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Inmnn. NfnsIcIan nead.

VIENNA. Jan. l0.-Benedict Rand Har-
binger. the Nestor Of Austrian musicians.
the schoolfellow of Schubert and the
teacher of List, is dead. lie was 0l
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bismarck Furnished Points.

BERLIN. Jan. 1c-tIans Blum, in let
ter 60 the Lepziger Tagblatt, reasserts
that Prince Bismarck was closely con-
nected with the authorship of his book,
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A Great Advance I'm Baking Powders
The New Horsford's.

Not in price, but in quality. tits far better than
the best heretofore made. IL excels In strength,
purity and heallhfuluess Tryit
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WARD CLERKS BANQUET.
CITY Clerk CIarke's Plan to Avoid
Duplicate Registration Approved.
City 90 BE Asked 60 Increase the Conf
pensation OF Ward Clerks-Aftcr
Dinner Speeches.

The annual meeting and supper OF the
Ward Clerks association last evening IN
Infantry hall was rendered remarkably
interesting and instructive by the discus
sion OF the question OF the Improvement
OF the system OF registration in conform
ity with the suggestion OF City Clerk
Clarke, published in THE News TO substi-
tute boards of registration in the severai
districts, whereby many OF the de-
fects from repeating encountered In the
city clerk department could be ehectuaily
remedied The universal opinion was fav-
orable to securing the introduction OF a
bill in the general assembly where tho
registry laws should be amended in this
particular. The consensus of opinion was
also unanimous in making application 10
the city council for an increase OF compen-
sation in view of the fact that the ballot
reform law and the operation OF the judic-
iary act under the jury system materially
increased the duties and responsibilities
OF the ward and district officers added TO
the heavy increase OF registry voters who
will participate in the elections Of the
current year.
The Business Meeting.
The business meeting was called to
order by the president, j. Spencer
Williams, and there were fifty members
and guests in attendance. The report OF
the secretary, John O'Connell, contained
ali interesting biographical sketch of Ex-
President Elias M. Jenckes, one OF the
veteran clerks and an influential and
respected member OF the organization, who
died year ago. The report OF the treas
urer, Charles s. Jencks showed that the
finances of the association were in prom
ising condition. Charles s. Such, Ward 9,
district 2; w. Il. Munroe, Ward 9, district
2; +. +. Manning, Ward 8, district 2, and
G. Il. Austin, Ward 8, District 2, were
elected to membership. Subsequently, on
motion of Mr.. Freeman, it was voted to
admit all the newly-elected clerks to
membership. The election OF officers re-
suited as follows: President, Will
liam Frankland; secretary, John
O'Connell; treasurer, Charles s. Jenckes.
III. ". A. Joslin moved an amendment to
the bylaws providing for the election of
q vice president, which was tabled till the
next meeting under the rules. The ban
quet and social committee of '93, was re-
elected. Messrs. Freeman, Robinson, JOS
lin, O'Connor and Winsor were appointed
to wait on the newly elected president
ssafter the ball." and request his accept
ance of the Office. The assessment for
next year was fixed at SIPS. The meeting
then adjourned.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-17
BAILEY BANKRUPTCY BILL
1t May Come Up for Final Action IN the
House To-Day.

House To-Day.
WAsHrNGToN, July 1.-THE Bailey
bankruptcy bill, which will come up
on its final passage to-day, is purely a
voluntary bankruptcy measure 1t is
limited IN its opera ton to two years.
Under il property IS admin stored &C
cording to state laws, thus creating no
officers or new machinery for its
execution If any de btor owing $500
or more shall execute an assignment
valid according to the laws of the
state in which he resides and as to
his property situated elsewhere, valid
according to the law of the place
where it is located and also in accord
ance with its own requirements, he
shall be discharged from his
debts The only requiem ents which
the bill itself exacts are that
the assignments shall include all the
debtors property not exempt, and
shall be for the equal benefit of all
his creditors without preference, ex-
cept for debts due for Ia Dor and to the
state and general governments. 1t
exempts such property as may be ex-
empt from forced sales under the law
Of the debtors domicile.
It further provides that four months
after the debtor has executed his as
signment he may file his petition in
the federal court, alleging under oath
a full compliance with the law and
liability of his debts. His creditors
are cited to appear and they have
reasOna bic time in which to file their
answer and to contest the debtors
right to a Judgment. If upon trial
it should appear that the debtor
has given any preference by assign
ment or otherwise, or that he has
done anything to prevent fair and
equal division Of his property pro
rata among his creditors. or that he
has attempted to defraud his credit
ors. then the court must refuse to dis
charge him
The bill further provides that If an
attachment has been levied. the
debtor can still execute an assign
ment which shall vacate the attach
ment, and he will then be entitled to
the benefit of the law If the at
tachment is collusive and the debtor
permits it to stand, he deprives him
self Of a release and his creditors
still have their action in all the
courts to set aside the attachment on
the ground of fraud.
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The Tariff Conferrees Cannot
Come to an Understanding.
They Will Report a Disagree
ment it is Said.
NEITHER WILL RECEDE
The Sugar Schedule is the
Stumbling Block.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Demo
cratic members of the tariff confer
ence committee adjourned earlier
than usual yesterday. and the situa-
ton at the time of adjournment from
the best information obtainable was
the cOnferrees were far from an
agreement, and that within a short
time disagreement would be re-
ported to the senate and house The
question which has been agitating the
me hers seems to be just what kind
of report to make. but the impress
sion seemed to be that it would be of
a general disagreement, with perhaps
some of the main points specified
When the conference adJ Ourned one
of the conferees summed up the situa-
ton as follows: 1--WE have accom-
plished absolutely nothing. We have
not advanced an inch, and after be-
ing together all day we are exactly
where we we're last Saturday night.
There is no truth whatever in the
report that we have reAched
an agreement on sugar On the
contrary. no arrangement is even in
sight. While there had been talk of
calling in the Republican mem bers on
some questions, yet it had not
amounted to an agreement up to the
time of adjournment In fact. it
seems impossible to reach agreements
on anything of Importance Neither
IS there any prospect that we would
be nearer to an agreement at the end
Of the week than at the beginning"
In such a case there will be nothing
left but to report a disagreement, and
If each house insists upon its bill.
than a further conference viii be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-17

Excitemsnt in Sacramento Cours
Caused By Soldiers Marching In
SACRAMENTO, Cal. July 17.-During
the hearing of a writ of habeas cor
pus for the release of three Dunsmuir
strikers before Judge Catlin yester-
day afternoon. a detachment of regu-
lars marched into the court house with
the evident intention of taking the
prisoners. Judge CatIin Immediately
arose and called upon persons who
were present to resist any attempt of
the soldiers tO.take away the strikers
Assistant Attorney knight excitedIy
jumped to his feet and met the sol
diers as they were entering the court
room He ordered them to re turn to
the depot, which they did after con-
sidera BILE hesitancy-
After the excitement had subsidized,
Judge Catlin ordered the three pris-
cners RENAMED to the custody of the
chief OF police. They are charged
with stealing an engine at Duns muir
BY direction of Marshal Baldwin
and Colonel Graham. District Attor-
ney Knight later sent a letter TO Judge
Catlin explaining that the soldiers
had merely been to the court room as
witnesses and had brought their arms
with them under misappre hension
and stating the federal officers in
Sacramento wish to correct the inn
eeeding their authority.
Acknowledging Knights exDlana-
ton that the soldiers We're present as
witnesses, the fact remains that
they first entered the sherif's Office
and demanded the surrender of the
prisoners Deputy Sheriff Rooney
was in charge Of the Office at the time
and informed them the men were ia
Judge Catlin's court room. but Rooney
reached there first and told the Judge
Of the advent of the soldiers.
Pale and trembling, but with firm
voice, Judge Catlin arose and said;
SOLDIERS with bayonets drawn are
outside in the corridor and I arm in
formed they are here to take these
prisoners from this room I command
rybody in this court-deputy sher-
ifs. policemen and others-to stay
here and resist any effort to take
away these prisoners"
You can count on me, Judge. "
shouted w. "a. H. Hart. who is well
known here. 'I'll stay with you till
the last"
"A number Of spectators also an
nounced their determination to
stand by the court and as the situa-
ton began to look critical the deputy
United States attorney succeeded in
having the soldiers return to the
depot
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ANorHEH ROT IN OAKLAND.

Soldiers Forced to Use Bayoaeto and Cav
aIrymen sAbres TO Dispense Them
SAN Francisco, July 1.-THE
Southern Pacific Railway company,
backed by the com bined military
forces of the federal and state gov
ernments, continued to maintain a
fairly satisfactory passenger service
in Northern California. but notwith-
standing this formidable military
array, the railroad officials have been
unable to retrieve the lost manage
ment of their freight business. The
passenger service, too, is by no means
restored, for trains are still side
tracked at night time as a precautiOn-
airy measure against train wreckers-
In Oakland yesterday morning the
strikers formed into several rlOtOus
mobs of 200 or 800 men each All in
coming and outgoing passenger
trains were SO strongly guarded that
they were not interfered with. but
the fury of these mobs fell upon such
luckless nom union men as the strikers
were able to waylay going to and
from their work Several times the
troops were called out to dispense the
rioters and rescue the non-uniOn men
Shortly after noon freight train was
started from the yards on the mole.
At the Seventh street crossing the
non-union men in charge of the train
found themselves at the mercy OF a
mob of strikers. A striker had man
aged to climb aboard and cut the air
brake. The train was stalled and the
rioters, who soon svarmed about, had
drawn all the coupling pins
Then a troop of cavalry and com
pany of infantry came down upon the
mob. The cavalrymen used their
sabers and dubbed the rioters. and
foot soldiers .prodded freely with
their bayonets. In the struggle two
shots were fred by the soldiers,
though no one was hit. The strikers
were finally put to flight A mum Der
of the rioters sought refuge in the
cottage OF a striker The soldiers
afterward raided the house and ar
rested twenty-one men. Several Of
the rioters were severely cut and
bruised The freight train was run
to a side-track and abandoned Alter
this occurr ence the soldiers going on
trains as guards were given positive
orders to shoot anyone who attempt
ed to interfere with any train Final
~ a freight train was sent guarded
by about 600 militia.
Out Of Sacramento trains are run
ming with less int rference. Several
freight trains have been dispa tched
from that point
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SIX MEN KILLED.
Desperate Battle Between Depu-
ties and Alabama Strikers.
Strikers Kill Negroes as They
Come from the Mines
DEPUTIES OPEN FIRE.
The Strikers Shoot Back and
Then Quickly Retreat.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July ia fierce
battle occurred yesterday afternoon
at 4.3O o'clock at No. 3 mine at Pratts
between mobs of striking miners and
deputies, in which six men were
killed and nearly a score wounded
Yesterday morning 4 mass meeting
Of striking miners ~as held on the
creek near Prst- mines, and il was
decided tkaI the law be taken into
their own hands, and that they would
kill or be killed. About 4:30 o'clock,
the tine when the employees of the
mines quit work and come out of the
mines, a mob Of men was secre ted in
the woods near by As the negroes
would come out one by one SHOT
would be sent at them, and they
would drop to the ground either fatal
ly wounded or dead.
After the third negro had fallen.
the deputies opened fire on the mob
and fierce battle took place B. W.
Tierce, the commander Of the depu-
ties, fell to the ground. A Winches-
ter ball had pierced his body just
above the heart. Almost at the same
instant one of the strikers was seen
to fall. but he arose again to his
knees and taking aim with his Win
chester fred four times at the depu-
ties. The deputies kept reloading
began dispensing The deputies then
made a tour around the wounded
striker who was still firing, and after
"a time they succeeded in silencing his
gun He proved to be a Frenchman-
Another section Of the mob made
an attack on train which was carry
ing the negroes from mine No 4 to
their homes. There were several
guards on the engine, and the attack
was answered with a fusilade of bull
lets. The first shot from the strikers
went through the cab window Of the
engine and just missed killing the
engineer and j. j. Moore. the super
int ndent at the mines
kilograms were sent to the town in
haste for help. and Sheriff Morrow
summoned twenty five deputies
Governor Jones, who is still in the
city, has summoned the Birmingham
battalion of state troops
The governor ordered the Second
regiment into cam p and closed all the
saloons in the county Out at Pratt's
posses were hastily formed and the
woods were secured for miles and
miles, but the miners had made good
their escape. Ten mn were shot and
nfw raf Them ara dad
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nttoruevs here. George ]. Denis and
Joseph c. Call. The injunction is in
tended to reach and apply with equal
force to 81 number Of railways
and other corporations which
transport mails, Roods, chattels
and merchandise whenever suoh
are doing business within the
United States The prayer is that
forty seven railroads, corporations
and individuals. defendants named
therein, shall be restrained from COM
bining and conspiring together to
evade anv of the inter state commerce
laws and to annul all contracts be-
tween the Southern Pacific and other
defendent railroads, corporations and
individuals, requiring them hence
forth to operate without favor or dis
elimination.
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WORLDS SUPPLY OF TIN.
Given in the Annual Report OF the
Bureau Of Mineral Resources.

Given in the Annual Report OF the
Bureau Of Mineral Resources.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-The amount
of the worlds supply Of tin for the
calendar year 1898, is given officially
in the anrual report Of Dr. D. Z. Day
chief of the division of mineral re-
sources, United States geological sur
vey- The total amount for the year
was 81, 252 tons, classed as follows:
English production, $3.50; Straits
shipments to Europe and America,
80, SIS; Australian shipments to Europe
and America, $3.50; Banco sales in
holland. 5,41s, and BiuetOn sales in
Java 5, 211-
TIE total value Of tin and tin plates
imported and entered for consump-
ton IN the United States during the
year was $50, SOP, 864. In blocks, bars
or pigs, and grain tin, the guam THY
and value were SO. 3O4 COS hundred
weights, IS, 6T5, 12s; and IN tin plates,
sheets, etc, SIS, 472, 2O9 hundred
weights, SIS, 1e7, 736.
The total value of tin manufactures
exported from the United States dur
ing the year was $253, 449.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

A plan is on foot to combine the
University of Chicago and the Column
bia university at Washing ton
The cash balance in the treasury at
the close of business yesterday was
1922, $50, 253, of which $64, 500, 633 was
gold reserve.
Bunk Thurston was struck over the
head with a baseball club in the
hands of John Murray, near Con-
cordia. and fatally hurt.
Judge Philips has issued an order
to United States Marshal Shelby to
protect men at work in railroad yards
from the threats Of strikers
The tenth annual meeting Of the
grand lodge of the colored Knights OF
Pythias Of Missouri and Kansas
opened in Kansas City Monday
The commission to be appointed by
the president to investigate the strike
will not interfere with the house in
vestiga ton of the same subject
Police Commissioner McLave, Of
New York city, who was accused be-
fore the senate Investigating commit
tee of selling appointments Of the
police, has resigned on the plea that
his physician has advised his retire
ment
The Lockhart coal mines near Coz
rona Ala, were partly demolished by
dynamite exploding simultaneously
at two points. John Kelly, a miner,
and a number of mules, were killed
The mines we're very badly wrecked.
] The deed Is charged to strikers
Peerless Steam Laundry
1 Steam Laundry.
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GUTHRIE. Ok, July 17.-Acting Gov
ernor Lowe has determined to put
stop TO the rioting. outlawry and ar
son at Enid and Round Pond and viii
at once offer a reward of $500 each for
the conviction of parties engaged in
the burning of the Rock Island
bridges At the same time he viii
demand of the Rock Island people
that they do their part toward abat-
ing the troubles by complying with
the city ordinances of Enid and Round
Pond in the running Of trains through
their towns and give them depot facil-
tiles such as iven to other towns q
Like size.
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KILLED IN A SALOON ROW.

Charley Sweeney. Once King Of Ball
Pitchers, shoots q Frisco Tough
san Francisco. July 17--Charley
Sweeney, once the king OF base ball
pitchers, yesterday shot and killed
Con McManus. a notorious local
tough. in a saloon row McManus.
who is a powerful man, beat Sweeney
and threatened to shoot him. He at
tackled the ex- base ball player a sec
ond time, when Sweeney hred three
shots at McManus, two Of them tax
ing effect. Sweeney surrendered to
the police
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swItchmen.s Ala Society No More.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. Jnly 1.-THE
Switchmen's Mutual Aid association
is defunct- The Offices were removed
here last week from Chicago and es-
ia blished in the Arcade. The associa-
ton was severely crippled by the
trouble it had with its late Secretary
Treasurer Simsrott, but would hav g
recovered from that had not the
strike which involved a large per-
centage of its members. who lost
their situations, come upon them
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citizens Armine rhemselveu.

GUTHRIE. Ok. July II. II United
States Marshal Nix received q tele-
gram from Enid last night to the
effect that the people were arming
themselves and had ordered the
troops and a number of conversativs
citizens to leave town before morn
ing One soldier was shot by a ma n
in hiding Troops are pre- pairing to
make stand and there will be much
bloodshed if people make any more
aduancas
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WINFIELD. Kan. July II. The first
rain of any consequence that has been
had in this section for six weeks be-
gan to fall at $40 yesterday after
noon. 1t was the heaviest rain Of
the season. At 4:45 it had rained
2 ITO inches. It was accompanied by
heavy hail, which did some damage
to corn. George Matthews. the rain
maker, has been working here for
eight days and claims credit for the
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oBsrRUcrTNe THE MAILS

A Petition which VIII Arouse National
Interest VIII BE Prepared.
Los ANGELES. Cal, July IA petit
ton in equity il being prepared in
the United States district attorneys
office. which is destined to arouse ma
.tiona1 interest in the subject of OBJ
structinR United States mails and in
ferference with the laws Of interstat e
commerce by railway companies
The petition Is under the direction
Of Attorney General Olney. acting in
eopiunotion with the governments
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SHOT by THE MARSHAL.
Charles Phelps Instantly killed While
Resisting an Omcer.

GOLDEN CRY, No, July 17.-Ear1y
yesterday morning John Disler, mar
shall of Jasper, attempted to arrest
Charles Phelps at a point three miles
from town, and was resisted by the
latter, who fred three shots, wound
ing Mr.. Disler. The officer returned
the fire with a double barreled shot
gun, instantly killing Phelps Mar
shall Disler mistoOk the dead man for
his uncle, Gene Phelps, an ex-convict.
The latter was trying to evade the
officers. but. when he learned Of the
death of his nephew. decided to re-
main and face it out. Disler surren-
dered himself to the sheriff, but was
released to await the coroner's YER
of
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LANCASTER, Pa, July 1.-THE Far
mum cotton mills, Nos. 1 and 2. and
the Schroeder cotton mill, which were
closed down fos two weeks, were
started up to-day, and will run four
days a week The three mills employ
about 2, 500 hands