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RIVERS AND HARB0RS.
THE coMMlTTEt's TOUGH TIME
Ia Handling the Bili-rhs burden 4 Committee.
man has to Bear-ptopls Who Want the
Earth and water Thrown In Btaidts.
Amount Of the Appropriation. rA


From Our Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 23.-The House
Committee on Rivers and IIarbors hope to
get their bill completed this week, and re.
ported 10 the House. They have had a
hard atruggle.t ut Is about as thankless a
task, this river and harbor business, as
have ever undertaken" said Gen. Hender.
son, OF Illinois, member Of the Court, to
your correspondent, as he leaned wearily
back in his chair in tho committee room
allcr hard days work. "Work as hard
as you will, and make as great AL effort as
you can to be obliging and yet somebody
will be dissatisfied; they are bound to BIZ
desatithed, in TACT. You see the engineers
estimates make these people wild. They
put on fancy figures as to the amount
needed for their work in the coming year,
and the people interested imagine that ali
OF that money ought to be granted them.
Probably 1t 10 fact, too, in many cases,
and The total OF tho estimates Is 80 great
that We cannot make our bill correspond
with them. Why, il We were to make
bill 10 meet the demands Of these estimates,
and add now measures introduced in the
House for river and harbor improvements
our bill would reach S42000.00O. o dear
0 dear!" he said, as he Het to work arrang.
ing huge heap OF papers before him, ut
is job, 1.tell you. People coms here and
appear bsiore ua in delegations and eing!y,
and with plausible argumente, and care
fully arranged facts and figures, and urge
lib to give 10 their particular creek, or har.
Dor, or river, a!l that the engineers have
estimated" So ,4.3
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Glass WOrkers' Scheme.

PITTSBURGH, PA April ga committee
Of tho Window Glass Workers Association
loft this evening for Europe, the object Of
the mission being to investigate tho Bel
gium strike and arrange tho preliminaries
OF an international Glass Workers Con-
vention, which will be held in this city in
July. 1t is proposed to form a Union Of
all the window, glass-workers in the world
and establish a uniform rate Of wages.
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ATLANTA, GA, April 23.-A dispatch
ON Monroe 10 tho Constitution says Jease
Gum killed his father. Tho father was
s s widower, and he and the son
courted tho ccme young lady. The son
married her two weeks ago and the father
seut him word to bo on his guard as he
was coming to kill him. This morning a
child saw the father enter bis sons house
and told the son who fred on his father as
the latter was taking aim, 7 ts5a
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GrRWt Again.

WASHINGTON, D. G., April 23.-The
feeling is growing here that Grant is likely
to appear as a candidate at the Chicago
Convention. Several members Of the
House are predicting It with great conf.
deuce. .5;-t.,5.- RI
The belief is based upon the contingency
Of his receiving the Arthur strength in case
the latter is not presented, OF being pre-.
sented does not at the start command such
streusth as 10 give strong promises OF suc.
cess. ,a Ia {. *
Tho general opinion Is that in such a
case the Arthur forces would support
Edmunds. There are good many who
thiukit would 90 to General Gresham.
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Nlnius On ssin Curicalures,

WAslilNoros, April ga close personal
friend Of Mr. Blaine remarked today apro-
posc OF t.eIcccnt bitter cartoons in Puckand
other plsces .hs. no o4a laughed over these
personal carira,ures Of Blaine more hearti.
ly than did Mr.. Blaine himself although
his family were highly inOenssd. Once IN
indignant friend called Slr. Blaine's at.
tention to an unusually Blauderous cpriea.
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Ir will give very general pleasure 10
t.nw that at TIE Ohio Contention the Rev.
Mr., Mueller offered "a very lair and un-
rarljsan p.ayrr." Yet it has been eaid
I'M. the ppiri; Of rank pariisnnship has
sDvsrd its deadly Upas shade" 80 TO
sn,sS. over The pulpit Itself.
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THE CONYENIION,
Tho Combination Wins-Thc Proceed.
ings In Detail,

AAo ~oAASAAhkAOhA Vluh-AHS HECGEeus
ings In Detail,
UTICA, April 23-About noon the Blaine
men changed their programme for dele.
gatesat'large and substituted the names
Of Roosevelt and Gilbert, which were al.
ready on the combination ticket, for those
OF Sloan and Erwin. The Edmunds men
refused to accept this compromise. The
Convention WAS called to order at 1890,
The roll call showed the only contest to be
delegates from Montgomery county. Mr..
Roosevelt nominated Nathaniel O.. Boyu.
ton, IN EdmundsArthur candidate, for
temporary chairman. Warner Miller
moved 10 substitute the name Of Edmund
Pitts Tor temporary chairman. The roll
call Was ordered. ,.-, - - : :
There was tremendous applause mingled
with hisses when Thomas g. Platt voted
ior Fits. The secretary announced four
hundred and niuety.one votes east. of
which Boynton had two hundred and tiity.
one and Pitts two hundred and iorty.
Deaiening cheers greeted the announce.
ment ofthe result. The Chairman declared
Boynton appointed. ~ :
MIR. Boynton took tho chair amid loud
applause. The Committees on Permanent
Organization, on Contested Seats, consist
ing OF two from each Judicial district, and
on Resolutions were then appointed.
THE DELEoATEs.AT.LAgaE. ~.
AT the conclusion Of the reading OF the
platform the tellers announced the rpsn)t
CT the ballot for delegates.at.large as fol.
lows: Theodore Roosevelt, 472; Andrew
D. white, 407; John G. Gilbert, 342; Edwin
Packard, 256; Warner Miller, o43; Alonzo
B. Cornell, 22S. The Chairman declared
the first four gentlemen duly elected.
United States Senator Miller and ex. C;oy,
Cornell were named on the ticket with
White and Roosevelt by the advocates OF
the nomination Of Edmunds at Chicago,
The convention decided to finish it's work
for the year. Judges Andrews and Rapello,
Of the State Court OF Appeals, were renom.
mated. Senator Miller presented his plan
for the liberalization OF the Republican
party and providing for direct Representa-
ton by. the people in conventions. =
On motion OF a coored delegate it was
decided that the colored voters have u rep.
resentative on the electoral ticket. A res
olution was adopted that the next National
Republican Convention bo requested to
provide that in the future the National
Conventions representatives proportionate
State and Congressional districts respect
lively. The Presidential electors and State
ate to the number Of Republican votes in the
Committee were announced and the Con.
vention adjourned. ... ~
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Kicking Against Melody.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 23.-The COM
mittce o. the anti.muaic faction Of the Uni
ted Presbyterian church to-day decided to
ask that the General Assembly declare the
uso Of instrumental music unlawful on the
ground that the question wes not properly
submitted by the Presbyterics. A renewal
oil the fight over the question at the meet
ing Of the General Assembly next month
is predicted.
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TRAGEDY AT NEWPORT.
A Policeman Killed nnd n saloon Keep.
or BADLY Wounded.

NEWPORT, r. l., April 23.-Terrible OK.
element prevails here to-day, and, con-
trary to the usual good sense OF the COM
munity, threats oi lynching are heard on
every hand. About. o'clock this morning
William Shay, a notorious rough, entered
drinking saloon on L,vinstreet and fired
two shot, al James Anderson, against whom
he held grudge Of long standing, Po-
liceman Barker heard tho shots and went
to the saloon to arrest Shay. The desper.
ado again brought the revolver into use
and fired at the policeman. The ball on.
tered tho left cheek Of his face and just be-
low the eye. 1t was subsequently ascer.
tanned that Anderson was also shot. He
was taken TO the hospital and will proba.
bly, recover. Barker was one Of the bravest
men on the force and had many friends.
lie died at half.past eleven o'clock. lie
remained unconscious from the moment
that he was shot. ..., ..l....
THE FATAL SHOT.
Shay held the revolver close 10 Barker's
face when he fired, the face being covered
with powder. Barker had his hand upon
the door latch and was just entering the
saloon when he WAS shot. Shay then pur-
sued Alderson and followed him into Cros.
by's store, OH Bellevue avenue, and into
the back room, where Crosby's son was en- |
2agOd at his duties as bookkeeper. Three |
shots were fred in this room, and just
grazing young Crosby. The stove was
knocked over and broken in the melee. |
Anderson, who WIS covered with blood |
from The pistol wounds inflicted at his
saloon, was successful in disarming his
sssailant, who was Immediately
arrested by the crowd who had congregated |
in front Of the s!ore. Shay is only twenty.
one years Of age, but has long been known
as desperate character. lie will be
a warrant charging him with
murder. Barker's wife arrived at tho hos.
pital jdst before he died. The scene which |
followed will never be forgotten. He has
been married only year and was admitted
70 the Knights Of Honor about two weeks |
lQn 4 d 4
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CREMATION, up to date, has not Spread
like wild.iye," but it ia steadily making its
way. In New York it has ct least respect
abl0 recognition. Such men as Dr.. Felix
Adler, Prof. IL. Ii. Boyesen, Courllandt
Palmer, and others equally well known,
are iu,ercs.od in the New York Cremation
Company, which has $1,000 subscribed
gud will begin operations when it has
81 500 more. Cremation has psgssd the
point Of ridicule, and that is a great deal
for any innovation to accomplish, 3,
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A BLAINE CAUCUS,
The Slicrlneu Men Break In md the
Meeting AdJOurnB.

Ea... AeclAuk hoJOurubs
Special Dispatch to The In.eilisentcr. '-'s =
81 CLEVELAND, April 23.-The Blaine men
held mass meeting and caucus tonight.
None but pronounced Blaine delegates
were allowed to speak. Editor ]. F. Mack,
OF Sandusky, was Chairman. Thirty.six
counties were represented Many speecheH
were made and there were loud cheers for
Blaine. 48& hfS EI 1E,'
llJ.T 7. Lawson, a Jefferson county dele
gate said: II am for the martyred Gar.
fields bosom friend, James G. Blaine, for
President, and for Vice President tho son
Of that other brave martyr-I mean Robert
Lincoln. I believe in this convention
standing aolid for Blaine and Lincoln"
Another delegate said the Sherman men
already wanted to compromise but that it
was too late. The Sherman men would be
allowed no quarter. The caucus placed the
names OF Judge West, Of Logan, and Judge
Amber, OF Columbiana, in the field IS
candidates for delegatesat.large and prom
ised to support them to tho last. .l
"A. committee was appointed to select two
other Blaine men as delegates. I
At this point gang OF Sherman mon
broke into the meeting and tried to bull.
doze the CAUCUS, and when the committee
tried to force A. NJ. Hanna, q Sherman man,
into the field under the false
pretense that he was Blaine
man, there was dire confusion, and
after an hours wrangls the meeting ad.
iourned to meet Tomorrow, morning al 5
o'clock. The end is not yet. A hot timo
Is expected tomorrow. Tho convention
premises to be the scene OF a red.hot war
between the opposing Blaine and Sherman
factions. f'- = = i
The Committee on Permanent Organlza..
ton has selected VIM. Mckinley, Jr., as
permanent President :. -
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a FUNNY DEBATE
III Tie SGnHte-Ihe ".AMen Corner fn
That August HOdy. .,. l.,


WASHINGTON, April 23.-In the Senate
Mr.. Plumb moved to extend the privilege
Of the door to the. Commissioner Of Agri-
culture. lie complained that that gentle
man had been denied admittance, owing
TO strained application Of the rule. A
discussion arose as to the position the com.
missioner should hold in the list Of priv
ileged persons. Mr.. Plumb wanted him
to bu placed next to tho heads OF depart
men,e. Ingalls, was willing the commits
sioner should head the list II it would
atop the cry that agriculture was bleeding
in the streets because Of strict con-
structiun Of the rules. The Kansas
Senator then waxed ironical. Zone OF the
recent membera OF the Senate" he said,
"when commiserated on the fact that he
was compelled to sit in what is known as
amen corner frankly eaid, THAT my seat
seat in the Senate was better than none."
(Laugh,er.) This is equally true Of the
men who wish admlttance to the chamber.
The question Of precedence or priority
amounts to nothing. 1T will be generally
admitted that the privilege OF the floor
under any circumstances is better than
cooling your heels in the lobby or tho
corridor There is continuous importantly
for admission 10 the floor Of the Senate.
Perhaps it is attributable to the common
desire Of the people 20 intrude themselves
where they are not wanted. [Lsushter.l II
you post notice anywhere mat people are
not wanted, that is where Americans wan,
to 90, and they generally get there. Laugh
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plTrsnuEqu, Pa, April 2a.-The coal
operators Of the Fourth Pool met Friday
to consider the advisability Of ordering q
reduction Of .one.iourth ct q cent per
bushcl in the miners wages. The miners
declare a general strike will be iuaugur-
a!ed il tho reduction Ia insisted upon.
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COLUMBIA, s. G., April 23--Mill No. l, Of
the Cemperdown cotton factory, Green
vile, employing one hundred operatives
and running $500 spindles, shuts down to-
morrow. The impoBsibility to secure a
supply Of cotton for coarse yarns Is the
cause. There is great scarcity Of cotton
seed for planting.
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tnre and urged that gentleman to take
steps toward an action for libel, but Blaine
called attention 10 the fact that insinua.
tionH could not be made base for sue.
cessiul suit, and furthermore, II he did stop
such attacks the charge would be made in.
Htahly tha. he had purchaaed silence.
"a public man, who Is not broad and
strong enough on bis feet to stand In the
iace Of such attacks, can never be promi.
nent long, and whenever ono is In the
front he must expect to receive hard
knocks" raid Mr.. Blaine, as he dismissed
the subject.
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Striking Miners In Camp.

PlrrsBuHau, April 23.--The striking coal
miners at Irwin Station, on the Pennsyl.
yania railroad, established a camp just
outside Westmoreland county. The coal
miners purpose inducing the men at work
to join III the strike. Sheriff Stewart is on
the ground fearing trouble, but 50 far his
services have cot been needed. v.
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tariff, opposing President Arthur's admin.
istration, recommending a Constitutional
provision Tor civil rights, iavoring the
collection Of an adequate revenue
by duties on imported goods to deiray the
expenses Of the Government and for the
restoration Of the wool tariff, and indors.
Ing tho platform Of tho last Ohio Republi.
can Convention.
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THIRD Jisttic: Republicans send two
,.,oup men 10 Chicago. They will repre-
sar thejr siatrc! with crodit-and they
will vo.e Tor B!aiAc. This insureH solid
Blaine delegation from West Virginia
,x,lys GOOD votes and true.
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A Divided Delegation,

UTICA, N. Y, April 2s.-The delegates
from the Twenty.third Congressional dis.
trict this morning elected as delegstes to
the National Convention Leo 4. Sspborn
and George II. Urban, Jr. One is fof,Ar-
thur and one for Edmunds, $3.50.
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ST. PAph, April 2s.-The Republican
Convention Of the Fifth Congressional die
trict at Fergus Falla, to-day rcnominatod
4. Nelson lor Congressman and adopted
resolutions endorsing Arthur's admlniB.
tration. E.Ig.rs }sE @.
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a Fatal FIre.

IeSDoN, April 23.-The Bsli tavern, in
"old Bailey" and the two adjoining
buildings were destroyed by fire early this
morning. Four Of tho waiter girls perished
ed in the flames. The Bell tavern was a
very old one and was principally patron.
izad by witnessed attending court,
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PITTSBURGH, April o3.-The Weatern
Nail Association met here o,day and com.
pleted the arrangements OF tho proposed
nail pool. BY a unanimous vote tho Asso.
ciation endorsed the action Of the iron
manufacturers in demanding q reduction
oil the employees wages. o51
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BosroS, April 29-The Fourth Con.
gressional District Republican Convention
to-day elected Jesse NJ. Grove and Charles
Gallagher delegates 10 the Chicago Con.
vention. They were not instructed.
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III was decided, after further debate, to
put tho Commissioner Of Agriculture next
10 heads Of departments. Then Mr.. Nor
rill wanted the Secretary Ct the Smith.
eonian Institute admitted, 10 the Noor. It
Wi, finally sgreed that Professor Baird
shuuL ksve the privilege Of the hJor.
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Prom cnt Citizen OF fStcubeny file Dead.
Sp<cia! Dispatch 10 the hattli9cnetr.
SrEUpESvILLE, April &C. E. Patterson,
a well known and highly honorcd dry
goods merchant, died suddenly at his
brothers. residence in this city this even.
ing OF consumption, aged AZ. r..
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Trrrr !. no occasion lor surprise that
,onr sherman hasa strong following in bis
orn safe. lie is worthy OF it all, and II
tEerfc,t prrzeshouid come his way ho will
aro'it Lia.ssltwith credit, eaho always has
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HOtli for EtiniuutlH,

LOWELL, MASS, April 23.-The Eighth
District elected Frederick T. Grcehslge
and Andrew Cjslone delegates 10 the
National Republican Convention. Both
are Tor Elmunds,
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Tic Work OF l,syolutlun.st.

HAVANA, April 23-Thirty.fve cane
fields, four huts aud many head OF cattle
belonging to plantations in tho provinces OF
Puerto Principe, have been destroyed by
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srRlSorlELp, MASS, April os.-The
Twelfth district, Republican, elected Henry
s. Hyde and Levi L. Brown delegates to
Chicago, No instructions,
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Special Dispatch 10 The lnte!igencer.
KEYsER, W. Va, April CSC. F. Sims
was arrested for the charge Of missppro-
priating public money belonging to the
State, county and district as late Sheriff OF
Mineral county. He gave bail for his ap-
pearanCe before the Circuit Court to-day.
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,r,v Dl,jmuIu .lmeican says that all
,h,ouyh the Safe the people routed the
'a,.bine =, the primaries |! has almost
I,or n WSiuv wAlk.ovGr.
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pp,,Lcroy IA tho keynote Of the anti
p,n,I,,rso Of Virginia, who arc nov ever
nnlynpd bteechcs,snl call themselves Re-
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rnr OHIO county Republican conven.
,,,' ,"r ,,pt,, qtsr NJ, Saturday, in the hall
,ttpIItu.s o, DtIeRaIes'
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VIII Not Urk . n Ticket.

CLEVELAND, April 23.-The Blaine men
caucused tonight with q view OF putting
up Blaine ticket Tor delegates.at.large.
Judge West was agreed upon, but
the caucus adjourned till to.mor.
Tow without settling q upon the
other names though Judge Amber,
NJ. A.. Hapna and ]. F. Mack are talked
OF. The Sherman men will not put dis.
tlnct ticket in the field, but will urge Gen.
eral Beatty and Judge Foraker. The col.
ored delegates will propose Hon. ]. +.
Green and Walter S.Thomas. sS@f i
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C|rH :Gwte!Ggt'1cfn
-, ,a., ., ,,l,i - Fourteenth Ntr"c,.

r,,y o,eliptls con,rahand" says that
r;I,ro ' vii accept Then there is no u'o
oIa convention.
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rpsag ID no lack Of interest at OleVs'
,,aIIn, ,Ec work oi the convention. 1t isl
Il" II' hopel ,hatthe blood won't flow.
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CLEVELAND, April i23.-The committee
on resolutions met tonight and agreed to
report a platform favoring protective
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DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.


ut is very.dificult to determine just what
we ought to do in this regard, and utterly
impcslib!et to prevent dissatisfaction. There
is only one way to give satisfaction, and
that would bo 10 give all that the estimates
aek for, which would make our bill, as
said, S4000,000 The Generals views in
regard to the thankleesnees OF his task are
cordially approved and endorsed by all
members OF the company, and probably no
committee Of Congress is harder worked
than that which has charge OF the river
and harbor improvement. 1t holds daily
sessions morning and afternoon and some
times subcommittee set in tho evening,
a long time ago it asked and obtained
permission 10 sit during the sessions Of the
1Iouse, and day after day aud;week alter
week its members have been found in
their room just of the floor Of the House,
struggling with rivers and harbors and
creeks aud hayons and engineers estimates
and anxious citizsnB. The latter have come
from every quarter, from the snow regions
of the North to tho verdure OF the South.
They come determined not to bs satisfied
with anything else than the earth. And
they want some water thrown in besides.
They are always endorsed and supported
and backed up by the Congressman from
their districts and adjoining districts, who
know that the committee cannot give half
the sum recommended by the engineers.
Your average Congressman is a time.server
however, and to make vote in convention
or at the polls for nomination or reelection
would not hesitate to eek the removal OF
the Capitol 10 his village, or that the Mis-
aissippi river be turned in that direction
Il it were possible. sG8fgr +.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR ELL.
The river and harbor bill as completed
will probably foot up about sl3, 900, 900.
Should the Hennepin canal and ono OF
two other measures Of this eort be added
it may reach larger sum, but it is prob.
able that everything in the canal line will
be ruled out and left to stand on its own
merits. The Mirsissippi river will gel
about sA .000. 900 and the remainder will be
distributed as rule in sums of about &c
percent OF that asked for by tho engineers
estimates. The bill, which will carry about
$l2,000,000 when it goes into tho House
will probably be somewhat increased there
and by tho time it gets through the Senate
and reaches the, President will, it is ex
pected, reach Sl5,OOO0O In this connec
ton the. following table showing; the
amounts expended ior rivers and harbort
from the beginning Of the government te
the present time will be oil iuteres.: