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OHAMBFBUIN l? HOT WATER. MAY BE FORCED OUT OF CAB INET. People of England Do Not Take Kindly to Daly cn Grain. London, Jnne 9.-The approach of the first serions Parliamentary brush in the free-trade-protection fight fill od every seat in the House of Commons this afternoon. Before facing the situation which must largely place them at the mercy of the Liberal and Irish votes, the members of the Gov? ernment attended an important Cabinet meeting. Henry Chaplin, Conservative, form? er president of the board of agricul? ture, and the malcontent Unionists were actively engaged in rallying the supporters of Mr. Chaplin's amend? ment fco the budget bill, which de clares that the removal of the tax on grain * ''involves a needless and in jori ons disturbance of -rrade and a serious loss of revenue, without substaniaial relief for the consumer." Before the debate opened Premier Balfour ascertained from John Red? mond, the Irish- leader, that the Nationalist members of Parliament would .support the Government as against Mr. Chaplin. This, with the Liberals' support, practically insured the Government from possible defeat at the hands of its own supporters. The curious situation created the keenest interest The debate, by a ruling of the Speaker, was confined to the grain tax. Mr. Chaplin warmly attacked the chancellor of the exchequer, to whose inaptitude, he said, they owed their present remarkable position. In re? pealing the grain duty. Mr. Chaplin said, Mr. Ritchie had made an irre? trievable mistake. For a moment he appeared to have * prevailed over Mr. Chamberlain, but his triumph would be short-lived. Mr. Chaplin said the ministers had thrown away a weapon which would have helped them to carry j out the new fiscal policy to which Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain were committed. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said he was opposed to Mr. Ghapiin's amendment, although he sympathized with the latter's objection to the repeal of the grain duty ; but he believed the alter? native policy to be a greater evil. Having to choose between two evils he would choose the lesser and would support the budget bilL Referring to the suggested prefer V ential tariff, the former chancellor of the exchequre wished to know whether Mr. Chamberlain's opinion was that of the united Cabinet. The repeal of the grain duty appeared to the speaker to be a direct bar to the adoption "of preference principles. He therefore concluded that the opinion of the Cabinet, as a whole, was the same with regard to these principles as . when he was a member of it Mr. Ritchie, who made a general re? ply, read a carefully prepared state? ment The Government, he said, thought there should bean inquiry into the matter of preferential tariffs, but he would be surprised if the in? quiry showed any ' practical means of carrying out a policy of preferential duties. He avowed himself to be an out and out free trader and added that with his present knowledge he could not be a party to a policy which he believed would be detrimental to the interests of both Great Britain and her colonies, and he believed that the in? quiry, 1'rom which he would not shrink, would confirm his present -views. Although he was precluded by the Speaker's ruling from discussing preferential tariffs, he might say in behalf of. himself and' his colleagues ) what he and they thought. The mem? bers of tile Government who had spoken on the subject had spoken for them? selves sud not for the Grovern ment. AH that had thus far been suggested was tba*; the - matter should be dis cussed and inquired into. Mr. Ritchie said he thought, in common with all his colleagues, that such an inquiry was eminently desir? able from every point of view, and concluded with saying that the grain duty was. properly imposed at a time of great national emergency, and has been properly removed when the pros pects were brighter. He denied that there had been any inconsistency, and while he regretted that the Govern ment had wounded the feelings of some of its supporters,. he believed its action would be endorsed by the country. Mr. Ritchies' outspoken repudiation of Mr. Chamberlains proposals caused an immense sensation in the lobbies of the House. No such situaition had arisen in the Parliamentary world since the memorable split on the home rule bill, and the keenest interest was manifested in regard to the possible developments. EM6LISH CRISIS POSTPONED. London, June 10.-By a dextreous and extraordinary speech Premier Bal? four tonight temporarly smoothed over the differences in the Cabinet, re? lieved Colonial Secretary Chamberlain of any recessity of resigning, and for the moment averted a crisis which threatened the Unionist party. This, Mr. Balfour accomplished without committing the Grovernment either to protection or free trade, though the effect of his speech will generally be taken to mean that the tariff issue is to be shelved for the present Henry Chaplin's amendment, which gave rise to the most interesting debate of the present Parliament was defeated by the overwhelming majority of 369 votes, composed of Unionists, Liberals and Iri?h members. The minority, who supported Mr. Chaplin's amend? ment, were almost all followers of the Government, while many others of the Conservative party abstained from voting. <mm . emt - Ladies and Children Invited, i All ladies and children who cannot stand the shocking strain of laxative syrups, ca? thartics, etc., are invited to try the famous little Early Risers. They are different from all other pills. They do not purge the system. Even a double dose will not gripe, weaken or sicken ; many people call them the Easy Pill. W. H. Howell, Hous? ton, Tex., says nothing better can be used for constipation, sick headache, etc. Bob Moore, Lafayette, Ind., says all others gripe and sicken, while De Witt's Little Early Risers do their work weil and easy, j ?old by J. S. Hughson & Co. J THE FARMER-COWBOY WAR. Conflict Between Settlers and Sol? diers-The Cattlemen in Danger. Topeka, Kan,June IO. -Reports have been received here several times to? day of a fight between the settlers and militia in Western Kansas over the Dewey affair. The settlers are said to have attacked the militia and sheriff's posse just as the latter forces left the Dewey ranch, in Cheyenne County, this morning for St. Francis. Telephone wires in Cheyenne County have all been cut and the telegraph service is poor. Enough news has been recieved, however, to show that the Deweys are in great danger and may be captured by the settlers to? morrow. A dispath from St Francis says that the report of a fight between the two forces is in all probability tine, add? ing that the excitement all through that section of the State is at fever heat tonight. All day the .settlers have been flocking into St. Francis and all are heavily armed. They are outspoken in their expressions of enmity to the Deweys and say nothing will prevent the settlers from taking them away from the soldiers when they arrive in St. Francis tomorrow. The fight of today is thought to have been mostly with sharpshooters, as most of the armed settlers aie at Berry's ranch and at St. Francis. No further requests for troops have been received by Governor Bailey, but they will be sent as soon as the need for them is definitely established. SR. TANKER'S FAST SURPASSED. Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, of Au? gusta, Has Fasted 43 Days. Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, a well known young physician of this city, and an honor graduate of the medical department of the. University of Georgia, is on a fast that promises to break the world's record for length. Dr. Tanner's record is already dis? counted. Yesterday was the forty-third day that Dr. Wilkinson has taken nothing in the way of nourishment, limiting himself exclusively to water. He has partaken of water freely during the fast. Throughput the fast he had suffered no inconveniences, although he has lost weight very rapidly. Naturally a man of slight build, although tall, he is now a living shadow of his former self. Dr. Wilkinson resides with his father, Mr. Wm. M. Wilkinson, at 417 Second street, and throughout the fast has confined himself to the home and its grounds. Dr. Wilkinson takes daily exercise, including walks about the house and grcands, and is also using a pair of light dumb-bells. He declares that he feels strong all the time, . although any exertion he undergoes proves to him that he is quite weak. His stomach is giving him no trouble whatever. Dr. Wilkinson and his family have kept very quiet about the matter, and only a few intimate friends have been advised of the treatment to which the young man has been subjecting him? self for the past month or more. Only in the last day or two ?has the doc? tor's fast become general property in a news sense and reached the ears of newspaper men." The fasting of Dr. Wilkinson is in the nature of a scientific treatment for an aggravated case of indigestion or dyspepsia, with which he is afflicted. * For years he has had the trouble and failing to get relief from all other treatments, adopted the fasting treat? ment. Recently fasting has been advocated for the cure of digestive derangements, and where tried has been highly re? commended. It is claimed by the ad? vocates of the method that it produces permanent cures in nearly every in? stance, and that where it fails, it is because the treatment was not persist? ed in long enough. The theory is that the perfect rest afforded by the fasting pratically gives the patient a new stomach or digestive organs. While the organ is not at work it is claimed that nature repairs all the damage to the organ from overwork and past abuses. It is understood that the treatment is nothing more or less than an extend? ed use of the advice of the Physical Guitarist McFadden, of New York, who recommends that whenever there is stomach trouble that his pupils fast for a few days, in order to effect a cure. Dr. Wilkinson believes that the theory of fasting for stomach trouble is the correct one, and he is demonstrating its usefulness. Dr. Wilkinson l?as not yet completed the fast. It is his intention to con? tinue the treatment until his appetite returns, when he will gradually return to a normal diet The return of the appetite is said to be an indication that the cure is complete. Of course the appetite must be normal, and mast be constantly with the patient. That is, it must not be of the kind that comes and goes, but the desire for nourishment must be continuous. Dr. Wilkinson has already at times felt the return of his appetite but as yet does not think that it is constant and normal. He believes that the next few days will see the return of his normal appetite and a complete cure of his trouble. If the experiment proves successful, and Dr. Wilkinson has no doubt in his mind that it will, it will be a valuable addition to the medical knowledge of the profession. Thousands are suffer? ers from derangements of the digestive organs and would gladly undergo a sea? son of fasting if they knew it would afford them relief and a permanent cure. Dr. Wilkinson in no way de? sires notoriety as a faster and is not refraining from eating in order to make a record along this line, it was his desire that nothing be said about the treatment he is undergoing until it is completed and the degree of success could be definitely reported. -Augusta Chronicle, June 10. Birmingham, Ala, June I1.-The doors of the Bessemer Savings Bank and the Bank of Commerce, both locat? ed at Bessemer, Ala., failed to open today as the result of shortage and supposed flight of T. J. Cornwall, president of the first named bank. KING AND QUEEN OF SERVIA BUTCHERED. A Bloody Assassination of King Alex? ander, Queen Draga, the Latter's Sister, the Queen's Brother, and Members of Boyal Guard. Prince Peter . Karageorgevitch Made King. Belgrade, Servia, June H.-A mili? tary revolution broke out here last night. The troops who revolted, un? der the leadership of Major Angikovics, surrounded the palace, assassinated King Alexander, Queen Draga, the latter's sister, the Queen's brother, Nikodem ; Premier Markovitch, Min? isters Petrovitch and Tudorovics, Gen. Pavlovitch, the former minister of war, and some of the members of the royal guard. Prince Karageorgevitch. was proclaimed King. A new Government was formed and the following proclamation issued : "To the Servian People: Last night the King and Queen were shot. In this grave and fateful moment friends of the fatherland have combined to forma new Government. While, the Government makes this announcement to the people it is convinced that the Servian people will gather round it and lend it their aid to maintain order and security throughout the land. "The Government hereby makes known that from today the Constitu? tion of April 6, 1901, comes in force. A meeting of the National representa? tives, dissolved by the proclamation of March 24, is summoned to meet at Belgrade, June 15. Signed: 'Jovan Avakumovics, Pre? mier; L. Jubonur Kalievics, Foreign Minister; Stojan Protics, Minister of the Interior: George Genshics, Minis? ter of Commerce,; Gen. Jorvan Alanaz kovics, Minister of War: Vojilav Veli kovics, Minister of Finance; Col. Alexander Machin, Minister ?f Pub? lic Works; L. Jnbomir Schiokovics, Minister of Justice." The streets are thronged with peo? ple, whose actions seem to approve the coup .d'etat; M. Protics, the new minister of the interior, was loudly cheered as he drove tc the ministry. M. Avakumovics, the new premier, belongs to the Independent Liberal party. As the morning advanced the excite? ment in the streets grew steadily. In spite of the pouring rain thousands of people gathered in the vicinity of the palace. Everywhere troops of all arms were posted and field guns were placed in position to deal quickly with any opposition to the newly-formed Government's will. The soldiers dis? carded their cockades bearing the late King Alexander's cipher and substi? tuted for it flowers, green twigs and leaves. Bands of young men paraded the streets, waving flags and shouting "Long live Karagorgevitch!" Flags are flying from nearly every house in Belgrade and there is absolutely no display whatever of crape or other signs of mourning. The royal standard has been lowered from over the palace. Reports from places outside Belgrade indicate that the country accepts the disappearance of the Obrenotvitch dynasty without regret. According to the best available in? formation obtainable from the mass of contradictions, the crime was carried out by members of the 6th infantry, under the command of Cols. Mischich and Machin. The latter is a brother in-law of the Queen Draga and is minister of public work in the new Cabinet. The soldiers appear to have fought their way into the palace, shooting down the aide de camp on duty, Col. Naumovics, although ac? cording to another version the King shot Naumovics because he opened the gate to his assailants, thereby creating a suspicion of his conni? vance. Some of the other persons killed were surprised in their houses simultaneously with the attack on the palace. The remains of King Alexan? der will probably be buried at the convent of Rakovza. The other bodies will be interred in the local cemetery. Berlin, June ll.-A ?fspntch from Semlin, Hungary, to thc National Zeitung gives an interesting ^e~sion of the events at Belgrade. It says A party of officers proceeded to the palace by previous arrangement with Gen. L. Jubasivkovics and called upon King Alexander to abdicate in favor of Prince Peter Karageorgevitch. The King refused and shot CoL Naumo? vics, who made the proposal. The other officers thereupon summoned the war minister, Gen. Pavlovitch, and Tudorovics, the minister of the inte? rior, and shot the King and Queen and Petrovics, one of the King's aide de camps, and other royal officers. The leader of the actual assailants was Lieut. CoL Mischich, who himself murdered the Queen. The latter, to? gether with her brother and sister, was struck down with an axe. The Queen died immediately. The King lived a few minutes. "The immediate cause of the revo? lution was the return to Belgrade of Lieut. Lungievitza, brother of the Queen, and a supposed candidate for the throne. The surviving ministers have been arrested. The obsequies of the King and Queen will be held June 14. A festal illumination of Belgrade is projected for this evening." The dispatch concludes with stating that intense joy prevails at Belgrade. The German Government cannot be said to have taken up any attitnde as yet regarding the provisional adminis? tration of Servia. Horror was express? ed at the foreign office at the bloody coup d'etat. The immediate feeling is one of antagonism to the new minis? try and there is an indisposition to make its path easy. The foreign office for the present is simply waiting full information from its legation at Bel? grade and is also sounding the other chancellories. The fact that the late King was not allied to any European reigning family is regarded as simplifying the situa? tion. Vienna, Juno ll.-Dispatches from Belgrade say that since the late King Alexander's last suspension of the Ser? vian Constitution tbe Army had been animated by hostile feelings toward both the King and Queen. The revolution waB planned weeks ago. Secret committees were organ? ized in the country and worked in co? operation with the army. The leaders of the revolution are said to have been the new ministers of justice. and finance, respectively, M. Schiokovics and M. Velikovic, sand the 6th regi? ment of infantry, garrisoning Bel? grade, was designated to carry out the plot. It was originally intended that the plot should be executed later, but fears that the new Servian Parliament .would settle the question of the suc cesion to the throne hastened matters. Col. Naumovics, the adjutant of the King, was entrusted with the execu? tion of the plans. While on duty at ll o'clock last night Naumoyics burst in the door leading to the sleeping apart? ment of the royal couple with a bomb and then entered, accompanied by Mis chics and a number of junior officers. Previously the Palace guard had been overpowered and its commander, Capt. Panajowics, was killed. Naumovics presented to the King a form of abdication for .his signature The document contained the statement that, by marrying a "public prosti? tute," the King had degraded Servia and that, therefore, he must abdicate. The King's answer was to draw a re? volver and killed Naumovics on the spot. Mischics then picked up the docu? ment and presented it again, and the King, who perceived his danger, fled with Queen Draga to the Palace roof, both being in their night clothes. The officers followed, continuing fir? ing, and ultimately shot down the roy? al couple. Major Luka Lazarewics, who had been under the King's dis? pleasure for two years, is said to have fired the shot which actually killed the King. At about 2 o'clock this morning Queen Draga's two brothers were shot at their homes, as well as Premier Markovitch and his brother-in-law. Mr. Milkovith, the minister of the in? terior, M. Tudorovics, and his daugh? ter, and the war minister, Gen. Pav loitch. While these events were proceeding at the palace the streets of the city were already occupied by soldiers and an armed force surrounded the royal residence. The horses and guns of the batteries of artillery were all decora? ted with evergreens, as for a festival. The soldiers discarded the badge of King Alexander from their helmets. Aa attempt was made to support the dynasty by the commander of the Dan? ube division, who tried to march the 3th regiment of infantry into the city to help the late King, but he was op? posed by a body of troops under Col. Gagowits. In the fight which ensued both the officers mentioned were kill? ed. What purports to be an official expla? nation of the tragedy was issued at Belgrade during the day. It says: "After dinner on Wednesday evening the King and Queen, with some of their relatives and several ministers, sat on the balcony of the palace. Suddenly the King demanded that Queen Draga leave the country. ' She refused and was supported by some of the ministers. When the King saw this opposition he ordered the mili? tary to occupy the palace. In the meantime the Queen friends were also active and collected her supporters. It was in a fight between the two fac? tions that the King and Queen were killed." A dispatch received by the Austrian foreign office this afternoon announced that the Servian Parliament, which has been summoned for June 15, will only elect Prince Peter Karageorge vitch King in the event of Austria and Russia not opposing such a step. Austria would not object, because, al? though the Prince was once the avowed enemy of Austria, he# has since given repeated assurance tnat in the event of his coming to the throne of Servia he was desirous of living amicably with Austria. The question of Austria's inter? vention in the present situation has so far only been considered in the case of civil war breaking out. Otherwise it is regarded as being Servia's private affair. Emory Speer on R. E. Lee. Oxford, Ga., June 9.-Judge Emory Speer, of Macon, delivered today the annual commencement address at Emory College. His subject was 41 The Life and Character of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and he gave a vivid and eloquent recital of the great soldier's career, dwelling upon Lee's sublime self-poise and patience both in victory and de? feat. g Referring to Lee's motives in enter? ing the service of the Confederacy, Judge Speer said : "Why, it may be asked, did Lee draw his sword in maintenance of secession, which he declared revolu? tion, which he pronuonced anarchy and which he foresaw and declared, would inflict untold calamities upon the people? The reply is that he did no such thing. His purpose is declared in a letter to his son: 'If the Union is dissolved and the Government disrupted I shall return to my native State and share the miseries of my people and save in defence will draw my sword on none.' " In his peroration Judge Speer re? ferred to the proposal by the State of Virginia to place a statue of Gen. Lee in Statuary Hall in the Capitol at Washington. In this connection he. said : "Deny Lee a place by Washington ! Ah, it is sure, if in the awful hour when the invading columns approach? ed Virginia's soil, the winds of the prophet had breathed upon the slain that they might live, that, caught from the wall at Mount Vernon by the reincarnated hand of the Father of his Country, the defensive blade of Washington would not have gleamed beside the sword of Lee. Repel then not, my country, the fervid love of the sons who fought with Lee and of the children of their loins. Then honor him and in thy need on those who love him thou wilt not call in vain. And woe to the foe in the press of battle when the soul of Lee shall fire their hearts and his bright sword shall point the charging columns of thy sons. ' ' CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. 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