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t STATE JOXJRKAT,. FRIDAY EVENING, APR3X. 13, 1891. GOLD EMS TO GO. Spring Shipments Start Out With $2,000,000. Officials Think It Will Continue Some Time. KO ALARM IS FELT. A Second Bond Issue is Not Contemplated. Washington', April 13. The secre tary of the treasury yesterday re ceived notice that about 82,000,000 in gold coin would be required for ex port next Saturday, about half of which would be drawn from the treas ury and an equal amount from the New York banks. It is the opinion of treasury officials that this shipment is the beginning of the, usual spring" ex portation and that they are likely to continue for some time. This fact, However, is not regarded as a cause for alarm. The net gold in the treasury at the close of business yesterday was $105,963,539. Last year at this time the gold exportations were abnormally heavy, reaching 819,143,904 during April and 816,914,317 in May. In June they had dropped to S2.711.22C and in July to S174.212. The financial and business conditions in Europe, as well as in the United States, have materially changed for the better this year, and in consequence the prediction is con fidently made that the exportations will reach only a fraction of what they were one year ago. The distrust that then everywhere prevailed has disappeared to a great extent, and the money market, both at home and abroad, is much easier. The first serious loss to our gold supply occurred early in the present month when about 700,000 ia gold was paid out in San Francisco, prin cipally on account of pensions. Since that time there has been a gradual recovery, so that our net loss, since the recent sale of bonds had restored' the Sioo.000,000 gold reserve, is only about 300.000. Treasury officials btate in positive terms that a second bond issue is not in contemplation indeed it is believed to be extremely doubtful whether an issue of any con siderable size could now be placed upon the same terms as the recent issue. As is well known it was with extreme difficulty Mr. Carlisle succeeded in arousing the New York bankers to the importance of making the last issue a success, and it is believed he would scarcely under take a similar task except in event of a great emergency With authority to issue short time, low rate bonds, the difficulty, in a measure, it is be lieved, would be obviated, but po such authority is expected from this -congress, and. therefore, the expor tations will necessarily have to be" drawn from the goll reserve. On January 31, last, this reserve had reached 870.000,000. and it is believed it will again be suffered to reach this point, and ev?n a lower one. before another bond issue will be attempted. 8 EN ATE PROCEEDINGS. Senator PefTcr's Third Installment an Ilia Tarlfr Speech. Wasuinqtojt, April 13. Both sides of the chamber showed a very good attendance when the senate met yes terday. During the transaction of the routine morning business, Senator Kyle of South Dakota, introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitu tional amendment relative to mar riage and divorces, which was re ferred to the committee on judiciary. At 1 'o'clock Mr. PeiTer was recog nizedand delivered the third install ment of his speech on the tariff bill. He announced his purpose of offering at the proper time a substitute for the pending bill based on the principle of taxing the articles used by the rich while exempting those articles of prime necessity used by the poor, whether manufactured abroad or not. He would relieve the poor of all taxa tion and put the tax on articles used by the rich, so the burden of tariff taxation would rest chiefly on those who were best able to bear it. He defended the Coxey army and outlined his plan for the amelioration of the con dit ion of the people. Re ferring to the approaching army, he exclaimed: "We are coming. Father Abraham, although the van guard is snowbound, I understand." Laugh ter. He referred to the entrance into Washington last Saturday night of a band of forty men who were im mediately arrested without commit ting any offense. "They had as much right to come here as the president of the New York Central railway company or any other citizen." As congress was not bound down by such restrictions, he continued, he would insist on congress passing a bill obliging the president to furnish em ployment for all men and women of the country. It would not be in the way of building good roads, but he would set them to building a straight double track railroad from the Atlan tic to the Pacific and another from the great lakes to the g"ulf- Then the dark clouds would roll away and be dissipated in the morning mist. "I am now pleading with you manu facturers," he said, earnestly (turning to the Republican side), .to be fair with us. If you demand protection - against goods which come mtocoro pe tition with yours, give us those pro tective duties which we ask for." Senator Galiinger inquired whether he (Mr. Peffer) believed that manu factures could continue on a free trade basis. I am not looking after the manu facturing interests." declared Mr. Peffer. "I am looking after the men of the West and South. Kansas can stand free trade better than the peo ple you represent," He went on to argue for a duty on wool and for free sugar, when Mr. Galiinger assured him that the people of -New England were with him on those two questions, and he thought they were with him on all reasonable demands. ''And wh'en we ask anything- which you do not want to give, you call us unreasonable?" replied Mr. Peffer. At 5 o'clock Mr. Peffer had not fin ished, and according to the agreement the tariff bill was laid aside, and the urgent deficiency bill was again taken up. An amendment to the clause for paying special assessments to United States attorneys, changing the amount from 830,000 -to S4O.340, of which S10, 340 should be available for deficiencies for the years 1S93 and 1S93 was agreed to. At 6 o'clock the senate adjourned without further action on the bilL OPPOSED TO FOBECLOSCBE. ' jc. Commissioner of Railroads Hampton on the Pacific Railway Cases. Washisgtos April 13. General Wade Hampton,' the commissioner of railroads, has submitted to the "house committee having supervision of the matter sundry memoranda on the i various pending bills for a settlement of the debt of the Pacific railroads to the United States. From this memoranda, it appears that the commissioner is opposed to the fore closure of the lien on the roads and the management thereof by congress, as proposed by one bill, but is favora bly disposed to the maintenance of the sinking fund and the payment into it of a larger proportion of net earnings. . lie says that on the maturity of the debts of these roads three forms of settlement with the committees will be presented, from which a choice must be made, viz: Foreclosure; second, maintain the sinking fund and require that a larger percentage of net earnings be paid into it. and, third, refund the debt. To Count a Quorum. AVashisgtov, April 13. Representa tive Pendleton, Democrat of Texas has introduced in the house a pro posed amendment to the rules, pro viding for a count of those members, present and not voting when a roll call had developed the absence of a voting quorum. Washington Notet. A bill has been introduced in the house to regulate compensation of United States marshals, attorneys and commissioners, fixing salary at 84,000 per annum. Senator Kyle has introduced a bill in the senats providing for a Sunday rest. It provides that no one shall perform any labor and all traffic must stop on that day. First Assistant Postmaster General Jones, in Washington, and Postmaster Hessing,' in Chicago, held a conversa tion over the long-distance telephone. Collector of customs at Tampa, Fla., has been instructed to collect a duty on lottery tickets, which he has here tofore admitted free, dutiable value being fixed at the price of the ticket. Senator Wolcott has introduced a bill providing for the allotment in severalty of lands in the Uncompahgre Indian reservation in Utah and the opening of the remainder of the lands to settlement. It is the present expectation of Chairman Bland to call a meeting of the house committee on coinage for next Wednesday to consider the free coinage bill pending, as the members now absent will be present by that time. COXEY'S ARMY SUFFERING. The Commonwealers in Hard Straits on Account of the Snow. Addisox, Pa., April 13. The tramp from Chalk Hill to this place was one of great suffering for the common weal. While the storm had' abated some the deep snow made walking hard, and rests were made frequently. There were many mountaineers here to view the commonwealers, and there is an ugly look abroad. Mountain dew has been flowing like water and the men are in the proper state for conflict. The mountaineers are excited over the army and would crush " it out if possible. Several clashes have been averted but trouble is expected. The only licensed sa loon in the p'aCfr is opposite the camp, and the liquor is being dispensed with a lavish hand. The next camp will be General Grant and will be at Grant ville. Suit Against Ingalls. Atchisox, Kan., April 13. Suit was filed in the district court yesterday against E. M. Manley, Davis Auld, John J. Ingalls and E. C. Armsby for the recovery of S3, 200, which invites a long line of sensational litigat'on. The suit comes out of the failure of the Kansas Trust and Banking com pany a year ago in which the grossest fraud has lately been discovered. Other suits of a similar nature will be filed at once. The allegations of the petition are -highly sensational. A Populist Protest. Abilexe, Kan., April 13. The Dick inson county Farmers' alliance adopt ed special resolutions on Judge Fos ter's retirement. They say: "We consider that he ought to have saved enough to maintain his family," and "in i view of the number of unem ployed and homeless, the government ought to economize." The Kansas delegation is urged to try and defeat the bill retiring Foster on a pension of 83,500 on this account. Deplorable Traced? ear Gntbrie. Guthrie, Ok., April 13. News has reached here of a deplorable tragedy at McMillan. Edgar Wright and John Miller, aged respectively 15 and 13, quarreled while going to church, and the Mdler boy plunged a pocket knife into young Wright's back, from the effeets of which he died. Young Miller has been placed in jail upon the charge of murder in the first degree. ; . Willie Wilde Married Again. London; April 13. "Willie" Wilde, formerly the husband of Mrs. Frank Leslie, was married a few days ago to Miss Sophia Lees by special license in this city. The bride is the granddaugh ter of Mr. Thomas Oide Lses of Ale rr ion, near JLablLi. PLEADED HARD. - -. - a -; Butterworth Made a Strong Plea for His Client One of the Greatest Speeches Ever Made. NO GUILELESS GIRL Had Brought the Suit He Said. Washixgtojt, April 13. The de fense of Colonel Breckenridge, which General Butterworth made yesterday, is considered even by his opponents to have been one of the greatest speeches ever .made in a Washington court. It was effective as a masterpiece of oratory, and was made so largely by the winning personality of the speaker. Mr. Butterworth was per suasive, dramatic, friendly, ' con ciliatory and artful. For nearly nine hours Mr. Butterworth carried the speaking part in the great case. He conjured by the name of mother, the fireside and American woman hood most effectively, making it appear that all of these forces were enlisted on the side of his client. Through all the speaking the white1 haired member of congress 'from Ken tucky sat facing the jury, much of the time with his face shaded by his hand, occasionally nodding assent to the points scored by the speaker. The slender plaintiff heard none of the de nunciations of herself, and her at torneys have sat smiling throughout the onset of the opposition. Judge Jere Wilson will consume the greater part of to-day and to-morrow with his argument for the plaintiff. Mr. Butterworth told the jury that the inherent probabilities arising from the course of human nature were to be considered more deeply than the statements of witnesses. The question was not whether Will iam C. P. Breckinridge had violated any ordinance, human or divine, had been guilty of terpitude, conduct which Drings upon him condemnation, but whether these two parties had agreed that he was to become her hus band, she his wife- To awaken horror before the public there had been a tale that Colonel Breckinridge had led astray a guiless little girl and had led her down the path of nine years of immorality to a marriage contract ruthlessly violated. The jury was not to determine whether there had been any such guileless little girl; whether she had not been a mature and knowing woman. He denied the woman came to court to redress a great wrong. No wrong could be re dressed in that way. Nor had she wanted the balm of money, for she had said there was none. Her motive did not rise to the quality of revenge, nor even of hatred, but sent abroad to every home a leaven she knew to be vile, the influence of . which was measureless. "For what motive does the desperate woman walk on any stage? She de liberately turned from everything that man or woman could desire and proclaimed her share. This is a vesti bule of a wider state upon which she desired to enter. Is it the right of any individual to corrupt public morals by the excuse of seeking reparation for wrong. What is there of reparation for wrong but to go home to their mother's fireside to him who alone can grant reparation for wrong?" Her early life was not what it should have been, he continued, but was what her letters showed her to be. It would be said, Butterworth, you are defending sin. but no; he had a little family of his own. one son who had to fight the battle of life against fearful odds. No, he was defending the standard of womanhood; the vir tue of city and of country girls. No man could say that ruination was possible under the circumstances which had been portra'ed here. He protested against such a standard being raised for virtue. As for his client, no one knew through what mire that man had been dragged, and such was the penalty of sin. He did not want the jury carried away by the whisper floating in the air that a verdict for the defendant would be a ratification of his sin. He asked them also not to commend a woman who bad borne herself as this plaintiff had; not to elevate her for the degradation of him. Such a verdict would mean that virtue was but as a cloak to be thrown off or put on. American womanhood should be vindicated by the standard to which wives and mothers must be held. MISSOURI GRAND ARMY. New Officers Elected at the Lebanon Encampment Installed. Lebanon, Mo., April 13. The Mis souri State G- A. R. encampment was concluded yesterday . with the instal lation of officers-elect by the retiring department commander. Delegates to the national encampment were chosen as follows: Eugene F. Weigel, John Stupp and Henry Pins. St. Louis; . EL D. Johnson. Springfield; Q. P. Berry, Sedalia; J. B. Cotty, Moberly; W. H. Lester, Jefferson City, and C. C- Dra per, Lebanon; W. F. Henry and D. S. Harriman, Kansas City; E. D. Canau, Clinton; C. A. Mosman, St. Joseph; C. Osborn, Southwest City; Louis Ben zeke, Brunswick; Charles Inghart, Kidder, and T. R. Tuttle, Carthage; John T. Birdseye and Euphrates Bon cher, Mound City. Macon City was selected for the meeting in April, 1S95, and the encampment adjourned. The Whipping Post Recommended Sedalia, Mo., April 13. The grand jury, which adjourned yesterday after a ten days' session, recommended the adoption of the whipping post as sug gested by Judge Ryland in his. instruc tions to the jury, as a punishment for minor offenses. The jury also recom mended the submission of a 'proposi tion to the voters of the ounty to build a $35,000 jail, j A: $1,000,000 FIRE. The Plant of the American Glucose Company Burned. BtTFFAXO, N; Y., April 13. The plant of the American glucose com pany burned last night. The loss will be about $1,000,000. The insur ance is $585,000. The works of the company consisted of an eleven-story brick building used for the- manufac ture of glucose and starch, an eight story brick building used as a power house and as a place for making the cattle-feeding product, an eight story brick building- used as a refinery and an eight-story store-house. . The fire was discovered in the dynamo room of the main building shortly af ter 7 o'clock by the engineer. He gave the alarm, and he and his fire man rushed out. In ten minutes the whole eleven stories were on fire and flames were bursting through the windows and darting from the roof. There were perhaps 125 men at work. It will not be known until a census of the employes is taken whether one man or fifty men were cremated. It is known that some of- the men es caped by the fire escapes and some -of those on the lower stories jumped into the canal. . A great many of the men at work on the upper floors were ig norant Poles and Germans. In fifteen minutes the entire main building was a mass of flames. In twenty minutes the walls began to fall. They fell at frequent intervals until, inside of forty-five minutes, there was but one corner standing. The main building was connected with the power and feed house by an elevated bridge over Scott street. The flames crept across and ignited the feed house. Meanwhile the city fish market just across the street .caught fire. Five firemen, were sent inside to fight the flames, and a number of streams was turned on the roof. The building was a long, low brick structure, and the firemen made a good fight to save it, but a portion of a blazing wall . fell on it and started the roof to burning. The fireman in side did not know of this, and no one told them. The consequences were that in a few minutes the roof fell and buried five firemen. Three of them escaped with no other injuries than a few bvuir-es, but John Weber and Lieutenant Louis Schrader of the same company were not so fortunate. Weber was taken out unconscious. His face is badly burned, some of hia rib? are broken and he has also internal in juries. He may not recover. Lieuten ant Schrader had his back and legs hurt. Both were taken to the hos pital. The feed house was completely de stroyed, the walls all having fallen by 10 o'clock. The refinery and store house went next, and by 1 o'clock there was nothing left of the mam moth establishment but a few totter ing walls. M'M ASTER'S MIND WRECKED. The Oklahoma Editor Attempts Suicide Not Expected to Recover. Oklahoma CiTy, Ok., April 13." The fight of the territorial courts on Frank McMaster culminated yesterday in the dethronement of McMaster's reason and an attempt at snicide. The fight had reached the point where McMas ter must either beg the mercy of the court or go to jail for six months and pay $500 fine for contempt of court. He is 60 years old and broken in health"! The merciless action of the court so worked upon him that his reason was temporarily deranged. While in this condition Judge Scott sent him an abject apology to sign. He read the paper and then left the room a few moments. . When he returned he signed it and remarked that it was his death warrant. He then informed those present that he had taken poison and would be beyond the reaeh of the court in a few minutes. Physicians were called and the stomach pump was freely used, resulting in at least prolonging his life. The probabilities are that he will never leave his house alive. An Old Missouri Indian Claim. Washington, April 13. The com mittee on war claims of the house has agreed, in accordance with the recommendations of Secretary Hoke Smith, to report a bill authorizing the payment to Representative Heard of Missouri, $10,000 for services rendered to the old settlers of Western Chero kee Indians in their claim against the United States. The money is to be paid out of a fund set apart by the Indians for the prosecution of the claims. Marshal for Eastern Missouri. Washington, April 13. John E. Lynch, chief of police of Moberly, Mo., was yesterday. nominated by the president as United States marshal for Eastern Missouri. NEWS IN BRIEF. Police of Rome have unearthed an other dynamite conspiracy. Eight thousand Colorado coal miners will go out on strike April 20. The safe of P. Murray at Hesston, Kan., was blown open and 8500 in cash obtained. Republicans of the Second Oregon Congressional district have nominated W. R. Ellis for congress. Woodruff & Co., clothing dealers of Parsons, Kan., assigned; liabilities, $11,000; assets, stock valued at $18,000. A report has reached Buenos Ayres that Bahia and Pernauubuco have re volted against the present govern ment. . Judgment has been rendered against Frank Daniels of "Little Puck" fame for $100 in favor of Harvey Carson Clarke. Advices from Brazil show that the forces from President Peixoto have recaptured Paranaguay from the in surgents. The five weeks' drought in England, Germany, France, Austria and Po land is causing much uneasiness 'to farmers in those countries. In the Sixth Indiana district Repub lican convention Congressman H. U. Johnson was renominated. 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