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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS
The Preaid tit's Labor Message DIs
cussed In the House.
A ‘flrllcd IieOufce PictLpluiffd bj Ilnf*
i.^(,r«fc-TTt. Blnlr K dii rati an *1 Bill-
rtvr Brr» ln« Fk.ui Euternal UtTitnoc
Collretlon*
E Qi i 'r*>r»8nv.
Washinot v, April 23.--The
house me' st II o'clock in continue-
ticn of yemp'rhay’s session snd im-
meiis'elj spd' into a committee of
the whole. Webborn in the chair, on
the river end fcerber appropriation
hit’.
F"r an hour the bill was consider
ed and a me little progress made,
and a few n"~mentR before noon the
com in’t tee rose and the bouse ad*
j> u;ncd a’d ‘he session of Friday
was opened with prayer by the chap
lain.
The president’s mess'.ge upon the
labor troubles having been reed by
the clerk. Springer, of Illinois,
moved its reference to the oommittee
on labor with instructTors to that
committee to ret ort upon it oy hill
or otherwise on or before the 15 h of
May.
Hammond, of Georgia, thought
that there was no reason to believe
that the d mrriittee wr-ukl not act
diligently, bid it was unusual to iu-
s’ruot cmmi’tees on such mu tera.
Bu derworth, of Ohio, moved to re-
f r the m s-aee so committee of the
w’ "le,
Butferveorth’s motion was lost.
Y > s 77 ‘-nd nays 147.
There being thirty minutes debate
allowed under the rules, Butterworth
secured the ll or. The object of hip
motion to refer the message to the
committee of the wto’e, he said had
t>ee - : considered by some gentlemen
as unwise, because it could not be
reached at an early day, Every gen
tleman believed, or affreted to be*
lieve, that the mfs oge presented a
question cf vast consequence to the
country It uad been bis purpose, if
his motion had prevailed, to ask
unanimous consent to fix an early
day for thi consideration of this ques
tion, with the hope and expectation
that it might be fairly considered,
not with a view to controll
ing the elections In Novem
ber. but with a view to getting at the
right solution of a great problem.
Butterwcrth paid congress owed it to
itself to t-'ke up the labor question
nnd consider it carefully and then
refer the subject to an appropriate
committee. If it were referred to a
committee now, be feared that a
measure wouid be reported, repre*'
sorting not the needs - f the hour,
but the p-ilhieal necessities of t.tie
coming ecmps’gn.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, confess
ed to a feeling of surprise at the heal
w h which iho gentitman from Ohio
tiau approached this subject. H-.. de
sired to three: attention to the fact
that :he oooatitulion made it the
duty of tie president from time to
uint- ic o mmunicate to congress
touching tJk« state of the union and
recommend sucti measures as he
ehali deem necessary and expedient..
TL6 pretiut-ut tiau not ventured a
hair beyond mai, and now was he
met? Hi wu : met witn an assault,
on his aio.iViS. There wu not one
word at ai . ii me proposition which
he inaue. O.. .he contrary there was
not an intelligent man in the coun
try but knew mat the present condi
tion of tno tuber in the country corns
mantled the attention of eongmae. 1:
was tu-y in qucs.iun men’s motives
He huu aiao supposed it. ti it wu-;
right to quostiun .nt motives of bu
rnt,n ben.gs I. was easy to find
tadit, to caip anu criticise, out it re
quired sta eeursnshtp and cairn tie-
hoeration m meet me underlying
cause of tno present labor trouotes.
Gibson, o. West Vi.gima, regret
ted that tne gontkn ai, irom O uo
should ui. u i .uKh to bring politics
into ihe uisuUotion of thisqte :ou.
The geciioui.ii t.ad charged tue n u
J( r;ty o,i me nouse wim
not bringing mi w uni a pto;**
suion v, n.cu vsouiu nav,
any pi-act;cai results oniab ,r tr. ubies.
Tne uoutdiB the country was tutiir-
ing from were the redtiit of powers
given bycoirupi congresses to great
corporations under twenty years of
republican aduiinisirttUon. Ii was
wa.ered blocs., uojust cnarterb gran
eu by co eg teas against which labor
was rebelling. Tne gentleman on
the other siuc ougtu no. to assail this
house because it could not bring
about a remedy in a day, but ought
rather to confess the crimes and sins
of their twenty years of legisiation.
O'Neill, of Missouri, said that the
arbitration mil had been discussed
by the house for four days. Not one
word ot partisan bias had
been injected into the debate. It had
passed ny a four*fifths vote. It had
been reported unanimously by the
senate committee. It had been en
dorsed by the press and by the Intel
ligence of the country, and it rested
with the gentleman from Ohio to
lake this pretext of injecting partisan
bias into the question. Tue gentle
man was like me man with one story
“the gun story. If the conversation
did not give him an opportunity of
teiuug fug 8 tory he would stamp his
t??, 1, y** e 11 >or BDtl ea 5b “^at
,ik * a a gun, and speaking of
guns, eto, Tue gentleman was bo
* , of Partisan bile that he could
1 p 8t u Do opportunity of showing It,
, of Maine, expressed his sat
isfaction with the vote he had oast
joi the aibitra'.lon bill. The gentle*
man from Pennsylvania, (R'ud&ll,)
in undertaking to excuse the presi
dent for his message, was the only
man who had accused him. Nobody
oo the republican side had found any
fault with the president, orevercom*
plained of the lateness o f his ar us*
iug to the subject. Aquestion which
was stirring among the p ople shell’d
be delibesatPly considered by con
gress It might be that congress
c >uld devise a remedy I might be
that it could not, but it was b, uud to
consider the question, and bound to
consider it with repaid to something
ei,-e b sides the November elections.
McCd ary. of K* ducky, was grati
fied with the president’, message, re.
g r Hug I* p,* a wise aud forcil le doe.
invent. The relations betw -on labor
and capital were not as harmonious
as they should be, and the message
locked towards bringing tlnm in
harmony. He did not be'kve that
the proper we.y to settle d ffleuities
between labor and capital wi-s f o use
violence. He believed tiuu arbitra
tion was the better plan. Congress
should recognize that label- Lad
rights, but also that capital had
rights, and it won the duty of con
gress to cultivate harm ry and pleas
ant relations between the two.
Bpring r, of Illinois, supported his
motion, contending that ’be commit*
tee on labor was the proper commit
tee to consider the message. He had
moved instructions, because he de
sired to respond promptly to the
recommendations of the prrs'dent.
The wiee and thoughtful mes.age of
tho president, should be considered
in the proper spirit He opposed the
motion to refer it to a committee cf
the whole, because it would be buried
there.
Springer's motion was then agreed
to.
Vjcrbeea, of Washington Terris
tory, rising to a question of privilege,
; ff-red the following resolution :
Resolved, That the committee on
rules be instructed to Inquire whether
Hon L D M Sweet,or any other mem*
oer of the bou»e who has availed
nimselfof the pri vileges of admission
to the floor, under rule thirty-four,
is interested as agent or attorney for
any ra'lmad, or other corporation, or
interested in any claim or bill pen
ding before;* congress, and report
lo the house the result of any
such inquiry, with such recom
mendations as may be necessary.
It had been an open secret, lie
said, 'hat. ever since the beginning
of this congress a powerful looby or-
ganlzed in the interest of the various
railroad corporations had invested
thecapitfil and that the roles of the
House had been openly, repeatedly
and notorious’y set at defiance by
some members of that lobby. He
protested against a continuance of
that rank and crying abut7e. He did
oot intend to reflect upon Bweett, but
had inserted bis name because he
personally knew that. Bweett was the
attorney for tue N irthern Pa-
c:flc company. Accepting the
suirgesti'.i'R made by Bl unt and
R tidal:, V .orhees modified his rts
iution by omil.tlDg the name of
Bweet and by providing that the in
quiry shall b - carried on by a select
committee of five members As so
modified the resolution was adopted.
The house then went into a com
mittee of the whole on the private
calendar At 4:30 'he committee ruse
and at 4:40 the house took a recess
till 7:30, tne evening session to bo for
the consideration of pension bills."
TUB 13LAIR EDUCATI -NAL HILL
Washington, April 23 -Tue
house committee on labor to-day
heard Representative Itc-egan in c: -
position to die Biair educational bill.
HR principal objection was on con
stitutional grounds After R lagan’s
argument tour or five n. ,• era of
r.iie committee made set spie..-es de
fining tneir own v;|ws on the sub-
led. The speeches caused & prolongs
ed and at ‘imss very animated d s
elusion. R presentative Daniel, of
V -ginia, moved iha' the committee
report as a substitute a bill to appro
priate the proceeds arising from the
.-.alt of public lands during the next
its-ai year. Alter a session cf two
i,.,ui» tne committee td)- urned with*
out ae.ioh,
The committee on educa : >n did
not obtain a quorum tin a ‘ew min*
u e 1 before the meeting oi the house
a d ite adjourned until the third
Friday in May, and consequently
action on the Blair hill by that corn*
untiee i,i deferred until Ilia', date.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
Tue collections of internal revtnue
for the fiivt nine mouths of the fi.-cal
year ending June 3U, ISSfi, were as
follows : Fr..m spirits, $5,059,795;
tobacco,$20,130 918; Vruieuteu liquors,
$13 802.750} miscellaneous items,
$179,788: a total of $84,571,252, an
increase of $2,970,048 over the col
lections of tne corresponding period
of the last fiscal year. The increase
was—spiritB,$820 2)9; tobacco, $1,286,*
157; fermented liquors, $893 807 The
aggregate receipts for March, 1886,
were $549 825 greater than the receipts
lor Marco, 1885
ROSECRAN3’ CONFIRMATION
Notice of me confirmation of Gen
R isecrans to be register of the treas
ury has not reaohed the president
and it Is learned tbu‘ the nomina
tion is still unrig up in the senate
upon a motion to reconsider tuo vote
oy which it was a ' -w days ago con*
firmed.
A Tiiroaib Line.
Special to Enqnirer»Bun,
Columbus Ohio, April 23,—Presi*
dent Green, of tueC dumbus, Hick*
ory Valley and Toledo railway, says
in his report that arrangements have
been made between the .Chicago and
Ailantio, the Kanawha and Ohio
and the Chesapeake and O/ilo for a
through line irom CHcugo to New
port News
TUILNLR TALK
Fe Tells What He Knows Ibout the
Knights of Labor,
S lml Tbpy **b«i to D-s TV l»h 1I»p *m ik,,_
Tln'j A\r,< Oppaaort to rii.m lint Can
SlopT rm IMtipj Will-Commit-
1C' lo «« lo Si Loots.
~m. —
Special to Et QQlrer-rtcn.
Washington. April 23. — The
four lit day’s session of the house
select c'inuuttee on the labor difli
cuhies in ‘be southwest, was openeil
nt 11 a m with the examination of
Frederick 8 Turr er, gerer-.ti sectelary
nnd trea-urer of tin* kiiiglits of labor.
Lawyer Swalne wrs 'gain present to
watoh tba proceeiiiL.gs in tl" interest
of the railroad companies. S.iperin-
• entjent S- tm-rvill-., of the Western
Uu'oti telegraph company, who yes*
teniay accompanied Gould was abn
present. R presentative Warner, of
O io, wus intrCdbced to and had
long conversations with McDowell
and Turner. The latter is a short,
stout, rather youthful-looking man
of forty. H'* described himself as a
ris dentof Pailr.delphia and »s see
rotary ar.d general treasurer of tho
knights of labor. He bed been u gold-
leaf beater, but had not worked atthat
busire s since 1876 He was now in
the gtccery business. He had taken
part in the attempt to arrive at a set-
thment and was present at Powder*
ly’s interview with G- uld. The s’, ol
ographic report of tnat Interview was
substantially correct. There w.-ts a
genera! talk about arbitration and
•ail ecemed pleated with the subjrc*.
It was thought to be the proper way
of settling dispu’es.
Iu >-eply to Parker he stated that
there were 121 district assemblies of
knights r 'f labor iu the United Buttes
with about 6000 local assemblies Iu
these local t.s '-rnblies there were
front ten to three thousand mem
bers. The knights of labor had no
political object and did not seek to
influence legislation. He bad known
of uo Fucii movement on their part,
Parker handed witness a petition
in favor oi the unlimited coinage of
standard silver dollars, p-rportlug to
be signed by seveu hundred local aa-
sembiies.
Turner said he had never seen or
heard of the petition before, but the
organizition did not deny the right
of any F.ssembly to petition congress.
It was not responsible as a body for
the acts of particular rs'erublies.
Tills movement in favor of unlimited
coinage wa* not. a general movement
of tt e knights
Buchanan, after examining the
pe’ition, stated tbat he thought the
petition ecu 1 be traced, to eourcee
outside of aud unconnected with the
knights of labor.
Turner went on, in reply to ques*
tious him Oiuin, to describe the in
terview he and his colh-age (B tiley)
had with Hoxie iu 8 L uis He
said Hoxie’s treatment of ttiem was
very discourteous; that he stated tie
would hav** no conversation with
them as t ill cere of the knights of
labor, bu would receive tnem as
American citizens. They informed
mm tn.it they did not desire lo siand
on their dignity and were willing to
talk with him as piivate citizens; that
all they wanted wts to iiave the
trouble settled, peace restored and the
men sent hack to work.
Creiu—“Was the strike over
the_?'’
Turner—"None of our peoplo were
at Work. The strike was not over.”
Chairman—“Id your statement
you us d the word ‘order’ in refer*
fence to nn u going back to work. I
want to know whether the central
power of your orgainz don can order
men to work, or order them to quit
work?”
Turner—“The gereral laws do not
couti.mpiate strikes.”
Chairman—"That is not the ques
tion ”
Turner ("fsitaiingly)—"YVeT, Ido
uot uc dt,-rstaud Unit tt we ia=ut d au
.rdenor man to go lo w.-ik -hey
wcu'd lefuao to go, no mutter who
or :e:ed them out.”
Crain— "Y u have co power to or*
Ant o, strike, nave you?"
Turner.—"Y ■*.”
Chairman—(W-.'ii an air of sur*
[irise) “Y U have?”
Turner—"Y There is no law in
onr constitution governing strkes
We don’t ucheve in strik*s.”
Crain—“Then wnere do you derive
your power from to order strikes?”
Turner—"Wo nave not the power,
directly, to order strikes, out we have
power to approve or disapprove a
strike.”
Cram—Was this strike approved or
disapproved?’’
Turner—“We never knew any*
thing about it until we received a
telegram from Hopkins, It has
never been approved.”
Crain—“Then I suppose the power
is vested in you to direct the men to
reiurn to work ?”
Turner —"Y-.s ”
G Tag hack to the interview with
Hoxie, Turner quoted Hox.e as say
ing Lhat their duty was to see Martin
Irons. Tuey replied that they
thought it better to talk with him
(Hoxie). Hoxie said the company
would uot require more 'lian 50 per
cent of its former force. That when
tue former strikes occurred the com
pany had reduced the hours of labor
and increased the number of men,
but now it would reduce the number
of men and increase the hours of
work, beeau-e the general expenses
of the railroad were the same,
whether the men worked long hours
or short hours.
The stenographer’s report of the
interview with Hoxie was handed
Crain, who proceeded to question
Turner on the various points therein
stated. The concluding question
was:
Crain—“Do you mean to say that
when Hoxie was seeming'y pu ting
hi* objections on two grounds, name
ly : That ttie company only wan tad
lif y per cent of its former force and
that he wanted the right of selecting
them even from the knights ot labor,
you r a’ly believe tbat iite men were
to tic refused employment simply on
tlie ground that tuey were knights of
labor ?"
Turner--"Y.-s. I m*-an that.”
Crain—“I - the strike over now ?”
Turner— ’T do not know. I have
only the now papers m go i y. Our
people ar* not a' work ”
Crain-— Who ordered the strike?”
Turner—“I'hi Hi. trc no embly N
101 ’’
Chain—“What illi-er was au
thori-’ed to promulgate it?”
Turner—"The secte ary of tho dls
trict as.*embly, Martin Irons ”
Being questioned on the adject of
arbitration, Turner said tie had read
tne president's uie-sage ou tha. point
to-dey. and thoroughly agreed with
tl. H* believed iuat then should b*
sum" fix-si 'ril-.uual of arbitration,
uv. one ratbed on the spur of tht
moment. He thoroughly bei'eved iu
urbi'.ratif n, and would like to see ar
bitratiou compulsory
Crain—“Beppose thembhrators re
ported that the knignis of labor
should go to work at a dollar u day,
when they wanted a dollar and a
half, are you willing as au American
oltizin to say that you wouid ask
your fellow members of the kuigii s
of labor io abide by that?”
Turner—"If I entered into an
agreement to abide by arbitration, I
would submit to the award ”
Coming back to the subject of
s'rikee, Buchanan a>-ked whether
that subject was in the province of
the executive beard
Witnes; replied that it was not.
• Buchanan—“A strike .is ordered
by a distric assembly ?’’
’Turner—‘ Y > ”
Buchanan—" Wheu a strike is or
dered what is the first action taken
by tbe executive board ? ’
Turner—"It Pikes no action in the
matter unless appealed to.”
Buchanan— 'And do you then
s *ek to investigate the right or wrong
of the matter ?”
Turner—“Yes.”
Buchanan- “Y.iu also seek to iiave
the differences compromised ?’’
Turner—"Yes ”
Buchanan—"If you do not succeed
what is your next step?"
Turner—"It' we approve it, we
have to lend it a baud financially ’
Buchanan—"Do you direct finan
cial assistance to a strike without first
iu vet tig *:in ;• its proprietj ?’’
Turner—“No ”
McD . well was recalled and made
a statement In the line of out- of
Gould's suggestions yesterday as to
tne propriety of having railroad en
gineers and i ill cert trained by the
general government, finding an anal
ogy for it in t :,e licensing of steam
boat c a, ’ains and pilots. These men,
he sanli we p e bound to bring tfnir
vessels into port, and so tbe railroad
engineers should be bound to (.-ring
their engine- to their destination.
Laws govirning international com
merce were drawn up with great
care. Railroads uad come in and
ttken tbe place largely of that kind
of commerce, and interstate com
merce oy rail could be and should be
governed by the same sort of laws.
As to arbitration, it must necessarily
be voluntary. It seemed to him that
ihe difference between the president
and the house ou that subj-ct was as
to the appointment of the third ui-
bilrator. The selection by a U died
Htates judge the president seemed to
regard an ui-usua 'thug
CTaiu— "Evide. ..y the president
had not n-a.i the bill as it jio-sed the
house. There is nothing of !hut
kind in it, An arbitrator in to be
appointed on e.-.cti side, and cbe tw-
are to select the > bird."
Bucbu iun—"J other words, the
president’s ciu.e.bui was of a Lit 1 . of
passed by the no:ts< ?”
Referring io a remark made yester
day by Hopk ne as to prominent
persons connecied with the kuiglns
of labor h*vi-g been seen around
broker’s effl-.e!, a most prs’Tve de
nial of ui 1 stock ipecu-ttUou were
made by Fowderly, McD well and
Turner.
Theodore F Ryuder, of Centro
county, Penn: yivania, made an ap
peal to me o mmlttee in behalf of
the miners in Pennsylvania, Mary,
laud aud West V-igtnia, that the
committee should have its powers
enlarged so as ts investigate the trou
hies iu tne mining regions.
The ohairtnan said the oommittee
would on its return ssk to have its
powers enlarged. He said they were
in harmony with the president’s
message, except that it did not go far
enough. There should be some power
in the government to prevent the
interruption ot railroad travel by
quarrels of railroad owners and their
employes.
The committee at 1:30 closed its
sitting in Washington, and it was
arranged tnat the members should
leave this city for Bl. L uib Monday
morning.
"Look hero, j edge,” said the bur
glar, “I alu\ so bad as you think 1
am. Only give me tune and I’ll re
form.” Aad the judge gave him
fifteen years,
“Excursion to Biton Rouge arid re
turn” 1» the way the posters now read
bj many have gone up who do uot re
turn that the boys are growing careful,
AT AN END-
Til
Swllcliinon on tlie loke 8h ro
Read Return to V orit.
now t*i« Murier Wi*e Si-tllri*- A««'fllfeilo*
Mlstriurnn-TTlio Tl-brt *vr,u* Street
Oer ( animnr Wilt Not Sntrmilor.
iv+otal io
Chicago, April 23 —At a meeting
of the s’.: iking switchmen las night
a number of imported pwi’chmen
viere pieseut ami clainn i tiai tiiey
were regular switchuieti for the
company, a d that they were forced
,o come here or lose their places,
They also said twenty*fivc of them
would not work any longer for the
i: mpany. After some discussion
with regard to the matter of forward*
mg freight consigned to the Lake
Bhore road, which now held in
he various yards, u committee con 4 *
.i-itjrig of Cai'igiian, S'/’wart and
K-.-egan wss appoiuicd to waiton the
were dressed and the death warrants
road. They were then ironed and
aftor bidding their follow prisoner*
good-live, ware taken to the scattold
u: 3 o'clock. Before being hand
out! d, J ckson attempted to cut his
throut v- i111 a bo'tle that some of the
prisoners used a flower vase, but wan
prevented by the guards.
Oh r « old ira I
onecUl to Kiiunlr»»r-bnn.
Providence. R I, April 23 —The
proteetaut clergymen of thheity and
sta’e to the number of 182, chiefly
Baptists and Mithcdists, buve signed
at.d published a declaration that tha
publication of Buaday papers is a
himieranoj to tho propet observanoa
of the Sabbath, and eading the at
tention of all Christian people to tba
alleged detrimental tuhdeuciiB of
tiieii publication and sale.
Cleveland Ohio, April 23—The
city nuiuiateis, headed t*y Bishop
Bedell of the E,. ; sc *tist church, are
preparing to boycott Sunday papers.
CVulldenliul circulars have been is*
rued to the clergy men and ai' urged
ro j du the movement and denounce
a! fre gli’ agents an<l request I p,] J 0 ,j av papers from their puipila on
,atm to divert -ucl. sbipme .is to the
Pittsburg and F'o-: Way it aud Chi*
ongo, the B.uiuu r and O.iio, the
Ciilcg ' and Alton, ’he Chicago and
grand uu;;k and Lickel p!a.<- rut is.
MAKING OVERTURES
Chicago, 111. Aoril 23 —ft is re-
porteu tbat tne strikiug switchmen at L w Moore, V and I r 'Ught to
Iiave made overturts for a eTdemout A..gu u ta, confessed to llte murder of
*’- “ — 1 Wm V 'ee before tlie grand jury to*
of the ex s‘tug trouble. Beveral of
ilieir reprieentativis arc In consulta
tion with the L- k Bliore ■ fib dal a
Everything is q det at the yards at
inis hour, 11 a in.
at an end.
Chicago, April 23 —The switch*
men’s strike on tho Luk - Bhore road
is at an end. An order was issued
between 2 and 3 'cl ok by Chairman
Stahl directing tbe switchmen tore-
port to the yardmuBto' - in charge of
the 43d slre*t yard. President J din
Newell, of tbe I. !<*• Shore, has just
mid lo a representative of tteas-oeia-
ted press: ‘ We have allowed the
old men to go buck at their cwn re*
quest without any stipulation what
ever on our part. Non-union men
return to work along with union
men, as formerly in our employ,
Men brought here from other ilticB
will net he put to w rk iu our yard
here” The order for the
nen to reiurn to work wss
tel graphed from tlie general
(Hoes of the L ke Bhore campv y at
2:38 pm W'thm ten minutesewitoh
engine’ began to leave the round
rouse, and the making up of trains
was at once begun. The blockade
will b>* completely ended this even
ing. O. e of the Biriking switcbin -u
V. the vartia dec’.ari d aat the Lak'»
Shore ofll. tais had agreed ou ihi-ir
part to dispose of eigh' non-union
switchmen, in the nex! fix man His,
ny placing them in other ilepirt-
ments, or oih c -rwi-e c-tuiLg for them;
m any event to mke them ".way from
the ys-i-d* where they aie ai present
working
WILL NOT SURRENDER
New York, April 23 —A fl .g
fl >H n>t at the masthead of the Third
avenue car company’s ou idu.g to
day and one of ihe 1 fii -ert) stated
tnat Ova n token ot "no surreu*
der." He denied that there had iieen
any settlement. E .do brrsc-shoers
ar f , at work and m re c u’d be had if
’'••eef-aary. Cars eiopped running at
6:30 p m During the day sixty five
caie were run. Tc*runrrow eighty
wiil be run on 'be Thir : avt-mle 'In**
end eighl on 125 h street line. Pi.s-
„ibly s'-me canle nrs may b*- utarted.
DEMAND AN INCREASE
Chattan ooa Tenn, Ai.ia 23 —
The stone cutter ’ union have made
a demand for an increase of wages
fn m $2 50 io $3 per day, to go into
efl*.ct n-x Monday. The demand
will pr *i).-)t !y b; granted.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
IS Hi tt!
S. I
No
awake
"3 — E >r!‘
E N U ‘-■'
•and, wh
utfi live
;• die to-
,.c dievr u
ug.’.-t his
fc i" oung
■ tliiriten |
- ptiled j
i.-cond
Oei.eanh A
r .G.g M.W'
i.y hir i.usbt
i ; d lie-r ■ bat as tiiey o ui•.!
r nr-p.b.j ihey usd t.iiU.-
t* her, at :i e -amt! tin.. I
t*v. iver. M's Ni-sstr ou
utn, but he fi '•(!, Ififc hlPlfc
through her wrs’ H r
year old son rui-htd and
with his father’s arm, hu ill
-hot took off tbe boy'ii ting r and
sent a bullet into tii- wife's ineast,
inflicting probatdy a fatal wound.
Mrs N-'-iser rai screaming from
the house. nut sack un
conscious to tbe sidewalk. Her
husband did not attempt to follow,
but going to their room, removed his
false teeth and placing the muzzle of
tho revolver in his mouth, blew the
top of his head oil, dying almost in
stantly. He btiH fiequently accused
h.s wife of infidelity, and they had
many quarrels in consequence. He
lease ten children, the result of
three marriages. The youngest
ctiild is six months old. Nesser was
s.x'y-two years of age His wife is
forty.
May 2 i.
i Unlit.
l OM f
HpiCiot lo &ti«!»4r<SV-S»«A.
Augusta Ga , April 23 - Preston
V leutt.ie, colored, who was arrested
day. V ies wus watchman at the
depot of the Angus t aud Bummer-
ville railroad. Valentine stiuok him
on the lieud with u pick, saturated
the body with oil and fired the builds
lugs. Aftei avoiding arrest for 13
months, he was fi "Uiy captured iu
V i-giulu. The murder excited deep
Indignation and rears were enter
tained tha' Valentine would be
lvnehed. Toe law will take its
course The objec of the murderer
was rebbery.
FOREIGN FLASHES
jLortaJ fffllMtrn* «l*dciooa’»
lluuio Unto um -Mi AU«up! to »e*
■ cr»y th Cliur^u, Bto.
By A.agio Atuerloaa
London, Audi 24 — Lord B-lborne,
UPsral, in & letter to the 'l’fnqes, at
tacks certain features of G'ads‘ono’9
homo rule bill H* pronounces tbe
m’uoure hopelessly faulty from the
fuc tHat. notone of the res rictions
provided ex -op's from tlie* powers of
the proposed I ish legis'a ive any
mailer relating to the lives, liberties
and properties of the qm en's f ish
subjects. Mug's rv.es, judg-e and
police in Irelauu, says 8 to-irtit-. will
be* tlie servants of the Dublin govern
ment F furring to ate fact that
G'adutoue’s measure excludes from
tbe powers of tlie Ir s 'eglsla me ail
ni»''erB relating t,o me army and
navy, ite says there i-i stiii
no ' i-eHH n a v lunteer Itisli
army can’t be raised wan-
out panesng a bill Belli true also
strongly a cks the land purchase
bill. He asks on the ground Uia5
one hundred and fifty million pounds
w ill ou required to bay out. the Irish
land lards, now sharers iu the first
flf y million provided are to be se
lected and w hat position these lands
lords who may Happen to ne ex
cluded from tue lir-i stle.e wmI Hero*
after occupy—first, with rtspecl Id
the collection of their rents, and sec
ond with regard to the prospects of
Ik ing bought out at an? D <es
G'it Is! one, ftsks tile writer,
txgect mat Uie iandiuids wilt
iiav<* their routs paid in me mean*
time? VVha. security is mere that
any mrtiur government after U.ad*
stone’s w ill pass an act to mu una
hui.dted lutilion pounde to the
nuiional debt, in order to do jmlico
to the le
Will-I: il.
laent of
lianas <
gnat 0"
a L.iluie
tin statUL-ent
surprise i ' b '
adv; ing him
d floiher
nuuig 1 m
tut ruvu'iti
Ir.daud ba
f the du.i
■ *.-r m.-nt La
? T.it n. t
rds-d
tilt
laud,
ern -
tno
■h"- proved
I ,Xll„a
land hi
not
are
AN OFFER to TUI. 1
Galway. Apm 2.-; -
of the ex etisive Byrne-.
Weslpor’ have oil.red t
NAN in
III- u u., tofcd
,ta.cs near
turn over
Murderers Ifunicd
to fln</*irer-Um».
Morgansteld Ivy , April 23 —
Ii mert Fowler, the murderer of M » s>u.«eo. *-* ---
da Burnett, was hanged here to< I profound and widespread exeitem -i
u> v.oir rim- far, nh'i.-iptr and indignation in the city- iva
I the lands m lee to the muauls at
sum* tqu iling in tue case of eaua
holding twelve year* re ; *b lu<J prop*
fef,y to be sold at the present poor
iaw valuation. The uiier has created
a sensation in Ireland.
feimlB.
AN EXPLOSION IN A CHURCH.
Madrid, April 23—An attempt
wu.* made this morning t ” u0Bl . r , 0 /
the church of Ban Luis in
An explosive was placed inside
one of the enormous hollow cauai s
which stand on either side m
altar. The explosion, Instead of tax
ing place while the church
crowded, as probably intended,
curred before the people began fJ
arrive for tiio Good Friday services.
The edifice wa» badly wrecked and
fora time was filled with smoxe and
firing debris. Two sex.one who
were in the building were badly
burned. The outrage has produced
fav at half’tie's’ ten o'clock. j and indignation in the city. No
Ft Smith, Arkansas, April 23 trace of me identity of the person or
•James Wasson and Joseph Jackson J persons engagid in the coi^piracy
-tere executed itere to-day, lor mur* tiasyet been found.
dtrs committed in tbe Indian Terri-
'ory. Antlcipa'ing a respite, T_ ited The average man goea about some
States Marshal Carrol! postponed the; 'hinus with as u>ac-»*. awe a» an old
nour of the ixecuticn until tho afier- ! maid would handle a raz ir, Coming
r>n/*n A r I urn /»t • > i f i n tr t )io nrluGr'urv j wt from f $ t <5 Ip.iJd'P At 6 I ’Yi _ t Tt I* 1 ! 1 *» 2 £ fl 0 9