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LETTER I ROM WASHINGTON.
From onr regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15, 1880.
The House still has its wits wool-gath
ering over its new rules, which, though
adopted after protracted discussion,
prove stumbling blocks to even such i
old parliamentarians as Speaker Ran- !
dall and Mr. Conger. There is a con- i
stant and puzzling collision between the
new and the old rules when interpre
tation is desired, and, as a consequence,
the whole body of Solons at times seem
at sea and in gnorance as to what course
to pursue. These difficulties and fric
tion will, of course, disappear when,
after more experience nnd discussion,
tho legislative wheels get duly lubri.
cated, as it will indeed be a tough sub
ject that won't revolve under the ap
pliances of such astute hair-splitters as
Messrs. Randall and Conger. Mr. I
Kelley raised a breeze by stating that,
for the first time in bis nineteen years j
of Congressional life, he had been cor
ruptly approached for the purpose of
controlling his vote in the Committee
on Ways and Means, and in the House
on the sugar bill. This sugar question
is, and always has been, a bone of con
tention in and out of Congress, and
serves to show the impossibility of hav
ing one rule for the whole country, j
Prior to the war the South inscribed |
"Free Trade" on its banners, and yet 1
forced a prohibitory tariff on the conn- j
try on sugar. To this the North de
murred, but on the other hand, it se
cured its tAriif on iron. In 1856 the i
political parties had virtually two plat
forms. One of protection in the North
and free trade in the South, bart-ing su i
gar, of couse, in the latter section. The j
same old fight is coming to the surface \
again, and the chapter recited by Mr. j
lvelley is ortly in keeping with those of
ante bellum times.
Ms. Stephens, of Georgia, has made a
slight ripple in the Capitol cqrrent by
threatening to resign his SOAI because
of the refusal by the Democrats of the
House to allow him to state, in a ten
minutes' speech, the grounds of his op
]>osition to the 2lst rule, which permits
a rider on an appropriation bill. It is
not at all likely that resignation will
ensue, as everybody wants the old vet
eran to remain, nnd all are united in
the proper coaxing and soothing syrup
applications u|K>n him, with every pros
pect of success. It would lie a misfor
tune to lose him at this juncture, and
we doubt whether there is a Republi
can in Congress but what would deeply
regret his exodus. Though not a par
liamentarian in that fighting oense
which puta Speaker Randall where he
is, and makes Mr. Conger leader of tho
Republicans, yet he has a perception
of parliamentary law which gives him
great strength as a counsellor. When,
in the 45th Congress, the Republicans
prevented the introduction of hills, it
was Mr. Stephens who suggested the
successful flank movement of the pe
tition box, through which all hills could
lie brought before the House. He is
undoubtedly a man of power and of
great use, hence his resignation is to be
deplored.
On the surface, President making
here seems to have no particular excite
ment in it. But tiic under current sets
strongly, indeed, and each candidate is
exerting all his strength to *ecure favor
able influences for himself. No matter
into what company one goes, the topic
of conversation will inevitably drift into
that of the next Presidency, Washing
ton is peculiarly a city of politicians,
nnd it is as natural for a Washington
ian, whether a congressional sojourner
or citizen, to discuss White House mat
ters as for a fast horse man to "talk
horse." It is naturally the uppermost
iMibject of thought here, hence it is
irrepressible. Mr. Blaine has resumed
his card receptions, and weekly gathers
in his parlors hundreds of politicians
| of both Boxes and parties—color alone
| excepted. Ho is an astute politician,
! and it is a shrewd move (or him to inih
! trie with those of his class in leveens just
i in advance of the coming struggle at
I Chicago, lie is in fighting condition
I this voar, as he is not handicapped, as
in 1876, with personal attacks, and we
do not doubt will bo heard from at Chi
cago next .luno, as ho was at Cincinnati
in 1876. None of the other candidates
are deviating from their usual outward |
course, though their friends are hard at
work pulling wires.
The anamolous political position of
Virginia is u source of concern here, ns j
no politician can now predict, from i
what has occurred there, how the .State I
may cast its electoral vote this fall. The
warfare between the adjuster and re ad
juster elements is so bitter and acrimo
nious, and withal o extensive, lor it
1 brings under its influence all the voters
| of the State, that no party whip can lie
I applied to force dissentients into the
! traces on election day, unless some un
known healing appliance can he invent
ed. The hue and cry against the re
adjusters and his so-called repudiation
has sufficient groundlessness in it to
warrant a beliet that he will be safe in I
an appeal to the people, and we hazard
the prediction that next November will
show him to have increased rather than
weakened his strength should the elec
tion turn to the financial concerns of
that unfortunate State. FELIX.
The Case of John Fifz Porter.
Sjmm'U) Dl*jiatc)i to the Tim"#.
WASHINGTON, March 11.
The Fitz John Porter case goes over
foi a while in order that the fortifica- ;
tions appropriation bill may lie consid- j
ered. It was not the intention either j
of Senator Davis, of West Virginia,
who made the motion for the postpone- I
menl, nor of Senator Randolph, who j
consented, that the debate should stop J
•or that the bill should go over indefi- :
nitely ; still this may be really there |
suit of to-day's action, and it may not ,
be again possible to resume considera- j
tion of the subject at this session. There
are enough .Senators on the Democrat- I
ic side who have the courage of their )
convictions and will vote to do justice j
to General Porter, as they think they J
have a right to do. Careful inquiry
shows that onfy one Democrat—Senator
(Jockrell, of Missouri—was so convinc
ed of the lack of power on the part of
Congress to pass such a bill as that j
which has been pending by Senator
Carpenter's argument that he will vote '
with the Republicans. If any others
thought as he did last Saturday they
have apparently bad their objections
satisfied by the excellent arguments of
Senators bayard, McDonnell and Jones. !
What will deter the Democratic Sena
tors from consenting to again taking
up the bill this session is the determi .
nation ot the Republican* to make a
partisan question of the discussion and
to attempt to use the Democratic action
for campaign purposes. As a matter of ;
fact, the Southern Democrats feel that
they are put in a very delicate position.
They are convinced that General Porter
has suffered great injustice, but see
very clearly that their votes to relieve
him would only lead to inflammable j
speeches by Republicans, and all this
sort of thing they are very desirous of ,
giving no excuse for. They have taken
General Gordon's advice and stoutly
] maintained the policy ol silence on all
i sectional questions, and they are really
| anxious to avoid being made an issue
iof in the coming campaign. Since
i Senator lioars's return lie has heard of
the Republican caucus and its determi
nation, and has apparently changed his
views about voting for the bill.
Trjlng to Help Porter.
! BIC-Ol X SENATORS SHOOTING SQL I IIS OVER
JUL CASE.
WASHINGTON, March ll.—When the
I Fitz .John Porter case came up in the
! Senate to-day Mr. Allison wanted the
j bill informally laid aside. Mr. Blaine
j asked in what position that would leave
i the bill and the presiding officer said
I that it would have no place, but would
he subject to be called iy>. Mr. Davis
j hoped the floor would be given to ap
; proprinlien bills after the s)>cech of the
| Senator from Florida.
Mr. Burnside said he desired to have
an opportunity to speak on the Porter
, bill.
Mr. Logan said be would object to
| the Porter bill being set aside.
Mr. Allison said his intention was
merely to ask that the Porter bill be in
formally laid aside.
Mr. Blaine. That takes unanimous
consent.
Mr. Conkling. And the Senator from
! Illinois gives notice that he will object.
Mr. Thurman. If tlie debate on this
Fitz John Porter bill is to extend for a
month, as it threatens to do, I shall feel
it my duty at a much earlier period
than a month from now to antagonize
it with the Geneva Award bill. Mr.
Thurtnan further said that the bill can
not be allowed to take precedence over
I more important business. Mr. Jones,
iof Florida, then proceeded to support
I the bill. At the conclusion ot bis
speech Mr. Logan moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill. Mr. Davis to lay the
bill on the table. President pro tem
pore Edmunds ruled that this motion
superseded that %f Mr. Logan. The
motion was agreed to by a viva voce
vote, and the Gill was laid on the table
subject to be called up by a majority
vote.
IN the spring of 1872, when Grant
was a candidate for re-election, the Hon.
Stnnley Matthews positively and truth
fully remarked that "in every depart
ment of the Government the slow poi
son of corruplion, only not sufficiently
slow, seems to have pervaded the whole
civil and political administration of
the country from the head to the foot."
Grant was re-elected, because the oppo
sition to Grantisra could not be united.
The second term was as much more
corrupt than the first as that was worse
than decency. Rut, in the face of
those facts, Matthews is now howling
for a third term. His only reason for
hoping that a third term might be bet
ter than either of the others, is that
Grant has traveled around the globe J
Mr. Matthews should rest from politics
long enough to write a text book of log
ic for colleges.
l'nrnell'H SucicmhTul M Union.
Front tlio P!tJlA<Mi>htft Times of Friday.
Mr. Parnell sailed for Europe yester
day. In spite of nil that may be Maid to
tlio contrary, his visit to this country
has been succesful far beyond what
might have been anticipated. That he
tins made mistakes and in making them
made enemies will not be disputed, but
these are forgotten in the general re
cognition of the integrity of Ins purpose,
the chivalry of his mission and the har
vest of beniflceuce that has been reaped
under his inspiration and direction,
lie is to be credited unreservedly, we
repeat, with a faithful execution of a
heaven born purpose. I n some remarks
to a committee on the day before his
departure lie briefly and modestly gave
some ol the details of his work. Mur
ing the shoit time he was here he trav
eled ten thousand miles, visited sixty
two cities and allowed no flay or r.iglit j
to pass without pleading the cause ol I
his suffering country, lint lor his com
ing and his frequent explicit, but unpre- J
tending explanations of the situation, ;
the American people would he ignorant j
even yet of the extent of the calamity |
under which Ireland is groaning. He I
awakened depths of feeling, touched
chords of sympathy and uncovered
springs of charity which have surprised
ourselves as much as they have surpris
ed him. Nearly all of the organized
agencies for the collection ol Irish relief
funds in this country are directly or in
directly tlue to his work. The data for
an authentic statement of the net result
financially are not available, but his
own collections foe immediate relief
from (amine amount to $200,000, of
which about $120(100 have already
reached 11 eland, beside, he has raised
nearly $25,000 which was contributed
expressly for political purposes. Apart
from these contributions there are
funds under various auspices, the crea
tion of which is attributable in greater
or less degree to his labors, ami in these
we may fairly include the grealeat fund
of all, that collected by the New York
llerahl , with the magnificent contribu
lion ol James Gordon Bennett as its
corner-stone In round numbers it is
safe to say that six hundred thousand
dollars have gone to Ireland as a result
of Parnell's coming to America, and the
amount will a million dollars be- |
lore the good work stops. Such a result ,
shows what can be accomplished in a j
little while by an enthusiast in the
cause of humanity. If Mr. l'arnell is
an agitator he is an agitator in a good j
cause, and the mere political agitators
should bo shamed into better things by j
bis example.
A Terrible Accident.
Ixmaxafoi.is, March 11.—The flax
mill of Lehman, Rosenthal Si Co., at !
Frankfort, Ind., exploded this morning
about 7 o'clock. Ten persons were kilf '
ed, among them Patrick Leahy, the j
foreman, and Thomas Claxton, the en
gineer. At the time of the explosion
all the employes, ten ui number, were
gathered in the boiler room, apparently
tor the pur|>ose of wanning themselves
preparatory to going to work at 7
o'clock. The explosion completely de
molished the building, shaking the
neighboring town and hurling pieces to
a distance of three hundred yards. Not
one of the ten men escaped. When
help arrived Engineer Claxton was the
only one alive. He never spoke, and
died in a few minutes.
Only two men were buried in the de
bris, the rest being blown through the
walls and horribly mutilated. The
body of one man was found five hun
dred feet from the boiler room, which
stood in the centre of a two acre space.
The head of & man named Webb was
: blown entirely otf. and others were torn
ito pieces. In the alienee of any sur
vivors the cause of the explosion re
: mains a mystery. The gauge of the
boilers was fixed for one hundred
pounds, but it has been customary only
to carry sixty. Engineer Claxton only
I had the position two days. One report
says his predecessor left because the
boiler was unsafe and another because
an advance in wages had been refused.
The mill took fire and was burned to
the ground. The estimated loss is $lO,-
j (XX), with possibly $3,000 insurance.
The list of killed is as follows: Patrick
I.eaghy, foreman ; Thomas Claxton, en-
I ginecr ; Joseph Miller, who leaves a fam
ily ; Eli iielmich, Scott Williams and
Patrick Shields, leaves a wife and three
children ; John lloushied and Joseph
Eihanberry. leave three children, Mon
! roe Webb, (hia first day in the mill);
John Rogers, bis teamster, leaves a wife
and large family.
The Fatted Call.
j From lh llnit>arg Patriot.
In the groat moral drama to be en
gaged by the Republican party in
Chu-ago next June, the dramatuprrtontr
will be represented as follows :
Fother Mr J. I). Otmtmn.
Ftodiul P"n .Mr. I'. 8 Qnuit,
Th Hooeltol4 lo Ui* (Vtnreotton.
y*tt4 Calf. Y Mr. 0. Mftlito,
The grand climax in this unusually
fine programme will be the killing ol
the fatted calf.
Tub measure of Irish distress can
perhaps better be gathered from the
official statistics of the shortness of
crops than from any other source. In
1870 crops were higher in price per
bushel than in any of several previous
years, owiffg to a general aearcily, and
vet the total value of the Irish crops
last year is estimated at only £22,743,-
006, against £52,758,144 in 1878, a de
cline in value of $50,000,000, represent
ing a still greater decline in gross bulk
of products. The crop of 1879 was the
smallest ever made since a great many
years, the average annual value of
crops from ISM to 1879, inclusive, being
£30,514,662, so that the crop of 1879
was only 74 per cent, of the average for
fourteen years, reduced as that average
is by the bad years of 1806, 1872 and
1879.
Ira negro cannot be legally convicted
of crime by a jury not composed in
part of negroes, can a sausage-maker he
legally convicted unless there are sau
sage-makers on the jury? The same
question applies to the owners of jack
assea, trapese performers, Congressmen,
clergvmen, and cross eyed men. Under
the late decisions of the Court these
questions are all pertinent.
GENERAL NEWS.
The New York Herald Irish relief
fund has reached $288,888.
Mr. Charles S. l'arnell sailed for Eng
land last Thursday afternoon.
Sunday is u day which a large number
of people of Johnstown devote to drunk
enness.
Grant leaves the City of Mexico to-day
| for (lalvealon, and will go thence to San
Antonio and Leadville.
Horace Binney, formerly of Bdston
and i'hiladelphia, died suddenly at
Newport, R. 1„ on Wednesday night of
lust week.
Tammany will send 300 delegates to
Cincinnati upon the occasion of the
meeting of the Democratic National
Convention.
The Wisconsin Democratic Conven
tion to select delegates to the Cincinna
ti Convention, will meet at Madison, on
the 12(h of May.
The town council of f'liambersburg
enumerates geese among the "animals"
not allowed to run at large in the
streets of that ancient borough.
Another man having been found
under the bed, the Buffalo Courier calla
out to the young ladies of its city with
great violence, "J,ook before you sleep.''
The subject of public buildings in
LaokuwHima county is becoming one of
trial and tribulation, which all comes
from the desire to organi/.e new coun
ties.
Hon. John B. Hawloy has resigned
his position as Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury in order to prosecute his j
canvass for the nomination for Gover
nor of Illinois.
A disease known as black measles
is prevailing to un alarming extent in
several of the counties near Peters
burg, Virginia. During the past few
days a number of sudden deaths have
resulted from it.
Mayor Ksllorh is to he impeached
(or using riotous and incendiary lan
guage. He has lost a great op[>ortuni
ty. The trial will soon take place.
Kearney will also be tried for using vul
gar language and threats to kill.
On Friday when Judge Shope, at
Lewistown. 111., sentenced Frank Bar
rett to seven and a half years in jail for
burglary, thelatler hurled and inkstand
at the Judge, hitting him on the
shoulder and severly bruising it. He
was secured and ironed.
A freight train on the Sciota Valley
Railroad struck a horse at Hoptown
last Sunday morning and the engine
with nine cars was thrown from the
traek. The fireman was horribly man
gled and cannot survive, anil Lawrence
W. Berry was instantly killed.
A conflagration, resulting in the
burning to death of Mrs. David Grilling,
a widow lady of considerable wealth
and social distinction in Central New
York, occurred in Norwich. N. Y-,Satur
day morning. The fire broke out in
Mrs. (trifling's handsome homestead.
A story comes from ifowell county,
Mo., of Itie strangulation of two girls by
their uncle, in order to steal some mon
ey which the father had recieved as a
pension and divided between them,
and the discovery of the deed by a
lodger in the house, who shot the mur
derer.
The National Assembly Rooms at
New York on Saturday, would not ac
commodate the throng in attendance
upon the rna.<-s meeting of pianomakers
who were interested in the great lock
out ordered by the New York Manufac
turer's Association for Monday. There
were 4,000 present.
The crematory at Washington, Ta.,
promises to become a profitable invest
ment. The manager saya he has appli
cations from a hundred persons in va
rious |>arts of the country who express
a desire to be incinerated there after
death. The charge is thirty five dol
lars. No discount on children.
John MeDermott sentenced to the
| Sing Sing Prison, New York, for life in
1873, and who was known as "Praying
John," from his devout and religious
. demeanor, attempted suicide on Satur
I day by thrusting hia head into the fur
nace of the mesa room. He sustained
such injuries as will probably result in
| death.
Miss Florence Say mark, of Elizabeth
! City, N. C., had arranged to elope with
Jonathan Ivy, a young lawyer. Her
; father got wind of the affair one night
and went to Ivy's office and shot him in
! the shoulder. A servant informed Miaa
Sevmark of the affair, and she fled from
her room in her night clothes and join
ed her lover, and in this garb was m*r
! ried before her father discovered her
I absence.
A break has occurred in the levee
near the New Orleans' barracks. It ia
being closed and the levee strengthen
ed. The river is very high, causing ap
prehension that the leveea will not
withstand the strain cn them. A ore?
ise thirty feet wide is reported on a
levee on Bayou La Fourcbe, five milea
below Lock port. The State engineer
will send men and material to morrow
to close it.
The Chicago Time* publishes a com
prehensive report from eleven States in
the Northwest concerning the winter
wheat crop, of which the following is
its analysis: Taken altogether, the es
timate ia a safe one that the increased
yield in the eleven States will he about
60 per cent. It ia, however, to be taken
into consideration that much depends
upon the weather for the next three
weeks. In nearly every locality the
snow ia deplored, but should no severe
changes occur, the winter wheat crop
will be a bounteous one.
Charles Cathcart Taylor, city editor of
the Philadelphia Time*, died front the
effects of a pistol shot discharged in
mental aberration by his own hand.
Taylor has been in ill health for two
months, and his physical disorder was
supplemented and aggravated by ac
cumulation of buainesa troubles, which
brought on a mental disturbance in
volving depression of spirits; Sunday
morning he awoke and, though very
weak, proposed to pcoontpany his wile
to church. She persuaded him that he
ought to sleep longer, and went down
•lairs to prepare some beef tea in the
hope that it would strengthen him.
While site was gone he fired the fatal
gbot.
i Tho Democratic Standing flommittee
of Lycoming county adopted a motion
on .Saturday favoring the nomination
of Samuel J. Tilden. Thi* wa* in ac
cordance with a resolution adopted at
the luat County Convention.
An old woman suptiosed to be very
poor, living near Middlesex, Butler
county, WHS taken dangerously sick a
few days ago and neighbors, who went
to the oid woman'* aid, made a search
of the premise*. They found at least
SI,OOO hidden in different places.
A prosperous German farmer in Kan
sas wroto to a friend in Pittsburg that
he wanted a wife. The Pillshurger in
terested himself, and sent on the picture
of a comely German girl. The Kansas
man expressed hi* satisfaction, and en
closed the money to send her out with.
The l'ittshurger heard from Kansas
again last week in the shape of a deed to
a piece of land as a slight reward, as the
Kansas man said, "for having procured
him tho host wife in the world.
The Shenandoah Her all says: As Mr-
Gowen has expresyd the opinion that
tho trade would warrant the' payment
of basis wages by April 1, and its all
things are moving smoothly, it is likely
that thi* will be the last month, for
this year at least, that the men will he
paid as small wages as they are now get
ting. The wages paid for February,
187H, according to the minimum rate of
tolls Arrangement, was 20 per cent, off
the basis ; this year it will he 4 per cent,
off—an improvement of 16 per cent.
The movement to establish a home
for all destitute soldiers and sailors not
eligible for admission to the National
Home for Disabled Soldiers took defi
nite shape to day by the introduction
of a bill tiy Representative Gamer pro
viding for the establishment of such
an institution at Krie, Pa., whenever
the Legislature of Pennsylvania shall
cede to the Government for that pur
pose the Marine Hospital buildings and
grounds at that place. The property i*
worth SIIO,OOO, and includes the spot
where Anthony Wayne died and was
buried.
The House Commerce Committee
shows no disfiosition to undertake the
investigation of the Standard Oil Com
pany, prayed for by General Butler in
his argument before that body the other
day. jl'he members hold that, in the
first place, they have no jurisdiction,
and that in the second place, it is not
a proper subject for Congressional inter
fereoce, siuce person* aggrieved have
their remedy in the State Courts and
Legislature. Mr. Townsend, of Ohio, a
member of the committee, who repre
sents the Cleveland district, where the
headquarters of the Staudard Oil Com
pany are located, says that from eonver
sation with the members of the com
mittee he is satisfied the investigation
will be refused.
Professor William Theodore Roepper
died at his residence in Bethlehem, I'a.,
on Wednesday night of last wceK, in
the 71st year of hi* age. He was a dis
tinguished chemist and mineralogist,
well known in scientific circle* of I*hil
adelphia, as also at Yale and Harvard.
He was the discoverer of the famous
deposits of zinc near Bethlehem and of
several new mineral*. His knowledge
a( the zinc ore* of Penny si van ia and
New Jersey was thorough, and he wa*
often called as an expert. The deeea*
ed was German by birth, but has lived
in Bethlehem since 1.H40, chiefly in the
financial the Moravian Church.
For a time he held a professorship in
University. The funeral ser
vice# were held at the Moravian Church,
Bethlehem, on Monday afternoon, at
2 o'clock.
The following post office change*
have beqg. made during the week end
ing March 13 in Pennsylvania: Post
Oflic4* Kstablished—Alius, Bradford
county, Jerusba B. Kdsall, postmistress ;
I'eely, Luzerne county, George A.Pehle,
iiostmaster; Postmaster* Appointed
William 11. liurlburt, Cowanesque Val
ley. Tioga county, ; James Flack. Dans
borough. Bucks county: B. H. Moore,
Felton. York county ; Frank A. Schultz,
Gerrvville, Bucks county ; Francis M.
Purdy, Hemlock Hollow, Wayne coun
ty ; Spencer J. Worthington. Median
icaville. Buck* countv; Catherine K.
I*ean. New Hope, Buck* county ; Jacob
11. Mace, Penn, Lancaster county ; Jno.
H. Miller, Redman Mill*, Allegheny
county ; George 11. Smith, Smithville,
Lancaster county ; John Hertz, .Spring
vale, York county ; Alexander M. Hab
ley, Thomasvitle, York eounty ; Jason
D. Tsylor, Thornbory, Chester county.
The attempt on Saturday to awuur
•inate Mayor Baxter, of 'Louisville,
Kentucky, was due entirely to a sup
i poaed injustice done a worthless char
j acter who had been given employment
for political purpose. Samuel Redd,
the assailant, wa* an attache to the
Street Cleaning Department, His free
drinking caused hi* discharge a few
Hay* ago. To-day be went to the City
Hall, asked for Mayor Baxter, found
him absent, and proceeded toward his
residence. He encountered the Mayor
on Third avenue, near hi* home, and
before Baxter could undertand that
an as*nult was intended Rs<id produced
a pistol and fired. A quick movement
on the part of the Mayor saved hia life.
He then gra*p4d Redd'* hand and ask
ed him why he shot. The answer wa*
that in discharging him bread had been
taken front the Mouth* of hi* family.
The Mayor's escape was miraculous,
the space between them at the time be
ing hardly three feet. Redd is in jail.
An opinion was filed by Judge Riddle,
on Saturday, in the case of the North
western Bank of Minneapolis against
W. W. Keen and Kllen M. Prioe, of
Philadelphia. It appeared that Kiw>n
had induced Miss Price to become
surely for him in the sum of $20,000 as
a bookkeeper in the bank, from which
position he was subsequently promoted
to assistant cashier, no notice of which
change, however, was nude to hia sure
ty. After the lapse of some veers
Keen commenced peculating the funds
of the bank, and kept U up until he
cot possession of about $120,000. When
ft was discovered judgment was enter
ed on the bond and execution issued.
Miss Trice asked that the judgment
be opened, and that she be allowed to
prove before a jury that the changes
fn the position and responsibilities of
Keen without her oonsent or knowledge
was such as to free her from any liabili
ty. In the opinion filed this privilege
was granted to her.
Aii Important Ulieorny by u North
Carolina ex •Senator.
Vrum tit* Ilnltirnon* 0z(l.
Fx Senator Thomas L. Clingman, of
North Carolina, an aged statesman
whoso public experience goes back to
the day* of Webster and Clay, ia now
coming to the front aa an important
factor in the experiment* for an electric
light. It seern* that Mr. Clingman
own* large property in the neighbor
hood of Aahevihe, in hia State, which
ha* alwaya been famous for rich and
rare mineral deposits. Among other
thing* of value, he discovered there
some yeara back the mineral known a*
corundum, which i uaod in the art* by
dentist*, as it i* harder than emery and
better adapted to their purpose*. The
corundum wheel i* a well-known in
strument among thi* fraternity. The
mineral in a cryalalized state has the
appearance of the ruby, and one of
these crystals from Mr. Clingsman's
farm had the almo*t incredible weight
of 316 pound*. It is now in the cabi
net of Arnhemt college. While pros
pecting in hi* scientific way the ex Sen
ator discovered another mineral which
ho took to be of value. On Investiga
tion it proved to ie zircon, an opaque
mineral, of grayish hue and with double
pyramidal crystal*. Learning something
of it* great hardness and illuminating
properties, he went ahead with hi* ex
periments, and to day he ap[*ared Vie
fore the commissioner of patent* in be
half of a patent for what he terms zir
conn, which is nothing but oxidized
zircon, ilia application hud been pre
viously filed. The Senator claims to
have discovered the philosopher stone
which is to solve the problem now puz
zling the ingenious brain of Ediz-on.
I'he Menlo I'ark inventor has up to
this time been totally unable to dis
cover a substance that w ill produce un
interrupted light for any great length
of time. Mr. Clingman ha* subjected
this zircon to the action of a blowpipe
for two weeks and at the end of that
time found no preceptihle diminuti n
in the size of the crystal. Indeed, it
seemed literally indestructible. Ho
contends that the properties claimed
for it and shown to exist under exper
iment will supply the article needed
in the manufacture of electric light.
.Should this prove true, he ha* already
found enough of the mineral on his
land to supply the world with light.
The patent will undoubtedly be issued,
and it will then devolve on the commu
nity to await terults.
■
Denis Kearney Convicted.
TIIE HA HUE OF ISIXO Til* EATEN ISO I iv-
OCSOE A- NEI— HIS SEW UZI AKH EE.
P(mvmu to tli* WorWL
.Sax FRANCISCO, Cel., March 1— In
the police Court today Judge Jiix
delivered a lengthy decision in the rae
of I>enis Kearney on a charge of u-.i.g
vulgar and threatening language agaiu-t
Hpreckles. He held the defendant
guilty on the ground that hi* language
was calculate*! to provoke a breach of
the peace.
On the second charge, threatening fa
kill any person who should plot agsintt
hia lite, tne Court held that it couhl let
be considered a crime, a* the circum
stance* in which the killing wob!d be
justified were tectled a* qualifying the
threat. The sentence is reserved till
tomorrow.
There was a Urge attendance at the
Sand Lot* yesterday, including ni*ny of
the respectable classes, drawn thither
by curiosity. Kearney took an ent.rely
new departure. He invited the leaders
to the Citizens' Protective Union to
meet the leader* of the Working Men
on the Sand Ixris for *n exchange of
views, promising them a respectful
hearing. He also informed his lollonets
that the object* of the Citizen*' Union
had been misapprehended ; that some
unscrupulous men had taken advsn
tage ol the movement to create the
impression that violent measures against
the Working-Men were intended,
where** nothing ol the kind wa* meant.
Hi* audienoe received his novel speech
undemonsiratively. At the Melropoli
tan Temple this evening Kslloch
Kdnpted Kearney'* cue and spoke to *
similar fttect. it i* evident that the
Citizens' Union is making its influence
felt.
A harmonious and satisfactory con
ference was held at the Mayor's office
this afternoon between Mayor Kalloch.
representing the working men, and a
numler of prominent Citizens, bankers,
merchants, Ac., on the part of the Citi
zens' Protective Union. The whole sit
uation and the events of the last few
weeks were reviewed and discussed, sn l
it msy be stated there U reason to be
lieve that within two or three day*
arrangement* will be consummated in
suring a harmonious settlement of the
questions which have so long vexed this
commuoitywtnd a restoration of business
confidence and prosperity.
Philadelphia Market*.
DBHASSBMI*, Marrh It, ISSfI.
The Soar msrkM I* t**rij*, nd price*, to ■ rouwd
entile extent, are nonuml. Sale* ol 7UH lot rein, in
lots, Inrlodlng Mlnn*t* extra*, low s*<l Uikj at
s<*s74. l'-n,i>lout* extra fiaiilt *t :
western 4a. do. *1 R "Aw 7 UJ, an* pnteot an.l <>*••
hi*h grade* at #7 IVat.
Th* wl,e*t market a *frv*nger, tint th* Aemnn-I >•
m<ide,*ie. Sate* of I,M Snskil*. Inclndm* raiecte-l,
at 11.421; rennet Kama red. track, at lift . eoilticin
Unlet do. Nt II 47. and No. t red. olotai -r. at It *•'•!.
At Ike open Urd. fitet call. 11.45| wa* led for Men h .
II '< fco April | $1.4*4 tor Map. and It 41t I-r Jaae.
Seed*—tiloter la auckatuted Small ante* *1 "at Sr.
Ttwolkp la qnoted at Sa.SMr-AdM.
Ballafoata Markets.
Biutfcttt, Math 11, I**o.
QrOTATIdkS.
Wlilte wheat, per knlboi... u,,,,,,,-, -It •*
Red wkaat. - - 110
Rye, per Intakel *'
Owew>h... 14
Cora, shotted —
Olt* .7.1-1 I, | , , 4<
flour, r*t*t). |f*r b*rnl. I M
Floar, wboleawle. 7
HAT AND STRAW.
Hay, rhotre timothy, per ton ——...1 1* W
Hay. mixed,per toe - I <*'
lam* rye strew, handled, per loe * *"
Short atrew, pot >se A M$M M
Frovliloa Market.
Currartod weekly by Harper Rrothsra.
Apple*, dried, per ponad..—•. *
Oharrie*. dried, per poaad, seeded••
Resn* per quart J
fraeh better per poaad ......
Chfrkea* per poind .. *
Cheat* per ponied *
Country bom* par poaad...-. J*
H>ls Wl|ir mil ttuwmmi 111 m
Lard *
Eg** per itus— ™
flftfillXH PUR L>t)sltf| „ . UINIIU.IIIIMI T"
Dried - 15