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f "'swsv! THE WASHINGTON TIMES WASHDfGTO, D. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1894. ONE CENT. VOL. 1. 2fO. 53. 1 bs CONVICTED ON TWO COUNTS Coxcy and Browne Guilty of Display ing banners and Mashing Grabs. JONES GUILTY OX ONE CHARGE Attorney Lipscomb Moves for a Hew Trial, and Will Have Four Day to File Papers. Frank Hnme Does Bail for the Trio, limits of the Penalty. The throo leaders of the commonweal, Gen. Jacob Slecher Coxey, Marshal Carl Browne, and Christopher Columbus Jones, have been found guilty ol violating the laws by a jury of their peers, and will have to submit to a sentence hereafter to bo imposed by the court for their recent demonstration on the Capitol grounds. All three of the accused were convicted on the flrst count of tho indictment, which charged them with displaying banners. Jone3, of Philadelphia, was acquitted of the second count, which accused him of treading on tho grass, but Coxey and Browne were convicted. The jury retlrod atihe minutes before 1 o'clock, after heanug a long cburgo from Judge Miller, which lft them little alterna tive but to eoniictlf they followed his lead ing'. About half past three tho jurors sent for tho instructions given for the defense, but tho government objected, and they filed into the courtroom while the judge read tho in structions. Attorney 11 man endeavored to hae tho fact that tho objection came from the pro-'OCU-tion laid beforo tho jury, but he was sup pressed. Judge Miller stilted that ho would not barehanded oertho written instructions under any circumstances, as that would b.no ' been irregular. Only live minutes after tins episode the jury returned with the verdkt. "Gen." Covey Hid been visiting with his wife and his daughter, the goddess of jie'.ico of the May day procession, but took his seat within tlm bar, and all of tho part received the result smiling!, except Mr. Ilyman, who was on ln- fct with some objection to the form in which the verdict was presented, but who was sit upou by his collu lgues. Attoruev Lipscomb immediately entered a motion for a new trial and .mother in arrest ot judgment. Judge Miller gao him four das to Hie the former paper. Then the judge made lnquirii s about bail, and Frank Hume, n well-known whole-ale grocer, who soenl times h is been a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination to Congress from tho lr ginia district aeross tho Potomac rher.sigued u bond In cSOO for each of the three convicted conimonwiaL-rs. Gen. Coxe left tho courtroom on tho arm of his wife, pushing through a curious crowd, w hicli made no demonstration. The convic tion of himself and Jones was a surprise to the eommonneal sj nipatliizers. Cove slid it was evident that his prose cution was not on account of what ho had done, but because of tho principles in behalf of which ho had acted. Carl Browne remarked: "I was surprised at the conviction of Brother Covey, because Le was plain! acquitted by the cwdeneo of ou) tei hmcal iolatiou ot the statutes. For ui own part, I oxpeeted to be convicted." Just alter the closing plea for the defense Browne's lawyer had asked jermission to re ui to tho jury a statement written by his i lient, but Judge Miller declined to admit it. Frying that Browne had been gnenallhis r ghts in being defended by able attorney, 'j he piper was w ntten in Browne's usual sljle, and aurred that no differed from his latwers regarding the line of defense; that ho would liaxe admitted the technical violations of tho law and have asked the jury to acquit him on the ground that ho was merely exer cising Ills constitutional rlchts. 'J wo weeks may elapse during which the trio w ill be free ou bail before tho motion for a new trial is argued and decided. Tho pen n!t pro ided by law is the samo for each of f nse. viz. a fine not to exceed $100 and im j nsonment in jill for not more than siity days, or both, within tho discretion of tho court. Ace-ordinal the ni iximuin punish ment which may be meted out to Covey and Browne's 200 and l'.0dis. whilo Christo pher Columbus Jones is subject to 100 and Mxty days. By a curious congressional error In a recent bill which reorgani7ed tho District courts there is no appellate court to which a police court case can be earned. The only method of appealing from Judge Miller's sinteuco will bo b an application to a higher court for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari. Attor ne Lipscomb has announced that he will take this step if Judge Miller overrules tho motion for a new triil. However, such a pe tition will not operate as n stay of judgment to keep tho defend mts from serving their eentenees while it is landing. SC1.M-S AT Till. Till ! Mr. Pence on Mr. Ilirne and .Mr. Dime on I.afc Pence. Congressman Lafo Tence, of Colorado, who has a slender figure, tho face ot a boy, and a shrill but pleasant voice, faced the police court jury esterdiy to make a closing argu ment in behalf of tho commonweal leaders. Marshal Carl Browne hid ehanged the citi zen's suit ho wore Monday for his more ac customed garb of frontier buckskin, decorated with silver half dollars for buttons "Gen eral" Jacob blecher Coxey pulled his mous tache rather nenou'ly, and Christopher Co lumbus Jones looked solemn. Several Popu list Congressmen were within tho bar. and Mrs. Coxey was conspicuously in evidence before the jur. A gorgeous bunch of roses adorned Judge Millers desk, and the judge wore a smile, for President Cleveland the day before had sent his came to tho fcenate for a second term of six eirs. Soreral prominent attorneys hail dropped in to hear Mr. Peneo speak. Tr.e Populist membirfrom Colorado began b telling the jury that no one who had heard tho evidence expected a conviction: no one wanted a con viction except tho policu ofllcers who had in terested themselves reinarkablv in the case. "Mr. Coxey came to ask for tho emctment of laws," said Pence, "which he believes nnd thousands of others believe with him will be of inestimable advantage to tho unomp!oed of the country." Coxey t plnn might be tho most foolish or tho wisest of all tho plans of relief from the present state of affairs. Ho had come to pre sent it peaceably at tho head ot an orderly body of American citizens, and had as much right to petition Congress as an body else. BepreseDtntivescf largo interests coming hero as paid lobbyists to corrupt Congress met warm welcome, but the men who came barefooted, tramping through tho snow, led b a man who had tho courage of his convic tions, wero to bo invited to tho open doors of a jill built through taxation upon tho citizens. He commented upon tho fact that for the flrst time this term the district attorney him seH, the representative of the Attorne Gen eral, had come into police court to prosecute a case, thus showing that tho administration was behind tho prosecution. "To-morrow Mr. Cove a free man by your TCrd let." Said Peneo will nnmxir Iwfnrn Ihn Lalwr Committee of Congress und-'r the reso lution of Mr. Bell, ot Colorado, to deviso means forgiving employment to tho unem pIOed, will present his arguments peaceably and quietl,aud will bo listened to more at tentively than any paid lobby it, I can assure j ou 1 ho district attorney wants you to con vict because ho paid to have his horses shod from tho general fund. Aro there no laws under which this remarkably active district attorney could deal with the lobb ists who actually do endeavor to corrupt legislation? "There is a crisis that calls for our mot careful action In this country now. Let (is follow-such n course for our country which w e all lov e that will show we are not bent ou stilling the right of petition and throwing men into jail for whom a duly appointed com mittee waits. Treat these men as ou would treat your own fellow-citizens, and whatever all os written of tho Coxey movement.when becomes, as It will become, a part of his- tory let it not be said that twelve citizens ot Washington branded this honest, well-meaning, patriotio man as a criminal." District Attorney Birney, who is a mild speaking man, and grandson ot the old aboli tionist candidate for tho Presidency, followed with a calm discussion of the case. Ho spokoof thu Senator from Nebraska looking far o er tho heads ot tho jury to talk to a constituency on the distant prairie, the member from Kansas talking to the corn fields of his state, and the gentleman from Colorado talking to an open-modthed con stituency of minors. "Look at this man," he said, pointing to Browne, "and tell me whether he looks like u working man or like a fakir. Tor this man (Coxey), who dnne inn carnage from Mas sillon while his followers walked through the snow, I have only contempt. I would that I might punish him for corrupting those de luded oung men into trampdom that ho has led Here and lodged on a dunghill and ex hibited liko wild animals. Much had been said about lobbyists, and Eerhaps tho four Congressmen who had been ere could glvo him some proofs by which he could prosecute lobb ists. The district attor ney likened the Coxey moement to tho start of tho French communo. Coxcy, ho said, had gono to the Capitol as the leader of a mob in tending to create disorder, and did create disorder. Judge Miller, in a long chargo to the jury, said that tho conduct of each oi the three de fendants was to bo considered separate!. He spoko strongl of tho right of Congress to set npart its building and grounds for tho delib erations of the representatives elected by the people. It wiunotthoproMUco ot tho jury to pass upon the wisdom ot laws, but to en force them, and the only method of ch mging laws was by tho ballot box. Congn ss had the right to pass regulations to enable it to legis late decently and in order, and Congress was tho judge of that. , It might bo argued with cqu il justification that the clause of the act forbidding pi ddlmg on the grounds w.is an inula on of the consti tutional right of trade. Huso wero restric tions which law-abiding citizens woul tcliicr full obey. To I ennit bKsch niauiiig anil crowds ou tho steps of the Capitol building would interlere serioulj with the busmts, of Congress. It was remarkable that some peo ple should get the idea that tins being tho one prohibited place their oratory would be most effeetie tliire. If the lobb ist should prisent his bra-en form on the portico of tlm Capitol to in iko a speech li would bo dealt with by tho courts. The righto of citizens to the public lnghwnjs were not abridged by regulations which forbade assemblies on strett corners. The jury wns not to be pn judieed by their views of any movement, for It wasthe'pmi ligo and duty of citizens to tentil ite thcT Views of government in prop rand lawful ways. The defendants must be trlcl simply for the offenses chtrged In the iiifonnat.cn. The case was then given to tho jury, which retired at 1 Oj o'clock. At 2.23 o'clock the jury sent in for tho in structions in 1 chilf of tho defeus, but the prosecution objeuiiig. the vero called into court and the instructions fci I. The jur returned at :l :S3 o'clock with n verdict tlnding the three defendants guilt oT di-plainga burner, and Cove and Browne guilty of wilkmgon the grass. Attorney Lipscomb made a motion for a new trill and an arrest of judgment, and Judge Miller granted him four daS to illu the motion. ONE THOUSAND SUSPEND. The Result of Numerous secret Meetings Around I rostburg. rnosTBuno, Md., Jla 8. Contrary to the expectations of the most sanguine. 1,00(1 miners, composing four mines, have sus pended work. Many secret meetings have been hi Id in tho woods near Frotburg during the past week. The nlin of campaign on the p irt of tiie agitators is to held meetings from dav to day until the mines in tho region suspend. They evpect to get the miners at Lonaconmg to suspend to-da. None of the Consolidation mines have quit vet. It is claimed they will not suspend. In case tho miners at Lonnconing fail to susjiend the agitators intend to have those now out mnrch to thit place in a body in or der to inspire the miners thereto quit work. llold Conv lets' Bad Break. Jackson, Mich.. May S. A determined at tempt was made last night to blow up tho state prison with dynamite. Guard Horning was attacked. A lively struggle ensued, participated in by threo otherconvict and threo olllccrs. Whilotwo of the convicts were struggling with the guards, a third sprang from a window and attempted to light a fuse attached to four sticks of dynamite. Ho was restrained and the prisoners locked up. Circus Catastrophe. Madamoisello Castnonl, a reckless rider in the burdlo race in the Barn urn A Blilev cir cus, met with an acciaent during last night's performance, bhe was riding at a break neck speed, and as her horse leaped the hur dle ho stumble 1. Bider and horse wero thrown to the ground in a heap, and a mass of horso Huh and blue tights were all the audience could see for several seconds Tho brave lady picked herself rp und mnunged to ct igger, unassisted, to tho dressing room. She was not seriously hurt. Gigantic Ice Combine. New Yohk, May 8 A gigantic ice combine has been formed of all tho New York and Brookhu icocompmies except the Knicker bocker eompan.and it is understood thit the Knickerbocker is practically vviihiu the fold. The new eomb.ne is known as the Xi tlonil Ice Company. This means, of course, that tho people, although they are now pay ing a big price for ice, may look for a 'erics of advances in tho price of this necisity this season, as the combine will regulate prices for itself and dealers. Bad I tick for "I uckj" Baldwin. Los ANOELts. CaL, Mav 8. "Lucky" Eild win was to-day sued In tho superior court by Miss Lillian A. Ashley, of Boston, for $75,000, for seduction. Miss Ashley nllcges in her complaint that from March 3, 1S9J. to Decem ber 7, 1803, she had been living In Los Ange les with Baldwin, and that she became the mother of hlscl ild. The plaintiff ha a long array of distinguished attorneys to conduct ber c ise. Young Gould Painfully Hurt. Lakewood, X. J., May 8. W bile Jay Gould and Kingdon Gould, sons of George Gould, wero out driving to-day their cart upset nnd both, together with tho family coachman, were thrown iato tho road. Kingdon and the eoichman were un injured, but Jny struck his forehead, cutting it quite severely over tho left eye, and also cutting his cheek. His wounds vv ero uressed and he was taken home. Ministers Turned Loose. Pbi".ceton. X. J., May 8. Tho eighty second y ear of Princeton Theological Semi nary was closed to-day with tho usual exer cises and the conferring of diplomas. Tho exercises took plice In tho Miller chipel Bev. William H. Green, D. D., LL. D., the senior professor, conferred diplomas on the class of six. and tho address to the students was made by Rev. Joseph T. Smith, of Bal timore. I uncral of John Jay. New York, May 8. Tho funeral of tho lato John Jay, ex-minister to Austria, who died at tho Hotel Savoy last Saturday, took placo this morning from Trinity chapel, Twenty-fifth street, near Broadway. The services wero conducted by Bt. Bev. Bishop Potter and Bev. Dr. Morgan Dix, assisted by Bev. Dr. Bibbert and Bev. Dr. Luqueer. The Peary Belief I.xpcJilion. rottTLAM), Me., May 8. It is now arranged that the Lieutenant Peary Arctic relief ex pedition will kayo St. Johns on tho steam whaler Talcon, July 4. to meet Peary, if he is alive, or on or about September 1 at Falcon bay, Elsmere sound, and reach home about October 1. Henry Grier Bryant, of Philadel phia, and six others will form the party, and are now making preparations for the trip. HILL HAS NOTHING TO SAY But it is Believed He is Tring to Saw Viood. DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENTS The Compromise Tariff Bill the Object of Great Interest at the Capitol Yesterday Aldrich and Beed Say Some Hard Things About the Amended Bill House Now Interested. Tho new tariff bill was tho subject of con versation in the Senate to tho exclusion of every other topic esterday. A majority of Senntors spoken to wero w llllng to express their views upon the changes nnd upon tho bill as amended for publication, but others declined to do so, on tho plea that they had not read it sufficiently careful to justify a statement for publication. Among those who ovcused themselves on this ground w as Sena tor MePherson, of New Jersey. Senator Hill did not claim not to have read tho bill, but ho said that ho had nothing to siy on the bill in nddition to what he had prov louely said, and he Indicated that ho did not eonsiderit accept able so long ns it should contain any provis ion for nu income tax. Sen itor Jones, who has ajsumedtho burden of preparing the amendments, said that he believed tho bill would bo passed by Demo cratic votes, "and that it would be sent b.iekto the House sooner than most people believed." Senators Aldrich and Allison, who aro ro garded as in charge of the Republic in side of the tariff bill, said to Sen itor Harris that tin wero in a position to state that for tho present the Bepublicnns woald olservo the understanding in forio before tho suspension of tariff debate to allow tho Democrats to bring In their compromise bill, and Mr. Harris, acting for the Democrats, ngreed to tho proposition, with the sfipul ition that the speech making should proceed in n business like manner nnd that there should bo no dila tor motions. This agreement Is likely to bo broken at almost anytime. 'I he Democrats aro begin ning to complain that soaio of tho speeches made on the Republican side are longer than need be. and intimate that If their opponents do not soon rcanifist a disposition to shorten their seeches they will give them morehouis daily in which to make them. he'nitor Aldrich, m spenking of the com promis.) tariff bill yesterday, said: "Every schedulo except those In ariug on woods and spirits, nnd almo-t every (aragrapli of tho bill as ri ported from the committee originally, has been amended by providing an increase of unties ringing from 10 to 300 per cent. "Toe new rates aroalmostuniformly specific, taking the place of the ad valorem rates origi nally reported." Among the stories current aboat the Capi tol during tho day wgono to tho effe-t that Sen itor Hill is contemplating a motion to re commit the bill, with instructions to the com mittee to strike out tho incomo tax. Senator Hill when asked as to the truth of the rumor declined to discuss It. It was noticeable, however, that he sjwnt more or less timo during the day on the Republican side, and Republican Senators with whom he talked say that he discussed tho shortcomings of tho bill quite freely. Senators Mills, Berry, nnd Faulkner con ferred with House members during the day concerning tho tariff situ ition. The feeling of opposition to tho amendments was vcr marked among Democratic members, as they regarded tho changes as a step toward pro tection nnd as a retreat from the revenue re form lines of the Wilson bill. Tho members were averse, however, to stating their criticisms publicly and for publication. 3Ir. Reed, of Maine, authorizes the follow ing concerning the tariff amendments mado public yesterda: "Tho presentation by xho Senate Finance Committee of elght-one pages of amendments, apt arently more thin 400 in number, is n deli cate compliment to ilr. Wilson and the Bouse ot Kepr st ntatites. It virtually says that the House bill was rlzht except ou four or five hun dred points, and thit the .senito Committee, after a month s work, find 4(A) mistakes in their own bilL This will hardly tend lo restore con fidence in tho country, especially as evory amendment smacks of either prior ignorance or present barter "It scums imiiosslblc that a document so con structed as to show trarflc In every item should Lo permitted to see dayllrht in one batch. It would hive been Mser to have let tho matter tome before the country ilen by item rather than npcljmernto the dreadful total in one bunch. Kvldeutly It will bo tho duty of the ben ate to fully Inv, sticato these proposed amend ments, for when n committee of Unbuce refuses luaiings because it knows intuitively nil thincs, but Umls by some kind of backstairs influence thit It has made 400 mistnkes. It Is evident that that committee w ill bear walchlng." SAD STORY OF STARVATION. I ost in the V4. ilds of the Sierra .Mad re, a Party of Americans Perish. Sas Tiu Cisco, May 8. rrancis Murphy, nn American engineer nnd mining man, re turned to this city from Mazatlau. Mexico, and states thnt he was a member of a search ing party thit left Dnracgo about llvo weeks ago to Ilnd the whereabouts of H. L. Denton, C. 1'. Hall, Trank Turustall, Americans, nnd tvvojlexicaii guides, who started from Salto, state of Durango, on a prospecting and hunt ing expedition Into the sierra Mudre mount ains. The men mcntlonod left Denver. Co'o .some months ago In company with a Mr. Freemin, who is purforted to belong in bt. Louis, and two New i ork gentlemen. Tho three latter, together with an Indian guide and several Mexicans, arrived back at b ilto just before tho expedition was sent in siarch of their companies in a half-starved and bidly u'ed up condition. They reported that they had run short of provisions in tho mountains, lost their way and became set a rated from Denton, Hall, Turustall and tho b ilance of their party. A ielief party was- immediately organized. Murphy, two American miners and a numlcr of Mexicans constituting the searchers. Tho bleak nnd almost inaccessible parts of tho bierra Madera rantro were explored. In a ravino nearly orty miles from Snlto part of a camping outht belonging to tho miss.ng men was discovered. A blind trail was followed for ten miles over the most ragged and in hospitable of the mountain region. At one point a pole bad been dnven into the ground, to which had been fastened a torn shirt. A pioccoT piqier, on which was printed with n pencil the words "out of proisions;no water; have struck out for the foot of this canon," was also found. Five miles in n westerly direction from these signs the bodies of Denton and Hall were found lying on their backs. Several camp utensils, a Winchester ride, nnd a number of cartridges were sc ittered about the spot. The bodies were partly devoured by coyotes, but were easily idcntllled. Theclothiugl ndnearly all been torn from Hall's body. Denton's re mains were badly disfigured. The remains of tho two men wero buried with solemn ceremonies and a mound of stones raised over them. No further time was then lost in pushing tho hunt for Turnstall and the M-xicans. Tho searching party was divided, one-half going north and the other hair going eastward. A blind trail led tho northbound party into a part of the mountains that could not be traveled through, and tho searchers were forced to turn back, their own provisions run ning low and the water supply being too far lemoto for safety. Tho other party was entirely unsuccessful In finding tmce ot Turnstall, although it re mained out for nearly ten days. It is sup posed that all of the missing men have died if starvation. All Right ns an Armor Piercer. Saxdt Hook, N. J., May 8. Tho acceptance forvthe eight-inch armor piercing "Midvalo Holtzer" steel projectiles manufactured by the Midvale Steel Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., by their secret process, was finished to day, and was considered very satisfactory by Cnpt. Heath, in charge of the proving grounds at Sandy Hook, N. J. HORRIBLE, IF TRUE. A California Itnnchcr Charged with Mur dering Tvv o YVIv cs, a Child, and Grandchild. DcNS5ium, Cal.,May 8. George Decker, a well-to-do rancher of 8hasta Valley, has been placed under arrest for the murder of his wife and child, committed twenty-seven years ago. It is suspected also that Decker is respon sible for the recent death of his second wite and grandchild. s. WILL NOT WITHDRAW. The Silver-tongued Orator from Ken tucky Is Still in the Race. Louisville, Ky., May ,8. A special to the Commercial from Lexington says: Col. Breckinridge and his friends denounce as falso tho statement sent out from hero to-day to tho effect thnt a committee ot his friends would wait on him and request him to with draw from the race. Such n report has not been in circulation here, nnd several On ens men when ap proached declared they bad heard nothing of it. SAD CASE Or DROWNING. Charles r. Bradley Palis Out of a Fish Boat lie low the Arsenal. A mysterious and sad case of drowning oc curred yesterday morning at 9.30 o'clock. Charles F. Bradley, a white man, aged 21 years, who was working on the boat "J. C. Smith," foil overboard and was drowned be fore assistance could roach him. Tho boat was returning with a load of fish from down tho river, nnd Bradley went aft soon after passing Alexandria. His absence wns not noticed for some time. C.ipt. Arnold soon went in search for him, and saw Bradley struggling in tho water sev eral rods in the rear. Before tho tug which was towing tbn boat could be stopped the liody had gono down for the last timo and disappeared. The body has not y et been re covered. -' Bradley was a highly esteemed young man nmong his many friends. He lived at No. 806 Four-and-a-half street. On March C last his wife died, since wlilch timo he has met with many reverses. On this account it is believed by some that ho v oluntarlly throw himself in the water. NEW YORK'S GREAT CONVENTION Thomas G. Alvord Defeats John Iligclow for an Important Place. Alhast, N. Y., May 8. A huge basket of flowers this morning adorned tho desk ot the presiding offlcer-to-bo of the convention called to revise tho state constitution long before Secretary of State Palmer ascended tno res train to call tho body to order. There was a large gathering of spectators in the galleries nnd upon the Boor in tho rear of the railing OFFICERS CHOSEN. The convention elected Joseph II Cho&te pres ident by this vote: Joseph II Chnate, 121; elson .sm!tb, -. Dolaucy Icoll, 2; Kdwln Countryman, Is IL A. I"armenter,l;Mr .McClure, 1; Mr. lruax. 1: Andrew II Green, 7; John II. Blcelow, ; H riclit Ilolcomb. 2: .Mr. . D. edder, 1; John II Peck, 1; Martin Townaend, I. John M. Bowers, of New York, protested on tho floor of tho convention against the action of the majority (tho Republicans) in selecting nil the ofllcers. Thomas G. Alvord was eiocted vlco president, defeating John Bigc low, who was tho nominee of tho Democratic caucus. WILLING WORKERS STOPPED. .Miners from Keystone Hill Stop Operators ot Another .Mine. PniLLirsncno.Pa., May 8. Three hundred miners from the ncighbrohood of Keystono Hill, Md., mado their appearance at the mines of Richard Hughes, near Osceola, this morning for tho purpose of trying to induce a number of miners at work there to join the strike. Tho delegation went into tho Emjvoria camp on tho ton nshlp road, and it required effort on the part their leader to keep tho men off the company's property. Tno owner of the mine was seen; ho refused to suspend op erations. Finallp tho men at; work decided tint they would not go into the mine while the delegation remained there, and tho visi tors sent to Osceola for recruits to come and relieve them while they went to dinner. Tha samo thing occuned at supper time.nnd the nieht men are still keeping up the siege. The operators announce to-night that they will have policemen on hand in the morning to protect all who want to work, and trouble is probable. TROUBLE EXPECTED TO-DAY. The Trick Company ill 'Import .Men anil Start Their Works. Coellsville, Pa., May. Tho Frick Coke Company is making a desperntecfTort to start their works secretly, ns they did during the great strike three ears ago. The are col lecting men at all their works who are willing to work, nnd will start one plant at a time. If this is unsuccessful, new men will bo brought into the region, in which event there will be more rioting. Tho stnkers at Hill Farm aro becoming des perate, and have posted notices on all the compiny houses, warning the men to keep away. The notices are headed by a skull and cross bones, with tho following written under neath in large red characters: "Death All men who go to work at Hill Farm to-morrow, prepare to meet your God." Thecompan is determined to resume to morrow, and already bav e a force ot deputies on guard. Deputies were busy throughout the region to-day serving the injunction notices on tho leaders to keep oil Barney's property, and evicting strikers from company houses. There was no trouble, but an outbreak is liable to occur at any time. Lehigh Valley's cvv Tast Fnginc. BociiESTEn. N. Y May 8. The famous new Lehigh Valley engine, No. G55. mado a run from Buffalo to Rochester, arriving hero at 12.20 a. rn. to-day, an nv erago speed of eighty llvo miles being reported. Superintendent C. A. Beach, Assistant George V. Smith, and other railroad men wero in the coach at tached. The engine cami out of the Buffalo shop Saturday, and this is its second tnp on tho road. Engineer Heckmnn promised to make an average of ninety miles an hour on the return trip to Buffalo this afternoon. Tho engine has been christened tho C. A. Beach, and it acts like a record-breaker. Tired of Harness, but Stay on the Turf. New York, May 8. Bichard Crokersald to day that tho published reports that he was goiug to retire from the leadership of Tam many Hall was correct. He could not stand tho strain. He had been thirty years In har ness, he said, and now wanted to rest. About tho turf he said: "Betlre from tho turf? That is the last thing I intend doing. Why I want to get timo to go on tho turf. I do not intend to sell my stud." i .Murderer Wolgaraott's Suicide. St. Locis, Mo., May 5. William E. G. Wolgamott, who killed bis divorced wife, Mrs. Judea Gillson, and for whom the police have been searching for the past twenty-four hours, wns fou nd dead to-day in tho room in which he cut tho woman's throat. He had apparently returned to the scene of his crime to end his Hie, for his death wns by suicide, cutting his throat and shooting through the heart. Suspected as Diamond Thicv cs. Cleveland, Ohio, May 8. Five thousand dollars' worth of diamonds, part of the low elry, aggregating S14.000, which was stolen i low weeks ago from tho Home Security Company, have been found buriod in the roots of a birch tree near Painesville. Senator Kyle for President. MrsxEAi-oLiH, Minn., May 8. A Sioux Falls, S. D., special to the Journal says that Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, is being groomed for the Populist nomination tor President. GRAY AND HOAR LOCK HORNS Senator from Delaware Calls the Mas sachusetts Senator to Order. THE TARII'P BILL IX DEBATE Allegation That Democrats Who Could Vote for a Protectionist Measure Were False to Their Senatorial Oaths and to the Con stitution Caused the Trouble. Senator Hoar yesterday spoke on the tariff bill ns soon as Senator Harris got the bill under consideration. He said in part: "Tho Berate was to-day asked to enact into law a spasm that the peo ple have got over. The hasty action of ex citement of tho Fall of 1892, ot which the American people wero repenting in sack cloth and ashes, was to tako effect in tho in finite mischief und misery of a great action of legislation. The Senate was to hurry nnd get tho work done before the people could get at thorn. "This Democratic majority of two," said the Senator, "made by tho junior Senator from North Dakota and the junior Senator from Kansas, aro expected to compel tho American people to submit to a measure which they havo unmistakably condemned, and which they loathe and bate, as they tell us on every occasion and in every form in which they can utter their wIIL "I do not believe, Mr. President, there is a Senator on either side of the chamber bold enough to deny thnt this tariff bill, so far as it represents southern products, is a tariff for protection The provision In it for rice, for sugar, for coal, for Tennessee marble, are a tariff to protect those great southern prod ucts." Respecting what he held would be tno effect of tho passage of the bill on tho people en gaged in manufacturing industries, the Sena tor said substantially: "This bill, which "means murder to some parts of the country, means crucifixion in New England. There aro nearly 5,000.000 men and women cmpl0d as wage-earners in manufacturing industries in this country. Ibelievothattho best authorities agrei that each of the earners of wages In the factories support directly or indirectly at least five peo ple..' The Senator then went on to argue that there are four things which come from pro tection, viz.: high wages, national independ ence, carried employ ment nnd a stimulant to inventive faculty. Upon high wages, be in sisted, depended constant improvement in manufacturing processes which increased production and diminished cost. It was said that you cannot interfere with the natural laws of Industry and trade, bat Mr. Hoar contended that all the progress of human life rested upon ruch interference. The people, of Massachusetts had created under a policy forced upon them by other parts of tbn coun try a great industry. She bad done her full share In developing the great iron and steel industries and had built up also her great textile manufactures of cotton and wool. In concluding his remarks the Senator said that two great disturbing causes threatened the peace of tho republic and exposed us to the danger of great social disorders. Ono wns the acquisition in a few hands of vast ac cumulations of wealth by dishonest or ques tionable practices, and tbo other the wicked und unscrupulous appeal to tho prejudices and paslons of large masses of people by po litical leaders for political influence. Toward the close of Senator Hoar's speech ho succeeded, in arousing tba iru of Senator Grny, of Delaware. He was talking about the methods used by the so-called "conserva tive Democratic senators" to secure commis sions in the form ot higher duties, and con cluded bis statement by declaring that Demo cratic Senators who would support the comj romlsa bill ngreed upon by tho Demo cratic caucus would violate the Constitution and their oaths. This statement brought Mr. Gray to his feet. He demanded to know what thu Mossacnusetts Senator meant by such a charge a charge, he said, which "was un worthy of Mr. Hoar. Mr." Hoar waved tho Delaware Senator aside. Ho would refuse to yield to him, he said. But Mr. Gray was nut to be put off. His cheek was flaming. He Insisted upon an ex planation. "Very w ell." said Mr. Hoar, "I cannot be intimidated by a little bluster, but I will ex plain. I meant to say that for a Democratic Senator who subscribed to the doctrine of tho Chicago platform that a lariiT for protection was robbery, who went to the people nllirm ing his allegiance to that platform, and who now comes hero seeking and obtaining pro tective duties, I mean to say that for such a Senator there is no escape from the logic that he violates both his Senatorial oath and the Constitution." Mr. Gray made an effective effort to reply, but Mr. Hoir refused to be interrupted, whereupon Mr. Gray called him to order and asked a ruling upon thu point tuit such lan guage as tbo Massachusetts senator had used Was unparliamentary. Mr. Galliner (Rep., N. H-), who happened to be in the tfhai at tho time, overruled the point of order. Mr. Grn then could do nothing but sit down and wait. In a few minutes Mr. Hoar completed h s speech. 31r. Gray aroe. His anger had not sub sided. Thiswa3 tho sixtu week of the tariff debate, ho began. "If there was any doubt about the artillcial character ot the edltlco of protection this debate hid supplied it. Every attempt to approach the monstrous aggrega tion of folly and greed known as the Mciiin Ie bill had been met by those who raised a clamor about the Interests of tho people and by tho greed of corporations. AH were ar rayed in a solid phalanx against the most moderate attempt to correct existing abuses. " "We were now living under the McKinley law, which had at last reached its culminat ing climax, with organized idleness march ing on tho highways summoning the legis lative power of the country to do its bidding. These bodies of men wore claiming that national legislation wns tic cure-all for all existing evils. The culmination of McKin ley ism was characterized ift this debate by thu wild statements and assertions ot thu advo cates of the system that had wrought so much ruin to tho country. They threw aside all restraints of speech and dealt in the rhetoric of the slums. They cast their ioul aspersions on those who sought to do their duty to their country and their party. To day in tho speech of "the Senator from Massi chusetts the decomm of debate had been vio lated, but the language ho had indulged in onlv showed the straits to which ho had been put!" Mr. Hoar's temper was seemingly un ruffled when he replied in few words to what Mr. Gray hud said. Ho thought the Senator from Delaware had been too severe in his condemnation of the McKinley law, when he stood hero on this floor advocating a measure dotted and crowded all over with protection. It protection was unconstitutional and rob bery, this was a wicked thing to do. Why did he not tell the Senate in extenuation ot this, course why he had put a protective duty on sugar? "I do not propose to put a protective duty on sugar," ejaculated Mr. Gray from his seat. "Can the Senator not understand tho differ ence between a protective and a revenue duty?" An audible titter went round the Republican side at this retort. , , Mr. Hoar insisted that an attempt to show that Increases In duties wero for revenue pur poses and not for protection was simply an evasion. When Mr Hoar toot his seat Mr. Palmer (Dem., III.) felt called upon to defend himself from some of the insinuations in Mr. Hoar's remarks. As far as ho was concerned, he de clared, a half loaf was better than no loaf at all. If he could not get in a measure framed by his Democratic colleagues all he desired Jie would take what he could get- Ho then branched off in an effort to show that Coxey -ism was a legitimate outgrowth of thu pater nalism ot protection, lhosewho come to tho national feglslalnre asking protection, cry ing help, help, save us or we sink, were Cox- eyitea In reality. Coxeyism, on the same theory, demanded labor or blood. ' Mr. Hale (Rep., Me.) managed to get in his oar at this point. He inquired sarcastically which bill it was that the Senator from Illi nois thought tho American people would ap prove, the Wilson bill, the flrst draft ot tho Senate bill, the bill introduced by Mr. Voor hees' chairman of the Finance Committee, tho bill at present before the Senate under tho management of Mr. Harris, or tho now bill presented yesterday. The bill Introduced by Mr. Jones yesterday, he said, was no more like the bill before the Senate than the gavel of tho Vice President was like an E-llnt bugle. Its make-up from the foundation was entirely different. Certainly if It wns right to pass any one of theeo Uvo bills prepared by the majority, it would have been wrong to pass any of the other four. Which bill, he asked, bad received tho approbation of the country, and what part of the country? Mr. Palmer in response denied that ho Slid that any of the bills framed had received the indorsement of the country. What ho had said was that the ountryliad overwhelm ingly disapproved of the McKinley bill. As any one of tho bills framed was preferable to that infamous measure, he asserted that any one of them would meet to a greater or less extent the approbation of tlfe people. If Republican Senators were skeptical or Impa tient on this score let them -vait for the ver dict at the ballot box. Tho discussion was closed by the venerable Senator from Vermont (Morrill). The author of the old war tariff, white-hulred and bent with ago arose in his place, a smile playing about the corner of his lips. As he had on n previous occasion said something in deroga tion of the Democratic tariff incisure he de sired now. ho said, to say something in appro bation. The 400 amendments to the tariff bill offered on yesterday, he said, showed that after listening to Re ublicau speeches for six weeks the Democratic Senntors had learned something, f the tariff bill were laid asldo for a month, and that month were devoted to study by his friends ou the other sldo of the chamber, ho thought at the end of thnt timo tbey would bring in n bill which wou'd be perfectly acceptable to the Republican side, and which would tass (he Senate unani mously. Tho Senate seemed to enjoy the rlayful joke. When Mr. Morrill took his scat Senator Quay (Rep.. Pa.) appeared from behind his huge pile of manuscript and resumed tho speech which he has been delivering since April 15. - WISS PIERSOrl'S ASSAILAKT. Captured in the Mountains nnd Lodged in Jail at rincastlc. Ibov Gate, Ve.. JIny 8. The man who outraged Miss Pierson near Eagle Rock Sat urdu was captured In tho mountains ono mile west of Gila Wnter Station yesterday by Rob ert Casper. He gives his name as George Dotson, of Lewlsburg. W. Vn. He was hur ried off to Fi-eastlo strongly guarded. Excitement nins high, but it Is hoped tho people will let the law take Its course, rive hundred men from Clifton Forge. Iron Gate, Glen Wilton and tho surrounding country scoured the mountains in search of tie man. Miss Pierson's condition is more favorable. The crime occurred last Saturday morning. Miss Pierson. whilo out In a Held alone, was outraged by Dotson. who then forced her to take a pill, which proved to be poison. SEEKING STARVATION'S CAUSE. Resolution Toward a Congressional In cstigation of Industrial Depression. Chairman McGann, ot tho Houe Commit ters on Labor, has completed tho teit of tho joint resolution contemplating a congres sional investigation of the industrial unrest and incldentully of the Coxey army move ment. It will be presented to the Labor Com mittee to-day. It I as follows: He-olveJ by tho teunte and Houe of Kepre sentntiTs, 1 bat a joint committee be appointed, consisting of three enatott. to be appointed by the president of the senate, and four ttrpreent atiTts, to be appointed by thefcDeaSerot the icue, whose duty It shall be tolmestlgiteand report within thirty days the cau-e of the ln dustflat depression resitonsibleforso much dis tress throughout the co-ntrj, and what lejris tlon will iniuco and preserve Industrial and flnttuclal condition that will offer speedy, permanent an J lucrative employment to the citizens ot the L mted Mite-. It has been reported that 3Ir. Covey would appear before the Lalor Committee to-day, but this is erroneous. 3Ir.MeOanu as there will bono hearing, but rnereij a committee meeting to pns on tho resolution. Alter the latter is approved by Congress tho hearings will occur. - Telegraphic Ilrcwtics. .Uav,X 'i , May b (lov, Flower haS fdpned the bill preventlnc the remomlol the city hall, ewprfc, or the balldiugota new one ou its site, InpunapoU". Ind., May 8 CoL Joseph "Moore is deaJ, aped Ci jenrs lie planned and con strutted all btldces used by Mierman n his maijch to the sea. ZStw Iokk, May 1 Tho Federal crand Jury tc-iy Itidkted frrederkk EL Tdpar foi;einb2-zl'neat-out $30j00 of the funds of tho Trades men s National bank. iMisjiroLfc?, Ind., May 8 Coroner Beck's de cision will be that AtUiuey Beik, Congresmja Uyuiuu s old liw partner, whose mysterioi s death has been unJer Investigation for about two weeks was murdered. s-a FltiNCI-'CO, May b V cablegram from Ilaodadi. Japan, coullrmtjjs probable tho re ported Io3 ot the M.hcouer .tatthew Turner It is believed all u board, twenty-three In num ber, were lost. lEDrfi, Tn May b The franchise of the Heading. Lancaster aud Baltimore railroad, whkh never built, was this nfternoon sold at ghnrifi's sale for $C3 It was to haro been con atru"ted imm thi city to Baltimore. DaJ-LaS Tex., May P. beveral hundred dele gates are here In state convention to organize apninst tho co-lasurs.ni o clause of the insurance et in panics doin; business in 1 exas. The move ment may result In driving fiftj-3ix companies fiom lexns Portland, Ind., May S. Tho Empire OU Com pany has drilled an immense well on tho orth fnrm in .lacttson township It spouted oil ten feet abovo the deirick, nnd U estimated to havo a dally output of h)J barrels 1'reparations aro being made to drill a number of others immedi ately. Stockton, CaL, May b Tho estate of a well-to-do negio trrmer mined Mckluuey has been awarded by the probate court to his brother, who lives in Kentucky McMuneyleft an estate valued at $10 000 to his physician, but tho Jury decided McMnuey was of unsound mind when be made his wilL Boston, MayS. Xo preliminary Injunction wns g-nntcd tc-day to pre cut tho American iugar jicrinery Company from doing busines" in this state until U f hall file a statement as to its con dition I ho hearing was postponed until June 5, until after the Issuance of asubpeena, returnable the day teforo the hearing. Denver, Cola, May 8 The school elections throughout the state were devoid of special In terest, save In district u 1 In thU citj, whero n strong A. I1 A fight was mado The result was an overwhelming victory for tho A 1. A., their candidates receiving majorities of about I.HiiUlna total vote of 4,4 U CniCACO, May S. Mayor Hopkins ha3 an nounced his intention to nominate lrcsldent Harper, of Chicago university, to fill a vacancy on the city school board, i ho Idea of the mayor is to establish a c!oto connection between tho public school system of the city and tho univer sity. lr Harper has intimated that he will ac cept. Xpw "iOBk, May8 Early this morning Mrs. Elizabeth bnundtrs, 55 yeais old, Jumped from the third-story window of her home, at In Ave nue A, to tho pavement below bhe died a few hours later from the Injuries received, bhe had been anxious to go to a hospital for relief from a nervous trouble of longstanding, but hermother-in-law, who is DO years old, induced her tore main at home Decatur, 11L, May 8 The body of an unknown man has been found in Salt creek, twelve miles north of Decatur. From a Lake bhore mileage book found in his pocket tho deceased is pre sume i to bo Charles Hass, of Buffalo, N.Y. Tho supposition is that the man fell from an Illinois Central train Saturday n'ght. He was 50 years old, and had a heaty gray moustache. o valu ables were found In his pockets. Sfattle, Wash., May 8 It Is reported with good authority that the Post-In tellfgeticer has been sold by U S J Hunt to Frederick J. Grant, late minister to Bolivia and present editor, and George U. Pellbren, manager of the Guarantee Loan and Tiust Company, who edited the paper during Grant's absent e at his mission. All parties concerned refuse to talk. Tho paper Is valued at from $150 000 to 00,000. Fort Worih, Tex., May 8. Texas bankers met in their teuth annual sesslcn this morning, the attendance being the largest since the oi ganlzation was formed, the convention was called to order by President- T. J. Grance, of Galveston, and Mayor Paddock delivered nn ad dress of welcome, alter which tho annual mes aige of President Granco was read. Themes sage wss strongly congratulatory in character It showed the condition of Texas hanks to be sound as an honest dollar. MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN How They Are Concerned As to Mar riage, Divorce, and Dress Reform. NATIONAL COUNCIL OP K0MEN They Urge That Some Attention Ought to Ba Paid to Teaching Boys Somehow to Be come Good Husbands, as Well as Girl How to Cook and Sew. Philadelphia May 8. Jlarrlaga and di vorce and dress reform were the subjects that occupied most of tho time of thoexecuthe board of the National pouncil of Women of the United States at the Continental to-day. The divorce committee's report, handed out of the session by the secretary, Mrs. Avery, in the afternoon, contained the following: "It is significant that the National League reports that it is studying "the problem of marriage, polygamy, chanty, divorce, chil dren and women," and that these are re garded as "closely related parts of one inclu sive problem of the family and its place and relation to social order." Cut tne National League has not yet set itself to the study of the problem of children nnd man. It has for gotten that the beginning of wisdom is "Enow thyself." It still apparently hopes that man alone can settle all social questions in spite of thousands of years proof to the contrary. The council strongly dep recates any legiHtion whatever restricting divorce until the women of the United States shall hae had ample time, after special no tice, to form and express nn opinion concern ing every proper re-trittlon. It earnestly protests agalnt any legislation whatever hav ing in lew the changing of the present laws, either of divorce or marriage, until hilf the people vitally interested In such legis.ation shall have a voice in shaping it. "In view of the fact that Co per cent, of the dhorces In the United Mates during twenty jears were granted to whes on their peti tions ot divorce from their husbands aud that the great majority of those were for de sertion or cruel treatment, the council sub mits that something mora is needed than to teach to sew or to cook, valuable as wo be lieve such instructions to be. The causes in which wives are petitioners more largely than husbands are cruelty, in which the percentage is 1.5 to 1; desertion, in which the percentage is 1.5 to X, and drunk enness, in which it is 8 6 to 1; though, as 3Ir. Wright says, it is apparent th it the divorces granted for drnnkenntss cannot represent the entire numb-r in whieh drunkenness or in temperance is a serious factor. The council then reported that the first step toward elevating the home is to put man and woman, as home-makers, in a position of legal equality. It passed anither resolution, thanking Judge Jcre Wilson for his just ad- oeacy of the rights of women under the law and m the professions in his recent pnblio plea before the courts of the national capital. Race Trouble in Jllssisslppi. Memphis, Tenn.. May 8. Reports from Hill House, Coahoma county, Miss., are the to effect that a serious race trouble is imminent. A white planter, named Lombird, interfered nnd prevented a mob of negroes from lynch ing one of their own color. Since then his ginhouse anil other buildings have been burned, nnd at present both sides are armed, nnd the blacks swear vengeance. The place is remote from railroads and telegraphs, and the blacks number nbout fifteen to one white. Considerable apprehension Is felt lor the oat come of the trouble. , Dclh cry of Transatlantic .Mails. Londov. May S. In tho House of Common to-dav Mr. Kenny asked the Right Hon. Arnold Morlcy, postmaster general, whether tho government was aware that since July, 13D3. the Wbite.Star line steamships MajesHo and Teutonic had beaten the American line steamships Pans and New York eight oat of nine times they had left New York together. Mr. Morley said that the statement was inac curate, adding that the mills of the two Rntish steamships referred to had been de livered in Lond-a four times earlier and twice liter than the mails of tho two Ameri can stenmhii s. Upon the four remaining occasions the malls had been delivered in London simultaneously. Dcstructhc Texas Cyclone. Gainesville, Tex., May 8. One of the most de-trnctivo cvcloncs over known in the Chickasaw mtion has passed over that coun try. Not less than twenry houses were blown down. Among them was one occupied by J. C.Humphrey and family of six. Ihe build ing was completely demolished and the occu pants scattered in "nil directions. Mrs. Hum phrey hid her skull crushed and arm broken. Ueing In a delicate condition, it is thought she will die. Frank, the ten- ear-old son, re ceived bruises which will probably prove fatal. Oilier persons were slightly injured. Fences were laid low for miles around and stock suffered. .Minnie Scligman Again. Newabk. N. J., May S. This morning Lawyer Leonard Kahsch began two suits in tho second district court for S100 nnd 5129 against the property of Mrs. MInnio Scligman Cuttfng for mones ndaneed by Henry C. Miner aud W. M. Morton to fit out her now plav, "Lady Gladys." The baggage left be hind by Mr! and Mrs. Cutting when they left for New York last night his been attached. The Miner" theater in this city will remain closed this week, owing to the inability of tho actress nad managers to come to nn agree ment. It is said counter suits will be brought. -- Texas Lynchers in Jail. Gatesville, Tex., May 8. Sheriff Him mack to-day arrested cc-btate Representatives King and Frankl in for complicity in the huching of Ed Cash a few weeks ago. Cosh was the man who wis at midnight dragged from tho bed"ido of a sick and pleading wife bj masked men nnd lynched. There are now eleven alleged lynchers in jail, but tho promi nence of the last two prisoners has created intenso oxcitement. ot Murat, but Son Marshall. Ebookltn, N. Y., May 8. Murat Halstead, editor of the Standard-Union, says that the dispatch from Cincinnati stating that he was in Chicago, and would remain there perma nently, refers to his son, Marshall Halstead, and not to himself. , Affairs of Our Workingmcn. CH irleston, W. Va , May a Tho Kanawha Coal Exi Imnse decided not to send any dele gates to the national convention on tho 13th In stmt at Cleveland, saying the strike is the work of Ohio men, and let them ncht It out PHiLUrsLCRiJ, Va., Mar 8. Four hundred I'hillipsburg and IleecU Creek miners marched from rhllllpsbun; to Woodland, where there wis a conl mine in operation. They persuaded the men to throw down their tools and come out. iHLiM),VK, May 8 The strikers have In duced Jlarorllubbell to withdraw the commis sions of thespetlil police who had been ap pointed, they tlilmcd. to take strikers' places on the docks. Thero was no further ttouble to day. Fisdlav, Ohio. Miy 8 fter a shut-down of ten months the i lndlay Window (Jlass Company started work nsaln yeslcrdny This Is the flrst class factory in northwestern Ohio to change from natural pas to coal for fuel, which it now uses for the flrst time. Two hundred men were given employment Srnrs.ntin, I1L, May 8 President Crawford, of the Illinois Mine Workers, has returned from Gillespie and states thit at a meeting held there too miners from Ml, Olive, Git narm, nnd Staun ton were present, nnd they succeeded in induc ing all but twenty of 1(3 employes in the Consol idated Coal Company's mine at Gillespie to go out. Ccmeerl vnd. May 8 The nows from the West Irglnin and George s Creek valley coal region, as it centers in Cumberland, shows a resiles spirit that reasoning may quiet or somo unfor seen event may stir into troublesome activity. The news from Elk Gaiden Is that but a small force nro working, not sufficient to successfjlly run the mines, r.ut both the agitators and tM mining companies are hopeful ot the result f l mgkkm&M. o. 'Jtas&. 'jsUlii? eJTvl Wt- -y-.-