Show NEWS the peking correspondent informs that paper that the head bead of a rich christian family at has bag been executed despite the of the french minister the correspondent says the I 1 i situation of the christians in the provinces ot and keichow kei rel chow Is fearful the mandarins siding with the natives against the christians and he urges ahat the pope send a legate to peking to arrange the definite modus tor for the protection of the christians throughout china and to avoid a continuance ti nuance of the present state of affairs which the correspondent thinks wi will drift into general persecution massacre and civil war indianapolis ind feb 24 the senate chamber was carefully guarded this morning by a force of doorkeepers and even the members of the body haa had difficulty in effecting effect ins an entrance there was a tremendous crowd in the lobbies and much feeling at 9 greene smith rapped the senate to order whereupon colonel robertson Bo bertson who had bad been admitted to the floor started toward the he was met on the steps by the assistant doorkeeper who told him he could not come up the colonel replied that he was the presiding officer of the senate and must take his bis seat and stepped forward when the doorkeeper REPELLED HIM to the toot ol of the stairs thereupon he stood in trout of the clerks desk and stated that he had been elected lieutenant governor ot of the state god and by the constitution was the presiding officer of the senate and demanded nis big seat scat the point of orcier was raised that none but members of the senate could take up the time of the body which smith sustained and called upon the doorkeeper to remove him from the chamber the doorkeeper approached robertson took his bis arm and the two walked out oat to the main door the crowd saw robertson come out and there was was GREAT CHEAT excitement he mounted the steps stepa and made a speech reciting what had transpired in the chamber ha niber and cautioned the people flo to do nothing that would in franje the peace or dignity of oath the state or that they would regret in cooler moments this ended toe the trouble and colonel robertson Robert Bon passed out into the hall of the house which body had not yet met during the excitement about the senate doors three of toe the senators attempted to enter and had bad difficulty senator johnson of wayne way ne denounced the doorkeeper and during the melee a number of persons from the inside approached the door among them senator mcdonald who ilbo put up his hands bands johnson interpreted interprets it as as aa attempt to thrust him back and STRUCK THE SENATOR on the face senator demott was ordered into his seat and when the sergeant st at arms put him down threw him to the floor re Ke publican publican senators started to follow robertson out of the chamber but were not permitted to leave they sat quietly in the rear of the chamber taking takina no part in the proceedings ce when the house was called to order bills on their passage were called up and one bill W was passed the speaker announced that when the lieutenant governor was presiding in thi the senate according to the constitution the fact of the passage would be communicated to that body this was received with great applause he has instructed the doorkeeper not to admit the secretary of the senate to the hall with the design ot presenting any communication NEW YORK 24 the letter which mayor hewlitt sent lent to the young mens democratic club of brooklyn on buee day night to is made public today to day president lees admission that ha feared what tie he would say would prove a political bombshell and the sensation which its suppression has created rendered the publication of the document imperative the following is a copy of THU LETTER NEW YORK frederick B lee esq hsc park rk place new york DEAR SIR I 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the ath enst asking me to be a guest of the young mens democratic club of brooklyn on the at its au annual ual dinner As you are aware I 1 am just recovering from a very painful illness which does not yet permit me to leave my chambers As a matter of course it will be impossible for me to have bave the pleasure of dining with you on the but I 1 send my cordial greetings to the club and the distinguished democrats who will be present and trust that the laudable object at which you aim the protection of the union and the success of national democracy will be achieved the principles of the democratic party are on trial from a new force which has suddenly appeared in politics and which will DESTROY THE PARTY unless it is boldly confronted and the dangers aud and pernicious effects of its doctrines and principles denounced and made clear to the public the democratic part party regards the individual as the unit oi solety the integrity of which depends lupow upon the personal liberty of the citizen jefferson and his bis associates drove the federal party out of power on tills this issue which indeed was fundamental in the struggle which gave us our free government and procured the constitution until the civil war broke out no man questioned the tight of the white citizens of the united states to dispose of themselves and their labor in any manner which might seem good the war extended the same rights to toe the colored race as the abe white citizens had previously enjoyed so that up to a very recent period CITIZEN of this country had been free to employ lo 10 himself and purble his bis happiness in in whatever direction might setin to him to be good within the last five vears years 1 however a secret organization has be been en growing in strength and power which seeks to enslave the labor of this country and make it subject to the domination of men unknown to t the people who are not officers chosen by the people and who are not creatures of the law responsible to a free public 0 opinion ivilou 1 and to the constituted authorities we s for fer their action gradually the leaders of this body have succeeded in stamping out all personal independence on the part of a large number of workingmen of the country by refusing inato to permit guy any person to earn a living who is not affiliated with this secret organization inthis in this way t abe e workingmen have been coerced into blind obedience to an irresponsible power and the condition of those who have tried to I 1 REMAIN OUTSIDE of the organization is in many cases truly pitiable diable they are call called edby by opprobrious pro rious 10 us names are hunted from shop to shop and denied employment on the fearful penalty of stopping all work however pressing or important this thin is a tyranny against which the democratic party has ever struggled and which it must now confront and denounce in no mistaken tones it is 33 likely that democrats holding high positions ong have coquetted with this new and dangerous element in politics t and even attained offices by submitting to the humiliation of an apparent endorsement dor of the false and dangerous doctrines which have been put li in practice at such a fearful cost in our midst within the present month unless the democratic party shall at once absolutely DISOWN AND CONDEMN all organizations which seek to place the individual under any other control that that of the laws and deprive the citizen of his right of free action it will perish as it ought to do and I 1 desire on en this occasion to emphasize this issue as one to which you and your fellow members shall direct your attention in the hope that the next state convention will condemn as washington condemned all secret organizations which undertake to usurp the functions of the law and destroy the free agency of the citizen I 1 have the honor to be very respectfully signed ABRAHAM S HEWITT fifteen members of the dinner committee of the young ang mens democratic club of brooklyn met to tonight night in secret session and there was a long wrangle as to the suppression of 01 mayor dewitts hewitts he wilts witts letter at the recent dinner the result being the adoption of a maute minute expressing publicly their profound regret that the letter had bad ge been en suppressed the president of the club they believed had acted in good faith under a mistaken idea as to the proprieties of the occasion in doing as he be did the resolution was adopted by a vote of 11 to 3 8 one member not SAN FRANCISCO feb 24 the steamer australia arrived this morning from honolulu and brings full ful par artic ulars of the great lava flow flom from mauna manna los loa the sight is described as magnificent beyond description A column affire of alre was first observed from the crater jon jn the night of janavry banry the fire died down before midnight but that great volcanic disturbances were going on was evident as the cessation of fire was followed by earthquakes which followed in quick succession up to the sight bight of the when fire and lava again burst forth from pe mountain side the length ot of the flow is estimated at 20 miles milea and this distance the lava accomplished complis hed in two days spreading as it descended reaching the sea on the evening of january and continued the flow without interruption interrupt Aen till the when a river of fire burst forth following the line liae of the lava flow when the fires area flamed out the heavy earthquakes ceased although slight tremors were felt at intervals thereafter PRINCETON feb 25 william irwin D p J of the second presbyterian church of troy N Y has accepted a call to the of the presbyterian board of home missions washington feb 25 the speaker laid isia before the house a message from the president returning without his bis appi approval oval the bill for the relief of the late john joha howe referred to the committee on claims the speaker also laid before the house a message from the he senate announcing the passage by that body over the presidents veto of the bill for relief of thos H R hopkins the bill and the presidents message were referred to the committee on invalid pensions LONDON feb 25 henry M f stan stanley e telegraphs from zanzibar rec reco biating astin the seizure of the sultan of bars steamer kilina and the bombardment of fungi by the Fortu gese in IB the opinion of stanley portugal is acting in a highhanded high handed manner relying on the interference of germany Germa nv MIs pas ivaness siv eneas on the part of england stanley says will be most injurious to the valuable trade and england and germany together ought to cry hands off to portugal batore irreparable mi ensues stanley says in reference to the expedition tion for the relief of erain emin bay t that the party have embarked on tile the steamer a the expedition consists of nine european offices off icess ceis sixty one Sou danese thirty somalis somalia six hundred and twenty natives of zanzibar three interpreters and tippa tib the arab trader and forty of his followers couriers have gone overland letters to uganda while others have been stanley falls to mec meet the native chiefs indianapolis feb 25 there was no renewal of yesterdays turbulent scene about the capital this morning colonel robertson Eo bertson appeared at the senate door this morning but was refused admittance by order of the democratic majority maio rity and then thed retired the republican senators pursue their intention t of taking no part in the proceedings ce simply ignoring the president pro tew tent smith A resolution was offered by senator bailey this morning asking the supreme court to act as arbitrator upon the claims of robertson and smith but the republicans say they have nothing to submit to arbitration tra tion the supreme court is not likely to take any notice of the matter LONDON feb 25 in the p province lovince of genoa forty two were kt killed red and thir ty two injured and diano marius marina were the only places de destroyed cerro was only partially part fally damaged the churches at bagardo Castella tru and aurigo abrigo were thrown down by the severity of the shock A dispatch from frem nice says another earthquake shock was felt in ia this c ity city this morning the disturbance was slight A dispatch from rome gives the following official list of killed and wounded killed and wounded diano marino killed and injured bressano 50 killed and 86 36 injured diano castello 30 killed and many injured the number of PERSONS KIVE KILLED D is less than was supposed it is estimated that in the provinces of porto Maurizio persons were killed and injured PARIS hilris feb 25 goblet prime minister has sent to the prefect of nice t the h e first arst remittance of francs for the relief of the th sufferers by the earthquake L ON feb 25 26 dispatches from genoa say the populace slept out doors last night many went aboard the ships in the harbor and fled from the city by rail at a house douse near diana maalona a ball was proceeding when the shocks came the building was was completely wrecked A terrible loss of life resulted the dancers lay in heaps upon the ground MANY destroyed had large tanks underneath filled with ellve elive oil intended for exeor tation to france and germany A party of soldiers exploring the ruins ruing found jadee rossi lying under amass of debris but still alive while the he men were trying to extricate him a beam fell killing the judge and wounding a soldier fifteen thousand persons have left nice the exodus continues throughout riviera the railway trains are thronged thron ged with people anxious to get away it has transpired that during wednesdays nes days panic a french countess gave birth to a child in the public gardens at nice CANNES feb 25 wales while here STAYED AT A HOTEL some distance up the mountain when the earthquake shock was felt his attendants tend ants implored him to leave th the house bouse the prince replied since the shocks are over and the hotel is not falling I 1 prefer to remain where I 1 am in bed bea I 1 I 1 great damage was done in the villages la es around nice the the montfort chateau at coiela le leasing laing like the far famed tower of pisa pisa the queen of Wurtem barg has riven given two hundred pounds for the relief of the distressed sufferers and the king and government of italy have sub scribed ascribed CHICAGO feb 25 the general meeting of the rail railway way managers of the west concluded today to day haying haying done dene nothing beyond adopting the fo following owari resolutions prepared and submitted by the committee appointed yesterday WHEREAS this committee com posed of representatives of the various associations operating in the territory west northwest and southwest fr from om chicago and st louis waa was appo appointed anted to formulate recommendations as to the uniform methods of transportation in conformity with the interstate inter state commerce law and I 1 whereas the committee after a free interchange of views while not net fully agreed as to the strict interpretation of the law are unanimously of the opinion that earnest efforts she old be made to comply with its several requirements quire ments in good faith therefore bo be it resolved that we recommend that the various western railways meet either in sections or in associations with which they are connected for the purpose of correcting their tariffs and methods in conformity with the requirements quire ments of the law to the end that thel the commerce of the country shall be conducted in a manner conducive to the public interest and the preservation of railway revenues the general passenger agents of the central traffic frame association who hive have been in session for the past two days to formulate their ideas on the inter state commerce bill have arrived at about the same conclusions as the western men namely that the law prohibits all special rates theatrical rates passes etc except those distinctly mentioned in the act the agents will so recommend to their m managers CHICAGO chicag feb |