('l i;VELAND DOWNED.
.nOTHER victory for- sen
* ATOR HILL.
domination of Wheeler H. Feckhnm
t v, \v York u Member of the Doited
Mt,(„ supreme Court Rejected—Mar
,l„ or Kansas Votes for Conflrinatlon,
I IV(Ter, Vest and Cockrell Against—
jlaiitrs in the House. j
Irrkhnni Tamed Doom.
Washington, l''eb. 17.—By a vote of
w .u, the senates this afternoon
the nomination of Wheeler
11.’I’col; hum of New York as a mem
I,,..- nf tlie United States supreme
oiwi-;. Tisis was an increase of three
■ wr the majority against Mr.
jrtriji.Iowcr, the first of President
Clvvcland's nominees for the position.
l ii ’ rejection was due in largo part
to a h orse Republican votes added to
ll„, fallowing of Senator David B.
who has fought this nomina
tj,„, even more bitterly than he did
tj1!tt ,.f Mr. Ilornblower. Just what
le will gain by it is difficult to de
tonn i.' • for the president will cer
tainty never bow to his will or consult
Jjii, wisT.es.
The following is the vote subject to
Some alterations in the pairs which
juay make one or two changes:
Yeas Hate, Berry, Blackburn,
Drive, lhitler, Caffery, Call, Daniel,
Dixon. Faulkner, George, Hale,
Harris. Hunton, Lindsay, Mc
Dlier-on. Martin, Mills, Mitchell
of Oregon, Mitchell of Wisconsin,
Palmer. Pasco, Platt, Proctor, Ran
som. Squire, Stockbridge, Turpie,
Vilas. Yoorhees, White of Louisiana.
Total 31.
Nays—Aldrich,Allen, Allison, Came
ron. i'arey, Chandler, Cockrell, Coke.
Cullom. Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gall
jngcr. Oibson, Gorman, Hansbrough,
Hawlcv, Higgins, Hill, Hoar, Irby,
Jones- of Arkansas, Kyle, Lodge, Mc
Lanriu. IMauderson, Morrill, Murphy,
I’eftVr. Perkins, Powers, Pugh, Roach,
Slump. Stewart, Teller, Vest, Wash
bum. White of California, Wilson—
Total. 40.
Paired for Peekham: Camden, Gor
don. dray, McMillan, Morgan, Smith.
Paired againt Peckliam—Dubois,
Jones. Nevada, Pettigrew, Quay,
Vance. Wolcott.
Sherman and Colquitt did not vote,
but released their pairs.
DONE BY DYNAMITE.
California Bandits Wreck an Express
Train.
T.ns Angeles, Cal., Feb. 17.—Three
train robbers, two of them believed to
have been Evans and Morrell, the
notorious desperadoes, partly wrecked
a Southern Pacific express train at
Kosooc station at 1 o’clock this morn
ing in jured the engineer and fireman,
blow open the express car and
wounded the messenger and then car
ried off a large amount of money.
As the train, which carried many
passengers and an unusually heavy
wells Fargo express shipment, neared
the Iiuscoe switch. Engineer Thomas
saw too late that the switch was mis
placed and vainly tried to stop the
train, but he could not do it and the
engine and two fruit cars of oranges
went into the ditch, the engine turn
ing m-er and burying the engineer
and fireman. The two fruit cars were
a total wreck.
Throe masked men sprang up out of
the bushes and began a fusilade. A
few moments later a couple of dyman
ite bombs were placed under the ex
press car. the messenger refusing to
| °Pe;t the door and the whole side was
i blown off A Brakeman Foster as soon
j as, ho heard the shots ran to a
neigh! oring ranch house, where he
saw a light, got a team and drove
hack to Burbank and gave the alarm.
I he cannot tell how much the robbers
pet but it is probable that they clean
ed out the express car as they had
then-own way when he left.
'i lie wrecked engine went down the
bank ten feet. Engineer Thomas
jumped but Fireman Masters was
pinioned between the cab and tender
and died ns he was taken out.
Harry Edgar, the express messen
ger in charge of the Wells-Forgo car
W(1 the only person in it, described
jae ad air as follows: “The first thing
l knew was a terrible shock and I at
once knew there was a wreck, but of
cn‘1"sc' did not know what was the
matter. The explosion of a dy
nam.te bomb was the next thing
: _ ard at- the right hand door. I
"as standing near the center of the
i cajt "ben the bomb exploded. It
shuttered the, door into splinters and
fuc whole car was soon filled with
smoko. The robbers then began
snooting, warning me in the mcan
’jwe to open the door quickly. They
shoved a rifle into the door. I obeyed
’('em under the penalty of death,
two robbers came in and got all they
„°yl- I opened the Wells-Fargo box
ml they took what little silver there
as- I only saw two men.
besides Arthur Masters, the flre
Tk i*'1 un'!aown tramp was killed.
"fdls-Fargo express car was
... °f its entire contents.
...■fwoposseB of deputy sheriffs have
J st left for the scene.
Hawaiian Documents Called For.
"ashixotos, Feb. 17.—In the sen
* e to-day, on motion of Mr. Hoar, a
resolution was adopted requesting the
president, “if not incompatible with
t e Public interests,” to communicate
tup senate all records and dis
L . cs from Mr. Willis, the present
. nis'er to Hawaii, not heretofore
jnsmitted, especially that coinmuni
a fer from President Dole
Prr.ifving certain charges against the
conduct of Willis.
1 ranee Slowly Losing Population.
t.?A,iIS- l’eb.17.—M. Ferdinand Brune
'fr'/ Hie well-known writer, who was
■ "’i'tcti to the academy last night,
■i long address on journalism and
tnp • l)0Pulation said that the re
th “s 'ssued on January 1,1892, showed
the deaths for 1891 aggregated
‘"•U00 and the births 855,000.
^’Congressman licrr Smith Dead.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 17.—Ex-Con
fressman A. Kerr Smith died to-day
a complication of diseases, aged
' “cs. lie served in the Forty-third,
^"[“nrth, Forty-fifth and Forty
coth congresses.
CAME TO THE LAST.
Jane* E. stone, the Sextuple Murderer,
Executed.
JErreMONvuxs, I ml., Feb. l?.—
James E. Stone expiated his crimo on
^en/“>lows in prison house at
U.08 this morning. Tho sextuple
murderer kept up his air of bravado
ontil the last moment The death
warrant was read to him by Warden
fatten at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon. During tho reading Stone pre
served the same stoicism that was
characteristic of tho man during his
stay in the prison. IDs spiritual ad
viser attempted to bring him to a
realization of his np»r ormronA *~
death, but, in the language of the
warden, “he tried to the last to bluff
tlod Almighty and everybody else.”
Stone walked to the gallows with
out a tremor, and met his doom with
out a word of excuse for his horrible
crime. The animal in his nature was
exhibited to the last moment. His
neck was broken by the fall, and there
was no movement of the body after he
passed through the trap.
T he crime for which Stone was exe
cuted was the murder of the VVrattcn
family in their home on the night of
September 18, 1893. The family con
sisted of six persons—Mr. and Mrs.
Wratten and their three children and
Mr. Wratten’s aged mother. At first
it was thought to be the work of a
notorious gang which infested the vi
cinity, but later developments
showed it to be the work of one
man. and he was apparently a
fiend incarnate. Suspicion became at
tached to Stone, and lie was arrested.
At first he protested his innocence,
but later under strong pressure, ac
knowledged his guilt and named six
other men whom he declared were im
plicated in the crime. This was fol
lowed a week or two later by another
confession, in which he stated he
alone committed the murders. His
trial and conviction followed.
When the constable went to arrest
him Stone invited the officer to family
prayers, saying that lie would go with
him afterward.
After his conviction Stone wrote a
letter to liis wife in which he declared
he had sought and secured religion,
was happy and prepared to die, and
asked both she and the children to
meet him in heaven.
After his confession it was feared
that a mob would lynch him and the
guards at the jail were strengthened,
but the people finally cooled down on
being assured that Stone would surely
bang.
PLEASING TO NEITHER SIDE.
The Senate'* Oklahoma Town Site Bill
Not Satisfactory—How Call Saved It.
Washington, Feb. 17.—The bill to
compel the Rock Island railroad com
pany to erect and maintain stations at
Enid and Pond Creek in the Cherokee
strip, as it passed the senate, docs not
please any of the participants in the
fight. On the one hand the
railway people do not want to put
up and maintain the stations
because they are desirous of building
up their own adjacent towns. On the
other hand the settlers on the govern
ment townsites are opposed to the
amendment requiring the election tc
locate the county seats. They say
that they have invested their money
on the faith that the towns designated
as county seats by the government at
tho opening should remain the county
seats for five years.
The issue is the most important of
any raised here affecting the new por
tion of the territory. The bill goes
now to confer,eilce, the senate con
ferees being instructed to stand by
the obnoxious amendment. The Ok
lahomans may count themselves
lucky to have secured the adop
tion of the provision relating to the
depots, for the vote had gone against
the bill, when Mr. Call rushed from
his unfinished luncheon, napkin in
hand and with food filled mouth an
nounced his desire to vote. His affirm
ative vote made the tie, and without
the delay of an instant the vice presi
dent settled the fight for the time
being in favor of the territorial towns. :
OVATION TO M’KINLEY.
Pennsylvania RepubUcans Go Wild Over
Ills Appearance In rittsburg.
Pittsucko, Pa., Feb. 17.—A monster
Republican mass meeting was held
last night at which G. A. Grow, candi
date for congressman-at-large, and
Governor McKinley of Ohio were the
principal speakers. The immense hall
was literally packed with people long
before the hour announced for the
meeting to open.
Candidate Grow was the first speak
er anti received a rousing reception
when he appeared on the platform.
He made a strong speech dealing with
the tariff, and in conclusion scored
President Cleveland's Hawaiian policy.
When Governor McKinley was an
nounced the vast audience arose as
one man and the scene for five min
utes or more is beyond description.
After comparative quiet had been re
stored the governor began his speech.
He was interrupted every few minutes
with cheers and cries of “our next
nresident,” etc.,'and at its conclusion,
a mad rush was made for the platform
and he was literally carried out of the
hall.
A rromtnent Politician Arrested.
Sat.t Lake, Utah, Fob. 17.—Alma
Hague, member of the council of the
legislative assembly for the Fifth dis
trict and for eight years cashier of the
First National bank at Nephi, was ar
rested last evening in the legislative
hall on eomplaint of Bank Examiner
Zeph T. Hill, who charges him with
embezzling and misappropriating
824,470 of the bank's funds. Hague is
a prominent Republican politician and
has held numerous oflices.
A Munificent Gift
Washington, Feb. 17.—The cele
brated English painter, G. F. Watts of
tho Royal academy, has offered to
present to the United States govern
ment the painting, ‘'Love and Life”
which was on exhibition at the world s
fair. For its acceptance an act of
congress will be needed, and Secre
tary Gresham wrote to the committee
on foreign affairs requesting action.
Tho committee voted to report a reso
lution. The painting will be hung in
the reception room of the White house
as there is no national gallery in
which to place i*
BEHRING SEA HUDDLE
ALL PARTIES TO IT ARE DIS
SATISFIED.
Secretary Gresham D Is covers that Ko
Penalty Is Provided for Iafraetlons of
tha Agreement—Canadians Howl Be*
eases Their Leading Industry will be
Destroyed—An Arbitration that Pane
* Out Very Poorly.
Behring Sea Arbitration.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The sober
second judgment of both parties to
the Behring sea arbitration discloses
the fact that the agreement reached
by the arbitrators is not entirely satis
factory to either tho United States or
Great Britain. It appears, however,
that the dissatisfaction is based rather
upon matters of detail than upon any
objection to the broad principles upon
which the arbitration was based.
These matters are now the cause of
some concern to the two nations, and
for months past there has been much
correspondence and many personal in
terviews between Secretary Gresham,
Sir Julian Pauncefote and Minister
Bayard with a view to their adjust
ment
Senator Morgan who was one of
the arbitrators in behalf of the United
States, lias also been frequently con
sulted by the state department offi
cials in the effort to clear up certain
cloudy points in the agreement One
of the flaws which Mr. Gresham is
said, to have found in the agreement is
a failure to provide penalties for in
fraction of its provisions, and as it
would be_ of little avail to capture pel
agic sealing vessels only to have them
turned loose again upon the seal herds
as soon as tho case could be brought
before the courts, the secretary is try
ing to have this defect cured.
The United States is nble to punish
sealers brought beforo its courts, but
the Canadian law is defective, and
thus an international agreement is
desirable.
The Canadians also have a cause of
complaint. They appear to have dis
covered at this late date that the
rigid enforcement of the articles of
agreement would destroy their seal
fishing industry. They have brought
great pressure to bear upon the Brit
ish foreign office, with the result that
Sir Julian Pauncefote is now laboring
strenuously to mitigate the misfortune
of the Canadians by securing a consid
erable restriction of the closed zone
around the seal islands, within which
seals may not be taken by vessels, and
a shortening of the closed season,
which now extends from the first of
May until the last of August.
Necessarily some time is required to
complete the negotiations, and, pend
ing their conclusion, the British gov
ernment is making an effort to secure
a recall of the modus vivendi under
which operations in the seal waters
were governed last year.
But this suggestion has further
complicated the subject, as it touches
the rights under their lease of the
North American Commercial company.
Under the modus this company was
permitted to take only 7,500 seals last
year, and was thereby deprived of
the large income that might have
been realized under the terms of their
lease, besides being put to heavy ex
pense to feed the natives of the Sea
islands, who subsist upon the rook
eries.
So the company has entered an en
ergetic protest against the renewal of
the modus, and in this way they are
not without sympathy at the state
department, as the renewal would
subject this government to the loss of
revenue derived from the taking of
skins to an obligation to assist in the
maintenance of the natives, and also
because of a disagreeable clause in
the modus permitting the residence
on tlie Sea islands of two British in
spectors. This last feature is found
objectionable, not so much from any
fear of irregularities that might be
discovered, but because of its unpleas
ant suggestion of lack of confidence in
the integrity of our own treasury
agents.
In addition to this objection, tho
lessees of the island have declared
that under the modus the pelagic
sealers managed to take 100,00 skins
last season, while they were limited
to 7,500. Meanwhile there is need
for a speedy agreement of some kind,
as is evidenced by the frequency of Sir
Julian Puuncefote's visit to the state
department and the fact that already
a number of sealing vessels are re
ported to have cleared for the sealing
waters, and are consequently almost
beyond the reach of proper notice- to
change the regulations.
Mr. Gresham Wants More Money.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The secre
tary of the treasury has sent to con
gress a letter from the secretary of
state urging tho necessity of provid
ing the full amount of his estimates
for the contingent expenses of foreign
missions. For the fiscal year 1S05,
Secretary Gresham asked for 6105,000
—an increase of $t5.000 over 1894—and
also requested a deficiency appropria
tion of $15,000 for the current year.
Breadstuff and Provision Exports.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The monthly
treasury statement of the domestic
exports shows that the total bread
stuffs exportations during1 January
was $13,334,703, against $13,935,161
during January, 1893. The exporta
tions during the seven months ended
January 31, aggregated $109,927,568,
against $122,668,880 during the same
period of last year; exportations of
provisions for January, $4,048,143,
against $3,289,234 during January, 1893j
Her Slater Taken for a Burglar.
t Paducah, Ky., Feb. 16.—At Ban- :
dana, Ballard county, last night, Ida !
Powell, aged 30, thought she heard a :
burglar at the window and drawing a '
pistol from beneath her pillow, fired. |
A cry and fall followed and she found !
that she had shot and killed her sister ;
Patty, aged 28, who had gone to the
window for some purpose. >
Eloper Sarbott Set at Liberty.
Topeka, Kan:, Feb. 16.—A. H. Sack
ett, held here to stand trial for elop
ing with Miss Davenport of Indiana,
was discharged to-day, nobody ap
pearing to prostrate.
A HOU8B QUORUM.
■ow It U FropoMd to b* Obtained—4
', New Rule.
Washington, Fob, 10_The Demo
oretlo leaders of tho house have bees
considerably exercised of late ovci
tho disposition manifested by the Re>
publicans to force thora to produoe a
quorum upon all important proposl*
tions committed to the house. They
believe the Republicans uudor the
leadership of Mr. Reed are trying to
compel them to adopt the expedient
resorted to in the Fifty-first congress
of counting a quorum.
Journal Clerk Crutchfield, however,
has formulated a rule which will, in
his opinion, accomplish the same end
in a different way, and the question
of adopting it as an amendment to the
rules is now under consideration. It
is as follows:
Whenever upon a roll call a quorum
fails to appear, upon the demand of
any member the clerk shall certify a
list of the members not voting on
such call to the sorgeant-at-arms, who
shall deduct from the monthly com
pensation of each member so failing
to vote the amount of his salary for
one day; provided that this deduction
shall not be made in tho case cf a
member who is absent by leave of the
hnusn.
' It is pointed out that this rule would
simply carry out the provisions of ex
isting law, section 40 of the revised
statutes of the United States requir
ing that for every day a member of
the house is absent except on account
of sickness, the pay for such day
shall be deducted from his salary,
j Heretofore, however, the sergeant-at
arms has had no way of ascertaining
in an official way who was
absent. ■ This rule will simply
certify the list of aosentees to
him, only, however, upon occasions
when absenteeism caused a failure of
a quorum. It is believed that if the
salaries of members were deducted
when they refused to vote, the prac
tice of abstaining from voting upon
important roll calls would be spoeuily
discontinued, and it is very probable
that this method of stopping this
abuse will very shortly be adopted as
one of the permanent rules of the
house.
GOLD OUTPUT OF TUB WOULD.
Large Increase In the United States and
In All Producing Countries.
Washington, Feb. 18.—Returns re
ceived at the treasury department in
dicate that the gold output for 1893
will reach the almost unprecedented
amount of 937,000,000, an increase over
1893 of 91,000,000. In Colorado the
output has increased from 93,000,000
in 1803 to 95,000,000 in 1893, while the
gains in the gold producing sections
are unusually large. The Australian
production will carry the production
of the world it is thought to 9130,000,
000, which is an increase of 913,000,000
for the year. With one or two ex
ceptions this is the largest output
ever known,
j The gold fields of South Africa seem
to be rapidly taking the place of the
California and Australian fields and the
bonanza fields of the present decade.
Reports from the Witwatersrandt re
gion alone show a total product for
1893 of 1,478,170 ounces of ore, yielding
a product of refined gold of a value in
excess of 825,000,000. The production
in this region is increasing at an
astonishing rate and South Africa bids
fair during the present year to push
her way to the head of the list of gold
producing countries.
The figures for 1893 put Australia at
the head of the list with a production
of 933,870,000, the United States sec
ond at 933,000,000, Russia third at 834,
800,300 and Africa fourth at $23,703,
coo. __
UNION PACIFIC MATTERS.
Judge Caldwell Reads the Klot Aet to
Attorneys of the Receivers.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 16.—Attorneys
Thurston and Corwin of the Union Pa
cific receivers, who came here yester
day to endeavor to secure an order
harmonizing the contradictory opin
ions of Judge Dundy at Omaha and
J udges Hallett and Riner at Denver,
in regard to the receivers’ wages
schedule, have met with a surprise at
the hands of United States Circuit
Judge Caldwell.
After some desultory talk, Judge
Caldwell said to Air. Thurston that
the receivers had taken advantage of
the men behind their backs. “Go
back to Omaha and revoke that or
der,” he continued. “Then I will
take your case. Prepare and adver
tise your schedule and give the men
notice—I think that sixty day3 might
not be unreasonable. I will then come
to Omaha and hold a conference with
your receivers and the representatives
of the labor societies, and we will see
if we cannot agree upon a schedule
that will be just to the employes and
will be such as the receivers can af
ford to pay.”
TO TEACH GOOD COOKING.
Secretary Morton Favors a New Branch
at Agricultural Schools.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The granges
and alliances have not bothered Sec
retary Morton so much but that he
has found timo to publish a bulletin
of peculiar interest. It was prepared
by Edward Atkinson, who advocates
the establishment of food laboratories
for the study of the economical nutri
tion of man and the art of preparing
food, in connection with the agricul
tural experiment stations of the
Lnited States. He urges that “there
is yet no popular science of cooking;
there is now wide-spread ignorance
on the whole subject resulting in a
waste which is not only unprofitable
but noxious in its iniluence on the
general health of the community.”
The Felloe General In F.rU That No
Leniency Should Be Shown.
Paris, Feb. 1G.—The impression is
general that a special system is neces
sary to punish bomb throwers and
that when caught redhanded they
should be tried by drum head court
martial and guillotined immediately,
without the chance to pose as heroes.
The police officials are said to have
received advices from London that the
Hotel Terminus explosion was only
part of a plot arranged by Henry and
his associates, which included an ex
plosion in the Paris opera honse. The
police are looking for Henry's three
accomplices.
ISSUES OF THE DAT.
TOUCHED UPON BY EX-PRESI
DENT HARRISON.
extract from u AUrm Before the Lin
coln Langae Globe at Indiana—Be Does
Hot Think that Becaoee Be It Kx-Prea
Ideat Be la Therefore Oat of Polltlee—
The Demoeratle Tariff Plana Mildly
Crltlelaed—McKinley Boomed for Free
Ideat.
Ex-President Harrison Ppsakt*
,/lNDiAWAPor,is, Ind., Feb. IS.—The
representatives of Lincoln League
clubs of Indiana, last night met In
mass convention in Tomlinson hall.
Invitations had been sent to ex
Speaker Reed, Governor McKinley of
Ohio, ex-President Harrison and
many other prominent Republicans.
Several letters of regret were read
and speeches were made by ex-Presl
dent Harrison, Colonel Tom Nelson of
Terre Haute, Colonel Frank Posey of
Evansville, and others.
The president of the Indiana Lincoln
League having briefly introduced Mr.
Harrison, the latter said:
"Mr. President, Ladles and Gentle
men:—There are some who hold that
an ex-presidcnt should be a deaf rnuto,
but this I am inclined to doubt. A
man who has been honored by his fel
low citizens with the highest place in
the government oughtnot to have less
interest in all things that concern the
prosperity and happiness of the peo
ple or the glories of this great country
than he had before he took office.
"I have not in view at' present the
entering into a discussion of the in
tense questions that are burning at
the heart of the American people. I
have only said this in the nature of an
introduction by way of caveat or no
tice, if you please, that some time in
the future when the people wish it,
and I think the occasion tilting, 1
shall address you upon the prominent
questions of the day.
“The present state of the country is
not one of prosperity. We, as a na
tion, were recently prosperous, but
this was not due to any one man. It
was the result of a definite policy
adopted and put into force. The pres
ent distress we are now ‘enjoying’ is
not duo to any one man, but is due to
the threat that this old established
policy is to be reversed and a new one
instituted. That is the cause of tho
trouble.
"I am not one of the ancient land
marks, but my memory runs back to
tho days when such mm as Thomas A.
Hendricks and Joseph E. McDonald
were tho leading spirits in the Indiana
Democracy and the exponents of tho
party’s principles in this state. Often
have 1 heard my late lamented
friend, Mr. McDonald, expound the
Erinciples of the Democratic party.
le often and often said that
one of the most important
principles of tho Democratic party in
this state was that tho national reven
ue of this great government of ours
should bo raised by customs duties
levied upon such articles as not to
harm the interests of the laboring
man or the agricultural classes. These
were the words of the great McDon
ald. Had the Wilson bill been con
structed upon a principle such as this,
there would have been no harm done
and our national calamity would have
been averted.
"Hut thero has come a new gospel.
A new creed has been adopted by the
Democratic party, and they have now
promulgated a theory which resorts to
extraordinary and outrageous systems
of taxation. They want to revive the
iniquitous direct taxation as the means
of raising the revenues of the national
government. They want to tear down
the grand system of customs duties by
which our factories were reared and
our advanced prosperity acquired and
maintained.
“I used to hear much of war taxes.
They were onerous in the extreme,
for they searched out every means,
fair or foul, by which to fill the gov
ernment and searched out every pos
sible source of revenue, while the tax
gatherer laid hands on all. Hut as soon
as tho country was relieved from
the distress and exigencies of the
war these taxes were stopped.
"I remember while in the senate of
voting to repeal the stamp duties on
patent medicines and perfumery, the
last of the odious direct taxation. And
now those who cry out against these
very same war taxes want us to re
turn to the same burdensome system
that never was intended to be used ex
cept in time of war. They hold that
the revenues of the government by
means of customs duties must bo re
duced at the expense of the American
[ factories, American workmen and
American farmers, to be substituted
I by this same old and discarded war
method. m
i “It is a Republican principle that
all legislation shall have for its prime
object the creation of work for and
t the protection of tho comfort and
prosperity of the laboring man. The
national government is bound by the
same duties as the city council or tlio
board of county commissioners, and
this duty must be fulfilled strictly in
order that American mills may keep
alive the fires in their furnaces.
“Hut I have been led by your kind
ness to intrude further and at greater
length than I had intended. [Cries
“hear,” “go on.”
‘,1 hope that this meeting will re
sult in renewed activity in every
quarter of the state of Indiana. I
thunk you gentlemen for your atten
tion.” [Applause.]
STILL ON THE BLAND BILL.
Various Members of the House Express
Their Views on Seigniorage Coinage.
Washington, Feb. 15.—At the open
ing of the house’s session, this morn
ing, the resignation of Representative
lirawley of South Carolina, appointed
United States district judge, was read
and placed on file.
Mr. Hunter of Illinois rose to a ques
tion of privilege and made a lengthy
explanation of his .votes on agricul
tural implements and diamonds while
the tariff bill was being considered in
i the committee of the whole.
! Mr. Reed asked unanimous consent
I that the oath be administered to
Messrs. Quigg and Strauss, the newly
elected members from New York,
whose credentials had arrived. There
was no objection and their colleagues,
Hum Cummings and OanjAf,
escorted them to the bar of the house,
where they were sworn in.
Mr. Bland then moved to go into
eommlttee of the whole for the fur*,
ther consideration of the seignorage
bill and tried to reach an agreement
with the opponents of the bill to close
general debate this afternoon at 5
o'clock, but Mr. Reed called for the
regular order. *
Mr. Btono of Kentucky, resuming
the debate, said that there was a de
ficiency in the revenuos of the govern
ment and that there would be a larger
deficiency no one would deny. The
first section of this bill proposed to
coin a surplus assot of the govern
ment to meet a part of this defloienev-,
W. C. T. U. AND WHISKEY TAXES.
■•■•tor Fry* Fraaent. n retltton A|aLu| ,
Recognition—Tlta Strip Matter. |
Washington, Feb. 15.—'The whisky
tax and the position of the \V. C. T. U.
on the question was brought up in the
senate this morning by Mr. Frye, who
stated that he had observed re
cently a statement that the W. 0.
T. U. hnd petitioned congress for an
increase of the tax on whisky. On
examination it had been found that
such petitions had really been, pre
sented to the house committee on
ways and means. These purported to
be signed by officers of the union in
remote Western towns. Letters had
been sent to these towns and it
had been found that no person lived
in the locality bearing the names
signed to tho petitions. "I have
the pleasure now,” said he,
"of presenting a remonstrance from
tho national W. C. T. U. in forty-four
Btates and three territories, and these «,
excellent women do not believe that
tho United States ought to enter into
co-partnership in either the manufac
ture or sale of intoxicating liquors.”
Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts pre
sented a resolution which was adopted
calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for the record in the case of the
investigation of the Boston custom
linuse.
The house bill to compel the Rock
Island road to stop its trains at Enid
and Round Pond in Oklahoma came
up as the unfinished business, and Mr.
Palmer of Illinois, took the floor in
favor of it. He argued that the peo
ple of these towns wero suffering a
wrong and injustice and that it being
within tho power of congress to afford
relief this bill should be passed with
out delay.
Tho debate dragged heavily. Tha
representatives sent hero by Enid and
Pond Creek sat in the reserved gallery
and looked down on empty chairs.
Mr. Carey of Wyoming spoke very
briefly and heavily against it. Then
Mr. Martin began an argument for
the bill.
NO VETO FOR BLAND’S BILL.
Mr. Beyner Declare. That the Fr.nUl.nt
Will Sign It. ' ‘ I
WAsniNqTON, Feb. 15.—Congressman
Raynor of Maryland, who has been
recognized as an authorized inter
preter on the floor of the house of the
president’s financial policy, said ex
plicitly to-day that if the present
ltland silver seigniorage coinage bill
should pass congress Mr. Cleveland
would not veto it.
Mr. Rayner’s single statement is
worth an ocean of gossip A few T
days ago ho said that he thought that
the president would return the bill to
congress if it went to him. Since that
declaration lie has been.conspicuously
identified with Mr. Tracy and Mr.
Cochran in the discussion of compro
mise measures and amendments with
Mr. Bland. 5)
Those compromises which sprang
up Monday under such favorable
auspices only to fail of adoption yes
terday morning because of the refusal
of the silver men to countenance is
further issue of short time emergency
bonds, were said to be all that could
save tho bill from a veto. But now
comes Mr. Rayner with tho declara
tion, privately made it is true but with
seeming authority, that tho president
will not veto the measure.
This news has crept about and given 1
much comfort to Democrats who de
sire to go back to their constituencies
in the guise of men who have done
something tangible for silver.
Mr. Rayner contemplates offering an
amendment to the pending bill au
thorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue three per cent bonds for 950,
000,000, running ten years in case the
necessity should arise.
METHODIST LEADERS CONFER.
The Boob Committee to Consider the Se
lection of General Conference l'laoe.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 15.—The book
committee of the Methodist Episcopal
church met at 10:30 o’clock to-day and
remained in session two hoars, when
a recess was taken until afternoon.
Tho greater portion of the time was
occupied in presenting reports, ap
pointing subcommittees and listening
to resolutions.
The central point of interest is the
selection of the place for tho general
conference of 1890. Delegates in the *
interest of Boston, Saratoga, Cleve
land, Detroit and Indianapolis were
busy urging their respective claims.
Cincinnati has decided to make no bid.
There seems a decided leaning ip
favor of In'dianapolis.
Crazed by Hi. Son'. Death.
Chicago, Feb. 15.—J. McDonald,who.
is connected with the R. T. Dunn com
pany, entered tho Illinois Trust and ,
Savings bank to-day and crying that
he wanted to kill someone pointed a
revolver at Secretary W. H. Hinkle’s
head. The man was overpowered and
locked up. His son died in Santa Fe
recently and this is supposed to have
affected his mind.
Girls as Dynamite Conspirators.
Lixcols, 111., Feb. 15.—Ida Shcllos
and Georgia Williams, the two girls
charged with entering into a con
spiracy to destroy the Logan county
jail with dynamite to effect the re
lease of Arthur D. Coodpastuer, the
convicted leader of a gang of young
thieves and swindlers, were bound
over to-day to await grand jury action.
In default of bail they were sent to
jail.
The St. Paul chamber of commerce
has adopted resolutions against the
income tax provision of the Wilson
bill.
