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T. A. HAVRON, Publisher. HERR MOST GUILTY. An Anarchist Who Will Have a Grievanoe Now, And I.earn Something of the Law He I)e- A noiinces. Kew York, May 28.-Horr Mont was brought to court this morning handcuffed to a thief. His associates, Bcliehck and Braunschweig, were with him. The cohrt i-ooni was crowded. Most looked very sav age and scowled viciously at every person his eyes fell upon. It was said that he was greatly annoyed at the spread of the state ment which the official journal of the So cialistic party has been giving publicity to, that for years ho (Most) was in the pay of the German Government, and that his presence in this country was for the purpose of destroying the labor movement here. Adolph Schenck one of the prisoners, took the stand. Ha stated that he understood that the object ot' the meeting was to advise the use of arms against fores, that if a blow should be struck agamst them they should strike back, lhe purpose of the meeting was also to protest ngainst such action as had been taken in Hi. Louis, when hired deputy sheriffs shot down men and women. The meeting was that of the International Men's Rifle Club. Ibu witness said he was an Anarchist. U r > knew the meaning of the word. Just now he believed in the Government of the Cnited States. It suited him, but it did not suit every person else. Witness did not place Most and George Washington on an equal place in governmental affairs, t he prisoner Braunschweig took the stand and said that he was at work when arrested. When be entered the meeting Most was speaking, and when he had finished the witness spoke in German for ten minutes. In his remarks he declared that the pres ence of police at a workmen’s meeting in tiee America was a'shame. He never mentioned anything of bombs or guns. He did not know whether he was an Anarchist or not. He agreed with a great many of Most’s sentiments as published in Freineit. “We say openly we despise mor ality so-called.” read the Prosecuting At torney from the Freiheit. “Do you agree with that sentiment?” “No, we want to keep morality,”-ijjjid Braunschweig. The w itness did not believe in robbery, arson and murder, and said that he was not in sympathy with those who would use force. But when a man was hungry and his fami ly starving, he must do something. The defense declared tha,t this ended their case. Surprise was expressed that Most did not take the stand. Most then addressed the jury in his own behalf.) The jury then found the whole three,guilty of the charge in the indictment —’•misdemeanor and recom mended Schenck to the mercy of the court. The prisoners will be sentenced on Wednes day next. WITH A NOISE LIKE THUNDER The Whole Interior nl a Mill Falls In— t A Toss of a Hundred Thou sand Dollars. Grand Rapids, Mi< ic, May 38.— Last evening a terrific noise was heard in the Valley City Mil|*s. On investigation it proved to be the giving away of the over oaded floors. The whole interior of the huge structure fell into the basement, and a large portion of the contents was soon swept away by the mill race out into the Grand river, leaving the lofty mill like an empty egg shell. There were stored in im mense bins in the second, third and fourth stories of the mills be tween 15,000 and 20,000 bushels of wheat and about thirty tons of bran, all weighing 500 tons. In the western portion of the building was the milling machinery of the most improved and costly styles, a portion of it having been put in but a year ago, at an expense of SIB,OOO. All this plunged down into the basement in the general destruc tion. The timbers suid •machinery in fall ing broke through 'the wpst side of the building, facing the river, making a gap in the wooden walls fifteen feet wide and twenty to thirty feet high. A smaller gap was also made in the \tfall on the east side. The damage is estimated at from SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO. The mills were insured to the amount of $50,000, bfit- the insurance is worthless, as it only covers damage by fire. A new mill will be erected at once. The disaster occurred by the timbers yield ing in the first story and forcing the up rights, the whole came down. —— ♦ ♦ —— NO SECTARIANISM. The Reading of the Ititde Forbidden in Wisconsin Schools. Bei.oit, Wis, May 38.— 0 n the petition of various persons an alternative writ of mandamus whs issued -yesterday by order of the circuit court of Janesville, directed to the district board of school district No. 8, in the city of Engerton, requiring the board to discontinue the reading of the Bible and other religious and devotional exercises practiced in this school, or that they show eaus 1 to the contrary before the court oa the sth day of Jhne next. The application Avas based upon Section 3, of Article 10, of the State Constitution, which is as follows: “The Legislature shall pro vide by law for the establishment of dis trict schools which shall bt) «s nearly uni form <rs practicable, and such schools shall be free and without charge-: fos • tution to all children between the ages of four and twenty years, and no sectarian institution shall be allowed therein.’’ Destructive Whirlwind in Michigan. Lateek, Mich., May 28.—At about mid night last night, a whirlwind of terrific severity, accompanied by tbander, light ning. rain and hail visited this vicinity, unroofing barns, twisting offr-signs ana awnings, breaking glass and bUyywig down huge trees. The inhabitants' \Vere much alarmed, many taking their cmldren with them and repairing to the cellars for safe ty. Much damage was done-to? property, but there was no loss of life yet reported. Nova Scotia in the Hole of Sep'essi.onist. Halifax, N. S., May 28. address just issued by Premier Fielding, the fol lowing occurs: “In the opinipji ofthe Government the time has come w hen the people of Nova Scotia should ouce_more make an effort to obtain release from the union into which they were forced. ■ ♦ * The President’s Marriage.. Washington, May 28.— Presuirut Cleve land will be wedded to Miss Frankie l ol kOme in the White House Wednesday, '.tune v. The eeremonv will be unostentatious. This information is given out by s fbmui announcement, and all go**ip pfcvjOTbdy Indulged in ?oes far nMflditi CANADIAN SASS. They Will Have No HfUpWfty Settlement— American Vessels Must Keep Away Of go to the Bottom. Montreal, Que., May 30.—That there is a strong undercurrent feeling of jealousy and animosity in the breasts of the Eng lish Canadians here against their Ameri can Cousins one who has lived here any length of tittle can not fail to discover, lhe Canadian press may declare iff the most vehement mantlet- that Canadians, without exception, have naught but the kindest feelings for their Yankee neigh bors. but this is not the fact. There is a deep-seated prejudice at present, and it is rapidly growing against the United States citizens and the exports of that land. The North-west of the Dominion has held up its boundless acres of prairie land, crossed by the great Canadian Pacific railroad, as the par excellence of all that is fertile, while the Western States are decried as being a land fit only for the Indian and cyclones to visit. Of course, this is all in the interest of im migration, and if a word, whether true or false, can be uttered which will tend to keep an immigrant with money on this side of line 45 it will surely be said. This feeling is more due to the knowledge that of the land of Canada but very little is fit for settlement or capable of successful cul tivation, for the reason that while the Dominion itself is larger than the whole territory covered by the United States, being so far North, hardly a greater number of acres can be planted and crop grown on account of the severity and lengt h of the winters here and the early frosts than that embraced in the one State of Texas. The fishery ques tion, now the subject of dispute, has served to bring this feeling to the surface, and it is wonderful how often the subject of war being possible is discussed at the homes and in the. clubs of this and other cities of the Dominion. In the course of an inter view held yesterday with a prominent member of Parliament, and who, by the way, is a strong Government supporter, he said: “There will be no half way about the speedy set tlement of this question. We will force it upon the States to declare whether they will keep their fishing vessels out of our waters or whether we shall send them to the bottom.” Being asked what course would be followed by the Canadian cruis ers if they met with armed resistance he said : “The Minister of Marine has declared that Canada will take consequences, and in case of resistance theu the officers com manding the different cruisers have orders to shoot such vessel out of the water. England is at Canada’s back,” he added significantly. The ’Minister of Marine was seen yesterday, and from him the following information obtained: There are engaged in the fishe ries of Canada 59,498 men. According to provinces they are as follows: Nova Sco tia, 29,905; Quebec, 11,822: New Brunswick, 10,185: Ontario. 2,710; Prince Edward's Island, 3,535; British Columbia, 1,830. The sixty thousand men are employed in 1,177 vessels of 48,728 tons measurement and $2,021,633 value, and in 28.472 boats of $853,- 257 value. The official figures of the value of the fisheries last year are as follows: Nova Scotia, $8,283,922; New Brunswick, $4,005,431; Quebec, $1,719,459; P. E. Island, $1,293,429; British Columbia. $1,078,038; On tario. $1,342,691. Total, $17,722,973. The most valuable fish to Canada is the cod, of which $4,536,732 worth was caught last year. The other chief fish were: Lobsters, $2,613,- 731; herring, $2,475,118; mackerel. $1,504,- 429; salmon, $1,152,348; and haddock, white fish, trout and sardines, from $500,000 to $250,000 worth. The exports of Canadian fish are, however, of special interest as the figures show where the greatest trade lies. The fish exports last year were as follows: To the United States. $3,560,781; to Great Britain, $1,543,371; to Britisli West Indies, $1,552,868; to Spanish West Indies, $718,956; to French West Indies, $130,335; to South America, $295,647. The total Canadian ex ports amount to $7,960,001. The total cost of the fishery service is $153,215 per year, a small sum for the protection of an industry producing nearly $18,000,000 a year, and exporting nearly $8,000,000. Confederate G r ayes to be Decorated. Sam u-ky, 0., May 30. — The graves of the Confederate dead on Johnson's Island, I Lake Erie, will he decorated to-morrow by j McMeens Post G. A. R., of this city. Dnr- j ing the war over fifteen thousand prisoners | were confined on this island, and more] than two hundred dead were buried there, i but few of the graves being now marked. ! Congress, Southern Legislatures and j Southern Masonic Lodges will be asked to I appropriate money with which to improve the cemetery and keep it in decent order. —♦ -♦ Blue and Gray Join in Strewing Flowers. Chari, eston, W. Va., May 30. —About five hundred Confederate and Union sol diers met together yesterday in this city, I and after addresses by ex-Congressman Vance, of Ohio, for the Union soldiers, and Captain John S. Swann, for the Confeder ates, a procession was formed and marched to the cemetery, with several wagons load ed with flowers, where they proceeded to decorate the graves of Blue and Gray. ■ ■ Dangerous Fun. Newport, R. 1., May 30.—Last Wednes day night an attempt was made to break into the store of H. G. Blanoha-rd here. Since then John Branch, the clerk, who sleeps in the store has kept a close watch. Last night the boys here thought to scare him by rapping on the door with a piece of iron. Thinking them burglars, the clerk 1 fired three shots with a revolver, hitting j one b«v, John Alexander, in the head and inflicting a very dangerous wound. - - Liberal Church Subscriptions. Washington, May 30. —The pastor of the Church >f the Covenant announced to his congregation to-day that a debt of 5160,000 still remained on the church, $40,000 had been raised and . t'O/VO was covered with a mortgage. A subscription was at once started to raise the balance, and in thirty minutes $38,00(1 was subscribed. Justice Strong, of the U. S. Supreme Court, con tributed SIO,OOO. - ♦ They Took the County Money. St.' Lous, Mo., May 30. —The store of | Win. P. Farherty. at Perryville, county ! seat of Perry Counts, Mo., was burglarized ] some time "Friday night, the safe blown ' open and between $5,000 and SB,OOO stolen. Two packages containing $3,T00 were over i looked, and some small sums belonging to \ depositors were left behind. Mr. Farherty ] is ihe comity treasurer, and most of the i money taken belonged to the county. ♦ - Protestant Episcopal Convention. Chicago, May 30.- The triennial Couven j tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church of I the United States will be held in Central j Music Hall. Chicago, beginning October Si ' fillt) CllptllUlUlK flfe fi’flCKs TRENTON. DADE COUNTY, OA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1886. IV HAT NEXT? The Spanish Fishing Smack Chlo tilde Seized Off Florida l>y a l'. S. Cutter for Violating Fifthing Laws —A Warlike* Consul Stands Germany Oft With the Stars and Stripes* Jacksonville, Fla., May 31.—A Tuncs- Union special from Cedar Keys says: The revenue cutter Dix, Captain Fengar, ar rived in port at 6 p. m. yesterday with the (Spanish fishing smack Cblotilde, of Hav aua, which she captured off Anclote Key, of this State, for violating the fish ery laws by fishing within three leagues of the American shore and irregularities in her papers. The Cblo tilde has 6,000 salt fish aboard. The crew consists of ten men and officers, none of whom speak English. She now lies in this harbor with a prize crew from the Dix on board. The captain has been reported to the authorities in Washington. Melbourne, May 31.—Advices from Sa moa, of date May 23, state that a Ger man man-of-war proceeded to the terri tory of King Tomasese, whom Ger many . upholds against King Malie toa. The British and American Consuls at Apia drew up a . formal protest against Germany’s subversion of King Malietoa’s authority, and, in response to that ruler’s appeal for protection, the American Consul hoisted the Sarnoau under the American flag, and immedi ately telegraphed to President Cleveland, notifying him of his action in establishing a protectorate over the disputed terri tory. THE PRESIDENT’S MARRIAGE. 44 here the Historical Ceremony is to he Performed—Miss Cleveland’s Opinion of Her Sister-in-Law, that is to Be. Washington, May 31. —The approaching marriage of the President continues the ruling topic of talk. It is understood that Miss Cleveland will have the order ing of the house for the .bride’s arrival, and that she has given up the elegant boudoir in the southwestern portion of the building, and which has been assigned to all the ladies regnant at the White House. ' This room possesses many beauties. The walls have a grayish t int blended w r it,h pompadour coloring, and the carpet harmonizes with them. Tha furniture is of a light pattern, and modeled in imitation of bamboo. President Cleve land has used the same apartments as the other Presidents, in the northvvestcqrnerof the building, where the picture of his lady love was to be seen on his dressing-table. Dr. Sunderland, the President’s pastor, and the man who will perform the mar riage ceremony, is a Republican, and was rather bitter on Mr. Cleveland during the campaign. But w hen the President got to Washington, and he and his sisters found, there the man w ho had been their mother’s pastor in the little town where they lived' in New York, the memory of that clear, mother and the love for any one who had been associated with her w as too strong to influence by political feelings, and they were’.soon found in the congregation of the Four-and-a-half-street Church. The Blue Parlor, in which the wedding will oc cur. wasthescene of the marriage of John Quincy Adams’son in 1826, while his father wus President, and of President Hayes’ niece, Miss Platt, to General Hastings. Only about twenty persons will witness the ceremony. The few' invitations sent out were in the form of personal notes. Miss Cleveland was reported as saying to-day: “My brother might have searched the world over without finding a sweeter, purer girl, or one more worthy or fitter for the position she is about to assume.” “FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.’’ • President Cleveland Reviews tin* (>r»nt Decoration Procession in New York— The Tomb Covered With Flowers. New York, May 31.—There was a grand and imposing Decoration Day procession in this city to-day. President Cleveland, with his fiancee, Miss Frances Folsom, re viewed the procession. Shortly after the President had taken his position on the reviewing stand, the Twenty-second Regi ment marched down the avenue headed by Gilmore's Band. In front of the Hotel Brunswick the band was playing, ‘'lie’s going to marry Yum Yum, Yum Yum.” The crowd caught the air, and began to laugh. A faint smile curled in the .corner wf the Presidfnt’s usu ally impassive face, Miss Folsom beckoned the ladies with her to her side and bade them listen. They joined her in merriment, which increased with the laughter of the entire crowd as the band suddenly changed to Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. Even the President’s composure was broken for a moment, and he laughed and blushed, though he turned his head neither rig 't nor left. The tomb of General Grant vas elaborately deeprated. The business of arranging the floral decorations on and around the tomb began at daybreak. The front of the tomb was draped with ivy sprigs so thickly as almost to hide the brick work. On each side of the gate were beautiful wreaths of lilies, red and vellow roses and ferns. The iron bars of the gale were entwined with sprays of smi lax mixed with roses. Over the gate-was a crown of magnificent lilies and other flowers, with a while dove descending on it. ami round the half-circle of the arch was he inscription, “Faithful Unto Death.” the lettering composed of white Christmas roses. Over the keyst.one,of the arch slc.od a floral cross of arms. Easter lilies, roses ! and smilax The interior of the tomb was j a mass of palm branches, foliage, plants and ; ferns, maidenhair and others. On each side j of the gateway, on the exterior side, were disposed scrolls ofwvhite immortelles, bear ing in purple lettering the wonts ‘‘Finis’’ and “Peace." and in front of the entrance was a throe inch gun, composed of A\hite immortelles, with a carriage of ivy. A white dove perched on the muzzle. ■ Some Interesting Ficures. Washington, May 31. A -tatenient. issued by the Treasury Department shows that the revenues fop last year of the Gov ernment were at the rate of $5.(58 per head of population and the expenditures atAbe rate of $4.57 per capita. This is quite a change in the last quarter of a century, for in ViO the per capita income was only $1.78 and expenditures. $3.01. The revenue has been as low as ‘.41 cents for each in habitant, as was the case in 1841, and under stimulus of wav taxes has risen to $15.73 per head, n s it did in 1 Stitt. The differences between the maximum and the minimum annual expenditure for other purposes than the payment of the principal of the public debt have been even greater. In 1845 we spent $1.15 for each per. tin then in the country, and in 1805 $37.34. For the last twelve veal’s the net revenue, eleven twelfths of which comes from the product of taxation, has ranged from a maximum of $70,04 in 188’’ to a minimum of $5.42 in 1878, During the same periofj expenditures have vniit'il from 4 7,0 linDM to on in Ins THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Resolution Asking Congress to Make Na tional KJeetion Day a Holiday— Other Important Points as. to Ownership and ’ Taxation. Cleveland, 0., June I.—The most im portant! work done yesterday was the ac tion of the Committee on Legislation, which present' ’ the following proposition in the nature of demands of Congress, which were ratified by the convention: 1. That patents for the public lands be given to actual settlers only. 2. That all lands owned by any individual or corporation in excess of 160 acres, whether improved or unimproved v shall be taxed to the full value of improved land. 3. Calling for the immediate forfeiture of all lands where the conditions of the grant have not been complied with. 4. Ask'ing that patents on lands where the conditions have been complied with be issued forthwith so that taxation may take effect at once. 5. Call ing for the removal of fences from the pub lic domain. 6. That after 1890 the Gov ernment shall by purchase and right of eminent domain obtain possession of all lands now held by aliens. 7. That after 1886 aliens shall be prohibited from acquir ing titles of lands. 8. Asking the abolition of all laws requiring a property qualifica tion for voters. 9. Reauesting the passage of a law levying a graduated income tax. 10. Protesting against the cutting down of the appropriation for the Labor Bureau. 11. Asking for the passage of the bills ap proved by the Congressional Labor Com mittee. 12. Asking for the passage of a law prohibiting the employment in mines, shops, factories, etc., of minors for more than eight hours per day. In this connec tion the following resolution was adopted: “Resolved, That we will hold responsible at the ballot-box all members of Congress who neglect or refrain from voting in com pliance with these demands.” By a decision of the Knights of Labor con vention to-day, except in certain grievous cases, where immediate action is necessary, no strike or boycott will in future be allow ed without approval of the executive board. A petition to Congress was adopted, asking a uniform rate of interest on money, and that the Government loan money to the people at a fixed rate. THE FISHERY WAR. English War Vessels on the Way—The 0. S. to Call the North Atlantic Squadron Together. London, June I.—The presence of the British man-of-war Bellerphou at Halifax at the present juncture is explained at the Admiralty office to be neither significant not important. She is there now in the regular course of orders issued long ago. Vrnong the other vessels belonging to the British, navy which will soon reach Hali fax under regular orders, are the Dido. Garnet. Emerald and Lily. The Mallard has been ordered to St. Johns. N. F. All the above, except the Emerald, have been for some time attached to the British West Indian and North American Squadron. Boston. June I.—A special from Halifax to the Ilerald says that the captain of a op ister iust arrived reports that the L. Houlett had seized an American mackerel fisherman off the Guj'sborougli coast. New York, June 1. —The Tallapoosa, which has been ordered to the South Atlan tic Squadron, has received notice to disre gard that order. It is thought by some that she will be ordered to join the North At lantic Squadron, which is rumored to have been ordered to tL#Canadian_eoast. jr *♦ — Public Debt Statement. Washington, D. C., June 1. —The follow ing is a recapitulation of the debt state ment issued to-day for the month of May: isicrest-bearing debt— Bonds at 4‘4 per cent $ 250,000,000 00 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,759,000 00 Bonds at 3 per cent 154,059,400 00 Refunding certificates at 4 perc 308,400 00 Navy Pension Fund nt3 per ct.. 14,000,000 00 Pacific .R H."bonds at 6 per ct.. 04,633,512 00 Principals. $1,220,660,312 00 Interest 11,586,832 00 A Total 7 $1,232,237,144 00 jkebt on which interest has iceased since maturity— Principal $7,097,505 00 Interest 218,790 00 Total $ 7,316,295 00 Debt bearing no interest — Hold dom'd & legal-tender notes 346,738,486 00 Certificates of deposit 13,955,000 00 Gold cert fleates 80,120,025 00 Silver certificates 89,184,129 00 Frac'al currency, less $8,375,934 estimated lost or destroyed.. 6,954,087 00 Principal $ 535,951,727 00 Total debt, principal 1,764,099,544 00 Interest 11,805,622 00 Total $1,776,505,166 00 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 202,164,374 00 Less reserve held for redemp tion of United States notes 100,000,000 00 Total $ 302,164,374 00 Total debt, less available cash items $1,474,340,892 00 Net cash in Treasury..... 76.142,611 00 Debt, less cash in Treasury, June 1. 1886 .' $1,888,198,281 00 Debt less cash in Treasury May 1, 1880 $1,407,026,847 00 Decrease of debt during the month $8,828,566 00 Cash m Treasury available for reduction of the debt— Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $80,120,025 00 Silver held for silver certifi cates actually outstanding.. 89,184,139 00 United States notes held for certificates of deposit actual ly outstanding 15,955,000 00 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 18,903.327 00 Fractional currency 1 992 00 Total available for reduc tion of the debt $ 202.164,273 00 Reserve fund— Held for redemption of t'nited States notes, acts of January 14, 1875, July 12, 1882 $100,000,000 00 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin $28,912,277 Oo Minor coin 455,453 Oil Total , $29,307,730 Off Certificates held as cash .... SB2 731,646 00 Net cash balance on hand 76,143,611 00 Totul cash m Treasury as shown byTreasurer’sgen eral account $ 490,406,300 00 JOHN KELLY DEAD. The Tammany Chieftain Passes Away at His Home in New York. New York, June 1.--Mr. Kelly hail been ill for seven months. During the last few weeks he seemed to feel comparatively well, but on Sunday last at 8 p. in. he was taken with an .attack of fainting, and be came weaker afterward. Monday he was worse, bnt this morning an improvement was apparent. At noon, however, he be gan to sink, and the approach of the end was realized. • Mr. Kelly’s death was pain >es'. although he was conscious to the lgst. Only Mrs, Kelly and her two children wee present when the patient pnsspd Away. - * XI.I.XTH CONGRESS. First Session. Washington, May 26. Senate. — Private pension bills were considered until two o’clock, when the bankruptcy bill was taken up. It was soon laid aside and the bill taxing land grant lands considered. After an amend ment had been added making the United States a preferred purchaser in case of land sales, the bill amending the Chinese immi gration act of 1864 was discussed. Mr. Sherman explained that the bill simply ex plained the meaning of the existing law on points where a difference of opinion existed. Mr. Hoar protested against further anti-Chi nese legislation. Mr. Ingalls opposedthe bill! which was finally postponed to a future day. At 5:50 p. m.. the Senate adjourned. House—The Dunn free ship bill gave way for t he oleomargarine bill, and discussion on that measure was resumed. Speeches were made against the bill by Browne (Ind.), Kel ley (Pa.) and Morrison (111). Mr. Grosver nor’s remarks were directed toward the Mor rison tariff bill. After an amendment had been adopted requiring boarding-house keepers and others using oleomargarine to label it as such, the House at 5 p. m. ad journed. Washington, May 27.—Senate.—A resolu tion was off ered for the investigation of In dian traders. The bill forfeiting certain lands in Oregon, belonging to the Northern Pacific railroad, was then taken up, and discussed during the morning hour. Several private pension bills were passed, and at 2 p.m. eu logies on the late Senator Miller, of California, were delivered by Messrs. Stanford, Hearst, and others, and after a resolution express ing the sorrow of the Senate had been adopt ed, an adjournment was carried at 3:45 p. m., as a mark of respect to the deceased. House.—The conference report on the shipping bill was adopted, with the retaliatory clause included. Discussion on the oleomar garine bill was resumed. Short speeches were made by Daniels of Virginia, aud Tillman of South Carolina, against, and by Butterworth, and Hitt of Illinois, in favor, although Mr. Butterworth believed the tax proposed was too high. After a number of amendments, intended to make the bill ridiculous, had been ruled out, of order, the House adjourn ed at sp. m. An attempt to get a night ses sion, for further discussion, was defeated by filibustering. Washington, May 28.—Senate.—A bill was passed validating the general laws of Wash ington Territory for the incorporation of in surance companies. The resolutions offered yesterday providing for an investigation of the appointment of Indian traders was re ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Consideration of the Northern Pacific land grant forfeiture bill was resumed. A mo tion to lay on the table Van Wyck’s amend inent for a sweeping forfeiture of the lands granted to that road was defeated by 23 yeas to 28 nays. After a protracted debate the Senate went into executive session at 3:45 p. m., and at 4:42 adjourned. ■ House.—lt wns agreed to adjourn over Monday next. June 18 was set apart for con sideration of the Senate resolutions relative to the death of the late Senator Miller, of California. Private business having been dispensed with, the oleomargarine bill was talsen up and discussed until 5 P- m, when the House took a recess until Bp. m. The night session being fpr the consideration of pension bills, before the recess several vetoes of private pension Mils were read. Washington, May 29,—Senate.—Not in ses sion. House. —The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of S f ate submitting an estimate of $106,100 for inaugu rating the statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Referred. Mr. Merriman (N. Y.), from, the Committee on Post-offices ahd Post-roads reported a bill amending the statutes rela tive to the transmission of otiseene matter through the mails. House calendar. The House then went into committe of the whole, Mr. Springer (Ills.) in the chair, on the oleomargarine bill, the pending amendment being that of fered by Mr. Townsend (111.) reducing the tax on oleomargarine from ten to two cents per pound. Several amendments were of fered and rejected. The bill was discussed at some length, the committee rose and the House adjourned until Tuesday. AVashington, June I.—Senate.—Mr. Beck introduced a bill to prohibit members of Congress from acting as attorneys for rail roads holding charters or grants from the United States. The bill extending the eight hour law to letter-carriers was passed. Con sideration of the Northern Pacific land for feiture bill was resumed until 2 p. in., when the Bankruptcy bill wus taken up. Mr. (ieorge moved to strtke out the section that provides for involuntary bankruptcy. A motion to lay this ameudment on thelable was defeated yeas 14, nays 25, Mr. Plumb offered a resolution to suspend action on railroad legislation affecting the Union Paci fic until the Judiciary Committee investigated charges made on the floor of the Senate May 26, alleging the issue of a large amount of fraudulent stock and bonds. It was referred. 'l’lte conferees on the post-office appropria tion bill were re-appointed. The Senate took up the bill to prevent the acquisition of real property by aliens and passed it. The Supplemental Chi nese bill was called up by Mr. Sherman, and passed. On tlie bill to indemnify the Chinese for losses Incurred in Wyoming, after consid erable discussion, Mr. Call took the floor to speak, but gave way at 5:45 p. m on a motion to adjourn. The unfinished business for to morrow, which had lx en laid aside informally when the indemnity bill was taken up, is the Van AVyek hill providing for taxation of rail road lands. House.—Mr. Weaver, of lowa, rose to a question of privilege, and denied charges that his scat had been obtained by fraud. A bill amending the statutes relative to the transmission i / lottery advertisements was reported; als<ia bill forfeiting the New Or leans, Bh, Rouge and Vicksburg land grant..#l’hc oleomargarine bill was then taken up. An amendment was agreed to fix ing the rate of tax at eight cents per pound, instead of ten. Amendment after amend ment was rejected until 5 o’clock, when the House adjourned. Foreign Note*. A cißiti.ar from the Porte to the Pow ers complains that the Greeks are dilatory in disarming. The Chamber of Deputies has voted 100,000 francs to the fund for the establish ment of the Pasteur Institute. The Provincial mayors throughout Bel gium have issued orders prohibiting the Socialist demonstrations announced for the 13th of June. General Biu Donald M. Stewart. G. C. 8.. and Major General Sir John McNeill sailed for New York on board the steamship Aurania. Count Xiqcena, Governor of Madrid, while examining a revolver on the 31st. ac cidentally discharged the weapon, the ball entering his side. He is in a precarious condition. The Austrian ministry is divided upon the question of the duty to be placed on importations of petroleum, and it is con sidered not improbable that their resigna tions will be sent in. An Imperialist Congress was held in Paris, on the 30ch. There were one hun dred Bonapartist Deputies and journalists present. They showed great lack of unity. There is a strong schism between the ad herents of Prince Victor and Prince Jerome. The it e ffers reported at. Venice, on the at'ih, thirty two new C(i?ys pf fiimlera e»4 V()L III—NO. 15. SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS. A large gray eagle was shot recently by a farmer named Irby, about three miles west of Blackstone, Va. He had seen it once or twice before in the immediate vicinity of his house. Being a good shot, the gentleman crippled the king of birds with a rifle charge. It was a beautiful specimen of its kind. Its wings when spread measured six feet four and one-half inches from tip to tip, and its talons measured nearly six inches in width. Sai.Lie Odeli, a young woman of twenty two years, committed suicide at Chatta nooga, Tenn., by taking laudanum. She came to that city from Knoxville. The house of Isaac Kincaid, at Fellow ship, Marion County, Fla, burned. Three children, aged six, four and two years, perished in the flames. Kincaid is under arrest for%riminal negligence. A plague of some sort is killiug the fish in the Upper Red River Valley. Advices from Texarkana, Tex, state that countless millions of dead fish line the banks of that stream and its tributaries, and fears are entertained for the health of people living along or adjacent to the waters thus af fected. Tampa, Fla, has a cabbage two feet across. A Hagerstown (Md.) lady dislocated her jaw while chewing gum. A woman with a beard ten inches long is a curiosity at Union Point, Ga. In the whole of North Carolina it seems there is not a single savings bauk. A hotel is talked of in Frorida on the St. Sebastian river, which, with its grounds, will e )st $10,000,000. A mail-carrier has been indicted in North Carolina for throwing Congressional documents into the, river. He claimed they were so heavy they interfered will) quick delivery. A Georgia family sold a piece Of sup posed worthless land for ten dollars to a stranger, who proceeded to develop a gold mine thereon. It would take a first-class thunder-storm to do justice to that fam ily’s feelings. At Berryville, Ark, Lizzie Robinson, in jail for the murder of her two-year-old ille gitimate child, made her escape a few days ago by donning male attire. Governor Hughes has offered a reAard for her cap ture. • - John Hofforu, a switchman off thk Louisville, New Orleans and Texas railroad. • - was killed while attempiug to board a moving train at Memphis, Tenn. ’ John Edelheim, a grain broker of • New Orleans, committed suicide, a few days . ago. On the desk in his office was found a telegram just received from Chicago, an nouncing a decline in June wheat. He had speculated his all on it and lost. Joseph Pali, was pardoned by Governor Wilson, of West Virginia, a few' days ago, and was immediately re-arrested on a charge of murder committed twenty-live years ago in Wirt County. Paul kept a saloon in Volcano, W. Va, some years ugo, and Reuben Marquis was his bar keeper, who worked himself into the good graces of Paul’s wife, and they became too intimate, which caused talk. One day the husband surprised them together in a room, and Marquis, on compromise, left the place and went to Parkersburg, where the ex-barkeeper boasted of his intrigue at Volcano, and threatened to shoot Paul on sight. The wife left her hus band and joined Marquis Paul went to Parkersburg, arid almost the first man he saw on alighting from the train was the destroyer of his happiness. The outraged husband pulled his revolver and shot him in the back. Marquis lived a couple of days and confessed his guilt, begging that his former employer be released from cus tody, and not prosecuted, as he had only done what any other man would have done under the circumstances. Paul, however, was tried and convicted of murder in the first, degree. A new trial was awarded when Paul, broken in health, discouraged, and careless of life, plead guilty to murder in the second de gree, for which he was sentenced-to sixteen years in the penitentiary, from which he has just been pardoned. Paul had many ene mies in Wood and Wirt Counties, and dur ing the exciting trials which followed the shooting of Marquis, an old alleged crime, that of the killing of William Houtebin. at Burning Springs, in Wirt County, was re vived. and he was indicted in that county twenty-five years aftei\the commission of the act. It is thought that. nothing will come of this, as Paul has lived fora quar ter of a century within a few miles of the s 'ene, and nothing had been done during that time to bring him to justice if guilty. The other evening a waterspout struck the residence of David Whittaker, on Gas per creek, Washington Qountv, Va, de stroying the dwelling and tobacco barn and drowning Mrs. Jennie Mongle. who had just stepped in out of the rain. Whit aker had his jawbone broken by falling timbers. Two horses aud three mules were drowned. The body of the young lady v\as found half a mile below the house next day. William E. Stone, wijn shot and killed his wife and attempted suicide, on Novem ber 14 last, was placed on trial at Balti more a few days ago. The only witnesses examined were five of the nine children of the prisoner. The two boys, aged fourteen and thirteen years, testified in a manner that led the listener to believe that they were trying to shield their unhappy father as much as possible, but the three girls, aged eighteen, seventeen and ten years, were quite bitter against him. Little Bir die, who is only ten years of age, creat ed a sensation by swearing that she entertained very unkindly feelings for her father, and that she would like to see him hanged. The prisoner shuddered as he heard the ehild utter the words. . J. A. Jackson and Owen Allen disagree ing over the candidates for the probate judgeship, in Tallapoosa County, Ala., closed in on each other with knives. For five minutes bloody slashing progressed, when Allen dropped dead from a tUnist in the abdomen- Jepikson has live serious 1 pound* from bhh'li he m.,y dm s