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MINERS agreeon a scale.
The Columbus Conference Has a Suc
cessful
Two of Th© Committeemen of the
Iftiners Stand Out to the Last, and
Other Namas Substituted for Theirs'
in Signing the Agreemeat*-Presi
dent Mcßride Declares the Terms
the Best That Could Be Obtained
Under the Cirorhnstances.
Coluiabus, Q., June 11.—The report of
the scale committee was adopted unani
mously by the conference of the miners
and operators at 10 o’clock to-night, and
thd conference adjourned sine die. It was
noticed when the signatures were read
that the miners had substituted-for W.
H. Murray and A. A. Adams, the men
who stood out against a compromise, John
Fahy and Secretary P. A. Mcßryde.
The following is the full agreement reso
lution:
Resolved, That we agree that the rates for
mining 2,0J0 pounds of lump coal shall be as
follows: Pittsburg thin vein, 69 cents: thick
vein. M cents. Hocking. 80: Indiana bitumi
nous, 80 cents; Indiana block, 70 cents;
Streator, Hl., summer, cents; Streator,
Wimer, 70 cents; Wilmington, summer, 7754
cents; Wilmington, winter, Bft cepts; La
Salle, 111., and Spring Vallef, summer, 72%
cents; La Malle and Spring Valley, winter. 80
cents. Other sections in the Northern Illi
nois field at prices relative to the above.
Coal in the Pittsburg district going east to
tide water shall pay tho same: mining prices
as that paid by the Pennsylvania Gas and
West Moreland Coal Company. This scale of
Brices shall be in effect and bind noth parties
thereto, beginning June 18, 1894, and continu
ing until the first day of May, 189 ft. subject to
the following provisions; Provided that the
above named scale of prices for the Pittsburg
districts shall be generally recognized and
observed, tt is further provided that'the
operators and mi tiers, shall co-operate in their
efforts to secure a general observance of said
l>rfc6»'numed for said district, and If during
the period covered by this agreement a gen
eral recognition of the prices herein named
for said district .cannot be secured either
- party to this agreement may call a meeting
of the joint board of arbitration to meet at
such time and place as those having au
thority may elect; and said joint bokrd when
so called shall-meet aud determine, it able,
whether the agreement has been sufficiently
respected and complied with to warrant its
continuance to the datd named herein; it the
board is unable to agree, tho members
thereof shall select a disinterested man
whose decision shall be final: if It shall .be
foury-i and decided by th» process O©ve pro
j vlded that It is being substantially
•w respected it shan rbibatn in force-and bind
both parties thereto for the period stipulated
herein: and if found and decided by •the'' sama
process not to- so jjehdrally observed as to
warrant its conUyuunce, It shall he abro
gated and both parties thereto absolved from
the contract’obligations herein set forth-
Whenever the Hilliers desire they
shall be permitted to eldet
and place on tho table as check
weightmen men of their own choice. Wages
shall te paid on the above scale semi-monthly.
Ail balances duo on payday shall bp paid in
cash. An Interstate board of arbitration and
conciliation, consisting of four operators and
four miners, shall' consider and determine
upon an.v inequity .complained of as between
the different fields named in the above sched
ule of prices.
The agreement was signed for the
miners by John Mcßride, Patrick A. Mc-
Bryde, John A. Cairnes, James Dunkcrly,
Cameron Miller, P. H. Penn, John Fahey;
For the operators as follows: Ohio,-J. S.
Morton, H. L, Chapman; Pennsylvania,
Francis L. Bobbin, M. H. Taylor; In
dianiit, J. Smith Talloy. Walter S. Bogle;
North Illinois, A. L. Sweet, E. T. Bent.
John Mcßride said to-nig'ljt that while
the settlement was not.hid that he could
desire,, it was the best the minors could
hope for under the circumstances. They
were still victors under the circdtn
rßncos. j K ,
HAY BE REJECTED.
Telegrams received here to-night •. from
Wecenters of Ohio show that the rtduere
ppteterox'Prew'ely indignant over the compro
mise settlement of the strike, and there
may be an organized movement led by
President A A. Adams in resistance to
the order-to go to work. The state
officials are afraid that the miners
will oo more difficult to control now than
before.
—-W —.
IN A RECEIVBR'S HANDS.
Richmond Street Railroads in a Snarl
Over Interest.
Richmond, Va., June 11.-- Upon the ap
plication of Josiah G. Harvey ct al. and
tho Baltimore Guarantee Company,
Judge Simonton, of the United States
circuit court for this district, has placed
tho Richmond and Manchester Railroad
Company and the Richmond Railway and
Electric Company, in tho hands of a
receiver, appointing Arthur M; Seddon
temporary receiver. Thu two companies
own some sixty miles of trackage in
Richmond and vicinity. The object of the
proceeding on the part of- the.
plaintiffs is to force tho Richmond com
pany to comply with a contract it made
in absorbing the Manchester. Company,
the principal feature of which -was the
payment of the interest on the bonds of
the hitter. June 21 is fixed as the day
on which the defendants must shaw Cause •
why tho receivership should net bo made
permanent. The defendants claim that
the matter can be easily adjusted.
The principal stockholders in tho Rich
mond company,apo New York mon. The
amount involved is about SIO,OOO. ,
COLD-BLOO£»BD M.UKDFR.
A Justice of the Peace Kilin a Negro
Without Provocation.
Vicksburg,. Miss., Junell,—One of the
most cold-blooded murders ever commit
ted in this county was perpetrated ves
terday afternoon by a justice of‘the
peace, J. B. Lanier, who shot and in
stantly killed Charles Scott, colored,
without the-slightest cause or provoca
tion. The coroner’s jury returned aver- 1
diet of homicide not necessary in sol Me I
sense. Lamer has not yot been arrested, !
though he offered to surrender to his fel
low magistrate.
ESCAPS OF THE EEETAS, \
Commander Thomae Justified in Re-
■ ceiving Them.
Washington, June 11.'—Commander
Thomas, of the Bennington, was not
heard from by the navy department to
day. As he has sent a eubteerhm every*
day for the past weqk, naval officials pre
sume that no important developments
have occurred.
It is stated.that there has been no idea
4n cabinet circles of disapproving Com
inauder Thomas'action in granting asy
lum under the extraordinary circiim-*
■tances which required his prompt‘action,
as tho naval regulations gave him no al
ternative in tho mutter. Naval officers
commend the conduct of Commander
Thomas in unusually strong terms.
NATIONAL FENOIBLES.
Washington’s Crack Company Goihu
to the Little Rock Drill.
Washington, June IL— The National
Fenciblea, a crack military company of
this city, that took first prise two years
ago in the Interstate Drill at Omaha,
Neb., has entered in a like contest to be
held at Little Rock, Ark., Jqly 2. The
company will leave Washington Friday.
June 29, via tfi© Richmond and Daurilie
southwestern limited for Little Rbdk.
Upon the retiirn trip the Fdneibles will
make a stop at. Atlanta, Ga., nmj vb’e the
Georgia National Guard an exhibition of
their perfection in tactics.
CAROLINA’S pOUBTMABTIAL.
Only One Company Out of the Seven
Investigated Exonerated.
. Columbia, S. C., June 11.—The military
court of inquiry appointed by Gov. Till
’ man todnvestigate the conduct of the
• trobps - disobeying his orders during the
dispensary riots made a voluminous re
port to-day. Os the seven companies in
vestigated, the Columbia Volunteers only
arc exonerated.
Capt. Capers, with nearly all of his
company,, the Columbia Zouaves, are
found guilty of wilfully disobeying orders.
Capt. Bateman, of the Governor’s
Guards, is found guilty, of disobedience,
with the excuse admitted that he be
lieved marching his company from the
armory would precipitate a riot.
The York, Winsboro and Rock Hill
companies were also found guilty of dis
obedience. In the case of the two latter
companies the responsibility is attributed
to the officers.
The Gordon Volunteers, of Hampton,
are found guilty, the court stating that
their refusal to obey was on account of
their business engagements.
Maj. Arthur Metz, of the Palmetto
Regiment, is found guilty of conduct un
becoming an officer in urging troops not to
go to Darlington.
The governor has not determined what
action he will take.
, A FIGHT WITH KNIVES.
A Liveryman and a Stock Drover
Clash at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga.., June 11.—R. Q. Jones, of
the firm of W. O. Jones & Co., liverymen,
and J. J. Kelley, a stock drover, engaged
in a desperate fight with knives to-day at
the Jones stables on Hunter street, in
which both were badly wounded. Kelley
was stabbed twice in the neck, besides
receiving wounds on the arm- and chest,
and is. regarded as in a dangerous condi
tion: - -
Jones, who is very well known in the
city, received a terrible gash in the abdb
men, which may haVe a fatal result.
The cause of the fight was Kelley’s use
of profanity in the hearing of ladies who
were in ttfc office of the stables. Jones
told him to stop cursing and Kelley turned
upon him with a Horseshoer's knifo.
while Jones used a pocket knife. Jim
Gorghon. another horse man, undertook
to the attack on Jones, but
Jones; brother came up in time to give
him a terrible beating.
Kelley ie now in the hospital in a criti
cal condition. 7
FISTS FLY IN A BANK.
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JohnH. Jamas Hit in the Nose By
c Lawyer Blackburn.
. Atlanfia f .Ga,, IL—R. B. Black
burn, young lawyer, and
John James, a banker, engaged In a sen
sational fight in the latter’s hanking house
on Whitehall street this morning. It was
a regular rough and tumble scrap,
and both gentlemen appeared in police
court and were fined this afternoon
as a consequence. Lawyer Blackburn
went to the James bank to discuss a
Claim held by the bank against Mrs. J. J.
Falvet, a client. The conference was a
heated one. Banker James, who is a
much larger man than Blackburn, gave
the latter the lie. The lawyer let fly with
his fist ahd landed on the banker’s nose,
drawing- blood. Both men then made
floor mops of each other, though neither
was hurt much, when people from the
street rushed in and separated them.
GORE GAMBLERS.
Three Negroes Shot Dead and Three
Wounded at Hildreth.
Branfdni, Fla., June lIJ-At tfildreth,
a flag station eight miles south of this
fiegro‘ gamblers became i,n
volvOd in a fighUfea'turday night. Henry
Jones, Jim Woodward and Thomas Mor
ris wore shot and instantly killed. Two
or three others received severe wounds,
but were able to leave the place. Six ar
rests were made to-day of those supposed
to have been participants in the fight, and
other arrests will be made to-night.
A GRAIN WAREHOUSE FALLS.
Sixty Thousand Bushels of Grain
Stored in It at tho Time.
Washington, June 11.—A special from
tlhattuncoga, Tenn., says: “The grain
warehouse of J. T. Thomas, Son & Co.,
cbvering aliriost an acre of ground, gave
way last night and the building of corru
gated Iron iaaicomplete wreck. The loss
will approximate $i(),0()(). At the lime, <50,-
000 bushels of grain were stored in the
building.’’ _ r
Carolina’s Registration Law.
Columbia, S. C , June 11.--The state
supreme court to-day, on motion of Attor
ney derieral postponed the
hearing.of the cases brought by the re
publican executive committee to test the
South Okrptina registration law until the
next term, which begins tho last week in
November. Consequently it is certain
that the law, if unconstitutional, will not
be declared so until after the next gen
erarelections.
A Negro Bishop Dead.
Ju'cksQnvijlle, Fla., June IL—Rt, Rev.
Bishop T. M. D. Ward, of the African
Methodist: Episcopal church, died
suddenly’last night of heart failure. The
body- has been embalmed and will be
sbijjped to Washington, D. C., to-morrow
fpr interment.
;—
An Alligator and a Candidate.
Dupont, da., June 11.—A party seining
in Rice lake to-day caught an alligator
11 feet. long.
D. D. Fiveosh is out as a candidate for
the legislature on the whisky ticket.
Wo have sought office because it didn't
seek us. ihe man who expects office to seek
him has a head full of sawdust.—Editor Ari
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FAST WORK ON THE TARIFF
The Cotton Goods Schedule Put
Through On the Jump.
Cotton Bagging Put On the Free List.
The Paragraph Relating to Collars
and Cuffs Brings Out an Interesting
Passage Between Messrs. Hoar and
Mills—The Wine Schedule.
. Washington, June 1.1.—1 n the Senate
to-day, tir# reading of Saturday’s journal
having been dispensed with, Mr. Morrill,
rep., of Vermont, gave poticeofanamend
ment to the naval appropriation bill, and
read an argument in explanation and sup
port of it. The amendment was that the
superintendent of the United States naval
observatory shall be :a person selected
from civil life, learned in the science of
astronomy, to be appointed by the Presi
dent, by and with, the advice and consent
of the Senate, with an annual salary of
$5,000. " ’ ■ <_.■
The tariff bill was at 10:80 a. m. taken
up. the question being on the first para
graph of the spirits and wines schedule
(H). The paragraph, as passed by the
House and reported by the Senate finance
committee, puts a duty of SI.BO per proof
gallon-on brandv and other spirits not
specially provided for. Before the ad
journment on Saturday Mr. Aldrich had
moved to increase the rate to $2.50, as
under the existing law. The amendment
was rejected- yeas 18, nays 27. Among
the senators voting “nay” was Mr. Mc-
Pherson. who had been reported in the
papers a3 dangerously ill at his home in
New Jersey.
The only change made in this schedule
from the finance committee’s figures was
in the last paragraph. The rate on all
imitations of mineral waters and artificial
mineral waters, was-'changcd from 30 per
cent, to 20 per cent, ad valorem.
COTTpN MANUFACTURES.
The cotton manufactures schedule came
next, and the recommendations of the
finance committee were all agreed to
promptly. Tho rapidity and ease with
which the schedule was disposed of at
tracted the attention, and provoked the
criticism of Mr. Dolph, rep., of Oregon.
He expressed his surprise and
amazement at seeing tne schedules
pf the bill rushed through in thirty
njinufes, without a single New England
senator ofiquihg his induth.' Their silenee
was significant, and he would like to
know what it meant.
Mr. Aldrich supplied the information
desired. The cotton schedule, he said,
was the most scientific cotton schedule
ever prepared. The rates were lower
than the cotton manufacturers desired;
but'it was impossible to have the rates
fixed in accordance with their notions,
and so they yielded to the inevitable. He
thought that the finance committee de
served the thanks of the cotton manu
facturers of the country for having con
sented to an arrangement, which, w’hile
the duties were not high enough, was
perfectly satisfactory.
The hemp, flax and jute schedule met
with a little more discussion, but the
finance committee’s recommendations
were all agreed to, except that Mr. Vest
moved to strikeout the last phrase of the
schedule, putting a duty on grain bags, so
that they might be afterward placed on
the free list. This was agreed to.
COTTON HAGOING.
The next paragraph, 271, puts a duty of
15 per cent, on bagging for cotton, com
posed in part or Ln whole of hemp, flax,
jute or jute butts.
An amendment was offered by Mr.
Ppffer to exempt it from duty.
Mr. Vest said that no opposition would
be offered to the amendment by the
finance committee.
The amendment was agreed to—yeas 34,
nays 19—and cotton bagging was' made ex
empt from duty.
Then came the paragraph on collars and
cuff#, 275. The House bill made the duty
ou collars and cuffs and shirts and all
linen wearing apparel 35 per cent, ad va
lorem. The amendment of the finance
committee was- to make the paragraph
read “collars and. cuffs, composed wholly
or in part of linen, 30 cents per dozen
pieces, and in addition thereto, 80 per
cent, ad valorem : shifts and all other ar
ticles of wearing apparel of every de
scription, not specially provided for in
this act, composed wholly or in part of
linen, 50 per cent, ad valorem.”
Messrs. Platt, Hoar, Chandler and Al
drich, twitted the democrats with hav
ing placed a duty, not only protective but
prohibitive on these articles of manufac
ture,.and invited an explanation from Mr.
Vest.
Mr. Vest insisted that the rates fixed
constituted a revenue duty.
MILLS ffIVES HOAR AN ANSWER.
Mr. Hoar turned toward Mr. Mills,
who had gone over to the republican side
of the chamber, and said, “Will not the
senator from Texas tell us?”
'Without waiting for a close of the sen
tence, Mr. Mills broke in: “With the
greatest pleasure in the world. 1 knew
that you would come to me. and I was
waiting tor you to do so- [Laughter.] We
found ourselves in a situation where it
was necessary to make this concession.
In order to protect some other barons en
gaged in plundering the people of the
Cnited States about $300,000,000 a year on
woolen goods and $125,000,000 a year on
cotton goods, and in order to reduce the
plunder on woolen goods about $150,000,-
000 and the plunder on cotton goods—well,
not so much—very little [laughter], we
had to stand a little rise ou collars and
cuffs ” ■
“That is not the way to state it.” Mr.
Hear said. “It is not a little rise on col
lars and. cuffs,- TJie. senator goes for
them with his bludgeon in his hand and
says. 'There is a robber on the highroad
plundering at large: and therefore I will
take to the byways and do a little plun
dering myself.’ [.Laughter.] But I
would like to have the senator go a little
further and tell us how it came to be nec
essary to do this. How did it happen ?
What democrat was it who would not vote
for the bill without certain conditions?”
REFERRED TO CHANDLER.
Mr. Hills suggested that Mr. Chandler
seemed to know all about that and would
give the desired information.
That suggestion did not suit Mr. Hoar,
however, who said that Mr. Mills was iu
the position of a witness who offered him
self to the court for examination, and he
repeated the question.
Mr. Mills’ reply was that he had al
ready stated that the > bill could not be
passed without concessions being made.
Mr. Hoar pressed Mr. Mills to name the
man, and applied io the Texas senator the
remark of Burke on one occasion. that he
had “sneaked out of a difficulty in which
he had proudly strutted.'’ But, of course,
he said, that remark would not apply to
so gallant and chivalric a man as the sen
ator from Texas. As Mr. Mills declined
to be as explicit as Mr. Hoar would have
him, the Massachusetts senator declared,
in conclusion, that his friend from Texas
“threw himself on the mercy of the
court.”
“The question is on the committee
amendment to the collar and cuff para
graph,” said the speaker.
Mr. Chandler Called for the yeas and
nays. The call was not seconded, only
three senators sustaining it, and the
amendment was agreed to without a
division.
Then came the wool schedule--and then
the tariff bill was laid aside for the day,
after three schedules and nineteen pages
had been disposed of.
Mr. Peffer gave notice that when the
wool schedule is taken ,up to-morrow, he
would move the provisions of the.existing
law, reduced about 40 per eent.
But the most ominous notice of all was
one given by Mr. Quay, tljat he would to
morrow take the floor and continue the
speech begun by him on April 14, and of
which he has already delivered numerous
installmiSnts.
At 6:10 p. m., after a short executive
session, the Senate adjourned till to-mor
row at 10 a. m.
SHOUT END HORSES WIN.
A Bad Dad for the Talent at Morris
Park.
Morris Park Race Track, N. Y., June
Weather was quite warm to-day
and over 8,000 persons were at the track
to witness the day’s sport. The pro
gramme was not so brilliant, and after the
withdrawals were , all in tho All Breeze
stakes, the principal event of the day,
was reduced to a skeleton.
The welter-weight handicap was won
by Addie in a bruising finishing with
Prig, while the Pocanteco handicap was
captured by St. Maxim.
In the.race for the All Breeze stakes,
Trevelyan led Stoneile and Roche a merry
dance for six furlongs. Then, the others
passed him aM- hottes? km J of a'
drivd ensued through the last furlong.
Stoneile lasted long enough to win by a
nose.
One of "the surprises Os the day was the
result of the second race, when W. 8., a
15 to 1 shot, defeated Roller, the favorite,
by a half a length. Only two favorites
won to-day.
Summaries follows:
First Race—Five furlongs. Addie, 8 to 1,
won. with Prig second and Peter the Great
third. Timesßy».
Second Race One mile. W. 8., 15 to 1, won.
with Roller second and Will Fon'-o third.
Timo 1:40q.
Third Race—Ono mile. St. Maxim, 1 to 2.
won. with Ornus second and Harrington
third. lime 1:40’4,
Fourth Race All Breeze stakes: seven fur
longs. Stonell, ft to 2J, won bv a head, with
Roche second and Trevelyan third. Time,
o Fifth Race Six furlongs. The 'Commoner,
sto 1, won, with The Coon second arid Sa
brina colt third. Time. 1:12.
sixth Race One mile. Arab, <5 to 1, won.
with Tom Skidmore second and Fusileer
third. Time, 1:8ft.
AT LATONIA PARK.
Latonia, Ky., June 11. —To-day’s, races
were well attended, but not especially in
teresting.
The Latonia Jockey Club to-day an
nounced that it would run, a special
sweepstakes Saturday, good day apdgood
track, if not the following Tuesday on
the same condition. To be limited to the
following horses: Ray S., .120 pounds;
Ida Pickwick, 119; Faraday, 115; and
Ducate, 112. The distance is to be a mile.
Acceptances to close at 2:30 o’clock to
morrow. Summaries of to-day’s races
follows: ‘l, ,
First Race—One mile and 20 yards. Eli, 7
to 1, won. with Advocate second and Foot
runner third. 1 ime 1:43J4
Second Race—One mile and 70 yards Pom
fret. 2U to 1. won with Bob L. second and
Little Walter third, ..Timo 1:45.
Third Race—Five furlongs. Lady Diamond
won. “ frith VsUadora second and Miss Rey
nolds third. TimeliftHk.
Fourth Race—Ona mile. Nephew, 6 to 5,
won. with King Charlie second and Tariff Re
form third. Time 1:42’4.
Fifth Face—Four and one-half furlongs.
Satsuma, to 1, won, with Bookie second
and Shanty Hob third. Time 0:551/,.
Sixth Ba o—Four and one half furlongs.
Partner. So to 1. wmi, with Sir Rhoe second
and Little Fisher (bird. Time
FLORIDA DOWN ON FIGHTS.
Gov. Mitchell Determined That no
More Shall Be Held.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 11.—Informa
tion comes from Tallahassee that the su
preme court ofFlorida will to-morrow re
view. the injunction which Judge Cail, of
this place, granted tho Duval Athletic
Club in January last, restraining the
sheriff from interfering with the Corbett-
Mitchell fight. It is understood that
Gov. Mitchell is behind the case,
as he is convinced that Judge
Call’s decision was contrary to
law and he wants the supreme
court to finally puss upon the question of
the legality of prize fights in Florida. It
is understood that the governor wants
tho question speedily decided
in view of the newspaper re
ports that a club is arranging to
bring off another mill at Jacksonville. It
is the genera! opinion that the supreme
court will overturn Judge Cail's ruling
in regard to prize fights. but
even should he be sustained in his con
tention that prize fights are not violative
of Florida law, it is said that Gov.
Mitchell will convene the legislature in
extra session and procure the passage of
an anti-prize fight law rathe: than a'low
another mill to be brought off in Florida
It may be safely asserted that Florida
has had. it? first and last prize fight.
Atlanta's Exposition Appropriation.
Washington,. June 11.-Senator Gordon,
this afternoon, introduced in the Senate a
bill appropriating $5d,000 for a building for
the exposition at Atlanta, Ga.. and $150,-
(XX) for the maintenance of the exposi
tion.
CHAPMAN IS IN CONTEMPT
His Refusal to Be Laid Before the
District Attorney.
A Sugar Refiner From Boston. Appears
Before the Committee—He Gave Sen
ator Jones Much Information About
the Sugar Business in Order to Help
the Committee in Fixing the Duties
Intelligently.
Washington, June IL—The sugar trust
investigating committee has decided to
report broker Chapman's refusal to
answer to its questions to th© Senate and
will not ask him to appear again.
The proceedings will be simi
lar to those in th© cases of
Messrs. Edwards and Schriver. The
committee will report the facts accompa
nying the report and a full' transcript of
Mr. Chapman's testimony with a resolu
tion directing the Vice President to cer
tify the facts to the district attorney,
who is expected to proceed against Mr.
Chapman by taking the matter before the
grand jury.
Henry R. Reed, of Boston, was the
principal witness before the company to
day. He said that he was an owner in
the Revere Sugar Refining Company of
Boston, which had no connection with
the sugar trust, but was a competitor.
He said he had been in Washington the
greater part of the time since February
in the interest of his refinery. He said
he had frequently talked with Senators
Vorhees, Jones, Brice, Al
drich and Platt.
, gfis t’ *
GAVE JONES MANY TIPS.
He said he had seen Senator Jones more
frequently tnan any other member of the
Senate, and given the senator on request
a great deal ol information about the
sugar refining business, much of it rela
ting entirely to the business of his own
house and of a confidential nature. This
information was given, he said, to enable
Senator Jones and the finance
committee to (form a fair estimate as to
what would be equitable treatment for
the refiners in dealing with the sugar
schedule—'‘as to what would mean ruin
and the reverse of it.” He said the Ileus©
bill, if it should have become a law,would
have ment ruin to the business. He
had, however, used no other argument
with Senator Jones or any one else. H©
had said nothing about any supposed in
debtedness of the Democratic party to
the sugar refiners. He confessed that he
had been a contributor to the Democratic
party “in a modest way” for a great
many years, and expected to continue his
contributions, but not to ask any favors
on that account.
HAD MET HAVEMEYER.
Mr. Reed said he had met Mr. Have
meyer frequently while they were both
in Washington and had met him in Mr.
Terrell's room at the Arlington, but he
did not remember that he had been there
on the night of March 7, when Mr. Gas
ton testified to overhearing a communica
tion between sugar men' and senators.
He had, however, met Senator Brice
at Mr. Terrell’s rooms and he
thought he had also met Senator Smith
there, but he had never been when
Mr. Havemeyer was explaining the sugar
question to him. However, the proposed
sugar schedule was the chief subject of
conversation. Ho was sure that nothing
was said on that occasion about demo
cratic campaign contributions. Mr. Reed
said be knew nothing of sugar stock
speculations by senators.
didn’t lima* draw the schedule.
» if ’ A
He also denied having been in the capir
tol with Mr. Havemeyer and others ar
ranging a sugar schedule on the Sunday
before the tariff bill wks reported. He
had, h© said, been a frequent visitor at
Senator Brice’s, but had never met other
senators there, except on one occasion
early in the spring, when he met Sena
tor Hill going out at the door and found
Senator Caffery in th© library.
When asked by Senator Davis whether
tho present sugar schedule was in
accordance with his views, Mr. Reed said
it was, except that he had advocated a
larger .differential duty ou sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard. He thought it
was also in accordance with the desires
of Mr. Havemeyer and other refiners, so
far as it adhered to the ad valorem
system.
Mr. Reed said that the firm of Nash,
Spaulding & Co., of which he was a mem
ber, were holders of considerable of the
trust stock, and he was then examined by
SenatoY Allen in regard to the details of
the company. Mr. Reed declined to say
how much of the stock of the trust his
firm owned, but he said he
understood that about $30,1X10,000 of it
was held in New England. Senator Allen
asked Mr. Reed a great many questions
designed to develop the fact that the
sugar refiners were acting in concert to
secure tariff legislation, but he persisted
in saying that he had met some of the
other refiners, there had been no especial
conference, and that he had pursued his
own course.
Mr. Reed also said in reply to questions
from Senators Gray arid Lindsay that the
arguments for a sugar duty made during
the present congress had not been differ
ent from those made in 1890 when, the Mc-
Kinley bill was pending.
Senator Allen asked the' witness a num
ber of questions uA to the division of ter
ritory between the different refiners, and
desired to know how it happened that
Mr. Spreckels supplied all the western
territory, but Mr. Reed professed to know
of no understanding of this sort,* and said
if Mr. Spreckels had a monopoly in the
west it was because the Rocky mountains
were a barrier to eastern refiners.
Sullivan’s Island Life-saving Station.
Washington, June 11.—Secretary' Car
lisle to-day awarded the contract for the
erection of the life-saving station at Sul
livan’s island, South Carolina, to Henry
L. Cade, of Charles ton, S. C., at $4,400.
Damafre of the Columbia.
Washington, June 11.—Th© report of
Naval Constructor Hanscom of the inju
ries received by the Columbia on her trial
trip shows that twelve plates were dam
aged and that SIO,OOO and a month’s time
will be required to repair the ship.
ASSIST NATURE
a little now and
then, with a gentle,
■ K cleansing laxative,
thereby removing
offending matter
~ from the stomach
JT towels, and
u P and in
vigorating the
liver and quicken
fr<*' ’W in R its ter <ly oc
**** 'tsß«P^tion, and you
thereby remove the cause of a multitude
of distressing diseases, such as headaches,
indigestion, biliousness, skin diseases, |
boils, carbuncles, piles, fistulas and mala- j
dies too numerous to mention.
If people would pay more attention to ■
properly regulating the action of their !
bowels, they would have k-ss frequent oc- |
casion to call for their doctor's services
to subdue attacks of dangerous diseases.
To accomplish this purpose, Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets are unequ filed. Once used,
they are always in favor. Their secondary
effect is to keep the bowels open and regu
lar, not to further constipate, as is the
case with other pills. Hence, their great
popularity with sufferers from habitual
constipation, piles and indigestion.
It Can Clean Ags,
the World
* s
given •
a chance. |
Gold Dust
® WASHING POWDER
Cleans everything to which it is applied. Cleans 11
quickly, cleans it easily, cleans it cheaply. Apply it to
everyday use and see for yourself. Sold by grocers
everywhere. Price 25c. per 4 lb. package. Made only by
The N. K. Fairbank Company,
Chicago, St. Louis, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia.
THE WINDOW DRESSER.
He Must Have the Instincts of an Ar
tist, and Up to Date.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Nowhere is window decorating more
highly developed than in Brooklyn. Ful
ton street seems duller and less interest
ing than usual when the curtains ate
drawn down over the big windows.
There may be just as many people, the
life is still there, but the brightness and
color are gone.
It was to get an idea what the decora
tors are doing during the interval of the
drawn curtains, how they lay bn the
colors, work in the background and do
the other things necessary tn the produc
tion of the perfect window picture . that
the writer knocked ?t a certain door in a
great Fulton street store. An invitation
to enter immediately' followed the knock,
and the reporter found himself in the
sanctum of a window artist.
The studio impresses one curiously.at
first. A beautiful woman of modest de
meanor and downcast eyes fringed with
long lashes sat in a state of dishabille on
the table, her limbs covered with long
black stockings, dangling over the side.
The decorator was in the act of mending
her neck, from which a piece of the wax
had fallen.
•‘She is to wear a decollete gown,” he
explained, “or this work wouldn’t be
necessary, although I like to keep my
figures in repair. I get satisfaction out
of the feeling that they are all right, even
if their defects can be hidden.”
A veritable workshop is this room, and
one that suggested that its occupant was
a jack of all trades. There were great
wooden frames, plaster casts of various
shapes, a carpenter bench and. tools,
paints, a wooden bannister for a balcony,
drawings in the rough and others care
fully finished, photographs, a row of
corset models—in fact, a thousand things.
“This is my workshop,” said the deco
rator, “and here,” leading the way into a
cosy little room adjoining the larger one,
“is my studio. This is where I elaborate
my ideas, study designs and make draw
ings, for every idea is carefully, sketched
out before it is used. Outside I carpenter,
mold, paint and, as you saw me just now,
keep my figures in repair. Os course, a
good deal of mechanical work I have done
for me. It wouldn't pay to do it all, but
the things I am particular about I do my
self. Let me show you what I call, my
Bluebeard closet.” With this the deco
rator opened thejdoors of a species of cup
board that extended to theceiling. It was
a trifle dark in that corner of the room,
and as rows of bodiless heads of beautiful
women and the livid faces of men, looking
strangely human in the semi-darkness,
were disclosed, the sensation was a pecu
liar one. There was a ghastly realism
about the scene.
“A little startling the first time you
look at them. Now let me show you the
women who have bodies as well as
heads,” Another cabinet was opened,
and a number of figures in undergar
ments, with hair dressed, ready tb,be clad
in the gowns in which they will stand in
the windows and receive the admiration
of the pupils, were displayed. The deco
rater drew from his pocket a comb and
proceeded to rearrange their bangs,
which had become a little mussed. “You
see,” he said, “the window dresser must
also be a hairdresser. Where do I get
my ideas? Oh, everywhere; at the the
ater, in the streets, and a great many are
not due to any external suggestion. But
did I say everywhere? I meant every
where bht in the windows of other med.
The decorator who copies in the least
particular the work of a competitor is
relegated at once to the ranks of the in
ferior members of the calling. There is
not a profession nor an art that requires
more originality than window dressing.”
Although window dressing is undoubt
edly an art, it is one of recent growth.
Nothing was further from the artistic
than the window displays of fifteen years
ago, even in the most pretentious estab
lishments. The idea then was to get as
much as possible into the window—in
fact, to have there all the bouse had for
sale. When the establishment was a
large one, doing business in various lines,
the result of this policy can be Imagined.
In unsightly array in one window were
-shoes, linen, cotton goods, household
ware, jewelry and a hundred other things.
Carpets or dress goods extending to the
top of the window were used as the back
grounds, while from the ceiling hung rugs,
lace curtains and the like in ugly pro
fusion.
Very different is the manner of dress
ing windows to-day. It is not the aim to
make the window a catalogue of the
stock. The decorator strives to present
an idea worked out in merchandise that
will be so attractive to the eye as to
draw attention to the window and causes
remark. This is one of the best forms of
advertisement. This same beauty un
obtrusively conveys the impression that
the goods within are of the finestquality.
It is impossible to avoid slight injury to
fine goods that are used for decorating.
Dust and handling tell on them despite
the care and skill of the dresser, so that
it is economic to be sparing of material.
To be a successful window decorator a
man must have the instincts of the artist.
He must have a perfect knowledge of
color and a true eye for harmony of com
bination. He must know all about the
goods he handles or he will make the mis
take of putting expensive material with
cheap stuff, which combination nullifies
the effect of the former. He must keep
a watchful eye on the changes of fashion,
as his windows are to some extent of the
prevailing modes, and he must have a
knowledge of drawing. In addition to
these qualifications, some of the dressers
are skilled mechanics. These are the
stars of the business—the men who are so
valuable to their employers that their
salaries, reckoning by thousands, cannot
be counted on five fingers.
The true window decorator’s eye kindles
with enthusiasm when you talk to
him o.f his work, like the painter’s when
he talks of painting.
It is a little curious that window deco
rating as a profession has no femihine fol
lowers. Lt is work, apparently, for
GOLD DUST.
I which women, with their Inborn taste
for dress and color, are pre-eminently fit
ted, but as yet the men have the field en
tirely to themselves. Thera are about a
hundred professional window decorators
in the United States, a number of whom
are Frenchmen. It was in France, ii>-
deed, that the art originated. Artistia
window dressing in London is still in thei
embryotic, state.
WORK OE THE RED CROSS- ,
Miss Clara Barton’s Record onth?
Sea Islands.
Washington,. June 11.—Miss Clara Bar
ton and t'rie Red Cross staff closed the
field of relief at Beaufort, S. C., on Sat*
urday. The sea islands, with their popu
lation of 35,000, after; nine months of hard
work, are left in a condition to sup*
port themselves. The cyclone bf August,
1898, destroyed over 3,000 lives, devastated
15,000 acres of land and ruined 6,000
cabins. The people have been fed. the
cabins rebuilt, over 100 ffiiles of ditches
for drainage have been dug. and roads
and bridges have been constructed. At
least 15,000 acres more of land have been,
planted this year than were ever planted,
before, of the famous sea island cotton,
which has heretofore been about the
only product, and which left the small
land owners and laborers in debt-!
and practically in the power
of the merchants. Under Miss Bur-'
ton’s management nearly 28,(XX) acres
of food crops have been planted, and as a
result the population of the islands can
depend on their own food crops and are
independent. Outside of the clothing
and other supplies, a great part of which
was contributed, the amount of money
expended by the society has been about
$32,000. Miss Barton at present is in.
Charleston, S. 0., suffering from exhaus
tion resulting from overwork. She will
remain there for five or six weeks.
GOLD DOWN TO $68,400,000.
i
The Amount Lower Now Than When,
the Bonds Were Issued.
Washington, June 3flf--The engageir.nut
to-day of $1,000,000 in gold for export from
New York to-morrow reduced the gold
reserve in the treasury $68,400,000, When
Secretary Carlisle, on Jan. 17 last, issued
his circular letter inviting bids for $50,-
000,000 of bonds the gold reserve stood at
$86,971,(XX).
The “ten days” treasury statement,
issued to-day, shows that the receipt?
from customs at New York so far this
month, have aggregated only $1,605,035,
an amount less than for any ten days
since 1892, or prior years for ten years
back, it is believed, and less by $1,000,000
than for the corresponding period- of
June, 1893. Os this amount, only 1 per
cent, was paid in gold and 86.8 per cent,
in silver certificates.
So far this month, the expenditures
have exceeded the receipts by $2,200,000,
and for the fiscal year, $73,200,000.
Coxay and Browne.
Washington, June 11.—Gen. Coxey and
Marshal Browne came to the capital to
day, using the asphalted walk instead of
the grass in approaching the building,
and spent some time in the Senate gal
lery. Marshal Browne did not wear his
theatrical leather coat, and consequently
the two commonwealers attracted llttla
attention.
Morocco’s Sultan Dead.
London, June 11.—Advices received hero
report that the Sultan of Morocco died on
June 7 and that the army proclaimed
his son, Mulai Abdul, his successor.
Private advices say the sultan was mur
dered.
ALL QUIET AT TANGIEH.
Tangier, June 11.—Everything is quiet
here. The foreign representatives ara
discussing the outlook, and agree thas
there is no likelihood of disorder,
Stevenson Goes to Virginia.
Washington, June 11.—Vice President
Stevenson left Washington to-night, on a
special train over the Richmond and Dan
ville for Charlottesville, Va., where ha
will deliver an address at the University
of Virginia to-morrow.
Confirmations.
Washington, June 11.—The following
confirmations of postmasters were made
by the Senate.to-day: W. M. Dunklee, at
Christiansburg, Va., and W. K. Spiller,
at Bridgeport, Ala. • .
Southern Iron in Pennsylvemisu
New Castle, Pa., June 11.—The first
consignment of southern pig metal fiver
brought to New Castle arrived Saturday
for the Baldwin At Graham Stove Works.
It was purchased in Alabama, owing to
the coal strike, which has paralyzed all
the industrial establishments in- the She
nango valley.
The Logic of the Flogged Ka ffirs.
From London Truth.
A gentleman has written all the way
from South Africa to inform mo that Mr.
Gladstone is the real author of the flog
ging of Kaffirs for walking on the pave
ments at Johannesburg. The argument,
if I follow it rightly, is that Boers Hogged
the Kaffirs, that Englishmen could not
interfere because Johannesburg is in the
Transvaal, and that Mr. Gladstone re
stored the Transvaal to the Boers; argal:
Mr. Gladstone caused the Kaffirs to be
flogged. This argument is especially flat
tering to the some few thousand English
men who have created Johannesburg and
now inhabit the town. Last week a lady
wrote to tell me that the Kaffirs were
really flogged on account of their undue
admiration of English ladies. I suppose
that- the fact is that the Boers ara also all
in love with the English ladies, and were,
therefore, jealous of the attentions of the
Kaffirs; hence the flogging. Only by get
ting information direct from the foun
tainhead is one able to understand these
wheels within wheels.
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