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VOL. XX.— NO. 188.
BULLETIN UF
THE ST. PflrUl^ GI^OBE.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 18«7.
Went her for Today-
Fair. \\ 11 mi or.
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. IVn People Killed liy Cyclones -
I-* in a I Tariff Vote Today.
I'.IU«. Vr«- Welcome (<nrlooii).
l'ast«>rn Situation Asnin Grave,
l-'ifteen Thousand Miner* Obey.
Street Car t'a.suulty.
Additional Death* From Iloat.
PAGIC !i.
Elka Visit St. I'iiii l Today.
llu>> Kiarnt lor City FntherM.
ItailroadN Robbed I>> Coal Co.'n,
PACUB S.
>1 in noil |io lis \\ t'lt-otiioM the Elka.
Case of the \ ouiinor*.
PAGE 4.
Kdltorlal.
i'.ndea vorerN Royally Welcomed.
PAGE 5.
St. Paul Tied for First Place.
Popnltvta Against Fusion,
PAGE 6.
liar Silver, (iOo.
< ;i-!i Wheat at CliioaKO, f»!» I— lf.
stocks Weak and Lower .
N« \oiv \. I. Pre«ident Yet.
PAGE) T.
Both Usrht Compaalei Lose.
WaiitN of the People.
Freight Line Companies linbt.
PAGE 8.
lona'a Auditor Mmst Stand Snit.
After Baaholur'l Shoes.
< ity Visited by Heavy Storm.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met— .ln ii f Byre, i:.:H>, 8.18 i». m.
Base Ball— Lexington I'ark, :t.:to p. m.
L'.lk lla r!ie one- Como, 4 p. in.
Rice Park.— Concert, 12.50 i». «»•
HOVEMEXT OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Elysia, Naples: Bre
ven, Antwerp. Sail d: Nomad c, Liver-
Cufl< . Liverpool; Servia, Liverpool;
:. Bremen.
GLASGOW— Arrived: Mongolian, New
York.
MOVlLLE— Arrived: Ethiopian, New \ orlt,
; £ w.
VEBIA'XGSNAES, Norway— Arrived: Au
gusta Victoria on -.Tuise.
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And ihe next day it rained.
J, hn P. Altgeld is a leading piece of
fireworks himself.
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Bt Paul is always glad to welcome
the 11 best people on earth."
doubt the center of the trouble
with ex-Senator Irby is his liver.
A i Olmsted county man is raising
makes. What a delightful business.
Every day brings Mark Hanna twen
ty-four hours nearer next November.
Yi>u might go far Into the country
wilds now and play tennis in a bathing
KUit.
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There appears to be"- a good crop of
everything this summer, including
Water.
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Andree has filled his Arctic balloon.
There are lots of unfilled graveyards
up in that' region.
The tariff robbery is almost accom
plished. It will soon be taxing the
pie night and day.
Nor^ii Dakota hears the reports of
damage to the crops of Russia and
France with resignation.
,
If Queen Victoria had been over here
July 4 and 5, she "would have seen a
celebration with heart in U.
Aft'-r all there is some sense in
Peary's irlea that the Arctics would
be a ■ mfortxble place just now.
Will Japan please read our war sta
-3 a little? Americana run toward
nemy and n^z away from it.
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Tin- window glass makers are throw
ing rocks at each other again. The
I doing their usual execution.
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Chicago has a pan-American con
. On the drives about the big
town th( . river will be exhibit
A.
Fuur men robbed a Chicago street
car conductor of $9. Considering the
risks they to«ik, they did not make
much money.
Somebody must have loaned Gen.
Weyler a heart. He has offered am
; to the revolutionists of one whole
province In Cuba.
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N< w Jersey is getting into a fit state
to be admitted into the Union. The
town of Lincoln has elected two wome
n to the city council.
Joe Jefferson makes the two impor
tant announcements that he will not
have the stage and will not discon
tinue riding his bicycle.
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The New York Sun has finally an
nounced itself as Republican. Had the
Sun been strictly honest, it would have
(Line this eighteen months ago.
Every country appears to be taking
a smash at silver. Gen. Periola has de
vised a plan to establish the gold
standard for the currency of Peru.
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A Chicago rubber factory has r - '
nn assignmtnt. Rubber, too, was sup
posed to be about the only inflated
thing in these quiet business times.
The bumptious base ballists from
• Milwaukee arrive here this morning
with thirteen scalps taken sequentially.
There is bad luck in that thirteen for
BOlli-
A Louisville man has delivered an
r. '" In Ban Francisco entitled "A
Life Pilled with the Spirit." There are
;1 reasons why a KentuckLan can
hie subject Intelligently.
S* w York has shipped sixty tons of
r to Australia, the first American
hotter that has ever been shipped to
that country. It is hoped it Is not as
etrongr a butter as the Australian goat.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBEb
TEN REPORTED KILLED
BY GLENWOOD CYCLONE
Home of Samuel Morrow Wrecked and All in It
Killed or Seriously Injured.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER BOTH DEAD.
Reports That Make the List of Fatalities Greater
Are Not as Yet Confirmed.
Great Damage Done in All th 3 Surrounding Country,
Particulars of Which Are Cut Off by the Im
passable Condition of the Roads.
The Known Orad—
SAMIEI MORROW.
A.YX V JIOHKOW, Ki«ht Years.
Injured —
MRS. SAJHKL MORROW, Fatally.
AVlWirc MORROW, SeviOflMly.
ALFRED MORROW, Los Crashed,
Recovery Doubtful.
OSWALD MORROW, Seriouwly
MORROW, One Year Old, llnilly
Injured.
TOLLEF LA A VAX, Hired Man, Will
Probably Die.
MRS. PEACOCK, Seriously Injured.
M'GOWAJT, Son of Hubert Me-
Guivon.
Special to the Globe.
GLENWOOD, Minn., July C— The
first cyclone in Pope county, so far as
known, came today, and it was indeed
a sorrowful introduction. The funnel
shaped cloud was first noticed at 2
o'clock this afternoon, one-half mile
southwest of Lowry, where it formed
and immediately proceeded to clean ev
erything in its path. The first house it
struck was a large farm house belong
ing to Iver Liegen. The house was
splintered into kindling wood, the oc
cupants escaping with a few bruises
and a bad scare.
It then proceeded to the small vil-
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SGESE OF THE CYCLONE.
The cut shows the approximate location of Samuel Morrow's farm house.
lage of Lowry. on the Soo road. The
people having been warned of the ap
proach of the storm, had sought refuge
in 'their cellars, and thus avoided
death. Three elevators, the Soo depot,
the mill and about one dozen dwelling
houses were swept from the face of the
earth, leaving the village nearly totally
ruined. The storm then went south
easterly to Robert Peacock's farm,
where the dwelling and barn were to
tally demolished. Mrs. Peacock was
seriously injured, as was also a little
boy belonging to Robert McGowan.
After having completed its work
there, it set upon a large brick house
just completed, occupied and belong
ing to Thomas Landers. It did not even
leave so much as a brick to show where
that structure had stood. The cellar
here also saved loss of life.
After having left Mr. Landers with
out house or home, it wended its way
to the farm of Sam Morrow, and here
is where it spent its last fury, seem
ing as though it would make a des
perate attempt before giving up its de
stroying propensities. Mr. Morrow's
houses and barn were torn and twist
ed into kindling wood and scattered for
miles around the country. Mr. Mor
row was found a short distance away
dead, as was also his eight-year-old
daughter Anna. The rest of the family
are all injured. Mrs. Morrow is not ex
pected to live. Winnie Morrow is seri
ously injured. Alfred Morrow has hi 3
leg crushed and other injuries, and his
recovery is doubtful. Oswald Morrow
is seriously injured, and a one-year-old
baby, badly hurt, was found in a tree
some distance away. The hired man,
Tollef Laavan, had a piece of board
eight inches long driven into his back,
his legs were badly bruised, and his
recovery is doubtful.
It was a sad sight to see Mr. Morrow
and his daughter laid side by side,
cold in death, when an hour before
they had been happily partaking of
dinner with the rest of the family.
In looking over the ground, a horse
was found lying dead with harness on,
over fifty rode from where the barn had
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1897.
stood. Sheep, hogs, cattle, horses and
chickens lay scattered everywhere,
mixed with bedding, trunk covers, car
pets, everything imaginable, all left
worthless by the grim destroyer.
No estimate can be made as to loss
to standing grain and meadows. Ev
erything in the path of the storm is
left black and ruined. It no doubt
took more lives and destroyed more
property than here reported, but ow
ing to the lateness of the hour and
the impassable roads no particulars
from other sources can be obtained. It
is safe to say that at least ten people
have lost their lives.
DULUTH, Minn., July 6.— Dispatches
received here late tonight at railroad
offices say that a cyclone has obliter
ated the town of Lowry, and that four
people were killed and several injured.
Lowry is situated on the Soo line, seven
miles from Glen-wood, on the Northern
Pacific railroad. Particulars are mea
ger, but it is learned that the cyclone
traveled from southwest to northeast,
and that the little town of Lowry wan
right in the track of the storm. A
second report is that seven persons
were killed and many injured, while
still another is that ten were killed.
The cyclone struck Lowry shortly after
6 o'clock this evening.
Evidences of the cyclone cloud wei % e
seen in Duluth about 7 o'clock. The
sky was over cast with clouds that
circled as they moved rapidly north
east, and there was a yellow cast that
was ascribed to the sun penetrating
through them. People looked in won
der on the scene, but nobody ascribed
the conditions tc a cyclone. The clouds
moved high in the air and circled with
a perfectly steady motion.
TWO-FOOT RISE.
Danger Threatened tit I>ointM on
Luke St. Crol.v.
Special to the Globe.
STILLWATER, Minn., July 6.— A
sudden rise has occurred in Lake St.
Croix during the past three or four
days and the rise has been particularly
great since Monday evening, the gage
at the pontoon bridge, showing a rise
of more than two feet in twenty-four
hours. On Monday afternoon a large
number of logs that had been sorted
and tied up near the boom, broke up
and were firmly jammed against the
bridge here yesterday. Several million
feet were turned afloat and large crews
of men are at work repairing the dam
age. Log rafts lying in the lake be
tween this city and Hudson have also
suffered considerable damage by reason
of the strong current and it is impos
sible to say at this time where the
trouble will end. It was afraid that
the works at the boom would not with
stand the strain of the logs piled up
there, but up to this evening no trouble
had occurred there. The head of water
at Nevers' dam is greater than ever
before and men were sent up from
here to take needed precautions in ca«e
of threatened danger. The water Is
backing into the sewers in this city
and the city's pumps on the levee were
started up yesterday afternoon. The
btlllwater feed mill has shut down
and if the rise continues much longer
some of the saw mills will have to
suspend operations. Rumors of high
water come from all sections north of
here and Snake river and Kettle river
are raging torents. A number of small
bridges and one dam have gone out.
aENVIU,K FLOODED.
Damage Done In the Town amil to
tlie CroiiN,
Special to the Globe.
RENVILLE, Minn., July 6.— A very
severe thunder storm struck thu place
about 7 o'clock this evening. TJain
poured down in torrents, flooding
everything. All low places are filled
up. The damage to crops will be great.
HEAVY HAIL. STORM.
Wheat Lodged nnd Vlnen Vnt to
Shred* at Wlnthrop.
Special to the Globe.
WINTHROP, Minn., July 6.— A wind
and hail storm burst over this plase
and the surrounding country at 6 p. m.
yesterday. It was the severest «storm
by far that hae occurred here In many
years. While the wind did little dam
age, except to foliage, the hail stripped
the leaves from the trees, cut corn,
potato vines and peas into shreds and
lodged the wheat badly. The damage
will probably amount to thousands of
dollars. Inside of the city limits
scarcely a house remains without broken
window lights, and the hailstones were
remarkable for their size. They ranged
from one to seven inches in circumfer
ence, and were of a peculiar construc
tion. In the center was the usual con
centric formation, but the outsi.l.? si;.ia
tum consisted wholly of a rougn, ir
regular non-crystalline ice like frozen
slush.
DAMS TAKES OUT.
All the Con ii try About Little Fall* la
Flooded.
LITTLE FALLS, Minn., July 6.— The
heavy rains of the last few days have
almost flooded this section of tho coun
try. Every small stream is more than
bank full, and the Mississippi is at a
very high stage. In the eastern part of
the county, and especially along the
Platte river, great damage has been
done to bridges and dams. It is re
ported that two dams on the upper
Platte river have been taken out. and
the Gravelville and Rayalton dams
and bridges are in a precarious condi
tion. The boom company stopped sort
ing logs at this place, as it was feared
than in moving the jam with the pres
ent stage of water it might do great
harm to the boom workers.
Nine Men Mangled,
Frightful Boiler Exposion on a
Farm in Tennessee. m .
HARTSVJLLE, Term., July 6.— A
frightful boiler explosion occurred on
the farm of W. A. Allrti, in this county,
this afternoon, by which nine people
were instantly killed and five badly
injured. The dead are:
W. A. Allen, James Allen, Lindsey Allen,
Mock Tens-till, Asa Barr, Porter Averitt,
Bolton. Len Barksdale, Will Allen. The lat
ter two were negroes.
Mr. Allen and his men were just con
cluding the work of threshing wheat
and were preparing to leave the field
when the explosion occurred, from
what cause is not known. Some of the
victims were mangled beyond recog
nition, and pieces of the boiler were
blown hundreds of yards. Lindsey Al
len's head was blown away and has
not been found. Wheeler, Dice and
Foley are certainly fatally injured. W.
A. Allen was a member of the Trous
dale county court and a prominent man
in this section.
Heat Still Intense.
Additional Deaths at Cincinnati,
Chicago and New York.
CINCINNATI, 0., July 6.— The death
list from heat today is a.s.;',\'i/iJovvp:
L. B. Bonton. fruit comnjiUftlo^i merchant;
Mrs. Dma Breckinridge's nnjiapi,t>-i infant: in
fant daugter of Mr. and Mr;--.., Joseph O'Don
nell; Philonu-na Sorg; August Wyandt news
paper solicitor, from Columbus, O.
This makes five fatalities today and
thirty-six dearths in the last four lays.
Prostrations of a more or less serious
nature usually are four cr five times as
great as the number oT deaths. To
day was no exception to the rule. The
mercury at the weather bureau sta
tion reached a maximum of 91 at 3
p. m. It was 74 at 5 a. m., and is 81
at 10 o'clock tonight. The same instru
ment would stand from six to eight de
grees higher on the street.
NEW YORK, July 6.-— A warm wave
struck this city today and at noon the
thermometers on the street level regis
tered 102 degrees, while the humidity
recorded was 91 per cent. There was
one death and eleven prostrations.
Toward evening the sky became over
cast and there was a fall of 12 de
grees between 5 and 10 p. m.
CHICAGO, July 6.— There were four
deaths due to the heat today, although
the mercury did not rise above 30, ac
cording to the weather office. The
buildings and pavements have become
so thoroughly baked that it is much
hotter on the streets than in the tower
where the weaather man does business.
The dead:
Johnson, Charles Smith.
Adoli* Balkruan, Edward O. Barr, W. J.
There were four oases of prostration,
only one of which was serious.
Diaz Approves of It.
Mexican President Favors a
Pan-American Alliance.
MEXICO CITY, July 6.— lt may be
said authoritatively, In view of the
tour of the Pan-American tourists in
the United States, that President Diaz
is in cordial sympathy with all legiti
mate endeavors to bring together in the
bonds of commercial relationship the
republics of North and Latin America.
The commercial museum plan ait Phila
delphia has hte entire approbation as
the first practical effort in this direc
tion.
ST. PAUL WELCOMES THE ELKS.
Fifteen Tl}ousat?<i pipers Obey.
Fate of the Great Coal Strike Still Uncertain .
PITTSBURG, July 6.— The strike or
der of the national executive board of
the United Mine Workers of America
was obeyed by from 10,000 to 15,000 of
the 21,000 miners in the Pittsburg dis
trict today. The great struggle is now
on in earnest, and the developments of
the next few days will determine the
success or failure of the fight for a
uniform mining rate. Pittsburg is the
pivotal point in the five states engag
ed in the contest, and the success of
the local officials in their efforts to se
cure a general suspension in this dis
trict will have an important bearing on
the outcome oi the movement. While
it is estimated that at least two-thirds
of the miners have thrown down their
picks, enough men are still at work to
seriously impair their chances unless
they can ultimately be brought out.
T^is President Dolan claims can be
done. The operators, on the other
hand, are in no wise disconcerted, and
assert that the strike cannot succeed.
The first break in the operators' ranks
was made this afternoon by J. W.
Steen, of the O. 1. C. mines at Ross
ville. The diggers refused to work, and
the mine was closed down, but a no
tice was posted that after today the
69 cent rate would be paid It is not
likely that the officials will allow the
men to, work until a majority of op
erators have agreed to the miners' de
mands.
In West "Virginia the miners have
been slow in responding to the strike
'■rder. A dispatch tonight says that a
general strike in the state is not prob
able. The men are not organized, and
they are inclined to regard the strike
elsewhere as favorable to their chances
qf securing plenty of work at good
prices while it is waging. Great pres
sure is being brought to bear upon
them by the United Mine Workers' of
ficials to join the strike, but so far
without success. The impression
among both operators and miners in
this state is that West Virginia will
be able to supply the demand for coal
in the event of a prolonged strike, and
that the operators will be justified to
offer the miners inducements to remain
at work, as they did in 1894. Chief
Mine Inspector Paul says he does not
look for much response to the order.
CINCINNATI, 0., July 6.— A very,
important step was taken here today
in connection with the coal .miners'
strike, which puts the power of the
United States against all violence or
unlawful acts, in at least a portion of
the territory in Ohio. An order of th<?
United States circuit court, Southern
district of Ohio, eastern division, was
made by Judge Taft, upon a showing
made by Myron T. Herrick and Robert
Blickensderfer, receivers of the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie railway company
and of the Wheeling, Lake Erie &
Pittsburg Coal company, whereby the
United States marshal is directed to
protected their miners at work, and to
prevent unlawful interference with the
operation of their railway. The re
ceivers state that they are engaged
in the operation of two coal mines of
the Wheeling, Lake Erie & Pittsburg
Easterrj Situation ffoSaip Grave.
England Ready to Join in Coercing the Sultan.
LONDON, July 7.— A1l the morning
papers comment editorially upon the
new danger in the Graeco-Turkish situ
ation. The statement of the Marquis
of Salisbury in the house of lords yes
terday afternoon (Tuesday) is regarded
as extremely grave, and as a clear
intimation of the readiness of Great
Britain to join in active coercion of the
sultan.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 6.—Con
trary to expectations, the decision of
the council of ministers yesterday was
not favorable to the demands of the
ambassadors relative to the Graeco-
Turkish frontier negotiations. The
situation, therefore, is regarded as be
ing very strained, the Turkish reply
virtually implying a rupture of the ne
gotiations, and that the powers must
make a concession or adopt measurts
to enforce their decision. It is report
ed that the grand vizier has declared
to the sultan that he will never sigu
an agreement based on the strategic
lines proposed by the ambassadors.
At the same time, it is thought in some
quarters that the attitude of the Turk
ish government is designed to enable
the sultan to yield later by sacrific
ing some of his ministers and rumors
of impending cabinet changes are al
ready current. The bourse at Galata
is largely affected by the situation.
There has been a considerable fall in
Turkish consolidated securities. The
sCurks are soiling freely, some circles
PRICE TWftiqffftSS^flggSry.—
Coal company, known as the Dillenvale
and Long Run coal mines; that there
is a strike among the mine workers of
Ohio and other states under the di
rection of the United Mine Workers;
that all of the 500 miners at Dillenvale
and one-half of the 400 at the Long
Run mine are desirous of remaining at
work, but have refrained from so do
ing by reason of threats and warnings
from other miners, who have joined the
strike; that it is necessary for the
mines to continue in operation, and
that the miners will continue at work
if protected from physical injury iv
themselves and their property.
The receivers also represented to th-^
court that they have been advised
that in their operation of the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie railway they will not
be permitted to transport over th»j
road what :s known as "Virginia coal
received from connecting lines;" that
they regard the situation as serious
and are placing watchmen to guai :1
the wooden bridges along their rail
way at night; that a large body of men
are liable to come upon the property
at any time to prevent their men
from working. They therefore ask the
assistance and protection of the court.
Marshal Denvanney was served with
this order late today and will at onco
proceed in person to the locality, and,
after consultation with the receivers,
will take measures to fully obey the
order of the court.
Heavy < Cil si:»-Us.
COLUMBUS, 0., July 6.— A. Brenlio-lts, who
jnanagos the home office for the General Hock
ing Coal company, says there is at least 150,
--000 tons of coal in storage in the Northwest.
He estimates that this will supply all de
mands for at least four months, no matter
how general the miners' strike becomes.
Street Car Casualty.
Twenty People Injured at Pitts
burg, Four Fatally.
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 6.— Four peo
ple were fatally injured and eighteen
or twenty others were more or less
injured in a street car wreck .tonight
on the Forbes street line of the Con
solidated Traction company. The
names of those worst injured are:
Michael Doyle,, motorman; will die.
W. A. Manly, passenger, hurt internally;
probably die.
>liss Smith, skull fractured; will die.
C. 0. Rogers, hurt internally; will die.
Mrs. Mary H. Wi'.son, o£ Allegheny; may
recover.
The full list of injured is not ascer
tainable at this hour. The wreck oc
curred on the Soho hill at the time
when the immense crowds which at
tended the fireworks display at Schen
ley park were returning home. An
Atwood street car had gone about half
way down the hill when it jumped the
track. Closely following it came an
open car with a trailer, both densely
packed with people. Before the second
train could be stopped it crashed into
the derailed car. Hardly had the first
collision happened before a third car,
heavily laden, came down the hill at
full speed and forced its way into the
wreck ahead. It was the second crash
that did most of the damage, and the
scene was' indescribable.
expressing the opinion that Turkey
will only yield to European pressure.
ST. PETERSHURG, July 6.— The No
voe Vremya strongly exhorts the Turk
ish government to abandon any fur
ther subterfuges in the negotiations
for peace between Greece and Turkey,
unless the latter country wishes thp
powers to adopt harsh measures ir.
order to enforce their peace pro
gramme.
LONDON, July G.— ln the house -tf
lords today the Marquis of Salisbury,
replying to Lord Connemara, said the
dek.y in the settlement of the peao?
terms between Turkey and Greece was
entirely the fault of the former pow
er. There was no delay so far as the
concerted powers were concerned, but
Turkey has carried deliberation and
circumspection to such an excess that
delay was not without danger, though
danger was not immediate. They were
apparently at present no nearer to a
solution of the question than at the
beginning.
Having -alluded to the situation in
1878, pointing out that then a Russian
army was at the gates of Constanti
nople, the Marquis of Salisbury remark
ed that as proportioned to the circum
stances, the year 1597 became analog* us
with the year IS7B, so his hones of a
satisfactory result ircr^asei. Th^ mar
quis further said: "If Prince Bismarck
were presiding at the conference, as he
did in 1878, the result would be differ
ent. A powerful Russian army was
then within a stone's throw of Con
stantinople, and any suggestion from
Prince Bismarck that a failure of the
conference would result in the move
ment of that army undoubtedly pro
duced that effect upon Turkish deliber
ations which is desired now."
FINAL VOTE
ON TARIFF.
It Will Surely Be Taken
Today in the Senate.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
The Beet Sugar Bounty
Plan Laid on the
Table.
NO ANTI-TRUST CLAUSE.
Amendment Voted Down
Despite the Effort Made
by Mr. Pettus to
Save It.
WASHINGTON, July 6.— The final
vote on the tariff bill will be tak-n
in the senate before adjournment to
morrow, a definite agreement, assented
to by all parties having been reac
at the close of the debate today. The
agreement is as follows:
"That debate on the tariff bill shall
proceed under the five minute rule
after 1 p. m. tomorrow, and that the
final vote on the bill shall be taken
before adjournment.
Mr. Allison did not ask that the
hour for the vote be set, being content
with the positive agreement that it
should be some time tomorrow. The •
limitation of speeches after 1 p. m. to
five minutes, will bring the debate
within narrow limits. The announce
ment by the vice president that the
agreement was perfected led to a gen
eral exchange of congratulation among
senators.
During the day the anti-trust ques
tion was debated at length, and Mr,
Fettus' amendment on the subject was
defeated 33 to 26. Mr. Allen (Neb.)
?.gairi""offered the amendment for a Ko
bounty on beet sugar. It led to lively
and somewhat personal speeches from
the two Nebraska senators, after
which the Allen amendment was
tabled, 57 to 9, the Populists and silver
Republicans being the only out s
recorded against the motion to table.
As soon as the bill was taken .
Mr. Bate (Term.) was recognized. He
made a general argument against the
measure from the standpoint, as he
announced? "of fair trade and free sil
ver." The senator analyzed the Mil
in its bearing on the agricultural to
dustry, saying it was designed to foul
the farmer by giving him fictitious pro
tection on his products, while roai
protection was given to all the articles
consumed by him. He criticized th<_
steady extension of the protective
policy, saying the slogan of the cUy
was "a tariff for robbery" instead of
a tariff "for revenue." It arrayed us
against the world, making the United
States the Ishmael among nations.
Mr. Pettus (Ala.) then offered hia
amendment, declaring unlawful the
importation of sugar by any trust or
combination, operating in restraint of
trade or for the purpose of advancing
the price of sugar. The amendment
also provided for the forfeiture ol
sugar so imported, and directed the
attorney general to enforce the for
feiture, and to prosecute trusts and
combinations. The senator spoke at
length in support of the amendment,
referring to the gradual absorption of
wealth in the hands of vast concerns.
Mr. Morgan spoke against trusts,
saying he favored the amendment, but
would attach to it another and more
far-reaching proposition. He thought
seizure and confiscation provided for by
Mr. Pettus' amendment might, as in
the case of the sugar trust, enable the
trust to put up the price of sugar,
pending action in the courts, and he
suggested a modification which pro
vided for the immediate sale of ar
ticles seized.
The vote was then taken, and He'.t
feld voted with the Democrats In
favor of it. and Messrs. McEnery and
Stewart against it.
The Chilton amendment was then
lest, 2S to 33. Mr. Caffery then offered
an amendment to strike out all the
differential on refined sugar which was
lost. 28 to 34. Messrs. Heitfeld and
Teller voted aye and Messrs. McEnery
and Stewart no.
After the amendment had been lost.
Mr. White (Cal.) raised a laugh by
reading from the record of the debate
on the sugar differential the statement
of the present secretary of stat", Mr.
Sherman, to the effect that the sugar
trust needed no protection. "1 had
rather cut off my right hand," said i.he
senator from Ohio, "than vote a single
cent of bounty to that corporation."
Mr. Chilton moved an amendment
limiting the drawback on refined sugar
tn the amount shown by the polariscop*
when the raw sugar is first Imported.
Lost.
Mr. Allen then brought forward ;
amendment for a bounty on beet svga P,
and supported the amendment. At t
outset, he was involved in a com.
with Mr. Chandler, who read from I
record a speech by Mr. Allen denounc
ing the protective tariff and declaring
that it was unconstitutional to imj
taxes on one class to enrich another.
In view of this speech, solely to pi -
vint the consumption of time and to
avoid long debate, Mr. Chandler said
he appealed to the senator to let "the
senate pass this bill of prosperity and
plenty in place of the bill of perfidy
and dishonor passed in 1594."
Without replying to this appeal. M .
Allen turned his attention to Mr. Alli
son. "I ask the senator," he saM,
"what, if anything, occurred in ihr R
publican caucus to lead to tho aban
donment of the bounty amendment."
Mr. Allison replied that the commit.* >
on finance had offered the amendment,
but it was firmly met with the stab
mc-nt from the other side of the cham
ber that the amendment would delay
the passage of the bill. For this
reason the amendment was withdrawn.
"So that I understand the Republi
can party surrendered to a threat ( I
filibustering; it has taken fright at a
threat to d«?lay," pursued Mr. Allen.
"Oh, no," Mr. Allison explained. "It
is very important that this bill should
come to a vote, and In case of sharp
Continued on Fourth l'u^e.