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Sfaming jyHk ■ s y PITTSTON, PA; MONDAY, MARCH 4, I8S9. NIIDIBEH INS I Weekly KnimhltolMMj 1840 f I TWO CENTS. I Ten Oenii a Week. INAUGURAL DAY. ments, they again entered the chamber and took seats reserved for them in front of the presiding officer. The committee of arrangements occupied seats on their left. James Gilespie Blaine wu born In West ' Brownsville, Washington county, Pa., Jan. 81, 1830. At the age of 13 yean he entered ■*" ington col- Mis native j , where he I graduated in ; In 1854 hare- . Co Augusta, ; wbere he has j made his n 18W he | ielegato to ublican naconventlon.he was jo the legiaremaininr a for four serving the ya speaker. I a he was ! John Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia common mm. In established - house, ifteritherotiriaowgeneral and very important character. In the first session of the Fiftieth congress the president returned without his approval 138 bills. Of these 108 were pension bills, twelve were claims and six were for publio buildings —Allentown, Pa.; Columbus, O.; Bar Harbor, Met; Council Bluffs, la.; Youngstown, O., and Sioux City, la. HAS WAR BEGUN IN SAMOA DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. in 1838. He was educated in the schools, and early engaged in bosinen. a clothing timf neat, and hv BS has one of the JOHIT WinAmns. «z ' last two In I8f elected to cor where he Rumored Fight Between American and German Ships. The vice president-elect was accompanied to the Capitol by a member of the committee At the Brooklyn Tabernacle on its and proceeded to the vice Sunday. A Magnificent and Unprecedented Spectacle. president's room, where he remained uutil he entered the senate chamber, where the oath In the second session twenty-seven veto messages were received from the president Of these twenty-one were pension vetoes; four of the vetoed measures were relief bills, and the other bills disapproved by the president were the direct tax bill and the bill to quiet title of settleri on the Dee Moines river lands. - THE AMERICANS FIRED FIRST. of office was to him by the presi- .«* In dtatea. larg- SUBJECT: AMERICA FOR AMERICANS dent pro tempore of the senate. Heads of departments, deplomatic corps, members of the Fiftieth and Fifty-flrst congreases and other officials and dignitarios oo- Unofficial Announcement That an Ameri- SOENES IN THE SENATE. opted the xxipera■tore,flrrt opera-10,000can Man of War Attacked the German He 8ays It Is Absurd, Contrary to the Spirit of American Institutions, and Unjust—Who Are Americans?—Advantages of the Influx of Nations. if !i;; iiiil'jj Corette Ogla—Ex-Secretary Bayard Be- Pomp and Ceremony of Presi- The record of business done by congress in the passage of bUls and resolutions is much smaller than the amount of business left undone. Both houses of oongresi leave their calendars well filled. That of the house is especially large. It fills a book of 148 pages. The senate calendar, though much smaller, oon tains some very important measures. cards the Rnmor as Improbable. dent Making. Kun, March 4.—A rumor is current in naval circles here that a conflict has taken place in Samoan waters between an American man of war and the German corvette Olga. It is alleged that the American vessel fired the first shot Brooklyn, N. Y., March 8.—Dr. Talmage preached in the Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning on the subject, 44Shall America be reserved for Americans I* As his sermons are now translated in every language of Europe and many languages of Asia, in his audiences may be seen persons from many different nations. After an exposition of the scriptures he gave out the hymn: - plo.. . . .xceesof •lariat He hu also organized a saving* lank (or employe*, a building association, leaee* for instruction and a library. In 1858 le began a Sunday school in Southwest Philadelphia, out of which has grown Bethany Presbyterian church, and he was one of the founders of the Christian commission and president of the Young Men's Christian association of Philadelphia. TAKING THE OATHS OF OFFICE. 4rem, .served for eighteen /ears. He was a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1876 and 1880. He was secretary of the state under President Gariield. Immediately after the convention of 1876, on his resignation the secretaryship of state, Mr. Blaine was appointed senator to fill the unexpired term, and in the following winter he was chosen by the legislature for the full ensuing term. London, March 4.—The American German legations here have received no advices regarding the reported engagement in Samoa between war ships of their respective governments. Largest and Grandest Inaugural The senate, notwithstanding the amount of time occupied by the tariff discussion, was more fortunate than the house, and managed to dispose of most of the business sent orer from that body. Parade on Beoord. Arm of the Lord, awake! a wake I Put on thy strength, the nations shake t THE CITT A MASS OF DECORATIONS ■Jeremiah Rusk was born in Morgan county, 0., June 17, 1830, and removed to Wisconsin and settled in Vernon in 1853. He held several county offices, was a memtr the assem* 1BH8, war sljned mi Twenty oonsii infantry 1862, anu ward promi the coloneCcserved ▼ Sharmai siege of until il at the close of the Among the bills favorably reported from the house oommittees, which were not acted upon at either session of congress were the following: To adjust the aocounte of labor under the eight hour law; to establish a bureau of public health; to . pension female nurses; to remove the Southern Ute TiwH»n« from Colorado to Utah; to pension prisoners of war; to organise the territory of Alaska; to provide additional justices for the territories; to erect United States prisons; to authorise the purchase of foreign built ships by citizens of the United States; to provide for postofflce buildings In cities of a certain population; providing for an assistant secretary of war; to organise a naval reserve; regulating the manufacture and sale of compound lard; to establish a poor food division in the department of agriculture; a river and harbor bill; for irrigation in New Mexico; to admit Idaho, Arisona and Moftana; to admit New Mexico; to provide for the meeting of congress Dec. 51; to prohibit polygamy by constitutional amendment; to render eligible to any position in the army any person who served the Confederate states; the Pacific railroad funding bill; to prohibit aliens acquiring lands in the United States; to prevent competition between free labor industries and convict labor. Advices have been received from Samoa to the effect that a truce has been declared between the German consul and until after the Berlin conference. Mataafa agrees to prevent the destruction of German estates. Text, Acts xvil, 20: "And hath made of one blood all nations.n That is, if for some reason general phlebotomy were ordered, and standing in a row were an American, an Englishman, a Scotchman, and an Irishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Norwegian, an Icelander, a Spaniard, an Italian, a Russian and representatives of all other nationalities bared their right arm and a lancet were struck into it the blood let out would have the same characteristics, for it would be red, complex, fibrine, globuline, chlorine and containing sulphuric acid, potassium, phosphate of magnesia and so on, and Harvey and Sir Astley Cooper and Richardson and Zimmerman and Brown-Sequard and all the scientific doctors, allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic and eclectic, would agree with Paul as, standing on Mars HID, his pulpit a ridge of limestone rook fifty feet high and among the proudest and most exclusive and undemocratic people of the earth he crashed into all their prejudices by declaring in the words of my text that God had made "of one blood all nations." The countenances of the five races of the human family may be different as a result of climate or education or habits, and the Malay will have the projecting upper jaw, and the Caucasian the oval face and small mouth, and the Ethiopian the retreating forehead and large lip, and the Mongolian the flat face of olive hue, and the American Indian the copper colored complexion, but the blood is the same and indicates that they all had one origin and that Adam and Eve were their ancestor and ancestress. President Harrison's Cabinet Announced in the Senate. William Windom was born in Belmont county, O., nearly sixty-two -years ago and gained some prominence there before moving to Minnesota unty offices, nember of w -D bly i n 4B jommis- /%| |Bk jor of the -fifth Wis- 7*|§*' 1M 11 Volunteer /flT tnJuly, vas after*Ced to JPSJmML^^ He with QeD.&aTUKnKK^&fr from thf icltuburg WBjSgf , ffiXZ? -wtered ' Washington, March 4. —Secretary Bayard ■Bid that he had not heard anything of the reported conflict between a German and an American war vessel in Bomoan waters. He regarded such a conflict a* highly improbable, as there was an understanding that belligerent action in Samoa should be suspended pending the conference to be held at Berlin. He also pointed out that it was hardly possible that information of such a state of affaire would be known at Kiel before the news wis received at Berlin or Washington. 18ft* He aem the house a END OF THE 50TH CONGRESS. representative the Thirty congress, and Murky Skies and Falling Bain Do Mot Dampen the Ardor of the Sight Seeing Patriot*—An iDormoni Crowd Present. VICT PRESIDENT MORTON TAKING THE OATH, cupied mtD that had previously been assigned to them. cessively i n Thirty-seven Thirty-e i g h The March to and from the Capitol and After the organization of the senate bad been completed, the inaugural address was read by Mr. Harrison and then the oath of office as president of the United States was administered to him by Chief Justice Fuller. Thirty-ninth Fortieth, and the Ceremonies There—President Harrl- appointed to fill •on Reviews the Parade—Sketches of the unexpired term the senate and It Was Pigott. Cabinet Members—Closing Session of On the conclusion of the ceremonies the president, accompanied by the committee of arrangements, proceeded to the executive mansion. sequently elecl M. RUSK. London, March 4.—There is no doubt that the suicide at the Madrid hotel was Kiehard Pigott. Among his effects was a note book containing the addresses of many prominent people in Ireland, and a letter addressed to Henry Labouchere, in which he admits his perfidy. The body will be formally identified to-morrow by a British detective now en route, after which it will be interred. Congress — It Continues from Saturday Night Until Noon To-day—Rlddleberger a full term. W Garfield Mtoame william *..Ido*. president V\b was made secretary of the treasury. He bad but • short term CvYthis office, but in that time if regarded as having demonstrated his capacity as a financier, tmfce than be has been practicing law in New York and has not been much in Minnesota. He dropped out of Minnesota politics altogether. He is a close friend of Gen. Harrison. retted brigadier general for bravery at the battle of Salkahatojie. In 186# be was elected for a term of two years as comptroller of Wisconsin, and was re-elected in 1§68, go represented the Sixth congressional district in the Forty-second congress and the Seventh district in the Forty-third and the Fortyfourth congresses. For several years he wais • member of the congressional Republican committee, and was a delegate to the natainal Republican convention in Chicago in 1880. He was elected governor in 1881, and was re-elected in 1884, and was again reelected la 1886. His term as governor extended seven years, which is the longest period of any executive of the state. Ends His Sensational Career by Creating • Scene and Getting Arrested—The Work RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. President Harrison Reviews the Parade in of Concrete Reviewed'—How the Sabbath Front of the White Honse. Was Spent by the Eleet and the Visitors. The inaugural ceremonies having been completed the president and ex-president were escorted to their carriage, which took its place in line for the return march over the following route. "Washington, March 4.— Inauguration day is upon us, and most of its great events have been gone through with at this hour. Grover Cleveland has beoome a private citizen and Benjamin Harrison is president of the United States. Washington, March 4,—A regimental service was held yesterday afternoon at the New York Avenye Presbyterian church by the Second regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. It was conducted by the Rev. Henry McCook, the chaplain of the regiment. Invitations had been sent to Gen. Harrison fmd Mj. Morton, Tba viae president-elect and Mrs. Morton attended the service in company with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison. At the cloee of services a stand of colors was presented to the regiment by Mr*. Morton on behalf of friends who asked her to perform the service. Mr. Morton made the presentation speech. Mrs. Morton Presents the Colors. Lowdon, March 4.—Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, has telegraphed to Cardinal Rampolla, papal secretary of state, calling attention to the perfidy and suicide of Pigott as proving that the Parnellites have been grossly misrepresented to the Vatican. Grossly Misrepresented. Red field Proctor, the secretary of war, i* a native and ex-governor of Vermont. He has ill his life been engaged in "trade," being in sense a self ■nan. He Proctor, a inded by Ct which ted a few 'rom Rut's in prao trol of the put of the parble i and is one largest deal- Hat coin- In the Along east front of the Capitol to B street north, B street to First street, First street to Pennsylvania avenue, Pennsylvania avenue to Washington circle, around Washington circle to K street northwest, K street to Mt Vernon square. ■» r So far, in spite of the weather, the inauguration is conceded to be the greatest on record, the spectacle the grandest and the crowd the largest ever seen here. AMKRICA 18 TBI MIXING OALDRON OF NATIONS. I think God built this American continent and organised this United States republic to demonstrate the stupendous idea of the tait A man in Persia will always remain a Persian, a man in Switzerland will always remain a Swiss, a man in Austria will always remain an Austrian, but all foreign nationalities ooming to America were intended to be Americans, This land is the chemical laboratory where foreign bloods are to be inextricably mlmd up and race prejudices and race antipathies are to perish, and this sermon is an as by which I hope to help to kill them. It is not hard forme to prtaoh such a sermon, because, although my anoestors came to this country about two hundred and fifty years ago, some of them came from Wales and some from Scotland and some from Holland and some from other lands, and I am a mixture nf so many nationalities that I feel at home with people from under every sky and have a right to call them blood relations. There are madcaps and patriotic lunatics in this country, who are ever and anon crying out, "America for Americanst" Down with the Germans I Down with the Irish 1 Down with the Jews I Down with the Chinese! are in some the popular cries, all of which vociferations I will drown out by the full organ of my text, while I pull out the stops and put my foot on the pedal that will open the loudest pipss, and run my fingers over all the four banks of ivory keys, playing the chant, "God hath made of one blood all nations." END OF THE FIFTIETH CONGRESS, London, March 4.—Mr. J. Mackenzie Maolean, Conservative member of parliament for Oldham, is authority for the statement that Mr. Balfour warned The Times a year ago that Pigott was not to be relied upon. The Times Was Forewarned. On reaching a point on Pennsylvania avenue, in front of the White House, President Harrison left his carriage and took his position in the stand, from which he reviewed the procession as it passed. A Long and Lively Session—Riddleberges Arrested in the Senate. Every citizen and every visitor cast anxious glances upward this morning, but found little comfort in the dull gray, leaky skies. Nevertheless the programme has been completely carried out up to this time, and will be completed with the grand ball in the pension building this evening. Washington, March 4.—The Fiftieth oongress came to an end by limitation at noon to-day. The house dissolved, but the senate continued in session extraordinary, to consider and act upon the nomination of President Harrison. From this point ex-President Cleveland is no longer a feature of the proceedings. Mr. Gladstone's Sob Improving. What a wonderful significance of the simplicity of democratic institutions I Standing here at 1 o'clock is Grover Cleveland, the absolute representative of 60,000,000 of people, with the power of life and death in his hand, the virtual master of the situation, and in lesB than thirty seconds thereafter he becomes a private citizen, with no power whatever, Har-lsonV Sunday. London, March 4.—The illness of Mr. William Gladstone, eldest son of the great Liberal leader, has taken a favorable turn, and his friends ure now encouraged to hope for his complete recovery. Sunday was wiped out of the congressional calendar. The legislative session of Saturday was carried on through the night and over to morning, and than, instead of an adjournment, a recess was taken until afternoon, so as to make the journal Bhow a continuous session until to-day. It was 2:15 a. m. on Sunflay when the senate finished its night sitting. Not more than half the senators stayed through the proceedings. Aboqt twenty visitors remained in the galleries. Washington. March 1— Jen. Harrison and family p«u*vl a very quiet day. Among the callers were Senator Sherman, Gen. Tracy and Mr. John Soott Harrison, brother of the President-elect. Ex-Governor Furniss passed an hour with Gen. Harrison in the afternoon. At 6 o'clock, in spite of the pelting rain. Gen. Harrison, in company with Mr. McEee, took a short walk. He returned to dine quietly with his family. The decorations have never been so general and so elaborate. The spectacle is beyond description. RKDFIBLP PROOTOR. Amoog tbe sons given for tbe recognition by the new president of the Green fountain state In cabinet counsels are, first, the eminence qf ex-Governor Proctor in his party, and, woond, the fact that he, as the chalsman of the Vermont delegation to the Chicago convention last year, was heed of the only delegation in the whole body which voted solidly for Harrison first, last and all the time. United States. The streets assumed a lively aspect at an early hour. Thousands of sightseers were out to witness the preparations, uniformed aides were scurrying hither and thither, and the music of bands and drunj and fife corps were heard in every direction heading military and civic bodies which were marching to their plaoee of waiting to fall into line. Where the Forgeries Originated. Paris, March 4.—It is stated that a prominent member of the Fenian contingent here is prepared to divulge the soqroe from which the first batch of alleged Parnell letters was derived. Then a recess was taken to 3 p. m. yesterday, and congress was supposed to be in session from that time until noon to-day. What time the members were in their seats was de- Toted to "cleaning up" minor business. Next House Republican by Three Totes. UNFORTUNATE MR. WALSH, Washington, March 4.—Gen. Clark, the clerk of the house of representatives, has received from the governor of West Virginia the certificates of election of congressmen tor the Third and Fourth districts of that state, They are Issued in the names of the Democratic candidates. This makes a Republican majority of three in the next house of representatives _ The rain was falling lightly when the "eyly birds" made their appearance, and it contindfed until after 1 o'clock. But no one seemed to mind it, and by 9 o'clock the streets through which the procession was to pass were completely choked up by a pushing, surging, struggling mass of humanity. Benjamin F, Tracy was born abojit fifty years ago in Tioga pounty, New York. His early life was passed first on a farm and afafterwards in the A Former High Official Arrested for Pass- ing a Worthless Check. The senate had rather a lively time last evening, and Senator Riddleberger finished his car reer in that body in a manner that will not stand to his credit in history. He had to be arrested by the sergeant at arms and taken from the floor of the senate. Filled up with whisky, he moved, about 9 o'clock, to go into executive sesstop, with the qbject in view qf securing the confirmation of the ronomination of Commissioner Webb. The motion was voted down. He immediately renewed it, and Presiding Officer In gal Is declared the motion out of order. Riddleberger still insisting. Ingalls told him that he would not agai, .vcogniae Riddleberger except on the motion of some other senator and a majority vote. ; N»w Yobk, March 4.—John H. Walsh, exassistant superintendent of the treasury at Washington under Secretary Fairchtld, vras a prisoner in the Jefferson Market police court yesterday. He was charged by Harrison F. Downes, the clerk of the Morton house, with pasting a worthies! check for 9141.83 on him in payment for board and accommodations for himself and friends. study of l»w. 1851 be was admit- ted to the bar, an' THE GRAND PROCES8ION. three years l»te • HARTFORD'S LAST SENSATION, PMIwmp of the Dtvtaiona and Names of was elected district attorney of Tioga A Prominent Offlelal Slopes with the Commanders. The march to the Capitol -was begun promptly in the following order: county. Notwith- Pretty Wife of His Neighbor. Theaffidavit upon which Walsh was arrested, and which was made by Downes, charges him with giving a check in payment of his bill at the hotel drawn on the firm of Riggs & Co., of Washington. After giving the check Mr. Walsh removed all bis goods and chattels to No, £43 East One Hundred and Eighteenth street The hotel proprietor, for some reason or other which be does not state, telegraphed to the banking house of Riggs & Co., asking if Mr. Walsh bad an account there. An answer came by telegraph stating that be formerly had anjaccount with them, but that he had drawn it all out Upon receipt of the telegram Mr. Downes went to the Jefferson Market police court and swore out a warrant for Walsh's arrest He will have an examination ft,-day. Walsh from Albany, where he was once a prominent builder whose enterprise was the talk of the place, and at one time he was estimated to be worth at least 1100,000, The panic of 1873 somewhat crippled him, but he soon overcame his difficulties, There are not firemen in this audience, nor five men in any audience today in America except it be on an Indian reservation, who were not demanded from foreigners if you go far enough back. The only native Americans are the Modocs, the Shawnees, the Chippewa*, the Cherokeea, the Chickasaws, th» Beminoles and such like. If the principle America only for Americans be carried out then you and I have no right to be here and we had better charter all the steamers and clippers and men-of-war and yachts and sloops and get out of this country as quick as possible. The Pilgrim Fathers were all immigrants, the Huguenots all immigrants. The cradle of most every one of our tamlliwi was rooked on the bank of the Clyde, or the Rhine, or the Shannon, or the Seine, or the Tiber, Hi-d *he watchword "America for Americans" been an early and successful cry, where now stand our dtles would havfc stood Indian wigwams, and canoes Instead of steamers would have tracked the Hudson and the Connecticut; and Instead of the Mississippi tDeUu the main artery of the continent it would have been only a trough for deer and antelope and wild pigeons to drink out of. What make* the cry of "America for Americans" the more absurd and the more inhuman is that some in this country who themselves arrived here in their boyhood or arrived here only one or two generations back are Joining in the cry. Escaped from foreign despotisms themselves they say, Shut the door of escape for others! Getting themselves on our shores in a lifeboat from the shipwreck saying, Hani the boat on the beach and let the rest of the passengers go to the bottom! Men who have yet on them a Scotch or German or. English or Irish brogue crying out, AmerleW for Americansf What if tlfe native inbslx Hants of heaven, I mean the angels, thechcM ubim, the seraphim born there, should standi in the gate and when they see us coming up) at the last should sayi "Go backl Htavui* for the Heaveniansl" standing the fact that Tioga county Hartford, March i—The announcement of the elopement of Justice Mansuay, a member of the board of fire commissioners and president of the large carriage manufacturing concern of Mansuay A Co., with Mrs. Ellen Biiss created considerable excitement here. Mrs. Bliss came to this city about twelve years ago with her husband. She was bom in Bast Windsor, where her parent* now reside. Her husband bad a few hundred dot lars end opened a novelty store on Asylum street He waa devoted to two objects, bis business and the affectionate care of his beautiful young wife. FIRST division. Chief marshal and staff. Presidential party in carriages. was Democratic and Tracy a Re- publican his eleo- !tegillar«nny and navy forces and militia of the Mstrict of Columbia under com- WMd of Brig. den. Gibson. MCOND Division. MaJ. (tax. Harrison, C*Dmmunder bird's eye view of pabadi. tiep yras almost (From'state, war and navy department building.) and with no more influence than hundreds of the men who stand about him. U n a Q i rDiou», fie was mtuie ohftirv ¥• tract. man of the railroad committee am) also chairman of the mib-commlttee of the whole. On June 28, 1803, Governor Morgan requested him to raise a regiment from the oounties of Broome, Tompkins and Tioga. He raised two —the One Hundred and Ninth and the One Hundred («a4 Seventh—got his commission and was given oomimwi of the former. When the war closed be had attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1W6 he was appointed United States district attorney for the Eastern district of Mew York, and held tho position until 1673, when he resigned. In 1875 he mode the ppojiing address to the jury in the famous Beacher-TOton salt, Hp was nominated in 1881 by the Republicans for mayor of Brooklyn, but withdrew in favor of Beth Low, who was elected. He has been a candidate for supreme court judge and for district attorney of Kings county. H$ is & man of fine presence, aad deserves substantial recognition for his sacrifices to the party's interests. Not yet satisfied, Riddleberger kept talking, mh) Ingalls to)4 M™ that if he di4 nqt 'keep quiet he would have him arrested. This warning had the effect of taking Riddleberger out of the ohamber, and when he returned a few minutes later he stated that he had telegraphed the governor of Virginia his resignation, as no other senator had ever been treated as he had. Ingalls motioned the sergeant at arms to yrest Riddleberger, but when that officer came up to him he saidi National Guard, State of Pennsylvania. third mvwioir. Governor J. B. Foraker, commander. - Militia organizations representing various While oo tbs other hand plain Ben Harrison at 1 o'clock, without the power to name the pettiest postmaster, in lew Ujw thirty seconds thereafter becomes, so to speak, t)w virtual master for good or for evil of • nation of 60,000,000 of human beings, with the power of life and death in his hand, with appointments galore and with all the responsibilities, the embarrassments, the predicaments that this implies. states. national guard, state of New York, under command of Brig. Gen. Louis Fitzgerald. Mrs. Bliss was then 27 years old, and her beautiful dark eyes, which flashed brilliantly, and a faultlessly proportioned figure gave her a striking and attractive personality. There was a wide disparity between the age* of the couple, but this was compensated by the care and attention the husband bestowed upon the wife. IftODBTH DIVISION. Gen. William Warner, marshal. "Not that; I will sit downy Grand Army posts, veteran societies and tons of veterans associations, consisting of four brigades. FIFTH DIVISION. „ CoL Myron M. Parker, marshal. The procession is said to be nearly five raileg in length, and fully three hours will be consumed in passing the grand stand. It baa many striking and unique features, which excite enthusiastic pheers. No person in the parade has attracted mora attention than Governor Foraker, of Ohio, on a fiery, piftifcing black stallion, which he rode With commanding grace, and seemed wholly undisturbed by the plungipg of the steed. His was the most gorgeous array of any person to tfee procession. Governor Beaver, of vania, the grand marshal, also cams in for • full share of attention. The sergeant at arms desisted, but Riddleberger did not stay quiet hardly a minute afterward he again became noisy, and Ingalls again ordered the sergeant at arms to arrest Riddleberger, which waa dope with the ajd of an assistant The two officers hustled tbu kicking senator into the cloak room. Mansuay, who was a man prominent In all social affairs, met Mrs. Blis At Governor Lounsbury's reoeptiqn twq JT«|I ago and inD: mediately became captivated with }Der. Hiq attentions to her were so marked that at last her husband became suspicious and some time ago procured a divorce from her.. Since then she lived in the Waverly building in rooms rented by Mr. Manwav. the ppijpl* left for Jfew York toother, aild Wve uof been seen sinpe, Mrs, Mansuay on Saturday took her personal effects and went to her father's home at Rutland, Vt Latterly tie has been a regular Democrat, and was an intimate friend of the late Daniel Manning. It was through Mr. Manning's friendship for him that he was appointed assistant superintendent of the treasury under Secretary Fairchild, which position he held until the 1st of last January, when be came to New York. « New York city clubs, with John J. O'Brien and his associations. Civic clubs of all kinds from every section of FIFTIETH CONGRESS REVIEWED. the Union. It Has Done a Great Deal at Work and THE OATHS ADMINISTERED. ■ *°fk "«»•, WASHUjpTQp, Marqh 4.—The fiftieth oon; gran will t# noted |n history tor four things: First, the DdmlairiCm lute the Union of four new state*—North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington; second, for the tariff discussion which consumed so much time in .both house and senate; third, for the creation of a new executive department, and, fourth, for the amount of filibustering that took place in the house. (Ceremonies of President Making In the John Willock Noble was bom in Lancaster, O., Oct 26, l#3J. Ho passed his early day* in Columbus and Cincinnati, wbepe be enjoyed good educational advantages. He attended Miami university and afterwards Yale college, gradtrmWhen Cleveland ran for re-election to the presidency last November Walsh worked ' energetically in his support. He contributed ' liberally to campaign funds and worked energetically thjxnighout the state for his election, pis faith in President Cleveland1* success was to great that he wagered all the money he possessed upon the Democratic candidate and lost. j The crush about the Capitol was appalling, but omif those who had tickets could get .within sight and hearing of the ceremonies «rithin. The east doors of the senate wing Senate Chamber. "Hie decorations along the linw are more elaborate than ever before known on similar, occasions. The procession exceeds considerably in point of numbers any former one, and the crowd of spectators that line the streets greatly exceed any previous gathering on March 4. Four years ago 25,000 men in Una escorted President Cleveland from the Capitol, and were reviewed by him as they passed the grand stand; but to-day 40,000 men in line form the retinue that follows the new chief magistrate from the Capitol to the White House. A characteristic feature of the parade is the large number of political and other civia associations that appear in the line of march. One hundred and fifty of these organizations, numbering perhaps $PJ)0Q mou. representing every state and territory, are in the parade, and these, with 5,000 G, A. R., 10,000 state militia and 5.000 regular army troops, swell the procession to nearly 40,000. Watkrbuby, Conn., March 4.—Burt Chap; man, a boy living a mite south of met with a frightful experience. Two tramps carried bin) to a vacant lot and hung him by the neck to a tree, his hands pinioned and hi* toe* just reaching the ground. He remained until daylight, when be suoceeded in freeing bis bands, but hi* fingers were so cold he could not untie the rope about hi* neck. He finally freed himself, however. When he reached home he was utterly exhausted, having been tied up eighteen hours. There is na clew to the perpetrators, Fiendish Work of Tramp*. institution in 1891, Upon his gradua- The businwi placed before oopgress for consideration in the la*t two yearn has greatly exceeded in the agpegate that of any previous oongren This is largely due to the increase of measures for private relief, a fact which emphasizes the necessity so often admitted of providing some tribunal for the arbitration of the claims against the government which are now brought to congress for adjudication, There were introduce*) in tfee senate in the fiftieth congress 9,000 bills and 143 joint resolutions, and 3,710 reports were made from committees. A Hundred and Sixteen Bounds. tion he studied law. Mr. Noble settled first in St. Louis in 1855. Not meeting with the success in Ashland,Wis., March 4.—John Van Heest, champion featherweight of the northwest, and Billy Welch fought 116 round* tw*. London prize ring rules govefaed and kid gloves were worn. Welch broke his hand In . the eighteenth round, but continued gamely I until the end. He was terribly battered when Van Heest was declared winner. Tho latter was slightly punished. THX ABSURD ITT IB UKJOTT. I 'Of oourse we do well not to allow foreign nations to make thhoouatry a convict colony. We would have a wall balltas high as heaven and aa deep as hell against foreign thieves, pickpockets and anarchists. Wa would not let them wipe their feet on the map of tlx* outside door of Castle Garden. If England or Russia or Germany or France send hero their desperadoes to get clear of them, w» would have these desperadoes sent back in chains to the places where they came from. We will not have America become the dumping place for foreign vagabondism. But you build up a wall at the Narrows before New York harbor, or at the Golden Gate before San Francisco, and forbid the coming of tb» Industrious and hard working and honest populations of other lands who want tu breathe the air of our free institutions and get opportunity for better livelihood, aad it is only a question of time when God will tumble that wall flat on our own heads with the red hot thunderbolts of his omnipotent indignation. You are a father and you have flv» children. The parlor Is the beet room in yoajr bouse. Tour son Philip says to the other four children: "Now, John, you live in tbe small room in the end of the hall and stay "1"1 ' ' -* n—vmi Hre ta tH» flfumt anrl ntav law putt he expected, be removed the folio wing y«ar tp K&okut, la., where he became prD miuent at the bap. At the breaking out of ti e war he enlisted an a private in the Third Iowa cavalry. This regiment was actively rngaged from the beginning to the close of the war, and distinguished itself in many battles. At the close of the war he wa? promoted to a brigadier generalship for mer torious services. He was mustered out in 1845. Alter the war Gpi». Noble settled in Bt Louis, where he was made United States dust' ict attorney by President Johnson. He reigned his position in 1870, and has since breu engaged in the private practice of law. His firm is that of Noble & Orriok. He has lived m St. Louis since 1887. J, W: NQBLE. the practice of the A Singular Death 1 New Brunswick. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S CABINET, New Brunswick, N. J., March 4.—While George Davis was on the top of a pole in his yard in Perth Am boy repairing a pulley be was seen to throw up his arms and then f«4| to the ground. He struck a fen pa in his descent, and broke his neck. He died instantly. He leave* a widow and two children. Hi* brother was killed a few yean ago by a similar accident. It i* thought he was attacked with a heart spasm, which made him loosen his hold on the pole. condensed news. Brief Sketches of the Men Who Will Be His Chief Advisers. W ashington, March True tp his word, Pr» ident Harrison gave no Intimation at ths make up of his cabinet until it was sent as a whole to the senate in extra session, where it was announced as foln, Secretary of State—James G. Blaine, of Maine. In the house there were 12,659 bU':«, 207 joint resolutions and 4,154 reports. Fireman Frank New, of Elmira, N. Y., fe)' from the top of a freight train on the Del: - ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, near Danville, and was killed. Of the bills and joint resolutions in the presont congress, not one in twenty peaaed ihe house'and not one in thirty passed both houses and went to the president for his signature. Ex-Judge Terry, of San Francisco, has finished the term of six months to which he was sentenced for contempt of court. There were nine contested eleotlon cases before the bouse, of which seven were disposed of in the first session and at a compare ively early day. In each of these cases the bitting member was given bis seat. Two eases were left undetermined. The first of them—Smalls vs. Elliott—was determined r£ cently in lavor of the sitting member, fhg other—Sullivan V*. not disposed of by the bouse. The report of the committee was in favor of Mr. Sullivan, the contestant Secretary of the Treasury—William Windom, of Minnesota, Secretary of War—Red8el4 Proctor, of Vermont The carpenters of Buffalo haye made a demand for nine hours $ day after April 1. TBK8IIWWT HARRISON TAKING THE OATH. ««re opened at 10 o'clock to those entitled to .admission, and in a very short time all the -seat* were occupied. Bait Francisco, March 4.—O'Connor won the tlK-ie mile boat race in 1ft min.'4S*ec,, lefeating Gaudaur, who gave up at the end •f a quarter of a mile on account of rough water. O'Connor Again Victorious. A son and daughter of P. J. Adams, of Livonia, N. Y, while crossing Conesus lake on the ice, drove into a hole where the ice had been removed. The young man jumped, and was saved, but the young lady and the horse were drowned. William Heury Harrison Miller is a typical Indiana Jawyey of high standing. He has been a valuable inember of (Jen, law firm in Indianapolis for about tea years, having left u large practice at Fort Wayna, Ind., to join it He is a man on whom the new president has been accustomed to rely. Mr. Miller is not aggressive, but he has plenty of backbone. Mr. Miller has never been prominent in public office, and will enter upon an entirely new experience at Washington. The doors of the senate chamber were opened at 11 o'clock, and soon after that the bead of the procession arrived, and the preni.dent and president-elect entered through the fcmnae doors on the cut front, each accompanied by • member of the oommittae of airaagamentx The president went directly to the president's room, and the president llsrt to the vice president's room. Harjng tma introduced by Uie committee of arrangs- Secretary of the Navy—Benjamin F. Tracy, of New York. Secretary of the Interior—James W. Noble, of Missouri. Whlto Cap* la New Haven. "Dink" Merriwether, a theptrioal advance agent, decamped frqin Louisville with 11,000 belonging to Manager McAuley and Lotta. Saturday was Pope Leo's TOth birthday. "Parson" Da vice says the Weir-Murphy prize fight will take place between March 19 • and 38. 1 Postmaster General—John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania. The numb, r of presidential vetoes received by congress has been very large. The greatei portion of these measures have been private lDension bills, although the president has refused hi* consent to *ome legislation of New Haven, March 4.—Dr. J. W. Sweet, | a prominent physician of this city, received two letters threatening him with a homewhipping if he did not stop abusing his wife, and signed "White Cap*." The doctor has placed the matter in the band* of the police. ' Attorney General—W. H. H. Miller, of Indiana. Secretary of Agriculture—Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin. (CONTUTOED OH THIRD PA6B.)
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Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Number 1965, March 04, 1889 |
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Date | 1889-03-04 |
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Description
Title | Evening Gazette |
Masthead | Evening Gazette, Number 1965, March 04, 1889 |
Issue | 1965 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1889-03-04 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
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Language | English |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Full Text | Sfaming jyHk ■ s y PITTSTON, PA; MONDAY, MARCH 4, I8S9. NIIDIBEH INS I Weekly KnimhltolMMj 1840 f I TWO CENTS. I Ten Oenii a Week. INAUGURAL DAY. ments, they again entered the chamber and took seats reserved for them in front of the presiding officer. The committee of arrangements occupied seats on their left. James Gilespie Blaine wu born In West ' Brownsville, Washington county, Pa., Jan. 81, 1830. At the age of 13 yean he entered ■*" ington col- Mis native j , where he I graduated in ; In 1854 hare- . Co Augusta, ; wbere he has j made his n 18W he | ielegato to ublican naconventlon.he was jo the legiaremaininr a for four serving the ya speaker. I a he was ! John Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia common mm. In established - house, ifteritherotiriaowgeneral and very important character. In the first session of the Fiftieth congress the president returned without his approval 138 bills. Of these 108 were pension bills, twelve were claims and six were for publio buildings —Allentown, Pa.; Columbus, O.; Bar Harbor, Met; Council Bluffs, la.; Youngstown, O., and Sioux City, la. HAS WAR BEGUN IN SAMOA DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. in 1838. He was educated in the schools, and early engaged in bosinen. a clothing timf neat, and hv BS has one of the JOHIT WinAmns. «z ' last two In I8f elected to cor where he Rumored Fight Between American and German Ships. The vice president-elect was accompanied to the Capitol by a member of the committee At the Brooklyn Tabernacle on its and proceeded to the vice Sunday. A Magnificent and Unprecedented Spectacle. president's room, where he remained uutil he entered the senate chamber, where the oath In the second session twenty-seven veto messages were received from the president Of these twenty-one were pension vetoes; four of the vetoed measures were relief bills, and the other bills disapproved by the president were the direct tax bill and the bill to quiet title of settleri on the Dee Moines river lands. - THE AMERICANS FIRED FIRST. of office was to him by the presi- .«* In dtatea. larg- SUBJECT: AMERICA FOR AMERICANS dent pro tempore of the senate. Heads of departments, deplomatic corps, members of the Fiftieth and Fifty-flrst congreases and other officials and dignitarios oo- Unofficial Announcement That an Ameri- SOENES IN THE SENATE. opted the xxipera■tore,flrrt opera-10,000can Man of War Attacked the German He 8ays It Is Absurd, Contrary to the Spirit of American Institutions, and Unjust—Who Are Americans?—Advantages of the Influx of Nations. if !i;; iiiil'jj Corette Ogla—Ex-Secretary Bayard Be- Pomp and Ceremony of Presi- The record of business done by congress in the passage of bUls and resolutions is much smaller than the amount of business left undone. Both houses of oongresi leave their calendars well filled. That of the house is especially large. It fills a book of 148 pages. The senate calendar, though much smaller, oon tains some very important measures. cards the Rnmor as Improbable. dent Making. Kun, March 4.—A rumor is current in naval circles here that a conflict has taken place in Samoan waters between an American man of war and the German corvette Olga. It is alleged that the American vessel fired the first shot Brooklyn, N. Y., March 8.—Dr. Talmage preached in the Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning on the subject, 44Shall America be reserved for Americans I* As his sermons are now translated in every language of Europe and many languages of Asia, in his audiences may be seen persons from many different nations. After an exposition of the scriptures he gave out the hymn: - plo.. . . .xceesof •lariat He hu also organized a saving* lank (or employe*, a building association, leaee* for instruction and a library. In 1858 le began a Sunday school in Southwest Philadelphia, out of which has grown Bethany Presbyterian church, and he was one of the founders of the Christian commission and president of the Young Men's Christian association of Philadelphia. TAKING THE OATHS OF OFFICE. 4rem, .served for eighteen /ears. He was a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1876 and 1880. He was secretary of the state under President Gariield. Immediately after the convention of 1876, on his resignation the secretaryship of state, Mr. Blaine was appointed senator to fill the unexpired term, and in the following winter he was chosen by the legislature for the full ensuing term. London, March 4.—The American German legations here have received no advices regarding the reported engagement in Samoa between war ships of their respective governments. Largest and Grandest Inaugural The senate, notwithstanding the amount of time occupied by the tariff discussion, was more fortunate than the house, and managed to dispose of most of the business sent orer from that body. Parade on Beoord. Arm of the Lord, awake! a wake I Put on thy strength, the nations shake t THE CITT A MASS OF DECORATIONS ■Jeremiah Rusk was born in Morgan county, 0., June 17, 1830, and removed to Wisconsin and settled in Vernon in 1853. He held several county offices, was a memtr the assem* 1BH8, war sljned mi Twenty oonsii infantry 1862, anu ward promi the coloneCcserved ▼ Sharmai siege of until il at the close of the Among the bills favorably reported from the house oommittees, which were not acted upon at either session of congress were the following: To adjust the aocounte of labor under the eight hour law; to establish a bureau of public health; to . pension female nurses; to remove the Southern Ute TiwH»n« from Colorado to Utah; to pension prisoners of war; to organise the territory of Alaska; to provide additional justices for the territories; to erect United States prisons; to authorise the purchase of foreign built ships by citizens of the United States; to provide for postofflce buildings In cities of a certain population; providing for an assistant secretary of war; to organise a naval reserve; regulating the manufacture and sale of compound lard; to establish a poor food division in the department of agriculture; a river and harbor bill; for irrigation in New Mexico; to admit Idaho, Arisona and Moftana; to admit New Mexico; to provide for the meeting of congress Dec. 51; to prohibit polygamy by constitutional amendment; to render eligible to any position in the army any person who served the Confederate states; the Pacific railroad funding bill; to prohibit aliens acquiring lands in the United States; to prevent competition between free labor industries and convict labor. Advices have been received from Samoa to the effect that a truce has been declared between the German consul and until after the Berlin conference. Mataafa agrees to prevent the destruction of German estates. Text, Acts xvil, 20: "And hath made of one blood all nations.n That is, if for some reason general phlebotomy were ordered, and standing in a row were an American, an Englishman, a Scotchman, and an Irishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Norwegian, an Icelander, a Spaniard, an Italian, a Russian and representatives of all other nationalities bared their right arm and a lancet were struck into it the blood let out would have the same characteristics, for it would be red, complex, fibrine, globuline, chlorine and containing sulphuric acid, potassium, phosphate of magnesia and so on, and Harvey and Sir Astley Cooper and Richardson and Zimmerman and Brown-Sequard and all the scientific doctors, allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic and eclectic, would agree with Paul as, standing on Mars HID, his pulpit a ridge of limestone rook fifty feet high and among the proudest and most exclusive and undemocratic people of the earth he crashed into all their prejudices by declaring in the words of my text that God had made "of one blood all nations." The countenances of the five races of the human family may be different as a result of climate or education or habits, and the Malay will have the projecting upper jaw, and the Caucasian the oval face and small mouth, and the Ethiopian the retreating forehead and large lip, and the Mongolian the flat face of olive hue, and the American Indian the copper colored complexion, but the blood is the same and indicates that they all had one origin and that Adam and Eve were their ancestor and ancestress. President Harrison's Cabinet Announced in the Senate. William Windom was born in Belmont county, O., nearly sixty-two -years ago and gained some prominence there before moving to Minnesota unty offices, nember of w -D bly i n 4B jommis- /%| |Bk jor of the -fifth Wis- 7*|§*' 1M 11 Volunteer /flT tnJuly, vas after*Ced to JPSJmML^^ He with QeD.&aTUKnKK^&fr from thf icltuburg WBjSgf , ffiXZ? -wtered ' Washington, March 4. —Secretary Bayard ■Bid that he had not heard anything of the reported conflict between a German and an American war vessel in Bomoan waters. He regarded such a conflict a* highly improbable, as there was an understanding that belligerent action in Samoa should be suspended pending the conference to be held at Berlin. He also pointed out that it was hardly possible that information of such a state of affaire would be known at Kiel before the news wis received at Berlin or Washington. 18ft* He aem the house a END OF THE 50TH CONGRESS. representative the Thirty congress, and Murky Skies and Falling Bain Do Mot Dampen the Ardor of the Sight Seeing Patriot*—An iDormoni Crowd Present. VICT PRESIDENT MORTON TAKING THE OATH, cupied mtD that had previously been assigned to them. cessively i n Thirty-seven Thirty-e i g h The March to and from the Capitol and After the organization of the senate bad been completed, the inaugural address was read by Mr. Harrison and then the oath of office as president of the United States was administered to him by Chief Justice Fuller. Thirty-ninth Fortieth, and the Ceremonies There—President Harrl- appointed to fill •on Reviews the Parade—Sketches of the unexpired term the senate and It Was Pigott. Cabinet Members—Closing Session of On the conclusion of the ceremonies the president, accompanied by the committee of arrangements, proceeded to the executive mansion. sequently elecl M. RUSK. London, March 4.—There is no doubt that the suicide at the Madrid hotel was Kiehard Pigott. Among his effects was a note book containing the addresses of many prominent people in Ireland, and a letter addressed to Henry Labouchere, in which he admits his perfidy. The body will be formally identified to-morrow by a British detective now en route, after which it will be interred. Congress — It Continues from Saturday Night Until Noon To-day—Rlddleberger a full term. W Garfield Mtoame william *..Ido*. president V\b was made secretary of the treasury. He bad but • short term CvYthis office, but in that time if regarded as having demonstrated his capacity as a financier, tmfce than be has been practicing law in New York and has not been much in Minnesota. He dropped out of Minnesota politics altogether. He is a close friend of Gen. Harrison. retted brigadier general for bravery at the battle of Salkahatojie. In 186# be was elected for a term of two years as comptroller of Wisconsin, and was re-elected in 1§68, go represented the Sixth congressional district in the Forty-second congress and the Seventh district in the Forty-third and the Fortyfourth congresses. For several years he wais • member of the congressional Republican committee, and was a delegate to the natainal Republican convention in Chicago in 1880. He was elected governor in 1881, and was re-elected in 1884, and was again reelected la 1886. His term as governor extended seven years, which is the longest period of any executive of the state. Ends His Sensational Career by Creating • Scene and Getting Arrested—The Work RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. President Harrison Reviews the Parade in of Concrete Reviewed'—How the Sabbath Front of the White Honse. Was Spent by the Eleet and the Visitors. The inaugural ceremonies having been completed the president and ex-president were escorted to their carriage, which took its place in line for the return march over the following route. "Washington, March 4.— Inauguration day is upon us, and most of its great events have been gone through with at this hour. Grover Cleveland has beoome a private citizen and Benjamin Harrison is president of the United States. Washington, March 4,—A regimental service was held yesterday afternoon at the New York Avenye Presbyterian church by the Second regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. It was conducted by the Rev. Henry McCook, the chaplain of the regiment. Invitations had been sent to Gen. Harrison fmd Mj. Morton, Tba viae president-elect and Mrs. Morton attended the service in company with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison. At the cloee of services a stand of colors was presented to the regiment by Mr*. Morton on behalf of friends who asked her to perform the service. Mr. Morton made the presentation speech. Mrs. Morton Presents the Colors. Lowdon, March 4.—Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, has telegraphed to Cardinal Rampolla, papal secretary of state, calling attention to the perfidy and suicide of Pigott as proving that the Parnellites have been grossly misrepresented to the Vatican. Grossly Misrepresented. Red field Proctor, the secretary of war, i* a native and ex-governor of Vermont. He has ill his life been engaged in "trade," being in sense a self ■nan. He Proctor, a inded by Ct which ted a few 'rom Rut's in prao trol of the put of the parble i and is one largest deal- Hat coin- In the Along east front of the Capitol to B street north, B street to First street, First street to Pennsylvania avenue, Pennsylvania avenue to Washington circle, around Washington circle to K street northwest, K street to Mt Vernon square. ■» r So far, in spite of the weather, the inauguration is conceded to be the greatest on record, the spectacle the grandest and the crowd the largest ever seen here. AMKRICA 18 TBI MIXING OALDRON OF NATIONS. I think God built this American continent and organised this United States republic to demonstrate the stupendous idea of the tait A man in Persia will always remain a Persian, a man in Switzerland will always remain a Swiss, a man in Austria will always remain an Austrian, but all foreign nationalities ooming to America were intended to be Americans, This land is the chemical laboratory where foreign bloods are to be inextricably mlmd up and race prejudices and race antipathies are to perish, and this sermon is an as by which I hope to help to kill them. It is not hard forme to prtaoh such a sermon, because, although my anoestors came to this country about two hundred and fifty years ago, some of them came from Wales and some from Scotland and some from Holland and some from other lands, and I am a mixture nf so many nationalities that I feel at home with people from under every sky and have a right to call them blood relations. There are madcaps and patriotic lunatics in this country, who are ever and anon crying out, "America for Americanst" Down with the Germans I Down with the Irish 1 Down with the Jews I Down with the Chinese! are in some the popular cries, all of which vociferations I will drown out by the full organ of my text, while I pull out the stops and put my foot on the pedal that will open the loudest pipss, and run my fingers over all the four banks of ivory keys, playing the chant, "God hath made of one blood all nations." END OF THE FIFTIETH CONGRESS, London, March 4.—Mr. J. Mackenzie Maolean, Conservative member of parliament for Oldham, is authority for the statement that Mr. Balfour warned The Times a year ago that Pigott was not to be relied upon. The Times Was Forewarned. On reaching a point on Pennsylvania avenue, in front of the White House, President Harrison left his carriage and took his position in the stand, from which he reviewed the procession as it passed. A Long and Lively Session—Riddleberges Arrested in the Senate. Every citizen and every visitor cast anxious glances upward this morning, but found little comfort in the dull gray, leaky skies. Nevertheless the programme has been completely carried out up to this time, and will be completed with the grand ball in the pension building this evening. Washington, March 4.—The Fiftieth oongress came to an end by limitation at noon to-day. The house dissolved, but the senate continued in session extraordinary, to consider and act upon the nomination of President Harrison. From this point ex-President Cleveland is no longer a feature of the proceedings. Mr. Gladstone's Sob Improving. What a wonderful significance of the simplicity of democratic institutions I Standing here at 1 o'clock is Grover Cleveland, the absolute representative of 60,000,000 of people, with the power of life and death in his hand, the virtual master of the situation, and in lesB than thirty seconds thereafter he becomes a private citizen, with no power whatever, Har-lsonV Sunday. London, March 4.—The illness of Mr. William Gladstone, eldest son of the great Liberal leader, has taken a favorable turn, and his friends ure now encouraged to hope for his complete recovery. Sunday was wiped out of the congressional calendar. The legislative session of Saturday was carried on through the night and over to morning, and than, instead of an adjournment, a recess was taken until afternoon, so as to make the journal Bhow a continuous session until to-day. It was 2:15 a. m. on Sunflay when the senate finished its night sitting. Not more than half the senators stayed through the proceedings. Aboqt twenty visitors remained in the galleries. Washington. March 1— Jen. Harrison and family p«u*vl a very quiet day. Among the callers were Senator Sherman, Gen. Tracy and Mr. John Soott Harrison, brother of the President-elect. Ex-Governor Furniss passed an hour with Gen. Harrison in the afternoon. At 6 o'clock, in spite of the pelting rain. Gen. Harrison, in company with Mr. McEee, took a short walk. He returned to dine quietly with his family. The decorations have never been so general and so elaborate. The spectacle is beyond description. RKDFIBLP PROOTOR. Amoog tbe sons given for tbe recognition by the new president of the Green fountain state In cabinet counsels are, first, the eminence qf ex-Governor Proctor in his party, and, woond, the fact that he, as the chalsman of the Vermont delegation to the Chicago convention last year, was heed of the only delegation in the whole body which voted solidly for Harrison first, last and all the time. United States. The streets assumed a lively aspect at an early hour. Thousands of sightseers were out to witness the preparations, uniformed aides were scurrying hither and thither, and the music of bands and drunj and fife corps were heard in every direction heading military and civic bodies which were marching to their plaoee of waiting to fall into line. Where the Forgeries Originated. Paris, March 4.—It is stated that a prominent member of the Fenian contingent here is prepared to divulge the soqroe from which the first batch of alleged Parnell letters was derived. Then a recess was taken to 3 p. m. yesterday, and congress was supposed to be in session from that time until noon to-day. What time the members were in their seats was de- Toted to "cleaning up" minor business. Next House Republican by Three Totes. UNFORTUNATE MR. WALSH, Washington, March 4.—Gen. Clark, the clerk of the house of representatives, has received from the governor of West Virginia the certificates of election of congressmen tor the Third and Fourth districts of that state, They are Issued in the names of the Democratic candidates. This makes a Republican majority of three in the next house of representatives _ The rain was falling lightly when the "eyly birds" made their appearance, and it contindfed until after 1 o'clock. But no one seemed to mind it, and by 9 o'clock the streets through which the procession was to pass were completely choked up by a pushing, surging, struggling mass of humanity. Benjamin F, Tracy was born abojit fifty years ago in Tioga pounty, New York. His early life was passed first on a farm and afafterwards in the A Former High Official Arrested for Pass- ing a Worthless Check. The senate had rather a lively time last evening, and Senator Riddleberger finished his car reer in that body in a manner that will not stand to his credit in history. He had to be arrested by the sergeant at arms and taken from the floor of the senate. Filled up with whisky, he moved, about 9 o'clock, to go into executive sesstop, with the qbject in view qf securing the confirmation of the ronomination of Commissioner Webb. The motion was voted down. He immediately renewed it, and Presiding Officer In gal Is declared the motion out of order. Riddleberger still insisting. Ingalls told him that he would not agai, .vcogniae Riddleberger except on the motion of some other senator and a majority vote. ; N»w Yobk, March 4.—John H. Walsh, exassistant superintendent of the treasury at Washington under Secretary Fairchtld, vras a prisoner in the Jefferson Market police court yesterday. He was charged by Harrison F. Downes, the clerk of the Morton house, with pasting a worthies! check for 9141.83 on him in payment for board and accommodations for himself and friends. study of l»w. 1851 be was admit- ted to the bar, an' THE GRAND PROCES8ION. three years l»te • HARTFORD'S LAST SENSATION, PMIwmp of the Dtvtaiona and Names of was elected district attorney of Tioga A Prominent Offlelal Slopes with the Commanders. The march to the Capitol -was begun promptly in the following order: county. Notwith- Pretty Wife of His Neighbor. Theaffidavit upon which Walsh was arrested, and which was made by Downes, charges him with giving a check in payment of his bill at the hotel drawn on the firm of Riggs & Co., of Washington. After giving the check Mr. Walsh removed all bis goods and chattels to No, £43 East One Hundred and Eighteenth street The hotel proprietor, for some reason or other which be does not state, telegraphed to the banking house of Riggs & Co., asking if Mr. Walsh bad an account there. An answer came by telegraph stating that be formerly had anjaccount with them, but that he had drawn it all out Upon receipt of the telegram Mr. Downes went to the Jefferson Market police court and swore out a warrant for Walsh's arrest He will have an examination ft,-day. Walsh from Albany, where he was once a prominent builder whose enterprise was the talk of the place, and at one time he was estimated to be worth at least 1100,000, The panic of 1873 somewhat crippled him, but he soon overcame his difficulties, There are not firemen in this audience, nor five men in any audience today in America except it be on an Indian reservation, who were not demanded from foreigners if you go far enough back. The only native Americans are the Modocs, the Shawnees, the Chippewa*, the Cherokeea, the Chickasaws, th» Beminoles and such like. If the principle America only for Americans be carried out then you and I have no right to be here and we had better charter all the steamers and clippers and men-of-war and yachts and sloops and get out of this country as quick as possible. The Pilgrim Fathers were all immigrants, the Huguenots all immigrants. The cradle of most every one of our tamlliwi was rooked on the bank of the Clyde, or the Rhine, or the Shannon, or the Seine, or the Tiber, Hi-d *he watchword "America for Americans" been an early and successful cry, where now stand our dtles would havfc stood Indian wigwams, and canoes Instead of steamers would have tracked the Hudson and the Connecticut; and Instead of the Mississippi tDeUu the main artery of the continent it would have been only a trough for deer and antelope and wild pigeons to drink out of. What make* the cry of "America for Americans" the more absurd and the more inhuman is that some in this country who themselves arrived here in their boyhood or arrived here only one or two generations back are Joining in the cry. Escaped from foreign despotisms themselves they say, Shut the door of escape for others! Getting themselves on our shores in a lifeboat from the shipwreck saying, Hani the boat on the beach and let the rest of the passengers go to the bottom! Men who have yet on them a Scotch or German or. English or Irish brogue crying out, AmerleW for Americansf What if tlfe native inbslx Hants of heaven, I mean the angels, thechcM ubim, the seraphim born there, should standi in the gate and when they see us coming up) at the last should sayi "Go backl Htavui* for the Heaveniansl" standing the fact that Tioga county Hartford, March i—The announcement of the elopement of Justice Mansuay, a member of the board of fire commissioners and president of the large carriage manufacturing concern of Mansuay A Co., with Mrs. Ellen Biiss created considerable excitement here. Mrs. Bliss came to this city about twelve years ago with her husband. She was bom in Bast Windsor, where her parent* now reside. Her husband bad a few hundred dot lars end opened a novelty store on Asylum street He waa devoted to two objects, bis business and the affectionate care of his beautiful young wife. FIRST division. Chief marshal and staff. Presidential party in carriages. was Democratic and Tracy a Re- publican his eleo- !tegillar«nny and navy forces and militia of the Mstrict of Columbia under com- WMd of Brig. den. Gibson. MCOND Division. MaJ. (tax. Harrison, C*Dmmunder bird's eye view of pabadi. tiep yras almost (From'state, war and navy department building.) and with no more influence than hundreds of the men who stand about him. U n a Q i rDiou», fie was mtuie ohftirv ¥• tract. man of the railroad committee am) also chairman of the mib-commlttee of the whole. On June 28, 1803, Governor Morgan requested him to raise a regiment from the oounties of Broome, Tompkins and Tioga. He raised two —the One Hundred and Ninth and the One Hundred («a4 Seventh—got his commission and was given oomimwi of the former. When the war closed be had attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1W6 he was appointed United States district attorney for the Eastern district of Mew York, and held tho position until 1673, when he resigned. In 1875 he mode the ppojiing address to the jury in the famous Beacher-TOton salt, Hp was nominated in 1881 by the Republicans for mayor of Brooklyn, but withdrew in favor of Beth Low, who was elected. He has been a candidate for supreme court judge and for district attorney of Kings county. H$ is & man of fine presence, aad deserves substantial recognition for his sacrifices to the party's interests. Not yet satisfied, Riddleberger kept talking, mh) Ingalls to)4 M™ that if he di4 nqt 'keep quiet he would have him arrested. This warning had the effect of taking Riddleberger out of the ohamber, and when he returned a few minutes later he stated that he had telegraphed the governor of Virginia his resignation, as no other senator had ever been treated as he had. Ingalls motioned the sergeant at arms to yrest Riddleberger, but when that officer came up to him he saidi National Guard, State of Pennsylvania. third mvwioir. Governor J. B. Foraker, commander. - Militia organizations representing various While oo tbs other hand plain Ben Harrison at 1 o'clock, without the power to name the pettiest postmaster, in lew Ujw thirty seconds thereafter becomes, so to speak, t)w virtual master for good or for evil of • nation of 60,000,000 of human beings, with the power of life and death in his hand, with appointments galore and with all the responsibilities, the embarrassments, the predicaments that this implies. states. national guard, state of New York, under command of Brig. Gen. Louis Fitzgerald. Mrs. Bliss was then 27 years old, and her beautiful dark eyes, which flashed brilliantly, and a faultlessly proportioned figure gave her a striking and attractive personality. There was a wide disparity between the age* of the couple, but this was compensated by the care and attention the husband bestowed upon the wife. IftODBTH DIVISION. Gen. William Warner, marshal. "Not that; I will sit downy Grand Army posts, veteran societies and tons of veterans associations, consisting of four brigades. FIFTH DIVISION. „ CoL Myron M. Parker, marshal. The procession is said to be nearly five raileg in length, and fully three hours will be consumed in passing the grand stand. It baa many striking and unique features, which excite enthusiastic pheers. No person in the parade has attracted mora attention than Governor Foraker, of Ohio, on a fiery, piftifcing black stallion, which he rode With commanding grace, and seemed wholly undisturbed by the plungipg of the steed. His was the most gorgeous array of any person to tfee procession. Governor Beaver, of vania, the grand marshal, also cams in for • full share of attention. The sergeant at arms desisted, but Riddleberger did not stay quiet hardly a minute afterward he again became noisy, and Ingalls again ordered the sergeant at arms to arrest Riddleberger, which waa dope with the ajd of an assistant The two officers hustled tbu kicking senator into the cloak room. Mansuay, who was a man prominent In all social affairs, met Mrs. Blis At Governor Lounsbury's reoeptiqn twq JT«|I ago and inD: mediately became captivated with }Der. Hiq attentions to her were so marked that at last her husband became suspicious and some time ago procured a divorce from her.. Since then she lived in the Waverly building in rooms rented by Mr. Manwav. the ppijpl* left for Jfew York toother, aild Wve uof been seen sinpe, Mrs, Mansuay on Saturday took her personal effects and went to her father's home at Rutland, Vt Latterly tie has been a regular Democrat, and was an intimate friend of the late Daniel Manning. It was through Mr. Manning's friendship for him that he was appointed assistant superintendent of the treasury under Secretary Fairchild, which position he held until the 1st of last January, when be came to New York. « New York city clubs, with John J. O'Brien and his associations. Civic clubs of all kinds from every section of FIFTIETH CONGRESS REVIEWED. the Union. It Has Done a Great Deal at Work and THE OATHS ADMINISTERED. ■ *°fk "«»•, WASHUjpTQp, Marqh 4.—The fiftieth oon; gran will t# noted |n history tor four things: First, the DdmlairiCm lute the Union of four new state*—North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington; second, for the tariff discussion which consumed so much time in .both house and senate; third, for the creation of a new executive department, and, fourth, for the amount of filibustering that took place in the house. (Ceremonies of President Making In the John Willock Noble was bom in Lancaster, O., Oct 26, l#3J. Ho passed his early day* in Columbus and Cincinnati, wbepe be enjoyed good educational advantages. He attended Miami university and afterwards Yale college, gradtrmWhen Cleveland ran for re-election to the presidency last November Walsh worked ' energetically in his support. He contributed ' liberally to campaign funds and worked energetically thjxnighout the state for his election, pis faith in President Cleveland1* success was to great that he wagered all the money he possessed upon the Democratic candidate and lost. j The crush about the Capitol was appalling, but omif those who had tickets could get .within sight and hearing of the ceremonies «rithin. The east doors of the senate wing Senate Chamber. "Hie decorations along the linw are more elaborate than ever before known on similar, occasions. The procession exceeds considerably in point of numbers any former one, and the crowd of spectators that line the streets greatly exceed any previous gathering on March 4. Four years ago 25,000 men in Una escorted President Cleveland from the Capitol, and were reviewed by him as they passed the grand stand; but to-day 40,000 men in line form the retinue that follows the new chief magistrate from the Capitol to the White House. A characteristic feature of the parade is the large number of political and other civia associations that appear in the line of march. One hundred and fifty of these organizations, numbering perhaps $PJ)0Q mou. representing every state and territory, are in the parade, and these, with 5,000 G, A. R., 10,000 state militia and 5.000 regular army troops, swell the procession to nearly 40,000. Watkrbuby, Conn., March 4.—Burt Chap; man, a boy living a mite south of met with a frightful experience. Two tramps carried bin) to a vacant lot and hung him by the neck to a tree, his hands pinioned and hi* toe* just reaching the ground. He remained until daylight, when be suoceeded in freeing bis bands, but hi* fingers were so cold he could not untie the rope about hi* neck. He finally freed himself, however. When he reached home he was utterly exhausted, having been tied up eighteen hours. There is na clew to the perpetrators, Fiendish Work of Tramp*. institution in 1891, Upon his gradua- The businwi placed before oopgress for consideration in the la*t two yearn has greatly exceeded in the agpegate that of any previous oongren This is largely due to the increase of measures for private relief, a fact which emphasizes the necessity so often admitted of providing some tribunal for the arbitration of the claims against the government which are now brought to congress for adjudication, There were introduce*) in tfee senate in the fiftieth congress 9,000 bills and 143 joint resolutions, and 3,710 reports were made from committees. A Hundred and Sixteen Bounds. tion he studied law. Mr. Noble settled first in St. Louis in 1855. Not meeting with the success in Ashland,Wis., March 4.—John Van Heest, champion featherweight of the northwest, and Billy Welch fought 116 round* tw*. London prize ring rules govefaed and kid gloves were worn. Welch broke his hand In . the eighteenth round, but continued gamely I until the end. He was terribly battered when Van Heest was declared winner. Tho latter was slightly punished. THX ABSURD ITT IB UKJOTT. I 'Of oourse we do well not to allow foreign nations to make thhoouatry a convict colony. We would have a wall balltas high as heaven and aa deep as hell against foreign thieves, pickpockets and anarchists. Wa would not let them wipe their feet on the map of tlx* outside door of Castle Garden. If England or Russia or Germany or France send hero their desperadoes to get clear of them, w» would have these desperadoes sent back in chains to the places where they came from. We will not have America become the dumping place for foreign vagabondism. But you build up a wall at the Narrows before New York harbor, or at the Golden Gate before San Francisco, and forbid the coming of tb» Industrious and hard working and honest populations of other lands who want tu breathe the air of our free institutions and get opportunity for better livelihood, aad it is only a question of time when God will tumble that wall flat on our own heads with the red hot thunderbolts of his omnipotent indignation. You are a father and you have flv» children. The parlor Is the beet room in yoajr bouse. Tour son Philip says to the other four children: "Now, John, you live in tbe small room in the end of the hall and stay "1"1 ' ' -* n—vmi Hre ta tH» flfumt anrl ntav law putt he expected, be removed the folio wing y«ar tp K&okut, la., where he became prD miuent at the bap. At the breaking out of ti e war he enlisted an a private in the Third Iowa cavalry. This regiment was actively rngaged from the beginning to the close of the war, and distinguished itself in many battles. At the close of the war he wa? promoted to a brigadier generalship for mer torious services. He was mustered out in 1845. Alter the war Gpi». Noble settled in Bt Louis, where he was made United States dust' ict attorney by President Johnson. He reigned his position in 1870, and has since breu engaged in the private practice of law. His firm is that of Noble & Orriok. He has lived m St. Louis since 1887. J, W: NQBLE. the practice of the A Singular Death 1 New Brunswick. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S CABINET, New Brunswick, N. J., March 4.—While George Davis was on the top of a pole in his yard in Perth Am boy repairing a pulley be was seen to throw up his arms and then f«4| to the ground. He struck a fen pa in his descent, and broke his neck. He died instantly. He leave* a widow and two children. Hi* brother was killed a few yean ago by a similar accident. It i* thought he was attacked with a heart spasm, which made him loosen his hold on the pole. condensed news. Brief Sketches of the Men Who Will Be His Chief Advisers. W ashington, March True tp his word, Pr» ident Harrison gave no Intimation at ths make up of his cabinet until it was sent as a whole to the senate in extra session, where it was announced as foln, Secretary of State—James G. Blaine, of Maine. In the house there were 12,659 bU':«, 207 joint resolutions and 4,154 reports. Fireman Frank New, of Elmira, N. Y., fe)' from the top of a freight train on the Del: - ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, near Danville, and was killed. Of the bills and joint resolutions in the presont congress, not one in twenty peaaed ihe house'and not one in thirty passed both houses and went to the president for his signature. Ex-Judge Terry, of San Francisco, has finished the term of six months to which he was sentenced for contempt of court. There were nine contested eleotlon cases before the bouse, of which seven were disposed of in the first session and at a compare ively early day. In each of these cases the bitting member was given bis seat. Two eases were left undetermined. The first of them—Smalls vs. Elliott—was determined r£ cently in lavor of the sitting member, fhg other—Sullivan V*. not disposed of by the bouse. The report of the committee was in favor of Mr. Sullivan, the contestant Secretary of the Treasury—William Windom, of Minnesota, Secretary of War—Red8el4 Proctor, of Vermont The carpenters of Buffalo haye made a demand for nine hours $ day after April 1. TBK8IIWWT HARRISON TAKING THE OATH. ««re opened at 10 o'clock to those entitled to .admission, and in a very short time all the -seat* were occupied. Bait Francisco, March 4.—O'Connor won the tlK-ie mile boat race in 1ft min.'4S*ec,, lefeating Gaudaur, who gave up at the end •f a quarter of a mile on account of rough water. O'Connor Again Victorious. A son and daughter of P. J. Adams, of Livonia, N. Y, while crossing Conesus lake on the ice, drove into a hole where the ice had been removed. The young man jumped, and was saved, but the young lady and the horse were drowned. William Heury Harrison Miller is a typical Indiana Jawyey of high standing. He has been a valuable inember of (Jen, law firm in Indianapolis for about tea years, having left u large practice at Fort Wayna, Ind., to join it He is a man on whom the new president has been accustomed to rely. Mr. Miller is not aggressive, but he has plenty of backbone. Mr. Miller has never been prominent in public office, and will enter upon an entirely new experience at Washington. The doors of the senate chamber were opened at 11 o'clock, and soon after that the bead of the procession arrived, and the preni.dent and president-elect entered through the fcmnae doors on the cut front, each accompanied by • member of the oommittae of airaagamentx The president went directly to the president's room, and the president llsrt to the vice president's room. Harjng tma introduced by Uie committee of arrangs- Secretary of the Navy—Benjamin F. Tracy, of New York. Secretary of the Interior—James W. Noble, of Missouri. Whlto Cap* la New Haven. "Dink" Merriwether, a theptrioal advance agent, decamped frqin Louisville with 11,000 belonging to Manager McAuley and Lotta. Saturday was Pope Leo's TOth birthday. "Parson" Da vice says the Weir-Murphy prize fight will take place between March 19 • and 38. 1 Postmaster General—John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania. The numb, r of presidential vetoes received by congress has been very large. The greatei portion of these measures have been private lDension bills, although the president has refused hi* consent to *ome legislation of New Haven, March 4.—Dr. J. W. Sweet, | a prominent physician of this city, received two letters threatening him with a homewhipping if he did not stop abusing his wife, and signed "White Cap*." The doctor has placed the matter in the band* of the police. ' Attorney General—W. H. H. Miller, of Indiana. Secretary of Agriculture—Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin. (CONTUTOED OH THIRD PA6B.) |
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