WEALERS IN KANSAS.
THEIR LEADER DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.
The “Army" Very Orderly mad Making
So Trouble Whatever—They are Ka*
joying a Snap at Cade Sam'a Expanse
—They Number 430 and Every One of
Them l» “Dead Broke'*—The Popnllata
Interesting Themaelvea In Their Be
lmlf and Will Endeavor to Eornlah As
sistance.
The “On to Washington” Movement.
Toitka, Kan.. May 13.—The San
ders “Industrialist” train stealers ar
rived lie re at 1:30 o’clock this after
noon as prisoners of • United States
Marshal Neely, having been captured
without even a sign of trouble at
Scott City yesterday afternoon. They
will be brought before United States
Commissioner Waggener here Monday
an 1 then it is more than likely thut
ail but Sanders and a few other lead
er- will be released.
When the “wealers" arrived a large
crowd headed by G. C. Clemens met
tin- train but Marshal Neely had
Inched in their cars all his prisoners
un i no demonstration was permitted.
Saunders was on parole, but remained
in General Superintendent Clark's
private ear and refused to appear on
xlit. |iiauunu, uvHwuusumaiQ^ re
posted calls for him.
Marshal Neely will hold his prison
ers in the cars here until he receives
a reply to his dispatch to Washington
requesting permission to. take the
"wealers” to Fort Leavenworth for
Safekeeping. Should permission be
refused he will provide shelter for
them here, but it is not probable that
he will avail himself of Governor Lew
elling's consent for them to camp in
the state house yards. A dispatch by
Mr. Waggener asking the governor
for this permission was not seriously
intended, but the governor promptly
wired permission.
The ‘'wealers” although in close
quarters are in a cheerful frame of
min.l and as the train entered the city’
sang songs. As Marshal Neely left
the train to come uptown they caught
sight of him and set up a cry for their
dinner which he promised to provide
80011.
The entire sarmy is here except
about twenty who were left at Scott
City in charge of a deputy because
there was no room in the train for
them. They will arrive on the ’ next
regular train. United States District
Attorney Perry telegraphs that he
cannot be here until Monday or Tues
day which will delay the hearing be
fore the commissioner until that time.
As a matter of fact, Marshal Neely
has a load on his hands which he is
anxious to drop, and after the form
ality of a hearing, most of the
“wealers” will be turned loose on
Topeka. There are 454 of them, and
they are absolutely without money
although they are fairly well provided
with clothing, notwithstanding the
trip and difficulties they have met.
Washington is still their objective
point and they declare that they will
not stop their tramp short of there.
They look upon their arrest simply as
a means of hastening them on their
journey and they contemplate their
hearing before the commissioner as
only a little incident of a pleasant
journey that will not delay them
more than a day or two. Last night
when Sanders consented to surrender,
he said he hoped the marshal could
make haste and get his men to Topeka
so that they might get through with
the law’s formality and resume their
journey to Washington.
THEY LIKE LEWELLISO AND NEELY
The men are glad to be taken to
Topeka instead of Fort Scott. They
hare all heard of Governor Lewelling
and they believe that he will help
them on to their destination. Last
night as the special sped over the
plains they sang impromptu songs
about him and it is the unanimous
sentiment that they should call on
him at the state house.
The men took a great fancy to Mar
shal Neely, whom they have dubbed
“Uncle Sam.” This morning when he
went forward into their cars they
greeted him with: “Here's Uncle Sam,
he's all right. He feeds ns three times
a day.” Two hours before, at Hois
ington. before sun up,he had rounded
them up on the prairie and distrib
uted among them a barrel of hot cof
fee, a barrel of biscuits and a barrel
of hard boiled eggs. This was not
much of a variety, but it satisfied the
hungry men and they divided their
songs of praise between Lewelling
and Neely all morning.
A PROBLEM FOB THE MARSHAL.
Neely is at a loss to know how he is
to take care of his prisoners while ,he
has them on his hands. He can feed
them all right, but where he is to
lodge them is the question. His writs
are made returnable at Topeka, and
to that place he had decided to take
them. But the jail accommodations
here are not sufficient and if he can
obtain the consent of the war depart
ment he will take them to the mili
tary reservation at Fort Leaven
worth. To that end he sent the fol
lowing telegram to Attorney General
•Olney:
The Hon Richard Olney. Attorney General,
tn-.tcil State-*. Washington, DC: I have in
cu-toayanden route to Topeka, where war
rants are returnable, 489 prisoners ’for ob
stru-.-tin; the mails Jail capacity not suffl
eient to accommodate them pendln; examina
tions It you will arrange with the war de
partment and authorize me to place them in
Jnmp on Fort Leavenworth military reserva
tion. where rations oan be lesued. it will be is
tue interest of discipline and economy.
S. F. Nkelt,
United States Marshal.
Instead of having obstructed the
Snails, the men claim that they can
[Prove that they avoided and got out
the way of all mail trains. The
ifact that their traip being a wild
[train, was an obstructions to the mails
C held by Mr. Waggener to be suffi
cient, but it is doubtful if a jury
Vvo"ld take that view of it, although
there is no doubt that the presence of
the train on the road caused the de
tention of the mail as well as all other
trains.
finders savs that the Missouri Pa
■'inc, in blocking the road to prevent
the progress of the army through'
yiiorado, damaged engines and cars
*? the extent of fully $5,000. In getr
t>ng around the worst of these wrecks
he was delayed exactly thirty-five
01 mutes at the first, and one honr
Che, second and. three hoars
ftl tho lut Soma fiT Ilia men ua
old trackman and aa the army
i»aa plentifully provided with tools
and material he was able to pick up ,
a wreck or build a piece of track aa
quick as regular crews could have
done it In his army are three loco
motive engineers, five Bremen, three
telegraph operators and one civil en
fftneer. The others are laborers and :
he claims that all are honest and law i
abiding. Not a weapon of any kind
was found among them by the deputy
sheriffs.
LKwmxixa issues a cam.
Governor Lewelling, Mrs. Diggs j
and others, including Secretary of
State Osborne and Superintendent of
Public Instruction Gaines, held a con
ference this morning, which resulted j
in this call being issued:
_ A meetin* ot citizen* of Topeka, record less
of politics. w*II be held to-nlcnt at the court
housei to constdor the problem of tbe unnm
capltalT*10 °rB °a r to ‘be national
"WEALERS" EASILY CAUGHT.
Nat the Slightest Resistance to the
Federal oncers.
Scott City, Kan., May 12.—General
J. S. Saunders and his army of com
monwealers are in the hands of the
law. The outfit surrendered to United
States Marshal S. F. Neely in the rail
road yards in Scott City, which is 400
miles west of Kansas City, at 7 o'clock
last evening. No resistance was offer
ed.
The stolen train stopped at the
switcli and General Saunders alighted
from the engine and walked rapidly
toward the depot, accompanied by
half a dozen of his men. He was in
tercepted by Marshal Neely and Mr.
Wttffffener, who stated to him their
mission. Mr. Waggener, having been
sworn in as a deputy, read the writ
to the general, who asked for thirty
minutes to confer with his officers.
The request was granted and both
sides withdrew to their respective
trains.
At the expiration of thirty minutes
General Saunders appeared at the
door of Superintendent Clark's special
car, where Mr. Waggener was in
waiting. The party had just finished
supper, but the table was still stand
ing and General Saunders was invited
to eat. He accepted the invitation
and proceeded to do justice to a square
meal. After supper General Saunders
and Mr. Waggener held a conference,
and the leader of the commonweaiers
decided to turn the stolen train over
to the Missouri Pacific railroad com
pany and surrender the army to the
authority of the government on a
charge of obstructing the mails.
The people of Scott City made up a
purse and bought the commonweaiers
a cow for their supper. The animal
was slaughtered and divided among
the seven companies. The meat was
broiled over camp fires and eaten with
coffee and corn bread, which the local
committees donated. The stolen train
was divested of its commonweal
decorations and side-tracked. The
commonweaiers were permitted to
keep the large American flag which
adorned the stolen locomotive.
The principal officers of the army
are General Saunders. Adjutant Gen
eral Connelly -and Colonel Murphy.
General Saunders is a single man. 39
years old. He was born in Green
county, Missouri. The army is fairly
well drilled and disciplined. None of
the men were armed but all carried
clubs.
General Saunders Talks.
In a conversation General Saunders
said: “We have not obstructed tlio
mails, and 1 am very sure that the en
tire* army will be discharged. We
have made it a point to keep out of
the way of mail trains, and when we
arrived at Scott City and found a mail
train heading toward us, we went
back to Modoc to keep from obstruct
ing it. We are law-abiding citizens,
and I can show when the hear
ing comes up on the replevin
action that we had permission
to take an engine from Pueblo.
Our men are laborers. There is not a
professional tramp in the army. We
submit to the mandate of the federal
court because it is our duty as citizens
to do so. I want to incidentally re
mark that I offered Superintendent
Clark $1,000 to haul the army from
Pueblo to Kansas City, but he did not
reply, to my communication. But that
is all right. We will reach Wash
ington by June 3, and assist in the
demand for legislation in the interest
of the common people."
TO REVISE PENSION LAWS.
Favorable Reports Made by the Com
mittees of Both Houses.
Washington, May'12.—The bills to
codify and arrange the laws relating
to pensions have been reported favor
ably by committees from both houses
of congress. The report from the
senate committee was made some
time ago. Mr. Ellis of Kentucky, the
chairman of the house committee on
the revision of laws, has the follow
ing to say in submitting the bill from
his committee.
“In view of the hearty recommenda
tion and assurance of the accuracy of
the bill both by the present and the
preceding officers charged with the
administration of pension laws, yid
assuming then, that the object aiifcjd
at—accuracy and completeness—have
been attained, a few words only need
be said as to the desirability of en
acting such a code of pension laws. It
is within the knowledge of every per
son who has ever sought to inform
himself on any particular question
arising out of the pension system that
the laws on the subject are so hetero
genous, fragmentary and scattered
(many provisions of vital importance
being.found securely placed in long
and cumbersome appropriation acts),
and yet so mutually interdependent
as to be extremely difficult of access
and comprehension without 9ome au- •
thoritative, systematic grouping.”
Trains Off for Lack of Coal.
Carthage, III, May 12.—It is re
ported that the Toledo, Peoria and
Western road has laid off several
freight trains on account of the
scarcity of coal. Other trains arc run
ning regularly and it is not expected
that any of them will be laid off on
that account.
Champ Clark Renominated.
Montgomery City, Mo., May 12.—
The Democrats of the Ninth congres
sional district were in convention yes
terday, and nominated Hon. Champ
Clark of Pike county for congress, by
acclamation ... —
KENTUCKY WOMEN EXCITED.
Th* Nlr bi Amw4 AfiliM Smikla
rMica's CudMwr.
L*xr»otox, Ky., May 13.—William
C. Owens, Breckinridge’s chief oppon
ent, is to speak here some day next
week, and the women of this city, to
emphasize their protest against
Breckinridge's candidacy, will per
sonally join in making this
meeting a big ovation for Owens.
The eight boxes at the opera
house are to be filled with represent
ative women of the blue grass region
who have heretofore taken no public
interest in politics, and in the body of
the house will be large delegations of
women. An informal meeting was
held to-day to arrange plans and a
paper is being circulated for signa
tures of those who will attend.
Already a score of the best known
women in Central Kentucky have
signified their intention to join the
movement.
It is possible the action of the
women may result in turning the
meeting into a popular protest against
Breckinridge's candidacy rather than
a sL-aight out Owens meeting, and
that Mr. Owens may be only one of a
number of speakers. The women are
so thoroughly aroused that they aro
withdrawing patronage from mer
chants favorable to Breckinridge, and
in several instances old family physici
ans have been dismissed becanse of
their sympathy for the Ashland dis
trict congressman.
THE ELEPHANT TOO SMART.
Several Effort* to Potion the New York
Men Killer Come to Naught.
New York, May 12.—Wednesday it
was decided to kill Tip, the big' man
killing elephant, to-day, by giving
him pure prussic acid. He had noth
ing to cat yesterday, so that his
stomach should bo entirely empty of
food.
At 6:30 o'clock this morning every
thing was in readiness and Otto Mops,
for years an animal trainer, walked
up to the cage and handed Tip an ap
ple that had a big dose of cyanide of
potasium hidden in it. He put it in
liis capacious mouth. But when he
crunciied it between his teeth he evi
dently felt that there was something
wrong with the taste and spat it out.
Mops then tried him with a carrot,
which was similarly drugged, but Tip
refused to taste it, as he did an
other apple and carrot which
were passed to him afterwards.
Mops then gave him a piece of bread
containing about two ounces of the
drug, but the big fellow, after munch
ing it slowly a couple of times, threw
that also to the floor. About an hour
afterward the violent motions of his
head, body and trunk became less
rapid and his legs seemed to be get
ting weak. This lasted only a short
time, however, and then he regained
his wonted vigor.
It is not definitely decided what
shall be done now, but the talk is
still of finishing the work with poison.
PULLMAN MEN WALK OUT.
Two Thousand of the Car Campanj’h Em
ployes Strike—Others May Follow.
Chicago, May 13.—Two tliouand
employes of the Pullman palace car
company quit work to-day and as
serted that the entire force of 4,300
people would strike before night.
Trouble has been brewing for some
time, the men demanding the restora
tion of the 33>if per cent cut in the
wages made last year. The officials
of the company refused the demand
and asserted that they were running
the plant at a loss for the purpose of
giving the men employment.
Exciting Scene In Court.
Wichita, Kan., May 13.—Duringthe
trial of an important criminal case in
the district court here yesterday, a
barber who had just suddenly became
crazy in his shop across the street,
dashed into court with a razor in one
hand and a bottle of cologne in an
other, rushed up to the bench and
tried to force Judge Reed to take a
drink of cologne with him. The bail
iff and the court clerk subdued him
and dragged him to the jail. Those
who were present say it was the most
exciting scene they ever saw in a
court house.
New Gold Field* In Australia.
San Francisco, May 13. — The
steamer Alameda, which arrived from
Australia last night, reports that
many districts of New South Wales
have been drained of labor by the
wild rush to the Wyalong gold fields,
in the Northern end of Oripps county.
Early in March there were 3,000 men
on the ground and the number was
swelling several hundred daily. March
30 it had reached 8,000. *.
A Now Hall for Drury Collage,
Worcester, Mass., May 13.—E. A.
Goodnow, ex-president of the First
National bank, has given 910,000 to
Drury college at Springfield, Mo., on
condition that 905.000 in addition be
raised and that a building be erected
called Dolores-McCullagh hall in hon
or of the Rev. Dr. McCullagh, pastor
of the Plymouth church of this city.
The terms have been complied with
and the plans adopted for a building
to cost $75,000.
Suicide of an Ex-County Clerk.
' Mound Citt, Kan., May 13.—John
W. Flora, who lost heavily in the Kin
caid failure in this county last sum
mer and subsequently became insane
grieving over his losses, ended his ex
istence Saturday night at the insane
asylum at Topeka. He tied a hand
kerchief about his neck and then to a
bedpost. Flora was one of the best
known and popular citizens of this
county, and had served the people as
'.ounty clerk and commissioner.
Mine* St Fleming, Kin., Nailed Up.
Cherokee, Kan., May 13.—Themules
were taken out of No. 3 at Fleming
yesterday, and the mines will be
clpscd permanently and nailed up just
as soon as the entry men get their
work measured up. Unless the men
go back to work soon No. 3 will also
be closed, as the Western Coal and
Mining company claims to be able to
fill all contracts from its mines at
Yale. About 300 men worked at
I Fleming.
COSBY’S CONTINGENT.
STILL IN. POSSESSION OP THE
STOLEN TRAIN.
aothar laglM tepliml and the On
ward Sash Renamed—Gaaaral At
torney Waiarr af' tan Mlaeoart Varlflc
and United -tataa Marshal Malay With
a Larya Form of Dapntlrs Attar Than
la Hot Hasta—Kansas'- Qoreraor Called
On.
Tli* Kuui Coman*NlMi
Grrkseo, Kan., May 11.—The Mis
souri Pacific special train which was
made np by General Attorney B. P.
Waggeuer to capture the Cripple
Creek industrialist train stealers, left
Topeka at midnight with Mr. Wag
gener, General Superintendent 11. u.
Clark, United States Commissioner E.
A. Waggener, United States Marshal
8. F. Neely, Deputy James Gray,
eleven special deputies and four news
paper reporters.
At Osage City, Division Superin
tendent Shankland joined the party
with fifteen special, deputios from
Ossawatomie.
Before leaving Topeka Mr. Wag
goner equipped the train with Win
chesters and repeating shot guns and
every deputy had in addition side
arms. He also obtained the neces
sary writs and other papers from tho
clerk of the United States circuit
court at Topeka, which Marshal Neely
and his deputies ace expected to
serve on the common wealers, Com
missioner Waggenor's duty will be to
issue criminal processes against the
commonwealers should they resist or
defy the authority of ut United
States marshal.
Horace, Kan., May It—The Cripple
Crook contingent of the Coxey army
camped at Chivington last night
and are now here. They num
ber 490 and are in six coal
cars drawn by a Denver A Rio
Grande engine and are mostly
young men and determined in their
purpose to go through. J. S. Saun
ders of Cripple Creek is in command.
They left their old engine here and
seized a Missouri Pacific locomotive,
but refuse to move until the east
bound passenger train shall pass here.
The authorities of Scott City are'
getting papers for the arrest of San
ders and other wealers there. It is
expected that the two trains will
reach Scott City at about the same
time.
After the. special left Hoisington
Marshal Neely instructed his men in
their duties and gave to each a Win
chester or repeating shotgun. The
weapons were carefully loaded and
the two forward cars of the train pre
sent a decidedly warlike appearance.
SWUNG FROM ABRIDGE.
Father and Son Lynched by a Kansas
Hob.
Sharov Srmxos, Kan., May 11.—One
of the most determined mobs that
ever congregated in this portion of
the state on Monday lynched William
McKinley and eldest son, Lewis, for
the murder of Charles Carley, com
mitted one week ago. The news of
the double lynching reached the outer
world for the first time yesterday.
The crime which led to the lynching
was cruel and revolting. About a
week ago Charles Carley, a son-in-law
of William McKinley, was murdered.
An investigation revealed the fact
that Fred, a 17-year-old son of McKin
ley, sr., committed the crime. The
boy when arrested made a confession,
stating that he had been induced to
kill his brother-in-law by his father
and older brother, Lewis.
The motive for the murder seemed
principally revenge and hatred. The
murdered man had only a few weeks
before married McKinley's daughter.
It had been stipulated before the
marriage that the groom was to pay
the bride's father 8300 for the priv
ilege of marrying her. The groom
refused to pay this money after he
\yas safely married and thus incurred
the enmity of his wife’s father and
brothers. The boy surprised Carley
while asleep, cutting him horribly
with a garden hoe. He pras found
dead and horribly mutilated.
On Monday the three were ar
raigned in court when 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 old
gentleman and Lewis to a railroad
bridge about half a mile west of town
and lynched them. They both begged
piteously for mercy.
urea would prooaoiy nave Deen i
hanged with the others, but instead
of taking him to the jail he was kept
under guard at the hotel from which
place the sheriff expected to take him
to Trego county for safe keeping. The
people of the bounty are aroused at
the disposition juries have shown to
turn criminals loose and say they In
tend that justice shall be done in
some manner if not by the proper
course of law._
The prominet part which the Amer
ican Protective Association, or the “A.
P. A.” as it is now more generally
called, has taken of late in political af
fairs in different sections of the coun
try furnishes occasion for two interest
ing articles dealing with that organiz
ation written respectively by George
Parsons Latlirop and llishop Doane of
Albany, which appear in the May num
ber of the North American Review and
which are bracketed together under
the title of “Hostility to Roman Catho
lics. ”
Big Colonisation Scheme.
Dkkvkr, Col., May 11.—The Cale
donian club of Chicago has secured
5,000 acres in the San Luis valley to
parcel into forty-acre farms. Hamil
ton White, president of the Epworth
league of Iowa, and Mi’s. E. McMur
ray, state president of the W’. C. T. U.
of Iowa, are interesting themselves in
a project for colonizing 8,000 acres in
the valley. A Swedish syndicate pro
poses to locate about 1,500 families,
and John H. Copeland of Chicago,
identified with the American Federa
tion of Labor, is organizing a colony
on the co-operative plan, -, . .
MILLS ON THE WARPATH.
rha Texas Senator Atralait tkt Caafn
■all* Tariff A nMart ■»*■!*.
WAsntjniTox, May Uir-In the Mm*
ite tariff discuss loa yesterday Mr.
Aldrich took up the aeoond
intendment in the tariff blllln,which,
are the words *'or withdrawn,for con
sumption," the purpose being to in*
Jloso goods so withdrawn from bonded
warehouses in the provisions applying
in the bill to goods imported. This
precipitated a running disouseion, In
which Messrs. Jones, of Arkansas;
Chandler, of New Hampshire; Vest, of
Missouri; Halo, of Maine; Harris, of
Tennessee, and Mills, of Texas, took
part
Mr. Mills said a few days ago he de
scribed his own position os between
the devil and the deep sea, the Mc
Kinley bill being the devil. Since
that time a change had come over the
situation. He was nearer the devil
and had not as much sea room as be
fore. Ho now felt that tho bill beforo
the senate, as modified by the amend
ments introduc'd,had no reseinbinuco
to the Wilson bill. It ought, he said,
to boar the name of Mr. Gorman or
Mr. lirice. No man could torture him
into an admission that the bill was a
response to Democratic pledges.
Ho had said that taxation should be
levied on value; that it was the only
just system; that taxation should not
be imposed as under the specific sys
tem of the McKinley bill, so the
goods of the rioh would eaoapd with
the same tax as was levied upon the
cheaper articles of the poor. There
he had stood and there he would con
tinue to stand, lie rose to say he did
not intend to vote for a single one of
the amendments carrying a change to
specific duties. It was humiliating
enough to have to indorse the system
of robbery contained in the McKinley
bill without, bowing dowt) in morti
fication to accept the very badges, of
nrotection. *
The first amendment made thfi'sur
render. It was continued throughout
the bill until it was now a question
between the McKinley bill and a
Democratic system-ofr protection with
very little murgin in favor of tho
Democratic measure.
“But I’ll vote for it,'' saldi he em
phatically, ''I'll vote for it It It only
contains a a cent reduction at taxa
tion."
A wave of applause swept over the
galleries Hen the Texas senator took
his seat, quickly cheeked by tho vice
president.
All eyes were turned upon Mr. Ger
man, whom Mr. Mills had specified by
name as mainly responsible for the
“concessions,” but the Maryland sen
ator did not move a muscle.
Mr. Brice was not in the chamberat
the time. The pending amendment
was then agreed to, and Mr. Lodge of
fered his amendment toimpose doable
duties in the bill against Great Brit
ain until that country should agree to
an international ratio for the coinage
of silver.
The amen lment was laid on the
table, 31 to 30, a strict party vote.
The Democrats who did not vote
were paired in favor of the motion.
Senator Allen. Populist, voted with
the Democrats and announced that
Jvyle, Populist, Soutli Dakota, was
paired with Mr. Morrill, Republican,
Vermont, on all questions relating to
the tariff, l’cffer was absent and no
pair was announced for him. The
vote of Allen and the announcement
of the pairing of Senator Kyle is taken
to mean these men will vote with the
Democrats on the tariff bill.
CONDITION OF WHEAT.
fbs Government Report Makes It 8-3
For Cent Lower Than a Month Ago.
TVashixqton, May 11.—The May
government crop report makes
the condition of winter wheat
81.4 against 8G.7 a month ago.
In 1893 at the same date the condition
was 73.3. The average for the princi
Fal states are: Ohio 90, Michigan 83,
ndiana 90, Illinois 89, Missouri 83,
Kansas 75, Nebraska SO and Califor
nia 58.
The advices from correspondents in
the states of Kansas and Nebraska
indicate that the damage from the
cold weather has been augumented by
drought and high winds and much of
the area has been absndoned and
plowed up and put into other grains.
The average condition of barley is
S3.3 against 80.6 last year. The low
condition is the result of the drought
in California, it being the largest pro
ducing state. - Tk -ttM
Th$ condition pf spring pasture is
93.7, of mowing lands 91.7. The pro
portion of spring plowing done May 1,
is repqrted at 83.5 per cent, against
73.4 per cent last yeaf at same date.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST.
A Terrible Earthquake Reported la Tea*
esueln—Cities Destroyml.
Car Ac ah,'May 11.—A terrible earth*
quake took place in Venezuela April
28. Reports from the districts affected
tell of terrible loss of life and destruc
tion of property. The cities of Merida,
La Gunilas, Chiguara and San Juan in
the northwest of the republic are re
ported totally destroyed. Many vll*
lages are said to be wrecked, bat de
tails are not yet to be had.
The convulsion extended to parte of
Colombia. Full details will come
slowly, but it is probable that thous
ands have perished and it is certain
that the greatest suffering prevails in
the places visited by the c arthquake
Missouri Congressmen tor Harmony.
Washington, May 11.—The Missouri
congressmen will not only not coun
tenance the adoption by the Demo
cratic state convention at Kansas City
nqxt week of resolutions denunciatory
of the president, but will, so far qs
they can at this distance, actively op
pose such action, whether it be fought
for by Governor Stone or any other
candidate for the United States Son
ata.
Labor Unions Amalgamate.
St. Louis, Mo., May 11.—The trades
and labor union of this city, under
orders from the secret conference at
Philadelphia by Samuel Gompers,
James R. Sovereign, T. V. Powderly
and other labor leaders, has taken a
vote on the subject of amalgamation
of the Knights of Labor and. the
American Federation of Labor. The
union, which is under the jurisdiction
of the Federation, has voted in favor
of amalgamation. It is understood
that such votes are being taken in
every union and assembly in the conn
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SENATORS AND COXEYISM.
Kwn AU«, N»«, Gordon nl Telle*
Ksprees Tholr V|tn Verloasly.
Wacuixotos, May 11.—When the |
senate met to-day a buaoh ot La
France rosea graced the desk to bo \
occupied by Mr. Patton, the new sena
tor from Michigan. Some routine
business was transacted and then
Mr. Allen introduced a bill to
repeal the act regulating the use of
the capitol grounds under which
Coxey and his lieutenants were pros
ecuted and Mr. I’effer a resolution for
the appointment ot a special commit
tee of three senators to investigate
tho condition of the country with :
specific reference to prevailing busi
ness depression and report what legla
lation, if any, would afford relief
Tho Alien resolution to investigate
the alleged notice clubbing o! the
‘‘commonweal’’ then earao up and Mr.
Gordon of Georgia took tho floor. Ho
said the Coxey movement was the
child of the paternal theory of gov
ernment The remedies for the ex*
istlng conditions were to bo found in
the decentralization of power.
Mr. Teller favored the resolution.
Coxey was a law abiding citiscn. Ho
and his followers had trudged there
through rain and mud and were en
titled to respectful consideration. Ho
did not indorse tho statute under
which they were arrested. He
did not think tho senate could re
fuse to Investigate the polioe club
bing. He himself would furnish tho
names of witnesses. Whether Coxey
was a crank or not did not matter.
Ills scheme was absurd, as waa many
others put forward in the hour of die- '
tress. But it was not a wicked aebemo
—it only asked congress to provide
work for the idle.
IKIRT‘3 RESOLUTION. f
Hs Aslu for a L'ummtttM of Fl*a to Ra*
nln the Coup Loaders.
Wasuisotox, May 11.—Representa
tive Ikirt yesterday introduced the
following, which was referred to tho *
committee on rules:
Where it §. In view of the taot that American
cltlione, however mlatulded In the method*
they employ, are reported at coming to Wash
lotion In the boiler that by so Joint they may
bo 1-enelUod. end,
Whereas, the right of petition Is a constitu
tional rltht that no one has assailed, there
fore
Resolved. That a spoolal committee of flva
ropro-entatlvos (to InoiUde the Chairman of
the committee on labor and the ohalrman of
the oommittec on hanking and currency* bo
appointed to hear the request of the leaders,
receive their petit ons and rnporl as promptly
as possible, with such recommendations as
they msy deem proper either to tho commit*
tee on labor or the committee on banking and
currency
THE GOVERNOR CALLED ON.
Sheriff ef Greoly County Wants Tea or
Throe Companies of Mllltlo.
, Toro u a, Kan., May 11.—Quvernor
Lowolling at 3:30 o’clock this after-'
noon sent the following telegram:
Jamos Hurt. sherIB, Horace. Kan: Tnlo
gram asking for troops to arrest MO mao who
have stolon MUsourl Pacific train, received.
Was train stolen In Kansas? Have any depre
dations boeu committed In your count7? Itavo
warrants been issued and processes resisted?
Are tbe men still In your county?
L D. I.KWE1.USO, Governor.
The following is tho telegram to
which the governor replied as abova
and which he received at noon:
To L. D Lewolllnr. Governor Topeka: Am
oalled upon to nrroat here a body of over 5JO
men who have lakon forcible possession of a •
train of the Missouri Pactflu railway ana
gott.ng ready to stsrt oast with It I oannot
get force enough to make the arrest. Will
you send dj two or three companies of
militia? Answer quick. J »M«t litinr.
SherlS
The May St. Nicholas comes with a
blooming frontispience to remind its
readers of the present, and then plunges
them into the past by beginning with
Molly Elliot Seawell's patriotic serial,
“Decatur and Somers." Here is an
ideal way to absorb history! Excellent
ly told is the story of the boyish com
manders who set so high a standard for
the American tar. The whole story is
salt of the sea. and the fluttering of
“Old Ulory" can be heard in the fresh,
breezy style. Miss Sewell’s many ad
mirers have read no better story than is
here promised them. Mary Hallock:
Foote contributes the first half of a
touching story, “A Four-Leaved Clover
in the Desert,” depicting life upon tbs
arid plains of the west. The story is
beautiful, touching, and seems true.
MMiarei Before the Home,
Washing ton, May 11.—Represent** .
Uve B]ack gf Jjjooraia hgs Introduced
resolution directing the hoase cSS* *
mittee on printing to ascertain what
■eduction in the government printing
office can be made. Representative
Meyer of Louisiana has introduced a
bill for a new postoffice at New Or*
leans at a limit of cost of $2,000,000.
Uepres$ntative Bynum of Indiana has
I ntroduced a bill by request for pen*
'ions at the rate -of one cent per day
for each day of service. Representa
tive Cummings of New York has in*,
troduced a bill to prevent fraudulent
iealings in bogus jewelry. It pro
rides that the word “plated” shall be
used without remarks and devices to
»how the real character of the
jewelry. ■‘•i-.VH
The Room's Smilon but Brio?.
Washington, May 11.—Emblems oC
mourning covered the desk of Repre
sentative Robert F. Brattan of' Mary
land on which lay a bunch of rosea
when the house met to-day. The
message of the president transmitting
Hawaiian correspondence, received
yesterday, was laid before the house
and after some routine business, Mr,
I Hrattan's death was announced and
j after the funeral committee had been
| named the session closed.
Mrs. Ah Chong, wife of a San Fran
cisco merchant, decamped for China on
the steamer Oceanic, taking $10,000 of
her husband's money. The robbery
was discovered by Ah , Chong shortly
after the steamer sailed.
Officials IsilltM.
GrniRiE, Ok.. May'll.—The United
States grand, jury has reported three
ndictments against W. S. Robertson,
Republican member of the Guthrie
ownsite board, for embezzlement,
ind two against Andrew C. Sne’.l,
)eoperatic member, for making falsa
ouehers.
All Quiet in tl,c Coke Keclon.
Scottdalk, Pa., May 11.—The situ
tion in tlie coke regions to-day was
(uiet. There was no trouble re
lorted at anv point. Increased forces ~
vere at work at the Moyer, Moore
rood and Valley plants. „■*