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VOL. XXVIII---NO. U1
COLUMBUS, •UKORGIA: WEDNESDAY MOBXINO, JUNE 10, 1SSH.
PRICK FIVE CENTS
Yesterday's Proceedings of the House
and the 8enate.
Ili.ruwilBR lh« iUlIrnad torhlUrr Bill I* Ihi
Spnstc—The Home C<n»ld«rla« Ihr I.eehUtlre
\|ipro|irUtl*n Bill—The Pmldenllal Reception
-Other Metiers of Interest.
Washington, June 16.—The house went
inton committee of the whole, Blount in
the chair, on the legislatlue appropriation
hill. The pending amendment was that
otiered by O’Neill, of Mimouri, restoring
the salary of the assistant treasurer at St.
l.ouis to fSGOO, the amount appropriated by
th< bill being (4000.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, opposed the
amendment. In the present condition of
the revenue and the probable amount of
the appropriations, he would resist any
increase in the sum carried by the bill.
Hiscock, of New York, made a state
ment relative to the expenditures of the
government and the estimated revenue.
The aggregate amount of appropriation,
„s the appropriation hills now stand, was
-U'20,749,313. The amount carried by
sundry civil bills was $21,063,820. The de
ficiency bill would exceed $8,.500,000.
The fortification bill would amount to
$725,000, in addition to the naval bill for
pay of new cruisers, would amount to
*.),000,000. Miscellaneous appropriations
would amount to $2,'XX),00(5, and there
would be required to refund
duties, under the recent decision
of the sumpreme court, $1,000,000,
the aggregate being $270,059,199. The esti
mated annual appropriations were
$11S.UOO,000, making a grand total of $391,-
9tia,i7i. The estimated receipts were only
*33",000,000, while the postal revenue
would amount to $47,0000,000, making an
aggregate of $377,0(50,090, and leaving a de
ficit for the next fiscal year of
over $14,000,000. 'The next fiscal
year was to see a deficit
of $14,000,000 on the most conservative esti
mate. Avhfcii the chairman of the com
mittee on ways and means reported his
hill, he said that the expenditures for the
fiscal year of 1885 were $305,830,970. These
figures he (Hiscock, presented showed
that the aggregate amount of
appropriations would exceed that
sum by $85,000,000. The huuse
was on tlie eve of an attempt to reduce the
taritl taxes, and he thought this was an oc
casion upon which he should call the at
tention of the chairman of the committee
on ways and means and appropriations to
startling figures.
Rindall said that the figures were not a
surprise to him. They could be in some
degree accounted for. In the first place,
the increase this year over last year for
pensions was $15,750,090. There was no
man here who was not willing to
give this increase, estimated to
be necessary to pay pensions
due to soldiers. Another cause of the in
crease was the river and harbor bill, which
appropriated $15,250,000, making an aggre
gate increase of $31,000,000. He admitted
that the figures presented by the gentle
man from New York might be correct, but
they were based upon the condition of np-
proprt' H-sr, Hitts at t.his time when smr* of
the bills had not passed the house. Some
were pending in the senate and s .mn were
in conference. He thought the gentle
man's figures were too • high. It was his
i Randall’s) judgment that the appropria
tion would about equal the estimated reve
nues.
He- objected to the assumption that the
river and harbor bill would fie approved at
the highest figures. So far its he was able
to see, there was a reduction in every one
of the anuual appropriation bills reported
to this house, whether they come from the
appropriation committee or from any
committee to which appropria
tion duties had been assigned, but
he was led to admonish the house
and especially the democratic side of the
house, that it ought to follow closely tho
recommendation of every one of those
committees and to keep the appropriation
down to the lowest point. The condition
was not one of apprehension, but it was
one that compelled and demanded the ut
most caution on the part ot the democratic
side of the house to see that not one un
necessary dollar was appropriated in any
of the annual appropriation bills.
Morrison said that the estimates of reve
nue and expenditure pointed by the gen
tleman from New York were as incorrect
as his purpose in presenting them was un
just. He Morrison, had had occasion
sometime ago to state that the end of the
fiscal year would show an increased reve
nue and decreased expenditure, and now
within two weeks of the end of the year
he stated on what he knew to be facts that
he had rather understated than over
stated the estimate he had
made in his report. Every a, -
propriation bill that had gone through
the house or been reported to it had a p-
propriated less than had been appropri
ated for the current year. It \va.‘ a time
thal there conte unexpected expenditures
out of the decision of the supreme court to
the effect that the government must re
fund duties assessed on packages and cov
ering on imported goods. hid the demo
('.ratio house was not responsible, for tills
decision bad come as a result of republi
can bungling when they pa, -
ed their tariff' bill. There
was plenty of money in the treasury to-day
to nay $19,00(1,000 for the current year, and
in future years if the tariff hill Were passed,
with Mr. Hewitt’s amendment attached,
tne $10,000,000 would be paid into the treas
ury instead of being paid out.
Hiscock denied that he had hveii mis
take! in his estimate of expenditures and
revenues. The total estimated revenue,
exclusive of postal revenue, would amount
In only $330,000,000; while the expendi
tures, exclusive of postal expenditures,
amounted to $344,707,000, leaving a deficit
of over $14,000,000. He admitted that II::
appropriations for the next tical year were
lower than those for the current year, but
his estimate# and figures came from the
brooks of the treasury. They were based
noton appropriations, but <m expendi
tures of a democratic administration in its
first year of service when it was on its lies*,
behavior.
Morrison could not promise what the
house would do in the next six weeks, but
lie assumed that the men at the other end
of the avenue would act next year as they
had done this, and would go on reducing
expenditures.
O’Neill's amendinerft was agreed to, as
were also several others increasing some
salaries and inserting others which bad
been omitted from the bill.
Laird, of Nebraska, moved to strikeout
the clause appropriating $10,000 to pay per
diem of the inspector and clerks of the
general land office to investigate fraudu
lent land entries. On this motion he based
an attack upon the commissioner of the
general land office and the administ ration
generally.
Reed, of Maine, also criticized Commis
sioner Sparks.
Springer, M'eAdoo of New Jersey,
Weaver of Iowa, and Bayne of Pennsyl
vania, defended tne commissioner.
Committee then rose and the h .use ad
journed.
, the senate
Bock remarked that, owing to the submis
sion yeoterday of th« Edmunds resolution
which would admit of debate on a motion
to reconsider, He (Mr. Beck) would await
the report of the committee on rule* ta to
that resolution befbre calling up the Haw*
ley motion to recousider the voto by which
the senate passed the hill to prohibit mem
bers of congress from becoming attorneys
ot railroad companies.
On motion of Dolph the Northern Pacific
forfeiture bill was token up and George
resumed his remarks on the bill.
George entered on an elaborate legal ar
gument to show that the company wan not
entitled to any land* not earned strictly
within the terms of the grant. George
finally contended that under the granting
act the power of congress was ample, and
its duty plain to possess of the Northern
Pacific railroad company, and either sell
or do with it os congress might see fit, to
complete the line of the road, for the
building ot which land was originally
granted.
The. amendment of Van Wyek was then
brought to a vote. That amendment du-
r'ares the forfeited lands coterminous wit h
tuv por'lon of the Cascade branch not
completed at the date of the passage of the
pending bill.
The amendment was agreed to. Yens
24; nays IS. Of the affirmative vote nine
were republicans: Aldrich, Chaos. Cul-
lum, Harrison, Logan, Spooner, Teller,
Van Wyek and Wilson, of Iowa. Of the
negative votes three were democrats:
Brown, Payne and Pugh. Otherwise than
as just noted the affirmative votes were
democratic and the negative votes were
republican. Quite a minuter of pairs were
announced.
Eustis then formally submitted his
amendment already suggested, it being a
provision in tlie nature of a substitute for
the. forfeiture of all land conterminous with
such portions of tire road os were not com
pleted on July ith, 1879, excepting the
right of way, and excepting also lands in
cluded in village, town and city sites. The
amendment provides for the confirmation
ot the tlie titles of actual settlers.
Beck suggested if we were to adopt the
policy suggested by Eustis’ amendment,
then it should be applied generally, so as
to cover all land gruiu roads, and that the
subject had tie Her be considered by a com
inittee.
j Eustis supported his amendment. He
j was in favor of dealing with ali alike as far
I as the cases were parallel. Wherever a
breach of conditions hue not been satisfae
l torily explained he would forfeit land.
* Vance inquired what hardship or injus
tice would be done if congress asserted the
'right of the people in this matter of land
I forfeiture. After an investigation (.1
railroad land grants he had come
i to the conclusion congress would be justi-
| tied in restoring to every lawful method to
forfeit unearned lands. Mr. Vance wished
j he could prepare for this purpose a bill as
effective as a Yankee scare sorow was said
I to have been. That scare screw was said
! to have been so effective that it riot only
| scared screws out of the corn Hold, hut
| compelled tbtm to bring buck the corn
I they had stole last year. - Laughter, i He
j inquired what was to happen in this
! country when ail the public lands .mould
J be in the hands of the railroad companies.
" ho would hold them at prioes so high
i that people o mid not get them.
Teller defended the course of the repub-
I lican party as to the purity and patriotism
! of its motives and conduct ik relation to
' public land. He did notlthink it becoming
in the senator from North Carolina critf-
j eizing those land grants. Those grants
were made by men who acted with the
i best lights t hey had at the time. The sen
ator from North Carolina and his friends
| at the time in arms against the government
| of the United States. It was not strange
that men of those times were
not as far-sighted as some senators might
| now suppose they might have been. There
was one strong purpose operating on con-
i gressmen at the time those grants were
( made which was apt to Ire forgotten now,
namely : that inducements had then been
made to the people of the great west to
east in their lot with other people not
then friendly to the government.
Vanoe remarked that when in answer
to an argument against the wasteful and
extravagant land policy the senator got up
and said that he (Vance) took part in the
rebellion, then Mr. Vunco knew that the
Lord had delivered that senator into his
(Vance’s) hand. [Laughter.]
Teller replied that from wiiat. he under
stood the senator from North Carolina was
rather an unwilling participant in thatre-
' hellion at sometimes; that he was not, per
haps. as energetic ns some others, though
lie did participate in it. But Teller had
not referred to rebellion for the purpose of
! r"flecting on any senators, but to show
that at the time referred to men were not.
i certain that they could maintain the in
tegrity of the empire.
Hawley contrasted the condition of the
! western country before tlie Pacific roads
were built and at piesent, and said the
building of those roads was a piece ol
I statesmanship. It might, perhaps, have
! been well to fix a low maximum price at
i which lands should lie sold and limit to a
number of acres that might be held by one
! person so as to avoid great accumulations
in one baud. The railroad had, however,
under great difficulties, been such a bless-
I ing to the country that the government
, ought not to use against them arguments
! of hi.clock. The United States govern
ment (lught to be a gentleman among gov-
! ennnonls.
I Logan held opinions similar to those of
' Hawley and opposed Eustis’ amendment.
1 Edmunds and Conger also opposed Eus
tis’ amendment, which was rejected—yeas
j 12, nays 32.
I Yeas -Berry, Blackburn, Call, Cockrell,
Coke. Eustis, George, Gorman, Harris,
■,Aforris. Van Wyek, Wilson of Maryland—
) 12.
j Nays Allison, Heck, Biair, Bowen,
I Brown. i-U«ec, Cough, Cullom, Dawes,
Dnlpii, Edmunds, Frye. Gibson, Hawley,
1 Hoar, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Logan,
McMillan, Ala hi me. Miller, Mitchell of
Oregon. Payne, Plumb. Hansom, Lawyer,
I ShermM', Spooner, Teller, Walthall,'tWil-
i son of l • >wa -32.
VanWvck orteled an amendment repeal-
| ing the (uausc of the granting act, which
j made the right of way exempt from taxa
tion in territories. He said that under the
i circumstances he thought the road should
hear its share of taxation. The amend
ment w is agreed to. Yeas 28; noys 20.
i The bill brought to vote was passed.
* Yeas 42; nays J. Blair, i
On motion of Dolph tlie bill repealing
i the pre-emption of timber culture and
! desert land acts was then laid before the.
I senate and is unfinished business for to-
| morrow at 7:19 p. in.
The senate then adjourned.
Glad*tone to b* Nominated PrmkiMt of
the Scottish Liberal Association.
The r*lo*lsli> Will Oppose Ills KleeHM-liorA
Ocrb/’x laallbxlfl to the LIlierxH—t CnnwIHee
ippolatal to Ktamlne the Kreo-h ffvpnlalo*
Bill, Ktr,
was formerly King Ludwig’s physician, de
nies that the king was insane. He main
tains that Ludwig was eccentric. The doc
tor adds, that though he disagreed with
the official report of the examining board
of physicians declaring the king insane,
still he felt compelled to keep his views to
himself, “For,” says he. “if I nad published
a statement in opposition to that of tlie
court of doctors I should have shared the
Date of certain other persons and liven at
least consigned to prikiru As to the king’s
condition, my opinion is based on my ex
perience as his physician since Ids birth.
My colleague, Dr. Guitle, agrees with me.”
Kmrlsnil.
GLADSTONE TO BE NOMINATED.
Edinburgh, Jure 15. —Gladstone will,
on Friday next, be nominated fbr the
presidency of the Scottish liberal associa-
by the Brazilian minister. All wore full
dress uniforms of their rank. The presi
dent extended them a cordial invitation to
attend the state reception at tlie while
house this evening which they accepted.
From the white house the purty paid an
informal visit to the navy department.
Approprlittlmi Itlllx.
Wabhinuton, June 16.—The diplomatic
appropriation bill as amended by the sen
ate, came up to-day before the house com
mittee on foreign affnirs. Such of the
amendments as made small Increases in
the appropriations were accepted,, but a
Itv were non-<
...njorltv were non-concurred in, ns falling
MUNICH, June 15.—Dr. Vonschleiss, who under the provisions of the house rule
touching new legislation.
BETRAYED BY A LOVE LETTER.
Impudent Cureer «f xn Kihienteil mot lllirli-Tone,
Suenk Thief -from Uandillii.’ In Iffibhery -Oye
Twenty-five Vletlinx 1 Ynuiiir I.inly I’leilue
lleiM'lf in wed Him.
New York, June 14.-A love letter in
which the writer, a young woman, the
daughter of wealthy and respectable par
ents, pledged her hand in marriage to a
wild young man of good social connections
and renounced forever all her other ad
mirers, was unintentionally dropped sev
eral davs since by a successful sneak thief
while in the act of committing a robbery,
for tne post two months the central of
A Western Town Swept by the Destroying
Element,
And Urn, Women anti Children Fire for Tht'lr 1,1 vet
Several l.lvca l.ntl and the Entire Town a limit
of Kmoldcrlnv Ashes -Itlotons Tondnel of
llrunkeu Vavahonds,
tion. The unionists will oppose his elec-,j l ' , "‘ detectives have limited in vain for
(j 011 1 sonic clew to n sleek young rascal who had
LORD DERBY'S MANIFESTO TO THE I.Tft* plundered over twenty-fivehouses in this
KKAIS 1 city and Brooklyn, and had stolen several
Lord Derby and other prominent liberals f U ,V‘ IHalui <l<’H»rs’ worth of diamonds and
have issued a manifesto to the electors of -J •U'V’d' ■' A j! il a ? ’V in' 1 '
Liverpool, In which they say the liberal^' t'Pistle tc-11 into their hands It le-yealed the
must choose between Gladstone and alld- I 'uenuty ot the thiet. His capture was
glance to principles. . j th £ n > oo.-y imiLtnr.
“Hesitation is impossible. We api»eal , Gn briday lost Detective Seigeunt.s Hlml-
to those who prefer patriotism to party to : cl ” n and Heard made the. rogue s a 'quaint-
support unionist associations, and toJ auc . L ' 111 Seventy-fifth street, between hirst
follow' the approvedlliberals like UrigT 1 ,
Hartiugton, Chamberlain, Lord Seibornc
Go when. Callings, Bdhenev, Janies and
many others. England is bound to pro
tect the loyal Irishmen of whatever creed.
It would be repugnant to employ tbc
queen’s forces to compel unwilling people
to submit to tlie government arising out
of the system of cruel outrage and
terrorisms. How long
safeguards lust? Recouquest .. .
has become inevitable. TTomt rule and | , sw \hm or \ ha i,we.
land purchase schemes mean disaster to )n Saturday the police centra] office was
Ireland and Injustice to England. They I thronged by ladies whose Louses Imd been
are pregnant with strife, collision and \ joLl’ed and who had been summoned to
damage, involving many millions of hard } ^llil.y tin prisoner. Heyeiileen of them
earned money of the tax! payers. .recognized Mr. \\ ilhimis as lie rogue
__ ‘ l j vvbi.i. by false representations, had gamed
Irvliiml. I access to their residences and had depart-
ed currying with him valuable diamonds
pkactiotnu .n.gi.'.iu altl; »■ j iVn <j other jew, lrv. When lie realized that
Belfast, June la 1 he loyalists , j]j s crimes had been brought home to him
they expect to be able in the coming e ec- |ie ( . ( , nfehS ,, c t that they were all true. As
tions to cany south Q 31 one, now rtpre | j^ e a j sf> limited that in several instances
at’UT plunging the stolen jewelry he had
ttaoond avenues, and finding that he
had been taken by surprise he. went quiet
ly to police headquarters, where he was
locked up. There lie gave his name as
jSVilliam A. Williams and his residence as
at the Grand I’nion hotel. Ho admitted
tlint Williams was not his name, and said
that he had long since been disowned by
his family, but he did not wish to have his
wduldTo-eaffed j relatives suffer further pangs by hi.-, mis-
>f Ireland'I (i ” t 'rls.
! sonted by Win. O'Brien, a home ruler, and
also south Londonderry, now represented \
| by T. M. Healy, a home ruler. It. is stated ,
1 that an injunction of the grand master
against drilling by Orangemen during the
continuance of the trouble in Belfast does
not prevent Orangemen drilling at Rich- j
hill, in Atriem county, where it is alleged
12.006 loyalists continue bo practice mili-
tav' r tactics regularly.
UruiMM’.
A COMMITTER APPOINTED. ,J 1
Paris, June 15. —Tlie senate bureaux j
have elected a committee, to examine and !
report on the expulsion bill. Six of this
committee’s members, including Barthelc- ;
sold the tickets to the pawnbrokers, it was |
deemed necessary for the detectives to j
keep the fact of tile arrest as quiet as pos- I
■able, so as to recover the property.
TRIED TO UEFOUMv
For years he said he endeavored to lead |
an honest life, and through the high social i
standing of his family he secured an intro- :
dnetion to the young lady whose lov- mis- [
sivi? had now betrayed his identity and led j
to Ills detection. She was ignorant of his j
real churaetev, and it was his ifiti at inn t«» |
keep her in the dark a.s to the criminal j
episode in his life. He told his story to .
Inspector Byrnes yesterday in the follow- i
, a . Tr . .» i'll u-i 1 ing words: “I was working for small pay, 1
met and St. Hilaire, oppose the bill, while and s being jnfatmTte.1 with niy i
hi t three are known to anpr°ve ,t; never- 8wee1 heart , „- 1LS a i so sei/cl with I
theleas it is believed the bill will pass the | the „ all ,|,) ing eraze. 1 wanted to I
senate by a narrow majority. make the young woman some presents and ;
hoped to make enough at the gamingtable |
to purchase what 1 wanted. My game, was j
‘red and black,’ and the establishments that
1 visited were on Sixth avenue, between j
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, i
and iii Thirty-second street, near Jerry
MeAuley’s Mission house. Instead of win I
ning I lost. J bucked the game and it.
‘bucked* me. Then 1 was penniless and j
became desperate. By honest ways I knew !
it would take a long time to pay my debts, |
and as l was in desperate straits 1 deter
mined to steal. As 1 did not associate with
professional thieves I liad no reason to
fear betrayal, so 1 became a rogue again.”
All of the persons victimized described
the robber as being low sized, of dark com
plexion, with several teeth tilled with gold
and fashionably dressed. Mrs. Cameron,
from whom the fellow had stolen a dia
mond ring worth $350 and several trinkets,
said t hat the thief represented himself as a
piano tuner, sent by her husband. She
, —, , supposed t hat it w’os all right and showed
and £250.000, the full amount, was promptlp j the visitor into the parlor. He ran his fin-
taken. Twenty-five thousand dollars of gers over the keys of tlie piano and re-
SAVANNAH. GA.
The SiMithrrn Mutual Loan V>souintion - A Nnv
Kail road I'rojort.
•Special to Enquirer-Sun.
Savannah, June 15.—The Southern Mu
tual Loan Association held their seventh
annual meeting last night. The treasurer’s
report shows tne financial eandition of the
association to be excellent. The following
officers were elected:
President, M. J. Solomon.
Treasurer, C. S. Hardee.
Secretary; W. D. Hardee.
Directors, J. H. Estell, R. B. Reppard, .1.
C. Rowland, I^ec Roy Myres, J. W. Fret-
well, C H. Dorsett.
A RAILROAD ENTERPRISE.
The Savannah and Tybee railroad sub
scription books were opened here to-iiav,
preferred stock will be issued and will be
readily taken. The company proposes b
complete the road by next April.
THE WHITE HOUSE BRIDE
greasy and asked
that he could
>r First Oillriul li«‘<
Uvory On*- Profu-c
•ptIon Her Miiutittr
:it:d Ht’Hlltiful Peru-
Washington, June 15. -The white
house never presented a more brilliant
. V Vi 4 . . y ** i\ ,. woman. A portion ot u re
spectacle than to-night on the occasion (if hureI , v that Mr.
th'.'first official reception given by Brest- ,, i',„ji i;1 t|,„i
given by I
dent and Mrs. Cle\ eland. The decorations
were on the same grand scale as at tlie
president’s wedding, with the exception
that there were more tropical plants and
ferns and loss flowers. The walls of the
east room were hidden by plants.
Garlands of sirilax and evergreens
were festooned from the chandeliers and
the cornices, and the mantles were banked
ties, and Uu* w indow recesses
Jins. The decorations of tin-
v. of i similar description
m.i lhrtccplion was at its
ch foih Ls of tne ladies, the
. ; costumes worn bv some of
sts, an*l the bright uniforms
is most brilliant,
in tc arrive shortly before
n th*.* house was crowded
marked that they wer
for some warm vvati
wasli them.
DROPPING THAT LE'PTER.
Mrs. Cameron said that she stepped out
of the room for an instant and soon re
turned. In a short time the young man
bowed himself out, saying that the piano
j was in good order. A few minutes later
I she missed her diamond ring and dis-
j covered the love letter upon the floor.
, The epistle was a crazy sort of effusion that
( had been penned by a love-struck young
woman. A portion of it read as follows:
is my in
tended husband, and that I shall not re-
j ceive any attention from any other gentle
man ’’
I Thi*»contract was signed in full by the
j young woman, who also wrote at the
bottom four times, ‘‘I am engfi.grd to Mr.
— The deti.-etive soon “located” the
I young lady who wrote the letter. Then the
1 rogue wb- has endeavored ro conceal liis
! real name unde: ; jiii.ts of Williams
tell i
i:t heart.
ith ran
tilled with pa
othe r p*:Hors v.
height, tlie rie
splendor ol t .
the diplomatist
of the officers, \
The guests be
9 o’ehx k and s*
with ladies and gout :< men awaiting the'
coming of the receiving pariy. The sigiud.
th it President and Mrs. Cleveland were 1
ready wa.s given promptly c*u time, and j
the Marine baud, which was stationed in j
tlie main vestibule, struck up the air, j
“Hail to the Chief.” Tin* receiving party
then descended from the upper portion •»!
the house to the blue parlor in the follow !
ing order. 1 Saxonv won, HIkwood 2nd, Blue Peter Jd
Preudont and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary |
,.i M,'« F.nHWrfi.. Sc,T,'tow- anrt Mr. I Th “' d for t wo-vear-»l.ls, thrfto
yriit*- iii.-'t. night declined to
s of tne young man or his
iving as m excuse that they
are fill very respectable people and ft
would do no good to make tin n public
and thus drag innocent pi rson* into the
ease. The prisoner will he arraigned at
the Essex Market court this morning, and
the detectives will ask to have him again
remanded.
’flu* LUlcet nt Rm).
rtllEKUSHEAD Bav, Julie 15. -First race,
seven furlongs, Change won, Bramble 2nd,
Bessie 3d; time 1:31.
Second nice, for threo-yi «ir-olds and up-
wards, one mile ami three-sixteenths
A strike Broken.'
PrM\sHT*RG, June 15.—Tlie strike of coal
miner- at New Bcthelehem, Pa., (s broken.
Oakridge mines have been running under
t lie protection of the sheriff of Armstrong
county for several days. Uhls morning the
Fairmount mines also resumed, with a
heavy guard furnished by the sheriff of
Clarion county. These mines are now pay
ing lifty-tive cents per ton, ten cents less
than the men came out for on the 17th of
March. The strikers have used every’ef
fort to get the men out at Oakridge, and in
doing so a nunP'cr of their leaders were
arrested for consjjiracy and bound over to
court.
and All’s. Endicofl, Secretary and Mrs. |
Whitney, Postmaster-General and Mrs. I
Vilius, and Colonel and Mrs. Lament. They I
ranged themselves in a semi-circle in the j
blue parlor with 1 he president first, then |
Mr.. Cleveland and Mrs. Endicott, Mrs. :
Whitney and Mrs. Vilas in the order I
named.
Mrs. Cleveland was attired in her wed- j
ding dress. Her only ornaments were a
diamond necklace, the wedding gift of the i
president, and a. magnificent bouquet of |
roses worn at her corsage. Her manner j
charmed every one.
fourths of a mile, Tremont 1st. Brimvood
2nd, Lajuive 3d: time 1:17b
Fourth race for throe-year-olds,one mile,
Inspector B. won, Quito 2nd. ten lengths
in front of Rock and Rye 3d; time 1: hip
Fifth race, one and one-half miles, Fal
coner won bv eight lengths, Springfield
2nd, War Eagle 3d; time2:4lf.
Kins
Washington, June 15. Prince Auguste
Leopold and officers of the Brazilian frigate
Iirasso, who accompanied him to Wash
ington, were formally presented to the
president by the secretary of state at 11:3d
o’clock to-day. They were accompanied
Trunps ('rnshiMl i
Chicago, June lf>
from Memphis. Tei.
on the Kansas City i
distance west r>f h»*r
cars were entirely d
tramps who were
crushed t(j death,
most horrible manrx
not be learned. Th<
out injury.
-A
Kitilrotnl Wri’rk.
special dispat/jh
>ad •
trdgnt train
wrecked some
• bust evening. Fifteen
■nmliahed, and several
stealing a ride were
iici’ig mutilated in a
*r. Thtir n.un.-scould
‘ crew escaoed with-
PoRTLAND, Orh., June 15.—The Orego
nian’s Victoria, B. C., special says: All
day .Sunday there hud been a steady wind
from the northwest, and brush-clearing
tires on the Cntiadiau Pacific railway lots
were fanned to such an extent os to 1111 the
terminal town of Van Couver with smoke.
Nobody, however, had any idea of danger.
Shortly after 1 p. m., several persons began
to consider the situation threatening, but
the smoke was so dense that they found it
impossible to direct their steps to the ex
act location of its source. Soon a stable
near the Colonial hotel wius seen to be on
fire. The alarm was given, but so alarmed
were the people that they paid no atten
tion for some time. The wind by this time
had increased to a gale, and fanned the
flames to a mass of raging lire. < )ne of
TliK KlftHT BUILDINGS TO GO
was McCartney’s drug store, followed by
the office of the Van Couver News. The
flames shot across Abbott street with
astonishing rapidity, and almost before the
people could realize it the whole of the
western portion of the city was in a blaze.
The excitement was now intense. Water
street was filled with dense smoke and
flying cinders, and the people were hurry
ing with what effects they could gather in
their haste to a place of safety, the general
direction of the flight being east, though
many ran to the elevated ground
owned by the Canadian Pacific railway
company. Others again made for False
creek. Those who endeavored to save
their goods were so wrapped up in their
object as to appear heedless of the danger
they ran and it was found especially nec
essary to compel many women to relin
quish their efforts to save their lives, in
some cases there was -only just time to
place them on improvised rafts which
were pushed out from the shore beyond
the reach of
TUB FLAMES WHICH LITERALLY FILLED
T11 K AI R.
In loss time than it takes to describe it
the lire had reached Carroll street. Some
merchants in this vicinity and in Ferguson
block engaged in conveying their goods to
a place of safety, but so rapid was the con
flagration that before their horses were
ready the teamsters themselves were
obliged to My for their lives.
All hope of saving any considerable
amount of property w.us now abandoned,
and each contented himself with hastily
putting together what he could carry in
ms hand without seriously impeding his
speed, and hurried from the spot. But
even after leaving tlie houses the danger
was not over, for every road had become
AN AVENUE OF FTT513.
Falling timbers and slumps on each side
of tin* road glowed with tiro, and proved
as serious menace to the fugitives an the
burning hoiiL'CS of the doomed city. Dur
ing the confusion which prevailed wlu-n
the rowdies and roughs saw that everyone
was leaving they entered the saloons,
which bad been left entirely unprotected
and commenced drinking. Many a one
was seen staggering along f he streets wii h
a keg of beer on his shoulder or carrying as
many bottles of liquor as lie could appro
priate. Men were seen sitting com
pletely hemmed in by fire and apparently
oblivious of their surroundings, drinking
liquor. They were of course then already
partially intoxicated. A large number
collected at the Hastings mill company’s
wharf, but a large majority collected at
False creek bridge. Nothing wa.s to be
seen from either of these points but a lurid
rolling bank of smoke charging over
THE ASHES OF EHE CITY
from which the stragglers could be seen
occasionally fleeing. The steamer Duns-
muer was at the wharf to receive the
people, and with several other steamers
conveyed a large number over to Woody-
ville. The dropping of the flames was as
sudden as their rise, and by 6 p. m. some
adventurous spirits had already, after
their way along the roads of the destroyed
city, and before dark the work of Reaching
for the bodies of those overtaken by the
fiery element had begun. In a short time
the incinerated remains of s< vorul persons
had been discovered. Up to 10 o’clock
Monday morning nine bodies, some of
which wore
BURNED HE VON D RECOGNITION
had been found. There is some uncertain
ty about the exact number already found,
ns in some c.uses a handful of charred bones
were the only indications oi human life
being lost. One of the searchers said he
thought the number could be truthfully
estimated .it twelve. The general senti
ment of tiie peoplt appears to be one uf
hopefulness: and there is a determination
to at once begin the ret onslruetion of the
city. Some have already got building ma
terial on tlie grounds.
Westminster. B. ('., June 15. -Parties
arriving from Van ( niver state that at 2:30
yesterday afternoon the wind rose to a gale
and caused fires, which were burning on
the ( anadmn Pacific reserve, to spread to
ward the city. A house on the extreme
west end caught firo and the flames spread
rapidly to adjacent buildings. At 1 o'clock
the last house in the town wa*» in rn-hos.
Having’s saw mill and the Royal City
planing mill, being situated on points of
land outside of the town, were
saved. Five persons -ire reported
dead, and several others to have b« en seri
ously if not fatally injured. The lino of .J.
M. flute A. Co. loses *5000 on which t her.
is an insurance of £2000. The total loss is
estimated at $1,000,000 and insurance at
$10,000. One thousand persons are home
less. It is impossible to obtain further
particulars at present »n account of the
wires being down.
New Westminster, B. C., June 15.—
The city of Van Couver, situated at the Pa
cific end of the Canadian Pacific rail way,is
in ashes. Nut half a dozen houss remain
out of 500, and the worst of all there is a
large loss of life. Ten bodies thus far have
been recovered and a number of persons
missing are supjx>sed to have perished.
One siiort hour did the whole work.
Tlie property saved Ls insig
nificant. A clean sweep defines
tin* situation. A thousand men are at work
clearing up the debris for the railroad com
pany. Twenty contracts for rebuilding
nave been let. Many men lost their all,
but arc determined to start in again. The
property loss falls directly on the pioneer
element of the city. Hundreds of people
are camped out. There are meagre facili
ties for the relief of the sulferers, but the
people of tins city are specially open-
handed in their efforts to relieve the d s-
tress. Prompt aid from the Canadian
Pacific railway is expected. Families were
compelled to abandon their homes ala
moment's warning and Hue for their ]; . es.
Business men in search of valuablen were
forced to rus'i through the fiance and
smoke or perish. The whole populace
were panic stricken. A number.-f per.ion»
sought refuge in the water. One man was
found in -1 well, where he lowered
himself b» escape from the llames. Pew
of the people have more than tile few
clothes they stand in. Of ten bodies re-
covered only three have been indetified.
Most of the burned frame buildings will be
replaced with brick structures. Contracts
for u large hotel and other extensive build
ings representing half a million dollars
were let just before the fire.
Talk in* to the Alumni.
Salem, Va., June 15.—The annual ad
dress before the alumni association of
Roanoke college was delivered this morn
ing in the town hall by Rev. E. E. Sibole,
of Philadelphia. His subject was, “Our
Social System, Its Evils and Its Reme
dies.”
This evening Major Henry Kyd Dough*
las, of Maryland, delivered the annual ora
tion before the literary society. His sub
ject was, “Good Hwords Make Good Plough
Shares.” He traced in an eloquent man
ner the beneficial results to the country of
the late civil war.
TALK OVER OLEOMARGARINE.
Tin* Boimik Buffer Finds Two Warm Advonitm—
Tin* HistImfiislicd Scientific (•ontlniien Consider
fin* M>iiiiiflirtnre Mnn* Cleniily Tluin Churn*
Washington, June 15.--A large number
of persons interested in dairying and oleo
margarine were present to-day at a hear
ing given by the senate committee oil agri
culture and foresty on the house bill taxing
oleomargarine. Prof. Morton, president of
Stevens’ institute of technology, opposed
the bill, lie had taken a natural scientific
interest in the new industry; had visited
and spent much time in oleomargarine
factories and had reached the conclusion
that oleomarine was of necessity a pure
and wholesome product. If the fats From
which oleomargarine oil was produced
were tainted in the slightest degree
the oil would become exceedingly
offensive to the smell and taste, and when
made into oleomargarine would be un
saleable. The saint condition would arise
if carelessness or willful neglect occurred
in its manufacture. This condition once
existing could not be counteracted, hence
oleomargarine must always be good.
Oleomargarine oil contained three princi
ple elements of butter, but did not contain
butterine, which was peculiar to butter
and gave it its peculiar flavor. In order to
secure tliis flavor in part the milk was
mixed with the oleomargarine oil and the
product then had a slight Mayor uf butter,
and also ot her components of butter. Lard
was added to give soft ness and s’.ickuess to
the product. The reason for inakieg it as
nearly identical as possible to butter was
because of the influence previous habits
had on the peoples* minds. For this rea
son he thought it unwise to require that it
colored red or blue. He thought, however,
that it should In* sold under its true name.
Occasionally a small manufacturer might
end* avor to make larger profits by
using unw holsoine materials, but
the product would be offensive and unsala
ble, and the experiment would not he re
peated. An ounce of impure fat would
taint a whole* ton of pure fat. If was im
possible that tlu* germs of disease could
• ; xist in tills product.
Prof. Chandler, of Columbia college,
New York, and president of the New York
bourd of health, ssid he had always taken
the. ground that this was a new’ process of
making an old article of butter. It was
pure and wholesome and contained all the
component** of butter in the same
proportion as in dairy butter,
except that tlie proportion of flavoring
matter was Jes*'. lie regarded the discov
ery of this process as one of the greatest
discoveries of the century. The process by
which oleomargarine was manufactured
was of necessity much more cleanly than
that by which butter was manufactured.
An attempt to destroy the industry, he
thought, was on a pay with an attempt to
prevent the introduction of indigo as a dye
in England from France and Germany Lb*
cause it would stifle* the sale of what every
one now’ will admit was an inferior dye.
The state of New York, he said, had been
used to disgust people wjtli oleomargarine.
Person, won was chairman of the New
York state senate committee, had purpose
ly refrained from calling him as a w itness
after talking with him on the* subject. The
evidence igivon before that committee
was ridiculous and absurd. Stateifionta
made ilion that dead dogs and cats were
used in the manufacture he characterized
ns nonsensical. New York had
appropriated foO.C/X) to crush the
oleomargarine industry, but the witness
wns unable to secure money to have
eases of adultci ation of food and medicine
prosecuted. We already had sufficient
legislation to compel t he sale of oleomar-
gerine as such. He thought it hard then
to compel the people to color oleomar
garine red or blue when they wanted it
yellow, because they were used to spread
ing .yellow product on their bread.
The witness having stated his wife paid
81) cents per pound for butler, was asked
why he did not use oleomargarine at 18
cents? lie said his wifi had a fancy for
the other article and he was willing to
please her fancy and pay the difference.
He had, how'ever, used oleomargarine for
t wo days on Ii Is table without distinction.
Then he substituted Hu best Connecticut
butter and bis wile d(a If.red it n ust be ole
omargarine. (Laughter. ]
HEAT OF^THE"CAMPAIGN.
ii % IVo|»h- in Fulton Count) Anxinti* for a Dtirk
j llor*«i*.
Huvaimah News.
Atlanta, June 13. The hot wave of the
| campaign which »>ppn sned the capital til).
, last Tuesday has, since the election, moved
, beyond the limits of Fulton county, not to
i return, perhaps, t : il tlie convention assem
bles on, July 25. This riodance seems to bo
I a real relief to the people of Atlanta.
It is a matter of some political signifl-
• ounce that half perhaps more than half-—
j the democratic strength of Fulton county
| absolutely refused to vote for cither of the
candidates at the late primary, in spite of
band music and easy carriage rides.
It cannot be disguised that there is a
| strong undercurrent among t he people
• ben* who are opposed to both Gen. Gordon
j and Mai. Bacon, stronger without doubt
j than elsewhere in the state. Many of
those who voted here Tuesday 1 know
would have preferred to vote for a third
i candidate. Of the very large number who
} stayed away from the polls because they
| could not support either candidate, the
I fair presumption is they would have voted
, for an acceptable third candidate. In
the ease of many of them it Ls true a third
candidate would have brought them to the
| polls.
IT MAY BE SAID
j with truth that there is more talk here now
j of a new standard hearer than at or before
j the late election. Among many who really
I desire the election of cither of the can-
I didntes there is apprehension that the
work of the convention may result in the
; nomination of some one not now in the
field. With many others there is a strong
! desire- that there should be- such a result.
T>vu .Hi ii Sult-iciitcit.
Fort Wayne, Ind., June 15. — Wm.
i lost was overcome by lire damp while
[•leaning out an old well yesterday. Horace
his comrade, ti itd to rescue him,
and
Thei
so overcome. Both perished,
* lar ja families.
