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TARIFF BILL REPORTED.
The Dingley Measure Subjected to Rad.
ical Revision.

The Dingley Measure Subjected to Rad
ical Revision.
The Finance Committee Of the United
States Senate received the Dingley tariff
bill from the subcommittee which had been
considering the measure and Immediately
reported the bill to the Senate. In general
way the bill Is surprise, especially to those
who looked for the maintenance OF tbs
Dingley rates.
Except with regard to the duties on lum-
Der, which was fixed at 90 per foot, and
lead at ~ cents per pound, fruits at pro-
portionstely high rate, hides at ~ cents q
pound, and q few other items which were
unchanged in order to secure the support
OF Senator Jones and few Senators whose
votes are necessary to its passage, the bill
shows great reduction all along the line.
The retroactive clause making the rates
collectible April 1, is stricken out OF the
bill.
The provision emphasizing that nothing
in the bill shall be regarded as abrogating
the Hawaiian treaty Is stricken from the
bill. This practically abrogates the treaty,
There Is an increase Of forty-four cents q
barrel In the internal revenue tax on beer,
which, 1t is thought, will bring In $40, ,OOo:,
900 Of revenue. This tax will continue until
1900, after which it will be 81.
The discount on stamps IS also removed,
which, 1t Is estimated, will add $685.
000. 900 more.
Tea is to be taxed ten cents q pound for
the next two years and half.
The internal revenue tax on snuf and
chewing tobacco Is raised from six to eight
cents pound, while cigars are to pay 80
thousand. The duties on wood and manu-
factures of wood have been materially re-
ahal della 10
new one, the duties laid being both ad
vslorem and specific.
The rates on woods are lowered from
eleven cents to eight cents pound on the
first class, and twelve cents to nine cents
on the second class.
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JUBILEE IN TENNESSEE.
Formal Opening Of the Centennial
Exposition at Nashville.
M'KINLEYSTARTS THE MACHINERY

A Parade, and Patriotic Ceremonies
Speeches Made by Governor Taylor and
Others-All the South Takes an Interest
in the Exposition Which Is the Most
Ambitious Effort ofthe Kind Attempted
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Especially D.-As the city
clock struck noon on Saturday an electric
current, started in Washington, D. c., by
the pressure of President McKinley's fingers
upon the button, started In motion the
machinery Of the Tennessee Centennial Ex-
position. With that act, though far dis
tant in the National Capitol, he formally
opened the exposition. Forty thousand
visitors were present on the grounds at the
time, and there was large representation
of guests from all parts OF the United States.
This exposition, as all the country knows,
Is In celebration OF the admission or Ten
nessee to the Union, one hundred years
ago, The inaugural ceremonies last year
we're attended by military pageant, but
there was no similar display at the opening
Of the exposition. The ceremonies were
exceedingly simple.
The procession formed on the public
square and marched through the streets TO
the Exposition grounds. The public build
ings and hundreds Of business houses and
private residences along the line OF march
and every other portion Of the city were
handsomely adorned with the National
colors and other decorations, and presented
q very beautiful appearance.
Former ce-President Stevenson, Cover
nor Taylor, OF Tennessee; Governor Stevens,
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The TENNESSEE EXPOSITION AT NASHVILLE.

Cabinet meeting in Madrid, signed decree
providing for the application Of the agreed
upon reforms for the Island Of Cuba. Her
Msjesty's action was due to the receipt Of q
cable message from Captain-General Wey-
Ter announcing that the western part OF the
island Is completely pacifled.
The home rule plan about to be applied
was made public In detail by Minister de
LONE on February 6. A Council Of Admin
istration Is created for the government OF
the affairs on the island. This council will
be in the nature Of Parliament, made up
Of thirty-one members, a majority OF them
being elected by the Cubans, and minority
appointed by the Throne. The Council Of
Administration is to have practically
supreme control Of the island subject to
certain supervisory authority by the home
Government. One OF the most important
features of the plan is that allowing Cuba
to revise her tariff schedules.
The reform law was passed on March Is,
1895, but never applied to Cuba, owing to
the uprising. Last New Years Day 1t was
promulgated by the Queen Regent, and
gazetted In Havana as q New Years con-
cession. It's actual application was still
withheld, however, until General Weyler
could announce that the island was paci-
fed. On the Kings fete day the plan was
amplifed. The decree signed by the Queen
appears to be the last step toward actually
applying the law to Cuba.
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SIX HANGED ON ONE TREE.
A Wholesale Lynching of Colored Men In
Texas Town.

A Wholesale Lynching of Colored Men In a
Texas Town.
For the murder near Sunnyside, Texas, OF
Henry Daniels and his two stepdaughters,
the assaulting Of the girls and the
burning Of their home mob, composed OF
colored people swung to the same branch
of q large oak tree Fayette Rhone, twenty
one years old; Will Gates, thirty-fve years
old; Lewis Thomas, twenty years old; Aaron
Thomas, thirteen years old; Jim Thomas,
fourteen years old; Benny Thomas, fifteen
years old, all colored boys. The last four
are brothers and it is probable that VIII
Williams, who was also implicated, met his
death at the hands Of the same mob, though
his body has not yet been found.
Henry Daniels an old colored man, lived
near Sunnyside in little hut with his step
daughter, Marie, and O seven-year- old
child. The house was. broken into, Marie
Daniels, aged eighteen, and the seven.year-
old child assaulted, and old D Daniels club5ed
to death trying to protect those In his
charge. Then Daniels aud his stepdaugh-
ter were thrown into tae house and the
child was thrown into tho well. The house
was set on fire and the fiends left, thinking
that they had covered their inhuman deed
from the sight of the world.
Bloodhounds tracked the Thomas boys to
their home and they were arrested: They
confessed, duplicating the others, who were
quickly secured. Shortly after 10 o'clock
D. m. mob surprised tho officers, took the
men to the lone oak tree In the road emo,
without ceremony, strung them up.
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THE NEWS EPlToMlZED.
washinpton Iteras.

Webster Davis, OF Missouri, has been
nominated for the office OF Assistant Secre-
tery OF the Interior.
H.O. Havemeyer, President Of the Sugar
Trust, and John E. Searles, Its Secretary,
have been ordered to appear, with others,
in the Federal Court at Washington on
Nav II to be tried for refusing to furnish
reformation to the Senate Investigating
committee in 1894.
President Mckinley says that further
Consular appointments as rule will
be deferred until after the adjournment OF
Congress.
The President decided not to interfere In
the case of Joseph Dunlop, proprietor OF
the Chicago Dispatch, who was sentenced
to two years Imprisonment for sending i'm
proper matter through the mails.
An agreement was reached between the
Republican and Democratic members OIL
the Senate Finance Committee by which
the report on the Tariff bill will not be de-
layed.
Secretary Of the Treasury Gage issued
new regulations aimed to prohibit the I'M
portation of adulterated tea.
Secretary Gage called for the resigna-
ton Of W. NJ. Aiken, Supervising Architect
of the Treasury,
Secretary Gage has determined to cancel
the new one-dollar. two-dollar, and five
dollar silver certificates outstanding as
they come into the Treasury. The total
foots up S16,2s0,000 ones, S8.144 900 twos,
and SS0,OOO, 900 flves-S54, ,424 900 in all. 1t
may take years to wipe out the entire issues
and substitute bills.
President Mckinley nominated Robert F.
Patterson to be Consul General at Calcutta,
India, and Stanton Sickles to be Secretary
OF Legation at Madrid, Spain.
Mr.. Chandler introduced in the Senate
measure to authorize the Secretary OF the
Treasury to issue certificates OF indebted
ness in any year to an amount not to ex-
ceed $50 0,000,0 900, whenever deficit IN the
public revenue requires 1t.
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Of Missouri; General Garf1a, Of Mexico, and
the members Of the Legislature, with their
families, occupied conspicuous places dur.
ing the formal ceremony of opening. The
members Of both Houses Of the Legis.
lature and their wives were conveyed In
special trains to the terminal station at the
west side Of the Exposition Park.
The place Of rendezvous was the Admin
istration Building, whence the officials, the
legislators and distinguished guests, escor.
ted by vast concourse Of citizens, pro.
ceeded to the Auditorium; which in a few
moments was filled, while perfect multi.
tude was unable to obtain admission. The
ceremonies were opened with prayer by
Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Coadjutor
Bishop of Tennessee.
After the singing Of "America," Major j..
W. Thomas, President OF the Exposition
Company, made an address, reviewing the
work done, and introduced Governor Tay-
lor. At the conclusion Of his speech, which
had been preceded by the rendering OF "The
Star Spangled Banner" the band struck up
"Dixie," and there was tremendous enthu-
siasm.
After the booming Of cannon announced
that the machinery had been started, Mrs.
Van Leer Kirkman turned on the water at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-19
ELEVEN LOST IN A WRECK.

Steamship Collynie Went Down in . Col
usion With the Girnigoe.
A collision occurred off Aberdeen, Scot
land, between the small steamships Girni-
goe and Collynie, resulting In the total loss
of the Colynie. On board the Collynie were
Captain Lawrie, her commander; his wife
and two boys and crew Of eight men. I'm
mediately after the collision Captain Lawrie
fastened life belts around his two boys and
clasping his wife In his arms awaited the
inevitable sinking Of his ship. The Collyn1e
sank in few minutes and the captains
wife was torn from his arms by the immense
wave which closed over che vessel. The
Girnigoe stood by and picked up the Cap
tain, who was unconscious, but all OF the
Others were drowned.
The scene upon the quay when the wait
ing wives learned the fate Of their hus-
bands was pathetic beyond description, and
1t was necessary to carry some OF the fren-
zied and shrieking women to their homes
by main force.
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PlTTSBURc SWEPT BY FIRE.
Big Mercantile Establishments In Ruins
and the Loss Is Three Millions.


Fire at Pittsburg, Penn, destroyed s3,-
600, 900 worth Of property and caused the
death of one fireman and injuries to four
more. The great wholesale grocery estab-
lishment of Thomas C.. jenkins and the
mammoth retail store OF Joseph Horne Il
Co., are total ruins. The burned secO1on
extends from Fifth street to Cecil Alley on
Penn avenue and from Cecil Alley to Fifth
street on Liberty street, covering an area
of several acres.
George Atkinson, Of No. Is Engine Com
pany was killed and four other en- were
injured.
The fremen fought the fire all night and
it was nearly o'clock next morning when
it was under control. The fremen say that
the fire is the largest that western Pennsyl-
vsnia has seen since the railroad riots OF
1877, when property valued at $4,000, 900
was destroyed. Summary OF the losses
follows:
Joseph Horne & Co., s1,25O,OO T. G.
Jenkins, $500, 900; tenants Of Horne build
ing, S125, 600; Methodist Book Concern,
S15, ,000; .Scobie & Parker, $4,000; John
Huck, $4,000; Heck's drug house, s20, 900;
Dobbs, photographer, and various physi-
clans, $50, 900; Boisell, Irwin &lCo., $40, 900;
J. W. Scott & Co., S25, 900; Citizens Traction
Company, $40 900; Swift & Co., $1,000; John
Hall, Jr., l. Co., $4,000; American Press
Association, $4,000; occupants Of building
504 Penn avenue, S1O,0O0; of 500 Penn ave-
nue., $4,000, and of 500 Penn avenue, S10,-
900; Mayors glove house, $685. 900.
Other losses run all the way from $40, 900
down to few hundred, and will bring the
total to more than the figures stated above.
1t Is estimated that about two-thirds OF
the loss Is covered by insurance, divided
among sixty or seventy companies. Besides
the man killed, half a dozen fremen were
more or less seriously injured. Investiga--
tion so far as carried on has not developed
the cause Of the fire.
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the Moretti fountain. reception at the
Woman's Building followed.

the Moretti fountain. A reception at the
Woman's Building followed.
The grounds are perfect and complete,
beautiful beyond description. There are
splendid walks with beautiful blue grass
and beds Of flowers with fountains on land
and In lake. The lakes are alive with swan,
wild geese, duck and pelican, and there are
also gondolas from Venice.
Tennessee is the first State to celebrate
its centennial In this manner. A tract Of
two hundred acres Of well wooded land on
the outskirts Of the city, two miles west OF
the State Capitol, is the site of the exposi-
tion. On its picturesque knolls and sur
rounding its pretty artificial lake, m1n1a-
ture Worlds Fair has arisen.
For two years the work has been in pro-
gress, and the expenditure Of $4,000, 900
has wrought wonders in the park: Like
their Chicago prototypes. the buildings,
most Of which are of steel, have all the
outward marks Of white marble palaces,
and are all on a consistent and artistic
architectural plan. The exposition Is the
most important OF its kind ever attempted
In the South.
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Foreign.

The Spanish Government ordered the
immediate trial of the Competitor prison.
erS.
Ninety-four victims Of the great Paris
fire have been identified. Nineteen bodies
are still unclaimed. But one American was
among the lost.
The Spaniards captured Naic. m the
Philippines, the insurgent loss being re-
ported at 500.
Cable dispatches from Volo, ,Thessaly. say
that the Greeks have repulsed the Turks
with heavy loss In q fierce battle. A des-
patch from Corfu says that great victory
has been won by the Greeks at Valestino.
Advices received from Tokat say that the
court which Is trying the Mussulmans I'm
plicated In the massacre at thst place has
SO far sentenced six men to dsesh and has
condemned others to Imprisonment for
from seven to fifteen years.
The Government Of Chile has offered q
premium Of 300 900 yearly to any person
or persons who may discover new use for
nitrate In large quantities. Chile produces
a great quantity Of nitrate, and market
which will use more than q comparatively
small quantity has never been found.
According to Turkish advices Prince Con-
stantins of Greece was Threatened BY lis
troops and sought refuge on an Italian war
vessel.
Colonel Wahis, the Governor General oi
the Congo Free State, in dispatches just
received from him, reports that column
of native soldiers at Ndirawelle mutinied
In February last and killed five white
officers.
A special cable despatch from Bombay
saws that the plague Is decreasing there
and in other parts Of India.
A cable despatch says that the revolution
In Ecuador has gained new strength, and
fierce battle Is being fought at Riobamba
The new North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse was launched al
Stettin, Germany.
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UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS OPENS
Postmaster-G General Gary Delivers an A
dress to the Representatives.

Postmaster-GeneralG Gary Delivers an Ad-
dress to the Representatives.
The Universal Postal Congress met In the
hal Of the old Corcoran Art Gallery at
Washington. About f1fty-flve countries,
comprising most Of those in the union, were
Dspresented. It is expected that the congress
VII last about six weeks. Among the ques-
hons to be considered are proposition to
transmit the official u all of countries which
arc members Of the union free Of charge, the
szestion Of increasing the unit of weight to
be carried under o tive-cent stamp from
ane-half ounce to three-fourths OF an ounce,
and also a proposition for q universal
stamp. General Batcheler, the premier
delegate Of the United States, called the
congress to order. The delegates were at
fired in dress suits or full court costume.
Postmaster General Gary delivered the ad-
dress OF welcome.
Congress has already appropriated $780,
600 for entertainment by the Government:
III Is probable that some OF this money will
DO expended in giving the delegates an ex-
eursion to the Mississippi Valley and the
Northwest. -<rIaS:5SSss---
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PEACE TREATY BEATEN.
The United States Senate Rejects the
Arbitration Compact.
YEAS WERE 43; NAYS, 26.

Tuo-Thirds Required to RatifY Could Not
be Secured-Great Britain's Conduct
Toward Greece and the Transvaal a
Weapon for the Opposition-Spirited
Short Debate Led by Senator K. Q. Mills
WASHINGTON, D. C. (speciaD. Senate
Esfnsed to ratify the treaty providing for
tho arbitration Of questions in dispute be-
syeen the United States and Great Britain.
On the roll-call sixty-nine Senators an
Bgered. OF these forty-three voted for
ratification and twenty-six against it. The
treaty therefore lacked three votes OF the
necessary two-thirds majority.
The vote In detail was as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Bacon, Burrows, Caffery,
Gssy. Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Fairbanks,
Faulkner, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear,
Gray, Hale, Hanna, Hawley, Hoar, Lindsay,
lodge, Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins,
Piatt, Of Connecticut; Platt, OF New Sork;
Pritchard, Proctor, Smith, Spooner, Thurs
Son. Turpie, Vest, Walthall, Warren, Well
Hngton, Wetmore, Wilson-total 4S.
Nays-Baker, Bate, Butler, Carter, Cock
ran, Daniel, Hansbrough, Harris. OF Kan
Hss; Harris, Of Tennessee; Heitfeld, jones'
cf Arkansas; Jones, Of Nevada; Hyde, Mar
lin, Mason, Mills, Morgan, Penrose, Petit
grew, Pettus, Quay, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup'
Stewart, White-total, 26.
Nineteen Senators did not respond. Inc
pairs were as follows, two affirmative SEN
ators being paired with one negative Sena-
sor in most instances:
Chandler and Clark for, with Teller
against.
Tillman and Turner for, with Chiffon
against. .,
Sewell and Earle for, with Mantle
against.
Senator George was paired for the treaty
and Senator Berry against it. Pairs were
not announced for the following: Aldrich,
Cannon, Elkins, German, Murphy, Wolcott,
Kenny and Allen.
The vote was proceeded by 8 short,
spirited debate, introduced by Senator
Mills, of Texas, who made q strong appeal
DO the Senate against ratifying the agree
Dent.
Senator Davis, Chairman Of the Commit
Doc on Foreign Relations, attributed the de-
Yeat to the feeling Of dissatisfaction at
England's course in the struggle OF the
Greeks to liberate the Island OF Crete from
Ottoman dominion, and In the Armenian
massacres and with the evident designs OF
q Great Britain upon the Transvaal.
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FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.

a Farmer, His Two Daughters and Two
Hired Men Tipped From q Canoe.
An accident occurred near Gallatin,
Tenn, by which John Nolin, farmer, and
his two little daughters and two men who
we're employed by Nolin lost their lives In
Cumberland River. The FIVE wore return
ing home from church in canoe. The
canoe tipped, filled and sank. The farm
hands tried to swim to shore, but were car
ried under by the swift current and
drowned. Nolin caught each Of his girls by
the waist and tried to float down the stream,
but the children seized their father about
lost. This is the eighth drowning that has
occurred in the Cumberland at this point In
the past six or eight weeks.
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Minor Mention.

The Lake Erie & Western Railroad has
placed orders for 1000, 900 ties in West yir-
ginia.
Near Burden, Kan, boy chased by a
gray wolf escaped by lodging among q
flock of sheep. =
A Kansas City (Mo.) Police Judge during
the past year fined forty-sevenI men for
beating their wives.
J, E. Daughtrey, Of Alexandria, Va,
sneezed while he was leaning back In chair
and dislocated his spine.
Convict militia companies are being Or
oanized at the Michigan City Qnd.) Prison
to employ the idle time OF the 900 prisoners
there.
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Cycling Notes.

4 mile Oh the Rois de Boulogne, Paris.
e exclusively reserved for the use OF
cyclists
II is claimed that cycle racing tracks are
,nv to be found in more than fifty. cities In
Germany.
The Australians call half-mile bicycle
,nce q cautter," while the Frenchmen call
II a scramble"
The street cars OF San Francisco, Cal. are
z.ovided With holder on the rear platform
On which two bicycles can be hung.
EHuug Chang now owns a bicycle, and
.he Gar Of Russia Is bicycling in Denmark.
,Fhat sounds as II old empires were reaay
in new customs.
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Prominent People.

George b. White, the only colored man
in the present House Of Representatives, Is
graduate OF Howard University.
Prince Paul Of Russia Is 80 tall that when
he travels he is compelled to take along his
own bedstead, as the hotels have none long
enough for him.
NJ. Faure, the President Of the French
Republic. is learning Russian, taking three
lessons weekly, In view Of his expected
visit to st. Petersburg.
william Harding, of Waseca, Mimi, who
celebrated his 1QQth birthday recently, took
part in the WarSf 1919, the Mexican War
and the Civil War. He was sixty years OF
age when the latter broke out, but enrolled
as volunteer by giving his age as tozty..
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Germany and Our Tariff.

In replying to question in the German
Reichstag, Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein,
the Minister for Foreign Affairs. declined to
outline the policy Of the Government In re-
gard to the tariff relations with the United
States while the Dingley Tariff bill remained
pending. He announced, however, that
unless Germanys protest against the sugar
surtax Of the pending bill Is needed, Ger
many will consider the question Of whether
she could continue the advantages now
given to American imports.
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Rear-Admiral Meade was one Of the best
known officers OF the modern navy, saw
hard service before, during and after the
Civil War, and cruised in ell parts Of the
world on important naval and diplomatic
missions. He was born In New York City
on October 9, 1887, and was the eldest SON
of the late Captain Richard W. Meade,
United States Navy; an elder brother Of the
late General Meade, who fought at the battle
Of Gettysburg in July, 1868. The late Rear
Admiral was appointed midshipman from
California October 2, 1850. Admiral Meade
married, in 1865, daughter of the late
Rear-Admiral Paulding, and by this mar
rage had one son and four daughters.
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The National Game.

Griffin has been resppointed captain OF
the Brooklyn team.
Clements has served the Phillies for four
teen consecutive years.
This Is Glasscock's twenty-third consecu
tive season as professional ball player.
Five Of the first ten base runners In the
League last year were Cincinnati players.