- ' "" '(' "k"r' ' aH W FIRST PART. fM0 -' .-. i ii ii - Wtt$nn HttrfH ""' " dacp&Ua " I ww m m m ! nuLU i Ui m . m FORTY-FIFTH TEAR. OUR GATES ARE OPEN. Delegates Pouring in From AH Parts of the Union and Canada to Attend the CONGRESS OF SCOTCH-IRISH Distinguished Representatives Every Liberal Profession Will be Present. of PEESIDEXT HARRISON EXPECTED. A Special' Train Secured to Bring the Chief ExecutiTe From Cleveland to PittsDurjr. WELCOMED BI BOTH CHI AND STATE. CoTernor Bearer and Mtyor Gonrley Will Unite la Htapitablj EeceiTinc Oar Many Honored Gnnts. IBB PE0CBUIJ1E FOB IO-DAT'3 EXERCISES To-day Pittsburg welcomes 'within her pates the distinguished representatives of a sturdy and patriotic race the delegates to the Scotch-Irish Congress. Many of them have already arrived, and to-day Governor Beaver and Mayor Gourley 'will formally, tut warmly, receive them. President Har rison is expected to be present, arrange ments for a special train from Cleveland to Pittsburg for his benefit having been made. The second great Scotch-Irish Congress of America will be called to order at 10 o'clock this morning in Mechanical Hall. The prospects for a snecessful gathering of this illustrious race are bright. All day yesterday delegates arrived from the Horth, South, East and "West, and at an early hour last night the hotels were 'well filled with representatives of a race who claim the distinction of being as prompt and Colonel Thos. T. Wright, of Florida, Founder of the Society. Vigorous in their expression of patriotic and independent views, touching the severance of the Government of this country from that of Great Britain, as any of the colonial settlers of the "West, or even the Puritan people of Massachusetts. fronts of Oar Distinguished Guests. The arrivals included such well-known people as Robert Bonner, of the Hew York Ledger; Joseph F. Johnston, Birmingham, Ala,; E. C. McDowell, Hashville; Alex. Montgomery, San Francisco; Rev. Dr. John Hall, Scw York; Colonel T. T. "Wright, Florida, founder of the Scotch-Irish So ciety of America; Prof. A. L. Perry, "Will iamstown, Mass.; Robert Burns, Tacoma, "Wash., and about 100 others. The programme for to-day was not ar ranged until late last night, and it was then made subject to changes to suit the neces sities of the occasion. The opening prayer will be offered by Rev. I. H. Hays, D. D. Governor Beaver and Mayor Gourley -will ueiiTer aaaresses ot welcome on behalt of the State and city respectively, and President Bonner will respond. Hon. "W. C. P. Breckenridge, the rioted Southern orator, was to have delivered an address at this morning's session, but he telegraphed yesterday saying he could not get here until to-morrow. Dr. J. S. Mac intosh will be substituted. Music and Uontlne. Tbe report of the Executive Committee, which was completed at a meeting last night, will be read, and the remainder of the session will be taken vp with music and announcement of committees. There will be no afternoon session, as the local committee has selected this time to take the visiting delegations around to the various points of interest. In the evening A. L. Perry, professor of political economy and history in the "Williamstown, Mass. College, and Dr. D. C. Kelly, the great Southern Methodist divine, will deliver addresses. Bath gentlemen are versed on the achievements of the Scotch-Irish race, and are able orators. Music by the pupils of one of the city female colleges and short addresses will make up the remainder of the evening programme. Pittsburg has seldom seen such a distin guished gathering as will grace the city for the next four days. There will possibly not be as large a gathering as was at first ex pected, owing to various hindrances in dif ferent parts of the country. But delegates are here from all points in the country from Maine to California and from Canada to Florida. A Representative Gathering. A noticeable feature is that the congress is composed of representative men men known, in their various professions, through out the country; men who have given the Invaluable aid of advice, time and means to many measures, which, being carried into effect, have resulted in public good. Congressman "W. E. Robinson, of Brook lyn, known and renowned as Richelieu Robinson, the first "Washington correspond ent of the Hew York Tribune, came in last rught. He is now 76 years old, and a very I 13 W-ATsfkK iff interesting character. His long, flowing white hair add much to his distinguished appearance. He is very deaf, but he still delights to tell of the days when he was in Congress, and took great pleasure in twist ng the British lion's tail. He came on here as the guest of Mr. Bonner, and will deliver one of the orations before the con gress. Sunny Cnllrornla'i Delegate. Hon. Alexander Montgomery is the founder of the California Society. He was afraid yesterday that he would be the only representative present from his State, but he was expecting his secretary, who went East ahead of him, as far as Hew York. Even in California this sturdy race has taken a strong foothold, and Mr. Mont gomery says that some of the most influen tial people along the coast are Scotch-Irish. They immigrated across the country in the exciting.days of 1849, when the gold fever had taken possession of the multitudes. In the Hew York delegation that arrived last evening, besides President Bonner and ex-Congressman Robinson, were Be v. Dr. John Hall, the noted Hew York divine, and Pror. Perry, of "Williams College. They were met at the depot by Colonel Echols and escorted to the Monongahela House in carriages. Prof. Perry has written a num ber of works on political economy, and is one of the best authorities on economic questions in the country. IlarrUon In Still Expected. It is still thought that President Harrison will be here. Secretary Halford, in his let ter to Mayor Gourley, said that the present arrangement with the railroads is to leave Cleveland to-morrow evening at 10 o'clock, in which event be would not be able to stop in the city en route from Cleveland home. This does not mean that President Harrison will not be here, as he did not know when he made that reply that arrangements "were being made by Superintendent Pit cairn and the local committee to have a special train leave Cleveland whenever it would suit best. Mayor Gour ley, Chairman Hamilton, of the Citizens' Committee, and Colonel J. "W, Echols will meet the President to-day as he passes through on his way to Cleve land, and will, if possible, secure his prom ise to stop here on Saturday on his way home. Ho further effort will be made to secure the presence of Secretary Blaine as he has written that a previous engagement will prevent his coming. THE WORK Its FINISHED. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SCOTCH IRISH CONGRESS COMPLETED. Plans for Receiving nnd Placing Delegates and Vlaltors A Special memorial Serv ice To-Norrow Many Notable Orntors on tbe Programme The Last Details The local committees finished up their work yesterday. All details have been at tended to, and there is nothing on the sur face at present to prevent the congress from being a success. The headquarters for the national officers will be at the Monongahela House, where all committee meetings will also be held. There will be a clerk stationed at the hotel and also at tbe Exposition restaurant to sign railroad certificates and receive applications for membership. It is expected that quite a number of people will join the society while the con gress is here. The dues has been fixed at $2, which includes one of the annual vol umes with the proceedings of the congress and all other interesting data concerning the race and the congress collected here. Mr. Breckinridge will be here to-morrow and will probably speak in the afternoon, although this has not" been definitely decided. The others who will certainly appear in the order yet to be designated, are: Orator or National Fame. Hon. "W. E. Robinson, Brooklyn, on "John Preston and his Descendants;" Prof. H. A. "White, Lexington, "Va., on "'Wash ington and Iiee. the J5cotch-Irih Uni versity;" Hon. John Dalzell, of Pennsyl vania, on "The Scotch-Irish of "Western Pennsylvania;" Rev. Dr.D. C. Kelly, of Ten nessee, on "General Sam Houston, the "Wash ington ot Texas;" Governor James E. Camp bell, of Ohio, on "The Scotch-Irish ol Ohio;" Rev. Dr. John Hall, of Hew York, on "The Ulster of To-Day. " For the convenience of visitors to the Con gress a central bureau of information has been established at City Hall, where direc tions will be given to all points of interest. Contributors and members of the local coml mittees who have not received badges en titling them -to reserved seats can get them by calling on Chairman Hamilton or at the Monongahela House. An Old-Time Presbyterian Service. The prospects are for an immense gather ing Sunday evening when the old-time Scotch-Irish Presbyterian service will be held in Mechanical Hall.under the auspices of the local committee. At this service General J. A. Ekin, of Louisville, will preside, and Rev. Dr. John Hall, of Hew iort, win preacn tne sermon. Special arrangements have been made for the memorial service to-morrow afternoon The Great "Western Band will furnish music, and short extemporaneous speeches will be made by nearly all of the noted orators. Among the features for Saturday is a free orgau recital in tne uarnegie Musio Hall, Allegheny, where an opportunity will be given to the visitors to hear one of the largest organs in America. A SOUTHERN COLONEL REPRESENTS THE STURDY SCOTCH-IRISH OF NORTH CAROLINA. How They Wandered From Pennsylvania Dawn tbe Fertile River Bottoms of the Sooth Races That Do Not 31 1 x The Mecklenburg Declaration. One of the most distinguished looking men in the Southern delegation to the Scotch-Irish Congress is Colonel "William Johnston, of Charlotte, Horth Carolina. He and A. F. Brevard represent the Horth Carolina society, and they are stopping at the Anderson. Colonel Johnston is an old man, probably over 80 years of nge, and is one of the last of tbe Clay and Calhoun style of men that, alas, are fast fading awayiu the South. He was a member of the Secession Congress, and in his day has built 200 miles of rail road. "When the war broke nnf h . President of a road in Horth Carolina, which was swept away, but after the war he rebuilt it He lost about 8100,000 through the war but with true Scotch-Irish peninacy has rel gained his fortune. Said the Colonel last night: Scotch-Irish in tbo South. I want to say that next to Pennsylvania North Carolina has more Scotch-Irish people in its borders in proportion to nomilitinn thn any other State in the Union. The early set tlers migrated from York, Lancaster and Ches ter counties in this Stata down through the beautiful valley of the Shenandoah, and at Staunton, reaching the mountains, wandered down along the rivers into North Carolina, and then continued farther south. I live in Meck lenburg county, which borders on the State line. Just across the line In South Carolina are the counties of .Lancaster, York and Ches ter, showing that the people adopted tbe old names that they had used in Pennsylvania. Along with tbe Scotch-Irish in parallel lines a German element migrated through the same county, bnt the two classes of people seldom intermarried, and in North Carolina to-day we1 have the striking example of one-half of a country composed of Scotch-Irish and tbe other half is pooulated by Germans. The Scotch-Irish settlers were good judges of land, and ther invariably located in th hnu toms along the rivers. The result is that in wins iun uio mcio. o.uo icauit is mat in I timehey became very wealthy, and I don't be. I lleve a race of people has accomplished mora than they, unless we except the Hebrews. In ray State they have figured prominently In State affairs, and daring tbe Revolution dis played that wonderful backbone lor which they are noted. The Original Declaration. In fact, a year or so berore Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, a series of resolutions was adopted by the patriots of Mecklenburg county, declaring themselves Independent of Great Britain. Borne of the language in Jefferson's document is so similar to tbe .Mecklenburg declaration that in 1819 Jefferson came out andpronouncea the North Carolina paper spurious, but the Legislature of the State in later years proved its authenticity. Colonel Johnston said that the great problem in the South was what to do with the colored people. The whites will never consent to be dominated hf the blacks. They had such an experience once, and they never want another. Speaking of the late war, he said he had always opposed it until he found it was useless to continue his opposition, and then he allied himself with the Confederates. He had hoped that the States arrayed against each other would have negotiated for a settlement rather than attempt subjugation. AN ALABAMA DELEGATE SAYS THAT THE RACE PROBLEM DOMI NATES SOUTHERN POLITICS. The One Question Which Keeps the Demo cratic Party Solid Effects of the Farm ers' Alliance Scotch-Irishmen Slrongln Alabama. Another eminent Scotch-Irishman from the South is Dr. J. H. Bryson, of Hunts ville, Ala., for many years Moderator of the Southern branch of the Presbyterian Church. He said that there were a number of Scotch-Irish in his State, but the society having been recently organized contained only about 60 members. The Scotch-Irish in Southern Alabama migrated from South Carolina, while the representatives in the northern part of the State came from Virginia and Horth Car olina. It was the same old stock that wan dered from tbe eastern counties of Pennsyl vania down through the Shenandoah Valley. Turning the subject to politics, Dr. Bryson said: The Farmers' Gigantic Trust. Tbe Democrats meet to-day in Alabama to nominate a candidate f or G overnor. It will be one of the fiercest, hottest contests ever fongbt in the State, and will test the strength ot toe farmers- Alliance, which now prac- tically dominates the State. 1 don't like it because, first, it is a secret society, and I hate secrecy. I told some of them tbatit was the most stupendous trust I ever beard of. Tbey are opposed to national banks.and will not admit any man connected with these institutions. The line also is drawn on lawyers. One of their schemes is to have tbe Government establish large granaries in all parts of tbe country where the farmers can deposit their grain and have currency Issued to them for it to the ex tent of 8) per cent of Its value. This alliance is making a desperate effort to increase its strength, and I think tbe result will be that the colored people will get into power again. By the way, the colored problem is the great est that faces the country. The Democracy of tbe South is not solid against the North, but against the rnle of the colored people. The Whim Race Bluit Dominate. A white man will never be ruled by a colored one. This is a race question. We haven't anything against the Cegro personally, and we spend S160.UOO every year to educate bim. Of this amount he doesn't contribute 5,000. I notice that tbe education is only increasing the prejudices, and what will be the outcome C don't know. I wouldn't keep them in ignor ance as a solution of tbe problem. That would not be right. But I have no remedy for the evil to offer. If tbe negro was not in the South, you would see us split up on the tariff and a number of other questions, but at present tbe colored man is such a menace that we are com pelled by cirrgvstanecs to sun i united. This is tne reason, why we are Democrats. The col ored race is constantly increasing, and tbe time is coming when the Government will have to face the issue. Those will be perilous times, but all we can do now is for each man to be wise In bi3 generation. Colonel Johnston also spoke ot the colored race in a similar strain. R0BEBT BONNER TALKS. Be Thinks the Scotch-Irish Have a Perfect Right to Celebrate. Mr. Robert Bonner was interviewed last evening. Mr. Bonner is a gentleman or about G5 years of age, short of stature and somewhat gray-haired. In answer to some questions Mr. Bonner said: Yes; I am aware that a great deal of odium has been cast nn the Scotch-Irixh; but I don't think that any of it has stuck. Tbe celebration of the Scotch-Irish celebration is not the cele bration of a foreign nation, it is merely a tri bute to the race from which we spring. There is no use denying that America contains very many distinct races whicb it will take years to assimilate. We cannot blame these races for honoring their desent The Puritans are not slow in vannting of their ancestry. Tbe Knickerbocker club in New York is a memorial to a race. Tbe pure blooded Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Then why shall the Scotch Irish, who deserve as much latitude as any of these people, not celebrato the deeds and worth of their sturdy sires T LOOKS LIKE A RACE WAR. THE RIGHT TO A SOUTHERN SIDEWALK CAUSES A ROW. A Trio of Colored Women Whipped for Refusing- to Give Way for White Girls The Negroes Are Procuring Arras nnd Ammunition for Revenge. rSFSCIJlX. TXXEQBAJt TO TUB DISPATCH.! Bibminoham, Ala, May 28. A serious race war is threatened at Six Mile, a small town in Bibb county. SO miles southwest of this city. Yesterday four young ladies were walking along the principal street of the town when they were met bv three negro women, Dora Carter, Tillie Belcher and Manay Johnson. The sidewalk was narrow, and both parties refused to make any room. The negro women then pushed the white women into the street, at the same time applying a num ber of vile epithets. Last night a party of white men went to the bouses of the' three negro women and, dragging them from bed in their night clothes, gave them a terrible flogging. One of the women was beaten into insensibility and all of them were whipped in a brutal manner. This created great excitement among the negroes of the town, and at au early hour this morning negro men began to assemble on the streets and talk the matter over, at the same time threatening ven geance against the whites. They soon be came demonstrative, and the whites grew alarmed and began to arm themselves. The negroes were ordered to disperse, but showed no inclination to do so until they were at tacked by tbe whites and driven off the streets by force. Many of them showed fight, and for a time a bloody riot was threatened, but the negroes being outnum bered and poorly armed drew off to wait for reinforcements. All the negroes for ten miles around the town are gathering in the vicinity of Six Mile, and they have telegraphed several orders lor guns and ammunition to this citv. They are much excited and threaten to burn the town and kill every white man who at tacks them. The town is guarded by 200 well ar,med men, who will kill every negro who attempts to make trouble. Latest reports from tbe town say the negroes are receiving guns and pistols, and a conflict is expected before morning. The negroes are congregated in large num bers near the town, and it is thought they will make an attack to-night. The men who cowhided the three negro women, it is stated, wore masks, and the dispatches from there do not give their names. Died From a Blow on the Henri. PAEKEBSBUBO, May 26. William O'Heal died to-day from the effects of a blow on tbe head dealt him by Ross Sweeny on tbe ferryboat Maggie Paden yesterday. " ....,, . ua9 A um jvw....j The row grew out of adiipnte about a girl. I PITTSBURG, THORSDAT, MAT NO MORE COLD TEA To Famish Inspiration to the Mem bers of the Lower Honse. SPEAKER BEED .CLOSES THE-BAR Which Has Been in Full Operation From Time Immemorial. THE SENATE STAND IS STILL OPEN. Conidera.le Cariosity is to the Policy of Tiee Pret!- dent Morton. Speaker Reed introduced another innova tion yesterday when he closed the bar at which liquors were dispensed to members of the House. The Congressmen were forced to cross over to the Senate end to secure liquid refreshments. An effort will be made to close this place also. rTBOH A BTJLTT COBRZSFOXSEXT.l Washington, May 2a The sensation of the day at the Capitol was the order of Speaker Reed, issued about 12 o'clock, clos ing the restaurant of the House of Repre sentatives against the sale of liquor. It is a custom so old that the memory of man run neth not to the contrary to sell all kinds of drinks at the restaurant ot the House and Senate. There was never any restriction about it. The necessities of the members of the two branches of Congress made it imperative that there should be no beating about the bush in the sale of liquid inspiration, and therefore each of the restaurants has been a public bar, where the only attempt at con cealment at any time was the serving of whisky and brandy in teacups with sau cers, and when it was the proper caper to order such drinks by calling for "cold tea." EEED A SUDDEN' CONVERT. Recently there has been some agitation by the temperance people of the subject ot this open sale, without even the pretense ot a license, and there has been some very plain talk even from many who are very liberal in their opinions on this vexing topic. Ho attention was paid to this public sentiment. The whole question was igDOred. Hone of the former Speakers of the House dared to suggest a change from the old custom, which Was upheld by men who thought it was no crime to step up to a bar and take a drink of anything that suited their fancy. Persons who were loud in their advocacy of prohibition when at home, winked at the infraction of the general law in the unre stricted sale of liquor in the House and Sen ate restaurants. Speaker Reed went home a few days ago, having the same opinion ot the restaurants that he had always had, but1 something caused him to come back one of the most autocratic of reformers, and with his advent at the Capitol to-day came bis order for tbe cessation of the sale of drinks at the House restaurant. A MAINE MAN BENEFITED. Of course, it was ah order that was at once obeyed, and the members who have been accustomed to take a little toddy pre vious to lnduigingn a swell breaklast were astounded on repairing to tbe restaurant to find that a little red wine with luncheon or dinner was the extent of the sale of liquor at that place. The. consequence was that-: members of the House who have been a customed to take their drink at leisure were forced to-day to take a walk over to the Senate restaurant, which, by a strange co incidence, is kept by Mr. Page, from the State of Maine. It is quite possible that the Speaker was not aware of this fact at all, but it has been made the basis far a great deal of joking and rallying of the Speaker to the effect that he closed the House rsstaurant against tbe sale of liquor in the interest of a Maine constituent, who sells drinks at the other end of the Capitol. It is also true that tbe proprietor of the Congressional Hotel, a noted place situated oh the edge of tbe Cap itol grounds, was one of the leading spirits in agitating the prohibition of the sale of liquor at the restaurant of the Capitol. NOT A SERIOUS ACCUSATION. OT course the Speaker is not seriously accused of acting for the benefit of any of these interested people, but the situation makes him the subject of a great deal of pleasant raillery, which he endures with the sense of humor which pervades all that he thinks and says. General public sentiment is with him. It has always been considered a disgrace that bars should be run openly in the Capitol building of the country without license, the managers getting their places rent free, and the rooms being furnished at the expense of the public purse. The question now is whether the Presi dent of the Senate will follow the lead of the Speaker of the House, or whether, by his liberality, the proprietor oi the Senate restaurant will have a mo nopoly of the sale of liquor within the precincts of the Capitol. As Mr. Mor ton, the Vice President and the presiding officer of tbe Senate, allows a bar at the new hotel recently finished by him, it is thought that it would be hardly consistent for him to shut up the bar at tbe senate. In view of the fact, however, that the Senate is about to pronounce on the ques tion of permitting the various States to con trol the sale of liquor in "original pack ages," it is hoped by the temperance advo vates that some stand mny be taken by com mittee or in the Senate at large which will stop the conduct of a bar in the restaurant and thus break up the sale of liquor as an intoxicating beverage at the Capitol. IilGUTNEK. HENHEPIH CAHAL AND ALL. The River and Harbor Bill at Last Passed by the Bouse. "Washington, May 28. The river and harbor bill was called up for final action in the House to-day. Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, moved to recommit the bill with instrnction to the Committee on Rivers atid Harbors to report it back with the Hennepin Canal clause stricken out The motion was lost. Yeas, 61; nays, 128. The bill was then passed, without division. IMPARTIAL IHYESTIGATIOir. A Commissioner to Inquiro Into the Effects of tho Liquor Traffic. "Washington, May 28. Senator Blair,, from the Committee on Education and Labor, to-day reported favorably, with some amendments, the House bill for the appoint ment by the President of a commission of five persons to be selected solely with refer ence to their personal fitness and capacity for an honest," impartial and thorough in vestigation of the liquor traffic. THEN THE FUR "WILL FLY. To-Dny tbe Senato Committee Will Tko Up the Tariff Bill. "Washington, May 28. The Senate Committee on Finance will begin consider ation of the tariff bill to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The first thing to be decided is whether or not hearings shall be given to persons'desiring changes in the schedules as made up in the bill as it passed the House. Pennsylvania Appointments. "Washington, May 28. President Har rison to-dav nominated .Tosenh "). Tterbev. - - -i r - -. of Pennsylvania, to be consul at para 1890 TWELVE David L. Barton has been appointed post master at Meroer. M'KINLEI PKELS BETTER. ALLISON CHECKMATED BY ADROIT MOVE. SHERMAN'S There Will be No Substitute, nnd ft Will bo tbe House Dill or Nothing: Some Re publican Senators Much Displeased Be cause of the-Predicament. rSFXCUI. TSLIOKAX TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 "Washington, May 28. Major McKin ley left for Cleveland with President Har rison to-night firm in the conviction that the little surprise which he and Senator Sherman so adroitly prepared and executed upon Senators Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock and Jones, of the Senate Finance Committee, had saved his pet tariff bill from annihilation. It is reported on trustworthy authority that when Major Mc Kinley was informed of tbe action of the Senate committee in deciding that the lull committee must consider the tariff bill he exclaimed: ""Well, that's the end of Alli son and that measly sub-committee." Major McKinley and his friends, have all along felt that Senators Allison and Aldrich and their coterie in the Senate were in favor of emasculating his bill, which he so cleverly put through the House, and he -can well afford to laugh at their discomfit ure when tbey find themselves so effectually checkmated. Senator Sher man, however, no doubt realizes that he is in something of a predicament. He finds himself allied to the five Democrats on the Finance Commit tee, which is not a very pleasant situation for him. He refused absolutely to-day to Bay a word about the rupture in the com mittee, and said that he had not heard of any unusual action having been taken herein. Senator Sherman is one of those Senators, so few in number, who will not speak of what takes place in the committee room except when it suits their convenience to do so. It is well known, however, that he and Major McKinley had an understand ing before tbe proposition was broached for the discussion of the McKinley bill in the committee. It is reported that the real reason of the discomfiture of this sub-committee is that they had prepared a complete substitute for the McKinley bill, which was to be known as the Allison bill. There was much talk in the Senate chamber to-day about the gloomy outlook for the passage of the tariff bill caused by the action of the Finance Committee, and it appears that a majority of the Senators think Mr. Sherman made an unwise move. A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. IMPORTATION OF CANADIAN TERS TO CHICAGO. CARPEN- Tho Cnrrylnsr Out of the Advertisement Constitntes n Contract Wlndom Advises the Inspectors to be Tlgilant and Active In Reporting All Such Cases. "Washington, May 28. Secretary "Win dom has sent a letter to Mr. George F. Stitch, Immigrant Inspector at Chicago, in regard to the enforcement of the alien con tract labor law with respect to aliens com ing in from Canada, in which he says: You call my attention to tbe following adver tisement clipped from a Canadian paper: "600 carpenters wanted; good competent men will be given steady work, at from HO cents to 40 cents per hour. Apply at Builders' Exchange, IK) la Salle street. Chicago." I assume from yonr letter that this advertisement was in serted by tbe Builders' Exchange, an associa tion or corporation doing business in Chicago. Itcintalns a proposition to nav a rflnrt mm. ' tent v.uoenter from SO to -10 cents per hour, and M" u.u. c.cAuj vuijjiwjiuiujjL, uu iue condition ot accepting tho offer, coming to tbe United States and engaging in labor for tbe Builders' Exchange. If an alien does accept that propo- fituuu, uui tome to tne unnea atates to en gage in labor for tho Builders' Exchange, he complies with his part of all that is involved in the proposition. The minds of tbe offerer and of tho accepter meet and thus form one of the prohibited contracts of the statute. In my judgment if the above conditions and farts conld be proven In a court, it would be heH that the Builders' Exchange was liable to the penalties denounced by the law. I have no doubt of the right of the officers appointed by the Secretary, to make tho proper investiga tions necessary to determine whether the in coming alien is here in violation of the law, without reference to the place where tbe in vestigation may, from the nature of tbe case, be required to be made. It is Important that immigrant inspectors, particularly tnose on the borders of Canada, be diligent in using all firoper measures to discover violations of the aw. and report them, with the evidenco that may be obtained, to the collector of customs of the proper district. A COMPLETE SURRENDER. No Need for Congress to Take Action on the Ccnsns Questions. rSPECTAL TELIQRAM TO THE DISrATCH.1 "Washington, May 28. The order issued by Superintendent of the Census Porter to enumerators telling them that they have no power to compel citizens to answer questions put to them is regarded by Congressmen generally as meaning that the department has backed down in the controversy, and that it is not necessary, therefore, for any action to be taken by Congress to instruct the enumerators as to their duty and privil-. eges. ah enorts, tnerefore, to secure the passage of a restricting resolution in Con gress have been abandoned. Superintend ent Porter is out in a long interview to-day in which he attempts to counteract the effects of the universal protest that is going from all parts of the United 8tates. In the interview Mr. Porter makes no new point, simply saying that Congress ordered the questions to be asked; that they have been asked by enu merators in previous censuses; that they are a part of the inquiry made in foreign countries, and that the statistics requested are of vital importance to the medical pt-o-fession. Hot content, however, with rjointini? ont the fact that Congress commands him to collect these statistics, Mr. Porter defends the obnoxious questions as being eminently necessary and proper. Representative Mc Adoo, who has been the champion of the opposition in Congress, says that he is in clined to let the whole matter drop now, as Mr.Porter's supplemental instructions issued to-day renders any further' action unnec essary. BOUND FOR CLEVELAND. The Presldentnl Party Off to Assist In the Garfield Blemorinl Services. "Washington, May 28. The President and party, consisting of Vice President Morton, Secretary 'Windom, Postmaster General "Wanamaker, Secretary Rusk, Attor ney General Miller, Representative McKin lev and Marshal Ransdell, left "Washington at"7:40 o'clock this evening on a special train over the Pennsylvania road' to attend the Garfield memorial services at Cleveland on Decoration Day. Secretary Blaine was not able to accom pany the Presidental party, and Has tele graphed his regrets. 9 OVER THE PRIB0N WALL. -r. An Ohio Convict Effected ITU Escape Whllo the Guard Was Sleeping. tSPECIJU, TELEQEA1I TO THE DISrMTCII. Columbus, May 28. Timothy "Whalen, a three-year prisoner from Licking county, received in 1888 for burglary and larceny, escaped from tne penitentiary at 10 o'clock to-night by passing over the wall. He was engaged as night engineer at the gas office, and secured a ladder with which he reached the top of the wall and received a rope and gas rod from outside parties, with which he came to the ground. The guard was asleep when "Whalea left., I PAGES. Tm& CENTS J , 1 -t JsS MUKDER OR SUICIDE. Body of Kimber, the YouDg Briton Who Vanished From Montreal, DISCOVERED RESERVOIR. Throat Was Cut and There Stones in His Pockets, POSSIBLY ANOTflEE BEHWELL CASE. Wealthy EeUtires in England Will Push the Investi gation to the End. 'Thomas Kimber, a wealthy youngEnglish man, disappeared from Montreal in April. His body was found in the city reservoir yesterday. The coroner's jury decided that it was a suicide, but all the evidence points to a murder. The case is very similar to the famous Benwell tragedy. ISPrCIxl. TELEGRAM TO THE SISFATCS.1 Monteeal, May 28. The mystery sur rounding the disappearance of Thomas Kimber, the- young Englishman who van ished from this city in the middle of April, has been solved by the discovery of his body to-day in the city reservoir. The case, which is believed to be another Benwell case, has been the talk of.the whole country for months, acd the finding of Kimber's body has created a great sensation. Kimber arrived from Topsbam, Exeter, England, where his parents, who are well-to-do people, reside, by the Dominion line steamer Sarnia, on April 11 last. He took up his quarters with thre'e companions, whom it is supposed he met on the voyage, at the Grand Central Hotel, a second-class house near the Grand Trunk depot. A SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE. After a heavy spree he suddenly disap peared from the hotel. "When the door of his room was forced open, the floor and fur niture were fonnd bespattered with blood, and a razor covered with hair and blood and a number ot bloody handkerchiefs were discovered. For some unexplained reason his disappearance was kept a secret by tbe proprietor of the hotel for a couple of weeks, when it became known, and the whole detective force of the city was em ployed in the case. Kimber's father, who is aj prosperous merchant at Topsbam, England, communi cpted with the Dominion Government through Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian High Commissioner, and Major Sherwood, chief of the secret service, was also em ployed on the case. The efforts of the de tectives to discover a clew to the mystery proved utterly futile, and Kimber's fate would probably have continued to be a mys tery for some time longer had not an acci dent resulted in the discovery of the body to-day. Montreal draws its water supply from two large reservoirs. One, known as the High Level Reservoir, is situated at the base of Mount Royal. Passing- to his work at an early hour this morning Antoine Berri chon, a stonemason, crossed over the Moun tain park by the side of this reservoir. MAKKS OP VIOLENCE. Suddenly his gaze was attracted by some thing white and unusual in the water, and the next instant a human head came into view. Berrichon, who knew nothing of the Kimber mystery, called to a park police eSSX fua.theyxemoTed the body from the reservoir. The body was iu on advanced state ot decomposition, but marks of vjq.encs were plainly discernible. There were three cuts in the left side of the neck, besides a long, deep cut across the throat. A towel marked "T. Styles" was wrapped tiehtlv aruuuu tne ucck, anu lurnunea tne Clew 10 the mystery. On the body being examined at the morgue three large stones weighing from six to eight pounds each were found in tbe coat pockets. Kimber is supposed to have had considerable money when he disappeared, but all that was found on his person was 15 cents in change. On his flannel undershirt was worked "T. S. Kimber." A flagrant in stance ot the loose manner in which investi gations are conducted in such cases was sup plied after the finding of the body. Ho sooner bad the remains been removed to the morgue than a jury was sworn in, and after several witnesses had been examined a verdict that the deceased had committed suicide was returned without an autopsy be ing held on the remains. A HASTY VEBDICT. Dr. Mount, the only pbysican who'exam ined tbe body, said he thought it was a case of suicide, but couldn't say positively until he had made an autopsy, notwithstanding this the jury returned a verdict at once. There is great indignation over the way in which the investigation had been conducted, and it is denounced oc all sides as disgrace ful. There is a strong suspicion that there has been loul play in theycase and that it may turn out a repetition of the case of Benwell, the young Englishman whose murder near "Woodstock, Ont., and the sub sequent arrest of Burcnell. caused such a sensation in both hemispheres. Tbe feature of the case that is giving rise to the strongest suspicion is how a man could possible cut his throat to the extent of five inches, quietlyleave his hotel in the lower section of tbe city in broad daylight at ii o docs: in tne morning, and with a bloody towel wrapped around' his neck, weak with the loss of blood, stagger through the public streets that lead to tbe mountain, whicb must have been crowded with people at that hour of the day, climbing a steep hill to tbe reservoir, surmount the high iron railings that surround it, and plunge into the water. Such a proceeding is pronounced by lead ing medical men as absurd. The fact of the heavy stones found in the deceased's pockets and only 15 cents in money being discovered on his person, also adds to the strong suspi cion of foul. play. THE MUEDEE THEOET. Detective Grose, of this city, who has been employed by tbe Dominion Govern ment in the case, says it is a straight case of murder, and he made a report to that effect to the Dominion (iovernment. He is of the opinion that Kimber was murdered by some ot bis acquaintances who came out with him on the ship either for his money or in a row. and that after tbe killing they took his body in a cab to the reservoir, put the stones in his pockets and threw it in. The blood stains in the room were probably placed there after the killing. He regards.it as impossible that a man could cut his throat as severely as Kimber's was and then walk through the crowded thorpugbfares of the city without attracting attention. According to the statements of people who came to this country on the Sarnia and saw Kimber, he did not look like a man who would commitsuicide. He associated with several rather suspicious characters while on board ship and it is feared that they may have had something to do with his death. Styles, the hotel proprietor, persists in say ing that he saw Kimber leave the hotel on the morning of April 11, and that he was walking quickly at the time and didn't seem to have anything the matter with him. Altogether the case is a most mysterious one and calls for a close investigation. Major Sherwood, Chief of the Dominion Secret Service, who was acting at the re quest of Kimber's people in England, through the Colonial Office, is also of tbe opinion that Kimber met tbe same fate that Benwell did. Kimber's relatives will be communicated with and it is expected that a searching investigation will be held, though the probability is that it will never be Known wnetner lumber commuted gui- cide or was murdered. IT WAS A NEWJORK EED A HACKIA 'NERYE. 1 WHO ATTEMPTED TO BLOW UP THE HAY- IS MARKETMONUMENT. j. ,. ffi -f . v, to - p-.- Arrest of a Man Who Was Formerly One of II err Mon'i Trusted Lieutenants Ills Accomplices Will Soon bo Behind the Bars. rsPECIAI. TXLZOKAM TO T1TE DISr A.TCIt.1 Chicago, May 28. "When the can of dynamite was found at the base of the Hay market monument last week, Police Lieu tenant Ripley made up his mind that the explosive was not placed there by Chicago Anarchists. The "Reds" of this city are Working desperately to secure the pardon of their comrades at Joliet, and they have been careful not to do anything inimical to the interests of the prisoners, and, working upon his theory that a stranger placed the ten pounds of giant powder on the monument, Lieutenant Ripley began to scour the city for foreign Anarchists. He soon learned that Joseph. Kaiser, of Hew York, a member of the Joban Most wing of the radicals, came to Chicago about a month ago. Kaiser, it was learned, had lived in Hew York for" several years, and until a short time ago he was one of Most's most ardent admirers. He had also spent several months in foreign jails. Kaiser, who is a tinsmith by trade, has been in correspondence with the Hew York Reds ever since he reached this city. He has been peddling relig ious books and pictures from house to house in order to cloak his mission to the authorities here. He boarded on "West Huron street, and his Sundays and even ings have been spent in beer halls near Hay market square. Last Friday night Kaiser left his boarding house and nothing more was seen of him. He left a trunk containing some well worn clothing, but no dynamite was found. Most in the last issue of his paper com mented on the plot and claimed his Chicago friends had nothing to do with Kaiser. This was the first intimation that the two men had quarreled. It is supposed that Most, becoming jealous of Kaiser's growing popu larity among the radicals and being aware of the nature of his rival's mission, took this opportunity to strike at him. Kaiser is now at the Central police station and under heavy guard. He made some show of re sistance, but the revolvers of the offiers soon quieted him. He has been identified as one of the men seen lurking around the monu ment Friday night. His companions are known and will be arrested. FORGED HARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Capture of a Convict Who Escaped and Went to Sonih America. rSPECXAL TKLECEAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Philadelphia, May 28. Thomas J. Passo, ex-Chief of Detectives ol Hew Orleans, and a fugitive from justice, was captured at the Broad street station to night. "While occupying the office of Chief of Detectives in the city of Hew Orleans Passo became enamored of a young woman named Catharine Knhn. He had already been married, of which fact Miss Knhn was ignorant. Alter short court ship he persuaded her into a clandestine marriage. To escape the charge of bigamy he drew up the marriage certificate and a mock ceremony was performed. He forged the name of Judge Voorhis to the document. Miss Knhn, in a fit of frenzy, procured a re volver and went in search of him. She found him sitting in his office, and, taking a aim, fired at him, the ball taking effect in his right side. It was at first thought that the wound would prove fatal, but cith the assistance of tha best iirgeons anl a strong conititu tfon, Passo 'linally recovered. Miss Kubn was arrested for the shooting and held for trial, but was acquitted. The charge of forging the name ot a judicial officer was brought against Passo. He was tried, con victed and sentenced to 14 years in the State prison. After undergoing an incarceration of about 11 months, he effected his escape and reached South America, where he re-mained-antil a few weeks ago. FIGHTING FOR HER CHILD. A Mother Discovers Her Abducted Daughter After a Protracted Search. ISPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUX DI8PATCH.1 St. Louis, May 28. A remarkable story of a mother's search for her stolen child developed in the Circuit Court to-day. The mother is Laura De Salva, tbe divorced wife of "William J. Russell, a wealthy resident of San Francisco. She was given a divorce by default some two years ago from Rus sell, and her 12-year-old child, Laura Russell was placed in the convent of Hotre Dame, San Francisco, by an order of of the court. A year ago Mrs. Russell married a wealthy Spanish-American, E. De Salva, and continued to live in San Francisco. Last February Russell abducted his daugh ter from the Convent ot Hotre Dame and brought her to this city, where he placed her in the Sacred Heart convent. The mother employed a score of detectives and spent thousands of dollars in -search for the child. Finally a clew was obtained, and she arrived here to-day with her husband and maid. A writ of habeas corpus was served on the Superioress ot the convent, and tne child was produced in court this morning. To-day the case was continued until Saturday, and the mother almost faint ed when she discovered her former husband, Russell, tbe father of the child, in court. TWO ESCAPED CONVICTS. Trusted Prisoners Bind, Gas: and Hob tho Doorkeeper and Light Ont. TbenTon, May 28. A great sensation was caused here to-night by tbe announce ment that two prisoners had escaped from the State prison. The two convicts are Henry Jackson and Thomas Thomas, fire bugs, sentenced in February, 1884, to 30 years. They were trusted convicts who waited on the prison clerk and Keeper Pat terson's family. ' "While most of the keepers were in attend ance at the night school for convicts these two sand-bagged Doorkeeper Charles Par ker and bound and gagged bim, robbing him of $800 which he had on his person and made good their escape. UNRAVELING A MYSTEBY. A Negro Arrested Charged With Murdering His Housekeeper. . Hoeth Adams, Mass., May 28. The home of John Dilworth, situated on Top Mountains, two miles west of Stamford Vil lage, Vt., was the scene Tuesday of what at first appeared to be a sudden and natural deatb, the result of a prolonged hard cider debauch, but which, on investigation, proves to be a most horrible murder. The victim was "Mag" Shea, and tne per petrator of the deed is believed to be Hick Bradley, a negro, for whom the deceased has kept house for a year or so. Bradley is ar rested. TSM)TffT. DEVERE SENTENCED. The Notorious Clairvoyant Will Take a Ten Years' Rest In Prison. Toledo, O., May 28. In the Court or Common Pleas to-day, Madame Devere, who was found guilty of forgery, received a sentence of ten years'at hard labor in the penitentiary. She was a clairvoyant, and notes aggre gating some $25,000" which had the name of Richard Brown, the well-known iron master of Ypungstown, forged as signatures were negotiated for her by Joseph Lamb, of the United States Express Company. Lamb was tried for the forgery, but acquitted on oue indictment, with two more pending. net and Another Englishman 4 HE PROCEEDS TO SHOW THE T0WIT. After Getting' Diamonds, Money and a Fins Sinner at Delmonico's BE PALLS KJT0 DETECTIVES' CLUTCHES, Toe Charge Being That He Swindled a Widow Whom He Promised to Marry. An ex-hackman of He w York was arrested just after'dining at Delmonico's with two wealthy Englishmen. He was wanted for swindling a widow. The clever fellow had gained favor and valuable presents from tho Britons. Hew Yobk, May 28. To step from' s sumptuous dinner table in Delmonico's, where he had been dining with two wealthy Englishmen, one of them a baronet, into the clutches of a detective and thence to a prison cell, was the experience of John McDermott, who was arrested last evening for swindling people out of various sums of money, and lor whom the detectives have been looking for some time. The Englishmen were Sir Robert Peel, who arrived in this conntry on Sunday night, and Mr. Clifford Talbot, who came here on the Aurania. THEY TRUSTED HUT. They met McDermott, who told them he was Inspector Byrnes' head detective, and was coming from Germany, where he bad delivered a forger to the authorities. He promised to show them the sights of Hew York, end got into their good graces. Sir Robert presented bim with a diamond scarf pin worth S800, turned over his baggage checks to him, gave him iour English 5 notes; in short he and Mr. Talbot placed themselves practically in his hands. They had been looking at the sights of the city up till Tuesday night, when they dined at Delmonico's. J Detective Sergeants McClusky and Mull- holland, of Inspector Byrnes' staff, were passing Delmonico's at the time, and look ing through a window, saw McDermott, whom they recognized sitting at a table. They waited until he came out and put him under arrest. WANTED FOE LAECENT. His friends were dnmbfounded, but tha detectives explained matters. McDermott, they said, was wanted lor the larceny of $1,250, out of which sum he swindled Mrs. Thayer, a widow living at Munsey, a small town in this State, under promise of mar riage. To-dav Mrs. Thayer came to this city and identified McDermott Sir Robert Peel made no complaint, but left for Chicago. McDermott is 44 years old. and was a hack driver in this city. He will be arraigned in court to-morrow morning. COMING BACK FBOX CANADA Another Boodle Alderman Appears Upon His Former Stamping; Ground. ISrSCIAI. T-XICUX TO TUB DISPATCH. '. NewYobk, May 28. Another of the Canadian boodle colony is in town. He is ex-Aldermau Charles Dempsey. It was annfanctd that !:e lad left 3Ioutreilat io'ejock on Tuesday atttraoon and rraftoi this cisj at 7 o'clock this morning, At noojD it was said that he bad not been able fy secure bondsmen, ;and that he had gone over to Jersey City so as to be out of the reach of a bench warrant from tbe Court of General Sessions. To-morrow he will prob- ably complete his arrangements io give tha $40,000 bail required of all boodle aldermen and alleged bribe-givers of 1884. Demp.ey fled to Canada with John Keenan, "Billy" Moloney, and ex-Aldermen Saylesand DeLacey as soon as the sky hereabouts in the early summer of 1886 began to grow dark lor aldermen of 1884, and the men who were bribing them. In October, 1886, he was indicted for bribery in connection with the granting of the Broad way railroad franchise. GAVE TTTM UP, BUT SUICIDED. A Young; Girl Whose Parents Objected tp Her Dissipated Lover. rsrECIAL TXLEORAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Laddonia, Mo., May 27. Miss Susan Richardson, a handsome and educated young woman of 24 years, is tbe central figure in a, sensational affair that developed here this morning. Miss Richardson was engaged to William Danderman, a popular young man of rather convivial habits. Miss Richardson's parents and a number of her" friends opposed tbe match, but the girl re fused to give up her lover. The wed ding was set for last night, and all preparations for tbe event had bee made. At the last moment the parents of the girl made a strong appeal to her to give up Danderman. She hesitated, but finally said she would oblige her parents. She dressed herself in her wedding clothes, retired to her room and was found dead this morning. She had taken strychnine. Tbe young man in the case is wild with grief, and is kept in restraint, as it is feared he will take his life. A PECULIAR CAPTURE. An scnped Buckeye Burglar Found Operating; la Female Attire. rSPXCIAI. TELIORAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Columbus, May 28. The State prison warden to-day received information that Frank Hook, a recently escaped convict from here, had been captured at Ravenna under peculiar circumstances, dressed in female attire, that he might mora easily gain access to the houses. Hook was working that place as a sneak thief. Some young fellows tbat saw him began to flirt with him, but Hook, mistak ing their gestures, thought they had discov ered his disguise and started to run. As he did so he revealed from nnder his skirts a big pair of boots. Tbe police soon had him under arrest and he will comeback to serve out his sentence. STBAKOSCH OWNS NOTHING, But Apparently Owes a Good Deal Whleh He Will Not Pay. fSPECIAL TELEOHAlt TO THE DISPATCH.! Hew Yobk, May 28. Lawyers Joseph Steiner and Charles Steckler examined Carl Strakosch, the theatrical manager, in sup plementary proceedings to-day, on a judg ment obtained by William G. Dietrich, for $916 25. Strakosch is tbe husband of Clara Louise Kellogg and managed her opera company. ' Strakosch testified that he had no means whatever, tbat his wife owned tbe furniture in the flat which they occupied, and that she paid the rent of the flat. FRITZ EMMET DIVORCED. His Wife Secures an Absolute Decreo la Ins New York Courts. j rsnCIAX, TZLIGKAM TO THB DUPATCH.l ' Albany, May 28. A decree of absolute divorce was to-day entered up against Fritz Emmet by his wife. There was no de fense', and the divorce was granted on tha ground of various acts of infidelity. Fritz is not given leave to marry azaia. . L.tE :r I- r a a i uuk uia nun u ucc u act sa one cnoosci. m M V"