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V; QUEEN VICTORIA. Hor Jubiloo Iimugurutod by Hor Advont to London. CRKBTED BY HER LOYAL SUBJECTS. TImi Kopiilillcuii Him i11flt jr of tin) American ICcprcsontittlve In Startling: Cotitrimt to Hid llrlllhincy of tlm Uni form Around Tlicm. Lonwi.v, June 22. Queen Victoria is now in London. An immense crowd ,'uthorcd near Puddiuglou station in tliu ciirlj' hours of yesterday morning and waited witli stolid patience. Tho curly liours wore enlivened by the peal ing of hells, and in this morning breeze everywhere floated the royal standard. The I r t point of interest in the day's proceedings wus Windsor, where by six o'clock the short route louding from tho castle to the Great Western ruil way station was lined by a mass of people gathered to see the queen start. -At noon the queen and attendant mem bers of the ro.yul family left Windsor castle and drove through gorgeous decorations to the railway station, which was literally hidden by scarlet and gold streamers, flowers and palms. The queen's train was in waiting, with the locomotive decorated with gold leaf and tho royal arms and colors on front and sides. The start for Loudon was made at 13:10 o'clock, and for almost the entire distance the train passed between scattered groups of loyal people. Every station of the Great Western between Windsor and l'addington had been decorated. The railway em ployes everywhere stood at the salute, while the platforms were crowded with cheering people, l'addington station was grandly decorated, and the state carriages from Ihiokinghum palace were at the end of the covered way. Ah soon as the queen had taken her Heat in her carriage the life guards drew up in front and rear, and a roar of cheers proclaimed to assembled thousands beyond that she had ar rived. Throughout, the route was tenanted hy an immense assemblage. Every window had its occupants, every roof sightseers and every available spaed in tho street and square, sidewalk and igurdons, and even trees and railingsof tho parks were black with people. Tho queen drove slowly to gratify her. people, and there was constant cheer- lug. Next to Pnddington, the crowd wolected Buckingham palace as tho nnost interesting point to view the pro ceedlngs, us the gathering of the en voys and their suites and the Indian officers invited to luncheon, to be after ward presented, had already begun at noon. Ah soon as the carriage entered tho palace yard the carriage passed direct ly to the quadrangle, Princess Henry -of Duttenberg waving her hand as sho passed to her children. The duchess of Connaught saluted her majesty amid an enthusiastic renewal of tho cheering and waving of handkerchiefs. Tho guards then paraded in the palace yard and the duke of Connaught, who followed soon afterward, was warmly cheered. On entering the palace yard tho tluke saluted tho duchess and the child ron add then was saluted by tho life guards us they rode oil'. This afternoon at four o'clock in tho Ijow dining room of Hucklnghtiin pul uco her majesty received the imperial and voyul envoys. All the envoys wore full court dress with the excep tion of tho American ollieers, and the republican simplicity of their attire was in startling contrast with the "brilliancy of tho uniforms around them. The American party was re ceived by tho master of ceremonies and conducted by one of the queen's equer ries to a marquee in the gardens, whore lunch was served. Mr. Reid, however, lid not go to tho garden, but was es corted to the state supper room, only Ids miito being entertained in the mar quee. Mr. Reid was received by the prince of Wales in the most cordial manner. Tho queen at 8:15 in tho evening en tertained at dinner many of her most distinguished guests in tho state sup per room at lluoklnghum palace. Among those present were the prince and princess of Wales, with all tho members of the royal family, the royal guests, the envoys of states with tho rank of ambassador, and the great ollieers' of tho household, who wore full court dress. During the progress of tho banquet music was discoursed by the royal engineers. Tho suites of the envoys and tho ladies and gentle anon in attendance dined in tho garden vestibule; tho yeomen of the guard were on duty In the grand hall and vestibule. After tho dinner the queen proceeded from the grand oalon to the ball room to receive her guests, tho envoys and their suites, the Indian princes, the of ficers of the imperial forces and of tho native Indian escorts and tho ollieers of the queen's German regiment. Tho colonial premiers, with their wives, were presented to her majesty hy Mr. , Chamberlain, secretary of state for Uo colonies, and suites of royal and other guests were presented separately iy their chiefs. Tho great ollleoiv, of state attended in full dress. Mesduinoi; White Jaw Keid, Nelson A. Miles and Ogdon Mills were presented by the queen's tincciul command. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. Coitili'iiM'tl rrorrcdlnc of tliii.Srnntn anil lloiinit In Kit Hrnnloii. Tm: senate completed tho consideration of the sugar schedule of the tnrlff hill on tho 1.1th. It places on sugar not uhovo No. 10 Duti'h standard one cent per pound and .0.1 of u cunt for every degree above W. nnil on suunrs nhovo No. HI Dutch standard 1.9.1 cents per pound; hut on sugars testing below 87 decrees l-10cent per pound shall be deducted. The Poltlgrow ntm-ndment relating to trusts was tabled by a vote of :i.1 to sri The agricultural schedule was then resumed Senator Tillman (S. (J.) gavo notice of an amendment to the tariff bill pro viding for ii head tax of iKXJ on all Immigrants to the United States and making It a mlsdo mennor for any person to enter tho United States for tho purpose of engaging In trade or nun. mil labor without Intending to hecomo a citizen. ..Tho house was not In session. Tiik senate on the llkh disposed of 13 pages of the tarirr bill. getting through the agricul tural schedule and up to the schedule relating to wines mid spirits. During tho day the para graphs on dairy products, farm products, llsh, fruits ami nuts, meat products and miscella neous iiKrlctilMiral products were acted on. A motion by Senator Vest (Mo.) to restore salt to the free list was rejected. Tho paragraph proposing a tax on tea went over. Senator Allison (la.) offered a now paragraph covering (lowers and It was agreed to. Senator I'ottus (Ala.) gave notice of an amendment malting unlawful the Importation of sugar by any trust or combination formed In restraint of trade or to Increaso tho price of sugar. Senator Mills (Tex ) gave notice of an amendment providing that only 7.1 per cent- of the duties shall bo levied against countries whose mints are open to tho free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of sixteen to one. A messago was then received from the president, together with tho treaty for tho annexation of Hawaii, and, after a short executive" session on the mat ter, tho senate adjourned. ...Tho house was not In session. Tin: senate on tho 17th eompMed the wlno and cotton schedules of tho tariff bill. Senator Allison (la.) secured the addition of a now puragrnph to the cotton schedule, with a view to compensating tho cotton manufacturers for the recent action of the senate In placing raw cotton on the dutiable list Most of the time of the session of tho house was taken up with roll calls. Mr. Sulzer (N. Y.) made a brief speech In favor of Cuba, In which ho denounced Woy lor as a "thief" and "murderer." The bill for the relief of the residents of CJreer county, Ok., was passed and an adjournment was taken to Monday. TilK senate on the IHtli did not unite dispose of ono page of the flux schedule of tho tariff bill, the debate drifting into political channels. Senator Tillman (S. C), at one point In tho de bate, stated Dial If there was to bo any steal ing ho wanted a share for his state. Senator Morgan (Ala.) proposed a sweeping amend ment to pkico a ten per cent, ml valorem duty on all articles" "on,tliorfreo ltstwltU a few ex ceptions, and called attention 'to fiintacjmUiat the Income tax feature of tho Wilson bluetts not repealed and could bo enforced by a eliniUro In tho personnel of the supremo court of tho United States. Senator Teller (Col.) Intro duced bills to abolish the unices of Indian com missioner ami assistant Indian commissioner 1 !...! 1 ., .1 ..,!.... - turn ncinn iii Liieii jmict'ii iio.iru iu iimiiui coitj; mlssloners and to provide for allotment of laudi to Indians without changing their tribal relrf lions l lie house was not in session. Tun senate on the Mtli considered tho fill schedule of the tariff bill and struck out tin paragraphs relating to burlaps, cloth for cotton bugging and tho levying a duty on plain wovel fabrics of single Jute yarns. It was also ngroi kto siriuo out mo paragraph relating to lloor .. ... . kf matting, thus placing it on tho fieo list... 7 House was not in session. ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE ERROR. Tho ActH (Yciillng SeMiral liimmiH Judicial Districts Unintentionally ltepeiileil. Toim:ka. Kan., .June Hi. It has been found that the legislative enactment last winter repealing "obsolete, re dundant and inoperative" statutes un intentionally repealed tho acts creating the Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Seven teenth, Twenty-First, Thirty-Fourth and Thirty-Fifth judicial districts. The attention of Attorney-General Koylo was called to this enactment this morning and he holds that the title of the bill is so much at variance with the bod' of the statute and with the real intent and purpose of the leg islature that the repealing act is of no effect and void and would so be con strued by the courts should the ques tion be raised. The districts named are composed of the following counties: Sixth, Linn, Hourbon and Crawford; Eleventh, Cherokee, Labette and Montgomery; Twelfth, Cloud, Kepublic and Wash ington; Seventeenth, Phillips, Norton, Decatur, Kawlins and Cheyenne; Twenty-First, Marshall, Riley and Clay; Thirty-Fourth, Kooks, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas and Sherman; Thirty-Fifth, Wabaunsee, Osnge and Pottawatomie. ItoforniH at Kiiiem City Hum Truck. Kansas City, Mo., June 21. The new Kansas City Fair and Racing asso ciation tried two reforms at tho open ing of tho summer race meeting at tho Exposition track Saturday. Objection able characters of both soxes were conspicuous by their absence. Tho directors made an order barring pro fessional touts, while disreputable women must go into a place set apart for them and negroes. Di'iiiiunreil us u (iamhlcr. Ni:w Youk, Juno '21. Herman Wars zawiuk, the Christianized Hebrew who has been seeking admission into tho Presbyterian church as a minister, was yesterday publicly denounced before the congregation of the Fifth Avenue l'resbyterian church as uu immoral person and guilty of gambling, lie was also suspended from tho commu nion of the church. A llovcrimr's I'Miincec. Indicted. CiiAiti.KSToN, W. Va., dune 21. Mrs. Myra II. Camden, who is engaged to bo married to (Jov. Atkinson, was in- dieted at tho last term of court for having forged her lato husband's name to a deed after his death. Her friends say that tho indictment is part of an endeavor to break her engagement with the governor., Tornado lit Duncan, Neb. Duncan, Neb., dune 21. A cyclone of destructive proportions passed over Duncan yesterday and shook up the I place 19 tin alarming extent. A mini- her of people were hurt by Hying i debris. Tho storm extended north ward to Monroe and Norfolk. No lives ' were lost. BAVJU'T jiY KTOJUIS. Several States Visitid by Deadly and Destructive Tarnadoes. 'iiliiublo Property llislroynl In Jndliwm- I-'otir loyn Killed In IIIInols-HIgh AVIiiiI In Ki-stiieiy-lowi ami NcbruMm Struck. Indianapolis, Inil, .Tune 19. Later returns received fron both the north and western portion of the state indi cate that Thursday night's storm, which did not ceaie until yesterday morning, did much damage. A tele gram from Greenctstle says that re ports from the country up to noon show that large quantities of valuable Urn' her were destroyed, large trees boirif twisted oir their rods. Farm fenciny and stock suJl'ercd. t-everul large barns were struck by lightning. One al Hambrick's station, containing some valuable live stock, was destroyed. Al Rochester, Hrownsburg and Wabasli the damage was heavy to farm proper ty. At Valparaiso a heavy hailstorm, accompanied by a high wind, did a great deal of damage to all kinds ol property. The Albuny Lumber Co.'i sheds were blown down at Muncie and the Albany bottle works was unroofed and chimneys and stacks blown down. Telephone and telegraph wires are all down. Flint glass works damaged and the brick residence of Mr. Stout was damaged by liglrning. Tho west win" of the Paragon paper mill al Eaton was blown in during the storm yesterday. Four people wero reported buried in the debris. The loss on property is S2.",000. The roof on the Eaton window glass works was lifted oil' and much damage on other prop ty was done. Iu .Vuncie the storm damage will be several thousand dol lars. Several large roofs were lifted. IlUtini) JIKXKATII A WKI'.CKKI) JJAlt.V. Lincoln, 111., .Inn; 1'.). A tornado which passed over the central and southern portions of Logan county yesterday afternoon destroyed thou sands of dollars' worth of property and completely demolished the im mense cow barn on the farm of the state institution for the feeble-minded. Twenty-six persons seeking refuge from the storm, were buried in the debris. Four of tho refugees, boy pupils from Chicago, were taken out dead. Five others wore severely in jured, ono of whom, the farm superin tendent, will probably die. The tor nado passed on to the northeast doing great damage, the extent of which is not known. The storm divided into sections and covered a wide territory. Jt is feared that the loss of life will be greatly enlarged when reports are re ceived from outside the city. WlN'DtiTOKM AT I.OUTSVII.f.i:, ICY. Loiusvn.r.i:, Ivy., June 19. A severe windstorm passed over this city early yesterday morning, doing' consider able damage to property, but in no in stance was there a fatality, although a number sustained injuries. In cen tral and eastern Kentucky great dam age was done to crops, farm houses and barns. Opposite Irvington, Ivy., in In diana, the house of John S. Treehis, a farmer, was wrecked by tho wind and his 18-year-old son killed. A servant girl was so badly injured by the fall ing timbers that sho lived but a fow hours. IOWA TOWNS HTIIUCIC. Ottu.mwa, la., June 19. A small cy clone passed over Rosohill, a villago in Keokuk county, yesterday after noon, touching tho ground in several places just outside the town. The damage done was confined to trees and outbuildings. Another cyclone of somewhat greater violence passed six miles east of Oskaloosa. Its path was over two miles in length and about 50 yards In width. The damage was slight, however, being confined to fences, trees and outbuildings. IIKAVY WINDS IN NnilKASKA. Lincoln, Neb., June 19. Violent windstorms prevailed over a wide dis trict in Nebraska early yesterday morning. In Lincoln some minor dam age was done. At Munroe, west of here, the storm approached the violence of a tornado. Hardly a chimney in left in the town and many roofs wero taken oil". Tho house of Peter Tobin was totally wrecked and Mr. and Mrs. Tobin slightly injured. STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. Tho Village of ICoel, Kun Almost Wiped Out. Lakni:i, Kan., June 10. A cyclone struck the little village of Rozel, 18 miles west of here on the Jetmorc branch of the Santa Fe, Thursday night, and almost completely wiped it out of existence. The two grain ele vators were destroyed and every house in tho place wrecked. One mile north of Rozel the farm house of Va Chris tian was struck and unroofed and ono side blown in. Three miles further northeast barns and cattle sheds on tho Halo ranch wero destroyed. In the same neighborhood the home of Al Sulllcool was demolished and his barn and outhouses blown away. Further northwest the cyclone struck tho Haird ranch and wrecked all the buildings. No human lives were lost, hut several head of horses und cattle were killed. ! Turkeys and chickens wero slaughtered I in wholesale lots. It will take thou sands of dollars to cover the loss on wrecked buildings, death of stock, and damage to the wheat crop, which was i ulmost ready for harvest. MAY NOT BE RATIFIED. Hough Iliindllntc ICxpeeted for tho Itiiwall u it Annexation Treaty In the .Senate. Washington, Juno 18. A special to the Chicago Post says: Opposition to the Hawaiian annexation pro ject has broken out much moro violently than was anticipated by llio administration, and tho treaty will bo roughly hnndled when it comes up In the senate tor ratlllcatlon Whether this opposition will bo uble to muster sufllclent .strength hi that body to defeat ratlllcatlon Is a speculative problem. It looks now as though tho annexation tarty might not bo able to com mand the necessary two-thirds vote. In nny event, It is now taken for granted that favora ble action at this special session, either In tho form of treaty ratlllcatlon or legislation sus taining tho administration plans, will bo im possible. Tho strongest Mid most dangerous opposi tion will come from two sources -those who ore ngalnst tho acquisition of remote territory by the United States and opposed on principle to the embarkation by this government upon colonization schemes, nnd second, those who will light annexation on the plea that tho cheap labor of tho Hawaiian Islands will seri ously Injure our agricultural Interests, particularly checking the development of tho beet sugar Industry of the mid dle west, which gives promiso of being an Important addition to tho production of the soil throughout largo sec tions of tho country. There are many other reasons which will be urged, including, of course, tho argument that, by taking In these remote Islands, the United States will no longer llnd it possible to sustain its hitherto Impregnable position along the lines of tho Monroe doctrine. President McICInley's mes sage, which went to the senate with tho treaty, covers this point, but It will nevertheless bo brought in when the contest Is being discussed. UMUOKAI.ANI PltOTKSTS. Washington, June IS. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon ox-Queen Iiiliuokulani filed a protest in tlieollice of the secretary of state against the annexation treaty. It was delivered into the hands of John Sherman by Mr. Joseph llelaluhe, representing the native Hawaiians, duly commissioned 1)3 two of their patriotic leagues. Mr. llelaluhe was accompanied by Capt. Julius A. Palmer, the American secre tary of Liliuokahini. Mr. Sherman treated the bearers most courteously, but gave no Indication of his action in the matter. The protest commences as follows: I. Lilluokalanl, or Hawaii, by the will of God named heir apparent on tho 10th day of April, A 1). XbT'. and by tho grace of God queen of tho Hawaiian Islands on the 17th dav of January, A. V. 1893, do hereby protest against tho ratlll catlon of a certain treaty, which, so I am In formed has been signed at Washington by Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kinney, pur porting to cede those Lslauds to tho territory and dominion of the United States. I declaro such treaty to be an act of wrong toward tho native and part native people of Hawaii, an In vasion of the rights of tho ruling chiefs, in vio lation of international rights both toward my people nnd toward friendly nations with whom they have made treaties, the perp-tuatlon of tho fraud whereby the constitutional govern ment was overthrown and anally an act of gross injustice to me. The ex-queen then follows with a long list of reasons to back up her pro test. DEBS' LABOR UTOPIA. Tho Social nomocracy of America Duly I.iiiiucliod ut Cliteugo. Chicago, Juno 18. -Tho American Railway union was yesterday formally adjudged by E. V. Debs and his follow ers to be a corpse, and the social democracy of America was launched to take its place. This wasquickly settled at a meeting of the A. U. U. delegates yesterday, but when it came to the declaration of principles under which the social democracy is to exist there was trouble from the start. Six hours of wordy warfa.ro terminated, how ever, in the adoption of the platform on which the social democracy is to stand. Tho document starts as fol lows: Labor, manual and mental, being the only creatorof wealth and civilization. It rightfully follows that all thoso who perform all labor and create all wealth should enjoy tho results of their elTorts, but this is rendered impossible by tho modern system of production. It is declared that thousands of men work in shops co-operating to the most ellicient division of labor, but the fruits of this co-operative labor are in a measure appropriated by the owners of the means of production. Tho present economic system of the coun try is considered and condemned at some length and the declaration or principles closes with the following call for recruits: Wo call upon all houest citizens to enlist un der tho banner of the social democracy of America, so that wo may bo ready to com'iuer capitalism by making use of our political lib erty and by taking possession of public power, so that wo may put un end to tho present bar barous struggle by tho abolition of capitalism, by the restoration of land and of all of tho means of production, transportation and dis tribution to the people as a collective body, and the substltutiou of a co-operative com monwealth for tho present state of planless production, Industrial warfare and social dis order. A commonwealth which, although It will not inako all men equal physically or mentally, will give to every worker the free exercise and full benetlt of his faculties, multiplied by all the modern factors of civilization and ulti mately Inaugurate tho universal brotherhood of man. For such purposes one of the states of tho union, to be hereafter determined, shall be selected for tin- concentration of our sup porters.graduully extending tho sphere of oper ations until the national Co-operative com monwealth shall be established. PLENTY OF TEA. KuorimiiiM Oiiantltli's on tlm Way to This Country. Tacoma, Wash., Juno IS. More tea is now afloat on the I'ueille ocean than ever before at one time. The import ers of New York and other eastern cities have made large purchases in China and Japan for immediate de livery and are having it hurried across the I'sfcillo in order to enter it beforu the D.ngley bill goes into effect. A thousand tons of the new crop of tea has been landed here and iy,00U,U0l) pounds are on the ocean between Yoko- mum and this port. This comprises th e cargoes of the steamers llraemer (due to-day), Mogul, Tacoma and Vic toria. Tho Canadian line is also bring ing heavy shipments. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY. Tho Ofllcors Eloctod i'or tho Oo Oporativo Commonwealth. THE NEGRO UTOPIA A FAILURE. rMrteen Colored rersons Arrlvo nt Nov York iiml apeak Aalnt the Seliemo to Colotil) Liberia Phiinnicr's Du- HO.-tlmi or Ills Charges. Ciiicaoo, June 22. At a meeting of the directors of the Social Democracy -' America last night the following of ficers were elected: 10. V. Debs, chair man; Sylvester K'oliher, secretary; James Hogan, vice president; William 13. llurns, general organizer. Tho di rectors who chose these ollieers, and were themselves elected at the meeting in the afternoon, are: 15. V. Debs, Syl vester lvolihor, dames Hogan, William 15. Burns and Leroy tloodwin. The salary of the ollieers was placed atSlOO per month. At tho afternoon meeting the con stitution of the social democracy, which had been published, was form ally ratified and adopted. Mr. Debs explained tit length the aims and pur poses of the co-operative common wealth. A colony should be sent to Washington, from which place ho said sm official invitation had been received. After establishing the colony he would secure control of the politics of the state and start tho co-operative com monwealth. "The first thing we would do after getting control," he said, "would be to call a special session of the legislature. Then we would call a convention to revise tho constitution and got all tho rot out of it. Wo will have control of the taxing power and run tax syndicates and hind sharks out of the state. Persons shall bo taxed according to their means and shall have according to their needs. Wo will have trusts, nothing but trusts iu our state, hut we will all bo in tho trust. Tho operatives will not work 12 or 11 hours a day, hut four or live, lhcso men who represent tho new life arc going to unite as if by magic for the overthrow of commercial ism in the establishment of the co operative commonwealth by which the brotherhood of man will become a fact. I do not know whether this question will be solved peaceably or otherwise. I hope peaceably. 15ut I am ono of thoso who believe in get ting ready for any solution that may be necessary." Mr. Debs said in that setting np the co-operative common wealth in Washington the colonists might be running up against the su preme court. He would consult good lawyers and learn just what the rights of the colonists were. "We want to know our rights," he said, "and make them the rebels. If they send the mil itary to invade our rights then there will be an army of tfOO.OOO patriots on tho state lino to meet them on that issue." Tin: Ni:mto Utopia a FAii.uw:. Ni:w Yor.K, June 22. Thirteen col ored persons, who formed a part of the 200 sent to Liberia by the International Emigration society in March, lSOl), ar rived in this portyesterday aboard the ship Liberia. They say that the scheme has been a total failure; that many of their number died of starva tion and fevers; that the society did not fulfill the contract, and many mem bers of the expedition are stranded in England, unable to get back to their homes. The plan of the African colo nization scheme originated largely in 189-1, in the mind of Dishop Turner, who was traveling in the south, and was carried into effect by Gere McMillan, a white man of Rirming hnm, Ala,, who founded what was known as the "International Emigra tion society." The advance guard, in charge of D. I. Johnson, of Hot Springs, Ark., in November, ISO I, started for Liberia. With him was a committee to make arrangements for the colonists. The first largo party of colonists, num bering 200, loft Savannah, Ga., in March, ISO,"), for their now home, and after that several smaller parties joined them. Twenty-live acres of land for each adult and ten acres for each child were promised, and on landing each person was to be provided witli :i barrel of flour, two barrels of meat, a quantity of sugar and a complete set of farming implements. D. K. Flammer, president of the society, accompanied the emigrants. According to the stories told by those who have returned, when they landed in Liberia Flammer de serted them, taking whatever was pro vided for them except the land, which they found 115 miles from any town, and which was incapable of growing anything hut coffee. Even to grow this successfully would take four to six years. Charles Peterson, of Madison, Ark., with his wife and family, is among those who returned yesterday. He says that he lost all he had in go ing over and was nearly dead of star vation before he could rinse enough money to return. Charles Moore, whose family lives in Mississippi, baid tho emigrants could find nothing to do. Tho natives, who wore no clothes and could live on little or nothing, did all tho work for starvation wages. lolui I, Itlulr Dying, Nr.w Yoiik, Juno 22. John . Rlair i New J crsey's greatest millionaire, is ,jv ing. Ho is said to be worth 500,000. uuu mm i im- mjiu owuuroi mo Kansas City it Osceola railroad and has largo property interests in Kansas City. ' X-