Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Pam est pre DAILY EXCEPT sUNDAY, THE STAR BUILDING 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Oor. a Seese, by The Evening Star Ne t Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pros't. New York Ooe, 49 Potter Building, served to subscribers in the om their own account, at 10 cents Dec month. Copies at the counter By mail-anywhere in the United nade—posiage prepald—50 cents per ‘uy Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; vrelen mtage added. $3.00, ed at the Post Office at Washt .c, + second-class mail matt cor Gz Al mall subscriptions paid in advance. advertising made knowa on application. ALL AT SEA AGAIN lin Tariff Conferees Seem as Far Apart as Ever. JUGGLING WITH COAL AND SUGAR A Supposed Plan to Kill the Pend- ing \ easure. YESTERDAY'S SURPRISE ‘The agreement of the tariff conferees yes- terday speedily disclosed that there was a Plan to kill the tariff bill and that the Maneuvering of the past two or three days has been largely manipulated for the pur- Pose of accompiishing this, and at the same time of shifting responsibility. The propositions as agreed upon yester- day originated with the Senate, and were formally aceepted by the House conferees at the morning session, and the conference adjourned with nothing-before them, as far as appeared from the formal action taken, except the adjustment of schedules over Which there was no controversy and the cierical work of getting the matter In shape for a report. The sugar schedule having been fixed up several days ago, the coal and iron ore were the pending questions when the conference frst met. The proposition to put coal on the free list and to leave iron ore on the dutiable list was made day be- fore yesterday by one of tne Senate con- ferees, who announced authoritatively that the proposition came in a formal manner from Messr: Gorman and Smith. The House conferees took the matter under ad- Visement at once, and, two of their nuniber being disposed to prefer free iron ore to free coal, that suggestion was made to the Senate conferees, and the matter was al- lowed to go ov until yeste y. Yester- day it was fully decided that the original Proposition made in Lenalf of Mr. Gorman would be accepted by the House conferees. This was made known to the Senators, and the proposition was formally passed upon and approved. Prior to this the sugar schedule had been {nformally agreed to, and the other sched- | ules in the bill, except the metal schedule, | conc h it was understood that | the Senate should have its own way, mak- ing only those changes which it was willing ould be made, had been gone over care- | the House yielding on all points it was contended by the Senators that there could be no change without en- dangering the bill. On this basis—that is, the Senate practically dictating the terms of settlement, these schedules were made vp in a mannér understood to be acceptable | to both sides, and to require no further re- | In this situaticg, with nothing left | actual controvers tne morning sion ence alosed with the acknowl- | ling on both sides that the | work before the conference thereafter was werely to get the matter in shape for a re- | port to the two houses. Again Wide Apart. When the conferees reassembled late in the afte-noon,it was supposed to be for mere- ly formal work,and there was a feeling of re- lief on the part of the House conferess that the matter was settled and practically out of the way. To their utter astonishment, | the Senate conferees began tne session by vision. in practically withdrawing the free coal propo- | sition, which had been agreed to in the morning, and submitting in its place the svggestion that they would give free sugar | instead of free coal if the House conferees Would permit the rest of the bill as It pass- ed the Senate. dn response to the sugges- tion that this action would probably make it impossible for the bill to pass the Senate, it was said that that matter could take care of itself. So the matter stands now, unless the Senate conferees make another shift in this way, that the Senate conferees will agree to one of two things, either to take the bill exactly as it is, or change it only in those respects which, according to their OWN Statements and statements of the Sena- tors on the floor, will unquestionably pre- Vent its adoption in the Senate. In other words, the proposition coming fre from Mr. Gorman for coal appears in ars that as not believed that se conferees would accept it. The as, it is thought, that the President not accept eit free coal or free with the understanding that the other be and tha es woul! reflect the President’ ation upon this point. if they had ted free coal, as it was evidently an- ated they would, {t could have been that Mr. Gorman offered to own personal interests in order to get through, and that the House con- the light of a blutf, and it app: when i the Ho! Idea would fron | mendation, the House | de- | acrifice | Che £vening Star. Vor. 85, No. 20,960. WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1894~TEN PAGES. accepted “conservative” Senators have been peculiarly ar xious to indicate their willing- ness to make sacrifice of their personal in- terests to help cut an agreement in confer- ence. But there has been a string attached to every proposition apparently, or some conditions calculated to excite opposition in other quarters. When the proposition for free coal came from Mr. Gorman It was received with the utmost astonishment, and it has been al- most impossible to get most people to be- lieve it without proof. It is thought that he would rever bave made the proposition with the expectation of Its being accepted. The fact of ‘its being withdrawn after the House conferees had accepted it appears to warrant this belief, The Conference Practically Smashed. At the conference this. morning the Sen- ate corferees adhered to their withdrawal from the agreement of yesterday and the conference was practically smashed up. The House conferees said that they would accept the free sugar proposition as a sub- stitute for the other agreement if the Sen- ate conferees would assure them that it was their belfef that the bill so changed would be agreed to by the Senate. This assurance could not be had and the session | closed with an absolute disagreement and |no apparent prospect of overcoming {t. This is universally regarded as a general break up of the conference, and it Is said that the only thing open now to secure legislation would be for the House itself to reconsider {ts rejection of the Senate amendments and to accept the Senate bill absolutely as it is. Whether or not this course will be followed by the House is a matter of grave doubt. There may be | something done in the Senate proper to re- | lieve the situation, but from present indica- tions the whole ‘cession promises to be a failure as far as tariff is concerned. Every- | thing ts thrown into disorder and looks lik a general smashup. —+2+—___ PUBLIC BUILDINGS Not Much Hope of Getting Any at This Session. ‘The Need for Many ts Conceded, but Southern Economists Object to Appropriation In comparison with its most recent pre- decessors the Fifty-third Congress bids fair to become nected for tts abstinence from public building appropriations. Although two sessions have nearly p , and al- though many bills, large and small, ‘have been reported from the proper committees, but one solitary act has succeeded in pass- ing the gauntlet of objectors in both houses and obtaining the President's signature. The Chicago Post Otice. After the experience of Wednesday, when the House committee on public buildings was given the day and could not succeed In passing a single bill on the calendar be- cause of the economical tendencies of sev- eral members from the south, those who inned their faith upen the success of sun- dry building projects for their districts which Involves an Particu- opropriation. larly is this true of the Chicago members, vho have weged an arduous and uphill sign to bring to the attention of Con- argss the needs of the postal service of city for adequate housing. In the spring they workel for some t to in- duce the committee to visit Chicago. After that visit, which convinced th men of the necessity for a new post offic there was no trouble in securing a recor but that having been ob: there was a struggle to bring the bill up on the floor. After Wednesday's setback they are greatly discouraged and hardly expect to be able to do anything. Need of a New Printing Utnce. commitive- Various expedients have been resorted to channels. Several publie building amend- ments were tacked to the sundry civil bill in the Senate, and have caused a disagree- ment between the conferees. Most import- ent of them is the provision for the pur- chase of ground for a site for a new gov- ernment printing office. No one in Wash- ington doubts the need for a new prin office butlding, the structure which shelters three thousand people crowded, ill-ventilated and sure to b a h-trap in case of fi but there b a continual disagreement between Senate and House over the selection « new site. The House committee recoi mended the use of land already owned by the governmert, while the Senate cominit- tee reported in favor of a square other than the Mahone lot, which it considered too high- The New York Appreis: Besides the demand from Chicago there has been a strong pressure brought to bear ne now being “7 Warehouse rene aul ata d there was no | oe te os ta ace Ga aan tie thn (einumlatann “al the’ News kok a6 House people, however, did the | p warehouse, which was planned to unexpe thing, accepted the proposl-| he an eleven-story building, but has been tion, thus, according to their view, disclos-| J ooicq at the fourth story, because of lack ing that it was not intended by those mak-| (7 ney. ‘The bill for its completion was Ing it that it should stand. to have been calied up after the Chicaxo ‘The Sugar Duties. fs an interesting behind all turning on the adjustment of the sugar lule, When that schedule was oricinal- nder discussion in the Senate, it was re- peate sserted that the nth dif- ferential duty on refined was neces- rary, and must be retained In order to give the sugar trust any protection whatever. Tt was declared, again and again, that they got no benefit of any kind ont of the ad valorem. ‘this was suspected by the anti- trust people to be @ misrepresentation of the case. They believed that the difference in value of the refined and the raw sugar Mae a flat ad valorem rate sufficient to cover the difference to the trust of the cost of refining. After the matter had been sto ly on sugar fought over in the last conference for some | me, the House conferees, still belleving that there was a concealed benefit in the ad em for the proposed that in or- to make su t this was not true, it for the trust to get any by providing that the ad on raw values only, and uld be given the one- or as a differential duty. valorem sh that ti e trust the they ft was th staking. fect it y had been After a ec it was the tr at the tion 2 « t aw t belleved : o Ryoreeng a is noted ‘ae a at a that « ; je: > was who advocated this proposition : F t it if th € jest ta | of plates, he he building on Wednesday, but that fil-fated measure blocked the way. From = many smaller cities come appeals for government buildings, but there ts small chance for their bills this session, end the outlook for the next is not considered bright, unless the economical objectors should be con- verted from their present tactics. — + e+ ARMOR PLATE INVES’ Resumed Today With Capt. Sampson as Witne: The investigation of the Carnegle armor plate was resumed teday. Capt. Sampson, the chief officer of the ordnance bureau of the Navy Department, was the witness. The principal matter of interest was his opinion of the method of treatment of plates by piecemeal, concerning which he sald that a plate hardened tn one section and softened in another was not to be de pended upon. Capt. Sampson took excep tion to the statement by Lieut. Stone of the Carnegie company that the best workmen had concluded that oll tempering was not necessary for nickel steel. Oil tempering und annealing w essary for all kinds IGATION, It is considered A plate, he vuld not be uniform if specimens from varied 20,000 pounds in tens! an extreme case a difference of fiv thousand pounds might be permitted. Commodore Sampson created something of a sensation in a statement he made re- | garding armor plate No. furnished by | the Carnegie compan: the commo- S testimony it apy that two half ates were furnished to the Navy Depart- : as the two s of plate No. 6id. two supr alves were tried Indian Head and showed different. tensile mmodore Sampson said he t the supposed top half of No. entirely diferent plate, 1 would at one rom the arg strength. ( i state. | pil, which was, it is stated, attended by eee | templates a lock end dam tn the rap-| 15,000 people. Steers were barbecued and | ae ‘tween the two cities, which | firearms set off in true western style. One sh Smith, private | % ke feasible the navigation of the| of the features of the day was a train of g EES Missi pi to Minneapolis. When the ri wasons hitched to a traction engine moving «tary of the | and harbor bill passed the Fifty-frst Con-| Up and down the central street passing a from Penn- | gress the entire Mississippi river was put | mail yoke, from which mail sacks were mong the springs of which state | under the contiruing contract system | enatched and their contents distributed to at his vacation, His coming | There remains quite a large unexpended | the populace, in caricature of the methos ent ae balance set apart for the upper reach of | which the raflroad compantes have employed heralds that of Judge Jebn M. Reynolds, | the and it is this appropriation that | in the delivery of mail matter to the towns | assistant secretary of the interlor, who fs | will be diverted to the construction of the | along their routes in Oklahoma, ected to re his labors on Monday. | jock and dam. ase pean = ree number ef pension cases are awalt- | + e+ reasury Recel, beg d will be disposed of immedi- ‘ ae “ ‘ie ies Be ee a aoa a Reynold Liphieaesbaiis ne National bank notes received today for re- ‘The cases in question do not involve any Lieut. A. W. rant has een ordered to! demption, $155,246. Government _receipts— rew or interesting points, but are merely of | duty at the Naval Academy. Cadet Mar-| From internal” revenue, $535,004.54 | the usual nature, have abandoned hope of securing anytiting | to push bills through other than the regular | SUNDRY CIVIL BILL! —— No Agreement on Several Important Senate Amendments. pe CONFERENCE REPORT SUBMITTED Printing Office Site and Ford's Disaster Claims. The DISCUS eee TILL L The cenferees on the sundry civil appro- Priation bill made a report to the House to- day. They were unable to agree on items amounting to $621,080, A disagreement was reported on the amendment selecting the Mahone site for the government printing so 0a the appropriation of $105,000 for the victims of the Ford's ‘Theater dis- so on the Senate's amendment re- lating te the electric light plant of the Sen ate; also ou the ftem of $16,000 for the bureau of American republics, When the reading of the report was com- pleted, Mr. Sayers proceeded to explain th principal items upen which ihe conference committee acted. At the suggestion of Mr. ers the House ratified the action of the | conferees in the items agreed upon. He | then moved that the House insist upon the disagreement to the amendments relating to the Ford's Theater victims, the elect light plant for the Serate and the contract | with the local company, and the appropria- tion for the bureau of American republi Mr. Baker of New Hampshire pr against disagreeing to the For appropriation. He said he thought Mr. Sayers would not oppese that appropriation if he had been in Washington at the ume of the accident and witnessed iis horrors. Sayers insisted, however, and the \ supported him, after he had assured | Were circulated that the Senate mans ers ker that the Ford's Theater appro- | had receded from this amendment. and | priatton Would be given further considera- | 8Teat constemation prevails, only to be | tion. This assurance was taken by Mr, | duelled later by assurances that the rumors | baker to mean that the matter is not | Were unfounded, | finally settled, but is still open to adjust-| This morning, however, there was deep | rent. gloom among the employes, and there wer, | At this point a lengthy discussion oc- The ces penetrated with the light of | | curred over the appropriation for a govern- | conterees had agreed to strike ment display at the Atlanta exposition, the | 0Ut amendment, It ts stated that at greater part of the afternoon being ‘thus | !@8t evening's session of the conference amed, It 1s the purpose of Mr. Sayers when the item relating to the government | *nnounced priting office site is reached to permit dis- cussion and a separate vote upon it. | Sea .EW PROJEC THREE They Have Finally Been ssed in the River and Harbor Bill. The river and harbor bill, which has been agreed to in both houses, proviles for three new projects which have long been sought by the Senators who have the credit of securing thelr adoption. They | those functio DESTITUTION IN COREA The Corean Minister Expresses Apprecia- tion for American Sympathy. He Will Facilitate, to the Extent o His Power, the ‘Transmiss| of Contributions. Mr. Ye Sung Soo, the Corean minister here, has written a letter to the editor of the Christian Herald at New York in re- Sard to the proposed relief movement in aid of the natives of Corea. The minister says: “To assume the management of this under- ing is worthy of your generosity, so nobly shown by your gift. I also said in my ‘telegram of this morning that I would advise you 2s soon as possible upon the pt of a reply to a message I sent to ‘ancisco, requesting information as to the cost of chartering a steamel message was addressed to Mr. T. D. y, the passenger agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at San Francisco. The aswer, which the minister incorpor- ates in the letter, says that a freight Steamer of speed of ten knots, ready im- mediately, and of a capacity of 1,500 gross tons, could be chartercd The minister, contm is rot mor ita t $175 per day. ing, regrets that he h the Ss of this | It ts more than probable that If the que tion of the selection of a chief executive were left to the employes of the House and | Senate today Mr. Cleveland would be sé in the minority. This is because of what ries are just now considering | his “unwarrantable interference” tn legis- lation, which deprives them of a month's extra pay. It is quite usual for this boon to be given each year, and this time it was the Senate that inserted it In the sundry civil bill, It was in the form ef an amend- | ment appropriating for an extra month’ pay to those employes who were on duty the extra session of Congress last summer, At various times during the progress of the | conference between the two houses reports ty | Chairman Sayers of the House commitice that he could not under any circumstances agree to the § e amend- ment granting the extra month's pay, for, | he added, it would be distinctly In opposi- tion to the wishes of the President. It was understood that he told the conferees that the President disapproved of this appro- priation, and was very much in earnest in his opposition to it. it was not known, of course, whether Mr. Sayers went so ‘far as to hint that the President might veto the sundry civil bill if it should contain this item. In consequence of this understanding the employes of the House and Senate are to- day quoting the Constitution and other au- are a boat railway to overcome the ob- structions at the Dalles of the Columbia river in Oregon and Washington; another is for a canal to connect Lakes Union and Washington with Puget sound, and the third to begin the construction of a lock in the Mississippt river between St. Paul and Minneapolis, to extend the head of navigation to the last-named place. The boat railway project was originated by Senator Mitchell of Oregon, and by his efforts has passed the Senate as a separate | bill several times. In the last Congress Senator Dolph, a member of the committee on commerce in the Senate, had it madé a part of ths river and harbor bill, but it was. lost in conference. It contemplates an hy- draulle lift to ratse steamboats out of the water, placing them upon a large tramway or more tracks, ar running upon eight transporting them thirteen miles and re- turning them to the water. It Is expected that this gigantic railway and necessary machinery to operate it will be compieted in four years. The cost is about $2,000,000, The canal which fs to connect the waters of Puget sound with the fresh water of Lakes Union and Washington {s a project which has been advocated by Senator Squire of that state. It is expected that th canal will be of great commercial benetit, use it will give ships an opportunity to anchor in fresh water after long voy- zes in the Pacific. Another benefit Is to be gained by having naval ve: while not in commission stationed in the fresh water. The lock to be placed In the Mississippi river between St. Paul and Minneapolis Is 2 of th enter} which Senator engineered for his thorities to show that the President ts get- ting out of the traces of his legitimate pre- rogatives. —_—_—_——__- 2 —______ Brazilian Situation, The report from Valparaiso that Rrazi troops. have been sent to the Mission country to take possession of it caused much comment in this city yesterday. The question of jurisdiction over the Missiones territory is in dispute between Brazil and Venezuela and has heer submitted to Presi- dent Cleveland for arbitration. The alleged movement of Braztllen troops was reported to be in confident anticipation of a decision in favor of the claims of Brazil. The story torn to pieces in this city. In the first se, the President has not had iime to seriously consider the question, and has tainly not given any intimation of his prob- able decision. In the next place, as ex- plained by Baron de Rio Branco, the special Brazilian commissioner who prepared the case of Brazil for the President's considera- tion, Brazil is alrsedy in practical posses- sion of the disputed territory, and there 1s no occasion to send troops there. —— a Oklahoma Rejotcing. Stories are coming Into the Department of the Intertor of the great glee which the peo- ple of Oklahoma are manifesting over the of the Berry bill requiring the nd Rock Island railroads to erect depots and mike the new towns stopping places for all trains, ‘There was a celebra- | tion at Enid in honor of the passage of this vin Sa.ver, to the Mare Island Hospital. cug- toms, $405,002.96; miscellaneous, $65,008.08, TRAIN FELL 40 FEE A Rock Island Accommodation Wrecked by Scoundrels. eee eee A DOZEN LIVES CR MORE LOST Last Night’s Terrible Disaster Near Lincoln, Neb. INJURED BURNED TO DEATH Se LINCOLN, Neb., August 10—A fearful “wreck, involving the loss of twelve or more lives, occurred on the Chicago, Rock Island and Paciiic railroad where it crosses on a high trestle the tracks of the Union Pa- elfic and Burlington and Missouri River railroads at 10 o'clock last night. Train No, 8 is an accommodation, called Fort Worth accommodation,” and 1s due to arrive here at 940 p.m. Lest night it was about ten minutes late, and was mak- ing it up when it struck the trestle across ‘The local items of the report are as fol- | ;‘Wonderfully’ sympathetic nation, p that | Sali creek, about four miles from the elty. lows: For grading Massachusetts avenue, | Poylréht be aut ann eobiees tncen, | When it struck the trestle the rails = $7, f to be paid by the Dis' | hope that the success of the undertaking | ™¢¢i#tely spread,and the engine,drawing the new roof for pension office, $28,560, | will be the means biishing intimate | (Wo cars after, went bumping along over 2,600 for elevator at Home for Incurables | relations —betwe: ny poor countrymen | the cross ties fer about fifty feet and then stricken out. The Senate amendment re- | 17 the Benerou on ee | with @ crash it fell forty feet to the 2 lating to the Great Falls waterway v Selects sae A by saying it will take the | 2! the creek below, The engine burst an ; “ : ‘ fle slowing coxls spreading ignited the wood HSie Rest OcG Sie 8 Decyiainc: Ingertad OF -ataatabr) about twenty Nve-Gnye to reach | En wine Cone mmceding Sentted he aes Fecting the Secretary of War and the At-| Chemulpo, the principal seaport of Corea, | f° Sin Suppor tne cone iee ary as tinder torney General to report upon the rights of | co. If the cargo could be | fra te iene paket vi ps way and what it would cost to acquire | LAL would be mile {6 | 7S) Or games ond was SAIMRE pon Ime them. ‘the Garfield Hospital propriation | reach Ckemulpo by October 1 : ast Deepen eeree Nerad reaingery Henge mg Was increased to $19,000. The Court of Ap-| ‘The Corean minister said today that be | Caches cninutes atier the Hiret warukug (in peals secured its deputy clerk at $2,600, jhad received informa rom ‘curivate | Suave wane Gr Care WIEN Gee Goan ak ae The appropriation for the coast and geo- | sources which confirms what has been | Ure macs of cars with thelr load of detic survey reduced the number of field | printed in regard to the destitute condi | ™ pect officers from fifty-four to forty-one, and the | tion of people in his own country. It is ira- An Awful Sight. appropriation for the office force from | possibie for the minister to make an ofli- |, It was an awful sight. «The flames mount- $145,180 to $ 0, with the requirement | cial appeal, but he states that he will be |'eqd nich in the avens, coloring the entire that the total of salaries paid must con- | glad to facilitate the transmission of any | Couthern ky a brilliant red, and from be. form to the latter figure: This means that | assistance which may Ue tesdered to his | To tees of agony and gala were heard either salaries or the number of clerks must | countrymen. ete ee be reduced. Ut was sls provided that the| The Star will receive an¥ contributions | {9 Jaue. Willing hands were there to hap, appropriations for this bureau may be used | Intended fpr the relief of the Coreans and | PUL HUle could be @ cciattnation Gar (ot interchangeably to an extent not to exceed | see that they reach the proper destination. packer i craeede Gace net 5 a ten per cent, and no one item shall, under | = aa iii ae | open shat end the sear coach faring Be this plan, be increased more than ten per} ASSESSING COLOHED gums. | pPOT hat and the rear coach stl bar ee share | a these unfortunates who were In the smoker The Smithsonian was granted $600 for @| wpe Civil Service Comminsion inv So that it was impossible to save them or bagi ro gating the Case | for n Lo escape. Stricken Out and Inserted i ay : | Har Foo! the bri an who did so An appropriation of $11,010 is made to| The civil service con missicn is auieity | esicient work at. the wree . says he Is pay certain discharged employes of the | Pushing the inve:tigaticn of the charges of | positive that there were at least ten men Senate. The item to pay one month's eal- | Political assessment of government employes | In the smoker; six of them he can describe. Rae : ade agalast the eican of | In addition to the ¢ © mentions a man ary to employes of the Hotise and Senate | Pade ageiast te Great Of | choos sie he Gorm not kuaw. empomed for the extra session last summer was | CFstnizition” of the demecratie cox by an elevator builder named Counselman stricken out. fire escapes and repai | sional committee, Affidavits Pave been re at N ‘ans. There were also s al to the government printing office $7 | ceived from a number of colored @epartment | passengers who got on at Janesen and two - ride a aliby employes, testifying to the receipt of letters | Who got on at Pawnee City. vas provided. Repairs to the Maltby buila- ! » 9 t Woote says that osen he took oat area ing to the extent of $4,000, and $45 for | asking them to call at the headquarters of | cute“ ine paghage masten Lone out, Ered | rent to relieve that building were author-| the bureau and practically calling on them : help, he he . Kroan from t ized. | for coatributions. These’ lette the em- nd again another when the flames In the construction of the Library of | ployes charge, bere the names of C. H. J. | reached it, but that was all. Probably all Congress building it was provided that | Taylor, the recorder of deeds for the Dis-| were crushed to death, as the ear was | contracts may be entered into for work not | trict, as chaieman, and of Robert G ‘smashed almost perfectly flat. j to exceed $200,000, and an estimate shall | treasurer. Tuylor, howeves, has since ‘ an was found fde the | be submitted of the cost of a tunnel to the | a card saying his was used without | smoker, He was prc ‘on the plat- | Capitol. The appropriation cf $t,000 to pur-| authority. ‘The case decupied most pf the |form when the train went . He was chase a painting of Dolly Madison Was | session of the commission today. The un- heeriously. but. not. fatally Injured, and 1s |'stricken out ~ | certainty of the connecti Faylor with | now at the Opelt House, |. disagreement was al > Feported upon | the letters has resulted in considerable de- Pasnlyacd With Pelghe | the Senate amendment authorizing a con- | lay, ani-it is impossible to s: when the | ay ;: | tract to be made with any existing electric | cnse will he submitted to Att General | TRE Passengers rescued from the third light company of this city to furnish elec- | Olney, with a request for prosecution of the | Cat Were paralyzed with fright and could tric current for the Capitol at a rate not to | parties demanding political assessments, | only lie on their backs and moan, rendering ceed one-half a cent per hour for each saan} | no assistance to the work of uers. One andle power lamp, and xtanting permis- |family of Ressians, consisting of a man, sion to lay an underground conduit through | wife and child, was so completely: panic the Capitol grounds for that purpose | stricken that, like horses in a fire, they Agreed ° | could not b> induced to leave the car and had to be curried. The wreck has discovered only a fe ments of burne the Lincoln traveling man, s at first reported, but ter- internally. He was taken to his home on North Ith street. Among the thirteen passengers in chair car were Mrs. Fritz and sister-i who were badly shaken and brutsed. J. Putz, a Lincoln traveling man, had t g crew so rkened not killed, ribly injured the aw, ribs broken and is a mass of cuts and but it is thought he will recover. R. Brinker, a Denver traveling man, was supposed to have been killed, turned up this morning, having missed the train at Beatrice. Col, Bills Story. Col. C. J. Bills, treasurer of the National Guard Association of the United State: was one of the fortunate pas “3, and his story 1s as follow “Jay McDowell and myself were seated in nd as we discovered ly to go over the trestle, McDowell skated down the alsie. I called to him to He down, and the next instant the crash cam The engin went overboard first, and the smoker on tep of that, and the rear coach, in which we w ted, jammed down upon the other. ‘The was crowded with passengers, and we reed alon back of seats in front the middle of the c that the trai car of us, and all well and myself were horribly As soon as porsl- we climbed through a window, and in fifteen minutes succesded in extricating nine persons who were jammed in the de- bris, Hearing the shrieks and cries for help on all sides, [ left MeDowell and ran three miles across the country to the penitentiary without making a stop. I had Warden Bec- mer telephone the police department, and they responded promptiy and nobly’ with the patrol wagon, carriages and physi- cians.” Killed and Injured. Thore known to have been killed are as follows: Cc, D. Stannard, conductor, Council Bluffs; burned to death. ° William Craig, fireman, Fairbury, Neb.; burned under engine. Blafts; Isaac Depew, Council killed. W. O. Hambel, Fairbury, Neb.; attorney; burned to death. Munger, traveling man the grain dealer, E. H. Zernec'e, abstractor, Linco. Henry Heyers, blacksinith, Ci Riuty: —— Counselman, elevator builder, Nark: Kan. The injured are: Scott, Holton, Kan.; express mes- fatally injured internally. . C. J. Bills, Fairbury, Neb.; treasurer of the National Guard Association of the United States; leg badly cut; will recover. Jay McDowell, Fairbury, 'Neb.; legs cut and head badly brutsed. - Harry Foote, Council Bluffs; brakeman; leg broken. J. E. Putz, t internal injuries. Two ladies living in the Billingsley block, Lincoln, Neb.; slightly injured, A passenger named Sogrel; hurt about the head, A number of people are missing, and it is feared that C, L. Unrub, mother and son. of Jansen, Kan., are among the dead. M. Beaver, a clothier, and A. I insurance agent, both of Pawnee Cit not be found, 1 are supposed to perished. An unknown man, said to have come from McPherson, Kan., on the Way to the Black hills, 18 supposed ‘to be among the dead. It is reported by Brakeman Foote, the only one of the train crew that escap. that five traveling men and two farmers were in the car and burned, Work of Wreckers, ‘There is no question that the disaster was the work of train wreckers. J. W. Glover, section man, today sald he saw three well- dressed mea jump a freight and go west, Ho eaid that the men each carried a long. brand new satchel. This gives rise to 4 suspicion that it may have been some of the Round Pend, Okla., enemies of the Rock Island. Marks made by a wrench on a loosened rail were plainly yisible, and the marks of @ Crowbar on the éross ties werd instantly for Councilman, veling man, Lincoln, Neb.; Eddie, can- have but he | “TWO CENTS, there. The wood of the tles was deeply dented wher? a crowbar had been inserted and the rails lifted clear off the tles, and the spikes which had been pulled out were lying around loose on the bridge. C. H. Cherry, the injured mati clerk, was to have been married In a month. F. F. Scott, the baggagemaster, was the only unmarried man of the crew. He is a son of the Burlington surgeon at Horton, Kan. The loss to the railroad company alone will amount to $%6,000. How much money may have been lost through the mails and otherwise {s not known. Manager St. John’s Statem, CHICAGO, August 10.—The following in- fcrmation is given to the Associated Press by General Manager E, St. John of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific road: . S last night found the first rail on overhead crossing briige five miles south of Lincoln taken out, and run on ties to where Union Pacific track goes under, then fell off on the left hand side of the bridge cross- ways of the Union Paelfic track. Engineer Depew and Fireman Craig wentgjown with engine and were buried beneath {% and com- letely burned up. The coach fell on top of the combinatic car, smashing the pas- senger compartment and killing every one in that part of the car. We have so far been unable to recover any of the bodies, which are under the fire, on account of the intense heat from the ‘burning wreckage. Conductor Stannard was in the smoking compartment and several passengers, the number I am unable to say, but none have been recovered, and I doubt ff anything more than small fragments of those in the smoker will ever be found. There are only thirteen panels of the bridge that remain standing, twenty-four having been burned, The rail on the right side was slid to one side, and all the spikes were removed from the rail on the left side. The above message was received from As- sistant Superintendent Budleigh. A reward has been offered. PERFECT DAY FOR ROWING The Twenty-second Annual Regatta of the N. A. A. 0. It Was Decided to Begin the Kacing in the Mor e—Crack Uarsmen to Be Seen at Saratoga. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 10.—A perfect day dawned for the twenty-second annual regatta of the National Association of Ama- teur Oarsmen, which, beginning today, | will be continued tomorrow on Saratoga e. Early in the day the eight-oared crews went over the course for the purpose of making themselves thoroughly ac- quainted with the bearings. A few of the single scullers were out also, and it was | Lrophested by all onlookers that the races today would t regatta. The nen are in excellent form, j and the majority of them are crack oars- | men. 2 The commiitee, 4 order to avold conflict- | ing with the horse racing in the afternoon, | changed the time for the commencement of | the races toll a.m. As early as 10 o'clock | carriages began to roll up to the grand | stand, and soon the | tilled by a gay crowd. Upon the wide piazza of the Lake House were many well-known people. In the background along the drive there were many carriages with lveried coachmen smart traps with footmen, and on down to the much-worked livery horse and wagon, che and all of the vehicles bringing pleasure- | seekers to view the aquatic contest. Far up the course, some three-quarters of a mile, away near a sharply-defined hili, Which furnished a picturesque background the scene, there could be distinguished several brigatly-colored little fags, gaily dancing on their respective buoys. These arked the course for all but the eight- cared crews. The eight-oared crews start a mile and a half up the lake, making a straight race to the grand stand. The races for today were the palr oars, the first trial in senior singles, second trial heat in sentor singles, the junior four- red shells and the, intermediate cights Among the oarsmen whe attracted partic- | ular attention were the pair oared of De- | trot, Vespers Philadelphia and Ata- lantas of New York, Koening of the West- ern Club, Dono of the Nautilus and | Caffrey of the B who contested in the first heat of the senior singles, and Bul- ger of the Albany club, with Fred Haw- | Kins of the Troy Laureates, who raced in the senior singles, second trial. Out in the committee's yacht were the newly appointed oflicers—Umpire Commo- dere Conrad Berens of the Schuliill Navy of Philadelphia, Timekeepers J. H. Abell jr., of the Nassau Boat Club, W. C. Jupp of the Detroit Boat Club and H. R. Sweeny of Albany, Starter Theodore Van Raden, | captain of the Atalantas; Clerk of Course ite Felton; judges at ‘finish, F Vet- | ‘AL C2; James Fox, Crescent Lawrence; judges at H. man, N.Y. Boat Club, and Capt turn, Harry Jansen, jand Athletic Club; R. J. Alien, i “ub, and Hi Rankin The first race, for senior pair-oared shells, was won by the Vesper Boat Club of Phil- adelphia; Atalantas of New York second. first trial sentor singles dinand Koenig, Western Louis; E. A. Thompson, . Can, was Rowing Club, St. Argonaut Rowing’ Club, Toront second, and Wm. Cafferey, Riverside Boat Club, Cambridge, Mass., third. Time, wil ‘The second heat, sentor singles, was won i Hawkins, Laureate Boat Club, N.Y.; Russell, second; Ibany Rowing Club, Albany, Charles EF, NY oT WA ys Me. Dryden Must step Trensury Oat at Once. Secretary Carlisle has received a letter from L. P. Dryden, United States shipping commissioner at Baltimore, saying that he proposes to make a legal test of the question of the Secretary's right to dis- miss him so long as he performs his duties in a satisfactory manner, He adds that, if necessary, he will take the question to the United States Supreme Court, and suggests that further action in the case be deferred until after it has been legally determined, Briefly, he contends that he has performed his duttes efficiently and faithfully, and that under the statute he cannot be re moved except for sufficient cause. It ts said at the Treasury Department that steps will be taken to enforce the Secretary's order fer the dismissal of Dryden and the appointment of Albert C. Kirwin tn his place. The iatter has received his com mission and has been instructed to enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office. The department is thoroughly con- vi of the legality of its acti and proposes to Secure the full execution ‘of its orders with respect to this particular office. Shipping commissioners are appointed te serve “at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Treasury,” and it dees not please retary Carlisie to have Commissioner Dry | den serve any longer 1 | be paid to the latter's th j status be allowed to continue cial decision of the question ca ed, It tg understood that Comints« Kirwin will take charge of the Monday next. a cae nereased Pension. Daniel F. Hammell, a veteran of company E, one hundred and twenty-second yolun- teers, has been granted an increase of pen ston from $35 to $43 per month under the act of August 4, 1886. The claim for in- crease was not allowed, but on appeal to retary Smith the ruling of the pension bureau was reversed. The claim of the pen stoner was based on the loss of his right lex above the knea better than at any previous | | THE TARIFF BILL A Lively Debate on the Work of the Conferees, HR HILL SUBMITS A RESOLUTION Administration Men Fighting to Gain Time. CALLING FOR A eneeneciendpinncinitetin REPORT Before the transaction of any business im the Senate today Mr. Hoar called attention to the absence of a quorum, and the roll was called. With very little delay a quo- | rum was secure], and a resolution intros boxes and seats were | | | duced by Mr. Call from the committee on pelents was read and referred to the com- mittee on contingent expenses, It authors izes the committee on patents to sit during the recess of Congress for investigating the proposed changes in the patent laws, A House joint resolution providing for an i ‘stigation relative to the effects of ma- chinery on labor was passed. Senator Chandler (N. H.), at 12:15 offered @ resolution directing the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the recent election in Alabama and ascertain if frauds were committed On Mr. Hill's request the resolution went over until tomorrow. At 12.25 p.m. Senator Hill tried to obtain recognition to offer a resolution calling for information ae to the status of the tal canference, but was temporarily crow: out by other business. Ap Exee: Session Motion Lost, While the resolution of Mr. Hill was lying on the table, and had not yet been read, Mr. Gray moved an executive session. Few Senators voted on the viva voce vot and Hill demanded the yeas and nays, noe | the roll was called. The democrate gen- erally voted for the motion. The Gray motion was evidently beaten before the roll call was endei. Severa} conservative Senators voted against the motion, Hill, Murphy, Pugh, Palmer, Gtb- son voting no. Gorman, Harris and Jones did not vote. Vest voted ay. The motion was lost—yeas, 21; na: The detailed vote was as follows: Yeas—Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Call, Coke, Faulkner, George, vis, Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Paw: som, Roach, Smith, Vest, Vilas, Walsh and White. Total, 21. Na}s—Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blanchard, Chandler, Cullom, Dubois, Dolph, Frye, Galiinger, Gibson, Hale, Hansbrough, Haw- ley, Hill, Hoar, Lodge, McMillan, Mander son, Mitchell (Oreg.), Murphy, Palmer, Pate ton, Peffer, Perkins, Power, Proct Pugh, Quay, Shoup, Teller and Washburn.’ Total, Mr. HiLs Resolutio: Senator Hill then had his resolution ready as follows: Resolved, That the conferees on the part of the Senate who are now considering the differences between the two houses on H. R. 4864, being an act entitled “An act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the government and for other purposes,” be and they are hereby requested to report to the Senate if they are likely to come to an cgreement, and if not, to report to the Senate and also to report the principal items of disagreement, so that the Senate tmay take action thereon.” tement. Mr. Harris rose when the vote was bee ing taken and said that he should say that for many days the conference managers had conferred and had reached no agree- ment. Serious difference of opinion exist~ ed in regard to three Items. Possibly the cther items might be agread upon. Sugar, coal and tron ore, he said, were the point in dispute. In a dramatic manner Mr. Harris said that’many propositions, pro and con, bad been made, but nothing had been done. Senator Sherman asked if the tariff bill was before the Senate, and in an emphatic manner Mr. Harris said it was not before the Sena Mr. Sherman then thought the resolution Was premature, and he should object to the resolution, A ct s ho,” came from the republic Mr. All » Request: Mr. Allison then outlined what the pure pose of the resolution was, and that it be modined, and that con’ instructed to report an agreement agreement, As one Senator he said he we to know what propositions had be if the conferees nad” had a meeting at which ali were present, it would be legitl mate to inquire as to chis, but the proceed= ings were informal and partook of a frend ly conference between members of the same party. ‘The matter was not in condition to make differences or dis. be glad inquiry as to the © Senate cught to exact that the conferees should wort aN agreement or disagreement, #0 at the country might know what the trouble was regarding che biil. Mr. Hill then took the floor and Mr, Gray sked what Was the status of the resolus n. “efore the Senate,” said Mr, Hill, smile ingly. Mr. Gray objected to further consideras tion, Mr. Hill contended that the resolution was privileged. Several Senators stated that the resolution was before the Senate by unanimous cone sent, and further that it had been debated and an objection came too late, no objection having been raised when the Vice President asked if there were objections, Milt ana V point of order was debated at some length. Mr Vilas elaimea that he had not heard the request for unanimous consent He said the resolution had been crowded upon the Senate against the will of many ore, Hill stood near Senator Vilas, quietly looking about the Senate and endeavoring to ask Mr, Vilas a question, Mr. Vilas spoke of snap Judgment Mr. Hill said he did not propose to beg the questioa as the Senator from Wisconsin The did. The Senate ought to be entitled to do what it wants to do once in a while. The finical fine point was on the side of those who objected. All other Senators had spoken without asking unanimous consent, It was only when he arose to speak on his wn resolution that objection was made, Mr. Hill ared that the Senate had plent f time to dispose of this business. 1 not pressed with busir The l been taken up and partially so that the cbjection to Its present cone sideration came too late. A resolution could rot be rsad and partly discussed and them side t I insiet that euch a course is neces under the rules,” interrupted Mr Then you are th nly Senator who will make the claim,” said Mr. Hill. it ree uM de me of the 1 made by a speakep of the New York legisla Mr. Hill pros ceeded to tell the story. A member ha@ sked for unanimous consent to make @ speech. ere was no objection, and the member began a proey and tiresome speech, It was go bad that one of the members arose and withdrew his consent. The speake er thereupon ruled that the speech must end, as unanimous consent could be cut off at any time. ‘Jt was a ridiculous deciston,” raid Mr, Hill, “just as the contention is.” Advice to Mr. Gray. Mr. Hil stated the proposition whicn Seng