Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR yontiaT THE STAR BUILDINGS TT fe Evening Star Newnpaper Ooeye, SH KA Prest, Pan Now York Office, 88 Potter Building, « ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the by carriers, on their ceou: ae rere: 08 thelr own account. at 10 cents cents By mail- tes or Canada—postag turday Quintuple Skeet St foreizn postage added. $2.06. ered e Post Offic ington, weet de atl patter) Washi D.C. Fait ait wal tions must be paid ance. tes of advertising made known on applies, United Drepald—50 cents per ‘ar, $1.00 per year; Vor 84, No. 20,848. UNDER FIRE TODAY Mr. Wilson Begins the Oross-exami- nation of Mr, Breckinridge. HS DIRECT TESTIMONY CONCLUDED “Fhe Last Interview in the Office of Major Moore. ‘SHE PROMISE TO MARRY Mr. Breckinridge was on the stand again (8 his own benaie today. Taking up his | ap at the point where it had been broken upon at the adjournment Friday after- mm he told at length of his relations with The defendant's Tecital today Was taken largely with incidents that transpired in Spring of last year, the visits made with Pollard to Maj. Moore’s office in this and the trip Miss od Pollard made to New fork. There were very few questions put fo him while he was on the Stand, but he {as simply allowed to go ahead with his Story in his own way. Not only does he it better than any of his counsel could oe pest do, but he is a trained lawyer and ws very well what he may or may not [ Che £vening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. become thoroughly familiar to the news- Paper reporters and correspondents, who are, of course, on hand all the time. All of these men are well on in years, and most of them have hair as white as that of the de- fendant, or else no hair at all. Representa- tive Morse of Massachusetts, who was pres- ent on a number of occasions during the earlier stages of the trial, has not been back since the newspapers referred to him as a constant attendant. The general appear- ance of the audience is one of eminent re- spectability, for only members of the bar and others who have at least some shadow of an excuse for being present are allowed ad- mission to the court room. Usually the court does not adourn for Tunch until 12:30 o’clock, but at ten minutes before 12 this morning Mr. Butterworth an- mounced that he was through with the di- rect examination. There might be a few more questions suggested by a reference to their notes, but these would not consume more than a few minutes, and he suggested an adjournment until 1:45. Mr. Wilson was willing. Judge Bradley was evidently averse to adjourning foriy minutes ahead of time, but there did not seem to be anything else to do, so he yielded with good grace. Mr. Wilson began the cross-examination of Mr. Breckinridge directly after recess. He began easily and softly, bringing out from the defendant a statement of his church connections and other matters be- fore proceeding to dissect his story of his relations with the plaintiff. Mr. Breckinridge Continues His De- nials, é Mr. Breckinridge took the stand as soon as Judge Bradley's court opened this morn- ing, and Mr. Butterwcrth continued his direct examination. Mr. Butterworth called |e haiges on the stand. There is an old that a lawyer makes the very worst attention first to the plaintiff's testimony in relation to the carriage ride from the railway statio2 in the last of August, 1892. Mr. Breckinridge deried that any such conversation as Miss Pollard recited re- specting his children and the length of time after his wife's death when he could properly marry ever tcok place. He denied also the conversation she described as hav- Pos Mr. Stell and Mr. Butterworth. find of a witness, but the defendant can Bardly be said to bear out the truth of this Statement. He tells his story in a straight- | forward manne> as though he were not in| the court tryiag to conceal anything. It is | s if he realt:ed that the best thing he can fea to make a clean breast of the whole ir, believing that the more his position understood the better it will seem. The morning was not marked by sensa- ing occurred in Lexington in 1885, to the effect that when he could, if she would give up her child, he would marry her. There never was a time when he asked the plain- tiff to give up a child; there never was a time when he knew the plaintiff had a child, and there never was a time during the life of his late wife when there was any conversation referring in a most remote way to any possibility of a marriage be- tween them. The deferdant said he did not see the plaintiff at the Hoffman House on April 3, 1803. He saw her on May 1, but not on that occesion or any other did he mention any bwsitess engagements he had or any enterprises involving $30,000,000 capital, in connection with which he might | go abroad, nor did he speak of any business engagements with Mr. Whitney or Mr. Fairchild, for he had no such engagements and expected none. He did not then pro- pose to marry her. been married to his precent wife not more than forty-eight haprs. Wonal incidents of any sort and there was fittic to interesi ihe audience outside of the Story told troy: the witness stand. For an Dour Mr. Bre-kinridge went on with the Feview of his life and of his relations with Miss Pollard before there was any inter- fuption from the lawyers on either side. Then the witness was asked as to the con- tents of certain letters he had received from the plainti:t, which letters he had destroyed. | Mr. Wilson interposed an objection to his Going into th{s matter at all, as the destruc- tion of the letters was a voluntary act and | fm the nature of “spoliation of evidence.” Mr. Butterwortn retorted that there was Bo such law between the covers of the books, especially as the letters were de- stroyed long before the defendant had any fdea of possible litigation growing out of the entanglement in which he had got him- ; self. Letters like these, he said, were not | a sort that a man liked to keep among | family papers one reeeey, oat Bie vee! The Interview With Maj. Moore. According to the defendant's recollection the conversation at the interview with Maj. Moore on the 13th of May last was a much shorter one than he described. It was not more than ten or fifteen minutes long, he thought. It was a very urgent conversation. His recollection was that he told Maj. Moore that he came there to de- liver this young weman or himself into custody; that she threatened his life. The defendant recited again what had occurred at that interview. He thought, during the conversation, that she turned and said: “If you will marry me, I won't kill you,” and defendant said: “Yes, I will marry you the last day of this month, if God don’t interpose.”” He took her there for the purpose of delivering her over to the police. After he left he said there was no conver- sation in which he expressed regret that they had intrusted their secret to Maj. Moore, and asked her to see Maj. Moore. He had,as he stated Saturday, said that as they had gone to Maj. Moore's office the fact “THERE IS NOT THE SHADOW OF TRUTH IN IT.” for destroying them were so patent to make it unnecessary to advert tc em. “When were these letters destroyed?” Ssked Judge Bradley. “As they were received, your honor,” re- the defendant. “It was my custom I received letters from the plaintiff tear them up immediately after reading ” “The objection is overruled,” said Judge ley. Tnuen the defendant went on in to give the story of these letters and cireumstances under which the answers Were written. It ts a noticeable fact that Mr. Breck- fe invariably refers to Miss Pollard “the plaintiff.” Only once has he re- to her as Madeline, and then he speaking of a conversation in which her name was used by some one else. Miss Pollard was in court all day and led her customary seat between Mr. le and her faithful friend, Mrs. Ellis, directly in front of the witness stand. once did she show any oe of fare mg that she could not restrain = i. poengiee when Mr. Breckinridge led outright that he had told her in that if she would send the child away would make her his lawful wife if he had the opportunity. Her eyes filled | with tears and her lips moved as though | Bhe were trying to tell him that what he jas saying was not true. In fact, it was t @ difficult matter for those sitting in mt of her to read the words from her Again, when Mr. Breckinridge was testi- fying as to the statements made in the Washington and Kentucky papers that she {was engaged to him, Miss Pollard’s head Shook from side to side, as though in vig- | @rous denial of what he was saying. Mr. | Carlisle, however, had no difficulty in keep- img her quiet. All through the morning Miss Pollard sat } holding a biack leather pocket book in her hand. On this she had a number of little ps of paper, and with a lead pencil made } enadbel notes, which she passed over to her lawy and which Mr. Breckinridge will Probably hear from during the course of his eross- hat was present when the morning was not un- more than a dozen people ure It is safe to lf of those in the been constant at- There are at least a Score of men who have not missed a day ace the wisi began, and whose faces have seats. would probably be in the papers and lead to a scandal. It was then she stated that she was nervous and hysterical because she was in a delicate condition. Resumed the Thread of His Story. ‘The defendant here took up the thread of the story where he dropped It last Friday. He said he left the plaintiff in what ap- peared to be a fainting condition in Mrs. Thomas’ parlor. The next morning, before he was dressed, he received her card at his hotel—the Riggs House. He went down to see her, and she was pleasant and ami- able, and expressed regret for all that had occurred the day before. She said she was entirely willing to do whatever he wanted. She gave him a schedule of the money she would need to pay her board bill and other bills. She proposed he should giver her this money on the day he left Washington. In the meantime, she wanted a little money for her personal expenses, and he gave it to her. She made more protestations of “This ix the Letter I Wrote.” regret for what had happened. They parted on good terms; he walking with her a part of the way. That evening, a little after dinner, the boy came to his room again and said she wanted to see him. He saw her and she seemed a little nervous and ex- cited. She said she wanted to spend the night at Mrs. Blackburn’s, and wanted him to take her to Mrs. Blackburn's, and he did. There was some pleasant talk there, and she remained there. ay morning she came to him again and gave him an- other schedule of money she would need. On the next day he saw her at Mrs. Thomas’, and she told what she would do in New York. She was to put herself un- der the care of a physician there, and per- haps stay during the warm weather at a place on the Hudson river. The next day (Wednesday) she came to see him again and said she had been unable to get off. A Visit to Mes. Blackburn. Defendant went next day to Vrs. Black- burn’s and saw the plaintiff thera. Mrs. (Continued on Second Page) At that time he had | HOUSE The Bering Sea Bill Reported and Nearly Passed. MR. HOAR'S AMENDMENT CAUSES DELAY The O'Neill-Joy Election Case Again in the House. FILIBUSTERING IS RENEWED When the Senate met today there was an unusually large attendence on the dem- ocratic side of the chamber in anticipation of the launching of the tariff bill upon its stormy, journey. Arong the bills and joint resclutions was one coming from the legis- lature of Florida, prevented by Senator Quay, requesting that a duty be imposed on pineapples coming into the United States, in order to foster the cultivation of that fruit in Florida. It was ordered to He on the table. At the request of a ccnstituent, Senator Dolph introduced a prcpesition for reform in spelling and the calling of an interna- tional convention to that end. Mr. Dolph explained that he did not care to intreduce a bill, but requested that it should go to the ccrmittee on education, which was ordered. Mr. Cullom (lil.) intreduced a bill provid- ing for an international humane confer- ence, and asked its reference to the com- co on foreign relations, which was or- A Department of Public Health. Senator Gray (Del.) introduced, by re- quest, a bill for the creation of a depart- ment of public health. It was referred to the ccmmittee on epidemic diseases. Senator Turpie (Ind.) offered a resolution directing that the President be requested to consider the expediency of comsidering the undertaking of further negotiations on the subject of procuring certain modi- fications of the existing extradition treaty with the Russian empire concerning the arrest and extradition of persons desig- nated in such treaty as non-political. It was ordered to lie on the table. Senator Morgan (Ala.) reported from the committee on foreign relations a bill look- ing to the submisston to arbitration of cer- tain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seal. He asked that the bill be read in fuil and it was so ordered. After the reading of the bill, Mr. Morgan (explained that it was reported by the unanimous vote of all the members of the | foreign relations committee who were pres- |ent. It was important that prompt action , be taken by this government, and he was about to ask that it Jie on the table and to give notice that as soon as Senator Voor- hees concluded his forthcomirg speech on the tariff he would ask unanimous consent to take up the bill for consideration. Senator Sherman, the ranking republican member of the committee, suggested, how- lever, that as the bill was simply to carry out the provisions of the award of the | Paris Bering sea tribunal there would prob- ably be no objection to its consideration, and proposed its immediate consideration. Senator Morgan said, in reply, that if there was no objection on the part of any | Senator he would be glad to pass the bill now. He therefore asked unanimo' consent that the bill be read a second tim ind that the Senate proceed to its immedaite consid- eration, Mr. Hoar’s Amendment. This being granted the bill was rapidly passed through its various stages, znd was on the point of passage when Mr. Hoar lobtained the adoption of an amendment | specifically authorizing United States naval | officers to receive American vessels seized by British cruisers, Mr. Cullom inquired whether it was not rather unusual to authorize a foreign gov- ernment to arrest and search American vessels, but Mr. Morgan replied that the whole procedure was very much out of the ordinary, and quoted a noted publicist as saying that the arbitration tribunal marked an epoch in diplomatic usage by initiating peaceful methods of settlement of ¢nter- national complications in place of settle- ment by war, and he pointed out, as a pre- cedent, the agreement entered into between the United States and Great Britain for the suppression of the slave, trade. Objection to this summary passage of the bill becoming manifest on the republican side of the chamber, it was agreed by Mr. Morgan to have the bill printed, and he gave notice that he would call it up after Senator Voorhees’ speech and after Senator Allison had taken the floor on the tariff question. A Motion to Reconsider. Mr, Aldrich of Rhode Island asked that the bill be open to amendment again, but Mr. Morgan was unwilling to have the bill again opened to amendment, and Mr. Ald- rich thereupon moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed the third reading, but action on this motion was deferred un- til printed cupies of the bill have been re- ceived. At 2 o’clock the unfinished business, the bill of Senator Hansbrough for the de- struction of the Russian thistie, was laid before the Senate and immediately came into collision with the tariff bill, which Senator Voorhees had given notice of his intention to call up at the time. Senator Hansbrough asked that the un- finished business should be temporarily set aside in favor of the opening speech on the tariff without losing its place as the un- finished business. This was met by a mo- tion from Senator Harris that the tariff bill be made the unfinished business. While he was opposed to the bill of the Senator from North Dakota he said if there should be any gap in the consideration of the tariff bill he would have no objection to the Russian thistle bill being taken up. THE HOUSE. The strugglet over theO' Neill-Joy contested election case began immediately after the reading of the journal in the House this morning. Mr. Patterson demanded the reg- ular order, which was the vote upon his motion to lay on the table Mr. Burrows’ motion to consider the vote by which Mr. Joy was deciared not entitled to his seat.The republicans disputed the accuracy of some of the roll calls last week, and Mr. Bur- rows, before the clerk began calling the roll, elicited from the Speaker a very definite statement of the circumstances under which a member could vote under the rule. Mr. Reed stated that it was his pur- | pose last Friday when he asked permission | to see the roll call taken to see that this rule was observed. It had not been ob- served, he declared. “The chair had not been informed of any violations of the rules,” replied the Speaker. “But the chair was aware of it neverthe- less," retorted Mr. Reed. The Speaker made no response to this, and the roll call began, No Quorum. The republicans refused to answer to their names. Upon the completion of the roll call it was found that the democrats were twenty short of a quorum, the vote result- ing 147-12. In order to obviate the necessity of a call of the House, Mr. Patterson then moved to adjourn, with the understanding that the motion should be voted down. Partisan acrimony cropped out at this point. Mr. Lacey (Iowa) made the point of order that the motion, under the special order and the ruling of the chair last week, was not in order. The chair overruled the point of jorder, stating that a quorum had not been } ped upon this occasion. He had re- a to entertain two motions to adjourn n last week because business rvened, Mr. Boutelle (Me.) called attention to the fact that the Record disclosed the refusal of the Speaker to entertain a motion to ad- Journ last Friday when no quorum had voted. | “Having made that statement, has the| gentleman accomplished his purpose?” asked the Speaker, rather sharply. “He has,” replied Mr. Boutelle. “Then business will proceed. ter.) The clerk will call the rol! A Call of the House. Mr. Patterson's finesse, however, availed him nothing. The republicans sat silent in their seats and the democrats, being unable to muster a quorum by nine votes against the motion to adjourn, Mr. Patterson was compelled to move a call of the House. Mr. Reed still further complicated and de- layed matters by forcing a roll call upon this motion. (Laugh- A New Tangle. The call of the House was ordered—178 to 1. Mr. Payne then pulled the filibustering knot tighter by a series of motions. He moved to reconsider the vote by which the call of the House was ordered. Mr. Springer moved to lay that motion on the table, and, pending the latter motion, Mr. Payne moved to adjourn, The metion to adjourn was lost, 0-166. The vote then recurred upon the motion to lay on the iable Mr. Payne's motion to re- consider the vote by which the call of the House was ordered. A BOARD OF SURGEONS To Examine the Claims of Ford’s Theater Disaster Sufferers. Large Number Submitted —How the Board Will Act—Only Two Mem- bers Yet Appointed. It is expected that before the end of the present weeek the board of surgeons ap- pointed to examine the applicants for dam- ages from the government on account of the Ford’s Theater disaster will be organized and will start to work. This board is com- posed of surgeons of the army, navy and marine hospital service, designated by the |heads of the War, Navy and Treasury De- |partments at the request of the select com- mittee of the Senate on the Ford’s Theater disaster, composed of Senatdrs Harris, Faulkner, White, Manderson and McMillan. The committee sent a letter some time ago to the President, asking that these medical officers be appointed for this purpose, and letters were at once sent to the three de- partments from the White House. Two of the officers have now been appointed, and the third one will probably be designated |this week. Secretary Herbert has named for this service Surgeon A. A. Hoehling und |Secretary Lamont has assigned Surgeon |Guy L. Edie. Dr. Hoehling has had consid- jerable experience in the examination of |candidates for the Naval School at Annapo- | jlis, and this experience will stand him in good stead during the coming medical inves- | | Ugation. The Number of Claims. Little difficulty is anticipated by the com- mittee in the matter of the death claims| from the disaster. There are twenty-two | cases of the loss of life, and the only trouble about these cases will be that of ascertain- ing the proper persons to whom the dam- ages should be paid. No rate for death or injury has yet been agreed upon by the committee, as it has been thought best to first determine the exact extent and nature of the government's liability, by giving a Ust of the persons legally entitled to com-| pensation. The difficulty of the other class of claims, however—those of injured persons —ean be readily understood when it 1s stated that there are now on trial 125 applications of all kinds, including death and disabil'ty, while the total of deaths and injuries, as officially recorded, is but 102, Many of the claimants allege that they have suffered | severely from “nervous shock.” These cases will, in all probability, be the greatest | stumbling block that the committee will encounter; but, with the expressed knowl- edge of the three surgeons, the Senators hope to reach a just and equitable con- clusion, The Mode of Procedure. The session of the board of surgeons will Probably be held in the War Department building, or, possibly, if a room can be se- cured, in the Union building, where a ma- jority of the record and pension division clerks who survived the accident are now located. The mode of procedure will be simple. The claimant for damages under the disability laws will be summoned and examined in person, and this will be fol- lowed by a consultation with the physi- clan who attended the claimant at the time of the cecident and during his ill- ness. From these two sources of evidence | the three surgeons are to fix upon an exact scale of injuries relatively apportion- ed, leaving to the committee of Senators all questions as to the rate of compensa- tion. This question of money will be ad- justed to the scale of injuries, so that one man may not get quite as much as an- other, but will probably get all that his condition entitles him to receive. It is not improbable that many of the cases now on file with the committee will be abso- lutely thrown out by the surgeons. Mr. Milliken, clerk to the select committee, will assist the surgeons in their labors, which will probably occupy the entire month of April. ——_—_|§_--o+___ HE WROTE A LETTER. And Now Capt. Shepard is to Be Court- Martialed. A court-martial was appointed today for the trial of Capt. Edwin M. Shepard, com- manding the receiving ship Minnesota at New York, on serious charges. The detail for the court is as follows: Commodore Chas. C. Carpenter, Capts. J. N. Miller, | Montgomery Sicard, Jno. C. Howell, Albert Kautz, T. F. Kane, J. O'Kane, Fred Rod- gers, B. T. Day, with Lieut. Commander Adolph Martx as judge advocate. The charges against Capt. Shepard are | two in number. The first is “conduct to) the prejudice of good order and discipline,” snd the second is “violation of a lawful) eee issued by the Secretary of the | Navy.” The charges arise from a letter written by Capt. Shepard regarding a complaint of | Capt. Bunce, commandant of the naval station at Newport, that apprentices come | from the Minnesota with badly fitting | clothes. In his letter to the department Capt. Shepard concluded by saying: “Men, as a rule, are prone to find fault with the methods of others, and in this matter I am under the impression that | Capt. Bunce is acquiring, either conscious- ly or unconsciously, a reputation for thor- oughness at the expense of his brother officers.” This paragraph of Capt. Shepard's letter | contains statements regarded at the de- partment as wholly irregular, unofficerlike and prejudicial to good order and dis- cipline. 1t is also specified that in this let- ter he impugned the motives of Capt. Bunce, this in violation of a lawful regula- tion issued by the Secretary of the Navy. ee eg THE GREAT FALLS Co. Passnge by the House of the Bill to Charter It. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. | ANNAPOLIS, Md., Apri! 2.—The bill to charter the Grzat Falls Electric Power |Company has passed the hovse of delegates, and now goes to the governor for his action, > THE EMS TOWED TO FAYAL, Propeller Frame of the Big Vessel) Broken. Copyrighted, 1894, by the Associated Pros: FAYAL, Azore Islands, April The | North German Lloyd steamship Ems, Capt. Reimkasten, from Bremen for New York, |eeveral days overdue, was towed in here to- \day by the British ofl tank steamer Wild- flower, trom Wilmington, Del. | The Ems has her propeller frame broken. QUIET NOW PREVAILS Troops Go Into Camp at Darling- ton, 8 C. AWAITING THE GOVERNORS WILL Mayor Dargan Denies That There Has Been Rioting. THE INQUEST POSTPONED Special Dispatch from a Staff Correspondent. DARLINGTON, 8. C., April 2.—Quiet pre- vails at Darlington today, the seene of Friday's encounter between Goy. Tillman’s constables sent to enforce the dispensary law, and the citizens with whom they en- gaged in a dispute, which ended in shooting. There are about 250 militiamen in the city having arrived at midnight last night. They were received quietly by the citizens and given quarters in the city hall and the armory of the local company. Major Dar- Governor Tillman. gan 1s recognized as the leader of the citi- zens, and is doing everything in his power to keep down any excitement. When I arrived here from Washington at 9 o'clock this morning the only visible stgn of anything of an unusual nature was the gathering of groups of people on the street corners, mostly idle negroes. The white people are not stirring around very much. Throughout the town there is an air of ex- pectancy, as if people were waiting for the next move. There is no doubt that a feel- ing of intense earnestness pervades the peo- ple, and the spirit of bitter animosity to- ward the constables has not abated in the slightest. The fact that the constabulary, who were in hiding, escaped last night, has acted as @ sedative on the people. Where the Danger Lies. The consensus of opinion among the best people of the town is that the greatest dan- ger to the public peace Mes in a further con- centration of troops at this point, and any attempt to force the consummation of local issues by foreign interference. There is rio question that the exercise of any arbitrary powers by the militia will be met with re- sistance. It was reported at Florence this morning | that a body of troops would be detailed to | that place to restore the dispensary which was wrecked by the citizens Friday night. It is boldly asserted at Florence that such an effort would be met with force. Censorship Over Dispatches. Gen. Richburg, commanding the militia at this point, has received instructions from Gov. Tillman to exercise a strict censorship over the telegraph office and let nothing of an inflammatory nature to go out. As I began this dispatch Gen. Farley of Gen. Richburg’s staff brought this order to the telegraph office. He read thy dispatch, ig finding nothing seditious, has “O.iK.ed” e As the day wore on there seemed to be an increase of anxiety among the citizens. There were frequent movements of the troops tending towaid the town hall and the quarters adjacent to the public square. The citizens have not been notified by the military commanders of the program. The commanders are in constant telegraphic communication with the governor. Reason for the Troops’ Presence. I just asked Gen. Farley the purposes of the militia and what they propose to do. “I am not at liberty to make public our orders,” he replied. The same reticence is maintained toward the citizens. The discipline among the cit- izens is perfect. At the same time, their attitude is very significant. The gather- ings on the street are coraposed almost en- tirely of negroes and idle countrymen. The solid citizens are “lying low,” but are wide awake and silent. Only two or three of the leading citizens are seen on the streets, but they are in touch with their townsmen. Coroner's Inquest Postponed. The coroner's inquest over the murdered citizens was to be held today. Owing to the excited state of the people it was decided at noon to postpone the in- quest until Wednesday. It is believed that a recital at this time of the wrongs of the people might further intensify the feeling and cause trouble. One fact which has developed within the last few hours is that the militia are con- tinually growing more friendly toward the citizens. If the governor should order the companies now on the spot to make any | overt act toward the citizens, there would undoubtedly be open disobedience of the orders. A report reached Florence this morn- ing that a number of uniformed country militia were coming to that town. The feeling of the citizens is not very friendly to this class and it is said at Florence that the countrymen would not meet with ten- der treatment. The citizens seem to fear the country militia, as it is in the coun- try districts that the governor is supported. The militia have gone into camp in the city. This is taken by some to mean that they are to stay here several days, and speculation is rife as to what Gov. Till- man intends them to do. It was hoped by the citizens that the troops would be withdrawn today. Mayor Dargan has been deluged with telegraphic offers from all over the state of assistance of men and arms. He has replied that he does not need the men, but asked that the escaped, murderers be apprehended and held, The Mayor's Statement. ‘The mayor has issued a calm, conserva- tive statement of the situation, in which, after reciting the events, he denies that there has been any rioting in this county, and asserts that there has been no viola- tions of law. We are not lynchers here,” he said, ut when any body of armed men come into town and shoot down innocent citi- zens, we fight.” Mayor Dargan’s statement meets with the approval of the leading citizens. The Governor Binamed. All the forenoon the anxious citizens awaited the next move of the governor. The general feeling is that he is liable to issue orders of a radical nature at any moment, and the certainty of the knowl- edge that an overt act on his part would be resisted with force has caused the yn- easiness. Messages have been flashed back and forth between the military commander here and the governor and the wires have TWO CENTS been kept hot with them, but their con- tents have not been made known to the mayor or citizens. The uneasiness over the fact of the sol- diers leaving their quarters ard going into camp is general. Everybody realizes that the uncertainty attending the governor's actions and his likel-hood to do radical things is the chief source of danger. His life would not be worth a straw if he were here today. He is held directly re- sponsible by these people for the murder of thelr citizens. If the governor sends any constables here to take charge of the local dispensary there will be quick and deadly fighting. N. O. M. MORE SOLDIERS EXPECTED. Eight More Companies Ordered to Darlington. DARLINGTON, S. C., April 2—Kight more companies of troops will reach here today. Gov. Tillman's son Jim, who is a chip off the old block, is here in command of the Edgefield Huzzars. This company is thought to be about the cnly company which would stand loyal to the governor in case of trouble. All business houses here are closed, and the employes are on the streets watchiag developments, The governor, it is reported kere, enlisted 160 sples and constables yesterday and has them massed at Columbia, but it is thought he will not send any of them here, as their presence is certair. to inflame the people who are down on the liquor law's agents. It is not known what has been done with the bedies of the two spies who were found dead in the woods rear Timmonsville late yesterday afternoon, the ecurier who ar- rived kere after midnight saying he had no information on that poirt. SITUATION AT COLUMBIA. The Governor Returns to His Mansion and No Trouble Feared. COLUMBIA, 8. C., April 2.—Col. F. M. Mixson has been commissioned and placed in command of the forces left in the city and those which arrive hereafter. Last evening two more companies of calvary, on foot, armed with carbines, arrived on the south-bound road. They took the train at Fairfax. The Newberry Rifles are still at the Hotel Jerome. They have been notified to obey the commands of Col. Mixson. All soldiers are quartered at the state prison. Governor Tillman has returned to the mansion. It was understood last night that rifles and that the guns of the two colored local companies were to be secured. FORGED TILLMAN’S NAME. A Letter Representing Him as Oppos- ed to the Dispensary Law. Senator Irby of South Carolina telegraphed Gov. Tillman yesterday as follows, regard- ing a publication in the New York Herald: “A most remarkable letter appears in the New York Herald today cver your signa- ture, telegraphed from Columbia last night, the purport of which is that, first, you have | always protested against the enactment of | the dispensary law; and, second, that you have not seriously tried to enforce its pro- visions. I have pronounced this a forgery. Answer.” He received the following reply from the governor: “The letter is an absolute lie and a for- gery. I have never written a line to ony newspaper. I have telegraphed the Herald eronouncing it such.” AVAILABLE REGULAR TROOPS. Im Case the South Carolina Militia Are Not Enough. When the trouble in South Carolina was most serious it looked as though the aid of the. federal avthorities would be needed to assist the state authorities in subduing the rioters. Federal troops would not be employed in the matter unless so ordered by the President upon the requisition of the governor of the state. In the event of affairs taking a turn beyond the control of the state officers a strong force of regu- — could be promptly brought into ac- ion. The nearest post is Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, Ga., where there are four bat- selena £, H and L of the third artil- ery. At Barrancas, Fla., there are two bat- teries, A and G of the third artillery. At St. Augustine, Fla., are stationed compan- ies C and D, fifth infantry, and at Key — Fla., batteries I and K, third artii- ery. At Mount Vernon, Ala., are companies E and H, fifth infantry, and company I, twelfth infantry. Six companies, B, C, D, F, G and H of the sixth Infantry, are ready at Ft. Thom- as, Ky.; at Fort Monroe, Va. , E, H and K of the fourth, and G of the fifth artillery. At Fort Myer, near Washington, are troops A, G, I and M of the fourth cay- airy, and © of the third, and at Fort Mc- Henry, Baltimore, there are bat- teries of artillery. —<—<___ A POPULAR VICTORY. Passage of the Ant me Bill by the Mary Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 2.—The bill to prohibit pool selling in Maryland passed the house of delegates today by a vote of 79 to 5. Great excitement prevailed during the consideration of the bill, which had hereto- fore passed the senate, and now goes to the governor for his approval. The bill allows pool selling for a period of not more than thirty days in each year at county fairs. The lobby has been fighting the bill for some time, but was at last badly beaten. Large crowds of clergymen and delegates from churches were here today to urge the passage of the bill, and are all much pleas- ed at their success. The general assembly will finally adjourn tonight at 12 o'clock. o_o COXEY’S LONGEST MARCH. “Commonweal” Now Numbers Nearly 250. BEAVER FALLS, Pa. April 2—Camp fires were twinkling in every direction on College Hill even before dawn. The army of the commonweal rose early from its | quarters in the theater, where it spent the night, and went out to the camp, getting ready for the longest march yet made—to Sewickley. The men prepared a hasty breakfast. Songs, laughs and coarse jests re-echoed in the hollows, as the perennial morning grumble at grub could be heard. The police made no arrests and rep behavior of the army to have been exellent, although an attempted burglary was re- ported. Too many men are being fed, Coxey thinks, compared with the number who |march. A corps of amateur detectives will be organized before Sewickley is rea 80 that the “unknown” leader will practi ly have all the men under his thumb before the commonweal reaches Allegheny. The total number of recruits is 139, and the army marched out 243 strong. This is the largest number since the inception of the movement. See eee AN ELECTRI The HIT BY CAR, An Eight-Year-Old Boy Injured Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The ALEXANDRIA, V. ing about the corner of King and streets this morning, George Gantzman, an eight-year-old boy, was struck by an elec- |his leg and cutting him in the head. Witnesses exonerate Motorman Cook from all blame in the acciden the boy ran di- rectly in front of the c which was not four feet away from him and coming down a steep hill. —_ Tidings of the Somali, so long overdue at San Francisco and thought to have been lost, were received in Seattle, Wash.,Thurs- day evening. index to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. THE DEBATE OPENED Senator Voorhees’ Elaborate Speech on the Tariff Bill, No further trouble is anticipated here. | the state authorities were in need of nfore | trie car, which passed over him, breaking | PREDICTS A SURPLUS IN THE REVENUE His Arraignment of Protected In terests and Favored Classes. THE INCOME TAX Senator Voorhees opened the tariff de- bate in the Senate today with an giaborate speech, which, coming, as it did, from the chairman of the committee that has had the bill under consideration, was listenéd to with attention. At the outset he said: Mr. President, great abuses in govern- ment, strong by the sanction and growth of years, embedded in the powerful inter- ests of privileged classes, created, fostered, encouraged and protected by the laws themselves, have rarely, if ever in any age, been promptly and totally eradicated ex- cept by forcible revolution and bloodshed, Such is the concurrent and unbroken testi- mony of history. The protective system of tariff taxation as deveioped ang tasie%d upoa the wusiness 4ud luvor Or Lue American people, especaaluy during the Uurd of a century past, growing Worse at every siage, us a syevem of inae- scribabie injustice and oppression; ana yet Who Will conven that au its vicious prin- ciples and worsings, ramined as wey are through every branch of trade and com- merce, can ve anuimuated by 4 singie blow, or totally Wiped out by @ wingie iegisiauve euactment? rer the vill now unuer con- siderauivn no such claim is made, but in 1s behalf can be wuthiully asserted, and wil | be successfully maintained, that it accom- piisnes a vast work in the field of tariff re- orm, embodies a great reliet to the people | from iniquitous existing burdens, ana con- stitutes a long stride, though not a final one, toward tne approaching day of @ full and pertect deliverance. Reduction of Taxes. “I challenge the attention of the Senate and the country to the great and com- manding fact that by the provisions of this bill the seeming paradox of a reduction of taxes and at the same time an increase of public revenues will be reconciled when it becomes a law.” He stated that the | tariff taxes on the wants, necessities and | daily consumptions of men, women and children of the United States have been reduced by the bill more than seventy-six millions per annum. These reductions are as follow jicals, $1,000,000; on pottery, $ | Blass, $1,500,000; on metals, $12,000,000; on Wood, $300,000; on tobacco, $3,300,000; on agricultural products, 33,300,000; on spirits, wines, etc., $1,500,000; on cotton manufac- tures, $3,450,000; on flax, hemp and jute manufactures, $6,000,000; on woolea manu- factures, $23,500,000; on silk manufactures, | $3,500,000; on paper and pulp, $300,000; om sundries, $2,450,000; transferred to the free | Mist, $12,170,000.’ Total, $76,670,000. | Continuing, he said: “Faults and imper- fections can, of course, be alleged and pointed out; concessions are apparent which have been unwillingly made in order to se- cure its passage; articles on the free list as they came from the House have been made dutiable under the duress of a small ma- jority here, yet, deeply as I the ne- cessity for these changes, I do not hesitate to say that the bill; taken as a whole as it now stands, with Its combination of lower taxes on the necessaries of life, and at the |fame time increased revenues for the gov- ernment, will be hailed as a substantial measure of reform and relief by the great producing masses of the American Estimated Expenses. “At this point I submit an estimate of the expenses of the government for the fiscal year 1895, made in official quarters from the best data obtainable up to date, It may be stated as follows: Civil and miscellaneous, $90,000,000; war, $55,000,000; navy, $33, bo; Indians, $1,000,000; pen- sions, $145,000,000; interest, $29,000,000; | peetal service, including $5,971,736.89 de- ficiency in postal revenues, $90,399,485.38, making a to’ of $451,299, 485.33. “To meet the appropriations made neces- sary by the foregoing estimates, I here place before the Senate the estimated reve- hues which are expected to accrue unde? the provisions of the bill now before us: Internal revenue under present law, $160,- 000,000; additions made to the pending bill— income tax, $30,000,000; spirits, $20,000,000; cards, $3,000,000; customs, $163,361,000; mis- cellaneous, $20,000,000; postal service, $54,- 768. Total, $40,788,766. t wilt here be seen that the committee on finance of this body has takea a bond of fate, 2s it were, that no harm shall come to the credit and financial hoaor of the gov- ernment. The criticisms which assailed the bill as it came from the House ause it created a deficiency im the treasury no longer apply. We rresent a ‘neasure full freighted with revenue for every call that can be made on the republic at home and | abroad, and with a surplus besides of $29,- 380,245. Sir, there is no terror to me in surplus like this. Gn the contrary, it is a | source cf safety and can at any time be Wisely and honorably devoted to the best Purposes of good government, the payment | Of debts, and the stoppage of interest. It | can also bc reduced by a rev rates whencver found necessary The Opposing He spoke of the obstacles which the favor- ed classes had thrown in the way of this measure, and described the haughty stride of the reprecentatives of the manufacturing interests through the corridors of the Cap- itol, and issuing their edicts in the tones of dictators. He referred to their persistent and imperious demand to be heard, and as- serted that “not a new word or thought on the subject from their standpoint is now possible; time is precious and delay ruinous on the subject of tariff legislation to the business of the whole country; yet in spite of all these things they assume an injured air, and raise a dismal clamor because they have not been allowed to occupy from Jan- uary to November of the present year in | giving dictatorial instructions and edicts to | the Senate committee on finance in behalf | of their own, unworthy, unmanly, unchrie- | tian desires to commit extortion in markets | protected from free and open competition. “They are also wholly and absolutely un- |mindful of the fact that every laboring jman and woman in the United States, num- j bering millions, while the protected few number only by thousands, has a vastly higher right and interest to be heard in his or her self-defense against iniquitous taxation than any manufacturer can pos- |sibly have in favor of the right to plunder j by law ° Result of the System. He went into detail in describing the at titude of those who would be affected by the bill and said that the farmer, th | the wage-worker and the |cers of every kind have not visited the | lobbies of Congress. The speaker went on |to say that the protected manufacturer in his obstructive avarice is partly the pro- duct of of the policy of the government. He asserted that the enactme of the Me- isw was @ gigantic crime. Our purpose is to replace the law of 18) with a measure of reform, safe, conserva- tive, and harmonious in itself, and to which all the wholesome and legitimate industries of the country will speedily adapt them- selves, and tenaciously cling for secure de- velopment and undisturbed growth im the | future. If this can be done without need- less delay, an era of prosperity will dawn upon ail the diversified interests of the country such as has never been surpassed in our history. He discussed at the specious plea made turer for the alleged p> m of his em- | ployed labor. “I stand here to deny that it can be shown anywhere since the Te { publican party came into power thirty Kinley bill in he called the manufac- length what by