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WALSH’S BILL.
He Has Incurred Too Much Displeasure.
Washington, May 22.—1 n the senate,
Mr. Walsh, of Georgia, rising to a ques
tion of privilege, referred to a publica
tion in the morning papers of a dispatch
from St. Paul, stating that the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers had
adopted a resolution condemning him
for having introduced in the senate a
bill to punish with 20 years’ imprison
ment persons convicted of tho obstruc
tion of any train carrying the United
I States mail.
He had, he said, introduced no such
bill. He had introduced a bill to pro
tect the United States mail, but he had
no intention of having it apply, directly
or indirectly, to the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers, or any other com
bination of laborers. He recognized
that labor had its rights as well as capi
tal or corporations. Having served his
apprenticeship to the printers’ trade, he
had never seen the day when he djd not
sympathize with the laboring people of
the country.
He recognized that they had the right
to organize to protect their interests
and to advance their material condition
in life. He also recognized that capital
had rights just as well as labor. He re
cognized that the labor organization had
the right to direct members of its order
to discontinue work. But he did not
recognize that it had any right to inter
fere with the rights of other laborers if
they saw fit to go to work. Laborers
had the perfect right under the laws to
obtain redress of their grievances.
They had the right to work or not to
work, as they saw fit. But they had no
right to obstruct the ordinary affairs of
business or of trade, and they had no
right to resort to violence to accomplish
their purpose. This was a land of lib
erty, but it was also a land of justice,
of law, of order. As long as the labor
ing people of the country sought to
have redress of their grievances
in accordance with the forms of law,
as long as they sought to work out in
a lawful way, their rights to accomplish
their purposes, he was with them to
that extent and no further.
The bill which he had introduced
might have been loosely worded and
might be liable to the con
struction which the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers had placed upon
it, but neither directly or indirectly had
he contemplated that any such construc
tion would be placed unon it, or that in
case of its passage it would have any
such effect. He therefore asked the
privilege of introducing an amended
bill and would read it, so as to remove
any possibility of the misconstruction of
his intention.
Mr. Walsh then read the bill. Its
title is “To Protect United States
Mails,” and it provides that any person
who shall rob, or attempt to rob, or
maliciously obstruct or retard for the
purpose of robbery the passage of any
railroad train on which mails are car
ried, shall be punished by imprison
ment at hard labor not less than one
nor more than 20 years. The bill was
Tead the first and second time and re
ferred to the committee on postoffices
and post roads. At 10:80 the tariff bill
was taken up.
On motion of Mr. Harris, the amend
ment Increasing the duty on iron ore
from 40 to 60 cents, offered by Mr.
Platt, was laid on the table by a vote of,
yeas, 32; nays, 21.
The finance committee amendment,
placing iron ore on the dutiable list at
40 cents per ton was agreed to without
division.
The house went into a committee of
the whole on legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill.
A POLICEMAN KILLS FIVE.
lie Was Trying to Quell a Row at a Dance
in Austria.
London, May 22.—A Vienna dispatch
to The Daily News reports:
During a dance in the village of
Bchutzen, near Oedenburg, a quarrel
arose between some of the young men
about some women. A gendarme inter
vened to restore order, whereupon the
young men surrounded him in a threat
ening manner.
The officer, believing his life was in
danger, drew a revolver and Qred into
the crowd. His bullets struck and
killed four young men and a girl. The
infuriated crowd then set upon the gen
darme and pounded and kicked him un
. til life was extinct- The whole village
is terribly wrought up over the affair
and further trouble is feared.”
Snot by tho blieriff.
Lafayette, La., May 22.—(Sheriff
Isaac Brossard shot and killed Henry
Jones, a negro ravisher, who has been
wanted for a month. The fiend met a
7-year-old girl and her little brother in
the roadway, and seizing her carried
her off, and accomplished his purpose.
The sheriff went to the mines, hearing
that he was there, and in attempting to
arrest him the negro made a desperate
resistance. He was shot through the
heart with a Winchester.
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A Competitor for tbe Vigilant.
New York, May -i.—A cablegram
from Paris to The Herald says: Baron
Robert P. Oppenheim has placed with
one of the first yacht building firms of
France an order to prepare plans for a
fast racing cutter. The boat is specially
Intended to try conclusions with the
Britannia, Vigilant and Valkyrie. It is
said that the new yacnt will cost SIOO,-
000.
. A Ship Hand Killed.
Savannah, May 22.—Robert Cherry,
a ship hand who was working on board
the Philadelphia steamship Dussoug,
was killed by a falling piece of corru
(Rm sine.
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
A REGULAR TRAFFIC.
Thieves That Thrive at the Public Cribs of
the Agricultural Department.
Washington, May 22.—The ex-pri
vate secretary of Congressman Lock
wood, who sold a forged order for a job
lot of the government “horse books”
which belonged to his employer’s quota,
is locked up. Mr. Lockwood says he
will let the law take its course. The
case serves to call attention to a regular
traffic and brokerage business which is
going on continually in seeds and docu
ments furnished free in great quanti
ties by the government to members of
congress. There was once a senator
who fed to his horses the seed oats
which the department of I agriculture
furnished for distribution ’to farmers.
Congressman Hatch, of Missouri, says:
“A person whom I did not know, but
evidently a rascal, came into my com
mittee room a short time ago and offered
to sell me a large quantity of seed. I
asked him where he obtained it, and he
said he had purchased it of members
and of members’ clerks. I listened to
him a while and then told him that I
was half inclined to have him arrested,
but as I could not waste time to prose
cute him I concluded to let the matter
pass. I ordered him out of my room
and told him if I ever heard again of
his offering seed for eale I would swear
out a warrant. I’m half sorry now I
did not do it. I don’t know just how
fai members are themselves responsible
for these brokers. They have no right
to sell government publications put to
their credit as representatives. If they
have no use for them they can always
give them to members who are short,
and can receive others that are Valuable
to their constituents in return; but I
have no very high opinion of a member
who will try to make money by selling
his government documents.”
“I had between 300 and 400 volumes
of government publications stolen on a
forged order,” said Representative Mc-
Millin. of Tennessee. “I never found
out who did it, but it is stjrange how
many queer tricks are practiced by out
siders to secure seeds and government
publications. My books were stolen a
year ago. Some one, whom nobody af
terwards could identify, walked into
this document room, where they are
kept to the credit of Representatives,
and presented an order that bore a very
fair imitation of my signature for 400’
books.”
DEEP VESSELLS AFLOAT.
Tbe New Steamers That Will Carry the
Canada Mails.
Lgndon, May 22.—A description of
the steamships to be employed in the
Anglo-Canadian mail service, in connec
tion with the Pacific line, is printed in
the morning’s Times.
The four Atlantic vessels are 572 feet
in length, have 62 feet beam and depth
of hold 42 feet, with a load draft of 30
feet, making them the deepest vessels
afloat. They are two feet deeper than
the Cunard liner Lucacia.
“This depth is rendered possible,” The
Times explains, “by the fact that the
Canadian and English harbors have
deeper waters than the harbor of New
York. The greater depth of the new
steamers allows of a stronger hull, and
will give better results in a seaway,
and also assist in the development of
speed.”
The freight carrying capacity of the
steamers is fixed at 3,500 tons each, in
addition to a coal bunker capacity of
8,000 tons. Each vessel will accommo
date 300 saloon, 200 second cabin a: d
1,000 steerage passengers. The comfort
of steerage passengers is especially pro
vided for.
The engines are ot 21,000 horse pow
er, and will drive the vessels at a speed
of 20 knots an hour in ordinary weath
er. The English port of arrival and de
parture for the new line has not been
decided upon, but Mr. Huddert, the
promoter of the line, announced on Sat
urday that it will be Southampton, Mil
ford Haven or Liverpool.
Peculiar Case of Blood Poisoning.
Guthrie, O. T., May 22.—D. W.
Trackett, of Norman, is lying at the
point of death from blood poisoning
brought about in a very peculiar man
ner. Mr. Trackett is an undertaker,
and a week ago was called upon to
take charge of the body of a man
named Glenn, who had committed sui
cide and had not been found for some
days. Tbe body was badly decomposed
and covered with flies, and while the
undeftaker was at work the flies would
light on him in great numbers and bite
him sharply. The doctors state that he
was Inoculated with the deadly poison
of the corpse by the flies, and he cannot
live.
A Dime Novel Tragedy.
Indianapolis, May 22.—Wiley Tay
lor and Cloud Sanders played Dead
wood Dick in J. L. Reach's commission
house with serious results. Sanders
said he was Deadwood Dick, and Tay
lor challenged the roost and winked his
eye. Sanders reached into a drawer
and got a revolver and warned Taylor
not to wink his eye again. The latter
was defiant and repeated the offense,
and Sanders shot him through the head.
Tavlor will die. Sanders insists he did
not know it was loaded.
Another Great Telescope Completed.
Washington, May 22.—The great tel
escope for the Chamberlain observation
at Denver, Col., has just been completed
at the astronomical works of G. V.
Saegmuller, in this city. The experts
who have examined it have admired it
greatly for its mechanical excellence, as
well as for the performance of its object
glass. The coristruction has been uhder
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A TOWN FOR SALE.
The Whole Thing to Go Under the Ham
mer of the Sheriff.
Manchester, N. J., May 22.—1 tis
not often that a whole village, includ
ing huge railroad shops, churches,
schools, stores and residences, is sold at
sheriff’s sale, but that is the condition
of affairs that confronts the citizens of
Manchester. A mortgage given by
John Torrey, now deceased, in January,
1867, to the Mutual Benefit Life Insu
rance company of Newark, is the paper
upon which foreclosure proceedings
have been brought. Mr. Torrey was an
influential New York financier, and
carried on real estate speculations on a
scale the magnitude of which would
surprise the operators of today.
He bought up many thousands of
acres of pine lands in Manchester town
ship, Ocean county, and laid out this
town. He carried through successfully
the project of building the old Raritan
and Delaware Bay railroad, which broke
up after years of fighting the monopoly
that had been granted to the old Cam
den and Amboy route. In fact, he was
the only man who succeeded in coping
with Commodore Stockton and John,
Robert L. and Edwin A. Stevens, who
so long dominated the New Jersey legis
lature, and caused the state to be
dubbed the “Camden and Amboy
state.”
In building his railroad from the Ra
ritan to Bayside, on the Delaware bay,
John Torrey negotiated a famous loan
of 90,000 pounds with the Bank of Eng
land through Brown Bros. & Co., on his
less than 10,000 acres of pine land, the
like of which then or now would hardly
bring $5 an acre in the open market.
The description of the sale occupies
two whole pages in one of the local
newspapers in which it is advertised,
set in nonpareil type, and this great
length of description only serves to en
tangle all the more the unsophisticated
working folks, who fear their homes
are to be sold.
THE COLOR QUESTION.
Texans Are Up in Arms Against Their
Rector’s Recent Actions.
Houston, May 22.—Threats to tar
and feather Bishop Kinsolving, who
lives here, and Dr. Aves, rector of
Christ church, the principal Episcopal
church of southern Texas, have been
made. Dr. Aves invited Rev. Thomp
son, of Tyler, Tex., a negro, to partici
pate in tho church services Sunday
night, and many members of tbe church
left the building in anger.
Last Wednesday the bishop increased
their anger by inviting Thompson and
other visiting colored ministers to a
parish dinner. Tbe white Episcopalians
declined to dine with thorn. Dr. Aves
came to Texas from Vermont a short
time ago. The Houston Herald says:
“If Bishop Kinsolving and Rector
Aves want to mix niggers and white
people in religious or any other kind of
social equality, they have come to the
wrong place to set up such a damnable,
pace. Such John Brownism will not be
tolerated, and for the sake of peace they
are advised to leave Texas. The best
plan is to fire them both out of the com
munity.”
Many leading men do not indorse The
Herald’s utterances, but it is evident
that if the color question is again raised
in Houston churches it will prove a se
rious matter. About 200 members of
Dr. Ave’s church have determined to
withdraw from it.
Murderers Prepared for Death.
San Antonio, Tex., May 22.—John
D. May, the cowboy train robber and
murderer of Fireman Frank Martin,
who is to be hanged next Friday, has
professed religion and was baptized. A
complete change has come over his de
meanor within the past two days, and
he is now quiet and submissive. Austin
Brown, the murderer of Anderson Har
ris, who is also to be hanged here next
Friday, has bean baptized.
The Georgia Sunday School Worker..
Atlanta, May 22.—The state Sunday
school association will convene in this
city next Tuesday. It will be a large
and important gathering of religious
people engaged in the teaching of chil
dren. The delegates to the convention
will consist largely of Sabbath school
teachers and superintendents. It is es
timated that as many as 200 delegates
will attend the convention.
Crack Shots In Knoxville.
Knoxville, May 22.—Knoxville is
filled with prominent sportsmen from
all over the country. They come to at
tend the thirteenth annual tournament
and prize shoot of the Knoxville Gun
club, which continues throughout the
week. The club has added SI,OOO to
the various prizes, and the aggregate
amount of money will exceed SIO,OOO.
Found Dead in the Road.
Ellijay. Ga., May 22.—James Low
man, son of Peyton Lowman, was
stabbed to death during the night, 12
miles east of Ellijay, near the Dawson
county line. He was found dead in the
road by the sheriff of Dawson county on
his way to Gilmer court. Particulars
unknown. __________
General Merchants Assign.
• Hopkinsville, Ky., May 22.—Cobb
& Boyd, dealers in general merchandise
at Canton, Trigg county, have made an
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Liabilities, $15,000; assets, not given.
In the Interest of Silver.
Washington, May 22. The Pan-
American Bimetallic association, com
posed of representatives from the United
States, South and Central America, and
old Mexico, have met in congress in the
grand army hall, under the presidency
of Colonel A. C. Fisk, of Denver, presi
dent of the association. The purpos-j of
tho congress is to memorialize congress
to restore silver to its ancient right at a
ratio not to ejceeed 16 to i.
JOHNSTOWN’S FLOOD.
Again the Little Conemaugh River Is
Raging—Floods Elsewhere.
Johnstown, Pa., May 21.—The wa
ters of the Little Conemaugh are on the
rampage. Lincoln bridge is guarded
by police who permit no one to cross as
the structure is being battered fiercely
by floating logs and debris and is in im
minent danger of being washed from its
foundations.
The frame building at the bridge ap
proach has been swept away and other
buildings are tottering. The fire and
church bells are ringing, whistles are
blowing and the people are fleeing from
the raging waters.
So far no loss of life is reported and
it is not thought that there will be any.
News Via Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, May 21. —A brief dispatch
from Johnstown says: The damage by
the flood in Johnstown is estimated at
about $125,000. Tho damage along the
line of the Pennsylvania railroad be
tween Johnstown and Allatona is placed
at a quarter of a million dollars.
Owing to many washouts along the
railroad it is not thought that through
traffic can be resumed before some time
Tuesday, By the caving of an embank
ment, upon which were several freight
cars, two box cars went down into the
river. In one of them five tramps were
sleeping. Three escaped and two were
drowned. It Is supposed that they were
members of Galvin’s party.
Williamsport Washed Out.
Philadelphia, May 21. —A big boom
at Williamsport containing millions of
feet of lumber broke between 1 and 2
o’clock a. m. The river has overflowed
its banks, and the lower floors of the
houses and business places on the river
sides are flooded. The Western Union
telegraph office there has been washed
out, and telegraphic communication are
now entirely cut off.
A Sheriff Short in ms Accounts.
Newport, Ark., May 21.—The result
of an investigation sat on foot soon after
the death of Thomas J. Owens, sheriff
of Independence county, has been made
public. He was found short in his ac
counts $5,500.
Killed One and Injured Six.
Waxahatciiie, May 21.—The house
of a farmer named Merriam was de
stroyed by a storm and Merriam was
killed and his wife and three children
and two young men visiting them, were
badly injured.
_ ALL TWAINS PACKED.
The Crowds in RuLigh at tho Laying of
the Cornerstone.
Raleigh, May 22. —All the incoming
trains were packed with people to at
tend the laying of the cornerstone of tho
monument to be erected in honor of the
unknown Confederate dead of the state
of North Carolina.
The procession, seven blocks long,
formed on Fayetteville street and
marched thence to the capitol, where
the ceremonies laying the cornerstone
were held.
A choir composed of 100 voices very
sweetly rendered “Old North State,”
after which Governor Carr eloquently
introduced the speaker of tho day, Wal
ter Grimes. Mr. Grimes spoke in an
imposing manner of the Confederate
dead of North Carolina, and was hear
tily cheered at intervals throughout
his speech, then Rev. Mr. Easton, of
Lenoir, led in prayer. He was followed
by Judge Bennet and Thomas S. Wihi.i,
who delivered short addresses. Tae
ceremonies were very beautitul and will
long be remembered by all who wit
r.essed them..
Gearity Buried In New York.
New York, May 22.—The funeral of
Frank F. Gearity, who died in El Paso,
Tex., after having been married by
proxy to Miss Julia W. Morris, of this
city, was held at tbe residence of tho
widow, in this city. The bride of u
week, her two sisters and several friends
followed the body to Calvary cemetery,
where the burial rites were said by
Father Patrick Muhearn.
An Old Grudge Caused a Killing.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 22.—Near
Starke, Fla., Ed Alvarez shot and killed
Sam Hilliard at the latter’s home. The
men are prominent in Bradford county.
The cause is an old grudge, and it is said
Alvarez acted in self defense.
Arkansas I’rohls Meet.
Little Rock, May 22.—Tbe state pro
hibition convention is In session here.
The convention organized by electing
Judge S. W. Nelson, of Rogers, chair
man, and Mrs. Mary D. Springer, of
Little Rock, secretary.
Bryan Will Not Run Again.
Washington, May 22.—Mr. Bryan,
of Nebraska, the brilliant young Demo
cratic congressman who has made much
reputation in the house, has announced
that he will not be a candidate for re
election.
kite Trial of Wiman.
New York, May 22.—The trial of
Erastus Wiman for appropriating the
funds of R. G. Dun & Co., has been set
down for trial before Judge Barrett in
the court of oyer and terminer on May
28. Mr. Wiman will be defended by
ex-Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F.
Tracy and also James N. Greenshields,
aueen’a counselor, of Montreal.
Trying to Tan tho Wires.
St. Louis, May 22.—Four men are
under arrest for trespass in trying to
tap the fair ground wires. They claim
to have been employed to do the job by
a bookmaker for the purpose of getting
nnlelr ndtfee of results from the raeoa
THE OUTLOOK.
Repablicans Have Made A Complete Change.
Washington, May 22.—Two reasons
are offered for the apparent change of
plan on the part of the Republican sen
ators by which, after some sharp fight
ing for stage effect over the more im
portant schedules, the tariff bill is to be
permitted to come to a vote within the
next four weeks.
Reason number one is that the more
aggressive and influential Republican
senators have, in the latest recasting of
the bill, secured almost as many conces
sions as the “Conservatives” themselves,
and are now, in a measure, satisfied
with it.
Reason number two is that they be
lieve the house will stand out against
the amended bill, and that the measure
will fall in an angry and protracted con
ference between the house and the sen
ate.
The situation is so peculiar that nearly
any line of speculation seems warranted
as to the reason for this move or that,
but so far as the house Is concerned
there seems to be small room to doubt
that the senate’s final action, whatever
it may be, will prevail. The feeling in
certain quarters in the house against
the senate’s surrender is very strong.
The revenue reformers who have fought
for that cause for years and staked all
on the issue are outraged beyond the
power of expression. But not enough
of them will refuse their assent to a con
ference report conceding practically all
that the senate will demand to defeat
the report.
Men like Mr. Harter, of Ohio, will un
doubtedly hold out. Mr. Harter is pre
paring to retire from political life, and
can afford to be independent, but the
leaders—Wilson, Turner, Bynum, Mc-
Millin and Breckinridge, of Arkansas,
who expect to remain in politics, and
are called upon to consider the question
of next autumn’s congressional cam
paign—will yield their judgment, as Mr.
Mills is doing in the senate, to that of
the majority. The Democratic majority
in the house is large, and Mr. Harter’s
following might be respectable in num
bers without imperilling the bill.
The temptation to accept the bill,
stuffed though it will be with trust
levies and protection, will be very
strong. The argument will run in this
wise:
“Pass this bill and then adjournment
will be in sight. A hot campaign is ap
proaching, and the preliminaries cannot
be arranged too early. The Republi
cans are already in the field utilizing
advantages gained from the spring elec
tions, and campaigns upon the assertion
that this congress is impotent. Defeat
this bill, or protract the debate much
longer, and inevitable Democratic dis
aster will follow. Democratic nominees
for congress will be defeated by the
score in every quarter, and in addition
to the political complexion of the next
house that of the next presidency will
also be decided in
The great strength of this argument
will lie in the fact that the administra
tion will employ it. Mr. Cleveland and
all the members of his cabinet have rat
ified the Senate’s surrender, and are
ready to urge its acceptance on the
house. Mr. Cleveland’s influence with
the house is very great, as has been de
monstrated on two important occasions.
It accepted his views last autumn on the
repeal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act, and it loyally covered, by
resolution, his retreat in the Hawaiian
matter. There seems every reason to
believe that it will accept the amended
Wilson bill at his suggestion, and make
ready for the coming campaign. As
the bill passes the senate the combined
influence of the president, his cabinet,
the majority of the senate, and business
interests all over tho country will be
brought to bear to effect a speedy ac
ceptance on the part of tbe house, and
it will succeed.
Harry Armand's Big Stealage.
Cincinnati, May 22.—Harry Armand,
stamper in the delivery department of
the Cincinnati postofflee, was arrested
after an exciting chase and a sensation
al scene in the postoffice. It required
four inspectors and Postmaster Zum
stein to land him. At midnight United
States Commissioner Hooper heard the
preliminary case and fixed his bail at
S3OO. He was sent to jail. For six
months scores of business men have
complained of missing money in the
mails. Armand admits tho thefts. His
stealings amount to $6,000, and may ex
ceed it considerably.
Much Money Lost.
Cincinnati, May 22.—A certificate of
deposit for SIOO,OOO, No. 25,512, issued
by the American Exchange National
bank of New York to William Steward
Tod, passed by successive indorsements
to the State National bank of Frank
fort, Ky., and by it to the credit of its
account to the First National bank of
Chicago, has been mysteriously lost,
Masort, Hoge & Meyer, of Frankfort,
are the owners.
De Had His Wish.
Pittsburg, May 22.—Frederick Pforr,
a German, aged 70, living with his son
in-law. John C. Velk, on Wellwood ave
nue, wished that he was dead. His wish
was almost immediately granted. He
arose from his chair, walked into the
yard and there fell dead under a grape
arbor.
The French Ministry Defeated.
Paris, May 22.—The French ministry
has been defeated on the miners’ 8-hour
bill and has resigned.
Fire at Fort Hill.
Charleston, May 22. The main
building of Clemson college at Fort Hill
caught fire at daylight, and will be a
total loss. The dormitory and chapel
: may be saved. .
m’bride’S Talk.
He Continues to Preach “Strike” in the
Face of Failure.
Columbus, O„ May 22.—President
John Mcßride, of the united mine
workers, in a speech at a mass meeting
of railway employes here, said that,
with few exceptions, the companies op
erating the railways of the country are
also engaged in mining coal. In strikes
to maintain wages, the employes in th©
mines could be of great service to the
employes on the railways, and vice
versa. He said there should be co-oper
ation.
He assured the employes of the Hock
ing Valley railroad, who are about to
demand an increase in wages, that if
they did so, they would be heartily sup
ported by the Hocking Valley miners.
“No coal that they dig,” said he,
“will be hauled by scab railway em
ployes.”
He said the time had come for prac
tical co operation among all the labor
organizations.
As to the coal strike, he said:
“Before the end of this week there
will be clamoring all over the country
for coal, and a general paralysis of in
dustry will set in. We have already
won a substantial victory.”
A Polecat’s Fatal Bite.
San Antonio, Tex., May 22.—Will
iam Lethen, a wealthy stock man of
Valverde county, died from the effects
of a bite from a polecat, which he re
ceived while hunting several days ago.
The effect of the bite was very remark
able and attracted wide attention from
the medical fraternity of southwest
Texas. It caused a paralysis of the
body and vocal organs, and finally ended
in his becoming insane.
PEIXOTO NOT DONE YET.
He Has More Armed Forces to Contend
With in Brazil.
London, May 22.—President Peixoto,
of Brazil, has still to deal with the
forces of General Saraiva,” The Time's
Buenos Ayres correspondent writes,
“and other powerful bodies of insur
gents in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
General Saraiva is marching to join
General Tavares. Before he started ha
said:
“If the naval people fail on the coast
| shall march to the city of Rio Grande
and declare the independence of the
state. General Saraiva further said
that he has now more men and muni
tions and better resources than he had
during this year's fighting before the
naval revolt occurred.”
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The Waters at Williamsport Subsiding.
Williamsport, Penn., May 22.—The
waters here {ire slowly receding. It is
now believed the worst is over and no
further damage will result from the
floodi though it will be many days be
fore the Susquehanna river will tall to
its normal condition.
Traffic Ready to Resume.
Pittsburg, May 22.—The railroad au
thorities report the floods between Johns
town and Conemaugh as rapidly sub
siding, and through traffic will be re
sumed soon.
To Enforce Prohibition in New Hampshire
Nashua, May 22.—A Law and Order
league has been organized to enforce
the prohibitory law, and has sent out a
circular notifying town and city offi
cials that they will be liable to a fine of
S2OO if they do not prosecute offenders
against the law. The league, whose
president is ex-Governor Goodell, has
also notified the officials that it will see
to it that they carry out the law.
Hearing the Evidence.
Senator Hunton was the first witness
before the committee. Mr. Buttz afeked
to be permitted to hear the witnesses
and cross question them, but was re
fused.
He reduced his demand to writing,
and through counsel served it upon the
chairman of the committee insisting
that it was his right as an accused per
son to be present by counsel and have
his interests protected,
THE SMITH CASE.
The Presbyterians Will Hear It to a Finish
Next Thursday.
Saratoga, May 21.—After devotional
services and preliminary business in
Presbyterian general assembly the
chairman of the committee on bills and
overtures reported the receipt of an
overture from the presbytery of New
Albany on the personal purity of the
members of congress. It was referred
to the same committee for report.
Just before time for the theological
seminary discussion the judicial com
mittee took the platform and presented
a report in judicial case 1, which des
ignates the Smith case. The report was
that appeal is in order, the papers hav
ing been duly filed, and it was recom
mended that the appeal be entertained,
both parties having agreed to waive
their right to be heard on this question.
If the assembly votes to entertain th©
appeal three hours are to be given to
Professor Smith to present his case;
four hours to the committee of th©
prosecution; an additional hour to Pro
fessor Smith; 20 minutes to the synod of
Ohio and two hours to tho assembly.
At the close of this time the vote will
be taken up on each allegation of error
and the ground of appeal separately. It
was decided to make the consideration
of this case the special order for Thurs
day next at 10 o’clock, to continue until
npisfeed, having precedence over all
other orders.