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Show COMING WEST. The ilrst Assistant rostmaslcr-General btarU on an Official Tonr ITtslirsrJ. THC SCOTCH -IRISH CONVENTION CONVEN-TION CLOSES. The Coicpanr of ".Mormon" Immigrants Immi-grants Allowed ta Proceed Without Interference. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT MONTGOMERY. A Sensational Storj AtTrclin? I'rom- Incnt Officials or the .Vortu- era Tacifie K. R. Ky Telegraph to the in! ir.isiiirrox sotci. 1 Irst-AalstJint t'olmaaler-CIenerisI CIarkMiu.-.Arniy I'ranil Washington, Hay 31. Tint Assistant I'ostmaster-lieneral Clark-son Clark-son IrnTes tomorrow- for an extrutUtl offlclal tour of the (ar West, lie will at oucn proceed to Seattle, Washington. Washing-ton. From that point diverging tourswillbemadt: through Washington Washing-ton and Oregon, abater lie will visit San Francirco and other leading lead-ing cities and totrns of California. The prime olject of this tour la to obtain a thorough kuowledire of the (ostal needs for tliu I'aclllc slojie. Ciarkson is of thn opinion that the far West is untitled to better facilities, facilit-ies, and belieTen that Western men actjuainted with the peculiarities and rapidity of Wttern deveioii- ment are best able to judge of its postal Iieeila. He will make a c!re inspection of the service at all Important Im-portant centeis, and on his return, in about a month or six weeks, will make such recommcnditions as tile situation demands. Un IiLs return re-turn to Washington he will tender to the President ills resignation, t. take effect Immediately. THE TARIFF EILL. The repuhlicau members of the Senate committee on linance resumed re-sumed consideintion of tire taritr bill this .morning, and remained steadily at work until 1:45 p. ni., when a recess was taken. Schedules A and 11, covtritii; chemical.. earthenware, pottery and glassware, were disposed of, and several jagea of the metal schedule and manufactures manu-factures of iron and steel. The changes from the Hnue bill are said to be comparatively unlm-jiortanL unlm-jiortanL CONCEUNINO ARIZONA. On June 10th a court-martial will convene at Tucson, Arizona, for the . trial of Captain Alonzo 1 Milt, more, assistant quartermaster, charged with defrauding the government. gov-ernment. Late developments resulted re-sulted in the order from the Wrr Department for a trial ol thru-other olliccn. Majors Joseph W. Wham and Alliert S. Towar of tbe jay de- Grtment, and Major Amos S. Kim-11, Kim-11, chief quirtermaster of ttie Department De-partment of Arizona. The quartermasters quarter-masters are charged with fraud in having rented a room in their personal quartern ta the government for a sum nearly equal to thcamuunt paid fur the whole house, thus getting the rent practically free and their regular allowance for quarters in addition. The cliarges agaitirt Miltlmore are various fraudulent transactions, such aa carry irg Ills wife on the jay roll as a clerk, his servant as Janitor, and renting bis property fraudulently to the gov-ernmeuL gov-ernmeuL Klmtall will be charged with neglect of duty iirnotdiscover-ing iirnotdiscover-ing or reporting these flagrant cases of fraudulent administration. Alabama DetuocrM. Montgomery, Slay 31. Tho Democratic De-mocratic Convention met tills morning. morn-ing. The platform adopted reafll rms allegiance to the principles of tho democratic iiartr. as nromulcated by JefTersou, defended by Jackwu and maintained by Urover Cleveland. Cleve-land. It holds that any interference on the part of the government in the selection of Senators and Representatives In Congress is a usurpation of power unwarranted by the Constitution. Unalterable opposition to the present high tariff is declared, and a liberal and thorough thor-ough system of public schools Is favored. It further declares that the wtlfare of the entire jieojile of the State,withoutregaid to raceor color, depends uimi the continued Mlmln-ittratiiiu Mlmln-ittratiiiu of public attain by the democratic jarty, which alone combines com-bines tilt- intelligence, exjierience and 'virtue necessary to perpetuate the blessings of a free government therein, and that a continuation lit inner of that lorty Is the highest duty of all white men. Somettilnc; Sienaaf lonnl. Minneai-olis, May 31. The Journal prints a sensatioual story aflectiug prominent olllcials of the Northern l"aciflc It cliarges that on the night of February ,-ltli the Western Union telegraph wires were cut two miles east of Jamestown, X. V., but investigation proves that the work was done by prominent Northern North-ern officials and two operators, it is supjiosed at the instance of a still higher official, who, It is claimed, Worked the wire hinuelf at Uis-marck. Uis-marck. At .that time a great many telegrams, both fur and against tbe Louisiana lottery project, were poising pois-ing over the wires. The opemturs sidetracked those unfavorable to the lottery and rushed the ethers through. It charges that theyad-vUed theyad-vUed friends of tbe lottery of the contents of the messages intended for the anti-lottery jeople In advance ad-vance of their delivery to those entitled en-titled tot lit m. Long petitions and llatstif names in favor of the lottery were, it Is said, rushed through without charge, while protests against the lottery were delayed. Tbe Western Union made a full investigation of the charge, obtaining ob-taining a satisfactory proof of their truth. Tbe rrolch.lrlli Concres.. PrrrsncRG, May 31. A very large number of persons attended the Scotch-Irish conference this mornlug. After President Harrison's Harri-son's reception, Governor Campbell of Ohio was introduced bv 1'real. uent BoDner. He deliveti-d an address ad-dress upon the history of UieScotch-Irish UieScotch-Irish In Ohio. He spoke ofthelr Industry In-dustry and thrift, mentioned numberless num-berless governors, cabinet officers and other prominent jiolitlcians who, during the past century, had been drawn from the race in that State. In religious, educational and I Jiewspaper circles many of tbe most prominent men In the country came from thetiSootch.Irish bonus of the Buckeye Slate. The nan 101 included Horace. Greeley, Wbitclaw Iteid, CoLCockrell and a dozen or moru others. Among tho Scotch-Irish soldiers of Ohio birth were Grant, She idan, Custer. Maccomb aud Rosecraus. Dr. If. A. White of Washington and Ie University, th great Scotch-Irish institution of Virginia, was the next speaker. He dwelt on Sentcli'Irish Influence upon the South. The closing night of the Scotch-Irish Scotch-Irish convention was largely "attended. "at-tended. Bev. Dr. John Hall of Xew York delivered a forcible and witty lecture on "nisttras It Is Today." To-day." Other speakers were heard and the congress was then closed with music and prayer, the date and place of the next meeting being left to a committee. XlDsllsurs s Day. Cincinnati, June I. This afternoon after-noon tne Carpenters' Union, at mass-meeting, resolved to strike tomorrow to-morrow if the bosses did not agree on nine hours for n day's work. Jfinehnndred carpenters are nflcct- ed. Hebrew Convention. IllcmioSD, Va., June 1. The conventionofthelndcpendentOrder of Il'nal B'rith assembled here today, to-day, the United States, Gesmauy aud Itoumanla being represented. Senator William Lowensteln of Richmond was chosen as permanent chairman. Tbey are Com In jr. New York, May 31. Leading lights of the Mormon Church are in a state of anxiety over the question ques-tion of admittance of a company converts who will arrive next wetk. Elder Cannon and others lind a long conference today with the contract labor Inspectors, and assured tho officers that no Mormons were Jm-ported Jm-ported uudcr contracL All came on jiurely religious grounds, and no cflort was ever made by the Church to have them to come olherwIe. After much talk It was decided not to detain any, but to take a full memoranda, and afterward", should investigation disclose, any contract, the people could be easily reichcd. TheJElders were pleased at the result re-sult of the conference. Government Warehouse S.trra. Washington, May 31. Senator Carlisle has written to 15. F. Howard, How-ard, of Tuskegce, Alalama, In re-siionse re-siionse to a request for hla views upon the bill providing for a system of government warehouse for farm products, ujwii which product Treasury notes would be Issued. The Senator, after rehearsing tbe features of the jiroposed sub treasury treas-ury plan, and not the fact that tho farmers themselves will pay more than their fair share of tho cost ot erectiHg the warehouses, aud that the officers connected with them will be the partisans of tho administrative admin-istrative jiower, says there is not mnm than one-third of the 2aOJ counties in the United States, if that many, that produo; and sell annually annu-ally more tliau $o00,000 worth of agricultural products, and therefore, there-fore, under tho bill, not mote than one-third of them could avail themselves them-selves of this jilan. At the very outset, therefore, It Is a plan to com-iiel com-iiel th" government to is-ue and distribute money fur the benefit of peoplu living In the rich and productive pro-ductive counties at the cxieliseof the poorer ones. Moreover, It is a plan to enable unscrupulous sprcu iators to take advantage of the farmers' pecuniary necessities aud extort exhorbitaut prlcts for food from tlie people. Senator Carlisle argued at length to show that the plan proiused would produce an annual exclusion and contraction ot the currency, which would result in absolutely destroying the market, ujion which the farmer must depend lor the sale of his crops. It Would lie the lanc et step yet taken ilia time of peaee tow aid u consolidation of jiower in the Federal Government and a subjection sub-jection of tho private aflalrs of the people to the control of a central and irresponsible authority. t'anaillnn Sueur itellnen. Halifax, May 31. An agent foran Knglish syndicate is In this city making arrangements for the purchase of the Nova Scotia anJ Dirtmouth sugar refineries. The syndicate jiroposes buying out the St. Lawrence and Canada refineries in Montreal; The price offered by the Nova Scota refinery Is $3-jO,0UI. strnrlt l.y Llshtnlns. Lexington, May 31. Lightning struck Ht. Peter's Roman Catholic Church tonighL The tower was destroyed, but the fire department soon quenched the tlanies. The sisters and ixipils In St. Catherine's Academy, adjoining, were in the chapel at the time. All were pro strated but none seriously hurt. "Trlnnclr Contention. New Yoiik, May 31. A local paper says the triangle" faction ol the Clau-na-Uael has K-unl a call for a convention. One of thn 'trl-angle" 'trl-angle" opinents, tilklng to a reporter, re-porter, said it Is believed that Thomas II. Ronayne, known as "Rubber Rand" Ronayne, will Iv elected prrsIdenL The name of the new" organization will pruliahlv lithe li-the Irish-Nationalists, aud It w ill lie a sort of cross between the Land League and the Revolutionary party, with a little dynamite thrown In. |