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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-02
WEATHER REPORT.
rorccast and General Conditions For
To-day. i,t9ys
washington, D. C., Feb

Washington, D. c.. Feb. g.
For Virginia: Threatening
\ RAIN weather and rain. and proba-
bly, clearing in the evening;
=! slight rise in temperature;
northeasterly winds shifting to
westerly.
For North Carolina. Rain followed
by clearing weather Tuesday afternoon;
winds shifting to westerly; cooler on the
coast; slightly warmer in interior.
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the cost of material. If you
have half an eye to self in
tereSt, you'll take prompt
advantage of our offer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16

ST.. Louis, Mo, April 1.-THE Post,
Dispatch to-day. In a leading article
on the flood throughout the cotton
belt, says: "St. Louis factors saw
enormous damage has been done 70
cotton planting interests in the
South as n result of the Aood
in Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
and n portion of Southeastern Mis-.
souri,. II is estimated on a con.
s~ervative basis that the inun!
dated territory along the Mississippi
river produces IN annual average Of
1900, OOp bales Of the highest grade
cotton. From present indications the
average output will be materially de.
creased by the ravages Of the waters;
in fact, in many localities, 1t is doubt.
full II any crop at all will be raised,
while in others will be q sickly Weld.
A million and n half bales Of cotton.
even Mt the ordinary price, aggregates
probably $50 1000, 900, and a conserya.
tive estimate places the damage to cot
ton alone at about this figure, not to
take into consideration other losses In.
cident to the flood"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16

Senator Conway Of York inquired
IL there were any conclusions appended
to the report.
Lieutenant : Governor Harris re
marked hat IL was not In the province
of the board or the Legislature to ar
rive at conclusions.
Senator Murphy of Gage wanted &c
know what was meant by the grand
total mentioned In the report. Rep
resentative Loomis said IL was the total
taken from poll books and represented
the number of persons voting at the
election. Senator Murphy suggested
that the report ought to be made ito
correspond with the statement made
by Representative Loomis: that il
ought to be made more specific.
Senator Conway of York said that IL
1t was not indicate or out Of order he
would like to have the boards report
on York county read to the convention.
In view Of the charge that the York
county vote on the amendment had
been doubled by frauds committed by
persons unknown, this request at
tracted attention. It was granted.
The vote was: For senator, 3,2SS; rep
resentativc, 3,431; for the amendment.
2,340; against the amendment, 1853:
total vote cast, 3,s41. This gives an
increase for the amendment Of 1,O5S
over the official canvass for York
county.
Senator Talbot of Lancaster moved
that from the report of the
ing commission the joint convention
the amendment not carried.
Representative Hull Of Harlan arose
to n point of order. He asked II 1t was
within the province OF the board or leg.
islature to declare the result of the re-
canvass. He understood hat the com
mission was appointed to submit find
ings and this convention was to meet
to hear the report.
Representative Jenkins of jefferson
said he believed the act passed meant
that the report vas to be submitted to
the convention for action, otherwise
the bill ought not to have been pre-
pared and the peoples money ex-
pended.
Lieutenant-Governor Harris declined
to pass on the point of order relating
to the power of the legislature or the
recanvassing board to declare the re-
suit of the recanvass, but In his re-
marks he wandered to the question of
constitutional majority. He said II
a unkind of anyone to ask him to
rule on a point on which he believed
the legal minds Of the state were in
doubt. He said even the court had
not passed with uniformity on the
meaning of the section Of the constitu-
ton in question
Senator Ransom of Douglas said there
was no law for the recanvassing of the
vote on constitutional amendments.
The legislature had passed a law and
decided to count the ballots and il
would be folly not to declare the result
of that count. IL was evident, he said,
that the amendment had not received
a majority of the vote for senators and
representatives, and the convention
to declare the result.
Senator Ransom offered the follow
ing resolution:
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
LOUISIANA FLOOD BATTLE
At Work Day and Night.


New ORLEANS, La, April 11.-Everv.
where the river is rising and the flood
Is bearing harder on the levees.
Twenty thousand men are nj work
strengthening the barriers. Any tiny
rivulet trickling through the broad
embankmcnts is cause for a signal O,
alarm. and rapidly a relief train re.
spends to the call, hurriedly a lumber
bulwark Is built and earth-flled sack,
packed In behind. SO far each effort
Is met with success, but the water Y
growing greater In volume and might.
Ter in force and the alarms coming
with more frequency and IL is doubtful
II the system can prevail against the
strain which has just begun and will
continue for at least n week.
The flood Is already greater than
ever known before, but each davis rec.
ord will be broken for n least n week
n the lcvees are being built higher
to stand the water that is sure To
come Here in the city, despite the
carefully built and solid wall around
1t, the engineers have advised increas.
ing the bulwarks and Mayor Flower
has ordered all the city forces TO be In
readiness to aid the levee board in case
OF emergency.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
LOSS MAY BE 1928, 900.
University of Illinois Deeply Involved In
the Chicago Bank Failure.

University of Illinois Deeply Involved In
the Chicago Bank Failure.
CHICAGO, April lie. f. Churchill.
cashier of the suspended Globe Savings
bank, for whose arrest a warrant on a
charge of embezzlement was sworn out
yesterday, surrendered himself to-day
and furnished bonde for his appear
ance. Vice President Averill surren-
dered himself and was Immediately re.
leased on bonds. President Spaldinp
is not in the city, but in a letter writ.
ten to a friend he says he will return
Monday. In the meantime. officers
are looking for him.
Developments have brought out the
fact that far greater amount of Uni
versity Of Illinois funds are involved
In the suspension Of the bank than has
been supposed. Two years ago the
state legislature appropriated S423, 900,
OF which, according to the state laws,
enough was to be drawn out monthly
TO meet the current expenses of the
university. 1t appears, however, that,
in consideration Of 2K per cent inter.
est on h funds, the university trus.
tees allowed Treasurer Spaldinp To
withdraw the whole sum from the
treasury. This Is admitted by mem
bers of the board. Thus not only are
S4OO, 900 worth Of school bonds miss.
ing, but si23,O00 in cash is tied up, a
total Of Ss23, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
U EAT TRUST.
Ohio Circuit Court Refuses to Interfere
In the Arbuckls-sugar Trust Fla hit.

Ohio Circuit Court Refuses to Interfere
In the Arbuckls-sugar Trust Fig hit.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April !l.-In the Ar.
buckle oolson injunction suit the
circuit court overruled plaintiffs mo-
ton for a new trial and granted fifty
days In which to file q bill of excep-
tons. The common pleas court some
time since dissolved the injunction
TO restrain defense from cutting
prices Of coffee. The court reviewed
the facts and found that, In all proba.
bility, the American Sugar Refining
company, or sugar trust, bought the
stock OF the Woolson company for the
purpose OF retaliating against the Ar
buckles for attempting to enter the
sugar business. The court also finds
that the company is being run in the
interest of the sugar trust, and not
for the benefit Of the Woolson
company; that the declines In
coffee were made for the purpose
OF forcing losses on Arbuckie bros.
and driving them out of the sugar
business. But the court holds that the
plaintiffs are not prosecuting the case
In good faith for the interest OF the
Woolson Spice company, but to protect
their greater interest as Arbuckle
Bros, coffee roasters, and. therefore,
though an ordinary stakeholder might
have relief, the plaintiff cannot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
LIVES LOST.
MINI Bodies Recovered and Many Miss
ing In the Northwest.

Nine Bodies Recovered n Many Miss.
Ing In the Northwest.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 11.-Many
lives have been lost in the floods Ia
Sonth Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.
Three have been reported drowned on
the Big Sioux, two in the Missouri and
two on the Coon, all in this immediate
vicinity. Cases of a similar character
are being reported every day from
points farther away and q sharp watch
is being kept by the local authorities
for floaters.
Many people are missing, Of whose
deaths their friends have no positive
information. The bodies of two more
victims were brought into Sioux CITY
last evening-Qanford Magee and
Harry Favill-who were drowned
while attempting to ford the Elkhorn
river in Nebraska. There has been a
general fall in all streams in the 10.
cality.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16

New York, April ll.--At n meeting
OF the Patriarchs last night 1t was de-
cided that the association be dissolved.
The Patriarchs comprised some of the
leading citizens of New York and its
balls, of which there were several this
year, have always been among the
chief incidents Of the social season.
q. Il. Haven. the secretary, said that
there was no significance In the disso-
luton, that the members had simply
decided that 1t was not desirable to
give any more balls.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16

Of his death suddenly. The last re-
ports of him, however, were favorable,
and his death, while not entirely un-
expected, was n shock.
Up to the time of his retirement,
March 4, the tall sycamore Of the
Wabash" as he had been nicknamed
years ago, had been the ranking Dem
ocrat of the Senate finance committee
for years and, by virtue Of this POI
%sition, had been the nominal leader mt
least OF his party on the floor of the
Senate on tariff and financial ques-
tions.
Mr.. Voorhees, Long Record.
Mr.. Voorhees, was 20 years Of age
last September and prior to his retire
ment from public life on March 4 last,
had been for many years one Of the
most picturesque figures in the senate.
lie was born in Liberty township,
Buffalo county, Ohio, and in his early
infancy was carried by his parents to
their pioneer home in the Wabash val
ley of Indiana. In iS49 he gradu-
ated from the Indiana Asbury now
Depauw) university, and after study
ing law began its practice in 1851.
His first public Office was entered
upon in 1858, when he was appointed
United States district attorney of
Indiana In 1861 he entered Congress
and served in the House Of the Thirty
seventh, Tbirty-eighth, Thirty ninth,
Forty-frst and Forty-second Con-
rrrns1np VIn ,yup If TO- -
ton to the Forty-third by reason OF
the nomination Of Horace Greeley by
the Democrats for President. He was
appointed United States Senator 10
succeed Oliver p. Morton, and took
his seat November l2, 1877. lie was
assigned to the committee on finance
and remained n member Of that com
mittec until he retired March 4. In
1878 he beat ex-President Benia-
min Harrison for the Senate, hav-
ing made the campaign on the
free silver issue purely. In 1855 he
was reelected over Ex-Governor Por-
ter and in 1891 over Ex-Governor A. p.
Hovey. March 4 he was succeeded by
Charles w. Fairbanks, Republican.
During the last campaign, for the first
time since the war, he failed to take q
leading part in the work in Indiana,
and it was then known, despite siren.
nous denials, that he was in precar.
ious health.
One Of the incidents of Mr.. Voorhees,
Senatorial career was his dispute with
Senator Ingalls,. Mr.. Ingalls, was
speaking, when Mr.. Voorhees, entered
the Senate chamber and interrupted
the Kansan. This indirectly caused
MI. Ingalls, to attack him in the bit
terest language, recalling his war rec
ord in detail. The thorough manner
In which the Kansan treated the story
OF Mr.. Voorhees, life caused many tc
think that he had prepared himself
for such an occasion and gladly taker
advantage of the opportunity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16

RESOLVED. By this joint convention, that
the proposed amendment to the constitu-
tion relating to the number OF Judges OF the
supreme court and fixing their terms OF
ONCE, submitted At the last general election,
was not adopted by the electors at said cleo
ton.
Senator Talbot withdrew his motion
and accepted the resolution in lieu
thereof. 1t was adopted. A light vote
was given. but not a dissenting voice
vas !. card.
A: the suggestion OF Senator Ran
SON the convention gave q vote OF
thanks to the r~ecanvassing commission
for working day and night" The
joint convention then adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
To Succeed w. r.. Morrison.

WASHINGTON, April l1.-Captain w.
w. Peabody, vice president and gem
eral manager of the baltimore 4 Ohio
Southwestern railway, with headquar-
tiers at Cincinnati, has been rendered
by the president the position Of inter
state IN commissioner to be va
Gated by reason OF the expiration of
the term of Hon. W. II. Morrison of
Illinois, at present the chairman of
the commission.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
The report was signed by the recan.

The report vas signed by the recan-
vassing board comprising Senators
Canaday, Sykes. Heapy, Representa-
tives LOOMS, Fernow, Dobson and
Gerdes, who directed the recount and
employed a large number of legisla-
tive employees to do most of the work.
A motion for the adoption of the re-
port of the recanvassing board. prop
erly made and seconded, was put and
declared carried by Lieutenant-Gov.
ernor Harris.
Senator Mutz of Keya Paha arose
and said he had u question to ask, hut
as the report had been adopted he
would not ask II.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
SILVER FUSE

A Coalition for All Legislative Work
Formed by Leaders Of Each Faction.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE final
agreement among Democrats, silver
Republicans and Populists in the Sen.
ate. looking to n permanent coalition,
was reached at a meeting Of repre-
s%entatives of those parties in Mr.. Cor
mans committee room at the capitol
to-day.
There were present at the meeting:
Democrats, German, Cockrell, Walt
hall, Jones of Arkansas, and Murphy;
Silver Republicans, Cannon and Man.
tie; Populists, Allen and P~cttigrew.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
General Rivera In Havana

HAVANA, April i1.-General Ruis
Rivera, accompanied by Colonel Bacal-
lao, arrived by train Mt Regla yester-
day. They were transferred to q tug
boat and conveyed to CabAna fortress,
Both seemed In excellent spirita.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
Legislature Finishes Its Work.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 1.-THE Ne.
braska Legislature adjourned yester-
day afternoon, after u session extend.
ing fifteen days beyond it's allotted
time. The last bill passed was the
initiative and referendum, which went
through the Senate just before clos.
ing,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
Turks May Invsde Greece.

CoNsrANrINorLE, April 1l.-Edhem
Pasha, commander-in-chie Of the
Turkish army IN Macedonia, has been
ordered to cross the frontier of Greece
with his forces, should II be proved
that Greek regular troops are among
the invaders
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
Ashland wilkes Rr,nss o.. s

LEXINGTON, KY, April n.-At the
horse sale to-day Ashland Wilkes, q
famous trotting stallion, is years old,
and sire of John II. Gentry (?:02k) was
sold to Brook Curry, Lexington, for
81, 500. He sold at q private sale
year ago for IS. 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
A MAD ACT.
Two Children Thrown Into the River
Hut Rescued-suicide Follow..

ST. Louis, Mo-, April IAN IN.
known woman, evidently insane, threw
her two little children, a boy and a
girl, into the river this forenoon from
the ferryboat, DIR. Hill, and then
plunged after them. The children
were rescued by Michael Bradley,
fisherman, but the woman was
drowned. The only clew to her iden.
tity was a note inside her hat band,
which read; ''Send to Mrs. Bertha
Jost, 1887 North Market street" She
was about 40 years old, heavily built,
dark skinned and we'll dressed. The
children were neatly clothed and very
attractive.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
Fuilerton's body IL Fouod

WASHINGTON, April IA dispatch
received by the baltimore g. Ohio off,
cials here from Oakland says that the
body OF General Joseph s, Fullerton
OF Washington has been found in the
river eight miles below the scene of
the Oakland wreck, in which he was
Li1laA
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
Peru suspends silver Coinage.

LIMA, Peru, April 1.-THE Peruvian
government has suspended the coinage
of silver at the government mint and
has issued a prohibition against the
importation Of silver coins after the
10th of May next
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
DANIEL VOORHEES, DEAF
Indlnna's Ex-senator succumbs suddenly
Twenty Yenrs q scnator

Twenty Years . senator.
WASHINGTON, April II. - Daniel
Woolsey Voorhees,, United States sem
ator from Indiana for twenty years
prior to March 4 last, died Of rhcuma-
tism OF the heart az 8 o'clock this
morning at his home here.
Mr.. voorhees, had been IN poor
health for several years and for over
two years had taken little part in the
proceedings OF the Senate. He had
been a constant sufferer from rheuma.
tism Of the heart and his friends had
come TO expect that they might hear
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-16
WERE NOT ENOUGH
FINDINGS OF THE REGAIN
VASS COMMISSION
Recount Committee Makes lis
Report to the Joint ESTABLISHMENTS
ment Declared Not Adopted
Results of the Findings.

The closing scene Of the OF
the vote for the constitutional amend
ment was enacted Tuesday. The Joint
session of the legislature declared the
amendment had not received the votes
necessary for its adoption.
AS r~ecanvassed, the amendment
lacked 1874 votes Of receiving a ma
jority of the total vote cast at the cleo
ton, the necessary constitutional ma
jority. The board reported that 2O1 1875
votes were cast for senator and Goa, 552
votes for representatives; that there
were 1884 votes for the amendment
and $1,000 against it, and that the total
vote OF the state was 23O, 36l. Taking
the o on senators for a basis for n
majority, and the amendment lacked
3,Oi4. Taking the vote on representa-
tives and it lacked 4.133. Taking the
total vote of the state as reported by
the commission, and the amendment
lacked 1887. According to the official
vote, as returned to the state canvas
sing board, the amendment received
s4,579, lacking nearly 81, 900 of carry
ing. The aggregate increase for the
amendment rs found by the
ing board was 1906.
The joint convention was called to
order at 4 o'clock, with Lieutenant
Governor Harris in the chair. There
were t~hirty-two senators and eighty
three representatives present. Lieu
tenant-Governo Harris stated that the
convention had met pursuant to an act
authorizing the of the vote
on the constitutional amendment.
Chairman Loomis of the ~recanvassing
board handed up the committee report,
which contained the vote by counties
as i~ecanvassed. The report contained
the vote on senator's and representa-
tives, the vote for and against the
amendment, and the total vote cast at
the election.
Report of the Board.
The report was in this form:
"LINCoLN, Neb., April o, 1897.
ITO the Legislature of the State of
Nebraska: We, the joint committee
appointed by the senate and house of
representatives of the state of Nebras-
ka, under authority Of an act to pro-
vide for the recount of the ballots cast
November 3, 1896, on the constitutional
amendment relating to judges of the
supreme court, and approved March %,
1897, have completed the work assigned
us and herewith submit our findings:"
Go this report has been appended in
the last three columns the official vote
rs ~canvassed on the amendment by the
state ~canvassing board. II is lot a
part OF the report OF the commission.)
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-28
GEORGETOWN NEWS.
By special wire to Sunday Light.

By special wire to Sunday Light.
Georgetown Tex, Nov. 27.-Mr. f. V.
Weeks and Miss Mary Lunsk, of Flor
ence, were married in the county
clerks office on Wednesday, Justice
Shaw officiating.
A crowd of young people from
Georgetown attended an entertainment
at Jonah, eight miles distant, a few
evenings since. Refreshments were
served for the benefit of the Jonah
public school.
The prettiest young lady present,
Miss Lula Hall, of Georgetown, was
awarded a cake.
The Odd Fellows and their families
celebrated Thanksgiving with a supper
spread in the lodge room. Among the
special guests of the evening were Col.
G. w. Jones, and NJ. c. Hysmith, of
Bastrop.
DR.. Leake and DR.. Montgomery, of
Booty's little daughter, who is serious
ly III. DR.. Turned, of Austin, has al
so visited the little patient.
Mrs. Pearl Perkins, of Lake Charles,
La, and Mrs. Bowman, of Plano, are
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Snyder.
Archdeacon Jeffries, of the Episco-
pal church, is here and will conduct
services in Grace church tomorrow.
Col. Wash Jones is here attending the
examining trial of the Hysmiths, who
are charged with killing T. A. Evans,
at Hutto. Mr.. Chas. Hysmith, county
attorney of Bastrop county, is also here
for the same purpose, being relative
of the Hysmiths of this county.
Judge N. L. Davidson is spending a
few days at home this week.
Mrs. H. w. Harrel and daughter Wis
tied Bartlett this week.
Rev. j. G.. Putnam and Prof. c. c..
Cady attended the North Texas con-
ference at Dallas.
Mr.. Dave Wilcox, of Bartlett, visit
ed Georgetown yesterday.
Miss Helen Brown will go to Temple
on Monday to be present at the mar
riage of her brother, Mr.. Irwin Brown,
and Miss Pauline Murray, which will
take place on Wednesday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-28
GALVESTON ITEMS.
al Wire to SUNDAY Light.

Special wire to Sunday Light
Galveston, Tex, Nov. 27.-The Fore
paugh & Sells circus drew big crowds
today.
Fourteen Cinnamon are held prison.
ers at the county Jail. Eight or ten
of them are under sentence to be de-
ported to China. The others are to be
tried by United States commissioner
and if they are unable to show certi-
ficates emitting them to remain in this
land of the free and home of the brave
they, too, will be sent across the wide
waters of the Pacific to the land of
flowers and rice.
Louis Voigt, brakeman, has filed suit
in District court here against the
Southern Pacific, company, asking $15,-
600 damages, ne alleges for MASKING his
hand.
Mrs. r. A. Brown, widow of ]. NJ.
Brown, former president of the Gal
weston Wharf company, is suing the
company for $3.50 which is claimed
was due her husband on salary at the
time of his death.
G. S. Arnold, and r. w. Rogers, of
San Antonio. are visiting the city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-28
Infectious And Contagious.
"A New Steam Power For LigiOH
introduced.
go.
The Holy Laugh" Graphically De-
Scribed By A Remote Georgia
Correspondent.
special wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light
Brunswick, Ga, Nov. PA remark
able religious revival is in progress in
the northern end Of this county, in
which a new feature Of religious en-
thusiasm, known as the holy laugh
has been prominent. The meetings
have been conducted in a large barn
for some days by travelling envan-
gelist, and many Of the converts be-
come so hysterical under the excite
ment that they give vent to a sound
between a below and a guffaw, which
has been designated the holy laugh"
Several of the more high strung mem
bers went into frances and yesterday
young William Hickman died after be-
ing in cataleptic condition for sixty
hours.
Never in the history of this section
has a religious demonstration been
punctuated with such striking physi-
cal accomplishments, and the effects
appear to be both infectious and con-
tagiOus