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The Attempt to Force a Conclusion by Shutting Up the Government Printing' OfficeThe World'B Pair Appropria tion Needed Before December Ad Jcurnment Now Predicted for Wed nesday The Temperance Farce Com edy "Watson Fails to Make Out Els Case He May Tet Have to Dance and Himself Pay the Piper. Busy SUNDAY tmOM A STAFF COERZSFOVDIXT. "Washington, July 31. This has been a busy day with the leaders of the filibusters and the leading advocates of the "World's lair appropriation. Nothing that could be called a formal conference has been held, because no person or persons on either side could assume to represent his or their side officially. All sorts of rumors are flying about that a compromise has been reached; that the J5.000, COO -shall be voted as a loan; that the sundry civil bill shall be passed at once, minus the "World's Fair clause, upon a promise of the leading filibusters that the appropriation shall be made next Decem ber, and upon the basis of half a dozen other propositions even less tenable than these, but no one will admit that any con clusion has been reached, though it is posi tively stated in many interested quarters that the "World's Fair people have agreed to the proposition to defer action on the ap propriation until next December. A Conference Held on Sunday. Messrs. Holman, Dockery and McMillin, of the filHbusters, and Durborrow, Tavlor l and Hopkins, of Illinois, of the "World's 1 Fair people held a prolonged conference this evening, but no one of the gentlemen will admit that any definite basis of compro mise was decided upon, and all agreed that they could only speak for themselves, and that no act of theirs conld bind the House. (Mr. Holman has all along insisted that he was willing to compromise, but asserted that he "could no control the boys." Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Taylor profess to be as uncompromising as ever, and that they will accept nothing short of the passage of the bill with the appropriation amendment in tact. Indeed, it is a general opinion that if the appropriation advocates agree to a compro mise postponing action they will give their whole case away. No person or number of persons can pledge the whole House to anything. Ko one can guarantee that the situation would not ba as unfavorable to the appropriation next December as it is now. The Millions Needed Right Away. Moreover, the money is wanted now for the completion of the work, and next De cember, even on a certainty, will not meet the emergency. It is a fact, however, that the "World's Fair people have been losing heart, and it is possible they may be will ing to accept a promise for the future rather than that they should lose every thing, even a promise, by insisting upon the appropriation now. But there are others to be considered beBide the very estimable but rather weakly gentlemen who have been managing the matter in the House. The Senate may not be guided by any arrangement made be tween the appropriation advocates and the filibustered of the "popular" body. Mr. Allison and Mr. Cullom have both de clared positively that Congress shall not adjourn until the sundry civil bill is passed, with the "World's Fair amendment, and so far as can be discovered the 'World's Fair enthusiasts of the Senate have not ""1 in any of the conferences looking ompromise. In fact, the stronger jo support the appropriation are all ed to any compromise' with an ob ctive minority which is daily growing aller. Reed Fnccrsts New Mottoes. Ex-Speaker Reed said yesterday that if a compromise were agreed to such mottoes as "Abandon Hope, Majorities "Who Enter Here," and "Here the Rule of the Minority Is Absolute" should be written over the entrances to the ha.IL A great deal ot amusement has been occasioned to-day by the prompt manner in which Frank "W. Palmer, Chief of the Gov ernment printing office, closed up that great institution when it was announced that the appropriations of last year bad not been extended, yesterday. This really clever movement was executed on an uu derstand ing withRepresentathe Hopkins, ot Illi nois, who yesterday objected to Mr. Holman's alleged privileged motion to ex tend the, appropriations of last year to next "Wednesday. The Government printing office wltbjits upward of 3,000 employes is the greiiest bureau affected by the sundry civil till. Ehrewd Schemes of Fair People. It was arranged between Mr. Hopkins - and Public Printer Palmer that the former should defeat, it possible, the extension of last year's appropriations, and that the lat ter should order the closing of the vast printing office "at midnight, the moment when the current appropriations, under an extension from June 30 to July 30, expired by limitation. The short sessions of the House and Sen ate yesterday enabled the printers to get out the Congressional Record before midnight, and the members were therefore not de prived of their Sunday morning issue of that delectable sheet. There being no pro ceeding to-day, no issue Is necessary to morrow morning, but it is imperative that something is done to-morrow, or the daily will suspend publication henceforth. Con gressmen may dispense with their cold tea, but not with their JUcord, and i". may there fore be set down as certain that the old ap propriation will to-morrow be extended, or that the new bill will be passed and imme diately signed. ' Oiher Work That Is Delayed. But the Record is not the only work st the printing office. Documents by the ton are stored in the rooms waiting to be printed, and other tons of freshly printed matter lie ready for binding. Not a stroke ot work will be done in any department of the office until money is provided for the payment of employes. The stoppage of no other work would so vlvidlr impress the filibusterers with the worse than folly of their proceeding, and therefore the coup of Pal mer and Hopkins is worthy of being writ down in history. Of course it was not necessary for the printing office to shut down, more than for any other of the several bureaus affected, though such action is in strict accord with the law. All the other bureaus keep right on, knowing that money will be provided in good time. But it was, nevertheless, a shrewd act on the part of Mr. Palmer to close the publishing house of the great Congressional daily. Adjournment Expected Wednesday. For some reason there seems to be a pre vailing opinion that Congress will adjourn on "Wednesday. Possiblv it arises merely from the coincidence ot thought in the reso lutions of Senator Allison and Representa tive Holman to extend the old appropria tion to next "Wednesday. In press circles the impression of a "Wednesday adjourn ment is strengthened by the fact that Speaker Crisp's private secretary, a clever young newspaper man with the usual speculative proclivities of Southern people, offered sundry bets, to-dav, that tbe third of August would see the end of Congress. , The truth is, It Is absolutely Impossible for anyone to make an intelligent predic tion. Absent Senators have heen tele graphed to return at once, and it will be found to-morrow that many of them will respond. An increased number of Senators will very probablv have the effect to strengthen the weakening backbones of the "World's Fair people, who have been almost as much frightened by the difficulty of securing a quorum in the Senate as by the filibustering in the House. Even though partial agreements to a compromise were made this evening by self-appointed com missioners, no one could be certain that all agreements would be called off to-morrow. The Temperance Farce Comrdy. It is expected that to-morrow the great examination into the temperance, or in temperance, of members of the House of Representatives will come to a close. Up to this time Judge Cobb, of Alabama, is the one man to come to the front and con fess that it was perfectly apparent he was the person meant by Mr. "Watson when he wrote of drunken speakers growing con fused in their speech and inquiring of the Speaker, "Where was I at?" I heard Judge Cobb deliver the speech re ferred to in the Noyes-Kockwell contested election case. During his speech he ordered his whisky openly, calling it whisky. He ordered drinks three times, about a small teacupful each time. There was no evi dence that he had previously been drink ing, and the suggestion that that amount of whisky would make a Southern gentleman drunk is preposterous. I say a Southern I gentleman, because it is yet the custom for the old-fashioned Southern gen tleman to drink, just as it was 50 years ago in the North to set out the whisky bottle and sugar bowl the moment a visitor entered the house.- The old-fashioned Southern Senator or Repre sentative vet steps np to a public bar, after the Southern custom, as he did of yore, takes his applejack or whisky with relish, chats genially tor awhile, and goes his way. A few of them take a drop too mnch, occa sionally. In the South this has not been considered a crime. Many Votes to Win or Irfe. But even in the South the new spirit of teetotalism has crept on apace, and Judge Cobb admitted yesterday that even the small imputation put upon him would in jure him more than he could measure. All of the persons accused are Southern gentle men, by the way. Just what will be the end of the affair no one can guess. Even by the evidence of his own witnesses Representative "Watson greatly magnified the truth. By the admis sions of the witnesses for the prosecution drunken members were seen on the floor of the House when that body was In session. Yet it can hardly be said that Mr. "Watson has made out "his case; not more than four instances during this long ses sion could be cited by anyone, yet Mr. "Watson, in his text-book, wrote as though the scene was one of every day occurrence, and as though half the House were drunken. The committee must either admit the tale is true, or they must at least censure "Watson. But censure will be of a political benefit to "Watson, and he has made too much capital out of the affair already for the comfort of the Democrats, who are pursued by the Alliance night mare. By far the most serious thing with which Mr. Watson is threatened is a series of libel suits in good round sums. Judge Cobb, if no other, has the admission of "Watson that he was pne of the persons referred to, and if the Alliance does not let up nicely on him in his district, Mr. Watson may bave to both dance and pay the piper. Lightnee. HOLIDAYS WITHOUT LEAVE. The Senate Iearns That Government Em ployes Don't Always Ask for a Day or a Week Off Information Gleaned From Secretary Charles Foster. Washington, July 3L Special, Sec retary of the Treasury Foster has a keen sense of humor and a love of quiet sarcasm, both of which qualities are often made prominent in his official correspondence. No such letter was ever placed on file in a Government office as the one which Mr. Foster wrote to Secretary Chandler, in reference to the Ellis Island investigation. It was sarcastic to the point of rudeness, and even then the original draft had been discreetly pruned. Now Mr. Foster has been letter-writing again, and this time the United States Senate is the victim of his sharp pen. The Senate recently adopted a resolution call ing upon tbe Secretary for the names of officials of his department who had applied for and been granted leave of absence since January 1, last, with tbe dates of their letters of application. This information was desired for the pur pose of making public the growing abuse of absenteeism, with particular reference to the attendance of officeholders at the Minne aDOlis convention. It was the intention of tbe author of the resolution to compile the list of absentees from all the departments. Secretary Foster's reply, which will no doubt set the pace for the" other Secretaries, rendered the attempt futile. In a few brief" lines he states that there are no such letters on file as called for by the Senate. That is all he says, but it is enough. The Senators now know officially what many of them have long known unofficially, that when officeholders above the grade ot fourth class clerks want a leave of absence they simply take it without asking anybody, particular ly in convention and campaign years. A SEHAT0B WITH A GRIEVANCE. Mr. Call Indignant at the District of Colombia Commissioners. "Washington, July 3L Special. Senator Call, of Florida, one of the great constitutional lawyers in Congress, and a constructionist of the strictest sort, has an nounced anew rule of law and Congressional ethics. A few. weeks ago the extensive beer brejaery of a wealthy German resident of "Washington was partly destroyed by fire. The residence of Senator Call is in the im mediate neighborhood of the brewery.and the day after ihe.fire he introduced a resolution providing thit the o jrner should not be per mitted to rebuild on the old site. The resolution wjjp reierred to a committee, and shortly afterward Mr. Call received the in formation thatjpermit had been granted to the owner of the building to reconstruct. Thereupon the Florida Senator indignantly introduced a resolution pre-emptorlly de manding of the commissioners of the Dis trict ot Columbia an official answer to the official question why they dared issue a building permit when a proposition was pending in Congress to prohibit such action. The senators all smiled at Mr. Call's in dignation and his apparent belie' in the justice of his proposition, but Senator Sherman was the only one who had the courage to point out that Congress, un limited as are its powers, has not the authority to interfere with property rights to the extent of putting a perpetual injunc tion npon them at the request of even so great a man as a United States senator. Mr. Call's resolution is still on the calendar undisposed of. SUPERSTITION AT SEA That Prevents the Christening of a War Vessel by a Married Woman Senator Bale's Wire May Not Be Allowed to BaDtlze the New Ammen Ram. New YORK, July 3L Special.' A dis patch from "Washington to-day, stating that the wife of Senator Hale had been invited to baptize, with a bottle of champagne, tbe war vessel known as the Ammen ram, when she is launched, three weeks from now, at the Bath Iron "Works, was a surprise to the officers at the Brooklyn navy yard. "It is an ancient tradition, says one of the officers, "that no married woman may baptize a new vessel. Such an innovation could not be tolerated, inasmuch as super stition would follow the vessel that might make it difficult, if not impossible, to get a crew." It is very likely that, as in the case of the cruiser Baltimore, four years ago, so many protests, not against Mrs. Hale but against the departure from the time-honored cus tom of having a young maiden perform the act of baptism, will be sent to the Navy Department that some one else than a married woman may be selected. "When the day had been set for the Balti more to be launched at Cramp's shipyard at Philadelphia it was announced thatat the request of the Messrs. Cramp, Mrs. "Wilson, the wife of Naval Constructor T. D. "Wil son, would break the bottle of champagne over the Baltimore's bow andgieher her name. As the details of the launch of a new ves sel rest with the builders, subject to the approval of the Secretary ot the Nary, Mrs. "Wilson tos formally invited to do the act of baptizing by Secretary "Whitney. As Commodore and Mrs. "Wilson were about to start for Philadelphia on the day before the one set for the launch," they were notified that the launch had been postponed. The announce ment caused surprise among many, bat be fore another 24 hours 'had passed it was re ported all over "Washington that the post fonement was due to the objections made y the naval officers against the vessel being baptized by a married woman. As Mrs. "Wilson was well known In "Washington society, of which Mrs. "Whit ney was the leader, the change In the pro gramme was a surpiise. Secretary "Whitney was amazed at the action of the officers, but the launch was postponed for a week, and when tbe cruiser slid down the ways October G, 1888, she was baptized by a comely young woman. DEA1H 07 ANTHONY KENHEDY. Old Age Carries Off the Only Know-Nothing United Strte Senator. Baltimore, July "U- Special. Hon. Anthony Kennedy, the only man ever elected to the United Slates Senate as a Know-Nothing, died here to-day. He was born in Baltimore, December 21, 1810, and when quite voung moved to Virginia, where he entered politics, serving sev eral terms in tbe State Legislature. After an unsuccessful effort to get to Con gress he removed to Baltimore, and In 1857 he was elected as a Know-Nothing to the Maryland House of Delegates, and made a stormy fight to secure the election of his brother to the United States Senate. Among others contesting was "Winter Davis, then in the zenith of his glorv. After a hot fight Anthony Kennedy was himself elected. After serving a term he became dissatisfied with the manner in which the Know-Nothings behaved and joined the Democrats, voting with them. After his term expired he retired from politics, but consented to serve as delegate to the State Convention, which framed the constitution now in force. Death resulted from old age. STEALING DETROIT'S RIVER. Torontoans Aim to Dry It lp by Dlgginc a Canal From Georgian Bar. Toronto, July 3L A local paper gives an account of a scheme on foot in Canada to discount effects of discrimination in the matter of tolls on the Sault Ste. Marie Canal. It says prominent engineers are now at work on a proposal to construct a canal or river from Georgian Bay to Toronto, by which United States ports will be made in land cities, while Canada will control the inland waterway. The plans embrace the boring of a tunnel from some point on the Humber river, just west of Toronto, out into deep water in Georgian Bay, which, it is calculated, will so lower the water in Lakes Huron and Erie as to drain the Detroit river and make it impossible for boats to laud at Duluth and other United States lake ports. S0USA LEAVES THE MABINE BAND. He Receives Bis Discharge in Order to Better Uimself. "Washington, July 31. Colonel Charles Heywood, Commandant United States Ma rine Corps, has addressed a letter to John Philip Sousa, leader of the United States Marine Band, granting the latter's request for a discharge from the corps. Colonel Heywood says it is a matter of extreme regret to him that Mr. Sousa de sires to sever his connection with the band, but the reason stated in his application for discharge, and the knowlecce of the ad vantages offered to him to improve his con dition, leave no other course open to him (Heywood) but to grant the request. PAUPERS POURING INTO TEXAS. Mexican Famine Fugitives Willing to Toll for 35 Cents a Day. El Paso, Tex., July 31. Sufferers from the drouth-stricken districts of Mexico are coming into the United States at this point in great numbers, and are offering, theln labor for board or 25 cents a day. They have tuilt little mud houses in the river bottom and subsist on what they can pick up. County Judge Backer has called the atten tion of the Federal Officers here to this in flux of pauper labor, and they have prom ised to check it. CRESP0 IN CARACAS. A Report That the Venemela Rebel "deader Bas Taken the Capital. Cueacoa, "W. X, July 31. News has been received here from an apparently trustworthy source in Venezuela, that Crespo is now in charge of the executive of that country. As the story goes, the revolutionary leader kept up a steady advance toward the capital. The Government troops fonnd they were unable to stand an attack and so evaou ated the capital city, leaving the victorious leader of the Legalista in full possession. PITTSBURG, MONDAY. BISMARCK IS LOYAL, But for All Ihat, He Scores the Government Without Mercy. GERMANY MUST BE PROTESTANT. He Denounces Absolutism and Insists on Liberty of Criticism. EACT GOSSIP FROM THE FATHERLAND tBT CABLE TO TBI DISPATCH. Berlin, July 31. Copyright Emperor "William, bronzed and weather-beaten, re turned on Friday .from his whaling voy age. He is in better health now than at any time since his accession to the throne; his ear has almost ceased troubling him, and his irritableness is said to have vanished. After a day with the Empress at the marble palace at Pots dam the Emperor started yesterday on the Kaiseradler, escorted by the warship Beo wolf, for Cowes,.to take charge of his racing yacht Meteor. The relief afforded to the Emperor's nerves by his open-air life in the North is probably responsible for a slight change in his attitude toward Prince Bismarck. Be fore his departure he was exceedingly bitter against tbe ex-Chancellor. Now, however, he has told Caprivi that the safest and most dignified way is to ignore the Prince and his organ. Caprivi Relentless Toward Bismarck. Count Caprivi does not share his opinion, believing that Bismarck 1b willing to go to any extreme against the Government to sat isfy his desire for continued notoriety. The demonstration at Jena to-day has been watched for this reason with exceptional interest. The University celebration partially jus tified such expectation. Prince Bismarck was received there last night by thousands of citizens, students and visitors who had been gathering in the town from nearby places since Friday night. An official din ner was given in the Prince's honor, and he was lauded in speeches and a poem written for the occasion. At 9 o'clock a torchlight procession passed the hotel. Replying to an address presented by the representatives of the University, Prince Bismarck sketched tbe events preceding the founding ot the empire, and added that he had many difficulties to overcome with the late Emperor what he might call "behind the scenes" diplomacy, which was some times harder than loreign diplomacy. The defeat ot France, he said, was a necessity, because If she had not been humbled she would have hindered German unity. Against Absolutism and Bureaucracy. People said that the Bismarck policy had luck. He wished he could say that other Ministers and Chancellors were lucky. He advised his countrymen to prodnce a strong Parliamentary majority so as to prevent absolutism or Government by Bureaucracy. Some found fault, he said, with his criti cisms, but he would continue to speak his mind whatever the consequences might be. This morning Prof. Breckhaus made the official address of welcome in the Uni versity Hall. Then the Prince rode through the town that everybody might see him, and eventually brought up at -the JInrket Square, where a huge concourse was held. The Burgomaster, in proposing a toast to Prince Bismarck, contrasted the state of- Germany at the beginning of the century with that ot to-day, and alluded to the battle of Jena and the dowi.fell of Prnsiia, concluding with the words: "After Bismarck no second Jftoa defeat is possible." A student then ad dressed the Prince, saying among other things that all the students of Germany would carry forwardhis work. Prince Bis. marck in reply delivered an important political oration. He said: I have sworn to found a Protestant empire. It U therefore out ol the question to try to rule with a Catholic party as the chief fac tor. We innst take the present Catholic partv as an example, and must Initiate them and form a united patty against Catholic in fluence. Blttrr Against the Catholic Farly. nothing vgatnst the supremacy of the Cath olic pjityor of Catholic Influence, or or foreign influence. It would even be preferable to have a Papal Nuncio In Beilin. so that Irresponsible party leaders shoutd not, as at present. Give colored and un trust worthy leports to the Pope. Referring to what he called the false policy of the Government, the ex-Chancellor said that so fast as the Government gains a German ising influence over the polls, that influence is captured by the Catholic party. Prince Bismarck's speech was strongly worded and occasionally keenly pointed toward Berlin, but on the whole it was hardly up to his recent standard of bitter ness. He acknowledged the laudatory speeches of the men who had spoken in his honor, and then turned to the subject of absolutism and popery. Absolutism, he said, was a dangerous ex periment in Central Europe, whether it was supported by priests or not. It is especi ally dangerous, however, f nder the former conditions. All parties in' Geimany anx ious to preserve the unityut the empire, should realize that they are face toface with a .grave state of affairs. y The Will of the Monarch Not Law. "There is no place in Germany for an absolute monarchy," said Prince Bis marck." "We must strengthen the politi cal convictions of the populhce through press and Parliament. The yill of the monarch must be brought iiLo harmony with the people's convictions." Beferring to his own attitude toward the Government, Bismarck said fbv.t, like Goetz von Berlichingen, he would not strike down the man bearing the Emperor's badge aud color; nevertheless, he b!,'d hard facts for the Imperial Commissioners At a lunch given at the hotel Prinze Bis marck toasted the ladies in a humorous speech, in which he said he had received such proofs of the convictions of the ladies that he had no fears for the future of the Empire. The Prince and his party departed for Schonhausen at 3 P. M. j Th e question of the hour is, "Will Ger many nave a "World's Fair?" The hastfc of France to take all the wind out of Ger many's sails by deciding upon an exposition in 1900 has boomed the German plan im mensely and has won to it thousands of new adherents. The Government is pursuing with redoubled energy Its inquiries In in dustrial and commercial circles of the Em pire, and the newspapers are full of articles upon the pernaious nenavior ot the French tiovernment. The Kaiser Favors a World's Fair. Opinion is still much divided upon th advisability of holding the Fair. althontH the Emperor has thrown all his personal in-1 fluence ou the side of the boomers. He in clines toward 1898 as the date of the enter- 5 prise, and if the Fair be held at all it will 1 proDaDiy oe in vuui. year, as uermany wishes all the time possible for preparation, while anxious to anticipate the French ex position. . A curious feature of the "World's Fair matter has been Count von Caprivi's op position, which has excited the most vehe ment attacks upon bim and greatly reduced his hold upon the confidence of the people. The qnestlon who will follow Caprivi has been revived by the disagreement of the Emperor and Chancellor In the "World's Fair matter. Bismarck is a manifest im possibility. "Waldersee's chances once were good, but bis manifold intrigues and his underhand campaign against Caprivi have injured him almost beyond recovery. Enlenburg is a waning luminary. Miguel alone bas added in office to his AUGUST 1 1892. great reputation for sagacious statesman ship. He is trusted by both Emperor and people as an experienced financier. Another charge is to be made against ex Captain Sydney Odanne, once military tutor ot the present Emperor. Odanne accused a German major of selling army secrets to a French Ambassador, but wa3 proved guilty of libeL Odanne has forwarded to" tbe Em peror detailed statements ot his case and a petition for his release from prison. He has shown himself, however, even in these statements to be possessed of so many trick ish secrets of the German service that he has no hope of release. Cologne citizens made elaborate prepara tions to entertain the Arlon singers. "When the Arlonites arrived at 2 o'clock this after noon, they were received at the wharf by representatives of all the Cologne societies, while a chorus of 1,000 voices sang, "Wem Gott "Will Eechte Gunst Eriveisen." This evening the Arlonites gave a concert to a crowded house. After the concert there was a flower carnival. Davenold, the Matrimonial Sharper. "Prof." Davenold, who married a widow in Achen and then ran away with her property, telegraphed her on Friday from Antwerp: "Meet me in New Yorfc Re ply and I will name place." The widow has seen enough of the "Professor" to cure hef of wishing to meet him anywhere outside of court, so she handed the telegram to the police. Their investigation has shown that Davenold is a vulgar swindler, who plays the matrimonial game for a living. In the case ot the Acben widow he remained faithful only long enongh to get 30,000 marks from her. Yesterday the Department of "War began a series of experiments as to the practica bility of a bicycle courier service. At noon a cyclist started from the Braden burger Thor with a dispatch to be delivered to the commander of a garrison in Cologne. The dispatch will be carried by relay couriers, suggested by a similar experiment made a short time ago between Chicago and New York. Eleven Generals have been retired by the Emperor since his accession. The Prussian army, consequently, is now com manded by men as inexperienced as the Emperor himself. Althongh no official report has been made of cholera cases in Moscow I am informed that the disease is increasing there, and serious fears are entertained that there will be an outbreak of disorder. The anger of the populace is chiefly directed against the Governor, Grand Duke Sergius, who is very unpopular. A case of cholera is reported from Lu beck. A more stringent quarantine bas been established by the authorities. MAFIA HOLDING A JUDGE. Thry Demand Ran.om for a Missing New Orleans Jarlst Who They Claim Is Their Prisoner The Jade't Friends Sllll Be lieve He Was Drowned. New Orleans, July 31. Chief of Police Gaster yesterday received a letter from what is sunposed to be the Mafia. The letter was irclosed in an old envelope with a skull and cross bones on it. It was sent from the New Orleans postoffice and an air of mystery hangs about it. The writer is not known, but investigations will be set on foot to find him, and matters will be pushed until he is discovered. Nunnez, the writer, appears to live in this city and to have connections in St Louis. The following is the letter: New Oblzaxs, July 29, 1S92. To Chief of Police Gaster: 8m We have in our possesion Jndge Marr. Will deliver him In yonr hands for $500, or will liberate Mm for $100. We will sand you his old clothes, etc., such as we found on his person, hnt, bear In mind, for one bad break authorized by you his body will be riddled with shot, then sent yon for fCW yjnnt. TM money must reach us before- 20 d tyi. If not yon will have his rijrht ear for further Information. Address general delivery postoffice, Chicago, St. Louis or New Orleans. , Respectfully, Pr J. Xmraiz. It will be remembered that Judge Marr, of the Criminal District Court in this city, mysteriously disappeared last April. He was old and feeble, and was last seen walk ing along tbe levee. The impression of his friends was that he had fallen into the river and was drowned, and that impression still prevails. A NEW INSURANCE PRECEDENT Companies Mast Tkj Losses on Profits as Well as on First Values. Lansing, Mich., July 3L One of the most important decisions relative to the lia bility of insurance companies ever ren dered has been filed in the Supreme Court in the case of Mitchell versus the St Paul German Insurance Company. Mitchell was engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber at Crooked Lake, Mecosta county, when a fire destroyed his manufactured lumber, valued at $176,000, upon which he carried an insurance ot $133,500 under con current policies. The market value of the lumber was 10 64 per 1,000, but the adjusters would allow only the actual cost of 'producing, inasmuch as Mitchell was a manufacturer, or 3 65 per 1,000 less than the market value, claiming that he was not entitled to recover on the profits. Justice Long, who wrote the opinion, maintained that the con tract must be construed the same as if the insured bsd no mill of his own, and would have to go into the open market to replace the lumber destroyed. COTTON IN CONNECTICUT. An Old Colored Man Proves That a Theory of Bis Is a Correct One. Putnam, Conn., July 31. Specia'. David Johnson, a Bpruce old colored man ot Pomfret street, who was on a big South ern plantation "before the war," is teaching his neighbors that cotton may be grown in Connecticnt as successfully as "way down South in Dixie." David is gardener lor Benjamin Grosvenor, and has a little farm of his own on Pomfret street He had been trying vainly for sev eral years to make people believe his cotton theory, and this year has verified it by growing cotton on his farm. His crop is a small one, but It looks splendid. Johnson, who tended thousands of acres of cotton in the South, says that his Pom fret street plants are as luxuriant and prom ising as any that are raised in Dixie. He adds that, while the Northern season is a short one, the soil here Is richer and the plants thrive better than In the South. He also grows as fine sweet potatoes as any raised in Virginia. THE DEADLY FLOBERT RIFLE. A Cincinnati I.ad Shoots and Kills Bis Brother With One. Cincinnati, July 31. Shortly before sunsei this evening, in the eastern limit of this city, Frank Swisher, a boy of 16 years, shot and killed his brother "Willie, aged 13. Be was arrested for murder. ' Frank was at home sitting at a three story window with a Flobert rifle in his hand. "Willie entered the front yard. Frank shouted: "Willie, hold up your hands." "Willie obeyed. Just tnen tne irifle was discharged and Willie fell dead, hot in the head. Frank says the rifle went tiff while lying in his lap. A Democratic Camp at Asbary fark. Asbukt Park. N. J., July 3L The -Democratic National Committee will open headquarters at the Howiand Hotel, some time this week. Senator Josephs, ot Phila delphia, has secured rooms subject to the pproval of William F. Harrity, unairman t the committee, STRENGTH OF UNION Under Consideration by ilia Kailroad Employes of the.Conntry. CONSOLIDATION IS FAYORED By Many, Though the Wore fonserratiTe Fight Shy Just : otv. P0WDEELT SAYS THE PISKS MUST GO fSPZCIAI. TELZQBAM TO TBE D11FATCII.1 "Wilkesbabue, July 3L A great mass meeting of representatives of the Railroad Brotherhood of Engineers. Conductors, Brakemen, Telegraph Operators and Ladies' Auxiliary was held in this city to-day. Special trains brought thousands of people into tbe city early this morning. When the executive session was called to order, short ly before noon, 5,000 people crowded the armory, and 2,000 were unable to gain old mission, i The majority of the delegates were from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. There was a fair sprinkling of "Western men, and five from Canada. It is said that the "Western delegation took no part in the business deliberations of the body. The prime object of the meeting was for the general discussion of tbe benefits to be derived from the consolidation of the va rious railroad orders Into one grand federa tion, with one head and one executive board. Consolidation Only Consld-red. Conductor Joseph Kelthllne, of "Wilkes barre, presided at the morning session and delivered the address ot welcome. Tbe ses sion was secret, but it is learned that the question of consolidating all the railroad orders was discussed at great length. The "Western lccomotlve engineers are very en thusiastic for consolidation. It is believed, however, that consolidation will finally be accomplished. Committees from the various brotherhoods were appointed to hold confer ences and report at the next general meet ing. One engineer interviewed said: "Con solidation of the different orders may be all right, and tor the interest of all railroaders, but I am afraid the engineers will suffer thereby. You see the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is a very conserva tive body, and has always commanded re spect from the railroad companies, but if we were to become part of a general labor organization our position will not be secure in the future. For instance, suppose the telegraphers should bave a grievance and conclude to strike. "We would be com pelled, no doubt, to go out with them. Would that be to our benefit? I myself don't think so." A Great Public Meeting. In the afternoon a great public meeting was held at the Armory. Five hundred members of the Ladies' Auxiliary were present Addresses were made by General Master "Workman Powderly, MavorNichols, C. M. "Wilson.of Phlllipsburg, N. J.: Grand Chairman of the Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood of Firemen; a H. Wil kens, of Chicago, Assistint Grand Chair man of the Order of BailroaU Conductois; A. B. McMahon, of Buffalo, Chairman of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, and Father McAndrews, of "Wilkesbarre. The latter counseled moderation in ail things. The other speakers were In favor of con solidating ail the working forces of the railroad-. - Mr. Powderly spoke as follows:. "Would that I could speak not only for the rail roaders, but for all combined labor organi zations. In tbe near futute I see the clouds breaking anda glorious light shining on one grand organization and one alone the Brotherhood of Men and the Brotherhood of God. Twenty thousand men meet their deaths every year to make other men rich 20,000 of thu nation's grandest heroes who are never beard o'. Should these Brotherhood men here take it into their heads to decorate the graves of their mar tyred comrades on any special day in the year the graveyards of onr country would be crowded. Twenty thousand men down todeathl "What" for? let us ask. How much of the money earned went to their families? But a pittance every 30 days. You have combined to protect, not to in jure, monopolists and trusts. Combine to steal your earnings." Powderly Says PInkertons Mait On. Mr. Powderly again reiterated his old suggestion that the railroads of the country should be placed under Government con trol. A man in the audience asked: "What about Homestead? "Well, that was a deplorable affair at Homestead, but the Pinkertoa men were to blame." "What will we do with the Pinkertons?" came from another voice. "We will call npon the Legislature to pass a law forbidding their emnloyment," Mr. Powderly said, "and if the Legislature doesn't pass snch a law tbe Pinkertons will have to go anyhow." The speaker laid great stress on the word "go," and was cheered vociferously. After his speech Mr. Powderly submitted the following resolution, which was unani mously adopted: Resolved, That we regard the Interference of the Pinkertons In labor troubles as un patriotic and un-American. We have con fidence in the power of the luw to keep the peace, and therefore demand the abolition by law of tbe practice ot throwing standing armies of Irresponsible men around onr mills and factories and upon our rallioads In times of labor disputes. DELEGATES DENOUNCE G0MPER5 Per Intrlenlne Against the LjborBnrran to Be Started In Pittsburg. Ne"wYobk, July 31. At to-day's meet ing of the Central Labor Union, the Miscellaneous Section offered resolutions denouncing Colonel Streator for the barbarous treatment of Private lams at Homestead, and indorsing the mani festo of ' the Advisory Board, de claring that workmen have a right to the mills in which they are working and producing wealth for monopolists. The resolutions, also, called upon all Turkmen to resign from the National Guard, as that military machinery is now only being used by capitalists to oppress workmen who assert their rights. The resolutions were reierred to the Committee on Law and Leg islation. Iu a discussion which followed, several delegates declared that organized labor should take independent political actioli to prevent camtallsts from opuressins their workmen in the luture. Tbe Central Labor Federation delegates to tbe Pittsburg con ference for establishing an Interna tional Labor Bureau, denounced Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation ot Labor; Harry "White and Secretary P.eider, of the United Garment Workers, for intriguing against the Bureau. Resolution ueie adopted embodying the sentiment of the delegates. Tbe latter, also, gave an inter esting description.of a trip made by them to Homestead, which they said "did not look like the paradise, it was painted, but like a town of shanties populated by oppressed wage slaves," Fattlson Considers a .Labor Grievance. Beading, July 3L The chairman of the 100 Beading workingmen who sent a peti tion to Governor Pattiion saying 'that they were refused work on tie new State insane asylum buildings at "Wernersville, this county, and the preference given to Italians, received a letter from the Gov ernor.stating that their petition had been referred to, the Sfate Commissioners having the erection of the buildings in charge, to give it their earliest consideration. LOFTY IDEAS TDMBLE. The lick lelescops Dispels Many a Koman tlo Notion Concerning Blars The Milan ese Astronomer's Canals Bathlessly Analyzed Ko of Bahltatlon. Lick Obsekv JVi., July 31. The giant telescZ A o the Uni versity of CaUfornvTty'V His mak ing a record for itselrs JQ jent it: -r t -I7.VV - j- U)JJ)U31UUU Ul JURIS. JJU1 C fjV Vj servations of a most valuableeuyOoS, V . fo,. j been obtained by the Mt Hamilf.';'f omers. Ane near approacu ui mo r&f audits consequent brilliancy and sizeiat this time have enabled observers to utilize the full powers of the instrument with most interesting results. Drawings by all tbe astronomers exhibit numerous changes in Its principal character istics since the celebrated sketches made by tbe Milanese astronomer, Schiaparell l. Many of his almost fanciful details are shown to have no existence in reality. None of the so-called "canals" are "doubled" or "geminated," as he pictured them. Various streaks, whatever they may be, are broad stripes aud not narrow lines, just as they were seen through the Lick tele scope two years ago. This will be a bitter disappointment to many visionary theorists, who bave found in the existence of these "canals," and particularly in the announce ment that all were seen to be doubled, most indisputable evidence that Mars was inhab ited by human beings. The most startling of all Mount Hamilton observations are those made on the two tiny moonof the planet, which were first dis covered by Asaph Hall in "Washington during the opposition of 1877, and which bave since been seen at brief intervals and only in the very largest telescopes. Not only bave these little attendants (by long odds the faintest planetary bodies to be seen anywhere in the sky), been in nlain view for tbe best part of the month, bnt of late astronomers have regularly observed their eclipses in the shadow of Mars. The director of the observatory states that the satellites are seen to disappear in the eclipse upon reaching the line of the shadow with almost the same instantaneous effect which is seen when the dark limb of the moon passes over a bright star in the sky. "Within a space of only two-tenths of a second the whole body of the moon is seen to be immersed in a shadow cast out into space by the globe of Mars. It is almost impossible to convey a proper idea of tbe insignificant size of these little stellites or tbe extraordinarily small scale upon which their orbits are drawn. Tbe inner satellite is probably about eight miles in diameter and the outer one about 20. The first is less than 4,000 miles from the surface of the planet, and the other about three times that distance. They revolve so rapidly about the planet tb.it the inner one appears to move through the sky from west to east and consequently ris?s in the west It completes one revolution in less than eight hours, so that it seems to be "new" three times a day. In one even ing this little attendant passes through all four "quartersof the moon." The light which they give the planet at night must be very insignificant As seen through the giant reflector they appear to be new points of light with no sensible disc It has only been possible heretofore to esti mate the size ot these bodies by comparing the amount of light reflected by them with that reflector the planet 3Iars itself, whose .tiize is kno..-a bat -ovr, by mean of these "eclipse" observations, we bave a direct measure of their size, since it is found that each of the satellites moves its own diameter in about two-tenths of a second, and we can easily tell from onr knowledge of their orbits just what space in miles each of them moves through in that time. l i r .1... - ft I A DETECTIVE ALMOST LYHCHED While Lootins Up Evidence to Criminate an Alleged Bank Bobber. Denvee, July 31. The case against J. H. Cross and A. G. McDaniels, who were arrested by Private Detective "W. T. Saw yer on the charge of having robbed Presi dent Moffatt of the First National Bank, of 21,000, will be dismissed when it is called to-morrow. District Attorney Steele and D. H. Moffat had a consultation, and the latter declared that he could not identify Cross as the robber. Mc Daniels is charged as an accessory, and there is no way of proving that he had any con nection with the crime. He will be dis charged. Detective Sawyer had a narrow escape from being lynched yesterday. He went to Elbert Cross' home and searched the place for money or anything else that might crim inate Cross. The citizens of the town learned what he was after, and a mob fathered to lynch him. For a time things ooked stormy. Finally the Marshal of the town succeeded in qnieting the mob, and Sawyer quickly boarded a train and came to Denver. MR. FRICK CONVALESCENT. Doctors Now Believe Dim to Be Beyond Any Dancer of Fever. Chairman H. C. Frick put in an unevent ful Sunday. Ho is convalescing rapidly, and the wounds inflicted by tbe Anarchist trouble him but little. The cooler weather lost evening seemed to have a good effect on him. His temper ature and pulse are still normal, and all danger lrom fever is a thing of the past The physicians are experiencing the most difficulty in inducing their patient to re main at home. He is very anxious to re turn to his office. PRINCESS BEATRICE 1H PERIL, She Narrowly Escapes Death by Fire In Her German Palace. Berlin, July 31. Princess Beatrice had a narrow escape from death from fire in the castle at Heiligenberg yesterday morning. Her maid, carrging a candle, approached too near a mosquito net covering the bed stead, setting fire to the net Princess Beatrice, who was in the bed, had no time to dress,but ran out of the room and alarmed the household. The hose fixture near the bedroom would not work, and a whole wing of the castle was destroyed before the Bremen arrived. Princess Beatrice lost all of her jewels and clothes. t A COLLISION IN CINCIHN ATL Only One Fauencer Bart, hot an Engineer Is EUIed and a Fireman Scalded. Cincinnati, July 3L A front collision occurred late this afternoon near Evans street on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, between an incoming special passenger train and a switch engine of the Big Four Bailway. M. Downs, the engineer of the switch en gine, was killed, and Sam Powers, the fire man, was badly scalded. Of 90 passengers on the specie, only one is reported hurt, and that only by a sprained ankle. The en gines were bftdly used up, and a platform of one passenger car was crushed. TH REE CENTS. IN LnBOfMEMPLE, Hundreds of "Workmen Listen to a Sermon in One of the Homestead Mills. AN IMPBESSIYE SERVICE. Oyera Thousand Men There and Arms for Every One of Them. AEE KEADX H0WF0E Afll ATTACJi. Officials Eay the Works at Dnqnesne Will le Started To-Day. L0CEED-0UT 31EJT AEE HOLDING ALOOF Four or five hundred men gathered In on of the big mills at Homestead yesterday to listen to a sermon by Key. Dr. Clarence A. Adams, of Franklin, Chaplain of the Six teenth Begiment Saturday the non-union men made appli cation to General Manager Potter to allow them to hold religious services. He grati fied their wishes, and secured Chaplain Adams. It is now the intention of the com pany to give the men a chance each Sunday to listen to Bible teachings. "Who will officiate next Sunday has not been decided upon. It was 10:30 yesterday morrrinc whea the orchestra played the doxology. The assem blage then repeated the Lord's prayer. Tha chaplain prayed, and then started the hymn, "My Faith Looks Up to Thee." The whole congregation took up the words and the building rang with music The Scripture lesson was real. This was fol lowed by another hymn. Made Do Reference to the Troubles. Dr. Adams then commenced bis sermon. It was an impromptu talk. He made no ref erence to either the strike or the Private lams affair, although it was reported that be did. The men payed the closest atten tion to his remarks. Every denomination was represented there, but for once each man laid aside his different belief and en tered into the service as though bis heart was enlisted in the canse. Very briefly Bey. Mr. Adams traced the life and labors of Saul of Tarsus. Going on, be pointed out4iis heroism as exhibited in his journey to Borne, when all circum stances were taken into consideration. He said that Roman power, wickedness, philos ophy and intolerance would all be brought bear by Paganism in its desperate strug gle with the new faith. At length he com plimented Paul on bis great success at Borne. His victories were many. It was be who had founded a church and even established saints in the palace of the Csesars. He dwelt principally npon the fact that other men had labored through centuries and persons living to-day should enter into their labors. He said the Gospel, the true democracy, entered in t a -acrid cleft into closes. By antrbaocing the truth "" fatherhood, of God and. tbe brotherhood o man, it laid the ax at the root of humat. slavery, the snm of all villainies. All Men Will Become .Brothers. He earnestly insisted that hi3 bearers would learn to believe that the Gospel was the only true friend the workingman of to day had. Then by illustration he showed what God and His teachings had done, what He was doing and what in the future Ha would do for the betterment of the con dition of the workingman. In the most glowing terms be drew a picture of the Golden Age, seen and sung by patriarch, prophet, poet, priest and ancient Then every man In every place will meet as brother and friend. A number of benches had been made, and the men seated on these; machinery and piecis of steel presented a very unique sight The men were all clean and neat looking. They had seemingly taken as much trouble to dress for church as their limited wardrobe would allow. Had it not been for the surroundings one could have not but thought he was in a regularly estab lished church. Even though these services were neld within a stone's throw of tbe place Little Bill made its memorable land ing, one would have thought he was listen ing to sermon in San Francisco, so guarded was the chaplain in his remarks. Never once did he refer to the unpleasant past, but tried, on the other hand, to picture a pleasant tnturc All Famished With Newspapers. Yesterday afternoon the men in the mills were furnished a free concert An orches tra of eight pieces was stationed in one of the mills all afternoon. It played soma yery pretty sacred music Tbe men were not'out in such large numbers to hear tha music as they were to hear the sermon. They came in groups, enjoyed the sweet strains,then passed out of the building. The men seemed to greatly appreciate the music There were many men who took advantage of Sunday Bnd put in the afternoon sleep ing. Others were reading, as the men had all been furnished with Pittsburg, Chicago and New York papers. There were a good many of tbe men who were bathing in tbe Monongahela river. Some of these were hooted at by the crowds on the other side of the river. They were called "black sheep," and other names, but paid no atten tion to their tormentors. Some curious things are seen inside of the mills these days. A Dispatch re porter yesterday afternoon made a tour of tue works and many peculiar things are 'iticeable. The men, though shut off from (. outside world, seem to be keeping np vith the times. In one of the departments where a large number ot tbe men are quar tered, a baseball bulletin was posted up. There, in great figures, were shown Satur day's games. A Practical Temperance BeTlvoZ. The Homestead works, to a certain ex tent, are a sort of a Keeley cure house. The men can get nothing to drink unless they brave tbe dangers of coming to Pittsburg or going into the saloons of Homestead. One bright looking young man, whose name is withheld, tells a rather remarkable story. He is a college-bred boy and the life wat too mtch for him. Bad companions led him astray. He got into all sorts of scrapes and his downfall was very rapid. Recov ering from a protracted spree about a week ago he saw that men were wanted at Home stead. He thought that the works would be a good place to reform him, as there was no chance of getting anything to drink. So far the college man has stood the treat ment first rate. He says he will stick it out The Tide brought in a few men from Pitts burg yesterday morning. The whole num ber is now estimated at about 1,000. This is not much ofan overrating, If any. The departments of the works which are run ning did not start last night They wilt commence this morning;. To-morrow then 5 I -I V, .
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