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2 question of privilege and sent to the clerk’s desk to have read a series of resolutions passed at a mass meeting in St. Louis, Mo., last Saturday, declaring Chas. F. Joy to have been illegally deprived of his seat as & Representative from the eleventh Mis- souri district. Before the first “whereas” had been read the nature of the resolutions was developed and Mr. McMillin the point that they did not ® question of privilege. The Speaker held that as the O’Neill-Joy lection case had been adjudicated Mr. Bartholat’s resolution could have no privi- leged status. Mr. O'Neill, the subject of the attack, demanded the floor as a matter of privilege and was proceeding to reply to the imputation that he had obtained a seat to which he was not entitled, when Mr. Wise (Va.) raised the point that Mr. O'Neill was also out of order. The Speaker Sustained the point, but Mr. O'Neill would Rot down. He harangued the House while the Speaker was vainly endeavoring to restore order. He offered to submit the Question of his election to a special com- mittee and abide by its decision. At last the Speaker was forced to order Mr. O'Neill to take his seat. The Post Office Appropriation Bill. The regular order was then demanded and after the call of committees the House Went into committee of the whole and re- sumed the consideration of the Post Office ®@ppropriation bill, which was interrupted by the enforced absence of Chairman Hen- derson (N. C.). The pending amendment was that of Mr. Kyle (Miss.) to strike out the appropriation for the fast southern mail. Mr. Kyle con- tinued his remarks in opposition to the appropriation. Messrs. Myer and Robertson of Louisiana and Mr. Hooker of Mississippi warmly sup- the appropriation. They contended hat the south was entitled to this fast mail service, which placed the northern mails in New Orleans six hours earlier than ever before and in Texas twelve hours earlier. To deprive both of this service, Mr. Hooker said, would seriously cripple the | commerce of the whole southern country. $$ DISTRICT IN enn.) volve CONG Against the Use of Cobble Stones. Senator McMillan today introduced a Joint resolution, which was referred to the District committee, requiring that here- after no street railway company shall pave or repave the space between the tracks with cobble stones. In every case where a street railway company is required to pave or to Keep in repair the spaces between its tracks and two feet outside such paving shall be done with asphalt, brick or granite blocks, and in every case where pavements now laid with cobble stones are to be re- paired such repair shall be made with asphalt, brick or granite blocks, as the Commissioners shall direct. This resolution, it i$ understood, is aimed at the Eckington Company, which has been recently repav- ing the inter-track spaces on its extension with cobble stones in piace of asphalt. To Open 37th Street. Senator McMillan today offered an amend- Ment to the District appropriation bill pro- viding $10,000 for condemning or purchas- ing the ground needed to extend and open 37th street between Back street and Ten- leytown road. The Kidwell Bottoms Suit. The Attorney General has written a let- ter to the Vice President in answer to Senator Sherman's resolution of a few days ago, inquiring after the progress of the Kidwell bottoms’ suit. The Attorney General states that this question was dis- cussed in his late annual report, where it was stated a serious question has arisen whether the jurisdiction over the suit is still in the Supreme Court of the District or has been transferred to the District Court of Appeals by the act of February @, 1898. “It has been suggested by the district attorney,” continues Gen. Olney, “that the question be settled by appropriate legislation. This suggestion could clearly Save much time and expense, and was fore approved. Provided the debt doubt is settled, it does not seem to be material whether the jurisdiction remains as originally conferred by the act of Au- gust 5, 1896, or whether it be transferred to the Court of Appeals. I annex to this re- Port drafts of bills prepared by the attor- Reys in charge of the litigation, and upon which they would be glad to be heard be- fore the appropriate ccmmittee of the Sen- ate as early as practicable.” bills are formal acts settling the Question of jurisdiction. The whole matter ‘was referred to the committee on judiciary. The Capitol Cente: ial Plaque. By unanimous cunsent the House today Passed the joint resolution providing for the location under the direction of the ar- ehitect of the Capitol, of the memorial tab- let donated by the Capitol celebration com- mittee commemorating the laying of the Capitol cornerstone. Matters of Record. Mr. Baker of New Hampshire has in- troduced a bill in the House requiring bills of sale, conditional sales, mortgages, chat- tel deeds of trust, in the District, to be recorded, and they shall not be valid against a subsequent innocent purchaser, unless so recorded. District Change of Ven Mr. R. Ross Perry and Mr. Henry Wise Garnett appeared before the House judici- ary committee this morning to advocate @ favorable report on the bill to provide for @ change of venue before justices of the District Supreme Court in the trial of cases. The bill provides that any litigant filing a written statement of his belief that he cannot obtain a fair trial before any justice, he may have his case cer- tified to another justice for trial. The committee its decision. An Elevated Road to New York. Ex-Congressman Hemphill appeared be- fore the House judiclary committee this morning to arrange for a hearing tomor- row on the bill to incorporate the National Rapid Transit Company. This company Proposes to operate an elevated electric Tailway between Washington and New York, and run trains at the rate of 12) miles an hour. The Belt Line Extension. Senators Faulkner, McMillan and Hans- brough, the subcommittee of the Senate District committee in charge of the Belt Lime extension bill, will grant a hearing on Thursday of this week and perhaps Friday to all persons interested in that bill. Those whom the committee wish to hear will be notified. Both sides will be represented. ——————-e+___. CAPITOL TOPICS. The Fiort Appointments. ‘The Senate made no progress in execu- tive session today in disposing of the com- plicated Florida appointments. The session ‘was held for the purpese of taking up and, if possible, disposing of the nomination of Geo. W. Wilson to be collector of internal revenue for Florida, and, it becoming ap- parent that much time would be consumed in speechmaking, Senator Voorhees address- ed the Senate, saying that he could not geet the matter to interfere with the con- tion of the tariff, and upon his mo- tion the Senate returned to legislative ses- Interstate Commerce Commissioner. The Senate committee on interstate com- merce today agreed to recommend the con- firmation of James D. Yeomans as inter- state commerce commissioner. —_—-o+—_____. Presidential Nominations. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Justice—To be attorneys of the United States: E. C. Stringer of Minnesota, for the District of Minnesota; Caleb R. Brooks of Oklahoma, for the territory of Oklahoma. War—First Lieut. Wm. P. Goodwin, four- teenth infantry, to be captain; Second Lieut. Carl Keops, thirteenth infantry, to be first lieutenant second infantry; George W. Martin, eighteenth infantry, to be first Neutenant; Second Lieut. Harry D. Humph- reys, twentieth infantry, to be first lieu- tenant; Second Lieut. Harry E. Wilkins, second infantry, to be first leutenant; Second Lieut. C! H. Martin, fourteenth infantry, to be first lieutenant. Navy—Pay Director Edwin Stewart, to be chief of the bureau of supplies and ac- counts and paymaster general in the De- partment of the Navy, with the rank of commodore. ———_+e+______ The Detroit Vindicated. The cruiser Detroit, which carried off the Principal honors in the Brazilian revolu- tion, so far as the American fleet is con- cerned, arrived at Hampton Roads this Morning, three days from Bermuda. She will go into dock at Norfolk and be thor- oughly overhauled. She is one of the new- est ships in the navy and made her first cruise to Brazil. She has returned covered with glory and has practically disposed of the slanders about her alleged crankiness and instability in general circulation before she left home. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Murder of a Well-Known Indiana Lawyer. ALBERT 7. BECK FOOD DEAD IN BED A Hole Had Been Cut in the Shutter. RESULT OF THE INQUEST ne eran INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 24.—Albert T. Beck, a well-known lawyer of this city, and formerly law partner of Congressman Bynum, was found dead on the floor of his sleeping room this morning. A shot was heard by the family about 8 o'clock. When Mr. Beck failed to respond to a call at 7 o'clock, his room was entered and his body was found lying partially dressed with a bullet in the bowels. The floor was covered with blood and the window off the porch was open. While the suggestion of mur- der has been made, his friends think it is a case of suicide. He was about fifty years of age. w—The coroner, after investigating Lawyer Beck's remains, decided that he had been murdered. Beck was found ng on his bed undressed,with a ghastly wo behind the left ear. There were s! ofa struggle. The shutter had been sawed off so as to admit an arm,and blood was found in the yard, and bloody tracks led to the sidewalk, where they were lost. A strange revolver was on the floor and Beck’s re- volver was found in a drawer. The house where the crime was commit- ted is located at 20th and Ashland avenue, in the northeastern portion of the city. ee THREW AWAY A TREASURE. Divers Now Go! to Seek What Was Abandoned. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 24.—About a month ago the crew of the fishing steamer Capitaine found a lump of white-looking substance while cruising about a hundred miles from the coast. The stuff was kept for some time as a curiosity, but finally they threw it overboard, after cutting off a small piece. On their return the piece saved was examined by experts, who declared it was ambergris. As the lump weighed close on to 100 pounds, its estimate value is $250,000. A party has now gone up with a diver to search for the missing treasure. * ee NO VIOLENCE INTENDED. Special Dispatch from a Staff Correspondent. MANASSAS, Va., April 24.—The_numer- ous rumors in circulation during the past few days to the effect that bloodshed was imminent at this place are without appar- ent foudation. Active preparations are in progress for the execution on Friday next of Ben. White and Jim Robinson, the two young negroes sentenced to death for hav- ing criminally assaulted Mrs. Elliott and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Heflin, two miles from Manassas, in January last, but the reports that the whites and blacks in va- rious sections of Prince William county are organizing and arming could not be verified by The Star’s representative, who carefully investigated the matter today. hi bag -. to be hog and ceful large crow: = pected to assemble on the day of the hang. ing. White and Robinson, unless the law in- terferes, will be. brought here from Alex- andria on Friday morning, but the Alex- andria Light Infantry is to remain at home, the men being guarded only by the sheriff and his deputies. Although the prob- abilities are that no trouble will ensue, be- cause the law is certain to be vindicated, less than one year ago two negroes, Heflin and Dyer, charged with a similar crime, were lynched in this county a few hours preceding the hour set by law for them to meet their doom. The chances in favor of a further respite for the condemned men are slim. arc ee PUT TIES ON THE TRACK. Attempt to Wreck the “Theater Train” From New York. ASBURY PARK, N. J., April 24—Early this morning a deliberate attempt was made to wreck the “theater train” from New York on the New York and Long Branch railroad between Belmar and Como. The train arrived at Asbury Park at 1:42 a.m. The next stop is Belmar, owes ee no stops tre made, except on signa! e miscreants piled ties on both tracks, The local freight train, which was behind time and just ahead of the “theater train,” ran into the pile of ties, and came to a stop with the engine's nose buried in the ties. Had the train been running at a-high rate of speed it would have been a total . As it was, the engine was much damaged, and the rails were torn and twisted by the force of the blow. Superintendent Blodgett refuses to talk of the wreck. The matter is now in the hands of the company’s detectives. prewar ei ian SHOTS IN A COURT ROOM. Michael Donnelly Fired at His Former Partne: NEW YORK, April 24.—Three shots from @ revolver were fired this morning in the court of common pleas in the presence of Judge Bischoff. Not one of them took ef- fect and the man who did the shooting is under arrest. He is Michael Donnelly, an fron merchant of 82 Leroy street. The man at whom the shots were fired is P. J. McArdle. Donnelly was the plaintiff in a case against McArdle. They had formerly been partners, and the sult arose over some partnership accounting. In court this morning, when the case was called, Donnel- ly gave no signs as to what he was about to do. Suddenly he pulled a revolver, point- ed it point blank at McArdle, and fired. ‘The uproar in the court was terrific. The attendants could not quell the disorder. Donnelly had fired three shots before he was arrested. Then he was rushed around to the city hall police station. McArdle was untouched. ‘The action was brought by Donnelly for a partnership account! When Judge Bischoff rendered a decision this morning dismissing the complaint, McArdle, with his gon, started out the court room. They had to go by Donnelly, who sat somewhat back of them and further from the door. As they passed Donnelly drew a pistol and fired point blank at the head of Mc- Ardie. The instant the shot was fired Mc- Ardie and his son fell flat on the floor. Meanwhile Wales F. Severance, counsel for Donnelly, grabbed him with both arms about the neck. Before he wrested the pis, tol from him, however, two more shots were fired, but they struck the ceiling. The first shot grazed the ear of McArdle, abrasing the skin. McArdle got up on a half crawl, while the second and third shots were being fired, and scrambled out of the court room at a break- neck . He was shouting and groaning and believed that he had several bullets in his body. still struggling with Lawyer Donnelly, Severance, was placed under arrest by Po- liceman McQuade. Speaking with the reporters afterward McArdle said: “Donnelly, since we dissolved partnership, has threatened my 1 He is at the present time under indictment in Albany for criminally lbeling me. He has told people that he would shoot me, and I was not altogether surprised when the bul- lets cam ‘here was something funny, however, when the judge dived under the desk. Although I was laboring under the intense excitement, this incident did not escape my It was a critical moment when Don: Pointed his revolver at me and began to blaze away. I did not retreat, ae @ small table, raised it as a r- ” Donnelly was held for examination. —_—_ SIGNED BY GOV. FLOWER. The Bi-Partisan Eléction Inspectors Bill Approved. ALBANY, N. Y., April 24.—Gov. Flower has signed the bi-partisan election inspec- tors bill. ee Gridiron Cl Dinner. The April dinner of the Gridiron Club will be given at the Arlington Hotel next Satur- day night, and will be the last entertain- ment of the club for this season, THE EVENING STAR, CARBINES SUPPLIED The Treasury Watchmen Also Are Armed With Revolvers, . Precautions Taken to Insure the Safety of Uncle Sam’s Cash Box From Mob Attacks. The precautions taken for the protec- tion of the Capitol building have been duplicated in the case of the Treasury De- partment to an extreme degree. Although the authorities disclaim any apprehension over the approaching invasion of the na- tional capital by, large numbers of un+ employed men from all parts of the coun- try, they no longer attempt to disguise the fact that they are taking every pre- caution for the protection of public »rop- erty. It is confidently believed that the local authorities are fully capable of deal- ing with the situation. It is deemed best, however, to have all the federal forces in thia vicinity fully prepared to render Prompt assistance in the preservation of the peace and in the enforcement of the laws in the event of its becoming neces- sary. $ Realizing that the Treasury Department with its vast stores of gold, silver and paper money would probably be the first point of attack by a reckless mob, the authorities have directed their attention to strengthen- ing the defenses of that buildin The force of watchmen has been increased and their arms have been put in perfect condi- tion. The force numbers seventy men all told, under Capt. J. D. Putnam. They are all veterans of the war and have seen ac- tive military service. The building is pro- vided with a perfect telegraphic alarm sys- tem and the entire force can be summoned to any given point by the simple touch of @ button. All the rooms and vaults where money and securities are kept are in telegraphic communication with the office of the cap- tain of the watch, and there are means of summoning the local police, the marine: at the navy yard, or the regular troops Washington barracks without delay. The Vaults Closed, As has been already stated, the vaults and rooms of the treasury where money is handled are now closed to the public, and it is said that all the small doors of the building will be closed and that admis- sion will be confined to the main entrances on each front of the building. This will allow a better concentration of the force of watchmen and give better con- trol over the movements of visitors. At the request of the captain of the watch, the force has been armed with the latest improved Springfield carbine, in ad- dition to the Colt’s navy revolver, with which they were already provided. The new arms were received this morning, to- gether with a ae, of ammunition. All the old revolvers have been cleaned and reloaded, and the force is now in con+ dition to repel any ordinary attack. Merely as a Precaution. A Star reporter asked Capt. Putnam what all these warlike preparations meant, and he said that they were taken merely as a Precaution and with no possible apprehen- ston t they will ever be called into use. He did not think there was the least dan- ger of any trouble, but it was only the part of prudence to be prepared for it in case it skould come. + e+ NO LONGER PROTECTED. Various Inventi Which Patents Expire Today. An aggregate of 279 patents on various inventions expired by limitation today. Among them were locks for magazine fire- arms, George F. Evans, Mechanics’ Falls, Me.; ore washers, H. E. Taylor, Chester, Bng.; combination locks, O. E. Pillard, New Britain, Conn., and E. M. McPherson, Bos- ton, Mass.; steam iceboats, Juan Arnao and Juan Arnao, jr., Brooklyn; elevators, W. W. Blakeslee, Spring Lake, Mich.; sewing ma- chines, J. L. Follett, New York city; tel- escopes, Adolph Moser, Atx-la-Chappelle, Prussia; breech-loading firearms, H. Upde- Smithfield, Ohio; magneto-electric ma- chines, Chas. F. Brush, Cleveland, Ohio; electric clocks, C. F. Brush, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to the Telegraph Supply Company; electro-magnetic railroad signals, H. Bru- nius, Jonkoping, Sweden; passenger reg- isters, Jno. W. Fowler, D. F. Lewis, W. H. Smith and L. Fischer, Brooklyn (Smith and Fischer, assignors to Fowler and Lewis); fire extinguishers, Chas. F. Girard, Paris, ay et a. and — es = jam! fy rmany (assignor o! one-half to E. Hadenfeld); steam. street cars, J. D, Imboden, Richmond, Va.; sewing machines, F. Jacob, Newark, N. J.; steam- heating ap} tus, C. Le Bosquet and J. Le Bosquet, Haverhill, Mass., and station in- dicators, Jacob Ort, Champaign, Il. Crap Players Arrested, Factory Hill, Georgetown was the scene of a large gathering of colored boys yes- terday afternoon, some of whom were en- gaged in a game of crap and others were Playing marbles for money. When the Police appeared there was a stampede. In their hurry the boys left their “bones,” but got away with the money. Later in the evening eight arrests were made, and the prisoners stood in a tow in Judge Kimball's court this morning. Four of the boys plead guilty and were fined. Two of them surrendered and they were taxed $8 each, while their compan- fons were fined $10 each. One member of the other quartet paid $10 and the other three were discharged. Mr. ‘ Representative Burrows of Michigan is suffering from painful bruises to his right arm and side as a result of being thrown from a cable car. It has not, however, kept him from attending the sessions of the House. ——_-o+___ Trial of the Marblehead. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has directed that the final trial of the cruiser Marble- head at New York take place on the Ist proximo. + 2+ _____ Treasury Changes. Cc. E. Kimber has been appointed super- intendent of construction of the public building at Alexandria, Va., and Francis T. Mallon of the public building at New Lon- don, Connecticut. Charles H. Wescott, su- pervising inspector of steam vessels for the eighth district, with headquarters at De- trolt, has been requested to resign. —_—- -- 2 —_—____ Disbarred Fom Practice. The Secretary of the Interior today 4is- barred the following named attorneys trom practice before the department: Jno. G, Chapman, New Haven, Conn.; F. H. Baré ker, Kansas City; C. A. D. Hill, Pensacola, Fila.; Christian Orien, Danbury, Conn.; James Cooley, York, Ohio; W. M. Bushfield, Cambridge, Ohio. o—_. Local Inventors. Among the District patents granted today were the following: Herman Holerith, elec- trical calculating system and tabulating system; Edwin F. Kinsey, house mail box; James W. Norton, cooking stove or range; Randolphus D. H. Tyler, clip, etc., for mail bag and other straps. 0 The Strike and the Mails. -A large number of telegrams concerning the Great Northern strike are being re- received at the Post Office Department. There has been a resumption of mail ser- vice throughout Minnesota and North Da- kota, and it is thought by the postal off- cials that the line will soon be open to the Pacific coast. The decision of the Attorney General is said at the department to have @ salutary effect. ———__~o+____. Local Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Reissue, Frank L. Graham; original widows, etc. minors of John Lee,minor of George Schultz; widows Indian wars, Martha R. Hitchcock, Maryland—Renewal, John Schienbaker, Freelands, Baltimore. —————_-e~. Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was 47. Of this number 88 were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignation, and the remainder by removals. Joseph W. Bassett was appointed at Reed's Grove, Md., vice C. J. Collins, re- TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. THE CLAIMANT GONE Death of “Billy” McG@arrahan at| co: Providence Hospital. APTER YEARS OF FRUITLESS STROGGLE A Well-Known Figure Passes Off the Stage. FINAL SCENES OF HIS LIFE ‘The McGarrahan bill, that has been be- fore Congress for many years, was, so far as “Billy” McGarrahan is concerned, ve- | toed this morning by the highest power known to man. Poor old McGarrahan, worn out with efforts of forty yeats of waiting on Congress, ceased to be the American Jarndyce at 11:15 this morning and peace- fully and gently passed away. On the lith of April Mr. McGarrahan, after the Senate had passed his bill, went to Providen: Hobpital, suffering trom what was called a general breakdown of the system. Nobody who knew him well was surprised, for the patient old man had long been fading away and his most intimate friends knew that the faithful body was weakening. At the hospifal he was received with the most ten- Ger care, and after a few days he recovered strength and insisted upon going to the Capitol, where, he told the sisters at the howjtal, his affairs needed attention. They humored him and let him go over to the great white building that has held his hopes and fears for many a year. For three or four days he went back and forth, sleeping at the hospital and sitting around the lobbies of the Capitol in the day, still hopeful that his bill would struggle through this sessio: m and become a law. But on Friday last his symptoms became alarming, and signs of dropsy made their appearance, developing so rapidly that it was soon ap- parent that the days of the poor old claim- ant were numbered. On Saturday he saw a number of friends and told them that he would be out in a few days. The physicians decided on Monday to perform the operation of tapping. but in the afternoon Dr. Sowers determined that the patient was too far gone and too weak, and that an operation would but hasten his death. Still it was rot thought that the end was so near. / When the End Was Near. This morning the sisters gently told the old man that he couldn't live through the day, and asked him if he would like to see any particular friends. He took the news as cheerfully as he has all of his many dis- appointments, and asked that Senator Hun- ton of Virginia, who bas been his faithful friend throughout all the litigation, should be sent for. A telephone message was sent to the Senate and Senator Hunton, who was then attending a meeting of the com- mittee on post offices, sent back word that he would be at the hospital shortly after neon. Fortunately he changed his program and reached the sick man’s side a little after 10 o'clock. Mr. McGarrahan was very weak, Dut he recognized his friend and took him by the hand and held it until he died. He retained consciousness until, at 11:15, he breathed his last. The sister at the hospital was at the bedside until the end. Senator Hunton requested that Un- dertaker Lee be given charge of the funeral, ag deecrerd for which will be perfected ter. “Billy” McGarrahan was probably with- out a kinsman. No one has ever ineard of any member of his family in this coun- try, He used to tell of a brother, who had lived in New Orleans before the war, but who was probably killed during the struggle. But it must not be thought that he was friendless, for in his forty years of attendance on Congress he formed the acquaintance of hundreds of men in pub- lec life and made many fast, firm friends. There are probably today more genuine regrets expressed around the Capitol at the death of “Billy McGarrahan than would be heard over the death of any pub- Me man in Congre: He was quiet, kindly and refined, and that peculiar pathos in his bearing that endeared him to the lrearts of nearly all who met him. It may ‘ve that it was the American love for a good stout fight or the American fondn: for plot that caused all who knew McGar- rahan and his claim to take an interest in him. Never before has a fighter for his rights, as firmly believed them to be, made such a determined stand before an adverse fate. . His Appearance at the Capitol. McGarrahan used to make the office of the official stenographers of the Senate his headquarters for the day at the Capitol, and he seldom missed a visit there when- ever the Senate was in session. All of the reporters and stenographers knew him as a personal friend and welcomed him to their midst. Several years ago the stenographers held a banque: at which McGarrahan was only outside guest. To them he was as @ brother in the crowd, and he gave a toast om that occasion that will be always re- membered by all who heard it. It is not probable that the McGarrahan claim will ever be pushed by any heir or successor to the poor old man. It is doubt- ful if anybody would care to assume the terrible responsibility that this single in- dividual has upheld for two score years, It has always been a problem just where his funds for niititenarce caine fi Wk own means were was: ars ago in the effort to secure the setilement of his chum and for several sessions pack he has been, it ig known, dependent lpon some secret charity, the source of which he has never divulged. Always temperate in his habits, he made what little he had go to the fur- thest, and his attire was alwasy neat and n and his linen immaculate. None of most intimate friends ever knew just where he lived, but there were no creditors ever hounding at his heels, and in many other respects McGarrahan was a paradox among claimants. Story of the Claim. McGarrahan was the claimant for the Mexican land grant in Southern California known as the Rancho Panoche Grande, and had been prosecuting the claim in the courts, the departments and Congress for nearly forty years, and the history of nis efforts to secure what he and his friends believe was his by right would make a | sory as thrilling as a novel. | ,McGarrahan came into possession of the claim in 1858 through purchase from the original grantee. paying $11,000 for it. There was a vast tract of the land, but it was mountainous, and at that time the ag- ricultural and mineral possibilittes of that part of California were not known. Soon after McGarrahan made his purchase the New Idria quicksilver mines were discover- ed on the grant, and it was not a great while before the mine was found to be one of the most valuable deposits of this miner- al in the world. The locators of the mine refused to recog- nize McGarrahan’s right to the property. He took the matter to the courts, where he received two confirmations of his title, but, the New Idria people still resisting, he ap- pealed to the Interior Department at Wash- ington during the first administration of President Lincoln,who, after his Secretary of the Interior had twice ordered patent to is- sue, himself made an examination of the claim favorably upon it. Still there were obstacles in the way, and McGarrahan appealed to Congress. Since that time a bill for McGarrahan’s relief has been introduced at the beginning of every term of Congress, and there have been few, if any terms, in which he has not received @ favorable report from the Senate and louse committees having the bill in charge. Time and again the bill has been passed by the two houses, but never until the Fifty- second Congress did it receive the simulta- neous sanction of the two houses, When the bill passed both houses in the 'Fitty-second Congress President Harrison found it unsatisfactory in some of its de- tails and refused his approval. The bill, re- modeled so as to meet the President's ob- jections, was immediately reintrod in both houses. It passed the Senate, but fail- ed to get through the House that Congress. The bill had again passed the Senate this Gress and was unanimously reported by the House committee having it in the day the health of the claimant down completely, about ten days ago, ren- dering it necessary that he should be taken to the hospital, . Sketch of His Lifé, Wm. McGarrahan was born in Enniskil- len, County Fermanagh, in the nefth of Ireland, in October, 1828, The family had been extensive landholders, but at the time of his birth were only in moderate cireum- stances. He spent his youth in Sligo, with an uncle, and until his death attended a private school, and on the death of his un- cle began business as grocer and wine deal- er and was for some years successful in amassing a competence. He very early took part in the cause of Ireland, and when barely seventeen was a delegate with the mayor, alderman and other distinguished citizens to represent the city of Sligo at the national ceremonies at Dublin, May, 1845, to celebrate the libe- ration of O'Connor and his seven martyr friends. Among the representatives on that occasion were Smith O'Brien, Thomas Francis Meagher, Thomas Devin y and Thomas D'Arcy McGee. When, in 1848, the French revolution re- sulted in the overthrow of the monarchy, mass meeting was held in S! and dn dress adopted congratulating nee on tl establishment of a republic. Young Mce- Garrahan, then under twenty years of age, mayor of Verdan and Alderman O’Dono- van were elected to present the address to the French republican government. During the ee McGarrahan, despite his years, &@ prominent part, and when the division came between O’Con- nell and his whig followers and the “young Ireland” party, the future claimant seceded with “young Ireland,” under D'Arcy Me: Gee, who proposed him as member of thi Irish confederation, the parliament of the party. He continued an active member of this party until it disbanded, in 1848, when most of those with whom he acted had been seized and sentenced to banishment by the British government. Soon after the Writ of habeas corpus was suspended and McGarrahan’s house was searched for arms SA price ot price of 500 pounds was put on D'Arcy ose - —_ and r penalty of fourteen rs’ imprisonment for any one who har- bored or assisted him, but McGarrahan sheltered McGee until he could escape from the country, McGarrahan then sold out his extensive and prosperous business and prop- erty and followed his companions to Amer- ica, arriving here in March, 1849. After a residence of some months in the east and New Orleans he determined to make Cali- fornia his home, where he arrived in Octo- ber, 1849. He invested his capital in his former business, and in 1853 he was one of the leading merchants on the Pacific coast. He returned to Ireland in that year, and in Dublin was entertained by Charles Gavin Duffy and John Nell McKenna, both since knighted and members of the British parlia- ment. After an extended visit to the conti- nent, he returned to California in 1854, re- sumed business and purchased a ranch in San Jose valley, which he stocked with the first improved herd in the state. About this time time he purchased from Gomez the Mexican title to the Ranche Panoche Grande, and with it came all his trouble, and such an experience of the devious methods of litigation as was never before known in this country. December, 1857, Mr. McGarraha is conspicuously of record in the cor of California, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Interior ent and Con- gress to the present day. Tried to Talk About His Claim. Senator Hunton, who was with Mr. Mc- Garrahan when he died, said to a Star re- porter this afternoon: “When I reached him McGarrahan tried to tell me about his case. He said he wanted to talk about the claim, but his strength failed him and he was unable to say any more. He ually became weaker and died before he could tell me what he wished me to do in regard to his burial. Senator Teller and I will go to the hospital this afternoon to arrange for the funeral. There is no will and we may probably be called his executors, or, better, his best friends. I do not know just what will be done with the claim. —-2—______ MRS. CHILDS’ RESIDENCE. She Will Erect One on a Lot Just Pur- chased. The many friends of Mrs. George W. Childs, the widow of Philadelphia's great editor, will be glad to know that she has determined to make her permanent home in this city. She intends to have a house here which will be exactly suited to her taste, and therefore she will build one. She has secured, through R. O. Holtzman, in ecnnection with Hill & Johnson, real estate brokers, a fine building lot, which is located on the north side of K street between 15th and 16th streets. It adjoins on the east the spacious residence of Senator Hale, at e corner of 16th and K streets, and is in locality of fine residences. The lot has a frontage of 53 feet and en average depth of 119 feet to a 30-fovt alley. It contains 6,467 square feet and the price paid was $38,802, which is at the rate of $0 per square foot. It was owned by John F. Cook and others, and the price obtained was the o. at which the lot been offered for year or two back. It is understood that the erection of a large and spacious residence by Mrs. Childs will be begun at the earliest practicable day. ————— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A Request to Suspend Action. Mr. Frank P. Madigan, the attorney for a number of liquor men, has requested the Commissioners to suspend a¢tion on pend- ing Mquor applications for licenses where the place is within 400 feet of a school house or church until Congress disposes of the pendmg amendments to the liquor law. The Great Falls Power. ‘The Commissioners have received a draft of a bill to authorize the Great Falls Power Cempany to sell electricity for light and power purposes in the District of Columbia. A Water Main Assessment. The Commissioners received a letter to- day from Mr. 8. T. Thomas, the district at- torney, inclosing the protest of Mr. Charles Groff against the assersment of his lots 7, 85 and 86, in block 19 of McLaughlin's sub- division of Prospect Hill, to defray the cost of laying the water main in the extension of T street. Mr. Thomas, efter considering the matter, reached the conclusion that the opening of T street by the public authorities in operated as an ebandonment of Yale street, | stock and that the abandoned portion of that | street, so far as was not embraced within the lines of T street, reverted to the owners of the adjoining lots on the north side, and became part of said lots. Notes. Poundmaster Einstein last week im- pounded fifty-one animals, of which six were redeemed and one sold. During the week fifty-six dogs were killed, and thir- teen remained in pound at the close of the week. Last week there were 515 nuisances re- ported to the health office. Three hundred and forty-seven were reported abated, and twenty-three referred. The report of Gwynne Harris, inspector of marine products, on last week, shows the val at the river front of 5,700 bushels of oysters, 3,911 bunches of fish, 46 black bass, carp, 608 tailors, 31,000 clams, 2 sturgeon, 101,306 shad and 2,752,000 her- ring. The report shows the condemnation of 123,100 herring, 871 bunches of fish and 200 bushels of oysters. The several food inspectors last week condemned 557 pounds of beef, 100 pounds of mutton, 20 pounds of veal, 47 chickens, 800 birds, 292 quarts of berries, and a small quantity of vegetables. —_._ Sale of Terra Cotta Works. Mr. L. M. Saunders and a syndicate have purchased for $70,000 the terra cotta works at Terra Cotta, D. C., from the estate of | bid. the late John Lynch. The works cover nearly an acre of ground and contain twelve large kilns. Twelve acres of clay land are included. The works were estab- shed twenty-three years ago by John Lynch, jr., and have been successfully op- erated ever since. Nearly all the sewer pipe.laid in this city, as well as the greater portion of the electric wire conduits now in use in the city, were manufactured at them, and during the recent depression they con- tinued in operation. About one hundred men are employed in the works. The Lynch es- tate continues in the ownership of the rest of the original Terra Cotta tract, which amounts to one hundred and fifty acres, and lies between the works and Brookland. FINANCE AND TRADE Labor Troubles Have an Influence in Wall Street. BEING USED 10 DEPRESS PRICES Bear Raid on Coal Stocks Ex. pected. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 24.—In sympathy with higher London prices our market opened fractionally higher, but almost immediately sold off under a renewal of short selling. The buying for foreign account was on a Uberal scale, but was more than offset by the sudden revolution in local sentiment. Strikes, present and prospective, play an important part in speculation at the mo- ment and are employed by the bears to de- press values. There is no pressure of long stock, however, and the amount of bor- rowed stock, with which deliveries have recently been made, has assumed such large Proportions as to warrant predictions of a rally at the expense of the shorts before the week closes. The grangers were moderately active on selling by the professional element. Bur- lng Se et. ae See and St. Paul Brokers for prominent bear operators were active in putting out lines of the above stocks and seemed con- fident of their position. . The general list was dull and inclined to sell off fractionally. The coal stocks are generally regarded as too high to hold under the existing depression in the coal trade, and lower prices are expected to attend a revival of activity. These stocks are largely held by investors, and it is doubtful if bear tactics will prove superior to the attractive dividend rates attached to the high-priced members of this group. The industrials overshadowed everything else, both in point of activity and the ex- tent of fluctuations. In the present market. unfortunately, activity is an unsatisfactory equivalent for depressed values. Distillers ‘was most conspicuous, losing 3 per cent as the result of an adverse decision in their re- bate suit. The full significance of this ac- tion is only appreciated by insiders, who consider it one of the most severe legal blows yet aimed at the earning capacity of that company.National Lead was weak at a decline of 1 per cent, owing to reduced rates for white lead by competing compa- nies outside of the trust. General Electric declined 8-4 per cent under continued bear selling. Chicago Gas , Was strong on early trading, selling up to 67 1-2, but sold down later under 68 on operations by the room. Sugar was barely steady around 97, ow- ing to the rumors of a proposed amend- ment to the tariff bill reducing the rate of duty a trifle under the limit asked for by the trust. Insiders are supporting the price, how- ale and continue confident of final re- sults. The last hour’s trading was dull, with prices slightly improved over those of the Previous hour. There were no important news items, the bulk of the trading origi- nating in the room. Final figures were irregular. neato A Selling Movement Checked. CHICAGO, April 24.—The fact that Min- neapolis and Duluth wheat markets were a Uttle higher than they were last night checked a selling movement here today. Then the cash business here yesterday— 300,000 bushels—indicated that the decline ‘was not without influence on consumers. A |San Francisco message said there were no Prospects of rain, and the wheat market ‘was firm, opening off 5-8c. ——— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The fehowing are the opening, se the lowest and mg eng ant iew York ‘Washington Stock Exchange. call—12 o'clock m.—Lincoin Na- set 92; t0 at 92. Mi ~~ Lincoln Fire Insurance, it 100 at 8; 100 at 8; 100 at 8; 100 at —United States asked. U1 States 4s, z Ps sett Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., 24.—Flour 36.008 barrete: un. he ge.\—receipts, 1%; J Soa 3 Fg a Se Si Boo nen eu oO -4-9-4) seeaae erenaah RSSSA8: 15,- a single the bodies enumerated announced any such intention either official- ly or otherwise. Machinists and railroad. “They @re continues the writer. T. and S. Fj railroad. son, Kan., Simpson's dist to talk to you ‘ore I would to his intention te East Wi benefit the and wants visitors to bring with them. IN THE/ LABOR FIELD. News From Different Parts of the Coal Regions. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 24—The uation With the striking miners today is one of quietness. The executive committee of the strikers is in session here again to- Gay, an¢ expects to have another confer- ence with Gov. Jones. The men at Blue Creek and Patton still working under the protection of cers. There is no immediate prospect of trouble. The coal supply is and may cause the closing down of several industries soon. CONNELLSVIBLE, Pa., prediction of the labor leaders tire region will be on a strike two is being fulfilled. works laid down their tools many other plants part of the men wen' out and others will follow claim that the whole region will be out a day or two. No collisons have yet, but a feeling of uneasiness and prepartions are being made to the hands in the event of a repetition the disorders of two weeks ago. FLORENCE, Col, April 24—All miners of Fremont county are out When the whist! jundred spon lowed to go to work. -THE CORNELL CHLORINE CASE. It fe Being Investigated by the Grand Jury. ITHACA, N. Y., April 24.—At the special term of the court of Oyer and Terminer Hf SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE. The Pennsylvania Ratiway Station at Watts, Pa. Blown Up. stetion at Watts was badly shattered by a dyramite explosion. There is no clue to the identity of the misereant or the mo- tive. ———- COXEY’S MEN AT FREDERICK. The Washington Camp to Be Made at and were received by a big turnout. At the toll gate, three miles from town, a tire came off the wheel of one of the common- ‘weal wagons and Gelayed the march. Two miles from the outskirts the army was met by a drum corps, who escorted the party into camp. ‘The army entered Frederick in gala with thirty deputies and the drum corps in front. The camp was on some lots close by town. The vation Army bar- racks have been tendered as sleeping quar- ters. , Gen. Coxey joined the army here. He accepted an offer made by H. P. Wagge- man to make the Washington camp ai "ext Bungay’ night Mr. Cox y ni Mr. ey ts to nk at Spe Grand Cpere House te lew ork. The question of railroad rates ts to be settled in New York tomorrow, inte