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ESTABLISHKI) 1850. j
jj u EsTILL, Editor and Proprietor.!
[oN'GRESS’ COMING CLOSE
I
I orTue.d .y r*t Week K-
I , te rt to Murk the End of the Session
r'i'rraent Statui the Appropriation
|lilll-lutrr*t Centering in the Cou-
Ij/rem- Committee*.
|\Va.-iungton, July 25.—The final ad-
I rulllt i,t of Congress may possibly take
I e tue last of this week, but the con
iirrence of the best opinions on the sub
let leads to the belief that it will be
lemoned until Monday or Tuesday of
Lxt week. These opinions are, however,
feually expressed with a reservation
lokißi' to the possibility of important
l tueß '. All the appropriation bills except
"e general deficiency and fortifications
Ills have passed both houses, and to these
so the Senate will devote its earliest at
utjoU. The river and harbor and legis
nve bills still linger in conference, and
Ip sundry civil btfl will doubtless be made
‘ #u i,j..ct of conference to-morrow. All
j e ,appropriation bills have gone to
je President.
the outlook fob the future.
Hevncd a few leading features, which
lav t , e stated as probabilities, the future
nceediiiits in both houses are likely to
t characterized by struggles for prece
ti r p Between the advocates of measures
m since placed upon the calendar, and
i,.'results cannot be foretold. After the
nere defeat of the steering corn
|j;iee of the House last Friday
i,n committee abandoned all effort to
aa ,,e the course of legislation, and the
is uierefbre left without a guide or
Lijjii i. and programme of proceedings
inter tin- epeoia.l privilege conferred by
~ rules. The Public Lands Committee
lilt this week demand action on the land
ra „t forfeiture bills, while the opponents
[•1;,.,!., nil tsmvs will join bands with the
buds of the inter-Male commerce bill
i an a tempt to defeat this purpose
r raising tee question of consideration.
RIVERS AND HAKISORS.
Is conference reports upon the river
harbor bill may be expected to oom
(1 the attention of tne House whenever
are made, and time enough will be
ii io dispose of them whatever else
Imin the way.
amendments made by the Senate to
lundry civil bill, notably the silver cer
*ie clause, will give rise to a spirited
perhaps prolonged controversy,
ale difficulty is anticipated in secur
aotiou on the conferenoe ronorts upon
remaining appropriation bills,
iculd the Senate amend the Morrison
lutiou in any of the ways indicated as
•aide by current rumors it is believed
House will accept the amendments
lout prolonged debate.
MEXICAN WAR PENSIONS,
last effort will be made by the Pen
s Committee, if opportunity is af
ed, to secure action on the amended
lean pension bill, but the strength of
ipposition to the measure makes its
extremely doubtful.
ie greatest element of uncertainty,in
iog not ouly the proceedings of the
k, but to some extent the question of
, adjournment,is the action of the Sen
upou the amendments to be pro
dto the fortifications bill, possibly
easiug the amount appropriated by
. measure from less than $1,000,000 to
e than $18,000,000.
is deficiency bill is the unfinished
•ness of tiie Senate. Although a very
; measure it contains few’ debatable
is, and its consideration is not ex
ted to consume much time.
HE SEN 4TK AN D THE DEFENSES.
the Committee on Appropriations
pistes its work on the lortiticaiions
to-morrow, that measure will be next
t!1 hp m the Senate. Air. Dolpo, by
it of the Committee on Coast De
vs, will; impose an amendment appro
■* Hi: JiioOO.OOO for the construction
furuficaiions and other works of
t dek-ase in accordance with the rec
ineiuiations of the Board of Fortiiiea
and other defenses, ami Mr. Hawley
'irJev oi the same committee expects to
turn- as an amendment the two bills al
w; reported to encourage the manulac
re ol steel for modern ordnance, one re
-111!k to the army and the other to naval
L aiioe, and appropriating $5,000,000
hie calendar ok nominations.
1 w intended to devote one day and
t , mu ealeudaroi noiai
]3 in bt-LTot session after the appro
.* tl0 “ Wli itre passed.
jW jlsrrU.il, surplus resolution if re-
L'V* 1,1 expected on Tuesday, will
• oui cuuie next in order,
ns'ae.u,ion of the conference reports
lu: ’,fllaneous calendars may
e ' J rUie remainder oi the week,
teseuaus mu he urgently invited to
is.sf e !‘‘ uc ' i lo 'be v foed pension
u i Uie fractional whisky bill over
“ensures on the calendar.
HiK l ONfLRKNCK COMMITTEES,
jj'-'emion during the week will
o„ r '; '■'“•lereuce committee rooms,
ii! , M i a r ' "T on the river and harbor
:r '''I 1 , l " slowly approacniug an
rtin./w o“ tueir BV(>,al points ol dii
a prospect ol complete re
1, mm: the week.
ial eon.. V !! ‘” two will by inu
11b ~t l,>lun reach an undei standing
ll‘ three or lour days upon
n. tf . s ll<llVu bill without lurtiier con
tbo confereee on the sun-
Wr'irl *' rrv j"” bill and the extent of
hiu. i" i;i 'lepund largely upon the
er eer* • by ( bc liou*o of the sil-
Tte3*! e -ouendmeot.
Lib., i , " upon the deficiency bill
1 " biore than a lormulily.
Tb. n‘ li . ‘‘“ K emption laws.
jmiEutant of the miscella
-1 v'jiii, , 1 ' **" irencral legislation now
“‘pt.oi: „ ; < ; <J 18 "io bill repealing tin; pro.
St mu. ,10!,<,r culture law. Thoro
Witt-, u, , .'bb.-rencc hot ween the two
to 1110 Senate amend*
1 tti.. ~'‘"j "ie,i mre, and some members
. ° ooiumltteo express
WciinLi ,ljal l! - "HI prove to be lire
iuL,',' 1 '' 1 ' '.nseuuint luilure of the
—ll n | ! 11 ' aw at ibis session.
tti! l ' ul 'llc Iluildliiii.
; p,', I ''''"'"iulya.',.—Senator Brown
* 6 l'edcrai' , 'm’ 1 ’" 1 'or 'be uewSuvau*
Hi'i tti',.'. 'oililuia which the Hen ate
XHnUv „. ll . lUr - v "ivil appropriaiion hill
'°ttld iiiei.) 1 1,1"? 1 "^ 1 ' 1,0 thought the amount
*sthis ol'hiiiikls of the work dur
illl(| l bat text year iro
lllorot
W, ~u<‘ I'risonr'rs Shot,.
,lu| y 25—A Special says
JM*b b, )v ' V' n . u "ty. Ky., the twoCrlt
,ll "'ligi,' l ‘ n ltir arrest for stubbing
k,^ kln if ''bsnipted to escape, by
"and kin„.| ta I,H Milton down. Milton
ia!."'' r ' Tli " lIO . HML I mortally wounded
J wti et( |, **' 'li'endeiis attacked and
' •‘litni. iiii,. ,or reporting them
aUur without a license.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
The Probable Outcome of the Con
ferences of the Two Houses.
Washington, July 2b.—Tne members
of the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors have been holding frequent con
ferences with a view to finding some way
in which to save the river and harbor bill
from threatened death. The time until the
probable day of adjournment is so
short that they have felt obliged
to adopt some measure which would be
at once simple and easily applied. They
have about determined to ask the House
to strike out the appropriations for the
Hennepin canal, for the Sturgeon Bay
canal, for the Portage Lake canal, and
for the national harbor of refuge
at Sandy Bay, Alass. This would reduce
the aggregate of the appropriations about
three quarters of a million. They pro
pose to move to concur in all tue other
Senate amendments. Tboy think that the
Senate to save the latter will yield tbo
four items referred to and they think the
President is much more likely to
sign the bill if these four items are left
out. The three canal appropriations are
very questionable. All "the members of
the oommittee here except Mr. Stoue, of
Massachusetts, consider the Sandy Bay
harbor of refuge unneceseary,
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Commissioner Miller Slakes a Pre
liminary Report.
Washington, July 2o.— Hon. Joseph
S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue, has made a preliminary report of
the operations of the internal revenue
service during the fiscal year ended June
30, 1886, of which the following is an ab
stract: Total collections this year sllO,-
902,845. for the previous fiscal year $112,-
421,121, increase $4,481,724. The cost of
collection for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1886, was about $4,300,000, being 3.67
per cent, of the amount collected, and
$155,000 less than the cost lor the year
ended June 30, 1885.
During the year the offices of the collec
tors of internal revenue have been exam
ined as frequently and as thoroughly as
was possible with the limited number of
revenue agents at command, and the re
ports of the agent and collectors indicato
a generally satisfactory condition of the
service. In concluding his report, Com
missioner Miller says: “It is yet too early
to make any accurate estimate of the
total collections for the current fiscal
year. The reports from the various col
lection district, however, and informa
tion from the larger manufacturing cen
tres together with the large increase in
the receipts for the present month as
compared with the same month last year,
indioate that the receipts for the year will
be considerably increased.
BOMBARDING A TRAIN.
Several Negroes and a White Man
Injured by Rocks and Bullets.
Jackson, Miss., July 25.—Last night
as a special train of thirteen coaches,
heavily loaded with passengers, most of
whom were negroes residing along the
line of the Vicksburg and Alendian rail
road, was leaving Vicksburg to return to
-Meridian, brickbats and stones were hurl
ed into it tnrough the windows by un
known miscreants standing outside in the
darkness. One young negro was struck
on the head and rendered unconscious.
Just before the train reached Bovina pis
tols were fired into the cars, and one
colored man was shot through the
shoulder. When two miles east of
Clifton tho train was again fired into, this
time by a man standing upon the era*
baukmeutof a cut through which the
train was passing,and a young white man
was shot through the leg. Tne train
passed here late at night. All the injured
were taken to their homes. No clue has
been obtained locating these dastardly
acts or indicating the motives of the
would-be assassins.
KILLED HER HISIt INI) BY FIRE.
Continued Abuse Drives a Miner’s
Wife to Desperation.
Pittsburg, July 25.—Thomas Dailard,
a colored miner ot AlcDonald, I’a., died
to-night from the effects of injuries re
ceived a week ago in a quarrel with bis
wife. Dailard frequently assaulted hie
wife, and on the night of Julv 16 came
home Intoxicated and commenced abusing
her. She remonstrated with him. but as he
evinced no disposition to desist in tiis
111-treatment she threw a can of carbon
oil over him and then set tire to his
clothing. His cries brought assistance
and the flames were extinguished but he
was so terribly burned that all efforts to
save his life were without avail and he
died to-night in great agony. Mrs. Dai
lard has not been arrested.
MEXICO’S MADNESS.
The Government Evidently Deter
mined Not to Surrender Cutting.
El Paso, Texas, July 25 Mr. Cutting
was brought before Judge Casteneda last
evening anil informed that his case had
become of such national importance that
it would have to he transierred to the
First District Court, where sentence
would be pronounced at some future day.
Consul Brigham trie.l to learn when
thetna 1 would tuke place, hut could get
no satisfaction. It Is now thought that
Mexico is determined not to give Mr.
Cutting up. It is rumored on the streets
of Paso Del Norte that a train load of
troops with artillery is approaching the
oily iro in Chihuahua. The situation he
gins to look serious.
KILLED 15V A TUVIN.
An Atlanta Lad Meets Ilia Death
on the Kails at, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, July 25.—Augustus
Byrd, aged 17 years, of Atlanta, Ga., was
struck by a passenger train on the Penn
sylvania railroad in the northern part ot
the city last night and instantly killed.
He had stepped from one track to another
to avoid a train, and (lid not notice a sec
ond train coming front an opposite direc
tion. llis companion, Edward Curran,
also of Atlanta, escaped dath by lying
down between the tracks. The boys were
on their way to New York, where they
had been promised employment.
Collapse of a Business Building;.
Sr. Lotts, July 25.—A large six-story
brick building at the corner of Washing
ton avenue m il Ninth street, and occupied
by the Simmons Hardware Company, col
lapsed to-night. The less is $86,000,
Not, so Very Non-I*olitical.
St. Louis, July 25—Judge Advocate
McCarry, of District Assembly No. 101 of
the Knlghtsof Labor, bus been nominated
to contest thu Congressional district
which Mi. Glover now represent s.
SLAIN BY HIS LITTLE SONS
BOYS KATHF.It SMAliti TO MIT
AN AX KIBIi THKIIt SIKE.
Liberty County tlie Scene of the Trag
edy—currency the Scene of a Serioun
Shooting; Affray ISetvceeu Negroes—
Voter* Turning their Attention to
Florida'* Proposed New Constitution.
Johnston Station, Ga., July 25. —
A shocking tragedy was perpetrated in
the 1.132d district of this county Friday.
Pat Martin, a widower, living with his
three little boys, tbo oldest oeing about 12
years ot age, was killed by them while
sleeping on a cot in the front piazza of his
house. They went to the bouse of an aunt
living near and confessed the horrible
deed, saying that their father had whipped
them and threatened to ohoko and cut
their throats when he had taken
a nap. The hoys secured an ax, and
while be slept aimed three or tour blows
at his head, killing him before he could
rise. The boys are small for tueir age,
having always been considered sickly.
Martin was addicted to dunking, but
as he worked hard at a neighbor’s house
up to dinner time, and the killing took
place immediately after, it is not probable
that he was in liquor.
Li herty county’s history does not lur
uisn a parallel lor this case.
SHOT AT BURIiENCY.
A Quarrel Over s!)e. Ends in a Re
sort to Buckshot.
Jesup, Ga., July 25.— Bleck Commons
shot Tony Williams with buckshot last
night at Surrency. It seem that Com
mons owed W’illiams 60c., and when
Williams asked him for the money he
raised his gun and fired at him, five buck
snot entering Williams’ stomach. Wil
liams is seriously wounded, but the phy
sician thinks he will recover. Commons
tried to escape this afternoon on the down
train, but the Sheriff, having oeen notified,
was on hand to meet him at the tram,
and he is now in jail awaiting the arrival
of the Appling county Sheriff. Both are
colored.
FLORIDA’S CAPITAL.
Voters Beginning to Scan the New'
Constitution.
Tallahassee. Fla., July 25.—The
voters of this section are now manifesting
considerable interest in the jirovisions of
the new constitution which will be passed
upon at the polls in November. There is
a widespread desire to become acquaint
ed with its general tenor, and the changes
proposed are being considered and dis
cussed at length. While It must be ad
mitted that the newly formed instrument
is far more perfect, it at the same time is
superior in many respects to the present
organic law. Under the present system
tho Governor and Legislature are elected
by the people, and the Governor appoints
all other officers. State and county, ex
ecutive and judicial.
The objection to this plan of choosing
officers more than any other cause
brought about the new constitution. If
this new organic law is adopted, the Leg
islature, Governor, Cabinet, Judges of
the Supreme Court and county officers
will bo elected by the people, thus leaving
the Circuit Judges and a few minor offi
cers to be appointed by the Governor.
Provision is made tor the establishment
ot city or corporation courts in several
counties for the trial of criminal causes
arising therein. Tue life tenure of judi
cial officers is abolished and the term
limited to a tew. Whether this is a proper
change remains to be seen by a practical
application of the principle.
The time for the meeting of the Legisla
ture alter 1887 is cnanged from January
to April.
The office of Lieutenant Governor and
Adjutant General will be abolished after
the expiration ol the present term in
January, 1889.
Provision is made for the establishment
of new counties in the State when it shall
prove expedient to do so, which cannot
be done under the existing constitution.
There is scaicely any doubt that the new
instrument will be adopted by a good ma
jority, and if so, will take effect Jan. 1,
1887. The first general election under it
will be in November, 1888.
The indications are that Mr. S. R. Mal
lory, of Pensacola, will have a larger
number of delegates to the Brooksvide
Congressional Convention than any other
candidate mentioned for the nomination,
but it is uot certain that ha will have suf
ficient strength to itisuie his successtul
capture of the much coveted prize. It
seems, however, that Mr. M allory is gain
ing strength and his friends are hopeful.
Though quite a young man, Mr. Mallory
hHS served several years in ihe Florida
Senate and has inadea fine record. He is
a learned and successful lawyer, and has
held many places of trust and confidence.
The following lines may be seen written
on a door in one of the buildings ot a well
known institution of learning and by
many have been attributed to Gen. Bob
Toombs:
Tra-la, old place of hallowed associations.
With your learned faculty and rigid exami
nation..;
When 1 have passed to my wonted rest,
May others do obeisance and call thee blest.
Condition of Baldwin Crops.
MtLLEDGEViLLE, Ga., July 25.—0n yes
terday your correspondent Interviewed
several of the most prominent farmers tn
Baldwin and found out that, not near an
average crop will be made. In the south
ern part of the county rain U needed; in
the northern part they have had too much.
Along the river bottoms some of tne tann
ers have planted corn as much as four
tunes. The fanners are all very busy now
killing grass. Watermelons and peaches
are plentiful, but tne fruit is not near as
delicious ns the average.
Burning of a Church.
Augusta, Ga., July 2tl, 2 a. m.—This
(Monday ) morning the Chrletiun .Mission
church, near the toll gate, on the Sum
merville road, was burned to the ground.
The church was erected only a lew
months ago through the e Hurts of Kev.
C. S. Lucas at, a cost, of Ifg.OUO,
ami was situated In the middle of
a growing section of the city. Regular
services were held yesterday and incen
diaries must have done the work. The
lire department responded promptly but
could not save tfco structure.
Death of u Kepreseutalive.
Wahkenton, Ga., July 24.—Hon. M.
11. Hhurlay, Representative from this
( Warren) county, died at ills home, at
Norwood, lust night at iii.'JO o’clock, of
rheumatism of the throat. His remains
will be Interred at Norwood this atter
noon at 4 o’clock with Knights of Honor
ceremonies.
Marine News.
New York, July 25—Arrived: Steam
ers Chattahoochee from Savannah, Wya
noko Ironi Richmond Hnd Seneca from
Newport Nows. Arrived out: Uugia.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY. JULY 26, 1886.
ROSCOE CONKLING.
His Success in ilio Suit of Stokes
Against Jay Gould.
New York, July 24.— Everybody has
fled to the country. Roscoe Conkling is
about the only prominent man left in
town. No matter how hot the weather,
he turns up in oourt daiiy, arguing cases
with consummate ability and piling up a
fortune which just now seems to bo the
summit of his ambition. He won new
laurels in the suit of Edward S. Stokes
against Jay Gould, yclept “The Bankers
and Merchants Telegraph Company vs.
the Western Union.” 'lhe ease has been
so befogged by long-winded reports of tne
trial that it will bear condensation for
popular information. Here it is briefly:
The American Rapid Telegraph Company
became bankrupt, its wires passed into
the possession of the Bankers and Mer
chants Company. The latter company
became embarrassed and went into the
handsof a receiver. In the litigation over
the estate ot the American Rapid Com
pany the Western Uuion acquired a right
to its wires. Judge Donohue granted an
order directing the receiver of the Bank
ers and Merchants Company to surrender
tho American Rapid wires to the West
ern Union. Meantime, however, the
Bankers and Merchants had stretched
some of its own wires on the poles of the
Rapid Company. The receiver found It
difficult to separate thorn. In a fit of in
dignation Dr. Norvin Green out all the
wires on the tides of the Rapid Company
in this city, and led them into the West
ern Union office. This isolated the Bank
ers and Merchants Company aud stopped
its business. A suit was brought for
damages, and it was this suit that Conk
ling won. The company got $249,000
damages.
HE ARGUED THE CASK
before the jury early in the morning, when
very few prominent men were present.
Rarely has he appeared to greater advan
tage. He spoke a little less than two
hours. He was in perfect bodily and in
tellectual health. His voloe was unusu
ally clear. The nasal twang so pro
nounced in his efforts at political conven
tions was muoh.eotleued. His argument
was compact and ornamented wltu sar
casm tout at times made the atmosphere
almost iridescent. He wore a dark gray
suit that fitted him to perfection. 'His
coat was a long cutaway, an<j his trous
ers were ot the new peg-top cut. A hand
kerchief with a blue border peeped from
his breast pocket, and he wore a lilac
colored necktie and broad white cuffs.
His speech was evidently carefully pre
pared and be had apparently committed
it to memory. Each sentence was per
fectly rounded and classically expressed.
The court room was as still as death. At
times the ex-Senator paused, as though
studying the effect of his argument on the
jury. Then he would draw himsell up to
his full height, lowering his whito index
finger to a dead level, line a duelist level
ing a derringer, and scoot pointed faots
into ifie foreman of the panel, and the
minds of fits hearers, who listened with
rapt attention. His address was made
all the more powerful by its contrast with
tho speech ol Bob lngersoll, who had pre
ceded him.
808 WAS RETAINED ON THE SAME SIDE
as Conkling, and made what he con
sidered the effort of his side. It was elo
quent ami masterly, but it did not seem
to take root. He had the advantage of
Roscoe in having the opening; yet ex
tracts from Conkling’s argument are
floating all over the country, while Bob
is bardly mentioned. It is to Conkling’s
credit tnat in no case did he tread in
Bob’s footsteps or attempt to broaden
Bob’s deductions. He cut a swath of his
own, raked his own hav, and cocked it.
His logic was direct, fresh, original and
adorned with quaint and seductive pecu
liarities. Since the days ot James T.
Brady and Ogden Hoffman the bar of
New York has not heard a more eloquent
or convincing appeal. The Senator has
been warmly congratulated by his trlends.
No man was more delighted than Ed.
Stokes. He placed bis span of trotters at
Mr. Conkling’s disposal, and on the fol
lowing afternoon ltosooe bowled along
the boulevard, ribbons in hand, the ob
served of the observers. At night he
bathed In the marble tank of the Athletic
Club in the glow of the electric lights.
He wore silken trunks, and his fine physi
cal proportions awakened envious leel
ings in the hearts of members who sat
beneath the tropical shrubbery and.
watched his aquatic antics.
MR. CONKLING PAYS NO ATTENTION TO
POLITICS.
He rarely converses on political topics
with even his most intimate friends, ills
thoughts are concentrated on the practice
of Ins profession, and he is rapidly accu
mulating a fortune. He is the pink ot
neatness, but he is neither expensive nor
extravagant in his tastes and habits. 1
never saw him in a cab, and have seen
him ouly once in a horse car. He usually
walks to his office aud lrom there to the
court room. Not long ago I seen him
rush into a beer saloon, drink foaming
lager, and regale himsell at the free luncu
counter. It was to save time—not money.
A fortune secured, he may, like Gen. Gor
don of Georgia, re-enter the political lists,
und make New York polities more lively
than tney have been mado since the duys
of Bi.as Wright.
Koscoe’s brother Fred will probably be
the successor of John J. Adams, now rep
resenting one of the city Congress dis
tricts. Fred is Colonel of the Eighty
fourth N. G. 8. N. Y. 11c Is tbiymen
years older than Roscoe, and lias already
served a term in Congress. The Colonel
is seventy years old. He is affable and
devoted to the service ot his friends. He
is us tall as Roscoe and as straight as an
arrow. He lias the lace of an old Unman,
and the nerve oi a lion. Tho only sign of
decay about him Is a slight deafness.
ZISKA.
W AON Ell’S NEW OPERA.
“Tristan and Isolde” Scores a Great
Success at Bayreuth.
Bayreuth July 25.—1n the presence
of an Immense audience the first perform
ance of “Tristan and Isolde” began at 4
o'clock to-day in the Festival Theatre. It
mot with success surprising all expecta
tions.
The success achieved by the peco was
quite equal to that obtained by the Nio
bt lungeu Ring, and the t’arjilai perform
unce, wuicti was unabridged, lasted uutll
10 o’clock. The Imperial, Royal and
Ducal Opera Houses of Vienna, Munich,
Dresden, K arisen tho and Weimar sent
their best artists to do honor to Wagner.
Others came from alt parts of Germany,
aud even from England anil Holland.
Spain’s Convention vvitli England.
Barcelona, July 25.—Thousands of
mercnanls and operatives assembled to
day to protest against the commercial
convention with England, which has just
been ratified by the Chamber of Deputies.
It WES resolved to request the govern
ment to resign. Violent speeches were
made.
A PARADISE FOR WOMEN.
MANY FIELDS FOR PROFIT OPEN
TO THEM AT WASHINGTON.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 Female* Fur*
niAhed KmplO)innt by the tiovern
ment—Photos ot the Bride on Which
the Artist lltiaed Hts Hopes of a For
tune-Senators Poor P*trou* of Thetr
KeMtHuraut—Senators with Children by
the Doßeu.
Washington, July 24.—Washington
gives women more opportunities to show
what they are good for than any other city
in the world. It should be made the para
dise of woman’s rights advocates. They
can find no better verification of tfie cor
rectness of tbeir claims than by referring
to tho record made by their sex at the
natioual capital. In the government de
partment alone between 4,000 aud 6,000
women are employed. They do all kinds
of work and receive salaries ranging
from $720 to SI,BOO a year. There are
also a large class of women employed who
work by piece work, but do the work that
would be required in a factory. The
women of the government printing office
are paid, as a rule, by tho piece or by the
day. Those on piece work make $1 33 a
day, and there are over 1,000 so employed.
They stitch pamphlets, run numbering
machines, fold aud paste for the bindery,
and do, in fact, nearly every olass of work
done in the office. Some of them set type,
and these receive 35 cents an hour, and
thoir average salaries are S7O a month.
A large number of guides are em
ployed at the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing, and theso are nearly
all woman. An army of sweepers
aud scrubbers is employed to clean out
the Treasury Department every day'aud
the woman who presides over them gets
SBOO a year. Connected with them Is a
class who sew carpets in the Treasury
lor the government buildings all over the
country, and added to these are a large
number of washwomen woo wasn the
thousands ot towels used in each depart
ment, and the numerous women employed
In the restaurants of theso great build
ings. Outside of the government employ
there are thousands of women who
make good liviugs at the national
capital. The pension and patent lawyers
employ a very large number as type
writers, stenographers and clerks. The
majority of the clerks and cashiers of the
dry goods and notion stores are women.
A number ot women own stores in Wash
ington, and the ice creams and confec
tions for the White House dinners for
yoars past have been supplied by a funny
little French woman, who has made a for
tune at the business, There are also not
a few women lawyers and physicians in
Washington. Among the best known
lawyers is Belva Lockwood, the Presi
dential candidate, aud among the
physicians is .Mrs. Dr. Winslow,
who attended CUiui Justioe Waite during
his late illness, and who was called in oc
casionally to see ex-President Arthur.
There is a large class of women here en
gaged in literary work, and this embraces
book writers, magazine writers, news
paper correspondents and teachers. Tho
boarding-housekeepers are numbered by
thousands, of whom there are two classes
—those who merely rent furnished rooms
and those who give board as well. A
woman will take a large house
here, paying anywhere from $75
to S3OO per month, and then sublet
the rooms to single gentlemen or
to families, as the case may be. They
often receive enough for their ground floor
rooms alone to pay the rent tor the whole
house. One hundred dollars and more is
not an uncommon rent bore lor a couple
of furnished rooms in a good location, and
SSO and $75 are often gotten for two rooms
on the second floor. A good third floor
front room will bring $25, and a house that
rents for SIOO a monlh unfurnished will
often bring in S2OO or $250 If furnished and
sublet. Tnero have oeen Instances in
which women have made themselves in
dependent by room renting. The society
women of the capital are too well known
to the outside world to need special men
tion. They form only the smallest part of
its female population. Taken all in all,
therefore, it is readily seen that few cities
do as well by the female sex as Wash
ingtou.
PHOTOS OF THE BRIDE.
Twenty-two negatives were the founda
tion on which a prominent photographer
of this city based his hopes of coining a
fortune in a twelve month. His hopes,
however, have been dushed to earth by a
veto of President Cleveland, and this is
how it happened. A few days ago the
artist induced Mrs. Cleveland to give
him sittings for negatives, and for several
days the White House conservatory was
transformed Into a photographic studio.
Half a dozen negatives were
taken in her bridal dress, from
different directions, in different poses and
sizes, while others were mado of her in
street costumes and morning gowns. In
ail twenty-two negatives in as many dif
ferent postures and toilets were taken.
Nothing in particular was said about
what was to bo done with the negatives.
Mrs. Cleveland had in mind a large col
lection and variety of photographs ol her
self for friends. She thought, too, that
the artist might waut to circulate them.
The artist, of course, had no other idea
than of selling the pictures, and
he made great preparations for
producing and disposing of them.
He made arrangements to manufacture
a thousand a day, and expected to clear
a fortune selling them in this and foreign
countries. He rented a largo room on
Maryland avenue, put in skylights, had
his negatives copyrighted, and everything
put in readiness to make his fortune.
Before tho sittings took place the photog
rapher visited the White House aud
assured the President and his bride that
they should select from the collection of
tho negatives those they wished to have
used. The other day he can ted the col
lection to the Executive -Mansion, and the
President and his wife picked out the
ones they liked best and then the
President told film that, the others must
be destroyed, that under no circum
stances must any of the photograph* lie
made accessible to the public, tnat for no
imaginable consideration would ne con
sent to bavo his wife's pictures sold in
the open market. Imagine that poor art
ist’s surprise aud disappointment at see
ing bis hopes of a fortune melting Into
thin air.
SENATORS NOT EPICURES.
Mr. Page who bus charge of tbeHenate
cafe is putting on a very poor mouth and
claims he is losing money on his venture.
According to his story, the members of
tho American House of Lords are not
worth a pinch of snuff as good eaters,
at least when the bill for solidsaml deli
cacies has to be paid out of thoir own
pockets. Caterer Page came all tho way
from Maine, upon the invitation of Sen
ator Frye, to preside over the Senate cafe,
witn the expeciutlon of growing rich
furnishing refreshments tor Senators.
Page has become disgusted and
bus left the cupital poorer than he came.
The general impression has been that tho
catership of the Somite cafe paid a good
iucome, owing to the fact that, space, fur
niture, gas, fuel and lots of other things
are furnished at tho expense of tho gov
ernment. If is claimed by Caterer Page
tbut notwithstanding all these advantages
the dully receipts have not been equal to
the outlay for food, servant hire, wine,
cigars, etc., and after sinking several
thousand dollars he has turned the cafe
over to his oashier, telling him to do
tho best he can with it. It is also
said that the House cafe does not
pay expenses because of the meagre out
lay by Congressmen for the eburaoter of
the bill of faro prepared lor their conve
nience. The small lunch counters scat
tered through the capital building are
more liberally patronized by tho average
statesman than the gilt-edged cafes. Nei
ther the Senate nor House cafe would do
any business worth speaking of if they
depended solely on the custom of Sena
tors and members. They desire ten times
moie from tho outside public.
PROGENY OF THE SENATORS.
Generally speaking large families of
children are oftenest found among those
in tho more modest stations in life.
•Several of the gentlemen now in tho Sen
ate, however, have a large number of
children. Senator Cockrell has nearly a
dozen of them running like a stairway
from an infant in arms to u boy in oollego,
and they are all strong, healthy boys aud
girls, who resemble their distinguished
lather in many of his charaoieristics.
Senators Evarts, Aldrich, Ingalls and
Plumb also have large families. Evarts
has thirteen, while Aldrich and Ingalls
have nine each and Plumb elx. Nature’s
favors have not been fairlv distributed
among the Senators, lor Sherman, Alli
son, Manderson, Palmor, Sabin and Stan
ford have no children at all. Stanford
bad a son who died at the age of 17, and
the Senator will never recover from tho
loss. Most of his fortune goes to the en
dowment of a university for the
free education of other people’s sons, and
it Is one of his whims to keep the former
tutor of his boy in his family, and pay
him the same salary lip) has always been
paid. Senator Sherman has an adopted
daughter, Senator Sabin has two, (the
children of John B. Raynard, of Dakota,)
and Senator Palmer has adopted a boy,
who Is in college now, the son of his
gardeuer. Senator Hale has four bright,
handsome boys, aged from 10 to 14, and
each of them received $50,000 in govern
ment bonds from their grandfather, Zaoh
Chandler, the day they were born.
GOTHAM’S FLUBS.
How Actors will Do Entertained
Next Season.
New York, July 24. — I Tho actor will
fairly be pulled to pieces or entertained
to death next season between all the clubs
that will offer him their hospitalities. The
Lotos was started years ago for the pur
pose of entertaining distinguished actors
and then getting them to recite for the edi
fication ot the limited membership. But
the business element that was attracted
to the Lotos by these entertainments in
due time crowded out the amors by mak
ing the expenses too heavy for them; and
ttisn the Arcadian was provided, und for
a time, us long us the organizers were In
control, it was the rallying point of the
prominent American and visiting actors.
The amalgamation of the Arcadian and
the Palette resulted in a hybrid concern,
which slowly but suroly drifted into bank
ruptcy, leaving to the Lotos the care of
the visiting and the prominent American
actor. The Lotos, however, since its re
moval from its cozy and unpretentious
birthplace on Irving place, adjoining the
Academy ot Music,to its present pala
tial quarters on Fifth avenue, opposite the
dignified and haughty Union, was too ex
pensive and aristocratic for the iverage
actor, and anew club, especially for them,
called the Lansbs, was organ I/, il by a
coterie of the admirers ot the late Iloury
J. Moutague, who bud been in the babitof
assembling every tortnlght at a supper.
T he Lambs admitted actors free ot initia
tion it they would pay their dues—
and recite lor them whenever
wanted at their monthly dinner—
for a time this club became the head
quarters of the actors, especially those
lrom England, Mr. Lester VVallack being
the Shepherd. Then the Washington
Club, which is a mutual admiration
coterie founded by ex-Congressman Rob
erts, decided to admit artors Tree gratis
lor nothing, in order to obtain their ser
vices at tbeir semi-monthly reunions.
The actors, however, have never taken
kindly or numerously to the Washington,
and it is whispered tnat whenever Bur
bank, Wilder or Frank Lin
coln appear there they are
always handed a check the same
as at the Hannonie Club or anywhere
they are regularly engaged to enlertuin.
It will be nightly witnessed that there is a
groat competition between the various
clubs for tho company of the actors:
there 1* since the New Voik Yacht Club,
the Blossom Club and the Athletic adopt
ed the plan originated by the Lotos of
these musical and dramatic entertain
ments. With thoactoritlsliterallyacase
of “no song, no supper,” tor he Is invited
to contribute to the entertainment by a
song and recitation, and if be does not
comply it Is needless to add Is not Invited
again. In London the actors aie paiu to
attend private social gatherings, but there
is something in the air ol this glorious
country that prevents this social muster
ing of professional ability,and ths only
chance of seeing an actor in private, con
sequently outside of his own social olr
ole, is in one of the clubs that give these
entertainments und secure his attend
ance. ihe Lambs, by keeping an actor at
tbeir head, can always rely on a limited
following; the Lotos has concluded to ad
mit actor* at hulf rates, while the Yacht
Club ami Athletic freely extend courte-
sies to tuem. Now comes the announce
ment of tne organization of two actors’
clubs—the Mohican, of which Mr. Ru
dolph Aronson, manager ol the Casino, Is
President, and another not yet named, of
which Mr. Daniel Krobuian, manager of
the Lyceum Theatre, will be President.
DiKey, who is a great favorite In the
Lambs ami a member of the Lotos also, is
an enthusiastic Mohican, lute Mackay,
tho comedian, Is In the Board ot Trustees.
Wno the li iii of the new club will lie has
not yet appeared, though an aotive can
van) is being made'by the resident pro
fessionals to secure members. it is not
likeiy, however, that the two new asso
ciations will amount to much more than
limited mutual admiration societies of
tbeir officers, and that tho actors will con
tinue to be caught by the epicurean sup
pern of the Lotos, the Yacht or the Lambs.
The healthy financial condition and pros
perity ol the Lotos will probaoly long
bi ing that institution to the fore with its
grand entertainments.
John D’Akme.
Found Hanging to a Tree.
New Haven, Conn., July 25.—The
dead body of Cburles Lockwood, who
murdered Mattie Rundali at Morris,
Conn., was today found banging to a
lime tree in a strip of woods m t lar from
tbo scene oT the crime. Whether Lock
wood took bis own life or was lynched •
a question to-night in Morris-
(CHICK #lO A VICAR.)
) 5 CIKAXS A COFI. i
SUFFERING OX LABRADO !R
HO MVKS SACKIHCFI) TO Hi EE
COLD SINCR MARCH l.
Au Iml Inn C3ui<l> lirtng* a Tale of TANARUS ri Pi*
ble Kaft'erlnir, Privation and DealLi to
St John—The Seal Catch Poop ,m (4
the People Lett Without Fuo/t tr
lUlniDt. I
St. John, N. F., July 25—An lidiam
guide anil government interpretrJ,| wbo
lias just return' and from Cape Cbidlily.the
extreme northwestern point of
reached by sledge, gives a heartipncthig
account of the terrible destitution aad
sufferings which the Esquimaux clnd la
dlan larmers are enduring along the l.a.
bradoreuaat. On Cape Chidley iftOsoula
are distributed over au area otj several
miles. j
WITH OCT FOOD. I
The entire food supply gave out early in
March. The seal catch was vary small.
As the season wore on the swal failed
to come near enough to shore taM* caught.’
The oold was Intense, and msf y old peo
ple died Oi exposure and laarof nourish
ment. On June 12, when ffcguide left,
the mercury stood at 18
had been lower. The ice for si vAal
hundred miles was solid for a depth jt’
from JO to li)0 feet, and snow was pil<&
mountains high. .
80 I.IVKB BACRIFICKD. N
At least eighty persons have perished
sluce March 1 between Cape Chiilley and
Cape Mug ford, and only four survivor*
were found in the rude shanties along
the coast. These accompanied the guide
to Cape Muglord. Tho bodies oi ten vic
tims were found frosen qtiff. Their
clothes had been taken from them, evi
dently to help keep life in the bodies ot
the mlserahJe survivors, who In turn had
died while out fishing or after seal,
Beventien bodies were found along thw
shores. Twenty-four persona, indenting
six women and three small children, per.
isnetl at Camp Mugford.
VICTORIA FAVORS COALITION.
Her Majesty Makes a Feraonal Ap
peal to the Whig Leaders.
London, July 25.—Lord Hallsbury vsa
cordially received b>y the Queen at Os
borne House. It is reported that k ■
Majesty has made a direct persoi al
appeal to Lord liartinglon ami otbif
Whigs to join the new Ministry. Lord
Hartington attended a conference held
yesterday evening at the offices of the
Llberal| Unionist Association, at wblcg
ho announced his rejection of Lord Salis
bury’s overtures. The announcement was
applauded by the meeting. To-day the
Queen’s messenger arrived at Devonshire
house bringing special dispatches Irom
the Queen to Lord Hartington,
who atlerward held u consultation with
Earl Derby. Lord Salisbury will return
from Osborne to-morrow. He bas asked
Lord Hartington and Earl Derby to meel
him. There is intense excitement In tbs
clubs over the prospect ot royal Interfer.
ence in the cause ot a coalition Ministry,
NATUItALIZATION IGNORED.
Turkey Courting u Clash with tlia
Unit trek Mali's.
Const antinofmc, .July 25.—The Porta
has issusd a circular to the Governors
of the various proviuces Instructing them
to enforce the law which stipulates that
the naturaUAallon or Turkish subject*
abroad shall not be recognized. .TheGov*
eriiors are requested In the event of the
return to Turkey oi the class relerred to
to continue to treat theuj as Turkish sub.
jects and not permit consular interven.
tton in their cases. The Issuance of the
circular at this time is mainly directed
against numerous Americans returning
irom the United .States us natural.zed
citizens of that country. The American
Consults has referied the matt r to
VV ashington.
Tlio Eon mciileal Conference.
London, July 25. —The Wesleyan
Methodist Confei ence in session here has
decided to appoint a committee to cons
aider the pro, oaf lion to bold the Eeumen
leal Conierenoe in the United States in
13bl. The American church will he ask. and
to uppoiut commltt- os to comer witn the
English committee.
English Oarsmen Win.
Hamburg, July 26.—Splendid weatbei
favored the regatta here to-day. Toe coa
ls* si. between the Thames Club and tus
Berlin llowlDg Club, which was the prin
cipal event, resulted in a victory for the
English oarsmen.
•TO Persons Kill ed.
Conbtantinoflk, July 25 —An explo
sion has occurred in toe government mag
azine near this oity. About forty per
sons were killed and several injured.
THE OKLAHOMA HILL AGAIN,
Chief Hushyliead to General Master
Workman I’owderly.
Washington, July 25. Prlncipid
Chief Bushyhead, of the Cherokees, has
written another letter to Master Work,
man T. V. I’owUerly, on the subject of the
Oklahoma bill and the petitions to Co*
gress in favor thereof, by Knights of La
bor. It appears from Chief Bushyhead’a
letter that tbo notorious “Capt. Couch,’*
wn > was the leader of ttie Oklahoma
••boomers,” and was expelled from Indian
Territory by the military authorities, Is
using the Washington committee of the
Knights of Labors* bis headquarters for
the purpose of conducting nis petition
business with the Knights and Cvugress,
In tils second letter to Cbiet Bushyhead,
Mr. I’owderly took grounds in lavor of
the Oklahoma hill. Thu Chief replies:
“All our lauds wo hold by patent in fee
simple from tho government. There is
not a foot bf land in Indian Territory that
is public land and lawfully open to settle
ment. Our people hav recently declared
that they do nut now want to sell; and if
we ever do, we waut to do us you do—to
*ell our property for what it is fairly
worth. We nave a government of our
own, with Legislature, executive officers
and courts, and the treaties of the United
States solemnly guarantees us the right
to ntuke and execute all laws for the per
sons aud property ot our own people.
Our people do not need, and
would hardly he benefited, by a
government ol white squatters over us,
the first v\ish of whom would be to gel
possession of our valuable lands lot a
song, so that they could make money out
of them at our expense. It is to me a
source of profound regret that you should
in uuy sense mistii dsrutand this question.
The frank, manly tone ol your first lettvi
led mo to hope that from such an or-t Ant
zutioii we need not tear injustice or agra
riuu violence, and 1 am still inclined to
hope that a more careful examination ot
the question will place you - the side +
justice and humanity.”