Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1894, Page 6

THE NATIONAL GUARD Great Interest Taken in the Matter of Competitive Drills. THREE CONTESTS NOW IN PROSPECT One Under the Auspices of the Corcoran Cadets. ——+—__ OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST ai The competitive drill fever has taken a firm hold upon the District of Columbia Na- tioral Guard, and the neighboring state of Virginia has not escaped the clutches of the contagion. Since the announcement of the Success of the National Fencibles and the Emn:et Guard at the interstate drill and en- campment held at Little Rock, Ark., from July 2 to July § last, the majority of the members of Gen. Ordway's brigade have been wrought up to a high pitch thereby. Drili has been the principal topic of con- Yersation at the various armories, and the Corcoran Cadet Corps, Morton Cadets, Ord- way Rifles, Campbell Light Infantry, Co- Iumbian Zouaves and light battery, in ad- dition to the Fencibles and the Emmets, have announced their intention of attending and participating in the next interstate competition. Enthusiasm has been unlim- ited, and the talk has been the means of greatly increasing the membership of sev- eral of the organizations referred to. A Trio of Competitive Drills. During the past week interest in the visit of the local riflemen to Sea Girt, N. J., has been divided with conjecture in regard to @ trio of competitive drills proposed to be held in this vicinity within the next two menths. It was thought for some weeks that the Fencibles would jaunt to St. Louis ip October for the purpose of bringing back to Washington and the Fencible treasury a prize of several thousands of dollars, of- fered in a drill to be held under the aus- pices of the St. Louis Fair Association. It has been almost impossible, however, to secure any information in regard to the event, and the trip has been abandoned. But three drills are a certainty—one in this city, one at Alexander island, just across the Potomac river, and one in Richmond, all booked to occur within three weeks of September 20 next. The local drill is undoubtedly of most in- terest to the District guardsmen, and ihe fea is a nove! cne. It is being arranged and will be held under the auspices of com- pany A. second buttalion, the popular Cor- coran Catet Corps. The National Base Ball Park, at the head of 7th street, is to be the scene of the friendly conflicts, and the time selected is early in October. There will be a drill for infantry companies, each company to consist of one captain, two Neutenants, five sergeants and thirty-two men in line, comprising four sets of fours double rank. The first prize will a han some silver trophy, valued at $100, while the se-ond best organization will be re- warded with a handsome ‘alued at $#. A diamond meda Sw, will become the property of the winner of an in- dividual drill. in the way of athletic contests, a quarter- mile run, for National Guardsmen only, equipped in I eavy marching order, has been arranged. The prize is a gold medal. Then there will be cutting at heads, open to any member of the cavalry or artillery, the rider to furnish his own horse. Prize, gold medal. A bicycle obstacle race, open only to members of the D. C. N. G. Bicycle Corps, equipped in heavy marching order, for a gold medal or a bicycle suit, winds up the list of events. The Local Regulations. ‘The drill and contests are open to any National Guard company in the states of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia. The drill will be in strict ac- cordance with the United States drill reg- ulations, and the judges are to be offigers of the United States army, selected by Gen. Ordway. They will prepare all drill pro- grams. In all events there must be two or more entries, or no prize. If there should be two or more companies enter the in- fantry drill which have heretofore won rizes there will be two distinct programs— terstate and maiden—but this will not prevent any maiden companies from ent-y to both drills. The interstate program will be given to the captains thirty minutes be- fore the drill of their companies; the pro- gram for the maiden drill will be given ten Gays in advance. Should there be only one class of entries, the program will be given out five days in advance. Members of companies will not be permit- ted to witness the drills of other compa. nies prior to their own, in their class. The program will be such as to allow each com- pany thirty minutes’ credit given for time saved. There will be no inspections. The committee in charge of the affair comprises Capt. E. C. Edwards, chairman; Corp. F. E. Gibson, treasurer; Private Jeseph Gunnell, secretary, and Lieut. C. A. Meyer, Sergt. L. Prosise, Sergt. W. FE. Thompson and Sergt. C. W. Matthews. These gentlemen will cheerfully furnish any information that may be desired. At Alexander Isla ‘The Grange Camp Association of North- ern Virginia, which will hold a grange camp exposition and agricultural fair at Alexander Island, September 10 to 22, in- clusive, announces two grand military drills to be held on the fair grounds, September 20 and 21. The War Department, so says the association, has designated Capt. Jas. M. Bell, seventh cavalry; Lieut. M. F. Steele, eighth cavalry, and Lieut. Alex. J. Perry, ninth cavalry, to act as judges. The first day the 4rill will be open to Vir- ginia troops only, when the first prize will be $100 and the second prize $150. The second day, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- ginia and the District of Columbia troops are eligible to entry for a purse of $300. Should the latter prize be won by either of the Virginia companies successful in the first drill the purse will be divided, sful company receiving $100 and the second and third companies a similar amount. The rules under which the drill will be held as to organization, equipment, ete., will be as concained in tne drill regu: lations, U.S. A., 1801. Although nothing definite is known con- cerning the Richmond drill, it is understood that it will occur early in October, in con- Junction with an agricultural fair, and that the first prize will be $300. ‘The possibility of winning three prizes, al- mest at the same time, makes it worth the while of any company to go into active training, and even the champion National Fencibles are sertously considering the ad- visability of entering the competitions. The Morton Cadets are wide awake and wiil hold a meeting on Monday evening to discuss the situation, while Capt. Edwards has notified the members of the Corcoran Cadet Corps that he will select his drill team on Tvesday evening. At least half a dozen companie including the Emmet re expected to fall in line and ry and cash on the drill fields. iasm and liveliness now appar- ent in District National Guard circles has seldom been more noticeable. The Next Interstate Drill. In regard to the next interstate and encampraent, both Indianapolis and Mem- phis have been mentioned as probable loca- Zions. Capt. Kyle of the famous Chickasaw Guards of Memphis, in a communication to ‘The Star, says: “IT cannot, as yet. give you anything defi- nite in regard to the drill being held here. It is usuai with our commercial bodies to give some sort of a ‘crowd gatherer’ in the spring or summer of every year. This u: ly takes fort the local military to make the en- tertainment for the coming year an inter- state drill and encampment. but no steps have, as yet, been taken, ‘taik’ only having been indulged in.” Capt. Curtis of the Indianapolis Light Ar- tillery 1s authority for the statement that 'f no other city arranges fo: the drill an effort will be made to hoid it in Indtanapo- Capt. C. S. Domer has issued an order yf all National Guardsmen who are to | e part in the spectacle of “War and Peane” to report at the Center Market Armory at 12:30 o'clock on Monday. —____o——____ Harold M. Sewall, who was cor sul general to Samoa under President Cleveland's first ¥dministration, has gone over to the repub- nm party. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1894—EIGHTEEN PAGES. LIVES LOST BY FLOOD/FAR WEST POLITICS A Hundred Persons Drowned by a Cloud- burst. Death Came Without Warning—Dam- age Over a Million Dollars— Tracks Washed Away. About 100 lives have been lost by floods throughout southwestern Texas and north- ern Mexico. Towns are submerged and bridges and tracks have been carried away. When full reports are received, it is believed many more deaths will be recorded. At Uvalde the Leona tiver, swollen to a raging torrent by recent rains, rushed, with- out a moment's warning, down upon the town, submerging and wrecking many houses and drowning a number of people. In that arid section such destruction by the elements has never before been chronicled. In the excitement of the day it is not defi- nitely known how many have been drowned. Among the bodies that have been identified are: Mrs. Joseph Hatch, Miss Mattie Ed- wards, child of Mr. Maley, and two Mex- icans, It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when the flood came. The weather had been threatening ani there were ominous clouds to the north and east of the town. The atmosphere had been close during the evening and predictions of a storm were freely made. Just as the storm broke over the city a torrent of water rushed down the Leona river, overflowing the banks of that stream and flooding the lowlends on either side to a depth of several feet. The east side of the city 1s built on low land and was directly in the path of this water. Panic in the Darkness, All the houses in that part of the town were submerged, and in the darkness and throughout the downpour of rain could be heard the cries of distress from the ill- fated inhabitants in their wild efforts to save themselves and those of their families and loved ones. There were a number of miraculous escapes, and the rescuers and the rescued performed many heroic acts. As soon as those in the higher part of the town were made aware of the flood the work of rescuing began and was carried out as rapidly as possible in the darkness of the night. Great apprehension is felt for the set- tlements along the river south of Uvalde, where from 75 to 100 families live. It is feared they have been destroyed. One Mexican family living on the ranch of Schwartz, five miles below town, Is sup- posed to have been lost, no vestige of the ranch being left. An Eacthquake Shock. An earthquake shock of some seconds was distinctly felt during the night. At one place about a quarter of a mile of heavy cracks appeared on each side of the Leona river, having apparently no bot- tom. A trackwalker of the Southern Pa- cific, after wading through water up to | his neck, with his lantern elevated above his head, succeeded in feeling his way far enough east to intercept a west-bound train and prevent its plunging into the raging river where the railroad bridge had been destroyed. Three families living below Uvalde are known to have been drowned. The names have not yet been learned. The city of Dhanis was flooded and two children there were drowned. An Enormous Loans, The loss to the Southern Pacific Com- pany is enormous, forty miles of track and many bridges having been washed away. Over 100 carloads of material and 300 labor- ers left San Antonio for the scene of the wreckage last evening. The damage to the Southern Pacific extends eastward seventy-five miles from Uvalde. A rough estimate of the loss to property in gencral and the railroad company will, as far as known, reach $1,500,000. The Rio Grande is higher than for five years. The storm extended into Mexico, and sev- eral miles of track of the Mexican Inter- national and the Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroads are washed out. The cities jp oetno oa bor three children were will require several days t Pair the damage to railroads, abe — A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Sacred Concert Tomorrow Night and the “War and Peace” Spectacle Monday. Tomorrow afternoon Innes’ famous band from New York will arrive in Washington in time to prepare for the sacred concert te be given at Albaugh’s Theater tomorrow evening. Mr. Innes has taken special pains in eelecting his numbers for this occasion and the program is one of the best, from both a musical and popular standpoint, ever given in this city. Many requests have been forwarded to the Iccal managers ask- ing Mr. Innes to play a trombone solo on Surday evening, and any one acquainted with the popular leader knows that a re- quest is to him a demand. This was Gil- more’s secret of success, and Mr. Innes has shown that he appreciates the fact that tact as well as ability is necessary to make a director popular with the public. The soloists consist of four splendid vo- cal artists, headei by Miss Martha Garri- son Miner, a charming prima donna so- prano. She ts a beautiful young lady from Denver, which city has sent out many fa- nous vocalists. Her voice is a lyric so- prano, the dominant qualities of which are plrity, sweetness and flexibility. Her teacher was Mme. Lablache of New York, the great pupil of Rossini, so that the pure Italian method she uses will be a study for all students. She has attracted a great deal of attention and praise by her singing at St. Mark’s Church in New York, and | now that she has started upon a profession- al concert career, those who know of the unusually fine quality of her voice predict a meteoric success. The others of the vocal qvartet are Miss Louise Engel, the rich contralto who supported Patt! on her last tour; Mr. C. C. Ferguson, a popular New ¥crk baritone, and Mr. Bowman Ralston, a robust basso from the Carl Rosa Opera Company in England. The vocal portion of the festival is thus an assured feature of rarest merit. On Monday (Labor day) the great milt- tary and musical spectacle, “War and Peace,” will be given at the National Base Ball Park, 7th and Boundary, both after- noon and evening, under the auspices of Columbia Typographical Union, with the immense chorus which Mr. N. DuShane Cloward has organized especially for the oc- casion. Gen, Ordway has expressed himself as delighted with the possibilities of the “spectacle,” and has issued instructions al- lewing the members of the National Guard to participate; also giving them permission to carry arms Capt. Domer has been se- lected as officer in charge of the militia, and the entire handling of the forces, including militia, G.A.R. posts and confederate forces, will be in his charge. The committee feel quite enthustastic about the question of militia particularfy, and with having se- cured Capt. Domer's co-operation. W. A. Domer will have charge of the Dixte male chorus, and B. D. Tracy wM lead the G. A. R. choir. The mixed chorus of 400 votces will be led by Mr. Innes, and Mr. Cloward will take charge of the entire field as stage manager. ‘The matinee performance of “War and Peace” will start at 2:30 o’clock, the even- ing at 8 o'clock. A short program, varied in character. will be given at each perform- ance while the spectacle is being prepared. gion IN MEN'S ATTIRE. A Former Belle of Leavenworth Ac- cused of Horse Steall: Deputy marshals from the Osage country have brought to Guthrie, O. T., and lodged tn jail a good-looking girl, dressed in man's attire. They Fad arrested her on the charge of horse stealing. There was something mysterious about the girl, who refused ab- solutely to talk of herself, and the officers began an investigation. They found that she has been for two years a leader of the most daring band of horse thieves in the territory, and has long baffled the officers who haé long been on the track of a supposed woman. She has, unaided, made way with several score of valuable animals. She is Mary Hopkins, the daughter of a well-to-do Kareas farmer, and at one time was the belle in Leavenworth soctety. She left her home to become an outhw be se her parents opposed her marriage to the mar! of her choice. An Interesting Struggle in Wash- ington Likely. CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE AND SENATE Democrats Have Little Hope, but Will Nominate. THE SILVER QUESTION Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. SEATTLE, Wash., August 23, 1894. The state of Washington will be the scene of an interesting political struggie this year. At the election in November there will be elected two Representatives in Congress, two supreme court judges and a legislature, which will elect a Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the last legislature to elect a successor to J. B, Allen. The members of Congress are elected at large, so the whole state votes upon both. Geographically the state is divided by the Cascade range of mountains into eastern end western Washington. A member of Congress and a Senator is con- ceded to each section. Before the state was entitled to two Representatives, one Senator and the Representative came from the eastern portion of the state, but the western portion made up for this by having the governor and numerous other officers. The most populous section of the state is in the west along Puget sound, but there is an immense country east of the mountains and it has always sought and obtained rec- cognition. Democrats Have Little Hope. Between the parties the strength has al- ways been with the republicans, and it is believed now that whoever they nominate will win. The democrats have not much hope of success. They will, of course, nom- inate a ticket and make a fight, more for the purpose of keeping up their organiza- tien than with any hope of succe: The fight must be between the republicans and the populists. The latter are making quite a showing, and will make an effort to carry some of the offices. It is possible that there will be fusion between the democrats and populists, but the policy of President Cleve- Jand has not made fusion easy. The elec- tion in Oregon in June, when the populists were so overwhelmingly defeated, has dis- couraged somewhat the pretensions of the third party, but they seem determined to make the contest. They have already made their nomirations, but their men are not such as to awaken any great confidence among the people. The tariff bill of the democratic Congress has served to strengthen the republicans, because a great many of the chief products of Washington, notably wool and lumber, haye gone on the free list. The Senutor! ntent. Probably the most interesting phase of the political contest in this state is that for the vacant senatorial seat. John L. Wilson, now Representative in the House, and who has served in that capacity ever since the state was admitted, his announced that he is not a candidate for the Housé, but is a cur didate for the Senate. Mr. Wilson's chief rival in the eastern part of the state is Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla, the heme of Senator Allen when he was in the Senate. Allen is an unknown quantity. He has been practicing law since he retired from the Senate in Seattie, but it it claimed that he holds his residence in Walla Walla and wouil have it there for all political purposes if the cat should show @ disposition to jump his way. Ankeny is @ very rich man. He has never taken any particular interest in politics and he would not now be in the race if it were not for the fact that the bitter enemles of ex-Senator Allen are pushing him in order to prevent members of the legislature from that sec- tion of the state being chosen who might in any long contest be in favor of the old Sen- ator. Even this would not have brought Ankeny in the fight if it were not for the ambitions of his wife, who desires very much to enter the official swim and enjoy the gayety of national capital life. She is a@ daughter of ex-Senator Nesmith, who represented the webfoot state In the United States Senate many years ago. For Congressional Nominations. Wilson being out of the race for the low- er house, there are a number of candidates springing up, and, what is more serious for Wilson's senatorial aspirations, they are nearly all from Spokane. One of the most prominent of these ts Samuel C. Hyde, whd has been a candidate for Wilson's place before. The men from outside Spo- kane who are candidates for the Senate will try and send the eastern Washington nomination for the House to that cit: either to Wilson or to Hyde, Attorney Gen. eral Jones or some other man, as they will feel that the remainder of that section east of the mountains would never consent to have both the Representative and the Sen- atorship come from Spokane. If Wilson makes the fight in his own county against a man who is a candidate for Congress from that county he incurs the enmity of a great many people and he gives his enemies at home the opportunity they want to put a quietus on his senatorial hopes. As Wil- son says himself, there is an effort to put him in the “‘nine hole.” Judge George Turner, who was once a member of Congress from Alabama. is a candidate for the Senate. He lives at Spo- kane and Wilson had to beat him once for the House. In the western part of the state there fs no opposition to W. H. Doolittle of Tacoma, who will be renominated to succeed himself. He has made a good member, and his peo- ple like him. The fact that he comes from ‘Tacoma prevents that city from putting forth a senatorial candidate, but two years from now he will find himself similarly situated to Wilson this year. If he lets go one plaee for the larger he may lose both. Democratic Aspirants, While the democrats have not much hope of winning anything in the elections, there are plenty of men willing to make the race. George Hazzard of Tacoma, who has won more or leks local reputation, and who has been known to send effusive telegrams to the President, is a candidate. James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle is also a candidate, providing he could effect a fusion with the populists. Hugh C. Wallace of Tacoma, a son-in-law of Chief Justice Fuller, is mentioned. It is also said that he is for fusion. These are candidates for the western congressional nomination. In eastern Washington the crop Is even larger. Chas. 8. Voorhees, a son of Senator Voorhees, and who was a delegate in Congress for two terms before the state was admitted, 1s mentioned. He is from Spokane, as is also J. J. Browne, who has been one of the fortunate men of that city. He went there with nothing except pluck and {is now a millionaire. C. H. Warner of Whitman, H.J. Snively of Yakima and B. L. Sharpstein of Walla Walla are also possi- bilities. The Republican Convention. ‘The chief interest in the coming fight now centers in the republican. convention, which will be held at Spokane on the 19th of Sep- tember. The three counties having the largest delegations are King, with elghty- four; Plerce, with fifty; Spokane with forty- three. The cities of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane respectively are situated in these large counties. oo Lucania Makes a New Record. The Cunard lin r Lucania, which salled from Queenstown at 12:45 p. m. August 26, passed in at Sandy Hook at 5:18 yesterday afternoon. She has therefore lowered the record of the steamer Campania, of five days, nine hours and twenty-nine minutes, by forty minutes. The best previous west- ern recorl of the Lucania was five days, twelve hours and forty-seven minutes, which was held as the record until August 17 last, when the Campania made the run in five days, nine hours and twenty-nine minutes. Representative Conn Declines. Representative G. G. Conn has formally declined the nomination recently tendered him to Congfess Py the democrats of the thirteéhth Indiana district. ROMANCE IN POLITICS The Friendship of eed of Maine and Mor- rill of Kansas. How It Originated When the Ex- Speaker Was a School Teacher— The Kansas Campaign. Correspondence of The Evening Star. LARNED, Kan., August 28, 1894. Romances are not infrequent in politics, though there are a great many people, doubtless, who think that romances are only woven around two people, one of whom must always be a woman. The heroes of romances are usually young and handsome, too; but Kansas has unearthed one in which two middle-aged men are the principal figures, and there is no “woman in the case,” though both actors have served iany terms in Congress. It must have been about the time that the century was making Its first lap on the second half that the horoscope of two lives ran together in the little town of West- brooke, in Maine. These two lives were em- bodied in two young men destined to Le- come great-in the councils of the nation. One, the cider boy by et least four years, was Edmund 'T. Morrill, the republican nominee for governor of Kansas, and the other was ‘Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine. Mr. Morrill was then about twenty-two years of wge and Mr. Reed was eighteen. Mr. Morrill was elected supervisor cf schools of the town of Westbrooke, ani It came about that Mr. Reed, thea a youth of eighteen—and rather an ungainly one, if the truth were told—wanted to teach the school. One of the very first duties of the new su- pervisor Was to examine Mr. Reed for school, and the youth passed the ordeal with honors. Mr. Reed was not then well off in chis world’s goods, and hoped to help himself through college by teaching. He was a strict disciplinarian, and th2 school was a hard one, testing his powers to the limit. He finally got into trouble over en- forcement of his rules, and it became neces- sary to “investigate” him. ‘The matter was put into the hands of Superintendent Mer- rill, and he acquitted Mr, Reed after a fair and full investigation of the charges. A Meeting in Congress. Years rolled by, ani the two men, rep- arated in early manhood, met again in the halls of the nation’s Capitol—Mr. Morrill as a Congressman from Kansas and Mr. Reed as a Congressman from Maine. The friend- ship of those early years \.as renewed, and the ties between the two men moi strongly cemented than ever. In the Fift as first @ongress, wher Mr, Reed entered the akership, Mr. Morrill was ppotter. In return, Mr. Reed gave to the man who iad twice helped him a step higher on the road to fame one of the best chairmanships in the gift of the H. —that of the committee on in lid pensions. This was vi Mr. Morrill. He had be. during the war of the rm cause of the soldier was very near heart. He framed and C 3 crystalized into a law the invalid pension bill which today bears his name, which brought him undyt was the close p Reed and stood b: Morr Speaker | him in all the stormy | times of the Fifty-tirst Congress, a him by his counsel and by helping to stiffen the backbone of weaklings. Reed to Hel rin. Chapter third of the ice has just | opened, Congressman Morrill declined re- election to the Fifty-second Congress, and returned to his home In Kansas to enter busiress. He has often been urged to stand for governor of the state, but has always declined. A year ago he decided to accept | the nomination if tendered him, and in June | he w made the standard arer of the state by the republicans. Kansas, as is well known, is debatable ground, and the biggest batteries at the command of the candidates will be brought into play to help them through the fight. Maj. Morrill has about the biggest in the United States at the present time, and that €x- Speaker Reed, a prospective President. Mr. Reed, true to the friend of his struggling youth, has consented to make a number of speeches in the state, wherever | Maj. Morrill thinks he can do the most | good. Mr. Reed will receive a hearty wel come in Kansas. There are a few republi- cans who do not quite like his ultra views on the silver question, but they admire the splendid courage of the man, who has so nobly for reform in legislative methods Congres: and who, against long odds, forced the men who had most reviled him to adopt his own ideas and institute the re- form suggested by him. The Coyotes’ Singing Ct The republicans feel that they have a good ticket this year, and as there will be no occasion to go around defending the characters of any of their candidates they | can pay strict attention to the issues of the | campeign, and make the fight on the merits | of the party, and an exposition of its qual- | | ifications for supreme control of the state again. One of the candidates bids fair to be as widely famed as fiddling Bob Taylor of Tennessee, who carried himself into Con- gress, and then into the governorship of | his state, by means of his ability to tell a | good story and draw his bow over heart strings as well as fiddle strings. The nom- inee for secretary of state on the republican ticket {s “Billy” Edwards of Pawnee coun- ty. He is known as one of the “Pawnees,” the name of the powerful tribe of Indians which once dominated Kansas, and who made their last stand and went to death on a point of hilly land half a dozen miles from Mr. Edwards’ present home, in the southwestern part of the state. Mr. Ed- wards is a handsome, broad-shouldered fel- low, who was born and educated in Penn- | sylvania, and who came to Kansas in the early seventies to broaden with the country. He had just a dollar in his pocket when he landed in Pawnee county, and the s day after his arrival he began busin contracting to dig a well for a farmer. He was a day laborer for some time, and when | he could get nothing else to do he went back to that. He has been for some years now one of the moneyed men of the state, and no man would think of suggesting that he made a dollar of it other than honestly and by fair means. Everbody likes him, and the enemies that he has are political ones, for partisan pur- poses only. He is a stalwart republican, of course. But, though a man of fine edu tion, Billy never tries to make a speech. He knows that he ould not make a suc- | cess of it, and the r on why he has suc- ceeded is because he has made it a rule of nis life never to do anything that he could not excé@l in. He can sing, however. He has four brothers, all of them fine singers, and in the early days of the county the Edwards boys, in conjunction with about a dozen others, formed a singing club called the “"C at " They composed, or adapted, thelr own songs, both words’ and music. and they were in demand from August to July again to sing at political gatherings and reunions, and as a campaign adjunct there has never been anything like them in the state, excepting the Modocs of Topel Other members have come and gone, but “Billy” is still one of the Coyotes, and at the state convention in June they made as much nolse as they did when the news came to Kansas that Garfield was elected. Edwards’ Effective Singing. In 188) Mr. Edwards was nominated for the legislature, and the only part that he undertook to take in the campaign was to sing. “I have sense enough to know that oratory is not my forte,” he said. “I un- derstand the issues as well as any man, but there are others who can make them plainer than I can. I will sing my way in- to the hearts of the people.” And he did. The words of the campaign songs were written by the members of the club-Co: otes—and always had a chorus. Mr. | wards, who has a clear, vibrant tenor voice, would sing the verses and the club would come in bravely on the chorus. If an en- core was demanded it was understood that | Mr. Edwards would respond with some bal- | lad or sentimental song that he knew would | touch his hearers. It was an immense suc- cess. ——— Admiration for The Star's Work. Editor Eugene Haskins of the Pythian | American Magazine, published at Cadillac, | Mich., called at the headquarters of The | Star in Camp George Washington yester- day. He expressed his admiration for the editions which The Star is getting out. He thinks that this encampment is receiving more attention from the Washington press than has ever been bestowed before by the press of any other cit¥. | cloud of anu-slavery sentiment which long | had brooded [sprang like a terrific thunderbolt whose | lurid glare illuminated the continent with its devastating flame, and whose reverbera- | terrors for your poor, old, unworthy broth- FOUGHT FORFREEDOM |t480R DAY PARADE|A NEW HOLIDAY Recalling the Struggles of Kansas Pioneers. ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF OSAWATOMIE Part Taken in the Fight by the Browns. THE 88TH ANNIVERSARY Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. OSAWATOMIE, Kan., August 30, 1804. This is hallowed ground. Thirty-eight years ago today, upon this spot, occurred the most tragic event in the early struggles of the pioneers who fought for free govern- meat and free Kansas. The battle of Osa- watomie, with old John Brown, the hero of Harper's Ferry, as the central figure on one side, and the leaders of the Missouri guerrillas on the other, was fought here only as brave, heroic and determined men can fight. On each recurring 30th day of August the surviving pioneers of the great struggles for free state government meet and commem- orate the deeds of courage and valor of those who fell here thirty-eight years ago in defense of the liberty which John Brown advocated, and for which he died upon the gallows. Today these old grizzled pioneers, with their children and grandchildren, sat beneath the shade of the stately elm and oak that fringe the beautiful Marias des Cygnes, and in speech and song honored the memory of those who gave up their lives thirty-eight years ago. It is said by his biographer that cne of the chief glories 'n the life of old Joha Brown was his leadership and most active participation in the battle of Osawatomle. sacked the town they leisurely returned to the sacred soil of Missouri unmolested. The Battle Monument. It is not strange that today the survivors of those awful times and terrible scenes, with their friends and families, should gather about the monument erected to the memory of John Brown and his faithful little band of free-soilers and do them hom- age. The monument, which is of plain white marble, is not more than twelve feet high. It cost about $400, the money being contributed by the old pioneers of *this vi- cinity. There are inscriptions on the four sides, On the north the following lines tell In commemoration of the hero- ism of CAPT. JOHN BROW Who commanded at the battle of Osawatomie, August 30, 1856 : Who died and conquered on the : scaffold at Charleston, Virginia, : December 2, 18 On the south side are these line: DAVID GARRISON, Born December 14, 1826. GEORGE W. PARTRIL Born December Isz THERON PARKER POWERS, Born October 1, 1832. CHARLEY KEISER, The west side of the slab bears this in- scription FREDERICK BROWN, Born December 1, 1820, In commemoration of these who, on the 30th of August, 1856, gave up their lives at the bat- tle of Osawatomie In : Defense of Freedom. Eighteen y Was unveiled. 0 today this monument A great concourse of people Witnessed the ceremonies. Ex-Gov. Charles Robinson, the old commoner and first: ex- ecutive of Kansas, presided at the meeting, nd John J. Ingalls delivered the principal ation, Among his brilliant remarks were following word: “Out of the portentous and menacing ith sullen discontent, a bale- ful meteor above the north, John Brown, mong the splintered crags of Har- s Ferry were repeated on a thousand battlefields, from Gettysburg to the gulf?’ Another sentence from the ex-Senator’s address is here quoted: “In any age or country, or under any system, where abuses existed which needed correction, John Brown would have been a reformer in politics and a Puritan in re- ligion. He would have gone with Huss to the stake or with Sidney to the scaffold.” ‘These words from the brilliant statesman moved many of the old pioneers to tears elghteen years ago, but the display of grief then was no greater than today, when a re- markable letter written by the old hero was | read by an old pioneer, who remembers well the trials and hardships he endured. It was the letter written by John Brown to his sister from the jail in Charleston, Va., on the Sabbath before he S executed, and bears date of November 1s It shows him to be brave and courageous to the last. When he knew that he soon must pay the penalty, he wrote: “Oh, my friends, can you deem it possible that that scaffold has no er? I thank God, through Jesus Christ, my Lord, it is even so. I am now shedding tears, but they are not tears of grief and sorrow; I trust I am nearly done with those. Iam weeping with joy and gratitude I can in no other way express. * * © Tam waiting cheerfully the days of my appointed time, fully believing that for me now to die | will be to me of infinite gain and of untold benefit to the cause we love. The pen portrait of John Brown as paint- ed by the eloquent Ingalls eighteen years ago is no more interesting than the picture drawn by Mary E. Lease today, as she | dwells upon the fruits of the old hero's warfare—the free Kansas of 18M. She said: “Nature has designed Kansas as debat- able ground. The soft south winds, flower laden, enervating, come stealing from the gulf, along our plains, and are met by the sturdy western winds that blow straight and strong from the battlements of God, the wondrous Rockies, and ever on our prairies they struggle for supremacy, typical of the warring forces of freedom and slav- ery, that have made Kansas the amphi- theater of human progress, and attracted to her the attention of the world. The im- mensity of space, the vast, illimitabie sweep of prairie, the winds that play acrogs the sndulating bosom of the plains, all, all, speak for freedom; her sacred fires burn in every heart, and like a furnace blast sweep through her borders. Let slavery in any form lift its hydra head, and Kansas speaks, and the world listens, for she never speaks in vain. Tribute From Frenchmen. Just prior to the Franco-German war a number of French republicans raised a sub- scription for the purpose of presenting the remnant of the John Brown family a suit- able medal, and on February 2, 1878, the following note was received by Governor George ‘I. Anthony, accompanied by the bronze duplicate of the medal: “PARIS, January 2, 1878. “To His Excellency, The Governor: Just before the recent Franco-German war a subscription oemmittee was organized of French republicans for the purpose of pre- senting to the widow of John Brown a golden medal commemorative of the me: ory of her husband, of his sons, and of his companions, who died victims to their di yotion to the cause of freeing the blacks. The sending of this medal, delayed by po- litical events, was effected on the 2ist of October, 1 It will doubtless be agree- able to you to receive a duplicate. of said medal in bronze, and we forward it to you with the suggestion that you cause it to be deposited in some museum in the state of Kansas. “Be pleased to accept, governor, the as- surance of our fraternal sentiments. “PATRICE LARROQUE, “Member of subscription club.” ‘This memento has been carefully pre- served and treasured by the people of Kansas in the State Historical Society. The Program of Formation Issued by Chief Marshal Hobbs. A Large Representation of Every Branch of Trade Expected to Be in the Line. The committee which has been at work preparing the preliminaries for the great Labor day parade has finished its labors. Mr. Millard F. Hobbs, chief marshal, has issued the following program for the for- mation of the parade and the order of march: The first division will form on Louisiana avenue, the right at Lincoln statue.. ‘The sccond division will form on 4th street, the right a few paces north of Indiana avenue. The third division will form on 34 street, the right at 3d and Indiana avenue, north side. The fourth division will form on 34 street, = right at 3d and Indiana avenue, south le, Line of march will be Indiana ayenue to 1st street, to Peace monument, Pennsyl- vania avenue to 32d street, and disband. Parade ts expected to move promptly at 9:45 a.m. The printers, bookbinders, electrical work- ers, plate printers and others will have handsome floats in line, representing their different trades. Chief marshal, Millard F. Hobbs. Wm. H. Stickeil and Theodore Perry, aids. First division—Building trades. Officers of the Federation of Labor and District Assembly, No. 66, Knights of Labor. Fourth Artillery Band. Bricklayers’ Unicn. Stonemasons’ Union. Marine Band. Plasterers’ Assembly, K. of L. Tinners’ Assembly, K. of L. Henderson's (Boys) Zouave Drum Corps. Plumbers’ Unton. Drum Corps. Granite Cutters’ Union. Painters’ Assem- bly, K. of L. Drum Corps. Stonecutters’ Union. Band. Carpenters’ Council. Carpenters’ Assem- bly, K. of L. Carpenters’ Unio 1. Carpenters’ Brotherhood, 190, Amalgamated Carpen- ters’ Union. Second division—Printing trades. Jas. J. Burke, Wm. E. Shields and W. N. Brockwell, assistant marshals, in charge. Mount Pleasant Band (boys). Public printer, Th, E. Benedict. Bookbinders’ Union. Pressmen’s Union, LT. v. Stereotypers’ Union. Knickts of Pythias Band. Typographical Union, No. 14 Pressmen’s Union, I. P. P. U. Third division—Miscellaneous trades. E. F. Pywell and Edwin M. Blake, assist- ant marshals, in charge. Section of Marine Band. Horseshoers’ Union. Band. Electrical Workers’ Union. Tailors’ Assem- bly. Plumbers’ Laborers’ Cnion. Excelsior Assembly, No. 2572. Band, Eccentric Eagineers’ Assembly. Tailors’ Union. Band. Plate Printers. Machinists’ Union. Kit Carson Post Drum Corps. Cigarmakers’ Union. Carriagemakers’ As- sembly. Band. Bakers’ Assembly. Bakers’ Union. Fourth division—Carriages. John Fallon, assistant marshal, in charge. Ladies’ Progressive Assembly, K. of L. Marine Engineers’ Beaeticial Associa- tion. Members of Bricklayers’ Unton. Members of Carpenters’ Union. A letter has been received from Represen- tative McGann, regretting his inability to review the parade, as he had been invited to do, owing to the fact that he had al- ready accepted another invitation to deliver an address in Chicago on Labor day. Columbia Typographical Union, 101, ex- tends an invitation to all ex-printers in the city to join in the celebration of Labor day, on which occasicn the hand of fellowship will be heartily extended. The Commissioners today ordered that the 7th street cars and the 14th street cars where they enter 15th street be stopped while the parade is passing Monday. As the parade will occupy only the north side of Pennsylvania avenue it will be unneces- sary to stop the cable cars on the avenue. ——_— BACK TO ARIZON A. His Ban Their Old Home. Arrangements are being made at the War Department for the relief of that fa- mous old Indian Geronimo and his little band of warriors, who have been kept in captivity at Mount Vernon barracks, Ala for many years. At one time, not so very jong ago, Geronimo was the most dreaded of typ bad Indians of the west. His abode was in the mountains of Arizona aad New Mexico, and his frequent murders and at- tacks on the ¢ettlers created consternation among them for awhile, and all attempts to capture him seemed futile. Troops of cavalry chased him around Texas for months, and after tedious marching and a few skirmishes the old rascal was cap- tured, together with his small band of In- dians. The surretder is believed to have been finally effected after the army author- ities had promised that he would not: be hanged for his crimes. His capture and confinement, it is thought, will prevent his ever again making war on the whites. The prisoners have never been satisfied with their Alabama home. The climate did not agree with them, and many of them contracted pulmonary diseases. The War Department has long desired to trans- fer them to their original hunting grounds in the hope of restoring them to health, but was unable to do so in the absence of au- thority from Congress. A bill was passed at the last session of Congress, however, appropriating $15,000 for this purpose, a: steps have already been taken to tran: fer the Indians to thelr former homes in Arizona and New Mexico. Capt. Maus of Gen. Miles’ staff has been ordered to su- «l the transfer of the Indians to 11, Oklahoma, where they will be Geronimo | Kept a short time on probation. Only good conduct Indians and those who are in bad WHAT LABOR DAY REALLY MEANS oe Its First Observance and the Changes Since Thay ime. A LABOR LEADER'S VIEWS ——-—___ Monday is Labor day, and for the first time in its history will be observed as a national holiday, in aceordance with the provisions of an act pasesd by the Congress just adjourned. The purpose of the act ap- pears to have been to make the observance cf the day uniform throughout the country, and the labor organizations settled upon the first Monday in September as the day most acceptable to them as a date for the holiday, This is the date already chosen for Labor day by many of the states, though in Penn- ‘ylvania the first Saturday has been named 4s preferable. The act of Congress on this subject reads as follows: “That the first Monday in September of each year, being the day celebrated and known as labor's hol! , is hereby made legal public holiday:to all intentsand purpos- es, in the Same manner as Christmas,the Ist ~ day of January, the 224 day of February, the 30th day of May and the Fourth day of July are now made by law public holida: This act appears to be capable of several constructions, some claiming that it creates an additional holiday in those states where another date than this has been named by the legislature; but it is doubtful if Con- eress can annul state legislation to this ex- tent. The courts will probably be called upon to settle the disputed question. One thing, however, is certain: In the District of Columbia, where Congress has exclusive jurisdiction, the first Monday in September enceforth be recognized and cele! ed as labor's annual festival. en Origin of the Holiday. The origin of this annual holiday may be sald to date from the formation of the Knights of Labor in Philadelphia in 1868, Massachusetts, which was the first in per ypinces a state labor bureau of indus- trial statistics, and whose first statistician became the first ané only commissioner of the national department of labor, was the first state to name a legal holiday for her Sons of toll. Michigan and other states rapidly followed. O:ce the start was made but little effort was uired mg rey’ to keep the A Si len Discovery. It was finally discovered that the work. ers were worthy of respectful considera- tion, and press and pulpit at once besan a discussion of the demands of this vast army of citizens. From that time forward there has been substantial progress in the labor reform movement. The business community began to interest itself in the objects of labor organizations. The merchant soon learned that well-paid and contented work- ers meant good times and prompt pay for himself. The clergy readily discovered why it was that their church pews contained so few of the workingmen at the Sunday and midweek services,and the wise and thought- ful in both these classes began to interest themselves in a betterment of the condi- tions for the producers of wealth. The Knights of Labor and the American Fed- eration scattered broadcast over the coun- try millions of coples of their platforms,and on the issues there laid down the people Were asked to pass judgment. After this secend celebration of Labor day the great daily and weekly papers throughout the jand published there platforms, and thus brought their contents before the entire reading public of the nation. To say that the labor question has from that time been the foremost among public issues is but to state what is clready well known and gen- erally conceded. The discussion of all the great issues before Congress in recent years has hinged upen the supposed welfare of the masses. Whether the bill under con- sideration be that of tariff or finance, every health will get the benefit of the change. ‘The dangerous members of the tribe, in- cluding the big chief Geronimo himself, will probably be kept at Mount Vernon for some time to come. Atlantic City’s Season, Correspondence of The Evening Star, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 31, 1894, There is no doubt, judging from the out- going trains, and more particularly the well-filled baggage cars, that the busy season at Atlantic City is rapidly drawing to a close, but this fs as it always is at the latter part of August, it being necessary for the cottagers to go to their homes in time for the opening of echool, and when a few commence to leave others are drawn also. However, September will not be a dall month by any means here, as more houses will remain open later than ever be- for Already one hears coming from the hotels projects for the enlargement of their houses before the next busy season. From the municipal authorities come the rumors of various improvements, all of which will tend to make our resort the more popula: The principal topic we hear about the city is the paving of the streets of the entire city. The city council has this in view, and there is every reason to believe that it will come to pass. Then the proposed boulevard drive, from fifty to sixty feet in width, from the lower end of the city down the beach to Longport, is another idea in the future which may come to pass before the summer season of 1805, This is the season for the anglers and gunners to arrive, and as a vanguard of the prominent men who make Atlantic City their headquarters during the season ts United States Senator M. S. Quay of Penn- sylvania, who came in town Tuesday with his full fishing outfit, ready for the large drum which abounds in the neighboring waters. He is stopping at the Hotel Hoff- man. The usual dar.ces, euchre parties, tally-ho parties, sailing, crabbing, etc, have con- tributed their share to the amusements of the week, and the thousands still here have endeavored this week and will try* next week to do something especially noteworthy as a fitting wind-up to their sojourn at the al 80, therefore, life and bustle, social acti ind beach scenes will not cease for cerned dave at least speaker will declere, as a prelude to his re- marks, that he has only the welfare of the masses at heart. It was not always thus, and this change of policy dates from the first general observance of Labor day. True, most thoughtful people know very Well that the politicians are more than half of them talking to make votes, and have but little regard for the masses who toil, and what they say is received with the proper allowance of seasoning. There are others, however, who are sincere in their efforts to ameliorate the conditions sur- rounding labor in the great industrial cen- ters. And the interest of all of these is di- rectly traceable to the celebration of the annuel holiday of Labor day. The Original Labor Day Man. Charles H. Litchman, the original Labor day man in the Massachusetts legislature, was met on the street in Boston one day this week by the writer of this article and was asked this question: “What has the celebration of Labor day done for the work- ing men and women of the bay state?” “What has it done?” he replied; “it has done pretty much everything that has been accomplished in late years. It has short- ened the hours of lebor and increased the comforts with which the Jaborers are sur- rounded, and until the last general indus- trial Gepression struck this state our work- ing people were tv the midst of better sur- roundings than were thore of any other state in the Union. Labor day has provided the opportunity for reaching the pegple, an@ through well-directed agitation of the la- borer’s needs we have been enabled to se- cure legisiation of real value to the masses in many directions. What has the holiday accomplished? Better ask what it has not — for the welfare of the masses every- where.” What is true of Massachusetts is true of every northern and western state, and the south, too, is awakening to the realization of the fact that the elevation of labor is synonymous with prosperous development and healthy growth. If the objects of united labor are right and just it is de- sirable that they should be laid intelligently before the people. If they will not stand the electric light of investigation and criti- cism, then, indeed, they deserve repudiation at the hands of the American people. Labor J ts - — and everywhere the place, for an intelligent @iscussion of righ and duties of labor. peg 7 A New Holiday Here. To she workers in the District of Colum- bia, Labor day is a new holiday, and will be celebrated generally this year for the first tire. But it will do them good to come together and consider the general welfare of the great army of labor. It may be a new sensation for six-hour clerks and eight-hour mechanics to find themselves partici in a national festival with twelve-hou hands, and sixteen-hour street car ployes. But it will do them good. while the workers of Washington are about it, it might be well for them to discuss the question of suffrage for the District of Co- lumbia, and see if they can discover why it is that government by the people, of the people and for the pesple is such an excel- lent principle to tle to everywhere in the United States except at the very seat of the general government itself. This problem is a puzzler for strangers, and an answer to this question would enlighten a large num- ber of people throughout the country. But, all else aside, Labor day js both a Prope> and desirable holiday, and no date on the calendar is more important or more dear to the hearts of the people. Other holl- days—reminders of sectional hate and bloody warg and human sacrifices—pale in the light of this harbinger of peace and good will. Its proper annual observance will constantly tend to bring about a better feel- ing between capital and labor, and wilt serve to more firmly unite the brotherhood of man. To this end its observance should be encouraged. An Epitome of Labor's Piattorm. Let me ask my readers to ccnsider thoughtfully this epitome of iabor’s plat-~ form: We aim to make industrial and moral worth, not wealth, the true stgniard of dividual and natiora) greatness, esi We aim to secure workers the full enjoyment of the weal! create, suffi- cient leisure in which to their in- tellectual, n oral and faculties; all of the benefits, recreation and pleasures of u8- sociation; in word, to enable them to share in the gains and honors of advancing civilization