalan question. These fifty or
' more unions which will take part will )w»
| called to order as a Congress in that
j vity on February 4, and their members
| will l*e asked to enlist as volunteers to
fight for the republic in the trent of war
| with Guatemala.
Aside from workmens' unions from all
j over Mexico, delegates will be present
from the colonies of Mexicans living
along the border in Texas. New Mexico.
Arizona and California who have already
i expressed their readiness to tight for
1 their mother country when needed F,n
i thusiasm is running high nruot'g all the
• labor orgmiza* ions of the conn try and
| the gathering is expected to be a large
j O'
President Diaz'* Address.
x\ large committee comprising the Uni
! ted Labor organizations of Mexico was
j received by President Diaz at the palace
yesterday. The chief executive was ad
dressed at length on the feelings of pa
tnotiara, which inspire the workingmen
| of Mexico at this time of impending dau
; ger to the republic and its institutions
! General Din z said ho thought the dis
pute with Guatemala might remain in
i the boundaries of diplomacy and be sot
tied without the spilling of Mexican
| blood, but this did not detract from the
i pleasure it gave him to feel that, come
| what might, government and people
would stand together in a common cause
and f«>r a common dofense. The Presi
dent begged his auditors to use at all
times great discretion in their demon
j strations of patriotism and by word or
| deed offend no one.
Coim'iipting Men.
The official report of the government
J daily of yesterday to the effect that the
I United States will keep its hands off the
settlement of the disputed boundary
; question between Mexico and Guatemala
has made a marked change in the senti
i met t epitol. The nows from its
high official source is welcomed on every
hand.
It is rumored that some kind of deft
I nite announcement will be made to- day
by Mexico. It would nol be surprising
: should it prove to la* a declaration of
j «var. It is said that th 1 government is
: conscripting men in different **ctions of
1 the country.
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.
! A Hospital with Several ol it* pntieat»
Destroyed by Eire.
Olivklaml Ohio, Feb. 1.-—The Dea
I coness hospital, on Jennings Avenue,
south side, was destroyed by fire at noon
! to day aud four persons are known to
i have btvn burned to death.
The bodies of a child, two men and a
nu'sehad been recovered at 1 o’clock.
; It was not known at that hour whether
; there were any more bodies and 1t will
! not be known until the roll of saved
' ones is called.
I 'I he list of dead is as follows:
j William Al mayor, Jacob Krause, Annie
i Latimer, and an eight weeks old baby.
Fire startod in the basement and was
j caused by a defective furnace. Il
gained such rapid headway that before
! the fire apparatus had responded to the
i alarm the building was all ablaze. There
wore about 14 patients iu the hospital
b -sides a number of employes.
The firemen worked bravely aud
i fought their way to the beds through
I the fire, rescuing many of the patients.
The building was it tiro-story frame
; structure. Before all the wards could
* l»e visited by the rescuers thoy were
j comp* lied to leave the building to save
; their own lives. Attaches of the hospi
i lal were so excited that they could do
little toward assisting iu the rescue of
the path tits.
SEVERELY BEAT THEM.
Thr Brooklyn Strikers Seriously Injur*
a New Conductor aud Mortormnn.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. I.—At six o’clock
this moruing a gang of strikers caught an
unprotected car of the Third Avenue
lino at Fifty-Second Street and gave the
non-union conductor and mortorraan a
severe beating. The conductor *as Dan
iel R**coe and the mortorraan John
Banks.
The mol* broke all the windows in the
car and hammered the heads of the
two men with the sharp edges of stones.
Banks was so s -riously injured that he we*
taken tq the hospital. His injuries, the sur
geons say, are only scalp wounds, but
they fear h s spine has be*-n injured
from the kicking he got and fr >m being
caught by the throat aud bent buck on
the motor railing.
The men at the 58. h street depot, see
ing something was wrong, ran out a car
with five policemen. The policom* n res
cued the non-union men but did not ar
rest their assailants.
IndiotincHlK Against Trolley Car*.
Brooklyn. N. Y., February I.
The grand jury of Kings county
handed ia a presentment against the
trolley lines this morning in the Court of
Sessions The alarmiutr increase of acci
d**nts since trolley cars took the place
of horse cars is noted; that speed indica
tors lie placed on every trolley car and
kept in plain view; that the executive
officials of the road be condemned for
violatii g the speed law.