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VOLUME LXVIIT— NO. 20.
A SILVER VICTORY.
Action of the House on the Sen
ate Measure.
Speaker Reed's Disposition of the Bill
Not Concurred In.
Its Reference to toe Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures S'.riekea
From tbe Journal.
Special Dispatches to The Honiara Cai.i.
■Washington', June 19.— After the House
was called to order this morning Mill* ob
jected to the approval of tlie journal ou tlie
grouud that it had not been read iv full by
the Clerk.
The Speaker ordered a lull reading.
The Clerk, proceeding, read that portion
of the journal which disclosed tlie reference
of the Nlver Bill to the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures.
McKlnley moved that the journal be ap
proved, and demanded the previous ques
tion, desiiite Mills' protest that he was en
titled to recognition to move to correct the
journal.
Springer raised the roint of order that
the journal contained a record of something
which never happened.
The Speaker replied that that was for the
House to decide, and directed the Clerk to
call the roll.
The Clerk proceeded, while Springer,
amid the applause of his party colleagues,
entered a rigorous protest, addressing tlie
Soenker, saying: "You can ignore the
rights of the representatives of tue people,
but the people will pull you down, sir, at
the polls next November, and your part;
with you!"
The House refused to order the previous
question by a vote of 10- to 117, amid loud
Democratic applause. The I llowing Re
publicans voted with the Democrats in the
negative: Bartine, De Haven, Kelly, Kerr
of lowa, Lind, Morrow and Townseud of
Colorado.
Mills offered a resolution reciting that
the order of reference made by the Speaker
referring the r-ilver Bill to the Committee
on Coinage, Weights aud Measures was in
correct under the rules of the House and
made without authority under tlie rules,
and resolving that the journal be corrected
by striking therefrom the entry.
Cannon argued the Senate amendments
would require to be considered in com
mittee of the whole. That being so it was
the Speaker's duty to refer it to the Com
mittee ou Coinage, Weights and Measures.
The resolution sought to strike out the reci
tal of the fact.
Mills characterized Cannon's position as
the boldest, most reckless and absurd po
sition he ever beard maintained in a legis
lative body. Under the Constitution tne
journal was to be kept by the House, not
by the Speaker or his clerks. The Repub
lican party he charged with being false to
its pledge* on the matter of silver. The
Democratic party would give the people
free, unlimited coinage of silver. At the
hustings tlie people would ask the Republi
cans why, when they were here as
mends of silver, they voted to the death to
prevent tlie consummation of tne people's
wishes and the fulfillment of their Droin-
ises?
Peter;:, though declaring himself a free
coinage man, sustained the Speaker's ac
tion, contending that under the rules it was
the Speaker's duty to refer the bill as he
bad done.
Biggs interrupted Peters and demanded
to know why the gentleman from Kansas
(lid ii(. vote for silver coinage if he was in
favor of it. This was received with great
merriment by the whole House, as Peters
was the Republican who refused to bolt the
caucus on the Sliver Bill. Bii»|is continued
his cross-questioning of Peters, much to the
latter's tmbariassnient, while the whole
Hnuss was convulsed with laughter.
Reed pounded with his gavel, crew red in
the face, and declared the gentleman from
California was out of order. Biggs* no*
ever, continued to pour out a perfe> tstrtiui:
of words, and would not be silenced. \J
Reed cried out angrily, "Will the gentle
man ironi California be in order?" "I will,
sir," re-ponded Bigg?, dropping into his
teat. But no sooner was lie seated than he
again rose, and advancing toward Speaker
Need, leaned over and whimpered in the
Sneaker's ear. The irrepressible man was
bound to have his say.
Reed laughed heartily, and the contagion
took until the whole House rang with
laughter, which grew all the more boister
ous when the old Californian drew his
handkerchief from his pocket and stood up
in plain view and waved it over his head.
Crisp submitted an argument to show
that under the rules the Speaker had not
the power to refer the bill as he had don*.
ringer contended for the right of the
House to revise the journal and make it
show what the majority of the House de
cided it should show. The purpose of re
terrlns the bill to the Committee on Coin
age, Weightsland Measures, was to prevent
the House from voting on the question of
concurrence in the Senate amendments.
The rules, which, he claimed, were in
tended to allow the majority to do business
and produce results, were even now pros
tituted to the base purpose of gagging the
majority.
Blaod held that no other course was open
but to strike the erroneous reference of the
bill from the journal. This would place
the bill on the Speaker's table again and
allow the House to get at it.
Butterworth said the time hnd not come
when tin; Kepubliean party is willing to
abdicate its control over the business of the
House. The question would be put next
fall, not in time to affect this question.
McMiilin of Tennesse— But will it be
In time for this question to affect it? [Dem
ocratic applause.]
Continuing, buttTworth held the real
question before the House was whether or
not the Speaker referred the bill to the
committee— wA that it was or was not prop
er//referred. The question arose whether
the Speaker was authorized to make the
reference. He contended that he was so
authorized. Kule 21 gives the Speaker au
tnority to refer public bills to appropriate
committees.
Springer argued that the Silver Bill was
not properly under the rules before the
Hou^e yesterday, I ecause the business on
the Speaker's table hud not been reached.
. Buiterworth said the pending proposition
■ought to unhorsu the Republican majority
ami to put the Democratic minority in the
saddle. The Republicans should not abdi
cate in favor of the Democrats until at least
they should determine they were unable to
conduct the business of the majority. I Re
publican applause.] He was in favor of the
early consideration of the Silver Bill.
Anderson of Kansas, while declaring
himself an earnest advocate of free coin
age, maintained the correctness of the
Speaker's ruling. He wanted to ask the
Chairman of the Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures whether the com
mittee would give the House a chance to
rote upon the measure?
Conger, the Chairman of that committee,
replied that as far as he was personally
concerned he would make every effort to
v secure legislation on this subject.
Crisp said that the Committee on Rules
might interfere, as it did to prevent a vote
on the free coinage of silver.
Mills said that the point he made was
under the existing rules. The Silver Bill
remained upon the Speaker's table, to be
disposed of as the House, and not tLo
Speaker, should determine.
Brecktnridize of Kentucky argued that
the Speaker went beyond the scope of his
authority in the reference of the bill, His
action was not erroneous, but illegal and
void.
The Speaker in rendering his decision said
be desired the members of the House to di
vest themselves of the idea that any unu
sual procedure bad taken place in connec
tion with this bill.
The reference of bills of till.) kind and in
this way had been of daily occurrence since
the adoption of the present rules. - The
Chair desired also that the House should
know that this particular transaction did
not take place in a corner. In the regular
The Morning Call.
course of business the Journal Clerk had
informed the Speaker that among the
list of bills to be referred under the
rules to their appropriate committees
was the Silver bill, with the Senate amend
ments. The Speaker had been asked
whether he had any particular direction to
make in regard to it. Knowing the bill to
be one of grave public Importance, and
anxious that he should have all possible
light on the subject, the Chair had con
sulted the Democratic members of the Comm
ittee on Rules (lilount and Alcilillin), and
the gentlemen from Missouri and Illinois
(Bland ana Springer), not for the purpose
of throwing any responsibility upon them,
but in order that tie might benefit by any
light they might be able to give. Alter
conversing with those gentlemen it had
seemed clear to the Chair that the rules of
the House covered the question, and that
bis duty was to treat the bill as he would
treat any other. Accordingly tho clerk was
not directed to make any change in regard
to its reference. The House must bear in
uiiud this was not a question of politics or
currency. It was a question of parliament
ary law, and on his decision the House de
pended on the carrying out of the system of
rules the House had adopted. If not satisfied
with the reference directed by the Speaker
under the present system of rules, the House
could change the rules. Did this bill con
tain provisions which under the rules ought
to be. considered in Committee of the
Whole? There was a provision in the origi
nal House bill by which a certain amount
ot bullion was to be purchased and certifi
cates issued thereon. The Senate amend
ment whs an amendment for free coinage,
and for this an appropriation was made. If
anytmng was clear in parliamentary law,
it was that this bill was one of those which
would be properly considered in Committee
of the hole, and this being so, it was the
obvious duty of the Chair to refer it in the
same manner in which hundreds and thou
sands of bills had been referred during the
present session. The point of order raised
by the gentleman from Illinois (Cannon)
put the Chair in an embarrassing position,
because the proposed action of the House
was a declaration that an error had been
mnde in parliamentary law. It was pro
posed to erase from the journal a question
of fact. While the Chair might have some
d.'iibt about the point of order, he felt it
was a question which the House ought to
determine. He would, therefore, overrule
the point of older ana submit the question
to the House.
Cannon moved to table Hills' resolution.
On a standing vote this was carried— lL'o to
no.
Morrow of California, Bartine of Nevada
and Townseud of Colorado voted with the
Democrats. They were overlooked by the
Speaker in the first count, but Morrow
called attention to tho omission and it was
rectified.
On a vote by tellers the motion to table
was lost— ayes us, noes 123.
The question then recurred on Mills' reso
tiou and it was agreed to— ayes 121, noes
117. At the conclusion of the roll-call the
vote stood ayes Hi), noes 117.
A change of one vote would be necessary
to defeat the resolution by a tie vote, and
that change was maae by l'uuston of Kan
sas amid the derisive cheers of the Demo
crats. This left the vote ayes lli<, noes 118,
but the change proved unavailing, for Ab
bott of Texas and Bullock of Florida, whose
names were not recorded, stated that they
had voted in the affirmative, and the
Speaker accepting their statements, the
vote stood ayes 120, noes 118.
Then Mctinley arose and changed his
vote to the affirmative and the vole was
announced— ayes 121, nays 117.
McKinley was men recoguized to move
its reconsideration and also to move an ad
journment, Mills managing to sandwich in
a motion to lay the motion to reconsider on
tile table.
On a motion to lay Mills' resolution on
the table th-; following Republicans voted
With the Democrats in the negative: Bur
tine, Carter, De Haven, Ewart, Kelley,
Morrow and Towusend of Colorado.
On the resolution itself Kwart aid not
vote, but the others named voted in the af
firmative.
McKlnley nlso voted in the affirmative,
but only for the purpose of moving a recon
sideration.
The motion to adjourn was lost— ayes IIP,
Days 120.
Tlie vote recurring on Mills' motion to
taule the motion to reconsider it w ;i» agreed
to— ayea l_'l, nay- 114.
Mills then moved to approve the journal
as Euueuded, asking to withdraw tbe pre
amble which recites that the order of ref
erence made by the Speaker, referring tuu
Silver liill to the Committee on Coinage,
Weights uud Measured, was lucorreet under
tbe rules ot the linuse and dune without
authority under rules.
McKJnley objected and tlie qnestion re
currcu on the adoption of the. preamble. It
was lust— ayea 109, noes 121. [Keiuiblican
applause.]
bprinyer moved the approval of the jour
nal as amended, pending which, on motion
of -MrKiuiey, the House, at 7 o'clock, ad
journed.
THE SILVKIt BILL.
It Is in F.es ssica o" Vie Clerk of the Coin-
i ge C mm ttee.
Washington, June 19.— "What do the
young nieu on Newspaper Bow think of the
prospects of silver?" asked Senator Stew
art to-night of a CalUornia Associated
Press reporter.
"They think that the House is in the
mood to pass the Senate Free Coinage Bill,
but the House Republicans will dislike to
oppose the Administration. They will
'back and fill' on the matter for a week or
two and then agree on a bill for the coinage
of 4,500,000 ounces of silver a mouth and
make Treasury certificates legal tender, re
deemable m coin. The bullion redemption
feature will not be incorporated. This bill
will be agreed to by the Senate anil signed
by the President."
"The young men of the row are shrewd
guessers," said Stewart. "I believe they
have made a good guess on this matter.
Such a bill would be a good measure for
our Western country."
Morrow, who led the Republican revolt
to-day, agreed with Stewart, lie thinks
that if the Free Coinage Kill is not passed
it will be a bill for the coinage of four and
a hail million ounces per mouth.
The Silver Mill is now in possession of tlio
clerk of the Committee on Coinage, Weight*
and Measures anil he has DO authority to
surrender its custody except on the order of
the House or the Speaker. No such order
has been made by the House, the resolu
tion merely expunging the statement of the
transaction from the journal, and the
Speaker is Dot likely to recall it. There is
no record in the journal that any reference
of the matter has oeeu made, and therefore
it is doubtful whether a motion to discharge
the committee from its consideration would
be in order, or whether the Committee on
Kules can report a resolution fixing the day
for its consideration. The journal of
Wednesday, however, not huviup been yet
approved, some method may be devised to
cut the Koidiiin knot which binds the Silver
Hill and also relieve the House from a di
lemma.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Vif.nna, June 19.— The Influenza ha* again
appeared here. There an thi.-e senous cases at
the liosiiiial.
Washington, June 10.— California pensions:
Increa-e— John Mills, Los Angeles; Kubert
J. Doyle, Jo- Angeles.
Washington, Jane 19.— J. Adams lias
been .« i- : ■< ' i i l l e»i Postmaster at Mai khain, Sonoma
County, vice A. .Maikliam, reslgued.
Charleston (W. Va.). June 19.— Tiie ru
mored accident on tils Chesapeake and (Midi last
night was a IreiKlit wreck. nobody was killed.
Denver, June 19.— L. A. Mllborn, who was
shot by (Jeor^e Y. McCortney on Sixteenth
street last evening, died m 3 o'clock this uioru
iue.
Washington', .Tune ID.— The President has
approved me Ceusu* Deficiency Aupropriatlou
Hill and the act providing for lite exportation of
fermented liquor in bund without payment of in
ternal levenuc tax.
A Drifting Hace.
NkwTobx, June 19.— The yacht club's
regatta was sailed to-day.aud it was mostly a
drifting race, there not being much wind
after the start. The course for sloops, cut
ters and yawls whs twenty-six nautical
miles and for vessels over forty feet thirty
three miles. The raco was really spiritless.
The winners were the sloops Katrina,
Clorida, Whileaway and Nirvana and the
cutters Minerva and Clara.
Tf.e Cincinnati Strike Spreading.
Cincinnati, June ia— Following the ex
ample of the brick-layers, the plasterers,
bod-carriers and iron-workers have in
dorsed the carpenters' strike and refused
to work until the trouble is settled. An
almost general tie-up in the building in
dustry is the result
Tan P r<o: s Killed.
Vienna, June 19.— Later advices from
the scene of the fire at Felsomislyo,
Hungary, state that teu people were killed
and li'.'.y injured.
Chicago Salai cf California Fruit.
Chicago, June 19.— Porter Bro«. sold one
car. Apricots brought $1 90 to 5205, peaches
81 55 to 82. A good stock is in demand.
SAN FRANCISCO. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1890-EIGHT PAGES.
LICENSING BILL
The Government's Narrow Es
cape From Defeat.
Only Fonr Majority on the Vote on the
First Clause.
An Exciting Scene In tbe House of Com
mons—Stanley Approves Salisbury's
Deal With Germany.
Special Dispatches to TnE Morniso Cii.L.
London-, June 19.— 1n the Commons to
day the Government was nearly defeated
in the vote on the first clause of the. Li
censing Bill, it standing 22$ ayes to 224
noes. The Conservatives had expected
Storey to continue his speech to-day, but
he did not resume and a division was taken
at ones. During the count there waa a
panic on the Government side.
Several Parnellltes and a number ol (!ov
ernmenl members were absent. It is state'!
to-night that Archbishop Walsh has written
a letter to the Freeman's Journal severely
lecturing the- absented Paruellites, who
saved the Government from defeat. Hi' says
that unless they can t'ive a fati>factory ex
planation of their absence he will find it
hard to place further trust iii the lii>h
party.
STANLEY'S OPINION.
Salisbury's Action in tha East African Daal
Strongly Approved.
London', June 19. — Stanley was pre
seuted with au address at Berwick to-day.
In reply ho spoke iv the most enthusiastic
terms of the wisdom of Salisbury in the
settlement with Germany of the African
question. By the agreement 500 square
miles of territory are added to the British
possessions in Africa. Instead of a dolor
ous tirade against the Prime Minisler,
Stanley said: "Now is the time to sing
peans in his honor. It is now possible to
realize the great dream of those concerned
iv tlie exploration and civilization of Africa
troin the Cape of Good Hone to Cairo."
Stanley, in receiving the freedom ot New
castle, repeated his laudations of Salisbury.
Dwelling with enthusiasm upon the pros
pects in Africa, he said he was continent
that if he could muster all the chiefs of tiie
regions that England had acquired they
wouid i!cq:,iesceiu the opinion that tlie date
of the agreement would beared letter uuy
iv the African calendar.
I'IIISON CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Session Now Being Held
at St. Petersburg.
St. Pltehshuko, June I!'.— The Inter
national Prison Congress in session in thU
city adopted resolutions declaring:
First— ln future treaties between nations
the general principle of extradition should
be recognized aud an agreement arrived ac
as to the iintuie of tlie cases to be deemed
exceptions to the rule.
Second— lnternational associations should
be organized to assist dischareed prisoners
and their families.
Third — The action of charitable bodies,
both punitive aud preventive, should be
brought into general agreement.
Fourth— lnebriety, accompanied l>y dis
orderly conduct, should be minishabln;
sellers of alcohol should be responsible for
crimes resulting from serving drunken men,
and the sale of liquor on credit or to chil
dren should be prohibited.
Kand;ill of Michigan will address the
Congress on the subject of "Young Offend
ers."
ENGiiISH TUKF.
Ills Winners cf Yesterday's Events at
AfCn\
London', Junt 19.— The St. James Palace
stakes at Ascot were won by Janissary,
Delavan second, Foutainebleau third.
The New liienuial stakes were won by
Rosseau, Forester second, Warriugton
third.
The Gold Cup was won by Gold, Philo
mel second, Vassistas third.
The New stakes were won by Orvicto,
Grace Sonroy second, \Noveire third.
The All-age stakes were won by sfe
phisto, .Juggler secoud, lilavatsky third.
The itou- Memorial stakes were won by
St. Serf, Mait.igou second. Golden Onto
third.
The New liiennial stakes were won by
Amphiou; Lord George was the only other
» tarter-
NICARAGUA CANAL.
But Life Work Beine Dene and Many
Americins Destitute.
Cokixto (Nicaragua), June 19.— People
from Greytown say that little work is being
done on the canal. About eighty men aro
at work just above where they started the
town of America, clearing away the brush
along the rouie of the canal. A hospital is
located there, with about 100 patients
mostly Americans. Contracts for 'JOOU
Jamaica negroes nave been made. The
country is overrun with Americiius and
Europeans wlio have no money and can
get no work, and all are trying to get out
ol the country.
A TERRIBLE SCOUKGE.
People Dying by Hundreds From an Unknown
Scourers.
Belize. June 19.— For months BrlUsb
Honduras and Die neighboring republics
have been under the ban of a disease so
terrible in its character as to kill off, with
out exception, every one whom it attacks.
At Cayo it is reported that people are
dying like rotten sheep. Nobody knows
what the disease ia. Kuropeaa doctors call
it yellow fever, while Aini'rican medicos
differ. The only thing positively known is
that in five or six day? it kills everybody
whom it attacks.
SALISBURY'S STATEMENT.
No Gr.ui.d tit the li.h ibitrmts of Heligoland
to Otj ct to the Transfer.
London, June 19.— Reply ine to a ques
tion regitrding the transfer of Heligoland
to Germany in the House of Lords to-night.
Lord Salisbury said there was no ground
for sup; osiug the inhabitants objected to
the transfer, except as regards their con
scription, and this was provided against in
the agreement.
THE CHOLERA.
The Disease Making- Its Appearance in Paris.
In Valencifl.
Madrid, June 19. — The Government
Cholera Commission is conviuced that the
cholera prevalent in Valencia is of tlio
Asiatic type, but is localized and decreasing.
Dispatches from Malaga state there are
more cases of yellow fever there. The
commission reports eight; cases of choleru,
of which forty weie serious.
London, June 19.— Two cases of Asiatic
cholera are reported in Paris.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
The Cbamela Kailroad to Ba Built -Ilurbide's
City or Mexico, June in.— It is stated
that the proposed railroad from Chamela,
on the Pacific, to Aquas Calientes, under the
Estera concession, will positively be built.
A superior military court is reviewing
the sentence of Lieutenant lturbide, but
finds no Haw.
NEWFOUNDLAND FISHEUIES.
The British Minister's Coarse Should France
Hefusi) to A burale.
Paris, June 19.— The Figaro, in an arti
cle on the Newfoundland fisheries dispute,
declares that Salisbury, the British Minis
ter, will accept arbitration; that if France
refuses Salisbury will repudiate the Treaty
of Utrecht and open negotiations for a
new treaty, giving the French, tv a reasona
ble extent, tbe cod and lobster fishing
grounds, and the colonists exclusive rights
on the coasts and banks.
RELIGIOUS WARFARE.
Three Turkiih Boldiers Ambushed and Shot
by Christians in Crete.
Cane A (Crete), June 19.— A few days ago
a number of Christians ambushed and shot
three Turkish soldiers and a Cretan Mussul
man. A body of Mussulmans in revenge
killed a Christian. Further reprisals are
threatened.
Removd to Yaremk.
St. Petersburg, June 19.— Mme. Tesch
brikeva, whose recent letter to the Czar
protesting against the present system of
government in Russia led to her arrest, has
been removed, with fifteen others, to the
village of Yarensk, a remote northern part
of Vologda.
GOLD AND SILVER.
Continued Demands on New York fcr the
Former— Free Coinage.
New York, June 19.— The stock market
continues to bo affected by further talk
about gold shipment*. It is stated that still
another quarter of a million is ordered for
Saturday's steamer, which amount may be
increased to half a million. Exchange on
London at Berlin yesterday fell below the
gold-importing point. A banking firm hers
which is engaged in the shipping movement
says that there is a small profit in selling
sijj.t exchange on London, sending gold to
Berlin aud covering at that center with bills
on London. The Imperial Bank of Ger-.
many makes the necessary advances in or
der to increase its hoard of precious metal.
Wall street is much disturbed by the ship
ments, which have recently reached over
£2,500,000. A leading banker said this after
noon that he was creditably informed that
the German Government is hoarding gold.
The Hank of France now holds J26Q,0C0,000
gold, while the Bank of Germany has only
$145,000,000. During the past year the Bank
of France increased its gold holdings by
850,000,000, while the Bank of Germany lost
SIO,OCO,OCO. This was discussed by the Ger
man Cabinet ami withdrawals from London
and New York resulted. It is estimated
that £10,000,000 will be taken by Heidel
bach, Ickelheimcr & Co. on present orders
from this city. English bankers, it is said,
report sterling; exchange on Paris just at
the gold-shipping point, and any further
advance of rates would bring out large ex
port orders. Gold bars in the assay office,
which two years ago amounted to $90,000,
--000, have decreased to 832,500,000. If they
should be nil absorbed a drain on double
eagles in tho Sub-Treasury will follow, and
the bunks will lose part of their specie
holdings.
The Financial Gazette says editorially:
The fact that our coinage is 3 per cent
heavier In silver than that of the Latin
Union is a sufficient guarantee that com
cannot be thrown upon the United States.
The demands of business of this country re
quire a steadily augmenting volume if cir
culating medium. The increase calls for
from 850,000.000 to SOO.OOO.ooOeacb year. If
we till this void with silver we shall in.no
way endanger the stability of the currency.
The Journal of Commerce, in an editorial
on the Silver Bill, says: Gold will be at a
premium. Silver and the certificate* repre
sented by it will take the place of paper
currency occupied during the war. If this
is to come at a!!, it may as well come at
ouce, as the country will never be better
prepared for the experiment.
A local paper says: The recent ship
ment of $2,254,000 in gold to Germany,
$750,000 ol which went on the steamship
Columbia this morning, has been followed
by the circulation in banking circles of
several disquieting rumors, one reaching
Government officials to the effect that the
shipments are on direct orders from th»
German- Chancellor. One of the leauiti.;
bankers here said: "The recent advance
in exchange in Berlin nud the low rate of
sterling exchange in Germany arose from
the policy of extending the German export
business and at the same time placing
such restrictions on imports as to practi
cally prohibit them. The reason for this
policy is the German Government is hoard
ing geld, and no matter what excuse the
banker acting as its agents may make, it is
well understood where the order comes
from and where the gold goes to." 1
The opiuiou on Wall street is freely ex
pressed that the law allowing the with
drawal of gold bars for export should be
amended, and Treasury officials should
insist on paying till checks in coin. This
would limit the shipment of sold to a small
figure, lor it would take wide differences in
exchange for shippers to realize a profit in
shipping coin. Gold bars are of a known
fineness and charged for accordingly. On
the other hand gold coin often falls 1 per
cent below the standard of fineness, and
in addition - there is always a loss by
abrasion.'
Tho Tribune thus concludes an editorial
on the coinage craze: " The House has as
sented to the purchase of bullion enough to
take all the silver from the American mines
lor the monetary use of the United States.
A »tcp beyond that is dangerous. There
is no excuse whatever for making
perfectly sound paper a legal ten
der for the payment of all debts; no
honesty whatever in giving that power to
any paper in an absolute public necessity.
Un that solid footing of honesty and jus
tice the House and President can appeal
without fear to tho sober judgment of
Americans."
Following is an extract from a Herald
editorial: It is, of course, impossible for
this bill to become a law. At least it should
be in a country in which common
sense prevails everywhere. Legisla
tion by trickery and legislation
for a single class, as against the
interests of all other classes, may win a
victory now and then, but in the end it will
beat a masterly retreat. The silver men
hunted bear and had a good time, by and
by the bear will hunt them and then they
will be " wrapped in dismal thinking."
Chicago, June 19.— A Washington spe
cial to the Herald say*: While nine-tenths
of the members of the House of Represen
tative* are expecting a fight over the ques
tion of reference to the Silver Bill, the bill
is reposing calmly in the custody of the
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures, and no one knows when It will
bo reported. As the committee is said to
be unfavorable to the measure, It may be
presumed that the bill will not be reported
in a hurry. The Speaker, under one of
tho new rules, quieily referred the bill
without laying it before the House. Sir.
Iteed is opposed to the bill, but he made a
careful canvass of the House yesterday
and declared free coinage would carry.
-Washington, June 10.— Secretary Win
dotn to-day applied to the Attorney-General
for an opinion as to whether he has author
ity to place a premium on gold bars with
drawn from the New York Assay Office for
export
Buenos Ayiiks, June —Gold 134.
TIN-PLATK DUTY.
Every Importer Aisea3ed to Defeat the Xc-
Kui'ev Bill.
PirrsnuKO, June 19.— The Tin Plate
llecord editorially claims that every tinned
plate importer into the country lias been
assessed $10,000, nnd the English syndicate
which re. n : mi.- tin' manufactories and
mines in Monmouthshire, and Cornwall has
augmented the sum to nearly $1,000,000 in
order to defeat the tin-plate clause in tlie
McKinley bill.
SI, VI Xi; THUNUJKK-STOIIM.
Residence and a School -House Struck by
Ligh'ninp-.
Banook (Me.), Juno 19— Severe thunder
storms prevailed at several points in this
vicinity to-day and much damage whs done
to property. In this city the house cf Cap
tain Pierce wns struck by lightning and
four ladies seriously hurt. At Newport a
HiliiMii-irousi' whs struck and badly shat
tered, the scholnro nil escaping with slight
Injuries from falling piaster and timber.
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Railway TVI-grapheri
New York, June 1».-Tbe Order of Rail
way Telegraphers to-night added to their
by-laws an amendment pruviding for mi
expulsion iroiu the order of any member
using his Influence to tin- end of creating a
strike.
Fatal Train Cjllision.
Atciubon (Kans.). June 19.— A collision
occurred between the pay and freight trains
on the K.imm.is City, St. Joseph and Council
Bluffs road this morning. Engineer L. W.
Yocum of the pay train was killed aud tev
nral others injured. Eighteen burses were
killed.
THEY ARE ALIVE.
Efforts to Reach the Imprisoned
Miners,
Unmistakable EVidence That Some of Them
Are Living.
The Striking of a Pick Upon tlie Wall or tbe
Cave Heard by tbe Rescu
ing Parly,
Special Dispatches to The Morkino Cali,
Duxbar, June 19.— The town is wild
with excitement to-night. About 6 o'clock
the rescuing party heard, coming through
the cave of coal nnd slate on which they
were working, a faint Bound, oft repeated,
which was unmistakably that of a miner's
pick. The news spread like wildfire to the
surface and thence through the village. In
a short time a thousand men, women and
children were crowded about the entrance
to the mine. Meanwhile the rescuers set
to work with renewed vigor. Only two
men at a time can work in the passage
where they are, and these are being con
stantly relieved, Tlie miners express vary
ing opinions as to the length of time it will
take them to reacli the imprisoned men,
some saying ten hours and others twenty
four hours. The rescuers fear no danger
anil are not likely to meet with any trouble.
There, is the wildest speculation as to
how many of the UDfortunatn men are
olive. Minors express a fear that most of
! them were killed by the explosion.
Late to-uight General Manager Hazzard
said they have hopes of reaching the men
before daylight. A corps of physicians are
waiting in readiness and every provision
has been made to take care of such of ihc
unfortunates as may be alive. Tlie sus
pense among tho anxious watchers above
is a* 1 ful.
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
Tickets Nrminnted by Ohio Proh bitionists
and Vermont Republicans.
CoLiMiii s, June 19. — The Prohibition
■State Convention has adopted a platform I
demanding that Congress pass a prohibi |
tion law, an arbitration law to settle labor
disputes, a tariff for revenue only and the
free coinage of silver. The following ticket
was nominated: Secretary of State, Uev.
M. C. Lock wood of Hamilton County; Su
preme Judge, O. J. !:.■-■> of Highland;
member of the Heard of Public Works, J.
JJ. Scott of Licking County.
MONTFRLISB, Juue lU.— The Republican
State Convention met this morning, and
nominated Carroll S. Pago lor Governor
and 11. A. Fletcher for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor; for State Treasurer, H. F. Field ; for
Secretary of State, C. W. Brownell. The
platform indorsed the present administra
tion, and urged Congress to so modify the
interstate commerce law as to give full effect
to police regulations of every State in re
gard to the control of intoxicating liquors
or any other article injurious to the public
health.
BI'UECKELS 1 COMPLAINT.
He Chareei the Ntw Y-tk Cuitom-House With
Discriminating in Favor of the Trust.
riin.ADKLPiiiA, June 19.— Clatis Spreck
eU has in.iilo complaint to ttie Secretary of
the Treasury that tho New York
Custom-house is discriminating in its
polariseopic tests of imported German
beet-sugar in favor of the sugar
tru>t and to his detriment to
the amount of 510,000 on each cargo he im
ports. He claims that in many cases the
lists taken fur classification at that port are
not aliove IK) polariscopic decrees, while
here German siifars are rarely returned at
fH degrees. Tin: major portion runs up to
from U5 to 'J7 degrees. He cannot under
stand why this great difference is made be
tween tho ports of New York ami I'hila
deiphia in polarizing German bcut-rout
sugars.
THE ItICHAKDSON MUUDKK.
Snrrounled end Shot Dcwn by th« Taylor
Gang.
Baton Rouge (La.), June 10.— The Coro
ner's jury to-day found that lliliinrd Rich
ardson, who was killed during Tuesday's
election, was assaulted and killed by the
Taylor gang. The latter, comprising rive
men, tired ten or fifteen allots at Richard
son. They completely surrounded him and
shot him from the back, front and both
flanks. Richardson, in defense, drew his
revolver aud tired, wounding Eugene Tay
lor. It Is stated to-night that Taylor is
dying. It was learned that last night a
crowd of men went to the residence of Dr.
A. U. Holcombe, in Jackson, East Feltciana
Parish, and tired a volley <■! shots into his
frontdoor, Dr. Holcombe Is Treasurer of
the State Insane Asylum, and is a reputable
physician.
IMOItMON IMMIGRANTS.
A Family Detained for Violation of the Alien
Contract L*w.
New York, June 19. — The steamship
Wyoming luniied 250 Scandinavian and
Welsh Mormons la charge of Bishop Wiley.
They left this afternoon for Salt L;ike City.
A special registration of the party was
made so that the Government, if it should
wish to interfere on the ground that they
are Imported laborers, can locate them
easily.
Andreas Oleson, his wife and four chil
dren iverc detained on a charge of violating
the alien contract law. Oleson admitted
that the Mormon missionary promised to
give him wurk wnen he arrived.
THE DELAWARE KIVER.
Proposition to E. mov ■ Three Islands Which
Obstroct Navigation.
Piiii.ADKi.piiiA, June 19.— Plans am
printed of contemplated improvements of
the Delaware liiver, the cost of which is
estimated at 53,52.),000. It is proposed to
remove three islands norn the Delaware
which obstruct the navigation of this port.
It is also specified that the river shall be
canalized so that the width between tho
Pennsylvania and Jersey shores shall be
2000 feet The. present appropriation is only
$200,000, but a large additional appropria
tion will be asked for.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
An Old Lady Diea From Injuries Received by
Supping From a Sieving Train.
CriF.YENXK, June 19.— Mrs. J. M. Deamon,
for fifty years a resident of Honolulu,
stepped from a moving train in the Union
Pacific passenger-yards here this morning,
and sustained injuries which proved fatal.
Her left arm was crushed and has been
amputated, and the head was contused.
.She was en route to Springfield, Mass., with
her son and his wife. Mrs. Dramon was in
her seventy-third year. :
THE I'i.l 1II!I,KS.
Officers Elected by the National Conveotioo.
Tiir- N x< Meetine.
Denver, June 19.— : numbers' Na
tional Convention this evening elected
Kobert Griffith ■of ■■ Chicago President for
the coming year. Joseph A. McDonald of
New York was elected Vice-President,
Joseph E. Alrock of Chicago Secretary,
and J. L. Tom of : brooklyn Treasurer,
The next annual meeting will be held at
Cincinnati, .
M11.1.1.UV CONVENTION.
The Butterworth Adi-Option Bill Indorsed.
Election of Officers.
Minneapolis, Juue 19.— At tlio annual
convention of the Millers' National Asso
ciation to-day tlie principal resolution
adopted was one indorsing the Hutterwortli
Anti-Option Bill. A. K. Junes of Buffalo
was elected President, William Sanderson
of Milwaukee First Vice-President, 11. L.
Holliday of Cairo Second Vice-President
and S. 11. Seamans of Milwaukee Treas-
TUESDAY NIGHT' 9 STORM.
Further Loss of Life Reported by the Cyclone
in S-u'h Dakota.
Hueox (S. Dak), June 19.— Additional
particulars from Tuesday night's storm in
Pottar County are more painful than at
first reported. The reports of the loss of
the Werger family of five persons and of
Mrs. McElroy and her two daughters are
confirmed, as is also the report of two
deaths from the cyclone at Lebanon. Three
other deaths are reported. The loss of live
stock is heavy, while the damage to crops is
very great.
MJNSA I lii.\.\l; DUEL.
A R< sort to Pistols to Eettls a Quarrel Over
Fi-mily Matters.
Columbia ;S. C), June 19.— A sensa
tional duel occurred this evening on the
street between Dr. Roy of Congaroo and
Justice Weston of this city. The, men are
cousins, and young. They quarreled over
family matters, and whipped out their re
volvers and began shooting. Both were
seriously hurt
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Notab c Wedding.
CincAGO, June 10. -Rose Farwell, the
youngest daughter of United States Senator
Farwell, was married at noon at Lake For
est to llobart C. Taylor, member of an old
and wealthy Chicago family and one of the
editors of the weekly paper, America.
Contracts Awarded
Minneapolis, June X.— The contracts
for furnishing street-cars for Portland,
Seattle ami Tacoma have been awarded to
Robinson & Moen of this city. The N. W.
Thompson Company has been awarded the
contracts for furnishing tha power.
THE RAILROADS.
Annual Sleeting and Election of Officers of
the Nicaragua Company.
Derveß, June 19.— The third annual
meeting of the Nicaragua Canal Construc
tion Company was held at the ollice of the
company In Denver to-day. The followiug
named stockholders were elected Directors
for the eDsuing year, namely: Warner
Miller, A. C. Cheney, Alfred M. Hoyt, W.
L. Scott, J. F. O'Shaughnessy, J. W. Miller,
It. A. Lancaster, J. L. Macauley, N.
K. Fairbanks, Smith 51. Weed, Henry
K. Hoyt, Kobert Sturgis, Edward
Holbrocik. Messrs. Alexander T. Mason
aud Willinm B. McVicker came on from
New York to attend the meeting. The
officers of the company are: Warner Mil
ler, President; A. C. Cheney, Vice-Presi
deut; J. W. Miller, Secretary, and Henry
1!. Hoyt, Treasurer. The attorneys of the
company are Messrs. Daley, Hoyt and Ma
sou of New York. The company is at pres
ent actively engaged in the construction of
the Nicaragua Canal, work haviug been
commenced about October S, ISS'J.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
canal company the first annual meeting of
the Nicaragua Mail Steam Navigation and
Trading Company was held. The follow
ing Directors were elected for the ensuing
year: A. O. Cheney, Alexander T. Mason,
John T. Sproull, Joseph M. Munoz and
Samuel C. Miller. The company owns and
operates the line of steamers which ply be
tween the port of Grnvtown and Granada
ia the Uepublic of Nicaragua, by way of
the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua.
It holds lroiu I he Government ol Nicaragua
the exclusive privilege of navigating these
waters by steam. The greaier part of the
jnland commerce of the country passes over
its lines.
Chicago, June 19.— A. McKay, General
Freight Agent of the Michigau Central
Railroad, K. L. Sinner, agent of the Blue
Line, and Nichols, local agent of the Michi
gan Central, were put on trial in the Fed
eral Court this morning on a Statute of vio
lating the interstate commerce, law last No
vember, in carrying gr.iiu to the seaboard
at cut rates. Slade, agent for Charles
Counselman & Co., testified that a contract
was made between defendants and Couu
selman & Co., under which a number of
cars of grain were shipped to New York at
about 2 ceuta per bundled uuder the regular
rate.
Salem, June 10. — Articles of incorpora
tion were liled with the Secretary of btate
to-ciay as follows: The Coos Bay, Bose
burg and Eastern Railroad and Navigation
Company of Koseburg. Object, to build
and opeiate a railroad, telegr.iph line, etc.,
from the south side of Coos Bay, via Kose
buiß, to the eastern Hue of the" State. Tuo
capital stock is S-,<HX),iXJO.
Cleveland, June l'.t.— The backbone of
the switchmen strike was broken to-night.
The Erie yardmen and Big Four meu have
agreed to return iv work at the Lake Siiore
scale. The Lake Shure and Nickel l'lato
men are still out.
ITBMS OF INTEBBST.
A wren at East Bradford, la., built a nest In
the sleeve ot a gauueut that Had been huuK up
hi tl.e yaul to (liy.
'llio colored tlicmeu of Macom, 6a» will hold a
tournament on July yoih. Over 10,uuu meiucu
:.i : •■■■ !•■! to paiticlpate.
One of the sources or income ot Oxford Uni
versity is its well-managed press, which last year
turned ill £10,000 to Hie tieueral fund.
The explanation ot the peculiar density of
thunder-clouds is said to lie In the fact that the
vapor Is pailiaily condensed into drops by Hie
electrical action.
A snake was discovered coiled up Inside a
piano ai Sulphur Springs, Tex., the other day.
It fOUgnl valiantly before it was dislodged Iruin
Us musical liuintj and killed.
Ti.c I'iluce of Wales recently ordered an Ax
nilnister carpet made lv cue solid piece, with
Hvenly-sevei) Irregular projections, Vt lieu It
went, down It tilted like tlm paper on Urn wall.
The Egyptian Government has paid to Captain
Casail, in behalf of Kinin I'asha, more than
£0000 as Knilu's salary for seven years' services
as (iuveruor o( the equatorial province in Alucn.
Just a liuodred years ago last Thursday me
nisi steamboat went up [lie Delaware Kiver tro.u
Philadelphia lv Tietitou. It was built by a man
Darned hitch, unii propelled by oars worked by
steam.
The street cleanlns department of New York
has appointed three physician* to examine all
applicants lor positions on the force, to deter
mine whether they are physically nt to do the
work required.
A posiuiie-staiiip was recently found by a Con
nei'ticul physician in the e.u ot a little patient,
aud on Us leiuoval a severe pain, It which tllu
child li.nl suM-red uud which calmed the visil to
the doctor, disappeaied.
Boston clergymen kuow beauty when they
tee 11. One ol Hum the oilier day, In Hie cotirs-j
of a ECimon, declared that "there were never
more beautiful women man now, when Helens
and Cleopatias are pioducecl by the thousands."
■J he lSrlilsh Postufltije, which hi 1340, <iiitnb
uted 7U.UUO.UUU of letters annually, now dis
tribute* 1,000,000,000, exclusive ul post cards,
newspapers, eic. In London alone Ilia number
of letters posted aud ilisti iLu.oil annually is 85,
--000,000.
Two young miners in Hie Empire and Holleu
batk coHerim at Wllki^barre completed a rat
kllltue contest lately. Xbey were ac Hie work
one iiionili and $50 was Hi slake. The result Is
as lollows: McQuade killed 3510, weight 4375
uouuUs; iMclulyrc 8218, welxui 0828 pounds.
Winle a travi-liiiK circus was delighting tlie
mill operatives of Fall Itivsr, Mass., a poverty
stilckeu mother is said to Have sold her lour
year-old son, Michael MODU, to oue of the side
show managers for $35. The slue-showman
promised to make an acrobat ol the youngster.
At a recent dinner clveu by Mrs. Aslor, the
table-cloth and impery weie of ivory-white silk
and satin damask. Down the center of the cloto
was a toot-wide panel ol haud-wrougnl lace,
which showed beneath it rose-pink satin. lie
famous dinner service ol solid silver was used.
Somebody has made a bid of 2000 kreulzers
for tbec.isk In which me body of the murdered
coachman, Meyer, was conveyed from Denmark
to New Voi It and sent back. Trie barrel has not
yet rcacued its destination, but when it does
an he it will be taken to oue of the hospitals,
aud ti e self-confessed murderer, l'uilnt-ieu, will
be wade to unpack It.
How a Charge of Shot TrftTels.
When standing within a few yards of the
gun's muzzle at the time of discharge, a
person would be amazingly astonished were
he only alile to see the shot as they go
whizzing IV. Experiments in instantaneous
pbotogrophy have proved to us that the
shot not only spread out, comet-like, as they
fly, but they string out one behind tl>e other
to a much greater distance than they sproad.
Thus, with a cylinder gun, when the lirst
shot of a charge reaches a target that is
forty yards away, the last shot is lagging
along ton yards behind. Even with the
choke-bore gun some of the shot will lag
behind eight yards in forty. This accounts
for the wide swath that is mown in a flock
of ducks on which the charge of shot falls
just right. About 5 per cent only of tbe
charge of shot nnive simultaneously at tbe
target, but the balance of the iir»t half of
the charge is so close behind that a bird's
muscles are not quick enough to get out of
the way, although t'tose who have, wntched
sitting birds when shot at have often seen
them start as if to tly when the leading shot
whistled by them, only to drop dead as they
weie overtaken by the leaden bail. — Fiaak
Leslie's I. lnitiated.
RECIPROCITY.
A Pan - American Resolution
Referred to Congress.
Plan to Form a Customs Union With
Neighboring Republics.
The President Expresses Himself on the Sub
ject — Blame's Reply to the
Millers.
Special Dispatches to The Morniso Cali.
Washington, June 19.— The President
transmitted to Congress to-day a letter from
Secretary Blaino upon the subject of the
Customs Uaiun anil recommendations in
respect thereof by the Pan-American Con
ference. Blame suggests an amendment to
the Tariff Bill authorizing the President to
declare the ports of the United States Iree
to the products of any American nation
upon which no export duties aro charged as
long as such nation shall admit freu to its
ports the manufactures and products of the
United States.
The President, in transmitting the com
munication, says: "It has been so often
and persistently stated that our tariff laws
offered an insurmountable barrier to a
largo exchange of products with the Latiu-
American nations that I deem it proper to
call especial attention to the fact that more
than 87 per cent of tho products of those
nations that are sent to our ports are now
admitted free. If sugar is placed upon the
free list practically every import article ex
ported from those States will be given un
taxed access to our markets except wool.
The real difficulty in the way of negotiat
ing profitable reciprocity treaties is
that we have eiven freely so much
that would have had value in
the mutual concessions which such
treaties imply. I cannot doubt, however,
that the present advantage which the prod
ucts of these near and friendly States enjoy
in our markets, though they are not by law
exclusive, will, witti other considerations,
favorably dispose them to adopt such meas
ures, by treaty or otherwise, as will tend to
equali/.e and greatly enlarge our mutual ex
'chnnges. It will certainly be time enough
for us to cousider whether we must cheapen
the cost of production by cheapening
labor in order to give access to South
American markets, when we have fair
ly tried the effect of established
and reliable steam communication and
convenient methods of money exchange.
There can be no doubt, I think, that with
these facilities well established, and with a
rebate of the duties upon imported raw
materials used in the manufacture of goods
lor exiort, our merchants will be ible to
compete in the ports of ttie Latin- American
nations with those of any other country.
If, after Congress shall have acted upon tho
pending tariff legislation, it shall appear
that under the general treaty-making
powers, or under any special powers given
by law, our trade with the States repre
sented in the conference can be enlarged
upon a basis of material advantage, it will
be promptly done."
Secretary Biaine to-day received a tele
gram from the Chairman of the National
Millers' Convention at Minneapolis saying
that the millers are greatly agitated over
the report of an additional duty of SO cents
per barrel to be imposed on American flour
in i u!i i. thus prohibiting an American flour
trade, and asking for iuformation. Secre
tary Blame replied that he had no official
advice o* the subject, but if it was correct
the advance would make the duty SO 31 per
barrel, which is evidently intended by Spain
to be prohibitory. He added:
" It lias been constantly said here for the
last six months that Western farmers de
mand the unconditional repeal of tl.e sugar
duty. It is within the power of the West
ern farmers, by encouraging a system of
reciprocity, to secure, in exchange for the
repeal of this duty, the free admission of
their breadstuff* and provisions into tho
markets of forty millions of people, includ
ing Cuba. In my opinion tliis is the most
prtliuble policy lor Western farmers."
THE SENATE.
Hale's Amendment to tha Tariff Bill Beeard-
ing Reciprocal Treatiei.
Washington, Jane is. — Tiie following
Semite bills were reported and placed on
ttie calendar: To adopt regulations for
preventing collisions at sea; to authorize
corporations to become surety in certain
cases in courts of the United States.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appro
priation Bill.
Ail the committee amendments having
been disposed of the bill was opened to
general amendment.
Paddock moved to increase the salary of
the Commissioner of the General Land Of
lice from (4000 to $3000 and of the Assistant
Commissioners from S3OW to S3OOO. With
out action, the bill was laid aside.
The message of the President in relation
to reciprocal commercial treaties with the
Latin-American nations was laid on the
table.
In connection with it Hale presented an
amendment to be offered to the Tariff 13111
as follows: "And the President of the
United States is hereby authorized without
further legislation to declare the ports of
the United States free and open to all
the products of any nation of the American
Hemisphere, upon which no export duties
are to be imposed, whenever and so long
as such nation shall admit to its ports, free
of all national, provincial, iiuiiiicip.il and
other taxes, flour, cornmeal and other
breadstuff's, preserved meat?, fish, vege
tables and fruits, cotton-seed oil, rice and
other provisions, including all articles of
food, lumber, . furniture and all other
articles of wood, agricultural implements
and machinery, mining and mechanical
machinery, structural steel and iron, steel
rails, locomotives, railway cars and sup
plies, street cars, refined petroleum or such
cither products of the United States as may
be agreed vi on."
Alter eulogies on the deceased New York
Representatives— Nutting and Wilber— the
Senate adjourned. ::■•-.-
CENSUS COMPLAINTS.
Charges of Incomplete Enumeration and
Reflected District*.
New Yoiek, June 19.— Dispatches from
Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and other
points tell of dissatisfaction with the work
of the; Government census-takers. Com
plaints are coining fruin all placed that the
census, so far, is decidedly incomplete,
many districts not having been enumerated,
etc At Albany it is proposed to order au
enumeration by the city at once for com
parison with the Government work.
St. Louis, June 19.— From figures fur
nished by the Census Supervisor, by per
mission of Superintendent Porter, it is
estimated that the Government census will
place the St. Louis population at 430,000.
Complaints of careless work and districts
not visited are pouring in to the newspapers,
and it is probable that au effort will be
made to have a local count unless the Gov
ernment work is carried on to a fuller
ox teat.
CROP KEPOKI.
Condition of Fruits . and. Cereals in Cali
fornia.
WAsniSQTOJf, June 19.— The Agricultural
Department crop report Issued to-day con
tains the following about California from*
the State agent there: "Owing to the ex
cessively wet weather during the fall and
through the winter until lute in the spring,
it was impossible to sow as large an acre
age of grain of any kind as usual, except la
districts having sandy soil. Another cause
of the reduction of acreage Is a change In
the area of crops. : Much land formerly do
voted to grain is now planted to -orchards
and vineyards. The condition of grain,
also, has been injured by an excess of moist
ure. It being difficult to work the ground,
a large ' part of the early sown grain i was
drowned. Much of the deficiency will uu
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
doubtedly be made up by corn and root
crops, of which an unusual amount was
planted in the latter part of April and May,
and which looks uncommonly well. The
condition of apples is below the average,
and in many sections the trees are almost
stripped of leaves by caterpillars. The wet
winter has killed a great many trees.
Wherever the water lay on the roots of fruit
trees— which includes peaches, apricots and
some almonds and plums— the sap seems to
have stagnated and soured, and in many
cases the trees died when the leaves had
started and the fruit was half an inch ia
diameter. This occurred on hard subsoils
mostly. The fruit crop will not be much
more than 50 per cent of the full average
crop."
FEDERAL ELECTION BIL.li.
Majority Report of ths Committee Having tb.*
Matter in Charge.
■JVapiiingtov, June 19.— The Chairman
of the Committee on the Election of Presi
dent, Vice-President aud Representatives
to-day submitted the report of the Commit
tee on the Federal Election Bill drafted i a
pursuance of instructions by the caucus.
The report says, in part: The committee
believes that fraud, violence and corruption
exist to such a device, and popular confi
dence has been so largely shaken in regard
to elections in many Congressional' dis
tricts, that they have as little doubt of the
expediency of such a measure as this, which
they propose, aa they have of the. full and
absolute power of Congress to enact legis
tion of this kind whenever circumstance*
seem, as they do now, imperatively to de
mand it.
Two Petitions.
Wasdixctok, June 19.— Morrow to-day
presented the petition of Carlos Troyer,
Librarian of the California Academy of
Sciences, and other San- Francfscans, in
favor ot the Copyright Bill. He also pn
sen ted the petition of the Willamette Pulp
Paper Company, Lick Paper Company,
California Paper Company, S. P. Taylor &
Co. and the Corralitos Papal Mill Com
pany, objecting to tho omission in the re
vised Thrill Bill clause affecting papm
makers of felting. Tho omission practi
cally places the goods mentioned under the
general woolen basis, and increases the cost
of all felts for paper-makers' use. The pe
titions urge the California repies-ntativei
to try and have the difficulty remedied.
Withdrawn His Appeal.
Washington, June 19. — Charles E.
Green, by his attorneys, has withdrawn hi*
appeal from the decision of the Land Com
niissoner refusing to extend the time with
in which he must make proof of the reclama
tion of his desert land entry to a section of
laud in the Los Angeles district, California.
THE WINNERS.
Yesterday's Races at Sheepsnead, SL
Louis and Kansas City.
SuprrsnEAD Bat. June 19.— Tue results ol
to-day's races are aa follows:
First race. five-eiKhtlis <>( a mils (theFjim
stakes), for two -year-bids, AmuuUuce woo, Sal
lie McCiellau secoud, Terrltier third. Time,
1:01 1-5.
Second race, one mile, Major Duly won, Ken
wood second, Eon third. Tune, 1:40 1-5.
Third race (Volunteer handicap), for three
year-olds, one ami a quarter miles, Judge Mor
row won. Admiral second. Banquet third. Plata.
2:08 4-5.
i'ouiln race (SUeepsheal Bay handicap), ona
and an eighth tulles, Loantake won, tttridoaway
second. Castaway mini. Time, 1:55 3-5.
Fiflh race, one mile, Fordhaic won, Salvlnl
secoud. Defaulter mud. Time, 1:4:2.
Sixth race, one ami a irer miles. Philoso
phy won, St. Luke second, Zephyrus third. Time.
2:11 '*'•}•
St. Lonii Result?.
St. Louis, June 19.— The winners or to-day"*
races are as follows:
First race, oue mile, Sena won, Mini Archer
secoud, Mary X third. Time, 1:45%.
Second race, bait a mile, Liuliteow woo,
Carroll Reid second, Vale '81 third. Time,
0:51».i.
Third race, Brewers Cup, one and a Half miles.
Heron won, Newcastle secoud, Elytou (bird.
Time, 2:42.
Fourth lace, three-quarters of a mile. first
beat Dousmau won, Annie burge second. Harry
Ireland thud— time, l:lU'/a ; secoud Heat Harry
Ireland won. Duusmau second, Annie Burg«
thlid— time. 1:16%; third beat Harry IreUud
won. Duu«in in second— lime. 1:19.
Fifth race, on" and a quarter miles, Carter ii -
won. Lulu U second, Progress tin id. Time,
2:10 U.
In lii 9 fourth race, third beat, Dauim.in woo
by a good lie, but Ibe judges, after iHienine
to Hie yells of Ireland backets, nave the raco
to the horse that was beaten. The l> m-muii
men gathered at the judges' stand and protested
auitiu-i the injustice, Him President Green, who
bud .Mayor Tuonan in the stand beside bin), or
deied a Mjtiacl of police to keep Hie men quiet.
Nu ane>ts weie made, and Ureeu and Nihiii.iii
retired (rum the stand amid the jeers of Ilia
crowd.
Kansai City Winners.
Kansas (itv. June 19.— This was the closing
day of the Kansas City Jockey Club races. Tbey
resulted as follows: First race (handicap), far
two year-olds, aix furlongs, £d Leonard woo..
Minnie Elkin second. Time, 1:18 1-5.
Second i ace, for three-year-olds »nd upward.
one mile, li.l in let won, Cashier second, Spaldiue
third. Tune, 1 :43 4-5.
T!;lrd race (Siock-yard slaked for three-year
olds and upward, mile beats: first heat, pre
mier won, own Duke second, Friendless third—
time, 1:45 2-5; secoud beat, Le I'reuiler won.
Brown Duke second, Friendless third— time,
1:46.
Fourth race, for three-year-olds, mile and se»
euty yaids, Pilgrim won, Melbourne second,
Kchoruo third. Time, 1:52.
Fifth lace (Consolation stakes). for all ages,
mile and a sixteenth, John Daly wou, OsDorue
second, I; T thud. Time, 1 :64 4-5.
Mystic P irk Races.
Boston, June 19.— Following ate tbe results
of the Mystic Park races:
In tbe 2:40 class. Early Bird won, Maggie r
second. Taragon third, Pickerel fourth. Best
time, 2:28%.
In the 2:19 pace, Alexander Boy won, Country
Girl second, Li IS b (bird, X fourth. Beat time,
2:lU»i. ____!_
Fleetwocd Btei.
New York, June 19.— Fieetwood Park, 2:23
class— Abble B won. Eastern Boy second, CUj
ton third. Best time, 2:2tJVi.
In the 2: -3 class Qualei mister won, Royal
second, Isseaueua third. Best time, 2:21(4. ■
Uncle Bob Sold.
Chicago, June 19.— Tbe probable farorlteln
the Ameiicau Derby, Sam Bryant's colt Uncle
Bob, a son of Luke Blackburn, was purchased
to-day by Ueorge Hauklns of Chicago, the price
beiOK $15,000, 8-000 additional to be added
provided the animal wius me Derby Saturday.
On a trial to-day Uncle Bob aid a mils and a
quarter in 2:13.
Bayard's lips.
New York, June 19.— Following are Bayard*
tips for Sbeepsbead Bay: First race, Ueraldtna
or Phoenix; second, Eclloseor Lord Harry; third.
Major Daly or Tormentor; fourth, sir Dlxou or
FltzjameK; fifth, Ualllfet or Badge; slxto, Sor
rento or Tomboy.
A Seattle Man Robbed.
Raw York, June 19.— George R. Clark, a
miner, from Seattle, to-day caused the
arrest of Maggie Mitchell, a colored
woman, whose acquaintance he formed on
the street, lie claimed she robbed him ol
SHOO. Tiie woman was held and Clark de
tained as it witness.
California Frnit.
NSW York, June 19.— Representative*
of the California fruit-growers have sent
out circulars s-ivim; that owing to the par
tial failure of E istern green fruits this sea
son the products of California will bn
largely used here this summer.
Scrofula
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