Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. XXVIII—NO. HO
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE :M, 188(5.
PRICE FIVE NTS
Yesterday's Proceedings of the House
and Senate.
U, f itepuliltrkB FIllliuHtvrlnK in the Mouse-The
senate ltlseuwlns the llanle.v Motion—The
open Session Kesolntlon—Seven More Vetoes,Kte.
Washington June 23.—The speaker an
nounced the appointment of Belmont,
Cox and Hill as conferees on the diplomatic
all( i consular appropriation bill.
Wise, of Virginia, from the committee
0I1 naval a flairs, reported a bill temporarily
increasing the number of assistant engi
neers in the navy and restoring certain
ondet engineers to their legal right ami
proper office and rank. Committee of the
" Morrison then called up the report of
the committee on rules, amending the
rules of the house, upon which bebate oc
curred yesterday.
Reed raised the question of considera
tion and Hiscock, expressing his desire to
w,, on with the sundry civil bill. Randall
remarked that he could take care of the
measure. On a standing vote the house
refused—80 to 91—to consider the report
and the result was received with applause
from the republicans, but on a yea and nay
vote the house determined yeas 1.32, nay's
115 -to consider the report, Ilced changing
iiis vote at the last moment to enable liini
to move to reconsider. Having made that
motion, he yielded to Hiscock to move to
adjourn, and his motion to be supplement
ed'with another that when the house ad
journed to-day it be to meet Friday next.
Burrows, of Michigan, ironically sug
gested that Friday was too early a day and
moved to substitute Saturday.
Thus having laid the foundation for a
day of filibustering, the republicans re
frained from voting and left the house
without a quorum.
Morrison moved a call of the house.
Reed suggested that the house might
consider the sundry civil bill.
■I will take care of the sundry civil bill,”
remarked Morrison.
■'You, too?’’exclaimed Reed in affected
surprise. “I am afraid the sundry civil bill
is being taken too much care of.”
A call of the house was ordered and the
doors of the chamber were closed. Then
roll call followed roll call with monoton
ous regularity, while members lounged in
their seats reading and writing or retired
to the cloak rooms. Both sides were de
termined in their course. But little atten
tion was paid to the proceedings which
were unattended by any occurrence to
break their uninteresting character. A
resolution was adopted directing the ser
geant-at-arms to arrest members and bring
them to the bar of the house.
The house remained, ns n member chare -
termed it, in a slate of “innocuous desue
tude.” until n quarter past 4, when further
proceedings under tire call were dispensed
with, and the question recurred on Bur
rows’ motion to adjourn until Saturday.
Tliis was voted down—yens 2, nays 145 —
no quorum, and another roil call con
sumed the time to 5 o'clock, when the
house adjourned. It is understood that
the proposed change of rules will not be
called up for consideration to-morrow, but
the sundry civil appropriation hill will be
accorded the rigid of way.
Vellrtle.
Washington, June 23.—In the sennit'
Frye, from the committee on commerce,
reported favorably the bill to amend the
laws relating to the inspection of steam
vessels. The bill provides for the payment
out of the treasury of the expenses of
steamboat inspectors. Frye said the bill
was in answer to the recommendation of
the president. The vessel owners of the
country, Frye added, were under obliga
tions to the president for liis approval of
the shipping bill, and for his recommenda
tion for supplementary legislation to pro
vide for the expenses of steamboat in
spectors. Congress ought at once to pro
vide that legislation.
The bill was passed without debate.
Resolutions were submitted by George
for reference to the committee on judi
ciary, and wore so referred, directing that
the committee report a bill for the repeal
of all laws which the United States supreme
court has declared unconstitutional, and
providing for a general digest of index of
the statutes of the United States, including
those of the present government.
Hawley’s motion was then taken up to
reconsider tiie vote by which the senate
passed the bill prohibiting members of
congress from acting as attorneys of land
grant railroads.
Beck resumed the floor and continued
iris remarks against reconsideration. He
denied that lie had intended to injure any
body by the introduction of the hill. If
the senate should agree to the motion to
reconsider, that would be the last of the
bill. Beck rend Mitchell’s amendment
proposing to forbid members of congress
from doing law business for men who were
members of banks or importers of formgn
goods, or who manufactured butter, oleo
margarine, tobacco or whisky. “If that is
not a liek at the creation!” exclaimed
Beck. He deprecated that sort of amend
ment, but added that he had often heard
the fable of the advice given to all foxes
by the fox whose tail had been cut off.
That advice was that they should all have
their tails cut off because his had been cut
off. He thought the fable illustrated the
ease of this amendment.
In reply to the reference by Beck to the
published report that Mitchell was uttor-
torney for the Northern Pacific Railroad
Co., Mitchell said with some warmth
that he was the attorney of no railroad.
He desired the senator from Kentucky
Beck) to understand that be iMitchell
had never while in the senate been em
ployed by any railroad company to argue
any case in court or out. lie was not now
and had been for over a year the attorney
of any corporation whatever. He was rep
resenting no corporation here. If the
bill were to bn passed on the idea that
every member of congress who was a law
yer was dishonest with a view of making
him honest, then the bill should be made
to include the matters indicated in Mitch
ell's suggested amendment.
Call did not dispute Beck's devotion to
the public interest, but regarded the trill as
most hurtful to the interests of the coun
try and to the character of the senate. It
would result in holding senators responsi
ble not to the senate, but to the judge of
the United States court. A dozen United
States judges could be bought before two-
thirds of the senate could. The people of
Florida had or.ee elected a majority of
democrats to their legislature. How did
the republicans overcome that majority?
By getting a United States judge to order
the arrest of democratic mem
bers. We were in the habit
of belittleing the senate and its
functions and the character of senators,
but that was wholly wrong. There was no
reason for it, neither was there any reason
for any presumption that there were any
Paid attorneys here. The theory of tin-
hill was that,' members of congress could
be bought by fees as attorneys. If that
theory was correct the senate could not
prevent it by saying that that special
form of purchases should not he * fleeted.
There was a thousand wavs by which men
could be corrupted without i chaining ’hem
as lawyers and without the payment of
money.
Mitchell asked Bern whin he had been
told that he (Mitcl-eil, was attorney for
the Northern Pacific.
Beck said he bad been so told ; the time
did not matter.
Mitchell said he was not in the confes
sional, but he had resigned nine months
before his election. He (Mr. Mitchell) re
membered the time when it had been said
in newspapers that certain members of
congress were very zealous in regard to
certain whiiky matters.
Beck—“Oh! Well, that was just simply
a lie ; that is all there is about it.” [Laugh-
ter.l 1 °
Mitchell had no doubt of that.
Pugh said he had voted for the bill, but
after examining it, he had concluded that
it was hasty, inconsiderate and mischiev
ous legislation,
Evarts said that of 76 senators, 65 were
lawyers. This bill was a reproach on these
from mm ii ,m:.mi; statesmen
The Decree Issued Expelling the Princes
from France.
lawyers. He had never, except in the worst
reviling®, beard any reproacn of the great
profession of law. He had never heard out
side the senate so deep a stigma od the
senate as was placed on it by this bill, but
whether good or bad, it was certainly a
serious and far reaching measure, and was
entitled to deliberate consideration.
Edmunds said the theory of the bill was
that the gentlemen of the profession of law
having clients were under a bias in favor
of those clients, and that this bill was
necessary in order to exclude that Idas.
Edmunds’ voice gave out before he had
proceeded far and he was seized with a
troublesome cough. He took his seat with
the remark that the state of his health did
not permit him to debate the question
further.
Vance said there was an impression
throughout the country that, a good deal of
jobbery and improper legislation ema
nated from congress. Whether that was
true or not, it was the part of wise men to
avoid occasion for the imputation, lie
thought it would be unfortunate for the
senate not to stand by this bill.
Hawley thought his motion to reconsid
er amply justified by the debate.
Sherman, taking the floor, said the uni
versal rule of the senate was to grant re
consideration almost as a matter of course
whenever asked for, even when the sen
ate was almost unit against the bill and
the vote for its reconsideration had often
been unanimous. This bill met his hearty
approval. The criticisms made against it
were rather too fine.
A motion to reconsider having been
brought to a vote it was agreed to -yeas 31,
nays 21. The only republican voting in
the negative was Van wyck. The demo
crats voting in the affirmative were Call,
Gray, Payne, Hugh and Ransom.
Hawley then moved to refer the bill to
the judiciary committee.
Vance called for the reading of the bill
by way of a final “farewell” to it. j Laugh
ter.]
The bill bm ing been read, Edmunds as
sured Vnnoe he should have the pleasure
of steing the bill back in the senate within
eight da vs.
Mr. Maxey isotto voice)—With an ad
verse report.
The tul! was then referred to (lie judicia
ry committee by a vote of .30 to 21.
A number of veto messages received from
the president were rend and laid on the
table, Logan remarking as to one of them
that he had never before known such a
construction ns that a soldier on furlough
was not iu the line of duty.
Blair said the president seemed to find it
a congenial duty to express hiliiM If in the
most’ ■xtiaofdiiiary term's fesjxfcting the
two houses of congress. That, however,
was a matter of official propriety ns to
which every man must judge for himself.
Blair defended from the criticisms made
by the president and stated some of the
president’s statements were an entire mis
apprehension of facts. Blair gave instances
to support his own assertion. He charged
that the pension office as organized was
organized to reject claims whenever that
could be done. It had come to be a court
of chancery. Some of the statements made
about the action of congress regarding
pensions were petty, trifling and con
temptible.
The bill to repeal pre-emptions and tim
ber culture laws was then placed before
the senate and was debated till the ad
journment. In course of some remarks
on the bill, Plumb said if there was not
some change in the methods of manage
ment of the general land office, the litiga
tion that would ensue would out last the
lifetime of every man who heard him and
would exhaust the entire value of the
lands. Malicious, interested and careless
invessigations of special agents invested
with absolute power woujd ruin thousands
and tens of thoufands of persons who had
never thought of wronging the govern
ment. It was agreed that at 3 o’clock to
morrow a vote should lie taken on the
bill. Executive session adjourned.
N tun in lit ions ('<iiiftrill< > il.
Washington, June 23. The senate has
! confirmed the following nominations: H.
I Sheppard, collector of internal revenue,
'sixth Virginia district Postmasters -H.
' \V. Clark, Jacksonville, Fla.; J. B. Chris-
' tian, Uniontown, Ala.; L. E. Brooks, Mo-
l bile. Ala.; L. R. Davis, Athens, Ala., and
, the following in Virginia: F. F. Forbes,
! Fredericksburg; George R. Head. Lees
burg; L. W. Caldwell, Warrenton; L. R.
MeDciirman, Danville; 11. B. Linney. Gor-
donville; A. S. Haller, Wytham; W. If.
Cullingworth, Richmond; A. P. Bibb, Uni-
' versity of Virginia; W. II. Riteran, Har
risburg.
Mlr 11|,|>[| Session Itl'soilltfull,
Washington, June 23. The caucus or
dered business of the senate has been
I changed by placing the land grant adjust
ment bill above the open session resolu-
i tion. This makes it again doubtful if the
latter measure will lie reached this session,
its chances of passage, if reached, are said
to have been somewhat improved of late.
Among tiie number of senators now known
| to be favorable to open executive sessions
j are Sherman, Blair, Coke and Voorhees,
The last named u ill make a speech in favor
■ of the Platt resolution when it is taken up
| again. _
A question of ('lirisfeiiiiiir.
Washington, June 21.—Congressman
Stone has had a post office in Crittenden
county named Frances, in honor of the
i president’s wife. He had one named
I Cleveland in Calloway county some time
I since. A post office in the district lias
j been called Stone in honor of the eongress-
j man. The president will probably do
1 some naming before he gets through with
this administration.
Semi More Vetoes.
Washington, June 23. The president
to-dnv sent to congress seven more vetoes,
all of private pension bills originating in
the senate caucus.
A Meiiioeratie ('minis Ciilleil.
Washington, June 23. -A caucus of'the
democratic members of the house has be u
called to meet to-morrow night in the hail
of'the house.
lairu-r Crons.
Lynchburg, Va., June 23.—Answers to
inquiries by t helUaily A dvance throughout
southwest Virginia report unprecedent* d
wheat and fruit crop. The harvest has
They Begin to Take Their Mefoirture—Tile fount
of Purls B ill Issue u Manifesto -The Times On
(ilmlstune's Speech at (JiisitoH —AVhnt John
Bright Has to S«j, Kte.
London, June 23.—The Times, com- '
menting on Gladstone’s Glasgow meeting,
says : The remarkable absence of men of I
. intelligence, social or professional dis-
' tinction which has characterized ali of
Gladstone’s meeting in Scotland appears to .
, have reached its highest development at ,
Glasgow yesterday. Gladstone’s efl'ort to
' avoid a serious discussion of his own plans
| was crowned with complete success in his
Glasgow speech. It bristles with misstate- I
J meuts of tne facts and sperversion of argu-
i meats. It does not contain a single at
tempt to grapple with the difficulties of
j the Irish question.
PAJ1NEI.L AND CHURCHILL.
! Lord Randolph Churchill and Parnell
i are both announced to address political
meetings in Manchester next Wednesday.
JOHN bright writes.
I John Bright in a letter to Caine, member
' of parliament for Barrow in Furness, who
acted as a whip for Chamberlain s ad
herents in their opposition to home rule,
says he hope, Caine, who will
stand for re-election will _ win.
Bright denounces the action of the
liberal caucuses in trying to transform
members of the house of commons into
simple delegates, and insisting upon their
subordinating their principles to the inter
ests of the party or party leader. It is no
torious, continues Bright, that scores of
members of the house voted with
the government who positively con
demned the Irish bill. It is unwise
tor liberal electors to prefer such mem
bers abject at the feet of the prime minis
ter to members who follow conscience and
honor, but we need not despair, 93 liberals
who voted with the majority have dove
much to redeem the liberals from U..
discredit of accepting a measure which the
majority condemned. I
THEY WILL NOT COTEST IT.
i At a meeting of the Midlothian conserv
atives to-day, it was decided not to contest ;
the district against Gladstene.
IN FAVOR OF HOME BULK.
At the united meeting of the Baptist so-
1 cieties held at Taunton to-day, a resolution
in favor of granting home rule to Ireland
was adopted by a vote of 97 to 5. Eighteen
members abstained from voting.
J F nulls'.
: THE EXPULSION DECREE ISSUED,
i Paris, June 23.—The government at 4
j o'clock this afternoon will issue a decree
expelling the French princes from the
country. The princes will leave France .
to-night. A number of the royalist sena
tors and deputies have gone to Chatteau
Deu to condole with the count of Paris.
One thousand called at tiie Chateau de
Kit to-day and inscribed their names in a
book. Comte de Paris shook hands with ;
< each one and briefly expr-s.se*] his thanks.
The count's mamfV.sto will be issued on
Friday. Prince Napoleon Plon Ploiu i-
going to Geneva, and his son, Prince
Victor, is going to Brussels Neither, it is
'thought, will publish a manifesto. Prince
Victor’s adherents, it is said, will make
demonstration.- at tiie railway station when
he takes his parture.
The police have been ordered to arrest
all persons who make noise loyalist demon
strations in Paris or elsewhere on the oc
casion of the departure cf the expelled
princes. Count Foueher DeCareil, ambas
sador to the Austrian court, has resigned
in protest against the action of his gov
ernment in expelling the French princes.
It is believed |that Waddington,
French ambassador to the court of St.
James, will resign in consequence of
, the expulsion of the princes. His
resignation is momentarily expected, j
The royalist press pronounces the passage i
of the expulsion bill the forerunner of the I
downfall of tiie republic. Moderate repub- |
lican papers generally criticize the mens- !
lire ns unjust. The apportionist journals j
urge the government to discard the de
mand of the irreconcilables and radicals,
and they demand a firmer republican poli-
i <'.V.
The Count and Countess of Paris aild
their son. Prince Louis Philippe, after re
ceiving their friends to-morrow will em
bark for Treport in the afternoon.
' Prince Victor and fifteen of his most
prominent adherents, including tiie Mar
quis of Valette and Baron Hausmann,
i started to-day for Brussels. The train
bearing the party left the station amid cries
jof“vive empereur, mi re voir” and shouts
of “vive ia republique.” There
was some hissing. Several persons
were arrested. The count of Paris, Ins
son and suite, will arrive at Tunbridge
Wells on Friday mnl will take up their res
idence there. The count will issue a mani
festo protesting against his expulsion and
outlining the monarch in 1 programme,
111 in-in in.
TWKXTY-MVE I KOI'I.F. DROWNED.
Vienna, June 23. A dispatch from
Prague, Bohemia, states that a ferryboat
capsized while crossing the Kazamor river,
throwing fifty persons into the water. Tie
exact number of those drowned lias not
been ascertained, laic twenty-five bodies
have been recover* d.
11*1*ill Mil.
CONVICTED OF RIOTING.
JJUJJLJ.N, June 23.—Numerous persons
Wei--, mi-. - - - o: il - r onvielod u! Siivo Ttu--
du <% of ,.,ii ic.nation in tne r* cent lints
there, orjiers wore committed for trial at
the assiz. s.
THE LAKE SHORE SWITCHMEN.
two months ago. On the occasion of that
strike a settlement was made by the inter
vention of Sheriff Hancock and County
Commissioner McArthy. The company
now holds that its managers did not make
the promises which the men have sup
posed, but contended only that the strik
ers should return to work. About
the time the sixty men quit
work, the committee which had been in
session down town during the greater part
of the forenoon, decided to order the men
to go on with their work. Messages
were drafted and sent to all stations. At
the Forty-third street for some reason the
crews either did not receive their mes
sages or did not understand them, and all
but two crews quit work. At other points
the men kept on at work. The switching
engines at the stock yards rail round ana
gave notice to tiie different crews there
and they began to leave work. At the cen
tral office the committeemen and officials
could not understand this. It was assumed,
however, that these men had not got their
messages to go on with their work, or else
did not understand them. Division Super
intendent Amsdun said that the men at
the 13d street had certainly gone on a
strike. He could not explain it, for it. was
contrary to the agreement made by the
committee.
The switchmen at Englewoon and all
along the line in the city joined tin-
strikers. No trains were allowed to move.
About three o’clock an effort was made to
move a train at Forty-third street. Sud
denly a mob appeared upon llie scene, the
members of which tried, by throwing tin-
switch. to ditch the train and engine and
did succeed in getting a caboose off
the truck. Separate sections of
the mob attacked the trainmen
by throwing coupling pins at them. Con
ductor Charles Pease, of Elk Park, was
badly injured, being knocKed down and
kicked bv half a dozen of the assailants.
John Berger, switchman, was also hurl,
but how seriously could not be learned.
The engineer and fireman escaped entire
ly. No arrests were made. The night
switchmen unanimously failed to put in
a n appearance for duty.
AN INTERESTING CASE.
A Mt'inlii'l- of it (lush-ill t'll.li imiml (illill) of
llnyi-ijtliur.
New York, June 23. - Paul Welseig,
member of u musical chib, lias been on
Dial here for a day or two on the charge of
boycotting the Theiss music- hall, and ex
torting from its proprietor 61000 as ii so
wn led fine. The trial ended this evening.
Vf.-lscig himself was put on the stand, and
in answer to a question put by Ids lawyer,
he explained his understanding of a boy
cott to he “an organization that quietly
and peaceably refrains from dealing with
a man in business.” During the trial Col.
F* flows interrupted the proceedings to
nsi that Michael O'Leary, who was in
dicted with Welseig. lie arrested on the
charge of abandoning his wife. O’Leary
was sent to the toombs.
I'll his charge Judge Barrett said he
sympathized with the workingmen in their
efforts to better their condition, and he
was vorrj to *ee among some of them a
t( ndetkjy to lawlessness, lie advised labor
0 wnrizatiens to appoint committees on
li e- u.id consult the best lawyers. His
h lor said that when the law was trans-
g*F'* ddpe transk-rescows must, duffer. It
was perfectly lawful for men to advise
tin. i,- -Yi* ,-ds no; to work for so and so and
toa-k them not to | atroniz*- certain estab
lishments. bu' it was different when
an organized body of men did tht sumo
thing in it formal manner, like tiie distrib
uting of circulars in front of a man’s place
* f business.
After an absence of half an hour the
jury found the defendant guilty.
Judge Barrett said lie would not pro
nounce sentence until some disposition
was made of the cases against the other
prisoners. The highest penalty for the
offense- is five years.
MEXICO.
Minister .Ini-ksiiit nt iiis Pnsl Annin.
City of Mexico ivin Galvestoni, June
23.—United States Minister Jackson has
returned after three months’ leave of ab
sence. with news from various parts of the
country, ib- announces the shooting of a
number of noted highway robbers under a
new law authorizing the immediate kill
ing on arrest of highway and railway rob-
1 ers. Some of the worst characters m tiie
country have been gotten rid of within the
lust ten days,
tin '('hung*-,
New York, June 23.—The opening
in-ices generally showed an advance of ! to
; this morning, while Louisville lino Nash
ville was ii]i ;, and Missouri, Kansas and
Texas and Omaha, each, d. Reading and
l'aeiili Mail were each i lower. There
whs a u,< derate business only, but extra
ordinary strength was developed in West
ern Union, and the prices continued to ad
vance until about noon, after which time
the bears made a drive at Lake Shore,
which broke i, and the general market
sympathized to a limited extent. In
the- last hour Western Union again
advanced sharply and the general market
recovered its steady tone, and so closed.
The feature of the day was Westi rn
Union. Everything is higher to-night.
Western Union gained 2 and the rest of
the active IK* f-, Monal amounts only,
one see* imth-s Chattanooga-, is
me I ..ml Nashville 2. Ho
of : : ngonieiit between the
... it and Baltimore and Ohio
jih companies, of a s'-Ltlemenl of
ke Short- -.trike and of the increased
of tilt northwest, ni roads were
I* d dining tiie dav. Sides 2i;*,(XX)
And General Gossip from the National
Capital.
! Rvtrj Member Tliinkw IIImOiui Rill (he Slouf I in*
|Kir(nnt >»nd (he flrfml Nor* On -Mth. Cltvr*
IhimPn Prruent of a llumlml l>o»lur I’oodlo- Mr.
KdranndN* Alhni'il Joke.
Washington, June 23.—Now there is to
be a scramble in the house. Of course its
normal condition is a scramble, but the
scramble now will be of an almost abnor
mal character. The defeat of the tariff bill
sets everybody fighting for his particular
pet measure, and on the scheme for a spe
cial schedule for the consideration of the
house,did not carry, it is a repetition of tiie
old game of every fellow for himself and
the devil take the hindmost. The friends
of the educational bill are now determined
to make a desperate struggle for considera
tion of that measure. Mr. Herbert, of the
naval affairs committee, wants to get action
on his naval bill, the bankruptcy bill is to
be pressed, and there are a dozen
other measures demanding immediate
action. Meantime there are a
half-dozen appropriation bills to
be handled yet in the house, for some of
those already gone to the sene-e arc o ning
buck to the nouse in an almost unrecogniz
able shape. The senate does not seem in
clined to hurry at all about its work on the
appropriation hills. The river and harbor
bill, wnich has been a month or more in
the hands of the senate committee,.!* not
nearly finished, and the other important
hut nir
U[
Mian
Tin*) Unit Work W.rn mnl P.ni.-ka.h*
Vti Vtta< k i |.<m .i 1 ruin.
Chicago, June 23--2:40 p. m.- The Luke
Shore switchmen, employed at tiie union
stock yards, quit work at 2:30 this evening
owing to a refusal of the railroad company
to discharge eight non-union men. Com
mittees are now going over the yards of the
railroads in the city to induce all union
men to stop work. The Lake Shore is re
fusing to accept any more live stock over
its road. It is now believed another gen
eral strike is to take place on tlie road and
that a blockade, such as tin* one which oc
curred last April, will take place.
Chicago, June 23.—Sixty-six of the
switchmen employed by the Lake Shore
road in the Forty-third street yards went
on a strike this afternoon by order of the
union. Tin* business is practically at i
stand still. The matters at I.-sue between
the road and switchmen have rppar-ntly
been satisfactory settled Haifa dozen times
within the last few days, out are in «i
shape again. .l ist how bad it is difficult
to find out. At the Moek yard
the dressed beef shippers were >t:l
that trouble was pending and tiiaMJuy
had best send their fjoodseast by Some
other line. A hea\ v shipper w lm v.untt,,
< lii t-M . Not I fit sliml'.
W.v-HNgto.v, June 23. lion. Bovd Win
chester, the consul general of tin- failed
state-. o> Switzerland, has just completed
-oilif* extensive researches in regard to I fie
ciuese industry of that country. He has
s' on chees< . he says, that are mon than
year* old. One of tiie customs that
formerly prevailed in the cheese, regions
of the country was for the friends of a bride
ai:d bridegroom to join in the presentation
on their wedding day of an elaborate
cheese. This cheese was used as a family
register and heirloom, on which the births,
marriages and deaths are recorded. Mr.
Winchester savs that he has seen some of
these old cheeses that dat< d back to lbfiO.
In many parts of Switzerland cheese forms
tiie principal diet of the people. New
cheese often cans** sickness, when this
is tin case the patient is treated in tiie
homeopathic tashion with old cheese,
which gem rally * fleets a cure. Dairymen
ii: Switzerland ' eJieve that it is a good
thing to use mu- :or draught purno-'s,
e-pccidjiV if! tin ? oming. and ne.trlv nil
appropriation hills move quite* as slowly
there. So, even with the tariff hill out of
the way, there seems little prospect of ad
journment before the middle of next
month. The senate can stand a long ses
sion much better than the house, for most
I of its members have their own homes
here and are not packed away in hoarding
! houses; and as th^J* incline to hold the
j house responsible for the long session, they
do not care how long they make il.
THE POODLE FROM ANTWERP,
j A new guest at the white house is t he
black poodle sent to Mrs. Cleveland from
I Antwerp. He was scampering about the
I building to-day and took part in the public
reception this afternoon. He is sheared
! close except about the neck and head, but
i his diminutive size is in ludicrous contrast
| to bis leonine clip. Twenty dollars duty
was paid on him, and as the duty on dogs
is20 per cent it follows that the black poo-
I die is valued at .flOO. Several of the eon-
. gressmen tfiat called to-day tried to inter-
I est the animal by shouting “Rats!” “Cats!”
| but their attempts were dismal failures.
Not until the president’s valet. St. Clair,
i explained that the Belgian poodle hail not
| vet learned English, but only understood
'French, did the western members realize
; what an imperfect education the strange
, dog had.
1 Mr. W. VC. Corcoran, the veteran bank-
er, called upon Mrs. Cleveland during tin*
i afternoon and hud a pleasant little chat
with her in the red parjor. The president.
. and his wife dine out twice this week with
two members of congress.
} EDM [’NOS AH A JOKER.
I “Who do yon think is the greatest wag
1 in the senate?” aske.d a senator this even-
I ing at Mr. Vance's reception to the North
I Carolina editors. After waiting for several
1 billed: “Van pun not- name
him unless you run through the entire list,
and his name would he the ve ry last one
mentioned. The wittiest member of tiie
I senate is Mr. Edmunds. He delights in a
practical joke. Conklingand lie used to
travel together in tiie amusement line.
They were both fond of a good story.
Why, do you know I once saw Edmunds
bene! a pin and put it on the chair that
| Conkling habitually occupied when he was
resting in the cloak room? It is a fact,and
1 the serious part of the story is that Conk-
ling actually did go in and sit down on the
1 waiting pin. Mr. Edmunds isn’t nearly
, so shy as he appears to be, for he couldn’t
control his feelings. He actually rolled
! on one of t he sofas and laughed uproari
ously. After the first twinge of pain and
I surprise Conkling never budged. He told
I stories and kept ids gayest humor until
, Edmunds left the room. Then he swore
savagely. The pin was extracted from his
flesh, lie waited two years to get even,
but he squared the account in|thc most
; complete fashion.”
“How?” was asked.
“Oli, I'll tell you that some other time,”
was tiie good natured reply.
CONGRESSIONAL MAIL,
i While standing on the Arlington steps
t ii is evening a covered express wagon
dashed up and an alert man sprang
; out. He delivered several large packages
of letters for the senators win* live at that
hostelry. Just as he drove away another
vehicle of similar shape stopped at the
door. It was the special postal delivery
for the members of congress. Was this a
piece of extravagance ora necessary ex
pense in these days of economy? A little
inquiry shed a flood of light upon this sub
ject. Within a few minutes / found one
congressman who had written eighteen
thousand letters to his constituents since
th»* inauguration of the new administra
tion. This is an average of fifty letters
a day, or fifteen hundred per month,
lie is a member *»f’ one of the
important committees, and is flooded with
inquiries on all sorts of subjects. When
we recollect that there arc 325 members
and eight delegates, if is not surprising to
h irn from the congressional postmaster
that the mail for members has averaged as
high as sixteen thousand letters per day
for several months at a time. This does
not include postal cards, circulurs/jr news
papers. Of the latter some members re
ceive a bushel basket full daily.
HAPPY NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS.
Senator Vance, of North ( arolina, held
a ree< ption to the visiting editors from that
state at his house, on Massachusetts avenue,
1 this ev'*ning. The gratifying part of the
occasion was the evidence it supplied that
the newspaper press of the old north state
was in a flourishing condition, it is evi
dently quite able to take care of itself,
and pretty generally does. The visitors
were a bright and interesting body of men.
CARDINAL GIBBONS.
Ofllriiill) Notiflctl of Ills Kh vnlion as a I’rinri* of
tlie ( liun li.
Baltimore, Md., June 21.—When the
Pennsylvania railroad train bearing Mgr.
Struneiro and Count Mueciola, the papal
messengers, steamed into the union depot
at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, there were
waiting a large number of devout Catholics
anxious to pay their respects to t he repre
sentatives of the Vatican. Among them
was Bisiiop Keane, of Richmond: Mgr.
.MeColgan, vicar general of this diocese;
tin* local clergy and prominent Cathode
laymen. Father Foley took Count Miie-
eiola in charge, and drove him to the I lot-*!
Rrninrt, to give him a chance to charge
hi- traveling suit for the uniform of the
P.ipnl (iuard. Mgr. Straniero and the r« si
of the party were driven at once to the
11* • iii«• 1 »isc«»iiai rc.-iih'iii’o on Charhss’ <• t.
Tiie monsignor was smuggled into he
house as «M*crotIy as j-nsHbh, as it .lot
proper for the cardinal to sec him until af
ter the visit of the Papal Guard.
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF UIB ELEVATION - .
About half an hour later Count Mueciola
drove up to the house with Father Foley - .
The guard alighted from the carriage »na f
though surrounded by a great crowd,
marched with steady step to the door,
which stood open to receive him. His rich
and showy uniform, the gold and jewels
sparkling in the sunshine, made a brilliant
picture, while his enormous helmet of gold
and silver made him look about seven feet
tall. He went at once to the parlor, where
the cardinal elect, surrounded by hill
friends, awaited him in a formal manner.
The messenger addressed the new cardinal
in a few words, telling of his mission, and
then he presented tho official letters from
Cardinals Pec d and Mertels notify
ing him of his appointment Ho
the position of a prince of the
church. Next came the presentation of
the zuchetta, which was taken from a
very handsome box. The cardinal placed
the zuchetta on his head, and in a few
words returned his devoted thanks to the
count for the faithful performance of his
saored mission. He hade him a hearty
welcome to this country.
CONGRATULATIONS AND REFRESHMENTS.
After this ceremony there were general
congratulations, and Mgr. Btraneiro made
his appearance and joined in them. Then
all were entertained at dinner by the car
dinal, the venerable prelate sitting at tho
head of the table, with the liionsignor on
his right and t lie count on hiH left. Tho
papal messengers will remain here till tho
in vesture on June 30, anil will then make
a tour of t he country.
GOULD S PLANS.
Ills Attornoi at Memphis Tells How the) Hill
Affect Dial I'lacc.
Memphis, June 23. Judge J. R. Mor
gan, Jay Gould’s attorney here, was asked
what might be the intentions of the great
railroader toward Memphis, and whether
he contemplated constructing lines to con
nect us with other cities. Judge Morgan
replied that such was Mr. Gould’s inten
tion. He would have the ears running
here over the Bald Knob branch by Sep
tember. Tin's extension runs through
about twenty miles Jess of swamp land
than the Memphis and Little Rock, or
Kansas city, Springfield and Memphis
roads, and is but fourteen miles further to
Little Rock than the former. The western
end of the spur runs through a hard stone
deposit which can he used as ballast, and
thus raise the track above overflow
throughout the year.
The route, with Mr. Gould’s Texas con
nections, will give Memphis :in unbroken
system throughout nearly all Texas, and
put us on tin same basis with St.. Louis ill
tiie matter of freight. Judge Morgan said
the line to Kansas City would certainly he
built, as < i<>nlei is having a survey made to
Carthage, Mo., shorter by forty miles than
the Kansas City. Springfield and Memphis
road. Mr. Gould will connect Memphis
with the great cattle and grain section
west, and make it the terminal point of
his .southwestern system.
WHOLESALE POISONING.
V Piuiiir 1'iirly U.ifs FiJnoiioiis lei* ( mini.
| Philadelphia, June 23.—A special dis
patch says, exactly 214 persons were
I poisoned at last Thursday’s picnic near
I Fleminglon, N. J. Six of these persons
I will probably die, ami twenty are in a pro-
i carious condition. It is now believed that
i icecream, plentifully supplied and freely
eaten, caused the trouble. Whether the
inside of the cream freezers were lined
1 v/itli sulphate of zinc, or whether arsenic
was put in Hie cream purposely, still puz-
i zles the doctors. One of the doctors has
been doing some amateur detective work.
In his capacity as a physician, he gives
! tiie opinion that the poisonous substance
i was arsenic ; and as a detective, he
1 expresses the belief that it was put in the
| cream by some murderously-inclined per-
I son. Many persons who ate of the cream
i when first made suffered no inconvenience,
! while all who ate alter the freezers had
| been opened a short time are sick. The
• victims dispersed to tfieir homes, and it
' was several hours before any of them came
j under medical treatment. They are wide-
I ly scattered over a district, partly village
j and partly burning.
HOMING PiGEONS.
| Tin*) lirliia M«'*vntfi*s from Ilu* HimtImt l*nrly 10(4
Mill*- a.‘ M*n.
I New York, June 23. -Besides the mes
sages dictated by Mr. Beecher at sea and
published on Saturday, homing pigeons
brought five messages from the Beecher
party written at sea. Ail of the late mes
sages were sent when the ship was 100 miles,
nt sea. The messages were promptly for
warded to t.he persons to whom they were
directed. Two of them were in the hand
writing of the Rlyinoiith pastor, two from
Major Bond, Mr. Bu cher’s lecture maim-
! gc.r, anil one from Mr. Gill, the press rep-
1 resentutive. One message went to Chica-
i go, one to Glendale, O., one to Roxbury,
i Mass, and one each to parties in the city
and Brooklyn.
Tin* I’liidwiV Striki*.
1 i > iTT.sn'*K(i J June 23. The plasterer’s of
this city, some 500 in number, have gone
out on another strike. This will close
building operations for some time unless
1 the trouble is self led. All houses that were
begun in the spring are completed with
the exception of the plastering. The plas
terers struck on May 1st, when their de
mands of eight hours per day and >16 per
week were granted. The employers signed
a scale agreeing to pay this rate for one
year. Their agreement was violated yes
terday, it is said, by a refusal to continue
the scale, anil a strike was the result. The
contractors' union have filed a new scale,
which stipulates that ten hours constitute
a day’s work, at 30 cents an hour. At this
rate* it is avowed the men would earn
more money, hut they positively refused to
work more than eight hours a day.
A rkansiiN < oiilocnmiii ii.
Little Rock, June 23. -Democratic con
ventions have been held in nearly all tho
congressional districts throughout the state
during the past week, excepting the fifth.
The instructions as reported to-day show
that Poindexter Dunn, in tiie first; C. R.
Breckenridge, in tiie second; Thus. Mc
Rae, in the third, and John II. Rogers iu
the fourth, will he renominated, in tho
fifth, Samuel W. Reil, present incumbent,
is opposed by several democrats, and tho
republicans will probably run a candidate.
Mivduy N«*sm*1s.
London, June 23.—The British hark
Josie Douglass, Captain Wilkinson, front
Mobile, February 4th, and the Russian
bark Vidal, Captain Kcjerdo, February
12th, Mobile for Havre, have not arrived
and are given up as lost.
I'nii Hu:,.In ti «ml I iff) h*i»r* OM.
Providence. R. I., June ”3. -Providence
is to day celebrating the two hundred and
fifti* tii annivi rsary of the settlement of the