THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY. MAY 7 1897.
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MEDIATION NOT ASKED
GREECE MAY. NOT APPEAL
TO THE POWERS.
Favorable Ileporta from the lrre! Minis
ter an to the Condition of Ibo Army unit
Navy Mean Continued I'ljjlillii.i Cre
tan Insurgent Leader.
atiikka, Muy i. no request tor mo
illation Jian boon or will lie addressed
by Greece to tlio powers until tlm mln
Uteri of war and tnnriuo shall report
apon tho stnto of Mm Greek forces at
Pharsala and olscwherc, and porliaps
aot then If tho reports shall bo favor
ttble. Tho powers huvo not offered
mediation, although thoy do not con
oeal the fact that n request of Inter
vention will bo highly ucceptablo to
them, and the I till Inn and Austrian
minister had a long Inturvicw yester
day with Premier Ralll.
The minister of foreign affairs, M.
Skouloudls, says that the military sit
uation has greatly Improved In both
Eplrus and Thcssaly, and that the vic
tory of the Greeks over tho Turi:s ad
Velr.stlno ivm brilliant.
I'M hum 1'uihu, It Is reported, ha)
Bent nn ofllcer with u ling of trueo to
tho Greek headquarters, asking for nn
nrmlstlco of five day.. It li again re
ported that 500 Hulgarlan irregulars
huvo crossed the frontier In Mace
donia. King George Is suffering from cardl
neal spasm and his physician Insist I
that nchango of nlr, to the Island J
Milo or Seyrla, 1h necessary.
Tho ministers of war and of the In
tcrlor iirrlvod at l'harsala at noon
yesterday nod linmedhttely reviewed
tho troopv. It wiw Ntutcd yesterday
that headquarters will bo transferred
to Vomokoi. Thus fur the Turks have
captured. It to estimated, war material
and provisions of tho value of S'J)U,000.
ANNEXATION OK DEATH.
"andia, Island of Crete, May 4.
Tho admirals commanding the llcoti
of the foreign powers In Cretan wateri
had a conferenco yestordny with the
Insurgent leader at l'aloknstro. The
Cretans worn promised complete au
tonomy, Including the condition that
tho nomination of their ruler should
be subject to tho ratification of the
Cretan assembly.
The Insurgent loaders, howovcr, cut
tho discussion short and reltorated
that tholr motto romnlnod "annexa
tion to Greece or death,"
TURKEY NOT REMITTING WORK.
CoNBTANTtNOi'i.rc, May 4. War pre
parations go on with unabated vigor.
Two commissions, composed of officials
of tho mlnlsUrlcs of public works and
of wur, huvo been formed for tho pur
po.io of inspecting railways and facili
tating tho dispatch of troops to tho
frontier.
PANIC-STRICKEN GREECE.
London, May 4. Tho Times' corro
apondont at Patras, giving further de
tails of tho fighting at Peutoplgadln,
notes tho neglect of tho offlcora to pro
vide for tho timely arrival of rein
forccinontfl, a matter so difficult in
that wild section of the country and
proceeds: "When tho Turks opened
the attack 1 realized that their fierce
onslaught might oxpel tho mere hand
ful of Greeks, but I did not realize
that this one blow would throw the
entire Greek army in Eplrus into a
hopeless panic and causo tho loss of all
tho positions gained since the opening
of the campaign. Mix thousand Turks
.scaled tho mountain, covered as it la
with bushes and rocks and in the face
of firing, which was rapid and con
tinuous. They lost heavily in spito of
tho foot that two Greek guns woro in
explicably removed from action shortly
after the fusllade began. The Euzonos
fought bravely, but were compelled to
retire. The rest of tho Greok positions
ihave been abandoned. There has been
(apparently do stand any where and the
whole'army is crumbling without tir
ing a shot We entered Kumuzados,
which 3,000 men with six guns had de
ported, accompanied by the terrified
villagers, oarrylng their property, und
then we descended the rough pass,
where for hours wo mot no one.
"The retreating und panic stricken
troops were for ahead. About mid
nlfht we and our mournful procession
of villagers overtook the routed army
on tho road, erowdod and in utter eou
fusion, packed with a mass of human
ity, tumbling on through tho darkness
without hurry and silently, for It was
a Btrango panlo that had siczed tho
men, a sullen, unexcltcd, stubborn de
termination not to fight, but to preRs
on toward Arta In a sluggish, lrreslst
lblo wave. Tho officers, llko their reg
iments, walked with gloomy und shame
faced expression, quite unable to get
tholr men in hand. At Knnopoulo,
Colonol Botzarl and his stuff vainly
tried to cheek tho rout and to nialto
a stand, but the mass, continually
growing, kept rolling along. Present
ly there mingled with the trooiw the
Beared inhabitants of tho villages on
tho hno of retreut, who, fenrlng Turk
Uh vengeance for assisting the Greeks,
were fleeing to Arta with their families
aud chatties, their cattlo, ahpep and
goat bellcwlug, bleating, trampling
and killing each other, whllo the glare
of the burning homes behind reminded
tbem of all that they hnd lost."
Tho correspondent of tho Standard
it Constantinople says: "Saad Kddin
Pasha arrived at Janlnn Thursday
night with eight battalions from
Adrianoplo. Eighteen other battal
ions wore o-pacted on the following
day. Ho Intends to assume the offens
ive, and It is considered that tho
Greeks in Eplrus havo no alternative
but surrender, with tho Turks advanc
ing from both Janlna and Trlkknla.
Rnfsl Pasha complained blttorly of the
lawlessness and pillaging of tho Alba
nians, and tho palace council therefore
iecldea to distribute other regiment
in that section."
POSTAL CONGRESS.
Kepreientatlre From All the Govern
mentt In the World bat Three.
Washington, May I. -The postal
operations of the world will pass ii
review boforo ono of tho mostdlstln
gnlshed bodies that ever met in thli
country when th.o Universal Post a!
congress convenes in this city noxi
Wcdnosdrty. It Is tho first time thai
the Universal Postal union, now com
prising and controlling, so far as tin
malls are concerned, every orgnnizel
government save throe China, Koret
and tho Or an go Free State has hae
Its delegates assembled in America,
aud the deliberations of Its fifth sex
tcnnlnl convention will bo marked bj
perhaps moro pronounced formality
than has attended any convention ol
cither national or international scope
that has gathered In this country foi
a long period.
Sixty odd conn tries and provinces will
lie represented by about 120 delegates,
ouch country having but a single vote.
Tho sessions will bo held In tho his
toric old building which, until recent
ly, was the home of tho Corcoran nrt
gnllcry. The hnll has beon equipped
with desks and other conveniences,
and a postofitco will bo in operation
on tho npot until tho meetings close.
The delegates who will form the con
gress are men of tho highest rank In
postal service. The postmaster gen
eral of several nations aro niuonu
them, whllo lending diplomats have
baen sent by some of tho countries,
Tho gathering will bo In Washing
ton from a month to six weeks, but
tho congress Itself will meet not more
thnn a half dozen times. Tho real
work, save that of ratification of pro
ceedings when tho committees report,
which belongs to tho full congress, de
volves upon four committees, ut least
ono of which will bo in session prac
tically every day except Saturday and
Sunday. Ono committee will have
charge of the general treaty!
which is adopted at o-ery con
grocs, and also will settle accounts
botwecn individual countries With
tho lattor, this country has nothing to
do. A second committee will talto up
arrangements for uxchango of lottcrs
of declared value, tho parcel-post sys
tem nnd tho postal books of indemnity
used by some-countrlos. A third will
consider money orders, bills collecta
ble by post and subscriptions through
postoftlces to newspupors and periodi
cals, while tho fourth will put the new
general treuty into definite shape for
ratification.
The congress will bo opened Wednes
day morning by Postmaster General
Gary, who will deliver his salutatory
lu English, while tho assemblage reads
the French translation. This will oc
eupy a little over five minutes, being a
formal welcome. Then the senior del
egate, not now selected, will respond
hi a few words. Tho election of n
presiding officer will follow. General
Gcorgo S. Itachelor, ex-minister to
Portugal and chairman of tho United
States delegation, probably will be tho
honored one. Tho business of the con
gress will begin at once, all proceed
ings being conducted in French ant
'jo hi nd barred doors.
A GREEK JOAN OF ARC.
NluoUen-Year-Old Ulrl Lead n llnnri
of 2,000 Irrejculara to I'haranloi.
Atiiicnh, May 4. Thoro aro nuiucr
ous Indications that ','io Ralll ministry
Intends to assume irentcr direct mill.
tary and naval control, and no longer
to divide tho responsibility between
tho ministry und tho court.
Tho news of tho victory nt Velostinc
has increased General Smolcntdd's pop
ularity, und ho is now regarded as the
real hero of tho campaign. A foreign
oillcor who saw the fight says that the
Turks numbered 2,000 and tho Greeks
8,000.
A dispatch from Lamia says: "Since
yesterday tho whole body of Greek
troops noar Pharsalos and Domokos
has beon drawn up in ordor of battle,
but thoro has been no fighting. Tho
inhabitants of Pharsalos have aban
doned tho town, In fe.-.r of a Turkish
attack, and an exodus has begun from
Domokos In the direction of Lamia,
the refugees pitching their tents in tho
open country."'
A band of 2,000 Irregulars is about
to start for tho front, tholr standard
bearer, a 10-year-old girl, Helen Con
htuntlncdcs, diusscd in tho same uni
form as tho men. She is an excellent
shot. Her brother will nccompuny
her. Roth of them aro blttorly untl
dynastic, Sho declares that she will
light in the front ruuks, and has no
fear of death. Her departure was wit
nessed by thousunds of enthusiastic
Athenians, who hnll her as tlio (Irei-l-
Joan of Arc.
It Is seml-ofllclally stated that Lord
bnltsbury's proposal to the powers for
a conferenco nt Purls to discuss meas
ures with a viow of ending the war
between Turkey and Greece has ul
ready beon under consideration for
several days at the vurlous foreign of
fices, and may now bo considered def
initely abandoned.
Dry Land Oppoelte MninpliU.
Mkmi-uis, Tenn., May 2. For the
first tlrau In nonrlv Hftonn Hnvs ilr-i
land Is visible looking west from the
Chickasaw bluffs Into Arkansas. A
fall of soven-tenths of an inch is re
corded by tho guage hore this morn
ing. This Is tho heaviest, reported
since the decline set in. Sovoral hun
dred refugees were sent to-day on
steaiuors to plantations.
To Tenon Vronoh Crime.
Bkiu.in, May 4. Tho French lan
guago Is now forbidden to bo used in
Alsace-Lorraine In public speeches,
nnd several speeches have been dis
solved upon that account Tho matter
Will ttt. MKlMl Itl tlm l..t,.1. .,.. t.
'being claimed that tho prohibition Is
Snow In Boutheru Ohio.
Cincinnati, Ohio, May I. Consider
able snow fell hero yesterday, und
throughout Southern Ohio. At several
points tho boys were reported as en
joying tho unusual sport of playing
snowball in May, t
A $3,000,000 BLAZE.
ritUbar? VUllted by a
Memorable
Conflagration.
PiTTsnuno, Pa., May 4. Tho great
est flro that has visited this city stnee
tho memorable ono of 184.", started
shortly after midnight In the immense
wholesale grocery establishment of
Thomas C. Jenkins, on Ponn avenue
and Liberty street, and at 2:30 o'clook
was still burning fiercely. Threo large
blocks, extending from Liberty to
Penn avenue, and from Fifth street to
Sixth stroet, have been reduced to
smoldering ruins. The loss will bo
over 83,0000,000, and Is well covered by
insurance. Among the buildings de
stroyed nro Jenkins' wholesale grocery
establishment, Homo's six story dry
goods establishment, Homo's office
building, tho Duqucsno theater and
.tho Methodist Hook Concern.
A number of firemen wcro injured
by fulling walls and llvo wires, but
nono of them are seriously hurt Fire
man Georga Achcson, who was one of
threo men In Cecil alley when tho
Jenkins wall fell is missing, and Is
suppose'! to bo under tho debris. Tho
names of tho firemen hurt are Mlko
Daly, Elmer Crocow, George Mecklu,
William Erwln nnd Robert Hadgcr.
All were taken to hospitals.
Home A Co.'s loss, dry goods nnd
office building, with stock, is 91,600,000.
ALBERT C. PORTER DEAD.
Kx-4iovrrnnr und Kx-Mlnltrr to Italy
Was nn Indiana Trader.
Indianapolis, Ind., May s Albert'
0. Porter, cxGovornor of Indiana and
minister to Ituly under tho Harrison
admtnlstratlon.dlcd at his homo shortly
after 3 o'clock this morning of paresis.
Ho had been confined to his room al
most constantly for two years.
Yesterday morning Mr. Porter wai
notified that tho king of Italy had
conferred tho Ordor of Santo Mauri
zlon nnd Lazaro on him for his nor
vioss while minister to Italy. Tho dec
oration was presented through liaron
Favn, tho Italian ambassador, und Mr.
Lucia, tho Italian consul ut Philadel
phia. Allen O. Porter was born at Law
rencoburg, Ind., April 20, 1324. Ho
was graduated at Asbury university In
lrt3, and was admitted to tho law two
years later. Ho mado rapid progress
ut the bar and became reporter of the
Indiana supreme court In 185.1. Ho pub
lished the first volume of reports of de
cisions of that tribunal. In 1858 he was
elected to Congress, serving two terms.
After his scrvico in Congress Mr. Porter
returned to his practlco in Indianap
olis, taking more or less activo part in
politics. In 1878 ho was appointed
first comptroller of tho treasury and
continued in that position until ho was
eleeted governor of Indiana, in 1840.
He held that ofilco for four years. In
March, 185D, ho was appointed mints
ter to Italy by President Harrison.
HOT TAR FOR WOMEN.
Moral Itoformeri Carry Corraetlon to
tho Harder of Flendlshneta.
Wf.nton, W. Va., May 4. -This city
was tho scene last night of the most
fiendish outrago that ever disgraced
tho history of West Virginia, and
which will probably result in murder.
Some wcok"s ago two young women
came hero from Clarksburg and took
up their abodo In the outskirts.
Their names are Ida Duncan nnd
Uortha Merrlman. In a few days it
becamo noised about that thoy were
not of good character. The rumors
took on moro objectionable features,
nnd lato last night a party of men got
togothor, secured a bucket of tar and
proceeded to thu women's homo to
Urlvo .them out of tho city. Thoy
brolco open the doors, heated tho tar,
stripped tho women and applied it
with brushes to the bure bodies. Phy
sicians are dolug all in their power for
the women, bnt there is little hope of
saving llertha Merrlman life, her
condition being terrible. Miss Dun
can moy survive, but she is suffering
awful agony from the burns and tho
shock she sustained. There is no defin
ite oluo to tho perpetrators of tho out
rage, and no urrests havo been made.
Officers are nt work.
HIGHER TAXES ON BEER.
Itopubltcan Senator Favor an Increase
or Fifty Cents Per llurrel.
Washington, May 4. An additional
lux of fifty cents a barrel on beer was
voted into tho Sonate tariff bill lust
night by tho Republican sub-committee,
but whether the item will stay
until the bill shall get Into the Senate
Is not altogether certain.
Senators Aldrich, Allison and Wol
cott prepnreU for nn all night session
in tho hope of gottlng tho measure
ready to report to the finance commit
tee, but along toward midnight they
declared they could not hope to mnko
u report before to-morrow. Meanwhllo
they voted upon the beer tax. Tho
preseut rate of SI a barrel nnd tho ad
ditional M) cents will bring the treas
ury about 317.000,000 annually on tho
present rato of consumption. This In
crease in revenue will not entail n
dolVnr of additional expenses for col
lection. A Labor Fnrty for Colorado.
VioTon, Colo., May 4. A large num
ber of tho delegates to the state labor
convention hero last week met yester
day to consider the advisability of in
dependent political action by moinbcra
of union labor of the state. After a
warm discussion a committee of two
from each labor organization in the
state was appointed to formulate a
plan of action and report ut a meeting
to be held lnDenyer Julv 4.
Colonel Hay at Wlndaor faille.
London, May 4. Colonol John nay,
the newly uppolnted United States am
bassador to the court of St. James, and
Mrs Hay, wont to Windsor this after
noon und were taken to tho castle in a
royal carriage. After they had been
received in audience by tlio' queen they
had lunch with hor.
An loir Hank Caihler'a Tbeft.
WkustkiiCitv, Iowa, May 4. It li
riven out that tho amount of Cashiei
II. H. Espe's defalcation from the Sav
ings Hank of Rudelltre is about 118,000.
The bauk has transferred Us business
to tho state bank of HadclltTe. Esp
has disappeared.
THE TARJ.FF CHANGES
DINGLEY'S BILL IS VERY
MUCH ALTERED.
Dntto on Tea, llliltM and Coal Dnt'rt on
Beer ard f.rud Orm Kxtra Untie.
Attain! Foreign Uountlci Chnugc. In
Wool Schedules.
Washington, May B. Tho Repub
licans of the Senate finance committee
iccured a clear majority of tho com
mltteo last night, Mr. Jones of Nevada
declaring that he would support tho
measure, and under the agreemont
with the Democrats Mr. Aldrich pre
sented tho bill to tho Senate to-day
and gavo notlco that It would be calh-'d
up on Tuesday, May 18. The tlmo for
the bill to take effcot Is mado July 1,
1807, Instend of AprlLl, as provided In
tho House, and tho words In tho first
paragraph "or withdrawn for
sumption" arc atrlckon out.
con-
SUGAR DUTIES-A TAX ON TEA.
Undor tho sugar schedule, unrefined
sugars of nil kinds under 87 degrees
polarlscopo test will bo required to
pay a duty of 75100 of a cent per
pound; on sugars botwecn 87 nnd 83
degrees, 70100 of a cent per pound,
nnd 2-100 of a cent per pound extra
will bo imposed on unrefined sugars
above 88 degrees polurlscopc. On re
fined sugars the duty will bo 1.10 cents
por pound On all thoro will also be a
duty of 35 per cent ad valorem. Mo
lasses "will pay from 4 to 8 cents per
gallon. -4
Machinery purchnsed abroad, Im
ported and erected In any beet sugar
factory and actually used In tho pro
duction of sugar in tho United States
from boots produced therein, within
two years from July 1, 1807, will be
admitted free of duty under such reg
ulations as tho Secretary of the Treas
ury may proscrlbo.
Maplo sugar and maple syrup will
pay 4 cents per pound; glueoso or grape
sugar ii cents per pound; sugar cano
in its natural stato or unmanufactured
io per cent ad valorem; saccharine, 81
per pound and 10 por cent ad valorem;
sugar candy and all confectionery val
ued at IS cents per pound or less, 4
cents per pound and 1ft per cent ad
valorem.
A duty la levied on tea nt the rato of
10 cents per pound until Janunry 1,
1000. After 1000 it is to bo admitted
free of duty.
DUTIES ON HIDES AND COAL.
The following is tho provision in re
gard to hides, which arc transferred
from tho freo list: "Hides of cattle,
raw or uncurcd, whether dry, salted
or pickled, 1 i conts per pound, pro
vided that npon all leather exported
mode from imported hides there shall
bo allowed a drawback equal to the
amount of duty paid on such hides."
The ward bituminous is stricken out
of the coal schedule and all coal mado
dutiable at 75 cents per ton with a
proviso added that the duty on coal
and shale shall be 60 cents per ton
and on coal slack or culm 15 cents per
ton, when imported from any country,
colony or dependency that does not
imposo upon coal, or coal slack or culm
a higher rate of duty than thoso
named in this proviso.
DEER TO PAY MORE TAX.
The internal revenue duty on beer
la changed by changing section 3T,30 of
tlio revised statutos to read as follows:.
"Until January 1, 1000, there shall be
paid on all beer, lager beer, ala, por
ter and other similar fermented li
quors, browed or manufactured and
sold or romoved for consumption or
sale within tho United States by what
ever name such liquors may be called,
a tax of 11.44 for every barrel contain
ing net moro than 31 gallons; and
after January 1, 1000, there shall be
paid a tax of $1 per barrel on every
barrel of such boer, lager beer, ale,
porter and other similar fermented
liquors (the present rato is 81.)"
The retroactive clauso of the Ding
ley tariff bill Is stricken from tho Sen
ate bill.
DUTIES AGAINST BOUNTIES.
The entire House provision relating
to reciprocity has been stricken out
and the following section substituted:
"That whenovor any country, depen
dency or colony shall pay or bestow,
directly or indirectly, any bounty or
grant upon tho exportation of any
article or merchandise from such coun
try, dependency oe colony, and such
article or merchandise is dutiable un
der tho provisions of this tut, then
upon the importation of any such
article or merchandise Into tho United
States, whethor tho same shall bo im
ported directly from the country of
production or otherwise and whether
such article or merchandise is import
ed In tho snrao condition as when
exported from tho country of pro
duction or has beon changed in
condition by manufacture or oth
erwise, thoro shall bo levied
and paid In nil such cases, in addition
to the duties othcrwiso Imposed by
this act, an additional duty equal to
the net amount of such bounty or
grant, howevor the same bo paid or
bestowed. Tho net amount of all such
bounties or grants shall bo from time
to time ascertained, determined aud
declared by tho secretary of the treas
ury, who shall mako all needful regu
lations for the Identification of such
urtlcles and merchandise and for the
assessment and collection of such ad
ditional duties."
The House provision In- tho tariff
bill keeping in force the Hawaiian-reciprocity
treaty is atrlckon out, tho of
feet being indirectly to abrojato the
treaty and impose tho samo duty on
Hawaiian sugars as. is. Imposed on
sugars from other countries.
LEAD ORE RATES INCREASED;
Lead ore Is Increased from 1 cent,
which is the houso provision, to IV;
cents per pound.
LUMBER SCHEDULE CHANGES..
The lumber schedule Is changed by
adding after tho word timber1 tho
words "hown, sided or square and
round ttmbor" and tlio duty flxod at
tho rate of 1 cent por cublo foot aa in
the houso bill. Tho rate of $3 per ton
on all sawed boards, eta, Is retained,
but when planed on one side, the ad
ditional rate Is made 35 instead of 50
per thousand feet board measure; when
planed, tonguod and grooved the ad
ditional rate Is made 7u cents per 1,000
feet board measure instead of fl; If
planed on two sides and tongued and
grooved, 81.05 per 1,000 instead of 81.50.
The house proviso for an additional
duty of 25 per cent ad valorem up
on lumber imported from any for
eign country which imposes an export
duly is changod so as to add 'the
amount of tho export duty Instead of
any fixed sum. Tho duty on kindling
wood in bundles is stricken out On
shingles tho House rato was 30 nnd
the Sonate 2ft conts per 1,000; on man
ufactures of osier or willow the House
rato was 50 and tho Senate 40 per cont
nd valorem. On toothpicks of wood or
other vegetable substances tho House
rato was 2 cents and the Sonate 1 cent
per 1,000 and 15 per cont ad valorem;
butchers' and packers' skewers, House
40 cents por 1,000, Scnato 20 per cent
nd valorem. Placed on tho freo list
aro poplar and other puln woods,
heading bolt3, stave bolts 'and railroad
tics.
MANY CHANGES MADE IN WOOL
Many and important changes were
mndo In tho wool and woolen schedule
as passed by tho House. First class
wools wcro reduced frorp 11 cents per
pound, as provided In tho Houso bill,
to 8 cents per pound and second class
wpols from 12 to 9 cents, jvgroas tho
duUcs on"woolsof tho third class woro
raised. Tho dividing lino in this lat
ter class was placed at 10 cents value,
wools under that value being made
dutiable at tho rate of 4 cents per
pound Instead of 32 per cent ad va
lorem as In the House bill. Wools val
ued at more thnn 10 cents per pound
were placed at 7 cents per pound in
stead of 50 per cent ad valorem. Tho
wool growers failed to secure all tho
chunges which thoy desired in classifi
cation, but it Is understood that all
tho rates fixed on wools themselves
aro satisfactory to them. Skirted
wools of the first class as imported in
1800 and prior to that data are required
to pay 1 cent per pound in addition to
the rates Imposed by this act on un
washed wools of class one. Para
graphs 2G3 and 303 and 304 aro all
stricken out and substitutes provided
for thorn.
NEW TARIFFS ON WOOL GOODS.
Upon clothes, knit fabrics nnd all
manufactures of overy description not
especially provided for, valued at not
more than 40 cents per pound, tho duty
is to bo three times the duty imposed
on unwashed wool of the first class
valued at above 40 cents, and not above
70 cent3,sfour times the duty on un
washed skirted wool of the first class
and in addition on all tho foregoing 50
per cent ad valorem; valued at over 70
cents per pound, four times the duty
on unwashed skirted wool of tho first
class and 55 per cent nd valorem.
Women's and children's dress goods,
coat lining, etc., valued at 15 cents
per yard and less are rated at 5) conts
per yard Instead of 7 cents as in tho
house bill, while articles of this class,
valued at more than 15 cents are re
duccd from 8 to OK cents per yard and
50 per cont nd valorem instead of 20
per cent as tho house bill added
on , all of them. The above ap-piles-
to- goods tho warp of which
consists wholly of cotton or other
vegetable material. On women's-and'
children's dress goods, etc., which arc
composed wholly or in part of wool
and not spoclally provided for, tho
duty is reduced from 11 tu 0 cents per
yard, with, an ad valorem of 50 per
cent added Tho rato- on webbings,.
gorlngsr suspenders, etc., is reduced'
from 60 to'40 cents per pound, though
tho- ad valorem addition, of 00 per cent
is not changed.
Tho blanket paragraph' is- changed'
aa follows:
Blankets and flannels aro increasec"
from 30to.40'cents per pound, and it
is also-provided that tho duty shall bo
the same-as. that imposed' upon one
and one-half pounds of unwashed'
wool.. An-additional duty Is allowed
of 30'pcr cent nd valororot Instead of
tho House rate: On articles valued at
moro than 40 cents and not moro than
50 conts per pound, the duty is made
equal to two and a half times that on
ono pound of unwashed wool instead
of three times that, as provided in, tho
House bill, and an ad valorem of 35
per cent is added, instead of tho Houso
rnto. On blankets valued at more than
50 cents per pound, the- rate is mado
threo times that of unwashed wool,
and nn nd valorem duty of 40 per cent.
Is added.
STARVATION IN CUBA.
Dnlted Htato Connuli Mako Dark Ko-1
ports Conocrnln-; tho Hlttmtlon.'
Wabiiinoton, May 5. Official re-,
ports have-recently como to tho state
department regarding starvation and
mlsory in Ciiba and Socrctary Sherman
bus sent instructions to all tho con
sular oflleors in Cuba requesting de
tailed' reports as to the situation in
tholr- districts.
In tho course of n long confidential
report from Mntunzas, United States
Consub Aloxandor C. Price said: "Over
7,000 persons huvo been concentrated
at this placo,- three-quarters of whom
are entirely without means of sup
port, women nnd children nro dying
on the stroots from starvation. Death
and misery walk hand in hand
Among theso people there are several
Amerlenns. Yellow fevcr.smnllpox and
other diseases are prevalent All this
is tho result of General Weylor's in
liumnn policy. Aid for thoso sufferers
should promptly come from tho United
States."
Other reports of a similar character
have been received from tho repnlarly
accredited agents of tho United States
aud have been placed boforo President
MnKlnley.
ALTON ENGINE BLOWS UP
Kills the Engineer and Fireman Orcnra
at Kama City
Kansas Citv. Mo.. May ft. When
Chicago ,t Alton freight train No. 101,
eastbound, stopped at tho dapot at
First street and Grand avenue at n:5.rt
o'clock this morning to tako on a pass
enger, tho locomolivo exploded, kill
ing the englncor, H. II. Roberts of
Slater nnd injuring tho fireman,
Charles Tardoner, of Slater, Mo!, so M
severely that ho cannot llvo. A dozen
men standing on tho depot platform
had narrow escapes from death.
Tho freight train of ten cars and a
cabooso left tho Chicago & Alton
freight depot at Twolfth and Santa
Fo streets at il:30 o'clook In chnrgo of
Conductor lllakeman. Tho train does a
local passenger business between Kan
sas City and Slater, Mo., and the con
ductor had orders to stop at tho Grand
nvonuo depot and take on passengers,
If there were any. It was twenty-five
minutes before the train cleared tho
yards and reached the dopot Engineer
Roberts had put on the brakes and tho
train had just como to a standstill
with tho locomotive opposite tho
freight depot, 100 yards oast of the .
passenger dopot, when there was a
ll-rlfli- nvnlrtvinn 'PI.a mav. !
thn nlr wna flllnil .vt.t. ,Anl !., ...!
steam and a shower of coal began fall- '
ug on tuo passenger depot ana sur
rounding buildings. Men in tho vicin
ity ran into buildings for safety, and
many narrowly missed being crushed
by falling pieces of coal and rrngmont
of tho engine cab.
When tho steam and smoko had
lifted it ivm senn that, llin .m1 nt thn
boiler just over the flro box had blown
Ollt - .' i- - fc)
Thoso who witnessed tho accident
say thoy saw the englnocrand fireman
carried about 100 feet In tho nlr on the
crest of a great oloud of steam and
coal dust. Engineer Roberts, whoso
scat was on tho right side of tho en
gine, was thrown entirely over tlio
freight depot and tolcgraph wires to
tho south of tho engine. Ho struck
the ground about twenty feet soflth'
of the depot and at least 300 feet fronv
his engine. His clothing' was almost
completely stripped from his body.
Tho left side of his skull was torn
away, his urms and legs were frac
tured in many places and tho flesh of
his body was horribly scalded by tho
steam.
From all indications Fireman Par
doner was shoveling coal at tho mo
ment of the explosion. Ho foil sov
entv-fivn foot tn tlm nnrtli nt th nn.
glne between the rails of a switch.
uo tay on nis rignt side, his head to
the engine. Those who reached him
first thought ho was dead, but when
Police surgeon. Hyde camo he said
Pardoner was ailvo. Ho was sent to
thO CltV llOSnltnl In nn linnnnsnlmm
condition and was allvo at noon to-day.
His right leg and skull were fractured,
no w irigiiiiuuy scaiueu nnu his
face was cut and burned black.
Windows of houses in tho vicinity
were shattered by the forco of tho
explosion and frntrment nf flvlni.
coal.
Officers of tho Chicago & Alton say
thov cannot undnrntfiml fhn ..nlnstnn
The engine was an old ono of Baldwin
mako and hurl lin In .nrrlni, fn
many years on another division of tho
iuau. j-wu mourns ago u was piacou
In tho shops at Slater, Mo., aud after
belno- repaired ivnn hrmirrht in TTnnr,
City for service.
MORGAN AND TILLMAN.
South Carolina and Alabama Senator In
a Ileated Wrangle
Wasiiinotox, May 5. Senator Till
nan of South Carolina was heard from
brlofly nnd pointedly in tho Senato
vestcrdav. after a sllenco of mnnv
weeks, and, as usual, his remarks
ervea to arouse a lively controversy.
It occurred' during the consideration
of the freo homes bllL Mr. Morgan
proposed an amendment giving
all public lands unoccupied by
1000' to' tho several states and ter
ritories. Mr. Hawley declared this
to bo a- startling proposition and
Mr. Tillman' sought to oppose it by a
series of. questions addressed to Mr.
Morgan. Some of tho questions re
ferred to the amendment as a proposi
tion to "gobble" and "steal" the inter
est, of states in nubile lands. Mr. Morgan-im
turn raauo sharp and sarcastic
rejoinder, and for a time Senators and
spectators were interested in the ani
mated crossfire. After Mr. Morgan
nnu proicsteu' against me interruption
ss a breach of the privileges of
thn senate, tho incident was closed by
a statement from Mr TRlman, dis
claiming any purpose of bolng dis
courteous to tho Alabama senator.
The Morgan amondment was with
drawn and an agreemont reached for
a final vote-on the free homestead bill
at 3 n. m. to-day. Early in the day
Mr. Morgan endeavored to secure a
voto on the Cuban resolution. It wont
ovor, however, at tho request of Mr.
Halo of Malno, in ordor that speeches
in opposition may be made.
Payment of Indemnltr Itecomrnonded.
Washington, May 5. President Me
Klnley yesterday sent to Congress a
mtssago concerning tho lynching of
three Italtons.at Hahnvllle, La,, on
tho night of August 8, 1898. He rec
ommends an appropriation of 86,000
for tho heirs of tho persons, without
ndmlttiug the liability of the United
States In 'the premises.
Chicago Gives Aid to India.
Ciiicaoo, Muy B.Four thousand
people gathered In tho Auditorium last
night and listened to plans for tho re
llof of starving India. Tho Rev. Dr.
Talmago was tho principal speaker.
Ten thousand dollars in cash and
twenty-five car loads of corn were sub
scribed. Shot by an EcConvlot.
Mansfield, Mo., Mav 5. John Bo
llngcr of Norwood, Mo., was shot and
killed in his own corn field yesterday
with a double-barrel shotgun by ono
llelshcr, who was recently released
from the penitentiary. Belsher U un
der arrant and heavily guarded for
fear of lynching.
Kx-Hrnator Coke Crltloallr Ilu j ,
u.,. n. . . , a.
,,.w, j.oxu, aiuy a. -jsx-united
States Senator Richard Coko has been
atrlckon with paralysis und his condi
tion U critical.
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