Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
IMPORTED GbAssWORKERs.

Importans Papers Now Mt Boston 10 be Ex-
amiped at Washipssen-The Maxim
Gun-Absent Oncials = Eclipse OBJ
servers.
| Special Telegram &c The Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. July alt is expected that
within day or two the papers in the case of
the importation of foreign glassblowers under
| contract at Pittsburg will be returned from
Boston. where they have been sent to aid the
investigation of the matter by the customs
authorities of that city. They will then be
passed upon in the Miscellaneous Division of
the Treasury Department and referred to AS
sistant Secretary Tichenor for final examina-
tion and decision. The department takes con-
siderable interest in the case, as 1t is charge
that prominent workingman has been en-
gagged in the Importation of workingmen con-
trary to law, and If the accused be found guilty
it is evident his punishment will not be mitl-
gated by the fact that he is a laboring man.
500 Shots In One Minute.
A board of naval officers have almost COM
pleted their report upon the wonderful Maxim
gun. which was tested at the Annapolis prov
ing ground few days ago. and there is almost
no doubt that the report will be entirely fav-
orable, and that it will recommend the adoption
of the gun. Two of the guns were tested, one
of the 45 caliber and the other one FOUNDER.
The former fred easily at the rate of 800 shots
minute, and the latter 800 minute. After
the first shot. the action of the gun is entirely
automatic, even to a continual shower bath for
the cooling of the barrel, and the gunner may
go away and leave the weapon to do its deadly
work, without oversight from him.
The Administration vacafes.
The White House is now deserted by all ex-
nd md will ha ra-
heved Of the presence of office seekers at least
for several days to come. There was a great
rattling of trunks and shouting of expr-ssmen
this morning until the summer goods of the
Presidents household were got away for the
train. Mrs. Harrison went the round of sew
ersl of the fashionable shops, and then, with
the remnant of her family, accompanied by
Secretary Halford, took the train for Deer
Park. The lack of popular curiosity was in
striking contrast to the first departure of Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland for Deer Park. when they
avoided the correspondents and embarked in
swampoodie amid the cheering OF several hun
dred hoodlums. The administration is now
mainly conspicuous for its absence. The Presi-
dent, Blaine, Wanamaker, Noble and Clarkson
are absent, and the remainder are escaping
work as much as possible. The President is
expected to return Monday. but he will leave
again the last Of the week for Deer Park.
To Observe the Eclipse.
A conference was held between Commodore
Walker, Captain Phythian and Prof. Hall,
of the Naval Observatory, and Prof. Simon
Newcomb. Superintendent of the "NationaI
Almanac" at which it was decided that the ex-
pedition to view the total eclipse shall start
about the 1st of October on the new cruiser
Baltimore, to be commanded by Captain
Schley. There will be two parties. One will
be headed by Prof. Todd, of Amherst; the
other by Joseph Rogers, Of Washington, ex-
pert in solar photography, these chiefs to
choose their subordnates. The Secretary of
State will get permission from the Portuguese
Government to land at st. Paul de Loanda.
on the west coast of Africa. and the two sta
tions will be near Muxima, on the Tuanza
river. The center of totality will strike the
coast about 100 miles south Of St Paul de
Loanda.
Wanamaker's 500 Heads n Day.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has come to
the front in a new role. He is at present act
ing as the Lord High Executioner of the post
office department General Clarkson, who has
been working the Ak on the necks of the
fourth-class postmasters with great rapidity
for seven or eight hours day since March
last. is absent for few days He has gone on
a yachting party down the Potomac. 1t was
generally supposed that while he was gone, the
work Of beheading the fourth-class postmas-
ters would be suspended. Not so, however.
Mr.. Wanamaker was disinclined to let the good
work be interfered with. He has therefore
assumed charge of the cleaver himself, and
heads are falling into the basket at the rate of
300 day. Two hundred and fifty was the
average number that General Clarkson could
dispose of in one day. and he will probably
learn with regret that his chief can beat him at
his own game.