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BULLETIN OF
THE ST. P/VUI^ GI^OBE.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1807.
Weather for Today —
11h in; Northeasterly Wind*.
PAGE I.
flnrsh Word* in the House.
Haee War in the South.
Yesterday's Work in the Senate.
Police and the Lan ternlest) Cycle.
International Commercial Congress.
Sharp Orders Sent Capt. Stoucb-i
PAGE 2.
t.hepnrd Ordi nance Killed.
Peed of the Forty-TVlners.
PAGE a.
Mpls. Academy Commencement.
Boy Killed by a Rn«e Ball.
Big Chews Match Tied.
Modern Woodmen at Dubuque.
Worms at Work at Crops.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Kutuiits otf Maccabees Meet Today.
PAGE S.
Minneapolis Defeated by Detroit.
Indianapolis Beats Kansas City.
Western Cases Taken Up.
The Sabbath of the Adventists.
PAGE 0.
Bar Silver, GO l-Bc.
Cash Wheat in Chicago* «7 l-Bc.
Mocks Strong and Higher.
PAGE 7.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Was the Grand Jury a Jury?
Banquet of Company E.
Gambling, ln St. Paul.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met— The Amasons,. 2.30, 8.15.
MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Sailed: Nomadic, Liverpool;
Lahn, Bremen. . , , „
QUEENSTOWN— Arrived: Cephalonia, Bos
ton - -.. „ ,
CHERBOURG— SaiIed: Aller. New York.
GIBRALTAR— SaiIed : Kaiser Wilhelm 11..
Genoa for New York.
PHILADELPHIA — Sailed: Pennsylvania,
Antwerp.
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Jupiter Pluvius "also ran."
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Jack Frost is going at the pace that
kills.
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The sultan doesn't want an Angell so
near him.
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Senator Tillman can also use a pitch
fork as a flail.
Howard Mann, winner of the Brook
lyn handicap, was no man at all.
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Wait till the returns are all in before
you announce that June "cuts no ice."
A circus is scheduled for July 13.
Those figures indicate that there will
also be rain.
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In case of war with Spain the biggest
item of expense for Uncle Sam would
be getting Gen. Miles home again.
Those Greeks might be generous and
give Thessaly to Gen. Miles. "We haven't
much use for the general now anyway.
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The Turks and Greeks, having re
sumed admiring the white flag, it is
your turn. Gen. Weyler, to do some
thing.
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That Detroit umpire trod on the toes
of every base ball enthusiast in Min
neapolis when he put Wilmot out of
the grounds.
Hereafter Miss Laura Long will
please confine herself to a milder form
of joke than climbing over a bridge
rail 100 feet above a rushing river.
Mr. Yerkes, head of the Chicago
street railways, refuses to admit that
he has been hit. There is nothing of
the Greek in the make-up of Mr.
Yerkes.
A poem entitled "Our Boys," in which
the names of Mrs. U. S. Grant and
Mrs. Jefferson Davis are commingled,
has appeared with their sanction. The
war is over.
Chicago people haven't dens a thing
but kick at "Uncle" Anson since they
gave him that silver service. What is
the matter with them? Do they want
the silver back?
Latest dispatches indicate that the
Cheyenne Indian country is full of cor
respondents working "string." Only
one man has been killed. Nobody else
has even had his feelings hurt.
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The young Duchess of Marlborough
declines to subscribe to a queen's jubi
lee hospital fund, started by Americans
residing in London, on the plea that
she is no longer an American. So sc-on
are we forgotten.
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The park board, evidently made up
of men who do not ride wheel:?, has de
creed that a bicyclist i3 no better than
a horse. At Como the wbeelmac must
keep ln the read, whether riding his
wheel or walking beside it.
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New York thieves have made a dis
ttnet advance in their business. They
entered a house, chloroformed the dog
and carried off everything worth tak
ing. Noboc".> seems to have thought of
trying chloroform on the dog before.
The feenate tariff debate isn't much of
a debate after all. The manufacturers
tell the Republicans what they want,
the screws are put on, and the new
schedule appears. This sort of thing
will go until the people get another in
ning.
Mr. Lyons, you have given us twen
ty-three kinds of weather in thirty
days. Variety is the spice of life, but
this going in heavy overcoats forty
eight hours and in one's shirt sleeves
the next forty-eight is getting monoto
nous.
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William A. Eddy has invented a pho
tographing apparatus which will take
the whole horizon line and show at
sea a ship approaching ten miles be
yond the horizon line. Who knows but
the photographer of the future will de
velop into the great detective of the
age?
3THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE
CZAR REED IS AGAIN GRILLED.
Jerty Simpson the Chief GooK.
House Session Enlivened by Another Bitter Attack
on the Policy of the Majority Leader.
BUT IT ALL CAME TO NOTHING.
After the Talk Was Ended the House, as Usual, Ad-
Mr. Grosvenor Came to the Defense of the Speaker
With a Clever Talk in Which Minority Lead
ers Were Hauled Over the Coals.
WASHINGTON, June I.— There was
a lively session of the house today, at
which the policy of Speaker Reed and
the Republican majority was again
made the subject of attack by members
of the minority. Mr. Richardson
(Dem., Term.) and Mr. Simpson (Pop.
Kan.) led the onslaught for the mi
nority. The majority position was ably
defended by Mr. Henderson (Rep., Io.)
and Grosvenor (Rep., O.). The appeal
A. Mr. Lewis (Dem., Wash.) taken
last Thursday from the decision of the
chair, that a resolution relating to for
eign affairs did not constitute a ques
tion of privilege, was laid on the table,
and, after the skirmish over the
methods of procedure, three special
orders were successively adopted, by
two of which the senate bills making
a special appropriation for the gov
ernment printing office and for grant
ing the secretary of the navy au
thority to contract with any two vessels
to carry contributed supplies to India,
were passed. The other provided for
the consideration of the Frye bill to
prevent collisions upon harbors, rivers
and inland waters of the United States
connected with the ocean. But Mr.
Payne, in charge of the latter bill, was
forced to abandon it for the day to
avoid the point of no quorum.
The conference report on the sundry
civil bill was adopted. The compro
mise relative to the revocation of
President Cleveland's forest reservation
excited some comment. Mr. Loud
(Pop., Cal.) objected to one feature of
the compromise, but the opposition was
not carried to the point of a division.
Mr. Richardson opened the attack on
the inaction of the house and protest
ed vigorously against the present
method of doing business. "Here we
are," he said, "with our hands tied,
with no committees, none of the con
veniences or necessities of legislation.
Nothing except the committee on rules,
which dictates what we shall do and
shall not do. The house never was in
such a dilapidated and disorganized
condition for such a length of time."
"How long was it before the com
mittees were appointed in the Forty
second congress?" asked Mr. Dalzell
(Rep., Pa.).
"Congress met on the 4th of March
and the committees w T ere appointed in
December," replied Mr. Richardson.
"But congress was only in session four
days."
"That's the fact I wanted to bring
out," said Mr. Dalzell.
Mr. Simpson (Pop. Kan.) remarked
upon the spectacle presented by the
house, "because of the refusal of the
speaker to obey the rules and appoint
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
Its Sessions at Philadelphia Are to Be Formally Inaagarn
ated Today by President McKinley.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, June I— The
International Commercial Congress was
practically opened this morning with a
meeting of the national advisory board
at the rooms of the Philadelphia Com
mercial Museum. The official and for
mal opening of the congress will take
place tomorrow at the Academy of
Music, when an address will be made
by President McKinley. The members
of the president's cabinet and other
distinguished government officials will
also be present. At today's meeting
the visiting delegates were warmly
welcomed by Mayor Warwick. Dr
Wm. Pepper, of Philadelphia; Henry
W. Peabody, of Boston; Dr. W. P. Wil
son and Wm. Harper also spoke. Upon
adjournment of the session the dele
gates inspected the many industrial
exhibits of the museum, and shortly
after 1 o'clock a luncheon was served.
At 2 p. m. another session of the ad
visory board began, at which reports of
the foreign delegates were presented.
Paul Zilllng, director of the Commer-
LOYAL LEGION CONFERENCE.
Important Questions to Be Taken
Up at Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich., June I.— Men who distin
guished themselves as army officers during
the civil war are arriving to attend the quad
rennial conference of the Loyal Legion, which
begins its session tomorrow. The members
of the conference consist of six representa
tives from each of the twenty state com
manderies. Rear Admiral Gherardi, U. S. N.,
will preside. The admiral arrived at 9
o'clock this evening with a company of mem
bers from Pennsylvania, New York and other
Eastern states. Among the important ques
tions to be acted upon will be that of deciding
the date of the ending of the war. According
to the laws of the Loyal Legion the war
ended in 1865, and an application for member
ship is treated from that standpoint. The
supreme court, however, In a decision in an
army payment case, decided that the war
ended Aug. 30, 1866, and it is proposed to
change the order's laws to conform to this
this decision. Such a change, affecting the
eligibility of many persons to membership,
will be made with caution, but many of the
states have instructed their representatives
to favor the change.
Two other important changes proposed will
be the wiping out of class distinctions in the
membership and the admission to the order
of other than the eldest~sons of army officers.
At the present the membership, is composed
of companions of the first and second classes,
the latter being chosen from the eldest sons
of those entitled to membership as compan
ions of the first class. Besides the business
session* there are several social functions
journed Over to the Third Day-
the committees. We must come to the
committee on rules as supplicants,"
Continuing, Mr. Simpson said: "Over i
3,500 bills have been introduced at this
session and 1,166 are for the relief of
the old soldiers. The Republicans
claim to be the especial guardians of
the old soldiers. Why don't they con
sider these measures? Then there is
the bankruptcy bill, for the passage of
which there is a great demand
throughout the country."
"Is there any greater demand now
than there was in the last congress?"
Interrupted W. A. Stone (Rep., Pa.).
"There is," retorted Mr. Simpson,
"because the prosperity you promised
has not materialized and the people
now seek the relief you promised the
tariff would give them through the
bankruptcy courts."
Mr. Henderson then came forward
with a rather elaborate defense of the
speaker and the course of the majority
generally. He said that the majority
stood ready to finish the work it was
called here to perform whenever it
came from the other end of the capi
tol. "Why this hell in a teapot?" he
asked; "this boiling over from the
realms of Kansas?"
Mr. Grosvenor (Rep., O.) followed in
a similar strain, putting the Republi
cans in an excellent humor by his
witty comments on the minority leader
ship. The other side, Mr. Grosvenor
said, was treating the majority witli
great unfairness. "Every now and
then," said he, "they spring something
new on us in the shape of a new
leader (laughter). When the talented
young Texan (Bailey), who inherited
his leadership rather than earned it,
was in command, a little flattery and
a few kind words sufficed, and we
got along very well (laughter). But
when the great leader from Kansas
(Simpson) suddenly flashed upon the
horizon and swung the minority into
a so' id phalanx, I thought perhaps
God Almighty had decided to wreck
the Democratic party under his leader
ship. But he dropped out. I never
knew exactly how. Perhaps his time
was out (laughter). Then came the
gentleman from Washington (Lewis).
I have not examined his credentials yet
and don't know whom he represents in
this contest. I don't know whether he
will be supported, as his leadership
has not yet progressed far enough to
get a vote."
Mr. Simpson, replying to Mr. Gros
venor, said there was no need of lead
ership on the minority side, as "they
■ are all leaders over here." They wen?
not like sheep, who had to be led
over the fence every day by the
"leading billy goat." Mr. Simpson at
tempted to read from Senator Morgan's
speech, but the speaker would not per
mit him to do so. Comment on the
proceedings in the other house, the
speaker said, would lead to disputes
and interfere with the harmony that
should prevail between the two houses.
At 4:30 the house adjourned until
Thursday.
cial Museum of Stuttgart, Germany,
explained the workings of the institu
tion. Carlos Rogers, delegate of the
chamber of commerce of Chile, told of
the exports of Chile to the United
States and of the commerce between
the two countries, and Carlos Lix-
Klett, delegate of the Union Industrial
Argentina and Museum of National
Products in Buenos Ayres, presented a
paper detailing the resources and in
ternational commerce of Argentina.
The paper was read by director W. P.
Wilson. Col. Dr. Ferrando Mendes de
Almeida, delegate of the chamber of
commerce of Rio de Janeiro, enter
tained the meeting with a paper on
the geographical, commercial and polit
ical relations of Brazil, as well as its
productions and means of communica
tion. Antonio E. Delfino, delegate of
the chamber of commerce of Caracas.
Venezuela, told of the products and
resources, imports and exports of Ven
ezuela.
This evening there was an informal
reception at the Hotel Stratford by
the delegates to the congress to the
business men of Philadelphia and the
business men who are visiting the city.
and excursions. Wednesday evening there
will be a banquet, on which occasion It is
expected over 400 guests will be present.
SEARLES SET FREE.
Wo Cajie Made Against the Sugar
Trust Secretary.
WASHINGTON, June I.— ln the case of
John E. Searles. the sugar trust witness,
Judge Bradley this morning ordered the jury
to bring in a verdict of acquittal, holding
that the questions asked the witness by the
senate committee were not pertinent, and,
if so, were not within the jurisdiction of the
committee.
POPULAR. REFERENDUM
Proposed by Senator Pettigrew to
Test Silver Sentiment.
WASHINGTON, June I.— Senator Pettigrew
today introduced a bill to provide for tho
submission to a popular vote at the congres
sional election of 1898 of the following ques
tins:
Shall congress at once enact a law providing
for the immediate free and unlimited coinage
! of Bilver and gold at the ratio of -16 to 1? -
Shall the constitution of the United States
bo so amended as to provide for the election
of United _ States senators and of the president
and vice president by direct vote of the peo
ple?
It is made the duty of the secretary of
each state to forward the result of the vote
to the president, who Is required to transmit
the statements to congress.
WEDNESDAY MORNINQ, JUNE 2, 1897.
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Jml Re Orr Has Decidetl That Wheelmen Should Nat Be Fined When, on Aeconnt of High Wind*., They Are
Unable to Keep Their Lanterns Lighted.
SHARP ORDERS SENT TO CAPT. STOUCH.
Directed by Secretary Bliss to Assist tlie Civil fldtfjorities
in Taking Indian Murderers.
WASHINGTON. June I.— Secretary
Bliss tonight wired instructions to
Indian Agent Stouch, whose reserva
tion is the seat of the Cheyenne Indian
trouble, directing him to immediately
notify the department of the situation
and to use every effort to deliver the
Indian fugitives to the civil officers,
showing satisfactory credentials. This
decision was reached after a conference
between Acting Secretary of the In
terior Ryan, Acting Commissioner of
Indian Affairs Smith and Attorney
General McKenna and the adjutant
general. The report which Capt. Stouch
mailed on May 25 and which reached
here today was read, together with
dispatches to the president and Sena
tor Carter. The officials are awaiting,
with considerable uneasiness, the re
port from the agent which he was
peremptorily directed to telegraph at
once. The Northern Cheyennes are
known here as a reckless band easily
inflamed, whose actions cannot be too
closely guarded. Following is Secre
tary Bliss' dispatch to Agent Stouch:
The president has totfuy received from the
governor of Montana the following telegram:
"Helena. Mont.— lndian Agent Stouch, at
the Cheyenne agency, and military author
ities o{ the Unitea States are resisting the
sheriff of Custer county, Montana, in his
efforts to arrest certain murderers for crimes
committed off the reservation. Murderers are
under the protection of the agent, who makes
no effort to arrest the criminals and prevents
the sheriff from making the arrest. Will you
direct proper authorities to surrender the
murderers or allow the sheriff to make the
arrest."
You should co-operate with the duly author
ized civil officers, as far as practicable, in
the execution of the law. Wire the facts
and situation immediately. Meantime use
every available means to apprehend the of
fenders and deliver them to the duly au
thorized civil officers, avoiding violence if
possible. The idea is that the law must be
executed, but in its execution you are to ex
ercise sound, prudential judgment, to the end
that there may be no bloodshed if toy any
possibility that can be avoided.
HELENA, Mont. June I.— News from
Cheyenne agency today is meagre. The
arrest of Indians by civil authorities
will be attempted today, but the re
sult will probably not be known be
fore tomorrow. A genuine scare no
doubt exists amopg settlers in the
valleys contiguous' to the reservation
State officials believe the situation
exaggerated, but at the same time be
lieve preparation should be made to
guard agadnst an outbreak by hot
headed Indians. Sensational reports in
regard to killing of settlers sent out
by special correspondents are entirely
without foundation.
Specials from Miles City, the nearest
town in Montana to' the Cheyenne In
dian troubles, say the situation at the
agency continues critical. Families
who reside near the seat of the trouble
continue to flock to Miles City. It is
reported that Sioux Indians from Da
kota have come to the agency and
that runners have been sent to invite
more Sioux to join them on the war
trail.
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WASHINGTON, June I.— The official
report of the troubles among the
TERRIBLE RACE WAR ON IN ARKANSAS.
Several Mei. Hilled and tlie End of tlie Trodble Is by Wo
Means in Si^t.
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ATKINS, - Ark., June I.— A terrible
race war is in progress in Dee town
ship, Pope county, five miles south of
Atkins, in which' two or three men
have already beenj killed or fatally
wounded, asfrd ths community is in a
state of great excitement with a more
serious outbreak liable to occur at any
moment. The kitted or fatally wound
ed, so far as. can he learned at pres
ent, are:
William Gayiotrd, bolored, crushed to
death by a mob of Whites.
Jesse Nickels,-;* terribly cut with
knives by negroe^i VfUl probably die.
White man, ndjni unknown, fatally,
shot by gang of negroes.
Reason Egge^ #hrte, bhot by deputy
constable, extent Injuries not known.
Constable C. B. Edge, badly cut.
The trouble began Sunday night
when a gang <.f three or four negroes
attacked two white men— Jesse Nickels
and J. S, Hodges— with knives and
pistols. A terrible fight took place, ln
which Nickels was fut by the negroes.
Nickels attempted to #Ut one of the
negroes aififc the vjjhlte men defended
themselves yrlth^lexce rails. The ne
groes then beggfi ftring, and as one
of the white men was shot, the ne
groes fled. Warrants were issued for
the negroes on Monday, but they de
clared that they would not be arrest
ed. Reason Egge, white, joined in
ARREST THE WIND.
Cheyenne Indians in Montana reached
the Indian bureau today from Capt.
Stouch, in charge of the Tongue River
agency. It confirms the Washington
dispatches of the Associated Press yes
terday, which attributed the trouble to
the murder of a sheep herder and indi
cate that the motive of the murder
was to prevent the herder from giving
testimony as to an illegal slaughter of
beef which he had witnessed. An in
vestigation will be made immediately.
The agent reports that intense excite
ment exists among the settlers, and
that there is liability of further trouble.
He says there are a great many blood
thirsty you. g men among these Indians,
and that if the settlers and the young
Indians should meet, trouble would be
the result. For the peace and safety
of all concerned, he advises the station
ing of two troops of cavalry in the
neighborhood. A request was made to
the adjutant general of the military
department at St. Paul for a troop of
cavalry to be stationed at Camp Mer
ritt all the tin* -=-,_,-_ y^of a df fach
mc-nt of infantry as now. If a mounted
party could be seen frequently on dif
ferent parts of the reservation, it would
be of great benefit, in the opinion of
the agent.
The report says that on May 6 the
agent was informed of the disappear
ance of a sheep herder in the employ of
Mr. Barringer, whose ranch is on the
Tongue river. A search party was or
ganized by a cousin of the herder on
May 22, and agency help asked. Troops
from Fort Keough and Camp Merritt
and the settlers on the Rosebud -tnd
Tongue rivers constituted the search
party. On the 24th of May Indian police
were sent to assist and the body was
found three-quarters of a mile from
the camp of the herder and about three
miles north of the reservation. The
murder undoubtedly was committed
by Indians, and it has exasperated the
settlers throughout the country and
they are crying for justice and retribu
tion. The man was an inoffensive
hunchback and he has been an object of
sport for the Indians. The carcasses of
the slaughtered beeves were discovered
near by. In this connection it is stated
that only a few cattle belonging to the
settlers have been killed by the Indians
during the past winter and spring, t.wo
near the agency, a few on Tongue river
and two near Stebbins c*ek; a total not
nearly so large as heretofore. The in
terior department will make a formal
request to the war department to sta
tion cavalry at the camp, and the agent
will be instructed to use every effort
to secure the punishment of the perpe
trators of the crime.
Senator Carter has been appealed to
in behalf of the settlers' alleged rights,
but he has replied counseling moder
ation among the whites. County Attor
ney T. J. Porter wired the senator from
Miles City that Agent Stouch ought
to be suspended immediately for in
sisting state officers serving process in
driving off the sheriff from the agency.
He claimed that the situation was
serious, and that bloodshed would re
sult. If the agent is instructed not to
resist the sheriff's posse, he added, con
flict will be avoided, though the county
attorney regarded an outbreak as cer
tainly imminent.
with the negroes to help them resist
arrest, and When officers went to the
scene, Egge attacked Constable Edge
with a knife and inflicted dangerous
injuries. George Edge, a deputy con
stable, succeeded in arresting Reason
Egge after he shot him in the arm.
Last night one of the negroes, Wil
liam Gaylord, who, had participated in
the riots, was taken from his home by
a" mob, supposed' to be composed of
white .men, and after being stripped
was tied to a post and beaten into in
sensibility. He was still alive but un
conscious when found, and has since
died. The whole country is stirred up
oyer the affair and further outbreaks
are looked for any moment. A posse
citizens from this place, including
-Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tom
Brooks, have gone to the scene of the
trouble and further developments are
anxiously awaited.
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ATTACK. ON AMERICA.
El Commercio Insulting in the Tone
of Its Comment.
HAVANA, via Key West, Fla., June I.—
In its last issue El Commercio, the organ of
the retail grocers, violently attacks the 6'ntted
States. It says in part: "It has become nec
essary to prove to the Unite 4 States that
Spain . needs neither their benevolence nor
their commisseratlon. Those who ask for a
policy of clemency and. pardon for men who
have desolated the country with torch - and
dynamite muirt be convinced that against such
a policy all true Spaniards will become more
and more resolute.
"Really the aire put on by those Americans
I require energetic action on the part of the
PRJCE TWO CENTS-j F ?^»4»«"
Spanish people. At the very moment when \
the revolution is almost suppressed they ap
pear again with their belligerency declaration.
We care nothing for it. They can go ahead
on this line is they please; it will only more
clearly define the situation and our heroic
navy may yet prove what it can do with our
enemies. Let it be demonstrated, aside from
diplomatic methods, that the Spanish people
despise the jingoes of the United States and
know how to spit in their faces one hundred
times."
BANDITS' 818 HAUL.
California Mine Office Held Up
for Five Thousand Dollars.
NEVADA, Cal., June I.— At midnight
two masked men bound Peter Seith,
who was in charge of the mill at the
Providence mine, broke open the safe
and stole a large quantity of amalga
mate. Peter Seith, the millman, was
alone in the mill at midnight and was
about to eat lunch when he was cov
ered by a pistol in the hands of a
masked man and ordered to throw up
his hands. Another man also covered
him with a rifle. Seith was blindfold
ed and tied to a chair. The robbers
then burst open the safe with a sledge
hammer and secured several bags of
amalgamate. Supt. McKinley will not
divulge the amount of the loss, but it \
is believed to be from $2,500 to $5,000. j
representing the scrappings from the
plates since the general clean-up last j
month.
BRIDE'S SUDDBNDBHTH
Mrs. Olson, Aged Eighteen Years,
Passes Away Unexpectedly.
Mrs. F. C. Olson, a bride of but a j
few months, died very suddenly last |
evening at the home of a friend, Mrs. i
Ezra B. Ryder, 971 Dayton avenue,
where she had been making a call.
About 6 o'clock Mrs. Olson started for
home and had just bade farewell to
her hostess and started down the
steps when she fell forward. A stream
of blood spurted from her mouth, and |
in a few minutes death had ensued.
Mrs. Olson was but about eighteen
years cf age and was married in Feb
ruary last. She lived with her husband
at Como Villa.
FIGHTING NEAR CANEA.
Conflict Between Christians and
Turks Reported.
CANEA, Crete. June I.— Last night the in
surgents furiously attacked Hierapetra. The J
French and Italian warships bombarded the ;
position of the assailants, causing considerable j
loss to the insurgents.
LONDON, June I.— Eastern affairs appear |
to have reached the drifting stage. The exact I
position as to the armistice negotiations are !
not yet clear. Evidently it is the object of j
Turkey to create delays and to discover any j
latent weakness in the European concert.
VIENNA. June I.— The Neve Freie Presse
publishes a dispatch from Canea, Island of
Crete, today, saying that fighting occurred '
yesterday near Canea between bashi bazouks ;
and Christian insurgents, in which twenty
Christians were killed.
London, June I.— A dispatch from Athens
announces that the Turks have retired from
the Othrys mountains to the plains of Thes
saly, owing to the difficulty of transporting
rations to the troops stationed on that range. '
MEDICAL JUBILEE.
Convention of Doctors Called to
Order by President Senn.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. June I.— The Ameri
can Medical association began the celebration
of its golden jubilee today and wiT? continue
four days. The convention was called to order
by the president, Dr. Nicholas Senn, of Illi
nois. Members and their wives to the number
of over 3.000 had registered. Mayor Warwick
welcomed tne association on behalf of th«
city, and Charles Emory Smith on behalf of
the state. After the committee on arrange- I
ments had reported, President Senn delivereJ
his annual address. The report of the com
mittee on the. Rush Monument fund, which
followed, was an appeal for means to erect
a more suitable memorial than the present
amount ln hand permits.
GAS TRUST WINS.
Chicago Consolidation Bill Passed
By the Illinois Legislature.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June I.— The senate
bill authorizing the consolidation of the com
panies forming the Chicago Gas tru6t passed
the house today, 89 to 57. Much pressure to
obtain a veto will undoubtedly be brought to
bear on Gov. Tanner. The gas frontage bill,
another favorite measure of the Chicago trust,
also passed the house today, 90 to 48. The
frontage bill, too, had already passed the
senate, and only needs the governor's signa
ture to become a law.
BROKERS FAIL.
An Assignment Made by a Xew
York Firm.
NEW YORK,. June I.— Griswold & Glllett,
bankers and brokers, have made an asaign
nient for. the benefit or their creditors to
William F. Tufts. The firm is composed of
Wayne Griswold and Jerome D. Gillett. Tho
capital of the concern was from $200,000 to
1300,000.
SIWITH3HANDS
Not Soiled.
New Jersey Senator Denies
Dabbling in Sugar Stock.
| Good Progress Made.
A Busy Day Put in on the
Pending Tariff Bill.
Up to Metal Schedule, Which
Is One of the Most Im
portant of the Act.
WASHINGTON, June l.—The senate
made good progress on the tariff
bill today, advancing to the important
I metal schedule. During the day, the
paragraphs covering marble and stone,
china, glass, brick and tiles were com
pleted with a few minor exceptions.
Messrs. Vest and Jones (Ark.), in be
half of the minority of the finance com
mittee, proposed numerous amend
ments which were defeated by ma
j Jorities of from 8 to 14. The votes
were on party lines in the main, al
though Messrs. Rawlins and White,
Democrats, voted with the Republicans
to increase the rata on onyx and Mr.
McEnery, Democrat, voted with the
Republicans against Mr. Jones' prepo
sition for a reduction of the rates on
china.
As a sequel to the recent sensation
al speech of Mr. Tillman, Mr. Smith
(N. J.) rose to a question of personal
privilege while the tariff debate was
proceeding and made a brief, but point
ed denial of all speculation in stock
either recently or any time when sugar
was the subject of legislation. Mr.
Tillman was among those who heard
the denial, but he made no comment on
it. Senator McLaurin (S. C) was en
in early in the day, raising the mem
bership of the senate to '<>.
The tariff bill was taken up im
mediately after the disposal of the
routine business. Mr. Aldrich with
drew the proposed committee amend
ments to paragraph 90, china, etc..
leaving the rates as reported by the
house, viz., decorated 60 per cent ad
valorem; undecorated 55 per cent. Mr.
j Jones (Ark) moved to reduce these
j rates to 30 and 35. Without 'debate a
j vote was taken and the proposed
I amendments were defeated yeas 2";
nays 34.
The committee amendments were
! withdrawn, also, on the paragraphs
! covering " all other china, not specific
ally provided for" leaving the house
rates at 60 for decorated and 56 for
undecorated. Mr. Jones again .•ft', red
an amendment similar to his farmer
one. The Jones amendment was dis
agreed to, yeas 21, nays 32. Mr. Heit
i feld voted in the affirmative with the
Democrats and Messrs. Cannon and
McEnery in the negative with the Re
publicans.
Paragraph 92, covering articles com,
posed of earth and mineral substances,
was taken up and Mr. Caffery, of
Louisana, offered an amendment re
ducing the rate from 35 to 20 per cent
on undecorated ware. The Caffery
amendment was defeated. 19-26, Mr.
Heitfeld voting with the Democrats
in the affirmative and Mr. Jones .New)
with the Republicans in the negative.
The committee amendments to the
paragraph were then agreed to. The
paragraph covering gas retorts, lava
tips, etc., heretofore passed over, was
agreed to as reported.
On paragraph !M. covering plain,
green flint or lime boilles Mr. Vest
proposed an amendment reducing the
rate on bottles holding more than one
pint, from % of a cent per pound to
[ % of a cent. Mr. Vest's amendment
j was disagreed to, yeas 21; nays 29.
The paragraph was then agreed to as
reported.
At this point Senator Smith (X. J.)
arose to a question of personal privi
lege and made the following statement,
reading from manuscript:
During ihe absence from the senate the
other day, I ascertain from the n cord that,
in a very remarkable deliverance by the sen
ator from South Carolina (Mr. -Tillma:;). he
I became sponsor for a newspaper cl.pp.ng in
which my name was mentioned In connection
with the schedule in the pendiug tariff biU.
It Is only necessary for me to say that the
statement in the newspaper clipping in ques
tion is absolutely and unqualifiidlv untrue.
I have not during this session of congress
bought or sold, directly or indirectly a single
share of Sugar stock, nor at any v \ M - prior
to this when any legislation affecting the
value of sugar or Sugar stocks wus pend
iug.
When the marble and stone schedule
was taken up. Mr. Vest made a con
test on the paragraph relating to man
ufacturers of agate, etc.. moving a re
duction of the rate from 50 to 20 per
cent. The amendment was defeated
yeas 17, nays 29.
The committee proposed a change in
the amendment relating to marble and
onyx, leaving the marble rate as re
j ported and placing onyx in block at.
j $1.50 per cubic foot. After remarks by
j Senators Perkins. Jones (Ark.l and
Caffery (La. - ), the amendment placing
onyx at $1.50 per cubic foot was agreed
to. yeas 31, nays 17. Messrs. White
and Rawlins voted with the Repub
licans in the affirmative. The com
mittee amendment as a whole relating
to marble and onyx was agreed to.
Another contest was made on free
stone and other classes of undressed
stone, Mr. Vest moving a reduction
from fourteen to seven cents per cubic
foot. Mr. Vest's amendment was dis
agreed to, yeas 18; nays, 27. On dressed
freestone Mr. Vest moved a reduction
from 50 to 30 per cent. Mr. Vest's
amendment was then disagreed to,
yeas 19, nays 2S. The other paragraphs
relating to stone and slate were, agreed
to as reported.
This brought the senate up to
schedule C. relating to metals and
manufactures of metals. Mr. White
suggested that as the senate was
drawing near to the sugar schedule,
any new schedule, even in an embryotlc
form, ought to be presented at an e.arly
day, as senators desired to make cal
culations on it.
"The senator will receive ample
notice," responded Mr. Aldrich. smil
! lngly. "We will try to accommodate
; him." At 5 o'clock the senate held an
, executive session and soon after ad
journed.