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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
DATE OF THE NEW TARIFF.
Republicans May HAVE 1t Take Effect
on April 10.


on April 10.
Washington, March 29.-The republican
members of the ways and means commit
tee are considering the advisabllity of Of
ferIng an amendment to the tariff bill, be-
fore the vote on the measure is taken in
the House. putting the law into effect on
April Is. The committee are moved to
this course by the enormous importations
of goods, which are being rushed into this
country, in order to secure the benefit of
the existing rates of duty. The commit
tee have sought the advice of the United
States district attorneys at certain of the
larger commercial cities with view OF
determining whether such an amendment
as proposed will have the effect of law,
Notwithstanding the measure, In which
It is to be incorporated, Is still under con-
sideration in congress- The weight of
opinion among those consulted is, It is
understood, favorable to the legality of
the proposition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
IRELAND's TAX PAYERS.
Edward Blake Argues That They
Pay Too Much to England.

London, March 29.--Hon. Edward Blake,
nationalist, opened the debate in the House
of Commons to-day on the question of
the financial relations between Ireland
and Great Britain by introducing a mo-
tion for the relief of the taxpayers of Ire
land, contending that the contribution of
Ireland to the treasury of Great Britain
was unjustly disproportionate to Ireland's s
population and resources.
Mr.. Blake added that the report Of the
commission on heefnancial relations be-
proved that the latter country was unduly
taxed. 1t was the duty of the government
to take early steps for the adoption of
remedial legislation.
John Redmond Parnellite, seconded Mr..
Blakes motion. He said that the appoint
mcnt of the new commission was a dishon-
est evasion, and was intended to shelve
the question for an indefinite time, but it
would result in a fastening of the day
when Ireland would find in her own ma
tional government the best safeguard
against further spoliation.
Thomas 2. Whitaker liberal, moved that
while the eXchequers of Great Britain and
Ireland remained consolidated, all por-
tions of the United Kindom must be re
garded as one country for fiscal purposes.
This motion was seconded by Thomas
Waring, who is classed as a "constitu-
tionalist and imperialist."
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of
the exchequer, speaking in behalf of the
government, said that the opposition as
cribed everything wrong in Ireland for
the past century to Great Britain. In 1917
the Irish and English debts had been con-
solidated and the exchequers of both
countries amalgamated. The act had
been passed by parliament by a unani-
nous vote, because it was felt that it
would be a great relief to Ireland. He de-
MED the stories of the poverty and misery
that were said to prevail in Ireland.
Continuing, Sir Michael declared that a
system of taxation based upon taxable
capacity was never successful, owing to
the constantly varying conditions in all
parts of the kingdom.
Sir Michael further said that if the gov
ernment restored to ireland the f2,70,00(
sterling she claimed as the excess of tax
alton she had paid she would contribute
nothing to the common expenditures of the
United Kingdom, but would receive trib-
ute from England and Scotland. There
would be a further inquiry into the mat
ter of the financial relations between
Great Britain and Ireland, the government
desiring to do full Justice, but it would ir
no wise depart from the system establish
ed in 1917.
The debate was then adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
TRINITY RIvER ON A TEAR.
4 Man and n Woman Drowned--The
RIver Un 40 Feet.

AANtE VI tO
Dallas. Tex, March 29.-An enormous
body Of water is pouring past Dallas to-
night. Trinity river has risen fully forty
feet since yesterday morning, and Is ris-
ing now at the rate of a foot an hour,
although no rain has fallen since this
morning The overflow Is doing vast dam
age TO farm property along the river
banks.
John Jist and Miss Ruby Smith were
drowned in a branch Of the Trinity near
Era, In Cook county, yesterday evening.
The body of Miss Smith was found to-
day. Her father Is an alderman Of
Gainesville, Tex.
Railroad managers estimate the dam
age TO property Of various lines In Texas
at not less than 100000. No train can
go south before tomorrow on the Santa
Fe, the Central or the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas. Things are being patched
up so as to send trains northward and
eastward tonight.
The general property loss IN Texas from
the storm is estimated at from $l,500,O0
to 100000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
GRANTS MONUMENT.

Foreign Nations Asked 20 Send WAR
ships TO the Dedication.
washington, March 29.-secretary sher-
man has sent the following cablegram to
our ministers abroad who are accredited
to nations possessing navies: "The Grant
municipal inaugural committee has re-
ouested the President 10 officially invite
the maritime nations 10 send warshlps 70
participate in the ceremonies on April n
next when the Grant Monument Associa-
tion will formally deliver TO the city OF
New York the tomb OF Gen. Grant. erect
cd by voluntary subscriptions at Riverside
park.
"It will be gratifying to this government
II this courteous invitation could be ac-
cepted. John Sherman"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
GEORGE L. MORRIS DEAD.
He Was One of Birlningham's Lead
ing Business Men

ing Business Men,
Birmingham, Ala, March 29.-George
Lafayette Morris. one Of Blrminghams
leading and wealthiest citizens, passed
away at 9:10 tonight of Bright's disease.
Deceased was 48 years old and a native Of
Spring Place, Ca. He came to Blrming-
ham comparatively a poor man, but by
perseverance and good business tact
amassed a handsome fortune He was
active in organizing and building enter
prises, having built the Birmingham Min
eral railroad and a short line from Broc-
ton to Woodstock. He was president of
the Morris Mining and Manufacturing
Company, Morris Real Estate Company,
birmingham Consolidated Light Compa-
nv, and several other corporations
He was part owner Of the Gadsden fur
naces and Read house at Chattanooga,
and was a director in the First National
Bank. Avondale Land Company, East
Lake Land Company, Standard Coal Com
pany and Birmingham Railway and Elee-
trio Company.
Deceased was a prominent churchman.
He leaves a wife and three children.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
POPULTsTS AND THE TARIFF.
They Issue an Address Defining
Their Position.

Washington, March 29.-The populists
of the House and Senate held a joint eau
Gus this evening, at which an address
was issued defining the position of the
peoples party on the tariff bin Their
address declares that the pending tariff
measure in the House is for the purpose
of side-tracking real and vital issues. The
address further declares that lack of
revenue is not the result of defects in the
bill (the Wilson bilD as IT was passed by
congress, but resulted from a decision of
the supreme court, which declared the in
come tax unconstitutional. The most di-
rect and effective method would be to
restore silver and increase the circulating
medium so as to restore the level Of prices
which existed prior to the demonetiza-
ton of that metal. They also assert in
their address we do not regard the Ding
ley bill as a revenue measure. 1t seems
to US designed by the republican party to
create such a tariff agitation as will divert
the attention of the people from mis-
cry they suffer from contraction OF
money and the rule of monopolies."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
CONSTANTINE AT LARIssA.

The Crown Prince Greeted with TN
Bounded Enthusiasm.
Athens. March 29-Crown Prince Con-
stantine and his party have arrived at La
rIssa, where the prince win make his
headquarters They travelled by rail from
Volo without mishap and were every
where along the route received with much
enthusiasm The whole garrison at La
rissa was under arms to receive their
commander Crowds had assembled In
the fag-bedecked streets to welcome the
crown prince, and he was given an ova-
ton as he proceeded from the railway sta
tion to the headquarters that had already
been prepared for his reception. The
enthusiasm of the troops and the popu-
lace Waa nnnnrallIeled.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
LUIS SENTENCED.
Eighteen Months in JAN and a Fine
of $500 HIS Punishment.

Baltimore. March 2o.-Dr. Joseph ]. Luis.
who was. on Friday last, found guilty IN
the United States district court Of con-
spiracy. and Of sending an armed expedi-
ton against a friendly nation. was SEN
tenced to-day to eighteen months In the
Baltimore JAIL and 70 pay a fine OF $500.
Counsel for Luis argued for two hours for
a retrial; this being fatty refused by
Judge Morris, they devoted their attention
10 an effort 20 have the Judge suspend
sentence aud admit the Cuban patriot 10
bail, pending an appeal to the supreme
court, but all to no purpose
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
ToKAT's BLOODY oRIME.
The Fears That It Caused at the
YiIdiz Palace Disappear.

London. March 29.-The Standards Con-
stantinople correspondent telegraphs that
the fear that was felt among the officials
at the Yildiz kiosk as 10 the possible re-
suits Of the recent massacre OF 400 Arme-
mans at Tokat have apparently been re-
moved.
An trade states that the sentences OF all
those convicted of having been implicated
In the massacre will be fixed by the sui
tan. and not by the commission appointed
to inquire into the AFFAIR The Issuing OF
this trade Is ascribed 10 reassuring COM
munications received from Russia.
The dispatch further says that a riot
has occurred In Constantinople. In which
several persons were killed. No details
are given. II appears 70 have only local
import, but has increased the disqulet ex-
isting IN the city
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
SHERMAN APPOINTS SMITH.

DIrectOrshIp of the nurenu of Amer
lean Republics settled.
Washington, March 29.-Secretary Sher-
man remains confined to his house by an
attack of lumbago, but he expects to be
at the state department tomorrow.
He is able 20 attend TO pressing busl-
ness, and this morning signed the appoint
ment Of Joseph r. Smith of Ohio as d.
rector Of the bureau Of American repub-
lies. Only three men participated In the
competitive examination for this position,
and all the names were certified to Secre-
tary Sherman as eligible. Mr.. Smith stood
aecnnd Ia rank.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
CORRESPONDENT SLAIN IN CUBA.

Killed While watching n Fight BE-
tween Spanish and Rebels.
Washington, March 29.--ConsuI General
Lee has sent the state department the
following telegram: Havana, March 2s.-
Mr.. c. f. Crosby OF New York, repre-
sentative Of the Chicago Record, is re-
ported killed while watching with a field
glass, the combat between Spanish and
20 the boundary of Puerto Principe and
Santa Clara He came to the island Jan
90 He Is said TO have graduated at Cyra,
France"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
Down PoUR AT DENNIsON.
All the streams Bank-FuII and Great
Damage Done Farming Lands.

Denison, Tex, March 29.-This section
and Indian territory has been visited by
a terrific rainfall for the past twenty-four
hours. All large streams are bank full Of
water and great damage has been done 10
farming lands. Every stream and river
In the Indian territory Is reported as being
out OF its banks. In the eastern portion
OF the Chlckasaw nation a tornado wreck
ed houses, but no casualties are reported.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
---'- - -
she Carried Cargo of Phosphate.
The Crew Saved.

Cape Charles, Va, March 29-The
schooner Mary, Capt. Pierce. with phos-
phate rock from Charleston, S. c.. for
Philadelphia, sprung aleak about thirty
five miles off Hog Island Saturday after
noon, and went down.
The captain and crew Of five men were
picked up by a fish tug and brought TO
Hog Island. The vessel and cargo are a
total loss.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
saw MiII BoiIcr Dnrsts.

Augusta. Ky, March 29.-The sawmfil
OF A. s. Norris, about three miles from
Broolcville, was wrecked by a boiler ex-
ploslou. and three men. Samuel Tucker.
Pap Boone and Mike Lundigan, were fa-
tally injured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
PANAMA CANALS LOBBY.

in the Case OF Accused Deputies.
Paris. March 2O.-The Chamber Of Depu-
ties to-day. by a unanimous vote. suspend
ed the right Of parliamentary immunity
IN the cases Of Deputies Naquct. Boyer
ana Marct. against whom the public pros
ecutor began proceedings on Saturday for
completely IA the Panama canal scandal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
sPAIN TO INSTITUTE REFORMS.

Those in Cuba to Go Into Effect be-
fore the COrtes Meets.
London, March pa dispatch from
Madrid to the Central News says that
the Spanish cabinet have agreed to in
troduce reforms into the administration
of affairs in Cuba prior to the opening of
the cortes, and upon the assembling of
the chambers will ask that bill be pass
ed providing indemnity for the outlay in
Cured. The government will also insti-
tute reforms upon a restricted scale IN
the Philippine Islands
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
JOCKEY COMMITS SUICIDE.
Archie Campbell Rows Ont I'm n Bont
ana shoots Himself.

and shoots Himself.
New York. March 29.-Archie Campbell,
a well-lnown jockey, committed suicide
this afternoon by shooting himself In the
head. He hired a small skiff in Brooklyn,
and rowing out to Robbins Reef, sat on
the rear seat. Then he placed the weapon
to his head and pulled the trigger. He fell
hack dead in the boat though from having
six pounds Of 1eaden saddle weights in his
pockets, It is belived that his intention
was to fall overheard.
The boat was sighted by the captain of
a tug, who towed 1t with its CHASTITY
freight to the city Late tonight, Huber
H. Campbell. the dead mans brother
identified the body.
Dependency over illness uniting him
to ride Is considered as the motive.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
AN ENvoY GOING TO CUBA.
John II. Day of Ohio to Make Re-
port on the situation.

port on the situation.
Washington March 29.-Tt is stated that
Judge John R. Day of Canton, o.. will go
to Cuba as the duly accredited representa-
tive of this government. His especial mis-
sion will be as an envoy of the President
to examine into and report the true state
of affairs on the island
Judge Day was offered and refused the
post of solicitor general. He came to
Washington on Saturday last, but did not
until to-day accept the Cuban position ten
dered him. He returned to Canton to-
night, but will return very soon and go to
Cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
MORE NOMINATIONS SENT IN.
CharIemagne Tower Going as Min
lister 10 Austria.

OhHEIeHHbHc AUWtA UUIHS tFs NAA"
lister 10 Austria.
Washington, March 29-President Nc
Kinley to-day sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
Charlemagne Tower of Pennsylvania
envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary to Austria Hungary.
Arson Burlingame johnson of Colorado
consul at Fuchan, China.
William s. Shallenberger of Pennsyl-
vania, second assistant postmaster gen.
eral
Thomas Ryan of Kansas, first assistant
secretary of the interior
Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee, COM
missioner of pensions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 2.--Afrs.
Nicholas Long wife OF the travelling en-
gineer OF the Nashville Chattanooga and
ST. Louis railway, dropped dead on the
street to-day. while In Cowan, Tenn, from
heart disease
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30

Washington March 29.-The controller
Of currency has declared a second dlvi-
dend OF 10 per cent, % the creditors Of
lumbus, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
TRIAL OF THE HELENA.
The New Gunbont Exceeds Her Con-
tract speed Requirements.

New London, Conn, March 29.-The gun
boat Helena. sister to the Wilmington,
was given her official trial to-day over a
twenty-seven-mile course. and developed
a speed of fifteen and eight-tenths knots.
Her builders, the Newport News Ship
building Company, will earn a bonus of
SJ5000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
FARMER SHOOTS FARMER.

Tree.
Selma Ala, March 2e.-wnuam Cherry
and William Jones, farmers. working
abutting lands this evening, fell out over
the ownership of a single tree. Cherry
rode a mile to his home and returned with
his pistol He shot Jones in the neck
and abdomen, inhictlng a mortal wound .
Cherry has fed and a posse are after him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
FREIGHT CARs IN FRAGMENTS.
A BAD Wreck ON the Southern
Railway Near Warm Springs.

Columbus, Ca, March pa special to
the Enquirer-sun from Warm Springs,
Ca, says: "A wreck on the Southern
railway occurred one mile below this
place this afternoon, In which five freight
cars were totally demolished and their con-
tents scattered and badly mixed up. NO
one was hurt, except a hagman, who re-
ceived slight injuries about his body. The
cause Of the wreck was the bad condi-
ton Of the track The trainmen have for
some time had orders to slow down at
this point"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
PoPULIsTs As A PARTY.
hDerS of the House ana Senate
Preparing an Address

wa, r'"a,shinston. March 29-The populist
,..n .,Nloers Of the House and Senate are
IN, npttring an address to the people dean
tits 'Helr 1T position toward both the ola mar
osr... Ihey object 20 being classed as dem
viii OF republicans, ana their address
ani 5i'..N mat they arc wholly separate
~ instinct from either party. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
MISSOURI POOLING CASE.
The New York Case VIII Amount Ia
Hearing.

Washington, March 29.-The attorney
general will move on Thursday next in
the supreme court of the United States
10 advance the New York case involving
the same principles as the Trans Missouri
pooling case, 80 as practically to insure
a re-hearing OF the points involved before
the supreme court Of the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
EIGHT DROWNED AT PENSACOLA.


wan Reaches Shore Alive.
'acNsonville, Fla, March pa special
" 'ne Iimes-Union from Pensacola, Fla,
.'ys that the family of John Constantine,
e6Gs5'stlns OF himself, his wife and three
10 hter and a sailor were drowned there
tbo bey oy the swamping of their boat. In
ori. outer channel. The vessel sank and
0aa,. Ine man, John Moates, escaped. He
9o1gu 70 shore ON o hatchwav
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
that the river was about stationary. but
rise was threatened

quincy Ill, March 29.-The MISSISSIPPI
fell slightly to-day and tonight the water
registers fourteen feet. nine inches above
the low water mark. It is believed that
the fall is only temporary. and that there
Will be another rise In day or so.
Jackson, Miss, March 29.-News from
the Mississippi river to-day Is dishearten-
Ing, not only to the state administration,
which has had $50 convicts hard at work
on the levees for a week or more, but TO
the people Of the great valley of the Mis-
slsslppi, who have made such "A heroic
hight against the muddy waters, spending
their money freely and using every means
and energy in upbuldlng and strengthen
ing the levees. but they broke last night.
A special from Greenvllle to the Clarion
Ledger says. "The crevasse at Lake Lee
Is now about COO feet wide and all hopes OF
closing 1t have been abandoned. The
levees on Greenville front are still hold
ing, and hard light is being made TO
keep them intact. The weather conditions
are unfaVorable, however, and at this
hour the rain ls pouring down in torrents.
Lake Lee is seven miles south of Green
vile, on the Mississippi side. and the water
from this break is going to flood thousands
of acres of the finest farming lands in the
world. It will spread out forty miles
wide, and cover the growing corn a depth
Of from one to five feet, and find Its way
to Deer Creek and thence into the Yazoo
river through which 1t will finally get
back into the Mississippi. but after devas-
tating a strip OF country about seventy
five miles long. Railroad Commissioner
Evans, and Warden McLaurln, who
spent last week on the levees, hastened
back there to-day on receiving news of
the break and will keep the convicts at
work until danger of further breaks Is
over"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30
STEEP NOT IN PRISON.
The Missing Correspondents Where
nbouts "A Mystery.

Cincinnati. o.. March 29.--rhe report that
Thomas w. Steep, the missing Cuban cor
respondent Of the scrlpps-McRae League,
Is a prisoner OF the Spanish IN cabanas
Fortress. ie denied by Consul General Lee.
lie has just cabled the league that Steep
IA not In the prison.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30

London, March ga dispatch received
here from Havana, in reporting the cap
ture of Gen. Ruis Rivera, the insurgent
leader, and his chief of staff, states that
both of the prisoners will be tried by a
drumhead court martial which means
that they will certainly be shot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-30

Athens, March 29.-The Greek gov
ernment has undertaken to in
Gemnity the owners of the steamer
HeTaklion, which was boarded at the Pi-
[aeus Saturday, by an armed crowd Of
ureeks and Cretans who jettisoned her
entire cargo of provisions destined for the
use of the Turkish, Russian and British
forces in Crete.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-30

to Tammany Hall. will be divided, with
the inevitable consequence that Tammany
will get complete controlsof the tremen-
dous patronage of Greater New York.
We are in the habit of attributing bad
municipal government to the corrupt
elements of the community, and yet in
ninety -nine cases out of hundred, the
folly of the so-calIed better element" is
really responsible. There Ia not city in
the land where the element that really
desires good government does not out
number the element that looks upon Office
as meanssof personal aggrandizement and
regards official places as spoils. But while
the latter understand and appreciate the
fact that in. union there is strength, the
former ignore 1t and fritter away their
strength in quarreling among themselves
as to the pest method of salvation-and
in the end each one of them
generally works himself into
state of mind where he prefers
damnation TO salvation according to
somebody elses method. That apparent
" is the state of mind in which the anti
Tammany factions are now in in New
York. The "Googoos'' have their partic-
ular method of salvation, the "Garoos"
have another, and the Plattites another,
and any one of them had rather see the
city go to the dogs than saved in way
not strictly according to their plan.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-30
CURRENT COMMENT.
A GOVERNOR WITH A BACKBONE.
(Suringfield Renuhlioanl

Gov. johnson Of Alabama has refused
to pardon a prisoner convicted of attempt
ing murder. Notwithstanding that the
petition in his behalf was signed by 1000
citizens, including nearly all the county
and municipal officers, the county solic.
tor, the judge who tried the case and II
of the - jurors. The governor holds that
the man was fairly convicted and that,
in his mind, settles the question. A gov
ernor can perhaps be too strict in his use
of the pardoning power, but in time when
the spinal columns OF most executives
Immediately collapse at the mere sight of
q petition, the stiffness of Gov. johnson e
backbone is refreshing.
MARY ELLEN AND SOULLESS COR
PORATIONS.