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IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The engrossed
COPY of the tariff bill is being compared
by the house clerk. 1t is expected II
will be transmitted to the senate this
afternoon, where Voorhees, will prob
ably ask that 1t be referred TO the
finance committee,
Catchlngs, from the committee on
rules, reported rule setting aside to-
day. Saturday and Monday for consid-
Grafton of the McCreary Hawaiian res
olution, vote to be taken at 4 p, m
Monday. The minority report is then
to be taken up. McCreary then opened
the Hawaiian debate. The subject ap-
reared to have little interest for the
house. and few members remained.
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IN LEGISLATIVE HALLS.
Senator Quay Advocating Free Coinage
of Silver

Washington, Feb. 2.-In the senate
today Quay presented an amendment
embodying several new sections of the
tariff bill. They provide for free COIN
age of silver, and for the purchase of
1s4,OOO ounces monthly and an issue Of
treasury notes in payment therefor, and
the repeal OF all existing laws icr the
issue ot bends. Peffer's resolutIn call
ing on the secretary Of the treasury 10
inform the senate how many bids were
received for bonds, and from whom,
came up for consideration.
After some discussion Sherman with
drew his opposition, and the resolution
was adopted.
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poND SUBSCRIPTIONS.

washington, Feb. 2.-The total Lond
s,,i,scrfDtions received up TO noon were
ssSoo9 go Tie secretary may begin the
n.,.,.,, 81 .aIlotting the bonds this after
noon ) The effort to repeal the tax on
stata banks circulation was beaten in
,te me committee on banking today-s to O..
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ASKING INSTRUCTIONS.

washington, Feb. "A cipher dis
patch received this morning from Ad-
miral Benham is thought to be a re-
quest for instructions in view Of De
Canals declaration that he would bonn,
bard Rio when he pleased without CIV
ing notice to foreign commanders.
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CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS.
Representative Sibley, Of PennsylSan'a'
Is Disguised.


Representative Sibley mas sent ms
resignation to the governor Of Pennsyl-
vania as a member Of congress. to take
effect February II. Mr.. sibley's tele-
gram to County Chairman Isilling, Of
Erie, announcing that his resignation
is now in the hands of the governor
excited the democrats to wholesale ana
retail condemnation of the action.
No answer had been sent to his for
mer resignation. III the Democratic
county committee desired it." and the
notification Of his Final" decision 70
resign his seat literally paralyzed the
democratic leaders. city Chairman
O'Brien, ]. Ross Thompson, and others.
will urge Governor Pattison not TO
call any special election.
Chairman Killing says the republicans
ought to nominate Sibley. since ne
wants vindication. Ex-Mayor Miziner
is one Of those who assured Mr.. sibiey
that, in his opposition to the Wilson
bill, he has the support OF of many
local democrats.
In an open letter, L. w. olds, speak
ing for the peoples party, declares that
Mr. sibley has no more right to resign
at the call Of one political party, with
out the consent Of the other represen-
tatives, than the Southern states had
to so outside the Union without the
consent of the remaining states. 1t Is
too late to file nomination papers for q
successor at the February election, and
special election will cost the county
thousands of dollars.
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STATE CONVENTION AT ASTORIA

Portland, Feb. 2.-The executive COM
mittee Of the state central committee
met here this afternoon. 1t was de-
cided to hold the next state convention
at Astoria. The date has been fixed for
April 18th.
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HAWAIIANs REsTLEss.

Auckland, N. H., Feb. 2.-The steam
ship Mariposa has arrived from Hawaii
bringing news to Januory 20. When the
Marlposa left Hawaii the people were
restlessly awaiting the decision Of the
1roitad states congress.
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IMPORTANT TO INSURANCE. MEN.

Judge Monroe of the civil district
court at New Orleans has rendered a.
decision important to all interested in
Insurance. The case was entitled THE
State OF Louisiana VS.. Mason, Smith
& Co., and was brought for the par
pose of collecting taxes for insurance
placed in foreign and unrepresented
companies. The defendants in the suit
are engaged In the buying and ship
ping Of cotton. They have usually in-
sured their shipments either wholly or
in part in foreign companies having
no agents in and paying taxes in
Louisiana, and the purpose Of the suit
was to hold the defendants liable for
such licenses as the law demanded.
Judge Monroe holds that under section
of Act 15O of 1890. which fixes and
grades the license to be paid for the.
business of insurance, the defendants
are entitled to pay the licenses the
same as local and other State coln-
panies. This decision will effect many
firms in New Orleans, and Is Of w'de-
spread interest.
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THE WIRES DOWN.

The Western Union Telegraph line
went down yesterday afternoon about
5 o'clock, and in consequence the AS
tortan's night report was not received
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A vote was taken on Cox's bill, which
relieves state banks from tax, but does
not extend to circulating notes issued
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coAL MINERS, sTRIKE.

columbus, Feb. 2.-The coal mine;
about BelIaire, on the Ohio river were
oIosed by a strike. over 1000 people arr
ont of employment.
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O R. &. n. COS INTEREST.

New York, Feb. 2.-The Union Pacific
receivers will on Monday pay the In
terest on the Oregon Railway and Nav
,qation first SKIES due January l.
amounting to s14S.26O.
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OF LITTLE EFFECT.

Chairman Voorhees, Interview Didn't In
huence Members.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The publica-
tion of Senator Voorhees, interview tax
ing position for free coal and iron ore,
created an air of expectancy about the
senate upon assembling, but the ques-
tions raised by him were not referred to
in the official proceedings The publ
cation was the subject of general COM
ment in the cloak rooms and corridors,
and the comments were as varied as the
predictions or pref udices of the members
by whom they were uttered. If the in
terview had any effect upon the tariff
conferees, the fact could not be ascer-
tanned, and the best information is to
the effect that it was only casually
referred to, and the conference went on
with the work as if the chairman of the
senate conferees had not taken a posi-
ton at variance with that Of his con-
freres on the committee. On the con-
trary, they held out apparently more
stif1y for their terms than they had
done before. The house members of the
conference failed to give any definite
answer to the senate proposition, as it
was expected to do. Consequently when
the conference dispersed the adjustment
of the difference was apparently as fa1
off as as it had been at the time of ad
journment Monday
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Fo1LED EXPRESS ROBBERS.
Lake Shore Engineer Carries His Trail
Safely Through DISTINCTIONS.

Lake Shore Engineer Carries His Train
Safely Through Distractions.
CLEVELAND, Aug. Stake Shore ex-
press train, No. II, arriving from the
west, puffed into the union station after
having enjoyed most thrilling exper-
ience on the plains of Indiana. An at
tempt was made to hold up the train at
Kessler, Ind, upon the identical spot
that the train was held up last fall. The
train was just approaching a split
switch at Kessler, when the engineer
noticed that the switch was turned, so
as to run the train Oh the siding. A big
obstruction Of ties and lumber was piled
upon the siding few rods ahead of his
engine. The obstruction did not appear
to be impossible, and
The Engineer Put on All Steam
and dashed through the pile, passing
safely on to the main track through the
split switch at a high rate of speed. As
the train passed the obstruction, the
engineer noticed a group Of masked men
and as the engine cleared the track of
all distractions, the would-be highway
men fired several shots into the train,
none of which, however, took effect.
The United States express car was at
tached to the train and had on board a
large amount Of money. 1t is thought
that this was known to the desperadoes,
who attempted to hold up the train.
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Indian Teachers Institute.

ST. PAUL, Aug. Am institute under
the direction Of the Indian department
will be held in st. Paul from Aug. 13 to
18 inclusive, in which the superintend-
ents, teachers, matrons, industrial teach
ers and others interested in Indian edu-
cation will take part. The programme
is issued under the direction of Charles
D. Rakestraw, supervisor of Indian
schools, and will be participated in by
Archbishop Ireland, Bishops Whipple
and Gilbert, Supervisors G. D. Rake
straw and A. H. Heineman, Governor
Nelson, superintendent w. F. Garfield,
Agent Mclaughlin, W. w. Pendergast
and many others.
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WILSON GAVE NAMES.
One Of the Participants in the Tarsney
Tar and Feathering Tells Who
Did It.
WERE PROMINENT MEN
And Political Enemies of the General,
Instead of the Scum Of
Bull Hill. ..

DENVER, Aug. 8.-The News says:
Joe r. Wilson, the Ell Paso county dep
uty sheriff who was captured by Gen.
eral Tarsney in Missouri, has made
full confession, and given to Chief of
Police Armstrong the names Of all of the
men connected with the outrage COM
mitted in Colorado Springs few weeks
ago. Wilson was brought back to Den
yer by Officer Cross, and he spent the
night in the city Jail. On the train 60
ing to the Springs in the morning he
weakened and told everything that he
knew Of the affair.
He confirmed the story that mur-
derer out of the Ell Paso county jail was
allowed to help to put tar and feathers
on Tarsney.
1t Was Political Plot.
Every detail of the tar and feathers
affair is now in possession of the Den
yer officers, and however high position
the offenders may hold, they will ulti-
mately be brought to justice. Wilson's
confession clearly illustrates one point
that the crime was committed by the
political enemies of General Tarsney,
and that the criminals were not the
outcasts Of the Bull Hill army, but men
Of higher standing in the community.
According to Wilson's story, men en-.
gagged in the disgraceful enterprise We're
Sheriff Bowers, his deputy sheriff, Bob
Mullins, Captain Saxton of Troop A,
Sergeant William Bancroft of Troop A,
Deputy Sheriff j. R. Wilson, Deputy
Quackenboss, Sherman Crumsley, Walter
Crumsley, Shorty Allen, Smith Shell
lenberger, and perhaps two others, in
cluding woman. The police now have
three confessions-those of Wilson,
Parker and a prisoner in the Ell Paso
county jail, who is being held as witness
to murder committed in Cripple Creek
These men will all be brought before
the grand jury now sitting in Colorado
Springs.
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A Minnesota farmer who has not for

A Minnesota farmer who has not for
gotten how to figure. works out this
problem and he is not far from right.
The Pullman workmen struck be-
cause they were receiving the equiva-
lent in yearly wages of 200 bushels OF
wheat, 5000 bushels of oats or corn, or
l25 barrels of flour. They struck be-
cause they received in yearly wages the
price of ten acres of we'll improved
farm or 6 per cent. on $4,000. In the
south the employees struck because they
were receiving in wages Is pounds Of
cotton day, or per cent. interest on
$1,000, five bushels of wheat day or
barrel of flour in two days.
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REFUSED TO EAT WITH sCABs.
A Militia Company at Pullman Creates q
Sensation.


CHICAGO, Aug. S.--The sensation of
the day at Pullman was the refusal Of
Company M of the First infantry to eat
with non-union workmen. At 2:30
o'clock Lieutenant Bowra marched
Company M up to the big mess tent
that stands on the lawn behind the Ho-
tel Florence. There the company was
was left in command Of Sergeant Cook.
When the company came to break
ranks at the tent entrance they were
indignant to see two tables filled
with non-union employees of the
Pullman company. The workmen
were part of the new force. They
had been smuggled in with the soldier
boys on the apology that they were
afraid to go home for dinner. AS the
practice had been tried in smaller
way last week, to the distaste of the
company, the soldiers were
Prepared For Decisive Action.
William Byrnes, member Of the COM
pany, stepped into the entrance and
said:
GAS volunteer soldiers the men of
Company M are to see that the laws OF
Illinois are obeyed. I am not aware
that it is soldierly or that discipline
compels US to do what we feel is un
patriotic and not worthy Of gentlemen
My scruples demand that I shall MOI
associate with scabs. l refuse to si
with them at the same table,
There was an outburst of applause
from Byrnes' comrades and Sergean
Cook marched the company across tn
street and broke ranks. The workmel
were finally marched out and the com
pany marched in, receiving the assur
ance that they will hereafter have thei
mess tent to themselves.
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The Maney-Hedb berg case has been
finally settled. Lieut.. Nancy was tried
by the civil courts at Fort Smelling for
killing Capt. Hedberg and was declared
innocent. Later he was tried by court
martial and was sentenced to be publicly
reprimanded for having resisted and at
tacking a superior officer. After a thor
ough examination of the case which has
been before the department for many
weeks Secretary Lamont endorsed upon
the record of the court ''disaproved by
the department This finally ends the
case and Lieut.. Nancy will not be rep
rlmapded nor will he be tried again.
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WHY ARE THEY HERE?
Considerable Speculation as to What Ha
waiian Commissioners Want.

Considerable Speculation as to What Ha-
waiian Commissioners Want.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-There is some
uncertainty manifested i'll congressional
circles to know the exact purpose of the
visit of Messrs. Parker, Cummings and
Wideman, the royalist ENJOYS from Ha-
waii. While they talked with various
members of congress, they have not
confded to any one definite impression
of the ends which they hope to accom-
plish by their missions. In general
way they have reviewed the various
wrongs attending the overthrow Of the
monarchy from their standpoint, and
they have complained of the interference
of Mr.. Stevens, which they say
brought about the downfall.
They represent that the present
government cannot be considered a re-
public, and are not satisfied with the
attitude Of Mr.. Willis, who is said to be
as friendly to the American element as
was his predecessor. But they do not
ask the members to do anything in be-
half Of the deposed queen, nor do they
state definitely why they are here. One
of the two objects is suggested by mem
bers of congress to have brought the
delegation to urge the administration tc
carry out its abandoned idea of the res.
toration of the queen, or to make ar
rangements for pecuniary redress TO,
her.
The commissioners have expressly dis
claimed either of these purposes, ant
their objects are yelled in mystery.
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.PUSSIBLY FREE SUGAR.
Conservative Senators Admit There Is
Some Foundation For Rumors to
That Effect.
HOW IT MAY COME ABOUT,
Chairman HOlman's Interview Has
Apparently Little Effect on His
Associates.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Conservative
senators guardedly admit that there is
some foundation for the report that has
been current about the senate that a
movement may be made soon looking to
putting sugar on free list. One of them
said that it was liable to come in the
shape of a motion to discharge the tariff
cenferees and to have the senate recede
from its amendments on sugar. He
thought it probable such motion would
be made soon unless the conferees came
to an understanding.
The Republican side of the chamber
has been cautiously canvassed on this
project.
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CORN AS ON THE JUMP
Not in the Parched Fields, But on
the Chicago Eoard of
Trade.
THE BULLS HAD THE BULGE
And the Shorts We're Bound to Cover
at Any Price---September Touched
Sixty Cents.

CHICAGO, Aug. S.-The board of trade
was the scene Of wild buying panic,
corn shooting up at a dizzy gait and
carrying wheat with it. Drouth in the
corn belt was unchecked, the weather
bureau showed no signs of relief from
the blistering winds that are sweeping
over Western cornfelds, whitening the
growth and destroying the crop. Elk.
cited brokers clustered about the corn
pit, eager to buy. At the tap Of the bell
wild struggle for holdings began.
Shorts were frantic and at every jump
in the price, with its consequent losses
to them, fought more fercely for cover.
Before 10 o'clock, corn had gone up
cents in long and sensational Jumps,
and wheat with it's heavy load of bearish
influences, had struggled nc up the
scale. The visitors gallery was soon
filled with spectators, who climbed upon
the seats and leaned over the railing,
watching the yelling, bowling mob of
speculators on the floor. Holders with
visions of sudden wealth, held on to
their grain until offerings were as scarce
as transforms, and shorts with visions
of equally sudden disaster grew wilder
as the session advanced.
The market which a few weeks ago
apparently had no bottom, now SEEM
ingly had no top, and passing wheat,
corn continued in an advance that has
seldom been equalled on the Chicago
| board for sensational features.
The raging bullish features, of course,
were the hot, dry winds sweeping
across the already parched cornfields;
the published official reports that over a
large section of Nebraska the farmers
would not raise enough corn to KEEP
them from starving, the extremely bull
ish Iowa crop report, putting the croI
prospects even lower than the speculat
ors had guessed at, AMI the fact that
the corn in Liverpool was reported
pence higher.
The trading in corn from the star
was of the widest description, the short!
struggling to snap up whatever wa!
offered that could be got at, regardless
of previous prices, or prices in othe
parts of the pit from that in which eacl
was endeavoring to lift himself out O
the financial hole into which his pre-
vious sales had plunged him. AS con
sequence, the opening price for Sepcem
ber corn was anywhere between 545
and So cents in different parts Of the pit
and by jumps of halves and cents tn
price quickly advanced to 60 cents
Then it as suddenly plunged down
SO cents, sold at a bound to SO cents
!; then to 60 cents again. This gait, Q
course, could not last indefinitely, an
the most urgent Of the shorts havin
waded ashore, the strain eased some
what. The price sank at first by cent
and halves, with an occasional slight re
action, until at 1920 am, it was quote
at 553 cents.
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Anti-Anarchist Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The anti-an-
archist bill passed by the senate Mon
day was sent to conference with a fa-
vorable recommendation by Secretary
Carlisle. 1t was accompanied by a re-
port opposing the bill Of Representative
Stone of Pennsylvania, which the house
passed, providing for the consular inspec-
ton of immigrants at foreign ports.
The senate passed the bill as a substi-
tute for the Stone bill, and it was on
this disagreement that the conference
was ordered.
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Arid Dakota Lands.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-Congressman
Picker appeared before the house COM
mittee on the regulation of arid lands in
favor of bill on that subject which has
already passed the senate. It proposes
to give the states lands to be reclaimed
by irrigation, and is greatly desired by
the two Dakotas.
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INV .vmB OF LINCOLN.
vandals Have Mutilated Statues and 1t Is
Otherwise Very Much Dilapidated.


CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Resolutions passed
by the recent Republican state conven-
ton demanding that the state shall as
sumo control and maintenance OF the
Lincoln tomb and monument located at
Springfield, has had the effect OF at
tracing public attention to the dis
graceful and abominable conditions
that surround the last resting place OF
the great emancipation. While his name
is cheered to the echo by countless
gatherings every year at home and
abroad, and while patriotic Americans,
East and West, hold celebrations on
the anniversary Of his birth, that his
name and fame may be kept alive, bus
tomb is falling into absolute decay. A
visit paid to the cemetery developed the
fact that the long flight of terraced steps
leading from the roadway up to the
monument are cracked and rotted and
overgrown with weeds until they resem-
BILE the approach to some old, deserted
English castle built in the time of Eliza
beth. The heavy granite work OF the
mausoleum has succumbed to the heat
OF summer and the frost Of winter, and
is full of assures, while vandals have
mutilated the large bronze groups
of statuary that stand at the
four corners, sword being miss
ing from one, spear from another.
Rank and Musty.
In the museum, where the resolutions
adopted by societies in this country and
abroad at the time of the assassination
find a resting place, and where the
wreaths from the casket, numerous au.
tograph letters of the martyred presi-
dent and other priceless mementoes find
. resting place, the dampness has caused
the plaster and paper of the walls and
ceiling to decay and peel off until the
interior is but a remove from a vault OF
a hovel. The only funds for the
maintenance of the tomb are de
rived from an admission fee Of
25 cents charged each visitor. The
trustees give it out fatty that unless aic
is afforded by the state or some othel
source the monument will crumble tx
pieces in very few years. The question
is to be made a state issue in the cam
paign Of this fall, and candidates fo
the legislature from both parties will b.
compelled to pledge their support to ;
measure removing the disgrace by plac
ing the monument and it's surrounding
under state control
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The government is making prepara-
tions to begin its suit against the Le-
land Stanford estate, the claim amount
Ing to $l5,O00,000, and although the
money is not due until January OF next
year Uncle Sam does not propose to be
behind. The government was notified
by Mrs. Stanford through her attor-
neys, that the claim was rejected. and
it was theu generally believed that the
government would take no action until
the bonds of the Central Pacific com
napy became due. Since then Mrs. Stan
ford has conceded the governments
claim to be valid and submitted prop
psition for friendly suit.
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Blind Pigs Raided.

BROWNS VALLEY, Mimi, Aug. 8.-A
deputy United States marshal has been
making raid OH alleged blind pigs in
Roberts county, S. D. At Sisseton City
three or four have been taken into
custody, and one at Ellington. Selling
whisky to Indians is the charge.
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Do the people of this country realize
the Influences which are keeping the
two houses of congress apart on the
tariff: and thus continuing the wide
spread paralysis of business? Is it not
spectacle to humiliate every man
with drop of honest, patriotic blood in
his veins?