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V 0L. XXVIII—NO 07
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 20 188G
PRICE FIVE CENT
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS
Saulslmry Speaks A gainst the Ed
monds B solutions
Cc'qnltl Secures in* F oor-Prorard
lull In the IFsmc-Oiber Stwi From
Ihe eapfinl Clip.
Special to Erqnirer-Snu
Washington, March 19-In the
absence of the speaker, Crisp, of
Georgia, was designR'od to preside
over the proceedii gs of the bouse
Leave woe granted to Hammond, of
Georg’a, to file the vic-v s of the mi
nority of the committee on Judiciary
od the bnrkrup'cy bid.
The house spent the greater part of
the day disposing of bills on the
pri -ate calendar of no general nublic
interest. A resolution was adopted
settir. g Apr!, 10 for the cor.eldt ra'ioo
of bills reported from the committee
on commerce, authorizing the con
struction cf bridges, the ee'ablish
ntent cf lighthouses and the bill re-,
lating to the life saving service I
is underet od that the Arthur Kill
drldge bill will not be brought up on
that day. Ihe latter bill is the one
giving ihe Bdtimore and Ohio rail
road admission tc Staten Island
harbor.
The house tor k a recess until 7:30.
the evening session to be devoted to
the consideration of private pension
bills.
Blackburn presented memorials of
the legislature of Kentucky, urging
the passage of the bill to prevent the
retirement of R?ar Admire Jouett,
of ths Uni'eu States navy. Referred,
Wilson presented a j .int resolution
of the legislature of Maryland, re
questing congress to appropriate
money to make continuous navies*
tion from the Chinctorque bay in Vir
ginia to ths D elaware bay at or near
Lewes, Delaware. Referred.
All private pension bills on the
calendar were taken up and p s ed
in order.
Ai 2 o’clock, the chair laid before
the senate a communication from the
secretary of the treasury, Its reading
ws.8 begun as follows :
“To the President pro tempore of
the 8ena'e : I have received the reso
lution of the senate, dated February
24:h, 1SS6, adopted by the senate in
executive session——”
At this point something seemed to
have burnt the clerk’s mouth, for
with a quick inhala'ion of breath, be
stopped short, folded up the paper
and handed it back to the president
protempore, who announ ced that ths
communication would be withheld
for t x .cutive session. The incident
created, for a moment, a bi zz of bup
pressed ' x Lenient in the ebamb.r,
followed py deep silence.
PiaUe was the first to recover hie
voice. Ho inquired of the chair
whether the communication w^s
marked x cutlve.
President pro tern Sherman replied
that it was not, Several senators
endeavored to maintain the point
that the failure of its beiDg marked
confidential, it should be read in
open session, but the chairman was
obdurate.
Spoonsr then resumed his speech
begun yesterday, in support of the
judiciary committee’s resolutions.
Spooner mantained the constitu
tionality of the tenure of tfflceiaw
and cited the fact that the president
had always stated to the senate hi*
reasons for the removal of the direc
tor of the mint. Even ?. sdeDt
Cteveiand had stated to the senate
his reasons for removal of the last
dilector of the mint
Salisbury said be was unwilling to
content himself with a silent vote oi,
the question. The president sought
no controversy with the senate'
W'beD the president was elected it
was the ot j-c: ai d intention ot the
peep'e that he should adjust the of
flees at leest more nearly
between political parties that
they had been. The president bad
proceeded with cau'ion aid forbear
ance unparalleled in the history of the
nation Republican senators had said
they had no desire to protect repubi:
can t fflcials If that were true, w --
it nor. strat ge that the presidem’.-
nominations had so lorg Seen allow
ed to remain unacted o: ? Was it no'
strange that republican senators were
now making claims for a class o<
papers never claimed before?
Was It not strange they
were claiming the right to supervise
removals of the president and tl a
they werec'aimiDg to be entitled to
see eveD priva'e papers in pursuit of
their object ? Salisbury maintained
the tenure of c fflee act was unconsti
tutional and contended tbe constitu
tion could not be overridden by an
act of congress. Neither could the
president disassociate his constitu
tioDal functions from tbe presidential
c fflee. The constitution placed the
power of removal solely in
his hands. Decisions of tbe
court had been uniformly to that
effect. Sauliebury read at some
length from decisions of the courts to
sustain this point. He also read from
the proceedings of the first congress
in 1789 to show that removals were
left entirely to the discretion of the
president. Commissions of naval
officers even to this day, he said,
showed by the words on their face
that the (.fflee was held at the pleas-
me of the president.
Colquitt obtained the fl tor but gave
way for a motion to adjourn. At 4:30
the senate adjourned till Monday.
NOMINATED MAJOR GENERAL
Washington, March 19 -Briga
dier-General Hr ward was to day
nominated as major-general of tbe
army vice G*d Pone retired.
THE TELEGRAPH INVESTIGATION
The bouse committee on ps -. fflees
aud postroads, conductiug the tele
graph investigation under the Ander
son resolution of inquiry, has to day
assigned t ext Tuesday, 23i Inst, for
the hearing of any editors end pro
prietors oi newspapers who desire to
be heard od the subject of alleged
db crimination against them by the
Western Union company, and at
'erupts to coerce them into making
exclu-ivecon'ra ts, etc On the 30 b
iust the committee will hear argu
ments from cour I el of the Western
Union aud Baltimore aud O.iio com
puny concerning the legality of tbe
contract between the Western Union
company aud the Pacific Central
road.
HI USE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
The house committee on education
'o-day agreed to report favorably 'he
bill introduced by Representative
Smalls to provide r or the redemption
aud tuleof tbe : c’tool farm laud* now
held in Beaufort county by the Uni
ted States,
v Doable ttardor.
Special to E quir<? bun.
Richmond. Va, March 19 - A
special frvm Salem, Roanoke county,
Va, says : A horrible double mur
der was committed on Back creek,
thie cmnty, Wednesday night. A
man named Grflc-y, who has a wifr
liviDg on Back oreek, had just re-
u 'ned from Texas, where, it is al
leged, he served a term in the peni
tentiary. His wife refuetd co recog.
ciz him, and learning .ha' J -ho
a:.d Pickett Nle z, sons of Mr Wil
liam Nretz, had been visiting hie
wifs in his absence Griffey went to
their home, called one of the young
mien out aud shot him through the
heart. He then entered the house
and shot the other young man
'hrmgh the right breast. The mur
dered young men are aged respective
ly about seventeen and eighteen.
Griffey is at large,
NEW YORK ALDERMEN
Impiet.r Bji-b«* (Talma lo Ceu
PoilltT- Proof Titian Them
Spools! *o F.nqsirertSon.
New York March 19 —The arrest
of Alderman J.ehne on an indict
ment charging him with bribery in
: he matter of r he charter of the Broad*
way surface road, has had an eflect
on politicians fairly comparable to an
earthquake. Inspector Byrnes claims
to have wormed himself so far into
Jaeiine’.s confidence, that he ac
knowledged having received $20,000
for his vote on that measure, and told
who besides himself was bribed, and
who paid this money to them
Jlebne is perfectly composed, and
ay- Byroes’ story of a confession is
a pure 'fabrication. Byrnes says that
among other thir. gs, J »ehne described
bow one of tbe bribed aldermen had
employed a hwyer and a skilled ae
countant to so fix his
books as to account for
the large accessions to bis bank
account about the lima when this
bribe money was being distributed
It wes currently reported that old
Fuigraf! would be arrested to-day,
but if he bus it has not become
known. More indictments were
look'd for to-day, but of twenty
which were hand-d in by the graud
Jury did not embrace any against
Alderman Peterson. One of those
under a cloud was called to day as a
witness before the senate commit.es
of investigation, but failed to re
spoDd, and this added fresh impetus
to the report that acme of Jaebne’i
partners in the bribe-taking save had
absconded Rumor is ousy with the
names of all who were in the boar I
when the Broudwuy franchise war
passed
Inspector Byrnes was interviewed
to day upon this subject. He re
fused to ay who had, according to
his information, bsan guilty of bribe
aking, but saul he could absolutely
exo-jora’e two members—Aldermen
Grant aud O'Connor, one demo,
mat aod the otuer republican.
-’pr-ct.l ti Enquire-sSHD.
New Y rk, March <9—C>alere
again imom poiiz -d buoiutsi a:
the stock exchange. The market
was wesk until noon and 'hen re
covered ard coDtii ued strong until
the last hour when a dull and heavy
tone prevailed, the market closing
irregular and weak: ciosiLg piicee,
however, are generally small frac
liens tbove yesterday’s. L sees in
coalers yesterdy xe-e recovered to
day and generally something more
Louisville aud Nashville was weak.
Bales 397,009 shares.
Loral Option,
Special to Erqnlr.r-Sun.
Lynchburg, Va, March 19 — L-«
cal option is creating great agitation
here, and business circles are much
excited. A long petition has been
presented to the judge of the corpora
tion court praying him to order an
elec'ion, which he has decided shall
te held on the 26 h of April. The
petition comes from the business
men, who say the agitation has par*
alyz d business. A hard and bitter
canvass is expected.
•leamkoni Dl«n«l«r.
Special to Enquirer-Sun
New York. March 19.—Ferry boat
Lackawanna ( he train boat of tbe
Hoboken and Bird iy street line),
crowded with passengers bound for
New Jersey and western points, waB
run into by the Pennsylvania rail
road ferry boat Baltimore, bound
from the Jersey City ferry to New
York, also heavily loaded, late this
afternoon Toe Lackawanna wee
Bltuck well Inward in the gentle*
trier's cabin aud wa* cut through the
ifua’de nearly to the hull of the b- a .
It is rot known that anybody was
killed outright, hut six met. are re
port.d eeriously injured, one bav ug
bo h legs cut ofl The total uutr.bei
of injured must have beer, considera
ble, du. mary were taken by friends
•o ihe:r homes, some it New Y »rk
and some in Hoboken, with .u wri •
iug to make any report of Un-in-
stlves.
A lattr report say?: F >ur pets ins
ar-“ known to be seriously hurt, 'wo
having had both legs cut' off Toe
Lrckawanna narrowly escap'd sink
;tig. Ibr c ‘llision waecau-ed by toe
pilots rf both boats making simul
taneous 'fi r's to run under the
“tern of the Pivonia ferry bout, the
Delaware, which was u'so croe-ing to
tue Nitr Jersey side of the river.
LABOR AGITATIONS
Thf f'lacefl cf firltcri Dcloi Fllli'tf-
1 Sleeting BcfuMd IN;*tdorly. Kto
Special t r E» Qu'.rer»i8nn.
8edalia Mo,. March 19.—Lohrr
C rmmiasiouer Iv'ctrzky and G>v
Marmaduke paa-id through here go
irgtoKane s City last night. The
iabor c immisstotier says the eti'.krrs
sre weakening at! along the linen
The grievance committee f the loco
motive engineers held a final mtetirg
last evening and adjourned Tney
decided unarimuely to steed by the
company and take no part in tbe
(ireieut d ffiauLy. The brotherhood
of firemen art said to stand with the
engineers, aud also tie brakemen.
The engineers, firemen and brake-
men have called a Joint meeting for
to-day, These men are getting rest
less under enforced idlenest It is
surmised that they will resolve to
take out the trains regardless of tbe
threats of the strikers. The strikers
report receiving assistance from 8t
Paul, Minn., Vincennes, Ind, ami
also from the merchants of three
oil er cities.
FILLING THEIR PLACES
Galveston. Tex, March 19 —A
special iu the N.-ws from Sherman
saye: The entire list of places needed
!0 be fi led on the Tra'’s-Contiijen!ai
division of the T xa Pacific road ar
'he present time has oeeu suppiteu,
and applicants fur places of the
strikers were told yesterday that there
was no more work to oe given out.
The citizens’ eoanmittee of business
men who adopted tbe first resclution
endorsing the attitude of tbe railroad
towarde the strikers received a letter
from Receiver J ihn C Brown yeeier
day tharkug them for tbeir
prompt action. The governor says:
"Permit me to thunk the goou
ci.izecrs of Sherman for these unmis
takable manifestations of their ad
herence to law and ( rder. We shall
bear this act in great rememorance,
for it s the first pronounced declara
tion by any body of ci;iz a3 lignins
the flagrant and outrageous violation
of thelaw ‘.hat has been witnessed at
so many places during the last two
Wteks The moral etteet wilt be ex
cellent, and I have no doubt that the
examp'eset by y.u will be followed
byjo he'' localities at once ”
the street car strike.
Columbus O Marco 19 — The
street railway company rau one car
over the line under the r-quiremeuts
of the charter this morning. The
p lice assisted, and on the return trip
the men endeavureJ to take posses*
sion of the car, hut wire ciubbed off
by the police a nd one man was badly
bruised. The mayor made a speech
to tbe men, assuring them of h e
sympathy so long as they indu'ge in
do violence. He has the strikers in
good control, ready to obey his orders
The mayor is not inclined to allow
further interference.
WILL NOT MEET THEM
Bt Louis Marco 19 — V.ct-Preai-
Jem Hoxie, of the Misaouii Pacific
railnad, has replied to Master Work
man Puwderly, ot tin- Knights of
Labor, declining to meet the master-
workmen and the commit.ee ,1
knights to at r a r ,ge a settlement of
pending biflL'uitiea. H >xie’s reply
is very long and treats exhaus ivel'
he whole subject of past aud preset:
trikes, in the present ina'acce lL*.
strikers have no grievan ces which i:
is in the power of the Mi.-soui. P.sc fie
io reilre-s, the grievance being against
another road, w'.th which tii" Mts-
- uri Pacific has no trouble Herald
the conferei-ce could brit g about no
:e3ul:e. H .xie says if Puwderly and
his associates have anything to .-ug-
gest dial w:ll tend to correct itic evil
of ‘.he exisdeg. state of F.flairs, he
wilt he glad ,o m e. them as individ
uals, but declines to meet them as
representatives of the organiz ition.
r.vllnrfa ef th.< k
Srosial U
New York, March 19-Buiness
failurts throughout the country dur
ing the last week as reported t > R G
Dun <fc Co. Number for th<- Uaited
8‘a‘e.-, 190 and Canada 35, a to'al of
225 3gainBi 239 last week and 246 tbe
week previous. The gradual decline
in this country still continues, but
in Canada failures seem to increase
as spring opens.
(&■!:* cur Hall Baruid
!)Heiat lo £»«a(e«r-S»a.
Fall River, March 19 —The city
hail was burned to-night with its
contents, lrcluding the city records
and ssals Thebuilding was ofgran-
ite aui the vaults and eofes were sup
posed to be firs proof, but proved not
to be. The Ices :s estimated at a val
uation of a quarter of a million dol
lars. Upon the loss of the reoords no
estimate can be put.
CAPTURED AT LAST
4 llontfd Riuilar flnn
nloi iris Unlla, t»m
POllllVv,
Down -if* ;
the Projl
Special to KQ<ja1rP’»Pnn
Richmond Va, March 19 -The
mau wtio has been hunted through
Chee'e field county across the river
frem R.chmond for three days as a
burglar, v ho las: Wednesday morn
upon the communities in which they
laudtd, or a menace to their security,
Uniformity, therefore, in the appli
cation t f the law a' all t ort« of entry
was the desired cbj-ct. Tbe mo«' of
the paape , “ now artivltur are G r*
mans an-'. Risslan exiles. Formerly
the Trieh predominat'd; hut ht said
the British policy of sending her
paupers to America hud been so
broken up that the arrivals now front
Bri isb ports were ccrnt: ru ively
few
Another class of arrivals were oh
ing entered the grocery s ore of Her* j j eol ^ l0 , biU glc femaus who were en
bi i celute. Mr B.cphenson tald there had
here many cases of I ills kind in hi
htow open the safe and who the same
day shot P dioe Sergeant Brocks at
tire depot and escaped, was captured
this al erminn, Abou 15 R ehmoud
police,'be Chestetfldd county cti-
s abulary and a number '( vniun-
teert joined in he hunt end or Wed
nesday evening two R chmond of
fleers came up with 1dm at Coalfield
staiiou and tired at h m with shot
guns, hu' he npaiu escaped to the
woods. From a sihiement given by
him that in his 'flirt*
to get si uth through Chesterfield
coun y and at 11 e raae time dude
his pursuers, he lost his way in .hu
woods aud gave up tu that direction
and turned back *n try to cut north.
He cnsited 'be river to Richmond
this afternoon on Belie Isle bridge,
hu as soon as he lauded he was dis
covered and pursued by the w r rk-
meii in the Tredegar works, aud
jumped into a boat and attempt
ed to re.cross the river. The
pursuers followed aud oap*
tureil him in mid river The fugitive
made no reeis'ar.C ', although armed
with a rtvoletr. The prisoner gives
the name of Charles Shew, and says
he lives at 243 Pearl street, N. w
York. He is a shoemaker by trade,
aud says he has been a cr<“ k for
about a year. He fcknowledged
shonttnsr theeffleerut the depot, but
denies the burglary auu safe bleu ing
The excitement when the prisoner
was brought to the city was intense
and it r< quired a detail of police
:o escort him through tbe
crowds in the streets to tue police
station. An examination showed
that he had received a number of
bird shot in hie legs, No: withstand
ing bis denial of the burglary, 'he
evidebc.' against him is very posi
tive.
experience, The no j rl’y of these,
he -id, fr<m the s.orlesof theyoung
wo ' n themselves, were cases of so-
dm in by married men, win adopt*
eo : - m a s of getting their victims
out cl tue way. Evety atnvui cf.! is
kind is immediately placed aboard
tlie vessel which brought her to hi-
carried hack, where the female’s con
dition will admit of it. Wueteltwill
not,he said, she was kindly cared for
until the could be rettirneu with bet
i flj; rii g. The average births at
Ward’s Inland institution privlousto
1882 were two a day. Since then
they have averaged four a month.
The committee were most favor
ably impressed with the statements
of tne commissi' uers, aod at the con*
c.iis'-m of heat mg thanked then,
for their intelligent txp.'s'tinn of the
subject. Rspresen'ailve O'X ill, of
Pulia'lelpblrt, presided in the absence
of Mr R-agau.
K inland.
By Anclo-Amerlcfin Cabie°,
London, March 19 —G'adslone
this afttruoou in the house of com-
mors s Id he hoped to he able during
'he cotnire wer-k to naui'’ the day for
presenting b statement of his Irish
proposals R forcing to current ru
mor- about he nature "f the nr-heme
of Irisn reform whicii he proposed to
submil, Gladstone asked the memheia
of the house to .x-rctse prudent re
serve in giving credenoe to any ol
thorn. He added that his sta'ement
won d probably be followed by the
introduction of a government bill to
carry nls plsnB into eflect.
It is stated on indisputable
authority that the radical defection is
increasing, and that Morley, Bright,
Osborne, Morgan and Brosdhur-",
and other well known liberals and
members cf parliament, will toiD
Chamberlain.
e»lled for, that I'.bought the whole
ofthiB session would be taken up in
completing that liue of investigation
instituted at ilio first meeting relat
ing to the operations of the i fflee "
A spirited but courucua colloquy
out m a between fe’enator Harrison and
C'ommirsioner B uck. Tlie senator
ca'led attention to the fact that the
inquiry which he hud repeated to
day was the first one asked at the
former meeting, and as ii war bused
on the part (f the cmmlssiom :'s re*
i orl which had given rise to the in.
vestigaiion, it wa.- the most impors
taut matter to he considered. He
lepeated b's queeilop itt various
forma, asking n the commissioner
was able to give the committee the
t ame or number of any sit gie olaim
wl ich had tnen allowtd or rejected
od account of the pclttlcs of the
cla'ma ; whether tlie commissioner
• ad arty ouch case or cases in mind
when ho wrote his report; whether
Ire had examined the files in any
ca'-e, and If so, how many, to ascer
tain whether the allegations In his
report were Just, fl d.
Thu commissioner replied in sub*
stance that he w uld tie able to give
he ct mmittce abundant evidence in
support of the allegations made in
his te,.ort, but he preferred to doit
fiorn tie flies of tin fflee. Informa
tion had come to him frrm a great
number of siurces—from i fll luvits
made by claimants which hud gone
into tie fi.es ot the files and other*
wise—which had led him to the con
clusions slated ie his report. He bad
i xumiued the files to u certuiu ex
tent, but he hud gathered a general
knewl-dge on the subject from other
sources.
i LIKE SIR JOSEPH PORTER.
Nindcau Who "ft'i’T?r riiluLt ol TfclKk*
Int; for TI fmiclf
!ft?w Orient)* Haiti,
titetUl to Jfrffa<r«r*0«».
New Orleans, March 19— The
exposition winter met.iug associa
tion has removed i‘s < perations fram
the exposition course to the fair
grounds, Hereafter the wluter meet*
ing running Bsscciaticn races will he
run over the Louisiana J' ckey club
cours". The w«atti»r ;o-duy tr ciouuy
and. hrealening and the track slew,
First raoe, for beaten hors s of all
•igi-s, six furlongs, Q eoh Esther
won; L onard 2 1, Coarli- Ljcp.s 31.
Timt. 1:20
S-conu race, selling allowame',
seven furlongs, L gan W' r ; Claude | painting in Nicholasville, Danville
Brannon 2 i, Ho B x 3-1. Tims, 1:35 ’ and dher small towns near thie city,
Third rare, wcet weients and was arras < d here to nignt on a
:-e;ltng allowances, three quarters of | charge of luuu.-ty I appears that u
a mile, Biton R mgs won; J it t-Jnelly I genii..man from Canu lu, named J E
2i. J Jhy 31. Time, 1:21. I Poag, who has been in this city for
Fourth race, for thier year-olds, j several duye on the lookout fur some
three quarters of u mile, J H Fentoo i high-bred trotting stock, concluded
CAUGHT AT LEXINGTON
A Tonne EntlUfti 1**1 olei RflloTei
A • *>f nrplua ('mil,
Lexington, March 17 —Bush
Humuton, a young Euglishmau who
arrived lu K 'tvucky a lew weeks ago
from Macon, Ga, aud ties since hem
working by od ) os at his trade of
wor; Lida L 2J, Leonora 3 J. Time,
1:21*.
PAUPER IMMIGRANTS.
It pjr: ol .L»Kew Vo;k roiniuliiloDri
Aiking Aid .la Hfcplni Oat .b« Old
World’s Bcfoit CltMiei.
Washingeon, Maroh 17. — Emi
gration Commissioners E irnund
•StephensoQ aud G orge ri.arr, of
New Y rk, tc-day presented to the
aouse crnimerce oocnuiitteee an . -
(cresting review of ..he work of tx.e
state finigradoL b ard at New V irk
Mr 8 epaenson,the principal spokes- , — .— * —-, --
man, showed that the prac toe of ! J?’ 16 aee,D , .8° imminhately after
emptying foreign poor houses by , P, ,s 8 and his friend had left the
emigration to .ne United States at i i * ace Hamilton is believed to be
the ex; eose of foreign governmenis
aud isteu t'O'kvi up ' rung to- vigt
to take a short trip to R chmond to'
night in company with a 'fiend, and
grw.ug weery of waiting at the
ii-p i for no .iaiu, stepped
over in Dawsm’s siloou, across
the street to take a drink. Hamilton,
in company with a mao Lame’ John
C x, wa; standing at the bar throw
ing dice for the drinks, and it was
noticed that when Poag pulled out
his money to settle for the drlr.ks
hat tht fi st numfd eyed it closely
0.i leaving the saloon the gentleman
missed h;s money, aud believing he
had been robbed immediately in
form" he p.-ice. Shortly after
war . H iniltor v. a= arrested, and the
money was discovered hid in an out*
uouse in the saloon va-d, where he
kiDce of the N-.w York hoards, hut I
ue also showed that many im* |
proitr in.aiigrari'.b had heen
admitted a B slot), PniladelpLiaaud |
other ports, a.d i.y raii from Cuva a, j
\,y loose 8i:Diit.'s ra'i' p of law,.., i.i !
.eguia'ions agaiu.c il.e foreign crimi
nal aud uauner ctessi-s. Since the I
act if 1832. by » h.eh U e fei.'-.rai gov- |
ernu en. usumed couirc! of the emi- j
grant sys'r m at N w Y irk, the com-
misstonn -aid that tne annual aver
age of paupers a'
instilulion was ahou: 250 where it
had previously been abou: 3500; and
at the asylum branch of the immi
grant establishment, wh°re previous- 1
iy there was an ave r g • of 150 to 2u0
a year, now tueaverage is ou. twelve
crook of
b> (-ppearan
of a hardene
the fi.st water, althougu
:.oc' . • by no means that
criminal.
MISAPPLIED PENSIONS
( vuimlfsl- »<v i
Hr lore the I:
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Had Au,
Washington, March 17 — Tue
senu.e committee <li expet i. uresof
public moneys continues ito invusu-
he Ward I-land | gation of the charges made by C.>m*
mtsaioner Black, with regard to the
iffl'i.-l :c'3 of his predecessors.
Commissioner Black again occupied
tbe wltuee* chair.
S.'uator Harrnon r»ail from the
_ _ , , recoid# of tile last meeung, a ques-
Tnese, he said, were direct results of ! tion which he then addressed to the
good ' xecution of a federal law. commissioner, asking whether he
Now it is desired that the law be | could produce the names ami num-
amended s > as to provide for a rigid bers in any claims which had been
examination of all immigrants arrlv- allowed or ujected by his predecee*
ing by eithersea or land,as expres^l 1 s na on account of the politics of the
in ihe pending Muller bill. The hill I claimant, He asked if the commie-
provides for a commission of three to : sioner was now able to give the in-
be appointed by the president for! formation.
New York, and one commissioner Commissioner B'ack—I am not
each for the collection dieirlcts of prepared this momi g, Mr Senator,
B jston, Pblladeipnia, Btltioiore, io g ve those numoeis.
Charleston, New Orleans, Sin Fran-I ' Can’t you give any cace—-any
cisco and Huron, who shall execute name—and no number?”
the rigid requirements of the hill as I “I will he able to present to the
to the ability of imm'grsnts to eup- committee a number of casee, but I
oort themaeives before giving them have been very much engrossed, not
freedom in this country. M’S ephen- ; only with current business of the
sou represented that in certain in* < fll.e, but the preparation of the data
stances persons eent to New York and relating to the direct line of the in-
returned ou the same si: ps wlojli veatigation pursued at the last meet*
brought them had subsequently been ing, and have not thoroughly pre
sent out by foreign pauper authori* pared myself to present the cases of
ties to B ston or Puiladelrihia which ymi speak I have so much
there admitted, to uecime charges maierja oa hai.d, and so much was
Prof Ira R meen, of the J.,hn
H"pkiD9 Ubivers ty, delivered an
address recently ou the intellectual
eccen rioity of students before a
meeting or the Baltimore city pub-
"c school teachers' association, Mr
R msec said it wae a constant source
of surprise to him to see the man
ner in which studt-n’s looked at th6
simplest matters. The "nr jutlty of
those who have coma under his no*
ties a» candidates for admission to
the John H'.pkius univershy are
more willing to accept the statement
they have heard or read than to be
lieve the evidence of their own
senses.
The same defect belongs to people
ou'.sidethe ranks of students. They
write and speak on every possible
subject, and ihry orl' Icisa works of
literature and art urui th y discuss
measures of political economy, g.vlug
'XpresHion to opinions, when they
ought to know that they have no
right to any opinion at alt. Tiiiii de
fect shows itself in their inability to
rntke a clear cut statement about
anything. O :e of the general causes
of this is the imperfection of our nr-
lure, hut the speoia 1 cause is to be
! found In our systems of education. It
is tbe far-ofl abstract way of
dealing with things that are
of uo Interest to ihe scholar.
Things are f reed ou his mind that
are lucomi rrhenslblo to him. He
may know the answer to a question
from the bonk, but he dees not un
derstand the meaning of the answer.
Rite recitations are also responsible
to a very great ex eat for this evil.
Prof R-.-msen cited an tnsmuoe of a
class that had studied botany, of
which he htd heard. Tney went to
recitation day alter day for a year,
rattled off page after page of the
book, and al: ih- wallehad not han«
died a plant or fl: wer. At the end
of the year they knew what was iu
’he hook, hu' they knew very lit’le
o' the suhj-ct on waica ihuy hud
hi en*. so much time,
The sys'etu "t making a boy write
compositions about someltung he
kutw nothing of had also much to
d > with bringing about this unhappy
j g’Hte of things. ‘C .uiuie’.'Ctmeut
j addresses,” such as were ii 11 cud ou
| tbe ct-mmun'.y every ye »r, .v .-.re aloe
| : t.op(.na:bie fur the uiidleetuai d.'s-
1 honesty so c mtiiob am mg students.
| I’t-ey Inc du> U e mi'*l profuund
I hemes with a graLd array of war. a
and phrases, bn. d! 1 th y kr; w what
they were alki g auom and was it
! right to enc.ur.rg: any further the
j idea that brought about suet, a state
of a flair: ?
I Tli* llaili » Wiir. itnu r ite B«n*i.
‘•\Ve are ueiiii g a great many false
liange,” slid a hairdresser.
“For ladies ?” ii quired tii6 re4
tiorier.
“No, 1 ryouugmen. Birgs are
all the rage now, and every young
fellow must have one. Many of
them are bald, or their hair is too
thin ou the forehead, so tlmy call on
us to help them. We make a bang
that can not be dislinguisned from
the genuine article. It is fastened on
with wires, and when neatly oombed
looks very nice. A outig should come
about half an inch short of the eyes
brows, and should be evenly cut. It
should never be worn with a full
beard as it oonirucis the face too
much. It is most eflective with a
drooplrg mus'ache.” — New York
Sun.
Tbf Ritckcrvl,
Years ago Kaynlere wrote of the
mackerel ’.hat ‘‘it has this iu common
with good womor—he tii loved by all
tbe world, he Is weluomed by rich aud
poor with the same eagerness. He Is
most commonly eaten a !a maltre
d’hote’, but ho may be prepared In a
hundred ways, and he ts »s oxqalsito
plain as in the most elaborate dress
ing.”