Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1894 — Page 1

7 1 3DE NBIANAPOLI ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1891 3n1T?VrrTC' f AT RAILWAY NKWS NTAJTD?. OS UliiMO. ITRALNS AND SUNDAYS 5 0EKT3L

JOUENAI

Generally- Fnlrj colder.

THE ENOEMOUS Sale wo have had on our

4rS -

Unlaundercd Shirts has made us hustle to keep up with the procession. We have received another big invoice of them, and are now Erepared to furnish all sizes. This is a regular 7oc Shirt, is reinforced ack and front, has patent extension pieces in sleeves and back and felled seams. It is made of New York Mills muslin and 1900 linen in bosom. Sizes 12 to 18J. Sleeve length 30 to 34. Kemember the

price is oniy

48

nn tj tt 111 Hi

WJ

TOM TAGGA

SAYS IS 10

SPOT

Cent

However, these hard times it Sells for FIVE CENTS.

Ask 'your dealer for

A

B. GATES

SOLE AGENTS.

BO DTE SPECIAL SLEEPER TO ST. LOUIS Open for passengers at 9 p. m. and leaves Indianapolis daily at 11:3!) p. in., arriving at St. Louis at 7:4J a. in. Returning, tnis sleeper leaves St. Louis at 7:15 Bm.. arrives at Indianapolis at 3:10 a. m., placed on the spur track and passengers not disturbed until 7 a. m. This arrangement Is especially convenient to Commtrcial tifcttiti ana DcslntM Men. The popular Southwestern Limited, with fcptel dining and sleeping cars, leaves Indianapolis dally at ll:4o a. ru. end arrives at St. Louis at 7' p. m. Arrangements are made by whbh a special is made up at Indianapolis If this train from the East Is over one hour late, so passengers via the Big Four route are assured Western connections particularly advantageous to PACIFIC O.A.- i'AfSKNtJLKS and those destined beyond St. Louis. For tickets and sleeping car reservations call at Bis Four offices. No. 1 E. Washington street, 3J Jackson place, Massachusetts avenue and Union Station. H. M. HROXSONT, A. O. P. A. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R. Will sell Land Excursion Tickets to points in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and to New Orlkans, at One Fare for the Round Trip. Date of sale March 8. For further information call at Ticket Oflico. cor. Illinois street and Kentucky avenue. I. L. Baldwin, D. P. A. MONON ROUTE (Louisville, New Albany fc Chicago Ry. Co.) The Yestibuled Pullman Car Line HAS REDUCED THE RATE TO SAX FRANCISCO and CALIFORNIA POINTS For further information call at Union Ticket Office, corner Illinois tret and Kentucky venue, ami Vnlca Station, aad Aia.achntt avt-nue. I. 1). BALDWIN, D. P. A. WAGON WHEAT 55c ACME MILLING COMPANY. S52 West M'iililngtou Stret. Huston Alderman Shot. ' BOSTON, March 7.-Alderman Joseph P. Lomasney, of the West End. was shot this noon at the City Hull Py Janus Doonan, a yountf man living In the Alderman's dlstrlct. Doonan fired live shots, only one of which was effective, and struck the Alderman in the le. lnrlictln a painful hut not a dangerous wound. Doonan was arrested and locked up. lh suid that he had uood reasons for his act. but would say nothing rnor. The jolice say that he was arrested not long a!,'u for an attempt t murder a Coman, and that he is a crank. lie has ea a lounger about the City. Hall,

BIG 4

cent

cents

KT

THAT A Cigar S it. G. A. VAX PELT-17TU Year, Fine Flour and Food Cereals, 121 XORTII DELAWARE ST. TEL. 330. wSoIi,.,?atnP: Prlr : Kolle.l Oat. 3o prr lb.; Oat Graham tlour. l'c. ami Flo :r. many brand chonner -v v"iaa itiii, i mi-; ir.M'Kcu Wheal. oiC: than ever htfore. Ur.incli store 2 N. Delaware t 31. )I. Cummings's Flour Store Successor to Van Tt-lt, Ts headquarters Just the snms for the best Breads and Pastry Flour aal e.virv known Ko.mI Cereals Cluteu and hntira or Wliol- Wheat Fl mr. Hulled oatdan.l Hoi'el Wh. at. Canned Oods. and as cheap as any p:ac u. the city. Try ne ami at e. luiuembor at 02 North Delaware street, opposite Market lIouMt. Tel.'i.houe 7u:j. WW N (JESS FLOUR Best Made. Ask your Grocer (iOD IN THE CONSTITUTION Arguments of Preachers Before the Senate Committee on Judiciarv. WASHINGTON. March 7. Much feeling has been aroused In religious circles and among free-thinkers as well over the resolution of Representative Morse, of Massachusetts, to secure recognition of the Deity in the Constitution. While petitions In favor of the measure have been received by various bodies other petitions equally strong In their terms have been presented against the proposition by organized bodies of freethinkers. Having heard the statements of the church people, the committee is confronted with the question whether it shall afford a hearing to tht antagonists of the resolution. Requests for an audience have been made by free-thought societies of New York. Chicago and Washington. The Senate committee on Judiciary heard a large delegation from the Reformed Presbyterian Church, to-day, in advocacy of the recognition of God in the Constitution of the United States. Rev. II. 11. Geridge, of Reaver Falls. Pa., introduced the various speakers and made a short introductory address, which was followed by Rev. T. B. Stevenson, of l'hlladelphia. editor of the State, who rend a large number cf letters, including one from Rev. Joseph Cook, calling attention to, the fact that God is recognized in the Declaration of Independence, in the constitutions of forty of the States of the Union, in the national coinage and by the Supreme Court, which had declared this to be a Christian Nation. Mr. Stevenson, argued that the supremacy of God is now recognized in manv ways, officially and legally, and contended for an amendment to the Constitution granting this further recognition. Rev. W. J. Robbins, of Allegheny, Pa., pointed out the danger of the land from secular influences and newspapers attempting to eliminate the Christian spirit, and claimed the risht of the people to their constitutional amendment. Rev. luviil MacAiesur, of Allegheny, replying to Senator Lindsay, said he did not consider that this would affect the? Mrst amendment to the Constitution. He said larcre proportions of Jews had signet! petitions for this amendment, and he thought a Jew could conscientiously subscribe to a Constitution which said: "In God's appointed way through Jesus Christ." In reply to Senator Hoar, he admitted that he could not subcribo to a Constitution which shoisld say: "Through UoJ's appointed way. which Is not through Jesus Christ." Senator Vilas asked what would be the effect of adding after "through Jesus Christ" the words "and His vice regent on earth, the holy Roman Pontiff." Dr. MacAlester r-;lbd that America had been founded ly the Huguenots and Protestants. Rev. R. S. George, of the Theological Seminary. Pittsburg, and Mr. Howes, a layman, of Raltimire, also spoke. ot Denrrvlntc of Sympathy. Persons who will jrsist In dying by Inches with dysplasia and liver disease when Simmons IJver Regulator is aa uaXailing remedy tuc tiito uudulics.

TAKEN BY SURPRISE

Anti-Silverites of the Senate Almost Caught Napping. Bland's Seigniorage BUI Rushed Through Its Third Reading: and About to Pass Without Debate. COUP AVERTED BY MORRILL Who Uttered a Warning Xote Just in the Nick of Time. Ualt Called by Sherman, Who Was Astonished at the Action of the World's Greatest Deliberative Body. WASHINGTON, March 7. An exciting and Interesting debate was precipitated In the Senate to-day by Mr. Harris's motion for the second reading of the liland seigniorage bill. This was opposed by Mr. Sherman, who moved Its reference to the finance committee, and, In the course of a strong speech in opposition to the bill, said that Its object was to divert a trust fund from Its legitimate purpose a thing which in Ohio would be a penitentiary offense. HLa motion was defeated, however, and the bill taken up as unfinished business, and, almost before anyone was aware of what had happened, It passed Its third reading and was on the point of passing the Senate. Then Its opponents recovered from thfelr surprise and endeavored to prevent Its passage, and, on request of Senator Sherman, It went over until to-morrow. In the morning hour Mr. Morgan Introduced a resolution calling on the President for Information as to the occupancy of liluefields, Nicaragua, by the British. This was agreed to. The House bill appropriating 543.C00 for saving the Kearsarge was also passed, as did the bill permitting Gen. O. O. Howard to accept from the French government the decoration of commander of the Legion of Honor. The Senate, this morning, on motion of Mr. Gibson, passed the House bill appropriating 113,000 for the rescue of the armament and hull of the corvette Kearsarge. A resolution was reported by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, from tha committee on foreign relations, as follows: "Resolved, That the President be requested to Inform the Senate, if It is not Inconsistent with the public interest, whether the government of Great Rrltain has occupied Rluelields, or any other place on the Mosquito reserve In the state of Nicaragua with a military force, and the character and strength of such force, and the claim of authority of that government to so occupy that country." Mr. Morgan, In explaining the resolution, said the matter had bean called to his personal attention by some statement made In a reputable newspaper. He supposed the information so obtained was accurate, and he wanted to know whether the provisions of the Clayton-Hulwer treaty of ISZO were being violated. He had no inclination to interfere with the diplomatic officers of the United States by calling attention to the matter. He understood that the Kearsarge, for the rescue of whoss wreck the Senate had just provided, was on her way to Rluotields when fhe struck on Roncauor reef. The resolution was then agreed to. HARRfS OPENS THE SILVER BAfTLE. Senator Harris then opened the fight for the day on the silver question by moving the second reading of the seigniorage bill, lie gave notice that when the bill should have been read the second time he would move to take it up for consideration. His motive in objecting to its consideration yesterday, he said, was to bridge over the day until he could consult with his Democratic colleagues as to their action in regard to the bill. Mr. Sherman objected to immediate consideration of the bill and moved to refer It to the committee on finance, as he thought no matter of such imiortanre should be reported to the Senate without reference to the finance committee. The discussion was taken up bv Senators Hale. Hoar, Cookrell and Aldrlch. Mr. Cockrell. in the course of his remarks, said he was astonished and amazed at the action of the Senator from Ohio (Sherman) in moving the reference of the bill to the finance committee. He had supposed, from the action of the minority yesterday, that they were desirous of taking up and passing the bill. II? supposed that when the Senate undertook to fulfill pledges the Senators from Ohio, Iowa and Rhode Island would give their asslst.ance. Mr. Aldrlch, the Senator from Rhode Island, referred to, said that he wanted to take up the bill. "Then, why did you want to take it up?" inquired Mr. Cockrell. "So as to defeat it promptly," replied Mr. Aldrich. The question was further discussed by Senators Hoar. Harris and Stewart and was then interrupted by Mr. McPhcrson, who rose to a question of personal privilege and made the statement concerning purchase of Sugar stock printed elsewhere. Mr. Call tried to take up his bill to fix the boundaries of the Northern judicial district of Florida, but on a yea and nay vote it was lost yeas 22. nays 24. Mr. Harris moved to take up the seigniorage bill and make it the special order of business, which was agreed to. but Mr. Sherman's motion to refer It to the finance committee had first to be acted on. Refore consideration could be entered upon Mr. Dubois brfelly opposed its reference, and was followed by Mr. Voorhees, who thought that the bill might as well be taken up, in view of the time that must necessarily elapse before the tariff bill, could come before the Senate for consideration. The message of the President transmitting the latest Hawaiian dispatches and also the response of the Secretary of State to the resolution of the Senate asking for reciprocity correspondence w ith Colombia, Venezuela and Hayti were laid before the Senate and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents. SHERMAN'S MOTION DEFEATED. The vote was then taken on Mr. Sherman's motion, the yeas and nays being demanded. It was defeated C to TA-the following voting in the affirmative: Messrs. Davis, Galllnger, Morrill, Palmer, Sherman and Vilas. The bill was fairly before the Senate, but no one appearing desirous of speaking on It. It was read a third time, and before any one had time to realize it. It was about to be put on its final passage, when the venerable Senator Morrill arose and uttered a warning note. Senator Sherman also sought to check its passage, being, as he sail, "as mucn surprised as any one to se that the Senate of the United States, which was the greatest deliberative body in the world, without consideration had gone to an extreme beyond anything since it was organized in rushing a bill of this kind through pell mell. refusing to consider it, refusing to refer, and now It Is proposed to pas the bill without debate." It was as Indefensible as anything which had ever been proposed. Holding a copy of the bill in his hand, he began to go over It word by word, but soon asked that the question go over until to-morrow, so that he could debate It. Mr. Harris expressed a willingness to have the bill informally laid aside until tomorrow. "Why." said Mr. Sherman in an aggrieved tone, "no one dreamed that the bill would pass to-day." "No matter what any one may have dreamed." replied Mr. Harris, "if the Senator from Ohio wants time he shall have it." Mr. Allison, who was absent while all these events were occurring, and learning that the bill hid come near to passing during his absence, moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered to le read the third time and engrossed, because, he said, he wanted to offer some amendments. Mr. Harris replied that he preferred to be frank to being able, and hence he should object to the bill going back to the amendment stage. An effort was made by the opponents of tha bill to prevent acUda by tuovixijf an ad

journment, but the motion was voted down. Then, having everything in his own hands, Mr. Harris announced his willingness to have the bill go over until to-morrow if the Senator from Ohio or any other Senator desired it Then, on motion of Mr. Quay, the Senate went into executive session at 3:13 and at adjourned. PROTEST FllOSI COL03IRIA.

The Little Republic Doesn't Like the Reciprocity Proelumntlon. WASHINGTON, March 7. The President to-day. In response to a resolution of the Senate, transmitted to that body the correspondence exchanged between this government and the governments of Colombia, Venezuela and Hayti. The correspondence is relative to the putting into effect of what is known as the reciprocity clause of the McKinley law by proclamation of the President, levying duties on products of those countries which discriminated against the United States by tariffs. The Colombian minister protests vigorously agamst the proclamation and complains that it is a violation of the treaty of 1S4G between his government and this, by which Colombia gave us the advantage of her differential tariff duties. Secretary Blaine, In a letter of reply, asserted tnat the President did not regard the McKinley bill as a violation of the treaty of IMS, "as it applies the same treatment to all countries whose tariffs are found to be unequal or unreasonable." The minister later reiterates his charges of violation of the treaty and complains that other countries which have declined to grant reciprocity treaties have not been proclaimed. He complains' also of the, damage suffered by Colombian commerce. Under date of Oct. 3. 1503. the Colombian minister says to Secretary Gresham: "The great decrease In the importation of the chief staple (coffee) shipped from Colombia in payment of American exports has caused the rate (in Colombia) of exchange on the ' United States to rise 10 per cent, over and above parity with Europe. This abnormal difference in the exchange represents a loss which falls orr the Colombian consumer of American exports, nor can this loss disappear before (and it will disappear immediately after) the removal of the differential duty to which Colombian produce Is subjected." STOOD THE TEST WELL Successful Preliminary Trial of the Battle Ship Indiana. Made Fast Time and Pleased Her Builders Destined to Be the Queen of All Her Class in the World. DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Del., March 7. The battle ship Indiana, which left the Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia yesterday morning, droppsd anchor off the breakwater late this afternoon, after a most successful preliminary trial. She will be back at her dock in Philadelphia to-morrow afternoon. Early this morning the ship, which arrived hera last night, was put to sea and given a hard run of four hours over the course usually chosen by the Cramp3 for their builders' trials. This course is off the five-fathoms banks, extending between the southwest and northeast light ships, the distance teing nine and elxty-five one-hun-dredths knots. Three trips were made over this course. The first, under natural draft, was accomplished at 14.1 knots. The second under half forced draught in a trifle less than 13 knots, and the third, under forced draught, at 13.35 knots. Tha guaranteed speed of the Indiana is 15 knots. The engines, which behaved splendidly, reached a maximum velocity of 128 revolutions a minute, the average under forced draught being 122. With selected coal and speeded over deeper water, there seems to be no doubt that the big battle ship will average 10 knots an hour when the official trial trip 4 .uade. The result of to-day's trip was so far ahead of expectations that Edwin Cramp, who has charge of the ship, gave orders this evening that she should return to the yard Instead of taking a run to sea, customary with ships on a first trial. Everybody aboard is well pleased with the behavior of the Indiana, The machinery works perfectly. The steamer has no rock, and there Is no doubt that she will take her destined place as the queen of battle ships of the world. The Ship to He Lightened. WASHINGTON, March 7.-It appears that the reasons for the suggestion by Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn that four of the eight-Inch guns of the battle ship Indiana be taken off have been misunderstood. It has been assumed that the change was recommended because it would correct a lack of stability in the great battle ship. The chief constructor says the reason for the change is a desire to lighten the vessel. The removal of the. four guns in the case of the Indiana would result in reducing the draft by three and a half Inches. Ordinarily this would be of small moment, but as the Indiana has no keel and is very flat-bottomed, the saving means a good deal in the ability of the ship to drag across a shoal place and enter some of our shallow harbors in case of distress. So, also, it Is said, the heeling tests which have been made with the Indiana are no indication of suspicion touching her stability, as the same tests are applied to all naval vessels before acceptance by the government, and are, in fact, required by the contracts. BOLD ROBBERY. Two Thieves Hold Up a Jeweler and Jump Through a. Window. WICHITA, Kan., March 7.-At 6 o'clock this evening two men entered Pierce's jewelry btore, in Douglass avenue, one of the most public places in the city, and, holding the proprietor up, proceeded to help themselves to diamonds and gold watches. A watchmaker who was working behind a high showcase unnoticed coolly stole up to the front door and locked it, and then turned in the burglar alarm.- The tingle of the alarm warned the robbers, and, finding the door locked, they escaped with the booty by jumping through a plate-glass window. One of the robbers was caught in the pursuit Valuable diamonds and necklaces were found hidden under his shirt, he having slipped them down th back of his neck, lie gave his name as John Locke. The other robber escaped. Good Proapect for it Deadly Fight. RICHMOND, Va., March 7. News haa just been received that seventy-fii of the friends of Slaughter, the man who was lynched a fortnight ago at Sparta, N. C, are looking for the fifteen men who executed him. The men who lynched Slaughter are dodging about in the country to avoid the vengeance of the friends of their victim. If the men who composed the mob are caught they are almost sure to be riddled with bullets, or tossibly strung up to a tree. Slaughter was lynched for shooting down in cold blood a man at a wedding. The bride interfered to save the man, and was herself slightly injured. The Troy Eleetlon Trngcdr. TROY, N. V., March 7. John Roland, charged with firing the ihot that killed Robert Ross in yesterday's election tragedy, was remanded without bail to await the coroner's verdict. William Ross, a brother of the murdered man. i In a critical condition, and his recovery is doubtful. John McGough, another wounded man, is not expected to survive. Whelan, the defeated candidate, will contest the election on the ground of extensive fraud and repeating. C hurned with Tnkliiff fl.'S,K3f. NEW YORK. March 7. John G. Hallock, for manv years confidential clerk for Theodore Pabst & Co., imirters of glass and chinaware at No. 2J Barclay street, is locked im In default of $h,0 ball, charged with misappropriating the sum of $.8.26 of the firm's money, and thereby causing its assignment Jan. SO. The arrest was made on complaint of Lorenz Zeller, assignee of the firm. Smallpox In Brooklyn. NEW YORK, March 7. Seven cases of smallpox were discovered in the tenement at No. 37 Unlerhlll avenue, Brooklyn, last evening. The house has been fumigated and quarantined, but the authorities are somewhat anxiously watching the vicinity because the dhease Is known to have madd its appearance in the tenement at least a

taken to hospitals In this city to-day. two of them being from No. & Oliver street, two frora No. 7S7 Ninth avenue and one from No. Ill) Mott street, and one an outdoor patient of Bellevue Hospital. BEFORE THE HIGHEST COURT.

Detroit's Street Railway Franchise Case Sent to the Supremo Justices. DETROIT, ilich., March 7. Dispatches from Washington announce that the case of the city of Detroit against the Citizens Street-railway Company was to-day taken from the intermediary federal Court of Appeals, where it had been pending, to the Supreme Court by order of Supreme Court Justice Brewer. The case, which involves the validity of and extension of franchises of nearly all the street-car lines in this city, was decided adversely to the company, and an appeal was taken. To-day attorneys for the company and for the trustees of its mortgage bonds argued the desirability of taking the case direct to the final court before Justice Brewer, with the above result. The action Is not entirely satisfactory to those representing the city. It is generally believed here that negotiations were pending between the Mayor and the company through which the litigation might have been ended and new franchises granted which would be more advantageous to the city. Mayor Pingree said to-night that the city would win in any event. WILL SUCCEED WHITE Xewton C. Blanchard Appointed Senator from Louisiana. A Free-Trader Who Voted for the Wilson Tariff Bill and a Radical Advocate of Free Silver. NEW ORLEANS, March 7. Governor Foster to-day received the resignation of United States Senator White, to take effect on Monday, March 12. The Governor accepted the same and appointed Hon, Newton C. Blanchard Senator, to succeed Judge White. Mr. Blanchard will serve as Senator until the Legislature fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. White. The Governor has authority to appoint during a recess of the Legislature only. Judge White's term will expire in 1S37. Mr. Blanchard was a candidate for the Senate before the Legislature of 1SS3 and also before that of His promotion to the Senate leaves his seat In the House vacant, and an election will be ordered at once, at which his successor will be elected. Mr. J. C. Pugh, of Red River, now a State Senator, and Speaker Botton, of the House of Representatives, are the gentlemen most prominently mentioned for the vacant congressional seat. Newton Crain Blanchard was born in Rapides parish, Louisiana, Jan. 29, 1S49. He graduated from the New Orleans Law School In 1S70, and has continued to practice law at Shrevenort ever sine. lie has served In the Forty-seventh. Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fiftysecond Congresses, and was elected to the Fifty-third Congress by a majority of 11,000 over the People's party candidate, who was supported by the Republicans. Silvrrlte and lfrre-Trniler. WASHINGTON, March 7.-Representa-tive Blanchard's fssociates in the House heard with much satisfaction, late this afternoon, of his elevation to the Senate from Louisiana. Speaker Crisp expressed regret that the House was to lose such a valuable and hard-working member. It Is settled that Representative Catching, of Mississippi, will succeed Mr. Blanchard as chairman of the important river and harbor committee. Mr. Blanchard'Si rrsltlon on tariff and silver will give additional Interest to Ms entrance to the Senate. He voted for the Wilson bill, despite the fact that It bore heavily against the sugar Interests of his State. He worked diligently to change the sugar schedule, but, falling In this, he would not follow the course of some of Jijs Ixniislana associates In voting against the entire bill. On silver Mr.Rlanchard has always voted and acted with the radical free-silver men. so that he will undoubtedly ally himself with that element in the Senate. OPPOSED TO NUN' TEACHERS. Pittsburg's Board of Education May Refuse to Issue Certllicates. PITTSBURG. March 7. It is stated that the central board of education will reject the application of the nuns for teachers' certificates at its coming meeting, a straw vote showing but five of the members In favor of issuing the certificates. In this event Rev. Father Cosgrave will likely take up the case to compel the board through the courts to recognize the nuns. If the applications are acted upon favorably the Junior Order of American Mechanics will at once take the matter into court. Large sums have already been contributed for this purpose, and it is the Intention to carry the case through the highest courts In the land. Should the nuns show a disposition to maintain their position the Mechanics will also ask the next State Legislature to enact laws forbidding the employment of nuns in public schools. SUICIDE OF A CONVICT. William Weir, an Ex-Indianian, Dies at the Columbus Penitentiary. COLUMBUS, O., March 7. William Weir, a United States prisoner convicted at Cleveland, O., and sentenced to three years imprisonment for counterfeiting, died under mysterious circumstances about an hour after he had been brought to the Ohio penitentiary this afternoon. Weir was in a stupid condition when he reached the prison. The officials first thought he was intoxicated, but his sudden death and the statement of the United States marshal that Weir had taken several capsules containing powder aroused suspicion of suicide by poisoning, and a coroner's Inquest has been ordered. Weir Is ased about fifty-five, and came to Cleveland from Indiana. Mexico Settles n Claim. WASHINGTON, March 7.-Thanks to the sense of equity of the Mexican government the State Department has at last succeeded in adjusting and providing for the settlement of the claim of Mrs. Janet M. Baldwin, of San Francisco, for the killing of her husband In Mexico about six years ago. Baldwin was a miner, and was killed by outlaws while on the way to his claim. Although a nation can hardly be held accountable for such acts, providing due diligence H used to keep the peace and preserve the lives of sojourning foreigners, the Department of State succeeded In impressing the Mexican government with the belief that the claim of the widow was a Just and eoultable one, although the amount of the allowance will probably be reduced from the lUW.OOO originally claimed to onefourth of the amount. A Piatt Ilepuhllrxin Elected. OSWEGO. N. Y., March 7. HlggtnK. a Piatt Republican, was elected Mayor over Pulger, a Cleveland Democrat, by twelve votes. The result will be contested on the ground of fraud in three wards. Over five thousand votes were polled. McCowan, a Hill candidate, received less than three hundred votes. ALBANY, N. Y.. March 7. Ths entire Republican ticket was elected at Oreen Island to-day. The Democrats carried West Troy. The Republicans elected two trustees, a gain of one. Hooilck elected the entire Republican ticket. The Rensselaer county board of supervisors will stand seventeen Republicans, twelve Democrats, a Republican gain of six. SurnrlMlnir Newa from Xevr York. NEW YORK. March 7. The green flag of Ireland will float over the City Hall on St. Patrick's day. A resolution to that effect was passi-d by the Board of Aldermen yesterday. It will !e approved by acting Mayor McClellan, though such approval la not necessary. The friends of Mayor Gllroy scout the Idea that he left the city because he did not wish to provoke criticism one way or the other. The story was f.rst told as a Joke, and aftcrwardi found lis way into priuL

PEXSOX BILL PASSED

Adopted By the House, After Five Days' Debate, Without Division. All Amendments Save One, Making: Reports of Examining Surgeons Open to Inspection, Rejected. 151,000,000 APPROPRIATED Lochren's Scheme toKili the Thirty Days' Notice Law Defeated. Spirited Speech by General Henderson, of Iowa Remarks of II. U. Johnson and Galusha Grow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 7.-During the course of the general debate on the pension appropriation bill in committee of the whole in the House, to-day, Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, made a fifteen-minute speech in opposition to an amendment which Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, offered, and gave notice that ho would move to attach It to the bill when the proper time arrived. The amendment provided that In prima facie cases oi fraud the Commissioner of Pensions might withhold the payment of pension money pending an investigation. Mr. Johnson antagonized the amendment with great earnestness. He characterized it as fair enough on Its face, and said it would be an unobjectionable law if fairly construed and enforced, but that the words were words of too great latitude and were capable of great abuse in the hands of an unfriendly administration of the Pension Office. He went on to demostrate that the President. Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner ol Pensions were hostile to pensions, and. Instead of construing the pension law liberal. ly and Justly, construed it with penaj strictures against them. Therefore, he said. he waa unwilling to pass an amendment which would permit these officers to decide what was prima facie evidence ol fraud, and to give to their expression suet a wide meaning as would Irtually annul the existing laws against, withholding pen e ion money pending Inquiry as to the pen sioners' rights. Mr. Johnson further declared that he was opposed to either sus pending a pension or withholding pension money from a pensioner until after a notice to him and an opportunity to him to be heard, and that the charges of great frauds in the pension roll were false, and that there was ample remedy under existing law against the few wrongful pensioners thereon without embarrassing and distressing the soldier by holding up his pension money In these times, when he needed it for the support of himself and his family. Subsequently a point of order waa made against the amendment, and it waa ruled out by the Chair. THE DILL PASSED.

Only One Amendment Permlttefl by the House Incidents of the Debate. WASHINGTON, March 7. After fiv days of debate the pension appropriation bill, carrying ?151.000,000, was passed thla afternoon without division. Throughout the debate there had been no criticism of the amount carried by the bill, debate belnff on the one hand confined to an assault on the manner in which the present Commissioner of Pensions had administered the office and his alleged unauthorized suspension of pensions, and on the other to a defense of the attempt of the Commissioner to purge the rolls of those who were not entitled to a place upon them. To-day there were several very spirited speeches, those by General Henderson of Iowa, Mr. O'Neil. in closing the debate, and ex-Speaker Grow. All the amendments to the bill, save one, that of Mr. Pickler, to make the reports of the examining surgeons open to the Inspection of the applicant or his attorneys, were defeated. They all fell under points of order that they were not germane. The one which attracted most attention was that of Mr. Enloe to repeal a portion of the provision included in the act of last December to prevent the suspension of any pension except on thirty days notice, so as to permit the suspension in case of plain prima facie evidence that the pensioner had procured his pension by forgery, perjury or other palpable frauds. This amendment was offered at the suggestion of Commissioner Ichren himself, who. under the opinion of the Attorney-general, declared that if the act of last December stood, over $500,000 would have to be pcJd out to suspended pensioners who were proven, beyond all question, not to be longer entitled to the pensions they had been drawing. Mr. Outhwatte, the chairman' of the committee of the whole, however, ruled the amendment out on Mr. Martin's point of order that it was not germane. At the opening of the session this morning Mr. McCrearj't from the committee on foreign affairs, asked unanimous consent for consideration of the Senate joint resolution for appointment of a commission to represent the United States at the Antwerp international exposition, which opens May 6. There was no objection and tn resolution was agreed to. Mr. Flynn secured the pas sag a of a bill granting to Oklahoma City for educational purposes an abandoned military reservation in said city. RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY. Two resolutions of inquiry, one calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for Information as to the authority under which the Bureau of Engraving and Printing had submitted proposals to the Postoffice Department for the manufacture of adhesive postacre stamps and the other upon the Post-master-seneral for copies of proixals for the manufacture of these stamps under the last and present administration, were adopted. The House then went into committee of the whole and the debate on the pension appropriation bill was resumed. Mr. Hudson criticised the conduct of the Pension Utile botli under the Harrison and Cleveland administrations. He was drawn into a lively altercation with nome of his Republican colleagues from Kansas over the cain:a'frntug tours of Pension Agent Campbell, of w..t male, in Kansas, he said, there were forty thousand pensioners receiving an average of 1100, while In Massachusetts there were pensioners receiving an aver age of J1V) per annum. "Do you think the Massachusetts soldiers receive too much?" Interjected Mr. WaJker. "Let me tell the gentltmaii that Massachusetts has paid her soldiers Si.iMj.U") in addition to all they had received from the general government." Mr. Morse agreed with Mr. Sickles that the Commissioner of Pensions was jrullty not only of bad law but of had manners. Mr. Stockdale supported the inlon policy of Commissioner lochren and the President. They were trying, he said, to rid the roll of the camp followers and coffee coolers and deserters in order to make It an historic, and honored roll of the Nation's defenders. Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, made a vigorous onslaught on the policy of Secretary Smith and Commissioner l.ochren. Hv also reviewed what he called the "wholesale suspensions." SPRINGER'S INQUIRY. After a brief speech by Mr. Thomas Mr. Springer took the floor in defense of th ilky. of tha Pension 021c. lid wUc4