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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
CRESPo TO HOLD HIS CASH.
ON OUR ADVICE HE WILL REFUSE
TO PAY AN INDEMNITY.

Lord Salisbury to BE Informed That
the Dispute Over the boundary
Must BE Settled Before Minor De-
tails Are Taken Up President
Cleveland Expected TO Return 10
the Capital To-day.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Members of con-
gress who are interested in the Venezue-
an boundary dispute with Great Britain
said this morning that President Crespo
viii be guided in making his reply to Lord
salisbury by the suggestions of this gov
srnment. Lord Salisbury, it has been re-
ported, asked the payment of $4,000 as
a compensation for the arrest of the Brit
Ish colonial officers a year ago, an epi-
sode which has passed into history as the
"Uruan incident"
That President Crespo will refuse to
nav this indemnity is certain. That he
will be so advised by Secretary Olney is
equally certain. 1t is said to-day that his
reply in substance will show the arrest
of Sergt. Barnes and his associates to
have been an outgrowth of the boundary
question, which must first be settled be-
fore any of it's incidental features can be
considered. Such reply. it is asserted,
would force Great Britain to meet the
issue without further equivocation or de-
lay.
Some of the members of the House in
sist that Secretary Olney has notlnec
President Cleveland that his absence from
WASHINGTON at this time is making him
q mark for unfavOrable criticism and II
is expected that he will return to the cap
ital tomorrow. If this prediction prove
true there is no reason to doubt that the
correspondence between the United states
and Great Britain having reference TO the
Monroe doctrine will be sent to congress
a resolution calling for it will be intro
duced, and doubtless before the last of next
week.
Senior Andrade, the Venezuelan minis
ter, tonight received a cablegram from
his government authorizing him to deny
the published statements to the effect
that an interviewer for London paper
had obtained from President Crespo state
ments concerning the disposition of his
government on the subject of the Brit
ish smart money claim" and particular
" that part of the report indicating that
the boundary question would be treated
distinctly between Great Britain ano
Venezuela, and that the Venezuelan Of
fcer who arrested the British officers
would be punished for exceeding his in.
structions, and that the Englishmen would
be compensated.
The cablegram received by Mr.. Andrade
tonight quotes the substance of the fore
going and while denying in toto partic-
ular stress Is laid upon the fact that Pres
ident Crespo is not to be quoted as making
any statement regarding the intervention
of this country in Venezuelan ahalrs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
FIRST GUN IN THE TARIFF FIGHT.
GaIusha Grow Comes TO the Front
with "a Cure for All Our Ills.

GaIusha Grow Comes 20 the Front
with "a Cure for All Our Ills.
Washington. Dec. 12.-The first gun In
the tariff fight in the Fifty-fourth con-
gress was fired to-day in the House by
the venerable ex-Speaker Grow, repre-
sentative-at-iarge from the state Of PENN
sylvania. At his request the House went
into committee of the whole on the stats
of the union. and for nearly an hour he
compared the working Of the protective
tariff as IL existed from 1861 to 1894 with
the result achieved by the present larFs
asserting that the latter had not proved
much of success. He proposed, instead
of the retirement of the greenbacks IN ex-
change for bonds as recommended by
Pre- sident Cleveland, that national banks
be permitted to deposit them, and the sill
yer certificates as well, in exchange for
circulating notes, receiving S110 for every
800 50 deposited; the greenbacks and
certificates when deposited to be cam
celled The gold reserve, he contenced.
would always prove a source of weakness
whenever and as long as the government
was compelled to borrow money to meet
its expenditures.
Several resolutions relating to the ex-
eCutive departments were offered and
passed.
til Monday.
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70 the government known as the Thur
man act" which he forced through the
Senate despite the powerful influences Of
the Pacific railroad companies.
At the close of his senatorial terms Mr.
Thurman returned to the practice OF law
He was especially prominent in connec-
ton with the Bell telephone patent cases,
being on principle opposed TO the Bell
monopoly. In 1856 he was nominated by
the democratic caucus of the legislature
for senator, but was defeated. In 1854 his
name was brought forward for the presi-
Dental nomination, but with unimpor-
tant effect In 1887 he was offered a po-
sitlon in the interstate commerce com
mission. but declined II. In the demo-
cratic national convention of 1888 he was
nominated by accamatiOn for vice pres
ident on the ticket with Mr.. Cleveland,
but the ticket was defeated by Harrison
and Morton. Judge Thurman was mar
ried in 1874 to Mrs. Tompkins, born Mary
Dun. the daughter of Walter Dun, a
wealthy merchant Of Chilllcothe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
RATES ON THE RAILWAYS.
Senator Call Wants Congress to
Make Them Cheap

Washington, Dec. 12.-Among the bills
introduced in the Senate to-day was one
by Mr.. Call, providing that passenger
transportation on all railways engaged in
Interstate commerce shall not exceed 1c
per mile: it is made lawful for railway
companies to have separate cars for differ
ent races, nationalities and kinds of peo-
Pile; sleeping car charges are reduced to
81 for each twenty-four hours of occu-
pancy; freight charges are ordered to be
reduced to an amount not exceeding that
necessary to pay the interest (not exceed
ing five per cent? on the present value of
the railroads engaged in Interstate COM
merce estimated upon the basis of the
cost at which such roads could be dupli-
Gated to-day. A fine of $4,000 for each Vio-
lation is provided, half of which is to be
paid the informer, or by Imprisonment for
not more than one year.
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GIoLrTTI CHARGED WITH THEFT
The Documents Used Against Pre-
mIer CrIspi His PIuBder.

Rome. Dec. 12.-The parliamentary com
mittee to which the matter was referred
viii propose that ex-Prime Minister Clio
litti be tried on the charge Of stealing
the documents that were abstracted from
the Banco Romano which figured ia the
prosecution OF Signor ranlongo, the gov
ernor Of that institution. These docu-
mcnts. Signor Giolliu claimed, showed
that Prime Minister crispi was implicated
I'm the bank scandals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
MORE BLACKS FoR AFRICA.
A Colonization Party to Sail From
Savannah In the Spring.

Little Rock. Ark, Dec. 12.-For several
weeks past a representative of the Afri-
can Colonization Society has been quietly
at work among the negroes in Lonoke
county. He has succeeded in getting
twenty families, aggregating 100 persons,
to join him in the African exodus scheme
The party will leave on Dec. 20 for Sa-
vannah, from where they will sail for
their African Canaan. Others will follow
and on every hand for miles around the
negroes are inhamed with the glowing
promises and inducements held out to
them and many hundreds will leave be-
fore sDrlng
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
COTTON BELTS RATE CUT.
The Road Withdraws From the Pas
senrer Association.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-The Cotton Belt road
recently withdrew from the Southwestern
Passenger Association. but agreed to sus-
pend its notice of withdrawal for time
pending a settlement of the differences
which caused it to step out. This time be-
settled the road has renewed its with
drawal. This probably means the disso-
luton of the association. The Cotton Belt
in excess of the other lines and also asked
the right to sell tickets one dollar
cheaper. -
There was no change in the eastern
cuts were made as heretofore, but no an
nouncement of an open cut was made, nor
is any now expected for several days at
least
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
sALIsBURY's TARIFF SPEECH.
Conservative Papers GrumbIing at
His Ufternnces.

London, Dec. 12-The conservatives
newspapers are grumbling a great deal
at the declaration against protection
made by Lord Salisbury on the occasion
OF his receiving a deputation headed by
the Earl of Winchelsea yesterday, urging
that the government readjust the duty on
beer in the interests Of the English grow
ers of hops and barley.
James Lowther, NJ. p, conservative,
will preside at the public conference to be
held in London tomorrow, with the OBJ
feet of urging the adoption of a system
OF protection, "in view OF the critical con-
dition of agriculture and other national
industries "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
CzAR REEDS Committees.
They Are Not Apt to De Announced
for Week.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Speaker Reed
will not in all probability, announce his
committees until the very last of next
week. The announcement may be delay
ed till the following Monday if the ad-
iournment for the holidays be postponed
until that date Neither is it likely that
the speaker will announce any single com
mittee in the meantime not even the COM
mittee on rules. The House at present is
working under the rules of the last con-
eress and while these viii be greatly mod
fled when the new committee on rules
begin their work. they are not so objec-
tionable as to require undue haste in the
appointment of the committee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
STRUCK BY AN ENGINE.
People on n Street Car Have a Mirac-
uIOus Escape From Death.

Toledo, o., Dec. 12-An electric car con-
tanning four passengers had a marvellous
escape this forenoon in this city from
destruction by a locomotive. and where
death seemed inevitable to the half dozen
souls on the car, only one was seriously
hurt The car was crossing the tracks at
road. when a light engine came along at
a high rate of speed. What followed as
founded the few eye-witnesses of the af-
fair
The engine lifted the car bodily from
the rails and carried it fully one hundred
feet away before coming to a stop The
motor was badly damaged. Miss Emma
CARING had her back hurt and Conductor
Manson was cut about the head. August
Meyers jumped through one of the street
car windows and was horribly cut up. He
bled profusely and is injured seriously.
The others escaped injury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
ESCAPE OF THE CINCINNATI.
The Captains story Comedies with
That Already Published.

Washington Dec. 12-Capt. Johnson.
the commander OF the cruiser Cincinnati.
at Key West on patrol duty, in a tele-
gram to the navy department, affirms the
Southern Associated Press dispatches
that the FIRE IN the coal bunkers Of the
vessel was discovered Tuesday and that
the magazines were flooded 10 prevent an
explosion. According 70 the telegram
there was no damage,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
FREIGHT RATES cur.
An Agreement Violated Almost Be-
fore the Ink Was Dry.

st. Louis. Mo, Dec. 12.-The contract
entered into a few days ago between the
officers Of the Central Traffic Association
to restore eastbound freight rates is be-
ing violated almost before the ink is dry.
as they were before the general managers
had taken action. Several roads are said
to have taken large quantities OF provis-
ions at a rate Of five cents less than the
tariff. The failure to restore rates has
created a rather chilly feeling and some
doubt the ability Of the managers of tho
Joint traffic association to secure a strict
maintenance of the rates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
FISHING scHooNERs LOST.
Four Driven Ashore Near ST. Pierre
and wrecked.

Gloucester. Mass. Dec. IA dispatch
received from st. Pierre. Miq.. says that
a hurricane of great violence pervails
there to-day, doing tremendous damage
to shipping, and that the schooners Mabel
r. Bennett, Hattie ID. Linnell, s. p. Will
lara and Jennie Seaverns. belonging to
this port, and engaged In the frozen her
ring fishery, were driven ashore, and were
a total loss. The French cable steamer
PCurer Quertier was also blown ashore
and wrecked.
The vessels were among the finest sail
ing from this port, and the loss is a severe
one. The crews Of all were saved with
much difficulty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
HAssELL CONVICTED.
lie Was the Areh-ConsDirator I'm the
Graveyard Insurance Cases.

Trenton. n c.. Dec &c. r. Hassell,
the arch conspirator In the Beaufort
graveyard insurance cases. was convict
I'd to-day Others are on trial NJ. A. Mar
shall, an important states witness. mys-
teriously disappeared Tuesday night. and
no trace 0f him can be found. The opinion
Is freely expressed that be is not alive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
BARBARA,s WORD VERY BAD.
She Now Has no Recollection of Max
ing "a Confession.

She Now Has no Recollection of Max
ing a Confession.
New York Dec. 12.-Lawyer House, who
was assigned to defend Barbara Aub, who
was indicted for perjury in the trial of
Walter Langerman, for criminal assault,
had an interview with Miss Aub to-day.
When Mr.. House was seen after leav-
ing Miss Aub he said she made the follow
ing statement: II have absolutely no re-
collection of having made any confession.
The story l told on the stand at the trial
was the absolute truth | did not state
that in the relations that existed between
Langerman and myself no force was used.
If / did so state it is untrue. l have no
reason for making such statement be-
cause Langerman. did use force"
The Princess Viroqua, who. with Miss
Smedley, left Miss Aub when Mr.. House
did, said that Barbara Aub told her that
she had no recollection OF ever having
been to Recorder Goff's house or having
made confession to him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
AN AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS.
EBgIand's National Union In Session
at London.

London. Dec. 12.-The annual congress
of the National Agricultural Union met
to-day under the presidency Of the Earl
of Winchelsea. A large number of con-
servatlVe peers ana nempers on parlia-
agreed 10 form an agricultural party in
parliament, the purpose of which was to
urge the government TO relieve land of its
existing unfair share OF the public bur-
dens, TO readjust the beer duty in favor
of British grown barley and hops, and to
Introduce legislation for the effectuai pro-
lection Of home products against ali
forms Of fraudulent competition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
The Day the First Anniversary of
Her Marriage.

Lynchburg, Va. Dec. l2.-Mrs. Malcolm
Guy met horrible death by fire IN this
city to-day. Her dress caught fire. and
before Il could be extinguished she had
received terrible burns over the entire
surface Of her body. The accident oc-
curred on the first anniversary Of her
marriage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13

Huntington. W. Va. Dec. u The Jury
trying John Barbam, the pugilist, for an
assault upon city Editor Vowel of the
Times, brought % q verdict Of guilty %
4 felony al noon The other men charged
with eongplring ~ klll the editor viii now
Be placed On ffia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13

Berne Dec. 12.--The federal council this
morning elected Mr.. Lachenai. president.
and A. Deuscher, vice president. Mr. Lachs
email was formerly minister OF foreign af@
fairs and Mr. DeuscheF minister Of agri~
nnlture. Both arc radieals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
DUVRAVEN DELAYED.
He WAS on the Germanic When She
Was in Collision.

London, Dec. 12.-Lord Dunraven, who
was a passenger on the White Star line
steamer Germanic, which yesterday ran
into and sank the steamer Cumbra near
the mouth of the Mersey and was COM
pelled to put back to Liverpool. has re-
turned TO London The Liverpool CORES
pondent of the Central News says that
Lord Dunraven will make a new arrange
ment with the New York Yacht Club rel
ative to his presence at the inquiry into
the charges made by him against the De-
fender syndicate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
GERMAXY's REICHsTAG.
Speeches on the Petroleum Ring and
the Gold Standard.

Berlin. Dec 12.-In the Reichstag to-day
Herr Zimmerman, anti-Semite, delivered
q sneech in condemnation of the American
Petroleum ring and thanked Baron Mars
chau Won Bieberstein. minister of foreign
AFFAIRS for the firmness he had shown in
opposing America.
Herr Haussman. a South German dem
ocrat. declared that the ministers of all
Tho south German states would resist all
attempts to NEEDLE with the gold standard.
As regards Asia. he declared that Ger
MANY had done Russia's business there.
IIe advised the government not to attempt
to modify the general secret suffrage law,
which was the only safety valve against
revolution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
parliament ProroEued.

London, Dec. 12.-The queen IN council
at Windsor to-day formally prorogued
parliament until the middle Of February
government business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13
the GermanIc Doc-ed.

Liverpool. Dec. l2-rhe steamer Ger
ing. Her forehoid was fan N water ana
her stem D. 50 badly damaged thai m VIII
be necessary 70 ~ her with a new one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-13

Monmouth. IN. Dec. i2.-Fire this sven-
ing completely destroyed tbs shops 81
fhe Weir Fi0W Company. The loss is
$1,000 fully covered ~ Insurance.. Three
hundred men all be thrown out 0f en-
pl0yment.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-25
Considerable Patients.

Amusing if apocryphal stories are
told of the extreme care for the feel
ings of their physicians displayed by
some patients One such tender hearted
man, seeing his physician coming along
the street, slipped into doorway to
avoid him.
why do you do that?" inquired his
companion.
"Well, said the man, whose health,
had been poor until within year, lit 8
so long now since I've been sick, that
I'm really ashamed to meet him."
An instance of still greater delicacy
is recorded of a man whose case had
been pronounced hopeless by his physi-
clan, but who afterwards regained
perfect health. He met the doctor on
the street some time after his recovery,
and the latter had difficulty in making
his former patient stop to speak with
him.
whats the matterY" Inquired the
physician, bluntly.
Why" returned the other, you
said l was dying, and I'm ashamed to
have you see me alive and WE'LL"
Such tenderness as this merits the
approval with which quack is said to
have commended conscientious swal-
lower of his medicines.
"Ah, my dear SIR" he said, with
strong emotion, you deserve to be ill!''
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-25
AT THE WHEEL.
The Story Of a Strange Happening at
Sea On a Starry Night.

why, no" said the Mate, II can't
say thatwe are more superstitious than
other folk. You get into the moors and
hills and you'll find landsmen quite as
foolish as any of us. I'll not deny that
there may have been time, and yet
I'm not very sure. That's true, though,
about steam any way, blue water is
not 30 lonely as it must have been when
we were all under canvas. Seems to
me it's loneliness that breeds supersti-
tion, and there's no loneliness like that
of the high seas on starry night.
Still things do happen now and then
things there's no accounting for.
Here's case now wonder what
you would make out of it? 1t was on
a May night, something like fifteen
years ago, and we were coming up
chanuel. was at the wheel, for was
not mate in those days. 1t was one of
those queer nights, when the stars are
clear overhead, but everything about
you's black as your hat. We were
bowling along with fresh breeze that
brought us the smell of old England,
and everything seemed shipshape and
snug, when, all of sudden, the look
out sent up yell, and right ahead of
us there was flash of lights and the
looming of shadow-black against
the very darkness. The moment the
lookout shouted there wrs cry, Hard
a.port y and gave the wheel whir
to set it flying. don t expect you to
believe, but make what you like of it,
the wheel stuck as if it had been
spiked. l flung all my strength on it it
was fixed like stanchion. You can't
guess what l felt at that moment, with
that cry in my ears and that shadow
rushing out of the darkness. Then two
invisible hands, cold as ice, were laid
on mine with steady grip, and the
wheel was sent flying hard a-starboard.
We swung up into the wind, and as we
did SO great ocean-liner crowded past
US at almost leaping distance. Had we
gone to port we would have been cut
in two.
mo, l told you l couldn't account
for 1T. I've wondered, too, at times,
for our captains brother was lost in
the channel-run down just like that,
too.D
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-25

81 A YEAR In ADVANCE
FEARFUL, WONDERFUL ANSWERS
Savage, Witty and Humerors Replies
Made to Fit Commonplace Queries.


Since wit has been defined by Noah
Webster as "the felicitous association
OF objects not usually connected so as
to produce a pleasant surprise NAV
not the pupils of some of our public
schools, who give the following an
swers to their examination questions,
lay claim to it? The record as here
given is bona fide, having been read
during the last week at the graduation
exercises of one of the leading gram
mar schools of this city,
l. Who were the Pilgrims2 A dirty,
filthy set who lived under the ground.
2. Name domestic animal useful
for clothing and describe its habits.
The OK, He don't have any habits,
because he lives in stable.
3. If you were travelling across the
desert, where would you choose to rest?
would rest on a stool.
4. Mention five races of men. Men.
women, children and babies.
.. Describe the white race and show
that 1t Is superior to the other races.
A white man will nod at you when he
meets you on the street.
q. OF what is the surface of the earth
composed? Dirt and people.
Z. Name fruit that has its seeds on
the outside. A seedcake.
.. Name five forms of water. Hot
water, cold water. faucet water, we'll
water and ice water.
o. Name and locate the five senses.
The eyes are in the n orthern part of the
face and the mouth in the southern.
10. Who were the mound builders?
History can notanswer these questions.
Science only can. ....
II. Define finch and use it in sen.
tence. Finch to drink. Flannel flinches
when it is washed.
-. By what is the earth surrounded,
and by what is it lightedY 1t is sur
rounded by water and lighted by gas
and electricity.
IL. Name six animals of the Arctic
zone. Three polar bears and three
seals.
ID. What is yeast2 Yeast is vege-
table flying about in the air, and
hitching itself on to anything.
10. Why do you open the dampers in
a stove when lighting fire? To let
the oxygen in and the nitrogen out.
16. What did the Constitution do for
the country? 1t gave the President a
head.
What are the last teeth that come to
man? False teenth.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-25

upon examination, were found to lead
to an underground city, built appar-
emily long before the Christian era.
According to effigies, inscriptions and
desigus upon the gold and silver mon
ey unearthed from among the ruins
the existence of the town dates back to
some two centuries before the birth of
Christ.
The underground Bokharan city is
about two versts long and is composed
of an enormous labyrinth of corridors,
streets and squares, surrounded by
houses and other buildings two or three
stories high. The edifices contain all
kinds of domestic utensils, pots, urns,
vases, and so forth. In some of the
streets falls of earth and rock have OBJ
structed the passages, but generally
the visitor can walk about freely with
out lowering his head. The high de-
gree OF civilization attained by the in
habitants of the city is shown by the
fact that they built in several stories,
by the symmetry of the streets and
square, and by the beauty of the clay
and metal utensils and of the orna-
ments and coins.