LATEST NEWS M WASHINGTON.
OPPOSED TO THE bill.
Ways and Meant Commlttt Bipsrt Agalntt
tht Anti-Bond Mtatur.
Chairman Dlnglny, of the House Ways and
Meant Committee, made the report to the
Houao on the Senate bill to prohibit the Is
sue of bonds without authority from Con
gress. The statement! signed by 11 lle
puhllonn members ami two Democrats,
Turner, of Georgia, nnd Cobb, of Mtaaniirl,
who concur In the recommeudntlon with
out Indorsing the argument. The report
ays:
Our criticism of the Secretary la not that
he haa ued the redefined I'nlted Stab le
gal tender notes to meet the deficiency In the
absence of revenue and authority to borrow
for the distinct object, for no other resource
Das been open to him unless the government
was to stop; but that the administration and
Secretary have refused to recognize the fact
that the revenue has been and still Is Insuffi
cient to meet the expenditures, and have
discouraged all steps to provide sufficient
revenue, thereby practically Insisting uron a
continuation ol the eonilltlons wnicn mane 11
necessary to inillreetly use for eurrent ex
penses the proceeds of bonds told for re
demMion nurtiosea.
Practically, therefore the Senate bill take
away from the Secretary the power to Dor
row either Bold or sliver to maintain the
coin redemption fuml. In the face of the fact
that the llovernment owns only 27 ,000,000
of sliver dollars and a little over 100,000,000
of gold that can be us"il for redemption pur
pose, which fund would disappear In a very
brief period. If It should be understood that
the power to borrow In an exigency had
been abrogated. Toe Inevitable result of
such a reckless course would le repudiated
by the Oovornment depreciation of the cur
rency and such a panic In the country as
was never ueioro experienced.
GERMANY'S WOOLENS.
Ear Manufacturers Art Watching Amerloan
Markets Closely.
American has not realized the great strides
Germany Is making In the manufacture of
woolen article, ami J. C. Monsghnn. United
State consul nt Chemitz, thinks It time that
we knew something about the matter. In a
report to the state department he tells how
the Herman woolen producer anil manu
facturers have made every effort not only to
regain their home market, but to meet their
opponents In parte of the world hitherto
held almost exclusively by the English and
French. While It Is true, he says, that Ger
many must buy large quantities of woolen
yarns from England, It Is also true that she
Is resolved to be Independent and la rapidly
putting herself In a position to supply the
demand of her cloth manufacturers. Her
weolen goods have gained a great deal in
Duality and color, and It Is questionable
whether they are Inferior, price against
price, in either respects to tuose oi tne na
tions named.
Mr. Monaghan makes tome interesting
servations in his report, as follows: "The
official organ of the government In this city
(Chemltzt has a long article dealing with the
conditions of the I'nlted State woolen In
dustries. "The Frankfort Times had a slmllnr ar
ticle two or thrive dnys ago. They are watch
ing us, they are watching England. No ef
fort is too hopeless, no energy lauklng. They
know what thev want and are earnestly
working to obtain It. They have cheaper
labor than we have, but that Is only one
factor, not the greatest iu their success.
They economize where necessary nnd they
are enterprising to rashness whcroenterprlso
Is needed. They will send samples worth a
deal of money free anywhere when It It a
question of winning new markets."
CREATES WOE TO COME.
Prophet Totttn Torttellt Ditaittri In tht
End of tht Century,
Lieut. C. A. L. Totten, V. H. A., whose In
terpretations of the Bible and prophecies
have won him fame lu the past, thinks that
the end of the age is at hand, and that the
Ht Louts tornado, the political situation, and
other present conditions, prove that he Is
right. In a statement of his views, which he
has lust Issued, he says:
"Twice In the Christian era three of the
greater planets exterior to the earth have
been In coincident perihelia, in the sixth and
sixteenth centuries. They were famous eras
of plague. pestilence and perturbation among
men, and now for the first time In the his
tory planets, exterior as well as Interior, su
perior as well at Inferior, are approaching a
coincident period of omlnoui and, I cannot
but believe, malllle Influence, It will cul
minate only at the very end of the century,
and may extend well over Into the next. At
that time all of the planets will be In line,
conjunction, tugging together at the tun,
while the earth, upon the opposite aide of
the tun, will be subjected to their united
notion.
From the physical standpoint alone this
eonditlon of affair cannot but result In
widespread disaster, expressed In all the
terms that nature knows cyclones, earth
quakes, tidal waves, etc. Much an unbal
ancing of the normal condition will try to
their deepest foundations the institutions
upon which the false system of modern so
ciety lives, moves and has Its being."
LOOK! BADF0R WALLING.
Ttttimony Linkt Blm Clotsly With Scott
Jecktoa.
The trial of Alonzo Walling tor the murder
of Fearl Bryan wot resumed Tuesday morn
ing. Druggist Foertmeyer, of Bellevuo, Ky.,
identified Walling at the man who visited
bis drug store In company with a young
woman during the last week of January he
thought on Friday of that week.
The other witnesses were Allen Johnson,
colored porter at Waliingford's saloon, where
Pearl Bryan, Jackson and Walling met on
the fatal Friday night and where the girl
drank a glass of sarsaparllla, which Is sup-
Sosed to have contained cocalne;Walllngford
le saloonkeeper; Chester Mullen, a livery
table keeper) Mrs. Weeks, the spirit med
ium and several other.
The testimony of all these went to show
Waitings' companionship with Jackson prior
to and on the night of the murder. Their
testimony to far as It went, linked Walling,
Jackson and the girl together.
Etroit Xtaturtt Threatened.
The Turk lost seventy-five men and the
Christians forty men during the operation
tor relieving Tamo in the Island ot Crete.
The commanders of the several warships
have warned the Turkish authorities in
Crete that unless they maintain order In the
Island they must expect energetlo measure
to be taken.
MEWS NOTES.
lfrVPr. Bunderlaud, who performed the
eeremoV, called on President Cleveland
Tuesday, And congratulated him oa the tenth
anniversary ef bis marriage.
Austin Corbln and his coachman, John
Stokes, were killed, and hi nephew, Corbln
Edgell, and Dr. l'sul Kunzler, badly Injured
iu a runaway at bit home, near Newport,
M. H.
Stephen B. Orummond, Jr., general man
ager of Urummond's Maoklnac llne.a son of
the 1st Captain 8. B. Orummond, was killed
ti Detroit by falling beuoatti aa alectrlo oar
wat trying to board.
THE BLUB GRASS PLATFORM.
Frio Silver Coinage and Blaokbara For
Prttldtnt
Tn Kentucky Domonratlc Htate conven
tion completed Its business Thursday after
noon anil adjourned sine die. It proved a
remarkable victory for Senator Blackburn
and the free silver cause. He was Indorsed
for president, the delegate bdlng Instructed
to vote tor htm. He was unanimously elect
ed delegate from the Rtate-at-large to the
Chicago convention, as were General P. Wat
Hardin, who was defeated for governor Inst
fall by the HepuMlcan, Bradleyi John H.
Rhea, the noted Kentucky free sliver orator,
nnd ex-Congressman W. T. Ellis, of l'adii
cuh. "The Democracy of Kentucky, In conven
tion assembled, do reaffirm their allegiance
to the principles of the party a enunciated
by Jefferson. We are In favor of an honest
dollar worth neither more nor less than
100 cents. We favor bimetallism, and to
that end we demand the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and sliver nt the ratio
of lrt to 1, ns standard money with equal le
gal tender power, Independent of the action
of any other nation,
"We bold that the secretary of the trens
uary should exercise his legal right to re
deem all the coin obligations In gold or sil
ver, as may be more convenient, and we are
opposed to the Issue of bonds In time of
peace for the maintenance of the gold re
serve or for any other purpose. We are op
posed to the national banking system, and
to any enlargement of Its powers. We are
opposed to any contraction of the currency
by the retirement ot greenbacks or other
wise. "We declare It to be a fundamental prin
ciple of Democracy that the Federal govern
ment has no constitutional power to Impose
and collect tariff duties except for the pur
poses of revenue only and the collection of
such tnxes should be limited to the necessi
ties ot the government honestly and econom
ically administered.
"That the Democratic party has ever been
the party of personal liberty and religious
freedom, and It Is now, and nn always been
opposed to any union of church and state.
It Is opposed to the enactment of all laws,
the purpose or design of which Is to sustain
or enforce any religious belief, or to apply
any such test as a quullllcatlon tor public
office.
"We condemn the action of Oovernor
Bradley, In calling out the state mllltla, as
unwarranted, without sanction of Inw and a
nienance to the civil liberties and rights ol
the people of Kentucky.
"We declare the support of the party
nominee to be the true test of party fealty
and that every nominee Is entitled to the un
divided support ol the party.
"Resolved, That the delegates chosen by
this convention to the national Democratic
convention, to be held at Chicago, July 7,
181H3, be, and they are hereby instructed to
cost the vote of the state of Kentucky In the
convention as a unit for J. H. C. Blackburn
for President of the t'nlted States, and to
use all honorable meaus to secure his nomi
nation." HEADQUARTERS IN ALLIANCE.
Broad Oangt Frohibltlonitti Begin Aotivo
Campaign Work.
The National party, which wat founded
by the "broad gauge" Prohibitions In Pitts
burg during the Prohibition convention have
established their national headquarters In
Alliance, Ohio. Hon. I.. B. Logan, of that
city, who bos been State chairman of the
Prohibition party of Ohio for several vears,
Is a leader In the pnrty. and Is the chairman
of the national executive committee. D. J.
Thomas, ot llodgenvllle, Ky., Is seoretnry ot
the committee. These two gentlemen opened
their headquarters In the Key block, and as
sisted by an effective staff of clerks began the
work of getting the new party on nn organ
ized basis.
"A state convention will be held In Ohio
during July at either Springlleld or Colum
bus. At this convention candidates will be
named for the -rarious state offices and for
firesldentlal electors, Other states will fol
ow Ohio rapidly and by the middle of
August the national committee expect that
nn effective organization will be enthusiasti
cally at work in almost every ttnte In the
I'nion.
"The candidate for President, Hon. C. E.
Bentley, of Nebraska) the vice presidential
candidate, J. H. Southgata, of North Caro
lina; ex-Governor Ht. John, of Kansas; John
Lloyd Thomas, of Nebraska; B. F. Wright,
of Iowa; G. it. Malone, of Michigan; F. G.
Odell, ef Nebraska; M. V, II. Bennett, of
Kansas, and a host of old-time Prohibition
ists are working with enthusiasm for the
new party in their respective states."
LOOKS MORE CHEERFUL.
St. Loult Espldly Attnmlng Bhept Btllef
Btatloni to Bt Abandons!
Affairs In the storm-ridden district of the
two cities are taking on a more cheerful as
pect. The flrst rush for relief 1 over, and
there Is evldenee of a general improvement
in the oondltlou of tornado sufferers at the
district relief stations. There is a noticeable
decrease In the number of applicants for aid,
and It is the opinion that the station in St.
St. Louis will be closed. With the abandon
ment ot the district stations, however, the
relief work will be far from finished. What
ever remains from the general fund will be
left In the keeping ot the - Merchants' Ex
change committee, who will continue the
work wherever necessary. The relief fund
continue to grow until It ha reached tlHS,
Ml. In nil part of the tornado district
bouses are being made habitable once more
and demolished buildings are being rapidly
rebuilt.
In East Ht. Louis the work of restoration
goes on steadily, and there Is no abatement
of the relief committee's work, Muny peo
ple, who were comiietled to live in tent un
til their demolished homes are repaired, are
become accustomed to their new environ
ments. In some place tenants live in box
cur. William Cogan, a popular engineer of
the Baltimore A Ohio railway, who waa In
jured in the storm, has died at the home of
a friend at a result of hla wound. None of
the patients In the hospital have died dur
ing the past two dnys, and, according to tho
statements of attending physicians, no more
fatalities will he reported 'from these Insti
tutions. Mrs. J, H. Ramsay, sister-in-law of
to D. G. Ilamsay, ex-chief of the order of
Hallway Telegraphers, died at her home In
East St. Louis. Mrs. ltamsay'e death was
due to the heroic effort she made In rescu
ing ber husband from tho ruins of the Vau
dul la freight house on the night of the recent
tornado. Mr. Ilamsay still hover between
life and death. Mr, Ramsay's body will be
shipped to Vinton, la., for burial.
A FRENCH C0L0NT.
Madagascar Unanimously Approved By tht
Chamber ot Deputies.
The committee ot the chamber ot deputle
ha unanimously approved the bill making
Madagascar a French colony.
Previous to so doing, the committee was
addressed by M. Hnnotaux. the minister ot
foreign affairs, who slated that the United
States government. In a firm and clear dis
patch, had insisted upon the necessity of a
categorical declaration regarding tne annex
ation. M. Hanotaux added that the govern
ment of Great Britain had also urged that
the treaties between Madagascar and foreign
power existed until the annexation of that
island waa proclaimed by France, Con
tinuing the minister of foreign affair suld
that the French soyernmeut. therefore, was
obliged to ask the chamber to approve the
annexation ol the lalaua of Madagascar to
France in order to-clear up the situation.
The attitude of the government of France,
n oouuuueu, tup already (aa. a goqa result.
RILLED SIX PEOPLE.
Awful Work of a Bomb Thrower la Barce
lona Fifty Ftopl Injured.
A bomb was thrown Into the crowd during
the Corpus Chrlstl procession at Barcelona
Sunday, and Its explosion resulted In the
killing of six persons and the Injury of fifty.
The perpetrator ot the deed H a yet un
known, and his motive I eqHitlly a mystery.
The news ot the throwing of a bomb Into
the procession of Corpus Christ) spread like
wild lite over the city and caused a panic
amongst the great crowds drawn to the
streets by the religious festival and the Sun
day merrymaking usual to the city. The
story grew as It traveled, and rd led to the
right anil horror ot those who h -ard It.
The explosion occurred just as the Corpus
hrlstl procession was entering the beautiful
and ancient church of Santa Maria del Mar,
which Is the grandest, after the cathedral In
Barcelona. 1 his Is the heart of the old ulty.
not far from the water front and quay, and
almost looking upon the Plaza del Vataclo
one of the most thickly populated quatter
of the populous city. The sound of the ox-
(iloslon and the distressed cries of the In
ured and the friends of the killed created an
ndescrlhable panic among the great crowd
in the procession and looking on. The peo
ple were terror-stricken with dread and
and dread of other bombs being thrown, and
it was with difficulty that were restrained
from crushing each other to death tn the
stampede.
Two dynamite petards were exploded In
front of the house of a priest at Orlendan,
near Snu Sebastian, on the bay of Biscay.
Mm h damage resulted from the explosion,
but there was no fatality.
A FAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS SCHEME.
It Rtttmbltt Blaine's Idsa and It Fathtrtd
By Btorstiry Olnty.
The project for a Pan-American Congress,
which Secretary Olney and Representative
Smith, of Michigan, are endeavoring to pro-
moie, was given a ueiinite lorm Tuesday in
a resolution Introduced In the Houso by Mr.
Smith.
The resolution authorize the President.
whenever In his Judgment It may tie oppor
tune to notify the governments of the re
publics of Mexico, Brazil. Central and South
America, Haiti and San Domingo, to Join
the I'nlted States In a conference to be
held iu Washington to consider nnd recom
mend to y each of the governments
such measures as will provide for arbitra
tion of nil dispute between any ot the Gov
ernments, and measures to! in prove and ex
tend their business and commercial relations
and promote and Insure the security of the
peoiuu oi eacn ot me countries. An appro
priation of 10,000 Is proposed.
The President of Ecuador recently pro
posed a conference of this character, to be
held in the City of Mexico or Washington.
Owing to the course of Mr. Kern, of Nebras
ka, in oiiieetiug to utmnlinoiH consent for
business there is not much probability, Mr.
Smith fears, that the resolution can be
adopted during this session of Congress, al
though it meets with favor from all the
members of the House Committee on For
eign Affairs.
CHIEF OF POLICE TO BLAME.
Faott Concerning tht Motoow Fatality
Row Coming Out.
Eye witnesses of the terrible and fata!
crush on the Khodijnskoje plain last Satur
day agree that M. Vlussovsky, prefect of po
lice, is chiefly to blame for the disaster. He
hulllly refused military officers of troops to
control the crowd, declaring that he knew
his own business and that there was no need
of any fear of an accident. Popular feeling
against viagsovsky is Intense and his name
has become a curse among the populace,
who, armed with bottles and stones, would
have lynched him the same day upon his ar
rival at the nlaln If he bad not had his route
lined with troops and himself stronirlv e-
oorted. It appears that during the crush a
number of Cossacks, finding themselves sur
rounded, freely used their whins upon the
crowd lu order to force their way out. Three
were torn from their saddles and were killed
Two gendarmes were also killed, and this led
to the tight of the others. A number of mou-
jlks were drowned In the vats of beer provid
ed lor tne least, In wnicn tuey plunged in
oruer to secure tne liquor.
CLOUDBURST lit KANSAS.
Four Ptrtoni Drowntd and Muoh Damigt
Don to Property.
Four persons were drowned and consider
able damage to property done by a cloud
burst near Leaven wjrtb, Kan. Water fell In
torrents, tmashlug wlndowa, tearing off
signs, etc., and flooding cellars and bottom
lauds, Denuls and Michael Dfsmond and
Dennis and Eugene Cummlugs, all under 11
years, were drowned by going Into a stone
culvert to escape the storm. The water
washed their bodies into the Missouri river
and they have not yet been recovered.
A terrific hailstorm nt an early hour Bun
day morning destroyed thousands of acres of
growing corn in Southern Kansas, with ball
ttonet cuttings stalk off like a mowing ma
chine. The storm wo so severe tbut the
roadside are strewn wltb dead blnla, The
storm was aparently general all over
Boutnnrn Kansas ana extended over a pari oi
Oklahoma.
i-unilay's storm damage In the Northwest
will reach t.100,000. C. W. Castleton, ot Ash
Lake; E. W. Hunter, of Adrian, and Mose
Chadwlek, of Noble county, were drowned.
At least 1.000 cattle perished tn the Hood.
TEE CONSUL UPHELD.
Storttary Morton Sayt French Cattl Caa
not Com to Amsrloa.
Secretary ot Agriculture Morton ha just
transmitted bis reply to Secretary Olney on
the Frence cattle question, the French ship
pers at Havre having mane complaint some
time ago that the United State consul there
has refused to permit live cattle to be ship
ped to America. Secretary Morton uphold
the consul and calls attention to official i
fort of the agricultural department ot
ranee, showing the prevalence of disease at
various time Tn the provinces. To allow
cattle from France to enter this oountry la
view ot these reports, aa wen as other au
thoritative statements, the secretary bold.
would inlure our own trade and violate the
provisions of the law designed to protect
our Mock from the ravage ot foreign dis
ease.
Arltona (or Frio SUvtr.
The Democratic Territorial convention
met In Tucson on June 8. All the counties
exoept one elected delegate who are un
equivocally pledged to elect nono but free
silver delegates to the Chicago convention.
The present administration wot refuted in
dorsement in every convention.
TELE0XAPHIC TICKS.
The Bering sea convention appointed a
commission to decide upon the Individual
Canadian claims.
Cloudbursts at Gypsum City. Brookville
and KHswortb, Kou., destroyed oouslderaule
Sroperty. Several peaont narrowly escaped
rownlng.
Fire destroyed the Boyleaton brewery'
mammoth Ice house at Boston, and damaged
the main building ot tb establishment, at a
Iota of 75,00O.
The black plague I raging in Southern
Qhlna, causing many deaths.
A QUESTION OP PRICES.
Doubt Etprtmd at to Ability to Maintain
Iron and StssL
It. O. Dun A Co.' weekly review of trade
says;
"It Is highly suggestive that, with a little
help as there is, not from new buslness.mark
ets are so nearly maintained, though the
lactones anu mills are still waiting lor the
rush of business seen last year. The eidolon
f tains ground that more active business Is to
ie expected after the conventions have been
held, and the safety and sufficiency of crop
have ten assured. Tho decline In wheat
and cotton hsi helped marketing the surplus
o that exports have been more liberal. Esti
mate of cotton acreage by the best author
ities Indicate a crop of 10,000,000 bales, It
weather Is favorable. The movement of cat
tle at the west Is very heavy, at Chicago 10
r cent greater man insi year tnus tar, and
ard makes a new low record with enormous
stock accumulated.
1 he hardest problem of the day Is whether
Iron ami atiHtl .1 ..k .. . n , ni.lnl.l..J
t h 'y have been during the past week. The
nan associations have failed thus far to win
over competitor who undersell them, nnd
are able to manufacture 78,000 kegsagalnst
every 100 000 by the concerns In the combi
nation. The bar associations asks for Iron
more than the selling price for steel bars.
Open hearth billets are more freely sold at
Pittsburg below the price asked Bessemer,
and middlemen nro still selling Bessemer
about 1 below the price fixed by the pool.
Naturally the doubt regarding the mainte
nance of price greatly checks the demand
for the present, but belief that a much larger
demand Is certain, nnd will not long be le.
laved, I the one thing which prevent con
siderable dccliue.
The textile manufacturer are waiting,
with some cotton goods reduced still further
In price and ginghams to the lowest point
ever known, while no Increase appears In
the demand. Sale of wool still far below
half the quantity required for a full con
consumption, nnd price have further de.
ellned. Clay worsteds and mixtures, fancy
casslmen-s and fancy worsteds are a shade
lower. Failure for' the wwk were SI34 In
the I'ulted State against 11)6 last year, and
2'J In Canada against 23 last year.
Rradstreets llnanclal review says; Re
stricted conditions continue to prevail
In both speculative and Investment circles
at New iork. Several times during the
week the market has appeared to virtu
ally go to sleep, so Intense was the
dullness and the luck of speculative Initiative,
Friday, however, prices were decidedly
steadier In most cases, with an Improvement
In a number of Instances. Europe continues
to let American stocks severely alone. The
market has taken no account whatever of
the condition of foreign exchange, which has
been somewhat weaker on the appearance of
a limited supply of bills drawn against the
sale of securities In London through the
Messrs. Morgan.
RESULT IN OREGON.
R-Eiectlon of U. S. Senator MitohtU In
Doubt
Election returns fromoiitsldecotintles con
tinue to come slowly, and scattering, but
they indicate that the next legislature will
be Republican by a good majority. Chair
man Hlrsch, of the Republican state commit
tee, claims AO members of the Hi on joint bal
lot, Including 13 hold-over senators. Of
these, HI are known to be elected and he con
cedes ten Populists elected with one hold
over, nnd two Democrats. There are thus 50
members known to have won and yet to be
heard from. Of the hitter, 18 are In Multno
mah couuty.all of whom will be Republicans.
The only contest In Portland Is between
the regular Republican nominees and the
Mlchell Republicans. The Important ques
tion Is whether or not Senator Mitchell will
huve enough for re-election. Should ho
carry Multnomah county, his re-election is
assured.
Returns from 82 precincts of Multnomah
county out of 73 In the city, give the regular
Republican legislative ticket i.O'i and the
Mitchell ticket 1,6I!). It Is probable that the
Mitchell ticket will Increase as the count
proceeds, as precincts carrying the labor
vote have not been counted. All parties
concede the election of Bean ( Rep. ), for
supreme Jndge, by a plurality ranging from
30.000 to 35.000. it now seem that Qulnn
I Pop.), Is elected to congress In the Second
district.
Chairman Hlrlseh, of the Republican stnte
committee, comwdes the election of W. S.
Vauderburg. I Pop.), over Thomas H. Ton
gue, (Rep.), by a plurality of 1,740. Thus
Oregon will nave oue ropuilst representa
tive and very lUely two tn Congress.
ST. LOUIS SUFFERERS.
Tht Work of Belief Oot 0n-$100,000
Appropriated By tht State.
The work of alleviating the distress ot the
victims of the ttorm has continued with un
abated energy, and nearly 700 famlles, con
taining from tour to ten people eacn, nave
been supplied with the necessaries of life.
The majority of the people have been well
cared for. but early In the week the sunnlv of
articles was exhausted and the mentis) rs of
the committee were unable to secure a new
stock, although they bad moaey with which
to buy.
Thn House of Deleirates riassed a bill an-
prlatlug (100,000 for the relief of the tornado
sunerera, wun out one oiseeuiing voto.
A movement bos been Inaugurated to raise
a fund ot 250,000 or more to all those who
lost their home to enaiile them to rebuild.
At the first meeting, nn Impromptu one held
at the Noonday club, (.13,000 was contributed
by prominent business men, and this will be
Increased. It is proposed to loan tornado
sufferers money on second mortgage,
S. D. Webster, general claim agent of the
Terminal Railroad Association, announce
that the upper roadway of the bridge has
been completed so as to admit the passage of
toot passengers. The roadway was torn up
a distance of 030 feet. Part ot the debris
was piled up on the railroad tracks, and all
the uext day after the storm waa occupied In
clearing away the rocks and otner wreckage.
When this was finished the train were al
lowed to cross. The work of erecting a tem
porary roadway and supports were then
commenced. Tills has been carried on stead
ily ever since, but the work progressed slow
ly owlug to the fuif)thnt the workmen were
obliged to keep the rullroad track clear.
MAIHE DECLARES FOR REED.
Tho Mtntlon ot Hit Wamt tho Signal for
Applautt.
The Maine Republican convention unani
mously nominated Llewellyn Power, ot
Honeton, tor governor. The platform
adopted declare for protection, oppose
free silver coin age, and adds:
"We lenew our unswerving loyalty to
that g;eat champion ot protection and
sound money, Thomas B. Reed, In tbo hope
that the coming National convention will
recognize the urgent demand of the business
interests of the country for bit nomination."
' The plauk referring to Speaker Reed, and
the eulogy paid blm by Harold M. Sewall. of
Bath, chaltman of the convention, evoked
king applause.
DYHAMITE EXPLODED,
It Hspptntd In a Coal Kin and ' Two Mtn
Are Badly Injured.
Two men are thought to have been fatally
Injured at Thomas, W. Va., June , by an ex
plosion of dynamite. Their names are Col
William Thompson and Henry Wllbelm.
They were engaged In getting dynamite out
of magazines In a coal mine when the dyna
mite exploded In tome way, seriously lacer
ating the men about the faoe and body.
Tbonion had both eye put out and cannot
too ver. Both ol the men lived at the mine.
RiVER AND HHRBOR Dill PISSED.
THE VETO REVERSED.
Tht Ssnatt Paint tho Bill by a Toto ot 56
to 6. Shtrmtn't Potltlen.
The Senate followed the example set by
the House, In passing, by a vote ot SS to 6,
the River nnd Harbor bill, over the Presi
dent' voto. The five negative voto came
from Democratic Senators Messrs. Bote, ol
Tennessee) Chilton, of Texas; Hill, of New
nirx, nmnn, ol New Jersey, and lias, of
Wisconsin.
Speeches In favor of overriding the veto
were made by Senators Vest of Missouri:
Sherman, of Ohio; Pottlgrew, of South Da
kota; Berry, of Arkansas;Stowart of Nevada:
Hawley, of Connecticut, and Butler of
North Dakota. Speeches In favor of sus
taining the veto were made by Senator
Smith, Vilas, Bate and Hill the Inter Intro
ducing a Joint resolution to amend the con
stitution by giving tho President power to
veto any Items In an appropriation bill a
power which the constitution of New York
gives to the governor of that State,
Mr. Sherman said he did not think that
tuch an appropriation bill ought ever to lie
vetoed under any circumstances. It was not
a mandatory provision, but merely a permis
sive one. If the Secretnry of the treasury
said there was no "money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated," he was not
hound to expend It. Ho that the President
had complete control of the whole matter.
Congress ought to stand by Its exclusive
power to appropriate money, leaving to the
President the expenditure of It only when
there Is sufficient money In the treasury for
the purpose.
Mr. Pettlgrew'l speech characterized the
Veto power as a relic of the post, which bud
no place In a free government. He denoun
ced the President In severe terms, charging
him with utter disregard of his sacred oath
of office, with overriding the laws, Influenc
ing Congn-ssmen by the use of patronage,
enriching the favorite at the public exiense,
In fact, permitting no restraint but bis Im
perial will.
Mr. Bate asserted that the Issuance of
bonds was behind the bill, or else a tariff
law that would overtop even the McKlnley
act.
Mr. Hill upheld the veto power against
the criticisms upon it, and reminded the
Democratic side of the chamber that Presi
dent Jackson had Inaugurated the vetoing
ot river and harbor bills, having In iH.li re
turned to Congress one with his objection.
The veto now under consideration, Mr. Hill
said, was based on the grounds of exedl
enoy, laying stress on the enormous amounts
to be expended now and In the near future,
UNIT RULE AND SILVER.
Virginia Dtmooratt Will Tot Solidly for
tho Whit Mttal.
The Democratic convention of Virginia met
In Staunton, June 4, with Mlcnjah Woods as
chairman. Senator Daniel wa chairman ot
the platform committee. The resolutions he
submitted eli"ted a long discussion. They
oppose McKlnh-ylsm and demand "the free,
unlimited coinage of both gold and sliver at
the ratio of 111 to I, without waiting for the
nssent or concurrence of any other nation."
The resolutions further Instruct the delegates
to Chicago to favor free silver coinage.
The resolution Instructing the delegates, as
was expected, provoked more earnest discus
sion than any other feature of the conven
tion. The proposition was finally separated
and to voted upon. It was adopted by a
vote of 1,070 to D4'i. The twj gold
delegate of the Second district, whom
It particularly affects, made a srenuous ef
fort to defeat these Instructions, In ordet
to bind these men to vote for free sliver, the
convention adopted the unit rule, by passing
n resolution authorizing the chairman ol
the Virginia delegation to cast the votes ol
nil Its members as a majority thereof shall
determine.
I'nlted states Senator Martin responded to
a call for a speech, In which he said: "No
one conld be a greater party wrecker than
the lost Presideut elected by the Democracy."
This sentiment evoked prolonged cheers
from the gold delegates.
A resolution was adopted expressing a de
sire that John W, Daniel shall be named by
the national convention ns oue of the mem
bers of the Presidential ticket.
The convention elected John W. Daniel,
W. A. Jones, II. S. K. Morrison, and C. A.
Swanson a delegates-at-large to the Chicago
convention. Adjournment followed.
CONVENTION TRANSPORTATION.
Additional Htttriotlont Ittutd by tht
Tariff Commlttto.
Notice ha been given the line of the Cen
tral passenger committee of the additional
restriction on tickets tor the repuhll -nn
national convention at St Louis and the
democratic convention at Chicago.
Tickets from connecting lines will not bo
accept from Chicago, going passage, pre.
vtous to June 18, nor later than June 13, and
will not lie honored for return passage leav
ing nr. l,ouis uetora June in nor later man
....A m i ..... . .. .. ....... 1 1 I l. I .. t.
connecting lines may place upon their tick
ets. Tickets may ne sold wun exenange
order coupon on Chicago tor the republican
convention at St. Louis, but such tickets
will not be honored for exenange previous
to June 13 nor later than June IS.
Ticket may be sold with exchange order
u. r i. tu ... ki Y ....i.
i:uuiui uu bui o. uuuii, 111., or ni, buu,
Mo,, for the Democratic convention at Chi
oago. but such tickets will not be honored
for exchange previous to July 4 nor later
than July 6. If the contract of the ticket
doe not provide for the signature of possen-
?er and limits for transportation between
hicago and Ht Louis, as specified herein,
and does not provide further for execution
of ticket by stamping same and witnessing
signature to return portion at Chicago or St.
Louis, as the case may be, these railroads
will require and respectfully insist upon hav
ing double the amount of tne regular single
trip rate, or H5 Chicago to St. Louis and
return or vice versa, or tl4.f0 East St. Louis
to ('hicago and return, aa the case may tie,
as their proportions on all tickets irregularly
Issued contrary to the provisions of this no
tice. Killed a Oarmaa OfBotr.
The London Olobe publishes a dispatch
from Shangal, waloh sayt that since the re
turn of the Vlueroy Liu Kun Vlh, to Nankin,
the German officers who were lent to Chin
by Germany to drill the Chinese troops, bavs
been repeatedly Insulted, hope being enter
tained that they would reseut the insults by
resigning. This practice not having the de
sired result, the Chinese have resorted to
violence, ending In the murder of a German
officer named Krause by the Hunan body
guard of the viceroy and the German squad
ron has been ordered to proceed to Nanklo
forthwith. It I believed the dispotub says
that all of the German officer In the Chi
nese service will resign.
BRIEF MENTION.
In a small riot In Chicago two men were
shot. Both will die.
L. L. Rodehaver ha been appointed post
master at Walbonding, Coshocton oounty,
Ohio.
The financial office of the Nickel Plate
road will be taken to New York wltb the
other Vanderbllt Interest.
Three tramp were killed by the derailing
of a train on the Northern Pacific, near Liv
ingstone, Hon., Monday night.
It i feared that William Hartlgan.
wealthy iron miner of Birmingham, Ala..
I beneath the debris of a Ht Louts wrecked
building. ' ....
CONGRESSIONAL
So mm try of tht Hoit tmpor'.aa. Miaiirtf
Pmtntad la Both Boatia
140th hit.
Tho Senate today psssed, without amend
ment, two House bills that now only heed
the signature of the President to become
The flrst was tho bill to repeal that section
of the tariff law which provide for a rebate
of the tax paid on alcohol used In the art
and medical preparations. It provides for a
commission to consider the whole question.
The second bill passed by the Senate also
had refwnce to the tax on spirits, but lu
provisions simply to Include pears, pine
apples, oranges, apricots, berries and prunes
In the list ol fruit from which brandy may
be distilled under existing regulations. The
present law embraces only apple, pcachet
and grapes.
The conference report on the Indian ap-
Eropriatlon bill was discussed for over two
ours, but no result was reached and the
matter w nt over until Monday.
Ill the If i.ttan. Urn ft.... ..ll T...V.IIn.
of Maine, presented the conference report
on the naval hill. It showed an argu
ment upon all the principal points of deffer
ence between the House and Senate, except
with respect to the ntimlmr of battlehlpt
authorized to be constructed.
The report was agreed to. The Hons
voted to further Insist upon it disagree
ment to the disputed Seuste amendment
anu agreed to a further oonferenoe.
141st oat.
In the senate to-day abrief but breezy con
troversy arose over a resolution offered bj
sir. iiansorougn. cnairman or tne liurary
committee, appropriating tA,000 for com
'ommiiioe,
doting the
pleting tne frieze in
In the rotunda ot the cap-
ItoL
This was "suspension" day In the house
and a number of minor bills were passed
under suspension of the rules. The Johnson
Stokes election contest from the Seventh
dlstrlc of North Carolina was settled by the
adoption of a substitute for the committee
reports, offered by Mr. McCall ot Massachu
setts, chairman of the election committee,
which declared that there had been no eleo
ion and that the seat was vacant.
142nd DAT.
The senate met an hour earlier than usual
to-day to give a longer time for Considera
tion of the bond MIL A partial conference
report on the general dellclency appropria
tion bill was presented and agreed to and a
further conference was ordereiL Senate bill
to promote the effinleney of the militia waa
reported from the committee on military af
fair by Mr. Hawley, and was placed oa tha
calendar.
In pursuance of notice given yesterday, the
Dlugley tariff bill was laid before the senate,
and Mr, Morrill (rep. Vt.), chairman of the
finance oommlttee addressed the senate in
relation to It. He spoke of the Democratic
free coinage substitute a having been at
tached to the house bond bill by the Demo
orals and Populists of the senate in sheet
mockery, and a uncovering a purpose to
stampede the country to sliver monometall
ism. His remarks were direct chiefly against
liver agitation.
At 7 o'ejock to-night the long struggle In
the senate over the bill to prohibit the Issue
of bonds came to an end, and the Butler bill
was passed by a vote of S'i to 23. The bill a
passed covers only three lines, as follows:
"Be It enacted that the Issuanceof Interest
bearing bonds of the I'nlted States for any
purpose whatever without further authority
of Congress is hereby prohibited."
141TU DAT.
In the Senate to-day the filled cheese bill
was passed as it came from the House by a
vote of 87 to 14. The measure is analogous
to the oleomargarine law. Manufacturers
of tilled cheese nre taxed 4400 annually,
wholesale dealers 250. retail dealers TJ.
Iu addition to these titxes, the product itself
Is taxed 1 cent per pound, and imported
lllled cheese Is taxed H cents per pound Is
addition to the import duty.
By a vote; of 153 to 83 the house to-day
decided against the claim of William Elliott
from the First South Carolina district and
gave the sent to George W. Murray. Murray
Is a negro, and In the Fifty-first congress
was seated In pla.ie of Mr. Elliott. The lat
had 1,735 majority In the face of the returns,
but the committee said the former Nid car
ried the district by a majority of 4i. Mr.
Elliott Is the ninth Democrat unseate by -the
present bouse. The final oonferenoe re-
Cort on the general deficiency appropriation
111 was agreed to.
145TB DAT.
Mr. Morgan gave the senate a spirited re
vival of the Cuban question to-day. after
which most of the day was spent In waiting
for conference agreements bills. Mr. Mor
gan urged the adoption of his resolution
calling on the president for Information ol
the Americans taken on the Competitor and
now under sentence ot death at Havana.
The senator asserted that the president's in
action was a violation of law. Mr. Morgan
declared that Congress should not adjourn
without authorizing the presideut to send
warships to Cuba to demand the release ot
the American prisoners. On the auggestlon
of Mr. Sherman chairman ot the committee
oo foreign relations, the senate went In se
cret session, where, after further argument
by Mr. Morgan, his resolution was placed on
the calendar, a parliamentary move equiva
lent to postponing action.
14&TU DAT.
President Cleveland vetoed the general de
ficiency bill and the House refused, by a vote
of 170 to 3D, to pass the bill over the Preei
dent's head. Instead, It passed, Dy a vote ot
172 to 4.4, a cew general deficiency bill, from
which the French spoliation and Bowermaa
act war clalma and several minor claims
which were in the original bill were omitted.
EIGHTY-FIVE MILES.
lom Faott and Flgurtt oa tho Extent of
tho St. Loult Cyoloao.
There wen Just 85 mile of streets ob
structed by debris a a result ot the tornado
In St, Louis. All ot these street have been
made passable and will be cleaned up In ten
days. In the city there are 4H0 mile of Im
proved streets,o It can he seen to what ex
tent tha tornado Interrupted traffic. Tha
torm district, on its outside lines, extended
from the river on the east to Tower Orove
avenue on the west and from Olive street oa
the north, to Lynch street on the south.
This oomprlses an area of six square miles.
The extreme limits were three mile east and
vo mile west and north. An adequate
lea of the damage can be formed when It la
Stated that all tha bouse damaged and
blown down were on both aides of the one
t rents, that street would De Just 85 miles.
The figure I given out by the street oommi
lloner who has been through tb entire dis
trict and from th report ot his general
superintendent, who baa cut a roadway
Mirough the 83 mile of street. Ia addl
on to this there were many street obstruct
ed by wires and the like, which are not
oounted In the-total.
It haa been feared that a large number of
the people now reported missing from East
St. Louis found watery graves.
Since tb Ht. Lout tornado 2.000,000 tor
nado Insurance ha been written in Chicago.
A BRAVE M0T0RMAN.
Though Fatally Woondtl Ht Raji Hla
Car to Saftty.
A trolly car on the Cudahy Una of the
Milwaukee Electric Railway uompanywoa
ambushed Thursday night at a point two
miles south of the city, and fully twenty
shots were fired Into It, Two men ware
shot, one fatally. They are John K. Breen,
motorman, of Manistee, Mich., 27 years old,
tnol through the abdomen and will die;
Adolph Schware, conductor, ot Milwaukee,
shot through the leg; condition not serious.
Th wounded motorman ran th oar to tha
city and both men were taken to tb hospital.