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VOL. XXVill—.NO. k>s
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I’ltlcE FIVE CENTS
Yesterday’s Proceedings in the House
and the Seriate.
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Wa■ i!iXt.iTON'. May 2S.—On motion of
Morrison, of Illinois!.' jt was ordered that
whin tSit house adjourned to-mornnv it be
to meet Tuesday next.
Tin- senate resolutions relative to the
death ol' John i'. Miller, late senator from
California, were laid before the house.
'Morrow, of California, gave notice that
ht* would cali them up for action Saturday,
lKh ol June.
Private business haying been dispensed
with, the house went into a committee of
the whole. Springer in the chair, outlie
oleomargarine bill, the pending amend
ment being that offered by Dauiei. of Vir
ginia, reducing the special tax on retail
dealers from i'iS to ?2o.
in the comse >f, either protracted and
stubborn debate Daniel's amendment was
reported along with numerous others,
while still .others were unceremoniously
ruled out on points of order.
An amendment was adopted allowing
the retail dealers in oleomargarine to pack
the compound in paper packages.
Everhart, of Pennsylvania, rose to speak
against the bill, and the members remem
bering the sensation caused by
his speech in opposition to
the river and harbor hill, clustered
around him and frequently interrupted
him with laughter end applause. He as
serted the constitutionality of the measure
and then inveighed against the manufac
ture of oleomargarine, which threatened
with destruction the time honored
business of butter making. This oleo
margarine was composed ol' I he slops
of the butcher shops, the kitchen and
t lie alley, naturalised, compounded
and prepared so as to resemble the tasie,
form ana color of butter. It looked as if
its origin was associated with springs and
cows and pasture and all the charm of the
country. It was nr. imposition, made solely
to be given to the poor man to roll under
his tongue like a sweet morsel of sin.
Though it be as pure as an icicle on Diuna’s
temple or as wholesome as the bread of
angels, it was still a counterfeit pretended-
ly to he genuine.
Successive amendments reducing the tax
to 5 cents and 1 cent per pound, were re
jected. ’
Townshcud moved to make the tax 2
cents.
Buttenvorth supported Townshemi’s
amendment. It had been said by i lie ad
vocates of the bill that all they desired was
such a law as would place the manufacture
of oleomargarine separate and spun from
that of butter, to compel the man who
manufactured it to stamp it for wliat ii is.
A tax of 2 cents would bring about that re
sult. He warned the gentlemen on liis
side of the house that if the time
had conic in this country when congress
was willing to wipe out an industry which
could survive, which could grow, which
cimltl ttnurish. simply because it was a
competitor of another domestic industry,
the spectre of -free trade would stalk
through every town and village of the
country within five .years, and it ought to.
(Applause on the' Democratic side]. If
this industry of oleomargarine was what
the gentlemen said :t w as,the requirement
tuat it should appear before the coun
try for what it was, was
enough to destroy it. If it could
not stand on its own merit it ougnt to die.
li it could stand and grow ami flourish,
there wat no right in this congress to strike
it down. If the people desired to buy it
on its merits and citszens of the I'ni'teu
States desired to manufacture it, lie denied
tlie right of congress to wipe it out lie-
cause some other industry found in it the
held of n competitor. [Applause,']
Pending action on the amendment the
committee rose.
T1 c speaker laid before the house Severn!
veto in usages on private pension bills, a id
they were referred to the committee on in-
i akd pensions.
The house then at 5 o'clock took n recess
until 8 o'clock, the evening ses don to be
for tile consideration of pension hills.
The nouse at its e -c i- g session | ee wd
twenty-five private pension bile and at
11:45 p. m. adjourned.
‘.I ■> Pi e.
A resolution to iucpiin into the uppoint-
n.u t of Indian train was u 'bated some
time and rt l’erred to the. Indian committee.
Tin ivirt 'tern i’aebie land forfeiture bill
was then discussed until 2 o’clock, at which
hour Van Wyell's bill for the t.ixnti et of
railroad lands wp.-' placed before Die sen
ate, and under a plen of discussing this
hill debate on the Northern Pacific for
feiture was continued by lie.union.-,. Van
\Vyek. Dolpii, Mitchell Oregon , Plum,
Vest and others. Reference by Van V yck
to the proceeding's o! the house of rej.ro-
rent,atives brought an inquiry from Duller
as to whether suoi. reference was in order.
The presiding oltieer : Hawley > replied
that so little that w.,. before the senate
had been referred to in the debate that the
cliaii had not thought it worth while to
e in attention to any particular point as
being out of order. The bill before t he
senate, he said. I ad not been referred to i
for an hour. [Daughter.]
No result was reached, and at 3:45 the j
senate went into executive session. At ;
4:42 the doors were reopened and the sen-j
ate adjourned until Tuesday next.
The I'.r/ffraijoint 1 Hill.
Washington, May 23.—At a meeting of i
the house committee on labor to-day,
Daniels, of Virginia, was instructed at the
first_ call of tlie committee to make a
motion to set aside June 10th for the con
sideration of the substitute for the Blair
educational bill reported by the commit-
Washington, May 28.—The hill agreed
upon by the house committee on labor
providing for the incorporation of trades
unions is the work of Congressman O’Neill.
Die measure is asked for in the platform
of the knights of labor and by the federa
tion of trades unions. An Identical hill is
upon the senate calendar awaiting action. ,
l! ore Vetoes.
Washington, May 28.—The president
s _vnt to the senate to-day live additional
vetoes of private pension hills. The rea
son stated in each veto is that the disabil-
■ty described arose from causes wholly
apart from the military service, in some
eases long before the war, and others long
afterwards.
Confirmations.
Washington, May 28.—A large number .
of senatorial confirmations of appoint- ,
incuts to minor offices were made public !
h>clay. Among them is that of Hughes
Dast, of Indiana, to be register of the land
office at Yankton, Dakota; East was Vice
^resident Hendrick’s secretary in the last
presidential campaign. ,
Fuilures for tin- Week.
Neva Yoke. Mav 28.—Business failures
occurring throughout tile comitiy during
| the lust veek, as repi rteu to K. l\. Dull A
Co., number for the t uned States lot and
Canada 27, a total of 1*1 against 107 hist
week and 17(5 the week pr " u us. Tin cas
ualties in the eastern, sou,hern and middle
states are light and below the average in
! number. The western and Pacific states
: furnish at Mei - than half of the total nnm-
; her i f failures for the week.
Tin* tt<*|M)i*ts I'vum'i I'i'.'.i'tl.
j Jacksonville. May 2.8.—The reports
j about the ill health of Gen. K. 11. Spinner
| are exaggerated. H* caught cold about
| tern days ago which affected the bronchial
tubes. He is getting better. The general
lives in a lenle r the Pablo tieaeh. prefer
ring it to Jiving in the city. He has been
) living in a tent about a ' t ar.
rib'
I '
Comnniils of ihe Press on G'adstone's
Recent Concessions.
The Urmia Oi.i Mm» • • ftv -Iig! u the tin
( miMHN* |.}<f '•iiujttiuii llf , iii"i i
i'in*ki*,»- A I’.iil. li o 1 ' Jit*m> Fimiii F*:»uc<
1‘rilHM'v Not to In* !.\|i. lint :lt O'in ,
HERR MOST CONVICTED.
His speech to tile .111 I*) I'iiillillU) II.Ill .NOtllHllilU
to II I Witt. tt.
, New York, May 28.— Mo.it anil his two
companions. Brnun.scuv«. ig and rtehcm.k,
i wen; to-(iay f» mid guilty of the charge in
i the indictment for mLdcmcanor. Tne jury
j ruemn mended Sehenck to the mercy of
, the court. hkutenee will be pronounced
I next Wednesday.
; New York, May 25.—Braunschweig and
i iSohencli testified in their own behalf but
, Mosi did not, but. belore the case \vii> given
| to the jury Most's consul said his client de-
' sired to address the jury which he v. as en-
, titled to do by i igbt. The recorder ixpiYu
: that Most had that privilege, blit that
| there must lie a limit to this tiling. The
lawyer said that Most would occupy about
an hour.
; Most then arose and said. “1 cannot
l speak very well in English. You have
[ heard a great deal about me. 1 suppose
! that you expected a great deal of the wit-
; nesses lor the prosecution and a lot of
| black devil lies about me, but what has
come of it? 1 have seen the prosecuting
' officers in Austria and Germany against
j me and my associates, but they were the
1 slaves of kings and princes. I did not ex-
, peel that here there was a scheme
I gotten up and the police and
! press was against me. 1 knew
J all about the policemen who met in a beer
| saloon next to Capt. McCollogh’s station
j house and said, ‘we’ll get you, Most.’ At
j hist they arrested me under a bed. I stood
i up in my room, a room i bad lived in for
two months before. They showed you
books and other things they took from’my
; room, but they did not produce the pocket
j book with £180 that they took from me. i
j suppose they want that.’’
1 lie then spoke of the meeting at which
| he made an address. “What did I say?”
I Ik shouted. “I said that the constitution
j of the United States permitted its citizens
! to carry arms. I told about St. Louis
where men who were paid £5 a day by Jay
; Gould shot down whoever Gould * said
; should be shot. A dozen men and women
have been killed by them. I said the Wil
liamsburg strikers were quiet, but the po-
liee clubbed them and tired at them. About
the 8 hour movement and meeting on the
1 first of May, 1 did not say that the men
I should £et guns. 1 said that if
[ 1 hey earned guns instead of torchlights
i they would be more respected. I didn’t
| tell them they must shoot. 1 said the con
st tuition let them carry arms. It didn’t
make any difference what kind of arms.
I Certainly they could carry cannon, and of
j course bombs, bui I didn’t advise the
i women to throw fire-brands in houses, or
tell anybody to throw vitriol out of the
windows on the policemen.”
j “ Beecher—you all know him”—the an-
! arc hist went on. “ He advised the people
from his pulpit .Sunday afterSunday to buy
rides and guns ro protect themselves. That
is all the advice I gave. That meeting
was orderly and not an unlawful assembly.
You know what tney are doing. They are
not only putting me in prison, but they arc*
, doing away with free speech. It is the
' first step to bring the republic down to a
! monarchy. Tin* next will be the stopping
of the freedom of the press. Then we will
! omv want an emperor.”
This, ended Most’s address.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
I ^
Tin* Hiriimoiiil H»>m»i<r.i1> MifT«*r mi dsrni ?:< j in! uir
la* 1 ’-at Tlu lO'Mill in Other nth n.
Norfolk, Va., May 28.—At this hour, l
a. »i»., all the return 4 * from yesterday’s •*]. c-
i lion are not in. but the city is rtemoendie
1 by Ji.Oto odd majority. PoWmouth is also
' democrat’»\ A small vote was polled at
each i)];«• • *.
hVN'rii*'!: Va., Mav 2s.—''Die demo
crat** curried imanoki City, Ya., yesterday
with the exception of one councilman.
Th«* Kii limuiiii UiifiTlen.
Richmond, Ya.. May 28.—The election
in tlii; city yesterday has resulted in an
OYv•rwhelmi.ig defeat of the it gulsr demo
crat! .mint c.- Lee, dcmoer.’.L, for « itv
s/.rvey r. d-*:' ..:•<! by Smif!i, indepei.-
deni.I . ‘i inujoi'ily of over 2L00. The
borrd ■ d.h'i'Uien strinds democrats and
fi ir-depei; i**iit-*, and tin* common council
J) dem* crats and 21 independents, making
an is.i.pendent majorii.y of 12 on a joint
I .allot. Tin- ,-loction was a i-riishiuT !>lo\v
to d* ir.oeracy a.nd will result in a pretty
gi dliiini;" in the nun'erou:-. otlic* s in
this city, including the l.eads of .-e^'crnl
imj .irtaut departmevits. In i : eU r.sburg all
the geiicral offices on the e'tizem:’ or anti-
republican ticket were elected.
\ < Iom- Kl.UVt*.
Winchester. Ya., May 28.—This city
elected yesterday, a republican treasurer
and sergeam, and a democratic clerk of
court. The city council stands: 7 demo-,
crats, *1 re])ublie:ins, and 1 independent, j
The returns have no- yet been canvassed. |
They elect F. A. tiraichen, republican, ■
mayor, by one majority. The new water- -
works proposition received only 1*7 votes.
Tin* A rmimiMit ('Insril.
Nohlolk. V.i., May 28.—The argument
closed in the United States circuit court
to-day in the case of the receiver of the
exchange national bank against the trus
tees, Bain A Bro. Chief Justice Waite an
nounced this afternoon that he would be
unable to render a decision for some days
and would send it from Washington.
Tin* Win* ou fir-hMMi IU*«*f.
St. Louis, May 25.—About live hundred '
delegates from fifteen states have arrived ,
here to attend the first annual convention
of the butchers’ associations. The com
plaint against the dressed beef monopoly
seemed to be uppermost in the minds of
the delegates, and there is no doubt the ,
great work of the* convention will be to or- ]
ganize in self-defence. Tt is proposed by
many to practically boycott dressed beef •
and pledge themselves to continue slaugh
tering for themselves.
KlertTJ a LifV Member.
New York, May 28.—Capt. S. M. Saun
ders, who has had a controvery with
Farnsworth post, g. a. r., No. 170, of Mt.
Vernon, about a toast he offered Jeff.
Davis’ health, received a telegram yester
day from Savannah, Ga., informing him
that he had been unanimously elected an
honorary life member of the Chatham ar
tillery of that city.
London, May 2S.---Joseph Cmve’n. radi
cal member n» parli-uneei for Newcastle,
jmbli.slies a 'citer in ti e Nt Wvastlc C hiMtii-
ele in which 1 .«• says: Dissetitnn nt. con
sciously or unet liS' jou d t \, has saiil guod-
b\oto tilt* iibetul imiay. r l’lie home ruli!
qtiesrion is not settled. Years will bes])-ut
(*\\*r this hglit. Politita'. animosities will
grow and fester, kndin,; to i eomph te rt-
easting of party Inn s. Thu prospect for
tile iio.ml:-. j?* not Loi efu 1 .
IN ’I Hi: ll< i'SK OF COM M( i.'.'S.
' Gladstone in the h'lU.-'e of eenuii-t’i.s thi.-*
af'erno'in. m iep*y io (juesiion.* ('oiu tin;
opposite iv;used to stale what ihe in-'
tentions oi the govt . n.m nt w* iu concern- ,
ing the li»)nie . nie bill ami llie pioemiu-c
rl\i_eeon.
riir Mich..el I Ticks Bench, eonscrvaliv-j
leader, tlun moved an adjournment ofd*- 1
bate on the and .* uppbrtcd hi:: motion ,
by a tie i ee attack on lira govern incut, de- :
iioui.<*ing in r.trong lun’ uage tiicir ia.c» les
in the nnuuigetnent of the controversy,
d'his speech provoked a iiot-tempcred raw
of words.
Gladstone arose in the midst of the ex
citement ana with tfor limn unusual pas
sion declared he would choose his own
time to press the bill to a vote and that he
would accept no advice from those who
were doing their best to ruin ihe measure.
• This declaration made will: the vigor of 1
overwhelming force provoked great enthu
siasm among tin* liberals and nationalists,
and they cheered lomlly.
COMMENTS cy THE I*'JESS.
The Times says; Gladstone would find
it as difficult- to enumerate the affairs spe. j
ciaily Irish as he confessed ii would be in
liis original statement with respect to im- j
; perial affairs. He bad nothing to say yes-
1 terday about the Ulster or the objections j
to the financial scheme of the bill.
The Pall Mall Gazette says: “Gladstone j
vesterday secured the second reading of .
; Ids home rule bill,” and adds, “and the ,
i black shadow of imminent dissolution is
! lifted.”
j The St. James Gazette (conservative! ad- 1
mils that it believes now that-there is a
likelihood that Gladstone will succeed in ;
attaining his immediate object, but de
clares li is grand scheme of legislation for!
| Ireland is destroyed.
, .The Globe (conservative) says Gladstone's '
surrender is a great bid for a eontinuenee i
; in office. Most of tiie ministers would \
j have preferred to retire rather than sub-
! mit to be degraded to such an expedient,
j The Echo (conservative) pronounces the
premier’s course more ingenius than dig-
I nified or courageous. The home rule Uni
! has only wasted the parliamentary session
| and lowered the reputation of the minis-
i ter. It has proved to the world the sheep-
like docility of the caucus-governed libe
rals.
COTTON BURNED A.T LIVERPOOL.
I A fire occurred among a quantity
i of cotton on the pier at Liverpool yester
day and a number of bales were destroyed
i and (iSO bales were badly damaged by fire
and water. The cotton was a part of the
' cargo of the Bi itish steamer Pontic from
New Orleans for Liverpool, before reported
ashore at Kilmore, and had been lightered
from the stranded steamer.
Em lire.
I THE RADICAL JOURNALS DISSATISFIED.
; Paris, May 28.—The radical journals are
1 not satisfied with Hie expulsion bill lie-
cause it leaves with the government the
' fixing of the date of operation. Tney de-
: maud a Dill making tiie instant expulsion
of all the French princes mandatory. Tie
. Zolci! cimdcnib the government for yield
ing to the clamor against the princes, ii
! says '.be government imsnbdicnied in favor
of the revolutionary party, and declares
1 thaf an era of violence lias begun. The
Journal D;*s Debates also opposed the bill.
A DEAD SOLDIER BURIED.
The remains of (’oi. ilcrbingar, of flic
French army of invasion io Toqnin, wa re
interred to-day with military honors. (Jen.
Boulanger, minister of war, was present
, on behalf of tin* government. Conspicuous
among 1 ho attendants wire Bov In Tort and
a nunih'T of moiv prominent i adical sena
tors and dejn'ti*.*s>nme of the speeches
dclivM’ed over 1 fie grave acre made, with
? view to titrate in the public mind
of the ♦ ffort to develop which in China
Col. Harbinger was described a.-'a distin-
gi.ished vi t iiuj ami a soldier whom 1 In iv-
puolic could ill alibi'd V lose. The odium
ol the Tonquin dixi
the orators upon J:
(. ign policy fostered
(pun, and fr*-qucntu auringthe sj.teoii
• the auditors cried out. “Dow n wit li Furry.”
THE ESTIMATES I! ESTO K!: 1).
The budget eommilt-.e l.y a vote of 15 to
18 restored the pubic* worship (Stim/itc-
by ji vote (.f'12 to Ih Goblet, minist* r for
ecclesiastical affairs, explained b> Lie Imd-
get eoiiuniltee lli.-.t the immciiiale separa
ti !i of chiiivii and -taH. we*-. impo-.sinie,
and said that he considered it umuivisnbie
to make a party I'-dia tion in the public
worship estimate s. The restoration of the
estimate.-* is due to the advk e of tin* min
ister.
T "HOSED EXPULSION.
M'.nda . < • iadical J('fl have (leeided
toprrq;' .i.«..loeiete expulsion of the
(Orleans ; *rira <*s. •
ug linM Give c, a.id will not whhdrnw it
until notified l.y Grave * that slu- In.* de
mobilized her army. Ii is here believed
nnlik*-ly that Premier 'frieaupis will issue
any ! iiecitk notice to the luiwrisri' demob- j
in. II*' \ raesfien It should be suffi
cient fin them Ik.it Greece lues already
given evidence of lu*r willingintH to de
mobilize whenever tlij’ situation created
by tlu- 'fanes on the frontier will 1
permit it to be done wit ii safety. \ dead
lock between Greece npd the powers is
thought to he in11111111 nt « n this issue. !
Ah K\rifuu Vmc.
St. Paul. Ma\ 28.—A 'Winnepeg special
sayH in tin* provincial Icgir.lature t vi vt(»rduy i
si u-.-tioL of eoiifideiice in to.* Norgimv I
goVermuent was defeated. So hot was the \
discussion tlureou that an opposition ,
member crossed the lioor afu ’• tin* debate
and e lied i’rimicr Norguay '» con*
lotuptible liar. Thcbulkv premier prompt
ly hi1 iiis assail:.nt ami *i fight fvillowod,
but t Re coaiibalants were s> \ nrated.
Dil!.'
HU
u r
THU Ki\!C
'3 OF LABOR.
Ci.v\
labor I
held . • •
f he g t
ereasi !
hour's .
adopt e«
by ball,
pired y
item. h.
'LAND, Mav 28 The knights of
ici'.led down io business to day and
..session*;. Ti .* eo uni it tee < i law
■d flujr iv port, lecomm* ndingthat
ler.d e\t* uf:Ve eoinmittee in* ilt-
JVoui 5 lo If members. After an
'sei.ssii.n tin- recommendation was
Six ; ' v members wi'l be duct ed
am! wifi serve during the unex-
•;ii which ends in October. Pctium-
:idi|uarterswill lx* opened in 1‘liila-
ssary the board will
ir instead of assem-
., and
Mlglioilt the
ai tin
del],
set O
hi ing
workman.
Resolutions
derl.v power t
all organizer*:
compelenl organize
taki n for their selection
edwhen the noon recess
!' tl.e general master
'1'!
adopted gi\ing Pow-
11 the eonimissions of
sul>jee 4 . of appointing
rs and tin.* means to he
is being discuss-
•curred.
Tin* Tnulcs Cnioiis.
j Cleveland, ()., May 28. The chief sub-
I ject discussed by the knights of labor and
j members of trades unions in the hotel lob-
I hies and on the streets during the past few
1 days has been the treaty that was prepared
| at the Philadelphia conference of the
trades union officers last week for presen-
! tat ion to the general assembly of knights
[ of labor. The address and terms oft he
i treatv have never before been made public.
At the convention to-day the executive
board of knights of labor presented its re
port, embodying the address of* tlu* trades
I unions and the terms on which they wish
| to settle the existing troubles. The ad
dress is as follows:
“Tim officers of the national and internal
1 trades unions desire to make the state-
j menttliat they have no antagonism toward
the knights of labor, and believe that as an
| order it has a legitimate mission in the
labor movement of America. Through
the development of industry and the ag
gregation of capital, the tendency is to
monopolize the business of the country,
hence the various trades have been affected
by the introduction of machinery, the sub-
j division of* labor, the use or the wo
man's and child’s labor and the lack
j of an apprentice system, so that
! skilled traces w ere rapidly sinking lo a
level of pauper labor. To protect the
skilled labor of America from being re
duced to beggary, and io sustain the stan
dard of American workmanship and skill,
the trades union of* America have been
, established. They are a social necessity,
and their past history proves not only that
they have bettered flic* wages of the work
man and reduced tin* burdens of toil, but
they have fulfilled Ihe fraternal duty of
visiting their members when unemployed,
when sick, and when disabled
by accident and old age,
and provided for flu* widows and
orphans of’their deceased brethren. Con
sequently, trades unions have become n
fixtd and permanent institution in America
, not antagonistic t.o the web fare of the
country, hut calculated to elevate all
branches of labor to a higher degree of
citizenship and a larger share of social
comfort. For this principle, thoughtful
and far-set ing men of various crafts have
founded unions of their respective trades,
and to mainiain these trades unions tin*
members have sacrificed countless time
and money, and where at
di. t
lrs v.as thrown I
s F< rrv, whose f<
i" iiuasion of To
fir-
failure, time has n<
usefulness, but lias
tlmy arc* dost in.*d io
si* n .oid t heir prog
portion to (he inii*
of tneir members,
foumied on -ucli *gr
ii.• Yea; s of t h ii di "I •
beany *:i.l
knights of
fears have in
of labo’' w<uil(i
but that the
v. ould 11 *t c\
to; n ofti
(I their
only pr<
(l(*nions!
fulfill a h
*ks is in
. ctiial dr
ml v. I .-n
complete
•'.‘ii tiicir
.led that
flier mis-
vact pro-
•'opinent
in n
!lhi»r.
In*. »l hcrln
p;i mHit
1 i' uwil bri
nds there need be
f ion, nor need (l. *re
W( cl) t belli and t lie
late the. greatest
been that the knights
lest my the trades unions,
capitalists of the country
v< ry oi)!...ifunity lo pit one
gani/.ation against am.tfi. r,
ilu* iMiiilicl destroy belli. Wituiii
styear ?*a1jon:il and intermiti'uuti
unions have grown with giant
f a- i xmiip!r-, we will cite a few
•os. Tin irtei national typorp aphical
lies gain li lH*d2 'neuila is;
malmrs iidernatimed union, 7101;
:id of ear n.*iiteis and joiners, 18,-
ial bakers union. 75*M: interna-
tional uni(
riarior;
l?•«•! • a t.
DA ViTT I * J:. '.NDS FORD.
Dublin, May 28. Mieluel Davitt puk-
liclV defends Patrick Ford against tin* alli
gations made by Healy in the house- of
commons that the Irish World wa* simply
a medium of acknowlcdguient of the sub-
serijilion for the parliamentary fund. Da
vitt said that Ford collected three-four!hs
of ad the enormous sums of money sent hy
th(.* Irish people and their sympathizers in
America for the Irish national league, be
sides sending a sum every week to feed the
starving poor on the west coast of Ireland.
Lit■(•« i* ami Turkey.
A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE TURKS.
1 Constantinople, May 2ft.—Greece has ;
complained to the porte that the Turks ;
have not evacuated tin.* positions on the
Greek frontier, which they agreed to aban
don.
THEY AC REE TO DISARM.
Athens, May 28.- Greece has arranged
' directly with Turkey for disarmament
without having recourse to the powers.
! The agreement stipulates for the with- ,
drawa! of both of the armies from the ]
, frontier and a mutual exchange of prison- j
1 c rs. Premier Tricoupis will not officially
, inform the powers of this arrangement '
with Turkey, ami as regards a continuance
of the blockade, he now declares that the 1
powers can do whatever they consider ex- j
pedient.
THE BLOCKADE NOT WITHDRAWN.
Athens, May 28. - The allie d powers ;
have not vet v. ilhcDawn tic* blockade
•k makers and masons, 515711; fur-
•rkers, fid AS; amalgamated iron
Mirkccs. S28fi: iron mohiers, 12,-
i cutters, 8L22; custom tailors,
is I min* r. . 8fi,000. ()ut
ns 4 W•«•. i and interna-
: eseiitcR ' | he Philadfl-
m-r additional
R.onal unions that cn-
<!*‘csed it> - w*.rk, only nine of (lie cliief
ofiiee i.» aic salaric d and t iieir salaries range
fv**m ? 12 to *20 per week, the tmlanee of
tiie officer** devoting tlieinsclves to their
duties without salaries. The. trades union
a**«* cconoMiiealiy managed and the most
rigid accountability is exacted from
thoir r tjicf-v? in ail financial
and business transactions. As the officers
pledged b t \ tin-most sacred obligations to
promote tlu* interests of their respective*
in.ions, tiie chief officers felt it was their
duty to attend the Philadelphia conference
and the results *b that eonten nee are such
that for the future there are no doubtsth it
t be trades link ns of America v, ill n< t only
grow, but become a more fixed institution.
TURF NEWS.
'I lie ItaiTs »»t laitoniu l*:irL..
Cincinnati, May 4 2S. I first race at La-
tonia to-day, three-nuarters of a mile,
ilarefoot won, Spaulding 2d, Hermitigat
3d; time l:lfiL
Second race, seven-eights of a mile,
I ronic Louise won, Kloise 2d, Golden
Phoebus 3d; time 1:304.
fifiiird race, one mile, Warrington won,
Kmma Maiiicy 2d, Tartar 3d; time 1:454.
Fourth rac( , mile and one-sixteenth,
Maline won, Chance 2d, Waukesha 2d;
time 1:604.
Fifth race, one and a quarter miles,
Katootah won. Ada D. 2d, Flora L. 3d;
time 2:114.
The Winner** "f the l/iniion Khi*«-s.
London, May 28. Mip .lummy won.
Oaks L'rgo Navis 2d. Braw Ll-s 3d.
H Will bo Married on Wednesday, the
Second of Juno.
\l! flir ViTiiiiiripieiifs M -iit* nn<1 Vniiclied For
ii* fin* TniHi ihr l'rrrii‘i>ii\ I.IUrh fa be
Performed in Hie White llmoe Hiss Folsom
fi ill Kerchi* n fi.inn Welcome.
Wahid noton. May -ft. President Clcvo-
luiui will la- married a*, the whit** lions** on
Wednesday evening, June 2d, to Miss
Francis Folsom, 'fine recent death of a
rdaiivi of Miss Folsom has changed the
original plans for the wedding, and invita
tions will now be limited to a few of the
near relatives ami members of the cabinet
and their wives. Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of
the First Presbyterian church <>l Washing
ton, will officiate. The ceremony will bo
followed by a collation, and tlie wedding
in all of its details will bo plain and unos
tentatious.
Miss Folsom arrived at Now York from
Europe last night on tlu* Antworp steamer
Noordland. She was met at the steamer
at t ho quarantine station by (.'ol. Dan La-
niont with a revenue cutter, and landed at
j one of the up-town piers on North river.
- I ler coming by an Antwerp steamer was
so little ngarded as within possibilities
I t hat only two of Mu* New York morning
papers, and not any of the telegraphic re
porters had t ho news. The reporters gen
erally were watching the British steamsliip
[ lines.
I Tlu* president’s recently acquired
'cottage out on the Tcnallytown road is
[ not yet ready for the reception of
a bride, but the White House is in good
order, with a brand new roof, just
completed, th** furniture is in good order,
j and tlu* hothouse and conservatory fideil
with flowers that can In* used to decorate
and make fragrant the interior oft lie nmn-
; sion. That there will have to lie some sort
j of summer reception, for the purpose of
J presenting the new mistress of the white
house, will occur to everybody here as the
correct and desirable and perhaps inevi
table tiling. If there is such an event now
it will be noted as one of the mont impor
tant of the social events of this adminis
tration, and will attract a distinguished
throng of diplomatic, official and private
persons, notwithstanding the lateness of
the season.
fi’he arrangements for the wedding, so
far as tlu* president’s movements are con
cerned, have been left in the hands of ( ’ol.
Lauiout. No more discreet and confiden
tial agent was ever intrusted with the man
agement of such a matter.
Washington people, in and out of ofiiee,
are delighted at tlu; prospect of soon hav
ing a “Lady of the White House ; ’’ who
[ will be entitled to all the honors of the po
sition as the wife of the president. The
curiosity about the wedding is altogether
| the expression of friendly concern, not vul-
I gar impertinence or a desire to meddle in
anybody’s private affairs. Some regret iscx-
| pressed that the president will be obliged
to bring his bride to a house that is more.
| public than most others, a house that is
I overrun, even in the sq-ealled private part,
by from ten to 100 privileged visitors every
! day. The crowds are not usually so threat*
in the summer as they are in the winter
season, but the fact that the wile of the
president is soon to be there will undoubt
edly attract an unusually large number of
visitors, and inspire many of them with
the hope that by getting into the “home
1 side” of the mansion they may be able to
get a glimpse of the bride in her new
home.
UNCLE SAM S RUNNING GEARS.
I —
M lint it Cost*, to K «*<*|> Them L'reused a ml in
I Motion Soiih* I ii ten si in *x lli**tor\ I’rcscntnl iu
( oniioittiM> Ucporf Mr. IHnml llolis Up Auain.
i Washington, May 28. There is Lo bean
effort to pass some sort of silver legislation
in t he house before this session of congress
• mils. “I hope to get t lie house to act on
tin; bill authorizing ihe issue of small sil
ver certificates before the adjournment,'’
said Mr. Bland, the leader of Hie silver
men in th** house.
“Do you intend to attempt to pass the
bil! authorizing the issue of coineerf ili-
cnt.es without reference to the kind of coin
in which they shall he redeemed?’’
“Yes, we shall 1 ry to substitute t hat for
t he bill ant Imrizing t li»- issue of silver cer
tificates; wo want to give silver one nior *
chance: in Hie house yet this session.”
COST OF RUNNING THE (IO V !R N M 11 NT.
The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation hill, winch lias just been re
ported from the appropriations commit
tee, gives souk; interesting items which
show some! h ing of tin cost of running a
big government like this. For histaiiee,
tin sum appi opriated for the pay >f mem
bers of congress during the coming year is
over two millions dollars, fi'o pay tin; peo
pi** who wait on them, their officers and
employes, eo.it s between seven hiindr**d
and eight hundred thousand dollars ay* nr.
Add to this the contingent expenses, and
you have a total of a million doliurs for the
**ost of running congress, aside from tie*
salaries of the members. Congress thus
cost.- over three million dollars a year.
Tiie cost of collect ing the internal revenue
for tin coming year is put down at nearly
two million dollars, fi'hc other d«part-
ments of the t rcasury cost about two mil
lion a year, 'i he interior department eo ,is
between one and two million a v**ar. Tim
salaries of Cn.ited Slates judges alone
amount to nearly a half a million a year.
r I HE. YELLOW* FEVER INVESTIGATION.
The bill for the appointment of a com
mission to go abroad to study Ihe germ
theory developed in connection with yel
low lever will probably pass without much .
further opposition. Congressman Cald- I
well, of 'Tennessee, who was I
its most active oppoin nt, has !
succeeded in getting the friends !
of l he motion to make some concessions as !
to the number of persons to be sent on this |
expedition, also on agreement that all !
those sent on the expedition shall betaken :
from the government service, so that the j
cost may he cut down to a minimum. i
“You may say,” said he to your corres- ;
pondent, “Lo those who are saying that 1 j
have withdrawn my opposition to the bill,
that the friends of tne original bill have
withdrawn their opposition to my plan. I
have never opposed it if it could be carried
out without great cost. By making the j
commission a small one, and taking all its I
members from the government service, we |
reduce tiie cost, and at the same time in- I
crease the chances of its success.”
VICK-PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.
The report of the select committee of
the house on the constitutional amend- I
inent providing for the election of a sec
ond vice-president gives some interesting,
historical facts, which, although familiar j
to all, are quite interesting when grouped
ils they art: in the report. Out of eighteen
persons elected to the presidential office |
Four lia\e died before filling out their re
spective terms as president, three of them 1
(luring the first year of their term, and the
other during tne second year. Out of
twent^v-five different persons elected as
vice-presidents five died during their
terms of office, one of them re
signed his office, and four became presi
dent. At the close of ihe present .
presidential term, there will have been one
bund ed ,y**ars of government under the
constitution, and during that period there
will have been twenty-five years eight
mont hs and four days, 'over one-fourth of
the time when tlii* country has had no
vice-president, and this without counting
the snort period in 17811 at the beginning
of our constitutional history, when wd
were without a vice-president until John
Adams assumed the duties of that office in
that year, and in the last forty years of the
period named the office of vice-president;
has been vacant eighteen years five months
and five days, or nearly one-half of the
time.
WANT A WAR.
Ill" Action of fin* Irish (onfcrnicc ill llostou
|il*.|iliivH a lYiiiltnn lo .Make Kiiidnml Show
Her llimd.
New York, May 28.—The Herald this
morning says: Seveial Irishmen who have
taken *m active part in Irish revolutionary
matters, both m Ireland and America,
were asked yesterdav to give a synopsis ol
w hat was done at the conference in Bos
ton. First they answered that the confer
ence was a matter of no public importance,
but on being assured that their names
would not be made public they became
more communicative.
“Tin: possible action of the American
government on the fisheries question.”
said one of the gentlemen, “has been dis
cussed by the delegates. For the past ten
years tiie pnysiciu-force party has been
directing its energies to forming a pecu
liarly military organization, which, in the
event of England getting into a difficulty
abroad, would be used to harass her at a
moment’s notice.
“Should the government get in trouble
with England we can furnish at a moment’s
notice 3000 Irishmen to move on Canada.
New York is our greatest recruiting center,
next conies Chicago, then Boston, Roches
ter, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cincinnati and
Pittsburg, not to mention other places. All
these places were represented at the Boston
conference. At that conference the opinion
was that tin; American government, if left
to itself, would Lack down on the fishery
question, but the sentiment of the Ameri
cans was so strong that the government
would have to push the matter strenuously.
: The delegates said they had felt the
I pulse of the people in their respective cities,
1 and the feeling was strong against allowing
the English to bulldoze the American gov
ernment. The meeting was informed that
several Irish merchants in our ranks had
agreed to furnish enough money to lit out a
vessel. The Ireland’s Hope, which was
fitted out about twenty years ago and sent
to Ireland with officers and anus, was men
tioned, and the Boston delegate said we
| could do much better now and send a more
formidable vessel to tight in Canadian
! waters.
• “A proposition was made to fit out a
| fishing vessel and dare the English-Cana-
dians to interfere. It was thought that a
1 crisis could lx; precipitated in this way.
I The proposition was not adopted, and
i there was a disposition to lay it over, for
there is to be another meeting shortly, but
j not in Boston. Several members said it
j would be a good idea to make the imperial
! government show its hand. If England
did not think Canada worth fighting about
the Canadians would be left to themselves,
and then would follow annexation to tho
states, for there is a strong annexation feel
ing in Canada.”
A DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE*
‘ t Mini iiimI IIis Wife Uniatml From Home unit
UrutaiH l(«*nt<*ii.
Citioaoo, May 28. A special dispatch
from Wheeling*, W. Va., says: Ritchie
enmity once more comes to the front with
one of the most diabolical outrages ever
i pe rpetrated within the borders of this
state. As on other occasions of this nature,
the p< rpelrators are what an* known us'
“Rc(! .'I* n” that organizutiou of outlaws
which for half a dozen years has flourished
in this state despite tin* attempts of the
authorities Lo stamp it out. The victims
this time were Mr. and Mrs. George Keck,
who live mi Goss Kim, in Ritchie county.
Two nights ago t hey were aroused by the
‘■lioutsof'i mob which had surrounded their
li"U-if. and on th* door being opened, the
“K» o Men” took Keek and his wife into
the woods m ar by, tied them to trees and
bed tlmm inarms! brutal manner with
Im l*< ry sw it«dies. They then burned the
dwelling and iu- contents to tho ground
and departed. A r t * r daylight Kick buc-
e(t ded fn releasing himself, and after re
moving It in bi< eding and fainting wife to a
place of safety, swore .,ut warrants for
such of l he I.mb as he had Dcen able to
recognize, and ■ wvi vc of t lioni have been
urresVd and placed in jail. (»tlmr arrests
Oil ’< :»< life.
Sr. '. York. Ma\ 2ft. Th ; stock market
opt m d st* a*ly this morning, and in the
i *:y *l» .dings w as somev. hat feverish, with
a la a\y lone. ThK however, disappeared
after tiie first fifteen minutes, wlten tho
market became strong tliiougliout, espe
cially eoai stoc ks. The rise culminated,
how ■ v<r, a! >ifi 11 o’clock in tin* (Invalid
pii'es moved off slowly, the market be-
eoi."ing qui' Ler until after 1 o’clock, when
then* was considerable activity, and the
downward movement was accelerated.
Prices continued to fall until the close of
the board. St. J’aul, Lui kavvannu and
Lake Shore contributed about lialfoftuo
day’s business ol .'-88,000 shares. The net
result of the day’s business is a decline of
everything on the active list, ranging from
small fractions to over 1. Lake Shore was
the greatest sufferer, losing It; Union
pacific, lp St. Paul, 1, and the rest of tho
market fractional.
\n F\|m*iin1 vr C«>1 III|IM*.
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 28.—Last
evening t lie entir* inte rior of the Valley
City mills collapsed under the weight of
machinery and grain. Every floor with
t he contents fell into the cellar, and as tho
tail race ran beneath Hie mill the water
washed all the grain into Grand river. The
walls of the building remained standing
and showing very little outward evidence
of t he wreck within. Over 200,000 bushels
of wheat and the manufactured product of
as much more, together with new and
costly machinery, were lost, aggregating
in value between *75,000 and f100,000.
\ Mur«l*r«*r Hu Hired.
Washington, May 28.—Antonio Nar-
dello was hanged at the district jail near
this city at 1:30 this afternoon for the mur
der of * Carniine Rotunno. He made a
speech on the scaffold and protested bus
innocence. The murderer and victim were
fellow-workmen, and Nardello’s object
was to obtain Rotunno’s small savings.
Hnmiifd liy n Waterspout.
Abingdon, Va., May 25.—Yesterday
i veiling n waterspout struck the residence
of Du-, id Whittnker on Gasper Creek, this
county, destroying the dwelling and to
bacco barn and drowning Miss Jennie
Mongle, who had just stepped in out of the
rain. Whittaker had li is jaw broken by
falling timbers. The bodv of the young
lad v was found half a mile below the house
to-ilav.
