, 1888-12-08
CAPITAL NEWS.
The Steamer 0ssipec to be Sent
to Port au Prince
Thos. Tyrell's Testimony Causes
a Sensation
In the Washington Acqueduct
Court of Inquiry.

WASHINGTON, Dec. I. The house
committee on merchant marine and fish
cries has determined to take action rela-
tive to the alleged Preparations of out
RACES upon the persons of females and
the restraint of liberty said to exist in
Alaska.
Orders were issued this afternoon to
the commandant of the Norfolk navy yard
to prepare the United States ship Ossipec
for sea service as SCOT as possible. She
will be Gen. to Tort au Prince unless sople-
thing happens in the meantime to render
it unnecessary Secretary Endicott had
an interview with Secretary Whitney this
morning and the rumor was started that it
had been decided to send a number of
troops to Hayti to assist the naval forces,
but it has subsequently been ascertained
that there was no foundation for the re-
port.
The testimony of Thos. Tyrell before
the acqueduct military court of inquiry
to day created something of a sensation.
He said he had worked in the tunnel as a
iourneyman bricklayer and later had been
employed for some time by Emery as fore.
n an and later still as foreman for Palmer
Il Brennan. In answer to questions as to
how the packing was done, witness said it
was just thrown i'll dry-just stones, and
once in awhile a bucketiul OF plaster was
~"slobbered over to pack 1t. Witness
said Inspector Lucas was present and not
only saw the dry packing thrown in, but
ordered it to be done. AT one time"
said witness, Lucas said he was not get
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divide with his superior officers" Wit
ness said he did bad work deliberately
when Inspector Lucac was standing over
him and ordered him to do it. He had
seen Lucas watch loads OF muck (which
were supposed to Re removed from the
t~unnel) dumped in as packing and
smoothed over.
The united delegation from Michigan
will urge the choice OF Congressman Bur
rows for speaker of the fiftY-first congress-.
The committee on the importation of
contract labor, c%onvicts and paupers held
a meeting this afternoon and determined
not to visit San Francisco for the purpose
of taking additional testimony. Repre-
sentative Morrow of California, one of the
members of the committee, was DESTROYS
that the committee should go to the
Pacific slope and investigate the Chinese
question, but it was decided that this
would take too much time. A sub-com-
mittee consisting of Representatives Ford
and Guenther and perhaps Col. Oates
will, however, go to Pittsburg and Provi.
dence, r. /. The committee has already
agreed on a general outline of the pro.
posed bill. 1t will make it a criminal
offense for immigrants of the prescribed
classes to enter the United States and
their return in case they should succeed in
getting into the country will be provided
for by effective legislation. The bill will
also require intending immigrants to give
notice to United States consular officers of
their intention to come to this country Gnd
will require them to secure immigration
certificates from our representatives
abroad as an essential prerequisite to their
landing at any port in the United States.
The present tax of fifty cents on each i'm
migrant will be increased.
Senator Sherman in speaking to day OF
the report of the result of the vote for
presidential electors in the several states.
transmitted by the secretary of state to
the senate Yesterday under the terms of
the law of 1887, said his objection to re-
c~eiving the report was based on the con-
viction of the uielessness Of the proceed
ings. Ii 1t was not unconstitutional 1t
was extra-constitutional He said he had
opposed the bill all the way through on
this ground. If it was intended to be an
expression of power by the senate to con-
troll in any way the right of a state to dc
clare the result of a vote in its iurisdic-
ton it was clearly unconstitutional. II it
we're mel ely to have the result published
or declared it was extra-constitutioDal in
that the same thing was otherwise pro-
vided for. 1t was on this ground that he
desired tie report referred to the com
mittee on privileges and elections in or
der that it might there be decided how to
dispose of the document.