Iowa Citizen, The (Newspaper) - December 16, 1892, Iowa City, Iowa SECOND IOWA DECEMBER 16, 1892. NUMBER If you are in doubt as to you to purchase in the way of HOLIDAY PRESENTS For your Gentleman We will be pleased to Show you Our Line of x -a House Smoking Collar and Cuff i Blacking And many articles for Holiday COAST THE AMERICAN IOWA AN It Has Been Started as to the Treasury's The Present Financial Status to Be Investigated by the House Ways and Means HOUSE Dec. honse Tuesday with a sharp contest between the ways and means and but it was brief decisive and resulted in a victory ior the former committee For some time there has been a little rivalry between these two great committees of the and when the matter of ascertaining the financial condition of the treasury un- der the operations of the law became a pertinent im- mediately after the this ri- vahy was accentuated by the as to which committee should conduct the Dockery of the appropriations committee a resolution assigning this luty to the committee of he is a and f days laler Wilson of the ways and means committee a lution naming that committee as the one to conduct the lutions went to the committee on and that committee on Tuesday re- ported Mr. Wilson's thus jurisdiction on the ways and means Brec klu ridge Wanted It Immediately after the reading of the Breckinridge a ber of the the last but now of the propriation sprung to his feet and sought to present a tute resolution dividing the work be- tween the two conferring upon the ways and means com- the inquiry into the effect of the McKinley and upon the appropriations committed the gation of the financial condition of the To the proposed substitute Mr. Catchings of the committee on rules promptly stating that Mr. Breckinridge's resolutions should be introduced and referred in the usual and declining on behalf of the committee on rules to accept any sub- or amendment Whatever to the pending i to tbe After some further discussion Mr. withdrew his substitute and the resolution recommended by the committee on rules was unanimously The resolution is as That the committee on ways aud means authorized and instructed to Inquire and report aa to the present condition of tbe treasury and tne future probable revenues under existing laws; and to that end tbe committee is particularly instructed to tain the as near aa may that will be required for tbe payment of pensions prior to June 30, the amount of unexpended and tbe amount required to complete works now by tbe items of tbe sums to the credit of disbursing tbe items of able revenue between this date and June 3J, 1894, and tbe dates at which the same will be collected by the together with all other facts which may be useful to show tbe present and future condition of tbe treasury The members of. the ways and committee were at once informally no- that a meeting of the committee would be held this week to begin the in ves Investigation Will Be investigation will be made by the full committee in open said Mr. not delegated to a Lt is important that this investigation show the con- dition of the treasury at some lar moment of As this is so near the end of the half of the fiscal the proper time at which tbe condition of the treasury should turn is the 31st day of end of the first half of the fiscal If we know the obligations of tbe government the receipts from all sources at that time and the liabilities of the for the we will know exactly how the government stands financially and be enabled to devise a plan for meeting a possible Other Most of the day was consumed in the bouse in considering the senate en- the provisions of the act forthe distribution of the awards made under the convention between the States and La A bra Although bitterly opposed by Mr. Covert the finally passed by a large The of the is to refer the whole matter to tbe court of with power oi peal by either The remainder of the session was consumed in the consideration of un- important Senator Cullom on Tuesday posed an amendment to the commerce law designed to meet the re- cent The amendment proposes to permit traffic contracts between railway companies under certain reserving the right to the interstate commerce to cancel them If they produce unreasonable rates or to make corporations subject to prosecution under the to do away with the imprisonment and to give witnesses im- munity from the results of their oi a Asa one of the editors of the died here Tuesday evening of at the age of 60 Maj. Miller had a journalistic experience of thirty-five years and founded the first daily papers published in St Decatur and 111. MANY LIVES Terrible Result of aa Explosion io an English Goal Fifty Miners Have Been and a Hundred Others in the Burning LOSS Or Dec. fearful sion has occurred at the and not less til an fifty lives have been The men went to their as usual In the morning and after the colliery bad been in- spected in the usual They had not been at work long when a ble explosion Lie earth tor a groat and a cloud of smoke shot up through the shaft into the A multitude of people rushed toward the and the greatest excitement It was soon ascertained that a large number had and the wailing and weeping of women and children made an indescribable Steps were immediately taken to ascertain the full extent of the dis- and a crowd of volunteers promptly offered to explore the It is believed that the explosion was caused by accumulated coal gas which had escaped the notice of the official charged the inspection of the A. Hundred A hundred men remain in the mine unable to get out owing to the fire which followed the and is raging fiercely in the making it difficult for to get at the Notwithstanding the which cuers fire and other the work of rescue is and are not deterred by danger or difficulty in their efforts to save their fellow miners a terrible of women and children round the mouth of the mine waiting for of bands brothers and Me Twenty miners have brought up by the rescuers from the The remainder are still imprisoned The men were nearly when brought to the The women and children crowded around to sec who they and those who them as their relatives over- them with The men who are still below are imprisoned a seam that is under where the fire Strong hopes are entertained that many of them will be rescued alive LABOR An Made to Hare the Contract ioi The representing the Typographical the Allied and Trade and assembly appeared before the board of control of the world's fair at 10 o'clock m. and filed their protest against the letting of the contract for printing tbe world's fair catalogue to the because of Us employment of men ami refusal to run itt establishment with union The protest was referred to the local committee of the After having been considered bp that body the matter will be passed upon By the board of It not likely that a decision will be reached for several aud in the meantime lacks the signature of the world's fair will be held in abeyance Started cm II IB Dec. Archduke heir presumptive to thrones of Austria and recovered from bis recent in company with his ts and brothers and has for where he will on the Austrian warship which will con- vey him on his journey around the Himself in the 111., Dec. Frank Con- four-year convict from hanged himself in his cell tit the term expired in and he had looked foward to joining his family until his wife wrote him he could not live with her This unsettled mind and lie banged National Bunk RAPID S. Tbe Black Hills national bank of this city closed its doors being unable to pay a certificate of deposit for a large amount The bank ia now in the hands of the state bank The directors say that the depositors will lose nothing and that the tion will reset me. to Dec. 15. Mrs. David O. wife of a coal merchant was taken Tuesday night with such a violent coughing spell that she ruptured the main artery in. her lungs and bled to ia ten Mrs. was in the best of health and strength at the time of her strange Watch 15. The death watch has been placed upon Edward the negro murderer in Jersey who is for the fourth time awaiting the execution of his death Ihe date fixed for the cution is Nit 1'rwirh- er in the 1S.-TIW Cincinnati by a vote SI to 27 aa official Iv the mouth of one of its brightest until such time us he shall agree to re- hK upon inspiration and to U was late Tuesday afternoon when the debate upon the degree of punishment was The majority of the com favored but by the close vote already given the decision was tn favor of his suspension from the ministry The foim of the to be pronounced against Dr. Smith is as Smith is suspended from the thu church time fth Ltt mam teat to the of thu nb renunciation of the it Inch he tons been found to bold and hit purpose no louger to or Tho acquit on the and tlie closeness of tie on the tuul the aw taken why Prof Smith should to tho synod and to the general tot on the other It of the synod ore such that an appeal will be ta general There is in the over tbo und result of tut trial Many see ju tt tbe entering for a Dec. 16. The last scene in tbe trial of Rev. Prof. Henry Preserved Smith has been ed. Rev. Dr. A. acting read the sentence of the which suspends him from the Presbyterian Prof. Smith broke the silence by saying he was gratified that the trial hah been conducted without disagree The members of the committee of prosecution made similar conciliatory tests were then made to the findings by both Both sides will to the Synod of Prof it is will not be removed from as it it. understood a large majority of tbe favor his de- Federation of of an THE AMERICAN It AM to the day's session of the American Labor the ion tho Homestead sufferers was A recommendation that the convention donate to aid In the defense of the arrested strikers was opted Delegate of moved that additional be contributed to the relief fund President of the mated said men arc now under of whom five are charged with over thirty with treason and the remainder with conspiracy and riot hundred thousand dollars has been given in bail bonds for the re- lease of a number of the Although many of tho old em- ployes are now at have not gotten The total amount con- during the strike was 1.00 The cases against the arrested have the association for aod witness Dec Three of the Brown family at While who took of a cuke with winch rat poison had been have since died and others are in a critical The presence of poison was not detected until after the family was taken ill and it had become thoroughly dih ed in their The person who died were a little girl of 8 one of 5 son aged IS. They tho greatest agony and turned before they Of the the mother and a. aged in very precarious A Dec. disastrous fire started in the rear of Hornet bakery about o'clock a. m. A heavy gale was and in no time the seemed to The flames spread and before they be gotten control bad consumed the large three-story brick occupied by Gerhard furniture com- millinery store of Hi hall The Gilfoy building was demolished by falling partially Land O. five warrants for perjury have been sued against parties who testified ly in land In addition to these eighty-three Indictments for the same crime have been sent from the United States court at Thirty-one have already been sent to the penitentiary for testifying falsely in these eases and twenty more are un- der heavy Will Under American NEW Dec. The Inman liner City of Paris has completed its last westward voyage under the British of the same baa been withdrawn and on her next trip west on February 8 wiJl be sailed under the stars and Dec. newly completed mansion of Francis S. was burned at o'clock a. m. with its The loss is estimated at partially covered by The family escaped by means of ladders from the apper CAPITAL Bits of News from the Seat of Government Railway Officials Favor System of on the tion of the THE Dec. number of railroad i M. and of Hit were before the ou commerce Wednesday They advocated the of the amendment to the com- merce law Introduced hy by Senator Cullom to modify the existing taw so to authorise railroad to form pools under the supervision of commerce tit wipe the penal clause of the incut prefer Thu full committee was and were Mr. Mr. Walker and Mr. these ing that the great majority of tho of the country wero iu of the proposed amendment senate and committees on immigration held a joint meeting Wednesday and the Introduced by Chandler to suspend im- m It was shown by coin in Ions received by experts that it would bo positively sary to suspend immigration fot a period in order to keep the cholera out of this country next The joint committee took no action on the but adjourned until when tho representatives of tho will bo Will lie of Dec. Charles of the treasury wab at the gaw Chairman of tho and of the ways and moans and a number of other of He assured several of them that there would certainly be an able balance of in the ury at the close of the fluent Will Dec. mooting of tho com mitt on ways and means was held to consider the resolution of the financial condition of tho treasury Borne of of the committee favored an by tho entire anil others believed results could bo ex- by the work to u which wah This committee will bo announced Ijy man before the holiday nd jo u mm en t. Dec. entered actively into the work of thu niter one the winy practically without There wan Home sharp discussion over u. novel ment presented by Mr. Antony prohibiting retired aimy from drawing pay from the ment ia any other hnL it defeated and tho Mil was heading tho p roue SB ion of tho appropriation bills of the second sioti of thu Fi The carries tin appropriation of appropriations the rent year of and u pain it an estimate of for tho coming Cobb reported the from the committee on war for reference to tho private It it. fur the relief of the of a ginia lady who bore the historic names of Mary Ann Randolph Tho amount involved in thn is The was introduced by Mr. The of of Ml ia the i to bh the tire by on lu the the to the en glue ai the head of the Thin the pumping air into the mine ami added to the of who wero iu the Tlie wan not until 5 day Some Utile bodies of twenty of tho who had been by Uw In tho after the explosion to tha tty the the work In exploration of the U In the of In pit at the time of tho ratty have of they aie of The parties report horrible lu the lu tho tho He la threes tw in on dowun the of Ihu 1'itrgu of root anil Amid the wore found mangled and Tlie blocked tunny of in therefore tho for aro to give tiny Ulen of the Dumber in I nor it wore whoM found died on their way to tho or lifter being taken from One reached the surface by tko heat tnt caused by of the miners believe the hy front thu which U to havo lire A few tbe c Mont through warning the laborers ami many of thoKe urn rest the The worked fur liter shaft tried to rush through and were iu Uw FOUGHT WITH u Hill Wern 16 government telegraph pusses through thla htun Iwen re- paired and for time u complete official raport of the bloody battle now Sun boon neut to The invasion of the revolutionists has in ten By out the Uio both on tho United und Mexican hide of river Tho took only about in mil en from this und an order for wsw brought in by still tho of the left frn mod lately with 150 Inn when they reached they found had the into tho Halted with thorn twenty pi forty nnd a s tlon id Thu Mexican m They only live iu but they C1 round tmd to light HH lung UH mis any of their M. CAR NOT MAY In TolM of IN chairman of the committee on ways and reported in the house a eon resolution for a holiday from December 22, 1803, to uary 4, Agreed The house passed the milking It unlawful for any common carrier to insert in any of lading or shipping document any covenant or whereby it shall be relieved from liability for lone or damage ing from or failure in proper care in or proper delivery oi any merchandise committed to its 1ft. In the senate protests against tho passage of the were in- one from the New York by A motion that when the senate ad- it be to meet on Monday next was opposed by Senator Wash burn the interest of the and was voted on by yean and nays vice president announced the 3T, nay R and the vice decided the Lie by voting Senator introduced an which ho proposes trf offer Ui the pending defining options and adding silver bullion to the ol art id tbe dealer in which ob- A to The Unit will ro- Hign are between M. M. tbo 0 action of cor tain renders my of M. upon ihc tit he would IB in- hy tlm Dm Ills father und are involved Iti Pan- ami not M. waw the sent to M. upon you an a friend of my family not to refuse If you I Dec. and the Chicago safo wlw the New and last pleaded guilty to the ville Coloman chief actor of the Bust St. Louis ury job some yearn wsw of tlie mail wagon robbery in 111" tenee of pitted by the co 11 martial ftt on CoL c Hernandez will be out next Monday at colonel tried upon the of to at his raid front the United last Murder n Jewish in of hfk wife children bate by wad the
