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HI A BUSINESS .CAUCUS.
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H i IML'OIITAXT MEETIXO.
H * -Arranging the Order In YTlilch ITIea-
H . lire * AVI 11 be Taken Up and Acted
H > "Upon Tlio Now Xorlc Tribune JIs-
H | i ] < -cusses Editorially tlio Rchrlng Sea
K ) 4 ' -Matter Fatal Raco Riot In a Section
Hf/ of Georgia Employes of the Union
Kj JL'aelflc Uailroad Threaten to .Strike.
B ) ' Discussion of the Election Kill.
m > ' ! Washington , July 11. The rcpub-
H lican senators were in caucus three
K hours last night discussing the order
E' of business. Tlio outcome was a , de-
K , cision to conclude the consideration of
K * • the pending1 shipping bills and then
K take up the sundry civil appropriation
H , bill. Thero was a prolonged debate
B respecting tho places to bo assigned
K the tariff bill and tho river and harbor
K bill , as well as tho expediency of con-
Hj sidering tho national election bill this
B session , but no decision was reached ,
B -as it was believed before , the matters
B above referred to aro disposed of , the
B J democratic policy will bo sufficiently
B V revealed to guide the iepublicans in
B / formulating measures to meet the sit-
B I uation.
B | Tho speeches to-night showed there
B j was a decided majority for tho federal
B i election bill and it is said no one
B I _ strongly objected to it , but a fairly
B i / good number showed a great deal of
B lukewarmness on the subject. There
B' "was almost unanimity in the opinion
B that it will bo absolutely necessary to
E adopt the closure rule in order to pass
M the bill and Senators Edmunds , Teller
B and a few of tho other senators thought
B this would outweigh tho benefit to
B como from tho bill's passage. Senator
H \ Edmunds suggested sitting it out , but
B it soon developed that for one reason
B j or another some said plainly hot
m j weather they did not propose to do
H this. Tho senators favored "doing
B business" or adjourning. It was from
B i tho west that the indifference to the
B' j bili came , though at least ono and it is
B said two eastern senators were by no
B means favorable to it , Senators Ald-
B j rich and Ingalls of the rules committee
m J were among those who favored the rule
B v to stoj ) tho debato and Senator Teller
Bi was even moro determined in his oppo-
P sition to it than Senator Edmunds.
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m ' [ TIic Question tlio New Yorlc Tribune
B V" ' Ask * of Great Britain.
H [ New York , July 11 The Tribune
B in an editorial on the Behring sea mat-
H ler says :
H Congress has acted wisely in calling
H for the correspondence on the Behring
H sea controversy. It is evident , says
H the editorial , that Lord Saulsbury is
H advancing somo most absurd conten-
H tions. There is reason to believe
H that a certain qualitjT of romance
B , < has been imparted to his latter tones.
B j Somo curious military and naval op-
H J orations have been going on lately
B - .about our coast. Great Britain has
B ( f .been strengthening her splendid de-
B j -fense at Halifax , increasing her rnili-
B ) J lary and naval forces there , adding
Bj j to her fleet at the Bermudas and Ba-
B J liamas , and sending a considerable
B squadson to Behring sea. If she
B .desires this display to be interpreted
B * by the United States as a menace she
B ns engaged in a foolish and regretable
B business. It is not agreeable to a
Bj f .spirited people to feel that an effort is
B being made to awo them into submis-
B ' .sion by a display of the engines of
B force. "We can imagine no proceed-
B .ing on England's part more likely to
Bl 'convince tho American people that
? ' the Behring sea is a 'mare clausum , "
Bt I than the presence of British gunboats
B in tho neighborhood of our Pribyloff
B islands. Wo can fancy no demon-
.strationmore admirably calculated to
I mnite this country in a resolute de-
I -termination to persist in its extreme
B demand than tho sight of British
B cruisers hovering around our Atlantic
B -coasts. It is eminently desirable that
B ; i -Great Britain should appreciate this
B. | point. Americans cannot suppose this
B j \ unusual congress of warships is an
Bj t . expression of genial British sentiment ,
B. • but , whatever it means , it serves no
B • good purpose , and the British gov-
Br -ernment will do itself a favor and
B • us , too , by ordering its cruisers away.
Bj A Race Klirt.
B ! N Griffex , Ga. , July 11. A fatal race
II W riot occurred at Stark's mill pond ,
m\ \ I Fayette county yesterday. Four ne-
• I groes Avere killed and six wounded , two
I h of whom aro reported dying. Eight
H | \ whites were shot , but it is thought only
H 9 one fatally , making eighteen in all
I'l ' | killed and wounded. The trouble
Kj { . started with a row between a darkey
Ki | who was selling wine and a white man.
1 [ / The quarrel was taken up by others
r I until many became involved. The
I N -i shooting soon became general. After
Kr emptying their weapons a demaud was
I ' made of a merchant for more ammuni-
I tion. He refused to sell , but the in-
I furiated rioleis helped themselves to
I i all he had. There were over five hun-
B * i
i l dred people on the ground and it is a
II | mystery the shooting was not more
' I " fatal in results.
I [ • H Threatened U. 1 * . Strike.
In M Ogdex , Utah , July 11. One of the
Ms if . twenty secret agents sent out from
I S 'Omaha as a representative of the em-
I s ployes of the Union Pacific road has
I # / • been in the city several days , sounding
II - s * the mountain division men relative to
I | ) tho proposed strike. In an interview
fj .this evening he claims that a strike . is
11 * imminent on the entire sj-stem unless
a , the rules about tho discharge of men
I } . . are modified. He. claims that the em-
V ployes on the western division will sup-
, i. port the strike movement unanimously.
, j He . states that had retiring Manager
f ] . v. Dickinson remained with the road the
r * \ provable difficulty would have b en
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settled. The men had great respect
for and confidence in him.
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, The Dunbar Dlnnkter.
PirrsuuitGii , July 12. A Dunbar ,
Pennsylvania , special says : Tlio coro
ner's jury in tho case of the Hill
farm disaster today rendered tlio fol
lowing verdict :
Daniel Slicarin camo to his death
while in tho di&chargcof his duty as
fireboss in the Hill farm mine on tho
Kith day of June , 1890 , by being suf
focated with firedamp and smoke
caused by an explosion of gas by ono
John Kerwiu opening a drillhole in
an unlawful manner , under directions
and by order of Kobert Lang , super
intendent , , and that wo believe that
the said Kobert Lang is criminally re
sponsible in causing the death of tho
said Daniel Shearin.
David llay came to his death while
in the discharge of his duty while
trying to rescue his son in tho Hill
• farm mine on the 10th day of June ,
1890 , by being suffocated by afterdamp
and smoke caused by an explosion of
gas , by John Kcrwin opening a drill
hole in an unlawful manner under tho
direction and by order of Kobert Lang ,
superintendent , and that we believe
said Kobert Lang is criminally respon
sible in causing the death of said Da
vid Hay.
Public feeling is against the verdict.
The working-people say the blame
should not be laid on Mr. Lang , who
has already been faithful in his duty
in looking after the safety and welfaro
of his employes , and that a similar
mistake is liable to be madoby anyone
under tho same circumstances.
AVhat Ulay Be Bono if the Election
Kill Becomes a. Luw.
Cincinnati , July 10. A prominent
wholesale merchant of Charleston ,
South Carolina , who does not wish his
name to be usedis in tho city and
talked freely yesterday on Southern
sentiment regarding the federal elec
tions bill. Ho says tho people of tho
, north have no idea of the intense
feeling that exists among afl classes
in the south over the proposed meas
ure. Thero is no disposition to talk
about it , or to make threats , but the
passage of the bill will be the signal
for the creation of the extremest bit
terness a feeling that will undo all
that the years of peace have accom
plished and that will lin.l manifesta
tion in action. First of all , every
northern product , as far as possible ,
will be boycotted. Following this
will come the most extensivo and ef
fectual boycott on class labor ever
known in tho world. Arrangements
are already under way to secure
abroad thousands of white laborers ,
and every negro employe in the south
will be discharged , men , women and
children , and no southern man will ,
under any pretext , give one of them
emplcj'ment , the object being to drive
them into the north and west.
• The Sundry Civil Bill.
Washington , July 10. The sundry
civil bill , as reported to the senate by
the appropriations committee , carries
with it an appropriation of $31,241 , -
GSO , an increase of § 3,181,0G0. The
bill reported is $6,552,172 less than
the estimates and $5,994,338 more than
the bill of last year. The most im
portant feature of the work of thesen
ate committee is the elimination from
the measure of the appropriation of
$777,500 , for irrigation surveys. This
provision was vigorously attacked by a
number of western senators , and they
succeeded in defeating it in the com
mittee. Their opposition was based
largely upon the ground that its effect
would be to reserve from the public
domain a vast amount of public land
which should be open to settlement.
The effect of the amendment will be
to prevent any further setting apart of
public lands for irrigation purposes.
An appropriation of $500,000 made
is for the establishment of a Latin-
American memorial library building in
the city of Washington as recom
mended by the pan-American confer
ence. . . .i i ii. . . . - s
To Inspect American Cattle.
Washington , July 12 The depart *
ment of state , at the suggestion of
Secretary Kusk. has effected an ar
rangement for the appointment of three
veterinary inspectors for the purpose
of inspecting all American cattle land
ing in Great Britain.
The secretary said that the restric
tions of the British government upon
the importation of beef cattle from this
country on the groundless plea of con
tinued exposure to contagious cattle
diseases in the United States were un
justifiable and had lasted long enough.
He now proposed to prove to the satis
faction of the British authorities that
no disease exists in this country to war
rant these restrictions. If the restric
tions are maintained in spite of this
evidence some other cause must be as
signed for them.
A Iiittle Hoggish.
Washington , July 11. The prin.
ciple that a husband and wife , while
they live together as such , can have
but one and the same residence , and
the home of the married woman is
presumptively with her husband , was
asserted by Secretary jSoble in a de
cision today rejecting the appeal of
Mary Anne Haywood , formerly Sul
livan. Her homestead entry in the
Stockton land district , California , has
been cancelled because it appears that
she was trying to maintain a residence
on one entry and her husband on an
other.
In the next number of Harper's'
Young People Walter B. Peet will
present some concise suggestions for
"The Training of a Boys'Boatclub. "
The article will be accompanied by a
illustration of "The
full-page Rowing-
Tank in. the Yale University Gymna
sium , " drawn by Charles Mente
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THE COXFEIIEXCE JiEI'OJIT OX TCJ1E
SILTEIt MEASURE.
It Is Agreed to In tho Senate by a Vote
of 30 to 20 Senator lTIorgun ITIakcn a
IiOiig Clotting Argument Tho Bill
for tho Adinlftitlou of Wyoming a * a.
State Signed by the Presiding OIII-
ceru Other Itlattern In the Two
Houaes of Congress.
CONGKKSSIOXAIi IMtOCIiDINGS.
In the senate on tho 7th the confer
ence report on tho diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill was agreed to.
Tlio senate bill to provide a United
States land court and to provide for
the settlement of private land claims
in Hew Mexico , Wyoming , Arizona ,
Utah , Nevada and Colorado , was dis
cussed until 2 o'clock when it was laid
aside without action and tho shipping
bills resumed. Morgan opposed tho
shipping bills , and Frye mado somo
additional remarks in their support.
Sherman presented the conference re
port on the silver bill. After it was
read he gave uotico ho would call it
j up for action to-morrow morning.
'After executive session the senate ad
•
journed. In the house Dorsey of Ne
braska moved to suspend tho rules and
pass tho concurrent resolution request
ing the president to return to tho house
tho bill extending tho timo of pay
ment to the purchasers of land of the
Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska.
Tho motion was subsequently with
drawn. On motion of Payson the
house went into committee of tho
whole for consideration of tho senate
bill to forfeit certain lands heretofore
granted for the purpose of aiding tho
construction of railroads , with tho
house substitute therefor. Fayson ex
plained that the bill in its general pro
visions proposed to forfeit and restore
to the public domain all public lands ,
wherever situated , which had been
granted in aid of the construction of
railroads , where railroads had not
been completed at thib time. There
have been thirty-seven roads aided by
acts of eongress which were not com
pleted within the time fixed by congress.
Twelve of these roads had been for
feited , comprising nearly SO , 000,000
acres. That left twenty-five roads
which have been acted on. Nine have
been fully completed. That left six
teen roads now uncompleted , and the
house substitute recommended the for
feiture of all lands lying opposite all
such portions of roads as not now con
structed. It was his opinion that no
bill of a broader character than this
could ever pass the senate and become
a law. A careful estimate was that the
bill would restore 7,500,000 acres to
the public domain. The house ad
journed without taking final action on
the subject.
In the senate on the 8th the confer
ence report on the silver bill was taken
up and Mr. Vest proceeded to state his
objections to it. "A large majority of
the senate had voted , he said , for tho
free coinage of silver , but the confer
ence report absolutely did away with
all idea of free coinage and was in
tended to continue tho system under
which silver had been persistently and
consistently degraded since 1873. He
was anxious to see absolute parity be
tween the two metals as money metals.
He read the closing clause of the sec
ond section of the conference bill : "It
being the established policy of the
United States to maintain the two
metals on a parity with each other upon
the present legal ratio or such ratio as
may be provided by law , " and asked
why that declaration had been inserted.
Mr. Teller said , much as he disliked
the adoption of a half-way measure , he
was compelled to support the confer
ence bill as the only measure which
could bring relief to the people of tho
United States for tho next few months.
Congress would assemble in December
next , and if the bill did not work well
it could be reformed next session. He
was restrained by the courtesy due to
another body ( the house of repre
sentatives ) from expressing his
opinion with regard to its course.
At 3 o'clock the bill went over and the
senate passed to memorial exercises
in respect of the memory of the late
Representative Cox. After addresses
by Senator Yoorhees , Sherman , Vest ,
Dixon and Evarts the senate adjourn-
ed. In the house on motion of Mr.
Baker of New York the senate amend
ments were concurred in to the house
bill for the admission of the state of
Wyoming. On motion of Mr. Carey
of Wyoming the senate amendments
were concurred in to the house bill
for the disposal of the abandoned
military reservations in Wyoming.
Mr. Cannon from the committee on
rules reported a resolution providing
that immediately after the adoption of
sv resolution it be in order for the
committee on judiciary to call up for
consideration the "original package * '
bill and afterwards the bankruptcy
bill , this order to continue from day
to day for four days successively , be- :
ginning with today. Mr. Payson raised
the questiou of consideration in favor
of the land grant forfeiture bill. The
house refused yeis , SO ; nays , 97 to
• consider the resolution from the com
mittee on rules.
In the senate on the 9th. the bill for .
the admission of Wyoming as a state ]
was signed by Senator Ingalls as prei i
siding officer. The bill now goes to '
the president for his signature. The ]
consideration of the conference report ' '
On the silver bill was resumed , and ' '
Senator Cockrell continued his argu- !
ment against the report. Senator
Cockrell said that the rule that applied 1
In France did not apply here. Senator (
-Jones of Arkansas read an article from
a New York evening-paper saying that i
as a result of the silver conference the i
silver men 'had been "foiled. " and Sen- ' \
t
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ator Cockrell said that this article was
from a representative of the gold inter
est and should be a warning to tho sen
ator from Nevada. In the house Mr.
Farquhar , of New York , called up tho
conference report on tho bill appro
priating $75,000 for tho relief of Albert
H. Emery , and demanded the previous
question thereon. Tho previous ques
tion was ordered and the report agreed
to. Mr. Hitt , Illinois , from tho commit-
teo on foreign affairs , reported back
the resolution requesting the president
to furnish tho house with tho corres
pondence between the government of
the United States and Great Britain
touching the subjects in dispute in
Behring sea since March 4 , 1889. Af
ter a brief debato Mr. Hitt's resolution
was adopted. Mr. Hitt then presented
the conference report on tho diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill.
In tho course of the discussion refer
ence having been mado to the appro
priation mado by tho last bill for tho
protection of the United States' rights
in Samoa , Mr. McMillin of Tennessee
declared it now appeared the entire re
sult of the Samoan negotiations had
been to enthrone a king who had been
dethroned by his people. Our repre
sentatives who were sent abroad for
tho purpose of settling Samoan mat
ters actually had gone to tho extent
of overriding the will of the people of
Samoa and setting up as king a scape
grace who had been dethroned , and
moreover this American administra
tion had undertakeu to pay part of tho
expenses of his kingdom. It was a
disgrace to the American people and
to tho administration responsible for
tho negotiations.
The senate on the 10th resumed
consideration of the conference report
on the silver bill and was addressed by
Mr. Morgan in opposition to tho re
port. He expected that day wa9 to be
tho crisis in the question of currency
to the people of the United States as
much so , in regard to the demoraliza
tion of silver and the confining of coin
to the single gold stand standard , as
was the act of 1873. He did not know
but that tho effect of the vote to be
taken to-day ( if it should result in the
adoption of the conference bill ) would
not be really more fatal to tho pros
pect of silver coinage in the future
than the act of 1870Mr. . Morgan
spoke for three hours and closed with
an appeal to the senators not to allow
the senator from Ohio ( Sherman ) to
thrust his stiletto again into silver.
Mr. Call also argued against the con
ference report. Mr. Plumb spoke in
its favor. The conference bill would
give the contry as much money during
tho next year as free coinage would
give. The bill is a long step in the
right direction. It is Mr. Plumb's be
lief that if the bill becomes a law so
nicely and easily will it work and so
helpful will it be to all the people of
the United States that the next step
will be free coinage. He would vote
for the conference bill , regretting it is
no better , glad it is no worse. After
further debate a vote was then
taken and the conference agreed
to yeas 39 , nays 2C. In
the house after prayer the demo
cratic program was opened byOuth-
waite raising a point of order that
there was no quorum present. This
put a stop to business for a short
time , but when a quorum finally ap
peared other dilatory motions were
offered by the democratic members ,
which had tho effect of preventing
anjr business. Mr. Enloe of Tennes
see wanted the journal corrected , it
being recorded that on a certain vote
he was present and not voting. He
was not present during that vote. At
the conclusion of his remarks the
journal was amended as suggested by
Enloe. Mr. Fithian and Mr. Wil
liams of Illinois then rose to have the
journal corrected , but the temporary
speaker , Mr. Burrows , recognized Mr.
Cannon , who moved the approval of
the journal and demanded the pre
vious question. The previous ques
tion was ordered 104 to 58 the
speaker counting a quorum.
In the senate on the 11th Teller in-
trcduced a joint resolution declaring it
to be the determined policy of tho
United States government to use both
silver and gold as full legal-tender
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money , and instructing the president
to invite the governments of the Lat
in union countries , and of such other
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nations as he may deem advisable , to
join the United States in a conference
to ; adopt a common ratio between gold
: and silver for the purpose of estab-
lishing the international use of bi-me-
talic money and securing a fixity of
relative value between those metals.
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The conference is to be held at such ]
place as may be agreed upon by the
executives ' of the governments joining \
in it : and when in the judgment of <
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the president of the United States a <
sufficient ; number of nations shall have ;
entered ' into such an international
agreement : , he shall declare the ratio
so fixed to be the existing ratio of
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the United States. The president is
to appoint not less than three , nor ]
more than five commissioners to at- \
tend . such conference on the part of the <
United States. The joint resolution was ]
referred to the finance committee. <
In the house , Conger , of Iowa , prej j
sented : the conference report on the :
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silver ' bill. After it had been read the ]
auestion ' of consideration was called up l
by Bland , of Missouri. The question ]
was put. ' Will the house proceed to * \
the consideration of the conference re- ]
port ? " ' and it was agreed to yeas 100. t
nays 44. The speaker being unable to ]
record a quorum , a call of the house
was then ordered. On the call 194
members more than a quorum re
sponded to their names. It was then (
agreed , on suggestion of Blount , of 1
Georgia , that four hours debate be al- (
lowed on the report , at the end of 1
which time the previous question be (
ordered. I
Judge Kavanaugh of.the . district j
court at Des Moines has decided that \
no alien can acquire title to real es-
tato in Iowa by inheritance.
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as to grain bates.
1UE COM3IISSIOX JX SESS1UX TO
JIEAJt AltOVMEXTS.
Nebraska's Representative Urges a
Reduction of tho lEato on Corn-
Grand Army ICatcs to the National
Koiuiion Outrages by Strikers at
AVcii Superior AVImcoiihIii "Wife
ITInrder In Indiana Inspection of
American Cattle Hereafter Landing
In Great Rrltaln.
The Grain Kate Question.
'Washington , July 11. The rail
road congress having presented their
arguments in opposition to tho con
templated order of the interstate com-
merco commission reducing freight
rates on grain shipments in tho west
on the ground of want of jurisdiction ,
the commission was in session hearing
arguments from persons of tho opinion
that the proposed reduction and even
greater ones should bo ordered.
When the commission met there
were present T. M. Lambcrtson of
Nebraska , representing tho state and
tho stato farmers' alliance ; n. F.
Dousman , member of tho Chicago
board of trade ; George T. Anthony
and James Humphrey of tho Kansas
railroad commissioners , and Spencer
T. Smith , railroad commissioner of
Iowa. By common agreement Dous
man made tho opening argument.
Dousman said the Chicago board of
trade found itself entirely in sympathy
with the proposed reduction of freight
rates , but felt some slight modification
should be made in the order as pro
posed by the commission. The board
of trade was of , tho opinion , he said ,
that any rato from the Missouri river
to Chicago of more than 15ntsvns. .
excessive. In behalf of tho board
of trade of Chicago , ho asked that
tho commission make a rate on all
grain and grain products between the
Missouri river and the Mississippi riv
er of 12 cents per 100 pounds , and to
make the rate on the same between
the Missouri river and Chicago of 15
cents per 100 pounds , and to order at
tho same time that rates via all gate
ways to the seaboard be adjusted on
the same basis , that is , fiat local rates
both to and from these junction points
with a through rate the same via all
routes.
Lambertson , who followed Dousman ,
urged tho reduction of the rate on corn
from the Missouri river to 12 cents
per 100 pounds to Chicago.
F. D. Babcoclc , secretary of tho
Northwestern Iowa grainshippers' as
sociation , and others also made argu
ments in behalf of the interests rep
resented by them.
Grand Amy Men Figure on Itae .
Topeka , Kan. , July 11. Ira F-
Collins , A. R. Greene and J. Jk Mc-
Gonigal , the transportation committee
of the Grand Army of the Republic for
Kansas , held a meeting to decideon
the official route of tho commanderies
of the Grand Army in this state to the
national encampment at Boston in Au
gust. There were passenger agents-
present representing fourteen trunk
lines operating between the cast and
west. The committee did not adjourn
until midnight and will not announce-
its decision until the hist of this week
or the first of next. All of the passen
ger agents appeared before the com
mittee to represent their roads.
Rloodthir .ty Striker' . .
West SurEKioit , WisJuly 11It
was expected that the strike among
street laborers would be ended yester
day by the men accepting the old
wages , § 1.75 a day. The despondency
of the men was but a lullefore the
storm. About two hundred strikers
appeared in the main streets in the
morning and proceeded to Twelfth
street , where about four hundred men
were employed. The strikers rushed
upon them and a fight ensued. Con
tractor Sutton cut one man on the arm
with a shovel. The strikers chased
Sutton to his home , three blocks , beat
ing him with clubs.
Later in the day a mob arrived at
the American steel barge works , where-
they were kept at a distance with re
volvers. After dinner another attempt
was made to force the works. Con
tractor Anderson shot one man in the
head , the bullet glancing and hitting a
man named John Foster in the left
arm. : The strikers then charged , but
Anderson held his ground with drawn
revolver. The mob threw bricks and
clubs < and anything they could lay
hands upon. When the mayor and a
force : of special police arrived on the
grounds the strikers were wild for An
derson's life. The mayor quieted the
crowd by appointing a committee of
strikers and a crowd of policemen to
see \ Anderson to the city hall.
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"Wife Murderer.
CoLtTMBUS , Ind. , July 11. John
Pitilliott , who murdered his wife in
this city on the evening of July 4 , by
shooting her five times with a bull-dog
revolver , was arranged before a justice
of the peace to-day on a charge of j
murder in the first degree. He waived j
a preliminary examination and was re- |
manded to jail. Evidence was given
before tho coroner to show that an
hour previous to the murder Pitilliott
was upon the river bank near the city
practicing shooting at a target , and
that he was an expert with a revolver.
He will be tried in September.
Poultry for the Fair.
Chicago , HI. , July 11. A meeting
of what has heretofore been known as
the American poultry breeders ' asso
ciation was held to-day. The associa
tion will organize as a corporation un
der the name of the Columbian poultry
breeders association , the intention be
ing to have headquarters at Chicago
for work preparatory to holding a
Ifrand exposition of thoroughbred poul
try some time during the world's fair.
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Ravages by a Cyhlone. a
St. Paul , Minn. , July v14. A fep 1
moments beforo 5 o'clock yesterday af- I
ternoon clouds which had been threat- 1
ening a storm began to collect ovor a
the region of Lake McCarron , two or 1
threo miles north of this city , soon 1
taking on a rotary motion and tho tor- I
riblo appearanco of a cyclone. i
Hundreds of citizens watched the I
clouds as they swept together and fol- J
lowed their course to tho northwest , I
in which direction many friends had 1
gono to spend tho day at somo of tho I
many littlo lakes scattered ovor tho |
country. Anxiety for absont ones 1
drew many down during tho evening 3
to learn tho first possiblo particulars j
of what was thought would bo undoubt- i
edly a disastrous storm. Jfl
A young man drove in from Lako "B
Coleman soon afterwards with tho in- I
formation that at least two persons I
were killed and over one hundred in- I
jured at that point. He had been out I
with a young lady friend , and , having H
after a buggy to drivo homo , on 9
50110 to where sho had boon stand- H
ing he found his companion seriously H
injured by the storm which had sud-
denly como up. I
Other reports followed thick and H
fast , each being a littlo worse than H
what had preceded it. , H
To tho north and east of tho city H
there are a great number of littlo- mm
lakes , which are sought by multitudes H
every Sunday , and on tho shores of H
these lakes many campers pass tho M
hot months of tho summer. Lako M
Coleman is one of theso and the dam- • M
ago there was very heavy. H
Geor.go Miller , teller of the First H
national bank , was killed. M
When tho storm struck tho littlo M
lako tho boathouse was lifted up bod- M
ily and overturned in tho water , and H
a boatload of persons given similar H
I treatment. Other buildings were de- m -
mohshed or badly wrecked. H
Passing from the starting point tho H
cyclone struck Lako Johanna , Lako H
Gervais , Lake Vadnais , Little Canada H
and parsed on a route for miles east H
of White Bear lake. H
The place wlicro the cyclone struck H
the ground and caused the loss of life H
was on tho shore of Lako Gervais , H
where J. 1L Schurmicr of this city H
had a summer cottage and where Simon H
Good was also locatedA funnel- H
shaped cloud swooped down on them H
and demolished dwellings and a num- H
ber of other buildings in the same M
neighborhood. M M
The camp of Colonel Hcllesor of H
this city , where there was a large par- U
ty , was blown down , but the party all W
escaped injuryIn the wreck of Schur- U
mierand Good's houses , however , five | H
were killed and ten injured- W
Later Advices from Lake Gervaise W
indicate that the loss of life at that U
point may reach lift } ' . The most W
alarming news comes from , tho keeper M A
of the boat houseThis - man says he- M M
let out in the afternoon at least fifteen H
boatsNone of these had less than U
two occupants and some three or four.
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Since the fearful storm passed over the |
lake no trace of the boats-or unfortu *
m
uate passengers has been found.
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OicrTivo Ilmidrril Lo t. H
Minneapolis , Minn. , July 14. The | H
steamer Sea Wing left Red Wing , M
Minn , yesterday afternoon with 150
m m
passengers on board , bound for Lake H
City , where the state state encampment |
of the state militia is in progress. At H
several small towns along the shore of B
Lake Peppin enough more people wero H
taken on board to make about threo H
hundred and fifty when the boat H
reached its destination. A barge was H
in tow which carried 100of this num- \
Late in the afternoon the party re- H
embarked for home and was in the H
middle of the lake off Lake City when H
a cyclone struck the city. The boat H
became unmanageable at once. Tha H
bargo was cut loose and after an hou/ . * H
drifted to shore with about twenty peo- |
pie on board. The other two hundred H
or more were drowned. H
It is impossible at this time to give H
names , but among tho dead are somo H
of the best known and most prominent j H
people of Red Wing and vicinity. H
A number of bodies have already H
been washed ashoro and citizens have H
formed a voluntary police service to |
patrol the shores and watch for others. H
The search will continue through the H
night. The storm did great damage to H
property in about Lake City , but no |
lives were lost on shore so far as re- H
ported. H
Congressional Forecast. H
Washington , July 14. Although - -f
before adjournment Saturday the sen- |
ate formally took up the tariff bill and H
thus made it pending business , it will j H
be informally laid aside while the sen- H
ate considers the sundry civil appro- |
priation bill and probably the Indian |
appropriation bill. The tariff bill may |
be taken up Wednesday , but this de- |
pends upon the action of the caucus |
Monday night. fl
Another effort is to be made in the | |
house this week to secure the passage |
of the original package and bankruptcy |
bills under the operations of a special |
rule as soon as the pending land gran * |
forfeiture bill is out of the way. |
Death of a Centenarian. |
Des Moines , July 14. The death is H
announced at Garrison , Benton county , |
of old Mother Martha McCoy , aged |
100 years. Mother McCoy was mar- H
ried in 1S15 and was a widow from j H
1842 until her death. She saw the H
first steamboat on the Hudson. She |
was 30 years old when the first power- H
loom was set tip in Lowell , in which H
factory she Was at one time an em- H
ploye. Four ehildren , eight grand- H
children and eleven great-grand * H
dren survive her. |