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acered at the Heat, of tt Washington, D. C.. ‘lass mail matter. ©All mail mast be paid in advance. ten_of advertising made Egown on an MARCHING THIS WAY. Many Brigades Being Led On Washington. COXEY'S MEN GOING 10 FREDERICK. Redstone Leaves Boonsboro’ for This City. THE OTHER DIVISIONS. Special Dispatch From a Staff Correspondent. BOONSBORO’, Md., April 24.—The clouds were hanging heavy over South mountain this morning when Col. Redstone poked his head out of the headquarters tent and mretched his stiffened limbs. The colonel spent a night with the commonweal, and at the first glimpse of light haze of gawn he inquired as to the first train for Washington, and left to continue the prepa- Fations for the great reception of the army there. Col. Redstone goes back with in- structions to endeavor to get the White Lot @s a camping place for the army at the capital. This was settled last night, and both Browne and Redstone are confident that there will be no difficulty in securing the reservation. So far as any active steps are concerned there is no truth in the rumor that the leaders of this movement are endeavoring to interest the striking coal miners in the march to Washington. Browne says these men are already interested, but that their business, for the present, is with the com- ies. His glance is dark with mystery, wever, when he speaks of the future. Speaking of the talk of cavalry coming to Frederick and the further talk that arms were being shipped from place to place for the use of the army, Browne said to me today that there was not the slightest ul- he Evening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,867. WASHINGTON, D. O., TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. | their march at 9 o'clock this morning. A dozen recruits joined the column at this point, swelling the number to thirty. At passed through Baltimore street with flags flying. Notwithstanding the street was lined with curiosity-seekers no_ taunts were hurled at the little band. Provisions brigade, has Philadelphia, and it is generally thought he has abandoned the The Massachusetts Delegation. © SOUTH ATTLEBORO’, Mass., April 24.— The third day’s march of the Massachu- setts’ industrial delegation was taken up at 6:45 this morning. The soldiers slept peace- fully through the night on the hay in the loft of the town poor farm and arose this morning cheerful and hungry. A breakfast was supplied by the town and after Citizen Fitzgerald had made a graceful speech on behalf of the army, thanking the selectmen for their favors, the column moved on to- ward Pawtucket. It took two hours to cover four miles, and then the marchers be- came weary and rested by the roadside for half an hour, after which the delegation re- sumed its march on the capital. Alarmed at Butte, Mont. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 24—A Butte, Mont., special to the Pioneer Press say: The population of this city has become thoroughly alarmed over the Coxey army situation,and is making a desperate effort to devise a way for getting rid of the men. In itself the army is not large, numbering probably 400, but it has thousands of sym- pathizers among the laboring classes who are to commence a riot. The Coxey men marched through the streets all last evening, but maintained good order. Sending Them From San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 24.—The city trustees have appointed a committee to see what could be done toward getting the three hundred commonwealers started out of the city. Citizens have been providing them well with food, and the leader, Col. Inmen, now has nearly $200 in cash. Em- ployed mechanics have called a meeting for tonight to consider the matter of raising sufficient funds to pay the army’s fare to Ogden. Seized a Railway Train. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 24.—The Coxey- © design the moyement and that A Proot of Patriotism. there was not even a pocket pistol in the ‘whole outfit. The army, he said, was one of peace, and realized that any act of vio-/ lence would be suicidal and would result in | the scattermg” of the affair immediately; and without the sympathy of the people. Camp Boone was broken today at o'clock and, at 9 the commonweal had taken the road for Frederick, sixteen miles away. FREDERICK, Md., April 24.—The morn- {ng’s march over the South mountain and down through the valley of Middletown ‘was rot a hard march and the men went along with ease. A mile or so out of Mid- @ietown a halt was made for lunch. Mid- dietown turned out to see the army through. At the Frederick line on the top of South mountain the army was met by Sheriff Zimmerman of Frederick county and thirty mounted deputies, who propose to escort the commonweal across Frederick county to Montgomery. The men in the army do not take kindly to the deputies and denounce them as “Pinkertons.” It is reported that sixty recruits with a tent are waiting the army just the other side of erick. Tr. CN. (By Associated Press.) Over Historic Ground. BOONSBORO’, Md., April 24—Three hundred men, the greatest number since the army left Massillon, accompanied the com- monweal on its march out of Boonesboro’. ‘The party had camped within sight of the battle ground of South Mountain, and sev- -eral of the men had dug up bullets on the fields where camp was pitched. The march carried the party over another part of the battle ground and through Turner’s Gap. One of the conspicuous points on the line was Washington's monument, a rough, white stone structure, built by the Masons on the summit of a mountain. It was saluted with three cheers by the army. Another object of interest, which, however, was not cheered, was the handsome sum- mer home of Mrs. Madeline V. Dahigren, the Washington author, whose mountain eyrie is perched just on the county line that runs over the mountain. The march to Frederick is sixteen miles and the men will go | ites at Butte broke irto the Northern Pa- cific round house last night, seized an en- gine and train, manning them from their own number, and started east at forty an hour. A FREE COINAGE BILL What Mr. Bland Expects to Do-in His Committee Tomorrow. Mr. Bland expects to have a meeting of the House coinage committee tomorrow té see what can be done toward bringing be- fore the House again a bill for the coinage of silver. It is not regarded as probable that the Meyers bill for the coinage of the seigniorage and the issue of bonds, which has the approval of Secretary Carlisle, will be reported by the committee. If any bill is reported it will probably be a free coin- age bill. The reporting of such a bill would, however, amount to little more than an evidence of the determination of the etl- ver men never to abandon the cause of silver, since there is no possibility of a free silver bill becoming a law as long as Mr. Cleveland is in the White House. If it were possible to secure executive ap- proval for a free coinage bill there would be no difficulty about passing it through both houses of Congress at this session, but with the foreknowledge that it would be vetoed a large number of the silver sym- pathizers cannot be got to take any part im an attempt at such legislation. They feel that it would serve only as an irritant, of which the democratic party has enough already. A Let Up on the Administration. The disposition to fight the administra- tion, which is in the hearts of most of the democrats in Congress, is almost entirely overcome for the time among the southern and western men who belong to the radical tariff reform element of the party by their anxiety for tariff legislation. They have always been anxious to keep the tariff to the front, and it has been a common com- Plaint among them that Mr. Cleveland, by bringing up the Sherman repeal bill at a time when they wanted to consider the tar- iff, put the silver question to the front to the exclusion of the tariff. They now want to pass a tariff bill and want to pass it quickly, therefore they are not apt to court @ fight on any other question that might interfere with this object. What is Expected of Mr. Clevelan If Mr. Cleveland will do what is now ex- pected of him, use all the power at his com- mand to aid in the speedy passage of the tariff bill, ignoring all differences of opin- jon betweeh democrats on other questions, it is very evident that he will greatly strengthen his position in the party, and make some friends where he now has ene- mies. There is undoubtedly a disposition growing to draw all the tariff reform forces have a hard pull to make it in one day. THE OTHER ARMIES. Kelley's “Industrials” Arrive at Wal- nut, Iowa, Lunch and March On. WALNUT, Iowa, April 24—Kelley’s in- dustrial army reached here at noon today and, after a hasty luncheon, marched on to Atlantic, where they are due at 6 o'clock tonight. The start from Avoca was made at 8 o'clock. The populace turned out en masse to bid the commonwealers good-bye. The wagons that had brought the men from Neola returned last night and today sixty-three fresh teams furnish- ed by the farmers in the adjacent county were driven into camp at Avoca and load- ed with commonwealers. The vehicles could only hold about half the men, and every five miles along the road shifts were made to allow all the — to take advan- e of the transportation. “ie the army came down the steep hill and marched into Walnut it was received with the same cordial welcome which bas characterized the receptions since it left Council Bluffs. The town officials bade Kelley welcome and a townspeople fur- hed plenty of provisions. nthe op here was brief, and the army was soon on its way again for Atlantic. The distance from Avoca is twenty miles. The farmers greeted the men on the march with words of encouragement and now and then a well-filled provision wagon wheeled into line, amid grateful cheers om the men. from ar loa of provisions from Omaha was promised at Atlantic, and the army's chances for plentiful fare at least as far as Des Moines are bright. Some excitement was caused In the camp late last night by the report that two men had been poisoned. A physician who investigated the report said that the men had taken an overdose of cough medicine and were only slightly ul At Atlantic elaborate preparations for the reception of the army were made, and committees were busy arranging details and collecting provisions. ‘The army today gave no evidence of the mutiny yesterday, company C of Sacramen- to being apparently as loyal as the others. A successor to Col. Baker, who was dis- charged and who ranked next to Kelley, had not been chosen, but Col. Spead of Sacramento will probably be elected at At- lantic tomorrow. His popularity with the , men is great. The commcnwealers are bit- ter in their condemnatifn of Baker and his anticipated expose of Keiley’s financial methods. Should the ex-colonel attempt to return to the army he is likely to receive rough handling. The men express great confidence in Kelley and are allowed to view the account books of the army when- ever they wish. Progress of Jones’ Brigade. BALTIMORE, Md.. April 24.—After two @ays’ rest in Baltimore's suburbs Jones’ Pennsylvania brigade of Coxeyites resumed in the party together, and, in working for the passage of a tariff bill, to keep out of sight all differences relating to other sub- Jects. ——_____- e+ AFFAIRS AT BLUEFIELDS. Skepticism at the State Department Relative to Recent Reports. The State Department has had no recént advices from Bluefields, so it is not pos- sible for the officials to affirm or deny the correctness of the report published this morning that the Nicaraguan government has seized and sold the property of the Nic- aragua Canal Company, captured a vessel bearing the American flag, landed troops at Bluetields and done other sensational things. But as Greytown is within easy reach of the cable, d the canal company might naturally be supposed to cherish an interest in its own property, it is believed that the officers in this country would have informed themselves of the seizure of their works, and notified the State Department if such things had actually happened. The State Department officials do not be- Heve that there has been any illegal seizure of an American vessel while Capt. Watson, with the San Francisco, was at Bluefields, and, regardless of the movement of the Nic- araguan troops, American interests at Blue- fields are believed to be secure. Oo THE NAVAL ACADEMY. A Rumor That A ral Walker Will Be Placed in Charge. The well-known desire of Secretary Her- bert to place an officer of high rank in charge of the Naval Academy on the ex- piration of Capt. Phythian’s term of serv- ice in that capacity in June next has re- vived the rumor that Rear Admiral John G. Walker is to be assigned to that duty. This is mainly due to the well-authenti- cated belief that Admiral Walker's assign- ment to the command of the Pacific station is merely tem; §-ry. The principal pur- pose of sending™im to Hawaii on the re- tirement of Admiral Irwin was to insure the establishment of a naval coaling tion at Pearl Harbor and to prevent any foreign interference in the formation of the constitutional government of the islands, especially in the elections which take place during the latter part of this month. The belief that Admiral Walker will soon relinquish his present command is borne out by a statement made by him before leaving Washington that he would not be gone very long. There is scarcely any doubt that he was sent to Hawail on a special mission and that his sea service will terminate on its execution. The next term of the Naval Academy will not begin until July, and it will not be necessary for Capt. Phythian’s successor to report beforegthat date, SUDDENLY STRICKEN |THE SEALING GROUNDS|THE ADVANCE GUARD Mr. Hatton Attacked With Paralysis While at His Desk. TAKEN FROM HIS OFFICE 10 HIS HOME His Physicians Give a Hopeful View of the Case. NO IMMEDIATE DANGER jennings Mr. Frank Hatton, ex-Postmaster Gen- eral, and for a number of years past ed- itor of the Washington Post, was stricken with paralysis at 1:15 o'clock this after- noon. The stroke was most unexpected. Mr. Hatton is now in a serious condition, but it Is not thought that the stroke will be fatal, at any rate not immediately. ‘When he was stricken Mr. Hatton was alone in his room at the soffthwest cor- ner on the third floor of the new Post bulld- ing. A few minutes before he was in con- sultation with Mr. Richard Weightman with reference to some articles to be pre- pared for tomorrow's paper. He was then’ in the best of health, apparently, and seemed never to have been in better spirits. The First Known of the Attack. The first that was known of any serious occurrence was when Mr. Hatton himself whistled down the tube to Mr. Wilkins in the business office and asked him to come upstairs at once as there was something the matter with him. Mr, Wilkins hurried upstairs and at once saw that something was wrong with his friend and associate. Mr. Hatton was still able to talk and said that he felt queer, as though he had paraly- sis. Mr. Wilkins laughed at the idea and tried to reassure him, but this would not do, and it was at once seen that Mr. Hat- ton’s condition was serious.. He was able to put out his tongue when asked to do so, but he spoke with difficulty and was una- ble to clearly enunciate his words. It wi with difficulty that he was able to mov his right hand or foot. It Was Paralysis. Mr. Hatton's own conjecture was correct. It was pafalysis. Messengers weré at once sent for physicians, and the telephone was called into requisition, but some little delay was experienced in getting medical aid, as it was about the time of the after- noon when physicians are usually out mak- ing their visits. Dr. Hawkes and D>. Pyles were in attendance in a few moments, however, and the ambulance from the Emergency Hospital was called upon to convey the sufferer to his home. Mr. Hat- ton lives in a handsome house, 2013 Hillyer Place, and Mrs. Hatton, who returned from a trip to the west only a day o> two ago, hi apprised of the sad news, and was at the house when her husband and his friends arrived there. At His Own Home. Dr. Sowers and Dr. W. W. Johnston wete soon at the bedside of the sick man, and everything possible was done for him at once. It was found that he had suffered paralysis of the right side, but to what ex- tent or how serious the case was was difficult to say at once. Shortly after arriving at the house, Mr. Hatton was taken with a severe fit of vomiting, and this seemed to relieve him very consider- ably. The doctors expressed the hope, or rather the belief, that their patient would survive, and many callers who hastened to the house to inquire as to his condi- tion were told that no serious outcome was immediately expected, though, of course, it is impossible to tell what sort of a turn the case may take. At 3 o'clock he was reported to be resting more com- forably. Has a Strong Constitution. Mr. Hatton is a man under fifty years of age, and although he has always been a hard worker he has a strong constitution and has of late been enjoying the best of health. Last evening, in company with Mr. Wilkins, he occupied a box at the theater and seemed to enjoy the play im- mensely. He has one son, who is a student at Princeton, who has been sent for to come to Washington at once. The occur- rence created a good deal of excitement about the Post building and as soon .as the news spread among the newspaper men in that locality the office was visited by many people anxious to learn the full de- tails and to hear the latest from the home of the stricken man. Mr. tton is president of the Gridiron Club, which immediately issued notices Postponing its dinner announced for Sat- urday next. ——_ A MUNICIPAL BUILDING. ‘The Bill on This Subject Introduced in the Senate Today. Senator Hunton today, by request, in- troduced a bill providing for the erection of a ew municipal building for the District of Columbia. The first section of the bill authorizes and requires the Commissione:s of the District to have erected on that part of the public reservation which was released to the District by the Washington Market Company, March 18, 1873, and such addi- tional grounds south of and adjacent to this property as may be necessary, to be acquired by negotiation or by condemna- tion, a fire-proof municipal building, ac- cording to plans and specifications to be approved by a commission consisting of the District Commissioners, the architect of the Capito! and the supervising archi- tect of the treasury. The cost of this build- ing, when completed, is not to exceed $1,250,000, one-half of which shall be chargeable to the District. The second section appropriates one hun- dred thousand dollars of that amouat for the commencement of the building, five thousand dollars of which is set aside, and made immediately available, to be expended by the Commissioners in premiums for the best design and plans for the building and in the expenses incident to procuring such designs and plans. The commission is di- rected to advertise for two consecutive weeks for such designs and plans in at least one of the local newspapers of general circulation published in each of the cities of Washington, New York and Chicago. The third section authorizes the commis- sion to pay two thousand dollars for the first design and plans accepted, one thou- sand dollars for the next best design and five hundred dollars for the third, provided that all of these designs and plans when paid for shall become the property of the District. : Section four provides that the building shail be erected by contract with the Dis- trict Commissioners after advertisement for proposals for two consecutive weeks in Washington, New York and Chitago, and that the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder on such terms and con- ditions as the Commissioners may pre- scribe. The bill was referred to the District com- mittee. Instructions Issued to the Commander of the Patrol Fleet Provisions of the Act of Congress Giving Effect to the Award of the Paris Tribunal, The following are the instructions is- sued to Commander Clark of the Mohican, commanding the Bering sea patrol fleet: “Having been detailed to command a force of naval vessels and revenue cutters to carry out the provisions of an act of Congress, approved April 6, 1894, ‘to give effect to the award rendered by the triby- nal of arbitration at Paris, under the treaty between the United States and Great Brit- ain, concluded at Washington, February 29, 1892, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals,’ and of the President's proclamation of the same, dated Washington, D. C., April 9, 1894, you will order the vessels under your command fo warn all American and British vessels ther may meet outside of the waters pro- hibited by this act, not to enter these waters for the purpose of sealing during the periods of time in which fur seal fieh- ing is so prohibited, and you will deliver to the commanding officer of h vessel so warned a copy of the President's procia- mation, of the British act and of these instructions. An entry showing the notice of warning shall be made upon the regis- ter of all vessels of the United States and Great Britain that have been warned. Fur Seal Fis! «= Forbidden. “In accordance with the provisions of the above mentiened act, as appears by ref- erence to section one thereof, fur seal fish- ing is forbidden to the persons mentioned therein, and to all subjects of Great Bri- tain, to persons owing the duty of obe- dience to the laws or the treaties of Great Britain, and to all persons belonging to or on board of a vessel of Great Britain, at any time, or in any manner whatever, outside of territorial waters, in the wa- ters surrounding the Pribilov Islands with- in a zone of 60 geographical miles thereof (60 to a degree of latitude) around said “You will observe that the act of Con- | Sress extends the zone referred to in this Paragraph (0 (geographical) miles around said islands, exclusive of the territoria! waters, but you are hereby instructed to treat the limit as extending only 60 (geo- graphical) miles around said islands, in- clusive of the territorial waters. The word exclusive was inadvertently inserted in |the act of Congress, instead of the word inclusive, which appears in the award, and which it is the purpose of the act to | enforce. The Boundary Lines. “During the season extending from May 1 to July 31, both inclusive in each year, fur-seal fishing is forbidden to all persons mentioned in the first section of the act, and to all subjects of Great Britain, to per- sons owing the duty of obedience to the laws or the treaties of Great Britain, and to all persons belonging to or on board of @ vessel of Great Britain, not only in the zone mentioned in the third paragraph of these instructions, but in that part of the Pacific ocean, including Bering sea, which is situated to the north of the 3ith degree of north latitude and to the east’of the 180th degree of longitude from Greenwich, till it strikes the water boundary between the, United States and Russia. This bound- ary line passes through a point in Ber- ing straits on the parallel of 65 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, at its intersection by the meridian which passes midway be- tween the islands of Krusenstern or Igna- leok, and the island of Ratmanoff or Noon- arbook, and proceeds due north, without limitation, into the same frozen ocean. The same western limit, beginning at the same initial course nearly southwest, through Bering straits and Bering sea, so as to pass mid- way between the northwest point of the Island of St. Lawrence and the southeast point of Cape Choukotski, to the meridian of 172 west longitude; thence, from the in- tersection of that meridian, in a south- westerly direction, until it strikes the 180th degree of longitude from Greenwich. General Regulations. “The regulations respecting the ‘special license” for sailing vessels, and the “dis- tinguishing flag’ to be worn by the same, | during the open season, mentioned in sec- tions 3 and 7 of the act, are hereafter to be prescribed and promulgated by the govern- ments of the United States and Great Britain. Any vessel or person described in the first section of this act, or any subject of Great Britain, or person owing obedience to the laws or the treaties of Great Britain, or any person belonging to or on board of any vessel of Great Britain, unauthorized by this act, found to be or to have been em- ployed in sealing, during the period of time and in the waters therein prohibited, whether with or without warning, and any of such vessels or persons found thereia, whether warned or not, having on board or in their possession, apparatus or implements suitable for taking seal, or seal skins, or bodies of seals, you will order seized. The Proper Authorities, seizure will, at the time thereof, draw up a declaration in writing, stating the condi- tion of the seized vessel, the date and place of seizure, giving latitude and longi- tude and circumstances showing guilt. The seized vessel will be brought or sent, as scon as practicable, with all persons on beard thereof, in charge of a sufficient force to insure delivery, together with witnesses and proofs, and the declaration of the officer making tke seizure, if American, to the most convenient port of Alaska, Cali- fornia, GQregon cr Washington, and there delivered to the officers of the United States court having jurisdiction to try the offense and impose penalties for the same; and, if British, to Uralaska, and there delivered or to the most converient port in British Columbia, and delivered to the proper au- sel charged with the execution of the award herein referred to. “A signed and certified list of the papers of the seized vessel will be delivered to the master thereof, and a duplicate copy will be transmitted with the declaration.” - THE TARIFF BILL. Every Democrat Who Votes, Against It to Be Crushed Out. The speech of Mr. Mills in the Senate to- day is designed to be a full exposi- tion of what the authors of the tariff bill regard as essential to a public under- standing of the measure. They propose to rest their case on that speech as far as the general discussion of the bill is con- cerned, and any other long speech making by a democrat will be regarded with dis- favor. Their purpose now is to push steadily for speedy action, and to be as aggressive at every point of the proceeding es their strength will admit. The threat to read Hill out of the party, which is se- riously made, is illustrative of the attitude they propose to assume, and the threat is intended to have application to any other democratic Senator who shall carry his op- position to the point of voting against the bill or join in an attempt to delay action. The administration is in full sympathy with the idea of making the vote on the tariff bill a test of democracy, and the old principle of an “Allentown for every Sow- den,” which was applied to Mr. Randail’s followers by Cleveland when he was in the White House before, is again to be applied. It is the purpose of the dominant element in the democratic party to use the whole power of the party organization to crush any democrat who votes against the bill. They will make some concessions to secure the support of the dissatisfied democrats, but with the concessions will go the threat that if they still persist in fighting the bill they will be punished. islands, inclusive of the territorial waters. | point, proceeds thence in aj “The commanding officer making the | i | | ‘ | 1 | | | to the senior British naval officer present | thcrities of Great Britain, or delivered tg) the commanding officer of any British ves-— Of the Coxey Army Poetically De- soribed by Marshal Browne, THE ARRIVAL OF ACCREDITED AGENTS. They Intend to Stay Here Until Their Comrades Arrive. SEVERE ON THE UNKNOWN. ‘The arrival of two duly accredited agents of President J. 8. Coxey of the J. 8. Coxey Good Roads Association of the United States, now officially known as the Com- monweal of Christ, threw the sympathizers of the movement in this city into a state of pleasurable excitement last night. The new comers were Messrs. W. D. White and R. J. White, and they were armed with an official letter of introduction from Carl Browne to Citizen Redstone. They left the army at Hagerstown last Saturday morn- ing and tramped the entire distance over the route which the commonweal will fol- low on its journey to Washington. Both men agreed that the sympathies of the people in the country through which they passed were greatly in favor of the move- ment they represented, and they found this sentiment especially predominant in Fred- erick, where the citizens were emphatic in their criticism of the town mayor for his utterances in relation to the approach of the army and his announced intention of treating it in a severe manner. = Mr. W. D. White is no stranger to Wash- ington. For nine years past and up to the time of the well-remembered fire in the cold storage warehouse in the Chicago exposi- tion he was an electrician in the employ of the Westinghouse Electric Light Com- pany. He was engaged upon the work of placing the electric plant in the navy yard, as well as in the building and equipment of the electric road to Glen Echo. He was iso with the company in Chicago, and in he conflagration before mentioned he was severely injured, three of his ribs being fractured and his left arm broken. During the war he was a sergeant in the nine- teenth Ohio volunteers, and Senator Man- derson was. his old commander. He is a very intelligent man and talked interest- ingly about the movement and its progress in this direction. He was rather amused at the interview that appeared in The Star yesterday with “Unknown"’ Smith. Rather Severe on Smith. “This man Smith, or Pizzaro, or what- ever his name is,” said Mr. White, “is merely using the army movement for his personal advantage. Ever since he was expelled from the army in the mountains beyond Cumberland he has been traveling along the route that will be followed by the common weal, ‘ing speeches and taking up collections. Nore of the money thus re- ceived by him has found its way to the treasurer of the commonweal, and Smith's entire mission has been to sap the source of supplies along the route for his own ly, and to the injury of the professes to be such a cham. pion of. There will be, I am sure, no con- ciliation between Coxey and Browne and the ‘Unknown.’ He is an individual of the rule or ruin description, and the men who are interested in the success of our movement don’t want any of that genus to be connected with it.” Mr. White was asked if Coxey or Browne or any of the men connected with the movement had any definite knowledge of what the common- weal would do after its arrival in Wash- ington, and in case Congress refused to — or accede to its demands for legisia- ion. “I presume that the leaders have con- sidered that question,” said Mr. White, “but so far they have not made any public announcement of their intentions sub- sequent to their arrival in Washington. As for myself, I shall remain here for some time, no matter what may be the reception rded to us by Congress.” ‘Do you think the proclamation of the District Commissioners will have the effect of impeding the entrance of the army into Washington?” asked the reporter. ST don’t see how it can have,” said Mr. White. “A society or an organization com- ing to Washington with entirely peaceable intentions, and in a quiet and orderly manner, cannot, I believe, be interfered with or turned back. I am perfectly satis- fied that Mr. Coxey will enter Washington in accordance with his program, and that his companions will come with him. There are no bums or bad characters in the ranks of the commonweal., All of them are American citizens. No’ man has been ac- cepted as a recruit without careful ex- amination, and from the beginning of the march to the present moment uot a single Copel has been guilty of the slightest in- raction of law of any character. Had all those who offered been enrolled in the army it would have now consisted of sev- eral thousand men. I do not think the people of Washington need have any un- easiness about the coming of the common. weal. The exaggerations of the news. paper press have had a great deal to do with the false impression that exists in the Public mind about the movement and its objects. Fought With the South. Mr. R. J. White coincided fully with the views of his comrade. This Mr. White was @ soldier in the confederate army, a private in company I, sixty-first Virginia infantry. He was proud of being one of Mahone's men, and expressed his intention of calling on his old beloved commander before he left the city. He was in the hottest part ot the fight at the crater, and his rigot arm is minus one of its small bones in consequence of his presence there. He is a Virginian by birth, and has been a wan- derer from choice. ‘Both gentlemen have been the recipients of considerable atten- tion since their arrival in Washington, but are modest and unassuming, and ex. press strong dislike for anything like no- torlety. They will remain in Washington until the commonweal reaches its rendez- vous hear this city. Both of them are. of. the opinion that Gien Echo will be selected | as the place for the District encampment, bree has not been decided upon defi: nitely. The letter of introduction which the Messrs. White brought with them is given verbatim et literatim, to iMustrate the ; manner in which Carl Browne engineers ne literary end of the commonweal. Here Is: Good Roads. Good Money. Plenty of Work. Chief Marshal's Headquarters the Commonweal of Christ, In the Field, Camp Medhurst, April 21, "94. Comrade Redstone, Washington Agent, Commonweal of Christ. Dear Bro. This will please introduce to you Bro, W. D. White of commune C, Chicago com- munity of the commonweal of Christ, also Bro. R. J. White of commune R of the commonweal of Christ. They represent the advance guard, the only authorized advance guards or heralds of our coming. They also represent in their persons the union of “blue and gray.” Bro. W. D. White was sergeant in company A, nineteenth Ohio, U. 8S. A. during the war of the rebellion, and Bro. R. J. White was private in com- pany I, sixty-first Virginia, C. S. A., same war. They have marched over the mount- ains with us, stopping with old comrades, or paying their own expenses. Their pres- ence with us emphasizes the fact that the war of the rebellion is over. Treat them weil until our arrival there, when they will return to our camp on the banks of the Potomac, again in the field, not for war, but for peace. (Signed) CARL BROWNE, Chief Marshal of the Commonweal ‘of Christ. ‘The headquarters in Rechabite Hall was resplendent this morning with a silken banner that covered a large space of the wall. It is about fifteen feet long by seven deep, and the red and white stripes of the United States flag were lost in the center of an immense blue field, in the middle of which was a dazzling sun-burst. Above this were seven golden stars, and in the center of each was a letter, the whole com- posing the word Liberty. The banner came from Kansas City, and it was the gift of some ladies of the far-off town. Appealing for Funds and Supplies. An appeal to the public has been issued in the name of the committee appointed at the meeting last Saturday night “to arrange for the comfort and sustenance of Coxey’s commonweal and other organized bodies of upemployed working men who visit Wash- | ington.” The appeal says: “You are invited to furnish funds, of which the treasurer is immediately in need, and which, with stora- ble provisions, may be sent to headquarters public comfort committee, at or near Cen- ter market. (Exact location will be given later.) Merchants and others who will make daily contributions of food are re- quested to notify the treasurer or any mem- ber of the committee this week and ar- rangements will be made for collection. Churches and charitable organizations are asked to invite donations for this purpose. The citizens of Washington are warned against persons soliciting aid without au- thority from this committee.” There is at- tached to the appeal the following names of members of the committee: J. A. De Witt, chairman, 511 13th_ street northwest; Tregina, secretary, 720 G street southeast; Sidney Maltby, treasurer, Langdon, D. . Geo. A. Cook, 915 H street northwest; Wm. H. McCann, P. J. White, ex-Congressman Wise, Azro Goff, 639 F street northwest; Mrs. John Davis, 7i4 A street northeast; Rev. Alex. Kent, 930 O street northwest; Mrs. G. H. Beit, 7th street and Maryland avenue northeast; Geo. J. E. Mayer, com- | monweal headquarters; Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby, 1325 10th street; Millard F. Hobbs, labor bureau, New York avenue and 15th | street; Mrs. Susan B. Woodward, 919 F street northwest; Mrs.Sidney Maltby, Lang- don, D. C.; Chas. C. Carter, 736 13th street northwest; Mrs. A. Tregina, 720 G street southeast. A Name Used Without Authority. Mr. Millard F. Hobbs, who is well known for his activity among the labor organiza- ticns of the District, stated today that the use of his name on the committee was wholly unauthorized. “I haven't,” he said, “attended any meetings and have had noth- ing to do with the movement.” Mr. Hobbs said that so far as he knew the labor or- ganizations gave and intended to give no support to this movement. As citizens they were interested in seeing that Coxey and his men were not deprived of any of their rights as citizens, but if the visitors violat- ed the law they would not, he believed, have any support from organized labor. THE SUBURBAN RAILWAY It Will Come Into the City Along E Street. The District of Columbia Suburban Rail- way Company hes agreed to amend its proposed route. The G street line will be abandoned, and the road from Hyattsville and Bladensburg will enter the city at 15th street northeast, proceeding down 15: street to E street, and westward on B street to 4th street; thence via 4th street and Louisiana avenue to 7th street. The Brook- land extension is to come in on 12th street and connect with the main line at E street. ‘The underground trolley will be used with- in the city and the overhead trolicy in the country. This was agreed upon at a hear- ing before the House District committee this morning. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson in be- half of the Columbia Railway Company said to the committee that his clients oppose the extension of the charter of the Suburban company and the construction of a paraliel road. Such construction would inevitabiy result in the destruction of the Columbia road. With the connections which it has now and is ready to make the company covers the field proposed to be occupied by the suburban line. The Columbia company is willing to extend its line into the country proposed to be occupied by the Suburban company. He said that G street is a very narrow one, and that a large number of property owners and residents have pro- tested agaist it. He referred to the fact that the Suburban company has been char- tered nearly two years and has only suc- ceeded in getting $8,000 paid in on its capital stock. A Hit Back at the Columbia. Mr. Daniels, in behalf of the Suburban Company, regretted that he should be com- pelled to refer adversely to the Columbia Ccmpany. That company was granted a charter twenty years ago to construct a cross-town road from one end of the city to the other, but has not done it. The Colum- bia road is in a primitive condition to- day. The Columbia people propose to sad- die upon the city a disjointed system of railroad transportatioa by means of trans- fer from horse cars aad electric cars, which would be a disgrace = the city. Mr. Daniels contended that the construc- tion of the suburban line would really bene- fit the Columbia people 25 per cent, as it would open up the suburban towns of Erookland, Trinidad, University Heights and others, and, as a matter of fact, would operate as a feeder to the Columbia Com- pany by bringing in all the passengers bound for the Treasury, War, State and Navy Departments, and that portion of the city. The Suburban Company $200,000 to use in building its line. The real objection to this bill comes from the fact that the Columbia Company wants to build into the same suburban territory. “Something Behind This.” Mr. Moyer said the Suburban company has surveyed the route, obtained the right of way and has the money in hand to build the road when permission is given to com- mence operations within the city, “There is something behind this,” said Mr. ;“it is theMetropolitan company which ing this fight against the Suburban road,” and he looked at President Stephen- son of the Metropolitan company, who was present at the hearing. Mr. Moyer said it is no new thing to ask for an extension of time of a charter; even the great Metro- politan company has asked for such ex tensions. Nearly every road in the city has been compelled to ask extensions of char- ter. While the route selected by the com- pany is the natural and most feasible one, the Suburban company is willing to accept any reasonable compromise which will en- able the road to get its passengers into the center of the town. Mr. Richardson asked if the Suburban company would be willing to abandon its parallel line with the Columbia company and come in on E street. Mr. Moyer said he would accept a compro- mise of that character, The Change to E Street. Mr. D. Thompson objected to any propos- ed occupancy of Maryland avenue. That street, he said, is the one outlet to the country which is not monopolized by a railway. It is the main outlet of East Washington, and controls the access to the Bladensburg road. He would suggest that instead of coming into Maryland avenue, the road should come down 15th street northeast to E street and run westward on | that street. This route would accommodate more people than the other. There are no railway facilities in this section at pres- ent, and there is great demand for a road. Mr. Thompson suggested that as the ch: ter has already been in existence pearly two years, a forfeiture clause should be in- serted to provide for the immediate con- struction of the road. President Stephenson of the Metropolitan company denied that his company has any connection with the Columbia company, or is opposed to the present plans of the Sub- urban company. Phe Metropolitan's oppo- sition was confined to the proposed use of the 9th street line. It was agreed at the hearing that an amended bill providing for the E street line should be introduced and will be reported a the meeting of the District committee to- morrow. ———_~- e+ -_____ Naval Movements. The Monterey has arrived at Santa Bar- bara. The Petrel sailed from Shanghai yesterday for Yokohama en route to the Bering sea, cet has | ‘MR. MILLS’ SPEECH The Advocate of Tariff Reform Closes General Debate. |HE ARGUES AGAINST PROTECTION | \Brought to Task by Some Other Senators. MATTERS IN THE HOUSB There was a small number of visitors in | the galleries of the Senate when the Vice President took his seat on this the last day | when debate on the tariff bill proceeds be- | fore it is taken up and reaé by paragraphs. After the journal had been read and @ letter from the Attorney General in regard to the Kidwell flats in the District of Co- lumbia had been laid before the Senate,the Senate, on motion of Mr. Pasco (Flaa, went into executive session at 12:08 o'clock to consider the Florida nominations. At 12:38 the doors were reopened and the Senate commenced the consideration of some morning business. « Among the bills introduced and referred to the appropriate committees was one by Mr. Hunton of Virginia for the erection of @ municipal building for the District of Co- lumbia, which was referred to the commit- tee on the District of Columbia, A bill granting a pension to the widow of the late Brig. Gen, John C. Kelton was re- ported by Senator Palmer and placed on the calendar. Senator Martin moved to take from the calendar Senate bfll providing for the survey of the land described in the grant to the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon road, in the state of Oregon. Senator ™ the Tarift. At 1 o'clock the tariff bill was laid before the Senate, and Senator Mills of Texas was recognized. There was a good attendance in the galleries and a number of representa- | tives from the ether house were present. Among those in the gallery were Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Charles Mills. Senator Mills opened by saying that the bill did not en- urely meet his appro but all legislation | was necessarily a matter of com . | He might offer some amendments, but if | they were rejected he should vote for the bill. It was a party measure, and he be- Meved every democrat should sink his own | Pac eects thus far. j { He would, he said, have levied a duty on coffee, tea and sugar. The democratic theory was that government should insure to every man the enjoyment of every natur- al right. He shovid have put on the free list all articles that require. remanufacture for consumption. If that were not sufMf- cient, he should have put a tax on accumu- lated wealth. All obstacles in the way of employment of labor should be stricken | down. The policy of protection, he argued, had failed to build up a home market for agriculture. He referred to a stage Congressman, Maverick Brander, who had declared that he found it difficult to keep up with Daniel Webster's gait. But some of our states- men seemed to think they could exceed Daniel. Webster had prophesied evil from the reduction of the tariff, but prosperity came. There were prophets of evil still | among us. Exports of wheat had increased under the McKinley law instead of being consumed in the home market.- No coun- try in the world could produce wheat and drive us out of our home market. And yet the finance committee which reported on the McKinley taw—one of the ablest that ever sat in this chamber—warned the farm- er against the bogie man of loss of the home market. He offered estimates of how much surplus of manufactures such an increased popula- tion would produce. It would then be nec- essary to import agriculturists again. In a few years we would have everybody here —Chinese, Maltese and chimpanzees—to join Coxey’s army and the aborigines, Large crops in 1890 and "91 were what had deferred the panic until the time when a democratic administration came in, and the value of the crops began to fall. It was anticipation of something that wes to come. Laboring men were not crowd- ing the highways in anticipation of an evil that Was to come. it was bread they want- Argued Agninst the Protective Polley. The Senator then argued to show how the protective policy shut up our surplus wheat and prevented it from finding a mar- ket. Increase of impogts, he insisted, meant increase of exports snd increase of price Farmers would expend in home “manufac- t what we can pro- aimed. He laughed at republican solicitude for reciprocity. The dem > policy, be sali, meant reciprocity with Great Britain, and that country would take everything we can send it. Suppose C a does have our a market. Don't we have hers? Admitting Foreign Product Will Not | Cheapen Labor. He reasoned against the assumption that admission of foreign products would cheap- en labor. American labor, he said, was the cheapest in the world, owing to its pro- ductive power by the use of machinery. | He cited statistics supplied to him by C. D, | Wright, chief of the labor bureau, to show that the labor value of production was @ less per cent of the whole in the United | States than in any other country. Cottoa | yarn in the United States showed a less | proportion of labor cost than England. i Some Corrections, Senator Aldrich interposed to inquire why | then England commanded the world’s mar ‘kets for cotton yarn. Senator Mills replied that cotton yarm could not be produced in the United States, Germany or France. Senators Hawley and Aldrich replied with scme eagerness that the Senator was never more mistaken in his I:fe. Senator Mills made the came argument as to kid gloves. Senator Aldrich asked him why we im- ported kid gloves, then. Senator Milis replied that it might be lack of skill. There were many things we could not do that others could do, Capital and Laber. Capital takes care of itself and takes | care of itself in the name of labor, he aid. jt was not labor that was getting the gov- ernment’s bounty. While labor cost was in the United States we were still ing a tariff for protection of our labor against the pauper labor of Great Britain and Europe. Labor can only secure benefit by nature's lews of employment his labor, Em- ployment only comes with demand for what he produces by extension of its market. THE HOUSE. Mr. Hepburn (lowa) still persists in his determination to hang on the flank of the democratic majority, and by constantly harassing them feree the consideration of pension bills reported from the Friday night sessions, Again at the opening of the session of the House today he objected to the approval of the journal and forced a roll call. The Tablet Resolution P The journal was approved, 2 The Senate joint resolution authorizing the lay- ing of a bronze tablet to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol was taken up and passed on motion of Mr. Bynum (ind.). An interesting little row was precipitated at this juncture by Mr. Bartholdt (Mo.). It j Was an echo of the O’Neill-Joy contested election cas The O'Neill-Joy Election Case. Mr. Bartholdt claimed the fooy as @&