The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
September 9, 1890

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PP'WjKp"' Kane. Htorlcl Soctoty liWiihil ailtj mk YOL. Xin, NO. 97. WICHITA, KANSAS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1890. WHOLE NO. 1974 A FEW TAKIFF AMENDMENTS UN DISPOSED OF. Mr. Plumb Vainly Attempts Avoid a Deficit by Higher Liquor Tax. to Pig-ires Adduced by Him Showing That the Pension Law Will Increase Expenditures Enormously, The Duty on liner Sugars Increased Machinery for Beet Sugar Placed on 'the tFree.LiBt Sorghum's Piiends 3Tot Strong Enough Eanm Investigation Closed Capital Notes, "Washington, Sopt 8. Tho house bill to set apart n certain tract of land on which tho big trees stand in California as a pub lic park was passed without amendment. The conference report on the river and Larbor appropriation bill was taken up tuid agreed to without discussion and 1 it bout a vca and nay vote. The tariff bill was taken up, the debate en the bill and amendments to be limited to thirty minutes for any senator on any one subject. Mr. Plumb offered the amendment of "which he had given notice on the 30th of August, imposing a tax of $1.25 per gallon on disti'led spirits. Ho said that he of fered it because he believed that it would be necessary to have additional revenue, which would be thus provided to the extent of &21,50S,000 to meet tho require ments of the government. The reduction of the revenue which the bill asit had pass ed the house would effect had been esti mated at S71.000.000. By the restoration of the tobacco tax in tho senate that reduc tion had been diminished to $00,000,000, qualified by tho somewhat ambiguous Matement from the finance committee that 5f importations were kept up on the pres ent scale ("notwithstanding the increase of duties) the reduction of revenue would be only about $20,01)0,000. Mr. Plumb went on to give a result of the appropriations of tho year and to argue that expenditures for future years would not fall shot t of those of tfiis year and would in rogard to pensions, etc., largely exceed them. He estimated tho cost under the new pension bill at $50,000,000 at least. Tl ete would be added to the list of pensions widows and dependent parents to the amount of at least of S10.00 ,0U0. and there would bo added he believed at least 400,01)0 isoldiors. In fact he should be greatly sur prised if in the next thiee yeats the pay ment on account of that law would not amount to fGO.000,000 a vcar. Mr. Berry asked Mr. Plumb how mnny implications had already been leceivcd un der tho new pension law. Mr. Plumb gave the number at over 40i).OO0. Mr. Berry recalled the fact that Mr. Davis (who had charge of that bill) had said that he was satislied that not more than 200 000 names would be added to the pension list under it. Mr. Cockrell There will be between C0O.O00 and 700,000 in all. Mr. PlumD said ho had uo doubt but that there would bo between 70J.O0O and 800,000 applications under that law Ap propriations under it would amount to 4450,000,000 a year w ithin the next three or four years. J le continued his summary of uppiopriatioiis and said theie would have to be addcu to them the amount that would bo required under the direct tax bill fiom the French spoliation claims, for the international fair ami under the elec tion law he thus ostimated the expendi tuies of the government at $4.0,000,000 and its revenues at $400,000,000, and snid that a deficit was just as suio as the rising of the Mtn. If his amendment were incorporated in the tariff bill it would add $120,000,000. After further debate by Messrs. Wilson, Gorman and Dawes, Mr. Plumb modilied his amendment by making it apply to all w hisky hereafter produced or withdrawn from bond. The vote was then taken and tho amend ment was leiected. Messrs. Ingalls and Plumb voted for the amendment, Messrs. Vest and Cockrell against it. Mr. Vance mined to icduce tho duty on card elotluug from 50 to25eents per square foot. He jet ted. '1 he siiLar section was then taken up, the lminedi ite subject under considera tion being the finance committee's amend ment to paragraph 223 imposing duties on all sugars above Xo. 13 Dutch standard. Mr Snermau urcurd against tho amend mei't and in favor of the house proposition which would allow all sugars under No. 16 Dutch standaid, (including good quality of blown sugar largely used) to come in Jree of duty. Mr. Allison opposed the committee amendmont and favored the house propo sition. The amendment was agieed to yeas 20, nays 23. The following is the vote on the committee amendment increasing tho duty from 4-10 cent to 6-10 cent: Yeas Mosms. Aldnch, Allen, Butler, Cameron, Casey, Chandler, Haw ley, Dixon, Dolnli, Kustis, Evarts, Fre, (iib son. Hale, Hoar. Sawyer, Stewart, Stock biidge, Teller, Wash bum 20. Nays Messrs. Allison, Barbour, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Carlisle, Colquitt, Cullom. Edmunds, Faulkner, Gorman, Mitchell, Morgan. Pugh, Ransom, Sher man, Spooner, Vance, Vest, Walthall, Wilson of Iowa, Wilson of Maryland 23. Mr Quay olfered an amendment pro posed In him on the 1st of August fixing the duties between No. 13 and No 10 at S-Mofacont per pound; between No. 16 nnd No. 20 at 6-10 aiid above No. 20 at 1 cent. Mr. Mandcrson nddressed himself to Mr. uuay samouumunt wnicn no moved to amend by putting the proposed duty of 1 cent a pound on all sugars above No. 20 at 8-10 cents a pound instead of 1 cent. He illustrated his remarks bysnerimens of the vnrious grades of sugar from No. 16 up to No. 20. Mr. Quay modified -his amendment as suggested by Mr. Manderson. Mr. Gorman opposed tho amendment as in the interest of the sugar refiners, giv ing them an absolute advantage. The re Jiners had now, he said, all that they wanted. They had triumphed by the x otes taken nnd which meant in their pockets millions and millions of dollars. Mr. Quay's amendment was rejected xithout the yeas and nays. The next question was on the finance committee's amendment to include maple sugar among those lor which a bounty is to bo paid. Mr. Edmunds advocated the amend ment and claimed that maple sugar fell within the same scope as otner sugars. It was business of small farmers. Mr. Blair also advocated it nnd men tioned the annual product of maple sugar ns .50,000,000 pounds. Mr Cnrnsff declared himself opposed to all sugar bounties aud therefore opposed to their extension to maple sugar. No small farmer, he declared, would ever re ceive a cent of bounty for maple Migar, le cause under the bill no bounty would be paid unless the product by one person was at least ."00 pounds, and he did not suppose that any farmer in the country produced so much maple sugar unless it might be in Vermont. Mr. Edmunds assured Mr. Carlisle that in t lie state of Vermont there w ore a thous and farmers who produced more than S00 pounds of maple sugar aunualh. The amendment was agreed to veas SO, nays 25. All the other "aniundinoiits. re- ferring to maple sugar were agreed to and the time" for filing notices in connection with claims for bounty was fixed for-July 1, (instead of January) each year. Mr. Frye offered an amendment to pay a bounty of 1 cent a pound on sugar from imported molasses. Mr. Fryo's amend ment was rejected without the yeas and nays. Mr. Manderson offered an amendment for the admission free of duty of machinery for tho manufacture of beet sugar and for the refunding of duties collected on such machinery since January 1, 1890. Mr. Eustis moved to amend the amend ment so as to extend it to machinery for beet and sorghum sugar. Without coming to a vote, Mr. Aldrich said he would try and have all the amend ments voted on tonight so as to have the bill at the stage of the third reading to morrow moraine. He also cave notice that he would, for the committee, offer an amendment that the bill shall take effect on the 1st of October, 1890. The senate then took a recess till 8 p. m At the evening session Mr. Casey ad dressed the senate in favor of the recip rocity proposition. Mr. Eustis' amendment to the amend ment was rejected without the yeas and nays, and Mr. Manderson's amendment was agreed to yeas 43, nays 11. The neg ative votes were given by Messrs. Butler, Cameron, Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, Gor man, Gray, Hearst, Teller, Reagan and Wilson of Maryland. Mr. Gibson moved to reduce the sugar test from 80 degrees by the polariscope to 76 degrees and argued that 4 cents a pound bounty on the sugar produced in the Uni ted States would be neutralized by the European bounty of 2 cents a pound on ex port sugar, so that there would be really free trade in sugar. Mr. Cullom addressed the senate in favor of recipiocity between the United States and other nations, especially Mex ico and Central and South America. He opposed reciprocity with Canada. He referied to a remark of Lord Salisbury in an address to a London club some months ago to the effect, in speaking of the Behring sea difficulty, that the United States was such a suscep tible nation that Great Britain could not negotiate "at the top of its voice." He re garded that remark as insulting toward the United States, and expressed the hope that the time had come when the diffi culties with Great Britain and her de pendencies would be settled (honorably to the United States) in open day, and that Loid Salisbury would not be allowed to whisper the secretary of state out of American rights. The debate on reciprocity continued until after midnight, and without action on Mr. Gibson's amendment the senate adjourned till 10 a. m. tomorrow. INVESTIGATION CLOSED. Messrs. Eaum and Lemon Prove a Match for Mr. Cooper. Washington, Sept. 8. The Raum inves tigation was resumed today and Mr. Lem on was called to the stand. Ho read a prepared statement which was to the ef fect that as the first charge did not con cern him, ho had nothing to say. As to tho second charge, which referred to himself. he said that he had known General Raum for twenty-five years. His financial stand ing was high and his endorsers were men of reputation. So when he wanted money to open up his mining property witness endorsed two of his notes, one for $2,000 and one for $10,000, which was subsequent ly extended. Respecting tho charge that witness se cured undue advantage from the complet ed files order, ho siid that the completed files order was not novel in principle but that it had been tho practice of the office for years, toward the end of a fiscal year, to pick out such completed cases and dis pose of them. That had been done by Commissioner Black. It was a wise prac tice. Tho charge that Commissioner Raum had given him any advantage in the completed files was an unqualified false hood and, f ui thermore, it would bo an ab solute impossibility for tho commissioner to favor him. He could not do it if he would. Ho (Lemon) denied in tho broadest terms that the order was asked for or intended to apply to his case or in any manner to favor him over other attorneys. It was a gen eral rule against which nothing could be said except from ignorance or malice. Witness had never asked anything from Commissioner Raum nor any other com missioner to which he was not entitleu as an attorney. Unfair as Mr. Cooper had been, he invited him to come to his office any day and examine every case and every employe. He wanted him to come in the front door like a man and not hunt up dis charged clerks. That would obviate tho necessity for making baseless charges. At the conclusion of the reading of the paper, Mr. Cooper cross-examined the wit ness. He asked what witness' fortune was to which witness promptly replied: "That is none of your business," and re turned the same answer to the next ques tion as to the amount of his annual in come. Mr. Cooper then returned to the attack by asking of witness if ho had not been charged with forging Mr. Colfax's name to a certificate. Witness replied that he had not. If the committee desired to go into that ho wished to be allowed to call wit nesses, as it related to a transaction twenty-two years ago. General Raum had first sjioke to witness about money matters in January before he became commissioner. When witness proposed to make an or der like the completed files order, under discussion, Deputy Commissioner Lincoln objected that its effect would be to turn all of the force out of office upon witness' case, but that was a wrong belief. The completed files order was made January 6, and witness endorsed the note January 7. Did not then known that the order had been issued. The order was not a sub ject of conversaiion himself and tho com missioner wnen tne enuorsemenc was made. The effect of the order upon cases in the ordinary files was beneficial, as it reduced the files in number to encourage effort to complete cases. Mr. Lemon s testimony having been con cluded, Mr. Cooper renewed his request for tho production ot the dooks oi tne re frigerator company, asserting that they would show the refrigerator was a fraud, and that the commissioner had been ma nipulating from tho pension office a fraud ulent scheme. The committee would not be doing it, full duty if it failed to turn the light upon that enterprise. Commissioner Raum said he was pres ent to answer charges of official miscon duct, aud had done so completely. The committee had seen tho stock book of the company. He denied that the refrigerator was a fraud. Mr. Cooper knew that he had sold no stock to pension office em ployes. The men who penned the ij ing articles knew they were lying when tliey wrote them. There was "a conspiracy in this case and Mr. Cooper was being used as a tool to break down his (Raum's) credit. The committee saw the papers day by day filled with lying articles Mr. Cooper knew that the charges were a dismal failure and could not be sustained, and he wished to drag in other things so as by hocus-pocus or hook and crook to in jure him (Raum). He should rest on his legal rights and refuse to have his private business dragged out by Mr Cooper. Mr. Cooper insisted on the necessity for the production of the books as the best proof of the stockholders and declared that the commissioner's testimony had been contradicted by Mr. Sniyer, who had also told the minority members of the commit tee that he had not paid a dollar into the stock. The committee, after a private consulta tion, decided that it would reserve its de cision upon the question until it had an opportunity to ascertain the extent of its powers to compel the production of private papers and t hen adjourned. JEWISH EMIGRANTS. OnKssA. Sept. S. During the last ten days 700 Jewish families have left Be -djschofl for England, America and Aus-trailia. CAPITAL BILL UP IN THE COUNCIL. Mr. Brown, of Logan, 3Ioves Postpone Action Until October 7. to Considerable Talk Indulged In Without Any Determination Being Eeached Little Business Done. Aid Measures Again Take TJp the Time in the Assembly Several New Bills Introduced and Pour New Com mittees Appointed The Day's Proceedings. Special dispatch to the Dailr Eaele. Guthrie, Ok., Sept. 8. The council was called to order at 2 o'clock. On roll call twelve members answered to their names. The journal was read, amended and adopted. Mr. Brown, of Oklahoma, introduced concurrent resolution No. 2 praying that congress provide for the prosecution of crimes committed in the Indian reserva tions. Adopted. Mr. Brown, of Oklahoma, also introduced concurrent resolution No. 3, memorializ ing congress to repeal the sooner law. On motion it was read a second time b title and referred to the committee on federal relations. Council bill No. 6, an act providing ad ditional officers for the council and house, was read a third time and referred back to the engrossing clerk with instructions to be re-engiossed. Council bill No. 7, an act locating the capital at Oklahoma City, was read a third time. Mr. Brown, of Logan, moved that con sideration of tho bill be postponed until the first Tuesday of October. Mr. Brown, of Oklahoma, said the soon er the bill was settled to better. Mr. McCartney said the location of the capital was a secondary question and should be postponed. Mr. Bixler said the bill could be passed in the time Mr. McCartney was debating the motion. Mr. Brown, of Logan, said the consider ation of tho bill would occupy two or thiee weeks of the council's time. Mr. Linn wanted time to go to Okla homa City and view the place to see if it was a fit location for tho capital. Mr. Pittman moved the council adjonrn until 9 o'clock tomorrow. Mr. Brown, of Logau, wanted to be given time to close the debate. Mr. Brown, of Oklahoma, called Mr. Brown, of Logan, to order under tho rule which provides that no bill shall be set for consideration more than two days ahead of time when the council xvassitting. Mr. Foster, chairman of tho ways and means committee, was given permission to report the council bill providing for as sessment of property and collection rates. The bill was reported to the committee of the whole to be considered in the morning. Adjournment was then taken until 9 o'clock tomorrow. THE LOWEU CHAMBER. The house met at 2 o'clock this after noon with Mr. Jones again in the chair. The minutes of Saturday's session were rend and approved. Mr. Merten allied up house bill No 10. Mr. Terrill stated that house bill No. 10 and council bill No. S referred to distribu tion of aid and shou Id be referred to a con ference committee. Then ensued considerable wrangling over the disposition of these bills. Mr. Terrill moved that the council be requested to inform the house as to its ac tion on house bill No 10. Carried. Mr. Terrill was appointed a committee of one to interview the council. The council returned house bill No. 10 to the house for indorsement and it was ordered indorsed. The following committees were ap pointed: Printing Terrill, Adair and Merten. Public lands and buildings Talbot, Peery, Barker, Post and Clark. County and township organizations Mathews, Talbot. Long, Merten, Adair, Farusworth and Trosper. Liquor trallic Adair, Neal, Colson, Robertson and Talbot. Permanent location of the capital Jones, Neal. Terrill, Waggoner, Merten, Tntt, and Talbot. Mr. Long introduced house joint resolu tion nnd afterwards a substitute which provides for a committee on stock raising and veterinary regulations. The council returns house bill No. 10 not concurred in and asks a conference committee on the bill and on council bill No. S; Messrs. Colson, Talbot and Clark were named as the com mittee. A message from the governor notified them of the appropriation of $47,000. Mr. Campbell called up house bill No. S from the committee nnd moved that it be referred to a confeience committee. Car ried. The joint house resolution No. Sand amendments were indefinitely postponed. Mr. Mathews introduced houe bill No. 15, relating to fees of county officers. Alexander Reeves, of Hennessy, request ed that house bill No. 15 be sont to second reading and referred to the committee on compensation of public officers. Mr. Talbot introduced bill No 1G, an ed ucational bill, which is a copy of council bill No. 8. Referred to the committee on education. Mr. Waggoner introduced houe bill No. 17, providiug support for the poor. Re ferred to the committee on asylums and public chanties. OTTAWA UNIVERSITY. Special Dispatch to the Daily East. Ottawa, Kan., Sept. S. Ottawa univer sity is making progress. A now building for recitation rooms is in process of erec tion, aud the contract has been let for a young women's dormitory. This is the opening day, Dr Johnson, the new presi dent, delivered his inaugural address to a crowded chapeL A larger number of new students have registered than ever before, and the outlook for the coming year is m every way favorable. NORMAN'S FINE PROSPECTS. Norman, Ok., Sept S-ecial Corres pondence, Norman is one of the towns of Oklahoma that lias not been seriously af fected by the drouth, and her business men say that the town is not dead by any meaus. It does not take a stranger long to le convinced of this fact when be sees our handsome new depot and capacious stock yard-, the cottoti gin in full bbtst and the elegant Uew buildings which would be a credit to any city Norman has the only cotton .gin in the territory aud on Saturday ginned the first THE bale of cotton ever baled in Oklahoma. The cotton was bought by Elledge Hart ley. The cotton crop will be double the amount estimated and the amount brought to Norman will noiJ fall much short of Sl'.O.OOO in value, and should there be no frost until November the amount will exceed that one-third. Work will commence on the Hendricks hotel in a short time and it will be one of the finest in the territory. New corn sells on the streets at 40 cents, and quite a number of our farmers will, have plenty of corn to sell. A large acre-' age of fall wheat will be sown. No one in this part of Oklahoma fears the drouth as it is conceded that If farm ers will seed early they will never fail to raise a crop. KANSAS SUPREME COURT. Topeka, Kan., Sept 8. In the supreme court the following cases were disposed of: The state of Kansas vs. Mount Gatliff; error from Sumner county; submitted. Harriott H. Wood vs. Malcqlm Nichol son; error from Wabaunsee county; sub- mittad. Charles G. Scrafford and Joseph P. Cone vs. J. M. Gibbins; error from Nemaha countv; continued to October. William N. Flett vs. Mary F. Stout; mo tion for rehearing overruled. J. B. Watkins vs. Peter P. Houck; mo tion for rehearing overruled. State vs. E. H. Creditor; motion for re hearing overruled. The state of Kansas vs. George Hart; continued to November. The state of Kansas, vs. John jEigle; con tinued to November. The state of Kansas vs. Jame3 M. Beat ty; continued to No ember. O. J. Bessell vs. city of Girard; submit ted. The state of Kansas vs. Bob Hastie; error from Sumner county; submitted. State vs. Robert Filney; continued to October. Missouri Pacific Railway company vs. Marber, administratrix; submitted. School district No. 3 vs. Spooner R. Howell et al.; submitted. Missouri Pacific Railway company vs. Harry Gedney; continued to October. Missouri Pacific Railway company vs. N. E. Harrelson; continued to October. Robeit McGee vs. George Kroh; sub mitted. Nicholas McAlpine vs. Mary A Powell; submitted. Delia Abvey et al, vs. W. B. Grimes Dry Goods company: submitted. AV. S. Strowger vs. E. C. Sample; con tinned to October. The following attorneys were admitted to practice before the court: J. C. Nichol son, of Newton; J. W Ady, of Topekn; L. S. Barnett, of Alma; E. Hogan and W. H. Brown, of Kinsley; Geo. Horn, of Topeka; W. C, Spangler, of Lawrence; J. H. Crider ouu tu. su. xiuuueu, ui. roil, ocuiu THE ATCHISON FAIR. Atchisov, Kan.. Sept. 8. The annual fair of the Atchison county agricultural society opened today with a good attend ance. The display in all the departments is the finest in the history of the society. The speed ring will be one of the features of the lair. About fifty horses from Kan sas, Missouri and Nebraska, are here and as many more will come during the week. Thursday is Alliance day and will be a b g day as J. P. Willetts, the Alliance candi date for governor, will deliver an address. Friday is G. A. R. day. The fair will close Saturday with an old settler's reunion. THE CLEABINGS. The Story of the Nation'a Business as Told by the Banks. Boston. Mass., Sept. 7.-The following table compiled from dispatches from the managers of the leading clearing houses of the United States shows tho gross ex changes for tho week ending Sept. 7, 1SO0, with rates per cent of iivase or de crease, as compared with the correspond ing w eek in lti&ii Cities. New York ioston. Chicago 1'btliulelpMn M. Louis San Francisco Plttslmn,' Hiltlmnre Cincinnati K.m-Jis City ltulliilo l.oulsvlllo Mtluuukee hew Orleans. Detroit loelanrl Minneapolis Detner Omaha I'rovilence St. 1'iul Columbus Duluth Klclimoiul Memphis l)alU Indiunapoli St. Joseph Waliin,ton Pforia &0.4-'l 2:1 TsesW Sl.ST4.0ai! 2ii6A73 31 lil.lOi 13.UH.771 1 ll.Wit3U i'MilW.' i-V a o S3'. 3.01. 31 i U 21 3 7.:i.G7V 15j b! 7.7alJ.7 2.7 S.UMt.UUl) 7.!M7 M'ri.125 5.011 IKT .if.Viw 2JT .(Ml 1.KKV4M l.yil,tii7l l.l V l,t,.3 l.yw,oiu. i esiiiTl 33 y 38 1'. 2i 8 0.3. 41 A i5 1 4 T 2'6r 8) 4 3 4,. 17 41. J 1M 1,UU2J J l.WM-8. 1 t! New Haven Portland. Ore Kort Worth Portland. .Me s.priimld llirtford Tanmui Worcester Wilmington. Del Wichita Grand Kapld Sioux Citj OaUpston ISirrolngham Norfolk i.ii.,jyr .ss.-..i iue lb 4.1 5 1.012.1 u& 1.11T.IS5! i.i,;u ,atl.t&0 IflGJfti 79 3' 11 J 744.lt.! 2 4 iriu.tiooi 777.-4S3I 11. a, tosla-Ji 927..K5 eO.Sl 6,W.3S! 211 522J).... 7M.Ttrf 60.2. UllJXtt, t!W,t0 tt,vm 51IUMJ' 40UA X.Uth THS.JU, 34J.101 i.iyj.uTti (.hauanoosra lies Mo-lnea Lowell Lincoln Lesinston. Ky.. New Bedford los Angelc Topeka. Montreal Halifax 11 I 2 a 12 2 Total Outside New York it LU4 720.7.0 5i4y.ji SI 13 s M0EE FIENDS AT WORK They Attempt to "Wreck a Train and FirQ Upon a Flagman. Pocghkeepsie, N. Y Sept. S A des perate attempt was made tonight to wreck the fast St. Louis and Chicago express which leaves New York on the New York Central at 6 p. m. The tram was stopped for a dancer signal south of Old Troy, which i S00 yards south of New Hamburg drawbridce Two minutes previous the flagman had discovered several ties stand ing endwavs in the curve near Old Trov and when he took hold of one of them to remove it he was fired upon from the bush es from the east side of the track Know iug that the fast express was nearly due, he ran southward and set the signal which stopped the tram The flagman said the tie stuck up above the rails and would certainly have thrown the tram from the track. The fast train was composed of seven or eight sleeping cars, all full, two ordinary coaches and a baj;gace car. There were eight ties on tse up "main track There were also two ties placed alongside of the rail toward the .south so as to ditch the train. The train passed here half an hour late. A TERRIBLY CRAZY FARMER. CcfCDfNATl, O SepuS. AtDHmasoville, Ky., Mr" P. F. Wakefield, a farmer, pre sumably insane, set fire to his dwelling awl tired a shotgun at his daughter while she wxs trying to save some oi her cloth ing, the shot taking effect in her shoulder, ntck and back of her bead- He then ran into the honse, saying he would burn him self, but hi wife," after a bard struggK dragged him out. Neighbors then arrived and took the man in charge. The house wa wholly destroyed. 1m WakettekTs injuries are not necessarily fatL DELEGATES TO THE B.L. F. MEETING. Sa Francisco. Cal.. Sept. s. A special train CHrryintr "Ji delemtes to the second bteaninl eoftventkm of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen amnsl here yx;er day afternoon from Chicago. A THE DISASTER AT SP0KAXE MOST TERRIBLE. Eighteen Dead Bodies Taken Out With Twenty-Seven Men Yet Missing. Fears of Exploding Remaining Blasts Stop the Work of Recovering the Victinu The Men in Charge of the Work Blown to Atoms Some Miraculous Escapes Carelessness Plainly the Cause of the Calamity The Eecord of Mishaps. Spokaxe Falls, Wash., Sept. S. Time only heightens the horrors wrought by the premature explosion of a blast in the Northern Pacific freight yards here Satur day night. At 11 p. m. the men engaged in the sad task of taking out the mangled victims were forced to desist because among the rocks which were being cleared away were five other blasts that might be exploded in the task of removing the muss of debris that buried the victims. Up to that hour eighteen bodies had been taken out. Of these the following have been identified: Henry Jacobini Veyeller, Henry Aptell. Charles Veyeller Andrew Puelonella, F. A. Holm, Josegh Ray, John Cartlinio, James McPherson. Roy Pinknev. 13. Vit ter, J. Talbo. Henry Jacobini, Henry Ap tell, A. W. Warren. Isaac Johnson, Dan McArthur, Homer Olson. There are yet twenty-seven men unac counted for, all of whom are probably buried underneath the mighty mass of rock. The men were given no chance for life. It was either instant death or slight injury. There were about 200 pounds of giant powder in tho blast. The accident was caused by someone's carelessness. The man in charge of the blast and three assistants were blown to atoms. It is the custom to prepare blasts and charge them, and at the hours of 12 noon and 0 o'clock, after the men had left work and gone to a place of safety, toshoot them. In this case, however, it seems that one blast had been prepared and the foreman, C. McPherson, was preparing a second. The men had all finished their work and were putting on their coats and picking up their lunch pails ready to go to their homes after their day's work, when they mot with a horrible and unexpected death. Either the rock wns too hot from the action of the drills or el.se tamping ex ploded the second blast and that exploded the first. A man who was tamping paid the penalty with bis life. A man who stood beskle one who was tamping escaped with slight braises, although 20,000 cubic feet of rock were hurled for hundreds of feet in every direction. Another man who was near the deadly blast, and who was supposed to be dead, was seen shortly nf ter the explosion in a half-crazed condition walking around with his clothing torn to shreds. The men were working in n cut levelling off the ground for the new freight yard. The cliff of rock on tho side of tho cut which was being removed was twenty fi et high. The blasts are so ar ranged that the rock is thrown toward the cut. Not anticipating the blast about thirty men were under the cliff wheu the blast exploded. A great mass of rock and earth raised in the air and pitched over into the cut, burying tho men beneath its awful weighL One of them had time to luu, but a few escaped in a miraculous manner Over 100 men at work in the ad joining cuts, at once were on the scene of the terrible accident, aud began with pick and shovel to hunt for the buried lnxlies. From all over the huge mass of rock groans and shrieks issued, and the air was lilled with horrible noises nnd the appeals of the wounded and dying. A short half hour and all was still except for the work ingmen, who, pick in hand, with the light of lanterns worked late into the' night re moving the dead bodies. A TERRIBLE WRECK. WnEELIXO, W. Va., Sept. 8. About I o'clock thi3 morning the east and west bound freight trains met in a terrible col lision on the Baltimore Ohio road at Board Tree tunnel, about thirty miles east of here. A wrecking train has been sent out from here. The company refuses to give any particulars of the disaster. It is known that both engines nud a dozen cars were entirely destroyed, and the wreck took fire. Engineers Do mi nick. Kell and Charles Tncketry and an un known man, supposed to be a tramp, were almost instantly killed. The fate of the firemen is not known. Baltimore, Aid Sept. 8. The report received by the Baltimore Ohio people of the collisiou of freight trains last night at Littleton, alieady noted in Associated Pros dispatches, is in substance as fol lows: Both engines and several cars were badly damaged. Engineer D Kelley bad his right leg broken and is slightly burned about the face. Engineer Charles Luthke was shchtly injured by jumping from the locomotive, and Fireman Lee is badly scalded and Brakeman Landon is seriously injured. The cnue of the collision is now the subject of inquiry by the railroad com pany. ENGINES COME TOGETHER. Lockport, N Y Sept S. At five min utes past 5 o'clock this morning, two North Shore limited trains, one going east and the other coing west, collided with temffic force on the Central track near the station in this city. Knanne flW of the train going east was telescoped by engine 735 of the western train, and they now stand locked together, with their smoke stacks nearly touchine each other. The baggageman, W A- Fielder, of New York, was instantly killed The engineer of en gine 735, Edon Bradley, of Syracuse, sus tained compound fracture of both legs and the fireman, William Harden, alv of Syr acuse, received r. bad flesh wound of one thieh and a severe cut on the head. o other injuries of any account were report ed, although the passengers of both trains were badly shocked by the force of tho col lision. FIRED BY LIGHTNING ALT0O5A, Pa, Sept S. A few minutes before noon today a bolt of lightning which descended from an almost clenrskr. struck the large block at the corner of Eleventh avenue and Twelfth street, in which is lo cated the office of the Pennsylvania Rail road company. The building was soon ablaze, and was entirely gutted by the fire. (ire.it damoce was also done by water and a large number of papers and okl records were destroyed All the clerks escaped bt there were several narrow escapes from suffocation. All railroad bu-4ne-s is tem porarily suspended. The loss is heavy. A BARGE GOES DOWN, Port Hmos. Mich S S. Tbe barge W K. Tremble, in low of the steamer Blancfeanl. was nta into by the steam barr Whilmore in the rapids opptshc Fori Gratiot at an early tki Biornw; and soak in Lkinj-Ure fee of water Tfce Tremble was sfrfit open and went to the bottom in two miauim. Alt tbe crew suc ceeded in makiiic their escape except a jottfts; mm aoaitd WlUtem Me3iw, wbo was drowned. THREE MORE DEAD. SAUDA, CoL. Sept. S. Three of the parties wounded in the wreck below Flor ence died yesterday at the Rio Grande Hospital here since last night. One of the injured men now at the hospital said that there were actually twenty-eight per sons Kuieu in tne wrccif, msieau oi nve. His story is believed here. HEAVY STORMS PAXTOK, 111., Sept. S. -This city and vicinity were yesterday afternoon visited by a heaw rain accompanied by a hurri cane which inflicted great damage to shade trees, buildings and crops. THE HARRISONS' DAY. CRESSOX. Pa.. Sept, S. President nar rison and Mrs. Dimmick were tho guests of Ex-Congressman Ward and wife, of Chester, Pa, this morning, in a. drive about the surrounding country. The par ty covered about fifteen miles In their drive and did not return to Cresson until after 2 o'clock. The' visited the villages of Loretto and Galla'tzin, and one or two other small places in the vicinity. A Ion g stop was made at Loretto, where is located a famous Catholic convent, established nearly 100 vears ago by a Russian prince named Gallium. As the party were leav ing the village, a large crowd of boys ran alongside the carnage and cheervd the president repeatedly, and he acknowledged the compliment by removing his hat. Further along tho road the car riage passed a ragged urchin on foot and the occupants were some what aniused when ho made a mock salute and yelled. "Ah there, Hnrrison." On their way home tho president sug gested that they get out and gather some wild flowers nnd all obeyed with alacrity. Upon their return the president thanked Jlr. Ward cordially for his entertainment and insisted that he and his wife take din ner with him. Mr. B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg, gave a tea this afternoon in honor of the president and his family. The president received a private telegram early in the afternoon predicting the suc cess of the Republican ticket in Maine by a majority of 1 J,000. He evinced great in terest in the election nnd remained at his cottage until late in the evening rending the returns, most of which came in from off the Associated Press bulletins. ON DISTRIOT BILLS. The Fugaciousnes3 of a Quorum Bothers the House. Washington. Sept. 8. Prior to the read ing of the j'ournal Air. Anderson, of Kan sas, raised the point that there was no quorum present. The etrort of the speaker pro tern to count a quorum proving una vailing a call of tho house was oruered. The call disclosed tho presence of 15(1 mem bers and the sergeant-at-arni3 was dls patched after the absentees. Mr. Cunimings, of New York, raised a laugh by the request that the Maine dele gation be excused on account of political illness. (Every member of this delegation was absent A quorum having appeared, further proceedings were dispensed with and the journal of Saturday's proceedings was read aud npproved. On motion of Mr. Crain, of Texas, a bill was passed to create a port of entry at PLigle Pass, Tex., instead of at Indiauolu, Tex. On motion of Mr. Evnns, of Tennessee, a joint resolution was passed granting the Use of the United States military reserva tion at Chattanooga, Tenn., for a public park. The floor wns accorded to the committee on the District of Columbia, the 'lending question being one to recommit the Atkin son bill, with instructions ro report it back with an amenument requiring the Ualti niore Potomac railway to remove its depot in Washington to the intersection of Maryland and .Virginia avenues. After debate tho motion to recommit the bill was lost yeas 42, nays 11, tho clerk noting a quorum Under the rules, this vote without fur ther action recommitted tho bill to the committee of the whole and Mr Atkinson thereupon moved that the house go into such committee. The motion was agreed to. The entire afternoon was consumed in the consideration of the measure, but when the committee rose and reported the bill to the house, with a favorable rec ommendation, a quorum had vanished and the house adj'ounied NO EXTENSION PROBABLE. Washington, Sept. 8. A heavy lobby is in Washington at this time endeavoring to bring pressure to bear upon the presidmit to induce him to countermand his order directing the cattlemen in tho Indian ter ritory to move their immense herds from the Cherokee strip by October 1 It in es timated that there arc half a million head of cattle in the Cherokee strip and vicin ity, and it is urged that the driving out of this immense herd would break the cattle market at Chicago and Kanww City and cnue a bic drop in the price of uroxped beef by flooding the market with the southern steers. It is stated upon tnot excellent authority that the drottsed beef dealers Armour. Swift, Fairbanks and others induced the president to give the cattle men such a long time of grace in which to move, as their presence in the territory is entirely illegal and they could be driven out upon a moment's notice. Secretary Noble, however, has told the president he thinks the cattle mon will foe just as unwilling to move a year hence as on October 1, and the president will prob ably refuse to extend the paternal protec tion of the governmf nt to the dressed beef industry any longer than tbe date named in his order POSTAL CHANGES. Washikotov, iypt 8. The following new pobtotticeM have been established. Alma, Cherokee nation, L T John B. Smith, postmaster. Hillcoat, Kinney county, Texas, Fredor ick Hillcoat, postmaster The postofilee at Macomb, Gray county, Kansas, will be discontinue Sootember 15. and mail after that will go to Knsitrn. Railway postal clerks between CtidwHl, Kan and El Keno, Ok will extend the run. beginning Heptrnber 'J, to Minco. I T increasing the distance filtrvu miles and making the whole distant 13 miiea At Monon, Stanton county. kansax, .Mrs M- J Strceter. has been appoint! post mistress, vice G. W. J-u Clair, resigned. THE PRESIDENT'S WORK. CBBScOV SFfitXGfc. Pa. Sjpt 1 The president started in to work early thl morning and ent a budget to Washington in the first roiL It contained the nomin ation of Charles Seonlle, of Indiana, a surveyor of customs for the port of Kraa ville. Ind He also isauk! ac executive or der in pursuance o a f-ctlon of the naval appropn&tKm bill providing for tbe ap pointment of a comrniskfi to wlect a suit able site for a dry dock on the Paclik eoant north of the northern boundary of Cali fornia, AM AGED ILLINOI5AN DEAD. Spwncfiklh, TO., Sept. 6t Colonel James H Ma then y, Jndge of the probate court of Saaxamen county, died yesterday after an illness of thirty hours. He wax 'jra in Sc Clair rovcty. HUsoix, and wa 72 years of agv He came to Springfield In ll, and at tbe time of bis death w& pr bam tbe oMat reorient of th- city He hid maaj- paMte potxtt. i&ciadieg tbe ofliee of drtiuty ckrk f U supreme court, memberof tbe ooootitdttonal enmvutUm of ISs, and clrrk of the Saagaaott nrctwt court He was ik-ttteaaat eoJoael rf U Thirteenth Ilunots rottutir lafaatrv darmg tar war f the rA4litm In h" wa b-rtfcd judge of tbe SMKfao county court by tb Dtaocrat. vtm rwrnlarfy re-elected" rerj tear yar tar e afW ami died is oOkr He ww a memi-sr of many secret sfWti. tarlo4te' tfce (inuMi Araj, Msimmk, CMo rato Klks. aad rsrlwp mad mom 'jponfcrM at ciety cataorim al oW tmuim' jricatat ts&a any man is tbe state. THE Chairman Manley Estimates Goy ernor Burleigh's Majority at Above Fifteen Thousand. Speaker Heed's Majority the LargestJJrer Given Him Forty-Five Hundred tho Estimate. Returns from One Hundred and Fifty Towns Show a Democratic Gain of Twenty-One on Goyernoi Ding ley's Majority Nearly Four Thousand-Other Politi cal Items. AUGUSTA. Me.. SodL S. Chairman Man ley, of tho Republican state committeo, tonight sent a dispatch to President Har mon, as follows: "Maine gives the largest Republican mnj'ority sinco 1SJ, and n larger majority given in any presidential contest sinco 16S. excepting lsM nud liJ3 "Governor llurleigh is nvele"ted by a majority exceeding 15,000. Sucakur Ib-ed is re-elected by u majority the largest bo ever received, exceeding -l.fHW Represen tatives Dmgley, Uoutellu anil Miltiken are re-elected by majorities ranging frowi 8.WW to 5,0)0. Tho Pinu Tree state ondorww yourndmimstration and remains Hrm In its advocacy of protection to American In dustries and American labor WHAT TUB KIGUItES SAT. POKTLAXD, Me Sept S Tho totnl vote of Portland is: For governor llurleigh, fl,570; Thompson. 2,1-,T; Clark, 141!, For congressman Heed, 3,"4b; Frank. 27100. Hussy (prohibitionist) 77 Four Republi can legislators are elected and one Demo crat, the latter ou account of local di satisfaction One hundred and fifty-ono towns give Burleigh H0.799, Thompson 21,000, Chirk tW, scattering COl). I-Jist time Burleigh had Jte.lftJ, Putnam 2S.8TJ, Cushlng 1.1W, scattering KI4 The Republican plurality is 9,7i0, against i,S20 two years ago, a Domocratic gain of 21 One hundred and twenty five towns gave llurleigh Cti.bOl, Thompson lb, 111. scatter ing l,17r, Uurleigh'H plurality H.WJ7. Tho same towns in 1NSH gave Rudolph 33,47(1, Putnam 24.74(5, scattering 1,(335, Burleigh's plurality 8,1130 Ono hundrrd towns gnve Burleigh 22, 128, Thompson 14,772, scattering 1,030, Bur lelgh'a pluralitv 7.3.VJ The same towns in 1SSS gave Burleigh 27,223. Putnam U,lb5, scattering 1,387, Burlolgh'a plurality 7,2. IN IIKED'8 DISIRICT. Forty.threo of the flftv-threo towns In tho First district give Ileed lfl.502, Frank 10.830, scattering 45 Reed's plurality ijsrs. The same towns in 18fe8 gave Reed lfl,5ll, Kmerv 14,!irJ, scattering 3S0. Reed'a plural ity 2.15JS. Twenty-one towns gave lived 10,373, Frank 7,064, Reed's pluralitv 3,809 Tho same towns in 1588 gave Heed 11,118, Kmery 9.7S.S, Heed's plurality 1,7W) There is great enthusiasm in tho city over the remilt of Reed's election md n big meeting was held in tho city hall with an address by Hml, under the auplces of tho young men's Republican club. THK VOTK TOIt DI.N'GLKT. Lewiston. Me Sept H Returns from a large portion of the cities nnd towns in the Second district shows that ex-Governor Dmgley is re-elected to coimrvn by noarly 4,000 majority over Alln, Democrat. tsevunty-llve towns give Burleigh lfl,7O0, Thompson 12,383, scattering 877; Btirlnlgh'a plurality 0,320. The same towns in USvi gave Burleigh 23,21)0, Putnam lORSkl, taat tenng WW", Burleigh's plurality 7,0W. The election passed off very quietly in LewiHton. There was a. good deal of scratching and u smaller vote than usual was polled. At noon tho vote was vory evenly divided. At Auburn n good vote enrufj out, tko Republicans leading well. J1CCH 8CRATCHl.NO AT DANOOK. Bangok, Me Sept. 8 In Bangor todnr the hlirheet vote for voars was tndled anil there was great scratching of tickets. Men who have ben in pobtics for year say they have never known anything like Uin mnnner in which tickots are being cut. Tho result in the city U greatly In doubt and Republicans are claim big tbe otty by over 200 at the outMdr. Tho prospeat ft good for the election of at Inast one Demo cratic representative, but nothing defliiHo can foe told till the entire vote Is counted. Extreme quiet characterized the eleotlou proceedings. THE CROSS CASE APPEALED. Paris, Tex, Sept 8 The defendants In the Cross munler aie filed their Titian for writ of error to thi supreme ecmrt to day, which was allowed by Judge Bryant without ball. Tbe following is tk sub stadre of tbe petition. "Your petitioners, each of them, aver that the- natd circuit court of tho eastern district of Texai. at tbe tlmo the alleged crime is ally's, to bare beon committed, bad no jurisdiction to try aad punish f-feo'-s committed in the a(d territory or district of No Man's Land, or neutral stript that the said court did not bsvo, has not now and never bas had the power, authority or jurisdiction to try and punish this Alleged offstHMf that the jurisdiction assumed and ,i.wifl in this case in rendering the judxnet aihI pronouncing the Mntenco is wholly w warranted and unauthorized by tbe biw. They further arer that tb lftdtotmont does not charge all or either of tbom wttk any crime against tbe Untied titatta, W with any violations of Its laws. The bill of 'xrpttons U v.t fortii Is a pamphlet of ninety four pages. TVsnty nin errors are aaiged, watch aaake aa other pamphlet of Munu pgm. TIm owih plete record of the oeuvi tnakot 2d,(fX) words. MORGAN ON THE SEVERALTY PLASI. Chicago. I1L, ipc a Jrl T. J. Morgan, UalU-d 3 ttmuwtaifcinsff Indian affairs, left Cbiauco Urfs nrmttox on a tour of bssecUoa to rartoias IjmUaa reservation! in tlte wt, xp-rux la absent atxmt ty days. He mM. "I aaa heartily la favor dividing taw rwwvrratfcm land la severalty a' U Indian, far we have tbe Isods to do It and the tadina ars now la tbe btSMr mi acceoctog We can giv of the n-trrtioa Umm KB aorm to every mm. wom aad eMfcl t tb race and Ull aav mi VUtOJM aorw Jr 9fi)e4ad parpem." Vttmrul rftortffta aM fe was also Is fa vor of tbe work oi salar edaaatbwt Ur tb- Indian at ta exfie f tfe aatWal govenunent. ORGANIZING aNTHEGCi-UOfYSTEM. 3K&A1JA. M SfH. Tbo brtWfcU of Kst. rtf wuw, a wH tti w. Beak e asa aad imdtieUtr heM a closed auua in bf Uudajr Cor la parj of taritrtav Mrutkm of lrtumit oa the C'eawJ systaar Tin- todjr ra ta iatow alt ilka a(torsoa, boa wiau iliirtdww was arrivad at ooaJd aot be lanraed. an mrf wmm. aa-acaacJM-d apsa tint xabjac. was as rtSaat as the xrsve. Bed ftoai ta afoafaaoe mt Sbe Man waargflag: fe ialf tastWac vary AtAmdty tsmtt. iur We anrlved at. MAINE'S REPUBLICANS DO BEST FOR YEARS. rTili m-r,M'-t .ilMi-f"':-'iiM----i-Mt!liMiIi i in iitwmi t fi frr -i ulr 1 1 iiiirriltn