frid \ Y evening. aug. 24. 1894. One of the w itnesses before the Pull mau investigating commission, an in? telligent man, who worked in the Pull? man shops for six years, and saved enough of his w ages to become a suc? cessful newsdealer in the town of Pull? man, testified that the chief cause of the strikers7 troubles was their fond? ness for beer. All the saloon keepers there, he said, had grown rich, and a large number of Kensington beer wag? ons were supported by the Pullman employees. As to rents there, he said, he did not believe they were unusually high, and he was certain that his, was lower than he would have to pay for a similar house in Chicago. This witness probably was barking up the right tree. >"o matter how high a man's wages, or how low his rent, may be, he wont have enough money to pay the latter and support his family, if he spends most of the former in beer and its inci? dentals. The evidence of all the many rich men who commenced life as day laborers, is to the effect that when they worked as such, they never draDk, smoked cigars, played policy, nor took part in strikes. Judge Coolev, who resigned his membership of the interstate commerce commission, because of the transparent huinbutgery of the interstate commerce law, shows his common sense by oppos? ing the silly project of settling disputes between employers and employees by compulsory arbitration. A horse may be led to water, but he cannot be made to drink. For a like reasou, a laborer may be led to a factory, but he cannot be made to work ; nor can an employer be forced to carry on operations when he doesn't choose to do so. Besides, if arbitration boards can lix the wages of labor, they cau fix the price of the pro? ducts thereof, and if of wages and pro? ducts,of every thing else,which is reduc? ing the whole scheme to an absurdity But itis no less absurd than the interstate commerce, the civil service, or any of the several other expensive but worse than useless commission?. But, as the people of the country are taxed half a billion a year, ways must be devised for spending tbat enormous amount. _ The census reports show that the ratio of crimirjals to population in this country is five times greater now than it was forty years ago. In the South it is even greater. And yet in the inter? val referred to free schools in? creased aud multiplied to an extent never reached in any other country on the face of the earth. No stronger proof could be adduced of the fac, long known by all well-informed mer, that free schools are not conducive to good morals; that they are not condu? cive to good understanding is proved by the character of the men those who have attended them elect to office. Mr. Herman Bracn, of Milwaukee, has published a book proving that the hanging of Captain Henry Wirz, the commandant of the Confederate prison at Audersonville,by tLe federal authori? ties, was an infamous aud outrageous murder. This is raking over old straw, but it is nevertheless true. Captain Wir/, was in no way responsible for the deaths at Audersouville. The respon? sibility for those deaths rested upon the man who afterwards served two terms, aud came near serving a third one, as President of the United States, who refused to let the prisoners be ox changed. The Rr hmond Dispatch says the i President's letter to Mr. Wilson was written "privately," and, "the fact is that Mr. Cleveland's words were iu tended for Mr. Wilson's own eye." Has the Dispatch been asleep? Every body \> hose eyes are open knows that the letter referred to was written weeks be? fore it was read in Congress, that the advisability of making it public was a matter of consultation at the White I House, and that Mr. Wil-on is the last man in Congress who would give pub? licity to a private letter without the consent of the writer. Thk more new business enterprises springing up in and about Alexandria, the more remarkable becomes the pro? longed lack of a first-class hotel, on a I central part of King street, to accom? modate visitors. Such a lack is not only apparent to the people of this city, but, unfortunately, more so to those who come here seeking invest? ments. Such a hotel, properly con ducted, would pay from the start. The opponents of the income tax provision of the Gorman tariff bill, the best provision of that bill, need not lay I the liatteriug unction to their souls i that that tax will not be collected be- ! cause Congress has not made an ap? propriation to pay the collectors. The treasury oflicials can always find tueans to collect a small tax, let alone . me that will bring in its millions. - Another attempt was made a few I daj - ago to assassinate President Hip to of Hayti. I FROM WASHINGTON. [Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.] Washington, Aug. 24.1S94. Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the House ways and means committee, has decided to* leave for Europe, September 5th, and remain absent about 3 weeks. Mr. Wilson believes that a revival of business will now speedily begin. He said this morning that the business of the country will improve within the next few months and that this result would follow even thoueh the -McKin? ley law were in force. Under the new tai iff system the improvement, in his judgment, will be more marked. He does not look for a "boom"' but thinks the revival will be slow but sure. The case of the colored Recorder of the District of Columbia, C. H. J. Taylor, who has been charged before the c ivil service commission with send i !g circulars to colored employees of the government, soliciting contribu? tions for campaign purposes, was laid b fure President Cleveland this after? noon by Civil Service Commissioner Proctor, who has charge of the matter. Be?itles Taylor, twenty-five witnesses were examined. Some of the witnesses were at first afraid to testify, fearing they would lose their positions if they d d" so. The commission could not guarantee to the men that they would not be discharged from their govern? ment positions if they made statements affecting Taylor, because it had no power to do so, but they were informed that the commission would exert its iu tiueuce to prevent the dismissal of any employee who appeared before it as a witness. Secretary Carlisle this evening ap? pointed Miss Martha C. Gryines, of King George eouuty, Va., assistant keeper of the light house at Matthias' Point. Potomac river. At Liberty Mil', Orange county, Va., J. B Kite was appointed postmaster to? day, vice W. H. Kite, dead. Among the visitors here to-day is Collector Shepperd, of the upper dis? trict of Virginia. He says nearly all the whisky in tbe bonded warehouses in his district has beeu drawn out since the passage of the tariff bill, aud that his receiptH therefrom have been about twenty thousand dollars a day. Mr. EUett, the democratic nominee for Congress in the Richmond district, was iu the city to-day, looking after his supply of campaign documents. Congressman Cooper of Indiana, who exposed the fraudufeut transactions of Mr. Raum, the republican commissioner of pensions, and Mr. Meredith of Virgin? ia, will speak at Luray, in that State, at the congressional convention to be held there on the 30th inst., at which Congressman Turner will be renomi nated without opposition. Internal revenue receipts continue to be heavy, reaching to-day 5=2.105,000, aud bringing up the total for tbe month to date, to $21,200,000, and for the year to date.to $4S,100,000,against $8,500,000 for the corresponding period of-\ugust, 1893, and to $24,300,000 for the corres? ponding period of the fiscal year 1S!)3. All the Virgiuia members of tbe House presont to day endorsed tbe ap? plication of Rev. Benjamin Dennis, of Amelia county, Virginia, a graduate of the Alexandria Theological Seminary, for a chaplaiuship in tbe army. Among the bills approved by the President to-day were the following: To incorporate the Washington and Great Falls electic railway ; to authrize the Washington Alexandria and Mt. Vernon electric railway, which runs to Washington's home, to extend its line into the District of Columbia; to em? power fourth-class postmasters to ad? minister oaths to pensioners; to au? thorize the commissioners of the Dis? trict of Columbia to appoint a deputy coroner, and to provide for reconvey? ance by the district commissioners of certain lands to Andrew J. aud Mary E. Curtis. Another effort was made in the House to day, also unsuccessful, to consider the Hill bill for the exclusion and de? portation of alien anarchists. An amendment had been agreed upon by the advocates of the measure and those members who had previously antagon? ized it, defining an anarchist to be a person who advocates the destruction by force of all government or of the government of the United States. This s .tisfied tbe objections heretofore made, but Mr. English entered an objection, because one of his private bills had been objected to, and the biil again went over?this time probably finally for thi? session. Among the bill? passed by the Sen? ate in executive session to-day were the following : House bill to provide for the collec? tion of internal revenue?appropriating $9.000 for additional force, and House bill granting the right of way through the Arlington reservation for electric railway purposes. Tho Sonate in executive session to-day comfirmoamong others, the following nomi? nations : Alexander Porter .Morse of the District of Columbia, agent of the United States before the commission to arbitrate the claim of the Venezuelan Steam Transporta? tion Company against the government of Venezuela; Bobert J. MacBrido,of Wisconsin, consul at Leith. Scot'aud. Tho latter place is that for which Congressman Jones was urg? ing Dr. Foster and Senator Hunton had at one time pressed Mr. Crawley of this city The nomination of J. D. Porter for U. S. Judge of the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, was not taken up as no quorum was present, and nothing could be done with I out uuanimous consent. NEWS OF THE DAY. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is making preparations for the forthcom? ing grand meeting of that body in Washington. The condition of Congressman Geo. B. Shaw, at Eau Claire, Wis., is very critical. It is feared he will not live through the night. New York city will raise by taxation to defray tbe municipal expenses of the year $35,650,0^6, which is $636,336 more than was raised last year. The United States is now shipping to England carpets of the value of nearlv $500,000 annually of the famous Ax I minsters, supposed heretofore to be i produced in perfection only in Eag , Und. Members of the executive board of j the knights of labor have been in : Washington canvassing members of the House of Representatives to learn how th ey can be depended upon to vote for ' an arbitration measure, t The republicans of the Eighth Xorth ! Carolina congressinal district met at Wilke?boro yesterdav and nominated R. Z. 1 Anney, of Alexauder countv, tor ' Congress. It only required one ballot to nominate. Tbe populists in conven? tion at the same place Wednesday in? dorsed Linney for Congress. At a populist meeting held at Home? stead Pa., last night, General Frye, late leader of the Commotiwealers. made a speech. He predicted n march of a million men to Washington, who, he said, if Congress fails to legislate as they wish, will turn Congress out and organize a provisional government. News reached Baton Rouge, La., yes yesterday of a distressing accident near that place, which resulted iu the death of three estimable youog ladies, Miss Mary Lee Read, Miss Belle Chambers aud Miss Eleanor G.irlaud. The young ladies were bathing in the Aniiie river, when one of their number got beyond their depth. She screamed aud the other two went to her assistance, and all three were drowned. The body of an unknown woman was found on the lake shore of Minnesota Point, Dulth, Wednesday. It was partial? ly buried. A fractured'skull, marks of violence on the hands and neck indi? cate murder. The body was that of a womau about thirty-two years old, of light completion and apparently of good station. Her dress aud under? clothing were new, of good quality aud unmarked. Death was caused by the wound on the skull. At a meeting in Washington last night of the committee having in charge the reception and entertainment of the delegates to the southern development convention to meet at Willard's Hall Thursday and Friday uext, Manager Colquit read letters from prominent business and railroad men of the South accepting invitations to be present. Among the acceptances was one from ex-Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia. The tiuance committee made a gratifying re? port. General Antonio E/.eta and his fel? low refugees are prisoners at last in San Fraucisco by authority of the United States District Court. The warrants of arrest were served yesterday afleruoou. Early in the morning the local ollicers received notification that the differ? ences between tho Navy Depart? ment and the Department of Jus? tice had been compromised, at least in a measure, and that the naval author? ities of Mare Island would permit the United States marshal to serve the war? rants. A Leap from a Tower. As has beon stated, Col. J. M. Win? stead. president of the Piedmont and People's Rank, of Greensboro', N. C. committed suicide in Richmond yester? day morning in sight of hundreds of people ?nd in a deliberate way. He was a nice-looking old gentleman of about seventv. He went to the balcony of the City Hall, threw away his hat aud caDe, took oil'his shoes aud threw them before him. and jumped to the street below. He fell with terrific force through the air, head downward, until he had reached to about the sec? ond story, wheu his body doubled up like a ball, and the next moment was quivering on the sharp points of the irou rails which guard the area. The head and body hung downward inside the iron fence and over the mouth of the area. It was suspenled from one of the sharj) spears which had caught the left leg Just at the hip joint as the body fell, face downward, aud the force of the fall had torn it entirely out of its socket. This hung over the rail? ing uext the sidewalk. Iu remov iug the remains from the fence, the limb was separated from the trunk. He fell a hundred and seventy feet. He had asked the way to the high tower, and was calm in his de? meanor, looking like a clergyman. Letters found in his pocket indicated his identity. He registered at the hotel Wednesday night. There is no clue to the cause of his deed. He had a dollar and twenty-five cents in his pocket. One uumailed letter to his brother said, "My land company busi? ness is worrying me no little, but we are likely to get it in better shape.' Col. Winstead was a native of Pearson county, >?'. C. and was about seventv years of age. I'uder tho Grant ad? ministration bis brother, Col. C. S. Winstead, was collector of internal revenue for Greensboro district, aud deceased was his deputy. He after? wards engaged in the banking business, and became president of the 1'iedmout and the People's bank, of ton of the charges against RobertG. Still, the chief of the bureau. It is 1-arned that the complaint alleging as- j sessments was filed several weeks ago when the full board was in session, and that it has been discussed at a number of the meetings subsequently. Mr. Ly man has been Bpendiug several week- i ?U the seashore, but returned to \Va.sh- j ington Wednesday night to join hi.- two colleagues in the investigation. Sev- I eral more witnesses who received the j letters will probably be examined to day, and it can be authoritatively stated ! that the report will not be forwarded to the Attorney General or the President I before to-night. There is strong grouod for the belief that accompanying it will be an urgent request signed by the full ; board for Taylor's removal from tbe office to which President Cleveland ap? pointed him last spring. The original charges were tiled by Calvin ChaBe, edi- i tor of the Bee, a negro organ of Wash ington, and by a messenger in the In? terior Department, named Barnes, who is also business manager of the Bee. i FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Washington, Aug. 24. SENATE. The open session of the Senate this morning lasted only four minutes, There was no question raised a^ to tl e presence of a quorum. By unanimous consent the reading of Wednesday's and Thursday's journals was dispensed with. Messages were received fn the President and from the House oi Representatives. Indefinite leave oi absence, on account ot serious illne- in bis family, was given to Mr. McLaurin, of Mississippi, and then, on motion j of Mr. Harris, the Senate proceeded I the consideration of executive busim ss. After remaining in executive sessi fur over an hour, the Senate h&\ previously adopted the House res tion for final adjournment at 2 o'c on Tuesday, adjourned until Monday, HOUSE. Mr. Catcbings presented a joint lution authorizing the presid Senate and Speaker of the Hous adjourn their respective bodies at o'clock, p. m., on Tuesday. the iStu iust. It was agreed to. Mr. Catchings aLo moved that when the House adjourn to-diy it be Monday next. Mr. Loud demanded a division of i House on this moiion and it ft suited ayes 70, noes 10. "No quorum -,; | Mr. Loud. Tellers were ordered, pending the announcement of ? suit a message was received from i President by Mr. Pr?den, one of his secretaries, announcing hisapprova i sundry bills. The tariif bill was . among them. Mr. Loud withdrew the poii,; i . quorum and the inotion_was declan to have bcej adopted. Mr. Catchings asked uuaniui sf.nt to have printed in the /.'? title of bills that have passed the Ho :- . divided into two groups, thi -?? that have become laws, and those thai b failed of action in the Senate. The - was to be published, he said, with c immeiit, as a matter of inform . for the members, which be belie\ would be found desirable. Mr. Payne said he could see i of printing the titles of bills thai still on the Seuale calendar, bul he would make no objection to the re? quest. Mr. English, however, did obji Mr. Terry called up the Hill bil the exclusion and deportation ol i anarchists, with a request for its prcs ent consideration. An amendment v as j proposed to meet the objections of Mr. Warner and others, which defined teim anarchist as used in the bill follows: "The word anarchist a.- used i i this act shall be construed to mean one who advocates the destrueti? violence either of all governments, or ti e government of the United States. Mr. English also objected to Mr. Ter? ry's request, and the bill went over again without action. Mr. Richardson asked considerati of Senate bill providing for the er,m pilation and publication of an index of the government publications from March 4,1881, to March 4, lsd elusive, at a cost not to exceed $2,500. This led to a long discussion. Finally Mr. Bland said the only ; ? sons that would be benefited by tlx publication of the catalogue were old junk dealers. Hetbougb the law should be repealed, and he wou I object to consideration of the bill. Two or three unimportant measure were parsed and after a session of an hour the House adjourned until Mon day next. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The democrats of the Third Texas district yesterday nominated C. H. Yoakum to succeed "Buck"' Kilgore. An Italian named Angelo Periero al tempted to kill L. de Grazis, his wife and son in Pittsburg, Pa., this morni ? Jas. O'Grady, well-known in Iri-;: national league circles in this couni and in Ireland, died in New York yes? terday. The Great Northern Telegraph I pany's latest advices show thai m sages from Yokahama, Japan, to New York take over twenty-four hours in transit. A desperate fight between two fac? tions of mountain outlaws took ; at Jackson, Ky., yesterday. Rep r?les and shotguns were used, and - eral persons were wounded. Justice Bartlett, of the New Supreme Court, in Brooklyn this ing, denied the motion for a new made by the Rev. Father Fram in his actiou for $100,000 damage: alleged slander against Bishop Kj Buffalo. Tuesday evening a numbi rode up to the house of George i in the Choctaw natron ami proceeded to empty their Winchesters He fell dead with 23 bulle! hi ? body. More serious trouble pec ted. Attbesham battle at Meridian. M .-- . yesterday Captain R. R.Stevens United States army, end. rush the crowd of -;?? ctators at a fast -peed over them. \V< c hildren were seriously injun knocked down and trampled his horse. Rev. Wtn. 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