Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1894, Page 3

rea at the east front. Here a biue-coated mass awaited the oncomers. There was a crash as the fugitives, officers and mob from the street met the wall of officers and the people in the opening. The crowd gave way and out of the melee Browne struggling in the asp of four policemen. There was wild @xcitement throughout the whole crowd,and news that Browne had been arrested Spread immediately to the army and ‘cre- ated intense confusion. The men were loud their denunciations of the arrest, al- h a feeling of fear seemed to have trated the ranks. The Attempt of Coxey. Before any one knew it Coxey was bound- fag up the east front entrance to the Capi- toL He was up to the tenth step before be was recognized. Then the officers closed in above him and his further passage was barred. The great crowd now recognized him and @ shout went up from every corner of the vast assemblage. Coxey turned to the crowd 4nd raised his hat’ He was @athly pale. Capt. Gerden of the Capitol ice stepped to one side of him and Lieut. elly of the city police was at his other arm. The other officers formed solidly ara him. The crowd below was kept back metiacing clubs. "What do you want to do here?” asked Capt Garden. “I wish to make an address,” responded Gen. Coxey, his voice showing intense emo- “But you cannot do that,” said Capt.Gar- den, quietly but firmly. “Then can I read a protest?” asked Cox- a. There was a moment's hesitation. He drew from his pocket a typewritten manu- Script and began to unfold it. There was a movement among the officers. Capt. Gar- Gen quietly took Coxey by the left arm and Lieut. Kelly took him by the right. They moved down the steps, the solid rank of officers following. Coxey was thus impelled downward and forward. He was not pull- ed. or put under arrest, but firmly pushed Bway. At the foot of the steps the great crowd @reeted Coxey and the officers with a storm ef shouts. Again the mounted officers charged. the crowd surged, and for a time looked ag though there would be trouble. jut the little knot of officers pressed for- ward with Coxey in their center. They were flanked by the mounted officers. Thus Coxey made his exit from the Capitol en- trance and the east front. As he moved way he tossed the typewritten protest to group of newspaper men and said: “That is for the press.” Escorted to His Carriage. When the police had escorted Coxey to his carriage, pushing him by the shoulders, but mot seizing him, they rejeased him. He clambered into the carriage, where his wife sat, with “Legal Fender” in her lap, and as he stood there a flerce cheer was sent up from the surrounding crowd. Then the po- Hcemen seemed to lose their heads, and, fall- ing upon the luckless colored men and Women nearest them, they clubbed the ne- groes lustily. For a moment the army seemed leaderiess and in confusion, although the men had not broken ranks in all the tumult. The honor fe to the humbie bass drummer of rescu- ing it from confusion, for he strted a rhyth- mic and regular “boom” upon his instru- ment, the wealers fell into step, and, with Coxey bowing to the right and left, amid wild cbeers, the cohorts turned down 2d street to the south and started the march to the new camp in the malarioug region by the canal. His Constitational Rights. When Browne reached the foot of the Capitol steps there was a hurried and ex- cited dialogue between him and the police, Which could not be heard through the up- roar. Then two policemen threw them- selves upon Browne, grabbed his flag of ¢ and smashed the staff, seized Browne y the shoulders and thrust him through the crowd several hundred feet to the side- walk. Clubs were seen descending vpon men’s shoulders in the group, but whether whe was hit could not be seen. As the two officers rushed him through the cruwd he was seen trying to shelter his head, es though he expected blows, and could be heard shouting, “I am an American citizen. I stand on my constitutional right. De- @pite his constitutional rights the dramatic marshal was dragged to the police station. A Brief Period of Excite: it. The excitement at the Capitol grounds ‘was of but brief duration. Whatever im- portance the demonstration assumed was due chiefly to the immense crowd of curious People who had assembled to see what would happen. There was a small sized riot directly in front of the House of Rep- Fesentatives on the east side, but it was soon over, and was confined to but a few persons. For a few minutes there was great excitement at this particular point, and it looked as if it might become serious. In a mighty short time the squad of police in- ed im it had given several men a club- which showed that they meant busi- mess, and had arrested Browne, who was e cause and instigator of the trouble. thing was as quiet as need be. Police Use Their Clubs. The men who had been following Browne as a guard began an attack on the officers, hitting them with their fists, seizing the horses by the bridle, grabbing at their Dillies and trying to pull them from their horses. There may have been a dozen or the crowd of spectators made it see their nee ‘ee goon as the Coxeyites began to tf policemen used their billies with vigor, hit- ting over the heads who attacked ing Browne, who was still the top of hig bent. Some of the men were probabiy pretty badly bruised up in the skirmish, and there was great ex- citement in the crowd of spectators, but fight was over in @ very few minutes, ¥ under arrest, ch side of him id his followers crowd and were Io-t ‘Two or three times after the skirmish was one or two of the Coxeyites rushed out the crowd to get a blow at the police. Not Generally Known. 4s scon as Browne had been taken away the crowd began to disperse rapidly and there was but little more trouble. A half aa hour jater more than three-fourths of the people who had assembied around the Capitol were gone, the procession had marched away and everything was quiet. During the scrimmage the crowd was so great that the trouble could not be seen any great distance, and it is probably due to the fact that most of the people did not what was going on and that the body Coxeyites were in ignorance of the that there was no more serious trou- police remained on guard at the Capi- Guring the rest of the afternoon. AFTER THE EXCITEMENT. g idl t Hour and Everything Presented Its Usual Peaceful Appearance. Im an bour after Mr. Coxey’s ineffectual to make a speech on the Capitol the Capitol plaza had resumed very usual appearance. The great people that had congregated there @uring the morning had disappeared, some following Coxey’s misguided men camping grounds and others drift- to their homes. The remaining few hundreds sought refuge in the great white near the building were negroes and idle-ap- Pearsig men, many of whom sympathized ‘with the leader of the commonweal. On all hands could be heard expressions of sympathy for Browne, and it was evident that the defeat of the Coxey plan had not served to suppress any latent regard which the crowd may have had for the Massillon theories and movement. Whai Senator Peffer Says. —$—$—$—$—— I have anything particular to sey about the movement or its climax. I am not at all agitated on the subject, and, really, take very little interest in it. It is not my move- ment, and I am very happy that the affair has passed off so peacefully. If Mr. Browne Was arrested for a breach of the peace it was quite justifiable, and I think he should have been so dealt with. I think that there is cause for congratulation that the episode did not terminate in a serious trouble..” Redstone Looked Sad. Col. Redstone, the Washington agent of the commonweél, was at the Capitol this afternoon and strolled over to the Senate wing. He first encountered Senator Teller, who later introduced him to Senator Jones of Nevada, who went with him and found Mr. Stewart, Mr. Jones’ colleague. The eclonel had a very sad countenance, and | plainly showed the éffect of his disappoint- | an earnest conference with | Mr. Stewart in the marble room. and then | ment. He departed from the scene of his greatest hopes. AT THE NEW CAMP. Coxey and His Army Greeted by a Big Crowd—Satisficd With His Treatment. A howling mob fully 2,000 strong was waiting for the army of the commonweal at its new camp on M street between Ist and 2d streets southwest, when it arrived this afternoon from the Capitol. All along the road the people cheered the common- wealers to the echo, and Mr. Coxey was kept busy doffing his hat. It was a long, dusty march to the grounds. The army found upon its arrival that no preparation had been made for {ts reception, and the piles of debris had not been removed. Two old cows ran themselves out of breath try- ing to elude the army, and Oklahoma Sam fingered his lasso nervously as though he would like an opportunity to swing it. When the chief of the commonweaiers en- tered the inclosure he was greeted by a cheer from fully 4, throats. He took in the situation at a glance, and with that business foresight that has distinguished him on the march, he concluded to apply for a permit and charge an admission to the curious. Taking an officer with him in his carriage he drove to the police station. The people thought he was arrested and the army rushed to his, assistance. He told them in a few quiet words where he was going, and they dispersed after giving him another cheer. Mr. Coxey said to a re- porter of The Star that as soon as he ob- tained a permit he would return to the grounds and the people. “How did you like your treatment, Mr. C€oxey. 2” “T have no complaint to.make as far as the police are concerned. They treated me with great consideration, but they had to carry out the law, even if it was an unjust one. My speechmaking, however, at the Capitol ig over and I shall not again at- tempt it. It would be no use. The Ameri- can eagle did a good deal of squealing to- day, but that was to be expected. The au- thorities pinched him rather hard. He'll have his say, héwever, sooner or later.” “Did you hear, general, that Browne had been arrested and clubbed?” “TI understand that he had been arrested, but I certainly hope the réport of his being clubbed has no foundation. I deprecate the Incident very much. Browne had no right to rush across the grass as he did.” Enthusiasm of the Army Gone. By 1:30 the entire army, with its now fa- mous leader, Gen. Coxey, was at its new grounds, at the comer of ist and L streets southwest. It was @ sorry looking crowd that marched away from the Capitol. Their much-vaunted enthusiasm had all gone. It is doubtful if any number of them had ary idea of the exciting scen: that occurred in the grounds of the Capitol. They start- ed all the trouble, but they were not there when it took place. The crowd that filled the grounds was essentially a local crowd, people who had gone there to see the fun, and if any of them were hurt it was their own fault. They might have stayed away. And such a spectacle as was presented in front of the Capitol today not a soul who saw it will ever forget. Men and women were struggling, first to get Into the crowd and then fo get out of it. In front of a Star reporter, who was breaking for the steps of the Capitol, were many little children,women and old men. Then came a mob. They were there from curiosity, and not for evil pur- poses, it is true, but for some time there was a single feature of a riot wanting. No shots were fired. Again and again the policemen, on foot and mounted, raised their clubs to force back the press. Only occa- ily, however, did they strike. When they did, so far as could be noted, there was every reason for them to do precisely what they did. While all this was going on under the very shadow of the great dome the long line of Coxeyites stood in something like order waiting for something to turn up. When Brown and Coxey left the ranks and started for their great expedition to the steps the marshal. jounted from his big white stallion, and, turning to the crowd, ordered them to remain where they were and told them that in his absence Jesse Coxey would be ‘in command of the forces. Coxey's Farewell to His Wife. When Coxey got out of his carriuge at the southwest corner of the grounds he turned to his wife and kissed her a fond farewell, much as though he were going to mortal combat. And the crowd cheered madly, for this ttle demonstration of af- fection took place in the presence of hun- dreds, if not thousands of people. Little Legal Tender Coxey was 'ifted from the carriage when the line reached the Na- tional Hotel and x away safely in his cot there out of the reach of all possible From the line of march to the steps the progress of Coxey and Browne was one maddening crush. The people leaped the little hedges around the and dashed over the grass. Those who could not run fast enough were knocked over, and if few were hurt it was because the sod was soft and those behind were not mad, only frightened and runaing from something be- hind, they knew not what, quite as much as they were ling to get to some point of vantage, lence they could get a good view of whatever might take place. A Giganiiec Fizzle. Shortly after the departure of their two leaders, and as goon ds it was seen that the whole busiress was simply one gigantic fizzle, the line of weary walkers took up their march towards their new camping grounds. They were escorted by a large detachment of mounted police and a good Proportion of the crowd that had been watching the proceedings. They went by the shortest route to the inclosure, which is now their headquarters. The two young women in gorgeous raiment who had been with the procession were still with them. It was a dusty march, and they were a tired, discouraged lot of men, albeit there was an occasional cheer. Many of the men were very sore over what had happened, and religiously refused to discuss matters at all with newspaper men. Occasionally the remark was made that a few weeks more and no such repulse would be likely. Some said that this was but the first of larger and more important movements upon the Capitcl, and it would not be long be- fore the authorities would realize that the people had some rights that the govern- ment was bound to respect. The men en- tered the grounds in double file, and with a semblance of order. But they all seemed to know full well that they had played their last trump card, and had lost the game without ever scoring a trick. Provisions for the Commonwealers. Capt. Primrose was at the public comfort committee headquarters on PD street near 7th this afternoon, aad said that subscrip- tions of bread and coffee and meat were in- creasing in number. “T have just sent a wagon load of pro- visions down to the camp,” he remarked, “and I expect to have enough to fill another wagon before night. One gentleman sent in seventy-five pies, and I reckon the boys will enjoy a dessert with today’s dinner.” IN POLICE HANDS, ‘The Arrested Leaders Are Taken to the Police Station. Christopher Columbus Jones, the leader of the Philadelphia contingent, and Marshal Ggrl Browne found their way to the fifth ‘he former was arrested by Polieiman Fiathee ; ct, e wi; i ssaee. lin of the second ong arrested Btowne’ and charged bs gape 4 cohduct. He may alsg ¢ wt 4 “Bae acredt m sore treated as tenes eS Placed in ‘a cell behind the 3, Browne in His Cell. Browne was placed in cell No. 1 and his friend Jones was put in No. 2. There they were seen by a Star reporter. It was only with the aid of a lighted match that the reporter was able to see them in the dark cells. Jones was “dead to the world.” He pre- tended that he was asleep and refu: to get up from his iron couch whem oiled! ! Browne attempted to do she same, but his | tin cup, used as a pillow, slipped from be- | neath his head, and Fising to his feet he sald: ‘For heaven’s sake let a man alohe when he wants to sleep. Do you think there | are wild animals in the cage?” Then he rolled back on the iron bed and rested his head on his tin cup. Will Be Tried Tomorrow. Mr. Mullowney, the assistant to District Attorney Birney, stated to a Star reporter | this afternoon that Browne would be tried | tomerrow morning in the Police Court, and that two charges would probably be made against him—one of entering the Capitol grounds and another of assault. The pen- alty in the first ig a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not more than sixty days | in jail, or both. The officers found on Browne an old bro- ken pistol. In consideration of the nature of the weapon no charge of concealed Weapons was preferred against him. Mr.Mullowney agreed that the men might be released on $50 collateral each. HE TAKES OUT A LICENSE. To Charge an Admission Fee to the New Camp Grounds. From the grounds Mr. Coxey drove im- mediately to the District building, where his arrival created considerable of a sensa- tion. He immediately went to the Com- missioners and requested a permit to charge an admittance fee at the M street camp without the payment of any license, on the grounds that the entire receipts were to be used for charitable purposes; that is, In feeding and clothing the mem- bers of the commonweal. The Commis- sioners said that they would take the re- quest under advisement, and thought Mr. Coxey had better take out a regular l- cense to charge admittance for the present until they could reach a decision. Mr. Coxey then went down stairs and se- cured in the routine manner @ permit for teday. From the District building he drove | back to the grounds, where he will make a | speech this afternoon and another one this | evening. | Mr. Coxey said to a Star reporter that the protest which he had entered would answer all the purposes of a test case in the courts | to decide whether any law could so far | Override the Constitution as to prevent a | peaceable assemblage of the American pub- ic on any grounds for the purpose of peti- tioning Congress. At the White House. Affairs at the White House and the neighboring executive departments were quiet and serene today, and nothing oc- curred to disturb the official routine. The guards and watchmen did not relax their vigilance in the least, however, and showed complete readiness to meet any emergency. The entire force of watchmen were on duty, and there were several extra police- men in the White House grounds. The officials may have been secretly apprehen- sive of trouble, but they gave no visible sign of it. The cabinet met at the White House, as usual, at 11 o'clock, and were quietly dis- cussing the general state of the country tunates were on their fruitless and piti- fully comical march to the Capitol. Nearly the entire force of secret service men under the Treasury, have been sum- mcned to Washington from all parts of the country, and several of them spent part of the day in and around the Ex- ecutive Mansion. Mr. Coxey's Protest. The protest which Mr. Coxey endeavored to have the captain of the Capitol police re- ceive in the name of the commonweal was given to the newspaper men. It reads as follows: The Constitution of the United States guarantees to all citizens the right to peace- fully assemble and petition for redress of grievances, and, furthermore, declares that the right of free speech shall not be abridged. We stand here today to test these gu: antees of our Constitution. We chose this piace of assemblage because it is the prop- erty of the people, and if it be true that the right of the people to peacefully assem- ble upon their own premises and with their petitions has been abridged by the passage of laws in direct violation of the Constitu- tion we are here to draw the eyes of the nation to this shameful fact. Here, rather than at any spot upon the continent, it is fitting that we should come to mourn over our dead liberties, and by our protest arouse the imperiled nation to such action as shall rescue the Constitution and resurrect our liberty. Upon these steps where we stand has been spread a carpet for the royal feet of a foreign princess, the cost of whose lavish entertainment was taken from the public treasury without the consent or the approval of the people. Up these steps the lobbyists of trusts! and corporations have passed unchal- | lenged on their way to committee rooms to which we, the representatives of the | toiling wealth producers, have been de- nied. We stand here today in behalf of | millions of tollers whose petitions have been buried in committee rooms, whose prayers have been unresponded to, and whose opportunities for honest, re- munerative productive labor have been taken from them by unjust legislation, which protects idlers, speculators and gamblers. We come to remind Congress here assembled of the declarations of a ; United States Senator ‘that for a quarter of a century the rich have been growing richer, the poor poorer, and that by the close of the present century the middle clasg will have disappeared, as the struggle for exfstence becomes fierce and relentless." We stand here to remind Congress of its promise of returning prosperity should the Sherman act be repealed. We stand here to declare by our march of over 500 miles through difficulties and distress, a march unstained by even the slightest act which will bring the blush of shame to any, that we are law abiding cit- izens, and as such our actions speak louder than words. We are here to petition for legislation which will furnish employment for every man able and willing to work, for legislation which will bring universal pros- perity and emancipate our beloved country from financial bondage to the descendants of King George. “We have come to the only source which is competent to aid the people in their day of dire distress. We are here to tell our representatives, who hold their seats by grace of our ballots, that the struggle for existence has become too fierce and re- lentiess. We come and throw up our de- fenseless hands and say, ‘help or we and our loyed ones must perish.’ We are en- gaged in a bitter and cruel war with the enemies of all mankind. A war with hun- ger, wretchedness and despair, and we ask Congress to heed our petitions and ue for the nation’s good a sufficient volume of the same kind of money which carried the country through one awful war and saved the life of the nation. In the name of justice, through whose im- partial administration only the present civilization can be maintained and per- petuated, by the powers of the Constitu- tion of our country, upon which the Uberties of the people must depend, and in the name of the Commonweal of Christ, whose repregentatives we are, we enter @ most sglemn and earnest protest against this unnecessary and cruel act of usurpa- tion and tyranny, and this enforced sub- jugation ofsthe rights and privileges of American citizenship. We have assembled here, in violation of no just laws, to enjoy the privileges of every American citizen. ‘We are under the shadow of the Capito] of this great nation and in the presence of our national legislators are refused that dearly-bought privilege, and by the force of arbitrary power prevented from carrying out the desire of our hearts, which is plain- ly granted under the great Magna Charta of our national liberties. We have come here through toll and weary marches, through storms and tempest, over mountains and amid the trials of poverty and distress, to lay our grievances at the doors of our national legislators and ask them in the name of Him whose banners we bear, in the name of Him who pleads for the poor and the orp ees that they should heed the voice of despair and dis- tress that is now coming up from every section of our country; that they should consider the conditions of the starving un. employed of our land and enact such laws when Coxey’s misguided army of par f will give them employment, brin: pler conditions to the people and the 51 of contentment tg our citizens. @ out, fo assISt ug in ‘olf efforts to: ter laws and general benefits. J. 8. COXEY, Commander of the Commonweal of Christ. UNKNOWN” SMITH. He Looks at the Trouble and Then Palke Abont it. While the exciting scenes at the Capitol were going on “Unknown” Smith, one of the ex-leaders of the commonweal, was most interested spectator. said to g Star reporter: “I congider that a deep outrage has been done to the Ameri- can people. I saw clubs flying in that crowd, and I suppose that Browne was struck. If he hag been, or, in fact, whether he has been or not, I want to say right kere that I represent three societies of humani- tarian principles which will take this mat- ter up and fight it through to the bitter end. And to do this, will employ the best legal talent to be obtained in the country. These men went quietly and peaceably to the Capitol grounds, which belong as much to them to any one else, carrying in their hands flags of truce. “Even enemies in time of war resp2ct flags of truce, and yet Browne was mobbed by crowd of policemen and dragged away and Mr, Coxey, I suppose, arrested. If there had been any necessity for such action it might have been different, but here was a case of two men simply wanting to make @ Speech frown pfoperty which belonged to the entire people and a speech on a subject which they believed was of the most imtense importance to the Ameri- can people. There were two hundred po- licemen present, and if these men had been allowed to speak and go away quietly, there would have been not the slightest trouble or difficulty. The treatment Coxey and Browne had received is outrageous ard 1 feel assured the American people will re- sent it.” MR. CRISP REFUSED. Would Not Grant Coxey Permission to Hold a Meeting in the Capitol Grounds Mr. Coxey and Mr. Browne called on Speaker Crisp last night to request permis- sion to hold their meeting in the Capitol grounds and speak from the Capito] steps. The Speaker replied that while he did not remember the exact terms of the law, he doubted that he had any authority to grant the permission asked. “But,” he added, “if I have the authority I will not grant the permit. ‘What reasons have you to offer, he said, “in support of your request to have the operation of the law suspended?” Coxey replied that they came here to rep- resent millions of unemployed and starving people. “Then, what is your purpose. What do you intend to do?! Coxey replied that they came in the name of the people to demand legislation for their relief, and then entered into a long harangue about his being the representa- tive of the people. “How are you the representatives of the People?’ the Speaker retorted. “By what authority do you undertake to represent the 65,000,000 “of people of this country. The people's representatives are the 866 Representatives elected to Congress and vested with authority under the provisions of our government.” Coxey objected that Congress did not rep- resent the people. “Then,” said the Speaker, “your remedy is at the ballot box. Under our system of goverrment, the government jtself is the people, subject to frequent changes when the people indicate at the ballot box that they want a change. You appear to be a self-constituted representative of the peo- ple. Coxey replied that the appeal to the bailot box was too slow; that the relief demanded must be had at once. “Do you expect to coerce Congress? In what respect is your method of petition better than the old method, which {s being constantly availed of by the people?” Coxey replied that written petitions were never regarded by Congress, and that he thought his method would compel consid- eration. “Do you expect to intimidate Congress? Do you think that you can frighten any Representative into voting against his con- victions?”" Coxey replied that he did not know, and rambled on about the million of starving peopie who were going to have immediate relief, saying that he believed it wag the duty of the government to appropriate money for the employment of the unem- ployed. He said they could not wait for the opportunity to elect men to Congress representing “the people,” and that they would haye to have relief, even if it were secured through revolution. ‘Your proposition,” said the Speaker, ‘would be, if carried out, subversive of the government. Our institutions would be overthrown and there would be no stability of government.” Coxey then rambled off into a discussion of the constitutional rights of his people to assemble in the Capitol grounds. He was told that those junds were set aside by the government for a specific purpose, and the occupancy was regulated by law. The White House and other public buildings were set aside in a similar way, and it would certainly not be contended that they could be encroached upon by any one at will. Coxey still persisted and said that his army had a right to assemble in the White House grounds. The Speaker replied that he would not grant the permission sought; that no rea- son had been given which would warrant it; that if permission were given to Coxey it could not be refused to any one for any purpose; that the proposed method of peti- tion meant an attempt at intimidation or it meant nothing; and that if the theory of public ownership was to be accepted giving any assemblage to take possession or occupy government ety, it would apply to the treasury and its vaults as well. This morning Coxey had an interview with the Vice President somewhat similar in tenor and with the same result. told by both that he would not be permit: to hold a meéting in the Gapitol grounds. MAJ. MOORE TALKS. Pleased That There Was No More Trouble. Maj. Moore, chief of police, speaking of the incidents of the day, said this after- noon that he had never apprehended any danger from the Coxey army, except in that the movement might arouse the unem- ployed and ignorant masses in Washing- ton, of which there are a sufficient number to make a formidable demonstration, if so disposed. “There {i said he, “a colored pote numbering 85,000 in this city, fully half of whom are unemployed and many of whom are vicious. We could not, of course, afford to permit any demonstration which would arouse them. Hence the thorough- ness of our preparations.” The chief expressed himself as pleased that the affair had ended with as little trouble as it had, and said that every- thing had transpired according to pro- gram. —— Relics of the Kearsarge. Mr. Eckford, consul at Kingston, Jamaica, reports to the State Department that he has recoverd the union jack and a few other relics of the Kearsarge. He says that the vessel was a total wreck before it was set on fire and could not possibly have been saved. He mentions, as a curious coinci- dence, that the man who fired the ship was named Eldridge Semmes len in honor of the commander of the confederate cruiser Alabama. ——_—_—— Changes in the Engi: ew Corps. Several changes have recently occurred in the engineer corps of the army. First Lieut. George A. Zinn, who has been assist- ing Maj. C. B. L. B. Davis, in charge of river and harkor improvements in this vicin- ity, hag been ordered to St. Louis, Mo., for duty as secretary and disbursing officer of the Mississi tiver commission, relieving First Lieut. James G. Warren, who is or- dered to Louisville, Ky., to relieve Maj. Thomas H. Handbury of the duties now in his charge. Maj. Handbury been or- dered to duty at St. Augustine, Fla., with Lieut. Albert M. D’Armit as his assistant. | traction ; Before the by the Mob, ") ANGRY AP SYHPAPRY FOR DYNAMITERS Socalists Hold a Meeting Without Interruption. ‘Afterward ne| ADDRESSES AND SONGS LONDON, May 1.—A small May day meet- ing jn Hyde Perk today led io an exciting | scene, during which a number of anarch- ists were rolghly handled. ‘ke anarchists attempted to hold a meeting in Hyde Park with the object of expressing sympathy with Henry, Fornara, and other anarchists now in prison. The chief English and foreign anarchist leaders were present ut the meet- ing and the speakers included Louise Mich- el, the famous communarde of Paris, and Editor Samuels of the’ Commonweal, an anarchist organ. While Mr. Samuels was extolling the deeds of Henry and other ‘martyrs,”? he used expressions which aroused cries of indignation from those in the crowd who Were not in sympathy with the utter- ences of the editor. Finally, the anti-anarchists became so enraged that they made @ sudden rush to- ward the platform from which the anar- chist oratot was holding forth. The anur- chists attempted to defend their orator, but the mob attacked them, in spite of the efforts of the police, who were swept aside, and the anarchists were chased out of the park by thé mob, after many of the most prominent of the “reds” had their coats | tcrn from their backs and sustained other injuries to their clothing and persons. A procession of socialists, numbering sev- eral thousand persons, formed near Black- friars bridge and marched to Hyde Park. All those who took part in the procession wore a piece of red ribbon In their button- holes. The procession wag headed by a band of music and about 100 flags were carried. Some of these fags were draped and others were red and inscribed with such mottoes as “Down With the Masters,” ‘Prepare for the Coming Revolution,” &c. 5] socialists Uj the “Marsellaise. addressed the as- sani other socialist speak: sembiage. THE OFFICE CLINGS TO THE MAN. The Case of a Postmaster Whose Res- ignation Was Not Accepted. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. TOPER A Kan. April 28, 1894. There is a very peculiar stete of affairs at St. Mary’s, Kan. St. Mary's is a little town of 1,000 inhabitants in Pottawatomie county, and is one of the strongest democratic com- munities in the state. The democrats are of the Andrew Jackson type, and believe that this is a time when only democrats should be put on guard. A year and a half ago J. 8. Carpenter, an offensive republican, resigned the office of postmaster and removed to Council Grove, in another county. He took with him his newspaper plant, which had been the chief cause of hig unpopularity at §t. Mary's, and told his democratic haters to take the post office and keep it. Carpenter waited pa- tiently for the acceptamce of his - tion by the department at Washington, but it never came. Finally, by an ement with his bondsmen, he put a deputy = ere he charge and left for Council Grove, has remained. For eighteen months Carpenter has waited for the acceptance of his resignation as postmaster at St. Mary's, but in vain. His republican uty continues to trans- act the business of the office, and with the assistance of Carpenter, who goes to St. Mary’s at the close cf each er to make and sign up his reports to the department, st. "3 it office right elong as w potiey hot ae The cause of all this is the failure of the nine demotratic applicants to come to an lagers on the question of postmaster. e friends of each have pursued Senator Martin, and made life g burden to him. More than 500 letters have been written to Washington protesting against Carpenter, who ig a non-resident, holding the office, and urging the appointment of this or that democrat as his successor. Senator Martin, however, tells them they must “get to- gether” before he will act. But there is no Dope for a compromise. —_—__—_ KANSAS GERMAN-AMERICANS. Convention of an Important Political Body st Topeka. Special Correspondence of The Exening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., April 28, 1894. The German-Americans will be an im- portant factor in the campaign in this state this year. The state league is arranging for the call of the convention, to be held in To- peka in June. The league claims a member- ship of 25,000 in the state. The officers state that they have extended the membership nearly 5,000 during the past ‘six weeks. Within the past two months meetings have been held in all the principal cities of the state, and committees were appointed and have been at work in the smailer places, where there are not enough German-Ameri- 8 to form ind dent clubs. The league is pareiy ‘political, though it is claimed not to be a organization. Its object now is to defeat the woman guf- trage amendment to the constitution, which is to be voted on in November, and the elec- tion of a legislature pledged to resubmit to a vote of the people the prohibition amend- ment to the constitution. All members are required to pledge themselves to oppose the election of any man, less of party, who is not in full sympathy with them on | these questions. None but native Germans or German ex- can become members of the league. Prohibitory amendment to constitution was adopted the n- Americans affiliated with the republican party, but as soon as that party cham- pioned prohibition the Germans deserted it, and have since voted with the opposition in state matters. They intend to unite all ele- ments in sympathy with them this year and throw ther Hreey to the candidates and the ty that will oppose wi suffrage. This fact has caused both populists and publicans to discourage the adoption of a suffrage plank in their platforms, and it is reasonably certain that neither conyention will touch this question. : —_—>—_. * Extensive Fire at Emporia, Va. Special Dispatch to The Brening Star. PETERSBURG, Va., May 1.—Intelligence was received here today of fire at Emporia last night, which destroyed the principal business portion of the town. Among the buildings burned were the Central Hotel and the Postal Tek ph office. The loss is placed at $75,000. e Insurance is prin- cipally in northern companies. —— Senator Dawes’ Golde Wedding. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 1.—Numer- ous congratulatory messages are pouring in upon ex-Senator and Mrs. Henry L. Dawes at their Pittsfield residence today, in honor of thelr golden wedding anniversary. a The Stockbridge Funeral Committee. The following are the Senate and House committees to attend the Stockbridge fun- eral: Senate—Messrs. McMillan, Washburn, Cullom, Jones (Arkansas), Gibson ard Blanchard. House—Bynum men He . and use—| Creary (Kentucky), Boutelle (New York), Aitken, Bi Richardson (Michigan), Naval Orders, Passed Assistant Engineer Solon Arnold has been ordered to duty at Mare Island navy yard. Medical Inspector W. H. Jones has n ordered before a retiring board. Personal Mention. Mr. Richard Whitton of Janesville, Wis., has been appointed private secretary to paslscent ‘setrocary Of Sie. ad Capt. Seay’s Company Exonerated. An order has been issued from the adju- tant general's office in Richmond exonerat- ing Capt. Seay and his battery from the el preferred against them by members of other 3 military izations in Lynch- burg, Va. The order" mildiy reprimands those who preferred the charges. | tracks from the W. AXP G. B.R. CHARTER. Recommendetion £rq ae te Fhe p mers have sent to Con- ha with request for favorable action reon, a bill eptitied “A bill to amend an entitled “An act to incorporate the gshington and Georgetown Railroad Com- pany,’ approved May 17, 1862.” The object of the proposed legislation ts to secure the extension of the Georgetown tracks of the Washington and Georgetown Ralirosd Company to a point near the Aqueduct bridge and the establishment at such terminus of a union streei car pas- emneee house. in repo m the bill CH. R. 6040) pprye cy Beg change of route and construction of the Washing- ton and Gregt Falls Electric Railway Com- pany, the Commissioners recommended @ Toute for the company with a View of the porate of its line ‘into such a union sta- The site for location of the station, ap- prosinbtey described in that report and in he present, 1s unimproved and adaptable for the purpose. Access to it by street car east, west and south is not inconvenient. The Commissioners are of the opinion of the Commission- is Amendment. | that street car companies desiring to enter Georgetown from Virginia should be allow- €d to use the Aqueduct bridge outside of the Toadwey and to enter the union Station, each ufider reasonable and just conditions, end that accomniodation for passengers to transfer from car line to car ling, under roof, at the locality, should be required for the convenience and comfort of the travel- ing public. It is thought such arrangement Would be advantageous for the companies and tend to the prevention of the ranting of pavements and obstruction of streets by railroad tracks. A second object of the bill is to have pro- vided a passenger house near and west of the Peace monument in order to afford coy- er for passengers transferring at that point, from either branch to the other branch of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, without the necessity of crossing @ track or walking an inconvenient distance to and from a passenger house located on private property or on the sidewalk. It is understood that a structure in front of the monument would obstruct its view from that side, but the Commissioners are led to believe that the location of the monu- ment is not satisfactory, and that there is a desire for its removal to some other site. ——— oes THE THEATER REGULATION: A Change Made by the Commissioners This Afternoon. At a meeting of the board of Commis- sioners this afternoon the building regula- Won relative to the erection of theaters was revoked. It is now possitve for Man- ager Albaugh to erect a theater on H street between 13th and ith streets north- west. a High School Entertainment. The musical and literary entertainment given at the High School building, on M street between Ist and New Jersey avenue northwest, by the pupils of ihe Logan school, was greatly enjoyed by a large audi- eace and participated in by a great number of the pupils of the school and their outside friends. The evening was opened with a chorus, “Row, Boatman, Row,” followed by @ solo, “Afterwards,” by Miss Beatrice Jones.” Then came a drama, “Mother Goose," in which the following persons figured, all doing creditably: Isabelle Robin- son, Mary Ambler, Cassie Ambler, Annie Wilson, Beatrice Jones, Lillie Hickman, Elizabeth Chase, Little Meade, Effie Cook, Frederick McKinney, Egrie Bryant, Harry Williams, Leroy Jackson, Maurice’ Fergu- son, Samuel Powell, Percy Crusoe, Charles Bruce, William and H. Pleasants. After this came a chorus, “Music Entranc- ing,” and a wand drill, led by Lula Black, in’ which the following took part: Ida Thomas, Eva Bell, Gora McKenney, Joseph- ine Thomas, Mary Kent, Mary Monroe, Mamie Boyd, Elizabeth Ross, Eugenia Wel- borne, Ada Cheeks, Julia Boyd, Joseph- ine Newton, Marie Wright, Louisa Morris, Fanny Minor, Elia Walters, Beatrice Jones and Lucy White. Next came a chorus, “Star Spangled Ban- ner,” a jableau, “Teacher in, and teacher out,” wl the entertainment was conclud- ed with a chorus, “Morning Invitation.” pan IO ining Must Leave the City. John L. Walters, a neatly dressed young man, of about twenty-one, and Delia Wal- ters, also well dressed, and apparently some years older,were charged in the Police Court this morning with vagrancy. Detectives Borne and Boyd told Judge Kimball that the ir were hotel beats and “badger” workers. e officers stated that the man was from Baltimore, and the woman from Boston, that both were opium fiends, and that the woman made a practice of picking up men, robbing them, and then dit with her alleged husband. The couple been, the officer said, arrested some days ago, but were released on @ promise to leave town at once. Ju Kimball, despite the protesta: of the fale, held them gullty, but pomeay twenty-four hours in which to put the Dis- trict miles ind them. —— Leyal Women of American Liberty. At the regular semi-weekly meeting of the “Loyal Women of American Liberty” last evening three new members were added to the society, and several names proposed to the committee for membership, after which a strong patriotic paper on “American Civ- ilization, tion, etc.” was read by Mrs. Rosetta E. Imwson, and another, on FINANCE AND TRADE A Reaction Ocours in Prices in Wall Street. PROSPECTIVE SHIPMENTS OF GOLD Activity in Sugar Trustand Chicago Gas. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —— ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 1—The steadily in- creasing dissatisfaction among railroad employes in the west, the recent advance in the industrials and the general narrow- pess of speculation led to a sudden change of sentiment this morning, resulting in j lower prices. A reaction at this time is | Quite natural, especially in the industrial group, and is rather beneficial than other- wise. Tariff advices were a trifle less con- fident in tone, but contained no new de- | velopments in regard to the several sched- ules in which Wall street is interested. | Over a million dollars in gold will go | abroad by tomorrow's steamers, and prob- | atly more later in the week. The announce- ment of this fact produced practically no effect on prices. Sugar again attracted the bulk of the trad- ing ‘and io st 1 1-2 per cent to 104 on consid- erable activity. | The low figures promptly enlisted some good buying for both accounts and the price | moved up beyond initial figures. The eariy | afternoon buying was very good and came from usually well-informed sources. Chicago Gas sold down 3-8 per cent at the opening, but quickly rallied to 63 5-8, a net gain of 1 1-4 per cent. The long series of | legal handicaps which surround this com- | pany’s affairs has left all speculation in the hands of inside interests, who alone under- —— the true significance of pending law buils. American Tobacco moved up 2 1-2 per cent on moderate activity, and National porseue gained 5-8 per cent on renewed uying. Tn the regular list Burlington was the feature on reported increase th. earhin amounting to something over $3,000. price of the stock advanced I 1-4 per cent on this announcement, and was Woecsity bought on the way up. The balance of the T'S were strong, but made no noticable gains. Reading was weak at a reduction of 1 per cent on room selling. The market was given over al- Most exclusively to the professional ele- ment, and dull in consequence. Lo: prices attracted buying at every point, an Stayed any decided downward movement. The holiday in London prevented any trading for foreign account and contrib- uted something to the general dullness. The market for foreign exchange contin- ued very firm throughout the day, owing to the small offerings of all classes of biils. Bankers’ settlements aré fortunately not very heavy, but such as they are, gold ship- ments are the pnly visible means of mect- ing them. The decline of Fates in Paris and the higher rates in the jocal mar- ket makes it profitable to ship gold either to London or Paris. The market became active the afternoon at the experse of values. After a sberp rally at the close of the noon hour traders took advantage of the better prices to put out a new line of stocks. The entire list was affected and sold down rapidly amid considerable activity. Sugar was sold off to the full of its gain, the trading being in ami q Run.ors of a hitch in the W; plan was assigned as the cause of the . In the railroad list the decline was only frac- tional. While indications at the close of then change is" bate of sentiment and trading very ‘au ———— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the opening. and the lowest and the closing prices at tae York ftock market today, 4s Corson & Macartney, members New York exchange. ow Messrs. Moore @ Schley, No. 6 rather than Delaware ana Hudson .. 4, peas Los) ponte. and Cattle Feeding. General Blectsie “Romanism and Its Encroachments on Americon Institutions,” was read by Miss Louise Weightman. The were re- ceived by a rising vote of and @ re- quest that they be placed on file for future reference. —_—_-— Sympathy of the Correspondents. A meeting of the Washington correspond- ents was held at the Capitol today to take action relative to the death of Mr. Frank Hatton. The meeting was presided over by Mr. E. G. Dunnell, Mr. R. N. Larner acting as secretary. A committee, consisting of R. J. Wynne, C. W. Harris and James Henry, submitted the following resolutions, which were adopted: ‘Whereas the late Mr. Frank Hatton, ed- itor of the Washington Post, by personal association with the members of our body had long since won their respect, confidence and esteem, and whereas some expression of this fact by the appended correspoad- ents seems appropriate in view of the re- cent death of Mr. Hatton: Therefore Resolved, That we deplore the decease of Mr. Hatton as a loss to the profes- sioh, the city of Washington and to the general public. Resolved, That as Mr. Hatton was always in full sympathy with our labors and with ourselves while he lived, we feel in a pe- cullar manner his absence and declare our —— sense of personal and professional loss ‘Sesolved, That the correspondents attend vi jen: the funeral in a body. —————_-_ +e Have Resigned. Henry Hooper and Harry R. Probasco, United States attorneys for the southern district of Ohio, have sent their resigna- tions to the Attorney General. Bal BALTIMORE, Ma., M pts, $4,437 ‘ls. Wheat easy—spot, 605pat July, 62624; celpis, bushels: stock,” 691,337 bushels: sales, "274.000 bushels Corn" easy—spot, $40 44ueds: steamer nixed, Feceipts, 5,484 Dusbels; shipments, 8.5 Bi4,203 bushels; sales, 67,000 _bouthers No 2 white western, a2igai; No. mixed do. 35g Balt eaten nee we pood 4 : to eboice timothy, $14.60a§13.00. "Grain frelgnts dull “and une! : iF steady, ninchanged. Butter @ull, lower—fancy’ creamery, 20n22; "ao. Ymitation, Nbet7; ladle, 1dal8: food Indie, 13a 13; store pas at y—iresh, a A a ea Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. rst 1894. 62! 8 a i 87 BS 37 3 39 Fr ; 2 12. wi 12. 133 1270 12-70 12.55 i335 70 70 F455 745 $22 722 719 717 7200720 717 717 660 66 655 655! 650 650 645 42 642 642 6.42 New York Semen, low. § 16 Tie 7.16 Os cary t3 G4 T2 719 23 719 Tat 725 734 725 731 786 786 (7.36 (7.36 The following were the themometer at the weather am., 58; 2 p.m., 78; mum, 4. readings of bureau today: 8 maximum, 70; mini-