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TnE supREME nOuN
In the History Of Observation-Disclosures
Schemes 10 be PfoaOntsd To-day.

In the History Of IreiAnd-GladStone'S
schemes 10 be Presented To-day.
LONDON, April 7.-The various whips
have arranged with the members Of their
parties for the postponement until Friday
OF all questions which were to have been
btousht up in the House Of Com.
mons tomorrow, except those Of the most
pressing importance. In thus curtailing
the business OF the House Mr.. Gladstone
will be enabled 10 begin his speech Ia ex.
planation OF his Irish home rule scheme
at about 4:30in the afternoon. The usual
body OF police stationed about the parla.
ment buildings will be strongly reinforced
10 suppress any demonstration that may
be attempted outside Of the buildings.
Irishmen living In London have been
required To assemble tomorrow 70 cheer
MI. Gladstone 40 he enters Parliament.
A similar Liberal manifestation Is expect
ed, Urgent whips have been issued re-
uuesting the presence Of all members In
the House OF Commons tomorrow and on
Friday. The House will be opened al =
A. n. tomorrow TO enable members TO
secure seats. The opening OF the House
at 30 early an hour iB commented upon
adversely on the ground that II places 9
premium on physical endurance and
handiCaps the invalid and weaker meme
bers.
The ParnelliteB at d meeting to-day de.
Cided 10 enter the House al the earliest
possible hout In order TO secure seats.
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KRNTUOKY RARpARIrIEs.
Inhuman Treatment Of COnVicts-HOrribIs
stories of onirRKSs.

FRANKFORT, KY, April The senatt
Of Kentucky was never more deeply in
terssted than this afternoon, Hon. Theo.
dOre Hallam, Of COyingtOn, KY, the home
of Carlisle, having been granted the priyil'
ege Of addressing the Senate in committee
OF the whole, severely criticised and csus,
tiCRlly condemned the report OF Joint
committee, which had recently invests
gated the treatment and condition ol con.
victs who have by State sanction bsen
hired to contractors, and by them sublet
for coal mining purposes to private cor
porations,
MIR, Hallam concluding, Hon. John
Newman and Senator Robert Burnett Rd-
dressed the Senate in the committee OF
OF the whole, and as members OF the COM
mittee which has investigated the convict
question, related unanswered y condition
Of affairs 80 far aS ConviCts are concerned,
that would be impossible to believe but
for the high and unimpeachsble character
Of the speakers,
The charges made were chiefly those OF
unwarranted and unnecessary and inhu,
man brutality, to substantiate which was
woven q web OF facts that were absolutely
undeniable, 1t was clearly demonstrated
that the shorthand writer, who was en-
ployed to take the testimony attending
the legal investigation, has refused mys-
teriously and by the advice OF Hon, Frank
Strauss, q member OF the House, and pre-
sumably u friend Of the contractors, to
make q transcript OF his notes, because
they undoubtedly reveal facts that show u
state of affairs at the convict mines dis
graceful beyond description.
Representative Newman said that an
old Union soldier, who by accident had
tRunted the warden, was knocked down
with the butt end OF whip, and beaten
to such an extent Of cruelty that his life
was despaired OF, He was sick and stag.
gering At the time, but the salary Of the
mine boss depending upon the amount Of
labor obtain.d from the industry Of tho
convicts, the individual grossly mistreated
this man and many others, This oC-
CURED In December, but the marks Of the
lasf yet remain.
In another instance II was related that
In the case OF a Consumptiye prisoner,
whose task had always been performed,
but who had, althougha trusty, consented
to escape, il possible, he was made to
straddle barrel and submit to severe
lashing, then put to bed, and three hours
later, bleeding ana smRrting, was removed
and again thrashed. This Conyict's cry
was: "Great God kill me, but for the love
oil Christ whip me no more"
II was proven that the food Of the con-
victs n nearly all instances has consisted
Of frozen, and sometimes rancid fat bacon
that they work six days during the week,
when regular miners can live only by
working four days; that their dinner Is
eaten under ground, and in water almost.
knee deep.
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rNe1NEE1,s NOT UNWILLING
70 Join In lhS suiks- thsir 81 pAthlSs With
tho KnIghts Of Labor.

ro ,tniu In III Q suIkG- their 81 ythpathlos With
the Knights Of Labor.
ST. LOUIS. April 1.-The general and
Joint local executive committees we're in
session yesterday, and while little Is
known Of their doings, II Is understood
that they have been considering measures
for strengthening the strike aud making
4 more vigorous and effective. Mr. Bailey,
one otths general committee, spent q part
Of the day in EaSt st. Louis, but what he
aid there Is not known, and Mr.. P. d.
Brown, A gentleman who came here from
Nav York with Mr.. Hayes, has gone out
m the Missouri Pacific road and will visit
aha pfincipal points on that line, study
Ike Rituntlon and confer with the men,
=, M, Arthur, the Chiet Of the Brother
hood Of Engineers was not seen py re.
poflers Yesterday, but 1t 70 believed that
he Il attn here, II is uuderatood that he
had conference With the engineers In
EsSt 81, Louis yesterday Afternoon, The
men there, II 10 said, are greatly dlssatis'
GSd al their situation and that they are
II iSN atronp sympathy with the striking
TnighiS Of Libor, They are said t. obejCt
IN WeTEinr with ''scAb" hremen and SAY
tSat il a a violation Of their contract With
the railroad companies and that they are
snYious 10 resist II, and Il is asserted thai
ihsv would not be unwilling 10 strike, II
IA sIso believed that Mr.. Arthur was u
Sonsultstion last night with engineers. II
lhis city, among whom there is SAD Y
SSist much the saine state Of feeling q
among those across the river. What hai
heef lie result Of the conferences is mo-
Snnvfi, but Il 10 said that Mt. Arthur ruay
spend Two OF three dayBin tile city
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As Brother Jasper said, ut do move"
Witness this from the New Orleans Plea
gmt whose Democracy is all wool and q
yard vide:
The iree.traders have gained their lasI
6Rht in convention, and will have to face
this summer an unbroken line OF resolu'
tlons acclaimed by the Southern DemoC'
nCy in their State conventions.
1t is not long since Mr.. Watterson, In
his euterprising newspaper, boasted that
in the next National Democratic conven
ton they would not insert a tariff plank
which he could interpret to mean free
trade in Kentucky and Judge Conver'
could interpret to mean protection III
Ohio-it was to be free trade everywhere
Well, lfitig, something will 60 wide open
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GOT IN THEIR WORK
DURING MIR. EDMUNDs' ABSENCE
The Senate Decides to Confirm all Internal
Revenue COllsotors Appointed to Take
the Places of Suspended onisIAlS.
s Army BIZ Defeated in the Senate.

Special DbpaisA to As IalsAgases,
WAsHNOToS, D, O., April 7.-NIr. Ed
munds was not present at the executive
session of the Senate yesterday, and Mr.,
Morrill, got in his work for the Finance
Committee, By unanimous consent q
resolution was introduced and passed pro-
viding for the confirmation OF all the ool'
lectors Of Internal Revenue to take the
place Of suspended officials, the Commit
tee stating that Secretary Manning had
sent them communication acknowledge
Ing that the suspensions were made for
political reasons and were not based on
charges, The effect Of the resolution will
be the confirmation OF MoGrsW,
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COL, BEN WILSON.
He Delivers Hlmsolt on AfrAirs In the First
Conventional pIstriot

Ho Delivers Himself on AffAirs In the First
Congressional District.
special Dispatch TO tt bLcili0aeer.
WARRINGTON, D. O., April 7.-ool
Benjamin Wilson has returned to city
after nearly a months absence In Wes
Virginia. Your correspondent met him
tonight and asked him about the Congress
sionsl outlook in the First district. lii
says he 10 Of opinion that General Gof
will be forced by his friends 10 ran again
"Who arc the Democratic candidates 2"
was asked.
"Well, he replied Frame Of Wheeling
and John o. Pendleton, both have the
bee In their bonneis. John Brannon
SAYS again he can be elected, John Basel
would like the nomination"
II see your maine mentioned In the
papers7n
thing 1'hAve said"
nWhat show has q Democrat7"
"Oh, The district is reliably Democratic
II the right sort Of o man 70 nominated
The tariff 10 an issue there, and 10 be sue
ceestul, man must be d sound protection
isl.p -
IThat fts you don't iL2D
at ought 70. My record In Congress ID
certainly that ol q ptotsctionist."
uAre You O candidateW
1.-THE Colonel w as silent, He has at
ailllCtion II 10 that Of deafness.
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A s0HooNAn wREoKEn.
ANIEht Of Suffering In the RIggIng-Thrss
PoraOna Drowned,

NEwBURYPoRT, MASS, April 7,-About
S o'clock last night the schooner Bella,
from Halifax, was driven on the beach Of
Pemo Island. About midnight the pro.
pristor Of the Halfway House discovered
the vessel, and on going to 1t found 1t
abandoned, Search among the sand hills
revealed party consisting Of three men,
two women and child. They were all
half dead from cold and exhaustion and
were taken to the house and cared for,
The Bella besides her crew Of six men
hsdeightpassengers, including two women
and three children. When the vessel
struck the passengers were sent to the
cabin where they remained until heavy
sea almost filed the vessel and drove them
into the rigging. A girl Of three years and
an eight-molths,old infant were torn by
the sea from the arms oil their mother and
drowned. The cook was swept into his
galley and drowned. The survivors,
soaked with water and half frozen to
tSath, clung to the stays and shrouds
until daybreak when the tide having fall
len a few men got shore with q line, by
means Of which all others were rescued.
No names have been learned,
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GoULp's OPINION
OF the knights of Labor MRnifoSto-HG
Thinks It viii do no Harm,

OF the knights Of Labor MAnitost0-He
Thinks It Will do no Harm.
NEw YoRE, April Tin reference to the
manifesto Of the Knights Of Labor pub
llshed this morning, Mr., Gould's repre-
sentative said: These people seem to for
got that coal was made 20 percent cheaper
throughout the southwest by Mr., Gould
when he opened the railroad system there,
The people throughout that country are In
favor OF the company, which shows
that the statements made this morn.
lug are absurd. The Knights, because
the Kansas City Journal denounced
the acts Of the strikers demanded that the
Union News Company should not deliver
any Of the papers Of the Journal. Mr..
aoxie then notified the News Company
that no other papers should be carried Il
1t did not deliver the Journal as usual,
The News Company therefore decided to
pay no attention to the order OF the
Knights. Mr.. Gould said that the mani
test0 OF the Knights would not have much
effect on the people, especially the people
Of the southwest and he did not seem at
all hiRkuFhedn
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plttsburgh Street Oar troubles

PIrrspuRaH, April7.-There is consider
BILE dissatisfaction among the Oakland
street car employees over the discharge Of
thirteen conductors, and another strike
may be ordered. The company claims the
men were discharged 10 reduce expenses,
but the employees say they were relieved
because Of their connection with the
Knights Of Labor. A number ot the men
Quit to-day, and cars were taken ont by
he President, Superintendent and other
officers, Unless the matter 10 settled at
once the union men will take measures
10 stop the running Of cars.
Under the new schedule the Birming.
ham, Oakland and Pleasant Valley cars
stop running at SR. N. This leaves the
patrons OF these roads without transpor.
tatlon after that hour, and causes q good
deal OF dissatisfaction.
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HALIFAX, N, s., April IA dory with
two men living and two men dead on
board drifted ashore at Guyon Island.
They had been eight days out from their
vessel, which was left on the western part
OF the Grand Banks. The names ofthe
living are Ohissolm and MCOraCken, and
and the dead men were both named Nc.
Donald, all OF them Of Cape Breton, One
Of the dead bodies was considerably man
gled about the throat and arms, which u
said To have been done by the other upon
going mad. Ohissolm Is strong and Nc
OraCken Is In very exhausted condition.
The name Of the schooner has not been
learned,
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tbs Indications are that the fight fol
tbe Democratic nomination in the Second
Congressional districtOWill be quite a.
heartily contested fof as 1t was at tht
famous Keyser convention when Dan Lu
cssnd Judge Hoge locked horns. 1t wal
after this convention that a prominent
Democrat remarked that all that was nee
essiry for tho Democracy Of this State t.
become children Of the plains was to striE
and paint and don the feathers Of the red
skinned skulkers Of the frontier. In tht
approaching fight the elements are so mix
ed up that no one can with certainty poin
to any Of the men in the field and say
this Is the man.
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1tNrnnrnNArr 1A cnossr.
Another Destructive Fire Thsre-Ehe LoSl
OF Both ConHaRrAtiOnB,

Another DoAtfuotlVo Ilto EneEo-EnU Aoba
Of Both ConHagrAtions.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, April ia special
from La Crosse, Wis, saps: At $3.50 this
morning fire broke out in the business
centre Of this city and one Of the largest
blocks in the city Is now all ablase. Fire
bells are ringing and the inhabitants are
rushing from their beds. The fire 10 In
Gantef's block, one Of the largest In la
Crosse. The fire departments ID
In q crippled condition and total.
N unprepared 10 hght Hre. The
block iS occupied by large num.
ber Of stores. Already II ID
thoroughly ablazs and "a yet not drop
OF water has been thrown Upon II. II ID
not known at this time whether the peo.
Die IN the building have escaped or not,
With The present crippled condition Of the
fite department the city will be at the
mercy Of the flames In case they get q
GOOD start, The only hope for them ID
ihe fact that there is little wind.
Fifemet aud Citizens seem BtupeAed
and are running about In frantic man
nef, Citizens now believe that an or,
VaniEed effort IL being made 10 burn the
toVn and the greatest excitement pre-
walls, In the building are stored large
Quantities Of drugs and chemicals, be
iideg barrels Of kerosene and benSlne
The fire was finally gotten under control
La ORossE, Wis, April 1.-THE Hfe. II
the lumber district yesterday caused [
t6lal loss Of SbB2, 600, with an Insurance o
10000, The dire this morning In thv
business blocks In Third street Caueed
total loes Of $4,000, insured iot 1905
The heavy losefs are George A, MetGgei
Wholesale drugs, $4,000, injured lor
600, Fred Kroner, Sl6, 900, fully injured
8. danteft, furniture, loss $1,000, fully In
bufed,
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AGAsWAR
At oil City-Light aud Heat as Cheap rs
Daylight,

At Oil City-Light aud Heat AS Cheap NJ
Daylight.
OIL CRY, PA, April 1.-THE gas war
that for several months past has been rag
ing between q corporation known as the
Columbia Gas company, Of franklin and
the Northwest Pennsylvania Natural Gas
company, which Is understood to be a
Standard Oil concern, Is extending from
TO To-day the Oil City Fuel Supply Com.
pany, which has supplied this city
for several years, transferred It's
plant t. the Northwestern Pennsyl-
vAnia Gas Company, Tonight this
Company announces Q new schedule
Of rates similar TO those 1t otleEg In Mead
vile and other places and which Is only
about 20 percent Of the previously exist
Ing rates here. This action Is caused by
the advent Of the Columbia Gas
Company, who talk Of coming
to OIL City. Contracts have
been signed between the consumers and
the company for as long as three years
so that consumers are assured OF ex'
ceedingIy low rates for their fuel, al
though the results to the stockholderl
will probably be- disastrous. The action
Of this company cheapens an already
cheap fuel to a fguro that beat
by long odds all previous records In any
coal or gas war in history. II puts fue
down below cost and conferB boon or
the people Of this city that the people o.
no other city or town In the world enjoy
Light and heat are made almost as cheSI
aR DAYLIGHT.
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ADnUNKE9 HUSBANDS DEED.
He shoots His wife aud Child, the Same
Bail Killing tIIoth.

Bail Killing tI,Oth.
ST. FRANCIS, Ark, April 7.-This town
was tie scene last Sunday Of q most horri'
bls crime, and 1t will only be owing to ex.
Ia vigilance on the part Of the officers II
Il Is not followed by summary punish
ment, For some tlme there has been iD
this community q laboring man named
William Ellis, with his wife and q two
year old child. They came from South
ern Illinois, but beyond this not much iE
known Of their antecedents. Ellis was
drinking man, and when under the inau'
ence OF liquor was known to be abusive
On Sunday he was In an unusually yicioui
mood and kept up all day his inhumar
treatment oil the woman. Late 10
tue afternoon abe sought relief in
1Vht and started 10 o magistrates
office To procure q warrant for his arrest
He followed, and when near the office Il
which she had started fired at her with
Winchester rifle, the ballArst striking hel
on the wrist, then passing entirely
through the body ef the child which she
had in her arms, and then penetrated
The body Of the mother inticting q morta
wound. The child died I'M short time
a coroner's inquest was held and 70
suited in a verdict In accordance with th'
facts a. stated above. The murderer wa
promptly arrested and hurried OF TO jai
at BOyd5ville to save him from lynChinR
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Minhlrnn,a nIr anon STORM.

DETROIT, MIcH., April 1.-The snow
storm continued until six o'clock this
morning. To-day the snow Is being clear
ed away and 1t is expected that morrow
will see traffic generally resumed. It ID
warm and the snow slowly melting. Rail-
road travel has been blocked, but q few
trains getting through. The Grand Trunk
has about abandoned business between
here and Port Huron. The Detroit,
Grand Haven & Milwaukee, and Detroit,
Lansing & Northern Railroads have been
completely blocked, but large gangs oi
men are at work and travel will probably
be resumed to-day,
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rnntNErns. postr1oN.

4hs presence 6i Chlst Arthur, Of the
i,to,hsthOOd, MOI Viewed with Eavot
ST., LOUIS, Apill1-one Of the members
Of tbs Executive Committee Of District
Assembly No. iOl, said to-day that the
pfeaenoe Of Chief Arthur, Of the Brother.
bood al Locomotive Engineers, 10 moi
viewed il q favorable llghtb by some oit the
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poublo sculI ChHn plon.hlp RACE

ST. LOUIS, April Jacob Gaudaur and
Albert Hamm yesterday placed q forfeit ol
500 in connection with challenge iol
the double scull championship Of America
to Edward Hanlan aud George Lee, Il
row three mile double scull race; the
race To take place any time this season
after June 12 and upoa any fair rowing
course in the United States or Canada.
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ColoRApo Democrats complain bitterly
that the President is filling up the offices
in that State with ex.Contederates who
are also strangers. 1t was to be expected
that ex.Confederates would have a fall
chance. but Colorado seems to have been
yiyen more than her quota OF them. And
v what excuse can there be for the appoint
mept Of men who are strangers to the peo'
Mia ot that State?
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MINERS, CONVENTION.
second CoufsdSratsd District Organized.
The Election of onioers.

The Election OF OtfiuOrs.
Special DbpateA 10 tt Iatslli0eRee,.
PAKERspuRu, w. Va, April 1.-THE
miners convention to-day organized the
Second Confederated District Of Minert
and Mine Laborers by the election Of the
following officers: John Johnston, o.
Pennsylvania, Presidenti j. B. Fleming
of the Kanawha Valley, Secretary; Ed.
ward Thomas, OF Pomeroy, o., Treasurer
Patrick Gugan, of. Raymond City, Patrick
Mcbride, Of Allegheny, and Michael
Moran, Of Wheeling, Executive Board.
The convention received reports Of the
condition Of their interests throughout the
Monongahela, Houghlogheny, Ohio river
and Kanawha districts.
A committee appointed for that purpose
reported scale oftwo dollars and seventy
Ave cents for miners Of the Monongahela
and Youghiogheny districts and two dol
lars and twenty-five cents for miners oI
the Ohio river district. Four committees
Of three members each were appointed tC
visit the miners Of each district.
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Chlns.s fmmlFrant.,

wAsHtSsroS, b. O., April 1.-THE Act.
ing Secretary Of the Treasury has instruct.
ed the Collector Of Customs at Port Town.
send, Washington Territory, that In cases
where Chinese subjects claiming 10 be
merchants, teachers, students and others
Of the classes exempted from the fesIEiC'
tive provisions oi the Chinese emigration
oct, arrive al that port from places In
counties other than China, where there
are no representatives Of the Chinese gov.
eminent he, the Collector, 10 10 facilitate
! q determination by the courts Of the treaty
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If Judge okcy johnson wants Mr.. Glib
,on,s place, Mr., Gibson has double
6,r,eled hardIhood to insist upon desiring
n tor himself. Every breath he breathes
"oJer these terrible circumstances brings
him nearer to the awful shadow OF the
SnDreme Court OF Appeals.
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Tur tirst act OF importance of Secretary
Lamar alter recovering from his cold, wa
,o sit down on fresh Mr., Commissioner
SHARKS, Of the Land Office. lie came down
With snch dull thud that sparks few,
Commissioner Black now has the sym
n,tbv Of a companion in misery.
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PirrsBuRaH, Pa April 7,-The N, o,
Tishe electric light company having a
capital stock Of 100000 has made an as.
signment to Walter 8. Steele, Of this city
iof the benefit oi its creditors. The as.
sets and liabilities could not be learned 70.
night The failure was caused by the
Penn bank suspension,
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surFElLNa ~ UnAnLEsroN
Among People who Were washed Out by
the Flood-A Coal Famine.

me Eloou-A toAA Ehmluoe
CHARLESTON, W. VA, April 1.-THE
river at this point Is "a feet and falling. A
large portion Of the city Is yet under
water. The suffering among the residents
Of the flooded diattiCt is great. There was
amass meeting ol,citiEens last night 70 dc.
wise means to aid the sufferers. Relief
committees were appointed and to-day
large sums Of money, together with cloth
Ing, provisions and fuel, were sent TO the
committee, who distributed them the best
they could.
aided, There has been coal famine here
for fully a week and II is almost impossible
toget fuel now.
The Ohio Central Railroad Company
has donated a hundred tons Of coal, which
will be brought here tomorrow and be
distributed among the flood sufferers,