LUST OP THE T
E
:The Federal Election Bill Now
Before the House of
Representatives.
LODGE OPENS THE DEBATE.
One Republican Opposes the Scheme
and Southerners Declare
EACE EULE MUST BE HAINTAIKED.
Congressmen Will Inqaire Into the Jean
nette Labor Case.
KER EAGER .POR AK IKTESTIGATION
The tariff and silver measures haying
been passed, the Honse yesterday formally
toot: op the Federal election hilL Lodge
and Powell argued in favor of the scheme,
while Southern Democratic members bitter
ly attacked it. One declared that the whites
would rule the South or leave it, and had
no intention of leaving. A 2T ew York Be
publican briefly opposed the bilL
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Washington; June 26. Kothwith
standing the extreme heat of the day there
were well-filled galleries to hear the opening
of what promises to be one of the most inter
esting debates of the session, on the question
of extending Federal election laws, now in
operation in some of the States, to the whole
country. The speech of Henry Cabot
Lodge, the Chairman of the committee
which drafted and reported the bill, was the
interesting feature of to-day's debate.
It was listened to with deep interest by a
far larger number of members than are ac
customed to remain in their seats during a
speech, and at its close Mr. Lodge was heart
ily congratulated by nearly all the Kepub
licans on the floor. "While the debate pro
ceeded rather quietly to-day it is expected
that it will be quite exciting and bitterly
partisan before it ends.
SOTJTHEKK ELECTION- STATISTICS.
Mr. Lodge gave any quantity of figures
tending to show the unfairness of the elec
tions in the South, and the undue amount
of power exercised by the white voters in
that section. Election returns in New Jer
sey and Mississippi, in particular, were
presented, to the disadvantage of the latter
State. The speaker concluded as follows:
Let us do oar whole duty to every American
citizen rich or poor, black or white, weak or
strong, aud we can safely abide by the result.
Let us secure to every man the liberty and
freedom which is the corner stone of American
liberty.
I would make men free
As mnch from mobs as kings.
From yon as me.
Mr. Hemphill, of Sonth Carolina, argued
that the bill was unconstitutional and not
national, bnt sectional. This was a meas
ure to rob the people of their dearest rights.
He had marched before the glittering bay
onets of United States soldiers to cast his
ballot.
OBJECTS TO SUPEBVISOBS.
It needed no eloquence to depict the hor
ror of having thousands of men watching
voters for $5 a day,and owing their appoint
ment -to a man who did not owe his appoint
ment to the Honse or the people, but who
was appointed by a United States Judge
who could not be got at under any circum
stances. He examined in detail the provi
sions relating to supervisors, and said the
whole bill seemed framed against the voters
and in favor of the supervisor who was said
to be an angel from heaven because he was
appointed by a United States Judge who
had his place for life.
If the purpose of the bill was to secure an
honest election, it would certainly not show
these defects. There was not a man on the
Bepublican side of the House who, if he had
been down South some years ago, would not
vote against the re-establishment of the ini
quity of reconstruction days.
A HUMILIATING CONFESSION.
It seemed to him that it must be a very
humiliating thing on the part of the Re
publicans to confess that although this
country had been honest aud pure for 75
years, and no supervision of elections had
been needed during 25 years of Bepublican
rule, the people had become so corrupted,
their honor so blunted, their integrity so
weakened that they could not be trusted to
make an honest return of their votes here un
less the people are guarded, supervised and
scrutinized as if they were criminals,
good deal had been said about a new South,
but what this country really needed was a
new North a North that will take the view
suggested by the facts, and not by their pre
conceived prejudices; that does not believe
it has all the virtue and the rest of the conn
try none; that would not waste all of its
time in remedying the supposed abuses of
distant places; that would not think an
Anglo-Saxon in the Sonth always in the
wrong when he had any trouble with one of
the African race.
BEPBESENTATI02T OF KANSAS.
This cry of a free ballot and fairconnt
and abnse of the South was the chief polit
ical capital of some men who wanted to be
returned here and to keep the voter from
watching affairs at home. What was the
use of talking about a free ballot in Kansas
when the State had been so gerrymandered
that the 117,000 Democrats of Kansas had
never been represented on the floor?
Mr. Kelley, of Kansas How do you ex
pect to get a Democrat here when there are
not four Democratic counties in the State?
Mr. Hemphill It does not matter about
bow many Democratic counties there are
the Democrats have never been represented
here. If there were a lair representation on
this floor the proportion would be 165 Dem
ocrats, 154 Bepub'.icans, 5 Prohibitionists
and 2 labor men. The average in 14 North
ern States was Democratic 65,000, Bepubli
can 27,000.
A ITEBT DECLABATIOX.
"We," Mr. Hemphill continued, "know
we must rule our country or leave it Now,
i"or myself, before the people of the United
States and before God, in all reverence, I
swear we will not leave it Applause. It
is the borne of our fathers. There their
pones lie buried. They bought it with their
blood when Concord and Lexington were the
feaHk fields of this country, xhey
have handed it down to us, un
impaired; aud, gentlemen, are we
not our fathers' sons? Shall ' the
blood first turn back in our veins? I do not
hesitate to say the colored man has as many
rights as I have; bnt he can't have his rights
and mine too, and this law is intended to
put him again in control of the Sonthern
States; intended to awaken that race preju
dice which is fist dying out; intended to
brine about again that constant irritation,
and clash between the two colors in the
Sonth which will retard its growth, and
which will be destructive of the very prin
ciples of human government"
QUESTIONING CLEVELAND'S ELECTION.
Mr. Bowell, of Illinois, addressed the
House in favor of the bill. He said the
number was not lew of those who believed
that six years ago Mr. Cleveland was counted
into the Presidents! chair by the corrupt
officials at the polls in his own State, to say
nothing of the suppression of votes in all
the South. And the number was Increasing
every day of those who believed it If that
belief honestly existed, ought it not to be
the wish of every Bepresentative of the
people to so conduct elections as to make
the change impossible of belief in
the future? It was everywhere in North
ern circles believed that the black vote of
the Southern States was suppressed and the
Fi'teenth Amendment nullified. When
ever you found a great body of men absent
from the polls on election day, you might
set it down as a truth that they were not
away by their own consent that something
improper had been done them, or at some
preceding time, to keep them away.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama I deny your
statement, and know of my own knowledge
that it is not true;
THE UNITEESAL ABSENCE.
Mr. Bowell replied that he did not care to
bandy words a's to the gentleman's knowl
edge; but be undertook to say that it was
the universal experience and observation of
unprejudiced men. He knew how neces
sarv it was to deny that conclusion, because
only upon that denial could there be an ac
counting for the almost universal absence
from the polls of the black men in many
Sonthern States, ,
An allusion to Arkansas brought Mr.
Peel to the front with a statement that in
his district the elections were fair; that there
was no charge to the contrary. Mr. Lewis,
of Mississippi, also declared that no man on
earth had ever intimated that there was
anything unfair in elections in his district
Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, also denied that
there was any ground for questioning Ala
bama elections.
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, speaking of the
elections in his own State, said that the
vote was light in off years, and there was a
small Bepublican vote because there was no
organized Bepublican party in the State.
Mr. Bowell replied that that fact was proof
of tbe disfranchisement of Bepublican ne
groes, and it should have stricken the con
science of the white people in the South,
who bad made it impossible to maintain an
organized Bepublican party in Georgia.
Mr. Leblback, ol Hew i ore, Republican,
spoke against the bill. It would be wise,
he thought, to allow the people of the sev
eral States to regulate their own elections.
Loud Democratic applause. Such a law
would bring about a conflict of anthority
and a deplorable state of affairs.
Mr. Tucker, of Tircinia, spoke against
the bill, and then the House adjourned.
THE END IS NOT YET.
THAT JEANNETTE CASE TO BE FOLtY
. INVESTIGATED.
CangTessasn Kerr's Besolntlon Adopted
by the Horn Labor Committee Tbe
Pennsylvania Mining Regions to lie In
cluded In the Inquiry.
irnou x bixtt cokbesfoxpzitt.I
Washington, June 26. The House
Committee on Labor met this morning to
consider Mr. Kerr's resolution respecting
the investigation of the alleged importation
of the Jeannetteglassworkers in violation of
the contract labor law. Mr. Kerr appeared
before the committee and made a full state
ment of the case, citing tbe instances, times
and places where alien laborers had been
imported into the interior of Pennsylvania,
and more especially at Pittsburg. He made
a complete review of the circumstances sur
rounding the case, stated most emphatically
there was no political buncombe about the
matter, that his resolution had been intro
duced in good faith and with full knowledge
of the existing evils.
He said he had the greatest respect for
Judge McKennan's decision, and that the
resolution was in no manner a reflection
upon him. He said, however, if Judge
McKennan's ruling was right, then the law
was defective. Mr. Kerr, stated that the
average wages paid to miners was only 87
cents a day. This created considerable sur
prise, as tbe general opinion prevailed that
they earned higher wages. J. L. Shulteis,
a member and an officer of the Knichts of
Labor of Washington, was also present and
indorsed the Tiews of Mr, Kerr regarding
the proposed investigation and said that the
Knights of Labor were in sympathy with
tbe movement
The committee decided to report the reso
lution favorably, and to carry out its pro
visions, the powers of the committee recently
appointed to investigate labor troubles dur
ing the recess of Congress were extended to
make a special investigation of all matters
included in the Kerr resolutions. Mr. Con
nell, of Nebraska, is the Chairman of this
committee, and said to-day they would be
gin the investigation as soon, as Congress ad
journed. The appointment of Mr. Mutchler
on tbe Appropriations Committee leaves
a vacancy in the Committee on Labor. It
is natural to infer that aPennsylvanian will
be appointed to the vacancy thus created,
and it was expected before this that the
vacancy would be filled. It is the general
expectation that Mr. Kerr will be appointed
on the Labor Committee. His selection
would be a very fitting one, as he has given
considerable attention to the subject of
labor, and would make a valuable addition
to the committee.
XOHTOOTH AT THE CAPITAL,
He Is Not Anxious to Talk About the Late
Conrentlan.
IFSOK X stavv coaaxsrojrDKirT.
Washington, June 26. Major E. A.
Montooth arrived in the city this evening,
on his way home from the Harrisburg Con
vention, greatly fatigued and worn out with
the excitement of the time and the extreme
warm weather. He did not wish to be in
terviewed, but expressed himself as content
with the lortunes of war.
He expects to remain at the capital for a
day or two before his return to Pittsburg.
PE0SECDTED FOB PBAXID.
The Attorney General Takes a Hand la the
Minnesota Cecum Row.
Washington-, June 26. The Attorney
General this afternoon ordered District At
torney Hay, of Minneapolis, to begin im
mediately the prosecution for conspiracy to
defraud of the three enumerators of the
censns, who have been accused of making
false returns ot the population of Minne
apolis. Another Terra for Oathwaile.
rrxcui.TO.xo&xx to tux-dutxtcb.
Columbus, June 26. The shortest polit
ical convention on record was held here to
day, lasting only 35 minutes. In that time
the Hon. Joseph H. Outhwalte, Democrat,
was renominated for his fourth term in
Congress iron this, the capital district of
Ohio,
THE ROAD'S ULTIMATUM.
SUPERINTENDENT RUSSELt WILt NOT BE
REMOVED,
A General 8trlke Undoubtedly Will Ensne
Not a Car Morrd Yesterday oa the Il
linois Central Other Roads Will bo
Affected.
Chicago, June 26. A crisis in the big
strike of the Illinois Central trainmen was
reached this evening. .After an all-day ses
sion, the conference between the strikers'
committee and the Illinois Central officials
ended with a positive refusal on the part of
the railroad company to discharge Superin
tendent Russell. This was the ultimatum
as far as the company was concerned. The
nltimatum of the employes, aud indeed the
occasion of the strike, had been a demand
for Russell's discharge, the reason given
being his alleged "general obnoxiousness."
When tbe conference broke up the men
went at once to Eighteenth street to report
the result at the striken. headquarters.
Speculation was rife as to whether a general
strike throughout thelllinois Central system
would be ordered and a gigantic struggle
ensue. Up to to-dav only the divisions of
the Illinois Central adjacent to Chicago
were affected. How far the lines of other
companies would be involyed was also the
subject of mnch discussion among those in
terested. The railroad officials learned that the
freight conductors were in need andnot
able to support a strike, and propositions
were made to them. They have decided, it
was learned, to return to work to-morrow,
whether other strikers approve it or not
This being the case, bloodshed is looked for,
and the Mayor will be asked to furnish po
lice protection.
It is said that conductors and brakemen
have been hired from other roads in the
Bast and that tbe officials will not take
back any of the old employes who have not
already consented to return to work.
A Centralia dispatch says: The Illinois
Central strike is now in full blast All the
crews on the main line between Centralia
and Dubuque went out yesterday. Those on
tbe Vandalia and Cairo divisions are now
out, and not a wheel turns except to carry
tbe mail. Trainmaster Higgins attempted
to take out a train in the afternoon, but the
cars were uncoupled and the engine taken to
the roundhouse by the strikers.
A dispatch from Cairo, III., savs: No
freight trains have arrived from or departed
for the North to-day on the Illinois Central
road. Mail and express trains have been
coming in from Chicago with baggage and
mail cars only. The St Louis train was
made up to leave at noon. Just before leav
ing coaches were uncoupled from the train
and left standing on the track, while the en
gine and express and baggage car pulled out
lor St. Louis. The first train due to leave
at 220 P. M. was served likewise, and two
coaches and two sleepers with a good many
passengers left to seek other routes north
ward. There is no trouble existing south
of the river. Passenger trains arrive and
depart regularly, but freight trains are side
tracked at East Cairo, and perishable
freight diverted to other roads. Should a
settlement not be reached soon it is probable
that the Southern division will be in tbe
strike from Cairo to New Orleans, Every
thing is quht ,
At tbe strikers' headquarters fully 400
Illinois Central employes had assembled.
The hall was cleared of all outsiders, and
the copy of the typewritten decision of the
company was read and discussed for upward
of tbree hours. The meeting apparently
was enthusiastic, but the proceedings were
kept secret, and it could only be surmised
boded ill for a settlement It was
given out that no conclusion had been
arrived at when the meeting adjourned un
til 9 A. M. to-morrow. It was stated that a
commitfo was appointed to maki that nega
tive announcement to General Manager
Sullivan. A rumor wns in circulation that
the strikers had informally decided to ask
concessions limiting the power ot Superin
tendent Russell, and that if tbe concessions
were granted the strike would be at once
declared off.
WITH AMEBICAH CAPITAL.
Articles of Association for the Building of
a Railroad to Mexico.
ALBANY, June 25. Articles of associa
tion of the Mexican Northern Bailway
Company, with a capital of $5,000,000, were
filed in the office of Secretary ot State to
day. The railroad will be constructed in
Mexico, from a point on the Mexican Cen
tral Bailway within 15 miles northerly or
southerly from Escalon, a uortheasterly di
rection to the district of Sierra Mojada. The
company, in connection with its railroad,
will also open telegraph, telephone and
steamboat lines. This company has valua
ble concessions which were granted to it by
tbe authorities ot Mexico in .March last,
and is abontto establish smelters' metallurg
ical works there.
The directors of the company are: Bobert
S. Towne and August B. Meyer, of Kansas
City; Nathaniel Witherill, of New York
City; Edward M. Sbepard, of Brooklyn;
A. Foster Haggins, of Greenwich, Conn.;
and Charles J. Nourse and Nelson S. Spen
cer, of this State.
FIFTY PERSONS POISONED.
All Who Attended a Public Sale Attacked
by 8erlons Illness.
ISPBCTAT. TELIGRAM TO THB DISPATCH. 1
Columbus, June 26. A report comes
from Galena, a little town about 15 miles
north, on the Cleveland, Akron and Colum
bus Bailroad, that a wholesale poisoning oc
curred at the residence of a family named
Curtis, about two miles from that place,
vesterday. A public sale was being con
ducted, and about 50 persons who were pres
ent were all affected alike and became dan
gerously ill last night Indirect reports
reached this city to-night that several ot the
cases would prove fatal, but telephone aud
telegraphic communication is off and partic
ulars or connrmatory tacts cannot be secured.
One of the rumors is that a feud existed
in the Curtis family, where the sale was
held, and something of the character was
looked for. Cnrtis was an aged man, who
died some weeks ago, and the sale was in the
line of settlement ot the estate.
A ITOATICS MABVELOUS FEAT.
He Swims 23 Mile In a Had Effort to Re
gain Ilia Liberty.
niFBCIXI. TILIOBA1C TO TUX DISPATCH.
Independence, Ia, June 26. A mar
velous feat was accomplished by William
Blackett, of Chickasaw county, an incurable
inmate of the insane hospital at this place.
Gaining entrance to the sewer to-day, he
followed its course to the river, a distance of
a mile and" a half. Here he divested him
self of all clothing and started to swim to
St Louis.
He was discovered when going over the
dam at Quasqueton, and as all efforts to in
duce him to land were futile, he was cap
tured by force after he had swam a distance
of 22 miles. With the exception of a
braised shoulder, he was all right
GBOSVENOB'S FIGHT.
Thlrry-EIgbt Ballon Without Choice1
' In a
Gerrymandered Ohio District.
Ieonton, June 26. Thirty-eight ballots
were taken at the Bepublican Congressional
Convention for the Twelfth district, held
to-night, resulted each time as follows:
Grosvenor? 77; Thompson, 71; Enochs. 40,
The meeting adjourned without reaching
any result to-day.
The platform indorses President Har
rison's administrationfand favors liberal
'pension grants und home rule,
LIBERAL HOSTILITY
Aroused Against tbe British Govern
ment by Its Course in
HOT CONSULTING HARTINGTON,
Salisbury and Bis Ministers Have to'Faca
Defeat and Ridicule.
WESTPHALIA MAZES A LOUD WAIL
Against the
law ProalMtlng tbe
American Fork.
Importation ot
The English Government tried to pass
the local taxation bill without consulting
Lord Hartineton, and succeeded only in
making itself ridiculous. It is thought
that the Bast African agreement will stipu
late that Germany shall not fortify Heligo
land. 1ST CAULK TO TBI DISfATCB.1
LONDON, June 26. The local taxation
bill, containing the troublesome license
clauses, is the only bill which the Govern
ment has introdnced at the present session
withont first consulting Lord Hartington
and the Liberal Unionists, so that tbe dis
astrous antagonism between this faction and
the Government, as well as the hostility of
the nation of large, with regard to the com
pensation proposals, may be traced partly to
the absence of the corrective influence at
the start of Lord Hartington, who knows
very well on how ticklish a foundationals
little faction is based, and who, under tbe
necessity of keeping a considerable number
of his followers from dropping back into tbe
Liberal ranks, is compelled to keep a good
deal more in touch with the sentiment of
the country than Lord Salisbury and his
Ministers ever pretended to be.
ooschen's independence.
The uon-consnltatlon with the Liberal
Unionists in this particular case was pe
culiar, in view of the fact that Mr. Goschen
used to be one of the ablest men in tbe Lib
eral party, and is to-day a charming ex
ample of the benefit of Mr. Gladstone's
tutelage in his praotical talent
He and his colleagues seem, however, to
have preferred to pursue a stubborn and re
solved course, independently of the advice
of- Mr. Goschen's fellow-deserters of the
Liberal party, and the result has been dis
aster. Mr. Smith's announcement to-day in the
House of Commons includes the statement
of a revised and curtailed programme for
the conduct of business. This has been re
solved upon by the Ministry with a view to
the prorogation of Parliament at as early a
date as possible. The Government is in no
mood for further Parliamentary conflicts,
and, being worsted on all sides and turned
to ridicule at every step, it is extremely
anxious to get away somewhere, as it were,
and hide its diminished head.
A TBIANGULAB FIOHT.
The contest at Barrows-ln-Furness. con
sequent uponthe resignation of Mr. Caine,
would be a triangular fight if matters were
permitted to take their natural course; but
Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Moreley are averse
from opposing Mr. Caine, who has done
cood service for the Liberals, aud whose
character and opinions command more re
spect than those of any other Liberal
Unionist in the Commons, It .is. likely
therefore, that the local liberals will be in
dnced to withdraw their candidates, and to
rest satisfied with Mr. Caine's moderate
ideas on the Irish question.
The British Government will be urged to
stipulate, in its conclusion of the African
settlement agreement with the Berlin Gov
ernment, that Germany shall refrain from
converting the island of Heligoland into a
strong fortress, and it is altogether proba
ble that Lord Salisbury will be compelled
to make such a provision in view of the
general
CUBBEHT OF NATIONAL SENTIMENT
concerning the matter. There is a rumor la
Germany to the effect that such a stipula
tion already exists in the convention pre
pared between the two powers, but nothing
definite is known about it It is also re
ported that Prince Bismarck was consulted
by Chancellor von Caprivi and Kaiser Wil
helm on the A'rican question be'ore any
agreement was made with the British For
eign Office.
If this be true, it rather takes the edge off
Bismarck's reported criticisms of the con
cession made by Germany and the price paid
FAVOBHf a LICENSE PURCHASE. '
A Petition Bearing Oyer 600,000 Hlgnatnres
Presented to tfan House of Commons.
London, June 26. A huge petition in
favor of license purchase was presented in
the House of Commons to-night It was
got up by publicans and was presented in
the shape of three immense rolls of paper,
bearing 600,000 signatures, which, if
stretched out in a line would extend five
miles. The petition was encased in three
cylinders eight feet high, which were rolled
in and placed before the Speaker's desk,
blocking the view between the benches.
Mr. Labouchere suggested that members
unable to be seen or heard should mount the
cylinders. Mr. McNeill proposed that the
contents be examined. Sir Willred Lawson
moved that the Clerk of the House read tbe
petition and verify the signatures. The
Speaker said that motion was out of order,
and he directed that the cylinders be re
moved, as the formal presentation ot the
petition was sufficient
No Truth In the Report.
London, June'26. Sir James Fergusson,
Under Foreign Secretary, stated in the
House of Commons to-day that the Gov
ernor of Newfoundland had telegraphed
that nothing was known in regard to the re
ported conflict between French and native
fishermen in Newfoundland.
All Coder One Head.
Ban Salvador, June 26. The supreme
provisional Government decided yesterday
to place for the present the different
branches of the administration under one
portfolio, which will be in charge of General
Benjamin Molina Gnirola.
Preparing for a Xonaj Swim.
BT DTCTLAr'S CABL3 COMPANY. J
London, June 26. Walton, an Ameri
can, claiming to be the champion swimmer
of the world, is training at Folkestone for
an attempt to swim to Boulogne.
Cholera Diminishing.
Madbid, June 26. Cholera continues to
diminish in Valencia. Slight earthquake
shocks were felt atPuebla De Bugat to-day.
The period of quarantine at Gibraltar has
been extended.
Many Hilled on Both Bides.
Constantinople, June 26. Serious
conflicts are reported between Armenians
and Kurds, in which many have been killed
on both sides.
Tbe Reichstag to Adjourn July 8.
Beblin, July 26. Chancellor Yon Cap
rivi has ren nested the R!ihte. in sdtnnrn
'from July 6 until November 18, x
TP2STPHALIA WANTS POKE.
Packers Semand the Repeal of the
Law
Against tbe American Host.
BTDUXLAP'S CABLZ COMFANT.l
BeblinKj June 28. The Westphalian
Pork Packers' Association, whose interest
Bismarck thought to protect by prohibiting
the importation of American pork, has sent
a deputation to the general director of
inland taxes, praying him to inform the
Government that'the protection scheme does
not work in their Interest They will re
frain from protesting it the law be recalled.
The director replied that it was not im
probable that the law would be repealed.
The Chambers of Commerce of the cities of
Halle and Wiedenbreck, the most impor
tant pork markets in Germany, have in
dorsed the request of the Westphalian Asso
ciation. THE CAPTAIN'S FAULT.
The Investigation Into the City of Home
Accident Made Public.
Livebpool, June 26. The Board of
Trade gave judgment to-day in the matter
of the accident to the Anchor Line steamer
City of Borne, which ran on the Fasnet
rock during a fog while on her last voyage
from New York to this point and narrowly
escaped destruction. Tbe board finds that
the accident was due to the failure of Cap
tain Young to attend to the warning of the
lead.
The board in its decision gives no indica
tion of the action to be taken in regard to
Captain Young's certificate.
HIS FIRST SOIREE.
Germany's Chancellor Glres a Reception,
but Excludes the Social!!.
Berlin, June 26. Chancellor von Cap
rivi's first soiree was given this evening,
and was attended by representatives of all
parties except the Socialists. Dr. Wlnd
tborst chatted with ex-Minister von Putt
kamer. Major Wissmann was treated with
great consideration, and received many
compliments upon the honor bestowed upon
him by the Emperor.
CHOLERA IN FEANCE.
Knmor Tbac tbe Dread Disease
Has
Reached the Republic
Pabis, June 26. It was reported here
to-day that cholera had made its appear
ance in different parts of France, but no ad
vices reporting such an outbreak have been
received, and the rumor appears to be un
founded. The heat is excessive throughout
the country.
A dispatch from Madrid says: Investiga
tion shows that tbe cholera enidemis at
. Puebla de Bugat had Its origin In tbe open
ing uv ui au um cemetery in wnicn tne vic
tims of the epidemic of 1885 were buried.
NO FUBTHEB OBSTACLES.
Kemmler Will Probably be Executed Dnr
Ins the Week of Angu.t 4.
.'PFICIAt, TSXXOBAH TO THX DIsr-ATCH.t
Buffalo, June 26. It is not believed
that any further obstacle will be offered by
the BuQalo counsel of William Kemmler to
the execution of the death penalty in his
case. At least Lawyer Charles S. Haich,
who represents Kemmler,. says that he has
no present idea of interfering, and District
Attorney Quinby says that the technicalities
of the law are exhausted, and he cannot see
how any Judge would interfere this time. If
any injunction suit is brought against the
State to prevent the use ol tbe dynamo the
authorities believe -that it will be quickly
j: I f C-1. !i 1J -1 L
U19JJV9CU ui. uucu a suit coum ouiy oe
.brought by the electric light company
which manufactured the dynamo.
Judge Henry A. Childs, who had twice
betore sentenced Kemmler, has not decided
the date for the execution, but he will un
doubtedly fix it for the week of August 4.
He maybe governed by the wish of Warden
Durston. The Judge will simply give
utterance to an order that the sentence here
tofore pronounced shall be carried into exe
cution dnring the week decided upon.
Kemmler was first sentenced on May 14,
1889, to die during the week of June 26,
1889, and again on March 31, to die in the
week ot April 28, this year.
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN ABJOUBN
After Electing Officers and Appointing the
Next Place of Meeting.
Columbus, June 26. The convention of
the Boman Catholic Union, Knights of St
John, closed this evening by electing the
following officers: Supreme President,
Daniel Donehy, Lancaster, O.; First Vice
President John B. Manning, Ft
Wayne, Ind.; Second, John Walsh,
Vicksburg, Miss.; Supreme Secretary, Tim
othy Nolan, Cleveland; Treasurer, "George
J. Mathison. Washington, D. C; Trustees,
L. H. Laum'an, Washington, John Kersch
ner, Columbus, O.
The convention declared the civic and
military branches distinct, and elected the
following officers for the latter: Supreme
Commander.Colonel J. N. Kreidler, Dayton,
O.j First Vice, Colonel Frank Speckert,
Louisville, Ky.; second, Captain Bobert
Kegg, Cleveland, O. The trustees elected
Dr. J. P. Corcoran, Detroit, Supreme Medi
cal Examiner. The next convention will be
held at Fort Wayne, Ind., June 24, 189L
Pittsburg and Toronto, Canada, were candi
dates for location.
Among resolutions adopted was one tend
ering Pontiff Leo XIII. filial affection. The
convention concluded with a banquet to
night A H0SIEBY FIEM IN TB0UBLE.
Executions Issued Against the Glazier Bros.,
of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June 26. The hosiery
manufacturing firm of John J. Glazier,
Brothers Ss Company, having office and
mill here, is in financial trouble. Execu
tions aggregating about $91,000 were issued
ac&inst tha firm tn-iiav. Amon?-the indtr-
ment creditors are Claflin & Co., New York,
(33,000, and First National Bank, Cumber
land, Md.( $10,000. The other creditors are
located in this city.
Tbe firm which has carried on the busi
ness for 20 years consists of John J. Glazier,
William H. Glazier and George B. Bepp
lier. Their extensive factory on York
strset gives employment to a large number
of people. Thev formerly had a large trade,
but foreign competition, it is said, has made
business very dnll with them recently, and
they were unable to meet their obligations.
BAN INTO GLEN LAKE.
t
A Train on tbe Delaware and Hudson
Road Derailed.
Tboy, N. Y., June 26. This morning the
locomotive, baggage car and two passenger
coaches of a train on the Lake Branch of
the Delaware and Hudson road ran into
Glen Lake, about three miles north of
Glens Falls. Tbe locomotive was over
turned. Most of the passengers were in the
rear car which did not leave the track and
none was seriously injured.
The train connected at Fort Edward with
the steamboat trains leaving Troy and Al
bany at 7 o'clock thii morning. The rails
spread. The water was not deep.
Lee la not Baying a Word.
rSFSCIAX, TZLXQBAK TO IM DISPATCH.1
Feanklin, June 20. Strenuous efforts
have been made to interview Senator J. W.
Lee as to his opinions of the Delamater
Watres ticket This he has persistently re
fused, and has sot s word, either way, to
saja
ATE SEA SERPENTS,
And Brought Back The Heads and
Skins in Order to Prove It. .
TWO OP THE MONSTEBS CAPT0BED,
Bat
One Was Strong Enough to
power the Entire Crew.
Over-
BT0KI OP THE SKlPPEE OF A SCH00SEE.
He
fished for th Salt Wittr Eeptile With a Cod
Line In fireat Lnck,
Captain Gheen, commanding a lumber
schooner, brought his vessel into Philadel
phia yesterday. He also brought in the re
mains of two sea serpents, which, he averred,
he had caught and eaten, A big one cot
away, althought the entire crew had hold of
the line.
TSPXCIAI. TELECm.4M TO THE PISrJLTCnl
Philadelphia, June 26. There may
not be any of the big sea serpents that
sailors tell about, but Captain Gheen, who
commands the three-masted schooner Abby
H. Gheen, knows that there are small ones,
for he hss caught and eaten two of them.
He brought in his vessel to-dav from
Georgetown with a cargo of lumber and
anchored off Kaign Point. When he came
ashore he told his story:
Captain Gheen, to substantiate his state
ments, invites all who are skeptical to come
aboard his yessel and examine the skins
and heads of the serpents, which he has pre
served. The greater portion 'of their flesh
was eaten by Captain Gheen and his crew
and all agree that it was the sweetest meat
they ever tasted.
A CIBCUH8TAHTIAL TALE.
"I was just off Cape Hatteras light June
21," the skipper said, "when strange mon
sters were seen playing around the vessel."
Captain Green got some very heavy cod
lines, baited the hooks and went a fishing.
No sooner were the lines over the vessel's
stern than one of the peculiar fish began to
gnaw at tbe bait It was in less than time
it would take to tell the tale that fish was
caught and hauled on board the ship by the
combined efforts of the whole crew.
When the catch was landed on deck it
jumped abont from side to side. It was pos
sessed of wonderlul strength. Captain
Gheen chopped its head off, and even then,
for several minutes, it kicked a great dis
turbance. After this one was dressed Cap
tain Gheen tried his lnck again, ffhe sea
was quite smooth and not a breath of air
was to be had and the water was
clear. Soon another monster took to
the bait and gave a jerk that nearly pulled
Captain Gheen over the taff rail. He sang
out for help, and several of the crew came
to his aid and hauled in the fish. Tbe fish
foueht like a tarpon, at times jumping out
of tbe water and then diving down under
neath tbe vessel's bottom.
ONE OF THEM GOT AWAY.
For fully 30 minutes the captain and his
crew struggled in hopes of overpowering the
animal, but at last the line parted and it es
caped. Soon alter he caught another fish
like the first and ate it Captain Gheen
described the serpent with which he had the
terrible struggle as being eight feet long
and weighing about 150 pounds. Its body
in parts closely resembled that of a rock
fish, on a much larger scale, but it had an
enormous head. The eyes were like those of
a human being, and some of the sailors be
lieved they bad hooked the head of a man
until they were convinced such could not
be tbe case.
Captain Gbeen says the voyage just com
pleted was a remarkable one 'for events. He
harpooned quantities of large dolphins and
brought them on board. The vessel is now
anchored off Kaign's Point, awaiting berth
room at the lumber wharves. Those who know
Captain Gheen place every confidence in
his story, and while many are disbelievers
in the existence of the sea serpent think
it extremely probable that he has discovered
a new species of fish. Captain Gheen has
been a fisherman for many years and is well
versed in all species ot fish.but never before
saw anything to resemble these.
THE INDIAN WHO TnT.T.TTl CTJSTEB
Ia Drlnc Because of Woands Inflicted by
His Jealous Pqaaw.
ISnClAL TH.IOHAM TO TUB PISPjLTCCl
Standiho Bock Agency, N. D., June
26. Bain-in-the-Face, tbe noted Sioux
chief, ranking next to Sitting Bull in re
nown, and made prominent tbrongh his
connection with the Custer massacre in
Montana, is lying here dangerously
wounded, and unless a change for the better
soon takes place he mutt die. A sensational
story in connection with the case was not
made publio until to-day, when the Indians
of the agency became greatly excited, aud
trouble may follow. The chieftain was
stabbed in the cbest and side several times
two days ago by his squaw, a handsome
young woman, Whom he had neglected lor
another young woman.
After a desperate quarrel-between Bain-in-the-Face
aud his squaw, during which
she drew a knifef the chieftain removed to
another lodge. That night while he lay
asleep his wife entered and plunged a long
knife into his side and chest, making terri
ble wounds. She then gave herself up,
saying she was sorry she had not killed
him. The utmost excitement prevails, and
should Bain-in-the-Face die she will be
tried for murder. She is now under a
strong fcuard, as violence is feared.
A F1YE-YEAB SENTENCE.
Mississippi's Defaulting- Treasurer Found
Guilty bat Recommended to Mercy.
rSFXCIAX. TZI4EOKAU TO THX DISPATCH. I
Jackson, Miss., June 26. Tbe trial of
ex-Treasurer Hemmingway ended to-day in
a verdict of guilty. The jury recommended
him to mercy. Motions for a new trial were
overruled, and Judge Christnian asked the
prisoner if he had anything to say. Here
plied in a five-minute tirade of abuse against
District t Attorney Miller, and asserted his
innocence of the charge of stealing $315,612
from the State. Pointing at the District
Attorney he said, with choking voice and
tears in bis eyes: "I may go to the peniten
tiary and may die there, but thank God I
will never fall to tbe level of that man.
When he had finished his speech the Court
sentenced him to five years in the peniten
tiary. An appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court
INDIAN GRADUATES.
Commencement Exercises at the Govern
ment Indian School.
Lawbewce, Kan., June 26. Nine In
dians were to-day graduated from the Gov
ernment Indian School, Haskell Institute.
The Instrumental music was furnished by
the Indian band, and there were several vo
cal selections by the pupils, A large num
ber of visitors were present The salutatory
was delivered by Frank Eagle, a Seneca,
and orations bv William Trott, a Cherokee;
Minnie Schiffehauer, a Seneca girl: Walter
Shawnee, Beid Winrie, a Seneca; William
Jeffrey Goulette, a Sioux; George Crawford,
a Seneca: Ernest Bohettaille. a Wvandotte.
na ifftmes nose, a Aiuncici
TJPBISLv0- a.'mm)E'
General Ezeia Procla. f? UlonalGov
ernor of the ,itrr.
La Libebtad, Salvadob, June 26.
During a ball given at the President's resi
dence in the capital on the 22d in,st, in
celebration of the anniversary of the tri
umphal entry of General Menendez, Gen
eral Melesio Marcial suddenly entered the
ballroom about 11 P. M. and announced, on
behalf of his chief. General Bzeta, who bad
arrived with 600 men from Santa Ana, a
revolt against the existing Govern
ment, demanding at the same time
the deposition of President Menendez.
At this juncture General Martinez,
commander of tbe Government forces in the
capital appeared on the scene, and an
nounced that President Menendez, who was
sick in an upper storv of the bouse.re
quested an audience with General Marcial.
An altercation ensued between Martinez
and Marcial, resulting in the latter being
shot and instantlv killed. Ezeta's soldiers
thereupon took Martinez prisoner and cap
tured the barracks. Twenty-three persons
were killed.
It is asserted that the President died on
the following day from heart disease, which
had been aggravated by the excitement
General Ezeta was proclaimed Provisional
President and a new Cabinet was formed,
but it has since been dissolved, and General
Guirola is for the present directing thedif
ferent branches of Governmental adminis
tration. General order prevails.
SCAT GO BACK TO GAS.
A Combination of Electrlc.Llf fat Companies
Trying to Saneizs Now York.
rSrlCUt. TZLSQA TO THE DIBrATCn.1
New Yobk, June 26. Tbe Gas Commis
sion, at a meeting in the Mayor's office to
day, rejected all the bids for street lighting
made by the electric light companies. In
their proposals pnt in last April the com
panies, as though by arrangement, united in
asking about 25 per cent more than last
year's'prices. The Increase was explained
on the ground that the rent ol subways and
other expenses incidental to tbe destruction
of their overhead wire systems rendered it
impossible to do the worsr at tne 01a figures.
But the members of tbe Gas Commission
could not see it in that light, and said that
the bids were all too high. Besides, that
thev could not have made the contracts
at the Increased price without exceeding
the appropriation.
Tbe companies were told to put in new
bids, they agreeing meanwhile to go on
under the old contracts. Bnt when their
bids came in all but the Harlem Lighting
Company charged the new prices. New
bids have again been called for, and if they
are not low enough to come within the ap
propriation tbe commission will go back to
gas for street lighting.
STANDING BEF0BE A WTRBOB.
An Ex-Mayor Shoots Himself Because of
Financial Trouble.
rSPEOXL TILIOBJLM TO Till DISPATCH.
New Hayes, Conn., June 26. Ex
Mayor Lucien W. S perry committed suicide
by blowing his brains out this morning.
He arose at his usual hour, and after break
fasting read tbe newspapers. Then enter
ing his bedroom he stood before a looking
glass and discharged one chamber of a 43
caliber revolver into bis right temple. The
ball passed downward and ont near his left
ear. Mr. Sperry was 70 years old. For
several months past he has bad financial
difficulties, having been forced into insolv
ency shortly after the voluntary assignment
of his stepson, Enos S. Bimberly.
An investigation 01 his affairs shows that
$12,000 belonging to the trust estate ol his
niece, Mrs. Sarah L. Hull, of which he was
trustee, is missiug. These things, together
with the tear'that he would be prosecuted.
unbalanced his mind. He was Mayor, of
the citv in 1866-1868, and in 1869 was
elected State Senator.
BEFUSED TO PAY HIS COBBLER.
A Dlspnto Concerning the Slendlng of Shoes
Ends In n Slnrder.
SriClAL TILICBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Boston, June 26. Jacob Bartnick, a
Bussian, who keeps a small cobbler shop at
the North Bud, stabbed Michael Haley, of
Newton, with a shoe knlle at noon to-day
and killed him. Haley came in to have his
shoes repaired and the men quarreled over
his alleged relusal to pay for the job. Bart
nick told his wife to go for a police officer,
ana wnen sne leu tne snop ne grasped a
knife with a blade as sharp as a stiletto and
stabbed Haley.
Policeman Cadigan, who was on his way
home, heard cries of murder aud ran to the
shop. The room was crowded with triends
and relatives of the cobbler, and they all at
tacked Cadigan. The prisoner was finally
dragged to the nearest patrol box. When
Bartnick is asked if he stabbed Haley he
onlv shrugs his shoulders and mutters: "I
don't know what I did do,"
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED.
The Live Stack Association Elect Officers
for the World's Fair Exhibit.
Chicago, June 26. The Executive Com
mittee given full control of the exhibition
of the stock at the World's Fair by the Na
tional Live Stock Association, organized
here last Monday, held its first meeting to
day. Tne election of permanent officers re
sulted iu the choice of N. P. Clark, of
Minnesota, as President; a. U. Thompson,
of Illinois, Secretary; Governor Beard, of
Wisconsin, First Vice-President; J. 8.
Woodward, of New York, as Second Vice
President, and J. G. Pickerel, of Illinois,
as Treasurer. The meeting appointed a
committee to prepare a uniform classifica
tion ot premiums for each kind of live
stock. A committee was also appointed to
prepare a bill to be submitted to each State
Legislature, providing such appropriations
for awards and exhibits, that the live stock
interests should not, as heretofore, be over
looked. A GREAT SUCCESS.
The Trial Trip of the New Cralser Philadel
phia Made Yesterday.
Philadelphia, June 26. The official
trial trip of the United States cruiser Phila
delphia, which took place over a measured
course off Long Island vesterday, was suc
cessful in every way. She is known to have
attained'a speed of over 19J4 knots an hour.
When the tide resistance is determined,
the figures will be made greater by irom
one-quarter of a knot to one and one-quarter
knots. ,
TAPPED A HONEY DEPOSIT.
A Kentucky Well Driller Strikes a Store of
Hidden Sweets.
Louisvtlle, June 26. It is reported
that near Franklin, Ky,, a well borer
named Varks has tapped, by boring, a big
storeof honey in a bluff on the Cumberland
and taken ont several hundred pounds.
The place where the honey wits found has
been known for years but Has been con
sidered inaccessible.
At the Borne of the Candidate.
IBrlCIAL TU.IOBXM TO TBI DIsrATCH.I
Meadville, June 26. Candidate Dela
mater was given a reception upon his
arrival here to-day. Speeches were made
by Bev. T. L. Flood, John J. Henderson,
Bev. Br. D. H.Wheeler and others. Boom
ing cannon and fizzing firecrackers com
pleted the celebration.
to-morrow'sToTd:
YARD KIPLING'S latest and best efforts In
tho storr-telllng- line. It will bo a doable
Jjinsaber, fall of news, oa usual.
VERY NEAR THE t
I.
Of the Long, Wearisome Work
of Rescuing the Entombed
Men in the
BURNING HILL FARM MINE.
Every Precaution Being: Taken to
Prevent Further Disaster.
WHEN THE CEITICAL TIME ARRIVES
Only Two Men Will ha Allowed to Taka
Their Live3 in Their Hands and
PASS 15T0 THE DOOMED CHAHBEB
At last the miners who have been in tha
Farm Hill mines for 11 days will be
reached to-day. Only a few feet of coal in- "
tervene between the two mines. Entrance
was effected through the Ferguson mine.
Cool-headed men will lead the rescuing
party.
ITBOH X 8TXJT CO UBISP OXDETT.
Dukbab, Jnne 26. The long-looked for,
prayed-for coal has been struck at last, and,
if human wisdom fail not, the imprisoned
men will be reached late to-morrow morn
ing. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the coal
was reached and the mine rs have been chop
ping it out at the rate of four feet per hour.,
ever since. When the shift came off, at 8
o'clock this evening, they had gone 16 feet
and about 34 feet remain to ba
removed. For the first time sinca
tbe disaster hope has taken possession
of even the most doubtful, and Master
Workman Kerfoot expressed feeling com
mon to all when he said to-night, with tears
in his eyes: "I think now we will soon get
the men, and Secretary Watchorn and In
spector Keighley are sure they are in the
coal this time. ilr. Watchorn said the top
and sides are hard and give every evidence
that they are working in the coaL Tha
drill is operated 8 feet ahead of the diggers,
and every time a foot is removed it is pushed
through the same distance. The coal is
easy to work, and it cannot be cut faster
than the men can take it away."
BISKUTO THEIB LIVES.
'"The critical moment is approaching,"
said Mr. Watchorn. "As soon as the drill
strikes through into the Hill Farm mine,
all the men will, be ordered out aud the air
will be tested. The question is what will
happen when the opening is made. One
miner and one inspector only will do tho
job. On tbe shoulders of two men devolves
a fearful duty aud they both are liable tota
killed, but I feel sure that by exercising
good, judgment- and care that all accidents
can be averted. Of this I am so thoroughly
convinced that I am willing to be one of
the men who will knock down the last slen
der barrier that seperates us from our en
tombed comrades. We are steering straight
for an empty room where the pillar has not
been, removed, and I expect to find these
men not far away dead in a heap."
As Mr. Watchorn spoke not a mnscle
moved to mar the determined expression on
his face, and Inspector Keighley, a short
time afterward, assured him that if the
miners were afraid to proceed he would sec
ond him to the end of his ability, and to
gether they would batter down the standing;
coal.
WOBKISO VX POUE PEET OF "WATEE.
Manager Hill, of the Dunbar Furnace
Company, and Superintendent Laiag have
all along contended that the opening should
have been made from the Ferguson mine.
Late Wednesday night, with the consent of
Inspector Keighley, provided they kept a
drill going 12 feet ahead of them, and with
a handful of men they commenced opera
tions between them and tbe imprisoned men
in the burning Hill Farm mine, tip to their
arms in water they worked away all night
and all day, and this evening broke through
into the Hill farm. The opening was
promptly plugged until the air could be
tested. Inspector Keighley Baid, however,
that he would not go through from that
side, aud so little remains to be cnt of this
side, that everybody will want develop
ments. When it became noised about this
morning that a party was cutting from the
Ferguson mine the 2-o'clock shltt refused
to enter. They lost confidence, and were
afraid that if both gangs should strike
through at the same moment there would be
a terrible sweep across the three pits and a
fearful explosion follow,
THE SITUATION CEITICAL.
Secretary Watchorn, who understood the
situation, and was not frightened, came for
ward and offered to lead the shift. "You see
I am vDot afraid to go in there, and I valoe
my life as highly as any man. Get every
one who will follow me," and he started to
go into the pit These words had a reassur
ing effect, and Austin King Stepped forward
and said be would guide the party. The
men were perfectly willing to enter, and
soon were digging away with renewed life
and energy. As the good news began to
spread that the rescuing party was
so close to the burning mine.
the people turned their steps
toward the pit mouth and I have not seen
such a large crowd collected there for sev
eral days. The interest taken assumed "a
feverish heat and the men paced up and '
down nervously and anxiously discussed
what might be struck in the Hill Farm
mine. Some were fearful lest the falls
might be so heavy as to check all immediate
progress while others were more hopeful,
and claimed if there was any caving of rock
and debris that they could easily work over
it.
THE TIES WILL BOOK BE BEACHED.
Off in the distance on the hillside was a
little company of mothers watching, wait
ing for one ray of hope. Happy, indeed,
would these women be if they could even
recover their own dead. The young girl
once more appeared on her seat near the
pit month, and the nervous feeling is
spreading rapidly that all these hopes may
be suddenly dashed to the ground, but tbe
impression is strong to-night that the men
will soon be reached. It Is beginning to
crop out that there has been much differ
ence of opinion as to the advisa
bility of cnttlng through from the
Mahoning side. This was the course selected
by the inspectors and tbey slate positively
that they would stop all work should any
attempts be made from the Fergnson mine;
now that a. hole has been drilled in from
that side they are interested to
know what the result will be. In
spector Evans and Mr. Watchorn
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