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The record-union., 1897-03-29
DEMAND FOR MONEY BRIsKER.
The Trans Missouri Decision UpSets
American Securities.

LONDON, March 2S.-The demand
for money has been somewhat brisker
during the last few days, as the END
of the quarter has approached. But dis
counts, after a slight hardening, re-
lapsed. The fact that twelve months
treasury bills have been allotted under
1l2 will Indicate the rates.
These are not expected to rule at
high figures in the future and prob
ably the bank rate will fall below the
minimum for some time past
The Trans Missouri decision of the
Supreme Court had the effect of up
setting American railway securities,
though the London markets regard
the matter more calmly than Wall
street. The chief declines have been
Philadelphia and Reading firsts +; Lake
Shore 3la; Milwaukee 212: Illinois Cen
tral preferred and Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe preferred =; Missouri Pa
cific seconds, Northern Pacific pre-
ferred and Wabash income ~.
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AMENDING THE TARIFF.
Several Changes Agreed On Will be
Offered by Dingley.

WASHINGTON, March 2S-The Re-
publican members of the Ways and
Means Committee We're in session sew
eral hours to-day and again tonight,
considering amendments to the pend
ing tariff bill. A number of amend
ments were agreed upon, and will be
presented in the House by Dingley be-
fore the vote is taken on Wednesday.
Probably the most important amend
ment agreed upon was that making the
rates on nursery stock specific in the
thousand cuttings instead of uniform
ad valorem, as they now are in the
bill.
The duty on dates was reduced from
~ cents per pound to one-half cent.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
The Wind Blew Sixty Miles an Hour
For Twenty Minutes
Houses Blown Down and Roofs Taken
Off, But Very Few Deaths Re-
ported So Far-The State Uni
versity Badly Damaged, and a
House Turned Completely Round
and Set Down in the Same Place
The Worst Storm That Has Ever
Visited That Section.

AUSTIN (Texas), March 2S.-This af-
ternoon at = o'clock this city and the
surrounding country was visited by a
terrific cyclone that did great damage
to property. The wind came from the
southwest and blew at about sixty
miles an hour for nearly twenty min
utes, tearing down trees or splitting
them asrnder with terrific force. Sew
eral electric towers were blown down
and quite a number of houses in the
residence portion We're blown down
and in several cases narrow escapes
from death are reported.
The new and unoccupied residence of
Burt Mcdonald was blown down, strik-
ing against the residence of William
Vining, knocking in one side of the
building. Two little children who were
in the room playing, narrowly escaped
The roofs of a number of residences
were torn off, and in addition to doing
much damage to the State University
the wind blew off the entire roof of the
adjoining dormitory.
1neStimable damage was done to the
building and the property of the 200
students therein, many of whom fed
for their lives when the roof was car
ried away. The roof was carried 100
yards, lighting on and crushing the
roof of a cottage in which four people
We're seated but none We're even in
jured, though they We're entombed by
falling debris. A church just to the
north of the university had the entire
east side blown in and was unroofed,
the wind carrying the roof a block
away The residence of DR.. Graves.
Immediately north of the church, was
lifted from it's foundation and twisted
completely around and set down in the
same place, SO badly damaged, howev-
q. that none of the doors could be
l'ened to permit the escape of the
frightened inmates
Inc small town of CIarksville, near
the city, was swept by the winds and
many horses We're killed by hying de-
bris, While a number of small houses
were blown down, though fortunately
the inmates We're not killed. Several
were badly manned, however. With the
terrific wind came a driving rain that
was little short of a flood and swept
everything before it. Persons arriving
on the evening trains bring reports
from the surrounding country to the eff
fect that the storm was general in this
section The small town Of Buda near
here was roughly handled by the storm.
quite number of houses being blown
0oWn ana one or two persons killed,
though their names are not obtainable.
owing to the fact that most of the tel
egraph wires are down, and news is
very meager.
This is the worst storm that has
ever visited this section, and it has laid
waste everything in it's track. but
fortunately, so far the report of deaths
resultant are few. The storm was
over in an hour and the sun came out
as brightly as though nothing had hap
pened
The record-union., 1897-03-29
ELEVEN HUNDRED
Filters Locked Out, and a
Sympathetic Strike Possible.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Eleven hun
dred steam-ftters belonging to the En-
terprise and Progressive Associations,
and practically including all the union
steam-ftters in the city, We're. in effect
locked out by a notice issued last night
by the Master Steam-fitters' Associa-
ton.
1t is claimed the union men violated
their agreement by striking against
certain plumbers working on the new
Columbia college building.
Should a sympathetic strike be or
dered, it would include ali of the trades
affiliated with the Board of Walking
Delegates and 60,000 men might be
calleI out.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Estimated That II Can be Supplied to
Furnaces at Half Present Price.

MONTREAL, March 2S.-A sample of
coke recently made from coal from
Crows Nest Pass on the Canadian
Rockies has reached the Canadian Pa
cific Railroad offices here. Experts
claim that it is fully equal, if not SUI
perior, to that made at Connellsvile.
Mr.. Shaughnessy, ce-President of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, claims that
with the Crows Nest Pass cut off built
by themselves the Canadian Pacific will
be able to supply ALL the furnaces in
British Columbia with this coke at So
per ton, as against a cost of SIG at the
present time. AT Great Falls, Mont,
coke to-day costs $11 80 per ton. With
coke at 50 per ton in British Columbia,
Mr.. Shaughnessy thinks that a great
deal Of the ore in America will be
brought into Canada and treated in,
Canadian furnaces.
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FIRE IN PORTSMOUTH.
1t Makes Fifty Families Homeless and
Causes 100000 Damage.

NORFOLK Wa), March 2S.--A fire
that burned from 1870 to 6 O'Clock oc-
CURED at Portsmouth this morning,
making fifty families homeless and
causing 100000 damage. The fire
originated in the Whitehurst's Hail,
corner of Green and Glasgow streets,
and burned the block to London street.
A high wind swept the flames south
ward, and at a. m. the steeple of the
Catholic Church, three blocks away
caught fire from a brand In less than
half an hour the edifice was in ruins
The flames spread to a row of resi-
dences on High street. and while they
were burning the flying sparks caused
another blaze in Newton about a mile
away. Assistance was rendered from
Norfolk, and while the fire was at its
hight the militia was called out to
protect property and aid the firemen.
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A DOCTOR IN TROUBLE.
Charged With Being Implicated in the
Death of an Actress.

NEW YORK. March 2S.-Dr. Will
lam Z. Hanford of 81 Lee avenue
Brooklyn, mad Mrs. Estelle Banks.
nurse. were arrested to-day and held
in $4,000 and $1,000 bail, respectively
on the charge of being implicated in
the death of Fannie Award, young
actress of the Star-gazer Company
which occurred on Thursday.
The autopsy showed that Miss AL
ward did not die of heart failure. due
to consumption, as the certificate in
dicated, but was due to hemorrhage
following a criminal operation. Miss
Award was engaged to be married to
Lindley Hall, an actor Halls mother
objected TO the body being shipped to
the home Of Miss Awards father in
The record-union., 1897-03-29

Mr.. Baxter of Elmira, New York,
Third Assistant Postmaster-Gener
Thomas Ryan of Kansas, First AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior.
O. L. Spaulding of Michigan, First
Assistant of the Treasury.
Ex-President Andrew d. White of
Cornell University has, it is said, been
rendered the German Embassy and ac-
cepted it.
Charlemagne Tower of Philadelphia,
who was originally named for the Ger
man Embassy, will probably be Min
lister to Austria.
Ex-Representative e. H. Conger of
Iowa, Minister to Brazil.
Franklin Fort of New Jersey, Solic-
itor-General, and Benjamin Butterworth
of Ohio, Commissioner of Patents, are
also understood to be on the list.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Started for a Six Days Race.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-A six
days bicycle race was begun here at
1901 o'clock this morning. At that
hour eight plucky devOtees of the wheel
started on their long ride of six days
and nights. The starters, most of
whom are well known to the racing pub
lie, are: Albert Schoch, George Muller
Feter Golden and Frank Alberts of New
York; S. l.. Cassidy and E. Ford of New
Jersey; G.. E. Rivierre of France, and
John Lawson. The score at / a. m.
was Schoch - miles, Lawson u miles,
Alberts u miles l lap, Golden 10 miles
, laps, Cassidy IS miles laps, Riverre
IS miles laps, Ford IS miles { laps,
Muller 13 miles laps
The record-union., 1897-03-29
WHO WAS ANTHONY MARSHALL?
He Committed Suicide i'm Hotel With
Two Women

NEW YORK, March Is. = Anthony
Marshall, who was found unconscious
yesterday in the Marine Hotel, while
two women were lying dead in the same
apartment, all having been overcome by
Illuminating gas, died to-day in the
hospital, where he had been taken,
without recovering his senses. The
two women We're identified by relatives
at the MOrgue.
One Of them, the younger, proved to
have been Eliza Jarvis, Is years old,
whose home was formerly in South Glen
Falls. n. Y. The woman who was reg
istered as Mrs. Marshall was identified
as Mrs. Mary Meline Mahoney. 81 years
of age, the wife of a bartender. from
whom she was separated. Nothing has
been learned about the mysterious An
thony Marshall.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
FILIBUSTERING PARTY.
Successfully Landed on Cuban Soil
Under General Roioff.

WASHINGTON. March 2S.-Senor
Quesada Of the Cuban Legation to-day
stated that he had received official no.
tlhcation of the landing of a flibus-
terlng party on Cuban soil. The ex-
petition was under the command Of
General Carlos Roloff.
Senor Quesada said that with General
RoioH was a party of fifty men, many
OF whom served in the ten years war.
The cargo consisted of 5000 rifles of
improved pattern, 5000, 600 cartridges.
one Colt machine gun, one dynamite
gun TWO Founders and four
tons of dynamite and bombs
The record-union., 1897-03-29

TACOMA, March 2S.-The Northern
Pacific steamer Braemar has arrived
bringing Oriental advices to March 9th.
Yokohama papers stated that the
Nippon Yusen kaisha or Japan Mail
Steamship Company, in opening lines to
London and Seattle has been prepared to
sustain more or less loss, but the losses
have been heavier than was expected.
Two of the chief stockholders, on hear
ing that the company has been losing
100000 yen on each voyage, recently in
terviewed Mr.. KondO. President of the
company, to learn the actual state of
affairs.
They then demanded that an extra
ordinary meeting of the shareholders be
called to decide whether it is advisable
to continue the lines or abolish them al
together, because although they might
be considered a sort of national enter
prise, they do not think it right for the
company to continue running steamers
abroad at a heavy loss. President
kondo replied that an application had
been sent to the Government asking that
the deficit be made up and although it
has not been taken up by the Cabinet.
1t Will be laid before the diet during the
present session. The stockholders ac-
cordingly agreed to wait a little before
conVening an extraordinary meeting.
Some of the high Government officials
favor granting an annual subsidy of
o,4O0,O 900 yen to the Nippon Yusen
kaisha and bill to that effect will soon
be introduced
private letter received at Hongkong
from Manila states that the Philippine
rebels captured three guns at the battle
of Silag and that the Spanish General
who was in command was killed The
letter says the Spanish soldiers are suf-
fering great privations and that they ar
praying and begging for food.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
DESTRUCTION AT CALVERT.
Old Residents Never Had Seen Such a
Storm There.

CALVERT Texas), March 2S-Late
details Of the storm show that the loss
OF property will reach into the thou
sands. Many fine dwellings We're de-
molished.
AT Calvert an old lady and two chill
dren, who were in their house. were
fatally injured by the collapse of the
building, which was partially destroyed
by fire, Notwithstanding the torrents
OF rain which were falling. The loss to
property in and around Calvert is es
tirnated at SlO0,000 Many roofs and
chlmneys were blown down. People
living here for twenty-five years saw
they never Witnessed such fearful
storm before. All telephone. as well as
telegraph lines, were Frustrated
The record-union., 1897-03-29
EFFECTS OF THE STORM.
On Account of WasI,outs No Trains
Arrive at CIeburne.

CLEBURNE (Texas), March 2S.-On
account of washouts no trains from the
south or east have arrived here to-day.
Rain has fallen in torrents all day and
streams are swollen. The Santa Fe
railroad has several cars of steel rails
on its three bridges in this city to pre-
vent them from washing away. 1t is
authoritativeiy stated that %. 900 feet
OF track is gone at Valley Mills, two
bridges at kopperl, one at Blum. one
at Morgan, one south of Alvarado. and
quite lot of track between here and
Alvarado and great number of small
bridges.
The Santa Fe is sending out every
available man to repair damages. The
tracks are reported to be all right north
of here
The record-union., 1897-03-29
A WIFE ARRESTED.
Charged With the Murder of fer
Husband,

WEST NEWTON (Pa) March 2S-
Mrs. Richard Mccullough, II years of
age, was arrested here to-day. charged
with the murder of her husband, night
engineer at the Ellsworth mines.
Mccullough was shot aind killed last
evening, and to the neighbors who
came in his wife told them that her
husband had been cleaning a pistol
which did not work right and that she
asked to see it. While she was handling
the weapon, she said, it was accidental
ly discharged, sending a bullet through
her husbands head. The arrest caused
great excitement in the neighborhood.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
They Will Probably be Sent to the
Senate To-Day.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The
"Post'' tomorrow will say:
A number of important nominations
will be sent to the Senate to-day, un-
less something unforeseen occurs
While the Presidents selections for
several offices are not definitely known,
it is believed they viii include the fol-
lowing:
Ex-Representative Shallenberger of
Pennsylvania, Second Assistant Post
maSter-General.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Cornered the Onion rIarkef

KANSAS CITY, March 2S.-James
Mckinney a produce dealer of this city,
is credited with having cornered the
onion market of the country. Within the
past month the price of onions has
moved up from 60 and so cents per bush
el to 81 30 and 81 10, and the person
reaping the lions share of the profit is
said to be Mckinney.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
A DAY OF ANXIETY.
Levees Being Held Under Circum-
stances Nearly Miraculous

VICKSBURG NIiss), March oS-
The day has been one of Increased onx
iety for those depending upon and nro-
tected by the levees. Orders for sacl,s
ana other material have been plenti-
fui.
Inc river mas risen five-tenths since
last night and is now 1876, six inches
below the highest water since 1862.
The most that can be said is that the
levees are being held on both sides of
the river under circumstances little
short of desperate.
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Will Authorize Prosecution.

PARIS, March 2S-The committee
appointed yesterday by the Chamber
of Deputies to consider the question of
prosecuting Deputies Naqua, Henri
Maret and Antide Boyer for completely
in the Panama scandals met to-day and
decided to authorize the prosecution.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Dottie FarnswOrth Wins.

LOUISVILLE. March 2S.-The six
days bicycle race which has been in pro-
gress here ended tonight. Miss Dot
tie Farnsworth won first prize, beating
Helen Baldwin by half a wheels length
Both riders covered 334 miles, laps.
Miss Richards was third
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Magnificent Residence Burned.

NEW LONDON Comm, March 2S.-
The Eims.- the magnificent residence of
Colonel Taylor, with all it's elaborate
furnishings, valuable paintings. bric-a-
hrac, musical instruments and silver.
was totally destroyed by fire early this
morning, causing loss of over $500 900
insurance $4,000. Thirty thousand dol
lars worth of jewelry alone was de-
stroyed
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Heavy Rainfall at Fort Worth.

FORT WORTH CTexas), March 2S.-
The rainfall following to-day's storm
was the hardest for years. The water
is over the city several feet deep in some
places and much damages has been
done. No casualties are reported but
advices come in from the suburbs de-
failing severe damage to dwellings. The
cotton belt country for miles around is
inundated. The railroads running into
this city are completely prostrated.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Chinese Freemason's Funeral.

ST. LOUIS, March 2S.-Lee Pom,
Grand Recorder of the Chinese Free
masons in America, was buried here
to-day. His obsequies occupied two
blocks of st. Louis streets for several
hours, providing entertainment for g.,
600 people and scared more horses
than the police have any record of.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
THE STATE OF MANHATTAN.
Bills introduced to Set Apart Greater
New York as a State.

ALBANY On. ", March 2S.-The
proposal to establish the State of Man
haitian, including within it's boundaries
the territory now included in the Great
er City of New York. is before the
Legislature.
AssembyTnan Trainor last week in
troduced two bills with that end in
view, and there will be a very serious
hearing on Thursday next, when the
Assembly committee will listen to nota-
BILE persons advocating the measure.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Will Review the Legion.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2S.-Na-
uonal Commander Donovan of the
Union Veterans League. states that
PRESIDENT Mckinley has assured him
that he Will come to this city on April
9th and review the parade of the legion.
the occasion being the thirty-sixth an
niVersary of the surrender at Appomat-
tox. The President is a member of the
legion
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Annual Pilgrimage Prohibited.

FEZ, March 2S.-The Sultan of Nor
occo has prohibited an annual pilgri
mage of MOslems to Mecco for the pres
ent year, on the ground that the prevail
ence of the plague along the usual line
of route would render the journey dan
gerous. This is the first time in the
history of Morocco that such a prohibi-
ton has been issued.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
River Slowly Falling.

MEMPHIS (Tenn.), March 2S.-The
flood situation around Memphis is un-
changed The river is slowly falling,
the gauge tonight registering 36.3 feet.
Many of the refugees are returning to
their abandoned homes in Arkansas,
and altogether the outlook is more en-
couraging than at any time since the
big flood set in.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Big Coal Field Sold.

JACKSON COURT HOUSE (O0,
March 2S.-Papers have been signed
and delivered transferring the entire
Jackson County coal field to the Kruzer
syndicate of London Limited), in con-
of $4,000 coo. Nineteen coal
companies are included in the consoli-
dation and transfer.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
MoIsignor Del Val Arrives.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Mgr. del
Val, the newly appointed Papai Dele
gate to the Catholic Church in Canada,
arrived on the Umbria and went at
once 10 the residence of Archbishop
Corrgan. 1t was said at the house
that the delegate would not see rep
resentatives of the press until to-mor-
row morning
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Coming by Thousands.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-The steam
er Give, which arrived to-day from Ma
pies. brought LILO Italian steerage
passengers, the largest number of Inn
migrants brought to this port by any
one steamer this season.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Terrific Tornado at Calvert.

CORSICANA (TeXas), March 2S.-
News has been received here tonight
from Calvert, Texas that terrific tor
nado visited that place this evening
and did great damage by way of un-
roofing buildings and blowing houses
from their foundations.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
No Decrease i'm Reserve.

ST. PETERSBURG, March oS.-An
official statement was issued here deny
ing that there had been serious de-
crease in the treasury gold reserve and
the reserves Of the state bank.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
The JAPAN MAIL
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Vas Prepared to Sustain More or Less
Loss
In Opening Its Line to London and
Seattle,

But the Losses Have Been Heavier
Than Were Expected, and the
Stockholders Do Not Think 1t
Right to Continue Running at
Applied to to Take Up the De-
ficiency, and an Annual Subsidy OF
3,40O, 200 Yens is Hoped For.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Sherman Confined to His Room.

WASHINGTON, March 2S-Secre-
tary of State Sherman is confined to
his room with an attack of rheumatism
which manifested itself yesterday. 1t
is not regarded as serious.
The record-union., 1897-03-29

Government bulletins to-day an
more rains in the upper val
leys are most depressing. The supply
of sacks here is exhausted, and $4,000
have been sent from New Orleans
The record-union., 1897-03-29
Death of Margaret j. Preston.

BALTIMORE, March 2S.-Mrs. Mar
garet j. Preston, the well-known writer
of Southern poetry, died here to-day.
The record-union., 1897-03-29
THE SENATE WILL
DEVOTE ITS ENERGIES
This Week to the Consideration OF the
Arbitration Treaty,
With the Vague Hope of Reaching a
Vote Friday or Saturday.

1t Will Go Into Executive Session To-
day to Consider the Treaty, and ii
the Chiffon Amendment is Ac-
cepted the Debate rlay be Short
Three rlore Days Will See the End
of the Struggle Over the Dingley
Bill i'm the House, and Voting on 1t
Will Commence Wednesday After
The record-union., 1897-03-29
BRITISH COLUMBIA COKE.

Memphis, Tenn, and an investigation
followed
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THE EXPOSITION CLOSED.

Fireworks, Sixteen Guns and a Love
Feast Marked Its Last Hours.
October 3Oth, the last day and night
of the Tennessee Centennial Exposi-
ton, which oped its gates May 1st, was
we'll attended, about 5000 people,
many OF them visitors. being present.
There were no special features during
the day, but at night there was
a magnificent display of fire.
works and concert, there was held
the closing meeting in the auditorium,
which was packed, main floor and GAL
leries. 1t was the love feast held in
commemoration of the closing hours Of
the exposition, in which all the people
of Tennessee evinced the greatest and
most loyal pride. Numerous addresses
were delivered, sixteen guns were fired,
and then with the Doxology, IN which
the audience joined in singing, the ex-
position was declared closed.
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PALMETTO PlCkUPS.

Rev. Sam P. Jones lectures in Ma
ricn on the Goth.
At the recent term OF the court for
Marion county there were eight murde:
cases, an a!mos; unprecedented: num-
ber.
Sumter's city counc!! has decided to
increase the pay at the police force S.
per month 10 each member during the
time from November to Apri! /.
At Manning Charles Harper was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for six years
at hard labor for an attempt to ravish
Mrs. Ellen Richbourg, o. the Foreston
vicinity, last August.
At Bsrnwell Mr.. Sanders found a
rather rare Spanish silver coin q few
DAYS ago, 2-real piece, dated 11a.2,
with the face and bust of Charles III,
at that time King Of Spain and the In
dies, with tie inscription "Carolus III,
De- sratia Hispan ct Ind, Rev, r. T.
NJ. " and the royal arms of Spain.
In York county q primary election to
nominate O successor TO Mr.. L. h.
Armstrong, deceased, in the LeGisla-
ture, has been ordered by the county
Democratic executive committee to he
held on November lS. between the
hours of IL M. and 5 p. m. Three can
didates have been announced so far:
W. J. Cherry, of Rock Hill, Fl. E.
Johnson, of Bethel township, and ex-
Representative r. NJ. Carroll, of Bull
locks Creek township.