..IT
3
J Jj.
HE VETOES IT.
President Cleveland's Opposition
to Coininff the Seigniorage.
Ha Sends a Monsajre to tonjrcM Vetoing
the Meararr-I'lill Text if the Doo
uuient fLXplainine Hi" Keann
Cor His Action.
mSAITKOVEIX
Washington, March 31. The follow-
Ing
is the full text of the president's
message vetoing the Bland seigniorage
bilL
To tub House OF REPRESENTATIVES: Ire-
turn without my approval house bill numbered
4,UiU. entitled "An act directing the coinage of
the silver bullion held in the treasury and for
other purposes."
My strong desire to avo.d disagreement with
those in both houses of congress who have sup
ported this bill would lead me to approve it if I
could believe that the public good would not be
thereby endangered and that such action on my
part would be a proper discharge of official duty.
loaHiuuch, however, as 1 am unable to
eaiisfy myself that the proposed legislation Is
either wise or opportune, my conception of the
obligations and responsibilities attached to the
great office I hold forbids the Indulgence of my
personal desire and Inexorably contlnes me to
that course winch is dictated by my reason
and judgment, and pointed out by a sincere
purpose to protect and promote the general in
terest of our people.
financial IHoturbance and Recovery.
The financial disturbance which swept over
the country daring the last year was un
paralleled in its severity and disastrous conse
quences. There seemed to be almost an en
tire displacement of faith in our financial
ability and a less of confidence in our fiscal
policy. Anions those who attempted to as
sign causes for our distress it was very gener
ally conceded that the operation of a provision
of law then in force which required the govern
ment to purchase monthly a larg6 amount of
stiver bullion, aid issue its Dotes inpayment
therefor, was either entirely, or to a largo ex
tent, responsible for our condition. This led to
the repeal on the 1st day of November, 18n3,
of this statutory provision. We had, however,
fallen so low in the depths of depression, and
timidity and apprehension had so com
pletely gained control in financial circles, that
our r.tpid recuperation could not be reason
ably expected. Our recovery has, nevertheless,
steadily progressed, and. though less than
five mouths have elapsed since the repes.1 of
the mischievous silver purchase requirement, a
wholesome improvement is unmistakably ap
parent. Confluence in our absolute solvency
Is to such an extent reinstated and faith in our
disposition to adhere to sound financial meth
ods is so far restored as to produce the. most
encouraging results both at home and abroad.
The wheels of domestic industry have been
slowly set in motion, and the tide of foreign i li
ves iim-nt has again started in our direction.
Our recoveiy being so well under way nothing
should be done to check our convalescence; nor
sboula we forget that a relapse at ibis time
would almost surely reduce us to a lowerstage
ol iinancial dis'.ress than that from which we
are just emerging.
A i'ossible Check.
I believe that if tlie bi 11 under consideration
should become a law it would be regarded as a
relrojjres-ion from the financial intentions in
dicated by our recent repeal of the provision
forcing siiver bullion purchases, that it would
weaken if it did not destroy returnii.g faith and
confidence in our sound financial tendencies,
ud that, as a consequence, our progress to re
newed business health would be unfortunately
itittUed aud a return to our recent distressing
plight fc.eriou.-lv threatened.
The i'urcliast) of Silver.
This proposed legislation is so related to the
curitricy conuitious growing out of the law com
pelling the purchase of bilver by tho govern
ment that a gUttice at such conditions, aud a
partial review of the law referred to, may not
be uiiproilt.:b.e.
Ik'tneen the 14th day cf August, ISM, w hen
the law Lecarae operative, and the 1st day of
Noveu.ber, 1MJ, when the clause it conta.ned
directing tho purchase of silver was
repealed, thero were purchased by the
secretary of the treasury More than 168 iwO.iXW
of ounces of bilver bullion. In payment for
this bul.ion the government issued its treasury
nous of various denominations, amounting to
nearly il5rt.ikM.uiw, which notes were Immedi
ately aducd to the currency In circulation
amo:ig our jeople. Such notes were by the law
maui. Ugal tender in payment of all debts,
puUic and private, except when otherwise ex
pressly slipuiated.and were made receivable for
custoius, taxes and all publio dues, and
when so received might be so reissued.
They were also permitted to be held
by banking associations as a part of their law
ful reserve. Oa the demand of the holders
these treasury cotes were to be redeemed in
Kold or silver com in the discretion of the sec
retary of Uie treasury, but it was declared as a
part of this redemption provision that It
was "the established policy of the United
States to maintain the two metals on a parity
with each other upon the present legal ratio,
or such ratio as may be provided by
law." The money coined from such bul
lion was to be standard silver dollars,
and alter directing the immediate coinage
of a little less thiro t.OOo.lwo ounces the law
prov.Ued that as much ol the remaining bullion
fehould Le thereafter coined as might be neces
sary to provide for the redemption of the treas
ury Hules issued cn its purchase, and thai
any gain or seigniorage arising from such
coinage shall be accounted for and paid into
the treasury." This Ruin or seigniorage evi
dently it.uicatcs so much of the bullion owned
by the government as should remain aftsr using
a suClcient umoticl to coin as many standard sil
ver Hollars a h ju'.d equal in number the dollars
represented by the treasury notes issued in
payment cf the tn ire quantity of bullion.
Tlu-xe treasury notes now outstanding aud in
circulation amount to iUS.t'ol.Sd-J, and, although
tbere has leu thus lar but a comparatively
fcni.il. amount of this bullion coined, yet tne so
called train or seigniorage, as aLove defined,
which wouid arise Irom the coinage of the en
tire r-ass has teen easily ascertained to be a
quant. 1 of bullion sufficient to make when
coiuid ai, 150,01 standard siiver dollar.
1'arity Must ite .Maintained.
Considering the present intrinsic relation be
tween gold and kilter, the maintenance or the
parity between the two metals, as mentioned
in this law, can mean nothing less than the
maintenance of such u parity in the estimation
and conlideuee of the people who use our money
in their daily transactions. Manifestly the
maintenance of this parity can only be ac
cvuip.ished. so lar as it is affected by
tl.eoC treasury botes, ani in the estimation
of the holders cf the same, by giving to such
holders, on their redemption, the coin, whether
it i-.-s gold or silver, which they prefer. It fol
lows thai while in terms the law leaves the
choice of coir, to be paid on such redemption to
the discretion of the secretary of the treasury,
the exercise of this discretion, if opposed to
the demands of tho holder, is entirely incon
sistent with tne effective and beneficial main
tenance of the parity beiweeu the two metals.
If both gold and silver are to serve us as
money, and if they together are to supply to
our people a safe and stable currency, the
necessity of preserving this parity is obvious.
Such necessity has been repeatedly
conceded in the platforms of both po
litical parties and in our federal statutes.
It is nowhere more emphatically recognized
than in tbe recent law which repealed
the provision under whicn tne bullion now on
band was purchased. This law insists upon
the "maintenance of the parity in value of the
Coins of the two metals and the equal power of
every dollar at all times in the markets and in
the payment of debts."
Tne secretary of the treasury has therefore.for
thc"cst of reasons, not only promptly ecmpUed
with every demand lor the redemption of these
treasury notes in gold, but the present situa
tion, as well as tbe letter and spirit of the law,
appear plaiuly to justify, it they do not enjoin
upon him. a continuation of such redemption.
The conditions I have endeavored to present
may 1 c tbus summarized:
Fust. The government has purchased ani
row lias on band sufficient silver bullion to p, i
Iii it the coinage of all the silver dollars neces
sary to redeem, in such dollars, the treasory
Dotes ined for the purchase of said silver
bullion axd enough besides to coin, as gain or
seigniorage, 55,156,661 additional standard sil
ver dollars. Second. There are outstanding
and now in circulation treasury cotes issued
inpayment of the bullion purchased amount
ing to I15.',951,-sa These notes are legal
tender In payment of all debts, DUblic and pri
vate, except when otherwise expressly stipu
lated: they are receivable for customs, taxes
and all public dues: when held by banking as
sociations they may be counted as part of their
lawful reserves, and they are redeemed by the
government in gold at the option of the hold
ers. These advantageous attributes were de
liberately attached to these notes at the time
of their Issue: they are fully understood by our
people to whom such notes have been distrib
uted as currency, aud have Inspired confidence
In their safety and value, and have undoubted
ly thus induced their continued and contented
use as money, instead of anxiety for their re
demption. Objections Specifically Stated.
Having referred to some incidents which I
deem relevant to the subject, it remains for me
to submit a specific statement of my objections
to the bill now under consideration:
This bill consists of two sections, excluding
one which merely appropriates a sum sufficient
to carry the act into effect. The first section
provides for the immediate coinage of the sil
ver bullion In the treasury which represents
the so-called gain or seigniorage, or which
would ariso from the coinage of all the
bullion on hand, which gain or seignionge
this section declares to be ffti, 156,681.
It directs that the money so coined or
the certificates issued thereon shall be used in
the payment of public expenditures, and pro
vides that if the needs of the treasury demand
it. tho secretary of the treasury may in his dis
cretion issue sliver certificates in excess of
such coinage, not exceeding tba amount of seign
iorage in said section authorized to be coined.
The second section directs that as soon us pos
sible after the coinage of tn'.s seigniorage the
remainder of the bullion held by the govern
ment shall be coined into legal tender standard
silver dollars, and that they shall be held in the
treasury for the redemption of the treas
ury notes issued in the purchase
of said bullion. It provides that
as fast as the bullion shall be
coined for the redemption of said notes, they
sba 11 not be reissued but shall be canceled
and destroyed in amounts equal to the coin
held at any lime in the treasury derived from
the coinage provided for. and that silver cer
tificates shall be issued on such coin in the
manner now provided by law. It is, however,
especially declared in said section that the act
shall not be construed to change existing laws
relating to the legal tender character or mode
of redemption of the treasury notes Issued for
the purchase of the sliver bullion to be coined.
Faulty in Construction.
The entire bill is most unfortunately con
structed. Nearly every sentence presents un
certainty and invites controver-y as to its
meaning and intent The first section is espe
cially faulty in this respect, and it is extremely
aoubtful whether its language will permit the
consummation of its supposed purposes. Iam
led to believe that the promoters of the bill in
tended in this section to provide for the coin
age of the bullion constituting the gain or
seigniorage, as it is called, into standard silver
dollars: and yet there is positively
nothing In the section to prevent its
coinage into any description of silver
coins now authorized under any existing
law I Qnntua thiu ;fir,n u-:w filet inlpniliv! f
in case the needs of the treasurv called for
money faster than the seigniorage bullion
could actually be coined, to iicrmit the issue of
silver certificates in advance of such coinage:
but its language would seem to permit the issu
ance of such certificates to double the amount
of seigniorage as stated, one-half of which
would not represent an ounce of silver iu the
treasury. The debate upon this section In the
congress developed an earnest and pcsitive dif
ference of opinion as to its object and mean
ing. In any event I am clear that the present
perplexities and embarrassments of the secre
tary of the treasury ought not to be augment
ed by devolving upon him the execution of a
law so uncertain and contused.
Iam not willing, however, to rest niy ob
jection to this section solely on these grounds;
in tny judgment sound finance does not com
mend a further Infusion of silver into our
currency at this time, unaccompanied by
further adequate provision for the maintenance
in our treasury of a safe gold reserve.
iHKue of Certificate.
Doubts also arise as to the meaning and con
struction of the second section of the bill, if
the silver dollars therein directed to be coined
are. as tbe section provider. to be
held In the treasury for the redemp
tion of treasury notes, it is suggested
that, strictly speaking, certificates cannot bo
issued on such cola "in tbe manner now pro
vided by law," because these dollars are money
held in the treasury for the express purpose of
redeeming treasury notes on demand, which
would ordinarily mean that they were set apart
for the purpose ot substituting them for these
treasury notes. They are not. therefore, held
in such a way as to furnish a basis
for certificates according to any provision
of existing law. If, however, silver certifi
cates can properly ba issued upon these
dollars, there is nothing in the section to in
dicate the charac .eristics and functions of
these certificates. If they were to be of the
same character as silver certificates in circula
tion under ex sting laws they would at best be
receivable only for customs, taxes and all pub
lic dues; and under the language of this sec
tion it is, to say tho least, extremely doubtful
whether the certificates it contemplates would
be lawfully received even for such purposes.
Whatever else may be said of the uncer
tainties of expression in this bill, they certainly
ought not to be found in legislation affecting
subjects so important and far-reaching as our
finances and currency. In stating other and
more important reasons for my disapproval of
this section I shall, however, as
sume that under its provisions the treas
ury notes issued iu payment for
silver bullion will continue to be redeemed as
heretofore in silver or gold, at the option of the
holders, and that if when they are presented
for redumption, or reach the treasury in any
other manner, there are in the treasury coined
silver dollars equal in nominal vaiue to such
treasury notes, then, and in that caie, the notes
wi,l be destroyed and silver certificates to an
equal amount bo substituted.
lHiierous and 111-Atl vised.
I am convinced that this scheme is ill-advised
and dangerous. As an ultimate result of its
operation treasury nob's which are lesal ten
der for all debts, public and private, and which
are redeemable in gold or silver, at the op
tion of the bolder, will be replaced by silver
certificates which, whatever may be their char
acter and description, w ill have none of these
qualities. In anticipation of this result and as
an immediate effect the treasury notes will
naturally appreciate in value and desir
ability. The fact that gold can bo real
ized upon them, and the further fact that
their destruction has been decreed when
they reach the treasury must tend to
their withdrawal from general circulation to
be immediately presented for gold redemption
or to be hoarded for presentation at a more ;
convenient season. The sequel to both opera- j
tions will be a large addition to tho silver cur- !
rency in our circulation and a corresponding ;
reduction of gold in the treasury. The argu- 1
ment has been made that these things will not '
occur at once because a long time must elapse i
before the coinage of anything but tbe seignior- j
age can be entered upon. If the physical cf- J
fects of the execution of the second section of ;
this bill are not to be realized until far I
in the future, this may furnish a strong '
reason why it should not be passed so
much in advance: but the postponement of its j
actual operation cannot prevent the (ear and j
iwa oi .ouLn.,'-ui.t- uuu nervous precaution
which would immediately follow its passitge !
and bring about its worst consequences. 1 re- !
gard this section cf the bill us embodying a j
plan by which the government will be obliged
DUL Hum i.. fr :ln mn.,rai :c,i,iit, r
purpo
tilver money into tbe hands of our people. This
is an exact reversal of tho policy which safe
finance dictates if we are to preserve parity
between gold and silver aud .maintain seusiblo
bimetallism.
Outstanding Silver Certificates.
We have now outstanding more than J.t3S,000.
000 in siiver certificates issued under existing
laws. They are serving tho purpose of money
usefully and without question. Our gold re
serve, amounting to only a little more than
f 10O,OXi,0uu, is directly charged, with the re-
demption of 34fl,000,00O of United States notes.
When it is proposed to inflate our silver
currency it is a time for strengthening
our gold reserve instead of depleting it I can
not conceive of u longer step toward silver
monometallism than we take when we spend
our gold to buy silver certificates for circula
tion, especially in view of tho practical difficul
ties surrounding the replenishment of our gold.
Itetter l'ower to Issue Hoods.
This leads me to earnestly present the de
sirability of granting to the secretary of tho
treasury a better power than now exists to
issue bonds to protect our gold reserve when
for any reason it should be necessary. Our
currency is in such a confused condition and
our financial affairs are apt to assume at any
time so critical a position that it seems to me
such a course is dictated by ordinary prudence,
I am uot insensible to the arguments in favor
of coining the bullion seigniorage now in tbe
treasury, and I believe it could be done safely
and with advantage, if the secretary of tho
treasury had the power to issue bonds at a low
rate of interest under authority in substitution
of that now existing and better suited to tho
protection of the treasury.
Hopeful for the Future of Silver.
I hope u way will present itself in the near
future for the adjustment of our monetary af
fairs in such a comprehensive and conservative
manner as will accent to silver its proper place
in our currency; but in the meantime I atn ex
tremely solicitous that whatever action we
take on this subject may be such as to prevent
loss and discouragement to our people at home,
and the destruction of confidence in our finan
cial management abroad.
GltOVEIl Ct.KVEI.AND.
executive Mansion, March 51, ISi4.
COXEY'S ARMY.
its rrogreis Towards Washington Notes
of the March.
CoLCMiiiANA, O., March 31. An aged
farmer named Thomas Holloway fell
dead in the main street of this city
Thursday with a cheer for Coxey's com
monweal on his lips. lie came into
town early in the day with a load
of provisions for the army and
delivered them at the supply head
quarters. Mr. Holloway appeared
much excited as the column marched
through the town. lie raised his cane
in the air and shouted lustily several
times. When the column disappeared
down the street Holloway turned to as
cend the steps of a store. He paused a
moment as he entered the door, turned
and shouted a farewell to the common
wealers. While the words were yet
on his lips he sunk to the sidewalk and
in five minutes he was dead. Holloway
had been a resident of Columbiana
county for many years, and he was
highly respected among his neighbors.
The army began its march of 10 miles
to Columbiaua in a driviug snowstorm
which lasted all day. Eighty eight
footmen were in line; fourteen men
rode on horses and eighteen found
places on the wagons. About fifty
mat-e tne trlP
e trip on a freight train, re
joining the army at Columbiana. After
leaving this place no part of the com
monweal will be allowed to ride on tho
cars. They must all walk or lose their
rations.
At Leetonia a bounteous lunch of hot
i coffee and sandwiches was served by
i the citizens. A number of recruits
joined during the stop. After lunch
: the march was continued. Just before
, reaching this city Gen. Coxey, who had
! returned from his Chicago trip,
rejoined the army and was greet
ed with cheers. The crowd in
i Columbiana, owing to the strength
of the populists iu this vicinity, was
I unusually large. After parsing through
j the city the army went into camp at
Johnson's deserted machine shops.
; The Populist club had collected an im
mense amount of provisions, more than
' the array can possibly use at present.
! The surplus will be held subject to
! Coxey's orders.
! The army, according to Marshal Carl
'. Prowne's order No. 0, w'll march from
this city at J:'iO this morning, stop for
. lunch at New Waterford and reach
, Camp Gompers, East Palestine, early in
' the afternoon.
nted on the Train.
Chicago, March 01. Prof. John M.
Ellis of Oberlin college, Oberlin, ().,
died on a Santa Fe train coming into
the city at noon Thursday. Prof. Ellis
was consumptive and went to San
Diego to recover his health. He was on
his way home, and was accompanied by
his wife aud son. As the journe3' pro
gressed eastward a decided change came
over him and he began to siuk rapidly.
As the train rolled into Chicago Thurs
day morning Prof. Ellis died in his
berth iu a Pullman sleeper.
limit-senders in the Penitentiary.
New York, March 31. Constable An
drew S. Jamieson and Election Inspec
tors John W. Murphy, Micheal P.
Ryan, Martin Morris, John 11. Urown
li ill, W. Lj-ons, Conrad Stcubenberg,
Jr., Fred E. ISaden, Lienjamiu Cohen
and Victor llausenween were on
Wednesday afternoon taken from
Simond street jail to Kings county
penitentiary at Crow Hill to serve
terms for which they were sentenced
for the Gravesend election frauds.
His Family Was Marving.
Carthage, Mo., March 31. Oflieer J.
A. Manker just before day-dawn dis
covered a burglar in Smith it Jennings
grocery and entered to arrest him.' The
burglar ran, and the ottieer, too bulky
to crowd himself through a wiudow,
fired, killing the fleeing man, who
proved to be John Peterson, a local car
penter, long out of work, and stealing
to provide for a starving wife and four
children.
Hoys Hound for .M;in!ioh.
LlVKKi'ooi., March SI. The Pritish
steamship Sarnia, Capt Couch, will
carry a curious lot of passengers on her
next trip across the Atlantic. The liv
ing freight of this steamship will in
clude sio4 boys from Dr. Parnardo's
homes and missions for orphan boys
and destitute lads, w ho are cn route to
Manitoba.
lows I'enslon Frsudn.
DiBioiT, la.. March 01. The trial
, t i. . r - ,
?f the ,ln Leuvon pension fraud eases
nas been set for April l'J in the United
States court in this city. There are
forty-three indictments. embracing
charges of accepting illegal fees, cou
spiracy to defraud and falsifying iudiut-
Uients.
Killed His Wire by Accident.
i IIillshoko, O., March SI. Luther
I urshberger, a young man at New
mVrket, this county, accidentally shot
and killed his wife. They had been
m:trried but a year. He was trying to
kitl cats, and fell down, discharging
his gun iu the falL
A VACANT CHAIR.
Georgia Loses One of Her United
States Senators.
Death at Washington of Senator Alfred
II. Colqoltt After a Second Attack
r Paralysis Brief Sketch
of Ills Career.
COI.QriTT 18 CA LLKD.
Washinotox, March 28. Senator
Colquitt, of Georgia, who was stricken
with paralysis for the second time
about a week ago, died at his resi
dence here at 7:10 a. m. Monday. The
senator s condition, which had been re
garded as somewhat hopeful at mid
night, changed for the worse soon after
ward, and his colleague senator Gordon,
was 6ent for and arrived about
B a. m., bringing his daughter with
him. Mrs. Colquitt and the children,
three unmarried daughters and a mar
ried daughter, Mrs. Marshall, of Chi-
SENATOR A. II. COLQUITT.
were around the bedside
cago
wheii
in at-
the end came. There were also
tendance his nephew, Mr. Punn, and
his private secretary. Unconsciousness
set in some hours before death and the
senators end was apparently painless.
The remains will be taken to Macon,
Ga., for interment and will be accom
panied by committees of the two
houses of congress and the family of
the deceased and that of his colleague,
. Senator Gordon.
j Senator Alfred Holt Colquitt, of Atlanta,
was born in Walton county, Ga., the son of the
i Kev. Walter T. Colquitt, April 20. 1RM. He
i was graduated from Princeton college in the
class of lb44 and admitted to the bar in 1S45.
j During the Mexican war be served as a staff
officer with tbe rank of major. He was a
( member of the (Georgia legislature in 1S.'i9. and
was elected to the house of representatives in
i the XXXlIId congress. He was a member
of tbe secession convention of the state of
I Georgia and later entered the confederate
. service as captain and was soon promoted to
' be colonel of the Sixth Georgia infantry. Later
he served as brigadier general and was com
missioned as major general. He was elected
governor of Georgia in 1S7A served four years
and was reelected under tho new constitution
i for two years. At the expiration of tls term as
: governor he was elected to the United States
; senate for the term commer.c.ng Mar:h 4. 1833,
and was reelected in 1B.-H. His term of service
i would have expired M irch 3. lbo.
Senator Colquitt wa stricken with paralysis
In July, 18-A and since that time had been un
I able to walk without assistance. He had been
' able, however, to continue in a large degree his
attendance on his senate duties He had beea
wheeled in and out of the ecnate chamber in an
invalid chair: bad attended the meetings of
committees of which he was a member, but bad
not made a speech or been able to take any ac
tive part in debate on the senate floor. He was
even wheeled in o the chamber several times
to help keep a quorum during the nights when
the senate sat in continuous session. His
seat in tbe senate was the one on the demo
cratic side nearest the vice president's 'Chair,
where he could easily secure recognition with
out rising. A few weeks ago his strength had
so greatly imcreased that he was able to dis
pense with the invalid chair and walk into the
senate on the arm of a doorkeeper.
He had announced to the state legislature
that he would be a candidate for reelection for
a third term. Senator Colquitt leaves a wife,
one son, Walter T. Colquitt, and four daugh
ters. Mrs. Marshall, wife of Capt Marshall of
the United Slates army. Misses Laura, Hattie
...1 T-k.... K wl-.. 1
aud Dorothy (,'olquitt-J
CUT
DOWN BY CLEVELAND.
The I'reaideut Saves the mruegle Com
pany Over S'JOU.OltU.
Washington, March CS. President
Cleveland's decision in the case of the
navy department against Carnegie,
Phipps & Co. has been made public. It
is in effect a conviction of the work
men in the employ of that corporation
of an attempt to defraud the United
States government for the benefit
of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. It
was the workmen who stopped up
blow holes with plugs who "fixed"
sample plates in order that the in
spectors might be fooled into passing
groupes of plates which these special
ly treated samples were supposed to
represent, who cheated the govern
Tient ollicers and deluded even Mr.
Friclc Consequently the fine of $400,
000 atrainst the companies is cut down
by the hand of the executive to f 140,000.
TO LOOK AFTER JENKINS.
Subcommittee Will Iteeln Investigating
tbe Judge's Action iu Milwaukee.
Washington", March 28. The investi
gation by the subcommittee of the
house judiciary committee, into Judge
Jenkins' anti-strike injunction against
the Northern Pacific railway employes
will be held in Milwaukee, beginning
Monday next. The subcommittee, con
sisting of Messrs. IJoatner, Terry, of
Arkansas, and W. A. Stone, of Pennsyl
vania, will leave here for Milwaukee
Saturday. The committee is consider
ably hampered by the fact that it has
but $500 at its disposal. It will, there
fore, be unable to provide transporta
tion for those witnesses who live at
any great distance irom Milwaukee. It
is for this reason, principally, that the
committee decided to go away from
Washington to conduct the investiga
tion. (irary I. Ike the Treaty.
Washington, March -JS. Representa
tive deary, of California, framer of the
Chinese registration act, causes some
surprise by coming out mapproval of the
new Chinese tueaty. He doesnot agree
with those who have argued that it
amounts to an abrogation of the Geary
law, but looks upon it rather as a
recognition of the registration princi
ple, which is tho feature of the law
that bears his name. He regards the
proponed treaty ns an advance oa the
present one, iu thnt it allows the total
prohibition of Chinese immigration,
while the present treaty vroviJes oulJ
for its suspension
A WATER-TOWER BURSiS.
Collapse of a Manil-l'ipp ut I'eoria, lie.
A it.y Killed.
Pkoria. 111., April a. One killed,
fifteen injured, at least three of them
fatally, and the destruction of J40.000
worth of property is the terrible se
que ce of the collapse of the west
: bluff tower of the Peoria Water com
pany, located at the corner of South
Pourland and College streets. It was
at 10:20 Friday morning that the acci
dent happened and its exact manner
ia perfectly inexplicable.
The standpipe was VM feet high and
20 feet in diameter, built of steel plate
three-quarters of an inch thick,
and was supplied from a 00,000,-OOO-gallon
reservoir 3 miles back
on the blulf, giving it a tremen
dous pressure. The recent cold
snap and subsequent thaw had
sprung some of the joints and work
; men were engaged in repairing them
during the morning. A number of
i schoolboys were watching the opera
j tion when, without any warning, the
great steel plates suddenly burst
asunder with a frightful roar of escap
ing water. The workmen were swept
away on the awful flood.
The report of the falling structure
was heard for blocks away, and within
j an incredibly short time the neighbor
j hood was thronged with an excited
i crowd bent on rendering aid to the
j many who had been killed or injured.
I Poor Frank Hagan, a son of Purney
I Hagan, for many years a member of
j the paid fire department, was
j the only one to suffer death
outright. He was 14 years of a?e, and
j with a number ot companions, all
r school boys about his own age, was
I engaged ia playing baseball within a
I few feet of the base of the tower. One
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of the large plates, hurled with terrific
orce, caught him aud pinioned him to
i the ground. It was fully half an hour
1 before his body was dug out and re-
moved to his home, less than a block
away.
! All his companions were Injured, but
their escape from instant death is little
short of miraculous. Frank Caldwell
; was thrown clear acros? the street and
j under a house. One of his legs was
I broken in four places and will certainly
have to come off. As he is injured in
' ternally it is not thought there isapos
i sibility of his recovery.
! Polio King, a son of Norman S. King,
an insurance agent, was terribly in
jured about the head and face. Charles
EiUlefield was badly injured about the
head. Howard Anderson, a son of
Charles Anderson, had a shoulder ;
, broken and was otherwise badly
j cut and bruised. Clyde Powell,
a son of John Powell, had
a leg broken. Charles Needhatu
was quite badly cut, but fortunately he
had no bones broken. Frank Caddon,
; who was riding past on a bicycle, had a
very narrow escape. He was blown
: through a barb-wire fence aud was ter-ribl-
cut and bruised. His machine
was badly wrecked,
i The employes of the company who
' were at work on the tower were all
badly hurt. W. D. Norris has a big
cut in his right temple and sustained
internal injuries. He was unconscious
; for a number of hours before his re
1 moval to his home on Green street.
and it is feared that his
; will result fatally. John
injuries
Huber
! was injured internally.
: hours before he could be
was then taken to St.
It was several
removed. He
Francis' hos-
' pital, and though he is getting along
: well it is impossible to state the result
j of his wounds. Alfred Gross was in
! jured severely internally. William
Kennedy was plugging a pipe at the
! time the crash came. He is a boiler-
maker. His greatest injuries are about
i the chest. He has more than twenty
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cuts on all portions of tne uody,.auil
his chances of recovery are considered
i remarkably slight. j
Many persons residing in the immedi- :
( ate vicinity were badly hurt. J. 15. !
j Trapp's house, which stood just south
i of the tower, is a total wreck. His !
! wife was in the yard at the time and ;
was badly hurt by being blown against
; the house of Mr. I sum, next door, i
A baby asleep in the house escaped;
! injury. Mr. Isorn's house was bad- j
f ly wiecked and his daughter Hazel j
: was severely injured. Across the ;
j street from the tower Mrs. William j
j McGr.ith heard the crash and hastened j
! to a bedroom to rescue her nieces. The
j water forced a door from its hinges,
striking her with terrific force on the j
head. She w as badly hurt. The house i
was curried fully 10 feet from its foun- 1
dations and is nearly a wreck. All the j
furniture is destroyed. The house neat
north, also owned by Mr. (irath and oc-
cupied by William Stewart, was moved
irom tne iouuuaiion auu uauijf
wrecked.
Jesse Norman, a teamster, resides di
rectly east of the tower. His barn was
swept away and demolished aud his
house removed from its foundation.
His daughter Pertha, aged S, was car
ried 100 feet and badly injured about
the head. Parns, outbuildings and
other small structures throughout the
neighborhood were carried away and
destroyed.
Mr. Dabney II. Maurey, Jr., the rep
resentative of the company, is unable
to explain the accident. He considers
it the result of the ice which formed
during the winter. The tower was
built to withstand a pressure of 300
pounds to the square inch at
the base and there was only
a pressure of a little over forty
seven when the break came.
M U ST SERVE HIS T ERM.
Appeal in the Celebrated New by Can
IHHiiiixsed by the .supreme Court.
Washington, April 2. The su
preme court has dismissed the appeal
case of Dan Denton, alias William
New by. from the district court at
Springfield, 111. This tends Pen
ton's chances of getting out of
prison, to which he was sen
tenced as a result of the trial brought
against him for an attempt to de
fraud the government. Denton claimed
to be "Hill" Newby, who had $20,000
due him as back pension for injuries re
ceived at Shiloh, and he organized a
conspiracy to collect this sum. '
BL00U IS SHED.
Enforcement of South. Carolina's
Dispensary Law Cau3es a Riot.
Wfjinky Police aud a .Mob Flsht at liar
Uoftcn Four Men Killed and Many
Others Keported Slain The
State Militia lte volts.
SLAIN IX A RIOT.
Colt'MHIA, S. C, April 2. The
' passions aroused by the dispensary law
and the system had the long expected
' result in a fight at Darlington Friday
afternoon, in which at least two spies
and two citizens were shot to death and
three men were badly wounded.
Twenty-one other spies took to the
swamps and the latest report is that
they have all been killed.
In the fight at Darlington Frank E.
2orient, a prominent youug insurance
man, aud a man named Iiedmond from
JJorth Carolina and Constables McLen
ijon and Pepper were killed outright.
Chief of Police Dargarx K. D. Lucas
tod Louis Norment vuere shot and dan
gerously wounded.
The trouble grew out of an attempt
' to search private houses for liquor.
The citizens protested against this and
' the spies yielded in the face of the
excitement and agreed not to search
private premises. They also promised
to leave Darlington, although tho
force, seventeen in number, had beer
: reinforced to thirty-seven. They had
gone to the depot to proceed to Colum
bia. There were few men on the
1 streets, but they had squirrel rilles
i and smooth bores and looked determ-t
. ined. The constables passed along
quietly and no move was made to at
, tack them. As the Columbia train
pulled out and was passing through
I the outskirts of the citj a voiiey
was fired into the car containing tiie
police, but the train wai pulled out
rapidly and the men escaped uni. art
, and none of the passengers were in
jured. A small portion hearing tl.erf
I that the force had been divided mm eel
I rapidly to the Northeastern station.
When they arrlveci they began to jeer
the spies and the latter massed and
, drew their pistols.
In a few seconds the collision came.
Pepper, it is alleged, tired first, and
Norment, a prominent citizen and
merchant, dropped dead. It was then
a battle and the firing became indis
! criminate. Citizens and spies fell,
Iiedmond on the one side killed by the
second fire, while at the firt discharge
from the citizens' rilles Pepper and Mc
Lennon went down. L. M. Norment
and Chief of Police Dargan are among
those badly wounded. The firing at
tracted attention and citizens came run
ning from every direction.
The spies seeing they would be wiped
out started to llee to the woods and
were joined by Chief Gaillard, who had
left his train to take command. The
people were thoroughly aroused and
man- farmers followed aud joined in the
chase. As a resu.t the sixteen spies
have been driven into the woods, and
the people have the whole countrj
picketed. If the rep rt of their lynch
ing is not true and the spies are run
down there will be a pitched battle and
they will be exterminated.
The Darlington guards are under
arms,endeavoring to preserve the peace,
but the troubie has outgrown their con
trol. Sheriff Scarborough is powerless
aud is under threats of being Killed by
the citizens if he interferes. One of the
wounded constables is in Darling
ton jail, protected by the local military
company. There i great excitement
all over the state, and the inability to
procure liquor at this juncture is a good
thing for the public peace.
Charleston, S. C, April 2. At S
p. m. Gov. Tillman ordered CoL Jones,
of the Palmetto regiment, to proceed
to Darlington with the troops. It at
once became a question whether the
militiamen, all sympathizers with the
Darlington citizens, would go. The Co
lumbia zouaves, commanded by Capt.
John H. Capers, assembled at their
armory. The captain offered to go or
not, as the majority elected. The roll
was called and each man as his name
was called laid down his gun. Then
the captain did the same thing with his
sword. When the news reached the
streets there was wild cheering.
Capt, Alston, of the Kichland volun
teers, found it impossible to get his
men together. Duly six responded to
the call. The governor's guards de
bated the question an hour, the crowd
waiting on the street below meantime
becoming impatient. Threats were
made that if they attempted to march
the crowd would attack them and cap
ture their arms. The guards finally
decided to disband in preference to go
ing to Darlington.
Florence. S. C, April 2. A mob
entered the state dispensary here at
2:05 a. m. and destroyed all the liquors.
The members of the mob had many
friends in the force at Darlington tired
upon by the spies and had threatened
to make trouble here all night.
CARRIED OVER THE FALLS.
J hn Ilorton's (iallant r ut Fruitless Fight
for Life at S;iokaue.
Spokane, Wash., April 2. John
Horton, a carpenter, fell from the
new Post street bridge into the
Spokane river above the main falls
Thursday afternoon and was swept
down to death. He made a gallant
fight for life, cheered by 400 persons on
the shore and bridges, but it was hope
less. The swift current pulled hiin
into the cataract and there he was
quickly pounded to death. His body
has not been recovered.
Mr. t'nup lrcline.
Washington, April 2. Speaker
Crisp on Friday evening notified Gov.
Northen by telegraph of his declina
tion of the appointment to be United
States senator for the unexpired term
of the late Senator Colquitt.
In his telegram Speaker Crisp
says a very larjre majority of
the democratic members of the house
have united in the request that he con
tinue to serve as speaker for the re
mainder of the session, and although
deeply grateful to the governor, and
although sacrificing a cherished ambi
tion, a sense of duty impels him to de
cline the appointment.
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