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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
HOW HE STANDS.
GEORGIA's LEGISLATURE.
The Tax Bill Passes the Senate After an
All Days Discussion.


All Days Discussion.
ATLANTA, Dec. I5.-The Senate devoted the
entire day to consideration of the tax act, de-
featlng all efforts to have an adjournment
Although good many amendments were Of
fered and discussed none were adopted, and
the bill passed in the shape that it came from
the House. Tonight the Senate was in ses-
sion reading House bills the first time and
Senate bills the second time.
In the House Mr.. Harris bond bill occupied
the attention of the House the greater por-
tion OF the morning session. Mr.. Harrell, of
Webster, and others fought lhe bill by offering
amendments. The measure finally passed
by vote of l0l to 5. 1t authorizes the Govern
or to issue bonds amounting to $3,455, 1876, and
negotiate the same for the purpose of raising
money with which to pay off that portion Of
the public debt which falls due during the
years 1885 and 1886, said bonds to bear interest
of not more than per cent. per annum, pay
able semi annually, the principal of said
bonds to mature at the expiration of 80 years
from date, and be payable, both principal and
Interest, at the Office of the Treasurer Of
Georgia, and also in the city of New York or
at such place as the Governor NAV elect, the
bonds not to be sold or disposed OF for less
than their par value.
The remainder of the morning session and
all of the afternoon session was taken up with
the reading of bills the second time. Mr. Cor
don's naval stores bill was read the second
time
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CHARGEs AGAINsT GARLINGTON
GEN. Hazen Asks That Court Martial
be Appointed.

WASHINGTON, Dec l5.-Gen. Hazen, Chief
Signal Oficer, has preferred charges against
Lieut.. Darlington, Of the Seventh United
States Cavalry, for disobedience of orders and
gross neglect OF duty in connection with his
command of the Proteus in 1888 for the relief
of the Greely colony at Lady Franklin Bay.
The charges were sent TO the Secretary Of
War week ago with letter asking the or
no action has yet been taken
by Mr.. Lincoln, nor has he vet
decided whether he will order the court or
not. He was applied to yesterday for per-
mission to examine the charges and specifca-
tlons, but he declined TO make them public at
this time or until he has decided whether or
not to try the case in court. Lieut.. CARING
ton arrived in this city tonight. On his ar
rival he said that he was not aware that any
charges were being preferred against him.
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BISMARCK ON HIS KNEES.
A PLEA FOR AN ASSISTANT ENDS
in BITTER HUMILIATION.

The Reliability of the ChancelIor's
Official Oath Questioned by One of the
Members-The Governments Refusal
to Pay the Members Their Salaries
Said to Have Caused the Sensation.
BERLIN, Dec. ia motion was carried in
the Reichstag to-day increasing the salaries
OF two officials in the Chancellery. A motion
was also made to create a second Directorshlp
IN the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, which
met with considerable opposition. In the
course of the debate Prince Bismarck spoke,
Justifying its passage. lie reminded the
House that he was compelled in 1877 to ask to
be relieved of his functions. because Of over
work and ill-health. He had only been able to
with ubstafe m Gfe the aH House pFSyas reasssd P@ to
grant the means with which to provide a sub
stitute with suitable compensation, he must
iecline to be responsible for the foreign pol
ICY. When he declared on his oath that
new post was necessary, the refusal OF the
House to establish it was a virtual declara-
tlon that he was either ignorant or tncapa-
bic.
HIS SACRIFICES.
III have sacrificed my health and my
strength he said, Sin the service Of the EN-
peror and the fatherland. Don't refuse me
what is necessary to the best interests of the
service" Prince Bismarck severely rebuked
the House for wishing to prevent him from
House." he SAID, ''would render mobilization
unnecessary even after the millions that had
been spent thereon He gave his official as
surance that his present STAFF was inadequate.
A refusal to comply with his request would
only embitter his life.
Herr Nollmar limited that official oaths were
worthless, as had already been proven In law
courts. This statement evoked great uproar.
ana protests and calls for order were made.
Prince Bismarck protested against such
treatment and claimed that he should be
treated with the decency prevailing in edu-
Gated society. The motion to create a second
was then put to a vote and lost
by III against ll9 in its favor.
THE ALLEGED ANIMUs OF THE REIcHs-
TAG.
LONDON. Dec. 16, IA. MA Berlin despatch
states that the refusal of the Reichstag to
grant the paltry 1000 marks which were
sorely needed for Bismarck's assistant, is the
opposition's revenge because the government
refuses daily the pay TO the deputies. Such
factIousness and shabblness was never ex-
hibited by any body calling itself a parlia-
ment,
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SHERMAN AND VANCE.
The General Denies that He Referred
to the Senator in His Ram arlrs

The General Denies that He Referred
to the Senator in His Remarks.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15.-Gen. Sherman, In a
little chat about Senator Vance's card pub
lished in Washington yesterday, stated that
he had not used Senator Vance's name in
connection with the JEFF Davis matter, that
Mr.. Vance was in no way connected with the
case, and that the coupling of his name with
it was done by the press, that has unduly
magnitied the matter, and made a mountain
out of it. He then reiterated the statement
made in the dispatches a few days
ago that when he gets ready he
will make statement through the War De-
partment, but not till the newspaper agita-
tion has quieted down. The General will
leave for the East in few days to attend
meetings of the New England Society. which
meets in Brooklyn and again in New York
He will then go to Washington and audit the
accounts of the Smithsonian institution.
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sWAINPs DEFENDERS.
His Chief Clerk the Cause OF a Day of
Incessant WrangIing.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-In the Swain court
martial to-day the usual wrangle over the
admission of testimony rather increased IN
acrimOny. Gen. Grosvenor Of the counsel for
the defense accused the Judge Advocate OF
attempting to discredit him in the eyes of the
court Gen. Swaim's chief clerk was put
upon the stand, and after much objection from
the prosecution, he testified that he had heard
Mr.. Bateman endeavOr to secure from Gen.
Swain an extension of time upon the due bill
which is known to this case, and also
that Mr.. Bateman had endeavored to
secure this 5000 from Gen. Swain upon the
same terms upon which he (Swaim) had lent
il 10 Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Bateman's former part
ner. Both of these propositions were reject
ed By Gen. Swain, however. All through the
examination Of the witness this sort Of con-
troversy between the counsel continued, and
objection was made to almost every question
put to him on the direct examination, but
these objections were almost invariably over
ruled by the court. The witness testified that
he had charge of all Gen. Swaim's private
papers, and that he had seen but one monthly
account from Mr.. Bateman to Gen. Swain.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Representatiye
Randall, Chairman Of the Appropriation
Committee of the House, has received a letter
from W. W. Ker, with reference to a pro
position before Congress to appropriate a sum
Of money to pay the damage awarded by the
courts to Hallet Kilbourne In his suit against
John G. Thompson, ex-Sergeant-at-Armso of
the House, Tor illegal imprisonment on order
OF the House. 1t is said that in this letter Mr.
Ker asserts that in each of the three trials of
this case the juries were ''fxed." Mr.. Ram
dali refuses to make public the contents of the
letter, or state what disposition he has made
- @~S
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RUIN OF A BIG BANK.
The Embarrassment of the Jones Car
COmpanY Drags Down It's Cradit

The Embarrassment of the Jones Car
Company Drags Down its Credit.
SCHENECTADY, n. Y, Dec. 15.-The City
bank of Schenectady suspended this after
noon. The bank had a paid up capital Of
100000, and its last statement showed sur
plus of $4,000 and undivided profits of s27 ,O9I.
Charles g. Ellis is President and E, N.
Schoonmaker cashier.
The City Bank sustained heavy losses by the
failure of the Jones Car Works Feb u 1894
On sept; 20 Bank Superintendent Paine di-
rected the stockholders to make good in 80
days the deficit of $4,000 in the capital stock.
Ihe Dank mad judgment of $4,000 against
the Jones Car Works, which the bank DEPART
ment would not recognize as assets. The de-
hclt was nearly subscribed on Saturday. when
the directors at meeting failed to agree, one
director refusing to make good his share The
deposltors Will probably not lose. Deposits
were made within an hour before the sus-
pension. A heavy run was made on
the bank when the car works suspended and
the bank has since been under a cloud. Hon.
Cnarle5 u. Ellis, President of the Schnectady
Locomotive Works, was in March elected Presi-
dent, succeeding w. McComus, resigned. and
his administration revived hope for the bank.
There is conviction that the best has been
was unavoidable.
IMPORTERS FAIL.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The firm of Henry
Levy x Son, importers and manufacturers of
fancy goods, at No. Az Broadway, filed an as
signment day for the benefit Of their credi-
tors to William II. Gelshner with preferences
amounting to $65,644. The firm was estab-
llshed in 1874. The failure is said to be the
result Of business depression. The liabilities
are abouT$3OO,000, and the assets $325,OOO to
1880, ,000.
SUGAR FACTORY FAILS.
VIENNA, pec. I5.-The sugar factory of
Messrs. Megritsch has failed. The liabilities
are 100000. The failure was caused by the
stoppage OF the Bohemian land mortgage
bank. o~eO
THE CASE PLOW COMPANY's ASSETS.
RACINE, WIS, Dec. 15.-The inventory In
the d. l. Case Plow Company, completed to-
day. shows the assets to be $40. .OOC and the
liabilities $740,OOO.
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Capitol Grounds in DarkDesz

RICHMOND, VA, Dec. 15.-The capitol build
ing and the Governors mansion and the capi-
tol grounds are IN total darkness tonight
owing to the city authorities having turned
off the gas. This action is the result Of a COM
plication between the State and city officials.
arising from the claim Of the city for about
s., 500 for gas consumed on the above named
premises, which the State refused to pay. 1t
is said that the Superintendent of the Public
Grounds and Buildings will lock the gates of
the capitol grounds and thereby keep out the
nublic.
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LONDoN's EXPLOSION.
fhe Times or Course Shifts Irish
american Participation inthe Event.

LONDON, Dec. l5.-The Times. in its leader
concerning the explosion, jumps to the con-
clusion that the outrage about whose author
ship absolutely nothing is as yet known, must
be traced in some way to America. and saws.
"The moment has come to ask whether the
American law might not be altered so that
impunity could no longer be accorded to men
who make no secret of their murderous inten-
tions. With such Outrages, politics is
totally unconnected. Repeated en-
deavors to destroy public proper
W and kill or MAIN harmless people.
are simply murder or attempts at murder
from motives or pecuniary speculation. The
knowledge that the dastardlY promoters of
the outrages are loathed and eXecrated by
the vast majority of Americans encOura ges
the nope that II the bridge outrage shall be
eventually traced to transatlantic agency,
America will not be content with a mere ex-
preston of horror, but will be reused to take
such action as is to be expected from a civil
drels."
REWARD TO BE OFFERED.
A motion Will be made in the city Common
Council at a regular meeting Thursday to
offer reward Of 200 for the discovery of
the parties who committed the dynamite out
rage on London bridge Saturday afternoon
Great confusion exists among the officials on
account of authority over the bridge being
divided into three jurisdictions, namely the
city police, the metropolitan and water po-
lice. Inability to fix the precise spot where
the explosion occurred prevents either from
assuming charge of the whole inquiry. If it
should be proven that the explosion occurred
In midalr still further complication will arise.
IRISH PRESS OPINIONS.
DUBLIN, Dec. 15.-The Irish Times, refer
ring to the explosion in London, saws that il
VIII greatly aggravate the public mind that
the dynamiters have struck q blow at the
heart OF commerce In London, and it viii be
strange indeed if the wealth and ingenuity of
London merchants fail to lay bare the secrets
of the dynamiters organization.
The Dublin EspreSs, In its editorial COM
ments on the same subject, says that deeds of
violence only result in demOralizing the
ing Ireland
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
TIE trials of the 6-inch-bore Haskell multi

LIE trldlS OF Ine O-lncn-D bore Haskell multi
charge gun were resumed at the government
proving ground at Sandy Hook on Wednes-
day last, and were continued during the
week. The last shot fired was the fortieth
round, with the following results: The shot
was calibres long; weight, Ill pounds. Nine
teen POUNDS of slow burning powder was
used in the breech and 81 pounds of quicker
burning powder-wa distributed in the four
supplemental charge chambers, making the
total amount Of powder used ll6 pounds. The
velocity of the shot was 1,942 feet per second,
the maximum pressure being $4,000 pounds
per square inch. The elevation was AZ de-
grees. The range was 4,4s0 yards. Mr..
Haskell says that in the trial of the Krupp Ii
pounds: weight of powder, 25S pounds; pres
sure, 40,S29 pounds; elevation, ~ degrees:
range, ALSO yards. He also says the full
capacity Of the multicharge gun has not been
reached
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
ATTORNEY GENERALS POWERS
The Judiciary Committee Opposed to
Curtailing Them.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Ingalls,,
from the JUDICIARY Committee, to-day sub
mitted a report on the resolution of Senator
VanWyck. asking that committee what legis-
lation, if any, is necessary to restrict the ap-
pointment Of special assistant ATTORNEYS. and
special agents or detectives in the Department
Of Justice. The report says that if it be de-
sirable to withdraw the power of EMPLOYING
these persons from the Attorney General
it is only necessary to repeal the
laws making their appointment a necessity.
and that IL it be desirable to restrict the
number Of attorneys, ETC., that he NAV
employ, it will be necessary to make a very
careful estimate Of the number of these
officers needed in the different parts of the
country. The committee, however, are of the
opinion that discretionary power to appoint
this class of officers should be cOnfided to the
Attorney General. The report concludes: sIf
abuses of discretionary power occur, the
remedy for them is to be found, not bv
abolishing the necessary discretion. but by
dealing with such officers as may be guilty OF
OH ,
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NEW YoRK,s CAPITAL.
Cleveland May Visit New Orleans
PIatt Fighting Arthur.

PIatt Fighting Arthur.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia special dispatch
received from Albany this evening SAYS: s.Tbe
gossip over the Cabinet here gives Senator
Bayard the Secretaryship of the Treasury. w.
G. Whitney, of New York, the Attorney Gene
ralship, and includes John Quincy Adams, Of
Massachusetts, and Senator Garland. of Ar
kansas, for other positions. President-elect
Cleveland has been invited to visit the New
Orleans Exposition, and has informed the
committee who asked him that he may attend
on Jan. Is. He has been offered the Presidents
private car Of the New York Central Rail-
road for the entire trip. The campaign for the
Senator5hip increases in interest. Platt, the
present Senator, will lead the nti-Arthur
forces. and promises a successful combination
on Morton, the present Minister to France A
good part of the canvass will be carried on in
New York city this winter, where it is under
stood Platt will make his headquarters.r
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GALVESTON, TEX, Dec. l5.--Dr. Tilunt,
health officer, reports two cases of yellow fe-
yer among the seamen on board the British
barkentIne Violet, which arrived at the outer
harbor yesterday from Havana. The vessel
was ordered into quarantine. 1t is believed
that the sailors have passed the critical point
of the disease. The rest of the crew are
healthy. No apprehension Of a spread Of the
disease exists here.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The Signal Service
Observer at Chincoteague reports the
schooner Peter j. Hart, from New York to
Franklin City, Va, with coal, ashore near
Assateague Life Saving Station, and the
schooner Bedabedec, with cocoanuts, ashore
on Williams shoal. Both crews were saved.
Both vessels will probably be lost.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
BAYARD's CHOICE.

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. l5.-When Senator
Thomas f. Bayard came to Albany and paid
his respects to President-elect Cleveland, it is
understood that he left for home with assur.
ance that he could make his choice of anv
position in the Cabinet, and he would receive
the appointment. 1t is said on good authority
that after having duly deliberated over the
matter, the Delaware Senator has sent note
to the Governor, which was received on
yesterday, indicating his preference for the
portfolio of Secretary of the Treasury Depart
ment. 1t is rumOred that he will accordingly
be appointed to that position.
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HOwGATEs HIDING PLACE.
Gen. Hazen Says that His Hands are
Clean of the Whole Affair.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-When a reporter
called upon Gen. Hazen to-day, that officer
expressed official ignorance of the recent de-
velopments in the HOwgate matter. 81 have
had no connection with that subject" said
Gen. Hazen, for the past six weeks, About
that time we received a direct clue in the
shape of notice of the transfer of Howgate's
pemmican claim to one Cole, of Nebraska
City. 1 brought the matter to the attention
of the Secretary of War, and it was taken in
hand by the War Department, since when this
office has not been connected with it. You see
the unfortunate result. What information
we had has been ventilated in the neWspapers
and the game is flushed, of course, and How
gate will take care that his tracks arc well
covered"
do you think Howgate has been in Cana
da?" asked the reporter.
mo he has been in Nebraska among Miss
Burrlelps friends, and in Michigan among his
own friends: We had very accurate infor-
nation OF his being IN Michigan. He has
cleared out now though"
Lieut.. Greely, when asked about the matter
to-day, states that he had received two let
ters from Howgate, the first in relation to
the erasure OF his (HOwgate's) name from the
Arctic charts and later on asking for a loan
in which was reference to the pemmican
claim.
LINCOLN's NOTIFICATION.
81 took the information directly to the
Secretary of War;" said Lieut.. Greely, land
spoke to no one else about 1t. Some time ago
received an anonymous letter written in my
behalf, informing me that my private papers
were being ransacked, and shortly afterward
a newspaper man repeated some of the con-
tents of the Howgate letters, which had
shown to no one but the Secretary. There is
no doubt but that my desk was opened and
my private papers searched and copies of
these letters made. / don't care to say who
is suspected Of having done it. wrote to
Capt. Howgate's daughter in Cleveland that
was not able to loan the money as re-
quested, and in the present condition of af-
fairs there was no possibility of Congress
making good his pemmican claim. That is
all know about it," 1t Is understood that
some one in Lieut.. Greely's Office is suspected
of ransacking his papers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
INDEPENDENTS STAND FIRM.

Their Organizations to be Continued
for Future Emergencies.
BOSTON, Dec. 15.-At a meeting to-day of
the Independent Committee of One Hundred.
it was voted to continue the present organi-
zation, and also that organizations now ex-
isting be continued, and where no organiza-
tion now exist, those who have acted or SYM
pathized with the Independent movement and
may desire to j1in it, be invited to organ
ize in their respective neighborhoods
and put themselves in COMMUNICATION
with the Central Committee so that the indie
pendents may be ready to act as occasion re-
quires either by agitation in favor of yooas-
ure which commends itself to their support or
against any which they do not approve. or by
more direct political action if the emergency
REQUIRES it.
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LINCOLN's NOTTFICATION.
CLEVELAND's ADVISERS.
RumOrs Concerning the Men Whom He
May Honor Still Plentiful,

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-Chairman Hender-
son, of the Democratic Central Committee Of
Indiana, was interviewed yesterday as fol-
lows: "WhO do the Indiana Democrats favor
for the Cabinet from IndianaP" asked the re-
porter.
Mcdonald" was the prompt reply. "There
isl he continued, mo division Of sentiment
about that"
sit has been said," pursued the reporter,
''It is not true.b continued Mr. Henderson.
"If Gov. Cleveland sees fit to take a Cabinet
officer from Indiana, Mr.. Mcdonald will have
the cordial recommendation of the entire par
ty. There are no factional divisions in the
Indiana Democracy, and there are no conten-
tiOns. The party is a unit, and no man sup
ports Mcdonald more cordially than does Mr..
Hendricks"
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9Ror. YIRoHow. the German scientiat. late.

hOf' II1OHU"3 VHt otIIHtn bVIeHtISts IdJG-
ly presided at the opening Of two prehistoric
tombs near the villages of Laldorf and Grona
in the neighborhood of Bernberg. Among the
curiosities found were three skeletons. an
urn, a bronze ring, flint knife and half OF a
horseshoe. These discoveries led to renewed
excavations under the direction of Dr. Fischer.
which brought to light more objects OF inter-
est, among them being curious necklaces
made of the teeth of bears. wolves and foxes.
The tombs are thought to be over 5000 years
the museum Of the Bernberg Antiquarian
Society.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
Brakes FaiI on a Mountain Side

DENVER, COL, Dec. 15.-Late Saturday
night while freight train on the Denver and
Rio 6rande Railroad was coming down the
side OF mountain near Marshall pass the air
brakes failed After two miles had been run
and gaining a speed of so miles per hour the
engine jumped the track, followed by 20 cars,
and all were a complete wreck. The engineer
and fireman jumped and saved their lives, but
are badly bruised. The head brakeman was
buried under the wreck. The rear car was
detached and stopped
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-16
A Souare Devastatad

VANCEBoRO, ME-, Dec. ia fire broke out
at Houlton at II O'Clock last night in Tenney's
block, and before it could be checked swept
away the entire square, comprising the stores
OF e. Merritt q Sons and Gillen Bros, gro
GERS; s. +. Redman and S. M. SmuckleT,
clothing; t. j. Hathaway and .. r. French,
Brown & Watson, hardware. The loss is
prohablY Sl0A. 600 and the insnra nca sa9 nnA
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CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-At a meeting of the
Board of Erin, the highest authority in the
Society of the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
the expulsion OF Henry +. Sheridan from the
latter body was ordered, on the ground that
he had endeavored to convert it into a quasi
political organization.