Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1894 — Page 7

A SERIOUS SITUATION.

Two Strikers Killed and Several Wounded, —— —- Kensington, a Chicago Suburb, the Scene of a Serious Biot. At an early hour, Friday, mobs began .to assemble about the junction points of the railways at Chicago and before 9 o’clock it was evident that a great battle for supremacy was on. Mayor Hopkins telegraphed hastily to the Governor, asking for five regiments of militia to aid him in preserving the peace. Two strikers were killed outright and others injured in a riot in the Illinois Central yards at Kensington. The strikers began collecting and by 10 o'clock five hundred men were rushing up and down the yarJs, overturning freight cars and blocking the tracks. A force of about 150 deputy United States marshals and Cook county deputies charged the mob at various places, driving «mall squads of men from the* 6 yards. The Illinois Central milk train came steaming slowly from the south. The mob charged it and in a trice the engine was detached and the cars overturned; The crew had already fled, and the strikers, mounting the engine, carried it back half smile, when, opening the throttle, they jumped from the cab, and the locomotive rushed forward at full speed, dashed into the wreck and tore through the derailed ears until it was thrown on its side. The crowd mounted the wreck with exultant cheers and held high carnival until the force of deputies had prepared to charge. As they came down on the run they were met by a shower of stones and coupling pins, and, halting, opened fire. For a moment the mob wavered as the bullets cut through their ranks, and then, with a howl, they charged the little force t>f deputies, who retreated to a safe distance to await reinforcements. Police details were, hurried to the scene, and the rioters continued the derailing of cars while waiting for the expected attack, carefully concealing the dead and injured men. A frantic appeal was sent to Chicago for assistance and troops were dispatched to the, scene. Two of the strikers are known to have been killed. The number of wounded can not be stated. At Burnside fifty ears were burned by the strikers. The milk trains on the Ft. Wayne and B. &O. were also attacked, but the mobs were driven off. At 3 p.’m. a riot broke out at the Union Depot. The mob was trying to ditch a train. At 3:10 frantic appeals were sent to th e Mayor from Fifty: first-street -and the Rock Island tracks for assistance to suppress a mob which threatened to destroy everything in sight. Mayor Hop* kins again appealed to the Governor for troops. Apparently a sufficient number of United States troops were not sent to Chicago. A dispatch from Washington late Friday afternoon stated that At-torney-General Olney was still firm in a determination to protect property ami said that the Government would fill Chicago with soldiers if it became necessary and crush the strike at a single blow. There was to be no temporizing, no compromising with the strikers. 'The railroad companies must be permitted to conduct their business unmolested, if the entire army of‘the United States has to be brought to Mites was welt supplied with all necessary force to carry But his orders, and if reinforcements are necessary they will be forthcoming. A Chicago dispatch, July 4, says: An order will be issued, to-morrow, for a special grand jury to investigate the railroad strike. The Government has determined to prosecute Debs and other leaders. Edwin Walker, the special counsel for the Government, said that Debs's punishment isdertain. A charge of criminal conspiracy will be brought against all the officers of the A. R. U. In addition to that they will be charged with violating and inciting men to riot. The grand jury will get after the leaders. A telegram was received by District Attorney Milchrist, this afternoon, from Attorney General Olney, directing him to lose no time, in calling the special grand jury. Great excitement prevailed at Sacramento, Cal., on the Fourth, because of the strike. The situation was of the most serious character The. militia had been called out. but were ordered not to fire under any circumstances. Three companies were ordered to drive the strikers from the depot. The scene was at once tumultuous and the situation threatening. For a few moments the soldiers hesitated, then they wavered, and then came to a blunt refhsal to move against the excited strikers. Ato mint.itbs later all the troops turned their backs upon the turbulent mob at the depot and quietly withdrew to the armory. A deafeningshout announced the, second victory of the strikers over the railroad Company, and their first victory over the State militia. When the troops had withdrawn to their armory and the jubilant strikers and their sympathizers were loudly celebrating their victory, a new source of danger became apparent. A body of fifty strikers ..appeared on the scene armed with rides and ammunition. It was learned that the Garibaldi guard had turned the contents of its arsenal over to the strikers. Strikers burned a number of freight cars at West Pullman on the Fourth. The strike is broken at Cincinnati and the men are reported to be scrambling for their old places. Judge Taft issued an omnibus injunction restricting all persons from interfering with or obstructing the operation of trains on nine roads centering at that point. At Chicago, Monday. Messrs. Walker and Milchrist, acting under instructions from Attorney-General Olney, filed the bill in the Federal Court to enjoin the strikers from interfering with the trains. It was modified under orders from Washington so as to enjoin the strikers from interfering with any train, this protection being s .ght on the ground of the 'interstate commerce act. It Is believed at the Government building that the injunction will stop the strike, for the whole power of theGoveanmctit will be called upon to enforce it. Judge Woods said: ‘'The marshal will tie expected to enforce the order, and. if he is unable to do so, die troops of the United States can be called out. It is not necessary to issue an injunction to prevent Interference with the mails, for such Interference is in itself a crime, for which the guilty can be arrested and indicted.” As to the territory covered by the order, the Judge said it applies to the State of Illinois, .the seat of the trouble, and can be entered in the courts of Indiana and Wisconsin and thus be made to apply

to those States. The men arrested foi violation of the injunction will be brought before the court for contempt. At Hammond, Thursday, the strikers gained a victory. C. G. Thompson, in charge of the tower house at the crossing of the Michigan Central and Nickel Plate, announced his intention to join the strikers. This he did after opening all ground rails so as toderail any train that might attempt to pass. Afterward .Station Agent Mallett closed the switches and spiked them. Trains were delayed and many passengers took the street cars into Chicago, The strike on the Big Four divisions al Wabash, Fort Wayne and Anderson became serious, Thursday, and business was seriously interfered with. The Chicago limited, which leaves Chi--cago at 5:30 p. m. for New York, was not run, Wednesday. Officials said it was laid off because it was net deemed safe to s tart i t.. The authorities at Sacramento and Oakland, Cal.,, are helpless. The blockade was practically complete, Thursday. At Oakland the strikers were in absolute control, armed and aggressive and reinforcements constantly arriving. The militia endeavored to fire up two switch engines in the railroad yards, but 300 armed strikers bore down upon the company and they were forced to retire. While the riot was in progress thousands of people who live on the Oakland side of the bay stood on the, shores waiting for transportation. All of the regular ferry boats had been stopped, and three big ferry boats that were temporarily plying up Oakland creek grounded at low tide and stuck fast in the creek. From 6to 1G o’clock there was no communication. The first Oakland boats to reach San Francisco arrived at 10:30. The General Managers’ Association, late Thursday evening, issued a summary of the situation in and around Chicago. The public were warned that travel was dangerous by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois in the neighborhood of Thirty-first i street because of the stoning of trains by strikers and sympathizers. Police protec-lion-was demanded for the Western avenue yards on the C., B. &Q. The Illinois Central suburban travel was considered safe. The Atchison; Topeka & Santa Fe had practically resumed business betweenChicago and Denver. Baltimore & Ohio still in trouble and freight business entirely abandoned. Situation at Stockyards growing more serious. Rioting was reported all along the line of the, Rock Island—mobs overturning freight cars, barricading tracks, wrecking property. The United States Marshal from Indianapolis with twenty deputies reached Huntington, where trouble is feared. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois,Thursday, sent a long letter to President Cleveland demanding the removal of federal troops from Illii.ois. Following is the Presfdent’s repiy: 4 Hon. John I’’ Altgeld, Governor of Illinois. Springfield, 111.. Federal troops were sent to Chicago in strict accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States upon the demand of the Postoffice Department that obstruction of the mails should be removed. and under the representations of the judicial officials of the United Statesthat process of the federal courts eouldnot be executed through the ordinary means, and upon abundant proof that conspiracies existed against commerce between the United States. To meet these conditions, which are clearly within the province of federal authority, the presenet* of federal troops -i n the ei ty of Chicago was deemed not only proper, but necessary, and there has been no intention of thereby interfering with the plain duty of the local authorities to preserve the peace of the city. < ’■ noveh Cl e v e l a nd. Governor Altgeld, Friday, addressed a lengthy reply to President Cleveland’s dispatch of Thursday, protesting against the presence of Federal troops in Chicago, I and discussing in an exhaustive way the doctrine of ".State Rights.” Following is the President's reply: "Washington, July 6,1894. "John P. Altgeld, Governor of Illinois, SpringHeld: -—-u"Whilo I am still persuaded that I have, neither transcended my authoirty or duty in the, emergency that confronts us. it seems to me that in this hour of danger and public distress discussicn may well give way to active effort on the part ot all authority to restore obedience to the law and protect life and property. "(Irover Cleveland.” The President is watching the development of the situation at Chicago with deep concern. He is advised of every, , movement as reported to the War Departmont_aud the Department of Justice. Secretary Lamont, whose family is absent, has temporarily taken up his abode in the White House, so that his opportunities to consult the Prdsident are fre■lu<• nt, A t tor ney ■Geni ■r a 1 ncy also spent ;» good portion of his time. Thursday, at the White House and War Department. Apprehension is not confined to Chicago alone, but the progress of the disaffection in the far West is a source of great solicitude to the officials. Sacramento. Cal., is looked upon as a particularly threatening point. - President Debs issued an address at Chicago, Thursday night: He declared that the Pullman employes who struck on May 6, did so entirely of their own accord. Their action was spontaneous? and unanimous, a revolt against a series of deep seated wrongs of longstanding. Labor leaders not Only had no part in it. but those Connected with the'‘American Railway Union advised against it. The employes at Pullman had virtually become the slaves of the corporation. At the time of the strike they were in arrears for rent alone to the extent of $70,000. Within a short time they would have become hopelessly involved in debt, and would have mortgaged soul and body to the Pullman company. This had resulted because, while wages had been reduced, the cost of living had remained the same. The employes from the beginning had been willing to arbitrate their difference with the company. This was Still their position. The ciaims of the company that there was nothing to arbitrate was absurd. Committee after committee waited on the officials of the company, but was always repulsed. The company was and Is still as unyielding as adamant. What could be done, to restore peace and confidence? The A; R. I’. stood ready to do anything in its power that was honorable to end the trouble. It simply insisted that the Pullman company shall meet its employes and do them justice. The latter would accept any reasonable proposition. As to the charge that this was a sympathetic strike, the employes had done only what the corporations had done. Other organizations of workingmen had felt the oppressive hand of corporate capital. They would not be called out, but would go out. As to his own part in the strike Mr. Debs said it was not ordered by himself nor by any other individual. He had never ordered nor called anybody out. Under the rules of the American Railway Union members could only strike when a majority of their number so decided. Ono

vote of the delegates in this instance was unanimous. Whenever men have struck they have done so o,f their own free will. Inclosing,” said Mr. Debs, let me repeat that we stand ready to do our part toward averting the impending crisis. We have no false pride to stand in the way of a settlement. We do not want ‘official’ recognition. All we ask is fair play for the men who have chosen us to represent them. If the corporations refuse to yield and stubbornly maintain that there is 'nothing to arbitrate* the responsibility for whar may ensue will be upon tfficir heads and they cannot escape its penalties.” Friday night lawless mobs of firebugs •vorked at a score of points in the southern part of Chicago. Alarm after alarm followed in quick succession and at 11 p. m. the glare reflected from the heavens showed that the work of destruction continued. The Panhandle yards from FifT y- fifth streeHcTSix ty- th ird street, eight blocks, were a mass of fire. Ten tracks, containing from 1.00) to 2,000 cars, half of them loaded, will be a total loss. No water being at hand the fire burned itself out. The Panhandle station at Sixty-third St. was also fired and destroyed. The Grand Trunk yards at Elston were a sea of flame and 503 box cars are supposed to have been burned. All efforts to check the flames were futile. At Hyde Park, near the World's Fair grounds, forty cars were burned. The shops of the Illinois Central "at Burnside were destroyed. At the Stock Yards flfry toughs were discovered skrHfc*? Ing from point to point starting fires wherever possible. The. aggregate of the losses to the railroads will be enormous. Miles of their tracks have been ruined by the fierce heat; hundreds of switches, signal towers with their expensive mechanism, were utterly ruined. Thousands of cars and untold quantities of merchandise of every imaginable description have fed the Hanies and gorged the larders of thieves; valuable locomotives have been wrecked and disabled, miles of tangled wires and prostrate, poles litter the ground. The loss in the Panhandle yards alone is estimated at $1,200,003, The First regiment of the State troops, 750 strong, went to Hyde, Park and Kensington. The Second, with about the, same number of men. followed shortly after, being assigned to the Stock Yards district, undnr.direction of Police Inspector Hunt. The Third regiment, 603 men, were placed on duty in the district north of Thirty ninth street. The regiment, 700 men. is held in reserve, together with Battery D, at the Michigan avenue armory. At 3 a. m., Saturday morning, all the fires were under control or had burned themselves out and no further immediate trouble was anticipated. President Debs, at Chicago, Friday evening issued a proclamation warning all strikers against any violation of any State, National or municipal law. He concluded as follows: Let it be borne in mind that if the railroad companies can secure men to handle their trains, they have that r'ght. Our men have, the right to quit, but their right ends there. Other men have the right to take their places, whatever the opinion of the propriety of so doing may be. Ke< p away from railroad yards or rights-ot- • way, or other places where large crowds congregate. A safe plan is to remain entirely away from places where there is any likelihood of there being an outbreak. The railroad managers have sought to make it appear that their trains do not move because of the interference of the strikers. The statement is an unqualified falsehood, and no one knows this better than the managers themselves. They make this falsehood serve their purpose '■of calling out the troops. Respect the law, conduct yourselves as becomes men. and our cause shall be crowned with success. Eugene V. Debs. The Local lodges A. R. U. at Indianapolis, Thursday, extended the Pullman boycott to the Indianapolis News and. Journal,

SICTRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI

Another Disastrous Fire at Jackson Park All the Main Buildings Destroyed—Un doubtedly the Work of an Ineeudl .rv All tho main buildings of the World s Fair, except the Horticultural Building, the Woman’s Building, the Art Palace, the Machinery and the United States Government Buildings, were almost entirely burned, Thursday night. They were the property of the Columbian Exposition Salvage Company, and had ls:e» purchased from the Exposition Company for about 0.000. The fire started in the terminal station and spread rapidly to the other buildings. So swift was the spread of tho flames that the firemen escaped with difficulty. One engine company was forced to abandon the engine and barely had time to cut the horses loose. One animal succeeded in getting away the other was suffocated.

THE MARKETS.

. . July 7. 18‘JI. Indlsnapollt. GILLIN AND UAL Wheat—s4c; corn. 45c; oats, 52c: rye 45c; hay, choice timothy, sll 50. LIVE STOCK. CatTle.—Shippers, Stockers, heifers. ♦2.U0yi3.35; cows, $1qi3.25: veals, $2.50('C4.50; bulls, SJ.7S«C 2.25; milkers. $15.0U'a40.00. Hogs, $3.50<4 5.20. Sheep, $1642275. I'OULTUY AND OTHEtI PRODUCE. (Prices Paid by Shippers.) Poui.TRY-llens. Gc per ti>: spring chickens. 12c. per ii>; turkeys, toms, 3c per W: hens. 5c per 3»; ducks. 5c per ii>: geese, [email protected] per doz. for choice. Eggs—Shippers paying 9c. Butter—Choice. Honey—lG'M 8c Feathers—Prime geese, 30 g32c per n>; mixed duck, 20c per W. Beeswax—2oc for yellow: 15c for radk. Wool —Medium unwashed. 13c; Cottssvold and course combing. ll(«12e: tubwashed. IGG«22c; burry and unmerchantable, s*« 10c less. Hides—No. 1 G. S. hides. 3'4c: No. 2 G. S. hides. No. 1 calf hides, Ge; No. 2 calf hides, I'.c. Chlcagp, Wheat—.‘9l4C; corn. 40e; oats. 41 fe; pork, <l2.’>7.'i; lard. lt>.T2J£. New I'urs. Wheat—63’ic; corn. 47»Vc; oats. s’sf 1 Mlnneapoll*. No. 1 hard. I'hiladelpiil s. Wheat—62S'e: corn. oats, r s2 ! tfc. Bt. Louis. Wheat—s 7 corn. oats, Baltimore. Wheat— corn. 4G'lc; oat«, 52c.

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Ex-Gov. Winans died at Hamburg, Mich.. Wednesday, of heart failure. Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Churchill have arrived in New York. A flashlight .of 250.000 candle power will be erected on Fire Island, near New York. The whisky trust advanced the price of whisky from $ 1.15 to $1.20 within one week. As a result of the increase in the tax on whisky Cincinnati distillers have advanced the price of spirits three, cents a gallon. An A. P. A. riot at Butte, Mont., Wednesday, resulted Fn the death of one man and serious wounding of several others.— — ~ Italy proposes ta establish an office at El lis Isl ami N. Y r .. to furn is h Italian' immigrants with information in regard to work, which will be collected by the State boards andjby the Federal authorities. Prendergast, the assassin of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, was declared "not insane” by a jury in Judge Payne’s court, at Chicago, Tuesday afternoon, and under sentence of the court must be hanged Friday. July 13. „ K. B. Vaum Qvaum. a Norwegian farmer near Butler, S. D., became so worried, Wednesday, over the crop prospects that he cut the throats of his two children, aged six and eight, threw them in a well, cut his own throat and jumped in after them. Judge Payne, at Chicago, Saturday, granted a stay of execution in the case of assassin Prendergast, because of the present hearing. Prendergast's hanging was set for July 2, but the Court announced that the execution of the sentence will be deferred until the present hearing is concluded.

Richard Croker arrived at New York from Wednesday. Ho was at once driven to Tammany Hall, where a Fourth of July celebration was in progress, and was given an enthusiastic reception. Mr. Croker’s return after so short an absence causes much comment, as it had been supposed that he left the country for fear of investigation and possibly prosecution. Vice-President Ilarrahan, of the Illinois Central railroad, is reported to have had a very stormy interview with Geo. M. Pullman in Harrahan's private office recently. Mr. Ilarrahan flatly told the •‘Duke” he was totally unlit to conduct the business of which he was supposed to be the head, and called him a mere "figurehead,” Mr. Pullman was charged with the entire responsibility for the present strike. Henry L. Driver was blown to pieces at Cincinnati, Wednesday night, by something he had concealed about his person. The building in front of which he stood was smashed in. All the lower part of the man's body was torn to mince meat. His right hand was found in a doorway twenty feet away. In his pocket was found a notice that his life Insurance policy for $20,000 would expire at midnight July 4. He is believed to have been an anarchist.

FOREIGN.

Twelve mora’anarchists were arrested in Paris. Thursday. Mme, Carnot refused a 'pension offered French Cabinet. •- - ~ Russia has given formal notice that it will not permit Japan to occupy Korea. 6 Twenty-one cases of cholera, six fatal, were reported from St. Petersburg from July 1 to July 3. Drastic measures against anarchists were decided on ata conference between Chancellor von Caprivi and the chief of the German political police. The Rev. Mr. Fisher, pastor of the American Methodist Episcopal church in Rome, has hecome a Catholic, and has been duly baptized in that faith. There is said to be a genuine “dago hunt” In the south of France and Italian laborers are fleeing from the country because of the persecution. It is estimated that fully 10,003 Italians have left France since the assassination of Carnot. A crime resembling the murder of President Carnot was committed in London, Sunday. As Signor Bandi. director of the Gazetta Livornesse, was entering his carriage he was set upon bv a man who it was subsequently learned is an anarchist. The man drew a knife and stabbed Bandi in the abdomen. Signor Band! was at once attended by physicians, who decided that the only hope of saving his life was to perform the operation of laparotomy. This was done, but Signor Bandi died a short time afterward. Prime Minister Crispi was questioned in the Chamber of Deputies in regard to the murder. He said that Signor Band! had been stabbed and killed by an anarchist owing to the articles that had appeared in his paper against anarchism-

GODDESS OF LIBERTY BURIED.

Novel Performance by Common weal ers at Washington, A Washington dispatch July 4, says; The Coxey Commonwealers went through the spectacular performance of burying the "Goddess of Liberty” in front of the capital to-day. It was the sequel of the demonstration of May 1. when, according to Coxey and Browne, liberty was mortally wov.fitkd and lingered until she expired on the Fourth of July. The Commonwealers marchetPfour abreast, 214 strong, with many banners and devices. At their head rode Carl Browne in a remarkable disguise. His beard had been removed and his face powdered. A wig of yellow hair fell to his waist. His arms were bare and powdered. A liberty cap was on his head, and his body was wound with the emblematic garments of liberty. It was not intended that Browne should be known in his disguise, anftthe name of the goddess was announced as "Sarah Elkhart, an Egyptian.” After parading through Pennsylvania avenue the army formed around Peace monument, where Goddess Browne delivered an apostrophe to the bronze goddess on top of the capital. As he closed his address he dropped In a simulated swoon from his horse, and his comrades catching him placed the pale-faced marshal in an impromptu hearse and laid him at full length, with flags and crepe over him. The hearse was inscribed "Liberty is Dead.” The processton then moved away to Mulligan hill, where the goddess stepped from the hearse, and the Commonwealers closed the day with dancing and speeches. -— A

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

At the opening of the Senate. Tuesday Mr. Harris promised that a finaLsmio-on the tariff bill should be reached during the day if there was no factious opposition. Mr. Aldrich then virtually pledged Republicans to stop filibustering. Mr. Sherman moved for the transfer of raw wool and hair of the camel and goat to the free list. Lost, 32 to 37. The amendments offered bv Mr. Peffer were rejected. The first was to place wool on the dutiable list under the McKinley classifications with the existing rates reduced one-half. The other was to put manufactures of wool on the free list; Mr. Harris asked unanimousconsent that further debate on the wool schedule be underethefive-rnTn-ute rule, but Mr. Power objected. Mr. Power then offered an amendment putting wool on the dutiable list at the rate of 25 per cent, ad valorem. Lost. Mr. Faulkner asked that the committee amendments on the wool schedule as a whole be agreed to. and it was done. The committee amendments to the spk schedule were adopted, and then copying paper, filtering paper, tissue paper, etc., were raised from 3p to 35 per cent, advalorcm. When bituminous coal wsa reached Mr. Hill renewed his motion, made in the committee of the whole, to place coal on the free list, but the committee amendmen placing a duty of 40 cents a ton was agreed t 0,5? to G. When the income tax sections were reached the amendments were adopted without division except the two upon which Mr, McLaurin had demanded a separate vote, excluding from the operation of the tax the salaries of United States judges and of the President of the United States. Mr. McLaurin attacked this two excepted amendments on tfie ground that they were adopted on the. theory that Congress could not tax tue salaries of United States judges and the President. In his opinion the exemptions could not logically be predicated on the provision of the constitution against the diminution of the salaries of such officers during their term of office. It was plain class legislation. Mr. Pfeffer took the same view of the case that Mr. McLaurin did. Mr. Hill opposed Mr. McLaurin’S position. After some further debate the amendments exempting the salaries tis United States judges and the President were defeated —34 to 3G. The amendment to repeal the reciprocity clause of the McKinley bill, declaring that the repeal did not extend to existing arrangements, was agreed to. Mr. Palmer .moved to strike out the proviso ex<unptiug fence wire from the duty, imposed on other wire. After debate, the vote being taken upon it, the Senate reversed its action and in aA’ote of 38 to 32 restored fence wire to the dutiable list. Eight Democrats -Messrs. Brice, Gorman, Hill. Palmer. Murphy, Blanchard, Caffery and Smith voted yea. When the announcement was made it so angered Mr. Mills that he moved to transfer all wire, anchor. axles and anvils to the free list. Lost—l 7to 52. The vote then recurred on Mr. Allen’s amendment to place fence wire on the free list. Lost—32 to to 28. Mr. Vilas moved to' place all wire and material used for the manufacture of \vire used for fencing purposes on the free list. Lost. After several unimportant amendments had been disposed of Mr. Allen offered an amendment repealing the proviso which continued the sugar bounty until Jan. L 1895. Mr. iilll Immediately demanded recognition, but he yielded to Mr. Harris, who in turn permitted Mr. Manderson to address the Senate in opposition to the repeal. Mr. Manderson stated that the sudden destruction of the bounty would be a great injustice to the sugar beet industry; The amendment was then tabled. Several other minor amendments were then disposed of and the tariff bill as a whole was read a third time. Mr. Hill was then permitted to make a brief speech. He said: As between a populistic income tax on the one hand and a Republican tariff law on the other, I choose the latter as the least of two evils. As between pernicious class legislation fraught with dangerous consequences to the country on the one hand and simply high tariff taxation on the other, I prefer to endure the latter, at least for a brief period. Continuing he said: Eliminate the income tax and there is no difficulty in framing an honest, consistent and genuine tariff bill upon a strict revenue line with all raw materials free, which can be passed by the vote of every Democratic Senator without the aid of a single Populist Vote, and which the country would welcome and approve. This is not even pretended to be such a measure. N mnerous Senators around the Democratic side of this chamber must feel as though Democratic principles had been surrendered or bartered away to secure the triumph of this blotched compromise, which is really acceptable to no one. lam sure I that if they expressed their honest sentiments they do not approve this bill any more than I do.

Mr. President, I do not fail to appreciate the gravity of the situation, but the course which duty and consistency require me to pursue at this hour is as clear to me as the noon-day sun. ‘Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,’ 1 can not and will not support this bill in its present shape. Calls of “vote,” “vote,”kept coming from the Democratic side and the clerk began to call the roll. On the first call Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, failed to vote; his colleague, Mr. Caffery, voted “no” in aloud, clear voice, while expressions of dismay were visible on the faces of many of the Democratic Senators. Mr. Hill also voted "no” in a clear and ringing tone. Of the Populists Peffer and Stewart voted “no,” whih Kyle and Allen voted for the bill. Mr. Caffery. of Louisiana, secured unanimous consent to make a brief statement, and said lie had voted “no” as a protest against the “unjustifiable act of his own party in going back on a plan of action which they had deliberately adopted.’* He changed his vote to aye. Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, who had not voted, asked the same privilege, but Mr. Teller, of Colorado, objected and Mr. Blanchard •.then voted "aye.” The Vice-President then announced the vote—ayes nay--34. A conference committee of si-ven Senators was then appointed by the VicePresident to confer with a similar committee of the House, and the Senate adjourned till Friday midst of great disorder. In the House, Thursday, the tariff bi 1 was received from the Senate at ’ p. m A cablegram of congratulation wareceived from Brazil on the listl anniversary of American Independence This latter eVent excited Democratic applause. and the bill was laid upon th< -Speaker's table. A joint resolutions authorize the Secretary of the Navy to continue the employment of mechanics ant laborers In navy yards who have U-er discharged on account of the failure ol Congress to pass the necessary appropriation bills was passed after some tart remarks from Messrs. Cannon and Reed The bill to subject to State taxation national bank notes and United Statetreasury notes consumed the entire afternoon and no conclusion had been reacbct when the House adjourned at s:l.’,o’clock

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Floyd county reports a great potato crop. Muncie has a suburb called “Minnetrista.” Marion is al) tore up with a case oi "scan, mag.” Greenwood is to have a telephone system with fifty subscribers. ... - Elwood bakers have organized and the price of bread will advance. Rockville has a brand new artillery company with fifty-two members. James H. Mills, of North Manchester, has been declared insane, due to excessive cigarette smoking. A 4G pound catfish was caught in the pumping machine of the Washington water works company. Miss Edna Jackson, seventeen, Shelbyville, is dying of bloood poison caused by having her ears pierced for ear rings. While Ed Maynard, traveling man, was bathing In Sand creek, Greensburg, Saturday, some one stole his grip on the bank, containing SI,OOO. The only toll-road left in Hendricks county is a strip extending five miles west of Plainfield and two miles east. It is a part of the old National road. 4 Fred Brown, eighteen years old, and Pearl Williams, thirteen, while riding a horse in deep water at West Franklin, were thrown off and drowned. 6 Many of the canning factories in the gas belt are unable to get cans because of the strike, and have closed down. This is working much harm to farmers. A new law and order society has been organized at Crown Point. Its object is to make every drunkard cease his drunkenness or he gets one hundred lashes. Jud Thompson and George Leonard, at West Baden Springs, became Involved in a quarrel which led to the shooting of Leonard by Thompson. Leonard was fatally wounded. A mean Richmond man told his wife that he was going to Lake Ausangwatousogainagwanontsngiwaiss to spend a week and then asked his friends not to tell her where the lake is. Luther Drake, thirteen years old, purchased carbolic acid at Middletown, to bo used in caring for chickens. While carrying the acid there was an explosion, in which he was so badly burned that he died. George Unger, thirteen years old. of Columbus, found a dynamite cartridge, the nature of which he did not understand, and he attempted to pick it open. An explosion followed, which carried away five fingers. Mui cie has a dog that is an habitual church iroer. The canine is a Scotch terrier, and he is a regular attendant at the First Presbyterian church in that city. The dog’s accustomed place is on the carpet near the pulpit. There is a man in Liberty township who always pays for his paper in advance. He never has been sick a day in his life, never had any corns or the toothache, his potatoes never rot, the weevil never eat his wheat, the frost never kills his corns or beans, liis babies never cry in the night, and his wife never scolds.—Shelbyvile Democrat. G Alexander Reddinger, twenty-two years old, of Seymour, In company with other young men, attempted to beat his way to Bedford to attend a picnic. He had been drinking freely, and en route he lost his balance and fell under the wheels. The body was torn to pieces. Ono leg was caught by the brake-beam and carried to Washington, where It was found by the -car inspector. ——— Will Robinson, employed in Robinson <fc Co.’s shops at Richmond, ran a piece of sharp tin into the back of his hand, causing him tocry out in pain. Wld Yeo, carrying a heavy piece of timber, dropped his load on hearing the cry, and the middle linger of his right hand was crushed. Ilarrv Barnes, working at a buzz-saw bench, saw both accidents, and while watching results two of his fingers were nipped off by the saw. A painter standing on a barrel, .seeing Barnes’s mangled, fingers, fell off the barrel, breaking hia chin. Sheriff Frcderichs, of Lake county, was called to Whiting, and he asked G. C. Brunswick, City Marsha) of Hammond, to accompany him. While in transit between the two cities Marshal Brunswick stood on the rear platform of the motor, which had a trailer attached, while in the rear was another motor, en route tor the shops. While passing through East Chicago the motor and trailer suddenly stopped, owing to a misplaced trolley, and the motor in the rear camo in collision with the trailer. The force of the shock threw Mr. Brunswick backward, and he fell between the platforms, his body acting as a buffer. The pressure was fatal, as he died immediately after being released. No other passengers were injured. Wm. H. Jones, an ex-convict, of Michigan City, disappeared on the sth of last month, and Tuesday the authorities wormed a confession out of James Stambaugh, which developed that Jones was killed by James Graybeal, also an exconvlct, after which Graybeal compelled Stambaugh to assist him In sinking the body in Lake Michigan. The remains were found In the harbor, held down by scrap iron. Stambaugh’s story in effect is that he and a woman with whom Graybeal is living, after making the rounds of tiie town, returned to Graybeal's house after nightfall and were fired upon by Graybeal, the shot missing them and killing Jones. Graybeal then disposed of tho body as Indicaud, and by intimidation prevented Stairibugh from reporting to the authorities. Graybeal has been committed for grand jury action. The accused is a well known criminal. Some years •go he was convicted of forgetry at Lafayette and after serving his time he settle at Michigan City. Jones served two terms in prison from Cass county for larceny and burglary. Mrs Jane McCarty, a pioneer, diedin Brookville, Tuesday night She was ninety-two years old. Her father, John Templeton, and Benjamin McCarty, were the first white settlers in the Whitewater valley, coming from Sonth Carolina. The deceased was born in New Haven, 0., in 1802. She lived in Indiana over ninety years. Her life was contemporaneous with the development of the State, and few knew more ot its political history. Her husband, Abner McCarty, had a land office at Indianapolis. She saw Tecumseh and she met Lafayette and Kossuth. She was known to every prominent man in the early history of Indiana. She saw the first steamboat launched on th» Ohio river.