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SUGAR DEBATE BEGUN Jones, Vest and Caffery Open for the Opposition. AMENDMENTS ARE WITHDRAWS Vrovliloni Relating to the Hawaiian Inland! Want Over Tillman Favort Export Bounty Washington, Julie 12. The long-deferred debute on the sugar schedule of the tariff bill came on abruptly at 1 o'clock today, after the senate hud din posed of the cereals in the agricultural schedule. Jones of Arkansas opened the debate to some extent, answering Aldrich's statement on the sugar schedule.- Vest severely criticised the sugar trust, and argued that the rates were a further tribute to its vast re sources. Caffery of Louisiana also op posed the schedule as a whole. No final action was taken on any feature of the schedule, further than the withdrawal of the original senate committee amendments. This, leaves the house provisions of the bill, with an amendment increasing the house defferential from 875-1000 to 95-100 cent per pound. The provisions relating to the Ha waiian islands went over by mutuul consent. Early in the day Tillman made a lively speech in favor of the amend ment giving an export duty on agricul tural products. The bounty amend ment was defeated, 10 to 50. Committee Amendments. Washington, June 12. The Repub lican members of the finance commit tee will withdraw the amendments for an additional tax on beer and for a duty of 10 cents per pound on tea. The question of revenue is giving the com mittee considerable concern. If there should be a withdrawal of the increase on tobacco, the bill would not meet the needs as a revenue producer. For thin reason, it has been practically deter mined to make a bank check stamp tax. The committee has agreed upon a number of additional amendments to the agricultural schedule, the most im portant of them relating to finli. The rate on chicory root wa9 fixed at H oents per pound, the present "rate being 3 cents and the original finance -committee rate of 2 cents. Concerning the Hawaiian treaty, there are several propositions under consideration by the committee. They inolude the indorsement of the Davis amendment and continuing the pres ent treaty in force without reservation, a suggestion to the president that a new treaty Bhould be negotiated, modi fying the terms of the existing agree ment so as to render them lens partial to Hawaii, and a proposition looking to the giving of a year's notice to the Hawaiian government of the abroga tion of the present treaty. This latter proposition is understood to originate with Senator Aldrich, and is antagon ized by the special champions of Ha waii. The opinion is freely expressed by senators that the question of annex ation will be taken up by the adminis tration as soon as the tariff bill is PFANNER IS MISSING. Dlaiapearance of the President of the ' Forest Grove Hank. Forest Grove, Or., June 14. The Forest Grove bank closed its doors at noon today, because of an order to that effect received by Cashier F. T. Kane from Anton Planner, the president of ' the bank. The order came in a registered letter to Mr. Kane, from Portland, -in which letter was also an assignment to S. Hughes and A.' Hininan, made by Mr. Pfanner for the benefit of all his cred itors. In the letter, Mr. Pfanner said that lie felt that he had reached the point where he feared to go on with his bus iness affairs, as he did not feel that he would be able to stand the mental strain; that he intended to go off among strangers for quiet, and if he got well, he would return; if not, he would die among strangers. It is feared here by many that he has committed suicide. About three months ago Mr. Pfanner had a serious illness, and had not fully reoovered. He had for the last few days a premonition that he would have a recurrence of the trouble, and feared that it would result fatally. Mr. Pfanner was considered one of the wealthiest men in the county, and it is thought he had plenty to pay all claims against him. There does not seem to be any reason why any one should worry who have claims against him. An inventory of his real estate was being made today, and his per sonal effects will be inventoried tomor row. Until this is complete, it will not be known what his liabilities and assets are. Mr. Pfanner did a large real estate and loan business, and enjoyed the public confidence. He was at the front in many ventures of a public nature, and it was lie who built recently a private telephone line from here to Hillsboro. Pnraer Kogere Drowned. San Franoisco, June 14. Captain Alexander, of the steamship Santa Rosa, reports that while off the entrance to Port Harford yesterday, A. K. Rogers, one of his passengers, jumped overboard and was drowned. Rogers was for many years purser of the steamship Queen. He had been ill for some time, and is supposed to have been tempora rily insane at the time of bis tragio death. He leave a widow and one child in this city. MURDER THE CHARGE. Jletea Soper, Allaa Homer Lea, Arretted x In Aahland. Ashland. Or.. June 14. S. E. Lowe, of an Eustern detective agency, left heroon this evening's train for Port land, en route eastward, with Butos Soper, alias Homer Lee,- arreted by him near Ashland late lust evening on a requisiiton from the governor of Mis souri, oil A charge of murder in the first degree. '"" . .,, ...;.., It is alleged that su years ago, last April Soper murdered his wife and fwo children, at Archie. Cuss county, in Missouri, by deliberately chopping thein to pieces with a hand ax. 8oier, according to his own story, name awav from Missouri in 1891, and was over in Washington two months. He then oame to Oregon, and lived In the Willamette valley, atove Oregon City, for a year and a half. He then went to Portland, "he says, and lived there four years, being known as Sandy Soper, and having employment most of the time with the Pullman Car Com pany In cleaning anil such work in the railroad yards, lie was marrieu in Portland, and his wife is there now, though he refused to give her address. When Soper left Portland, it is claimed he had a 2-year-old child with him, and It is suspected that he made way with this child, too, after leaving Portland. Soper left Portland last April, and passed through here to Sissons, where lie remained a week, and then. came back to Ashland, April 28, where he has been working since in farming and orchard work. Ho had leased an or chard tract here, and, at the time of his arrest, was working on the Owen farm, south of town. Those who have known him say that he wus an exceed ingly quiet and inoffensive man, anu was an unusually good worker. He was known here as Homer Lee. When arrested he did not deny being Bates Soper, the man wanted, though he does not admit the onme charged against him. Lowe, the young detective who cap tured him, claims to have spent a year and a half in searching for Hoper, and to have heen on the case off and on for six years, locating his man in Portland lust December. He wus not entirely satisfied, so returned for further instruc tions, to come back and follow his trail from Portland this way. He claims to have spent months in following a oiew at Cripple Creek, and then returned East with the wrong man. CANNON BLOWN TO ATOMS. Explonlnn of a Gun Cotton Shell at the Indian Head Proving Ground. . Washington, June 14. The state of Maryland tremblod last evening us the result of an explosion of 830 pounds of gun cotton at the government proving grounds at Indian Head. A 12-inch breech-loading rifle weighing 101,000 pounds and worth $25,000, was blown to pieoes. The armor-covered "bomb proof" in which the spectators take refuge while tests are made was wrecked and a dozen naval officers and ordnance experts narrowly escaped with their lives. The final test was being made of a gun cotton shell invented by a Chicago man, and through some unaccountable accident the shell exploded in the gun, wrecking the monster and its carriage and throwing some of the pieoes more than a mile down the Potomac. Colonel O'Neill, the chief of ord nance for the navy, and soveral United States naval officers and naval attaohes from the various foreign legations hud fortunately taken refuge' on a navy yard tug about a mile from shore. Lieutenunt Anderson, who hnd been directed to fire the. gun by , electricity when the signal was given from the tug, hud gone behind a big earth bank or "butt" about 800 yards from the gun. He and other spectators were unhurt, though'a massive piece of tho gun, weighing many tons, flew through the air with frightful velocity and struck the water within 100 feet of the tug. '"''':;:'..; If the spectators had gone into the "bombproof," as they usiinlly do, when such tests are made, they would all have been killed, for a big pieoe of steel struok it and ripped through the 12 inch armor as if it had been so much paper. A great hole was torn in the ground where the gun stood and the buildings at the proving grounds were badly shaken. Not a particle of the massive gun or its carriage remained. , This was the largest charge v of gun cotton ever fired or attempted to be fired from a powder gun. The govern ment paid about $25,000 for the gun blown up, and it, was built especially for these teBts. A shell shot from this gun was expected to perforate 21 inches of steel at a distance of 1,500 yards and to travel from six to ten miles before losing its momentum. A Cyclone In Iowa. Mason City, la., June 14. At 6:50 tonight a cyclone struck northwest of Lyle, Iowa, taking a southeasterly course. Several people are reported killed and injured. The cyclone tore, up houses and other buildings in its course, and the territory is bow bare. The path of the storm was about half a mile in width. All telegraph lines north are down, and box-cars on sid ings were crushed into kindling. A cyclone passed over the town of Kandiyoh, Wilmar county, Minn., and entirely demolished the buildings on the farm of John Berquist. A. W. Nlckeroon Accidentally Killed. Spokane, June 14. Alfred W. Nick erson, an old resident of this city, and formerly manager of the Chatteroy Lumber Company, was killed today by the collapsing of the second floor of a bnilding at Second and Mill streets. The building was partly destroyed by fire several weeks ago. Nickerson and his partner bad bought it, and were tearing it down for the materials. Two other men were near Nickerson. Charles Ericsson was slightly injured, AN UPRISING, IN INDIA. A Number of Offleer Reported Killed bjr the Natlvea. Bombay, June 14. A dispaloh from Sllma announces serious trouble on the northern frontier, and the massacre of a number of British officers ami native soldiers in the government employ. From particulars obtainable it seoms that two guns belonging to the Bombay mounted battery, escorted by 300 men belonging 1 to the First regiment of Sikhs and the First Punjab infantry, were treacherously attacked in Toohi valley by a large force of hostile na tives. The first reports said Colonel Bunnv. two officers and 26 privates hud been kil!d, and three officers and 24 men injured.. Indications are that the affair is mora than a conflict with war like natives, and that the notorious Mullah of Piewinduh is at the bottom of the trouble. The latest advioes, however, are that a political officer, Mr. Gee, was visit-. ing Shirani with an escort of troops,, when he wus attacked at Manza by su , perior forces. The Britsh troops Wert compelled to retreat and were followed several miles by overwhelming numbers of the enemy. The fighting was des perate. All the British oflloera were severely wounded. - Captain Browne, I of the First Sikhs, son of the late Sir James Browne, and Lieutenant Crook shank, of the royal artillery, were killed and Surgeon Higginson, Lieuten ant Iligginson, of the First Sikhs, and Lieutenant Seaton Browne, of the Pun jab infantry were wounded. A second dispatch says Colonel Gray has taken command of the British troops, and it is inferred that Colonel Bunny is among the dead, as at first announced. , Tochi valley lies north of Gumala, and on the road to Ghuzni and Wazir islam. It has been controlled by the British since the elimination of the Hindoo-Afhgan frontier, but the tribes have always been turbulent. The mu lah Of Piewinduh is a notorious fanati cal priest, and has always been hostile to the British, PROPOSED FORTIFICATIONS Contractor! Looking Over the Site at Marrowitnne Point. Port Townsend, Wash., June 14. The advertisement by the government for bids to prepare the site for the ereo tion of Puget sound fortifications here has brought to inspect the site con-, tractors from all over Washington, Or egon and California. Marrowstone point is a rough steep, high promon tory, and the first work will necessarily be the providing of a source of fresh water. Prospective contractors think it will be necessary to dig a well 80 to 100 feet deep to obtain it. The con tract for the Marrowstone point work will be let June 30. Condemnation proceedings for title to 1,000 aores for the fortification site on Point Wilson are under way and bids for oontraots for preparing the site will appear in a short time. Fifteen hundred aores of land are included in the Point Wilson fortification reserve. The advertise ment for bids stipulates that work must begin within 10 days after the contract is awarded. CHEYENNE WAR SCARE OVER. Yellow Hair and Sam Crow Arretted and Will to Bull Will Surrender. Denver, Colo., June 14. A speoial to the Rocky Mountain News from Miles City, Mont., says: Stieriff Gibbs and Stock Inspector Smith reached this city this evening, having in custody Yellow Hair ami Sam Crow, the two Cheyenne Indians implicated in- the Hoover murder. Agent Stouoh called the Indians all in und the arrests were made by the Sheriff, no resistance be ing offered. Chief White Bull is still at liberty, but can be arrested at any time, having expressed himself as will ing to appear in court when wanted. The sheriff did not think it advisable to arrest him until matters had subsid ed a little. - Washington, June 14. A telegram received at the war department from headquarters at St. Paul states that all is now quiet among the Indians in Southern Montana, and that it is safe to withdraw the troops sent from Forts Custer and Eeogh, which will be done. May Search the Elbe. Milwaukee, June 14. It the wreck ing oompany which has discovered the long-lost Pewabio is successful with its new diving apparatus in this venture, a contract will be closed with the North German Lloyd to recover the ocean steamer Elbe and its treasure of $500, 000 in gold. The Elbe lies in 250 feet of water, a depth at which diving bells heretofore constructed have been useless, and from observations and soundings taken, is in good condition. The Elbe was sunk in collision in the North sea on the night of January 80, 1895, and 800 lives were lost. The officers of the wrecking company have been negotiat ing with the German Lloyd Company for some months and the result of the Pewabio will decide the outcome. Death on the Wave. San Francisco, June 14. The brig Geneva, which sailed from Sydney on ' March 23, has arrived. Captain Paul ' son reports that First Officer W. E. I Laideck had been lost overboard, and that one of the sailors had been crippled on the voyage. Boston, June 14. After a day of good weather following the excessive rains of Wednesday and Thursday, the reports from the northern, eastern and ' central sections of New England to i night show flooded rivers and lakes, j The two days' record will include nearly a dozen lives lost and great damage to railorad and mill property, aggregating at least $500,000, distrib uted over a small territo;7- Its equal , in Jnne has not been known for many years. Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cltlea and Towns ef the Thriving Hl.ter States Oreaon. A Mekay creek ranch. shipped 430 sheep from Pendleton to Seattle re cently. He received 2 cents a pound for the sheep, and they averaged 90 pounds. Fishermen along the river at The Dalles report a good many salmon in the river, and if the water continues falling expect a largo catch soon. The Pioneer Mill Company, of Island City, in Union oonnty, has received orders for 5,000 sacks or ten carloads of flour for direct shipment to China. Nineteen double-decked oars went out of The Dalles recently loaded with sheep. They go to the new ranges in North Dakotu, on the line of the Great Northern. The firemen's tournament for vol unteer firemen of Eastern Oregon and Southwestern Washington, was held in Baker City last week and was largely ittended. ' , The new postoffice in Salem was In- ipected by Chief Postal Inspector Munro ind Inspector Thrall, and a favorable report is said to have been forwarded to Washington. . Wool is coming into the warehouses In The Dalles at the rate of about 250, 000 pounds a day, and the warehonses ire being rapidly filled, says the Tmes Mountaineer. The track at the coal mine, near Co nuille, connecting the new opening with the main track, about 1,100 feet, is nearly completed. The work has been done rapidly, many citizens lend ing a helping hand and putting in sev eral days of work. There were two or three pretty heavy cuts, but they were bravely tackled and finished. Superintendent Shields, of Astoria, had the new reservoir cleaned out, and j when the wuter had nearly all been taken out of the big tank, the bottom was found to be filled with beautiful mountain trout, of all sizes and colors. Mr. Shields had all the fish .carefully preserved, and will replace them in the tank after the water is turned in agian, gays the Astorivn. The Light & Water Company, of Hillsboro, has ooramenced a new tank that will have a capacity of 100,000 Gallons. The tank on the tower in I Hillsboro holds 70,000 gallons, and I with the new tank the reserve supply ' will be 170,000 gallons, enough to keep four streams flowing for three and a half or four hours. The new tank will be set in the rear of the statiou and on top of the ground. Washington. Good crops of gooseberries were raiced on a number of ranohes in Thurston oonnty this year. The berries were all gold in the Sound markets. The lien-land settlers in Eastern j Washington are preparing to organize to fight the Northern Factlio uaiiroau Company for titles to their lands. The plat of township 24 north, range 11 west, has been filed in the Olympia land office and applications for land in this township are now being received. There are about 1,000 shingle bolts in the Toutle river, between the mouth and Tower, in Cowlitz county. The river is low, and the drivers are hav ing a hard time getting the bolts out. A number of wheat sacks have been Btolen from the warehouses in Alto, Walla Walla county, lately. In one night more, than 2,000 sucks were stolen. There is no clew to the thieves. The commissioners of Chehalis county have granted a petition for a six-foot right-of-way from Aberdeen to Monte suno, along the old country road, for a bicycle path. The roud is to be built by private subscription, and a portion of the necessary funds has already been collected. ' The governor and secretary of state have issued a deed to the United States government, conveying the tidelunda fronting the Magnolia bluff property, at Seattle, for a military site. It is the first deed of the kind issued under the law passed in 1880 by the state of Washington. The Medical Lake Granite Company has secured the contract for supplying the granite for the array post at Spo kane, and has put on a large force of cutters, blasters and general quarry men, all of whom are busy. It is esti mated that the filling of the contract will require three months of steudy work. The Indians at Kettle Falls claim the white men's fiahwbeels are robbing them of their rights, as no salmon have found their way up the river for three yearB at least not enough to give even "one fish to one Indian," and it was reported in the spring that In dians were suffering on the reservation for want of food. This was among those who have not yet learned to raise enough to last through winter, and for merly depended upon dried salmon. The money order business at Olym pia has increased $4,000 a month, be cause of the refusal of the secretary of state and commissioner of public lands to accept bank checks in payment of remittances to their departments. Registration for the school election closed in Whatcom with 1,338 names on the books, abont 500 being women. Evidently there are several hundred men voters who are not registered, as the male registration last year was bout 1.400 WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Honklni Company's Review of Trade. There was not much trade In wheat nut week but nriuos were firmer and the close was 2 cents higher than the preceding Saturday, it is sare to say that with the stutistical situation so strong as at present, the volume of gen eral trade never was lighter. Specula tion Is confined to proiessionai traaers who have been educated ' up to see nothing but the short side. However, there is another side to the market. The Orange Judd Farmer makes an estimate of the prospective yield of winter and spring wheat, placing it at 615,000,000 bushels, somewhat lower than the former estimates from- other sources. The real stimulus to the mar ket at precent is the unseasonable weather that has prevailed in the Northwest for the past two weeks, and if the wheat crop haa recently been as badly damaged by frost as it is claimed, we will see a sharp advance as soon a this fact is fully determined. We are inclined to look for further ad vance under the prevailing conditions. Receipts of wheat for eastern shipment at Dulnth have been light, most of the spring now going to Minneapolis where there is an extraordinary milling de mand. Beerbohm's report estimated the world's shipments for the week at only 6,600,000 bushels. The export from both coasts of North Amerioa were reported at 1,800,000 bushels, compared with 2,020,000 bushels last week, and 2,922,000 bushels the corresponding week of last year. The amount on pas sage to importing countries aecreaaeu in tli a Rflvn davs 1.100.000 bushels. The American visible supply decreased 1,764,000 bushels and now totals rra nnn hnulieln. A vear ago the visi ble decreased only 6730,00 bushels, and totaled 4J4,800.U"U Dusiieis. The long expected advance in biocks is now under lull headway, ana vaiues have advanced steadily all week, with scarcely any reaction to speak of. Portland Market!. Flour Portland, Salem, Cawadia ind Dayton, $3.75; Benton county and White Lily, $3.75; graham, $3.40; su perfine, $2.60 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla, 7475c; Val ley, 76c per bushel. Oats Choice white, 8840o per bushel; choice gray, 87 89c. Hay Timothy, $13.00(314.00 per ton; clover, $11. 50 12. 50; wheat and Dat, $10.00(811.00 per ton.- Barley Feed barley, $16.50 per ton; brewing, $1819. Millstuffs Bran, $14.50, Bhorts, $16.50; middlings, $23.50. Butter Creamery, 30c; dairy, ssutg 25c; store, 17430o per roll. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks.40 50c; Garnet Chilies, 6565o; Early Rose, 8540o per sack; sweets, $2.75 per oental for Meroed; new potatoes, 1 1 to per pound. . Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 8.25; geese, $4.005.00; turkeys, live, 10c; ducks, $2.508.50 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, ll12o per dozen.. Cheese Oregon, v 11 o; Young America, 12 o per pound. Wool Valley, 12o per pound; EaBt ern Oregon, 68o. . Hops 7c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, a-a.ou; cows, $2. 50 3-00; dressed beef, 6 6c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 2c; dressed mutton, Soper pound. Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00 4.50; light and feeders, $2. 50 3. 00; dressed $3.006.60 per owt Veal Large, Z 4o; Bmall, l 5o per pound. Seattle Market!. Wheat Chicken feed, . $26 ' per ton Outs Choice, $21 22 per ton. Flour (Jobbing) Patent excollent, $4.60; Novelty A, $4.80; California brands, $4.75; Dakota, $8.65; patent, $6.40. BarleyRolled or ground, $20 per ton; whole, $19. ComWhole, $20 per ton; cracked, $20; feed meal, $20. Millstuffs Bran, $15.00 per ton; shorts, $18. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $12.00; Eastern Washington, $17; California, $1314. Feed Chopped feed. $18.00 per ton; middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, lie; spring chickens, $2.608.50; ducks, $5 6. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 16c; ranch, 10 12. Cheese Native Washington. 10 11c; Eastern, llo; California, 9c Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $12.00 14; parsnips, per suck, $1; beets, per sack, $1.00; turnips, persaok,$1.00; rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per sack, 75c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.75; onions, per 100 lbs, $1.50. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.50; new potatoes, 1 J4'o per lb. Eggs Fresh ranch, 1415o. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep, q per pound; lamb, 5o; pork, 6Jc per pound; veal, small, 67c. Fresh Fish Halibut, 45o; salmon, 68o; salmon trout, 710cj flounders and soles, 8 4c. Provisions Harns, large, lie; hams, small, lljc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry nit aides. 6'oC Der pound. Fruits Lemons, California, fancy, $3.003.50; choice, $2.50; Cal fornia fancy navals, $3 3. 60. San Franclaco Markew. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,6075c; Early Rose, 60 70c; River Bur banks, 6065c; sweets, $1.26 per cental. Onions New, 35 50c. Eggs Ranch, 12 1 4c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery,1819o; do seconds, 1617c; fancy dairy, 16 17c; seconds, 15 16c. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 88o; fair to good, 78)c; Young Amerioa, 8 9c; Eastern, 14 16 Ha WEYLER'S WARFARE the Feraecutlon of Helpla Caba Women Continual. New York, June 14. A dispatch. frnm Havana to the Journal savs: Weyler, continues persecution of help less Cuban women, Who nave relatives in the rebel ranks. Senora 8ardug, whose husband is a Cuban leader late ly captured, was dragged from her home and thrown into the house of de tention, where she will be kept "in communicado" until her husband's , court-murtiul und execution at Cubanas castle. Si i Insurgents, who surrendered to Spanish authorities at Santiago de Ca ba, and who expected to be pardoned and paroled under Weyler's amnesty decree, have since been court-martialed find shot. The town of El Callao, on the west ern trocha, was entered by insurgents recontly. They visited the local Span ish hospital and confiscated all medi cines and supplies in sight, but did not molest the inmates. Dr. Faguera, a wounded Cuban sur geon from Castillo's staff, who had smuggled himself into Havana to re cuperate, was discovered by the Span ish police, and sent to the military hospital of San Ambrosio. El Commeroio, in an editorial com plimentary to Premier CanovaR, says that, supported by Dopuy de Lome at Washington, he enieavored to maitain apparently good relations with the United 8tates simply to gain time to reinforce the armada and better arm. . the Spanish porta and complete certain drydocks already under way. MUST SERVE GOVERNMENT. Annapolis Cadet Will Not Be Permit ted to Kenlgn. Washington, June 14. For the first time in many years the secretary of the navy has interposed his veto upon the anolication of a junior officer to leave the naval service. In the present case- three cadets at Annapolis, George Weber of Arkansas, H. L. Collins of Pennsylvania and P. L. Pratt of Illi nois, sought j resign, lhey nad com-nl.-tml four veurs' service ut the acad emy, the last year being devoted to the engineering branch, and desired io leave and engage in private business. Secretary Long, however, found that the engineer corns was Badly in need of officers owing to the rapid depletion oi the ranks of the older engineers in late years, and he decided that as these young men had been educated at the expense of the government, they should render service in return. The cadets, upon admission to the academy, are required to pledge them selves to serve the government not less than eight years, so these young men; will be obliged to take the usual two , years' cruise, which rounds out the. Annapolis course, at the end of whioh time they will receive their commia- -sions as assistant engineers in tho navy and be regularly assigned to duty. A Teat Vote on Sugar. Washington, June 14. The testvotet on the sugar schedule was taken lata, today, resulting in the adoption of the Republican caucus amendment, increas ing the duty on refined sugar from 1.087 to 1.095 cents per pound, by the close vote of ayes 82, noes 80. The) affirmative vote was made up of 29 Re nnblicans. 1 Democrat (McEnery), 1 silver Republican (Jones of Nevada), and 1 Populist (Stewart).. The nega tive vote was mado up of 25 Democrats, 8 Populists and 2 silver Republicans. It was the olosest. vote so fur taken on an issue of importance, and was accept ed as showing that any amendments having the sanction of the caucus were assured of adoption. The vote was taken after a day Bpent in speeches on the effect of the sugar schedule.. . The main speech of the day came from Allison, in churge of tho bill, and was in the nature of an an- ' swer to the charges mado against the sugar schedule us a whole, and a defense of it. Gorman spoke against the sched ule and the entire bill, pointing out that its effect was to burden the peo ple, without opening to us new mar kets. White reviewed the records of Republican senators on the sugar sohed- ' ule during the dobute on the Wilson bill, -arraigning them for inconsistency. Caffery and Stewart also spoko, th former aguinst and the latter for the sugar schedule. The first paragraph of the sugar schedule was not finally disposed of np to the time of adjournment. Shot a Serenailer. Little Rock, Ark., June 14. Miss Lena Goodman, one of the most popular sooicty belles of Danielle, was killed in a most shocking manner at Rover, Ark., last night. The Yell county normal is being held at that place, and a largo) number of teachers are in attendance. Last night a party of young ladies and gentlemen wore out serenading, and went to a house where a young teacher named Lipp was stopping. When awakened by the serenaders, Lipp de liberately tired a pistol shot into the- serenading party. The bullet strnck Mws Goodman in the neck, causing in stant death. The murderer was ar rested and spirited away to Danville by the officers, who feared that an attempt would be made by the excited people to lynch him. Locusts are an article of food isj parts of Africa, Arabia and Persia. Strnck by Lightning-. Indianapolis, Ind., June 14. A se vere thunder storm came np this after noon at 5 o'clock, and William Owens and Miss Ida Aliew were killed by lightning. Wahpeton, N. D., June 14. While canvas men were working on the teni of Ringling Bros' circus yesterday the rontpr Tv-tlA waft struck hy lightning. and Charles Walters and Charles Smith, were killed. Four others were shocked f