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A. H. KNOLL, Soloist.
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TUESDAY EVENING,
COMMENCING AT (i.
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day than Houston, and that surprising-
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January, notwithstanding the bad con-
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cotton.
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Martin Irons Interviewed.
Kansas City, May 22.—Martin Irons, of
District Assembly No. 101 notoriety, was
interviewed at a small hotel in this
city, this evening, by a Journal reporter.
He denied having fled from Seclalia, and
said he was not hiding there, having regis-
tered his name. Irons says he opposed the
inauguration of the Missouri-Pacific strike:
that his plan was to boyeot the Texas and
Pacific, but he was overruled, and is now
being made a scapegoat. Il j says h9 con-
templates a lecture tour.
Office of Publication: Nos. 184 and ISO Mechanic Street, Galveston.
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VOL. XLV.-NO. 28
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AUSTIN.
Troubled Political Waters—A Convict Killed—
Roberts in the West.
Special to The News.
Austin, May 22.—Yhe political waters here
are awfully troubled. It is stated that an
ex-state official proposes to publish cases of
nepotism in the comptroller's office, with
specifications and evidence. Colonel
Brown, ex-comptroller, has been making
investigation of the office recently, it is un-
derstood, with that object in view. The re-
sult is expected to increase the rancor re-
sulting from the personal warfare against
Swain. Colonel Swain had two sons em-
ployed in his office about a month during
the time of the year the volume of business
is greatest and when the regular force is un-
able to keep up with the public demand.
Rather than that the business should be de-
layed, occasioning great inconvenience to
many persons the comptroller concluded to
employ special clerks for a short time. He
instructed Mr. Walsh in chargo of tho de-
partment requiring this extra service to
employ clerks and his two sons were soem-
ploved and he stated were paid according
to the number of hours they were actually
at work. Being students at the time it is
understood they did the work at night.
Probably there is some other charge in
this connection, but it has not yet come out.
James Hutton, a convict at Oatmanville
quarry, was killed yesterday while attempt-
ing to escape. Before he died he divulged
the particulars of a plot by some twenty
convicts to make a rush for liberty. He
was the only one who made the attempt.
The state land board is likely to recall
the grass commissioners and employ two
or three like agents to be paid by fees. An
influential gentleman from De Witt coun-
ty, and also one from Caldwell county, now
here, say if the old alcalde will come out
for governor he will get their delegations
to the State convention.
The board of equalization of McLennan
county having raised the assessment of the
Missouri-Pacific Railway company, without
first having required the county clerk to
notify the company of the raise, as pre-
scribed in section 7, chapter 47, laws of
IS"!*, and the question of the legality of this
coming before the comptroller he referred
it to Attorney-general Templeton. The
latter advises that the collection of so much
of the tax as was laid upon the increased
value could be enjoined, and suggests that
the assessment be modified, or measures
taken to obviate the expense of litigation.
A Cashier Killed,
Boston, May 22.—At 7.30 this morning
Claudius B. Patten, aged 55, cashier of the
State National bank, was struck and in-
stantly killed by an outward-bound train on
the old Colony railroad, at Savin Hill.
Those who witnessed the affair say Patten
deliberately committed suicide. He heard
the train coming, and, after looking toward
it, hung his head down and did not make a
single effort to avoid being struck.
THROUGH THE TERRITORY.
ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT.
The River and Harbor Bill Before the Senate
Committee—Texas Appropriations
Unchanged
Special to Tho News.
Washington, May 22.—Messrs. Culberson
and Wellborn succeeded to-day in passing
in the House the bill which Senator Maxey
introduced and passed in the Senate, to
amend the act granting a right of way
through the lands of the Choctaw aud
Chickasaw Nations to tho St. Louis and San
Francisco Railway company. It provides
for the extension of the time two years for
the company to complete its road through
the Territory. Senator Maxey and Messrs.
Culberson and Wellborn have been work-
ing diligently since the commencement of
the session to get this bill through, but it
was found difficult in the House to over-
come the objections to considering matters
out of their regular order. They were aided
to-day bv Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, while
Mr. Beach, of New York, opposed it. The
preliminary work on the road is already
progressing in the Indian Territory, the
principal chief having permitted the com-
pany to go ahead with it in view of the cer-
tainty of the right being granted by Con-
gi ess. The line has also been located from
Paris to Arthur's ferry, on the Red river,
and the grading will soon be extended
along the entire line. The bridge over the
Arkansas river at Van Buren, recently com-
pleted by the company, cost $150,000.
tiik river and harbor 11ili..
The senate commerce committee has been
howling sessions for several days consider-
ing the river and harbor bill. Senator
Coke has succeeded in getting all of the
Texas appiopriations through without tho
reduction of any of them, though some
jealousy has been manifested at the large
proportion that Texas gets in the bill.
There is some disposition to amend the bill
and enlarge the appropriations, but the
committee as a whole does not seem to fa-
vor much increase until it is ready to re-
port, which mav not be for two or throe
weeks, as it will prepare a report showing
the importance to commerce of every har-
bor and river for which an appropriation is
made.
the morrison tariff bill*
There is yet considerable uncertainty
concerning the prospects of the Morrison
tariff bill. Some time ago it was stated
that it would be callel up a:b out the last
week of this month, but to-day Mr. Randall
gave notice that he would ask the House to
take up the legislative, executive and ju-
diciary api ropriation bill on Monday imme-
diately after the reading of the journal.
The latter bill is almost certain to hold the
boards for more thi<n a week, which will
carry.it into June. The naval bill is tha\\
waiting, and will claim consideration, and
the suspicion is growing that Mr. Randall
will trv to so manage his other appropria-
tion bills as to crowd the Morrison bill out
if possible. The fight may commonce as
soon as the legislative, executive and ju-
diciary bill is disposed of, as it is thought
Mr. Morrison will then insist upon giving
his bill precedence over all other business.
He is very reticent as to his intentions, but
is working diligently to gain strength for
the coming contest. The extent of the op-
position will be developed very soon when
the measure comes up, as it will be likely to
combine in an effort either to prevent its
consideration or to strike out its enacting
clause.
indiana demands action.
Judge Ward, a Democratic congressman
from Indiana, is reported to-day as express
ing a fear that the Democrats will lose
Indiana at the next election, because of the
failure of the present House to take any
effective steps toward reducing the tariff.
If no such action is taken, Mr. Ward says
he would not dare face his constituents
again, and he declares that a great many
western Democratic congressmen are in the
same situation. The question the tariff re-
form Democrats ask, is. can the protection
ists give us Pensvlvatia or Ohio to make
up for the loss of Iddianaf
brazos santiago customs district.
Although it appears from the recent let-
ter of the secretary of the treasury in re-
gard to customs districts, that in the dis-
trict of Bi azos Santiago that the expenses
of the customs service are greater than the
receipts, the secretary recommends that
the district be discontinued.
postal clerk appointed.
Joe W. Hill, of Hillsboro, has been ap-
pointed a postal railway clerk on the route
from Df-.ilas to Kemp.
personal.
Mis. Miller, wife of Hon. J. F. Miller, left
for her home in Gonzales, to-day, having
been summoned to the bedside of her daugh-
ter, who is seriously ill.
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES.
denies the story.
Washington, May 22.—Professor Alex.
Graham Bell says there is not a particle of
truth in the story that he paid to Z. F. Wil-
bur while he (Wilbur) was an examiner in
the patent office, the sum of $100 for infor-
mation contained in the caveat of Professor
Elisha Gray.
will fight for his place.
It appears ihat Assistant Doorkeeper Lu-
ther F. Warder, of the House of Representa-
tives, intends to make a fight against the
summary decapitation of himeelf, which
has been recommended by the committee
on civil service reform. That committee
found him guilty of collecting $1250 from
citizens of Jeffersonville, Ind., to secure an
appropriation from the Forty-eighth Con-
gress for building a levee to protect that
town from overflows, and that he received
the money under the pretense of influen-
cing Congress to make the appropriation.
The committee find that E. N. Hill, whom
Warder alleges that he employed as
an attorney to aid in securing the appro-
priation, has been discreditably connected
with a number of public affairs; that he is
unworthv of belief, and not a person whom
an intelligent man would employ to conduct
or manage an important business affair. It
also appeared by the admissions of Warder
and Hill himself that Hill performed no
effective service for the $1250 which Warder
claims to have paid him. The committee
do not believe that Warder employed Hill
at all, and strongly intimate that he obtain-
ed the money under the false pretense of
influencing legislation, and pocketed it him-
self.
pension legislation.
The proposition to pay pensions, neither
for disabilities incurred in the service nor
advanced age, but for illness and acci-
dents that have siuce the war befallen men
who were in the army for a period of not
les than three months, is a uovelty in psn-
sion legislation. Senators Logau, Blair
and others who supported tho bill did so on
the ground that the proposed payments
were due from the government to the
veterans, and therefore honesty and
patriotism demanded that the money
should be paid, no matter what the amount
might be. But it is to be observed that
this is a kind of debt that can never be
paid. The country can never know when
it has paid this kind of a debt. Nest
winter there may be a proposition to extend
the benefits of the bill, provided in tlie
meantime it becomes a law. to men who
served one month instead of three mouths,
or one week. The country owes the veter-
ans $40 just as much as it owes $1, aud next
winter or the winter after there may confi-
dently i,e expected a proposition to raise
the minimum from $1 to $8 or $12. Even $20
a month could scarcely support a man.
Within the next ten years it is almost cer-
tain that Congress will grant a service pen-
sion to all survivors of the union army,
whether they were disabled during the war,
or since the war, or not at all.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION.
The legislative, executive aud judicial
appropriation bill, as agreed upon by the
house committee on appropriations, and as
it will he reported to the House by Mr. Hol-
man, appropriates $20,558,119, being $813,485
less than the appropriation for the current
fiscal year, anol $818,500 less than the esti-
mates. The appropriation for the civil ser-
vice commission remains unchanged—that
is, $21,400 is appropriated for salaries, but
it is provided that the appropriation
shall be available only " when the rules of
the civil service commission are so framed
as that the names of all applicants for of-
ficial appointment from any one State found
duly qualified on examination, and without
regard to skill, shall be sent to the head of
a department or other officer charged with
making an appointment." There was no
content in committee over this clause or the
clause following later in regard to pension
examiners, but it is understood that the Re-
publican members of the committee will
oppose them on the floor of the House.
llond call issued.
The acting secretary of the treasury, to-
day, issued the 137th call for the redemp-
tion of bonds. The call is for $4,000,000 of
the 3 per cent, loan of 1882, and notice is
given that the principal and accrued inter-
est will be paid on July 1, 1880, and that in-
terest will cease on that day.
the pacific railways.
" he house committee on Pacific railroads
to day agreed to report favorably a bill to
incorporate the Arkansas, New Mexico and
Pacific Railroad company, to run fram
Fort Smith to Albuquerque, N. M.
army changes.
By direction of the president, Second
Lieutenant Corwin Sage, Seventeenth In-
fantry, has been dropped from the rolls of
the army for desertion. Major Lewis Mer-
rill, Seventh Cavalry, having been found
incapacitated for active service, is placed
upon the retired list from to-day.
telephonic investigation.
The telephonic investigating committee
was in secret session for about two hours
this afternoon, considering the offer made
by Mr. Young yesterday of additional evi-
nee touching the issue of the Bell patent.
ihe committee finally declineu' to 'go far-
ther into the investigation touching the
allegation that the patent was obtained by
fraudulent means than was disclosed by the
rccord of the hearing before tlie interior
department. The following resolution was
adopted without division:
Resolved, that evidence now be finally
closed, and that the committee proceed to
make a report to the House of the evidence
adduced, and their conclusions thereon.
The committee will meet Monday next,
and it is expected that the members will
express their individual views on the evi-
dence, so as to aid tho chairman in the pre-
paration of the report. It is probable that
a week or ten days will be required for its
completion.
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS—FI2SI SESSION.
house.
Washington, May 22.—The speaker laid
before the House a communication from
the first comptroller of the treasury, stat-
ing that there is a deficiency in the appro-
priation for fees of United States jurors
and witnesses for 18S3 and prior years. Re-
ferred.
On motion of Mr. Wellborn, of Texas, the
senate bill was passed extending for two
years the time in which the St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad company may com-
plete its road through the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indian reservations.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, from the commit-
tee on commerce, reported back the Cullom
interstate commerce bill, with a substitute
therefor. Referred to the committee of the
whole.
After passing a few private measures the
House went into committee of tho whole for
general debate on the Dunn free ship bill.
Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, submitted an
argument in support of the bill, which
would repeal a restrictive law, which worked
a great injury to the people of the country.
It had been reacting most disastrously to
the general public good, and especially to
the shipping of the United States engaged
in the foreign carrying trade.
The citizens of the United . States
had passed out of competition
because they of all nations were denied by
their own laws the privilege of purchasing
ships where they could buy them cheapest
and having them registered as vessels of
their own country. While wooden sailing
ships led the ocean carrying trade of the
world and these ships could be built cheap-
er in the United States than elsewhere we
took and steadily maintained a leading
position in the world's ocean carrying
trade; but about the year 1850 England com-
menced to build iron and stoel steam-
ships, and as fast as they were
built and equipped, the commerce of the
world was transferred to them because of
their superior speed and supposed safety.
There was but one hope left to us for fur-
ther effort at maintaining our position and
interest in the carrying trade, and that was
to do what all other countries wisely did—
repeal onr antiquated navigation laws and
allow our people to buy iron and steel
steamers where we could get them, as ves-
sels of the United States. He passed on to
an attack upon the policy which the nation
had entered upon of granting bounties
to steamship companies and" which lie
characterized as a game of national poker.
France gave some millions, Germany saw
that and went some millions better. Italy,
without money, had to leave the game arid
the United States was asked to raise both
France and Germany. The contest which
had been entered into by the nations would
be fought to the universal bankruptcy of
the taxpayers of the nations. There would
be a bounty gatherer strapped on the back
of every taxpayer. Such a policy must fail.
Mr. Dingley," of Maine, deprecated such
a radical change in tlie policy of the gov-
ernment as was contemplated in the pend-
ing bill. The policy which it was proposed
to overthrow, had been adopted by the
founders of the government, and had con-
tinued for a hundred years without criti-
cism until very recently. To pass this bill
would be to discriminate unjustly against
the ship building interest. Should it be-
come a law and should the Morrison tariff
bill be passed, the only complete manufac-
tured product which would be placed on
the free list would be a fully ei iippdl
British vessel. Should it be admitted to
register under our laws, then from that
hour the sliip-buildingindustry was doomed,
and the owners of our ship-yards and the
many thousand skilled workmen employed
by them would be irritrievably driven into
what were already overcrowded industries.
It was an appreciation of this fact which
had led 100,000 laborers from one end of the
country to the other to remonstrate
against tlie passage of snch a bill
as this. The bill should bo entitled, " A
bill to close American shipyards and pro-
vide for the construction, hereafter, in
British shipyards, of whatever vessels may
be needed for the American merchant ma-
rine." The trouble in competing ou sea
with Great Britain did not arise, in the first
case,-from a vessel. A vessel built on the
Clyde was but 10 or 12 per cent, cheaper
than that built in America, which, distribu-
ted over the life of an iron ship, was a
small consideration. The great difference
arose in the cost of sailing the vessel,
growing entirely out of higher wages and
better food demanded on American vessels.
A free-ship policy was an invitation not
only to buy foreign ships, but also to sail
under British register after they were
bought. Such a policy would serve to ex-
tinguish the commendable and indispensa-
ble patriotic instinct which led the Ameri-
cans to look upon American-built and re-
gistered ships as representing the power,
the ambition, the wealth, the pres-
tige, the prosperity aud the
civilization of the United States.
History demonstrated the fact that no na-
tion was able to obtain and retain a mari-
time supremacy unless she built her own
To rely upon Great Britain
ships. To rely upon Great Britain for our
vesssels would be to destroy our foreign
trade and our-means of naval defense. The
eyes of the country were turned to tlie de-
fenseless condition of our navy. A navy
was but the offspring of a great merchant
marine built in home ship yards. Navies
rose and fell with the merchant marine,
and the policy which the United States
should follow was to give every possible
aid and encouragement to the establish-
ment of great shipyards.
Mr. Buchanan, of New Jersey, opposed
the bill. He did not believe the" spirit of
patriotism would be fostered if the Ameri-
can flag floated over English-built ships.
That might do for the gentleman on the
other side, but as for him. give him an
American-built ship with an American
master, manned by American seaman,
floating the American flag over an Ameri-
can cargo. [Applause on the Republican
side.]
Pending further debate the committee
rose.
On motion of Mr. Randall, of Pennsylva-
nia, the senate amendments to the tirgent
deficiency Mil were nonconcurred in, and
then the House adjourned.
DISCUSSING THE MATTER.
Our
Government to Protect the Interests of
American Fishermen.
New York, May 22.—The Post has'the
following Washington special: The state
department is actively engaged in negotia-
tions designed to protect the intefests of
American fishermen. There has as yet
been no official decision of its position, and,
for manifest reasons, while matters are in
the present stage, the administration can
not properly make public the correspond-
ence which it has had with the British min-
ister here and with onr minister to Eng
land* but an MHcinl lelser L'.4u He., .u: /
Bayard, which follows, will show that he
has the interests of the fishermen at heart.
Senator Frye, of Maine, recently addressed
to the secretary of state the following let-
ter:
.Senate Chamber, Washington, May 20,
1880.—Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary
of State—Dear Sir: I respectfully submit
to your consideration the inclosed tele-
gram, received this morning from the presi-
dent of the American Fishery union. 1 as-
sume that the state department is giving
this matter such consideration as its im-
portance demands. The urgency of imme-
diate action for protection and relief of
these American citizens can not be over-
estimated. I regard the conduct of the
Canadian government as entirely unjusti-
fied and without authority of the treaty or
law or of good neighborhood. 1 am very re-
spectfully, W. P. Frye.
To this letter Secretary Bayard has sent
the following reply (unofficial:)
Department of "State, Washington, May
21, 1886.—Hon. William P. Frye,. United
States Senate—Dear Sir: Before your note
of to-day was received a telegram of simi-
lar purport in relation to trie refusal to
allow the American schooners Jennie and
Julia to purchase herring for smoking, at
Digby, had been received, due steps had
been taken by me to ascertain all tho facts,
and instant representations hart been made
to the British minister to call to account
the collector at Digby for what 1 consider a
gross breach of commercial rights of ac-
cession of the United States. The late
reprehensible action of the Canadian
officials in relation to American
fishing vessels has occurred in remote
localities without facilities for postal com-
munication, and consequently there has
been delay, regrettable,butlunavoidable, in
receiving the consular reports. But your
assumption, that this department is giving
the matter such consideration as its im-
portance demands, will, I believe, be fully
sustained when the proper time arrives for
the publication of its action, and I trust I
am conscious of my duty as an official
charged with the execution of delicate and
important public functions, and that the in-
terests and honor of my country and rights
of its citizens will not be found to have suf-
fered at my hands. Very respectfully,
T. F. Bayard.
A gentleman who has talked with Secre-
tary Bayard upon this subject within a day
or two, says that he is as much interested
in the matter as either of the Maine sen-
ators can be, and that he has great regard
for the fishermen. He expresses himself
very forcibly as to the conduct of Canadian
officials. He looks at the question as an
American and not from a party standpoint,
and says that there is no politics In it.
The action of the department can not yet be
made public, but that he can assure any
congressional friend of the fishermen that
everything that is possible is being done to
protect their Interests. With regard to the
refusal of the collector of customs at Digby
to permit the captain of the Jennie and Julia
to buy herring there to smoke, he said that
he has instructed Consul Pholan to go at
once to Digby and investigate. Secretary
Bayard deprecated any attempt on the
part of the fishermen to coerce the Cana-
dian government by force of arras, and said
that every step in that direction would
weaken the United States and strengthen
Canada. He hoped also that American
fishermen would strictly observe the local
customs regulations in Canada.
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SOUTHERN HOTEL SENSATION
MORE GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR MAXWELL
Damaging Testimony Given by Experts -
Drawing the Meshes of the Law
Closer and Closer.
St. Louis, May 22.—The prosecution ia
the Maxwell case are uoaring the end of
their listof witnesses, the evidence of whom
they think will convict the defendant of
murder in the first degree, and it is proba-
ble that they will close their side of the
case to-day.
J. F. Ryan, superintendent of tho morgue,
to which Preller's dead body was taken,
was the first witness. He described the
trunk and the exact position of the bady in
it when he saw it. The body was very
badly swollen aud almost black from de-
composition. Tho only clothing on it was
a pair of drawers marked W. H. Brooks.
There were superficial cuts skin deep ou
the body's breast, and on the in-
side of the trunk lid a piece of
paper containing the words: "So perish
ail traitors to the great cause." Witness
had the liver and lungs removed from the
body and taken to a chemist, who examined
them. He had also had the body embalmed,
which reduced the swelling and discolora-
tion. Cross-examination developed the
fact that witness, when body had first been
brought to the morgue, had it marked
" white man," to distinguish it from the
surrounding corpses of negroes.
Several other witnesses were examined
this morning, but gave no new testimony.
In the afternoon Dr. Luedeking testified
that he had chemically examined the lungs
and viscera which were brought to him
from the morgue, and which were said to
be those of Preller. He had found in them
the presence of chloroform. Witness de-
scribed the process of a test for chloro-
form. He stated that he had experimented
on various animals by killing them with the
drug, and upon examining their lungs
found their condition to be almost precisely
similar to those submitted to him by the
superintendent of the morgue.
Mr. Wixeholin, an expert, testified that
the letters from the prisoner to Preller and
Mr. Warren, of Worcester, Mass., and the
words upon the slip of paper found cm the
lid of the trunk, reading " So perish all
traitors to the great cause," were written
by the same hand.
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Important Matters Brought Dp and Discussed
by that Learned Body.
Richmond, Ya.,May 22.—To-day's session
of the Methodist Episcopal General con-
ference was almost wholly occupied in dis-
cussing the report of the committee on the
board of missions. The conference elected
as president of the board Colonel E. W.
Cole, of Tennessee. Dr. A. G. Haygood, of
Georgia, was elected vice-president. Tho
reports of the secretary and treasurer of
1 >, rd were discussed ft length- and
much to the credit oi those officials. The
indebtedness of the board at present is
$04,000.
The Virginia Episcopal council, now in
session at Cliarlottsville, sent fraternal
greetings by telegraph and referred to
Ephesians, Otli chapter, 4th verse. At the
request of the conference tho bishops re-
sponded, acknowledging and heartily reci-
procating the fraternal greetings, referring
to Hebrews, 13th chapter, 20tli and 21st
verses.
The report of the committee on hymn
books was submitted. Tho report simply
asked that the papers referred to the com-
mittee looking to revision of the hymn
book may be returned to tho conference.
The committee did not have time on ac-
count of the near approach of final adjourn-
ment of the conference to consider the mat-
ter.
Dr. P. A. Peterson, of Virginia, offered a
substitute for the report recommending
that the college of bishops appoint a com-
mittee of nine to revise hymn books, which
shall be divided into three sections of mem-
bers of each section, to be selected with
reference to convenince of location for their
work. That when the work of preparatory
revision shall be finished by each section
it shall be reviewed by the whole com-
mittee. That when the work shall have
been approved by the bishops it shall be
placed in the hands of tho book agent
to be published for tlie use of the
church. That the book agent shall have
authority to pay on order of the chairman
of tho committee the expenses incurred by
the committee in the prosecution of their
work. It is recommended that those hymns
be excluded which are rarely or never used
in public or social worship. That when it
can be judiciously done, the long hymns be
abridged, and that none exceed twenty-
four lines. That particular attention be
paid to the arrangement and classification
of hymns, according to the subjects. That
the whflle number of hymns do not exceed
800. That the committee be instructed to
prepare a tune-book as a companion to the
hymn-book, if they deem it necessary.
After a lengthy discussion, the substitute
was adopted. ^
THE FISHERY TROUBLES.
A GOOD DEAL LIKE WIND.
Colonel Cavanaugh and tho Rumored Irish
Expedition.
New York, May 22.—After a private
meeting of the colonel and officers of the
Sixty-ninth regiment, last evening, Colonel
Cavanaugh said to a reporter in reference
to the proposed expedition of Irish-Amer-
icans to enforce Ireland's demand for home
rule: "It would be premature to reveal
.ilans. I may tell you, however, that there
_s not a man under my command but wishes
to see legislative independence of Ireland
achieved, and who would be prepared to
fight to sustain Gladstone's will, it neces-
sity o'emanded."
Adjutant-general Morau said: "Yes,
there is some truth in the report. In four
weeks we could have 80,000 volunteers who
would fight fur Ireland,"
official report.
Ottawa, May 22.—The government has
received an official report from Captain
Scott, of the Lansdowne, of the seizure of
the Adams. It contains the previous ad-
vices received by telegraph. The fact ap-
pears to be that the vessel, even if it be
proved that she was buying bait, can not
under existing laws be held answerable for
such contravention of the internal agree-
ment. The law providing for the seizure
of foreign vessels for certain offenses is so
worded that buying bait is not an offense
under it. The seizure of tho Adams seems
to have caused the government to realize
the weak points of the law under which it
was made, and a. bill amending that law
has been hurried through the House of
Commons, and passed its third reading yes-
terday. It will probably pass the Senate
and become a law in a week.
meeting called.
Portland. Me., May 22.—Mayor Chapmau
lias called a special meeting' of the city
government for this evening to take action
in regard to the seizure of tho schooner
Ella M. Doughty, and to consider what is to
be done to aid the fishing industry.
the seized schooner.
Porteand, May 22 —The proprietors of
the schooner Ella M. Doughty, under seiz-
ure by the Canadian authorities, received a
dispatch from the English town of Caps
Breton to-day, from Captain Doughty, m
which he says: " The consul has beou here,
but can not do anything The vessel is
stripped." _
The Wounded Policemen.
Chicago, May 22.—Eleven wounded and
mangled policemen still occupy cots in tho
County hospital. Some of these are minus
lirw.s." some are maimed for life. Lieuten-
: ut St item and Officer Mike Horau are
both able to hobble about ou crutches, and
are rapidly recovering. In ward 5 tliero
are six wounded policemen, lu ward "
there are Officers Lawrence, Murphy aud
Adam Barber, the former with six and t'.ia
latter with two wounds. Both are getting
well and strong.
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