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J VMAIII.IHH*D 1860. iNUORPwHATED 1888. >
| J. 11. LFI'ILL, President. 1
HUNGER IN COXEY’S camp
Ibe Army Left Without Breakfast and
Forced to Beg.
gen. Coxey and Marshal Browne Liv
jn(f on the Fat of the Land in a Hotel.
The Marshal Explains That He
Thought Breakfast Had Been Pro
vided—The Army to March on the
Capitol To-day—The Marshal Makes
a Lugubrious Explanation of His
Failure to Have 100,000 Men in
Line.
Washington, April 80. —' There was al
most a mutiny in the commonweal army
at Brightwood to day. Coxey and Browne
registered at the National hotel, where
they spent the night comfortably. But
the rank and tile slept on the ground in
the open air, or in such shelter as they
could find in the sheds and wagons in the
driving park, and this morning they were
stiff with cold, as well as hungry. Noth
ing had been provided for breakfast, and
tbev had nothing to eat until 1:30 o'clocjc.
There was a great deal of growling,
and some threats, and some of the men
then started out foraging on their own
hook. Men were begging from door to
and, or at private dwellings in Washington
this afternoon, representing themselves
to be member’s of Coxey’s command.
Early in the afternoon some provisions
arrived from the city, and after the men
had been fed, Marshal Browne arrived
with additional supplies.
BROWNE EXPLAINS THE DELAY.
He explained that the delay was due
to the fact that he and Coxey
had trusted to the local common
wealers to feed tho men.’’ Wo were
busy all day attending to other matters”
he said, -trying to get a place in town
for you boys, so that you can go about the
city and in the eapitol and wherever you
please. We think you will behave your
selves. As Shakespeare says: ‘All’s
well thal ends well,’ and so as this has
ended well I hope there won’t bo any
more trouble, l’ass the word around
among the boys and tell them that they’ll
get their meals regular hereafter.”
There was not a murmur of dissent,
and so the projiosed mutiny was dissi
pated. Marshal Browne gave audience
to the newspaper men in his tent after
ward, and told them that the army would
remain at Brightwood park to-night, and
form the line Tor the march to the eapitol
there to-morrow morning. “We don’t
know where we’ll stay to-morrow night,”
lie said, -perhaps we'll camp in the capi
tol grounds. We re going to carry this
thing through to the end. Have we not
done everything I said we would?”
-All except having lOO.OtX) men to form
the parade,” some ono said.
BROWNE HEDGES.
“I did not say we'd have 100,000 men in
line,” answered Marshal Browne. ”1
said there would bo 100,000 people with
us in W ashington. And so there will be,
but they won’t be in line. I know the
people. They sympathize with us but
they won't Join in the procession to the
eapitol. But we’ll have 100,(XX) along the
route. Trains are bringing in thousands
of people and thero'll be over 100,000
strangers in Washington to-morrow to
see us."
Marshal Browne said that the band
and baggage wagons, and all the camping
paraphernalia, would appear in the dem
onstration to-morrow. He was asked
what he proposed to do if the district au
thorities decided that the parade was in
violation of tho law. and he answered
that the army had as much right to
march to the eapitol as any one else had,
ami they proposed to do it with the band
playing and flags flying’.
Nearly all tho foragers returned to
camp in time for supper.
A CHANGE IN THE ROUTE.
The route from the camp to the city
has been changed. The parade will come
in by the Fourteenth street road to Mt.
Pleasant, a suburb of the city, thence via
fourteenth street proper to Pennsylvania
avenue to the eapitol grounds. At
this point tho body will turn
into First street, up B to Dela
ware avenue, northeast, which will
place them on tho northeast border of the
grounds. Here it is proposed to disband
and enter as individuals, unless permis
sion is subsequently granted them to go
‘ ls a body. Marshal Browne and Gen.
-oxey spent a large part of the day seek
ing a location within the city for
inoir camp. An inclosed square
vacant lots southeast of the
apnol i ia s been offered them, and
u tue.v can obtain permission from the
” ■ authorities they will doubtless oe
!*? }}' a ‘^ 10U nh it affords no shelter ex
f.!J' from the winds by the fence.
Jne sanitary conditions are unfavorable
v I he purpose of this is obvious, con
eneno to the pros|H-ctive throngs of
siiors and to the base of supplies.
TOOK in u s7oo.
° eva '? < ' 'be city ordinance which im
■ ’- aheensefee of *5 per day upon ex
umions charging admission fees, no
vki> i'i'mrge was made to the crowd that
' 1 hrightwood yesterday, hut a lusty
tl„,," mmonvv ' ,ull >r stood at a table at
,1 , '''aiicp and announced vociferously
Mt contributions were solicited. In this
t i,, .' vero realized, and knowledge of
tin. mh'pslfied the dissatisfaction at
morning against Marshal
cit v „. u, s insertion to the luxuries of the
city while the men hungered.
COXEY’S PLANS.
is '.® n ' l 'oxey’s plan as outlined to-night
about m ko v < ? Vory Bte P Posslbie to bring
0! - ns object, not with an ex|>ectation
Ins tlu , t for t,l<J Purpose of putting
lie,]'t " “rly before the courts in tho
cecii i‘' s ’ whlch *>o expects. He will pro
onic.L ,IK ’ ri ' uw until he is stopped by tho
demand t W ‘ His I>lan is theu t 0
a,,., ' , Uat he be arrested and he. will
TIV, a°t the COUI I s oflaw.
mil"',o .M of IK)lice to-day issued a per
il, l tn ‘," nK , 1,10 army of the common
to parade.
"ai.vin’s company starts east.
in, S ’ °” A l ,ril 80--Col. Galvin’s
r.v-s. ',, '1 ’ arm.V left the city in passenger
to riit-Yi! ' 1 ■ Baltimore and Ohio road
loctd i ' suflu ’'ent money having been col-
V u . r r re tn tarry them to Benwood, W.
recruit.'i aPtny received about thirty-flvo
w ‘ l “ a
y Mi NERS join THE ARMY.
fru:i, I "st ill r>’i . At ' ril *>■— A special
‘Tli. cnl'i ' larisviiie Junction, 0., says:
a bi-in, I,' ?! , nt rs of this Place organized
four f ■ ox . e . v ’ army to-day of nlnety
(jci; L- ( i Ca ’ ‘.'‘tfnOing a brass tiand, with
Tlan ,' VI . . Whittington in command.
b;ituc,i.!! e< ' t 10 have IKK) men in line by
i moi ' , ‘ing. They will march to
w-ilu f °“ , with banners landed ’ldle
1 ‘"iners of Eastern Ohio. 1 ”
gwjje Jffofttittfl fiefog.
FRANK HATTON DEAD.
A Sketch of His Career in Journalism
and Politics.
Washington, April 30.—Hon. Frank
Hatton, one of the proprietors of tho
Washington Post, who was stricken last
week with paralysis, died this afternoon
at 4:30 o’clock.
The funeral services over the remains
-Mr. Hatton will be held in this city on
Thursday, and the interment will take
place in Kock Creek cemetery.
Frank Hatton was born in Cambridge,
O-’ April "fb- '846. His father was Rich
ard Hatton, the publisher of a newspaper
called the Republican at Cadiz,
0., and in his office Frank
learned the newspaper business
from the beginning up. In 1864 he volun
teered in tho union army and enlisted in
•ie Ninth Ohio regiment, with which ho
fought in the west. In 1804 he received
his commission as a first lieutenant. At
tho close of the war he settled in lowa,
and, after publishing the Mount Pleasant
Journal for a time, he went to Burlington
and became a part owner of the Burling
ton Hawkeye. He was made post
master at Burlington,and in 1881 and after
the death of President Garfield, President
Arthur called him to Washington and
made him assistant postmaster general, a
position which he held for three years,
when ho took the office of Postmaster
General to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Judge Gresham. He con
tinued in President Arth ur.’s cabinet
until Mr. Cleveland became President,
and it is said that excepting Alexander
Hamilton, Mr. Hatton was the youngest
cabinet officer who ever Berved. In 1882
and for nearly two years there
after Mr. Hatton was on the
staff of the National Republican of
Washington. In 1884 he went to Chicago
and ontcred the Mail office, where lie
eventually became chief editor. In 1888
he was one of the syndicate that founded
the New York Press, a republican Daper
devoted to protection, high tariff and the
election of Benjamin Harrison. Later, in
co-partnership with Beriah Wilkins, he
obtained control of the Washington Post,
of which he has since been the editor.
PRESS CLUB DELEGATES.
They Take in the Sights Around Chat
tanooga and Then Go to Atlanta.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 30.—The del
egates from the north and west, en route
to the meeting of the convention of the
international press clubs, to be held in
Atlanta to-morrow, spent most of the day
here. Arriving at 7 o’clock, they break
fasted on Lookout Mountain, and then,
after a drive over the city, enjoyed lunch
on Missionary Ridge. A pleasant inci
dent of the day was an Impromptu re
ception to Col. and Mrs. John A. Cooke
rill, celebrating the eleventh anniversary
of their marriage. Murat Halstead pro
posed a tost to the popular couple, and it
W3s drunk amid enthusiastic cheers.
They left this afternoon, 150 strong, for
Atlanta.
THE ARRIVAL AT ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga., April 80.—The delegates
to the annual convention of the Interna
tional League of Press Clubs, which
meets here to-morrow, arrived in a spe
cial train over the East Tennessee road
at 8 o'clock to-night. The delegates were
met in Chattanooga this morning by a
committee from the Atlanta Press Club,
and on their arrival to-nignt an
informal receptiou was tendered them
at the Kimball house. Among the
delegates are some of the most prominent
journalists in the country, including
Murat Halstead and John A. Coekerill.
An elaborate programme of entertainment
has been prepared for the editors by the
Atlanta Press Club, the principal feat
ures of which are a banquet at the Kim
ball to-morrow night, and an old fash
ioned barbecue at Stone mountain on
Wednesday. A number of ladies are in
the party, which numbers 105 persons in
all.
CHICAGO GAS TRUST.
Judge Windes Takes Up the Guo
Warranto Proceedings.
Chicago, 111., April 80.—Judge Windes
this morning consented to take up the
quo warranto proceedings commenced by
Attorney General Maloney against the
gas trust, and issued summonses for the
representatives of the defendant corpora
tions to appear a week from Wednesday.
Immediately thereafter the attorney gen
eral fired a still more powerful broadside
into the trust by filing a bill in chancery
against the gas companies and the Fidel
ity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, of Philadelphia, the intent of
which is to prevent the latter from re
ceiving any moneys intended as distribu
tion of gas trust dividends. It also pre
vents the Philadelphia company from
voting gas trust stock or interfering in
any way in the management of the gas
companies.
JUDGE NESBET’S FUNERAL.
The Pall Bearers Members of the
Macon Bar.
Macon, Ga'., April 30.—The funeral of
.Judge James T. Nesbet, who died at his
home at Bloomfield, ten miles from Ma
con, yesterday morning, took place from
the First Presbyterian church here to
day. There was a large attendance.
The pall bearers were members of tho
Macon bar. Judgo Nesfcct was 66 years
of age. He was stricken with paralysis
some months ago, and on Tuesday lust re
ceived the second stroke, which caused
his death. He was private secretary to
Gen Gordon at one time and hud always
been most active in all matters pertaining
to the welfare of Macon and Bibb county.
COINAGE OF THE RUFE-i.
The India Mints Not to Bs Reopened
to Turn Them Out.
London, April 80.-In the House of
Commons to-day Right Hon. H. M.
Fowler, secretary for India, in reply to a
question asked by Mr. Samuelson, last
Friday, said there was no foundation to
the report that it was proposed to reopen
the Indian mints to free coinage of
rupees.
Receiver for a Cotton Mill.
Charleston, S. C., April UO.-In the
United States court to-day, James J,.
Orr was appointed temporary receiver
for tho Camperdown cotton mills in
Greenville. The bill was also for a fore
closure of mortgage. Messrs. Cottman.
Wells & Ansel were tho attorneys tor
the complainant.
Declared Insane.
Americas. Ga.. April 30-Mrs. Jack
Renew was to-day declared insane andor
dered sent to the asylum. Her ailment
seems to be religious frenzy. Ilerfriends
hope for her speedy recovery.
SAVANNAH, GA., I UEKDAY. MAY 1,1894.
SOUABBLESINTIIE SENATE.
Members Grow Hot Over the Talk
About the Tariff.
Mr. Wolcott Asks Mr. Harris if He
Thinks It Is Fair to Let the Debate
Proceed on the Present Schedules
if New Ones Are to Be Brought in.
Mr. Harris Replies That Amend
ments Adopted in Committee Will
Be Promptly Laid Before the Senate.
Mr. Turpio Gives Mr. Aldrich a
Vigorous Dressing Down.
Washington, April 30. In the Senate
to-day Mr. Wolcott promptly brought on
the tariff discussion in the morning hour
by asking Mr. Harris ”If it is not fair to
us that you should inform us whether or
not this is the bill on which wo shall be
called upon to vote? Here is a bill re
ported by the finance committee. Every
section must be dependent and inter
dependent on other sections. If you cut
off revenue by changing the duty on one
article, you alter the whole scope and
harmony of your bill. If this bill is to be
the bill on which your party is to stand,
if this bill is to furnish you the revenue
for which alone you constitute a tariff,
with a possible incidental protection,
is it not extremely unfair to us
to ask us now to vote on sections
of the bill, having in your
mind tho knowledge that committee
amendments will be offered that will en
tirely change its scope and character?
It has been widely and openly asserted
that the income tax provision is to bo
emasculated or changed, that the sugar
trust is to receive an additional differ
ential, giving it in all about % of a cent a
pound, that specific duties are to be re
stored for advalorem, that the lead trust
is to receive from to 2 cents addi
tional, and, that then, with the
income tax cut out. the bill is to go
through booming. It is not fair to us
that we should be called upon to vote upon
section after section, if the knowledge
rests with the head of the finance com
mittee or any member of it, that there
are changos contemplated. 1 understood
the senator from Tennessee the other day
to deny indignantly that there are to be
any changes. Ido think that those of us
who want to help get the question settled
are entitled to know whether or not this
is the bill on which we are to be called
upon to vote.”
MB. HARRIS REPLIES.
Mr. Harris—l stated to the Senate on
Saturday, and I am ready to re-state it
here, and now, and at all times, that I am
ready to compromise conflicting opinions,
and am willing to make modifications
where they are absolutely necessary in
order to pass a tariff reform bill. Exactly
what those amendments are to be 1 am
not prepared to tell the Senate. I am now
prepared to tell the senator that
whenever the financo committee shall
have determined on any specific
amendment I shall insist upon its being
reported to tho Senate, printed and laid
on the table so that every senator can
scrutinize it and be prepared to express
his judgment upon it.
“Is it fair, then,” Mr. Wolcott asked,
“for the finance committee, with the
knowledge resting in their breast that
there are to be amendments offered, to
present this bill for us to vote on by sec
tions 1 Is it not the only fair and the only
upright thing for the committee to take
back this bill and fix it up and then pre
sent it to us?”
Mr. Teller Joined in Mr. Walcott’s sug
gestion and Mr. Aldrich, said that it was
evident that the majority of the finauce
committee was as far from an agreemen t
as to tho terms of the bill as it was three
months ago. It was due to the country
and to the Senate to know what bill it
was asked to consider.
“House bill 4864,” said Mr. Harris, “is
tho bill which the Senate is asked to con
sider. ” | Laughter].
THE CARLISLE INTERVIEW.
Mr. Aldrich was about to read the Car
lisle interview published this morning,
hut was cut off by a demand from Mr.
Alien for a vote upon the pending ques
tion, a motion to take up the tariff bill.
The motion was agreed to and the bill
was taken up.
Mr. Aldrich referred to Mr. Voorhees’
statement last Saturday, that he (Aid
rich) had uttered an untruth in saying
that some 300 amendments had been
agreed to in conference between the Sec
retary of the Treasury and some demo
cratic members of the finance committee.
Mr. Voorhees disclaimed any intention
of personal offense. He had merely
wanted to convey to the Senate and to
the country the fact that the senator was
talking on false information, as he was
now. When the senator from Rhode
Island stated the other day that there
were 200 or 300 amendnunts agreed upon,
he (Mr. Voorhees) said that the state
ment was not true, and he repeated now
that it was not true —not ono
word of it. “Doubtless,” Mr. Voorhees
added, "there were amendments in con
templation. but the statement of tho Sec
retary of the Treasury, as published in
the newspapers, was merely conjectural
as to what might happen. He wished to
make no question of veracity with the
senator from Rhode Island, but his in
formant had informed him falsely, and if,
after that, he made the assertion again
he would do it on his own responsibilty.”
ALDRICH STICKS TO IIIS CLAIM.
Mr. Aldrich—l am informed, and be
lieve, that at this very moment, in the
neighborhood of 300 amendments have
been practically agreed upon between the
high contracting parties which will
change completely the character of the
pending measure. Now, what I desire to
impress upon the Senate and upon tho
country is the fact that to-day, three
months after Ithe passage of the bill in
the House of Representatives, the official
organs of tho majority in this body are
no nearer a conclusion us to the charac
ter of the bill than they were three
months ago.
Mr. Mills characterized the discussion
started by the other side as a pyrotech
uical display from the enemy, got up for
the amusement of the groundlings and of
those in the pit. He declared that the
rules of the Senate ought to be changed,
and then the hill, which responded to
the wishes of the majority, would pass
promptly.
Mr. Voorhees quoted from the record a
few passages in Sherman’s speech of last
Saturday, comprising the sentence, “This
biil has never been considered by the
committee on finance,” and produced tho
journal Of tho committee, showing that
ttiat the bill had been reported rothe full
committee on March h, Mr. Sherman
being present, that it remained subject to
consideration by tho committee until
March 20; that it was actually considered
by the lull committee for twelve days, or
ten days, excluding Sundays: and that
amendments had been offered by Sena
tors Sherman and Morrill, discussed, and
some of them agreed to. He added that
his respect for the character of tho sen
ator from Ohio prevented him from char
acterizing him as the circumstances
would warrant from the recklessness
and carlessness evinced in the senator’s
statement.
SHERMAN STANDS BY ntS STORY.
Mr. Sherman insisted that his state
ment was substantially true, because any
attempt to change what Lad been agreed
upon in advance by the majority of the
committee was so utterly useless that the
minority should have declined to present
any amendments at all. I’ho fact re
mained. he said, that the bill had not
been treated as other tariff bills had been
treated. It had not been read in full
committee, sentence bvsentence, with an
opportunity for friendly suggestion and
discussion.
Mr. Morrill, another minority member
of the finance committee, mado a state
ment to like effect.
VOORHEES READS TUE JOURNAL.
Mr. Voorhees read the journal of tho
finance committee, from March 8 to 27, to
prove the correctness of his assertion in
contradiction to Mr. Sherman's state
ment, and added, with strong emphasis:
“Whatever may be floating in tho air, tho
income tax will stay in this bill. 1 have
made all the concessions to trusts and
to great protected industries that I
shall make. 1 have gone to the limit. I
see what is in the newspapers as well
as others. There will be amendments.
I am ready to make amendments of a cer
tain character—for example, to tho ad
ministrative features of the measure. 1
would bo willing even to adopt amend
ments to the administrative features of
the income tax. But nsMo interfering
with its vitality, its substance and its
force I never intended to yield. As to
conceding further to the sugar trust, or
anything on the subject of sugar. I never
intend to go a hair further. If 1 am
overruled by my own party, I will
go with my party, unless there be
something in it so flagrant and outrageous
that it would not be preferable to tho ex
isting law. In other words, as long as
the measure before us iB an improvement
on the monstrous system of injustice now
on the stntute books, I will embrace it.
But as to making further concessions fir
the benefit of trusts, or of any other kind
of protection in the direction indicated
in the papers of tho country, it may ns
well be known now as at any other time,
that I shall not be a party to it.”
FAHMINO OUT THE FLOOR.
Mr. Chandlor inquired of Mr. Harris
when he could have the opportunity of
making some remarks, which he had kept
bottled up since last Wednesday, and was
told that the obstacle was tho fact that
the floor had been held for the last two
weeks by Senators Quay and Dolph, who
“farmed it out.” He hoped that that
condition of things would not survive to
day.
At this point in tho proceedings Mr.
Turpie rose, and in a voice quivering
with passion, attacked Mr. Aldrich,
charging nim with having put forward
“three iies, gross, palpable: thaw Jles
basely txirn; three lies of ineonceivable
mendacity”—that there were thirty
amendments to be offered by the financo
committee; that the bill had never been
considered by the committee, and that it
was not tho bill that would be finally
presented for action. There had been.
Air. Turpie went on, denials of Mr. Ald
rich's statements by four senators.
He (Mr. Turpie) believed the greater
number, and disbelieved the lesser
number, or rather the lesser unit—the
diminutive unit, which asserted tho con
trary. Who, he asked, was the father
and author of all these reports with ref
erence to those factions? Who claimed
the paternity of them? The honorable
senator from Rhode Island was equal to
such paternity. That senator might
claim the fatherhood of many more such
fables, such fictions, such falsehoods.
ALDRICH VERY MEEK.
The only notice Mr. Aldrich took of
this bitter attack upon him was a quiet
remark that he did not suppose the sena
tor from Indiana represented anybody
but himself; and that under other cir
cumstances and other conditions that sen
ator would not have made the speech ho
had just made.
Mr. Quay then took the floor and deliv
ered the third instalment of his speech
against the tariff bill, assisted by Mr.
Gallinger in the reading of the statistics.
He was asked by Mr. Mitchell, rep., of
Oregon, at 5 o’clock p. m., whether he
would conclude to-day, and replied that
he would not.
Mr. Mitchell thereupon moved to ad
journ, and the motion was voted down;
yeas 10; nays 33.
Mr. Quay went on for a few minutes
louger and then yielded lor a motion to go
into executive session. On that motion
there was no quorum voting. The roll
was called and 45 senators, 2 more than a
quorum, responded. Then tho question
of going into executive session was voted
on again, with a similar result as before,
and for half an hour there were altern
ative roll calls and votes by yeas and
nays.
Finally Mr. Harris, tired of this fruit
less waste of time, agreed to move an ad
journment. He gave notice, however,
that if tho Senate should be left without
a quorum agaiu he would move that the
sergeant-at-arms he directed to compel
tho amcndance of the absentees and Mr.
Cockrell, chairman of the committee on
appropriations, said he would introduce a
resolution directing the sergeant-at-arms
to put in force the provision of law for
deductions from the salaries of absent
senators.
Finally at 5:56 o'clock tho Senate ad
journed till noon to-morrow, that hour
being fixed to allow senators to attend
the funeral of the wife of Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama.
The tariff bill occupied nearly soven
hours of the time of the Senate to-day.
TO BE PASSED IN FIFTEEN DAYS.
The President Working to Have the
Tariff Fight Settled.
Washington. April 30.—Every Indica
tion is that the Senate will reach a vote
on the tariff within the next fifteen days.
President Cleveland is exerting a strong
influence over congress just now. Ho
sees the necessity of an early adjourn
ment of congress. This is evident from
the extreme methods which the strong
administration elemont in the Senate are
making to get a vote.
SAVANNAH’S NEW BUILDING.
Bid* for Putting in the Foundations to
Be Received.
Washington, April 30.—Supervising
Architect O'Rourke to-day authorized ad
vertisements for bids for the foundations
for the public building at Savannah. The
bids will be open within one month, and
the contractor who reaches the lowest
figure will be authorized to begin the
work at once.
LAND SLIDES INTO A RIVER.
Six Square Miles of Earth Go Crash
ing Into the St. Anne.
Several Housss Carried Into the
Stream- A Family of Four Perishes
in One of Them—The Surface of the
Water Littered With the Floating
Carcasses of Animals—The People of
the Vicinity Terror Stricken.
Quebec, April 30. —About 8:30 o’clock
Friday night the inhabitants of the vil
lage of St. Alban, situated some fifty
miles from here, in Port Neuf county,
heard a terrific noise resembling the roll
of thunder, in the distance. The soil
commencing to vibrato a panic ensued.
Farmers ran out of their dwellings to
avoid being buried under the ruins, as
they believed the ground was going to
give way beneath them. At the upper
end of the village, somo three miles
from the parish church, is a
curve formed by tho river St. Anno, and
close to the curve is a water fall 150 feet
high. Tho ground which formed the right
hand side of the fall gave way, burying
khe Pulp Wool mill, which was situated
right underneath and blocking the course
of the stream. The stream, which was
very rapid on account of the melting snow
over the mountains and adjacent valley,
spread over the adjoining tanns and
caused the undermined embankment to
slide into tho river filling it up.
HOUSES CARRIED INTO THE RIVER.
Several houses along the river bank
were carried into the river. One of them
was occupied by a family named Gau
their, numbering four persons, all of
whom perished. Smoke was scon to
ascend from under the ruins, showing
what an awful death tho occupants must
have met.
Tho ground which slid into the river
measured about six square miles. Whole
farms have been destroyed and their
stocks and farm produce. The old bed
of the St. Anne river is now levelod, and
tile river runs miles from where it eoursod
before. Three bridges were carried
awa.v, namely, the St. Alban bridge. St.
Cosimer bridge and the St. Ann bridge.
Tho people in the neighborhood of the
scene of the disaster are still terror
stricken. The oldest inhabitants of the
place never witnessed or heard of such a
thing before, although several landslides
have occurred in the neighborhood during
the last fifty years.
THE RUSH OF WATER.
The rush of water from Laurentian
chain of mountains is tremendous during
the spring time, owing to the melting
snow and it is thought by scientific men
that the ground has boon hono.veombed
by tho water, owing the fact that the
lower stratas of soil formation are mostly
clay. Large tracts of land, trees anil
vegetation have shifted without the
least disturbance, while in other places
the laud was completely turned over.
Tile booms and wharves of J. A. Ros
seau were carried away. The St. Law
rence, at Quebec, is covered with wreck
age and carcasses of animals. Market
boats were unable to come down Satur
day from adjacent parishes, owing to the
amount of wreckage floating on the
stream. The losses are estimated at
*500,000.
LABOR IN ENGLAND.
The Royal Commission's Work Proves
of No Value.
London, April 30.—The majority and
minority reports of the royal labor com
mission have been issued, and ns pre
dicted, show that the commission has
done absolutely nothing toward the set
tlement of the question they were ap
pointed to consider. The majority report,
signed by the politicians, employers, and
economists, is mainly a negative docu
ment. It suggests no reforms, and en
deavors to dissuade parliament from en
acting specific labor laws. The report is
emphatic, however, in condemnation of a
legal limit to hours of labor and profuse
in its advice to employers and employes
to submit their differences to arbitration,
and endeavor to conciliate ono another.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
The report of the minority, the work
ingmen, is signed by Thomas Mann and
M. Masdley, and is virtually a socialist
manifesto. It expresses the opinion
that tne only solution of the
present industrial anarchy will come
when workingmen and capitalists aro re
garded alike as servants of the commu
nity. The report strongly condomus the
sweating system, low wages, uncertain
employment, unhealthful workshops and
homes, and excessive hours of labor, for
the remedying of all of which the com
munity ought to strive. Tho report
recommends tho enforcement of a uni
versal eight hour day under trades union
conditions and an increase in tho mini
mum rate of wages.
A STRIKE AT VIENNA
Masons, Brioklayers and Carpenters
Throw Down Their Tools.
Vienna, April 30.—Thirty thousand
masons and bricklayers aro on a strike
in this city and vicinity, and they havo
been Joined by the carpenters. The po
lice have thus far succeded in preventing
disorder. A large number of socialists
who were connected with the riots at
Hold Me/o Vasarhely, havo been arrested
and prosecuted.
A RIOT IN THE SUBURBS.
A quarrel arose this afternoon be
tween working men and strikers in
Ottakring, a suburb of this city. A po
liceman in trying to stop the qnarrel,
fired his revolver, wounding two of the
strikers. A general riot followed.
Reinforcements of foot and mount
ed police were summoned to
the scene. These were savagely
attacked by the mob, but succeeded in
dispersing the rioters after three hours
of hard fighting Several arrests were
made. After night fall disturbances oc
curred in several districts of this city.
The police have been reinforced all over
the city. and the troops are kept under
arms in their barracks. The anxiety of
the authorities is increasing every hour.
GREECE’S AWFUL FALL.
400 Persons Killed and 20,000 Made
Homeless by the Earthquake.
London, April 80.—The foreign minister
at Athons has informed the Greek charge
d’affairs that 400 jiersons wore killed by
tho recent earthquake in Greece and
20,000 rendered homeless and destitute.
The Greet? colony in Ixmdon are sub
scribing to the relief of the sufferers, and
have already forwarded £I,OOO to Athens
for that purpose.
RAVISHED AND THEN SLAIN.
A Negro Knocks Down a Girl’s Escort
and Then Kills Her.
New York, April 30.—A special dis
patch from Staunton, Va., sa.vs:
“Charles Bradford was escorting Lottio
Rowe home from a dance early yester
day morning, when ho was met at the
side of a deep railroud cut by Lawrenoo
Spiller, colored. Spiller knocked Brad
ford senseless with a bludgeon, and took
the girl to a field. When Bradford re
covered consciousness ho ran to the house
of the girl’s uncle, where the dance was
held, and gave an alarm. The girl’s mu
tilated body was found on the track jus
before a belated train went by. After ac
complishing his purpose Spiller had
beaten the girl's head into a jelly, and
lacerated her limbs with the bludgeon.
Spiller was arrested at ids cabin, where
a negro woman was in the act of burning
his bloody olothing. Lynching is tliroat
enen, and troops have been ordered to
Staunton to protect the murderer.”
SPILLER nEFOKK THE CORONER.
Roanoke, Va., April 30.—A special to
tho Times from Staunton, Va.. says:
“Everything has been quiet here all day.
The coroner's jury finished tho taking of
testimony in the Lottie Rowe murder
case, and thoy brought in a ver
dict that she came to hor death
at tlie hands of Lawrence Spiller,
tho negro who was arrested yesterday
charged with the crime. The special
grand Jury summoned yesterday then
took tlie matter in charge, and brought in
an indictment for murder against the
prisoner. At a few minutes past 4
O’clock this afternoon the negro was con
ducted into tlie county court by six offi
cers, passing through a double file of bay
onets from tho jail to tho court room.
A great crowd gazed on with Idle curios
ity, but there was not tho slightest indi
cation of anything like violence being at
tempted. The prisoner was arraigned at
tho bar. and pleaded ’Not guilty.’ A Jury
was empaneled after somo difficulty, ana
the court then adjourned until 8 o’clock
to-morrow.”
RIOT FEARED AT GOAL OLEKK.
Jellioo Miners Threaten the Men Who
Want to Work.
Memphis, Tenn., April 80.—Tho news
from Coal Creek is of the most alarming
character. Tho miners of tho Jellico
mine have for several (lays been ondoavor
ing to induce the Coal Creek miners to
join in the strike, and a mass meeting
was held at Coal Creek to vote on tlie
question yesterday afternoon. A ma
jority of tlie Coal Creek miners voted not
to striko, as they have no particular
grievance, and their contract with the
mining companies does not expire until
August Tho result of tho voto has en
raged tho Jellico minors, who say thoy
intend to compol tho Coal Creek minora
to strike May 1 by force.
A minority of tlie Coal Creek people
have joined forces with the Jellico miners,
and will attempt to overawe those who
desire to continue work. The coal opera
tors are determined to back the men who
want to work, und have tolographed for
urins and ammunition to repulse any at
tack made. The Coal Greek miners hold
the key to the situation in Tennessee, and
unless they go out the Jellico strike will
necessarily full. Gov. Turney is watch
ing the striko closely, and will order
troops to tlie scene at the first outbreak.
LAST ACT IN A TRAGEDY.
Four Men Implicated in an Assassina
tion Sent Up for Ten Years.
Now Orleans, April 80.—A special to
the States from Tallulah, La., says:
“The closing act in the late ambushing
affair was given to-day. Tho district
judge called a special term for the pur
pose of investigating tlie case of the pris
oners in Jail. The distriot attorney, at
the solicitation of citizens, concluded to
only proceed against four of the most
guilty of the seventeen in jail. These
were Evans Smith, Charles
Claxton, Rufus Hawkins and
Giles August. They wore each
indicated on the charge of manslaughter
and being called up to plead, pleaded guilty
aud were b,y tho Judge, sentenced each to
ten years in the penitentiary at hard
labor. The remainder of the gang con
fined were, on motion of the district at
torney, released from custody. There is
no doubt that this cuds the most tragic
und awful affair that has over occurred
in this parish.”
BRUCE’S BREAK.
One of His Customers Charges Him
With Larceny After Trust.
Columbia, S. C., April 80.—H. J. Bruce,
a Georgian who has been running a stock
exchange here, has been arrested and
remanded to the higher court, charged
with breach of trust. T. A. Scott, a
former dispenser, is tho prosecutor.
Scott claims that Bruce mis
appropriated funds Intrusted to
him for investment, investing,
them in his own name aod losing them.
Bruce's side of. the story is, that while
the funds were invested in his name, it
was for Scott's benefit. He charges that
S< ott gave him chocks signed in Ids offi
cial capacity as dispeuser, and that ho
squealed when the luck turned against
him. Bruce’s bucket shop was closed last
week and the furniture was attached by
creditors.
SALOONS FOR COLUMBIA.
The City Council Vote* to License
Them With Restrictions.
Columbia, S. C., April 80. —Columbia's
city council unanimously decided this af
ternoon to license barrooms, aud the li
cense committee was mstructod to pre
sent an ordinance providing for such li
cense, with regulations to prevent Sun
day liquor selling, sales to drunkards and
minors, requiring early closing of the sa
loons and providing that saloon-keepers
give bonds to be forfeited if any of these
regulations are violatod.
Council also granted a license to a cut
rate ticket broker for the first time in the
history of tho city.
A Juror Given Eight Months.
Indianapolis, lnd., April 30.—Juror I
Armstrong was this afternoon convicted
of an attempt to hang tho Jury in tho
Indianapolis National Bank conspiracy
cases, and was sentenced to serve eight
mouths imprisonment.
Miss Harriet Blaine Married.
Washington, April 80.— Miss Harriet
Blaine, daughter of the late James G.
Blaine, was married to-day to Truxton
Beale of Washington, formerly minister
to l’ersia and to Greece. The ceremony
took place at 1 o’clock at the Blaine resi
dence ou LuFuyetto square near the
white house.
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STRIKE OF THE MINERS.
President Mcßride Claims 160,000
Men arc Now Out.
He Asserts That Victory is a Cer
tainty if They Stand Together as at
Present The Scarcity of Coal
Counted on to Bring the Operators
tex Terms-A Total of 343 000 Mea
Employed in the Mines of the
Country.
Columbus, 0., April 80.—Tho second
official bulletin was issued by Iff-esidoul
Mcßride of the United Miners this even
ing. The following are the principal
points: “The suspension of mining has
entered upon its second week qnd under
more favorable circumstances than when
first started. The army of idle mina
workers now engaged in tho fight num
bers 160,000. It is now conceded that
there is not over 24,000 miners at work in
the entire bituminous coal fields of the
country, and from nearly every local and.
general market the cry for coal is heard.
This is good news to us, and indicate*
that the end will soon corne.
“From a careful estimato made by us,
wo predict Hint if you srand shoulder to
shoulder ns you now are it will not be
long until there will not be coal enough
in the general market to boil a tea kettle
with, and ti complete victory will be
yours. Already operators are offering to
pay tho price asked, and in somo in
stances more tbnn lias boon demanded,
to got men to resume work, but
tlie men are true to tho orders issued by
the national convention, and refuse to
work at any price until a general set
tlement hns been mado. if this offor*
succeeds, and we feel certain it will, tha
future will ho brighter uml moro prom
ising; your power having only been dem
onstrated, you are master of she situ
ation, and can command anything within
reason.
THE MEN IN THE BUSINESS.
“The latest figures given by tlie govern
ment show that there were 343,000 miuo
workers einpioywd In and around the
anthracite and bitumiuous mines of this
country, and tho Coal Trade Jourual fop
1898 estimates that last year there were
4H 000,000 tons of anthracite and 110,000,-
000 tous of bitumiuous real pro
duced. The groat number of omployos,
the largo tonnage and its incalculabta
valuo In dollars and cents, and contribu
tory service to our country’s industries,
but tend to show the magnitude and im
portance of our real industry, and when
we. consider the hardship ami tho danger
connected with tho uncomfortable occu
pation of coal miners, whose labor pro
duces tlie fuel upon which tho country'*
industrial life and domestic happyioss de
pends, it is not asking too much from tha
owners and operators of tho mines, nor
from tho consumers of coal,' when wo do
matid living wagos. bread and clothing
for the miners and their wives and chil
dren.
NO EESERTIONS.
“Since our last report there has been
no deeortions from our ranks, and tho
only change has been in our fnvor, and
tills by reason of more men Joining our
ranks. The southern Illinois field is got-
Ing into lino in good shape. The
Indiana block coal miners havo
joined tho movement and the entire
state may bo classed aH solid. Tho number
of idle men In West Virginia has in
creased, but in tho Fairmount district
the old rate of wages has been restored,
aud it is doubtful now as to whether tho
men can ho gotten out. Letters from
lowa indicate that tho state convention
to be held at Albia, May 2, will most
likely decide to stop the entire state.
The other states stand as last reported.
“A Pittsburg, l’a., reported to the Cin
cinnati Enquirer and Cleveland, 0.,
Leader almost daily reports that the
striko Is a failure, because 20,000 or 30,000
minors at Pocahontas, Va., refuse to sus
pend work. Tho übsurdlty of this state
ment will bo seen when it is known thaft
the United States cencus report gives tho
total number of miners and mine em
ployes in Virginia as only 1,556 and in
West Virginia 9,902, a total of 11,507, and
out of this number there are 4,500 Wesft
Virginia miners out, leaving 7,007 at world
in tho two states.”
TO STRIKE AT CENTRALIA.
Centralia. 111., April 80.—The men in
all tho mines have decided to come out
to-morrow. Trouble Is looked for. Tho
fruit-growers of this section also feap
that there will not be sufficient fuel to
run the fruit trains The operators ot
the Ilig Four mines have issued a circu
lar, notifying the employes that if any
men march there, their mines will b 4
doled until quiet is restored.
MEN QUIT IN TWO MINES.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 30.—The minora
in two of tho mines at Coal Creek went
out to-day. There was no disagreement
between them and their employers, and
they do not claim to have a grievance.
Thoy struck simply out of sympathy tot
other miners on a strike.
ALL OUT AT WIIEEI.IXO.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 30.—A1l the
men employed at tho El Grove
coal works, tho only mines between
Wheeling and Pittsburg that have been
running, quit this morning and joined tho
striker’s union hore. Not a mine is now
at work in this district.
DROWNED IN THE DANUBE.
A Pier Gives Way While Crowded
With Excursionists.
Brabili, Houwania, April 30.—A terri
bie accident occurred here to-day. While
a pier was crowded with people, in holi
day attire, bound for Galatez, on the
Danube, waiting for a steamer which was
to convey them to that place, the pier
gave way and throw about 120 people into
tho water. Many of the excursionists
were drowned.
A STRIKE AVERTED
The Norfolk and Western Employes
to Remain at Work.
Roanoke. Va., April 30. —The threatened
trouble between the Norfolk and West
ers Railroad Company, and its employes
has been averted. The company has re
stored the 10 por cent, wages to conduc
tors, engineers, flremeu, brakomen .and
telegraphers. The salary of tho men in
the offices and at the machine works will
remain at the present figures for awhile.
Spanish Anarchists Sentenced-
Barcelona, April 80.—The prisoners
concerned iu the anarchist outrages were
sentenced to-day. Czorezuela, llernat,
Soias and Codiua are to be garrotted and
Mir, Vilnribia, Moralles and Carbonell
are to be imprisoned for lilo at hard
labor.