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In the Halls of Congress From
Now Until High Noon
Wednesday to
AVOID AN EXTRA SESSION.
Statns of the Appropriation Measures
Which It Is Absolutely
Necessary to Pass.
THE WORK OF THE TWO SESSIONS.
In Spite of the Taunted New Enles But
Few of the 19,000 Bills Intro
duced Have Become Laws.
21'KISLErS ACT THE CKE BIG FEATURE
She Aatctt ef Hretj Apjrcpiated Ii $70,000,000
Con Thia Ttxt liticriicd ly til Prt-
ctdirg Ltpslstivj Boiy.
LIBERALITY IN TEX HATTER Or PEKSIOKS
trKOK A 6TA r COEBSSrOXDKTT.l
YTashiugtoit, March 1, At the fag end
of the Filty-first Congress, when its work
may be summed ud and the reward of praise
given for the good deeds done in the body, it
is apparent that the mnch-lauded and
much.abued tariff bill will be its crowning
dory. "With it the tariff standi or falls. If
it endure the test of a year or two, and pros
perity springs ont of its operation, tariff agi
tation will probably cease, at least until a
financial panio brings disaster, when men
and measures who have been in rogue will
go down in the unreasoning craze which
throws responsibility upon the laws and offi
cers impartial!.
Bat aside from the merit or demerit of the
measure, the tariff bill, with its opening
wedge of reciprocity, is eo fraught with
rbange and possibility as to place it among
the most important measures ever wrung
from the imagination of the statesman.
The Result of the Reciprocity Clause.
The tariff bill has started every country
on the globe into new channels,
and their legislatures are studying out re
prisals for the trace of which the bill will
deprive them. Its reciprocity clause has
already resulted in the establishment of the
heartiest 'reciprocal reutions between the
United States and the greatest, though the
newest, of 'the South American Republics.
Other reciprocal treaties are on the way and
the hall is really started rolling which will
unquestionably .resnlt in complete reciproc-
y bctwee1 all the governments of the
Americas.
Mr. Mills may sneer at reciprocity as he
pleases, but his Democratic associates,frank
at least in private conversations, admit
that the reciprocal clause of the tar ill bill
promises to revolutionize the relations be
tween the countries of the American conti
nents. The republicans think they might
be content to rest with this, if they had ac
complished nothing more.
Only Two OtherMeasnres of Importance.
The only other bills of this Congress of
great national importance which are laws
at this writing are the silver bullion purch
ase bill, which was passed in answer to a
demand for an increased circulating finan
cial medium, and which will add from ?55,
0O0.000 to $60,000,000 to the money of the
country each year; and the dependent pen
sion bill, passed early in the first session
and by far the most liberal of all the liberal
tteps yet taken in the treatment of the Union
soldiers and their widows and children.
Ot the upward of 19,000 bills introduced
in the Fi tv-first Congress there is now no
means of ascertaining the number that have
been enacted into laws. They are compar
atively few. TheHime of the first session
was largely consumed with what at one
time promised to bean interminable wrangl
over the tariff and silver bullion purchase
bills. No reading person can forget the
history of the long fight on the tariff bill,
firt in the House and then in the Senate,
-where it hung, its fate in the balance for
mouths, and bow, when it looked as thongh
the Democrats would succeed iu talking it
to death, field Marshal Quay stepped in
and bv a bit or strategy secured the vote
which made it a law.
The rotverof the Minority.
Th Senate, with its antiquated rules,
which permit a minority to defeat any leg
islation it desires to defeat, is a quagmire in
which a mass of important legislation that
jussed the House safely has been swamped.
Aside from appropriation bills, the direct
tr.x bill, involving a repayment to the
States of about 10,000,000, is the only im
portant measuie passed by the House at
tins session which has also passed the Sen
ate. The international copyright bill, passed
by the House in excellent form, was fairly
murdered by the intellectual Senate, and
now hangs fire in a conference committee.
1 he bankruptcy bill, of vast importance,
finds its grave in the Senate. The postal
subsidy bill, passed bv the Honse a few
nights ago, 19 caught fast under the ponder
ous rules of the Senate and will be lucky if
it escapes with any vitality.
Already in theke dispatches the details
have been given of the fate of the several
measures of special interest to the wage
workers of the country, passed by the
House and bnried by the Senate.
Lalior Ullli In Their Graves.
The bill to pay w.-ges due to many em
ployes of the Government under the eight
hour law for overwork; the bill making
eiirlit hours the legal day's werk lor all
workmen for the Government or upon Gov
ernment woik under contractors; the bill
prohibiting convict labor on Government
work; the bill providing that whenever
possible only American citizens shall be
employed on Government work; the bill
fixinr?2aday as the minimum wages (or
Government work, and the bill regulating
immigration all sungly tucked away in
thr utile shrouds iu the capacious mauso
lei. in of the Senate.
Other important bills not reached for
final action by this Congress are the bill for
payment of claims for Indian depredation;
to provide a commission for the investiga
tion of the alcoholic liquor trafSc; to pro
Vide for the erection of postoffices in towns
RACE
WIT
IME
and cities where the postoffire receipts for
three years have exceeded 53,000 annually;
for the development and encouragement of
silk culture in the United States; for the
construction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean
for postal, military and other purposes; tor
the relief ot settlers on public lands; a sup
plemental act to finally crush out polygamy
in the Territory of Utah; lor preventing
adulteration and misbranding of food, drugs,
etc., knowu as Senator Paddock's pure food
bill; for the inspection of live cattle, hogs,
and. the carcasses thereof which are
subjects of inter-State commerce; the
Nicaragua canal bill; the bill to regulate
inter-State commerce; a bill to prohibit
dealing in "options," "futures" and etc.;
tne compound lard bill; a bill to establish a
prison bureau, lor the collection of criminal
statistics; a bill to prevent the importation
of spurious teas; a bill to prohibit the im
portation of loreign labor under contract.
All of Them Amonc the Missing.
None of these measures will by any
probability be reached bv this Congress.
Among the joint resolutions also are several
of great importance which have not even
reached discussion. One to promote com
mercial union with Canada, one proposing
an amendment to the Constitution to confer
representation to the District of Columbia
in the two houses of Congress and in the
Electoral College; and one proposing a Con
stitutional amendment extending the right
or suffrage to women.
The Fifty-first Congress has not been
wanting in dramatio episodes. The intense
debate on the elections bill, especially in
the Senate, where it held the boards for
well nieh two months, was replete with
them, besides furnishing the sensation of
Senator Cameron's vote on the closure rnle,
which was virtually a vote against the
elections bill, and which set all Pennsyl
vania by the ears.
The House has furnished its scenes of tur
moil almost every week of the session, and
sometimes the disturbance almost amounted
toarioL At one time blows were exchanged
between members on the floor, and at all
times the Democrats pounded away at
Speaker Eeed fur his persistent and vigor
ous administration of the new rules.
The Effect of the New Bales.
The change ot the Houe rules, one of the
first .acts of the Bepunlican majority, will
have an effect on legislation for all time, as
it established the precedent that a Speak
er may retue to entertain motions
and appeals when evidently made
lor the purpose of delay and obstruc
tion, and that he mav "count a
quorum" if one be present, and he feels like
11, though the members may abstain irom
voting.
Naturally the appropriations of this Con
gress will exceed those of any former Con
gress. Tl country is bigger than it was
ever before, and the Bepublican party is
confessedly more liberal in making appro
priations than its great rival. The appro
priations ol tne tirst session o tne irony
ninth Congress in 1877 amounted to $387,
23.1,971 and the second session $359,011,523,
making a grand total of $746,312,494.
At the first session of the Fiftieth Con
gress the appropriations fr the fiscal year
1889 aggregated 5422,626,343, and at the sec
ond session for the fiscal year 1890 $395,337.-
516, making a total for that Congress of
5817,963,859.
Tue appropriations of the first session of
the pitting Concress for the fiscal year 1891
amounted to $463,398,470, which is npward
of $40,000,000 more than that of the first
sessiou ol the previous Congress.
Total Increase In Appropriation'!.
The appropriations for this session, for the
fiscal year 1892, are not complete, but it is
estimated that they will bring up the total
appropriations of this Congress to an aggre
gate of about $70,000,000 more than the pre
ceding Congress. This is largely the result
of liberal pension legislation, of appropria
tions to build np the .Nary and to establish
coast defenses, and upward of $20,000,000
for rivers and harbors, which include the
appropriations for the dam at Beaver and
lor the purchase of one of the Monongahela
locks.
Very few private claims ha ve been honored
by the present Congress. For this speaker
Heed has been ronndiy cursed by a multi
tude of hungry claimants. One of the
largest which gains attention Is one of lone
standing lately allowed by the Court of
claim; to ex-Governor Price, of New Jersey,
amounting to $75,000. For this and a very
few smaller ones. Congress made the neces
sary appropriations.
The Appropriations Committee of the
Senate has been at work the whole day
getting the appropriations bills in shape,
and as the committee was not subject to the
usual interruptions that necessarily occur
during the sitting of Congress, good progress
was made. It is believed that the condition
of business is such as to make an extra ses
sion very improbable.
Three Measures Which Most Fas.
Three appropriation bills, viz: the post-
office, agricultural and general deficiency,.
have not yet passed tne beuate, but the first
named was well advanced toward final ac
tion when the Senate adjourned last night,
and the other two will be reported to the
Senate early to-morrow morning. The dif
ferences between the two House on the sun -dry
civil bill were cone over in conterence
this alternoon and many points adjusted, so
as to leave only a lew matters yet in dispute.
The World's Fair paragraph had not been
reached at the close ol the conference this
afternoon.
On several of the appropriations bills in
conlerence there are radical differences of
opinion between the Senate and House, but
there is no reason to apprehend that one
side or the other will not yield after it has
made a stubborn resistance and finds it
necessary to give wayin order to avoid an ex
tra session.
Action on the unfinished appropriation
bills and conference reports and on the ques
tions of copyright and subsidy will consume
substantially all the time of the Senate be
tween now and noon of Wednesday.
LlOHTNEK.
MANDERSON CHOSEN.
The Nebraska Senator Selected to Fill the
. riace Vacated by Ingalls.
Washington, March L A conference
of Republican Senators was held at the
Capitol for the purpose of selecting a Presi
dent pro tempore of the Senate, in place
of Senator Ingalls, who has held
that office for some years, but
who resigned the position recently in order
to give the Senate an opportunity to elect
bis successor before the session closed. There
were about 41 Senators present. Messrs.
Ingalls and Edmunds were among the ab
sentees. Senator Sherman presided and
Senators Hale and Teller acted as tellers.
Three Senators were nominated for the
position Frye, of Maine, Hoar, of Massa
chusetts, and Manderson, of Nebraska. Six
or seven ballots were taken, and on the last
ballot Senator Manderson received 21 votes,
which was a majority of the votes cast. On
motion of Senator Frye the nomination was
made unanimous.
CLOSE OF THE COUNCIL.
Final Business Session of the Women's Con
vention at Washington.
Washington. March L At the-final
business session ol the Board, of the Na
tional Council of Women, resolutions
were adopted to send a mem
orial to the clergymen of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, asking that
the clergy shall, in accordance with the will
of the laity, grant the admission of women
to the General Conference; that the Govern
ment shall pay its employes equal wages for
equal work; for the appointment of a com
mittee to report within a year suggestions
for a business costume for women, and ap
proving the movement for preventing the
slaughter of birds for the sole purpose of
ornamentation, and asking American women
to imitate the Frinceis of Wales, who has
flje pttlmtjg
forbidden the use of the plumage of singing
birds on her toilets.
The Council also resolved to furnish a
block of stone or marble, suitably inscribed,
to place in the monument to be erected over
the grave of Mary, the mother of Washing
ton. DIRECT TAX PAYMENTS.
ABOUT 18,000,000 TO BE EETUENED BY
THE GOVERNMENT.
Pennsylvania Will Secure Over a Million
and a Half The Amounts to Be Be
fnnded to Other States and Territories
Balances Dnethe Government,
rrSOJC X BTXTT COBBESPOITDBItT.l
Washington, March 1. At last, after
many vicissitudes, the direct tax bill is in the
hands once more of a President of the United
States, or, will be to-morrow morning. The
only other time it went so far was when it
reached Mr. Cleveland, who crushed it un
der an elaborate message a day or two be
fore the expiration of his term in 1869.
The total appropriation carried by the hill
is about $18,000,000,bnt of this sum $2,600,000
is simply a balance still due the Govern-,
ment from States which never paid their
full shares under the levy. The amounts to
be refunded under the act to the various
States and Territories are shown in the fol
lowing table:
Amount Col
Amount lected and to
Levied. be refunded.
Alabama J329S13 33 S 24520 24
Arkansa SKL&JO 1)0 154.701 18
California 251.533 6; 322.953 41
Colorado 22.905 33 22.189 93
Connecticut S08.2H 00 2G1.U31 90
Dakota 3.211 S3 3.211 33
Delaware. 74.633 3$ 70.332 83
Dist. of Columbia.. 4X137 33 49 iV 33
Florida 77.52 67 4.766 28
Genreta. &M.3U7 33 117.982 89
Illinois.. 1,14J55133 974,563 63
Indiana 904.875 33 769 144 V3
Iowa 452.0S3 00 384.274 80
Kansas 71.743 33 60,981 83
Kentucky 713,605 33 606.64103
Louisiana. 385.886 67 385,886 67
Maine 420.826 00 357,702 10
Maryland 436.823 33 871.299 83
Massachusetts 824.58133 70089114
Michigan 601.763 33 423.498 83
Minnesota 108.524 00 92,245 66
Mississippi 413,084 67 113.324 66
Nonh Carolina.... 576.191 67 377,452 61
Sonth Carolina S61.S70 67 222.396 36
Missouri 761,127 33 648,958 23
NebrasKa 19.312 00 19,312 00
Nevada 4.592 67 3,903 77
New Hampshire... 218.408 67 185,615 47
New Jersey. 450.134 00 382,614 83
ew Mexico $2,648 00 62.618 00
New York 2.603.918 67 2.21-1S30 86
Ohio L667.0SS S3 1.332,025 83
Oregon 35.140 67 29.869 57
Pennsylvania L948.719 33 L654.711 43
Rhode Island 116.963 67 99,419 11
Uenaessee , 669,498 00 392,004 48
Texas S33.10S 67 180.841 54
Utah 26,982 00
Vermont 211.068 00 179,4(7 80
Virginia 729.071 02 442,408 09
West Virginia..... 218.479 65 181,306 93
Washingion 7.755 33 4.268 16
Wisconsin 519.CS8 67 446.535 41
Total 15.227,632 03
EXHIBIT FBdH CUBA.
A Commission Appointed to Attend to a
Display at the World's Fair.
"Washington, March 1. Mr. Cnrtis, of
the State Department, who has charge of the
Latin-American department of the Chicago
Exposition, has just returned from a visit to
the West Indies in the interest ot the Expo
sition. In his report, which was forwarded
to the Committee on Foreign Exhibits yes
terday, Mr. Cnrtis announced the appoint
ment by the "Captain General of Cuba of a
board of 30 commissioners, to represent the
island at the Exposition an? to secure a
collection illustrating its resources, products
and industries for exhibition there.
Among the commissioners is the Marquis
Duquesne, a grandson of the nobleman of
the same name and title who served under
Washington in the War of the Revolution,
and in whose honor was named the old
lortress which stood on the present site of
the city of Pittsburg.
FUNERAL OF BENAT0E HEASST.
Services Delayed Until After the Adjourn
ment of Concress. .
Washington. March 1. The funeral
services over the remains of the late Senator
Hearst will be held on Thursday morning.
They will take place at his late residence,
and will be brief and simple. The day of
the funeral is delayed until Thursday, so as
to euable the members of the Senate and
House who desire to attend the funeral to do
so without interfering with the pressing
business that demauds their attention dur
ing the few remaining days in which Con
gress will be in session.
On Thursday night or Friday morning the
remains, will be started on their way to San
Francisco, where the interment will take
place.
CRUSHED BY FALLING WALLS.
High Water Carries Away a Big Palp Mill
at Watertown.
"WATEniowx, N. y., March 1. The
largest pulp mill of the Remington Paper
Company, about two miles below this city,
was almost totally destroyed last night by
the high water, causing damages requiring
about $50,000 to repair, and killing John
Murphy, an employee, aged 68. Eleven
pulp grinders, the wheel and various other
machinery were carried down the river.
While the machinery had been shut down
for a few minutes to make some repairs the
floor suddenly began to rise and the whole
building moved.
Tnen, with a crash, a part of the building
and machinery fell into the river and the
roof came down on the remaining machinery.
The workmen rushed for the doors and all
escaped except Murphy and Thomas Stev
ens, who were struck bv the shafting and
crushed to the flour. Stevens succeeded in
extricating himself, and made a perilous
trip over the broken roof hanging over the
the water.
FOUR MERGED LNTO ONE.
Consolidation of Heavy Foundry Interests
in Four Western Cities.
Cleveland, March L Important foun
dry interests in Cleveland, Chicago, Indian
apolis and Toledo have been united into the
National Malleable Castings Company, in
corporated in Ohio with a capitalization of
$3,000,000 and with headquarters in Cleve
land. The officers are A. A. Pope, of
Cleveland, President; E. T. Whittemore,
"Vice President, and O. K. Brooks, of Cleve
land, Secretary and Treasurer.
The management of the new company em
phatically state that it is not a trust nor a
pool of diflerent interests, but merely the
marshaling of four foundries owned by sub
stantially the same men into one general
company. The stock of the four comnanies
which have been merged into the new one. is
mainly held, they nay, by the same men.'
KILLED BY HIS UNCLE.
Stabbed to Death With a Pocket Knife in a
Family Quarrel.
Cleveland, March 1. Frank Lett, a
young farmer, was stabbed to" death by his
uncle, Andrew Ii-tt, near Painesville, O.,
last night. There had been a family
qu.irrel.and Frank went to his uncle's house
to demand the retraction of a statement his
uncle had made. A fight ensued during
which the young man was killed with a
ipocket knife. The murderer is in jail at
Painesville,
PITTSBURG, MONDAY, MARCH
UNDER THE EED FLAG
Buffalo Socialists Assemble and Vio
lently Denounce tbe
BEADDOCK RI0TEKS' CONVICTION.
A Demand Made Upon the Governor to Nul
lify tbe Court's Action.
WILD WORDS AND RABID RESOLUTIONS
ISTXCUT. TELIORAM TO TBE DISPATCH.
Buffalo, March L About 500 Social
ists held a red-hot meeting here last night
that lasted till nearly sunrise this morning.
The sensational event of the night was a
speech delivered by Eev. Mr. Ferguson, a
leader of the Socialistic pirty here. He
said: "Fellow Citizens You are assem
bled here to-night to protest against a cap
italistic outrage. You, as workingmen, have
sustained in this country two parties for
the purpose of benefiting yourselves. In
stead of that tbey are both owned and con
trolled by capitalistic power for the pur
pose of keeping you slaves that you all
are." Cheers.
He asserted that so long as they re
mained hidebound and refused to leave tbe
Democratic and Republican parties out
rages like that at Pittsburg would be prac
ticed on them.
A Very Vehement Speaker.
"Why didn't you band together and vote
for yourselves?" be asked.
Beviewing the recent Braddock riots he
said that a rich institution has hired Hun
garians to come to this country to work in
foundries. The wages were so low that tbe
men struck. Pinkertons were brought to
Pittsburg to shoot them. A riot occurred.
One man was killed, and "in a legal way
tbey have of murdering men, tbey have
sentenced three of the strikers to be
hanged."
The speaker referred to the great triumph
which tbe workingmen could compass by
joining the Citizens' Alliance. He spoke
of. the victories of the Farmers' Alliance in
the West, beseeching all to join the citizens'
body, in which he is the organizer for Erie
and Niagara counties. "You hadn't ought
to have anything but bread and water, and
mighty little of that, if you don't put a stop
to this thing," was his climax.
The wildest enthusiasm prevailed and the
red flag was waved. Then followed other
speeches, after which some resolutions were
drawn up and read. They were Ireely larded
with vituperative phrases, and closed thns:
Resolutions of an Incendiary Character.
And, whereas, some 40 Hungarians, arrested
as rioters In place of the Pinkerton assassins,
and after a capitalistic trial, were sentenced to
various terms of imprisonment, while three ot
their number were sentenced to be hanged, one
ot whom was not present at the riot, bnt was a
popular leader of men; now, therefore, we,
citizen of Buffalo, in mass meeting assembled,
do hereby
Besolve, That such sentence In action on
the part of the protected State of Pennsylvania
is an ontrago on justice, and a violation of
everySprinciple of equity and a disgrace to the
civilization of the nin teenth centur. We ap
peal to the Governor of Pennsylvania not to
disgrace us by carrying out this sentence.
Resolved, That if anybody deserves haoging,
it sbonld be tbe armed assassins who were im
ported to shoot down honest workingmen;
These resolutions were adopted.
PALMER STDLL A CANDIDATE.
A Lively Time Expected Tills Week in the
Illinois Senatorial Fight
Springfield, March L Tne coming
week is expected to be a memorable one in
the. Senatorial contest. As Congress ad
journs Wednesday, the Illinois delegation
of both parties are expected here to partici
pate in the Senatorial fight Ol Bepublican
Congressmen, three or four are expected to
become possible Senatorial candidates them
selvesin the event of Streeter being aband
oned by the Republicans, and the Demo
cratic Congressmen will probably exert a
great influence upon their party in all im
portant qnestions of the advisability of
General Palmer's withdrawal.
Wm. M. Springer, is of the opinion that
Palmer is entitled to the unwavering fealty
of the Democratic Legislators. The Dem
ocratic State convention," says he, "put
General Palmer in nomination, and no
Democratic caucus has a right to withdraw
him. Tnis is a matter which rests with
himself, and as long as he remains a candi
date, the Democrats ol the State should rest
assured there is a hope of success and give
him their loyal support" Congressman
Scott Wike retains very nearly the same
opinion and said he would not be in favor
of General Palmers withdrawal.
OAST TO THE WIKDS.
The Ashes of Henry Meyer Scattered From
the Top of Liberty's Statue.
Newt Yoke. March 1. A committee of
four from the Staten Island Schutzen Corp,
appointed to carry out tbe reqnest of Henry
Meyer, proprietor of the Puck Hotel at Port
Bichmond, that his ashes be scattered to the
winds from the top of the Statue of Liberty
on Bedlow's Island, fulfilled their mission
to-day. When the top of the pedestal was
reached by the committee the metal urn con
taining tbe asbes of Meyer was opened and
each committeeman put a Dortion of the
contents, which weighed about four pounds,
into a paper Dag.
The delegation then climbed the staircase
leading to tbe crown of the statue, where a
brief address was made by the master of
ceremonies, after which the four committee
men, each holding ene of the bags contain
ing the ashes in his right band, pronounced
these words together:
"Here goes the last of Puck Meyer; happy
days, "and then scattered the ashes to the
four winds. The ceremony was concluded
by the opening of two bottles of champagne
and the drinking to the memory of "Puck"
Meyer.
PAT GOBHAH'S STBAKG2 LUCK
Convicted of Manslaughter He Finds Him
self With a Large Fortune.
West Supekioe, Wis., March 1.
Stranee experiences have been the lot of
Pat K. Gorman during the last few months.
November 26 he 'stabbed to death a man
named Sullivan. It was shown that there
was a measure of provocation, and a jury re
turned a verdict of manslaughter in tbe third
degree the next day. Yesterday a promi
nent iron mining operator called at tbe jail
to see Gorman whose chief thought at tbe
time was with reference to the probable
length of bis sentence. The mine operator
made a handsome offer for his iron claim oh
the Vermillion range. As Gorman appeared
in no proper state ol mind to do business the
operator left him after making a date for
another conference.
Gorman's counsel, upon hearing of the
offer, made an investigation, and to-day
found that the claim owned by this con
victed murderer is valued at almost any sum
from $100,000 up. Following upon this
were evidences of insanity on the part of
Gorman. He apparently 'could not talk
upon that subject a moment 'or two at a
time, but would suddenly change to some
other altogether foreign. A motion for a
stay of proceeding! will be made, a commis
sion de lunatic 'inquirendo will be mde.
Gorman is single. He seems to hare ntvef
dreamed ot tbe wealth of his iron claim, and
it would appear that his mind has been
turned by the sudden announcement coupled
with his loss of liberty to enjoy the fortune.
A BIG MORMON EXODUS.
THE SAINTS LEAVING UTAH FOB THE
NEW LAND OF CANAAN.
A Large Tract In Mexico to Receive Them
Many Are Already on the Way and 3,000
Families Will Leave the Coming Snm-
rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCH.
Salt Lake, Utah, March 1. A regu
lar exodus of Mormons from Utah to Mexico
is taking, place, and within the next three
months a large number of the Saints will
have left. Frank Wall, of Sevier, with two
wives; Carl Olsen, ot Mayneld, with three
wive; William Bench, of Manti, with
two wives; J. C. Peterson, of Ephraim, two
wives; Andrew Nelson, of Chester, two
wives; Chrisand James Jensen, of Meroni,
with two eac,h; Henry "Brown, of Mount
Pleasant, with two wives; William Bey
nolds, of same place, with two; B, Back,
Spring City, with two; Abram
Acords, of the same place, with three;
Philip Hunter, of Fairview, with two;
Nelson Chrislianson, of Castledale, with
two; Joseph V. Bobertson, of Fillmore,
with two, left about two weeks ago, and
others will follow as soon as the semi-annual
conference is over. This occurs iu April.
Of these Hunter married fys second wife
after f he proclamation abolishing polygamy
was promulgated; Peterson married his sec
ond last November, succeeding the action of
th: General Conference. The Mormons have
a tract of land in the State of Chihuahua
125 miles long and 15 wide, which they are
settling on. A colony of 60 will leave
Provo early in April. All over tbe Terri
tory tbe Saints are preparing to go south,
"to live their religion." The majority of
those mentioned are offenders against tbe
law, who would not submit to the rule, of
the government established by the TJuited
States and abandon their plural wives.
The head of tbe church is said to be en
couraging this emicrration, and is putting
up funds for those who have none. It is es
timated that at least 2,000 families will
abandon Utah this summer and go to the
new Land of Canaan.
A BIO SCANDAL BREWING.
Treasury AgentBand Silk Ribbon Importers
Mixed Up in the Affair.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISrATCH.1
NeYoek. Mirch 1. Secretary Win
dom, shortly before his death, sent a per
emetory order to all collectors of customs,
and especially to those at New York, Bos
ton and Philadelphia, stopping all reluuds
to importers on hat ribbons. -On the suit
begun in Collector Robertson's time, and
taken up to the United States Supreme
Conrt by John Wanamaker, heavy refunds
were allowed to the importers of silk rib
bon used on hats. At first Secretary Win
dom thought these refunds would amount
to $15,000,000, but when the re'unds
were under wav. It looked as though thev
would run up" to $30,000,000. Then he or
dered a halt, and it was given out that he
wanted to see where he stood and just how
far these refunds were to go. As he called
the bait in the" height of the money troubles
Ii". 'it!, this explanation was accented.
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smouldering under tbe Secretary's action, is
a very grave scandal, and that Treasury
Agent Hiinlon, of the Philadelphia office,
and certain lawyers in New York and else
where are under official surveillance. The
investigation is probiug two branches of the
scandal.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Cardinal Gibbons' Strong Words Against
Breaking the Marital Tie.
Baltimore, March 1. Cardinal Gib
bons to-day delivered a sermon upon "Mar
riage and Divorce." In the course of his
address he said that every human contract
may be lawfully dissolved but marriage. He
illustrated his subject by narrating how Pope
Clement VII. refused to sanction the di
vorce ol Henry VIII. from his lawful wife
Catherine, and how Pius VII., when so
licited by Napoleon, re used to annul tbe
one between the Emperor's brother, Jerome",
and Miss Patterson, of Baltimore.
The Cardinal said there were more di
vorces granted in the United States than
any other Christian country, mote, perhaps,
than in all other Christian countries com
bined. In the space of 20 years, according
to official statistics from 1867 to 1886, in
clusive, 360,000 divorce's were granted in
the United States that is, say,two-lhirds of
a million persons were legally separated
during that time. The number of divorces
has steadily increased since that time and
beyoud all proportion to the general increase
of population.
HIGHBINDERS AT WAS.
A Big Battle Pending Between Two Elval
Chinese Societies.
rSPICLAL TEL3GKAM TU TUE DISPATCnl
San Feancisco, March 1. A very
large force of police is massed in Chinatown,
as a battle between highbinders is expected
at any moment. Last night members of the
Ep YinJ Tong Society posted a challenge to
the Suey Sing Tong Society, and both forces
had arrayed for battle when the police
learned of the meeting and dispersed them.
Several who were arrested wore coats of
mail. Later, about midnight, a Chinese
courtesan was shot by an unknown high
binder, who escaped, although ten police
men were not 40 yards away. His country
men knew his identity, but they refused to
reveal it.
Tbe trouble in Chinatown is doe to the
raids which the police have made on tbe
highbinders' strongholds. These criminals
have been prevented from levying black
mail and the big societies have decided to
clear out the smaller ones. The Suey Sing
Society numbers 1,000 men, while the Ep
Ying has only 70; yet the latter refuses to
abandon its organization and shows fizht.
If the two societies meet without police
near, there is sure to be bloodshed.
A GEOLOGICAL
TBEAS'
IUBE HOUSE
New Discoveries of Giant Prehistorlo Ani
mals In Florida.
tSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIBPATCIt.l
Ocala, March 1. New discoveries are
continually being made, proving Florida to
be the treasure honse of prehistoric relics.
The latest find is the remains of a mammoth
fossil buffalo, which was unearthed recently
in the Withlacoochee river in Main'county.
They were uncovered while dredging in the
bed of the river near tbe Dunnellon Phos
phate Works, in a bed of fossiliferous bones
comprising those of the mastodon, manatee,
etc.
Tbe skeleton Is a very large one, indicat
ing the former existence in Florida of a
bison of mammoth size. Tbe horns are
eizht inches in diameter at the base, and
curve backward. The frontal bone is 18
inches iu width. The height of the animal
is estimated at 9 feet and its weight at 6,000
pounds. The skuil has been sent to tbe
National Museum at "Washington by Gen-'
eral S. "W. Colby.
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MUCH WORK IN STORE
For the Legislature Over Many Im
portant Bills Now Pending.
CHANCES FOR BALLOT KEFOEM.
The
Revenue Bill Will Very Likely Be
Fnsbed Through.
UNCERTAIN!! 'ABOUT THE E0AD.LAW
CVBOM A STATr COBRXSPOXDEirr.l
Haerisburg, March L That legisla
tive bodies move slowly is a truisnr, and
the Legislature now in session is no excep
tion. Almost two months have gone since
it met, and in the way of accomplished leg
islation, little has been done. This does
not show, however, that business is being
neglected. A vast amount of necessary
preparatory work has been, oris being done.
It is safe to say that at no session in the past
ten years has so much committee work been
accomplished. In both branches, and par
ticularly in the Honse, committees are meet
ing mornings, afternoons and nights, some
twice a day, and bills are being disposed of
rapidly.
The "neg. rec." ax is apparently in excel
lent working order, and scores of bills are
falling under it. Not as many as should,
for at every session myriads of bills of lit
tle if any merit and lor which there is no
general need, are, from mistaken courtesy
to those who present them, or a fear of being
cnarged with stilling them in committee,
permitted to eo on the calendar to obtruir
useful measures and furnish material foi
the windmill which runs so vociferously on
second reading days. Still, the committees
have done better this session than in many
others, and the calendars are getting in
f tir shape for the work of actual legisla
tion. A Merciless Slaughter K ecessary.
The thing that should be done, although
it is hardly probable that it will, would be
to remorselessly and expeditiously slaughter
three-fifths of the bills on the second read
ing calendar. Fully that many of them
will be defeated anyhow, and ought to be,
and to waste whole sessions in discussing
them ij worse than folly. For there is leg
islation which must be done, and the sooner
it is gotten at the better. There are meas
ures which the people have been promised,
and which they demand, and it must be a
good excuse that they will accept if the
pledges are not kept
A glance over the list of bills in which
public interest centers, and which have not
yet been taken up, shows the revenue bill,
ballot bill, school book bill, road bill, Con
stitutional Convention bill and the bills for
Congressional, Senatorial, Legislative and
Judicial apportionment There is a month's
bard work, at the very least, in these meas
ures, even if the Legislature were to lay
aside all other business and deal only with
them. They win all provoke debate, "legiti
mate and otherwise, aud should not be al
lowed to fall so far behind that their consid
eration must be crowded into the last days
of the session, thus preventing proper dis
cussion and perhaps endangering their
passage.
To insure proper action a special calendar
might be made for these measures and pre
cedence given them over everything except
the appropriation bills. These last pre all
to be disposed of, too, and with the demands
upon the Treasury so far exceeding its re
sources, will have to be carefully scrutinized
in the House.
Prospects for the Revenue Bill.
It now looks as'thnugh the revenue bill
would pass the House with but , little
tronble. Both parties are pledged to equal
ization of taxation, and while the method
prescribed by the bill js not what the lead
ers favor, an increase in State taxation and
a distribution ol tbe proceeds to the counties
for various local purposes being their plan,
no bill embodying their views has yet been
introduced, and it looks as though they had
concluded to accede to the popular demand.
It will doubtless be amended somewhat, but
its general features will not be materially
changed, and, if passed at all, it will go to
tbe Senate about as it left the cotnmittse.
In tbe Senate it may not have such plain
sailing. Inquiry among the Bepublican
Senators shows that tbey are in accord on
one thing something must be done. The
party has promised it and must keep its
pledge. Bnt they are not so united upon
what would, be a iulfilment of the promise.
The Democratic Senators, while thev would
be perfectly willing to see the bill defeated
by Bepublican votes, thus furnishing them
with campaign thunder, will have to vote
for it, as their party is pledged, too. Bnt
the feeling on the question is not nearly so
strong in the Senate as in tbe House. It is
not overstating anything to say that the
Senate is somewhat more susceptible to
corporate influence than is tbe popular
branch, and it is there that tbe corporations
will make their fight against the bill.
Some radical amendments will be at
tempted, perhaps made, and in the confer
ence the House may have to yield on some
points, but it is safe to say that a measure
approximately satislactory to both branches
will be passed.
Fair Chance for Ballot Reform.
Tbe chances for ballot reform are fair.
On this, as on the taxation question, both
parties are pledged, nd either will hesitate
at defeating it The Democrats will oppose
Mr. Baker's bill on tbe ground that it does
not provide for an absolutely secret ballot,
and will push Mr. Wherry's bill to call a
Constitutional Convention to eliminate tbe
ballot numbering feature from the organic
law, but if defeated in this, and there is lit
tle reason to believe otherwise, they will
hardlv vote against a measure which secures
to all'the other advantages of the Australian
system. The expense attendant upon a
Constitutional Convention, and the uncer
tainty as to where the tinkering might end,
militate strong! v against the chances of Mr.
Wherry's bill. "
The prospects for the enactment of a
thorough and satisfactory road law are
somewhat uncertain. The opposition comes
mainly from the very sections it would ben
efit most Almost everybody in the country
wants better roads, but a great many want
them for nothing. Tbe fear that improved
highways means greatly increased taxation
and the abolition of the "working out of
taxes", underlies this opposition. The cry
is being raised that tbe proposed changes
mean an increase of salaried officers, cash
taxes, and that the poorer farmers who have
enough to do to p.y their money taxes now
will not onlv have their bnrdens increased,
but be deprived of the sacred right of pay
ing their road tax in woik.
Others nrge that the proposed State ap
propriation of $1,000,000 to help the work is
only a sop thrown to tbe farmers to divert
them from the more important work of tax
equalizttion. All this is haying its effect
upon the members, and will hamper the
movement for better roads.
Free Scohol Book Question.
It is more than probable that any measure
for uniform text books, or to provide for
their publication by tbe State, will have a
hard road to travel.' Both are meeting with
strong opposition from both icbool people
and school book publishers. The Bepub
lican party is pledged in its platform to free
school books, and there is a disposition to
keep tbe pledge, but there is such a conflict
of opinion on the question of how to do it,
that it may end in increased appropriations
to the sehools, part of the increase to be ap
plied to the furnishing of free text books.
The apportionment bills will make a
great deal of work. There may not be
much difficulty over the Senatorial and
Legislative bills, but if an attempt is made
in the Congressional apportionment to
knock ont the old "Randall district" in
Philadelphia there will be a fight The
fact, however, that Governor Pattison has,
or used to have, qnite pronounced views on
the question of Congressional apportion
ment, may be conducive to the bill being
framed so as to come as near suiting him as
a Bepublican bill conld reasonably be ex
pected to come. .
The very wide divergence, of opinion
likely to exist between His Excellency and
tbe Bepublican majority on this question
will, however, render the framing of thii
bill, as Sir Patrick O'Pienipo would say, "a
matter requiring a dale of mighty fine con
sideration." Many JTew Judgeships Demanded.
The judicial apportionment bill mar
prove the most difficult gall to settle. Th'e
increased population shown by tbe new cen
sus will call for more judges, and a rear
rangement of existing districts, and tbe tact
that there are so many lawyers in the Com
monwealth who want to wear the judicial
ermine will bring into the settlement of the
matter macy considerations which should
scarcely have influence thereon, but which
always have weight in its determination.
Tbe important measures enumerated above,
and tbe many other bills which the public
welfare requires, show that the Legislature
has no lizh't task before it, and that its work
shonld now be gone about in'eamest. To
waste time now would, be to endanger tbe
enactment of laws demanded by tbe people,
or to prolong the session perhaps into June,
"a consummation" not "devoutly to be
wished tor." HenbtHall,
CRUCIFIED HIMSELF.
INSANE JAMES QUINJTS PECULIAR PEN
ANCE FOB HIS SINS.
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Philadelphia, f p: h 1. James
Quinn, an jlu man, wb.ives at No. 1104
Mcllvains- street, lies In the Pennsylvania
HospitsC suffering from wounds self-in-flictsa
while seeking to crucify himself for
imaginary sins. For tbe past week he has
been unusually wild in his religious ideas
and Thursday night the climax came.
Bising while- the rest of the family were
asleep he began his preparations.
Boughlv marking out the form of a cross
upon the floor, and procuring an old ham
mer and some nails, he was ready for self
sacrifice. Placing a nail upon his right foot, a sharp
blow from the hammer drove it clean
through. Great as the agony must have
been, he probably made no sound, knowing
that it would arouse his son or daughter.
Another nail was placed upon the other
foot, but the blow from the hammer failed
to drive if through. It struck a bone, in
which it became imbedded. Laying his left
band flat upon tbe floor, with tbe palm up
ward, be drove a third nail deep into the
flesh. While seeking to drive a fourth nail
into his right hand, whioh must necessarily
have been a very difficult operation consid
erinz the laceration of his other band, tbe
family were awakened and Quinn was pre
vented from completing the job.
Quiun's attempt at self-crucifixion has
only one parallel case, that of an English
man who, by the exercise of great ingenuity,
succeeded not only in nailing his hands and
feet to a cross, but in actually throwing him
self and tbe cross from a window. The re
sult was more serious than that in Quiun's
case is likely to be, as there is no doubt of
the latter's recovery from his wounds, if not
from his peculiar hallucinations.
SENATOR HEARSrS' BUCCESS0R.
Three Candidates Out, Who Win Make a
Very Lively Fight
rSTXCIAJ. TELEQEA5I TO TUB DISPATCIT.1
San Feancisco, March L The death
of Senator Hearst will infuse life into the
State Legislature, which has the election of
his successor. There are three prominent
candidates: M. M. Estee, who was chair
man of the last Bepublicau National con
vention; M. H. DeYoung, proprietor of the
Chronicle and member of the National
World's Fair Commission, and Charles N.
Felton, ex-Congressman from California.
Each has a strong following, and the strug
gle will be lively. The Legislature is over
whelmingly Bepublican, so there is no
chsnee for a Democratic successor to Hearst
If he had lived a month longer the Gov
ernor would have had the appointment of
the Senator.
Hearst's death makes his son, William
B. Hearst, the richest newspaper proprie
tor in the country. It is said that young
Hearst will have complete control of the
most of the Senator's estate of $20,000,000,
and that he will also set about tbe establish
ment of a daily newspaper in New York, as
he regards San Franeisco as too small a
field.
A SWINDLES CAUGHT.
Be Has Been Reaping a Harvest Off a Num
ber of Victims.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DLSPATCII.1
New Yoek, March 1. For some weeks
William Bothschild, a large cotton dealer
of 46 Howard street, has been annoyed by
receiving.Ietters of inquiry for goods which
the letters stated had been ordered of him,
but had not been received by the buyers. Iu
almost all of these cases Mr. Bothschild bad
never received the order. He was at a loss
to explain the complaints. While he was
receiving these complaints. Inspector
Byrnes' mail was swelled with letters
from all over the country, asking
him to look out for, or making complaints
about tbe firm of William Bothschild &
Co., supposed to be doing a big business in
cotton goods at 834 Broadway.
Detectives visited tbe cotton goods estab
lishment at 834 Broadway and found it to
consist of one room, containing a stove, one
chair and a table. Bothschild was arrested
Saturday and gave the name of Max Boths
child. Bothschild was remanded to-day
at the Inspector's request for further ex
amination. BARNUM BROKEN DOWN.
The Great Showman Succumbing to the
Grip of Old Age.
rKPXCUEv.TXLXQBAH TO THE DISPATCH.!
Bbidoepoet, CpNN.,March 1. A rumor
was circulated in this city this afternoon
tbat P. T. Barnum bad suffered a relapse
and was in a critical condition. Mr. Bailey,
his partner, said that Mr. Barnum had not
yet recovered from the illness which at
tacked him last fall.
He said, however, that while he was not
able to leave the house, bo was around the
house and expected shortly to take exercise
in the open air. His trouble seems to be a
general breaking down ol the system, owing
to old age.
RELEASED FE0H PRISON.
The Man for Whom Governor Hilt Refused
to Honor a Requisition.
NewYobk, March 1. Charles E. Far
don, who was wanted in Connecticut for
burglary, and whom Governor Hill re'nsed
to hand over to the Connecticut State
authorities on a requisition from M. G.
Bulkelev was set at liberty to-day.
He left the Esex Market prison at 4
o'clock, the term of six days' detention
having expired. He declares that he will
sue .the city of Waterbury for having
caused his imprlsoment ,
ORE VAST I1LMD SEA
Now Spreads Over the Gila
Valley for 200 Miles and
50 In Width. .
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST.
Indians Caught By the Angry Waters
With Their White Neighbors.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO PB0PEETT,
Reaching Millions in One County, Eailroads
Suffering Heavily.
PREPARATIONS FOR SPEED! RELIEF
Yuma, March L Ovey 250 houses are in
ruin3 from tbe flood and 1,400 people are
homeless, and not a single business house
remains standing. It is feared that hun
dreds of lives have been lost in the Gila
valley. The telegraph wires are down Into
the valley, and as all bridges are gone and
roads impassable no reliable reports can be
had from there.
The river above town is seven miles wide,
and below in places tbe water covers the
country in one grand lake over SO miles
across. Tbe railroad company will bave
the blockade raised for westbound trains in
four days, and it will be ten days or two
weeks before they can get East. Tbe town
bas provisions sufficient for eight more days,
and the Southern Pacific Hotel is feeding a
thousand people a day.
Be ports from Jakuno, 15 miles above here
are to the effect that the flood drove the peo
ple into tbe tree tops, and many becoming
exhausted from cold and hunger dropped
into tbe water, and were drowned.
Perhaps a Hundred Lives Lost.
Beports from reliable sources put tbe loss
oflifeinthe valley anywhere from 30 to
100, All along tbe valley for 200 miles
everything is desolation. Costly houses and
barns have been washed away like play
things, while stock and fences have been
carried down by the flood, leaving tbe coun
try as bare as a desert. Men who teu days
ago were wealthy are now homeless and
paupers.
Eighty miles south of here, where 5,000
Cocopah Indians live, tbe country is flooded
for 80 miles square, and as there are no hills
for refuge it is reported tbat over 100 of
them bave been drowned. Tbe great valley
of tbe Colorado is one vast tea of water as
far as the eye can see in every direction.
The weather is thick and threatens heavy
rains. The losses in this county foot up to
over?2,000.000, of which the railroad will
have to suffer to the extent of 5250,000. Old
Yuma will never be rebuilt. The town will
go higher up the hills. No word has been
received from turtber than 10 miles from
town, and it is feared that hundreds of lives
bave been lost up tbe Gila Valley, which is
200 miles in length. Indian messengers
bave been sent out, bnt have not as yet re
turned. A Great LTavoo In Live Stock.
It is known that thousands of cattle,
horses and males are drowned. Five miles
of railroad are gone west ol here, and it is
known that 16 east of here are gone and
probably three times as much more. The
Southern Pacific will put every man ob
tainable at work to-morrow. Every house
on the hills has been thrown open to receive
the homeless and hundreds are quartered in
tents and the old Government buildings.
The merchants have opened their goods
in the streets in order to help the sufferers.
The water is still high for 200 miles east of
this point, and as all of this must pass here
many fear that the worst is yet to come,
especially if there should be any further
rainfall. The common Ios3 bas brought all
classes of citizens together and all bave
worked with a will, first in trying to save
the town by constructing a rude levee, and,
when tbat effort proved futile, in saving as
much as possible irom the ruins.
A boat which has jnsl arrived from Mo
hawk, 60 miles ud the Gila river, brings re
ports of terrible loss of life, all the country
being under water. The greatest sufferers
are the poor Mexicans, whose entire posses
sions have been swept away and who have
no reserves to fall back upon. There is yet
a vast stretch of territory to be heard from,
and every one fears that when fnll returns
are in the loss of life will prove of appalling
magnitude.
Only One Building on the Main Street
In this city the rnin bas been most com
plete, tbe Catholic Church being the only
building left standing on the main street.
The convent and adjoining school stood the
wear of the waves lor many hour, but
finally collapsed into ruins. From the first
intimation of danger every one labored
with a will to save the town, even the In
dians working as tbey never worked before.
For hours they labored in water waist deep
on tbe levee, and when it was too late to
save the town tbey followed wreckage and
towed it to a place of safety.
When it was evident that the main busi
ness portion of the town must go, men, wo
men and children busied themselves in mov
ing stocks of goods and bousebold effects to
the bills, where everything was left un
guarded, the common danger rendering cau
tion superfluous. When the water rose so
high as to cut off iurfher access to houses
ami stores, eSorts were made to erect tem
porary shelters for tbe women and children.
Drygoods boxes were looked on as minia
ture cottages, and their possessors were
deemed exceedingly fortunate, as most of
those driven so hastily from their homes
were obliged to content themselves with
mere wind breaks, made of old blankets and
caroets. In tbe rush of the waters, tbe
steamer Mojave was driven high and dry on
the bank and a dozjn families bavetiken
refuge in her cabins.
Measures Taken for Speedy Relief.
Sufficient relief will be brought in from
San Francisco and Los Angeles to prevent
any serions trouble. The citizens of this
city bave already subscribed over $2,500 to
a relief 'und, and Los Angeles collected
about (3,000 for the same purpose. San
Francisco merchants have subscribed liber
ally to the fund in tbat city, and a dispatch
from there this evening states that a relief
train will be sent through as soon as the
railroad is repaired.
Two men attempted to cross the Gila
river at Riverside with mail this morning.
One was drowned, and the last seen of the
other he was floating down tbe river on a
piece of driftwood. Word was received
Irom Gila Bend to tbe effect tbat a small
cabin floated down the Gila river last night
past tbat place. Lamps In the cabin were
lit and cries ot women and children were
heard.
A dispatch from Sin Francisco says:
General Manager A. N. Towne, of the
Southern Pacific Bailroad, to-night dis
credited tbe rumor that hundreds of lives
had been lost at Yuma and vicinity by tbe
second flood. Be stated that he bad been
in communication with Yuma up to 7:30
o'clock, San Francisco time, to-night, and
had received no such reports. In the upper,
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