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WOLCOTT
the bond
DENOUNOM
ISSUE.
&" '
BITTERLY OF CLEYEUIII,
of Attacking the Govern****'#
.,Mt :inil of Making a False 8MM>
non! in ltegard to 111* logltlo* .
„n Mlver—teller Alio Bitterly
Attacks the a 11 o 11 * s Chief .
i:\ecutlve.
t«4,v
mxoTOM, Feb. 18—The Stf.
S. Luna of London, llfltnil,
nmneecl the prayer at the,opening]
the senate's session. Ha
,ral editor of the Rerfaw
relies, a leading English ehurch
z
Dubois of Idaho presented
ram from Phoenix, Aria., wh:
that at a meeting of Repu
n> of Arizona it was unanimous!
ilvoti tliat the Republiann sen
of the territory was “Uneqnirj
11 favor of the admission
.,,111 to statehood at tha pc
mi of congress,” and Republii
tors were requested to aid
for admission.
r. Alien of Nebraska presen'
iutioa which was agreed to
on tlie secretary of the treai
, list of the national hanks
been depositories of pablie fi
11,1 the last ten years, the ii
terms of contract, ste.
lr. Hill's resolution, which
need the policy of the govern
e tiiat of bimetallism si
meats of gold obligations
l money available then cl
! Mr. Sherman offeredS subi
ring that the policy qf ti
lent should be toward mi
he parity between the t’
i that every dollar coine
pud to every other dollar,
i l.e any disturbance inth;
tiie bonds should be
ndnrd gold coin.
Mr. Wolcott of Colorado
"dli the resolution and
tc on the table and Mr.
loor to discuss the resol
IUU. FAVOItS BDHTAIX1
Hill was accorded cli
■ii ns he proceeded with g:
i earnestness. t;“This d<
the policy of. the gi
aid receive the (npporl
natnr,'' he said, “unless
it tiiis circle a gold moi
Sliver monometuUist I
rus for them. But sss
nator is for bimetnlliw
■iuration of policy e
It is a safe, wli
"priute resolution for
no! gi-ncy.”
Mr. Hill said that the declaration
rd announced is tha tr as policy of
ic governmsat that off or nsnould be
unci toward the aceomp lishment of
metallism. “I need ; lot remind
■tii political jiarticsthatlthis is what
IBMt>
f should
/Should
i parity
aid ia
to
► tub
IH1took
Mr.
iey profess,” he proceeded. ‘‘It is
tiiis supreme moment that we
( ii,! I'celaro to the coni itry and the
urid our ability to main tain the sin
I'yo’ul standard or the akagla stand
'll of silver.” r
0,1 sr*.
ou. stions congress (was farther
Wit now than it wu Six months
1 lie proposition to •'<gold bonds
Otlie one liaud was me t by the pro
I" lion for unlimited si Lrbr coinage
t:.e other. What ha 14 become of
He proposition to redee m the green
piKs and the financial elans? “In
condition of actio: he eon
. e". Congress canat fleast take
<tne step that will Assure
wU that although wje^sr "have
r hands tied on these » adoua
«s.o„r bonds may b ^S,.n w*tt
atten
,t rigor
duration
irnmeat
every
re aits
itallist
a few
iag that
then this
mdiea his
and ap
ie present
Mr. Hill said that (
ral finan
the
te full assurance that tic£ Would he
aid by the best money ifa hse. There
‘ \ prospect of further issues of
nu '\1mUS then Ve*P down
“it.cst. tv hat can either
the
" uat can either nartr vain
! inaction on this MbjecVby brfa*.
ym a panic the eomfi*
d onnging congress baqk to Wash
n--t:jn *or further l gislath
wolcott’s bittk* spn
,Mr' Wolcott of Colorado!
i« Mr. lim was merely
as‘raw. The present tii
fPpropriato for such a
:““m=on the very heels of!
rous attack which the prel
^ upoa the ,
S '-v'T abroad on such taxmens he
“»d uta.ie with the Kuropeap £n£
trs
most
Tdtas,l°“ Was P^“OU^ ^
■J’S 11
• *r ,1<!en made, aiul the
Mimti-r's l7"'rous, assault upon
Mhnanctal system whr^
wretched
with growing ean
Wa“\ckJa ®lde b-tr the
P°sltlon. elhoald
tense.’ t >e foremost ia nun g”
fOMract ma-ii 7itici,sed **• n<Mt
1“ S ' f7,,the <* be^5
SkersPthrJ, , dl(* not
^‘°Qs had ha whom tht ntffo1
<*Iled'1ponto-,U|ade wouW «W _
cent of ,,‘U vance more than To
•old. on 7 th« amount of the bond*
tt“;- „tc<’,’,lnt. of the advance if
S^e-v‘ft!’*’1,
l"aUn,ieredY.or‘c a,l°ne S1.13X had l
Wl* -for *■: SO. 000,OpO, worth
if. t ]ia Ah a — -
,° S» W worth
‘h7'y «fone ‘ tl a he hMd th« ■»
v»ck f0r ! !* lua,1‘n* hankera
sixtt* i * ‘e statement thit
be Worth ao,Si,tIle wh°1-<! issue
2?ki»* directly ‘5U' “lt“ h° «W.
*»*•- ^ *° the resolution
&5d t \uTa tUl*e -j
le ^e&ir.* ^ tllc resomi
r that the pre,
S !,ad c°ntaine
®ft»l8 wh»he naH?}atofe tT*S tryin
<Uver hl!e he wa. f ,t.he ®pae
wh»e he" wa<0t ,the »bu<
as discreditlr
tclle^f T<7K's bitterlt.
* President.. dorado arr-i™
kh.ll le‘*er of r “IlrF-Rt.T.
af e.sident in J^lora<io arralgi
terma
‘he recent be
,
for tl
• dm
tHMMWv aa a. most monstrous
fraud. I During the long years he had
heea d student or the affairs of this
eonatry there had never before bedn
' when opportunity was offered
ssmo to charge dishonesty in
SMd transaction by the govern
It was idle for senators to say
la was the best the president
do. : With bonds less desirable
the market at 91.10 it was
to say that a better price than
\y( eoald not be obtained. It was
ifble to characterize too strong
transaction which placed the
Uf the best government in the
4 per cent below that of Egypt.
>. Lodge agreed with Mr. Wolcott
f the president had assp.iled the
lit of the country, but asserted
ha had made the attack by his
It upon our coin bonds. For
t raason, because of this attack,
thought that congress should de
ars Itself without equivocation or
narration.
Mr. Stewart of Nevada opposed the
Hill resolution.
Mr. Bill again rose and said: “The
«# purpose of these professed
friends of silver is exposed. They in
tended to pay government obligations
la. silver coin, no matter how de
graded it might be.” He defended
the president from the attacks on his
contract with foreign bankers.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL. IN.
UM ot the Appropriations measure
Laid Before the House.
Washington, Feb. 18.—The house
oo«Binittee on appropriations reported
the general deficiency bill, the last
lor this congress. It carries $6,518,
574, of which the principal appropria
tions are as follows: Treasury depart
ment, $1,150,415; war department,
$339,500; navy department, $109,383;
department of justice, $3,364,430; post
oflice department. $1,183,148; govern
ment printing office, $400,400; judg
ment of the court of claims, $716,093;
audited claims, $76,706.
The commitcee declined to act on
the recommendation of Secretary
Gresham for an appropriation of $435,
000 for the payment of all claims by
Great Britain growing out of the
seizure of fur sealing vessels in Beh
ring sea, because unable to look into
the matter sufficiently to take action
[ upon it immediately. Mr. Breckin
ridge was authorized to offer an
amendment in the house for the pav
ment of these claims without any
recommendation and the members re
serve the right to vote as they might
see fit upon the question.
Under the department of state is a
clause “that the disbursements made
to members and attaches of the
Behring sea tribunal of arbitration
at Paris by Major E. W. Halford and
John W. Foster, disbursing officers of
said commission, under the authority
and with the approval of the secre
tary of state out of moneys hereto
fore appropriated, shall be allowed
by the comptroller of the treasury.’’
which settles a controversy between
the department and the accounting
officer of the treasury.
The office of the eleventh census, it
is provided, shall be abolished March
4 and the terms of all employes
cease with the exception of a force
not to exceed ninety, to complete the
work nnder the direction of the sec
retary of the interior.
The deficiency appropriations for
United States courts 'are made
each year. The principal items in this
bill are: Fees of marshals for 1895,
$713,000; 1894, $195,450; 1893, $38,159;
marshals’ expenses. $140,000; fees
of jurors, 1895, $,100,000; fees of wit
nesses, 1895, $156,000 and 1894, $75,700;
support of prisoners, 1895, $50,000 and
1894, $76,000; pay of bailiffs, 1895,
$45,000: fees of district attorneys,
1895, $100,000 and 1894, $54,000; fees of
clerks, 1895, $130,000; fees of commis
sioners, 1895, $187,300 and 1894, $40,
811.
The principal item under the post
office department is $935,000 for in
land mail transportation by railroad
routes exclusive of the Pacific rail
roads.
TRAMPS RAID A TOWN.
Stores in Vandalia, Mo., Broken Open
and Two Cltlmens Held Up.
Vandalia, Mo., Feb. 18.—Seven
tramps broke into the leading hard
ware store last night and helped
themselves to several revolvers each.
After entering several other stores
and securing considerable portable
goods they went toward the depot.
On their was they nret V. B. Shears,
a merchant, and another citizen, over
powered and tied them securely and
searched both, securing a diamond
; pin and $1.35 in cash. They then left
their victims. Tbe town was soon
aroused, but not before the men had
escaped.
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
The Ballinger Feel and Salaries Bill
raised In the House.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18.—The house
passed.the Ballinger fees and salaries
bill by a vote of 89 to 18. Those vot
b»g against the measure were: Ben*
ier, Brown of Crawford, Bucklin,
Campbell of Doniphan, Forsythe,
Hackbusch, Hart, Hill, Ingle, McKin
Metzler, Rothweiler, Seaton,
Smith of Sherman, True blood and
Vllott.
"r* Thurston Calls on Mr# Gresham.
Washington, Feb. 18. — Hawaiian
Minister Thurston hud a long inter
view with Secretary Gresham to-day,
Presumably relative to the applica
tion made by United States Minister
Willis to the Hawaiian government
*or a stay of sentence and copies of
tea records of the military commis
'•*°n cases of Gullick and other
alleged ’American citizens sentenced
b°lUom* *°r Par^‘c‘Pa^^on la the re
^ ttwfc Dealer Under Arrest.
Mo., Feb. 18. — Stephen
wit!**** * "Wmber of the McName &
s^ocb firm, which failed for
j Msets thus far of only
hu5d1,l?ld dollars, was arrested
r ttoUin McName, the other
and d«*^25i**** bas disappeared
detectives are in stearch of him.
^Illll|t tBe Income Tea.
i18. —Collectors of
CoS? hir**uVunhrtOUBrhOU^ the
turundw^,'**UmoeI^5 ® ^
in & ® tax law and
accomjBnS^Lc riSJS*th* *“h h“
fc ' f' ' /
BOND PEBAJE IN THE HOUSE.
Only On* Day Given Vp to tkt Dis
cussion.
WABHuroTost. Feb. 15.—Although it
was known that an attempt would be
made to-day to pass the resolution
authorizing the issue of three per
cent gold bonds, the attendance on
the floor of the house was not large
when the speaker called the mem
bers to order at 11 o’clock.
As soon as the journal had been
read Mr. Catchings, from the rules
oommittee, reported as the special
order under which the house
was to operate, the rule which
had been agreed upon by the rules
committee for the house to proceed in
committee of the whole to the con
sideration of the bond resolution
until. 5 o'clock, when the previous
question should be considered as
ordered and then, without interven
ing motion, votes should be taken
until it should have been fully dis
posed of. He demanded the previous
question as soon as the reading had
been completed.
On a rising vote the previous ques
tion was ordered, 50 to 111. Mr. Pick
ier of South Dakota made the point
of no quorum, but withdrew it and
before time for debate could be
claimed' under the rule the vote re
curred on the adoption of the order.
Mr. Simpson of Kansas again made
the point of no quorum and he and
Mr. Catchings, as tellers, took their
places and for over half an hour
waited patiently for the late arrivals
to make up the quorum.
At 11:52 o’clock, when Mr. Catch
ings reported a quorum, the hall of
representatives presented an ani
mated appearance. The vote had re
sulted 152 to 28 in favor of the special
order.
_ Mr. Simpson, who remarked sarcas
tically, sotto voce, that he was trying
to protect the president against the
vindictive assaults of Republicans
and recreant Democrats, made no at
tempt to get the yeas and nays, and
the special order was declared
adopted.
Before the debate began the speaker
announced that he woutd hear Mr.
Wilson and Mr. Keed in the affirma
tive and Mr. Hopkins of Illinois and
Mr. Bryan of Nebraska in the nega
tive to control four hours of the time
allotted for debate, the remaining
hour to be given to debate under the
five minute rule.
NO POSTAL CAR CHANGES,
the Senate Kills Several A mod men ta to
the Appropriations Bill.
Washington, Feb. 15. — When the
senate met Mr. Platt of Connecticut
presented a petition and gave dramat
ic details concerning barberous exe
cutions in the Choctaw territory. He
said that the facts, if known, would
shock the civilized world. The pe
tition urged that a law be apassed
giving an appeal from Indian courts.
A favorable report was made by a
special committee allowing 8115,000
to the widows and children of those
killed at Ford’s theater in Washing
ton.
Mr. Blackburn then moved to take
up the postoffice appropriation bill.
The committee amendment to the
postoffice amendment appropriation
bill providing that the amount for
postal car service should be expended
by the postmaster general was made
the subject of a point of order and by
yeas and nays it was ruled out, 30 to
17. Mr. Vilas’ proposition for the
government purchase and operation
of railway postal cars was laid on the
table by the decisive vote of 51 to 10.
Mr. Blackburn’s proposition for a ten
per cent reduction on the present
railway postal rates was laid on the
table, yeas 43, nays 19. This disposed
of all the proposed changes in the rail
way postal system.
RUINED BY SPECULATION.
The Fell of the l.ate Treasurer Ramsay
of Illinois Laid to Bad lleals.
Carlisle, 111., Feb. 15.—It has de
veloped that the late State Treasurer
Bamsay, a shortage of 8303,000 in
whose accounts was exposed Mon
day, intended ts open a chain of
banks in Southern Illinois. One had
already been opened at Columbia,
but was closed by Bamsey’s death.
Bamsay, it is said by his closest
friends, had been carrying a heavy
load of indebtedness for ten years or
more. His first financial pinch was
caused by dealing in wheat and corn
options on the St. Louis board.
' Bamsay was badly overloaded with
Kansas lands and lots, having made
heavy purchases while the boom was
in its palmiest days. He persistently
held on to these purchases, trusting
in a higher market, which never
came.
AN ARTISTS' LIFE WRECKED.
loha 8. Owen of It Louis KIIU Dim*
aelf—A Pathetic Note Left.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 15.—John 8.
Owen, a newspaper artist, 20 years
old, was found dead in a room at the
Moser hotel on Pine street He had
gone to the hotel the night before
and taken morphine. Be left this
note:
“To My Family: Waste no sorrow
on me. Ood is merciful to have let
me live and know what the love of
friends and family are, and it is
sweet to have felt the arms of a pure
girl go around me for the first time.
God was good. I betrayed the con
fidence of my friends and ruined the
girl. God is doubly good to let me die.
But I come to a bitter end. This
morphine tastes vilely.”
A Bank Cashier Found Inis
Hume, Mo., Feb. 15.—T. Lisle Stan
dish, cashier of the Hume bank, died
in Butler this morning at 6 o'clock of
heart disease. He had been sum
moned as a witness in a case in the
circuit court, now in session there,
lie retired last night feeling as well
3s ever, but was found in his room a
corpse at 6 o'clock this morning.
Union Pacific Foreclosure Demanded.
Jefferson Citt, Mo., Feb. 15.—Mr.
Julian presented a resolution this
morning, which the house adopted,
calling on the Missouri senators and
congressmen to vote ioA foreclosing
the government mi»rtga\,e on the
Union Pacific railway and operating
it at coat. •
BOND BIH DEFEATED
IT FAILS IN THE HOUSE BY A
VOTE OF 107 TO 120.
An Exciting Dav la tho Lower Branch of
Con frees—An Analyst* of the Vote
■how* 00 Democrats and 31 Republi
cans Toted In Favor of the Proposition,
and 08 Democrats. 30 Republicans and
1 Populists Against It.
Bonds Not Wauted.
Washington, Fob. 1(1.—The lower
house, by a veto of 107 to ISO, re
fused to order to a third reading the
resolution by whioh it was proposed
to authorize the issue of 965,000,000 of
3 per cent gold bonds to substitute
for the thirty year bonds sold by Sec
retary Carlisle under the eontraot
with the Rothschild-Morgan syndi
cate.
Analysis of the vote shows that
sixty-nine Democrats and thirty-one
Republicans (ISO in all) voted in favor
of the resolution and ninety-eight
Democrats, sixty-two Republicans and
seven Populists (167 in all) against
The entire Kansas delegation and
all but the St Louis and Kansas City
members of the Missouri delegation
voted against the bill.
A cheer went up from the oppon
ents of the resolution as the result
was announced. Mr. Bland moved to
reconsider and lay that motion on the
table, which was carried without di
vision, and then, on motion of Mr.
Wilson, at 5:40 the house udjourned.
There was much maneuvering
among the leaders. The Republi
cans west of the Alleghenies, led by
Messrs. Hopkins and Cannon, of
Illinois, started off with impetuous
spoeches against a gold bond that
would discriminate against the bonds
alrendy issued. Mr. Reed and his
Eastern friends sought in private con
ference to rally all to united action.
His plan was to allow the resolution
to go to a third reading, and then to
move to recommit it, with instruc
tions to report back a bill similar
to that which he offered as a substi
tute for the gold bond bill last week,
providing for three per cent coin
bonds. For a time it seemed possible
that this arrangement would be
agreed to, but, after the stirring
speech of Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, tho
middle and Western Republicans
broke away, determined to defeat tho
third reading of the resolution, lest
by some chance it might carry if it
fassed this parliamentary stage. The
astern Republicans then decided to
support it. The speeches of Mr. Wil
son, Mr. Reed and Mr. Bryan were
the features of the debate.
ADDINQ TO THEIR SALARIES.
Nearly All Member* or Congress Draw
Their Stationary Allowance In Cash.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The sta
tionery session accounts are now
being filed in the clerk’s office of the
house of representatives. Each rep
resentative is entitled to $125 worth
of paper, pons, ink, pencils, etc., each
session of congress, and if he does not
avail himself of the full extent of his
privilege, he can draw the balance in
cash.
This congress members have been
unusually fortunate, as there have
been three separate sessions, entitling
them to an aggregate stationery ac
count of $375. Not a buker's dozen
have taken out their full quota of
, stationery, and the great majority
! have drawn but a few dollars' worth.
One of the accounts recently filed
showed that ho had drawn only three
cents’ worth of stationery during the
session, while quite a number were
between $1 and $lo. Each committee
of the house is entitled to a certain
amount of pens, ink, paper, etc.,
each session and members avail them
selves freely of this in preference to
the troublesome and more expensive
method of keeping's private sbpplv.
MINISTER GRAY DEAD.
Casses Away In a Mexican !Io«pl al from
an Attack of Pneumonia.
Citt of Mexico, Feb. 10.—United
States Minister Gray died at 7:05 last
evening from an attack of pneumonia.
The Pullman conductor found him
unconscious at 2 o'clock in tho
morning. He was earr:ed from the
train on a stretcher to the American
hospital, where ho died at 7:05 o’clock
in the evening without regaining con
sciousness. Mrs. Gray and Consnl
General Crittenden were with him
when the end came. The remains
will be embalmed and shipped to In
dianapolis via El Paso and Kansas
City. He had been at Indianapolis
attending his son, who had under
gone a serious surgical operation,
and had started on his return almost
a week ago. He was taken ill at St.
Louis, -but grew worse and was found
in a dying condition in his berth in a
Pullman car.
Mr. Gray was one of the most prom
inent Democrats in the country. He
was governor of Indiana twice and at
presidential conventions had strong
supporters for the nomination. He
was appointed minister to Mexico by
President Cleveland about two years
ago. During the war he fought on
the Union side.
After the .1 exlcan Mission.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The friends
of Consul General Crittenden argue
that his Mexican experience qualifies
him for the place of minister, left
vacant by Mr. Gray’s death. Senator
Ransom’s friends say that he has
been in public life for twenty years
and is now thrown out upon the
world, a poor man. Senator Martin's
friends point to a recent press dis
patch relating to his poverty and
classing him as well among the de
serving.
No Prospect of Financial regulation In
View of the Iloa<»e*s Action.
Washington, Feb. 10 —Opinions in
the senate vary as to the influence of
the result of the vote in the house
upon the bond bill upon the future
course of the senate on the financial
question. The most generally ex
pressed opinion on the Republican
side is that the effect will be to ren
der unnecessary and futile any effoit
to take up the financial question,
while Democrats generally express
the belief that the action of the house
will not control the movements ot the
senate in any way.
, V ' ' . 1 .
A MONSTER PETITION
It Rm Journeyed Round thu World and
Hm Over 8,000,000 Hunt.
Washington, Feb 18.— The Metro
politan Methodist church was be
comingly decorated to-day in honor
of the convention of the W. G T. U.
Mrs. M. IS. Griffith, president of the
district branch, wolcomed the dele
gates and Mrs. .Clara G Hoffman of
Kansas City, recording secretary of
national union, responded. Prayer
service followed.
The prineipal object of the gather
ing is to call the attention of congress
and the president to the polyglot pe
tition which has arrived after a jour
ney around the world and bears the
signatures of more than 0,000,00b of
people of all nationalities. It reads
as follows:
For God and Home and Every Land.
Polyglot petitions of the World’s Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union:
Addressed to tho Governments of the
World: Honored rulers, representa
tives and rulers: We, your petitioners,
although belonging to the physically
weuicer sex, are strong of heart, to live
our homes, our native lands and the
worlds of nations. W«e know that
clear brains and pure hearts make
honest lives and nappy homes, and
that by these nations prosper, and
tho time is brought nearer whan the
world shall be at peaoe. We know
that indulgence in aloohol and opium
and in other vices whloh disgrace our
social life, makes misery for all the
world, and most of all tor us and our
ehildren.
We know that stimulants and
opiates arc sold under legal guaran
tees, which makes the government
partners in the traffic, by accepting
as revenue a portion of the profits,
and we know with shame that they
are often forced by the treaty- upon
populations either ignorant or un
willing, to know that you might do
much, now left nndone, to raise the
moral tone of socioty and render vice
difficult. We have no power to pro
vent these gront iniquities beneath
which tho whole world groans, but
we have power to redeem the honor
of tho nations from indefonsiblc com
plicity.
We therefore corao to you with tho
united voice of representative women
of every land, beseeching you to raise
the standard of laws to that of Chris
tian morals, to strip away the safe
guards and sanctions of the state
from the drink traificand the opium
trade and to protect our homos by
the total prohibition of this curse of
civilization throughout all the terr$
tory over which your government ex
tends.
BLUE AND THE GRAY MEET.
All Gather Around the Banquet Board
In C hicago*
Chicago., I1L, Fob. in.—The "blue
and the gray" mingled last night at
a banquet at the Auditorium given
by Columbian post. Grand Army.
About 300 men sat down to the table.
The banquet was opened by the Rev.
Emil O. Hirsclt In prayer. Com
mander II. O. Purinton of Columb la
post introduced the speakers, and
Commander C. II. McConnell acted
as toastmaster. The list of toasts In
cluded “1861—isos," Major William
Warner of Kansas City, past com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic; "The Stars in Their
Courses,” General John 0. Black;
“The Duties of Peace,” St Clair Me
Kelvvay of Brooklyn; “A New Na
tion,” Wiliam E. Mason, Chicago;
“The New Century,” General. John B.
Gordon, Georgia. The members of
the ex-Confederate association of Chi
cago were invited as guests of the
Columbian post.
Bevler mine Flooded.
Bevibb, Mo., Fob. 16.—The Black
Diamond coal mine, employing over
100 miners was flooded by a break in
the working of an old slope which
was full of water. The miners bare
ly escaped with their lives, leaving
behind alt their tools, clothing, eta
The darnago is not yet known, but it
will be heavy.
REED LEADS IN NEW YORK.
Thirty-Seven Republican Legislators ft*
vor the Maine Man—McKinley Next.
Nkw Yobk, Feb. 16.—The Morning
Advertiser says the recent visit of
Governor McKinley of Ohio to Albany
has given fresh impetus to gossip
with regard to the next Republican
presidential candidate. The follow
ing poll of the legislature has been
made by the Morning Advertiser cor
respondent at the capital:
Candidate. Senate.
Heed. s
McKIn^oy. 1
HarrKon. 0
Mi rton. |
Lincoln.0
Choate.0
Tracy. 1
Saxton. 1
Either Reed or McKinley... 0
Harrison. Heed or McKinley 0
Noncommltal.4
Assembly
a® 87
14
4
8
5
1
0
0
10
T
84
103 118
Total.18
AN ATTEMPTED LYNCHING.
Soldiers From Fort Leavenworth Attempt
to Avenge the Murder of a Comrade.
Leavenworth,Kan., Fob. 16.—There
was much excitement in this city last
night over aD attempt of about forty
soldiers from Fort Leavenworth to
lynch a bartender named llarry Smith
and a notorious woman named
Alma Vaughn, whom they accuse
of having caused the death of a pri
vate soldier named Patrick V. Fogan,
who was found dead at the bottom of
a coal shaft The accused persons
escaped from a saloon by a back door,
and by the timely urnval of all the
night police officers the soldiers were
held in check for a time. Colonel
Hawkins was called upon, and sent
cavalry down in a hurry and the dis
turbers were hustled back to the fort
A Choctaw Memorial.
Washington, Feb. HI.—Senator
Teller filed in the senate a memoria
from the Choctaw country asking
that the government do something to
interfere with the execution of polit
ical prisoners in that country under
the Governor Gardner administration.
Ths Sugar Discrimination May Go.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate
finance committee has agreed to re
port favorably the. bouse bill repeal
ing the one-tenth of a cent discrimin
ating duty on sugar imjported from
bounty producing countries.
THE GOLD BOND CONTRACT."”
Cara Balog Taken to Prevent Publicity ?
' of the Same.
Washington, Feb. It.—Unueual care
it being taken by the officials and the
members of the trays and means
committee to prevent the publication
of the bond oontraot recently entered
lhto with the Morgan-Belmont syndi
cate of New York, but it is said one
stipulation in the contract Is that In
caso the government desires tissue
any more, bonds between now and
October 1 next, the syndicate shall
have the preference right of pur- '
chase, all of the conditions being
equal. This part of the agreement
was Insisted udon by Messrs. Morgan
and Belmont who argued that it
might take months to place the MS,
ooo.ooo just negotiated for, and that it
would lie unfair for the government
to go into the market as a competitor
of theirs until they should have had .
a reasonable time in whioh to sell
that part of the issue of which they ■
might dcsiro to dispose. It was
argued further that, as the Morgan
syndicate had lost considerably on
the last issue, as the market now
stood, all proper consideration should
be shown to Mr. Morgan's associates
at this time. It was accordingly
agreed that October 1, 189S should be
the date fixed upon for the release of
this obligation. Nothing In the con
tract prevents the government from
issuing bonds at any time either prior
or subsequent to that date, the only
com ition being that in oase another
is decided upon before October 1, the
syndicate shall have a preference
right of purchase.
NO ANNUAL OLERK9.
I loots Decides Against the Sheme by a
Big Majority,
Washington, Feb. 14. — Members
crowdod before the speaker's desk in
tlichouso yesterday to securo consider
ation of tho many local measures
which are being endnngored by the 'f?
near approach of the- close of the
session. Among the bills and rosolu
tions passed were those returning
war flags to certain Michigan regi
me nts; donating condemned cannon
to Dos Moines, Iowa; incorportlng the
National Association of Florists; sen
ate bill granting public lands in Mis
souri to aid the mechanical and ag
ricultural schools of the state, and
house bill authorizing the restoration
of the public domain ot certain res
ervations in Mississippi and Alabama
now licld by tho navy department for
naval purposes.
The house then resumed consider
ation of tho legislative, judicial and
executive appropriation bill.
When the bill was reported baek to
the house the contest was resumed
against the provision for annual clerks
to congressmen. By a vote pf 98 to
143 It was voted down.
HE ONCE OWNED BLIND TOM..
Onunl netliune. One* Con trot Ur of th(
Colored Prodigy, Diet In Huklnitoa.
Washington, Peb. 14. — General
James G. Hethuno, widely known M
the one-tltae owner and manager of
Blind Tom, the musioal prodigy, died :
to-day at the homo of his son in this
city, aged Si years. He was hale and
vigorous until a few months ago. , ;
General Bethune was a graduate of
the university of Qeorgin and an inti*
mate friend of Alexander Stephens,
Robert Toombs and other famous
Georgians. During the Greek war he %
served as colonel, but owing to the
loss of a leg did not take part in the j
civil war. Six children survive him.
- yjj;
PULLMAN MUST EXPLAIN. ~
The raise* Car Magnate Called Up fee |
Contempt of tho Federal Court,
Chicago, Feb. 14.—Postponement
of the Debs trial has not relieved^
George M. Pullman from the nece<r '
sity of explaining his failure to an
swer the subpoena issued by the
United States court last week. To ;
day Judge Grosscup directed that an
order be entered and served on Mr.
Pullman commanding him to appear,
in court this afternoon and explain
his action.
Secs and Foxes Aided to Go Home.
Washington. Feb. 14.—The Sae and
Fox Indian delegation, headed by
Chief Keokuk, has returned to their
reservation in tire Indian territory.
They came here several weeks ago to •
discuss certain reservation matCera
and became strankled. The govern
ment finally advanled to them their
expenses from a fukd due to them.*
LIVE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS
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Quotations from Mow York, Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter—Creamery separator.. U
Butter— Fair to good country. 12
F.ggs-Fresh. 22
Honey—I or E. 16
thickens—Dressed, per 9». 6
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 2 SO
Oranges—Messlnoa,per box.... 3 73
potatoes. 65
lietins-Navy, hand-picked, bu 190
llay-Upland, per too. 9 00
Onions—Per bbl. 2 75
carrots—Per bbl. 1 75
Parsnips—Per bbl. 1 75
Beets—Per bbl. 1 SO
Cranberrrles—Cape Cod .11 00
Hogs—Mixed packing...8 SO
Hogs—Heavy weights.. 3 55
Peeves- Stockers and feeders 1 75
Beet steers. 3 IS
Bulls.. 2 25
btrgs. 2 60
Calves. 1 55
20
SP
600
ft 70
ft 200
ft 10 00
6* 3 00
* 2 00
200
, 1 75
Ull 50
ft 8 75
380
3 10
_ 6 15
ft 300
'3 50
4 75
t leers—Fair to good. 3 30. <ui 4 50
8 01
ft 3 25
ft 3 00
ft 4 50
ft 3 60
5 15
ft 4 50
Cows. 1 00
Heifers.. 1 23
Westerns. 2 95
Sheep—I.ambs. 2 50
bheop— Fair to good muttons... 2 75
CBICAUo.
Whcat-Ko. 2. spring. 53X9 51*
Corn—Per bn. 42 «4 4214
Cats—ter bu.28 ft tSjJ
Pork.. 9 87)4 •< 19 00 A
Lard. 6 30 ft 6 52)4
Bugs—Packers and mixed. 4 05 a, 4 25
i attle-Com. steers to extra... 3 75 ft 4 73
rbeep— Lambs. 3 59
theep—Inferior to choice. 2 75
NEW YUUK.
Wheat, No. 2, red winter. 57
Corn—NO. 2. ,47
Oats—No.2. I 33
Pork..,.,....11 50
Lard. 4 00
6T. LOUIS.
Wheat—No 2red, cash.. 51
Corn—Per bu.40
Oats—Per bn .30
bogs—Mixed packing.....»_3 90
Cattle—Native steers...3 85
fcheep— Mixed natives. 4 It)
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 bard..02
Corn-No. 2..
57X
S7X
ft 33X
<■ 11 0J
©7 80
9 SIX
h 4i
© ao’-i
m. 4 03
ft 4 00
ft 4 15
oits-No.2...3*9
cattle—Stockers and feeders. I 40 ft 3 71
Bogs—Mixed.
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