..- nnmrtKlut
for the largest tom-cat, and a
el of potatoeg for the best looking
an on the grounds. J
TARIFF LEGISLATION.
The House at Last Ends the Long
Struggle.
' Banate Meannre Passed, Also Bills Making
Coal. Iron, SuRar and Ilarbed Wire Free
Activity in Some Linen Created
by Thin Action.
THE fsITfATION'.
Washington. Auj. 15. The house
Monday at G:30 p. m., accordintr to tlie
programme adopted by the caucus,
Adopted tha senate amendments to tho
Wilson bill and then passed separate
measures placing sufrar. coal, iron ore
and barbed wire on the free list. The
ote by which the house accepted the
senate measure was 1S2 to 105.
Keed Is HuuiorouK.
.fter speeches had been delivered by
Mr. "Vilson (dem..V. Va.). Ueed (rep.,
Me.), Cockran (dem., N. Y.), Speaker
Crisp Mid others the vote was taken
with the result as noted above. Mr.
Keed anion? other thing's said:
-The gentleman from West Virginia nnd his
compatriots appear before us now, not cs the
triumphal reformers marching to glory to the
sound of their own sweet voices. They are
little babies in the wood, and it will tc found
pretty soon that they were left there by their
uncle in the white house. And 1 can hear the
comics of the pinions, of the little birds bear
ing the ballots -that aro to bury them out of
BiKtt. '
Mr. Heed went on to say that one of
the great tnisfortunesof this attempted
action was that it would not be a per
manent basis on which this country
could do business. After paying a
stinging' tribute to Mr. Wilson and the
men who had submitted to the bill he
continued:
-Wj shall not write Its epitaph. That has
been done by a nearer and dearer personage.
That has teen done by the man whose name
must be affixed to this bill before it cau be a dis
credit to the statute book. His name must be
rtded to it. He tells you this bill Is an in
stance of perfidy, injustice and dishonor.
Out of your own household has come
your condemnation. Xay. out of your owa
mouths has your cor.deniaation come. For we
shall read that bold anJ uncompromising decla
ration of the chairman of the committee on
ways and means that we were to sit here un
til the end of oar term to put down the sugar
trust.
"What do wo have instead? Why, we have a
proposition to fire one of those popgun tarin"
bills for which the gentleman from Illinois
(Mr. Springer! was deposed from the ways and
means committee, liis successor, after filling
the atmosphere with his outspread wings,
finds his nest ia some other bird's premises.
Why not res gn if you were to adopt the ac
tion of the other person? 1 congratulate the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Springer) upon
his personal triumph. I wish I could congratu
late the country upon something, and I will
upon the speedy departure of incompetency."
Cockran Is Heard.
Mr. Cockran (detn., N. Y.) made a
strong' protest against the consumma
tion of this tariff legislation, which re
called his famous speech of protest at
the Chicag-o convention. Mr. Cockran
sail!:
"Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the ques
tion I'e.'ore this house has been somewhat
ovcriooked. Ihe vital point at issue here is
whether the American congress is to legislate
or whether some unknown, unmentioned force
can block the wheels of legislation and ma'no
the representatives of the ecple cower in the
dust and surrender they know not to whom.
On one momentous occasion the gentleman
from West Virginia, borne upon affectionate
nd loyal shoulders, was the central
figure of a demonstration which ev
idenced the depth of feeling through
oat the American people, long pent up. at
last fondly considered triumphant over all ob
structions. To-day no more pathetic ligure
In the history of the world can bo observed
than that same leader, shorn of his support,
walking down these aisles, disdaining to pre
Tttricate or misrepresent the actual condition
which confronts us. confessing that he has
been deserted by those in whose support he
bad every reason to confide. askin? us to record
our betrayal of every principal which the
house under his leadership has maintained.
"Mr. Speaker, I desire to state here that in
y humble judgment the measure which we
re now asked to pass is a more obnoxious pro
tective measure than the McKiniey act, which
It is designed to supplant." IC'ries of dissent
on the democratic side and jeers.l
"If we are to swallow this whole obnoxious
bill, then in the name of fair play, in the name
of propriety, in the name of decency, in the name
of American liberty and Americanfreeilom, let
the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Wilson)
tell us to whom we are surrendering, tell us w ho
they aro who constitute the new force in this
government to which we are to pay tribute;
tell us fully and without reserve the character
of the action which he asks us to take, that
wo may judge the depth of the infamy into
which we are invited to descend.' Applause, i
Speaker Crisp Takes the I loor.
Speaker Crisp was recognized amid
much applause, Mr. Tracy (X. Y. ) be
ing in the chair. Mr. Crisp said he
wished to publicly assume his full
share of responsibility for the action
about to be taken, and expressed the
belief that it was in the best interest
of tariff reform. Mr. Crisn, continu
ing, said:
"We will send to the senate crystalizcd into
the form of acts passed in this hall bills mak
ing sugar free, making coal free, making iron
pre Iree and making burked wire free.
I want to say. so far as I am concerned,
I was willing to continue the contest for a
better bill so long as there was any hope
of obtaining it. Hut when the conferrees oa
the part of the ho use. in whom we h-ivc the
utmost confidence, who are familiar with all
the facts, tell us that in their judgment we
must take this bill or be remitted to the pen
titles of the McKiniey law, 1 do not hesitate a
moment. I take the senate amendment.
Separate I-ills I'assod.
Separate bills placing coal, iron,
barbed wire and sugar on the free list
were introduced by Mr. Wilson and
passed. Some discussion took place
over the sugar bill, na amendment be
ing' offered reducing the bounties on
sugar one-eighth yearly from July 1,
1S95, to July 1, 1901, but the bill was
passed in its original form.
May Not Sign It.
Washington. Aug-. 10. As the
Louse of representatives Monday
night adjourned over until to-day,
the tariff bill cannot be sent to the
white house before. It will be en
rolled and carefully compared when
both houses are in session, and will re
ceive the signatures of Speaker Crisp
and Vice l'resident Stevenson. The bill
then will be taken to the president,
who will then have ten days (exclu
fcire of Sundays), or until Monday, this
27th. in which to act on the bill.
lie fore tl:o Senate.
At 12:15 in the senate a messenger
from the house of representatives was
tnuounced and informed the senate
that the house had passed the bills
placing1 coal, iron ore, barbed wire and
t,cgar on the free list, in which
it asked the concurrence of the
senate. Senator Manderson objected
to the second reading, and Senator
UL- g-ave xiotiao of amendments re
Mrs. Henry Hempel and children
departed Tuesday mrning for a
month's ylit at Ashland.
pealing' aH income taxes. The bills
will come up Wednesday.
In the President's Hands.
Washington, Aug-. 17.- The tariff
bill, signed b3 the presiding officers of
ooth houses, was taken to the presi
dent by Representative Pearson (O.)
on Wednesdaj-.
The Bills Referred.
Washington, Aug. 18. The free
sugar bill has been referred to the
committee on finance. The vote on
the free sugar bill was, ayes, S'2; nays,
IS. The vote on the motion to refer
he tree coal bill was, yeas, 35; nays,
17. The next was ti;o bill for free
iron ore, and the like reference was
made by a vote of yeas, S7; nays, 17.
The free barbed wire was also referred
to the finance committee, without a
division.
Distiller Are Active.
Pini.ADEi.rniA, Aug-. 10. There was
great activity in the United States in
ternal revenue ofiice here Tuesday fol
lowing1 the final passage of the tariff
bill. Distillers aro anxious to get
their whisky out of bond at the pres
ent revenue rate of DO cents, and the
receipts were phenomenally large.
At IVorin.
Pf.okia. 111., Aug. 1C. The scene
around the internal revenue ofiice
Tuesday was one of unusual activity.
Distillers were there in large numbers
to pay the tax on thousands of gallons
of the surplus which has been stored in
various warehouses for a number of
months. The collections, which for
weeks have been at low-water mark,
on Tuesday, as expected, suddenly
jumped to more than 104,000. The
sudden increase was the passage of the
tariff bill by the house.
Pkokia, 111.. Aug. IS. Pusiness con
tinues lively in the domain of the Dis
tillers and Cattle Feeders' company,
the collections on Thursday amounting-
to S197.000. which is an increase of
more than ?13,000 over the day before.
Ten additional gangers arrived here in
the morning and have been set at work
regauging' the products in the several
bonded warehouses.
The trust has negotiated a loan of
more than S4.000.000, the details being
arranged in New York by President
Greenhut in accordance with a recent
action of the board of directors.
At l'ittsbursh.
Pittsburgh, Pa., An?. 10. The pas
sage of the tariff bill has already made
itself felt in this district by a marked
revival of business. Stocks in all lines
of manufactures had been reduced to
a minimum, especially in iron, steel
and g-lass.
At Chicago.
Chicago. Aug-. 10. A few instances
of immediate improvement in local
business as a result of the late tariff
enactment were found Tuesday. Busi
ness men generally were much grati
fied that the end of the lingering1 bat
tle had been announced, and opinion
prevailed that speedy recovery of busi
ness would result.
Oier Hair a Million in Tax.
Loi'i'vii.i.K, Ky., Aug. IS. Whisky
men of this city jiaid in over 1500,000
in taxes Thursday, breaking the rec
ord. The receipts for whisky at the
collector's ofiice were 490,344 and at
the surve3-or's ofiice for reimports S'-JO,-000.
Cincinnati, Aug. IS. The whisky
withdrawals Thursday were the
heaviest in the history of this district.
There was paid into Collector Dowling
on this account S;175,000. The with
drawals have been so heavy that all
the government warehouses in this
district were declared free.
ITS CHARTER IN PERIL.
Oao Warranto Froceedinjrs Regan Against
Pullman C'oKipany,
Chicago. Aug. 14. Saturday after
noon Attorney General Maloney ap
peared in the ofiice of the circuit clerk
of Cook county and filed a petition
covering1 sixty pages of typewrit
ten legal cap for a bill in
equity against the Pullman Pal
ace Cur company, calling upon
it to show cause why it should not be
prohibited from further doing business
under the laws of the state. The peti
tion sets forth that it has violated the
franchises conferred upon it by the
state in numerous particulars anil lays
stress upon the fact that it is conduct
ing a hotel business and a real estate
business at Pullman without warrant
of law.
The Pullman company is charged
with illegally owning a controll
ing interest in the Allen Paper
Car Wheel company, and with
wrongfully exercising' the pow
ers of a municipal corporation
in furnishing dwellings, light,
water, heat and provisions to the resi
dents of Pullman. The petition also
charges that in the possession of the
real estate and buildings in Pullman
and Chicago outside its manufacturing
plant, and for other purposes than the.
transaction of its lawful chartered
business, it is violating its corporate
rights. The holding- of a majority of
stock in the Union Foundry and Full
man Car Wheel company, is made a
parallel charge to that in reference to
tlie Allen Paper Car Wheel company.
The court is informed that the com
pany has not regarded the limitations
as to its holding1 of real estate, but lias
usurped the right to buy and own
large tracts in and about Chicago, and
has erected churches, schoolhouses,
theaters, hotels and dwelling- houses
and a business block. This prop
erty is being rented for large
sums, the petition recited, and
it is averred that such holdings and
rentals are violations of the conditions
of the charter, not being- necessary for
the prosecution of its business.
Chicago, Aug. 10. In a statement in
regard to the suit brought by Attorney
General Moloney George M. Pullman
says the laws were complied with when
Pullman was built.
Wcllman'n Party Safe.
Tr.OMsoE, Norway, Aug-. 17. Mr.
Walter Wellman and party have ar
rived here from the arctic regions,
where their steamer, the Itag-nvald
Jarl, was recently crushed in tl?e ice,
compelling them to abandon their at
tempt to reach the north pole.
Cnulalonjjkorn I., king of Siam, is
dead and will be succeeded on the
throne by his eldest son.
o'clock a. m. uu
Omaha at 8:00 p. m.
Constipation and sick headache per
manentlv cured, and piles prevented
LIGHT IS SOUGHT.
Investigation Into the Causes
the Late Strike Begun.
of
The Iabor CoiumlsHloners In Session at
Chicago Vice President Howard and
Cieuerul Master Workmen Sov
ereign Testify.
TOM) I.AI501: S STOHY.
Chicago, Aug. 17. President Cleveland's
Special commission to Investigate the recent
strikes and boycott against the Pullman nnd
the railroad companies began its inquiry
AVednesday in the district courtroom in the
federal building The cornmisioners, consist
ing of Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright,
John l. Kerntm. of New York, and Judge N. K.
Worlhington, of Illinois, occupied the judicial
bench.
a. XV. Howard, vice president of the Ameri
can Railway union, was called as the first wit
ness. He told how tha Pullman strike was pre
cipitated by the alleged discharge of members
cf a committee that waited on the Pullman
company ofllcials. He said he had advised
against the Pullman striko and he told of
the efforts that were made by the American
Kailway union und the civic federation
to induce the Pullman company ofllcials to ar
bitrate the difficulties, lie further related
how the convention of the American Kailway
union, composed of delegates from all the
United States, declared that no more Pullman
cars would be handled by the American Hail
way union after a certain date unless the Pull
man company decided to arbitrate. The com
pany refused to arbitrate and the railway men
refused to handle the Pullman cars.
Mr. Howard said that the cause of the gen
eral strike was that the General Managers' as
sociation made a declaration that they would
back up tleorge M. Pullman.
Mr. Howard testified that lie had given in
formation to city detectives that certain per
sons h id been paid large sinus by General
Manager Kgan, of the Kock Island road, to
burn cars, thereby arousing public sentiment
against the strikers.
In the beginning of his afternoon testimony
Mr. Howard told about the conference of la
bor leaders at the Uriggs house anil said Mr.
Debs did not advise either Mr. Gorupcrs, Mr.
Sovereign or Mr. McHride or any other labor
leaders to counsel men beneath them tostrike.
Mr. Howard advocated the government
ownership an.l operation of railroads to pre
vent such troubles in the future. As to arbi
tration, the labor leader had little faith in its
efficacy unless it was voluntary.
General Master Workman Sovereign, of the
Knights of Labor, followed. He said he knew
little of the grievances of the Illinois Central
employes and comparatively little about the
Kock Island, except that the latter road was
the subject of a discussion in a convention at
lies Moines before the general strike in Chi
cago. Concerning the violence and destruction of
property. Mr. Sovereign said he believed the
burning of cars was the work of United States
deputy marshals. He had read information
tiled with the mayor of Chicago by the police
department which justified that belief.
"I do not believe arbitration will avoid such
strikes," he said in conclusion. "Voluntary
arbitration Is too slow and compulsory arbi
tration is not a remedy.
Chicago. Aug. IS. It is a question whether
tho commission will bo able to get much in
formation from the railway inunngers. The
commission has the power to summon wit
nesses, but cannot compel them to answer
questions. There is no doubt that
Ueorgo M. Pullman. Vice l'resident
Wicks, General Managers Kgan. St.
John and other corporation officials will
be called. Whether they will tes
tify or not is quite another matter.
Georsre XV. Lovejoy, former yardmaster at
La Salle. 111., for the Kock Island, testified
that he was discharged June li for reasons
unknown to him. The employes of the Kock
Island struck because of a local grievance und
of the 1 ullican troubles. The Kock Island
peop'e, the witness declared, will not employ
a member of the American Kailway union.
His plan for preventing strikes was govern
ment ownership of railroads. lie thought com
pulsory arbitration unsatisfactory.
Sylvester Kchher, secretary of the Ameri
can Kailway union, was tho next witness.
He thought that the cause of the boycott was
the grievance of the Pullman employes.
The Pullman employes were organized
us a lodge of the American ltaliway
union. To a committee of the Ameri
can Kailway union which waited on
them Manager Wickes and Mr. Pull
man said the grievances would be investigated,
and these gentlemen promised that the mem
bers of the grievance committee of forty-three
should not be discriminated against. Notwith
standing this, the members of the commit
tee were discharged the next day.
Then the Pullman employes went out
and the convention of the American Kailway
union voted to sustain them.
Mr. Keliher said he thought the best prevent
ive of strikes on railroads would be govern
ment control of ail railroads; tho next best
thing, compulsory arbitration.
U. H. Kay. who was assistant yardmaster for
the Kock Island road at Kock Island. 111., but
was discharged previous to the strike be
cause ho joined the American Kailway
union, was the third witness. lie
gave tho usual account of what led
to the strike. Tho remedy for
strikes, he thought, lay in compulsory arbitra
tion. At the afternoon session T. XV. Hoathcote:
who was chairman of tho Pullman strike
committee, was tho first witness. He pre
sented to the commission tho wage scale
that obtained at Pullman in lhi)3 and
compared it with that in force at the time
the strike was inaugurated. In June,
IH',13. he said he knew llrst-class mechanics who
made between flit nnd $T in two weeks. A year
Inter he said it was necessary for the mea to
do four times as much work to get the same
pay. there having been a reduction of
about X per cent, in the pay of the
men. While wages were reduced to this
remarkable extent Mr. Ileathcote said
there was not "the slightest reduction in
the rents collected by the Pullman company
out of the wages of its employes. Mr. Hoath
cote also picfenteJ an official copy of the
'black list" prepared by tho IHillman com
pany and forwarded to other corporations with
the request that the men whose names it con
tained be I nt employed.
Jennie C;.rtis was a seamstress for live years
in the repair shops of the Pullman company,
president of the girl's local union 2f.V). Ameri
can Kailway union, at Pullman, and also a
member of tlie committees that oaiX'il on Hr.
Wickes and Mr. Pullman on behalf of the
girls employee! at tho carshops town. In her
department, she said, employe made in
June, lf'.U, W-r a day, and at tho time of tho
btriko from 40 to Ml cents a day. "My father
worked for tho compuny for thirteen years,"
she sulil. "and last fall he died. He was a ten
cut of tho Pullman company. Ho owed $'10
rent, und out of my small wages I had to pay
that ' or leave tho employ of the company."
K. XV. Combs has been a car carpenter In
the freight department of the Pullman works
for ten years. Ho testified: "A year ago
my wages averaged a day nnd In
March, lrtul. they were C8 cents. Tho cut
oommuiicod In November, 1-iJJ.
WAR STATISTICS.
New YoitK furnished 448,6T0 men for
the union army in tho civil war.
Pennsylvania was next in rank with
337,020 of her bravo sons in line.
Onio during- the four years of the war
Bent totlio front 313,1S0 boys in blue.
Illixois with conscious pride that
she had given her beloved country, the
Treat Lincoln sent sorward 259,092
troqps.
Indiana placed upon the altar of her
country 190,363 loyal sons, and Massa
chusetts with equal patriotism, g-ave
140,730 IX en-
BEESbN & ROOT.
Attorneys at
SUGAR IN THE SENATE.
Debate Itegun on This Kill Senator
Test's ISltter Attack on the President.
Washington, Aug. 17. For five
hours Wednesday afternoon the senate
debated the question of proceed
ing' immediately to the consid
eration of the house bill plac
ing sugar, raw and refined, on
the free list. Secretary Carlisle's
letter stating that the free entry of
sugar would deprive the treasury dur
ing the next fiscal year of $43,000,000
revenue and cause aVleficit of ST.0,000.
000, which was read in the senate, was
made the justification of Senator Har
ris' motion to refer the bill to the com
mittee on finance.
Senator Vest spoke on the motion to
refer the free sugar and other bills to
the finance committee. He said it
meant the death of the bills, as the
committee was now politically a
tie, with the prospect of the dis
appearance of a quorum within
a few days. He declared the po
sition of the senate on the tariiF
had been vindicated by the letter of
Secretary Carlisle, w hich proved con
clusively that if the house bill had
been enacted it would have caused a
deficiency of $:;o,000,000. He argued
that the power acquired by the Mi::'ar
trust was the result of its fostering by
the provisions of the McKiniey law.
"And yet," said Senator Vest, with bit
terness, "thc3- call us the creatures of
the sugar trust.'' The senator paused
for a moment and then, with intense
earnestness, added: '"Liars, slanderers,
infamous libelcrs."
Senator Vest then bitterly atlacked
the president for his severe criticism
on the action of the senate, claiming
that in so doing- he acted in any
thing but good faith, having' assured
those who had given '"almost their
lives in the preparation of this bill"
that he was satisfied with its provis
ions. In concluding- Senator Vest
said:
"Sir, w hen any man living accuses me of per
sonal motives In what 1 have done ia connec
tion with this bill but my connection with It
is now ended I simply answer him as Marmion
to Douglas:
" -Lord Angus, thou hast lied.'"
Senator Mills (Tex.) took the floor
and spoke long aud eloquently in de
fense of President Cleveland. He said:
"I regret to see my friend attack the presi
dent of the United States and the leader of
our party. 1 believe he is honest; I be
lieve he is trying to carry out the wiil
of e.OOO.OtNl democratic voters. The let
ter of Secretary Carlisle is no condemna
tion of th? president's letter to Mr. Wilson.
The president's letter to Mr. Wilson was writ
ten lecause we departed from the democratic
principles cf free raw materials. The presi
dent wanted to give employment to the idle
people of the United Stutes.
"U'e do not accept this as tho final settle
ment of the tariff. We intend to continue the
crusade of tariff reform until the people ure no
longer ground down by burdens which are
made to enrich the few.'
SANTO GUILLOTINED.
Carnot's Murderer Pa the Penalty for
Mis Dastardly Crime.
Lyons, Aug. 17. Ca;sario Santo, the
assassin of President Carnot, was exe
cuted at 4:55 this (Thursday) morning.
The news of tlie decision to execute
Santo in the early morning spread rap
idly, notwithstanding' the efforts of
the o2icials to keen it secret.
Santo trembled violently when
awakened and told to prepare for ex
ecution, lie declined both food
and drink and refused to see
either the priest or his coun
sel. As he with difficul
ty walked from the wagon to the gang
way of the guillotine he uttered the
cries, in a voice scarcely audible:
'"Courage, mes comrades!" "Vive
l'Anarchie:"
The words were scarcely uttered
when Santo was seized and pushed
toward the bascule. He was securely
fixed in position, offering feeble re
sistance, and Diebler, the executioner,
pressed the handle. The knife shot
downward, the head of Santo rolled
into the basket of sawdust ready to
receive it, and Carnot's murder was
avenged.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SICK.
Suffering from an Attack of .Malaria His
Condition Not Serious.
Washington, Aug. IS President
Cleveland left Washington via the
Pennsylvania railroad at 7:20 o'clock
a. m. for (iray Gables. In explanation
of his sudden departure, Private
Secretary Thurber said that, for
several days the president had
been trying1 to shake off the fever with
which he was threatened, but had final
ly been obliged to g'ooif for absolute
rest. Ur. O'Keilly, his physician who ac
companies him, thinking a few days
of salt air and rest would bring-him
around all right.
The president took with him the
tariff bill, and also the river and har
bor appropriation bill and thus can act
on each bill while away in ease he sees
fit to do so. The ten days within
which the president has to act on the
river and harbor bill expires Sat
urday night, but he has until Monday,
the U7th inst., in which to act on
the tariiF bill. The president, it is be
lieved, will return on the 24th or
25th inst.. and probably on the 21th.
POURING INTO COREA.
lapan Has I lfty Thousand Troops in the
Disputed Territory.
London, Aug:. 13. A dispatch to the
Time's from Shanghai says that Japan
is pouring- fresh troops into Corea and
that upward of 50,000 Japanese
soldiers are now in Corean territory.
The Chinese fleet, according- to the
eame dispatch, is remaining- passive.
In Japan the war fever is intense
and universal, the press and popular
orators preaching' tu the excited peo
ple of vastly ambitious schemes, in
cluding the conquest of China, or at
least the conquest of the Chinese prov
ince of Manchuria.
The Japanese populace and press
are under complete official control.
Perfect order prevails among the town
population. The Japanese govern
ment enforces complete secrecy in re
spect to all military movements and a
rigid censorship Is observed.
Fatal Cyclone in Spain.
London, Aug. 15. A cyclone in tho
provinces of Madrid and Ciudad Real,
Syain, killed or injured 100 persons.
Law,
NEED TAX ON SUGAR.
Secretary CarlUlo Fears Its Abolition
Would Cause a Deficit.
Washington, Aug-. 17 Secretary
Carlisle has written a letter to Senator
Harris, acting- chairman of the finance
committee, which was read in the
Fenate. The secretary reviewed the
condition of tlie treasury and the
estimated revenues of the govern
ment for the next fiscal year.
The figures showed that under the
tariff bill just sent to the presi
dent, the revenues would exceed the
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30, IS'J.j, ?ir,000,000. Tlie reven
ues from the sugar duty Mr. Carlisle
placed at 43.000,000 and from coal,
iron ore and barbed wire SI. 000,000. If
the house supplementary bills were
passed there will, Mr. Carlisle said, be
a deficiency next year of .?!i.000,000.
The secretary concludes his letter a3
follows:
"In view of the existing and prospective re
quirements I am of the opinion that It would
not be safe to place all tiiearticlosenuineruK d
In j our letter, or even M!;.rar alone, upon the
frie list without imposing taxation upon other
articles or subjects sufficient to raise an an
nual revenue of about r'M.v.xi.UJO."
DIED WORTH MILLIONS.
Sirs. Shirk, a Vcattliy Indiana V. idoxr
Passes Away vU. Peru.
Pehc, Ind., Aug. 14. Mrs. Mary J.
Shirk, widow of K. J. Shirk, tlie million
aire banker of this state, died of a com
plication of diseases in this city Sunday
night, aged f.S years. She was one of
the wealthiest women in the western
states, her propertj' being estimated
at from 4,000.000 to 0,000,000
in bank stock, Chicago realty and
land. Three children survive her,
Milton, president of the First national
bank of Peru; Libert, vice president of
the same bank; and Alice,' wife of 11.
A. Edwards, cashier. l!y a singular
coincidence Milton was in Kuropj for
his health when his father died some
years ago, aud is also there now.
RAILROAD ABANDONS STATIONS
Failure of Com Crop in Kansas and ISe
braska Causes No lluslness.
St. Joski'H, Mo., Aug. 1". The dam
age to the corn crop in parts of Kan
sas and Nebraska is so great that the
St. Joseph t (Irand Island railroad
has issued orders for the abandonment
ofoveradozenstationson its lines. The
otlicers of the road say the stations are
not abandoned permanently, although
there is little probability of their be
ing reopened until another crop is as
sured. The people along1 the line in
the sections where the stations sre
closed depended !most entirelt" on the
corn crop and no w are leaving in great
numbers, ami there is absolutely.no
business for the railroads.
BATTLING FOR SILVER.
IJ imetallists Meet in Washington A Vi;y
orons Campaign Planiu-d.
Washington, Aug-. IS. The necessi
ty of immediate and thorough organi
zation to push bimetallism to the
front was discussed at a special
conference of the American Pi
metallic league which convened here
Thursda". Thirty or forty mem
bers of the league from various
states were present. Cien. A. J. V.'ar
ner, president of the league, acted as
chairman, and among" thos present
were Senator Stewart, of Nevada. Con
gressmen Pence and Pell, of Colorado,
Judge Shelton. of Connecticut and C.
S. Thomas, of Colorado.
CORPSE IN THE EUGGY.
A New Hampshire Girl Killed by a Youth
in a Ouarrcl.
CoNConn, N. II.. Aug. 10. Early in
the morning a team belonging to Fitz
Courser, a iivery-stable keeper at Heti
niker, about 15 miles from this city,
came into the stable yard with the
body of a young g'irl named Nettie
Douglass sitting in the buggy, stone
dead. She had been shot. Arthur
McLean, aged 17, went riding" with
the girl last evening and during a
quarrel shot her and left the body in
the carriage. He is now under
arrest, but refuses to talk. The jrirl
was 15 years of age.
TRAIN WRECKED IN LONDON.
It Dashes Over II u iter Stop at St. Pan
eras Station Nineteen Hurt.
London, Aug. 14. An accident that
caused much excitement occurred Sun
day morning" at the St. Paneras station
in this city. The Scotch express train
arrived in the station at 0::!J
a. m. Instead of slowing up
the train dashed ahead and over
shot the buffet stops at th-? end
of tho train. The forward portion of
the train, including a Pullman car,
was wrecked and nineteen passengers
were injured.
Tho (.rent Kclay Itace Pndcd.
Denver. Col., Aug. 14. The relay
rider reached the city at 10:."7 a. m.
Sunday. The time consumed in car
rying' the message from Washingloi
to this city, a distance of 2.025 miles,
was 6 days, 10 hours and 37 minutes,
a gain of i7 hours and 2o minutes
over scheduled time, breaking al
records. A. D. lllck took the bag
from the last relay rider at the court
house steps and delivered to (iov.
Waite a message from President Cleve
land, and to lien. McCook one from
Greeley. Poth recipients immediately
teleRTaphed acknowledging1 receipt of
the message.
China to Borrow SSO.OOO.OOO.
Peklin, Aug. IS. In connection with
the proposed Chinese loan a syndicate
has been formed which includes most
of the leading' banks and bankers o
this city. The members of the syndi
cate held a meeting Thursday morning
and discussed the terms of the loan,
which will be taken cojotntly by a
Loudon banker and the syndicate.
The amount h;:s been doubled in the
last few days aud is now understood
to be $50,000,000.
A l'atal Comminution.
Clinton, Ia., Aug. 14. As a result of
eating a quart of ice cream and a
watermelon at one sitting, on a hot
day, Carson Peterson, a young- man
died .Saturday niffhU
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THE END OF THE FIGHT.
Ur. Wilson's Closing Words In the Orett
TarliT SiracKle.
Upon the acceptance of the senate
tariff bill by the house on Monday,
August 13, 'Mr. William L. Wilson,
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, spoke briefly upon the passage
of the bill sis follows:
Mr. Speaker. I have made the motion which
I have sent to the clerk's desk, not on my own
responsibility or from my own volition, but aj
the official organ of the caucus of my associ
ates on this side of the house and by their di
rection. I shall say very littlo myself on this
occasion in advocacy of the motion, and I shall
be sincere and frank In what I shi.ll submit to
this house.
1 do nt pretend that I am gratified the
outcome of this prolonged controversy. I
don't pretend that up to the very last moment
j I h::d not cherished the hope ana the laitn mat
; we should reach another and a better nnd a
j more satisfactory conclusion of this confiict
between the two houses of the American
; congress. I had hoped and believed until
there seemed to be no ground scarcely for
hope and t-elitf that in such a contest
this hou"C. backed by the American peo-
pie and enthusiastically sustained by the
! democratic p'.rty. would be able to achieve
j scire honorable et'-r.promise between the two
! houses which we uid have accepted not from
j a sense of duty, but with a Fensi; of salN.'ac
j tion tnd a feeHnif that we had responded Jo the
mandates of the American peo; le.
"15ut. Mr. Speaker, we have simply lealizei
in this gn at ik-kt the fact so well stated by
the jfreat leader of the tariff reform light ia
tJreat Hrit:iin that when tho pe"pie have
gained a victery at tho polls th -y must have a
further stand-up and kn ck-uown light with
their own representat i v.-.s. And we huve real
ized, if nothing cNe. the salutary ! of the
intrenchment of the prt.t.'ctlve system in this
I country und- r thirty yc::rs of class legislation
until the mere m ittcr of tariff schedules is a
! matter of insirniticunce. :nd the grci.t e'l' -.-j
tion presents it eif. is this to be a government
; by a self-taxing peeple or a povcrnme'it y
trusts und monopolies: App!.v.:se o:i the dem
ocratic side. If we have tjken out of lh;
Sirht no other lesson than that it has been to
us a tr.'ent. cn inspirlnir and valuable I' s-nri.
If we have not been able to fet :.!1 that tie?
mandates of the prople told us to pet. al! that
the hich enthusiasm of the pe ip'.e cx;' cted us
to fret, we have brought this dar-cernui fact
face to face with American frecnie.i. ad we
have ma le some breach in the protective sys
tem through which the hosts of America!: free
men will continue to m.-ych. Applause on the
democratic side.
""My tt'.enticn has nc;e';sarily been so con
constantly and so steadily dirc-cted to their de
merits that it wouid require some experience
to learn what the merits are. Lauyhter and
tppiause. i 15ut whatever the measure of short
coming of this bill in its present form what
ever b its demerits in mere schedules this I
do know, that it is leitjr than the McKiniey
bill. Loud uppla ise oa the democratic side. 1
This I do know, that in a p:irt of it it docs af
ford some relief to the taxpayers of this coun
try and (ioes ciip tie wings of the piantic mo
nopolies th it are now oppressing them and
blocking legislation.
"Take even tau-o portions of the bill over
which this content bet wee a the two houses
has I eea wilted: tuke irea ore end coal upon
which we have cot-fronted, and to a certain ex
tent unsuccessfully conrronted. tlie irreat rail
road syndicates of the country: yet we have re
duce 1 theia both r.early SO per cet. bo'ow thu
MciCialey bill, j Applause. Take the sut'-r
schedule, over which the greatest of all the
contests between the two houses has beta
wauei. Vicious ;:s it may be. burden-.omo
to tho people as it may be. favorable to t:ie
trust as it may. it is less vicious, less favora
ble to the fust, less burdensome t j the peupii
than is the McKiniey law. uni!er which this
trust has grown so great as to oversh.idow with
its power the American re p!e. Applause.1,
"xf for no other reas-jn. then, those who be
lieve that when they cannot take tha full step
which they de-.:re. when they c.innot do that
which the people commissioned them to do,
they must tuke the best therein ani sttp as
far as they can. may find some justincatiou
for an uahesliali.13 choice between the two
bills."
Mr. Hudson (pop.) of Kansas I should like
to as'.c the peatiemau whether he has investi
gated fully so as to bo able to state dciinitely
that this bill as amended by the senate will
fuinish sufllcient revenue to meet the entire
expenses of the government?
Mr. Wilson That is a ,ucstion. which no .
man. perhnpi. certainly not I. can answer ia
definite laugucge. Hut 1 have no U.::lcuity
whatever in sayim; that when ihe schedules o
the1 bill with the senate amendments get into
normal operation it will projuce sufllcient and
more than suAUie.it revenue for the support of
the srovet nment.
"1 should udj to the answer that pcrhap;:a
the beginning tho bill will not proJuco as
much revenue Ei will result from it later oa
unuer its ordinary working, because. I iim in
formed, whether it be true or not, I don't
know, that the su-rar trust, in anticipation of
the passage of the bill, has imported about
frluo.ltw.lAU worth, or, it has been said, even in
excess of that eu. unity, of raw .u,iar."
Mr. liiidso.; Will the passage 0 this bill.
In your jU'-:;.M;eut. s.ivo the country from tha
further iss.ie of bonds':"
ir. V ion 1 think I Lave already covered
that i'.:esti;u in my previous aus-.ver. it may
be i:i the brs: few months of the operation of
the bill, because cf this great uccuiiiulatioa of
raw sugar to which 1 ha e just rcicr.vd, that
the revenue of ihe government wiil not be suf
ticicnt to meet the expenditures of the govern
ment; but 11 is aiy oel.ef. in view of the largo
amount id i-Lp jrte.i goods in bond and also ia
View of the fact that tLcre will be l.irjri r im
portations v.ht .i tne ta:;.7 rates are eie.iaiieiy
known and axed, that if the necessity dt.es not
exist to-d-iy it will not exist a.ter tae passage
of this till?
Mr. L'ingiey (Me.) V.'l'.l the gen: leman par
don me just 011 that point? 1 uir'c rt;;n 1 him
to say that the : uar trust h .s ulready labell
ed siui.!oue.i worth of sugar, if so. iuusraach
;:s only siul " o 10 worth of sag lr was i.r.poct
;1 last j car. wi:i not :-.!! th : revenue that v.e
fet from .s:.gar under the operatioa of tuts till
tor the first year bo ijiss.ug:
Mr. Wih'on i did not itueiid to give the
figures that siOo.ivU.lwo of raw bugar h 1 i teen
impel led. 1 st:. ted that I h;;J Leen inlormci
the sugar trust had impo.ted that uhi-jui t. ;:nd
1 have even Heard it stated that it was ia ex
cess o: 'that amount. It has been pat at -14S -liM
tor.s by gentlemen v. uo pretend to k..ov
Mr. Heard idem.) of Missouri is it not lrnn
thai whatever may be this bonus to the s.igar
trust in view 01 the p.msage of this law. would
i.ot Ihe trust reap a s!i:l larger ooaus um. or
the opt rat. on of ihe McKiniey law if taat v.ero
s-Uil if!t in lorcc:
Mr. Wilson -They would not do so i:r medi
ately, but under the loie-ration of that law
from year to jti-r they would certainly r a; o
laer sum.
Mr. - ! e.ikcr, in answer to all of these ,v.es
tious I ha-, o siaipiy to say lh;t ur.-.lec Ihe ralo
just adopted by i.ie hjtise immediate! .. tol.ow
i;.g te passage of this bill we propose to pre
sent at:d p iss a till putting sugar on the free
list. The question is now raisea is to whether
this is a government of the American jK-opio
for the - :ae: ican people or a government of
the sugar trust for the benefit of the sugar
trust. And this hov.se will show ihe poopic. I
doubt not. hat its position is on that ques
tion, and the senate ill show the people it
position, x wiil reserve the rcsiuuu ut my
time. ' '
OPINIONS OF SENATORS.
Views of lt'-prerntatives on the I'asa.&
01 tin- Senate liill.
"I have r.lv.'uys maintained that only the
senate bill could pass and the house ha showa
wisdom in accept.. ng Ihe situation." Kdward.
Muipay.
-1 was for 11 tariff bill, and although the sea
ate bill does not meet fully the ile-niauJs of tho
parly. it is a su: .-tautial men-ure of reform.'"
:Viilia:n i. Hynum.
"The house tould have secured many conces
sions If thoy had not demanded things whica,
Could not under i;ny circumstances have b"en
grunted, our couicrrees have been blamed
for not deserting the agreement made aamuj
democratic senators as to what could be con
ceded, but there U :;o Justice in this." J. K
Joues.
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