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(J . 'l'r: C) , t; J ti XI p w tl P at VI n ib th, ch tic: PO tes' Bta THE TAIHFF. Tbe Senate Cominitteo Completes Work on tho Wilson BilL ft Makes Manr Alterations, AU of Them la the Direction of Increased Unties riynupai of the Moat Impor tant Changes. 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. V ..i- i' - L JiL. 1 IU -M 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 I $ .-:f'S : ::. fM . 0m m ini XV. e, , -fez;. t '5 f , yN i N : '- '''V C i 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. t it 1-
