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tJneasiness of Ilia Republican Senators ia Rgarl to the Rejection of Matthews. Hot Two RepuUicm frvil Service Scanners Yarage tj A.i Their Own Parens. Progress of Vhe Randall Metsa for the Propped Reduction of the Rivsnu?. Crnleers od Uui boats for the Navy Ths later-State Cwraere Bill Free Delivery Mexican Pensions. Wrtdtl to the Sentinel. "WAsiiiXGTer, Jan. 31. The Republican Senators are uneasy at the attitude of the colored people in regard to the rejection of Matthews. The Republicans of the Seaate who voted tc confirm Matthews maintain that a mistake was made in rejecting him. In order to counteract the feeling cf resentfulness among the colored people cf the country, Senator Irgalls, chairman of the committee v hich considered the case and recommended rejection, prepared a letter setting forth the reasons for the course adopted. This letter was one subject oi debate at the orucits of Republican Senators "Saturday. The letter could not with propriety be addressed to the colored people, bo it was proposed to get it out as a reply to the communication of the President sent to the Senate with the last nomination of Matthews. "While there was no decision ' in the caucus on the question, Mr. legal! submitted his letter in secret session Saturday afternoon, tct its consideration was objected to, and it vent over. It will probab'y come up at the next executive session, and n.ay provoke a political light, as the Democrats are not disposed to permit the Republican majority to issue any public excuses or explanations in rregard to Matthews. Getting in Their Work. Special to the Sentinel. Washisgtok, Jan. 31. Two Republican Examiners of the Civil Service Commission, Camp and Ilarhan, have been getting in their work on Democratic applicants, teilte recently they refused to recognize Suidlera history as a standard work, notwithstanding it is a text-book in all the Catholic seminaries and colleges. An appeal was taken on the case, and "Webster, the Chief Examiner, sustained the appeal, but marked the papers for matters which were not in contest, showing that either the Examiners were knaves or fools. The applicant came within 4-5 100 of I per cent, of passing, notwithstanding the Examiner would not recognize Saddler's history; and the marking down by the Chiet Examiner was simply to prevent a Democrat from passing. These Republican Examiners know that every time they pass aa applicant, 00 per cent, of whom are now'Dtniocrats, they knock one of their owe party in the head, and that would not be Republicanism, you know, to help the enemy. Sworn officers are supposed to do their tuty, but if they are overcome by temptation or strain a point to keep their -uepubiicaa couea-riei in oince they are not to be blamed as much as those them the opportunity to do it. wao give Of Interest to Iodlanians. pf Ul to tte Ben tin!. Washiscton,1 Jan.. 31 Postmasters : Emmet Washburn, Clyde; "Wm. Tyere, Ogden. Judge Kolman was in his seat to-day. Unlike several members of the Indiana delegation he has confidence thit the Democrats will succeed in electing a Senator before the .Legislature adjourns. Senator Voorhees returned to the city this morning. The Senator has given up his late residence at Sixteenth a nd I. and moved to 3,315 P street, in George, town. Colonel Matson has pi ocured the appointment of J. M. Needhara, of Franklin, to the agercy of the Lemhi Indi "ans in Idaho. The position was recently dec L ined by Win. Neal cf tte same place. Tte Indiana watchmei in the Trea.sury, accompanied by Represei native Howard, this evening called on Judg. 9 Ho! man to urge the granting of their petitiot i asking an in crease of pay to $!jO. representative Cobb says his district, will enter upon Chief Clerk of the Contest 1. Pension Office in two weeks. , B. Luckett of the duties of 'vision of .the A Little Schern . Special to the Sentinel. Washixgtox, Jan. 51. The pleuro-pnen-mccia bill is a great humbug, a useless, extravagant and brazen piece ot demagogy. Representative Howard, during the debate, went to the members of more tin m a dozen States to inquire if the disease exL ts in their States. The only places where he could find it was in the cattle pens of Chicaj TO and a little spot on the Blue Ridge in !t Maryland. Yet here is a proposition to give t Commissioner of Agriculture unlimited ' powers as to expending moaey, and also to hire some ignorant humbugs, calling thei nselvea veterinary surgeons, at enormous sal aries the pay from $U to $100 per head for cattle 'dyirg of pleuro-paeunionij." As 1 Representative Gallinger, of New Hampt hire. Raid, every old, tough or diseased beef wonld henceforth die of this disease. Ti "icre is very little evidence that the diseaat V is contageous. If it is, how could it exist lnt he stock-yards of Chicago and not kill the t 'ntire rsce there? "Where, oh where, ia ti 'w fool-kil'er with his club? The Randall Bill. Special to the Sentinel. it: Waehisgtojt, Jan. 31 The Randall men still continue' their conferences concerning their proposed reduction of the revenue, They had a lang talk with the Speaker on the subject j esterd ay, relating chierty to the parliamentary tactics necessary to bring the matter before the House. The Speaker told them that he had read the bill very carefnlly, but he reserved his opinion of it. He premised to talk with some of the members of the other wing of the party to ascertain their sentiments with regard to the matter. To the Associated Prem. Committee Action. "WAFHI5GT05, Jan. 31. The Naval subcommittee on Construction has reached an agreement, which will doubtless recieve the approval of the foil committee, looking to an appropriation for the construction of two 4.j0-ton cruisers of the 'Newark" type; fire 1,700-ton gunboats, patterned after gunbeat "No. 1," and three sea-eoing torpedo boats. There ia an intention on the part of several members of the committee, when the construction bill is reached In the House, to move an increase of the appropriation so aa to provide for the construction of at least three vessels in addition to thosa already described. Tbe House Committee on Pnblic Buildings and Grounds to-day ordered a favorable report on the bill appropriating 175,000 for a poblfc building at Stillwater, Minn. The action taken by Messrs. Belmont,

Clements and Rice(tne sab-committee of tte Committee on Foreign Affairs, In the fisheries questicfl ia understood to be as follows: A majority 0f the sub-committee felt that wbatevf rourse was taken by the House sbouli be had. In view of the gravity of the Invests involved, not only With the knowledge but with the full assent end active concurrence of the Administration. They therefore determined to forward copies of the Edmunds joint resolution as passed by the Senate, the Gorman retaliatory bill as introduced into the Senate, and the Belmont retaliatory bill as reported to the Foreign Affairs Committee, to both Secretary Bavard and Secretary Manning. Secretary Manning is specifically asked for an expression of his views and pre'erenceon the bills submitted as bearing upon the interests committed by law to his supervision ; and

both the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State are asked to suggest any modifications which may seem to them desirable in either of tne measures. The earliest possible reply is solicited. There is an unauthorized whisper to the effect that one reason for this course has been the fact that recent action of the Senate on certain priviledged questions has been resented by the administration as having been taken in violation of long established usage as to consultation with the State Department, and the II o use Committee determined to stand right on the record in this regard. How It Passed. Special to the Sentinel. Wamiisgtgn, Jan. 31. The means by which the river and harbor bill passed the House were reprehensible in the extreme. By a parliamentous trick even the reading of the bill was cut on, and it passed in a lump. All of the !;. members who voted for it doubtless each got a slice of the pork. No orpos tion was determined to worry it to death, but the friends of the bill on com mittee niOYed to strike out after the enacting clause, ana appropriate i,ouuu,wj in lump. This carried, and, consequently, cut off all debate. Then, wlien the bill was reported to the House they reversed their action, voted down the $7,500,000 clause, and moved the previous question. It was a slick piece of parliamentary tactics; but under such management the most currupt schemes could be put through without debate. Indiana Pensioners. Special to the Sentinel. "Washington, Jan. 31. Indianians were graLted pensions to day as follows: Charlotte Coleman, Morgantown; William C. Jones, Fredericksburg; George Winter, Elwood; Elizabeth Smith, Indianapolis; Robert Dnnlap. Valparaiso; Otto "Wolf, Indianapolis; Jerre Coleman, MorgFntown. Restored William S. France, Marengo. Increase Thomas Barker, Ke wanna; Henry F. Frye, Sabine; George Moore, Burlington; Basil Hindman, Newberry; Joseph Matthias, Jasper; William Charles, E wing; Mitchell Johnson, Schooner Point; Patrick Ccnway. Auburn ; Henry Monjer, Clay City; George Smith, Kirklin. Ee-ii-sue Joseph Crouch, Versailles; Amos Cra'g Scottsburg; William Levitt, Peru. Will Pay Damage. "WAf-msTox, Jan. 31. The Evening Star has tte following: Although the Secretary of State has not yet announced that the British schooners vaptured by the revenue steamer Corwin in Alaskan waters were unlawfully seized aDd held, it is learned on very good authority that this will be the outcome of the whole matter and that proper damages will be made by this Government for the losses of detention. It is understood that this is in accordance with an opinion of the Attorney-General after carefully considering all the court proceedings, which showed that the vessels- were matching seals outside the three-mile line, and were, therefore, well within their rights according to the construction this Government has always insisted upon.3 la the President' Hands. Washington, Jan. :J1. Attorney-General Garland caUed on the President this afternoon, and returned to him the inter-State commerce bill together with his report thereon. The measure will probably be considered at the regular Cabinet meeting tomorrow. The ten days within which the President can legally act on the bill will expire Saturday evening. It is not likely that final action will be taken before Thursday at the earliest. It is impossible to obtain authentic information as to the nature of the Attorney -General's report on the bill. The President's Approval. Wahuttton-, Jan. 31. The President today approved the act granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war; also the following: The act deeding certain public land to the city of San Antonio, Texas; the act providing for a school of instruction for cavalry and light artillery, and for the construction of quarters, barracks and stables at certain army posts; the act for the completion of a public buiding at Fort Scott, Ka3., and several private pension bills. Presidential NomlnaMena. Washington, Jan. 31. The President m t the following nominations to the Senate today: Postmasters Bordstown, 111., August E. Kämmerer; Galena, Kas., A. M. McPherson; Atkinson, Neb., William A. Wheeler. War Ordnance Department LieutenantColonel James M. Whittemore, to be Colonel; Major Francis H. Parker, to be LieutenantColonel; Captain j. A. Kress, tobe Major. Waat the Free Delivery System. "Washikstok, Jan. 31. The Post-o2i:e Department has received ninety-five applications from Postmasters and citizens asking for tbe establishment of the free delivery system at thWr respective towns under the recent act of Congress extending the service in the discretion of the Postmaster-General to towns having certain specified qualifications. The total number of towns having the required population or revenue is HQ. What It Will Show. Washington. Jan. 31. It is estimated that ii'ie public debt statement, to be issued tonn "nw, will show a decrease of about $'J,000 ,000 in the debt since January 1. The receip ta during January were 123,100,000, belüg .about $1,000,0X) more than the receipts for fi'ie earns month of la9t year. The expendik ures for January, 18", were $20,000,000, ?l.ng $3,000,000 lesi than the expenditures lex January, lSrf'J. Balloting for Senator. At'STix, Vei- Jan. 31. The Legislature convened ia Joint session at noon to-day and resumed the ballotiner for United States Senator. The? first ballot to-day, and the twenty -second' -of the contest, resulted as follows: Reagan, 51; Maxey, 47; Ireland. 20. This shows a gath' of one vote for Mxey and aloEscfthree foi' Ireland, while Keshan's vote is unchanged. The twenty-fourth ballot resulted: Keagat. r,r'' Maxey, .17; Ireland, 31; Throckmorton, 1; Seth Sheppard. I. The joint session adjourned until to-morroT. In the twenty-second ballot Maxey received 41 votes instead of 47 as repotei. Tne Maxey and Ireland men united to force on adjournment at the conclusion of th.6 third ballot to-day, Reagan's followers opposing the motion amidst considerable excitement. The indications point to the breskVig of the deadlock at to-morrow's session.

MR. GLADSTONE'S VIEWS

He Relies Upon England' Innita Sense of Justice in Governing Ireland. Thxea Hundred Persons Drowned by the Sinking of an Emigrant Ship. The Emin Bey Ralief Expedition Will Leave Cairo, Egypt, Next Thursday. Debate In the British Iloase ot CommonsGermans Alarmed by.tne Calling Oat ot the KeserTe for Practice Note. LD0N, Jan. 31. Mr. Gladstone, in an article in the February number of the Nineteenth Century, contends that, thougn Ireland formerly gained concessions from England through fear, an attempt on the part of Ireland to repeat her former tactics would be like warring against heaven now. England's strength compared with Ireland's is ten to one. He would rather rely, he says, upon England's innate sense of justice. Mr. Gladstone defends the American donations to Ireland on the ground that they have done much to stave off famine. Foreign donations, he says, if in aid of a bad cause, make it a shade worse, but if in a good cause serve to remind ub of our duty. To the contentions that the granting of home rule to Ireland would be to hand over the Government to the Nationalists, Mr. Gladstone re plies that if Nationalism is to prevail it is unwise to exasperate it to a spirit of vengeance. The British ship Kapunda, which left London December 11 for Fremantt, Western Australia, with emigrants, came into collision near the coatt of Brazil with an unknown vessel, and wss sunk. Three hundred of those on board were drowned. The remainder were saved, and have arrived at Dahia. The Kapunda was aa iron ship of 1.084 tons. She was commanded by Captain Mason. The Standard says it is more satisfied with the speech which Joseph Chamberlain made on Saturday at Birmingham than with any of the others he has previously made, but it advises him to recognize the fact that the Liberal Unionists are able to get along without him. The Times says it has reason ti believe that Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, will accept Lord Alernon Percy's oner to vacate the seat in Parliament from St. George's, Hanover Square, so as to enable Mr. Goschen to continue that district. "Mr. Henry M. Stanley telegraphs from Cairo, Egypt, as follows: "Nubar Pascha desires me to contradict the reports that trie Egyptian Government is raising difficulties for the Emin Bey relief expedition. The men and everything I have asked for will be ready for departure Monday." Mr. Stanley adds that everything Is pro ceeding satisfactorily. Lniiorms lor .hmin Bey and his force are being made, and all hands are working loyally. He proposes to leave Cairo on Thursday. Mr. Stanley says the telegram representing that Emin Bey had been heard from and that he was on his way to the eastern coast of Africa, having cut his way through Unganda Territory, was nonsense. The English shareholders in the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, at a meeting tooay, aoopiea resolutions ueciaring mat me company should pay larger dividends on its net earnings. The net earnings of the road fcr the half-year ending in November last, the resolutions state, justify the payment of a larger dividend than that declared. Mr. John Taylor reported that from what he saw in I'hiladelphia, he was convinced that the company's account was kept in a very unsatisfactory manner. In the debate in the Commons this afternoon on the address in reply to the speech from the throne, Lord Randolph Churchill said he read witn entire approval the instructions sent to Sir William White, the British Embassador at Constantinople re sj ecting Bulgaria. He thought they had been framed with prucence, wisdom and caution. Regarding the Gleubeigh evictions, Lord Randolph said he thought there never was a case found under microscopic examination more favorable to Irish landlords on the whole. During the winter the landlords had done their duty in a generous way. He praised Sir Michael Hicks-Beach "for the greatness of sacrifices associated with the latter's acceptance of the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland and wished him success in the work he had undertaken. He said he had never seen much that he considered alarming in the plan of the campaign. Referring to the estimates, he said if they had been framed upon the' principles of economy and sufficiency they had been much altered since he left the Government. ILaughter. He could assure theHousehe would never have resigned on account of the coaling stations item alone. He knew that some Conservatives were Incensed against him, but he was consistent, and the progress of events would modify their judgment. It was not the first time he had the evil fortune to wrestle with the Conservatives. Four years ago. when he proclaimed his party going wrong, he was charged with disloyalty and treachery. Events since had t vindicated him. Again he appealed to the tribunal of time. The amendment which Mr. Parnell proposes to the address in reply to the Queen's Bpeech is as follows: "The relations between the owners and the occupiers of land in Ireland have not been seriously disturbed in cares of those who granted to their tenants suuh abatements as were demanded by the prices of agricultural and pastoral produce. The remedy for the crisis in Irish agrarian a Hairs will be found, not in an increased stringency of criminal procedure or in the pursuit of such novel, doubtful and unconstitutional measures as those recently taken by Her Majesty's Government, but such reform in the law and system of government as will satisfy the needs and secure the confidence of the Irish people." German Reserve. Berlin, Jan. 31. The German reserves summoned for practice, will, it is understood, be called from the Western Provinces. The Kreuz Zeltung is endeavoring to allay the alarm caused among the people by the calling out of the reserves by reminding the country that the budget of last October provided for the calling out of 115,000 reserve s for practice with the new repeating rifles, and that the 72,000 now called constitute the first installment of the whole body then arranged to be called. A Pax-la Sensation. " rRis, JaD. 31. A sensation was caused by the trial of the case of Abbe Roussel againtt Annette Harchoup, for forging the former's name to a check for 1,000 francs. The rcnrt-rooci to-day was packed with people, The Judge aras compelled to admonish the witneraea for openly offering to Mil to women seats upon their knees. Abbe Roussel Is the well-known fouruler of orphanage and foundhvp iuiiijtuUon?, The woman charges him

with spending charitable donations for wine

and mistresses. Her defense is that she induced the Abbe ta eign the check when drunk, because she saw that he was becoming tired of the liason into which he had drawn her at the age of fifteen. The Abbe admitted having given money to the woman, hut said he did so because she was poor. He denied all her charges and accused her of blackmail. The woman ras acquitted of the charge of forgery, but was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a separate charge of forgery. Cable Notes. The originator of Saturday's riot in Belfast. a man named Kelly, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Six thousand coal miners in Fife and Clackmannan Counties, Scotland, have Btrnck for an advance in wages. The factory of the Nottingham Hosiery Company at Louzhborougb, England, has been burred, entailing a loss or Ai.u.ooo. A rumor is current that the British army reserves of the first class are about to be called out. The Standard denies the report. Belfast was quiet yesterday. The rioters arrested Saturday and Sunday nights were arraigned yesterday and remanded for trial. At the council of Austrian ministers Count Kalnoky declared that Austria's relations with Russia were much improved. The tension between Germauy tud France, he said, was itcreasing. Mr. Sexton, as Sheriff of Dublin, has served a writ of sciro facias to estreat the securities of Mr. Dillon on account of his Arklow speeches, and a similar writ to estreat the turities of Mr. Kenny. v. TRIALOF EX-ALDERMAN O'NEIL. The Defendant Placed la the Witness BoxNo New Developments. New York, Jan. 31. The defense of ex Alderman John O'Neal was continued to day beiore Judge Barrett in the Corrtof Oyer and Terminer. There was a small audience in attendance, the officers having excluded all but those having business there. Joseph H. Striner, a member of the Tammany General Committee, of which McLaughlin was Chairman, testified to meetings of the committee being held at McLaughlin's house owing to the ill ness of McLaughlin in May and June, 18S1. Witness was almost a nightly visitor there. Never aw any of the Aldermen there. The defendant, John O'Neal, was then put on the stand. He said he was fifty-six years of age and was born in Ireland; had lived in the Third Assembly District in this city for forty years, and had carried on a retail shoe business twenty-eight years there; was elected a School Trustee in 1S80, and his preset term would expire in lS'JO; was Alderman from 18?2 till the 1st of the present month; served as chairman cn the Finance Committee, and was a member of the Committee on Public Works, was a member of the Sinking Fund Committee from 1883 to 18SG. When indicted Mr. O'Neil thought he ought not to act on this commission under the circumstances, but Mayor Grace, Comptroller Lowe and Recorder Smyth thought that it ought not to. make any difference. Witness did not again meet with the commission, however, lle'first knew Fullgraff when he became an Alderman in 1884, and knew Duffy ia the board the year before. They aad McLaughlin were Tammany hall men, while he was a county Democrat; never knew anything about the "combine" meetings at FullgrafTs or McLaughlin's, but had heard a rumor that there was a combine. He never attended any meeting at FullgrafTs or McLaughlin's, and was never at McLaughlin's on Thirtyfourth street for any purpose. He called with Fullgraff on McLaughlin on Thirtyninth street when McLaughlin was very ill. Had been to FullgrafTs to order boxes and afterward pay his bills. Then point by point the testimony of FullgrafTand Duffy atTecting O'Neil Wbs taken up and denied "positively. Witness said the first he heard of the morning meeting of August 30 was when a messenger from the board came into his place of business with the call for that meeting. It was 5:30 or G o'clock in the evening of August 2i, and witness W8S standing at the cutting-board of his shop. The messenger was Moloney. "He said be had a call for a meeting, and asked me to sign it. I asked him what it was for as I signed it, and he said it wa for 0 o'clock to-morrow morning, and hurried out. There was nothing singular in his action. He only seemed to be in a hurry." He did not know what was the purpose of this meeting until be reached the City Hall. Then it was said that the injunction had been removed. Also that a lawyer named Crittenden was over in the Supreme Court trying to get another injunction. The board s first busi ness was in the room roll-call. Next a gen eral order acted upon according to O'Neil's recollection, after which the order dissolving tne iyddy injunction was read. Then the franchise bill was passed, 0 Nell voting in the affirmative. His reason was that the Broadway Company would not connect with the Broadway and Seventh avenue, the Bleecker street and other cross or branch roads; also that if the franchise was granted to them the public could go from the Battery to Central Park, or to almost any other part of the city, for a single fare. This was more advantage than either of the other petitioners offered. On cross-examination witness said he had made sufficient investigations to convince him that there was nothing in the statement made to the board by Mayor Edson that 1 ,000,000 would be paid to the city for the franchise. O'Neil said that the members of the alleged combine voted together on Dins airectiDg tne l wenty-second street, the Chambers street, the Second avenue, the Bleeraer street and other railways. O'Neil did not know or care where Moloney, Delacey, Dempsey, Sayles and the rest were. He had no social acquaintance with them. Keenan waa a member of his club, the New Amsterdam, but be saw him very seldom. He never had any transactions with Keenan, Moloney or Delacey?" 'Did not Keenan pay you $0,000 on the Boadway matter. "No; nor 5 cents." "Did not he ask yoa for your note, and you refused?" "I never gave my note to anvone. He never asked me," replied O'Neil. "He thought the proposed cable road franchise too sweeping." O'Neil and ex-Alderman Toumy testified that First District Attorney Purdy had pointed O'Neil out to the girl Kate Metz. The defense then rested, and Colonel Fellows, of the prosecution in the McQuade case, testified that the girl had identified Mc0.uade. Mr. Purdy denied that he had coaxed Katie Metz. He had, however, pointed out court celebrities to her companion. Informer Walte was recalled to retell of his calling at McLaughlin's as a member of the Aldermanic railroad committee in April and June, 1884. McLaughlin answered the bell at once, but witness could not tell who admitted him at other times. He never taw Miss Fox or Mrs. McLaughlin at any of those visits, save once ia the fall he met a lady he supposed was Mrs. McLaughlin. This closed the evldence.and the argument of counsel was begun and continued till the court adjourned. The Metropolitan horse-car stables at Brooklyn, N. Y., were horned yesterdav morning. " '

STRUGGLES OF LABOR.

Freight Handlers of Railroads Join the New York. Longshoremen's Strike. They Demand an Increase of Wages From Seventeen to Twenty Cents Per Hoar. The River Cul Miners in the Vicinity of Pittsturg Want Better Pay. A Member of tbe Executive Board of the Ocean Association Arrested for Conspiracy Stevedores Quit Work. New York, Jan. 31. The great strike took a new phase to-day. It involves not only the additional longshoremen whose intention to go out was related in these dispatches last night, and who went out this morning, but also the freight-handlers of the railroads, ihus tightening the blockade on transportation and adding other thousands to the thousands already idle. Apparently by preconcerted action, committees of the freight handlers of a number of the roads to-day presented formulated demands on the managers, and it is understood that similar demands will be made on the 'managers of all the roads leading into this city. The details are given therewith: The freight-handlers of the Pennsylvania Road employed on the company's North River piers to-day notified the managers that unless the rate of wages was increased from 27 cents to 20 cents per hour a general strike would follow all along the company's docks. The company was given until tomorrow noon to consider the demand. Their demands are 20 cents per hour from 7 a. m. to Up. m., with an hour for dinner, all over-time to be paid at the rate of 25 cents an hour. At present the men have no regular hour for dinner. The freight handlers of the company are in sympathy with the strikers. There are about 2,000 men employed on the piers. Demands were also made by the freight handlers employed by the Central Railtoad of New Jersey and by the New York, Lake Krie and Western for increase of wages, and threatening to immediately quit work if their demands were not complied with. The concessions asked for were refused- abolutely. The traffic manager of the Erie said that a committee from the company's laborer called upon him this morning and asked for an increase of rav from 17 to 20 cents per hour on ordinary time, and from 20 to 25 cents per hour on extra time. Ihey asked for a reply by to-morrow morning at which time they would strike, unless their demands were complied with. Tne company have decided not to concede anything, but as the traffic manager said, "will stand firm as a rock, and the other companies will stand with us." At the office of New Jersey Central it was ascertained that a committee of five waited cn the receivers this morning and presented a demand for increased wages for freight handlers and other employees and insisting on an answer at or before 3 o clock this afternoon. The receivers met them again at that hour and gave them a written reply in which they declined to comply with the demands of tbe employe?. The committee took their departure and Immediately after ward the freight handlers of the company on pier 14 went out on a strik. Several more ocean steamers arrived to day. The non-union men are working better and there Is not so much freight piled up as on Saturday. In Brooklyn the strikers are quiet and orderly. Freight is being moved slowly by Italians and non-union handlers. Thereis much embarrassment to business. At Jersey City. Jersey City, Jan. GL The freight-hand lers of all the railroad companies terminat ing in Jersey City and Hoboken have de mend an increase of pay. If their demands are not conceded by tne companies tne nana lers will go out on a strike at noon to-mor row. Their present wages are It cents an hour and 20 cents for overtime. Thy demand 20 cents an hour or $ 12 per week, and 25 cents for overtime. The custom-house officials on all the piers in Jersey City went out on Btrike this after neon. Their grievances are not known.; .ä At a meeting of the Police Commissioners to-night a resolution was offered to rescind the special tolice powers granted the 101 Pinkerton men engaged in protecting the Delaware, Lackawanna and estern Com pany's yards. The resolution, after a spirited discussion, was lost by a tie vote. Miners' Troofcles. PiTTfcEcr.G, Jan. 31. The river coal miners did not return to work this morning except at mines where there were barges or boats under the hoppers partially filled. Ihese will be loaded and then not a bushel of coal will be mined on the river until some agree ment has been made with the operators rela tive to tne demand lor an increase of wages to 2U cents a bushel, ine operators are al most unimous in declaring the advance will not be granted as the trade will not warrant it. As yet no arrangements have been made for a conference, but it is thought a meeting will be held in a day or two to ascertain what can be done. It is estimated that there will be C.000 miners idle on the rivers by to morrow morning, and that all the mines will be closed beiore the middle of tae week. Released on Ball. New York, Jan. 31. Thomas McGrath, of the Executive Board of the Ocean Association, was arrested to-day at noon by a United States Deputy Marshal on an order of arrest issued by Judge Shipman, of the United States Circuit Court, in the suit brought against the board by the Old Dominion Steamahip Company for $20.000 damages. Later Mr. McGrath was released on $2,000 baiL tYagea Advanced. Cieveland, Jan. 31. A dispatch from Yourgstown, Ohio, says that the Board of Arbitration, to whom was referred the differences between the operators and miners of the National and Fairview mines at Washicgtonville, to-day decided that the price of mining should be advanced from 82 to 87 cents per ton. The award is said to be satisfactory to all parties. Stevedores Strike. j Hukter's Toiitt, L. I., Jan. 31. The gang of stevedores at Devoe's Manufacturing Comfany'a dock, which continued the work of oadine the ehin Everdale on Saturday after the other had struck, refused t go to work xnis morning, au tne stevedores on their docks are now on a strike, ff the stritp n in. tinnes. the oil works will shnt dnwn. Fan thlps are now kept from tailing by the iiuuuxe litre New Tork'a Visible Supply of Grain. New jTobk, Jan. 31. The followlne ia the statement of the visible supply ofl grain on hands Saturday, January. 1837, as furnished by the New York Produce Exchange: Total In store and afloat Wheat, 01,884,712 bushels; decrease, 79,887 bushels; Corn. 1G.Z51.81W bushels: decrease- 153.051 bushels. Oats, 4,733,373 bushels; decrease,

40,858 bushels. Rye, 443.1S5 bushels; decrease, 1,042 bushels. Barley, 2,315,755 bushels; decrease, 74,480 bushels.

HON. GEORGE H. PENDLETON. Bis Tlewa as to the Possibility of a War Among the Nations of Europe Niw York, Jan. 31.Hon. George H. Pen dleton, United States Minister to Germany, who arrived here on the steamer S sale yes terday, was seen by a reporter at the house of his son, Frank H. Pendleton, to-day. Mr. Pendleton said he had come on a short visit. He intends to rest two or three days, and will then go to Washington to report to the Secretary of State. After that he will go to his home in Cincinnati, where he will remain for a brief period before his departure for his post of duty." Mr. Pendleton was asked as to his views of the possibility of war in Europe and the general feeling in regard to it at the German capita'. "The situation," he remarked, "when I left Berlin was very much Btrained. The powers of Europe, from a general feeling of Insecurity, have been making immense preparations. There are tremendous military works and arma ments on every side. I heard on Moltke say that it was a condition of affairs that must have a solution. It may have changed since then. The Reichstag was dissolved on tue question of the military bill on the Friday before I left Berlin. Nothing new occurred before I sailed." Mr. Tendleton said that he could not see that any one In Germany desired a war. In fact, every effort was being made to avoid it. The old Emperor was extremely anxious to have peace during his time. Bismarck was not ready for war now. He would not be ready until the military bill had been passed and the army reorganized. A Henry County Sensation. Knk;htstowk. Jan. 31. The interest here In the "novel" suit referred toby Richmond correspondents, wherein one Jacob Reddick, a retired, wealthy farmer of this city had brought suit to have annulled a deed which he had made to his children for a valuable farm in Rush county, has been considerably augmented since it became known that Miss Annie Hottel had. on Friday, through her attorneys, Messrs. Butler and Keys, of thi3 city, commenced proceedings at New Castle against Mr. Keddick for breach of marriage contract, demanding $5,000. The important persons in the suit all reside here; and the folio wir g is a brief summary of the case About four years ago Jacob Reddick's wife died, after rearing for him a family of ten children. Shortly after her death he commenced paying court to the "gentle sex," and madam rumor has it that at one time he wes engaged to more than a legitimate number. About one year ago he wedded a Mrs. Cnekmore, whose former husband was Charles Crickmore, atone time a saloonkeep and "famous" character of this place. Of the number of ladies to whom the "old gent" paid assidious attention was the Miss Hottel, aforesaid. A formal agreement of marriage was entered into by them in the presence of witnesses, after which the trousseau of the bride expectant was all prepared, and it was stipulated that her prospective "hubby" should deed his farm to his children, reserving the rents and profits of the same during his life time. Time developed i he fact, however, that the old gent was "lickle," and now comes the complaint demanding damages in the foregoing sum. In the suit to annul the deed, it is claimed that the boys misled their father, in claiming that he was about to be sued on the Hottel marriage con tract, and were it not that he was afraid of being sued he would not have made the deed. However, in his complaint to waiver the deed, he virtually admits an engagement to Miss Hottel, thereby strengthening ber case. The case is likely now to develop into a most Interesting if not sensational one. John Bull's Big Bluff. Tokoxto, Ont, Jan. 31. The Ottawa cor respondent of the Mail says: Yesterday the announcement was made that the Im perial Government bad consented to send men-of-war out next season to assist in the protection of the Canadian fisheries. To the people of the United States doubtless this will be anything but palatable information, but, as a matter of fact, it is simply following the precedent established before the Washington treaty came Into operation. A prominent official, on being questioned as to the correctness of the report, said: "It is true that the Imperial authorities have con sented to Eend out one or two gunboats next spring to assist the marine police in the en forcement of our fishery rights. Some time aeo, he Eaid, "an understanding was ar rived at with the home authorities that the usual assistance would be given. The reason why aid was not rendered last season was due to the long correspondence which had taken place between Canada and England, and to the fact that by the time the Imperial authorities had settled on their -policy the fishing season had nearly expired." I pointed out to thi-j gentleman the special cablegram appeaxin"; in the Mai), in which the Under Foreign Secretary had been made to say that the Canadian Cabinet had made a proposition, which, from the liberality of its character, is likely to contribute to a settle ment of the dispute. If from this the infer ence is to be drawn that the Dominion Gov ernment has receded from the position it has taken all along as to its rights, based on tbe treaty or 1818, there is a mistake somewhere. I have it from good authority that the Gov ernment still adheres to the policy it has fre- ... 1 1 I , r . , . i i (jucmiy aiiiiuuuceu, aau n 13 reponeu mat no offer of the kind the cablegram speaks of nas been made. Large Number of Men Discharged. Teri, Jan. 31. It is reliably reported on the streets here to-day that the visit of Manager Talmage, of the Wabash Railroad Company, here on last Friday will result in the discharge of eighty or ninety men now at work in the Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railway shops located here. Their discharge will take place at once. The report has aroused great anxiety, for the unfortunate men, who are among our best and most substantial citizens who have done much toward making Teru a lively, enterprising little city. There is a mysterious uncertainty hovering over the heads of many of the employes ana clerks of the Wabash Company, and there Is no telling what orders a day may bring, relieving them of their positions. He Blew Oat the Gas. Fort Watjtk, Jan. 31. A private dispatch from Massilon, Ohio, states that a man about thirty years of age, and having the appearance of a farmer, registered at the Hotel Conrad on Saturday night as William Shilling, of Fort Wayne, Ind. He waa assigned to room 55. He blew out the gas and retired at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. The porter heard groans from Shilling's room and broke open the door. The man was found lying under the bed, unconscious and foaming at the mouth. Dr. Ridenour was summoned, and the man was labored with for more than three hours before he was resuscitated. Shillne had $2.500 in money and notes in his clothes. But for the timely discovery he must have died in a few moments. The Fix Shooting. Columbus, Jan. 31. Sheriff Brown re turned from the residence of Evan Fix last night and brought the wounded man, Evan Fix, with him as a measure of safely. Fix, wnoisaDieto be out, was interviewed by

your correspondent, and gave the details of

the shooting, which are substantially the same as given yesterday. He was well peppered with No. 2 shot but is in no danger. He said the object in shooting him was robbery as well as murder, as the family had a large sum of money in the house. It is the general opinion in Clifly Township that the shooting was done in revenge for the part Fix is supposed to have taken in the Cooke murder that took place about a year ago. Parties are suspected and an effort will be made to bring them to justice. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

An explosion occurred yesterday afternoon on board the Steamar Guyandotte, off Long Branch, by which two persons were slightly injured. The explosion is believed to have been fiom dynamite packed in a satchel that had been left in the closet room. It is slated that two newspapers in New York City will be visited to-day and requested not to use steam furnished by nonunion men. If the request is not granted it is possible that the union men employed on these papers will be called out on strike. Alderman G. S. Roff, of Wilkesbarre. Pa.. received intelligence yesterday afternoou that his family has just become heirs to an estate in Holland valued at $76,000,000. The bill declaring a forfeiture of the lans granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has been lost or misplaced. Search for the bill has been going on for a month. T f f i vna rnm TI y cvstT elana will Ka taken to get a fresh copy from the Senate, to which the House can re attach its amendments. One Senator and two Assemblymen of the New Jersey Legislature composed the joint meeting at noon yesterday. One ballot was taken, and resulted in three votes for Abbett for Senator. The meeting then adjourned until noon to-day. At Milwaukee, Wis., between 3 p. m. Saturday and u a. m. Sunday last, the temperature fell fifty-seven degrees. Between 8:30 and 9 p. m. there was a decline of ten degrees, or one degree every three minutes. The Monarch Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa, has stopped business and applied to the court for a receiver. "Bobby" Adams, the Minneapolis, Postoffice robber, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary yesterday by Judge glodgett, who also fined him $10o and one-sixth the cost of his trial. Signal Officer Lyons, at St. Paul, reports that the average temperature at that point Sunday was 2j below zero, being the lowest average of any day for fifteen years. Benjamin J. Chamberlain, cashier of the Chicago Stock Yards commission firm of Combes, Hannah A: Co,, is short in his accounts, the firm say, to the amount of $3,000, and that it may reach the sum of $7,000 or $8,000. Two boys aged ten and eight years, of Brown County, Georgia, while in the woods gathering brush, were set upon by Sam Bivend, aged seventeen, and murdered with an ax. Judgment for $351,955 was entered yesterday against the Chicago, Portage and Superior Railroad in favor of Mrs. Sarah B. Angle, in accordance with a verdict rendered Saturday. A stay of sixty days, has been granted, when a motion for a new trial will be argued before Judge Gresham, at Chicago. Johnson Nelson, a railroad contractor, was killed at Hurley, Wis., yesterday, by the exploiicn ol a dynamite cartridge, which he was thawing out. A boirible murder was committed at Perkins, Mich., on Saturday night, the victim being a man named Peterson, who was found in bed with his head split open. The deed having been committed with an ax. The Supreme Court at Jelferson City, Mo., has granted a stay of execution until April 1 next, to H. M. Books, alias W. H. L. Maxwell, and the Chinese high-binders, pending an appeal for a new trial. The execution wa-j to have taken place next Thursday. About 1.S0O of the Lorillard strikers returned to work j-esterday morning on the film's terms, and the strike is ended. The Lorillards have all the hands now that they will employ, and every department is ia operation. Mr. Gerald Maxwell, member of the Wilson Barret Dramatic Company, has been placed in the Cincinnati Sanitwium upon the certificate of a Cincinnati physician that he ia insane. He is said to be wellconnected and to hare distinguished connections in England. Raymond Belmont, bon of August Belmont, the well-knowa New York Banker, accidentally shot himself at the familyresidence on Fifth avenue yesterday Jmorning. The ball entered the right side of the head and passed "clear through the Bkull, coming out at the left. He died in a few minutes. Disappointment in love is the cause given for the suicide of Frank Beeh, the German actor, twenty-nine years old. II is .dead body was found last evening in the property room of Miller's Hall, a small theater on North avenue, Chicago. He nad shot himself in the right temple. In the Lower House of the Te jas Legislature yesterday the joint resolution proposing a prohibition amendment to the Constitution was passed by a vote of 80 ayes to 21 nays. Representative Cox is much improved in health. He sat up for half an hour yesterday. A private cablegram from Rome announces the selection of Rev. Matthew Parins, ior seventeen years pastor of St. James Church, Boston, to Bucceed the late Bishop Hendrick of the Providence, R, I. Diocese, A bridge over Evergreen Creek on the Pittsburg and Northern Norrow-guage Railway, gave way yesterday morning, precipitating an engine into the creek, fatally injuring Engineer Marshall and slightly bruisng Fireman Harry Crider. Ex Governor Ireland's withdrawal from tha Texas Senatorial race waa determined upon in caucus last night The announcement will be made before balloting commences to-day; It is generally thought that Ireland's strength will largely go to Maxey, and the letter's election on the first ballot to-day is anticipated, A Negro Desperado Fatally Slict. EvAKsvirxK, Jan. 31. Jesse Baker, a negro desperado who was wanted in this city for a number of crimes committed here, was today shot and fatally injured by a man named. Porter during an altercation. Baker advsnced toward Porter with an open knife, when he waa Bhot by the latter In the abdomen. Baker can not live through the nlghU The firht ocmrred ahnnt fi here, jn a neighborhood known as a resort

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