Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, — Fre ae aa Cor, 1th Fess by ing Sta mpany, eee HKACEFMANN, Pres.) ————_— New York Office, 88 Potter Building, _—__»_____ ‘The Erening Star is served to subscribers in the icy by carriers, 19 thefr own account, at 10 cents week, or 44¢. per mouth. Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United tates or Canada—postage prepaid—S0 vents jer month. urday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; © foreign tage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. &s second-class mail matter.) must be paid in advance. iptions an ~ COMING THIS WAY Ten Companies of Commonwealers Leave Chicago. TROOPS ORDERED 70 CAMP AT SPOKANE | Reiease of the Portland Contingent Ordered. INDUSTRIAL ARMY NOTES CHICAGO, May 1.—Randall's contingent | ef the commonweal army began {ts march | today. There were ten companies, all or- ganized in Chicago, and making altogether about 400 men. A brass band was expected, but {t did not report, and the advance be- gan without music. A large banner was carried im a 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 | aimed at was Grand Crossing, near the head of Lake Michigan and close to the Indiana state line. Troops Ordered to Spokane. 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. 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 fm violating an injunction of the court re- straining them from interfering with the property of the Union Pacific railway. Fifty-two -sen arraigned addressed the court, saying they were not aware they were violating an order of the court, and romising o obey the laws in the future. udge Belli iger then discharged them, |. 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 Ha 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 a “New England delegation of unemployed.” Whe general does not affiliate with the Coxeyites, and will not join Sweetland’s contingent on the march unless his delega- tion so votes. oo STORM IN THE SOUTHWEST. Bard Ral High Winds in Tex: ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 1.—A special to the Republic from Fort Worth, Tex., says: 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- Balculable has been done to crops. The trains on the Texas and Pacific were de- Jeyed until the track, which was washed put a mile or two south of the city, could relaid. Traffic over the Texas Midland is totally stopped by high water. Nearly ery bridge on the line is washed away nd several miles of the track ts entirely jubmerged. It will be several days before @ Midland will be in readiness to resume eperations. ‘A special from Texarkana, Ark., says: e of the heaviest hail and rain storms t have visited this section in years ruck here last night. At Parks, a small station on the Texas {nd Pacific 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 Beventy-three. Both the Methodist and yptist churches were blown into splinters ~end considerable other damage done. —__ EX-PRESIDENT VASQUEZ. \ SP. < fe is 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 | ators 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 the United States about three months. He Beclines to say what the business is that brings him here, but it is understood that 3t is to gather a body of filibusters, who ‘will sail from New York for Honduras to- Sward the end of the summer. Maj. E. A. Burke, the defaulting state freasurer of Louisiana, has proved a brave pnd able soldier in the field, Vasquez said, &s had many of the Americans who had fought with him. They had been granted Sixty days to return to Honduras and wind up their business affairs. He believed Maj. urke had taken advantage of that privi- The late president was asked what he thought of Bonilla’s action the concessions he had granted to the! Louisiana Lottery Company at Puerto| 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} Honduras congress, intimating that he | was inspired by an intent to blackmail | lottery people. ———— & CONVENTION OF MUSICIANS. Whe National League to Assemble at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, May 1.—Among the large Bumber of delegates arriving last night and this morning to attend the convention of | the National League of Musicians, which Convenes in this city tod are the fol-| lowing: Jacob E A. Drech, Chi Fran Frank | . W. Green- | Miller, St. | George | v J v Bremer, hester, N. Wm. | lohn S. Malone; Yes uhl, Pittsburg; Samuel J. Ruhl, Beaver | Pa ‘ | be a modified or an absolute closure to be in forfeiting | © Che Zvening Star. V™ 84, No. 20,873. ———“aErrine Democratic Senators Said to 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 the 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 expressing the opinion that it was too early to at- 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 tilibustering 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 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 te 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. _—-_ - e ---—___. 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 number of majors in the adjutant gener: department is reduced to four it shall not be increased. Another améndment provides that vacan- cles 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 $2,598,000 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 $135,0u0 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 and edible rations less wasteful and more eco- nomical than those in common use. To Pay a Charch 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 com- merce commissioner, and the following Bal- 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 H. Heuer. Charles R. Bisbee, collector of customs oe eae of St. John’s, Fla. . H. Turbett, receiver of public moneys st Des Moines, lowa. - . Also several postmasters. Will Meet Opposition. The present expectation is that Repre- sentative Dockery will, after the army ap- Propriation bill is disposed of by the House, call up the report of the joint congressional commission on proposed changes in ac- ecunting methods in the Treasury Depart- ment. Involved in the’e 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. ———_+ e+ —____ Life-Sa: 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- curred 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. +2 + Trial Postponed. ‘The competitive trial of machine guas for the navy, which was to have taken place 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 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, Accies, Gardner and other modern guns’ will be placed in competition on this occasion, a — 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- why his pension of $72 per month ould not be reduced to $50. Neither he nor his attorney put in an appearance. Judge Long has been notified that his pe! sion has been reduced. pia ones 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 customs, in place of Mr. Wm. Hinds, transferred to the internal revenue bureau. -o-— 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- sle. This honor alternates among the ssistant secretaries. Mr. Hamlin and | Curtis have already served their terms in this position. —? 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- day. The Secretary recetved the usual sa- lute of cannon. The drill was enjoyed by all. —_" Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $37. Government receipt: From internal revenue, $16, $151,670.82; miscellaneous, | show of physical force, would WASHINGTON, D. O., TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. 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 ‘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 illumined 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 ‘wa 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, .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 I have become phikton for the welfare of ee ational Guard wo nar pire state. I ve taken terest in that pertains to the National uard of the land, as it is that on which he government must rely whenever that time shall com The National Guard of all the states shou. have @ 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- fean 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 business.” Commissioner Ross then spoke as fol- lows: 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 tnflu- 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 then seemed near at hand. tens association you have recognized the nefits to 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- public. You have well and wisely chosen 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 government; the place where the people’s great chief magis- 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 ta | 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 great co-ordinate branches of the government by menace or threat, or 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 States, 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 wrong unrighted, then the remedy, ac- rding to the American plan, ts 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 civilized 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 rele = lies in legislation by Con- gress, the people who elect their representa- tives can give instructions at any time to their members from each congressional dis- trict, and to their Senators from each state at large, and if the instructions be not obeyed, the remedy is plain under our sys- tem of government. I crave your pardon for stating these self- jae (Continued on Fifth Page.) = pre. |W OU N D S: 0 F WAR BRIEF SESSIONS IN CONGRESS Both Houses Adjourn Out of Respect to Senator Stockbridge. But Little Business Transacted 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 the 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 deqd, 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, McMillan 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 rapl@ progress toward | recovery was announced, to be followed in the early evening by the brief messuge 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 {deriti- 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 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 Stockbridxe; that a committee of seven Senators shou! be appointed by the Vice President to act with ‘ommittee from the House of Repre- sentatives to attend the funeral at Kala- mazoo, Mieh.; instructing the secretary to communicate these resolutions to the House, aa that the Senate should immediately journ, In aceordance with the above resolutions the Vice President named Senators Me- Millan, Washburn, Cullom, Jones of Arkan- | sas, Gibson and Blanchard as the commit-| tee, and immediately afterward, at 08 p. m., the Senate adjourned till 11 a.m. to:| mortow. Death An- | THE HOUSE. The session of the House was brief to- day on account of the death of Senator Stockbridge of Michigan. Chaplain Bagby, in 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 de- partments the bill to improve the methods of accounting in the Treasury Department. 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 Seni tor Stockbridge’s funeral: Messrs. Burrows (Mich,), Bynum (ind. cCreary (Ky,), Bo telle (Me.), Payne ( ), Aitkin, Thomas and Richardson (Mich.). —_—-e-—___—— Army Orde: The following assignments to regiments of officers recently promoted are ordered. Artillery arm—Maj. Carle A. Woodruff, to the second artillery; Capt, Alexander Lb, Schenck, tothe second artillery; First Lieut., Herman ©, 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- pany 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 I and is assigned to light battery F of that regiment. Capt. Louis V. Caziai second artillery, is transferred from baitesy © to battery | of that regiment. it. Al- exander D. Schenck, second artillery signed to battery C of that regiment. Leave of absence for two months, on surgeon's certificate of disability, ts ‘granted Capt. Edward Everts, assistant surgeon. 2 Iegal 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 were recovered, against $16,883 for the pré- vious year. It is also stated that almost a ernment in intended payments on admitted covery of the fraud and punishment of the offenders. During the year the law divis- ion of the bureau caused 199 arrests, 341 indictments, 16i convictions, % 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 cirea- 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. tna anSha te eet 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 $10,000,000 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. is as- | million dollars have been saved to the gov- | and pending claims prevented by the dis- | 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 | -merch and its route today—the route that 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- 44 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 Morning — Marshal Browne's Fantastic Talk. 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 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 thal breakfast was announced as soon as the men were awake, and they yng noe with alacrity when ordered to fall and visit the commissary: wagon. Bread, boiléd uggs and coffee comprised 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 bollers and ket- ues 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- e 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, about four feet long, which were signifi. cantly devoid of the iron ends which it was 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 long line, two deep, across the field inside of the race track. Here they waited patiently and with much good humor for the arri | of Chief Marshal Browne and “Gen.” Cox- ey. They didn’t have long to wait. Browne's Prediction, Browne shortly appeared upon the scene, dressed in his well-known leather suit, and on hix 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 It ; Was probably the twin brother of the white |feather that Browne showed at Rockville when he sought safety from the coming of | | “Unkvown” Sniith, and which he had also | exhibited once before many Years ago when [he deserted Dennis I y at the Sand Lots in San France Browne beamed with pleasure as he saw the array of his, henchmen stretched out before him, and jhis 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 T) r. |! “This beautiful day |in history,” he remz “and from now on it will be a continuous Ist of May until the bills we have come to present to Con- gress shall have become laws. The people ¢ America in the future wil] look back | upon the ist day of May, 18, us the most marking, as it sthe ‘birth of a new and fuller and freer liberty for the now down-trodden miisses 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 ts 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 TWO CENTS. | with their determination to grasp on the country‘s throat. it may be, tighten their “I feel within me—my reincarnation tells me that no matter what happens and de- | cireumstan spite any and ali ces the even tual success of our ffiovement is assured.” He Drilled His Men. | He immediately took command, and, forming the men into a hollow square, put them through a@ @rill that would give a National Guardsman a fit. The staves were handled like guns, and | 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 stallion. The bass drum boomed dismally and the bagpipes emitted a shrill scream. After marching Ce around the grounds the men were agaifi drawn up in line and more cheers and Grliling followed. | Some of the military evolutions which Browne called on his men to perform must have been conceived 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 added, “but you must be careful preserve 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 ragged 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. Yesterday it 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, holding the lines over his pair of blooded blacks. Mrs. Coxey sat by his side and in her lap 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 | — Gen. Coxey responded with frequent ws. Coxey, and it was learned that she was at the hotel attiring herself in the white robes of peace in which she would appear to lead the procession. At 10 o'clock the common- weal moved out of field and across the race track and halted unttl everything was found to be in readiness 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- ed to hide her discomfiture and sat erect upon her animal, with her eyes fixed upon the red, white and blue rosette which nod. ded from between his ears. 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 bionde hair ‘that the sun's rays lighted into gold flowed loosely from bengath a jaunty blue cap, from the front of which deamed. a star. She wore white kid glov eFvous animal Carl Browne, big white Percheron horse, he shouted. ion that could rnival ~ Processi: ever be conceived of outside of a cai masquerade moved forward. Sergts. Slat- tery, Kenney and Jordan and nine mount- > took their position at the head = intervals’ along the line of the col- The March Begun. Then the march to the Capitol was begun, and, with flags flying, the white banners of peace fluttering from 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 1th treet 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 w: that of the reincarnation of the Common- weal of Christ, whatever that means. The subject of the appalling sketch drove along in ms pony Shacton. immediately behind e 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 herself with mate: at- tention to the latest addition to the family. whom she held in her arms. The various communes followed in their elphabetical 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 @ small United States flag, and a short blue flannel walking skirt which she util ized as a ridin; bit did not have its scanty length added to a particle by the patriotic bunting with which it was cover- ed. Miss Lavalette showed the independ- ent kind of a girl she was when she reach- ed the gateway. She stopped her prancing palfrey and ditected a juvenile colored in- | dividual to give her a of water. When the draught had passed her lips 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. Jones in a Hansom. Miss Lavalette appeared to enjoy the dis- tinction. conferred upon he>, but her sat! faction was nothing to that of Mr. Chris- topher Columbus Jones, who followed in her reer, riding in state in a hansom cab. The Philadelphia . philosopher had nounced before the march was taken up that If he did not have a horse to ride he would “go fishing,” but he compromised on a cab, and no Roman emperor coming home from his victories ever felt the ig id | when two deep-voiced spectators yelled out | pleasure that Mz, Jones apparently 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 #mall flag-covered wagon that has accompanied the party As, on its tra’ By actual count at the gate there were human beings in the parade, in. eluding three sick men, fo> whom commis- sary wagon No. 1 has been fixed up as an ambulance. As the procession staricd, so it wended its way down the dusty surface of the 14th street yoad. First the band would wheeze out a pitiful parody cn a national air, and a |then the bagpipe would shcick until the | policemen's spasms, MARCH THROUGH THE CITY. horses would almost have The Streets Thronged to Witness the Strange Array. As the procession turned into the dusty dirt road that leads down to lé4th 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 that they recognized an army of peace and were not afraid. From the time the proces- sion struck the asphalt at 14th street, how- ever, the crowds were continuous. There was especially a large crowd at the end of the cable line on 14th 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 l4th street the crowds grew denser and denser, and as the procession oly There was inguiry for Miss Memie | followed by . Coxey and the rest of the commonweal. Before the reached Pennsylvania avenue Mayer of the local committee met them decorated the horses with large red, white and blue pompons. The Cop: His Protest. Another of the local committee also came out and handed Mr. Capitol in c fag 93° 5 Seeeeh came t ca he was stopped from speaking. As the procession the avenue the crowds pushed closer closer on to the marching men, until it was hard to distinguish which were commaon- wealers and which spectators. cheers for the ital, which were v" = - given with a will The Telegrams Received. At 7th street there was an especially vig- crous-lunged crowd awaiting. As Mr. Coxey are as up the avenue he received several telegrams, brought him by messenger boy®, | These telegrams were as follows: ‘ CHICAGO, I, Gen. Coxey, Army of the Common: Hearty congratulations on su mination of march. men's Good Road A: join you in Washington May 11, Psycle Company, Chicago, have 3w bicycles for use of recruits. Have you any instructions? JOHN J. FLOOD, General headquarters American Wheelmen Good Army, Grand Pacific Hotel, DULUTH, Minn., May 1. a5, 00%8%, Commander of Commonweal I am ready to start by 10th of May, thou- sand strong. Would like advice.” Col. HELLMANN, PORTLAND, Ore. May Gen. Coxey: He ei 3 | | | | The Portland division of the industrial |army, under command of Citizen ZC. Hreffiey, which was arrested by the United States army, had trial in United States | court today and were . Ten thou- | eae people ages today in mass meet- = in sympathy w ‘industrial mon- cl NS OF POKTLAND, HARRISBURG, Pa, May 1. ‘he populists’ convention of Vania, now in session here, ona onus ing and express the hope that you will re- | ceive a fair hearing for the principles you have so nobly advocated. JOHN H. STEVENSON, VICTOR A. LETIER, rmy, 5,000 Chicago. J. Committee. These telegrams gratified Gen. Coxey ex- ceedingly, and as he rode along he told The Star reporter that he felt sure the move- ment had already spread to such an ex- tent as to render almost certain its final The Procession Arrives. The Coxey cavalcade arrived at the Peace 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 ahead, having | difficulty.in clearing a passage way. The arrival of Coxey was the signal for loud cheering from the pegple and everybody congregated at this point start- ed for the opposite side of the Capitol. | Many of them trooped ‘the street in of the Capitol grounds. In a few moments | the eng yt ene | Swept over the lawn thousands, swarm- jing up the steps of the west front. The police made no effort to stop the crowd, and, in fact, any such effort would have been impossible. They moved with the irresistible force of a tidal wave, men | and women mixed indiscriminately, and all |shouting and cheering. procession turned up B street, following that thor- |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. Swarm With People. When the procession reached New Jer wenue 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 presenied windows full and doors 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 mi 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. It was soon made manifest | |fey 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 to¢take hold of the leader of the commonwea} 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 and was there to welcome her husband when he 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 = as he ssed through on his way to and when he stepped into the vehicle he stood upon the seat and waved his hat in acknow a of 9 warm ven him by the crowd. Thank you, captain,” he sald 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. “What camp?” asked Capt. Austin; “Brightwood?”" ‘o,” 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 Di ec Leaders. When the army had pushed through the almost impenetrable crowd at the Peace |monument and had marched up B street vntil 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 mounied policemen had spurred for- ward through the crowd of spectators as if jto prevent an entrance. As soon as the army halted Browne jumped from the big gray stallion he had been riding, telling his men to stand where they | the foliage of the east front of the Capitol ounds, and, with a bound, was inside the fence and lost amid the tangle] 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 shrubbe he first officer, mounted on @ ned his horse to the stone fence 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 | ere—A whieh ¢om ae any interference, no matter how peaceful turned into Pennsylvania avenue it was a’ Godged through the bushes to the open