Evening Gazette

              Suiting JdKfc (Kafott a z« PITTSTON, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 26,1886. I TWO OKNTg. | *»n Owtl »*er WmIc man um. I Weakly M*MIiIim jsfto. f THE OHIO FIGHT. OPPRESSIVE LANDLORDISM. THE BRITISH CRISIS. THE QUESTION OPENED. KINGS COUNTY KICKS. NEW YORK SENATE, trlah Gclevauoea Found In Our Weit#r» rh. Railroad Btrs|,l. la the New J«rD Dlapatohlng Bualnesi and Passing Wilt * REGULAR POW-WOW IN THE BUCK- Chicago, J*fi. 23. —The Tribune devotes four columns tjD the career of William Scully, it present a resident of London, England, irho, it is alleged, owns large tracts of American liiij.L Therarticle says: "Scully is of Celtic birth, but now lives in London. He is one of the chief figures unong the alien proprietors of American •oil, and has introduced the meanest features of the worst forms of Irish landlordsm 011 bi« estates in this country. It will startle tlie public to learn that he has acquired in the neighborhpod of 90,000 acres jf land in Illinois alone, at a nominal figire—fifty cents to $1 per acre, a* a rule. His career as an Irish landloid was a history of ipprcfasion and extortion, thaiD was appropriately finished by a bloody encounter with his tenant*. He was tried and acquitied on the charge of double murder, but became so unpopular that in 1850 he sold mo»t of his . rish property, and has since devoted limse.t' to building up a landlord system in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and other states States. LORD 8ALI8BURY TO RETIRE ON THE GREEK ISSUE, Tin n ton, N. X, Jan. 2ft.—The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad oompany's counsel had a searing before the house com in ttee on riparian rights. Argument* were made by A. Q. Keasby, George M. Robeson, John K. Cowen and Erastus Wiman, in favor of the 3taten Island sound bridge, and against the Parker rsilution which asks congress to defeat tho Wiman bill. The principal argument was by Mr. Cowen, general counsel for the company. He said the two arguments against the bridging of the sound were that it would obstruct navigation, and that the Jersey shores are the natural termini of the railroads passing through the state The first was a good objection, if it could be proved true. As to the other, no one who sver invested fifty cents in a railroad would make its terminus on the shore near the point in question, and there was no other point available. He den.ed the right or power of a -tate to erect a barrier at its state line and stop line- of interstate transit there It was un-American. He then ar£u-d that thi proposed bridge would not obstruct commerce. The traffic on the stream was mainly in canal boats. AU navigable streams are bridged when necessary, and this stream shouldjiot be an exception. In the house Mr. Low offered a resolut on that the petition of last session to congress against the bridge be not renewed. It was refer] ed to the riparian committee, which has the opposing resolution uqder consideration.Mj Legislature. CLAIMING THAT HUB6RT O. THOMI*- SON'S WHIP IS FELT. AuiJi, Jan. 20.—Tha session of 11m rotate lasted ouly thirty minutes, antl littJCC buainess of general interest waa traunctou Only twenty-six senators were present. Some local bills were introduced; alio one to amend the oivil code. The senate passed unanimously the bill of Mr. McMillan, of Buffalo, relative to cemeteries and to thu mayor's clerk and licen • clerk The cou?urrent resolution offered by Mr. Low, requesting congressional action against the manufacture of oleomargarine and the adulteration of dairy products, was taken nr\ Mr. Law stated that there are 20 000,- Ouj pounds of o'.eomargarins manufactured in New York, and 20,003.000 poun !s mora brought in from other states every year. His resolution affected one half the people of the state dejendent upon farm products. The value of those products nad been greatly reduced by the substitutes. Oleomargarine dealers wore making from $8,000,000 to $4,0)0,000 profit annually. They had acquired great power to defy the law, the courts, and the executive. Congressional action was needed, for while the state could prohibit the mnnufactur% it could not prevent the importation of oleomargarine. The resolution was unanimously adopted. (u Anlmotiily. EYE SENATE CHAMBER. Regarding It Lni Humiliating to Withdraw In that Way than On a Question or Local Policy — The Attitude of the Pope. A Clash of Opinions and Interests likely to Lead to Serious Results—Both Sides Determined to Carry Their Points If it Takes All Suramor. The Action of the Delegates at 8aratog| Looked Upon as the Secret oT the Coldness Toward the Connty. Threatening Mr. Cleveland. London, Jul 86.—The Boston Globe'* representative has cabled as follow*: The sudden Importance assumed by the Greek question is likely to furnish Lord Salisbury an opportunity for retiring from office on a question of foreign rather than of domestic policy. This is a fortunate thing for him. it has for the pist, fortysight hours been considered _ inevitable that he must resign, and from time im memorial it has been considere 1 less liumili* tin? for a British prime minister to bo defeated on a foreign policy than on one of lo?al administration. His retirement, and the reversal of the policy which ord 'red Greeea to disarm, will relegate that bantam n ition into its normal unimportance by removing the pretext for its infl immato-y braggadocio. Then Mr. Gladstone, forced back upon aome issues, will find himself faced Dy the perplexities of one compelled to formulate a governm-ht policy while yet uncertain of his following The real extent to which England is willing to go in concessions to Ireland will then be tested. All that is known now is that Lord Salisbury's policy of no. concession at all does not command a majority. Mr. Gladstone, however, will have a difficult task to get a majority of Whigs and moderate Conservatives, who will be willing to make concessions to Parnell and still not be controlled by him by reason of nee ling his eighty-six votes on questions of general policy. No one is so confident of his ability to do this as is the grand old man himself. People are wondering whether the pope has suddenly abandoned his recently declared policy of non-interference in the political affairs of the various governments, or whether The Moniteur de Rome, so long the recognized organ of the Vatican, has ceased to occupy that enviable position. The article published in that journal, bitterly denouncing Queen Victoria for that portion of her speech from the throne which insisted npon the maintenance of the union with Ireland at all hazards, is certainly in flagrant contravention of the pope's utter ancee in approving the manifesto of the Spanish bishops. The pontifical policy then conspicuously proclaimed was the total abstention from any meddling with domestic political controversies. Nor does this declaration stand alone, for it has been borne out by all the subsequent actions of his holiness. It is well known that Leo XIII aspires to the position of an arbitrator and peacemaker be tween nations, as be intimated more than onoe in liis expressions of satisfaction at being chosen to settle the dispute between Germany and Spain over the ownership of the Caroline islands. He could not of course hope to gain this end while indulging in such angry attacks upon rulers as the ono con tained in The Moniteur. The belief prevails among the best informed here that the article is not inspired, and that it will be disavowed by the Vatican. Columbus, O., Jan. 26.—The opposing forces in the Ohio senate faced each other, clinched, indulge 1 in numerous bouts in which neither side was successful in gaining a throw, and then a ) journel to renew frhe contest an ther day. The Republican senator*, whosa session commenced at 10 o'clock, did nothing beyond approving the journal of Satur lay. During the afternoon they went out in squads to dinner, but Lieutenant Oovernor Kennedy, fearful of a coup d'etat, preferred to keep his seat and solaced himself with a humble lunch of crackers and cheese, and so the hours passed. Brooklyn, Jan. 26.—A Washington special to The Eagle says: It is difficult to conceal the fact that the attitu 1 u£ the local Democratic congressmen toward the admin sti-a! ion is not altogether irifii *'y. So far as the Brooklyn representatives stand for the regular party organization in Kings county their position is significant. The complaint is an old one. It dates back to the time prior to the Saratoga convention, when Secretaries Whitney and Manning wen to New York for tha purpose ot whipping the Kings county Damocracy into line In tho combination against Governor Hill. Neilher the secretary of the treasury nor the secretary of the navy could, aither by plea or by threat, swerve the local Democratic column from the attitude it had taken. "Kings county,' Mr. Hubert O. Thompson said at that time to one of the Brooklyn leaders, "has always stood with the County Democracy in tBe contests of the oast; why should it change nowf" The reply was that Kings county had alwiys sided wi h Mr. Thompson's organization'' when it was believed to be in the right, but not otherwise, and that in the fight against Hill Kings county was not only not willing to take any part whatever, but entered into the governor's candidacy wi h more than usual heartiness. Kings county cast almost a solid vote in the Saratoga convention for the present rovernor of the state, and it is to the resent, ment born of this total disregard of the wishes of the administration that the local congressmen ascribe the treatment which tho local Democracy have thus far received under the Cleveland regime. The Brooklyn gentleman who communicated some of the above facts to The Eagle correspondent, added: "It is unnecessary to carry out the story much further. Tou know as well as I do that Brooklyn men have practically nothing to say here in Washington. They are received at ths White House with a chilling degree of courtesy and by the cabinet officers in very muoh the same manner. So intolerant of this treatment have at least two of them become that they seriously contemplate the 'dea of not making anot her request of the administration, either here in Washington -Dr as represented in the custom house in 'Jew York by Collector Hedden. It Is ot open warfare, it is sullen indifference. Kings county can get along without asking many favors, and when the proper time comes it may make itself heard, but until' then you will see little to indicate that serious difference exists. Mr. Cleveland may think that it is perfectly proper to cherish resentment and harbor animosity (certainly he has a right to bis own opinions), but it is questionable whether the course he is pursuing will tend very much to his own advantage in the end." Three o'clo k came, and with it the first signs of pub ic Crowds of men an I women began to flock in o the chamber until every ava lab'.e foot of ground outside of the charmed circle was occupied, while out in tbo lobby hundreds struggled in a vain attempt to gain admittance to the overcrowded chamber. At 8:47 cheering and clapping of hnnCl8 on tbo outside heralded the approach of the Democratic senators, who, in single file, with slow military tread and amid renewed manifestations of enthusiasm from the insiders, entered the chamber and too': their se its. In county, Ills., alone, lie has 40,000 o 45 0J0 acres. ttcully s rule in that county lasre luced 250 ten nis aud their families .o a condition approaching serfdom. He yivs no taxes, the tenant* signing ironclad igreements to assume th3 same; buc they ire required to pay to Scully's ageuts the tax noney at the same time as the rentals—the Isn of January of each year—whereas the igent ueed not turn over the taxes to the ounty treasury until about June 10 following. .. . . Mr. Parker's copcurrent resolution favoring the Cameron bill, pending in congress, for the construction of a gun factory, at Watervliet, was then unanimously agreed to. The senate then adjourned. NEW JERSEY MAIDS Albany, Jan. 26.—The assembly substitnted the senate bill ou the Brooklyn bridge for the house bill on the same subject The bill was pasted without amendment It refers to the new covered foot path to be erected on the New York end. New York Assembly. He lakes the most extraordinary precau- Ions to secure his rent, executing a cast iron ■ease, with provisions that mortgage the tenants'all, and making it compulsory for mall grain to be sold immediately after harvest, no matter what may be the condition of the market; that grain dealers are notified not to buy of the tenuats until Scully's rent b.paid, in short, that Scully has founded a land system so exacting that [t is only paralleled in Ireland, and ruins his tenantry so despotically that few can.be induced to tell the story of their wrongs, justly fearing that it would involve ruin to them."  The roll was called and every member respnnded. The presiding officer announced that the order of the day was the contest of the seats of the Hamilton county delegation, but he had scarcely concluded when Cable (Dem.) was on his feet with a motion that ail further proceedings under the call be dispensed with. Conrad (Rep.) antagonized thiC with the point of order that the call had exhausted itself, and then the music began. Both sides put forward their be it, speakers and citations of precedents flew thick and fast Senator Fassett enlivened the proceedings by calling a tention in stentorian tones to fact tha Allen O. Myers was "interfering with the members," and shouts of ironical applau-e gr eted the president's announcement that tho sergeant-at-arms would see that tho members were protected. Finally, when the oratory bad exhausted itself, the point of order was decided wll taken. An appeal was moved and vociferously seconded, but the chair, after a prolonged consultation with Speaker B-itrekon and ex-Speaker Hodge, who sat on either side of the chair and posted him throughout the session, decided that no appeal could be made. This decision was again made the basis for an appeal. Finally, when matters were drifting into a condition of helpless confusion, Senator Sullivan (Dem) threw oil on the troubled waters by explaining that his side was contending for an established precedent rather that seeking a mode of obstruction. Thereupon the chair withdrew his ruling, and tbe resolution to dispense, eta, was carried. In ordering the roll oall the president instruct "d Clerk Vallandlngham to omit the sena ors from Hamilton county, but tbe onlv response of that official was to call the names in question with an extra ring of his sonorous voice. Bend Their Compliments to Legislative Tobaeeo Users. 'I rentox, N. J.. Jan. 26.—Speaker Arm- Itrong's face was serious and full of importance as he aro e and said: '*1 have received the folio ving serious communication which I feel it my duty to present to the house for its consideration" Jn the evening session ihe bill to limit the receivers lor railroads to $13,000 was di cuss'd. Mr. Doyle showed that under i hi pro icnt law the receivers "of the Lackawanna and Pittsburg railroad took $800,000, those of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia took $135,000, and others took almost equally large amounts. Handsome Herbert Potts, of Jersey City, the reading c.erk, then read the resolutions of the Anti-Tobacco society of Newark, with beautiful emphasis and great charm of manner.The bill was ordered to a third reading. Assemblyman Hudspeth, of Hudson, who suffers from dyspepsia, moved to refer the resolutions to the committee on state's prison. No attention was paid by the speaker to this suggestion. * Assemblyman Bolton, the intellectual young representative from Paterson, said the only objection was that the resolutions thanked the men who did not smoke. The men who deserved thanks were, he thought, the fellows who gave up their smoking. A LITTLE RIOT. New York Jan. 35 —"Mr. Curtiss treated the committee like men when they waited on him, and we shall havp a trip leas a day and $2 per day as a rate of wages after Feb 1." This was the statement of one of the drivers on the bixth avenue road in relation to the action taken, when the drivers' committee visited President Curtiss in reference to shortOLiag tbe hours of labor to twelve per day. The Sixth Avenue Gar Driven. Kival Gas Companies Fighting Over Chicago, Jan. 26.—The building at 156 Washington street was the scene of some'hing like a little riot The disturbance arose out of a contention between the south side gas companies as to which should supply he building with gas. The Chicago Gasight and Coke company disconnected the raise pipe from the mains of the Consumers' 3as company and made connection with its ,Dwn mains. When they attempted to remove the meters a force of the Consumers' men appeared and the police were called upon to suppress an encounter which threatened to grow to serious dimensions. The Chicago Oas company is now supplying the buildipg through the Consumers' meters. The Chicago company claim that the agent of the building and a majority of the tenants are in favor of them, while the Consumers' claim that they have a majority of the tenants on their side. Meters—Police Interfere. Jolly Mr. Titus, of \Varren. said thit since Mr. Parker had fixed the ventilation of the hou-e he moved that the members be permitted to smoke. Baltimore, Jan. 20.—President Cleveland, and a party l'rom Washington, cams in a special traiu to attend the Charity ball at the Academy of Music. The visitors were cordially received and occupied a box reserved for them, and appeared to enjoy themselves while looking on at the giddy whirl of the .dancers. The police kept special watch. The party returned to Washington at an early hour. The President at a Ball. The motion did not pass and the resolutions were laid on the table. A Bride Broken Hearted. Caxajoharie, N. ¥., Jan. 26.—Irving Van Antwerp, of Brooklyn, recently married Miss Robie Vandeveer, the beautiful daughter of a farmer at Randall, this County. They started for Niagara Falls. ' The bride has just returned home broken hearted, saying that one day her husband left her in a Rochester hotel to-be absent one hour. She waitttl several days and sent oat searching parties, but failed to find him. He had considerable money and foul play is feared. He is said to be well connected in Brooklyn. The Mormon Church at His Back. Salt Lake Citt, Jan. 26.—In the examination of N. Y. Jones and Frank Trseeder, charged with bribing Deputy Marshal Franks to notify Mormons of process against them, the tacts as heretofore given were substantiate I, and, further, that Treseder told Franks that he had the whole Mormon church at his back, and could oontrol all the money needed. » New York, Jan. 96.—He was thin-faced and weazened, with a red stub jy growth of hair about his face. He stood half clothed before the bar at the Harlem court and asked Justice Ford to commit him as a vagrant. He said in reply to the justice's questions that he was poor and homeless, but it also slipped out that he was from New Jersey. Seeking a Home at Any Cost. In the Senate. Men With Had ail Their Boots. Washington, Jan. 26.—Mr. Hoar submitted a rule opposing the plan now practised of adjourning from Thursdays to Mondays, is so much valuable time was lost, and many important measures were left over at the olose of each session. A second time the chair announced the order of the day. Again this was antagonized by Cable, who called for the reading of the journal. After • heated discission, the chaff announced that the senate had been in session since 10 a. m., and that the Journal had already been disposed of. An appeal was taken and the clerk again instructed to omit the Hamilton county delegation fi om the calL He, however, pursued his former policy and his record showed that the appeal had been sustained by a vote of 23 to 17 The sheet was handed to the chair, who after erasing the votes of-the Hamilton county delegation announced that the appeal had been lost by 17 to 14 votes. Instantly there wai a howl of displeasure from sp ctatorsand Democratic senators, and a dozen of the latter jumping to their feet protested that the clerk made the record and that the simple duty of the chair waC to announce that official's figures. New York, Jan. 36.—When Martin B. Brown, the city printer, reached the door leading to his office on Park place he fourd it blocked with msn ani boys. Pushing his way through the crowd be saw a bright Italian lad wheedling a countryman into a three card monte game. New York, Jan. 36.—The meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Fund association, at the Hoffman house, was attended by larger number of persons than has been present at any previous meeting of the association. Subscriptions from nearly every state in the Union Kere announced by the secretary, and when the treasurer stated that the total sum received up to date exceeded $40,000, there was hearty applause. Speeches weie made by Gen. O'Beirue, Eugene Kelly, John H. Spellman and others. The Parliament Fund, A joint resolution was laid before the senate for the relief of northern Cheyenne Indians. It was found to contain inaccuracies In spelling, so as to render the meaning obscure. Mr. Ingalls said that such inaccuracies were of frequent occurrence, and the only way to remedy the evil was to expose the authors of it to public censure. Gen. Sliuler In Court. "You will have to apply then to the New Jersey authorities. We can't do anything for you here," whereupon the thin-faced man turned and left the room. New York, Jan. 20.—The jury in the Shaler trial was serured and the case fu ly opened yesterday. The court was crowded, many distinguished persons being among the number. Much in erest is felt in the case on account of the high social position of the defendant and! the development will be eagerly watched by the friendi of' the general. The countryman bet $1 that he oould pffck out the "money card." The boy said hp couldn't Joshua picked up the card, but it was not the card. Mr. Brown grabbed the boy and took him to the Church street station. "What are you doing with thosp new shoesr said Policeman Mott to the same man a few moments later, as he met him with a pair of shoes on his tfrm a block away from the court room. Mr. Morgan spoke upon the electoral count bill, opposing Mr. Sherman's plan of taking the count into the two houses jointly, and advocated a simple resolution of the two houses agreeing to some plan of settlement in advance of any such Issue. The senate adjourned at 4:15, out of respect for the late Congressman Rankin. The youth made no secret of his game. He said it was much easier and more genteel than shining boots. He said he had three companions who worked with him. If they saw a man with mud on his boots or hayseed in his hair they got him interested in the game. "I stole them, and I'll take anything else I can get my hands on. I must get a place to sleep somewhere." Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 36,—The schooner Hyperion, which sailed Dec. 7 for La Have bank, since which time nothing has bean heard from her, probably went down in the Christmas gale, ani has been given up by her owners. She had on board twelve men—Capt. William Martin, John Telson cook; John McQue William Kelly. Micha-! Co.tlen, Angus McDonald, William M' Gmavan, Patrick McQue, John Towlerf, Nicholas Browne. Augustus Johnson and fa.rick Murphy. C Given Up For Lost. Norristown, Pa., Jan. 26.—One hundred and fifty men employed ia fil ing the Knickerbocker ice company's houses near Mercer station m de a denrind on Saturday for en increase of wages from tl. 50 to #1 75 per day. The demand was not i cceded to and they stopp D1 wor.;. Soma of ihem returned to duty at thj old ra'.e. S'.rlke of Ioe Cutters. The officer took him back to the court -oom, where he said his name was Patrick Eagan. Justice Ford committed him for trial. ".Sometimes," said the lad, "we make as high as $10 a day. Then we divide up at night"  In the midst of the tumult Senator Pavey (Rep) made a few remarks which were almost inaudible upon the order of tl i day, and Ben, to the clerk's desk a voluminous roll of manuscript, containing provision for the trial of the contested ewes. Before he had resumed his seat Senator Cable rose to a question of high privilege, and Pavey yielded the floor. Cable's question was sent to the clerk to read, but the c' air ruled that Pavey's paper was first in order. The Democra s c intended that by yielding the lloor Pavey bad temporarily withdrawn his jiaper, but the chair held otherwise. Bedlam ensued. Responding to loud requests, Clerk Vallandingham, in hs loudest tones commenced to read the question of privilege. In still louder tones the chair demanded that he should cease, at the same time pounding his desk until it w as in im miucut danger of being shiverel o atoms. For several minutes both struggled for mastery, but the cleric finall - gave way. Amid an indeSTibab.o din, countiesD  weic taken and declared out of older, while Senator Pavey still further complicated thi situation by asserting that he had never yielded tho floor. This in view of the fact that the president had recognized a dozen speakers after Pavey had taken his seat was greeted with shouts and ironical applause loud and long continued. Once more the clerk made an effort to read the question of privilege and again the president's voice and mallet were brought into play. Finally, at 5:15, a halfdozen Democrats in unison moved an adjournment until Wednesday at 4 p. m. The chair held that the motion was not in order, but the clerk proceeded to call the roll, the clwdr meanwhile exerting his lungs to their fullest capacity. The vote showed 30 to 17 for adjournment, and the last name had scarcely been called when the Democrats seized their coats and hats and hurried from the chamber with a three times three. Clerk Va landingham, loaded down with the journal and other documents, following suit. When order had been restored the roll call was igoominously consigned to the waste basket by the chair, who :hen read the rules of order for the conduct of the contested cases, as presented by Senator Pavey. These were quickly adopted by the i eventeen Republicans remaining, and a moti m to adjourn was put and declared carried. Then it was remembered that a motion to reconsider the previous resolution, in order to clinch it, had not been made. Upon a suggestion to that effect the ehair decided tbat the adjournment had not gone into effect. The motion to reconsider was put and loit. Another motion to adjourn was cirried. "That's just what I want," replied the prisoner, "i must have a home somehow." Washington, Jan. 26.—In executive session Mr. Edwards submitted a resolution which, it is believed, is put forward at this tinse to lest the administration in the matter of furffishing the information and reasons which have led to su pensions of certain federal officers. The resolution conveys the impression that only a specific case is involved, but there is good authority for the statement that it is intended as a basis upon which to raise an issue with the administration in the event of a refusal to furnish the iesired information. The resolution was adopted without discussion, it simply calk upon the attorney general to transmit to the senate all papers which may be on tile in his Jepar ment bearing upon the character or official integrity of the district attorney for the southern district of Alabama, lately .uspended.  The IDost Miners. A Party Issue at Buffalo. Newbprg, W. Va., Jan. 36—A local relief committee has been formed, with Mayor Ellis as treasurer, assisted by prominent citizens and clergymen, and about f40U was raised in the town lor the families of the ilead miners The families, are all poor and needy, all the men hav ing being in debt. The coal company is issuing provisions from its store, and will also bury all the dead. Two families entirely without supplies -will probably be snnt back to England. Eleven more bodies have been found, and were identified. The bodies were found in various positions some with arms extended as if to pursue their usual work, others with arms anil limbs contracted as if in awful agony. All were terribly burned and blackened, and their distorted features told of their terrible sufferings. It is thought all the bodies will be recovered. Buffalo, Jan. 28.—The Democratic city olerk and the Democratic aldermen are in a deadlock. The uidermen insist that the city olerk fhall appoint as his deputy Joseph R. Williams, who is a well known Democratic politician, and was formerly superintendent »f the flro department. This Clerk Delaney refuses to do. Be sent in the nam" of Frank \V. Gethoefer, a young Democrat, and a member of the Cleve and Democracy known is the "kid'' organization. The council laid lie nomination over. In the meantime the Republican deputy continues to hold his ■ilaee, and unless the city clerk and the Democratic alderin mic bosses can arrive at a compromise he is likely to remain. The Illoody Sixth Regiment. Lowkll, M isi., Jan. 26 — the Lowell remnant of the blood? Sixth regiment, which made tue memorable march through Baltimore, is preparing to c 'lebrute the tw;ntyfifth anniversary of the event. All the living members will l o invited to be pieseut. The celebration will ba hell in this city April 19. . Grand Rapids. .Mich., Jan. 2 D.—Attorney Genera, Fojgarc, of this city, has receive J lrorn Governor Alger charges filed wii.h him to the effect that Governor A P. Swineford, of Alaska, formerly United States commissioner of the New Orleans expo-ition. had refused to render an account of $750 of exposition funds grantsd by the state of Michigan and retained by him. Mr. will investigate the matter in accordance with Governor Alger's instructions. After Governor Swineford. Charles J. Canda Confirmed. Washington, Jan. 26.—The senate la ex ecutive sesuon confirmed the following nominations: Cnarle. J. Canda, to be assistant treasurer of lha United States at New York; John S. McCa m int. of Pennsylvania, to be commissioner of cu-toms. To Kaloglse the Late Vice-President. A Tramp With a llank Account, Justifying the Marshal. Washington, Jan. 36.—The session of the senate wfli be devotsd to eulogistic speeches upon the late Vice-President Hendricka Immediately after the read.ng of the journal Senator Voorhees will take the floor and leliver ths opening remarks. He will be followed by Senators Hampton, Sherman, Saulsbury, Evarts. Ransom Spooner, Ve t .a t Harrison, in the order named. The li t e m prises some of the ablest speakers in the senate, and men of bolh parties, who knew the- late vice-president intimately in public md private life. Cotton Damaged by Fire and Water. Erie, Pa., Jan. 2ti.—The jury in the case of Oscar J. Graham, a tramp, who sued the •Xickel Plate Railroad company for $40,000 lamages, gave a verdict of $2,000 for Graham. Graham refused to leave a freight rain while it was in motion, and Conductor Zeiglcr beat him and compelled him to jump In doing so he lo3t both feet. Graham will appeal, as he wants P40.000. He has also determined to send the conductor to the penitentiary for aggravated assault and battery. Graham is the tramp who has a bank account. Salt Lake Citt, Jan. 36. — the examination of Deputy Marshal Collin for shooting McMurrin, the tithing office watchman, is concluded. This is the case Siat made so much excitement in the latter part of November last. The commissioner discharged Coliin, saying he hal no doubt that a plot had existed to assassinate him or do hi n great bodily harm, and that he did right in shooting McMurrin, and ought' to have shot the whole g ing. Bremen, Jan. 26 —Two hundred and fifty bales of the cotton from the Briti.-h steamer Gledholt, from Savannah, among which lire broke out ou the wharf on Friday, were damaged by tire and water. A 111k Klre in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan 26.—1 a. m.—Monroe's boot and shoe manufactory, a large six-story building, uu Arch street, above Seventh, is now burning. The St Cloud hotel adjoin the shoe factory, an 1 is also on fire and threatened with destruction. The guests are hurriedly leaving the hotel, some with only the clothing on their persons. A Biff Catch In ChloKfo. Chicago. Jan. 26.—The gambling establishment of George Hanking at No. 134 Clark street, was raided by thj police, and '£31 players were arreted, Sfcata Senator TUoma. C.oonar being oue ot the number. 1:10 a. M.— The roof of Monroe's establish meat has just fallen in. Yule Students Indignant That Half Million Dollars. 1:30 A. M.—George S. Harris & Sons' lithographic establishment, No. 718 Arch street, is now burning. New Haven, Jan. 28.—The last issue of The Yale News contains an indignant editorial, teverely criticising the article on Yale college and Its student life, which appeared in Sunday's New York World. They ask that the faculty of the college should do something for her protection against "false and personal libels." The students are very angry at what they call gross misrepresentations made in the article. The Wilkinson Estate. Philadelphia, Jan. 36.—Julius Klink has been arrested here for complicity in operar ti ins by which a number of persona hare been swindled out of sum* aggregating $7,- 000. He is the husband of the notorious Mary Hansen, who was arrested in Jersey City last week. Husband and wifa induced kind-hearted people to lend them money on the strength of the hardships they were undergoing while waiting for $500,000 held for them by the government at Washington. Klink was locked up in default of ball. ~ ___ SYRACUSE, Jan. 2t».—The trial of the Wilkinson suite will be begun to day. A lively argument took place before Judge Williams over the order of precedence in the trial of the cases, and the court decided to take up he case of the creditors to set aside the assignment and deed of the Qlobe hotel and other property of the Wilkinsons to their brothets.  Boston, Jan. 28.—It is understood tha E. M. Bacon, editor in chief of The Adver - tiser, has resigned, and that Mr. Cunningham, Editor of The Record, has assumed the editorship of the first uamid paper. Humored Paper Changes. It is hoped the fire will soon be under control, the wet roofs being a protection from the further spread of the flame*. The guests of the St Cloud hotel are all hurriedly leaving in cabs for other hotels. To Protect French Labor. lCi*l Excitement About Over. Paris, Jan ~6 —A .ill was in.ro luced in the chamber oi deputies to tax foreign workmen. Another bill wan introduced excluding foreign worinun lrom employment en government contracts. Montreal, Jan. 25.—It is stated, on the authority of Hon. 1. A. Chapleau, secretary of state, that an amnesty will be extended to al. political prisoners now undergoing sentence in the northwest. This does not, however iuclude the Indians. As soon as Sir John Macdonald returned from England this policy was adopted, and the government aro in hopes thereby of bringing into line again the bolting Conservatives who deserted the ministerial benches after Kiel's execution. The Kiel agitation is now almost a thing of the past, and as one by one the recalcitrants find their way back again, any danger of the government being defeated grows less. Cincinnati. Jan. 26.—The Law and Order league have taken otft a warrant for the arrest of Paul Hartman, the proprietor of tho concert hall at 432 Vine street, for running a place of amusement without license. Several aotors will be arrested for playing on r unday there, and at Schoman's, Kissel's and other concert halls and places. AU places of this class in this city will be pulled rhis week. Fulling Coneert Hails. CONDENSED NEWS. Calvin Pratt, the Pacific bank forger, has been returned to San Francisco from Japan and lodged in Jail. Collections of Internal Kevenue. W ashington, Jan. ad—The collections of internal revenue during the Ami six months of the fiscal year endfag June Si), 1885, were So,{,549,611, an increase of $2,029,404 over tbe collections during the samefperiod of the last fiscal year. There was an increase of Hi7lD,578 on spirits, an increase of $989,585 on tobacco, and an increase of $487,801 on fermented liquors, and a decrease of $75,475 on misc ellaneous items. The receipts during December, 1885, were $558,241 greater than the receipts during December, 1884 Tarry town people are advocating a vigilance committee to protect themselves against burglars. Nkw Yokk Jan I.G.—It has been decided that Jake Bharp must open his books and testify in the suit: pending in regard to the management of the funds of the Broadway railroad. Must Open the Book*. John Daly, a convict in Auburn (N.'Y.) state prison, stabbed Maj. Coyle, the head keeper of the prison. To Proteot Menhaden. A quack doctor, calling himself the "Diamond King," has been holding forih at San Antonio, Tex., and smallpox has broken out in his tent and twenty-eight people are affected with the disease. Increasing the Stock. Washington, Jan. 26.—The senate committee on fish and fisheries agreed to repovt favorably Mr. Sewell's bill for the protection of fisheries on the Atlantic coast The bill makes it unlawful to use appliances for the capture of menhaden upon the high seas within three miles of the Atlantic coast New York, Jan. 26.—Tim Edi on Electric Illuminating company, of New York, nied a certificate of inornate of capital from $1,000,000 to *2,501,000 with the -ecretary ®i state.  Pittsburg, Jan. 2tl—The question of religious services in the public schools is causing trouble at Chartiersborough, and may result in the matter getting into court Principal Mcllwain, of the public sohool there, suspended eight pupils because they refused to attend devotional services, their parents being Catholics. The sohool board has sustained the principal of the school, and th« parents of the children threaten to test th.' legality ol the aotion. Religion In Schools. The Grand Trunk railway has claimed the privilege of bringing locomotives iifte Vermont to use on their branch line without paying duty. The treasurer has directed that engines in suoh a case are dutiable. The Republicans sldwly left the chamber, and the business of the day was at an end. Tbe feeling among the Democrats is exceedingly bitter, and they declare their intention of fighting it out on the same line if it takes all the summer. The Republicans, on tbe other hand, hold that every action taken by the president waa based on constitutional proas dent, and promise that the next Cul" passion will be equally interesting. Slate Factory Burned. Klmika, N. Y., Jan. 26,—Fire broke out -n grammar school building No. 5, caused by a defective heater. The self-possession of tbe teachers and the admirable system of fire drill enabled the 580 children to leave the building in perfeot order and without injury. Tbe Are was extinguished after $1,000 damage had been done. IDisciplloe In School. Allkntow.n, Fa., Jan. 28. —ihe ■ cbocl ■late fac.ory ot Henry Fulmer, at Slating - ton, w..s dastraved by fir*. Lose, insuranoe, $25,004 John Kelly Ke-Kleetod. New York, Jan. 26.—Hon. John Kelly was re-elected president of Tammany hall last night The oommittee passed a resolution condemning civil servloe appointments and calling for the old spoils method el tilling •Oioea. Mme. Patti canceled an engagement at Trieste on aocount of a report that cholera was raging there, and the manager claimed 10,000 franos damages. Ha went to Vienna to levy on the receipt* of her oonoerts there, but she had gone to Bwltnrlaiut and was out el Us reach. Weather Indication*. Washiwgtox, .'an, 2&—For Ttcinitv O# i ura ana Fh.iaa. lp-la sagujy ootder, variable winds with light atw or rata.