Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. [ — = — = DEBS GOES TO PRISON The Strike Leaders Refused to Furnish Bail. A Telegram Produced in Court Writ- ten by the Hend of the A. R. U. Ad- vising the Purchase of Gans. Eugene V. Debs, Geo. W. Howard, L. W. Rogers and Sylvester Keliher, the officers of the Americ..n Railway Union, were commit- ted to jail yesterday by Judge Seaman, in the United States circuit court at Chicago, for alleged violation of the injunction is- sued by Judge Woods and Grosscup re- straining all persons from interfering with the transmission of the United States mails or the movement of interstate commerce. The four leaders of the strike in reality went to jail in default of ball, for the court offered a their liberty until next Men- + Whea they will have a hearing on the of conterapt. Their bail was fixed ™ each, but the men refused to give and the court committed them. Mr. were taken to jail by Marshal A: re left the ceurt room Jud: ins el the marshal to take them out of the Jail et aay time or time: t they abundant opportunity to cons neys between this and next Mon- it, Debs and hs compani: id. £ e Sea their attor: day. Yesterday morning, as telegraphed to The Star, District Attorney Milehrisc filed information in court charging t of tg union with violating tae and Sed fer a writ of attachme tempt. It wasn't necessary to . for Mr. Debs, for he was in cour: when the informaiion was filed. When tie i: was issued by Judges Grosscup « the usua! chancery summons was issued, and those named in the injunction were direc.ed to appear in court to answer. That was what brought Mr. Debs into court with the attorneys who have been retained to defend him and his brother cificers. Te informa- tion was read to the court by District At- torney Miichrist. George R. Peck, attorney, representing the receivers of the Santa Fe system, read @ petition for writs of attachment against the defendants on behalf of that railroad. The petition asked that the defendants be punished for contempt for viclaling the erder appointing the receivers as we!l as for violating the general injunction as it applies to the Santa Fe. A number of acts of vi lence and interference with trains were al- sed. The formai proceedings began at 2 o'clock, when Attorney Erwin, for the defendants, asked that they be released on their per- sonal recognizance. Judge Seaman finally decided to set the case for next Monday and fixed bail at $3,009 each. The four men made no attempt te furnish bail and were committed to jail untfl Monday. The attorneys for the de- fendants said their clients could not secure . but Mr. Debs did not corroborate that when asked if he would give bail. He said he would not give bail to the amount of 5 cents. A telegrem was produced in court, sent by Mr. Debs on July 2 to North Butte, Mont. It read: “General managers are weakened. If the strike is not settled in forty-eight hours complete paralysis will follow. Pota- toes and ice are out of sight. Save your money and buy a gun.” While sitting in the jail awaiting the preparation of his cell Mr. Debs said: “Well, this means a few days of rest and quiet at OWN A THOUSAND ACRES. How the Moore Boys Grubbed and Serimped to Secure La’ Special Correspondence of The Evening Star McPHERSON, Kan., July 15, 184. The man who does not believe that sub- stantial reward will some to those who in- dustriously till the soll in central Kansas end carefully and diligently husband their resources should come to McPherson county and tuke a drive ten infles southwest into Groveland township. He would find there one thovsand acres, under perfect cultiva- tion, and teeming with every product of the farm that can be raised in this region. ‘The visitation of grasshoppers, chinch bugs, drouth and hot winds, that have discour- aged the sternest of Kansas rs and caused them to give up the batsle and re- turn to “their wife's people” in other staies, have not daunted the tireless energy and determined spirit of George and John Moore, two old bachelors, who now ciaim that they have solved the vexed problem, ‘Does farming in central Kar Twe: 2 years ago, waen M county howling waste, inha’ prairie dogs, jack rabbits and co; Moore boys drove into this was a mere cross-roads, with iess than one hundred Inhabitants, and stated that they | wanted to “take up” claims. This entire ae which section of Kansas, stretching from Topeka cy mounta’y 1 rove land than anything axious to give it away to x0 would settle upon and improve was the mifssion of the Moore 1 in tess than a week they had se- quarter sections adjoining in it. boys, a jected uat is now Groveland township, and what That fs today the garaen spot of McPherson y end cen Kansas. wever, If p sity could only come to those wlio the habits of life and John emulace When the story of the lives of wo men is told there will be no sur- t they have been able to pile up br wealth and add to their possessions, until they are now owners of the finest tract of 1,00) acres of Iand in central Kansas. The Moore boys were born in Marion county, Arkansas. Their parents died when they were just reaching manhood and left them penniless. They had no advantages for receiving an education except in the ~ school houses in Arkansas, and these were limited to the primary branches taught in those primitive days. So they de- clied to come to Kansas and get a farm. They traveled all the way from Marion county in an old-fashioned wagon, drawn by a yoke of oxen. They carried tn this old carry-ail tneir earthly belongings, including ihe regulation stump plow, of little value on the prairies of Kansas. For a mouth after selecting thelr claims they lived In their wagon. By this time they had built a sod shanty, which they occupied until four years ago, when a two- room cottage was bullt for their future abode. It was not long until these bach- elors discarded their oxen for several head of good farm horses. They declined to have anything to do with any of their neighbors. They never attended the neigh- boring Sunday schcol or church, and they never came to town unless they ‘ad some- thirg to sell. They would not talk with their neighbors about politics and other topics, and they have never yet cast a vote in McPherson county. No one knows what their political views are, if they have any. In later years they have, by the Settle- ment of the country and the. increased pop- ulation, been forced to adopt the habits and manners and customs of the people, least. i have not had much rest for over @ month, and I am badly in need of it. No, sir, we shall not give bonds. Our bonds are $t.000 each, bat we would not give bonds if they were 5 cents each. We are not posing 9s martyrs,neither do we ask for sympathy. All f have to say about our arrest today is that matters have come to that point in this free country when it is held to be a crime to advise a man what to do when he geeks your advice. We are guilty of no crime, unless the simple expression of an opinion is a crime. We are not responsible for this strike. Pullman ts respofisible for it” ‘The men were placed in the debtors’ de- partment in the jail, Messrs. Debs and iloward being given a cell and Keliher and Rogers one adjoining. Foreigners at Pullman. Mr. Thomas W. Heathcote, one of the leaders of the Pullman strike committee, gays: “The Hollanders, who number about 1,200, ard the Poles, with equal numbers, who together constitute a majority of the Pullman empleyes, were anxious to return to werk regardless of the feelings of the other nationalities. When the republican rotectionists talk on the stump against a [os tariff as if it would bring American labor to the condition of the pauper labor of Europe. we know how much sincerity now to attach to their declarations. When we look into the elements composing the work: ing forces of the Pullman car shops we find that foreign laborers are in the major- ity, and that they were willing to resume work regardless of the wishes of other na- tionalities. Where is the American me- chanic in this situation? Is he among the sympathetic strikers? Is he in the Pullman shops or is he anywhere?" Ss SENATOR BLACKBURN CARD. An Explanation of Some Statements im Regard to Col. Breckinridge. Senator Blackburn has issued a card which has been published in Lexington, Ky., in re- gard to his connection with an alleged in- sult by Col. county lady, who applied to him for a post- tion in one of the departments in this city. Serator Blackburn says: “In 1S86 an estim- able young lady, who then resided in Wood- ford county, Ky., applied to me for assist- ance in her effort to secure employment in one of the departments in Washington. I faid to her she should apply to Col. Breck- inridge, member of Congress from her dis- | trict. A few days afterward the lady came to me and asked me to take charge of her application. I asked her if she had scen Cot. Breckinridge. She said she had seen him. 1 again said to her that she must have his recommendation as the representa- tive of the district from which she came, and I urged her to go at once and get his indorsement of her application. She sai me she could not go again to Col. Bree: Tidge. that his manner was so offensive that she was not willing to speak to him again. went to Col. Breckinridge and with Some feeling repeated to him what the lady had told me of his treatment of her. He denied the statement. A few days afterward the lady called to see me, and gaid it was possible she had misunderstood Col. Breekinridge’s conduct and asked that should dismiss the matter from my mind. My late colleague, Senator Beck, and I Joined in reeommending the lady's ap- pointment, ‘and she secured employment in ‘one of the departments. “In the summer of 1888 it was brought to my attention that conversations be- tween myself and others relating to t matter were being repeated with inaccu. to the injury of Col. Breckinridge. ‘alled the fact that I had indiscreetly in the freedom of private talk repeated the | conversation between the lady und myself and had mentioned the circumstances | der which I had brought the matter to Col. Breckinridge’s attention. “i felt indignant that my friend had re- Peated a private conversation, as !t seemed to me. for the purpose of gratifying a per- Zonal resentment. Col. denied the lady’s statement and ihe lady had said to me she might possibly have been mistaken and had asked me not think of it again. Under these the facts from any wider publicity I wrote the letter of August 21, ISSS. contenting myself with mentioning the inaccuracies of the reported conversation, between my friend and myself and expressing my sense of the wrongful use of priv: tion. J.C. S. BLA — — Manual Training Teachers Meet. The Manual Training Teac Associa- | tion convened in the Drexel Institute, Phil- | @delphia, yesterday. The association which was formed in the Columbian exposition, is of securing cx ation in study inate information s and and to pro- f its mem- andl garding Velopn « aratior The Rebbins of Frank Breckinridge to a Woodford | . and in this form was gaining pub-| Breckinridge had | to cheum- Btances and with the view of withholding | considerably | try. | bush but it was not until the sentiment of the community forced them to do 80. About three years af! they had located in Groveland townshtp a great many people settled there. They came from eastern states, and were highly cultured and edu- cated. It was a shock to their nerves to observe the Moore boys going about their farm work barefooted, stripped to the waist, and with no garment on except a pair of overalls. The people of the community met and held an indignation meeting. A farmer whose daughters were compelled to witness this new style of dress went to the men and complained. All the satisfaction he re- ceived was that if his daughters did not want to look at them as they were ing to their business in their own w: y could turn their hecds and look in another direction. For severai years the Moores followed this custom. Until six years ago they never sat in a barber’s chair to have their hair trimmed. They attended to that them- selves, and saved the price and put it away in a big iron safe which they kept in their house. They have never shaved. They were never known to pay 2 cents for a meal when in town. They occasionally buy @ pound of crackers and 10 cents worth of | cheese and eat it, and if all is not de- voured they take it home with them for another meal. It ts this style of living that has made these two men rich. They personally farm about 150 acres, but the balance of the 1,000 acres is rented, from which they re- celve a good income. They have nothing to do with their neighbors; in fact, they are dead to the world, and care nothing for the good opinion of any ore. They are women. haters, and could not be induced to employ a housekeeper. They do their own cooking a@nd washing, in a way, and a blind man would know that he was within the pre- cincts of bachelordom if dropped down into their door-yard, for the odor is al- ways there. However, they are model farmers. Two-thirds of their land is In a splendid state of cultivation, while the other third is in tame grasses. They have patietily and industriously cultivated their crops, and have become independently rich, while others have fought the good fight. given up the battle and returned to their native states. ——— THE ALIEN BILL IN THE LORDS. Lord Rosebery Opposes Ht, but Upper Hoase Help It Along. Lord Salisbury in the British house of lords yesterday moved the second reading | of the alien bill. Lord Rosebery thereupon declared that the question was less urgent than at the time the neble marquis was in ofiice, when no legislation was thought to be necessary. The alien immigration, the premier continued, had greatly decreased, and he thought the immigration laws of the Vaited States had not checked the flow of | emigrants into that country, as the speaker claimed, as only ninety-nine persons of 69,000 were refused entry into the United States in 1892. Lord Rosebery said that he had the au- thority of the police officials to say that no outrages against foreign governments had been hatched in Great Britain. The present laws provided a sufficient remedy against persons meditating crimes. He did not be- lieve that the house of commons would pass the bill. The government was quite ready to enter into an arrangement with foreign governments to prevent outrages, but there was no foreign complaint mst inade- quate English laws. | Lord Salisbury, in reply to the premier, | said he was prepared to admit that his motive for introducing the bill was to challenge the government's apathy in the | ‘face of a serious crisis. It was the duty of | the government, he said, to do as other na- tions have done to meet the universal dan- | ser. It was best to be prepared in time for | an exodus from abruad. Lord Salisbury | wenerally defended the position he had tak- en up, and said in regard to crimes hatched in England that it was the fault of the law | and not of the police that England was a | most unwilling harborer of such criminals. He did not expect that the bill would pass at the present session, but the responsibility lay with the government. The measure then passed its second read- ing by a vote of 89 to 37. coe India's Wheat Crop. The final memorandum on the wheat crop of India for the seasun ended March 1, 18M, issued by the department of revi the nue and agriculture of the Indian gcvern- ment, has been printed here in a recent government publication, By this memoran- dum it appears that the harvest has varied in different parts ef the cou being iB exc wt Trop says, is estimated at pared with f last ye provin ra res, com- “1 esti | an inerease | rhe total product | is showing this 000 bush given as 2 busheis, “s crop to be about 2.0 elow the normal! and 10,000,000 below that of the previous year, WORKING THE GOVERNMENT The Railroads Make Uncle Sam Pay Well for Transporting Troops. An Army Officer Tells How He Man- aged to Even Up the Score Somewhat. “Now that the trouble is about over in Chicago, I presume this talk about a needed increase in the army will be allowed to die out,” said a prominent army officer to a Star reporter this morning. “You don't think so? Well, I hope not, but I have an idea that it will just the same. People are likely to forget that the danger may arise again at any time, when the regular army will be called upon as it has been within the past few weeks. There is one thing that is not often taken into account when we think of how our forces are scattered throughout the country, and that is the cost of mobilization at any particular point at a given time. Compared with European nations the distances from which troops must be transported when they are needed are something startling, and the cost is larger than any one would think. In the case of the infantry it is not so bad, but when it comes to carrying horses and the guns of a light battery it is altogether a different matter.” “You don't mean to say that the rail- roads are very particular about collecting fares for soldiers who are brought in for the protection of railroad property?” asked The Star man. “That ts just exactly what I do mean to say. If you notice, you will see that rail- roads look upon the government as some- thing from which they must get all they possibly can every time they get a chance. You can't get very many horses into a freight car, and when you take the guns of the battery they have to go on trucks, and they are pretty bulky freight. Of course they have to go through on express time, and express rates are charged in full. I have had some funny experiences in this Ine in times past,” sald the officer, in reminiscent mood. No Passes Insued. “I remember back in the '60s I was si tioned down th Kansas at the time the Kansas Pacific railroad was being built. ‘The Indians were pretty thick at the time, and our principal duty consisted in protect- ing the construction parties from the at- tacks of the redskins. It was necessary to keep a force of bluecoats right up at the head of the line all the time. It was pretty hard going and not much fun, you may be sure, and every Saturday night we used to fix it so that two of the three officers of the company could slip back to the army post to spend Sunday with the boys. Do you know that that road had the effrontery to try to charge for our transportation, when we were just about the only passengers they had to carry, and we had to ride back on a gravel car? Kicked? Well, you det we did, and I don’t think the road made very much out of us, but still it was squeezing pretty close when you think that we were assigned to that wretched task solely for their safety and comfort. They would send the construction train through to the end of the line as fast,.aa; the. tracks were laid, though, of course, it was a pretty tough case of traveling. We got our pup. plies through on the freight cars, and do you know they charged freight for’ those supplies? They wouldn't give us a way bill or a receipt of any ‘nor ‘would they be responsible in case of loss. It was necessary to send a man ‘along’ with the supplies, and they charged fare for that man “But I got even after a while, though it was sometime coming. I remember one fall the cold weather came on earlier than usual and the railroad men found themselves short in the matter of blankets. I was acting as quartermaster at the time and had a considerable number that we did not need right ray, but I had no authority to fe matter was finally referred to Gen. Schofield, who was in command of the department at that time, and he or- dered me to comply with the request if there were no good reasons to the contrary. I let them have several bales of army bian- kets, about a hundred and twenty in all, and it was a very timely loan, I can as- sure you. Got Even With the Company. “Some time after ihat I received orders from the War Department to transfer the government moreys for which I was re- sponsible from a Kansas: national’ tank to the subtreasurer of St. Louis. That official will not receipt for checks and it was necessary to carry the cash itself to St. Louis. I thought it would be a pretty nice trip for me, as I had been campaigning it for some time past. When I saw the vice president of that same road one day I suggested that a pass to St. Louls would come in very handy, but he turned down my request with great alacrity. He said I was going cn government business and the government could pay my mileage. This sort of business made me a little sore, but I went to St. Louis just the same and kept quiet, thinking that my turn would come some day. It did. Shortly after I got back one of my men came to me and told me that he had been down among the stables of the railroad’s construction party and that he had found there about sixty gov- ernment mules. “A short time before a number of Uncle Sam's quadrupeds had been lost from a post up on the Platte river and it was sup- posed they had been run off by the In- dians. I reported the matter to the chief of my department for action, and a few days after that he sent down a company of cavalry and told me to get those mules back again. We waited for Sunday, when they were all in the stables, and we raided that place and discovered fifty odd head of choice government mules, though I never quite found out how they came into the possession of the railroad company. We teok them back to camp, and I had irons heated and we branded thos¢: same mules with a big U. S. in a number of different places so that they wovld probably never get lost again. Then I issued an order calling for the return of those blankets,and it teok some pretty steady hustling for them to get them all in on time. They didn't lke to do it, for it was cold weather then, but the blankets had only been loaned for thirty days, and they had already had them three or four months. It Might Hate Been Different. “Sometime after that I was, riding in a, railroad train with the vice president of the read. We fell into conversation, and in the course of our talk he said to me: ‘Lieu- tenant, you have been putting us to an awful lot of trouble lately.” “‘] am sorry to hear that, sir,’ said I. ‘But do you remember a Kittle incident about a railroad pass which you refused seme time back? “*You don’t mean to say that had any- thing to do with it, do you?” “Well, I won't say that it did, for I have only done what my duty compelled me to do, but then you know human nature is very much the same in the army as well as out.’ “So my turn came. I never did accept a pass on that road, but I have an tdea,” sald the old soldier, as the smoke from igar curled gracefully toward the ceiling, that if I had ever made another reqnest it would not have been refused.” coe MINNESOTA FOREST FIRES. Uniess a Heavy Rain Falls There Will Be Great Loss, A special from Hinckley, Minn., says: The forest fires in this” vicinity con- tinue. Along the line of the Eastern Min- nesota the property of the company is threatened to such an extent that the sec- tion men are all out fighting the flames. So far no reports have been received of any damage to buildings, although several times fires have «approached very closely. slong the line of the St. Paul and Duluth, between this place and Mission Creek, there bas been considerable loss from the fires in the meadows, hundreds of tons of hay having been destroyed. Unless a heavy rain comes socn there will be great loss as the fir reading rapidly and everything tiader. Opium s nx Arrent, telegram has been received dt the ‘Treasury Department stating that’ Special Agent George Custer, at Detr it, had ar- rested F. L. Gilchrist, and seized 220 cans of opium, smuggled by tum int whe Cnitet States. COAL, sOUTH pace im the Southern of the Continent. Spectal Conrcapondancesae Evening Star, ANAMA, July 5, 1894. Mr. C. F. Caragpist, of Washington, D. C., consulting engineer of the bureau of American republics, who has been engaged during tho last yearina survey of the coal deposits of the Atlantic coast of Colombia, has arrived at Bogota, after having com- pleted his work. His, report will shortly be published in a special bulletin of the bureau at Washington. In an interview with the correspondent here, recently, Mr. Caracristi said he estimates the explotable coal fields of Colombia to exceed 10,000 square miles, and he computes, if the coast mines were opened, a saving of 38 1-2 per cent to steamers trading upon the coast could be effected in their fuel accounts. One of the fu:ure industries of Colombia, he thinks, will be its coal fields, which, if properly developed, under government con- trol, would do much to better the financial condition of the departments and assist the supreme government to eventually can- cel the national debt. As shown in Mr. Caracristi’s report, the foreign actual an- rual consumption of coal by Colombia rail- roads and steamers plying to Colombian ports exceeds 200,000 tons, valued at over $1,000,000 gold. ‘The government has made a contract only recently with the “Pan-American Invest- ment Company” for the explotation of a coal deposit near Santa Warta, which was reported favorably upon last year by Mr. Caracristl. According to a late decree, employes of the Ecuadorean government who fail to attend Catholic mass regularly are subject to the payment of a fine, not to exceed 10 per cent of their salary, for each time they neglect to occupy their pews at church, A dispatch from London announces the purchase there Jy ‘the jgovernment of Keuador of three torpedo cruisers. One of these is 200 feet long and has a guaranteed speed of twenty-four miles per hour. She was bought through Armstrong's, and is being armed by them. The two others were constructed by Yarrow; they are each 120 feet in length, with a speed of twenty- two and a haif miles, and carry Nordenfelt and Krupp batteries. Advices from the Peruvian frontier, re- cently received at Quito, announce that Peru has violated the statu quo by send- ing an armed expedition from Iquitos, up the Napio river, into the territory claimed by, and for years in actual possession of, Ecuador. ‘The new United States minister, Mr. Edward A. Strobel, was accorded an en- How an Insect First Reached Florida's Groves. A Little Affaire That Plays Havoc with the Oranges—A Man Who Kaew The experts in the division of entomology, as well as the other officials of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, are very much alarm- ed over the report of the appearance in Florida of an insect pest which ts the great- est pessible menace to the orange tees of that state. This is nothing more nor less than the “fluted sc: which was import- ed into California about 1870, and which has, since then, done incalculable damage to the citrous trees. As a result of diligent efforts by all concerned in the matter, this insect has been largely done away with in California and its appearance in Florida is regarded as a very serious matter. And the curious part of it all is that the appearance of this pest in the southern groves at this late date is due to the fault of a too-enterprising orange grower in Florida. The fluted scale was iniroduced into California on some acacia trees, It was supposed, and it soon spread through al! the groves in that part of the country. The bureau of agriculture was called upon for assistance and a number of washes and sprays recommended, which, while they were of some value in killing out the scale, did not at all result In their extermination. Then it was noticed that the scale, while it existed in Australia, was nothing like as serious a matter there as It was in this country. An agent was sent to Australia from the Agricultural Department, or the bureau of agriculture as it was then, and he soon discovered that there was a species of the ladybird there which fed solely on the fluted scale. The ladybird is a rort of beetle, very much like the one that is so common around this part of the country and which the children delight ‘n alarming by singing them a little ditty which runs, “Ladybird, ladybird, fy away home.” He sent back 1,500 or 2,000 specimens of these ificent reception upon | beetles, which are properly known as ve- EE oe outer pon | dalias. They increased very rapidly and the The Star and Herald correspondent at | Tesult was that they had practically cleaned Quito, Ecuador, writes that congress has out the fluted scales in less than a year. elected Dr. Vicente’ Lucio Salazar vice} The fluted scale is a small wingless crea- president of the republic. A statesman, | ture; which is rather closely allied to the diplomat and eminent jurist, he has been plant louse. It is a stationary insect and at different periods senator, chief justice | dees Its damage by boring into the tender and minister of foreign affairs; and his se- lection to fill a higher post is almost unanimously approved of by the public in general. Dr. Lopez of Esmeraldos has been e: pelied from the senate chamber, and his seat has been declared vacant. ‘The reason given by his fellow members for his expulsion from the body is that he had been excommunicated some years ago by the pope, and was consequently un- worthy to associate "with good Cathofics, who hold the majority of seats in congress. Among the senators voting to put htm out were nine priests!” ‘Phe house, in which there is also a gdéo#ty number of priests, promptly passed a’resofution approving the Faction of the senate majority. It is believ- ed that Dr. Orteg&, députy for Guayaauil, and Ortez, Nonconformist members of the lower house, will alfo be sent home to their }S¢e#ions of. the country. constituents “to repent of their Masonic heresies.” IN 6 9 The peopie of Estneriildas are indignant, and have telegraphed“President Cordéro, openly threatent revolution unless Dr. be imm: ely ‘reseated. And as about one-fifth of ‘dll Ecuador's population live in the doctor's district, these warnings may have some efféct. El Tiempo of Guaya- quil, and El Asperante of Babahayo, have also protested editorially. > OPPOSED BY RADICALS. The French Chamber Liste Attack on the Government. The floor and galleries of the French chamber of deputies was crowded yesterday when M. Pourquery de Boisserin (radical republican) ascended the tribune to speak against the government's anti-anarchist bill. The speech was one of the most re- markable addresses that had been delivered in the chamber in many a day, and wag, chiefly notable in its scathing arraignment of the various groups tn favor of the bill as having contributed to the situation which the measure is designed to remedy. The bill, he declared, was a retrograde measure, and more tyrannical in its pro- visions than any law enacted under the monarchy or the empire. He denounced the parties of the right and center and the so- clalists, the former for their connection with the Panama canal scandals and the socialists for their teachings, and declared that all of them, each party in its peculiar way, had contributed to the spread of the spirit of anarchy. The speaker's remarks at this point elic- ited a storm of protests and denials, and for a time the tumult was so great that he was unable to make himself heard. Order being restored, M. Pourquery de Boisserin made an attack upon the repub- lican government, which he declared had neglected to introduce and advocate leg- islation favorable to the masses. He «@ cluded by heaping reproach upon the Dupuy ministry. When President Car- not's body was brought from Lyons to Paris, he said, it was. to their everlasting shame that not a member of the minisiry, except M. Lepine, was at the station to meet it, and with the exception of a few of the municipal police, no person in au- thority was present. The cabinet had no time to devote to do- ing honor to the memory of the dead presi- dent, since they were at that time busily engaged in intriguing for the office made vacant by his death. At the conclusion of the speech the ex- citement in the chamber was intense and the uproar prolonged. M. Brisson declared the measure was des- tined as a weapon against socialists and a political move intended to bring about a division among the republicans. M. Lasserre, the reporter of the bill, said the measure was necessary to insure pub- lic safety. The time was critical and. an- archism must be exterminated. The cham- Der adjourned. It ry stated that the cabinet will make the press bill a question of confidence to. the government. The radical newspapers continue to make a flerce opposition to this measure, and M. Edward Drumont, the edl- tor of the antl-semetic organ, the “Libre Parole.” has fled to Belgium rather than face the new law. M. Drumont predicts that the passage of the press bill will be speedily followed, by # revolution. ered : Gompers Tellin} What Debs Said. Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri- ean’ Federation of Labor, returned to New York yesterday from Chtcago. When asked regarding the strikesttuation he said: “Well, I have been away from the scene nearly two days. President Debs told me on Sunday that the pr ts were good.” “But, personally, Mr. (ompers, what do you think of the situatiqa?”’ “Well, I do not care to discuss the subject, Mr. Debs told me, when and Mr. McGuire saw him on Sunday, -that now the strike was confined to the .rediroad employes it would be continued to the end, and he pre- dicted to us a successful result.” “*rom your own obseryation, though, Mr. Gompers, ts the strike a failure?” “I prefer not to talk,” “How were trains running when you ‘Well fairly train: “Will there be any further action by the federation in regard to the strike?” ». So far as any further formal action is concerned the matter is ended.” coe passenger ell. trains were running 1 don’t know about the freight Fourth district of Missouri—W. S. Missi- rer, popultsi. Twelfth district of Ohio—D, K. Watson, republican. Eleventh district. of Hlinois—Robert R. . democrat —Rufus E. Les- dd Rates gn the Royal Blue 1Nne. y and Sund 21 and | trip ti e 1. O. R. R. Co. will sell round- ckets to Baltimore, good on all trains, including the royal blue line flyess, at 31, valld for return Journey on all trains ufitil d inclusive, 3 parts of the tree and sucking out its life juices. Of its own accord it does not mov very far from the place of its birth, though it may become attached to the feet of birds and thus be transported a considerable distance, or it may be on a loose leaf,which the wind carries about. Of all the insects which delight in orange groves the fluted scale ts by long odds the worst. At the time the vedalla got a large amount of free newspaper advertising and the result was that the bureau of agricul- ture was flooded with requests from farm- ers all over the country asking for speci- mens of the vedalia to clean out other in- sects. In every instance the officiais were careful to point out that the vedalia does not feed on any other insect but the fluted scale and will not even touch the red scale, which does exist In orange groves in other About a month ago the bureau of ento- mology was notified that the fluted scale had been noticed_in Florida in very con- siderable numbers, although in a restricted area. It did not seem as though this could be possible, for no one could imagine how the insect could ever have gone from Call- fornia to Florida. There is no trade in cut- tings or nursery stock of any sort east, al- though there is considerable from Florida to California. Samples of the suspected in- sect were received at the department and then there was no longer any doubt that the dreaded pest had actualiy made its ap- pearance in the east. Mr. H. G. Hubbard, an expert in ento- mology, and especially in the matter of in- sects that menace citrous trees, was at once dispatched to Florida to investigate the situation. In a letter just received by Mr. Leland O. Howard, chief of the division of entomelogy, he tells of what he has al- ready done. The fluted scale, he said, does exist, but it is confined to one section of one large orange grove. Since he has been there he has advised the use of kerosene washes and other ordi- 'Dary means of disposing of the insect. He finds the owners of the grove to be inteili- gent men, who realize the danger that they are in, and they have aided him in every possible way in stamping out the trouble. A number of trees have been cut down and burned, ttunk and branch, and uniess some of the insects have been carried off to a dis- tance by birds Mr. Hubbard ts of the opin- jon that they can be Kept from spreading. In his letter he tells an interesting story of how the scale was introduced into Florida. A certain orange grower, it seems, was among those who applied to the department for samples of the vedalla, as he desired to experiment with them to see whether they would not destroy the red scale, with which his trees were troubled to a limited extent. He, too, was informed that the ex- periment bad already been tried and had Proved a failure. This particular orange rower, however, had an idea that he knew more about it than all the sharps in the Agricultura: Department. He sent out to California to come horticultural authorities there and asked them to send him a nice little supply of lady birds. Foolishly enough they complied with his request, and as they knew that the vedalia would eat nothing but fluted scales, they put some fluted scales in the box to keep the vedallas alive en route. When they got to Florida the vedallas were let loose and, although the orange grower did not know it, he let loose a large number of fluted scales at the same time. The vedalias died, but the fluted scales did not. On the contrary, they have been thriving most prosperousiy and have been at work propagating to such an extent that, although it has been less than two years since they were introduced, they now exist by the thousand and poss! bly by the million. Every one who has been connected with. the matter at all realizes the danger that threatens the groves of Florida, and every means 1s, being tried to stamp {t out. In conversation with a Star reporter this morning Mr. Howard said that from the reports he had received from Mr. Hubbard he was of the opinion that the fluted scale might shortly be wiped out of existence in the egst..If it is not they will send to California oa where there are still @ good many vedalias left, and get a su to seni down to Florida. aed — ENJOYING THEMSELVES, Lecal People Summering at a Fa- moun Resort. Correspondence of The Evening Star. PINEY POINT, Md., July 15, 1894. This famous old resort is very lively, and the guests at the Pirey Point Hotel are thoroughly enjoying themselves. Dancing. sailing, fishing, bathing, bowling and driv- ing are among the rany pleasures. The fol- ly arrived: Mr. H. A. Linger and family, Mrs. Marian Bi. Young, Mr. Geo. 8. Living- ston and family, Mr. 8. R. Livingston and family, Dr. H. C. Thompson and family, Mrs. Jvlius Solger and son, Dr. E. J. Ham- {Iton and family, Mr. J. F. Du Hamel and wife, Mr. C. H. Young and wife, Mrs. Anna M. Hill, Miss Maude Cleary, Mrs. J. R. Cassin, Misses Marie, Helen and Clara Cas- sin, Mrs. and Miss McSherry, Mr. and Mrs. JM. Mr. H. O. Towles and family, Mrs. W. J. Stephenson, Mr. C. C. en, Mr. 1 Mr. F. Detweiler, r, Lane and many ot ers. The sad drowning of young Carr cast quite a gloom over the guests for a few days. It scems he was in bathing, and, with a playmate, went on an exploring ex- pedition, wading around the shore to the light. house, which is about a third of a mile from the bathing beach. In this vicin- ity dangerous air holes are located, and he stepped into one about twenty feet deep, and, rot being able to swim, was quick’ drowned. The bathing beach here is marked off with a rope, and it is a® safe a place of its kind as can be found in this country, The weather during the last two weeks has been delightfully cool. cond ati They Have Returned. The Lower Brule Indians who left the reservation near Chamberlain, South Da-¢ kota, for the Rosebud agency a few da: back have been returned to their resery; tion, ‘from the Sigsby girl. They Are Bitterly Divided om the Question ef Fusicn. Special Correspondence of The Evening St RALEIGH, N. G., July 16, 1994. Chairman John B. Eaves of the republt- can state executive committee calls the state convention of his party to meet at Raleigh August 39. It seems thet in every- thing Mr. Eaves does he meets with oppo- sition, and no pieiner proof cauld be given of the powerful interncl Giesensious which have torn and are tesring hi North Carolina. For a doze sort of thing has gone or. rv. Daves is- sued an address to his party lest month. For this he was abuse’ by sc-s colored repub. t had no right to ‘ of the exccutive cc. contending that he was opposing fusion. To been quiet in the £, has repliec in kind. Y. 8. ville is now out in a bitter at for calling the state convent. had no right to do it, and de oi the plainest terms to be a traior party. Pare, hy u Populist Conventions. The populist county conventio: in nearly all the counties July 4. counties there appe tion of this part organization one large count present, and ta tion was held given as the heavy ‘The lack of Husiagm among the px lists was noticeabie at these convention This (Wake) county, tis mest populous the state, is their c work, yet here there was little ent: in the « vention were a few repubii-on fasionis. one of whom at least ficure: as a sort « confidential adviser. e ved speak, but coolly said that ic was not time and place for a speech. There w few colored delegates, but these rather op peared to keep or to be kept in the back- ground, and so cut no figure. It was said by some populists, and some republicans also, that the only repubtican: who favor fusion with the pop. those who desire oMice. This i have got wind somehow, for it is Uceable that populists, who of lat silent on the subject now take strongly against fusion. The leaders of the populists in some coun- ties ure seeking the negro vote, and it ts alleged that they have made a direct propo- sition to leading negroes that if the negroc will vote the populist ticket end help eix the populist candidaics the negroes will b put on juries, made ciectlon judges a given higher places if possible. “This propo: sition was secret, but positively made. They 0 say that at heart the negro yote.s dis- trust the populists and do not caich at their bait. In rs to be no or: in some were we ground Democrats More Hopefal. The democrats grow more hopeful daily. One of their leaders in ¢ west says the Populists have since 1892 iost nearly a third of their strength, and that it is absolutely impossible for them and the republicans to successfully fuse. It is his opinion that the democrats will elect their no:ninees--state treasurer, justices of the supreme court and judges—by something Mke 10,00 majurity. He admits that the struggle for Congress- men will be lively and that some districts are in doubt. Such is the case. Though there is talk of a repurt by the majority of the democrats of the house committee om elections in favor of A. H. A. Williams for Congress from the fifth dis- trict, not much stress appears to be laid on it. Williams has some opponents in the democratic ranks, who @o not want him to get the seat. and who do not believe he will get It. ‘This is a perfectly frank statement. it is now regarded. as quite certain that ‘ongressman John S. Henderson will be re- nominated by the seventh district demo- crats. As to the fourth ict, it is just now anybody's fight. In some counties the democratic primaries have been beid. It is said that the present count of delegates shows 120 for B. H. Burns, the present in- cumbent, a like number for Charles M. Cooke, ex-speaker of the house, and fifty for Ed Chambers Smith, son of the late Chief Justice Smith and ex-state chairman. The friends of Smith claim that he holds the balance of power, but many well-informed ns declare that Cooke has decidedly the inside track. In the sixth district the present incum- bent, S. B. Alexander, ts said to stand a strong chance of defeat. This is the shoc- string district, and many Influences are a) work. It is the belief that the old “two- term limit” will be successfully used against Alexander and that he will thus be laid aside. John 8. Lockhart and John D. Bel- lamy are now certainly in the lead, and the friends of the latter are extremely sen- guine. Al-Day Primaries. In ‘some of the eastern counties a new plan of holding the primaries has just been adopted. The practice has been by the democrats to have mass meetings at the various precincts and selcct delegates at these. Now there will be a regular primary election, at which all day will be allowed for the depositing of ballots, and there will be poll holders. In the city of Wilmington this new plan is also adopted. It is a com- plete innovation there. ->— TO WED HIS STEPMOTHER. The Cartous Sequel of a Western Young Man‘s Love. Speclal Correspondence of The Evening Star. EMPORIA, Kan., July 16, 184. When Malcomb Stout appeared before Probate Judge Peyton today for a Keense to wed Mrs. Malcomb Stout that venerable official peered over his glasses apparently dazed at the similarity of the names. Upon being questioned young Stout admitted that he desired to marry his stepmother. Judge Peyton declined to tssue a license, because the laws of Kansas prohibit such marriages. Stout went out of the office with a sad heart and started for the home of his boy- hood twelve miles south of this place. Seventeen years ago Malcomb Stout, sr., his wife and only child, Malcomb, settied on a farm twelve miles south in Lyon county. The family came from Pennsylva- nia. The family was prosperous and Mr. Stout coun became a well-to-do farmer. In 1888 young Stout formed a strong at- tachment for Miss Mary Sigsby, a very worthy young woman, who made her home, as a servant, with the family of a neigh- boring farmer. A year later an eagagement of marriage was effected and the day was set for the wedding. When Mrs. Stout was told of this she objected to her son mwarry- ing a servant girl and set about to break the engagement. This she accomplished, and in the spring of 1890 young Stout de- cided to leave the country to get away He went to Okla- homa, but never let his parents know of his whereabouts. In the following August his mother died. This information he received through the local paper, which he sub- seribed for in another name, but he «lid nut attend her funeral. This was all the information he had re- ceived from his old home until two weeks ago, when he read in the local paper that bis father was dead. Supoosing that he was the only heir to his estate he arranged for a trip to the olf home to take charge of the property. Imagine hix surprise when h> reached the old farm to find bis old hive in possession. He couii not believe her when she told him she was his stepmother, that two years ago she aad married hi father and was now in possession of his estate. It did not take long for the old flame to kindle, and accorlingly a re-en- gagement took place and the day was set for the marriage. Young Stout came to Emporia, as stated, for the license, which was refused, but the resolute couple are not to be outwitted. They are now offering the farm and other property for sale and will go to Oklahoma, where the laws will permit them to marry. A great deal of indignation was c' in the neighborhood when it was asc ed that the couple contemplated marriage, and it was not until after ihe people had decreed against such course that the de- cision was reached by the couple to leave the country and go to Oklahoma. The marriage of Mr. Stout, sr. to Miss Sigsby came about in a peculiar way. Old man Stout always favored the marriage of his son to the young woman and was very much put out when he left the country. He would occasionally visit the girl and talk about the boy. Finally ‘he girl lost her position in the family with whom she made her home and told Mr. Stout that she | was going back to Indiana, where her pe ple lived. Stout told her she could come to his house and make it her heme. said that would not be prop was that Stout saying: “I will make you my wife, and you shall share with me all i ve. proffer was accepted and Mary Size came Mrs. Malcomb Stout,. sr. a few short weeks she will Maicomb Stout, jr. I 2 | has been holsted on the San Francisco, anf few for Lim. marriage to her, | # THE NEW YORK NAVY YARD Problem of Keeping the Bottoms Clean --A Probable Increase in the ber of Enlisted Men. Cotveapondence of The Evening Star. NAVY YARD, NEW YORK, . July 16, 1894. The work in all departments here is agaim in progress, about eight hundred men hav- ing been out for a week on account of ths failure of Congress to pass the neve! an- Propriation bill and thus provid> for their pay. The fag of Rear Admiral Stanton is to be the flag Atlantic station, of the North called “the ‘al Stanton'’s nmander is well known, r has been an unfortunate one he wes recelled from the con Pi command n it was ur }u wiruciurs. 2 s paints have been trie, with success, but so far nothing hus been that satiefies the ccuduions. In several cases where ships have been kept for long periods in (ropical waters the bottoms have been cleaned uy divers, but this is slow and tedious, while as danger of scraping of the paifit varnacles, thus leaving the iron eare to action of the salt waier, The problem is aard one end must soon be met by est: foreign naval siations or a change the construction of the vessels.) ~~" Clecinnati and Maine. The Cincinnati is nearly completed, all ber guns being mounted except some of the small ones in the secondary battery. Her officers say she ts a model ship and all are Well pleased, except the Jentfor fic, who have the usual compluiat to make of wery cramp=d, small quarters for them. The, cruiser will soon be ready for her trial trips, which are anxiously awaited by inter- «sted naval officers, who wish to compare the results of this ship, built entirely im the severnment shops, with the other vessels, built by private contractors. The hard times im business and manufacturing circles bring. daily a crowd of applicants to the yard who wish to enlist, tut only those having first-class or Led the artisan class are enlisted, as ser- vice is nearly full up to the kL The first-class ermored zilian ship Aquidaban, which was Whitehead torpedo im the late revolution Brazil, is almost a counterpart. Those to noticing the small space between decks: most ships, where a tall man bumps head on the beams-above, will find a change berth deck is nearly nine feet, thus giving tall men a chance to stand upright. in charge of work on the Maine say that she will go into commission in three months, but it may be some time after that even be- oo her trials and ts ready for ser-* ice. Ealisted Men i Be Needed. After all the vessels now building are completed it is generally thought that the present naval force will mot be large enough to man them, and in order to keep them all in commission it will be necessary to increase the navy. As our ships, as a rule, carry more officers than the foreign ships of their class, it is not claimed that any increase of officers wilt be ~ but the force of er listed men will be in- sufficient. In cas? ng such increase is made, it will be nec ry to keep some of the vessels out of commission, tied up to the navy yard docks, ready for service in any emergency. But as these emergencies are constantly arising at all times, there will be a strong plea for a naval increase. The work on the gunbcats Castine and Machias is nearly completed, and they will soon be put in commission, and probably sent te the China station, where ships of light draught are needed for service in river work. Their . which proved faulty, and resulte? in requiring a length- entrg of fourteen feet in the veasels, have been a costly t to the govern- ment and will hardly be repeated. ‘The New York naval™reserves, who are using. the old ship New as an armory and training ship, will soon have a week of practical drills in modern vessels. The cruisers New York and San Francisco will be used for this service. The reserves are an enthusiastic lot of fellows, and de- vote much of their time to drills, which are in many ways more erduous and less showy than the infantry drilis of the land militia. The off i knowledge adds greatly to the efficiency of thelr service. Their week of practical drills aboard ship includes all the duties of satiors, gunnery practice, boat and sail drill, and even scrubbing the decks, and to the officers in the regular service It seems strange that the reserves, who are mostly men of good financial and social position, should will- ingly do the hard duties of common saii- ors; but their enthusiasm and the novelty of the duty carries them through. makes their “week before the mast” pleasant memcry. The New York will come to this yaré next week to be docked, cleaned and re- painted and have some minor repairs made, after which she will go out again, “as as new.” . The trial of machine guns at the Wash- ington navy yard was resumed yesterday under the auspices of the naval board of ordnance. ‘The Gatling gun, which had been granted a new trial because of unsatisfactory re- sults, caused by bad ammunition, was put | upon the stand and the program gone over | again, with far better results. The trial | today was marked for its lack of mustires | and jams, and Col. Prince, the representa- tive of the Gatling people, statel he was very well please] with the results today. At noon the board finished with the Gat- ling gun, and commenced the examination of the mechanism of the Robertson gun, the Invention of a Treasury Department employe. Part of the ammunition intended to be used in the new trial of the Accles jgun hes arrived, b trial will be held is not yet fully After | the test of the Roberts: re- | main but on © typ ine gun | to be tested, v: e § It is the in- vention of Count Skoda tria, and is @ f eohanism. will not com. 2 count of new trials the Miners’ . for whom che S$ surrendered. He te th leading