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posed upon the House the fluty of preparing a revenue bill. It is Its duty to Fay now whether at this time the conferees shall adhere to their position. He evoked a burst of applause when he declared that the adoption of the pending resolution would be an Instruction to the conferees not to recede from the position the Democrats of the House took when they passed the Wilson bill. He referred, amid continuous evidences of enthusiasm, to the moral eouracf exhibited by the Hou.-e conferees In standing out against the Senate, amendments. The long service of the Southern members in this body, he said, entitled them, according to all the rules and customs here, to tne places upon the committee which they occupy. "We must bear in mind, however," he fail, "that we have seen them sacrifice the private Interests, if we can so call them, of their own sections to the poor, shivering and wretched of the North, to whom they gave free ore, fre coal and iheaper clothing. The great leader (Mr. Mills) who began the tignt in this House, although from a wool-growing State, said that if tree wool would give the people of the country cheaper clothes, the wool growers of Texas wold not hesitate to see their product go on the free list." "Why not give us an opportunity to vote separately on sugar?" Inquired Mr. Johnson. Tp to this time," said Mr. Outhwalte, In reply, "I judge that there is no difference of sentiment on this side. We are all shoulder to shoulder." (Loud Democratic applause.) Mr. Heed. In closing, in referring to Mr. Outhwalte's eulogy of the House conferees' courage, asked what the courage amounted to that backed down. "How long." he asked, "will this courage last? Is it to be permanent? The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Outhwalte) is silent. Into the future he cannot penetrate. (Laughter.) His mind Is not prophetic. He has taken the first and last apportunity he will have to commend the courage of the Houe conferees." (Applause.) Without further ado the vote was then taken on the adoption of the special order, aril It was agreed to without division.

Chairman WIIon'i Speech. Immediately after the adoption of the rule the Speaker recognized Chairman Wilson. Rising In his place on the right of the Chair, his bandaged head making him look like a worn and battle-scarred veteran, the appearance of the chairman of the ways and means committee was greeted with the most unbounded enthusiasm on the Democratic side, enthusiasm In which the crowded galleries joined. The bandaee extended down over Mr. Wilson's eye3. completely blinding him, but with stoical fortitude, in clear, ringing tones, he delivered, his speech in support of the position taken byt the House conferees against the Senate amendments. After formally announcing and reading the report announcing a disagreement, Mr. Wilson said: "I move that the House further Insist upon Its disagreement to the Senate amendments and ask for a further conference, and upon that motion I shall submit a few explanatory remarks to the House. It is true, as the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Reed) has just said, that there have been but two meetings of the full conference on the part of the Senate and House. A tariff bill, of recent years at least, and perhaps almost in the history of the country, has been a political measure a measure proposed by one party and resisted by the other. The present tariff legislation does not differ from that historic character. It was fully recognized and cordially expressed by the Republican conferees of the Senate that It was the duty of the iominant party in the two houses, through their own special conferees, first, to try If they could reconcile their own differences before they brought to the attention of the full conference committee their proposed action. While, therefore, there have been but these two meetings of the full conference committee, there have been daily, protracted, earnest and laborious consultations on the part of the House conferees representing the majority party in this House, and the Senate conferees representing the majority party in that house, as to the 634 amendments, in the hope that we might reach some agreement that could be reported to the full conference committee when it should be called together. It Is because no such agreement has been attained, it Is because no such agreement seems at present in sight that we have felt It was our duty to bring the whole matter back to the House and receive Its Instructions. ' "I dedre to be perfectly frank and as complete as possible in anv statement T may make to the House' to-day, and yet I recognize that here are some limitations to complete r-s of statement which probablv It would t best for me to observe at this st-itre in the controversy between the two houses. Rut I think I may say, with truth, and frankness, and courtesy, that If the conferees of the Senate on the part of the majority party had been as free and as untrammeled as we ourselves were, with nothing to control our. action but our sene of duty to the people, and to our party, and to th House, a tarirr bill would have been agreed upon in one day's s?ssion that would havo been satisfactory to the Pmocrati p;trty. and that would have given hope, and courage, and enthusiasm to th? American people. (Applause-on the Democratic side.) Rut. sir, we were not long in finding out, greatly to our disappointment, that whnt-ver might be th personal opinions, the personal judgment, the strcng. personal wish of the Democratic conferees of the Senate, they came to us somewhat fettered and somewhat limited as to any action that t!iey might agree to uron thts bill either by the supposed moral oM'iratlons of rarty caucus or the nrpreh"son that then were forces in th Srnate. however small, yet powerful enough to rcist successfully th? passage of any' bill which d'd not mike concessions to grat corioratlons and trust interests, that we, as representing the House, did not fee! free fin our part to agree to. (Applaus? on the Democratic ride.) WORLD NOT HK RRLLDOZED. "I do not believe. Mr. Speaker, that there would tie any great difficulty In coming to a compromise or an agreement upon the vast majority of the amendments proposed to this ti!l by the Senate, but there nre Important amendments proposed by the Srnate which give this bill, in the main, a different character from what it had when it v.rnt from the House, on which amendments wo frrn. up to this time, to 1" irreconcilably oivided, and it is because of these amendments and because of th statements m.-de to us in .all kindness p.nd courtesy, and I might almost say In sadness, thit such was the condition of affairs at the other end of this Capitol that unless this House was willing to accept the Senate bill practically and substantially as it passa the Senate there was t be no tariff legislation at this session of Congress. We did not feel, representing th House of Represt-ntatives, that we cr Id. without a sacrifice of its dignity nrd Its equality as a legislative chamber, respond to any such preposition as that. (Applause on the Democratic side.) least of all did we feel that In the great question of f'tv"iion. r'sf',l hv v' t'-nrt' ff free Institutions and bv language of the Constitution as a peculiar and original trust on the rart of the Representatives of the people, that we could for one moment entertain and agree to such a propot' . i M pI 'Ms on tn Democratic slue.) Aside from that question, the differences between the bill as it parsed the House and the bill as It comes back to us from the Senate are so marked, are, in the main, s objectionable to tariff reformers in the country generally that we could not. without the guidance and the Instruction of this House, agree to accept those differences, and thus adopt a different and modified scheme of tariff reform. Whatever Imperfections may have attached to the House bill, it did seem to be accepted by th people of this country as a fair and substantial performance of the pledges by which the Democratic party came into jmwer at th- beginning of this administration. It was framed upon Democratic lines In the main. It sought in levying taxew to consider chiefly and primarily the wants of the public treasury and not the profits and schemes of great private interests. (Applause on Democratic side.) "The bill which comes to us from the Senate has not met the approval of the great tariff reform sentiment of this country. It has not been accepted by those who through defeat and victory have followed this standard with so much enthusiasm for ten years past as the fruition of their efforts, as th performance of their pledge and the full and substantial realization of their great victory. "It remains for me simply to add that the chi'f joints in controversy between the representatives of the dominant party in the two houses, and thus between the conference committees of the two houses, was. first, the sugar schedule, next the duty ufj?i iron ore and upon coal, the duty upon silver-lead ores and some of the duties in the woolen schedule, and especially to some of tht duties in the Iron and steel schedule, prominently those upon pig Iron, steel rails and cutb-ry and structural iron. Rut the great ditliculty in the pathway of an aureeimnt has b-n a proper adjustment of the sugir schedule. This House voted for free sugar, raw and refined. (Loud applause on the Democratic side.) It voted down the proposal of the committee on ways and mMns for a gradual repeal of the bounty and a reduction by one-half on refined sui?ar. The Senate has reintroduced into the proposed tariff bill a suar schedule which, whether truly or not, has been accertM by the country, by the press, by the people um unduly Xavorable to the great

Sugar. Trust. It proposes a duty of 40 per cent, ad valorem on all grades of sugar, a differential of H cent upon refined sugar. In addition to a differential of 1-10 cent on sugar imported from countries that pay an export bounty upon their sugar. DIVIDED AS TO SUGAR. "There Is reasonable ground for difference of opinion among Democrats as to whether any duty upon sugar should be placed in our tariff bill or not. It has always been contended by those who have been leaders in the great tariff reform movements in this country that of all articles yielding large revenue sugar was the one article upon which an ideal Democratic revenue tariff could be placed. There would be substantial agreement, I think, wiih that position to-day in the Democratic party, except for the fact that framers of the McKJnley bill, in their zeal, cut off taxation, the larger part of which went into the public treasury, in order that they might increase taxes, the large part of which went into the pockets of their beneficiaries (loud applause on the Democratic side), placed sugar upon the free list, gave a half cent, or six-tenths of a cent in the case of sugar imported from bounty-paying countries, protection on refined sugar and provided a bounty to the producers of sucar in this country. By this action the people have had a taste of untaxed sugar, and It is difficult for us to get back to the position originally occupied by the Democratic party. (Laughter on the Republican side.) It is our hope that we shall give them. If we succeed in passing any sort ot a wise and proper tariff reform bill, a taste of so many other untaxed articles (loud applause on the Democratic side) that protection c an never raise its head again in this country'. (Renewed applause on the Democratic side.) "It is not possible, Mr. Speaker, for any one to state accurately on the proposed sugar schedule of the Senate what would be the amount of duty upon refined sugar which would inure as a protection to the great refining company of this country. Although I had not fully reached that conclusion when the House bill was prepared, I have no doubt mysei;. to-day, that the business of sugr refining in be carried on as cheaply in the United States as in and other country in the world (loud applause on the Democratic side), and I have not the slightest doubt, although sincere tariff reformers differ with us on that point, that any differential whatever upon refined sugar is simply so much bounty provided for the great monopoly of refining sugar in this country. (Ixud applause on the Democratic side.) If, therefore, the House .conferees were prepard to agree upon some revenue taxation for sugar they could not, without the mandate of this House, accept such a provision as that which Is offered In the Senate bill. (Loud applause on the Democratic side.) "If it be true, as stated by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson) of which It have seen myself some affirmations In the; press; If it be true that the great American Sugar Trust has grown so strong and powerful that It says that no tariff bill can be passed In the American Congress in. which Its interests are not adequately guarded; if. I say, that be true, I hope this House will never consent to adjournment. iJreat cheering on the Democratic side.) I hope, whatever the fate of the general tariff bill is, that this House will not consent to an adjournment until It has passed a single bill putting refined sugar on the free list. (Renewed cheers on the Democratic side.) A "BURNING" QUESTION. "Mr. Speaker, I shall not detain this House with any argument on the other points of dispute between the two houses. I have, perhaps, almost beyond the limits of proper repetition, gone over, from time to time, the arguments in favor of a release of the great materials of Industry from taxation under any bill that may be passed by Congress. I will simply, therefore, in closing, call attention to the position in which we find ourselves to-day with reference to tariff taxation. This great question of tariff reform has been the burning, dividing question of American politics for the last three presidential campaigns. The American people have three times voted for the present occupant of the White House on the great Issue of tariff reform. When, in 1SSS, we were defeated by a narrow margin before the people of this country, there is not a Democrat in all this land who did not feel on the morning after the election as enthusiastic and as oetermined to press forward in that fight as he did when the hope of victory was with him the day before. (Applause on the Democratic side.) It was because of that determination; It was because of that growing enthusiasm: It was because .we felt the spirit and the thrill of the spirit of American liberty Inciting us; It was because we felt the incitement of a great moral purpose which multiplies men by ten, that we took up this cause in 1SS3 and fought for it in lSfX) and prevailed In 18S2. (Applause on the Democratic side.) The American people have given us the responsibility. It remains to be seen whether we also have the power to fulfill their mandate. The b'il which passed the House was not only approved, prepared and voted for by those who are the Immediately chosen servants of the taxpayers of the country, but It has been officially indorsed by the President, who was chosen by thm to carry out thin great reform of the tariff. (Applause on the Democratic side.) Thus every part of the machinery of the United States government to-day deriving the authority from the direct vote of the American people has indorsed the scheme of tariff reform proposed here and carried through this House. No man in this country has been more Interested in the progress and successful termination of this great movement than the man whom the people selected to lead them In this great campaign. -(Applause on the Democratic side.) So far as it was within his power, I believe he has never spoken an uncertain word as to his position on this question. While the necessity of his position has compelled him. as a matter of courtesy to the two branches of Congress, to remain perfectly quiet during the pendency of these bills, he has felt It to be his duty to let the people oi this country know exactly what his position is to-day. and just as we were entering on the groat work of conferring between tne two houses, I had the honor to receive from him a long personal letter, which, with his consent, oltalned this morning. I will now send to the Clerk's desk to be given to the people of this country. (Great applause on the Democratic side.) The reading 'of the President's letter, which is printed elsrwhrc. was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheers and hand-clapping on the Democratic side. Kx-Spenker Heed's Speech. At the conclusion of the reading of the letter Mr. Reed, the leader of the minority, arose. For almost a minute the cheers and shouts of his political colleagues rang cut. "I take it for granted, Mr. Speaker." he began, "that the g?ntleman to whom the letter was addressed to which we have just listened has observed all the proprieties which gentlemen ordinarily observe with regard to their correspondence, and that a letter which is marked 'personal' having been addressed to him, he has not been guilty in any way of making It public in this fashion without th? express consent of the author. Hence we have here to-day the somewhat remarkable spectacle of a message by the Pr:sident of the United States to the House of Representatives through his faithful committee on ways and means. This seems to be a just tzclpiocal action on his part, for the House will recollect that the committee on ways and means communicated to this House its Intention of having an income tax through the kindness of the President of the United States. (Applause on the Republican side.) "Whether this relationship, thus intimate, between a committee of this House and the President of the United States was contemplated by the Constitution of the United States or not is haidly worth the trouble of inquiry in the shape in which the nutter now stands before the llouw. Least of all would anybody on this side rind fault with the severe language which the President the Democratic Presidenthas seen fit to use about a Democratic Senate. (Laughter and applause on the Republican side.) Undoubtedly his personal intercourse with the members of that body and hi3 official relations with them have enabled him to put all the strength of a reproof which that letter contains. Rat the transaction, as it standi to-d:wy. is between them .and him. Far be ic for us to interfere. If ho has made a righteous charge their characters are blackened, and if he has made a false charge it is lor them to see that justice is done to the truth of history. (Applause on ;he Republican s.de.) We have no concern with it except as spectators. "The public aspect of this affair, however, shows that th"? newspaper rumors have had ail tne truth that newspaper rumors ever have in rt-gard to the relation.? between this committee of the Hous? an i the President of tlu United States, an I it is shown very eLarly that the co.nmittee has his directions to consent to a sufficient tax upon sugar in consideration of the fact that coal and iron ore saall be brojgat here free. In other word!. In the great contest between the trust which manufacturer the sugar of this country and which ;s a home corporation and the great corporation which is to exploit tho mines of Nora Scotia, and enrich by $!".C00.Co0 the sot of men win are engaged in that enterprise. the President and & committee ot tht

House take the side of the Boston corporation. (Lauchter and applause on the Republican side.) Which is best, let them decide. Which is the most satisfactory to the people, let the country decide. It is a matter that does not concern us. "The gentleman from West Virginia was kind enough to compliment the Republican conferees in the Senate and. by inference, to refrain from complimenting us in stating the declaration that was made, he said by the Republican conferees, that the Democrats had better disagree. It Is curious how two men witnessing the same scene put different interpretations upon it. To my mind the scene which occurred was only part and parcel of the statement which was made that Inasmuch as these gentlemen had called us in not for the purpose of consultation, although that was their avowal, but for the purpose of removing the reproach which had been cast upon them by the greatest Democratic newspaper which is the representative of Democratic Ideas, the New York World. Of course, our Republican conferees saw that we went there as a mere matter of form, and said: 'If you have made up your mind to disagree why not, like men. do so and let us not waste our time upon immaterial matters.' But under the influence of that editorial they wasted another day before they brought before the people of this country their resistless determination to make the Senate yield to their wishes. A DISPLAY OF SARCASM. "But the gentleman from West Virginia, in the course of his remarKs, has been pleased to observe that In their private meetings with the members of the conference board on their side the three other Southern gentlemen and the Northern gentleman in somewhat ill health they treated them in a tone almost of sadness in regard to their willingness to agree, but were held back by their 'bad partners,' the Jorkinses of the Senate. But, unfortunately, in his confessional mood the gentleman from West Virginia did not permit himself to give particulars. He stated that the members of the Senate were 'fettered,' but he did not state to what the 'fetters' attached them. I hope when the conference committee next meets the conference committee, and not the Democratic politicians, seven Southern and one Northern we shall have a diagram printed as an aid to our memory so that we may know exactly to what amendment each Senator is 'fettered' and what the size of the 'fetter' is. (daughter and applause on the Republican side). "The gentleman from West Virginia has pledged this House amid the uproarious applause of their side to stand out against the Senate; to break the fetters which bind these gentlemen to their present positions. I have no doubt that what the gentleman says Is true; that the Southern gentlemen In the Senate met their Southern brethren here with sadness. I have no doubt that sorrow filled their hearts, because there are many amendments of the Senate that it is fair to say are improvements on the House bill and in the direction of protection. The Senate bill is not what this country ought to have. It is not such a bill as would do Justice to its industries, but the House bill was so bad that almost any change in an upward direction was for the better. Rut what was the trouble with these Southern gentlemen? These Southern gentlemen met with the interests and industries of the Northern Democratic confereestheir fellow-Senators and what is a tariff bill but one which relates to In the interests of the country? What distinguished Senator held out 'or collars and cuffs, and the Democratic .,-arty in the Senate marched up to the poor measure of protection for them? That Senator wis acting not merelv for his own Interests, but ior the interests of his constituent. And if it is true, as is stated, that h himself was in any way interested in business in that town not of that kind an J that that business would lose its vigor and life on account of the destruction of the eollar-and-cuff industry, he was representing his people, because this country and its prosperity is made up of its industries and its interests. (Applauss on the Republican side.) "The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Outhwalte) in that moment of truth- which sometimes comes from the exhaustion of the intellect (laughter and applause on the Republican side) I meant weariness, for I do not mean to be disrespectful says that the Southern gentlemen who are running this matter for the House sacrificed their own interests, and, notably in one Instance, the interests of their constituents, and the Democrats, on tne other side, applauded the sentiment, showing that in spite of all they say thev do recognize the fact that the taking off of the tariff is the sacrifice of an interest and of an industry. "No, Mr. Speaker, if they did sacrifice their own States, it was because they wanted to sacrifice U3 with the rest still worse. And they were engaged to-day in the process so fateful to this Nation, of endeavoring to bring the prosperity of the rest of the coun'ry down to their level instead of doing wnat we are trying to doto bring their prosperity up to the great level of ours. (Prolonged applause on the Republican side.) We believe, not in the success of the North, but in the success of the whole country (renewed applause), and we stand as ready to give the South the benefit ot the laws of the land which makes higher wages for men and an increase of wealth, for all as freely and as readily as we give it to our own people." (Prolonged applause on the Republican side. Mr. Reed then yielded a minute to Mr. Wheeler, who congratulated the House on the firm position the conferees had taken against the encroachment of the Senate. He was followed by Mr. Grow, who pointed out what he considered the inconsistencies of the Democratic pesition, but such a hum of excited discussion over the President's letter followed its reading that little else could be heard. Mr. Reed, with a copy of the President's letter in his hand, said he wished to make a correction. The President had not taken the position he thought at first reading, against the Sugar Trust, but seemed to favor both the trust and the Nova Scotia syndicate. (Democratic hisses.) Mr. Reed did not know but it would be In order to move to refer the imprinted executive message to the committee on ways and means. At 1:1' the resolution to further insist on the disagreement to the Senate amendments was agreed to without division. The Speaker then reappointed the former conferees on the part of the House and (he regular order was taken up. The excitement in the House quickly subsided and the routine business was proceeded with. The conference report on the naval appropriation bill was agreed to 1.7) to 47. The conference report on the military appropriation bill was also agreed to l."S to is. The conference report on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was agreed to without division. A special order was then adopted setting aside the remainder of to-day and to-morrow for consideration of the joint resolution for the election of Senators by the people, and Saturday for consideration of a bill for the reinstatement of clerks dismissed from the railway mall service between March !." and May 1, 1SS0. Mr. Dearmond opened the debate in favor of the resolution. At 5 o'clock the House adjournal. Chairman Wilson left, as soon as the tariff debate closed, for his home In West Virginia. The conferees do not expect to re'"r!rt their sessions until next Monday or Tuesday, as they expect to-morrow and Saturday to he taken up by the Senate in discussing the disagreement.

Movement of Steamers. SOUTHAMPTON. July W. Arrived: Fiurst Bismarck, from New York. CHRISTIANS AND, duly IX Arrived: Viigir.ia. from New York. BALTIMORF.. July 19. Arrived: Lord Lai sdowne. from Cardiff. BOULOGNi;. July 19. Arrived: Spaarndam. from New York. LONDON. July IX Arrived: Massachusetts, from New York. NEW YORK. July 19. Arrived: Belgenland. from Antwerp. PHILADELPHIA. July W. Arrived: Corean, from Glasgow. ANTWERP. July 19. Arrived: Lepanto, from New York. ROTTKRDAM. July ID. Arrived: Obdam. from Naw York. BREMEN. July 19. Arrived: Spree, from New York. Iletnil Jeweler Select Officer. CINCINNATI. July 19. The National Association of Retail Jewelers will meet at St. Louis next July. The o dicers elted ere: President. Arthur S. Goodman. Philadelphia; s?cr tary, W. F. Kemper, St. Louis; treasurer. Edward G. Lohmeyer, Newport. Ky. The presidents cf State associations are vice presidents of the national association, and with the ofllcers constitute th national executive board. The committee of the Jobbers' association presented a report, which was referred to the r.-itk rial lard and a committee appointed to meet the jobbf-rs' national association in New York in Jar.unry to complete the arbitration of differences between the two associations. Tiro iueiitliel !- Heavy Hnlim. WEST SUPERIOR. Wis.. July 19-Heavy rains last night effectually c xtinguished the forest tires which have been ragir.g for several dys just out of the city and along the Eastern Manitoba tracks. Word has b--en received that everal freight cars were burned near Hinckley yesterday evening. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair IIlhest Award.

DELEGATIONS BOLTED

DECIDED SPLIT IX PC HI COXVIATIOX OF IXDIAXA FEDERATION. Open Alliance irlth Former Organization Sought Conn' Two-Fa red Action Rlrc Fire at Somerset. Special to the IndianapolU Journal. PERU, Ind., July 19. There was another sensation at to-day's session of the Indiana Federation of Trade and Labor Unions. It was the last clay of the convention and the stormiest of them all, exceeding the excitement occasioned by twice passing the resolution Indorsing Eugene V. Debs for Governor of Indiana. This morning the federation held a stormy executive session, and outsiders knew that trouble was brewing. Exactly what It was did not come out until shortly before the close of tne. convention this afternoon, when a split occurred in the convention. The entire Peru delegation, with two delegations from Indianapolis, refused to have certain resolutions crammed down their throats and bolted from the convention. They denounced the action taken in indorsing Debs, but would not have withdrawn had not the federation gone a step further to-day and passed an irritatine resolution inviting all farmer organizations to participate hereafter in the State meetings. The Populistic tendency of the convention was apparent from the start, but it was not expected that the federation would openly pledge itself to harmonious political act-ion with the Populists. The bolting delegates believe that is what has been done, and they foreswear all further allegiance to the rederatlon. It is predicted that the split will widen and that the federation in Indiana has about wrecked itself as far as its political influence goes. The attendance was large to-day and all action taken was full of interest. The convention took a bold stand on the question of female labor and the wages that should be paid for the same. It also called on all Indiana merchants to recognize union clerks and Insisted on a fixed scale of wages for clerks. The address of the day was delivered by Miss Ida Keys, of -Fort Wayne, on "Woman in Organized Labor." Election of officers resulted as follows: President, Joseph F. Suchanek, South Rend; secretary-treasurer, J. J. May, of Logansport: vice presidents, one from each congressional district; organizers, D. Cannon, of Indianapolis; C. Carter, of Logansport, and P. Dran. of Evansville; chairman legislative committee, W. Perkins. Indianapolis. The next meeting will be heid at Fort Wayne. TO COXFEIt WITH COXX. II In Pint form Will Probably lie Accepted in the Thirteenth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind.. July 19.-Col. C. G. Conn has consented to meet the Democratic congressional committee July 21 in South Bend and explain in full his position for declining the Thirteenth district nomination. His declination seems to have had a good-sized string attached to it. and the consensus of opinion among the' leaders is that it was put forth thus early in the game to test the feeling throughout the district regarding the advanced position taken by the Coionel on Populistic doctrines and of antagonism to the administration. In other words, the Colonel, foreseeing defeat on a straight-out Democratic platform, wishes to establish a platform of his own, constructed to catch the Populists and old Greenbackers. Whether he can induce the followers to swallow these doctrines remains to be seen. The committee, composed of (Yd. R, M. Johnson, of this city; J. W. French, of Michigan City, and William Conrad, of Plymouth, seems to have been wisely selected by the Conn managers with this end in view. They are all blind adherents of the Colonel, and will swallow any doctrine he may lay down. Colonel Johnson is a radical anti-administration man since his turning down as an applicant for the Berlin consulship. The rank ad Hie of the party, however, is not built on Populist principles, and It will be a daring and risky step for the committee to accept -Mr. Conn and his doctrines. The consultation between Mr. Conn and the committee will be a uiqu- one in the history of modern politics and the result will be awaited with much interest throughout the district. TIPPECAXOES MEDAL. An Old Hello Found on n Fnrni Xenr Went Uaden. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. OKLKANS, Ind., July 19. Thomas Bird, who lives two miles south of West Raden, while harvesting a few days ago picked up a silver medal, about three Inches in diameter, which shows by the inscription, which is scarcely discernible, that it was given by the United States government to Gen. William Henry Harrison for his bravery and gallantry In the Indian wars. What is known as the Northwestern Indian war. began Sept. 11. 1M1. and was terminated In November of the same year. During one of the Indian wars General Harrison marched with his army througii this part of the State, and probably passed over the farm on which Mr. Bird now resides. They spent the winter in camp In a ravine aiout six miles west of that place. Many relics of this march have baen found, but this is the only one that is really valuable. Colored tirnnd Lodge Installation. Spec'al to the Indianapolis Journal. TEERE HAUTE, Ind., July W.-The following officers of the Indiana Grand Lodge of Colored Masons were installed to-night: Most worthy grand master, W. F. Feitler, of Greencastle; deputy master, F. H. Sherman; senior deacon, Charles Butler, of Terre Haute: junior deacon. J. M. Reynolds, of Jeffersonville; treasurer, Henry Seaton, of Indianapolis; secretary, S. W. Stewart, of Terre Haute; lecturer, Anthony Garrett, of Evansville; chaplain, J. H. White, of Muncie; trustees J. H. Walker, Terre Haute; W. T. Floyd, of Indianapolis, and James Lootle, of Knightstown. Eighteen Somerset UtiildiiiK Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., July 19. Fire broke out In John Eckelberger's barn. In Somerset, twelve miles south of this city, about 1 o'clock this morning, and spread rapidly to other buildings, destroying eighteen before the blazes were extinguished. Among those burned were five small business buildings and a two-story frame residence. The town has no tire protection. The loss will foot up between '..0X and II.IkiO. N. Haas, drygoods and notions merchant, had an insurance of ?roo on his stock. Some of the rest of the property was insured. The Rev. Henon I Better. Special to the Indlanapons Journal. CARBON. Ind., July 19. -The Rev. J. II. Henson. who was pronounced insane by a commission of physicians at Brazil yesterday, has been removed to tn;s r!ace, ard is under the care of Dr. W. H. Vansandt. He Is resting easier, recognizes all his friends, and the doctor thinks by proper treatment the minister will recover soon. Rev. Henson has made many friends in and around Carbon, where he has recently been engaged as pastor of tne Baptist Church. MIihtm nnd Operators to 3leet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July 19. At the request of the State executive committee of the United Mine Workers, there will be a conference to-morrDw between that committee and the executive committee ot the operators State association. The main question to be considered is the agreement on the wage ?cale for the ensuing year, the settlement not being plainly understood or established in several mining districts in thj State. Kokomo Factories HcMiiminu. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. July 19. The Great Western pottery works. manufacturing sanitary ware, with Ta) employes, and th? Brookside canning factory, working t)0 hands, have resumed operations after a ciose down cn account of the strike. The Diamond Plate-glass Company, with factories at Kokomo and Ehvood. with total capacity of 1.CC0 men, is increasing its working force. vVreck on the Clover Leal. Special to the IndianapolU Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., July 13. A rear-end freight collision occurred on the Clover-leaf road at Greentown last nlsrht. a throuqh train running Into a local. The engine, caboose and twelve cars were wrecked. Tho engineer and fireman escaped by Jump-

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ing. The track was cleared to-day and trains are running as usual. After the Tax Dodder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ino... July 19. John H. Boltz, deputy auditor of Randolph county, on behalf of the county, has been doing some very clever work in the way of ferreting out property that should be added to the taxable list. He recently spent several days at Celina, O., examining the mortgage records of Mercer county, and as a result of his work there Capt. Alex. A. Knapp and wife, Emma T. Knapp, were summoned before county auditor Canfield to show cause whv J2.81." for 1800. $15,970 for 1531, $16,310 for 1892, $15,210 for 1S93. and $11,111 for 1S31 should not be listed for taxation. These amounts are securea by first mortgage on Mercer county real estate, except a small amount on Darke county land. The auditor placed said amounts on the tax duplicates ana expects to collect the tax due thereon. In the meantime Mr. Bolt thinks there is other money not accounted for and will continue the investigation. For the Red Men' Reception. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., July 19. Arrangements were completed to-day by the Red Men of this city for the seventh annual session of the Eastern Division of Indiana Associated Red Men. A big picnic will be held in Riverside Park. Mayor Terhune will welcome the visiting tribes, and Grand Sachem W. B. King, of Lafayette, has been named to respond. All of the grand officers In the State will be present and participate in the parade. One of the features of the occasion will be a parade of the Pocahontas Lodge, which is composed of women, there being fifteen lodges In this district. A grand feast will be spread in the park for all visitors. Annual Meet of Spiritualist. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., July 19. The fourth annual session of the Indiana State Spiritualist Association was opened to-day, in Spiritualists' Park, near Chesterfield. The session will continue until Aug. 15. Leading Spiritualists In the country will attend. Dr. J. W. Westerfield, of this city, as the president, opened the exercises to-day. Mrs. Colby Luther, J. Clegg Wright, Lyman C. Howe, E. W. Sprague and others also spoke. Professor Clark Braden, a leading member and preacher in the Christian Church, has issued a challenge for a Joint debate, and it is quite probable that the event will be made a feature of the meeting. Company II Keturna Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW. Ind., July 19. Company H, Fourth Regiment, returned home this evening at 6:40. An immense crowd welcomed the yxung soldiers home again, and cheered them lustily when they alighted from the cars. Young Woman Commit Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., July 13. Miss Cora Fritz, of a highly respected family at Miami, this county, committed suicide this afternoon wtth arsenic. Indiana Death. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 19. Mr. Henry Lemasters, a well-known, wealthy and universally respected farmer, of this county, born in Clermont county, Ohio, July 31, 1S21, died at his residence in Washington township Wednesday afternoon. According to his request, the old bell on his farm was tolled during his last moments, and friends came to pay respect to their neighbor of so many long years. Rev. Thompson, of Greenfield, will preach the funeral sermon, .and the funeral will be held at the Lewis Creek Baptist Church Sunday morning. ANDERSON, Ind., July 19. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the body of William Waite, a well-known farmer of Madison county, near Chesterfield, was found in a fence corner on his farm. To all appearances he had been dead several hours when the body was discovered. He had been subject to heart disease, and that was probably the cause of his death. ELKHART, Ind., July 19. Mrs. William E. Posej, a prominent woman of this city, died last night, aged forty-two. Mrs. Fannie Cook, aged thirty-eight, died last night. Indinna Notes. The' residence of James M. Agnew, of Washington township. Shelby county, burned Wednesday. Both house and contents were partially Insured. The drought at Elkhart was broken yesterday by a downpour. A few days more of the 'excessive heat would have ruined the corn crop. Before the rain thermometers registered 10 degrees in the shade. The Bedford Fair and Trotting Association meeting opens Sept. 17. Three thousand dollars will be offered in the speed department. Mr. Frank Owens has succeeded Frank O. Stannard as secretary of the association. During the thunderstorm at Greensburg lightning struck Oliver Hunter's house, doing slight damage. It also struck three hay ricks of Warder Hamilton. They were wired to a tree, which attracted the bolt, and contained eighty-five" tons, all being destroyed. They were insured the day before. The Coming Nation, a Socialistic pap?r established at Greensburg by A. J. Wayland, is being removed to Ruskin, Tenn., where it is to b? run on the co-operative plan in building up the Wayland colony at that plac?. It had a circulation of about Zo,ft copits. A Populist paper is to be established at Greensburg in its place bv several printers who refused to go with Wayland. MINERS hQUEEZED. Three Killed and Two Badly Injured in a Colliery Shaft. WILLIAMSTOWN, Pa., July 19. Three miners were killed and two badly injured In an accident which happened this afternoon, in the Williamstown colliery. The dead are: John Llewllyn, aged fifty; Joseph Radenbush, aged thirty-eight, and Martin Tate, aged forty. The injured are William Clark and a miner whose name has not yet been ascertained. Both the wounded men will recover. The accident happened as the men were coming to the surface, after having completed their day's work. Just how it occurred is not quite clear, but it is supposed that the hoisting apparatus became disarranged and. in some manner, forced the car in which the men were ascending, from the track, and pressed it tightly against tne top of the slope. The unlortunate occupants were dragged along and squeezed between the car and the roof until the machinery was stopped. All of tne dead men were married and leave large families The coroner will hold an inquest to-morrow. The Bluelield Intirrect Ion. NEW YORK. July 20. Herald's Panama dispatch says: The correspondent in Tort Limon, Costa Rica, sends word to-day that the Cnited States cruiser Marblehead has returned from Bluerlelds, and reports that the trouble in the Mosquito territory originated in the failure of the Nlcaraguan government to pay the members of the police force, who were Jamaicans mostly. As a consequence, the police joined the Indians and drove out the Nicaraguans, hoisted the Hag of the Mosquito reservation, proclaimed the Indian chief head of the district and claimed Rritish protection. Thirty persons were killed in the conflict and one hundred wounded. During the fight the Marblehead landed a force of sixty men to protect the interests of the resident Americans. SuKiir TriiHt Enjoined. BOSTON. July 19. Judge Barker, of the Supreme Judicial Court, approved the decree of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts by which the American Sugar Refining Company, otherwi?e known as the Sugar Trust. Is enjoined from doing further business in this State until it shall hive complied with the law providing that all corporations doing business In Massachusetts shall, on March 1 of each year, ti'.e a certificate of its financial condition. He fined the company $2X). Earth Split by n Quake. APPLETON, Wis., July TJ.-An earthquake shock split the earth open at Little Chute yesterday tor several hundred feet.

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kail . i;..iK. Accident on the Alion Koad Reported Early Tills Morninsr. CHICAGO. Ju'y 2X It Is reported that the south-bound express on the Alton road was wrecked near Summit shortly after midnight and a number of people injure-L Telegraph wires in that vicinity are down, and up to 2 a. m. it has been impossible to obtain definite information. It is known that surgeons have been sent to tha scene. Later Because of wires being down all along the Alton road It was extremely difficult to obtain particulars of the wreck. It was finally learned, however, that but one man, a deputy sheriff, vas hurt, but whether fatally or not is not known. HAKKIdOVS OUl'LNG. The Ex-President Takes a Trip Up tlio Hudson Kiver. NYACK, X. Y., July 19. Ex-President Harrison, on a pleasure trip from New York up the Hudson, arrived here at 7 o'clock this evening on the steam yacht Vamoose, accompanied by Mrs. McKee, "Baby" McKee and several others. An order had been sent ahead to the St. George Hotel fr dinner for the party. Mr. Harrison would, not be interviewed, lie said he was merely enjoying an outing. After dinner the party spent a short time here and then started on their return to the cltv. OIlSTIll CTIOXS IlEMOVKD. The Damn Have Been Swept Avray nnd the Country I Heady for llunine.?. Interview with Chauncey M. Depew. "In getting the opinions of railway mea by long distance telephone and telegraph, to-day, as to the outlook." added Mr. Depew, "I have received the first encouraging word for reviving business and better traffic in the fall and winter that has come to me in six months. The general Impression among these hard-headed and shrewd observers is that the unrest of the country had to find vent or explosion in some violent form. It found it in the largest and mast extended strike we have ever had in, this country, up to 'that time, by the coal miners. But it found t with a vengeance in the suspension of traffic and the paralysis of business over two-'thirds of the Cn'ited States for ten days on the order of Mr. Debs. The unrest was the revolt of physical and mental disasters against conditions Which the country believed had been created by bumptious mistakes at Washington and the lack of properly filled bumps in that locality to remedy them. These labor troubles, which were, In fact, of more far-reaching effect than ordinary labor troubles because of the extensive sympathy they received from business men of all kinds, constituted the rising flood which carried away the dam that was constructing American development and prosperityor rather intended to carry it away and now It looks as though the etreain, might flow on whether Congress bullda any more dams or does nst build them; though. If Congress will stop building dams or will do their best and quit, the reaction would be Immediate and emphatic. "Everybody who has money," continued Mr. Depew, "is tired of getting 1 per cent, or no per cent, for it. Every business man, who has been lying on his oars Is crazy to do something or engage in something which he understands. Every enterprise which has been dormant is feeling its way for capital and confidence. Labor is everywhere eager for work, and employers still more eager to open their works. It only requires the normal machinery of the country to move in a normal way, for consumption to again make demands uion production. When the history of 'this panio comes ta be written and the troubles incident to it, one of its remarkable features wdll be the effect upon railway trafllc an I upon all business of K.OoO.OOO people, of those who had to and those who had no need to economize, but did so in every possible way. When one family uses the old stove, with the cracked lids, and pastes paper over the broken pane of Rlass. and does not renew any of the furniture or crockery: when they wear last year's clothes and go from food which might be luxuries to food which simply support life, the economies are demonstrated which follow a total or partial loss of income. Precisely that process has been going on f:r two-thirds of a year among 0 per cent. f our population. It has made clear the fact that the American people, who nre charged, and 'probably Justly, with being' the most extravagant people in the world, can live as closely as anybody when it bocomes necessary. But the effect upon merchants, middlemen and carriers In the volume of their business and their profits la disastrous beyond any process which has ever affected the business of the country." The Ileal Trouble. New York Independent. So far as Pullman is concerned, we suspect the real trouble is that t"n tenants felt that they were too much taken car of and had too little liberty. Pullman has been held up as a model town, but tenants would rather have their own worse way than be compelled to submit to vhe better way of somp one else. We judge from the figures published that for Chicago the prices were fair and moderate, but it wa. not a town where a man could own h house or could litter up his y? rd to please himself or run to a saloon next ooor. That is. some of the blessings of v? 'nfed socialism attached to the place. It wrs as if th State owned the land and houses, ard ruled the people. That is the way things will be, only more meddling, whn we have a Belamy society, and people have to obey th5 dictators of the commonwealth, and have no liberty to humor their own wisdom or folly. A to Pnlliiinn' Ilentn. New York Evening Post. There is .one test, however, of the reasonableness of the rents in the town of Prllman. ami that is the fact that no emp'oye in the works is obliged to live there and that plenty of houses are to be obtained within easy walking distance in adjoining towns. Thes? houses are offered on the principles of competition. They are to be had in every possible variety, so that if any workman objects to the prict-s r the regulations of the Pullman houses he can find accommodations elsewhere without prejudice; and, as a mtter of fact, two-thirds of th?m do live elsewhere. Under these circumstances low can any man say that the rents in the town of Pullman are exorbitant unless he is a liar? Took Morphine hut l ulled. Elbert Grant, aged twenty-one years, colored, employed at No. 400 Broadway, last night quarreled with his sweetheart, a girl named Wright, employed at No. 177 Broadway. He left her for a few minutes and went to a drugstore and bought some morphine. He returned to the house where his departed love sat crying and swallowed the drug. He soon fell uncot acious at her feet. Physicians were summoned and revived him. Grant was removed to the City Hospital. Mioii Mi tej UROrGDHHOS PIPE FOE Gas, Stmmand Wafet Dul rr Tubm. Cat aul Mr!41; Iron rtttiiivt (Mark -4n.l tn 1 tji 0 1 1 rlj, V lv. s:op o k. tut ii 'in .ii ir. in k S:ram aun rH l' fcfr. I'll CtitU rt. IVfi t;- 1 Wr a i' be t. sir n Trp, pMO'pv Michru Mnk. Hoi., H.'IMi.ir. iubi.lt Mft.-L S..lt riff Wails A.ttl V. ip. 1b wt -. hii.i u'il otiitsr v,.ti. p;.r !. i In el:lu-ft o.i w "Ifc t. ciu :i.t Water. NU u i ia "u 'yid u ;' tr. hti-'ii4ttn Arprat ff public nti.Kii.icvM--r r "O'tin, Mill. h'. VafT', (-:iti-rtr.ea. Unlxr lr-hku-s etc. i'ut -..i 1 l.rt t or : f njr we oisht-iri B r iv fnm. S Inc.t lo 1 Inct.e lUinrtr. Knight & Jillson, mm i .5 ml . .

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