Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1894 — Page 1

i FIRST PART.

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HOUSE TO CAUCUS

Members to Take Action Concerning the Tariff. Bynum Circulates the Petition for the Call And It Is Readily Signed by Many Members. MUCH FEELING IS SHOWN, Some of the Representatives Denouncing the Move. Mr. Bynum Talks at Length on the Situation And Says It Is Time Either to Agree or Disagree. 'Srtsiilop oorheea N;tMik of the AVork of the ( onfirres lie Tlilnk the enntr Mumhl Keoede lu Favor of I'ree Iron and free I oul lint He ?M) of the Sutiiir Schedule 4ivei the ( itnaplrnlnrs a Sharp ltu -"Snmir" enntor Confer ulth the Pnpvlllt. BlTRKAl" OF THE SKNTINHL, WASHINGTON'. I. C. Aug. 6. The h'.use l. attain frettim; impatient yver the delay of the cop.f. rees In agreel.vs on a tariff till and a can us will be Iteld tomorrow". Kehrest ntative Idynurn today ii.-jiiiii'''! oommrsr.d of the e un-us men. and s.i--s-eJed where Springer failed. Ina very short time Mr. Ilynmn secure! more than the nc essary mind er ef representatives t or b r a eam-us. Cau-.'in Chairman Holrnan promptly called it for " o'c'.o-k fom..rr..v. The object of the raueus is ii. 't i ) e.'i.u.i trass the Louse conferees. Kepresentaiivo Ilyir.itr. said this eveti"Tr.e call for u caucus tomorrow r. t 3 Y1 ok is to consider the situation. The tariff bill his been in conference nearly no month and a la ige number of members believe that the subject should be terminated. Either ilie conferees should agree or disagree and let the two houses vote. There is no question that the divisions in the ranks of the democratic arty are becoming wi.b-r and wider, and that unless we i:i agree to something- or drop the question till next session the breach ma.21 become serious. The feeling anions: the n-er.-bers of th house is brclerinef on desp.-ratio.i. There were .not more than sixty-live or seventy members in the house today whn I bean to circulate the call f..r a caucus, and in thirty minutes I had about fifty-five signatures. Several came to me and wanted to sign the äame after I had Ueiivend it to Mr. Holman. "The serioii-ne-s of the situation is what prompted action. I believe that we must pass a tariff bill one that gives, hubsraini il reform and I hope when we Ket together tomorrow we may b f.b!e to devise pome plan by which to bring matters to a f tlisfacb-ry conclusion. If a majority of the members of the house decide that we shouli not take the .senate bill I am with them, but if a majority Is in favor uf accepting the same, with such modifications as the senate is willing to make, 1 .-dial! cheerfully acquiesce. The house has never yet had an opportunity t express itself on the senate amendments. The house has been practically muzzled, while everybody else lias beer, daily consul t-d as to what would be satisfactory. It is. in my judgment, time that in-1 members of the house should hive an opportunity of casting their votes, unrestricted by special rules and unfettered by any other influence than their responsibility to their constituents. I did not circulate the petition fir caucus until urRoJ to do so bv a large number of leading members of "the house. 'The situation is critl?al beyond comprehensi .n. and only by the most loyal and patriotic action car. harmony and success be secured. It is time to cease crimination and re 'rimination. I believe that In the success of ,he democratic party depends the future prosperity and happiness of th- people, and I am ready to make any sacrifice for harmony and unity." Mr. Uynum will be supported in the caucus by Gen. lilac k, Patterson and Knloe of Tenness.-e and Ttailey of Texas and others, who will make speeches. A resolution will be introduced by the caucus men requesting the house conferees to report within forty-eight hours to the bouse an agreement or disagreement. The caucus men want an opportunity to obtain an expression of the sentiment f the house whether the senate bill shall be accepted or ret. There is some talk to the affeet that Chairman Wilson will make a disagreement report to the house at noon tomorrow ar.d thus head off th caucus. Hut It is more likely that Wilson will feo Into the raueus and Hrht it out there. Warner of Xew York, the leader of the radical tariff reformers, says that the ron-.-oinpromisinsr element will capture the raueus and pass a vote of confidence in Chairman Wilson and defeat the resolution to dispose of the house conferees and throw the whole question Into the house. From the white house reliable reports ccme that the president is aa firm as ever for the Wilson bill. TIIK rKTITlOX FOIl A C.UTI. uie representative Dlapleaaed at the Move. Within fifteon minutes from the time the house caueus petition was circulated today fifty members had signed It and the caucus became a certainty. Members who had not wanted to sign last week were now anxious to do so. The petition requests Chairman Holman to call the caucus for 3 o'clock tomorrow to consider what action, if any, should be taken, in order to secure the early passage of a tAriff bill. The petition is not the one formerly circulated by Representative Springer, although the latter la interested in the nw move. The call was In response to a petition signed by fifty-three members of the house. Among the signers were Representatives Springer, Bynum. Black of Illinois, Hooker, Geary, DeForest. Enloe. Brlckner, Washington. English. Bailey. Patterson, Sperry. Allen. McXagny. Martin, Magulre and Capehart. The petition had been circulated -by Mr. Bynum ftt t-ti wan ana means committee and

the- success of the move was pecure.l within half an hour from the time the xtltlon was ftarteil. Intense feeling- was developed as foon as the caucus movo bepan. Members gathered In th? lobbies and talked excitedly for and against the caucus. Representative Strauss, Warner and others friendly to th? administration denounced it as a "tire in the rear." Neither Speaker ri.p nor Chairman Wilson had been consulted as to the caucus, and It was recognized aa directly in opposition to their wishes. Representative Outhwaite. an associate of Speaker Crisp on the committee on rul. said: "The caucus is not indorsed by the committee on rules or by the conferees. It is evidently a move ap-iinst the house conferees. Members of the rules committee will probably enter the caucus, but I expect the nfetees will rein tin away in view of the fact that reverse action by the caucus would be equivalent to a vot'? of 'wm of cf.nfid- nee.' " Representative Strauss, a close friend of Mr. Wilson, expressed the opinion that the ohk-ih would rr.ive a boonu'T.ir,g. lie lxlieve,l Mr. Wilson and the other conferees and their fr!--nus would attend the c.iU'-'Ms mil mderirtk to carry It. With such men as Speaker Crisp, Chairman Wilson. H-iurke Coekran and others u-erins lovalty to the house conferees, Mr. Strauss did rot think an antagonist!. rs..:utlu would pass. Mr. Strauss id also that he expected Uu caucus would brir.s? nut S'-ni- startling enferenc-i secrets which mii'.I insure the ennferc-es support from the house. Messrs. Springer and Bynum make no concealmei.t of the fact that the caucus is for the purpose of ending the contest by Hi-veptiru? the Bernte tail. In this conre, thn they qu '": a statement made to them by Senator Mills to the effect that furth-r hoiis resistance meant the killinff of all miff legislation.

solicit voouunKvs vniws. lie Sa tin Vennte Ought lo Concede Free foul nnil Iron. Chairman Voorhees of the finance committee has b-n unable to attend the conference on account of ill health and is still coiulne 1 t his house. He has r.ot yet been heard from on the points now at issue among the conferees. It has been assumed that h stood with: the senate conference managers, not only for the .eiiat" duty on sugar, but also for a duty on coal and iron ore. He announced the contrary in an interview with a reporter for the A.-.-ocl ited Press who called lip m him at his house today and asked him for Iiis View. He talked very fietly, advocating such concessions n the part of the senate as weuld brnig about a speedy agreement and took strong ground in favor of yi- l Ung to the h mands of the house for free- coal and free iron ore. He said: "It seems to m there ought to be but little, if any. difficulty in reaching an agreement between the two houses. The ways and means committee of the house dl i not. in the first instance, report in favor of free sugar, but were overruled by the house and fre sugar put. in th-1 Wilson bill. J would gladly have concurred in liiis. but it was soon ascertained with matheiuati'-al certainty that such a bill could by no possibility pa-ss the senate. "On this point of difftrt ic2 between the two houses I lock upon the president's letter to Mr. Wilson as a help rather than .1 hindrance tcwaid a compromise settle-m-r.t. The oncession which the president advises the house to make on sutjar is liberal and "jrt to be at once satisfaobry to evtry b gl "im ite sugir inter'-si. 1 can entei tain no d mbi that it will furnish th basis of a successful sugar schedule. Mr. Caff er y his announced in the senate, as 1 understand him, that F-oulsiana will accept 41 per cent, a 1 valorem without any reference to the trust, especially If the bounty, or at least i a portion of it, is continued to the plant ers a few months longer. I rider these circumstances 1 am unable t. see how the sugar issue can remain any longer an c.b-fa le 1 1 an agreement. "The only other points of serious trouble are embraced in the question whether coal and iron shall be free or have a tariff duty 1 iid on them of 40 cents per tn. These are exceedingly smail and insignificant items of controversy 0:1 which to defeat a great national system of revenue reform, obstruct all legislation looking to that end, disappoint and dr range every business of the country, greatly embarrass the democratie party and inflict the gravest calamities on all -lasses of people. If legislation shall entirely fail at this time, owing to a siuoboin disagreement as L whether there shall be a mall duty on coal and a small duty on iron ore, or whether these two articles shall be on the free list, the men who make that result Inevitable may rest assured that they will be held in everlasting remembrance and everlasting execration. They will be hanged in effigy from one ocean to the other and their names will be pillories in th- estimation of the American people. There is so little ground in my mind now for a final disagreement that those who continue to insist on small things and thus compel such disagreement will be held as criminals by all just-minded people. "The sugar schedule being practically out of the way, as I have shown by concessions, the senate ought, in my judgment, to cr.ncede free coal and free iron ore; and, of course, it would do so but for a membership in that body which could be counted on tne fingers of one hind. I have no disposition to reflect on the motives of those who differ from nie In opinion, but this small minority of the senate, having suosiantially carried their point on sugir. can very easily and very honorably afford to make concessions on coal and iron. Such action on their part and the great results which would follow would. b hailed by the American people as a blessed deliverance from the present crisis in our affairs." Mr. loorhreN Improving;. RUR KAU OF TIIF SENTINEL, WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 6. Senator Voorhees's condition) continues to improve. There is no longer any alarm felt by memlters of his family and friends, and Ir. Acker says that it is only a question of a fQw days until he will b? able to resume his duties in the senate, lie was well enousrl today to enjoy a drive. DRAGGED TO DEATH. I'mIiiI Accident la Senator DnnlfK'a Klirlit-lrar-Old Sou. LYNCH RTTRG. Va.. Aug. 6. Wliliam Patton Daniels, th eight-year-old son of United States Senator John Daniel?, nvH with a fatal accident yesterday afternoon. The little boy was playing in the yard of the senator's residence and had a. horse saddled for a rile about the premises. Tha horto turned suddenly and in a second the little fellow was hanging with his head on the ground. The animal made a dash and for about Fixty feet dragged the little fellow over the yard. The senator ran int. the yard and bore the frightfully bruised lad tnto the house. Although all that medical skill could suggest was done he died at 11:10 last night. Fruit Market r;luttel. SAN FRANCISCO, Au. Ö.-The Sacramento river steamers arriving this morning brought in over 29XO packages of fruit. There were also heavy shipments by rail and the local market became so badly glutted that peachea and plumbs old at 5 cents per basket. As each banket weighs from thirty to forty pounds, the price realized1 does not pay freight and commissions.

SUNK Bf THE JAPS

Another Desperate Naval Battle Is Fought In Which Three Chinese Warships Are Sunk. MANY CHINESE ARE KILLED And Others Drowned in the Sinking Ships. The Japanese More Skillful In Modern Warfare, Iliiutllint; Their Arm nod YcsneH to Heller Ailvnntnep The I. on nt the Ships n Sertoli Illow to t'liiiin'n .Vivsil i:tili)ienf The Slrtmalo Mill IIouhll- lie One of the lot Kilter In II Istor j Oil tin Determined to 1'lKht to the Ilnd-o Oflicltil I) lit pit teh es. SHANGHAI. July 31. 10 p- m.-Xews has just been received here of sv desperate f Kittle between the fleets of Chimi and Japan, in which the Chinese were defeated and the Chen-Yuen, the largest battleship except one in the Chinese service, was sunk, and two other larse Chinese vessels, said to be flrst-cla.v? cruisers, were captured or destroyed. The battle was hotly contested, but th Japanese appear to have handled their guns, ships and torpedoes with more skill than the Chinese. The Chinese fleet engaged carried nearly a thousand men and a large number of them are reported to have been killed or drowned. nm ot Continued. Later The report of a second naval engagement between Japanese and Chinese vessels is not confirmed. No further details have been received. It was reported today that the Japanese forces attacked the Cliine.se iosition at Yashan on Friday and Saturday last. The Japanese, it is said, were repulsed with heavy loss. The Chinese loss was trivial. The Japanese are withdrawing troops from Seoul to reinforce their army near Yashan. MOIUOIS Ill.OW TO CHINA. Her l,ont Slilpn Mere Protected CruiMer llullt In Una land. WASHINGTON. July 31. The news of the battle was received here by private tel.-grtms fr m Ti.'u Tsii . If the report is true, of which there is little doubt, it means that an end has been put t China's fighting ipn the seas. The Chen-Yuen must have started out from Taku, after leaving the Chinese transports there. The two Chinese cruisers supposed to have been captured or destroyed during the engagement which ended so fatally for the Chen-Yuen are the chin-Yan and the Foo Ching. Th- Chin Yan was a protected cruiser, built at Els wick, England. Sh3 had a displacement of 2.300 tons and attained an average speed in h"r trial trips with ail weights, batteries an.1 crew aboard of eighteen and one-half knots. Her armament consisted of three eight and onefotu th-inch Krupps and two six-inch Armstrongs, protected by splinter proof shields. She also curried eight eightIound rapid Hotchklss guns, and four torpedo tubes. The Foi Ching was also an English built protected cruiser, very much similar to the Chin Yuan. She had a displacement of J,;,(M) tons, wa-s built of steel in lsHit and carried ten guns of the Mine caliber as those carried by the Chin Yuan. The Chen Yuen was a battleship of 7,400 tons displacement, carrying fourteen and one-half Inches compound armor at the water line. Her battery included four twelve-inch guns, protected by an armored breastwork, and two emaller Krupps. Shot was also furnished with eleven Ilotehkiss cannon and tubes for Whitehead torpedoes. In addition the Chen Yuen had two eight and one-fourth-hich and two six-inch Krupps in her main battery and a secondary battery of Hotchkiss. revolving cannon. The Chert Yii3n was built for China at the Stettin works. She was a sister ship of the Ting Yuen and was thfs most powerful warShip in the Chinese navy, with the exception of the Ting Yuen. nw n I'IkIiI to I lie Fml. LOXDOX. July 31 .-The- correspondent of the Times at Pekln says that a startling and painful impression has been caused in government circles and also among the members of the diplomatic corps by the news of the sinking by a Japanese cruiser of the Chinese transport Kow Shung and the loss of so many lives. According to the reports received at Pekin only eleven men out of the 2,000 aboard the Kow Shung were saved. The attitude of the Chinese government since it learned of the loss of the troopship has completely changed. Hitherto It has been conciliatory, but the indications now are that, she will pursue the war against Japan with the utmost vigor. Id Hung Chang, the viceroy, in an Interview at Tien Tsin recently, declared that if war were once provoked China would fight to the bitter end. It is the opinion of all that the provocation has been given. Onlelal Statement lr Japan. Yokohama, July si. The following official statement of the difficulties between China and Japan, which led to the outbreak of hostilities between those two countries, has been Issued by the Japanese government: Japan and China were approaching a settlement of their difficulties, when China suddenly requested Japan to withdraw her fleet from Korea, and to Five a formal compliance with the ! Chinese demand by the 20th. or other wise the whole Chinese forces were to land and a sea advance upon the part of China was to be made. The Japanefie regarded this aa an ultimatum, but. acting under the advice of the friendly powers, they agreed to the proposals in principle, in amended form, at the same time declaring that if the threatened Chinese advance were made on the 20th, it would be regarded as an overt act. It is conjectured that the Japanese naval commanders were Instructed to be on the watch for the Chinese war ships, and, seeing, ihe latter advancing on July 27. they opened Are. The Japanese i do not believe that the Kow Shung, the Chinese transport punk by a Japanese 1 cruiser, was flying the British flag, but

were that the case, they regard it as being a ruse. The Japanese indignantly deny the charge;- of brutality brought against the otlieers .f the crew of the cruiser which sunk the Kow Shung. No official report has been received at Yokohama of this engagement. The Chinese Defeuled on I, and. WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. Official notification of a battle between the Japanese and Chinese land forces in Corea was received at the Japanese legition here tonight from the foreign office at Tokio. The telegram containing the news stated that on the 2!Uh day of July a iortion of the Japanese troops at Seoul marched against a much superior force of Chinese entrenc-hed at Shan Yueng. A battle ensued and after heavy fighting the Chinese were put completely to rout and a large number of prisoner.- and munitions of war were captured by the Japanese. On the morning of the P.'Hh Che Japanese proceeded t march against C.asan. Shan Yueng is situated between Seoul and tJnsan, where the tight between the Japanese and Ch"nes. resulting in the loss of 2,000 Japanese is reported to have occurred. It Is the opinion of the legation officials here th.it th reports from Chmese sources containing rumors of the defeat of the Japanese at tJas.m Hre probably gross exaggerations, though no dispatches referring to a ficht at the. latter place have yet h m received. A long telegram was received at the legation confirming the official account of the inking of the Uritlsh transport Kow Shing, reiterates the statements made by the Jap-.ne.se government that the first attack v.. made by the Chinese cruiser Chin Yuen by firing a torp edo on the Japanese cruiser Naniwakan. The delay in the receipt, of dispatches at the Japanese legation from the home government is found to have been due to the fact that thiy pass through the hands of the minister at St. Petersburg, who, owing to the small clerical forces at his oommand. has been unable to have them deciphered promptly.

An Imperial lid let. TIEN TSIN. Aug 1', 11:40 a. m A preamble of an emperial edit just issued 1 -cites China's claims in Corea. its hundreds of years' suzerainty of that country, and the constant assitance it has rendered the vassal king to subdue rebellions. China, it continues, recently sent forces to Corea with this object in view. Japan, without right, also sent troops and refused to withdrew them. She has further s ink a transport carrying Chinese soldiers and her action hn been condemned by other powers. The empor-M' places all the military authorities under Viceroy Le Hung Chang, who will protect the rishts of the empire. He also rders the capture and destruction of Japan es ships wherever found. It is probable that a copy of the Mict will be communicated to the reprtsentatives of f ireign lowers today. hioum; i Tin; i:.t. Cliinene and Jnpaiieie CI'IkU In ii Number uf t'ltU-n. LONDON, Aug- .".A dispatch received in this city frtm Shanghai reports that serious riots hive occurred at Kobe, Japan, anc? Take. China. In the latter pla -e the Chin- ' :; -dv in-uUed the members of the .lapanes" embassy, who were returning to Japan from Pekin. The American agent at Taku, it is added, has forbidden the steamer Smith' to land munitions of war intended for transshipment to Formosa. The Smith is a Chinese vessel flying the American llag. WAIt 111 Müll. I u confirmed lteiort of the Ciiplui-e of Three War Miios. SHANGHAI, Aug. 5. The rumor current to the effect that the Japanese fbv; had capture three men of war has n-.i been confirmed. It is believed here that the rfport is possibly a rehash of the reports of the prior engagements of the fleets. As yet there has been no disorder in Shanghai, growing out of the war, beyond a trilling encounter between Japanese and Chinese rowdies. The municipal council has appointed a rendezvous for the volunteers in the event of an emergency arising th.U will require their services, but no anxiety is felt as lo the safety of tha Europeans. The Japanese Hssocintion, which includes among its members the leading Japanese of Shanghai and vicinity, has Issued, a warning to the Japanese residents ihot they must behave Ihfms-lves an 1 avoid any Act that woull ter-.d to precipitate a conflict with the Chinese. They are particularly warned to kef) a.vay froi thChinese quarter of tha city after dusk and to remain as far as p.iss.ole witn.ii tu confines of their own settlement. Col. Von Htinnekln'a Story. LONDON. Aug. ."..The Times will tomorrow publish a dispatch from Shanghai stating that Col. Von Hannekin, formerly aide-de-camp to the Viceroy, who was among those rescued from the British steamer Kow Shing, which, while being used as a transport for Chinese troops, WA3 sunk by a torpedo from the Japanese war ship Naniwa. has given his testimony tefore the commission appointed to inquire into the facts relative to the sinUing; of the vessel. Col. Von Hannekin said that the Naniwa ordered the Kow Shing to dime to anchor, which order was obeyed. Then the Japanese commander ordered the transport P hoist her anchor, get upder way and follow the Naniwa to Japan. As soon the substance of this ordtr became known to the Chinese tro. p3 on the Kow Shing they insisted that the order be not obeyed, informing the officers that they preferred death to being cast into a Japanese prison. Capt. daisworthy, the master of the Kow Shing, explained to the Japanese commander that the Kow Shing was a British vessel and stated that she had left port before hostilities between Japan and China hid teen commenced. He offered to al.andon the voyage and return to China. After a little time the Naniwa displayed signals reading: "Abandon the snip." To this the captain signaled in reply: "Impossible, the troops will not permit me to leave." When this signal was read theXaniwa withdrew a little further distance from the Kow Shing and discharged a torpedo at the transport. The torpedo struck the hull of the Kow Shing and exploded, tearing a great rent in her bottom. As the transport was sinking the Naniwa fired a broadside into her. A half hour afterward the Naniwa lowered an armed boat which cruised about the place where the transport had gone down, firing upon the men whi were struggling in the water. Dispatches received at the foreign office from Shanghai confirm the Times dispatch as to the testimony given by Col. Von Hannekin. The official advices show that some of the British officers of the Kow Shing Jumped overboard frrwn the vessel and were rescued by boats from the Japanese war ship. The government has received no confirmation of the report that the emperor of China has deprived Viceroy LI Hung Chang of the yellow riding jacket. To Ask Indemnity. LONDON. Aug. ".A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai, dated Aug. 5, says that Viceroy LI Hung Changr expects the British government will claim compensation for the relatives of the vieContlnncd on Second Vnsc,

OATES IS CHOSEN

Entire Democratic Ticket Elected in Alabama, With a Safe Majority in the Legislature. ROUT OF THE K0LBITES In Spite of Their Desperate Attempt to Win. Senator Morgan to Be His Own Successor. The CaiupniKii One of the titleret lu the HUlory of th; State The A'ofliiftC !' Secret II 1 lot On lew. foe liovernnr. Will Hat e from ::o.mm lo r.O.ooo Mnjrli- Senator Irhy Denounces tlie TarllT I.niv President Indorsed. Til UMINGH AM, Ala., Aug. C Despite the fact that the campaign just closed has been the biirerest ever known in this state, the election today passe 1 off quietly and few disturbances are ren.rtvd. The new Scire election law, a modified form of the Australian ballot system, enacted by the last legislature, was put in operation for the first time and worked smoothly. The ballot was a secret one. The voting was slow, and for that reason the vote was lighter than in 1S92. The negroes, whose vote cut quite a figure, either did not vote at all or voted almost solidly for Oat es in southern and middle Alabama, while in northern Alabama a majority of them voted for Kolb. The white republicans were for Kolb almost to a man. Several disturbances occurred in this county. At Bessemer the Kolbitea captured the poll? and many democrats were prevented from voting by delay on the part of the managers. Two Kolbit i managers were arrested for perjury at Brooksed, where ail the ballots were stolen last night, and new ones could not be had until this afternoon. A majority was given there f or Kolb. In this county (Jefferson) the democrats lost heavily on account of labor troubles, and the result is in doubt. Incomplete returns from various counties of the state indicate that in south and middle Alabama the democrats have gains in every county except Mobile, where the vote was light, the city of Mobile giving on!;- 7"v democratic, maJjoiity against ö.im'j last year. Mont- j gomeiy. Selmä. liufala and Birmingham and nearly all the cities and large towns give democratic majorities. The country districts were Kolb's stronghold, and in north Alabama, except in the counties of Limestone, Madison. Lamar. Tuscaioo and Etowah, he got the same vote as in 12, but in Jefferson his vote shows a heavy increase. The result in north Alabama is about the sam- as it was two years ago. That is Kolb's stronghold, and be has carried the same counties that he did in the last elect! m. In south and middle Alabama the ivtuins show democratic gain: which will give the state to Oates by 1S'00 or 20.0ni). The legislature is close and doubtful. At Kolb's state headquarters here the managers claim the state by about but returns so far received do not warrant this claim. The legislature will tied a successor to Senator Morgan, and the democrats are anxious over the returns. Keports up to midnight continue to show democratic gains in south Alabama, while in north Alabama the democrats have gained two counties that were for Kolb two years ago, thereby securing three more members of the legislature, which Senator Morgan's friends claim make that body safely democratic. The Kolbites have gained 2,."(H votes in Jefferson county and have made gains in several other northern Alabama counties, but these are offset by democratic gains in other counties in the same section. The counties in Col. Oates's congressional district show heavy democratic majorities. Chairman Tompkins of the state democratic, committee says Oates and the full ticket, as well as a democratic legislature, is elected. 1 a. m. Keturns continue to show deinoeratie gains, with probable democratic majority or ten in the legislature. Kolb's majority jn north Alabama eoun-ti-s is probably lö.Oito to ls.ooo. which will be offset by Oates's majority of .',- (too to 40.000 in south and middle Alabama. Kolb is litre tonight and claims bis eltttion. lie made a speech of acceptance at bis headquarters, no it is said. At Helena, Shelby county, as a result of an election light, Irwin Lamport was fatally stabbed by Horace Jiiggle, who had his ear bitten off. All precincts in Jefferson county except fifteen small ones have been heard from. The estimated democratic majority in the county is 1,000. a loss of L."00 for the democrats. The legislative ticket is safe. SkiiKK Wn Wild. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. The outcome of the Alabama election today has excited great interest here as it is regarded as the preliminary skirmish to the congrossional elections this fall. Most of the Alabama men in congress have gerne home to take part in the campaign. I Chairman Taubeneck of the populist j national committee about midday, .vhile t the voting was going on but results i could not be known with mueh certainty, j received the following dispatch from the I chairman of the populist state co niittee of Alabama: "We will carry every county i.i the ; northern part of the state except one. I We will carry Jefferson county, includI ing Birmingham. If they do not repeat the frauds of in the sixteen Black i belt counties we will carry the state by at least 30.000 majority. I think we will have a. majority of five or ten in thy lower house. "W. II. SKAC.GS, Chairman." Tern Ml -Whiten." DALLAS, Tex., Aug:. 6. The state convention of the lily-white wing of the republican party met here today. The platform adopted tracks that of the national party, sympathizes with the lahoring- classes in all lawful efforts to obtain a more equitable distribution of the wealth produced by labor, demands pitch laws as will secure for the farmers fair returns for their products and condemns the leasing of convicts. Col. A. J. Houston introduced a resolution advocating the purchase of northern Mexico for the establishment there of a negro republic, the government of the United States to reimburse itself from the minerals of the proposed republic. This, pian, whi;h

seemed to aim at wiping out the other wing of the republican party. wa kill.-I by the committee. Irljy Drnunurm the 'lurlfT l.uw. LAUKENS. S. C. Aug. .-In a .-pee h befoie a reform convention today Senator Irby denounced the prop...,. 1 tariff law as a humbug and a fr.vu 1 and declared that but for the McKinley law hwould not support it. He did n t cau.-us with senators because of th" si ua:1 tn; combination. President Cleiiin.. h said, was a hypocrite an 1 n fraud, an 1 no democrat. But an aristocrat, ail associates being with the money pow-r. The South und West, he stated, nni-'i combine with Bohs. Ti'hnau or Steeu-s-on in 'W. The 1'reniilenl I ndorveil. CHARLESTON, S. C. An-'. '.. In lie convention today of the Chare-so-a ci;y and county democracy the f 'öown :; res.iluti.ons were adopted by an overwhelming majority: "Resolved. That we denourr-e the u::-caled-for tir.td- of abr.?- anl r.iisr. p-rc-se nt.il ion levelled at (Jmvt CI. i-Uii 1 by the men now- in corm-l -f the democratic organization, anl to.;: th democrat y of Charleston pedg- their un

divided support to tin1 d-mo T.Tie ptr: and its matchless leader. President Ci land." FIVE ARE CREMATED. I'nllr- Cjimilv i:i-rjit tle Motl:er Burned in it I'arm House. .VILLMAR. Minn., Au?. I. The ui-a j house of S. O. (-tet:--:n of the t v.n Dover, about isrht mi!-s north i f :.-r. was burned to the gr-cund nt 2 oYIo.-k t:is j morning. Mr. Osten son an 2 f..ur children lost iheir lives in th- l!.;m.es. Mrs. o--tenson narrowly escaped cremation, but is crazed over the awful event. Two Hoys llumed to Dcallt. LODI. S. P., Aug. e. The h us ol' George Johnson burnl t Jay. Two aged fourteen and twenty, lost th- ;r l,v-s in the flames. STABBED BY HIS SONS. Henry hltiiiuim t linxlloed the llo for Slnlng All Muht sit n Dance. CHICAGO, Aug. 0 Henry Wh'.tm inn, the aged victim of his sons' assault, is lying at the county hospital in a ili.ig condition. This morning the two l ys, one aged sixteen and the other twetnytwo, were taken to the hospital anl identified by the ding father as his assailants. Early this morning the boys, Walter and Harry, returned home alter spending the night a: a daiue. Mr. Whitm.inn upbraided them for staying out so late and the boys retaliated wit.i angry words. From words, they resort? I to blows, anl ih- f tih- f was chastising the boys m a wholesome manner, wJ - i one of them p!ur.g-d a knife it. to the ol I man's si-.mach, producing a frif.- -.;ful vc. und. When 11. j pol.--: w re .-ul.ed they were denied admittance to tie; house, but gained entrance by . The father was s-r.t to the- hospital in a t tin. -on-,-i c,s condition and the boys vt r ; locked up at the West Chi cago police station. The old maa w.js reivd leg enough this morning to üent.'fy Iiis s'-r.s as his assailants. Murdered by Iii II ritt Ii er. OA LENA, lib, Aug. C Geo rue Richardson, a promii cut farmer of New I :,-'-gins, Wis., was waylaid und murdered last night while riding home from Galena by his brother Mark. There bad b-:o:i ill-feeling between the brothers for years and they were engaged in litieittion about their lather's estate. Tuti'day night Mark Richardson's (train yard was burned by an incendiary fire and lie attributed the ded to his broth--. He left bis home last nicht to meet his brother on the road and :-h',t him dead when be approached. The murderer then went to Benton and surren b-red himself and was taken to the Darlington jail. Two Parmer Kiglil. ROLFE, la., Aug. 6 Herman Bums and Joseph Wiley, two farmers, had ;i quarrel and agreed to fight it out to ;t finish. The battle was a bloody affair and Barnes was so badly hurt that he dietl today. Wiley was arrested on a charge of murder.

World's Pair Medal and Diploma awarded to Dr. Price's Cream Baking: Powder The highest award was given on every claim, comprising superiority in leavening power, keeping properties, purity and excellence. This verdict has been given by the best jury ever assembled for such a purpose, backed by the recommendation of the Chief Chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, who made an elaborate examination and test of all the baking powders. This is pre-eminently the highest authority on such matters in America. This verdict conclusively settles the question and proves that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is superior iu every way to any other brand. Note. The Chief Chemist rejected the Alum baking powders, etating to the World's Fair jury that be ccusidered them unwholesome.

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The Conferees Are Expected to Get Together And Report Some ICind of a Tariff Bill. THE JUGGLE OVER SUGAR Is Still the Absorbing Topic In nnd Out of Conference. President ! Said to Trtvor tha New Sugar Schedule, lint the f J ed I o n of lite I.011 Utu it a Sen i) lori In mi ibtncle ."Not Ba dly I'nl A!ttl I he r.iftcreucc llrt reell. Ilie lrotoel cli -l 11 1 e inil the hrn. nfe Proper rc Llabnriilely Set C.rtli ly Mrs.r. M.t-rrt-ll n n ft si-iinfn hofT, i-ir York - pprler Bct.-iiK t.f Il.iir ("nut ptirisoti. Bi'RE.M" m- THi; SENTINEL, WASHINC.T 'N. 10. C, Aug. 3. Th- i o'.f-r- .--s o.i V- ttir;:? Mil arJ -T l-l- ;.r .-S-. Th i s-"l.at.- C -nf -iee3 a re b mlng nr.. re c il-- end with tin txeepti .-i the -..-a: ::.Ui th-y ar re; 1 s o.-mlng d w:i from Hi. tall p re?!', s v.p -a v.hi.-li c.onoiri lac- i tV-i-v at the statt. Thf y are still L -dJ-ng out fre-'y f--r the Minor trust. lc-Vev.r. Mill insisting that a tÜT-r- uti.il duty rn;.-t l-i placed ivflnc I si-car f r the s'ie b-cno. tit of the Magir tr With, the Fciiai c-nfen-es the trv..r trust so -.-nis to out weigh j ul. lie. Hr.tiiü .-! t. The l nr.-r thev hold ..-it tie ni.. ;e tiansrr..';- the dfe h the trust b--oo:;i.., ;-t,! it is general!-. b. -ll,. td th.it with the tv,-. mare we? kl of defiance to the senate tho sugar trust will leg for terms i: . u.rl -f dl. tatir ' terms to con ar-ss tl.rouga the German corib-ne. Ev-uy day " d-'tiy is a day gained by the p. ..use acain-t the m m-.p oiNtic. s-.T.r.te, and tiro vir Cl-.-!a:id il still with the house. Xo ..greement has be-n reached on th s itae schedule, 1 at the :!.'. rees ar considering tiv. p: opositior.s, both fabmilted 1-y the jna:-; con:'--iy , as iollo ; : The first proposition is for a duty oj 40 pt r cer.w on raw sueor $ lo.v K Put oil standard ad f-.Tl on icfiTw-d. giving thj rerltoi-s a pfvlit cf "ö.G i .r 1 pouuls. Oourd.-:. The .-:; .1 pro:.sitio:i i 4 per cent. pl vilo-.-;?i on r iw ar. 1 ) p-v cent, til va!or-::i u the. am .ii.it . f r- tirud sugt c. -r.t i.lne.1 in ra w anl o:ie -lifth c-r.t d:f1't th:l 'ii i.-iiued. Thi list ?-iiedul is complicate!. As it tkeS S p.. ends raw t i i',.iKe 1"U poinds of rei titled th i:n;.--r:ets . f r .-lined gar wo..um !.? at the m-rvy of the cu-toi-i horse e:.; . rt- Tica-ary ri.L-1 is t. oull in;. -. to t!-te; :i,h.e oc ,- ..:-y cars ) thi amount of r.-.c t:iriP 1 pr.-d-.i- e 1") p -ninds -t" r-:i:iei. ;tr 1 that 4 ;; r cent, tax is c. hi icc I i.n-1 .;-r.---;ifth cctit ad.11:: .1 per poa-.i !. Thh i simply a jug-gi--.f w .:.s to '.-cue anl '..ring th i .-urn r- sui: i"i lav, r f th? e-igar trust, it Is put out as a freier ro-.d will n t bi a. :- -pied i y the 1: - i Th- itudersta-t h::g a:r. r. ? t'n-'i tarifj c- .ef, .-e-js v. h .- t:.ey a ijtcjt 1 late this aft rt.ui:, wr.s th it th-- n-.-.-l ,.i toin :rrc.-.v .vh.-uld brt -g ab rat t-ith-.-r zw agreem?.-.! in the fin: dale or a decision t-j r-- ;. : t a di-Mgre--nv v.l. To lay was voted by th-- iMiitVr.-n-3 to a. discarsijrl of the s i--.tr iiu-.-lhn. S 'toe t:f the house confer "-es r re favor ably i;e lir.t-l t nvar i th- pr -p-.s.-.l tooipr.x trJsr scliednlo b.---.rise t:i- y b heve ih , it defines (atly i'ie vti i iuty t a In jiaid n retired suir.us. and is tree front th- oh.iKti a urg--d a gainst the ..:;at-j sciielule. that owhjtr t tir wr.iia the sch dule i; was impos.-il t . t-U b The World's Tribute to Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Highest Honors Awarded by tfccWorld's Columbian Exposition, Chicle, 1S93.