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VOL XXVIII—NO. 154 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE :io, IsMi. PRICE FIVE (ENTS yesterday's Proceedings of the House and Senate. j Hill I’sO'ril Orer th** PnwIilrut'H Veto—He I,,,,.. <>n Vetoing All the Same—A Sen AhuMmiI Secretary of the Treaiury—The Kauilall Tariff Hill. Ktc. Washington, June 29.-—Townshend, of Illinois, submitted the report of the con- fereiu'e committee on the pension appro bation bill, and it was agreed to. Burnts, of Missouri, from the committee on appropriations, reported the general deficiency bill, and it was referred to the committee of the whole. It appropriates jti.0(i2,S*45.1 The house then went into a committee of the whole iReagan in the chair; on the sundry civil bill. springer, of Illinois, moved to increase from •580.000 to *200,000 the appropriation for the protection of public lands from fraudulent entry. After a long debate, in which the animosity of the republican side against Land Commissioner Sparks again came prominently to the front. Springer withdrew liis amendment. Some time was spent also in a dispute between Weaver, of Iowa, ,nncl Perkins, of Kansas, which afforded the house consider able amusement, and which became so warm that both gentle men were talk ing at once. The question at issue was as to the position which each gentleman bore to the occupa tion of pu lie lands and the cattle syndi cate of Oklahoma boomers, and the gentle men themselves came in for a fair meas ure of abuse. Herbert, of Alabama, criticized the pub lication of the geological survey and en deavored to have the appropriation fur that bureau slightly reduced and some re strictions placed upon its expenditure, but no changes were made in these sec tions of the bill. Hepburn, of Iowa, criticized the items appropriating an aggregate of about *29,- OhO for new furniture for the executive mansion, for the care of the green houses at the white house and for the general in cidental expenses. What, he asked, could present head of the administration, wed ded as he was to Jeffersonian simplicity, want with *29,000 for furniture anti flow ers. The president would not tolerate such useless expenditure. It teas known that when he nerved himself to the thankless duty of vetoing the pension I .ills of sixty destitute soidiers or widows, he was con strained by his official oath: constrained j by his official duty, mul forced by Jeffer sonian simplicity. Yet, those pension bills 1 aggregated less than *7,090—one-i'ourtli of i the sum which this committee was trying i to force upon him to expend for furniture j and flowers. Randall remarked that the bill appro-' priated -Sid,000 for repairs and furniture for ! the executive mansion, while in 1SS3 *23,- 000 and in 188-1 *25.000 had been appropri ated for a like purpose, so that the com mittee was in the line of Jeffersonian sim plicity. Next year, perhaps it would do better. The committee should remember that there was a very able housekeeper at the white housenorr. ‘Laughter and ap plause.! Pf -’Kilng further action the committee ro.e. :r.T. of Georgia, submitted the con ference report on the p- sToffiec appropria tion Will, and it was agreed to. The senate recedes from the amendment which au thorizes the postmaster-general to contract for inland and foreign stvtmbo.tt mail ser vice. when it can be combined in one route where the foreign office is not more than 200 miles distant from a domestic office, or. the same terms as land me! steamboat ser vice. The report also recedes from the amendment increasing by .*00.000 the appropriation for the railway postal car service. The senate also recedes from the foreign mail service amendment known as the “subsidy” amendment. Bragg, of Wisconsin, submitted the con ference report on the army appropriation bill, and it was agreed to. ' There was no important points of controversy between the two houses on the hill, the differences being principally as to a Mutter of detail. Hatch, of Missouri, submitted the con ference report on the agricultural appro priation bill, and it was agreed to. The house then at 5 o’clock adjourned. VCiilti. Washinton, June29.—Hawley, from the committee on military affairs, report'd back the joint resolution appointing Gen. \Vm. J. Sewell, of New Jersey. < it u. Mar tin T. McMahon, of Xtw York, and Cup :. John L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, managers of the national home for disabled soldiers to tilt vacancies. Passed. Beek introduced a bill to authoriz. the postmaster-general to appoint amt remove postmasters of the third class who are now appointed and removed :.y the president. Referred to the post office committee. Manderson presented a letter received by him from Senator Morrill absent nn.oc- count of illness’, stating ti.at iie had pre pared some remarks on the subject of open executive sessions, which lie would like have read when the question comes up to- nionow. Permission to that offi vt was given, and Plait gave notice that he would, at the proper time, move to make the ques tion the special order for the same day in December. The senate resumed consideration of the president’s veto of the bill to quiet the title of settlers on Hes Moines lands, and Mr. Hearts proceeded to argue in support of the veto, replying to t ho argument mao,’ v Allison yesterday in favor m the mil. After further argument in favor of tin- bill by Allison and Wilson, of Iowa, the ques- •ion was taken up and the bill was passed over the president's veto by the r-'qui-i!' twp thirds majority- -yeas ,[ t nays it. I’be vote in detail wa a . follows Yeas—Allison, Beck. Berry. Blackburn, “lair, Call, Camc-ron, i'hnee. Cockrell, bole, Conger. Dawes Etistis. George, Hale. Harrison, Hoar, Ingalls, Jonesot Arkansas. -McMillan, Mahone. Manderson. Max.;.. •Mitchell of Oregon. Palmer. Plumb. Itid- uleherger, Sawver, S< well, Sherman. Spooner, Teller, Waltthall. and Wilson of a—34. department of agriculture, submitted the report, which was agreed to. Allison gave notie. tie would ask the senate to finish l..„ .eglslative bill to morrow. Plumb inquired whether if that was the case it would obviate the necessity of a joint resolution to contiuue the appropria tions temporarily. Allison replied that the two houses would be obliged to-morrow to pass the joint resolution extending the appropria tions of the current year until the legisla tive bill, the naval appropriation bill, the sundry civil bill and the District of Colum bia appropriation bill should become law . Edmunds inquired when the legislative bill had reached the senate from the house. Allison—“On the 17th of June.” Mr. Edmunds—“Six months after the senate met and within seventeen days of the time when the annual appropriations ran out.” Allison—“Yes. The most important ap propriation bills were not sent here t ill the month of June, and whatever responsi bility there is for having to pass a joint : resolution extending the appropriations j does not rest on the senate.” | The senate at 6:15 adjourned. I Assistant Secretary of tin* Treasury, j Washington, June 29.—Win. E. Smith, assistant secretary of the treasury, has ten- ; dered his resignation to the president to lake effect July 1st. next, in order lo accept I the position of solicitor for the St. Paul, I Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad eom- ! pany, with headquarters at St. Paul, Min- : nesota. The president has selected as his i successor Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, gov- j ernor of South Carolina, and will send his nomination to the senate to-morrov.. Mr. Thompson is said to be a man of ability and to be in entire j accord with the president’s policy on all I public questions. He lias been promi- j nentiy identified with the educational in- ! terests of bis state, anu is now serving out i his second term as its governor. He lias J resigned that office and expects to be able | to assume the duties of his new office as j soon as the nomination has been con- I firmed. Hi:ikIi.I1 Tariff Bill. i Washington, June 29.—The Randall tariff bill had not reached the ways and ! means committee when it met to-day, so J no formal action upon it was possible. Tlir President's Vetoes. Washington, June 29.—The invalid pen- j sions committee of the house to-day con sidered the presidential veto messages and 1 they were referred back to the sub com mittees, and it is the present intention to select the strongest mid most meritorious cases and make an attempt to puss the I bills over the vetoes. Two More Vetoes, J Washington, June 29.—The president to-day vetoed two more private pension j Hills, one because the beneficiary had ; already been awarded a pension under the i general laws greater in amount than under j the vetoed special bill, and the other because the beneficiary has a claim pend ing before the pension bureau still unde termined. THE PAN-ELECTRIC MATTER. Till- Iiiv'-tt-: itiinr Committee Couldn't Airree. and Milmiit* Hirer itejiorts. the ordinary law are direct, positive, and . unless controlled are conclusive proof that all the expartc government action, at least, was affected by the influence of those ' interests or a knowledge of them. Of the results of the hearing before the secretary , of the interior, the report holds that the secretary’s conclusion was j I unwise, and that It did not justify the ac- i j tion of the department of justice. He I might have awaited the conclusion of the New Orleans suit and not have taken the • extraordinary step he did. He was, Uow- ! ever, but a friendly adviser to the depart- 1 ment of justice, and the responsibility i rests upon the head of that department. It is plain, says the report, that ■ the views of the secretary were 1 I his excuse and not his reliance. It is held 1 | that there was no sufficient, reason for bringing the suits, and the Bell patents had been invariably sustained, and that i the questions presented to the executive j departments received Inadequate eonsid- | eration. The Pan-Electric was pushing the application for the suits for its own | interest. The National Improved felt that it must have the aid of the Pan-Elec tric. All parties knew that the trausac- : tion was not one which would bear a pub lic inspection, and so they did their best 1 not to have it undone, but to keep it un known. The head of the department of J justice, to whom had been given $500,009 : in stock, knew that the suit ; j was to be sought and used solely for the j private benefit of his company and its | allies, and not for the public, good. It i is held that the government suit was the 1 result and achievement of combination, not inappropriately called a conspiracy, j formed by Casey Young, the secretary of I the treasury, and the counsel of the i‘an | Electric telephone company, —id acting j in its behalf >Senator Harris co-operating I with him), and Watson Vanhenthuysen, president und acting for the National Jin- ! proved telephone company, of New Or- ' j leans, La., they proceeded and operated to I I that end in the disguise and holding all | false colors assumed for the purpose of blinding and deceiving the gen eral public only. The suit was sought and obtained ostensibly in the interest of the public, but in truth and ; in fact for the purpose only of advancing I exclusively their own private ends. There ' is good reason to believe, says the report, j and we feel constrained to find that in our j judgment the proceedings would not have ; been asked or allowed a A Measure Designed for the Protec tionists, they ; for ; Nays—Brown, Butler, Colquitt, Ed- inunds, Evarts, Grav. Hampton, Jlawlc v. McPherson, Miller, Platt, Ransom, Vance. ' cst and Whithorne—15. Plumb submitted the conference report Hie army appropriation bill The con- lerence report was read, mul it was ex plained by Allison that tic bill now appro priates about $150,000 les, t han it did as it passed the house. The r< i ort was agreed to. Allison submitted t . ieieiu-e report gg tile bill to ameno • M .. ills railroad a< ts. and it was ngn-ei ‘he senate then tool- •• ■ ■ M Idiy . executive and jurlni.tl :q, .») ri .tion b:lls. After general delude t !■ : ' >>d ""' 1 without action. Plumb, from tin* con . > • i inittee “ii the post office appro • 11 ■ “ butted the repott.‘ v.Ti- I >- ayi.ei t<> without discussion and .' a \ a m<l inie vote. •Mahone, from the ' tie.- ,j n the bill niaki.nj n, ■ •.. ' Hu- Washington, .J ■ ne 29.—Three docu ments in the nature of reports will he pre sented to the house by tin- Pan Electric ulephone committee, but as neither will be signed by a majority of the committee, technically speaking there will be no re port before the house for action. The re port drawn up by the chairman will be signed by himself and Oates, Eden and Hall, all democrats. Ranney has secured the signature of Millaw, Hanhack and Mediate, all republicans, to his report, while Hale, democrat, has presented his views in an individual report. Chairman Boyle’s report will not be made public be fore Thursday. The report signed by the republican members is given out to-day. It is a very long document, and treats the evidence in great detail, after which it says: Taking nil these things together, it does not admit of doubt that the solicitor-general, acting a- attorney-general, was by some means ltd vo grant .this application without Un usual reference or inquiry—without any pretense of competent examination—with unexampled speed and in violation of the practice of the department. In an ordi- narv case such action would be held to be positive proof of fraud; at least, proof of gross negligence, which, in a person of his position, is equivalent to fraud. There is no reason why that ruin should not be applied here, it cannot be forgotten that this request granted in so extraordinary and so unbe coming manner was a request in which the head of The department of justice and a senator of the (’nited States went in per son to the solicitor general to inquire about it. and seemingly urged that Speed and other government officials for two years had notoriously had vast pecuniar'- interest. Upon those facts, no one of which can lie disputed, not a jury would hiantuto. It is enough, how ever, to say that it cannot be tolerated, that the business of the government can lie so conducted. It cannot escape obser vation that Senator Harris and Casey Young acted just as men would act as if already assure'! of what was being asked, and that the conduct of the- solicitor-gen eral is most easily accounted for on the assumption that lie understood the matter in advance and bad pre-detoniiincd upon liis course of action. The it port then recurs to the subject of the opinion furnished by the attorney- 0, n--!-nl. It charges that it was written with a view to deceive the people ill the -muInvent, and ss;.s that it was Speed's view that the |»ople so believed, lint la- ti,, attorncv-gcnernl, did not. Tin report no. s on: “Tin best that can be said of him f- ti at Ik- lent bin - if to this scheme 'ocean--'- hr got liis stock for nothing. If lie was not active in it. himself, in-sertVrcd his name und influ- enr ■■ to I -- used by others. He was then < civ a Senator of’the I’nited States, lie was next olaeed at the head of the depart ment of justice. The man from whom be had re. Lived naif a million of stock wanted now to borrow the name > f that depart ment and get its indorsements. Then an all\- ask d for it. Then an official re presentative of his c-om- panv asked for it. Some men would eas.ilv have found the course for themselve-s.' He took one, also, but liis as sociates. who knew him and speculated on ids character, were certain they would get what thee wanted, and they did. His in- tellje-ence told him there were two things h" should not permit, and then his vacil- luting will let him argue that he r.igiit stand aside and see liis (iffb c do them fur liis benefit, lie bad not liic strength to denv what his associates asked, nor to return the stock and cease to i„ ,,, ,—oeh,u . H had not the boldness r-onaliv .v!:at they thought was tiii'- sei-. ii-, for the stock he kept, but it wa- done by his department M , r i, ' things never were .I,,,,, in iv The evidence is moreaggres- „, ■ : ili*_ facts according to been were had it not been the relations of the Pan-Electric telephone company with the government I officials, and for the large Interest therein j especially held by the head of the depart ment of justice. The plea is that the par ties concerned did not think they were doing wrong, but the government, which j expects to be respected, cannot permit such things to be done, such influences to be sought for or such personal inrerests to exist and to avail. It is enough that those personally ' interested, who ought to have prevented j it, say that they (lid nothing and meant to do nothing. The report estimates the ! expense of the suit, iftriedon its merits, at not less than $300,000. In conclusion the report finds that none j of the telephone companies have exerted 1 any improper influences through the press unless ft be the National Improved Tele phone company. Vanhenthuysen, it says, I has used the New York Times as.his orgn 1 to advance his interests and that of! Is allies and that paper alone has been pa money for publishing telephone articles. Hale, of Missouri, makes a minority re port, in which ho says that while he con curs in many of the statements and the conclusions of that portion of the com mittee represented o\ Chairman Boyle, yet he cannot concur in everything it con tains. Touehingthe foundation of the Pan j Electric company the evidence shows ; I conclusively, says the report, that it was j purely a speculative adventure, and there is no evidence to be found tending to pro'x- I that the gentlemen connected with Rogers [ I ever anticipated or intended that their of- I | ficial positions would or should be used in j any way to effect legislation or otherwise j I to further advance their enterprise. The 1 I amount, of money to be paid in was com- I paralivciy small, as provided in the agree- | ment,, but the contingent expenses and 1 in- j Inlilies to accrue might become very j I heavy. It is not believed that the im- j mense mass of testimony will show that 1 there was anything in the object, motive I I or intent of the gentlemen which was 1 in any sense immoral, dishonest or ineon- | sistent with the duties of public men or 1 citizens. As to the opinion of Attorney- ' j General Garland, it is field by Hale that it j was iike that of any other attorney cni- 1 ployed by an individual. It does not ap- ' pear that it was intended to further the sales of stock without disclosing his re ] lations to the company, nor that any person was deceived or misled by - it. The report finds that the president’s j order dismissing the Memphis suit was eminently proper, lint, at the same time it 1 is said that t here is no evidence or authority to show that the solicitor-general was - 'actuated by any improper or unworthy j motive. Even if, it, held, lie was ] mistaken as to some of the legal , questions involved, his mistake in ordering j suit, without reference to the interior de partment, was one which the ablest and most conscientious officials might make, and doubtless have made. As to the at torney -general’s connection with thesuit, the report finds that the evidence is overwhelming and conclusive in • showing that lie hud nothing whatever , to do with it. The fact that lie ignored . the application of Dr. Rogers for a position in tlie department of justice may account in part for tfie doctor’s subsequent and :t hostility to the attorney general. attempt IV,|M coniKv 1. .'Mil him wit on totally failed, and the effort to have J. Harris Rogers a; . 1 V.j • »‘h*Hrieinn amount* d to noth 1.Ia inj - no douht the usual effort nindo hy ' men to secure positions tor parties wu.lt v hom they are on Friendly terms, hut wl;t» turn out to he unworthy. As to tiie conclusions reach* cl l*y th»* department of interior, winch formed the bjsis of the order for the Colummis suit, the repott holds that it would seem impel tineat and not within the scope of the in\ t stiyatintf committee to expre*- an.v opinion, hut the public demai.it should he very strong and emphatic anu tlie* pub lic interests very f^rcat to justify the insti tution of a suit likely to cost so 1 a rtf e a sum, especially when the results arc attended with so much uncertainty, and when it appears that the apnlieation was made by rival companies in the absence of any general public interest. It is also remarked that the government has not been secured cost by the petitioners, as it is customary in such suits. Casey Younjf is found to have acted as a private citizen and is not amenable to the investigation, and Senator Vest’.*) conduct has been foul d to have been honorable and manly through out. In conclusion the report finds that no evidence has been produced showing that any of the companies or their employes have attempted to influence tin- pr< ss. amt I>r. Rogers 1 proffer of stock to Carlisle. Randall and Reach is characterized sis im proper under the circumstances. The Harvard ei^ht sire si fine set of row boys, and it is hoped they will rc spond promptly to tin* call of “front’' in tIn coming race. Hr. KiitnUll Think* It Will AmnnplMi Gnat I lldinr*.—Internal Krrfiiuc Tnxrs »n» foBun'o ' Wlpnl Out—Vuriotifc (oidth-thu Opinions as to j IMmtr oil the Hill. Washington, June 29.—Mr. Randall has i introduced his much talked of tariff bill. I If the lieutenants of the Pennsylvania pro- j tee tion 1st democrat arc* to be believed con gress has never had such a grand opportu- | nity to make a record on the tariff question ; as Mr. Randall bus given it. His bill, ac- ! cording to these lieutenants’views as ex-I pressed, will so revise existing tariff rates j as to build up and strengthen all such in fant American industries as arc now pining j away, while home trade and home labor arc* to be taken care of in such a way as also to add largely to the* prosperity of I every farmer in the country. Kr iud and I evasion of t lie payme nt of customs duties arc to be prevented by the bill, while ‘ American importers are lobe suitably pro- ! tec ted bv a “judicious” application of! specific duties. Internal re venue* taxes on tobacco and fruit brandy arc to be wiped out. hut the Randftllites do not say that this is proposed in order to prevent any sue n redaction of taritT rates us would lessen the receipts of the government. While there arc various conflicting opinions as to whether a tariff debate will be the result of the introduction of Mr. Randall s bill, there is a pretty general opinion that shrewd democrats can make good political use of the measure, together with that of Mr. Morrison, the considera tion of which Mr. Randall defeated a few days ago. Neither bill, of course, is ex pected to reach a vote in the house, but it is said if both are pending wlu-n congress adjourns democratic campaign speakers can “work for all it is worth,” the Morri son bill in districts where tariff re formers’ votes are wanted, and the Randall measure in districts where protectionists’ votes are necessary for .suc cess. This is the politicians’ view of the case, and it is a pretty fair expression of the popular oninion ns to the sincerity of Mr. Randall’s motives in offering an oppo sition tariff bill. The changes in the rates proposed are to go into effect on January 1, 1887. The ad ditions to the present, free list are squared timber boards and lumber in the rough, hubs for wheels, staves, and wood ol all kinds in the rough, jute luitts and bristles. The present law admitting live animals imported for breeding purposes free of duty is repealed. The principal changes proposed to be made in existing laws are as follows: Planed timber, 10 per cent, ad [valorem; iron and steel railway liars, fill per ton; iron and steel tee rails and fiat rails punched, £lti per ton; boiler iron, lj cents per pound: sheet iron, 1 [ cen per pound; hor^e-hoo nails and wire nails, 3 cents per pound; iron or steel beams, girders unci joists, 1 cent per pound; round iron, J cent per pound; lead in pigs and bars and scrap lead, I t cents per pound; lead, in sheets, 21 cents per pound: rice—cleaned, 2{ cents per pound; uncleaned, 1-i cents per pound; rice flour, rice meal, broken rice, 20 per cent, ad valorem. Ready mn !•; clothing, except knit goods composed of cotton, 10 percent, ad valorem. ( otton cords, braids, gimps, etc., 35 per cent, ad valorem. Lucres, em broideries, trimmings, hue window cur tains composed of cotton and on cotton, damask and handkerchiefs, 10 per cent, uu valorem. The bill repeals all forms of internal revenue taxation upon tobacco of every description, and all laws restricting its sale and disposition by farmers and pro ducers after October 1 next. It allows a drawback or rebate of the full amount of taxes paid on tobacco of every description held by manufacturers or dealers at the time the repeal goes into effect. It also permits, from anu after the passage of the act, the manufacture and sale of fruit brandies and wines free of internal revenue taxes. Under the head of silks, silk goods, and leather gloves the bill embraces the recom mendations of Assistant Secretary fair- child in his letter of June 11 to the chair man of the committee on ways and means already published. Wools are divided into three classes, namely: Clothing, combing, and carpet wools. On the first and second classes the duty is fixed at 10 cents a pound, and on the third class 3 cents a pound. Washed wool of the first class is to pay double duty, and on secured wools of all clas-os tin* dutv is fixed at three times the amount to which they would he subjected if imported un washed. On carded or combed wools or tops tin* duty is fixed at IS cents a pound and 10 per cent, ad valorem. Wools on tlie skin at the same rates as other wools. Woolen rags,shoddy, mungo, waste and flocks, 10 cents a pound. Woolen or worsted cloths and unenum«*nited man ufactures of wool, valued at not exceed ing fiO rents a pound, 30 rents a pound and .35 ad valorem; between M) *i mi 30, 50 and 35 per cent, ad valorem ; i.bove 50, :>5 and 10 per cent, nd valorem, flammis, blankets, hats, balmorals, yarns, knit goods, composed wholly or in pait of wool, ami all manufactures of alpaca wools ana of the wuoln of other animals, not specifically enumerated, valued at 30 30 cents or less a pound, 10 cents a pound ; between 30 and 10 crnls a pound. 12 cents; between 10 and 00, 18 euds; b< tv.'-r-n 00 and -.0, 21 cent • d in addition, upon all tin abn - i ;..cd ai ticks. .35 percent, ad vul c.i.. Worn • and children's dress goc '!*•*.* '■•** * ' .> .i:;d goods of like dr- >cr,... <■ in part • *f wool or ani mal ..air, not edit g :.*0 «•» nN per yard in value, 5 { (-ids p« :* srpiJin- yard and 35 pt r cent, ac* valorem; wholly of woo! or animal hair, or a mixture of them, 9 vents, and D) per cent, advalorem; clothing, readymade, and wearing apparel. exc« pt knit goons, not ennim rated, composed wholly or in part of wool or animal hair, ami wholly or partly manufactured, 15 r. ids per pound and 15 per cent, ad valor* m. Marble Jiloek, rough, or stjuan-ti. cents per cubic foot; veined marble, -auvd. dressed, or othervv ise, im-irnling slabs and tiles, ?1 per cubic foot. Salt in packages, 10 cents per hundred pounds, and in bulk 4 cents per 100 pounds. The Hill proposes to amend existing tar- ifflaw by striking out section 2499, Revised Statutes, ami substituting a clause provid ing that articles not provided for shall pay the same rate of duty levied on the enum erated article which it most resembles in material, quality, texture, or use. In unenumerated articles manufactured of two or more materials the duty ‘dial! be as sessed at the highest rate chargeable if the article were compost d wholly of the com ponent material of "hief value. The main features of the llewitt bill are incorporated, including tin- clause remov ing t in- dutv on alcohol used in the arts, tiie tobacco wrapi” r clause, and ’he ad ministrative ( 1 HIM’'. Kast Tennessee preferred and Louisville and Nashville also made material advances. Towards noon the marke t became almost stagnant, but was generally heavy until the last hour, when Union Piwiflc broke, and the rest of the market followed. The decline was checked before 3 o’clock, but the market closed heavy at the lowest prices reached. En gagements for gold shipments and the Lake Shore strike trouble were princi pally used by the bears to depreciate prices. There was the acti .ity usual of late among southern and southwestern properties. The final prices almost inva riably show material declines this after noon, Reading living down Is, Louisville and Nashville 13, Delaware and Hudson and Union Pacific each 1}, Richmond and West Point li, St. Paul and Lake Shore 1 each, and the remainder fractional amounts. Jersey Central, with U, ami Texas Pacific, with {. are the only stocks showing advances. Sales, 212,000 shares. TROUBADOUR GOES AHEAD. A Sensational Story About the Phoenix Park Assassinations. Thr* Crime f.aid «t the Door of the Irish Leagie— (omnuntA on (ilmJNtone’H Liverpool Speech— Lord SiilUbun DonountM SUtemeuU bj Israeli as False. Etc*. Ihntell lit the 8|iceps|ien<l I in Kite* s. New York. June 29. -The largest at tendance* of the season .'it Sheepshead Bay track was that of to-day, there being about 15,000 spectators present. The great at traction was the race for a stake of $.3000 between S. S. Brown’s bay colt Troubadour and Denier Bros.* brown marc Mins Wood ford. The mile and quarter race was a splendid one, and was won by Troubadour by a length in 2:tisp The excitement was intense, each horse being welcomed on the track by their different ad mirers. 'Hie women. of whom a great many were present, were very de monstrative when the mare cantered past the grand stand before the race and mes sengers were kept busy carrying their moii'y to back their favorite, Miss Wood ford. Tin* betting was four to five on Miss Woodford and even money against Trou badour. Troubadour got the best of the start by nearly half a length and when passing the judges’ stand had increased the lead to a length. Going round tin* first turn the mare got within half a length of Troubadour, but could not succeed in heading him, and on the back stretch they ran lapped until the stables at tin* three-quarter post was reached, when Troubadour again led a full length. This was the manner in which the rest of the race was run, Troubadour winning easily by a length. The crowd at the finish rose in their seats and cheered both jockeys. Second race, for three-vear-olds, sevei.- eighths of a mile; Refrain won, Pontieo 2d. Knlalula 3d; time, 1:28).. Third race, for two-vear-olds, selling sweepstakes, three-quarters of a mile; Electricity won, Nat Godwin 2d, Al Reed 3(1: time, 1:18). Fifth race, for horses that had not won at this meeting, one and one-quarter mih >: Arteino was first, Buffalo 2d, Heel and T<>e 3d; time, 2:09). Sixth race, selling sweepstakes, one and one-eighth mihs; won by Herbert, Una B 2d, War Eagle 3d; time, 1:54,. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS. flic) Nominate a (amlhlut* for Governor ami Adopt a Platform. Concord, N. H.. June 29. —The demo cratic state convention to-day nominal* d. on tin tir**t ballot, Thomas Cogswell to In- governor. The following resolution was unani mously adopted : Resolved, That tin* democratic convt n- tion of New Hampshire offers its cordial sympathy to Gladstone in his mighty struggle for home rule in Ireland for the double reason that it releases the people from bondage and practically asserts tin* democratic doctrine upon which our gov ernment was founded, that the state- hvw the right to regulate their own domestic affairs. The platform pledges support to Presi dent Cleveland’s administration and con gratulates him upon its suet ess: declares devotion to the doctrine set forth in the last democratic national platform: that federal taxation shall be exclusively for public purposes and shall not exceed the needs of the government « conomically ad ministered, and a readjustment of tariff’ is asked for on that basis; de mands that the rights of labor !»<• fostered and cherished and all laws preju dicial to labor be repealed; favors the prin ciple of arbitration in the settlement of differences betw< en labor and capital; de mands the 10 per cent, law and weekly payments in all manufacturing esDildwh- ments; denounces lawh »stii s and annrehv and th** importation ef cheap service !.tn«.- arraigns tin- repubii an party of New Hampshire for manifesr indifference \>, tin material interest of the state in its in attention to tin* necessary legislation and its h\ poerhy in dealing wit h ; he liquor question : declares in fr.vor of a judicious license law ; n (( gi.i/'.s the patriotism <d the whiiers and sailor** of tne wn* f*»r tie* union, and pledge*- '-flops to secure them dcserv ( d i e\\ ai d. A --si Pith n \ as adopt'd, endorsing lie « fi- rt* of I’h shield Cleveland and Con- gres-mien Morrison md f’arlisle and their democrat i-- col lean in •*. to ’*< * i->e l lie exist ing tariff laws. J In* I .si K i* simp* M» iloi *. CHi( \r o. June Jf. Tin* Lake Simp* SAvitehmeii met last cv< ning. 'I In* - . jeet of hiring h g.d tab id to di fend lie s’i\k»*rs was placed in the bai London, June 29.—A sensation has been caused by an article purporting to contain an “important Fenian revolution” pub- ! lished in the current number of the Fort* i nightly Review. The article is captioned j “Behind tin* Scenes,” and is ostensibly j contributed by an Irishman. It tells sub- ! stantially the following: Frank Bvrne, ! secretary of the English branch of the i Irish nutional league, occupied an office oni Bridge street, opposite Westminster hall. in the spring of 1882. The office adjoined t he rooms occupied at the time by t he. Irish parliamentary party. Parnell used Byrne’s office for tin transaction of private busi ness, because, as lie said, it was the quiet est place he could get in the neighborhood. Tin* knives used in the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Burke in the Pluenix park were purchased with league money. These knives were then 1 given to a fenian cobbler to cover with leather sheafs, and from the cob* 1 bier’s shop they were delivered at the league office by tin* brother I of Frank Byrne, and were subsequently en- : trusted to Mrs. Frank Byrne to be con* veved to Dublin, and there be delivered into the hands of James Carey. Miss Maggie Byrne took £200 of money, furnish ed from the league’s treasury, to Dublin to j enable an organizer of the league impli- , eated in the assassination, to escape to America. Patrick Eagan, who was then treasurer of the league, bolted the country i shortly afterwards. GLADSTONE’S LIVERPOOL SPEECH. • The Pall Mall < iazette, commenting on Gladstone’s Liverpool speech, says: Glad stone sees everything in a mirage. The promised land, with its milk and honey, is always just ahead. With siren eloquence he urges his hearers to press onward to jus* 1 ticeand right. The toil-worn pilgrims may have found the fascinating oasis vanished, but nothing daunts the old man’s faith. The fire and enthusiasm of liis Liverpool speech recalls that of the alchemists just ! on the point of discovering the way to make gold, when death dissolves their dreams. Gladstone is always going to in augurate tin* millcnium. Whether he will succeed or not remains to be seen. CHAM IlEIt LA IN PROTECTED HY DETEC TIN' ES. It it stated that in consequence of fenian threats Joseph Chamberlain has had hi?, reside nee placed under guard of detectives, and that he has detectives armed with re volvers accompanying him in all liis jour neys between liis nouse and the city. LORD SALIKHI RY ON PARNELL. Lord Salisbury has written for publica tion a letter, denying in detail every asser- ti* n made by Parnell, concerning the al leged negotiations made on behalf of the lute conservative government to secure Irish support in return for the concession of home rule, and pronounces every one of tin statements •‘baseless fabrications.” He says: “It is false that Parnell was given ' reason to believ •uld the eonservath P*. th* general elections, gre him a stnt.uflflry* ^nr'dam ,d. Vohod.v connected filie gov* rnu)e!it gave any such ilict1c.»if.*ni. H i*. fa Go thiit I ever showed the slightest leaning in favor of such concessions. It is false that Lord Uirnavaron urged such 9 cii!!i ession on the cabinet. It is, therefore, tube that the cabinet did not re ins* si., h concession until the polls \v* lit against its. It is fvii* * that Lord C urnavoron urged a statu tory parliament for six months. It is, therefore, false that he urged it without the cabinet opposing it to any extent.. It is false that after the result at the poll# was ascertained the cabinet swervcjd around her nose ;t never had the slightest inclinations towards a statutory parliament. I imed hardly add that the story that the purcha.« bill v. a-» pasv.d in duicrunce to a wish expressed in an interview on Au.- i'-t 1st is simply impossible, because the bill had already passed the house of lord- and tin* government had publicly p!-*'!g».d itself to the bi!!. The government r« -olved uimM Hi • pur base bill as soon as it (jitereil tic offi' <■ u month before August I Ol l.ir** t ii the (ill lr (V.-if, |.n.|" mmitt' \ man . (1 at first to bo’ ng Lake Sind d n< Hit: ;nl« llin. -in’! r» j.*ort‘ d tin.I In* -e« nu*d l'ri»*rH;. toward t hem. In an inter* i* o* ,»i«l>1 i*-1:<I this nn»r;.ij>g, Sln-riff Haindn *t. say*-, in re ply to t In* assertions made by t he’ railroad ofi'n-ials that In* had m gi« e|»*d lii^ dui \. I hat all ( r tin* in juint *ons against some 7" of tin priteipal strikers were secured, In- called upon President Newell mid n «iu,*>t- ed him to innu in him of the pjaei s of resi dence of the striker*-, so that In* could s.-rct v. l it•- in on tln-ni. und Newell po*.j- li .c.lv refuted to furnish him with Mich list. “ _ _ J* atuil) s||ol l»\ II i- son, Rai.i:k;ii. N. u., June 29. A special tele gram from Plymouth. N. ('.. to the News and Observer snvs: ••Ycsterdav James N. Base-more, who lives near Windsor. Bertie county, and ids son. Ston«* Basemon*. quar relled. The son fired b.»tli barrels of.i shot gun. loaded with biu lmhot. into his father's body. He tln-n oreke open a safe, took the re from and fled. The sheriff and a large |>(,swr are -coming the county in si areii of him. The father is conscious; but will die. Tin re m great c.xeitenn i over ttiis awful ei inn ." ;, \)(is. Jinn 29. 9’hirt y thousand people wot last night to witness a performance in tin iinnn use Iniii circus at Nims. ff'lie entertainment had been extensively ad vertised to be given under electric lights. Tin* lights went out soon after the per formance began and owing to the defective apparato couid net la relit. The people became « 11raged and begun rioting: They tore down tin* fittings ol' tlie circus and mad* bonfire in the arena of them and the furniture. Troops had to be called out to restore order, which they only succeeded in doing after a (asperate conflict with tin people, manv of whom were wounded and irresti d. I rcliuul. ’IKK ML’HohlsTs ( ONDEMN THE POLICY. Di'i-.lin*. June 29. The conference of the li i'li M'*; Im>«ii—t church by a vote of 137 to 22 has cotuh mmd (iladstone’s home rule jioliey. m-.Ai.v si»eak« at Tin*: i,ka(.i k meetino. Ilc.lv presi(!.*d at the regular fortnightly :m cting of tin* national league held here to-day lb* .inin uiiccd with “gratitude,” In -aid. tin* rne» ij»t of ^39.9(H) from Ameri ca for tin parliamentary fund since the I a • I niv • • ing. It •..i.-aiso announced that t in Barm bib s w oiild « ■ »ntcst every parlia- in< nlai.s s, .ii it, Ulster as an answer to the bo:i*'t*' of tin* loyalists about their long* purses. H i ml n. lliiml < omloit. ( UK ac.o, .Jinn* 2!f A hand to iiand com bat oecum ii this mo.ni.ig between some union and non-union men at the new Jacob building, corner of Washington boulevard and Carpenter street. The non- unionists, fourteen in number, have been at work for the last few days finishing odd jobs. They worked ten hours a day at the rate of 25 cents per hour. They look Hn* place of the men who struck M »y 1st for 8 hours work. The unionists ... m a meeting last night and de tenu.ned .o put their enemies to flight. Tin y ;•(• < r *ly appeared on the scene llii" i old with clubs and stones .sat, * c . raising s» veral of the non- i o’ * wen* frightened away by * p my tiling serious occur- i r’oters named Boscer, *i w iien brought before New York, June was steady »tl 1 .he o i rices being wit bin • final (iiiotations. Tr. generally Central n ut f• M ■spurt < ’ stock mark#- 11 inmrning du:l ugh J( first h W ill K- Pittshi;r(., June n s nail f.ictorv i i-'lny. aft* r L« ing ll 's 'is i he f! r -t •I.. Tile bv t;t( ama It.has u.5 :ii;> him-. u* ii 11 ;i. Easicni yacht if to-day at M.irble- • utlless. At vi a. m. the I t hat the wind had he vest all the moru- *' xteen miles. I' ie Puritan won the _d, Mayflower 3d.