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»T*HOSE who want nccur ate sporting news al ways find it oa the Fifth Page cf the GLOBE. VOL. XX.— NO. 163. BULLETIN OF THE ST. PflrL)^ GI^OBE. S'ATIKDAY. .11 XE IS, 18f>7. Weather for Tuday — in creasing (I on -line---', Warmer. PAGE I. Afaiikat-:'* lf-ervy lloi-Rlar. Semite Caacaa Em Called. Credit .Men Criticise Nelaoa Bill. Test Sa-ffar Vote in the Senate, IBpiscopal * hureli Crista. Cjrur Dicta-tißfC Term*. W-^r ou in In, "in. *'<"*' Hostile Ke«ls It rout*: lit in. page _:. Trouble for Rosea* Comity* Atty. Death ol Rev. P. O. Ho I man. PAGE a. Minneapolis* Matters. Stillwater Affairs. One Dead in Lvle Cyelome. N< « s of the Vortliwest. PAGE 4. . Editorial. nil* in Hotel Corridors. McKinley nt Kasnville Centennial. PAGE 5. rs Came Saints to Lose. Rain at Indianapolis. Brewer* aad Timers Defeated. Resnltt En the National. PAGE «. Sto-.li-.- Steadily Improve. • Bar Silver, oil 7-Se. Cash "Wheat in Cnica-gro, <»s> I-SSc. World's Markets Reviewed. PAGE 7. Good Gains in Business. . Demoralisation of Hates. Railway Gossip. Wanta of the People. PAGE S. Grand Jury iali.es I p Zschau Case. Daylight 11 n Vivians at Work. Work of Trades and Labor Assembly ! EVENTS TODAY. Met— The Grey Mare, 2.50, S.lo. Snellinsr— Guard Mount, 8.46 a. m. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK— Arrived: Norge. Copenhagen; Campania, Liverpool; Augusta Victoria, Ham bu -''- QUEENSTOWN— Arrived: Lucania. New York, for Liverpool. Sailed: Cephalonla, i Boston. SOUTHAMPTON— SaiIed: Fuerst Bismarck, "New York. NOA— Arrived: Fulda. New York. M B L'ltG — Arrived: Normannia, New I fork, via Plymouth. I GLASGOW— Arrived: Siberian, Philadelphia. Car so good. Poet Laureate Aus- i tin hasn't said a word yet. Even Senator Tillman's pitchfork will ; Hot end the senate's partiality for "su- j gar." Keep your ice well under cover. All i signs indicate that you are going to j need it now. When Spain gets through paying that ! $150,000 for causing; Dr. Ruiz's death | it may as well make an assignment. If Mayor Doran rode a bicycle he would look to the right and left often er and thus avoid many a false turn. . »» One almost suspects Henry Labou chere of being in the show business, he gets himself horsewhipped so often. _ . mm Snow fell the other day in New Hampshire. Chandler, the warmest senator in the United States, cannot be at home. One more airship has burst its little bubble. Prof. Barnard's "success" dropped 3,000 feet and almost scared the professor to death. Russia has refused a passport to an American citizen. If you are not going to be good, Mr. Czar, we won't let you elide down our cellar door. A St. Louis statistician figures out that summer is due this year June 20 at 11:23 p. m. Anybody who has faith in St. L-ouis statisticians might stick a pin here. Mr. Wanamaker refuses to hear Mr. McKinley when the latter talks about p*n sperity. At that Mr. Wanamaker should have had a good sale of winter clothing in June. It has already dawned upon most people that Mr. Calhoun's report con tains no news. He merely picked up a lot of stuff which had been common property for months. & Secretary Gage has made a second speech, in which he says the admin istration will give us currency reform. McKinley has made several speeches lately. "Why doesn't he pluck up cour age to say the same thing? In selecting the ten best poems in the English language by a vote of pro fessional men, two named "Casey at the Bat" as part of their list. The poam didn't win any more than Casey did the game which inspired it. A five-year-old Chicago boy has as tonished the medical fraternity of that town with his precocity on the sub jec t of anatomy. It is hoped in the in terest of the longevity of Chicago citi zens he will not be made a physician Just yet. —-_-»-—— Greater New York must take the bit ter with the sweet. All the gas com panies of New York and Brooklyn have consolidated, and all the gas for the greater municipality will be manufac tured at one central plant at a slightly i increased cost to all consumers. \ California has had an unusual sort of an eye opener. Although paying $200,000 a year for destroying coyote's, it found their number increasing. An in vestigation revealed that numerous farmers were raising coyotes and then slaughtering them in order to' "work*' the state. Another inconoclast is abroad. Bar bara Frcitchie'^ nephew denies the story of Whittier'e poem. He soys Bar bara was ill in bed, and, inpreover, that Stonewall Jackson did r.o pass the house in which she lived. Well, what cf it? The poem remains one cf the best in the language. THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE. JEST SUGAR VOTE. i VICTORY FOR THE COMMITTEE. The House Rate Increased, but by a Very Small Majority. Result of the Roll Call Apparently Demonstrates That Any Action of the Republican Caucus Will Be Approved by the Senate — Votes of Two Silver Men and One Democrat Made the Majority. i i WASHINGTON, June 11.— The first test vote on the sugar schedule was taken in the senate late today, result ing in the adoption of the Republican caucus amendment changing the house rate of 1:95 per pound, by the close vote of yeas 32, nays 30. The affirmative vote was made up of 29 Republicans, 1 Democrat, McEnery (La.), silver Re publican, Jones (Nev.), and 1 Populist, Stew art (Nev.). The negative vote was made up of 25 Democrats, 3 Populists and 2 silver Republicans. It was the closest vote thus far taken on an issue of importance, and was accepted as showing that any amendment, having the sanction of the caucus, was assur |ed of adoption. The vote was taken after a day spent in speeches on the effect of the sugar schedule. The main speech of the day came from Mr. Alli son, in charge of the bill, and was in the nature of an answer to the charges made against the sugar schedule as a whole and a defense of it. Mr. Gorman (Md.) spoke against the schedule. Mr. White reviewed the rec ords of the Republican senators on the sugar schedule during the debate on the Wilson bill. Mr. Caffery (L-a.) and Mr. Stewart (Nev.) also spoke, the former against and the latter for the pending schedule, after which the vote was taken. The first paragraph of the sugar schedule was not finally dis posed of up to the time of adjourn ment. The tariff bill was taken up at 12:15, and the consideration of the sugar schedule resumed. Mr. Jones (Dem., Ark.) began the discussion by placing in the record a statement of a sugar expert, showing the price of each i grade of sugar, and the rate of tax- I ation on each, under the Wilson act ! and under the proposed schedules. Mr. j Turpie (Ind.), in behalf of the minority ! of the finance committee, gave notice ; of a new amendment to be offered as ! an additional paragraph to the inter ■ nal revenue provisions, placing a tax i of 2 per cent on estates of decedents, • when the inheritance amounts to $5, --| 000 or more, and Is not for the bene ! fit of a religious, charitable, oduca | tional or like institution. The tax is ; to be in force for five years from Jan. ! 1, 189 S. The question then reverted to the j committee amendment striking- out 575 --; 1000 and substituting 95-1000. A vote I was about to be taken when Mr. i Caffery (La.) took the floor and read a newspaper account of the growth and development of the sugar trust. He made a long speech, bitterly hostile to the sugar trust, thus preventing an immediate vote. "The sugar trust," said he, "is the only gigantic trust in the world which rests entirely on legislation for its support. By legislation it controls the cane sugar product of the world and wherever it thrusts its hand into the legislative hall there is always a taint, a kind of malodor arising from its effects to get legislation in its own behalf, and if It appears from a reason able showing that that what the trust asks is too much, it should be refused." Mr. Piatt (Rep., Conn.) aroused Mr. Caffery to another indignant protest against the repeated intimations thrown out from the other side that he wanted protection from the sugar producer. "Your position," said Mr. Piatt, "is free trade for the refiner and pro tection for the producer." "I have stated and I repeat it again," replied Mr. Caffery, his voice rising until it fairly rang through the cham ber, "that sugar is the ideal article for a Democratic revenue only. If it were for protection I should nbt advo cate it." Continuing, he taunted the Republicans, after their experiment with sugar bounty under the McKinley law, for going back to sugar for a real revenue producing duty. "And then," he said, "they have the au dacity to throw in our faces the in sidious doctrine of protection." He should not permit either his mo tives or his principles to be assailed. He repudiated, with a passionate dis play of feeling, the suggestion that he had any personal interest in a big sugar concern in his state which bore his name. He had never, he said, owned a single share of that company and was only in a very small way a planter. "How much sugar did you produce last year?" asked Mr. Piatt. "About 700,000 pounds," replied Mr. Helsoi) Bill Does flot&it ~~ Credit Men the Country Against It. KANSAS CITY, June 11.— The last day of the annual convention of the National Credit Men's association was largely devoted to the reading of pa pers. J. G. Cannon, of New York, and H. F. Gilliam, of New- Orleans, the newly elected president and vice pres ident, respectively, were the recipients of many congratulations. J. A. L. Tor rey, author of the Torrey bankruptcy bill, who was to have addressed the gathering yesterday, did not arrive till this morning. Judge Torrey's appear ance was the signal for p.pplause, and all through the delivery of his address the entire convention seemed to ap prove his utterances. At the close of his remarks, John Feild, of Philadelphia, in a powerful speech attacked all bankruptcy laws. The tide turned for a moment, and the convention cheered Mr. Field to the echo. "The average man is honest," he said, "and no law ever framed by any state or nation will make an honest man out of a natural-born thief." He said he did not want to see the abol ishment of preferences. "If you enact a bankruptcy law you will have moro failures during the nix months follow ing that enactment than you would have in years without such a lav.'." Mr. Field's address was followed by a spirited discussion of the avail ability of bankruptcy lav-. The com mitter- on resolutions then presented its report, on ihe Torrey and Nelson bill:-:. SATURDAY 310RNING, JUNE 12, 1897. Caffery, "from a farm of 500 acres. I ' am the smallest planter in my parish, I but I say to you that if all my fortunes were involved in sugar duty, I would j not support it except for revenue. A public man who is confined within the narrow limits of a selfish interest is not fit to hold a seat in the United States senate." Upon the conclusion of Mr. Caffery's remarks, Mr. White (Cal.) took the floor. He arraigned the Republicans for their advocacy of this sugar sched ule. From the debate on the Wilson bill he read the remarks of various Re publican senators denouncing the sugar schedule to that bill which, Mr. White said, was not half as advantageous to the trust as to the proposed schedule. When he quoted from Mr. Gear, of lowa, he and the lowa senator were drawn into a sharp exchange about the way prosperity lagged behind its pre dictions. Mr. Gear declared that pros perity would come when the tariff bill ** as passed. "Give us a vote on the bill now." shouted Mr. Mason, (111). One of Mr. Aldrich's expressions, as to the effect of the sugar duty on the poor man's breakfast table, was read by Mr. White in mocking- tones. Mr. White closed at 2:45 p. m., and Mr. Frye (Maine) was again about to put the amendment to vote, but Mr. Gorman said he had a word only before the vote was taken. He said he had no doubt the condition of the treasury bad forced the other side to abandon their position of eight years ago — a free breakfast table. The counrtry would undestand, he said, that this bill in, creased the burden of every man by 10 per cent. In conclusion, he declared that the people's verdict would be as in 1890. Mr. Stewart (Nev.) asked Mr. Allison to state before the vote was taken whether this bill gave the refiners greater advantage than the present law. "I have no doubt," answered Mr. Al lison, "that excluding the countervail ing duty this bill does not give a great er advantage to the sugar industry than the Wilson bill." "Do you believe in protection to labor or to capital?" interposed Mr. Tillman, (S. C.) "That is a generality," replied Mr. Allison, "to which the senator well knows my answer. I believe in pro tection to American labor, but I believe in protecting American capital also from foreign capital." Mr. Berry (Ark.) again reverted to the contaminating influences of the sugar trust. Now was the opportunity he declared, for Republican senators to make good their professions of four years ago against the trusts. Mr. Stewart said he did not expect this tariff bill to afford any material relief to the country, as there was a cancer of financial contraction which was eating all the vitals of the coun try. Mr. Caffery replied briefly to Mr. Allison and then the vote was taken, amid great expectation, resulting, yeas 32, nays 30, as follows: Yeas, Allison, Burrows, Carter, Cul lom, Davis. De Boe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Hanna, Hans brough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones (Nev.), Mcßride, McEnery, McMillan, Mason, Nelson, Perkins. Piatt (Conn.), Prit chard, Proctor, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Stewart, Wellington, Wetmore and Wil son—32. Nays, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Caffery, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel. Faulkner, Gorman, Gray, Heitfeld, Jones (Ark.), Kyle, Lyndsay, Mallory, Mantle, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus. Roach, Tillman, Tur ple, Vest, Walthall and White— 3o. Mr. Jones (Ark.) then moved an amendment striking out the words: "On all sugars" in line 20, page 65, which went over. Mr. Allison asked if an agreement could be reached for 11 a. m. sessions beginning Monday. Mr. Jones answered that such consent would be given next Thursday or Friday. Mr. Hoar gave notice of a new sec tion to follow paragraph 206 provid ing for the appointment by the presi dent of a commission of five persons who shall Investigate and report at the next session of congress the most advantageous methods of producing and refining sugar, and what method will give to the consumers sugar at the least cost. At 5:10 p. m., the bill was laid aside, and the senate went into executive session, adjourning soon after. I The report urgently requested congress not. to adopt the Nelson bill and to enact the Torrey bill without delay. A substitute for the resolution was offer ed by F. W. Yale, of St. Joseph, to the effect that all laws and regulation governing commercial and financial transactions should be enacted by state legislation alone, without the in terference of congress either by bank ruptcy laws or otherwise. A stormy session followed the offer ing of this substitute, as to whether it should be tabled or not. With it came a tilt at parliamentary law as to whether or not the chairmen of the various delegations should be al lowed to cast the full vote of their delegation whether or not the mem bers of the delegation were present. A vote by roll call followed, in which the delegates from Pennsylvania refus ed to vote. The vote resulted in Mr. Yale's substitute being laid on the table. Fiery speeches were then made for and against the adoption of tho original resolution. The action of the Pennsylvania delegation was de nounced by Mr. Prendergast, of New York, who referred to those not in favor of the enactment of a bankruptcy law as "commercial pirates." The original resolution indorsing the Tor icy bill, was finally accepted. Sacd Zenith City Men. Special to tho Olobe. DULUTH, Minn., June 11.— D. C. Bell as receiver of the city hank of Minneapolis, has sued A. P. and G. 11. Dodge to recover on a promissory noto for $22,500. The note is se cured by a largo number of lots in Kenwood Park. — I -V*> •O BICYCLE LAMP— HEREAFTER, OLI> SO*L, I'M GOING TO SHE.YE OSLY WHEX I FEEL LIKE IT. jyiat^kato Has a I^ervy Biir^lar. His Retreat a Luxurious Den Underneath a Schoolhouse. Special to the Globe. MANKATO, Minn., June 11.— One of the most peculiar captures in the line of burglary on record was unearthed here today. Yesterday a man giving the name of Gary, twenty-eight years old, was arrested charged with rob bing the Lily creamery. He made a confession to Sheriff Bowen today and claims to have committed about all of the numerous robberies in this sec tion for the past two years, including the creameries at Garden City, Amboy, Lake Crystal, Rapidan, and others. Horse thieves have created consterna tion among the farmers for several months and he claims to have commit ted all of the thefts. The strangest part of his story is fully corroborated. He told Sheriff Bowen to go to the brick school house near Indian lake, four miles from the city, and open a trap door made in the platform under the teacher's desk. Here they found a den about twelve feet square, with Gibbs Gets Back. Brings in Two Indians From Tongue River Agency. MILES CITY, Mont., June 11.— Sheriff Gibbs reached this city this evening having in custody Yellow Hair and Sam Crow, the two Cheyenne Indians implicated in the Hoover mur der. Agent Stouch called the Indians all in and the arrests were made by the sheriff, no resistance being offered. Chief White Bull is still at liberty, but can be arrested at any time. The sheriff did not think it advisable to ar rest him until matters had subsided a little. Indian Agent Stouch, who pent a dispatch to the department at Wash ington informing them that he feared to make the arrests because of the consequences that might follow, re ceived the following reply: "Make the arrests and meet the consequences." This decided action of the war de partment settled all the troubles be tween the Indians, white men and military authorities. As soon as the Indians learned that orders had been received from Washington to arrest them they realized that it was useless to put up a fight and no further Indian trouble is now anticipated. CARLETOIV COMMENCEMEiNT WEEK. It Is Opened With Academy Gradua tion. Exercises. Special to the Globe. NORTHFIELD, Minn., June 11.— Commencement week at Carleton col lege opened this evening with the grad uating exercises of the academy con nected with the college. A programme of music and speaking was given at the Congregational church to a packed house, and diplomas were conferred upon seventeen graduates, -ten being from this city. The Atkins prize for the highest rank In scholarship, through the year, was awarded to Miss Eliza beth Wells, of Northfield. The decla mations and essays given were by the four ranking highest as speakers and writers during the fall and winter terms, and were in contest for the in come from $200, a prize founded by the calss of '85. The. successful essay ist was Miss Mary Merrill, of North field, and the winning declamation was given by Miss Elizabeth Wells, of Northfield. The graduates were as fol lows: Hans A. Almfeldy Minneapolis; Edwin G. ! Allen, Duluth; Allie M. Blood, Northfield; "Wallace B. Colp, Tacoma, Wash. ; Roscoc S. Couper, Northiioid; Reuben W. Hitchcock, Northfield; Evangeline Jenkins. St. Charles; Ellen C. Julin, Stanchfleld; Isabella Law, Northfield; Chester B. Lippitt, Wahpeton. N. D. ; Mary Merrill, Northfield; Frank J. Miller, Northfield; Hilda E. Nord, Center City; Alice M. Page, Northfield; Simon P. Seaberg, Min neapolis; Helen J. Streeter, Northfield; Eliz abeth Wells, Northfield. ooidot on the stand. Explain* DiHCrepancies in Hi* Early Ari ih'k>- ion*. Special to the Globe. BISMARCK, N. D., June 11.— Alec Coudot, defendant in the Spicer murder case, took the stand today and made a detailed and complete denial of com plicity in the murder of members o_ the Spicer family. He denied ever having seen Thomas Spicer, and stat ed that he had never entered into any plot with any one to kill the family. He denied many of the statements he made in his partial confession at the preliminary examination, and stat ed that other incriminating statements he had made then were lies, for the purpose of covering up illegal killing of beef, in which he had been con cerned. Dr. Ross, who yesterday swore to an alibi for Coudot, was cross-ex amined, but did not change his state ment. Other witnesses were exam ined, bu* their testimony was unim- boarded sides, floor and ceiling, with walls covered with choice wall paper, carpets on the floor and mantle for a clock, bed. cook stove, etc. The pipe of the latter connecting with the chimney in the school house. Here a large amount of dry goods, mostly men's clothing, were found, also two j bicycles, stolen from Jensen & Perrin's • store, handsome bed quilts, and other ! articles. He claims to have a similar i den at Fairmount, where he enjoys '■ single blessedness and plies his voca- ! tion. He has also robbed many school I libraries in this county. He claims ! to be an escaped convict from the j Nebraska prison, but i*efuses inter- I views further than the above confes sion. It is considered a clever cap ture. Six charges will be made against j him. A heavily loaded rifle was found in his den, where he remained days. Miss Eva Hower, a young lady from here, is teaching school there and was asked to dismiss during the search. Gary spent his days there while school was in session, well prepared to fight, ; if necessary. important. The case will probably go to the jury tomorrow. QIEER IDEA OE MATRIMOX Y. Wisconsin Woman Thought It All j Bis lit to Have Two Hnsl»-tn«lv. Special to the Globe. HUDSON, Wis., June 11.— Mrs. Annie I H. Johnson, of Hammond, Wis., j brought here today to answer the ! charge of bigamy preferred by her hus- ! band Julius Johnson, of Pleasant Val- ! ley. Mrs. Johnson, who is a bright | woman, was a widow in 1896 when she j married Johnson. Tiring of him she ' last April married Frank Miller, a busi ness man of Hammond. She pleaded j guilty, the sole excuse offered being ! ignorance of the law. The crime is j punishable by states prison sentence or a large fine. mm Czar's Higl* Hand. Germany Compelled to Accept Terms Dictated by Russia. PARIS, June 11.— A dispatch to the Seleil from St. Petersburg says that Germany is trying to secure the re tention of the Turkish garrisons in Crete, the retrocession of Thessaly to Turkey and the abolition of the spe cial privileges accorded to Greek sub- j jects in the Ottoman empire. Russia, I according to the correspondent of the I Soleil, refuses to concede these points. He adds: "And so Germany will have to yield." CONSTANTINOPLE, June 11.— The Turkish government has issued a cir cular to the powers, with a view to obtain their support in the peace nego tiations, but, thus far, Russia alone has replied, expressing the opinion that the questions of the indemnity and the capitulation appear less difficult to set tle than the delimitation of Thessaly. This reply is regarded in Turkish cir cles as justifying the hope that Russia will support the retrocession of Thes saly, but this opinion is not shared by the members of the foreign diplomatic corps in this city. A further adjournment of the peace | conference has taken place at the re- j quest of Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish minister for foreign affairs, on the j ground that the sultan has not decided i the question of the retention or evacu- ! ation of Thessaly. This has created a j bad impression in diplomatic circles, j The other points brought forward as | a basis for the arrangement of perma nent peace between Turkey and Greece, j with the exception of the amount of the i indemnity to be paid by the latter country, have been practically settled. New Postmasters. WASHINGTON, Juno 11.— Postmasters were appointed today as follows: Minnesota—Kee ville, Stevens county, E. B. Eloys, vice E. B. Smith, resigned. South DaSot*.— Bristol, Baney Ellas; Sabangcr. R. E. Mungor: Pied mont, E. J. Huddleson, Olman, Albert Koelino. Wisconsin — Glenbuelah. Mr. Osier; Maple S. P. Malette; School Hill. William Boeldt; Wales, S. I). James. Montana — Chotcau, C. H. Drake. Quiet in Montana. WASHINGTON, June 11.— A telegram re ceived at the war department at headquarters at St. Paul, states that all Is now quiet among tha Indians in Southern Montana and that it is safe to withdraw the troops sent from Port Custer and Keogh, which will be done. Poxiolllee Receipt* Increase. WASHINGTON, June 11.— The reports of tho pcstofflce department, mido public today, show that the receipts for the Minneapolis office for May of this year were $42, 188, an in crease of $224 over tho same period for 1596. Those of St. Paul were $34,797, an increase of ""1,466 over the same month for last year. PRJCJS TWO CE REFORMED EPISCOPALIANS SpM t Question of Vestments May Result in Disrupting the Sect. Victory Won for the Black Gown, Followed byan Immediate Rush of Resignations and, More Seri ous Still, by the Shutting Off of an Annual Dona tion of Some Fifteen Thousand Dollars. NEW YORK, June 11.— At today's session of the general council of the Reformed Episcopal church the sub stitute motion of Bishop Campbell, per mitting any presbytery to use either black or white surplice, and, in the case of a bishop, a rochet, in place of Dr. Ashefs motion, which allows only those now using the white surplice to continue to do so, was taken up, and a lengthy discussion ensued. Then the council preceeded to vote on the orig inal motion to make the black gown the vestment to be used on all occa sions, except by those who are now using the surplice. It was voted on "by orders," and the result was a vic tory for the black gown by 26 to If. among the clergy, and 21 to 12 among the laymen. The joint vote was 57 to 27. Bishop Cheney, cf Chicago, then announced that he would himself read a letter which ordinarily should bo read by the secretary The letter, addressed to the presiding bishop, began by saying: As you are aware, I have kept silence dur.ng the debate-upon the vestment quea t.on. not because I had not profound con vticuon, but because it seemed to me useless to waste words when I foresaw then I would have no weight with the majority. Such a destruction of the larger liberty, "which this church has enjoyed from Its birth hour, and such a departure from the soiemn pledges of Bishop Cummins compel me to enter my earnest protest. I cannot with, good con scie-n.ee hold any office in the g'ft of the council which I am convinced has "laid the ax at the root" of all Crrlstian liberty in this church. I therefore most sadly, but positive ly, resign my position as a member of the special church extension trust:, as trustee cf tho theological seminary, as member of the committee on doctrine and worship, and any ether place which I may hold by the author ity of the general council. Without the Slightest question of the conscientiousness of the majority taking the action of today, and with profound affection for yourself, 1 am faithfully yours, —Charles Edward Cheney Bishop of the Synod of Chicago. Bishop Latans, with an expression of regret at Bishop Cheney's action, had hardly secured the acceptance of the resignation by the council when C. M Seijate Ca&c&s Is Called. Republicans Will Try to Get Together. WASHINGTON. June 11.— It has been definitely decided to hold a Re publican caucus tomorrow at 4 o'clock to settle tariff differences. There was a decidedly unsettled condition of af fairs on the Republican side of the senate today, and it finally ended in a decision to caucus on the Hawaiian reciprocity proposition and perhaps the anti-trust amendment and other tariff propositions. The Republican members of the finance committee tried to agree upon something concerning Hawaii, and avoid a caucus, but the differences of opinion prevented it. The internal revenue tobacco tax also is still un adjusted, and the committee is not yet agreed as there is a clash between the New England tobacco growers and those of other parts of the country on the dutiable rate on wrapper to Wat Ol? ifl India. English Fores Surprised and Officers and Men Killed. BOMBAY, June 11.— A dispatch re ceived here from Simla, the residence of the Indian government officials, dur ing the heated periods of the year, announces serious trouble on the fron tier, and the massacre of a number of British officers and native soldiers m the government employ. From the par ticulars obtained at present, it seems that two guns of mounted battery, escorted by 200 men belonging to the First regiment of Sikhs, and the First Punjab infantry were treacherousiy attacked in the Tochi valley by a large force of hostile natives. The first re port said that Col. Bunny, two officers and twenty-five privates had been killed, and that three officers and twen ty-five men had been wounded. In ad dition, a number of mules and horses are reported killed. Indications are that the affair is more than a mere conflict with warlike natives, and that the notorious mullah of Powindah is at the bottom of the trouble. The latest advices are that a political Officer, Mr. McGee, was visiting Shi rani with an escort of troops when he was attacked at Maiza by vastly su perior forces. The British troops were compelled to retreat, and were followed for several miles by overwhelming numbers of the enemy. The fighting was desperate. All the British officers were severely wounded. Capt. Browne, of the First Sikhs, a son of the late Sir James Browne, and Lieut. Crooks hank, of the royal artillery, were killed, and Surgeon Higglnson. Lieut. Iligginson, of the First Sikhs, and Lieut. Seaton-Browne, of the Punjab infantry, wore wounded. The second dispatch does not mention the d of Col. Bunny, but from the fact that it says that Col. Gray, from Miran sbah, has taken over the command of the British force engag d, it is inferred that Col. Bunny is also arc. ng the dead, as at first announced. Tochi valley lies north of Gun ii ami on the road to Ghuzni, and on the way to Ghuzni and Wazlristan. has controlled by the British since th limitation of the Indo-Arfghan fron tier, but the tribes there have alw iy_ i turbulent, and fear is fell the other tribes rise against the - ish. The mullah of Powindah is well known to tho British Indian authori ties. He is a notorious fanatical priest. and has always been hostile to British influence. Owing to an aVI not v. the mullah recently made to stir up *-***•&_-; _j— — 'tCSvc:- _* _<3> Morton, of Philadelphia, announced t the council that Miss Harriet S. Benson had delegated him to state that, on account of the action of the council in regard to the vestments, she would withdraw, until further notice, the in come from her contribution to the special church extension trust and the special synod trust. These trusts pro vide an income to the church of $15, --000 a year. A hush fell over the coun cil at this announcement. It was fol lowed quickly by the resignations of a number of prominent clergymen and laymen from important committees. R. W. Hare, of Chicago, resigned froiii the committee on Sabba:h schools; Rev Vv llham Fair-ley, professor in the The ological seminary, at Philadelphia, re signed from the committee on con stitution and canons. Rev. F. J Wal ter, of Chicago, left the board of trus tees of the publication society. James Van Epps, of Cleveland, 0.," resigned from the committee on constitution and canons. The old presbyters of th council showed their concern in their faces. The proceedings of the council were at a standstill for fully fifteen minutes, while men left their seat 3 and gathered together to whisppr to each other. Finally, Bishop Fallows called for an immediate meeting of the general committee of the church and an ad journment of the session. A member of the council moved that the secretary do not put the announcement of th<* withdrawal of the trust funds on the minutes. He said that the council should refuse to receive any such no tification, except over Miss Benson's own signature. The Rev. Dr. Tracy said he was in favor of leaving the announcement off the minutes. Th° council then adjourned. Bishop Fallows was asked what the prospects of the church were under th-* --crisis. He was inclined to take a hopeful view. The trouble was seri ous, he said, but he did not appre hend the breaking up of the 'church. Bishop Campbell, the leader of the surplice party, said that the crisis was serious, but he did not tak>- a gloomy view of things. bacco. The same is true with refer ence to the duty o n hides. The ad vocates of a higher rate en wool be lieve- that they will do better in cau cus than with the finance committee. The Hawaiian question was under con sideration by the finance committee last night, but no conclusion was reached. Senator Perkins, of Call was present at the meeting and suggested an amendment giving notice of the abrogation of the treaty within a year. The special friends of Hawaii antagon ized the amendment, stating that (.hey were willing to leave the matter en tirely with the president, going so far as to insert a recommendation that the treaty should be revised, but said they would not make a concession in any other direction. rebellion, he was expelled from British territory. This caused him to be de- I s-trted by his own people, and he has . since lived in Afghanistan, and is un derstood to have been actively plot ting against the British. He took part in the attack upon tho British camp at Wano, in November. lS.'i. While Col. A. H. Turner, the British commander, was engaged, in 1894. in delimitating the Indo-Afghan frontier, his camp at Wano was attacked on November 3, of that year, by a large force of Wazlrl tribesmen. The British lost about twenty private soldier? and twenty camp followers killed befcre the Wa ziri's were repulsed, the latter left over 250 dead on the field. LONDON, June 12.— Tho Bombay cor respondent of the Daily Mail save: A punitive expedition will be fitied from Kawalplndi. It is expected that severe lighting will follow and that another Chitral will be enacted. Unfortunately the great frontier general. Sir Wiiliam Lockhart, is now on leave in Germany; while Sir Power Palmer, the general commanding the British forces on the Afghan frontier, is on leave in Eng land. *mmm. JAPS (JETTING GAT. Orient-UN Still Loot-in*-; for Trouble in Hawaii. WASHINGTON, June 11.— The Ha waiian legation in Washington ks ad vised of three new complaints Hied against the Hawaiian government by Japan. One of these charges the Ha waiian customs officials with discrim inating against Japanos? wine in favor of the California products, another takes exception to an order of the Ha waiian board of immigration to the owners of plantations requiring them in making contracts for Oriental labor to make these contracts for two Chi nese to one Japanese in every ease, and a third cumplains of a:; <> tier dis placing a Japanese physician •:x a plantation. The legation is e_so in formed that there is no abatement of the Japanese demands on account of Japanese immigration. TlL.l>\l.VN Tl 'RM-:ii DOffcX. Senate Committee Decide* Ag*aiiMit a Snja;ar Invest Iffation, WASHINGTON, Juno 11.— The- mem bers of the committee on contingent expenses < f the senate have agreed to I adversely the Tillman resolution an Investigation of the all ulatlons In sugar. I* is n< i ku when the report will he made to the senate. The report, it Is understood, will go fully into the merits of tlic* ciuesttc-n, showing such, invest ig&t as thai proposed to be generally bar ren of results. Ten »en Killed. LONDON, .fur- 11. iuenco ef over wlndlng, r terrible accident has occurred Ja tht- Galth co'liery. :. Glaraorg-an* Bhlre, Wale-, The <?•;:• was : -l to i ot a shall otjj fco ( t deep. Ten mon kirrlM 2,