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f:* u We Will i!0e M. Straw Hat, 8 nator Piatt's Amendment Making the Doty 60 Cents a Ton Rejected. The Committee Amendment Making Ike Doty 40 Cents Was Imme diately Adopted. Hunton, Kyle and Bnttz Testify Be fore tbe Bribery Investigating Committee. WASHUKJTON, May 23.—In the senate Senator PUtt's amendment, making the duty on iron ore 60 cents a ton, was laid on the tal le—ayes 82, nays 21. The finance committee amendment, placing a duty of 40 cents a ton on iron ore, was then agreed to without divi sion, at li»W URITTKKY IPFTESTRH AFLO*, Kyl«, HntWMd Butts U»fm Site »t« finmmltue. WASHISTOTO*, May 28.—The commit tee to investigate toe charges of bribery in the senate were on hand promptly at 10 a. m. in the room of the committee en privileges and elections. Senator Htm ton was at the meeting us a witness and remained with the committee about half an hoar, attd ufter he emerged from the committee room his son, Epba Hnnton, Jr., was called in and asked to state what he knew of tbe alleged ef fort to bribe his father. He was de tained only about 15 minutes. Both witnesses were cautioned by Senator Gray against giving the newspapers any report of the proceedings, the sens tor remarking that when this branch of ths inquiry should be concluded the proceedings would all be made public. Certain liatt* k :S' tp' kl i y WM th« Hsu. Both Senator Hnnton and bia son stated that C. W. Buttx was the man who approached Senator Hunton. The narrative did not differ materially from the story heretofore given to the press by Senator Hnnton. Senator Kyle was before the commit tee for mow than an hour and was 'in formed that he wonld probably be called again. He pnt the committee in possession of all the information in his power, stating that he was first ap proached by Bnttz about two months ago with the proposition to vote against the tariff bill and receive pay for his vote, the amount offered being $14,000. In reply to a question Senator Kyle said he was confident Buttz repre sented other parties, and the proposi tion, if it had been accepted, wonld bave been made good. Butts on th« Bt—4. Major Butts was the principal wtt» ness during the afternoon. He was ac companied by his attorney, £. EL Mc Gowan. Buttz was before the com mittee for about an hour and was excused with the request that he be in attendance again in the morning. He said when be left the committee room that he had been sworn to secrecy and could not reveal a word of the proceed ings, but fragmentary references to the proceedings leave little room for doubt that when the report on Butts' testi mony is published it will make very racy reading. He first demanded a transcript of the testimony of preced ing witnesses, but compromised by ac cepting a proposition that the reporter should read portions ofjthe testimony of j| the other witnesses which reflected upon him in any way. He explicitly denied any intention on his part To Orrapt th« Itastan. It is alsor understood that he politely declined to answer some of the more pertinent questions pnt to him by mem bers of the committee. Other wit nesses of the afternoon session were Duncan McFarlane, Senator Kyle's cleric, and James W. Walker, an at torney oi this city, who gave Buttz a letter to £pha Hunton, Jr. Mr, Walker stated that when Butu had v i •Jmr* ?*.• iH:"v. ,Am' A x-.r hereby notify the public that on Saturday after noon, MAY •im) ftlso om to CHAS. KAUFMAN & BROS. IRON ORE TARIFF. ESTABLISHED 1890. MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1894 between 86, the hours of 1 and to every farmer of Lake county, w&p visits our Store we 6, XV Bwwry man who works on the city water works that visits our ifcore between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock p. m. that day.' ONE PRICE CL0THIEK8. no other reason for wanting to know that gentleman. Mr. McFariane told how, alter Senator Kyle hud referred Bnttz to hiui, he hu 1 talked with him and made notes upon his conversation. He confirmed Senator Kyle's statement and laid exp.icitly that Bnttz had made a direct proposition to V ribe the senator to vote against the tariff bill. He also submitted his notes on lite conversation with Buttz. 1 Xarajoa CammitttBg Degradations. WASHINGTON, May 28.—The secretary of the interior has forwarded to the war department a request that troops in New Mexico be directed to arrest some Navtjo Indians, who, a report to the department says, are off their reserva tion and committing depredations settlers. KndorMd tho B«*tn«r K«M1iII« WASHINGTON, May 28.—The house committee on judiciary has endorsed the report of the Boatner subcommittee which investigated the matter of the injunction issued by Jndge Jenkins against the Northern Pacific employes. lafMtlgatlra* of Armor Flat*. WASHIHOTOM, May 38.—Tbe has adopted the resolution directing the naval committee to investigate the alle gations of fraud in connaettaa witfeHm armor plate contracts. OM«U of Mlnneupwlto, HISXMAPOUS, May 23.—The Brother hood os Engineers were the gnesta of Minneapolis during tbe day, coming ever from St, Paul on a special train luruished by the Milwaukee. The trip tvss made by way of Mendota and Mia lit-brtha Fall*. From the Milwaukee d-pot they were taken to Lake Harriet in special Interur ban cars. Most of the day was spent at Harriet, the return being made in time for a drive abont city. YrfpniTais# WEST SUPERIOR. Wis., May 23. —The new steamer Northwest, the exclusive passenger steamer of the Great North ern railway, will leave here on her ini tial trip June 8. There was a rumor current that the boat drew too much water too get through tbe Soo canal. This is emphatically denied ly the gen eral agent. ah Water at L* LA CVOOM. CROSSE, Wis., May 28. —The stage of water here is higher than it has been at any time since 1880. The levee and coal docks are partially submerged and residents in some portions of the city have I een compelled to move out. Four mills have been obliged to snspend op erations. 8. A. K. SMtmpiMtt. DAWSON, Minn., May 23.—The 10th annual encampment of the First regi ment G. A. K. veterans, will be held at Dawson on June 18, i4 and 15, under the auspices of Cassius Fairchild post. Extensive arrangements are being mads and it is expected that a large crowd will be in attendance. A»k«d Pnr a DWfATtR, Ills., May 28.—StockftoWers representing a majority of the $50,000 capital stock of the Scott Manufactur ing company have ssked Judge Vail to appoint a receiver for the company. They claim that the company is in solvent and being run at a loss. 5u«d For Seventy TbannoA Sioux CITY, I I„ May 23. —Katherine Pritcbard of California has commenced Suit here against A. S. Garrettson and W, H. Silsberhorn of Sioux City to re cover $70,000 on notes given in a Eadsal (CaL) stockyard deal. 4 tflsiMiaUk Snn/lajr School Conveatfoa. ST. PAUL, May 23. -The first session of the 36th annual convention of the Minnesota Sunday School association was oftened in the Dayton Avenue Prss byteru»n About 4W llrltgMtftT *eent. yd were pr^ Iff i§t t. I rv-Y S s v'vW 1 jM it WATERS SUBSIDE. Worst Is Now Over in the Flooded Districts of Pennsylvania and Kew York. Half of the City of Willfamsport If Now Oat of Water—Story of tH# flood There. No Estimate of Losses Yet Possible* But They Will Beach Into the Million* PHILADELPHIA, employ him as und had given May 588.—Reports from Williams port and the territory north of there, indicate th it tbe water is failing as rapidly as it rose. Half of tbe flooded district is clear of water* but the other half will probably be cov ered for some days. Mud and debris of all sorts is piled up everywhere. The portion of the city that remains under water is inhabited mostly by poor peo ple, and there is much suffering. A citizens committee has already been formed to relieve the pressing necessi ties of the homeless people. The West ern Union telegraph operators are back in their office, and communication with the outside world has been resumed. When communication with the out side world was cut off at 2 o'clock Mon day morning by the breaking of the wires, the river had overflowed its banks sast and west. It rapidly came up and spread out over the city, and by e*rly Tuesday morning it was impossi ble to get anywhere except by the of boats. Tbe ni*ht was On* of Trrrlkl* KiportoaeoMj, The water came np so rapidly in some parts that the people in their houses were compelled to flee to the upper stories for safety, and were rescued from there by heroic boatmen .hundreds of whom risked their lives to save oth ers in dxnger. To atld to the unfortu nate situation, the electric light and gas 1 lants were early crippled, and the city was in darkness after 8 o'clock. Half the lig boom, containing 150,000,000 feet of logs, went out shortly after mid night. The other hnlf went out about 4 a. m. The logs in the milh^long the river, as well as thousands of feet of sawed lumber, and portions of mills were swept away, and the loss to the lumbermen is as great as it was in 18$y. Costljr liridcn Swept Away. The Market street and Maynard street bridges, which cost the toastiy |200,000, w*re carried away early Tues day, The Reading railroad bridge at Muncy, an imposing iron structure, was swept away. All of the wooden bridges in tbe neigh I orhood are gone. Tbe flood reached its height at abont 10 o'clock Tuesday night when the water began to slowiy go down. At that time it was about 82 feet high, which WM within 1 foot and 10 inches as high as the flood of 188V. Many of the smaller home* along the river banks were swept away, and others that were flooded were from 6 to 10 teet under water. The business portion of the city suffered less than in 1800, owing to tbe reason that th« warning came in good season, and goods bad e«*: taken ont of the way of harm. A remarkable fact is that not a single life appears to have been lost. Rumors of many drownings have been heard but so far not a single one has been confirmed. Koporin From Othor Patau, In Renova, Lovkhaven, Bellefonte, Clearfield and Driftwood, the water has receded and the work of clearing away the deoris has I een started. Tbe Schuylkill river at Phosnixville is 18 feet above low water mark and is still rising. The entire plant of tbe Pbuenix Iron company is submerged to a depth of from three to eight feet and operations have ceased. The banks of the Schuylkill canal are broken badly in a dozen places, and almost 100 fam ilies has been compelled to move out of their bouses. The borough waterworks are submerged so that no water can be pumped into the reservoir, which is last running dry. KtVSR9 FALLlXa AT PimBUBQ Hfjroad tk» Flood ins of Vaetorio* Ho Sorloo* Dani*ff0 Wm* Ooati PITTSBURG, May 23. —Tbe rivers reached a stage of 23 feet 6 inches in this city, and are now falling. Beyond the flooding of the lowlands and the stoppage for a day of some of the facto ries along the banks of the streams, no serious damage was done by the high water. The weather is clear and the worst is thought to be over. The rivers are reported falling at thei headwaters. DA*IAG£ AT OLXCAH. A XamWr if S«a«« Waahod Away—All CrofM Rained. BUFFALO, May 2iA special to The Express from Olean says: A Urge number of bouses were swept away during the night and outbuildings were carried a Way y ihe debris. The mills lose only a few logs, but a? Gordon's mill, which is owned by Frank Lyter, almost the entire stock of logs is gone". Lumber was carried away in piles. The bridges of the Western New York and Pennsylvania were carried out. All stores are flooded. The water has driven scores of people from their homes and roiled all their household mrwt«. Smalli»x at l)abnqa«, DUSCQCE, May 28. —A case of small- •ox developed here during thf day. i,t« victim is a laborer named Uie smallpox district in ,k\ •i.tV ,(!•', ~t.1 15, Dooley Chicago. -*7 i vV/. f'U hi to'AITam X.ATE eBBAK If c*nt Ovt rtftf^w Wall *****t tioiift* SHt !.. IU PCICBLO, Colo., May 5^8.—Governor Waite, in an address here, cLss-ed Con-*, gr8»seian Bland, whom be claims soldi out $ilvfr in ibTB, with Voovltttsi and Caiiiiie in their surrender to the foes of siiv^l He advocated coinin/ Mexican doilsrs xo be u. -d as leg-l tender in Coloffd •. He exvj:e«»ed tha hojw that, the teilot would »oon overthrow the, domiaation of Wall street, but if that was dot successful, tbe man who wonld not hire his breast to bullets was not man. Adamant General Tarsnef made a few remarks and »aid that unle** some thing was done, the blood spille-l when Coxey's men were ciubbed at Washing ton wonld be tbe first in a new revolu tion! Ul/lbLK TO PltO*BCCTflrf. Att(»'rn» y U«n*ral of K*M«a« Deelars* tfha rinmti r» Auoclntlnii tnnipiriiejr. TOPKKA, May iI8.—Attorney General Little has given an opinion that the Master Plumbers' association of Kan sas comes under the provisions of the state trust law, and tbat the members in combining against non-members are subject to criminal prosecution. The organization was entered into to con trol the business of dealers in plumbers supplies and to prevent those not be longing to ihe association from making purchases from wholesale dealers. "fcrmaim a ifyntwrjr. ter. PAUL, May 28.—The body of the unknown mau, who committed suicide Sunday nisjhi by jumping into the Mis sissippi irom the dock at tbe foot of Sitiley otreet. has not been recovered. The identity of the suicide remains as mttch a mystery as on tbe night of his death. There is nobody reported "miss ing'" from St. Paul who answers the description of the suitide andjthere have been no inquiries at police headquarters concerning his identity. Sa .ta Fo Bmpinjrti Laid Oft TcPtKA, Kan., May 28.—Between SCO I nd 400 Santa Fe shop employes were laid fT under an order issued by General ua^er Frey. An official said:x "The reason for this cutting down in the force is very simple to un derstand. Oa account yf poor business the earnings of the road have not been what the receivers anticipated and it is necessary to k»ep tbe expenditures withm the receipts.'* CIKCIKXATI. May 28.—The supreme lodge of the Knights of Honor increased the per capita dues of grand lodges to the supreme lot tee from 80 to 40 cents annually. New York was selected over Louisville for tbe next meeting, thoaec oud Tuesday in June, 1895. The lodge decided that absolute proof of death, and not mysterious absence should be required in order to secure an inewrence benefit Hrltiith XtlltU Will Colebrata. WASELNOTOS, May 28.—The state de* partment has granted permission to the militia of British Columbia to cross th® border with arms and equipments and participate in the Fourth of .July cele bration at Seattle, W ash. The permis sion was granted at the reqnest of the Washington State delegation. Several regiments of the militia are expected to WEWS CONDENSATIONS. _Th« Ohio grand lodge Knights of Pythias is in session at Springfield. The remains of Edmund Yates will be cremated on May 24 in Woking cem etery. The Reading and New England rail road has begun burning hard coal in its engines, on account of the scarcity of soft coal. Rev. A. H. Heath, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, St. Paul, has resigned. He will probably go to St. Jobnsbnry, Vt. Enwei Perry, late editor of The Globe, Worthington, Minn., died at Sibley, la., of Brigbt's disease. He leaves a wife and child. The St. Paul city council is kicking on bills presented for stamping ont tbe smallpox cases at Midway. Several of the claims they think exorbitant. A strong detachment of sailors from the United States cruiser Chicago is ex pected to take part in the international fire congress parade at Antwerp June 10. The suit of John Rasmussen of Sib ley, la., against the Omaha railway for |2o,000 foi injuries received in a rail way accident in October, 1893, has been coiuoxomissd for *A Infant Newspaper DtatL ST.PAUL, May 28. -The Evening Poet, which was started by a number of the employes of the defunt St. Paul Daily Newe, is dead, aged 19 days. ^eeeph rmf kw opin ion of poets. He says, "There never was a man who was a poet, or addicted to the study of poetry, but his heart was puffed np with his own greatness." Crude oil is an excellent polisher and cleanser for both floors and furniture of all aorta except highly finished wood, such as mahogany or birdseye maple. An tsditor, in acknowledging u of a peek of onions from a subscriber, says, "it ia inch kiitdnyaaus iMa faring tears to our eyes -•A"- 1 1 1 v I. MX-i V LACKED A LEADER That Is Abont the Only Reason a Mob Failed to Lynch a Murderer at Des Moines. Excitement at Hir/h Pitch and An other Attempt May 9* Made to Get Them* There Was Also Considerable Talk of Lynchitur a Woman at the Same Time. DES MOINES, May Wl.—The mob around the county jail whi -h threat ened to lynch the murderers of Con ductor Ridpatb, was dispersed abont midnight when an alarm of fire was turned in, and a man was seen running away, after whom the mob charged. He was not caught and was apparently trying to get the mob away. No un usual demonstration occurred during the day though publie sentiment is at a high pitch and another assault may be made. The announcement to the mob that the prisoners had been taken to Win terse was not elieved and there was much talk during the day of lynch ing the three murderers and Mrs. Michael Smith, who poisoned her hus band, but no outbreak occurred, the mob lacking a leader. BOW AT PRXMABIXSL ^Hfty Shot* Ftrod nt a California Politleal Meetine—Somo Fatalitlwa. HANFORD, CaL, May 28.—Word has reached here that a battle occurred dur ing the progress of a Republican pri mary at the D..llas school bouse, about 18 miles south of here, which resulted in James McCaffrey being instantly killed by William Ryan, and James O. Ryan, father of William Ryan, being mortally wounded. The messenger who brings the tidings of the shooting says that a dozen men were in the bat tle, and that not less th 50 shots were fixed. Officers and physicians have gone to the scene of the tragedy. XO CONTKMPT OF COURT. Chicago Bloctlon Commissioners oharged on Railroad Properly Sold. DXSVKR,CO1O., May 28.—All the prop erty of the Colorado Eastern railway, including 8,860 acres of coal lands in this county, were sold at trustee's sale to satisfy 6 per cent bonds amounting to $500,000. The Knickerbocker Trust company of New York, trustees for the bondholders, bid in the property for $70,000. Sold tha G«*«ramsat Baildiag. WASHINGTON, May 28. Secretary Carlisle has accepted the offer of private parties at Chicago for the government world's fair buildings. An intimation has been made that private parties who hove bought the building will sell it to the Atlanta authorities for $25,000. The amount realized by the government is not known. Wisconsin Trtaiary Cases. MADISON, Wis., May 28.—The Baetz and Kuehn treasury cases, which were to be argued before the circuit court during the afternoon, have been post poned until later in the week and may come up Thursday. About |W5,000 in terest is involved, the state claiming that amount from ex-treasurers. Postponod a Hone Sato. LEXINGTON, Ky., May 28.—Colonel William S. Barnes of the Melbourne stud, H. P. Peadley of the Beaumont, and James B.Ferguson of the Kingston, have decided to postpone the sale of their thoroughbred yearlings from next Monday to August 18. Paddling FarnaoM ROSUM* ASHLAND, Ky., May 28.—Eight pud dling furnaces resumed at the Norton, Iron works, while the rolling and nail! mills are both on in full, with assurance of a coke supply. The blast furnace will go on next week, placing the entire plant in motion. An Attornojr Held. DULUTH, May 21.—George W. Post, the attorney charged with suborna tion of perjury in connection with laud office frauds, Was given a hearing be fore Judge Carey and held to the United States grand jury, which meets at St. 1'a.uJ in June. Bail was fixed at ei.OOflL i.j I.'v» Stoak OrownodU PHLOX, Wis., May 08.—The dam at this place has gone out, carrying large quantities of logs and several barns down stream. Much live stock was lost in life rushing waters. No human lives havi* beeu lost so far as known. JSnSlr* ranilf Polaoaed. PE»C, ind.. May 28.~William Sei fert, his wife and five children, are dan««. n^Iy ill from the effects of trici «:s in packing house sausage. Th it-e vt tbe children are in a critical I 'I'7'1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. An Iaaaranes Aet Void. SPRINGFIELD, 111*., May 23.- Shirley, in tbe Sangamon county circuit court, decided against ex-State Auditor C. W, Pavey, holding that the Illihois insurance act of 1869, which authorised the auditor to retain $5,000 per annum as his duties performed in the capacity of an ex-officio insurance commissioner is void. Iowa MiaoTC Oal DES MOINES, May 28.—Three hun dred and twenty-five miners have gone out at Coal ax and 115 at Dureath. The Rock Island is consuming 75 cars of coal daily and receiving but 25. The situation" is grave and traffic atari* suspended. LATB«T MAKKKT REPORT. Wllwankno Grain. MILWAIJKBS, .May M. ISM. wHSAT -Market weak, nominal. No. S eprtnK. »-&c: No. Northern, 04c July, 66)4e. COKX—-t**acly. No. 3. 37^0. OATS—\Jarx»t firmer. No. 2 white, No. 1 white, SiSt&iT^c. "r" ^BARLEY—steady. N) S, CTYFC F|| lU'K-Lett Bcttve. No.!, *04c. #*. Pant Union stoek Yard*. south ST. PACU May I SSL HOGS—About 5® 10 lower than Saturday QO»^^ «ood: yards cleared early to packers CATTLK—Meady and active a good de mand for all grades. Prime steer*.. $». 0 good ateera, S&a*| prime cows, (&i.« good cows. |2.^. coram a t» fair own, ii ligut Veal calve ^j.tio&t. heavy calves, $3.0U@ 4.00. Blocker-, 7u£Zjt feeders, tS.St«SJS( bulls, Sl.GOiji'.jKi, e- .KKPaND LAMHS-Steady. Muttons, t%.CQsi3 ,,0 mill », ^tockera an I feAdu.- !. t»i3.U0. M«Hjeipt-, Cattle, 8)0. hogs, «0, sheeji. 100. DU- B*b*a* Corpat, CHICAGO, May 28.—Election commis sioners, W. A. Hutchins, P. P. Keenan and Henry Shomer, who were fined $1,000 each for contempt of court by Judge Chetlain, were discharged by abea* corpus proceedings, in an opin n rendered jointly I y Judges Tuley and Sears. The commissioners were fined by Judge Chetlain for refusing to produce election ballots before t^e gran jury, and this decision frees them from all liability to fine or imprison ment. FRE8I1 GROCERIES DRIED FRUITS CANNED GOODS 'Honest John' TRUSS, The Finest Ti umr in the market. 1 New Invention I -fm snails oalves, 10 i- Mlnnonpoti* Grata. .MINNUAH r.T MayS, isst. WHEAT- ay ope ied c: liighest, M%: cl ^e, 5r*|c Ju.y op. niiij{, .owwt, i.7^c htgtius: 7% close, 57^e September opentnK. highest, lowi st, close, fififko n'lru k—No. i u irJ Sic No. 1 Northern, 5J!TS "J -No. xirtli'jrn, 5»c. IHSsui Uraln. OoLurM, MayII, U«^.M WHEAT— Na hard, oa-ih, .940 May, W'4" Ju y. No. 1 N »rt:iern, ah, 8J Miiy. -»uiy, 7?£n .•'eijiea» ')", 57^ No. Nortiwrn, cash, No. •«, rejected, 011 Track-No. i No them, to arrive, i CUteticj L.vn Ht'ick. CHIC\O, ..AYXS, iwt CATTLE—fteidy. Prime to extra native steers, til. 15 4.4J. ~aedimo. V 3.S3 /.4.U others, v 1. .S!L ii6»o Marita -o hiithar than yesterday. itoti.i) jtoavy ji't.S joixeil and pacxera, pritU* ueivy iiti tiutclier weights „..»0: i li^iu, H.K i..(.4.«r^. SU tJ£P ANiJ LA •. B.-s—Hot.1 a tntle 1. igher. Top hhoep, 54 .iltut.SO to,» iamb $4.75(fi&.35. lie Onttle, 1, boss, i-S,10 «,0uo. K Chioafo Grain aal Provision*. CntCAO », May Si, SSJI. WHEAT—Eaa,-. LVli, lie: July, :fl^c September, "»«&:&•. De ember. 81^-. CO£..— Steidy. (Ja^lt, o7c July, STlfc: 8epte uU?r. •. OA i-S-su-iwIy. Cash. '4^4c July, SOMrc SepU':i, licr. (i^,c 'i i K -Lower Cash ft 1 TO /my, $1L77M »R©CKMlie«, FRANK BALDWIN MAS Opened up a general supply of 1 "i etc in 0. E. Kelley's old stand, corner west of the Postoffice, and will deliver to all parts of the city. GIVE HIM A CALL. BLACKSMITH. BLACKS WITH SKOP. Horse shoeing a Specialty Shop adjoining Klot/.bach's livery barn. GEO. BIRRAN. imrua C- H. WOOD. -DEALER IK- PB.UGS and MEDICINES Fttft STATIONERY, B!ls Wall Papers ail Ctiolce Perfumes, Prescriptions carefully compounded or nigh BO AN AVE. MAI M- J" if S! SACRIFICE :\t A Three lot*, 2 lou*e», gt»od ell and CiPterny, mIMO turt* ui... «jt« houee. Kftitf fir 131 pCK mootb. Term*, part cacb, balance 0 montw time. Addre.a Geo. Hickb. MADISON, S V i S V 1J\