- BERLIN EXCITED OVERJTHE CRISIS In the Affairs of Its Natural Enemy, the French, and Not at All Anxious FOE ANOTHER COMMUNE. An Outbreak in Taris Would Be Fol lowed bv One in Germany. Socialists All Over Europe Only Avralt lag aBreafc on the Part of Their Breth ren to Rise and Raise the Mischief Independent Conservatives In Line for the Kaiser'o Military BUI Pe culiar Reasons for Their Leader's Flop Caprlvl Making Deals With Saveral Groups No Cabinet Crisis Feared In Germany Just at Present An Apology for Krupp Makes a Mix In Dates. rBT CABLE TO THE D?SrATCH.l Berlin, Dec. 2& CopyrigTii. The de velopment of tbe Panama scandal in France watched with interest in thU city. The course of events in Paris is considered by ill German politicians to be of the grayest moment to the empire. The opinion re cently expressed by Bismarck that Radi cals and Socialists were at the bottom of the exposure is accepted generally as cor rect The Royalists are believed to be only taking advantage of circumstances, and not to have bad any guiding influence in pre cipitating the revelations. The letters from Paris correspondents encourage this view of the scandal and its origin, and lead all to the expectation that if the rumors of Presi dent Carnot's implication in the scandal be realized the Anarchiits, Socialists and gen eral riffraff of Paris, Lyons and Marseilles will barricade the streets and fight in the interest of a great upheaval. In this case the wish is not father to the thought, as every since the siege of Paris German statesmen have desired above all things abroad that Prance should have a stable government, with strength to heck tbe turbulence of Socialists and Chauvinists. Upon such a government Bismarck, Em peror William I, the present Emperor and Count Canrivi are known to have built their hopes for tbe peace of Europe. All Europe Affected by the Crisis. The present crisis causes hardly less ap prehension here than in Paris, and editors ind politicians utter pessimistic prophecies as to the probability of a revolutionary out break. On Wednesday the Conservative Xichttbott, in a leader entitled "The Begin ning of the End," dwelt upon the evils likely to follow to all Europe from the scandal, and drew a moral lesson lor Social Democrats and Liberals in Germany con cerning the "inherent rottenness of repub lican institutions." On Friday the VoncacrU, Social Democrat orjran, retorted: a ho KicJitsbate Is correct. This is the bo ''Sinning of the end the end of the false world, hut not the end of democracy, of sociallsm'and of labor. The words of Prince Bismarck to a French journalist, that the action against De Lesseps and his colleagues was due 'to the influence of socialism were significant. He said: "Socialism is the deadly enemy of thieves; socialism alone is capable of freeing us from thieves and their spolia tion. The action of the Socialists in France is merely the beginning of a general cam paign against corruption iu ether coun tries." Trouble for Independent Conservatives. Herr Von Helldort has got his new-born party ol Independent Conservatives into a rather tight place by his sudden enthusiasm lor the military bill. Among the 20 or two dozen partisans whom he has counted among his followers for a few weeks, dis sensions are already rife, and the addition of occasional converts from the ranks of the old parties will hardly compensate for the disintegration in the organization of the original members. Herr Von Helldorf, in fact, enjoys in a too high degree the privileges of persona grata at court to be fitted for the leader ship ot an avowedly Independent party of any sort, His recent change of attitude toward the military bill was due to an audi ence which he had with the Emperor a few days ago. The Emperor urged him to ig nore petty differences for a short time and to bend his energies toward helping the Government save the military bill. The first tangible result of this conference was a conciliatory leader in Herr "Von Helldorf's Conservative weekly. Iu this article the Independent-Conservative leader urged the Deputies in the Reichstag to swallow the military bill whole, on the ground that its proposals would lose all economic and financial value if they were emasculated, as bad been suggested by several Liberal members. No Means ot Ketreat Lett. In the peroration of this article Herr Von Helldort said: Nothing will put such a speedy end to the perplexity of the situation as proof of a Ann attltnde on the present Government to ward an important national task as an ab solute refusal to countenance bartering. Any . disposition to trim or temporize " would impair the good cause. It must be plain to every German what an injurious effect the rojectlonof the army bill, or alter ation of it, would have upon Germany's military prestige abroad. After the bill has once been introduced tbe rejection of it would react most disadvantageous- upon all attempts to preserve permanently tlio peace of Europe. There is now no way of retreat. As tbo matter stands, moreover, it is the height of phantasy and imagination to describo this measure on whish the min istry has staked its life as embodving meie ly the views or a single person. On tbe con trary the whole fabric of ourstate authority rom top to bottom is at stake. At the reception of the generals on Mew Year's Day the Emperor is reasonably cer. tain to make some significant references to the bilt Meanwhile, despite semi-official denials, there is no doubt that Count Capri vi is trying to make political deals with several groups. He is said to have secured some assurances from the National Liberals who are not above a compromise on terms considered generous by the Government Even tbe Clericals Are Conciliator. The Clericals also show less bitterness urainst the bllL Most newspapers outside of the Social Democratic party and Eugen Richter's group of Radicals buow that the men behind them are in a conciliatory mood, and are willing to give the Govern ment the better side of some mutually ac ceptable arrangement The conference of the National Liberals of the Pfslie held at Nenstadt discussed the army bill at length, and almost without the exception of a delegate the representatives of the party expressed reserved ap proval of the principal demands of the measure. The sentiment of most of the speakers was that the Government would have asked for an increase of the military burdens without having become convinced that such a step was neoestary. Eventually the conference decided that the Rhenish Deputies of the National Liberal party should act in the Reichstag at their own discretion, in view of the circumstances that might arise. The general order was, however, that they should support the Gov ernment s proposals if the financial part ot the programme could be made "satisfactory. No Cabinet Crisis Anticipated. The North German Gazette has taken ad vantage of the favorable wind blowing from such quarters to recall again the merits of the bill, which have been quite forgotten in the partisan tumult of the last week. "There will be no dissolution," says the in spired editor, "nor any cabinet crisis. There is every hope that the committee wiU report in favor of the bill." On Wednesday tbe same daily commented on the troubles (n France: "The changes in the political situation in Europe and the re newed Increase of other armaments render evermore possible international troubles. Of the events in Frauce nobody can foresee the end." ' The Magdeburg Gazette publishes aspecial article to prove that Krnpp made his offer of cannon to Napoleon In 1858, instead of 1868. The firm's Paris office had admitted the fact during a newspaper discussion of the subject in 1873. The municipal authorities of Dresden have resolved to spend 30,000,000 marks in improving the citv's public buildings. Six million marks will be spent in improving the school sj stein ot the city. CHICAGO'S RED CHRISTMAS. Two Men Shuffle Off A Man With an Axe Shot A Plnkerton Wounded A Con vert's Confession of Sins Not Ap preciated. Chicago, Dec. 25. The spirit of "Peace on earth, good will to men" was not unani mous in Chicago to-day. It may have guided the actions of the large majority, but there was a minority which held to a different doctrine, and which had the cour age to put its convictions into deeds of blood. Iu the niorcue lie the bodies of two men who have sought in another world the peace they tailed to find in this. John J. Regan, an Englishman, was the first of those enumerated to put nis prin ciples into practice. He went broke on the races, broke in pocket and in spirit, and with a bullet he scattered his brains over bis bedroom floor. Andrew Benson, a teamster, celebrated Christmas Eve by a wholesale absorption of red liquor, and be ushered in tbe Christmas morning by slashing his throat with a knife. Anthony Lavelle was epliting wood early this morning and called upon his step-son Joseph Ross to get up and help. Ross made no reply and Lavelle in vaded the bedroom with an axe. A fight followed and Lavelle was fatally shot Ross, who claims to have acted in self de fence, was arrested. Steffano Albeitine is the braised and bat tered man at the County Hospital. Early this morning he saw two men in the store ol his employer, and at once began to shoot, with the result of lodging a bullet in the skull of Lieutenant Clarke, ol the Pinker ton agency, and badly lrightening Watch man Dawson, of tbat institution. When Albertine stopped firing, he was immedi ately hammered almost into insensibility by the men to whom he surrendered. Both the police and the Pinkertons say that Albertine was a thief and that he began shouting when placed under arrest They also deny having beaten him. D. Alpirii, the employer of Albertine, says that he is no thief, and that he should have killed the Plnkerton men, who forced their way into a building where they had no right to be. He also says that he will take out warrants for the arrest of Lieutenant Clarke, whose injury is not serious, and lor Captain Foley, ot the Pinkertons. James Williams, 25 years of age, is a colored man who sought salvation, and will now be invited by the law to work it out for himself. He came to Chicago six weeks ago and one night drifted into the Free Methodist M;ssion at 598 West Lake street. After attending several meetings, he went to the pastor. Rev. D. M. Allen, and de clared that he had "been touched by the spirit, and wanted to enter by the Golden Gate." He was told that he must make a full confession. Pastor Allen.that he might not lose a possible convert, took Williams to the parsonage and kept him as his guest, omitting no opportunity to urge him to acknowledge his sins. Te-night Williams in church stated that he had a horrible crime on his soul, The preacher slipped out and got sr police officer. Williams confessed that tour years ago he was the cause of the murder of his em ployer, Charles LaVaurne, in Paris, while in league with Madame La Vaurne's lover. The two then went to Louisiana, where Williams fastened a crime on the lover, a man named LaFayette. AN IMMENSE CONCESSION. The Mexican Government Sells 800,000 Acres of land for 40 Cents an Acre. City op Mexico. Dec. 25. Special One of the most valuable and extensive colonization concessions ever granted by the Mexican Government has just been granted to Rafael Dorantes, a prominent capitalist of this city. By the terms of the contract the Government agreed to sell to Mr. Dorantes 800,000 acres ot rich agricultural land in the States of Tabusco and Chiupus, at 40 cents an acre. This price is to be paid in five yearly installments, in paper of the recognized public debt, commencing May 1, 1893. The grantee obliges him self to settle the laud with colonists at tbe rate ot at least two families to every 1,000 acres, each settler to have 25 acres ceded to him. To guarantee compliance twith this contract Mr. Dorantes must within six months deposit $2,000 in paper of the puK lic debt in the National Bank ot Mexico. The concession is subject to the coloniza tion law of December 15, 1883, now in force, and the settlers are granted the usual exemptions and franchises stipulated in all similar concessions. The titles to the land will be issued to Mr. Dorantes br the Government as he pays for- and colonizes the successive lots. Failure to comply with any of the stipulations of the contract incurs its forfeiture, together with the guarantee deposit BLOWING GREAT GUNS. New Turk and the Coast Swept by a Cold Blizzard. UewYokk, Dec. 23. A biting wind, driving sharp parcels of snow before it, with the mercury bobbing around the 20 mark, was the record ot the weather here to-day. To-night the wind has moderated somewhat It has ceased snowing and at 9 o'clock the temperature was 22. Wash ington at 9 o'clock had a temperature of 30 with no wind and indications of snow. Other temperatures taken at 9 o'clock are as follows: Galveston, 64; San Francisco, 62; Portland, 20; Cheyenne, 30; Salt Lake, 48; Helena, 28. The steamship Hermann, which piles be tween Antwerp, Boston and this port, left Boston Friday. She had hardly got out to sea w hen the wind began to blow briskly from tbe northwest, and brought with it the coldest weather, Captain Meyer, tbe skip per, says, he ever experienced. The second officer, "E. CornlHio, weut aloft for ten min utes and came down with both hands frost bitten. The crew was kept below deck as much as possible, and the man at the wheel was relieved every half hour. The Sound steamers were all late to-day and encrusted with ice. Off Block Island is landed the Pilgrim and (Jity of Taunton,, which met with a big'blew. Their paddle boxes were so filled with ice that tbe wheels turned with difficulty on their arrival. THE PITTSBTJEG M'GLYII SMS MASS For the First Time in Five and a Half Years Ho ' Once Again RESUMES HOLY FUNCTIONS Just. "Six Years Ago lie Was De nounced to Rome. THE CAUSES AND THE SAYINGS That Led Up to Ills Suspension by .the Head of the Church. ILL PLEASED TO BEE HIM BACK AGAIN New York, Dec. 25. Father McGlynn put on priestly robes and resumed bis priestly duties again this morning for the first time since -his excommunication five years and a half ago. He celebrated mass In private in St John's College chapel, Brooklyn, taking advantage of the fact that it was Christmas. This is the only day in the year that this privilege is allowed a priest A number of Dr. McGlynn's friends were present The reinstated priest sent a tele gram to Dr. Henry Carey, of Second ave nue and Thirtieth street, yesterday, notify ing him of this fact Dr. Carey is one of Dr. McGlynn's stanchest supporters. The tele gram was as follows: Greetings and love to all friends. 1 shall celebrate mass to-morrow in Brooklyn. E. McGltkv. There is a singular feature in connection with Dr. McGlynn's return to the pulpit this morning. It was on Christmas Day six years ago tbat he received the cable gram summoning him to Borne. Dr. Mc Glynn spent the greater portion of yester day in his sfudy at his home, No. 699 Willoughby avenue, Brooklyn. He denied himself to everybody except one or two very close friends and counsellors. All Pleased Over the Reinstatement. Dr. Carey, who has been a warm advocate and friend ot Dr. McGlynn during all tbe controversy, said yesterday: "We cannot help viewing this as a victory for the peo ple, because Dr. McGlynn has been the people's priest, and was dearly beloved by them, and they have never ceased to pray tor this conclusion of the trouble." Father Malone, of Williamsburg, said: "I am more than pleased at his restoration to priestly duties, and he can officiate in any church where there is opportunity if he so desires. I must say, too, that I am most happy to have lived long enough to know that the ground principle of justice another name tor Christianity has tri umphed in the affairs of the Church in this and many other instances. It is evident tbat the Holy Father has gone into the matter deeply and wisely, and the proof that he Understood the necessities of the case was shown in sending his representa tive with plenary powers to this country to settle all disputed matters. The decisions or this representative will not be set aside or questioned, as he is the representative of the Holy See." Dr. McGlynn's old parishioners are al ready makinz efforts to have bim assigned to his former charge, St. Stephen's Church. Many of them will attend Dr. Maloue's church this morning. The Beginning of the Tannoll. The more recent doings of Dr. McGlynn, those which led Immediately to his suspend sion in 1886 and his excommunication tue next year, and those which lollowed his ex communication, have been of such char acter and volume as to quite cowd the public eye and mind, and the fact is not fenerally considered that his contumacy ates beok very manv years. It is, per haps, not well remembered that long be fore the Henry George entanglement Dr. McGlynn cot into serious trouble and dis favor with his ecclesiastical superiors and with Borne because of his connection with the Irish J,and League doing. Lone be fore that again h8 was in conflict with his Archbishop and his Churchy over the school questiou. At a time when it was optional whether he should build a parochial school or not in St Stephen's parish, he refused to build one. When the Plenary Council at Baltimore declared it to be a duty incumbent on priests to build and maintain parochial schools wherever possible, Dr. McGlynn directly opposed the injunction and retused to obey it It was urged at Borne that his Opposition was causing great scandal. Archbishop McCloskey, who was in Borne at the time, was empowered to deal with him. But Archbishop McClosky was disin clined to make serious trouble for Dr. Mc Glynn, and in his kindness ot spirit smoothed bver the .difficulties as best be could without exposing Dr. McGlynn to the open censure ot his Church. He Was Denounced to Some. For his connection with the Land League agitation in 1882 Dr. McGlynn was de nounced to Borne by several American bishops outside this diocese. In August of that year a letter was sent to Archbishop Corrigan by Cardinal Simeon!, Prefect of Propaganda, calling attention to certain speeches made by Dr. McGlynn, which the letter declared to be "propositions openly contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church." In September of the same year another letter came from Cardinal Simeoni, in which was said: In consequence of Information received from various paits about the scandal caused by the priest ..dward i!cGI nn, of your city, by his violent soeechos in defense of tlie Irish. Land League, in whicli he has do lended propositions openly contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and has used language utterly unbecoming lo an ecclesiastic, the Uoly father has just now commanded me to write your Eminence to suspend the above-mentioned priest, Mc Glynn, from his sacred ministry, unless you should judge suoli measures excessive, con sidering tlieTarlous choumstnnees. which you on the spot are better able than any one else to appreciate in your well known pru dence. The letter further hoped that Dr. Mc Glynn would be brought back to sounder counsels, and to desist from "the course of action he has recently followed, to the sur prise and scandal of all those who have at heart the-principles of justice always taught by our holy religion." The Bead Cause of the Trouble. These matters were, however, in the toler ance of the Archbishop, passed over, and it was not until he went into the Henry George campaign and the Anti-Poverty So ciety that he was finally excommunicated. Somethine " of the character of Dr. Mc Glynn's alleged contumacy may be learned 'from his speeches and sayings during the past five years. He is a trained orator, witty and clever in his words and eloquent and forceful in his manner. Spoken by an other man; and especially presented in type, his saying lose almost all the force they possess in Dr. McGlynn's mouth. The circumstances of their utterance, the face, gesture, and inflection of voioe of the speaker and the expressive shrug ot the snoulders'or stamp of tbe foot are needed to give the force to the phrases they pos sessed at the speaking. "Those Italian Mon-see-e-e-n-io-o-o-oril" spoken in a long-drawn sneer, with a pursing of the lips, a shrug ot the shoulders and mock motion ot reverent obeisance was more expressive of Dr. McGlynn's opinion of those ecclesiastical dignitaries than would have been a column of invective in another man's moutb. "The old lady in Borne!" he would say with a ludicrous ibrinkiag.of his big form DIBPATOH, MONDAY, "DECEMBER 26, ' 1893. and a mocking twitch of his expressive mouth. When he breaks out in open invective and denunciation his voice is rasping and bitterly scornful, and he flings out his words with a sometimes deep, oftentimes waspish fierceness that seem almost to sweep him off his feet He will wind up a tirade with a stamp of his foot that is an in tended answer to all argument and a sum ming up of all condemnation. Borne of the Doctor's Utterances. Here are some sentences from Dr. Mc Glynn's harangues before the Anti-Poverty society: Men who live in marble palaces, dressed in purple and fine linen, as IJlves was dressed, find it in their hearts to condemn and almost curse the preachers who are preaching the gospel of Christ Some old gentleman here told an old gen tleman in Borne that a priest over here was talking heresy, so tbe old gentleman in Borne said, "Suspend him." It Is the teaching ol all religion, of nat ural religion, and as well of Catholicism, that a man who sins against his conscience sins against the Holy Ghost And if even the power that sits enthroned within the Vatican commands a man to violate his con science, to obey that command 'is to sin against the Holv Ghost Even it high Kotnan tribunals summon a man to answer for teaching scientific truth, and demand tbst a man retract it, then it is my duty and every man'r duty to refuse to retract it The Archbishop doesn't want priests in politics, because it is poaching on his pre serves. It is a fact that he sent for a Demo crat to assure him that I had been inhibited from speaking in the George campaign. This same Archbishop asked me to go down to Washington to secure preferment for one of his friends from Cleveland. I am asked: "What are yon going to do about this excommunication?" Well, I'm going to maintain what strategists call a masterly inactivity. I am going to do nothing. I would be burned at the 'stake before I would retract one word I have said about the ownership ot land. Some Stinging Sentences. There is a vast gulf between truth and holy sacrament and the errors, stupidity, blunders and crimes with which the history of the Church tor 1,000 years and more is filled on every page. I must teach you to distinguish between tbe errors and crimes of the ecclesiastical machine and the ideal Church of Christ Nowhere is the Church more hated than in the so-called Catholic countries. There he (the ecclesiastic) is shunned ss though unclean. The sight of his shovel hat and sleek face at the window of a car empties the whole compartment and gives it to him alone. If you want to see an absolute devotion to the" Church you must look tor it where the Church has been deprived of her wealth and benetactions and largely freed from Rome's domination and diplomacy. , These extremely incredibly ignorant Roman diplomatists want a man at the seat of our Government just as they have now sent two Italians to investigate Ireland. And that noodle of an English Catholic Lord actually says the Pope told him of his extreme affection for England, his desire to be of use to England and his idea that he might be of use. An alliance between Cabinet and Pope would be cheap at millions. They might buy a few ot those Italians at $100,000 apiece to help it RAKING UP OLD EMBERS. Mgr. Satolll Condemns It in the McGlynn Matter GratiBed at the Expressions of Pleasure The Vatican Will Stick to the Legate. Washington, Dec. 2& Mgr. Salolli, Papal legate, is much gratified by the gen eral expressions of pleasure with which the restoration of Dr. McGlynn to his priestly office have been received in New York and throughout the country. But he deplores the fact that there has been shown a dis position to rake up the embers of the old controversy and recall some of the expres sions tbat have been used in its continu ance. "This proceeding," says Mgr. Satolli, "on the day of peace to men of good will, on the day of the Doctor's first mass atter the estrangement of years, is neither Christian nor gentlemanly. The doctor bas been absolved, the past Is forgiven and should be forgotten. To recall it is insult to him and disrespect to the authority that knows and has done what was necessary be fore absolving him." Regarding the telegram from Borne pub lished to-day that tne latest reports re ceived here retarding Mgr. Satolli have somewhat dampened previous enthusiasm, and that it is perceived that the gulf be tween Mgr. Satolli and the American bish ops will be harder to bridge over than was supposed, it is stated at the Catholic University that Mgr. Satolli's private ad vices from Borne which he receives frequently are quite to the contrary. There has been no dampened enthusiasm, it is stated, and the Vatican has made known its determination to uphold its legate against all opposition. Another sentence in tbe same telegram reads: "President Harrison is understood to bave viewed tbe idea of opening diplomatic relations with Borne more favorably than Mr. Cleveland." Mzr. Satolli wishes to bave it stated that there is no desire whatever on his part and so far as he knows on the part of President Harrison to open up diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Washington. At a visit paid to the President two weeks ago by Mgr. Satolli, accompanied by Father O'Gorman, of the Catholic University, it is said the former expressed his gratifica tion at welcoming the Papal legate. Beplying to Mgr. Satolli's expression of thanks for courtesies extended to nim on his arrival at the port ot New York, the President is quoted as stating that those courtesies were paid him as a representa tive to the dedication of the World's Fair buildings of one who had taken the highest interest in the success of the Fair and was one of the most valued contributors. Con tinuing, President Harrison said be was triad of the occasion the legate's visit afforded to return his thanks to the Pope. SLASHED BY A ROOMMATE. Father and Son Attacked While Asleep In Their Bed. Fitchbdko, Mass., Dec. 25. What will probably prove a fatal stabbing affray occurred here last evenine. John Felt-' morse, aged 38 years; Andrew Sampson, ajed CO years, and Sampson's son Michael, aged about 25 years, all finish laborers, who roomed together on Fruit street, had been drinking together during the evening. The father and son retired, and at 11 o'clock Feltmorse came in and sat down on tbe bed. He assaulted the Sampsons with a sharp ened case knife. Michael was badly cut on the arm, shoulder and head, and his father received a cut across the abdomen, which caused his bowels to protrnde for eight inches. Officers found Feltmorse under the bed with his clothes covered with .blood. He had hidden the knife in a shoe'. He denies having done the deed, but he was identified by his victims this morning. Tbe chances for the recoverv of Andrew Sampson are slight CARLISLE FOR THE CABINET. Several Iintnckians Already Scrambling for the Senatorial Shoes. Frankfort, Kt., Dec. 25. Specia'. The appearance here of Colonel Berry, Car lisle's particular friend, as an outspoken admirer of ex-Judge Liudsay for Senator, Is taken as meaning that Carlisle is going iifto the Cabinet, and the Senatorial fight is on in exciting way. Congressman Stone -is being boomed in everv possible way and meetings are being held'ln his interest A literary bureau is in full blast and everything run on the high pressure plan. Governor Brown, Congress man Breckenridge ana others are also in the fight PINKERTONS TO GO ! If the Congressional Reports of Their Employment at Homestead HATE THE USUAL WEIGHT In Shaping Legislation, and It Is Expected That They Will. CARTER'S HOPES RAISED AGAIN By the Report That Montana's Legislature Is Kepnhlican. BERING SEA DI PUTK PAPERS EEADI irnoM A statt connxspoifniTfT.i . Washington, Dec 25. If there is any meaning to hints that haveTaeen dropped by members of tbe Plnkerton Investigation Committee of the Senate, the report of the committee, which will be presented to the Senate soon after the holidays, will be of no uncertain sound. Senator Gallinger, an old printer and editor, is now engaged on the revisal of the proofs. As a matter of courtesy nothing can be said definitely in regard to the char acter of the report by any member of the committee in advance of the presentation of the conclusions to the Senate, but those who claim to have learned something of its tendency assert to the correspondent of The Dispatch that it will strongly recom mend legislation on the question of the maintenance of armed bodies of men in the employ of private individuals or corpora tions to be used as the Pinkertons were at Homestead and other places. It is asserted that this committee, unlike a portion ot the committee of the House, does not find it difficult to decide that the United States has jurisdiction in this ques tion, under the constitution. If this be the fact, it can scarcely be doubted that some sort of legislation will be accomplished which will at least prevent the Pinkertons from being transported from one State to another, and employed to shoot and kill in accordance with their own judgment, their very presence inciting to riot and mob rule on account of the bitter feeling that has been aroused against them among the work ing people. The probabilities are that members would tumble over one another to make speeches in favor of a bill prohibiting the maintenance of large bodies of "private detectives" such as the Pinkertons. . It is probable that a majority of the com mittee of the House will report in favor of vigorous legislation, as air ot the committee except Judge Oates seem to be wheeling into line in support of the view of Bepre sentative Bynum", who has no doubt ot the constitutionality of such legislation. The reports of both the Senate and House com mittees will be made very soon alter Con gress reconvenes. A HARD TASK FINISHED. Prodigious Work on the Bering Sea Dis pute Documents. "Washington, Deo. 25. Special. The work of the State Department and counsel rh preparing the argument in case of the United States for presentation to ihe com mission which is to arbitrate the Bering Sea dispute is practically finished. The mass of matter is in ihe hands of the at torneys.' It will make thousands of printed pages. Not only have all the points in dis pute in regard to the jurisdiction of the Bering Sea from the time pf the first ap pearance of the question been collated and put in the most presentable form, but every decision upon every dis pute, which, by any possibility can be con strued into a parallel with this celebrated case, has been sought out and will be cited by the attorneys for the United States. Tne volume of the translations from foreign argument and decision is in itself immense, and the translators who could be depended upon to construe the .foreign text properly have been worked almost to death. Fre quently of late the work of the clerks has been extended far into the night, Secretary John W. Foster, who will De one ot the counsel, staying as long as any of the em ployes. Senator Morgan, who is one of the judges in the case, now bas tbe complete argument of the United States in his possession, and is spending all his time in tbe study of it He appears no more in his seat at the Sen ate. It is probable that no man in the country makes so careful a stuay of any subject upon which he is called to give his judgment as Senator Morgan. No man in the Senate, assuredly, goes into such an ex haustive analysis of great questions as he. If "he ever gets .an op rjorinnitv to vent his views at length when the arguments of counsel are fin ished and the arbitrators are in nnai con sultation, he will give the foreign com missioners a dose of law, logic, precedent and diplomacy such as they probably have never heard." One of the counsel in the case tells the correspondent of The Dis patch that the work of the State Depart ment under the direction of Secretary Fos ter has been the most prodigious and ex haustive ever performed there in any great international dispute, and believes that no such case has ever been prepared as thoroughly as this one. WHITE HOUSE TO BE' CLOSED For the Third Time In IU History on the First Day of the Year. "Washington, D. CL, Dec. 25. Not withstanding the, quietude that reigns in executive circles at the Capital the holiday season is as lively as usual, the large num ber of events transpiring in the world out side the highest official ranks making com pensation tor the dearth of them there. The December gaities quite beat the record, and the last week pf the old year will be the busiest ol all Two very charming young ladies were introduced to the world ot so ciety the past week, iu tbe persons of Miss Lieber, daughter of tbe Judge Advocate General of tbe Army, and Miss Wilcox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "Whltemore, ol Chicago. Miss Kate Brice, second daugh ter ot Ohio's junior Senator, Miss Emily Cammack and Miss Katharine Fuller, ot the family of the Chief Justice, are the buds of the comin: week. The coming week will be largely taken up with entertainments for the young folks at home from school, in addition to the debutante tea. On Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. John 11. McLean ill give a lancy dress party, aud on ibr same evening the younger .daughters of Vice President Morion will give a party for the members ot their dancing class. The White Hou.se will remained closed on New iear3 Day, for the tulrd time in its history. The first occasion wns January 1, 1874, out ot rcspeot to the memory ot the (.econd wile of the late General Belknap. It was the first year of General Grant's second term. that General Belknap, at that time Secretary ot War, lost his witc.Decem ber30. They were living in the Blaine house, on Lafayette Square, and Mrs. Belknap, apparently recovering irom au illness, uas looking forward to sitting ud in the draw ing room and receiving visitors on New Year's Day. Instead, her iuceral took place trom St John's Church, the President and Cabinet and diplomatic corps attend ing in a body. The death of the Hawaiian Minister, Mr. TO-DAY, RE TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING" We'll start a Five Days' After Christmas Sale V Of the remainder of our Holiday Goods at ONE-HALF OFF MIKED F'RIUE. They Comprise the Following: Photograph Albums, Work Cabinets Toilet Cases, Music Rolls, Holiday Suspenders, Silver Plated Ware, SpLoMoN "toN fSMITHFIELD A'&d& LATIMER'S' TEN DAY SALE CLOTH DRESS GOODS 1,592 YARDS CLOTH 25c Per yard, 50 inches wide, in a great variety of mixtures. 52-INCH LADIES' CLOTHS 31c. Our most desirable bargain among the entire fall Una This Dress Goods stock in Fine Cashmeres or Serges, 38 inches wide, for 50c, shows up well in .any shade. 54-INCH BROADCLOTH BARGAINS In all the choicest shades, if you want the best value we ever offered in fine Dress Goods 87e and $1.00. T. M. LATIMER .LXjTua-HCEnsr". ae2C Allen, just after the reception of the dip lomatic corps, during the administration of President Arthur, was the reason. for the other time that the White House was closed to the public on the first day of the yejr. The other official receptions were alo omitted the moment that the news of the death went the rounds. CONSOLATION FOR CARTER. If Montana Should Have a Republican leg islature no 3Iay Be Senator. Washington-, Dec. 25. 5rtalThe latest news Irom Montana that a decision of local Judges made yesterday gives the Bcpublicans ot that State a majority in the Legislature, is received with a grain of salt in this political capital. The statement in the telegrams, wnile asserting the Itepubli can majority, is conlnsingas to details. If, however, the estimate be correct, it is ex pected here tbat "Tom" Carter will console himself lor hit discomfiture as chairman of the National Republican Committee by his election to the Senate or the Ohited States. Senator Sanders, whose term expires March 3, nnd who is a candidate for re-election, can well be dispensed with, but it is Questionable if the representation of Mon tana would be greatly improved by the in troduction of Carter. Takl him as a whole, the far-Western politician is neither charming nor classic, but it is probable that in none of the new or old far-Western States is there so much room tor improvement in the character of its representation in Congress as Montana, and the Seijate majority which admitted Sanders and Power is not to be compli mented lor its legal judgment or its sense of moral obligation. This first Senatorial election held in Montana was not a pleas ing one to contemplate. It should have been declared void, but tbe votes of Sanders CHRISTMAS, IS GLLISE Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Shopping Bags, Mufflers, Umbrellas, Etc, Etc OF - MWJ1 and Powers were needed, and they were seated despite the most bitter protests ever uttered in the Senate against tbe qualifica tion of a Senator. A WAR TIME STORY. Speaker Crisp and Colonel Fellows Becall an Old Acquaintance. Washington-, Dec. 23. Special The) Pott to-day tells the following interesting little story about the Speaker of the House and New York's "little giant" in that body: Sneaker Crisp and Qolonel John B. Fel lows, of New York, were chatting over war times as they sat together In the former' room. "1 remember," said the Speaker, that In Fort Donaldson, when 1 was a prlsl oner there, another prisoner named Colonel Fellows, from Arkansas, used to he regarded by us as a great orator, and he esed to make speeches to ns twice or three times a day. It was dnrl ns the time that we were dlsous sing whether we should take the oath or not" wblle the Sneake r was talking Colonel Fellows' face broke out into a. smile. "I was that Colonel Fellows ."he said, "and I re member you now. Ton were a young chap abont 17 or 13 years old, were you nott" "Yes," s aid the Speaker, "and you tolduaj not to take the oath until we knew for a cer. talntythat the Confederate Army had sun rendered." "I never did ta ho the oath," was Colonel Fellows' reply. "I held that I owed my allegiance to tbe Confederate Government, and not to General Lee. When the entire Government surrendered I was willln g to take the oath, but General Schenf would not let me. I went out on parole and I never bave'taken the oath except as an officer of the Government." The Speaker tooK the oath after the war, and Colonel Fellows said that he had been better treated by the Federal Government than by the mugwump Demoorats. - V
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