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FOURTH EDITION

THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1894

FOURTH EDITION—JSSS^JTWO CENTS.

HULEYiLAND INTERPOSES

|IB AIDS CHAIRMAN WILSON IN FIOBTINO THE SRNATH. iPli* 9e»*t« mil Nearly Accepted— Varpky*a Attttade OItc* BaeonrWeaieat te tke Republicans— Public Debt—Capital Newa. I Special to Tha Indlanapoll* New*. Waahinyton, D. C., August 1-Presi-dent Cleveland Interposed at a critical moment yesterday to prevent an agreement between the House and Senate tariff confereea. Chairman Wilson at one t»me yesterday found himself fighting single-handed against the Senate confereea His three Democratic colleagues on the House conference committee were ready to accept the Senate hill with a few slight modifications and jnd the long struggle. The battle was getting too warm for the chairman of the ways and means, and he hurried to the White House for consolation from his friend President Cleveland. The President set hta feet securely on thfe proposed state of agreement and smashed It. Chairman Wilson hurried hack to the conference and made the announcement that the President was Unalterably opposed to the agreement, add It was abandoned. Those who are predicting an early agreement base their calculations largely upon the fact that the Senate is obstinate and a majority of the House members conciliatory. The Democrats show a willingness to drop the struggle adjourn at any time without passthe bill. Yesterday Senator Jones r de a motion In the conference that a final disagreement be reported and then let the bill take its course. Such action would have amounted to killing the bill. At the urgent solicitation of the House conferees Senator Jones was induced to Withdraw his motion. Leading Republicans, like Senator Chandler, are confident that the bill will be beaten, and the attitude of Mr. Murbby, of New York, gives them encour-

agement.

Senator Murphy some time ago served fornial notice upon the Senate conferees that If the lines of the Senate bill were deviated from to the extent of a hair's breadth' he would move to postpone Indefinitely the conference report which contained such an abandonment of the daucus agreement. Yesterday Mr. Murphy went even further and indicated a readiness to make such a motion even If the bill should be reported back in its entirety. Should he do this, he will be supported by Senators Hill, Irby and finalth, the four votes being sufficient With the Republicans and Messrs. Peffer and Kyle to -control the Senate. Mr. Murphy Is outspoken In his opposition to the bill, and Is equally determined that the President shall not have the glory of winning in his fight with the

Senate.

At the last meeting of the Democratic Conferees on the tariff bill this afternoon, a serious situation- developed. The posMbility that the Senate jeould defeat the bill if it eWer came before that body again was eagerly discussed. Senator Murphy’s attitude looks ominous. He told Representative Springer that he Intended to leave town to-day, and would not return again this session. ‘The House can prevent a vote on the bill in the Senate by receding, and accepting the Senate bill. It would then be ready for the President’s signature without

further legislative action.

Congressman Holman has decided not to call a caucus for the present. As „ as there is a prospect of an agreeit he Will not Call It. Mr. Springer, Is urging the necessity of a cauthlnks it may be had Monday If are not signs at that time of an ^irty agreement, and an effort will be made to carry a motion instructing the House conferees to recede and accept

tke Senate bfifo

JUDGE HOLT’S LATER YEARS. They Were Spent Rnletly — Weird Stories of the Superstitions. Washington, D. C.. August L—The prominent part Judge Holt, who died--here yesterday, took In the prosecution of Mrs. Surratt, in the Lincoln assassination trial, provoked much criticism. He went into retirement soon after the trial, and has lived in comparative social and political obscurity since. Weird stories are told of the old gray-halred lawyer. The superstitious assert that his slumbers were disturbed by midnight visit* from ghosts, and that his house was haunted by evil spirits seeking to avenge the execution of Mrs. Surratt. A relative of Judge »Holt denied these stories this morning. Judge Holt’s mind, said he, r waa perfectly clear, and his closing years, I though spent In retirement, were happy. He gave his time almost exclusively to reading, and kept thoroughly informed

on current events.

He had all the wealth necessary to in- , dulge his tastes and his house wgs filled > with rare books and curios. He never entertained outside of his immediate I neighbors, to whom he was kind and [ charitable. He never went out, except to and from enarket, and then always in * g closed carriage. His friends do not try to conceal the fact that the closing years 1 of his Ufa were spent In obscurity, because of the public criticism concerning the executHh of Mrs. Surratt. Judge Holt’s friends charge President Johnson with treachery in this matter. When a strong public sentiment of criticism was made against President Johnson for Mrs. Surratt’s execution. President Johnson _*atook refuge behind the statement that ■■Si would have granted the pardon, but ^Bdge Advocate Oeneral Holt declined to . commended a pardon. Holt’s friends Elalmed he did recommend it and that the President lied. He had been a warm friend of Andrew Johnson, and frequently accepted the latter s hospitality at the White House.

VOORHERS better.

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He Now Sits Up and Receives Callers —No Operation Necessary. % Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington. D. C., August 2.-8enator Voorhees Is Improving rapidly. He is sitting up much of the time and receives callers. His appetite has returned and he Is gaining strength rapidly. The doctors have decided ih*t a surgical operation will not be necesskry to relieve the bladder affliction from which he has been suffering, as It Is slowly yielding to treatment and It Is now be-

lieved a cure will follow.

There is not much prospect of the Senator participating In any further pro-

ceedings of this Congress.

CHANGES OE POSTAGE STAMPS. tome DenotnInn t Iona To Be Dropped and New Ones To Be lasaed. Washington, D. C., August 2.—An important chauage in the denomination of postage stamps is contemplated by the postoMce Department. The principal ones are In the newspaper and periodical series, but the regular series is also to be altered. Of the latter, the ones, ““-yo#, threes, fours, fives, sixes, eights, and fifteens, which are now In use, 111 be continued. The present thirty nd mlftety-ceot ordinary stamps probOly will be discontinued; flfty-cent and e, two and five-dollar stamps will be ded to the series. It Is Intended to H reduce the number of denominations of [he newspaper and periodical stamps hrom ttnty-four to twelve or fourteen. The dollar stamp, now printed for the Irst time by the Bureau of Engraving tnd Printing, Is the doubtful one, but * will probably be finally decided on favorably to Its continued use.

snd jO cents, and H. U, «. DO. 120. $50 ana Those to be dropped out of uso are L 4 «, A H. M. M, «. ®. 72. M and M cents, fl.92, *3, f6 $9, *12. 134, *86, *48 and *60. The postage due stamps have been reengraved under the present contract and sltghMy reduced In alse from the former outom of the contractor. All these changes have been practically approved by the officials, subject, however, to modifications if deemed advisable. DOMINION COAL COMPANY. Senator Hill Has tke Motion to Investigate Laid On tke Table. Special to The Indianapolis New*. ' Washington, D. C., August 2.—Senator Hill put a quietus on Senator Chandler’s Investigation of the Dominion Coal Company this afternoon. This proposed Investigation was directed especially at the administration, it being alleged that exSecretary Whitney, Secretary Lamont. Don M. Dickinson and others. Intimate friends of the President, had formed a syndicate,purchased the Nova Scotia coal mines, ana were trying to Influence this Congress in making coal free of duty. The Chandler resolution came up this afternoon and Senator Hill, who is now In the role of a defender of the administration, made a speech against It, and moved to lay It on the table. The motion prevailed, Mr. Chandler being unable even to get a roll-call on his motion. The Public Debt. Washington, D? C., August 2.-The regular monthly statement of the public debt, issued by the Treasury Department, shows that the aggregate of the public debt on July 31. 1894, was *1,(533,806,240, as against *l,G32,2f)3,636 on June 30, .1894. This apparent increase of *1,552.604 In the pub•llc debt is owing to the increase In the issue of certificates and Treasury notes, which, however, are offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury. Aside from this item, the statement shows a net decrease In the public debt of *63,905. On July 31. 1894, the interest-bearing debt amounted to *635,042,590, an Increase for the month of *700. The debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity amounted to *1,840,850 a decrease of *10,390. The debt bearing no Interest was *379,950,470, a decrease of $54,215. The increase in certificates and Treasury notes, offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury, w’as Increased from *615,355,810 on June 30, 1894, to *616,972,397 on July 31, 1894. The cash in the Treasury Is classified as follows) Gold coin and bars, *120,922,836; silver *513,880,682; paper, *121,932,091; bonds* etc., *17,466,156, making an aggregate of *774,201,766, ag-ainst which there are demand liabilities amounting to *655,136,414, leaving a cash balance of *119,065,352, of which *54,975,607 was gold reserve. The increase in the cash balance during the month was *1,480,915. Votes to I'useut Fun*ton. Washington, D. C., August 2.—The House has voted 146 to 87 to unseat Funston of the Second Kansas district and to seat the contestant, Moore (Democrat J. Capital Note*. Mr. Hatch’s pure food bill will be favorably reported to the House. Conslderatlpn of the Williams-Settle North Carolina election contest has been postponed until Monday. The Senate committee on agriculture agreed to permit Senator Washburn to report favorably on the House antioption bill. The civil service commission will hold an examination on August 9 for the office of draughtsman In the Bureau of Statistics. Treasury Department, at *1,000 per annum. The report of the conference committee on the agricultural bill. In which the Senate conferees agreed to recede from tne amendment appropriating *1,000,000 for the extermination of the Russian thistle, has been agreed to by the Senate. The President has approved the application for retirement of Admiral Stanton, to take effect July 30. This results in the promotion of Commodore Erben, now’ commanding Lhe European station, to be rear admiral, and the assignment of Commodore Richard Meade to the command of the North Atlantic station. GLADSTONE CAN NOT COME.

SANTO PLACED ON TRIAL

His Physical Condition Prevents a Visit to This Country.

London, August 2.—The letter of Mr. Gladstone, in reply to the recent invitation of one hundred representative Americans to pay a visit to the United States, was written throughout by Mr. Gladstone and is In rather shaky, Irregular handwriting, but is fairly legible, only the signature, being blurred. The latter is scrawling and in more respects w holly devoid of the former characteristics of Mr. Gladstone's signature. It Is as follow’s: “Dollis, July 30, 1894. “Gentlemen—I am alike Impressed with the gratifying nature of the Invitation you have been good enough to address to me and with the form, alike flattering and considerate. In which it has been conveyed. While I am sensible of strong reasons which would make a visit to your great country an object of just and warm desire, I havei for some time, felt that my advancing years have placed an obstacle In its way such as I could hardly hope to surmount. Undoubtedly your letter has supplied the strongest motives for an attempt to brave the impossible. but I regret to say that it reaches me at a time when, even if I were much younger, it could not induce me to consider this question. “The surgical treatment of my eyes for cataract, which begun recently with the usual operation, will not be concluded for nearly two months, and until that treatment shall have reached Its conclusion—in about that time, I hope— I will not be able to look with confidence to a date for the restoration of practical and useful vision. Under these circumstances, however sanguine as to the eventual Issue I may feel, 1 am incapacitated from contraction of prospective engagements, and I am sure that you and the many distinguished gentlemen who joined with you, will feel with me that this is the only reply I can make to your proposal. “I beg you to accept and to convey to them the assurance of my grateful thanks and unalterable Interest in your country. Believe me, most faithfully yours, W. E. GLADSTONE. "To the American Invitation Committeei” To this letter Colonel Gourand replied to-day. He said. In part: “The invitation had its Inception in March, when it was understood that you were in excellent health and were contemplating travel for recreation. Upon hearing of the impairment of your sight the invitation was deferred until it was reported that you were entirely recovered from the recent operation. I anticipate the sentiment of all who joined in the invitation in expressing regret at your decision as well as the occasion for it.” | , trouble at bluefields.

Brltlsk Troops Landed—Toivn Fortified By the Mosquito Chief.

Colon, Columbia, August 2.—(Copyrighted, 1994. by the Associated Press).— The British warship Mohawk, six guns, a twin screw cruiser of the third class, commanded by Cupt. Leslie C. Stuart, has landed a force of sailors and marines at Bluefields. ,, The adherents of Chief Clareft, the Mosquito leader, have fortified the town of Bluefields anu the river in anticipation of an attack upon the part of the Nicaraguans, whb ar» believed to be upon the point of making an advance from Rama. An Attachment For Tnrsney. Colorado Springs, Colo., August 2.—An attachment has been issued for AdjutantGeneral Tarsney, who had disregarded a subpena to appear before the grand jury as a witness. He will be brought from Denver under arrest upon his return from Kansas City, where he went to Identify ex-l>eputy Joseph Wilson, who is said to have been the leader of the gang that tarred and feathered the General. Burglars* Get <10,000. London. August 2.—The house of Princess Soltykoff, at Slough, was entered by burglars last night and robbed of Jewels of the value of £10,000.

THE ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT CARNOT IN COURT.

The Building and Neighborhood Is Filled With Police and Soldiers— Newspaper Reports To Be Edited By the Judge—Defense.

Lyons, August 2.—Cessario Santo, the assassin of President Carnot, was put on trial In the Assize court to-day. His removal from the St. Paul prison to the court was without incident. M. Breuil16c, who presides over the court, is the judge who drew much criticism upon himself by condemning the bill for the suppression of anarchistic crime, which was recently passed by the Chambers. Addressing the jury at the opening of the Assize July 23, M. Breulllac said: “While the Chamber of Deputies, acting upon the proposals of the government, is endeavoring to relegate to the common law courts certain crimes which you were occasionally privileged to bo called upon to try, we, in this court, by the aid of twelve honest and free citizens, summoned from the bosom of the nation, will punish the murderer of yesterday, and endeavor, according to the measure of our.power to prevent the peril of tomorrow.” Guard* About the Place. The Palace of Justice was to-day guarded In the most thorough manner against possible ebullitions of anarchism. The regular police guards were reinforced by an entire battalion of infantry, and the vicinity of the court had, in consequence, much the appearance of a military cantonment. Soldiers were stationed upon all approaches, and a double cordon of troops surrounded the building itself. In addition, a company of Infantry is posted In the entrance hall, and a platoon of cavalry surrounded the prison van as It was driven, at a gallop, from the prison of St. Paul to the court. The soldiers on duty about the Palace of Justice were supplemented by every variety of police official, from the local gendarme to the shrewdest detective officer from the Paris prefecture. A large squad of policemen in cRIzen’s dress had been specially told off to furnish the audience, every seat usually available to the public being reserved for the detectives, but at the last moment the program w T as changed, and when the doors were opened a waiting crowd rushed in, and In a few minutes all the available space within the court-room was densely packed. Without there was brilliant sunshine and within there was suffocating heat. The only air moving was that from a hundred fans. In the gallery were many ladles, almost all young and gay^r dressed, furnishing striking touches of color. Beside Cessario Santo no one, not an official of the Assize police offices or soldier, will be permitted in or near the court, excepting eighty specially selected newspaper men, and these, owing to the postponement of the trial, made purposely by the government to permit of the enactment of the antianarchist law, find themselves under strict control. Edited By the Judge. For the first time in the experience of many of them their “copy” -will be edited by the judge presiding, and they will be directed as to what they are to put in their reports. The trial is expected to occupy the whole of to-day and part of to-morrow. There will be no long speeches, the public prosecutor confining himself to forty-minute adSome people who should have come forward will not appear, doubtless fearing reprisals, but twenty-eight indispensable witnesses have been called by the government ‘and they include all those who remembered having spoken to Cessario as he was journeying from Cette to Lvons, the owmer of the limekiln Santo worked In In 1893, the batker who employed him at Cette, General Borlus, the chief of the late President’s military household, M. Rlvaud, prefect of the department of the Rhone; the two men servants who sat In the rumble of the late President’s carriage, and Dr. Gallleton, the mayor of Lyons, who rode in the carriage with M. Carnot when Cessario struck the deadly blow. The evidence of M. Artigaud, the gunsmith, of whom Cessario bought the dagger, is expected to be very dramatic. Several times before he paid for the weapon, Cessario tried to see whether he could handle it properly and several times before the gunsmith, the assassin rehearsed his idea of how he would stab his victim. Santo proposes, practically to defend himself, but will have the assistance of M. Durbreuill, a Lyons advocate of considerable note in criminal trials. Touches of the Gruesome. The tduches of the gruesoma, always noteworthy in French trials, wdll be supplied by the Instruments used in operating on the President, a drawing of the carriage in which the President was seated, Santo’s dagger and the liver of the murdered President preserved in alcohol. The prisoner, during his life in the St. Paul prison has found time for one regret only—that he ran away after the deed. To himself his crime is justified, creditable, even glorious, and he has been anxious to be tried quickly. Nobody, has sent the assassin any money since he was arrested, and he has subsisted on prison fare. The leather harness, which was imposed upon him in lieu of a strait-jacket, has not prevented him using the pen, ink and paper supplied to him, and with these he has whiled away much of his time. His penmanship Is fair, but Indicative of vulgarity. He has read many books of travel from the prison library. The Prisoner UrouKht In. The court opened at 9:15 a. m., and the judge-president was no sooner stated than he called upon the gend’armes to bring in the accused man. All the persons present held ’h*‘>- brci n .is the assassin of President Carnot was brought into court. The prisoner was short and looked somewhat scared as he came in, securely handcuffed to a gend’arme on either side of him and two other gend’armes bringing up the rear. Santo, as he marched to the dock, wore a somewhat strange costume. His coat was of yellowish color and his vest and trousers were greasy. He wore a white shirt, with a turneddown collar and a gray neck-tie. So soon as he was in the dock, his counsel, M. Dubreill and M. Degeneral, professor of Italian at the Lyons Business College, the latter having been appointed interpreter, exchanged a few words with the prisoner. Santo took his seat, and the reading of the long indictment began. The prisoner listened impassively during the reading of this document, which contained what was supposed to be a full account of the events before the evening of the murder, and which was believed to be a complete record of Santo’s journey from Italy, giving the name of nearly every one the prisoner spoke to, etc., while on hts way to Lyons. Description of tlic Deed. Santo only became interested in the indictment when it narrated the actual deed as follows: “The murderer approached the carriage, took from his pocket, the poniard, still wrapped in a piece of paper.and plunged the blade, sixteen centimetres long, up to the hilt Into the breast of President Carnot, crying. ‘Vive La Revolution.” This cry. was only heard bv the footman, in the general confusion. Revolution.’ This cry was only heard cried, ‘Vive l afiarchie.’ ” When t}\e reading was finished, names of thirty witnesses were called, and the presiding judge, M. Breuillac, began to question Santo. The Judge first recited the known facts about the family of the prisoner, the latter answering. Replying to questions, the prisoner said that not one of his family was or had been weak-minded. The presiding judge then turned to the prisoner and said: "Since your arrest did ydu write to your mother, saying that you Wiled the president ‘from anarchist motives?’ Are those your words?" ‘Yes,’’ replied Santos, with great Indifference. Santo A* a Child. The Judge then recalled the fact that Santo bad, as a child, figured as a poseur In the religious processions of

Motta-Visconti. his native town, for the beauty of the prisoner, as a child, was remarkable and until he fell under the spell of anarchism, two years ago, he was mudh drawn to a life of religion. In reply to the Judge’s quest!(ms in regard to his childhood and his taking part in religious processions. Caserio answered,

y: "Children do not know what

repeated efforts of the

mockingly:

they are doing.

In spite of

judge to draw from the prisoner some statement in regard to his connection with other anarchists, Santo would say nothing upon the subject, being especially dumb when the judge sought to extract from him information as to the means adopted by anarchists to communicate with each other and as to his immediate associates in anarchism. The prisoner was then questioned about his movements at Cette and other places previous to the assassination and during this portion of the trial Judge Breulllac remarked: “Your relations were always with anarchists.” ‘‘Naturally," interrupted the prisoner, “I could not consort with the Bour-

geolse.”

The presiding judge afterward questioned the prisoner concerning how much money he had remaining after he had paid his bill at Cette, asking: “What did you do with the remaining

5 francs?”

*T bought a poinard,” replied Caserio

defiantly.

BIG FIRE AT CHICAGO.

The Lumber District Burned Last Night. d

Chicago, August 2.—Fire io the lumber district here last night did *1,910,600 damage. A night watchman saw a blaze on the outside of the fence on the east side of Lincoln street near a single shed belonging to S. K. Martin & Co. He turned in an alarm, but before the first engine!* arrived the single shed was a mass of .flames, which had communicated to the surrounding lumber piles. The Martin yards are 2,500 feet long by 300 feet wide, and the flames originated in exactly the right spot for the strong northwest wind which was blowing at the time to carry them through the entire length and breadth of the yards. Tne wind drove the flames so fiercely that the first engines which arrived were utterly helpless, and call after call for additional help was made until over fifty engines and three fire-boats were at work on the fire. The course of the flames was southeast and east for the first forty-five minutes, and they literally licked up everything in their path. Piles of lumber, laths, shingles and cedar posts were swallowed up with an appalling rapidity, and for a time it seemed as if the entire lumber district of the city, which stretches anothsr mile to the south and as far to the eas£ of the burning yards, must be destroyed. a he wind, howev er, sudd enly changed at 9:30 o’clock, and oegan lo blow from the south, and with much less violence than before. Tit - Ibi ner s-Sh ted rapidly north again, and burned lick to a line •level with its siariffig pomil The sudden chan , . in the direction of the flames caught several engine* companies unprepared, and the men * ero*compelled to run. No engines were abandoned, out three of them had close calls, horses and men narrowly escaping death. The fire boat Yosemitc was at work in one of the slips when the direetien of the fire changed, and the tongues of flame which shot over her made it necessary that she be removed at once. When an effort was made to start her up, it was found that her steam was so low that the boat could not be moved with any rapidity, and the flamea were swooping down on her at a fearful rate. The men frantically pushed her off witn poles and boards, and she finally crawled out of the slip, with no more damage than a severe scorching in several pltfces. The total Humbert of men thrown out of employment by the fire is 2,200, and the destruction 'was so complete that it will be weeks before most Of them can be given work by the firms which suffered. The list of casualties, so far as flnown, is as follows: The Deed. Lieutenant JOHN McGINN, of^ the fire-boat Geyser, burned; died at county hospital. WILLIAM WOOLENFELL, 63 Union avenue, struck by cap blown-Jroin engine; knocked Into river and drowned; body recovered. Unknown man, knocked into rive - and drowned Unknown boy, seventeen years old, burned to death. The Injured. Edward Bums, pipeman, burned; will recover. Captain Byrne, engine company 15, struck in eye by stream of water; will lose an eye. Captain Farcal, fire-boat Yosemite, overcome by smoke; will recover. John Gary, pipeman, badly burned about face, body and arms. » Peter Phelan, pipeman, overcome by heat and burned. Lieut, Dan Murphy, hook and ladder company, knocked insensible by flying J. P. Flaherty, fireman, hit by swinging hose; knocked into fire and badly burned; will recover. Otto Richter, fell from lumber pile; two ribs broken and Internally injured; may die. The burned district is about six blocks three-ouurters of a mile) from east to west "and about three blocks (threeeighths of a mile) from north to south. The greatest portion of the district bounded by Blue Island avenue, Lincoln street, the river and Ashland avenue, was burned over, and forty acres of lumber yards are nothing but smoking embers. A Town In Aahe*. Lamoure, N. D„ August 2.—This city is in ashes. A great fire broke out on Front street at an early hour, and, fanned by a strong wind, laid waste the entire business center of the town. Four blocks of stores burned, Including the county court-house and the records. The Leland Hotel and a drug store are the only buildings left standing. The loss is *200,006, only partially "covered by insurance. St rack By Lightning nml Burned. Jefferson City, Mo., August 2.—The main building of Lincoln Institute was struck by lightning at 1:30 o’clock this morning and burned to the ground. The loss is partially covered by insurance. All of the furniture and the extensive library were destroyed. The loss to the. State will amount to about *25,000. JAPAN REPULSED.

SUCkB INQUIRY RESULTS. smile on his tace, blew hta brains out

THE MAIN REPORT SIGNED BY ALL TRE COMMITTEEMEN.

Supplemental Report* By Davi* and Lodge, and By Allen—Wms No Evidence to Sustain the Charges Made Against Senators.

Her Force* Meet a Rebuff—Rnssin Want* Peace. Shanghai, August 2.—An official telegram received here from Tien Tsen says that in the battles fought July 27 and 28, at Cassan, the Japanese were repulsed with a loss of over two thousand men. Report of u Japanese Defeat. London, August 2.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says that reports have been received there from foreign officials at Seoul that the Chinese under General Yes, on * Sunday last defeated the Japanese forces near Asan. The Japanese withdrew to Seoul. Twenty thousand Manchurian Chinese troops have crossed the frontier and are marching upon Seoul, I ■ — Russia Want* Peace. St. Petersburg, August 2.—It is officially announced that Russia, desiring a settlement of the war between China and Japan, will act in complete accord with Great Britain in an effort to secure an immediate solution of the difficulty. Falling in this Russia will not allow any power to take even partial possession of Korea. Fleet From the North. Copenhagen, August 2.—It is officially announced here that the Chinese northern fleet consisting of thirteen vessels, has left Chefoo for Korea. The announcement is accompanied by the statement that a battle between the Chinese and Japanese may be expected at any hour. Ten Persons Drowned. Dolgelly, Wales, August 2.—A pleasure beat, laden with excursionists from Barmuth, capsized on the Maudach river last evening. Ten of the passengers were drowned.

Washington, D. C., August 2.—Senator Gray, chairman of the sugar investigating committee, presented the report of the committee to the Senate to-day and asked that the committee be discharged. The main report is signed by all the Senators of the committee, but Senators Lodge and Davis present a supplemental report and Senator Allen also presents his own views on some features of the case. The report which has the approval of the full committee recites the causes which led up fo the Investigation and quotes the article from the Philadelphia Press on which the charges against Senators was baaed. It also recites the facts which have been published already as to the refusal of the correspondent, Edwards, to answer queries put by the committee. Secretary Carlisle Is exonerated and the parts of the article reflecting on him are declared to be without foundation, except that It is a fact, according to Secretary Carlisle’s testimony, that he did at the request of Senator Jones, of the finance committee, draft an amendment to the sugar schedule, a copy of which, as described by Mr. Carlisle, is attached as an exhibit to the testimony. The conduct of Mr. Edwards, says the report, in publishing specific charges against public men without having personal knowledge of the facts calls for the serious reprobation of the Senate. The cbmmittee also says: “There has been no testimony presented before your committee, and your committee has been unable to discover any tending to show that the sugar schedule •was made up, as it then stood in the proposed amendment to the tariff bill, in consideration of large or any sums of money paid for campaign purposes of the Democratic .party. No witness has testified before your committee that such was the fact, and all the Democratic members of the finance committee and the Senators whose names have been mentioned in the public press as especially Interested In protecting the sugar refining Industries, or in whose States sugar refineries existed have, under oath, denied that such was the truth, or that they had any knowledge or information as to any sums of money, large or otherwise, having been paid for campaign purposes of the Democratic party by the sugar trust, by those connected with it, or by anybody, as a consideration for favorable treatment of its Interests by said party.” The committee also reports the substance of the testimony of the sugar refiners, asserting that campaign contributions were made only to the local committees and not for the purpose of Influencing national campaigns or for the purpose of securing or defeating national legislation. No other testimony has; the committee says, been offered, suggested or discovered which would tend to support the statements of Edwards In this regard. Nor is there, they unite in saying, arty evidence in support of the statement that either of the Messrs. Haveiheyer had an interview with President Cleveland on a yacht in the summer df 1892 or of 1893 in regard to the sugar interests of the Hawaiian islands, or any other sugar interests or the policy of the administration in regard to them. “On the contrary, it has been affirmatively shown," they say, "that the statement is untrue as to any such Interview having occurred.” It Is, the committee says, shown by the evidence that one or more officers of the sugar trust were in Washington and that they saw several Senators generally there representing States In which sugar refineries were located with the view of influencing legislation, but these gentlemen deny the use of any Improper means to that end. Both the members of the trust and of the finance committee denied that any meeting took place between them at the Capitol or elsewhere, as was stated In the “Holland” letter to have taken place, and there Is no evidence in support of the statements in this regar.d The committeemen were also united in saying that no evidence has been adduced tending to show* improper conduct on the part of those engaged in the framing of the sugar schedule in the

tariff bill.

“Though perhaps outside the scope of the duty imposed upon your committee," they say, "they take occasion to strongly

deprecate ^he importunity and pressure

ibers

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Industrial combinations, w hose enormous

to which Congress and Its members are

subjected by the representatives of great Industrial combinations, W’hose enormous wealth tends to suggest undue influence and to create In the public mifid a demoralizing fbieltinexh r eesda zbzbzb alizing belief In the existence of cor-

ruption.”

The committee reports in the negative upon the question "whether any Senator has been speculating in sugar stock during the consideration of the tariff bill.” As to the latter branch of the Inquiry, which brought out a photographic copy of an order to buy sugar stocks, dated March 2, ahd purporting to be signed by Senator Camden, the committee gives credence to the denial of. Senator Camden and says * that Battershall, -whose evidence wms expected to bear up the inference from the photographic copy, was a man of doubtful character. Senator Smith is also exonerated from blame. Summing up the committee says that “no charge or charges have been filed alleging that the action of any Senator has been corruptly or irtmroperly influenced In the consideration of the tariff bill, and no attempt has been made to so Influence legislation.” All the testimony taken by the committee is submitted as

a part of the report.

A. R, U. CONVENTION.

A Secret Session at Which ♦’resident Deb* Presides.

Chicago, August 2.—President Debs presided over the A. R. U. convention which met here to-day behind closed doors. Vice-President Howard said that It %ms impossible to tell what matters might come before the delegates, but the strike and boycott would be the main subjects considered. There were about two hundred delegates present, representing 512 unions.

Refuse to Obey the Court. Kansas City, Mo., August 2.—Four hundred Santa Fe railw’ay employes, who w’ere recently summoned to appear before the United State Court at Tokeka, August 6, have flatly refused to obey the mandates of that court. Last night Secretary McFadden, of the A. R. U., was authorized to send the following letter to Judge Scarritt, of the United States Court, at Topeka: "Sir—In behalf of myself and other men at this point who have been served with returnable orders made on the first week of August, I beg leave to say we are not conscious of having violated any law and we do not feel justified in paying railroad fare to answer them In person, nor will we employ an attorney. If the decrees of the court can be invoked against us, with *no more justification than in the present case, then our boasted justice and liberty is simply a jug-handled affair, and we will not attempt to resist It. You will find us at Argentine whenever you want us." Pullman Work* Start. Chicago, August 2.—The Pullman works were started to-day quietly and without demonstration on the part of the exemployes. Only 260 men reported for work, although the company expected 800. About 1,000 strikers gathered about the buildings and good-naturedly chaffed the returning workmen, but no attempt at violence was made. A heavy detail of police was on hand and remained at the works all day. — • Wakely’s Spectacular Salclde. Omaha, August 2. — William Wakely, Omaha's city clerk, and a well-known politician, was the principal In a spectacular suicide last night. He accompanied a select part* of ladies to a local bathing resort, and, after seeing the ladies to the water’s edge, climbed into

and dropped into the lake. His conduct had not been unusual up to the moment when he drew the gun. His affairs are

supposed to be in good order, and hta family, one of the most prominent in Omaha, can assign no reason for the

deed.

IOWA DEMOCRATS.

They Nominate a State Ticket Com-plete-Other Political News.

Des Moines, la.,, August t—The Democratic Stats convention yesterday nom- ' nated the following ticket: Secretary of State—H. H. Dale, of Polk. Auditor—John Whitfield, of Guthrie. Treasurer—L W. White, of Wayne. Supreme Judge (long term)—John Cleggett, of Cerro Gordo; short term, Edward W. Mitchell, of Fremont. Attorney-General—J. D. F. Smith, of Cherokee. Railroad Commissioner—W. L. Parker, of Osceola. Clerk of Supreme Court-T. R. North, of Dallas. For Supreme Court Reporter—J. J. Shea, of Council Bluffs. The platform adopted demands that Democrats in Congress pass "a tariff law that will lay the duties on imports for revenue alone and thereby destroy trusts, combines and organisations that have been robbing the people and depleting the treasury of the Nation and commends President Cleveland’s administration. The financial plank is as follows: "With the national Democratic convention of 1892 we hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country and the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating agafinst either metal or charge, for mintage, but the dollar unit of Coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, and demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable In such coin. And we favor such legislation as will faithfully carry out these pledges to the people.” Political Nate*. G. W. White was nominated by the Georgia Populists to run against Speaker I*'wa Second district Republicans nominated M. Curtis, of Chrton, for Congr. sbinan. H. i>. Money was renominated as Congrcbsman from the Fourth Mississippi u* uigrb scion &1 district. S. W. Johnson, of Appling county, was nominated for Congress by the Populists )f Fa- Eleventh district. Georgia. William Godfrey Hunter was nominated by the Republicans of the Third Kentucky congressional dlstricr. The Df loocratic convention at Sallsburv. N. tV. renominated Representative J. 8. Henderson for a sixth term in Con-

gress.

t: G. Aiderson, of Nicholas, W. Va., vns renominated for Congrec*? on the first ballot by the Democrats of the Third West Virginia district. John R. Tanner, a close political friend of Senator Cullum, has been chosen chairman of the Illinois Republican State central committee. Congressman Bryan will shortly assume editorial control of the Omaha Daily World-Herald. The paper will advocate the free and unlimited coinage it silver and oppose the Cleveland Democrats in tae coming campaign. TWENTY-SIX FIRES.

Much Property Belonging to One Fnmily Burned—Charge*.

Conway, Mass., August 2.—Mrs. Susan J. Taylor, of Walpole, is under arrest, charged with attempted incendiarism. The insurance companies allege that there have been within a few yearn no less than twenty-six fires in property owned by the family of which Mrs. Taylor is a member, A little more than a year ago George and Brice McDowell, brothers of Mrs. Tayor, came here and bought a grist mill. Some time after a barn they owned burned and *850 Insurance was paid. This Are, the McDowells claim, was caused by the carelessness of an employe. Last January the grist mill was destroyed by fire, with its contents. The building was insured for *1,560 and the stock for *2,500. George McDowell admits that this nre was of incendiary origin, but declares he has no idea who set it. The insurance companies refuse to pay the amount demanded In this case, and the McDowells will bring suit next week. Mrs. Mary E. Griggs, a sister of Mrs. Taylor, lived here until recently In a house owned by Tucker & Cook. The building, with contents, was destroyed by fire. In March, 1893, the house in which three sisters and two brothers of the McDowell family lived at Dorchester was burned. They all held Insurance policies ranging from *15u to *1,500, and the five received in settlement *1,586. They then moved to Walpole, and in the following Akgust the house In which they lived there was destroyed, and the Insurance (*1,200) was paid. George McDowell, the police assert, formerly resided in New York, and there collected insurance on three tires—*1,400 on a dwelling, *3,300 on a wheelwright shop and *2,SOO on a second dwelling. Mrs. Taylor has been released oh *1,000 ball, furnished by her brother, Brice McDowell. VERY OLD PEOPLE.

A Nonogenarian Who I* Ambition* to Live In Three Centuries.

Special to the Indianapolis News. Columbus, August. 2. — At HenryviUe resides a couple who have been married more than seventy years—Lewis H. Morgan, who married Elizabeth Freeman when they were eighteen and sixteen years old, respectively. Grandma Gross, as every one calls her, is over ninety-eight, and lives with her son Wesley, who is seventy-six, and who often remarks, “Mammy will outlive me yet." The old lady Is remarkably well preserved, and only a short time ago declared that she had “not an ache nor a pain." Last winter she fell from a step and broke an arm below the elbow, and the local physicians advised amputation as the only thing to save her, but she would not hear to it and had the arm put in a plaster. The bones firmly united. Uncle Samuel Williams, another resident, was born January 7, 1799 (St. Jackson’s Day), but is a strong Republican. He is now over ninety-five, and his desire Is to live until 1900, so it can be said "he had lived in three centuries." There are a number of other old settlers, and when they have a "meeting" an extra large piauurm is elec Led for their accommodation. Prominent among them may be mentioned the Rev. Seymour Gurnsey, eighty-three years old; Patrick Plunkett, eighty-five; "General” Taylor, eighty-seven, and Colonel J. F. Willey and wife, eighty-five. Aunt Emily Biggs, who died three months ago, was ninety-three. Her husband, Abner Biggs, who died five or six years ago, was about ninety^ Cbarle* Gloyestin’* Disappears!ucc. Spokane, Wash., August 2.—Vigorous search is being kept up for the missing Charles Gloyestin, who is supposed to have been abducted through political motives from his home at Mica, in this county. A button and bloodstained leaves have been found near the house. The sheriff Is tracing the movements of a mysterious light wagon seen at different places in the neighborhood on the night of the ’ abduction. The bloodstains are being analyzed in Spokane. The county commissioners have offered $500 reward for the man’s body. If dead, and *1,000 for the arrest and conviction of his murderers. They also petitioned Governor McGraw to offer a reward of *5,000. Lightning Work* Great Damage. Special to The Indianapolis News. Laporte. August 1—Last night the severe drought, to which this part of the State ha* been subjected for some time, was broken by one of the severest rata and electrical storm* which, possibly, ever visited this section of country. Trees, horns and animals were the greatest sufterero, the light from numerous tires being distinctly seen in various direction* In the county. The loas In barns burned will aggregate UO.OOfl.

ANDREW JACKSON’S 6RAYE

GHOULS WERE AT WORK AT IT LAST NIGHT. A Large Hole Deg at tke Meet* of It a Loeg Plank Left Beside It —Motive Per tke Deo- j ecratlon

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Na^-rdle, Tenn., August 2.—Inform*tlon was received to-day from the Hsr* milage, where Andrew Jackson’s remain* are buried, that his grave was disturbed last night by some unknown person or persons. A hole eighteen inches in depth and three feet In length waa dug at the head of the grave, hut the parties were frightened away before they accomplished their object The Hermitage is twelve miles from this city. This place which was ths old home of General Jackson, and where he was laid to rest In June, 1*46. is the property of the State of Tennessee, and ha* been for several years. In charge of the Ladles’ Hermit Association. The object of this association la to preserve the home and relics of the ex-President. The remainder of the estate is used as a horns , ? r .? I * c ? nfe<lerale soldiers. The remains of Mrs. Jackson, wife of the General, rsst next *° ^fr 08 . 6 h ® r husband in a tomb prepared by hliw It resembles in appearance an open summer house, a small white dome supported by pillars of whits marble. The tomb of General Jackson bears ths simple Inscription: bOTn M “ < * The desecration of the grave was discovered af an early hour to-day, ?u d T th * fac t Immediately reported to the Ladies Hermitage Association. A long plank was left lying beside the grave. Suspicion rests upon a welldressed negro, for whom the authorities are .now looking. He went to the residence of a white man living half a mils from the Hermitage yesterday afternoon and borrowed a shovel, which he returned this morning. While near the Hermitage he made some inquiries about General Jackson’s tomb. Ths Ladles Hermitage Association officers ■£* at a loss to know what could b# the object of the person or persons who disturbed the grave. There are only three persons In charge of the house and grounds, and they knew nothing of the nocturnal visitors until daybreak. 1 POPULISTS* STATE COMMITTEE. Called to Meet ’About the Time of the 1 Democratic Convention. There was sent out! to-day a call for a meeting of the Populist State commutes on Tuesday, August 14. the day before the Democratis State convention. County committeemen, and leading members of the party, have been invited to attend the conference! The call has revived the talk about the attempt to convince leaders of the Democratic party that ths Democratic State convention ought to approve some of the nominees of the Populists for State office, j There is reason to brieve that there has been enough encouragement ih the negotiations up to time to warraiit the Populists In meeting here during convention week prepared to consider any propositions that may bg offered. \ * ^ 1 — FOURTH DISTRICT POLITICS. Republicans In Congressional Convention nt Greenabarg. Special to (The Indianapolis News. Greensburg, August 2.—The Republican congressional convention in the Fourth district is being held hgfe to-day. Delegates were delayed by the fajlAe of tralhi and ft wal U a. m. before S. iE. Nowlin, of Lawrencetatlg, chairman of thie district committee, called the convention to order. Editor Bmashey, of the Lawrenceburg Press, was made temporary secretary, and the Rev. R. J. Roscamp offered prayer, after which the business calling the convention together was briefly stated by the chairman. A committee of one from each county was appointed on permanent organization, resolution's and credentials, after which

an adjournmest waa taken until 2 p. m. All of the delegates! 162 In number, are present. E. V. Moore, of Dearborn, and W. D. Wilson, of Ripley, are tlie leading candidates for the nomination for Congress, and each is confident

of success.

A caucus of Franklin county delegates was held this forenoon and six votes were cast tor Moore and ten for Wilson. Decatur county in caucus gave (Vilson fifteen and Moore ten. It will require elghty-two votes to nominate. Rusfr county is Expected to cast its vote solid for Judge W. A Cullen. J. E. Watson, of Rushvllle, will likely be selected for permanent chairman, j IMITATED A STREET FAKIR. -"I " 1 1 An Experiment AVIitch Will Cost Robert Jeffries Hla Life.

Special to

Jeffersonville,

The Indianapolis News.

August 2.—Robert Jeffries,

thirteen years old, with a number of other boys, while playing circus, undertook a special trick. He proourted a cam of coal oil from hi* mother and he saturated his head with the oil, and he also covered his face, neck and a portion of his wearing apparel, telling the boy* to watch him clbscdy, and at the same time acting as if he wjas familiar with what he had undertaken. He then lighted a match and applied the bloke to hi* hair. Instantly hi* head was enveloped in flame*. Crazed with fright, his comiNffions made no effort to save him, but left him alone to extinguish the fire. This was not done until assistance came from p-nother source. The boy Is so badly burned that he can noti recover. Young Jeffries got the idea from a soap fakir, who was here a few nights ago. The fakir performed a sim-

ilar trick, but with safer results.

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THE WEATHER BULLETIN.

United Spates Weather Bureau, Indianapolis, Ind., August 2, 1894. Thermometer.

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Forecasts For ladlaaa [ I For the thirty-six hours ending at 1 8 p. m.. August S, 1894: Much cooler, northerly winds and fal# weather to-night; cooler and lair f on Friday and Saturday. General Conditions. The storm area moving eastward is central over Lake Huron this morning; v st of the Mississippi the barometric ■htsure Is high, with quite cool temperate and fair weather; east of th# Mississippi, except In the upper lake region*. high temperature continues. Local rains fell In Texas, Oklahosan, Arkansas, Michigan, accompanied by thunder in Missouri, Illlrols and Ohio. Th# rains in western and southern Indiana were heavy enough to be of great benefit

to corn.

The Weather In Other Cities. Observations taken by the United States Weather Bureau at 7 a. m., nine-

tieth meridian time. Ther. Bar. Weth. r 4 5ii^

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Cincinnati, O.. Cleveland, O..A.

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