The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02

New York city to secure necessary IN
formation desired by the commission,
and Mr.. Worthington will spend some
time in Chicago, making arrange
ments for the meeting of the commits
tee and gathering data to send in the
Investigation. Mr.. Wright also left
the city tonight for Chatauqua, where
he is to deliver series of lectures.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator
Camden was before the senate sugar
trust investigating committee today,
He was shown the photograph of the
order for sugar alleged TO have been
given by him and pronounced it tictl-
tious, declaring that he had never
given such an order. When pressed
for more explicit statement Senator
Camden said that if he had ever given
such an order as that referred to by
the former witnesses, and of which
photograph was shown, he had no rec>
election of the fact The committee
expects to make their final report in
very short time, possibly tomorrow.
Senator Gray, chairman of the COM
mittee said today that the committee
had examined all the witnesses that
could be found and that it appeared
that there was nothing left for them
but to report the results of their inves-
LEGATIONS to the senate. He said the
committee had been very anxious to
secure the attendance of s. G. Batter~
shaJ, the man who is alleged to have
taken Senator Camden's order, but
that he was in Canada and could not
be prevailed upon by persuasion to
come back before the committee and
there is no power to compel his at
teddauce, he being out of the iurisdic-
tion of the United states.
1t is understood that there will be
two reports, Senators Davis and
Lodge uniting in one and Senators
Gray, Lindsay and Allen on the
other, besides which Senator Allison
will also file additional views of his
own,
INDIAN APPROPRIATION CONFERENCE.
Conferees on the Indian appropria-
tion bill have come to deadlock over
some of the most important items in
serted by the senate. Although 100
amendments were made by the senate,
an agreement was reached on all but
"a Of them, the senate receding In II
cases from it's items, while the house
conferees accepted the remainder. The
principal disagreement was over the
amendment to ratify the agreement
made with the YanktonSSioux Indians
of South Dakota. Charges were made
in the house plans for opening the
lands of the Siletz reservation in Ore
gon, to which the house conferees
would not agree; also the senate
struck out the provision that sections
16 and SO of the lands should be ceded
to the state for support OF the common
schools. The house would not agree
to the insertion of agreements for the
d cuuisition of the lands of the Nez
Perces Indians of Idaho and Yuma In
dians of California, and the senate
would not recede. Other points of
disagreement were senate amendments
making an appropriation to survey
lands of five civilized tribes in Indian
Territory and raising from 500, 1000 to
$111, 900 the appropriation for the In
dian school at Carlisle, Pa.
THE BAILEY BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Senator George from the senate
committee on judiciary today reported
the house bankruptcy bill from the
committee. AS reported the bill is al
most a new measure and much ex-
tended. 1t retains only parts of the
first and second sections of the house
or Bailey bill, aud adds 10 new sec
tions which are devoted largely to de-
tails concerning the administration OF
the law. AS amended the first sec
ton provides that any debtor who is
unable to pay his debts shall execute
an assignment in bankruptcy and that
the assignment shall be recorded. The
assignee is allowed to make preferences
as follows: Debts due to the United
States, state or territory or the District
of Columbia, in which any OF the
property of the debtor is situated,
and debts due to the servants or labor
ers of the debtor, also debts due to any
person arising from the debtors deal
ing with said PERSONS estate as execu-
tor, administrator, guardian or cura-
tor, when at the time Of such dealings
such person was minor; also, if the
debtor is the head of family he may
prefer debt which is lien or incum~
brance on his homestead, but no more
than 81, 900 shall be used tor that pur-
; pose, :,
Any other preferences are made il
legal as against creditors and any prop
erty thus conveyed as preference is
| TO reLDdlu par VI lhO oooOVS " O'HS
petitioner to be assigned
as other property for
which no preference is provided. 1t is
; also provided that the discharge OF a
!, debtor from his debts shall not include
any debt or obligation that shall have
, been created in consequence Of his de-
falcation as public officer, or as an ex'
ecutor, administrator, guardian or
trustee, or while acting in any other
fiduciary capacity, nor any debtor OBJ
{ legation TO any surety of the debtor
who has paid or may pay any such
fiduciary debt or any part of it, or any
deb; or obligation created by the OBJ
, tanning of money or property under
: false preJenses.
TARIFF SITUATION.
WASHINGTON. July 3l.-The pros
poets OF an agreement on the tariff
were much improved today. For the
: first time in many days the house
Democratic conferees came from the
meeting with the statement that pre-
vious irreconciliable differences were
in process of amicable adjustment
with n1uch satisfaction the house