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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING- , AUGUST LI , 1891 SINGLE COt'Y tfJVE GENTS.
PASSED THE HOUSE
A.11 of tlio Senate Amendments to the
Tariff Bill Cononmd In.
ONLY TWO HOURS ALLOWED FOR DEBATE
Determined to Got Action Before the Eoc-
ate Could Vo'.o 01 the Hill Resolution.
CCCKRAN REFUSES TO TAKE THE DOSE
Made a Speech Eqnalling His Famoui Gno
at the Chicago Coaven'ion ,
REED STRIKES SOME TELLING BLOWS
Under tlio ( Jug llulc. tlio .Majority Carries
Through thu Illllit for Trio Sugar ,
Iran Ore , Coul and
llurucd Wire.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 13. The long strug
gle over the tariff bill came to a close at C
o'clock , when the house by a vote of 182 to
105 decided to discharge the hotlse conferees
from further conslderat.on of the bill , re-
ccdo from Its opposition to the C31 senate
amendments and agree to the same. It was
a complete victory for the senate. The
house made an absolute surrender. The re
sult grew directly out of the sensational
course of events nt the senate end of the
capital , participated In by Senator Hill on
Friday. Up to that time the house con
ferees had stood ( Inn against the senate
amendments , and especially en the three
disputed schedules of ccal , Iron ere and
sugar , and the temper and voice ot the
honso was for war war to the end. Dut
the Indications that the democrats of the
senate might bo unable to longer hold n
majority of votes In line for even the sen
ate bill and that the bill was in desperate
jeopardy , forced the house democrats to im
mediate action. Tlio conferees of the house
at last admitted they wcro beaten , and that
another vote could not bo risked In the sen
ate that It must be either the senate bill
or no bill.
Tlio whole question was precipitated at the
caucus , held Just before the house convened
today , at which , after a thorough review
ot the situation and speeches In favor of
receding by Speaker Crisp , Chairman Wilson
and others , It was decided to take the Hcmte
bill , and Immediately afterwards pissed sep
arate bills , placing coal , Iron ore , sugar and
barbed wire on the free list , and by so doing
place the house on record and at least par
tial ! v overcome the humiliation Involved In
Its defeat. The program arranged In the
caucus was carried out to the letter In the
house , after an Ironclad special order had
been adopted. The BCCIIO In the chamber
throughout the day and evening v\ns at
times sensational. The galleries were packed
and the members iipplaudcd and cheered
their respective leaders to the echo. Under
the terms of the order but two hours vvcrr
allowed for debate on the main proposition
to recede and agree to the senate amend
ments to the tariff bill. A parliamentary
skirmish preceded the pitched battle , but
points of order raised by the republicans
were swept aside. The speaker ruled the
house with an Iron hand. The principal
speeches for and against the main proposition
were made by Chairman Wilson and Speaker
Crisp on the one hand and ex-Speaker Ueed
and Mr. Harrows on the other. There was
no tlmo for preparation and all the speeches
weio liot from the forgo of the brain and
wcro greeted with round after round of
cheers and applause.
DENOUNCED THE HOUSE SURRENDER.
Dourko Cockran of Now York and Mr.
Tarsney of Missouri , both democratic mem
bers of the ways and means committee , de
livered scathing and sensational speeches
denouncing the surrender of the house as
cowardly and Indefensible. The speaker re
plied to Mr. Cockran , whoso effort was a
brilliant one , with such temper that the
latter took It as a personal affront , although
the speaker disclaimed such Intention , and
inudo a vicious luugo at Speaker Crisp
There was no at'empt ' on the part of the
democratic leaders to claim a victory. They
nil admitted they were accepting the In
evitable , Justifying their action on the ground
that the senate bill was Inflnl ely better than
the McKlnley bill.
The most startling feature of the day , per
haps was Mr. Cockran's eloquent appeal to
Chairman Wilson to name the democrats
In the senate who threatened the defeat ot
all tariff legislation If the dispute between
the two houses were persisted In , but Sir.
Wilson made no response. When the vo o
came to bo taken at C o'clock , thirteen demo
crats Messrs. Dartlelt , Cockran , Hendrlx ,
Dutiphy. Warner and Covert of New York ,
Davoy , Meyer and Price of Louisiana , Everett
of Massachusetts , Gorman of Michigan.
Johnson.of Ohio , and Tarsney ot Missouri
voted with the republicans agilnst the reso-
lutlon. The democrats then put through
ono after another what the republicans de
rided as the "popgun bills , " placing coal.
Iron ore. birbed wire and sugar on the fres
list , and which In the brief debate on each
ot the bills they maln'alnod ' would bo passed
only to go to their death In the senate.
Under the rules , Mr. Heard , chairman of
the committee on the District of Columbia ,
pending action by the committee- ruUs.
claimed the day for the consideration of
business reported from the committee on the
District of Columbia.
At 2.30 p. m. the meeting of the commit
tee on rules ended and Mr. ditchings , demo
crat of Mississippi Immediately entered the
hall with the special older In his hand. Mr.
Heard yielded to him and Mr. Catchings
presented the rule.
The full text ot the spclal rule Is as fol-
"llcsolvcd , That after the adoption of this
resolution It shall be In order In the housa
to move that the order heretofore made re
questing a conference with the senate on the
disagreeing votes of the two houses on II.
11. 4.SOJ be rescinded , that the conferees
heretofore appointed on the part of the house
bo discharged from further duty In that be
half and that the housa rtccdo from Its
agrti went to the senate amendments to said
bill In gross and agree to the same.
That after two hours' debate on said mo
tion ( which shall bo admissible ) the vote
shall b" taken without delay or other motion.
REPORTED THE RULE.
Kosolved , Second , that any time after the
adoption ot this resolution It shall bo In
order to present for consideration , without
reference to a committee , separate bills
pUchiK upon the fre list sugar In all Us
forms , coal , Iron are mid barbed wire , each
of said bills , when presented , shall bo al
lowed llftci'U minutes debate and at the end
of such debate the previous question shall bo
considered as ordered thereon and without delay -
lay the vote shall bo taken.
During the reading ot the resolution there
were jc > rs on the republican side , Mr. Bur
rows calling out. "Silly , silly. " When that
portion of tlio rule relative to free coal , etc. ,
was read Mr , Cntchlngs demanded the pre
vious question , but Mr. Reed ros to a point
at order and the battle was on. Mr. Reed's
point ot order wan that the tariff bill vvas not
In the posccision ot the house and that there
fore the action inopotcd In the report could
not bo taken II ? maintained th it In case
of an agreement of congress on a bill either
house could uut on i rrport , but In case
of a dUiictcuucnt the bill went bae'k to the
body 11 rat r quentlng the continue The bill
could not bo In possession of both houses
at the tame time , neither could cither house
act except on papers bifore It. The papers
could not bo In the possession of both houses
at the same time. It was a parliamentary
as well as n physical fact that the papers
could only bo In one place ut on ° time ,
otherwise both the senate and the
housa could recede at the name time.
What bill would then be law ? It would cer
tainly puzrlc those who were not In the habit
of cutting gordlan knots. At the present
time , ho raid , getting down to the existing
situation , the senate was proposing action , and
the house was proposing action at the same
time , The liotiee had no report on the bill ,
Mr. Reed said , and the senate had repented of
Its bill. Doth vvero ashamed of their off
spring ( republican applause ) , yet the house
was now proposing to grab the senate bill
before It could be repudiated by that body
and swallow Its nauseous melt. Such a
spectacle , he declared , had never before been
witnessed.
"I do not expect my argument to have ary
effect , " said Mr. Heed In conclusion , address
ing the democratic side , "but you are Ilko
the heathens who have listened to the Chlis-
tlan missionaries. You have no chance of
redemption. "
SPEAKER MADE A RULING.
The speaker announced that he was icudy
to rule. After n careful statement of tlio
situation and the declaration that by a
special order changing or suspending
the rules of the house temporarily
the aecepted doctrine of Jefferson's
manual. were carried out , and after
citing n precedent In ono of Speaker Calisle's
rulings the speaker overruled the point cf
order. The previous question was then or
dered without division. This gave fifteen
minutes on a side for the discussion , of the
special order.
Mr. Catchings , democrat of MltRktlppi ,
did not desire to debate "ie rul3 and Mr.
Reed took the floor and nmde a verv tar-
castle speech. "You are going to give the
country free sugar , " said he In his incst
ironical vein , amid shouts of republican
laughter "In your minds , " 'ie added , with
renewed shouts of dcrlslun , ' .i.itl frco coal
and frco Iron ore. You are going tu bo bold
and manly , as you have b"n 'a th's back
down , without a reference to the committee
that stands between you and the noble pur
pose that thrlils you. "
Representative Turnsr of 0 > o-gl ; replied
to Mr. Reed and was ijrieH'd witli ap ; l.iute
by the democrats. He said the gentleman
from Maine had built up a parliamentary
system which now reaped ugilnst him.
There was no right or justice In the as
sumption that the act > if the seuata in send
ing the bill back to the house > vas \\uirg.
He asked Mr. Ueed what right he had 'to
make this assumption.
Mr. Reed said he dU not mike any claim ;
he had been Informed that the Irregularity
occurred , but ho had no person il mloi mil
lion.
lion.Mr.
Mr. Turner proceeded to show that the
present action of the house was strictly regu
lar.
DEMOCRATS VOTE SOLID.
The question then being put on agreeing
to the resolution Mr. Reed demanded a di
vision. The entire democratic side rose en
masse , but when the negative vote was called
for the republicans sat calmly In their seats ,
hoping to'breik n quorum.
When the speaker announced the vote ,
18S to 3 , twelve more than a quorum , the
republicans were disconcerted. Mr. need ,
however , quickly demanded the yeas and
nays. Before the clerk began calling the
roll , Mr. Wilson republican of Washington ,
brought down a round of republican applause
by innopenlly asking the spe-aker If It would
bu In order before the roll was called to
have the president's letter again read. The
speaker rapped him lo order with his gavel
and the roll call proceeded.
The house order was adopted , 17C lo 95 ;
not voting , 11. Among the democrats voting
ing In the negative were Davcy and Robertson
of Louisiana. Covert , Price , Gorman , Warner
and Kllgore answered present , but did not
-vote. In other respects the vote was strictly
on party lines.
Upon the announcement of the vote
Chairman Wilson Immediately submitted In
writing the motion provided for In the reso
lution ndop'cd. Mr. Reed made Ihe point
of order that the bill was not before the
house ; the bill had been brought In , how
ever , during the roll call , and the speaker
pointed to it.
Mr. Wilson took the floor. He spoke
calmly but eloquently , the democrats crowdIng -
Ing about him and listening Intently to his
every word. Again and again the applause
broke forth.
forth.WILSON
WILSON NOT PLEASED.
"Mr. Speaker , " ho said , "I have made the
motion , which I have sent to the clerk's
desk , not on my own responsibility , or from
my own volition , but as the olllclal organ of
the caucus of my associates on this side
of the house and by their direction. I shall
say very little mysslf on tills occasion In ad
vocacy of the motion and I shall be sincere
and frank In what I shall submit to the
house.
"I do not pretend that I am gratified nt the
outcome of this prolonged controversy. I
do not pretend that up to the very last mo
ment I had not chcrislud the hope and the
faith that wo would reach another and a
better and more satisfactory conclusion of this
conflict between tlio two houses of the Amer
ican congress. I hod hoped and bslloved , un
til thera seemed lo bo no ground , scarcely , for
hope and belief , that In such n contest this
house , backed by the American people and
enthusiastically sustained by the democratic
pirty , would bo able to achieve some honor
able campromlsa between the two houses
which wo could have accepted , not from a
sense ot duty , bill with a sense of satisfac
tion and a ( ecllng that wo had responded to
the mandates of the Amer'ctn people.
"Hut , Mr. Speaker , we have simply real
ized In this great light the fact so well staled
by the great leader of the lailft reform fight
In Great Britain that when the people lm\o
gained n victory at the polls they must have
a further stand-up-and-kn ck-down fight
with their own representatives And wo
have realized , If nothing el e the salutary
lesson of the Intrsncliment of the protective
6stem In this eountrj under thirty years
of class legislation , until the mere mailer of
tailff pchcdnlcs Is n matter If insignificance ,
and the grat question presents Itself is this
to be a government by a self-taxing people ,
or a government by trusts and monopolists ?
( Applause on the democratic side ) If wo
have taken out of this fight no other lesson
than that , II has b.en to us a great and
inspiring and n valuable lesson If wo have
not been able to get all tlio mandates the
people told us to get , all tha high enthu
siasm of the people expected us to get , wo
have this dangerous fact , face to face with
American freemen , and wo have made some
breach In the protective i-vjtcin through
which the hosts of American frcrm n will
continue lo march. ( Applausj on Ihe demo
cratic sl'te )
"I shall not nllempt , as I said nt the out-
snt. to explain the merlin nr to dwell upon
the demerits of the COO odd amendment ! ) to
tlilH bill , which thin house Is about , of tu'-
crsslty. to concur In , Perhaps I could not
do Justice to > the merits ot the amendments.
My attention has necessarily bion so con
stantly and EO Rloiidlly directed lo their
denurlts that It would rcqulro some experi
ence to learn what the merits arc. ( Laugh
ter and appliuse. ) lint whatever the meas
ure of shortcoming of this bill In Its pres
ent form , whatever bo Its demerits In mere
set edules , this I do know that It Is b tier
tlmn the McKlnley bill. ( Laud democratic
applauso. ) This I do know , that In a part of
It , It does afford somu relief to the tax
payers of this country aril do s clip the
wings of the gigantic monopolies thai are
now oppressing them and blocking legisla
tion. ( Applause on the democratic sldu ; do-
rlslvo crlou on the republican side. )
SUGAR TRUST ALL POWERPUL.
"Take cv.n these positions on the bill
over which the contest between the two
houses has been waged ; tnko Iron era and
ccal , upon which wo have confronted , and
to u ceitaln extent unsuccessfully eon-
fiontuil , the groit railroad > ndle'utes , ycl
wo have reduced them both nearly GO per
emit below the McKlnlay bill. ( Appliusa )
Take thu sugar schedule , over which the
greatest ot ull the conteau between the
two houses has been waged. Vicious as It
may be , burdenuomo to the people * as II
may b It (3 ( k'63 vicious , lens favorable to
tha inst less burJeimtme to the people , than
( Continued on Second Pagtt. )
HOUSE CAUCUS BACKS DOWN
Democrats Give Up tli ) Fight for a Com
promise on the Tariff Bill ,
SWALLOWED THE WHOLE BITTER DOSE
Mndo n Little .More Piilatiiblo by un Agree
ment to I'IISA hrpirnto 1IIIU for I'reo
btigar , Coil ; , Iron Oto anil
llarlicil Ulre.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 13. As the result of
the action ot the house caucus today , bar
ring a presidential , veto , the McKlnley law
will on September 1 give place to the Wilson
bill as amended by the senate.
In addition to deciding to recede from the
disagreement lo tlio senate amendments the
house democratic caucus this morning re
. solved to press forward with the greatest
| possible dispatch separate bills to place
sugar of all kinds. Iron ore , coal and barbed
vvlro on tlio fr.o list.
As It stands now the senate bill , which
has been endorsed by the democrats of the
horse , provides Iho following rales of duty
upon the great staples which have been the
bones of contention :
All raw sugars , 40 per cent ad valorem ;
sugars above No. 1C ( refined ) , % per cent
additional ; sugars produced In bounty-paying
countries , one-tenth per csnt additional to
these rates. Hawaiian sugar is still free
under the reciprocity trcaly.
Iron ore , -10 cenls per Ion , pigs $4 per Ion ;
Iron or steel , rails , 7-20 of 1 par cent per
pound. Lead and dross , % of 1 per cent per
pound ; sliver lead bearing ore , the same
duty on the lead contained therein.
Tobacco for wrappers , $1 50 per pound
unst3inmcd , $2.25 stemmed ; cigars and cigar
ettes , $1 per pound and 2C per cent ad va
lorem.
Coal , bituminous and large slack , 15c pr
ton.
Precious stones , cut and unset , 25 per cent
ad valorem , set , 30 per cent , uncut , 10 per
cent ; glaziers' and miners' diamonds , free.
Logs and sawed lumber and timber ( save
tropical woods ) and wool are free.
Tin plate , 11-15 per cent per pound after
October 1.
Marble , rough , 50 cents ; dressed , 85 cents
per foot ( cubic ) . White and red lead , IVj per
cent per pound.
Under Ihe Inlernal revenue sections ot the
bill , playing cards arc taxed 2 cents a pack
age. An Income tax of 2 per cent on incomes
above $4,000 Is provided for ; also a tax on
corporations of 2 per cent. Whisky Is ta\ed
$1.10 per gallon and the bonded period fixed
at eight years.
WILSON AT THE CAUCUS.
An hour before 10 o'clock , the time set
for Ihe caucus , members begin lo arrive al
the capital today , and hasty consultations
were held on the courss to be pursued.
Speaker Crisp was Joined In his private of
fice by Chairman Wilson and Representatives
Turner , McMillln and Montgomery , making
the full membership of the house democratic
conference committee.
Representative Urcckinrldgo of Arkansas ,
an advisory mcinb'r of the commltlee , was
also present. It was a final consultation en
the line ot action to be presented by the
house leaders lo Ihe caucus. The meeting
lasted until It was time for the caucus to
convene.
In the meantime there was a scene of
animation on the floor or the house. Repre-
sentallvos Tracy , Slrauss , Warner and others
passed among their associates and stiffened
up the sentiment of loyalty lo the conferees.
It was apparenlly up-hill work , however , as
the current of feeling among the tank and
file of members seemed to bo celling
strongly In favor of accepting ihe senate bill
wlllioul further delay.
At 10 15 Speaker Crisp and all the confer
ees filed out of the speaker s ottlco and took
scats In a body In the forward part of the
democratic side.
There was an ominous silence as they came
in. At that time 153 democratic members
were on the floor. As Mr. Wilson pass'd
tnrough Iho corridor of Ihe house he was
asked as to the result of the conference in
Ihe speaker's room , but nnsworid : "I can
not make It known. "
Chairman Jlolman called Iho caucus to
order promptly , and the call for ( he mcel-
Ing was read. The roll call"which followed ,
look Eomo lime , and members shifted un
easily for the decisive action ahead.
Chairman Wilson took the float Immedi
ately after the roll call , and made his state
ment of the situation. Ho spol ( ° calmly and
llspasslonalely , and received the closcsl at
tention. Members lefl Ihelr seals and
crowded eagerly about him , listening In
tently to every word. It Is se.dom lhat such
ager Interest has been shown In a caucus.
Sir. Wilson began with a recital of the diffi
culties that have b = en encountered. He
went over each stage of the situation with
much detail. Ho said that each step had
been pursued with an ardent dcsiro lo sup
port with honor the d = slres of the house
to resist what was regarded as the unrea
sonable demands of the senate.
Mr. Wilson concluded by saying that ho
had now become sitlslled It was cither th3
senate bill or no legislation.
IN THE GRIP OF THE TRUST.
Mr. Wilson did not confine himself to
generalization. Ho took up tlio contested
schedules , particularly sugar , coal and Iron
ore , and reviewed tlio difference In con
ference on these items. Ho took up each
proposition on sugar and spoke of the vast
profits to the Sugar trust which would te-
sult from thes > propositions. Ho did nol
Indulge In the sharp criticism that was ex-
peeled on the motives of Ihe scnulo con
ferees.
While Mr. WllsSn was speaking Ihe word
was passcJ among Ihe memb rs that the con
ference In the speaker's room had resulted
in a decisive notion and that Speaker Crisp
himself would move that the house would
rec ilo and accepl Ihe senate bill. At flrst
the Information was so startling that It was
doubted , but as member after member heard
It and made Inquiry the opinion became
general among the best Informed men In
the housj that the report was correct , al
though It could not be positively verified by
Speaker Crisp.
Mr. Wilson spoke of the fight made by
tlio house conferees for a special duty on
sugar on the ground that under an ad
valorem system It would b3 Impossible to
tell , on account of the Invoice methods , the
exact advantage which would accrue to thu
Sugar trusl. Ho made the remarkabie
statement that he had ben creditably In
formed and believed that the Sugar trust
had , anticipating the enactment of thu
sei.cto sugar schedule , purchased $112,000-
000 worth of raw sugar. If this was true ,
ho said , tli A profits acciulng to the trust for
tills Investment In advance of the enact
ment of the Bcnate schedule would bo at
least $10,000,000. Mr. Wilson also pointed
out at length the embarrassment attending
Ilia efforts to adjust thu coal and lion
sell edules
"Tho greit battle. ' said Mr Wilson warmIng -
Ing up , "Is between tlio American people and
the Sugai trust It Is a battle In which
thu trust has t&ken Iho people by the throat
and It will n. er end until wo throw off the
gilp. "
'Ihere was nn enthusiastic applause ut thU
Hu proceeded to state that the house con
ferees had been willing to concede almost
everything ( txcept these vital Items of sugar ,
Iron und coal , Unit the ec'imto conferees had
also seemed willing to concede much and
hold much tlm ? nnio views , but were ap
parently ilomlnat d by the knowledge that
If they conceded what thu representatives
weru willing to concede- the bill could not
pass and the agreement would be usel ss.
CRISP'S RESOLUTION.
Mr. Wilson closed at 11 03 o'clock , having
talked Just an hour. U was understood ,
however that Mr Wilton had not yielded
the lloor permanently , but woull resum
latei , alter his e'uiif re nee as-ue.ates Messrs
.MMitKiiwrv MrM Hln and Turner , had
corroborated his statements as to facts
Mr. Montgomery then took the floor and
substantiated what Mr. Wilton had said aa
to the details of the Conference.
Speaker Crlspl followed Mr. Montgomery.
Ho epoke with much spirit and earnest
ness and scon the caucus WAS In n tumult
of enthusiasm , round after round of applause
greeting his ntnarks. He spoke of the criti
cal situation and of the apparent need to
accept the senate bill , and then If need to
be , to secure tcpnrate ! bills for free sugar ,
free Iron and free coat ,
Mr. Crisp followed In'the line of Mr. Wil
son , saying that It wa * cither the "senate
bill or nothing. " He raid that as long as
there was a desperate chance of securing
the concession the house demanded , hu was
In favor of standing out , but he was now
satisfied the time had come when further
Insistence by the house was uscl ss. Ho
closed his remarks by Offering n resolution
Instrucllng the house conferees lo recede.
The text of the resolution was then read
as follows :
Resolved , That It Is ( be dense of this
caucus that the order heretofore made re
questing a conference vylth ihe senale on
Ihe disagreeing votes of the Iwo houses on
house roll 181 bo resclndcdr that the con
ferees heretofore appointed by the bouse be
dlvchuiRcd from further duty In that be
half , nnd Ihe house recede ftom Its disa
greement to the amendments lo B ild bill
nnd ntrree to the same.
Resolved further , That the bouse shall
at once proceed to the consideration of sop-
nrnle bills placing Ibe following articles
on the free list , viz. : Sugar In nil Its
forms , Iron ore , coal nnd barbed wire.
A great burst of applause greeted the
reading of the resolution , but half a dozen
demociats wcro on their feet demanding
recognition , prominent among them being
Bourke Cockrnn of New York.
Owing lo Iho lateness- the hour the rule
was adopted limiting further speeches to
five minutes. Then Mr , Cockran delivered
a vigorous nnd eloquent speech against sur
rendering to the senate. ' 'Better no tariff
legislation than Iho scnalq bill , " he said.
COCKRAN OPPOSES SURRENDER.
Mr. Cookran declared that there was no
necessity for the house to surrender as yel
and challenged Chairman Wilson's statement
that four democratic votes In the senate
would be lost to the bill If the fight pro
ceed.d. He demanded the names of the four
senators , but Wilson refuscM to give them.
The previous question was demanded on
the Crisp resolution and ordered by a vote
of 112 fo 21. Among tliose who voted
against the previous question vvero the
Louisiana members , Cockrnn of Now York
and others. Fifteen minutes was then
given lo the opponents of the resolution1 testate
state their position.
Mr. McMillln followed In vigorous style ,
lie rapudlated Iho slatement made by Mr.
Ccckran that the senate bill was worse than
tlio McKlntoy bill.
Mr. R6bertson of Louisiana objecled to
the resolution of the frco sugar provisions
and generally protested agalnsl His Ireal-
mcnt of Louisiana. As the hour of 12
o'clock approached when the house was to
meet , the cry of "Voto- ! Vote ! " went up
from the Impatient members.
Mr. Robertson of Louisiana continued to
urge thai II would be. bad Jnlth to cut off
Ihe Louisiana planters from Die bounty on
this year's crop , on which they had recently
recVoned when they put It In.
During the fifteen minutes debate Chair
man Wilson rose and pleaded vvilh the
caucus not to take action today. Ho said
that whatever was Ihe mind of Ui3 senalo
Ihere was no necessity for hurried action.
Mr. McMillln also made a speech. He de
clared In favor of the Crisp resolution , sayIng -
Ing that the sennle bill was much bHtcr
than the McKlnley law.
VOTING IN CAUCUS.
The resolution to recede was adopted by
130 votes to 21. A division on the Crisp reso
lution was demanded so as to have a separate
vole on Ihe first part to recede from dis
agreement to the senate amendments and
the provision for separate bills. Tlio flrst
part of the resolution wa < udopted 1lyf'cCrrfe-
Ing vote , 130 to 21 , nnd the second part with
out division.
Among tliose who voted against the resolu
tion vvero : The Louisiana , members , Warner
of New York , Straus and Tracey of New
York , Tarsney of Missouri , Cockran and Co
vert of New York , Dunphy of New York ,
Cooper of Indiana , Johnson of Ohio and Kll
gore of Texas , Ihe Maryland delegallon ( Ray-
ner , McCalg , Rusk and Talbol ) , Brecklnridge
of Arkansas , a memberof _ Iho ways and
means comrnlllee , and Williams of Missis
sippi. Mosl of Ihoso who volen against the
fiist part of Iho resolution were In favor of
the second parl. . , '
The committee on rules was requested to
present an order providing for the prompt
consideration of the proposed bills. This was
adopted by an overwhelming vote , the nays
being almost InslgnlficanU
Representative Tucker of Virginia then of
fered a resolution thanking and commending
the house conferees tot ; their loyal service.
Tlls | was adopted with a shout of approval
and the caucus adjourned .
NO TIME WASTED.
Irnmedialely afler adournmont the house
conferees went Into session In the room of
the c-mmltteo on ways and means. Mr.
Brecklnrldgo of Arkansas , who has been
advising the conferees , said thai another
meeting wilh Ihe senale conferees would
not be necessary and that the house con
ferees could bring a report receding from
the agreement to the Senate amendments
and concurring In them ; which would pass
Ihe bill. The democratic managers of Iho
house were determined to finish up every
thing tcday. The bills Jor free sugar , coal
and Inn had already been prepared , and
Ihough rot reported from the ways and
means committee or in regular order , It
was explained thai Ihese preilmlnarlcs could
be dispensed wllh under a special order
from the committee on rules.
Speaker Crisp and Rejprescntat vo Catch-
Ings went Inlo session shortly after the house
met , nnd messengers vyeVe sent In every di
rection for Repiesentativo Oulhwalle. Iho
oilier denucrallc member of Iho rules com
mittee , as his vote would bo necessaiy to
carry out the program. It was understood
that Represenlallvo Oulhwalto was at Ores-
son Spllngs , bill n ( 2 oiclock lie put In an
appearance. Die republican members of
the rules committee had been called in at
12 30.
The commltlece on rules had another short
session. The republicans listened to the
terms proposed by the democratic members
and refused to accept them. The ilemo-
crals proposed allowing nn hour for debate
upon ncepllng Ihe senate amendments and
fifteen minutes on each of the other bills
which It was proposed to bring In as two
separate measures. apiL to allow no amend
ments to be offered to tlio bills.
WILSON'S PIUVATH VIEWS.
Chairman Wilson , lauthor of the Wilson
bill , prepared for the ( Associated press nt
the ciose of the cauciu { today a statement
of his views on tha tariff situation. The
statement 1s In Mr , Wllaon's handwriting
and gives distinctly bis position on Iho ac
tion of thu house InfncctIng ) tlio tariff bill
It Is ns follows i
"I cannot see where we failed to do any
thing wo could dp to bring about n bet
ter result. When 1 hive ( done the best , ac
cording to my capacity and. Judgment , I must
fall back on the consclqullcES of duty done
The difficulty which tie | > country must rccog-
nUo is that on1 the UrJrf question wo did
not have a democratic senate , and thai
whatever has been gained has been wresled
from a protective body , i have been willing
to take any , oven tlm most , desperate chances
that gave the least | ioeof [ ) success In get
ting rid of thu mofct objectionable senate
amendments and would have fought until
the 4th ot March It I had any ground to
stand upon and any following to sustain
no-
no"Wu have been confronted by a seriate
with closed ranks , fr.lillo wo have had
divisions from thu beginning that have b on
fermented from the senate and growing Im
patience of the members to get back to
their districts with anything that might be
called a tariff reduction bill , and mud ) them
unwilling to stay tinlena promise could bo
gtvtn of assured or probable victory Wo
could not honestly give such promises and
a man cannot continue1 a battle with his
army ready and eager to break away. "
M'MILLIN LOOKS ON THE BRIGHT 8IIK
Hopr tentative McMillln , one uf the demo
cratic liouio conferees KIIVP a statement ,
more In detail , aa to the effect of thu tariff
bill which would be enunled an a rcmilt of
todayjsactlon. He said "The effect ot
( Continued on Third Page. )
EARLY DATE I j NOT DESIRED
Democratic Stnto Convention Will Bo IIolJ
in Omaha Ccptombor 20.
LITTLE CONCESSION TO BRYAN WING
liunlncsH of btiito t'cntr.il Committed I.imt
Mght tome Oebitu Uier llu U of Iti'p-
rtscatutlim .Miirtlii .Mulir * Denials
A Llttlu l.otul I'olltki. .
The democratic state central committee
met at the Paxton hotel last evening , nearly
all of the members of the organization being
present , either by proxy or In person. There
was nothing In the deliberations of the com
mittee to attract especial notice. There was
no clash between the IJryan and the nntl-
Uryun factions. There were no strictures
upon the administration and no criticisms
upon the course of democrats who have re
cently evinced a disposition to wander Into
strange fields and to fall In worship at the
feet of strange democratic gods. It was
simply a quiet meeting of a few gentlemen
who recognized the fact thai Ihcy had to
call a convention and then go home.
It Is true that the two factions of the
Nebraska democracy were p-esenl. The
while wings wcro In Iho majority and they
used their majority for their own purposes.
Uul Iho few gentlemen who use only the
brand of democracy dispensed by William
Jennings Brjan accepted the situation wllh
good grace and swallowed Ihelr disappoint
ment , If disappointment there was , wlthoul
a grimace. There have been two factions In
the democratic state central committee ever
since Dry an led the democrats lo Ihe fork In
Iho road and painted the way down a broad
and easy descent to success for himself.
The llryan men on the committee wanted
an early convenllon. The administration
democrats who preferred the stralghl and
narrow way lo Iho smiles of tlio president
wanted a late convention. A canvass of the
committee revealed the fact that the ndmln-
Islrallon adherents lined up as follows ;
J. J. Mclnlosh , II. Gllkerson , J. U. Sheehan -
han , J. r. Crocker , Jacob Blgler , C. M. Hub-
ner , C. McIIugh , T. J. Shelbley , IL C. Phelps ,
T.V. . Smith , C. V. Pitcher , A. J. Sawyer ,
J. W. Karrcll , D. W. Cook , F. C. Marshall ,
A. S. Campbell , Euclid Mai tin , John Uern ,
M. J. Hughes , C. J. Furer , 11. E. Dunphy ,
T , Hrndshaw and r. E. Ueaiborn.
The minority was made up of the following :
Robert Clegg , F. J. Morgan , C. V. Gallagher ,
C. W. Pool , J. J. Holland , II. P. R. Millar
and C. E. Starrett.
When the committee mel last evening mosl
of Ihe names above given were on Iho sccre-
laiy's roll marked present. There were a
few proxies , Jim North coming In as n
representative from his district and J. II. j
DeVinney representing C. W , Pool of To- j
cumseh. Secretary Sheehan was not
presenl , and his place was filled by Ihe elec- i
tlon of Albert Watklns , who held a proxy I
for A. J. Sawyer.
MARTIN MAKES DENIALS.
Chairman Martin made a persflml state I
ment before he requested the secretary to '
call the roll. Ho staled that Ihe press ( he ' ,
used the noun in Its collective sense , although - '
though ho referred lo but one newspaper In.
Omaha , and that was not The Dee ) had
persistently misrepresented him in asserting
that he was actuated by personal motives
In declining to call the committee together
In order that an earlier convention might bo
held. He stilted' thatnhe press had asserted - ,
serted thai he had received hundreds of I
letters from democrats asking him for an
Immediate session of Ihe committee. The
tacts were , he said , that he had not re- ,
celved a single Idler from any democrat
who did not belong to the state central com
mittee. It had also been asserted
that ho was holding back the com
mittee meeting because he was a
candidate for the Missouri river com
mission. He denied thai he was a candidate i
or lhal ho had been a candidate. He also I
denied the statement that the committee '
had been packed by the anil-Bryan conven- I
lion which met In Lincoln last fall , and I
said that the committee was appointed by the
convention two years ago. After making
this statement the chairman directed Iho
committee's attention lo the real business
of the evening.
WILL MEET IN OMAHA.
The real business of the committee was
transacted quickly and with little friction.
The first thing was the designation of a date
for the state convention , and in order lo
get the matter before the house Dan Cook
of Beatrice moved that the state convention
meet on September 2C. After Cook's mo
tion had been duly seconded Rober' Clegg
of Falls City , one of the Biyan repre
sentatives , offered an amendment calling the
convention for September C. Evidently the
amendment was offered In Ihe vain hope
that some ot the administration democrats
had relented. But there had been no back
sliding among tho. faithful. The unlucky
amendment was voted down by a vote of
19 to 0 , and the original motion carried.
The Bryan wlnglet of Iho committee was
accorded recognition to Ihe e\tcnt that It was
graciously permitted to fix the hour for the
assembling of the convention. On mellon
of C. V. Gallagher of Omaha Ihe hour was
fixed for a o'clock in Iho afternoon. But
after this generous concession the white-
wingers declined to encourage any further
demonstrations of magnanimity. E. C.
Marshall moved thai Ihe convention be called
to meet In Omaha. DeVinney , Mr. Pool's
proxy , offered nn amendment designating
Lincoln ns Ihe place , but the amendment was
quietly laid away beside the one offered by
Clegg earlier In the proceedings. The con
vention will meet In Omaha.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
The basis of representation was not agro d
upon without some few exhibitions of oratory.
Campbell of the McCook land ofllco moved
that the several counties In the stale ba en
titled to representallon In Ihe convention on
the basis of one delegate lo every 100 vol s
casl for J. Sterling Morton for governor In
1S')2. ) Dan Cook suggested thai Ihere vvero
a number of counties In the state thai cint
but flvo or six democratic votes , and ho added
on amendment giving these minority counties
each a delegate Then O'Neill Ihoiight lhal
Campbell's proposition would not give a largo
enough convention , and EO he tacked on an
amendment giving each county a delegate nl
largo.
All of Ihls was unsatisfactory to Jim
North In the first place ho w.anted the
apportionment based on Iho vole cast for
Prank Irvine last fall. Then ho wanted
several other things which the committee
did not seem to understand. Finally O'Neill
moved as n substitute for all motions and.
amendments that each county bo entitled to
ono delegate at large and ono delegate for
pnch eighty votes or major fraction thereof
cajit for J. Sterling Morton in 1S32 This
satisfied everybody , and the matter was set
tled on that basis. This wlllvlvo the demo
crats a eanvent'on of 500 delegates.
There being nothing else to do , the com
mittee adjourned.
KiGKiu : ON TIM : t-Auriis.
UUsiUlHllml rirstnril Id piililUuns 1'ro-
l > os to .11 nil If } tint Ili-kft.
The firatul View Republican club of the
First vvurd mel at Fchrolto's hall at Second
and Pine strc.ts lasl nlglil for the purpose
of adding a few frills to thu caucus ticket
Thu club was organised Saturday night an u
recult of some dissatisfaction among the res
idents eaxt uf Seventh street with tip action
of the caucus of th preceding evening and
last night the plans ot thu malcontents wuro
consummated.
Pete Bark , as president of the now organ
isation , called the doyen or so of dtsicnters
to order and A It H < use ) was railed on ti >
state- the object of the Hireling llu pro
reeded to say that hr thought > 'i reas
something ot the cut and drlC'S order about
tne caucus and that th ) club bhoul ! go to
vork to show the politicians of the ward
that they had some strength In that vicin
ity Ho nverred that the action of the
caucus In appointing n commltto" ot seven
to recommend n Mate of delegates was
against his notion of political propriety , > nU
ho also took exception to two or three of Ihe
men who were nomlnvtid by Iho caucus.
The firsl of Ihcse numtlric'd by the
speaker was David Cole , who was charac
terized ns a man with prohibition affilia
tions. I'rank M Woollcy had been selected
to fight for his placj on Iho congressional
delegation C. S Elguttcr , according to
Mr. Hansel , was a good man , but ho llve'd
at the Bachelors' Quarters and was not a
resident of the ward. This was milllcle-nt
reason why Hnnry Bowman should be se
lected to take his place on the state dele
gation. John Parson , ho said , had been
thought the right party to go agilnsl Prank
Roslcky , although he failed lo assign Iho
reason why Mr. Roslcky was nol acceptable
to the club.
Pete Back , Johnathan Edwards and cne
or Iwo other members added their support
to the spciker's ncntlments , and then Ihe
secretary produced a petition which had
been prcpircd In anticipation of Ihe favorable -
able consldcrall n of the club A proposi
tion tint the members sign the petition nam
ing the cand dates ns prnp : cd by Mr Hon-
scl had no opposition , and after thai hud
been successfully accomplished a committee
was appointed to place tlio petition In the
hands ot the secretary of the county central
committee by S o'clcclc this morning.
Tor intrrtiiliinii : nt of Drlrgittrs
The committee from tl > Hamilton , the
Young Men's Republican and the Garficld
Swedish clubs held n Joint meeting last
night fcr the purpose of completing the nr-
rangcmcnls for Ihe entertainment of the dele
gates to thu republican state convention , to
be held In th s city.
Rcporls from nil cf Ihe hotels wcro re
ceived , the managers and proprietors agree
ing to give reduced rates to the delegates.
It was decided to print n folder showing
the location of the different hotels and the
prices which they will charge. These fold
ers will bo placed in Die hands ot boys and
distributed nl the trains us the delegates
arr.ve In town during Iho day before and on
the morning of the convenllon. The rooms
of Iho Hamilton Republican club were made
Iho headquarters of the committees and
also the headquarters cf the visiting dele
gates , so far ns gathering information is
concerned When they arrive in Ihe clly
Ihe intention Is to have them v.slt these
rooms , where Ihey will bo given Informa
tion regarding hotels , prices and the number
of men that each of the hostelrles can ac
commodate.
iiKi'iribti i-L.tvr.n Ji/.w.\ .
.Much AaHlly Alone tlio Cm Us of tlio
Hliick IllllH
DEADWOOD , S D , Aug. * 13 ( Special to
The Bee. ) Phcer mining along Whltewood
and Deadwood creeks Is being carried on
this year to a greater extent than during
any season since the placers of tliose creeks
have been "worked out. " Almost every
claim en those streams Is represented , and a
string cf slulco bo\es aie to be seen on every
hand. It is a mistaken idea , as the clean
ups of many parties have proved , that the
g Id has been nil washed out of these
streams , and , In the shallow diggings es
pecially , good pay is being taken out. Near
Crook City , on Whltewo d , work Is being
prosecuted on an extensive scale. J. A.
Chute , an old and practical miner , has put
in a flume 2,000 feet long , capable of hand
ling all the water of the creek , and Is workIng -
Ing ground which years ago had been
abandoned as vvo kclout. Tl af he s l)2lng well
paid for his work canncl be doubted , as he
lately Increased his force. Jusl above him ,
on the same creek , are others doing con
siderable work , and claiming to be taking
oat frcm 12 cents to 14 cents to the pan ,
which Is good enough pay even In a new-
country. Old t mes are recalled by the
actlvlly now going on along Ihe creeks , when
placer gold was Ihe only circulating medium
and quartm nlng was In an embryotic
state.
Colliipso of ii Yimlcton lliillillni ; .
YANKTON , S. D , Aug. 13. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) A two-story brick bulld-
Ing on Third street , owned and occupied by
John Novotny , dealer in harness and flro
arms , collapsed at noon today , the mass of
brick and timbers sliding into n new cellar
on an adjoining lot. A photographer and his
wife in the upper story escaped miraculously
and no one was hurt. Loss , about $5,500.
VltUblIKH JtV JOM > Ol" HOCK.
Tour Woikinvn Killed In Cnuilti ) Canon liy
a I'rrinatnrii l'xpli > sloii.
SHERIDAN , Wyo. Aug. 13. E. P. Galli-
gher , X. F. Walls , William Angove and John
Henrlckson , workmen engaged In con
structing n flume for floating tics In Granite
canon on Tongue river , thirty-five miles
northwest of Sheridan , were crushed to
death under fifteen or twenty Ions of rock
which rolled upon them after a blast had
been exploded.
lief nlli r KIIO\MI \VtomliiK. .
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Aug. 13. ( Special
Telegram to The Bee. ) Harry A. Gardiner ,
the defaulting cashier ot the Altoona , Pa. ,
bank , who eloped with a woman of that
town , leaving a wife and three children In
destitute circumstances , was formerly n resi
dent of Cheyenne. About six years ago ho
was employed In the binklng house of M E
Post & Co. of tills city , and he and his
family had a large circle of acquaintances
here.
ITiikmmii Hey Kllli il.
IIILLSDALE , Wyo. . Aug 13 ( Special
Telegram to The Bee. ) An unknown boy in
trying to get on a brake beam of a moving
train was killed almost Instantly this morn-
iu.ir\r MI\i\ti At///1 in.cinr.it.
Property Viilnril at Over Tour Million lol-
liirn Involved.
SAN FRANCISCO , Ang 13 A decision In
a mining suit Involving millions of dollirs
was rendered In the United States circuit
court today. The case Is thai of Iho Con-
nolldalcd Wyoming Gold and Sliver Mining
company against the Champion Gold Min
ing company Judge Beamy delivered the
decision , though it was rendered by Judge
Hiiwloy of Nevada. Thu action was for nn
Injunction and an accounting ot very valu
able mining property which has bo n In
litigation In the state and federal courts nf
Nevada for many years. Complainant and
rospondcnl own adjoining mining location ! )
The point In Issue was llio ownership of a
valuable lead or Icdga of ere running under
ground from tlio Wyoming mine Into thu
Champion property In his derision Judge
Haw Icy grants the accounting and Injunc
tion as prayed for. It Is ull ged that the
amount Involved In Iho suit Is some $1,000-
000 or more , and the Champion company
has already paid some $2,000,000 out In divi
dends which largely came from the disputed
ore.
Navy VAIII Try Uafthliigloii Coul
SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 13 The United
Stutcs monitor Monte-te-y Balled from Mure
Island nnvy yard today for Astutln , Oic ,
whence nhe will go to Pngct Sound to maku
pnirth.nl tests In lici furnaces of coal from
Huve'inl Wnslilngton minis I'ntll veiy re
cently nil of thu coal burned by tlio Pneltlo
minuliun IIIIH been puiclniHeil by the Nuvy
iep ! utni'Mil from llrltlsh Columbia mines ,
though stiuiig pintestH Imvu lepeiitedly
been made by commercial orgunUatlonti
of several I'nget Sound cities.
Nrttlnlltli Dili Kli'tn 01 Mm.
CHICAGO , Aug. n The members of the
Board of Truilu today , by n close vote , de
cided to lic'cept tin ) loni'CbslaiiB offered by
the elevator men In Heltlement of the ( Hill
eulty existing between them and the ( general
inembcislilp.
Mini muni * of Siii-dolni 'iU AIIKUH ! Ill ,
At Nc'W York Airlvod MlKHlsHlppJ , from
London
At Cilhr.ilUr Arrlvd Neckir , frmn Ni work
\ork
At LIverp ol Arrived C'tphnl < niu , figm
BoDton , Mongolian , ficni Montreal.
REVIEWED BY THE KAISER
Twclvo Thotisiutl Eel Gonti Pa's in Line
Before the Gorman Emperor.
BRILLIANT ARRAY OF BRITISH OFFICERS
\ vmiuiioro the Uniform of the
Itojiil Dragoon * mid l.eil Them
1'iint Hut Ket tuning
Hl.inil.
PORTSMOUTH , Eng. . Aug. 13. Emperor
William of Ucnniny crosscil o\or the Solent
from tlio southwest to this port on board tha
royal jacht Allicrtn Ills mnjcsty was re
ceived nt the dock yard by Admiral Sir
Howell Salmon , knlgtit connnniulcr of the
Hith , Victoria cross , anil start , nnil nil tlio
commanding officers of the garrison , Tlio
ships In the harbor \scrc dressed with bunt
ing anil guns from the forts anil war vessels
boomed forth salutes as the emperor landed.
After a short Inspection of the ilock yards
the emperor was escortcil to a special train
which conveyed him to Aldersliot camp.
At Aldersliot his majesty \\as received by
the iluko of Connaught , In command of the
district , anil by General Ht Hon. Sir Rcdvcra
II. Duller , knight commander of the Hath ,
Victoria cross , the adjutant general anil by
General Sir Francis Orenfell , grand cross of
St Michael and St. George , anil a largo and
brllllint staff.
Also In waiting nt the railroad station was
a squadron of. the First ( royal ) dragoons , ot
\\lilcli regiment the emperor Is honorary
colonel The Plrst dragoons hail been ordered
specialty from Ireland In order to act as
escort to his majesty.
Major General the Duke of Teck acted a a
tlio German emperor's perspnal orderly.
Great crowds of people cheered Emperor
William and his party as they rode toward
LilTam's pl.tco In order to rc\le\v the troops.
ALIJERSHOT CAMP , Aug 13 The re
view was the most successful affair , over
12,000 troops , Including 3,000 cavalrymen ,
turning out to do honor to Emperor William.
The latter wore the uniform of the First
( rojal ) dragoons and led that regiment past
the saluting point.
The emperor then stationed himself b"sldo
the duku of Connaught and closely followed
the movements of each corps as It passed.
KID or TIM : itumirs.
iVtintriiMu 1'ropimen to DlHposu of Her Sur-
phis to I iiglitiul.
VANCOUVER , B. C. , Aug. 13 The follow
ing Australian advices luuc been received
hero. The government of Now South Wnlea
Intends to Introduce the Australian rabbit
on the English markets by shipping them
In a fro/en condition. They hope to thus got
rid of the pest.
The New Zealand House of Representa
tives has passed a motion limiting the tlmo
of speech to half an hour for each speaker
and none are allowed to speak lo committee.
morq than four times or longer than ten
minutes.
At a political meeting held at Lucknowr ,
N. S. W. , last month , Sir Gsorge Glbbs , ex-
premier and an advocate ot free trade , wan
hustled off the platform by a mob and hooted
down.
A party headed by Bradshaw , a surveyor ,
while exploring west Australia last month ,
was attacked by blacks In 11 narrow defile.
A black servant of the party was speared
and the rest had a narrow escape.
By the steamer Maori King the experiment
of shipping live cattle to England Is belntf
tried. Twenty head were shipped. The cat
tle arc worth 4 10s In Austialla , but It la
thought they would fetch 15 to 20 In Eng
land
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Clan-Nii-Ciul Supporter * of oiistltiiUoimllHin
LONDON , Aug. 13. A letter published la
the Times today points out that the names
of the Clan-na-Gael ore conspicuous on the
list of subscribers to the Iilsh parllmcnt
party , which Air. Justin McCarthy has Just
made public , mentioning especially Mr. John
M. Smyth , Judge Thomas A. Mo run and
Mr. W. J. Hynes , all of Chicago.
The writer of tlio letUr referred to saya
that all the poisons mentioned uro active
participators In revolutionary schemes.
CHICAGO , Aug. 13. A story to the Lon
don Times , reported by cable , to the effect
that Judge Thomas A. Moian , Hon. William
J. HlncH and ox-Alderman J. Smytho of this
city were active members of the Clan-na-
Gael , was received hero with considerable )
hilarity. The local papeis burlesque the
story and publish humorous Interviews with
Mr. Smythe , the only one of the gentleman
at present In tlio city. Mr. nines , It Id
shown , so far from being connected with the
Clan-na-Gael , was prominently Identified
with the attempt to fasten the assassination
of Dr. Cronln upon that organization , and
that Judge Moran Is , at this moment , risking
Incarceration In n Urltlsli dungeon by openly
appearing on the streets of London during
his Hummer outing abroad ,
I'rru Oicrrim ultli InKiirKeiitrt ,
LONDON , Aug. 13. A dispatch to the
Times from Limn , Peru , Bays that smalt
groups of Insurgents uro scattered nil over.
the country and that there is a generally
unsettled feeling. Commerce and agricul
ture , therefore , are much disturbed. It la
added thal-Uio Insurgents' greatest strength ,
Is In the north , but they appear to have no
settled plan of campaign
General Caceres , It Is add d , assumed
the presidency without any manifestation ot
hoslllo feeling against him The now min
isters assumed ollleo yesterday Pnbllo
opinion Is apathetic regaidlng Iho appoint
ments.
_
'l n KiiIUIi | ViKKi'l * ( Hi nlilo.
LONDON , Aug 13 Lloyd's has Juat
posted as overdue two Liverpool vessels1 ,
the ship Sierra Madrona and the bark Afon
Ceanl. Tlio erews of the vessels number
seventy men. The Sierra Madrona Is a
Dritlsh ship and sailed from Tlplon Janu
ary 25 for Ilangoon The Afon Ceanl sailed
from Swansea January 4 for San Francisco ,
A life buoy and a pleco of wood were picked
up off Sicily later In January , both marke < l
Afon Ceanl , and about February 10 part ot
a lifeboat was also picked up which wus sup
posed to have belonged to the bark ,
Iso Intri Miitlon il Control for ICustla ,
ST PETERSBURG , Aug. 13. Considerable
excitement Is being experienced In regard to
the dispatch from London stating that It Is
Great Ilrltaln's Intention In propose that the
powers Intervene In the affairs of Corca with
thi ) view of obtaining the evacuation of that
country by China and Japan and the estab
lishment of International control. It Is stated
here that Russia would not permit this and
nliu would prefer to allow the war to con
tinue.
_
( Minimi III el ( ionii lo Japan.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 13 Up lo the present
there hus been no confirmation of the re
ported engagement between the Chinese Pol-
Yung squadron anil a Japanese licet.
The Chinese licet ueeniH to have disappeared
from the coast and Its whereabouts Is mys
tery. Report haii It that the Chinese war
vessels may ihor ly be heard from oft the
Japanese coast.
dolil I'umlng Into thi ! Mini , of
LONDON. Aug 13 Gold Is mill flovvliiH
Into the Dank of. England Supplies uro en-
route from various quarters , Including India.
Gold Is quoted today at Madrid at 1' . ' 2G , Vi
enna , 103 , Itomu , 11) ) , Duc'iioj Ayrcs , 2CO ,
lUemtsu of litlluiifi In
LONDON , Aug 13 For the weak endIng -
Ing Saturday lual there were 143 failures In
1'iiKlund and Wales , ugnnst 170 failures foi
the came uerlod uf ism.
