Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1894, Page 9

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EDUCATIONAL. —— — — MUEAGIBULNSING MONDAY, 3 Base Ball Toda ae BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 26, ye MOUNT ~~ NON SES -ARY. aD) th INT VERNON SEMIN. q 7 Bree 7 and iith twuart Robson. oxear Test canes ant Boswell i roung Latin and Direction of WM. R. HAYDEN. Lit Girls. Ia & magnificent scente sortval of Shakespeare's Kids vs. Vets. eg eerogehly, modern and progressive in zieth- iamortal + eC c AAMAS AY e te classes. COMEDY @ ERRORS. | Game called at 4:30 p.m. “ae term: February 1. MR. ROLSON AS THE DROMIO OF \CUSE. ‘BETH J. SOMMERS. A_ PERFRCT PRODUCTION. mh2+tt Admission, 25 and 50c. Jao-tt Principal. mb2e-tf Bakgis THEATER. WEEK MARCH 26 Matinces Tuesiay, Thursday and Saturday. has. L. Davis, as hyi Alvin Joslin. 189 LAUGHS IN 180 MINUTES, Next week ANNIE WARD TIFFANY. mb26-6t Keenan's Ly oM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK— PROF. RICARDO'S Performing Leopards, In conjunction with the Fay Foster Burlesque Co. Original Spectalties. New Burlesque. Next week—BILLY PLIMMER'S OWN CO. mb26-6¢ METZEROT? MUSIC HALL. 65 MUSICIANS. MONDAY, APRIL 2,8 P. M. 14th year, 47th Grand Concert of the GEORGETOW ORCHESTRA, no. ALICE B BURBAGE, Ptantet, |. C. RAKEMANN, ‘jolinist. Miss ANITA CLUSS, Harpist. SEATS, 75c. ADMISSION, 50c. mh26-8t Now for sale at Metzerott’s. Tirs. Jariey’s Wax Works FOR THE BENEFIT OF ST. JOHN'S ORPHANAGE. Metzerott’s Hall, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, AT 8 P.M. ‘Tickets for sale by Mrs. Mony, 1718 H st.; Biddle, 1713 R. I. ave.; Mrs. Riggs, 1311 Mass. ar Mrs. McKeever, 1508 H st., apd at Met- Serott’s Music Store. mb21,22, 2426, 6¢ NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Every Evening, Wed. and Sat. Matiness. HOYT’S A TEXAS STEER. With TIM MURIHY and a specially selected east. NEXT SUNDAY EVENING, Goi. R. G. ING ER'=0LL, “WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SAVED?” Seats realy on Thursday. Next Week—PELIX MORRIS. University of Pennsylvania GLEE, BANJO AND MANDOLIN CLUBS. PATRGNESSES: Lady Pauncefote, Mrs. J, Hubley Ashton, Mme. ¢ Mes. Chas. © Glover, Mrs. Alap Johnstone, Mes. Harry C. Yarrow, Miss Alice Lee, Mos. John B. Rezbura, has. M. Foulke. eri, . Fred Lee’ . Robley D. Ev: ns, W. H. Hawkes, Bs Mrs. J. Lowrie Bell, Airs. N- S. Lincoln, = Anton Heger. one seats, 50, Te., $1, now on sale at Motzerc it’s. mib22-7t “AMPHION GLEE CLUB, ASSISTED RY THE Capital City Concert Band And other popular talen! Admission to : J. HENRY LE’ ACADEMY. Manager. THE Stoddard Lectures. Also TUESDAY “tnd WEDSESDAY EVENINGS, The Glories L2st 3 = | Stoddard Of India. | Evenings. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, AT 2:30, Last Stoddard Matinee John L. Stoddard! Historic and Scenic NCEY ovcorr. _ mnzest GRAND CHARITY CONCERT, METZEROTT MUSIO HALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 8 O°CLOCK, CANTATA OF King Rene’s Daughters And selections by FIRST PRESBYTERIAN QUARTET. Tickets, 50 and T5c. On sale at Metzerott’s Music Store. _ mh26-5t Reception and Charity Bail Ladies’ Southern Relief Society, National Rifles’ Armory Wednesday, March 28,’94. Tickets, $1 each, to de bad at Thompson and w's drug s and at door on the evening. Under the auspices of the following lady patrons: . St Madame Romero, Madame De Steberg. . Marshall MacDon- Miss Mildred Lee, Mrs. Leigh Robinson, Miss Alice Riggs, Mrs. Stone, rs. Crisp, Mrs. Thos. ’ Nelson Page, Mrs. Jonn B. Gordon, Mrs. Johp Lee Curroll, Mrs. Charles H. Gibson, Mrs. L. M. D. Curry, Mrs. Chas. J. Fuuikner, Miss Leila Washington. . N.C. Blanchard, LAST THREE EVENINGS WITH Miss Kate Field, BANQUET HALL OF THE SHOREHAM, y EIGHT ¢ th — AMERICA FOR AMERI- CaN. Tuesday, i - ES AND EARS IN LON- April 34 — EYES xX Musical Monologue. Course Tickets, for two evenings. Single Tickets To be odtained ave., from Mrs. 4 and at the office of the METZEROT? MUSIC Ha MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 26, AT 8 Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor. das is season.) Me FL Br SCHROEDER. Prog yt 4. Beethoven. Goucerto for Viol and Orchestra (ms), C. M. » mew ma the Symphonie Fan- psody for Pianoforte “Die Melster- t's music store. ELLIS, Manager. GENTLE DRIVING PARK - Asaph J Va. Infor 3 Trais I m., 1:30 and 3:23 pu. F to driving wack, mbi6-Im* Yale Glee Banjo Clubs’ cont ar METZEROTT. HALL, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, AT § O'CLOCK. Patrovesees: Mrs. Adlai EK. Stovesson, Mrs. Willson S. Bissell, Mra David J. Brewer, rs. ey , prers. (cMitlan, Bre. ‘oleot! i ere i P. Boardman, Parker Mann, Mra. G. W. M. Mra. C. H. Sherrill, Mrs. W.C. Whittemore, Mrs. W. H. Slack. Sale of seats at Metrerott’s begins Monday, Mare 19. Reserved seats, $1.60 and $1. mh16-10t jANJO THOROUGHLY TAUGHT BY NOTE OR sim; per qua I method; only antee to teach the mest unmusies lag & Dertect, tune each lesson simple met! —- Parlors 10 a.m. uatil 9 pm. GEORGE DRAEGER, 681 I st. n.w. mbi8-Im By Electric Railway to Mount Vernen. Prana Railroad, 9:46, 10:57, 11:50, 1:50. TALLY HO COACH LINE DalLy,jo AM, 2 PM. from 511 13th st.—Arlington, in J. B. = 50 to 78c. 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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The First of a Series of Musical After- noons. It Was a Decided Success—Other Mat- ters of Interest to the Scholars im General. The feature of last week in High School | circles was the first of the series of musical afternoons, which took place in the exhibi- tion hall of the Central school on Wednes- day last. It was a Chopin-Schubert recital, the following program being rendered: 1, Scherzo—Opus 31 in B flat minor, Chop- in, Mr. Lawrence; 2. Resting Place and Wandering, Schubert, Mrs. Perkins; 3. ‘The Wanderer, Schubert, Mr. Rice; 4. Nocturne in B major and impromptu in A flat, Chop- in, Mr. Lawrence; 5. To be Sung on the Water and Hark, Hark, the Lark, Schu- bert, Mrs. Perkins; 6. Serenade, Schubert, Mr. Rice; 7. Waltz in A flat and polonaise in A flat, Chopin, Mr. Lawrence; 8 The Organ Player and Restless Love, Schubert, Mrs. Perkins, In addition to the above Miss Mignon Ulke, a pupil of the school, read a paper on Chopin, which consisted principally of a criticism uf the composer's music. On the program appeared short sketches of each composer, which, in connection with. the music, proved most instructive. The attendance was overt six hundred, made up chiefly of pupils of the school. in order to cover expenses an admission fee of ten cents was charged, and although the intention is not to make money, eight dol- lars was cleared. The performers express- ed themselves as being greatly pleased with | the decorum of the audience. The next | concert will consist of selections from Gou- nod and Gri but the date has not yet been fixed upon. When asked his opinion concerning the Proposed battalion of ex-High School ca- dets, Dr. Lane said: “It is sure to fall through, as each of its numerous predeces- sors has done. The cadets, when they leave school, are enthusiastic over military affairs, but soon home ties spring up and sufficient attention is not devoted to the or- ganization. The same is true of the Alumni Association. Efforts have been made to form one for years past, but they have all been unsuccessful.” The courses 6f German and French lec- tures, delivered by Dr. Bernhardt and Professor Fountaine, respectively, were con- cluded on Wednesday last. The average attendance at these talks was about three hundred. They were very well received and Several requests have been received asking that they be continued. ‘With the coming of spring sports of all kinds have been recetving a large share of the attention of High School boys. Base ball seems to be the favorite,and each after- noon until 4 o’clock the school yards are occupied by young athletes, match and scrub games each being indulged in. “Rio Grande.” which is to be presented at Martyn College Hall on the evening of the 30th Instant by a cast of High School pupils. is described as a thrilling, comical and thoroughly amusing three-act drama, written by Chas. F. Townsend. The scenes are laid In New Mexico, at the time of the Indian troubles in the summer of 1891. IAeut. J. A. Graham, of the Central High School, has composed a bright and catchy two-step, which he has dedicated to the Sentor Club of the class of "94. The Easter holidays began yesterday, and will continue through Monday. At the Cen- tral School the hours were shortened on Thursday and the pupils dismissed at 1 o'clock. See CANNOT USE FORCE. Gov. Waite Must Let the Courts Co: firm His Appointments. The Colorado supreme court has sent the fire and police hoard case back to the dis- | trict court. The question presen:ed to the court by the governor asked who were the legal members of the fire and police board. The unanimous opinion of the court is that this question must be determined by the district court. This decision {s against the governor, for it does not answer his questions, and leaves the matter where {t stood when he called out the militia, over a week ago. The grounds upon which the opinion was ren- dered Is that the court has no furtsdiction. Representatives of the committee of safety were present to watch the outcome, and re- port to the committee at the earliest mo- ment, {n order that in case the court should not decide the controversy in a definite and positive way, prompt steps aight be taken to protect the city’s interests, prosevve the peace, and prevent a recurrence of the scenes of a week ago. The principal point in the decision is that the governor was In error in assuming that it developed upon him to enforce bis order of removal. The fire and police commis- stoners of Denver, though appointed by the | governor, are practically municipal officers. The governor is no more charged with the duty of seating them in case of a contro- versy than he is with seating a councilman, city clerk or other municipal officers cver whose right to office a controversy has arisen. The governor was seen immediately after the opinion was rendered, and In reply to a question, said: “T have absolutely nothing to say upon this subject. Considerable uneasiness in the city was caused by the fact that the supreme court having decided against the governor, he threatened, it 1s said, to take the matter into his own hands. The unanimous opinion of the court was adverse to the action of the governor in all things except that the court recognized his right to remove and appoint inembers of the board. It w: declared his power ended there, and that he could not induct h!s ap- potatees into office, and his employment of the militia for this purpose was greatly in error and unauthorized by law. The committee of safety asked the gov. ernor to grant them an interview. ‘rhe gov. eronr sent a reply that he would meet a committee of twenty or twenty-five, but re- fused to see forty or fift; Bee stings are cured by Salvation Otl, 25c. 1 PLANNING TROUBLE House Elections Oommittee Sets a Startling Precedent. BALLOTS NOT THE BES? EVIDENCE Opening a Wide Field for Re- trying All Elections. HiLBORN VERSUS ENGLISH The contested election case of English agt. Hilborn of the third congressional dis- trict of California is viewed in political circles as of serious and unusual import- ance, owing to the fact that the report of the majority of the committee on elec- tions overrides the established proposition that the ballots cast in an election are the best evidence, and sets a precedent which is Hable, it is thought, to seriously plague the democrats of the south in the future. As stated in the report, quoting from the contestant in this case, the “contestant relies entirely upon the depositions; con- testee entirely on ballots recounted.” The official returns of the election showed that Mr. Hilborn, the republican, was elected by a plurality of 25. A recount of the votes in one of the precincts showed that Mr. Hilborn was elected by a plurality of 4. Mr. English, the democrat, submitted the affidavits of voters in this precinct con- troverting, it 1s claimed, the testimony of the ballots, and the majority of the com- mittee have accepted the affidavits in pref- erence to the ballots as indicating the re- ;Sult. If this theory of the superiority of subsequent testimony of voters being su- accepted and generally applied there are very few districts in the south which the House could not cause to be represented in Congress by a republican. But the re- port goes further than this and makes statements which must spread consterna- tion through southern districts, holding substantially that the restrictive laws, such as the Australian ballot, defining specific- | ally how an illiterate voter may have his ballot marked, discredit the ballots as tes- timony, and make it competent to show by other testimony how the voter voted or intended to vote. The majority report, which is signed by | the democrats, eliminates everything from | the contest except the dispute over the | ballots in the Altamont precinet, where 70 votes were cast. Ballots and Depositions. In discussing the relative value of the testimony of depositions and the testimony of the ballots, the majority report says: , “Long before the Australian system of voting was adopted it was well estab- false or imperfect, or for any reason they | could not be relied upon, that the ballots cast at the election were the best evidence of how the electors voted; that the ballots were the primary and controlling evidence, while the testimony of the voters was but secondary. This was so because the ballots were in writing, and formed a part of the record of the election. “But it is equally well settled that before resort can be had to the ballots, as means the ballots offered are the identical ballots cast at the electio safely kept, as required by law; that they are in the same condition they were when cast; that they had not been tampered with; and that no opportunity had been |had to tamper with them. The burden of | making this preliminary proof rests on the | party who seeks to use the ballots as evi- ;dence. In this case it rests on the con- | testee.”” It is not alleged that the ballots in this case were tampered with or that the seal | of the envelope was disturbed, but there is intimation of carelessness and of opportu- nity for tampering. Precautions Criticised. Then proceeding, the report says that the army of so-called “deputy clerks” who testified that they watched the packages of ballots until the packages were placed in the recorder’s safe “swore too much.” | “Every man of common sense,” says the |Teport, “knows that these packages, left, as the testimony shows they were, careless- ly and loosely for days and nights on the floor of a reom of a public office, open to | the public, were not safely and securely kept, and were subject to being tampered with. In addition to the testimony of these | deputy clerks, the contestee submitted the testimony of all the members of the Alta- mont election board except Henry Udy, the republican clerk of the board. Why the | contestee did not call him to the stand ts |@ mystery past finding out. The contestee [has offered no explanation. But all the | members of the Altamont election board | Who did give evidencé testified that the sealed cover containing the ballots was in | the precise condition It was when the board sealed it up at Altamont. They also tes- | tified that the ballots were the precise ones cast by the electors of Altamont, and in the precise condition they were when cast. And | to make their testimony effective, they all swore that they had voted for the con- testant at said election. The report then makes a point of the bal- lots having been too carefully guarded for identification as a suspicious circumstance. “The reason given by these members of the election board that the bailots recounted were the tdentical ballots cast at the Alta- mont precinct was that two members of the election board had placed their initiais on the ballots. There was too much meth- od,” the report says, “too much preparation [on the part of this election board, when | viewed in the light of subsequent events, to entitle what it did on election day, or what |it afterward testified to in reference to the | election, to be of value or entiled to confi- dence.” A Bad Precedent. It 1s argued that because the returns were incorrect that therefore the ballots are | subject to suspicion and are not good testi- mony, the fact being ignored that the object | of the count of the ballots was to determine the correctness or incorrectness of the re- | turns, The case is argued from “surround- | ing facts and circumstances” and the possi- bility of suspecting fraud is pointed out, though fraud itself is not directly alleged. The proposition laid down in the report, which is apt to prove most embarrassing to | the southern democrats as a preced+nt for | the future, is made in the statement that the Australian ballot system destroys the superior character of the ballots as evi- dence. The report says that before the adoption of the Australian ballot system an illiterate voter could get any one to prepare his ballot for him; that this selection was voluntary, and that “upon such a state of facts, and under such circumstances, it | couid be well said that he had voluntarily reduced his intention and his action to writing, and that his written expression of what he did and intended, the ballot, was the best evidence. It was under this sys- tem of voting that the rule of the ballot | being the best evidence grew up. “A different system of voting exists now almost everywhere,” the report says, “and especially in California. The political parties no longer furnish their own ballots. An offieial ballot is furnished. It Is retamed inside the polling place; none are allowed outside. The voter must pass inside of the polling place and obtain his ballot from an official of the election board. If he is ‘iliter- ate, or from any cause he {s unable to make out his ballot, some member of the el: | board makes it out for him. He may, | may not, have confidence in the official y-ho prepares his ballot. The preparation of his | ballot is not his free and voluntary act. It is compulsory. He must submit to having some one not of his own selection—some person who may be a stranger to him—p! pare his ballot for him, or he cannot vote. * © © The illiterate voter in Califor- is not a free agent in having his ballot | . nia perior to the testimony of the ballote were | lished that where the election returns were | of proof, absolute proof must be made that | that they had been | prepared, for he has no opportunity what- ever, and can have none, to ascertain wheth- er his ballot was correctly prepared or not. He must depend entirely upon the election officer who marks it for him. Such was the condition of the illiterate voters who voted at Altamont precinct, which was presided over by an election board that, the proof shows, and the contestee confesses, made a false return. “In view of the different plans and ineth- ods now in use in the conduct of elections from those employed when the rule that the ballot, if properly preserved, is the best evidence, was adopted, the committee sug- gests whether that rule ought not now, some degree, at least, to be relaxed. “The committee submits that the testi. mony of the electors who voted at Alta- mont precinct is admissible for all purposes of the contest.” The Minority’s Side. The minority report in the case is signed by the five republican members of the com- mittee. After stating the points of the case concerning which there is no difference of opinion the minority report holds that there can be no question that the ballots were presented as cast, the manner of keep- ing them, the unbroken seal and the fact that the elections officers had marked their initials on the backs, all going to prove their identity. The minority report then say hen the ballots have been safely pre- served, as required by law, they become the best and primary evidence as to how the ; elector voted, and the testimony of the voter is secondary and inadmissible. The ballots are not only a part of the election returns, but are of a higher grade of evi- dence than the tally papers or a summary made from them. To permit voters to come up after an election, as in this case, and swear they voted differently from what the ballots show would open up a field of un- ending perjuries and frauds. If such should be the rule, every election might be tried over a second time by the oath of the voter instead of-the ballots deposited in the ballot box. A mistake in the count or in tallying the vote, or an impeachment of the re- turns or tally papers, even for fraud, do Rot, of themselves, discredit the ballots. To them the law points as the source to cor- rect all such errors and mistakes. They commit no perjury and cannot be bribed. These general principles to which we have called attention are fundamental, and are fully recognized and followed by the law nd the decisions of the supreme court of California.” —_—_———_-o-___—_—_ GARNER HERE AGAIN. Fall of Anecdotes of His Experiences While Studying Monkey Teli. Prof. Richard L. Garner, formerly of the Smithsonian Institution, who has passed |nearly a year in Africa studying the lan- jean soil. He arrived at New York from London by the Etruria, with his head full of the strange words of the Simians. “My trip,” he said, “was a great suc- | cess in spite of the fact that I was serious- ly handicapped from the very outset. I ‘was compelled to go to Africa without a phonograph, on which instrument I hed | placed my greatest reliance. In the early spring of "%&, after landing in Gaboon, I ‘decided to ascend the Ogowe river abcut |250 miles for the purpose of locating the zees. “Finally I settled upon the southern shore grees south of the equator. Back about a “mile from the lake, in a dense jungie, I pitched my cage. For nearly six months T lived in this cage with a native boy and a young chimpanzee named Moses, that I | bad captured, “Moses often dined with me, but he could | never learn the table etiquette of the Cau- \casian. I tried to teach him to speak Eng- |lish, but he made little progress. He did | sueceed, before he died, in learning some simple problems with blocks, and I dis- covered that he could count. “Soon after I was in the bush I saw my |first gorilla. My face seemed to interest him most, jeritically, as if studying my character. A |few mornings later I was awakened by a | gorilla shrieking near my house. He would | vary these shrieks, which were almost like | those of a human being, with the most aw- |ful roars I ever heard.” The goriila’s ro. is unlike anything I ever heard or -magin- ed. It is one of the most awful sounds in the world. It almost makes one’s bleed | stand still in the veins. There are several notes in the crescendo roar which resemle the bray of a donkey, but incomparably harsher and louder. “After I had been several weeks in the jungle I attempted to make a number of | photographs, but to my disgust foynd that |my camera would not work. During | stay in the cage I recorded about twel |words of the chimpanzee language, and jabout half as many of those of the gorilla |tongue. [I found that the two were entirely | distinct.” ———_-+e+ ____ A VAULT TO COST $30,000 Now Being Erected at Baltimore to Hold Mr. May's Remains. The foundation is being laid in Bonnie Brae cemetery, says the Baltimore Ameri- can, for a handsome vault that will cost, when completed, not less than $30,000, cause of the fine materials used in its con- struction. It is being built by Mrs. Cecilia C. May of Washington, the widow of the late Frederick Decoursey May. Mr. May died while traveling in Curope last winter. His remains were brougnt to Baltimore last Christmas and placed in a temporary vault in Ponnie Rrae. The new vault will Le made for two caskets, both of which will rest in solid marble receptacles. The vault will be of soli] marble, elezantly carved, after the Grecian style. Balumere county limestone will constitute the stone work. The dcors | will be of bronze, and they will be double. |The vault will stand about fourteen feet above the level of the roalway. Its dimen- sions will be twenty-three seventeen feet. In the rear will stand a handseme taarble statue, and at the en- trance there will be a statue of a large |watch dog. Two heavy glass windows, | uniquely set in the roof, will let in the sun- |lignt and help relieve the gloomy appear- |ance. The vault will be located in a com: manding place on the drive leading from the lake to the public vault, and will over- look the bridge on the south side of the lake. Messrs. Lane & Malnati of Washing- | ton are the contractors. Mr. Thomas Har- |den of Carroll has the contract for the | concrete work. | Mr, May, whose remains will rest in the | vault, was born in the old Bonnie Brae | homestead, now owned by Mrs. James Wil- son, and which is within a stone's throw | of the site on which the vault will stand. = aoe : Prepared to Enforce His Request. There was considerable excitement about the offices of the Philadelphia Traction Com. pany yesterday when an unknown crank |brandished a revolver and threatened to |take the life of Supt. Gorman. The man | frst made his appearance in the line of ap- |plicants for positions as gripmen and con- ductors one day last week. Lately this line has been very long, and the men are obliged to wait some time before their turn comes | to meet the man in charge of this branch of the service. Yesterday, while waiting in line, the crank whispered to the man next |to him: “Gorman won't employ me, and I am going to kill him.” | “With these words he whipped out a large g revolver. jbut before they could reach the spot the |man had disappeared. The Cornell-Pennsylvania Race. | The Pennsylvania-Cornell boat race this | year will be rowed on the Delaware river |near Philadelphia,on the four-mile straight- away course above Morelton Inn. This was decided on Saturday, when Commodore | Brown of Cornell visited the course and gave his consent to the race taking plac» there. The offer of Col. Morrell of a chal- lenge cup for three years was not accepted by Commodore Brown, for the reasoa that his connection with Cornell aquatics will end with this year, It ts expected that the | race will be rowed between June 6 ani 14, and that it will be an event which will lereate a great deal of enthusiasm in col- lege and sporting circles, and one which |may be made an annual uffair. guage of the monkeys, is back on Ameri-! vhabitat of the gorillas and the chimpan- | of Lake Fernan Vaz, which {ts about 2 de- | and he regarded my features | ” | weal.” nd a half by | Officers were promptly notitied, | COXEY'S ARMY CAMPS. Arrival of the Soldiers of Peace at Canton, Ohio. THE GENERAL SLEEPS IN A HOTEL BED His Followers Crouch Under Tents and Blankets. AFEW MORETHAN A HUNDRED The Army of the-Commonweal of Christ left Massillon, Ohio, a little ahead of sched- ule time at noon yesterday, at night had covered the first eight miles of the march | to Washington, and as the column passed through the public square of the city of its birth there were just 122 people, on foot, in wagons or on horseback. The national colors were carried at the head of the column by a colored fellow named Sam Johnson of Massillon, well known for his mortal fear of work. Carl | Browne came next, mounted on a splendid | white horse weighing nearly 2,000 pounds. He wore high top boots, corduroy trousers, a buckskin jacket, a fur overcoat and a very large sombrero. “Doc” Kirkland of Pittsburg was close behind with two aids. Then came Citizen Coxey in his phaeton, | colored coachman driving a spirited team. | Mrs. Coxey, her little son, Legal Tender, | and her sister, Miss Jones, drove next to Coxey to the first stop, and there left the column. A light running gear bearing a speaker's platform was next. It also ac- commodated Carl Browne’s panorama, il- | lustrating his harangue against the ‘na- | tional banking system as the monster of | the age. The Great Unknown. Lew Smith, “the great unknown,” headed the section of footmen. He is the fellow who made such an incendiary speech on Massillon streets that he was not allowed to speak the second time. People in the crowd the first time he spoke thought he was Fielden, the Chicago anarchist, and so | announced. He replied: “I am the great unknown, and must remain so.” He is handsome, commanding and well dressed, and maintains good discipline. Seventy- | four footmen followed. They were a sorry looking lot, and if not regulation tramp: taey belie their appearance. Uf course a | few of them had the appearance of good citizens, but they were aimost lost in the crowd. Ten men mounted on good horses were a much better looking lot. A covered wa-| gon accommodated tne band of fourteen members. Two wagons accommodated the tent and commissary, an ordinary farm wa- | gon loaded with horse feed brought up the rear. The first stop was made at Reedurban, and here, according to the Scriptural idea which Browne introduces wherever possi- | ble, there was a feast of loaves and fishes, | Tye bread,. canned salmon and oiled sar-| dines. After an hour's rest the order to | | fail in was given. There were some recruits | by this time, a dozen more horsemen and | probably 150 marched through the city to Camp Lexington, just outside of Canton, where the night was spent. The Sentiment of the Banners. In spite of the snow storm raging during the whole march the line ‘was thronged } | with people, and as the army passed it was | cheered or jeered, according to the senti- ments of the groups passed. It required a good deal of fortitude to march through the | Storm, and through the crowd, too. Ban- ners were numerous in the ling gp many | bore Scriptural quotations. 5S, @enounc- ed banks, others the govern: some | abused Congress. | “Christ is our leader” headed the proces- sion, and the man carrying it swore like {trooper when his fingers got cold. “Thirty- | two verses of the Bible prove Christ a | Theosophist” was emblazoned on another banner, while another read, “We working- |men want work, not charity.” Others read: | od is not the God of the dead, but of the |livirg;” “Interest-bearing bonds feed on | rothing but gold and honest labor;” “The kingdom of heaven on earth in the | nesday. FF come in during the winter for lodging and were then regarded as regulavion tram There is a water station on the Fort Wayne called Stark Siding, which has been @ Mecca for tramps all winter. Tons of coal have been burned in their camp fires and they have been frequently routed by the police. On one occasioh there was a pitched battle between the police and the tramps, ig which three tramps received wounds. Coxey and his son Jesse stayed at the leading hotel, guests of the Browne had an invitation to be there, but declined, saying that it was his duty to be with his men. © Before the March Regan. Before the march began at Massillon yes- terday morning the camp on the Tuscara- Was presented an odd sight. Ne fire was permitted in the big tent, but there was @ heap of blazing logs outside. Every few moments the flaps of the tent were parted by a soldier of the commonweal, who visited the fire to drive away the chills. Soon he would hurry to burrow in the straw for another nap and others would take his place. i Some of them washed at the river brink and others carried water in pans and |it over the fire. They burned straw amd frolicked about like a troop of boys. A bugle call to breakfast brought them to- gether at the tent with a rush. The bill of fare comprised bread, coffee and raw meat. The latter was affixed to the end of pointed sticks and reasted over the fire, One group of five ran away in a body, after breakfast and boarded a passing train. Thirty of the commonweal passed the night at the Massillon Hotel. There were groups who could not be found when they were needed for picket duty, but they were on | hand for breakfast. At 8 o'clock the unknown summoned men to camp together and they were f to number eleven groups. They were or- ganized into a commune. Smith drilled them on the’meadows for half an hour. He has added several formalities of em = | discipline to the rules of the common’ One is the plan of having them march files of two, and a more s: innova- tion is the adoption of military salutes. A man who shouted “Here, Browne,” et the California reformer half way across the field was given a raking over by Smith. Among other things he said that the proper caper was to ask for Chief Marshal Carl Brown and salute when his attention is se- cured. Thus the despised military system is being introduced, even though companies are called communes and regiments com- munities. The eleven groups consolidated yesterday, were called the Chicago commune. Coxey's Property Mortgaged. In contradiction of the generally accepted belief that Coxey is wealthy, Massilion peo= | ple say that his property is heavily incum- bered. The reports culminated last night im | the statement that Coxey will be obliged to pay a heavy mortgage on the stallion Aco- lyte by next Wednesday or suffer fore- closure. He bought the horse from Col. Jas, E. Pepper of Kentucky for $40,000 and paid $16,0W cash. A son of Col. Pepper was in Massillon last Monday and gave notice, so the report goes, that ample security would have to be given for the debt of $24,000 oF there would be legal proceedings on Wed- The mortgage is said to include much of Coxey’s property, as well as the eee PHI BETA KAPPA, A Notable Dinner by the Most Notable of Greek Letter Societies, The oldest of the college Greek letter frae, ternities, Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776 in William and Mary College, in Virginia, will have a notable dinner at the Hotel Waldorf in New York tomorrow night. Originally a secret society, it has now few. of the elements of secrecy, but has always stood for high attainment, especially in the classics and in letters. It has now chap- ters In over twenty of the leading of the country, id elections to member | ship are highly prized by students, as those of the highest scholarship, gen the highest third of the classical in the graduating class, are awarded the golden key of Phi Beta Kappa. Ellis H. Roberts, president of the New York association, will preside at the bana~ quet. The speakers will be men of national utation, representing, as far as the universities and colieges where chap= ters of the fraternity have been established. Among thos# who have already accepted in- vitations to speak are Bishop Henry C. Pot. ter, Col. T. W. Higginson, president of the United Chapters; Rev. Dr.A. V.V. president-elect of Unie the Alpha or pa- rent chapter in New York state; Schurman of Cornell, President Gates Amherst and Joseph H. Choate of vard. —_ ++ ___— SUSIE MARTIN'S MURDER. | Lord’s Prayer) is at hand;” “Coxey’s good jroads plan;” “Banks of issue must be sup- | pressed and the circulating tnedium restored to the general government;” “Banks of iesue are more, dangerous to liberty than standing armies: ‘The Jeffersonian rein- carnation of Christ “For the Coxey plan— the former factory slaves, all kinds of la- bor, railroad employes, milimen; “The body, heart, arms, hands, legs of the rein- carnation of Christ. | Under a crayon portrait of Coxey was | “J. 8. Coxey, the Cerebrum of the Common- Browne was labeled the “Cerebei- the Commonweal.” At the Camp Grounds, When the camp grounds were reached the men set to work lke old-time circus hands, |and in a thoroughly systematic plan soon | arranged the camp for the night. Only two | tents were pitched. One is a round circus | tent, sixteen feet In diameter, used last sea- |son by Wetler’s circus, a Massillon enter prise that is not coming out this season be- cause of the hard times. The other is a square tent, used as headquarters. It is | embellished with some of Browne's handi- work as an artist. The entrance motto reads: “Object—To go to Washington and hold a meeeting on the steps of the nation’s Capi- tol May 1, to petition Congress to pass Coxey’s bilis giving work to the honest un- | employed.” | Both sides of the tent flaps are inscribed: “Headquarters J. S. Coxey, Good Roads Association of the United States. On to Washington.” On the rear of the tent is one of Browne’s original cartoons. It represents an octopus, the limbs of which represent national bank monopolies, &c., crushing the life out of the people. Under it is a very lean hen, labeled |The People,” and a very fat one, marked | |"The Banking System.” Tne poor one is scratching worms and the fat one is eating them. of the commissary wagons is in- ll what you have and give it to ‘lum of When the grounds were in order in an iron kettle hung on an improvised crane | coffee was made, and the warriors sum- moned to supper. The “great unknown” was still in command, and his sharp, shrill | voice informed them ‘that all who did not answer promptly would not get a bite. Sev- eral fellows made a heavy raid on the bread | | basket, but his quick eye caught them and | they were obliged to return all but one loaf. | “The unknown’s” command of the commis- | sary is just as strict as his command of the | ne. The rations were Issued to groups which were called by numbers. Five men constituted a group, and as soon as five en- | list they elect a group marshal. When the | forces swell, other divisions, such as com- | munes, cantons and divisions, ure to be or- ganized. There was not much variety to the sup- per, but there was plenty of tt, such as it was, and little or nothing was left for breakfast, but locai populists and prohi- bitionists agreed to furnish breakfast, some of them saying their wives would go to | camp to prepare it. The camp grounds were surrounded by ropes, und none but warriors admitted. The stiff wind and light fall of snow pre- vailing when the army reached camp soon ripened into a full-fledged snowstorm, and | the ground was covered with snow. The | | thermometer dropped to 23 degrees above | zero. It was a bad night to be out, and / those who have the fortitude to remain in | camp can be counted to stay with the army till It reaches its destination, if they don’t desert before breakfast in the morning. | | Not one in ten of the men had blankets | | and but few of them overcoats. Fifty-two of the fellows went to police headquarters |and were given lodging in the city prison, | and others dragged burning loge into the | big tent. In those who applied at the city prison officers recognized many who had | not committing A Repulsive Looking Chinaman Ar rested on 5% jicion. Yu Than, a repulsive looking Chinaman who keeps a laundry in the neighborhood of the house where the mutilated body of twelve-year-old Susie Martin was found last week at New York, was arrested yes- terday and brought before Police Justice Ryan on the technical charge of being @ suspicious character. Although the deteo- tives refuse to make any statement and ine formation is denied at police headquarters, indications point to the belief that Yu Than is connected by the police with the horri- bie affair as the actual murderer or as an accomplice. A deaf and dumb man named Mi accoring to one story, saw the Chinaman enter the house where the remains were found, and remain inside about three-quar- ters of an hour. The date would, it seems, correspond with the period of Susie's dis- appearance from home. McCann communi cated with the police station in_ writing, and the result was the arrest of Yu Than. The latter speaks very broken English, an@ is evidently too frightened to account for himself at present. It is also rumored that two other Chinamen are to be arrested by, Inspector McLaughlin's detectives. ss The Crim Dread of His Recora@, From McClure’s Magazine. Since the service was organized in Paris ten years ago upward of 5,000 old offenders have been recognized by means of it. In 1883 the number was forty-nine; in 1893 it had risen to 680. Of course, there is @ considerable economy in the prompt recog= nition of a former delinquent, for when an individual attempts to conceal his iden- tity he is detained as a caution on an aver- age of 100 days, at an expense of about 1 franc a di Five thousand persons iderti- fied prompily means, therefore, a saving of about 51,000 francs. But there are still more practical results; the maiefactors of a country where the system has been adopted are the first to realize the impossibility of escaping its records. Naturally they seek new terri- tory. Thus the p ets of Paris have been materially decreased since anthropom- etry began its in the Palais de Justice. From sixty-five in 1885 their mum- ber fell to fourteen in 1890. This exodus of old offenders from France was sensibly felt in the police courts of the neighboring countries, especially in Belgium, and when the latter country adopted the Bertillon system Switzerland at once followed. She saw that otherwise she was going to re- ceive all the incorrigibles and vagabonds of both countries. The professor of penal law at the University of Berne sald im 890: weTinere ts no more powerfel motive Mp a crime than the ass ance that it will be followed by punt ment.” ‘So powerful is the method considered by penal authorities that there has been a res peated demand that it be made Snternations al in all civilized countries. — — CAPITOL TOPY A Nomination Defeated. Senator Power has just scored a victory over the administration in defeating. the nomination of David G. Browne, to be cole lector of customs at Fort Benton, Mon, So vote was ever taken on this nomination, which was originally sent ‘n April 26, ‘93. Senator Power successfully resisted all efforts to get the name before the Senate, for no report was made by the commerce committee. Recently, however, it is un- derstood, the committee determined to sen@ the name In, but on Saturday Mr. Browne's was received,