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Work on tho Wilson BilL
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THE COMPROMISE SJEABCBE.
Washington, May 8. For the third
time the senate committee on finance
has revised the Wilson tariff bilL The
latest changes in the mi-asure are
completed, and they are final so far as
the committee is concerned. They in
clude all the so-called "compromise"
amendments which have teen agreed
upon. Most of them are in the nature
oi changes from ad valorem to specific
duties.
This is a radical change of the pro
visions of the Wilson bill. That meas
ure changed most of the duties from
specific, to ad valorem, the McKinley
law being mainly specific duties
throughout. The specific duties im
posed by the amended bill range from
25 to 30 per cent, lower than the cor
responding duties imposed by the Mc
Kinley law. The latest changes which
have been agreed upon as a result of
the compromise are generally in the di
rection of higher rates than were at
first reported by the finance committee.
Sugar and Income Tax.
The provisions of the sugar schedule as
Srced upon have already buen printeL An
ad valorem duty of 40 per cent, will be Imposed
upon raw sujcar, and the retlned article will
be given an additional specific duty of one
eii'Lin of a cent All sugars which are
Imported from or are the product of any
country which at the time the same are ex
ported therefrom pays, directly or indirectly, a
bounty on the export thereof, shall pay a duty
ot one-tenth of 1 cent per pound in addition to
the foregoing rates. Provided that nothing
conuiueu in the bill shall be so construed as to
abru ite or in any manner impair or affect the
provisions of the treaty of commercial reci
procity concluded between tho United States
and the king ot the Hawaiian islands on Janu
ary 3u. isri
The amendments to the income ttx provision
&v ve t een announced, and that feature of the
ti'.1. is to last only live years. No change is
taadu in the coal schedule from that already re
poitoJ. There are several changes in the free
Us
TL? following are the principal changes which
nil. be included in the compromise bill:
Urus and "Perfumery.
Alcoholic perfumery, including cologne water
end otiier toilet waters and alcoholic cum
puunJs not specially provided for in this act,
ftj a i;-tl!on and io per Centum ad valorem; sen
ale u:.d house bills, 12 a gallon and 25 ad
va.ort.ui.
A., co-' tar colors or dyes by whatever name
kL.ov.ii aud not specially provided for in this
act. -i pvr cent ; senate and house bills, 2U.
,f,v parayraps inserted are as follows:
"i-'ru-s. such as barks, beans, berries, bal-
.ms, iuds, bulbs, bulbous roots, excrescences,
ir villi, UuAers, dried fibers, dried insects,
fc:-;u-. i-ums and gum resin, herbs, leaves,
licL U-s. mosses, nuts, roots and stems, spices.
iii'i'iiblcs. seeds (aromatic), seeds of morbid
cvv.j., which are no: edible, advanced in value
or cua-iiioii by rr-hnir.gor grluaicg or by other '
Itw.-.-s or mu.nufac.uie, and not specially pro- '.
..;.d :(: in ti-is act, 10 per cent, ad valorem." j
i-; .-o-i sa.ts are made dutiable at 1-5 of a j
cc.; i?r pound. Other changes are: Morphia ;
or j.. th.ue salts thereof, io cents per ounce.
F.x:ced and pujipy oil -"U cenLS per gallon in
klciu of 15 cents in former bills. j
Ou oiive til lor salad purposes the house j
Vale of ii ctuts per gallon is restored instead ;
oi :he senate cummiliee rate of LL5 per cent. j
1 lie Glass Schedule.
A : onion of the glass schedule is changed so !
as ti r ad ss follows:
Orceu aid colored, molded or pressed, and
fl.ii t l t d lime glass bottles holding more than ;
ci.e .ii and demijohns and carboys, covered '
or ui.oveied, and other molded or presseU i
I, i--.. und colored and int or lime glass .
Lo::ieware not specially provided for in tiut
ul, .ve-ei-;hihs of 1 cent ptr pounJ. Green ,
a:.u colored molded or pressed and flint and ;
liiic --.ass bot'.les and vials Holding not mors j
t-i..:. .s; j.ial una not less than oi.e -quarter of I
.a iiLii, ihree-fourths of a cent per pound; il j
hiiu.i.g less tLan cue-fourth of a pint 3o cents :
j,e: gios, wheihtr li.led or unfilled, whether j
II. e.r coi.t ?uts be dutiable or free."
'i'tj st u lie rale on tne above Is 40 percent: ;
tons.' ra;;, oO l.r cent. Another change in :
gl.ss L-s as follows: ,
'L'ayc.i -.Led cylinder, crown and cotton win
dow g.ais. rot exceediu2 10 by 15 inches square. .
i tti.i i.iT ouaa; uLove that, and not exceed- ';
liio 'j M inches square, iv4 cents per pound; :
ai-ove tt.i. t, and not exooeilinj Si by 3j metes
s.iu.irr. lcj cvnts per ."jid; above that, and :
x.oi ixiceuiuK -4 by Zti inches square, 1 cents 1
le-r i oui.'l; ml iiU'ie that. 1 i cents per pound. ;
l'iov..ied that unpolished cylinder, crown
auucou.niou wmerjw Kiass imiivrted in boics '
..ii.i iULliili io s quare leet as nearly aices
Villi ii--riui", and iat duty shall be computed
tilers-oil ufvurdiuj to the actual weight of the ,
Klaus." ;
'ii.ere is a chdiigo of sizes as well as of rates, j
ami comparisons cannot be made
i'lati; giais. 4 ty 00 inches, is taxed -3 cents :
per Si.ua! c footi he a at '3 and house bills, ZJ
tenlsi nil plate (.'iss above these dimensions,
is cents p'T sijuare fool; senate and house bills,
C ec-iits. Loun;i.; glass plates are added to
gla-ses, d it.a.lti ai U per cent ad valorem, la
aadi.ioii t other rites chargeable thereon.
hangos iu Iron Duties.
The iiig Iron paragraph is amended to read as
foLows;
'Iron in rigs, i-on Kentledge, Spiegeleisen,
feiro caigenese, ferro silicon, wrought and
iist s-rai' iron and scrap steel, S4 per ton; but
Coining nhaii be Lietiued scrap iron or scrap
sioeltxtept wastit or reiue iron or steel, fit
only to Le munufa'-.turol
"Ltiiuis, girders, joists, angles, channels, car
truck channels, "T" columns or posts, or parts
cr sections ot columns or posts, duck and bulb
teams and building forms, together with all
other structural shapes ol iron or steel, whether
pi.iiu or punctured or titled lor use, 6-10 of a
tci. t a pound." Senate bill 35, hoi.se bill U) per
ci nt.
Kailway bars, made of Iron o- steel or rail- '
-way b.irs made in part of steel, T rails, and
pi.n.LL'd iron T steel Cat rails, 7-2ii of a cent a i
poU'iu." Senate bill il-,t cents a pound, ristor- j
Lu0' .he house rale; senate bill 1 per cent.
Cutlery hcbeilule.
The cutlery schedule is changed to read as
follow s
'Penaives
pocketkntves or erasers of all
kinds, valued at not more than '& cents per
loZ'n, 2b per cent, ad valorem; val nid at more
than 30 cents per dozer, and not tx
ceecing 50 cents per dozeu, 12 cents
ler uozen; valued at more than 50 cents
per dozen nd not exceeding 1 per
Aiczea, 25 cen'.s per dozen; valued at more than
ti pt-r Qozen ua doi eneujiug ti. i.t uoien.
-4J cents per oozeu: valued at more than &L50
per (iczeu sua not exceeding S3 per dozen, 75
cents a dozen; valued at more than i'i a dozen,
60 per cent ad valorem, and ia addition there
to, on All the above valued at more than M
ents a dozen. 25 per cent ad valort ru;
provided that blades, handles or any other
parts of any or either of the articles name-l in
this paragraph, imported In any other manner
han assembled in penknives, pocitetlmlvcs or
erasers, shall be subject to no less duly than
herein provided for penknives, pockctknlves or
erasers valued at more than 30 cents a dozen."
V he senate and house tills 15 cents.
Tobacco Schedule.
Tho touac jo schedule is changed to read as
fo.lows;
rapper tobacco, unstemmed, Iniortcd in
any bale, box cr packai,". or la bulk, 1.50 p r
pound; if stemmed, -.3 i5 p r pound." Honr-j
and senate bills, l and U.25 respectively
bove articles.
"Filler tobacco, unstemrncd. imported in nny
bale, dox. package or In bulk, S3 cants per
pound; if stemmed, 50 cents per pound; no
chauge iu rates.
"Snuff and snuff flour manufactured of tobac
co, ground, dry or damp and pickled, scented
or otherwise, of all descriptions, 60 cents a
pound;" senate and house bills, 40 cents.
Iuty on Cigars.
The cigar paragraph is amended to read as
follows:
"Cigars, cigarettes, cheroots of all kinds, f4 a
pound and 25 per cent, ad valorem; and paper
cigars and cigarettes. Including wrappers, shall
be subject to the same duties as are herein lm
poxed on cigars."
The duty on cigars In the house and senate
bills Is J3 per pound and 25 per cent
Dairy Products, Etc.
Butter and substitutes therefor are taxed 4
cents per pound, which Is the house rate;
senate bill 0 per cent; cheese, 4 cents per
pound: senate and house bills, 5 per cent;
milk, fresh, 3 cents per gallon; senate and
house bills free; broom corn, S6 per ton; sen
ate and house bills free: cabbage, 2 cent
each: senate and house bills free; eggs, 3 cents
per dozen; senate and house bills free; hay, S3
per ton (house rate), senate 20 per cent ; honey,
10 cents per gallon (house rate), senate bill, 20
per cent; hops, 8 cents per pound (house rate),
senate bill, 20 per cent; onions, 20 cents per
bushel (house rate), senate bill, SO per cent
Leather and Lumber.
Leather and the manufacturers of leather
are to be treated substantially as provided for
In the house bill, except that the duty is
changed from ad valorem to specific All
through the revised edition of the bill the ad
valorem duty has been stricken out in favor of
the specific duty. Lumber remains about the
same as it came from the house.
The Cotton Schedule.
It is provided that on all cotton cloth not ex
ceeding 100 threads to the square inch, count
ing the warp and filling, not bleached, dyed,
colored, stained, painted or printed, valued at
over 7 cents per square yard, 25 per centum ad
valorem; bleached, valued at over 9 cents per
square yard. 25 per centum ad valorem, and
dyed, colored, stained, painted or printed, val
ued at over 13 cents per square yard, there
shall be levied, collected and paid a duty of 30
per cent ad valorem.
Duties on tYogen Goods.
On blankets, wool and flannels for under
wear and felts for paper makers' use and print
ing machines, composed wholly or in part of
wool, the hair of the camel, goat or alpaca, or
other animals, valued at no more than DO cents
per pound, the duty will be 25 per centum ad
valorem; valued at more than 80 "and not
more than 40 cents" per pAind, 30 per centum
ad valorem; "valued at more than 40 cents per
pound, 35 per centum ad valorem:" the change
consisting in restoring the quoted words in the
house bilL
The women's and children's dress goods,
coat lining, Italian cloth, bunting or goods of
similar description or character "or all manu
factures, including such as have any rubber as
a component material," composed wholly or ia
part of wool worsted, the hair of the camel,
goat, alpaca or other animal, and not specially
provided for la this act, the house rate of 40 per
cent, is restored. Senate bill. 36 per cent and
the following words added:
"Valued at not over 1 a pound, 40 per cent
ad valorem; valued at more than 80 cents and
not more than il a pound, 45 per cent ad valo
rem; and all of the foregoing valued at mora
than !1 a pound, 53 per cent"
On ready-made clothing composed of any
above-mentioned materials the house rate of 45
per cent is restored. Senate bill. 40 per cent
The following paragraph stricken out of the
house bill by the senate committee Is nor re
stored: "On cloaks, dolmans, talmas, ulsters or other
outside garments for ladies' and children's ap
parel, and goods of similar description or used
! for like purposes. Composed wholiy or In part
! of worsted, hair of the camel, goat or alpaca, or
. other animals, made up or manufactured
1 wholly or in part, the rate is changed from 45
! to 50 per centum ad valorem.
I "Brussels carpets, figured or plain, all car- I
' pet of like character or description, 3o per cent
' ad valorem. House and senate bills 50 pir
i cent
"Velvet and tapestries, velvet carpets, Cg
i ured or plain, printed on the warp cr other
j wise, and all carpets or carpeting of like char
! acteror inscription, 35 per cent ad valorem;
, house and senate bills. 30 per cent,
i Tapestry Brussels carpets, figured or
l plain, and ail carpets and carpeting of
. like character or description, printed on the
: warp or otherwise, 35 per cent, ad valorem;
', house and senate bill, 30 per cent Treble in
! .Tains, three-ply and all the Venetian carpets,
35 per cent, ad va,c rem; house and senate bills,
! 33 per cent Wool. Dutch and two-ply ingrain
i carpets. 30 per cent; house and senate bills,
! per cent. "
tliancrf In the Free List.
Added to the free list are the following:
"Dressed fur pieces suitable only for u je la
the manufacture of hatters' fur.
"Molasses testing not above 40 degrees pol-
ariscope test and containing 20 per centum of
motsturu.
"Opium, crude or manufactured and not adul
terated, containing 9 per centum and over of
morphia.
"En Fleurage. pomades."
In the free list after the words, 'petroleum,
crude or refined," is inserted the following:
"Provided, that if petroleum, crude or re
fined, is imported from any country which im
poses a duty on the same exported from the
United States, then there shall be levied, paid
and collected upon such petroleum, crude or re
fined, the rate of existing duty prior to tho
passage of this act."
The following Is added to the paragraph in
the free list relating to agricultural imple
ments: i "Provided, that all articles mentioned by this
; paraeraphs, if imported from a country which
lays an import duty on like articles imported
from the United States, shall be subjected to
the duties existing prior to the passage of this
: act"
! 4.7 Lodge's Amendment,
j Senator Lodge (rep., Mass.) intro
! duced an amendment to the tariff bill
i in the senate Monday, of which he
j gave notice some time ago, providing
1 that as against Great Itritain
' or any of her colonies, a duty
: double the amount imposed in
j the proposed tariff bill shall bo
j levied, and a duty of Zt per cent- on all
i articles on the free list, such duties to
continue until (.treat Itritain shall as
; sent to take part in an international
I agreement with the United States for
! the coinage and use of silver.
TWOa HUNDRED
STARVED.
1-a.at Winter Was liurd One
iu the In.
t trior of Labrador.
Ottawa, Ont, May 8. a letter has
j been received here from A. 1 Low, of
j the Canadian geographical survey, lcad
; er of the government exploring party
l. I 1 . T 1 - i- . T . . 1 "I , I
) 1-,u"e ou """" a une lass
io cuueaTor to reacn ungava oay
by traversing the entire Labra
dor peninsula from south to north.
Mr. Low wrote from Hamilton inlet,
where his party was forced to go be-
j cause of the scarcity of provisions at
i -jngava bay. He reports that more
than '200 Indians in the vicinity of Un
gava bay had died of starvation during
the winter.
151c "Meet inn at Cleveland, f).
Coli'miius, O., May & John Mc
Bride has telegraphed Calvin Morris,
of Cleveland, to provide for at least
1,000 operators, miners and visitors at
the Cleveland meeting to settle the
mining question. This will be the
largest meeting of the kind ever bcld
ia this country.
Counting Millions.
Chicago, May 8. John U. Tanner
turned over the 6ubtreasury to Dclo
P. Phelps Monday. Experts are en
gaged in counting tho $17,';00,000 in th
VU'i'.ti
TO A NOBLE MATROX.
Patriotic Women Pay Tribute to
Waslolnfirton's Mother.
Interesting Ceremonies at Fredericks
burg, Va. Kloquent Addresses De
livered by l'reaideut Cleveland
and Senator Daniel.
THE DEDICATION.
Fuedf.ricksbcro, Va., May 13. The
monument to Mary Washington, moth
er of the first president, was unveiled
here Thursday. The procession to the
monument included various patriotic
societies and benevolent orders, com
panies of the state militia, the gov
ernor's staff, and representative ladies
on horseback.
The Ceremonies.
Ceremonies began with prayer by
r.ev. James 1. Sinith, -followed by a
brief address by A. P. Kovve, mayor of
Fredericksburg. Gov. O'Ferrall fol
lowed with an impassioned address of
welcome on the part of the state of
Virginia, and in an eloquent perora
tion presented the president of the
United Stales. For several minutes the
enthusiasm which greeted the president
was without bounds.
President Cleveland Speaks.
When the cheering finally subsided
President Cleveland said:
"Nothing can lie more Important to those
who have assumed the responsibility of self
(roverument than the cultivation and stimula
tion among themselves of sentiments which
ennoble and elevate and strengthen humanity.
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Asa clar and wholesome stream must have j
lis flow from a pure fountain heal, so must a
clean and beneficent popular government have
Its source in pure and morally healthy
men. This purity and this moral health
are in nothing better exemplified than in a
love and reverence for motherhood. The man
who sal 1 he cared not who made a people's
laws if he coull write their soncs, mifht have
said with more truth that he could gauge the
strength and honor of a people, and their titness
for self-government if he Knew thedepths and
steadfastness of their love for their mothers- I
believe that he who thinks it brave and manlr
to outgrow his earlier devotion to his mother
Is. more tban tie who has no music in himself,
fit for treason, stratagems and spoils, and should
not bo trusted. Let us recall to-day as conclu
sive proof of the close relation between Amer
ican greatness and a lasting love and reverence 1
for our mothers the proud declaration of
George Washington: "All I am X owe to my
mother:' and let us not forg that when his
glory was greatest and when the plaudits of his
countrymen were loudest, he valued more than
tbee the blessing and approval of his aged
mother.
"While these exercises canitot fail to inspire
us nni?w with reverence for American mother
hood, we will remember that we are here to
do honor to the woman who gave to our nation
Its greatest and best citizen, and that we
have the privilege of participating In the dedi
cation of a monument erected by the women of
our land in loving and enduring testimony to
the virtues of tho mother of Washing
ton. Let us bo proud to-day that the
nobility of this woman exacted from a distin
guished foreigner the admission: 'If such are
the matrons of America, she may well boast of
llusirious sons;' and that Lafayette, who had
fought with her son for American independ
ence, declared after he had received her
blessing: "I have seen the only Human matron
living at this clay.'
Remembering these things let us leave this
place wiih our love of country strengthened,
with a higher estimate of the value of Ameri
can citizenship, and with a prayer to God that
our people may hold fast to the sentiment that
grows out of a love and reverence for American
motherhood. "
An address in behalf of the descen
dants of the immortal George was de
livered by Lawrence Washington. As
the American flag which has veiled the
monument was drawn aside, disclosing
the shaft to view, the Marine band
from Washington rendered the "Star
Spangled Banner" and the spectators
cheered for several minutes.
(Senator Daniel's Oration.
The formal oration was delivered by
United States Senator Johu V. Dan
iel, who reviewed eloquently tho
facts of history concerning the
mother of Washington, which arc
known, and discussed the spirit of the
times in which George Washington was
reared.
Iteceptlnn and liunciueU
President Cleveland held a reception
after the exercises at the Mary Wash
ington bouse and shook hands
with several thousand persons. While
the president was holding his recep
tion most of the other distinguished
guests were entertained at a masonic
banquet at the opera house
by Fredericksburg lodge Xa 4, the
lodge in which George Washington
was made a mason.
The president after the reception
went to the banquet He was intro
duced to the gathering and spoke
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briefly. He said that while not being
a mason he had the "honor to belong
to a great fraternity, one of which
George Washington and Andrew Jack
sou were prominent members, a frater
nity whose grip means a united stand
for American interests, whose pass
word is 'tlie people's cause under
all circumstances;' whose temple is
not as old as the temple of Solomon,
but as old as American institutions; a
fraternity that can never die, for its
fruits will always be before the world.
Would you know the name of this fra
ternity? It is the brotherhood of free
and accepted and patriotic American
citizens."
SHOWN NO MERCY.
A Kansas Mob Lynchas
l ather and Bis
Son.
Sua i:on Springs, Kan., May 11. One
of the most determined mobs that ever
congregated in this portion of the
state Monday lynched William McKin
ley and his son Lewis for the murder of
Charles Carley one week ago. The
news of the double lynching reached
the outside world for the first time
Wednesday.
About a week ago Charles Carley, a
son-in-law of William McKinley, was
murdered. An investigation revealed
the fact that Fred, a 17-yearold son of
McKinley, Sr., committed the crime.
The boy, when arrested, made a con
fession, stating that he had been
induced to kill his brother-in-law
by his father and his elder
brother, Lewis. The motives for the
murder seemed principally revenge and
A11 A 3 11 1- 1U.1.
hatred. The murdered man had only a
few weeks before married McKinley'a
daughter. It had been stipulated
before the marriage that the groom
was to pay the bride's father
200 for the privilege of marrying
her. The groom refused to pay
this money after he was married, and
thus incurred the enmity of his wife's
father and brothers. The boy sur
prised Carley while asleep, cutting him
horribly with a garden hoe. He was
found dead and horribly mutilated.
Monday the three were arraigned in
court, where Fred pleaded guilty as
charged, but his father and Lewis
pleaded not guilty, waived trial and
were placed in the county jaiL
Late Monday night a mob of several
hundred men took the father and sou
to a bridge half a mile west of town
and lynched them. They both begged
piteousTy for mercy. Fred would prob
ably have been hanged with the others,
but instead of taking him to the jail ho
was kept under guarxl in the hotel.
The people of the county are aroused
at the disposition juries have shown to
turn criminals loose, and say they in
tend justice shall be done in some man
ner if not by the proper course of law.
A DELUGE.
House Washed Away and Other Iumac
at Stillwater. Minn.
Stillwatkr, Minn., May 11. The
heaviest storm of rain and hail that
was ever known in this vicinity raged
for an hour Wednesday afternoon. A
building on Third street, next the gas
works, used as a not'on store, was un
dermined and went toppling down the
hillside a distance of 50 feet.
One hundred feet of the Third street
fill, 50 feet deep, went down into
the ravine, carrying the sidewalk, two
thirds of the street and the street car
track. The total damage to the city is
not less than $50,000. A small shoe
shop on Myrtle street was undermined,
fell into the street and iloated down in
the current. A man named Lilligren,
a blacksmith, who happened to be
in the building, was carried down
the street. After going two blocks
the structure went to pieces, re
leasing him, but he was swept on by
the current and was not rescued until
he had iloated almost to Lake St, Croix.
He is not expected to recover. One of
the walls of the Sawyer house was
washed out. A big section of Second
street, just completed, was washed into
the prison yard. The street cars will
not run for a week. Wasiiouts are re
ported on all the railroads and no
trains are running into the city.
i:eroK"ized HI Father's Assassins.
Jackson. Miss., May 9. Ernest
Spiver and Eugene lieod. arrested at
Fort Worth, Tex., are charged with as
sassinating William Hansa (colored)
in Chcctaw county, April lb last. Ilan
na's sou recognized them as the assas-bina.
COXEY IS HEARD.
Presents Ills Petition to the House I-alxir
Committee.
Wasiiixgto May 11. Gen. Coxey
appeared Wednesday before the house
committee to speak on Representative
McGann's resolution for the appoint
ment of a joint senate and house com
mittee to investigate the prevailing in
dustrial depression.
Coxey supplemented the reading of
his petition with a brief statement and
then answered questions put to him by
members of the committee. There
are, he said, billions of dollars'
worth of improvements throughout
the country to be made, and there
are millions of men to make them.
There is but one thing standing
in the way and that is money. The
passage of his two bills would solve the
industrial depression and set all men at
work. He asked for 09 per cent of the
people the same privileges as are en
joyed by 1 per cent the national
banking class, who alone are repre
sented in congress.
Mr. Rj-an (dem., N. Y.) pressed Mr.
Coxey for proof of this assertion.
"Have you any showing to make, any
proofs to offer that you represent 1)3
per cent of the people?" asked Mr.
Ryan.
"No," said Coxey, after thinking a
moment; "I don't claim that."
I. E. Dean, a member of the execu
tive committee of the Farmers' Alli
ance, followed with a recital of the de
pressed condition of labor.
Representative Dunn (X. J.) asked
Mr. Dean: "Do j-ou believe that the
American people have reached a stage
where they want threats and coercion
used against their legislators by these
moving bodies?"
"No," said Mr. Dean, "threats are
not intended."
"Then." said Mr. Dunn, "what can
be accomplished by these steps equiva
lent to coercion."
"You have a habit in congress," said
Mr. Dean, "of consigning petitions to
pigeon holes and waste baskets. The
object of Coxey was to present to you a
petition that would be insured a hear
ing." '1 he committee, by a vote of 8 to 2,
adopted the McGann resolution, which
Mr. McGann will offer in the house.
Messrs. Dunn (N. J.) and Apsley
(Mass.) voted nay.
Washington, May 10. The jury on
Tuesday returned its verdict as follows:
Coxey. Urowne and Jones were found
guilty on the first charge, that of car
rying banners in the capitol grcunds
contrary to law.
On the second charge, that of tres
passing on the grass, Coxey and
15rowne were found guilty and Jones
was acquitted.
Attorne3 Lipscomb immediately en
tered a motion for a new trial and an
other in arrest of judgment Judge Mil
ler gave him four days to tile
the formal papers. Frank Hume, a
well-known wholesale grocer signed a
bond in $500 for each of the three con
victed commonweaiers.
Coxey said that it was evident that
lils prosecution was not on account of
what he had done, but because of the
principles in behalf of which he had
acted.
Kandall Arrested and Itetecsod-
La. 1'ortk, Ind., May 10. Randall is
again a free man after a night spent in
a ceil, the cases against him and his
followers being dismissed. The seven
prisoners were arraigned in the cir
cuit court before Judge Noyes Wednes
day morning and the courtroom
was crowdct?. They were charged
with conspiracy to commit a lar
ceny. The olfense alleged was that the
men hel conspired to unite and had com
pelled citizens of the state and the
county to give them bread. The pris
oners charged with the conspiracy
were John IL Randall, Henry R.
Hoofler, Martin Lynch, Joseph C Gil
son, Stephen J. Welch, John Devine
and Edward H. RandalL All pleaded
not guilt-. They were defended by W.
II. Harvey, who came from Chi
capo fr that purpose, and by John
C. Kichi.er ar.d Elsworth Weir, of this
city, tod Mayor T. C, Kruegeir, of
Mii'his an City. The attorneys for the
defense made the motion to quash the
indicLuent Attorneys Weir aud Rich
ter atgued the legal points but his
bono overruled their laotion.
In the afternoon Judge Noyes and
I'roveutor Randall dismissed the case
by iigreement Randall made a writ
ten statement that lm and his army
would leave the county with all possi
ble dispatch, and all of the men were
reiased.
Kelly Leaves les Moines.
Pks Moixks, Ia., May 10. Commodore
Kelly sailed for Washington Wednesday
afternoon. His llotilli consists of 150
flatboats. Each boat is 13 feet long, 6
feet wide and 1 foot deep and ac
commodates ten men. About l.oow
men sailed and ten boats were filled
with provisions. The boats are all
named and decorated with flags ac
quired through purchase or donation.
Five thousand Des Moines people
went down to the navy yard to wit
ness, the start, which had been adver
tised for 0 o'clock. Gen. Kelly greatly
desired to make an imposing display,
as, led by his flagship, the flotilla pro
ceeded down the river. He and the
crowd were alike disappointed wher-,
on account of obstructions in ths
river, it was decided to send the boat
down a mile and a half in charge of
small crews. The boats got away
from the navy yard during the fore
noon and were collected below the ob
structions. 1'rof. Alphonso King, of
aquatic bicycle fame, rode his machine
at the head.
They Surrender.
Samxa, Kan.. May li Sanders'
"wealers," who stole a train at Pueblo,
CoL, on Tuesday, surrendered Deace
ablv and unconditionally to Marshal
Neeley on Thursday. They were 45a
strong, and every man was put under
arrest Marshal Neeley served the
writs upon the Coxeyites with a posse
of twenty-eight men.
Three buildings, including a hotel,
were destroyed at Greenup. I1L It is
feared that II W. Hall, of Mattoon, was
bin u cd to death.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST.
Four Cities tin Venezuela A re Do van t a ted
Ity an KarthquakA.
Caracas, May 11. A terrible earth
quake occurred in Venezuela on April
SS. Reports which have been received
here from the districts affected tell of
terrible loss of life and destruc
tion of villages and towns. The
cities of Merida, Lagunillas, Chi
guara and San Juan, situated
in the northwest of the republic,
in the region of the Andes, are re
ported as having been totally destroyed
by a fierce shock at 11 o'clock ou the
night of the "2Sth. Many villages are
paid to be wrecked, but the details
are not yet to be had. The convulsion
extended to parts of the adjacent
republic of Colombia. The full
details of the catastrophe will
be learned 6lowly. but it is proli
able that 10.000 people have per
ished, and it is certain that the great
est suiTering prevails in the places
visited by the earthquake. The United
States minister here has notified the
state department at Washington of the
terrible effects of the catastrophe, and
has asked that assistance be given to
the people of the stricken districts.
TRAINS COLLIDE.
Fatal Uesnlt of a Wreck ou the North
western Road In IViscoiiklu.
Eau Claire, Wis., May 12. At 10:15
Thursday morning the Chicago-Minneapolis
vestibule express No. 4 on the
Omaha line rap. into the through freight
No. SI a Menominee junction. The or
ders of the express were to wait at the
junction until the freight had been
sidetracked, but were disobej-ed. En
gineer James Jeffreys, of the express
train, was instantly killed, and his
fireman, Seth Gardner, was fatally in
jured. Express Messenger II 11. Hurt
was also seriously hurt and Mail Cierk
W. S. Reese was injured. Jeffreys was
the oldest engineer, in point of .-ervice,
on the Chicago & Northwestern road.
While the trains were approac'.ung
each other, and a collision was inevita
ble, he remained at his post and ap
plied the air-brakes. Just before the
crash he tried to jump, but was caught
and mangled between the cab and len
der. No cause for the violation of or
ders is given. The conductor of the
freight was J. H. Burns.
LEFT MUCH RUIN.
A Fnrlons Storm Jvrrep Over the City of
Indianapolis.
! Indianapolis. Ind., May II. A severe
wind and rainstorm struck this city at
4 o'clock Thursdaj' afternoon and lasted
for an hour, doing much damage to
shade trees and unrooting a number of
j houses and factories. The wind came
j in gusts from the southwest and ex
; tended over about three-fourths
' of the city, at times assumin g al
most the proportions of a cyclone.
Rain fell in sheets, and in twenty
minutes after the storm began the
streets were flooded and the water was
running like a mill-race down the prin
' cipal streets of the city. On the north
side,-where the rainfail was heaviest,
street cars were stopp.-d by the flood
in the streets and by broken and
. twisted trees which made travi im
j possible.
I LOVERS UNITED IN DEATH.
: William Crawford KlHx the VToiann of
tils Choice and Commit Suicide.
Athens, O., May 10. William Craw
ford shot and killed Jessie Lowcry
and himself at Jacksonville, this
county. They were lovers and had
left a dance in the village to
take a walk. Crawford fired three
shots into the body of the girl
and then shot a hole through his own
head. They were botl: dead when
found a few moments afterward. The
young man had been despondent for
several days. He wanted to marry he
girl, but was out of employment
t.ave V tho Lcadernhiii.
New York, .May 12. Richard Croker
ofiicial connection with Tammany I:tli
ceased Thursday when he handed ia
bis resignation as chairman ot tha
finance committee. The resignation
was accepted. No one has yet been
appointed leader in his nlace, nor will
there be until after the next campaign.
John McQuade will succeed Mr. Croker
as chairman of the finance committee.
The position will be merely honorary
aud will not carry the power attached
to it in the past
Little Oirt Commits fulcide.
rniLADKLruiA, May T. Emma Mark,
9 years of age. committed suicide by
jumping into the Delaware river. She
spent a penny from money given her to
make a purchase. Her mother up
braided her, and the father added: "I
never thought I would raise a thief."
The child then deliberately walked
nine blocks to the river and drowned
herself.
Liberty BpIIs for Schools.
Washington, May 10. -Senator Gon
don has introduced in the sunate a
joint resolution authorizing the secre
tary of war and secretary of the navy
to donate to W. O. McDowell, of the
Coluiubiau Liberty llell committee,
cannon, muskets, swords, etc., not -required
by navy or army uses, to be
cast into souvenir liberty bells for the
use of schools.
Shot fcy Ills jsrother's Slayer.
Montgomery, W. Va.. May 10.
Sheriff liurnett, of Campbell count-,
Tenn., was shot and fatally wounded
near here Tuesday night. lie had
come to West Virginia to make the
arrest of a member of the Smith gang
who a year ago killed John RurnctU
his brother, then the sheriff.
"Death of n .Member of Congress.
Washington. May 12. Robert F.
Krattau, the democratic representative
in congress from the First Maryland
district, died at his home in Princess
Anne after a lingeriug illness. He was
4'J years of ace.
Tnliuace'1 Mlver Jubilee.
New York, May 13. More than 5,000
people crowded into the llrooklrn
I tabernacle Thursday night for the first
i part of the civic celebration in honor of
j the silver jubilee of its pastor, Rev. Dr.
' T. Dc Witt Talmago.
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