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WmmmmW I J EducaUmmPlZtuttona tT L -A "-5iA. CZ,,' " I E WEATHER PREDICTION I tl R, 01 fT SORT OP PEOPLE LW J WW f TlliLfSiik T 'Tf fl For H Ttrt Ml Itt VlehH,. r TUH SVJ mW V W mmWiS!SmmmTmWfS' f W 4' M roolrn northwesterly winds, j I VnL.LXI.-NO.350. NEW YORK, THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1894,-COl'YHIGllT, 1891, 1YT..K SUN PRJXTIXQ AND rUBIJSHLVQ ASSOCIATION. ScFwo mT ' M'LAUGHLIN THE NEXT! XKHTtilOST AOAiy.1T HIM HETOllE tuk ro'ttcv nuAitn. Mr. heehan Wished io Have (hnr Pr frrred Against the Inspector hut Waa Outvoted-C'apt. JJevsry'a Trial Uoti Ua la Hplta of Ilia Aheenee-Oae Witness's Testimony Taken Asntnst All the Ac. eused-Four Hergenut Illsmlssrd-One Kaved Mcaaaaa or Mia flood Record. Despite thr production of affidavits and rcr HP.cntca and despite the protests of lawj era and phvslclons, the trial of Pollen Captain William S. Devery before thu Police Commissioners Mai tailed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Tho trls.1 of ex.Ward Man Edward Olennsn wa railed at tho tame time, and the trials of CapU Adam A. Cross and hla ex-ward detectives lames Burns and George Smith were nlso down a the calendar. The othrr defindants were In court, but CapL Devery was not on hand, and. accenting to his lawyer, he will not be able to appear for a month. Dcsplto this statement made to tho Commissioners the trial was order i cd, and the keeper of a disorderly house was called to tcsttfjr to payments she had made to the Captain. All of the accused officials wcro In full uni form except ex-Ward Man Smith. Ills old tompanlun and partner, llurns, who has been doing duty In the Tenderloin precinct for the past year or so. wore a uniform, and It was said that it was the first time since his appointment ou the force that he had done so. Hums has done duty In citizen's clothing ever since ho waa appointed, nnd on upper Broadway ho was known as the "quiet man." lU.'ess was taken at noon and the Commis sioners went Into secret session In the Hoard room. The well-posted ones felt sure that It i would only be an hour or so before the fate would be known of the fl e Sergeants who were on trial on Tuesday, charged with having nc ctpted $5 bribes from Mrs. Thurow, a dlsordcr ly house keeper, for permitting her to (tlve straw hail for Inmates of her house. It was a few minutes after 2 o'clock when the Commissioners came out of the Hoard room and ofQctally an nounced that Serjeants l.lehe-r. TArlf. son, Jordan, and McKenna had been dis missed from "the force. In the case of Sergeant Hugh Clark, the fifth defendant, the Commissioners decided. In lew of his good record, covering a period of thlrt) -four years on the force, to permit him to retire on a pension of $1,000 a year. Sergeant Clark lost nn time iu I accepting the offer of the Hoard. All of these I bergeonU have at one time or another been I connected with the Kldrldge street police sta. I tlon, and the chief wltnesa against them. Mrs. Augusta Thurow of I,exow committee fame, wore that each had let her give straw ball when J the Inmates of her house were locked up, ou payment of S3 for each girt. It was rumored ) esterday that Commissioner Sheehan had made an effort to save Sergeant Jordan, but had been outvoted by his companions. Although the exnrron ot the SergeanU was expected, the announcement of the Hoard's ac tion caused much talk around Police Headquar ters, The action of the Hoard In letting Clark off on account of hi record, when the evldenco against him was as conclusive as against any of the others, waa censured by some, who declared that Assistant District Attorney Wellman. who U prosecuting all the police cases, had Inter ceded for him. Mr. Wellman, when questioned, confessed that he had recommended that Clark ba-alloWed to retire. It la said that all of the dismissed officers wjll seek reinstatement through the courts. The most interesting incident In yesterday's trial was the production of evidence against a high police official who 1 not on trial and against whom charges have not been preferred. Commissioner Sheehan was the first to do this, ud eeral times during the trial ot ("apt. Cross he repeated It. Mr. Wellman helped thing along by asking questions, and finally Lawyer Charles lieu, who appeared for Capt. Cross, mode a sworn wltnesa against his client acknowledge that she had paid .i00 to the of ficial. In the parlor of her house, while, he waa Captain of the Kldridge street station. This official waa Inspector William McLaughlin, and if any reliance is to be placed on hints thrown out by the Commissioners he will be the next pollro officer against whom charges will be tuade. k When Capt. Cross entered court he asked for ) an adjournment, as hla counsel. Col, George Bliss, was too 111 to appear for him. The motion was denied, and later In the day the Captain procured the sen Ice of Lawyer Charles A. RUess and Charles P. McClelland. criiTtriCATZi ron capt. dt.vzry, 1 When the case of Capt. Devery w a called Law er Abraham Elkus, from Col. James's office, ( read a certlflrato from Dr. A. W. Becker, Capt. , Devery's family physician. Dr. Decker aald that he had been attending Capt Devery since Aug. l.and that on the 14th he had called In Dr. Frederick Petersen and Police burgeon Naniinack and Dexter. A certificate from Dr. Petersen was also handed up, and It stated, a Dr. Becker's did, that Capt. Devery was suffering from congestion of the bralu, and was totally until to do illi e duty or to leave hi room. Another affldarit from Mr. Annie N. Devery was read In which she says that he refused ad n.v.inn to Dr. Hauilllou, Fisher, and Namtuaek I ao. Inspector Cuullu on the- advice of Dr. Becker who told her not to let anybody see her husband Mrs. Devery declared that herhns. hand knew nothing of the visit of the police sur Kjons .and the Inspector, and that w hat she did she did without her husband' knowledge. On the strength of there affidavit Mr. Elkus asked thu the fria! be adjourned. before a decision was made Mr. Wellman aald nt wished tu call it few witnesses to testify soout Lapt. Utvery's condition. J1b summoned Inuoerlntendent Hi rnea, who, on being sworn, '''led that he called on Capt. Devery on Aug. The Captain told htm that he wa too ill to ff IV,ror trial, but the witness Informed him Pt his com would be called. Tho witnes thought that Capt. Devery looked very well, al though the Captain complained of a pain iu hla Lad. Policeman Michael O. Sullivan testified Jr..'". f'fved papers on Capt. Devery In tho tatter's bouse al 35 1 West Tw.nlv.elihth street i . Aurf; " CMPt- Devery looked very well and 't sutlivan In. Mr. Wellman called the atten lion of the Board to the fact that the very next ''cPt. Desery wa uffertng from thirteen Kr . .fnptoni an- would be too 111 to appear lor trial for a month. it (.Bfc ," with Capt. Devery when I f.;7Jl tld Sn'UTan. " When I handed the iu,l?i,l,WPr,h8 Cut his hand to his head I"d,Wi Mr" Qod. t didn't expect thl so Jn ' Then he turned to Dr. Becker and saldi Mlut condition do you think I'm In J' Dr. .C-MFP"?! 'You are certainly not In any coodittoalo be tried,' It took me three-quarter of an hour to get Capt, Devery to lgn a receipt .r paper. He shook hnd with me when 1 W W,w " h t""1 trouble with hi head." Mr. Wellman next called LouUa Schueler, a Rrlofl4whowadreaedlllnwhlte. She U ii. ?u??ter of the proprietor of the Atla iLi,il,,lt.oc.1wT Beach, where Capt. Devery ana Lis family were (pending the summer, The LJW11 " Itockaway on Saturday and k?fT' " and 6. and looked In the best of KH a. wcordlng to tb wltne. Inspector .Ual ? '"Hied to the refusal of Ur. Devery to admit htm, and Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton wrroborated Inspector Conlln' testlmont. SHIIBAN WILUHO TO AnJOCRS Tlt TBIAU Mr Wellman then urged that the trial of Cant. nwr) go on. It waa plain, he aald, that the j ud officer wa dodging trial, and that un ! he wa. tried immediately it would Iw im P""'blo .r to tr- him. One witness, be said, 11 alreaily left the country, and It was a dlfrl ci t matter to ktep the uthersln bound. All of i e i ommisaloncr but Mr bheehan tmed logo t .!'"hUio trial, Mr. Sheehan remarked, when y ing, that nu court in Christendom would re-'i-i atotamementlntuch a case. Then the J in clerk, culled Capt. Devery and Patrolman ,' L,IOIt Vf l"B lr- A Olenuon stood up Law. e rrt House asked for an adjournment ou Its ground that Capt Dery' teatimon) wa f, ut. necessary in hi defence. Thl mo. t on was denied. Conuatsiioner Sheehau distent. J,,a- In explilnlrne hi vote Mr. Sheehaa "Idlaxatbecanae it appear that when e-uper-iCtatiinimi en Ttrd PovJ ! a scmtoLUtnt. mvhuxheik Iter llrive with Tons Artknr Met.esa Her Ilody ItrniiKht nek Alone In the Wsgos by the Horse-It Falls Out. HK.txiKER, N. II., Aug. IS. Arthur McLean hired a horse and carriage at the livery stable here of C. H. Courser last night, and, with Mis Nettle I)ouglass, went for a itris In the direc tion of I'ontoocook. Athalf.past S o'clock this inornlnt: the horse came back to the stable with no one In the carriage. Near the stable the life less body of Miss Douglass was found, with three bullet holes In her head. Search was made for McLean, and he was found In a field halt a mile from tho village. Ho Is 21 yean old, and she waa fifteen. McLean borrowed a revolver at a (run shop here last evening and purchased cartridges at nnotber place. For several months Nettle hail been receiving attentions from McLean, and ru mor had It that they were engaged to be mar ried, but that the engagement had been broken off In a quarrel About a week ago. It was 7 o'clock last night when McLean went to the livery stable. He hired a horse and top buggy. Twenty minutes later he appeared at the girl's house, and Miss Douglass went away with him. Her acceptance of the invitation caused no uneasiness In the family. There had been no objection to the friendship on the part of her family. They drove out over what Is known aathe " Concord " road. The girl was seen alive only once more, which was about 10 o'clock In the evening, when they were met by McLean's brother William, who says they were then driving toward Hcnniker. About 3 :n0 o'clock Courser, the livery stable man, who Us es eloe by his stable, was awakened by the noise of a carriage In the stable yard. He arose and hastened out of doors, when ho found the body of Nettle Douglass lying on the ground about four feet from the house and the horse and carriage going In the direction of a Mrs. Howe's house, where the horse was formerly kept. The arrival of the horse then awoke Mrs. Howe, who aroused her son Harrison. He took tho horse back to the stable. When found the body of Miss Douglass was lying on Its right side In a nearly straight posi tion. Tho clothing did not appear to bo torn or disturbed. Mr. Courser Immediately summoned assistance. After a little delay tho body was removed to the dead girl's home. where an examination disclosed that sho had been shot three times In the head. One bul let entered the neck close under the Jawbone, near the left ear. Just In front of the left ear was a second wound, and Immediately below the left e e, near the temple, was a third bullet hole. it Is generally believed that the body was left In tho cnrrlnge, and that the horse, when he could not get Into the stable, turned short around to go to his old home, tipping the body out of the buggy. The appearance of the car riage gave evidence that the body was lying or sitting upon the seat until thrown out by the sudden turning, and It 1 probable that the head had been hanging out over the wheel on the left side during tne ride from the place of the murder to the stable yard. The side curtain of the carriage were not on, and the upright support to the top probably held the body in place. Powder stains and burns on the back of the inside of the carriage showed that the shooting was done in the carriage, and a break In the dashboard give reason to believe that a struggle took place before the ranrdsr. Leading from the stable yard out over the Concord road was a trail of blood. ' Till waa taken up and followed by the au thorities of the town for about a mile, when It terminated in the roadway near the htuse of George W. Sargent. It wa at thl place un doubtedly that the tragedy occurred, aa Mr. Sargent and hi wlfo heard the revolver shot atSA.M. McLean waa found soon after daylight about half a mile from the village lying on his face be hind a boulder. He took no notice of the arrival of the searching party. At first they thought him dead. When they turned him on hi back he raised his hand and said! "Oh, my head! Oh, my head!" but beyond this he did not speak. Nothing could be discovered about him that Indicated injury of any kind, and he was taken into custody and removed to the hotel here and placed In charge of an ofllcer. Neither on his ride nor in his room would he make any talk, or utter a word to explain the mysterious crime. McLean ia not known to have been dissipated or addicted to any Tlces. His victim was rather tall and well developed for her age. She wa quite attractive In appearance, and always had borne an excellent reputation In the village. She was a high-school girl, and nod many friends. Z.ICUTXIXO STRIKES A STEAMBOAT. Tho Varr 1'stt.s Brought to m Htaadstlll la tho Lower Bay. While the steamboat Mary Patten of the Long Branch line, when on her way to this city last evening, waa oM Swinburne Island, In the !ow er Bay, an Iron brace overhead the crank wa struck byllghtnlug- during the storm and fell down Into the compartment among the w orklug machinery. For a few moments, until the en gines were slopped, there was a pounding noise and crashing of timber. There waa a stampede among the passenger, but the crew finally sup pressed the excitement after two women had fainted. nhortly after the accident the steamer Mon mouth of the Central lUUroad passed within a hort dlstanco en route for this city, and some of the more excited paasenger hailed for her to top. When the crank wa inspected and found In order, with the exception ot a loose bolt,whlcli was repaired, the engine of the Mary Patten wern again started, and the boat proceeded to this city without any further delay, LlchUlac firea Two Ilrooklyo llalldlasia. At 7 o'clock lost evening lightning struck the four-story brick building at 1,280 Broadway, Brooklyn, occupied a a liquor store and bowl In alley by Edward Shields. The damage I estimated at 1500. Lightning struck the two-story frame house of John Olasherat31 Fourteenth street twenty I minutes later, but the dumage will not exceed I tin. XZUAHK TKOLLXY'S 37T11 VICTX31, ronrieea.jcar.uld Patrick I.wady Crashed to Death Yesterday, The thirty-seventh victim of the trolley In Newark met death under a car yesterday after noon. Patrick Lundy, aged 1 year, of 131 Academy street, when running to meet a pa rade of the St. Patrick's Alliance, crossed the roadway In front of an Orange electrio car at Bank and Boston streets. He was crushed un der the truck frame, and died while being con veyed to the Oerman Hospital, Luke Connor of East Orange was the motor man of the car. He was arrested, but was sub sequently released because It was evident that he could not hate averted the accident. The boy waa one ot tight children, Waa la Itoor Ssrdeae to Have ChUdrea rroai the Trolley. The KevJ, Lester Well, assistant pastor of Dr. Scudder' Tabernacle in Jersey City, officiated yesterday afternoon at the funeral ot Frank O'Brien, the 0-year-old boy who waa killed by a trolley car on York street on Monday afternoon. After speaking of the danger of the trolley cars, Mr. Wells said! " The street used to be a comparatively safe place fur children to plsy. It Is not now. I trust the time will soon come when every home, and especially tho tenement and apartment houses, will Lave roof garden and playgrounds high up in the pure air where ourdearone may hae a chance for healthy recreation and child, lsh sport. Instead of seeking It in the dangerous, hot, dirty, and sometime garbage-Lined streets." Oxford Heasrs ProC TaasUy. Lokdox, Aug. 18. Oxford ho conferred the degree of D. C. L. upon Prof. 8. P. Laogley of tLe Smithsonian Institution, Wosbinrton. HsMMIMakalaVaiaHsllaH WOMAN SCFFHAGE BEATEN tuk cossTrrvTtnxAr. t:oxrr.xTiox VOTVti AQAIXHT IT, Ul TO BS. The Vote Waa oa Mr. Tucker Proposition to Hnbnslt the Qaeatlon to the I'eoele as is Neparat Mee.mire-.Vn Amendment Paaeed Pi-avldlasc that the President Pro Tern, of the HennteHrmll Aet In .' thel.lentenaaUUovemorlteraaeatonor)o AuiANr, Aug, lfi. Woman suITragn was beaten in the Constitutional Convention this evening by a vole of 07 to 8n. The ote was on a proposition submitted by Mr. Tucker to sub mit the question to the people as a separate measure. Thero were Just 37 of the 1(17 delegates pre, ent at 7 o'clock to-night when President Ornate called the Constitutional Convention to order to resume the discussion of the adverse report on the woman suffrage amendments. Mr. McCluresatd that he did not believe thnt the women wanted tho ballot, and he was con vinced that It would not bo a good thing to grant It to them. Mr. McClure consumed tho first half hour alloted to the upholders of the re port. Mr. Church said that women had prn eel their right to the suffrage and It should be granted to them. In the county ot Alleganey the anti suffrage petition was so thinly signed that It had never been presented. Mr. Phtpps said that womens' vote would Im prove the electorate. The thousands of petition ing women knew what they required. Mr. Fraser said It was a new thing for the Republican party to sacrifice principle to policy. If there was one woman In the State who desired to express herself at the ballot box on the burn ing Issues ot the day she should havo the privilege, Mr. Campbell resented the charge that one woman out of every eight In New York city was corrupt. He declared that the women of New York were pure and good, nnd that their hus bands and sons were worthr of them. Mr. McKlnstry eulogized tho Stnte Orange, which endorsed In a body tho oman's suffrage amendment. Mr. Lincoln said that the question to be de cided waa whether the amendment should be tent to committee- of the whole or not. It might as well lie advanced to a sit uation In which It could lie amended, because. If it were not, it would be of fered as an amendment to the suffrage article wnen tnat was reaiiy, ami so it would lie con sidered with It. Mr. Lincoln went on to malo an extended argtfment In fas or of the rights of women to share In the prU lieges of the billot. Men refused this right because they had tho power and were greedy of extending it. The Convention could not prevent woman suffrage: it could only retard It. Mr. Ooeller said that If the Convention re fused to submit the amendment it would shirk Its duty. Mr. Lanterbach closed the women's side of the cose by appealing to the delegates to vote re gardless of political faith. It the amendment were lost, however, ho shnuld feel that It waa lost because of Its political expediency. EUhu Root supported the adverse report, say ing that In his Judgment tho granting of suf frage to women would be bad for her and detri mental to the State. It waa not a question of natural right. It had been clearly shown that there was no natural right In the ques tion. It waa not a vuestlon of the In feriority of women, for women are not In ferior to men. but different. The functions nf the sexes were different. The advocates of wo man suffrage asked the Convention to vote for tne amendment for a dozen reasons, but all of tham wre b edon good nature and compliance. The delegates should remember their oaths and act accordingly. Mr. Ooodell closed the discussion In a lengthy speech in favor of the adverse report. He said in parti fIt ha been repeatedly claimed and strongly urged that suffrage Is a natural and Inherent right of all the citizens. We think there ran be no question but that the privilege or duty of suffrage Is not a natural right of the citizen, but It Is conferred by the State, and not for the benefit, pr to gratify the wish of the recipient, but solely for the benefit of the State in ail that the term implies. Wo prefer to call It, at least, a moral, If not a legal duty. Imposed upon ths Individual citizen, for the reason that Its exercise by him will make for the best In terest of the whole community, a duty to be exercised kindred to that which compels men. unwillingly, to give up their property, their liberty, their lives on the battlefield, if the well, fare of the State, the community, demand the sacrifice-. Shorn of all Irrelevant matter, tho precise question is not whether or not largo numbers of male and female citizens ask for woman suffrage or protest against It. or are taxed or not, but Is It for the benefit or the Mate, IU Institutions, and all Its citizens that the Dropoeed amendment should lie adopted ? "It eoems to us quite clearly that Instead nt beneflta positive evils would result, not only to the State, but to womankind by conferring suffrage upon females. With women enfranchised and In politics, assuming political leadership, striving for publlaoffice, aiding In primaries. electioneer ing at the polls, twcoinlng ambitious orators on the stump, in short, doing what men now do In heated political contests of this State, suggests. too stronjlT. not only the pomdblllt). but the probability If not the certainty of the Introduo tlon of Political dispute and party work In family life, which will develop and Incrraso estrange. menu. siaratlous. Intldellt), and divorce, and the consequent destruction of home, ,".?", .ro,n,el; VP"n. '"'" the right to vote, with all that It involves. In our Judgment, would not be productive of good, but rather of evil to womankind. For women to plunge Into the filthy pool of polities' of this day and age, and contend with the vicious elements in political campaigns, and in an atmosphere from wlilih she has hitherto stood aloof; to subjtct her to the duties of police and of the Jury: to compel her to bear arms for the protection of this State, and to perform the thousand and one other duties of office now cast upon the electors of the SUtn for lu government and protection, teems to us so unnatural aa to beabhnrrent, and would tend not only to the degradation of female na. ture and InstlncU, but In divest her of that power which she now exercises and privileges she now enjoys hy reaaon uf her feminine char acter and the chlvalrtc spirit ot the opiMstte M-x toward her, "Tho greatest refining Influence of society at the present day arises from the respect shown to wometiassuchbi men. Thelrssenlngnrdrstrm tlon of that sentiment would bo unfortunate fur women as well a for men. It Is too mm h toii pect that In the bitter struggle of politic? such sentiment would not be Impaired nr greatly weakened. If not wiped out. .tud we grtaii) fer that the special courtesy in women now exist ing, arising from that innueiice peculiar tolliem and a dependence on tin Ir p irt, w ould bo ew eit away when Iher contend on the samo plane with men In tho political arena." At 10 o'clock, when Mr. (loodello was half through his speech, the vole on the advent re port waa ordered, and It was agreed to, 07 to SI, and the Convention adjourned until to-inorrow mnrntnir The defeated proposition was Mr. Tucker's, submitting to the people aa a separate proposi tion the question whether thu woman suffrage amendment shall be submitted to the people Tu 18U3. The vote In detail was aa follows: Ail Messrs. Acker. Allsben.Alirord, Maker. Banks, Barnum, Barrow. Itckcr, Bowers, K. A. Browu, Kit Brown. Burr, Cady. O. W. Clark. II A. CUrk 't'esh. ran. Cooklnbani. uanforth. Davenport, J ('. tiiiln. II. A. Davis. rw4y. ItTllUK. brro, Diitjr, Durfc. rmmet, ysrrsll.yoole.rorlos.fraucU. Andrew Frank, C. A. ullr. tialllns-er, lllbu.. UUfertch, btwller OooJ.Ue. clrUwolil. llaiuUa, liiwUr, Becker, mil. 11. II. Hlrsrbbsrg. lloiu. Hutcnklu, llottearoili, Jacobs. J Johnson. B. M. Johnston, K'IIoki, Kim mey. Klnkel. Kurtb, tester, c II Usli. M E. Uwu. Lyon. Msalsyne. Marks, Marshall. McOurdy, Meln tyre, C a McLaiwhlln. McMillan, Mcrenru, Msyenbor. W. II. Mcbol. V L. Mroll. No.lrsu.1. 0'Hrlcn. ohnieri! I'srkhuxst. Pannsnter. pMhly, feat)?. Peek, Hsu sck, rorur, Vrstt. Putnam, Boot, 8pncer, A. S ftteele. W II. Hteels. btorm. SulllTau. Tekulikl, r U. Irusi. Turner, Vost, Wellington. Whlltler. W Isxlns, will lams, wooiwsnl, and the President-?, Ho Abbott, Acksrlr, Arnuld. Btrhlt. Blake, Campbell, Carwr, Cassldy, Cblpp. Jr. Church, Col nan. Coruw.ll, Countryman, Cru.br. pkkcy, Uurnlo. Fluid. Jord. Augustus rraok. Framr. un Urt, Ollleran, A. It Green. Hedges.' Hoi comb, Jrnks. Ksrwln. Lsuterbach. Lincoln. Stanley, Majbee, McArthur, tlcOonouxh, McKlnv trey. J. W. McLauxhlln. Moore. Vorton. Muloueen. Osboru. farkrr. FLIpp. Pool, Powell. UMmsn, Ruche. Bowie, Sandford. bchumaker, Smith. Sixer, Kprlnx weller. V aulllvaa, Tlbbeiu, Titus, Towns, Tucker, VoOder, and Veeder-M. THE MOttilfcO SKSSIOV. As soon a tho prayer had been sold this morning in the Constitutional Convention, Chairman Johnson of the Cities Committee moved that the home rule article be recom mitted to the committee with all Its amend menu and substitute, with Instructions to re. port anew It w a adopted. The land title amendment retorted by the special committee was recouunltted to ths com mittee at the request of Chairman Green. Mr. Jacobs offered a resolution providing for the pavment of the recently seated delegate from the Sixth district from th beginning of the session. Including mileage fee. Thl went over. By a majority voU th rule were suspended and the following new amendmenu received: By Mr. A. II. (Jreen-Abolishing- th office of Lfsva Cotnxniatloaer; and by Mr. Mauley, nro. ftgMdtoMMavj hlbltlng the use of land for cemetery purposes In Westchester, Kings. IJueens, Hockland, and Richmond counties without consent ot the local authorities. Mr. Ilawley offered a minority report from the t'oiiimltten on Industries disagreeing from the nntldrust article reorted by themajorlty of t.e committee. The Committee on Industries reported favorably Mr. Olltiert's amendment for the establishment of Boards of Arbitration. The special i ommlttee on land transfers re ported favorably an amendment providing for land transfers by general laws only, Tho sM-t lal order was the adverse report on Mr. Barrow's amendment In regard to two-third bills. At the n quest nf Mr. llondellu thntinltr was put OIT for a week. 1 hn Judiciary Committee presented Its report and a revised Judiciary article, which were read and ordered printed. Mr. Wilder said that the report was the most Importnntthat hid vet come lieforn the Conven tion. It was evident that radical chainro hsd lieen made, Kvcryhod) ought Io read It. Ho moved thnt A.uuii copies of the report be printed. .Mr. Alvurd s.ild ''If you keep on adding to the printing bill " will bankrupt the Male, and the lawyers will have tintlilnglett tnquar- Chairman Hamlin of the Printing Committee thought that a.uou copies would lie enough Iu the first Instance. The printing of S.UOU copies was ordered, , There had lieen several committee meetings nrranged for this afternoon, and there was so much protest against an afternoon srslon that Mr. Choate moved to ntnend by omitting it, ami providing that the evening session shnll last from 7 to 111 o'clock, when tho vote shall bo taken. Adopted. The Committee nn Legislative Powers reported adversely Mr. Arnold's amendment providing for the publication of local btlLs In the localities which they affect. Mr. Arnold. Mr. K. II. Brown, Mr. Roche, Mr. Alvonl. nnd Mr. Choate favored disagreeing vv Ith thr report, arguing that the amendment would do away with lobbies and prevent care less legislation. Chairman cslder said the amendment was n delusion nnd a snare, and would merely lead the localities Into a fancied state of security. The bills could bo changed at any tlmu utter pub lication. Mr. Roche asked If an amendment to prevent this hod not been reported. " You took a part uf the Pennsylvania Consti tution providing that the Intent of a bill shall not be chanced. That, too. Is a delusion full of fst. contention, and How Ing fees." said Mr. Ved der. The adverse report was rejected, and the amendment was sent to general orders. The Convention went Into Committee of the Whole on Mr. Vedder's amendment providing that In the absence of Hip Llcutensnt-Uovernor the President pro tempore shall act. Mr. Countryman proposed an amendment pro viding thnt the President pro tern shall act In case the Lleutenant-dnvenior refuses to do so. Mr. Countryman spoke of the Lleutenant-llov-ernor's refusal to put questions list winter and other instances, and said that tho matter should be taken i are of Ororge II. Bush opposed the amendment nn the ground that It would destroy the power of the presiding officer. It should be assumed that a man great enough to lie elected Lieutenant ti'ovrrnor would have too much dlgnltr to obstruct proceedings In which he Is Interested. Mr. Vedder said that the exerieiice of the past few jinrs Justified the amendment. The amendment with Mr, Countryman's amiudment wasadiipted. Ihe Convention then took a recess until 7 P. M. The Committee on Preamble to-day disposed ot the amendment to prohibit letting on liorse racing and other forms of gambling by voting to refer the question to the Committee of the Whole, without action. The committee could not agree on tin- form of nn amendment. The Committee on Charities, of w Inch Kdward Lnuterbach of New York city is Chairman, to. day decided to report favorably lertaln revises and additional sections to article 3 of the Con stitution. It creates it .Stuto Board ot Charities, consisting of eleven members, a Stale Hoard of Lunacy, consisting of llv e memla-r, and a State Board of Prisons, consisting of five member, all to be appointed oy the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Our. ernor may remov e any memlx-r of the said boards for cause, after an opportunity to be heard In his defence has been given. THE AJlTXCLi: OX EDVCATIOX. It Prohibit Wtala or Municipal Ala to rlec. tartan Mehoola, ALni.tr, Aug. IS. The Constitutional Con vention Committee on Education has adopted an article on education. All hut the last section of the article wa adopted by a unanimous vote. Tho last section was adopted by a majority of one vote. The article follows: sttiov 1.-The I-.-ulture shall provide for the mslntensnce snd support of a system at Tree common schools wherein all Ihe children of this Slate may be etlncaled. Bkc' STh" corporation created In t", ander th nninenf th lteitentsot the University of the Htsie ot New York, I. hereby continued under ths name of the University of the Ktatu of New York. It shall Im gov. ernrl and all lit corporate powers exercised by not lets than nine regent. Her. a. The common school fund, the esptul of the lltrruture f unil. ami the caplul of the United Mates ileKislt fund shall 1m- respectively preserved luvtnlate. The revenue if Ihe said common school fund .hall to applied to the upiirt of common schools, the reve nue of the sstd literature f nnd shall t applied to ths support of aiademles. and the sum of liS.oou of the revenues of the Unite,! states deiNMlt f unit shall each yearlieaipmarlated to and ntads part of the capital of the sal-l common school fund. HM-. 4 Nellherthe Htatenorany siitsllvMon thereof shall umil property ore reIU or any publlo money, or authnrlie or permit cither to be used, directly or tudtreitly. In sldlnK or malnuinlnir. other than for exsmlnatinn or In.iwtlon, of anr school orln.tttu. tlon of lesrnlnc. wholly nr iartly under the routml iir direction of any rellslou. deuoiuluatloii, or lu which any denominational tenet or ibs.trlii Is taught Tilts section shall not apply lu scho-.U In Institutions sub ject to thu v ultallon and In.pectlun of the ntnte Hoard of Chart us. The Cities Committee this afternoon decided on tho proposition of separating local and gen eral electluns. BTOVVKn THE 11EFVGEES. Casta and Ills Comrades Hatted Outside the ttolden (iwte, Hc Fiux'isco, Aug. lft, Tho t'nltcd bUtes steamer Bennington, with the Salvadorlan ref ugee on hoard, was sighted about thirty miles south of the Heads last night. The first Intima tion of her arrival waa received In thu city when the towbnat chartered by the tlov em inent to Intercept tho gunboat returned to the tlty for provisions after having delivered (iovernrarnt despatches to tho commander of the Incoming war eel. Kxlraonltuary pre cautious had l?et taken by fiovtrnineiit officers to prevent the Bennington reaching Inland waters. Lieut. Stiineynf tho navy yard at Mare Island hail been ordered tokeep a vigilant watch for Her and apeak her nuuldn thu three-mile, limit. He has been on the ocean since Saturday night on the chartered tug. Lat night, notwithstanding the prevalence of nheivy fog, the Bennington's light were mail nut, and shortly afterward he delivered orders to Commander Thorns from the commandant at Mare Island to remain outside until further order from Waahlngton. (Jen, An tonio Kzcta and hi brother refugee view eel hn approach of the tug with apprehension, which wa changed to consterna tion when they learned that tbn Bennington wa to remain off shore until ceruln warrant in which they were largely Interested arrived from Washington. They made several attempts to tend letters ashore by the tug's crew, hut Capt. Rasmussen kept a diligent outlook, and no communication save that brought by Lieut, btoney reached shore. The tug remained but a short time alongside and Lieut. Stoney returned to the city niiii the tug waa then ordered to Mare Island More vvereUkenon board an latent lat night arrange menu were comple ted to start off to the) lieu nlngtou with a supply of pruv isions. It wa rumored that r-touej carried warrauts in his pocket for the arreM of the refugees when he left thl morulng, but thl 1 not believed to be correct. The vessel Is well out to sea, 1lin point of Interest Is now the arrival of the war ranU from Washington. Naval authorities know Io the hour when to expect them, ana when they reach Salt Fran Cisco Lieut. Stoney will probably pay another Visit to tho gunboat. She will be iu position where she may easily be found. The general Impression prev alls among Federal offlrlala here that they will nut have anything to do with the case. United SUtea Commissioner Heacock, before whom International extradition matter are brought, said to-day that he had receiv ed noth lug officially aa to Km to, but from press de spatches he understood that the bute Depart ment had taken all the necessary tes timony and had ordered Kzela to bo turned over to tho agent of the Central American Government Thl would plane the case bevond the right of habeas cor pus. If thu cose bad not been finally disposed uf he thought an order would hav e been Issued to turn the ex-Preaident over to the United SUte officials. Assistant United SUtea District Attorney KnUht takes the same view. He addat "The iteamship City of Sydney sails for Central American port on next Monday afternoon, and It thewarranu arrive and my supposition be correct th refugee will go back to Salvador and never set foot ia Ban Francisco, unit they be acquitted." CASEIUO MEETS HIS FATE. THE atCUDEUEtt OF CAHXOT DIES VXltElt THE AXE AT LTOXX. Ite Uaplatcd Ilia Crime sit A O'clock This Momlnst-The Place of Kxeentton Hur. rounded by Troop Ilelhler Arrive with the tlnlllotlnent a O'clock-An It nor Cos. limed In Frectlne: It -Mtory of the Crlra. Innt'a Life and Fearful Crlme-IIe HI rug. sslea nnd Hhouts " I-onn tlve Anarchy!- Lross, Aug. 10. -Santo C.uerlo, the murderer nf President Cnrnot, was guillotined at S o'clock this morning, A few minutes beforo S o'clock the condemned man was led from his cell to the guillotine. His arms were firmly bound behind him. When the attendants seized him to lay him under the knife he struggled fiercely to free himself. At 4 :.VS o'clock all was ready. Caserlo shouted, "Courage, comrades! Long live anarchy!" The knife fell at .1 o'clock precisely and Case rlo's head dropped Into tho basket. fe ' - - Arral sasto CAsrntti. The scene of the execution Is about fifty metres from the prison. Three hours De fore the time set for the execution a detachment of troops, comprising the Nlnet) -eighth Battalion of Infantry and two squadrons of the Seventh Culrnsslers, took pos session of the ground. They were reinforced later by gendarmes and policemen. Delbler, the executioner, arrived at 3 A. M., bringing with hlra the well-known guillotine. The van conveying the guillotine was escorted by gendarmes on horseback. The operation of erecting the machine occupied aliout an hour. There was a heavy shower during the night, which had tho effect of driving away nearly all the curiosity seekers who gathered only to wit ness the execution. At three o'clock there were hardly n hundred persons waiting. Some time before daylight the weather Improved and the curious began to gather again. Santo Caserlo was born of humble par ents in tho little town of Mntta-Vlscontl, Lombardy. on Sept. 8, 1873. He was the youngest of six children. In early life he' wa remarkable for his lieauty, and was much In request for religious processions. When he was 14 years of age ho was apprenticed to a baker at Milan At this period of his life hols said to have been exceedingly docile, with a dl'tlnct re ligious tendency. Two years ago, however, he fell under the Influence of the Anarchists, and profiting by tho leisure allowed him In the day time, he read the Inflammatory literature of the parly very largely anil attended their meetings regularly. Kverywhere he was In relations with French and other Anarchists. The suspicions of tho authorities were aroused by his excited talk, and his family were warned that unless he gave up his dangerous course of life he would bo arrested. It was, however, found Impossible to turn him from his evil ways, and some months ago he wa thrown Into prinn for distributing Anarch lit handbills outside the barracks at Milan. He re mained five month In prison, and on being re leased took refuge In Switzerland. Thence ho went to Cette, where he Immediately got a place as a baker In the store of ono Vlala. He con tinued to work up to June t':i of this year, except for a month wed In tho hospitals In January and I ebruary. On June 'J.1 Caserlo quarrelled with his mas ter and waa dismissed. Forthwith, provided with the i'O francs due him and some arrears ho went to (lutUaurae Vaux. a cutler, and bought for five francs a ilagger. the hilt of which was of copper gilt and the scabbard of velvet In black and red stripes. For several months, ho afterward said, his mind had been made up to "strike a blow." Ills nlau at last became defi. nlte. He decided to kill the President of the reuublic. of whosn visit tu I .vnns he hmt tBi-na Caserlo reached Linns the same night. lie bought a pajx-r containing a programme of the ftr in hoiDir of the President's tlslt and went wit le the crow d to the Rue de la Rfpubllque The President had gone to Lyons to attend thu Industrial Kihlbitlon. On the evening of Minday, June '.'I, he attended a lwnqiiut at the Palais du Commerce and left shortlv after 11 o'clock, accompanied b various officials, to drlvee tu tho I rand Theatre, where a gala per formanco had been arrnngeel In hN honor. The carriage pruceclrel along tho Rue de la Rcpuh llque amid the act-lainatluiis nf the crowd. which President Caruol graciously acknowledged. In the neighborhood of the Bourse a young man ran tow aJd the President's vJhlele. appar ently with the intention of presenting a iH-tltlnii to the President The young man w aa Caseriu. What he elid is well describee! iu tho testimony he gave at Ids trial: "I heard tho Maielllale' and the cries of 'Mvot.'arnot.' laaw th cavalry come up, I understood that the moment had cone, and I held myself ready. On M-eing the President's carriage I drew my dagger anel threw away tho shrath. Then, when the carriage was passing close hy me, I sprang forward to the step, sup ported myself by resting my left hand on tho carriage and with my right hand buried thj elnirger In the President's breast " The wounded President wa conveyed imme diately tu the Prefecture. A surgical operation was performed upon him. but it w at of no avail. Hedled aWiut 1 A. M , several hours before his wife and family, who hail been summoned from Paris, could reach his bedside. After stabbing the President, Caserlo tried to escape. Cries were Immediately raised that an attempt had been made on M. Carnof life, and the excitement became Intense. .Meanwhile. the assassin, who had been felled to the ground by a blow from M. lllvaud. Prefect of the De. lurtinent of tho Rhone, was surrounded by an angry crowd, and cries of "Lynch him!" were heard ou all sides. It wus with the greatest difficulty that the lolicu and the mounted guard were able to save the assasslu from the fur) uf the people and conv e hint to the sUtlon. His trial wus begun In Lyons on Aug. Sand lasted only two days. Ihe assassin would not say a won! to Incriminate others, declaring that ho had no accomplices. The Jury, ufter an ab sence of fifteen mluutus, returned with a verdict uf guilty, and Caserlo was sentenced tu death. The sentence wa confirmed two days ago by the Pardons Committee, A CLEUCY31AX ACCUSED. I bargee of Immorality Against the Ksv, Dr. Hirst Now steins; Trtsd. Sax FiiAbc-ikco, Aug. IS. --Charge of immo rality, falsehood, and deceit have been brought against the Rev. Dr. A, C. Hirst, pastor of Simp son Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of this city, and his trial ha begun beforo an ecclesiastical court The charges are preferred by the Rev. S. Rogers, who ha been associated with Hint In church work. He decUre that he rerfonned Immoral acta In dompany with lint owing to the latter' Influence over him. lien ho revolted Hirst threatened to ruin him, and ha used falsehood and deceit to accom plish his purpose. Roger aaaeru that other w ill corroborate him iu regard to th Immoral act of Dr. Hirst When these charge were read Hirst pleaded not guilty. To-day tastUnony Is being Uken be. hind closed door. The case lias excited much interest because of the prominence ot the ac cused preacher. He cjuat hero from Cincin nati about ten year ago. and had charge uf tho Methodist College at ban JosA for several year. IU now occupies th pulpit of the largest Methodist church In this city Rec-ently he ha received call from Chicago and Philadelphia, aud it wa thought he would accept tho Chlugo roll, a he had difference with his elders her. Hirst is very eloquent in th pulpit and 1 tb tnot prominent MtlbodUl In California, msaammmOmmt him irtjuttc i THE GEX. SLOCVM AC 110 VXD. Overtaken by n Hannll In Rorknway Inlet- to Passengers Taken Oft" by the A Baler. The big side-wheel stramtsiat tlen. Slocutn, which starteel from n landing In Jamaica Baynn the last trip of the day to the rlty at th.'IO o'clock, met a sharp squall at the entrance to the Inlet. She was unable to make much hcaelnny against It, and finally the tremendous fono of the wind turned her around, head on. tu the beach, A sudden fierce flurry drove her up on the mud and sand, hard and fast. She hail not lcs than 1,000 passen gers aboard. Naturally there was murli exe Ite ment among them, and It Is said that several women fainted. It was still daylight and the plight of the big sldc-wheeler was observed from the Coney Island side of the bay ami from nil along the bay side of Itockaway. Tho wall of the boat's whistle hellied to draw attention to her, The life-saving crew nt Manhattan Beach, supposing that the excursionists were In elanger, put nut In their aiirflmat and made for the Stocuin. Tugs nnd smalt boats anywhere with in half A mile did likewise. The Angler, formerly n fishing stenmer, but now chartered hrthe Iron steamboat Cnnmnne-. was Just leaving her wharf on her final trip Io thejclty when the Slocum grounded. The Angler belongs to a rival line, nnd the hostility be tween tho two companies hits been quite bitter. On such an occasion as this, however, rivalry la lost sight nf. The Angler promptly steamed to the asslsUncn of the stranded Isiat, made fast alongside of her In the comparatively calm water at the entrance to the Inlet, ami took aliout 840 of her passengers off. The transfer was effected by gangplanks laid ocrosj tho low er and upper decks. Somo of the passengers on tho Slocum, all men. preferred to remain aboard of her until sho floated, vv hlch It Is thought might occur nt the next high tide. Tho transfer of the passengers was mado without much trouhle. and nn one was hurt. The panic aboard of her was only momentary, and waa as much due to the terrifying screech ing of her whistles and the nutrush of the Httlo fleet of rescuing vessels to her as It was to the accident itself. The Slocum had picked up passengers on her previous trip from four landing places, ono at the foot of West Tw enty-second street, another at the Battery, another at Jewell's Wharf, and another In Wllll.imsburgh, At all of these piers up to late last night there were groups of relatlv cs and friends of the passengers, who wondered what had becomo of tho steamer. Williams burgh watchers were relieved at aliont 10 o'clock when the Angler came along and let off about a hundred cxcurslonlsU at North Fifth street. She msde another landing at Jewell's Wharf at 10:4.1 P.M. and relieved thu anxiety of the Brookljnltes. The other passengers came ashore at tho Battery and Twenty-third street. North River. It wss said at Long Island City lost night that a special train had been made up and sent down to Manhattan Beach to bring up some of tho excursionists, who had been brought over to tho beach by some of the boats thnt put out at that point. Tho Impression in long Island City was thnt the Slocum hod struck on the Coney Island side of the Inlet STEAX TACJ1T VAXISH OX EIltE. Her Owner, the Iter. ,1. A. Asplnrrall, and Her nclaeer Itumest Bheltxr Island IIeioiits, N. Y, Aug. IS. The Rer. J. A. Aspinwall of Washington met with a serious accident this afternoon on board of his steam yacht Vanish, caused by tho burst ing of one of the tubes In the boiler of the en glne. The Vanish was racing the Palos, owned by J, B. Edson, at tho time. The Vanish Is a forty-foot launch of Hern-shorts' build, and Is one of the fasUst boats In the vicinity. They had over 200 pounds of steam on when th tube burst. This caused an explosion of water gas, which ignited at once, enveloping the whole en gine room iu flames. The engineer Jumped overboard, hut Mr. Aspinwall. who wa running the engine at the time, remained In thu boat. The Palos quickly drew up alongside and took Mr. Aspinwall and the engineer, w ho was also seriously burned, on board and steamed off for medical aid. Two men from tho Palos extin guished tho fire, which hail charred Uin wood work and upholstery. The Krna, Mr. tlreen field's launch, took charge of the Vanish and towed her Into tho harbor. Tho Vanish was built a year ago, and this Is tho second accident of a serious nature that lias happened to her during that time, Mr. Aspinwall Is seriously burned about the face, arms, and legs. KATE MA US HEX MUST XETXTtX. The Friend or the Hussion lpero Found Oullty or tho Chnriie Aarolast Her. Lomio.i, Aug. 10. -Pastor Francis of tho British-American Church In St. Petersburg write to the Times as follows: "The committee of Kate Marsden's friends formed In St. Petersburg In December last to In quire Into the serious charges made against her In England, America, and New Zealand havo concluded their labors and tho result hashoen communicated to MUs Marsden's London com-tnltUc-, who will recognize that Miss Marsden's work must bo closed and that the committee must Immediately dissolve. "When, In December, the committee wa formed. Miss Marsden agreed that If the de cision shnuld be adversu she would sur render all tho decorations, letters, Ac, bestowed iim her by Imperial and royal well-wishers. It Is now my painful duty to call upon her to fulfil her promise. A written acknowledgement of the gravest charge has been made by Miss Marsden, Yon will thus know that nn possible Injustice will be done her. " M. Pobedonostzeff, Procurator of the Holy Synod, has undertaken to forward to Siberia any funds now in the hand of the Loudon com tnlttee for the relief of tho lepers." AXAKCUIST HUM IIS, A Plot la Assassinate frlssl-Tbe Mouth London Fsuloslcia, Home. Aug. IS. The police a y that three nf the Anarchists arrested lu the suhurln yester day were In n plot to assassinate Premier Crlspl. The bomb to bu Used by thr assassin had been prepared, and Clgautl, one of those arrested, hail been chosen to throw- It at the Premier. Lnxpox, Aug. 15. -The bomb which wa ex ploded In'the New Cross Post Office, South Lon don, last evening, hod this label. "To the memory of Kavacbol, Vaillant Bour din. and Caerio." Thr label was Miirchrd iu I he explosion, but the word were quite legible when it was found amid the fragments of ti.e bomb. VEL1.3IAX HACK IX XOKITAT. Th North Pole Una Apparently t:iuded th Latest (fuest, Lo.npom, Aug. 15. A despatch received hero thl ev enlng f rem Tromtoe, Nurwa. say that Walter Wellman and his arty arrived there to day. No details are given. A t rasy Uss l'p is Tree, Park Policeman t'ogan waa surprised yester. , day afternoon, while patrullug his beat near the obelisk In Central Park, to see a man up a tree gesticulating wild!) and shouting. He streamed that four men were trying to kill hicu with stones, but that it would be all rl.'ht iu a few minutes, when Mayor Ullruy arrived. After some coaxing the man came down and wa ar rested. lie described himself a John Brennaunf 324 Union street. Union Hill, N J. In the York v llle Police Court ho w u committed tu Ik-llevuo Hospital for examination as to hi sanit) , LsU.t Marina InUlllsomae. Arrived- Bohemia, from Hamburgi Cnsroks. froaCbArlastoB. -AsMfctaVL.. tjtsttsjJlysJMMt TARIFF FHillT UEXEWEI). i sr.xtron ir.sr rtKr.s nvrtoimt , IO TVH.S OX THE VALIUM I.1II1IT. lie Telle thr History of the Fight In th Conm rnee Committee, Hcvrrrlyt rltletseo the President for Ilia Letter to Choir, man Wilson, nnd lltapnaea of Wheel ll 1 Chnrnelerlsra n Kvieslnns, Hii.lclon, , send Lien-Ite Admlta thai the President Told Ulna thnt He No Longer Jlrslrnl Ills Advlee In Ken-aril In Mlssonrl PU ronnse, but Hoy He Una .Nolhlnit t Complain of on thnt Account - Vllns He. rends the President, nnd Mill Ilerendn Ilia Aetlon In Voting for the .Semite ill!! s Ith Ihe Declaration thnt He Preferred the l)rc Hen to the Ilevtl-The Itlll In Now In tho Hands of the President. WAsinsoTor, Ans. 1.1. -Both Houses of Con. gres are now ready to adjourn, nnd are only waiting for a messge from President Cleveland on thedorman Tariff bill, which vvnslald nn his desk to-day after being promptly signed bv Vice-President Stevenson the moment It earn . to him from the hands of the enrolling clerks. i All the appropriation bills have been disposed of except the Ueneral Deflcietiry bill, nnd the lead ers are not at all anxious with regard to this, as ' many of them are perfectly willing that It should tint become a law. Its pnssgo would take a largo sum of money nut of the Treasury that is very much needed, and there lssAldtnboa move ment on foot to allow the bill to die In conference committee. The main feature of dispute con tained In It Is the provision for the payment of the -. sum of Sl.NOO.noo for what Is known as tho Southern Pacific Railroad claims, and thl amendment Is being opposed by many of ihn leaders in both House". In addition to tho Corman Tariff bill the President has on his desk the annual River and Harbor Appropriation bill, which passed a week ago, and it is said that ho ! Intends to veto It, but whatever nctlon ha contemplates must bo taken not later than Saturday next as tho ten days' limit will then have expired. As regards the Tariff bill, it la still the general belief among those who are best able to Judge of what the President Is apt to do that he will sign it, and dolt at once without taking advantage of tho law giving him ten days for Its consideration. It Is understood that the bill vv 111 be accompanied by a message on th lines of tho unfortunate letter to Chairman Wilson, and that as soon as the message Is read to the two Houses final adjournment will tuk place. To keep Congress In session for ten day merely for the purpose of gratifying a personal spite against tho Congressmen who did not carry out his wishes In the construction of a ' tariff bill would be nn exhibition of child's play that even the most severe critics of President Cleveland do not think him capable of. In an swer to the claim that he needs a week or ten days In which to consider tho bill. It Is argued that the measure has not been chnngeel In tl.u - slightest degree since It passed tho Senate on Z July .1. and that it Is the same bill precisely that the President had Ixsforo him when he wrote the letter to Chairman Wilson, that was the Indirect cause of Its pass age In Its present shape. Mr. Cleveland has nil the Information now in his possession about the Senate bill that he w 111 ever have, and If he doe not take action upon It within a day or two. It will be because he intends to withhold It to tho full limit of time, simply for the purpose of an noying Congress, regardless of tho fact that e- every day In which the national Legislature I I In session adds to the expenses of the taxpayer ,' and prolongs the llfo of the McKlnley act. It has been suggested that as the tariff act will take effect tho moment It is signed, be cause of the provision In It making It operative ou Aug. 1, It will be necessary fur the President to withhold bis signature until the Secretary of i the Treasury has had tlmt to put a copy of It Into the hands of every collector of custom In the United States, as they must begin the collection of duties under It from th -. moment It becomes a law. If tills prop. ' osltlon Is well founded, the President's no. r tlon. If It Is to bo favorable, must necessarily be withheld for at least a week. Whether the President Ukcs action on the bill now, how ev er, or at the end of the constitutional limit ot ten days, It will havo no effect whatever upon the proceedings of Congress for the re mainder of the session. Under no circumstance will there be any further tariff legislation, ex cept possibly, the passage of a Juint resolution. by the mutual consent of both Houses, to cor. rect the typographical and other errors that would havo been corrected In conference but for the theatrical suddenness with which the House ! dlscliarged Its conferees and swallowed tho I bill. It Is not altogether cerUln, howevt r, that there may not be trouble over the Joint resolu tlon that b necessary to amend the whiskey schedule with regard to th Internal revenue tax on alcohol. An amendment offered by Sen ator Hoar with regard to this Item was lncor IKiratcd In the bill, which. If allowed to stand, will have the effect of depriving the Treasury of about $12,000,000 of revenue. Thl Is not, strictly speaking, an error, and con ourj- be cor rected by the magnanimity of the Republicans; and It is not known yet whether they will 1 willing to assist their Democratic colleague to counteract the effect of this piece ot hasty and careless legislation. Senator Vest turned on hi threatened cal cium light of truth to-day. It w aa to hare been turned ou lost Saturday, but wa snuffed out by 'the abrupt adjournment ot tho Senate on re ceiving Information that the House Democraul had prepared to surrender and were then mak ing arrangements to swallow the Senate blU. Senator Vest was vehement excited, eloquent, sarcastic, poetic. Indignant and humorous, but he did not tell tell the BcnaU anything about the lata lamented Uriff conference rommltteo not already known to the public through tho columns of the newspapers. His speech wa interesting and entertaining, but not Im. isirtaut a lieariug upuu tho present tariff situation. It served the purpose, however, of Inaugurating a debate, which was njoyed mora by Senator Gorman than any on rise, as he had the proud satisfaction of sitting nt Ids seat among his colleague and hearing th most radical tariff reformer of all the Demo crat In the Senate eulogize the dorman coin promise bill, that nefw lies on thn offiea table of liruver Cleveland. Senators test. Mills, Jones, Walsh, aud Palmer. all added their testtmnuy to the merits of the tluriuanbllhwhirh they all said Is a much better measure than th McKlnley law ; and each uf them defended and ruloglzud the beuato conferees, and said that the Senate bill wa the beat that could be passed under all the clrcumsUtirrs. Senator Vila alone condemned the surrender, and added to his second eulogy In defence of Cleveland tha opinion that If the House conferees hod held out a little longer they would havo had a bill morula accord with the desire nf the President and th v lews uf a majority ot the Democrats in Congress, The Free bugar bUl imssul by the flousa nu Monday evening formed the text for the turning nn of the milium light nd the vindicating speeches of the Senators, and Mr. Vilas, the sola representative uf President (lev eland nn tho floor of the Senate, appeared to bo perfectly sincere lu Ihe belief that there Is sotuo hope uf passing at least this one uf the four popgun al loc hmenU to tho Uorman compromise. There Is undoubtedly a plain majority In th henata In favor of placing a revenue duty nrt agar, and un a sort of test vote to-dT the ad. vocate uf this duty were la a large majority, but Seuator Uorman and the Republicans a a body hav no Idea ot obliging the President, either by passing th Free bugar bill a It cam from tli Houm or aa propoaad to b smtnd4l mum -Tintr -rr nr Tin i u mi " i amtn