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WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Three Firemen Lose Their Lives In a
Big Blaze In Washington.
ABOUT 200 HORSES BURNED.
Many Fire Fighters Narrowly Escaped
Death, Being Overcome by. the Heat.
An Entire Block of Stables and
\Varehouses Destroyed.
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WASHINGTON, Jul y ‘26 ..—A fire which
started in Knox’ s stables at B and Second
streets today destroyed a block of build-
ings. Three firemen lost their lives, sev-
eral others were injured, and over “200
heavy draft horses perished.
Not since the big fire in the patent of-
fice many years ago has the fire depart-
ment of the District had to cope with so
fierce a confiagration. All its efforts were
unavailing to save the property.
A number of men were buried under
falling walls. Four of the injured were
promptly removed to the Emergency hos-
pital.
Besides the horses,nearly all of the com-
pany’s express wagons and the contents of
a large storage building were burned. The
Adams Express company’s stable, adjoin-
ing the Knox building to the north, was
almost entirely consumed.
Eight two story houses on the alley
. north of the Knox building and two small
frame houses back of tl 18 Adams stable
were destroyed. Six or eight other resi-
dence houses v‘vere more or less damaged.
Mitchell’s blacksmith shop, on Second
street, was crushed by falling walls.
The Casualties.
The bodies of the following named fire-
men have been recovered: Samuel E. Mas-
tin, Michael Fenton, Dennis Donahue, all
firemen of No. 1 company.
One of the Knox stable employees was
burned and may die. Fully a dozen fire-
men and policemen were overcome by
heat and had to be carried to places of
safety.
The injured are: J. G. Wilson, broken
leg; James Kelhal, sprained back, seri-
ously injured; Lee Bell, burned about
hands and face; James A. Hooper of
Truck A, lacerated forehead; Edward
Cahill, citizen, shoulder broken.
The police reported that some laboring
men were also lost in the building, being
overcome by smoke while ondeavoring to
save some of the property and books from
the office, but this report could not be
verified.
A number of men were sleeping in the
Knox building and were awakened by
smoke. They found the entire rear of the
second floor of the building in flames and
had hardly time to escape with their lives.
Before they had left the building the blaze
had communicated to the three story rear
part of the Adams stables and was dart-
ing out of the windows of the second and
first floors of both buildings in the rear.
General Alarm Turned In.
A policeman sent in an alarm through
It was a still alarm and
brought out two companies and a truck.
Five minutes later a general alarm was
. turned in, and in five minutes more the
' entire fire department of the city was on}
hand.
Every company and every fireman was
needed. A hotter fire never raged. The
flames poured in great sheets from the
doors and windows of the great stables.
All this was in a very few moments.
A hundred men ran into the Adams
stables and cut loose the 150 horses they
contained. The animals were turned into
the street.
The horses of the Knox company could
not be reached. There were .20 :1 of them,
and they 11 ore on the second story of the
building, which was a seething mass of
flames from the very start. The most of
them must have perished from the terrific
heat and from the dense smoke before the
flames reached them.
The Knox building was a four story
structure of brick. On the first floor were
the heavy wagons of the concern. on the
second floor the horses, on the third and
fourth floors hay in km .10 ouantitics 11ml
1no1';ol undisc of all i: inds, which 1.11.1 been
stored with the company.
Another i‘onr 51:1 my buildingof the Knox
company, facing on Second srrect and con-
nected with tize 51.11.1133, :-(‘};'dl‘ii-l€tl only la",-
a thin brick wall. We 1.51111 c1111'rti'. for
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load after 1111111 :12? 1. cm. 1111;; and outr' oing
freight. it is: in ti is buildinrr that the
greatest lossoccurred. The insurance can-
not begin to cover it.
The Heat Intense.
As the fire raged persons could not pass
on B or Second street for the intense
heat. The firemen were obliged to throw
water on each other repeatedly before
they could approach within working dis-
tance of the buildings. The men who had
to hold lines of hose on the B street front
entire
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. of the Knox building were obliged to lie
1 flat on their stomachs and hold their faces
to the ground ,so fierce was the heat. Po-
licemen. who had to help drag the hose
about, were obliged to remove their outer
' clothing and to be frequently drenched
with water. About.. 9 :50 a. portion of the
Wall of the rear of the Adams building
' fell into the alley and across the back exit.
Instantly the crowd set up a cry, “The
firemen are in there!” It was acry of
horror. It was true. The members of
Hose company No. 1 and several men of
other companies had been caught inside
the building. Flames were _ all about
them. .They could not escape without
W E E K L Y geiN O R
neip. Fire (.311le Parr-Is heard their ery
and rushed to the rescue. Half a dozen
leads of hose were turned upon the burn-
ing mass, which had fallen in front of the
exit. As the bricks cooled slightly 20 fire-
men and as many policemen rushed into
the building. It was an awful risk. ' The
walls of the Knox building were totter-
ing. At any moment they might- “fall and
crush the smaller Adams building under
them. .
Rescuers Out J not In Time.
In a moment the rescuers emerged from
what was , thought to be a death pit. In
their arms they dragged the bodies of
three injured firemen. ,They had been
hurt by bricks, which had fallen. when
they had been shut in. While they were
inside the heat had been so intense that
they were almost baked alive. Their un
injured comrades were also scorched and
singed. All were dragged back to the op-
posite sidewalk.
Two minutes after the party came out
the upper floors of the Knox building
sank. The walls trembled, then fell with
a crash. Only the semitower, which made
the office corner 11. . building. was left
standing. ’1‘ we . f r} 1-11.1115 fell out into
B street and Sec 111d street. The other two
simply crumbled, piling up great masses
of redhot brick and burning timber. The
scene Of ruin and destruction was inde-
scribable.
Incendiarlsm at Seneca Falls.
SENECA FALLS, N. Y., July 26.—-An-
other disastrous fire visited this place
early this morning, involving a heavy loss
to the American Globe and School supply
company. This time it was in the north-
ern part of the town, in the large frame
building owned by the Rumsey estate and
occupied by the supply company. It was
first discovered by Miss Anna Fenn who,
with her escort, were returning from a
party about 12:30. They saw two men
leave the building, running back in the
lots north, and immediately fire was seen
issuing from the same building.
DEBS’ CASE CONTINUED.
Proceedings In the Matter Have Been Sus-
pended Until Sept. 5.
CHICAGO, July 26. —In the Debs con-
tempt case today Judge Woods delivered
a brief opinion formally overruling the
motion of the defense to quash the infor-
mation against the American Railway
union officers. Judge Grosscup then an-
nounced that he had taken no part in the
decision on the motion to quash, and he
announced further that he would take no
further part in the contempt proceedings,
for the reason that the defendants are un-
der indictment in the United States dis
trict court, over which he presides, and
the same questions of law will be raised
under the indictments. In fairness to the
defendants Judge Grosscup said he would
not sit any longer in the investigation of
the charge of contempt. After making
this announcement Judge Grosscup left
the bench.
District Attorney Milchrist announced
that Special Counsel Edwin Walker was
ill and could not attend the hearing. He
said that he (Milchrist) will go out of of-
fice on Aug. 2, and Mr. Walker will be
left the sole counsel in the case and sug-
gested that the hearing be postponed un-
til Mr. Walker is able to take charge of it.
After considering the district attorney’s
suggestion the court announced thatthe
case would be continued until Sept. 5.
Debs and his associates went into consul~
tation regarding the giving of bail, and
the court adjourned.
WOULD BE LYNCEERS.
Several Persons In a Mob Shot by Their In-
tended Vlctlm.
LURAYVILLE, Fla, July 26.—A mob 0f
negroes,.lcd by a negro preacher named
Marshall, went to the house of Jack Thom-
as, colored, to lynch him for committing
an assault on a negro girl. As the mob
approached Thomas opened fire with a
rifle. His ”first shot killed Marshall, the
preacher. Thomas continued firing, shoot-
ing down six other members of the mob,
four of whom are thought to be mortally
wounded. The mob fired at Thomas with-
out effect. Thomas has surrendered to the
authorities.
LOUISVIIILE, July 25. -A mob 0f 75 arm-
ed men from Blue Lick Springs, Nicholas
county, is pursuing William Tyler, a ne-
gro assailantof a girl, and it is probable
that he will be lynched. The negro as-
saulted the 12oyear-old daughter of James
Campbell a short distance from Blue Lick
Springs, and half an hour later nearly
one- -half of the men of the town were in
pursuit of Tyler.
Cholera Causes a Fight.
WARSAW, July 26.——A mob at Shanoff
objected to the burial of the remains of
one of their friends in the cemetery devot-
ed to cholera victims. They assaulted the
coffin bearers and chased them from the
cemetery. They then stormed the huts in
which a number of sufferers from cholera
were lying and rescued :20 patients. The
police charged the rioters, and after some
hard fighting dispersed them.
A. Blow at Gambling.
ALBANY. July Eli—The subcommittee
of the committee on preamble appointed
to investigate the question of whether the
constitution should prohibit gambling,
such as pool selling and any other form,
will present an elaborate report’to the full
committee suggesting an amendment that
will prohibit the legalizing of gambling
or pool selling in any form by the logis.
lature.
Youngstown Stl eet Cars I'Hnuing.
X01; \GsTm. -. , 0., July .26. ——Aftera tie-
up lasting several weeks, owing to a
strike of its employees, the Youngstown
Street Car company resumed operations
today with nonunion 111011 Tics were
piled on the truck at the western terminus
of the road early in the day by the strik-
ers and cars stoned in the eastern part of
the city, but no one was injured.
A Santa. Fe Depot Burned.
LAJUNTA, 0010., July 26.—A lamp ex- ,
ploded at the lunch counter in the Santa
Fe depot, the flames spreading so rapidly
to the other portions of the depot that the
employees had barely time to escape with
their lives. he depot, which was one of
the largest owned by the Santa Fe compa-
ny, with all its contents, was soon reduc-
ed to ashes.
Deputy ShoOts Err—Deputy.
DENVER, July 26.——Ex-Deputy Sheriff
J. H. Duncan was shot and fatally wound-
ed by D. P. Saunders, a deputy sheriff.
Duncan, while intoxicated, began chasing
two Populist policemen and at the same
time shooting at them. Saunders made
ineffectual efforts to stop Duncan and
then shot him in the left ear and the right
lung.
Wisconsin Republicans Name Upham.
MILWAUKEE, July 27. ——Major William
H.Upha1n has been nominated forgovern-
or by the Republican state convention
The lVeather.
Fair; cooler; southerly to southeasterly
winds. '
Baud the Guerra.
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THAT TABITT MUDDLM.
Nobody Yet. Seems to Have Any Idea.
' of What Will Be Done.
A DULL DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
A Number of Unlmportant Bills Passed by
the Senate—A Mineral Land Investi-
gation Proposed—Only Routine
\Vork In the House.
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WASHINGTON, July 27. —A general im-
pression in the galleries when the senate
met today was that the oratorical pyro-
technic display was over for the present
unless the Republicans seized the oppor-
tunity to harass their political adver-
caries.
By agreement it was decided not to call
up the conference report on the tariff bill
until later.
The house bill to provide an American
register for the schooner Astoria was
passed; also a senate bill to provide an
American register for the steamer Oceania.
On motion of Mr. Hunton (Dem., Va.)
a resolution directing the secretary of the'
treasury to transmit a'list of claims in the
hands of the accounting officers of the
government, also all claims passed upon
by the court of claims requiring appropri-
ations at this session, was adopted; also
Mr. Allen’s resolution calling on the at-
torney general for copies of all correspond-
ence with railroad officials in connection
with the recent strike.
The senate then proceeded to consider
bills on the calendar. The following bills
we're passed:
To provide for the location and satisfac-
tion of outstanding military.
To grant an increase of pension to Eliza
K. Starr; to retire mates in the United
States navy; to amend the act of April 24,
1894, authorizing the construction of a
steel bridge over the St. Louis river be-
tween Wisconsin and Minnesota; for the
application of the accretions of the Caracas
(Venezuela) awards of 1868 to the new
awards made in 1889 and 1890; to retire
William H. Hugo as a first lieutenant of
cavalry. ,
McPherson Wants Rest.
Mr. McPherson (Dem. ., N. J.) inter‘
rupted the consideration of the bills on
the calendar to ask indefinite leave of ab-
sence. His request was based on “persist-
ent illness caused by the bad air in the
senate chamber." The request was
granted.
Other bills were passed as follows: To
authorize certain persons to accept decora.
tions and testimonials from the Hawaiian
government; for the relief of Benjamin
F. Poteot; to authorize the state of Mon-
tana to make selections from certain pub-
lic lands; to authorize Commander Dan-
nis W. Mullann, S. N, to accept a
medal presented to him by the Chilian
government; to remove the bar of the
statute of limitations and give the right
of appeal to laborers having claims against
the government under the eight hour law;
to pension Mary E. Trickey; to provide
for the sale of the old custom house at
Louisville; to prohibit the interment of
bodies in Graceland cemetery, in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
The Tariff Situation.
It is expected that Senator Vilas will
shortly announce the withdrawal of the
motion he offered when the tariff confer—
once disagreement was reported to strike
out the one— eighth differential on refined
sugar. Senator Vilas will make a speech
on the subject and explain why he thinks
it should be stricken out. He will say
.that he is convinced, however, that the
bill cannot go back to conference if under
these instructions, and that he believes it
is the duty of the Democrats to make ev-
ery effort to pass a bill, and that the ne-
cessity of sending the bill to conference is
apparent.
The Democrats will not debate the prop-
osition to return the bill to conference,
with the exception of the statement of
Mr. Vilas Senators Lindsay and Mills,
who intended to talk .on the subject, say
they will not make any speeches, and that
the Democrats are ready for a vote.
The position the Republicans will take
has not been determined, and the post-
ponement of the consideration of the tarifi“
was for the purpose of giving them an op-
portunity to decide what they would do.
There was a conference of Republican
leaders before the senate met today, but
no definite conclusion was reached. The
object of the Republicans is to find out
whether the changes made in the bill by
the senator u the request of the Republic-
an senators will be retained when the bill
again goes into conference, or whether the
concessions the Republicans secured will
be among the things sacrificed in order to
reach an agreement. There is a disposi‘
tion to force a vote on some of tho propo-
sitions made by Mr. Quay, which propo-
sitions, if carried,- would change the sug-
ar schedule so that. it is believed, some of
the Democrats would not vote for the bill.
The question whether or not the Repub-
licans will debate the bill before sending
it back to conference is not determined.
Senate Conferees Dirty Not Yield.
A quite general canvass of the Demo-
cratic side of the senate confirms the state-
ment that the Democratic senate cont'ereos
will return to the conference with the un-
derstanding that it is the sense of the can-
cus that they should stand substantially
by the senate bill, and the indications are
even stronger today than they were last
'night- that tho conferees will not regard
themselves in position to yield anything
to the house on articles which are consid-
ered important by one or two Democratic
senators.
IIi- a word, all factions in the party in
the senate are still holding out substan-
tially for what was agreed upon in the
Jones amendments, and the senate con-
ferees, finding themselves confronted with
the necessity of holding 43 votes; will be
compelled to say to the house people that
if a bill is to be passed the house must
accept the material amendments made by
the senate. This is especially true of sug-
ar, coal and iron ore, over which the
greatest contention has been from the be-
ginning.
Senators whose constituents are inter-
ested in the coal duty say that, the senate
rate cannot be reduced, but there is at
this time considerable friendship mani-
fested toward the reciprocity proposition
on coal which was advanced in the cau-
cus. It is suggested by some that there
may be a slight lowering of the duty on
iron ore, which, it is claimed, can stand
a reduction better than coal.
' It is understood that the conferees at
their former sitting practically agreed
upon all the other changes, and that this
work will not be gone over. There will
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of them will be unimportant.
In the House.
There was a. very slim attendance of
members today when the speaker called
the house to order, and 15116 Rev. Mr. Par-
son of the Lutheran church offered up the
prayer.
Mr. Hatch (Dem., Mo.) moved that the
committee on commerce. to which the
pure food bill had been referred, be dis‘
charged from its further consideration,and.
that it be referred to the committee on
agriculture, of which he is chairman.
The point of no uorum was made,
but a quorum appeared on the roll call,
and the motion was agreed to.
deernment Land Grants.
WASHINGTON July 27.-—Thrc hills
which passed the house Tuesday are des-
tined, if they become laws, to do much to-
ward settling the many disputes over ti-
tles to western government lands. Most
important of them is the measure intro-
duced by Mr. Hartman of Montana for
the examination of th& lands within the
land grants and indemnity limits of the
Northern Pacific railway in the states of
Montana and Idaho and the classification
of them with regard to their mineral char-
acter. Under the act of 1864 the Northern
Pacific was given alternate sections for 20
miles on each side of its tracks through
the territories, so that in the states of
Montana and Idaho it gained the owner-
ship of half the land in a strip of 40 miles
through them. Mineral lands, except coal
and iron, were excepted, as were the sec-
tions preempted by settlers, but in their
place the companies were allowed to se-
lect areas of land not more than 10 miles
beyond the limits of the original grant.
Ever since the settlement of the country
.was begun there have been multiplying
complications because of the discoveries of
great deposits of gold, silver, copper and
lead along the line of the road, which ex-
tends 780 miles in Montana and 90 miles
in Idaho.
The Arbitration Commission.
WASHINGTON, July ‘27.—Colonel Carroll
D. Wright, the commissioner of labor,
whom the president has selected as chair-
man of the arbitration committee, said to-
day that, pending consultation with his
colleagues, John D. Kernan of New York
and Judge Nicholas F. Worthington of
Illinois, no plans had yet been mapped
for the work of that body. It is expected
that the three commissioners will hold a
meeting within a week, but so far the
place of holding the sessions has not been
selected. It is very probable, however,
that the first meeting will be held at Buf~
falo, that point being considered the most
convenient to the homes of the commis-
sioners.
Postmutors Appointed.
WASHINGTON, July 27. —The fourth'class
postmaster-s appointed today were:
New York—West Bainbridge, E. F.
Green.
New J ersey—Halsey, Elmer Case; Stan-
ley, J. M. Treat.
Pennsylvania—Jones Station, W. W.
Wilson.
A Chance For Computers.
WASHINGTON, July 27.—-The civil serv-
ice commission will hold an examination
in various cities on Aug. 7 for a comput-
ership in the hydrographic ofiice, navy
department, at $1,000 per annum. Resi-
dents of the District of Columbia will not
be admitted.
BUSTED KEEL RIVETS.
Remarkable Deterioration of Bolts on the
Cruiser Charleston.
MARE ISLAND NA AvY YARD, Cal, July
27.—The United States cruiser Charles-
ton, which rests on its keel within the
drydock, is undergoing repairs because
'the keel has been found to be in abad
condition, involving serious consequences
had not the trouble been discovered by
the naval constructor.
The keel bolts or rivets have become
corroded and eaten away to a depth vary-
ing from one-eighth to one-half of an
inch directly amidships, and in some in-
stances are so bad that on picking away
the Outer rust water from the inner hull
comes dripping through upon the work-
men.
Corroded rivets which have passed their
time of usefulness can be found fully one-
half the length of the keel. The exact
cause of the corrosion and the reasons to
be expected therefrom is a question of
opinion among naval people. Some claim
it to be due to inferior material used in
the rivets, while others proclaim it to be
the result of inattenticn and insufficient
amount of paint to properly protect the
rivets from the action of the water.
Despite all the secrecy exercised, these
facts have come to light, and at present a
force of riveters are working overtime bor-
ing out the rusted and honeycombed riv-
ets and replacing them with the best steel
obtainable. It is now acknowledged that
the discovery made on the Charleston
will cause naval inspectors to more thor-
oughly inspect the keels of ships on their
going into drydock. .
A Serious Railroad Accident.
PITTSBURG, July Eli—By the spread-
ing of the rails in the yard of the Edgar
Thomson Steel \T orks company, at Brad-
dock, an engine and eight or .rs belonging
to the Game gio company were badly
wrecked, and three trainmon were seri-
ously injured. One of them, Fireman
Charles McCauley, was hurt internally
and will die. The two others, Engineer
John McCauley and Brakeman John Mc-
Munn, Were severely scalded, but will re-
cover. The damage to property was about
$20,000.
Johnson Joins the P. C. C.
BUFFALO, July 27,—Louis Callahan of.
the Press Cycling club of this city today
received from his brother, C. H. Callahan,
an application blank for membership in
that club signed by John S. Johnson, the
famous record smasher. Johnson’ 5 re-
cent trouble with tho Century Cycling
club of Syracuse is responsible for this
change of heart, although he has frequent-
ly expressed a dcsi 1re to bride for the orange
and black. J
New York Legislative Apportionment.
ALBANY, July 27.—By a. vote of 7 to 5,
a party vote, with the exception of Acker
of Steuben (Bop. ), who voted with the
four Democrats, the apportionment com-
mittee of the constitutional convention
decided to make the number of state sen-
ators 50 and the assembly 150.
Receiver} ‘r-1 :1 Soap (31. mpany.
BBOOKLY.‘7,~J .11: '27. At. a special term
of the supreme. LC‘Jl'li today Judge Bart-
lett oppoimvd .1; 901121 ‘1‘1'.S:.rayrcceiver
for the inlfl'fln’s 5011;.) 0511.1311111, with so-
curities. bur. 1' $111. .: sin" c the company
became luv and and 1111;1'.;;o to meet its
obligations
Ant: anarchist Bill Adopted ..
PARTS, . 1 1:. 11—111 the chamber of
deputn's Ilil: ..c1'-.-.-':.2111:11t’s antiauarcblst
ill was exit-1:11:11 by a vote of 2015' to 16.1.
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CALM ATTTR THE STORM
A Particularly Dreary Day In the
United States Senate.
NO RIEPLE 0F EXCITEMENT.
Mr. Cafl‘ery of Louisiana Pleads the Cause
of the Sugar Planters of His State.
The Routine Work of the Low-
er House of Congress.
- WASHINGTON, July 26.——There was a
perceptible decrease in the gallery attend-
ance in the senate. which was accounted.
for rather by the excessive heat than any
abatement of public interesi in the great
struggle.
The press gallery, however. was crowd.
ed to the doors, and almost every senator
To the surprise of all, at
the conclusion of the preliminary morn-
ing business the introduction of bills, res-
olutions, memorials, etc, instead of tak-
ing up the conference report on the tariff
bill, the senate proceeded to the-consider-
ation of bills on the calendar
Bills were passed as follows:
House bill for the relief of Robert Tra-
villa, senate bill for the relief of William
R. Wheaton and Charles H. Chamberlain
of Califorina, house bill for the removal
of the political disabilities of Caleb Huss
and senate bill. granting a pension to Hans
nah Howard 4
At 1 o’clock Mr. Vest, in the absence
of Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the finance
committee, who is ill, called up the con-
ference report. He immediately yielded to
.Cokc (Tex. ), who secured the passage
by unanimous consent of a bill granting
to the Arkansas; Texas and Mexican Rail—
way company right of way through the
Indian Territory.
Thp conference report on the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
Was agreed to.
' Mr. Allen (Pop. , Nob. ) presented a res-
' oi 1.;ion directing the attorney general to
transmit to the senate full copies of all
correspondence—telegraphic and other-
wise—which passed between the depart
ment of justice and the railroads center»
ing in Chicago from June 1 to the pres-
out time. He asked immediate considera-
tion, but Mr. Platt (Rep. , Conn; )object-
ed, and it went over.
A resolution was adopted to investigate
the office of Colonel Charles Traoey, sec-
retary of the board of charities of the Dis-
trict of Columbia. Colonel Tracey is a
brother of Tracey, the New York congress-
man.
M r. Cafl'ery's Speech.
At 1:05 Mr. Caffery (Dem., La.) took
the floor and resumed the speech he began
yesterday afternoon, but his remarks did
not arouse much interest.
He plunged immediately into the dis-
cussion of the complicated methods of re-
fining sugar in Louisiana, which sugar
went into aicompetitlon with the sugars re-
fined by the trust. He contended‘that the
bounty provision of the McKinley law
prevented the extensive refining of sugar
by the producer. He made an elaborate
argument to prove that, in virtue of the
implied contract made with the sugar
producers in the bounty provision of the
existing law, the Louisiana sugar people
asked no more than was their due when
they asked for a tariff ample to continue
the existence of their industry. He main-
tained that a fair ad valorem rate of 45
per cent would furnish sufficient protec‘
tion both to the producer and the refiner.
At ‘2' .05 p. m. Mr. Caffery concluded,
and Mr. Daniel (Dem., Va.) took the floor,
The Tariff Situation.
The general impression among Dem-
ocratic senators today was that the Dem-
ocratic caucus would not be greatly pro
longed. While it may be stated that the
friends of the senate bill, including the
so called conservative senators, are some-
what more hopeful of securing the reten-
tion of all the material senate amend-
ments, they exhibit no small degree of
uneasiness over Senator Vilas’ attitude
and unquestionably are puzzled over the
situation which the amendment creates.
There is some talk of a compromise on the
lines of a straight ad valorem duty, but
the conservati es are not inclined to ac-
cept a change of this kind unless the duty
shall be sufficiently advanced all along
the line to give them more compensation
than the difference in price between raw
and refined sugar would give on a 40 per
cent duty. The Louisiana senators indi-
cate a willingness to accept this change,
as it would be of direct advantage to the
planters.
In the House.
In the house today the communications
were read which passed between the
French government and tho Amcnican
embassy at Paris relative tothe assassina-
tion of President Carnot.
The following bills were passed: For the
relief of P. B. Kennedy, extending the
time for the construction of a wagon
bridge at Sioux City, 111., and granting
the right of way through the Arlington
military reservation in Virginia for elec-
tric railway purposes.
The conference report on the joint reso-
lution declaring Massachusetts avenue
through the grounds of the naval Observa-
tory in Washington a public highway was
agreed to. ~
Secretary Herbert Ready For Trouble.
W ASHINGTON, July ‘26. -—Secretary Her-
bert has prepared orders for the Petrol and
Concord, now on duty with the Bering
' sea patrol fleet, to proceed immediately to
the Chinese station. This action has been
taken because of the threatening aspect of '
affairs in Korea and the administration’s
desire to see that American interests have
full protection. "
The deepest interest is taken by the ad-
ministration in the unfortunate entangle-
ment between China and Japan and
Korea, and every phase of the situation is
carefully watched as it develops. The in-
terests of the, United States in that sec-
tion of the globe are much morb impor-
tant than is generally supposed and fully.
justify the feeling of apprehension. In
addition to the great tea trade with China,
there plies regularly between the United
-' m .
States and J span and China one or too
very few lines of steamers in the foreign
trade that sail under the American flag.
It has also been the highest ambition of
the secretary of state to further develop
the field in that quarter open toAmerlcau
commerce. and by suitable treaties to se-
cure an enormous market for goods of
American production. It is felt that this
policy may be checked in its incipiency
and even our-existing trade relations may
be paralyzed by a war starting in Korea
and involving China and Japan.
Under this apprehension the adminis-
tration has been exerting itself in every
legitimate way to dissuade the principals
from actual warfare. The United States
is not alone interested in this attempt, for
the great commercial nations of Europe
are bending every energy to the same end,
fearing not only injury to trade, but also
a breaking down of the status quo under
which the balance of power has'been so
well maintained in Asia.
. Carlisle Seeks Speaker Crisp.
WASHINGTON, July Sit—Secretary Car-
lisle went to the house of representatives
at 10 o’clock today-and sought Speaker
Crisp. who had not yet arrived. It was the
first time Mr. Carlisle had been at the
house in some n10nt. 1s, although he has
been a frequent visitor at the senate dur-
ing the tarifi struggle. On learning that
Mr. Crisp would not arrive for some time
the secretary said that engagements at the
treasury would prevent him from wait-
ing, and the meeting was deferred. Chair-
man Wilson’s arrival from' West Virginia
last night gave further ground for the
generally expressed belief that the house
would not remain entirely passive while
the senate had nominal possession of the
entire tariff controversy.
Postmaster-s Nominated.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—-—The president
today sent to the senate the following
nominations of postmasters:
Pennsylvania—Montgomery S. Long-
aker, Pottstown; Robert B. Evans, Blalrs-
ville; Emil Holl, Media; John L. Cum.
mings, Mansfield; Albrecht Kneule, Nor‘
ristown.
Postmaster-s Appointed.
WASHINGTON, July 25.—The fourth class
postmasters appointed today were:
New York—Lawson, John Butler; Ma-
rietta, Peter Fitzpatrick; Pompey, W. M.
Butler; Split Rock, Mrs. Mary Connors.
Pennsylvania—Townville, D. 0. Kings-
lay.
in.“ CAMDEN ORDER.
One “fitness Is Said to Have Declared Pos-
itively That ’80 Saw It.
WASHINGTON, July 26. —Mr. Seymour
of the brokerage firm of Seymour Bros. &
Young and Mr. W. 0. Allison were before
the Sugar trust investigating committee
at its morning session today.
Mr. Seymour declined to answer the
questions put to him as to the purchases
of sugar stock by members of the senate
and as to his knowledge of the existence
of an order for such stock, which former
witnesses testified had been made through
his firm in the name of Senator Camden,
pleading that the committee had no power
to compel him to reveal the names of his
patrons.
Mr. Allison’s testimony was important
as corroborative of the statements of
Messrs. Guilleadeau, Levy and other wit-
nesses. His name had been mentioned by
Mr. Guillcadeau, and it was upon this
hint that he was summoned before the
committee. He is the proprietor of several
newspapers devoted to the paint and oil
interests. While the details of his testi-
mony cannot be given, he stated positive-
ly that he had seen the Ca mden order.
a SARATOGA RACES.
How the Thoroughbreds Ran at the Fash-
. ionable Resort.
SARATOGA, July 26.—The races today
resulted as follows:
First race, one mile and a furlong--——
Lamplighter, first; Cactus, second; 11-
lume, third. Time, 158%.
Second race, five furlongs—Picaroon,
first; Blossom, second; Franklin, third.
Time. 1:03.
Third race, seven furlongs—May Win,
first, Tormenter, second; High C, third.
Time, 1: 32/.
Fourth race, threc— fourthsmile—Poten-
tate, first; Kentigerna, second; Rubicon,
third. Time, 114%.
Fifth race, one mile and a sixteenth—
Madrid, first; Play or Pay, second; others
drawn. Timc,1:52}.{
Sixth race, five furlongs—Campania,
first; Sir Dixon, Jr., second; 1... 211:1, third.
Time, 1:02%.
German Government’s Impossible Inquiries
BERLIN, July 26.—A prominent life in
surance company of New York has relin-
quished the concession which it obtained
in 1877 from Prussia and will withdraw
from the kingdom of Prussia, owing to
the fact that the government has required
it to report upon the workings of certain
subdivisions of its business, which subdi-
visions, tho company claims, do not exist.
The Lillian Russell Injunction.
BROOKLYN, July filth—By J udgc Bart-
lett today the injunction obtained against
Lillian Russell by her managers, Messrs.
Lederer 8.: Canary, was continued until
Aug. 1 in order to allow-tho counsel for
the plaintiffs an opportunity to obtain af-
fidavits bearing on the case from Chicago
and other cities.
A Fast Son of a. Gun. ,
LIVERPOOL, July 26.—Tho race for the
sixty—seventh Liverpool cup of 1,200 sov-‘
e’reigns, a,handicap for 3-year~olds and up-_
ward, 1% miles,-was won by Mr. F. Alex-'
ander’s 4-year-old colt Son of a Gun.
Bushey Park was second and Newcourt
was third.
The Coaiburg Tragedy.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 26.——This
morning’s advices say there is nothing
new at Coalburg, and that the Hudsons.
father and son, who last night killed and
Wounded several deputy sherifis, are still
at large, with officers in pursuit of them.
Will Not Patronlzo Pullman.
BOSTON, July 26. —The New England
delegates to the national convention of
.Catholic abstinence societies, to be held
at St. Paul next month, at a meeting in'
this. city unanimously, voted not to use,
Pullman cars during the trip
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