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I THE MORNING NEWS, I
ESTABLISHED 1850. iKI ORPi’RATED 18S8. V
I J. ii. ESTILL, President. I
NEW ORLEANS’ FATAL FIRE
The Hotel Reduced to Ruins and Four
Lives Lost.
ij;. 9 uiazo an Awe-Inspiring Spectacle
and Watched By Thousands of Per
sons—The Loss Estimated at $300,-
000 to $400,000, With Insurance of
$212,600 —A Panic Among the
Guests and a Wild Rush for Life
Without Stopping to Dress.
New Orleans, April 29.—A few minutes
before 11 o'clock last night, fire broke out
in the kitchen of the St. Charles hotel.
A large audience was leaving the St.
Charles Theater at the time, and in a few
minutes the wildest excitement prevailed
ia the streets. As the blaze was in the
court formed by the hotel, and near the
ro.ir of the building, the impression pre
vailed that the fire was in one of the build
ings on or near Carondelet street, as the
reflection was thrown brightly,
upon the facade of the cotton
exchange, but in a very few
minutes, the true state of affairs
becaine known. As the fire was raging
in the interior of the court, the flames
made a comparatively small showing
from the street, and as the fire brigade
responded promptly, hopes were enter
tained for some time that anything like a
serious disaster would be prevented, but
those within the walls of the great build
ing soon realized that the whole building
tvas doomed.
flight of the inmates.
Guests and employes of the hotel were
seen dashing through the building half
clad with such few personal effects as
could ho snatched up in their hurried
exit from their sleeping rooms, and it
| soon became evident that the whole in
terior of the court was doomed.
The streets were thronged with people
for two or three squares off, while the
corners where a view of the (lames could
he obtained were packed with humanity.
Hundreds mounted the roofs of build
ings in adjacent streets, and these, look
ing over at tho burning building, saw
what looked like an immense cauldron
within whose dark smoking sides raged a
rolling, boiling mass of red and white
l ames, from whose surface fiery clouds of
sparks soared far up into tho dark night
sky, while every few seconds ragged
sheets of flames would leap high above
the burning building. ,
The block which the St Charles was on,
was one nf the most valuable in the city,
containing, Insides tho costly hotel,
hanks, stores, railroad offices, one of the
largest turf exchanges in tho country,
and finely furnished offices.
FOUR LIVES LOST.
As nearly as cJhn bo ascertained, four
lives leave been sacrificed. One man
leaped from tho fourth story • and was al
most instantly killed, while three men
and one woman were seen to leap from
tho iron staircase leading from rear
of the building and were lost to view in
the court, which looked to be almost a
solid mass of flames. One man made his
escape into the street, but nothing was
seen of the others. It is also reported
that a child is missing, but this lacks
confirmation.
The scene inside the hotel at this time
was one of terror and confusion that well
nigh defies description. Terror-stricken,
half-dad guests were flying from tho
tames, which were roaring behind them,
home were dragging their trunks with
them and offering extravagant prices for
help to ouvey their valuables to a place
of safety.
ADVANCE OF THE FLAMES.
Meanwhile the fire continued to advance
toward the front of the building, the
facade of which was still intact. St.
Charles street looked dark and somber,
though the upper stories of the buildings
opjiosiie the hotel were lighted up with
ti e reflection of the flames. The front
windows were brightly lighted up by the
electric lights within, and the white lace
curtains could be seen waving in the gusty
night winds. Presently there were
ruddy flashes mingled with the
steady white lights of the Incan
cesei iit lamps, tellingof the near approach
destroying flames, and then
suddenly the electric current was cut off
and only the flashing of the advancing
cames. half hidden in black smoko
wreaths, could lie seen through the sud
denly darkened window. Soon after this
creat volumes of smoke were pouring
' "’"'d'h the front and side windows, toif
f that the fire was at last sweeping
through the whole building.
Ihe upturned faces in all directions
1 1 awfully at the fearful havoc going
°n within the fated square.
No HOPE OF SAVING IT.
The hopelessness of the situation as far
-saving th o hotel was concerned be
u i.e evident almost as soon as the,fire
,'iMc <iu t- At the center of the west pile
oi uas , ury which formed tho hotel, and
■cupied over half of the square in which
. ; ; ‘ s ‘ C atted, was a kind of cylindrical
■ ah,theater, built for the purpose of
( ,l! * air to those rooms which did not
! lon tdo street. Having gotten a
j lart ; o'er the engines, the fire
J'; 1 ' 1 v : n !> alarming Rapidity. Biting
winnows of the hotel, tho flames
tig 1 *'! va y ' n ’'° the rooms, and there
h inflammable material as
M .‘A and light furniture increased the
r ,' ot of its advance. Hoorn after
S i-’;..;: i l ” smed its terror-stricken and
m, u.fV’K occupants, fell a prey to tho
rent. bro and added to the magnifl
fiie, ;ii"!‘ l chnlc display, which, throngs
a vast | ar ! s of the city had gathered in
' asl crowd to witness.
WALLS BEGIN TO FALL.
.1 'up i a, m. a portion of tho wall on
Rtr °et, as well as a section on
on p ‘ in. and a small portion
wrivu'i ,r ‘i viel ‘ street side fell outward,
:, a "g about fifty telegraph wires. By
buiiui; , , i lst of tho interior of tho
(St , ' 11,1 tumbled in, leaving only tho
, ">'/'■* Street walls intact,
iim t!i, i(T street, the flames were eat
"hii , ,'," a y '“to the three buildings
ofn,:. ) ; 1, T Vl ' n r a between the great wall'
N,nj,,„ '? te i nn , d the old established Union
b.irfi'?' l!ank at the corner. These
pi l: ] . ° n Uravier street were occu
cac,.,| „ 11 , number of firms on
suran,.,. a tho , machinery and in
fer ii,,, ;!? n< --y business. Fortunately
tlmif Hterests of these firms most of
pt-iu'eii 1 1 -'sentatives or their clerks ap
kablohr, u'“ the scene and saved theval
_\ 0 j, . d<s and papers.
New , 1 la t lias evor been known in
greater ~i! n * lns l>ecn accompanied by a
cari-,,.,1 i... lawer .°f sparks, which wore
or four blocks Wm<ls a distance of three
The i THE l,oss .
10 loi'limo ‘ S cstilnated at about SBOO,OOO
os the St. Charles hotel, there arc
Jltening |
other losses. The first outside building !
to be ignited was No. 169 Uravier street.
Ihe ground door occupied by the New
Orleans Electric Company and the upper
floors as a boarding house. The building
was gutted in a short time. Several
boarders were rescued from the third
story by the police.
No. 171 Gravier 3treet was badly
damaged.
Nos. 158 and 160 Common street was
almost destroyed, and Nos. 102 and 104
considerably damaged.
Nearly all the buildings in the rear of
the hotel in tho same squarejand fronting
on Carondelet street wero more or less
damaged by tire and water.
OCCUPANTS OF THE STOKES.
The ground floor of the hotel building
was occupied as follows, almost the en
tire contents being destroyed, asbutlittle
of consequence was saved: Alexander
I.evy, tailor; Turf Exchange;
and freight offices of the Texas and
Pacific Railroad, loss $15,000; a barber
shop; Hosenfelder & Hocke. shoes; J. C.
Smith, shirts; Teupolin,tailor; A. Bonne,
shoes; ticket office of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad; Piedmont Railroad
ticket office; W. H. Brown, coal.
"Beneath the rotunda of the St.
Charles hotel was the handsome barroom
owned by the widow of Leon Lamothe.
At noon to-day a gang of men were set
to work removing the debris in search of
the bodies of the missing employes. The
man, who was killed by leaping from the
burning buildingl was John Riley, a
baker.
THE INSURANCE ON THE HOTEL.
The insurance on the hotel is as follows:
Hartford Home, New York, Orient, Lon
don and Lancaster, imperial. Commer
cial Union and Georgia Homo SIO,(KK) each;
Royal. $7,500; Sun Mutual, $7,500; North
American, $(>,500: Aetna, American, New
York, Lion, Niagara, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Norwich Union, Phoenix of
Hartford, Western, American, Philadel
phia, Manchester. Phrenix of London,
New York Underwriters, Hamburg,
Bremen, Phoenix of New York, Caledo
nian, $5,000 each; Farragut, National,
Palatine, Merchants’ of New Jersey,
Girard, St. Paul, Greenwich, Gerrnan-
American, Milwaukee Mechanics’, Lon
don Assurance, Providence, Washington,
Fireman’s Fund, Fire Association of
Philadelphia, British-American, $2,500
each; German-Amcrican of New York,
SI,OOO. Total, $212,500.
CLASH OF THE LABOR ORDERS.
The Brotherhood Men Go Back on the
Union Men on the Great Northern.
St. Cloud, Minn., April 29.—The strikers
have been put in a state of indignation by
the action of the Brotherhood of En
gineers last night, who met and decided
to go to work at once on the strength of the
proposition offered by tho compan.y and
the return to the old schedule of wages,
it was followed this afternoon by tho
Brotherhood of Firemen reaching the
same conclusion. Resolutions wore unan
imously passed that no propositions
would be considered unless they came
through the American Railway Union’s
officers. The indignation of the strikers
knew no bounds, but they say they are
bound to carry the day regardless
of this action and are in hopes the
other divisions will not follow the ex
ample of this one. Nothing in the yards
has been moved to-day, but the officials
say that by to-morrow morning the com
pany will resume all traffic of every
character. The men deny this.
TROOPS OUT IN NORTH DAKOTA.
St Paul, Minn., April 29.—Shortly be
fore midnignt last night Col. Swaine, act
ing on orders of the President, had
directed Col. Mason, in charge ol the post
at Fort Snelling, to send a portion of the
Third Regiment to North Dakota
to assist United States Mar
shal Cronin in serving warrants
and making arrests of riotous strikers
along tho Great Northern railway. Ac
cordingly tho whole Third regiment was
called from the barracks this morning at
5 o’clock, and four companies selected for
the trip. Maj. John P. Patterson was
named to take charge of the expedition,
and companies ABC and D were selected
to go with him. After receiving in
structions from Col. Mason to act with
coolness and bravery, the four companies
left the fort without demonstration via
the Great Northern, and barring acci
dents, will arrive at Grand Forks to-mor
row at 7 o’clock in the morning. The
number of men in the four companies is
201. It is stated that Marshal Cronin
will order two companies to Devil’s Lake
and use the others where rioting seems
most likely.
MORE INCLINED TO OBEY THE LAW.
Fifty United States marshals returned
here this morning from Minnesota points.
They report the strikers at Barnesville,
St. Cloud, Wilmar and Moorehead more
inclined to obey the law, and it is hoped
the cutting of trains will entirely
cease. Tho mass meeting at Labor
Hall this evening was attended by
nearly 1,000 men, most of them St. Paul
and Minneapolis strikers. Mayor Eustis,
of Minneapolis, appeared and delivered
an address urging the men to accept the
proposition of the St. Paul and Minneapo
lis Company. Commercial bodies suggest
that the whole question of wages be
placed in the hands of five arbitrators.
This proposition was discussed
with bitterness by the strikers,
who, upon a vote, rejected
it unanimously, and issued an ultimatum
that they would accept nothing but a
complete restoration of wages to the
August schedules.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign of
the Knights of Labor confirmed the re
port that he had ordored all Knights of
Labor on the Great Northern railway
svstem to quit their places to aid tho
American Railway Union in winning its
point.
Dispatches to the Great Northern gen
eral officials this afternoon say the engi
neers and firemen at Wilmar, St Cloud
and Baruesville this afternoon, reported
to their superintendents at those points
that they wero ready for duty on all
trains to which they might bo assigned.
Tt was learned also that all the brakemen
on the three branches centering at Crooks
ton, have announced their willingness to
go to work on Monday.
A SECRET SESSION AT ST. PAUL.
Tho Brotherhood of locomotive Engi
neers held a secret session here this after
noon and, it is said, caino to some deunit©
conclusion regardintr the strike. It is
generally believed that they decided to
return to work on tho Great Northern at
the increased pay. Tho American Kail
way Union had been basing great hopes
on keeping the engineers with them.
BURIAL OF MRS. MORGAN.
The Funeral Sorvices and Interment
at Washington.
Washington, April 29,-The funeral
services over the remains of Mrs. John
T. Morgan, wife of Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, who died .yesterday, will bo
held at the residence in this city Tuesday
morning at 10:30 o’clock. The interment
will be at Rock Creek cemetery, near this
city.
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY. ARM 1,30,1894.
RUINED FOR LIFE BY A PUEI
Kiderlen-WaecMer’s Political Future
Now a Blank.
The Emperor Little Inclined to Save
His Former Favorite From Prosecu
tion and Imprisonment—Kiderlen-
Waecheter Undoubtedly Tried to
Wield a Despotic Power in Ail Mat
ters Concerning the Throne—Bis
marck Tells of His Love for the Soli
tudes of the Forests-A Bullet-Proof
Cuirass. *
Berlin, April 29.—Herr Von Kiderlen
Waecheter, chief of the press depart
ment in the foreign offices, has virtually
ruined his political prospects. His duel
with Dr. Polstorff, editor of the Kladder
datsch, is justified only by a certain mili
tary clique on the ground that the attacks
of that journal were unendurable for
any man of honor. The emperor, how
ever, does not take this view and
although Herr Kiderlen-Waecheter was
long his favorite and closo friend, he is
now little inclined to save him from prose
cution for violation of the law against
dueling. Such a prosecution would land
Herr Kiderlen-Waecheter iu a fortress for
a term of a year or two. Since Count
Von Waldersee left Berlin in dis
favor, there has not been such
an awful fall outside the cabinet,
for Herr Kiderlen-Waecheter had been
pushed forward so rapidly by the em
peror’s own hand, that he was regarded
sjx months ago as a possible candidate for
the very highest honors in the imperial
service.
AN UGLY MESS.
The whole Kiadderdat sch affair has
been an ugly mess for the foreign offices
and its intimates. While the Kladder
datsch has never proved conclusively
that Herr Kiderlen-Waecheter and Herr
Von Holstein really matured the ill-feel
ing between Prince Bismarck and the
emperor, there is no doubt in
anybody’s mind that they ex
erted undue and harmful influence
over his majesty. Herr Kiderleu-
Weacheter, who was more intimate than
Herr von Holstein with the emperor,
sought to wield a desj tic power in all
matters concerning the throne. He en
deavored to use his position at the
head of the press department to dictate
his own policy on certain questions, and he
even tried to bully Chancellor von Caprivi.
A person closely acquainted with the in
ternal workings of the foreign office was so
vexed by this dictatorship that he di
vulged all ho knew to the owners of tho
Kladderdatsch. The sensation caused by
the revelations has reacted, however, upon
the editors, for when final proof of their
accusations were demanded, their in
former remained silent, 5s he feared to
compromise himself. Dr. Polstorff, the
managing editor of the journal, was
obliged to suffer the consequences. He
still carries his antagonist's bullet.
BISMARCK LOVES THE FORESTS.
Prince Bismarck was exceptionally gal
lant at the reception of women in the
Duchy of Bergon, Thursday. He shook
hands with every member of the deputa
tion, gave her a rose and his autograph
and invited her to visit Freidrichsrhue
again. He spoke at length with one of the
deputies concerning his life in the Saxon
forest. He never felt so lonely when
wandering among the trees, lie said, as
as he, had felt throughout the thirty years
which he had passed iu big cities, at court
and in parliament. The forest solitudes
must have a soothing influence upon Ger
mans, he thought, as the German rangers
were the happiest and most contented
persons in tho world, while the German
politicians were, without exception, dis
satisfied and miserable. Ho had always
wished to pass the last ten years of his
life in rural quietude. When he was in
office the temptation to leave the hurly
burly of politics for a long rest in the
country had often almost overpowered
his sense of duty. In 1877, for In
stance, he had been so worried by intrigues
and opposition that he was absolutely in
earnest when he asked the old emperor to
let him retire. The prince's speech to the
deputation concerned present politics
only. “On tho subjects of Prussia, par
ticularism still has a strong hold. Many
East Prussians cannot forgive me. It is
for the best, however, that wo are
50,000,000 Germans instead of 50,000,000
Prussians. Presently my fellow Prus
sians will comprehend that with
10.000,000 Prussians, Emperor William
111 was unable to bring his kingdom into
lino with the great powers. In the course
of time the East Prussians will realize
that things have bettered for them since
1800.”
HAS OFFENDED THE LIBERALS.
Prince Bismarck has grievously offended
tho liberals by his exceptional courteous
ness to the conservatives. He tele
graphed on Friday to Count Zu Limburg-
Stirum, thanking him “Tor the birthday
congratulations sent by the conservative
groupes in the Reichstag, and adding:
"Please bring my thanks to tho notice of
our personal friends.” It was only last
week that the national liberal deputies
were in Friedriehsruhe and, in view of
their party’s prolonged co operation with
the old chancellor, they objocted to oeing
classed with his personal opponents.
Several national liberal Journals con
strue Prince Bismark’s dispatch as indi
cating his relapse into his old feudalistio
position.
Emperor William has ordered that
Tavlor Howes’ bullet-proof cuirass be
tested before him at the new palace on
Thursday. Rifle Sergeant Kolmar ex
perimented at the Wintergarten with the
cuirass yesterday. After the cloth had
been fitted over an iron block ho fired
fifteon shots at a range of thirty feet.
One bullet stuck in the coat and the
others fell to the floor. The inside of the
cloth was hardly dented. Among the on
lookers was A. S. Jackson.
ANNIVERSARY OF SEDAN.
Emperor William proposes to observe
the 26th anniversary of Sedan by deco
rating the survivors with medals, which
will be struck from cannon taken from
Ihe French. The proposal has excited
much comment and not a little disap
proval In military circles.
The new bourse tax has caused much
bad feeling among Berlin financiers. The
new imperial 3 per cent, loan was not
pushed by the bourse operators, and few
if any of them were tempted to take even
a small part of it. Nevertheless the loau
was subscribed three times over
Count von Mirbach. Herr von Kardoff
and Dr. Arendt, all strong silver men,
have been invited to attend the con
ference of the bi-metallists in London.
Dr. Arendt will go, but the other two
will remain here to keep up the agrarian
agitation. t
CARLISLE ON THE TARIFF.
He Favors Concessions in Order to As
sure the Passage of the Bill.
Washington, April 29. Secretary Car
lisle, before his departure for his brief
holiday trip to Fortress Monroe, was
asked whether the report was true that
he had been taking part in conferences in
regard to amendments to the tariff
bill. He replied: "l have had no
conference upon this subject with
anybody except the democratic members
of the Senate committee on finance, ami
therefore cannot state, of my own per
sonal knowledge, what has occurred iu
any other conferences that may have
taken place. It is truo that an effort is
being made to agree upon such changes
in the pending bill as will secure for it
tho united and active support of all
the democrats in the Senate. The indi
cations now are that this support can and
will be secured without making radical
changes in the rates of duty, or material
alterations in the former structure of the
tariff schedules as they were passed
by the House of Representatives. In
fact, I regard most of the changes now
under consideration as quite unimportant,
while the remainder are not of such a
character as substantially to affect the
merits of the bill as a measure for the re
formation of tho worst features of exist
ing legislation upon this subject.
SHOULDN’T DEFEAT HIE WHOLE BILL.
“I do not think we ought to permit dif
ferences of opinion upon mere matters of
detail, or in regard to small increases or
reductions of rates in the bill as it now
stands, to prevent the redemption of our
pledges to the peopie. and, there
fore, I am in favor of securing,
if possible, without any surrender
of principle and without abandoning any
part of the democratic policy of tariff re
form, such mutual concessions upon these
points as will consolidate our strength
and pass the measure at tho earliest pos
sible date. So far as the proposed amend
ments relate to duties on important
articles of consumption now subject to
duty, the rates suggested as a basis for
adjustment are all much lower than in
the present law, while there are only a
few instances in which they are higher
than in tho bill reported by the Senate
committee.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
“By far the most important single
article upon which a change of duty is
now proposed, is sugar, raw and roflned,
and it is strenuously contended by per
sons interested in the production
of this article, that the specific
rates already in tho bill,
as reported by the Senate committee are
higher than the ad valorem rates which
it is now proposed to insert. Whether
this is correct or not, depends upon tho
price of sugar in tho foreign markets
from time to time, and therefore it is not
possible to make an exactly accurate state
ment upon the subject, but I am satisfied
that the difference, if any, bet weep tlxo
specific rates heretofore proposed and
the ad valorem rate now under considera
tion is so small as to be of no material
consequence either way. At any rate 1
think that differences of opinion upon this
question, which has always been trouble
some and vexatious, sflould not be allowed
to defeat the passage of the tariff bill,
and I believe this is the opinion of all in
telligent and sincere advocates of revenue
reform.
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE.
“The repeal of the McKinley act and
the substitution of a more just and
equitable measure in its place, are of
vital importance to the prosperity of the
country, and the people have a right to
expect that all who are really in favor of
a reduction of tariff taxation will make
such reasonable concessions in eachothors’
views as will certainly accomplish those
results. If the country is to wait for tariff
reform until a measure is devised which
is entirely acceptable in all its parts to
every senator and representative whoso
vote is necessary to pass it, our promises
will never be kept.”
THE INCOME TAX.
Replying to the question as to whether
any changes were proposed in that part
of the bill which relates to the income
tax, Mr. Carlisle said: “It is well known
that there has been from the be
ginning considerable objection to tlie
proposed income tax, even among
those who have voted for and sup
ported the bill with that feature In
it. Much of this opposition has been
based upon the provisions of the bill
which prescribe the methods of ascer
taining and collecting the tax, some of
which are alleged to be arbitrary and
even inquisitorial. In my opinion, many
of those objectionablo provisions ought to
be and can be safely omitted from tho bill,
and other changes can be made, which
the advocates of an income tax can con
sistently accept, and which will, at the
same time remove the principal objec
tions of its opponents and secure their
support for the bill. This method
of securing revenue has never be
fore been resorted to by [the
government of the United States, except
in timo of war, when it was absolutely
necessary to utilize every means within
its reach, and there are many patriotic
cit izens who arc not satisfied that its adop
tion as a permanent part of our system is
justifiable in time of peace, when no great
emergency exists. This view of the sub
ject could be generally met, I think, by
limiting the operation of the law to a
reasonable period, say five years,
so that its effect upon the
country could be thoroughly tested,
leaving the people to decide hereafter, in
the light of the experience thus acquired
whether it shall continue or expire by its
own terms. The power to repeal always
exists, and the power to enact can be
promptly exercised if the majority of peo
ple approve the measure."
DOWN ON BRECKINRIDGE.
A Pamphlet Against His Return to
Congress to Be Circulated.
Lexington, Ky., April 29.—The anti-
Breckinridge people in the Seventh con
gressional district have issued a pamphlet
containing 12.000 words, written by Prof.
J. B Jones, of Hamilton Female College
here. The book is entitled: "An appeal
to the people of the Ashland district for
purity in the home and morality in pub
lic life, and a protest against the re
election of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge.”
At the bottom of the title page appears:
“Righteousness exalts an alien, but sin,is
a reproach to any people.”
Twenty thousand copies of tho pam
phlet havo been Issued and their circula
tion began yesterday. In the introduc
tion it states: “This pamphlet is printed
and distributed In the interest of no can
didate in the field, uor hereafter to be an
nounced. ”
Dropped Dead,
Birmingham. Ala . April 29.—R. W. A.
Wilda, one of the oldest and most widely
known citizensof this city, dropped dead
without warningthis afternoon, of paraly
sis of the heart. He was about 65 years
of age, and a civil engineer.
COXEY’S ARM IN COLUMBIA
It Crosses the Line at Noon Without
Molestation.
A Squad of Cavalrymen and 150
Bicyclists on the Line to Meet the
Weary Marchers—The Army Goes
Into Camp at the Driving Park 380
Strong— Gen. Coxey Takes Up His
Quarters With His Wife and Child
at the National Hotel.
Washington, April 29.—Gon. Coxcy's
ragged and footsore army of the common
weal marched into the District of Colum
bia to-day without molestution by the au
thorities, and are encam(cd to-night on
federal territory within a few miles of
the capitol. Citizen Coxey sleeps at tho
National hotel, where he Joined his wife
and child this afternoon. .Tho rank and
file of the “army” lie ou the
damp ground in 1 Brightwood driving
park, where thousands of people
gathered to-day to inspect the queer
contingent. There was no incident in the
march from Rockville until the advance
guard arrived at the junction of the
Brookville pike, where about 150 bicy
clists, including Spooner, of Chicago, the
amateur long distance champion, were
drawn up in line. Tho wheelmen made a
demand on behaif of tho cyclists for a good
road’s speech, and Coxey, from his com
fortablo carriage, complied.
A KICK AT A TOLL GATE.
A toll gate was shortly afterward
reached, and after many remonstrances,
finding the toll-keeper obdurate, Gen.
Coxey went down in his pocket and
brought forth the necessary amount to
secure the passage of all his mounted fol
lowers, which was 68 cents.
Mountebank Smith, tho “Unknown,”
with his meagre contingent of deserters
from the commonweal army, had
marched his men from Rockville in
advance of their former comrades and they
established a temporary camp at Silver
Springs, a station on tho Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, where the track crosses
the Rockville pike, a short distance from
the district lino. Hero also was estab
lished a squad of Coxoyitos under Mar
shal Greenan, who had been sent on
ahead to apprehend any commouwealers
who might attempt to enter Washington
iu advance of the main force.
A SQUAD OF CAVALRYMEN.
A squad of a dozen cavalrymen of tho
regular service from Fort Meyer, who
said they were merely giving their horses
an airing, likewise bivouacked at Silver
Springs and waited there until tho army
came along.
Just at noon those at Silver Springs
saw the waving banners of Gen. Coxey’s
cohorts in the distance. Two hundred
people were gathered at tho Silver
Springs station when tho commonweal
army approached. Marshal Browne rode
at the head on one of Gen. Coxey’s
horses. Gen. Coxey himself, dressed in a
stylish gray suit, rode in a low phaeton,
driven by one of his henchmen. Then
caine the army, marching by twos, each
commune divided from another by a big
wagon. There were 336 of them by
actual count, including tho advanco
guard, and the Jones contingent from
Philadelphia. Christopher Columbus
Jones, the leader of tho Philadelphia
commune, riding Coxoy’s Hambletonian
“Ouvaler,” looked like nil Itinerant
preacher in his silk hat and black clothes.
CROSSING THE LINE.
It was 12:20 o’clock when the district
line was reached. Only three police offi
cers were in evidence when the common
wealers drew near the driving park at 1
o’clock. At the entrance was a sign
stating that no admission would be
charged to the park, but sight-seers were
expected to contribute something to help
along the cause. Many contributions
were collected in this way.
Gen. Coxey, when questioned as to his
next movement, said: "Weshulllose no
time at this camp. Tuesday morning we
shall march down Twenty-first street
to the statue of Washington and
along Pennsylvania avenue past
tho white house and the treasury,
reaching the steps of tho capitol at noon.
There we shall hold a meeting and im
press upon congress the advisability of
agreeing to the measures of the common
weal, the good roads and tho non-interest
bearing bond bills.”
“What if they stop you?” was asked.
“They can’t stop us. The constitution
does not permit them. There’ll be no in
terference. We shall not transgress any
law that is constitutional. There'll be no
disorder in our parade or meeting. Wo
have a perfect right to gather on the
steps of the capitol, and we’ll do so.”
FRYE'S ARMY ON PARADE.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 29.—Gen.
Frye's contingent of the Coxey army
paraded this afternoon in full strength,
and excited a great deal of attention from
a large crowd of citizens who lined the
sidewalks along the line of march. Tho
army had been subject to a bath and pre
sented a clean appearance, notwithstand
ing their wearing apparel was full
of patches. A number of transparencies
were carried and the general rode in a
carriage. Arriving at Tomlinson’s hall,
Gen. Frye addressod a tremendous audi
ence on the subject of greenbacks. The
army will make an effort to-morrow to
continue its march to Washington, but it
will not be able to obtain transportation,
as the railroads have positively refused
to assist Gen. Frye.
A PARADE AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, April 29.—The local com
monweal regiment paraded 255 strong on
Lucas Market square to day. Speeches
were made and recruits taken in. Not a
policeman was in sight and the meeting
was orderly. Another big meeting was
held at Central Turner hall this after
noon. The Morrison Brigade is expected
to start to-morrow on the tramp to Wash
ington.
KELLEY BOUND TO HAVE A TRAIN.
Des Moines, la., April 99.—Gen. Kel
ley's California industrial army is com
fortably housed to-night in a vacant stove
foundry and has provisions for two days.
Gen. Kelley declares that his men will
remain until railroad trans|>ortation is
furnished and expresses confidence that
it will be forthcoming. If it is not, ho
says, the people of Des Moines can feed
the army or let it starve. He relies upon
the sympathy of the labor element to
force some railroad to furnish a train at
a reasonable price.
GALVIN’S ARMY AT COLUMBUS.
Columbus. 0., April 29. -Col. Galvin’s
industrial army is in camp here, living off
the fat of the land, contributed to tho
men by tho Columbus Trades' Assembly.
After the encounter with the military
yesterday, the citizens of Mount Sterling
raised enough money to send them here,
where they arrived soon after miduight,
and were permitted to sleep iu the Trades'
Assembly hall. About S3OO has been sub- j
scribed here to send them oast, but the
army will stay here a day or two.
LIFE OF MISS BARTON.
The Red Cross Heroine to Prepare an
Autobiography.
New York, April 29.—The Review of
Reviews in its May number will announce
that Miss Clara Barton, tho Red Cross,
heroine, will, within a few weeks, set to
work seriously upon tho prepara
tion of an autobiography. How
Miss Burton decided to give up suf
ficient timo from the active pursuit of her
great life work to prepare porsoual mem
ories is explained in the article in which
the announcement is contained.
Iu the March number of the Review of
Reviews there appeared a sketch of Miss
Barton's life and experiences, and since
its publication tho editor of tho
magazine has received letters from
gentlemen well qualified to speak
for Miss Barton, declaring that
from her point of view and from theirs
the article was of an unfriendly tono,
while in its biographical details it w as in
accurate at points which Miss Bartou
would consider serious ruthor than trivial.
Among these letters was one from
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of New Haven,
Conn., mid this tho Review ofo Reviews
publishes as showing the feeling of those
most closely allied with Miss Barton and
her work.
Tho Review" of Reviows follows the
letter with the announcement that Miss
Barton will begin her autobiography
within a few weeks, and makes the on
tente honorable to Miss Barton ami tiio
friends for the inaccuracy of tho article
iu tho March number.
RUIN IN GREECE.
Nearly 100,000 Persona Without
Food or Shelter In Ons District
Alone.
Athens, April 29.- The latest reports
from Atalantt say that on Friday 365
shocks of earthquake were felt there in
eight hours. For two hours the trem
bling of the earth was almost continuous.
For a radious of three and a half miles on
every sido of the town the Holds and
highways lmvo been torn with deep fis
sures. Tho sea has encroached upon tho
shore about sixty feet. *
Dispatches from ail parts of the king
dom indicate that tho former reports of
death and damage to property have un
derestimated tho losses. Tho list of
dead and injured grows hourly. The
misery in tho smaller towns of tho
stricken district is extreme. Hundreds
who were prosperous householders
before tho earthquakes are now
without food and shelter for their
families, and are hogging for help. The
government continues to do all in its
power to relievo tho suffering, but the
Durden is beyond its means, and scores
of families are already on the verge of
of starvation. Nearly 100,(XHt persona are
said ho have been left destitute of food
and shelter in the Locris district alone.
ARCHDUKE JOSEPH FIRED ON
A Fanatical Kossuthist Supposed to
Have Fired the Shot.
Budapest, April 20.—Somebody fired
a shot in a train carrying the Archduke
Joseph from this city to Gratz. The bul
let entered tho compartment next to the
one occupied by the Archduke
and lodged in tho wood work with
out having injured anybody. Jt Is
said that the archduke recently resigned
his seat in tho commission of tho Hun
garian Academy of Science, because ho
wished to protest against the academy
taking part in Kossuth’s funeral. The
inference is that the attempt upon his
life was made by a fanatical ad
mirer of Kossuth. No announce
ment of the archduke's resigna
tion has been made, however, and
it is very doubtful that he took the stop
in question, as ho is not notoriously pro-
Hungarian in his sentiments. Neverthe
less, the reportof his resignation from tho
committee has embittered some of the
most rabid Kossuthists. The police have
not found any clue to tho identity of tho
person who fired the shot.
FIRED BY AN INCENDIARY.
Business Places Burned Out at Win
chester at a Loss of SIOO,OOO.
Winchester, Va., April 29. —Winches
ter had a $100,009 Are to-day of incendiary
origin. This is the second fire within tho
month. The fire started on Main street,
opposite the historic Taylor hotel, and
burned the heart out of the best business
block in the town.*
The principal losers arc: Solenbcrger
A Stouflor, stoves and hardware, $12,000;
John Vilwig, furniture, $3,000; Adams
Express Company, $1,000; C. W. Hensell,
drygoods, $15,000; William Hardy, sad
dlery, $5,000; Horsey & Atwell, clothiers,
sls,ooo,and a numberof stables and small
buildings. Evans & Bros, owned the
building occupied by Hensell and the ex
press company. Their loss is about $20,-
000. Charles A. Heller owned Solen
berger & Stouffer's building. His loss is
SIO,OOO. All are partly insured.
BROKE OUT OF JAIL.
Four Daring Criminals Make Their
Escape at Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., April 29.—Y. C.
Hughes, Sam McLendon, Joe Griffith and
George Rice, colored, made a daring
and successful escape from tho Jefferson
county Jail early this morning. Hughes
was convicted of murder and under sen
tence of death. Mclgmdod and Griffith
wero under indictments for murder,
and Rice for burglary and grand
larceny. Tho Jail is new and was thought
to be the strongest in the south. A hole
a foot square was cut out of a solid sheet
of Iron in the top of a cell, through which
the men got to the roof. After breaking
through the roof they escaped over an
outer wall by means of blankots. The
wall was four feet away. Blood hounds
were used as soon as tho delivery was de
tected, but tho men wero not recaptured.
JURORS IN PERIL OF DEATH.
Anarchists Threaten the Men Who
Convicted Henry.
Paris. April 29.—A1l tho Jurors who
yesterday found the anarchist Henry
guilty have received letters threatening
their lives. They, as well ns tho Judges,
prosecutors and court officers who wero
concerned in the trial, are receiving
special police protection. Tho guards at
the houses of high officials, who have
earned the enmity of tho anarchists, and
at the public buildings, have been in
creased.
A Library Building Burned.
Ashland, Wis., April 29.—Fire early this
morning destroyed the Vaughn library
building. The total loss is $! 20,000.
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HAWTHORNE ON THE A. P. A.
lie Attacks It and Our Boast of Re
ligious Liberty.
The Baptist Editor Who Attacked
Gov. Northen for Appointing Patrick
Walsh a Senator Read Out of tho
Church The Employment of Chap
lains By the States and Federal
Government, and the Exemption of
Church Property From Taxation
Denounced.
Atlanta, Ga., April 29.—Rev. Dr. J. B.
Hawthorne, pastor of the First Baptist
church, preached a sermon to-day that
will be likely to have an Interesting hero
after. The recent bitter attacks upon
Gov. Northen on account of his appoint
ment of Senator Walsh, a Catholic,
by Rev. Dr Cranflll, editor of the Texas
Baptist Standard, caused Dr. Ilawthorue
to take up the American Protective As
sociation, of which organization Editor
Cranflll is reported to be a member, nnd
he handled It without gloves. Ha also
discussed tho question of religious liberty
in America, and took tho position
that despite our boast of re
ligious freedom, there is a
distinct alliunce between tho church and
state in this country. The stale of
Georgia, he said, still bears tho blot upon
her name of fostering tho Protestant re
ligion in sustaining tho office of a chap
lain for her legislature nnd exempting
church property from taxation, and ho
adviqod that tho question of abolishing
this office of chaplain bo made an issue in
the approaching legislative campaign.
In handling Editor Cranflll and tho
American Protective Association, Dr.
Hawthorne read the Texas editor out of
tho Baptist church and declared that tho
American Protective Association, which
was an oath-bound organization to fight
the election or appointment of any Ro
man Catholic to public office in this coun
try, would not only bo overwhelmed by
the people of the country, but would con
vert more to the Catholic religion than
the greatest achievements of Romish
propound ism.
A. U. A. CLAIMS RIDICULED.
Ho ridiculed severely the American
Protective Association’s claims that tho
organization is lighting a papal conspir
acy to gain control of tho government
and stamp out Protestantism in thi
country He characterized the American
Protective Association as a relentless
association, whose purposes were not only
contrary to the principle of religious lib
erty, “but,” he said, referring to Editor
Cranflll, "a man who is a member of it is
as unlit for membership in tho Baptist
church as he is for the rights of citizen
ship." Without referring to him by
name, Dr. Hawthorne commended Gov.
Northen, who was in the congregation,
for his refusal to allow considerations of
religious sect to enter into his official
acts.
Gov. Northen and Dr. Hawthorne will
both go to tho Southern Baptist conven
tion next week. Dr. Cranflll will also lie
there, and the probability is that there
will be some sensational passages bo
tween them In the convention. Dr. Haw
thorne’s sermon to day was such an ar
raignment of Editor Cranflll that it can
hardly fail to attract the notice of tho
convention.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY A FARO*.
In closing his sermon. Dr. Huwthorna
undertook to provo the fallacy of religious
liberty in this country. Ho arraigned
congress for using the public moneys to
support a congressional chaplain, though
he thought the average congressman, es
pecially those now In Washington, needed
the benefit of prayers and good old or
thodox sermons, if anybody In the world
needed them; chaplains In tho army and
navy chaplains for the governmental
schools and for appropriating money for
teaching religion to the Indians. Tho
doctor thought congress had about
as much right to make a
Mormon elder or a Buddhist chaplain,
as a Presbyterian or Baptist. There was
a patronizing of religious creed by tho
state, ho said. It is not right to force tho
Jews, Kornartites and others to support
with their taxes a religion which they
repudiate. The same, he said, applied to
tho state of Georgia where church prop
erty Is exempted from taxation and
mono,y is appropriated to schools for
teaching religion. All this, ho contended,
was Just as opposed to religious liberty as
the American Protective Association and
its policy of outrage and persecution.
COAX CREEK S MINERS.
The Men Must Walk Out or Take What
the Miners Give Them.
Knoxvlllo, Tonn., April 20.—Positive in
formation comes from the Coal Crook
miners that they must walk out or taka
what tho Jelliro miners give them. Tbo
latter have asked that tho Coal Creek
minors strike May 1 oven if their con
tracts do not expire for several months.
The Coal Creek miners are backed by
their operators, and nothing less than
state troops will prevent a conflict.
THE SITIATION IX WEST VIRGINIA.
Charleston, W. Va., April 29.—Tho
strike situation in this section is as it has
been from the sturt. namely, tho greator
part of the ipon are-out, no trouble has oc
curred and none is feared. It is believed
to-day that part of the miners will be at
work by the middle of the week in both
the Kanawha and New Itivyrdistricts,
as the operators have about determined
that tho strike was got up by the Ohio
and Pennsylvania coal operators in order
to injure the interests of operators in this
territory.
A STRIKE IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Now York, April 29. -A special to a
morning paper from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
savs: “All the miners in the Spring Hill
collieries struck yesterday. They num
ber 1,900. The men claim insufficient
payment.”
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
The Revised Rules Prepared by the
Surgeon General Approved.
Washington. April 29,—The revised
regulations to be observed at foreign ports
and at sea, and at the maritime quaran
tines of the United States, aud also on the
Canadian and Mexican border, pre
pared by Surgeon General Wyman,
of tho marine hospital servicp
havo been approvod by the treasury.
The amendments and additions mauo
are tlie results of the experience of the
marine hospital bureau during the past
year. Tho regulations to be observed at
foreign porta take effect ten days after
they havo been posted in the office of jlie
United Stutcs consul according to law,
and all previous quarantine regulations to
be observed in foreign ports will then
cease to be operative.