Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, 11th Street, by Oo: The Evening. Star Newspaper Company, New Yock Ofcn, 88 Poter Buding week, or 44c. per month. les at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United ates oF Canada—postage prepaid—50 vents jer Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year: ity added, $3.00. “iEatered at the Dost Office at Washington, D. C., 3 second-class mail matter.) “Cran mail must be paid ip advance. Rates of advertising made known ob application. COMING THIS WAY Ten Companies of Commonwealers Leave Chicago. TROOPS ORDERED 10 CAMP AT SPOKANE Release of the Portland Contingent Ordered. SDUSTRIAL ARMY NOTES CHICAGO, May 1—Randall’s contingent af the commonweal army began its march today. There were ten companies, all or- ganized in Chicago, and making altogether ‘about 400 men. A brass band was expected, but it did not report, and the advance be- gan without music. A large banner was carried In @ wagon at the head of the column. The march was from headquarters, in a cooper shop in Rawson street in the north- ern part of the city, and led through the business district. The first destination gimed at was Grand Crossing, near the head of Lake Michigan and close to the Indiana state line. Troops Ordered to Spok: SPOKANE, Wash.,May 1—When Dolphin’s regiment of commonwealers passed from their barracks this morning they were sur- prised to see 200 United States soldiers. ‘They had come in before sunrise frgm Fort Sherman, thirty miles distant. At 1:20 a. m. they received telegraphic orders from Gen. Otis, and at 5 o’elock they were In Spokane. ‘They brought twenty days’ rations, and have gone into camp in the outskirts of the town. The plan is to have them here in a position to be dispatched either east or west to protect trains against seizure. Portiand’s Contingent Released. PORTLAND, Ore., May 1.—District Judge Bellinger has ordered the discharge of the Portland contingent of the industrial army, ‘who were charged with contempt of court im violating an injunction of the court re- straining them from interfering with the roperty of the Union Pacific railway. ‘ifty-two men arraigned addressed the court, saying they were not aware they were violating an order of the court, and omising to obey the laws in the future. Judge Bellinger then discharged them, Col. Grayson’s Progress. OMAHA, Neb., May 1—A special to the Bee from Julesburg, Colo., says: Col. Gray- Son and his hundred commonwealers are camped in an empty store building here. They were fed by the citizens. Grayson insists he is going to Washington. Commonwealers at New Haven. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 1.—Coxey’s army, under the command of Capt. George A. Sweetland, arrived here early last even- ing, and after a short parade through the city went to Central Labor Union Hall, where they were received by a committee, and a public meeting was held. Sweetland, who formed the army in Bristol, addressed the audience. All of his army are unmarried men, and most of the trades are represented. They ‘were quartered at Central Labor Hall all night, and will wait here until Wednesday enlisting recruits, when Swift's army from Boston will arrive. Gen. Swift arrived by train last night to arrange for the reception of his men. As might be expected, his army is one of cul- ture. In fact, they are not an army, but “New England deiegation of unemployed.” Whe general does not affiliate with the Coxeyites, and will not join Sweetland’s contingent on the march unless his tion so votes. —— STORM IN THE SOUTHWEST. Bard Rains and High Winds fn Texas. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 1.—A special to the Republic from Fort Worth, Tex., say: In the vicinity of Terrell, Tex., farms and public highways are inundated, fences and bridges are washed away and railway traffic obstructed by the flood. Damage in- Palculable has been done to crops. The trains on the Texas and Pacific were de- Jayed until the track, which was washed ut a mile or two south of the city, could relaid. Traffle over the Texas Midland totally stopped by high water. Nearly ery bridge on the line is washed away ind several miles of the track 1s entirely jubmerged. It will be several days before e Midland will be in readiness to resume ©perations. ‘A special from Texarkana, Ark., says: of the heaviest hail and rain storms t have visited this section in years truck here last night. At Parks, a small station on the Texas fad ic road, the storm demolished number of residences, killing Thaddeus ‘McDougal, the three-year-old son of Rev. | McDougal, pastor of the M. E. Church, id fatally wounding W. G. Boecock, aged Foventy-tnree, Both the Methodist and japtist churches were blown Into splinters — considerable other damage done. —_._ & > EX-PRESIDENT VASQUEZ. Sie 1s on His Way to Washington and May See Mr. Cleveland. ‘NEW ORLEANS, May 1.—Don Domingo Nasquez, who was president of Spanish Honduras until recently deposed by Presi- @ent Bonilla after a sharp and quite bloody ‘olution, has arrived in New Orleans, en ina to New York. He will visit Wash- $ngton to confer with the Honduranean fepresentatives and very likely with Presi- @ent Cleveland. Altogether he will be in United States about three months. He leclines to say what the business is that rings him here, but it is understood that $t is to gather a body of fillbusters, who frill sail from New York for Honduras to- $ward the end of the summer. Maj. E. A. Burke, the defaulting state freasurer of Louisiana, has proved a brave = able soldier in the field, Vasquez said, had many of the Americans who had fought with him. They had been granted sixty days to return to Honduras and wind Bp their busigess affairs. He believed Maj. had en advantage of that privi- The late president was asked what he Yhought of Bonilla’s action in forfeiting the concessions he had granted to the Louisiana Lottery Company at ruerto Cortez. He was much surprised at the juestion, and replied that, owing to his ight from Honduras, he had not learned that fact earlier. He appeared to be quite indignant over the act, and denounced Bonilla for revoking the grant made by the londuras congress, intimating that he ‘was inspired by an intent to blackmail lottery people. ra ——— CONVENTION OF MUSICIANS. Whe National League to Assemble at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, May 1.—Among the large Qumber of delegates arriving last night and this morning to attend the convention of the National League of Musicians, which fonvenes in this city today, are the fol- lowing: Jacob Bre: Philadelphia; Schath. waukee; He Reilly ouisville; J. 3 John Hunt, Alexander Bremer, ohn S. Maloney, Rochester, Y 2 w Beaver uhl, Pittsburg; Samuel J. Ruhl, Pa he £oening Star. V% 84, No. 20,8738. Democratic Senators Said to Be Pre- paring for Closure. That the rank and file of the democratic Party in the Senate is becoming impatient at the delay in the consideration of th tariff bill was evidenced yesterday by thé circulation of a declaration in favor of closure of debate. The paper was prepared by Senator George, and was circulated very quietly during the afternoon, being handed only to the most influential Senators. It was not signed by all to whom it was pre- sented, some of the Senators expressiug the opinion that it was too early to a tempt a closure and others declining be- cause opposed to the principle. The paper recites that it has become apparent that the republican opponents of the tariff are determined to resort to filibustering to prevent the proper consid- eration and passage of the bill, and com- mits the signers to a simple declaration in favor of closure. It makes no specifica- cation as to how the change shall be brought about, whether through the presiding offi- cer or the committee on rules, leaving that point as well as that as to whether it shall be a modified or an absolute closure to be decided later. It does not appear that the call will be pressed for the time being, but it is to be handed around quietly xs opportunity presents so as to have the democratic side prepared for the change if it is undertaken, and to have Senators committed to it as far as possible. Senator Harris said at the close of the session yesterday that he was not yet pre- pared to announce any change of hours for the daily sessions, but added that he might have an announcement in that direction to make before many days. ee CAPITOL ‘TOPICS. Of Interest to the Army. ‘The House military affairs committee has agreed to offer an amendment to the army appropriation bill providing that when the department is reduced to four it shall not be increased. Another amendment provides that vacan- cies in the lowest grades of the quarter- master general, subsistence, pay and judge advocate general's offices shall be filled by appointment from the next lowest grade in the army. The effect of this amendment will be to prevent the filling of such vacun- cies from civil life. Agricultural Appropriation Bill. ‘The bill making appropriations for the support of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1895 has been completed by the House committee on agriculture. The amounts appropriated by the bill have not yet been footed up, but they will approxi- mate a total of $2,450,000 as compared with an appropriation of $2,508,000 for the cur- rent fiscal year. Conservative reductions in the salaries of employes and expenses of the «epart- ment have been made by the committee, the reduction in the appropriation for the weather bureau alone amounting to about $75,000 from last year. For the purchase and distribution of seeds the bill appropri- ates $130,000 as compared with $135,000 for the present year, A new feature of legislation is a provision appropriating $10,000 to enable the depart- ment to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestion of full, wholesome aud edible rations less wasteful and more eco- nomical than those in common use. To Pay a Church for Damages. Representative Jones of Virginia has in- troduced a bill in the House to pay Shiloh Methodist Church in Fredericksburg $3,000 for use and destruction of the edifice by federal forces during the war. Confirmed by the Senate. |, The Senate has confirmed the nominations of James Yeomans to be interstate corn- merce commissioner, and the following Hal- timore appointments: Ormond Hammond to be assistant treasurer of the United States; Frank T. Shaw, to be collector of customs; Barnes Compton, to be naval of- ficer, and C. Ridgeley Goodwin, to be sur- veyor of customs. The injunction of secrecy was not removed from any of these nom- inations. Other confirmations were: To be members of the California debris commission, Col. George H. Mendell, Lieut. Col. W. H. H. Benyaurd and William Heuer. Charles R. Bisbee, collector of customs for the es of St. John’s, Fla. . rbett, receiver of public moneys st Des Moines, Iowa. s x Also several postmasters. Will Meet Opposition. The present expectation is that Repre- sentative Dockery will, after the army ap- pPropriation bill is disposed of by the House, call up the report of the joint congressional commission on proposed changes in ac- counting methods in the Treasury Depart- ment. Involved in thebe claims are the abolition of the office of the second con- troller and the disposition of the services of a large number of clerks and some minor employes. The report of the commission has been severely criticised in many quar- ters, and the prospects are that when it is called up for consideration it will give rise to an interesting and prolonged debate. The army bill will be disposed of early in the present week. ee Life-Saving Stations Closed. All the life-saving stations along the At- lantic and Pacific coasts and those on the Great Lakes closed today for the season, which runs to the Ist of September. This is in accordance with law, no provision having been made for the maintenance cf the stations during the months of May, June, July and August. In view of the great loss of life and property that has oc- eurred along the sea coast in the months of May and August during the past few years a strong effort is being made to have the stations kept in operation during those two months the same as during the winter months. The movement is regarded with general favor and stands a reasonable chance of success. Trial Postponed. ‘The competitive trial of machine guas for the navy, which was to have taken plaee at the Indian Head proving grounds early in May, have been indefinitely postponed, by direction of Secretary Herbert, because of the failure of the representatives of f ur of the principal guns to have them ready for the test at the date originally selected. ‘The trial will probably take place some time in June. The Maxim, Gatling, Acces, Gardner and other modern guns will be placed in competition on this occasion. ——— + e+ — Judge Long’s Pension Reduced. Yesterday was the last of the thirty days wherein Judge John D. Long of Michigan was allowed to show the pension authori- ties why his pension of $72 per month should not be reduced to $50. Neither he nor his attorney put in an appearance. Judge Long has been notified that his pen- sion has been reduced. Se a ee A Chief of Division Appointed. Secretary Carlisle has appointed James C. |L. Gudger of North Carolina chief of a division in the office of commissioner of |eustoms, in place of Mr. Wm. Hinds, transferred to the internal revenue bureau. ee Se Acting Secretary of the Treasury. For the next six months Assistant Secre- tary Wike will act as Secretary of the Treasury, in the absence of Secretary Car- lisle. This honor alternates among the | three assistant secretaries. Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Curtis have already served their terms in this position. ee a Cavalry Drill at Fort Myer. In honor of the Secretary of State and a | party of friends a special cavalry drill was |had at Fort Myer at 5 o'clock p. m. Mon- The Secretary received the usual sa- te of cannon. The drill was enjoyed by ae ‘Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- | tion today, $378,432. Government receipts: i From internal revenue, $160,247.81; customs, , $151,070.82; miscellaneous, $18,U88.85. WASHINGTON, D. 0. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. WOUNDS OF WAR The Meeting Today of the Associa- tion of Military Surgeons. PRESIDEN? CLEVELAND'S ADDRESS A Distinguished Gathering of Mem- bers and Guests. * LIST OF THOSE PRESENT Aas — ial, The fourth annual meeting of the Asso- ciation of Military Surgeons of the United States convefied at 10 o'clock this morn- ing at the National Theater. The play- house was appropriately {llumined with a lavish abundance of tri-colored bunting. Great national ensigns were draped from the boxes, family circle and gallery. All the decoration possibilities were realized. About two hundred and fifty delegates were present; the stage was filled with guests and the remainder of the seating capacity Was utilized by the public, who, by their manifestation of interest, proved that they were not unwofthy spectators. There were presént a large number of ladies, whose fair and bright spring costumes vied with the stars and stripes of old glory and the gold lace and blue cloth of the surgeons. The Marine Band, under the leadership of Prof. Fanciulli, struck up a stirring tune and the people filed in. Maj. George Henderson, surgeon general, D.C.N.G., chairman of the committee on ar- rangements, called the meeting to order-and Introduced in a few words Rev. Dr. T. S. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Cove- nant, who offered prayer. The President's Remarks. President Cleveland, on being introduced by Maj. Henderson as the commander-in- chief of the army of the United States, steppéd forward to the front of the stage. ‘The audience saluted him by rising. Then he said: “Gentlemen, I have taken a few minutes from the weight of engrossing duties to give evidence of my appreciation of the purposes and aims of this association. “Ever since I was governor of New York jurgeon-General ,§: I have become sangarnt: for the welfare of the National Guard he em- pire state, I have taney al terest inm-all that pertains to the National Guard of the land, as it is that on which he government must rely whenever that time shall co1 The National Guard of all the states shou'd have a community of ir terest and effort. One of the most useful objects of the world is the study of health and sanitation. “The National Guard and the federal army should co-operate. Every patriotic Amer- {ean citizen should applaud your efforts in the direction of mercy, With a hearty wish for the welfare of this association, it only remains for me to declare this meeting open for the transaction of busiriess.” Commissioner Ross then spoke as fol- r Ross’ Welcome. “It is an appreciated honor to represent the District of Columbia in ex- tending the welcome of its people to this representative body of American citizens who compose the association known as the Military Surgeons of the United States. Many of your members have long been identified with some of the most important interests of the District of Columbia. Some of them have been most active and influ- ential in the furtherance of ways and means to guard and foster the sanitary interests of the national capital. When there was a threatened invasion of cholera from the old world within the past two years, they co- operated most ably and efficiently with the members of the local profession and with the officials of the District of Columbia to protect our people from the dangers which w seemed near at hand. yg tae association you have recognized the benefits te be derived from organiza- tion; the advantages to be had from an an- nual comparison of professional observa- tions, and the pleasures attendant upon social reunions, among those charged with like responsibilities, having the same hopes of honorable preferment and the same ambi- tion to serve loyally and well the govern- ment established by the fathers of the re- You have well and wisely choser the capital of your country as your place of meeting. May I refer briefly to the rela- tions which exist between that capital and the people of the United States? The place where the people’s representatives formu- late into law the people's will in the only mode prescribed by the Constitution or known to our system of governmen place where the people’s great chief m: trate resides and executes the laws made by the people through their representatives in Congress; where the Supreme Court of the United States construes those laws. Cer- tainly that place should at all times be free and open to the coming and the going of all citizens of the republic, whether they be rich or poor, and whether they come to foot or by conveyance, so long as they ob- serve and obey the laws which they them- selves have made through and by their rep- resentatives in Congress. “Such a proposition needs only to be stated to receive the sanction of all right- thinking and sensible people. On the other hand, while citizens may peaceably and reasonably assemble at the capital, no man who has comprehended our system of gov- ernment needs to be convinced that any at- tempt to compel action on the part of any of the three t co-ordinate branches of the governme: by menace or threat, or show of physical force, would be not only unlawful, would not only substitute the rule of the mob for the rule of the people, but would constitute an insult to the people of the United Stat whose agents should be so menaced or threatened. The right to come to Washington and to present peti- tions in an orderly and peaceable manner is unquestioned and unquestionable. When that proves unavailing, if there be |a wrong unrighted, then the remedy, ac- cording to the American plan, is to be had by the use of the ballot. That American plan of asserting and of enforcing the peo- ple’s will has served its intended purpose for more than a hundred years of such civil and religious Mberty and of such general prosperity among the wage-earners of the land as has been accorded to no other peo- ple since history Began. | That as a result of a great financial de- | Pression there ig a want of employment and consequent suffering cannot be denied. The same sad condition seems to prevail throughout the elvilized world. But if there be any present remedy, it certainly is not to be had by mob violence, by disregard of the rights of property, or by other violations | of law. If the remedy lies in legislation by Con- gress, the people who elect their representa- tives can give instructions at a their members from each congressional dis- trict, and to their Senators from each state at large, and if the obeyed, the remedy is plain under our sys- tem of government. I crave your pardon for stating these self- (Continued on Fifth Page.) the instructions be not | BRIEF SESSIONS IN CONGRESS Both Houses Adjourn Out of Respect to Senator Stockbridge. Bat Little Business Transacted and That Was of a Routine Character. Never before in its history, it would be safe to say, has the Senate lost its mem- bers in such rapid succession, Five weeks ago the obsequies of Senator Colquitt of Georgia were held in thé Senate chamber, three weeks later the lamented Senator Vance of North Carolina was buried on the mountain side of his beloved state, and to- day, for the third time in five weeks, an- other Senator’ lies dead, and the desk of Senator Stockbridge of Michigan is draped in somber black. The blind chaplain referred to his death with his usual tender pathos. “Oh, eternal | God,” he prayed, “enveloped in a thick | cloud of sorrow we come before Thee today | to pray that Thou wilt grant Thy blessing | to the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Morgan), bereaved by the loss of his beloved wife,and to the wife who is widowed by the death of the Senator from Michigan. Shine on them, oh, Lord Christ, with Thy infinite tender- ness and human sympathy in this the time of their bereavement and grief. Stretch ferth Thy hand to succor and comfort. and biess them. Thou only art our refuge in | the time of our loss and pain. We bless Thee that we may trust in Thy infinite mercy, for Thou art touched with the feel- ing of our infirmities.” Senator Stockbridge'’s nounced, Mr. MeMillan of Michigan announced the death of his colleague. “I am called upon this morning,” he said, “to perform the saddest duty that ever falls to the lot of a member of this body--to an- nounce to the Senate the death of a col- league. Four weeks ago yesterday he drop- ped his work here to make a journey to the Pacific coast, but before reaching Chicago he was taken ill on the train and for two weeks his life hung in the balance. Only yesterday, however, came a letter, written by himself, in which rapi@ progress toward recovery was announced, to be followed in the early evening by the brief message telling of his death. “It should not go unsaid that today there is sincere mourning throughout the state of Michigan over the death of one who has been long closely and conspicuously ideriti- fied with her interests, In the truest sense he was one of her sons. All his life long he had stood shoulder to shoulder with her | Death An- | were recovered, against $16,883 for the pré- people. To the brave wife whose physical sufferings are now added to by the weight of sorrow and to the bereaved sisters I venture in the name of the Senate to send the sympathy of those who honored and respected him whose loss they so sincerely mourn.” Mr. McMillan offered the usual resolutions declaring’ that the Senate had heard with regret of the death of Senator Stéckbridxe; that a committee of seven Senators snoutd be appointed by the Vice President to act with a committee from the House of Repre- sentatives to attend the funeral at Kala- mazoo, Mich.; instructing the secretary to communicate these resolutions to the House, aoa: that the Senate should immediately ad- journ. In aceordance with the above ressiutions the WVice President named Senators Me- Millan, Washburn, Cullom, Jones of Arkan- | sas, Gibson and Blanchard as the commit- tee, and immediately afterward, at 12:08 p. | m., the Senate adjourned till 11 a.m. to- =i i tu m, to- THE HOUSE. The session of the House was brief to- day on account of the death of Senator Stockbridge of Michigan. Chaplain Bagby, tn his prayer, referred | feelingly to the death of the Michigan Senator. Mr. Brookshire (Ind.) asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a bill to reimburse ex-United States Treasurer Ne- beker in the sum of $1,000 for the loss of a rote of that denomination, sent to him for redemption, but which mysteriously dis- appeared after it reached its destination. Mr. Enloe (Tenn.) objected. The Senate amendments to the bill for the punishment of crimes in the Yellow- stone Park were agreed to, on motion of Mr. McRae (Ark.) Mr. Dingley (Me.) called up from the joint committee on expenditures in the d partments the bill to improve the method: of accounting in the Treasury tment. After a short consideration of the bill to reduce expenditures in the Treasury Depart- ment the House heard the announcement of the death of Senator Stockbridge and adopted appropriate resolutions. As a further mark of respect, the House, at 1:85, adjourned. The Speaker named the following commit- tee on the part of the House to attend Sena- tor Stockbridge’s funeral: Messrs, Burrows (Mich.), Bynum (Ind.), MeCr (Ky,), Bou- telle (Me.), Payne (N. Y.), Aitkin, Thomas and Richardson (Mich.). _———-e-—___——. Army Orders, The following assignments to regiments of officers recently promoted are ordered. Artillery arm—Maj. Carle A. Woodru‘t, to the second artillery; Capt. Alexander D. Schenck, to\the second artillery; First Lieut., Herman C. Schumm, to the second artillery, light battery A; First Lieut. Al- fred M. Hunter, to the first artillery, but- tery F. Infantry arm—Maj. Abram A, Harbach, to the eighteenth infantry; Capt. Frederick D. Sharp, to the twentieth infantry, com- ny K. - The following transfers ate made: First Lieutenant Harry L. Hawthorne, from the fourth artillery to the first artillery (bet- tery F); First Lieut. Alfred M. Hunter, from the first artillery to the fourth arul- lery (battery A). Capt. William P. Vose, second artillery, is relieved from duty with battery 1 and is assigned to light battery F of that regiment. Capt. Louis V. Caziarc, second artillery, is transferred from bate: C to battery I of that regiment. Capt. Al exander D. Schenck, second artillery, is a signed to battery C of that regiment. Leave of absence fur two months, on surgeon's certificate of disability, 1s granted Capt. Edward Everts, assistant surgeon. +e. Mlegal Pension Money Recovered. A statement prepared at the pension bu- reau shows that during the yeat’ ending | April 1 $27,518 illegally paid to pensioners vious year. It is also stated that almost a million dollars have been saved to the goy- ernment in intended payments on admitted and pending claims prevented by the dis- covery of the fraud and punishment of the offenders. During the year the law divis- fon of the bureau caused 19) arrests, #41 indictments, 161 convictions, 9% sentences, while 55 of those arrested were acquitted. More War Department Clerks Dis- missed. In pursuance of the policy of economy, Secretary Lamont today dismissed eighteen clerks in the record and pension division, War Department, to take effect immediate- ly. Rumor had exaggerated the number to fifty. There will be nearly 150 more reduc- tions in this office between now and the Ist of July, and a terrible rumor was in cireu- lation today that the reductions would take place during the course of the present month. There is much excitement in con- sequence throughout the entire department. oo The Gold Reserve Intact. The gold reserve of the government re- mains intact, in spite of the recent héavy drains upon it by foreign dealers. There is a free balance of $250,000 in gold above the $100,000,000 held in reserve for the redemp- tion of legal tender notes. These figures include Saturday's gold operations. Treas- ury officials are encouraged to the belief that the outward movement of gold is practically at an end for the present, and that from now on the government gold holdings will steadily grow larger. “merch and its route today—the route that Jin history,” he remarked, TWO CENTS. COXEY’S Mi RCH =ND —_<-- The Commonweal Comes Into Col- lision With the Police. AN EXCITING SCENE AT THE CAPITOL Carl Browne Arrested After Violent Resistance. COXEY QUIETLY REMOVED — Coxey’s “army,”the much heralded “three hundred thousand,” reached the end of its | stretched all the way from Massillon, Ohio, to the Capitol steps. There was nothing very heroic about it. At the Capitol steps there was a collision with the police. Browne made a desperate resistance to arrest, and policemen’s clubs were used upon the Coxeyites who crowded around. Browne was dragged away under arrest. Coxey was not violent. He made a de-/ mand to be allowed to speak from the Capitol steps, and this being refused, desir- #4 to read a protest, but was not allowed to do so, Then he was escorted out of the grounds. This was the end of the scene at the Capitol. LEAVING THE CAMP. The Start This Mor Browne's Fan The Commonweal of Christ was astir early this morning, and its members moved about with unusual energy for men who have plodded weary miles over mountain paths and country roads without the monotony of the month’s march being broken by more than a dozen square meals. ‘The bare ground had been the couch of many of them, and none had had sleeping accommodations which the meanest tramp it may be, with their determination to tighten their grasp on the country‘s throat. ‘I feel within me—my reincarnation tells me that no matter what happens and de- spite any and all circumstances the even- tual success of our fovement is He Drilled His Men. He immediately took command, and, forming the men into a hollow square, put them through a@ Grill that would give a National Guardsman a ft. The staves were handled like guns, and difficult matter to force a through the crowd. The head umn wheeled into | with a mounted lead, followed by a Vivian weal. |reached Pennsylvania avenue | Mayer of the local committee met | decorated the horses with large red, white and blue pompons. when Browne shouted “gloria and peace,” they cheered three times shrilly and waved their sticks in the air. These evolutions were performed by the main body of the army. The Philadelphia commune stood at one side waiting to fall in. Oklahoma Sam galloped up and down the line on his ‘alliion. The bass drum boomed dismaily and the bagpipes itted a shrill scream. After marching the men were agalfi drawn up in line and more cheers and drilling followed. Some of the military evolutions which Browne called on his men te perform must have been coi in a nightmare. Browne harangued the men in his custo- | mary strain, telling them that they had re- ceived permission to march to the Capitol grounds, where they must disband and en- ter cs individual citizens. “Whether br not we will be permitted to speak, I cannot he afded, “but you must be careful re the peace. Then we will reform and march to our new camp near by, which has been provided. This demonstration will be more powerful than force, than guns, or than bombs,” and the army at this cheered wildly. Then Browne went on: “People said that we wouldn't march up Pennsylvania ave- nue when we reached here. Yet the police department yesterday informed Brother Coxey that we could march. We are here on time and will go to the grounds on time. All are certainly on deck. looked as if we wouldn’t have many, but now we will go in with spirits as bright as the May day on which we march. Mr. Crisp refused yesterday to let us speak on the Capitol steps. We didn’t see the Vice President. That is the latest I can tell you. We will go into the Capitol grounds as in- dustrials. They can’t prevent us from do- ing that.’ The Leader Appears. Just before 10 o'clock Gen. Coxey drove out to the inclosure in an open carriage, blacks. Mrs. Coxey sat by his side and in her Jap was the wee*mite of humanity al- ready known to fame as “Lega! Tender” Coxey. The appearance of the party was greeted with a wild salvo of applause, to which Gen. Coxey responded with frequent bows. There was inguiry for Miss Mamie Coxey, and it was learned that she was at the hotel attiring herself .n the white robes of peace in which she would appear to lead Coxey. in existence would have been sati: with, But there was no complaint, and the discontent. that prevailed in the ranks yes- terday had apparently disappeared. This was perhaps due to the fact breakfast was announced as soon as thé men. were awake, and they responded with alacrity when ordered to’ fail and visit the commissary wagon. Bread, boiléd w and coffee domprised the menu of th matutinal meal, and they devoured the meager fare as only half-famished men can. As soon as they had finished their feast, the order was given to break camp, and in less time than it takes to tell it the tents were struck and stowed away in the wagon, and the pots and pans and boilers and ket- tles and the thousand and one odds and ends, which have been a part and parcel of the culinary department of the common- weal, were bundled up and shoved away out of sight in the same conveyances At 8:30 the marshals in charge of the va- ricus communes distributed the much- talked-of banners of peace to their follow- ers. The banners were nothing more nor Jess than enlarged editions of the common- weal badge, bearing the legend, “Peace on earth and good will to men,” with various other inscriptions significant of the object of the movement. These little flags were attached to the end of square oaken sticks, bout four feet long, which were signifi. cantly devoid of the iron ends which it wi at first intended to fit them with. The only metal about them were two very small sta- ples inserted near the end of each, the pur- Browne. pose of which was evidently to hold a tiny flag pole. At 9 o'clock the wagons had ail been packed and the horses harnessed to them, and the men were drawn up in a Jong line, two deep, across the field inside of the race track. Here they waited patiently and with much good humor for the arrival of Chief Marshal Browne and “Gen.” Cox- y. They didn’t have long to walt. Browne's Prediction, Browne shortly appeared upon the scene, @resved in his well-known leather suit, and on his left breast was pinned a white feather, evidently pulled from the flowing tail of a barn-yard chanticleer. One of the wags of the commonweal remarked that {t was probably the twin brother of the white feather that Browne showed at Rockville when he sought safety from the coming of “Unkvown" Smith, and which he had also exhibited once before many years ago when he deserted Dennis Kearney at the Sand Lots in San Francisco. with pleasure as he saw the array of his, henchmen stretched out before him, and his reincarnation, according to the ‘same wag, stuck until a man could have used it for a hat rack. Running his eye down the line, he broke into eloquence to The Star reporter. “This beautiful day ushers in a new dawn “and from now on it will be a continuous Ist of May until he bills we have come to present to Con- gress shall have become laws. The people of America in the future wil) look back upon the ist day of May, 1894, as the most important-date in history, marking, as it does, the ‘birth of a new and fuller and freer liberty for the now down-trodden masses of the American common people. “This movement, mark you, will not cease with the American people, but will spread its beneficent influences ‘until the whole world is touched and softened and sweeten- ed by it.” “Suppose the authorities carry out their present intention and prevent Mr. Coxey and yourself from going on with the pro- | gram at the Capitol?" “I am not sure that interference with our plans would not be better for the move- ment,” replied the marshal, swelling out his leather coat with a puff of importance, | “Such action would still further inspire the | sympathies of the great masses of the peo- ple with our object and accentuate in their minds the impression so generally enter- tained, that the plutocrats -will not brook any interference, no matter how peaceful turned into Pennsylvania avenue it was a | Godged through the buches to the Browne beamed | the procession. “At 10 o'clock the common- weal moved out of field and across the race track and halted unt!l everything was found to be in readinéss for the march upon the Capitol. Fifteen minutes later Miss Mamie Coxey rode a prancing white steed to the heal of | the column just inside of the gateway lead- ing to the 14th street road. She is quite a pretty girl, and it was evident that she did _ not at all relish the part she was to take in the ceremony. But she bravely attempt- | nd sat erect | ed to hide her discomfiture upon her animal, with her eyes fixed upon the red, white and blue rosette which nod- ded between his cars. Miss Coxey was clad in a white riding habit, the open jacket of which showed a white shirt waist. The red silk necktie was tied in a bowknot at the collar and a wealth of blonde hair that the sun's rays lighted into gold flowed loosely from benéath a jaunty blue cap, from the front of which beamed a single gold Star. She wore white kid gloves. As she quieted r my us animal Cari Browne, mo} white Percheron horse, hind her. he shouted. mon weal!” “Forward march!” ». The most motley procession that co: ever be conceived of outside of a pre juerade moved forward. Sergts. Slat- tery, Kenney and Jordan and niné mount- ed policemen took their position at the head at intervals’ along the line of the col- | umn, ' The March Begun. Then the march to the Capitol was begun, and, with flags flying, the white banners of Peace fluttering froth the oaken sticks of the marchers and the band playing some- thing that seemed to be intended for a tune, the Commonweal of Christ filed out of the gate and turned into the dusty Mthstreet road. Following the band came a color bearer, holding aloft @ United States flag, and behind him limped & foot-sore man, car- rying a caricature of Coxey, which bore an inscription to the effect that the image was that of the reincarnation of the Common- weal of Christ, whatever that means. The Subject of the appalling sketch drove along in his pony, phaeton, immediately behind the transparency. Mrs. Coxey was by his side. She took no notice of the crowd of the curious which lined the gateway and the road, but devoted hetwelf with maternal at- tention to the latest aGdition to the family, whom she held in her arms. The v elphubetical order, and were separated by the wagons belonging to the army, and the rear of the procession was brought up by ‘he Philadelphia contingent. At the head of these hardy sons of freedom rode a Miss Lavalette, She was mounted on a big bay horee and personified the Goddess of Liberty Her head was covered with a turban made of a small United States flag. and a short blue flannel walking ekirt which she util- ized as a ridi bit did not have its scanty length added to a particle by the patriotic bunting with which it was cover- . Miss Lavalette showed the independ- ent kind of a girl she was when she reach- ed the gateway. She stopped her prancing palfrey and difected a juventie colored in- dividual to give & Grink of water. When the draught had passed her lps she ran her hand into her pocket and reward- ed the servitor with a gleaming dime that nade the eyes of the commonwealers im- mediately following her fairly dance’ with envy. Mr. Jofies in a Hansom. Miss Lavalette appeared to enjoy the dis- tinction conferred upon he, but her sati faction was nothing to that of Mr. Chri topher Columbus Jones, who followed in her rear, riding in state in a hansom cab. The Philadelphia. philosopher had an- nounced before the march was taken up that if he did not have a horse to ride he a cab, and no Roman emperor coming home pleasure that Mr. Jones apparently did when two deep-volced spectators yelled out in unison, “Rah for Jones!’ The Phila- delphia contingent came after their leader two by two, holding a long rope, which was attached to the small flag-covered wagon that has accompanied the party | were 329 human beings in the parade, in- eluding three sick men, fo> whom commi | sary wagon No. 1 has been fixed up as an | ambulance. As the procession started, | its wa: so it wended y down the dusty surface of the 14th street poad. First the band would wheeze out a pitiful parody cn a national air, and then the bagpipe would shriek until the policemen’s horses would almost have spasms. -MARCH THROUGH THE CITY. The Streets Thronged to Witness the range Array. dirt road that leads down to 14th street there was a cheer from a few spectators lined up on the roadside. On down the hill, the procession passed with here and there a little group on the roadside, to whom Mar- shal Browne and Gen. Coxey were contin- uosly doffing their hats. At the Argyle Deer Park a number of the animals stood by the fence and gazed curiously at the strange procession. Mr. Coxey remarked Were not afraid. From the time the proces- sion struck the asphalt at 1¢th street, how ever, the crowds were continuous. There was especially a large crowd at the end of the cable line on léth street. Here some | Vigorous cheers were given, and still more vigorous ones followed when, at the boun- dary, 125 men were found drawn up in line under the command of C. B. Villette. This body fell in behind the army. Along down 14th street the crowds grew denser and denser, ahd as the procession around the grounds | Yesterday it | holding the lines over his pair of blooded | rious communes followed in their | would “go fishing,” but he compromised on | from his victories ever felt the thrill of | on its) travels. By actual count at the gate there | As the procession turned into the dusty | that they recognized an army of peace and | ‘The Copy of His Protest. ui 1 | Another of the local committee also came out and handed Mr. Coxey some envelopes, | Which contained, among other things, a pro- test which he proposed to deliver at the Capitol im case he was Speaking. As the procession passed the avenue the crowds pushed closer closer on to the marching men, until it was hard to distinguish which were comron- wealers and which spectators. | Around Browne and Mr. Coxey’s buggy especially the jam was thickest. Here and there @ cheer came from the crowd and at | Pennsylvania avenue and 14th street Browne | called fer three for the —— | capital, which | opted. were given with a will 5 The Telegrams Received. t Tth street there ‘Was an especially vig- crous-lunged crowd awaiting. As Mr. Coxey | Passed up the avenue he received several telegrams, brought him by messenger boy&, | These telegrams were as follows: CHICAGO, Il.,, | Gen. Coxey, Army of the Common Hearty congratulations on successful mination of march. The American men’s Good Road Army, 5,000 strong, wil join you in Washington May 11. | Psycle Company, Chicago, have furnished | 300 bicycles for use of recruits. Have you , any instructions? JOHN J. FLOOD, General headquarters autem Wheelmen Chicago, edt sts DULUTH, 1. iJ. 8. ——— Commander at Comes I am ready to start by 10th of May, thou- Sand strong. Would like advice. Col. HELLMANN, PORTLAND, Ore. May _— Coxey: x of ¢ Portland division of the justrial army, under command of Citizen 2 ‘. Hreffiey, which was arrested by the United ight. ~ CITIZENS OF PORTLAND, HARRISBURG, Pa, May 1. 3,8. Coney: ¢ populists” convention of Pennsyl- | —e. Pe in session ing and express the hope that you will re- ceive a fair hearing for the | have so nobly advocated. Anions had al |Monument at the foot of the Capitol grounds at 12:50, A crowd of several thou- | sand people lined the sidewalks and street at this point. The police in advance of the army moved slowly ghead, having | difficulty. in clearing a way. The arrival of Coxey was the for loud cheering from the pesple and everybody congregated at this poin start- |ed for the opposite of | Many of them trooped along the street in the wake of the procession, but a greater number took a short cut across of the Capitol grounds. In a few ui the Immense crowd swept over the lawn i move and } Tels oughfare up the hill skirting the grounds. After them, ahead of them and on each side trooped the people, yelling at every foot, some in derision and some in encour- agement. | Swarming With People. ‘When the procession reached New Jer | fey avenue at the crest of the hill another |crowd awaited them. Several thousand people lined the terraces, the plaza and »every available foot of space on the grass plot. The fronts of neighboring buildings were crowded with people, and the hotel at |the corner prewenved windows full and Goors full of sightseers. | ‘There was another crowd at this point | also. It was a small one, but a very im- portant one. A line of mounted tan police, drawn across the New Jersey avenue entrance of the Capitol grounds, pre- sented a solid front of resistance to entrance by that route. manifest that the Coxey procession as a procession | could not enter there. The parade came to a halt for a few moments, while the crowd stopped cheering to listen. They could hear nothing, however, and in a few moments the procession moved eastward, out B street, while the onlookers yelled and cheered some more. Coxey Escorted by the Police. Lieut. Kelly of the sixth precinct was the first officer tottake hold of the leader of the commonwead army, and it was with consid- erable difficulty that the leader was led from the steps to his carriage, which was in waiting on B street southeast. Mrs. Coxey remained in the carriage ana was there to welcome her husband when he was released. Lieut. Kelly and Sergt. Mulhall walked with the leader, and in the party of officers were Capt. Gardner an@ | Lieut, Watkins of the Capitol police force, Capt. Rodgers of the New York force, Capt. Austin, Detectives Lacy and others. Coxey was cheered by the crowd as he | passed through on his way to the carriage, and when he stepped into the vehicle he stood upon the seat and waved his hat in \Acknowledement of the warm reception given him by the crowd. |" “Thank you, captain,” he said to Lieut. | Kelly. He said he was grateful for the kind | treatment he had received. “Lead me in the direction of the camp,” was the request of Gen. Coxey. ” asked Capt. Austin; 0,” he replied; “the other one, but I | don't know where it is or how to go there.” Gen. Coxey announced to the crowd that he would speak at the camp this afternoon and then told his men to get ready for the march. The Dash of the Leaders. | When the army had pushed through the | almost impenetrable crowd at the Peace {monument and had marched up B street | until the head of the procession was al- |most to the Congressional Library the or- | der for a halt was given. Previous to this, as the ermy passed the first entrance to the Capitol grounds on B street, some twenty mounted policemen had spurred for- ward through the crowd of spectators as if to prevent an entrance. As soon as the |army halted Browne jumped from the big | gray stallion he had been riding, telling bis men to stand where they were and keep | and walked back to Gen. Coxey's Gen. Coxey got out, and sprang to the heavy stone railing which surrounds the foliage of the east front of the Capitol grounds, and, with a bound, was inside the fence and lost amid the tangled shrubbery. Browne followed. The mob shouted at thelr disappearance. SCENES AT THE CAPITOL. ‘The Struggle There Amid the Swaying of an Excited Crowd. Coxey and Browne got out of sight through the shrubbery. The police were not to be daunted by this escape to the shrubbery. The first officer, mounted on @ fine bay, reined his horse to the stone fence and then horse and rider cleared the fence and dashed into the shrubbery. The other mounted officers followed. Small trees, bushes and flower beds went down before the sweep of horsemen and the yelling | ered whteh fatten ” ne oe.