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Published Every Thursday at HATON, I G. GOULD, TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION! In Advance, - ... si.50. JOB PRINTING of alt descriptions fur niahed o order, and guaranteed to prove satisfactory as to quality. HIGH WATERS. Beyond the Danger Line at Nashville, Tenn., Tenn., And Serious Consequences are Anticipated —Seventy-five Houses at Chattanooga Submerged. Nashville, Tknk., March 81. The river - here has passed the danger line, and is still rising rapidly. - Ail who live in the lower part of the city are moving out, and mer chants on the streets along the river hare kad men working all day movie goods ut of their cellars. The bottoms are flooded, and people driven ont of their homes by hundreds. The river is ex pctedto reach forty-eight feet be ".y, bight, in wiSch cale t 3ft5 V" 06 enormous, as this is fjJfL? ' te highest known .mci Wgreat floods of 1883. Nearly all the low Tond in North Nashville and east of the "f1 is covered with several feet of ter. The base-ball grounds are cov ered three feet deep. The water is ""V'y over Front street above Broad, th of the low land in South Nashville are getting alarmed. At the upper wharf barges are unloadingwitli . the wagons in three feet of water. There re large quantities of drift-wood coming own, making steamboating more or less fcacardous. Dispatches from above tndi S?.ie2!7 Iins, aD.d rapidly rising ream from the headwaters down, and S!' .1Saft?' mo8tlv to "fts and logs aJongthe bank awaiting shipment Nash vUle cut off from the Boutfi, and two ex ranoons from here to Florida, announced toleave to-morrow, for which a large num 21JtJctshave been sold, have been CHaTTAiropoA, Tens., March 81. -The lennessee river at this city has reached a beignt of forty-four feet, and is rising at he rate of three inches an hour. Reports H0!-; P"te above say the streams are till rising, though the weather is clearing colder. Estim ates based upon the high 2.i . S J??? aS including the increased rain-fall, indicate the river will rise at least four feet more, a total of forty-eight feeV nd may reach fifty feet Bteam ooajk and other river craft are now moor ed above the wharf. Water street is flood M and the extensive lumber mills ar -surrounded. Chattanooga creek, south of the CltV. la flrwvlnrl nl4ulu..il. i jacent to its banks in the low lands are part ly or wholly submerged. The water has risen 80 gradually that the inhabitants have - moved out without loss of property or life. LtkchbCro, Va., March 81. Heavy rains or the last four days have caused a great rise in the James river at this point The ater is sixteen feet above high water xnark, and is still rising at the rate of one . loot per hour. Lbxisgtox, Va., March 81. The North "TPE feet higher than ever known, and is atiU rising. Rain is still falling. A disastrous flood is feared. REMARKABLE PHENOMENA. Which Combined to Interrupt Telegraphic Which Combined to Interrupt Telegraphic Communication at New York. NkwYokk, March 81. An unusual sea son of meteorological disturbance, cover ing most of the present week, culminated here to-night It has been raining most of the time for the past seventy-two hours. To-night the rain is falling faster, accom panied by lightning, a gale is blowing, a thick fog covers the city and an aurora boreahs is added to this remarkable com bination of natural phenomena. The result is that telegraphic communication has and been almost wholly suspended between Nen V?rk end the rest of the world. Again again electrical convulsions have stopped the working Of every wire in the Western Union offloe, followed by a partial re-estab-usbment of communication and another break. A Heavy-Weight Administration. Washington, March 81. An assertion that the President and his Cabinet weigh nearly a ton, would seem at first appear ance rather a startling one, but it is not so far from the fact The talk about the physical condition of Mr. Manning brings out the fact that he weighed at the time of his attack, & pounds. He had gained over twenty-five pounds since he came into bis position at the Treasury. The President is not much behind him in weight They re very much alike in figure, height and general physical pecularities. There re several of the Cabinet officers who must weight nearly 200 pounds each. Sec retary Lamar is tall, broad shouldered, and well developed physically, and must tip the beam at about that figure. Garland is. a big man, very tall and muscular. He is not far from ZOO in weight Bayard is not far behind him, neither is Endicott Vilas aud Whitney must average up about 175 pounds each. Put the eight men, the Pres ident and bis Cabinet, on the scales, and you will find they do not fall many hun dred weight below a ton. Our Small Army. Washington, March 31. The debate on General Logan's army bill brings out some curious facts regarding the size of our army as compared with thoseof other countries. It is now 25.000. and thtf bill proposes to put it at 80,000. Twenty countries maintain regular armies larger than ours, though at much smaller proportionate cost For instance, the standing army of Turkey is six times as large as ours, and it costs only 923,000,000 for its maintenance against 940,000,000 for our own. Spain's regular army of 152,000 cost only 25,000,000 to . maintain. Great Britain's army of 181,000 costs for its maintenance 890,000,000. Austria-Hungary's army of 284.000 only costs 50,000,000 a year. France is set down at over 800,000 in her regular army, costing $121,000,000 to sustain it, and Germany 445, 000 at an annual cost of $84,000,000. Slavery Abolished in Corea. Ban Francisco, March 81. A correspond ent of the Japan Mail writes that the King of Corea issued an edict on February o, abolishing slavery in his kingdom, where it is estimated that one-half the population have been slaves. Rioters To Be Expelled from the Knights. New York, March 81. During the con ference between the representatives of the Knights of Labor and the Missouri Pacific Railway officials yesterday, Mr. Powderly repudiated the remarks attributed to him that "Gould recognized me He addressed me as Grand Master Workman," etc. Mr. Powderly also said that if the officials of the road would furnish him the names of the men who destroyed the property of the company thev would be expelled from the order of the Knights of Labor. In Favor of Cremation. Paris, March 81. The Chamber of Depu ties, by a vote of 833 to ISO, has adopted a bill permitting cremation. A Family Poisoned by Wild Parsnips. East Saginaw, Mich., March 81. The family of Thomas Rollison, a farmer liv ing eight miles from here, ate wild parsnips yesterday. Two of the children, aged five and two, died from the effects of the poison, and the mother is not expected to recover President Grevy Threatened. Paris, March 31. President Grevy's resi dence is closely guarded to-day by a strong force of gendarmes in consequence of bis having received an anonymous communi cation threatening him with death. The letter is believed to have been sent by French sympathizers with the Belgium socialists. . Geronimo Escapes. Wilcox, Ariz., March 31 .General Crook arrived from Fort Bowie Monday night having left Lientenant Maus in charge of Geron mo and the other Apache prisoners. News has just been received that Geronimo and twenty Indians and some squaws es caped during the night Lieutanant Maus has started in pursuit It is believed that Geronimo has gone to join Chief Mangus. Police Commissioners Appointed. - Columbus, O., March 31. Governor For ker has appointed a? Cincinnati Police Commissioners Robt. J. Morgan, Republi can, and Milo G. Dodds, Democrat for the four-year term, ani Geo. R, Topp, Repub JiCHii. and Dr. TSv;. C. Minor, Democrat, far the two-year ternj. Sit L. G. GOULD, Publisher. VOL. XIX NO. 21. Devoted to the Interests of the Democratic Party EATON. OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1886. and the Colleotion of Local and General Hews. TEBMS, $1.50 Per Annum, in Advance. WHOLE NUMBER 988. ANOTHER HITCH. Striking Railroad Employes Refused Re-Employment. St. Louis, Mo., April 1. Under instruc tions from the Executive Board of Dis tricts 101, 93 and 17, a committee from local Assembly 8,650 waited upon Master Mechanic Bartlett last evening at the Mis souri shops, and tendered the services of the old shop employes. The men, they said, were ready to go to work this morn ing, and they desired to find out if they all would be taken back, and a list of fifty-two names was handed Mr. Bartlett who, after scanning it, checked off sei -enteen of them as the names of tl e men whom he would employ. Tl others, he said, he would not take back. Attempts of a similar nature were made by committees of the strikers at prominent points all over the Gould system. In every instance the Executive Board claim that the committee received the same reply to their offers on the part of the strikers' to re turn to work. The railroad officials stated, it is claimed, that they did not require the servioes of all their old employes; that they would not take them all back, and would use their-own discretion in selecting. The ratio of the men that the road were willing to take back to the number who are on strike was, the Execu tive Board say, about the same all over the system seventeen out of fifty, or there abouts. Reports of these committees, ie ceived by telegraph, determined the Execu tive Board to issue their address this after noon, and to continue the strike until the . roads consent to take back all the strikers. The members of the boards want it dis tinctly understood that the Knights of La bor will all hang together; that one will not return to work without the others, and that the men who came out through sym pathy with the members of District Assem bly 101 must be supported before tbe strikers, in whose interest they went out, will consent to a settlement MOURNED AS DEAD. A Man Returns to Claim an Inheritance After Forty-two Years' Absence. Wooster, O., April 1. James Henderson Hindman left his home in this county in 1844. Since that time he had been heard of in Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin, until twenty years ago, when a report was re ceived by friends here that himself and family had been murdered by Indians. The last time he was heard from he' was a United Brethren - minister, and it was supposed . that he bad gone among the Indians as a missionary. Several years ago an uncle of Henderson's, and a wealthy bachelor, died and be queathed his nephew $400, as he supposed he was still alive. In settling up the estate the Court ordered the administrator to place the money bequeathed to Henderson in the county treasury, in case the heir should turn .up. The other day it was as certained that a Rev. Henderson resided in Minnetonka, Minn. He proved to be the missing heir, and has come to Wooster and received his inheritance. He is now sev enty years old, and is pastor of the United Brethren Church at Minnetonka. Public Debt Statement. Washington, D. C, April 1. The follow ing is a recapitulation of the debt state ment issued to-day for the month of March: Interest-bearing- debt Bonds at 4H per cent 250,000.000 00 Bonds at 4 per cent 7o7,750,800 00 Bonds at 3 per cent 174,092.100 00 Kefundinx-certificates at 4 per o 215.050 Ul Navy Pens on Fund at 3 per ct 14,(KJ0,JU0 00 Paciflo K. K. bonds at per ct 64,623,512 00 Principal $1,240,681,462 00 Interest 11,NB,323 00 Total $1,252,618,786 00 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity Principal 5,367.Sfl5 00 Interest 204,096 00 Total $ 5,571,980 00 Debt ocarina; no Interest Gold dem'd & ieitnl-tonder notesj 846,738,641 00 Certificates of deposit 11.92o.00u 00 Gold cert flcates 90,122,421 00 (silver cert ncates 90,776,643 10 Frac'ul currency, less $,375,fl84 estimuted lost or destroyed.. 6,!?0.012 00 Principal ; f4.517,717 00 Total debt, principal..... l,7!.ai7,U44 (10 Interest 12,(811.419 00 Total...TT. tl,Su4,Kuy,4tiH 00 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 210,230,128 00 Less reserve held for redemp tion of United States notes 100,000,000 00 Total I 310,230,128 00 Total debt, less available cash Items . $1,494,373,335 00 Net cosh in Treasury.... . .. 76.381,099 00 lebt less cash in Treasury. April J, 18X6 $1,417,968,235 00 Debt less cash in Treasury . March 1, load $1,432,080,119 00 Decrease of debt during- the month $14,087.884 00 Cash in Treasury available lor reduction of tbe debt Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $90,776,643 00 Silver held for silver certifi cates actually outstanding.. 90,122,421 00 United States notes held tor certificates of deposit actual ly outstanding 11,926.000 00 Cash held for matured debt fDd interest unpaid 17,404.284 00 Fractional currency 2,780 00 Total available for reduc tion of tbe debt S 210,230,128 00 Reserve fund Held for redemption of United States notes, acts of January H, 1875, July 12. 18K2 $100,000,000 00 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin .. $28,822,637 00 Minor coin 515343 00 Total $29,337,981 00 Certificates held as cash $80.04S,5O2 (10 Met cash balance on hand 76,381,099 00 Total cosh n Treasury as shown by Treasurer's gen era! uvcouut $ 495,997,711 00 Importation of Ostriches for Breeding. Galveston, April 1. The bark Praecis, which arrived here to-day from Port Na tal, Africa, brought thirty-six ostriches, imported by C. J. Sketchly, of Los Angeles, Cal., for breeding purposes, and they are very large specimens, ranging to ten feet high. Poisoned by Colored Stockings. Petehsbi'kg, N. J., April 1. Two weeks ago a young daughter of Jacob Niper walked a distance of two miles, urea ring new shoes and red stockings. The shoes were tight aud greatly irritated her feet Three days afterwards her feet began to swell, and three duys afterward still both legs were swollen to nearly twice their nat ural size, and the girl's mind became af fected. Yesterday sho was attacked with spasms, which continued for some time at intervals of from five to ten minutes. She died in great agony. Blood poisouing, in duced by the coloring matter in the stock ings is supposed to have caused death. Flooded Tunnels. Trot, N. Y., April 1. Floods in the vicin ity of Pownal, Vt, have raised the Hoosao river to such a height that the Trov and Boston track is to-day covered with five or six feet of water and debris. Ko trains can get through and the company's wires are all down. Landslides along the east bank of the Hudson have considerably re tarded travel betweeu Troy and Albany. The Flood at Chattanooga. Chattaxoooa, Tens.. April 1. One-third of this city is under water from the Ten nessee river flood. Four hundred families have been driven from their homes. No trains running. A Foot of Snow on April 1. Detroit, Mich., April 1. The Evening Journal's lshpeming special gives par ticulars of the snow blockade in tbe Upper Peninsula. In addition to the heavy snow already on the ground, twelve inches fell last night, and every tiling is at a stand still. Trains are unable to move, aud work in the lumber woods has been abandoned. One Life Protected by 100,000 Men. St. Petersburg, April 1. The Czar and :ie members of his court started for the -Vimea to-day. The utmost precautions t.Ti been taken for their protection. The laiiv ay route over which the party will ftm Till be guarded bj 1QQ,000 giaa. SPRING FLOODS. Chattanooga in Darkness and 5,000 People Driven from Home. Heavy Washouts on the Railroads— Charleston, W. Va., Half Submerged. Chattanooga, Ten., April 2. The flood ed territory has been largely increased to day, and at 8 p. m. the river reached fifty-two feet, and is rising an inch an hour. The river has been falling all day at Loudon, Kockwood, Dayton and Charleston, and it is expected to reach its maximum at this point before morning. No gas and no elec tric lights, no water in the reservoirs, and the river still raising, is the situa tion to-night ft la estimated that five) thousand people are homeless in this city, though they all have comfortable tem porary quarters, and relief committees are supplying the necessities of life. The Fifth Ward is completely under water, and hundreds of crafts of every description are passing to and fro from Market street railroad crossing to Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The water now stands a foot deep in the Union Passenger Depot, and has entered the lower floors of the Reed House and soma stores on Market street The express com panies have moved to higher quarters, and at this writing the water lacks eleven inches of entering the times counting room, which is about the average height of all the stores on Market street A colored man and a white child were drowned to day. The city is policed to-night by -the military. All the railroads on the Chattanooga side of the - river are under water, in some places ten feet Heavy washouts have occurred on the Cincinnati Southern and Western and Atlantio roads. All roads report that their lines are open except about Chatta nooga; and in consequence, no connections can oe made. Charleston, W. VAy April 3. The flood in the Kanawha and Elk rivers, which re sulted in submerging half the city, began receding early this morning. It is hard to tell what damage haa been done to prop arty by the high water. LIGHTNING JUSTICE. An Embezzler Gets Into the Penitentiary in Forty-Eight Hours From Canada. Chicago, April 2. Speedy justice waa meted out to Charles Stephens in Judge Collins' Court this morning. Stephens ia an old man, who for fifteen years was in the employ of the Wilmington & Ver milion Coal Company, of this city. Fifteen months ago he absconded, and investiga tion showed that he had embezzled $31,000 from the company. All efforts to capture the fugutive were fruitless, and it was be lieved he had gone to Canada,- This theory proved correct for last Tuesday the com pany he had robbed received a letter from him dated in Canada, saying that he was penniless and alone, and rather than re main another year in Canada he desired to return, plead guilty to his crime and re ceive his punishment He announced his intention of starting at once for the United States. The company sent two Pinkerton detectives to Detroit to meet him. Oa Wednesday they arrested him ; on Thurs day he was brought to this city and in dicted by the grand jury: this morning he pleaded guilty before Judge Collins and was sentenced to three years' imprison ment in Joliet, and this afternoon he waa taken to the penitentiary. A PARALLEL TO THE OREGON. Strange Accident With Loss of Life On the Pacific Coast. San Francisco, April 2. The schooner J. H. Congdon was wrecked off Point Reyes, forty miles north of here, Wednesday. Her crew was lost The coast there is of a dangerous character. The supposition waa that the vessel had struck a hidden rock. An examination of the wreck showed that the schooner had been struck amidships and cut almost in two, evidently by a steamer or other craft going at a high rate of speed. The discovery has caused much excitement in marine circles, as it is feared the unknown vessel which sunk the schooner has gone to the bottom with all on board. The wreck occurred before day ight The case furnishes a strange paral lel to the loss of the Oregon. The Aquina is supposed to have been the vessel in col-'isioa. Double Murder and Lynching. San Francisco, April 2. A double mur der followed by the lynching of two men is reported from Southern California. Wednesday evening Peter Hermine and his son, armed with rifles, approached the premises of Eugene Walker, in Arroyo Grande Valley, San Luis Obispo County, and without a word opened fire upon Walker, who, with his wife and child, waa in the garden. Walker fell dead. Mrs. Walker, though shot through the arm and breast, picked up her child and ran to a ne ghbor's, where she died. The murderers were captured and jailed. Soon after mid night a gang of masked men took the pris oners out and hanged them to a railroad bridge near by, where the bodies were found ' yesterday. A dispute about land was the cause of the crime. Disastrous Explosion. Chicago, April 2. An explosion occur ed at an early hour this morning In the new tank house of Swift & Co., the packing firm. Tbe bouse was a new three-story brick building located on Center avenue, near Forty-fifth street One of the immense tanks containing putty oils mysteriously blew up, completely wrecking the building. The night watchman, David Morefield, was on the third floor at the time, and he waa buried in the ruins. He was rescued in about half an hour, and was in an almost unconscious condition. He was taken to tbe county hospital, and may die. The loss on the building will be in the neighborhood of $12,000. A Great Feat In Submarine Navigation. Athens, April 2. The naval officials continue to make private trials of the Nor denfelt submarine torpedo boat Yester day a torpedo boat with four men on board, was submerged for six hours, and to-day it descended to a depth of thirty-five feet. Preacher Robs His Bride. Concord, N. H., April 2. Rev. Wm. Ham mond, of the Free-will Baptist Church, of Franklin, decamped Thursday morning with $3,000 belonging to a newly wedded bride. He was arrested in a Boston bank as he was cashing the check. Banquet Disaster. Philadelphia, April 2 At the annual commencement of Jefferson College to-day tbe degree of M. D. was conferred on 223 graduates. While the graduates' were gathering in Natatorium Hall, on Broad street this evening to enjoy a banquet ten dered by the Alumni Association, a tempo rary floor in the main body of the hall gave away, precipitating several of them into the basement, a distance of nine feet John G. Goe, of Ohio, was seriously injured internally bv a heavy piano falling across his breast Bartholomew Zalls, of Texas, waa badly injured. Incorporation of Trades Unions. Washington, April 2. Senator CalL from the Committee on Education .and Labor, repor ed lavorably Senator Blair's bill legalize the incorporation of National Trades Unions, with amendments by tbe committee striking out the section making it a misdemeanor punishable by fine Or im prisonment to prevent or endeavor to pre vent any National or sub-Union from car rying out its lawful objects, and requiring that the headquarters of an incorportea National Trade Union shall be in the Dis trict of Columbia. On the Gallows. Lexington, Mo., April 2. Jeff Wilson, colored, was hanged to-day for tbe murder of Jenuie Sanford, his mistress, in July, 18S4. Five thousand people saw him dia, IS A CONFLICT IMPENDING? Troops and Strikers Concentrating at Fort Worth, Tex. Fort Worth, Tex., April 4. Saturday about noon an engine from Hodge, in charge of officers came steaming into the yards here. The officers were fired upon bv strikers and two officers were fatally wounded and a third shot through the hip. The fire was returned and the conflict be came general for a few minutes. Of the strikers so far as can be ascertained, only two or three were wounded. The strikers were driven off. Adjutant Gen eral King left Austin last night with two companies of State rangers. The mayor has at his command one company of militia at Cleburne and one at Dallas. Captain McMurry's company of rangers has left Harrold for Fort Worth, and thirty-five Volunteers at Kaufman are) holding themselves in readiness for in stant service at the Call of Sheriff Tarrant Lieutenant Gibbs, who resides at Dallas, has been authorized by Governor Ire land to call out the three companies of State troops at Dallas, and two of them, tbe Hibernian Rifles and the Dallas Light Guards, left after midnight for Fort Worth ; also a number of deputy sheriffs. These troops are in command of Lieutenant Colonel Turner, an officer who won dis tinction in the union army. The depot and yards at Fort Worth were guarded last night by over two hundred citizens, called into service by the mayor's proc lamation, and the streets were pa trolled by armed men. There Was great fear of fire during the night and extra pre cautions were taken on that account One hundred firemen were in waiting at the fire engine houses for any emergency, and the fires at the pumping stations were kept np to a high point all night Offers of aid were sent from all surrounding points and engines were kept in readiness to be forwarded at a moment's notice. Strikers are arriving at Fort Worth from various outside points, and the statement is made that the Knights of Labor have de termined that Fort Worth shall be the point where trains shall be stopped at all hazards, and that there they will win their battle. On the other band it is said that the citizens of tbis city declare that the Missouri Pacific trains shall move, even though it costs scores of lives to accom plish it ' BIG RASCALITY DISCLOSED. Indictment of Wealthy Californians for Timber Land Frauds on the Government. Ban Francisco, April 4. The United States grand jury yesterday found indict ments against eight prominent citizens of this State for subornation of perjury in the case of fraudulent entries of redwood timber land in Humboldt County, Cal. The names of three are -Jos. Russ, David Evans and Charles H. King, who collectively represent $9,000,000 capital. The names of tbe other five are not yet known, but they are said to be all wealthy men. The Land Department at Washing ton had reason to suspect irregularities in the entry of these lands, and sent out Special Agent B. F. Bergen, of the Interior Department to investigate the matter. The result of Mr. Bergen's investigation shows that the parties indicted are all mem bers of the California Redwood Company, capital for which was mainly subscribed in Scotland. The indicted parties procured about six hundred American citizens to take up 160 acres of land each, for which each received fifty dollars. The entries were, in all cases, immediately conveyed to David Evans, one of the indicted parties. The California Redwood Company afterwards sent an agent to Scotland to form a syn dicate and sell the lands. The syndicate paid the California Redwood Company $20 an acre for the land which, as shown, the latter had frauduently purchased from the Government for $2 50 an acre. Mr. Bergen has passed three months in Humboldt County working up the case, and notwithstanding tbe num erous difficulties thrown -in his way, has secured testimony from over one hundred persons who accepted the bribe. Suit will be instituted by the Government to set aside all these entries as well as the patents, wMch have already been issued. The land embraces 96,000 acres of the best redwood timber land on tbe coast Gladstone's Cabinet Strained. London, April 4. A breaking up of the Cabinet is imminent Lord Kimberley, Sir Wm. Harcourt, Mr. Childers and Mr. Mundella refuses to assent to any home rule measure giving Ireland control of the cus toms, and they threaten to resign if such a measure be insisted upon bv Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Morley demands-a modification of the plans for the buying out of the landlords. Mr. Gladstone, however, remains inflexible and will maintain his full scheme intact Cabinet councils are to be held on Monday and Tuesday, and the climax will be reach ed on Tuesday. The Ministers themselves admit that an agreement seems improba ble. Mr. Gladstone may make' his state ment Thursday without the approval of the Ministry. Servant Girls in a Fire-Trap. St. Louis, Mo., April 4. An inquest was held to-day on the bodies of the four serv ant girls who lost their lives at the Planters' House fire yesterday. The jurv visited the scene of the fire, and in tiefr verdict stated that the quarters . for the servants were so arranged as to be virtual ly a fire-trap in case of a fire when the em ployes were asleep. The hotel is nearly half a century old, but on account of its favorable location and the reputation of its table has always had a large patronage from people who generally patronize only the best hotels. Sam Jones Done With Chicago. Chicago, April 4. Sam Jones concluded his religious exhortations in Chicago to day. In the morning he drew a large audience to Dr. Goodwin's church, and in tbe afternoon and evening the. Casino Rink was filled an hour before the services began. Nearly ten thousand people were present at each of the services in the rink. The collections at both services were given to Messrs. Jones and Small, and with the salary guaranteed them in advance netted them $3,000 apiece for their four weeks' work. The Ohio River. Cincinnati, April 4. The Ohio river rose three and a half inches between 6 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock p. m. to-day, and came to a stand at a stage of 53 feet 8 inches. Below, the Miami and Kentucky rivers were rapidly rising, and there are swells above, but it is believed the Ohio will not go much, if ai.y, higher at this point. Journeymen Bakers Will Strike. New York, April 4. Five hundred jour neymen bakers last night determined to strike on May 1 for twelve hours' work five days of the week, fourteen on Satur day, and to board where they choose. Legatee of Mrs. Gaines Arrested. New Orleans, April 4. Mrs. Maria P. Evans, who figured conspicuously before the Courts as legatee of the estate of Mrs. Gaines, was arrested last night, charged with uttering a forged will, and lodged in jail, in default of $'io,000 bail. Counterfeiter Caught at Work. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 4. The sheriff, yesterday morning, arrested N icho las Hall for counterfeiting, catching him at work. Hall wore a budge of the "North western Detective Association," and claim ed that he was after counterfeiters himself. A Pot of Gold Plowed Up. Nashville, Tenn., April 4. A Union's Batesburg (S. C.) special says: Newbury County is greatly excited over the singu lar good fortune of Mr. Joe Cougbtnan, a well-known farmer. While Mr. Cousjhman was plowing in his field, across the Sa luda river. the plow turned up a quaint-looking old earthen pot. Upon examination, it was found to contain gold coin of some kind. Gathering up his new found treasure, be wended his way to a Batesburg bank, and after the money had been carefully examined, the "find" was pronounced to be worth $12,000. The coin is old aud quaint and bears evidence of having come from different nations How it found its nay into the field or when it was deposited is not conjectured. XLIXTH CONGRESS. First Session. Washington, March 29. Sksatz. An anti Chinese memorial was presented from San Francisco. Memorials were also presented from the Legislature of Connecticut for coast defenses, and fiomthatof Iowa in re lation to the national board of health. Mr. Logan's Army bill was taken up and dis cussed. At 4:50 p. m. the Senate went into executive session, and at 6:35 p. m. ad journed. House. A number of Small bills were In troduced Under the call of States. Resolu tions looking; to an Investigation of the labor troubles were referred. Woolford, of Ken tucky, introduced a bill granting a pension of eight dollars a month to all honor ably discharged soldiers and sailors of tbe late war, and providing- artificial limbs, or a miney equivalent, for those Confederates who needed them. The Willis educational bill. Identical with the Blair bill, was referred to the Committee on Labor by a vote of 138 to 113. This reference was made to get the measure reported to the House. The bill regulating compensation of U. S. Attorneys, Marshals and Commissioners was taken up and pending: action when the morning- hour expired. O'Hara, of North Carolina, asked unanimous consent to offer Tor immediate consideration resolutions pro viding for an investigation by the House of the Carrollton (Miss) murders. Mr. Regan, of Texas, objected oh the (rround that Congress had no constitutional power. Washington, March 30. Senate. A reso lution was agreed to calling- for certain In formation from the Interior Department In reference to the proposed removal of the Spokane Indians from their reservation. The Army bill was taken up and discussed by Messrs. Logan and Teller. Mr. Piatt ad dressed tbe Senate on the Washington Terri tory bill. M-. Voorhees introduced a bill for the admission of Montana as a substitute for bis former bill, the new measure being an enabling act Mr. Vance gave notioe that after the morning hour to-morrow he would call up bis bill for tbe repeal of tbe Civil Ser vice law. House. Mr. Guentbcr rose to a question of privilege, and denied he had any under standing with the Postmaster General or tbe Speaker in regard to his appointment on the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads. Several committee reports were received. Consideration of the bill to regulate tbe compensation and duties of V. 8. Attorney, Marshals and Commissioners was re sumed. Pending action tbe morning hour expired. The Poatroffice appropriation bill was discussed. During tbe debate there was an exchange of ocmplf ments between McMillin and Houk, of Ten nessee, the former expressing the opinion that there were better men than tbe latter In the penitentiary, while tbe latter had no doubt that his co league's superiors had been hanged in prison. r. Randall asked unani mous consent to offer a resolution for an In vestigation of the Carrollton massacre. Mr. Reavan objected, notwithstanding that Barksdale, of Mifsisslppl, requested that there might be no objection. Washington, Maroh 81. Senate A peti tion was presented praying for a pension for an ex-soldier discharged from the revenue servu e In Georgia on. account of politics. Mr. Logan's bill to increase the efficiency of tbe army was taken up and considered. Speeches were made by Messrs. Loaran and Plumb. At 2 o'clock Mr. Vance bes-an his speech against civil service reform. The bill for the admission of Washington Territory was taken up and supported by Mr. Dolpb. After an executive session of about an hour the Senate adjourned, 6 p. m. House The arbitration bill was reported from the Committee on Labor. Speeches were made by O'Neill, (Mo.) Kelley, (Pa.) Buchanan, (N. J.) Foran, (O.) Hammond, (Ga.) Weaver, (la.) Reed, (Me.) Brumm, (Pa.) Daniels, (Va.) Glover, glo.) Reagan, (Tex.) MoAdoo and ing-ley, (Me.) Notice was given that a vote would be taken to-morror at 3 o'clock. 1 he river and harbor bill was reported. Tbe Hurd-Romels case was reported adversely by Mr. Turner (Ga). who gave notice that action would be tried for next week. Randall sub mitted the ordinance report from the special commission considering the subject. At 6:10 p. m. the House adjourned. Washington, April 1. Sbnatb. A bill was favorably reported to erect a monument -te-Abraham Lincoln at Washington, and passed. A discussion of Logan's armv bill was set for Monday next The Washington Territory bill was debated by Senators Doiph, Morgan and Frye, and the Senate adjourned after executive sessio until Monday. House. In committee of the whole, with Mr. Springer (111.), in tbe chair, a general de bate was had on the labor arbitration bill. Gibson (W. Va.), Crain (Tex.), Wortbington and Cannon (111.), Tarsney (Mich.), Anderson (Kan.), Warner and O'Neill (Mo.), Osbora and Kelley (Pa.), Long (Mass.), Hammond (Ga.), and Lowry (Ind.), participated. Pending a vote on the measure the House adjourned. Washington. Aprils. Senate. Not in ses sion. House. On motion of Mr. O'Neill (Mo.) firivate business was dispensed with yeas, 15; nays, Tl and tbe House went into com mittee of the whole (Mr. Springer (111.) In the chair) on the Labor Arbitration bill, all de bate on the first section being limited to thirty minutes. Mr. Foran (O.) offered an amendment providing that If, on the written. proposition or eitner party to the contro versy to submit the differences to arbitration, the other party shall refuse, the party submitting the proposition may re quest . a Judge of a United States District Court to appoint an arbiter. He regarded the bill In lis present shape as an entering wedge for the enactment of suob legislation In future as would crush out organized labor. Thorough organization, and organization alone, tbe laboring men of this country could work out their salvation, and he was willinir toleave this question and all questions of this character of organized labor. Mr. Dibble (S. C.) offered an amendment providing that tbe Commissioner of Labor on the request of either party to a controversy, shall order an investigation to be made. Tbo Bureau of- Labor, be said, had been ignored in the great emergency. The purport of his amendment whs to make the omtnis sioncr of Labor a factor In gathering informa tion. Mr. Negley (Pa.) offered an amendment providing that the Board of Arbitration shall inquire into the practices of certain railroad companies of maintaining a company system of lite insurance to evade the payment ot damages for loss of life through negligenct or otnerwise. The amendments were all voted down. First and second sections ot the bill were modified and agreed to. They provide for a Board of Arbitration wuicb shall possess the power belonging to United States Commissioners appointed by tbe Circuit Court of the United Slates, but In no case shall any witness bo compelled to disclose tbe secrets or produce the records or proceedings of any labor organization of which'hemay bean officer or m'-m her ;nnd any order finding, conclusion or awiird made by a majority i-f the arbitrators shall bo of the same force and effect as if all the arbitrators concurred th'-rcin or united in makingthe same. The House, at lis evening session, passed thirty-five pension bills andadjourned. Washington, April 3. Senate. Not in session. Hocsr. Mr. Robertson, of Kentucky, sub mitted the minority report of the Committed on Elections in the contested elect'on case of Hurd vs. Hoineis. Mr. James, of New York, called up the adverse report on the free sil ver coinage biil, but Mr. O'Nell raised the question of consideration and called up tbe labor arbitration bill. By a vote of 89 to 125 the silver bill was laid aside. Ail amendments and substitutes proposed for the arbitration b ll were rejected, except one by Mr. Warner, of Missouri, fixing the rate of compensation of tbe members of the arbitration tribur.il at ten dollars per day, and prescribing ihe allow ance for employes and witnesses. The bill was finally reported and passed Teas 195, navs St. The Bland silver bill was then taken up for debate and continued throughout the evening session. Foreign Notes. The Abbe Lizt has arrived in London. Ths Reichstag, by a vote of 169 to 137, decided in favor of prolonging the anti Socialist law. To foel with and for others what a glorious widening out and enriching of one's life that is! How it increases our joys because of the pleasure that we take in the joys of others! How it renders selfish brooding over our own woes impossible because of the sympa thy we must give to the sorrows of oth ers! Not generosity only, not kind heartedness only, nor courtesy, nor un selfishness, nor keen perception, nor quick tinder-standing it is all these, and more than these. N. Y. Ledger. There has lately been much news paper discussion as to whether wood work can be set on fire by steam-pipes. The possibility has been affirmed and denied; but several indisputable in stances of tires originating in that way have been reported, and the question may be regarded as settled. N. Y. Times. A Los Angeles paper claims that the three southernmost counties of this oiate are destined to become, the fut ; ure great rural hotel country of thn ' United States, surpassing Florida, It ! certainly looks that way only tiie hotel boom will not be confined to the I limits assigned. &a Francisco Alia. STATE NEWS ITEMS. Legislative Proceedings. OouTMBua, March Tt. Senate. The Senitl passed one bill and adjourned until Monday. . Hc.CsE.-The petition of the"League of RlgM and Liberty" of Hamilton County, against the enactment of any further Sunday leglslaj tion, was presented, bills were introduced to require local agents of express companies to list property for taxation; to increasa the paroiine u. . u. when called out by tb uucmur; 10 proviae xortne noiaina or mary elections In Cincinnati; to authorize ni municipal corporations to grant the use of streets for pipes to supply light and heat: to define tbe duties of superintendents and di rectors of infirmaries; to provide for the pay ment of the Morgan raid claims already audited and allowed. The Senate joint reso lution asking Congress to make an appropri ation to erect a monument at Marietta, com memorating the first settlement of the North west Territory, Was reported back ai d adopted. Columbus, Maroh 28. Senate. A number of bills were read the Second time and ap proved. House. Bills introduced : Allowing the is sue of a summons upon the filing of a pre cipe in actions against non-residents ; enabling villages to regulate the blowing of steam wolsUes: providing for tbe better collection of personal taxes and of trust and safe di posltcompaiiies. A resolution was adopted to Investigate the cause of the typhoid-fever epidemic at the penitentiary. Columbus, March 30. Senate. BIMs intro duced : Providing that petitions In error shall be filed within one year; amending tbe ditch law so as to allow Commissioners to retain SO per cent, until the work is completed. A res olution was adooted to allow battle flags of Ohio regiments to be taken to Cleveland En oampment of the G. A. B. House. Bills passed: Enlarging the pow. ers of hamlets; making it a penal offense to burn a building of less than fifty dollars' value; increasing the pay of Jurors before justices to one dollar; extending the time for Subllshing Volume VI of the Geological urvey. Columbus, March 81. Senate. Bill passed: Prescribing the manner of selling sulphate and other preparations of mor phine; providing for the printing of State reports; creating the office of Dairy and Food Commissioner: making appropriation for legislative and contingent expenses; codify ing the laws relating to the National guard, A recess of five minutes was taken to receive ex -Governor Foster House. Bill passed: Providing a home fo indigent ex-eoldiers. A resolution was adopted to pay A- P- Butterfleld salary for the month of March. The conference report on the bill fixing tbe time when County Aud itors shall go into office was disagreed la Columbus, April L Senate. Bills passed i Allowing defendants in replevin suits to give, bond and retain property; maklag the 2d of February a legal holiday for tbe publio schools; author sing payment of a percentage for the collection of delinquent county taxes. Bills introduced: Providing that counties, as well as cities, shall be responsible for losses sustained on account of riots and mobs; re storing the original law in will oases; allowing contestants to open and close the case; au thorising gas fuel companies to appropriate land and lay pipes. House. Bills passed; Allowing clerks of Police Courts to admit to ball for a longer time than twenty-four hours; providing tbe manner of inflicting ponalty on insurance companies failing to report: compelling street railroads to beat their cars; making appropriations for tbe Legislature. Bills In troduced: Authorizing the State to issue bonds to meet deficiencies; allowing church memberships to become incorporated; secure payment of wages to employes twice a month ; providing offices for justices of tbe peace; regulating insurance companies doing busi ness on the assessment plan. Columbus, Aprils. 8bnatb. Bills passed: Requiring railroad companies to give notice t minions wnemer trains are on time or not. Providing that examiners or county treasur ies shall consist of three persons, and shall be sworn. Adjourned to 4 p. m. Tuesday. House. Two local bills were introduced, and the House adjourned to 4 p. m. Tuesday Frank B. Jones, embezzling book-keeper of the Champion Malleable Iron Company, Springfield, has been sentenced to the pen itentiary for ten years. Jerome Stevens, prominent farmer of North . Fa'rfield, was shot and fatally wounded by a grain thief. The body of Henry Roberts, missing' Singer Sewing' Machine Company collector, was found in the Ohio River, Cincinnati, the other day. . The cause of his death is a mystery. The post-ofBce at McClung, on the Cincin nati, and Muskingum Valley railroad, was burglarized the other night, $95 in cash being taken. The safe in wh ch the money was kept was drilled and blown open. No clew. The Speaker of the Ohio Honse has ap pointed a committee to investigate" the State institutions. A special grand jury has been selected by the common pleas judges of Hamilton County. ' At Conneaut, the other night, Joseph Burke was shot and instantly killed by Wayne James. The men had quarreled, and James claims that the shooting was in self-defense. He is under arrest. Burke was a tramp who came from the East last fall, and1 it is thought his right name was Joseph Basker. Five hundred limestone quarrymen about Carbon, have struck for an increasa of two cents a ton. t Feteb Hiltt, the insane man who. had been missing from his home at Orrville for some days aud who was supposed to have been drowned, has returned home again. Natural gas was struck at Leipsio the other morning at a depth of fifteen hundred feet in paying quantities. Excitement runs high and everybody is happy. The TJ. S. House Elections Committee's report can not find enough of the votes claimed by Mr. Frank Hurd in the Toledo District to give him the seat of Jacob Ro meis, and the latter will remain in Con gress. A decision has been rendered at Tiffin in the Circuit Court which will be of interest to township trustees all over the State. It was in tbe case of the trustees of Clinton Township, plaintiff in error, vs. Alexander M. Campbell, defendant in error. The Court held that a physician, in order to charge the trustees for services rendered a pauper, must give written notice to them, or one of them, and that verbal notice is not sufficient, even though they acted upon it, and furnish relief to the pauper. The provisions of Section 1491 of the Revised Statutes are imperative, and can not be waived, and must be strictly complied with in all respects. The molders at the Medina hollowware works, one of the largest establishments of the kind In the country, have been given an advance of ten per cent, in wages. Pbospects are good for the early con struction of the Cincinnati, Hocking Val ley and Huntington railroad. The will of the late John H. Devereux, president of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cin cinnati & Indianapolis railroad, was pro bated at Cleveland, a few days ago. All his estate ia left to Mrs. Devereux, to be divided at her death between the four chil dren. The estate is estimated at $150,000. The heaviest alimony ever granted in a divorce suit at tbe Cuyahoga bar was granted the other day. Mrs. Ellen Law rence, wife of the proprietor of the Ohio Farmer, was granted a divorce from her husband, with alimony to the extent of $51,000. The Sunday question has become a polit ical issue at Cleveland, with the Sunday closers apparently on top. A man supposed to be Frank Engler was instantly killed by a passenger train on the Wheeling and Lake Erie road, near the Lake Erie and Western crossing at Fre mont. He was badly cut about the head and one leg was broken. Wakhick, a small town, about ten miles north of Orrville, at the crossing of the Cleveland, Dayton and Columbus and the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railroads, with the exception of the depot, was to tally destroyed by fire. .stbphkn Wionkv, a pioneer, died near I'lqua, aged SO years. HE DEALT WITH FACTS. The Dignified Senator from Vermont Laid on His Back by the Energetic Gentleman from Kentucky. Senator Edmunds has never appeared to more disadvantage since the organi zation of the spoils-mongers' crusade against the Administration than he did in hia little bout with Senator Beck, of Kentucky. ' Senator Beck has the habit of calling a spade a spade, and in a scrimmage his favorite weapon is the club. He has very little respect for Senatorial tradition, of which the Green mountain statesman is the self constituted guardian, and none at all for the absurd notions of Senatorial dignity and consequence with which that eminent person is so tremendous ly inflated. The stalwart Kentuckian laid about him right and left with his bludgeon, knocking Senatorial dignity and Senatorial tradition into smith ereens, exploding the gauzy fiction of Senatorial secrecy, and filling the proud Senatorial soul of the Vermont oracle with profound disgust. Senator Beck showed, by a plain statement of facts, the utter humbug and hypocrisy of the pretensions put forward by Sen ator Edmunds and his colleagues in sup port of their demand for the papers in the Duskin case. He declared that Duskin Was notoriously an unfit man for the office from which he had been suspended by the President, and that the fact of his unfitness was known to no person better than to Senator Ed munds himself; that Duskin had been rejected by the Senate when originally nominated in March 1881, and that when again nominated in October of the same year Senator Edmunds, as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, bad refused to report his name back for confirmation; that he had been nominated in all three times, and that there were papers now in the hands of the Judiciary Committee which abundantly justified Duskin's dismissal from the publio service. . Senator Edmunds winced under this exposure of disagreeable facts, and made several unsuccessful attempts to choke off Senator Beckon the plea that he was violating the rules by betray ing the "secrets of the executive ses sion. A pretty plea, indeed, to come from the man who has contended, in fine set phrase, that "there la no room for secrecy in the operations of a free Government!" But it had no effect upon the Kentuckian, who proceeded to demonstrate the absurdity of the theory of Senatorial secrecy by showing that all the facta as to the action of the Senate upon the Duskin case in ex excutive session had been published in the newspapers of the country at the time of its occurrence. He concluded his onslaught upon the Edmunds cabal with the remark that "forty parson power would not do justice to much of the hypocrisy that is now pre sented to the Senate in the pretenses of a desire to establish pnbhc justice." Subsequently in "secret session" the Senator moved that all the proceedings of the Senate (relative to the Duskin appointment) in March, 1881, October, 1881 and December, 1881, all papers before the Judiciary Committee, and all the proceedings of that committee be made public. In the meantime it would be inter esting to know what Senator Edmunds really and honestly supposes the coun try thinks of his performances regard ing the Duskin matter, in the light of Senator Beck's astonishing revelations on the subject. Chicago Times. A WEAK NAVAL POWER. The Work to Be Accomplished by the Present Democratic Congress. - The House Committee on Naval Affairs strongly approve and support the late very patriotio letter of Mr. Tilden on the subject of the necessity for . the imorovement of our coast de fenses. Mr. Tilden declared that our coast towns were absolutely without defenses against a naval enemy, and that a third or fourth class naval power could, in the event of war, hold this country entirely within its power, or destroy millions of dollars of property without our being able to prevent it or to do any thing but look on. The House Committee agree thor oughly with this view of the matter and particularize and point' out just what minor power could step in, over throw the American navy, inflict incal culable damage on our shipping and cast disgrace upon the Nation. The Brazilian armed cruisers could run from Brazil to New York, pass its forts, or, if necessary, lie off .Coney Island, far from the reach of any of our guns, and lay the metropolis in ashes. The little Republic of Chili, with less than one-twentieth the popu lation of the United States, has ho less than three vessels any one bf which could bombard and reduce to ashes San Francisco or New York, and yet keep out of range of our guns. There is no security here as long as this condition of affairs prevails. We are simply trusting that no trouble will ever arise with any other country, a Utopian trust that history should have cured us of. We are constantly threat ened with National disgrace; indeed, our present relations with foreign pow ers is more or less affected by our de fenseless condition. In our diplomatic relations with them there is always a lack of confidence, a fear of bringing about trouble, and these smaller pow ers have discovered our diplomatic tim idity, appreciate the f act that this coun try is ill-prepared for a naval war, of fensive or defensive, and are saucy and impertinent in consequence. The Naval Committee wisely advise that work be begun at once on our coast defenses. It will render this country 'more independent and confi dent and restore its prestige and political influence abroad. N. O. Times-Democrat. Congressman Henderson's at tack upon the Southern members of Congress for their course in regard to pension bills was not justified by the facts. Many Northern votes are given for pension bills, not because they are ju.it and reasonable, but for the purpose of securing the soldiers' votes. It is not uncommon for a Northern member to say in private company that the pen sion business has been overdone, but he may always be depended upon to vote for the next extension. Boston Herald. Senator Edmunds is acknowl edged to be an able lawyer. He has great strength ns an advocate, and weak causes are frequently able to bor row a temporary vigor from his espousal That is the whole measure of his success in his attempted defence of the indefensible attitute ths the Senate has taken with respect to execu tive prerogative. He has made his case strong enough for immediate partisan purpo4fc--itoto SMetmam - . -! flbc (Catott ftmotxti. RATES OF ADVERTISING. STACK. 1 w. j J w. I lm. sm. 1 tan. tin j 19b&w 1 Inch.... 1 inches.. S laches., t tnehea. . 1 00 , J (0 t 00 4 0 001 00 (10 06 7 Ul 8 001 4 00! 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His first two vetoes have been transmitted to Congress, and give evi dence of the unwearying industry and painstaking care he bestows upon every subject that falls within the line of his duty. He explains, in a clear, exhaustive manner his objections to the bill to quiet settlers' titles on cer tain lands in Iowa, taking the posi tion that the Government can not litigate private rights, and that the lands in question were remitted by the Government to the State of Iowa, and . could not, therefore, be regarded as a portion of the publio domain.' The point at issue was fully settled years ago, and to reopen it now would only lead to endless strife and exhaustive law suits, in which the Government should not bo made a party. The bill sought to destroy vested rights and to disturb interests which have long sinoe become fixed. The President says that it would bo better to compensatethe parties incur ring losses caused by an invitation oa the part of the Government to settle upon lands apparently public, than to attempt a disturbance of titles already acknowledged. He warns Congress against interfering with matters which should be left to judicial cogniz ance, and he expresses himself as un willing to concur in legislation which touches too closely upon judicial pow- -er. In this he gives a proof of his at tachment to constitutional principles, and reminds Congress that no ill-considered measures of legislation, how ever popular they may be in their ap plication in certain cases, will receive favor at his hands. There has been a good deal of this legislation going on for some time past, especially In regard to land titles. It was by such means that the most notorious schemes of land-grabbers were carried through and honest settlers disturbed in their rights and deprived of their homes. President Cleveland's vetoes will be an intimation, to - Congress that every bill will be subjected to careful scrutiny and examination by the Executive, ana that the slipshod methods hitherto in vogue have no place under the present Albany Argus. An Unpopular Body. Outside of the Republican majority in the Senate no one saw sense or rea son in the claim to ascertain the causes ' of suspension. From the first the people took the common-sense view that the President, intrusted with the administration of the Government, should have full control of his subor dinate officials, and should be able in his discretion and in thn interest of ef fective administration to remove them at pleasure. The position taken by Mr. Edmunds has all along seemed to them strained, far-fetched, illogical, unpractical and unconstitutional. , Now, they have seen the. figment of a principle, for the sake of which Re publican Senators were willing to make) ' war on the President, disappear like a cob-web at the mere mention of that other figment known neither Xo the constitution nor the laws the "cour tesy of the Senate." They have seen, the public business paralyzed and blocked by a debate which its promot ers have covered with a taint of insin cerity and bad faith. And in consideration of the Senate's easy neglect of -the public interests and its readiness to enter on partisan projects, it is not to be wondered at that their feeling to ward it should be one of distrust The Senate is not a popular body, either in its formation or its constitu tion. It has not in later years grown remarkably into public confidence. Bab this last episode is likely to attract at tcntion to its peculiar methods. Indica tions are not wanting that reform might . be useful within its sacred and secret conclaves. If Mr. Edmunds' keen and microscopic vision has not been wearied into dullness with its recent strain he might find scope for minuto inspection nearer home. Washington Post. - Jay Gould's Man. The suggestion has been made, tetvt tatively yet seriously, that Judge Stan ley Matthews of the United States Su preme Court should be invited or ae signed to nit with the circuit judge' fore whom the Government suit against the Bell Telephone Company Is to be tried. This is in several respecta) a remarkable, and astounding propoej tion. . ' Why slsould Stanley Matthew b selected for any such special servicer What are his antecedents? He bears imprinted on his forehead thai brand of being Jay Gould's manj So notorious and offensive was the ta4 fluence by which his nomination was! originally procured that a Republican! Senate refused to connrm it. It ha never been disputed that his ultimate elevation to the bench' was the equiv alent for Mr. Gould's very liberal con tribution to the Republican campaign fund. So much indignation did. the; fulfilment of the bargain provoke that) Mr. Matthews himself deemed it ed- -visable to publish a statement denying that he would be the . pliant tool of Gould or Gould's corporations. Could any thing be more humiliating than the consciousness that such e denial was necessary, except the implication conveyed in the proposal that he Bhould now assist at the trial of the Bell patents? Mr. Gould and Western Union are behind tbe Bell monopoly and they shamelessly essay to enforce their lien upon Stanley Matthews if they can do so. The project is monstrous in its unblushing audacity. N. Y. Graphic. "What Did Mary Say?" The discovery that there were ne papers tiled in the Duskin case during the period covered by the Senate reso lution calling for such papers recalls a . legal "chestnut," which is old enough to be resurrected. It was in Judge Shaw's court in Boston. A witness on the stand was asked: . "What did Mary sayf" The question was objected to . and tne objection argued tor lour long hours. Counsel on the other side took four hours more in support of his right to ask the question. Then the object ing counsel took two hours to close. The judge, in a learned opinion of one hour s length fcr the preparation of which he adjourned the court an entire day decided thtt the question .was a proper one, and that the witness, might answer it The witness did answer it, as follows: "Mary did not say - any ibiagi"Jtroit JFm ft-,