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CIEYELAND TO BIS PARTY THE HOUSE HEARS A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT. In a Communication to Chairman Wilson He Urged the House to Reject the Senate- Amendments, TMarlns: Iron, Coal and Other Raw Material on the Dutiable List. The tariff fljrht at Washington took an almost unparalleled and dpcidedly sensa? tionil tnrn in the House of Representatives, wkan tVift Proairiorf out in .1 letter tc Chairman Wilson with a strong indorsement of the principles followed out in the House bill. The President's action is practically without precedent and his inferential attack on the policy pursued in the Senate caused the greatest excitement. In the House his utterances were received with enthusiasm by the Democratic majority, and the reading of the letter was interrupted frequently with applause. Every seat In the galleries was occupied, and there was not a vacant chair on the floor, so intense was the interest in the battle tor low tariff and free raw materials. Chairman Wilson showed the signs of his recent severe illn?s<?. He looked thin and nervous. About his face was a larcre white bandage, which he was compelled to wear, owing to a severe attack of neuralgia. The battle besjan the instant the Journal had been read. When Mr. Wilson arose there was a sudden and almost painful silence. He first handed in the conferees' report, and then went on to make an explanation of the differences between the Senate and House. Mr. Wilson said: "Mr. Speaker, I am instructed by the majority of the conferees on the part of the House on the Tariff bill to make this report to the House : "The Conference Committee on the bill I H. R., 4864, after final, tull and fre9 conference, failed to agree. The Senate conferees insist on their amendments to said bill and House conTerees insist upon their disagreement to the Senate amendments. _'"(-?nrnel) W. L. Wilson, Benton Mc JMtJiin, H? u. lumer, a. d. uiuu.iiuoiuij, Co-threes oa the part of the House." Air. Wilson then banded in the letter, whio'i hesatd had been addressed to him by thf* President, with permission to make puMic. The text of the tatter was as follows i (Personal.) Executive Mansion, I Washinotox, July 2, 1894. \ To Hon. William L. Wilson: Mt JDeab Sib?The certainty that a conference will be ordered between the two houses of Congress for the purpose of adjusting differences on the subject of tttriff legislation makes it also certain that yo-i will be again called upon to do hard s-rvice in the cause of tariff reform. Mr pu -lie life has been so closely related to the su >ject. I have > so longed for Its aocom plishment and I h.iveso often promised Its reaction to my rellowco mtrymei* asaresultoftheirtrust and confldcuce in the Democratic party that I hopo no excuse is necessary for my earnest appeal to yon that in this crisis vou strenuously insist upon p irty honesty and gooifaitii and a sturly adherence to Democratic principles. I beli?*ve these are absolutely necessary conditions to the continuation of Democratic existence. I cannot rid myself of the feeling that this conference will prasent the best, if nottho only bope of true Democracy. Indications point to its action a3 the reliance of those who desire the genuine fruition of Democratic effort, the fulfillment of Democratic pledges and the redemption of Democratic promises to the people. To reconcile differences in the details comprised within the fixed and well-deflued lines of principle will not be the sole task of the conference, but. as it seems to me, its members wilt also have in charge the question whether' D3mocratio principles themselves are to be saved oc abandoned. There is no excuse for mistaking or misapprehending the feeling and the temper ot the rank and file of the Democracy. They are downcast under the assertion that their parry iails in ability to manque the Government. and they are apprehensive that efforts to tTing about tariff reform may fail; but they are much more downcast and apprehensive in their fear that Dimocratic princl. pie may be surrendered. In these circumstances they cannot do otherwise than to look with confidence to you and those who, rnn h? narrlotieallv and sincerely championed the cause of tariff reform within Democratic lines anil guirled by Democratic principles. Tnis confidence is vastly augmented by the actios unier your leadership of the House of Representatives upon the bill now pending. Every true DHnio^rat :in i every sincere tariff retormer knows that this bill, in Its present lor.-n and as it will be submitted to tho conference, falls far short of the consummation for which we have long labored, 4?r which we have suffered defeat without discouragement, which in itg anticipation gav3 us a rallying cry in our day of triumph nn l which in its promise of accomplishment is so interwoven with Democratic pledges an1 Democratic success that our abanionmeut of the ciuse or the principles upon which it rests mean3 party pertiiy and party dishonor. Oao topic will be submitted to the conferencs which embodies Democratic principle >?o directly that it cannot be compromised. We have in our platforms and in every way possible doelared in favor of the free importation of raw materials. We have again and agaic promised that this should be accorded to our people and our manufacturers as soon as the Democratic party was invested with the power to determine the tariff policy of the country. The party now has that power. We are as certain to-day as we have ever been of the great benefit that would accrue to the country from the inauguration of this policy, and nothing has occurreu ro reieasa us iru:u our obligation to secure this advantage to our people. It must bo admitted that no tariff measure can accord with Democratic DrincipTes and promises, or Dear a genuine xrainooratic badee, that aoos not provide for free raw materials. In these circumstances it may wall excite our wonder that Democrats are willing to depnrt from this, the mo3t Democratic of all tariff principles, and that the inconsistent absurdity of such a proposed departure should be emphasized by the suggestion that the wool of the farmer be put on the free list and the protection of tariff taxation be placed around the iron ore and coal of corprrations and capitalists. How can we face the people after indulging in such outrageous discriminations and violations of principle? It is ^uite apparent that the question of free raw material does not admit of adjustment on any middle grounds since their subjection to any rateoftarifftaxation. great or small, Is alike violative of Democratic principle and Democratic good faith. I hope that you will not consider it Intrusive if I say something in relation to another subject which can hardly fail to be trouole?ome to the?onferenoo. t rarer to Jhe adjustment of tariff taxation on sugar. Under our party platform, andin accordance with our declared party purposes, sugar Is a legitimate and logical article of revstme taxation. Unfortunately, however, incidents hnva accompanied certain stag>*3 of the legislation which will be submitted to the conference that have aroused in connection with this subject a natural Democratic animosity to the methods and manipulations or tfists and combinations. I confess to sharing in this feeilni:; and yet it seems to me \V3 ought, if possible, to sufficiently free our-"lves from prejudice to enable U3 coolly to weigh the considerations which, in formuIwtiug tariff legislation, ought to guide our treatment cf su;*ar as a taxable article. ^Wbile no tenderness should be entertained ^ *usts. and while I am decidedly opposed to granting them, uader the guise of tariff taxation, any opportunity to further their peculiar mpthods, I suggest that we ought not to be driven awav from the Democratic principle and policy which lead to the taxation of sugar by the fear, quite likely exaggerated, that in carrying out this principle and policy we may indirectly and inordinately encourage a combination of sugar-refining interests. I know that in present conditions this is a delicate subject, and I appreciate the depth and strength of the feeling which its treatment has aroused. I do not believe wo should do evil that good may como, but it seems to me that we should not forget that our aim is the completion of a tariff bill, and that in taxing sugar for proper purposes anl within reasonable bounds, whatever else may be said of our action, we are in no danger of running counter toDem ocratic principle. With all there is at stake there must be in the troatment of this article some pround upon which we are willing to stand, where toleration and conciliation may be allowed to solve the problem without de mandi 7th*?ntire surrender 01 nxea aua conscientious convictions. I oa,?ht not to prolong this letter. If what I havo written is unwelcome, I beg you to believe in my ?ood intoations. In the conclusions of tho confereneo touching the numerous items which will bo considered the peoplo ere not afraid that their interests will bo neglected. Taoy know that the general result, so far as they are concerned, will be to place home necessaries and comfort more easily within their reach and to ensure better and surer compiaiution to those who toil Wo all know tkv a tariff law covering all the varied interests an I conditions of a country as vast as ours must of necessity be largly the result of honorable adjustment and compromise. I expect veiy few of us can say, when our measure is perfected, that all its features are entirely as wo would prefer. You know how much I depreciate tho incorporation in the proposed bill of the income-tax feature. In matters of this kind, however, which do not violate a fixed and recognized Democratic doetrino we are willing to defer to the Ju Igmcnt of a majority of our Democratic brethren. I think there is a general agreement that this is party duty. This is more palpably apparent when wo realize that tho business of our country timidly stands and watches for the result of our efforts to perfect tariff legislation ; that a quick and certaiu reform of prosperity waits upon a wise adjustment and that a confiding people still trust in our hands their prosperity and well bein'.'. Tho Democracy /-.# lon/l nlnarl mnsf onrnesHv for thft speedy completion of the tariff legislation which their representatives have undertaken ; but thev demand not less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt those they trust to the abandonment of Democratic principle. Yours very truly, Geovek Cleveland. The letter -^as received with applause at all the telling points by the Democrats,, and with laughter by the Republicans at those passages which referred to existing embarrassments in the Democratic party. At the conclusion ot the reading Mr. Reed rose to respond to Mr. Wilson, and was listened to with the closest attention as he criticised the President's course and the suggestions he had made. After brief remarks by Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Grey the motion of Mr. Wilson was agreed to, and Speaker Crisp reappointed Meesrs. Wilson, McMillin, Turner and Montgomery, Democrats, and Messrs. Reed, Burrows and Bnyue, Republicans, members of the conference on the part of the Ho'ise. TO SUCCEED WHITE. Clifton R. Breckinridge to Go to St. Petersburg. CLIFTOIT B. BBECKISBIDGE. Clifton R. Brookim-idge, of Arkansas has been nominated and confirmed for Minister to Russia, to sncoeed Andrew D. White, who held on from Mr. Harrison's administration at the President's request, and who resigned several weeks ago because of ill health. Mr. Breckinridge has been a consistent supporter of the President's views on tariff. When the extra session of Congress convened last August Mr. Breckinridge was an earnest advocate of the repeal of the purchasing clause of the 8ilver Coinage act, and voted for it. For this action Mr. Breckinridge was made war upon in his district, and his opponents succeeded in defeating him for renomination. The President desired to recognize his services, and tendered him the Russian mission. Clifton R. Breckinridge, of Pine Bluff. Ar- 1 kansas, was born at Lexington, Ky., oa November 22, 1846. He received a common school education, served in the Confederate army as a private,, and at the closed of the i war was a midshipman on duty below Rich- i mond, Va. He was then a clerk in a commercial house for two years. He attended ( Washington College for three years, became j a cotton planter in Arkansas in 1870, and was t engaged in the planting and commission business for thirteen years. He was Alder- r man of his town for one term. He was t elected to the Forty-eighth Congress fiom ; V?n nf ln*?a o?H Trrno cxr*1 arl fr? tho e Fifty-first Congress. He whs unseated by i the House and the seat declared vacant. He was nominated for the second session of the Fifty-first Congress, and elected to the Flftylecond Congress and re-elected to the Fiftythird Congress, receiving 16,508 votes against 7272 voteB for Heartsell, People s, and seven votes scattering. A DISASTROUS FIRE. Three Dead and Five Wounded, the Result of a Washington Blaze. Fire in the Knox Building and stables at Washington resulted in the death of the following persons: Dennis Donahue, fireman. Mlohael Fenton, fireman. Samuol S. Mastln, fireman. The injured were: Lee Bell, aged twentyeifjht, fireman; hands and face burned. Edward CahllJ, a citizen ; shoulder broke. James E. Hooker, aged thirty-two, fireman ; wounded In the forehead. James Eelhar, < aged thirty-six, foreman of Ensrlne Company No. 1; sprained back. J. G. Wilson, assistant foreman; bones of left leg fractured. The loss will be nearly 8700,000 and in- ] oludes205horsesbelongingtotheKnox Company, which were In the second itory of the building. 1 Thn flrn hrnlrn ant In Knnv'a atfihlaa B and Second street about 2.30 o'olock a. m. i Next door to the stable was a storage warn- t house filled to the top with furniture, books, ? pictures, olothing, silverware, china, glass j and brlc-a-brao belonging to the owners f of houses and others In the city. The ware- j house and stables covered over a block. . Next to the Enox stables were those of the Adams Express Company, In which were 150 t horses, but these were all saved. Evory Are company In Washington was r present. The heat was simply frightful. The firemen were obliged to throw water on each other repeatedly before they could ap proach within working dlstanoe of the buddings. The men who had to hold the lines of hose on the B street front ot < the Enox Building were obliged ro lie flat on their stomachs and hold their faces to the ground, so awful was the heat. Policemen who had to help drag the hose ] about were obliged to remove their outer clothing and t? be frequently drenched with water. 1 About 2.50 a portion of the wall of the I ???? Af A^umo P.nlMincp fftll !ntr? fhw 1 alley and across tho buck exit. Instantly i the crowd set up a cry: I "The firemen are in there !" Fire Chief Parris ordered half a dozen leads of hose tamed on the white-hot mans, i and as soon as it was possible the firemen 1 rushed in and dragged the men out. Ten i minutes afterwards the walls of the Knox i Building fell. With the tall of these wails the fire was checked, and it was not long before the Are- t men had it under control. There were a , number of houses in tbe vicinity which were 1 destroyed. Tho origin of th i tire Is unknown. 1 Tax Chief of tho Bureau of Statistics at I Washington estimates that the revenue under the proposed income tax will be very mall from private incomes, hardly covering the cost of collection, while from corporations it may reach $3'j(0(r0,000 per annum, *>ut is more likely tt>_be near 912.030.000. STRIKE INVESTIGATORS" THE PRESIDENT APPOINTS THE PROMISED COMMISSION. Carroll D. Wright, the Commissioner of Labor; .John D. Kernan, of New iorK, ana nicooias jci. ?yonnjngton, of Illinois, Will Study Labor Troubles In the West. President Cleveland announced the members of the commission to investigate the railroad strike in the West growing out of the trou&les between the Pullman Company and its employes. The commission is as follows: Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor of the United States : John D. Kernan. lawyer, New York City ; Nicholas E. Worthington, of Peoria, III. It was necessary under the statute that Mr. Wright should be a member of the body, as the law provides that the Commissioner of Labor shall be a member of the board of inquiry. The law further provides that one member of the commission shall be a resident of the State in which the trouble is located. which in this case is Illinois, hence the appointment of Mr. Worthinsrton. President Cleveland had offered the Illinois appointment to Lyman Trumbull, _of Chicago. III., who declined to serve. He Baid his reason wa3 that the commission would have to confine its investigation to the American Railway Union strike, which was ended. Carroll D. Wright, who is ex-offlcio a member of the commission is a native of Massa- I chusetts, of which State he was for a long time the Labor Commissioner. Ho is an expert on the subject of labor and is now in charge of the Government Bureau, which gathers and compiles labor statistics. John D. Kernan is the oldest son of the late Francis Kernan. who represented New York State in the United States Senate as a Democrat from 1875 to 1881. succeeding exGovernor Reuben E. Fenton, preceding Thomas C. Piatt, and being the colleague of Roscoe Conkling. who came from the same partofthe State. John D. Kernan was born at Utica, February 25, 1844. He was a protege of Horatio Seymour. He was educated in the public schools and free academy of Utica and at Seton Hall College, New Jersey, from which he graduated in 1863. He studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and began the practice of law in Utica. Mr. Kernan's law practice was large and lucrative. Later he opened an office at No. 10 Wall street,New York city,his partners beinsi his brother, Nicholas E., and William Q. Ouinn. under the firm name of Kernan Brothers. He served for several years as Chairman of the Democratic Committee of Oneida County, and once refused the nomination for Congress. Mr. Kernan is especially qualified by experience to deal with railroad matters, In which he has always taken a deep interest. In 1883 Governor Cleveland appointed him Railroad Commissioner with William F. Rogers and ex-Senator John O'Donneli. During the previous spring he had written much on railroad matters and had actively co-operated in the movement of merchants and manufacturers against the Railroad Commission act. He wa3 elected Chairman of the Railroad Commission. Nicholas E. Worthington, of Peoria, 111., Is a personal friend of Vice-President Adlai E. 8tevonson, whose name he presented for Domination at .the Chicago Convention of 1892. He was born in West Virginia In 1830, and was graduated from Allegheny College at Meadvllle, Penn., in 1855. He then returned to West Virginia and began the study of the law. He was admitted to the bar, and in 1859 removed to Tremont, 111., where he taught school for a year. After 1861 he acted with the war Democrats and supported the Republican candidates until President Grant ran a second time. He ran for Congress in 1872, but was defeated by Granville Barrere. In 1882 he was again nominated for Congress, this time to oppose John H. Lewis, who stumped the district as :he candidate of "wealth. Intelligence and aristocracy." Mr. Worthington claimed to jo merely a representative of the people and (pas elected. At the expiration of his term le was renominated by acclamation and rpslected. He was renominated again in 1886, >ut was defeated by twenty-nine votes. He hen devoted himself to the practice of law arlth Samuel S. Page, of Chicago, Who was ater elected a Judge of the Circuit Court, tfr. Worthington was elected a Judge of the 31rcuit Court two years ago. BIRMINGHAJI'S BIG FIRE. Wore Than Half a Million Dollars' Worth of Property Destroyed. The most disastrous conflagration Birningbam, Ala., has witnessed started at I o'clock a. m. in a four story building >ccupted by the Stowers Furniture Com>any, in Twenty-second street and First ivenuc. The entire interior of the building was iblaze before the fire was discovered. The lames were soon communicated to the Caldwell Hotel across the street, n building six itories hicrh and the largest hotel in Ala>ama. All the guests were rescued, but only ust in time, and saved comparatively nothng of their personal effects. The hotel is a otal loss. The fire was communicated to the fouritory buildin? in Second avdnun at half past wo a. m. and threatenel the destruction of he entire city. The Fire Department happily nanaged to check the flimHa. The losses are as follows: Caldwell Ho:el, $350,000, insurance, $175,000 ; Stowers furniture Company. $15,000, insurance, $8., 100 ; Perry Mason Shoe Company, $35,000, nsuranee. -$25.000. J. W. Johnson Shoe Building. SGO.OOO, insurance. $40,000 ; other osses, $50,000, Insurance, $20,000. The origin of the fire is a mystery. When he flames were at their worst *1(1 was telegraphed for to Montgomery and Meridian, >ut the ordT was countermanded before the Ire companies from these cities ?ould arrive. A VOLCANIC GAS,WELL Srcat Boulders Thrown Into the Air and the Earth Shaken. Shortly after mid night a series of subterranean explosions occurred at a natural gns veil situated a short distance from Coffeyrille, Kan. People were awakened and found the own brightly illuminated and the earth rembling, while showers of rocks could be leen bursting from the gas well. These were lurled high in the air, and descending, trashed into the cottages in the nelghborlood of the pit. As far as known, however, to one was hurt. Daylight disclosed a dismal sight. For hirty acres around the well the earth wa3 orn up as it by a volcano. The phenome* ion is unaccountable. KOREANS LOSE A FIGHT. Japanese Soldiers Defeat Them In the Capital City. Advices from 8eoul say that a battle hai ? ? r/>?ofln nn^ To nan. JOCLl lUU^Ul lucro UDIWOVU I?MU 83e troops in which the Koreans were repulsed with considerable loss. The Korean troop3. together with some Chinese soldiers, made an attack upon the Japanese garrison it the Korean capital and attempted to take the Japanese position by storm. A sharp flght ensued, but the Japanese Are was more than tho attacking party could ?tand, and they wpre compelled to retire. The assault upon the Japanese garrison was made at the instigation of the Chinese Resident at Seoul. Thousands of dollars' worth of damage Is >eing done daily by the ravages of the army vorm in tho vicinity of Marshflold, Wis. The lay cut and placed in barns is full of thom. ind farmers are afraid to Jeod it to stock. It sby far the worst scourge that has over visted that portion of tho State. archbishop satoixr Has. on appeal, too tained a decision given by Bishop Watter son, of Ohio, suspending from Church prlv ilegee every Catholic society having a llquoi dealer at its head or among Its officers. _ m THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Three miners were killed in the Williamstown (Penn.) colliery by their car getting jammed against the root. Seven tenement houses were destroyed by fire in Newark, N. J., and two score families were rendert/d homeless. Kate Sullivan, a schoolgirl living with her widowed mother In New York City, has fallen heir to an estate of $1,000,000 In Ireland. Joseph Wallwitz, the convict who attempted to escape from the State Prison early on the morninsr of March 2d last and who killed Keeper James B. Lippincott when ho was intercepted in his flight, was hanged at Trenton, N. J. The First Naval Battalion of the State of New York went on a cruise of instruction aboard the cruisers New York and San Fran cisco. The residence of James D. Averr, Town Clerk of Groton, Conn., was burned to the ground. The oldest records of the town, which wore stored In the attic of the house, were destroyed. The papers in the safe were saved. The building was 264 years old and built entirely of oak. Brooklyn Aldermen voted an appropriation of $750,000 for an increased water supply. Chables Wilfred Mowbray, the English anarchist, and John Most addressed a lar^e meeting in Clarendon Hall, New York City, on the subjects of anarchy and communism. South jind West. The wheat crop in the Northwest is below tho average. The special Grand Jury in Chicago found a big batch ot indictments against those concerned in the railroad strike, which was supposed to include President Debs and many of the rank and file. The Federal | troops and a part of the Illinois militia left Qhicago. Thbee miners were fatally injured by toe explosion of a blast in the Sally Waters mine near Galena, 111. Foub hundred pounds ofpowder exploded nt Fort Pulaski, Ga., fatally injuring the sergeant in oharge, badly burning a woman and setting Are to the fort. Wilmobe, a small town in Jessamine County, Kentuoky, was badly damaged by a cyclone and at least a dozen people were injured, one of them fatally. Hardly a house esoaped complete wreck or damage. Seyenteen-year locusts hare appeared at Kalamazoo, Mien. A boat in which the Misses Minnie and Hester Hern, Thomas Shultz and Harry MoMurray were riding on Prairie River at Mlchell's Park, Ind., capsized and both ladies and McMurray were drowned. The great railroad strike In California has come to an end. It was an unconditional surrender on the part of the American Railway Union. This action was not a surprise, as railroads under military protection had been getting the better of the strikers and the latter had virtually acknowledged defeat. Govebnob Tillman issued a proclamation announcing the reopening of the dispensaries in South Carolina on August 1. A fcYNOHixG took place at midday in New Iberia, La. The victim was Vance McClure, a colored hostler, who attempted to assault a young lady, the daughter of his employer. President Debs and his associate leaders oi the American Railway Union appeared in court at Chicago to answer the charge of contempt in violating the Federal injunction, and in their answer denied having sent certain telegrams, ordered a strike or made war on railroads. I Washington. Secbetaby Herbebt made eight changes la important naval commands. Cooxtebfeit casb. amounting to $50,000, collected by Secret Service officers, was destroyed at the Treasury Department. Many counterfeit presentments, not intended for fraudulent purposes, were also destroyed. Obders were given for the United States cruiser Columbia to sail for Blueflelds. A Habvetized armor plate stoo l an extremely severe test at the Indian Head proving ground near Washington. Senatob Gbay's 8ugar Investigating Committee. reopened its inquiry, with Broker Derickson on the stand. Se>*atob Allen's report of the result of the sugar inquiry was made public. The Investigating Committee examined Henry Rood, a newspaper reporter, and W. B. Wheeler, of New York, and A. M. Slpe, of Washington, stock brokers. The United States Consul-General at Zurich advises American cattle shippers to send surplus stock to Switzerland, as there is a great scarcity of cattle there this year. Foreign. Anarchist Lega, who shot at Premier Crispl in Rome, Italy, is sentence! to twenty years' solitary confinement. Chief Clarence has been proclaimed ruler of the Mosquito Territory by Indians and the police force, and the Commissioner has been expelled. The United States cruiser Columbia has been ordered to Blueflelds. Hundreds of Mahdists lo3t their lives in a battle with an Italian force near Kassala, Abyssinia. The Britannia defoated the Vigilant in a race sailed off Kingstown, Ireland. There was no windward work, and the conditions were to the liking of the British craft. Percy Sanderson has been gazetted in London British Consul-General at New York. The Oerman EmDeror. in order not to wound the French, has fixed on August 18th for the great fall parade, in lieu of cue Sedan anniversary. Thk Nlcaraguan Assembly declared the entire Atlantic coast of the country to be under martial law, and ordered the Chief Executive to maintain Nioaraguan sovereignty over the Mosquito Territory by all possible means. President Zelava said he would first try to conciliate the Mosquito Indians, and failing in this he would subdue them by force. The Vigilant won her second victory over the Britannia in ten matches. The American sloop crossed the finishing line threo minutes and thirty-nine seconds ahead of the Prince of Wales's cutter. The race was over the Royal St. George's Yacht Club course, Kingston, Ireland. Thk Britannia defeated the Vigilant in a flfty-mile race over the course of the Royal Munster Yacht Club. Ireland. Stobms and floods in Western India have caused much damage to the crops. Many lives have been lost. WABbetweea China and Japan was said to be inevitable; Japanese jjuaboats were reported to be bombarding Korean coast towns. SHOT IN THE RIOT. Strikers In Pursuit of Children Ran Into Deputies and Workmen. The display of arms made by the coke strikers at their meeting in Riverview Park, Connellsville, Penn., resulted in a rtot, in ?,v*4 nrn mnr* Wtuou kiaoo uiuu nmo n vuuv*uu^ ?v . tally. After their meeting the strikers marched through the town. While passing Mover they were hooted at by colored children. The striken flred thetr ffuns as a warning to thoir tormentors, which caused a stampede amonff the children, who fled to the company store, pursued by several of the strikers. At the store were several deputy sheriff* and colored workers. They were armed, and, Boeing the strikers' weapons, they opened fire on the men. Many thots were exchanged and it is known thht at least three of the strikers were wounded, two mortally. When these men fell the otners ran. FATAL CLOUD BURST. Fifteen Deaths by Drowning Reported From Mexico. Advices have rtjaohed Saltillo, Mexico, of a cloud burst In thrt mountains ot the Prieta District. A number of houses of ranchmen were washed away and fifteen deaths of men I by drowning have already been reported. f LATER NEWS. Thomas B. Reed was renominated for Congress In Maine. Thousands of small bat lively frogs fell In the streets of Cambridgeport, Mass., during a heavy shower. The annual convention of the International Order of King's Daughters and Sons wa3 opened at Ocean Grove, N. J. Three men were killed and two wounded by the fall of an elevator in Clausen dc Price's brewery, In New York City. Two striking miners near Birmingham, Ala., drove off two posses, shooting four of the deputies. Five women went bathing in the San Joa ^uln River, Fresno, Cal. One got beyond her depth, and in attempting to rescue her three of the others were carried into an eddy ?nd drowned. Augusta Koch, seventy-one years old, wrapped herself in a coal oil sheet, set fire to it and pori3hed in St. Louis, Mo., a few days ago. A caucus of Democratic Senators on the Tariff bill was held, but no conclusion readied. Senator Hill defended the President's tariff letter in the Senate and attacked Mr. Gorman. Mr. Caffery told how the trust dictated the sugar schedule. Mas. Stanford notified the Government | that she will not pay the claim of $15,000,000 against her husband's estate. The President sent a message to Congress, Btatlng that ex-Queen Liliuokalani had earnestly requested the United States not to recognize the Republic. Up to June 7 over 1500 persons had died of the plague in Hong Kong, China. The Vigilant defeated the Britannia in a race at Queenstown, Ireland, making the K?of imo r?n mflorJ over ft flftr-mlle course In light winds. Arctic skippers reported that the Wellman polar expedition was probably lost, owing to density of the pack Ice. The Miranda, with Dr. Cook's Arctic party aboard, ran Into an Iceberg and put baok to St. "Johns, New Foundland. Wilson Soule, a millionaire of Rochester, N. Y., was killed In a runaway accident. Messrs. Debs, Howard, Kellber and Rogers, of the American Railway Union, are at liberty st Chicago under ball, pending the hearing of the various cases against them. They were required to give $7000 bond each, covering five new indictments, In addition to Ihe contempt cases brought by the Government and the Santa Fe Railroad. Republican State Conventions were held In Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas and Iowa. Democratic Senators in conference voted to have the Tariff bill sent back to the Conference Committee without instructions. 8ib William Whiteway and Mr. Bonrl were found guilty of bribery and corruption In the Newfoundland election and were unseated and disqualified. t>pn"MTKrPTJT PPHPTP X J.II V HI I H J-I.L1 J. IJUVlUlit Victobia has been on the British throne fifty-six years. The German Emperor is now titular commander of seventeen regiments. No English sovereign before Queen Victoria ever lived to see a great-grandchild. Mrs. U. 8. Graxt visited Mrs. Jefferson Davis at Nnrragansett Pier, R. I., one day recently. Ediso>*, the inventor, has never carried a watch In hia life. He says he has never wanted to know the time. Mas. Mabtin G. Kimball, who lately died in Philadelphia, was the first person to suggest the observance of a national DecoratioD Day. The Duke of Devonshire owns 200,000 acres in England alone, and his revenue is enormous. His father died worth $7,500,000 of personalty. The son of President Tyler, who acted as the latter's private secretary at the White House, is now seventy-five years old and a resident of Georgetown. Some one who has been reading up the peerage says that the Prince of Wales has seventeen brothers-in-law, fifty-seven cousins and fifty-eight nephews and nelces. /lovTDiro.Tiiifrq T,nx?RTVF.T John T? fior don, Wade Hampton and Joseph Wheeler are I tho only survivors of the nineteen LieutenGenerals of the Confederate Army. M. cabiinu-PEniEB, President of France, Is a genial, shrewd, kindly man of agreeable manners and'polite address, has a fine physique, enjoys excellent health and a calm energy. One womau has been nominated for Representative in the next Congress, Mrs. Caroline Woodward having been made the Prohibition candidate in the Fourth District of Nebraska. 1 The late Earl of Charlemont, prior to 1866, was a great admirer of Mr. Gladstone, but after the distinguished statesman's chango in his Irish policy, the noble lord had his statue at Roxborough Castle painted black to mark his disapprobation of the change. Gporoe R. Graham, who died In New York the other day at the age of eighty-one, was the first man who ever employed Edgar A. Poe as the editor of a magazine. Graham made a fortune, lost it, and in late years has lived on the voluntary contrlbutlon9.of literary men. WnEJ it comes to costly toys the latest present to the boy king of Spain may be said to cap tho climax. It is nothing less than ?n Infant Regiment, comprising 400 warriors, ranging in age from five to eight years. This is indeed teaching tho young idea how to shoot. A phettt incident occurred to Mrs. Cleveland while driving to the postofflce at Buzzard's Bay, Mass. Mfss Derby, of Boston, who is deaf, dumb and blind, waa introduced to her by touch signs, and tho President's wife finally showed her womanliness by giving the young lady a sound kiss on the cheek. M. Dcpuy. President of the French Chamber of Deputies, has just been elected Honorary Corporal of the regiment of Soudanese Sharpshooters, one of the crack corps of France's African army. This honor was conferred in recognition of his bravery in restoring order in the Chamber when Variant's bomb was exploded there. The Emperor William of Germany is reported to have introduced an innovation into his court. After sneezing violently one day, the Emperor remarked to those with him : ''Well, you don't trouble yourself at alt about one!" The hint was taken, and since then court etiquette prescribes the words, '"Health, Your Majesty," when, and as often as, the Kaiser sneezes. Colonel Chill W. Hazzard, the new Supreme Regent of the Royal Arcanum, a beneficial Order with a membership of nearly 155,000, is editor of the Monongahela (Penn.) Daily Republican. He is a thirtysecond degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a Past Department Commander of the G. A. R. ana Secretary otthe Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia Editorial Association. EXPLOSION KILLED SEVEN, Dynamite the Cause and Portsmouth the Scene of the Disaster. A terrible acaident, resulting in the death of seven men, occurred at Portsmouth, England. A Trinity House boat, naving a crew of seven trained wreckers on board, was engaged in blowing up the wreck of the yacht Azalia, in the Solent, as the wreok was dangerous to navigation. In some manner, whioh will never be known, a dynamite cartridge exploded, killed the seven men and shattered the boat. FIFTY-THIRD CON&BESS. The Senate. IoCth Day.?The Indian Appropriation Mil was passed. The report of the tariff con ference was presented and referred. 157th Day.?President Cleveland's letter to Chairman Wilson was'the subject of a sharp debate, in which Messrs. Hill, Smith. Vest and others took part. Mr. Hill said that in view of the President's letter, that body had [ no alternative but to recede from its Tariff bill amendments. Mr. Vilas moved to strike out the one-eighth of a cent differential on refined sua;ar. 158th Day.?The consideration of the conferees report on the Tariff bill was resumed. Mr. Gorman made an attack on the President for the letter to Chairman Wilson : his statements were corroborated by Messrs. Vest, Harris and Jones. The body adjourned without acting on the tariff conference report. 159th Day.?Tho consideration of the report on the disagreement of the Tariff conferees was continued. Mr. Hill made a long speech defending the President's cours?, and criticised Mr. Gorman. Mr. Caffery explained th9 suear schedule. 160th Day.?Mr. Allen introduced a bill to prohibit Federal Courts interfering with the execution of State laws. Messrs. Caffery, jjantei and Hunton spoke on the tarra complications. TXe House. 178th Day.?Chairman Wilson, in reporting the disagreement of the Tariff Conference Committee, read a letter from the President, nreing the Hous? not to adopt the Senate amendments; Mr. Reed also spoke. The Honse then voted to disagree, and the old conferees were reappointed. 179th Day.?The Tucker resolution for election of Senators by the popular vote was discussed. 180th Day.?The House pas98dthe following : The joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment providing for popular elections of Senators ; a bill forbidding United States courts to interfere to prevent the collection of State, county and municipal taxes out of property of corporations in the hands of receivers appointed bysuch courts; a bill providing for tho inspection of imrnl| grants by United States Consuls at ports of departure. 1818T Day.?Adjournment was taken early to let the members attend the tariff debate in the Senate. At no time was there a quorum present. 182d Day.?The bill directing the re-employment of railway postal clerks who w?re dismissed from March 15 to May 1, 1889, was passed. Yeas, 140; nays, 53. Fourteen bills from the Committee on Public Lands were passed. 183d Day.?Only routine business was transacted. A BLOW AT CLEVELAND, Senator Gorman Slakes an Attack on the President. The accusation of "party perfidy" and "party dishonor." made by Mr. Cleveland in his celebrated letter to Chairman Wilson, drew from Senator Gorman, of Maryland, the most savage rejoinder ever launched, perhaps, by a party leader in congress against either a friendly or an opposition President. What makes It all the more remarkable Is that the Maryland Senator called at the White Honse In the morning and had a long Interview with the President, and that he went direct from the White House to the Senate Chamber and delivered bis arraignment of the man with whom he bad just been talking. The attack was personal, bitter, virulent. He called the President a coward, accused him of bad faith and duplicity and told him ?nd the House of Representatives that they would have to take the Senate Tariff bill or nothing. Senator Gorman was roused at times almost to fun". Vest, Harris and Jones, of Arkansas, had planned the attack in dramatic fashion. Gorman brought charge after charge against Cleveland, and Vest. Harris and Jones sprang up one after J the other as Gorman called upon them and declared that every charge he made was true and that the Presi| dent had put events in wrong lights. In the course of his speeoh Mr. Gorman said that Mr. Cleveland's action in criticising the Senators for their tariff course was "infamous." He declared he was cognizant of all the Senate amendments and agreed to them. He also declared that the President and Secretary Carlisle were kept informed of the proposed amendments and were willing to nccept them in order to pass the bill. This statement was corroborated by Senators Vest, Jones and Harris. The unwritten history of the conventions which nominated Cleveland and of the campaigns which followed was then given with dramatic effect. The Maryland Senator In his speech spared no one who does not agree with his tariff views. He censured Senator Hill, of New j York, for his course, as well as several other Senators. In conclusion Mr. Gorman Bald * "Mr. President, with our rules, "* * ?a J- T In tliA I t n IS Dili SlUUUB, 113 X imuii! ju iu., , best shape in wbloh it Is possible to get it to represent oar views. I appeal to my colleagues on this side to stand as we stood during nil this long struggle in I the Senate, to stand together with the perfect knowledge that if we do not the bill is I defeated. If my good friend from New | York, Mr. Hill, or the Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Vilas, succeeds?and any Democrat may succeed by uuitln<? now with any other?in amending the bill, you havo heard the declaration of enough Senators to know that you defeat it. If the Senate amendments are not accepted this bill is defeated. You have heard enough Senators already to know that it Is this bill or nothing.'* After the demonstration had subsided, Mr. White, of California, took tbe floor, and argued that from a Democratic standpoint there was nothing to do but to adopt the motion of Mr. Gray, to insist on the Senate amendments and to as;ree to a further conference. The adoption of the motion either of Mr. Hill or Mr. Vilas, he held, would result in the defeat of the measure and the perpetuation of the McKinley act. The question was put by the presiding officer, on Mr. Hill's motion, when Mr. Cockrell moved to proceed to executive business. That motion was agreed to. and, after a short executive session, the senate adjourned. TO DIVERT EMIGRATION. Italy Wants to Send Her Subjects to Africa Instead of America. In the Italian Senate Prime Minister Crispl referred to the reoent capture of Kassala by the Italian forces. He anaounoed that reinforcements were not required to enable the Italians at Kossaia to maintain their position } neither would It be necessary for them to further expose themselves in battle with tho Dervishes. It was to be hoped that Italy would find means to colonize Africa. The great object to be obtained was to substitute emigration to Africa lor emisrratioa to America. The Senate has adjourned for the summer recess. riTTr'TDrDr XTTTTS AN" "RDTTDR. OUIiIliii axuuu ui.1 Both Were Populists, But the F.dl- I tor Had Attacked the Sheriff. A. W. Carpenter, editor of the Vindicator, the organ of the Populist party of Southwest Texas, was shot and killed at Pearsall, where the paper Is published, by Sheriff Walter Durbin, of'Frlo County. Sheriff Durbin is also a Populist, an 1 Carpenter had been attacking his official acts j through his paper. Carpenter called on Durbin at the latter's office shortly after ' noon and the two quarreled, and the Slieriff j drew his pistol and killed Carpenter. Tha Sheriff gave himself up immediately. MALAYS FIGHT SPANIARDS. They Kill Fourteen Men and Wound Forty-seven at Mindanao. It is officially announced that a force of Mahometan Malays surprised tho Spanish troops at Mindanao In the Malay Archipelago. In the fighting that ensued, which finally resulted in the repulse of the attacking force, fourteen Spaniards, including one officer, were killed, and forty-seven others, of whom two were officers, were wounded. IMe Malays lost twenty-seven killed. HOUSEHOLD MA'lTEES. CLEANING COTTON FABBIC. French sateens will clean beaut if ally by putting them in a lather of lukewarm soapsuds in which there haa bee.n a cupful of salt dissolved; rinse in water also having salt in it; dip in very thin starch and roll up in a clean sheet; in two hours iron on the wrong side. Remove coffee stains from a white dress with the yolk of an egg mixed with twenty drops of glycerine; wash off with warm water and iron on the wrong side. A tablespoonful of sal-soda in a gallon of cold rinsirg water will brighten blue and parple lawns, while a teacupful of vinegar to a gallon of water will improve green and pink shades. If the color has been taken out of a linen waist by careless washing, it is claimed that it may be restored by dipping the article in a solution of one part acetic acid to twelve parts of water. Remove scorch - L---- ? nnlina Hl'llUH lruiu _yuut buuiluci iuuduud wj soaking the clotb in lukewarm water, squeezing lemon juice over it and sprinkling a little salt also on the stain; then bleach in the sun. Clean black and navy-blue lawns and batistes by washing in hot suds containing a cupful of salt; rinse in very blue water and dry in the shade; then dip in very blue and thin starch, andwhea nearly dry iron with a moderately warm iron on the wrong side. When you have cleaned all of the materials on hand the most difficult part of your undertaking will have been overcome, and you will not find it a very difficult matter to make your old clothes apparently new. Your nice ginghama and percales should be washed in moderately warm water, having 9alt in it to "set" the colors. Dry them in the shade and use very thin warm?not cold?starch; iron on the wrong side with a medium warm iron. Do not soak them over night.?Home and Farm. WORTH KNOWING. That to whip cream successfully it should first be thoroughly chilled, then whipped in a cool room before sweetening it. That molds should be rinsed in cold water before using, and to remove creams and jellies easily they should be dipped in hot water for a few moments. That the secret of delicious lemonade is to use freshly boiled water and pour it over the lemon and sugar. Let it cool and then ice it. That you may keep stovepipe from rusting when put away in summer by brushing it over with a mixture composed of equal quantities of linseed oil and kerosene well shaken together. That your shoes will last longer if you keep them well oiled in damp weather and when they become wefc through let them dry slowly or they will shrink and warp. That you can make good sticky fly paper by heating together three and a half ounces of raw linseed oil, one nound of resin, and three and a half X ' ounces of molasses. Spread it on paper while yet warm. That hot loaves should never be left on a table to absorb the odor of the wood. That a few drops of salad oil on tar stains will remove them. That creaking shoes may be softened by rubbing soft soap into the seams. That a simple way to remove spots from the wall paper is to lay a sheet of thick blotting paper over the stain and then press a hot iron over it. Two or three applications will leave it clean. The mosquitoes may be kept away by sponging the body with a dilated extract of pennyroyal, which also allays the pain of the bites. That if ice is scarce when freezing ice cream you may utilize newspapers. Pack the lreezer three quarters full of ice and salt, then finish with newspapers. That the easiest way to keep cheese moist in hot weather is to wrap it in a cloth saturated with vinegar. That cucumber peelings will expel cockroaches if strewn around their haunts. That iced tea is much improved in flavor by the addition ox a iew uuc-ea of lemon. Thai if tin pails and pans are set out in the sun after being -washed there will be little danger of their rusting as soon as they often do.? Chicago Times. RECIPES. Beefsteak Pie?The best way to warm yesterday's pie is to stand the dish in the oven, adding a little more broth or water; cover and let it heat through, then arrange neatly on a dish over slices of toast. Berries With Whipped Cream?Pat a layer of hulled berries in a deep dish, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cover with whipped cream. Arrange another layer of berries and continue with alternate strata of sugar, berries and cream, until the dish is full, heap.. -- a? rru:_ u*. log iae cream on tup. xma buuuiu uo done ju9t before the dish is to be eaten, and berries, oream and bowl should all be thoroughly chilled. Lemon Pie?Beat the yolks of two eggs until light, add one cup of sugar, one and one-fonrth tablespoonsfnla of cornstarch, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, and one and one-half oups of boiling water and beat them all together until perfectly smooth. Cook this mixture until it thickens, then turn into a crust and bake. Cse the whites of the eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar for a meringue. Bice Cooked in Syrian Style?Wash thoroughly in four, five or six waters, until the final water is clear. Then in a dry vessel put a piece of butter the size perhaps of a boiled egg to a cup of rice, and heat till it is well melted or bubbling; then add the rice and mix well with the butter. Salted water is then generously added, aud the rice is cooked slowly ami without stirring until all the water is absorbed anu it is tender. Peach Tapioca?Wash a cupful of tapioca through several waters and let soak over night. In the morning put it in a saucepan with a pint of boiling water and set on a stove to simmer until the tapioca is clear. Pare half a dozen peaches and cut in quarters; stir into the boiling tapioca with half a cup of augar. Take from the fire, turn into a deep dish aud stand aside to cool. Serve very cold with cream and oall it "peach tapioca."