Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 14, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1891 DENOCRATS ARE DMPATIENT Speeches Must Shorten or Hours in the Senate Must Lengthen, WAITING ON MONDAY NIGHT'S CAUCUS Older Republican Members of the Senate Not In Favor of Hindering the Passage of the Tarift 1Bill-Younger Men for Fighting It. WASHINGTON, May 13.—The course of the proceedings in the senate this week will depend largely upon the result of the repub- llcan caucus to be held Monday night. The democrats are hopeful that the caucus will decide upon treating the tariff in what they consider a business-like manner and let the bill proceed upon its cource without as much speech making and without the effort at delay which the democrats claim has been displayed by some of the republican senators 80 far In the debate. There is unquestionably a large element on the republican side of the senate cham- ber opposed to any course which smacks in the least of filibustering. This element in- cludes a large number of senators from the west and also a sprinkling of the older east- era senators, who feel they have a record to sustain agalnst dilatory tactics. The younger New England republican senators ar3, however, almost a unit in favor of con- tinuing the fight upon the lines which have been pursued up to this time. They clalm that no dilatory tactics have yet been re- gorted to and none will be nccessary and they will probably make a strong plea in the caucus to continue the program hereto- fore followed in discussing the bill. If the conservatiye element in the republican ranks wins in the caucus, the present agreement as to hours for debate will probably be observed; if the opposite party carries the day, the democrats will most likely renew the effort to extend the hours and to force e.e fighting. Senator Harris sald today that in case there were many more calls for a quorum from the republican side, or If the long peeches continued, he would renew his 10 o'clock motion, but that he did not wish to do so as long as there was any possibility of holding the debate within legitimate bounds. Upon the decision of the caucus will, therefore, depend whether the debate shall proceed and the bill be disposed of with some dis- patch, or whether there shall be a general scramble over hours for debate, and with these changed, a resort on the part of the republicans to all the devices which rules permit to force the democrats from their course, if not to delay the considera- tion of the bill. Senator Aldrich said today that he ex- pected the proceedings this week to be very much on the order of those of last week. He did not believe there would be an effort to change the hours, and he thought the entire week would be devoted to the chemical schedule, of which only seven paragraphs out of seventy-five contained in it have been disposed of. BANK MEN ANXIOUS. STATE Propose Making nn_ Effort to Get Their Ml Up This Week. WASHINGTON, May 13.—Appropriation bills wiil continue to have the attention of the house of representatives during the com- ing week unless the state bank element succeeds in its efforts to have the Hawley bill taken up on Wednesday. Chairman Springer of the banking commit- tee had hoped to take up this long deferred DBill, which' relieves from taxation certain bank scrip issned during the currency strin- gency last fall. The state bank men are ready to ofter an amendment bringing up the entire state bank question. In antici- pation of the Wednesday debate, Mr. Sprin- ger has prepared a speech, which is said to Dbe the most elaborate resume of the banking system made since national banks were es- tablished during the war. Representative Dockery and other mem- bers of the appropriation committee are not - enfirely ready to halt in the good record thus far made in hurrying along the appro- priation bills, They want the three re- maining appropriation bills cleared up be- fore giving way to miscellaneous legislation. 1t is probable this feeling will prevail, al- though the state bank men have not given up hope of securing a hearing (his week. Monday is District of Columbia day Chairman MeGann will make an effort, how- ever, to suspend the rules and pass the resolution for an investigation of the labor depression and Coxeylsm. The Indian bill is the next appropriation measure on the calendar, to be followed Dby the agriculiural bill. = They will con- sume the entire week unless displaced by the state bank question. WESTERN P! List of Veternns Lately Remembered by the General Government. WASHINGTON, May 13.—(Special to ’l“h\‘ Mee.)—Pensions granted, issue of April 30, Increase—Austin M. Duf- NSTONS. were: Nebraska: fum, Tecumseh, Johnson. Reissu F. Bush, Litchfield, Sherman; Jose) DeWitt, Saline. o Original—August_Piper, Stockton, Muscatine; John Aggson, Foote, Towa. Ad- ditional—Samuel Noel, Des Molnes, l‘ulk. Restoration—John A. Warner, lowa City, Johngon. Restoration and relssue— n)ll\nu H. Rice, Greenfield, Adair. Relssue—Perry Moses, Yal Guthrie; Allen Sparks, Mc Gregor, Clayton Original wid OWS, ete.— Franziska Bende Davenport, o tt; Sel- mah R. Patterson, Des Moines, Polk. el South Dakota: Increase—James C. Gip- son, De Sm‘n"l. I\':ng-bur;. sue of May 1: 3 l"eh‘rm‘ku \’)rlgl!ml ~Samu Kizer, Red Cloud, Webster. “!" Johnston, Kewanee, Cherr , Grewell, Cret aline, & Towa: OFiginal—James Norman, Rupid Linn. Inerease—Albert A Adams Station, Muscatin Relssue- C. Carter, Grinnell, Poweshick. ar s ivors, increas Preston West Chester, Washingtor Colorade Ortginal — Will Brighton, Arapahoe. Ahia Dinnavan, Denver, Arapahioe. n Hurl Democratte Colored Men Will Meet. WASHINGTON, May vention of the National league will be held at mencing July 3. State held in varicus states on Negro Indianapolis, first the Tuesd ternates to represent each state at matlonal convention. vention will be issued in a fow days. rincipal officers of the league are: O, s. Taylor of Missouri dents from cach state lorida, secretary: Smith lstrict of Columbla, Astwood of Loulsiar; , chalrman of Tonshend of rules, and J, B W. York, chalrman of the conference committeq s Flag. “The WASHINGTON, May 13. of the Army and Navy union. Another Storm AR Stillwater. STILLWATER, Minn., May 18.—A second nesday’s storms lock this morn- about ten visit of one of last We occurred here today at § o' l_u:rx continuing, howe only hutes. There was a scattering of hall which did no damage, Enough rain fo,vash ety or eixty rew! in the Aiple waee= hridge Lexington Minlster Denounces t be a Main Colonel us ministers warning of man didate or a comparatively orderly manner the ase—Napoleon B, Relsue—John Cedar Plke, amusi Mexican Smither, original widows, ete,— 13.—The annual con- Democratic com- conventlons will be uy in June to select two delegates and two al- the The call for the con- The H. resident; vice presi- E. L. Dawkins of Wormley of the treasurer; H. C. C. the excentive committee; Rev. P. H. White of New York, chalrman of the committee on W president bas signed the jolnt resowtions providing for the return of the flag of the Twenty- mecond lowa Volunteer infantry, and author- faing the wearing of the distinctive badge fell carloads of sand 0 the SBawyer house and pile rocks down y and cause the loss of more than $L,00. ‘The foundations of the at Brown's creck across the 8t. Paul & Duluth railrond tracks were washed out, and the whole structure fell on the tracks, so that no trains have run to- day. BRECKINRIDGE WAS HIS TEXT. Police Court Graduate in Unmensured Terms. LEXINGTON, May 1 The people of Lex- fngton and vicinity are on the tiptoe of ex- pectation meeting set The people are thoroughly aroused, and those regarding the anti-Breckinridge for tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. in a position to know aay the meeting will monster affair. In his sermon to- Ret. R. T. Matthews, pastor of the street Christian church, and a prom- member of the Ministerial union that Breckinridge ‘scored so terribly in speeches here and at Paris, referred night inent his to the colonel in non-complimentary terms. Among other things he said of the Ministerial union of presuming to dictate who not be the nominee of a po- As teachers of the gospel f morality, we are simpiy® testifying and the people as regards what kind should or should not be a can- nominee for public office. We unitedly, in the fear of God, declare before the world that when an immoral politician, standing in the calcium light of Caesar's court, is exposed at length in a life of sin where domestic sanctity and social morality has been deliberately debauched, and step- ping from the witness box, immediately announces himself still as worthy of repre- nting the people because he has suffered pains of hell and has confessed to the court his iniquity, we declare that while it is a Christlike thing to forgive him and help him to a better life, his nomination and re-election at the present time will be an open defiance of all personal chastity, domestic purity and religious integrity. We appeal to the voters to honor personal mor- ality when choosing political candidates as against a corrupt and corrupting misrepre- sentation of the social order of our com- munity, a debauching example for youth in every way, a peril to truth and righteous- ness.” Thi= sermon made a profound im- pression on the congregation and it is all the talk around the hotels tonight. None of Lexington are shall or shall litical party. the Women Thank Wilson. WASHINGTON, May 13.—The resolutions have been presented to following. Hon. Jere Wilson, counsel for Miss Pollard in her recent suit against Breckinridge. They are engrossed and surmounted by a pair of illuminated scales, with “‘Prejudice, Pre- cedent and Cowardice” much overweighted by “Principle, Progress and Courage.” The resolutions are: Whereas, Hon. Jere Wilson has clearly shown man's responsibility toward woman and given her a word of encouragement in her work and boldly planted on the heights a standard for a single moral c therefore, we, representing the women the commonwealth, unite in honoring the man who has defended the homes of America by exalting womanhood, Resolved,” That we laud him who, from the history of one woman, has worked out a great problem by establishing the prin- clple of an equal penaity for wrongdoing. Further, we believe that a new era is <dawning when mankind, dominated by purer impulses, nobler aspirations, shail “make the world better, WOMAN'S PROTECTIVE LEAGUE OF WASHINGTON, Mr. Wilson's reply was as follows: WASHINGTON, May 12.—To the Woman's Protective League, Washingto I have received through your committee your res- olutions commending me for advocating a single moral code and the exalting of womanhood, with an emblem teaching that “Courage, Progress and Principle” out- weigh “Cowardice, Prejudice and Pre- cedent.” 1 beg to assure you that I ear- nestly believe ‘all 1 have said in the ad- vancement of women and the estaliishment of equality of responsibility, and if any- thing 1 have said or done shall In any de- gree tend to break down any picjudices or set aside precedent that stands in the way of this, it wil ever be a source of grati- fieation to me. For the very Kind expres- slon of approbation containéd in the reso- lutions, I pray the league accept my most sincere thanks. Very respectfully, et J. M. WILSON. . OUTRAN THE HORSEMEN, Flood from a Biroken Dam Sweeps Down the Valley and Destroys Much Property. SALT LAKE, May 13.—A special to the Tribune from Lima, Mont., says the Lima dam broke this morning and the immense body of water s surging down Red Rock river at a terrific rate, sweeping everything before. As soon as the break was discov- ered men on horseback hastened down the river toward the ranchmen, but most every rancher along the bottoms has lost every- thing. Houses, barns, fences, haystacks and all kinds of stock are being carried away. The railroad sent a special train toward the people between Lima and Dillon, and have sent out a large force to repair damages. The track is washed out bstween here and Dillon in many places and the damage will figure high. The water, after leaving the dam, has a clean sweep through a well set- tled country for over sixty miles, and many familtes will be without shelter or food. No lives are reported lost. e DINK WILL DIE UNREPENTANT, Ho Has No Desire for Spiritual Consolation and Will Make No Stateme SYRACUSE, N. Y. May 13.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—This is “Dink” Wil- son’s last night on earth. He was cool and ugly when scen this afternoon, and sald he was rather pleased after all that the gov- ernor did not commute his sentence. He would rather die than stay in prison the rest his life. Frank H. Wilson visited his brother, and it is belleved he convinced “Dink" that he should not make a public statement, The chaplain of the prison says *Dink” has expressed no desire for spiritual com- fort. The death chair has been placed in posi- tion, It was tested today and worked per- fectly. For several days past Wilson has been accorded the privilege of eating at Warden Stout’s private table. D et PERADOS CAPTURED. WO DES Members of the Dalton Gang Came Into the Wrong Town. BL RENO, OkL, May 13.—Nat Sylvia and Felix Young, members of the Dalton gang, who were implicated in the Pond Creek robberies of the Rock Islind tram some tme ago, were arested lere yesterday afternoon by United States Mar Ludi- son, Prater and Bichhoff. The despeyadoes were in the city all day trading anil Selling horses at a public aueti When their identity became known the streets mirach- lously tilled with armed mars Watch- ing for a supposedly good opportunity, the mirshals made an attempt to arvest Young, who had become separated from Sylvia, Young sprang on his horse and dashed out of the city, but was caught and brought back. A running fire was kept up all the time’ the chase was in progress. No one was injur er. SIyvia was captured the depot. ng the chase after Young two gamblers, Slim Jim Hathaway and Big Hand Donaldson, attempted to assist the bandits in their éscape. Hathaway fired at one of the marshals, but half a dozen Win- chesters were turned on him, and he soon surrendered. A great many strangers were m town all day. and it IS thought a rob- bery was intended. United States Marshal Madison and & strong guard started with the prisoners for the United States jail at Guthrle. ————— Morphine Ends His Young Love Dream, FINDLAY, O, May .13 — Paul Ewing, aged 15, sulclded today by taking forty grains of morphine. He was In love with a girl who would not reciprocate his af- fections and he ended his troubles. Before losing consclousness he informed his parents that two other boys had agreed with him to do the same thing. = 'The others falled to do so, however, Quiet Sunflay ui the Yoko Oveas. SCOTTSDALE, Pa., May 13.~Everything was quiet in the coke region today. -During the week the clergy came down heavily against the meetings being held on Suw days, and today for the first time the leuders refrained from holding any. It s given out tonight that Southwest Nos. § and 4 und the United will be smokeless tomorrow. DIED FOR THEIR MOTHER Two Children Drown Themselves to Relieve Their Mother of Their Support. INSANE WITH GRIEF POOR WOMAN Left a Note Telling What They Intended to Do Affectionately Kissed Each Other oodl i Then Plunged 1nto the River. VIENNA, May 13.—A sad affair occurred here today. A poor widow named Jebarek had two children, a girl and a boy, aged 11 and 9 years respectively. The woman was compelled to work hard to support herself and her children, who were too young to glve her any assistance. The children de- termined to kill themselves and thus relieve her of the burden of their support. Today they went to one of the bridges spanning the Danube and mounted the parapet. Then they hastily embraced and kissed each other, and, clasping hands, jumped into the river., Before assistance could reach their bodies were swept out of sight. When the mother returned from her work she found her lodgings deserted. She began to look around for her children, thinking that they had gone into the streets to play. Not finding them, she returned to her home, where she found a note that she had over- looked, in which the children said that as they were only a burden to her they had decided to commit suicide. The widow is frantic because of the loss of her boy and girl and it is feared that she will become incurably insane. them A WORKMEN, TROU WITH VI poned and Have Trouble Dis- persing the Crowd. VIENNA, May 13.—A meeting of workmen was held here today, at which some of the speakers indulged in violent language against the authorities. The police were present and attempted to disperse the gathering, but met with determined resistance. It was finally found necessary to summon reinforcements before the hail could be cleared. Several scrimmages occurred between the police and th workingmen, in which the latter came out worsted. The hall was at last emptied of its occupants, who became comparatively Police Su quiet when they found themselves on the street with a strong police force in the vicinity. National League Appeals for Funds. LIVERPOOL, May 13.—A meeting of Irish nationalists was held here today, at which T. P. O'Connor, M. P., presided. Justin McCarthy made a speech, in which he con- gratulated his hearers upon the success of the convention of the league held in Liver- pool yesterday. He made an appeal for funds, saying that the recent collapses and financial distress In the United States and Australia and exaggerated reports of dis- union among the anti-Parnellites had to some extent deprived them of financial sup- port. They could not hope for success with- out the sinews of war. John Dillon followed Mr. McCarthy. He dilated on the responsibility that would de- volve upon those opposing the evicted ten- ants bill if it should fail of passage. i Michael Davigt and other Irish members of the House of Commons also spoke. Chanler Will Tarry at Carlsbad. VIENNA, May 13.—The reporter in this clty of the Associated press proceeded, in company with Lieutenant von Hohenel, to Trieste, for the purpose of meeting Willlam Astor Chanler, the young American explorer who is returning from his latest trip to equatorial Africa. Lieutenant von Hohenel was a member of the Chanler expedition. He was wounded August 13. 1893, and was compelled to forego any further journeying with the expedition. He was carried from the far interior of Africa to the coast. He then took a vessel to Zanzibar, whence he proceeded to Europe. Arriving at Trieste, the representative of the Associated press boarded the mail steamer on which Mr. Chanler had traveled from Egypt and found the young explorer bronzed and hearty. He intends to spend six weeks at Carlsbad be- fore proceeding on his way home. Argentine Revolutions Come Cheap. BUENOS AYRES, May 13.—In his message to congress, delivered upon the reassembling of that body yesterday, President Pena an- nounced that a bill would be introduced that would definitely settle the railway guar- antee question. The president further said the present cash in the treasury amounts to $26,000,000. He recommends that a dis- cussion of the state bank question be post- poned. It was added that the amount of treasury bills had been reduced to $750,000. These are payable at maturity. No further bills would be issued. All expenditures would be paid in cash. The last revolution had cost $6,000,000. Death of & German Diplomat, [ BERLIN, May 13. — Herr Kurd von Schoezer is dead. He entered the Prussian ministry of foreign affairs in 1850, and was promoted, untll, in 1860, he was charge Q'affairs at the City of Mexico. In 1871 he was appointed German minister to the United States. He was accredited to the vatican in 1882 with a mission to negotiate with the pope an entente in regard fo the Kulturkampf. He retired from this position in 1892 because of his relations with Prince Bismarck. Brazilian lusurgents RIO DE JANEIRO, account of the recent fight between the government forces and the insurgents in the state of Rio Grande do Sul states that the government was victorious. Several en- counters have occurred within a compara tively short time, in all of which the gov- ernment troops defeated the fnsurgents. The minister of marine has resigned. e fen May 1 Again —An official More Arrests In Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, May 13.—Arrests con- tinue to be made as the result of the dis- covery by the police of the organization of the “Friends of Political Liber One hun- dred persons, a majority of whom were stu- dents, were arrested today on a charge of either being members of or being indirectly interested 1 its work. It is certain many of the prisoners will be sent to Siberia. —— old Thelr Annual Meetin g. Ind., May 13.—The inter- convention of the Switchwen's Ald Association of America will begin its s slon here tomorrow morning. Two hun- dred and fifty delegutes will be present from every part of the United States. A parade will take place in the morning prior 10 the opening of the conventlon, and will e participated in by thousands of mer o session will be secret, aud Is ex- pected to continue two weeks. Sl Desperado Met His Mate BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 13. — Wyatt Tate, the Monroe county negro desperado, while resisting arrest last night was shot and killed by Murdock Fountain, & young farmer. Tate wag wanted for highway robbery. He has Killed two deputy sherifis who attempted to arrest him within a wmonth, L i President Cleveland’s Fishing Trip. FORT MONROE, Va., May 13.—The light- house tender Maple, with President Cleve land and party, arrived here at 10 a m., and after a file of morning papers had been Secured proceeded to NOrfolk. 1t Was Only Heat. LOUISVILLE, May 18.—The report that Judge Harlan had been stricken with apo- plexy proves to be untrue. He was over- come by the heat and fainted.” He 1s doing nicely. the Pipe Line ATHENS, Pa., May 13.—The main line of the United States Pipe Lin: company, run. ning through the forest nine miles from this city, hae been tapped and the oil spurt- from the hole has been fired. The line has been cut in the valley, and owing to the ree of gravity the oll’ in several miles of the four-inch pipe i crowding down to push out of the break. The parties who broke the pipe line also cut the telegraph wire. A large force of men has been or- dered to the scene to fight the fire, which is spouting to the tree tops in a fountain of flame. The cutting is charged to some one with a real or imaginary grievance, e ROASTED BY BURNING OIL. Frightful Scene At a Fire In an O Retinery. DBRADDOCK, Pa, May 13.—The barrel house at Emery's refinery in this city took fire this afternoon, presumably by spontane- ous combustion, and was destroyed. The loading racks and five tank cars, standing on a side track of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad, were also burned. The fire was a flerce one and attracted immense crowds of people from all over this locality. While the firemen were making a final stand and thousands of people were watching it there was a tremendous explo- sion. A tank car holding 4,100 gallons of benzine had let go with a mighty roar. For- tunately the burning benzine, which was thrown into the air in shects of liquid fire, had consumed itself before settling down over the crowd. The explosion was fol- lowed by a panic that cannot be described in words. The blind, unrcasoning, pitiless instinct of self-pres:ryation showed itself, and the weak went down before the strong in multitudes of cases in the frantic rush to escape what seemed like a horrible death. In the stampede men, as wéll as women and children, were thrown down and trodden over by the flying masses that surged up from behind. Thirty-five of the firemen were burned %o that the skin peeled off their faces and hands, and the hair was singed off their heads and faces. Of the many others who were slightly burned there is no record, and the total number of those burned and fnjured in the stampede will probably reach 100 persons. - With all the suffering thig fire will cause, the property loss will not exceed $5,0M. A crowd of sightseers were within 100 feet of the tank when it ex- ploded, but most of the firemen were massed within half that distance, The latter were covered by the first. flash of the explosion, but the great distance separating the front ranks of the spectators from the exploding tank saved them. Matt Behan, a refiner, with oil-soaked clothes, was standing close beside the car when the big tank let go. The concussion stunned him as if he had been struck with a sledge hammer, and in a moment he was ablaze from head to foot. He coolly rolled in the grass until the fire was put out, al- though he was badly burned. Another man, who was a moving mass of flame, sprung into the creck and submerged himself. In the whole crowd only four men were burned in_this way. Miss Emma Wheaton and Mrs. P. Smith™ were carried down in the rush, trampled under foot and sustained dangerous injuries. John J. Crosby's ear was burned to a charred crisp and his hands are roasted. He is fore- man of the Whitney Hose company. C.- A. Coleman is very badly burned about the face, neck and hands, and his lungs are aftected from breathing fire. He is in a dangerous condition. O, H. McGarvey and Matt Behan, employes at the refinery, are in a critical condition resulting from their burns. e INERS COMING TQ THIE (0. ENTION. Ohio Operators Aré In’Eavor of Granting the Demunds of the Men, CLEVELAND, 0., May 13.—About fitty coal miners who are to attend the confer- ence to be held here fomorrow in advance of the meeting with the operators, have thus far arrived in ‘the city. In the ab- sence of John McBride, the president of the Miners' National union, the delegates are disinclined to talk. They all say, how- ever, that they are anxious to arrive at an amicable agreement with the operators. President McBride {s at his home in Mas- sillon today, but he will arrive in Cleveland tomorrow morning. Not a single operator has yet arrived, and it is impossible to learn how many are expected. At one hotel twenty rooms have bewn reserved for operafors, but that is the only place where rooms have been secured. The miners seem to regret the fact that more of them could not attend the conference, but they say they have been out, of work so long they have no money with which to pay railroad fare and hotel bills, A prominent operator who arrived in the city tonight said there was no difference between the Ohio operators and their men. He declared if the operators of other states stood out against a settlement the Ohlo operators would endenvor to have their men resume work at the old rates of 70 cenis a ton, under an _agreement with President McBride that the miners in other states should not return to work until they got what they asked for. It is said to- night that twelve of the Plttsburg operators who refused to attend bave engaged rooms and will be here. . ° DENVER, May 13.—The Gulf road has requested United States Marshal Jones to retain twenty deputies in the Trinidad dis- trict until further notice. Tt is said that the striking coal miners at Sopris, five miles from Trinidad, have uttered threats to destroy a bridge which spans a large gulch midway between Trinidad and the mines. In order to guard against this contingency Marshal Jones deputized twenty marshals to protect the property. —— ——— GRAND CHIEF SARGENT VINDICATED. Firemen's Brotherhood Is Flourishing and Its Funds All Accounted For. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 13.—At the joint meeting of the grand executive board and the board of grand trustees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen an ad- dress to the public was prepared, It that the boards were called together Grand Master Sargent for the exp pose of inquiring into his ot to inves by s pur- al wcts and gute his management of the Ann Arbor and Lehigh Valley strikes, the Louls ville & Nashyille and Chicazo & Eastern Tilinois and Great Northern troubles: also to inquire into the manner in which th protective fund had’ been handled. The have exhaustively reviewed each separ: case, and in no single instance can find where and Master Sargent - has done wrong. His judgment has been sound, his acts wise and his utterances reasonable and conservative. The haards heartily endorse his official acts and uttepances. The cust dian of the protective fund has accoun or_and paid over to the xrand secretary and treasurer every dollar of principal and interest. Not a_dollap misapplied, und the records show theymiputest details.” The custodian of the proteetive fund, Willlam Hines, 18 sald by the board to be deserving of speclal credit for the way in which he fulfilled the trust reposed in him. The Brotherhood is stated to be in a prosperous condition, considering the generul depres- sion and consequent shrinkage in railroad traffic. Despite the faet that hundreds of firemen are out of employment and the earnings of @ majority of ‘those employed have been less bécause of less work, th order has faithfully discharged its every obligation. At the present time there are b1 hu|?x-n, with a lo:ll membErship of 25,168, In concluding, the statement says: “Ifor the past eighteen months a vigorous propagunda of villiication and slanders has heen maintained and directed with malig- nant purpose against our order and it rand officers. The batteries of the falsifier ave been trained on us with the intent, doubtless, of digpupting anur. organization. We dencunce @8 unmitigated falsehoods the fugitive items of news floating through the press of the country 8bou( the shaky condition of our order and the corruption of our grand officers. We caution our mems- bers against the insldious approach of those who are engaged In a reprehensible effort to belittle and disrupt the Brotherhood, and urge upon them the expediency of remain- ing true to the erder and its officers who lave been o true to then. —— All Quiet 1n Hosolulu, 3R, May 13—M. Vizzaroma, ing French consul at Honolulu, is in the city on his way to Paris. There was a lull in the Hawallan difficulty when he left, he sald, but he thought the storm was liable to break out aguin. The people were wait- ing for the next step of this government There are, not many French residents in acts 0 the Islands, and they are taking a neutral | part i the matier. WILL MEET THEM HEAD 0¥ United States Marshal Rankin Racing to Intercept Oncoming Commonwealers, WILL ARREST LEADERS FOR CONTEMPT Judge Riner Tssues the Order and Starts a & Who Stole the Oregon Short Line Tra Posse After the G RAWLINS, Wyo,, May 13.—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—The Union Pacific man- agement has determined to put a stop to the numerous depredations against its prop- erty by so-called Commonweal armles, and the power of the United States court has been invoked to arrest the leaders, who have placed themselves in contempt of the court by the seizure of trains in violation of the orders of the receivers of the road. Last night at Cheyenne, Lacy & Vand; venter, general attorneys for Wyoming, were informed by E Calvin, superin- tendent of the Idaho division, that an army of 221 men, from various points in Oregon, under the leadership of General S. L. Sheft- ler and Colonel R. B. Breckenridge, had captured a Union Pacific engine and a num- ber of freight cars on the Oregon Short Line, and were traveling eastward at a speed of forty miles an hour. The attor- neys at once made application to Judgs Riner of the federal court of Wyoming for a writ directing Shefller, or any others pretending to be in command of the army, to at once surrender the train to the Unlon Pacific receivers, and authorizing the United States marshal for Wyoming to arrest Sheffler and the other leaders of the army and bring them into court to show cause why they should not be adjudged guilty of con- tempt. Early this morning Marshal Joseph P. Rankin organized a posse of ten deputies, and at 11:30 a. m. they hoarded a Union Pacific special train, to which was attached one of the fastest engines on fhe system, and the race across the state to intereept the incoming army was began. Besides the marshal and his deputies a number of officials and The Bee correspondent were on board. The special was given right of way over all other trains and run on a fast passenger schedule. Laramie was reached at 1:35 p. m. and a stop of ten .ninutes was made for lunch. The train pulled into Rawlins at 5:55 p. m., where vngines were changed and a short stop made for supper. The officlals and the marshals absard the special were kept posted of the movencnts of the army. A message was received at 4 p. m. from Superintendent croit, who is at Pocatello, Idaho, stating that the men abandoned the train there which thoy cap- tured yesterday, and took another, on which they left for the east at 8:45 this morning. The company had to clear the track, for they were running regardless of everything. At Cokeville, Wyo,, near the Idaho line, the men saw an eastbound passenger tra'n stand- ing on the side track, and they evidently be- lieved that the company had placed an ob- struction on the track east of there, for they stopped to make an investigation. It s no doubt their intention to proceed as soon as they ascertain that the road is clear. Both Sheffler and Breckenridge are in con- tempt of the United States court of Oregon for taking possession of the train at Trout- dale and warrants have been out for their arrest for some days. Marshal Rankin’s posse Is composed of determined men, who do not propose to be thwarted in their mission to arrest the leaders of the army and take them to Chey- enne for trial. They are George Benton, R. T. Ramsey, W. W. Abrams, J. W. Myers, H. B. Johns, W. F. Hosford, E. S. Smith, J. A. Breckons and N. J. O'Bryan, all of Cheyenne. SPECIAL LAID UP FOR THE NIGHT. GREEN RIVER, Wyo., May 13.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—The special train arrived here at 10:30 and will not leave for Cokeville until nearly inorning. Marshal Rankin has been informed by the Union Pacific officials that the Commonweal army, fearing an obstruction on the track east of Cokeville, gave up their train at that place at 4 p. m. Orders were telegraphed trom headquarters to take it back to Pocatello, and no trains are being run over that divi- sion of the Short Line tonight. The men have no means of getting out of Cokeville unless they walk. Fearing that the Com- monywealers will resist the marshal and his posse, it is understood that Judge Riner has asked the president to have the troops at Fort Russell, Wyo., and Fort Douglas, Utah, held in readiness to respond to a call for as’ sistance at a moment's notice, Presidcnt Clark of the Union Pacific has suggested that the partics arrested be taken back to Idaho for trial. If Judge Beatty of the United States court for that district con- sents to the arrangement Judge Riner will order that Marshal Rankin turn them over to the marshal of Idaho. Should such a plan be det:rmined upon the accused will be taken either to Boise City or Blackfoot. MARYLANDERS OBJECT TO COXE Citizens Discuss Measures to Rid Themselves of Unwelcome Neighbors. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 13.—(Special to the Assoclated Press)—Hyattsville is thor- oughly aroused over the presence of about 500 Coxeyites, who are encamped in the pic- turesque grove known as Little Spa, just east and outside of the town limi's. Serious trouble i5 expected at any hour and tonight three companies of volunteers were organ- ized. Adjutant General Douglas of Maryland was wired regarding the procuring of arms and ammunition for the volunteers, but late this evening no reply had been recelved, The citizens are determined to drive the Commonwealers out of the neighborhood and are prepared to use drastic means to accomplish that end. At a meeting held at Camp Coxey this evening the citizer who antagonized speechmaking by Co and Browne In the streets of Hyattsville Sat- urday were severely denounced and this has caused increased excitement in the town, Browne declared that inside of twenty-four hours he would speak in Hyattsville and says he will be heard In Bladensburg, a small town separated from Hyattsyille by the eastern branch. The commissioners of that town are firm in declaring that he will not be allowed to speak. On the suggestion of State's Attorney Brandt Hon. L. H Habercome telegraphed Attorney General Poeve of Baltimore as follows: “A com- mittee of our people wish to consult you tomorrow, will you flx an hour?' The attorney general replied: “Shall be pleased to receive the committee at any time." | The purpose of the Interview is to recelve advice as to the legal right of the citizens in getting rid of the Coxeyites, Thirty deputies are patrolling the town of Hyatts- ville and Bladensburg. Preparations have been made at Camp Coxey for a long sta and reinforcements from Galvin's Kelly's and Frye's divisions are expected. Browne states 5,000 men will be encamped here in- side of five days. A large crowd of visitors from Washing- ton and the surrounding country was pres- ent at the reincarnation services held at the camp today. An admission of 50 cents was charged. Hyattsville has never known such excitement, and the town has been crowded all day. Four of the Coxeyites were arrested in Blandensburg today and locked up. The Assoclated press representative Is fn- formed enough provisions are on hand to last till tomorrow at noon. The men, for tha most part, again slept on the bare ground last night, but do not complain so long as Coxey stands by them . Coxey's power over his men Is simply phenomenal, and they de- clare any thing is good enough for them it Coxey is pleased. Marshal Browne ex- neets 0 move Lis forces to Blandensburg | within a day or not being entirely location two, ent Military to Pro SEATTLE, Wash, panies of the fantry, under Marshals, 13.—Five com- United States in- Lieutenant this morning to a call from Judge Hanford of the United States court, who considered them necessary to aid in enforeing the or- ders of his court. They number twelve offi- cers and 244 men. Yesterday there were demonstrations against the deputy marshals and threats were made to rescue the 165 Coxeyites awaiting trial tomorrow on a charge of contempt of court in_obstructing the operation of the Northern Pacific road, which is in the hands of recelvers appointed by the courts. May Fourteenth command of Colonel Theaker, arrived here in response ndlary Utterances. Michael D, leader of the Lani Kalin- Arrested for In; PHILADELPHIA, May 13 Fitzgerald of Lynn, Mass., New England Industrial army, graft and Joseph Wembloth, both of this city, were arrested at a meeting tonight for holding a socialistic meeting, and are locked up in jail awaiting a hearing tomor- row. The meeting was held apparently as an industrial gathering, but two policemen attended It in citizens clothes and they say the addresses, which were made mogtly in Russian, called on the pecple to tear down the government and the militia and have the red flag waving about the white house. Fell S1 DENVER, May 13.—The demonstration by the Coxey reserve did not come up to ex- pectations so far as the parade was con- cernc The column, instead of containing 10,000 people as predicted, was composed of barely 500 people, le by a single brass bend. At the speaker's stand, however, fully 10,000 people were present. Addresses were made by General Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor, Jay Cooke, Jr., " Coxey reserve Kelly Makes a N EDDYVILLE, Ia., May 13.—Kelly's navy made about thirty-five miles by the river measurement today, leaving Oskaloosa bridge at 1 p. m., arriving at Eddyville at 4:15 p. m. The citizens of Eddyville furnished the army with 500 loaves of bread, 500 pounds of beef and two barrels of soup. At 11 p. m. the navy broke camp and started for Ottumwa. Galvin Mee! neral’” Hegner of the Denver nd Judge Kerr of Pueblo. ight Voyage. with a Cool Reception. GREENSBURG, Pa., May 13.—Colonel Gal- vin's army iis resting tonight on the green at Electric park. The reception of the army here was rather cool. The advance agents have thus far been unable to pro- cure any provisions, but hope to have bet- ter luck tomorrow. Latrobe will be the next camping place. St. Paul Has an Army on Hands. ST. PAUL, May 13.—The Commonwealers who yesterday were refused an asylum at Minneapolis camped near Fort Snelling last night and continued south today. They camped at South St. Paul, where the people furnished them a good supply of provisions. One Army Disbands. LAWRENCEVILLE, Iil, May 13.—Com- pany F of Morrison's division of the Coxey army disbanded here today. Harris, their leader, deserted them, taking all their funds with him. WILL NEVERN. Lynchers Kindly Remove a Victim's Spec- tacles Betore Hanging' Him. STRONG CITY, Kan,, May 13.—The great excitement which prevailed all of IFriday night and which nearly culminated in the lynching of George Itose, the murderer of Assistant Postmaster Karl Kuhl of Cotton Falls, but which was finally subdued by the cooler judgment of the best citizens of the vicinity, broke out afresh last night, and about 11 o'clock a mob of fifty masked men marched to the jail and called Sheriff Mur- dock to the door. As soon as the sheriff opened the door he was overpowered by the masked men, who placed pistols to his head, and conducting him to the door of the tcell occupied by Rose, he was com- manded to uniock it., The sheriff entreated Is captors to desist, but to no purpose, anc T R inally compelled to uniock the cell door under threats that the mob would have the man they sought even if they had to pull the jail down. Every approach to the jatl and court house was carefully guarded v armed members of the mob. Everything was done in a quiet, orderly manner, every man seeming to know what he was to do. After securing the prisoner “the mob marched east to a railroad bridge. In the meantime word had reached the citizens of the town generally, and a crowd of fully 1,000 people gathered at the bridge to see the lynching of the murderer. ; 'A.tope was placed around the victim's neck, and as this was being done one of the mob said to Rose® “Let me take off your glasses” (referring to the spectacles worn by the doomed man). Yes" sall Rose, I shall them again.” He was then asked If he had anything to say, to which he replied: “Gentiemen, I suppose there is no use to talk; you aré out here to hang me, I should like to have had a trial by law. He was asked if that was all had to say, to which he replied: “Yes, except that 1 hope God will have mercy on ¢ soul. His hands and feet were then tied and he was glven a shove off the bridge, fall- ing about ten feet. His neck was -broken, and death was almost instantaneous. The lynchers then disappeared, leaving his body Gangling between the bridge and the waters of the Cottonwood river, where it remained until 9 o'clock this morning, when the cor- oner held an inquest. The verdict was *“Death by hanging by parties nknown. The general verdict here is that the lynching was fustifiable, and it is understood that the fifty masked men who did the work congisted of some of the best citizens of Cottonwood Falls, M AGALN. never need he - N WITH CARNEGIE, GETTING EV Burgess McLuckie Tells About the Bad ates on th nterey. CHICAGO, May 13.—A Tribune special from Pittsburg, Pa., says: Burgess Mc- Luckie, speaking of the report of defecti plates on the coast defense ship Monter says: “One of the Monte welghs twenty-eight tons the ship about the water slightly curved. This inches thick and its negie mills at Homestead was 1. One of the blowhales in this plate was so large and rently o decp that a consultation of ral superintendents and foremen was called to discuss the possibility of so doc- toring it as to get it in past the govern- ment inspectors. It was declded to make the attempt. The plate was worth near $15,000 to the company if they could secure its" acceptance. On & Sunday night the superintendent and several trustworthy men went to work at it. A hole three inches in diameter and eight inches deep was drilled at the mouth of the blowhole. Then a three-inch bolt was made and hammered into the plate. The superintendent himself wiclded the sledge. On the opposite end of the same plate was another great blow- hole. It was be that the spongy, por. ous condition existed from end to end of he plate, a distance of ten to twelve feet, This second big blowhole was plugged up like the first. A third blowhole near one corner of the plate was filled up with molten lead All the surfacs e nicely planed off, and the plate on its way to & belt line plates It is fastened on line and it 1s but plate s thirteen mber at the Car- sent the inspector the Monterey. Number 2 is another rotten belt line armor plate on the Monterey. Nearly a dozen plugs were driven into it to conceal the presence of blowholes. The plate wi almost honeycombed to judge from son surface indications. It ‘looked all right after it had been doctored, and the in- spector passed it. This was a thirteen- inch plate, too. Btill another twelve- inch plate on the Montercy Is rotten, and was fraudulently folsted on the govern- ment. Three big blowholes were plugged on a Bunday night when no {nspector was present. The number of this plate was fifteen. One of the blowholes In one plate was 80 big that when the first plug was driven a young workman wrote his nan and address on a card and poked it in. Becretary Herbert has a diagram of this plate, with the location of all the plug- hol s A dispatch to the Tribune from Wash {ngton says It is part of the plan of t investigating board to test the plates me tioned In the statement, “SINGLE COPY IVE TABERYACLE BURNED Third Time Dr. Talmage's Church Hag Been Consumed on Sunday, CHARGED TO ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES Congregation Had About All Left When th Fire Broke Out. STARTED IN THE CRGAN LOFT Guests in the Hotel Regent Adjoining Makq a Hurried Exit, HOTEL ALSO WENT UP IN SMOKE One Woman and Her Babe Kescued from the Eighth Story by iremen- Fire men O come by at and Cal fed to the Hospital, BROOKLYN, May 13.—Just after servicey at noon today, and while Dr. Talmage wa@ shaking hands with members of his cone gregation, fire burst out behind the plpes of the organ, and within ten minutes the big fabernacle was doomed to total destruce tion. Adjoining the church was the Hotel Regent, elght stories in height, with a front= age of ninety feet on Clinton avenue and extending back 200 feet to Waverly avenue. The fire spread from the tabernacle to this hotel and then to the dwelling houses on Greene and Waverly avenues opposite the tabernacle. The wind carried the blazing cinders in such quantities in a southeasterly; direction that dwelling houses on Washington avenue, two squares away, and also the Summerfield Methodist church were set on fire by them, but the greatest loss on any one of these structures did not exceed $15,- 000. The total loss, however, reaches over $£1,000,000, Mrs. Talmage tells the following story of the fire le doctor was still in the pulpit, shak- ing hands with the people, of whom there were 100, probably, left. His back was to the organ. I was standing up at the end of the pew talking with Mr. Martin of Chicago, who wanted to see the doctor with messages from loved friends in that city. 1 looked up toward the ceiling and saw tongue of flame burst out between the pipes of the organ. I at once called aloud, ‘Doe= tor, the church is on fire.” ¢ FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY, 2 “He turned and told all the people to res tire, while he went into the study to get @ few things. I waited for him at the door. The flames spread rapldly, so quickly thar some of the trustees were overcome ardd hade to be helped out. The doutor jolned me soon after and we went down to Lafay- ette avenue to a friend’s, whore we re- mained until we could hear that frisnds i the Regent were out of danger, and whal prospect there was of saving aiy of (he chureh.” The doctor held quite a rec2ptin at his home during the afternoon. 'rr. Talmage made a graphic statement of the inc'dents! connected with the fire. He said: “At the close of the chuch service I standing at the foot of the pulpit shaki hands with hundreds of people from -ail| lands. I was about through and walked! toward the center of the church, where myy wife stood, when she called my attention to fire springing out from the top of the organ. ' I saw at once that it was under full head-| way, and my first impulse was to look! around and see how many people were then! in the house, and to my great joy there were only about twenty, and with twenty-' five doors to get through. I felt that they, would all escape. | “I then went into my study, back of the, platform, passing under the blazing piping to get my hat and coat, and then I sald to my-' self, ‘Is it manly to run off?’ I walked up. and down my study room, rejolcing that the' fire had occurred when there was no chance| of a fatality. While in this sort of brown study a New York friend rushed into the room and taking my arm said, ‘Get out ofl this room immediately, or yowll not get out at all’ We went out into the church. One half of the organ was down and the fire had leaped to the roof. I saw that nothing could save the building and I came out.” a8 £, TEARS FOR THE TABERNACLE. ! The tears were coursing down the doctor's cheeks and his voice broke as he told the story, but in an instant he spoke with his old vigor: “There is mercy on top of the disaster. If it had occurred half an hour before it would have been the calamity of the century. The church and all the rooms adjoining were packed with people, and the panic would have left the whole scene one of indescribable horror. Or if- it had occurred two or three hours later when the Sunday school was in sessiom there would have been a thousand house- holds bereft in Brooklyn. Little children, helpless children, what would they have done? God cared for them and even in this calamity His mercy is infinite, and I feel not the least item of disheartenment nor less faith in God, nor less of hope for the future. “This long procession of disasters is in- explicable—liko what oceurs sometimes fn a family, four or five dying from scarlet fever—it " is inexplicable, we must simply accept the fact. Our church has been burned three times and it has always oc- curred on Sunday. “It is the Lord! seemeth good in his sight."” Whe asked for his own opinion as to the cause of the fire, he sald emphaticallys Blectric lights, electricity caused this fire, as it did in the last tabernacle on Scher~ merhorn street.” Continuing, Dr. “The_fire may change my entire program and I do not think I will start on my trip around the world as I intended to tomorrow night. I, however, do not know what I shall do." The fire spread with lighining-like rapidity and before sunset had destroyed property to Let him do what Talmage said: the value of ly $2,000,000. Ex-Super- visor John H. Reed, who was rehearsing with the choir in the Summerfield Methos dist Episcopal church, two blocks In the rear of the tabernacle, had discovered that the building was on fire and sent in an alarm to fire headquarters. This was quickly fol- lowed by a second, third and fourth alarm, which brought all the apparatus In the west. ern district of the city. It was nearly twenty minutes before the firemen arrived on the sce and then half a hundred streams of water were turned on the blax- ing pile. But the church was doomed and every effort was devoted to saving adjoinigg property. In three hours only the bare walls of the costliest structure of Brooklyn remained standing HOTEL REGENT GORS, Long ere this, however, It became evi- dent that the Hotel Regent was also doomed, The fire started on the second story here, but was speedily extingulshed. This proved to be only & temporary reliof, for in a little while flames were discovered in an upper story, blowing flercely up the alr shaft, The inflammable nature of the material and the great opeu ampitheator of the tabernacle gave such a draft that the firo was forced Into the air in columns of glowing flame: that wade a fearful picture of destruction, Flakes of burning wood and red hot cinders were shot up as from a volcano, and carried by strong breczes they swept through the alr in every direction, Before long hoth sides of Green avenue were ablaze. Bo were those on Waverly avwuue, but fast s e