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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. TEEMS, $1. Per Annum, ‘Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May,” JOHN E. HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor. vor, XII. NO. 41 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1894. PUBLISHED WEEKLY GRANDMA'S HONEY BREAD. BY OZIAS MIDSUMMER. tV« tested the sweets and the sours of living, I’ve drank the rare draughts and the dregs ol -the cups; t’vo jcyod In receiving and joyed in the giving, My life's intermitted in life’s dow’hs and ups. Arrayed I behold now its comfort and dread, With the brightest spot in it—Grandma’s hcuej bread. At home there were apples, and doughnuts, and cookies. And buns, and molasses, and bread o’er and And puddings and jellios and pieces the more, But nothing there seemed quite so good as the bread That I got at grandma's with honey instead. Ah, well I remember the buggy and “bossies. The happy bright days when we all sped away ’Mid “birdies" and “sheepies, and “lambies “bossies," The river side sporting, to ap^nd the whole day Wilh dear, good, old grandma to visit, ’twaB said— But I well remomberod the honey and bread. And I too remember the scenes at the moetim. The Rhouts and the welcomes, the trounces and throws, The laughter, tho joys, and the gladness at greetings, Tho sights and the sounds, the confusion, all those; But best of them all mem’ry knows what said When grandma said, “Got him some honey and broad " You see It was thus that, amidst the con fusion (For we’d just arrived at her vine-shaded door), Bho mentioned so quickly tho thing to my notion, Wns from the known fact I had been there before, Ar’.l scare? ovor landed before I had said: “M*» kuows nos dot wery uood 'oney and bread. Chicago, ILL A Story of Early Colo, nial Days. BY CHARLES C. HAHN. CHAPTER VIIT {Continued.) These meetings between Dorothea and Achsah at length became so painful to the latter that tho minister exerted alibis power to pre\ent them. He allowed his daughter to go out with no ono but him self, and while taking their solitary strolls he caiefully avoided those places who'e they were likely to encounter Dorothea. Hut there was ono place in which ho could not avoid the young witch, for such she was now called by the settlement generally. In tho meeiing- house on Sunday and on lecture days the whole population were obliged to gather. Here, lor an hour or two on those days, the two were obliged to sit, and although it was God’s house, the minister was never easy lest tho devil’s power might liud some weak place in his prayer aud break through, even in that sacred place. Consequently he changed his own family pew to a remote corner from Dr. Len nox’s, where Dorothea sat, and contrived ns much as possible to keep his daughter from the sight of tho girl. He had it irumind several times to for bid Dorothea from entering the meeting house, but his deacons dissuaded him. Then, tco, the minister knew that the time to strike an open blow had not yet come. For Dr. Lennox, with whom Dorothea iived, and to whom she had be come as a daughter, stoutly denied nil insinuations against her, and had pub licly 6tnted that ho would fight for her as for his own ilesh and blood. Dorothea’s bcauty|also had its influence upon a great many of the congregation, principally the young men of tho settle ment. As has been stated, she had grown * up a comely girl, the equal to whom there was not in Sagnauck, and, despite the reputation given her by the minister, and _ the oudenco before them with regard to Achsah Granville, Dorothea’s suitors wore many. Neither was there over any jealousy of her in the hearts of the other maidens of tho village, for Dorothea possessed that opeunoss and good-heartedness which sel dom fails to make friends. Then, too, her readiness to serve a neighbor, to watch by the sick, to nurse a fretful child, or do p.ny of the many : eta which a good- hearted worn in can do if she will, made her a favorite with her elders. True, they half believed her false, but they silenced themselvos w th the fact th:it nothing had really been proven against her, and that to them she had always been kind. Somo, no doubt, were influenced by the thought that, did she possess the power ascribed to her, it wore bettor to treat her veil and secure her favor than to in cur her emnity. It was a troublesome young life; and had not Dprothea been supported by Dr. Lennox and his wifo, she, long before these five years had elapsed, no doubt would have commits d some act of in discretion, or allowed some outburst of temper which would have given the min ister good cause for proceeding against her as he had against her father. But this worthy couple watched over her as they vonld over their own child, and many times succeeded in soothing her feelings when severely tried, and in in ducing her to forgive end, if possible, forgot, the wrongs done her. In one instance the Doctor's well- meaning plans came near hastening on the end ogainst which he was guarding. Like all medical men of the colonies in those days, he had been educated in England, and was consequently fairly well acquainted with nervous diseases. To him tho girl Achsah’s trouble seemed due entirely to physical causes, although hG could not understand just how it was brought about. He accord ingly decided, one day, to bring the girl into Dorothea’s presence and test the effect it would have upon her, doubting not that her fear of him would hinder any deception. By a liitle maneuvering he was able nt length to secure the girl’s presence in his office and then sent for Dorothea. Scarcely had she entered when Achsah began to show unmistakable signs of soaio outside influence being brought to know all the signs for detecting witcher. bear upon her. Her face rapidly changed and has he not asssted in the burning of its expression, Lor arms dropped to her j one in merry Salem?” ms tcsi tho Doctrr had never imagined. He h id suppose-], that when the two girl.) ere brought together, away from the nrrister’s influence, he would be able to ontrol Achsah’s trickery, as he had called t and that nn unanswerable argument vould be found against the minister’s ; ;arges. But the result had been just the • pposite tc what he had wished, and the -cene in his office had been one, he ; new, which would but injure tho one he lesired to help. And his fears wera -peedily realize -, for that very night the xcited minister called upon him, and, fter denouncing his treachery’, en ounced his intention of having Dorothea Arraigned for witchcraft. CHAPTER IX. A LOVE IDYL. In the midst of all these troubles the a eveiest experience of youth came to Dorothea, and iu it she was hr.ppy, during the past year a stranger had come to Sagn.uck from old Engl md. Many of the colonists had emigrated from the country in which Oswold Castle stood, and knew, by reputation, at least, of Lord Oswold. Tho coming of his \ounger eon, Egbert, was like the com ing of an old friend to those even with vhom he was not personally acquaint ed. He came, too, bearing with him the l»atent for a large grant of land near Sag- uai.ck, a patent which bore upon it the great seal of the King himself. Even in New England, where men were supposed to be taken for what they were worth in char cter, rather than for what they were worth in Lous s and barns, these facts gave to the younger son of Oswold a warm welcome. But the young man had a personal character which would have made him welcome iff time when it should become known, and S.ignauck was not long in finding it out. In appearance Egbert Ingram was of medium height, and tho picturesque dress of that age set off his manly figure to advantage. His hair was typical Sax on. light and w ivy, and his eyes were of that dead-gra hue which denote strength of will and hone-ty of purpose His advent created no small stir in the village, for he was the first to come direct from old England since the settle ment had been made. From him could bo learned many things with regard to the old homo, and the s:a‘e of affairs in England. Fresh from a more refined at mosphere, he brought with him. too, an influence which was speedily felt. Old phrases fell from his lips," new ideas came from him, hints of other ways of living were dropped, books and pictures were spoken of, and tho little settlement, which had dropped down into its own way of life and unconsciously adopted its own peculiar vernacular, had anagree- able diversion. The elders remembered the more courtly words they had been accustomed to in their youth, and almost unconsciously 7 began to use them again. His stories of England also gave new subjects for thought and conversation, nd the little world, bound in by a circle or denBe woods, found an opening out into a greater one, which it was learning to forgot. The younger members of the village, many of whom had thought of but little except the clea-.ing of forests and the Limiting of corn, of-work on week days and of preaching on Sunday, were pleas antly surprised to hear, such familiarity with books and paintings, towers and a3u6S, and lords and kings. It was like a glimpse into fairyland. *» And yet one should not imagine from this that Egbert Ingram was an egotist who had thrust his own personal likes and dislikes upon the others. He was too much of a gentleman to allow the least with whom he oame in contact to imagine that any other life could be more congenial than that of an honest pioneer in the woods of America. It w s rather bv questions that he was drawn out, and what he did in changing the current of thought in Sagnauck was brought about more by the pioneers themselves than by him. Y'hen Egbert Ingrain left England he was given a letter of introduction to Dr. Lennox, who urged him to make his home under the physicinn’8 roof until he should become settled, either upon his own land or in tho village. This necessarily brought him much with the Doctor’s adopted daughter, Dorothea, and between the two sprang up a friendship such as the latter h td never enjoyed before. Un der his tuition she began the study of sevor ;1 books, which Egbert had brought with him, and in particular did she de vote herself to the mastery of her mother tongue. She loved al-o to listen to her companion's tales of old courtly life, and so well did he recount, and so w ell did 6he listen, that before many months passed she felt as if she were nearly as miliar with the manners of England’s nobility as if she had lived among them. This friendship was very sweet to Dorothea, and m it she for a time almost forgot the cloud that hung over her. Then came ono of her encounters with the minister. For the first time Dorothea fe t a sense of shame in connection with Mr. Granville’s persecution. Would Mr. Ingram hear of it? And would he side against her? Would he, too, believe the tales that were told about The loDg winter months had been so pleasant, anl now that spring was open- ng.she had felt as if new life had begun to unfold in ber. And was all this fancied happiness tc pass away, too, under the dark cloud which covered her young life. The meeting with the minister had oc curred in the afternoon, and, with some what of the superstition in her which then pervaded all New’ England, she asked berself: *I do wonder if the spidei and tho rabbit had anything to do with it? I saw a spider in my room soon after ~ arose, and as I was walking through the woods a rabbit ran across the path in front of me.” Her reverie was broken by the approach of Egbert Ingram, who, seeing her stand ing alone in the yard before the Doctor’s home, approached and greeted her. So, Mistress Dorothea, I find that, not content with bewitching men with your fair face and brown eyes, you must needs call in the aid of his majesty of the lower regions. ” “And do you believe it?” Dorothea, with sad face, asked, feeling as she did so that if ho believed in her guilt there as nothing she cared to live for. Do I believe it?” Egbert replied. “How can I disbelieve such a learned and holy man as Mr. Granville? Does not he over my neart tnat l cannot oreai i« All I can do is^to make terms with the witch." An hour after, when Dr. Lennox re turned from a professional visit and was told of Dorothea’s engagement, he was pinch relieved. “I am glad of it, Ingram, glad of it. for Mr. Granville is so excited over that unfortunate affair in my office that he is determined to drive the poor child from the settlement. But as your wife she will be in a position too strong for him ;o assail. So I would urge you to marry in all haste.” And Egbert, quoting from an old book, mswered: “Let me lay lance in rest for this dear child, Because I never 3aw a maid more sweet." sides, and her whole body became limp. For an instant the Doctor’s faith in his adopted daughter was shaken, and be glanced up quickly at her. To his hor ror aud the confirmation of his fear3, she too was visibly affected. Her eyes were steadily fixed on those of the girl shrink ing back in the chair, and her face wore a look which the Doctor had never seen there before. It was pale, and the mus cles of the face stood out in relief. Thus she remained for several seconds, then gradually resumed her usu d manner, and a contemptuous smile rested upon her lips. The Doctor was about to speak to Dorothea when his attention was called Achsah. With a shu Ider she slipped from th) chair and lay upon the floor, her limbs contorted and her month foam ing. While the Doctor was hastening to procure certain medicines which he thought might relieve her, she cea?ed her struggling, end by the time he returned to her she had straightened her form to its full length and lay upon the floor with the rigidity of a cataleptic fit. He laid her upon* a couch and administered a potion which soon revived her. She re mained weak for som6 time, but the Dcctor learned that whatever her trouble might be it w..s not beyond the aid of medicine. “Un’ess"—he eculd not help the thought-“unless Dorothea had with drawn her spell. ' That so seriom would be the.result of Dorothea made no reply, and her down- past eyes and troubled face told him that the subject was one too serious to her for jesting. “I beg your pardon, Dorothea.” Egbert continued in a lower tone. “I did but jest, for the charge seemed to me too ridiculous to be treated seriously. How long have they so worried yon?” “Nearly all my life. At least, ever since lather disappeared, which was over five pears ago.” “Poor child! And is there no one to help you bear these insults:” “Yes; father aud mother Lennox al ways have been my friends. But it is a bard life-a hard li;e, with all the world igainst me. ” “Nay, Dorothea, not the whole world, Dut only a very small part of it. There ire other lands where you might never aear from this troublesome minister, for 1 know that he alone behoves the charges igainst you.” “Yes; but they are far away, and Sag. uauck is all the world to me. Here I must live and here I must die.” “Then, Dorothea, allow one man, who would die for you, to become your pro tector. Little one, do you not know that I love you? I should not have spoken of this just now had it not been that you need some one to help you. Dorothea, will you be my wife?” “Even when mon say I am a witch?" “Yea, Dorothea, for in»e2d tt* for hare you not cast Sf CHAPTER X. A PRIMEVAL WEDDING. Dr. Lennox took pains to annonneo Dorothea Hillary’s engagement at once, and that same evening called upon the minister and used such arguments as prevailed upon the latter to give up, for ihe present at least, his idea of prose- juting the girl. Both the Doctor and Ingram were anx ious for ar speedy marriage, and before inother month had passed, and just as the forest flowers were blooming, Doro thea Hillary gave herself to Egbert In gram, and .he maiden passed away among the flowers of early spring, and the new life c.tme among the flowers in Mar. The marriage was a joyful one, for all /oved Dorothea, and the little settlement made the day a festival. Many were the gifts which were brought lo Hillaiy’s cabin in the woods, for there Ingram and his wife had decided to begin their wedded life. In the evening after the youth had gone an incident happened which made Mr. Granville believe that he had done wrong in allowing the nuptials to be celebrated, for that gentleman had cultivated his d seased imagination to snch an extent, lhat long after the villagers had retired to their homes he wandered about in the woods brooding over his trouble. He meant to be just, and perhaps merciful, but his breast was tilled with conflicting emotions, as a brand from the burning, he wished to save her—but on the other hand came up before his then primitive mind, the facts concerning the girl, and he found that he was not doing his duty in not bringing her to trial. As he was walking aimlessly about in the woods he saw a powefully built man, in whom he thought he recognized the dead Hillary’, approach the cabin, and following him m single file were a half-dozen Indians, each healing a bundle on his back. Egbert and Dorothea were seated in the cabin talking over the events of day, and, as is the custom of lovers, repeating their vows of allegiance to each other, when a rap at the door attracted their attention. The seven men whom the minister had seen silently entered and ranged theii bundles upon the floor around the man and wife. This was done without a word, and the six Indians withdrew, leaving their leader in the cabin. Dorothea Ingram arose from her seat by the side of her husband and went Jo him. As she ap proached the man extended his arms and clasped her to his bosom. “Dorothea, my love, may this day be the beginning of a happy life for you. 1 am not much at praying, but I will pray to-night that God may make your hus band" faithful to yon. Here is my wed ding present. If you were poor it would make you wealthy, for each bundle it made up of the choicest furs, and here ii a purse filled with gold and 6iiver, and, even though your husband is wealthy, my present will not come amiss. Besides you mast not go to your husband empty handed." With a kiss from the young bride’s lip* the man departed. CHAPTER XL PURITAN LAW. A year passed by—a year laden with happiness to Dorothea. She and hei husband have made a happy home in Hillary cabin. The settlement had now jrown to such an extent that their farm had become quite valuable. Egbert was away part cf the time look ing after his land, which lay some three miles inland, but as was natural the greater part of his time was passed at home. With his own hands aud with the help of others he cleared several acres of ground about the home, and in another year the rich black loam would have a heavy crop. Dorothea had her girden, in which vegetables grew, with hero and there a bed of flowers. Climbing vines had also been planted at each side of the cabin door and, before fall, had spread their luxuriance over the side and around it with their green leaves. But the minister had not been idle. The scene he had witnessed the evening after Dorothea’s wedding could never be banished from his mind. It had rankled in his bosom like some poisonous weed spreading its fibrous roots and feeding upon his heart. He was now thoroughly convinced of Dorothea’s evil, and wa3 restrained from proceeding against her only by the position which her husband gave her. But at length even this did not protect her, and he gave notice one Sunday morning, after preaching, that the next day Mistress Dorothea Inghram would be asked to appear before the offi cers of the church to answer to the charge of withcraft. The announcement created great ex citement, and many were the friends who were indignant, but Mr. Granville had consulted with the deacons of the church and it was ihe r opinion that Dorothea had best be put o~n trial. If she were innocent she would be cleared. If guilty, it was best to havo her guilt known. The rest of the day was one of intense, though repressed, excitement, and the people gathered tothe afternoon preaching with the expectation of hearing some thing more with regard to the all-absorb ing subject. But they were disappointed. Mr. Granville came behind the tall, Puritan pulpit, and, after the hymn and the prayer and the reading of a chapter of the Scriptures, announced his text: “I am He that blotteth out thy trans gressions as a cloud; and a3 a dark cloud thy sins.“ The plain board meeting house stool at the end of the one long village street, and was surrounded by forest trees. The oak and the maple, the birch and the hickory beat their branches on its roof. In front grew the wild ha\vb?rry, which, in its season, was loaded down with bright, red berries, and in the rear were the graves which marked the saints who had gone to heaven. It was a strange sermon, and so im pressed the listeners. The subject seem ed to have nothing to do with the great fact which was filling the minds of the congregation. Mr. Granville preached as he had never preached before, and the people listened with wondering awe. Was this the decrepit man who had wearied them with his platitudes about Gods judgment and foreordination? Was this the man whom they had grown to look upon as stem and*nnforbidding—who preached rather an unforgiving God than a God of sinners? Ihe minister said: “Beloved, the clouds are an emblem of sin. They float above ns in God’s air and are so dark th*t they hide the sun from us. They come from earth, they risi from the brook, the river, the ocean, and no man sees them rise. And yet, when they leave ns and rise to that clear space which be longs to God, they stand out in clear re lief and are beyond out reach. They float in God’s air and hide from ns the Ban. “So with our sins. They come from us and ofttjmeswa know not of them even as they are rising. But when once they have gone upward, they gather and we eee the blaqk cloud between us and God. They form on earth, in our hearts, but when they have risen, no man's hand can reach them. They then belong to God, I “There is then left to us noth ; ng. But God has said that even as He scattereth the clouds so will He drive away our sins. They may be dark and threatening, anl nothing that we can do can drive them away. But He has promised that His hand shall stretch out and take them away." The sermon closed with these words: “God is love and He is merciful, and He will stretch out His strong hand and take away the dark cloud which hangs between Him and us; and all that we have to do is to fall upon our knees and beat upon our breasts and cry, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ " The minister ended and gave out a hymn, which was sung by the choir in the gallery. Then the choir received the benediction and departed. The sermon was the cause of much dis cussion in the village, particularly in the doctor’s household, where Egbert and Dorothea stopped that night. Egbert said: “I never have understood Mr. Granville before. Take courage, Dorothea. He means to do right, and if we c in but prove to him that his distorted imagina tion is wrong, from being your enemy he will turn to be your friend.” The next morning the whole village fathered in the meeting-house. It was a solemn occasion. Prayer was offered by the minister, and a Puri tan hymn was sung, af er which Dorothea was brought before the pulpit to answer the charge which her lifo-lcng enemy had been preparing. The first acc sation was with regard to her evil influence over the minister’s daughter. This Dorothea denied, and in rebuttal Doctor Lennox told of the inci dent in his office, giving as his opinion that Achsah’s trouble was mere nervous, ness, and that the herbs of the forest, if rightly applied, would prove a restorative. This statement of his created a favorable impression. Then the minister arose and said: “Mistress Dorothea Ingram, who have yon met in the forest during the last five years?" The congregation waited, breathless, for the answer. “Reverend sir. I might answer your question were it not for a promise to*one to whom I am bound by the most sacred ties ” “Stop!" cried the minister. “Speak not in this place of sacred ties which bind you to the evil one.” The congregation experienced a shock and believed that the minister was right. Before Dorothea could reply the minister asked aga ; n: “ Will you tell me now who visited you on the night of your mar Triage and gave yon snch presents as no other maiden in the village could hope to receive?" To this Dorothea answered: “Who it was that visited me my bus band knows, and if he is satisfied, i does not concern you." This also, as the minister saw, created a favorable impression in Dorothea’s be half. But his work was not yet done. Drawing a folded slip of paper from his pocket he said: “My brethren, ye have heard the man ner in which this woman huth eluded the guardians which would condemn her. Here is written proof against her. I found it in her cabin two years ago. It was left there by a man who entered the place after night-fall. I found a note written on birch-bark. I took it home and kept it for two years, and Deacon Bethnal saw it, and was a witness when that same note was taken away by the one who wrote it, ‘The Prince of the Power of the Air.’ But, so deeply had the words burned into my mind, that the next day I rewrote them, and here they are: “‘Dorothea! Obey the one who keeps you, and the one who looks after you, but whom you cannot see, will provide for you.’ Brethren," continued the minister, “what more proof is needed? Mistress Dorothea has refused to tell who it is hath met her in the woods, and who it is that provided for her on the eve of her marriage. Behold! hsre is his own com munication. You will note that he said, ‘Obey!’ because be has a right to com mand. ‘Obey the one who keeps yon.’ Who coaid thi3 refer to? Satan. ‘And the one who keeps yon.’ Who was it kept her? The evidence is clear. It was the evii one. And if anything more is needed, the last part of the note is suf ficient: ‘Ihe one whom you cannot see will provide for you.’ Whom could she not see? The devil, who has been pro viding for her and protecting her." After this speech the officers of the church and the village consulted together. The evidence to some was plain, but others put a more favorable construction npon it. The latter, however, we:e in the minority. Puritan law was strict and the verdict was announced that, as tho charge of witchcraft had not been fully proved, but grave doubts remained in the minds of the judges, Mistress Dorothea Ingrain should at noon that day receive twenty lashes npon her bare back. And the merciful judges praved that this might prove the salvation of her sonl. [TO BE CONTINUED.J ON TO WASHINGTON. ARMIES OF INDUSTRIALS MARCH ING UPON THE CAPITAL. Fables of History. The story of King Arthur and his round table is a myth, although what purports to be the round table is still to be seen in a south of England town. Alfred the Great did not visit the Danish camp disguised as a minstrel. There is no good reason to believe that he could either play the harp or speak Danish. The maelstrom is not a whirlpool which sucks ships down into the depths of the ocean. It is an eddy, which in fair weather can be crossed in safety by any vessel. Queen Eleanor did not suck the poison from her husband's wound, as she did not accompany him on the expedition during which the incident is alleged to have taken place. The ‘Alan in the Iron Mask” did not wear a mask of iron. It was black velvet secured by steel springs. The wonderful Damascus blades that cut the bars of iron in two were not superior to the Toledo blades made to-day. Seneca was not a half Christian philosopher, but a grasping money lender and usurer, who died worth' over .£3,000,000. Caesar did not say, “Et tu, Brute.” Eye-witnesses to the assassination deposed that “ he died fighting, but silent, like a wolf.” Richard III. was not- a hunchback, but a soldier of fine - form, some pre tensions to good looks, and great personal strength and courage. Blondel, the harper, did not dis cover the prison of King Richard. Richard paid his ransom, and the re ceipt for it is among the Austrian archives. Caesar did not cross the Rubicon. It lay on the opposite side of the Italian peninsula from the point where he left his own possessions and entered Italy. The Bridge of Sighs at Venice has no romance worthy the name. Most of the unfortunates who cross it are petty thieves who are sent to the workhouse. Fair Rosamond was not poisoned by Queen Eleanor, but. after a long residence as a nun in the convent of Gadstow. died greatly esteemed by her associates.—[The Million, The Crusade of the Commonwealers Spreading all Over the West. From all over the west comes the news that the cruoade of industrials is spreading. Over a dozen armies are now in the field. In all the large towns, companies are rapilly being formed. The armies, detachments and divisions now in tjie field in the west Are: General Kel ly, 1,000 men, Neola, Iowa; Gen eral Fry, 1,000 men, Terre Haute, Indiana; General Fry’s second divis ion, 900 men, McLeansboro, Illinois; General Grayson, 100 men, Platt- ville, Colorado; General Galven, 200 men, Loveland, Ohio; Ser geant Randall, 500 meD, Chicago; 100 men at Little Falls, Minnesota; 500 •men at Butte, Montana; 100 men at Monmonth, Illinois; 200 men at Ot tumwa, la., Captain Sullivan, 1,000 men, Chicago; 150 men at Anderson, Indiana; and General Anbrey,- 700 men at Indianapolis, Indiana. Be sides these armies, large numbers of lecruits are pushing forward to the va rious lines of march with the intention of joining the large bodies. coxey’s main abmy. After three days’ stay in Hagers town, Md., the Army of the Common weal broke camp Monday morning and made for Turner’s Gap. Just after the departure of the Commonweal army, considerable speculation was aroused by a dispatch from Washington, stat ing that a troop of cavalry had started from Fort Myer, bound for Freder icks. There is a rumor that the Com monwealers had been making overtures to the strikers iu the coal region, and there was the possibility of a deluge of miners seizing trains to rush down and striking the lino of march some where in Fredericks or Montgomery. FIFTH BEGIMENT IN OREGON. A special from Portland, Oregon, says: The fifth regiment of the In dustrial Army, six hundred strong, ex pects to leave for Washington at once. Tho officers hepe to secure railroad transportation, but it is hardly proba ble that tho railroads will accede to their demands. PREPARING FOB HIM AT WASHINGTON. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia will issue a proclamation or statement concerning the coming of Coxey and his army. It is understood that this action will be taken at the suggestion of President Cleveland. Fears that the arrival of Coxey will mark the concentration in Washing ton of elements bent cn disturbing law and order, have been impressed on the commissioners by many prominent men, and the president has also been told by some of bis advisers that it would be well to take measures to show the intending evil-doers that the au thorities will brook no interference with the maintenance of law and order in the district. The president was loath to take ac tion in the matter in the name of the Federal government, but believing that some positive steps were necessary, he suggested that the district commis sioners, as the repsesentatives of tho local authority, issue some sort of statement to offset the rumored inten tions of the extremists to mark the ar rival of Coxey the opportunity for a demonstration that might develop into a serious riot. MOULDERS TO GO TO WASHINGTON. At a meeting of five hundred union moulders, at Chicago, it was announced that the three unions of Chicago would send five hundred men to Washington to present their grievances to congress. They will move on trains. Delega tions from a dozen towns in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin are expected to join them. OUR NEWS SDM3IART MADE UP OF ITEMS FROM AIL PARTS OF THE WORI.D HALLS OF CONGRESS DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Situation as Reported For the Past Week. A review of the industrs&l situation in the south for the past week shows that the strike among the coal miners in the Birmingham and Jellieo districts of Alabama and Tennessee has unsettled business for the time being. It has not proved to bo as general as was predicted, bat several thousand men have gone out of the mines. Impartial observers believe that tile strike will be a sit rt one, partly because the demands of the sinkers are considered to be extreme, and also becanse there ia a lack of funds with which to support them while oat of work. In addition to the redaction in freight rates on iron pipe to northern points recently an nounced a reduction of a similar kind has' been made to* southern and southwestern points, to take effect May 1. It is unfortunate that these redactions are counter-balanced by labor troubles. As it is claimed that fuel supplies are sufficient for a month to come, it is hoped that an adjustment will be made lx fore that time expires. In other indnsirial lines reports are encouraging. The effects of the cold wave have pot proved as disastrous as was antici pated. Forty-six new industries were established or incorporated during the week, among which are the Lee Coupling and Manufacturing Co., of San Antouio, Texas, capital $500,000, a gold mining company at Charlt 6ton, W. Va., with the same capital, and a $200,000 compress at Galveston, Texas. A $75,000 barrel fac ory is to be built in Memphis, Tenn., a $50,000 lum ber plant at Western, Ark., an electrical com pany $50,000 capital has been chartered at Hillsboro, Texas, a manufacturing company with the same capital at Austin, Texas, and a $25,000 fertilizer company at Dotken, Ala. A canning factory is reported at Natchez, M:ss., car works at Gainesville, F.'a., a cotton compress at Waco, Texas, and electric light companies at l’alatka, Fla., and Wes- Point, Mias. Knitting mills are reported at Vaidese, N. C , and Winchester, Va., ironworks at Bir mingham and Oneonta, Ala., Lynchburg and Suffolk, Va., and mining companies at A tna- vide, Ky- f B.ne Springs and Helenwood, Tenn. Oil mills are to be built at Opelika. Ala., and Lakeland, La., a pottery established at .Merid ian, Miss., a shoe factory at Augusta, Ga., a sugar refinery at Glencoe, La., and a tobacco factory at Winston, N. C. Woodworking plmts are to be established at Bectw, Ark., Inverness and Jacksonville, Fla., Worth, Gx., Lancaster, Ky., Jackson, Tenn., fciheva, Va., and Hunting- ton. W. Va. There is also reported ten enlargements of manufactories, three new waterworks and twenty important new build ngs, among which are, a bank at New Martinsville, W. Va., a $150,000 office bnilding at Nashville, Tenn., business bouses at Harmony Grove, Ga., Greenville, Tenn,, and Houston, Texas, a c art bouse at Dublin, Ga., hotels at Fairfield and Jacksonville, Fla., and Knoxville, Tenn., sekod buildings at Ozirk. Ala., and Marietta, Ga., aud a $100,000 university building at Gallatin, Tenn.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) Showing AVhat is Going On In Our Own and Foreign Lands. Jessie Seligman, the well known Xew York banker, died at San Fran cisco Monday. A Chicago dispatch says that a strike of four thousand employes of the Put man ear company will be declared on May 1st A Washington special of Monday states that BepreseuJutive "Jerry Simp son is rapidly sinking and hope of hie recovery*abandoned. A Washington special says: Repre sentative Jerry Simpson’s illness took an unfavorable turn Sunday evening, his condition being complicated by the return of an old kidney trouble. One hundred and four fresh cases ol cholerine, or cholera, is reported at Lisbon, Portugal. The disease is rap idly spreading to the towns and vil lages in the interior. The Spanish authorities have adopted rigorous pre cautionary measures against the disease all along the frontier. The American minefs of Para, 111., have decided not to join the strikers, and only a little more than half of the foreigners voted to go out. Six hun dred Americans will resume work as usual, but the strikers threaten to stop them, and there is danger of a serious conflict of citizens with Americans. Late reports from Summerville, Mo., the scene of the recent cyclone, say the town is not much injured, but in the country the damage is great. Mrs. Tan Keel, three children, a hired girl and hired man were killed. Five dwellings and many other bnildings were blown away, and a large number of people injured. In the Clearfield and Beech Creek coal regions of Pennsylvania there are upwards of one hundred mines and out of this number there is not one in operation. The suspension is com plete through both regions. There is not the least excitement, but the mi ners are very impatiently awaiting news from the regions in Maryland and Virginia. The mortgage bond suit of the Cen tral Trust Company of New York vs. the Richmond and Danville railroad, in Washington, decree of foreclosure and sale, which was issued by the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Virginia on the 13th of this month, has been signed by Judge Hagner, of the district supreme court. The Mobile and Ohio railroad tax case, appealed from the supreme court of Tennessee, was reargued before the United States supreme court Tuesday. The question at issue was as to the force of a statute of the legislature of Tennessee, under which the officers of the state claim the right to subject the property of the corporation to taxa tion. The company officials claim that, under its charter, the corpora tion is exempt from taxation. The Marion circuit court at Indian apolis has declared the apportionment act of 1893 constitutional. The action to test the validity of the act was brought at the instigation of the state republican committee, which took the ground that the democratic legislature of 1893 had foisted a gerrymander npon the people and so divided the legislative districts of the state as to give them the worst of the deal po litically. An appeal will be taken to the supreme court. A sensational feature of President Debs’ address to the American Rail way Union meeting at Minneapolis was his attack upon Judge Jenkins, in which he said: “Jenkins is the most corrupt scoundrel that was ever out side of prison walls. He is a man whose whole life, both public and pri vate, is rotten to the very core, and I stand prepared to prove it, too. Jen kins is a disgrace to the bench upon which he sits, and to the people who elevated him to the position.” Attorney General Moloney, in an opinion rendered at Chicago decided that the gas companies of that city are maintaining a trust in violation of law and he will institute proceedings at once to have their charters annulled: - The attorney general made the sensational statement in connection with the decision that ho had positive knowledge that at the time he was speaking, the trust was 60 altering their books and records as to make a lavorable showing at the trial of the case. NO AUDIENCE FOR COXEY. The Senate Refuses to Grant Him s Special Hearing. A Washington dispatch says: By a vote on the Peffer resolution, the sen ate Monday showed that it had no sympathy with the Coxey movement. The resolution was put npon its pas sage and was voted down by 26 to 17. All the democrats except one voted in the negative. The resolution was to appoint a committee to receive the representatives of the army and hear them. The senators are perfectly willing to receive aDy petitions from the army and have them referred to the proper committees, but to appoint a committee to hear from them spe cially is more than the senate has ever done for any body of men, and natu rally they refused to do it for Coxey and his army. SIX WERE DROWNED. The Discussion of Important Measures Briefly Epitomized. Immediately after tho house was called to order Monday morning, Mr." Hepburn raised the point of “no quo rum, ” on the approval of the journal, and the roll Call was ordered. The journal was approved; ayes, 213 ; nays, none. The house then proceeded to the consideration of measures relating to the District of Columbia. The O’Xeill-Joy election case, from the eleventh district of Missouri, came up in the house again Tuesday through an effort by Mr. Bartholdt, of Missouri, to have read a series of resolutions adopted by a mass meeting of citizens of the district, denouncing the unseat ing of Joy. He was unsuccessful, how ever, the speaker ruling that the reso lutions presented no question of privi lege. The hoHse then went into com mittee of the whole and took up the postoffice appropriation bill for the year ending June 30, 1895. The house, at 12 :40 Wednesday, re solved itself into committee of the whole for consideration of the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill. At 1:45 Thnrsday the house went into committee of the whole and re sumed the consideration of the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill. THE SENATE. In the senate, Monday, the creden dentials of Thomas Jordan Jarvis sT senator from North Carolina to fiil the vacancy caused by tho death of Mr. Vance, were presented by the vice president and placed on file. An effort was made py Mr. Peffer to get beforo the senate again his resolution for a select committee to give hearings to Coxey’s army. He made a motion to take it up, but on the yeas and nays only 17 senators voted for it, including Mr. Hawley, who probably desired to give Allen an opportunity to reply to his remarks, and 26 against it. At 1 p. m. the tariff bill was taken up and Mr. Quay, wbo was entitled to the floor, yielded it to Mr. Washburn, who proceeded .to address the senate in op position to the bill. Immediately after reading tbo jour nal Tuesday, the senate went into ex ecutive session. The object of the session was to dispofae of tlie Florida nominations; among them that of Geo W. Wilson, to be collector of internal revenue for the Florida district, and in which no decision was reached. After a half hour spent in executive session, and another half hour given to morning business of no importance, the tariff bill was taken up at 1 o’clock. Mr. Mills addressed the senate in sup port of the bill, closing what is desig nated as “general debate.” In the senate Wednesday, after tho introduction of a bill and resolution on the subject of the expected arrival in Washington of Coxey and his fol lowers, the tariff bill was, at 1 p. m., laid before the senate, and Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent to have the bill taken up each day at 1 o’clock, p. m., and consideration continued till 6 p. m. Objection was made by Mr. Aldrich, acting for the republicans, to continuing daily sessions later than 5 o’clock. Mr. Harris then put his re quest in the shape of a motion, and on objection, it went over. Mr. Harris gave notice that he wonld submit this motion every day until some result is reached. Consideration of the bill was then begun, paragraph by paragraph, and Mr. Vest took the floor. In the senate, Thursday, the Hon. Thomas Jordan Jarvis, the new senator from North Carolina, was sworn in. The Coxey movement was brought prominently to the front when Senator Allen’s resolution of Wednesday was considered. Mr. Vest opened in a strong speech in which he denounced in unmeasured terms the lawlessness of the men in the west who are seizing trains and committing other rash acts. He said if these men intended to be peaceful and conys here and looked over the capitol and buildings as other citizens, did, there was no ob jection, but any resolution tendering welcome to those who were breaking the laws of the United States were out of place. It was the duty of the sen, ate to set the seal of its disapprobation upon these acts of lawlessness. Other speeches were made on the same line and after a long discussion Mr. Allen’s reso lution went over without action. The senate, by a vote of 5 to 6, agreed to take up the order for tho daily meet ing of the senate at 11 a. m. The or der was then agreed to, Mr. Aldrich stating that there was general assent to it on the republican side. The tar iff bill was taken up and Mr. Higgins made a speech in opposition to it. THE EIIuST CLASH. DEPUTY MARSHALS AND COM MONWEALERS IN BATTLE. Industrialists Capture a Train and are Arrested by Troops. A Washington special says: In ad dition to the request of the judge of tho United States court, the United States district attorney and the United States marshal for the district of Mon tana for federal aid in arresting the Hogan contingent of the army of the unemployed for seizing a train at Bntte, Montana, against the mandate of the United States court. President Cleveland has received the following from the governor of Montana, which was given to the press: “Helena, Montana.—To the presi dent of the United States—Informa tion reaches me by wire that tho Cox- eyites, fleeing the 6tate with a stolen train, were overtaken at Billings by the United States deputy marshals who were trying to serve a writ emanating from the United States court. A fight ensued. One deputy marshal was wounded aud the leader of the Cox- eyites was wounded. The deputy mar shals were overpowered and driven off with revolvers and other weapons. The mob then surrounded the deputies and now hold them prisoners. The train of the Coxeyites is within a few hours’ run of Fort Keogh. It is im possible for the state militia to over take them. “As governor of Montana I hereby request you to have the federal troops at Fort Keogh intercept, take into cus tody, arrest and hold these Coxeyites, subject to the orders of tho United States court issuing the writ referred to. If the Coxeyites pass Fort Keogh before orders can emanate from yon for their apprehension, I request that federal troops be ordered to overtake them. Promptness is required. “G. E. Bickarts, “Governor of Montana.” TROOrS TO ARREST THEM. When these facts were reported to the department of justice they were brought tothe attention of the president with the recommendation of the attor ney general that the federal authority be supported by troops, that being the sole alternative left to the govern ment. Tho president at once called the general commanding the army into the consultation, and after considering the matter, General Schofield was di rected to call npon tho commander of the department of Dakota, in which military department the affair took place, to send a sufficient force of troops to arrest all persons engaged iu the unlawful seizure of the Northern Pacific train at Butte, Mon., and to hold the train and persons until they could be delivered to the United States marshal for Montana subject to tho order of the United States district court. THE SOLDIERS HAVE THEM. Later advices from St. Paul, Mint., are to the effect that the Coxeyites were arrested by Col. Page’s troops at Forsythe, Mon., forty-six miles west of Fort Keogh. ANOTHER AT TERIiE HAUTE. A dispatch from Terre Haute, Inch, says: That contingent of Coxey’s army under command of Gen. Louis C. Frye forcibly took possession of an eastbound freight train, leaving the city at 3 o’ecloek. The officers of tho army claim to have paid the railroad company for transportation as far ns Brazil, twenty miles cast of Terre Haute. LATEST DISPATCHES GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS. Happenings of Interest Presented in Brief and Pithy Paragraphs. Further News of the Sinking of the Steamer Los Angeles. A special from Monterey, Cal., says: A Popular Hotel Burned. The Saranac Lake House, at Sara nac Lake, N. Y., has been completely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of §125,000. The fire was of incendiary origin, but the fiend is not known. There was §40,000 insurance. The bookings were larger for the coming season than ever before, and principal ly of guests from the south aud south west, to whom this was a favorite resort. To Issue Licenses. The liquor question has been brought to an issue in Greenville, S. C. At a meeting of the .city council, called to take action as to the right of the city to issue licenses, the discussion was long and at times animated. A test vote was taken,which resulted in a vote | of 6 to 4 in favor of issuing liquor i licenses. were cast upon the beach near the light-house—those of Timothy Nolan, fireman of the steamer; Fitzgerald, a passenger, and a hostler named San ders of Los Angeles. It is also known that S. N. Sheridan a passenger from Ventura, and a Chinaman from Los An- , geles, were drowned. The Los Ange- Lost His Case. j es wafi all 0 ;d steamer and was crowd- Watlington, the man who sued the ed with passengers from southern Cali- Baleigh and Augusta railway for §5,000 j fornia ports bound for the Midwinter damages on account of being struck j f a j r a t San Francisco. by a cow which had been hurled from I ! the track by an engine, lost his case | , , . _ in court at Raleigh. The verdict was , * female tack maker in France is j in favor of the railway cempanv. fortunate if she makes §1.16 per; ' ‘ ! week. Flour For Glasgow. The Noel Mill Company at Estell It is known that six lives were lost by j Springs, Tc-nn., have finished loading the loss of the steamer Los Angeles, ; the second train of flour for export to at Point-snr light-house. Three bodies Liverpool ami Glasglow. It will be dilivered to the Johnston line of steam ers at Port Royal for 'transportion to Liverpool. Ogden Elected. H. N. Ogden, democratic candidate for congress from the Shreveport, La., district has been elected to fill the un expired term of M. C. Blanchard. His majority is about 5,000. Most men look out for number one; most women claim to look ont for number two—at the shoe store. It is better to be an April fool than a chronic one. Two hundred and fifty-two fresh cases of cholera were reported at Lis bon Thursday. The National line steamer Helvetia, Captain Froliche, lias been abandoned in a sinking condition oft' Cape Finist- cere, Spain, and her crew and passen gers landed at Gibraltar. A telegram received at tbo miners’ headquarters at Columbus, from Thomas Farry, dated Fire Creek, West Virginia, says that, twenty-one mines in that state are closed. They employ 3,500 miners. The Indiana Republican State Con vention adjourned at Indianapolis, at 4 o’clock Thursday morning, after having been in continuous session for eighteen hours. A full state ticket was completed and agreed npon. L. W. Johns, the. general superin tendent of the Tennessee coal, Iron and Railroad company, at Birming ham, Ala., has secured at Weir City, Kan., 200 negro coalminers to go into the Birmingham mines in jilace of the strikers there. Attoruer-General Olney was inform ed Thursday that the miners of tho Couer D’Alene mines, in northern Idaho, had assembled to the number of 600 men, and threatened to capture a train and move east. The civil and military authorities have been advised to take proper measures to prevent violence to property. Governor Flower, of New York, has vetoed the annual appropriation bill because the republican legislature re fused to amend the bill by striking out the section to allow the attorney gen eral to designate all counsel employed by state commissioners. This action of the governor will probably delay the adjournment. The debenture holders of the Cen tral railroad held a meeting at Savan nah Wednesday,.but eame no nearer a determination of the matters before them than at the former meeting. The agreement which has been drawn had received only §610,000 worth of signa tures and it has to have $1,000,000 be fore it can become operative. The amount was increased to about §700,000 at the meeting aud the committee will canvass for further signatures before another meeting is called. There is a woman in Ohio who was one of the little girls in George Washington’s funeral procession. She is Mrs. Priscilla Spooner. Mrs. Spooner recently celebrated her 100th * birthday.