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HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOIS.
Alleged Attempt to Bribe Members Of the
Dominion Government.

MONTREAL June 21-The Commercial Bule-
tin of Montreal publishes an extraordinary state
menu in regard to the alleged bribery or at
tempted bribery of members of the Dominion
government and members of Parliament in
celebrated case of fraud upon her Maiestys Gus
toms.
Not very lcng since," it says, "a certain off,
cial connectedwith the firm involved was ordered
post haste to Ottawa to see what could be done
to extricate the house from the unenviabe and
embarrassed position it then occupied before the
public. The officer in charge of this important
mission after fussing about the capital good
deal, returned as hastily as he left and found
one of the anxious partners alone in the Office.
No better opportunity could have presented it
self, and the ambassador entered quickly and
nervously into the presence of his master,
closed the door and informed him that If he
would consent to give two ministers of
the Cabinet and two members of Parlia-
ment 81, 600 each. at the same time NEIL
tioning names, a settlement could be effected.
The principal. in his eagerness to have the affair
Withdrawn from publicity, instructed his embas-
sador to treat with the powers that be upon the
terms mentioned, and check for S. 600 was
given him to carry them out. Further than this
we cannot speak with any degree of certainty,
rs we have no means of proving that the pro-
ceeds of this check were actually paid to the two
Cabinet members and the two Members of Par
lament above referred to. We do know how
ever that the case was settled Immediately, not
wthstanding subsequent dispatches from Otta-
wa to the effect that no official settlement had
been made. There is something rotten and mys-
terious about this system of condoning offenses
committed against our customs laws. by which
the interests of honest traders are seriously i'm
periled" The story has created sensation,
and influential friends of the party in power are
greatly exercised over it. The merchants want
the charges investigated without delay. There
have been some extraordinary settlements of
customs frauds in Montreal lately Notwith-
standing the government denial in Parliament,
an immense sum of money has been divided
among the customs officials and informers with
in the past month, some persons having become
suddenly rich in consequence. There is uni
versal feeling that gross outrages have been per-
petrated.
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FIGHlING PICNICKERS.
A Brisk Engagement Between a Party Of
Drunken Men and Crowd Of Polanders

CLEVELAND, June 27.-A terrible fight oc-
Cured this afternoon at Fairport, about thirty
miles east of here OH the Lake Shore An ex-
cursion party of about three hundred men,
women and children visited the place. A dozen
or more men, who had been drinking on the
boat, visited saloon on their arrival at Fair
port and soon succeeded in starting quarrel
which ended in all the windows of
the saloon being broken by the ex-
cursionists. Stones were then hurled
through the windows of large tenement
house occupied by Polanders. The latter, to the
number of fifteen or twenty, armed themselves
with clubs and moved on the excursionists.
Several Clevelanders were cut and bruised. and
one Polander, named Michael Peeler, was struck
in the temple by stone. He fell unconscious
to the ground and was carried away by his com
panions The Polanders chased the men,
women and children a distance of three hundred
yards, to the boat, over railroad tracks and ore
piles, but just as the pursuing party reached
tie dock the boat moved away, preventing
further bloodshed.
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FIVE days in the week In the latter
part of May a vacation is always taken
which lasts until October Two weeks
arc usually taken during the holidays, and every
public day is observed by the justices. The rea-
son these men are given so much latitude. and
are permitted to have such a comparatively easy
time, is because they are of che highest class Of
lawyers. and would have easier times were they
in private life. They have been used to it, as
general thing. and demand a continuance. Their
work is of the hardest strain during sessions of
the court and am told that majority of them
work twelve and fifteen hours out Of every
twenty-four,. although the public cannot see
them doing so. Each one has library at his
home. and each one burns good deal of mid
night gas in the preparation of decisions. They
are continually making history and making law,
so that the very greatest care is required, as
well as the highest order of ability 1t is prob
ably we'll that these men are paid so good sal
ary, are required to work so short hours, and are
retired upon full pay It keeps them above
thoughts of corruption and their position COM
mands their entire thought and ambition.
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Cable Notes.

Advices from Yokohama state that cholera is
again prevalent in the interior of Japan.
Disturbances in Corea are reported, and the
Prime Minister is stated to have disappeared.
The King of Portugal will come to England in
August to visit his sister and Queen Victoria
He will afterward 60 to Sweden.
Young Prince Louis Napoleon is still 10 ia
pan. Both the Japanese government and the
Italian minister extended him every courtesy
and received him on all occasions as an imperial
parsonage.
Mr. Henry Irving iectured on Saturday even
ing at Oxford on English Actors Their Charac-
teristics and Methods" The undergraduates
presented to Mr.. Irving an address and hand
some copy of Shakespeare.
Count De Montebello, French minister at
Brussels will succeed Count Foucher de Careil
as French ambassador at Vienna. NJ. Legrand,
at present French minister to Holland, will sue
ceed Count De Montebello at Brussels
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Kaiser Wilhelm at Ems-How the Sturdy Old
Monarch Looks and Talks.
BERLIN, June 26.-With the departure Of the
Kaiser for Ems the other day. the Berlin season
may be said to have ended Pleasure and bust
ness still 60 on, 'Unter den Linden" but the cap
ita has lost its browning attraction for the time.
The historic window in the castle is
empty when the troops march past in
the afternoon, and the idlers who, from
force of habit, still collect opposite, have no one
to cheer. From Ems each day has, so far, brought
reassuring news Of the Kaiser He seems to be
"having a good time" there He walks and
drives, listens to the band and drinks the waters
with all the zeal of young beauty on the look
ont for a husband On his arrival at Ems the
local Kriegerverein turned out to bid the Kaiser
welcome.
WELL" said the splendid old monarch ''you
see the pious wish you uttered last year has been
fulfilled Here / am again, we'll and hearty.
rejoice to find my old warriors of 1870 You
look pretty we'll, too," added his Majesty, with a
smile, glancing at the time and weather-beaten
faces before him.
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THE HOUSE MEMBERsHIP.
About Half of the Present Members Will Ra
Returned to the Fiftieth Congress.

About Half of the Present Members Will Ra
Returned to the Fiftieth Congress.
Special to the Indianapolis Journs,
WASHINGTON, June 27-Men who have kept
tally of the 325 congressional districts through
out the country and who have figured upon
those districts where nominations have not yet
occurred, say that about one half of the present
House of Representatives will be returned by
the approaching elections. In great many dis
tricts throughout the country the two-term rule
has been dsregarded, and men are sent here
during good behavior. 1t very often happens. it
seems, that "good behavior" does not run longer
than two years, and more than twenty-five dis
tricts have been changing their representatives
every two years for some time. About one half
of the old members who have been returned
year after year, incompetent, and it is be-
after the 4th of March next So many fights
have been brought up in the districts in the ma
jority party that compromises will undoubtedly
be effected, whereby inexperienced and ncom-
petent men will come to Congress. It is these
fights and these compromises which send so
many men unfit for the position to Congress. A
number of ambitious and competent men live in
a district. and rather than permit one of their
own number to be elected to Congress. they
compromise upon some harmless nobody, and
send him. year after year. or pick out new no.
body every two years, and send him. Jealousy
and ambition are responsible for nearly all Of
the incompetents now in the House.
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THE FISHERIES QUESTION.
A Confident Canadian Official Who
Doomed TO Disappointment.

A Confident Canadian Official Who Is
Doomed TO Disappointment.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-A recent dispatch
from Montreal says that the Canadian Secretary
of State expresses the opinion that the fisheries
question might involve the people in serious
complications, but that he had faith in President
Cleveland and Congress, and had no doubt that
the question would shortly be brought to prac-
tical aud equitable solution. If Mr.. Chaplain
understood the workings of the minds of the or
dinary American Congressman he would find it
very difficult to account for the faith which is in
him. If there is any one thing certain in the
present state of affairs, it is that the American
Congress will certainly do nothing whatever to
settle the fisheries dispute before it adjourns
IL is the opinion of everyone that Secretary
Bayard is negotiating with the British govern
ment for new treaty which will settle def
nitely the fisheries question for some years to
come, but it will be many months before Con-
gress will act upon this and the treaty will have
to be drawn for the purpose of greatly benefit
ing the American fishermen before it can pos
sibly be favorably acted upon so long as the
present state of feeling exists.
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Of relief from the embarrassment which they
have experienced all through, on account OF lack
of funds. Their treasury is bankrupt They
cannot, like the Parnellites, look to America for
funds, though their labors are toward the same
end, and no adequate source of home supply has
yet developed. On the other hand, the Union
lists can command practically unlimited means,
enabling them to vigorously contest every seat
in London and every country district whore there
seems to be the remotest chance for their sue
cess The Gladstoneites thus handicapped are
leaving 165 seats in Great Britain to the Union
lists without attempt at contestng them,
while the Unionists refrain from pressing candi-
dates in forty-fye districts only.
The Conservative papers continue to express
anger over the American subscriptions to the
Parnell fund The Spectator gives prominence
to letter, in which the writer recalls English
subscriptions to the loans which, he.assunes
were intended to help break up the American
Union. A great stress is placed upon the fact
that Mr. Gladstone subscribed $1,000 to this loan.
The inference of course, is drawn that Mr..
Gladstone has before now played the role OF
union breaker The greatest strength Of the
Gladstone party remains in the provinces.
The symptoms in the metropolis distinctly ia
vor widely extended triumph for the Unionists.
The Radical Workingmen's Club have hitherto
been stanch allies of Mr.. Gladstone. They
now fail to contribute any support to the Glad
stone electoral fund, and decline to make any
demonstration in Hyde Park in favor of the
home-rule measure. The Unionists will make a
strong effort to capture the labor vote, and will
make special contest for every seat in London
and the provinces now occupied by working
mans candidate. JosephsArch, Henry Broad
hurst. William Randall Cremer, George Howell
and Joseph Leicester are the labor leaders whose
seats are in most danger They will, it is said,
receive assistance from private fund.
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a MINISTER In DISGRACE.
Suspended from the Ministry and Driven
from Ills Church.

RALEIGH, N c., June 27.-Rev. j. l.. Bagwell
Is one of the most eloquent diyines of the North
Carolina Methodist Conference He is the most
sought after by the different churches of any
preacher in the Methodist Church. He mas been
stationed at Goldsborough, Charlotte, and, until
few days ago, was in charge of the church at
Winston. He is very handsome man, and soon
after taking charge of the church there he be-
came enamored Of a lovely Mrs. Potiphar, but,
unlike Joseph of old, instead of leaving his gar
ment in her hands. he left the tatters of sanity
reputation. The woman for whom Mr.. Bagwell
sacrificed name and position is known as grass
widow" and is beautiful and attractive. She
was an attendant of DR.. Bagwell's church, and
here they became acquainted. 1t was not long
before it noticed that the minister was par
tial to this sister, and that he sought every pos
sible occasion to be IN her company Some time
aSs0 the officers of the church demonstrated with
the preacher, and told him that his conduct was
the subject of remark. and that he
must desist Mr.. Bagwell declared that
there WAS nothing criminal, and that he
liked her company, and did not intend
TO stop his attentions When the presiding elder
Of the district came to Winston he privately rep
rimanded Mr.. Bagwell but this did no good.
Last week the woman in question was absent
from town without the knowledge of her rev.
erend lover, and he wrote her very endearing
letter that fell into the hands of her father. He
broke it open, and on reading the contents he
searched in his daughters apartments and found
number Of letters written by Mr.. Bagwell. all
@showing the closest intimacy. and also
rangement for Mr.. Bagwell to meet his lady love
at Danville Va, on his way to the conference
and on his return home. The father laid these
letters before the church and committee of in
vestiCation was appointed, upon whose report
Mr.. Bagwell was suspended from the ministry
and driven away from Winston in digrace
When the general conference meets he will be
expelled from the church. 1t now turns out that
IN his young days the reverend gentleman was
not above suspicion. Mr.. Bagwell is about
thirty eight years of age. and has wife and
several children. The Raleigh church is known
rs the crack church of the conference, and Mr..
Bagwell wond have been sent there next His
was also the most prominent name mentioned
for the presidency of Trinity College, the seat
If learning of the Methodist denomination Of
Ibis State
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AMZI SMITH.
A Democratic Official Whose Efficiency Ex-
cites Republican Admiration.
al to ha IndiananoIis Iournai.

A Democratic Official Whose Efficiency Ex.
cites Republican Admiration.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, June 27-It is not often that
the Senate finds it necessary to enact legislation
for the sole benefit of Democratic oficeholder,
who has been retained in his position in spite of
the political changes that have occurred since
his appointment This will be done, however,
in the case of Mr.. Amzi Smith. the superintend-
ent of the. Senate documentroom Mr.. Smith
has held the position for great many years,
and, although Democrat, has been continued
in Office since the Republicans secured control
in the Forty-eighth Congress Senator Van
Wyck has proposed an amendment to the sun
dry civil bill to increase Smiths salary to So 600
a year in recognition Of his val
liable services to the Senate. This
gentleman has become so impregnated with the
contents of the prosy reports and bills that sur
round him in his Office that he is invaluable
man for the Senators who desire TO hunt up old
documents and who have no knowledge of what
they want beyond. perhaps, the contents of q
page Mr. Smith is always ready with informa-
uion that helps them out amazingly, and at q mo-
ment's notice can put his hand upon any docu-
ment that has ever been issued by Congress which
is still kept in the archives of the Senate. His
salary at present is altogether out of proportion
to the value of mis- services, and all who have
any business with this courteous gentleman will
be delighted to see Congress increase 1t to .
reasonable figure
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WHEAT AND CORN.
The Harvest Shows an Average Yield, and in
Missouri the Results Are Very Gratifying.

CHICAGO June 27.-The following crop sum-
mary will appear in this weeks issue of the
Farmers Review:
The harvesting OF wheat has been concluded
IN Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. In the
former two States continuous wet weather de-
lnyed the gathering of the grain in some Sec
tions and caused some damage both before reap
iug and after the wheat was in shock. The av-
e1age yield in both States is reported from fifteen
to twenty five bushels 20 the acre. where no in
jury from rust occurred. The reports indicate
that In nearly every portion of Missouri farmers
were unusually successful in harvesting wheat.
The average yield is placed as high as seventeen
to twenty-five bushels to the acre in st. Clair,
Pike, Picking and Charlton counties. The indi-
cations are that the entire average for the State
will be unusually high. Harvesting is still pro-
crossing in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio under fair
ly favorable conditions, though scattering re-
ports of rain and rust are made. but not
such as to indicate any widespread damage.
Rain prevailed over large areas of Dakota, i'm
proving the general outlook for spring wheat
greatly, and apparently insuring an average
yield. The reports still indicate that the general
average throughout the Territory OF both wheat
and oats was reduced 10 to ID per cent. before
the drouth was broken. In Stutsman county
the report this week indicates that not to ex-
ceed one half a whole crop is promised, while in
Coddington and several adjoining counties the
reports show that the crop was shortened 10 to
20 per cent The situation in Minnesota has
not materially improved; in Dodge, Martin,
Nicollet and Winona, the reports state that fully
one-fourth to one-half of the entire spring
wheat and oats crop has been ruined by the
drought and the fact that the rains came too
late Need OF rain in Iowa and Nebraska is re-
ported in Cass. Carroll Franklin, Howard, Iowa,
Keokuk and Van Buren, counties. In Iowa the
necessity of rain has been very pressing, and the
prospective yield of wheat and oats has already
been lessened Is to 20 per cent The corn pros
poets continue very promising in both the North
west and the Southwest States.
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Habrew relief Associations.

CHICAGO. June 27-The conference Of the
Hebrew Relief Associations of the United States
was held here to day. The following officers
were elected: President, Marcus Bernheimer, St
Louis; first ice-president, Rev. l. L. Leucht,
New Orleans, La second vice president Jacob
H. Hecht, Boston, Mass; secretary and treas
nrer, Albert Arnsteir. ST. Louis Mo. The con-
Etitution was amended and important resolu-
lions passed The meeting adjourned until
Monday morning
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THE CoNFEDERATE DEBr.
Judge Fullerton's Ingenious Argument In
Favor of Its Payment.


Washington Special.
After Judge Fullerton. the famous New York
lawyer. delivered his argument before the House
committee on war claims in favor Of the pay
ment OF the confederate debt by the United
States government he was requested to submit
his remarks to the committee in printed form.
A bundle of these cheerful pamphlets was
dumped on the committee table at its meeting
this morning. The argument is brief. covering
only six pages, but it is interesting reading as
marvel of legal and literary ingenuity. The
members of the committee will digest it at their
leisure.
Judge Fullerton says SIN discussing the liza
0ility of the Confederate States to pay the con-
federate debt it is proper to say that they never
refused to recognize their obligation to meet IL,
nor did they ever request any action on the part
of the United States to relieve them from
it. As between the holders OF tho con-
federate debt and the States creating il
there existed binding obligation With which no
third party could properly interfere, much less
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Sagasta,s Promise to Republicans.

MADRID June 27.-Premier Sagasta, replying
to question in the Chamber of Deputies, yes
terday, said that if he ever found himself in the
presence of a Republican majority in Parliament
and that majority legally signifed its inten-
ton OF altering the form of government he
would submit the question to the national will
for decision. Later he modified his statement
romewhat by giving strong monarchical assur-
ances The incident however, has caused a
sensation in political circles, and has excited
much displeasure in court and Catholic circles
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LONDON, June 27-Advices received here
from the Cameroons and Bonny colonies show
that a bad condition of affairs exists there. The
natives are incensed at their treatment by the
German and French colonists. and resolutely re-
fuse to supply the whites with either food or
water, or to do any trading with them. The
factories are losing money daily, aad are being
gradually closed. The natives hope to tire and
drive away the Europeans.
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went for sail down the bay at 2 p. NJ. to-day in
the saib boat Wanderer. They reached Bristol
safely, and, after short stop. started toward
Prudence island. The wind was blowing strong,
and Mr. Brayton, who was sailing the boat, was
unable to manage it. At about 4 P. NJ, when
entering Potters cove, the boat capsized and five
of the party Mrs. Farmer and her daughter,
VIM. Brayton and the two Girsch children, were
drowned
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Drsyen to Suicide by III Health.

PrTTsBURG, June 27-Mrs. John Campbell,
sister-iu-law of John McGifren. the liveryman
who shot and killed himself last night commit
led suicide to-day by taking laudanum. III
health ard the suicide Of McGiffen are believed
10 have been the causes which prompted ner to
lhe act
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Sam Jones Questions a Reporters Accuracy

Sam Jones Questions Reporters Accuracy.
ST. PAUL, June 27--At the Red Rock camp
meeting, this afternoon, evangelist Sam Jones
denied the newspaper statement that he had as
serted on q previous day. that down in Georgia
the Lord did not object to the use of to-
bacco asserting his statement to have been
that the people of Georgia did not object to it.
Calling for rising vote of those whose memory
supported his declaration several persons stood.
He then asked fer a showing Of those who
thought he had been correctly reported, where
upon the reporter criticised mounted table.
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Boat Capsixed and Five Lives Lost

Providence. June 27.-E. G. Farmer, his
wife. and their daughter Mamie, aged six years;
Mr.. G. W. Girsch, his wife and two children,
both the nen belonging the firm of
Farmer, Girsch e. Co., engravers and
printers, and William G. Brayton, their
travsling salesman, and his wife, all