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END THE FARCE
It Is Rumored That a Motion lo Postpone In
deOnitdj May Be Made.
NO SIGN OF A RECONCILIATION
The President's Letter Has Been
Taken by tho Anti-Administration
Element to Moan War to the Knife,
and They Declare Their Willingness
to Fight it Out on That Line Fore
cist of What Promises to Be a Sen
sational Week in American Legisla
tion. Washington. July 22.
7 LL interest in congress the coming
n week centers about the senate,
U where tut fat of the tariff bill
Liu may bo ilsciOed by the vote Vt be
taken on the cunisretic report which
is now bdfc.r thai, body for a-jtion. By
Tueadsy rUht, hU'.oty of importance
to the wbcie coautrjr will probacy
hare x made. Tt.er was nothing
in trie shape of a mucus todue, ai
t hcaU senators ohriJ with r-smui-bility
it coascKtluii w!:n tn tari2 bill,
cnlUd upoa their eollenjues aud eu
deav;rd to vet some light upon the
situation.
A remittent Democratic leader,
chairman uf oue of trie most i tu port 1111 1
Semite commit!- and who does not be
long to the mo cnllei conservatives,
told h reporter tonight th.it unless
sotuethin i altogether unexpected hip
jened i)u.'.rt) tin s uUj tu.H tomorrow
comcthlng t v;!::c!i ho one looks fur
war! all hope of WiiS legislation tit
thin session of Congrats would oe
do-Jinsdio iiii)iointmeut, This view
comes trcm u senator honest and earn
est iu his efforts to 8uuri (i till of some
sort, and w is candidly xpre-sd only
after a conanltnUn l.e but fas even
ing with scute of the numbers of the
senate finance committee. .
NO CAUCUS HAS BlIN HELD.
There will be :io cuu.-us to discuss
the situation and it is known that thus
far tii dissatisfied elements of the
party, the men who jnaisisi that the
compromise bill should oe pissed or
Lour, have kept clear of their col
logues mi'l have declined to talk the
sitoaiioii oyer. They stand hs firmly
as ever where they have always stood
anil ilrlnre there is notftlag to discuss;
it must be tb; an ita bill or nothing.
"The luouager n'. the bill on the part of
the iMe reuiize t'.-is ami, as one of
theui said tonight,- "W:i.it can we do?
There is nothing to compromise. We
wuut to the extreme of compromise
when the bill Was in committee and
there i nothing furtb.tr that we c.n
yield .vp; iuirn itertal matter Tho
hone.- a.ks us U do something that is
iiuposs'.bio mid :h praidnt. wlio knew
t:forhand wlist wj were compelled
to do, hsa Mm A and placed the re
sponsibility upoa the shoaklers of the
sea its. "
Whv.i the conference report comes
before '.he senate again tomorrow it
will be with four motions bearing upon
it disposal jie-j-i-.ug. ' Of these tlie tirst
made were the two of Mr. Hill to in
eif.ct the c.'i:o;tt jj to uccdo from
li. o naie ain.i.im;it placing coul and
iron nr .ii !'.. dutiable list. Then
cay,? Mr Vitas' not! n tout ;oe sunatu
rei . 3 from tli (,u ri(litb of a cent
(liff.rmtUi Suty whieb ta piao-'d on
refliif; or. a::i?, fuurtti, Tvlf. IJray's
uio'.Iou too s.iij e lat.tt u;ion its
itin-u1i:ini :i:.d .i(re lo U; leiuost
of the house for i. further conferuiice,
MAY UK OUT OF OHDEH.
This i tlioutr'.t to be no doubt that
th (.ctup:iu'. t the cliuir tomorrow,
whoevi he uuy tie, T:li iu1- Mr. Vilas'
lultiou not .i or ir, m it contempl.ites
Hii riiucudmer.t to a si'm'.n ainendmerit
whioli u iiwiv in cotiorellce and out of
the power of the senate to amend
nt this time. A motion to re
ceue from the siifjnr amend
ment iu Us entirely would be in or-dt-r,
but it is at l-)Bt dnnbtfui if thut
wc.ni.1 prjTll. Ifllr. V'.lris 'iau secure
a voiit u,;o :u' motion i'. is lielinved
it wl'.l pr.ill. Mr, Vil..s a-.i4 llr.
l'jJoi.i- iisii'.onoeed in thl 'r remarks
Friday that thfy would v.ipjiort it. Ho
j'.r. Uill ant Mr, Milis. Mr. Coke
ate: Mr U'ni s id potstuly ilr. Berry
wouid !9 foiq tlmt. way, an l tiiir
voles wtm t's R-p'jbIiaas would give
A mnjorltv. If, as is etpuutid to imp
pen, Air, Vil.s' moliotf siiuuld lie ruled
ont ou a toiut fit order, it is said by
parlUuiestHrlans that he can accom
plish the tamo remit In nnothor luan
uer :. uiotihk that the senate in
struct lis oon(res to recede from tnut
part of th senate amendment and
which provides for a differential duty
01; rtfltidc' sugar.
Mr. lii'.i's luoiiou toinstrnot the con
fete uce to recede Iroui the amendment
putting coal and iron ore on the dutia
ble list is in (irdar and Mr. Gruy's pro
Tldiug tuxt the seciate insist upon all
its ainendmsnts is aUo in order and
wouiu Mijiaaty toted upon by the
senate., There is another decree np
pertaiulu(( to this motion, but it can
hardly be brought forward until an
other disscreeiug report has been
made. Whoa one body of congress
"insists" it is uot taken as a finality,
but a motion to "adhsre" la looked
upon as au ultimatum.
After all, however, it is none of these
motions tli at the managers of the bill
most far, According to Democratic
Iniorm-itton. before Mr. Vilas irets
chance to put his motion strikiug at
refined sugar, or if be does it, before
the motion can b? voted upon, ons of
higher parliamentary standing will be
made.
tug Biaar.sT card of all.
It will be a motion that consideration
of the message from the house asking a
furtbor eonferenco be iudenuitely post
ponod, This motion, the managers of
the bit' were warned to-uight,mlght be
maJ early in the div. and they have
reason to apprehend that it may secure
five Democratic votes. Of course the
K publicans would vote solidly for it.
A motion cf this kind whs about to be
made Friday; when Mr.Cockrell moved
to udjonrn over until Monday, in the
hope that a cessation of the debate Xor
a :ay or two siii,-:it iniprov ui" suc
tion. Should tue motion to iivMir.tte'.y
postpone th conforeuee repcrt ve Tun,
the tariil ill! wilt he dHfad to fat j
th sertit is ontsrue'', fi-r it woul i
mke a refusal ci t:.-. (Kft tl the sen
ate to aitree on furthir cunforrnoi'.
Mr. Uortsmn, Mr. ant Mr.
Brice ht txp-)?'.l u t.nnor-0'v.
Mr. Gormi u wit! r Ai'y t s -vu ot t'"
statemnuts in ! 5;y tii fr4id -x -.
his letter, at. J it U Ki.l will ;m fi.t
Mr. ClewleJtd I. n - vr betoro tut oubilo
did what coC9t .''o:;s the soii'ite tv.iu-
niittes l to ia;il f, Mr. Oorinim will
alio, it is S'.i. u-.wU from Mr. Car
lisle's iutsrvi'tv abL-ut tl iiiuwthe
Jones sir.otrtinenti) Were piep:ited and
use this as goiug to allow that the. ad
miuistrnliou knew of the diUluulties
in the pathway of the senate and gave
tue committee itt support in its ardu
ous task.
WOltK AliKAD IS THE I10USE.
That point is reached in the house
when there is no new measure of suuh
importance as to oomuund W10 assigu-
meut of a day for its consideration.
The coGimittee 0:1 rules will meet to
morrow to decide what committees
shall be recoi;uizd during tne week
for premutation of busiui'sS decided
upon by them. It has ilually been de
cided by the inauagersof the bouse that
the Patterson bill to amend the inter
state commerce law so as to permit the
railroad committees, under regulations
to be (stablisbed by the interstate
commerce c(iutuiiiion, to pool their
aruiii(-s shall go ov-r to the
neit session for action. This decision
was reached after a cunu!tation with
friends of the measure, although there
was a ureat pressure brought to bear in
favor of imiufdiate consideration. It
is believed by many friends of the bill
that its passsso. togmier with the re
cent demonstration of the ability nu.l
deteriuiuatlou of the government to
protect and preserve tae free and un
trammelled movetnout of cominorce
between the states will cr-te a for
eign demand for railroad securities
that will go far toward terminating
the present period ot business depres
sion. DEBSiFsELF-DEFEBSE.
He Indignantly Denies That He Ever
Misappropriated Money Belonging
to the American Railway Union.
CiiiCAUO, July 23 President Debs,
of tue Amorti-an Kill way uniou, wlteu
qii.'stioued in the (.flics 0! the county
jul yesterday afternoon about a (J111-
cinmti dispatuti ren.nting ou thodispo
sition of larg sums of money without
a;.ptreut ran Hits since tue organisation
ot the Am-riOdU Hallway nnion, ou ir-
xcterizid it aa"au infamous lie without
the slighi-st foundation and another ef
fort to turu'publ'.o opinion against this
movement in the cause of humanity
and the aumliotutiou of the working-
men. Ibis statement taut the Ameri
can uaiiway union naa nad uu.uw
in its treasury at one time be siiid was
nbsnrd. 1 Here bod never bben over
$25. 000 in the treasury ; one time and
it l.i- present time there Was about
$24,000 on hau l.
Mr, Debs has received a letter con
taining a check for $1.003 drawn 011 tho
National Howard bank of Biltiiuoro.
Tne letter accompanying the check was
signed by Ttiomas Snakespearu Tucker
and road as follows: ''My Dear Mr.
Debs Inclosed find a check for $1,000
I liope it will asiit you m tlis .,0 1
cause. Lro in and win. Mick to It like
a bero as you liavo dona right throng!)
and you will 11 11 J lots of friends. Good
luck to your great and glorious revo
lution." The Hue of the defense of Debs, IIow-
ard, Keliher and Holers at the hoaring
in tue contempt prroeeJiui, which will
begin iu Juugo (irosscup s ourt to
morrow moruiug at 10 o'clock, has beeti
decided upon, Messrs. Erwtn and
Gregory will open their side witli a
vigorous attack upon the injunction
which the defendants are charged with
wilfully disobjyiug. Cuarg.s will also
bomade.it is stl.I, that the federal
court has beeu deceived by corporation
lawyers employed by the Michigan
Central,
Alar, Tommy Tcc'ter Is Not Kaowo In
ulimor.
Baltimore, July 22 Thomas Shakes-
pear j Tucker is not known iu Baltimore
and no trace ot bim iu the city can be
fouud. He has no acconut at the Na
tional Howard bank. It the check re
ceived by President Debs in Chicago is
drawn on that bank, as bas been
stated, it is fraudulent.
MUST NOT BE TAKEN BACK.
Judge Sends Itsuea a Stringent Order
Relating to the Stnkare.
Santa Fit, N. M., July 22. The four
teen strikers, arrested at Baton two
weeks ago for contempt ot court have
been found guilty by Jndzoiseeds and
sentenced to terms varying from fif
teen to fifty days iu jail. Judge Seeds
also issned an order approving the ac
tion of the receivers ot the Santa Fe
road iu discharging striking employes
and in filling their places with new
men, and ordered further that all the
employes ot the road in New Mexico
who may bereatter fall to perform their
usual duties shall be deemed as having
voluntarily quit the company's service.
The order turthsr specifies that new
mon employed in the' places ot those
men shall be kept in the servloe as long
as they are corapetont and perform
their duties satisfactorily, und that no
persons who have been guilty of con
tempt oP court iu these cases or who
may hereafter interfore with the oper
ations of the road in any maimer shall
be re-amployed by tho'reooivers.
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES FEARED.
Sugar Trust Beandal Hay Today Aa-
sume a Serious Phase.
Washington, July 2B The senate
sffgar investigating committee will re
sume its sessions to-morrow and will
have as witnesses another New .York
oroKer and a New Yotk newmaDor man
who are said to be conversant with the
alleged facts In the latest pbase of tho
The broker, whose name tha onm.
mlttes has snppxsssed, is mid to 'be the
possessor ot original orders given by at
least two senators for the purchase of
sugar etoca tor inomstives,
CLEVELAND
ED
Senator Barris, the Democratic Leader, Ex
poses Grover's llaulfcst Insincerity.
CAUCUS SECRETS ARE REVEALED
The Senato Bill, 1 He Declares, Was
tho Only Thing Which Would Pass,
and the President Knew It Persist
ence in the Present Opposition to
It Will Moan an Indefinite Fight,
Inasmuch as the Senators Will Not
Surrender.
Mkmi'jiib, Tenn., July 22.
N AN authorized interview Sena
tor Harris Bays: "I had sev
eral inUrviews with the presi
dent during the pendency of the
tariff bill in the senate. 1 have under
stood him throughout tho senate's dis
cussiou of the bill to prefer a strictly
revenue tariff measure, such as I would
have preferred myself, when tho bill
oaino to the senate the Doinocruts of
the finance committee considered it
and prepared sundry amendments in
the line of reducing rates of taxation,
but when we had prepared our amend
ments to the bill, we ascertained with
absolutely certainty thut neither the
bill us it came from the house nor as
the nuance committee proposed to
amend it, could possibly pass the sen
ate. "We, the Democratic members of
the committee, set about to ascer
tain the ultimatum of the fonr or
five Democratic seuators who refused
to take the bill as it came from
the senate committee and, having
learned from those senators tue small
est cuuce!!ou wuicu would secure
their support ot the bill, uud nlso
having i.sceitained that when the
concessions were made the bill iu that
form would be a vast improvement
upon tne AlcKlmey law, we decided
th .t, as nl'iiii-tjoilaMe as were tboje
concessious, even with them, the peud-
iug bill greatly reduced tariff taxation
aud that we bad rather accept the bill
with all its objectionable features than
to perpetuate the McKinley law with
its much higher rates aud multiform
obnoxious features.
ACCEPTED IN CAUCUS.
'The Democrats of tho finanoe com
raittee reported these concessions to the
Democratic senators in caucus and the
reasons why they had been made, all
the Democrats being present, except
Mills and lroy, and witu tne exception
ot Hill, the Democratic senators nnaul
mously agreed to make the concessions
and pass the bill. The concesiions thus
agreed upon were incorporated into the
out and la that lorm it passed the sen
ate.
I had two interviews with the pres
ident since these concessions were
agreed to and before the passage of the
bill and one Interview after the biU
had passed and gone to the conference
committee of both houses, and my most
distinct understanding was that, while
the president regretted, oven as I re.
fret, the necessity of making suoli con
cessions, he thought It wise to puss the
bill and so advise .1, inasmuch as it tns
terially reductd tiie rates of tariff tax
ation imposed by the existing law."
WILL FIOIIT IT OUT.
Referring to Call -ry and Blacchurd.
who are demanding further con cos.
sious and threaten to defeat the bill if
they lire not granted, Senator Harris
said emphatically: ''They have se
enrea tncir utmost limit, it they per
sist iu their demands they will be the
sufferers. While they might delay the
final passage of the bill, they cannot
defeat it, for m curtain as they nursuo
tbis course mat certatn will they jobs
their aiiiereuttat sugar bounty alto
gother. The tiuauce committee will
now fight it out on this line if the
present session is prolonged indefin
itely
CANNOT STAND THE EXPENSE.
GUv roor Altgald Threatona to Disband
tht Stat Troops.
Chicago. July 22 General Wheeler.
iu command ot the Illinois militia now
in this city, lias, it. is said, intimated
very strongly to Vice Presideut Wickes
that unless the Pullman company
comes to a decision immediately in the
matter of operating its works the state
will order bands off.
General Wheeler's attitude Is said to
be dictated by Governor Altgeld, who
is strongly averse to further expenses
being piled op agaMist tne state.
COXEYITES WANT TO BATHE.
Sensational Announcement Made
Carl Brown at Wilmington.
by
Wilmington, Del., July 22 Carl
Brown and seventy uembers;of Coxsy
army reached here today from Wash
iugtou and will rsmaiu north of the
city line until Tuesday. They expect
to oe joined ny uoxey tomorrow.
Brown says he and tho party are
on
their way to Atlantic City to take
bath In the ocean, after which they will
leave ror JNew lorn.
WANT THE ALTOONA SCALE.
Striklog Hoatidnla Ulnars Will Ask for
Another Confarono.
PniLiPSBuna, Pa., July 22. -At
meeting of miners in Houtzlale tbi
afternoon a committee of Btirwlnd
White coul mining company's
ployes was elected to go to Pbiladel
phia tomorrow and try to effect a set
tleuieut, it posslble.wlth the oomptny,
Thoy were iustrustsd not to accept
less than 45 cents a ton, the Altoona
soale.
' HE IRONED THE NEGRO.
Sarbsr Had Aiktd Cap aln'a 8Uter-ln
Law to Bat with Him.
Galbsduro, 111., July 23. A wealthy
aoJored barber named ..flack tSrown
who bas a white wife, iu company with
a party of exourslonists, took the boat
Josephine at Bock Island for trip
down tbe river.
Brown asked the captain's wife's sis
FRONT
r to eat with him. The captain con-
idered this an insult, and put Brown
irons and threw liiui into the hold.
IWUST TODDLE ALL ALONE.
Our Magnanimous Administration
Withdraws Its Normal Support from
the New Hawaiian Republic,
Washington, July 22 The an-
oiioc meiit that Admiral Walker and
the United States warship Philadel
phia hud been ordered home from Hon
olulu occasioned much comment today
u naval uud diplomatic circles. The
inquiry was general whether it .was
tuo purpose of the United States to let
the baby republic of Hawaii leara to
walk ul one without the moral support
which the presence of a United States
man-of-war in the harbor of Honolulu
s presumed to give.
J his appears to be the purpose. Sec
retary liorbert said today that it was
ncorrect to assume that there was any
mmediate purpose ot ordering the
new cruiser Charleston to Honolulu, to
ake the place of the Philadelphia.
ZIMMERMAN WINS EASILY.
The American Champion Elicits Sal
voes of Applause at the Velo- '
drome from Frenchmen.
Pakis. July 22. The contost for the
Dadeu priz was the principal oveut in
the bicycle tournament at Velodrome
De Lit Seino. A. A. Zimmermitn ld
throughout the first heat ot 3,000
metres aud won it without an effort
U.) won tbe final beat of 1,000 metres
with equal ease and carried off tbe
prize. Harry Wheeler was second,
Mediuger third.
In the one mile handicap Zimmer
man rode irom tne scratch, itarry
Wheeler, B.irden, J at quel in and others
bad thirty metres start. Banker, Far
niau and others forty metres start,
Crooks and others fifty metres start.
The rest of the contestants were strung
from sixty to 100 metres in advance of
the American champion. It was a big
field, but Zimmerman overtook all
iu the first lap, riding at a
pace which brought round after
round of applause and cheers
from tbe spectators. Tbe inferior
riders were iu u bunch and Zimmer-
uiun louud it impossible to make his
way through the throng in tho next
lap, but eventually he got away und
spnn around the track amid demon-
stations of wild eutbusinsin on every
side
He fiuiahed five lengths ahead at
Jacqaelrn, who was second. Herder,
wbo bad ninety meters start, was
third. Zimmerman's performance was
qjp ot tbe finest pieces of riding ever
seen la inis city.
TO UNITE ALL LABOR.
AUeg.d 8ohera of the Dtbtltea to Kssus-
eitat Themaelvei.
Chicago July 23. The Herald this
morning prints a loug article giving in
detail the plans of tbe American Rail
way union to absorb tne older railroad
brotherhoods, and the reosntly orgau-
d American Labor union, to take
every class of labor except railroad
employes, tbe two organizations to nf.
filiate and be prepared by ilay 1, l&Uo,
to demand a readjustment of wages to
tbe basis existing prior to the panic
aud bard, times, aud in tbe event or
refusal to order a general, walk-out.
It is claimed that on or about Janu
ary S, 1S95. there will be held in Chi
cago a convention composed of repre
sentative men ot the American Rail
way union, the United Mine Workers
of North America, the Knights of La
bor and the American Pallor uuion,
the Amerioau Fvderatiou of Labor and
tbe old railway brotherhoods uot being
represented; and that ut this conven
tion a demand is to be presented to
the corporations and railroads asking
that wages be re adjusted to tbe basis
prior to the panic and bard times. It
this demand is not granted, a general
walk-out will follow.
Those behind tbe plan expect the ac
quittal ot Dibs by the conrts, and that
following tuts be will make n tonr or
the east, delivering speeches and or
ganlzing branches of bis order while
campaigners from the Ameriotn Labor
union will follow mm to mnuein-roads
into the ranks of the Gompers fol
lowers, laiiey argue that the time was
never better for the establishment of
labor union to control all labor fao
tions outside of railroad work.
WAITING FOR A REQUISITION.
Curtis Will B. Taksn to N.w York Stat
to Staad Trial.
The sharper. Cnrtls.is still in the sta
tion : bonse, where be is being detained
nutil retmisition papers can be ssenred.
He will be tried in New York state on
the charge ot grand larceny baBed on
tbe theft of tbe bitycie in utiea.
It is expected that inquiries whioh
are now under way will dlsoloBe other
deads for which he will nave to auswer.
At any rate it will be sevsrul years be
fore be will visit ns again.
VETERAN OF THE POLICE FORCE.
Offloer Qurrell Will Clebrat Els Svn
Uenth Annivarsary Today.
Tomorrow will witness the seven
teenth anniversary of tbe appointment
of Martin Gnrrell to tbe police force;
He was appointed by Mayor MoKnoe
July 24. 1870. and since that date bas
lost hut oue-balf night's duty through
siokness.
Patrolman Gnrrell today is In per
feet health and aotive, and Is cousid
erod one of tbe most reliable and effl
clent men on tbe fbrce. .
SOP THROWN TO POPULISTS.
House Votes la Favor of Eleotlng Sana-
tors by tbe Fsoplt.
Washington, July 22 For the sec.
ond time by the votes ot more than
two-thirds of tbe members present, the
house vesterdav ooesed a joint resolu
tion preposing an amendment to tbe
constitution providing ror tne election
or United States senators cy tne po
Die.
That having been disposed of, th6
bouse adjourned till juonasy.
HUNDREDS
now
PERISH
5 Progress -of the Frightful Biack Flague in
China Is Lenomenal.
T MAY REACH THIS COUNTRY
Americans At e Advised by a Japanese
Expert to Bo Very Cautions in Their
Treatment of Rujjs, Rags, Em
broideries and Similar Fabrics Re
ceived from the Orient, Lest the
Contagion Should Be Conveyed
Across the Pacific.
Washington, July 22
URGEON GENERAL WYMAN,
of the Marine hospital service,
has received a report regarding
the "plague" in China from Dr.
Stuart Eldridge, a member of the Im
perial board of hualth of Toliio aud
lieal th oiucer of the port of Yokohoma.
The plague, he says, has been known
to be present in tbe Yunnan district or
Southern China for ul leant fifteen
years past, in form generally sporadic,
ut times epidemic in muliguant form.
At the end of February last the dis
ease broke out 111 Canton and almoet
simultaneously was epidemic in Pak-
hol, a port at the head of the Gulf of
Tongkiu, not often visited by Euro
pean trade. ' During March and April
tue epidemic in (Jautou steadily in
oreased until the latter month it had
assumed gigantic proportions. The
authorities of Hong Kong, the center
or trade tu the far east, half a dav s
ournoy from Canton, and in constant
and very frequent communication
therewith, utterly ignored tha exist
ence of danger even as concorned their
own city until in the first ten duya of
May, plague broke ont violently und
xtecsivaly in xioug Kong.
DAILY, HU.VDRKDS ARE DYING
Since its appearance in Kong Kong
tbe epidemio, winch is unqu estionably
genuine buoonio plague or a most ma
lignant type, has steadily increased, un
til, by the latest reliable advices, the
mortality is certainly over 100 per diem,
and this despite the fact that at least
100,000 Chinese and many Europeuns
nave evacuated tue place the former,
in many cases, leaving on feeling the
first symptoms of the disease In the
bope 0' dying In their native villages,
At least a dozn Europeans have been
attacked, most or them Bnccurabing.
f rom Lanton and ilong Koug tbe
disease is spreading throughout the
neighboring country and will probably
in a short time appear in tbe coust
towns ot China to the northward of
Hong Kong, bsveral cases have al
ready occurred on eteamers trading
rroin uoug nong to tne c;uinese ports,
but so far without serious couse
queness.
Aqaarautiue system bas been put in
operation in Japan imposing on all
ships from the infected district a mini
mum detention of nine days when all
is well on board. As all thesteamsbin
,i i IT TT 3 T
lines ueiweuu uung noug nuu japan
are themselves taking every precan
lion, so far but oue infected vessel has
reached a Japanese port. This was the
Pacific Mail Steamship company's
Pern on board ot which, while at sea.
one of tbe Chinese firemeu died of un
inistaicauie ana mitugnaui plague on
June 4, aftor twenty-four hours' ill
ness.
MAY REACH THIS COUNTRY.
The most stringent measures m.iy be
needed to protect tbe United States
particularly as regards certain classr
of goods from China likely to convey
infection, sucn us rags, old cottou, etc.
aud also bucIi manufactured article
as are made in tho little native work
shops with perhaps a casa of plague
dyiug lu llie same room; sucn things
are straw matting, embroideries uud
every sort ot textilo fabrics.
FUNERAL OF HARRY R. MADISON.
It Will Tak Placi Tomorrow Afternoon
from Tunatall Rtsldaiict,
The funeral of the late Harry R
Madison, whose death was briclly 110
ticedin Saturday's TnuiUNK, will bo
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the residence of John Tunatall,
3!!9 Washing. ton avenue. It will be at
tended by members of the fire depart
ment and the Thirteenth regiment.
The grief over tne death ot Mr. Madi
son is widespread. He was one of the
best knowu and most popular men in
this city. He was born in Shobola,
Fike county, tnirty-eignt years ago.
He was the son of a Mothodiat minister
and was educated at Wyoming smuin
ary in Kingston. After graduating he
went to work in tbe Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western car shops under
Captain William Kellow. lie remained
in this position for about a year, at the
end ot which tune he uccepted a post
tion in the Lackawanna Iron and Steul
company s store, remaining there to
within a few days of bis death.
He was a prominent member of the
fire department and was biBt known us
Chief Madison, having served two
terms as bead of the department.
this capacity he made au enviable
reoord ns a painstaking, bard worker.
and during hisadministratlon the work
of tbe department was so systematized
that its proficiency was placed on a p i
with the best paid departments in th
country. His interesvun this work Is
evidenced by tbe fathat his one
great tad was the collecg of fire com
pany badges from nil n&r the world
Tbls sollection, which itfslndes para
phornulia from eveu far off Japan, i
tbe best of its kind extant, and is con
sidered very valuable. lie was also
member of Union lodge of Masons.
Mr. Madison was held in the highest
esteem by all with whom he came in
oontact, and especially was he re.
snected by tbe militia and firemen
The members of stbe newspaper pro
fession always '.found in himj a genial
man to approach and be was ever
ready to show to them every courtesy
within his power, ills death is felt
keenly by the newspaper men ns by
any other class ot people with whom
be was Intimately associated. All the
fire department houses ire draped in
mourning out of respect for the late
hief. Mr. Madison is survived by a
aughter flj years of age.
in nnothur column hie Iriiiunk s
military writer, "Critic,1' gives de-
rrved recognition to Mr. Madison a
rominence in military circles.
THE CHEMICAL ENGINE ARRIVES.
Diaorlption of Ita Workings and Ad
vantage!.
The chemical engine arrived Satur
day afternoon at 3 o'clock and is now
quartered in the place prepared for it
in the Phenix Engine honse.
ibe engine is a Very beautiful ma
chine, and all day yesterday was
viewed by curions crowds. It was
built in Baltimore by Charles T. Hollo
way and is one of the largest pattern.
It weighs throe tons whrn in service
and has a capacity of 120 gallons. It
will certainly bs a great adJition to
the fire apparatus of this city. Its
ureutest recommendation is that it per
mits iustantaueous attack on the fire.
There is no connecting or coupling to
ie done and the hone does not need to
be entirely unreeled to be used. The
ylinders are charged by simply turn-
ng a lover, which dumps the acid
from a chamber surmounting the cylin
der into the water aud soda with which
the cylinder is kept charged. The two
eels of tbe boae are always connected
and can be supplied from either or both
cylinders at the same or at different
times. It is so arranged that while
oue cylinder is being used the other can
he charged without interfering for an
nstant with the sunply of tbe hose.
Arrangements are being made to give
puuiio exhibition of its workings
next Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
near Johnson's breaker.
DELEGATES COULD NOT AGREE.
Differed on the Kind of an Organi
zation That They Wanted to Form.
Columbia Delegates Withdrew.
The movement to band together the
Irish and Cutholio societies of Scranton
nto a federation for the betterment
of both was brought up at the second
meeting lor this purpose at Boston
Store ball last night.
It was a stormy suasion from start to
iinieb, and President J. C, Vaugbn had
trying task to direct the delibra
none through a peaceable chancel,
William Dawson is secretary, but as
treasurer nad been elected, William J.
Campbell, or the JNorth tad, was
chosen.
The discussion which was heated
aud lusted for some time arose from the
report which M. H. Griffin, ohairman
of the committee on resolutions, pre
sented, ine loiiowing two extracts
from the report was tbe cause of all
the trouble:
Name and Object The organization
should be known as tne Lackawanna
Council of Irish-American societies, and
its object suall be to ameliorate the con.
ditiou of its members and promote tbe in
terest or our race lu general or patriotic
and systematic training, mutual and phys
ical, uud to properly celebrate our Aleut'
orial Day.
Qualification op Members Its mem.
bora shall consist of regularly orgauized
Irish-American societies and shall be rep
resented in this couucll by five representa
tives, who shall be stvied conferees, that
tlie respective societies may see fit to se
lect. The Sous of Columbia Council, No.
3, represented by J. T. White, James
T. McCarthy aud P. T. May, made a
vigorous protost against the adoption
of the resolutions. These delegates
said that their society was Catholic in
purpose and embraced members ot all
nationalities providing tbe member
was a Catholic. In their society wore
Welshmen, Germans, Hungarians and
Polanders. If the word Irish were not
eliminated from tbe title set forth in
the resolutions many of their members
would be forced to resign or else the
sociHly could not become a member of
the federation. Johu T. Malone, from
tho Father Whitty's Temperance soci
ety, objected against the word Irish in
the title on the same grounds as the
Sons of Columbia, stating that theie
were several members of the Father
Whitty society hot Irish.
J. V. McLean, of Bellevue, said that
no temperance society, in fact, could
join in the movement if the resolutions
were adopted. Mr. McLean was an
swered by John U. Devine, president
of the Catholic Total Abstinence nnion.
Mr. D. vine said that ho saw ao reason
or grotiud why any temperance society
could not belong to tbe movement.
Mr. Deviue's speech was answered by
Delegates Maiouey, White, McLean,
Martin and May.
In the course of bis remarks Anthony
Martin, of St. Paul's Pioneer corps,
made a motion that the resolutions be
printed and a copy be sout to each
Irish and Catholic society and let tbe
members of the societies instruct their
delegates how to act at next meeting.
J.tmes F. Neary amouded thut tbe res
olution bo udoptod as read, which was
curried.
Chairman Vaughn made a speech
aud said that those societies that eonld
not agree with the tenor of the resolu
tions as the senso ot tho metting with
draw from the movement. The Sons
of Columbia delegates announced that
no other oourse was left for them but
to withdraw aud accordingly they did
so. Further debate came to an abrupt
terminatiou by a motion to adjourn,
MORE TROUBLE FOR THE SPORTS.
Mike Ktl. y Arrested by the Fluogers
Wbo Plucked Plunkatt.
The two raee track sports who
worked tlia po 1 "hops iu this city by
playing Virago, a 00 to 1 shot, to win
are now after Mike Keeley. Plunkett
secured a settlement with tbem on
easy terms and Kevluy expeoUd the
same treatineut, but was disappointed,
Suit was brought against him on Sat
nrday for tbe whole nmouut of the
winnings.
The case will be given an airing
aldermanie oourt today.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Jnly 22. Forecast
for Monday: For Eastern
rennsyhania, parti cloudy,
warmer, northeast winds, becoming van
able.
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