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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 150 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, .UNK *>5, 1SSO. PRICE FIVE CENTS Yesterday’s Proceedings of the House and Senate. II,,. Ht* John 1‘nrtcr Bill llroupht I'p Apnln— H liiilcnnle Veto of Prltttc I'rn.lnn 11111k h, the Prclilent—'The Senate Klter Milil Harbor Kill—- * lli nioeratle OanruM, Kte. Washington, June 24.—Randall moved to dispense with the morning hour. Reed, of Maine inquired sarcastically u hetlier it was the intention to eall up the sundry civil bill. " "You will see in the regular course of business,” replied Randall. .•The other wing of the democratic party seems to have taken charge to-day,” said R Voh, both wings will flap together after awhile.” retorted Randall, amid applause pH the democratic side. The motion having been agreed to, the house went into a committee of the whole, Reagan in the chair), on the sundry civil i,o]-"Rood remarking that a very sensible wing of the democratic party had control to-day. This was greeted with loud ap plause on both sides of the honse. The pending amendment was that of- ftred by Warner, of Ohio, providing that no money appropriated for the bureau of t p caving and printing shall be used in Killing United States notes of lnrge de nominations in lieu of notes of small de- i oaiinations cancelled or retired. The amendment was agreed to—99 to 78. Then a debate sprang up over the pro priety of the amendment just adopted, unil, of Missouri, vigorously denouncing h on the ground that it would have the effect of interfering with the circulation of •.taudard silver dollars, and Warner, of S'cbrnska, as vigorously supporting it and itdaring that the standing of the green- "ick must not be disturbed. In answer to the remark made by Can- aim in presenting an amendment which would have the effect of placing twent.v- fivc additional employes of the bureau of engraving and printing under the provision f the civil service law, Randall said: 1 have one reply to make. I will not vote , put any additional officers under 1 he ;vi] service law so long ns the age of limit* tion exists.” i)n motion of Bland, of Missouri, an n.cndment was adopted authorizing and lairing the secretary of the treasury to i"-ue silver certificates of the denomina tion of ?1, $2 and £5 on ali surplus silver o'.iars now in the treasury in payment of pi ropriations made in this bill and other x; ,'nditures or litigations of the govern- nn nt. !)a motion of Findlay, of Maryland, an r.ieadment was adopt'd appropriating *;o ill i for the construction of a light ship : ' 1 r entrance ofC'he.sm cake buy. The section of the bill concerning the oast and geodetic survey having been . ached, according to previous agreement. viutiI debate was in order, and Ryan, of ,'aasas, and Herbert, of .Alabama, occu- b i be remainder of the day’s session in i-eassing this branch of the public ser- i c e Herbert held that the bure.au should ■ ver have been taken from the control of iic navy department and placed under i\,!ian management. Adjourned. Washington. June 24.—After the rou tine morning business in the senate the lill! repealing the pre-emption and timber c'ture laws was laid before the senate. On request of Pugh it was informally laid aside to iiermit the consideration of the bill pro viding tor tiie appointment and compensa tion of a United States district judge for h" southern district of Alabama. Logan moved as an amendment the pro vision of the bill heretofore passed by the enate.nlaeing all the district judges’ sala ries at $5000 a year. Kerma and George opposed the amend ment so far as it related to an increase of salary. George maintaining that when cot ton was down to seven cents a pound, wheat to 70 cents a bushel, and all our in dustries depressed, it was not wise to in crease the salaries of gentlemen who had life places. Logan advocated the amendment which was agree dto, the first division (relating to salaries' by a vote of 32 yeas to 20 nays, and the second division (prohibiting 1 nepotism) by a viva voice vote. The bill as amended was then passed. The bill repealing the pre-emption and timber culture laws was then proceeded with, and after a short debate passed. Yens 34, nays 20. fin motion of Dolph a committee of con ference was ordered on the disagreeing votes of the house nnd the senate on the bill. The Pitz. John Porter bill was then laid before the senate. Sewell said it was the same bill that had passed before. There was nothing t<> be 'aid now that would throw any new light upon the subject matter. A mere state ment of the facts would be sufficient. Sew ell then recited the salient facts in the his tory of Gen. Porter. After a long speech, going over much around made familiar in former debates. Sewell had the clerk read a number of resolutions of the grand army posts urging the passage of the bill. The people, he routined, had finally come to see that in stead of being a criminal, Porter was a martyr. “He comes now before you,” said Sewell in conclusion, “he comes now bo- lore you, I trust, the last time to ask for justice, nay, Mr. President, to demand it. The time has gone I'v to ask that favors may be granted to this man that has been wronged. I. who know him ns a citizen of my state, and as a man whom I have seen in the forefront of many a fight, I now demand justice of the senate of the United States for this man who has been so grossly wronged.” Logan obtained the floor to reply to fie well, but yielded for a motion to go into executive session. At 4:45 the senate went into executive session. At 5:55 the doors were re-opened and the senate adjourned. A D.'iaii. riltlf Caucus. Washington, June 24.—As Randall ob served to-day, both wings of the demo cratic party flapped together in the caucus to-night. The attendance was large, nearly all of the democratic representatives in the city being present, and the proceedings were harmonious throughout. Contrary to common expectation nothing was said directly about the tariff or pension tax Proposition. The state of business in the house was discussed and Speaker Carlisle, o.v request, ran over the calendar, calling attention to the almost inexplicable confusion of the special orders on every subject of general importance. After hearing the statement the caucus decided to seleef a committee of three members which should be charged with the duty of selecting and pushing to a point of action such of the measures as it should deem ■ Toiler to attempt to pass, and Carlisle, Morrison and Randall were named as members of the committee. The sentiment of the caucus seemed to be in favor of the I n using of appropriation bills and bills de claring the forfeiture of land grants, and then adjourning. Soon after the selection of the committee Randall .,-e and asked k ^ e i action of t).. - i.acus meant; whether it meant a.. ...jourument oh the 15th of July. Tuere was heartv cheers of “Yes! yes!” “Yes! yes!*’ from all sides. Rather regretfully, it was observed, Randall assumed that the action meant also that the appropriation bills and a lew bills already on the calendar would be the only measures likely to Becure action at this session, and to this assump tion there was again expressed a heartv assent, in which, as before, no direct refer ence was made to the tariff. The members | present at the caucus came away under the impression that there would be no further effort made this session to consider any tariff bill. The ttlver ami llarhor Hill. Washington, June 24.—The senate com mittee of commerce has nearly completed the river and harbor bill. It is possible, but not probable, that a few unimportant changes may be made at the meeting to morrow. Items iu the house bill have ! been increased to an aggregate of $3,483,- I 275, ami others have been decreased to an | aggregate of $615,500, a net increase of $2,- I 807,775. The total appropriation by the i senate bill is $18,049,975. The following* are among the changes made in the house j bill, the amounts given being the totals of I the appropriations recommended by the ! senate committee : Virginia—Norfolk harbor $250,000; Ap- ! poinmatax river $150,000: New river >10,- OOOj. James river, decrease, $100,000. | North Carolina—Cape Fear river, $225 - ; 000; Conteiitnia creek, $15,000; Neuse river, $30,000; Pamlico and -Tar river, $50,000: Bogue sound, $10,000: Roanoke river, >20.- . 000; Don river, $10,000. | South Carolina—Winvan bay. $25,000. I Georgia -Savannah, $75.000:'Cumberland ; sound, decrease, $100,000; Chattahoochee river, decrease, $10,000; Flint river, de crease, 10,000; Oconee river, decrease. , $7,500. t | Florida-Chattahoochee river, decrease. ; $7500; Conecuh and Cambria rivers, de- | crease, $7500. ; Alabama—Black Warrior river, decrease. $50,000. Mississippi.—Big Black river appro pria- 1 tion is stricken out. Tennessee—Cumberland river decreased $50,000 ; Hiawasse river is stricken out: the ; south fork of Forked river is stricken out, Mussel Shoals decreased $250.i'>00 No part of the $7,500 for Matenee river. South Carolina, is to be expended Until all the bridges now obstructing navigation are provided with draw spans, fenders and other aids of navigation, and the secretary of war is authorized to make such changes at the expense of the bridge owners. 1 An addition of half a million dollars by i the senate for the improvement of the Po tomac river in the vicinity of Washington : is made with reference to the improve ment in the navigation, the establishment of harbor lines and the raising of fiats, un der tht direction of the secretary of war, and in accordance with existing plans: pro vided that no part of the sum hereby ap propriated shall he expended upon or with reference to any place in respect to which the title of the United States is in doubt, 1 or in respect to which any claim adverse to the IV.i c*d States has been made. The item for Norfolk is for improving the harbor at Norfolk. Virginia, and improving the approach to Norfolk harbor and the United States navy yard at Nor folk, continuing the improvement ny widening »he clnn.tti of Elizabeth river to , tin* port "warden’s line, on the eastern side, : between Lambert's paint light and Fort Norfolk. $250,060. of which $100,000 shall be ; expended in improving the? harbor, and $150,000 in widening cue channel of Eliza beth river to the Port Warden line on the eastern side, between Lambert paint light and Fort Norfolk, beginning at Lam bert's paint light, including the eonstrue- | tion of a proposed dyke.’’ T.ir iTu'.iili-iit Rn\v. ! Washington, June 24.—The president j was so much occupied to-day it] consider- j ing a large batch of private bills that he j denied himself to all callers, and even j postponed the regular cabinet meeting. i Secretaries Lamar, Whitney, Attorney- General Garland, Postmaster-Genera) Vilas ! and acting Secretary Fairchild were | promptly in attendance, but the president ; informed them that he would prefer to dispose of the pension bills while his mind ! was on them rather than take up the busi- | ness of the cabinet unless some of the de partments had important matters to sub- I in it requiring immediate attention. In mi rn in-1* y s *n*qn*inh , «l. ■ Washington, June 24.—The Anglo- ! American Insurance company, which was j organized in this city June 23, 1SS4, and is- i sued tire and marine policies, suspended i business to-day. The Lake Shore Switchmen Causing More Trouble. They IhfW to Allow 1 ruins to Hove—Otic of tin* MilwnHk.Hu AnanliNtw Fox ml Guilty and An other Acquitted—The St. I.oui* Anarchist*. Uc.iuIuhI an t it roe meat. Washington. June 24.—The conferees of the army appropriation bill have reached an agreement on the point of difference between the two houses on that bill. I'hir* \ at Washington. June 24.—The president to-day vetoed thirty additional private pension bills, for reasons similar to those stated in previous cases of the same kind. The Lutheran >yimd. Roanoke, Ya.. June 23.—The Lutheran general synod was well attended this morning. Efforts are being made to form an organization with several independent synods and thus unite all The Lutherans of this section in one general bod\ . Rev. E. Thorn, of Charleston, S. C., made a report upon the progress of the common service book which is intended to meet the wants of the whole Lutheran church in this country, thus securing union in the recognized form of worship of one million people. Rev. George Werner, of New York,made a report as a member of f lie ser\ice book of the committee of t he general synod north and Rev. B. M. Seimmaker. D. D., of Patterson. Pa., reported in behalf of the general council. The three gentlemen represented an aggregate fully 40.0GG communicants and their work commend* itself to all the Protestant Christians, who understand and appreciate the rich litur gies of the reformation church. The com mon service book will be based upon tin- historical forms of the sixteenth century. Rev. S. F. Il'illman. of South Carolina, preached an able and interesting sermon this evening. Killed In a Mol>. Detroit, Mich., June 24 —Wm. Relabel* alias “Reddy,’’ who killed officer Convey yesterdav while resisting arrest, was taken from jail last night by a large crowd of dis guised men, escorted to a neighboring grove, hung to the limb of a tree and Lis body riddled with bullets. Sheriff Penney attempted to defend his prisoner, but was overpowered. Kelaher was a gambler and was known in Minneapolis, where he lived fora time as a hard character. \ Ha hid D<■ )ni**« *1. St. Loris, June 24.--The trustees of the Schaare Emeth temple, the Fading Jewish synagogue of the west, at a meeting last night, deposed their rabbi, S. II. Sonnehur, bv a vote of S to 4. on account of his hav ing abandoned. c.- the charge states. Juda- | Chicago, June 23.—The situation in the yards of the Lake Shore railroad in this | city remains unchanged. The regular pas- | senger trains are moving as usual, but an ! effectual blockade of the freight traffic has ! occurred. No freight trains have been j moved, and up to S o’clock no attempt of , any character had been made to move up r I trains. The incoming freight trains have [ ; all been stopped at Englewood and other j i stations outside the city, and judging from I | former experience of the railroad, unless ; i the state affords protection the company I j will be powerless against the strikers. The vicinity within the precinct | I of which the strike is confined ' • have a small police force unable to cope 1 i with tlie crowd of strikers and their ad- 1 herents. The sheriff of the county during ! the former strike made no serious effort to i ■ disperse the crowd, and in a public inter- I view to-day condemns the railroad com- ! I pally and declares it has not lived up to its | agreement, intimating that it offered to , i discharge non-union men. What basis he : has for this assertion has not yet been ex- . plained. His attitude taken in connection ! with the experience in the ; former strike- has occasioned surprise j and subjected him to comment. A few of the town of Lake police were at Forty-third street this morning, where a ! large crowd had already gathered at S ! i o'clock. Shortly after 3 o’clock an engine j in charge of Engineer Shea pulled out of i the round house at Forty-first street. It I was immediately surrounded by strikers, l some of whom attempted to climb into the 1 cal), but were beaten or pushed off by the J Lake police. The excitement became very 1 marked, and the men for a time were very • threatening. The nolice arrested one of the 1 most violent strikers, and succeeded i*i taking to the town of Lake police station, i The police succeeded in clearing the track, j after which they went up Forty-third t • street to the vicinity of the caboose* w* hie h was abandoned yesterday. The crowd grew momentarily greater and more boist- rous. and the courage of the engineer final- • ]y deserting him, he reversed his lever and j took the engine back to the roundhouse. The crowd cheered frantically when the I effort to move the train was abandoned. | At the various newspaper offices this | evening committees of the strikers exhib- j ited as an explanation of their course the ' following communication, dated during ] the former strike and written in Sheriff' j Hanchett’s ehirography, upon one of his u file i a \'i e 11 e r- h ea as: .Sheriff's Office, Chicago, April 28, j ISSfi.—To XV. L. Stah, Esq., Chairman— ( Sir: If all the switchman of the L. S. and ; M. railroad in Chicago, or Cook county, < return to work at once. I will personally guarantee that within 60 days from this j date the eight objectionable switchmen | will be furnished other employment and i permanently removed from their present positions. t [Signed' Serif F. Hanchett, Sheriff. THE ST. LOUIS ANARCHISTS. lie*;, I iei j Their Gun .halm* and Get Hie buses ^ Nol I’rosM'il. St. Louis.June 24.—There was an interest- • ing scene enacted at the court of criminal ( correction to-day in connection with the I election of a special judge to try tlie cases of the anarchists charged with endorsing j at an unlawful assembly the actions of their Chicago brethren during the Hay- i market riot in that city. There were only I a score of the members of the hrr present , to participate in the election and a ma- l jority of these evidently fa* • vorecl the defense, for William Busch, an outspoken advocate of socialistic doctrines, j was chosen. Judge Noonan recognized the ! significance of their choice, and knowing ! him to be at present visiting in New York 1 City, ordered tliut lie qualify by or before | 6 o’clock this evening, which time was ' also mentioned for a new election should Busch not appear. Prosecuting Attorney j Claiborne arose and asked leave to enter a j nolle prossequi in the cases. Judge Noonan answered: “Jt is exceed- j ingly unfortunate that such a result as you describe should be brought about. I don’t know how or where to fix the responsibil ity for the delay that this selection has j caused, except to place it on those who participated in the election. Gentlemen before taking part in these elections should acquaint themselves with the facts in the ' case. Your nolle prossequi in this case is 1 accepted by the court.” New warrants, however, were immedi ately issued for the anarchists and they i will be re-arrested nnd another judge will be elected to try the* eases. Ohio river and east of Omaha. The ma jority of them are in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The postmaster-general, in further ex planation of the causes which resulted in the issuance of this notice in an interview this afternoon, said several weeks ago in- > formation was received by the department ) that a few postal clerks, who were appa rently conscious that there were reasons for their removal from the service, were endeavoring to enlist the co-operation of the postal clerks generally in an associa tion to be formed for the purpose of interposing their opinion on questions of removals, by threatening a strike or the combined resignation of many clerks at one time so as to meuance the depart ment with embarrassment. The attempt tojenlist general co-operationjfailed,a great er number of postal clerks who were ap proached on the subject refusing to enter tain it, and it was the plan of the origina tors, after the initiation of a member, dur ing which he was bound by an oath to se crecy and obedience, to secure his resigna tion and have all the resignations in the hands of the executive committee to he filed simultaneously and to require clerks who were members of the association to abandon their run at a time to be fixed. Their object was to maintain their own position and tenure of office. The depart- l ment has waited until the principal ring- ! leaders ami executive officers were known, ( and those removed embrace all those who have been specially active, and in point of fact, continued the port master-general, the ! scheme never secured general favor, nnd j the department is not desirous of punish- j ing by removal those who have been 1 cheated into nominal co-operation, hut 1 does, not wait for resignations from \ any who have been active in | the enterprise. It is a curious commentary 1 on the folly of men, said the speaker, that upon examining the files in the cases of the j men who are removed by this order, it a})- I pears that very many of them ha\t been j complained against for some reason and ! their removals sought before, but the de partment had refused to make the remov als and entry had been made in their I cases for their retention. Their j nosit ion would have been quite secure had I hey not forfeited it by insubordination. The headquarters of the movement has been in Indianapolis, Ind. Some little ef fort was made to organize at Chicago, and other places, but with no success. “J'do not anticipate the least trouble or incon-j venience to the business interests of the i country,” concluded the postmaster gener- ! al, “in consequence of these removals.” What Is Transpiring on the Other Side of the Waters. The K.xprllftl i'rluccN Lenvlmr France -Twrlve Ihtmlml I’eopU* Hid tin-Count of I'nrU Farewell —John Uriah! IxMie* Ills Manifesto -The ltish- oprlc at JertiMileui. HfGH LICENSE DEFEATED. ’i lie Small Liquor bealeis in New Orleans («»in a Viet on. New Orleans, June 22.—High license was defeated in the lower house of the stale legislature by a vote of 51 to 38. The committee on ways and means, partly to sat isfy ine temperance advocates, and partly to increase theievenue, had decided to in crease the lowest grade of liquor license from $50 to $200. The proposition aroused great opposition among the small liquor dealers in the city. /\ determined onset wa.fi made to defeat the committee. The liquor men brought a great pressure to bear, especially upon the city members, and it was* understood from the sH 4 that the city delegation, which num bers one-fourth of that of the lcfr'slutuiv, would be practically solid against high license. It was gem-rally believed, how ever, t hat the country vote would he cast the other way. The temperance people, who are very strong in some portions of the state, were in for high license as the next best thing to prohibition, believing that it would crush out the low groggeries i.'i the city and at the country cross-roads. The opponents to high license worked to such purpose,however,that, contrary to ex pectations, nearly |one-half the county members voted with the city delegation, and the high-license men were routed by the vote already given. The amount fixed for the lowest liquor license was $50. The present*tax-liquor-men in the city are ] ubilant to-night. ON CHANGE. THE MILWAUKEE ANARCHISTS. Une of] Iciii t imiimI Ltiill) nu«l the Ollier Ae<|iill- Mjlwaukee. June 24.—The iury in the cases of tiie anarchists, John Prbtzmann and Hermann Lamped, this morning brought in n v rdict of guilty as to the fori: .:* annot guilty as to the latter. It wa- ‘■bov:? ■.i:ii Frotzmann took a leading pri/L .u ],o*.sat the Brand stove works and Bay Vj w r< Ming mills. The case of He: i-no .v occupying the atten tion oi ii.« <*b,irt. '/’he penalty in the case of John Fr.uzr. .no will be one year in the county jail, or w 5>)n fine, or both. A motion to quash the indictment of Robert Sehelling was argued this morning. The work of drawing a jun* for the Dampf ca^e is in progress. TURNING THEM OUT. T -4mit \u n Railroiid IhMai ( i< rk*. fieeapllateil I .)•- IMoiliorlliirttioii. Washington. June 24.—The following special notice was to-day issued by the general superintendent of the railway mail service: By order of the postmaster gen eral the clerks named below have been re lieved from service for insubordination in conspiring to obstruct the regulation of the service of the department and to in jure its efficiency. They have secretly at tempted to form an association with a view to dictate action to the de partment. and many of them nave also been guilty of deception towards their fellow-clerks by represent ing the purposes of such an association to be meivlx benevolent, and thus entangling them, and at the same time the post mus ter-general directs me to express his grati fication that so few, comparatively, could be found to engage in such a scheme and his acknowledgement to those who had tli. department informed. A list of twenty-seven clerks in the rail way mail service is appended, al! of tin ni located \v»-t '>f Pittsburg, m rtii of the | A Weak am! (hainrcuhlc Market on Wall Street. I New York, June 21.—The market opened decidedly weak this morning, with the first prices | to £ below last evening’s elos- j ing figures, while Northern Pacific prefer- ! red was off fe, and Lake Shore 1. In the ! early trading, however, the market was strong under the leadership of Western Union, but the gains were generally for only small fractions, ana the ’ ad vance was chocked before 11 o’clock, after which time prices sagged on and continued weak throughout the remainder of the day, subject to slight re actions of small fractions. Though the general weakness carried Western Union down in the afternoon, Lackawanna was stoutly supported throughout the entire day. The markat closed heavy. The final figures show a heavy decline throughout the active list, and Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis is do\vn2|, hake Shore U, Western Union and Dela ware and Hudson each Iji, Omaha and Wabash preferred 1A each, North western and Louisville and Nashville each Ik, Cnion Pacific and Reading 1{, St. Paul and New* York Central and flic re mainder fractional amounts. The news of the day was unfavorable. Reports were circulated that both the railroad and strik ers were inclined to settle the issue for a good time to < oi ,e. An extension of the rate cutti*. v.ns also reported. Sales 319,- 000 shares. Mill Resume Work. Chattanooga, June 24.—The Roane iron company, the largest iron industry i:. the south, to-day decided to resume work 1 at their rail mill in the city which lm>* been idle for five years. The works are to be remodeled into Bessemer steel rail mills. A four-ton converter will be at once erect ed and preparations made to put in an other converter of the same speed as soon as the business will warrant it. The work of remodeling will begin at once. It will have a rapacity of one hundred and fifty tons of rails per day and will give employment to no less than one thousand hands. There is great rejoicing in this city over the news that ! the w orks are to resume operations. The necessary capital to start up the Roane mill, together with other new and impor tant enterprises, will make a total exceed- 1 ing $1,000,(XX) invested this year in the man- . ufacture of iron in Chattanooga. Hedun il Hales Ofl'erc I. Asheville, N. C., June 24.—The south- , ern passenger committee at its meeting here to-day passed the following: “With a view of securing the* encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Republic* for the >ear 1887, at Nashville, Tmm., ‘ Be it resolve d, That a rate of one cent per mile for the distance traveled, arbi- traries added, be named for members and their families coining to and returning from said encampment, using circuitous routes if preferred, going one way and re turning another. The commitfe. also authorized one cent per mile rate for excursions to old battle field points.. Ixjndon, June 2*1.—John Bright has issued the following manifesto to the elec tors of central Birmingham : Gentlemen: Thanking van for having elected me in November last, I am now most unexpectedly forced to again address you. Since November a single question has occupied the attention of the bouse of com mons and the coutry. It relates to the future government of Ireland, and consists of two bills which were thrust upon par liament and the country by the govern ment. One of these bills were rejected, the other was withdrawn. We are not told by Gladstone, or by his colleagues, how much or how little of those unfor tunate proposals will reappear in the next parliament. We are asked to pledge our selves (o a principle which maybe inno cent or most dangerous, as may bo ex plained in future bills. I cannot give such a pledge. The experience of the past three months has not increased my confidence in the wisdom of the administration, or on its policy respecting the future government of Ireland. We have before us a principle which Gladstone and his supporters do not explain. 1 will not pledge myself to what 1 do not. understand and cannot prove. In 1872 1 wrote a letter to an Irish gentleman from which 1 extract these short sentences: “To have two legislative assemblies in the United Kingdom would work intolera ble mischief. No sensible man can wish for two such assemblies who does not wish that tin* kingdom shall become two or more nations entirely separate from each other.” I still adhere to Ids opinion, if possible, more firmly than before. I do not oppose the views of the government on account of England more than on account of Ire j land. No Irish parliament cun be so pow erful or just as the united imperial parlia ment at Westminster. I cannot trust the peace mat interest of Ireland north and south to an Irish parliament, to , whom the government now pro- J poses to make a general sur render. My six years experience of them and their language in the house of commons, and their deeds in Ireland makes it impossible for me to hand over to them the industry, prospects and rights of 5,(MX).- ■ (XX) of t In* queen’s subjects. Our country men in Ireland, at least 2,(MM),(XX), are as loyal as the people of Birminirnam. I will he no party to a measure thrusting them from the general nnd imperial parliament. 1 have written so that nobody may he ig norant of my views. My vote in the re cent division has given great grit f. but my judgment and conscience made the other course impossible. For forty years ! have been a friend of Ireland. Long before any Parnellite now in parliament o” any mem ber of the present government opened his lips to expose and condemn the wrongs of Ireland, I spoke for her people in the house of commons, and on public platforms. It is because I am still a friend of Ireland that I refuse to give her up to those to whom the recently defeated bill would have sub jected her. Tf you re-elect me, 1 shall, to the utmost of my capacity, seek only what I conceive to be for the permanent and true welfare of our country. Sincerclv nnd gratefully thanking you for your past kindness, I remain, John Bright. Fra nee. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EXPELLED PHI NOES. Paris, June 24.—The Duke of Charles will accompany the Count of Baris to Eng land and afterwards return to France. Due de Aumale and Prince de Joinvillc will leave together in retirement. The annual hunting meetings at Chantilly forest have been stopped. Prince Jerome (PIoij /’Ion, is at Geneva on route to Italy to bring the Princess Clotildc, his wife and their daughter, to spend a season of three months at Prnngins, .Switzerland. The count of Paris left Chateau d’ Eli at 11 o’clock. Just, before his departure lie stood surrounded by his family in the principal entrance of t he chateau and bade farewell to 12(H) persons w ho had called to convey him t heir sym pathy. The assemblage was sorrowful, but orderly, and after the count’s departure dispersed quietly. The journey from the Chateau to Treaport was made without any demonstrations. The count embarked at Tre port for England at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. He will assume the title of the Marquis of Harcourt, and remain incognito while in England. A brilliant company, including the Rothschilds, are awaiting the count’s arrival at Dover. THE RIHHOPKIC OF .J ERUSA LEM. Berlin, June 24. After a five years deadlock between Prussia and England over their respective rights to the appoint ment of the protestant bishop of .Jerusa lem, Prussia has decided to dissolve the compact of 1811, under which the two countries agreed to alternate the appoint ment, and to found an independent Prus sian bishopric at the Holy City. It is thought that Dr. Reittet, a German mis- S’onary, will he the first appointee under ! the new order. RANDALL’S TARIFF BILL Looked I poll as a Good Joke In Heiuorrats The **\ eeesslt ies’* if Foiers. Washington, June 22.— Mr. Randall, who is here by the subsidized interests of Pennsylvania to defeat any and all tariff reform, has given out that he proposes to introduce, a tariff reform bill at the first op portunity. A “chum” of Randall’s in forms vour correspondent that it is “a great bill” and will electrify the country. “What does the bill propose?" 1 asked. “Why it proposes to reduce taxes twenty- six million of dollars.” “Taxes on what?” “On nearly everything.” “Does it propose a reduction on any of necessaries of life?” “Yes, sir.’’ “Well, mention some of the articles.” “I can’t remember any now, excepting on fruit-brandy and tobacco.” “Do you call fruit-brandy and tobacco necessaries of life?” ‘•Yes. I reckon they are. Randal! thinks “Does he propose to get his twenty-six million reduction off of fruit-brandy and tobacco!” “I hi lieve so.” “ Why the entire tax on fruit-brandy i only about a million and a quarter. Now bn’l Randall on bis old horse again b repeal tlie internal rewnue tax for tii- purporse of increasing the eustom-hoiiM taxes?” The chum of the Pennsylvania proi*.-* tionist slunk oil', denying Glut bis be ss ever, that the bill Karnlai! propose 4 * to i I troduce does not reduce taxation only on tobacco nnd fruit brandy. It substitutes , specific for ad valorem duties on silks, , laces, embroideries and kid gloves. Then the principal provisions of the Hewitt ad ministration bill, placing lumber on the free list, is thrown in, and makes up the proposed bill. It only pretends to revise the tariff, and does not make even a pre tense to reform the gross inequalities and irregularities of the tariff schedule, much less to reduce taxes on articles of necessity used daily by the poor classes of the peo ple. The proposed bill is simply a sham and a fraud, and will be so stamped by the intelligent mind of the country as soon as it is taken from the breast of its old moth* j erlv protector. Pig-iron Kelley was nursing it for an ! hour to-day, during which time McKinley. ; of Ohio, and Hiscoek,of New York, passed i by and patted the bastard’s head in a most I tender and affectionate nienner. ! Of course Randall’s little abortion has to ! receive serious consideration by the ways j and means committee, much less to pass j the house. Everybody laughed here to day when they heard of Randall's intention to introduce a tariff' bill. It created more i amusement than anything that has hap- ! pened here since ex-L’ongressnian White, 1 of Kentucky, got after the I whisky ring on tlie floor of I the house. It was considered on all sides as the best joke of the legislative i season. There was no end to the “gags” flouting through the capitol corridors on the subject. A well-known senator when I informed of Randall’s proposition looked I sort of dazed at his informant for half a | minute, and then, realizing the humor of the thing, ejaculated: “Oh, h—1, he isn’t, i is he.” hurst out into a roar of laughter and I hurried off’to the senate chamber to tell Beck, Vance nnd Vc 4 t the good joke. I Please excuse me for occupying so much ' of your valuable space on so trilling a sub- | ject. 1 have been only writing fo. Jun, be- ] cause Randall’s proposition only surpasses its cheek bv its humor. A REMARKABLE SINECURE, | Whirli (lie R rot her of Louisiana's Gmcrnor llai \\ orkeil. i New Orleans, June 22.—One of the 'most remarkable sim cures in the history of the state of Louisiana has been brought to light in t he investigation by a committee of the legislature of tiie contract entered into by tin; lat:* Governor Louis Alfred Wilt/, with John MeEnery, the present governor’s hrot her,for the recovery of lands given to the state by the federal govern ment. Some of these lands are in sections of the state subject to overflow, and were given to Louisiana in aid of a levee and . drainage fund. Other portions are arable ! and timber lands, given in aid of educa tion. But little trouble was required to designate and place these lauds. Never theless MeEnery was allowed half of ail the land so recovered. Furthermore when lands! of the very lowest class were confirmed to the state MeEnery, instead of placing his half interest in the area in 1 quest ion, settled his claim on the lands of the highest class, to tile obvious loss of the state. When lands have been sold or otherwise disposed of and their money value was re- ey into tiie Lreas* :urns of so much getting land and his contr.iet came , 1880, and from MeEnery lias •d he paid no mor urv, but simply made re land recovered, the stub- t he ag*. nt 1 he money. 'I into exist diet March 2' that date to the pre* manipulated scrip fi»r 41:*.,219 acres of land, of which he is entitled to half, making him owner of a vast acreage. The dispro portion between the services rendered and the compensation appears astonishing, even to the not overaeute perception of the legislature, and the committee: have unanimoti..ly reported in favor of the can celing of the contract, for fraud and il legality. The committee find that the books of the land office, when the official in charge of them was the business partner of MeEnery, were so badly kept that they were in com plete confusion, giving but little informa tion concerning the operations ot the land office. ()ne peculiar feature of the ease ia that MeEnery formed a partnership with Col. Bob Ingersoll in Washington, in order to facilitate the movement of papers through t he general land office under form er administrations, and Ingersoll now holds some 20,(XX) acres of land in the parish of St. James as a part of his compensation. When the matter comes to he discussed on the floor of the hou«e, some startling de* velopmcnts are promised. TURF NEWS. 2 lie Hiutjs at Silff J. in-iul IRq. New* York, June 24. First race, all ages, mile and an eighth; Strathspey won, Unah 2nd, Bamlx ton 3rd; time, 2:02. Second race, for two-year-olds, three- fourths of a mile; Tremont won, Btirnwood 2nd, Laquive 3rd; time, 1:18. Third race, one and one-half miles; Fa vor won, Muusiiee 2nd, Earnest 3rd; time, 2:12. Fourth race, for three year-olds, one and one-half miles; Winifred won, The-Bard 2nd, Beverly 3rd; time, 2:13. Fift race, on turf, for two-year-olds, five furlongs; won by Sure 1).. Maggie Mitchell 2nd, Young Luke 3rd; time, 1:17. Sixth race, one and three-sixteenths miles, on turf; Pasha won, Drake Carter 2nd, Aretino 3rd; time, 2:11A. New York, June 24. On the Sheeos- head bay track, next Tuesday, a one and a quarter mile race will he run for a stake of $3000. $.7X) entrance, la tv. < on Dw yer’s Miss Woodford, Sam Brown's Troubadour an 1 If. J. Woodford’s Barnuin $100 forfeit. Kirhiiioinl Miniirijml \Hairs. Richmond, June 21. Members of the branches of the city council elected last month (iii the reform ticket, have had several meetings to arrange plans of pro cedure; when the new council meets on the 1st of July. At the first meeting a reso lution was adopted, requiring a two-thirds vote if] the selection of all city officers to be elected by tin* council. At subsequent meetings, all efforts to make nomi nations failed, owing to the fact that the republicans elected from Jackson ward did not vote with the ma jority, thus keeping any candidate from getting tiie necessary two-thirds. At to night’s caucus, however, a coalition was formed and a number of officers, including city clerk, attorney, sergeant-at-arms oi council, police justice and others were nominated. This action will result in oust ing all the incumbent democratic officials elected by council. urstoiu* Luhl. R \ Leigh, N. L\, June 24. —The con st <' . • of the n-w industrial building of state orphan asylum at Oxford was 1 with imposing ceremonies to-dav by gram ! I n*!.,'(' <>f M asons of North Laroli Grand .Master Kahilis H. Ulishv presidi Many speeches were made, most notu one by Governor Seales. Five thousi people were present and over live build Masons were in the procession. There < ighteefi hundred orphan children at rsvii'iii. Tf is under the auspices of Masons.