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VOL. XXVIII—NO. US ♦COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE vU, ISSti. PRICE FIVE NTS yesterday'* Proceedings of the House and Senate. j Spirited Dlinwloi Orar Morrison's Motion— iheTsrllT(Question WrHwn Into tlie liebute and t l„. Two header* Have a Tilt—The Senate Con. ,lder» Hawley'* Motion. \V\sHlNGTON. June 22.—The speaker laid before the house nine messages from the president announcing his disapproval of alike number of private pension bills, an d thev were referred to the committee on invalid pensions. Several of the presi din'* terse sentences and ironical sug- pstions were greeted with applause and "Morrison said that last Thursday he had given notice that he would to-day move to L i n to a committee of the whole on the tariff bill- ‘‘He had no expectation now that anv different result would be attained from that of Thursday last, and he, there fore. would not make the motion to-day. Morrison then called up as a privileged uuestion the report of the committee on rules, amending the rules so as to provide t | ul t it shall be in order when a general pension bill Is reported to the house to itttn l) them to a provision l'or raising the revenue necessary to meet the expendi ture involved in the advocation proposi tion. Morrison argued that its adoption ulb absolutely necessary unless congress ,vas prepared to grant pensions rind leave the government without means to pay tlu in. Since the war the government had paid nut *800,000,000 in pensions. When it had paid out .$800,000,000 more there would he pensions yet to pay. It had been esti mated that when the act was passed in, D,7a that it would cost $3o.000,000. There had already been paid out nearly 300.f!l0,000, and by the time the net was fullv executed, there would have been paid out $200,000,000. Congress at the present session had passed the widows’ in crease bill, and the house bad passed the Mexican pension bill. It was estimated that these two measures would add to the annual pension list from *10,000,000 to *15.- CiOO 000. There was now pending in the house what was known as the dependent soldier bill—a hill to pension men who suffered in confederate prisons, and are on the limitation repeal bil l, it was estimated that the repeal bill would re quire an expenditure of $222,030,000, any where from fifty to seventy-live millions of which must be paid in the first year. He need not again iro over Ihe question of revenue and the amount ol surplus. The ucntieman from New York lliseoek) and fiber gentleman on both sides of the house haii predicted for the next fiscal year that there would be a deficit of *11.000,000. For Himself he. thought that there would be a surplus, hut certainly ao surplus to compare with tin large number of pensions asked. If his ..I the other gentleman's prediction should prove true, and these general pension bills would puss, there would be no money lo meet the first year’s payment, lie thought that as the principle of reckless appropri ations grows. lie meant other appropria tions than pension appropriations!, it would be safe to incorporate m every bill .srtlms-er u . t-ss .tppi ui'Trlsffrl'OTT— rrf :u.V g**er.t ,i t'.ix bill, and thus provide the means i n-alt ering tne expenditure. In thought tii..: it would add to the frugality of the administration. Heed, of Maine, said that he hud listened with some interest when the reasons which governed the majority of the com- inittee on rules, in reporting the propsi- tion for a change of vuies. Tie admitted a desire to disguise it, but he was surprised ta see tne notion which the majority pro posed lo lake. If there were anything in the logic presented in favor of n change, it would be equally applicable to all sub jects of appropriation, as well as that of pensions, and yet this rule was proposed to be confined to pensions alone. What was the real object and what would be the practi cal effect of this action? There was not a practical man in the house who did not know that the proposed rule would he ap plied to fasten upon every pension bill some method of taxation ' which would prove obnoxious to the men who might he desirious of voting for n pension measure. Why was this invidious distinction made? The purpose was to saddle on pension bills legislation which would result in the defeat of the bills themselves. He saw no such crisis which demanded that the house should invidiously single out a class of appropriation and give an opportunity to hamper it by tacking on legislation which Wuuid lie obnoxious to those who favored the first class. He for one was not willing to enter on such an invidious course ns pro posed by the gentleman from Illinois. lliseoek regarded the proposed rule ns ’•"ore than an attempt to make an invidious distinction against Pension bills. It was an attempt on the part of the gentleman from Illinois to avoid the responsibility of the defeat of i" usion legislation by direct vote when pension lulls were reported here, and it the gentleman desired that he and his 0 ii r.ds should escape the responsibility of a direct vote against bills, he would move mi amendment levying a tax, and the re- " ;; lj would be that the whole system either “f internal taxation or of customs taxation Would be forced into the house, and an endless debate would ensue. The result would be that all pension legislation would 111 deferred and the gentlemen _who op posed such legislation would avoid the re sponsibility of voting directly against it. 1 was said that it was proper that a pen non bill should carry the pledge of a par- ’’"iihir fund for its payment. Tills was a Trong position to be taken by the gcntle- lll: 'n ’Voin Illini is. h.mdall—‘-Have we not already pledged "'ml that comes into the treasury for the l ”J> rest of bonds?” lliseoek.—“Yes, we have; and that i.s tlu only pledge that congress lias made of the hWHuies ol' the general government. It I' "bed its gold for the payment of the j"’fiiie debt when it was necessary to do it I "Main the public credit; when this gov- ■Tinueiit was striving for its very exixt- , ' 1 ; 1 •; when it v.-as necessary to sustain our edit abroad to support our armies in the " 1 we pkged gold that should be col- - ‘ ’cl for payment of the public debt, uml 'iinli-ss to surprise that tiiis should be II ' ’ as a precedent for the measure, e we reached that point that what we '* r '' obliged to do to maintain our credit a the markets of the world in the darkest b s «f tbe nation’s history should be cited if Precedent for a bill to pension sul- , Miscock then went on to quote from the u-mocratie platform, which he said bad 'framed by Morrison in favor of dedi- 1 mg internal revenue to persons disabled tlic line of duty in the wars of the repub- ‘ V. and in the payment of such pen-ions - congress may, from time to time, grunt idlers. One hundred and fifteen . ! n dollars had been received fr.un in- " revenue and the pledge of tin m- [‘ ,jj/’acv was that this hundred, and fifteen ■ a as should be devoted to the sup| -ft *1’ soldiers. Yet in the first congress the adoption of that platform the a _ distinguished genlleman who that plank in the platform " is '.tying to the soldiers ■ w n e- ,1 an y enough to pay your pensions old to carry out our pledge, we repudiate the i obligation that war tttxes shall be devoted to this holy purpose.” i Cannon also gave notice that lie would 1 offer an amendment, making It in order to J amend the river and harbor bills, and bills j for the erection of public buildings by at taching thereto a urovision raising revenue to meet the expenditures. The committee on rules proposed to place It in the power j of any man, friendly or unfriendly, to move a revision of the tariff, or tin iniposi- , Hon of internal taxation all along the line l of pension bills, which meant a defeat | of pension measures. He wanted ; to see whether in their hostility to pension the gentlemen on the other j side would go a step further and say that where there was to be a public building erected to benefit some gentleman in his own district they would allow an amend ment raising a tax to meet the expendi ture. Randall said that the remarks of the j gentleman from Illinois who reported the ■ change of rules were so clear and compre- | hensive that there was little left for outers ; to say in its advocacy. He conceded to the other side a full measure of patriotism in this connection, and lie claimed for his ! side a like spirit in every particular, both j individually and collectively. So far as he ; knew there was no gentleman on the floor who was not ready to do entire justice to | soldiers. Some might dirt, r as to the method or the extent to which congress 1 would go. None would differ on the prop- i osition, that if congress did grant pensions it ought honestly to provide money to pay them. The probable revenue and the ! amount of the appropriation approached equality. The pension list already required eighty million dollars, and this proposition merely sold that if congress added to that eighty’ millions it” should at the same time provide a way of payment. , That was a manlv, courageous way to do it. He had witness -cl from time to' time an effort to get some political advantage for one party over the other in connection with pension claims. All such efforts should he dismissed. There should be no , doubt about the standing or pur- 1 pose of any representative in this particular. The gentleman from New York Hiscoek. thought lie had found danger in the opportunity for ta. iff legislation. The gentleman n .-eel no’ : lie uneasy about, that. The propositi m 1 had no such object. Let not the house pettefdg about this matter, or venture in the least upon the realms ol demagoguery. There had been enough of this heretofore, and now let the house say deliberately that i when it voted pensions it would also vote 1 taxation to meet them. McKinley he’d that if Morrison's propo sition had any meaning it was.; conies- siou to tbe bouse and the country that tbe revenues were inadequate to meet the just demands of pensioners. If tiie govt vn- w.-nt had to resort to taxation .!' i n. cn .-s to pay pensions, then he favored an in come tax for general purposes. P.rumm, of Pennsylvania, referred to wnat he termed the attempt of the demo cratic party to force upon con gress a tariff bill, and com mented on toe fact that upon tbe heels of the failure of that attempt, 1 the chairman of the comiiiittei on ways ; and nnans brought in a resolution which would "liable him to gain by indirection what tne gentleman from Pennsylvania Randall. and other democrats had stood with the republicans to prevent him from grilling . J .h ::c*’v. It Was ri CtTWrftTTIy • ~n- to do what the grn'leiuun had failed To do openly and above board. Hewitt, of New York, said that the dem ocratic party had made two great pledges .in the Chicago platform. oi,e was tiiat the democracy pledged i'selfi to revise (iu- tariif in a spirit of lainu to all interests. The otln-r a as that so long as the govern ment continued to levy war taxes under 1 the internal revenue system it would de- . vote that money sacredly to the payment ; of pensions. These two pledges were honest and the democratic party coin ing into power was bound to fulfill them. Within a week it had at- 1 tempted to begin the fulfillment of the first pledge and lay a combination between members on the other side and the gentle- ! man on tile democratic side it had been prevented from going into that question. | [Applause.] But the pledge was there I and the democrats who combined with the republicans to defeat a fulfillment of tii it pledge were bound to see it executed, and lie expected to see them and their distin guished leader Randall, bringing a measure into tiie house, which would enable the 1 democrats to take up the question in a i spirit of fairness to all interests and revise the tariff and reduce the burden of taxa tion. The pending measure, he held, was in fulfillment of that pledge. It provided that money might be raised by special taxes or otherwise. The word “otherwiSe" was put there for the purpose of enabling the house to dedicate tiie interna) taxes to the payment of pensions. Cannon offered an amendment, of which he had given notice, hut subsequently withdrew, stating that he would rattier have a direct vote ou tbe propositi, u. Heed of Maine, argued that the purpose of the proposition was to attach tu'-iff' leg islation to a pension bill, and inquired in a sarcastic mail..cr, what legislation oil tic- earth could st..nd a tariff'dismission? Bn gg. of Wisconsin. c."p"t-sen bis de light at Reed's reference tithe failure of the house to consent to cousider revenue bills. "1 am delighted" he said. “Iioea-isi- it shows what sort of contempt 111-.- repub licans of this house feel for those who have been recreant to tii;-- faith and tin irj.ledge, whijc they are received with open arms and appreciated tor the act tiie,. h ivc done, they are thoroughly despised lor their po litical defection.'’ [Loudapplause on the democratie side. Randall—' I did not intend to indulge in any further discussion ot tots s.i’.yci'.. and I would not cx--ep! for tic.- ian.rn.ig.' used by the gentleman from Wis- on-in. ; Si.i'ld h -l'c. hi- i)eii' in every iv; di ll li nn: I pl 1 . in ’ he all. . i' ll Il,i tiling tlinl tended to u ,• tin c- m ('iiitcd .-states, and tic lowering < w. r, \meric.li laborers. Appla .- - ..n republican side.] I was eo.ide'n c d some quarters inr that vole. 1 went i the re.-t ol 1 you addressing tie. 0 -inuei 0 fle ; to the national convention win was told that I would have no rep dci to help me. Went was result of that convention? i any man here attempt to that the measure reported to this tio-i- the committee on ways and mean- ; harmony with tiie spirit of that eon tion or the enunciations of Ihe tin stump in i’s day where I stou a revision of t lie- rates of duty an internal tax upt means ..nniitt, < any one tbe privi! [ have only W; v!ie-ii: : nhalf? No, I an Mi ll. invite that gentleman from New York to come and partake of the canvass in iny dis trict in November next.” [Laughter and applause], j Hewitt—‘‘The gentleman asks whether the measure reported by the ways and I means committee was in accordance with j the Chicago platform. I say it was, and ou that question I will go to hlg district and talk to his workingmen.” [Applause], Randall—“I know well the conduct of the gentleman in the Chicago convention. I know this, that neither he nor any other man went on the stump in bis state and declared in the direction of the bill as I conceive It to be from the committee ou ways and means. On the contrary, I not only know that, but I know I was invited there and stumped your state in the exact line of the declarations I made here now. I know that when Governor Hill’s canvass came lust fall, you took cure to invite me i again, and invite many other men | who agree with me in this ; conception of that platform, and failed to invite anv man to speak there who thought ! as you now declare. [Applause and laughter.] The democratic majority of the state of New York increased from 1000 in 18S4 to 11,000 in 1885. and it whs not on any free trade doctrine whatever. J de clare that I am ready and willing to vote with anybody who will seek intelligently to reform the inequalities of the tariff, but how have we been met in this particular? We have bad to take a particular bill or nothing. It is asserted that >ve cannot put on tiie cus toms' bill anything that look.-to the repeal of internal taxation. 1 beli*ve that inter nal taxation is un-American and un-demo- cratie. It was so pronounced by the lath er, of our country, and 1 shall never waver in seeking its repeal in part or in whole.” Morris. m-!-- i uo not intend to be driven away ironi the subject before the house, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania well un derstands. He very well understands that 1 cannot go into the tariff question now. It is true fit claims that there is nothing in the bill and in the spirit of the Chicago platform thit does not present him Ian opportunity of voting ou internal revenue taxes, and again and again lie makes n promise as to what he would do, and here we are reproached by tiie other side because at Chicago we pledged our selves against a repeal of internal taxes in favor of a revision of the tariff'. Hen'ey, of California—"You are taking the representations of the other side in the arraignments of the democrats on tiiis side who voted against you" Morrison—"I am arraigning nobody, nnd least of all the representative from Cali fornia. .Applause and laughter on the democratic side.] i am talking to the man whom he followed and invited me to speak here. I share with the gentleman from Pennsylvania ir. feeling that his sub ject does not belong here. We are here for uiictlier purpose, but I will take occasion to reply In detail to what be has said if he will afford the ooeassion. and to prove that there is not a word of truth in lii.s prom- ' After short speeches upon the question before tiie house by a feu republican mem bers, Morrison referred to the subject of his controversy with the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Randall I because the gentleman seemed to invite it; because in replying to the gentleman from Wiscon sin Bragg, he hadgone out of his way to say that tin- proposition presented by the ! ways and means committee \va,s not within the 4-pint - . the'CWeiigo platroi'in. He v.’islu d t" '.'ellatteution to the fact tt.at in nr■ every paragraph of that plat orm the democracy Lad pledged iiseif as a party as to tbe regulation of the tariff taxes and had especially declared in lav, >r of a con tinuance of toe internal revenue taxes. Tlu wat taxes remain substantially ns they did at the close of the war and the party promised a reduction. Yet the gentleman from Pennsylvania, notwithstanding the promise of a reduction and his desire lo keep faith with the platform, would not vote to consider the bill unless it gave him an op portunity to do that which he had pledged himself not to do. The gentleman knew that the Chicago platform required addi tions to the free list. RandaJ! asked if the gentleman believed that President Cleveland could have been elected if the convention had declared for free raw material. Morrison replied that Cleveland would have gotten more votes than lie did. He had not carried Ohio anyhow, and had not carried Pennsylvania by eighty thousand votes, anil would not have carried them if the tariff on wool had been put a mill higher, if the democrats never voted to reduce tin- taxes until the gentlemen from Pennsylvania voted that way, it would never' vote at nil. Many of tiie gentlemen who had voted for the bill reported b\ the ways mid means committee, did not favor many of its provisions, yet tliee had voted for its consideration because- the hill would bring the whole subject before the house for consideration. Tiie taxes could not In reduced unless the bill received considera tion, and the gentlemen who bad refused to permit consideration were just as chargeable with a desire To keep up the taxes as t hey are. Cannon, of Illinois, otis* rved that if the - purpos, now before tiie house raised sti 'i, a storm i: would In impossible to say what the tariff'question itself would do. M.e-'i'Oii retorted that Tthe republicans v.- iniii civ up t:i*•:i- itiieit intercourse with iii- side, then thi* pension mutter would run along easily. ; Laughter.] But the re publicans seduced members on his side into voting with them and reproached the di mocraey for failing to carry out its pledges. There was not an honest mt i in the country who womd suspect Ills Morrison's vot-oil thi, or any other i|ii,'-;i.,ii, liotwil iistmidiiig all the hard tout had been called, the re public-.n- -ei I’" welcome to make all they ,, . .i ■.,,e g"s A lien applied lo !>■' p id. ,11 ■- Tiie government know t!i. V- w o no money to pay the'll V 1; The democrats bad redis i •! ' in- tax■ ii'iflbi'.i Inn'not been the house adjourned amid an outburst ot applause and derisive laughter from the republicans. Sonide, Washington, June 22.—Ill the senate Maxey, from the committee on Nicaragua claims, reported a resolution requesting the president to bring to the attention of the Nicaraguan government the claims of citiiens of the Imited States against that government. Agreed to. Hawley called up his motion to recon sider the bill prohibiting members of con gress from accepting employment from railroads that had received aid from the United Spites. Hawley said he would ac knowledge the evils sought to be remedied, but the bill introduced by Beck hud not been either considered by tiie committee or debated bv the senate. The Mill had been sprung suddenly on the senate. The bill, be said, was an affirma tion (that corrupt nnd dishonorable conduct had so strong a hold on senators that the committee of the senate was not fitted to deal with it, and In order to secure action at all it was necessary to rush it through with the same sort of haste that one would ring a fire bell. Tbe bill gave sanction to a cheap and nasty form of defamation of congress. Under its provisions u man was liable to be sent to the penitentiary for such service ns the collection of an ordinary debt. If one of the senators from Maine should receive a consideration from the Illinois Central railroad for the collection of an ordinary debt nnd should not bear in mind the fact that ninny years ago that l-nilruad had re ceived national aid, he would render him self liable to the penalties of tile bill. Hawley protested against tills kind of legislation which affected the honor of the United .States. Such haste was not needed. He as one senator re sented t,he imputation that sucli a bill would lie smothered itt the committee. Beck replied that tlioi’p was no warrant for any suggestion that he meant any in sult or insinuation against anybody. No committee, could give any more informa tion on the subject than was contained in the bill. Ingalls and Hoar also took part In the debate in support of lluwley’s position. I At 2 o’cloclc tiie matterWent over and the senate took up the hill repealing the : pre-emption and timber culture luws. i Blair bad moved an amendment prohib- ! iting the acquisition in ownership of more : thanJRi) acres of ’desert, hind. To tills In ga 11s offered an amendment applying the ! limitation to all public lands. The latter I proposition, which was t he (lending ques tion to-day. was voted down. Blair's amendment was then voted down -yeas 3, nays 42. The yeas were Blair. liolph and Teller. After some amendments of detail, nnd without final action ou the bill, the senate at 5:15 adjourned. FROM EAR TO EAR. Oiai-lt". fiilnuriU Cuts Ills Mistress' Tlinml Wlille As! ceil f” r 11" 1 ' I'lifnitliftilness. New Orleans, June 22.—Charles Ed wards, a negro man, early Monday morn ing killed a woman named Mattie Refuge, by cutting her throat from ear to car. The woman huil been living for some months with Edwards us his mistress. With them was-e .little girl live -years old. Sunday night the woman did not come home until a late hour, and when she appeared a quarrel ensued. The people in tin adjoin ing room heal'd the wrangle, blit after a while Ihe noise ceased. Several hours afterward moans were heard proceeding from the room occupied by Edwards. (it her inmates of the house broke open the door and I'ound Hattie Refuge lying on the door, covered with blood, nowing from a horrible tjimh in the throat, which Imd been eut from ear to ear. The woman was already dead. Kneeling by her side was the little girl, who was sonbing bitterly. Edwards Iiad disappeared. The little girl briefly explained the tragedy by sobbing out: “Charlie cut. ma with a big knife.” Tiie officers at once went in pursuit of the murderer, and found him a short dis tance away leisurely walking along the street and carrying a small bundle. He promptly confessed that he killed the woman, and said he supposed he would hang for it. In response to inquiry as to the motive fur the crime, he said the wo man had been unfaithful to him. After describing t lie beginning of the quarrel Unit preceded the mur der, he added: “Wlie cursed and abused me for a long time, and at last she went to sleep. Site woke, up and cursed me- Then 1 waited until she was asleep, and, taking a razor off the bu reau, i went up to her, and catching her by the chin, eut her throut cloati across, and made sure that I Im l finished her. I then went outside and washed my hands. A lunch which I had packed up with some clothes J took along, and'llricd to get off to Morgan City, where mv folks lie The proper charge was made against Edwards, and he was locked up to await trial for murder. Wnat Is Transpiring on the Other Side of the Waters. afternoon. Lower figures were generally made in the last hour, although the mar ket closed steady after a slight rally. Everything on the active list is lower, but generally for only small fractions, although Union Pacific is down H and C. C. C. and I. 1. Wabash were conspicuous IllniMnnp llrri'tvi'S an Ovation In Olasgow —Tin- : Kxpntslon lull I’assoa thr 1’rendi Somite—A Terrible Story t'nnfeHseil lo Have Horn False, Queenstown, June 22..—The mate of the British bark Arklaw, who was (licked up at sea in an open boat by the American ship Frank Pendleton, ana said that the Arklaw was sunk by a collision on May 8th, has disappeared, lie left a note saying that his heart-rending story of the colli sion and tiis subsequent sufferings was false, and added: “f left she vessel for reasons which 1 will hereafter explain.” France. THE EXPULSION BILL PASSED UY TIIE SENATE. Paris, June 22.—In the debate on the expulsion bill in the senate to-day Premier Defreveinet said that his government would not tolerate another government In France, and would take the full responsi bility for the expulsion of princes, fie re refuted the charge that the government was yielding to the irrecoiieiliablo. lie declared that order was being maintained throughout France, even at Deeuseville, where a recurrence of the recent disorders had boon prevented. That was not the exceptions to the general market, being mticenbly strong throughout the day ana losing higher. Tim news of the day was ease in Belgium or in Great Britjun. j In conclusion, lie depreciated the connseu- j tion of the property of the princes, insist- I ed that a common luw would not apply to , the princes, and urged the necessity of a republican union mi of supreme interest to the republic. Finally a secret ballot was | taken and the bill as it came from the i chamber of deputies was adopted by a vote of 141 to 107. Tile announcement of the result was received with great applause by members of the left. Scothuul. AN OVATION TO GLADSTONE IN GLASGOW. ' ; Glasgow, June 22.—The arrival of Mr. j and Sirs. Gladstone here to-day was tile signal fora great demonstration. Thou sands of people had awaited at the station to greet him, and when they alighted from the train and entered their carriage, they | were cheered, cheered and cheered again by tiie enthusiastic multitude. Ilenglcr’s circus, in which Gladstone was announc'd to speak, was packed from Moor to dome. Gilbert lleilli, memb- r of par liament for central Glasgow, was chairman I of the meeting. When the premier and , ids wife and Lady Aberdeen entered the buihiiug they met with hurricanes of ap plause. The audience sang “Auld | Lang Bayne" and "He’s a Jolly Good Fel- I low.” Gladstone, upon rising, said lie was I confident that Glasgow would do true and solid liberal work at the coming elections. He would to-day deal with a portion of t Im l great Irish question which bad hitherto been untouched, namely: bat portion which peculiarly affected Scotland. He would fake ids text from the famous Dr. Chalmers, who in 1818 referred to the im possibility of crushing tin- Irish people. i and added that the ''Almighty army of I varidacSH would be irresistible :tl»e church'.” Those words the speaker said, were the words of high Christian wisdom, lie asked his auditors to approach Liie ' question inspired with such sentiments. S|"i!n. IT WILL NEVER UE PONE. Madrid, June 22.—Congress by a major ity of'JOff votes, lias declared tlint no gov ernment of Spain will ever give autonomy to Cuba. HARVEST HOPES REALIZED. I The l'lt-lil of Wlirat in Stiitvs t> Imti-tlu-Griiiu is ' Iteiuly for t lie lt(-ii|ii'r AI most t |» te lln-Avn- A HEAVV FAILURE. A 1‘rominciil lork Sumir l inn S*iis|,miiI , » ltd‘ .II css. Nio\y York, June 22. Tiie suspension of Die /iriu of Jl. H. Swift Co,, imj/urters of sugars at No. GG Pine street., this city, ami :it Pemainbueo, is oue of the most im portant business failures that lias taken plnee in a h > ^ lime. The liabilities ar about i i.l i• *i 11 ion ''ollais wli'cli is more than etjiuilii r' ' ; t!.i assets of thr firm. Thu* far assignments lias been made and . . • : it-. ai« in progress to efliret a set tlement with solicitors and resinn< busi ness at an early day. In the meantime t la 1 tepi m-it.ii i.s causing gn at excitement in the sugar trade of the city and the fear is e\pres.M‘d that other embarrcssmejits P opi»>ition !o grant uld pass thr Iem e. !.d if thi y had truth Mi ■ao-.iM i>“ ii» money l<* pur timm next year. ().ir of ihrir men had ton! the house that it won d be fourtr'-n million dollars in eh bt. ! Ii‘*r rl; ri.-iiig. “Don’t you believe it?” (’ •.ilimiing, in* ch irgud that the repub lic ms v.a.dad to keep a surplus in the treasury, iud yet «too(l up here and told tm house thev Were paying pensions. The co'.iiji i \ did not believe them. This resolu tion e -“I'd tin.* house to lay on u tax i • . the money if it i'elt it- » >und to grant pensions that ii f •. . without money to pay. If it wt way* and means committee i . i he hoii*e would not con ns.* on the demoeratic ■it! Utute t • lay the *• ordered, and re- ympathy was expressed on the striets to-day for the members i.f tbe sus pended firm. One of tbe firm said today : ‘‘Wc have been for over forty years in business, and our firm is the last one of the old class of merchants who began t«i <h vt lope the capabilities of the sugar im porting business. So far our creditors nave been unanimous in their sympathy and good wishes, if we can tide over the next sixty days we will, I think, be safe. The market has been depreciated by sugar refining strikes and trade driven away. Now that they have resumed work the de mand will be increased.” liuht Rut ween Saloon M*' and UroliihHionists. Chicago, June 22. The Inter-Ocean’s Clinton, Iowa, special says: In an encoun ter yesterday between saloonists and pro hibitionists four of the former named Kor- see. Tiddcrson, Hart and bonds were.* shot, none of them being fatally wounded. Mar shall Judge and Prank Hillerman were jailed, charged with doing the firing. The saloon element last night were threatening to lynch Judge and Hillerman and declare t h** jail will be blown up if necessary to get them. The *11 mill} lain Si mini. Xkw Ori.ka: s. Jim. 22. The governor yeM.-rday signe' 1 the .Sunday Jaw. Jl wili go iiit‘> effect January 1, next. i Chicago, Jluiiu 22.—The following crop summary will appear in this week’s issue of the Farmers’ Review: Harvesting i.s in progress in portions of Ohio and Indiana, and in large sections of Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas nnd Tennes see the grain has already been gathered. The yield in nil these states, with the ex ception of Kansas,promises to be above th< average. In Washington county, Mo., the report is made that the grain is threshing out an average of twenty-one bushels to the acre in many fields. In Davis and Kills coun ties, Kan., wheat is averaging eight to ten bushels to the acre, but though short in quantity promises to grade well. In south ern Illinois, reports of damage by chinch bugs in the wheat Helds still continue, and in rtt. Clair county t he ravages have been so serious as to reduce the probable yield from five to seven bushels an acre, in cen tral I llinois, the out look for winter wheat continues good. The serious droid li,threat* cning almost the entire spring belt, has been quite generally broken ny copious rains. The danger which seemed to threat en the life of almost the entire crop has been passed. The average of the general yield m Dakota, Minnesota nnd Wisconsin lias been lessened probably D) per cent. by the prolongation of t he drouth, and in portions of Minne sota in which the rains came too late to re vive the grain, caused an almost total blight. In Headie county. Dakota, the re ports state that the avi rage of wheat was reduced 10 per cent, by the drouth; in C’od- dington county, 15 to 20 per cent.; in Spink county, D) percent.: in Ashton county, 25 percent. In Dakota county, Minnesota, it is reported that the dry weather, in con nection with chinch bugs, reduced tin* average 50 per cent.; in Olmslead county some of the fields are reported dead; in Steele countv there was no rain for four weeks, and the outlook for u beat was U s- sened 20 per cent.; in Yellow Medicine county, a five weeks’ drouth was broken June i2th by rain, but the present outlook is not far to exceed one ball' acreage; in blue Kartli county, the wheat is thinner and shorter than before for years. In a few portions of Wisconsin, no rains have yet fallen to relieve the fields. In Iowa and Nebraska, no sensible injury to the wheat is reported from the drouth, but the outs prospects have been greatly lessened, and in seven Iowa counties the re.ports indicate the average has been re duced fully 25 per cent. Jefferson and Muscatine counties, in Iowa, are the only ones to report this week ravages by grass hoppers, and thus far no serious injury ha-- resulted from this form of insect life. Tin corn outlook in the slates of Minne sota, Wisconsin. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana is almost uniformly good. Some injury by the cut-worms is re funded from different sections, but it is not such us to affect the general crop outlook. Tin fields in Minnesota, Kansas and Iowa are reported especially clean and promis ing a large crop. Oil 'I lie lie«. Nkw York, June 22. The dock market opened steady tiiis n.'umng, the di'hr- ings w < re quid throng it ait 1 In- \\ ln»h- day. and though tin pri< e-. ad\. lined digi'lv ii lh< morning, there wa*s..i.ie fe\..\de ness .-nd trading was wirheii! regular:. . in noticeably ig high all unfavorable and included a threatened strike of the Lake Shore switchmen, un favorable crop reports and the reported ex tension of the northwestern rate war. It is believed the bulls did considerable realizing during the day. Sales, 2-46,000 shares. TURF NEWS. Tin* Khh*n «t SIuh>|ihIu‘H(I Huy. Shrepshkad Day, June 22.—First race, mile and three-sixteenths, Markland won, Referee 3d, Rndimion 3d. Time, 2:C4^. At 3:25 Jere Wernberg served an injunc tion on the sheriff restraining him from interfering with the meeting. Betting was at once resumed as usual. Second race, for two-year-olds, thre**- fnurths of a mile, Tremont won, Lizzie Kripps 2d, Rrilliantine 3d. Time, 1:IHJ. Tlnrd race, for three-year-olds, one mile nnd three-eighths; Inspector B. won, Bard 2nd, Ben Fox 3rd; time, ‘2:23f. Fourth race, for two-vear-olds, three- fourths of a mile on turf; Jennie Juno won, McLaughlin 2nd, Hannibal 3rd. Astoria on back stretch threw rider Waton, who was carried away insensible. Time, 1:1 Of. Fifth race, for all ages, 1 f miles: Favor won; Treemses 2d, and Windsail 3cl; time, Sixth race, one mile on turf; War Eagle won; Duke of Buckingham 2d, Banana 3d; time, 1:14 b KILLED BY A WOMAN. V .Mini Who Hcl'nsnl to Ib-tnicl Sliimlcrs Shot Ihnni in tin* Street. Chicago, Juno 22.-A special dispatch from Denton, Texas, says: Mrs. Leona Lyles, wife of a prominent business man, klllcu \V. !». Roberts last evening. She met him on the street nnd, after charging him with having slandered hei, asked him to sign a retraction, which lie refused to do. She persisted in her icquest, telling him at the same time that unless he did not sign hr would regret it. He again re fused, whereupon she drew a revolver and shot live times, each shot took effect. Roberts died in a few minutes. Mrs. Lyles, after snapping several times upon an empty cartridge, walked quickly from the scene and surrendered to the sheriff. Roberts leaves a wife and two children. He was formerly sheriff of this county and stood high. Airs. Lyles has a husband and two children. THOUGHT TO BE WAITE. A Man \th , iil|iK lo Pom tii it Suicide ill » Pounce- I »eu< IlnVI. Bid noi'.port, Conn., June 22. — An elder ly gentleman camo here from New York lust night and registered at the Golden Hill hotel as 4, T. B. Watson.” To-night he was found lying on a bed in bis room un conscious. On tiie tanle wh.-» a bottle of laudanum labelled K. VV. Schncide*, 302 north Ninth avenue, New York, lie had evidently taken a quantity of the contents. Physicians were summoned, but it is doubt ful' if they will succeed in saving Lho man's life, l iis clothing is marked “ C. B. Waite.” He has gray hair and beard and weighs about 225 pounds. He is tiiought here to be the New York alderman of that name who tostifn d against the “ boodle gang” in tiie Broadway franchise steal. The police have telegraphed a description of the man to Inspector Byrnes, of New York. A PRETTY SCHEME In \\ hirh tin i*i .•in* A pi to (•!>( I.HY Chicago, June 22. A special dispatch from Lawrence, Kansas, says : Tiie post master at tiiis place has received reliable information of the organisation of an asso ciation among the postal clerks of the main lines of the western roads to boycott the postal system. I-iavli member of the association upon Incoming such signs the resignation of his position in the postal service, which is placed in the hands of an executive committee. As soon as the or ganization i.s complete it i.s said the first removal will be followed by a demand upon the post master-general tor the cause therefor. If not sat: factory all the resig nations will take effect, leaving the mail service in the Jureb. Tiie ring-leaders are known and will he reported to the post master-general. \ s<>ik Rif H.M< »NI> .pc Hi de Ml. V;i., .June 22. in eonse- notice being nnsted in the iking department of the Old Do minion Iron and nail works on Belle Isle reducing wages 15 per cent., so as to cor respond wit h the wages paid in the Har risburg, I’a., (bstTii 1 ItJO millers and feeders have (juit. work, 'flu.* reduction was to have begun on the 2M h instant, but the men refused to continue until that time eVt n it tin* preM nt. wages. ici« . Jum Nkw Oei.i.AN patch to the I*ie; “A n official statement t.he|I>ank of Monroe, u 0s7 and linhiiit i«*s at - sion w as emised by a bank by local deposi attachmeiit.s were m quent!y no further m "titil a majority of the beard from. \;itiir;iI mis in N A MIAN V, I 11,111k. 22. A special dis join Monroe, says : f the eondil ion of •' t lie assets at ••dG,- 552. Tim suspeii- ,*»ar!y run on the I -. A number of ■«*d to-dav. conse- • n will Im taken reditors have been tjet .. June 22. William II. a prospi ctor, yesterday discover- f nat uraI gas near Knowersviile. seventeen miles from this city, at the foot of tin* Hclderbe.'g mountains. The gas was obtained by bailing out a spring and inserting a pipe, where the water entered. A flame sufficient to heat water to tiie boiling point was produced. Miitfrrs'of’C loin Ii. Roanokk, June 22. An ecclesiastical convention representing tbe Lutheran synods of Virginia, North C'aiolina, South ('a.iolina, Georgia, Mississippi ami Tennes see, will meet to-morrow in St. Mark’s church here. Fully one hundred delegates and eh r>ea| visit us w ill attend. The open- iue -e,‘! a. wid h. I,n actual bv Rev. \Y. S .ionium H. 1).. of Savannah*, Ga. The l.olv common will b.* adminin. led by svnodieal i »Uimi • lI-cP d. till rellcl h gi-slil-