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BOGUS GUTTER'S BOYCOTT
BOTH SIDKS IN Til K FIGHT MARK
STRONO POINTS,
’h AdToottm <>t I'ammin Dorati on th*>
Pucker to Hooltli Hiditm in the Frand
_h Ooiistil ntlocnUty of tlio l’ru
rrfdinea Atraclced by the Opponent* of
the Measure.
Washington, May 24.*—After a vain
attempt to arrive at some determination
as to the order of business to be pursued
during ttie remainder of the week, the
House to day went into commute > of the
whole, with Mr. Springer, of Illinois, In
the chair, on the oleomargarine bill.
Mr. Millard, of Now York, gave his
hearty support to the bill and quoted sta
tistics to show the injury which the
manufacture of bogus butter had worked
upon the exportation or American dairy
j roducts.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, had no scruples
about supporting the bill, even though it
were said that It discriminated iu favor
of one industry and against another.
MR. HAMMOND’S ATTITUDE.
Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, did not con
t ml that the bill was in itself unconsti
tutional. A man who voted for it because
lie warned to raise taxes coaid cast an
honest vote without violating thee usii
tution, but a man who did not vote for it
to raise taxes, but only to suppress one
industry in tavor of a Get ter one prosti
tuted the taxing power of the constitution
to a base purpose. He quoted from .Mr.
Hiscock's speech in support of the bill
acd from utterances of Daniel Webster to
the effect that a bill tn raise taxes was all
right, but a bill to strike down one indus
try for the benelif of another was all
wrong, and exclaimed: “Choose ye this
day wcom ye will follow, God or Baal,
Webster or Hiscook.”
TAXES HIGH ENOUGH.
Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, was in
favor of a bill which would provide for an
examination of the wholesorneness of
oleomaraai ine, but he was opposed to ex
cluding that article of food troru the peo
-1 I •of the country by means of taxation,
i he taxes on the American people were
a s great as they could bear. He believed
mat the whole "system of internal revenue
taxation was wrong, unjust and un
democratic.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, was op
posed to adding to the resources of the
Treasury that so overflowed wit.li wealth
rs to make Congress erect a court bouse
-vne e no courts were held, to construct a
i ustom house were no customs were col
lected. to appoint commissioners to in
quire whether certain supposed streams
should be deepened and broadened for
navigable purposes, or smoothed (town to
nake a base tor a railroad.
NO MORE REVENUE NEEDED.
The government did not want any ad
ditional revenue, and he agreed with
Thomas Jefferson, who had earnestly and
• "ntir.uously protested that the internal
lax system was an internal system, in
mipatible with our policy. He (Kelley)
had demanded from the close of the war
that internal taxes should be repealed,
and he would not vote for an additional
internal tax.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, said that, if the
p.ritvauces which had led to the presenta
i) a of this bill had come before his SHaie
l egislature it would have required the
manufacturer to brand his-product vitlt
its real character, so that every man
might knowingly eat oleomargarine or let
it alone.
A VICIOUS OBJECT.
But that was not the purpose of this
bili. and Congress had no right to destroy
one industry to build up auothor.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, maintained
that it was not proper to attempt through
a tariff law to destroy an industry—to at
tempt to do indirectly what could not be
done directly. The revenue that would
be raised under inis bill was not Deeded.
Tuere was a germ in this measure of
power claimed by Congress of interfering
with all the industries of all the Slates.
He was opposed to it, not on any techni
cal Constitutional ground, but on the
Inoad constitutional ground that it broke
town the line of demarkation between
state and Federal power.
EIGHT TO TAX FOR ONE PURPOSE ONLY.
lie admitted that Congress had a con
stitutional power to lay a tax on oleomar
garine, but for what purpose? To raise
tevenue. But it could not use the power
delegated to it as a trust for one purpose
for some otner put pose. He was opp sed
is continuance of internal revenue taxa
tion. because in its very nature it was in
lUisitorial. Tendency to uu increase of
that ststem was an alarming feature of
the bill. The vote which had sent this
in* ueure to the Committee on Agriculture,
instead of the Committee on Ways and
Means, bad been a declaration that it was
not a revenue bill, but only one to break
(low n an industry.
Mr. Frederick, of lowa, earnestly ad
vocated lilt- bill.
SAILING UNDER FALSE COLORS.
Mr. Hepburn, oi lowa, supported the
bill, lie went on to denounce the meth
ods b> wlitcu uleomargariuu found a mar
••et, declaring that uoue of it was sold
under its proper name.
• his declaration was earnestly denied
y Mr. Lawler, of Illinois, and a noisy
colloquy upon this point took place bo
'ae*n the two gentlemen, in which Mr.
T'-d'-rick tfok a band, with the as-erUon
hat Chicago w so used to fraud that it
" ■' 'it'd to palm it oil on the whole couu
bv. | Laughter.]
Mr. Lawler did not, rplish this attack
’•poo his city, ami replied with a deciara-
Hon thai Chic,go to-day was one of the
most healthy cities in toe United S'ates;
• hat its death tale was less than that of
ny ':hi r city iu the United State*.
THE IIAYMARKKT RIOT.
•' wert up a little the other day,” aug-
C'-t '• Mr. Heed.
"Nut a bit of it,” replied Mr. Lawler.
'• r. Frederick r< mm f *d that the people
v Chicago could not afford to die. They
"m-" too devilish m<*nn to die.
Mr. Mruhiq suggest'd that the reason
'• Hmt they knew that they were going
“ snii did not want to' die on that
‘""‘mint, [Laughter.]
Mr. Hcmicraon, of tnwu, regretted that
gentleman from Pennsylvania ( Mr.
1 bad laid his hand tipouau nidus.
r - • hat had given him life and *u*'e
■ The gentleman would defend a
’’ w corp. rations, but strike down an iu
"“stry that gave palely to tno nation.
fair play wanted.
11 ( Mr. Henderson ) was not an Iron
'•-weatber-boUnil-proU'CtlOßlst. He be
'■•d Iu protecting tie interests of tbo
' . Mil be SCI veil notion upon fill.
> ken and uow ihat if there was
"• no tntero*t protected In this Chain
••’it Iron and the faroirra *f the land
'he brave and generous West were to
• saerlttced. it would get its eye teeth
before many Congresses came and
'm. The fanners lud to get‘air pint in
t* Chamber, and If it were not given It
"' ufd ns iftt.eij.
Messrs. Beach and Dunham favored the
bill.
Mr. Glass, of Tennessee, spoke in favor
of an amendment which (is proposed to
offer, fixing the rate of tax at l cent per
pound.
-Mr. Dunn, ot A kansas, ridiculed the
supporters of the bill.
WHAT IT WOULD BRING IN.
Mr. Morgan, of Mississippi, favored the
bill on the ground of its being u bill for
the raising of revenue of, say $20,000,000.
It revenue could be obtained from this
source taxation could be reduced on other
articles which the people required.
Considerable amusement was oc
casioned tv Mr. Morgan's vigorous man
ner ot speaking, and as Mr. Tillman, o '
Soutli Carolina, propounded questions to
him in an unusually vigorous style the
members of the House clustered around
the two gentlemen and greeted every
sally with roars of laughter and rounds
of applause.
Mr. o’Fer'aH, of Virginia, though he
was opposed to tbo system of internal
taxation generally, was in favor of the
bill because it relieved the dairy interest*
of the country from competition with an
article which was composed of material
which no pork raiser would feed to his
swine. He ridiculed the argument that
the passago of the bill would be a blow at
cheat) food. Oleomargarine was cheap
food in the form of an apothecary’s shop
io the poor man’s stomach, in the name
of right, in the name of humanity, he
asked that this death-dealing fraud should
be not allowed to come into competition
with honest industry.
Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, favored the bill
as protecting a legitimate industry.
Tending further debate the House took
a recess until 7:30 o’clock.
THE ACIDS DEFENDED.
At the evening session the general de
bate on ths oleomargarine bill was con- j
tinued. >lr. Farqubar, of New York, |
made a strong argument against the bill,
and, analyzing the report in its favor, as- j
sorted front his knowledge as a chemist, :
that the acids which the report mentioned j
as entering into the manufacture of oleo- j
margarine and as having an injurious i
effect upon the health of the community, i
were necessary in purifying fats and
making them wholesome toroonsumption. j
He was opposed to taxing wholesome
food product 10 cents per pound. It bis
party were iu favor of that, class of
protection he would leave it. lie did not
and could not believe in building up one
industry, though it were the greatest iu
America, at the expense of anv other.
His protection principles were obliterated
wheu the eoast line was touched and he
was opposed to taxing any legitimate in
dustry out oi existence. After further
debate the House at 11 o’clock adjourned.
SHORT WORK IN THE SENATE.
Business Which Came Up and was
Acted on in a Hurry,
Washington, May 25. —in the Senate
to-day Mr. Eustis presented the resolu
tions of tha Louisiana legislature me
morializing Congress for the establish
ment of a navy yard at New Orleaus. it
was referred.
Mr. Harrison reported favorably ou the
bill to authorize the appointment of an
additional Adjutant General ot the army
with the rank of Majorof cavalry. The
bill was placed on the calendar. In in
troducing this bill Mr. Harrison said it
placed it in the power of the Tresident to
recognize the service* of Lieut. A. W.
Greeley. He was, therefore, instructed
oy the Committee on Military Affairs to
report adversely the bill heretofore in
troduced to authorize the retirement, of
that oflicer. The latter bill was indefi
nitely postponed.
On motion ot Mr. Miller the bill was
passed authorizing the Treasury Depart
ment to credit Chester A. Arthur and
William H. Roberson, late Collector at
the port of New York, with certain Bums
now stan< ing charged to them for moneys
stolen from the customs funds at that port
without the iault of the officers named.
On motion of Mr. Dolph June 1 was
fixed for consideration o' the bill repeal
ing the pre-emption and timber culture
laws.
On motion of Mr. I’iumb the Senate pro
ceeded to consider the Atlantic and I’a
cific railroad land forfeiture Bill. After a
few words debate by Messrs. Plumb and
Call, Lbe bill was passed as it was report
ed from the 'Committee on Public Lands
of the Senate.
[lt fotfeits all lands except the right of
way adjacent and co-terminus with the
uncompleted portion of the road.l
HOUSE F.YK-OPKNIOKS.
The First Busmens Which Encaeerl
Attention ihfr Mmtins.
WASHINGTON, May 25.—1n tbe Houso
to-Uay tbe Speaker announced tbe ap- 1
pointmcnt of Messrs. Dingier of Maine.
Dunn ot Arkansas, ami McMillin of Ten
nessee, as conferee* on the shipping bill.
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, from tbe Com
mittee on Commerce, reported back tbe
Senate bill authorizing tbe construction
ol a bridge across tbe Arthur Kill, it was
put on the House calendar.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, from the Com- i
mittee on Territories, reported tbe bill to
enable tbe people of Dakota to form a
constitution and state government. It
was referred to committee of the
whole. He also reported, (but adversely,
the Senate bill for tbe admission ol the
stale ol Dakota, and tor the organisation j
Ol the Territory of Lincoln. It was re-j
fe- red to tbe committee of the whole. Mr.
Maker, of New York, filed minority re
port* on both of these measures.
Mr. May bury, ot Michigan, Imm the
Committee on ways and Means, teported
adversely tbe bill to carry into effect the
convention made between the United
States of America and tbe United Slates
of Mexioo, signed Jan. 20, It was
referred to committee ol the whole. Mr.
Hewitt, or New York, presented a mi
nority report.
Mr. Itaiulall submitted the conference
report on tbe urgent deficiency bill, and
it was agreed to.
Warmlltou's Claims.
IV aSHINOTON, May 25.—1n the Senate ]
to-dav a resolution offered by Mr. Call j
was agreed to, instructing the Committee
on Naval Affairs to inquire ami report |
whether tbe interest* of the country do 1
not require the equipment of a navy yard j
at Warrenton, near Pensacola, Kia., for
the const ruction there of steel ships of
war, and w hether an appropriation of not
less than J50C.000 should not be made for
the immediate commencement ol tbe
work of constructing such a yard.
Tlic Bankruptcy Bill.
Washington, May 2ft.—The Mink
ruptey bill was taken up by the Senate
this afternoon nod debated until adjourn
ment. Mr. Teller speaking against the;
bill and Mr. Hoar in its favor. At 4:25
o'clock, on motion ol Mr. Ingalls, tbo
Senate went into executive session. In j
half an hour tbe door* wore reopened
and the Senate adjourned.
SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26. 1886.
MODIFYING HOME RULE.
GLADSTONE DECIDES TO MAKE
CONCESSIONS.
Victory by a Msj. ‘ty of 10 Vote*
Counted on a* til-* Result —The Hill to
Be Dropped After It. Recruit Reading
and Delisted at the Wln-r Rwi.lon If
Gladstones Government 1* Returned.
London, May 25. —The Cabinet, met at
noon. When the Cabinet hail been in ses
sion half an hour a special messenger was
dispatched after Baron lierschell, Lord
High Chancellor. He was at thetime en
gaged in agi eat lawsuit, but the nature
of the summons he received induced him
to abruptly cancel hie engagement and
repair at onoe to'the Cabinet meeting.
The meeting lasted an hour and twenty
minutes. Five minutes after the adjourn
ment Mr. Gladstone started for Windsor
Castle to see the Queen.
There was considerable excitement in
the House of Commons this afternoon ip
consequence ol the report that Mr. Glad
stone has tendered the resignation of the
government to the Queen.
CONCESSION DECIDED ON.
The upshot of the meeting is virtually
a move in the direction of concession to
the disaffected Liberals. Several ot the
Ministers urged that clauso 24 of the
home rule bill be eliminated. After a
long discussion It was decided to leave
this matter in Mr. Gladstone’s bauds to
deal with as he might think lit. ilis
mind was apparently quickly made up,
for early iu the evening the government
whips were instructed to suinmou the
rank and lile of the Liberal party to a
general meeting on Thursday, wheu mod
ifications of the home rule bill will be
announced, in order to preserve the gov
ernment from defeat on the second read
ing.
morlky holds aloof.
Mr. Morlev was alone in continuing to
oppose the elision of the clause. The
Hartington section maintain their
enmity to the bill, aud w ill not attend the
Liberal conference. The Ministers are
confident that with the aocessiou of 3o
Radical dissidents and “doubtful*” they
will have a majority of 40. The bill wiil
be dropped after its second reading, it is
probable that Parliament will be dis
solved in the autumn. It the Gladstone
govern nient be returned the winter ses
sion will be devoted exclusively to dis
cussion of tbebnme rule bill.
TUK VISIT TO WINDSOR.
Mr. Gladstone went to Windsor to-day
in obedience to a summons Irotn the
Queen and conveyed to her the opinion of
himself and his colleagues with reference
to the home rule bill and the proposed
dissolution of Parliament. The Queen
intimated that she was willing to meet
the wishes ot the Ministers. The Liberal
unionists, in spite ot their new and
n*ri*U oommiMeerTHss-vßnguttn* of suc
cess in the coming elections. They are
receiving financial support daily. Baron
Rothschild has sent them £SOO, and it is
believed they have received several larger
| sums. They are widely circulating anti
! home rule literature. The government
tioes not promise to reconstruct the home
rule bill, but proposes to withdraw it
afier its second reading and bring it up
for the committee stage later, when the
objections will be dealt with open
mindedly.
RESUMPTION OF THE DEBATE.
The home rule debate was resumed' in
the House of Coiumous to-night. Vis
count Lymington (Liberal) said the bill
was a chaotic measure. Ireland required
social remedies. The agragnan question
was at the root ol the whole difficulty.
The Attorney General said that one
reason of the failure of the recent Irish
remedial legislation was that it carno too
late. Another reason was that the bene
fit offered were not wtiat, the Irish
wanted, but what Parliament thought
they ought to have. Alluding to Mr.
Chamberlain’s views, the Attorney Gen
eral said the bill would really further and
not retard the federation.
ULSTER BUNCOMB.
The protests about Ulster were mainly
buncomb and bluster. The region in ques
tion was merely a bogus bugbear intended
to frighten the Ulsterites, whose alarm
was without foundation. The govern
ment, he said, sought to substitute a real
for an unreal union. [Cheers.]
Mr.Trevelyan Hkea wbat'tbe House
would have the members do whose opin
ions differed from those of their constit
uents? [Cries ot “resign.”]
“They could hardly resign on every
such oceadon,” replied th** speaker. As
lor himself, he continued, he would leave
bis constituents to follow their own
course. He was utisbie to support the
bill. He tailed to agree with the Attorney
General that those who favored granting
autonomy to Ireland should vote without
inquiring into the nature ol the proposed
autonomy.
AMERICA’S SECESSION.
Mr.Trevelyan reminded tue House that
America, wheu asked to p *v a tribute of
£IOO,OOO, had chosen separation. What,
would the colonies have dona It thev hud
boon asked to pay a tribute such as that
demanded of Ireland? Grattan pad iu
dignantly refused to pay io Fugiami the
tineiul surplus ot Ireland. The speaker
then quoted an alleged remark of Mr.
Parnell to the eff* cl that be would not
rest until the last link that connected Ire
land with Kiiglaml hud h* en broken.
Mr. Parnell ban interposed, claiming:
“Tids is not toe first time that tn s cal
umny has been uttered. I demand the
date and place ot th** speech.”
Mr. T evelyan '‘Cincinnati. If Mr.
Parnell considers Ids words derogatory
let him withdraw them and express his
regret.
PARNELL’S DENIAL.
Mr. Parnell retorted that Mr. Tie
velyait had not given the date and title of
the paper from which be quoted. IJc
( Parnell 1 poa*-a#ed verbatim report* ol
hi Cincinnati speeches, which showed he
bad not used such words.
Mr. Trevelyan saul ho fu'ly accepted
Mr. Parnell's denial, and added that the
date was Feb. 23, Ihso, und the paper was
the Irish World.
Proceeding with bis speech Mr. Tre
velyan said that the chief objection to tbe
land purchase hill was that the measure
would prove ruinous to ibe country, lie
asked why the government could not alter
the present hill to moot the objections of
some of its most laithful follower*.
[Crleaof “Oh!” and cber*.
LACK OK ALTERNATIVE RKOROSALS.
Mr. Healy taunted Mr.Trevelyan with
having no alternative proposals. He ao
ouaed Mr. Trevelyan of burking copies of
the Irish World directed to the Parnell-
Re*.
Mr. Trevelyan said that the imputat ion
was a serious one. lie declared he had
never opened others’ letters In his lilt*.
Mr. Mealy said be only remarked that
while Mr. Trevelyan was In olßeo the Par
nellitr* did not get their papers direetly.
others did. If Mr. Trevelyan did not.
Burgs himself did, hi* deputy. Mr.
Healy continued: “It Mr. Gladstone is
unable to settle the matter, which of the
differing, puny whipsters is stile? Bet
ter grant a boon generously than refuse
and plunge the matter in*the seething
cuiilaron prepared for it.’’
SOLDIERS WHIP POLICK.
Some members of the lnni.killing Fusi
liers, stationed at A 'derahot, attended a
Conservative meeting to-dav at which
some ot the orators savagely denounced
home rule, and described tne Irish people
as being unfit lor self-gov ern
ment. The Fusiliers became en
raged at the speakers and attacked them
apd their supporters. Police were called
iu to protect tue speakers, and a fight en
sued between them and tha Irish soldiers.
Comrades of the Fusiliers went to tlietr
assistance, tied the police were badly
whipped and driven away. They secured
reinforcements, however, and returning
suppressed tbe rioting and arrested five
soldiers.
AMERICAN GOOD DENSE.
London, May 2t>, 5 a. M.— Tbe News
says: “It is refreshing and satisfactory to
observe tne calmness and good sense
with which tbe American press discuss
•lie fisheries question. Lottie of tbe Kng
lish opposition organs are trying toexcite
public opinion against America in a man
ner that would be extremely mischievous
if it were not happily futile. We shall
fight the case on the legal principles so
dear to both nations.’’
Sir. Gladstone has issued a circular call
ing upon all the Liberal members to meet
at the Foreign office.
MISSING ARMS AND LKGB.
The Senate Y'otcs More Liberal Pen
sions to Maimed Federal Soldiers.
Washington, May 25.—0n motion of
Mr. Sewell the Senate to-day took up the
bill heretofore reported by him from the
Committee on Pensions “to amend tbe
pension laws by increasing tiie pensions
of soldiers and sailors who have lost an
arm or leg in tn*> service.”
The bill gires SSO a month to soldiers
and sailors who lost, one loot or one hand
in tue service, S3O to those who lost an
arm above the elbow or a leg above tbe
knee. $45 to those who lost an arm at the
shoulder joint or a leg at the biji joint.
Mr. Sewell said the bill would increase
the pension expenditure $1,594,702 a year.
Mr. Miller otfeieil an amendment ex
tending the provisions or the bill so as to
include among the $45 pensioners eases of
men whose legs had been amputated so
near tne hip joint a* to prevent the use of
an artificial limb. File amendment was
agreed to and so amended the bill passed.
On motion of Mr. Sawyer, private pen
sion cases were then taken up and pro
ceeded with.
INGALLS ASSAILS lILACIT.
During the consideration of a private
pension bill Mr. Ingalls severely criticised
Gen. Black, Commissioner oi Pensions,
declaring him to be an “impostor,” whom
Congress grfttted th* highest i>en
sibn rale on the false allega
tions of his boing a “wreck.”
He protested against Gen. Black’s
enjoyment of such a pension while op
posing pensions to other soldiers.
Mr. Cockrell defended (ten. Black's ad
ministration of his office, citing figures to
show that more claims were allowed each
year under his administration than in
any year in any former administration,
if 51r. Ingalls believed Gen. Black's
pension unjust, Mr. Cockrell said he (Mr.
Ingalls) should introduce a bill to discon
tinue the pension.
VOORHKKS TO THE DEFENSE.
Mr. Yoorhee* warmly defended Gen.
Black, and with energy and emphasis de
nied that there bad been any false allega
tions in the matter of bis application lor
a pension. He represented Gen. Black’s
condition at tbe time as one of absolute
and complete disability, and his survival
and recovery was wholly unexpected and
extraordinary.
Mr. Logan would not say that Gen.
Black was not. entitled to his pension, hut
expressed the hope that the Pension Office
would be administered in sympathy with
wounded soldier*.
GEN. JACKSON COMPLIMENTED.
Mass Meeting of Workingmen—Pat
ents to Southerner*.
Washington, -May 25.— When Minis
ter Jackson, of Mexico, was at the State
department yesterday he received many
compliment* on the admirable character
of bis dispatches.
A mass meeting of tbe workingmen em
ployed in the textile industries will be
held in Philadelphia next Saturday night
to advocate tree raw materials, anil es
pecially free wool. Speaker Carlisle,
Senator Van Wyck and Representatlve
Hewitt exjieet to be present and to speak.
The following patents were issued to
day: Nicholas Marnell, of Savannah, Ga..
a dumping car; John C. Albrecht, of Co
lumbus, Ga.. a spark arrester; James M.
Cox. of Camilla. Ga., a cotton gin; Klijah
D. Johnson, of Milton, Fla., saw mill dog:
James A. Brown, of Chester, N. C., car
coupling; Fred Brotherhood, of Charles
ton, S. C.. drying phosphate rook, etc.
CONFIRMKD BY THU SKNATI’,.
Sovernl Nominees Made Glad by
Favorable Action.
W a.huington, May 25.—The Senate in
executive session has continued the fol
lowing nominations:
United States Consuls—H. W. Jewett,
of Massachusetts, at M s as; Charles H.
Wills, of Maryland, at Managua; Francis
li. Wlgfall.of Maryland, at Leeds.
Collector* ot Customs—John K. Mc-
Donell for the District of Ht. Marks, Fla ;
John J. MoGuiru at Pensacola, Fin.;
Win. A. Mahoney at Kernandma, Fla.
Postmaster*—J. Hopkins at Glen Al
ien, Va.: .1. F. Robertsou at Culpepper,
Vaj T. J. Watt at Columbus, Ga.
W. G. Austin, of izniistaua, special ex
aminer ol drugs, chemicals aud medi
cine* at New Orleans.
W. L. Dinkins, of Mississippi, Maroba!
lor the Southern district of Mississippi,
Rivop ivi I it art nr Money.
Washington, May 2ft.—lt Is said that
tbe .Senate Committee on Commerce In its
preliminary study of the river and harbor
lull find little in toe measure a* it came
from the House to suiuhem. Some mem
hers of the committee are said to tavor
entire remodeling ot tbe measure if tbe
latter part Is not more consistent with
their views than that already examined,
retaining tho number and enauting
clause, but. reporting substantially anew
bill.
Fot'lrcas Monroe.
Washington, May 25.—Senator Came
ron to-day submitted tbe proposed amend
mont tn tbe army appropriation bill to
appropriate $150,000 tor the construction
ol anew wharf arid tue Improvement of
the rondway leading thereto on the gov.
e'-nment reservation at Fortress Monroe,
Va. He also, Irom the Military Affair*
Committee, reported favorably a hill for
tbo snmo purpoee.
A TRI BUTE TO OLA DSTOX E
GOV. OOLKSRY FRISK IDF,St AT AN
IRISH MEETING.
tV. K. Sullivan Refill*** the Ory Thut tha
Religious Minority IVnultl lie In Dan
ger of Oppression If Kriti IVa* <4rantel
a Parliament—The Mesasge t Glad
stone mid Purnell,
Chicago, May 25.— Tho melting to
night of friends of home rule in Ireland
was one of tho largest representative
gatherings ever hold in this oitjy. Fully
10,000 person* compressed themselves lti
Battery armory on the Lake front, while
great crowds remained outside unable to
gain admittance. The platform was in
the centre of the north side of the lia'l.
Upon it were the Governor of Illinois,
who was chosen presiding oflicer of
the mooting, and a list of V ice Presidents
embracing Judges on the bench, Con
gressmen, ministers of all chure.i denomi
nations, and men prominent in all walks
of life. The list of Vice Presidents em
braced 300 names. The platform wa tes
tooned with evergreen, and the back
ground was covered with American and
Irish flags blended. Gov. Oglesby was
escorted from his hotel to the ball by com
panies of the Hibernian Rifles and Clan
na-Gael Guards, carrying American and
Irish national colors. Terr He cheering
marked the advent of tha Governor and
his escort.
SEVERAL SHORT SPEECHES.
Alter having been escorted to the plat
form aud introduced, Gov. Oglesby spoke
briefly. Alexander Sullivan followed.
Short speeches followed by Wirt Dexter,
Judge T. A. Moran, John F. Kluerty,
Judge John G. Rogers, Judsje Elliott An
thony, Judge Preudergast, Revs. Maurice
J. Dorney, Arthur Little, H. W. Bolton,
Arthur Swayse, David Swing, T. F. Gal
ligan, Rabbi E. G. Ifirsch, Rev.
W. G. Reed and Kev. E.
A. Larrabee. Numerous letter* of
regret were read. W. K. Sullivan sid
the honor of presenting to the meeting
resolutions which were intended as au
expression of its sentiments on the home
rule question was conferred upon him
notonly because of his sympathy with
the people of his native land in ilieir
struggle for Belt-government but also be
cause he was a member of the religious
minority of the Irish people.
A SOURCE OK DISASTER.
lie regretted to see t hat an effort was
being made to arouse religious animosi
ties and antagonisms, which tor centuries
bad been so fruitful of disaster to the
Irish people. He did not believe that the
rellgious'minority of which Mr. I’arnell
was a member ’stood in the slightest
danger ol being oppressed by t.heir fellow
citizens who formed the religious major
ity. It should not be forgotten that edu
cation had taught the Irish people of all
denominations to he tolerant of each
other, and tbe leaders iu the home rule
movement embraced men of all religion*
denominations, men whose views
were not restricted by their creeds,
but were broad enough to cover
their entire country. He believed that
the granting ol sell-government to tin*
Irish people would notonly make Ireland
more contented and more prosperous than
it ever had' been, but that it would
strengthen rather than weaken the British
Empire.
A MESSAGE TO GLADSTONE.
The following message to Premier Glad
stone was proposed and unanimously ap
proved :
CIIiCAOO. May 25, ISSC.
Tn John Xtrwiirt Parnell, Hone* of Conn,mu*.
l.nniton:
Chicago citizens in mas* meeting assembled
request mo to express to Premier Gladstone
their appreciation of the service rendered by
him to liberty and humanity by the introduc
tion of his bill to restore leg I ill ve independ
ence to Ireland. Hi- alulily to ovarenrue
prejudice, to view fairly ami broadly the
present unnatural relations of the English
and Irish )>eplc, and his manifest desire to
undo wrongs and remove dissensions w hich
have caused neighboring islands to live in
hatred and warfare, do honor notonly to his
head 'and to hu heart, hut also to the
nation and age of which he is *o
conspicuous a citizen and leader. They also
desire me to express their admiration of
yourself and vour associates for your tireless
efforts in ltehalf of your country's right to a
nntive Parliament. 1 1 is dm* to truth and to
history to acknowledge that, it was those pa
triotic, and brilliant effort which made Mr.
Gladstone’s action possible, and sh >wc<l Ine
liberal |>arty of England the necessity of Un
doing the wrong intlictci iqion Ireland when
it was reduced to provincial vassalage.
Rich ait!) .1. Oiii.krby.
Governor of Illinois.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following aro tho resolutions
adopted:
Ten thousand citizens of C hicago, in mnas
meeting assembled on Tne-dav, Mavkfi, Isa,
with II s Excelleu' v Richard J . Ogl* shy, Gov
ernor of the state of I lit mils, in i he. hair, iiniin -
ini'iiisly declare that the p** life of Ireland
have their heartfelt sympathy in their en
deavor to secure the restoration of the native
Parliament which i< taien from them bv
bribery and frand. Ilesldrnlsuf a free nation,
onjovlng the blessing* of BClf-governmeet, we
profoundly *ymp'thi/.r with every llhorty
ioviiig people who aro denied the privileges
o ini** aod who Midi* to th* freedom
under which we have so liti. nomenallv j
thrived. 'Vet*, iigratulaie the Irish pcqileon
the sagacity, courage and fidelity e/nh which
iheir gr< a! leader und his brilliant and patri- |
otic associates have prosecuted their n lion’s I
<ae-e. Peo|il‘* wi o have maintained such I
disci*.line, such order and sm li iiruinimi'y in i
a struggle aga i* odds so terrible; aim have
Is*en vi aims of tnreate- ed famine, which wh
on'v’ averted by the devotion * f the r j
kindred ant the generosity of tlxer friend
of all nationalities; who have closed their i
ranks and preserved their line of iimri'h upon !
while tfceii commanders were thrust into
Jail; who have spoken and written in behalf ;
ot lilwrty when free jiresses were suspend' and
and free -pee h was *ii|ipre-sed, most have in
iltem qualities upon which a pure social and
tree political fabric can safely rest.
CREED •I'ECTAULKH.
We condemn as unworthy of our age and j
civilization the unholy attempt to array
hrotbi r ati'i fellow-**ltlz"ti In hostility
against one another bccaos** of religious dlf
frrrn'tea. Irish political grievances should I
not he looked at through creed spectacle*. !
Wo believe the minority In Iceland have no i
reason whatever to doitlt' the perfect good |
laph of tin* majority, who declare that the ,
civil and religmu* liberv of the nation will i
lie gnarled jealously uml Impartially, and j
that every creed will be safe In H* proper' v, j
Its worship, Its privileges an I Us rights of [
every character, whether Its number* Ik* |
great or -mall. A na'loti whose most he- \
loved pnllllcal schools Include a Tone, i
an Km met i, a Fitzgerald, a Tlavls, I
an tr'llrien. a Mitchell and a
Martin—all of the religious minority, and j
whore iirescnt leader is n Protestant P, ruell, [
h* not iu Its uoiupo.llion element*ot el..** or ,
creed I'ie-crlpli'ii., We us me tln* great Eng
lish Pr*m er that the rrowning *ct. of his
imllllca career lias won for him the respect
and Admiration of llie American people, I
We congratulate hun on the consilient and
I'our. go which guided and strong! be n* and him in
the face of tail tile utid In-ulls to eorifrs* the
errors of hi" country in their nasi relations
with Ireland, and pi lend In the path o' repa
ration and hullce The preedit Parliament
may reject his wise counsel.
WILL AIWA Ye BE KEMKMIIKIIKD,
He rosy not live to *c Its fruit* enjoyed,
hnl hi* came will alwavs tie aseoeia’ed wu.h
every progrnssivc step which the future rlinll
record Iu Urn history of the oppressed anil
plundered people of Ire urd, and in the for-
ward march of the democracies of England
in !mi >tland. lie will always lie remembered
Iu his relations to the liberty of Ireland a*
' haibaui is remembered in his rela
tion* to the liiiert) of America.
The Irish-American citizens here
assembled podge ilieir i on'iniii it -upport to i
their kmdred uu'il Iceland's own Parliament
shall he established with power to restore
Ireland’s commerce. Ireland s schools, Ire
land's pro-peniv and Ireland’s pence. We
denounce the atrocl us calumnies of the Torv
pre**, which charged the Irish-American
citizens of Ghieigo wile lespoosllillilv for
the recent outrages of the anarchist
element. We respectfully submit to
the consideration of the Vmerle,n jioop'o
llu* value of ihe opinions of that press. 1* is
the same press which retou i'd when il thought
Ihe Aiuerin n I'uii n was it■ • tr.oel. 1 1 .
prejudice, its in utaUt > . iti InnhiLty’to fairly
reperi the current nows of the world, its
willingness tn arouse Ihe Irish-Americans ol
t.'hieugo in order Io arouse prejudice iigrinsl
Mr. Gladstone's homo rale hill, all fairly
illustrate us ciiaractor. Us future as-omits
upon I re land or America shoo Id lie considered
for what they tire worth by the Americau
people and their press.
M AXWELL’S TRIAL.
Tbo Prospoutiun Kcl'iises to Call tlie
Coroner an u Witness.
St. Louis, May 25.—The sensational de
velopments iu the Maxwell trial vester
d ty afternoon aud the expectation that
the prosecution would rest it* case and
that Maxwell would be placed on the
wilncss stand to testtfy iu his own do
leiiHe to-day literally packed tliti Criminal
Court this morning with spectators of all
classes, men aud women. Toe eixtra seats
provided tor the anticipated large atGtnd
nnee of ladies were each one occupied by
arepreaeutative ol the fair sex, who took
extraordinary interest in tho pro
needing*. The preliminary business
of tbe court having been disponed
of, the jury iu the MnxwelJ ease and
the defendant were brought into court,
and tho examination of Deputy Sheriff
KeneHi'k was proceeded with. Maxwell
appeared a trifle paler than on previous
occasions, but maintained bis former calm
and almost indifferent bearing.
MEETING OF FATHER AND SON.
Deputy Keneflck testified that be was
present in the Circuit Attorney’s office
when Mr. Brooks, of ICnglaud, called to
see the prisoner.
The prosecution asked the witness to
tell the jury the nature of the interview
lie tween Mr. Brooks and thu defendant.
Mr. Fauntleroy, of the defense, asked
that the private words spoken at the in
terview and the emotion of the gray-haired
father be not laid before a Nensation-acek
1111* public audience.
The prosecution answered that thev
desired to prove that the prisoner had on
that occasion thrown asido all disguise
and admitted his identity that be was
Brooks. The defense said this point
would not be denied and Mie witness was
withdrawn.
ARTICLES IN EVIDENCE.
All of tlic clothing marked “C. A. P.”
found m Maxwell’s hunk at Auckland,
the valises, hat boxes, trunks, medicine
bottles, letters from Mnxwell to I'reller
and Irom Dstective MeOullough to Max
well and the latter* idtorney, articles
bought by ihe defendant while in iSt.
Louis after the murder and those our
ehased In San Francisco were admitted
in evidence and shown to the jury. The
prosecution tbtn staled to the court
that they desired t<t rest their side
of the case. The defease asked that the
Coroner who witnessed the post-mortem
examination of J’reller’s body lie placed
on the stand by the -prosecution and he
made to testil'v as to the result of the ex
amination. Tne prosG'-utlon re'ueed, and
Ihe defense appealed to the Court, who
decided that be could Mot interfere tn tbe
matter, Tue defense nccepted the ruling,
and asked that an adjournment be taken
until to-morrow at 10 o’clock. The court
Adjourned.
BALKOFTHK It. T. V., AND G.
Tlie Renrgani/.alban Cuiiiinlttee Bills
• It in for $710,250,000.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 25.—The
Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad was gold to-day by Special Mas
ter William Rule, in pursuance of thedc
cree of the United iftates Court, it was
first bid in for the Reorganization Com
iniitoe by F.. F. Hylic, Vice President of
the New York Central Trust Company.
The bid was $10,090,000 with a r***rvA
lion ol tbe small branch road known ns
the Ooltewah Cut-otf. Mr. Tompkins, at
torney for tan Central Trust
Company, protested against tins
reservation. The rend wm then
resold without the Ooll<*wah reser
vation. The otil wa5510,250,000, made tor
the reoreanlza fon committee by Mr.
Hyde, and ‘lie sum of SIOO,OOO ca**h was
paid in. The **le is mibjeat to the aj>-
pruval of the United States ClrcuU Court
in session at Knoxville June 2. Before
the sale two rsinority holders by attor
neys served notices of a protest.
JKLKS MUI.tDF.ROimLY MAD.
SSO A Howl l IfTVred for 1 mlian Top
knots, with ‘1 2.000 lor Gcroniiiio’h.
Wif.i.cox, Ajtr.. .May 25.—The Indians
having b * n foiced into a small section of
country north (if the railroad, and troop*
being after each ol the hands and every
water hole tiling guarded, it is only a
question of very short time when they
will be aurroilnded and captured. They
ere all headigig for >an Carlos reserva
tion, where they will meet with quite a
different reception from former times,
a* the orders are imperative to kill
all hostile* iwqiroucbing ihe reservation,
which is win! guarded bv troop* and
friendly Indian*. Gen. Mile* and staff
arrived here yesterday afternoon, ar.d will
niaka his hemiqunigera here lor seme time.
He baa enlisted a con. [.any of Mexicans
and another of Americans, who started
last li klit for the mountains. In addition
to their pav, the Gene al has offered a re
wsni of SSO lor each Indian or bead of an
Indian brought ill here, and $2,00U for
Geronlmo or bis bend.
Two More IVnion Yotoe*.
Washington, May 25.—The President
ha* vetoed two Senate bills granting pen.
aions to Daivid W. Hamilton aud John l>.
Ilam. Tbo accompanying veto messages
atate that tn each oa*e the President fails
to find sufficient foundation for the claim.
CoMlereeH Disagree.
WahhuIOTON, Mav 25. —The conferee*
upon the post oflioe uppiopriatlnn bill
met this morning and weie unable to
arree ii[i<ni any of the points at Issuu. It
wm therefore decid'd to report a dlsagree
m**nt.
The I rgoiioy Deficiency Bill.
Washington, May 25.— Tne Urgency
Deflclomfy bill conference report wassut*-
mttted t* tbe Henat* to-day, und on mo
tion of ilr. Allison agreed to;
A Cyclone in Missliiki|ipl.
New Oklkanb, Mav *25. A cyclone
passed through Bliuqualak, Miss., yester
day, teormg up trees, demolishing ftaoo*
aud Injuring crop*
t PRtrvsm v WAR.I
| SCKNTFACOPY. j
TILT OK TIIE MERMEN.
TilK SKIZIIKK OF THR SfeTKII*
NOT SIGNIFICANT.
Similar Ocrnri*jioe* Almost Kvrj-D>\
Mutter*— JJoubfs . 4 w> ?l at te I>r-
I* o <inent llovinir *1 * rl*#l|i?tlt Over tt*
t'Hse— t.*rwiliiji AI 'egr’tiff That V ll ths
l- xrit*iii*nt ; on Tbtn Kiilnof tho Lino.
Washington, .May 25.— The seizumi
of tm> Bisters at Portland, Me., yesterday'
was not known at either tho State De-i
partment or the Treasury Department up
to 4 o’clock this afternoon, except front'
the newspaper accounts. Secretary Bay
ard being in New Y’urk attending Mrs.
Pendleton’s funeral, no one at the Stalo
Department wanted to be quoted as say
ing anything about the affair. Privately,
officers of the department said that they
ailed to see how tiie matter could in any
wav be brought under the jurisdiction o(
the State Department, The Secretary of
Stale has no authority over tho custom*
service of tbe Treasury Department,
ms rowans.
He could only bring to the at tention ol
the President lor his information mul
consequent action any complaint tbafc
might, he made by the Canadian authori
ties through the tCngiish Foreign office.
He could net officially take cngnizanca
of a communication about the matter,
coining in any other wav. It was leared
that the seizure of the Bister* might em
harrass the Secretary of Btate in hm
pending negotiations with Great Britain
about the commercial rights of vessels of
the two countries in their respective
waters, unless it should appear that the
action ot the Collector at Portland wan
usual and regular.
THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT FACT.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild said In
the News correspondent thiseveniog iha*
seizures tike that of tbo Sisters (asum
iiut the newspaper accounts to be correct J
were constantly occurring at tiie different!
portn of tiie United >tale. lie said that
he had to pass almost every day upoq
sonic case of the sort, ft would have at.
tree ted no attention bad it occurred in
anv port outside of Now Luuland. The
onlv unusual fact he had noted In the
dispatches about It was ihe statement
that the customs authorities at Portland
had not been carrying out tho law
in this logard so zealously Iq
tiie past as they now seemed ready to do.
It was to ho supposed that all customs
officers had faithfully executed all ths
laws peculiarly entrusted to them at all
times.
THE NEW ENGLAND DELEGATION.
The .Maine delegation and the othei
Senators and Representatives from New
Fngland expressed p!e:sure at the new*
that the customs authorities in New Eng.
laud were beginning to execute our law*
as zealously as the Canadian customs
officials execute their law*. Thev
thought the seizure of tiie Sisters a irooii
thing as conducing to the speedier settle
ment of the controversy. They had mv.
doubt that it. will ultimately result, in the*
concession by Great Britain of all wo de
mand tor our vessels in Canadian waters,
but they depiecate the delay. Yet this de
lay is inevitable on account of the round
about wav in which the correspondence
I has to be carried on.
NO IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO IT.
Halifax. N. H.. May 25.—As tbo
schooner Sisters was seized at Portland
merely for violation of the American cus
toms law. It ia not probable that the peo
ple of Nova Scotia will attach any im
portance thereto or show ihe slightest de
gree of excitement, In ordinary times
such an event would have no interns!
except to those Immediately concerned.
Thu affair occasions no excitement here.
GLOUCESTER ELATED.
Glouuehtek, Mass.. May 26.—Tb
fishermen here were much elated when
the news came that a Nova Scotia vessel 1
had been seized at Portland Dispatches
from Nova Scotia Indicated that extra
exertions are being made there to be In
readiness to seize some of tho American
mackerel catcher* when they arrivedurJ
ing the first part of June.
IN THE WRONG.
St. John, N. IL, May 25.—There is.
nothing new iu the fisheries discussion./
Taere appear* to he a growing feeling,;
not only among fishermen having bait t<v
aell, but among other classes ot the com
munity, that Uanada is doing wrong In
: not allowing American fishermen to pur->
! chase hair. There is not one out of a hun.
j died of our fishermen who would not sell
I hsit to the Yankees it they got a chance.
Alnrinc Disasters.
London. May 28.—The Brltlah steamer
Hlllow, at Harwich from Coosaw, 9. C.,
boarded the Swedish bark Klorilla, from
Mobile for Southampton, previously
abandoned Mav 5, and saved a portion of
the gear and stores.
The British hark Nellie T. durst, from
Charleston, while at anchor at Liverpool,
was fouled by tbe schooner Mary. Tbo
latter lost tier bowsprit, and the chan
nels of the former were damaged.
A tornado in Germany.
BERLIN, May 25. A tornado visited
We'aier. I'rusaia, to-dav and destroyed
the railway station, unrooffed a large
(Minther of houses and factories, oyer
turned chimneys, and lifted barges out of
the river Latin, and carried tbeni, in soma
instances, considerable distances in tbe
air. In the neighboring country the wind
uprooted forests.
bjircuilierjt’H Siege.
Heki.LN, May 25.—The report of ;hi
Minlstrv to the Ketch-lag justifies the
establishment ot a minor slate of siege in
Sprerntierg, Prussia, on the ground of
disorderly resistance of the townspeople
to the enrollment of recruits lor the army,
'flits feeling of .insubordination Is kept
alive by tbe widespread cireulatioa of •
| paper known as the Modal Democrat.
Turkey’s Truce.
Athens. May 2.1.—80th the Greek and
Turkish armies are mutually surrender
ing tbo prisoners and positions tbsy re
spectively captured during the frontier
lighting of the last lew days, aud both
armies commenced to-day retiring from
tbe frontier.
The I’rlncos >1 ust Go.
I’Aitis, May 28.—The Cabinet by a vole
of and to 5 to-duy adopted the principle ol
expulsion ol the Orleans I’rlncns. A bill
providing, tor their expulsion will bo t
dratted on Thursday and alti rwurds sub
mitted to tbe Chambercf Deputies.
Uruguay'a I’rosnlrnt.
Monteviiieo, Msv 25.—Dr. Kranclsco
Antonio Yidal lias resigned the Treat
dency of tb# Republic Of llru/uay. Gan.
Maximo Santos, at present Vice l’resl
dent, has been appointed to succeed him.
I'reurli Ariuy eorvlre,
I’akia, May 25.—Gen. Boulanger,
Mldsc-rnf War, has introduced an army
101 l reducing the term of aeiriye to three
iyears.