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VOL. XXVIII—NO. HO COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE :M, 188(5. PRICE FIVE NTS Yesterday's Proceedings of the House and Senate. U, f itepuliltrkB FIllliuHtvrlnK in the Mouse-The senate ltlseuwlns the llanle.v Motion—The open Session Kesolntlon—Seven More Vetoes,Kte. Washington June 23.—The speaker an nounced the appointment of Belmont, Cox and Hill as conferees on the diplomatic all( i consular appropriation bill. Wise, of Virginia, from the committee 0I1 naval a flairs, reported a bill temporarily increasing the number of assistant engi neers in the navy and restoring certain ondet engineers to their legal right ami proper office and rank. Committee of the " Morrison then called up the report of the committee on rules, amending the rules of the house, upon which bebate oc curred yesterday. Reed raised the question of considera tion and Hiscock, expressing his desire to w,, on with the sundry civil bill. Randall remarked that he could take care of the measure. On a standing vote the house refused—80 to 91—to consider the report and the result was received with applause from the republicans, but on a yea and nay vote the house determined yeas 1.32, nay's 115 -to consider the report, Ilced changing iiis vote at the last moment to enable liini to move to reconsider. Having made that motion, he yielded to Hiscock to move to adjourn, and his motion to be supplement ed'with another that when the house ad journed to-day it be to meet Friday next. Burrows, of Michigan, ironically sug gested that Friday was too early a day and moved to substitute Saturday. Thus having laid the foundation for a day of filibustering, the republicans re frained from voting and left the house without a quorum. Morrison moved a call of the house. Reed suggested that the house might consider the sundry civil bill. ■I will take care of the sundry civil bill,” remarked Morrison. ■'You, too?’’exclaimed Reed in affected surprise. “I am afraid the sundry civil bill is being taken too much care of.” A call of the house was ordered and the doors of the chamber were closed. Then roll call followed roll call with monoton ous regularity, while members lounged in their seats reading and writing or retired to the cloak rooms. Both sides were de termined in their course. But little atten tion was paid to the proceedings which were unattended by any occurrence to break their uninteresting character. A resolution was adopted directing the ser geant-at-arms to arrest members and bring them to the bar of the house. The house remained, ns n member chare - termed it, in a slate of “innocuous desue tude.” until n quarter past 4, when further proceedings under tire call were dispensed with, and the question recurred on Bur rows’ motion to adjourn until Saturday. Tliis was voted down—yens 2, nays 145 — no quorum, and another roil call con sumed the time to 5 o'clock, when the house adjourned. It is understood that the proposed change of rules will not be called up for consideration to-morrow, but the sundry civil appropriation hill will be accorded the rigid of way. Vellrtle. Washington, June 23.—In the sennit' Frye, from the committee on commerce, reported favorably the bill to amend the laws relating to the inspection of steam vessels. The bill provides for the payment out of the treasury of the expenses of steamboat inspectors. Frye said the bill was in answer to the recommendation of the president. The vessel owners of the country, Frye added, were under obliga tions to the president for liis approval of the shipping bill, and for his recommenda tion for supplementary legislation to pro vide for the expenses of steamboat in spectors. Congress ought at once to pro vide that legislation. The bill was passed without debate. Resolutions were submitted by George for reference to the committee on judi ciary, and wore so referred, directing that the committee report a bill for the repeal of all laws which the United States supreme court has declared unconstitutional, and providing for a general digest of index of the statutes of the United States, including those of the present government. Hawley’s motion was then taken up to reconsider tiie vote by which the senate passed the bill prohibiting members of congress from acting as attorneys of land grant railroads. Beck resumed the floor and continued iris remarks against reconsideration. He denied that lie had intended to injure any body by the introduction of the hill. If the senate should agree to the motion to reconsider, that would be the last of the bill. Beck rend Mitchell’s amendment proposing to forbid members of congress from doing law business for men who were members of banks or importers of formgn goods, or who manufactured butter, oleo margarine, tobacco or whisky. “If that is not a liek at the creation!” exclaimed Beck. He deprecated that sort of amend ment, but added that he had often heard the fable of the advice given to all foxes by the fox whose tail had been cut off. That advice was that they should all have their tails cut off because his had been cut off. He thought the fable illustrated the ease of this amendment. In reply to the reference by Beck to the published report that Mitchell was uttor- torney for the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., Mitchell said with some warmth that he was the attorney of no railroad. He desired the senator from Kentucky Beck) to understand that be iMitchell had never while in the senate been em ployed by any railroad company to argue any case in court or out. lie was not now and had been for over a year the attorney of any corporation whatever. He was rep resenting no corporation here. If the bill were to bn passed on the idea that every member of congress who was a law yer was dishonest with a view of making him honest, then the bill should be made to include the matters indicated in Mitch ell's suggested amendment. Call did not dispute Beck's devotion to the public interest, but regarded the trill as most hurtful to the interests of the coun try and to the character of the senate. It would result in holding senators responsi ble not to the senate, but to the judge of the United States court. A dozen United States judges could be bought before two- thirds of the senate could. The people of Florida had or.ee elected a majority of democrats to their legislature. How did the republicans overcome that majority? By getting a United States judge to order the arrest of democratic mem bers. We were in the habit of belittleing the senate and its functions and the character of senators, but that was wholly wrong. There was no reason for it, neither was there any reason for any presumption that there were any Paid attorneys here. The theory of tin- hill was that,' members of congress could be bought by fees as attorneys. If that theory was correct the senate could not prevent it by saying that that special form of purchases should not he * fleeted. There was a thousand wavs by which men could be corrupted without i chaining ’hem as lawyers and without the payment of money. Mitchell asked Bern whin he had been told that he (Mitcl-eil, was attorney for the Northern Pacific. Beck said he bad been so told ; the time did not matter. Mitchell said he was not in the confes sional, but he had resigned nine months before his election. He (Mr. Mitchell) re membered the time when it had been said in newspapers that certain members of congress were very zealous in regard to certain whiiky matters. Beck—“Oh! Well, that was just simply a lie ; that is all there is about it.” [Laugh- ter.l 1 ° Mitchell had no doubt of that. Pugh said he had voted for the bill, but after examining it, he had concluded that it was hasty, inconsiderate and mischiev ous legislation, Evarts said that of 76 senators, 65 were lawyers. This bill was a reproach on these from mm ii ,m:.mi; statesmen The Decree Issued Expelling the Princes from France. lawyers. He had never, except in the worst reviling®, beard any reproacn of the great profession of law. He had never heard out side the senate so deep a stigma od the senate as was placed on it by this bill, but whether good or bad, it was certainly a serious and far reaching measure, and was entitled to deliberate consideration. Edmunds said the theory of the bill was that the gentlemen of the profession of law having clients were under a bias in favor of those clients, and that this bill was necessary in order to exclude that Idas. Edmunds’ voice gave out before he had proceeded far and he was seized with a troublesome cough. He took his seat with the remark that the state of his health did not permit him to debate the question further. Vance said there was an impression throughout the country that, a good deal of jobbery and improper legislation ema nated from congress. Whether that was true or not, it was the part of wise men to avoid occasion for the imputation, lie thought it would be unfortunate for the senate not to stand by this bill. Hawley thought his motion to reconsid er amply justified by the debate. Sherman, taking the floor, said the uni versal rule of the senate was to grant re consideration almost as a matter of course whenever asked for, even when the sen ate was almost unit against the bill and the vote for its reconsideration had often been unanimous. This bill met his hearty approval. The criticisms made against it were rather too fine. A motion to reconsider having been brought to a vote it was agreed to -yeas 31, nays 21. The only republican voting in the negative was Van wyck. The demo crats voting in the affirmative were Call, Gray, Payne, Hugh and Ransom. Hawley then moved to refer the bill to the judiciary committee. Vance called for the reading of the bill by way of a final “farewell” to it. j Laugh ter.] The bill bm ing been read, Edmunds as sured Vnnoe he should have the pleasure of steing the bill back in the senate within eight da vs. Mr. Maxey isotto voice)—With an ad verse report. The tul! was then referred to (lie judicia ry committee by a vote of .30 to 21. A number of veto messages received from the president were rend and laid on the table, Logan remarking as to one of them that he had never before known such a construction ns that a soldier on furlough was not iu the line of duty. Blair said the president seemed to find it a congenial duty to express hiliiM If in the most’ ■xtiaofdiiiary term's fesjxfcting the two houses of congress. That, however, was a matter of official propriety ns to which every man must judge for himself. Blair defended from the criticisms made by the president and stated some of the president’s statements were an entire mis apprehension of facts. Blair gave instances to support his own assertion. He charged that the pension office as organized was organized to reject claims whenever that could be done. It had come to be a court of chancery. Some of the statements made about the action of congress regarding pensions were petty, trifling and con temptible. The bill to repeal pre-emptions and tim ber culture laws was then placed before the senate and was debated till the ad journment. In course of some remarks on the bill, Plumb said if there was not some change in the methods of manage ment of the general land office, the litiga tion that would ensue would out last the lifetime of every man who heard him and would exhaust the entire value of the lands. Malicious, interested and careless invessigations of special agents invested with absolute power woujd ruin thousands and tens of thoufands of persons who had never thought of wronging the govern ment. It was agreed that at 3 o’clock to morrow a vote should lie taken on the bill. Executive session adjourned. N tun in lit ions ('<iiiftrill< > il. Washington, June 23. The senate has ! confirmed the following nominations: H. I Sheppard, collector of internal revenue, 'sixth Virginia district Postmasters -H. ' \V. Clark, Jacksonville, Fla.; J. B. Chris- ' tian, Uniontown, Ala.; L. E. Brooks, Mo- l bile. Ala.; L. R. Davis, Athens, Ala., and , the following in Virginia: F. F. Forbes, ! Fredericksburg; George R. Head. Lees burg; L. W. Caldwell, Warrenton; L. R. MeDciirman, Danville; 11. B. Linney. Gor- donville; A. S. Haller, Wytham; W. If. Cullingworth, Richmond; A. P. Bibb, Uni- ' versity of Virginia; W. II. Riteran, Har risburg. Mlr 11|,|>[| Session Itl'soilltfull, Washington, June 23. The caucus or dered business of the senate has been I changed by placing the land grant adjust ment bill above the open session resolu- i tion. This makes it again doubtful if the latter measure will lie reached this session, its chances of passage, if reached, are said to have been somewhat improved of late. Among tiie number of senators now known | to be favorable to open executive sessions j are Sherman, Blair, Coke and Voorhees, The last named u ill make a speech in favor ■ of the Platt resolution when it is taken up | again. _ A question of ('lirisfeiiiiiir. Washington, June 21.—Congressman Stone has had a post office in Crittenden county named Frances, in honor of the i president’s wife. He had one named I Cleveland in Calloway county some time I since. A post office in the district lias j been called Stone in honor of the eongress- j man. The president will probably do 1 some naming before he gets through with this administration. Semi More Vetoes. Washington, June 23. The president to-dnv sent to congress seven more vetoes, all of private pension bills originating in the senate caucus. A Meiiioeratie ('minis Ciilleil. Washington, June 23. -A caucus of'the democratic members of the house has be u called to meet to-morrow night in the hail of'the house. lairu-r Crons. Lynchburg, Va., June 23.—Answers to inquiries by t helUaily A dvance throughout southwest Virginia report unprecedent* d wheat and fruit crop. The harvest has They Begin to Take Their Mefoirture—Tile fount of Purls B ill Issue u Manifesto -The Times On (ilmlstune's Speech at (JiisitoH —AVhnt John Bright Has to S«j, Kte. London, June 23.—The Times, com- ' menting on Gladstone’s Glasgow meeting, says : The remarkable absence of men of I . intelligence, social or professional dis- ' tinction which has characterized ali of Gladstone’s meeting in Scotland appears to . , have reached its highest development at , Glasgow yesterday. Gladstone’s efl'ort to ' avoid a serious discussion of his own plans | was crowned with complete success in his Glasgow speech. It bristles with misstate- I J meuts of tne facts and sperversion of argu- i meats. It does not contain a single at tempt to grapple with the difficulties of j the Irish question. PAJ1NEI.L AND CHURCHILL. ! Lord Randolph Churchill and Parnell i are both announced to address political meetings in Manchester next Wednesday. JOHN bright writes. I John Bright in a letter to Caine, member ' of parliament for Barrow in Furness, who acted as a whip for Chamberlain s ad herents in their opposition to home rule, says he hope, Caine, who will stand for re-election will _ win. Bright denounces the action of the liberal caucuses in trying to transform members of the house of commons into simple delegates, and insisting upon their subordinating their principles to the inter ests of the party or party leader. It is no torious, continues Bright, that scores of members of the house voted with the government who positively con demned the Irish bill. It is unwise tor liberal electors to prefer such mem bers abject at the feet of the prime minis ter to members who follow conscience and honor, but we need not despair, 93 liberals who voted with the majority have dove much to redeem the liberals from U.. discredit of accepting a measure which the majority condemned. I THEY WILL NOT COTEST IT. i At a meeting of the Midlothian conserv atives to-day, it was decided not to contest ; the district against Gladstene. IN FAVOR OF HOME BULK. At the united meeting of the Baptist so- 1 cieties held at Taunton to-day, a resolution in favor of granting home rule to Ireland was adopted by a vote of 97 to 5. Eighteen members abstained from voting. J F nulls'. : THE EXPULSION DECREE ISSUED, i Paris, June 23.—The government at 4 j o'clock this afternoon will issue a decree expelling the French princes from the country. The princes will leave France . to-night. A number of the royalist sena tors and deputies have gone to Chatteau Deu to condole with the count of Paris. One thousand called at tiie Chateau de Kit to-day and inscribed their names in a book. Comte de Paris shook hands with ; < each one and briefly expr-s.se*] his thanks. The count's mamfV.sto will be issued on Friday. Prince Napoleon Plon Ploiu i- going to Geneva, and his son, Prince Victor, is going to Brussels Neither, it is 'thought, will publish a manifesto. Prince Victor’s adherents, it is said, will make demonstration.- at tiie railway station when he takes his parture. The police have been ordered to arrest all persons who make noise loyalist demon strations in Paris or elsewhere on the oc casion of the departure cf the expelled princes. Count Foueher DeCareil, ambas sador to the Austrian court, has resigned in protest against the action of his gov ernment in expelling the French princes. It is believed |that Waddington, French ambassador to the court of St. James, will resign in consequence of , the expulsion of the princes. His resignation is momentarily expected, j The royalist press pronounces the passage i of the expulsion bill the forerunner of the I downfall of tiie republic. Moderate repub- | lican papers generally criticize the mens- ! lire ns unjust. The apportionist journals j urge the government to discard the de mand of the irreconcilables and radicals, and they demand a firmer republican poli- i <'.V. The Count and Countess of Paris aild their son. Prince Louis Philippe, after re ceiving their friends to-morrow will em bark for Treport in the afternoon. ' Prince Victor and fifteen of his most prominent adherents, including tiie Mar quis of Valette and Baron Hausmann, i started to-day for Brussels. The train bearing the party left the station amid cries jof“vive empereur, mi re voir” and shouts of “vive ia republique.” There was some hissing. Several persons were arrested. The count of Paris, Ins son and suite, will arrive at Tunbridge Wells on Friday mnl will take up their res idence there. The count will issue a mani festo protesting against his expulsion and outlining the monarch in 1 programme, 111 in-in in. TWKXTY-MVE I KOI'I.F. DROWNED. Vienna, June 23. A dispatch from Prague, Bohemia, states that a ferryboat capsized while crossing the Kazamor river, throwing fifty persons into the water. Tie exact number of those drowned lias not been ascertained, laic twenty-five bodies have been recover* d. 11*1*ill Mil. CONVICTED OF RIOTING. JJUJJLJ.N, June 23.—Numerous persons Wei--, mi-. - - - o: il - r onvielod u! Siivo Ttu-- du <% of ,.,ii ic.nation in tne r* cent lints there, orjiers wore committed for trial at the assiz. s. THE LAKE SHORE SWITCHMEN. two months ago. On the occasion of that strike a settlement was made by the inter vention of Sheriff Hancock and County Commissioner McArthy. The company now holds that its managers did not make the promises which the men have sup posed, but contended only that the strik ers should return to work. About the time the sixty men quit work, the committee which had been in session down town during the greater part of the forenoon, decided to order the men to go on with their work. Messages were drafted and sent to all stations. At the Forty-third street for some reason the crews either did not receive their mes sages or did not understand them, and all but two crews quit work. At other points the men kept on at work. The switching engines at the stock yards rail round ana gave notice to tiie different crews there and they began to leave work. At the cen tral office the committeemen and officials could not understand this. It was assumed, however, that these men had not got their messages to go on with their work, or else did not understand them. Division Super intendent Amsdun said that the men at the 13d street had certainly gone on a strike. He could not explain it, for it. was contrary to the agreement made by the committee. The switchmen at Englewoon and all along the line in the city joined tin- strikers. No trains were allowed to move. About three o’clock an effort was made to move a train at Forty-third street. Sud denly a mob appeared upon llie scene, the members of which tried, by throwing tin- switch. to ditch the train and engine and did succeed in getting a caboose off the truck. Separate sections of the mob attacked the trainmen by throwing coupling pins at them. Con ductor Charles Pease, of Elk Park, was badly injured, being knocKed down and kicked bv half a dozen of the assailants. John Berger, switchman, was also hurl, but how seriously could not be learned. The engineer and fireman escaped entire ly. No arrests were made. The night switchmen unanimously failed to put in a n appearance for duty. AN INTERESTING CASE. A Mt'inlii'l- of it (lush-ill t'll.li imiml (illill) of llnyi-ijtliur. New York, June 23. - Paul Welseig, member of u musical chib, lias been on Dial here for a day or two on the charge of boycotting the Theiss music- hall, and ex torting from its proprietor 61000 as ii so wn led fine. The trial ended this evening. Vf.-lscig himself was put on the stand, and in answer to a question put by Ids lawyer, he explained his understanding of a boy cott to he “an organization that quietly and peaceably refrains from dealing with a man in business.” During the trial Col. F* flows interrupted the proceedings to nsi that Michael O'Leary, who was in dicted with Welseig. lie arrested on the charge of abandoning his wife. O’Leary was sent to the toombs. I'll his charge Judge Barrett said he sympathized with the workingmen in their efforts to better their condition, and he was vorrj to *ee among some of them a t( ndetkjy to lawlessness, lie advised labor 0 wnrizatiens to appoint committees on li e- u.id consult the best lawyers. His h lor said that when the law was trans- g*F'* ddpe transk-rescows must, duffer. It was perfectly lawful for men to advise tin. i,- -Yi* ,-ds no; to work for so and so and toa-k them not to | atroniz*- certain estab lishments. bu' it was different when an organized body of men did tht sumo thing in it formal manner, like tiie distrib uting of circulars in front of a man’s place * f business. After an absence of half an hour the jury found the defendant guilty. Judge Barrett said lie would not pro nounce sentence until some disposition was made of the cases against the other prisoners. The highest penalty for the offense- is five years. MEXICO. Minister .Ini-ksiiit nt iiis Pnsl Annin. City of Mexico ivin Galvestoni, June 23.—United States Minister Jackson has returned after three months’ leave of ab sence. with news from various parts of the country, ib- announces the shooting of a number of noted highway robbers under a new law authorizing the immediate kill ing on arrest of highway and railway rob- 1 ers. Some of the worst characters m tiie country have been gotten rid of within the lust ten days, tin '('hung*-, New York, June 23.—The opening in-ices generally showed an advance of ! to ; this morning, while Louisville lino Nash ville was ii]i ;, and Missouri, Kansas and Texas and Omaha, each, d. Reading and l'aeiili Mail were each i lower. There whs a u,< derate business only, but extra ordinary strength was developed in West ern Union, and the prices continued to ad vance until about noon, after which time the bears made a drive at Lake Shore, which broke i, and the general market sympathized to a limited extent. In the- last hour Western Union again advanced sharply and the general market recovered its steady tone, and so closed. The feature of the day was Westi rn Union. Everything is higher to-night. Western Union gained 2 and the rest of the active IK* f-, Monal amounts only, one see* imth-s Chattanooga-, is me I ..ml Nashville 2. Ho of : : ngonieiit between the ... it and Baltimore and Ohio jih companies, of a s'-Ltlemenl of ke Short- -.trike and of the increased of tilt northwest, ni roads were I* d dining tiie dav. Sides 2i;*,(XX) And General Gossip from the National Capital. ! Rvtrj Member Tliinkw IIImOiui Rill (he Slouf I in* |Kir(nnt >»nd (he flrfml Nor* On -Mth. Cltvr* IhimPn Prruent of a llumlml l>o»lur I’oodlo- Mr. KdranndN* Alhni'il Joke. Washington, June 23.—Now there is to be a scramble in the house. Of course its normal condition is a scramble, but the scramble now will be of an almost abnor mal character. The defeat of the tariff bill sets everybody fighting for his particular pet measure, and on the scheme for a spe cial schedule for the consideration of the house,did not carry, it is a repetition of tiie old game of every fellow for himself and the devil take the hindmost. The friends of the educational bill are now determined to make a desperate struggle for considera tion of that measure. Mr. Herbert, of the naval affairs committee, wants to get action on his naval bill, the bankruptcy bill is to be pressed, and there are a dozen other measures demanding immediate action. Meantime there are a half-dozen appropriation bills to be handled yet in the house, for some of those already gone to the sene-e arc o ning buck to the nouse in an almost unrecogniz able shape. The senate does not seem in clined to hurry at all about its work on the appropriation hills. The river and harbor bill, wnich has been a month or more in the hands of the senate committee,.!* not nearly finished, and the other important hut nir U[ Mian Tin*) Unit Work W.rn mnl P.ni.-ka.h* Vti Vtta< k i |.<m .i 1 ruin. Chicago, June 23--2:40 p. m.- The Luke Shore switchmen, employed at tiie union stock yards, quit work at 2:30 this evening owing to a refusal of the railroad company to discharge eight non-union men. Com mittees are now going over the yards of the railroads in the city to induce all union men to stop work. The Lake Shore is re fusing to accept any more live stock over its road. It is now believed another gen eral strike is to take place on tlie road and that a blockade, such as tin* one which oc curred last April, will take place. Chicago, June 23.—Sixty-six of the switchmen employed by the Lake Shore road in the Forty-third street yards went on a strike this afternoon by order of the union. Tin* business is practically at i stand still. The matters at I.-sue between the road and switchmen have rppar-ntly been satisfactory settled Haifa dozen times within the last few days, out are in «i shape again. .l ist how bad it is difficult to find out. At the Moek yard the dressed beef shippers were >t:l that trouble was pending and tiiaMJuy had best send their fjoodseast by Some other line. A hea\ v shipper w lm v.untt,, < lii t-M . Not I fit sliml'. W.v-HNgto.v, June 23. lion. Bovd Win chester, the consul general of tin- failed state-. o> Switzerland, has just completed -oilif* extensive researches in regard to I fie ciuese industry of that country. He has s' on chees< . he says, that are mon than year* old. One of tiie customs that formerly prevailed in the cheese, regions of the country was for the friends of a bride ai:d bridegroom to join in the presentation on their wedding day of an elaborate cheese. This cheese was used as a family register and heirloom, on which the births, marriages and deaths are recorded. Mr. Winchester savs that he has seen some of these old cheeses that dat< d back to lbfiO. In many parts of Switzerland cheese forms tiie principal diet of the people. New cheese often cans** sickness, when this is tin case the patient is treated in tiie homeopathic tashion with old cheese, which gem rally * fleets a cure. Dairymen ii: Switzerland ' eJieve that it is a good thing to use mu- :or draught purno-'s, e-pccidjiV if! tin ? oming. and ne.trlv nil appropriation hills move quite* as slowly there. So, even with the tariff hill out of the way, there seems little prospect of ad journment before the middle of next month. The senate can stand a long ses sion much better than the house, for most I of its members have their own homes here and are not packed away in hoarding ! houses; and as th^J* incline to hold the j house responsible for the long session, they do not care how long they make il. THE POODLE FROM ANTWERP, j A new guest at the white house is t he black poodle sent to Mrs. Cleveland from I Antwerp. He was scampering about the I building to-day and took part in the public reception this afternoon. He is sheared ! close except about the neck and head, but i his diminutive size is in ludicrous contrast | to bis leonine clip. Twenty dollars duty was paid on him, and as the duty on dogs is20 per cent it follows that the black poo- I die is valued at .flOO. Several of the eon- . gressmen tfiat called to-day tried to inter- I est the animal by shouting “Rats!” “Cats!” | but their attempts were dismal failures. Not until the president’s valet. St. Clair, i explained that the Belgian poodle hail not | vet learned English, but only understood 'French, did the western members realize ; what an imperfect education the strange , dog had. 1 Mr. W. VC. Corcoran, the veteran bank- er, called upon Mrs. Cleveland during tin* i afternoon and hud a pleasant little chat with her in the red parjor. The president. . and his wife dine out twice this week with two members of congress. } EDM [’NOS AH A JOKER. I “Who do yon think is the greatest wag 1 in the senate?” aske.d a senator this even- I ing at Mr. Vance's reception to the North I Carolina editors. After waiting for several 1 billed: “Van pun not- name him unless you run through the entire list, and his name would he the ve ry last one mentioned. The wittiest member of tiie I senate is Mr. Edmunds. He delights in a practical joke. Conklingand lie used to travel together in tiie amusement line. They were both fond of a good story. Why, do you know I once saw Edmunds bene! a pin and put it on the chair that | Conkling habitually occupied when he was resting in the cloak room? It is a fact,and 1 the serious part of the story is that Conk- ling actually did go in and sit down on the 1 waiting pin. Mr. Edmunds isn’t nearly , so shy as he appears to be, for he couldn’t control his feelings. He actually rolled ! on one of t he sofas and laughed uproari ously. After the first twinge of pain and I surprise Conkling never budged. He told I stories and kept ids gayest humor until , Edmunds left the room. Then he swore savagely. The pin was extracted from his flesh, lie waited two years to get even, but he squared the account in|thc most ; complete fashion.” “How?” was asked. “Oli, I'll tell you that some other time,” was tiie good natured reply. CONGRESSIONAL MAIL, i While standing on the Arlington steps t ii is evening a covered express wagon dashed up and an alert man sprang ; out. He delivered several large packages of letters for the senators win* live at that hostelry. Just as he drove away another vehicle of similar shape stopped at the door. It was the special postal delivery for the members of congress. Was this a piece of extravagance ora necessary ex pense in these days of economy? A little inquiry shed a flood of light upon this sub ject. Within a few minutes / found one congressman who had written eighteen thousand letters to his constituents since th»* inauguration of the new administra tion. This is an average of fifty letters a day, or fifteen hundred per month, lie is a member *»f’ one of the important committees, and is flooded with inquiries on all sorts of subjects. When we recollect that there arc 325 members and eight delegates, if is not surprising to h irn from the congressional postmaster that the mail for members has averaged as high as sixteen thousand letters per day for several months at a time. This does not include postal cards, circulurs/jr news papers. Of the latter some members re ceive a bushel basket full daily. HAPPY NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS. Senator Vance, of North ( arolina, held a ree< ption to the visiting editors from that state at his house, on Massachusetts avenue, 1 this ev'*ning. The gratifying part of the occasion was the evidence it supplied that the newspaper press of the old north state was in a flourishing condition, it is evi dently quite able to take care of itself, and pretty generally does. The visitors were a bright and interesting body of men. CARDINAL GIBBONS. Ofllriiill) Notiflctl of Ills Kh vnlion as a I’rinri* of tlie ( liun li. Baltimore, Md., June 21.—When the Pennsylvania railroad train bearing Mgr. Struneiro and Count Mueciola, the papal messengers, steamed into the union depot at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, there were waiting a large number of devout Catholics anxious to pay their respects to t he repre sentatives of the Vatican. Among them was Bisiiop Keane, of Richmond: Mgr. .MeColgan, vicar general of this diocese; tin* local clergy and prominent Cathode laymen. Father Foley took Count Miie- eiola in charge, and drove him to the I lot-*! Rrninrt, to give him a chance to charge hi- traveling suit for the uniform of the P.ipnl (iuard. Mgr. Straniero and the r« si of the party were driven at once to the 11* • iii«• 1 »isc«»iiai rc.-iih'iii’o on Charhss’ <• t. Tiie monsignor was smuggled into he house as «M*crotIy as j-nsHbh, as it .lot proper for the cardinal to sec him until af ter the visit of the Papal Guard. OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF UIB ELEVATION - . About half an hour later Count Mueciola drove up to the house with Father Foley - . The guard alighted from the carriage »na f though surrounded by a great crowd, marched with steady step to the door, which stood open to receive him. His rich and showy uniform, the gold and jewels sparkling in the sunshine, made a brilliant picture, while his enormous helmet of gold and silver made him look about seven feet tall. He went at once to the parlor, where the cardinal elect, surrounded by hill friends, awaited him in a formal manner. The messenger addressed the new cardinal in a few words, telling of his mission, and then he presented tho official letters from Cardinals Pec d and Mertels notify ing him of his appointment Ho the position of a prince of the church. Next came the presentation of the zuchetta, which was taken from a very handsome box. The cardinal placed the zuchetta on his head, and in a few words returned his devoted thanks to the count for the faithful performance of his saored mission. He hade him a hearty welcome to this country. CONGRATULATIONS AND REFRESHMENTS. After this ceremony there were general congratulations, and Mgr. Btraneiro made his appearance and joined in them. Then all were entertained at dinner by the car dinal, the venerable prelate sitting at tho head of the table, with the liionsignor on his right and t lie count on hiH left. Tho papal messengers will remain here till tho in vesture on June 30, anil will then make a tour of t he country. GOULD S PLANS. Ills Attornoi at Memphis Tells How the) Hill Affect Dial I'lacc. Memphis, June 23. Judge J. R. Mor gan, Jay Gould’s attorney here, was asked what might be the intentions of the great railroader toward Memphis, and whether he contemplated constructing lines to con nect us with other cities. Judge Morgan replied that such was Mr. Gould’s inten tion. He would have the ears running here over the Bald Knob branch by Sep tember. Tin's extension runs through about twenty miles Jess of swamp land than the Memphis and Little Rock, or Kansas city, Springfield and Memphis roads, and is but fourteen miles further to Little Rock than the former. The western end of the spur runs through a hard stone deposit which can he used as ballast, and thus raise the track above overflow throughout the year. The route, with Mr. Gould’s Texas con nections, will give Memphis :in unbroken system throughout nearly all Texas, and put us on tin same basis with St.. Louis ill tiie matter of freight. Judge Morgan said the line to Kansas City would certainly he built, as < i<>nlei is having a survey made to Carthage, Mo., shorter by forty miles than the Kansas City. Springfield and Memphis road. Mr. Gould will connect Memphis with the great cattle and grain section west, and make it the terminal point of his .southwestern system. WHOLESALE POISONING. V Piuiiir 1'iirly U.ifs FiJnoiioiis lei* ( mini. | Philadelphia, June 23.—A special dis patch says, exactly 214 persons were I poisoned at last Thursday’s picnic near I Fleminglon, N. J. Six of these persons I will probably die, ami twenty are in a pro- i carious condition. It is now believed that i icecream, plentifully supplied and freely eaten, caused the trouble. Whether the inside of the cream freezers were lined 1 v/itli sulphate of zinc, or whether arsenic was put in Hie cream purposely, still puz- i zles the doctors. One of the doctors has been doing some amateur detective work. In his capacity as a physician, he gives ! tiie opinion that the poisonous substance i was arsenic ; and as a detective, he 1 expresses the belief that it was put in the | cream by some murderously-inclined per- I son. Many persons who ate of the cream i when first made suffered no inconvenience, ! while all who ate alter the freezers had | been opened a short time are sick. The • victims dispersed to tfieir homes, and it ' was several hours before any of them came j under medical treatment. They are wide- I ly scattered over a district, partly village j and partly burning. HOMING PiGEONS. | Tin*) lirliia M«'*vntfi*s from Ilu* HimtImt l*nrly 10(4 Mill*- a.‘ M*n. I New York, June 23. -Besides the mes sages dictated by Mr. Beecher at sea and published on Saturday, homing pigeons brought five messages from the Beecher party written at sea. Ail of the late mes sages were sent when the ship was 100 miles, nt sea. The messages were promptly for warded to t.he persons to whom they were directed. Two of them were in the hand writing of the Rlyinoiith pastor, two from Major Bond, Mr. Bu cher’s lecture maim- ! gc.r, anil one from Mr. Gill, the press rep- 1 resentutive. One message went to Chica- i go, one to Glendale, O., one to Roxbury, i Mass, and one each to parties in the city and Brooklyn. Tin* I’liidwiV Striki*. 1 i > iTT.sn'*K(i J June 23. The plasterer’s of this city, some 500 in number, have gone out on another strike. This will close building operations for some time unless 1 the trouble is self led. All houses that were begun in the spring are completed with the exception of the plastering. The plas terers struck on May 1st, when their de mands of eight hours per day and >16 per week were granted. The employers signed a scale agreeing to pay this rate for one year. Their agreement was violated yes terday, it is said, by a refusal to continue the scale, anil a strike was the result. The contractors' union have filed a new scale, which stipulates that ten hours constitute a day’s work, at 30 cents an hour. At this rate* it is avowed the men would earn more money, hut they positively refused to work more than eight hours a day. A rkansiiN < oiilocnmiii ii. Little Rock, June 23. -Democratic con ventions have been held in nearly all tho congressional districts throughout the state during the past week, excepting the fifth. The instructions as reported to-day show that Poindexter Dunn, in tiie first; C. R. Breckenridge, in tiie second; Thus. Mc Rae, in the third, and John II. Rogers iu the fourth, will he renominated, in tho fifth, Samuel W. Reil, present incumbent, is opposed by several democrats, and tho republicans will probably run a candidate. Mivduy N«*sm*1s. London, June 23.—The British hark Josie Douglass, Captain Wilkinson, front Mobile, February 4th, and the Russian bark Vidal, Captain Kcjerdo, February 12th, Mobile for Havre, have not arrived and are given up as lost. I'nii Hu:,.In ti «ml I iff) h*i»r* OM. Providence. R. I., June ”3. -Providence is to day celebrating the two hundred and fifti* tii annivi rsary of the settlement of the