)E HIM WHOLE.
rSICIANS PUZZLED OVER A
(MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
ril SIDE CITIZEN GETS WELL
^TER BEING GIVEN IIP TO DIE
or BLOOD POISONING.
trkableStory Folly Investigated by
[lie Dispatch” and Fonud to Be
solutely Trao In Krary Particular—
ltoehrlg Tried the Mott Pamoat
|dlcal Mao of Europe and America
After All Hope lied F^4 Came
and Wat I ur-J by the Cook
uedy Company.
I'or. Chicago Dally Dispatch!
!&e days of fraud and deception
Icasure to find in any business
an absolute regard for truth,
y in no lino of business has
>u been practiced as in medi
L’or this reason any concern
res strictly up to its promises
s the thanks of everybody,
concern is the Cook Remedy
y, which is located in suite 307
; temple in this city,
tanding and reliability of this
y lias heretofore been lavorably
ited upon by the Dispatch, and
v it comes to the front with a
remarkable that an account of
ie found of unusual interest to
ling public. The case in ques
s been fully investigated by
,iatch, and the following recital
can be vouched for as absolutely
in every particular.
A Truly marvelous Cure.
e case in question is mat OI M.
rig', a prosperous young German
rican of 55 East Twenty-fifth
t. Mr. Koehrig inherited a pre
isition to skin disease. When 5
i old he suffered much from ecze
but that in time was cured, home
ago he contracted blood poison,
symptoms became alarming and
ician after physician was con
il All their ministrations, how
seemed only to aggravate the
ise. After almost every promi
specialist in Chicago had tried in
to alleviate his suffering Mr.
irig acted upon the advice of his
uts and went to Germany for the
ess purpose of being treated by
most eminent physicians of Eu
'• At Coburg he put himself un
the treatment of Lira Kuhn and
liuet, recognized by the medical
fessson as authorities on diseases
he skin and blood. They succeed
10 better than the many Chicago
tors who had tried to cure Mr.
hrig's awful ailment. Meantime
condition of the sufferer became
ply appalling.
They Could Not Cure Him.
'lien the most learned savants of
ope were found unable to benefit
1 Mr. Boehrig was ready to give up
hope. Kelatives brought him
k to America to die. Resigned to
st threatened to be a most horrible
e, he came back to his Chicago
ne and took to his bed. He had
en dosed, drugged and covered with
ve; one physician recommended the
iputation of his toes, and his resi
uce was full of bottles that had con
ned medicines prescribed by ortho
k practitioners and more modern
icialists, but as he constantly grew
rse Mr Boehrig was Willing to quit
ing. Belatives, however, insisted
it efforts to cure be continued and
again called numerous expert spe
lists. The result of their treat
nt was the same as before the trip
Europe.
he condition of the unfortunate suf
;r was at this time truly pitiable.
2 was worse than a burden, not only
limself but to his relatives and all
a came in contact with him. It
ild be difficult to imagine the
tsure of the mental and physical
lure that he underwent while in
grasp of the dread poison. Death
; only seemed imminent but the
Eerer was Teady to welcome it as a
ief.
nebody Suggested Magic Cypbllene.
I bout this time somebody
[gested trying the Cook Kem
r company. Expecting no bene
but ready to try anything
it promised relief, Mr. Boehrig put
nself under the treatment of the
ok Bemedy Co., 307 Masonic temple,
icago, 111., who have made aspec
ty of treating this disease for near
ten years When he began treat
mt in December last he was one
iss of disgusting, mattery sores
le physicians connected with the
ok Remedy company say his was
e worst case that ever came under
cir notice. He had long been un
■le to wear shoes and was in evtry
ly about as sorry a looking speci
:n of humanity as was ever seen,
it was about six months ago when
r. Koehrig began to take their
;atment. Since beginning he has
llowed instructions carefully and
day is one of the most healthy men
all Chicago. When he first began
e Magic Cyphilene treatment he
sighed 130 pounds, and now since
red by this magic remedy he weighs
3 pounds and is a Ssndow in appear
ce. Every sore has healed,and the un
rhtly scabs that disfigured him have
ven way to healthy cuticle.
varoiuiij lUTcaiigHieu.
As a natural result of the facts
irrated Mr. Roehrig is a staunch ad
irer of. the Cook Remedy company.
i told his story to the Dispatch re
nter who was sent to investigate the
sc, believing' that the recountal of
s experiences may be the means of
ving the lives of others who may be
unfortunate as to be afflicted with
ood diseases of any kind.
The truthfulness "of the reporter’s
atements in the above article are
srined by the following affidavit of
ir. Roehrig:
I hereby testify that the statements
iade regarding my case in the above
rticle are true. M. Roehrio.
State of Illinois, Cook county, ss:
ubscribed and sworn to before me, a
otary public in and for said county,
us 14th day of June, 1804.
[Seal.] M. W. Johxsoic,
Notary Public.
Many other remarkable cures are
'credited the Cook Remedy company,
bis particular case has come under
e observation of the Dispatch. The
ftn made whole through the efficicn
' of this wonderful remedy is a resi
st of the city and known to be
putable and responsible, and the
(,>'y of his wonderful cure may be
niiied by any one who will call at
s residence.
Deserving of CraDUnN.
The old-time orthodox physioians
are alow to jive credit to any secret
formula for the core of disease. This
la owing to the fact that ao many of
them are really runk frauds, gotten
np wholly for gain. It is a well-known
fact that the publio is easily hum
bugged when it comes to purchasing
nostrums, but the many successful
cases treated by the Cook Remedy
company offer evidence than can not
be successfully disputed and the old
time doctors are compelled to admit
that at last an absolute speoiiic for
blood diseases, both hereditary and
acquired, has been discovered. Magic
Cyphilene has made a fortune for its
owner, saved many a life and allevi
ated more suffering than any secret
formula for the cure of blood diseases
known to the world.
Aiagio Cypmlene was originally
compounded at Omaha in IsTO. In
181M the business had grown to surh
an extent that it was removed to this
city and the Cook Remedy company
was organized under tlio laws of Illi
nois witli a capital stock of AiOO.OOu
Its financial standing is strictly first
class, as a reference to the commer
cial agency reports will show, -and it
is a corporation deserving the confi
dence and patronage of the people.
The Dispatch is as ready to give credit
to deserving enterprises as it .is to ex
pose*frauds, and it has seen indisput
able proof of the merits Of the medi
cine compounded by the Cook Remedy
coin pan y.
The Cook Remedy company treats
every case under a positive guaranty
to cure or return the money. As nu
merous other cases attest, the medi
cine given effects a permanent cure in
a short time. In the most advanced
cases of blood poisoning or syphilis
Magic Cyphilene has effected numer
ous truly marvelous cures, many oi
which have attracted the attention of
the medical profession, which had al
most invariably pronounced the cases
hopeless
No reputable journal can afford to
commend an enterprise that ip not de
serving. The Dispatch knows the
Cook Remedy company to be exactly
what it is claimed to be, and the servi
ces it has rendered to suffering
humanity entitle it to unlimited com
mendation. The Roehrig case is not
a matter of hearsay. It is positively
known to be a matter of fact
Beware of Imltatora.
Their reputation for quick and per
manent cures in all stagey of the dis
ease and even when all other remedies
fail, has become so wide-spread that
several imitators have come to light,
some even going so far as to copy their
printed matter advertising, and one
concern which is liable to deceive tho
public bas assumed a similar name,
calling themselves “The Original Dr.
Cook Cure company.” Magic Cvphi •
lenc is owned aud controlled only by
the Cook Remedy Co., Chicago, ill.
BITS OF INFORMATION.
The only rainless region in South
America is on the coast of Peru.
The first steam fire engine known in
this country was built in New York in
1810.
The police force of New York city
numbers 2,550. There are 2,126 men on
patrol duty.
The Valley of the Mississippi contains
500,000 square miles, and is the largest
valley in the world.
Cape Horn was so named by Schou
ten, a Dutch mariner, who first rounded
it. He was born at Horn, in North Hol
land, and named the cape after his native
town.
' The first printing press was estab
lished in America in 1639. The “Bay
Psalm Book ” was printed on it during
the following year. Now a very rare
and costly book.
Marriageable age in different coun
tries :
Germany.18
Belgium....18
Austria..14
Span.14
France.18
Greece. 14
Portugal.....14
Russia..18
Female.
14
15
14
12
15
12
12
16
By a “Galway jury ” is meant an in
dependent jury, neither to be brow
beaten nor led by the nose. In 1635
certain trials were held in Ireland re
specting the right of the crown to the
couuties of Ireland. Leitrim, Roscom
mon, Sligo and Mayo gave judgment in
favor of the crown, but Galway stood
out, whereupon each of the jury was
fined .£1,006.
The stone that suggested Wilkie Col
lins’ novel, “ The Moonstone,” was the
Orloff diamond which originally served
os one of the eyes of an idol in Bering
ham, India, but was stolen about 150
years ago by a French soldier, who fled
with it to Madras, where he sold it to the
commander of a British man-of-war for
$9,400. It was finally sold to Catherine
II., of Bussia, for $418,500 and an an
nual pension of $18,600.
If you want to fix in jour memory the
order of succession of the monarchs of
England since the Conquest, get the fol
lowing “ by heart:”
First, William the Norman, then William Lla non;
Henry, Stephen and Henry, then Richard and John*
three;
Again, after Ricbard, three Henry* we aea.
Two Edward*, third Richard, if rightly I guest*.
Two Henry’s, sixth Edward, Queens Mary and Be as;
Then Jamie the Scott; then Charles whom they slew;
Then followed Cromwell, another Charles, too.
Next James, called the Second, atcended the throne;
Thrn William and Mary together came on;
Till Anne, Georges four and fourth William all paat^
God sent them Victoria, the youngcat and laat.
When one Englishman or American
meets another the usual inquiry is,
“How do yon do?-’ The Frenchman
would ask, “How do you carry your
self ?” Th<* Italian, “How do you
stand?” “How goes it?” and “How
do yon find yourself?” is the German
interrogation; “ How do you fare ?” is
the Dutch; “How do you perspire?”
asks the Egyptian. The Chinaman
wants to know “ How is your stomach ?”
“Haye you eaten your rice?” The
Pole, “How do you hare yourself?”
1 The Russian, “ How do you live on ?”
while the Persian salutation is, “ May
thy shadow never be less,” and that of
the Mexican is, in the morning, “ How
did yon pass the night ?”
Mothers, faro Tour Childrens
Steketee’s Pin Worm Destroyer is the
only sure cure known that effectually de
stroys the pin worm, the most troublesome
worm known. It also destroys all other
kinds of worms. There is no remedy that
can expel the worms from the stomach or
rectum as does Steketee's Pin Worm De
stroyer. For sale by all druggists; sent bj mall on
8- postage. Address GEO. G.
STEKETEE, Grand Rapl<&; Rich.
HIS HEAD WILL DROP.
CARNOT’S ASSASSIN TO CO TO
t THE GUILLOTINE. '‘ii
■ t- ■ ■ _i_
Short Work Mod* of HU Trial—In Flf
toon Minutes tho dory Returns a Ver
dict of Guilty—Santo Receive! the
Announcement With a Smile of Con
tempt— HU Defiance During the Trial
—“Courage Comrades”—“Long Live
Anarchy.”
Carnot's Assassin Fonnd Guilty.
Lyons, Aug. 4.—There tvere few
people arounil* the palace of justice
when the trial of Santo, the assassin
of President Carnot was resumed to
day.
The court regulations and military
guard were the same as yesterday and
as yesterday tiio prisoner was escort
ed into the dock handcuffed to two
gendarmes and with two more bring
ing up the rear. The prisoner seemed
even more defiant than yesterday and
took his seat with a mocking smilo
upon his face.
Leblanc, the soldier who was a fel
low prisoner with CiUsario at Marseil
les, testified that Ctesario told him ho
intended to kill President Carnot,
probably at Lyons, when the chief
magistrate visited that city.
“That is a lie.” interrupted Ciosario
angrily. “I never told you or any
one else anything about my plans.”
Leblanc continued: “Ctusano con
fided to me that ho was designated
by lot.”
“That is untrue,” shrieked Ciesario.
"How untrue?” asked Leblanc, turn
ing to the prisoner.
“I said to you after you had rac.de
that remark, ‘lint who would be so
bold as to kill President Carnot? I
saw him in Paris surrounded by troops
and police.’ You answered; Tie will
be chosen by lot.’”
There was great cxcit-meDt. in court
while the prisoner and Leblanc were
speaking to each other.
Later Lcblane said: “Consario told
me that he had often seen King Hum
bert in the streets but he added that
to kill him it would be necessary to
have a rifle and shoot him from the
street, us heo would be so sur
rounded by soldiers.”
"That is a lie,” shouted the prison
er. “I was never chosen to kill Pres
ident Carnot. Moreover, absolute
liberty of action prevails among an
archists.”
The prosecuting attorney reviewed
at length all the details of the trial
and demanded that the jury should,
not hesitate to do its duty.
At the conclusion of the public pros
ecutor's speech there were visible
signs of approval throughout the
court room at the eloquent denuncia
tion of anarchists, their doctrines and
their wretched tool Cmsario, whose'
life, counsel insisted, the jury should
render to justice, the law and the
rightful demand of civilized soe'ety.
The prisoner smiled with contempt
during the public prosecutor’s ad
dress and then, in common with all
present, he paid close attention to the
remarks of his counsel, M. Hubreuill,
whose appeal for the prisoner lasted
half an hour and was based upon
three points. First, that there was
lunacy in the prisoner's family; sec
ond, his anarchistic surroundings;
third, the impossibility of reconciling
the assassin’s religious life with a
premeditated attempt at murder.
At about noon the jury retired, and
after an absence of about fifteen min
utes, during which there was consid
erable excitement in court, the jury
returned and announced a verdict of
guilty without extenuating circum
stances.
The presiding judge, M. Brcuillac,
then pronounced the sentence of death
by the guillotine.
When the death sentence was ut
tered Cmsario exclaimed: “Long live
the social revolution!” The prisoner
was immediately seized and hurried
toward his cell. 4s he left the court
room Ctesario cried: “Courage, com
rades! Long live anarchy!”
In spite of the prisoner's defiant at
titude his habitual smile disappeared
from his face when the sentence of
death was pronounced. M. Dubreuill,
the prisoner’s counsel, gave notice of
appeal, and in so doing asked the pre
siding judge's charge to the jury at
the opening of the session to bo en
tered on the records.
BLAND'S RESOLUTION.
Sugar on the Free List and a •100,000,
000 Income Tux Kevenne.
.Washington, Aug. 4.—Representa
tive Bland has introduced a resolution
instructing the committee on ways
and means to report a bill placing all
sugars on the free list and for raising
$100,000,000 revenue by the income tax.
Mr. Bland says concerning the res
olution: “I have not consulted Mr.
Wilson nor any one else, but have
acted i on my own judgment in sub
mitting the resolution. My purpose
is to press it if there is
an indication that the general
tariff bill will fail. The proposition
is somewhat different from thal
suggested in Mr. Wilson’s speech (at
the time the president's letter to him
was read), as it proposes raising the
necessary government revenue by an
income tax. This feature is essential,
however, if sugar is placed on the free
list. I believe this separate tariff
measure would quickly pass both
branches of congress if the general
bill failed.”
Mrs. Walsbrooker Arretted.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 4.—Mrs. Lou
Waisbrooker, who edits a free love
paper in this city known as Founda
tion Principles, has been arrested at
the instigation of Postoffice Inspector
McAfee on the charge of sending ob
scene matter through the mails. Mrs.
Waisbrooker is 70 years old.
Settle Refuses a Proposition.
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 4.—Politicians
here are discussing a proposition of
Hon. W. C. Owens to Mr. Settle to
have a poll of their strength made in
the Ashland district by impartial
methods, and the weaker man to with
draw from the race. Mr. Settle de
clined the offer and said he owed it to
his friends to stay in the race regard
less of Breckinridge's candidacy.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 4.—The
grand jury has indicted five officials
of the city government on charges of
City Officials Indicted.
WILL BB LITTLE CORN.
fk« Herat ana Drought Hal Nearly Killed
the Northwest Mlseonrl Crop.
8t, Joskph, Mo., Au?. 4.—For the
first time In twenty years the corn
crop of Northwest Missouri will be a
failure. The prolonged drought and
the hut winds of last week havo
ruined what promised to be the finest
crop ever raised in the nortljorn coun
ties. Tn all the counties visited—llu
rhanan, Andrew, llolt, Atchison,
Platte, Nodaway and a halt dozen
others—the same conditions wero
found to exist; immense fluids of oorn
in tho milk dried, up until it is not
even fit for fodder. So dry are the
stalks and loaves that they crumble
to the touch. In a few instances
there were fields in the bottom lands
that are in fair ooudition, but theyi
too, must have rain very soon,
n There is very little old corn in this
section; that little is going to be held
until next spring, when farmers con
fidently expect that its price will go
up to &1 a bushel.
Hay is ns scarce as corn. Pastures
are dried up and farmers who have no
feed left over from last yoar are sell
ing horses and cattle for just what
they can get.
A good wheat crop was raised in
the northern counties, but not a
bushel of it is for sale. The farmers
expect the price of this cereal to rlso
in sympathy with corn; if it does not
they will feed it to their stock; in
fact, many of them are feeding it
now.
FIGHT WITH BANDITS.
Two More Members of the Cook Gang
Killed.
Sapulpa, Ok., Aug. 4.—The notori
ous Cook gang wore surrounded in
the house of Bill Province, fourteen
miles west of here, yesterday morn
ing by United States marshals and a
desperate battle ensued, which re
sulted in the capture of Add Berry
hill and the killing of Lon liordon
and llenry Munson of the gang, the
three remaining of the desperadoes
making their escape. One of the
marshals was shot in the fight nnd
severely wounded. About 200 shots
were fired. The marshals are in hot
pursuit of the gang and expect to re
port their capture in a few hours.
On July 18 this gang held up the,
l 'Frisco train at Bed Fork, Ind. Ter.,
I also the agent of the same place. The
booty secured on that occasion was
small, owing to the presence of mind
of Chapman, the express messenger,
who threw the money behind some
boxes, the robbers falling to find it.
Chapman is a brother of the messenger
who was killed at Mound Valley,
Kan., last fall in resisting the efforts
of bandits to rob the train.
On July 31 this gang robbed the
bank at Chandler, Ok., and escaped
by killing one man and wounding
others. In the fight Elmer Lucas,one
of the gang, was shot and captured,
and is now in jail. The remaining
three are Bill Cook, Cherokee Bill and
Sherman Balling. _
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
Elio Follows Hi lews Into a Hood and
Uses Her Revolver Handily.
Sit Louis, Mo., Aug. 4.—Word was
received in Claylon yosterday after
noon that a gang of thieves were
loading up and hauling off the copper
wire and everything movable belong
ing to the Forest Park and Clayton
railway, and electric line.
While Sheriff Garrett was muster
ing a force of deputies in Clayton,
preparatory to going to the scene of
the robbery, the thieves fled, taking
with them their booty, loaded in a
wagon.
I They v.-ero followed by a number of
armed men. led by Joseph Boland,son
of one of the principal owners of the
road. When opposite the old Hanley
mansion all but cne of thp thieves left
the wagon and ran across the grounds
of that place. Miss Belle Hanley, who
saw the men, at once took in the situ*'
ation and, arming herself with two
heavy revolvers and followed by a
trusty bulldog, took the lead in the
chase and fight that followed. The
thieves, being hard pressed, mado a
stand, but were forced to take refuge
in the woods by Miss Hanley, who
emptied the pistols at them. After
reloading she entered the woods and
pursued the men, who escaped in the
thick underbrush.
TARIFF CONFEREE9.
IV Will Probably Uo Several nays Be
fore a Iltll Is Agreed On.
Washington-, Aug. 4.—The Demo
cratic tariff conference held an un
usually long session yesterday, last
ing from 10 until. 1:30 o’clock, and
then, after a few minutes for lunch,
continued throughout the afternoon.
No agreement had been reached at
recess; the conferrees said, however,
that fair progress was making.
One of the house men said it would
take two or three days yet before it
could be said with certainty that a
bill would be agreed upon. As here
tofore, sugar, iron ore and
coal are' the items at issue. As
to iron and coal there seemed
to be good ground for the report
that a sliding scale compromise is
under discussion by which the forty
cents per ton duty will be gradually
reduced during the next three or four
years until entirely extinguished. It
is understood that this plan commends
itself to the president and Mr.
Wilson, as it will in time bring a
realization of free raw material.
rrugress or Sliver Coinage.
I Washington, Aug. 4. — Reports to
i (he director of the mint show that
I since orders were issued to resume
: the coinage of silver dollars the mint
at New Orleans has turned out $2tt3,
)00, and the mint at San Francisco
$100,000, making' in all $423,000. The
seignorage on this is about $127,000.
Santa Fe Strikers Discharged.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 4.—Seven
I men from Mare.*line, Mo., who were
brought before him on the charge of
| interfering with the operation of the
j Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail
I way during the late strike wero dis
charged to-day by United States Com
missioner Peabody.
Missouri Asylum Boards Meet.
Nevada, Mo., Aug. 4.—The joint
meeting of the hoards of asylums, St.
Louis, St. JoscphkFulton and Nevada,
convened here this (norning. Cov
entor Stone is in attendance.
NO UNDUE INFLUENCE
SUGAR INVESTIGATING COM
MITTEE'S REPORT.
Chtrin u rrefrrred Mot Proved—Tito
National Campaign Pond Received
Nothing Prom Huger Refiner#—No Tes
timony Offered In Rapport of the
Charge* Agatnn Renntor*—Congress
men Importuned by Member# of Trust#
—Humming Up of the Uueitlon.
-
The ■ 'gar Investigation.
\Vasiunqton, Aug. 3.—Senator Cray,'
chairman of the sugar investigating'
committee, presented the report of
the committee to the senate to-day
and asked that the oommittee be dis
charged. •
Tho main report is signed by all the
aonatora of tho committeo, but Sena
tors Lodge and Davis present a sup
plemental report and Senator Allen
also presents his own views on some
features of the ease.
Tho report, whlah has tho approval
of tho full committee, reoites the
causes which led up to the investiga
tion and quotes tho article from tho
Philadelphia Pross, on which the
charges against senators was based.
It also reoites the facts which lias
been published already to the affect
that Correspondent Edwards refused
to answer questions but by the eom
mitt^o.
Secretary Carlisle is exhonerated
and parts of the article reflecting on
him are declared to be without founder
tion, “except that it is a fact, accord
ing to Sonator Carlisle's testimony,
that he did at the requost of Senator
Jones of tiic finnneo committee draft
an amendment to the sugar schedule,
a copy of which, as described by Mr.
Carlisle, is attached as an exhibit to
tho testimony.
Tho conduct of Mr. Edwards, says
the report, in publishing specific
charges against public men without
having personal knowledge of the
facts calls for the serious reprobation
of tho senate.
Tho committee also says: “There
has been no testimony presented be
fore your committoe and your com
mitteo has beou unablo to discover
any,showing thnt the sugar schedule
was made up,as it then stood in tho pro
posed amendment to the tariff bill, in
consideration of large or any sums of
money paid for campaign purposes of
the Democratic party. No witness
has testified before your committee
that such was the fact, and all the
Democratic members of the finance
dbmmittee and all the senators whose
names have been mentioned in
the public press as especially
interested in the protection of
sugar refining industries, or in
whose states sugar refineries existed,
havo under oath denied that such was
the truth, or that they had any
knowledge or information as to sums
of money, large .or otherwise, having
been paid for campaign purposes of
the Democratic party by the sugar
trust, by those connected with it, or
by anybody, as a consideration for fa
vorable treatment of its Interests by
the party.
The committee also reports tho sub
stance of the testimony of the sugar
refiners, saying that the campaign
contributions were made only to the
the local committees, and not for the
purpose of influencing national cam
paigns, or for the purpose of securing
or defeating national legislation. No i
other testimony has, the committee !
says, been offered, suggested or |
discovered which would tend to sup
port tho statements of Edwards in
this regard. Nor is there, they unite
in saying, any evidence in support of
the statement that either of the
Messrs. Ilaveameyer had an interview
with President Cleveland on any sub
ject during the year of 1898 or 1893,
in regard to sugar interests of the
Hawaiian islands or any other sugar
interests, or the policy of the admin
istration in regard to them.
“On the contrary, it has been
affirmatively shown,’’ they say, “that
the statement is untrue as to any
such interview having occurred.” It
is, the committee says, shown by the
evidence that one or more officers of
the sugar trust were in Washington
and that they saw several senators,
generally those representing states in
which sugar refineries were located,
with the view of influencing legisla
tion, but these gentlemen deny the
use of any improper means to that
end. Both the members of the trust
and the finance committee denied that
any meeting took place between them
at the capitol or elsewhere, as was :
stated in the Holland letter to havo !
taken place, and there is no evidence I
in support of the statement in this re- |
gard. I
The committee also unites in saying
that no evidence has been adduced
leading to show improper conduct on
the part of those engaged in the
framing of the sugar schedule in the
tariff bill.
“Though, perhaps, outside the scope
of the duty Imposed upon your com*
mittee,” they say, “they take occca- j
sion to strongly deprecate the im
portunity and pressure to which con
gress and its members are subjected
by the representatives of great in
dustrial combinations, whoso enor
mous wealth tends to suggest undue
influence and to create in the public I
mind a demoralizing belief in the ex
istence of corrupt politics."
The committee reports in the nega
tive upon the questions whether any
senator has been speculating in sugar
stocks during the consideration of the
tariff bill. As to the latter branch of
the inquiry which brought out a pho
tographic copy of on order to buy
sugar stocks, dated March 2, and pur
porting to be signed by Senator Cam
dem, the committee gives credence to
the denial of Senator Camden and
says that Battershall,whose testimony
was expected to bear up the inference
from the photographic copy, is a man
of doubtful character. Senator Smith
is also exonerated from blame.
Summing up, the committee says no
charge or charges have been filed be
fore them alleging that the action of
anr senator has been corruptly or im
properly influenced in the considers
tionof the tariff bill and no senator
has been made to influence legislation.
An Englishman has invented a new
system of electric mains whereby one
wire of the present th dee-wire system
I can be saved.
EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED.
Chicago Suffer* a (trust ConflajtrstTel**
Loii S 1,500(000. ;
Cdicaoo, Aug. 3.—The lumber dis
trust of Chicago was last night visited
by ono of the most disastrous fires In
its history nnd the loss will probably
foot up between 91,300,000 and 91.S00,
00t>, although It will be twenty-four
hours before the damage can ba esti
mated with accuracy. • The following
concerns w'eru entirely cleaned out
by the flumes and everything con
tained in their yards has boon utterly
destroyed: Hi K. Martin Lumber
Company; llrown & Richards Lumber
Company; Wells A. French Company,
car builders; Parley, Lowe * Co.,
lumber; Shoemaker i lllgbee Lumber
Company; John Wpry Lumber Com- -1
puny; Edward Hines Lumber Com
riy; Conway <& Co., cedar posts; W,
H. Palmer, cedar posts; Whitcomb
Cedar Post Company; Llemena &
Halske, manufacturers of dynamos.
Tlie burned district is about six
squares from east to west, and about
three from north to south. Tho
greatest portion of the district
bounded by Jtlue Island avenue, Lin-'
coin street, the rivor and Ashland'
avenne, was burned over nnd forty
nm>nu nf 1 ■
Ing but smoking embers.
The tiro was discovered by n watch
man. He saw a blaze on the outsldo
of the fence on the cast Hide of Lin
coln street near a shingle shed be
longing to 8. K. Martin & Co. tie V
turned in an alarm, but before the
first eugives arrived the shingle shed
was a muss of ihimuH, which had com
municated to the surrounding lumber
piles, 'l'ha Martin yardN ar> a,500 feet
long by 300 wide, nnd the flames orig
inated In exactly the right spot for
the strong northwest wind, which was
blowing at the time, to carry them
through the entire length and bruadth
of the yards.
The wind drove the flames so fierce
ly that the first engines which ar
rived were utterly helpless and call
after call for additional help was
made until over fifty engines and
three fire boats were at work on Ahe
fire. It is not likely that even they
would have counted for much had not
the wind died away after the Arc had >
been burning for an hour. The course
of the flames was cast and southeast
for the first forty-five minutes, and,
they literally picked up everything in
their path, l'iles of lumber, lath,
shingles and cedar posts were swal
lowed up with appalling rapidity and
for a time it seemed us though the
finest lumber district in the city.whioh
reaches a mile to the south, must bo
consumed. The wind, however, sud
denly changed at 0:30 o'clock and
began to blow from the south and
with much less violence than before.
The flames started rapidly north
again and burned back to a lino level
with the starting point. The sudden
change in the direction of the flames
caught several engine companies un
prepared and the tu n were compelled
to run for their lives. Mo engines
were abandoned, but three of them
had close calls, horses and men nar
rowly escaping death. The flreboat
Yosemite was at work in one of the '
slips when the direction of the ,flro
changed, and the long tongues of
flames which shot over her made it
necessary that she bo removed, at
once. When an effort was made to
start her up it was found that her
steam was so low that the boat could
not be moved with any rapidity, and
the flames were swooping down upon
her at a fearful rate. •
The men frantically pushed her off
with poles and boards and she finally
crawled out of the slip, with no more
damage than a severe scorching in
several places.
The flreboat Geyser had also a close
call, but ran through the flames
which leaped out over the slip and
escaped unharmed. Two of 'her afen,
John McCain and Thomas Freeding,
were badly burned while fighting the
fire. A large Siamese hose which
they were holding got away from
them and knocked both men over the
side of the boat upon a pile of burn
ing cedar posts a few feet away.
Their injuries are not fatal.
In addition to the firemen injured
the following casualties occurred:
Otto Rafter, fell off lumb -r pile, back
broken and will die. Unknown man,
struck on the head by a flying cap
from a fire engine, knocked into the
river and drowned.
It is extremely difficult to obtain
an estimate of the losses, but the fol
lowing are believed to be about cor-,
rect: S. K. Martin company, $500,000;
Perley, Lowe & Co., $145,000;. Wells
French company, $50i»,00:); Liemens &
llalske. $300,000; Shoemaker & Higbee,
$125,000; Joan Spry Lumber company,;
$25,000; total, $1,503,000.
Conway & Co., 800,000; Edwin Hines
Lumber company, $1,800; Farnum
Foundry company, $1,800. /
PACKING HOUSES CLOSfeD.
A Complete Shut Down In Omaha—TUe
Strike Situation Unchanged.
Omaha; Neb., Aug. 3.—A11 the pack*
ing houses in South Omaha were
forced to close to-day by the strike of
the cattle and hog butchers. Over
10,000head of. hogs were received at
the yards today, but packing honso
men instructed their buyers not to
buy at any figure. The only trading
done was by shippers. Little effort
was made toward a settlement of the
strike and the situation is practically
unchanged.
Cudahy killed 1.000 hogs and 200 cat
tle to-day at South Omaha, and Ham
mond will try to kill a like number.
The Omaha house is not killing to
day. Swift will slaughter 350 cattle,
but no hogs. The sheriff and several
deputies are on guard.
The cattle receipts were small, but
the packers hare sent out word that
they will be able to handle all cattle
to-morrow. They are putting in cots
Ao house new or non-union men.
>The managers of the Hammond,
Swift, Cudahy and Omaha houses this
afternoon informed the men that if
they did not return to work by Mon
day the houses would be opened with
a full set of new men and that nono
of the strikers would be re-employed.
Pullman Boycott to Be Declared Off,
Chicago, Aug. 3. — Assistant Ad
jutant Boyle of the Illinois National
i Guard, said that he had been in
| formed, on President Debs’ authority,
I that the Pullman boycott would be
j officially declared off to-day. Ad
| jutaut Boyle added that all troops
I will be withdrawn by to-night.