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VOL. XXVIII—NO. ruM'.MBl'S, GKOHOIA: FRIDAY Molt NING, Jl'NK I. issi; l'lilCK KIVU GENTS Yesterday’s Proceedings of the House and the Senate. Ilu' Ilnil-I' | > nwc« (lie Oli’dimilniwliio mil—The fllll to Tux Luiiil (ti'iuiU Pjuivs llic Sriuilc- Other Mullers of (Jciii'ml Interest Kruui Hie N lit 1 on ill (ii|illiil. Washington, June 3.—In the teniporu- rv absence of the speaker, Wellbortic, of 1'exas, was designated as speaker pro tem pore. O’Neill, of Missouri, from the committee cm labor, reported back the senate bill ex tending the provision of the 8 hour law to letter carriers. House calendar. The house then resumed the considera tion of the oleomargarine bill. Hatch, of Missouri, closed the debate in p. long speech in support of the measure, lie referred to the present consideration of the bill as one of the most remarkable par liamentary contests which had taken place in the house for many years. He defended ihu committee on agriculture, contending that it had not exceeded its jurisdiction in reporting a revenue measure,and attributed much of the antagonism which it had met to to a feeling that it had not come from the ways and means committee. The gentleman who had op posed the bill, but stilled with the cry of “fraud” an honorable measure. There was not a single word in the proposition that any honorable man could object to. It defined oleomargarine and placed a tax upon it. Where was the fraud? It was in the manufacture of the article; it was in the sale of the article. The fraud was on sixty million of people, who were asked to buy it under a false and fraudulent name. After a stormy struggle over a point of parliamentary ruling, the house promised to vote upon the amendments to the lull. The amendment was disagreed to which excluded from the definition of “butter” a product made from milk or cream when additional col oring matter is used. The verbageofthe section defining “ oleomargarine” was changed so that the latter clause of it shall read “ and all mixtures and compound of tallow, beef fat, suet, lard, lardere, vegeta ble oil, annato and other coloring matter, intestinal fat and oifal fat made in imita tion or semblance of butter, or when so made calculated or intended to be sold as butter, or for butter.” The amendment requiring hotels and restaurants in the District of Columbia to placard “We use oleomargarine” was re jected-yeas 89, nays 171). In ucdordance with the agreement made in the committee, Hatch submitted an amendment, declaring his opposition to it. however, fixing the rate of tax on oleomar garine at three cents a pound. Rejected- yeas 129, nays 140. Hutch then offered an amendment fixing the rate at five cents a pound. Agreed to —yeas 153, nays 122. At this point the proceedings were in terrupted to enable Wallace to take the oath of office as representative from the second district of Louisianna, to till the vacancy caused by the death of Michael Hahn. Brown, of Indiana, offered an amend ment exempting from tax oleomargarine when sold under its true name. Rejected- yeas 82, nays 153. Mills, of Texas, moved to recommend the bill with instructions to committee on agriculture to report it buck with an amend ment, imposing a tax on incomes. Lost— yeas 85, nays 188. The bill was then passed—yeas 177, nays 101. Following is the vote in detail : Yeas—Adams of Illinois, Allen of Mass: - ehusetts, Allen of Mississippi, Anderson of Kansas, Atkinson, Baker, Ballentine, Barksdale, Barry, Bayne, Beach, Bingham, Bland, Bound, Boutelle, Brady, Browne of Ohio, Brown of Pennsylvania, Buchanan, Buck, Bunnell, Burleigh, Burrows, Butter- worth, Bynum, Caldwell, Campbell of Pennsylvania, Campbell of Ohio, Cannon, Carleton, Carwdl, (..’lardy, Comstock. Con ger. Davenport, Dorsey, Ding- ley, Dockery, Davidson, Eidredge, Bilberry, Ely, Ermentrout, Evans, Ever hart, Farqutiar. Felton, Fleegcr, Foran, Frederick, Fuller, Funston, (jullinger. Geddes, Gibson of Maryland, Gretiilnn. Greene of North Carolina, Grout, Hale, Hansell, Handback, Hatch, Haynes, Heard, Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of Illinois, j Henry, Hepburn, Hermann, Hill, Iliers, Hiscock, Holman, Holmes, Hopkins. How- | ard. Jackson; James, Johnson of New ! York, Johnstone of Indiana, Ketchum, j Kin'. Kleiner, LuFoliette, Landes, Lefer, j Lindsley, Little, Long, Lore, Loutitt. Lowry, Lyman, Matson, Me- | Combs, MeCarey, McKenna, McKinley, Millard, Miiliken. Molfutt, Morgan, Mur- ! row, Morrill, Muller, Murphy, Neece, Xol I son, O'Donnell, O’Ferrail. Osborne, Outh- waite, Parker, Payne, IV.yson, Perkins, Peters, Pettibone. Philips, Pidcock, Plumb council of Gloucester. Mas-,., which was appropriately referred, praying for retalia tion on the Canadian government for the seizurt of A merle .in fishing vessels. This brought on an extended discussion of the existing complication between this coun try and Canada, but it wits only upon th ft general subject, as no proposed legislation was liefn: e the senate. The bill indemnifying the Chinese for the loss sustained in the ltock Springs, Wyoming, riot was taken up and Mitchell, of Oregon, addressed the senate on it, ar guing at length against any legal or moral obligation to pay the money provided for in this bill. In tile course of his remarks he characterized the bill as an insult to American citizens. The hill providing for the taxation of railroad grant lands was taken up. Hoar withdrew his amendment limiting purchases by one person under the act to forty acres, and then after debate by Plumb, Hoar, Evarts, George, Call and Blair, the bill was passed. Van Wyck then called up the house hill on the same subject, and, on his motion, the committee o:i public lands was dis charged from Its further consideration. Hi then moved the senate bill as amended in the nature of a substitute to tin- house hill, The motion was agreed to and the house bill was amended accord ingly in the disagreeing vote of the two houses, Tliis brought about, the senate, on motion of J'anWyck, ordered a committee of conference. Tins had the effect of avoiding delay which would result from the consideration of the senate bill ns uu original proposition in the house of repre sentatives and put it at once in l lit- hands of a conference committee. Plumb submitted the conference com- ' mittec report, on the post office appropria tion bill, which he said he didn’t expect to ' call up before next week, ils the principal subject of difference was one on which several senators would desire to speak. Allison, from the committee on appro priations, reported the consular and diplo- | matie appropriation bill with amend ments. The aggregate appropriation has been increased bv the senate committee bv 849.700. ' " j Executive session and adjourned. A Charming Honeymoon Promised Them at Deer Park. Till- « .ilt.iin IVtill-li I lift *v:il i .it i* I || Their Trill|»or\ (bode llpiltlf ifll i Pi'ltf* Mini Ifnws KurilhJii' l 1'i‘fo -( urion*. IVo|>U* t'U Dkkk Pauk, Mo., June 3.—President Cleveland and bride arrived here at four o’clock this morning and arc domiciled in one of llie cottages attached to the hotel. There are but few persons here, us there was lio knowledai that the bridal party would come. The president and Mrs. Cleveland are sojourning very quietly. A large influx of visitors i* looked for n» soon us it is known that the newly wedded couple are here. The place which has been selected for the presidential hoiicvmoon is on the crest oftlie Alleghenies. The place is what is known as the cottage of ex-Seuator Henry Davis, of West Virginia. Deer Park is three thousand feet above the sea. The Davis cottage is situated about one-half mile east of Deer Park bote!, in the midst of a group of cottages, among which those of Harrison Garrett, Miss Mary Gar rett, daughter of t be late John \V. Garrett, and of Stephen Elkins are most conspicuous. It is a large two- story frame house constructed especially by the owner for the use of his family in summer. It is in the centre of a grove and is upon one of t lie finest driveways, forty miles o‘. which have recently been con structed through tlie grove and park. The president and his bride will find abundant uses for the horses which friends have pro vided for him. In this mountain retreat drives are a ('harming feature of the place, tlie roads being particularly well constructed and as smooth and even almost, as a race track. The president will not l>e annoyed by the presence of guests at the hotel'at Deer Parle and Oakland, as these hotels are not opened until late in June. praying mid singing loudly. Tli-v express t'u niseivt-» us being perfectly prepared for ti.e ordeal, and speak bflheir approaching death with calmness. It is thought they will exhibit the same firmness on the seal- fold. i’p to the present time the governor lias not indicated any intention to change the sentence of Banks to life imprison ment. Seven jurymen signed I he petition, file sentiment of tin community is averse to any change. Tli IteslrnlnIi,tr (Inli'r VunitH. Rat.kkih, N. ( .. June 3.- The suit of John 1’. McDowell against the Massa chusetts and Southern e.instruction com pany and others, to restrain the issuing of S100.IXM in bonds by the commissioners of Rutherford county, was heard yesterday by Judge Avery at Newton. Judge A very found as filets tbut there was lio olllelal notice of the election of August, 1883, given by the commissioners; that ill sev eral precincts there were no registrat ion books and the voters I were not permitted to register and vote; that one-fiftli of the voters asked for the election and that the commissioners had adjudicated the result of the election of 1883. He then found as facts that the ma jority of the votes actually c-ist hud voted for both propositions and lie vacated the restraining order. The plaintiff appealed for tin amount in controversy. The prill cipnl and interest is 8220,000. a Ten Days Session. lion of’Clilq^ in the early part of the thir teen! Ii cent nry, and were established all around I he Black Ben with the exception of a strip between Verna iind the Bospho rus. What the Representative Knights Did in j It Is now doubted whether, indeed, the Black l’rlnce did use guns at the battle of I t'ressy; but there Is no doubt that Murad I. had before then employed them at the .. . battle of Cossova. On both sides they were " "" ‘ used, the Turks having already instructed ' Iiitlfci- the population with whom they were at ilcil, TO'. ; war. Employing artillery in the field, It . j was easy (reversing the process in Europe) to apply it in fortresses; the peculiar nature Cleveland, O:, June 3. At the morn-I of the straits of the Bosphorus and the ing’s meeting of the general assembly of Dardanelles invited its use. To the lintter- the knights oflabor, David R. Gibson, of ies placed above Constantinople isattribu- ” "Hilton. Ontario, Jos. R. Buchanan and : ted the fall of that city, the supplies from B. Ayiesfortli, of Baltimore, Maryland, the Black sen being cut oil'. National Re- ' 1 .i 1 publican. 'Ilia l-'till In Hiinnniilzi' Uilli flie Tniilr, \ Miiopsfs «f Tfirlr Work MoroStrlkri nl Strikcsilm’HtHU'il him! *lr!kis K.n Coutlrimiti'ms. Washington, June 3.—Among the eon- lltNiqiiHihitfil slu lit .Si’iTs, Washington, June 3.—Ncnrly two thou- flrniations made public to-day are the fob j sand persons, principally ladies, entered lowing: C. L. Graham, l\ S. marshal west- I the while house grounds to-day, iu the ern district of Virginia; T. H. Burke, l\ S. - hope of being able to inspect the floral attorney eastern district of North Carolina: ! decorations and particularly the blue room, A. L. Eliott, collector of internal revenue ; where the president’s marriage was sol- second district of Virginia; It. M. T. Hun- j emnizod last evening. They began to nr- ter, collector of customs at Tuppahannock, rive before 8 o’clock, and continued to Va.; L. Tronsdale, surveyor of customs at : come in groups until after noon. All, Nashville, Tenn. 1 however, were doomed to disappointment, — and none of them were able to git farther CANUCKS ON THEIR METTLE. than the main entrance. Here their pro- gress was arrested tiy the doorkeepers, ■■ .. , . . .... . .... ...... ... . who informed them that the (ana'lmii* Awrt I Imt I hr) Will Fiirht h ouse was closed for the lor TliHr Klslihit; Grounds. day and that orders had been issued — | to admit nobody except on public tmsi- Chicago, June 1.—A Montreal special to : neSK - Oiside workmen had been engaged the Daily News says: The real cause of all I f ™ m an early hour removing the tropical the fisheries trouble is the deep-rooted 1 plants and all the .floral decorations, and jeulousy of the Canadians against the cleaning up the house generally. This Americans. Last night the subject of war J work consumed several hours, but was was discussed at the clubs. A prominent j fuByythroiygh by 10 o clock, and there was member of parliament, who is a strong government supporter, speaking on the subject with your correspondent, suid: “There will be no half-way about the speedy settlement of this question. We shall force it upon the states to declare whether they will keep their fishing ves sels out of our waters or whether we shall send them to the bottom.” WILL SHOOT THE VESSEL. Being asked what course would be pur sued by the Canadian cruisers if they met with armed resistance, the minister of ma rine declared that Canada will take the consequences, and in ease of resistance the officers commanding the different cruisers have orders to shoot tiie different vessels out of the water. England is at Canada’s buck. The Canadian fisheries employ 59,- 49.3 men, 1177 vessels worth 82.021,033, and 28,472 boats worth *852,257. Tlie industry produces 818,000,000 per year, of which nearly *8,000,000 is in exports, the United States taking $3,500,731. The total cost to the Canadian government of protecting the industry is less than El'^GiDDO per yeur. the room to indicate that a presidential wedding had occurred but a few hours be fore. Most of the (lowers used in the dec orations were distributed among the city hospitals. ('iiiiirrutiilatorj Teli'cmmi.. Washinton, June 3.—About 500 tele grams, congratulating the president oil his marriage have been received at the white house. They include messages from ex- President Arthur. Mrs. Grant, Ministers Pendleton and Phelps, and many public men throughout the country. None of the despatches will lie given out for publica tion. THE LONDON TIMES ON BLAINE. fils Pnrtlioul SpenTi Clururtcri/.i'il it-. Iirm.r.nt and l*ri-.uinpluiiiis Hunt. London. June 3.—The Times, comment ing on Blaine’s Portland speech, says: Blaine mayor may not catch tlie Irish vote by performances such us that of Tuesday’s speech, and so win the prize which, fully :ls much on personal us on political grounds, lues been snatched from him once j and again, but we refuse to believe that his Cincinnati, O., June 3. Fiist race at ignorant and presumptuous runt presents Latoniu park, three-quarters of a mile; I the honest and independent opinion and Josh 'Filings won, Artisan 2nd, J. C. Cus- | reflection of Americans, J1 is peculiarly ter 3d; time, 1:32. I absurd that lie should pose as the advocate Second race, one mile; liettie S. won, 1 of a plan whic h he supposes quite wrong- SloriTier 2nd, llix Himilar 3d; time,1:51. | ly of course—would place Ireland in tin ON CHANGE. | Rumors Tlmt Sony (tic I’l'ii'i's I p on,I Dimli. ! New York, June 3. Interest, in to-day’s ; stock market, in tlie absence of any news haling an appreciable effect upon values, centered upon Richmond and Danville, and tlie latter stock advanced sharply upon I tiie prospect of obtaining complete control of the Terminal property. The story was circulated on the street tlmt the control of j the Nuininnl company’s leased lines lmd Inien secured by sales of Terminal stock owned by the Danville company. The committee of Terminal stockholders have been asking for proxies to be used at the next election, claiming that the Dan ville company had loHt control and they propose to put the stock to figures at which the present holders will soli. The market opened heavy, generally at 1 to { decline, although Pacific Mali was off J to | and Jaiuisvllleand Nashville j.|There was a moderate business only, accompanied by considerable weakness especially in Louis ville and Nashville. Tlie market was then rallied and before noon was in the neigh borhood of the opening prices. Inter, however, there was a free selling movement and prices were carried up rapidly after one o’clock p. m. In the last hour the market became strong throughout generally, supposed to be in consequence of the support given by the present bull party. The market closed strong. The net result of the day’s busi ness is declines of fractional amounts in a majority of the active list. St. Paul is oft' i and Louisville and Nashville j. Omaha, on the contrary, shows an advance of 1, while Richmond and Danville is up 9 und Richmond West Point 3J. Hales 320,000 shares. TURF NEWS. at l.utmiiu I*i Third race, one and one-sixteenth miles; Sis ITyniar won, Ascender 2nd, Malvar 3d; time, l:54f. Fourth race, one mile and 500 yards; position of a state of the American union. Me has been **onspicuous for the sunn rea sons which now make him a flatterer of he Irish in a bloody shirt campaign Waukesha vson, Kansas 2nd, Keene 3d; against southern states’ rights, and if any time, 2:20b j southern state should now attempt to de- Fifth race, one and one-sixteenth miles; ' prive the negroes of suffrage ho would be Redstone won, Ligan 2nd, Clean ice 3d; j the first to favor a settlement of that local ! ime, 1: .Jcniinc Ibirk Uimt Render, Price, Randall, Reese, Richardson, | liice, ^ Rigg«, Robertson, Rockwell. x EW York, June 3.-First race. J mile, Romeis, Rowell, Ryan, Sawyer, Scran- ; . 2W: , y 1JCt , n Elizabeth ton Scott, beney, Sessions, bey- | • - - * * - - .• ’ mour, Sliaw, Singleton, Smalls, j Sowden, Spriggs, Staldnecker, Steele, Ste piienson, Stewart of Vermont, Stone of affair by armed interference of the central government. His history is almost on u with his reasoning, \\hieh deserves to hissed with Sir Wibijin. Vernon Har- lalest contribution ,vhere«»n Mr. Massachusetts, Stone of Kentucky, Storm, Strait, Struble, Swope, Symes, E. B. Tay lor oi Ohio, Ike Taylor of Ohio, Thomas of Illinois, Thomas of Wisconsin, Thompson, Townshend, Wade, Waite, Wakefield, Ward of Indiana, Weaver of Nebraska, Weaver of Iowa, West, White of Pennsyl vania, White of Minnesota, Whiting, \\'il- kins, Winans, Wolford and Worthington-- 177. Nays—Adams of New York, Barbour, Barnes, Bennett, Blanchard, Blount, Brecki nridge of Arkansas, Breekenridge of Kentucky. Browne of Indiana, Burues. Cabell of Texas, Camp bell of New York, T. J. Campbell of New York, Candler, Catch- ings, Cobb, Collins, Cowles, Cox, Crane, j Crisp, Culberson, Curtin, Daniel, Dorgan, ! Davidson of Alabama, Dibble, Dougherty, I Dowdney, Dunhiini, Dunn, Fisher, Ford, Forney, Gay, Gibson of West Virginia, : Glass,' Hammond, Harris, Hemp- j bill, Henderson of North Car- i olina, Herbert, Hewitt, Honk, i Hutton, Irion, Johnston of North Carolina, i Jones of Texas, Jones of Alabama, Kelly, Lanliam, Laivler, Lehlbach, Libbev. Lover ing, Mahoney, Martin, Maybury, McAdoo, MeMiilin, McRae, Merriman, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Morrison, Neal, Neeley, Nor wood, Oates, O’Hara, O’Neill of Pennsyl vania, O’Neill of Missouri, Peel, Perry, Reagan, Sayers, Skinner, Snyder, Spooner, St. ^Martin, Tarsney, Taulbee, J. M. Taylor of Tennessee, Z, Tay lor of Tennessee, Throckmorton, Tillman, Tucker, Turner, Van Eaton, Van Schaick, Wadsworth, Wallace, Ward, of Illinois, Warner, of Missouri, Wellborn, Wheeler, Willis, Wilson, Wise and Wood- burn—101. The announcement of the result was re ceived with applause. The house then at 4:30 took a recess until J 8 o’clock, the evening session to lit for de bate on the Oklahoma bill. There were not over a dozen members present when the house met this evening | for general debate on the Oklahoma bill. The discussion was devoid of interest, and at 10:30 the heuse adjourned. si:.\ to. Dawes presented a petition from the city Dawdle Col 2d. Orifialiinie 3d; time 52 see- | Leekv has something to mds. | What Mr. Lee key has Second race, handicap, sweepstakes for all ages, 1 mile; Dry Monopole won, Burch 2d. War Eagle 3d; time l:48j. Thiid race, Is miles, Maulee won, Tri umph 2d, Richmond 3d; time 2:301. Fourth race, one aud a quarter miles, Phil Lewis won, Marrnaduke 2d; Bahama j Grattan's partial >d; time 2:18. ; nlaced tiie goi'cmmi Fifth race, steeplechase, over short eaurse, Abraham won. No others were he placed. Jim McGowan finished first, but j tlie was disqualified for going wrong; time 3:20, THE DROUTH BROKEN. ay is contained lother column of the Times in the form of a letter. '1 his is u c riticism of Sir William’s aiguinent that the In.me rule measure proposed bv Gladstone aimed a! simply a revival ol Henry Grattan’s Irish parliament; Lecki v’s argument is absurd, Leckey contends, if Ireland ill the ('iqilous Rilin'. In!! in rhi'il Hie iiids of the Protestant, gvmry, who were, und to English connection by lies of interest and sentiment. They were." adds Leckey. “preeminent- al Ives of property whose po- ■ :l /:as lieen Gladstone’s steady ’!' e efieet of his scheme ia.on the government of Ire- Land- of men hithert , avow in',', n property and the em- ■ litieai poll old i ivoui.. i,' t °f land into t ! ed enemies ! hire. Galveston, June 3.— Specials to the News received at a late hour last night bring the intelligence that the terrible drouth Is at last broken in ut least several sections of Texas. Copious rains set in last . veiling at Sherman, Dennison, Henrietta, I - . nllw. », U- Kifr, L’ , , 1 lc O 11/1 Zkt 1, / . John KpIIj’s Itody. Nkw Yojjk, June 3.—John KHly’s body was removed this afternoon to the parlor, where some of his personal friends were permitted to look upon fan.'liar face once more. Weatherford Wichita Fails and other Mr9i Kellv‘has recovered from the physi- pomtsm northern Texas, at ASaeoand L . ai prostration that followed the death of •Sansaba in central Texas and at Houston ; ,,,,,1 tn; u in south Tex;us. j her husband, and this morning, accompo- ' nied by her sister, Miss Mullen, her sister- in-law, Mrs. Thomas, her two children and A Fatal Holler Kxplohlou. *, Mr. Kelly s niece, attended mass at St. ; WHEKLING, W. Va., June 3.—The Haiti-I l J atri<.'k’s cathedral. Recorder Smyth | timore and Ohio local freight engine No. | called on her shortly after her return and 412, while standing on the track in the tolfl her of the action taken by the-Tam-! yard ut Bellair, Ohio, this morning, ex- ‘ many society and the Tammany commit- ‘ ploded its boiler with terrific force, killing j tee in the organization in reference to K>1- Enginecr Johnson, Fireman John Vander- ly’s death. She expressed her thanks. • vort and Mat Hammond, engineer of en- | Commissioners Morris and Haughton. con- gine No. 235, all of Newark, Ohio. Klitut.ing*vhatisnowknowna.stheoidex- Two of the bodies were blown one hundred ! eise !>oard, to-day adojjted resolutions of yards. Fragments of the locomotive were j regret for Mr. Kelly’s death. blown through an adjoining house with j —■— ■ ■■ great damage to the furniture. The shock i To H«* IIuiu/hI. was felt all over Bellair, breaking the glass | Winchester, Va., June 3.—Preparation in windows squares away. j for the execution to-morrow morning of . — ' • . Wes Honesty and Tably Hunks, negroes, Taken to Sin* sio*. for the murder of Jfts. MeFoul, a white ! New York. June 3.—Charles A. Hud- youth, are complete. The execution will densick, a builder of mud houses, who was ! take place between 9 and 11 o’clock. The | sentenced to ten years imprisonment*and ! warrant was read to them this afternoon 1 fined $500 for manslaughter, was early this by the city sergeant. The condemned morning removed from the tombs, where sleep well, their appetites are good and he had been confined, and taken by deputy they were visited to-day by a spiritual ad- sheriffs to Sing Sing state prison. i riser. They joined in* religious services. “THE GREAT OBJECTOR.” Judin* llolmut) a CftutlhlHfp for fib Twrlftli Term III Cnmcrrst. ; Aurora, Ind., June 3.—Hon. William 1 Steele Holman, more familiarly known all ' over the United States as tlie “Watch Dog of the Treasury,” i« again a candidate for ! congress. Judge Holman is now serving his eleventh term. In 1858 he was elected ! for the first time from this district, and in ! 1859 took his seat in the thirty-sixth con- ! gress, and no western man has served 1 as long as he has. The nominating convention meets at Greensburgh on I June 1(), and while Judge Holman has had j several opponents, there is little doubt that ; he will he nominated on the first ballot, as ! he usually is. The chances are now tlmt. 1 on the day of the convention there will not be a candidate in opposition to Hol man. This district is democratic by majorities , ranging from 2500 to 4000, and a nomina tion is equivalent to an election. If Hol man is nominated tlie republicans will not be able to find a man that will run against him. Judge Holman has not been away from his post of duty at Washington since congress convened. In all probability he will not even come home to attend the convention. t I Tciirlil lldiisc I>it rued. St. Louis, June 3. The large freight house of the Vandulia railroad, situated near the eastern approach of the bridge, in Fust St . Louis, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at. $75,000, insurance unknown. Among the properly burned were 300 bales of cotton, 150 bales of rags, four car loads of lumber and five empty freight cars. One of the special officers of the road, who gave testimony before the congressional committee re garding the strike, was tired at twice as he was entering the house to sa\e tin- prop erty, but luckily was not hurt. The origin of the lire is unknown. ( Olll IIIFlH't'lill'II f K\l-IT!*»••», H.aukioh. June 3. The commencement at the stale university at Uhnpcl Hill ended to-day. The attendance ol prominent men was large. The annual address before the literary societies was delivered by Hon. Augustus VanWyek, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and the annual serino's preache<l by Rev. Dr. (..'lias. II ! f.t:i. oi Brooklyn, N. Y. The exi-rci - ■ v. . • held ir: the noble memorial hall. Gov. Kcjfit other state officers Were pi .. 'j he orutiims of tlie gradu ating eaa-.s were delivered to-day. Tim at tendance atlthe uni verslty w as largeriat the term just ended than at any time since the war and the university is now upon a sound and prosperous bu.sin. Mciimriiil Services. Norfolk, June 3. Memorial services Were held here. to-<lay, and on a more elaborate scale than ever before, 'fhe pro- j < ess ion was composed of ex-union veterans 1 front the Hamilton soldiers’ home, United j States soldiers, ex-confederate volunteers 1 and citizen s*.!dicry of Norfolk. Portsmouth and neighboring tow ns of Virginia and Noitu Carolina. An ovation and ode closed the extic.ses. lllv l\III^UU8 KIUUI . I liiiiiilti.ii, Onturio, J Ira ivure elected aHsiatantH on tlie executive board. I The knighLs of labor convention is over. The ceneral aiai inbly at 5 o’clock this I i evening, after a ton days’ session, ad- j journed sine die. The convention was culled for the purpose of considering five j subjects—the southwest troubles, the regu- ! i Intliin of strikes mid boycotts, the relation of the order with trades unions, the rap idly Increasing membership and labor legislation. The general assembly lias given to the world no token that it bus touched upon tlie southwest question. It is said Hint something has lieen done to shut oil' indiscriminate strik ing and boycotting, but the methods to be used have not been divulged. The lessem- i lily lias regulated the reception of new j mi nihers by recalling the commis sions of its din) organizers. In legislation 1 it has petitioned congress to give , American land to American citi- | zens, and to appropriate non-residents ; aliens’ property, ami bus also asked con gress to regulate the banking system by l establishing loan offices in every county. I The crowning act was the reply to tlie I circular of the trades’ unions, which it was hoped would restore harmony bo- I tween the orders engaged in labor reform, j The Just, session was a veritable love feast and every member who said I anything ngainst any other member extended the hand of fellowship. The home club department of knights of labor were, it is said, a trifle more liberal to-day, and after securing eleven members of the eularged executive board allowed two of their opponents to become members. On Wednesday afternoon a nominating ballot was taken for the fourth associate member of the board and David A. Oilmen, of Ham ilton, Ontario, “a home club man,” said to he antagonistic to trades union, was in the lead on the second and final bal lot. This morning he wok elected. The fifth member put through wus Jus. R. Buchanan, of Denver, editor of the Labor Enquirer, and a strong opponent of the “Home t'lnh.” The sixth mini was Ira B. Ayiesfortli. of Baltimore, a member of the carpenters’ atid Joiners’ brotherhood and a strong trades unionist. Strikers liidti leil. Milwaukee, June 8.—Fourteen addi tional arrests were made Inst evening in f .ursuonce of the indictments of tlie grand ury having under consideration the recent abor riots. Of t hese, tivo are charged with rioting. The others ure held for conspira cy, the offense being boycotting. They are all knights of labor and the entire district executive board is included,several of them being leading officers of the lubor union. Judge Mallory fixed hail at $1000 for the conspirators and *59011 for the rioters. All the Knights of Labor secured bail. The boycotting conspiracy with which they are charged grows out of the bitter fight between the Knights of Labor cigar makers and the international union cigar makers, which induced tlie knights to vigorously boy cott all union shops in the city. Last, night the grand jury brought in an other large hutch of true bills against boy' AN IMPORTANT INJUNCTION tii'iuiieil tiie licit Tcli'iiliiiiic roni|iiiny Acnited (lie Alacrima 1ia|moc.i The ItciiMia Thcrcl'dr. New Orleans, June 3—The American Improved Telephone company, Watson Vanbenthuysen president, lias been oper ating In this eltv for about two years. A large number of instruments were in use, ana tlie new company was making inroads upon the old telephone company. Horae months ago the Bell telephone company brought suit In the United States circuit court for ail injunction against the National improved company to prevent it from using the telephone unless it paid n royalty to the Bell people, claiming such whs an infringement of the Bell patent. The case was argued several weeks ago. There was a formidable array of legal tal ent on both sides, and the argument con tinued for fifteen days. The counsel were the same who appeared in the great tele phone case before the interior department, and the argument was practically the same uh was employed in that, ease, covering the entire telephone question. Judge Billings was with Circuit Judge Bar dee in the hear ing, and joined him in tlie decision which was rendered to-day. The National Im proved company was confident of a favor able issue of the suit, and so was the gen eral public. The decision, therefore, occa sioned much surprise. It ivas in favor of the Boll company on all the points in volved in tlie suit. In their decisions Judges Hardee and Bil lings say that they do not understand that the weights given by one circuit court to the adjudication of another rests entirely upon t he bnsis of comity, but as well upon that of recognized rights and of conveni ence, and that it is largely to prevent more than one court going through with tlie in vestigations of tlie same facts, in addition to tiie weight to lie given to the adjudica tions in favor of the Bell company in other circuits. On the basis of convenience, comity and recognized rights it is urged that tnc National Telephone company was estopped from further proceedings by the decision of Judge McKin non in the Pittsburgh ease, because it was privy to that case and hud a. day in court there. The conclusion says the de cision cannot be averred that the National telephone company was directly concerned in the Pittsburgh suit, and was bound and concluded by the decisions therein ren dered, and that the decree of Judge Mc Kinnon would warrant an injunction in the present case against the National Im proved telephone company; but, said tlio judges, they had not rested here, hut hud tried tlie cose de novo. The action of the executive department at Washington in instituting suit against the Bell company for the abrogation of their patents did not nft'ect the ease, as tiie determination of the points involved was for the courts alone. In respect to the validity of the Bell pa tent the court reaches tin: conclusion that I he inaention is set forth in the clause and - , , . -pecilioulions us originally filed, and that, cotters and arrests by the wholesale are j therefore, any inquiry into tiie question sported. Among I hose iindieted| Is Roht. would lead to nothing which would effect behilling, who is the virtual head ol the I t)u , va | i( |it v t ,hc patent. It is over- ' knights in this state and who will he , rested upon his return from tlie convent ion I in Cleveland. A lll« SI ril-.e TTircntriii'il. ST. Louis, June 3. A great lockout of ; the plulling mill employes and carpenters, i 15,000 in all, is threatened. When the de mand for eight hours was made by the 1 pinning mill employes it was refused, and the employers comliined to uphold the old ten hour system. The Phmiiix mill, how ever, remained outside of the combination ! and settled with their men oil a basis of nine hours’ work per day and an advance I of 1(1 per cent, in wages. This was not satisfactory to tlie amalgamated I council of building trades, and a strike was ordered. The men refused to obey the order and their council boycotted the I’In nix mill and employes. This caused seve ral of the master builders to ahuiul.m t heir work on iiutid and a meeting yesterday adopted a resolution, the purport of which was that unless the boycott oil the mill sliail lie raised la-fore Monday next, oil that day all the building or business con nected with il will lie stopped. This ac tion is of great importance, for if the amalgamated council persists in its boycott and the builders in their resolu tion, tlie bricklayers, carpenters, stone masons, cellar diggers and all wortceen 1 who depend on building for a livelihood will he 1 brown out of employment at lint 1 a few days warning. |{o)untl Dprlarod Off’. j St. JjOUIH, Juni* 3. The boycott against the UhoMifX mill, in.s1 ilutcff by the unml^a- matcrl council of building trades, has been j declared off, and the lockout threatened by ( the master builders will not be carried into effect. whelmiiitfly established that Bell made the affidavit to his claim and specifications as originally filed on January 20, whereas Gray’s description of his caveat was not made until nearly a month later. None of the reproductions of the Reis in struments transmit articulate speech with out the employment of Hell s methods. The complainants state that the instru ments used by the plaintiff* transmit speech by means of the Bell variations of the cur rent. and the court agrees with them. For the reasons set forth the injunction prayed tor was ordered to he issued. THE MODERN DEVIL. r»* ii*. I’uinfnl l»; fl fiM’ lli.tiNrt of Rrt|,i It'in 1 Hi a • nlathus. Washington. May 30. In his sermon fo-dav, at the Union "Methodist church, the Rev. Dr. Milb irr., the blind chaplain of the house of representatives, created quite a sensation by tin description which he iravi* of the devil, lb* said tin* old pic tures of a personage with hoofs and tail .md horns and pitchfork was simply the wild nu difeval picture of a barbarious im agination. “Such a devil does not exist to-day,” said f In- doctor, ‘‘and he could do no harm if he did. The devil of to-day js a polished, traveled, gentlemanly appearing individ ual. He has been in London and Paris and New York and Washington and San Francisco, lie knows all about the grand sights, and is well posted on the gossip and iM’Wsofthe day. He moves in the best society, and is much admired there. He dresses in faultless stwlb. His cold gray eye looks steadily* at you, and. fascinates you, perhaps. He lias thin, delicate lines and fine nostrils, that isily curved in scorn. One great More SrhooniT* < ujttiuvd. Jacksonville, Fla.. June 3. The i Times-Union’s special from Tampa says . tdature of the modern devil is that he the revenue cutter Dix, Captain Fengar, i m-ver becomes enthusiastic over anything, brought to the port and turned over to | You may show him the most beautiful Deputy Collector r I. K. Spencer the Span- j sunset or natural view, the most rare and tsh schooners Isabel and Paco, captured off valuable painting or piece of statuary, and (’b ar Water, for the same off' 1 ... Clotilde, recently carried to C.’ed jhe same cutter. • as the | with his cold gray eye he will look steadily Keys by * Printed advices re- i.V from Colon state iw epidemic on the r I he average daily alone New York,.June.' ceived in this city to that yellow fever is Isthmus of Panama, number of deaths from this diseu is stated to be about forty. Tin* I tjlittrro 'I'null*. Danvillle. Va., June 3. During May the sales of tonacco here umount.ed to 3,- 909,542 pounds, realizing *354.318, an aver age of 9.00 cents as against 8.55 cents in April. (ii norul TraHlr Miinmn-r. New York, June 3.-John Muir has been appointed general traffic manager of the Chesapeake* and Ohio system, em bracing the Huntingdon lines betw«*an the Atlantic seaboard and the Missouri river. His headquarters nib oe in this city. it and make some disparaging remark. I You cannot point out a man or a woman ; tunt he will not disparage. He is a cynic, | a Mephistopheles. lie enters your drawing rooms and your churches. He causes trouble and dissension everywhere. He disparages the brethren.” The doctor said that this is exactly the same devil that existed in the days ot' Job. That individual had travelled up and down i the earth and been to and fro in it. He | was very distrustful of human nature. He Wbut tin* Surplui L I 1m*h D»r. j W a« certain that no one had any but selfish Letter to the* Commissioner Pensions. \ motives. Dr. Mil hum added that the most Can twins get a perishun when one Is j damage against good is now being done by ded and the other is a gurl ? Let me know j those who imitate the divH in modern afore my old man dies who has got misery society. He said that we detest the stolid- in his st'ummaek. ’ it.v and lack of confidence manifested in : the savage, and vet many people in the Early I’hc of A ri 11 L*r>. i highest walks of life and most cultivated Pon’t K irk It t^ Death. Philadvlphia Record. If the civil service law is obnoxious and wromg in the estimation of the majority in congress they should proceed openly to its lepealjbut they should not countenance a stealthy attempt to stifle it to death by legislation in an appropriation bill. When Romulus was marking out the limits of his new city, gunpowder was al ready known, and 2DOO years before the birth of Schawrtz, pieces of ordnance had been cast in China. The Moors used guns in Spain in the beginning of 1200, if not in 1100. The claims of the Chinese having uow been generally admitted, it is sup posed that ordnance reached Europe through the Moors of Spain or the Vene tian*. Neither, however, had any connec tion with China. It is unaccountable that It should not have* been perceived by the Turks, who conquered the northern por- circles imitate these characteristics. A Terrible State of Affairs. There is rampant treason in the south, bloody communism in the north, aud in capacity and imbecility at the national capita!. Vevav Ind.) Reveille. Imppivintf Iron Itadnes*. Pittsburg iron manufacturers agree that, the prospects are brightening, and there is more confidence in the iron business than for some time past.