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IRELARDJNA BLAZE.
Actual Violence in the Struggle
Between the Two
Factions.
THE M'CARTHY MANIFESTO
Outlines the Position of the Bolters
and Declares That They Had
lo Sacrifice
EITHER PARXELL OR HOME RULE.
a lie Deposed Leader Hakes a Personal
Appeal to Bis People and EeceiTes
a Great Oration.
A BATTLE FOE A KEWSPAPEE OFFICE.
Pimdl Terribly Ejects The!! Who Criusied Hin, But
Liter the FUce is Recaptured by u
Opposition Hcb.
SOKE TERV EXC1TIH0 ECTSES AND INCIDENTS
mr DUXLAT'S CABLE compact.
Loxdox, Dec 10. The long-heralded
manifesto of the anti-Parnellites appears
under the title of the "Address of 4the Irish
Parliamentary Tarty to the Irish People."
The fall text of the somewhat remarkable
document is as follows:
Teixow Countei men In discharging our
Eacred trust as representatives of Ireland,'
hound by supreme law and political duty to
protect the caue. no matter at what sacrifice
of fccliug, we hare found ourselTcs under the
ead necessity of bringing to an endjParnell's
leadership of the party. You can judge how
much easier it would have been for ns to leave
him undisturbed in his position, but had we
done so every man of ns would have felt him
self a traitor to his country. Mr. Parnell,
bavins disregarded our appeals to think of his
country before all, has now endeavored to put
aside our solemn decision on his relation to our
party and his ill-judged determination to per
sist in bis effort to maintain his untenable po
sition. The Cause in Danger or Disaster.
He threatens to plunge the country into a
conflict in which our cause may' be over
whelmed and the prospect of freedom, till now
before our eyes, may disappear forever. And
at such a crisis it is your duty to malve certain
that the course you take will tend to save your
country's destruction, whatever may be the
result to Mr. Parnell or to us. who address you,
and our duty is to submit to you our reasons
for what we have done and abide by your judg
ment. Let vour judgment be what It may we will
accept without reserve, for It Is your cause
that hangs upon the issue and we are servants
of the nation. Mr. Parnell speaks as If he was
an injured man, but the facts cannot be for
gotten. Vf e must bold Parnell responsible, and
he alone, for the present deplorable situation.
He pledged himself again and again to repel
this charge acamst him and his pledges were
accepted in good faith. 'When the time for
speaking came he remained silent, his pledges
broken and the charge not repelled. Upon
these facts a strong opinion was formed by the
multitudes of Englishmen who are true friends
to liberty and Ireland.
The 1'owcr of tlio Church.
Mr. Parnell does not hesitate to denounce
tbeuaas English woh es, but the fact remains
that the English and the Irish bishops express
the same opinion about bun, and he cannot
mend the matter by calling names. We are
rrminded again and again that wo elected Par
nell on the opening day of the session. A more
ungenerous taunt was never uttered. It was
a proof of our desire to sustain him when we
thoucht we could sustain him without playing
our country false It is now mado a cause of
attack upon us, but in reality is the vindication
of our position before our country.
Had we thought less of Mr. Parnell, or
thought of him less tenderly we should not
have elected him on the opening day. We elect
ed h'tn under an influence of gratitude for
services rendered in bone years to Ireland;
elected him m the desperate hope that hislead
ehip might be- reconciled with safety to our
course, lhat hope we had to speedily abandon.
Our election took place at the moment of our
arrival from Ireland at the House of Commons.
o soon became aware that if his leadership
coutmned our Parliamentary struggle for Irish
freedom might as well be civen up at once.
There w as oierw helming evidenco pouring in
upon us to show that with Mr. Parnell repre
senting the Irish cause the Home Rule parry
could not hope to win at the general election.
"We know how the hearts of our people were
fixed upon that event: we know how they had
been taught by Mr. Parnell himself, to look to
it as a gate to freedom. We know that Parnell
joined with them in welcoming the home rule
Tictory in the British elections as a fresh ad
vance toward the goal of our national hope.
A Question of Parnell or Ireland.
That was the question we had to ask our
selves, and it was simply whether our dty
bound us to Parnell or to Ireland. Upon tbis
issue how could we hesitate. You did not elect
ns to serve an individual without regard to any
interest of our own country; and you elected us
to serve our country only. Could we then sut
ler even Mr. Parnell to stand In the way of her
freedom? Were wo against our own judgment
to gratify hiB desire and by disregarding the
conditions of political victories rencer our
selves lesponsible for the ruin of oar country's
cause.
Nothiugless than absolute ruic was in ques
tion It Parnell continued to be our leader. Uhe
following consequences appeared to us quite
certain: At a general election home rule would
be decisively rejected, the Tory government
would come back with a fresh mandate and
coercion would receive a new lease of life and
the evicted tenants would be driven to aban
don their last hope. Our country could look
for nothing for many years to come but the
continuance of the abominable system imposed
upon ber by the Government In power, and all
hope of gaining our liberty by Parliamentary
itrugcle would be lo-t t j the In mg generation.
Let any honest Irishman ques ion himself in
his sanctuary .his conscience, what would he
have done had he found himself in the place of
one of us. Would he have doomed his native
land to suffering and slavery for the sake of a
leader whose personal acts, undefended
even by himself, had made of him an insuper
able obstacle to victory of the Irish cause 7
An Appeal to the Conscience.
Is there an Irlshmrn whose conscience would
allow him to take this course and condemn us
for what we have done 7 That Irishman whose
Bllignce Is given to lus country and not to any
one man will uphold and vindicate us. He
will feel that we stood by our leader till the
latest possible moment, till a moment when
personal feeling was constrained to yield to
sovereign duty.
The Question has now passed from our bands
and is with the Irish nation itself. The final
decision rests whether they will agreo to lose
all for the sake of Mr. Parnell or prefer to win
all without htm.
It is said we have submitted to the dictation
of Mr. Gladstone. This pretense is transpar
ently absurd. If we would allow ourselves to
submit to dictation from any man, all our feel
ings would incline ns to submit to Mr. Parnell,
but not to Mr. Gladstone. We fought Mr,
Gladstone when the interests of onr country
so required. We should be ready to fight him
again for Ireland's sake. But Mr. Parnell led
us when he had no motive bnt personal bias to
confide in for sincerity and good faith.
Tribute to the Grand Old Man.
Mr. Gladstone, the veteran statesman, has
pledged his life for Ireland. Since- the day he
first embraced her cause he has labored for
Ireland's liberty with a manifest ardour which
renders suspicion of him wanton insult. The
people of Ireland, it they so insulted him,
would incur everlasting shame. If Parnell, as
a leader still in the prime of life, bad exerted
himself as Mr. Gladstone did in the winter of
his ago to win for the home-rule cause, that
causo would now be safe, and Ireland, with a
glad heart, would be spared the bitter agony of
this lamentable conflict.
We cannot now at the bidding of Mr. Par
nell abandon that confidence in Gladstone
which Mr. Parnell declared he felt before Mr.
Gladstone bad given that powerful evidence of
his zeal which evoked enthusiasm in Ireland.
We cannot accept Mr. Parneil's reference to a
private conveisation one year old as displacing
the evidence in Mr. Parneil's public speeches
delivered since that time, and it must be borne
in mind that Mr. Parnell had never given the
slightest bint to his colleagues of any reason
for his anxiety or doubt, and at this moment
Mr. Gladstone, his colleagues and bis party
maintain and reiterate with fresh emphasis
their pledges that the measure for home rule
to be proposed by them will oe satisfactory to
Ireland. '
Ono of the Points Made.
This was accepted by Mr. Parnell until per
sonal conflict arose. Why should it be rejected
now? We shall seek for specific particulars
in due time. To insist upon them at once
would be to embarrass our friends in England,
foolishly give an advantage to her foes, and we
do not believe that Gladstone attempted or de
sired to dictate to the Irish party. He recog
nizes our Independence and respects it, and
knows that we would submit to no dictation
but that of dutv
Gladstone I., nis position was bound to make
known to ril concerned, the conclusion forced
upon 1 m that parneil's leadership would
r .K the home rule cause, and having come to
at conclusion a man of SI years of age was
antitled to say that he would rather retire than
wastitn'e brief remnant of his life in a struggle
fc the foredoomed failure of his fellow couu
t.ymcn. We can declare, and Mr. Parnell will not deny
it, that In the course of this most bitter ordeal
wo have left no means untried to spare his per
sonal feelings and effect such friendly arrange
ment as might leave Ireland still represented
by an undivided party. We undertook, if Mr.
Parnell would retire of his own free will, we,
for the present session, would not fill bis post,
and let its future tenure be determined by his
personal actions and his course in political a f
fairs. Every Attempt at a Compromise.
We asked him if he would nominate a com
mittee to undertake the direction of the party.
We turned aside from the urgent question and
we entered at his instance upon.i course of
negotiation, although his manifesto a few days
previously and his public speeches were deliv
ered at the moment which mado an attempt at
such negotiation in the light of forlorn hope.
We welcomed eagerly the faintest chance of
settlement. We did all men could do to avert
the hateful evil ot discussion. When our power
of endurance was at length exhausted we still
maintained our patience, but could not dls.
guise from ourselves that Mr. Parnell, by re
maining In the chair and by using his power to
prevent the party from coming to a vote on the
question of. his leadership, could continue to de
icat the will of the party for any length of
time before he retired from the ?otentioii,
which could not be prolonged without bringing
a disgrace upon the country, and the conntry
will judge of the quibble.
He pledged every member to act with the
majority, and this is held by a minority to be a
binding force no longer. Mr. ParneH'a mani
festo to the people of Ireland was issued dur
ing our deliberations, and that fatal docum ent
is an appeal to hatred between the people of
Great Britain and the people of Ireland.
To Unite the Two Countries.
It is our duty and will be in the future, as
was in the past, to cultivate lasting friendship
between the people. No other course is wise,
no other course hopeful, no other course
rational for a constitutional party or possible
to a party leader. In reference to the evicted
tenants, it it prevailed, it could have no other
effect than to drive them to despair, break up
an agrarian combination and enable Balfour to
claim a decisive victory for coercion. We ask
all evicted tenants and their friends to consider
well whether they have recen ed the most help
and comfort in the past from Mr. Parnell or
from men whose names are found in the ma
lontyof the Irish party.
The manifesto has made It impossible for Mr.
Parnell hereafter to act in conjunction with
the Liberal party or in the same cause, and the
Unionists and the press have declared it will
bar all negotiation with the Tory party, even if
Ireland were to sanction such a course.
But home rulo cannot be won by parliamen
tary means except In conjunction with one
party or other. What possible future then has
Parnell left as the party leader and what policy
can he adopt, by what means dops he propose
to gain any real advantage for his country?
Mr. Parntll has no; scrupled to say what no
cntm to our country has ever dared to in
sinuate, that our integrity and independence
has been sapped, destroyed by wire pullers of
an English party We scorn to treat seriously
so wild and wanton an accusation.
The Proof or Their Fidelity.
The record of our service is proof of our
fidelity, but we remind Parnell that the men be
now assails because their integrity to Ireland
had obliged them to act independently of him.
self, are the men who. when Parnell lelt the
party derelict, still preserved its intecntv and
maintained its Independence. They fought the
battle for their country inch by inch and never
nttered a word against a leader who had left
them to struggle as best they could without his
aid. Our countrymen are well aware that the
only tie which could bind us to public life is
our hope to serve and save our country, and
that the honor of Ireland is safe in our hands
through good or evil fortune. Our couise of
duty is now clear, we shall recognize our re
sponsibility to our country and resolutely main
tain our position as an independent party, and
we shall do our utmost to guarantee our final
victory, under the auspices of the alliance be
tween tho people of Ireland and the democracy
of Great Britain.
We shall claim such assurances upon specific
questions as the Interests of Ireland may re
quire, we shall demand such settlement of
home rule questions as will satisfy the aspira
tions of Ireland, and finally, during the time
that must elapse ere our country acquires her
freedom, we shall make every practical effort
in ourpower to emancipate the tenant-farmer,
better the lot of the artisan and give the
agricultural laborer a foothold In his native
land, and so to shape the course of legislative
reforms as to help in ecunng happier homes
anil brighter lives for the masses I our people
and our fellow countrymen. This issuo we
now submit to you and ic is one upon which
for a time our country must depend. May God
uphold the right. J nsTDf McCarthy,
Chairman.
And signatures ot 6 other members.
PARNELL IN IRELAND.
THE IRISH LEADER'S ENTHUSIASTIC
GREETIN G AT KINGSTON AND DUBLIN.
He Seizes the Plant of the United Ireland
Newspaper in Which He Owns a Control,
ling Interest, but It Is Eecaptured by a
Body of His Opponents.
London, Dec 10. Mr. Parnell arrived
at Kingston at an early hour this morning.
A body guard of 200 of his supporters, the
Parnell leadership committee and other
deputations who had traveled from Dublin
on a special train, were on the pier to
receive him. The deputations were headed
by a band. Dr. Fitzgerald, M. P., Mr.'
Leamy, M. P., Mr. Henry Harrington and
Mr. Edward Harrington," M. P., were the
first members of Mr. Parneil's party to
leave the steamer. They weie loudly
cheered as they came down the gang plank.
Mr. Timothy Healy, M. P., Mr. Maurice
Healy, M. P., and Mr. Kenny, M. P., op
ponents of Mr. Parnell, traveled in the
same boat with the Parnellitcs from Holy
head. As they came ashore they were sub
jected to hostile demonstrations by the
crowd on the pier, while there were shouts
for Mr. Parnell, mingled with cheers for
Mrs. O'Shea.
Parnell, accompanied by Mr. Campbell,
his private secretary, was the last passenger
to quit the boat. As he proceeded to the
waiting train the crowd became enthusiastic
in their demonstrations and he was cheered
again and again. A number of .addresses
were presented to him, in reply to which he
expressed his thanks for the welcome that
had been extended to him. He said he did
not fear the result of the fight he had under
taken. The train then pulled out from the
station, and after a short run arrived in
Dublin, where a large crowd had assembled
in and about the station to welcome Mr.
Parnell.
The Arrival in Dublin.
The crowd was so dense that Mr. Parnell
with difficulty made his way through it.
Finally he reached a cab, which he en
tered with Mr. Joseph F. Kenny, M. P.
The crowd surrounded the cab, unharnessed
the horse, and then Mr. Parneil's enthusi
astic admirers drew him through the streets
until they reached Mr. Kenny's house.
Upon his arrival at Mr. Kenny's house,
Mr. Parnell made a brief speech to the
crowd that had accompanied him there.
Later in the day he will attend a meeting of
a committee of the National League.
The United Ireland newspaper has got
into trouble through its persistent advocacy
of Mr. Parneil's retirement Mr. Parnell
is one of the directors of the company owning
the paper, and, acting in that capacity, he
to-day seized the plant of the paper, stopped
the issue of the current edition, and ejected
the acting editor, Mr. Bodkin. Barrister
Kelly, Mr. Henry Campbell, Mr. Parneil's
private sectary and Mr. Mahoney, member
of Parliament, were present when the
seizure was made. Mr. Parneil's agent took
possession ot the offices of the paper.
It is stated this afternoon that Mr. Parnell
owns 4T3 of the COO shares into which the
capital stock of the United Ireland Com
pany is divided, and that Dr. Joseph F. Ken
ny and Mr. Justin McCarthy own the re
mainder. 'Ihe editors who were ejected
from the office will sue Mr. Parnell.
The Paper is Eecaptured.
Late to-night a strong party of Mr. Par
neil's opponents made a descent upon and
captured the offices of United It eland. The
invaders destroyed all the leaders which
had been prepared by Mr. Leamy, who was
detailed as editor to-day by Parnell, and
turned all the matter that they found set up
into the fire. Then they took possession of
the ledgers and other books and documents
belonaing to this coucern. All this was done
in the name of William O'Brien.
A sfrong posse from various labor so
cieties has been left as a garrison, with in
structions to remain on guard day and
night, and to resist by force any further in
trusion by Mr. Parnell and his friends. It
is stated that the suppressed edition of the
paper will appear to-morrow.
At 7 o'clock in the evening Mr. Par
nell left Mr. Kenney's residence, and
proceeded to the Mansion House, where
the procession was to form. There the crush
and enthusiasm were 60 great that Mr. Par
nell and his companions found mnch diffi
culty in reaching the door. The crowd was
so enormous and the people were so tightly
packed and wedged in together that the or
ganizers of the parade found it a most labori
ous task to get the various societies and
other bodies into line. Ultimately, when
nearly an hour had been consumed' in the
work of forming'ihe procession, a start was
made amid the crash of a score of brass
fcands-aud tha-tiwirig of blaring torches!
More Evidence of Enthusiasm.
Mr. Parnell rode iu the Lord Mayor's
carriage at the head of the line. Just as the
procession started a score of enthusiastic
men unharnessed the horses and took their
places, dragging the carriage in triumph
the whole way to the Botunda.
When the hall was reached ie again ex
perienced the greatest difficulty in making
his way to the entrance. The hall had been
packed almost to suffocation for an iiour
previous to the arrival of the procession.
When Mr. Parnell finally managed to get
inside he found it impossible to reach the
platform in any way other than on the
shoulders of the crowd and he passed to
the stage over the heads of the reporters, the
audience pressing forward, sweeping aside
the stewards and claraboring upon the
platform after him. When the tumult had
subsided the Lord Mayor was installed in
the chair, and a vote of confidence in Mr.
Parnell was passed amid great enthusiasm.
There was another burst of cheering as Mr.
Parnell arose to address the audience.
In the course of his speech he asked the
people of Ireland to take him as tbey had
found him. Telling points in his address
were loudly applauded.
MIXED THEM UP.
The Dead Bodies of a Russian and a
Maiden Go Awry.
TBT DtnttAr'S CABLE COMPANT.l
Beelin, Dec. 10. A gruesomely-humor-ous
incident occurred in Potsdam Sunday
last. A certain widow, by name Wachter
hausen, had a daughter Amelia, who had
gone to Nice for her health and
had there died. The mother tele
graphed to an undertaker in that
city to forward the body to her. This was
apparently done, and in due time arrived a
box, enclosing an elaborate coffin, which,
in its turn, was supposed to con
tain the body of the maiden. Just
as the ceremonies of the funeral
were about to begin the mother insisted
upon having the coffin opened, which was
done, and in place of the young girl there
was found the body of an old Russian mil
itary officer dressed iu uniform, decked
out with medals and holding a naked sword
in his band.
Telegrams were immediately dispatched
to Nice, and it was learned that the bodies
had been mixed up the maiden had
gone to Smolensk instead of Pots
dam. Then Smolensk was wired. To
day an answer came, saying that
the body of the young lady had been duly
buried with full military pomp and cir
cumstance and a general holiday had been
enjoyed in the town to do reverence to what
was snpposed to be the officer's memory.
"What to do with the Russian is now
puzzling the widow.
GOOD FOR CANCER.
Bleger's Diphtheria Cure Said to Possess a
Double Value.
JBT PCNLAF'S CABLX COMPANT.l
Beblin, Dec 10. Prof. Koch has re
fused to investigate Rieger's cure for diph
theria, which it was stated, he would under
take and accordingly. Baron Falkenhausen
has been by order of the Emperor
chosen to study its action. He declares that
Kieger has cured thousands of people in
Silesia and has never lost a patient and that
the remedy is a thick oily fluid, which is
manufactured from plants growing wild in
certain districts.
It is reported also to have a beneficial ef
fect in the treatment of cancer. ,
THE RUSSIAN HEBREWS.
Meeting In London to Devise Means for
Their Belief,
lir Associated Tress.
London, Dec 10. A meeting of influen
tial persons was held at the Guild Hall to
day to consider the condition of the Hebrews
(Continued on ttventh page.)
A SOLEMN GATHERING
Of Republican Senators Held on tho
Federal Elections Bill,
BUT SO DECISION IS REACHED.
President Harrison Greatly Stirred
Over Certain Senators,
Up
AND HE SPEAKS HIS LITTLE PIECE
trnoil A STAFF COEBESPONDEST.1
Washington, Dec 10. When a call
was issued for a Republican Senatorial
caucus to-day it was a pretty general im
pression that the crisis had been reached
which would determine the fate of the elec
tions bill. It was given out that the confer
ence was for the purpose of reaching a con
clusion in regard to a change of the rules,
or some other proceeding which would en
sure a speedy vote on the measure, but the
popular view insisted that it was a solemn
conclave to take the length and breadth of
the antagonism within the ranks of the
party, and if it were found impossible to
pass the bill, to adopt some means of aband
oning it gracefully, with as little disfigure
ment as possible of the severe dignity of the
venerable Hoar and Edmunds and Evarti.
The President was not taken into consid
eration. In the popular view he did not
count. Senator Qnay didnot wait upon the
caucus, but took the train tor Philadelphia,
leaving his own substitute elections bill
locked np in his desk unfinished. Proba
bly be felt assured that it would not be
needed, as the chances were that the bill
now before the Senate wonld be laid aside
or voted down by Bepublican ballots.
Quay's Instructions to Faulkner.
Before leaving he sought Senator Faulk
ner, with whom he has had a standing pair,
and said to that statesmen: ''Consider that
we are paired on all questions except the
elections bill. If that measure should come
to a vote in my absence vote against it every
time, regardless of our pair." At least this
is the statement that comes direct from Mr.
Faulkner. Senator Quay had some busi
ness which took him to'Philadelphia, but
he intimated that he was teeling sick and out
of sorts; that he might be absent for several
davs, and would probably go home.
Tcere is a vast deal of suppressed fury
among the Senators who arc pushing the
elections bill at the defiant attitude of some
of the younger ones, and some of the older
ones as well. Everything possible has been
done to dragoon the recalcitrants into a con
dition of obedience, but without avail. The
public will never know the quantity of
bitter fighting that has been done behind
the scenes. It has been kept exceedingly
quiet. With ten days of the session eone
and the force bill up" from the beginning, it
only leaked out two or three days ago that
there was serious, if not fatal, tronble in
regard to the existence ot the bill.
Harrison Uses Vigorous Language.
The President was informed of the condi
tion of things directly it was discovered,
and that dignitary aroused himself to such
energy as he has not been known to exhibit
in long years. His lethargic nature was
stirred to its depths. He sent for one Sena
tor after another, and almost commanded
their attendance at the White House. He
read the party law, as he, the head of the
party, Interpreted it, in the most vigorous
Saxon at his command. Occasionally he
narrowly escaped certain expressions in
common use, that , wonld, if heard; Save
deeply shocked hi? Presbyterian colleagues.
To one Senator, who mildly hinted that
the conscience of a Senator was not so bank
rupt that an assignment of it had to be made
to the President, Mr. Harrison broke out
almost intemperately with a declaration
that he would defy any Senator to go
against the elections bill. This wrs a
threat that any Senator who did so would
command no more patronage of the Presi
dent. Senators who came within the mean
ing of this prospective interdiction merely
laughed.
No Fear of Harilson.
Painful as it is to make the formal state
ment, it is a fact that there are few politic
ians or officials in Washington who have the
fear of the President constantly before them.
They pardon his display of feeling, how
ever, because it is quite natural, in view of
his stalwart utterance in his message in
furtherance ot the bill. He does not want
to be held up to public contempt by mem
bers of his own party iu the Senate.
The caucus was held this evening at the
magnificent residence of Senatar Sawyer,
on Connecticut avenue. The chairs and
sofas were luxurious, the cigars excellent,
the wine and salads incomparable. The
caucusing Senators were almost warmed up
to lorgetfulness of the annoying condition
that confronted them. It was late when
they separated and notwithstanding their
loquacity in the Sawyer palace, they were
closemouthed to a provoking degree when
they broke away. It was 11 o'clock when
the first Senator emerged iroui the Sawyer
mansion, and some time passed before others
followed.
No Action on tho Force Bill.
Ontoftbe reticence of the mass it was
gleaned piecemeal from individual Sen
ators that no definite action was taken in
regard to the elections bill. Some attempt
was made by the Western silver Senators,
all of whom were present, to force the dis
cussion to the financial question, but this
was met by a proposition, which was car
ried, to appoint a committee to consider,
draft and present, ss soon as possible, a
financial measure suitable for the necessi
ties of the time and to the varions financial
factions.
Debate on the disposition of the elections
bill was earnest, and a strong tendency was
evident among the silver men to urge that
the bill be laid aside temporarily, which
would mean, of course, eternally. But any
hint of this was met by Senators Hoar and
Edmunds with counter hints that the free
coinage men were on dangerous ground
when they sought to antagonize the elections
bill. It was evident tbey were not vet
ready to surrender.
Two Changes of Bnles Proposed.
Two propositions looking to a speedy vote
were made. The first was a change of rules,
permanent in its character, providing that
after reasonable debate it shall he in order
for any Senator to move the previous ques
tion. The oilier looked to the preservation
intact of the ancient precedent, which per
mits unlimited oratory, but provided for
the calling of the previous qnestion on the
elections bill upon a date left blank. The
first proposition appeared to meet with most
favor, except with a few of the antiques, as
it is well recognized that measures are con
stantly appearing which provoke disenssions
of nseless duration and that it is time a
cloture rule were adopted by the Senate.
Final vctiou was not taken on either
proposition, but it is probable the general
rule will speedily be pot into the code of
the Senate, there to startle the dry bones
of that superannuated book ofjlaws. It was
decided, however, to agree to the Plumb
resolution to meet at 1 o'clock A. ai. here
after and take a recess from 5 P. II. till 8.
This is to-give the Democrats more time
for the talking in the short period to be
allotted to them on the elections bill and
also to tire them out as much as possible.
Bent on Having a Tote.
It is quite evident from the discussion
that the Senators who hare assumed respon
sibility for the elections bill will not bo
satisfied with anything short of a vote on
the pending measure. They want to put
themselves and other Senators on record.
J That the bill will be defeated few seem to
dotjbj, and more than one Senator so ex
pressed himself at the canons to-night. The
onjy stumbling block in the way of the op
pofijfcntsof the measure is the free coinage
scheme.
Tfo silver Senators would like to have
harmony on that it possible, but they well
know they can only succeed finally by the
assistance of the Democrats, and they are
more likely to assist the latter to defeat the
elections bills than they are to hang to the
coat tails of the anti-silver Bepublican JSen
ators for the sake of harmony, and then get
kicsed for their servility. It is probable
some sort of cloture rule will be presented
without further caucnsslng, and it may
crJ&p as early as to-morrow.
""to LlGHTNER.
NEW IMMIGRATION BILL.
A SUBSTITUTE TOE THE PEESENT LAW
BEAD'S' TO REPORT.
A Change In the Panper Clause That Will
Keep Out Undesirable JJPeople Folyg
atnlsts Will Also be Barred Tax Upon
Aliens Increased to One Dollar.
Washington, Dec 10. The Bepre
sentatives composing the House contingent
of the Joint Congressional Committee on
Immigration have agreed upon a bill to
regulate immigration. Representative
0en, of Indiana, is Chairman of the com
mittee which had been engaged in making
an investigation into immigration affairs,
and will report the bill (which has the
support of all the members of the House
Committee) as soon as possible. In ex
planation of the general features of the
measure, Mr. Owen to-day said:
It is a new contract labor law. The old law
Is so wretchedly inefflclcnuliat according to the
testimony of the labor inspectors themselves.
23 percent of the immigration now coming to
the conntry is in violation of the contract labor
law. The statute was framed to meet a con
dition of things that existed at the time the law
was passed. Is is practically useless, so we
have framed a new law. We have also very
much enlarged the inhibited classes of immi
grants. v
There 13 no intention on the part of the com
mittee to restrict immigration, our only object
being to sift it, to separate the desirable from
the undesirable, believing that the time basnot
yet come to prohibit immigration, excentsnch
as is undesirable, which now and always should
be kept out. This country can well support
seven times its present population. Every de
sirable citizen adds to our wealth.
One important change we have made is that
rrohibiting not only paupers, but those
who are likely to become such. In one case 97
immigrants from Ireland were stopped and
held in custody because their passage money
had been prepaid by the poor law guardians of
Ireland. They had besides a few dollars. The
United States Judge ordered their release,
holding that the fact that their passage had
been prepaid did not necessarily make them
paupers. Yet it must be evident that persons
whose way here Is paid by the poor guardians
of Ireland, Eneland, Germany and other coun
tries -ire likely to become paupers very soon,
and our bill is framed so as to permit the exer
cise of a wise discretion.
Polygamous classes are added to the list
of classes defined in Mr. Owens' bill as not
entitled to be admitted in the United States.
The tax upon aliens, which in Mr. Owens'
bill was fixed at SO cents, was increased by
the committee to $1.
A GOVERNMENT PAPER.
Senator Quay Introduces a Bill for tho Issu
ing of One.
-SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THa DISPATCH.!
Washington, Dec 10. The cranks are
out in force this session again. They have
generally heretofore made their assaults
upon Congress through some of the West
ern members. Senator Quay is their latest
f&tiin, howeven Ho has intrt&uced'and
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naa reierrea to tne uommiuee on .ranting
a bill providing for the publication of a
periodical about the size of the Congres
sional Record, to be called the TVoffe
Woiher. Its object will be to furnish
the American ' people, free of ex
pense, with intelligent discussion of
the principles of "Universal co
operation at cost by the citizens of
this Republic." It will accept no adver
tisements and hire no professional contrib
utors iu short, it is to he free in every
particular of the common vice of "proSt
ism," and its publication is undertaken
because the newspapers of the country, un
der private ownership, can never be expected
to give a fair show to the consideration of
these principles, militating as they do
against the theory of private competition or
profit.
The Public Printer is authorized by the
bill to employ an "editing clerk" and a
mailing clerk, to assist him in getting out
the 'Wage- Worker, and if the money in the
Treasury is not sufficient to pay its running
expenses, the Secretary of the Treasury is
directed to issue greenbacks enough to meet
the requirements.
TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
Senator Hawley Introduces a Bill to Better
Its Condition.
Washington, Dec. 10. Senator Haw
ley to-dayiintroduced a bill in the Senate to
define the line of the army and increase its
efficiency. The bill provides for the same
number of regiments of infantry, cavalry
and engineers ns at present compose those
branches, but increases the artillery branch
of the service by the addition of two regi
ments. Each regiment of infantry, cavalry
and artillery is to have one colonel, one
lieutenant colonel, three majors and the
usual number of junior officers, with 12
companies. Each. company throughout the
line of the army is to have one captain, and
the number of enlisted men of all grades is
not to exceed 30,000, 5,000 of whom may be
Indians, in the discretion of the President.
The regiments of artillery are to be
officered by the promotion, assignment and
transfer of the officers now in that branch of
the army, and any vacancies remaining
thereafter in the grade of second lieutenant
may he filled by transfer from other arms of
the service.
SIXTY-THREE MILLION
Is the Total Population of tho Country,
Including Indians.
Washington, Dec 10. The total popu
lation of the country, including Indians,
etc., will reach 63,000,000. Already the
Census Office has actually returned, in round
figures 315,000 Indians and whites in the
Indian Territory.
These, with the population of Alaska,
which Special Agent Petroff estimates at
38,000, will bring up the total population of
the country to 63,000,000 a numerical gain
of 13,000,000 in the decade.
CROW LANDS SOLD.
The Government Purchases 1,830,000 Acres
for the Sum of 8910,000.
Washington, Dec. 10. Secretary Noble
to.day received the following telegram from
the Chairman of the Crow Indian Commis
sion at the Crow Agency in Montana:
Crow Indians In full Council have to-day sold
lands west of divide on Price's creek, and ad
joining strip on South creek, to Big Horn, 15
miles wide; consideration 948.000. Treaty now
being signed by a large majority of the indi
vidual Indians. Commissioners will meet in
Chicago later on to make np their report and
forward the same, together with estimates.
Number of acres purchased, 1,850,000.
VFour Hours of Solid Reading.
Washington, Dee. 10. The Senate re
sumed consideration of the elections bill and
Mr. George spoke in opposition to it He
oconpied just four hours in the delivery of
his speech, all of which he read from manu
script. 1
MARTIN'S STILL MAD.
He Demands That the 5,000 Check
Shall be Fixed at Once.
QUAY ATTENDS A CONFERENCE,
At Which Cashier Delamater is Present, to
Adjust the Hatter.
YiSRY DARK REPORTS FROM 11EADY1LLE
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, Dec 10. Senator Quay
arrived in the city to-day to look into the
complications that have arisen out of the
failure of Delamater & Co. Here he met a
host of other interested parties, by far the
most important being Victor M. Delamater,
the cashier of the bankrupt firm, and a
brother of George Wallace Delamater.
Young Delamater arrived in the city early
in the day, and he was joined here by State
Chairman William H. Andrews, of Titus
ville. Later in the afternoon a conference was held
between these gentlemen, and David Martin
also met them. The subject of the $5,000
check was the principal one under consider
ation. Mr. Martin is still emphatic in his
determination to obtain the money that was
taken from him in snch a peculiar manner.
When the conference ended both Andrews
and Delamater were more impressed than
ever with the necessity of arranging mat
ters satisfactory to Mr. Martin.
Qnay rnd Delamater in Conference.
Victor Delamater did not register at any
of the hotels, and it is believed that he re
mained in a private office during the greater
portion of his stay here. After the first talk
between the men was over, another confer
ence was held between Senator Quay and
Delamater. Andrews was present during a
portion of this talk, and when it ended Mr.
Martin was called into the room by Senator
Quay and informed that he was to meet him
again this morning. Delamater then left
Senator Qnay and also the city in a train
late at night for Meadville.
Prior to the arrival of the visitors a num
ber of prominent Republicans held a meet
ing al Harrisburg to consider both the
Martin matter and the position which State
Treasurer Boyer occupied as the result ot
both the Delamater and Jamison failures.
At the meeting there were a number of pol
iticians from various parts of the State, in
cluding Auditor General MeCamant and
W. S. Watson, of Pittsburg. After these
men bad talked the matter over most of
them came to this city and met Senator
Quay at the Continental Hotel.
Matters Seem Worse Than Brer.
A dispatch- from Meadville says: The
great financial crash ot Friday, December
5, is still uppermost in the minds of the
citizens of Meadville, and the subject is dis
cussed on every street corner. At 4 o'clock
this afternoon, County Commissioner Edwin
J. Bailey said to your correspondent: "I
have just received a telegram from the
Auditor General, saying that the $8,400 in
terest which the county paid on State taxes
July 10, 1890, has not been accounted for.
This makes the case worse and worse, and I
fear that the depositors have lost every
thing." The Board of Control of the publie
schools held a meeting this evening to dis
cuss the situation of James L. Swickard,
who had the sum of $27,000 deposited in the
bank, with G. B. Delamater os his bonds
man. No conclusion was arrived at. Good
lawyers are at war on the question. Some
declar, that Mr Sivickard should be held
individually responsible for the amount,
while' others say that he should not pay a
dollar.
As the hours wear on the situation looks
worse There is a feeling of indignatioa
against the members of the firm, which
grows stronger every day. The statement
made by V. M. Delamater, the late cashier,
that he did not know of the bank's insol
vency until the hour of 9 o'clock Thursday
evening, December 4, is believed by some
and laughed at by others.
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Swept Overboard by One Wave and Saved
by Another.
SPECIAL TSLrGBAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
Baltimore, Dec 10. Captain Klages,
of the bark Amy, which arrived hereto-day
from Bio Janeiro, tells of a thrilling exper
ience of the second mate, John Wilson, dar
ing a hurricane on November 30. The ves
sel began to roll and plunge, and while she
was standing on her beam ends, Bichard
Cain, a seaman, aged 20 years, of Sheffield,
England, was caught by the waves and swept
away. A few moments later another wave
swept over the Amy. It caught Second
Mate John Wilson at his post and in a mo
ment he was over the bark's side and out in
the sea. His comrades saw him go, but
they could do nothing to rescue him, for the
bark was caught in another wave aud flung
under a mountain of water, which threat
ened to engulf her.
As she struggled to right herself, a re
turning wave struck her and when she had
shaken it from ber deck the crew were sur
prised to see the formof their once lost mate.
He had been brought back by the returning
wave, and though nearly unconscious, had
desperately clutched at a rope, which he
held while the wave swept by, when he was
rescued.
HANGED EOR MURDER.
A Negro Before Dying Gives His Hearers
Some Good Advice.
Mebidiak, Miss., Dec 10. George
Martin, the murderer of William Crouch,
was executed in the jail yard to-day at 1:30
o'clock. The hanging was private, but a
considerable crowd mostly negroes, gath
ered around." When Martin was brought
on the gallows he was allowed by Sheriff
Bourdeaux to make a teu minutes' talk.
He devoted his time to a religious lecture
to other negroes. His only reqnest was that
Sheriff Bourdeaux throw the trap instead of
a deputy. When he had finished his state
ment the Sheriff fitted the noose, gave the
rope a jerk and launched Martin into
eternity. His neck was broken and the
physician decided he was dead in about
three minutes. He did not move after the
trap fell.
A DOUBLE FAILURE.
Tennessee Tobacconists and a Tennessee
Bank Compelled to Suspend. "
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 10. A special
from Clarksville says: The Franklin Bank,
of this city, suspended payment this morn
ing. The failure was caused by the recent
failure of Henry Seafert, of New York, a
latge tobacconist, with whom the Franklin
Bank had been doing a large business. The
Franklin Bank is a private bank; its capital
stock is $50,000.
Kendnck, Peetus & Co., a large tobacco
firm, made an assignment to-day. The sns-
Jiension of the bank, in which the firm had
arge deposits, and the stringency of the
money market, made it impossible for the
firm to meet their obligations, and in order
to protect all their creditors alike thev
assigned. Their liabilities are over $200,000,
with assets above that amount.
Beady for the President.
Washington, Dec 10. The House bill
to authorize the payment of a drawback; on
tobacco, to correct an omission in the tariff
bill, was passed by the Senate to-day.
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A NECESSITY FOR REAL REEORM.
ROAD LAW REVISION.
AN ACT TO BE PREPARED BY THE SUB
COMMISSION And Introduced In the Next Session of the
Legislature Township Supervision of
Koads Too Imperfect The Snb-Commls-slon
Favors Uie State Taking Hold.
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10. The State
Road)
members,
10 appointed by
the Governor. jAftervfV rips in the
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various counties, tne coicw v oeciaea
upon asufMiommission at ?jk 9 mber
meeting, and this snb-commisiV' ." five
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the coilpc, lf decided
met in Boom s7 of the Continental K Ael to
day. Senator A. D. Harlan, of Chester;
Amos H. Mylin, of Lancaster; H. K. Sloan,
of Indiana; H. Stanley Goodwin, President
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and ex
Representative Foight were present. Sena
tor Mylin presided and Charles F. Ettla is
the secretary.
The sub-committee has been directed to
prepare an act on road law revision, and as
to-day was the first session, no definite work
was accomplished. The members are of the
opinion that township supervision of turn
pikes' and highways is erratic and generally
imperfect. The present system delegates the
expenditure of labor and taxes to super
visors, who turn out to be incompetent iu
many instances, and while good roadways
have been secured through faithfnl trustees
of the property holders' interests, the effect
is lost in the indifference and neglect else
where. The sub-commission believes that the
State should take hold either by direct ap
propriations of money, or by inspectors, to
operate through a department with a super
intendent, much on the order of the public
schools. A bill on road law revision will be
prepared in time for introduction in the next
General Assembly, so as to give it an early
number on the calendar in both Senate and
House.
INDIAN GHOST DANCERS.
A Belief That the Troops Have Stopped the
- Messiah Craze.
Chicago, Dec 10. Indications at Gen
eral Allies' headquarters to-night pointed to
a close of the Messiah craze among the In
dians of the Northwest. An immediate
tightening of the military cordon completely
surrounding the ghost dancers seems to be
the programme. There will be.a total dis
arming of the redskins like so many rats in
a hnge trap.
Throughout the entire evening au inter
esting scene was being enacted on the fourth
floor of the Pullman building, where the
the army offices of tbe'division of the Mis
souri are located. In the southeast corner
room, which overlooks Lake Michigan, sat,
deeply engrossed, General Miles, the com
manding officer of the division, and con
stantly about him Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin and Captain Marion P. Maus.
Spread before General Miles was a map ot
the Northwestern Indian country, which
gave in most minute form every road, trail,
railroad and pith which exists in that conn-'
try, besides everv United States fort and
Indian agency. Not a spot upon this map
but was carefully looked over and earnestly
studied and figured upon.
General Miles explained the distribution
of the troons. "General Brooke," said he,
"is on the South, Colonel Sumner is on the
North, General Carr is on the West, and
Colonel Merriam is on the East with their
rsspective commands."
As the General finished he looked up
from the man with a smile of satisfaction.
A POSTMASTER SHORT.
He Spent Too Much Money at the Xate Con
gressional Election.
Decator, Ala., Dec 10-Postmaster
E. D. Armstead, ol New Decatur, skipped
the town a few days ago, leaving his bonds
men and about $3,000 shortage in his ac
counts with the Postoffice Department. Uo
one suspicioued his beiug short in his ac
counts with the Postoffice Department until
late last evening, when some of his bonds
men were informed bs had not been in the
office in several days, and they began at
once to inquire over his whereabouts. He is
supposed to be in Canada.
It is believed that the Congressional elec
tion caused him to lose heavily. So far his
bondsmen have not tried to catch him. H.
S. Freeman, Bird Scott, C. C. Sterts and
W. W. Hedges are his bondsmen.
APPLYING KOCH'S LYMPH.
The Tlrst Trial of the New Cure In St.
Luke's Hospital, New York.
New Yobk, Dec 10. The first applica
tion of Dr. Koch's lymph, in New York,
occurred in St. Luke's Hospital this morn
ing. The lymph used was a part of that
which arrived in this city yesterdav, and
which has been anxiously awaited for
several days.
The application was made by Mr. Kinni
cutt, the attending physician at St. Luke's,
and to-morrow morning it will be applied to
several other patients who have been selected
for the purpose. Two wards in St. Luke's
Hospital, one for men and another for
women, have been set apart for the exclusive
use of patients who are to be subjected to
the Koch treatment.
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
Suggestions for Legislation That Congress
Should Enact.
New Obleans, Dec 10. The National
Board of Trade resumed its cession this
morning. Proposition No. 29, relative to
testa of the strength of building materials,
submitted by theLouisville Board of Trade,
was taken up aud laid over to the next
annual meeting. "Mr. Feurbach, of St.
Louis, moved a reconsideration of the vote
by which the resolution indorsing the Terry
bankruptcy bill and urging its immediate
passage by the Senate, was defeated last
night. The motion was agreed to yeas, 30;
nays, 16. The resolution was then adopted.
II SECRETCONCUVE
Of the Independent Oil Operators
for the Purpose of
Forming an
ALLIANCE OF PRODUCERS.
Tho Meeting Which May Mean the
Eetolution of the Business.
ALL NOW FAT0R UNITED ACTION,
Though the Details of the Flan Are Xot let
to be Diynlged. .
THE TI3IE T1I0TJGI1T TO BE OPPORTUNE
At last the producers have sounded the
tocsin note of liberty and independence
Oppression has finally aroused them from a
state of lethargy and awakened a spirit of
independence that will mark a new era in
the petroleum industry.
For the past four or five months the
petroleum situation has been gradually
growing worse until a crisa seems immi
nent. During this time the independent
producers have been agitating the momentus
subject of building pipe lines and refineries,
and, if possible, create a competitor to the
Standard Uil Company, that they might de
rive a fair and equitable price for their pro
duction. Nothing of a tangible nature grew out of
the agitation, and all schemes went by the
board. There was, however, a strong under
current feeling which was destined to soon
formulate into a powerful combination
which may ultimately change the aspect of
affairs.
A Secret Meeting Held Last Xlght.
This feeling and spirit of independence
manifested itself last night in a secret meet
ing ot prominent producers at the Monon
gahela House. Their meeting and deliber
ations are shrouded in mystery, and all the
pursnasive power at the command of the re
porter could not induce any of its members
to divulge exactly what wa3 accomplished.
It was ascertained that representatives from
Bradford, Warren, Oil City, Bntler and
Washington were present, while a number
of the leading producers of Pittsburg were
also on hand. It is surmised tnattheaira
and abject of this preliminary meeting is
to jorin a producers' alliance on a basis that
cannot fail ot success.
From what could be learned it is evident
that the promoters of the new project ara
going into it with a will and determination,
commensurate with the exigency of the sit
uation. The meeting was a representative
one judging from the producers who were
seen about the Monongahela House, and
their quiet determination not to be inter
viewed, with the expressive feeling of satis
faction in their faces, were indicative that
their meeting had been a successful one.
The only expression that could be ob
tained was, in answer to a question to one
of the producers attending the meeting,
who saidr'"We have nothing txrsjy; we
merely talked business and private business
"at that."
A Bevolution in the Business.
It is evident the feeling among pro
ducers, that has been pent up in each indi
vidual breast, has at last found expression
in a meeting. The producers have been
quietly growling to themselves since the P.
P. A. dropped out, because of the absorp
tion of its principal men by the Standard,
and now this feeling intensified from its
being so long pent up, is finding an expres
sion, which may lead to a revolution in the
business.
The time is certainly ripe. Looking over
the producing field the opportunities for in
dependent business movements, were never
better. Water and rail transportation are
near to every oil field, and the producers
are financially in condition, owing to a year
of good prices, to take advantage of these
opportunities. Perhaps they are the better
prepared that the Standard has weeded out
irom their ranks the men who took the most
prominent part to lead them into disastrous
alliances with their enemies. The producers
must be prepared to stay, to wait patiently
for results, and they can control their whole
bnsiness, producing, transporting and re
fining, with as much ease as they now push
into new fields.
Politically, a producers' organization can
control the oil counties now as was in
dicated by the last election commercially,
a close organization would be fully as pow
erful. McClijixouk.
HAWAIIAN SUGAR DUTY.
The Object of King; Kalakana's Visit to th
Vnlted States.
San Feancisco, Dec 10. An interview
is published with Colonel McFarlane. the
Hawaiian monarch's chamberlain, in which
he states it is trne that King Kalakaua has
summoned the Hawaiian Minister, Mr. Car
ter, from Washington, to confer with him in
this city. Said Colonel McFarlane:
"The Sing is desirous of discussing with
him the effect which fbe McKinley act will
have on the Hawaiian commercial reciproc
ity treaty with the United States. His
Majesty wishes to continue the close com
mercial relations with the United States
and Hawaii. The tariff practically
gave a bounty of 2 cents per pound on
Hawaiian sngar, and it is understood it will
be asked that this bounty be continned, as
the King holds that the spirit of the treaty
was to place Hawaiian sugar on precisely
the same plane as American sugar.
SOUGHT TO THE DEATH,
A Father and Son Qnarrel for the Favor of
Tfoman.
Gainesville, Tex., Dec 10. A fatal
duel took place last night in Paines' Valley,
Ind. T., between Senator Sam Paul, of the
Chickasaw Legislatnre, and his son, Joe
Panl, in which Joe received a bullet wound
in the back and one in the breast, and the
father received a dangerous wound in tha
thigh, made by a pistol ball fired by tha
son.
Reports from Paine's Valley state that tha
young man died of his wounds this evening,
bnt that the father will recover. It is said
that the difficulty grew ont of a quarrel over
a woman of bad repute.
MRS. CARNEGIE'S CONDITION.
It Is Snch as to Give Her Friends Mnch En
conragement.
rsrxciAi. txuobax to nra cisrATCz.1
New Yobk, Dec 10. The friendsof Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie are much encouraged to
day over her condition. At the residence it
was said this morning that Mrs. Carnegie
had passed a quiet and refreshing night.
Dr. Garnieny remained at the house all
night, as Ire has done tor some time
Drs. Dennis and Jane way are in daily at
tendance on Mrs. Carnegie, and as yet ara
unable to say that she is out of danger. This
is the 21st day of her illness.
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