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2 THE! EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1897*16 PAGES. starvation upon the inhabitants ef Cuba for the of extermiration. It wi Probatly be found, if the full text of the American consular reports is ever made public, that it is represented to be General Weyler’s declared policy to destroy the seeds of revolution by the an- nthilation of a certain class of inhabitants through starvation, and that the several steps in the carrying out of this policy are Indicated In their order. A Probable Demand. The sending of food under the protection of the American flag for the relief of our | citizens tn Cuba will probably prove the speediest means of bringing to a conclusion the deplorable state of affairs in Cuba: It is expected that this government, finding it necessary to send succor to the starving people, will demand of the Spanish gov- ernment that, since ft is claimed that the pacification of certain provinces is com- plete, the people shall be vermitted to return to their homes and plantations and follow the usual means of procuring a livelihood. If the Spanish claims of paci- fication are warranted there can be no substantial excuse offered for declining to do this, and if the pacification claim is abandoned the existence of a state of war and the utter ineffectiveness of the ef- forts to put down the rebellion are thereby at once established. Americans Must Re Protected. It is believed to be the intention of the President and of Congress that the Amer- ican citizens in Cuba shall be protected in their rights and saved from famine wan- tonly inflicted. If the Spanish govern- ment is unable or declines to furnish such protection, and it has to be provided di- rectly by this government, a condition of affairs will follow which will come nearer being the establishment of a protectorate py the United States than has any proposi- dion that has been considered either by the administration or in Congress. Spanish Minister at State Department. ‘The Spanish minister, Dupuy De Lome, called at the State Department shortly be- fore noen teday and conferred for some time with Assistant Secretary Day relative to the reported intention of this govern- ment to send relief to American sufferers in Cuba. The minister gave assurance that the Spanish government would be in entire sympathy with any benevolent mevement, and would lend every assist- ance to it. It was recalled by the minister that four months ago he had written to the officers of the Red Cross Society, giv- ing, in behalf of his government, full au- thority for extending aid to the sufferers in Cuba. Since then, however, .no steps toward relief have been taken. The Spanish minister does not question the existence of misery and suffering in the island, but declares that it is such only #8 sccompanies insurrection and war, heightened in this case by the diseases pe- culiar to low tropical countries. It is stated that these conditions have existed | for months, and have been well known. As to the severity of the suffering, it is said that it consists mainly in the lack of adequate food, medicine and nursing for the sick and destitute. The statements that people are dying in the streets are not admitted at the legation, but are dis- credited, and as to the Americans it is said that there are a number of well-to-do Americans in Cuba, who would relieve any extreme distress on the part of their fel- low countrymen. Maauer of Sending Relief. The manner of sending relief to Cuba, if it shall he decited upon by the President and Congress, has been discusse1 among Oificiais, and Im some quarters it is felt that the dispatch of a vessel would be in- advisable. It is ssid that the quickest and surest way would be to send relief by the ordinary freight routes, which Fave facilities for 'g the various ports and interior points m Cuba. The centers of suffering are widely separated, so that a relief vess2i to any one part would en- counter many dsiays and difficulties in giving speedy relief to the people need- ing it. Mr. Morgan to Press His Resolution. The fact that the Senate was not in ses- sion today and that comparatively few senators were at the Capitol had a quieting effect upon the situation in regard to Cuban affairs. There was still, however, much interest in the course that the matter may take Monda: Senator Morgan said today that the con- templated message of the President, if It should apply only to relief measures in the way of food and elothing, would net cause him to deviate from nis purpose of presenting his resolution for tha recogni- lion of a state of war, 2s he had given notice he would do before it was ass that the President would send in such a essage. MPne friends of the Morgan resolution will not antagonize measures contemplating temporary relief, but they are not disposed to accept such measures in place of a more general and far-reaching declaration. The €pposition also probably will acquiesce In resolution appropriating money to relieve immediate wants. Senator Morgan has no purpose of chang- ing the form of his resolution in any re- spect, as has been intimated he might do. “1 was fully aware of the situatio: when I e the resolution,” he said today, “and therefore find in the recent publica- tiens in regard to it no reason for altering my plans.” ‘The senator declined to express an opin- fon as to the possible length of the debate or the course of the opposition, but he ex- pressed sirong hope of securing the passaso of the resolution when the vote should be taFen. ‘The first vote will be taken on Senator Halé’s motion to refer the resolution to the committee on foreign relations, and Senator White expressed the opinion today that this motion would prevail. Tone of the Message. ‘The message, if tt goes tn, will be en- thely pacific in tone, and it can be stated, on good authority, will not be of a wartike or sensational tenor. in order to have the facts on which to predicate a message, Mr. McKinley has had cablegrams sent to every cersular officer in Cuba, asking each of ttem to give exact information as to the Status of affairs in his district, and to tele- graph replies at once. It was understood teday by some members of the Senate committee on foreign relations that this in- formation no doubt would be communicat- ed to the Senate, but that whether It would be accompanied by @ message recommend- ing action was yet a matter of doubt. Opposition te Proposition of Relief. The prospects are tha. considerable op- Pesition may develop in tie Senate to a single proposition of reiief. Senator Bur- rows of Michigan today pointed out the otfections to such a p-ocedure. “Are we going to feed the Spanish army and assist Weyler in his campaign?” he arked. “The distribution of relief is al- incest impossible and the scheme thoroughly impracticable. How is the citizenship of the pecple asking relief to be determined, and mest there be an investigation of the citizership of every starving woman and child who asks relief? We will be pre- vented from taking care of the Ameri- cans in the insurgent lines and cannot re- te a <— insurgent _hus- pitals. We « simply be heiping 5; feed ker hungry le."* ee Others take the position that any sup- plies sent to Cuba would merely aid the Spenish cause, as they would practically amount to a contribution to Syain. Hence there is a possibility of opposition even to the propesed charity. Senator Hale, who is generally recognized as the leader of the opposition to all meas- ‘ to @ general declaration in the Cuban interest, is absent from the city, but Senater White, who also opposes such meastres a3 a rule, said today that while there were such objections to extendin: our charity to such an extent he wou! be disposed to offer no opposition to such @ measure. No Thought of a Warship. Secretary Long, who was unable to ac- company the presidential party to Phila- detphia because of the press of business at the Navy Department, said to a-Star re- porter that there was no thought of send- ing supplies for the relief of Americans in Cuba in a warship, for the reason that - sels of that “for was entirely pacific tm all its relations to the Cuban [LATE NEWS BY WIRE Ten Killed and Many Wounded in a Tennessee Mine Disaster. ee SIXTY-FOOT TIPLE COLLAPSED Half of the Injured, It is Thought, Will Die. ONLY TWO MEN ESCAPED NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 14.—A Flor- ence, Ala., special to the Banner says: A terrible disaster ccecurrcd at Pinkrey, Tenn., cre mines, thirty miles from here, ai 3 o’cleck yesterday afternoon. The new tip- ple, or ore dump, sixty feet high, fell, kill- ing ten white mea and boys outright and seriously wounding several others. List of Killed and Wounded. ‘The killed are: Jose Remington, Cal Kilburn, Will Kil- burn, Jim Brown, an eleven. year-old son of Jim Brown, Cal Harris, Landin Harris, Richard Hardwick, Mat Crow, Jim Crow. The seriously injured are Bill Sims, Geo. Gamble, Cype Gamble, Alex. O’Dill, Will Kilpatrick, Joe Newton, Denny Brown, two McElmores, M. Christian. Of the killed, Remington, Cal Kilburn, Browr, Harris and the two Crows leave wives and from one to five children. Those who are seriously injured have broken legs and arms and crushed hip bones, and internal injuries. At least half of those who are irjured will die, but thetr names cannot be ascertained. Were on Top of the Tippie. All of the killed and wounded were on top of the tipple when it collapsed. Only two escaped without serious injuries. One young man,’ seeing his danger in time, jumped twenty feet to a tree and received slight scratches, and another jumped to the ground, turning over severai times and a on his feet, only spraining “his ankle. The cause of the collapse is unknown. The dump was a new one, and was tested with twenty cars of ore less than a month ago. There was only a small weight on it when it fell. The mines where the dis- aster occurred belong to J. Craig McLana- han. Drs. Arnold and Bramlette went to the scene on a special train yesterday evening, cared for the injured and returned this morning. —_—._—_ NASHVILLE’S TRIAL TRIP. Cenditions Favorable for the Test— Description of the New Gunboat. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 14.—The offi- cial trial trip of the gunboat Nashville will take place this afternoon. The ves- sel will leave her anchorage about noon, reacking the starting line about 1 p.m. The conditions are favorable. The Gunboat Nashville. The gunboat Nashville is an exceedingly pretty vessel. Yet with a handsome ap- pearance that the sailor loves so well, the gunboat combines so many other good qualities that she is the particular pride of Chief Constructor Hichborn, under whose plans she was built. The boat is unlike anything else in the navy, and is designed to supply a need that has been very much felt of late years, in that she will make a gost effective naval police boat, that can be maintained in active ser- vice for a small proportion of the cost of operating one of the large cruiser? which have been the recourse of the Navy De- partment for all sorts of small but impor- tant missions, such as maintaining a pa- trol against filibusters, looking after pel- agic seaiers, running up shallow rivers in the orient, and generally carrying the American flag into ports where it is neces- sary to make a show for the protection of our commercial interests and the safety of our citizens Hving abroad. The Nasivilie was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company ‘at a cost of $280,000, which makes her “one of the cheapest ships ever constructed for the navy, considering her qualities and uses. She is the only one of the three gunboats just built by that company for the govern- ment to carry sail, being rigged as a fore- and-aft schooner, with two pole masts, bearing try-sails, a spread of canvas cal- culated to steady her in a seaway. The most novel feature of construction 13 found ia the arrangement of her engines and boilers. These are so designed that the ship will be equaliy economical at high or low speed, whether running at eight or fifteen kmots per hour. This is accom- plished by quadruple expansion engines on her twin screws. At low speeds the low Pressure cylinders are cut out and steam is used from two boilers only in the triple expansion engines. At high speeds the en- gines are quadrupled and steam is supplied directly to the high pressure cylinders from four boliers, while the other two turn their steam at lower pressure into the interme- diate cylinders. The Nashville ts a vessel of 1,371 tons displacemeat, 22) feet long by 38 feet 3 inches beam, and drawing only 11 feet of water. The contract calls for a speed of fourteen knots per hour, but she is ex- pected to make at least a knot more than this, and provision is made for the pay- ment of a bonus of $20,000 per knot in ex- cess. She carries an unusually powerful battery for a vessel of her class, and, being designed with a view to service in tropical waters, is fitted with all of the accessories that make life comfortable aboard ship there. ——_———— SENATOR'S AIM WAS POOR, Desperate Eacounter Between Two Prominent Arkansans. LATTLE ROCK, Ark. May 14.—State Senator Bert McMullin of Yell county to- day made a desperate attempt »n the life of Col. J. N. Smithee, editor of the Arkan- sas Gazette. Senator McMullin entered the Frivate office of Col. Smithee, drawing a revolver, and at the same time demanding an apology for editorial utterances made by the latter in regard to the senator's ac- tion in defeating the railroad commission till. When this was not forthcoming Sena- tor McMullin fired point blank at the col- onel, who sprang to his fee: and struck McMullin’s arm, causing the bullet to miss his body by a few inches. McMullin was taken to jail, but later released on bail... The sheoting has created a sensation, and ee and more serious trouble is not un- ——_—— PURCHASING INDEPENDENCE. ‘The Cubans Said to Be Seriously Con- sidering the Mutter. Trustworthy infermation gives basis to the talk of Cuba purchasing its indepen- @ence through the intervintion or the agency of the United Staies. Actua] nego- ttations are yet @ long way off, but the Proposition has received consideration at the hands of the administration. The ob- stacles are Gen. Weyler in Cuba and the reactisnary party in in ity of the Spanish government to restore peace. fected to great pressure for intervention. It is realized to circles that pubite sentiment might force the ration imto a pulicy which would be more ex- treme than ‘the Presidert wishes. To be ready for this sentiment with a definite {ee to be the hope of Major Mc- ations are under way. The smEgot! A ne é to the suggestion, while General Weyler = his sreene are ferociously it. This does no! im the least jessem the importance of the attitude ef the McKisley .administration. “The mintstry at Madrii has something to think about mosth: @uring the next two or three Mr. Quesada, the Cuban representative In Washington, sought an interview with Spectal-Commissioner W. J. Calhoun before the latter left for Havana. His osiensible purpose was to lay before the com- missioner some information regarding the Ruiz case. Mr. Calhoun was unable to delay his departure and the interview was not had. Possibly Mr. Quesada wanted to talk about something else than the Rulz case. Tt 1s surmised that while he is in Cuba, in addition to taking note of the conditions there, Mr. Calhoun may seck special in- formation bearing on the purchase propo- sition. eat ae HE SWINDLED MISS BROWN Gordy, the Condemned Murderer, Got Money : Under False Pretenses, The Victim Writes a Letter Asking Him to Make Restitution Be- = fore He Dies. If the wheels of justice, started in this city in August last, had been kept in mo- tion by the police authorities James M. Gordy, under sentence of death for wife murder, would not be hangef at George- town, Del., next month. He is a fugitive from justice, being wanted here on a charge of robbing Miss Lizzie Brown of this city. who lives at No. 428 6th street northwest. ‘The condemned murderer swindled her to the extent of $195, and today she addressed letter to the man behind the bars asking him to make good the amount he obtain- ed from her. Before writing the letter Miss Brown call- ed at the office of Inspector Hollinberger at police headquarters and held a confer- ence with Detectives Carter and Galla- her, who ‘had charge of her case at the time she was swindled. It appears that last summer Gordy came here and rented a suite of rooms at No. 625 Pennsylvania avenue, where he lived until he got Miss Brown's money. He 1s about forty years old, and is good looking. He dressed well at that time, and had the appearance of a man who would be hon- crable in his dealings, and gave evidence of being a man of refinement. He had money, for he lived well, and did not seem to deprive himself of either lux- uries or necessities. Carried Out His Scheme. One day he paid for an advertisement in a iocal newspaper, which resulted in his making Miss Brown's acquaintance. His advertisement was to the effect that he was going in the business of coloring pho- tographs, and, being such an expert at the business, he was able to insure a partner a big profit. He declared money was no object to him, for he had $30,000 in a bank in St. Paul, besides owning real estate and other property. Miss Brown was favorably impressed with her prospective business partner, and the smooth-tongued stranger won her con- fidence to the extent that she would have intrusted him with every cent she had in the world. While Gordy did not need money, his partner must give him some evidence of good faith in the transaction, she being a stranger to him. Miss Brown thought this was no more than proper, and went with him to the savings bank at 15th street and New York avenue, aad drew from the bank $195, which she promptly: handed over to him. B This ‘happened a few minutes after 10 o'clock in the morning, and subsequent de- velopments showed that he went away on a train about 11 o'clock. Miss Brown soon realized that she had been robbed, and that the man to whom she Had intrusted the money and whose partner she had expected i be was nothing but an ordinary, swind- jer. Notified the Police. She sought the assistance of the ‘police, and as alréady stated, Detectives Carter and Gallzher made a fvll investigation of the case. The inquiry resulted in the is- suance of a warrant for Gordy and.a com- penion, charging them with fatse pretenses, The swindler’s name and residence were known, and the local officers communicai- ed with the sheriff of Sussex county, Del- awere, even going so far as to. send a copy of the warrant to him. But the sheriff re- fused to serve the warrant on Gordy, who lived in the country, about fifteen’ miles from Georgetown, unless the officers would come there and see him in person. ‘This Was not done, and instead of being arrest- ed and brought here the swindler went to New York, where he married the woman whom he afterward murdered. Had he been arrested and then brought to justice he would probably be serving a term in the Albany penitentiary instead of awaiting the day when his life is to be taken for the more heinous crime which he committed. This morning, when M‘ss Brown called at the detective office, she had with her a lengthy letter which she had written and which she afterward sent to Gordy. It was inclosed in an envelope, addressed to the sheriff, and that official was requested to read the message to the condemned’ man. Miss Brown understands that Gordy has some money or property in- terests, and, ag the newspaper accounts of the case say he claims to have made his peace with God, she wants to know of him how he can be in such a state of mind when he has not returned money he ob- tained from a woman in so df a manner. Mins Brown's Opink A man who is mean enough to rob a woman in this way, Miss Brown thinks, is mean enough to murder a woman, and she will never be convinced that he fs in- nocent, although he still insists that he did not kill his wife. She hopes to get a favorable response from the condemned man. oe MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR. Wins Out on the Twenty-Fifth Ballot —Sketeh of the New Senator. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 14.—Stephen R. Mallory was elected United States sena- tor teday on the twenty-fifth ballot. The vote was: Mallory, 53; Chipley, 44; Call, 1. Chipley led after the roll call on the third ballot, but the changing of votes gave the election to Mallory. Stephen Russell Mallory is a resident of Pensacol He was born November . 2, 1848; entered the confederate army in ir- ginia in the fall of 1864; in the spring of 1365 was appointed midshipman in the con- federate ravy; entered Georgetown Cal- lege, District ef Columbia, Novemper, and graduated in June, 1960; taugat a class in Georgetown College until July, (871. He was admitted to the bar by the su- Lexington’s Court House, LEXINGTON, Ky., May 14.—Fire broke out in an attic of the court house here this morning, and in an hour nothing remained but walls. Hart's beautiful masterpiece, “Woman Triumphant,” was destroyed in an attempt te’remove it. Many of the loose were and others BEE ( i. 2n3 MR. FAECOTT ON TRIAL ae ay LESS , : After a postponement of nearly thre % months. the trgl was. héid in the Police Court today of ‘Alfred B. Talcott, charged with assaulting five-little girls, the cldest not more-th: jn years of age. The arrest at the/time of the alleged occur- rence caused something of a sensation, as the defendant, who is seventy-three years of age, is-wery well known.. During the re- bellion ‘he gained renown os war corre- respondent of the-New York Herald, and for years was one of the best-known news- paper men of this city. Julie Garriagn, Emma Mellen, Addie Gar- rison, Pheebe, Hartley and Lillie Mellen were the fitte: girls.who, tt was charged, were ascalted, the alleged offenses having been committed in a woodshed in the rear of Mr. Talcott’s residence, between Febru- ary 15 and February 28. When the case was reached more than a score of witnesses were called. - After being sworn they were excluded from the réym, and counsel pro- Seat with their opening addresses to the jury. % Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny briefly recited what he uriderstood to be the facts in the case, and then Attorney Campbell Carrington, representing the defendant, announced that “he would prove by medi- cal. testimony ‘that the assaults charged were impossible. from a physical stand- point. The attorney went on to say that the prosecution; was the result of an at- tempt at blackmail on the part of certain’ young men, who would appear as wit- nesses for the government. Mr. Talcott career and rephtation were referred to a length and in a complimentary way. The greater»part of the testimony was unfit for publication. The five cases were consolidated, and Phoebe Hartley took the stand as the fixst,witness for the govern- ent. sa eS Phoebe gave ‘her age as thirteen years, and stated that she lived just across the street from Mr,,.Zalkott. She was in the habit of playing with Mabel, Mr..Talcott’s daughter. She.was in Talcott’s woodshed February 18, playing with Mabel and Julia carat Mabel léft them and went to the After Mabel féft, so testified Phoebe, Mr. ‘Talcott proceeded’ té aesault her and the little Garrison girl in turn, paying her 25 cents and the.@arrison girt 10. cents. He then told her to leave by the back gate. Continuing, Phoebe said that the same thing had occurred time and ‘time again, in fact, often since she was eight years of age. She had also seen Talcott assault the four other girls who figure: in ‘the case. He always gaye them money. The occur- rences happened sometimes in ‘alcatt’s house and sometimes in the woodshed. “Did you write a note to a boy named Frank A. Griséttt-#6 ‘meet you February 16?” asked Attorney Carrington, on cross- examination, + “Yes, sir...) ‘ “Did you walking. with him yer: often?” was the next question. if “Yes, sir” gi sees An effort mag then made to show that the witnéss'h&f een in the habit of acting in an impnepertimanner with Grisett! and other boys, “Did youP mother say-to you that she would whipiyauaif you were again caught in company, with Grisetti?” asked the at- torney. +d “Yes, sir: “Why Did. ge say that?” “Because Emma Thompson told her that she saw me go'fa a deserted beer garden with Frank)’. “Now, daughter,” concluded. Attorney Carrington, *4sn't if a ‘Tact that this is a put-up jobon,,this:old man, and haven't you children agreed to tell this story?” “No, sir"! er » Wore ‘Pestimony. Julia Gartiséri,"a wee creature, who wept copiously, trdlaved bn-the stand that Tal- cott -had attempted to assault her several times, but she would gibt permit=It. To a certain extent she knew of his alleged re- lations with the other:girls, “What did he say fo yout” Mullowny. oo, = 3 “He sald he would send me.to the reform school if I told on him,” answered the little girl. # i The hext ‘witiéss, Tidwrence Saxty, ‘stated that Mareh,.4;he. ledked through a fence and saw, Mr. Talcott lying dawn in a com- promising position. in a chicken house in the woodshed.* William Milstead and Roy Garrison were wfth'the witness at the time. Shortly thereafter witness accused Talcott of indecently assaulting two-of the gi “At first hé denied it,” said Saxty, “but afterward admitted that he had been play- ing with them.” “I want you to answer me this,” said At- torney Carrington to the witness. “Didn't you and Milstead and Garrison plot to trap this old. man? ‘Didn't-you arrange to send those two girls in that woodshed, and then did you pot go, to Mr. Talcott and threaten! to have him arrested or tell his wife that ‘he ‘had ‘indecently assaulted the girls if he refused to ay you $25.” “No. sir,” said Saxty. “What was your share of the §257" was the next interrogatory. , “I didn’t have any shate.” “But: you,got some money t” asked Mr. “I don’t know.” “What did you do with it?’ “Spent it.” ” “Now tell me,” concluded Attorney Car- rington, “did not you blackmail Mr. Tal- cott saparey. out of that money?” “No, sir.” ‘ The statements of William Milstead did not differ materially from those of Saxty. Rey Garrison, brother of Julia and Addie Garrison, was called. He stated that he was with Saxty and Milstead and saw Talcott ‘in the ‘Woodshed with his sister and Emma Mellen, as declared. few days later Talcott gave him an envelope to give to Saxty,. The latter opened it in his presence. It contained wit- ness did not get-any money from Talcott. “Why did you carry ea note to Saxty when you-knew that he had-committed an assault on your sister?” Attorney Carring- ton asked the witness, “I don’t know.’ “No, you can't’ answer,” added the at- torney. > Tar “Mr. Taleott banded you $25, did he not?” asked Attorney Carrington, “saying that he would give you that amount and every- thing else he rather than be dis- eruced at his time of,life?” , “No, he didn’t.” : 2 “Now, answer this direct question,’ directed the attorney" “Did you not bleck- mail Mr. ‘SWieo#t out of $25,-and give % of that amount to Saxty?” “4 did nots. ae z “Can why cleven days were allowed to ler the alleged agsault before a watramt waa secured for the ar- vtwe x After recess Hey Garrison resumed the stand, and lenigs- that he had demanded $10 from Tajpott#o pay a bet Garrison had made on thg requt of the recent Corbett- itzsimmong ic-encounter. He also HE fag-on his practices with other children.” “fs that all you know?” asked Atterney Carrington, when the witness had comclud- ed. “Yes, and it's a-great deal more than I ‘want. to know,” was the answer. “That's all, sir.” “Tharks.”” “You are very welcome, indeed.” Addie Garrison, fourteen years of age, and Emma Mellen, ten years old, next took the stand. Emma was testifying when the court acjourned, shortly after 3 o'clock, be- carse of the fliness of a juror. Their stor- jes do rot vary in the slightest degree from the testimony of the other girls. The hear- ing will be resumed Monday, and is ex- pected to oceupy the entire day, as a large number of witnesses have been summoned by both sides. — ALL IN HONOR OF GEORGE Philadelphia in Gala Attire for the Ceremo- ylew of Talcolt's advanced years and Ms “But that wes befere I knew of the maz- nies of Tomorrow. Great Military Pageant Arranged in Connection With the Washing- fom Monument Unveiling. PHILADELPHIA, May 14.—All the de- talis for the ceremony of unveiling the Washington monument in Fairmount Park tcmorrow and the various events inciden- tally connected therewith are perceptibly complete. Notwithstanding almost con- tinuous rain for the past week the exterior of many business houses and dwellings have been prettily decorated with flags and bunting and the city has already as- sumed a gala holiday appearance. The Pennsylvania. National Guardsmen began to arrive early this morning from different sections of tae state and con- tinted. to come in throughout the day. The Pittsburg and Allegheny troops ar- rived at 9 o'clock this morning. Fully 6,000 of the guardsmen will be in the city by nightfall. ‘The United States troops, who will aiso march in tomorrow's parade, have beea en- camped since Monday in Fairmount Park. The blue jackets and marincs from the United States naval vessels Texas and Terror, now lying in the Delaware river, will have a place in the procession, as will also the sailors from the French man-of- war Fulton. Grand Military Pageant. From its magnitude, the parade promises to Present a grand military pageant. Presi- dent McKinlty and other distinguished visitors from Washington who will take part in the ceremoniez will arrive late this afternoon. Nearly all the members of the Pennsylvania legislature are in the city, and at 10 o'clock this moraing they were taken In charge by the members of the Philadetphia city council. The party went on board a special steamer at that hour and were taken down the Delaware river to Gloucester, where a planked shad dinner was served. Much apprehension is felt re- garding the weather for tomorrow, but the forecaster predicts “Fair and pleasant.” Description of the Monument. The monument stands in Fairmount Park. The Philadelphia Evening Tele- Sraph thus describes { The pedestal, bearing an equestrian stat- ue of George Washington, rises from an oblong platform of Swedish granite, six feet six inches high, and reached from four sides by thirteen steps, symbolic of the thirteen original states. Washgngton is represented in the colonial uniform of the American army, a large military cloak being thrown artistically around his com- manding figure. While dignified, the whole cofiception is full of animation. In his left hand Washington holds the reins of his horse, one of the animal's fore feet being raised in the act of moving. At the four corners of the platform are fountains, served by allegorical figures of American Indians, representing four rivers, the Delaware, Hudson, Potomac and Mis- sissippi. On the sides each of these foun- tains is guarded by typical American ani- mals, eight in all. At the front and back of the pedestal are two allegorical groups. That on the front represents America, seated, holding in one hand a cornucopia, in the other a trident, and having at her feet chains just cast off. She is in the act of receiving from her vic- torious sons the trophies of their conquest. Below this group is an eagle, supporting the arms of the United States. The group at the back represents Amer- ica arousing her sons to a sense of the tyr- anny that once oppressed them. Below are the arms of Pennsylvania. On the sides of the pedestal are two bas- reliefs, one representing the march of the American army, the other a western- bound emigrant train. At one side the pedestal bears the inscriptions “Sic Semper Tyrannis” and “Per Aspera ad Astra;” on the other, “Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way.” Surrounding the upper portion of the pedestal is this inscription: “Erected by the State Society of the Cin- cinnati of Pennsylvania.” The equestrian statue, the figures and the bas-relief, as well as the numerous other ornamentations, are of bronze, while the platform and pedestal are of Swedish granite. The entire height of the monument ts 44 feet. The ground plan of the platform is Gl by 74 feet, and the pedestal 17 by 30 feet. The monument, as a whole, is not only an embellishment to the historic ground on which it stands, but also a val- uable addition to the artistic statuary of Philadelphia's city parks. Prof. Rudolph Stemering, the artist who designed it, is a celebrated sculptor of Berlin. The following names are engraved on the monument: Lincoln, Irvine, Jay, Dickinson, Muhienberg, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamtiton, Clinton, Knox, Pinckney, Hazen, Putnam, Wayne, Steuben, Butler, Lafayette, St. Clair, Greene, Morgan, Kosciusko, Schuy- ler, Jones, Dale and Barry (the last three representing the navy), Biddle, Montgom- ery, Haslett, Kirkwood, Mifiim, Rocham- beau, Varnum, Sullivan, Cadwalader, Mer- cer, Smaliwood, Sterling, Nash, Warren, De Kalb and Moultrie. SS MR. BARBER AGAIN, This Time He is Mixed Up in a Streét Fight. Charles E. Barber, the patent attorney who has figured fa a number of cases in police circles during the past few years, was put under $200 real estate se>urity in the, Police Court this morning for his ap- Pearance in court Monday to answer a charge of azeault on Mr. George B. Squire. The trouble between the two men happened this morning a few minutes efter 9 o'clock in front of the Post building, on E street northwest between 18th and 14th streets. Considerable excitement was caused by the pugilistic encounter, soon collected. Sar ment, while Mr. Barber hie fist as best Asvangemests nine Bearly Complete for the Weakness Developed All Along the Line on New York Board. Pregram Centemplated by the Com- mittee Will Be One of the Most Attractive Yet Provided. Chicago Gas and American Sugar Also Show Weakness. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 14.—The local committee having in charge the pre- liminaries for the sixteenth international Christian Endeavor convention, which will be held in this city July 7 to 12 next, in- <a clusive, is leaving no stone unturned to in-] GENERAL MARKET REPORTS sure its success. Already most of the ar- 2 : rangements are complete, except as to —--—-. minor details. While uncertainty in regard to rates has caused considerable delay in some quarters, now that the matter is finally settled, ap- Plications for hotel accommodations are Pouring in daily, and arrangements will soon be perfected. The program for the convention promises to be one of the best ever provided. Its chief features are as follows: ‘The convention will open up on Wednes- day night, July 7, with meetings in eight of the largest churches in thls clty, and one mecting each in Oakland ard Alameda. Thursday morning simultaneous welcome meetings will be held in Mechanics and Wordward’s pavilions. In the afternoon twenty or more churches will be used for denominational rallies. morning practical addresses and open parliaments upon the fundamental principles of Christian Endeavor will be provided. The afternoon will be given up to a “school of methods” in the variou: churches. “Christian Endeavor Fellowship’ will be the general subject for Friday even- ing. Saturday morning the state secre- taries are to be heard from in a symposium on the topic “How May We Make the Com- mittee Work in Local Societies More Ef- fective?” This is an innovation which will furnish an opportunity for state and united so- ciety officers to speak on practical topics on extension work. There will be an open air demonstration on Van Ness avenue, after which the delegates are given an outing by the local committee. Sun- day there will be three meetings of great importance, one for men only, another for women only and one for ministers and church officers. Monday will be devoted to the evangelistic and missionary influences of Christian Endeavor. The junior rally, one of the most important features of the program, will be held in the afternoon, and the closing sessions of the convention will be held in the evening. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 14.—Opening prices this morning were irregular, but in the main fractionally urder last night's closing parity. Foreign interest was lacking, and local operations were confined almost ex- clusively to the room. Commission house activity was generally opposed to improve- ment, the selling throughout the morning being superior to the buying. The engagement of an additional $1,250,- 000 gold Yor exvort tomorrow, making the total outflow $2,250,000, was searcely a factor, although the movement undoubted- ly deterred buying. The Cuban situation at Washington and the possibility of rad- ical action in the present mood of the Sen- ate was an uncertain element largely re- sponsible for the pronounced distnclination to trade. Conservative advices intimated that hasty action was improbable, and that deliberation might result in quite commonplace proceedings next week. The summoning of th® presidents of the anthracite coal roads to answer charges of violating the anti-trust law wes used by traders to depress the shares of the prop- erties involved. New Jersey Central, ow- ing to causes ante-dating this activity on the part of state officials, was especially Weak in the presence of new difficulties. The decline throughout the coal group was aexigc Sympathetically in all depart- The granger shares yielded substantial fractions, the absence of support being ex- tremely conspicuous at times. During the early afternoon prices became firm under a demand from the short interest. The entire action of the market indicated its extreme narrowness, and demonstrated the prevailing disappointment growing out of tariff and other legislative matters.. Sugar was sold down more than i per cent, some covering marking the progress of the decline, and serving to Prevent the |ppearance of a general selling movement. The selling of Chicago Gas, on the theory that the consolidation bill will fail, wes frequently more confident than the buy- ing inspired by the opposite belief. Around 81, however, the customary inside support was detected, but it is evident that much concern exists over next week's action Springfield. The bill has been made the special order for Wednesday next. An interesting and not unexpected de- velopment growing out of the recent de- cision of the Supreme Court in the Bell Telephone case came to light this morning, Independent companies, with some of which Western Union interests are proba- bly identified, are now seeking to provoke the Bell Company into a legal controversy to force @ final decision on the merits of the case. The Charge Upon Was Made Today. Capitol Policeman Sinnott arrested a young man in the Capitol library this af- ternogn and locked him up at the sixth precinct station on charges of false pre- tenses. The prisoner gave his name eas Hvgh C. Howard, but the police say his real name is W. G. Gathright, and that he has several aliases. It is charged that he kas obtained money in amounts ranging from $5 to $10 from Representatives Say- ers, Burk, Berry, Tate, Adamson and Henry. When arrested he said his home was in Texas, but the police aay he is from Chicago, and has also lived in Mississippi. It is charged that he claimed he was B constituent of each of his alleged victims, ard made various represeniations upon which he obtained the money. It is stated by the police that the prisoner, who 1s only twenty-two years old, is a morphine fiend. He was held for a hearing in the Pciice Court tomorrow, and a detective is assisting in the investigation of the case. ——— THREE WILLS FILED TODAY. let Phillips, Johm A. and John Saul. The will of W. Hallett Phillips, who was drowned in the Potomac river near Mount Vernon last Sunday, was filed today. It is dated February 2, 1889, and makes his brotker, P. Lee Phillips, sole beneficlary ard executor. To the instrument are attached three codicils, dated, respectively, October 29, 1889; July 23, 1890, and April 8, 1882. In these codicils the testator gives his col- lection of Indian stone implements and like articles to Thomas Lee, requesting that the Smithsonian Institution shall final, ssess them. A old watch ts given to Charles Phil- lips Hill, a nephew; a Japanese blade to George Kennon, and certain elk horns to Archibald Rogers of Hyde Park, N. Y. ‘The unwitnessed will of the late John A. Sibbald, dated at San Francisco, Cal, July 30, 1891, was also filed today. His widow, Missouri Sibbald, is made sole beneficiary and named as executor. ‘A third will filed today was that of the late John Saul. It is dated February 21, 1890, and names as his executors his wid- ow, Rosina M. Saul; his eldest son, Wm. =H and his daughter, Mary C. Baul. ‘The entire estate is given to the widow for life, and at her death goes to the testator’s children and their issue equally, as tenants in common. —_—_»—____. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. dents, ‘Those eS SCENE IN KENTUCKY SENATE. Senators Hurl Strong Epithets and ‘Weapons About te Be Used. FRANKFORT, Ky., May 14.—A wild scene occurred in the senate today. It was over an attempt of the fused gold democrats and republicans to force through a bill providing for putting one name under two different devices on the state election bal- lots. regular republican who counted a quorum present, although not voting. Ht agtk i I 2 ibe i it fi i f f ' i ie i il | gi