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... Vl, v. WATKKWAY PLANS
1 “*FOIU’KI> TO THE p K°NT.
llcviiun Introduces (lie Propoel
*!r pare tlie Bill Horizontally, end
Ij,’. Btier Proposes a Lump Appro
.iplon a* substitute-The "Joa
okii - *le-nd Pil-Tlckle-You” PoII
tv'uMUXOTON. July 14.—The Senate
♦n t’aV took up tee calendar under a spe
der. Among the bills passed was
‘", iVoustr bill for additional aids to navi
, n through the channels leading to
jvusacr.la. Fia. At 12:30 o’clock consid
eration of the calendar closed.
Xb Senate then took up the river and
}arbor Lull and Mr. McMillan, who has
c|]ar2e n t it, moved an order that the bill
I o recommitted to the Committee on Com
merce with instructions to amend it, as
voted by the Senate in committee ot the
•whole, except that in each item of the
HI and in the aggregate there be a reduc
tion of SO per cent; that the committee
amen( j the bill accordingly, and not other
,< ami report the same complete forth-
l’ugb and Call argued that a
_ o , e ou the amendments should first be
taken in the Senate as there were some
W uis disproportionately increased and
s011l! . disproportionately reduced, and the
tooatc should have an opportunity of
passing on them before the order pro
tmsed was made.
* Mr. Logan declared himself opposed to
Ibis means ot cutting down the bill by a
t,.T<z<>i)tal slice. He supposed the idea
came from the plan of cutting down the
tintl as proposed by an Illinois man in
ta ■ House, if toe order were to be adopt
wished that the appropriation for the
Illinois canal would first be increased.
Mlt. VVIST’S OPPOSITION.
Mr. Vest, a member of the Committee
onVo'mmeree.opposed tfie order, although
lie anticipated, ho said, that it would pre
vail.
After a digression upon the-jetty svs
tt-i i at the uieiitfi ot the Mississippi, Mr.
Harris, bringing back tbe discussion to
th matter immediately before the Senate,
b iggested that if the river and harbor
lull wen: recommitted in its present state
it would be reported back, have to
lake its place on tue calendar and go
through precisely the same action as if it
bail not been already considered.
The chair said he would not now decide
that question.
Mr. Henna said he had no doubt that
t:ie senator lor Tennessee (Mr. Harris)
was rmbi in the position he took. lie
trusted that the motion would be with
held until ii'.fertba Senate had voted on
the various amendments on the bill.
MR. BUTLER'S SUBSTITUTE.
Mr. butler inquired of Mr. McMillan
why he had made the motion. Toe Sen-
Rie bud spent two weeks on this bill, and
nvon Hi. eve of final action this proposi
tion was made, it, seemed to him that it
was absolutely child’s play. If the idea
of it was ari apprehension that, the Presi
dent was going to veto the bill it would
Iw vetoed just as weli with "0 per cent.
Ml’as it would be in its present state. He
would offer us a substitute for tbe pro
p'Srd instructions a proposition appro
• i*img >lo. (M),()00. or as much thereof
>' can In* judiciously expended during
1 fiscal year by the 'Secretary of War in
fie improvement ol important rivers and
harbors.
Ml! M'MILT.AN'S EXPLANATION.
M:, McMilian said that the original
so large and the Senate bad In
creased it so largely that the Committee
on Commerce was of the opinion that the
amount should he reduced The motion
fa oil he had submitted had been made
i ter consultation with Senators laminar
wnb tbe rules.
'i'idmunds said the bill as it came
i o fi e House was largerin amount, and
m io d.yi :sided in its objects than any
river and harbor bill that ever came from
Ihe House before.
LOCALIZING AN INJURY.
Hr fell that totality ot business in place
! 1 i rg beneficial to the people was in
; 1 ' .and that it was teaching the peo
-1 “ to li" ooking to Congress and the na
-1 ■! li "a-urv for everything instead of
•R'btfid.ng on themselves.
•fi. \ it said Umt. at every session for
past he had heard these hotni
river and harbor bills,
re ''Ut Iwo courses for Congress
1 .i:k> in the matter, one was to leave
•, ■' 1 1' entirely in the bands of the
• > es.dent :irnl ..t the engineer corps of the
fi t . amt i ; other Was to adhere to the
Htfc'ut system.
human nature.
( c-ngress saw proper to abnegate its
druct river and harbor bills,
but i! was the she: rest moon
-1, I ',’ . n'.iiseiise ever talked outside ot a
fi-fi H-yfiiu 1 to S ay that river and
) "fils could be constructed and tho
i ''‘' ll mankind ignored in doing so.
t w ho expeetfc-d a Senator or Rep
. live t. ignore improvements iu bis
|,,,’jwas a man who would look
the Committee on Commeree
SuV l " : 'l , " 8e d of Senators (rum thirteen
s; !11 . wa * not those Senators
fiii'!* ,’ v “° influenced the making up of
A I’ATII TO RE-ELECTION,
j N 1 a,! ,l: "l grave and reverend Pena
l.j.' "'' eftfie committee) buttonhole
cr > ’ HV U*t it they did not get tuts
* ou .., “H'fopriatton in the bill they
‘ '"'mi ai ttie next election. It
of “Help me, Cassius, or I
i,.,,',, Lf lighter.| Senators hud come
n,.., 1 'filmie r and had their amend
o tbe bill, and they had then
i M 11 bin three feet of him) and
| ticoiV'i ' lil " ' v h°le scheme as a piece of
, 1 •'‘"oai corruption. The com
fi.iJ not stop with the members
(-emmiuee.
Tj., ''' ' IK ANI> I Ll ‘ HEI -P YOU.
tia/i"' w hieh had been made on this
, ‘H*||,V I ' l ' " >n to this vet v bad plan was:
I ti;i j 1 ’ l lllt in mv appropriation and
lU,' t" put in yours.” He bad
ioy „, rH n°me to him and say: "Vest,
the iVht in vour argument about
Mm., j ll "s>' river hill. 1 was in the
lb:iit' m i not leave the procession.
*• 01 pork and had to let
e have hta part,” uud It
“ “**o to the end ol time.
Mr i t UIR MoT tON WITHDRAWN,
motion . 1,80 npposed Mr. McMillan’s
HI ,' characterized it as a practi-
r *l , Hfi!.. 1 ll, at the Senate was not
kill, li ' Pfepanng a river and harbor
'filing !. T o° uld not stultify himself by
SV“ rt *V: 'lihcussion t>v Messrs.
MiHi.i,' Kp nnand Miller, Mr. Me
*! pn„.;‘ ~r * w h i motion and the Sou
*hen(inu,.,. < “™ v,, ' on the various
‘‘"'fits to the bill.
Ea,. b r: mb krland sound.
!S*ll,’!,? r)rilt,t ’ 1 w *" "*lfeed to with
jj'iiii . -e until the Item Cumberland
“nd Florida) was
*t was a reduction from SlMt -
000 to SIOO,OOO. Mr. Call made an appeal
for a larger sum. The amendment was
rejected by a vote of 19 to 28, and the ap
propriation stands at $150,000.
The next important amendment upon
which a yea and nay vote was taken was
the one reducing the appropriation tor
improving the Tennessee river at Mussel
shoals from $:;50,000 to $250,000. Tbe
amendment was rejected by a vote of 10
to 33, and tha appropriation remains at
$350,000.
Mr. Edmunds made an argument
against the amendment which proposes
to appropriate $300,000 for the purchase of
tbe Portage Lake canal and Lake Superior
Iron Company’s canal.
liis argument was replied to by Messrs.
Conger and Palmer.
Mr. Saulsbury argued against the pur
chase ot artificial works belonging to in
dividuals or Slates. The amendment was
agreed to by a vote of 35 yeas to 21 nays.
EDMUNDS’ POSITION.
When the amendment in relation to
Calumet river was reached Mr. Edmunds
said it was evident that the majority of
the Senate was determined to adopt five
or six different measures looking to
transferring to the United States works
which the government had already paid
for in public lands. lie was bound to
suppose that each of them would go
through if it were alone, but he was also
bound to believe that each one would go
much faster and better when supported
by the comfortable backing of all the
others. It was useless, therefore, for a
Senator who did not wish to delay or im
pede tho action ot tbe Senate to take up
time in resisting that which could not be
resisted, and so it be was silent ail the
rest of the time he did not want the Sen
ate or people of his State to suppose that
these other provisions of the bill were
suitable and proper. The amendment
was agreed to.
THE HENNEPIN CANAL,
The amendment accepting the grant of
the Illinois and Michigan caual, and for
the construction of tbe Hennepin canal,
having been reached, Mr. Edmunds de
manded the yeas and nays, wmch were
ordered. Tbe amendment was adopted by
a vote ot 27 yeas to 20 nays. The vote in
detail was:
Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Blair, Brown, Call,
Conger, Cutlom, Dawes. K.nstie, Evarts, Gib
son, Gorman, Hall, Hawley, Hoar. Jones of
Nevada. Kama, Lvon, McMillan, Manderson,
Miller, Mitchell of Oregon. Palmer. Payne,
Sawyer, Spooner, Teller and Wilson of lowa —
27.
Kays —Messrs Beck, Berry, Blackburn,
Cockrell. Coke, Edmunds, Frye, George,
Hampton, Hcarst, Ingalls, Maxey, Platt,
Pugh. Riudleberger, Saulsbury, Vance. Walt
hall, Wbitthorne and Wilsouof Maryland—2o.
Without progressing any further with
the bill which, after all the committee
amendments are disposed of, will still be
open to further amendments, many of
which are to be offered. The Senate at
6:10 o’clock adjourned.
BUTIiKU’S MANSION.
lie Succeeds In Oett injg the Senate to
ltecommcnd its Piu'Obase.
Washington, July 14.—Ben Butler,
who lias succeeded after several days
hard work in induoing the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations to recommend
an appropriation ot $275,000 for the pur
chase of his granite house, right opposite
the capitol, to be used as government
offices, is now working to have
that appropriation put in the
sundry civil bill by the two houses. He
was very non-committal when inter
viewed to day about tbe announcement
that he is to run for Congress in the Lowell
district this fall. His evasiveness led to
the inference that, be would run. but to
night he is quoted as saying to a friend:
“No. 1 will not be a candidate for Con
gress tins fall. There’s neither money nor
glory iu it.”
THU ROMNEY MARSH CUT.
Late last night Senator Brown had tbe
Senate increase the appropriation for cut
ting through Romney Marsh from $14,000
to $2.'i,000. He also secured an order made
for the survey of -Jekyl creek.
The Naval Hill.
Washington, July 14.—The Commit
tee on the Order of Business of the House
having made it a condition that to secure
consideration the new naval bill must be
reduced in amounts, the Naval Com
mittee met to-day and agreed to reduce
the aggregate of the appropriations from
$6,400,000 to $3,500,000. The bill
as amended provides for the
completion of the unfinished monitors,
tbe construction of two armored vessels,
one cruiser and two first-class torpedo
boats, appropriates $75,000 for experi
ments with and the manufacture of tor
pedoes, and $150,000 for the equipment of
navy yards for construction work.
Public Building Bills.
Washington, July 14.—1n the Senate
ti-dv Mr. Mabone, from the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds, re
ported back the House Bill appropriating
$9,000 for the completion ol the public
building at Greensboro, N. C. It passed.
In the House to-day. on motion of Sir.
Crain, of Texas, the bill was passed in
creasing to $250,000 the limit of the cost
ol the public building at Galveston, Tex.
Printing tlie Vetoes Proposed.
Washington, July 14.—1n the Senate
Mr. Platt offered a resolution for print
ing all the Presidential vetoes from tiro
organization of Congress to the present
time, arranged in chronological order, as
a Senate document. It was referred to
the Committee on Printing.
Age Limitations Tor Pensions.
Washington, July 14.—Tbe House
Committee ou t’ensions to-day non-coti
curreil in toe Senate amendment to tbe
Mexican pension bill, placing an age lim
itation of 62 years upon applicants for
pensions under the hill and will reques t
a conference.
Annapolis’ New Superintendent.
Washington, July 14.—Commander
; W. T. Nampson, at present in command of
j the torpedo station at Newport, lias been
! ordered to duty as Superintendent ot the
Naval Academy to succeed Capt. Ramsay.
Hayti's President tlc-elocled.
Washington, July 14.— The Havtlcn
Minister lias been advised that President,
Salomon of Havtl, was, on Juno 30 re
elected President of that republic
Illinois Farmers Itiacouraged,
CENTRALIA, 111., July 14.—The con
tinued drought, and the failure of the
wticat crop which lias occurred for sev
eral years in succession, and the unpre
cedented ravages of the eblnch bug have
induced many of the farmers to form
themselves into a colony for tho purpose
of removing in a body ti> Oregon. Forty
i.'imilles have an organization at, Walnut
Hills with a president and secretary, and
are corresponding with the railroads for
cheap rates.
Brooks Sentenced to Hang;.
St. Louis, July 14.—Hugh M. Brooks,
alias W. H. Lennox Maxwell, convicted
of murdering Charles Arthur Preller, was
siu wnced tms morning to be banged Aug.
•r.. tsso.
PRYING-OPEN THE VAULTS
THE SUITPLUS RESOLUTION
PASSES THE HOUSE.
Mr. Morrison Sustained by Vote of COT
to (17—Amendments Offered in Quick
Succession and as Quickly Voted Down
—The Vote Given in Xtetatl.
Washington, July 14. ---The House to.
day went into committee of the whole
with Mr. Crisp in the chair for considera
tion of the surplus resolution, an arrange
ment having been made by which the
genera! debate should close at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Morrison offered the following
amendment:
The surplus or balance herein referred
to shall he available surplus ascertained
according to tbe form of statement of the
United Slates Treasurer of the assets and
liabilities of the Treasury of the United
States employed June 30, 1886.
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, took the floor
in opposition to the resolution,
participants in the debate.
Mr. Hewitt was followed by Messrs.
Weaver of lowa, Randall ol Pennsyl
vania, Pavson ot Illinois and Breckin
ridge of Kentucky in favor of the resolu
tion, and Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, in op
position to the resolution, and In a gen
eral criticism ot the financial policy of
the present administration Messrs. Reed
and Uingley, of .Maine, opposed the resolu
tion.
Mr. Reagan favored it and Mr. Hender
son, of lowa (Republican), did likewise,
and Mr. Morrison closed the general de
bate in support of tbe resolution.
The five-minute debate then began and
ran on without interest for half an hour.
The amendment offered by Mr. Morri
son this morning was adopted without
division.
Tue amendment offered by Mr. McKin
ley yesterday providing that the $100,000,-
000 set apart for the purpose of redeeming
legal tender notes of the United States
shall not be used for any other jiurpose
was rejected by a vote of 104 to 132.
Tlie amendment offered by Mr. Reed
authorizing the Secretary of tbe Treasury
at any time to suspend action under this
resolution until tho balance shall equal
$130,000,000 was rejected by a vote of 77
to 140.
An amendment offered by Mr. Hiscock
of the same purport as Mr. Mo Kin ley hi
amendment was rejected by a vote ot 74
to 129.
NO REDUCTION in the reserve.
An amendment offered by Mr. Weaver,
of lowa, reducing the reserve to $50,000,-
000, was rejected by a vote of 41 to 130.
An amendment offered by Mr. Warner,
of Ohio, for the substitution of United
States notes for national bank notes was
rejected by a vote o( 73 to 110.
An amendment offered by Mr. Wheeler,
of Alabama, authorizing $10,000,060 a
year of surplus to be used in support of
common schools, was ruled out ou a point
of order.
An amendment offered by Mr. Grosve
nor, of Ohio, providing that nothing in
this act shall be construed to convey to
the public any doubt as to the wisdom,
patriotism and integrity of the President
or the Secretary of the Treasury, was
ruled out on a point of order.
Mr. McKinley ot Ohio, moved to recom
mit the joint resolution with instructions
to tbe Committee on Ways and Means to
report, it back with an amendment previ
ously offered by him. Tniswas lost by a
vote of 118 veas to 153 nays.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The joint resolution was then passed by
a vote of 207 yeas to 67 nays. Following is
tbe vote in detail;
Yv.vs—Messrs. Allen of Mississippi, Ander
son of Onio, Atkinson. I’.al'eoiine, Barksdale,
Riirnes, Berry, Bennett, Blanchard, Bland,
Blount, Boyle, Brazg, Breckinridge of Ar
kansas, Breckinridge of Kentucky, Brown of
Indiana, Brovin of Pennsylvania, l.rumin,
Burnes. Burrows, Bynum, Cabell, Caldwell,
Campbell of Ohio, Candler. Canlon. Carlcton,
Cateiihigs, Clarity, Clements. Cobl), Compton,
l onger, Cooper, Cowles, Cox, Crin. Crisp,
Croxlon, Culberson, Curtin. ( utcheon,
Daniel, Dargan, Davidson of Alabama, David
son of Florida, Dockery, Dorsey.
Dougherty, Dunn, Eden. Eldr. dge, Ellsbery,
Kruientrout, Felton, Fisher, Koran, Ford,
Forney, Frederick. Fuller. Fnnslon, Gay,
Geddes, Gibson of Maryland. Giiflllan. Glass,
Goff, Green of New Jersey, Green of North
Carolina. Srosvenor, Guenther, Hale, Hall,
Harris, Hatch. Hemphill. Henderson of lowa,
Henderson of Illinois, Henderson of North
Carolina. Heplmrn, Herbert, Herman, Hill,
litres, Hitt, Holman, Holmes, Hopkins,
Howard, lludd, Hutton, Irion, Jae.kaon, John
son of Indiana. Johnson of North Carolina,
Jones of Alabama, Jones of Texas, Kelley,
King, Kleiuer. Laffoou, Lafolletle, l.aird,
l.anliym, Lawler, 1 efevre, Lore. Loveriug,
Lowry, Lyman, Markham, Martin, Matson,
Mavbury, MoAdoo. Me( omas, McCreary,
Mi Kenna, Mcßae, Miller, Mills. Moffatt, Mor
gan. Morrill, Morrison, Morrow, Murphy.
Neal. Neeee, Neeley, Nelson, Dales, O’Neill
of Missouri, Outhwaite, !’ayson. I’ee!, Per
kins, Berry, Peters, Pettihonc, I’idcoeit, Pin
dar. Plumb, Price, Itandall, Reagan, Reid
of North Caro’ina, Richardson. Riggs, Roineis,
Rowell, It van, Saddler, Nay res, Soney,.Sessions,
shaw, Singleton, Skinner, Snyder. Sowden,
springer, Stahlneckur. Steele, Stevenson,
Stewart of Texas, St. Martin. Stone of Ken
lucky, Stone of Missouri, Storm, Strait,
Nimble, swoojie, Tarsney, Tatpbee. J. M fay
lor of Tennessee, Zach Taylor of Tennessee,
Thomas of Wisconsin, Thompson, Throck
morton. Tillman, Townslitynd, Trigg, Turner,
Van Eaton, Wade, Wakefield, Wallace, War
ner of Ohio, Warner of Missouri, Weaver of
Nebraska, Weaver of lowa, Wellborn.
Wheeler, While of Pennsylvania, White of
Minnesota. Wilkins, Wulis, Wilson. Wiuans,
Wise, Wafford, VVeodbiirn and Worthington.
Nays— Messrs. Adams of Illinois, Allen of
Mastinelmsetts, Baker, Belmont, Bingham,
Bli-s, Bound, Boutelle, Buck, Bunnell, Bur
leigh, BiUlerworth, Felix Campbell or Near
York, T J. Campbell of New York, Camp
bell ol Pennsylvania, Col'ins, Davis, Dibble,
Dingley, Dowdney, Dunham. F.ly, Evans,
Everhart, Farquhar, Findlay, Fleegi r.Groui.
Hayden, Waynes, Hew itt, lliestand. lliHrook,
James. Johnson of New York, Ketcham,
I oil I bach, Lindsley, Little, Long, Mahonev,
McKinley, Merriman, Millar. 1, Millikeh,
Mitchell, Miil.er, O'Neill of Pennsylvania,
Osborne. Park'J*, Payne, Pierce, Reed of
Maine, Rice, it ckwe 1. Sawver, Seymour,
Smalls, Spooner, Me wart of Vermont. Stone
of Massscu set Is, Swinburne. Ike Taylor of
Ohio. Wait, Weber, West and Whitiug.
The joint resolution will now go to the
Senate' lor its aeliou. The House then
adjourned.
Naloin’s (Strikers.
Salem, Mass., July 14.—There is no
improvement in the situation in Salem
and Peabody. Rut her mailers have
grown worse since yesterday. No
strikers have returned to work, while
several shops which were running with
more or less complete forces yesterday
have only a lew men left. In the ten
hour shops the mt n who have no p raonal
grievance have struck in resentment of
the posting of tho employers’circular and
because of sympathy for their comrades,
who are working longer hours. The
manufacturers seem to bo firmer than
ever, while tne strikers decline to talk.
An Ex-Sheriff Hanged.
Chattanooga, July 14.—Ex-Sheriff
John Rino#. of Sumpter county, Ala.,
was taken from jail at Livingston by a
mob last night and hanged for attempt
ing to murder his brother-in-law.
SAVANNAH. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1886.
SOUTHER.V TRANSPORT LINES.
Meeting: of the Railway and Steam
ship Association at Washington.
Washington, Julv 14.— The Southern
Railway and Steamship Association met
here to-day in its twelfth annual conven
tion, Senator Joseph E. Brown, President,
presiding. The following named were
present as delegates: Alabama Great
Southern railroad and Cincinnati New
Orleans and Texas Paoitio Railway Com
pany, Frank S. Bond, President, John C.
Gault, General Manager, ami fl. Coil
bran, General Freight Agent; Central of
Georgia railway system, W. G. Raoul,
President; Central Railroad and Banking
Company of Georgia, W. G. Raoul, Presi
dent, T. D. Klein, Superintendent, W. F.
Shcllman, Traffic Manager, and O. A.
Whitehead, General Freight and Passen
ger Agent; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad Company, Columbia
and Greenville Railroad Company, A. B.
Thomas, General Manager, D. Cardwell,
Assistant General Freight Agent; East
Tennessee and Greenville Railroad Com
pany, Henry Fink, Vice President,Thomas
Pinkney, General Easterv| Agent; Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company, J- W.
Green, General Manager, E. R. Dorsey,
General Freight Agont; Georgia Pacific
Railway Company. J.W. Johnston,Presi
dent, X.W. Sage, General .Superintendent,
G. S, Burnum, General ..Freight Agent;
Louisville and Nashville Railroad and
Nashville and Montgomery Railway Com
pany, M. H. Smith, President, E. B. Stall
man, Vice President, J. M. Cuip, General
Freight Agent; Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis Railway Company, J. W.
Thomas, President, George R. Knox,
General Freight Agent; Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company, C. G. Eddy,
Vice President; Port Royal and Augusta
Railroad Company, W. G. Raoul, Presi
dent, E. T. Charlton, General Freight and
Passenger Agent; Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company, E. B. Thomas, Y’ice
President and General Manager; Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad Company, John M.
Robinson, President, L. T. Meyer, Gen
eral Superintendent; South Carolina Rail
way Company, A. P. Talmage, President,
John B. Peek, General Manager; South
and North Alabama Railway Line, M. 14.
Smith. President; Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company, Joseph E. Brown,
President, It. T. Anderson, Superinten
dent. Joseph M. Ifrown, General Freight
and l’assenger Agent; Wilmington, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad Company
and Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Company, J. F. Divine, General
Superintendent; Baltimore and liiob
mond Steamship Company, J. I J .
E.ister, President, G. H. Needham,
General Freight and Passongffr Agont;
Clyde ( New York) Steamship L'ne, T. G.
Eger, General Freight aiul l’aseenger
Agent; Merchants’ and Miners’ Trans
portation Company. George B. Appold,
President, V. D. Groner, Agent; New
York and Cbarlestoc Steamship Company,
B. 1). Hazel, Genu.al Manager; Ocean
Steamship Company, W. G. Raoul, I’resi
dent..
The report of Commissioner Virgil
Powers was read and referred to a com
mittee for consideration and report.
A recess was then taken until S o’clock
this afternoon. On reassembling the con
vention granted the committee further
time and adjourned until to-morrow at 10
o’clock.
BANK BOOKS BOKTKI).
A Deficiency of $40,000 Found in
the Fugitive Cashier’s Accounts.
St. Louis, Mo.. July If.—Tbe Provi
dent Savings Bank closed its doors to-day
and has made au assignment. Almond
B. Thompson, the cashier, haa absoonded.
The liabilities exceed the assets by $40,-
000.
Thompson is a graduate of Harvard
College, and since he has held his respon
sible position in this city bus been re
garded as a man of sterling integrity. lie
is President of the Harvard Club of this
city and a member of tbe Light Cavalry,
and a prominent Knight Templar. He
announced his intention in the latter part
of last week of accompanying the Light
Cavalry to tbe State encampment,
and it was generally supposed he
was there. Advices from that
point., however, state that no has
never been near the camp, and it is sup
posed that he has joined the artny of de
faulters in Canada. No other cause for
his defalcation can lie assigned other than
last living, for he has never been known
to speculate. The directors of tbe bank
have filed a petition ior a receiver.
The President of the bank, J. 8. Gar
land, has been absent from the city lor
about six months, and the cashier has as
sumed the President’s duties as well as
his own. The hank’s statement of yester
day shows assets of sl,l<i, r i.t!oo and liabili
ties s9Sfi,(loo. The directors of the hank
state that they will not. tie able to realize
on apparent assets to their full extent by
a large sum. W. H. Thompson, ot the
Commercial bank, has been appointed
receiver. Large crowds ot de
positors congregated around the
bank anxious to know the nature
of tbe embarrassment. The excitement
increased until it oeeame necessary to
call the police. The largest number of
depositors are clerks and poor men and
women. W. H. Thompson, tbe receiver,
says that the bank his been carefully
managed, and tew if any bad loans exist,
audit Is bis opinion that the depositors
will be paid in full.
DR KITKRA’B FI.IGIIT.
New York, July 14.—Some defect hav
ing been made in the assignment of De
Rivera & On. several days ago a now
assignment was prepared and tiled to-dav
in the County Clerk’s office, in which
Kmet It. Oloott is preferred for pro
fessional services rendered the firm as
counsel. Mr. Olcott has also taken
proceedings m the Supreme Courr.and has
obtained an attachment against the prop
erty of Henry C. de Rivera from Judge
Barrett u|>oii a claim that he rendered
professional services in ISSI and 18d(i, for
which he alleges ho is entitled to SII,OOO.
He has not bean able to find De Rivera in
this Slate and believes that he has ab
sconded. I>o Rivera’s father, and also
Ills partner, are of the same opinion.
Upon this ground the attachment was
granted. De Rivera is rtpurted to be in
Montreal. The liabilities of the firm are
put at $500,000 hv common rumor in the
absence of an official statement.
Philadelphia’s Weavers.
I’liii.AiiF.i.rmA, July 14.—'Tbe four nun
dred rug and carpet weavers who struck
at the mills of John Bromley <fc Sons last
Saturday, and who were ordered back to
work yesterday under protest pending
arbitration, went to the mills, but, found
tbo gates closed. They remained in the
neighborhood for a time ami then with
drew, and the difficulties are now as far
from a settlement as ever. Conferences
were held to-day, when fresh demands
were made and refused, and the men re
solved to stay out. The firm assert that
the gates to the mill were dost and by mis
take, hut the men state that it was just
what they expected umi wanted.
SLAIN BY AN ORANGEMAN
TRAGIC DEATH OF A CONSTA
BLE AND A SOLOIEK.
A Hortons State of Affairs at Waterford
—Several Buildings Wrecked by IMot
•rs at HelfiiHl—The Successful Tories
Already 300 lu Number—The “Classes
Acninet the Masses’’ Passage Hfuted.
Dublin, July 14.—During tho rioting
at Belfast last night between Catholics
and Protestants, four taverns ami a num
ber oi dwelling houses were wrecked.
The police and soldiers charged tho rioters
several times and at last succeeded In
clearing the main streets. In the byways,
however, dangerous knots of men are
lurking, and fears of a renewal of tho dis
turbances are entertained. Among the
wouuded last night was a sergeant. It is
thought that he cannot recover. A con
stable and many civilians received severe
wounds.
This morning tho head constable of
Waterford forced a private soldier to at
tempt to arrest two Orangemen, father
and son. The latter shot and killed both
the constable and soldier. The situation
at Waterford is serious. The streets ore
patrolled by police and cavalry.
A Nationalist meeting at Stewarts
town this morning was attacked by a
mob. Serious lighting ensued, and the
riot act was read. Several policemen
were injured in the country.
MR. PARNELL'S DENIALS.
London, July 14.—Tho Times, com
menting on Air. Parnell’s denial of Lord
Hartington’s assertion that the Nation
alists are in league with the Fenians,
says: “Mr. Parnell’s denials are mere
waste of breath. It seems necessary to
remind him that while the Marqufs of
llartington is a (nan of unblemisned
honor aud veracity, Mr. Parnell quite
recently was convicted of having delibe
rately and repeatedly affirmed that which
he knows to be faise.”
The Standard says: “Mr. Parnell car
ries his protestation of innocence to ab
surd lengths. The question he ought to
have faced is whether or not he has
availed himself of the services or moneys
ot extremists. To accept money from
Fenians aud then to disown them Is not a
course of conduct which commends itself
to Englishmen.”
The result of the elections is restoring
commercial confidence in Lublin. The
markets are buoyant. The banks of Ire
land and Irish railway shares are advano
log.
The totals of members elected thus far
are: Conservatives 306, Unionists 75,
Liberals 170, Parnellites 80. The total
votes polled up to the present time are:
Unionists 1,399,623, GladstonianH 1,320,648.
MASSES AND CLASHES.
The Duke of Westminster has replied
to Mr. Gladstone’s attack upon him for
giving the use of bis carriages on election
day to carry voters to the polls in Chester
in the interest of 11. A. Yerburgb, Tory,
against B. W. Foster, M. D., the Glad
stonian candidate lor re-election. Air.
Gladstone, in his letter to Afr.
Foster, characterized the Duke’s conduct
as an act of “the classes against the
masses.” The Duke says: “M v action at
Chester was simply an expression of my
former opinions, and consisted simply of
the loan of some carriages. Mr. Foster
did not scruple to ask for a loan of them
at the last election when he was the
Liberal candidate. The mass of tho work
ing classes have rejected your policy. I
cannot see, therefore, how mv action can
he described as a blow at either the aris
tocracy or working classes.”
Eight thousand Orangemen of Sydney,
N. S. W., have cabled to England a set of
resolutions denouncing the proposal to
grant home rule to Ireland.
GIVEN IN TIIKIR ADHERENCE.
The Duko of Argyle and Mr. Goschen
have given their adherence to Salisbury’s
programme, and are willing to enter bis
Cabinet provided the moderate Liberals
secure a fair share of the offices. Lord
fiartingtoo’s hesitancy to accept office in
the Conservative Cabinet is due to the
tact that he wiil risk bis political future
if he joins Salisbury and be excommuni
cated by tbs Liberals, as he can never
thereafter suoceed Gladstone to the
Liberal leadership, while, by remaining
independent, he can resume his place in
the Liberal ranks when the Irish question
is settled.
THE LATEST RETURNS.
At midnight the totals are Conservatives
and Unionists 386, Glsdstonians 252. The
Conservatives and Unionists now esti
mate tlie final result as follows: Conser
vatives 323, Liberal-Unionists 73, Glad
stouians 188. Parnellites 86.
BEECHER INTERVIEWED.
London, July 15, 2 a. m.—The Daily
News this morning prints an interview
with llenry Ward Beecher in which be
remarked upon the quiet and orderly
character of English elections as com
pared with elections in America. Re
garding the political battle, be said that
Americans were profoundly interested in
the British leaders, holding them in a sort
ol ideal reverence. With respect to his
presence amid the strife he said that
his finding Gladstone and Bright print
ing letters at each ether produced a strange
illusion From an American standpoint, he
said “the question at issue is as simple as
A, B, C, but when we come here we find
details rather than principles separating
great leaders. While in tee first instance
our whole thought goes with Gladstone,
yet when we road the arguments of other
men we admit our inability to meet them.
Then we are puzzled, but on details, not
on the general scheme at all.” Reverting
to the elections Ue admitted that the En
glish laws were much more rigorous than
American.
QUIET RESTORED.
Belfast, July 14.—The city is quiet to
day. An investigation shows that most
of the lighting was done between the po
lice and Orangemen, the latter assailing
the officers because they prevented the
Orangemen from attacking Catholics.
Policeman Gardner, who was reported
to have been killed Is not dead, but ho Is
fatally injured and is lying at the point of
death. Two civilians named McWaters
and McKlroy were shot dead. Fifteen
persons are still in the hospitals Buffering
from dangerous injuries received during
the riot Inst night.
A proclamation has been Issued whioh
forbids people to assemble in tne streets
and warns them that violation of this law
will render them liable to arrest.
A POLICEMAN DEAD.
Belfast, July 15, 5 a. m.— Policeman
Gardner is dead. The police garrison
has been largely increased. The wreck
age caused by the rioting yesterday re
sembled the results of a tornado.
Men, women and children were
struck down, bruised and bleeding,
still uttering cries of defiance and threats
of revenge. Protestants were beaten by
sheer numbers, and many of their houses
were afterward wrecked. Twcuty-tbree
prisoners while on their way to the police
station sang “Rule Britannia,” and
cursed tfc# PopwP*jhiUl and Ssvton.
EXTRA I) IT INO DYN AM ITKKH.
A New Treaty AY it li Kiitiluml Said to
Have Been Made.
London, July it.—An extradition
treaty between England and the United
States has been signed. In addition to the
customary clauses the treaty provides for
the surrender of dynamite miscreants.
At the Foreign Office to-dav it was stated
that when the matter was ripe communi
cation would be made to the press in the
usual way, and that the treaty would
doubtless be ratified at Washington after
the customary routine. Further details
were ixremptorily refused. At the
American legation Secretary White
was greatly incensed on be
ing questioned in regard to tho matter,
and refused to admit or contradict the
statement that the treaty had been signed,
on the ground that the State Department
at Washington was alone competent to
speak on the subject. lie said he was
surprised at the indiscretion at the For
eign Office and brusquely closed the Inter
view. It is generally thought in diplo
matic ciioles here that the Socialist
troubles lu Chicago largely influenced the
American government in making the
treaty.
FALL OF THE BABTILE.
Franco Celebrates the 07tli Anniver
sary of the Historic Event.
Paris, July 14. —The celebration ol tho
97th anniversary of the fall of tho Hastile
was opened at an early hour to-dav by
salvos of artillery. The ceremony of dis
tributing provisions and money to the
poor was conducted on a scale of groat
generosity. The Aro de Triomphe and
the Trocadoro were splendidly decorated.
Fairs were held in ail the city squares.
A battalion of school boys was drilled In
frontof the Hotel de Ville.and 40.000 troops
including soldiers returned from Ton
quin were reviewed in the Champs de
Mars. The aristocratic quarter of the
city was made conspicuous by the con
duct of its inhabitants in ignoring tbeday
and oiiject of the celebration. The bouses
were not decorated, the quarter was less
bright than usual and’many of the resi
dences had tbeir blinds closed. The
weather was far from pleasant, being
gusty and showery.
CELEBRATED AT MOBILE.
Mobile, July 14.—The French citizens
celebrated their national holiday to-day
by a banquet and ball. Charles l’illi
choddy. Vice Consul of France, presided,
and proposed the health of President
Grew. There were many speeches made
and the ball at night was largely attended.
DE WORMS’ DIVORCE.
Tho Fait.liloasnoHS of His XVif'e
Clearly Proven in Court.
London, July 14.—A decree nisi of di
vorce has been granted to Baron H. de
Worms against bis wife. The plaintiff’s
allegations concerning the lady’s crimi
nal relations with Baron Moron in the
Tyrol were fully proven. The evidence
showed that the Baroness made excep
tionally long sojourns on the
Continent, for incontinent pur
poses, obtaining hor husband’s per
mission to go away from home by pre
tending that she was suffering from ill
health which required Alpine nir. She
also, it was shown, managed to conceal
the purpose of her visits totheTyrol, which
was to meet Baron Meron, by hiring bis
castle. She gave him £lOO,OOO for the
use of it. 'A few years before this Baron
Meron was in a state of poverty. Baron
de Worms lias been awarded the custody
of his three children.
Italy’s Cholera. Returns.
Rome, July 14.—The cholera returns
for to-day are as follows: Brindisi, 1,100
new canes unrl 36 deaths; Fontana, 44 new
cases and 17 deaths; Latiano, 25 new
cases and 10 deaths; San Vito, 20 new
cases and 17 deaths; Cardegoro, 3 now
cases and 2 deaths.
Vienna, July 14.—At Trieste to-day
there were reported 3 new cases of cholera
and 1 death, at Flume 6 new cases and 3
deaths.
Peru’s Depreciated Currency.
Lima, July 14. — 1n consequence of the
depreciation and fluctuation of the silver
currency in circulation In this republic
it has been proposed to uso the American
gold dollar as tbe basis ot all monetary
transactions either fiscal or private*, using
tbe silver dollar at a value ol eighty cents
gold for all fractions. It is thought that
the government will probably ask Con
gress to glvo the matter Its consideration.
D’A umale’s I >eparture.
Paris, July 14.—Dacd’Autnale has re
ceived the decree expelling him from
France, lie will depart for England to
morrow.
SLASHING A CLERGYMAN.
A Quarrel Ends In Fattier and Sou
Being Fatally Wounded.
Fayetteville, Ark., July 14.—News
has reached here of a knife to the hilt
fight between Rev. John 1/okov, aided by
his son Ephraim, and a man by tbe name
of McClelland, near West Fork, in this
county. Lokey arid McClelland disagreed
as to the location of the line between their
farms, and it ended in a furious quarrel.
Lokey seized ids gun and attempted to
shoot his antagonist,, buttbecap snapped.
Father and son again assuulted McClel
land, when tbe latter drew hie knife and
commenced bis work of destruction. The
old man and boy were literally cut to
pieces, and there Is no hope for tho recov
ery of either. McClelland had his pre
liminary trial yesterday and was ac
quitted.
DRUMMED OUT OF CAMP.
Scrgt. Gleason or tlio Buscli
/.miaves in Disgrace.
St, Louis, July 14.—Tho Btate camp at
Marmailuke, Sweet Springs, is excited
over the expulsion of Sergt. Gleason, of
the Busch Zouaves. Gleason whs con
sidered the best drilled man In the com
pany, having taken several prizes
during the late trip of the
company through the South. An
order discharging Sergt. Gleason for
“conduct prejudicial to good order and
discipline” was issued this morning and
was read bororo the entire lorco during
tbe review by tho Governor. The Ser
geant was escorted beyond tho camp
limits by a guard of his company and will
not be permitted to return.
Ijowndes Goes Wet.
Valdosta, Ga., July 14.—1n the pro
hibition contest to-day seven districts out
of eight give 860 majority agaiust pro
hibition. Tbe district not beard from will
increase tbo majority to about 900. About
1.4M0 vales were culled. Lowndes is wet.
IPRICF. tO A YFAK.j
1 3 VENTS A COPY. \
OFFICEHOLDERS WARNED
THE PRESIDENT ON OFFENSIVE
PARTISANSHIP.
An Executive Order to the Heads of the
Departments Duty of I’ubllc Servants
to tlielr Constituencies —I’lace tluiii'i g
Not Intended to he Used for Party Pur
poses.
Washington, July 14.—'The following
executive order was issued by the Presi*
dent this afternoon:
KxEcnTivu Mansion, i
Washington. July 14, tsstl.f
To tho Tl l ' di of l ),: artmenta in IAo Smvico of
tho G&niintl Gonommont :
I deem this n proper tune to especially wars
all Huiiordinales in the several departments,
and till office holders under the general gov
urnmeut against the use of their official posi
tions in allcmpls to control political move
ments in their localities. Officeholders are
agents of the people—not their masters. Noti
only is their time ami labor dne to the gov
ernment, lint they should scrupulously avoid
in their political ceil on, ns well as in the dis
charge of their official duty, offending by a
display of obtrusive partisanship their neigh
bor i who have relations with them as puidio
officials. They should also constantly re
member that tbeir party triends
from whom they have received
preferment have not invested them
win tho power of arbitrarily managing
their political affairs. They have no right aa
office holders to dictate the political aciion of
Iheir parly associates ortothrottle freedom of
action within party lines, by methods and!
practices which pervert every useful ami jus
tifiable purpose of party organization- The
influence of Federal office holders should not
he felt in the manipulation of political prim- 1
ary meetings and nominating conventions.;
The use by these Officials of their influence to<
compass their selection by delegates lo pditH
cal conventions, is indecent ami unfair, and a.
proper regard for the propriety aud require-, 1
lmmtsof official place will also prevent tueui
assuming active conduct of political ram-j
paigns. Individual interest aud activity ilk
political affairs are by no meanaf
condemned. Office holders are neither!
disfranchised nor forbidden file exercise of!
political privileges, but their privileges aref
not enlarged, nor is their duty to their party!
increased to pernicious activity by office Isiltf-
Ing. ,1 list discrimination in this regard he
tween things a citizen may properly do and
the purposes for which public office should!
not be used is easy in the light of a correcß
Appreciation of the relation between the peoj
pie and those entrusted with official tdacei
and consideration of the necessity under onr
form of government of political action free
from official coercion. Ton are requested to
communicate the substance of these views to
those for whose guidance they are intended.
Ghowk Cpkwlani>.
IMPORTED LABOR.
Kniglila Itring Suit Agaiust the
< npitol Syndicate in Texas.
Chicago, July 14.—A dispatch from
Austin, Tex., says that suit has been com
monced in the United States Court thera
against Gus Wilke, contractor, John V.
Farwell, C. B. Far well, Abner Taylor aud
Amos Babcock, of Chicago, lor violation
of an act of Congress passed in Febru
ary. 188.7, prohibiting the importation amt
immigration of foreign laborers. It is
alleged that the ahovo named persona
some time in April drought, or cairsed to<
he brought, from Beotia nil eigbty-sijc
gi unite nutters, who are now at work oi*
the oapltol. Gus Wilke, the contractor,,
says they came of their own free
will in answer to an advertisement
and they were not solicited or paid to da
so. It is suspected that the suit has been
instigated by the Knights of Labor who
are “down on” the syndicate for woiklnn
penitentiary convictH furnished by the
State. Tne suit will be tried at the Au
gust term.
the syndicate’s explanation.
The dispatch Was shown lion. C. B,
Farwell aud Cel. Tavlor by a reporter,
and they -aid it was the first Intimation
ot tbe affair they had bad. They had not
brought any laborers from Scotland of
els 'where abroad. The men who cams
were not laborers but skilled granite cut
ters. and they had not been brought but
came of their own free will. Thai
fact was, that there being a scar
city of granite cutters in Texas,
some Scotchmen there had written to
their acquaintances and friends in the
oid country telling them ttiat they coulck
get work If they came, and a number
came. The contractors tuen caused ad
vertisements to be putln Scotch papers,
in reply to which men were itoing ouff
there all the time. It was a matter with
which the syndicate had nothing to aof
whatever, it belonged entirely to tho
contractor.
STARVED HERSELF.
Dying After a Fast, of Fifty-Three
Hays.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 14.—Mrs. Caro
line Benedict, a well-known woman, who
for many years bad resided in the little
village of Motlville, in the town of Ska.
neuteles, died recently after a fast extend,
ing (iltv-tbree days. She was the young,
cat daughter of Ralph Hail, a wealthy
farmer ot Hkaneateies. A sister, Mrs,
Sarah K. Judson, was one of the first mis
sionaries to Burmah. The Rev. George
Bondman, the noted Philadelphia divine,
is a nephew, and the Rev. Kid ward John
son, of New York, is also ber nephew.
On May 15 Mrs. Benedict was suddenly*
taken with a distaur lor food. She slowly;
wasted away until her form was
a skin-covered skeleton. Last Wednes
day she died, surrounded by herfamilv,
without having tasted a morsel of lood fo
the time slated. Drs. A. Mercer and N.
C. Benedict, of this city, and l)r. J. W.
Brown, of Moutville, vouch for this fact.
They say that it is one of the queerest
eases in medicine. Until the morning ot
the last day of her fast she was perfectly
conscious, but was in a sort of apathetio
state, induced by a lack of blood In the
brain.
Her pulse averaged about 80 beats to
the miuule, and the normal rate for a
woman ofter ago would be Irorn 65 to 75.
Her respiration, which if normal would
have been from 16 to 18 a minute, was
fairly steady at 20. Occasionally sbo
would have sinking spells, when her pulse
would drop as low as 50, undone time it
became almost imperceptible for five con.
secutive hours. On other occasions, as
she became very weak, the pulse would
flutter and suddenly run up as high as
120. Another strange feature of the case
was that during the whole period ber tem
perature was normal, and her hands were
warm until the last. Her husband, Har
mon B. Benedict, for thirty years has
been a Justice of the Peace, and he says
that during her fifty-three day fast noth,
lug but water was given her.
Outrages ly Anti-Prohibitionists.
Toronto, Ont., July 14.— A series or
dastardly outrages are being perpetrated
upon active supporters of the Scott tem
perance act in many places in which it is
in force. At Hastings, Northumberland
county, several persons have had their
property wantonly destroyed. Yesterday
a house at Arthur, Norib Wellington, was
burned to the ground, and the stables and
outbuildings of License Commissioner
Graham at Smith's Falls. Lanak countv,
were destroyed uud Mr. Graham waa
fataitv burned