Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-07


received threatening letter from Wy ;,
man who signs herself "Iiche6rlhorhhi; T.,
/ The writer saws that unless be modihes ms
reactionary policy he will meet the tate OF
Peter III. Paul J., and Alexander ii.
copv OF the letter was sent to each OF tno
! Ministers OF the same time. The ponce aio
extra watchful and are conducting az
| active search for the persons suspected pl
! being implicated in the sending u 'n0
/ letter.
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
LONDON. March G.-In the House OF Com
mons this evening debate on the iHn n,
/ Commission report was resumed Dy 10,
fcssor Bryce who praised Parnei ana
Dayitt for rendering a great SERVES 10
/ ENGLAND IN bringing about better teeHhS
1 between the two countries. He was not
I surprised, he said, that Dayitt, early IN the
I period Of agitation, desired absolutely LILO
/ independence for Ireland: II,
SIR Charles Russell said that he could
not regard COMPASSION judges ~ men free
/ from preposscseions and preJudices, nor az
/ men who ought TO have been asked % dedI
with the many questions referred 70 them.
/ f. Heart Heari"l He was JUSTIFIED IN
/ speakinp thus. for the judges themselves
/ had confessed that thev had not folnd
within their mandate given them by faI.
/ lament direction 90 report upon that part
/ Of the subject without Wnlch II was iii,
/ possible for any one 10 Judge OF the moral
/ character of the acts imputed TO certain
/ members. A precedent had been mace
/ in the selection Of three judges 20 declGe
! Questions having chiefly political aspect
| lie rad the greatest respect FOR the OPINION
Of the iudgcs on the questions that were
capable Of direct dIsproof, but not Wheh
/ thew began 10 draw differences. Inc Whole
case was vitiated by political bias. u
was conducted with pertlnaGOus rahcor
/ bv the Acknowledgement IN manner IN
which ID would not have been conducted
/ il the political character Of the commls-
/ sion had not swept away his judgment.
/ deposition cheersI
After commenting on part of the evil
! deuce as leaving the origin OF the con-
syiracy against Parnell still obscure the
/ sneaker urged both sides to abandon us
/ cussing the great Irish question on tne
ground Of tho personal character OF the
| mon who were for or against home RUE.
! We're there no men on the GoYefumehJ
! side. he asked. magDanim0us enough or
/ statesmen enough 10 lift the question be-
vOud the lower region OF p"rsOnaIlueslnto
! ITS proper sphere Of natural justice and ma
tiohal principle? lChoers.I .,
sir T.. T.. Webster. Attorney-General, sald
| he thought that Sir Charles Russell ought
TO have acted himself upon his advice to
/ ractor. Both the debate and tho case be-
! fore the commission had teemed with per-
| eonalities. He lad been represented
throughout by speakers Of the opposition
as a villain Of persecution. although only
/ doing his duty rs counsel. II had even
been suggested that he ought to apologize
for certain remarks upon the ParnelIltes.
! Yet the Parnellltcs had allowed thohsclVoS
! the greatest license IN personal criticism.
| ASIAN instance of this he mentioned SIR
! Charles Ru4sell's calling lie Caron living
! lie although the commission declared that
| IL believed lie CarOn against the oath OF
! Parnen. (" Oh. Oh, and cheers. =.
Proceeding 10 comment upon the TACT OK
| the Loagucrs Withholding thor documents
! he asked tho House To reeolect thnt the
! oaruors. who were inVlncDlcs, such az
| Toan. sheridan. and Brennan, could not
! 100 The commission. As for the kilograms
which Harrington quoted during the de-
! I1tp they were sent ia order 70 Obtain
/ evidence for the defence in Parneip5 lDcl
! action against the TinoS. Throughout tho
case no step had been taken III behalf ~
the Times. The Government had aimed
solely 10 throw the clearest possible hght
upon the dolngs OF the LeaSuGis. iIt'.,
not MISREPRESENTATION, had been their
aim. IL was c0ntendcd that the findings
| Of the commission ought 70 be set
nj uauoht: that all that was new was not
-rue while all that was true was well
| known. But the commission had shown.
what the respondents dcnled, that thcrs
was an intimate connection between the
| Clan-na-Gaol and the Irish Leaguer5
! throu0h the American League: u had
| traced the afiGation of crime with tho eX-
ietcnce of the league, and il had provided
! impartial minds with evidence that lusu-
| fed the bulk Of the accusations against
| the Parnellitcs.
| Continuing. the Acknowledgement said
| that parneli wasunable to procure single
| speech in which be had denounced the use
! OF dynamite. parnell had made only ono
remark IN Parliament that sho"S4 uls-
| nprroyal of the policy Of force. The COM
| mission had found thatit was Parneu Gus
! tom to address Feniaus through the hlSt-
| man. which Gladstone had described rs 4
miserable and obscure paper, but whlcn
| bore O'Brieu's name as editor iAo Fal-
ncllites advised the people to AVOID
| the land courts. 1t was cant
! TO claim that tho land act Of 1881 was tho
| chort4r outcome OF the League agitation.
| IT was not for him TO say much about the
! forced letters, but II was not true ti5t
ONLY one expert had been consulted. He
/ reioiced that the accused members had
/ been cleared Of the heinOus charges. 40
regretted that many charges rad been
made that should not have been
! made. But the exoncratlon scarcely
! touched the great political issues to mo
| gravity of which he was unable to smut MS
| ewes. The respondents had Withdrawn
| their cases. but the fact was that the more
| witnesses were called the more the Iunts
case was being proved. IT was not ms
province TO indulge IN eloquence such as
! iIa- of Sir Charles Russell. II was only
! his duty TO reply to the accusations a.
| representative Of the Times and leave tho
| matter in the hands of the House.
Major Saunderson thought the Tar
! nelites ought TO subscribe for mouu-
ment 10 Pigott in return for the strength
! he had Given them with which TO oblite-
rate. if possible, all the charges against
| them. Nothing in the whole inquiry had
| struck him with such amazement, and
caused such sorrow and regret as the reck7,
! lessness with whichthe Times hadacceptcd
| Pigott's evidence.
Justin Mccarthy tainted Major Saun-
! derson with the Tory defeat IN the 1t. Pan
ereas election, which he said was suiii-
ciont reply to charges against the farneI-
! ties. ,,
at this point the debate was adjourned.
EUROPEAN LABOR CONFERENCE.
BERLIN. March G.-The note Of Spuller,
! the French Minister of Foreign Ahmrs' ac-
cepting Germany's invitation 70 france 10
| take part IN tle lulcIuallOlhi Lawn .N'it
ference AT Berlin has been received.
! Spullcr LAYS stress upon the fact that
France accepts the invitation on the con-
| ditiou that the deliberations shall be OF an
exclusively technical character, and that
the discussion of the question, OF limiting
working hours Of adult males shall be de-
barred.
ANOTHER BATTLE.
PARIS. March G.-The SoieI has received
| information that another battle has been
fought between q force Of French troops
and a force of troops Of the King OF D3no,
mev. Eight Of the combatants were Killed
and many wounded. A number OF french,
men and other Europeans were captured
by the Danomians.
orr FOR NAPLES.
LONDON, March G.-The United states
men-of-war Atlanta and Boston, OF. the
evolutionary squadron, have sailed from
Genoa for Naples.
The Death Confession Fake.
by telegraph TO the Dispatchl
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 6.--The story
telegraphed from Norrlstown, Pa, OF the
alleged death-bed confession by John u.
/ Henderson os the murder of DR.. q.