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president had good luck and a good time
fishing to-day, though a number of spec
tators on the shore and fishermen on the
bay who crowded close to see him, were
rather annoying. The president caught
sixteen bluefish, while Dan Lamont
could not catch any.
ST. PAUL, July 28.-A severe wind
storm at Plainview this afternoon wrecked
several houses, but so far no lives are re-
ported lost.
New York, July 2S.-E[on. Levi p.
Morton, was in conference with the Re
publican national executive committee
to-day. There were present Chairman
NJ. s. Quay, Secretary j. S. Fassett,
Col. W. w. Dudley, G. A.. Hobart, j. S.
Clarkson and j. Manchester Haynes. The
discussion related to confidential details of
the campaign work.
LONDON, July 2S.-Baldwin, the para
chutist, jumped from a balloon to-day
at a height of 1000 feet and landed safe
ly, for which crowds displayed great en-
thusiasm.
Tucson, Ariz July 2s.-A Texas CON
stable and a posse of cowboys had a fight
near Benson yesterday with three Mexi-
can horse thieves. Two Mexicans were
killed. A third escaped. One dead man
was identified as one of the Sonora train
robbers.
CITY OF MEXICO, July est is re-
ported here that the Interoceanic railroad
company has Just placed in London on
favorable terms a loan of 81, 300, 900, and
$500, 900 first preference shares.
NoNoUITT, July 2S.-The bulletin is
sued by Gen. Sheridan's physicians this
evening says there is no visible improve
ment except that his cough grows con-
stantly easier and his voice stronger. He
eats fairly well.
New ORLEANS, July 28.-A carboy of
compressed ammonia exploded to-day
with great force, fatally iniuring two men
and severely %wounding four others.
New York, July 2S.-The executive
committee of the National Labor party,
which in 1884 took no separate political
action, has called a national convention in
Chicago for Sept. IL.
BOsToN, July 2S.-J. l.. Sullivan's
circus has come to an end, leaving, it is
said, a large number of unpaid employees.
The Emigration Investigation.
NEW IOhhi Uuly Gov uGu luc lOuT
congressman who are investigating the
emigration affairs of the country assem-
bled to-day, Paul Wolff, the Washington
correspondent of the New York Stats
Zeitung, took the witness stand and
stated that some three years ago he was
informed that there were several societies
in Germany and especially in Bavaria
formed for the purpose of sending dis
charged criminals to this country. Wit
ness laid his information before Assistant
Secretary of State Porter, and that gem
tleman wrote to the American consul at
Munich On the subject who replied in De-
cember, 1885, that there were no such So
cieties. Witness then read extracts from
reports of one of these societies showing
that in 1888, t~wenty-seven discharged
convicts were sent to this country by the
societies. The report said that the worse
the men are and the larger families they
have the better they are to send to Amer
lea. Witness said the societies are not
government affairs, but the Royal Coun-
sellor Boner is president and Prince Re
gent Luithold is honorary president of
one society. In 1886 their report was
more cautiously worded, but it shows
that out of Is, 200 marks expended nearly
half was used to assist emigrants to come
to this country.
At this point Mayor Hewitt interrupted
the proceedings to shake hands with the
members of the committee and urge upon
them an invitation to spend Sunday with
him at his country seat. When he left
the examination proceeded.
Witness had no statistics for the year
1887, but said hat he knew of cases oc-
curing this year. About two months
ago, he said, two men came over on the
Saale, but were sent back from Castle
Garden. The American consul at Munich
learned OF their being sent and cabled
over to the Castle Garden authorities.
Witness believes that they were sent back
to Hamburg and from there to England,
from whence they anne overto this coun-
try again under assumed names. He said
that these societies give to each of these
assisted emigrants tickets to whatever
place in this country they select aud gives
each 100 marks over and above that.