* " * . . . , THOUGHT IT AN EARTHQUAKE. yew Jersey Dynamite irorfc * Jiloicn Up TFif/ a Terrible Crash. The Forsito Powder and Dynamite com pany's works , near Hopatcong , New Jersey , were blown up on the 22d by a terrific er- plosion , which shook the country for miles around. People thought there was an earthquake , and when tho sky in the direc tion of Lake Hopatcong became lurid a short time later it was conjectured that tho Hotel Breslin , at tho head of tho lake , was burning. The matter was much thought of by country people in the vicini fx 1 / ty until next day , when afarmer living near the works came through and reported that tho Forsite works had blown up and that several men were killed. Tho works are in a secluded spot , and all facts concerning them are kept a secret and as quiet as pos sible by the owners , owing to the general dislike of having such a dangerous business carried on anywhere near a community. Ib is impossible at present to verify the loss o ; life. LEGISLATHrJ3 2fXirS AND NOTES , A Record of Proceedings in Both Brancha of the V. 8. Congress. BOOSE , Juno 19. On motion of Nelson of Minnesota , tho bill was passed provid ing for the inspection of hulls and boilers at Duluth , Minn. On motion of Weaver , ' of Iowa , tho bill was passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across tho Mississippi river at Dubuque , la. Tho speaker laid before tho house a message from the president announcing his approval o ! the shipping bill. He points out the de fects which ho discovered to exist in tho measure. The president says : Tho objects of tho bill are , in tho main , so useful and Important that ho concluded to approve tho same upon the assurance of those ac tively promoting its passage that another bill shall at oneo bo introduced to cover the defect referred to. Dingley , of Maine , stated that he was instructed by tho ship ping committee to introduce a incorare to remedy the defects pointed out by the pres ident and asked unanimous consent to in troduce it now and put it upon its passage. Morrison , of Illinois , objected , and the mepsage was referred to the shipping com mittee. SENATE , J ne 21. The chair to-day laid before the senate the credentials of the re flection of Nelson W. Aid rich as United States senator from Rhode Island. Georgo , from Iho committee on judiciary , reported favorably the bill to remove thc'political dlsnbilitics of .1. G. Flournoy , of Mississippi , and on motion of Goorgo , tho bill was at once passed unanimously. Plumb offered a resolution , which was ngrood to , calling on the secretary of tho Interior for inform ation na to how ninny entries of public land had boon cancelled for fraud for in vestigation by special agontu and after due lien rim ; , conducted in accordance with the rules of practice , from and during the year 1883 and up to this time , and whether and what entries that had been cancelled for frauds have been reinstated on the taking of testimony. The bill to repeal the pre emption and timber culture acts was then taken up and its consideration proceeded with. Butler submitted an amendmentpro- viding that , as to the desert lands , not more than G30 acres should be held in a single ownership. Aftera'nexecutive session the senate adjourned. Housn , June 21. Senate amendments to the pension appropriation bill were non- concurred in. Tho house having resumed consideration of the naval appropriation biil , rejected yeas 99 , nays 131 the mo tion made Saturday by Goff , of Iowa , to recommit the bill with instructions to the committee on naval affairs , to report it back with an amendment making a pro vision for the completion of the double- turreted monitors. The bill was then passed. The house then went into com mittee of the whole , Reagan in the chair , on the sundry civil bill. The paragraph relating to the bureau of engraving and printing having been reached , Dingley of- lered an amendment reducing the engrav ers' notes of tho denomination of § 1 , § 2 and other denominations authorized by law. Randall raised the point of order against the amendment and in the course of his argument in support of the point he took occasion to deny the charge that the present administration had waged war on the silver dollar. Thoamendmeutwaslost. SEXATE , June 22. Maxey , from the com mittee on Nicaragua claims , reported a resolution requesting the president to bring to the attention of the Nicaraguan .government claims of citizens of the United States against that government. The reso lution was agreed to. The senate took up the bill repealing the pre-emption and tim ber culture laws. Senator Blair had moved an amendment prohibiting the acquisition in one ownership of mere than G40 acres of desert lauds. To this Senator Ingalls offered an amendment applying the limita tion to all public lands. The later propo sition , which was the pending question to day was voted down. Senator Blair's amendment was then voted down yeas 30 , nays 42 and after some amendments of detail and without final action on the bill the senate adjourned. Hous3 , Juno 22. The speaker laid be fore the house nine messages from the pres- ident , announcing his disapproval of a liko number of private pension bills , and they were referred to the committee on invalid pensions. Several of the president's terso sentences and ironical suggestions were greeted with applause and laughter. On motion of Mr. Scott , of Pennsylvania , the -senate bill granting right of way to rail road companies through Indian reserva tions in Northern Montana was passed. Mr. Morrison stated to the house that he would not to-day make a motion , to go into committee of the whole on the tariff bill. He called up the proposed change of the rules making it in order to amend a general pension bill by adding a provision for the imposition of a law to meet expen ditures required by thebill. An interesting debate followed , after which Mr. Morrison , moved the previous question on the adop tion of the resolution. Mr. Reed moved as a substitute to lay the resolution on the table. The yeas and nays were ordered and resulted in the defeat of Mr. Reed's substitute yeas 120 , nays 139. Before a vote could be taken on the original mo tion Mr. Reed moved an adjournment , and the republicans , by dilatory tactics , man aged to consume time up to 5 o'clock , when , under the standing order , the house ad journed amid outbursts of applause and a derisive laugh from the republicans. SENATE , June 23. Frye , from the com mittee on commerce , reported favorably the bill to amend the laws relating to tho inspection of steam vessels. The bill pro vides for the payment out of the treasury of the expenses of steamboat inspectors. The bill was passed without debate. Haw- ley's motion was then taken up to recon sider the vote by which the senate passed the bill prohibiting members of congress from acting as attorneys of land grant railroads. The motion to reconsider hav ing been brought to a vote , it was agreed to ySas 31 , nays 21. The only republican voting in the negative was Van Wyck. Tne democrats voting in the affirmative were Messrs. Call. Gray , Payne , Pngh and Ran som. Hawley then moved to refer the bill "to the judiciary committee , which was done. Thebill to repeal the pre-emption . and timber culture laws was then placed before the senate and was debated till ad- . journment. HOUSE , June 23. Morrison called up the report of the committee on tho rules amending the rules of tho house , upon which a debate occurred yesterday. Reed , of Maine , raised the question of considera tion and Hiscock , of New York , expressed his desire to go on with tho sundry civil bill. Randull remarked that he could tako care of that measure. On a standing yoto the house refused SO to 91 to consider the report and the result was received with applause from tho republicans , but on a yea and nay vote the house determined yeas 133 , nays 115 to consider tho re port , Reed changing his vote at the last moment to enable him to move to recon sider. Having made that motion , ho yielded to Hiscock to move to adjourn and this motion he supplemented with an other that when the house adjourns to-day it bo to meet on Friday next. The houso remained , as one member characterized it , in a state of innocuous desuetude until a quarter past four , when further proceed ings under the call were dispensed with and the question recurred on Burrows' motion to adjourn until Saturday. This was voted down yeas 2 , nays 145 no quorum , and another roll call consumed the time to 5 o'clock , when the house adjourned. SENATE. Juno 24. Logan moved as an amendment the provision of the bill here tofore passed by the senate fixing all dis trict judges' salaries at 55,000 a year Logan advocated an amendment , which was agreed to on the first division , relating to salaries , by a vote of 32 yeas to 20 nays ; second division , prohibiting nepot ism , by a viva voce vote. The bill , a'a ameVided was then passed. The bill re pealing thu pre-emption and timber culture laws was then proceeded with. George addressed the senate on the bill. The bill was then passed yeas 34 , nays 20. The Fitz John Porter bill was then laid before the senate. Sewell said it was the same bill that had passed before. Sewell had the clerk read a uumbcr of resolutions of Grand Army posts urging the passage of the bill. Logan obtained the floor to reply to Sewell and after an executive session tho senate adjourned. HOUSE , June 24. Without division , the house committee of the whole incorporated an amendment in the sundry civil bill re quiring tho secretary of the treasury to issue certificates of the denomination of 51 , $2 and $5 on all surplus silver dollars now in the treasury in payment of appro priations made in this J > ill and other ex penditures and obligations of the govern ment. Long , of Massachusetts , rising to a correction in The Record , said that in a speech made some weeks ago the gentle man from California ( Henley ) had charged that Charles Francis Adams , of the Union Pacific railroad , had committed gross vio lations of law. He had asked the gentle man to specify what these violations were and the only specific reply made by the gen tleman was that Adams had himself stated that the matter of free passes given by the Union Pacific cost the government some § 2,000 per day. He ( Long ) had denied the correctness of this statement , and he found that his denial was altogether too broad , as it appeared from his published speech that Henley had said that it. cost the com pany § 2,000. Adams , in his testimony be fore the senate committee , had stated that the free passes issued cost the company 52,000 a day , but this was not a violation of iitiv , and the statement was accompa nied by the modifying remark that many of the passes were issued to railroad em ployes. He then went into a denial in _ de tail of the many charges made against Adams. SEXATE , June 25. The senate took up the Fitz John Porter bill and Logan addressed tho senate. He opened with an objection to the bill on constitutional grounds. The bill , he said , provided for an increase in the number of persons on the retired list of the army , providing tho president appointed a certain person to a place. Where did the senate get power to name to the president a person whom ho should appoint to an pfficp ? Where did the house of representatives get any power to name to the president a person whom he should nominate to an ofiice ? Plumb , in opposing the bill , said the reinstate ment of Fitz John Porter was the begin ning of an attempt to rewrite the history of the union army , to put that which was disloyal and unfaithful above that which was loyal and faithful. Logan offered an amendment to place on the retired list every volunteer officer who received wounds producing total disability. Rejected yeas IS , nays 29. The bill was then brought to a vote and passed yeas 30 , nays 17. The bill having alreadv passed the house , and not having been amended by the senate , now goes to the president for his signature. HOUSE , June 25. The speaker laid be fore the house various veto messages yes terday transmitted by the president. Hep burn moved that the consideration of one of the vetoed bills , granting a pension to the widow of Maj. Gen. Hunter , be post poned until Tuesday next. The motion wns lost yeas 59 , nays 141 and the mes sage took the usual course. The other messages were appropriately attended to. On motion of Hatch , the senate amend ment to the agricultural appropriation was non-concurred in , and Messrs. Hatch , Winnns and Price were appointed con ferees. On motion of Bnigg , the joint res olution was passed appointing Gen. Wm. J. Sewell , of New Jersey ; Gen. Martin T. McMahn. of New York , and Capt. T. J. Mitchell , of Wisconsin , to fill vacancies in the board of manages of the national home for disabled volunteers. The house then went into committee of the whole , Reagan iu the chair , on the sundry civil bills. CIVIL SERVICE IBOSTON. Boston dispatch : Governor Robinson , this afternoon , vetoed the Lobin bill giving preference in appointments to ofllce to honorably-discharged soldiers and sailors , without civil service examination. The veto message contains over 2,000 words. The governor reviews the operation of tho civil service reform law during the two years since its enactment , and declares the same has worked effectually and smoothly and is sustained by public sentiment , and he refuses to participate in any move "which shall tend to the improvement of the system or tear down by piecemeal in response to a claim , unrounded and unsup- portable , that full and just recognition is not secured to the veterans of the lato war. The governor reviews and combats every argu ment advanced againstcivil service law. COJTBOr TOUGHS. Denver Junction ( Col. ) dispatch : Yester day afternoon the town was thrown in a commotion over the appearance of a gang of cowboys , who are on a drive from tho south. They first , as usual , filled up at the saloons , then mounting their horses they began riding through tho town , up and down the sidewalks and into the saloons. After they had rounded up the town , as they supposed , and were nearly ready to depart , they made an attempt to ride their horses iuto the Citizens' bank. They met with an obstacle at the door which they could not surmount. Both horse and rider was quickly forced from the sidewalk. They at once dismounted and came to the door. Some fears were entertained for a short time of serious trouble. Guns were very handy and in sight , but none were ased. The cowboys little expected to meet with such an element at the bank. DEADLOCK JN FRENCH LEGISLATION. Grave Complications Groiclng Out ofExpitl- slon of the Prince * . A a'spatch just received from Paris states that there is an Imminent probability of n deadlock between the senate and chamber ol deputies on question of the expulsion of the princes. The radicals of the chamber overshol the mrrk in making their hill too sweeping to be stomached by ttie aristocrats of the senate , and It * first reception by the latter body was its reference to a special committee , compris ing a large majority of known royalists , amid sneers and derisive laughter. This committee made short work of the bill. During the ses sion it was shown that the charges against Comte de Paris were : First that he had sub sidized the so called agricultural committees throughout the country , which were really election committees formed In his Interest. The absurdity of this charge was shown by the fact that at the last election , despite the formal order of Compte de Paris , the agricul tural list nf candidates remained la the field at the second ballot , the result being the triumph of many raicals over moderate republicans , whom the royalists would of course have preferred. The other charge was the grandeur of the reception given by Comte de Paris on his daughter's departure from Lis bon to bemarriedand the Inviting to his recep tion of the foreign ambassador jn Paris. In ans wer to this it , was shown that these same am bassadors | had always been iu terms of re ciprocal hospitality with the comte , and with all members of his family. He would have lie n lacking in common courtesy had he allied to invite them , although he was doubt- iesa aware they would accept the Invitations. This charge was therefore laughed out of court , and it was found that there was really no allegations of illegal conduct on the part of the head of the Orleans house. As to the Bonapartes it was sufficient for the destruc tion of that part of the bill to quote De Frey- cinet's bon mot : "If the Orleanista are ex pelled the Bonapartes will feel slighted If they are not also banished. " This disposed of the whole bill , which the committee rejected by a vote of G to 3. The best judgment obtained is that the senate will sustain the action of its committee. In this case there is likely to bo a prolonged wrangle between the two houses of parliament. Concessions will be asked for , which will cause a long debate and probably materially change the provisions of the bill. This will be an exceedingly critical time for De Freycinet and his cabinet. The premier has hitherto succeeded beyond expectation in hunting with the hounds and running with the bares , but will now be daily confronted with novel and embarrassing questions , upon which he can hardly take any stand with out the violation of some pledge or declaration tiiat he has made to one sidu or other. He has also four violent cxpulsionists among the mcinbei s of his cabinet , who must be placated if the ministry is to stand. This again coin- promising the fact that the whole radical campaign for expelling the princes was less for the purpose of accomplishing their expul sion than for speeding the premier's downfall. The next few clays will also be a critical per iod for the republic itself. The satirists are already Baying that France , having shown a pitiful weakness in seeking to expel the princ es , is now showing still more weakness in uot expelling them after declaring its intention to do so. The event has also added a certain de cree of dignity to the attitude of the Comte de Paris. , fle has been recognized by the highest official authority in the land as a per sonage of importance. He is made a pretend er to the throne willy nillyaud his Importance is vastly augmented among the clergy and no bility of the whole country. Altogether it will be well for De Freycinet , Grevy and all interested ia the present regime or in the con tinuance of republicanism in France to use their utmost endeavor to bring the crisis to a close at the earliest possible moment THE ANARCHISTS ON TRIAT The Means Employed by the Defense to Get a Favorable Jury. Chicago dispatch : Judge Gary's court vras thronged when the work of selecting a jury in the anarchist cases was resumed this morning. This is a tedious piece of business , and from the men examined and excused it is not beyond the range of prob ability that it may be impossible to'find within the limits of Cook county twelve men who can pass the ordeal to which they must submit before being accepted. From questions put by counsel for the defense it is evidently their intention to shut out Irish Catholics and very pronounced churchmen of every denomination , all large employers , foremen in shops , and old sol diers of the union. Judge Gary was in his place for several minutes before the hour for resumption of business. At 10 o'clock precisely the eight prisoners were escorted into the jury room and subjected to tho usual routine of hand-shaking by Captain Black and Attorney Zeisler. They had all been visited over night by a few select friends , among whom Mrs. Parsons was con spicuous. Parsons' inner man was strengthened and regaled by the delicacies with which this lady never fails to supply her liege lord. There was nothing new iu the aspect or demeanor of the anarchists as they took their accustomed places. Upon questions propounded by the state's attorney it was found that Bylus , one of the men accepted by the defense , had an anarchist in his employ. He was excused by the state. The state accepted James II. Cole , accepted by the defense yesterday. He is the first juror chosen. He is a loco motive fireman a.-d was an officer in the union army. During the progress of the examination , Griunell , state's attorney , paid : "By the way , before I go further , counsel on the other side have given us a surprise by producing S. Parsons in court. Are you going to produce Schnaubell here , also ? " "No , sir , " answers Captain Black , "the trial is too far advanced for that. " Schnoubell is the alleged boom-thrower. The questioning then again proceeded. WILL BLOOM IX CHICAGO. Chicago special : Rose Elizabeth Cleve land is to make Chicago her home. For some weeks Mr. Elder , manager of the El der Publishing company , has been in com munication with her relative to coming to this city and taking charge of the editorial department of the Literary Life. A dis patch received this morning from Mr. Elder states that he has completed all arrange ments with Miss Cleveland , and that she will come at once to take the position. Literary Life is , as its name indicates , a magazine devoted to polite letters. It is published by the Elder Publishing com pany , and numbers among its contributors and patrons some of the best literary minds of the country. Mr. Elder has had this project in mind for some timo. and has been in correspondence with Miss Cleveland ever since the projected marriage of the president made it possible for his sister to leave the post of honor in the white house. Mr. Elder is now in Ulica , N. Y. , whero he met Miss Cleveland and concluded tho ar rangements mentioned above. X ON PltlVATE PENSION HILLS. President Cleveland Exercises His Powers in Giving 2Item a Quietus. Washington dispatch : In vetoing the veteran pension bill to-day tho president says : I am so thoroughly tired of disap proving gifts of public money to in dividuals who , in my view , have no right or claim to tho same , notwithstanding ap parent congressional sanction , thatl inter pose with a feeling of relief in a case whero I find it unnecessary to determine tho mtrits of the application. In speaking of the promiscuous and ill-advised grants of pensions which have lately been presented to me for approval , I have spoken of their apparent congressional sanction in recog nition of tho fact that a largo proportion of these bills have never been submitted to a majority of either branch of congress , but are the result o' nominal sessions held for the express purpose of their considera tion and attended by a small major ity oS the members of the respective houses of the legislative branch of the government. Thus , in considering these bills , I have not felt that I wns aided by the deliberate judgment of con gress , and when I have deemed it my duty to disprove many of tho bills presented , I have hardly regarded my action as dis tant from the conclusions of the people's representatives. I have not been insen sible to a suggestion which should influence any citizen , either in private station or official place , to exhibit not only just but generous appreciation of theservices of our country's defenders. Heedlessness and dis regard of the principle which underlies granting of pensions ia unfiir to the wounded , crippled soldier who is honored in just recognition of his government. Such a man should never bo side by side on the pension roll with those who have been tempted to attribute their natural ills , to which humanity is heir , to service in the army. The president sug gests the significance of tho startling in crease in pension legislation and con sequences involved in its continuance. Iu his vnhrk fr rf.llp public building at Sioux City , the president says : Tho re- port of the committee of the house of rep resentatives to whom this bill was re- ferred , states that , by the census of 1SSO , the population of Sioux City wns nearly 8,000 , and that by another enumeration , since made , its population would seem to exceed 23,000. It is further stated in the report that for the accommodation of this population the city contains 393 brickand 2,984 frame buildings. It seems to me that in consideration of the merits of this bill the necessities of the government should control the question and that it should be decided as a business proposi tion , dependent upon tho needs of a gov ernment building at the point proposed in order to do the government work. This greatly reduces the value of the statistics showing the population , extent of business , prospective growth and matters of that kind which , though exceedingly interesting , do not always demonstrate the necessity of the expenditure of a large sum of money for a public building. I find iipon examina tion that United States courts are some times held at Sioux City , but that they have been thus far held in tho county court house without serious inconvenience and without any expense to the government. There are actually no other federal officers there for whom thegovcrninent should pro vide accommodations , except the postmas ter. The postoffice is now located in a building rented by the government until the first of January , 1889 , at the rate of 2,200 per annum. By the last report of the supervising architect , it appears that on October 1 , 1885 , there were eighty new buildings in course of con struction and that the amount expended thereon during the preceding year was nearly two and one-half million dollars , whilo large appropriations were asked to be expended on these buildings during the current year. In my judgment the number of public buildings should not at this time he increased unless greater public necessity exists therefor than is apparent in this case. THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE. Congratulation Upon the Splendid Progress dialling by Gladstone. The following is the substance of the cir cular sent out by the executive officers of the Irish National League of America to the officers and members of branches : Wo are glad to bo able to congratulate you upon the splendid progress our cause has made since we last addressed you. After the general election now about to take place we believe that Gladstone will be in a position to undo , by ai overwhelming ma jority , the so-called union which that great statesman himself , in his address at Mid lothian , so truly described as a paper union obtained by force and fraud , and never sanctioned or accepted by the Irish nation. In pursuance of the powers con ferred on us by the national executive committee of the league , we hereby sum mon the third regular convention of the Irish National League of America to be held in Central Music hall , Chicago , on Wednesday and Thursday , August IS and 19 , and we earnestly trust that every branch of the league will be fully represent- i-d thereat. All branches and societies affil iated with the league that luive subscribed the regular dues for the current term , or have contributed to the parliamentary fund a sum equal to the amount of dues , shall be entitled to representation as follows : Or.o delegate for every fifty members in good standing ; pro vided , however , that in country districts , where the number of fifty members cannot be easily reached , the number from twcuty- Sve to fifty shall be entitled to ono dele gate. We look for the attendance of an important delegation from the home league and parliamentary party. All arrange ments for the convention shall be under the sole charge of the committee of arrange ments of Chicago , already organized , of which ex-President Alexander Sullivan and the officers of the league for the city of Chicago and state of Illinois are members. Every branch of the league should set to work promptly to prepare for the coming crisis , and should remit all funds on hand immediately to the national treasurer at Detroit , Mich. , as that money may be for warded by him to Ireland and be mado available if necessary , for the approaching campaign. All true friends of Ireland should , by active and earnest organiza tion , endeavor to make our approaching convention worthy of the sacred cjiuse in in which we are engaged the cause of Irish liberty. We remain , yours very faithfully. PATRICK EGAN. President. CHARLES O'REILLY , Treasurer. JOIIK P. SUTTON. Secretary. THEY WANT TO JOIN US. Digby ( N. S. ) dispatch : The question of cecussioii having been favored at the polls , there is more expression by the people in regard to their desire for annexation. Last week after the victory by the liberals on the question on is.iiie. a wealthy sea cap-- tain , of Digby , took his little hatchet , stripped limbs from the highest spruce treo on his farm near the town and raised the stars and stripes. Then pointing at it , he shouted to a tovy interrogave point beneath him on the ground : "That is our next question to vote on , and you will find , before long , two-thirds of us that v > ay of thinking. " ALL FIRED OUT OF FRAXCE. Ttie Princes Will Talio Up Their Residence- In England. PARIS , June23. . Prince Victor Napoleon and fifteen of hfs most prominent adherents , including the Marquis Valletta and Baron Hausmann , started to-day for Brussels. The train bearing the party moved off amid cries of "Vive L' Empcreur , " "Au revolr" and shouts of "Vive La Republiquc. " There was sonic hissing and several persons were arrested. The count of Paris , his son and suit will ar rive at Turnbrldgc Wells , England , on Friday and will take up their residence there. The count will issue a manifesto protesting against his expulsion aud outlining the monarchical programme. Prince Nnpoleon started for Geneva this cveuinir. " He was accompanied by a number of friends" the railway station where u large concourse of people had assembled. No de- moustration , however , was attempted. IMUXCI : VICTOR HOPEFUI * . Prince Victor at a reception before startiag for Brussels said ' 'Do vain : not expect a pro test from inc. A people sometimes takes it upon itself to open its doors to an exile. I re main a representative of the empire as the Napoleons constituted it. I favor firm author ity , equality of all citizens and respect for all creeds. Be assured that whatever call duty may make I shall not be found wanting In the fulfillment of what I owe to the democracy and to mv name. An revolr. " Prince Victor attracted very little attention on his arrival in Brussels. One thousand persons called at the Chateau d'Eu to-day and inscribed their mimes in a special book. The Comte tie I'nris shook hands with each one aud briellv expressed his thanks. XO FAVORS FROM THE PUBLIC. Police SocietarvLoze visited Prince Victor and stated that the government wns disposed to allow them time In which to arrange tbeir affairs. Both the princes declined to avail themselves of the otter. La Patrie notes the coincidence of the ex pulsions with the anniversary of Napoleon's great victory at Solferiuo , aud thinks it of good augurvl M. Ilendlc , perfect of the Seine lufericure , bluntly declined to notify the Comte dc Paris of his expulsion. When the count of Paris received the result of the division on the expulsion bill his son and the duke of Chartres , who were with him , burst into tears. The inhabitants of Kit col lected j in groups on the streets to discuss the situation. The gates of the chateau will he opened at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning , to admit the townspeople of Eu and Freejwt who desire the count to receive an expression of their sympathy. TWO FRENCH jnxiSTEKS RESIGX. Count Foucher Deeareil , the ambassador to the Austrian court , has resigned as a protest against the action of his government In ex pelling the French princes , and it is believed that M. WaUdiiigtoii , the French ambassador to the court of St. James , will also resign. The royal press pronounces the passage of the expulsion bill a forerunner of the down fall of the republic , while moderate republi can papers generally criticize the measure as uujust. Opportunist journals unre the govern ment to discard the demands of the Irreconcil- ablcs and radicals and demand a tinner repub lican government. The count and countess of Paris and their son. Prince Louis Philippe , after receiving their friends to-morrow , will embark at Free- port in the aftcmoou. The count's manifesto will be issued Friday. THIllTi' HILLS DISPOSED OF. All of Than Having Reference to the Grant ing of Pensions. Washington special : President Cleve land sent to the house to-day thirty mes sages vetoing as many private pension bills. These messages are all short and terse , and the conclusions reached in some of them as to the demerits of the cases make rich and rare reading. One of the cases is that of James II. Darling , whoso disability is described in the records as a general stiffness of the joints. The presi dent says it appears Darling enlisted in November , 1861 , and. was reported as having deserted March 5 , 1SG2. An ex amination in 1882 found this "victim" of war disability with the appearance of a , hale , hearty old man , weighing 1G8 pounds. "It is evident to me , " he concludes , "that this man ought not to be pensioned. " Commenting on another case , a bill for tho relief of William Bishop , who was enrolled as a substitute March 25 , 1SG5 , admitted to hospital with measles May 5 , icttirned to duty May 8 , and was mustered out May 11 , 1SG5. the president in vetoing the bill , says : "This is'the military record of this soldier , who remained in the army one month and seventeen days , having entered it as a substitute at a time when high bounties were paid. Fifteen years after this terrific encounter with the measles , and on the 28th day of Ji.ne , 1SSO , tho claimant discovered that his attack of meales had some relation with his army enrollment , and this disease settled iu his eyes , also affecting his spinal column. " Of another case in a bill for the relief of Julia Connelly , the widow of Thomas Connelly , a Holdier mustered into the service Oct. 1G , 1HG1 , the president says : "He never did a day's service , so far as his name appears on the records. He visited his family about Dec. 15 and was found drowned in a canal about six miles from his home. Those who prosecute claims for pensions , " the presi dent adds , "have grown very bold when cases of this description are presented for consideration. " A bill granting u pen sion to Andrew J. Wilson , who it appears , was drafted into the service in February , 1SG5 , and was discharged in September of the same year , on account of chronic nephritis and deafness , and who in his application for pension alleged rheuma tism resulting from exposure , aud inflam mation of the muscles of the back , with pain in the kidneys , diurrhuia , and rupture , the president dismisses with this remark : "Whatever else may be said of this claim ant's achievements during his short mili tary career , it must be conceded that he contracted a great deal of disability. There is no doubt in my mind that what ever ailments he mayhonestly lay claim to , his title to same was complete before he tered the army. " DAVID DAVIS DYING. BLOOMIXGTON , H.i , Jane 20. "A point has been reached in the illness of ex-Vice Presi dent David Davis , " said the physician to-day , "when it is thought best by his family to sive the public a statement of the great gravity of his condition. Mr. Davis is very ill indeed , and it will be little less than a miracle if he should rally. " Judge Davis is believed by his friends to be slowh/but surely sinking to death. He was taken ill with a carbuncle on his shoulder at Chicago May 2. Up to two weeks ago his con dition , thougn at times alarming , seemed to be oue of gradual improvement. Two weeks ago severe erysipelas set in , and is growing worse. For some weeks his sufferings "have been in tensified and comnlicated by Bright's disease of the kidneys. Several Chicago doctors have been summoned , and a consultation will be held to-morrow. A NAVAL DINNER. Washington special : Secretary and Mrs. Whitney gave a dinner this evening in honor of the president and Mrs. Cleveland. The other guests were Admiral and Mrs. Porter , Admiral Rowen , Admiral .Touette , Commodore and Mrs. Queen , Commodore and Mrs. Harmony , Commodore Walker , Capt. Ramsey of the naval academy , Sur geon-General Gunnell , Enginecr-in-Chief Loring , Commodore and Mrs. Sicard , Com modore and Mrs. Greer , Commandant and Mrs. McCawley , Miss Clymer and Miss Gregg. THEIR RIDE TO DEATH" JToitr liallroad Men Killed ina Freight Train WrecJt Near Crestonr Iowa. Crcston ( Iowa ) special : Freight train No. 13 broke in two on the hill sis miles cast of Creston at 9:15 last night. It was followed by an extra. Conductor West , of 13 , ran back to Hag tho extra when tho broken section followed him. The extra , running twelve miles an hour , was within six car lengths of the broken section when , discovered by tho engineer. He and tho fireman jumped before tho engine crashed into the caboose , which was smashed into splinters. Eight railroad laborers wero asleep in the caboose. Four were killed outrigt , two injured and two escaped un- hnrt. Five cars were demolished. Threo of them were loaded with horses , ono with agricultural implements and ono with graders' tools. Out of forty-four horses four were killed and one injured. Tho names of tho dead men are : Henry Husheff , Butterfield , Ills. , L. M. Davidson , Dell Ahlent , Thos. White. Two of tho killed were badly cut to pieces. The injured arc : John Medina , left leg broken below tho knee ; hurt in back ami otherwise slightly bruised. Mike Har- baugh. Italian , nose broken and other wise slightly bruised about tho face , hands and body. The wounds are not dangerous. The en gine and tender were stripped. The collision occurred on a high embankment and bridge. The track was cleared and all trains run ning this morning. SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP. "I HAVE been asked about fifty times to. day if I had resigned from the cabinet , " said Secretary Whitney , laughingly. "I have not resigned , " ho continued , "and have no intention of doing so. " WITHOUT division tho house in committee of the whole incorporated an amendment in the sundry civil bill requiring the .secre tary of the treasury to issue certificates of the denominations of 51. 52 and 55 on all surplus silver dollars now in the treasury , in payment of appropriations made iu the bill , and other expenditures and obliga tions of the government. THE house committee on foreign affairs has decided to report favorably thebill authorizing tho president to appoint mili tary and naval attaches to foreign lega tions. Also the bill to protect submarine cables. A CEUTIFICATE of incorporation of tho United States and Congo National Emigra tion company of Washington has been filed with the recorder. The object of tho company is to run anil operate a line of steam vessels from Baltimore to the Congo country in Africa and intermediate places , Tor the purpose of emigration and com merce. The capital stock is placed at 52,000,000. which may be increased to 530,000,00. THE PACIFIC ROADS INDEBTEDNESS. The Report Tlicrcon by the Second Comp troller of the Treasury. Washington dispatch : Some time ago the secretary of the interior made a state ment to the secretary of the treasury in re gard to the indebtedness of the Contra ! and Union Pacific railroad companies to tho United States under the provisions of tho Thurmaii act on account of moneys which has been , diverted from tho earnings 01 those companies to the Pacific Mail Steam ship company in the form of subsidy paid to that company. The secretary of tho interior expressed tho opinion that tha railroad companies were indebted to tha United States in the amount equal to 200 per cent of their earnings. Thus tho iliverted amount thus due from the Cen tral Pacific railroad company is stated at 5354,22k The second comptroller of the treasury to whom the matter w.is referred , has reported to acting Secretary Fairchild that the Cen tral Pacific company , so far as examined , shows that there is due it lor the years 1884 and. 1885 , for services over the un- subsidized portions of the road , under the recent decision of the supreme court , sev eral hundred thousand dollars. He calls attention to the act of March . ' ' , 1875 , which , he says , seems to require the secre tary o ! the treasury , when called upon to pay claims due .subsidized railroad compa nies , to-withhold an amount equal to the amount of the indebtedness of the compa nies to the United States , and also the pro bable cost of establishing that indebted ness in a suit at law , and in case the com pany docs not assent to a set-off , to causo a suit to be brought and to withhold pay ments until the suit is decided. The comp troller recommends that this course be pursued. Washington special : The Folsom family have been brought into prominence by tho presidential marriage. Some of the other ladies of the Folsom family contracted well-to-do alliances , although none of them quite so distinguished as the Buffalo young lady. There was an Amelia Folsom who lived at Keokuk , Ia. , who wedded a promi nent man who will live in history quite as long as Cleveland. Amelia Folsom is a cousin of Mrs. Cleveland's mother. She went west some years ago , probably attracted there by the same im pulse that led Grandpa Folsom to Omaha , where he bought lands when they were cheap. Amelia Folsom went to Salt Lake City , where she met the saints of the Mormon church. It is said that in face and form she much resembled the lady now mistress of the white house. She was tall , willowy , with sparkling eyes and luxuriant hair. She was much admired by Brigham Young , the Mormon bishop , and consented to become his sixteenth wife. Brigham Young and Amelia Folsom were joined in celestial marriage in the temple. She was followed in the succession of marriages by Ann Eliza , the seventeenth wife , who lias since become famous by renouncing poly gamy and revealing the secrets of tho church. Amelia was the favorite of all Brigham Young's wives. MEASURES THEY DESIRE PASSED. The committee of Knights of Labor ap pointed at the Cincinnati convention have sent a letter to Speaker Carlisle and copies to Messrs. Randall and Morrison , contain ing a Hat of measures which it Ls desired congress should pass , and a memorial look ing to that cud. Among the measures are those repealing the timber culture , pre emption and desert land acts , adjustment of railroad and other land grants , organ izing the territory of Oklahoma , prohi biting aliens from holding land in the United States , making presidential and congressional election days holidays , and punishing bribery. In conclusion the com mittee says in requesting the passage of the measures it is not asking anything from the dominant party only to fulfill tho promise it made to the people when it jwas { coking their suffrages , by which it obtained its present majority.