1® ;rv’ 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 •'e foremost ia nun g” fOMract ma-ii 7itici,sed **• n. 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