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Show THE OLD SUBJECT. Iu lite Honn or Kfprrentalirrs Iho hllTfr Hill I.as the Waf. M'KINLCY. BLAND, TOWNSCND AND OTHERS TALK. Extend c I'orwi Fire In CoIoraUo: d'rarc AiirchrnIou arfj Emcrlaincd. SERIOUS EXPLOSION ON A " STEAM YACHT. . ' Epldmlc of Asiatic Cholera in aplSt. Saajuluarj- Kamllr . .VfuJ In Kd,3-. . -- " Hy Iwcn-ipti to the Neits 1 Jtuni: inorrsium. Ihr lloteorReiirprnlati.M Ilarplnp On Thnt Iuntnn. WASiilNflTOK, Juue 24 Sjiringcr (Illinok) called ntteulion to the fatt thai the Journal iliouvJ Uist the lrgishtic n.iroi)ti!loii lull, as arnenJeJ by the Senate, hail Iicpu : reffrrul to the ajiproiiriations toni-niitlte toni-niitlte without rvfeircce 5n Ti,- : Hmife. He Mill !!iat if ativlhln-ras ativlhln-ras UeriUtd iu the cafe of theMlver UII it was that the refereiire thouM be imt'le in oj;n House, and that the bill should have pone to the committee com-mittee of the u hole. The Src-aker aid the u--ual custom cus-tom had been followeil, that the reconl duly informed the House of the reference, and therefore declared de-clared the journal approved. -V conferences as ordi'nil ol; the bill to reorKanite the cintonib lol-lection lol-lection dMrict of In-t .Sound. McKinley, from the committee on rules rvpotted a rtoliition that the House proceeJ at om-n to consider con-sider Uie hilver Mil with Seunle amendments ul two iiVKk . morrovi ; t'tat the rrevloug n'jtion be cnW'rvi rts ordered. He de-tnantted de-tnantted the previous jik.Uoh on adoption of the resolution, which was ordered. Twenty minutes debate de-bate was aliened on Uthefelde-. TlIK DKNUCRATh lEM.UCr.l t,,',af.an al l,!1'f"2 r pat; rule. JlOKlnky :4iU the uqxM:of the reselu'Jon was to tecurv detlulte am! -peedy action ujfln the Wecl el silvir. He was furj:r:ted by tlleoppo-'ition tlleoppo-'ition from the other side. Tliey charged that the lepublicauti wou'il smother the fllver bill to prevent Icyi-htion; touay had jrl-"n uirrct refutation of that 'uitemeiit. Tin-reiuUfr"rS Tin-reiuUfr"rS tiad brought the bill 'lk almo-t at once. They invited the Houe to concur or non-concur in the Senate auieudnieub. The ordirpiveanopportunitx tothetrve coinage man t- vote for "their prop-oeition. prop-oeition. It as the result thai the repiibliran siJo ti after, pnd wH-'- that thu dimoofnltc s' Je vas after. af-ter. .priegtr Said the republicans had finally been obliged Id come over to tLe democratic oit!oii. The jHjcial rule wa adopted without division. The coinage committee presented Its report. It ntuply recommend-d recommend-d that the Houe non-concur in : rath and all of the Senate amendment-, to the silver bill. HlauJ 1 MNtouri'. moved that the Hotie concur iu thtm. in these iroposilious the delate began. txjxt.Ki: niMriKUTiii: vciion ' if his tummittre. ayinfj it had re- 1 lOrted a wt.-e and cou-ervative I iieasure. If the bullion redem4ion 1 reatlirr ufr fctrirt i.,i ,.tif ft..... fl.u . govemment was placed in a joiitlon uf buying Kold aud silver bulliuu tnd aj ins for it In silvir coin, for that was the only money provided tor the purpo'e. Free coinage meant a profit of SIS.u.'M.icW a jear to the bullionownersof this country. It meant that we should say to the orld, "Unug us your iilverand e "ill give you S) per cent, more fur it than you can get anywhere ile." Conger held tlat under the terms of the bill "-liver and gold would lie equally within the reach of all, while if the Senate bill avc-i, the country would lie driven to a silver basis. Under thu terms of the House bill he believed it would not. He asked if his colleagues could understand under-stand the pressure that had ten brought to bear by men iuteru.ted in silver speailation. To secure silver legislation not only 1iave (aid lobbyists been plyiu tlieir adoration adora-tion here, but various other inea'is have lieen n-orled to by vilver sjieculators to procure !egi-!ation. I1M3I. AKTKR l-ool. had been organized in thfci country by speculators. Hundreds and hundreds of tli&ti-m.Jrt were ready to jiircha.se bullion as soon as thii Ii-gisLation should jass. Tlitse W-ople were oppneil to the Hoii'e bill simply because if that bill passed they would have to trust to the market value of their producL If the Free Coinage bill passed the Congress of the I'niteil Ststn would fix the value at 30 percmtal.ovc what silver was worth. He had been invited time and again to join the silver jool, but as long as he had a seat lu-re his voice should be nised iu behalf of the tieopleof tills country, for tho Lilwring man, for the saviugx bank depositor, for the olj and starved mldlers of the country. coun-try. In conclusion, Congersald thnt If there was no silver legislation the resimnsibility would rest upon the advocates of free colujgc, because the delay up to Uiis time rested largely upon their shoulders. I1LAND KSDf XOTllIXO about any lobby. He had not seeu it and had never lit-ard of it. If stculatlve pools had been organized they might have been founded tijioti a belief iu the pasago of the House bill, because it opened the oor to tho widest sjieculation. One day there might be ten millions in the Treasury and the next not a million. mil-lion. HecriticL-ed the House bill In other resjiects. He was for free coinage, but if he eoulj not get It ho woulJ vote for the bill if hecould get two amendment.-, one providing that the notes outstanding should not be limited to the cost price of bullion, and another that the notes should be redeemed ill coin. This latter was important in order that coinage should be I.tj.t up and tho bullion not stored In the Treasury simply as a commodity. Tou-nsend. of Colorado, said free coinage as the only way to secure a stable financial system, but if he could not gtt free colnsgo he would vote for this bill as offering a considerable con-siderable improvement on the present pres-ent condition. The question was further debated by Kerr, Hill, Kelly, Struble, Wheeler and Itartine, the latter suiting that he felt it hi duty to vote forauy measure that pointed in the direction of free silver. Senate. Washjsgto:., June 2i. The Senate sroceeded to consideration of the postofllce appropriation bill. In relation to the first amendment by the committee, increasing the Item for mall depredations, post-1 olllce Inpeeto-a' fees and cxfen:es I from S230 000 to SSnn.000, Gorman ' spoke In condemnation of the Pott-hi-ister-Gcncral's plan for having additional dctecthes to enquire into Rich small matters as whether the patrons of posfofili-e are satifled that the bushiest of the tfflcc U well performed; whether tho post, master employs rrembcre of his mrn family; whether Intoxicating liquors are told in the joet-ofllco joet-ofllco building, aud other matters. HeoliJected to lh proposition of the 'ISelrauider-Ueneral to establish a system such as he suggested injiis statement t-efore the Houte committee, commit-tee, djIdiug tho country Into twenty-six districts,vith aeJiief detective for each di-trkl. and Willi a cor of dttei lives to lie ued iiosting localities locali-ties and gitting"Iu touch with the jieople." He (Uorman) did net want any Postmaster-Genual to have a force under liim wlture avoed dutyit might bcloclrcuUtP around among the jx-ople and "grt In touch with them." Senator Plumb asn spoke nipi nit he amendment, bbt it Has agreed 'o. a Vfers the othtr committee amendments, aud the bill passed. TIIK SIINATE TUKS rHOCKRIlEII to consider the diplomatic and consular con-sular appropriation bill. The principal princi-pal .-intendment recommended by the committee has already Ken given In these uisirtehes. Senator Sherman, fr.im the committee com-mittee on foreign relatione approved the Increase iu compensation fur the minister to Turkey from ST.JiOrt to SIO.IKW. Agreed to. t rsenator 1 UlmnntiB mo vedlo amend bie amendment relating to the work on tlie iuteruatron-il canal by inserting insert-ing the words 'information In rev spee-t of," so as to make it read, "for tho layment of the share of the United States of the preliminary survey fur information In risj-ts t of the inter continental railway, ?6o, )," unit said that he made the motion so a to guard agnin-t anj moral or Implied i-ugngement to go on with tbia Inlcr-coHtitiint.il railway. rail-way. Agreed to. ' All amendnients having U-cu agreed to, the billltK-d. The Senate bill to Mlopt reKlllfl-tlous reKlllfl-tlous for prevenling aud in relation to collisions at sea, were paned. These bills erabo-ia- the rule-? 6grcrll tr- by tho International Maritime C'nntereucc. Tliecoiifvniice re-port on the Pell-sious Pell-sious Appropriation bill was presented, pre-sented, and tlie Senate rece-iil front the only ameiidmt-ht not arranged la ewiferen-e that for the apilnt-menl apilnt-menl t two additional jien.iou r.gents ami the Pension Aptropria-ttnn Aptropria-ttnn bill now goes to the President. Tlie Senate then adlwiMicd. (.'otomila's r.irrst lirrs. IVH.-LDKR. CoL. June 21.- AdolJi Frank, a comnie-reial trevtler lefi this place rur Ward, a big mining caunp uiuety miles distant, je-ster-day, bucreturiredon the advice of U-amsters ilrlving down from the eaniji. Several of them had tuct wit'iiairl.rt-adth escapes Ju pa-imc tli rough the names of btiriiing woods, and one of tlu-m even e-x-hibited his luadly-buruetl bluuktleKa lestinteny tf the shave he had undergone. For two or three das tlio woxis have lieen oil fire, ami ou Sunday a great ileal of difficulty w ns 1 en-em-n! in fighting the llamex. away from tlie iinmeuee shaft honw" of (he Miot Milling Compauv, of wnlclt evSenatcr Tabor is president, presi-dent, and it was feared that the whole town of Ward, with hundred of nvidence-v, business house-s and , shaft Ji&use. would be swept nway. Thest-jryofthethr-t. teamsters is confirmatory of a suspicion that the lire would take a course down to- : warJ tile left lutnd, wht re a costly ' iiostoii mill is lieiug built aud otne r entcri-riscs stand. Tne gravest ap- ! lirebeiu-ions exi-t at the present mo- meat. There are great mining en- I terjinsesat WarJ, !x couceiitratlug ! mill'; extensive niiuitnr i.lsnls. c. : cral hundred residences, and the little lit-tle hamlet h now an active scene ol mining life. Seven hundred cords of fire wood was turned at My wot yesterday, and it Is feared thnt much other valuable property ho iK-eudwtn.jeil In that neiglilnrhood. TIm- total h-seannot lie estimiUd at present, aside flre-s are spreadiiig, and owing to the w irai and dry weather it is Impossible Impos-sible even to predict how far the flames will travel before thev are subdued. Mrnm Yttelit NlosIan. Wii.mi.nt.tox. Del., June 21. A pijpein the lioller of J. Addick steam yacnt, oie Then, burst Uxlay while the boat was steaming oir Chrmont. The Ilame from the furnace wtis forced out into Hie llm-room, llm-room, severely Ltirnlng the chief engineer, John Andrews, the assl-t-ant engineer, and Frank Johnson, the fireman. Asl-illc Crinlrr-l In s.nltrs IIojik, June 24. Asiatic clmlera is rapidly beeouing an epidemic in Naples. Thetloctorssay tliat two-thirds two-thirds of the tity will have to be illed down and the entire sewerage sewer-age system revolutionize I to prevent pre-vent a constant return of the scourge. Ilorr II irmled. Kansas City, June 2J. A fimrt special lrom Uates Centre, Kansas, says: A family feud ended today in a bloody tragedy. For several years A. E. Cot and his two brothers-in la a, Nathaniel and Adrian Anglln, who had farms adjoining ad-joining his, ktj.t up a family fetid, the origin of which U unknown. TI1I4 morning Cue w ent Into a field and shot him dead. He then opened fire on Adrian and shattered his arm. leaving l,itu for dead. He returned home and shot his w ifo dead. Then he sent a Imllet through his own head, dying instiiilly. The orouer Is investigating. Itie-TIlj orrnrls." liUMws. June 24. The Itoardof " Trade limilnshim the Ctfy 0 Part accident attribnte-K tlln eaualty to the wearing out of the propeller bearings. It also Hnd.- that the safety of the rns-engers on the Ct!y of rant was not sacrificed to speed, and that the vcsm-I in 0110 of the finest in tlie merchant marine. Xtliic lie. New Uri.kaxs, June 24. The roynl train conveying tlie king of the New Orleans carnival, the crown prince, f coronation committee, commit-tee, military and court, 100 representatives repre-sentatives of commercial lioeiies aud a large mid pleasant social iarty, will leave tomorrow and arrive at Ogden July IsL The A. I t . vr. liosroN", June 24. The Supreme Lodge-, A. O. U. W., today elected olllcers fur the ensuing year. The supreme master workman is W. Marne Milson, of Detroit, Mich.; supreme medical examiner, Hugh Dohsrty, IJoston. Ureter rrevails. San Salvador, June 24. Order has prevailed since the sudden death of President Mcncnez. A new government Is formed as follows: Provisional president. General Carlos Car-los Kzta; minister of foreign affairs, Dr. Manuel Del Gado; rniuMer of the Interii.r, General FernaBdo Fig-tteroa; Fig-tteroa; minister of home affairs, put lie credit war mid marine, general gen-eral Ilepjamln "IollIua Guerola; ' minister of public instruct! jn, Ij. ft. I I J. Frantlsco Assiola. |