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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi WEDNESDAY, 10, 1903. WE CLOSB SATURDAYS AT F., M. : Sum . lt I Telephone 611-94. Remnants hare piled up on cut. rso matter what they cost ing in price. , Walrt lengthy skirt frpln. rViAvinta aii.tlnca tion , , r, ' , . ... ,,, j, . . , . o clock. Come early there is nothing like first choice in a sale of this kind. We mention a few this fine collection: ALL WOOL CREPE MISTREL Color, French gray, regular 750 per yard, 44 Inches wide, i yards In remnant for 11.29. ALL. WOOI. MISTREL Color dark brown, yards in remnant for $1.69. ALL WOOL ETAMINE Color navy blue, S yards In remnant for $1.39. ALL WOOL TWINE VOILB-Color French gray, regular $1.28 per yard, TH yards In remnant for $3-M. ALL WOOL CHEVIOT-Color dark brown, 4 yards In remnant for fl.ll. ALL WOOL ETAMINE Color navy blue, 7H yards In remnant for $2.89. ALL WOOL CREPE VOILE-Color navy blue, 44 niches wide, regular $1.00 per yard, 4ft yards In remnant for $2.01. A Ll WOOL FRENCH CHALLTS Reg- Y. M. C. A.' Building, .Corner tribute the sufferers In, the cities and viU lagee along' the; Wabash as far north' as IJtehheld. v v - - 4 ' .1 Four-flfths of' the 8,000 Inhabitants of Granite tJty remain within the limits of .the town. " Cnie'half inf them' are homeless. ,'" The; steamer Oape Girardeau, which has arrived in St. Loills brings accounts of the Immensc'damage' inflicted on the farmers located' oh he .'Mississippi lowlands south "The entire wheat' and com crop In the valley has been ruined ' aald "W. R. Wilkin son, a commission merchant In . St. . Louis, who waa ens .of the passengers.! "As we came up the river -.we, aaw sights, that amaxed, va Soma house were completely submerged-" Others showed only the roofs. We saw many peraona standing on the tops of houses. They waved to us for assistance but on account of the uncertain conditions of the river Ve -were tunable to go to them. J did not hear of any on losing his life, although It seems probable that some were drowned. The damage to houses and barn and live stock will reach into thousands, but the loss In wheat and corn will be the greatest disaster." ay Kiaa Drews, fA' report, that has not been confirmed. tells of tha drowning today or a woman, her baby, and seven men on Third street near the railroad station in Madison. Re ftifee ay a boat was capslsed In the Cur rent while the oeeupants were trying to escape from the flood. Cone station. East St.. Louis, became a point Of danger this . afternoon-' . Water seeped ' through the levee and above the Baltimore A - Ohio tracks and the police marched 100 negroes, who ; were standing about the city hall, and compelled them to work on the levee. .. .Twelve men are Imprisoned In the East St. Louis waterworks pumping station by a . strong current, whloh has cut oft com munication by shift - with the mainland. Water haa weakened th piers and the via duct leading to the approach of th Eads bridge wae ordered cloned to all persons today. Tha viaduct "at present Is th only connection between East St, Louis and St Lewis. . Th city of East St. Louis suffered a severe setback at noon, when th water of Cahokia creek poured Into the pumping station and- completely submerged the en gine which waa used to force th flood back from th city sewer. With th an gina, disabled the water-will have a free flow through sewer and may thu cause an overflew.-. . HANNIBAL THIEVES; ARE BUSY Laat Vacant Uenaes Whose Inmates '' ' FJee from. Encroaching 'J. . -, ' '.Waters. HANNIBAL, MO., June f. The Missis sippi haa fallen three Inches during the past twenty-four hours, tonight reglatertng 2t.f.' The crest of f the flood ' ha been reached and' the wOrtt la over. --' ' t' There ha been considerable looting of residences In the flooded districts and especially "I this reported- from the farm ing districts. ' -" The Sny levee is artir holding, but the King' Lake levee south ot the city la in a dangerous condition and application hah been made for government assistance to. strengthen the embankment. MEMPrilS' FEARS MISSISSIPPI Likeivr te strengthen Levees Are Kraree and Waters Fast Rising. MEMPHIS, Tenn.', June 9. Some eoncern I felt bate over the flood of the Misels rlppl 'river to the jiorth. A stage of thirty ffiur '"feet v Is thought to , be probable at atemphla and large forces of men are en gaged In repairing the breaks left In the Arkansas levees north of the city made by (he late flood. Repair work at two breaks has given way and water la passing to the country behind the Irvees. flooding a con siderable a rea 'A ' pile driver and 10,000 aarks have been dispatched to these points. Much trouble la being experienced in secur ing tha itorer. for he work. ARMpURDALpJNjSAD PLIGHT Msny Months' Repaired tn Render ..Submerged uuburh Habit '. i . -.' ' able. KANSAS CITT. June 9.-The Twelfth etreet cable line, reaching Into the stock rd district, wa a tar ted today, after a ten days shut down. While both the Mls- There are others but the . - 'best is GORHAM Silver Polish ' M'hii'n cleans as well as polishes ' All -raaeoesible .. . wemhaapta J ceau padiage GREAT REDUCTIONS! Closing Out the Colored ress Remnants us now ihej are straightened they are marked at next to notn- lengths, as' well as many full Goods KemnantS Of etamine, TOileS, twine Cloths, mis-1 aiala Woilnoidav m rr ri . n o nt fl prices BeleCted at random from I ular Wc per yard, 11 yards In rem- I nant lor l.w. AXL WOOL TWINE CLOTH Color receda green, regular $1.25 per yard, (Imported fabric), 1 yards In remnant -for W.19. ALL WOOL FRENCH CHALUS Reg ular (Go quality, 10 yards la remnant for $2.71. ALL WOOL CREPE GRANITE Color navy blue, t yards In remnant for $1.09. ALL WOOL TWINE VOILE Color new blue, regular ILK, (Imported fa- brio), t yards in remnant for $3.29. ALL WOOL ORANITE-Color new' green, 4'e yards in remnant for $1.19. NEW TWINE CLOrrH-CoJo old blue. (Imported fabric), regular' II. tt per yard, 0 yards la remnJ.t.for $4.$t. Sixteenth and .'Douglas Sti sour! and .'the .Kaw-ratr lower, by twelve feetthan last Tuesday) a good portion of Armourdal and -the lowlands near there Is still from two to thro feet deep In water. Mayor Craddock of Kaunas- City, Kaa., after making a , boat , trlf through the Armourdale district. :aysi "Th ruin In Armourdal Is, much more enormous than at first supposed. It will require many month of .hard labor to make that portion of th city Inhabitable. The Missouri Paclflo entered th Union station for tha first time, .this being . the only change in the railroad situation. ' TOPEKA MERCHANTS SELFISH Refasa to Let Clerks All storing Flooded Die. trlet. In R. TOPEKA, June 9. None of the stores on the south side will allow their clerks to aid In removing the mud from th flood in th north side buildings. Mayor Bergunthal Issued a proclamation last evening request tag that such action be taken, but the raer chants failed to observe th order. All trains hav resumed almost . regular service out of Topeka, . except the Union Paclflo. ' It I expected special session of the Kanaaa legislature will be called tomor row to paas bill for th relief of the flood .ufferera. Replle. hav. been received from who are willing to pay half or all cot. of cent hvllT.na oll -tw.ntv.fiv. member, of tha laai.latir. alv J improvements abutting on .their property. P decrease. New - York i receipts In- . iwif viwmivj aiusnei M . UVI J ant as uyi whether they would serve without pay; : Nearlv S6O.000 la now In tha aaod ralUf fund. If thla. generous aid continue' it I will a-n a Inn wav'tnw. XT.t. I Topeka a new start. SHOT FRFF3 mi ftlPI WkVllkW Ulllh Ualdentlfled Assailant Slay tfet Persecuting Vnwllllng Blaek . ! Maldea. ' ' - INTjTI VAPnt.Tfl 3,nm .... m...u colored, who. It la said, was trying to force his attentions an a vnuna- enWari airi hla attention on a young colored girl near the river, waa shot and killed this after- noon by one of a crowd that wa wgtchlna him. The man who flred the .hot .. not known and there have been n arrests. W Wy , .X a . m a a . a uui ar i rrannaa . lai Iowa and' Moat ' ' KehrasVau ' . . a . e WASHINGTON. June 9-Forecast: Nebraska: Fair Wednesday except sho r. In southwest portion; Thursday fair warmer. Iowa: Fair Wednesday: Thursday- fair. warmer. ' ' ' ' Illinois: Fair Wednesday, -cooler In ' n. trem. south portion: Thuraday fair, light a a a ... . to xresn nortn winds; Colorado: Shower and warmer Wednes day; Thursday warmer, Wyoming: Fair In west, Showers in eaat portion Wednesday; wanner Thursday and fair. Montana: Fair Wednesday, warmer In south and eaat portions; Thursday fair. Missouri: Cooler Wedhesday; thuiday oler. cooler. South Dakota Fair Wednesday: Thura - day fair, warmer. Kansas: Partly cloudy Wednesday within inveatlaated Wataon'. record and It showers in north and west portion., cooler In southeast portion; Thursday falV and warmer. Laeal Ree-erd. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA, June 9. Official record of tern- forature and praclpltatlort compared with he corresponding day ot the last three years 1908. 1902. 1901. 1900. . 70 79 87 90 , M M 54 es . tt 69 7 Maximum temperature. Minimum temperature. Mean temperature...... Precipitation T .09 .12 .00 Record of temDeratnr. and PreclDltatlon at Omaha tor tliia day and aince iiarcli 1, 1903: Normal temperature 17 Deficiency for the day : 6 Total excess since March L 190$. 1st Normal precipitation .19 inch Dedctency for the day 19 Inch Precipitation since March 1 U.4S Inches Excee. .inc. March 1.. 19 Inch Deficiency for cor. period. 1002.... I ts Inch. Deficiency for cor. period, I U laches Hepnrta frana .tatiaaa at T P. M. a, !, B : c : B CONDITION Or THE W EATHKB. . Pi : c : 3 Omaha, clear Valentine, clear North Platte, cloudy. .......... Cneyenne. cloudy.. a Bait Lake City, cloudy ., Rapid City, clear Huron, partly cloudy..... WUllston, partly cloudy.., fit. Louis, clear Davenport, clear St. Paul, cloudy Kansas City, clear Havre, clear .-, Helena, clear Bismarck, raining Galveston, cloudy ,, 5 TO) T to 4 .00 (0 41 .04 44 44 .04 U to .12 M SO T Is K! .04 W H .M It 74 .01 ' M 72 .00 54 1 .04 73 74 .IB 04 ee .00 as w .01 s .. .22 - 78 S4 T T Indicates trace at prec1pltattn . I. A. WEI SH. 1I0RE ARRESTS EXPECTED ' - . . Postal Inrestifration Likely to Breed Aaother -Orop of Sensations AUDITOR'S CLERK HELD FOR EMBEZZLING District of Columbia. Offlelal Aeeuee f M laanproprlatlas- Moal Give Him to Deposit la Bank. WASHINGTON. .June t-Flrst Assistant Oanaral Wvnna waa acting? nnftt master cell erat today in the absenoa of Mr. Payne. ZZ ZTZZTlZ tendent Fosnes of the free delivery eystem and a number of postofnc Inspector, re gardlng the Investigation, but na complete .oveiopment. were made pubiio. There are many rumors of Impending dismissals and I arrests but official refuse to discus, them The records of a number of the official ani employes are being thoroughly over- hauled. The proposed rural free delivery routes inspected and recommended for es tablishment under the Machen administra tion are held up following the discovery of the large deficit In the appropriation for free delivery service, and will be re lnspec'd before final action is taken. There are many of these routes. A number of southern representatives In congress are making Inquiries regarding the plana for the rural free delivery ser vice and protesting against delay in the establishment of - routes already recom mended and against any possible curtail ment of existing service. The payment of a fee of $100 to General William W. Dudley, member of a local law firm. In connection with the location of a postal aubsiyton in the drug store of John I W. Stone has been Investigated by the In specter. General Dudley acknowledges having been paid for his services, but says it was a le gitimate transaction "Mr. Stone." said General Dudley today, "was a married man who came to me and .aTrh:b,r.7;:To;;.;T,m the substation, which he desired. I con suited Postmaster Merritt, pleaded for Mr. Stone aa best I could and succeeded. Four or five years sgo I helped Mr. Prentls to secure a substation In that vicinity, but I did not charge him for the work. Mr, Stone came to me as a stranger. I am aware that it I not a high class of legal business, but we have to take up little mat ter of that kind as occasion offers to meet our office expenses.' Drdgg-fst Stone complained that arter nearly three months the station that cost him $100 waa summarily removed across the street. Calaaahla Cleric Arrested. Jamea M. Watson, Jr., a clerk In the nm a the auditor for tne District oi Columbia and son-in-law of a wealthy re tired contractor, was arrested today charred with embetxling government funde Th amount Is estimated at from xw.ow to 178.000. Th warrant makes th specino cnarge of erobexxlement of $,009. which represents only a nortion of the alleged peculation. Watson waa not bonded and in cae ne i p hla relatives fall to make good the at leged losse. Auditor- J. T. Petty will be y.A rnsmalhle for the . amount. in auditor's bond Is for $30,000. Tha money alleged to have been embes- tied waa part of th fund deposited tn the flic of the auditor by property owner "Tw .n.. aidawalks., alley and BUVaf " . - - street. This fund la entirely separate irom tha nther accounts and IS not suojeci iu review by the Treasury department, out ia w lh r-lark in Charge OI l no nnrraanondlna- account in tn Visinci M,tmmL Thi clerk reported It correct .. i.t- .. Fahruarr. 1903. , . . ,Alrne Tttv naa coropieie nn " assessment and permit fund, depositing the money In a bank to his own creaii. axr. i. .n.,n ha Jeen entrusted with making the deposits and haa returned with maKing tne uep v : an employ of the District for four year and rf.f.wtion are supposed to the alleged defalcation are supposed to have been spread over most of that period, Th discovery of the alleged ahortag waa .ra aevaral dav. aao.-but waa kept eecret Dy th. auditor In th. hop. of aurin re.U - ....I.- irk. mmm u onani OI me uiairii were mad acquainted with the condition I war mau. ncawwuw. . . of affair, thla morning and at a special session demanded a rormai report on me t . . . a 1 a n a Iam -f tha mtAm i miinr ana an - I v. hi-.h anch a larae sum of money could I ' ...a... ha. ahatrapted wltnout earner mwcuoii. mi aaid to have been mauirea into .waive veara ago. but no changea i ..thnda raaulted. . Auditor Petty aald today that the ac - -,.,a had been manipulated In auoh a . clever manner that h. waa not certain of tha exact situation. V . Watson wa. a Joint publl.her or a news bulletln issued In thla city. In addition to runnina th paper h owned a barber hop, !.. W r a... whlch he had been trying to aell recently. Ha waa also the promoter of a patent medl- cln concern and the treasurer of what 1 known a. th District Co-operatlv aaso- elation, which take. In money from em- -i.... ia.nni( and lends It out a sain. Many of the office holder at tha District PIERRE. 8. D.. June 9.-(Snecl.l Tele .r. daooaltora In the association. gram.)-Tha ferryboat Bcotty Phillips left turning the money over entirely to Wataon I. ttln hU peraonal receipt In tiny nv Several 1 knnl resembling bank books Imotnhs ago Major Sylvester, chief of no' la atated he found he was one sent to the reform school for forgery. Cannl Negotiations Mast Ead. Important conferences hav been in prog ress lately between Secretary Hay and per son connected with th Panama canal en- terprlse, the outcome of which 1. a determi nation to promptly terminate toe negotia tion, with Colombia on. way or th. other. Th president', patience I well nigh ex hausted over the conflicting report. In re gard to tb treaty that com from Colom bia, and that government la to be made aware of that fact. On the 20th Inst th Colombian congress will convene and Its proceedings will be watched with the great est Interest here. If It show an earnest purpose to eon alder th treaty a due allowance of time will be made by our government. If there 1 an evident purpose to delay ratification beyond a reasonable time, then the treaty negotlatlone will be abruptly terminated and the president will proceed to carry , out tha next Instruction of con greas, namely, to arrange wun mcaraaun and Costa Rica for canal rig n is. Leave fer Hasaa Wedding, President Roosevelt left this afternoon for Cleveland to attend the wedding ot Mis. Ruth Hanna. daughter of Senator and Mrs. Hanna, and Joaeph Medlll Mc Cormlck of Chicago. He was accompanied bv Miss Alice Roosevelt. Captain W. a Cowlea, his naval aide. Dr. Orumwell and (Secretary Loeb. Tha party will arrive in Cleveland tomorrow morning and during their stay there they will be th guest of Senator Hanna. Tha president has appointed F. Finley Jobnaon aa associate justice of the supreme court of the Philippines to All the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fletcher Ladd. Mr. Johnson haa been connected with the judiciary of the Philippine for the peat two years. Mp Ave Nat Weeded. The orders Issued yesterday for Amer ican ahlpa to so to. Valparaiso have been revoked owing to the receipt of cable- grama from Minister Wilson which Indicate that their presence 'Is not needed. The explanation . given at the State de partment for the sudden change of plans Is that the department for some time past haa been receiving advices from various sources Indicating the- existence of a seri ous situation In Chilean seaport towns, owing to a formidable strike of dock labor- era and severs rioting and deatructlon of property. -The Navy department was ad vised of tola situation and an Intimation waa given that the presence of an Amer lean warship would be prudent. When the department decided to send the South At lantio squadron from Montevideo the I emergency had ceased to exist. The resolution of the order doee not In dicate that the South Atlantic aquadron will not cruise In southern Paclflo waters thla summer, but all visits to Chile will be of a friendly character. ana-er Takes Haw Datles. Secretary Root haa nlaoed the execution or the military law In the hands of As slstant Secretary Sanger, In order that he may devote hla entire time to other Im portant matters before the department, Colonel Banger was an officer of the Nev, York National Guard and la regarded at one of the best Informed men In the coun- try on all questions affecting the cltlxen soldier. " tate Official Falls Four Stories. With three other passengers Colonel Wil liam H. Michael, chief clerk of the De partment of State, fell four stories In an elevator today without serioua results. The accident occurred In an apartment house In the northeast . section, where Colonel Michael was visiting his daughter. All th passengers we.-e shaken up. Battleship Contracts Awarded. Secretary Moody late today announced the acceptance ot the three lowest bids foi the three new ROOO-ton battleships, and the following awarde have been made- Minnesota, to the Newport News Shir News. V... for $4,110,000. Kansas, to the New York Ship Building company of Camden, N. J., for $4,179,000. ermont, to the- Fall River Manufactur ing company of Weymouth, Mass., for $4.- 166.000. : Secretary Moody has ruled that the port. able equipment la not to be Included in the limit of cost fixed by- congress, namely $1212,000 for each ship. Smelting Firm Files Papers. The American ft Mexican Smelting and Refining company filed articles of incor poration today. It capital is $30,000,000. The Incorporators are O. 8. Lee, N. C. Clark and Edward Christy. The company is empowered to Own and lease and oper ate mines. . ...)-, The main office wilt be In New York City and branch offices will be constructed either at Baltimore or at some point In the south. It will be the receiving work for base bullion produced In the United State and Mexico. English' and American cap ital Is said to be behind the new enterprise. E. R. Holden of NW York, formerly of Colorado,- will probably be the general anacer. Foetal Revenue Growa. The gross postal receipt for last month a I compared with MayH, 1902. at flfty of the largeat . poatofficea In.,, the United States, how a net lncr.eae,, of . $2K9,162, or about per cent. The largest-increase was 29 per ereasea o.s per cem Aid Chicago 9 per cent. TRAMPS FIGHT OVER WHISKY One Is Shot Through the Be-dr by , a Companion aad Will . Die. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 9.-(Speclal Tel- gram.)-Jack Monroe, a tramp, was shot through the body this evening by P. S. Shepardson, a companion, arid will die. The men. with other tramps, quarreled over a quart-bottle of whisky ing is said by an eye witness . The shoot ing is said by an eye witness to have been unprovoked, but Bhepardson, who admits th ahooting, saVs It was In self-defense. tor Monroe eras attacking him with a 1 J' i -- -v.- - - -...... dfio yard by th ahop guards. The tramps . fired upon the guard, and the Are wa. re- I . ' 1 .a, - - "V hw a rvixT'.r.T. a r. Tn.. I ian--lAl ti, aa-. .. , ,a - im.r-i.. i njjr.i.u brought to Deadwood tonight, charged with h. killing of Edward Wilson. Wilson waa ehot thla forenoon, near the government fish hatchery In Spearflsh. He and Bennett had quarreled over , a woman and Bennett I ""uo """ l"ml ". I T I V. a a, . V. a Y) a. .hnl Tl'l , ann a , " - " "uuu -.i w noma oi tn. woman. Bennett .ay. to- night that Wilson shot himself. He claim i I V, O I tVIIOAl, a. .1.AA. hlM ln.n..llV "ai wtison tried to snoot mm (Bennett) ana wnen neighbors started to interfere wrm Bennett, who clinched him and entered the house. had T.w.. Pi.g Dow. River I here today for raft of pllng w Yankton, towing a large I rail vi uinita wiuuii- wm u uvcu on ine will V. a . . 1 a aw . government river work at that place. It 111 take It about ten days to make the round trtn. THINKS BILL IS EXCESSIVE Controller Refuses t Issue Warrant te New York Contract lag; Firm. NEW YORK, June 9. Controller Oroutt ha. notified President Cantor of the bor ough of Manhattan, that payment of the bill presented by a contracting Arm for the demolition of th old hall of records, in City Hall park, has been witbeld on the ground that It la excessive. Th work waa done by day laborer and th bill called for more than $47,000. The controller, upon scanning th Items, found It I. stated, that four foremen were em ployed March $9 at $3.60 a day to super- vis th work of twelve laborers. On Item calls for the payment of three superintendent at th rate of $19 a day and thre timekeeper at $3.50 to keep th time of a company of laborer that never - 1 exceeded forty and waa often lea. On foreman was employed throughout the removal of tha building at $ a day to supervise th. work. CLARK TO LEAD WATER TALK eaater ta'Cheeea President of Com ing Irrigation Con gress, OGDEN, Utah, Jun 9 Chairman Ktlsel of the executive committee, eleventh Irri gation congress, announced today that th committee has chosen Senator W. A. Clark as president of th congress. A Cat Never Bleed After Porter'. Antiseptic Healing OH I. ap plied.. Relieve, pain Instantly and heal, at th Mine time. For man or beast Price, ate. BRIBES TO SETTLE STRIKES Employer! fiwear Parks Demanded lion! to Call Off Dispute. TWO MORE COMPLAINTS ARE LODGED talon Leader l ikely to rata Muny Charges at RitortUa la Conner (Ion with Rerest Labor Troahlee. NEW YORK, June . After being balled cut by hie friend, William B. Devery, ex chlef of Police, Samuel Tarka waa rear- rnatarl when ha anDeared In court for a k. . l awnrn tA TUT Merman , . -.. a. r tabula I iAiurit wa 4vrwrs a-a a. - -v Brandt, of Brandt Brothere, who say they raid him $300 to call oft strikes At the hearing In the Hecla matter George t. Law, superintendent of the Hecla Iron, works, testified that Parks questioned him In regard to the wages paid the men employed on a Job on the cus. toms house in September, 1901. Parks said Instead of $2.50 a day the men should get $3.50 and Insinuated that the works must make lots of money, 'I will help the company spend some of It," said Parks, and he added, according to the witness, "I will send word to Mr. Jack son that I want $1,000. When they pay " thcv can employ whoever they like." "I saw Mr. Jackson and delivered Parks' message." aald Law. "Later I met Parks and told him It was no use, there was nothing doing. Parks then said he would strike the Job." Pay V p aad Mart Work Nells Poulson, president of the Hecla Iron works, testified that shortly before May 1, 1902, he was asked by repreeentatlvea of the Fuller Conatructlon company to see Parks and end the strike "I met Parks and Delegate Kelly of the Housesmlths' union," he continued. "Kelly knew me and Introduced Parks. Parka shook my hand affably and said he thought the strike could be settled without any fuss." I asked him how it was that the Uen wr. on Strike when ta prldt of the union had come to me and apologised. Parks said he did not care a d for the president of the union, or the union or any' thing. He did not care for the law, that unless he was settled with he would tie up the works tight. 'When you pay me. he added, 'you can go to work when you like, Mr.Poulson identified the $2,000 check given to McCord and subsequently endorsed by Parks. Robert A, McCord of the Hecla Iron works said Parks told him in the presence ot Joshua A. Hatfield, president of the American Bridge company that It would cost $2,000 to settle the strike. At Hatfield suggestion he consented to settle for that amount. "Parks did not want the check drawn to him," he said, "but asked that it be drawn to me and endorsed over to him. Accord. Ingly I got father to draw the check in my favor and I endorsed It over to Parks, I delivered the check to Mr. Parks Witness identified the signature on the check aa that ot his father. Mr. Poulson, recalled, swora that the $2,000 check had been passed through his bank, that It waa paid by him to McCord with another check for $2,000 and that he authorised McCord to advance he money to square the account. The next day the strike waa called off. This closed the evidence for the day, he district attorney said he had no more witnesses In the Hecla case, but expected to have six or more cases before Friday, The matter finally went over to June 17. District Attorney Jerome said later that Louis Brandt, a builder, came to see him te? vi ma auempiea exionjon in connection with a building he was erecting had con. aented to see Parka, "I had Detectives Walsh and Maher fol iow nim." satd Mr. Jerome. "He went to Parka Then he told me Park wanted $1,000, but that he had got him down to $300. I told him I was ready to take complaint if he wanted to make one. Later he said they had decided not to make any, a it would be too much trouble. The deteptlve followed him, though, and the next day they paid the $300 to Parks. We are likely to have several more complaints In this case." , 1 IK H . A ft A I N H. (Continued from First Page.) should remain a cheap country and that they will be convinced that the basis on which our financial and commercial system haa been conducted since the days of Sir Robert Peel should not lightly be dis missed a. of no account." Thl direct attack on Mr. Chamberlain by a member of the government, who. it 1 believed, must have spoken with authority. enciiM ioua cneers ana is considered even I . . . mora important man Mr. Ritchie, de- nunclation. as Indicating that th. majority in the cabinet Is overwhelmingly opposed .... . A a al. a to any astem of preferential trade. The debate waa adjourned after severe criticism of Premier Balfour's absence, Chaplin Supports Grain Tax. Henry Chaplin, M. 'P., former presi dent of the Board of Agriculture! and the malcontent unionists were actively en agaged earty In the day in and around Westminster, In rallying the supporters oil Mr. Chaplin's amendment to the budget bill, which declares that the removal of tax on grain "involves a needless and In jurious disturbance ot trade and a aerioua loss of revenue, without substantial relief for the consumer." and that if any taxes are removed it ehould be those levied on tea and other article of general consump tion. Before the debate opened Premier Bal four ascertalnded from John Redmond, the Irish leader, that the nationalist members of Parliament would support the govern ment, as against Mr. Chaplin. The liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, has already announced that hla party would also uphold the proposal of Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie to remit the grain tax. Thla practically Insured the govern ment from possible defeat at the handa of Its own supporter. Keen Interest la Displayed. Th curious situation created th keenest Interest. At the opening of the sitting a little excitement waa caused by John Red mond asking that a committee be appointed to Inquire whether the arrest of P. A McHugh, member of Parliament from Sllgo, on Saturday last, under a warrant I for contempt of. court wis not a breach I of privilege. I Thl. the speaker refused to do and William Redmond wound up the discussion br ,ou,11y and lron,caI,sr rioting the tact inm. ma r. ncnuin, -wno is now in BUffO now Jail, would not b able to receive King Edward when the latter vl tiled Ireland. The asking and answering of questions I th house followed and then Sir Michael Hlcka-Beach, conservative, formerly chan cellor of the exchequer, invited the speak er's decision as to whether the opportunity could b taken of the debate on Mr, Chap Una amendment for a full discussion of the fiscal policy suggested by Mr. Cham berlain, th colonial secretary, not for present, but for future adoption. Th speaker replied that he had very care, fully considered the matter and had arrived at th conchieton that It wa not relevant to the budget bill, a th question of pref erential tariff rate between Great Britain and Its colonies waa not raised In the bill. The scop of th debate waa thus largely curtailed at the outset. Mr. Ritchie, having formally moved the second reading Of the budget bill. Mr. Chap lin, who was received with cheers, moved hit amendment and proceeded warmly to attack the chancellor of th exchequer, to whose ineptitude, he said, they owed their present remarkable position. In repealing the grain duty Mr. Chaplin said Mr. Ritchie bad made an Irretrievable mistake and had precipitated a movement for which neither hie party nor the country were prepared. . Fin- a moment he appeared to have pre vailed over Mr. Chamberlain, but hla tri umph wou'.d b ahort-llved. Mr. Chaplin blamed the government for yielding to Mr. Ritchie, saying th ministers had thrown way a weapon which would have helped them to carry Out th new fiscal policy to which Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain were committed. t'aeleas to Seek Leadership.' Mr. Chaplin referred to the extraordinary position in which the followers of the gov ernment hsd been placed by the Indecision of the mlnistera It waa useless, he added, to aeek guidance or leadership from them. He concluded with formally moving hla amendment, on which he said he meant to divide the house. The motion was sec onded and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach fol lowed. He commenced by saying that hla view of the general fiscal and political situation was quite different from the view held by Mr. Chaplin. Sir Michael, continuing, said his colleagues were perfectly aware, that the grain duty was unpopular when he had Inaugurated It, but It had been a success and he had heard the proposal to repeal the duty with surprise and regret. He considered that the duty wa. neres sary because of the growth of expenditure against which he had protested. Had his protests been received with greater aym pathy by hla colleagues he would not now be speaking from a bench above the gang way. It was Impossible for a chancellor of the 'exchequer to reduce expenditure without the hearty and continuous support of. the premier. No money waa worse spent than money expended on the army. He earnestly appealed to the premier to aaeure the house that he was determined to atop the Increase In the normal expenditure. Sir Michael aald he was opposed to Mr. Chaplin's amendment, although he ympathlEed with the latter'a objection to the repeal of the grain duty, but he be. lleved the alternative policy to be a greater evil. Having to choose between two evils he would choose the lessor and support the budget bill. Praises Chamberlain's Work. Referring to the suggested preferential tariff, he declared he yielded to no one in appreciating the splendid work of Mr. Chamberlain. No eolonlal secretary had ever done so much to bind tha colonies to the motherland of eo much to make the colonies feel their position and duties as part of the empire. He wished, however, to know whether Mr. Chamberlain' opin ion wa that of a united cabinet. The re peal of the grain duty appeared .to be direct bar to the adoption of preference principles. He therefore concluded that the opinion of the cabinet aa a whole was the same with regard to these principles as when he, as a member of It, opposed colon ial preference In regard to wines, sugar and grain, and he waa convinced that matters could not last long in their present In definite state. A continuance ot the premier's attitude of suspended Judgment was impossible. It was not fair to the member of th. party whose 'constituents- wanted Information. The question was dividing the unionists and making the opposition a happy family. Mr, Chamberlain's proposals would do more to disunite than to unite the empire and if he persisted in ihem they would destroy the unionist party. Ritchie Still Proa Trader. Mr1. Ritchie, who made a general reply, read a carefully prepared statement. The government, he said, thought there should be an Inquiry - into preferential duties. He avowed himself an out and out free trader and added that, with hia present knowledge he could not be a party to a policy which he believed would be detrimental to the Interests of both Great Britain and the colonies, and he believed that the Inquiry, from which he would net shrink, would confirm his present view. He Justified the remission ot the grain duty and contended that the millers and farrrers had not benefited by them. In his opinion the consumer had paid the tax, which hnd pressed most heavily on th poorest ' clarse. Although he waa pre cluded by the speaker's ruling from discus sing preferential tariffs he might say on behalf of himself and his colleagues what he and they thought. The member of th government who had spoken on the sub ject had spoken for themselves and not for the government. All thus far that had been auggested waa that the matter should be discussed and Inquired Into. Mr. Ritchie concluded with saying that th grain duty was properly imposed as th result of a great national emergency and had been properly removed when the prospect wer brighter. He denied that there had been any Inconalstency, and while he regretted that the government had wounded the feeling of soma of it sup porter, he believed it action would be In dorsed by the country. It wa. th foreign and not the British farmer who had gained by the tax. Mr. Ritchie's outspoken repudiation of Mr. Chamberlain . proposal, cau.ed Im mense aatlafactlon In the lobbies of th. house. No such situation has risen in the parliamentary world since the memorable split on the home rule bill, and the keen est Interest Is manifested In regard to pos sible development. While Mr. Ritchie's speech also gave rise to fresh rumor, regarding an early disso lution It Is not really essential before late In the autumn or more probably next year. The recent resignation of R. W. E. 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