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Synopsis of the Measure as Finally Passed. MADE A LA W AT ONCE. Full Text of the Sugar Sched­ ule Is Given. .Analysis of the Whole Bill as Signed by McKinley-- Fnll Explanation of the Changes Made by the House* All of Which Were Afterward Agreed Upon by the 8enate--.Approved by the President Within One Hour Af­ ter Its Passage, The Dingiey tariff bill us amended is now the law of the United States. The conference report On the measure, which had been accepted by the House, was ac­ cepted by the Senate at 3:04 o'clock Sat­ urday afternoon, and by a coincidence President McKinley approved the bill at the White House exactly one hour after­ ward. Following are the changes agreed upon by the conference committees, and which were afterward accepted by the Senate:. .v;< • _ New Sugar Schedule, The full text of the sugar schedule as finally agreed upon by the house and sen­ ate conferees Is as follows: "Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard In color tank bottoms, sirups of cane Juice, xnelada, concentrated mejada, concrete, and concentrated molasses, testing by the polarlscope not above 75 degrees, .95 per pound, and for every additional degree shown by the polarlscope test .035 of one cent per pound additional, and fractions of a degree in proportion: and on sugar above No. 16 Dutch standard In color, ajid on all Bugar which lias gone through a process of refining, 1.95 cents per pound; molasses testing above 40 degrees, and not above 56 degrees, 3 cents per gallon; testing 56 de­ grees and above, 6 cents per gallon: sugar drain.ings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty as molasses or sugar, as the case may be. according to polarlscopic test. Provided, that nothing herein con­ tained shall be so construed as to abrogate or In any manner impair or affect the pro­ visions of the treaty of commercial recipro­ city concluded between the United States and the king of the Hawaiian islands on January 30, 1875, or the provisions of any act of congress heretofore passed for the execution of the same." Dnty on Sugar Cane. The conference restored the house rate of 20 per cent, on sugar cane. Saccharine Is made $1.50 per pound and 10 per cent, ad valorem. The confectionery paragraph Is changed to read as follows: "S'ugar candy and all confectionery not specially provided for In this act, valued at 15 cents per pound or less, and on sugars after being refined when tinctured, colored, or In any way adulter­ ated, 4 cents per pound and 15 per cent, ad valorem: valued at more than 15 cents per pound, 50 per cent, ad valorem. The weight and the value of the immediate cov­ erings, other than the outer packing case or other covering, shall be included in the dutiable weight and the value of the mer­ chandise." The republican conferees also made pub­ lic a statement concerning the conference report in which it reviewed the changes made. Of sugar the statement says: "The house differential between raw and refined sugars and the general features of the house schedule are preserved, and the senate amendments Increasing the differ­ ential to one-fifth and providing for a re- V duciion of one-tenth of the duty on raw \sugars not above 87 degrees, Which would have given a duty of 1.39 on 88 degree sugar and only 1.26 on 87 degree sugar, are not adopted. Beet Sngar. "In deference to the wishes of those in-' terested in beet sugar production, that the senate rate of 1.95 cents on refined sugar might be retained as an increased encour­ agement to this industry, the duty on raw sugars is increased .0cents, so as' to make the increase on them the same as the increase on refined sugar, and thus leave the differential between raw sugar and re­ fined the same as in the house bill. And to meet t'he objection which has been urged that the house rates on low grade raw sugar show a higher ad v'alorem than those on the higher grades the duty on 75 degree sugar is reduced .05 cent and then the duty per degree increased regularly from .03 cent (as proposed in the house "bill) to .OS^ cent, in order to raise the duty on raw sugars the same as on refined. "By this arrangement the duty on raw sugars of 100 degrees purity is raised from 1.75 cents (as proposed originally by the house) to 1.82% cents, and the duty on re­ fined sugar Is raised from 1.87% cents (as proposed originally by the house) to 1.95 cents, thus giving the same differential of .12% cent beitwean raw and refined sugar at this point as was originally given by the 'house. "As this arrangement will increase the revenue over $2,000,000 and ait the same time give additional encouragement tb the production of sugar in this country, it U thought to be adesirable consummation." , Wool. „ The changes In the wool schedule made in conference leave the duties on disputed items as follows: Paragraph 354--The duty on wools of the first class, which shall be imported washed, shall be twice the amount of the duty to which they would be subjected Imported unwashed; and the duty on wools of the first and second classes which shall be Im­ ported scoured shall be three times the duty to which they would be subjected if imsorted unwashed The duty on wools of the third class, if Imported in condition for use in carding or spinning Into yarns, or which Shall not contain more than eigh't per cent, of dirt or other foreign substance, shall be three times the duty to which they would otherwise be subjected. The conference restored the house rates on first and second class wool. Paragraph 358--On wools of the third- class and on camel's hair of the third class, the value whereof shall be 12 cents or less per pound, the duty shall be four cents per pound. * Paragraph 359--On wools of the third class and on camel's hair of the third class the value whereof shall exceed 12 cents per pound the duty shall be seven cents per pound. Paragraph 362--Shoddy. 25 cents per _ pound; on oils, wool extract, yarn waste, thread waste, and all other wastes, com­ posed wholly or In part of wool, and not specially provided for in this act. 20 cents per pound. Paragraph 365--On yarns made wholly or In part of wool valued at not more than 30 cents per pound the duty per pound shall be 2% times the duty Imposed by this act x on one pound of unwashed wool of the first class; valued at more than 30 cents per pound, the duty shall be 3% times the duty imposed by this act on one pound of un­ washed wool of the first class; and In addi­ tion thereto, upon all the foregoing, 40 per cent, ad valorem. Paragraph 367--On blankets and flannels for underwear, composed wholly or In part of wool valued at no more than 40 cents per pound the duty per pound shall be the same as the duty Imposed by this act on two pounds of unwashed wool of the first class and In addition thereto 30 per cent, ad valorem; vaiued at more than 40 cents and not more than 50 cents per pound, the duty per pound shall be three times the duty Imposed by this act on one pound ot unwashed wool of the first class and in ad­ dition thereto 35 per cent ad valorem. On blankets composed wholly or In part of wool valued at more than 50 cents per pound the duty per pound •shall be three tlme^the duty imposed by this act on one pound of unwashed wool of the first class and in addition thereto 40 per cent, ad valo­ rem. Flannels, composed wholly or In part of wool valued at above 50 cents per pound shall be classified and pay the same duty as women's and children's dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloths, and goods of similar character and description provided by this act; provided, that on> blankets over three yards In length the same duties shall be Stid as on sloths. _ Paragraph 870--On clothing, ready made, and articles of wearing apparel of every description, including shawls, whether knitted or woven, and knitted articles ol every description made up or manufact­ ured wholly or in part, felts not woven and not specially provided for in this act, com­ posed wholly or in part of wool, the duty per pound shall be four times the duty im­ posed by this act on one pound of un- washed wool of the first class and in addi­ tion thereto 60 per cent, ad valorem. Schedule on Carpets." Paragraph 372 -- Auhusson, Axmluster, Moquette and Chenille carpets, figured or pftain, amd all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, 60 cents per square yard, amd, in addition thereto, 40 per cent, ad valorem. Paragraph 373--Saxony, Wilton and Tour- nay velvet carpets, figured or plain, and all carpets or carpeting of like oharaoter or description, 60 cenits per square yard, and. in addition thereto, 40 per cent, ad valorem. Paragraph 374--Brussels carpets, figured or plain, and all carpets or carpeting of like character or description," 44 cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto. 40 per cent, ad valorem. Paragraph 375--Velvet and tapestry v«i vet carpets, figured or plain, printed on the warp or otherwise, and all carpets or car­ peting pf like character or description, 40 cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto. 40 por cent, ad valorem. Paragraph 376--Tapestry Brussels carpet, figured or plain, and all carpets or carpet- ings of like character or description print­ ed on the warp or otherwise, 28 cents per square yard, and, in addition thereto. 40 per cent, ad valorem Paragraph 377--Treble ingrain, three ply, and all chain Venetian carpets, 22 cents per square yard, and. In addition thereto, 40 per cent, ad valorem, Paragraph 378--Dutch wool and two-ply carpets, 18 cents per square yard, and. in addition thereto; 40 per cent, ad valorem. " Wood. • The following was substituted for the paragraph on hewn timber: "Timber hewn, sided, or squared (not less than 8 inches squared and round tim­ ber used for spars or in building wharves, one cent per cubic foot. The paragraph relating to saWed boards and planks was amended by striking out the words "white pine" at $1 per 1,000 feet and by restoring the house rate on all the other items of the schedule, making the rates 50 cents per 1,000 feet for each side planed or finished-, $1 for tongued or grooved, and $1.50 If planed on two sides and tongued and grooved. The legislative proviso to this paragraph in­ serted by the senate was changed so as to read as follows: "That if any country or any dependency £hall Impose an export duty upon saw logs, round manufactured timber, stave bolts, shingle bolts, or,head­ ing bolts, exported In'the United States,, or a discriminating charge upon "boomstlcks or chains used by American citizens in tow­ ing logs, the amount of such export duty, tax, or other charge, as the case may be, shall be added as an additional, duty to the duties imposed upon the articles men­ tioned In tJhis paragraph when imported from such country or dependency. Fence posts are reduced from 2(tto 10 per cent, ad valorem. The house rate of 30 per cent, ad valorem Is restored on casks and barrels, sugar box tfhooks, etc. The house rate of >two cents pet- thousand and 15 per cent, ad valorem <s restored on toothpicks, as is the house rate of 40 cents per thousand upon butchers' skewers. Tobacco. The conference accepted the senate rate and language on wrapper and filler to­ bacco, except that the rate on wrapper to­ bacco was made $1.85 per pound Instead of $1.75. The house rate on Imported cigars, cig­ arettes, eto», of $4.50 per pound amd 25 per cent, ad valorem was restored. The senate made the rate $4 per pound and 25 per cent, ad valorem. There were no other changes in the schedule on im­ ported tobacco. Silk. The conference accepted paragraph 386 as amended by the senate with the addi­ tion of the words "or plush" before ribbons In the first line, making plush ribbons duti­ able at $1.50 per pound, and 15 per cent, ad valorem. Paragraph 3S7, relating to woven sijk fab­ rics, was accepted as amended by the senate, except that the rate on cloth other than black dyed in the thread or yarn and weighted in the dyeing so as to exceed the original weight of the raw silk was changed from $2.25 per pound to $2.50 per pound, and that on cloth dyed or printed in the piece from $3.25 to $3.50. Cotton. Paragraph 391, relating to manufactures of silk, is changed so as to modify the de­ scription of jacquard figured goods by pro­ viding that they shall be "made on looms," and that they should be "dyed in the yarn and contain two or more colors in the fill­ ing." The rate Is left at 50 per cent ad va­ lorem. Paragraph 302, In relation to cotton thread and carded yarn, was amended by the conference so as to provide that thread colored, bleached, combed, etc., so »s to be advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting of tvo or more single yarns, on all numbers exceed­ ing 20, and up to 80, are made dutiable at one-quarter of a cent per number per pound, and on threads of the same class numbering 80 and above, three-tenths of a cent per pound per number. In the original house bill there was no division as to numbers, all being made dutiable at the rate of three-tenths of a cent per num­ ber per pound. The senate left the house rate of three-tenths of a cent on the first Slvlslon, and provided an ad valorem oi 50 per cent, on the second. A portion of that part of paragraph 315 relating to plushes, velvets, etc., which was stricken out by the senate, was Inserted, though in changed form. The insertion Is a proviso to the effect "that corduroys com­ posed of cotton-or other vegetable fiber weighing" seven ounces or over per square yard shall pay a duty of 18 cents per square yard and 25 per cent, ad valorem." in paragraph 320 the senate amendments are all accepted, except that reducing the rate on cotton suspenders and braces from 45 to 40 per cent, ad valorem. The para­ graph inserted by the senate (291%) pro­ viding for an additional duty of 10 percent, ad valorem on all cotton yarns finer than No. 10 single and on all manufactures made of such yarns, was stricken out by the con­ ference. Agricultural. Raw cotton, which the senate made dutiable at the rate of 20 per cent, ad val­ orem, was restored to the free list. Paragraph 218, relating to cattle, as It passed the senate, was changed somewhat as to rates, $3.75 being fixed as the rate on cattle valued at not more than $14 per head, Instead of $3.50, while a rate of 27% per cent, ad valorem was fixed on cattle of a greater value. Instead of 25 per cent, in the senate amendment. The difference between the two houses on beans was compromised, being made 45 cents per bushel. The duty on seeds not specially provided for was made 30 per cent., the senate rate being 25 and the house rate 40 per cent. The paragraph in regard to packed fish was amended as fixed by the senate, so as to be made to apply specially to fish in packages. Paragraph 261 was amended so as to spe­ cifically provide that fresh mackerel, hali­ but or salmon should be dutiable at the rate of one cent per pound, as well as the pickled or salted article. ., Dried Fruits. Paragraph 262 in regard to apples, etc., was amended so as to omit currants, and the house rate of 2 cents per pound on such dried fruits as apples, peaches, pears, and berries prepared In any manner was re­ stored. The grape paragraph was altered so as to require the payment of 29 cents per cubic foot "of the capacity of the barrels or packages." Orange and lemon peels preserved and cocoanut meat, etc., were restored to the house rate of 2 cents per pound. On pineapples the senate rate was re­ tained. ' ' On unshelled filberts and walnuts the house rate of 3 cents per pound prevailed, while on shelled filberts and walnuts the senate rate of 6 cents per pound was sus­ tained. The conference struck out the senate pint bottles, 80 cents per dozen" on quart bottles. House rate of 40 oents and the senate rate of 24 cents. Cheibleals. 3 The conference struck out the senate rate paragraph relating to tartrate of soda and potash and partly refined argols and re­ stored the house paragraph. Thtre was a compromise on white lead at 2% cents per pound. The house paragraph In regard to oxide of zinc and white paint was restored. There was a general change of rates on lead, white acetate of lead being fixed at cents per pound, brown, gray, or yeMow at 2% cents, nitrate at 2%, and litharge at 2% cents per pound. These were generally compromises between the rates of the two houses. Phosphorus was compromised at 18 cents per pound. _The house rate on sulphur was restored. The senate made an amendment to the sul­ phur paragraph allowing crude brimstone to come in at 50 cents per ton, but the con­ ference struck this out, including this ar­ ticle* in the $8 rate, as originally fixed by the house. Paper. On mechanically around wood pulp the house rate of one-twelfth of one cent per pound, dry weight, was restored. The paragraph In regard to printing pa­ per was entirely rewritten. As amended it is as follows: "Printing paper, unsized, sized, or glued, suitable for books and newspapers, valued at not above two cen'ts per pound, threa­ ten tlha of a cent per pound: valued above two cents and not above two and a half c&ots per po.uiid, four-tenths of one cent pe» pound; valued between two and a half and three cents per pound, five-tenths of a -cent; valued between three and four cepts, six-tenths of a cent: valued between four and five cents, eight-tenths of a cent; 1 valued above five cents, 15 per cent, ad vaiorem." 1 j There is also a proviso exacting an addi- i tlenal duty of one^tenth. ot. n cent per , In the paragraph (103) refatlngTo fluted* rolled, ribbed, or rough plate glass the aen- ate rates and language were retained ex­ cept the house proviso to the effect "that all the above plate glass when ground, smoothed, or otherwise obscured shall be subjected to the same rate of duty as cast polished plate glass unsilvered." The senate rates were retained on cast polished plate glass, both unfinished and silvered, as provided in paragraphs 104 and 105. The house rate Of 10 per"cent, ad va­ lorem, in addition to dther rates changeable on window, crown, cylinder, or plate glasses where those glasses are bent, ground, frosted, etc., is-reduced to 5 per cent. The conference adopted the senate amendments in paragraph 108 relating Jto spectacles, eyeglasses, etc., with one ex­ ception- _ Paragraph 112, relating to stained or painted glass windows, remains practical­ ly as left by the senate. 1 ' •" • s The two houses compromised the rate on freestone, granfte, sandstone, unmanufac­ tured or undressed, making it 12 cents per cubic foot. » Flax. The thread paragraph (330) is a com­ promise between the two houses, making a duty of 13 cents per pound on threads made from-yarn not finer than five lea or num- mer, and three-fourths cent per pound ad­ ditional for each lea or number to excess of . five made from yarn finer than five lea or number. ' There is also a change In the next para­ graph, relating to single yarns in the gray, reducing the senate rate on yarns xjot finer than 80 lea or number to 40 per cent, ad valorem, which Is a compromise be­ tween the two houses. Floor mattings, which are taken from the free list, where they were placed by the senate, are made dutiable at S cents per square yard where their value does not exceed 10 gents per, square yard, and at j . , k -i -- - ---- i.7 cents per square yard and 25 per cent, cord imnnsM h do*ar of export duty per j ad vaiorem where their Value exceeds 10 . cent, per equate yard. wood pulp to the United States. " Lithographic Prints. There are numerous changes in the para­ graph relating to lithographic prints. The rates on such prints on paper not exceed­ ing 8-1,000 of an Inch in thickness is re­ duced from the senate rate of 25 cents per pouhd to 20 cey.s. Phe next classification covers paper ranging from 35 to 400 square inches, fixing the rate at 8 cents per pound. For pa­ per exceeding 400 square Inches a rate of «o per cent, ad valorem is fixed. The sen­ ate rate on prints Is reduced from 10 to 5 dents and on lithographic from 9 to 6 cents. "Books for children's use containing Il­ luminated lithographic prints not exceed­ ing in weight 24 ounces each, and all book­ ie, s and fashion magazines or periodicals printed In whole or in part by lithographic process or decorated by hand. 8 cents per pound." ^ The senate rate of 20 cents per pack and ^0 per cent, ad valorem fixed on playing cards was reduced to 10 cents per pack and 20 per cent, ad valorem. Internal Revenue. ' '.'he internal revenue tax amendment re- lallng to cigars and cigarettes made by the senate was changed to read as follows: "On cigars of all descriptions weighing niore than three pounds per 1,000, $3 per 1,000; on cigars made of tobacco or any sub­ stitute weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000, $1 per 1,000; on cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute weigh­ ing more than three pounds per 1,000, $3 per 1,000: on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000. $1 per thousand." The senate amendment providing for a tax on stocks and bonds was stricken out. Metals. The house rate of 8-10th of a cent per pound was restored on round iron of less than 7-16 of an inch in diameter and bars or shapes of rolled or hammered Iron not specially provided for. The house rate on iron In slabs, blooms, etc., less finished than iron In bars and mare advanced than pig iron was also re­ stored. The rate on iron bars, billets, etc.. In the manufacture of which charcoal Is used as fuel, was made specifically at $12 per ton. In paragraph 127 the senate rate of 1 2-10 cents per pound on iron or steel anchors was increased to 1% cents per pound, the house rate. The other amendments to the paragraph made by the senate were ac­ cepted. •Paragraph 129 reads as follows: "Hoop or band iron, or hoop or band stsel, cut to lengths or wholly or partly manufactured into hoops or ties, coated or not coated with paint or any other prepara­ tion. with or without buckles or fastening's, tot baling cotton or any other commodity, 5-i0 of a cent per pound." * Steel Ralls. On railway bars, T rails, and punched Iron or steel flat rails the conference re- stwred the house rate of 7-20 of a cent. On railway fishplates the senate rate of 4-10 of one cent per pound stands. Paragraph 132 providing for an extra duty of 2-10 of a cent per pound on iron and st«el sheets or plates, galvanized or coated, wt;s allowed to stand, but was made to apply only to "zinc spelter or other metals, or any alloy of these metals." 1 he house rate of 2 cents per pound was restored on polished or planished sheets of lro? or steel. On taggers' Iron or steel, tin- plates and terne plates the house rate of 1% cents per pound was restored. The hoyse receded from its proviso that the benefit of the drawback provision in sec­ tion 24 shall not apply to articles manu­ factured In this country from imported tin plates, etc. The conference amended the proviso to paragraph 136 relating to wire rods so as to muke It read as follows: "That all wire or steel rods which have be*n tempered or treated in any manner or partly manufactured shall pay an addi­ tional duty of one-half of one cent per pound." There were several changes In the para­ graph relating to Iron and steel wire. Changes in Cutlery. In the paragraph relating to cutlery there was but one change from the senate sched­ ule. The conference made material changes from both the senate and house rates on shotguns, both in classification and sates of duty. On wheels for railway purposes a com­ promise makes the duty 1% cents per pound and 1% cents on Ingots, bl&pms, etc. Aluminum, In crude form, was made dutiable at 8 cents and in plates at 13 *:ents per pound. j The rate on Dutch metal was made 6 , cents per package of 100 loaves. The" language and rates of the senate amendments of the paragraph In relation to lead ore were accepted without change, but lead In pigs was made dutiable q,t 2% cents per pound, Instead of 2 cents, asjlxed by the house, and 2M cents as fixed bv the senate. The senate rates on mica were advanced, those on the unmanufactured article being fixed at 6 cents per pound and 20 per ^ent. ad valorem, those oh cut mica at 12 yents per pound and 20 per cent, ad valoreji. The rate of 6 cents a pound on nickel, as provided by the house, was restored. Earthenware. The senate language In paragraph 8$, re­ lating to tiles, is retained, except thai the requirements that the tiles shall b» for floors and walls is stricken out. The ^ouse rates were restored on Portland, lloman and other cements. Paragraph 91, relating to gypsum, was amended so as to read as follows: "Plaster rock or gypsum, crude, 50 cents per ton: if ground or calcined, $2.50 pet ton: pearl hardening for papermakers* use 20 per cent, ad valorem." The paragraph relating to pumice ftone was totally changed, the rate being vpade $6 per ton on the manufactured article and 15 per centum ad valorem on the unuyinu- factured. The bouse paragraph relating to clays and earths was adopted, and the l-ouse rates on dried asphaltum and bitumen. On fuller's earth the rate was fixed at $1.50 per ton on the unmanufactured articlf and $3 per ton on that which has been man afac- tured. _ The house rate on undecorated roc-jlng-4 ham earthenware, paragraph 94. w*a re­ stored. f V In the next paragraph, relating to ejiina, amendment providing for a duty of 2 cents * bouse provision including clock c^ses, - * _ ° ^ TtrtfViAiif mnvamonto mo a root uraH per pound on dead game and game meats. Paragraph 2S2, relating to cocoa, was amended by leaving out cocoanut oil. Spirits and Wines. The conference made but one change In the schedule relating to spirits, wines, etc., proper. The senate rate of 80 cents per gallon on still wines containing less than 14 per cent, of absolute alcohol In packages was changed to 40 cents per gallon. The house rate was GO cents. « ®The rates cn mineral waters Were com- promised, being made 20 cents per dosap on • • - v , • . . : A • \ • ' • - • • • / - ' • ' • • : / with or without movements, was restored, making the duty 60 per centum aC va­ lorem. The senate receded from its amendments to the rates on plain bottles, jars, etc. Glass. ' The paragraph (100) In regard to cyt or ornamented glass bottles was not chugged as to Mdbes. The conference restored the house rates and language on' unpolished cylinder, crown and common window glass, but re­ tained the senate rates and language on poshed cylinder, and. crown claw.-- + Hm Bags or sacks made from-plain woven fabrics and bagging for cotton, gunny cloth and similar fabrics were taken from the free list and the language of the house practically restored in bofth instances. On bags the rate was made seven-eighths cent per pound and 15 per cent, ad yalorem. The senate rate on handkerchiefs was ac­ cepted. Sundries. There were comparatively few changes in the sundries schedule. The senate amendment on bituminous coals fixing the rate of 07 cents per ton was accepted with­ out change. The house rate of one cent per thousand on loose matches was restored. The house rates on haircloth wer# re­ stored. The senate rates on jewelry went re-, tained. The house provision in regard to dia­ monds and other precious stones was re­ stored. Paintings, drawings and statuary were again made dutiable at 20 per cent, ad va-! lorem. Free Ijlst. The following changes were made In the free list: The provision allowing cattle, horses, sheep, or other domestic animals, straying or driven across the boundary line of an­ other country for pasturage purposes, to be brought back free of duty is modified so as to continue this privilege for the speci­ fied time of six months. The conference restored to the free list the house paragraph on books and engrav­ ings imported by authority of the United States for the library of congress. The paragraph relating to the free lntro- iuctlon of books, libraries and reason­ able furniture of persons from foreign countries was altered so as to nrovidf that where they were not introduced for sale they were to be allowed free entrance wrhere they had not been so used for less than one year. The conference restored the house pro­ vision on camphor. The following Is the paragraph agreed upon on anthracite coal In the free list: Anthracite Coal. "Coal, anthracite, now especially pro­ vided for in this act, and coal sto/es of American vessels, but none shall be un­ loaded." Following Is the paragraph agreed upon on coal tar in the free list: "Coal tar, crude pitch of coal tar, and products of coal tar known as dead cr cre­ osote oil. benzol, etc." The conference restored raw cotton to the free list. The paragraph in regard to the frie ad­ mission of fish caught by American fisher­ men was amended so as to include salmon on the free list, which were especially ex cepted by the senate bill, and as agreed upon reads as follows: "Fresh fish, frozen or packed in Ice. caught In the great lakes or other fresh waters by citizens of the United States." On hide cuttings the house paragraph was restored. Manganese ore was restored to tb# free list, as was cocoanut "oil. The house phraseology of the paragraph In regard to ores of gold, silver, etc., was restored, which has the effect of making free nickel and nickel matte. The senate amendment making free paintings, drawings and statuary was also stricken out. Reciprocity. The reciprocity provision, as agreed to by the conference, contains some of the feat­ ures of both the senate and the house bills on this subject. It also contains some retaliatory meas­ ures. It sets forth Its purpose to be that of "equalizing the trade of the United States wtth foreign countries exporting to this country the following articles: "Argols, or crude tartars, or wine lees crude; brandies or other spirits manufact­ ured or distilled from grain or other ma­ terials; champagne or all other sparkling wines; still wines and vermuth; paintings and statuary." The president Is authorized to enter Into negotiations or commercial agreements In which reciprocal concessions may be se­ cured in favor of the products of the United States. He is empowered to suspend by proclamation the guties upon these articles whenever equivalent concessions may be obtained, as follows: "Argols, 5 per cent, ad valorem." Brandies or other grain spirits, $1.75 per gallon. , Champagne In bottles containing one quart, $S per dozen; containing one pint, $3 per dozen; containing one-half pint, $1.60 per dozen; containing more than one quart, in addition to the $6 rate, $1.90 per gallon. Still wines and vermuth, 35 cents per gal­ lon, and other rates In proportion where the goods are bottled. Paintings, etc., 15 per cent, ad valorem. The president Is empowered to revoke the concession when satisfied that the agree­ ment Is not adhered to In good faith by any other country with -which an agr&ement shall have been made. Retaliatory Clause. What may be termed the retaliatory clause of the provision Is that which em­ powers the president *to suspend by procla­ mation the provisions of this act providing for the free Introduction of coffee, tea. Tonquin, or tonka beans, and vanilla beans coming from any country which imposes duties upon products of the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unseasonable. The rates which he is thus empowered to fix are: On coffee, 3 cents per pound; on tea, 10 cents per pound; on tonka beans, 50 cents per pound; on vanilla beans, $2 per pound; on cuts, $1. The president Is required to act within two years in securing these reciprocal trade treaties, and they are to be submit­ ted to the senate for its ratification. Articles are to be reduced to the extent of 20 per cent, in these treaties, and the presi­ dent is specifically authorized to enter Into negotiations which will place certalp articles upon the free list for a specified period of five years. ABOUND A BTfl STATE Several bntterine makers at Chiaig* xvxfcVUiliT J± 1XLIX OIAIK openly defy the new law, and'it is to be tested in . the courts. BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI- NOIS NEWS. EchihtsrFailure involves Many Titles to Property in Chicago-Fearful Deed of a Rum-Crazed Father--Decision Affecting Fraternal Benefit Societies Unique Financial Disaster. The Schintz failure promises to become ape of the most remarkable of the finan­ cial disasters that have befallen Chicago recently. While showing much similarity to the Spalding and Dreyer cases, it pre­ sents peculiar features which seem full ef possibilities of direst disaster for hun­ dreds of small householders who have for years been making part payments on little homes, acquired from Schintz and which they hoped to own outright iu a few months, but which they may now be never able to claim as their property. Hundreds of these investors have not .even a receipt to show lor the payments they have nulde. So complete was their confidence. ,in Schintz, they say, they did not deem it necessary to require receipts for their payments. But when they come to com­ pare notes at this late date they find that they have all the same sort of story to tell. They discover that their mortgages are in unknown hands, that they have uo means of knowing whether their payments have ever been applied on. the mortgage debts, and that few of the purchasers of real es­ tate hi the. Schintz subdivision have had their mortgages released by Schintz or can show quit-claim deeds to the lots on which they have built the little homes that represent all they have been able to accumulate by years of toil and industry. Slain by its Father. Poverty, liquor and abuse were brewed in fatal proportions the other day at' 1199 West 12th street. Chicago. When the dread work was done the infant child of Dwight and Emma Compton had been brutally beaten and choked to death, Compton had narrowly escaped suicide and his wife had been beaten into uncon­ sciousness. Compton is a stone mason, but for years has been peddling fruit and groceries in the country with a horse and buggy. Six: weeks ago he quarreled with his wife, who has been supporting him since their marriage three or four years ago, and told her he intended to leave her. Mrs. Compton readily agreed, but refused to surrender her 2-year-old girl. Compton insisted on the custody of the child and kidnaped the infant. The other day Compton returned to his wife's apart­ ments and brought the child, saying that he was unable to care for it and had come to give it up. Mrs. Compton's willingness to take the child and refusal to live with him again apparently angered the man. The murder and attempted suicide fol­ lowed. The exploitation of the "Kickxia Af- rlcana," a rubber-bearing tree, prom­ ises to be important for the West Af­ rican colonies. At Lagos the milky jui$f evaporated gives a superior quality of rubber. - All the colonies of the Gulf of Guinea possess this tree. No one can ask honestly or hopeless­ ly tovbe delivered from temptation un­ less she has herself honestly and firm­ ly determined to do the best she can to keep out of it. Weinrhty Wife Loi^a Wee Husband. A woman who weighed 250 pounds and had a hand like a star ham lost her hus­ band the other day at Peck court and Michigan avenue, Chicago. She fairly flooded her surroundings with her tears, and tore the air with her lamenting. The crowd was sympathetic, and turned its attention from the parade to the picture of wifely woe. She was certain the "old man" was killed. There was no other like him, and what Was she to do? Just then the "old man" turned up. He weighed 90 pounds and looked sad. His face did not brighten at the sight of his wife, whose wailing turned to wrath as quickly as a coral snake changes color in a streak of sunlight. She heaped abuse on the "old man," who bore it meekly, and made no sign when his larger half said they would go to the depot and take the first train for home. Can Raise the Rates. A decision was rendered by Judge M. F. Tuley in the Circuit Court of Cook Coun­ ty recognizing the right of fraternal be­ nevolent societies to change the rates of assessment against- members for death benefits. As this point has never been passed on before by an Illinois court of record, and as there are only a few de­ cisions in other States covering the ques­ tion, Judge Tuley's finding will be of interest to every member of a secret socie­ ty in this State which has a mutual life insurance feature. It affects probably more than three-fourths of the voting pop­ ulation of the State, and many societies composed of women. All over the coun­ try officers of fraternal benevolent socie­ ties have been eagerly waiting for Judge Tuley's decision. - When about to take his first drink, the young man should remember that every drunkard once stood where he stands. • / . ' v . " • V - i - • a - -- \ / State News in Brief. Alfred Sample of Bloomington, recently judge of the Circuit Court, has accepted a chair in the faculty of the Bloomington law school of the Illinois Wesleyan Uni­ versity. Colostin D. Myers, recently eleot- ly elected Circuit Judge, has resigned froin the faculty. A pathetic wedding at Galesburg Fri­ day united Will Jackson of that city and Mary Meadows of Hannibal, Mo. Miss Meadows was taken ill with peritonitis and the doctors said .that she could not recover. The couple were to have been married next month, but in view of her expected death the ceremony was per­ formed at once. The bride remained in a reclining position during the ceremony and was very weak. Joseph It. Dunlop, former editor of the Chicago Dispatch, now in the Joliet pen itentiary under a Federal sentence of two years for sending obscene matter through the mails, is a sick man. Dunlop has been an inmate of the hospital ever since his commitment. He has practically no tasks to perform, but the confinement has not quieted his unstrung nerves, as the prison authorities had hoped, and he is weak and sallow looking. Dunlop was the victim of two paralytic strokes before his arrest and the third and fatal one is feared. The members of the prison med­ ical staff avoid details in reference to his case. From other sources of a reliable nature it was learned that Dunlop is in a very restless state of mind. He does not sleep well and it is only by a great effort that he keeps from collapsing altogether. At an interesting sale of relics of "Bon­ nie Priik-e Charlie" at London the highest price paid for a single lot was £750, given by J. L. Johnson of Chicago for a bed­ stead used by the Prince three nights before the battle. Two men drowned and a third rescued just as he was about to give up the strug­ gle for life marked the tragical ending of a pleasure trip in a rowboat on the lake off Lincoln Park, Chicago, Thursday evening. The dead: Peter Muller, un­ married; Albert Venhoff, unmarried; The rescued: Charles Morrisey, member of the Ontario Boat Club. At Moline Mrs. Ernest Malcolm com­ mitted suicide by shooting herself iu the temple. , F. M. Hyde reached his home in Harvey at midnight from the Logan day cere­ monies. As he entered the kitchen lie struck a match. An explosion broke out the windows and filled the house with flames. The fire department extinguished the blaze after $1,200 damage had been done. The house was not supplied with gas, and nothing Qf an explosive nature was kept about the building.' The wood­ work of the kitchen was found to be sat­ urated with gasoline. The lock on the rear of the house had been forced open. His family is away. The Joliet Board of Education will ask the City Council for an appropriation of $100,000 to. run the public schools next year. _ - •, 1-- Belated lovers in Garfield Park at ChUs cago have a foe in the person of a park policeman, who, it is said, is assisted by two or three others who do not have au­ thority. A kiss or an embrace, the "spooqy" ones say, costs more than a carriage ride on the boulevard. At leas? this has been the experience of some. The reduction in insurance rates has struck Joliet, and after several meetings of the local agents to maintain the old v!'te several agents are now writing in- s(Trance at the cut rates and a bitter in­ surance wai is expected among the agents. The cut is 50 per cent on dwellings, 33 1-3 per cent on churches, school houses and court houses and 25 per cent on brick buildings'. Several sudden nnd violent deaths are noted ,ut Quiney. Henry Brockmeyer, a prominent farmer, was drowned while fording Sny creek on horseback. Charles F. Klarqer, an old packing house opera­ tor, was found dead in his home. Apo­ plexy is alleged, Mrs. Julius F. Koehler was killed in a runaway accident. Wil- linin G. Gilbert, for seven years poor- master of Quincy, died suddenly, The Joliet prison authorities are after more money for Sunday services. E^®r since the prison has been established chapel services on Sunday have been Jree to visitors. This is to be changed to 25 cents admission. Tickets of admission must be obtained by written requests ad­ dressed to the warden, and payments ,^nust be made not later than 9:45 a. m. on the day for which the tickets are is­ sued. The seating capacity for visitors is limited, and the warden reserves the right to recall any and ail tickets issued. The annual report of the finance com­ mittee of the Chicago Board of Education for the year ended June 30, 1897, shows the board had at its command $7,114,- 442.49 . Of this amount $633,015.03 was cash balance June 30, 1896. A total of $3,368,243.46 was expended for the sal­ aries of superintendents and teachers of primary grades; $351,235.95 was expend­ ed for the salaries of the superintendent apd teachers of the high schools; $325,- 164.56 was spent for special studies, which includes $43,457.75 for the salaries of the teachers at the Chicago Normal School, $135,167.68 for German, the bal­ ance being for music, drawing, physical culture, kindergartens and deaf-mute schools. Mayor Harrison of Chicago has signed the anti-department store ordinances pass­ ed at the last meeting of the Council, and they are now in force and subject to action in the courts. That they will be tested by the interests effected is already made certain. Corporation Counsel Thornton advised the Mayor that there is a doubt as to the legality of the Coun-, cil's action, and the Mayor decided to let the courts decide the validity of the ordi­ nances, rather than to kill them himself by vetoes. One of the ordinances pre­ vents the sale of meats in any store where groceries, provisions and dry goods are offered for sale, except upon payment of a license, and the other makes the same provision regarding liquors. Both were signed by the Mayor. Superintendent Van Cleave of the in­ surance department has issued a tabular statement showing- the condition on Dec. 31, 1896, of all fraternal beneficiary so­ cieties authorized to do business in Illi- .nois. It shows that there are sixty of these societies, and that their total -ncome during 1896 was $29,053,947; total dis­ bursements, $27,988,971; amount of in­ demnity written during the year $484, 656,600, of which $116,561,200 was writ­ ten iu Illinois; amount of indemnity ter initiated during that year, $275,733;800, of which $50,818,770 was in Illinois; in­ demnity in force Dec. 31, 1896, $2,507,- 866,075, of which $493,831,530 was in Illinois; amount received from members in Illinois for mortuary indemnity ex pense purposes, $4,229,513. Peoria has a sensation in high society which is.now the talk of the town. A month a?Q Mrs. Ellen Barker McRoberts was united in marriage with Ambrose MarteH, a comparative stranger, who went there three years ngo from Spring­ field and operated a nursery. Mrs. Mar- tell is very wealthy, a daughter of the late Gardner T. Barker, the millionaire. The courtship was short and the marriage festivities elaborate. The marriage took place in spite of the strongest opposition from Mrs. McRoberts' two sons, also from Walter Batker, her brother. The mar­ riage resulted in the sons leaving the house. Recently Martell has acted strangely and friends believed that he was mentally unbalanced. He carried a revolver and summoned prominent citi­ zens before him and demanded that they kneel and ask his pardon. His actions became so alarming that Wednesday he was urrested on two warrants for commit­ ting an assault with intent to do bodily harm and in default of bail he is now in jail. JtfMlgl attempt to hold up W. F. Van BMuTk, cashier of the Bank of Odell, Fas made Monday. Two strangers enter­ ed while the cashier was alone and one asked him to cash a check. As Van Bus- kirk stepped to the window the other rob­ ber thrust a revolver into his face, but the cashier reached for his own revolver and got the drop on the banlits. They tied, took possession of a horse and car­ riage belonging to Mr. Gebhardt, whose children were out driving. Whipping up the horse, they made a desperate drive for the country. The cries of the children attracted the attention of the people on the streets. A number of men on bicycles, on horseback and in buggies took up the chase. The robbers abandoned the car­ riage and children when about three miles iu the country and took to the cornfields, the officers and citizens still after them, exchanging shots at close range. When their ammunition gave out they surren­ dered. They gave the names of Frank Jackson and Harry Howard and claimed to be from New York. DIMLEY BILL IS LAW MEASURE PA8SED AND SIGNED BY M'KINLEY. ' Conference Report Is Approved by a Vote of 40to 30--Treasury Officiala Notified That the Mew Duties Are Now in Force. Takes Effect at Once. The last step necessary to make tha Dingiey tariff bill the law of the land was taken at the White House when tha President affixed his signature at 4:04 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The tariff bill passed its last legislative stage at 3 p. m., when the Senate, by a vote of 40 to. 80, agreed to the conference report on tibia bill. The final vote on the tariff confer-, ence report and the bill was as follows: Aidrich, Allison, Baker, Burrows, Carter,, Clark, Davis, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks,' Foraker, Frye, , Qailinger, Gearf Hale, Hansbroagh, Uawley, Hoar. Lodge, YEAS. Republicans. McBride. McMillan, r Mason, Morrill, , Nelson, < . Penrose, Perkins, ' ; Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N. Y.), Prltchard, Proctor, , sir .Shoup, Spooner, Thurston, Warren, Wetmore. 1. • er. Populists. Jones (Nev.), Stewart. „ Democrat. McEnery--Total, 40. NAYS. Bacon, Bate, Berry, Ca fiery, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner, Gorman, Lindsay, Jones (Ark.), Mallory, Martin, Mills, Democrats. Mitchell. , Morgan. Mnrphy, Pasco, Pettns, Roach. Smith, Tillman. Turley, Turner, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, White. Populist. mm® Harris--Total, 80. PAIRS. For-- Against-- Chandler, Cannon, Cnllom, Gray, Wolcott, George, Hanna, < Rawlins, Wellington, McLaurin, Mantle, Kenney, Wilson, Heltfeld. NOT VOTING. Allen, Teller. Butler, Kyle, Mr. j, Articles of incorporation for the Chicago and Southwestern Railroad Coiapany have been placed on record at Joli^| The road is scheduled to start in Cook County and run through the counties of Kane, Kendall, Du Page, Will, Grundy, La Salle, Putnam, Marshall, Woodford, Tazewell and Peoria, with one or more branches and with power to extend in southwesterly direction to the Mississippi river, to connect, unite and co-operate with any and all railways. The capital stock is $100,000, divided into shares of $1,000 each, and the principal business office is in Chicago. The remains of a man were discovered at Graud and Ivedzie avenues, Chicago, hidden by the boards of a sidewalk. The corpse was badly decomposed. The police think it may be that of August Rizzo, a missing fruit merchant. " Thomas C:imj>bell Bryant, a Blooming­ ton pioneer, met a violent death a few days ago at his home near Mitchell, Kan. He was driving on a riding cultivator when the horses, ran away. He was 80 years old, and was for thirty-four years, from 1854 to 1888, a resident of central Illinois, most of the time of Farmer City, Bloomiugton and, Normal: He was a relative of William Cullen Bryant, the poet. i - _ ABSENT. Pettigrew. Porter, the President's secretary* was in constant communication with tha capitol by telephone, so that he was abla to advise the President promptly of tha starting of the bill from the fionse for the White House. A few moments before 4 o'clock Representative Dingiey appear­ ed, accompanied by Representatives Ha- ger, chairman of the House Committee on Enrolled Bills. They were admitted at once into the presence of Mr. McKinley. The latter was sitting quietly at the loos cabinet table with Secretary Gage and Attorney General McKenna on one side! and Postmaster General Gary and Secret tary Wilson on the other. He rose and greeted Mr. Dingiey and Mr. Hager cor­ dially and proceeded at once to the work of approval. Mr. Porter turned to tha last sheet of the bill and laid the. docn- nent before the President. He had sever­ al pens at hand the owners of which had ' begged might be used to sign the tarifl e act. But Mr. Dingiey, unexpectedly tak­ ing a case from his pocket, produced a beautiful mother of pearl handled pen, dainty enough for a lady's use, and re­ quested that it be used for the signature. The President recognized the right Mr. Dingiey. Dipping it deep into the ink­ well, he steadily appended his signature to the bill, asked the date, and wrote "July 24, approved," and the bill was a law. * i'-p-. c$je Est mates of Revenues. According to estimates by treasury offi­ cials the revenue to be produced by the new law will exceed the amount raised in the last yeur of the Wilson bill by at least 530,000,000. But they claim that the'rev- enue producing powers of the new law will be seriously crippled by the anticipa­ tory importations of the last three or four months. The chemical schedule of the new law, they say, will produce revenue to the amount of $6,695,000. In 1896 it brought $5,500,000 (in round numbers). The earthenware and glassware sched­ ule is counted upon for $9,741,000, while in 1896 it brought $7,900,000, The lumber schedule, it is anticipated, will produce $2,400,000. It brought only $380,000 in 1896, owing to free trade in Canadian lumber. Even with the enormous anticipatory importations the sugar schedule is expect­ ed to bring in, at the lowest estimate^ $38,000,000, as against $29,000,000 in 1896. A more liberal estimate places the prospective sugar revenues at $55,000,* . / ooo. On tobacco and manufactures thereof the estimated revenue for the next year is $16,400,000, against $14,800,000 last year. In the agricultural schedule the esti­ mates of revenue run from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, compared with $7,900,000 in 1896. Imported wines, spirits and malt liq­ uors are counted upon for $7,935,000y against $6,900,000 last year. In flax, hemp, jute, etc., the revenue* for next year are estimated at from $15,-, 000,000 to $19,000,000, contrasted witk $12,000,000 last year. On wool and manufactures thereof tha estimate is at least double the revenue of last jear, which was $23,000,000. Silks and silk goods are expected to bring about $14,000,000, against $12,500,- 000 last year. On pulp, paper and books the estimate is $2,000,000, contrasted with $1,200,00(> last year. '•' V Schedule I, manufactures of cotton, 'M .;.<f brought in $9,300,000 last year, and it is estimated will produce over $11,000,000 next year. The sundries schedule, which includes g k.V . . . m jigBs miscellaneous items not otherwise speci­ fied, produced $10,900,000 last year, and the lowest estimate for next year-is $13,- 500,000, while a more libera} calculation places it at $20,000,000. j Step Off the Moving Train. Passengers are to have an opportun­ ity to board and leave trains which are Ln motion at the Paris exposition of 1900 by means of a new system devised by a French civil engineer. The idea was suggested by the moving sidewalk of tlie world's fair. The outer circum­ ference of a circular platform is to travel at the same rates "as the passing train. There will be no danger upon entering the platform from a staircase in the center, wihere the speed Is com­ paratively low. In advancing toward the edge the increase is gradual and anticipated. The station attendant overlooks the entire platform from a tower in the center, and should there be a heavy crowd he causes the train, by means of switches, to ran around the station, allowing ample time to dis­ charge and take on all passengeca is proposed to work trains and plat- farms at a speed of seven and solles an hour. ; • ' • • '