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A NEW ELECTION LAW.
PETAJLB OF TJIE MEASUJtE JiEIXQ
PERFECTED.
Iio Sundry Civil Appropriation mil
Submitted to the Iloimo TIio Silver
( i rca nro Still Under JHncukkIoii In
the Senate Conference Report on
the Dependent VciimIoii Rill A Re
cord of Other Proceeding * in tho
Senate and House of Rcprecntu-
* tlVOK.
Preparing n National Election Rill.
Washington , June 14. Tho house
't caucus committeecharged with tho
preparation of a national election bill'
on lines agreed upon by the last caucus
has been industriously perfecting tho
details of tho measure and has sent a
rough draft to the printers. When tho
proofs are returned tho committee will
continue tho work. Tho changes mado
already in tho original Rowell bill are :
A provision that in cases of conflict be
tween returns sent in by tho state elec
tion officers and by those of United
States supervisors tho latter are to con
stitute prima facie evidence of tho
right of tho member to a seat , and a
provision that the United States court
within tho election district shall ap
point a board of three persons , repre
senting both political parties , to can
vass the returns of the supervisors.
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Sundry Civil Kill.
Washington , June 13. Chairman
• Cannon from the committee on appro
priations yesterday submitted to tho
houso a sundry civil appropriation bill.
It recommends total appropriations of
$27,850,000 , being $13,298,000 less
than regular estimates , and $2,029,000
in excess of tho appropriation carried
"by tho last bill. The report states
that the apparent excess is largely duo
to features not incorporated in tho last
sundry civil act , among which are the
• eleventh census , § 175,000 ; artificial
limbs for disabled soldiers , $279,000 ;
homes for disabled volunteer soldiers ,
$606,000 ; aid to state homes for sol
diers , $100,000 and a largo number of
appropriations for public buildings.
SB U CONC.KICSSIONAL IMEOCKEIUNGS.
H In the senate on the 9th Mr. Call of-
fered a resolution ( referred to the com-
I' ' mitteo on foreign relations ) requesting
' the president to institute negotiations
i with Spain for such modifications of tho
-treaty with that government as will en
able American cattle to be shipped from
the United States to Cuba. The senate
silver bill was then taken up. Mr.
, ' Cockrell addressed the senate. After
the close of Mr. Cockrell's speech tho
8 house silver bill was laid before the
| senate. Mr. Teller moved that the bill
I Ie printed and laid on the table. After'
J -a brief argument it was so ordered ,
i Itfr. Vest asked the .senate to take up
and consider tho bill "to prohibit
monopoly in the transportation of cat-
• , " "tie to foreign countries. " Mr. Piatt
thought the senate should go on and
dispose of the silver bill. He had been
waiting to bring forward two bills
which seomed to him not only of high
1 i importance , but of highest privilege ,
bills for the admission of two territo
ries as states. He gave notice that
, .henceforth the silver bill could not be
laid aside except on a yea and nay vote.
Mr. Stewart asked unanimous consent
-that on Friday next at 3 o'clock the
senate vote on the silver bill and
-amendments. In the house on motion
-of Mr. Comstock of Minnesota the title
' . -of the silver bill passed Saturday was
-amended so as to read as follows : "A
bill directing the purchase of silver bul
lion and the issue of treasury notes
, -thereon and for other purposes. " Mr.
I Lodge of Massachusetts offered the fol-
r lowing resolution , which was referred
• to the committee on foreign affairs :
t That tho secretary of the treasury be
| 4 -directed to inform the house whether it
ft -is true that the Cunard steamship corn-
Is ? pany Saturday last refused to obey the
h -orders of officers of .the United States
* -to give return passage to certain immi-
| .grants landed at New York by the said
I company in violation of the contract
r labor laws of the United States and if
I -60 what steps , if any , have been taken
f. to refuse entry to the steamships of said
i -company until said company has com-
[ j -plied with the laws of the United States
r -and made due reparation for their re-
h fusal to obey the orders of the officials
pj -thereof.
| 'l ' In tho house on the 11th on motion of
fU Mr. Morrill the house silver bill was
J referred to the finance committee. Mr.
% Blair introduced ( by request ) a bill to
( a prohibit tho sale of intoxicating liquors
% -on grounds of expositions for which
| j appropriations are expended by tha
[ ) f United States. Referred to the com-
J -tnittee on education and labor. The
f following bills were passed : The sen-
f ate bill granting to the Chicago , Kan-
| 6as & Nebraska railroad company power
I to sell and convey to the Chicago , Rock
* i Island & Pacific railway company all
I -its railway property , rights and fran-
f • -chises in the territory of Oklahoma and
§ in Indian Territory. The silver bill
f was taken up and unanimous consent
) was given that after 3 o'clock Friday
| next the debate shall be limited to five
$ • minutes by any senator on any ques-
* tion. In the house the senate bill
| -amendatory of the internal revenue
' , * laws was passed. It authorizes the
. commissioner of internal revenue to
i | | -formulate rules and regulations by
| d which beer may be carried direct from
j - tho vats to the bottling department
jjf ? without passing through the intermedi
al • * ate process of being drawn into kegs.
W | The senate bill was passed changing
MM * the present system of drawback on ex-
j ported beer and fermented liquors and
M& r permitting their exportation in bond in
'
H the same manner as distilled spirits are
B now handled.
B In the senate on the 11th adverse re-
B -ports were made from the financo com-
B itnittee on Mr. Stanford's bill for gov-
B -eminent loans on liens on real estate
and on tho bill to abolish metal money.
Tho bills woro indefinitely postponed.
Tho senate bill extending tho criminal
jurisdiction of the circuit and criminal
courts to tho great lakes and their con
necting waters , was passed. Tho com
mittee on financo reported back favora
bly with sundry amendments tho houso
silver bill and gave notice that at tho
proper time it would bo offered as a
substitute for tho senate bill. Tho sen
ate silver bill was taken up and Mr.
Eustis addressed tho senate. He spoke
in favor of unrestricted coinage and
was followed by Senator Turpio on tho
same side. Tho bill then went over.
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The senate bill to prohibit the mono
poly of tho transportation of cattle to
foreign countries , which was under dis-
' cussion last Monday , was again taken
up and was passed without further dis
cussion , Mr. Vest having consented to
. the amendment inserting tho words
"not already contracted for in good
faith by persons or parties having cat
tle for transportation at the date of
such contract suflicient to occupy such
storage room. " The senate joint reso
lution in regard to the export trade
in cattle was then up and Mr. Vest
mado a statement in explanation
and advocacy of it after which it was
adopted. It requests tho president of
tho United Suites to cause correspond
ence and negotiations to be had with
tho authorities of Great Britain for the
purpose of securing the abrogation or
modification of the regulations now en
forced , which require cattle imported
into Great Britain from the United
States to bo slaughtered at the port of
entry and prohibiting the same from
being carried alivo to other places in
said kingdom. The senate bill to pro
vide for tho inspection of all live cat
tle and beef products intended for ex
port to foreign countries was then taken
up and passed. It requires the secre
tary of agriculture to cause to be * made
a careful inspection of all live cattle
and beef products for export to foreign
countries from tho United States with a
view to ascertaining whether such cat
tle products are free from disease and
for this purpose he may appoint in
spectors who shall be authorized to
give an official certificate clearly stat
ing tho condition in which such ani
mals and beef products were found , and
no clearance shall be given any vessel
having on board cattle or beef products
for exportation to a foreign country
unless the owner or shipper of such
cattle has a certificate from the inspec
tor stating that said cattle or beef pro
ducts are sound and freo from disease.
In tho senate on tho 12th Dawes pre-
sented the conference report on the
dependent pension bill and , at the re
quest of Cullom , proceeded to explain
it. After considerable discussion the
report was ordered printed with the
bill , as agreed to by the conference.
The senate silver bill was then taken
up , and Evarts addressed the senate
udon 'it. He characterized the act of
1873 as a "murderous thrust" at silver.
After a review of the international con
ferences on the question of silver ( out
of whicho nothing had come ) , ho said
now for the first time in the progress of
the matter of redress , the question con
fronted the republican party , which
had a majority in each house and the
control of the executive power. It was
for that party to determine that the in
terval of lassitude and delay should bo
no longer extended. In the house a
vote was taken agreeing to the con
ference report on the anti-trust bill
and resulted 25 to 56. Stewart of
Vermont raised the point of no
quorum and tho speaker being
unable to count a quorum a call of the
house was ordered. A quorum having
appeared the conference report was re
jected 12 to 115. Stewart then moved
a further conference with instructions
to the house conferees to recede from
the house amendment. Stewart de
manded the previous question on his
motion. Agreed to. Yeas , 111 , nays ,
97. The motion was then agreed to.
Yeas , 106 ; nays , 98. The house agreed
to the conference report on the military
academy appropriation bill. Hender
son , of Iowa , from the committee on
appropriations , reported the urgent de
ficiency bill appropriating $3,708,000
for the payment of pensions , and
$3,076,000 for expenses of the eleventh
census. The senate bill was passed
granting the Chicago , Kansas & Ne
braska railroad company power to con
vey to the Rock Island & Pacific rail
road company its rights , property and
franchise in the territory of Oklahoma
and the Indian territory.
In the senate on the 13th the reso
lution offered the day before by Mr.
Edmunds appointing Edward K. Val
entine sergeant-at-arms of the senate
was taken up and agreed to , an amend
ment offered by Mr. Harris substitut
ing tho name of Henry W. Wall of
Tennessee having first been voted down.
Mr. Paddock said he had received sev
eral telegrams from Montana in regard
to tho outrages by the Cheyenne In
dians in that state and asked the chair
man of the committee on Indian affairs
whether any action was being taken by
it in regard to the matter. The senate
silver bill was then taken up and Mr.
Morgan took the floor. Mr. Morgan's
speech was mainly an argument for
free coinage. The close of the gen
eral debate on the silver bill ha3 been
postponed until Monday at 3 o'clock.
Tho house bill , as amended by the
finance committee , was substituted for
the senate bill. In. the house tho sun
dry civil appropriation bill was consid
ered. Mr. Cannon said the appropria
tion carried by the measure was $28-
000,000 $10,000,000 less than the reg
ular estimates and $13,000,000 less
than the regular and special estimates.
The sundry civil bill for the current
year provided for the expenditure of
$25,000,000. The apparent excess in
this bill was more than accounted for
by certain extraordinary items. The
fourteen regular appropriation bills re
ported , to the house exceed by $35,000-
000 the appropriations for the current
J m
year. This excess was nearly all ac
counted for in three bills pension bill ,
$18,000,000 ; postoffico bill , $12,000-
000 , naval bill , $2,160,000. The other
$3,000,000 resulted from the expansion
incident to tho growth of tho country.
Tho only bill not reported to tho houso
was the general deficiency bill , and ,
this would bo reported before tho closq
of tho fiscal year. There was pending
tho sundry civil and Indian bills. In.
the senate committeo on appropria
tions aro tho agricultural , diplomatiq
and postoflice bills , and in tho senatq
committeo on commerce , tho river and ,
harbor bill. Pending in tho senate il
tho legislative bill. The fortification ,
bill has passed both houses. Tho Dis
trict of Columbia , naval and pension
bills are in conference. Tho army and
military academy bills aro in tho hands
of tho president. This was a favorable
showing compared with tho condition
of tho bills two years ago.
AVAMIINGTOiV NOTES.
The secretary of tho treasury has
asked for $86,000 additional in tho ju
dicial appropriation bill.
A bill has been introduced to donate
80,000 acres of land in Louisana in aid
of the Louisiana state university.
Tho secretary of tho interior has
asked for an additional appropriation
of $60,000 to pay for the survey of pub
lic lands.
The houso committee on post offices
and post roads has reported favorably
on tho Bingham bill , prescribing severe
penalties for robbing post offices.
Tho secretary of tho treasury in
structed the collector of tho port at
San Francisco to send back to China
fifteen Chinamen who entexed the
United States.
Gen. W. B. Franklin , United States
commissioner general to the Paris ex-
sition , has made his report. Ho says
the United States section received high
praise and secured a number of prizes.
Senators Paddock and Manderson
called upon President Harrison in > the
interest of General Hawkins , who asks
a promotion to the commissary general
ship to succeed General MacFeeley , to
bo retired next month. They presented
a lot of good papers in behalf of Gen
eral Hawkins' claim.
Mr. Morse of Massachusetts has in
troduced in the houso a bill prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors upon
which are located exhibition and expo
sition buildings for which appropria
tions aro made by the government.
The same bill was introduced in the
senate by request of Mr. Blair.
There is a good deal of inquiry as to
what has become of the bill to relieve
the United States supreme court of its
pressure of business by the creation of
a number of circuit courts of high juris
diction. This bill has passed the house
arid is now under consideration by the
senate committee on judiciary , of which
Mr. Edmunds is chairman.
Senator Edmunds has introduced a
bill providing that all the funds or other
property lately belonging to or in tho
possession of or claimed by the corpo
ration of the Church of Christ of Lat
ter Day Saints , to which it shall appear
there is no lawful private right , shall
be devoted to tho benefit of public com
mon schools in Utah , the money to be
disposed of by the Secretary of the In
terior in such manner as shall seem to
him to be most expedient.
The Wilson Liquor Rill.
Washington , June 12. The housa
judiciary committee yesterday took up
the Wilson original package bill and
considered it for several hours without
reaching any further conclusion than
that on the motion of Colonel Oates of
Alabama. It was referred to a sub
committee with instructions to report
next Tuesday.
The Wilson bill will not be reported
to the house as it stands. The mem
bers of the committee are unanimously
of the opinion that the supreme court
made a mistake in its decision , but they
do not think the Wilson bill furnishes
the remedy. In whatever form the
bill may be reported to the house it
will meet with strong opposition irre
spective of party lines. This was de
veloped upon the report from the com
mittee on commerce on the Boutelle
bill on the same subject , which as
amended in the committee is prac
tically identical with the Wilson
measure. Thope who manifest the
most opposition take the ground that , *
as clearly set out in tho decision
of the supreme court in the Iowa
case , the authority for the restriction
must be deduced from that clause of
the constitution which empowers con
gress to regulate commerce , and is in
no way to be associated with the police
powers of the several states. To do
this under the power to regulate com
merce is to declare affirmatively that it
is injurious to the physical and moral
well being of the community , but the
dairymen are urging this same objec
tion against the manufacture and sale
of oleomargarine , and they , too , since
the decision of the supreme court , have
come before congress asking that the
same legislation be enacted for their
benefit. In tho state of New York
oleomargarine is prohibited both as to
the manufacture and sale , just as liquor
is in the state of Iowa , and they argue
that if federal control is to be exercised
in one case it should bo in the other.
It is therefore evident , the objectors of
the Wilson bill say , that what is now
proposed is but a beginning.
Amendment to the Tariff.Rill.
.Washington , Juno 14. Senator
Washburn proposed an amendment to
the tariff bill , which was iefdrred to
the committee on finance , providing for
the free importation until January 1 ,
1892 , of all machinery imported for tho
purpose of manufacturing beet sugar ,
with a rebate of the duty paid on such
machinery imported since January 1 ,
1890.
The valedictorian of the Union Law
School at Chicago was a negro.
ALL FOE TEMPERANCE
VllOCEEDIXGS OF T1IE XATIOXAL
1'liOIITJtITIOy MEETIXG.
I State and National Prohibition Dc-
Hirablo and Feasible "Tho Rattle
of Omaha" Anxiety In "W'joiiilng
I j ! and Idaho Concerning Their Admls-
I * Ion Chairman Fuithorn Reads the
Riot Act to the Itallroads A Num
ber of Them Fined.
• National l'rohilitloiii t .
New Yokk , Juno 13. Rev. Dr.
Deems was made president of tho na
tional temperance congress which con
vened hero yesterday and began its
work by discussing tho question , "Is
State and National Prohibition Desira
ble and Feasible ? " Ho hold it to bo
desirable , and instanced tho condition
of Maine now and before its temper
ance legislation. Robert Graham , who
was introduced as a representative of
the chuch movement in behalf of tem
perance , took tho ground that national
or state prohibition was neither desira
ble or leasable. Tho total prohibition
of the sale or manufacture of wines and
fermented or distilled liquors , ho said ,
would bo an extreme law and should
have an impregnable basis. Prohibi
tion he asserted was not effective. In
spite of it , the sale of liquor goes on
practically openly in Portland , Bangor
and other towns in Maine and in Now
Hampshire , Vermont and Iowa. Ho
was in favor of a high license.
Tho next topic taken up was "Tho
Battle of Omaha , " tho opening address
being made by Prof. Cornwall of Aber
deen , South Dakota. These referred
to the pending struggle in behalf of tho
prohibition amendment in Nebraska.
The speaker said the struggle was sure
of the * success that they ought to have
in Nebraska. Tho result depends upon
the city of Omaha. They needed as
sistance in their battle against tho sa
loon power. If prohibition lost the
fight in Nebraska Iowa would bo
wrested from them , but if suc
cessful he could force the en-
tiro northwest from liquor. The day
was given up to the discussion of pa
pers on kindred topics.
At the evening session Rev. Dr. How
ard Crosby denounced prohibition as
untimely and impracticable at the pres
ent time. He favored high license.
He urged unity of action in the tem
perance cause on the part of prohibi
tionists , instead of cavil at workers
who differed from their views , and in
conclusion said that if prohibition could
be adopted by force in New York city ,
the floodgates of vice would be thrown
open.
Wyoming and Idaho Rills.
Washington , June 12. There is a
good deal of anxiety felt in Wyoming
and Idaho as to the condition of the
bills admitting those two territories to
statehood , and inquiries are coming
here constantly as to the prospects of
their passage. The bills have passed
the house of representatives and have
been reported favorably from the com
mittee on territories in the senate. I
asked Senator Piatt , the chairman of
this committee , to-day when he in
tended to call them up * and whether he
thought there was a prospect of their
early passage. ' 'I propose to get these
bills up at the first possible moment , "
replied Senator Piatt , "and I am going
to try to have this silver debate shut off
so that we can get at some other legis
lation. The senate is wasting its time
listening to speeches that are not in
tended to convince anybody and that
nobody wants to hear , and I think it is
about time to quit and take in some
thing else , but there is no danger of the
bills failing , because we on this side of
tho senate are determined that they
shall pass before congress adjourns. "
Senator Allison , as chairman of the
committee on appropriations and a
member of the committee on finance ,
as well as the Teadinyr man of the re
publican steeringe committee , which
makes out the programmes for legisla
tion , knows more about the condition
and prospects of business than any
other man in the senate , and I asked
him about tho Wyoming and Idaho
bills. 'They are all right , " he replied.
"We will not adjourn without passing
them , and I shall not allow them to bo
interfered with by the appropriation
or tariff bills. "
Reading tho Riot Act.
Chicago , June 12. Some timo ago
tho interstate commerce commisssion
decided that lines situated as are the
Alton , St. Paul and Kansas City roads ,
ending at tho Missouri river , could le
gally shrink their local rates to meet
the proportions of through rates quoted
by competitors between the samo points.
For instance , a rate from Denver via
the Rock Island to Chicago might be
$1 , while the rate to tho ilissouri river
and from the Missouri river to Chicugo
might each be 60 cents.
Manifestly the lines ending at the
Missouri river must charge the propor
tions of the through rate instead of the
local rate or get none of tho business.
The lines ending at the river have con
sequently been shrinking their local
rates in accordance with the views of
the interstate commerce commission ,
but the rules of the Western Freight
association have not been changed to
meet this situation and Chairman
Faithorn was compelled to fine the St.
Paul $100 on eighteen different com
plaints brought against it by the North
western because of this shrinkuge of
local rates.
Chairman Faithorn's decision is the
most important in many respects he has
ever made. He was undoubtedly com
pelled to make it under the rules , but
it may bring on a serious conflict.
About 5 per cent of all business from
the west is through business. Under
Chairman Faithorn's ruling the Alton ,
St. Paul , Wabash , Hlinois Central and
Kansas City roads"would have to aban-
don all participation in the freight bus
iness originated by tho competing liue3.
They will not do this , and systems
like tho Northwestern , Rock Island and
Burlington , which havo lines west of
tho Missouri , will fight equally as hard
before they will allow competitors to
take at tho river Waffle originating on
their own line ; west of tho river.
Chairman Faithorn likowiso fined the
Burlington $100 for a wrong classifica
tion , tlio Kansas City road $100 for tho
illegal paying of drayage and the Bur
lington & Northwestern $100 for an un
authorized quotation of a reduced rate.
Souvenir * From an Odiei * Seeker.
Washington , Juno 13. Each mom-
her of tho senate has received a souvo-
nir in tho form of a photojf a man
dressed in a suit of store clothes with a
nicely polished silk hat upon his head
and an umbrella under his arm , gazing
at a knot-hole in the "dim and distant
far away. " On the back of this photo
graph is tho following inscription :
"Peter West , attornoy-at-law , Reno ,
Nov. ; graduated from Iowa state uni
versity ; candidate for United States
district judge to fill vacancy in Ne
vada ; ago forty-nine ; height 5 feet 10 ;
weight 195 pounds ; May 20 , 1S90. "
Those letters are accompanied by a let
ter from Mr. West , in which ho in
vites tho senators to whom they havo
been addressed to co-operate in secur
ing him an appointment as United
States judge , and ho encloses the pho
tographs in order that they may seo
what sort of a looking man they aro
assisting. This is a novel way of seek
ing office , but it is not proving any
more effective than the orthodox plan.
The Rook Trust.
St. Paul , Minn. , June 13. Tre
mendous opposition has sprung up hero
against tho American book company ,
the school book trust recently formed.
Six months ago Van Antwerp , Bragg &
Co. , tho Cincinnati publishers , entered
into a contract with the St. Paul board
of education to supply the 30,000 chil
dren of this city with books , and for
several days an agent of tho company
has been here seeking to havo the con
tract transferred to the American , tho
Cincinnati firm having become a part
of the latter. Outside firms not in the
trust have made lower bids and the
board of education claims tho light to
place tho contract elsewhere. It is
declared that the American book com
pany is not a genuine concern , bul
merely a combine whose capital stock is
$5,000 , of which less than one-third " i
paid up. The St. Paul book and station
ery , company which becam a member ( '
the trust and has tho contract for sup
plying the state of Minnosota witl
books , is trying to draw out of tho con
cern as the state made its contract with
D. D. Merrill , its manager , individu
ally , and will not permit an assignment
to the American.
Cheycuues on the Rampage.
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St. Paul , Minn. , June 13. There is
gieat commotion among tho Cheyenne
Indians along the Tongue river in
Montana , and General Rugar tele
graphed from St. Paul to Fort Keogh
ordering a detachment of ono troop of
tho Eighth cavalry and three compa
nies of the Twenty-second infantry to
proceed to Sweeney creek , the center
of the trouble.
Governor Toole of Montana received
a dispatch at Helena , signed by ten
prominent citizens of Miles City , re
questing that he send 1,000 stands of
arms and 10,000 rounds of amunition
to that point at once. In reply arms
and amunition were sent tonight in
charge of Col. C. O. Curtis.
The Cheyennes have left their regu
lar camps and are gathering in small
ones of from fifteen to twenty-five and
are firing at settlers' houses and mak
ing the most threatening demonstra
tions. Ranchmen havo been bringing
their families into the settlement all
day.Cattle
Cattle are being shot down by the
Indians through pure malice , as no
parts of the animals are used for beef.
Eighteen cattle were shot in one bunch
on Otter creek.
A Rig Failure in Chicago.
Chicago , June 13. Robert Warren
was badly squeezed on the board of
trade to-day. When the clearing house
hour came for checks on margins he
failed to come to timo and announce
ment was made on the board at once of
tho fact. Within ten minutes more
'
than a hundred traders and commission
men had crowded into the office of the
company and were yelling for a state
ment. Mr. Warren was not in , how
ever , and his clerks were posted to tell
all comers that they were at liberty to
save themselves tho best they could. j I
No settlements were offered in tho office I
and no satisfaction could be had from i '
any of the clerks as to the causes that j i
led up to or the amount of the failure.
The check asked for was $5,000 , but J
that does not represent anything more '
than the amount which the company J
could not raise at 11 o'clock. The fail- j i
uro is a big one. For weeks the firm
has been buying largely of wheat and
provisions , especially ribs , and yester
day sold 2,000,000 bushels in a fright ,
losing a big chunk of money. It began
buying at 85 cents , still kept buying up
to 95 cents , held on past the turn and
sold too late or too early at 88 or 90
cents on a falling market. Most of the
provision business was on London and
Glasgow contracts and tho wheat was
bought and sold here.
Train Robbery In Arkansas.
Texarkana , Ark. , Juno 12. The
Texas & Pacific train which left here at'
midnight was robbed at Four Mile
Junction. Tho switch was thrown
open and the train wrecked. An un
known man who was stealing a ride
was killed. Express Messenger Nev-
lin resisted the robbers and was shot
in the light hand and ear. The rob
bers then went through the express
safo and made their escape. The
amount of money and valuables taken
has not yet been learned. A posse of
men has gone in pursuit.
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Work .Hupped Out In Congrcsa. .1
Washington , Juno 16. Tho silver < i |
debate , which has been prolonged for ,1
so many weeks' , comes to an cud to- |
day. By an agreement reached last '
Friday general debato on tho bill end
at 3 o'clock , and then debato continues J
under the five-minutes rulo until a voto | i
is reached. Tho pending mcasuro is f }
tho house bill as amended in tho .senate '
committee on financo. It will then go - j
into conference , tho chief point of dif
ference between tho two houses beinjjf
tho proposition to make tho silver cer
tificates legal tender and to make thom
redeemable in bullion at tho option of j
tho secretary of tho treasury on do- |
mand of tho owner. Tho matter is not |
likely to bo disposed of finally for some
lime. Following tho silver bill , Sena- M
tor Piatt , the chairman of tho commit'I
tee on territories , has arranged to call I
up tho bill for tho admission of Wyom- I
ing into tho union , and after that th I
Idaho admission bill. M
Senator Allison , tho chairman of tha
committeo on appropriations , has
promised that ho will not antagonize
those bills with any of the approprio- fl
tion bills. fl
It is tho intention of tho democrats H
to offer an omnibus bill ( including H
Idaho , Arizona and Now Mexico ) as a H
substitute to tho Wyoming bill , and , H
tho debato will bo on that measure. iH
Senator Piatt has said that ho will- IH
present tho report of tho committee H
in favor of tho bills and mako no H
further argument. In this event the H
debato on the two bills is likely to ba H
brief and they may be disposed of by M
Thursday. | H
Senator Frye , tho chairman of the M
committeo on commerce , will havo the. M
river and harber appropriation bill bo- M
foro tho senate by that time , and he l M
has tho assurance that Senators Allison M
and Aldrich , of tho committeo on , M
finance , will not call up the tariff bill M
( which will by that timo havo been re- . | H
ported ) until tho river and harbor bill ' J
is out of the way. M
Senator Morrill's agricultural college. M
bill is down for consideration Thurs- H
day. It may bo crowded out by soma |
other measure. Tho legislative ap-i H
propriation bill is on tho calender andi |
likely to bo called up at any odd. M
minuto. H
Beforo tho end of the week tho houso , H
will probably have passed tho novr H
federal election bill agreed upon by _ H
the republican caucus. Tho bill wilL * H
probably be introduced in the house H
on Monday and after tho committeo on H
tho election of president and vice- H
president has mado report on it tha H
house will take it up for consideration. H
The consideration of the bill may run , ' H
into the following week. M
The consideration of the sundry civil H
appropriation bill will take the place |
on Monday of general suspension busi- M
ness , which the rules of tho house pro- M
vide shall occur on that day. M
Tuesday the contested election case | H
of Chalmers ( republican ) against M
Morgan ( democrat ) from Mississippi M
will be taken up and speedily disposed M
of , as the election committee has de- M
cided in favor of Morgan , the sitting M
member. „ , M
The national bankruptcy bill will |
also be taken up during the week. M
Will Examine the Rooks. H
Washington , D. C , June 16. W. H
M. Thompson , the bookkeeper of tho |
office of the commissioner of railroads , M
started west yesterday to make tho an- M
nual examination of the books and ac- H
counts of tho subsidized Pacific rail- M
roads , in order to ascertain the amounts |
due the United States for the last year |
under the Thurman act. He was ac- |
companied by the assistant bookkeeper , H
F. E. Storm , and George W. Evans , H
the disbursing clerk of tho interior de- | |
partment , who has been detailed to as- | |
sist in the examination. They will stop H
in Chicago and Omaha and look into H
the affairs of the Sioux City & Pacific M
railroad and the Union Pacific railway H
companies , after which they will pro- H
ceed to San Francisco , Cal. , to ex- H
amine the books of the Central Pacific |
railroad company. They will be ab- H
sent about five weeks. H
The commissioner of railroads will j H
make an inspection of the Northern H
Pacific road , leaving this city about H
August 1. Mr. Hassan , tho chief en- H
gineer , who is now in tho northwest on H
official business , will accompany him , j H
The Iowa Crops. H
Des Moines , la. , Juno 16. The H
weekly bulletin of the Iowa weather |
service and crop report bureau issued H
to-day says : A marked improvement H
is noted in the condition of grass and H
small grain. Corn is also well ad- H
vanced in growth and general condi- j H
tion , except in localities where an ex- |
cess of precipitation washed it out or H
prevented timely cultivation. A H
special effort was made to secure H
date as to the amount and present |
conditition of wheat and the result H
shows a small increase in the acreage | |
of recent years. The increase is esti- H
mated on the basis of reports received | |
by Secretary Shaffer to be 2 per cent |
of winter and 1 1-5 per cent of spring |
wheat. The condition of this crop H
promises an average yield in nearly all |
parts of the state. There are no |
depredations of insect enemies reported |
and the cool weather favored a healthy |
growth of the plant. The present out- H
look is good. Clover is making a |
heavy yield and pastures are in fine |
condition , The fruit crop will be good. |
Cholera in Spain. |
Madrid , June 16. Tho first of tha . |
cases of cholera at Puebla de Rugal H
manifested themselves a month ago , H
after extensive excavations had been H
made for the purpose of paving tha H
streets. Nine deaths from the disease H
have occurred , and on Saturday there |
were seven fresh cases. Two-thiro3 of |
the inhabitants of the town have fled. H
Seven deaths and seven fresh cases ara H
reported at Monticheivo , a village neax H
Puebla de Regal. H
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