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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.
ULSTER- IN
The Second Scotch-Irish Con
gress of the United States
Meets in Pittsburg.
WELCOME OF THE MAYOR.
Governor Beaver Extends the Hospi-
tality i
of the Coiamonweallu
of Pennsylvania.
THE PRESIDENT COMES T0-M0RB0W
Harrison and His Cabinet Have Premised
to be Present During the Fore
noon Session.
HISTORICAL ADDRESSES DELIVERED.
lie Clttennm's Development, the Scoteh.Irfsh in
Kcw England, and General Earn
Houston Discussed.
DAXIELL AKD BEECXIKEIDGE fOE 10-DiT
'Yesterday was the opening day or the
second annual congress of the Scotch-Irish
Society. Robert Bonner presided, and
Mayor Gourleynnd Governor Beaver wel
comed the guests. Several addresses were
made d urine the first day's sessions that
were heartily enjoyed by large audiences.
President Harrison, it is positively an
nounced, will be here to-morrow morning.
The second annual convention of the
Scotch-Irish Society of America began in
this city yesterday. The popular sessions,
where the historical addresses are delivered,
are held in Mechanical Hall, on tne Alle
gheny river front; the business meetings, to
which only members are invited, in the
ordinary of the Monongahela House.
The hall is well decorated. From one
iron pillar to another, long festoons of red,
white and blue depend. The stage is trim
med with orange and green, and the wall
above the stage contains the society's coat of
arms, bearing the red hand of Ulster with
its three drops of blood hanging motionless
in the air.
Chairs on the stage are occupied by the
prominent men of the society. President
Robert Bonner has a table and a chair by
himself and at his side sits Secretary Floyd,
Amove ibe Ilonored Gaols.
Behind them sat yesterday Governor
Bearer, Mayor Gourley, Bev. Dr. John
Hall, Bev. Dr. Mcintosh, Prof. Perry, H.
P. Ford, "Richelieu" Robinson, Colonel
Capers and other officers and speakers.
The attendance at the forenoon session
was not large. It appears that au impres
sion got abroad that an admission fee was
charged. The sessions in Mechanical Hall
are absolutely free, and every person who
comes will be given a souvenir badge. In
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Governor JJeaver, TTAo Welcomed the Quests.
the evening the attendance was very good,
but the hall's capacity is so great that a
thousand people do not look like many.
President Bonner is an excellent presid
ing officer. He is brief, punctual and per
emptory. His short introductions are neat,
terse and telling.
Yesterday afternoon there was no organ-
ized plan of entertainment for the delegates.
They amused themselves as their sweet will J
dictated. In small parties many of them
visited the municipal buildings and looked
into some of the mills.
Ladles May be Made Members.
A meeting of the Executive Committee
was held at the Monongahela House. It
was voted to present an amendment to the
constitution to admit women to the society's
membership.
Many country people from the western
part of the State are in the city to attend the
congress. The coming of the-President and
Governor Campbell will make to-morrow a
great day of the conlerence, but the pro
gramme for to.day is attractive. The Cov
enanter service to be conducted by Rev. Dr.
John Hall, on Sunday evening, will attract
a large congregation. A number of the
Presbyterian churches of the city will be
closed on tnat occasion.
WELCOMED TO PITTSBUEG.
GOVERNOR BEAVER'S WARM WORDS OF
CORDIAL GREETING.
The Congress Called to Order Mayor
Gonrlry's Hprech for lUO'City Response
of Robert Bonnrr to Governor Beaver
Welcome for the Mate.
The Congress was called to order in Ma
chinery Hall at 11 o'clock by President
Robert Bonner, of New York. The hall
was festooned with tri-colored bunting, and
the stage was well arranged with potted
plants. On the wall at the rear of the stage
the association's coat of arms hnng in a
sqnare of pink, flanked by squares of orange
and green.
The entertainment was opened by the
Great Western Band playing a medley of
OBI"."-"" wu u.ib, nu.ku nas urissay
applauded. Mayor Gonrley was then in
troduced, and he delivered a welcome for
SESSION
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the city. Among other things, the Mayor
said:
You meet together, I take it, not only as
Scotch-Irish but as Americans, who experience
an undying pride in the imperishable clory
which attaches to American citizenship, lour
ancestors loved liberty and law. Your fathers
belonged to the patriot army, led by the im
mortal Washington during a mighty revolution
which gave birth to a new nation and made an
epoch in the world's history. During those
stormy davs when the sun was ofttimes over
cast and the moon was bometirues turned to
blood, the people or vonr race never faltered.
"If defeated everywhere else," said Washing
ton, "I will make my last stand for liberty
among the Scotch-Irish of Vircinia." What
your fathers helped to establish I know yon
will help to foster and maintain, to the end
that our nation shall not onlv challenge the ad
miration of the world, bnt continue to ocenpy
a position.in the vanguard of human progress
destined soon to usher in the "golden era of
humanity and the universal monarchy of man."
Welcomed by the Governor.
He then invited the visitors to inspect the
city and to look especially at its mills. The
welcome for Pennsylvania was spoken by
Governor James A. Beaver. He said that
while there was no Scotch-Irish blood in
him, he was raised in a Presbyterian com
munity and his wife was a Scotch-Irish
woman. He praised the work of the Scotch
Irish in Pennsylvania, and after alluding
to the fact that the race was a clannish one
and its members were scattered in all parts
of the nation, he concluded with these
words:
The great problem is that of unification. And
no more powerful means whereby to reach this
desideratum exists than this Scotch-Irish con
ference. I can, therefore, heartily, conscien
tiously, patriotically wish you godspeed! If
anything in this State, outside of Pittsburg, is
worth having, so far as my ability goes, you
shall have it. Ton are welcome to It.
The Governor was frequently applauded.
President Bonner briefly thanked the
Mayor and the Governor for their welcome.
He stid that Pittsburg's hospitality was so
celebrated, and her population had such a
large admixture of Scotch-Irish blood that
the delegates felt like coming to another
birthplace.
THE BCOTCB'IBISB
Rev. Dr. Hays read a short report on the
work of the local Executive Committee. 0H
Foundation of thc'Race.
Rev. Dr. John S. Macintosh, of Phila
delphia, was then presented, and read au
address on "The Making of theTJlsterman."
The seed bed of the race, he said, was in the
Lowlands of Scotland. The old Briton
formed the stock, and to it were added con
tributions from the Scot, the Pict, the Celt,
the Anglo-Saxon, the Frisian, the Dane, the
Jute and the Norman. During two cen
turies the Lowland race solidified, until
John Knox gave it the finishing touches. It
crossed the Irish Sea and became the Ulster
men. After struggles and triumphs there,
the race was driven by tyranny and persecu
tion to America, and here appears as the
Scotch-Irish.
Secretary Floyd read a cable message of
congratulation from the Mayor and city
officials of Bellast, Ireland, and from the
graudson of Davy Crockett. The congress
then took a recess until 8 p.m.
WORK OF THE EVENING.
TWO POWERFUL ADDRESSES LISTENED
TO BY A LARUE CROWD.
Prof. Perry on the scotch. Irish of New
Enclnnd Dr. Kelley Talks Entertain
ingly of rnm Houston Some Decidedly
Original Ideas Advanced.
At the evening session the audience was
quite large, but did not fill one-third of the
great hall. Fully half of the auditors were
ladies. The Great Western Band began the
entertainment with a Scotch medley. Presi
dent Bonner having called the congress to
order at 8:30 o'clock, Rev. John Hall, of
New York, said a prayer.
Prof. Arthur L. Perry, of Williams Col
lege, was introduced to speak upon "The
Scotch-Irish of New England." He read
his address. He said that early in the
spring ol 1718. Rev. William Boyd was sent
from Ulster to Massachusetts to look for a
haven for several hundred families. He
was an old soldier of King William. He
presented to the Governor of Massachusetts
a memorial signed by 319 names of heads of
families, declaring their good intentions.
Only 13 of these signers were unable to write
their names. This memorial parchment is
now in the possession of the Historical So
ciety of New Hampshire. The Governor
gave encouragement and the Ulstermen
came over. They came to escape the land
lease and the church tithe. They landed at
Boston on August 4, about 750 persons being
in the party. One man, James Young,, was
95 years old; there were 20 babies in arms,
ana tnree .rresbytenan clergymen. .Mac
Qregor, Conwell and Holmes. Only the
numerous Young family and the wife of
George Grey were Celtic Irish.
Mrong Men Were Needed.
tT'ft a 'ew exeeptions the immigrants
settled in three main centers, one of them
being "ft orcester. Worcester needed strong
men to aid the 50 families already there in
its defense against the Indians. In 1824
James McClellan. great-great-great grand
ather of George B. McClellan, was elected
a. Constable in Worcester. The Youngs
took the potato to Worcester and it was
first Wanted there in 1819. James Young
hvedtotheageot 107 yeirs and his son
yu -a V-E? of Their "aves are
side by side at Worcester. The Youngs are
now many in Massachusetts. Thev were
less enterprising than their neighbors and
more given to intoxicants, "though the
whole tribe," said Prof. Perry, "consumed
more than their share or liquor." Abraham
Blair and William Caldwell, in Wor
cester, and several in Londonderry
among them- Rev. Matthew Clark
were survivors of the defense of the other
Londonderry, in Ulster, in 1689, and by act
of Parliament they and their families were
exempt from taxation until the Revolution.
The Ulstermen met prejudices on the part of
the English Puritans, who called them
Irish. The immigrants were all Presby
terians, and were frequently compelled to
hold their church services in the open air.
The history of the TJJstermen in Worcester
discloses the injustice arid intolerance of the
Puritans. They were compelled to pay for
the support of the Congregational churches,
and at times to attend services there. About
1736, because of religrous prejudice and
quarreling, a number of Scotch-Irish fami
lies sold their lands at Worcester and re
moved to Colerain, near the northern bor
der of Massachusetts. Some settled Felham,
about 30 miles west of Worcester.
Cams to a Good Stopplns Place.
When Prof. Perry had read for 60 min
utes President Bonner tapped him on the
shoulder and asked him to close as soon as
he came to a good stopping place. He pro
ceeded to describe the destruction ot a Pres
byterian church by a Puritan mob by night.
Though the speaker's paternal ancestors
were Congregatiocalists, he severely de
nounced the ontraze. He then made his
bow, although his paper was not half read.
After music Rev. Dr. D. C. Kelley, of
Tennessee, spoke of "General Sam Houston,
the Washington of Texas." Dr. Kelley is
a short man, with a broad genial face, thick
gray hair and long whitening beard. His
kindly eyes are shaded by spectacles.
He said that he had no manuscript to read,
though he had one somewhere. He felt
somewhat like an anomoly. Scotch-Irish
were supposed to be Presbyterians; he was
a Methodist. The gentleman who preceded
him was an Abolitionist, while he was a
colonel in the Confederate service. It had
been his pleasure, at a recent Andrew Jack
son memorial in Chicago, to say that God
bad raised up for the American Republic
three leaders: Washington for the Consti
tutional, Jackson for the Nullification and
Lincoln for the Secession period. The
greatest of the three was Lincoln.
Dr. Kelley resides in the county in Ten
nessee where Sam Houston lived while he
was Governor of that State. He was of
Scotch-Irish parentage on both sides. He
CONGRESS IK SESSION.
was born near Lexington, Ya., was the son
of a revolutionary patriot, who left him to
the care of a widowed mother. She moved
from Western Virginia to Tennessee and
put her boy to work on a farm.
Ran Away Co the Indians.
Then he was taken into a country store,
but he ran away to the Indians. He said
that he had rather measure deer tracks than
tape. But he carried with him Pope's trans
lation of the Iliad and a few trans
lations from the Latin. He re
turned home now and then to buy
clothing That got him into debt, and to
pay those debts he took to teaching school.
Then he volunteered for the Creek war,
' served as an ensign, and by his great gal
lantry won the approbation of General
Jackson. After the war he studied law in
Tennessee, was elected to the Legislature
and was then made Governor of the State.
While Governor he married a good woman
and soon left her. She had confessed to
him that she loved another and that is was
only the ambition of her parents
which induced her to marry Houston. For
this explanation of the separation Dr.
Kelley said that he was indebted to Judge
Barry, still living, who was Houston's
groomsman. He resigned the Governor
ship, left his home and returned to the
Indians, where he was again received with
a hearty welcome. He soon appeared in
Washington pleading for just treatment of
the Indians by the Government. Against
great opposition and amid many calumnies,
he declaimed of the wrongs of the Indians
until he compelled Congress to hear him.
Stood by the Lone Stnr Stnte.
Houston then visited Texas, and was be
sought to settle there. He was elected a
member of the Constitutional Convention of
that Mexican province. It was biisplendid
statesmanship, his longsightedness, his tire
less activity that first held Mexico at bay
and then interested France and England in
the support of his project to establish a new
republic stretching from the Gulf of Mexico
to the Pacific Ocean. That would have beeu
done had not his chief object, the acknowl
edgement bv the United States of the inde
pendence of Texas, been first accomplished.
He stood by the Lone Star Republic until
its great area became a part of the United
States.
He represented that State in the United
States Senate. When, in 1854, the question
of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was
proposed bv the Kansas-Nebraska bill.
Houston foresaw, with almost the prophetic
vision ot Isaiah, the terrible results of such
an act. He did not hesitate to oppose the
measure, and to depict the strife and the
civil war which would ensue. He declared
that the nation would be shaken from the
center to the circumference. On his return
to Texas he found that the Democratic party
of the State was dissatisfied with his posi
tion in regard to that bill, and they nomi
nated another man for Governor. Houston
decided to stand as a Union candidate. He
stnmped the State from one border to an
other, drove the regular candidate from the
field of debate, and was elected by a large
majority.
Oosted From Ills Oder.
A few years later the secession ware
came and a secession convention was called
in Texas. Governor Houston begged for
delay, or at least that the question should
be submitted to a vote of the people. His
voice was not heeded, secession was voted
and Houston was ousted from his office. He
lived then in retirement until the close of
the war, when he gave utterance to this
sentiment: "I am lor no fragment of this
land, for no weak government, tor no mar
tial law. I am for liberty; the freedom of
the world and the prosperity of the Ameri
can continent" During his last years, in a
delightinl home, he became a Baptist. Be
fore his death he was the earnest champion
of Christianity and advocate of temperance.
Dr. Kelley was often applauded.
Colonel J. W. Echols announced the pro
gramme lor to-day: At 9 A. M. there will be
a business meeting of the society In the
ordinary of the Monongahela House, to
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PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, MAT
RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
Mr. Quay, Jr., Wins That Legislative
nomination in Beaver.
STEELING IS THE OTHER YICT0B,
While Townsend Secures 'All the Delegates
for Congress.
WALLACE IS STILL MOVING AE0DSD,
Bat-Falttsoa Continues to Eecelie the Democratic
Instructions.
A big vote was polled at the Republican
primaries in Beaver county yesterday. In
complete returns indicate ' the success of
Richard Quay, Sterling, and Townsend.
Delaware county Democratic delegates were
instructed for Pattison after a short struggle.
rSFECIAL TELEOEAM TO THI DISPATCH.!
Beaveb, May 29. The' length of the
ticket 36 candidates at tbe Republican
primaries to-day rendered the count very te
dious, and at 1 o'clock complete re
turns from but five districts have
been received, and incomplete ones
from less than a dozen out of the.
49 iu this county. These, however, render
it evident that O. C. Townsend, candidate
for renomination for Congress has elected all
of his 15 delegates, his competitor, Oscar
L. Jackson, having received in tbe five dis
tricts referred to but 92 out of a total of 398
votes of the Legislature candidates.
Richard R. Quay and Robert L. Sterling
are running close together for Legislature,
and are so far in the lead that the others, Ira
F. Mansfield and Dr. J. R. Lockhart, are
practically nowhere in the race. It seems
certain that later and complete returns will
not change the apparent situation. While
at this hour the count here, as
in the principal towns of the valley,
is but half complete, it seems evident that
Mansfield will not make the showing ex
pected at his own home. In the five dis
tricts from which complete returns have
been received, namely: West Bridgewater,
Beaver Falls, Second ward. Moon township,
Kew Sewickley and Brighton townships,
Quay received 395 votes, Sterling 347, and
Mausfield 159, while Lockhart's total does
not exceed 50.
Reports from Beaver Falls indicate that
the anticipated opposition of the anti-Quay
faction has not materialized to any great
extent. Sam P. White, of New Brighton,
candidate for nomination for State Senator,
was unopposed. J. Imbrie Martin,
present Deputy Sheriff, and Oliver
Moller, ot New Brighton, candidates for
nomination for Sheriff, are apparently run
ning neck and neck, with the result at this
hour partly conjectural. In the race for
Treasurer, Samuel Hamilton, of Beaver,
is regarded a sure winner. No
estimates can be given with any
degree of certainty upon the remaining
offices. Interest was manifested in all townB
of the valley here in the result, and the
machinery for getting out the vote and
utilizing it was put in operation at an early
hour.
WALLACE WORKING HAED.
HE STILL BELIEVES THAT HE IS IN THE
CONTEST.
Benjamin E. Meyers-Asierts . That Tie, -is
Especially Strong In tbe Democ'rntfo
Counties His One Difference With Gov
ernor Paulson.
ISrECIAL TKLEGBAM TO THZ DISPATCH. "
Philadelphia, May 29. Ex-Senator
Wallace 'arrived in the city to-day from
New York, and is registered at the Conti
nental Hotel, where he will remain for a
few days. During the evening he was
called upon by ex-Representatives Faunce
and Morgan, of this city, and Benjamin F.
Meyers, the Democratic leader of Dauphin
county. Mr. Wallace looks mnch improved
in health, and is apparently confident of
securing the Democratic nomination for
Governor. Mr. Meyers, who was one of the
participants in the Bellevue conference,
which was presided over by ex-Congressman
Seott, of Erie, wa. asked: "Are you still
for Wallace for Governor?"
"I am," was the reply, "and I believe he
will be nominated. The feeling in tbe Dem
ocratic counties is especially strong for
him."
"Do you not think that Governor Patti
son would make a stronger candidate before
the people?"
"Certainly not, or I should favor his nom
ination. I have no personal reasons for op
posing his nomination. When be was Gov
ernor before my relations with his adminis
tration were very pleasant. I had bnt one
difference with him, and that was because
he would not appoint a Democrat Superin
tendent of Publio Instruction when the
first opportunity in 30 years for such an ap
pointment occurred."
"But were you not bound by the agree
ment of the Bellevue Conference to Like no
active part in this contest for the Guberna
torial nomination?"
"Yes; but not any more so than the others
who attended that meeting. I kept faith
uctil it was broken by the members of that
conference from this citvand I then felt my
self released from the agreement. I had
even persuaded Senator Wallace, in accord
ance with the agreement made at that con
ference, to refrain from any 'pernicious ac
tivity,' and I know that he was passive until
the agreement w,as disregarded by members
of the conference themselves.
LIVELY IK WESTMORELAND.
Seventy-Six Candidates for the Varlons
Places on tbe Two Tickets.
(SPECIAL TELEQBAM TO Tint DISPATCH. 1
Scoitdalb, May 29. There are 76
Democrat and Republican candidates in
Westmoreland county for tne various offices.
There are 11 Democratic candidates tor the
Legislature and 7 Republicans. George F.
Huff, of Greensburg, has no opposition for
Congress on the Republican ticket. John
Gnffy, Democratic candidate for Congress,
was here to-day fixing up fences. He is
sanguine of his outlook for the nomination.
He is opposed by James Btewart ana ex
Sheriff Ben Byers.
Gnfiy rather favors Pattison as the guber
natorial candidate, but thinks Wallace will
do. He is one of the hardest workers of the
party in the county, and will be remembered
as doing some electioneering for Judge Doty
last fall. If nominated, he expects to re
ceive many Republican votes.
PATTISON SCORES AGAIN.
Four Delegates Instructed In His Favor
From Delaware County.
rSPECTAL TELIOKAM TO TUB UISPATCII.'
Media, May 29. Delaware County's
Democratic Convention to-day elected Gar
rett E. Smedley, Oliver B. Dickinson, John
Lentz Garrett and Amos C. Sbarpless lis
delegates to the State Convention, and by a
vote of 32 to 25 instructed them to vote for
the nomination of Robert E. Pattison for
Governor. County Chairman Dickinson
presided. There was little or no excitement
during the proceedings until after the
delegates .had been elected, when
a stir was caused by ex-Postmaster
James Jordan, of Clifton Heights,
moving that the delegates chosen be in-
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structed to vote for Pattison for Governor.
Michael Cronin, of Chester, moved an
amendment that the delegates go unin
structed, which was ruled out of order by
Joseph H. Hinkson, of Chester, a Pattison
adherent, who had been called to the chair
by Chairman Dickinson, who had tempora
rily vacated while he was being balloted
for as a State delegate.
Captain Frysinger, of Chester, who was
leading the Wallace forces, was anxious to
have the resolutions of instruction defeated,
as he insisted that two of the elected dele
gates favored Wallace's nomination, one
favored Pattison, while the fourth member
of the delegation was undecided. The Pat
tison leaders in the convention busied them
selves during the taking of the vote on the
question, and the victory was obtained by
them by a majority of seven.
THE KHIGHTS HT POLITICS.
Jefferson County Tollers Will Iioott After
Their Interests In Tbnt Line.
ISPKCU.Z. TELEQBAM TO THE DIBrATCIt.1
PtJNXSUTAWNET, May 29. The Knights
of Labor of this county have organized
politically and will pull together for the
interests of labor. John Fuge, of Horatio,
is Chairman of the organization, and W. H.
Ouigley, Secretary. Conventions will be
held to which the various assemblies of the
county will send delegates, prior to each
election, and those deemed' worthy of sup
port will receive the indorsement of the
organization.
K0LB WILL BE KNOCKED OUT.
Tbe Opposing Faction la Control of
the
Alabama Democratic Convention.
Montgomery, Ala., May 29 The
Democratic Convention met to-day and
seated anti-Kolb delegations in Lee nnd
Shelby counties, and split delegations in
Chilton county. This shows an unmistak
able majority in the convention against
Kolb of not less than 50, probably more.
The convention is still in session.
THE PLAINTIFF WINS.
MAINE DECIDES IN FAVOR OF ORIGINAL
PACKAGES.
Tho Supreme Court Indorses the Decision
of the Iown Case Statutes That Only
Prohibit TJnlawfoIness A Great Caio
Ended.
Augusta, Me., May 29. The Supreme
Court to-day announced a unanimous decis
ion in the noted Burns-liquor case, revers
ing the decision of the lower court, which
convicted Burns under the statutes. Burns
several years ago opened In Augusta an
"original package" business, selling only
liquors, however, that were imported from
the provinces or other countries, claiming
that the State had no right under the
United States Constitution tojinterfere with
bis business. Tne case has been carried up
step by step until it is now decided in
Burns' favor.
The Court says in part: "The Iowa case
just decided by the Supreme Court of the
United States clearly settles the question.
We are bound by that decision to reverse
the ruling below and to sustain the law as
contended for by the respondent. The
minority opinion in the Iowa case is elabor
ated and commends itself to many as con
taining the better conclusion. Our obedience
is due to the judgment which prevails. Our
statutes prohibit only unlawfulness,
interpretation must be Constitutional.'
Its
TBE TOBACCO QUESTION AGAIN
One of tbo Subjects Brought Before tbe
TJ. P. General Assembly.
rSPECTAL TELEQUAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Buffalo, May 29. The General Assem
bly of the United Presbyterian Church
accomplished very little actual work to-day.
Tbe session began in a gloomy way. A
telegram was read which announced tbe
death of a son of Dr. Gibson, of Delaware
Presbytery. Dr. J. A. Wilson, of Wooster,
O., acting as Moderator in the place of Dr.
Watson, of Egypt, tendered the condo
lences of the assembly to Dr. Gibson in an
appropriate speech. Committees were ap
pointed to take charge of these missions:
Foreign, Home, Freedmen's Church, Ex
tention. Public and Education. All matter
pertaining to these subjects will be referred
to these committees.
This afternoon committees were appointed
on bills and overtures, judiciary, narrative,
state of religion, finance, statistics, ways and
means, young people's organization's, re
vision, nominations, correspondence and
appropriation. A motion from the Presby
tery of Central Illinois, asking lor a law
forbidding the use of tobacco by the mem
bers of the church, was referred to the Com
mittee on Bills and Overtures. The reports
of various committees of no especial public
interest were referred. The assembly will
continue in session at least one week.
The evening session was devoted to a con
ference on Sunday school work. Addresses
were delivered by the Rev. Messrs. J. D.
Rankin, of Denver; J. J. Porter, of Pitts
burg, and J. G. Kennedy, of Welisville, O.
Adjourned till to-morrow morning.
1TC0MB GETS A BD70BCE.
End of Ohe of tho Most Celebrated Cases
of Harlial Infelicity.
tSPECIAL TELEQUAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, May 29. Lawyers
George H. Bates and Levi C. Bird, of Wil
mington, won a legal victory for the plain
tiff, James C. McComb, to-day in the Mc
Comb divorce case,oneof the most remarkable
that has ever attracted attention in any
conrt. The plaintiff. James C. McComb, is
the son of the wealthiest man the little State
has ever known. When quite a young man,
he married a Mary Wingate, a woman sev
eral years his senior and mnch below him
in social station.
The xnarrlaee at the time caused a con
siderable talk and aroused some oppo
sition in the young man's family.
He battled all this and for
years the two lived happily together;
parents became reconciled, and tne home ot
the Junior McComb was a model of domes
tic lelicitv. until charges of unfaithfulness
on both sides caused the present tronble.
CHINESE BOUND E0E OHIO.
A Numerous Party Coining; Into This Coun
try by Way of Mexico.
Washington, May 29. United States
Consul James Viosca, at La Paz, Mexico,
in a letter to tho State Department,
dated April 21, reports the arrival
of the steamer City of Sydney at
Mazatlan, on the 18th ol April, with 132
Chinese destined for the various gulf ports
of Mexico. Twenty-seven of them were
landed at Mazatlan and 85 trans-shipped on
the1
From authentio information received from
UlbjAUUIV IVI VIUUTUJaSi
the officers of the Alejandro, Mr. Viosca
says there is no doubt that the
85 Chinese going to Guaymas are
going with tbe intention of being
introduced into the United States, and it is
even insinuated that they are on their way
to Ohio. A number ol them speak the En
glish language, having resided in Australia.
President Pfelfler Indicted.
Philadelphia, May 29. The grand
jury has found two true bills of Indictment
against President Louis E. Pfeiffer, of the
Bank of America, and Receiving Teller S.
A.Pancoast, charging them with embezzlement
AT GARFIELD'S TOMB:
Tens of Thousands Gathering From
Near and Far to fay Eespect to
A MARTIEED PRESIDENT'S MEMORY
Mr. Harrison and Cabinet Officers Among
Those Who Wjll be Present at
LAKE VIEW HONUMEUr DEDICATION.
Confederate Prisoners' Grates to be Decorated by
northern G. A. K. lien.
Thousands of strangers and many distin
guished guests have arrived at Cleveland to
witness the unveiling of the Garfield Monu
ment Forty thonsand men are expected to
participate in the parade. At Johnson's Isl
and Confederate graves will be decorated by
Grand Army posts.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Cleveland, May 29. Cleveland is en
tertaining to-night President Harrison,
Vice President Morton, Major General John
M. Schofield, Commander in Chief of the
Army, General William T. Sherman, Sec
retaries Windom and Rusk and Postmaster
General Wanamaker, of the Cabi
net; ex-President Hayes, ex-Postmaster
General James, ex-Attorney General
Wayne MacVeagh and hundreds
of other distinguished people. The
city is in full holiday dress. Millions of
James A. Oar field.
flags and thousands 'upon thousands of
yards of bunting unite in giving the city an
entrancing appearance. Scores of bands, in
advance of military and civil societies
without number, are parading the streets.
In front of the Stillmin, where a reception
is being tendered the President and tbe dis
tinguished people, the crowd is overwhelm
ing, and it is impossible to get near the
house.
FORTY THOUSAND TO PAEADE.
There are no somber manifestations, no
display of mourning and no funeral marches
from the bands. The music is of a lively
character and the decorations are gay. The
mammoth parade, made up of 12 great
divisions and numbering atleast 40,000 men,
will move promptly at noon to-morrow. Tbe
.Knighti-Iemplar will be well in front, but
the survivors of Garfield's old regiment will
have the place of honor at the head. The
distance to Lakeview Cemetery, where the
Garfield monument is located is exactly five
miles straight out Euclid, avenue' and
the march will probably occupy two hours
nnd a half. Ex-President Haves, now
President of the National Garfield Memo
rial Association, will preside and will
make the opening speech. A chorus of
voices will sing "America,!' and prayer
will be offered by Bishop W. A. Leonard.
The oration will be delivered by ex-Governor
Jacob D. Cox, alter which the Presi
dent, Vice President, Members of the Cab
inet, General of the Army and Governor of
the State of Ohio will be Introduced.
GABFIELD'S OLD PASTOR.
The Knights Templar will supplement
the dedication ceremonies with the usual
service of that organization. The benedic
tion will be pronounced by Rev. T. D.
Powers, D. D., of Washington, pastor of
tbe church that President Garfield formerly
attended.
All of the evening trains brought in tre
mendous crowds of people, and there will be
a terrible crush o humanity to-morrow.
Mrs. Garfield and family will arrive from
Mentor on a special train early in the
morning. Secretary Blaine was to have
been Mrs. Garfield's guest, but found it
impossible to come. She will entertain ex
Postmaster General Thomas L. James and
ex-Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh.
President Harrison is the personal guest
ot Mr. Dan P. Eells, President of the Com-
mercial National Bank. Vice President
Morton is being entertained by Mr. J. H.
Wade, and the other distinguished guests
are finding comfortable quarters beneath
other roofs about the city. No programme
has been marked out for the President for
to-morrow morning.
A SALUTE TO HARRISON.
All the prominent people will be driven
to the Stillnian at 11:30 o'clock, where pri
vate carriages will be taken to Lake View.
The Garfield Monument, Lakeview Cemetery.
When tbe President's carriage reaches the
cemetery 21 guns will be fired from a land
battery on the high ground just east of the
monument. The services will begin imme
diately thereafter.
Popnlar subscriptions for the monument
which will be dedicated to-morrow began in
1881 and continued until $148,000 had been
subscribed. Tbe entire cost of the monu
ment was $160,000. The memorial is a large
and imposing structure, visible for many
miles in all directions. It rises boldly into
tbe air to a height of 180 feet from its base,
and is elevated on broad, high terraces,
reached by flights of wide-spreading steps
that form a djgnified approach. It is in the
shape of a circular tower, 0 feet in
diameter, crowned with a conical stone roof,
enriched with bands of sunken tile orna
ments. HISTORICAL FIGURES.
The reception room is at the north base of
the tower, within the sqnare porch. The
upper part of the porch is decorated with a
flm-
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historic freize, divided into five pamr'& VPTTSTF A PfiWr7T?
representing, in bas-reliefs, Garfield 0 liLiOLih A rUlTJHW
teacher, soldier, statesman, President an&u
marrvr. in tnpco hv nan. i mere are iiv
figures, all life size, each individual figure
having a composition and treatment of its
own.
The circular aisle surrounding the me
morial temple, outside of the columns, is
itself surmounted by a hieher and inde
pendent dome, beautifully decorated, and a
wainscoting of polished African marble
runs around the chamber beneath the stained
glass windows, which throw a flood ot mel
low light over the impressive interior. Over
the entrance door to this outer circular
chamber, on the inside, are figures of War,
fully armed, and Peace, holding the olive
branch, typical of Garfield's services in
camp and court.
THE INSCRIPTION.
Underneath these figures is the following
inscription :
Erected by a grateful country in memory of
James Abram Garfield, 20th President of the
United States of America, scholar, soldier,
statesman, patriot; born 18th November, 1831;
died September 19, 18SL
The circular court or aisle surrounding
the memorial temple and separated there
from only by the granite columns that are
shown in the engraving and a light railing,
is lighted by ten stained glass windows.
The idea ot the designer is that the statue
of Garfield, standing directly under the
dome and surrounded by a wealth of
mosaic and allegory, is tbe soul of the
memorial, tbe whole design leading up to
this, the central figure.
SOUTHERN HEROES' GRAVES
TO BE STREWN WITH FLOWERS BY OHIO
GRAND ARMY POSTS.
A Tendor nnd Touching: Berrleo Yearly Per
formed at Johnson's Island Cemetery,
Where Eest the Remains of Confederate
Prisoners All Harsh Blemorlf s Effaced
tSPECIAL TELXOBAM TO THI PISPATCH. I
Cleveland, May 29. Among the
thousands of tender tributes that the grate
ful and loving people of Northern Ohio
will pay to the dead soldiers to-morrow,none
in all the North will be more notable than
the services which the Grand Army posts of
Sandusky and Lakeside will hold in the
little cemetery on Johnson's Island, Lake
Erie, where sleep the Confederate dead who
died in that famous Northern war prison.
For a quarter of a century the Southern
soldiers nave slept where Erie's waters
break and ripple on the sandy beech of the
beautiful little island that was made so ter
rible to them by the late of war.
Their modest resting place, about which
tbe Government has placed an iron fence, is
a little plot scarcely an acre in extent, on
the edge of a lovely grove of young trees,
at the northwest point of the island. Here
and there among the graves, young walnut
and hickory trees have sprung up and
grown until to-morrow their grateful shade
will rest upon the mounds where generous
Northerners, once foes, will strew the
flowers of pity, forgiveness and remem
brauce. A few rods away the blue waters
of Sandusky bay ripple and play along the
gently sloping shores. Near by is open
meadow, and fields of corn shooting their
green blades upward, and from the rising
ground beyond, the old prison grounds and
the tew buildings that still remain, decay
ing memories of the time when this bright
spot in hospitable Ohio was a dungeon for
our brothers, may be seen.
WHERE CONFEDERATES SLEEP.
The island itself is a beautiful one, and
as this south shore of Lake Erie becomes
more and more a summer resort for the
crowding population of the State, it is
Garfield Status Within the Monument.
likely to be covered with summer cottages
and beautified by the landscape gardener.
It contains about 275 acres and is set like an
emerald in the beautiful bay, lying here
the bay widens into the lake three miles
from the bustling little city of Sanduskv.
There are no rough bluffs on the island. Its
lines rise in gentle ascent to the center,
which is at tbe highest point not many feet
above the lake level.
For years, with each returningMemorial
Day, it has been the pleasing custom of the
Grand Army post aud the Relief Corps of
Sandnsky to take a steamer across the bay
to tbe little island cemetery, strew the
graves with flowers, listen to the reading of
the Sacred word, a prayer ana a snort, ap
propriate address, and then return. Save
these annual exercises and the occasional
visits of the reminiscent or the cnrious
minded, solitude has reigned in God's island
acre, where sleep the brave the "sleep that
knows no waking."
, As time passed the cemetery fell into a
neglected condition. The plain boards that
once marked the graves were tottering from
the touch of time, and wind and storm and
sunshine had combined, through a score of
years and more, to dim the words of in
scription once plainly carved upon them.
On some the names were partially effaced
and oblivion bad nearly claimed them for
her own.
Johnson's island was one of tbe most
famous war prisons in the North, though
the number confined there was not as large
as at some other points. They were from
all sections of the South and a large part of
the more than 200 who slept in the little
cemetery there were Confederate officers.
SAD MESIOEIES EFFACED.
Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Arkansas and Alabama have the lareest
representation in the order given; while
South Carolina, Mississippi and Kentucky
have less numbers, and Georgia only a small
representation.
Prisoners were sent to Johnson's Island
from both Eastern and Western armies, and
so this little spot, now green with tbe
May grasses and bright with violets and
spring beauties, has a sad interest in many
a far Southern home. To-morrow morning
a small steamer will run across to the island
from Sandusky, bearing a goodly delega
tion of old soldiers and their families, and
appropriate exercises will aeaiu be held
over those dead in a strange land. Tbe
flowers of May will be scattered above them
by gentle bands and tears will fall in memory
of the pain and suffering of those sad and
terrible years of war, and each will feel
thankful that every succeeding year buries
that past more deeply and knits more close
ly together the whole nation.
Tbe Day for Stanley's Wedding:.
tBT CABLE TO TBI DISPATCH.
LONDON.May 29. The wedding of Henry
M. Stanley is to take place June 12. The
Bishop oi Ripon, the Master of the Temple
and the Dean of Westminster, will officiate
at the ceremony, '
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Tp. isiation in ine senate.
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SOML-itEDDCTIOHS ALREADY MADE.
HcEinley Bill to be Considered by Separata
Sub-Committees.
KEPUBLICAH MEMBERS HOLD A CAD0US.
It Will Beqaire a Desperate Strangle U Pass tie Party
Ifeasarn.
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday
took up the McKinley tariff bill. The mode
of consideration suggested by Carlisle was
adopted, notwithstanding the protest of
Sherman. The Republican Senators held
a caucus last night.
(SPECIAL TILIGHAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Washington, May 29. Late this after
noon the Republican Senators sent out urgent
notices for a caucus at the house of Senator
Edmunds to-night. A full attendance was
secured. The object of the meeting was
given out to be "to arrange an order
of business." This means that the
Senators are alarmed at the fact that the
session is slipping away without anything
being done. It has been determined among
the leaders, therefore, that action must be
taken toward passing a tariff bill, a silver
bill and a federal election bill before ad
journment. The Senators have been unable to do this,
however, because they cannot stop the flood
of speeches by the free coinage men, and at
present the outlook iorany important party
legislation is not at all encouraging.
The row over the tariff question
has added to the perplexities ot
the party leaders, although they
say the programme arranged by the Finance
Committee insures the passage of a tariff bill
at an early date. It is stated to-nigbt that
the result of the caucus will be the early
consideration of the silver, tariff and elec
tion bills in the Senate and House as a party
necessity.
TnE TARIFF BILL TAKEN UP.
A full attendance of the members of the
Senate Finance Committee was present this
morning, when the tariff bill was taken up
for consideration. Mr. Carlisle took his
seat at the foot of the Democratic side of the
table and entered into the discussion
with earnestness. Senator Sherman, in
the opening, suggested that the committee
take up the bill by paragraphs, and either
pass them for future action or agree to them
as tbey stood in tbe bill as it passed the
Honse. This was agreed to, with the under
standing that any paragraph which was
agreed to might be recalled for further ac
tion. The first schedule is tbe chemical sched
ule, and before entering upon that Mr.
Aldrich suggested that it would be well to
decide whether or not tbe committee would
agree to recommend free alcohol in the arts,
for if it was the opinion of tbe committee that
that should be done it would affect
tbe rates on half tbe items in the
schedule. After a brief discussion, it
was voted not to recommend free alcohol in
the arts. The text of the chemical schedule
was then gone over and 38 items checked
off. Of these, however, 13 of the most im
portant were passed over without action.
The committee had in this way disposed of
the 120 pages of the measure when the hour
of 12 o'clock and the question of future)
meetings was broached.
Senator Sherman moved that the com
mittee meet to-morrow (Memorial Day) and
continue its work. This was disagreed to
without discussion. Senator Sherman in
speaking on the subject advocated daily
session of ten hours' duration, in order to
complete the bill for report to the Senate
at the earliest practicable day.
CARLISLE TAKES A HAND.
This suggestion was met with opposition
from both sides. Senator Carlisle said he
wanted to be entirely frank on this subject,
While perfectly willing to sit ten hours a
day discussing the bill, he believed it would
be a waste of time. All the time the com
mittee bad so far spent on tbe measure ha
believed to have been wasted by reason ot
the conditions under which it was proceed
ing. Senator Voorhees stated that the place
for discussion upon a tariff bill was la the
Senate and he coincided with Senator Car
lisle in his views. The Republican party,
he said, wanted a tariff bill constructed
on the lines of protection tbe Dem
ocratic party wanted a bill on
the lines of revenue. The way
to do was for the majority of the Republi
can members of the committee to agree upon
their bill, and the Democrats to do the same,
if in their judgment the report ot the minor
ity measure was deemed desirable.
Senators Hiscock, Jones and Morrill
spoke in a similar strain, and then Senator
Hiscock moved that a sub-committee on
each side be appointed to prepare such,
schedules as would be advocated by
its party on the floor of tbe Senate;
that the Republican snb-committee as
fast as it prepared its schednles,
submit them to the Democratic sub-committee
and tbe latter furnish its schedules
to tbe Republican sub-committee. This
motion was adopted Senators Sherman and
Vance voting in the negative.
SOME REDUCTIONS ALREADY.
The changes that were made in tbe chemi
cal schedule by the committee to-day were
all reductions. They were proposed by Re
publicans and supported by the solid Dem
ocratic vote, and the vote of the member
making the motion. None of them were of
any significance.
The committee will meet again Saturday.
It was decided to grant a hearing to the
representatives of the importers next Tues
day. All open hearings will be before the
full committee, but none will be granted,
except in special cases, after formal vote of
tbe committee.
The Democratic membes of the committee
will not formulate a bill, but express their
views in a report npon the schednles pre
pared by the Republican members, which
will be furnished the minority as last as
completed.
WISBAET 0K THE WABPATH.
Two Dozen BIcKecspart Men Charged
With Violating" Sunday Laws.
ISriCIAi TZLEOBAU TO TBB DISPATCH.
McKkespoet, May 29. The face of
some of the merchants of the city wore an
anxious expression to-night, and there was
no little excitement existing among them
as a result of the action of some unknown
person, who has furnished the information
on which Captain Wishart, of Pittsburg,
has based his charges. About two dozen
business men, including confectioners,
cigar and tobacco dealers, ice cream men,
druggists and others are charged with hav
ing engaged in worldly employment on the
Sabbath day.
The informations have been made before,
Alderman Bell, of Wylie avenue, Pitts
burg, and the summons were served on the
parties charged by Constable White to
night. They are notified to appear at the
Alderman's office for a bearing Saturday
morning. Several merchants at Christy
Park were also sned. To say that there are)
plenty of indignant people to-night is pub
ung ii muoiy.
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