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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
A PRETTY RACE ON THE THAMES.
Oxford Beats Cambridge Only a
Quarter OF a Length.


London, March 2S.-The annual rowing
contest between the oxford and Cam
bridge University eights took place to-
day over the course from Putney to Mort
lake. a distance of four and one-quarter
miles. The weather was extremely dis
agreeable, but the fact had but a very
slight deterrent effect upon the thousands
of enthusiasts who lined the banks of the
Thames and crowded the decks of the
pleasure steamers and shouted themselves
hoarse in encouragement of the respective
crews.
The usual crowds witnessed the launch
ing Of the boats and both crews We're
heartily cheered as they padded away to
the starting point.
The Cambridge crew were the first to
make their appearance, and the crowd
Went wild over them. They were quickly
followed by the Oxford men, and the
cheering was renewed. Cambridge won the
toss for position, and took the Surrey side.
The water was rough and a strong head
wind was blowing.
The boats got off at 1:OS o'clock, and had
a good start. Cambridge began with her
best rowing, pulling 80 strokes the first
minute, and when opposite the boat
houses was in the lead more than her
tore-canVas. Both crews were then row.
ing at a high rate. Cambridge was lead
ing by quarter of length, and at the
soap works had increased her lead to
half a length
At Hammersmith bridge Cambridge
still held her lead of half a length, and
at Chiswick she was nearly a length
ahead. Both crews were strainng every
nerve and muscle, but Cambridge seemed
to be the stronger, and at Thorney-
Crofts was full length in the lead.
Both crews were pulling hard and do
ing some splashing, but Cambridge SEEM
ed to be putting more power into her
strokes, and upon approaching Barnes
she was nearly two lengths in advance
of the oxford boat. Both crews We're
now showing signs of the tremendous
strain upon them, the severity of the
struggle being apparent to everybody.
From this point, however, oxford began
rapidly up on the leaders, who had lost
more than half of their advantage, and
were only three-quarters of a length
ahead. In shooting the bridge Cambridge
was hampered by the rough water and
failed to maintain her lead. oxford
gradually crept up on the Cambridge
boat, and the excitement on the banks
and on board the boats following the
racers became intense.
The Oxford boat, from this point drew
ahead and reached the ship hotel at Mort
lake, the finishing point, winner by a
quarter of a length, adding one more to
OXford's list of six consecutive victories.
since Cambridge has won varsity race.
The usual deafening cheers and screech-
ing whistles greeted the victorious crew
and the usual scenes in other respects
were enacted for except the slight dir
ferences made by the weather, one year s
show along the Thames championship
course from Putney to Mortlake is exactly
like another. OXford's official time was
twenty minutes and one second.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
Fatal ROW OVER POLITICS.
A White Man and Two Negroes Shot
in Louisiana.


New Orleans, March 2S.-St. Landry par-
ish, in the western part of Louisiana, is
almost in a state of war. A special TO
the Daily States from Opelousas. La.
says: ION last evening, as a party of
white men from ArnaudviIIe were passing
on the public road near the house of .Ju-
lien Stelley, a colored man in the neigh
borhood of Port Barr, five Of them turn
ed aside and called him out to have a
talk with him. He had used some threat
ening language to the effect that he in
the attempt, but subsequently seeing that
ii would be against the unanimous wis hes
of the white people of that section, he had
sent a message by another colored man
to DR. G.. w Martin, the leader of the
white supremacy movement of that neigh
borhood, apologizing for his words. and
promising to take no part in politics in
the future
THE purpose in calling at his house last
night was to assure him that his apolo-
gies and promises had been accepted and
that he. might feel secure. He refused to
open his door or parley with the men,
saying that If DR.. Martin would come
that he would come out and talk with
him. Dr. Martin then came and called
to him to come out and talk with him
but, instead of doing so, he opened a
side window and instantly shot dead AL
coe Bouett, a resident of Grand Coteau
and an excellent citizen, and young man
of 10 years of age. The men on the out
side thereupon fired in the house killing
Stclley and probably one other negro.
This is DR.. Martins statement OF the
occurrence. He is the leading physician
of that section and a gentleman Of the
highest standing
SThe sheriff's Office is just In recent Of
a dispatch stating that Atanas FoDteDet
a white man, was killed last night in the
Of the epublican-populist candidate for
governor, Pharrs, advice 70 arm"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
ANARCHY IN KOREA.
The Insurgent Army within Ten
Miles of seoul.

Special Correspondence OF the United
Press per steamer Copuc, via San Fran
cisco, March Is
Toxic, March lS.-The state OF affairs in
Korea goes from bad 10 worse. Poli-
ticians in Seoul insist that by taking
refuge In the Russian legation and re-
naming there, the king has virtually
quilted his own domain. since the pre-
cincts OF a legation are extra-territorial.
A similar view is held by the leading citi-
zens of the capital. who naturally see that
very little power of governing can be ac-
credited to a sovereign and his cabinet
as long as they dare not venture beyond
the shadow OF foreign flag.
The insurgents in the provinces have
adopted a new tone. dictated, of course,
by adherents of the prince apparent S
party. They say the men by whom the
king was persuaded TO seek asylum In the
Russian legation are traitors to the cOun-
try and must be eNterminated. But they
also proclaim that all foreigners must be
expelled from the kingdom, an announce
ment probably intended as a blind.
They have pushed to a point not more
than ten miles from Seoul, and the gov
ernment have no troops to cope with them.
royal guards has been ordered by edict
but money to pay them Is not forthcoming
even II they could be organized so speedi-
~ as to meet the emergency.
The whole situation, however. Is rapidly
growing insuppOrtable and a general idea
gains ground that the departure of the
king from the Russian legation Will he the
signal for the downfall of the present
cabinet. II has been pretended by the pro-
RUSSIAN party that the kings residence
in the palace is out or the question so
long as Japanese troops have their bar
racks in the immediate vicinity. The
troops were located there originally by de-
sire of the Korean government but as
the Japanese authorities have neither
need nor occasion to keep them there, they
are about to be removed
The United States representative In
Seoul Is winning golden opinions among
the Japanese at this crisis. His influence,
they report, is steadily exerted in the
cause of right and justice Strong ana
IN great part successful efforts are said
TO have been made by him TO mitigate the
cruelties practiced by the cabinet against
It's political opponents, and to lessen the
brutalites resorted to by the legal tri-
bunals In their examination of prisoners.
Detailed accounts from kiangyin-which
lies midway between the mouth OF the
Hangtse and Ching Kiang-show that "a
diers there was only prevented by the
explosion Of a mafBzlne. The insurrec-
ton was planned, the programme being
to Kill the general In command, get pos
session or the magazines and rifles, ana
then master the city. Already the work
had commenced. Rifles had begun to
crack and the mutineers were removing
the contents Of the magazines when the
principal of the three, containing about
cause OF the explosion Is not known, since
all in or near the mag gazine-to tho num-
Der OF 3OO-were shattered to pieces. The
catastrophe was 50 terrible that Il COM
pletely cOWed the soldiers, and they de-
sisted from further acts Of violence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
GEORGIA's JOINT DEBATE.
Crisp ana smith ADt TO Indulge in
Lively PersonaIities

4ANNAS
Washington, March 2s-secretary Hoke
Smith left Washington tonight for a two
weeks campaign in Georgia to engage
in Joint debate with ex-Speaker Crisp.
Secretary Smith is to defend the. gold
standard, and Mr.. Crisp will uphold the
free silver of the discussion.
The contest between these two distin-
guished Georglans has aroused the widest
interest not only in Georgia, but through
out the country, for II is well understood
that Secretary Smith, although not an
avowed candidate for the senatorship, as
plres to follow the course of Senator VI
las and step from the interior department
into the Senate chamber. Secretary
Smiths Course in the senatorial race with
be governed by the success he meets
with in the joint debate with Speaker
Crisp. Both men go into the debate as
personal friends, but bitter political ene-
niles. They are distantly related, and In
arranging the details for the joint dis
cussion there was an understanding that
the financial question alone is to engage
their attention. 1t Is believed by mutual
friends that 1t will be impossible for them
to avoid personalities.
While both men announce that they pro-
pose TO confine their remarks on the stump
to the financial issue, they have taken
the precaution to arm themselves with
complete personal and political record
of each other to be ready for any emer-
gency that may arise. Under the circum-
stances II is hardly possible for them to
TO the debate.
Secretary Smith has stated to his friends
that he does not intend to permit Mr.
Crisp to indulge in any criticism Of the
present administration or its financial
policy for IL he does, that will be the
signal for opening the food gates Of per-
sonalties on both sides
While the joint debate between secre-
tary Smith and Mr.. Crisp may not be
as sensational as the canvass between
Senator Tillman and ex-senator Butler in
South Carolina, 1t will be fun of inter-
esting incidents.
The first debate of the series will take
place In Augusta next Tuesday when
Mr.. Crisp will open the discussion. The
next date is at Atlanta, where Secre-
tary Smith has the privilege Of OPEN
will leave Washington tomorrow night.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
RELIEF WORK IN ARMENIA.

English and American Agents TO Be
Allowed TO DO Their work.
Washington. March 2s.-Secretary Olney
to-day received a cable dispatch from tha
United States legation at Constantinopie
stating that the British ambassador had
been informed in writing by Tewfik Pasha
that relief may be distributed freely in the
interior by English and American agents.
A member OF the Turkish relief commits
tee being present at every distribution.
Miss Clara Barton's agents are thus able,
says the dispatch, to distribute the sup
piles directly with their own hands to
Whomsoeyer they think proper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
SAVANNAH, GA. SUNDAY MARCH %, 1896

own security against a British attack
Many new comers who are seen in PTeto-
ria are known to be German soldiers.
Ihey look to be ready to jOstle the Eng
hsh on the sidewalks. Every steamer
calling at Cape Town, Durham and Port
Elizabeth brings groups of sO-called pro-
Spectors, who are unable to conceal the
stamp of the disciplined soldier, who is
still under military command. Besides
the Germans the Beers are recruiting a
foreign legion. The letter concludes with
the statement that everybody knows that
there is war ahead and that plenty OF
British and Dutch blood will be shed before
the summers cranes ripeu
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
WHISKY WAREHOUSES; ABLAZE.
Twelve Hundred Thousand Gallons
of Liquor Destroyed.

Louisville, KY, March 2S.-Warehouses
No and of the Pleasure Ridge Distil-
lery. twelve miles below this city, were
burned shortly before noon, entailing a
loss of nearly $1,0O0,00O. The blaze started
in warehouse No. and communicated to
the other. Engines were sent from this
city. but did not get there in time to
he of any service. The property is owned
bv Bernheim Brothers, Block, Frank &
90. and N. Block & Son of this city. One
million two hundred thousand gallons of
whisky were stored in the premises. This
was in bond. The amount of insurance
on the property destroyed could not be
learned.
Twenty-six thousand barrels of whisky
in warehouses Nos. and / were destroy
ed. The total loss is estimated at $325 0OO,
exclusive of the government tax. The
damage to the plant is estimated at So, =
COO There is ample insurance on the dis
tillery plant, cooper shop and warehouses
and it is estimated that the whisky was
insured for 80 per cent. of its value.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
BAIHAuT Released.
He Was serving Five Years for Pam
anna Bond Frauds.

Paris. March 2s.-President Faure has
granted the release of NJ. Baihaut. FORM
erly minister of public works. who in
March. 1893, was sentenced 10 five years
Imprisonment, to pay a fine of 10000
francs and TO suffer the loss of his civil
rights for five years, for connection with
the Panama Lottery Bond frauds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS LIGHT.
The Deficit for the Year to Date
SIs,OOO,OOO.

Washington. March S.-with two days
of March left the government receipts for
the month have reached only $24, 100000
They are not likely to exceed $26.0 900 for
the entire month. The low receipts hava
been very disappointing to the treasury
officials, who have been trying to per-
suade themselves that business, which is
reflected in the government receipts, was
materially improving. The deficit for the
year to date is $1s.O00000. In April heavy
interests payments fall due and with the
present ratio of receipts the deficit at the
end of the fiscal year may approximate
81, 100000 Secretary Carlisle's estimate
was $l7, 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
sHIPP's SHORTAGE.
The Total Already Known $4,000
and the End Not Yet in Sight.

Versailles, KY, March 2s.-The total
shortage of ex-Cashier shipp of the Mid
way Deposit Bank and ex-Bookkeeper
Charles Stone with the bank and indi-
viduals has now grown to $4,000, and many
believe that the end is not yet reached.
The feeling against Shipp Is very strong
at Midway. Thompson a. Davis quahed
to-day as assignee Of the deposit bank.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
BOTTLING SPIRITS IN BOND.
A Favorable Report Ordered on the
Bill Before the Committee.

Bill Before the Committee.
Washington, March 2S.-The committee
on ways and means to-day ordered IA
vorable report on the bill of Mr.. Evans of
Kentucky to allow the bottling of distill-
ed spirits in bond The bottling Is to be
done in the bonded warehouses under the
supervision Of the government officers and
without interminging spirits of different
kind, age or proof.
The committee heard REPRESENTATIVE
Mercer of Nebraska in support of his bill
appropriating $4,000 to authorize and en-
courage the holding of trans Mississippi
and International Exposition at Omaha
Neb,, In 1898. The measure was referred to
a subcommittee for consideration and re-
mort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
TENNEssEE's THIRD.
The District to Send n Reed Dele
gate TO Sc. Louis.

Knoxville, Tenn, March 2s.-The repub-
licans Of the Third congressional district
have held enough eonveqtions to insure
the selection Of Foster V. Brown as dele
gate to st. Louis. Mr.. Brown is a Reed
man and 1t is significant that this Is the
home district of Henry Clay Evans, the
Mckinley leader Of the southern republi-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
DEFEATED BY DERvIsHEs.
Egyptians Reported TO Have Met
win a Reverse.

London, March 2s.-The People will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Cairo
saying II is rumored that the Egyptian
advance guard Of the Soudan expedition
has been defeated By the dervishes near
and wounded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
FEARS ron 4 SCHOONER.
The Nancie smith Not Heard Fronr
Since Feb. II.

oIncc FtDs IL
Charleston. S. c., March 8.-It is believ-
ed here that the schooner Nancie Smith,
familiar trader on the Atlantic coast. has
been lost. She left New York for Charles
ton on Feb. p. and has not been heard
from since. The Smith was consigned to
Roach a. Son, with a cargo of oil
Dispatches received from New York to-
day state that the owners have heard
nothing of the vessel and that they are
beginning TO share In the belief that she
has gone to the bottom.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
James whitcomb Riley All nIrht.

indianapolis Ind. March 2S.-The rlimor
sent out from this city last night that
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hooeier dia-
lect poet was suffering from an attack Of
slightly ILL., but was W and around to-
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
HORRORS OF THE MORO CASTLE.
An Atlanta Man Tells of His Expe-
rienee as a Prisoner.

Atlanta, Ca, March 2s.-F. d. Hastings,
a machinist in the employ Of the Atlanta
machine works. who went 10 Cuba three
moyths ago under contract for bridge
building, has just returned after having
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

London, March 28.--The British stea uaer
Stanley. ashore on the ISLAND OF Texei in
the North sea, IS full OF water. Three OF
the crew were drowned. The weather has
improved and the vessels cargo Is being
discharged,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-22

senate Ia oonsiilutionally requisite,
down b mere laborcrs aud wofkmon,
governmental appointments are with.
drawn aa far o. possible from political
influence and protected ia their
tenure of Office by the merit sya-
tenn. Tho presidents signature,
caneelling all former orders issued aud
substituting the new rules, was imme-
diately filed in the state department
aud went into IN et az once, thus fore.
Sailing any possible action throughout
;ho oountry by appointing llicials NJ
transferring employees or IN any other
way evading the rules before being for
mally notified Of them. From tho
moment Of its signature the new order
made al government officials directly
responsible TO the commission for APP
pointments aud changea This revi-
sion Of the rules divides the executive
civil service into FIVE branches as fol-
lows: The departmental service, the
custom house service, the postoflice
service, the government printing SER
vice aud the internal revenue service.
In the departmental service are
classified Oh officers and employees Tex
cept laborera aud persons who have
been nominated for confirmation In
the several executive departments, the
commissions, the railway mail service,
Indian service, the District Of Column
bia, pension agencies, steamboat in
speetion service, revenue cutter ser.
vice, sub-treasuries and engineer do
partments and the forces employed by
custodians of public buildings. The
only exception made in the treasury
department is in favor Of those in the
liie-saving service.
In the custom house service are elias
sifed ell officers and employees in any
customs district whose employees mum
Der as many as five. In the postoflic,
service are classified all officers ant
employees in any free delivery post
Office.
In the internal revenue service ar,
classified all officers and employees il
every internal revenue disteict except
OF course, as in other cases, mere Ia
/ borers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-22

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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-22
HIGH TARIFF DECEPTION.
THE PROTECTION THEORY OF TRADE
PROHIBITION is PALLADIUM

People Of Different Countries Are
Bonehted by an tnterchanro Of
Commoditlos-A Mckinley Kln.
dorgarten Lesson.
The theory Of trade prohibition
which underlioa tho high tariff swindle
vas laid down 10 a recent speech by
Major Mckinley Is follows:
every shipload OF foreign products
that We buy displaoes just that guam.
tity that is made in the United States.
and az you displaoo this quantity You
displaoe tho requisite labor required
10 make II in the United Statea."
II tins assertion is true Il would fol-
low that oil trade is an evil, since the
purchase by one section Of q country
OF goods FROM another section would
displace domestic products Of q value
equal to the imported goods. Thus
tho sale Of carload Of hay from New
York State in Massachusetts, must dis.
place a portion OF the hay crop Of the
latter State. According 10 Major Nc
Kinley's economy this would injure
the Massachusetts, farmer and would
deprive labor OF employment.
Voters who have reached even the
kindergarten stage ofpolitical economy
know that the Mckinley idea is wholly
q fallacy. New York hay Is shipped
to Massachusetts, only when It can be
sold at a profit. Instead Of displacing
the labor products of Massachusetts, it
creates a demand for them, as the New
York farmer must take something pro-
duced by labor in exchange for his
hay. That something may be boots,
cottons, barb wire or money. In
either case its production gives en-
ployment to labor.
Exactly the same is true if instead
OF coming from New York the hay was
raised In Canada, or any other foreign
country. The Canadian farmer sells
hay because he wants goods made by
the labor of New York or Massa-
chusetts. He does not give away his
products, but takes back a quantity OF
goods equnl in value to what no sells.
The result Of the business transactions
which Major Mckinley wants to stop
by high tariff is that the people Of New
York who want hay, and the farmers
of Canada who want goods, are both
benefited by getting what they want
cheaper than they could produce them
for themselves. This is the ultimate
object of all commerce, as we'll as of
labor-saving inventions, improved
methods of transportation, the diver
sifcation of industries and all the civil
iized arts.
If foreign goods displace our prod
nets, the goods we ship abroad must
displace those of countries with which
we trade. Were trade-prohibiting
tariffs made universal we should lose
our markets for nearly 5000, 900, 00C
worth of goods which we now export
annually. What do the American far,
mers, who complain because prices are
already too low, or American work
men, who are idle because there is Al
overproduction of goods which cannot
fine a market, think of the Ohio poll.
cy, which if carried out by other
countries would leave us with products
worth 5000, 900, 900 unsold.
WHIDDEN GRAHAM.