Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SUGAR INQUIRY.
|tHE CHAROES MADE IN MR. ED
WARDS’ LETTER.
pcrM-tarjr CarlUle Explicitly- Denl«a All
of Them Save One—He Uave the Sugar
Magnate a Letter of Introduction to
the Texas Senator, but the Latter De
clined to Receive It—Examination of
Senators Mills and Harris.
The Sugar Trust.
Washington, Juno 2.—The sugar
mist investigating committee late
yesterday afternoon examined Sena
tors Harris and Mills and concluded
the sitting for the day with the testi
mony of Secretary Carlisle, tvho
denied explicity all charges made in
Mr. 13<lwards’ letter, except one. This
one was the assertion that while con
ferring with the committee he, Car
lisle. on one occasion, at the sugges
"ii of the members of the commit
tee, and using their figures, put a
sugar schedule into shape, ns he did
other paragraphs in the bill. This,
the secretary said, he had done. He
declared he had not made such a
v isit as he was represented as making
to the committee to demand the sugar
interest be cared for in.thgitlcift bill
because of the Democratic-party’s ob
ligation to the sugar trust.
The examination of Senator Harris
and Mills completed the iuqury among
iembers of the finance committee
nd senators who assisted in the pre
paration of the bill. Both senators
denied uny knowledge of the sugar
trust in connection with legislation,
and also denied that Mr. Carlisle had
demanded protection for sugar.
Senator Mills was asked if it was
t rne. as had been reported, that Mr.Car
lisle had given Mr. Havemeyer of the
sugar trust a letter of introduction to
Idinself. He said this was a fact, but
he had declined to receive the letter.
Vice President Stevenson has signed
Cue certification of Schrivcr and
13dwards to the district attorney.
This is the formal order made under
the law of 1857, under which it is pur
posed to try to punish Edwards and
tSohriver for withholding names of
persons giving them information.
THE EDITOR BACKED DOWN.
Owens, Breckinrldgo's Opponent, the
Hero of a Sensational Proceeding.
Lkxington, Ky., June 2.—A most
sensational and exciting’ scene took
l)Uicein the editorial room of Charles
C. Moore, editor of the Lillie Grass
Blade. There were present VV. C.
Owens, candidate for congress against
Breckinridge, C. C. Moore, General W.
>1. Gentry and J. Walter Leake, a
friend of Mr. Owens, and a corres
pondent of the Post.
Owens said to Moore; “I have come
to see you about the lying, scurrilous
letter which I understood you have
received from Jetts Station, post
marked Georgetown, in which my
character is attacked in a most shame
ful manner. You say you believe the
letter to be a forgery, and yet you
will print it in the Blade. I have
this say, we both have been men of
pcaee, and I have tried to do right,
but if you publish that letter we will
be so no longer, and you must stand
the consequences.
“If published, it will reflect serious
ly on ladies of Frankfort, and will
besides be sent to my mother and
sisters. That I cannot and will not
stand. What I have to say to you is
that I ask no favor of you, do not
want you to defend me, and will not
have that letter published or scatter
ed broadcast when I have already
denounced everything in it, and any
one who circulates it is a liar and a
scoundrel.”
Moore began to explain that he was
doing this to defend Owens, but
Owens shut him off, saying that he
did not want to be defended by
Moore. Then Moore asked to be al
lowed to read the letter, which he did.
The letter was dated Jetts, Ky.,
May 27. Moore had headed it, “How
Bill Owens is Everlastingly Ruined.”
The letter makes grave charges
against Owens of immorality and
gambling, and is signed by L. Crutch
er. The postmark of the letter is
Georgetown, and the postmaster of
that place has just come in to say that
the postmark stamp is a forgery.
Moore then backed down and said
if Owens wished it he would not pub
lish the letter. To this Owens replied
that he would say nothing but that
the letter had better not be published.
Moore then agreed not to print it.
PACIFIC RAILWAY DEBT.
Bouse Committee Order a Bill Drafted
Providing for Settlement.
Washington, June 2.—The commit
tee on Pacific railroads has ordered a
bill drafted for its further considera
tion, embodying the following
provisions in regard to the Union
Pacific railroad; The time of agree
ment between the government and
the railroad company for settlement
must be accompanied by an agree
ment on the part of the company to
cancel the first mortgage within the
limit, and no extension longer than
fifty years should be considered.
It was further agreed that the com
pany must pay 3 per cent interest in
stead of 2, as provided in all other
hills drafted for consideration.
If this bill is reported there will be
a minority report still further curtail
ing the time in which the railroad
must meet its obligations.
Two JSew «•Immortals.”
Paris, June 2. —M. Paul Bourget,the
author ol “Cosmopolis,” etc., and M.
Albert Sorel, the historian, have been
elected members of the French acad
emy to succeed the late Hippolylte
Adolphe Taine and Maxime du Camp.
The Goulds Assessed oa Ten Millions.
New York, June 2.—Although the
heirs of Jay Gould have all filed affi
davits in the department of taxes and
assessments declaring that they are
no longer residents of this city and
are therefore not liable to be taxed
upon their personalty, the tax com
missioners have decided to tax them
upon the original amount fixed upon
the books—#10,000.000 in personal
property. This is the same amount
upon which the Goulds were assessed
last year,' when the city claimed #182,
000. The heirs paid under protest
And the matter is still in dispute.
THE SUGAR DEBATE BEGUN.
Mr. lUndmoa Opiu In Bohalf of Boot
Halier*.
Washriotos, June 2.—A large horse*
shoo of roses rested, when the senate
met to-day, on the desk of Senator
Proctor of Vermont, in honor of his
03d birthday.
After Mr. Hoar had presented a pe
tition from the ‘‘New England Indus
trial army” asking legislation which
would guarantee work to the unem
ployed, and it had been referred to
tho committee on rules, Mr. Hill’s
resolution to instruct the investigat
ing committee to throw open its doors
to the public went over without
prejudice, as did Mr. Dolph’s resolution
to bring E. J. Edwards, one of the
contumacious witnesses, to the bar of
the senate for contempt.
Ihe tariff bill was then laid before
the senato and the great battle over
the sugar schedule began. • The Mc
Kinley law placed raw sugars on the
free list, imposed half a cent on ro
fined sugar; and gave a bounty of 3
cents to tile sugar growers. The house
bill repealed the bounty and placed
all sugars, raw and refined, on
the free list The first bill re
ported from the finance committee of
the senate gave a specific duty of
from one cont to 1.285 per pound
according to polariscopic test. The
“compromise” amendment which is
now before the senate, made the
sugar schedule go into effect January
1, 1895, the rates being forty per cent
ad valorem on all sugars, raw and re
fined, one-eighth of one cent addi
tional on sugars above sixteen Dutch
standard, with an additional one
tenth of one cent a pound on sugars
from countries paying export boun
ties. It also continued the sugar
treaty with Hawaii.
Mr. Manderson took the floor as soon
as Mr. Jones had formally proposed
the compromise amendment and made
a plea for protection in behalf of beet
sugar raisers who he declared would
soon rival cane producers.
KELLY’S ARMY DISRUPTED.
Speed's Followers Capture Twenty-Eight
of the Boats After a Scrimmage.
St. Louis, Mo., Juno 2.—General
Kelly stole a march before dawn on
Scceder Speed by secretly putting all
the rations on board a commissary
boat undey guard. Ho tried also to
take the hospital tent, but as there
were a number of Speed men in it he
was prevented. Then the army started
from St. Louis on its voyage. As the
Speed men refused to vacate their
boats about 100 of them were carried
off. These latter acted peaceably
enough until they got into mid
stream, when they cut loose with six
teen boats and made for the Illinois
shore, carrying fifty Kellyites with
them. They landed somewhere in
tho neighborhood of East St. Louis
and told the Kellyites to clear out.
They did, but succeeded in getting
across to Missouri to join their com
mander.
Speed succeeded in holding twelve
other boats and, as Kelly's forces
have been rebruited by about 200 men
since he landed here, he was not able
to get all his force on his boats. The
navy dropped slowly down the river
to Nagle avenue, where they landed
to cook breakfast.
Speed remained at the camp with
part of his men and will depart later,
going overland and selling his boats
on the east side if possible.
THE WEALERS FOILED.
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Steal n
Train.
Topeka, Kan., June 3.—The Topeka
commonwealers, led by ex-Adjutant
General Artz, who for the past week
had been waiting for an opportunity
to start on their way to Washington
without paying their way, were
marched about more than usual dur
ing the early part of last evening and
General Artz gave it out that he
would, start them on their journey at
7 o’clock this morning. This, how
ever, was only done to disarm sus
picion, for towards midnight the men
began to straggle down to the Santa
Fe railroad yards, congregating in the
vicinity of Second street where a
stock train for Kansas City stood
ready to start for Kansas City. Artz
was not recognized in the crowd, but
G. C. Clemens was on the gr&und and
directed the movements of the men,
who swarmed on the roofs of the cars.
Yard men and the train crew or
dered the men to leave, but these
orders were not obeyed. On the con
trary the number on the train in
creased until they were fully fifty on
board. Finally Division Superintend
ent .McClellan was informed by tele
phone of the situation and he gave
orders for the train to be held in the
yards until the tresspassers should
leave. This had the desired effect
and the men abandoned the train.
Later, while the railroad men stood
guard, engines in front and behind
hurried the train out of the yards,
leaving the wealers behind. Other
frieght trains followed the cattle
train and the railroad men stood
guard till daylight but no further at
tempt was made.
It was said that it was Artz's scheme
to get the men to Kansas City and
from there start on a journey of his
own independent of Sanders or any
other general.
Carl Browne Write* a Letter*
Washington, June 3.—Carl Browne
has sent a letter to Justice Field oi
the supreme bench, asking1 his release
from the district jail, stating that he
is being detained there unlawfully.
Justice Field turned the paper over
to the clerk without comment. Rep
resentative Hudson has been prepar
ing a writ of habeas corpus in the case
of the imprisoned C'oxcyites, but was
forestalled by Browne’s action.
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Still No Funston Case Action.
t Washington, June 3.—The house
elections committee, for quite the
twentieth time, failed to muster a
quorum to-day and the Moore-Funston
case went over. Colonel Moore was
hopefully present and is as sanguine
as ever to no presently profitable pur
pose.
Judge Gray Dead.
Nevada, Mo., June 3. — Probate
Judge II. P. Cray, aged 75, died this
morning after several days’ illness.
He served as probate judge for Ver
I non county the past fourteen years.
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AGRICULTURAL DATA
A MAMMOTH INVESTIGATION
CONTEMPLATED.
A Movement that Will Reqalra m Im
mense Amount of Research—Thu Au*
haul Yield ot Agricultural Products
Since Organisation of the Government,
Their Cost of Production. Transports*
♦Ion to Markets, and the Market Prices.
A Mammoth Investigation.
Washington, May SI.—An invest!*
Ration of mammoth proportions and
involving an immense amount of re
search is contemplated in a provision
contained in the bill making appro
priations for the department of agri
culture for the next tiscul year
which recently passed the house.
Of the #100,000 allotted to the
statistical division of the depart
ment bill, $15,000 is to be expended
in the collection and tabulation of
data, showing as far as possible the
annual yield since tho organisation of
the government of all agricultural
products, their cost of production an
nually, the cost of transportation
each year from the place of produc
tion to the market, and the market
prices. The tabulation, so far as
practicable, is to be made by states
and subdivisions thereof.
Pending action on the appropriation
bill by the senate no steps have been
taken by the department having in
view the beginning of the investiga
tion proposed. In conducting such an
inquiry the department would, of
course, have to depend for much of
its information on reports touching
the matter of farm products and
wages already published.
One of the most complete reports
available on the subject is that made
by a committee of the senate in the
first session of the Fifty-second con
gress. It was an investigation into
the general subject of the effect of
the tariff laws on imports and exports,
tho prices of agricultural and manu
factured articles and on wages here
and abroad. The committee di
vided the whole subject matter
into two parts and pursued its in
quiry on the lines thus determined
upon. _ A portion of the report made
by it included the matter of prices
and wages for several years previous
to the time at which the investigation
was commenced, and another portion
was devoted largely to details re
lating to the course of wholesale
prices and wages from 1840 to 1801.
TALK ON BIMETALLISM.
An Address on Its Relation to Agricul
tural Depression.
Edinburg, May 31.—An important
tpecch, touching' upon wheat, silver,
gold and American mining, railroads
and land mortgages, was delivered
here yesterday by the Rt. Eon. Henry
Chaplain, Conservative, president of
the board of agriculture in Lord
Salisbury's government. The speech
was an address to a crowded confer
ence of the Scottish members of
husbandry, and had for its subject
“Bimetallism in Relation to Agri
cultural Depression.”
The speaker declared that agricul
tural depression was chiefly due to
steady and heavy falls in the prices of
produce, which he claimed was due
to the monetary changes of 1853 and
could only be stopped by reverting to
the previous monetary system. No
body could foresee where the present
prices would end. According to the
latest table, the fall from 1873 to 1893
of 40 per cent in wheat amply illus
trates this. The British commission
ers, he added, studied the price of
wheat in America in 1879, and be
lieved that it could never be exported
cheaper than 40 shillings per quarter.
Continuing, he said, the majority of
farmers believe that the fall in prices
is due to foreign competition and that
the remedy was protection. But the
fact that half the countries of the
Continent and the United States,
while imposing the heaviest duties on
imported produce, complain of agri
cultural depression, refutes this argu
ment, Mr. Chaplain asserted.
Touching upon the farmers of
'America he said that they especially
were being ruined and becoming
bankrupt faster even than the British
farmers. Others contend that over
production is responsible for the fall
in prices; but he claimed statistics
show that the production of wheat
has decreased, although the prices
have fallen. Therefore, from the
point of view of tlie speaker, it was
farcical and ridiculous to attribute the
fall in prices to that cause. The real
cause, he said, was the demonetization
of silver in 1873, and the subsequent
divergence of the relative values of
metals which enabled the silver-using
Countries, like India, to export wheat
at the present low price.
Mr. Chaplin also said: “And if sil
ver continues to fall there is no rea
son why wheat should not cheapen
indefinitely. We propose as a remedy
an international agreement to revert
to the system which prevailed prior to
1873. The failure of the Brussels
conference is no argument against
this, as it has since been clearly
proved that nothing but the action of
the English delegates broke up the
conference. Chancellor Von Caprivi’s
subsequent explanation of the con
duct of the German delegates con
clusively proved this to be a fact.”
Mr. Chaplin reviewed the bimetallic
movement on ‘the continent and
pointed out especially the importance
of President Cleveland obtaining
power to re-summon the conference,
adding: “My answer to the argument
that an agreement as to the ratio be
tween silver and gold is impossible, is
that the bimetalist will.accept any
ratio rather than continue as now,
and silver is so sensitive that its mar
ket price will conform to any fixed
international ratio. The increased
output, consequent upon such an
agreement, would in our opinion, not
affect the matter in the least, as it
would be infinitesimal compared with
the immense exporting mass.
Destructive Hall Sterna.
Bkm.kvii.de, Kan., May 31.—The
most destructive hail storm this sec
tion ever knew struck here last night
at midnight. Its extent is not
known. The growing corn and all
small grain as well as the gardens are
pounded into the earth. Fruit is
knocked from the trees and small
branches and leavps cover the ground.
A FLOOD AT PUEBLO.
PMT Nwn MUm ol <bg cctr Cndts
Waltr.
PlrKBt.Ov Col., May 81.—Four
breaks in the levee of the Arkansas
river on the north stile and two on the
south side, due to high waters onused
by fierce rain, hnvo flooded many
blocksof business and residence sec
tions of this city. The losses are es
timated at $3,000,000,
At 8:10 o'clock last night the fire
alarm whistle sounded warnings to
the residents of the lowlands and
soon the first break occurred in the
levee, on the north side just west of
the Main street bridge. The water
rushed In in torrents and flooded
the block from the river to
Richmond avenue between Union
avenue and Main street Then came
the other breaks and soon all the
lower bottoms of the city were under
water. On South Union avenue sev
eral buildings south of C street fell in
and in the Union depot there was two
feet of water in the waiting rooms.
About 3 o'clock this morning the
water began slowly to recede and it is
believed that all danger is past Hun
dred of people, men, women and chil
dren, are congregated in the city hall
and armory waiting until the waters
go down-and they can go to their
homes, which will be untenable for
some days. Mayor Strait issued a call
for all men for whom it was possible
to assemble at the city hall at 7 o'clock
this morning to begin the work of re
pairs.
The flood was probably caused by
the very extensive rains in the Arkan
sas valley above Pueblo, which have
been pro valent for the last forty
eight hours.
. A man was drowned at the lower
end of the Santa Fe while attemting
to cross the water at that point, and
it is feared that several others have
perished. All houses on Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets are
filled with water, varying from two
feet to ten, according to the heights
of the foundations. On several
streets the water is very deep and the
current as swift as a mill race.
FOUR SQUARE MILES FLOODED.
Tho street lights went out about
13:30 o'clock, the basement of the city
power house being brim full of water.
Grave fears are entertained for the
new levee on the south Bide of the
river from above tho Santa Fa bridge
to tho Fifth street viaduct. Slag had
been put on it part way up and
its top was the danger line. This was
soon reached and soon the earth be
gan to crumble away. Its fall was
rapid and practically the whole work
has disappeared. The water gained
a foothold, and when it was mastor of
the situation began its course running
east at a furious pace. All the land
west of Victoria avenue was soon a
sea of water. Down all the cross
streets it crept,filling cellars and base
ments as far asUnlon avenue andon the
south to the Union depot. The Mis
souri Pacific tracks and the street
south were the great avenue for the
water in its further advance east and
soon the lots on both sides of May
street and east were under water.
Two fatalities have definitely come
fo light. Tho body of an unknown
man was found to-day two miles west
of the city. Abont 10 o'clock Joseph
Coppa, a smelter laborer with
his wife and children attempted
to wade through four feet of
water near the Union Pacific depot.
He became bewildered and stepped
off into a hole where there was ten
feet of water and was drowned before
assistance could reach him.
Other losses of life are believed to
have occurred and several prominent
citizens are missing.
Denvf.r, Col., May 31. — The rain
which began falling here at 3 o'clock
yesterday morning still continues.
Platte river is higher than it has been
for many years, but no damage is re
ported. Railroads running West and
South are all tied up by washouts.
Between Colorado Springs and Mani
tou 500 feet of the Kio Grande track
has been washed away and a bridge
on tho Colorado Midland is gone.
William Smith, a track repairer, was
killed by a boulder which was washed
down upon him. This is the only loss
of life reported from any point.
No trains are running on the Gulf
road or any of its branches. The
train which went south last night is
held at Parker station, twenty-five
miles from Denver. A washout at
Burns Junction blocks both the Bur
lington and the gulf roads. Boulder
creek has overflowed its banks and
the water is several feet deep in the
depot.
The South Park road is badly
washed in Platte canon and a party
of 350 picnickers from Denver who
went to Crystal lake are stuck there.
COLONEL AINSWORTH FREE.
The Indictment tor Responsibility for
the Ford’* Theater Disaster Quashed.
■Washington, May 31.—Colonel Fred
C. Ainsworth, chief of the records and
pension division of the war depart
ment, indicted for manslaughter in
the case growing out of the Ford's
theater disaster of last June, in which
more than a score of government
clerks were killed, is now free, Jus
tice McCoraas of the criminal court
to-day sustaining the demurrer to his
indictment and ordering it quashed.
This is the second indictment against
Ainsworth which has failed.
The main ground on which Judge
McComas quashed the indictment to
day was that it did not show that the
falling was due to a personal neglect
o n the part of Colonel Ainsworth.
It is probable a new indictment
will be drawn up. Until Colonel
Ainsworth is settled no proceedings
will be started against Contractor
Dent.
Macon, Ga., May 31. — The rear
coach of a passenger train was over
turned by a broken rail at Holts
yesterday morning and forty people
injured, two or three of whom will in
all probability die. The train con
sisted of six coaches, loaded with
excursionists from Andersonville to
attend Decoration day exercises at
the national cemetery.
Simplon Taken to the Springe.
Washingotn, May 31.—Congressman
Jerry Simpson was to-day removed to
Berkely Springs, Va. He was cheer
ful and altogether sanguine as to his
ultimate recovery.
MY OF DECORATION.
THE EXERCISES AT THE NA
TIONAL CAPITAL.
—..j.,
fthtt* Rani* Flowars for One* Pot la
Wood Usn—ConfrcMracn Spook- 01 the
Different Cemeteries Around Woehlng
ton—The Exercises ot Arlington,
Where eo Many of the Nation's Heroes
Slumber In Eternal Rest—The Presi
dent Present on' the Occasion.
Flowers for the Dead.
Washington, May 31. — Elaborate
' preparations had boon made for Deco
ration day, and in spite of adverse
wcathor the observance was general.
At Arlington, the great national cem
etery, at the various prlvnto ceme
teries and wherever In any of the
parks stands a marble or bronze rep
resentation of one of the heroes of the
civil war, there wore floral docora
tlons and displays of the national
colors.
The floral display was particularly
striking, for, in addition to the con
tributions of individuals and socie
ties, by order of President Cleveland,
the whole at tho floral wealth of tho
White house grounds was culled by
the gardeners for the decoration of
soldiers’ graves.
The Orand Army men formed- near
their hall on Pennsylvania aveuuc and
at 10:30 o’clock, under a threatening
sky, started on their march for Arling
ton, headed by a considerable body of
the district militia. There the exor
cises began at 10:30 o'clock and con
sisted of an oration by Hepresentatlve
A. N. Martin of Indiana, tho delivery
of a poem by Colonel John A. Joyce
and an address by Representative
llryan of Nebraska. Music was fur
nished by tho marine band and the
Grand Army Musical union. President
Cleveland witnessed tho celebration
and listened to the exorcises from a
place on tho largo grand stand.
There wore also public ceremonies
at tho Soldiers' home, where an ora
tion was delivered by Representative
R. G. Cousins of Virginia, and a poem
read by Representative English, of
New Jersey.
Representative Lafo Pence of Col
orado, was the orator at the con
gressional cemetery. Colonel Thomas
Calver delivered the poem and Past
Grand Commander 8. 8. Yoder of the
Union Veterans’ union, delivered the
address.
The Coxeyltes seized on the oppor
tunity afforded by Decoration day to
exploit themselves in public under
cover of a patriotic desire to decorate
the peace monument of the wostern
edge of that forbidden spot, the cap
itol grounds. Last evening they were
reinforced by Galvin's army, ISO
strong, and after formal welcome by
Oklahoma Sam, representing the
leader of the movement who is now in
prison, the comers who were very
hungry and forlorn after their long
tramp from Lansdale, nrfar Ualtimore,
found quarters in some rude shelters
on the extreme right of tho Coxey
camp Yesterday evening the men
spent their time in gathering ever
greens and wild flowers, and to-day
they marched to town and deposited
their offerings on the peace monu
ment
THE SUOAR TRUST.
The Investigation by the Senate
Continued.
Washington, May 31.—The senate
sugar trust investigating committee
continued its inquiry yesterday and
examined Senators Voorliees, .Tones
and Vest of the finance committee, in
regard to the allegations concerning
the efforts of the sugar trust to influ
ence legislation. They made a gen
eral denial of all the charges made of
the exercise of influence by the trust,
and specifically contradicted the story
that Secretary Carlisle had made a
secret visit to the committee and de
manded the sugar interest be pro
tected because of the Democratic par
ty's indebtedness to the sugar trust.
They agreed that Mr. Carlisle had
neither made such a visit to the com
mittee and that no such demand had
been made upon the committee for
the reasons given in Mr. Edwards’
letter or any other account They
alBo denied the report that a meeting
had been held by the committee on
the Sunday before the tariff bill was
reported for the consideration of the
sugar schedule, and said that if the
sugar people had been together in
any adjacent room while the commit
tee was in session at any time they
were not cognizant of the fact.
Senator Vest denied that he had in
formed Joe Rickey of the progress of
the committee in considering the
sugar schedule while the bill was in
committee.
The committee adjourned over until
Thursday. The examination of mem
bers of the finance committee will be
resumed at the next meeting.
Atlantic Monthly fob June, 1894.—
The articles in this number of the At
lantic Monthly which will attract the
most attention are “Hamburg's New
Sanitary Impulse,” “American Rail
ways and American Cities,” and one
which should be read by all interested
in education, “The Scope of the Nor
mal School,” by M. V. O'Shea of the
State Normal school at Mankota, Min
nesota. Among other articles are “A
Summer in the Scillies,” by J. William
White; “The End of Tortoni’s,” by
Stoddard Dewey; “At the Opra Di Li
Pupi," by Elizabeth Cavazza, and“Some
Letters and Conversation of Thomas
Carlyle," by Sir Edward Strachey.
There are continuations of J. Irving
Manatt's “Behind Hymettus,” and of
Frank Bolle's series of articles on Nova
Scotia, “Ingonish by Land and Sea.”
thousands Out at St Joseph.
Sit Joseph, Mo., May 31.—The Me
morial day parade this afternoon was
the greatest in the history of the oity.
The military and civic bodies were in
line, making a turnout numbering
several thousand men. John T. Wei?
ster addressed a large crowd at the
fair grounds. _
A Monament Unveiled*
Warbensburo, Mo., May 31.—The
O. A. R. monument purchased some
time ago by the local post was un
veiled at the eemetery this afternoon
in the presence of a great crowd after ;
a parade of veterans and fell the secret
orders in the. city.
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WAsmxato.v, May 31. —When the
senate mot today Mr. Turpi# pre
sented n sot of resolutions adopted by
tho legislature* of Ohio protesting
against tho Russian extradition
treaty, and Mr. Uill then offered hie
resolution directing the briborjr la*
vestigating committee to throw open
its doors, it went over until to-mor
row. »
Mr; Turpio then, offered a joint ret-1
olutlon declaring that it was no longer
to tiie interest of tho United States- to
continuo the treaty with Russia, rati*
tied on April 31, and that notice he
aervod upon the Emperor of Russia
that tiie United States purposes to ter
minate that treaty at the oxpiration
of six months, the time required to-be
given by tho treaty.
Mr. ’turpio also reported from, tho
ooinmittee on foreign affairs the fol
lowing resolution, with a unanimous
recommendation that it pass, as a sub
stitute to tiie Hawaiian resolution
reported sotno months ngos
Resolved, lly the senate of tho fnltod
States, that of rlulit it belongs wholly to tho
pooplo of Hawaii to establish their own form
of irovcrnmnnt and domostlo policy that tho
United .States ouiht not In any way to Inter
fero therewith and that Intorforomie In the
political affairs of tho a Islands by any other
government will bo ro-iardod as an act un
frlondly to the United Status.
Mr. Mills explained that tho resolu
tion did not meet ids approval, al
though he would not vote against it.
Relieving that this government luu
overthrown an existing government
In Hawaii ho thought Ft tho duty of
the United States to tear down tba
oligarchy net up in its name.
The resolution was tlion passed
unanimously, fifty- five senators voting
for it. Mr. Mills did not vote.
Mr. Veffer offered a resolution,
which was appropriately referred, in
structing the judiciary committee to
report whether the government of tho
United States could by virtue of an
not of congress constitutionally take
possession of and hold for public
uses, paying compensation therefor,
all the coal beds of the country.
The tariff bill was then tuken up
and tho clausa on rongh lumber voted
down. Mr. Alton moved to striko out
paragraph 17 ns follows: “Lumber of
any sort, planod or finished on each
side so planed, fifty cents 1.000 feet
board measure, or if planed ono side
and tongued and grooved, fir per 1,000;
and if planed on two sides and
tongued and grooved, 91.SO per 1,000,
and in estimating board measure
under this schedule, no deduction
shall be made on account of planing,
grooving or tongulng."
Mr. Veit surprised tho Republicans
when he announced that the amend
ment would be accepted by the Demo
cratic side. As the amendments to
the lumber schedule were being voted
on without debate, under an agree
ment made on Wednesday, the vote
was immediately taken and it was
agreed to—35 to 34—a strict party
vote, Messrs. Pcffer and Allen, Popul
ists votltig in favor of it. This will
have the ofTcct of putting all lumber
on the free list.
The sugar schedule of the tariff bill
was then reached and Mr. Sherman
of Ohio took the floor to make a speech.
Mr. Sherman in tho course of his re
marks asserted that if President Har
rison had been rc-elected and there
had been no fear of the tariff tinker
ing, the McKinley law would have
yielded sufficient revenue. The fall
of silver and increased demand for
gold had something to do with the
piesent financial depression which
had been added to by fear of tariff
tinkering. Ho also doclared that the
South was coming around from its
doctrine that protection was uncon
stitutional._
RAILWAYS SHORT OP COAL
Their Supply Is Less Than OfllolaU Are
Willing to Admit.
Kansas City, Mo., May 31.—The
railways can no longer conceal the
fact that they are hard up for coal.
Up to this time, to serve a common pur
pose, they have given out more or less
rosy reports about their coal supply
and their ability to hold out against
the strikers for two, four or six
months, but the fact is that weeks are
more appropriate measurements of
the time* they will last. The entire
Burlington system is probably in the
worst condition for lack of coal. The
officers are now exercising the great
est economy in the use of coal and
the company is buying whatever coal,
is for sale.
M’PHERSON’S SKIRTS CLEAR.
The Mew Jersey Senator Closed Oat All
the Sugar Denis In Goad Time.
Washington, May 31.—The com
mittee investigating the Sugar trust
resumed its session to-day, leaving to
the district attorney the dealing with
witnesses who refuse to answer. Sec
retary Carlisle has not been summoned
before the committee, and if he ap
pears it will be voluntarily.
Mr. McPherson reiterated the state
ment he made recently on the floor of
tho senate that when it became ap
parent that sugar was to be made the
subject of legislation he had instruct
ed his broker to cease all dealings in
sugar in his name.
A little after 3 o’clock Secretary
Carlisle entered the room where the
committee hearing is in progress.
A Bojr Accidentally Hanged.
Smith Center, Kan., May 31.—The
9-year-old son of W. A. Seay, who
lives near this city, accidentally hung1
himself in a swing Monday evening.,
He was turning himself in the swing
and in untwisting the ropes, his head,
became entangled, breaking his neck,
instantly. No one saw the accident
but his 3-year-old sister, who ran to
the house and told her mother, but
the boy was dead before she reached
him
Shot on a Chicago Street.
Chicago, May 3JL—As the result of
the trouble between the white union
grain, trimmers and the colored non^
union men which has resulted in
several small riots, John Church, a
colored contractor, was shot by James
McNamara, a union man, at the en,-<
trance of the board at trade to-day.
Meeting McNamara, Church started
to run and dived under a oarriage
where his assailant sought him firing
two shots.
, MoKamara them viciously kioked
his victim twice and attempted M
escape, bnt.wM srcests4>
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