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THE LATE WAR
Is most graphically described in
HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY.
Twelve parts are ready.
VOLUME EXXXVU.-XO. 137.
TRAIL AT WOODLAND.
The Net Being Drawn Still Closer
Around Defendant Worden.
STRONGEST EVIDENCE SINCE THE
OPENING DAY.
Testimony to the Effect That Dozens
of Armed Men Were Seen ln tho
Railroad Yard and About the
Tracks in Sacramento During the
Strike, Who Were Seen to Come
Out of the Strikers' Headquarters.
Special to the Record-Union.
Woodland, July 20.—The testimony
this morning still closer draws the net
around Worden, on the charge of train
wrecking and murder. The evidence to
day was principally devoted to proving
the commission oi unlawful acts done by
defendant Worden, the object being to
strengthan the charge of conspiracy
against the organization of which be was
the representative. It was tho strongest
against the defendant since the opening
day.
Frank Boyle was sworn: "I am night
watchman ior the Southern Pacific Com
pany: have so acted for six years. Saw
dozens of armed men duriug the strike in
the yard and around the depot; saw them
coming out of strikers headquarters; saw
as many as fifteen men in the yard at one
time, with guns under their coats. They
were expecting a boat with soldiers, and
they asked me if I had seen auy Gatling
guns around. On the morning of the
strike two men came to the freight house
and told me they had been sent there by
the American Kailway Union to look
alter tue premises and see that uothiug
went wrong. Mr. Fllis, the agent, told
me to throw the men out if they did not
behave themselves. One man was lull
and weut to sleep, and by and by the
other man's wife came and took him
away. They did not try to do anything
wrong." ,ii
on cross-examination Hart asked him
if the strikers wuo were armed looked
like dangerous men.
"Oh, no, but I'd hate like to meet
'cm in the dark."
"Did you know any of these strikers?"
"couldn't call auv by name. Some
were called 'Cigarette Dick,' 'Boston
Bill,' and the like."
K. F. House was sworn. "Live in Los
Augeles County; am au orange grower;
live at Pomona; came to Sacramento to
attend the Kepuuiuan State Convention;
-v neu 1 started home was refused a ticket
by the railroad compauy because the
tstrikers had stopped trains. Ou the sec
ond day of the strike 1 met Wordeu; had
known him a long time; asked him what
tue matter was; Wordeu said it was a
strike on account of the Pullmau busi
ness."
Witness said: "Don't look like I will
get out of here very soon."
Wordeu said he couldn't tell. Witness
took the river steamer Apache July 7th
ii om Sacramento. On the boat he met
Wordeu and a man named Kelly; asked
him what he was doing on tfie boat;
\\ orden replied that he couldn't tell, but
that ne might do something that v\ ould
surprise him t,the witness;. Witness said:
"You are not going to tie the boat up, are
you?" Wordeu said he could if he
wanted to.
\\ ituess said something about th_ sol
diers coming, and Wordeu said the boys
were prepared for them; that they had a
couple ol thousand rilies. Wordeu had a
valise which he seemed careful uot to let
go out of his hands. Witness said: "You
must think a whole lot of the valise?"
Worden replied: "Yes, there was pleuty
of money and stuff iv it."
Witness spoke to a man named Charlie
Hart, who was a prominent leader of the
strikers at Los Angeles. Wordeu said ne
kuew Hart, but.did not think much of
him. Then he pulled out of his pocket a
memorandum book and wrote on a leaf,
".t>. D. Worden, Doc delegate, Lodge _NJ,
Chicago Convention," tore it out aud gave
it to witness, asking him to hand it to
liart with his (Wordeu's; complimeuts.
Vpou the slip were some notes, which
witness said he wrote on the boat in his
stateroom the day he saw Worden. This
was the substance of his conversation
■with him.
Cook, who was examining the wituess,
asked him If he had that paper.
Wituess produced it, and it was passed
down the live of attorneys for inspection.
Cook read the purported words in Wor
deu's handwriting, and submitted the
paper in evidence. Upon the slip were
some notes which wituess said he wrote
on the boat in his stateroom the day he
saw Worden the substance of his conver
sation with him.
General Hart went after the witness re
gardless ot his feelings. "Is it your cus
tom to write down notes of private con
versations?"
"So."
"Did you treat Worden a number ot
times to get him drunk so he would
talk?"
••Well, I treated and he talked."
"Did you treat for the purpose of get
ting him to talk?"
"I decline to answer unless the court
directs me."
The court said, "Let the witness an-
Bwer."
">o, I don't know that I did it for that
purpose."
••Weil, why did you refuse to answer
my question?"
The witness said he didn't like to have
counsel intimate he would get a man
drunk in order to pump him. He said
bo was at oue time a railroad conductor.
He came to Woodland in answer to a tel
egram from Mr. Curtis, aud came on a
railroad pass. He and his family always
traveled on passes. His preseut business
was that of a State delinquent tax col
lector. Did not see Worden after the
boat passed the up-coming steamer;
didn't know that Wordeu was so drunk
he lell off the boat; didn't see any Turk
ish woman ou the boat; didn't see the
Turkish woman have Worden's valise.
He was not in the employ of the railroad
company iv auy way, and was not a rail
road detective.
The next witness was Engineer W. A.
Belden, who brought the traiu of militia
men to Sacramento via Stockton on July
4th. He proved a vory interesting wn
noss, and his testimony made Worden a
very conspicuous figure iv the exciting
occurrences of the strike affairs. Witness
testified that his train consisted of teu
passenger coaches of soldiers aud a bag
gage oar. They arrived at Tweuty-sec
oud street, Sacrameuto. on the morning
of July 4th. When the soldiers had de
parted from the train lour or five meu
appeared at the engine. One of these
men was Worden, the defendant. Didn't
know any of the others.
one of the men began talking to the
fireman and tried to iuduce him to join
the strikers. The fireman said he was
satisfied where he was, aud refused to go
out. Wordeu came up and looked at the
" number ou the engine and said: "1787: I
thought this was Bill Scott's engine. You
are not BUI Scott, are you?"
Wituess replied, "JSo, but I represent
him."
Wordeu said, "The you do!"
Then witness saw some of the strikers
trying to mount the baggage car, aud saw
Mr. Palmer, the Resident Engineer, with
t> pickhandie in his hands on the baggage
THE RECORD-UNION.
car driving the men back. Saw some of
the men run in between the cars, and saw
Worden jump off the pilot of the eugine.
Afterward he found that the air-hose op
erating the brakes had been cut. The
witness then backed the train to Florin,
thence to Gait, and thence to Stockton.
He put his engine in the round-house at
Stockton and disabled the engine by re
moving the knuckle-joints of the valve
stems. He did this because he was afraid
th_ strikers would steal the engine. Ou
the morning of July 10th he discovered
tho engine was gone. Saw Worden in
Stockton before and after the engine was
taken.
Hart wanted to know what the prose
cution was trying to prove by this testi
mony.
Cook replied that they proposed to show
that Worden orgauized a company of
armed men and stole an engine and sent
them to Sacramento, aud he,remained iv
Stockton aud stole another eugine aud ar
rived himself the next day at the Capital
City.
Witness* continued: Saw Kelly in
Stockton. Worden pointed Kelly out
and .told witness Keily was his
partner. Met Keily at the Stockton
roundhouse on the morning of. tho 10th.
Tiie engine had oeen taken out during
ihe night. Mr. Crosby, the railroad fore
man at Stockton, inlr<>duced Worden to
wituess. Worden remarked that he had
heard the engine had beeu taken out aud
had come up to sco if it was so.
.Jr. Griliiu talked with Worden.
Worden said he had to be in Sacramento
tne next day. Griffin asked Worden
how he could get to Sacramento when no
tiains were running, and Worden re
plied:
"The A. K. U. have an underground
wire. You pull the string, and zip! you
are there!"
Wordeu said the company was cun
ning in not letting the strikers know
when the train of miliameu puiled out of
Oakland. If the stiikers had known it
the train would never have reached Sac
mento. Wordeu spoke of meeting wit
ntss at Sacramento on July 4th. He
said:
"I am the man whe cut your air-hose
at the piiot, and I don't deny it!"
Witness asked Worden if he was an A.
R. U. man aud thought that tiio cutting
of the hose would stop the traiu. Worden
told witness that if he had boon teu min
utes slower iv getting out with his en
gine he would not have got out at all. He
aud the men would havo taken the train
right there, but were afraid of the few
soldiers that were left to guard the traiu.
He didn't know then how the militiamen
stood toward the strikers.
Crosby told Worden that he didn't
think the strikers could win by violating
the law, and Worden asked:
"What is the law?"
Crosby said, "The people," and Wor
den replied, "We are the people!"
Worden made the remark that he know
Sam Clark, the engineer, sixteen years
ago and fired with him. Ho said he was
a local organizer of the A. K. 1,'., but
didn't say who Kelly was, except that he
was his partner.
Mr. Gaddis cross-exnniined the witness
at great length. Witness explained that
ou July sth he replaced the knuckle
joints in tho locomotive aud removed one
of the pins of the valve-stem. Whoever
stole the engine took a pin out of another
eugine in the roundhouse and used it for
the purpose. Witness never saw Wor
den before July 4th at Sacramento.
Counsel wanted witness to deliue what
a "scab" was. The prosecution objected
and the objection was sustained.
Mr. Gaddis wan ltd to know if the en
gineer who pulled out a traiu of soldiers
to shoot down his fellow-workmen was
not the worst scab on earth.
Mr.-Cook jumped to his feet excitedly
and asked the court to protect tho wit
ness from such insults. The question
was withdrawn.
The defense did not help its case by its
tedious examination of the witness. He
was apparently a willing witness for the
prosecution, but he old uot seem anxious
to over-color or coucoal anything.
AKTEKXOOS SESSION.
The first wituess called was G. C.
Grisman, who stated that he was a brake
man; lived in Oakland aud came to Sac
ramento July 4th; went from Sacramento
to Gait. "I was on the train that took
the military to Sacramento; was on the
rear end; didn't see the trouble at the
head of the train. I went to Gait and
from there to Stockton. When we side
tracked the train 1 saw Wordeu there."
The witness here identified Worden as
the man seen at Stockton on the morning
of the loth. He saw him in conversation
with Clark and Crosby. Worden, iv the
conversation expressed his disapproval
of the stand taken by the engineers and
conductors with regard to the strike.
"My memory is not quite clear," said
the witness, "concerning the conversa
tion with regard to bombs. Worden said
the company was very cunning iv not
letting it be known that soldiers were
coming. If it had beeu known they
never would have gotten there."
In answer to Attorney Gaddis, witness
stated that what took place at Twenty
second street was not of his personal
knowledge, but from hearsay. In the of
fice at the roundhouse tney were talking
about tho strike. Worden did not ap
prove of tho action of some of the lead
ers. Crosby asked him how he expected
to win the strike, and he replied, in sub
stance, "We are the people." Wituess
had a faint recollection of something be
ing said of bombs, but his memory was
poor on that point.
S. G. Lyons, being sworn, stated in an
swer to Attorney Cook: Am an engineer;
have beeu employed by tbe Southern Pa
cific Company since 187'J; went to La
throp the _stn of June and remained
there till the uight of July loth. Wordeu
came to me between 9 aud 10 o'clock ou
tho night of July 10th and said, "Is your
name Lyon?" I said it was. Then ho
grabbed me by the coat collar and jerked
me into the street and said; "I want you
to run that engine!" I asked, "Where do
you want me to run it?" He said: "It
don't make a— — bit of dkfereuce; ruu it
where I tell you to!" 1 went and got my
engine out.
Worden was not alone. He had a man
with a guv on his arui, and with him
were five or six others. Could not say
where they came from, except from here
say. They brought a fireman also, un
der guard. Worden gave me orders to
ruu to Sacramento. He traveled on the
Pullman part of the time and part of the
time on the engine. By order of Worden
we stopj>ed this sine of Stockton and
took ou forty men. We stopped at Gait
to take ou water, and at Elk < irove to tel
phone the committee at Sacrameuto to
meet them wheu we arrived there. At a
signal we stopped at Fourteenth street.
\\ orden wanted me to go to the Fremont
Hotel with them. I did not go, but
stayed in the car.
Defendant Hatch came to the engine in
the morning and rode Irom the place of
stopping to the yard. He had on a re
volver and a knife. In the morning sev
eral men, with Hatch as ieadei, marched
up to the A. K. U. hail. Hatch passed
me by the guard at the door. While iv
there I read the letter that Wordeu gave
me at Lathrop. I took the engine to La
throp lastSuuday. On the way up Hatch
asked me to join them. I said I'd think
about it.
On the arrival of my tram last Sunday
I met Mr. Meyers, Chairman of the Gen
eral Grievance Committee of the South
ern Pacific Company, at the request of A.
D. Wilder,
In answer to General Hart, witness
stated that on the night at Lathrop he
was forced to take the train; he did not
wish to, but did not think it worth while
to refuse. Before starting, he said, 1
went after my valise guarded by two
men, one of whom carried a gun. At
Brighton Worden came on to the eugine,
at my request, to tell me where to stop.
1 suppose Worden was conductor. C. A.
Fitzpatrick was the fireman—the regular
fireman. I reported t_ Mr. Small.
I have talked with Judge Armstrong.
I arrived in Woodland on Monday morn
ing. I board at the Capital Hotel. It
was In Koom No. 12 of the Byrnes Hotel
in which I was interviewed by Attorneys
SACRAMENTO, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1894.—51 X PAGES.
Cook, Head and Mr. Myers. When I
went to the engine at Lathrop Worden
had me by the arm. These men, with
force oi arms, compelled me to take the
engine out.
The next witness called was C. A.
Fitzpatrick. In answer to Attorney
Bruner, witness stated: I have been in
the employ of the Southern Pacific Com
pany as lireman lor three weeks. I know
Mr. Lyons; met him at Lathrop about the
6th of July. I recognize two of the de
fendants. I first saw these men at Stock
ton on the 9th or 10th. I saw the first
man I pointed out t,Wordeu; at Lathrop.
lie said, "Get up, we want you !" There
were men stationed with guns. He said
to me, "We are coiug to Saoramento —we
are going to try an experiment, and want
you io fire."
I said 1 might not get back for a day or
two, aud he answered that they would
board me When I started to the engine
the man who was behind me followed. I
recognized Lyon fixing his engine.
When we reached the roundhouse there
were live or six men, some with guns,
wno seemed to be guarding Lyons. There
were about four armed, 1 think, with
rifles. As nearly as I can remember there
were twenty men got on at Lathrop.
Near Stockton, on this side, on the night
of the luih of July, about sixty men got
on. We stopped at either Lodi or Gait to
take on water. A good many of the men
got down with guns aud surrouuUed tho
engine.
At or near the Buffalo Brewery in Sac
ramento we were ordered to stop, and
told to wait there. Worden said he would
come back. He came back and told the
engineer to run up to tho shed. Hatch
exhibited a pistol, which he afterward put
into his pocket. Then he drew a knife
with about a ten inch blade, and thrust it
toward my breast, and then returned it to
his pocket. He did not look to be in a
joking humor. From the shed we were
marched to the American Railway Union
headquarters. Engineer Lyon was taken
inside. I remained in front on the side
walk. I saw Worden at about 7:45 a. m.
on July _lst, standing iv front of the
American Kailway Union headquarters.
ln answer to Mr. Gaddis. on cross-ex
amination, the wituess stated that he saw
Hatch at the Stockton depot ou July Cth.
I W_s switching in Stockton, and Hatch
was watching all the time. 1 saw him at
Sacramento, and 1 can't swear whether
or not ho came upon the train, for 1 did
did not see him until we stopped. There
were two men at Lathrop with rilies.
Wheu Hatch drew the knile and thrust it
at me I did not consider it a joke. I
asked the man with tho rifle, who was on
guard in tho cab, what they expected. He
said they expected to meet a Sheriff's
posse. I asked why they stopped, and lie
replied, to take on some of the boys.
There about sixty got on.
In answer to auuestion of the attorney,
witness said: "I know there were about
sixty, for there were forty when we
started, and I counted 100 when they got
at Sacramento. I counted them as they
iormed iv twos aud inarched off. I asked
the man on guard in the cab if the strike
was settled. He said it would be after
the fight in Sacramento that day."
At this point a recess of teu minutes
was taken at the request of Attorney
Cook.
Alter recess Fitzpatrick was recalled
and stated that he was in Sacramento at
the time ol tho wreck of the ill-fated
train. ♦
F. D. Simpson was next sworn, and
said: "Am foreman of the roundhouse at
Lathrop. I was in Lathrop the 10th of
this month. Lyons was there with his
engine. 1 saw that man there, I believe
they call him Worden ipointiug to de
fendant Worden). On that night I went
to the roundhouse 1 had a letter that I
got from the Postolliee for Lyons. As I
walked through the gangway Worden
asked me where I was going. I said i
wanted to see Lyons, as I had a letter for
him. Worden said: 'Give me the letter.'
I recused, whereupon he drew his pistol,
and putting it up to my body, said: 'Give
me that letter !' I gave it to him. I told
him to be sure to give it to Lyons, aud
he said he would,
"About that time I saw Lyons coming
surrounded by a number of men. I told
Lyons that that man had a letter for him,
and \\ orden drew the letter from his
pocket and gave it to Lyons. Ailora
few minutes they left with the engine
aud sleeper. I did now recognize Knox
as one of the men who were there."
J. E. Keade was sworn, and said: "My
occupation is that of hustiei at the round
house at Lathrop. Was on duty ou the
night of the loth of July. Saw Worden.
I was in the office when I heard a noise,
and stepping to the door saw Worden,
who asked: "Where is the fireman who
fires the switch engine?' I said he was iv
bed. Worden asked, 'Would you mind'
showing us where he is?' I said he was
asleep.
"Worden then stuck a pistol against
my jaw and asked if I would mind show
ing them. 1 said no, and went. I saw
other armed men there. Worden said,
'1 used to railroad in this part of the
country.' He said his name was Wheeler,
and that they were going to Sacramento
with tho engine. Une man had a Win
chester and the other a shotgun."
At this point General Hart announced
that unless some evidence more conclu
sive than anything yet produced was
brought against Knox, Mullin and Comp
ton. he protested against their retention
in jail, aud asked that they be granted
bail this afternoon.
Attorney Cook replied: "The charge
against these men is conspiracy, and if it
is shown that these men are guilty of it
they must he held. Sufficient evidence
is in and more is to lollow. This is a
case of circumstantial evidence and can
not be tried In a moment. We shall
prove this conspiracy by detached facts.
So far as the evideuce is concerned it is
direct and tends to show the complicity
of the three defendants in the conspiracy."
Hart replied, in a labored effort, to the
effect that the defense had been waiting
for eight days for the prosecutiou to put
in evidence of sufficient strength to hold
the three defendants. _>*o evidence is
brought so far to connect them with the
wreck. He demanded that Detective
Hickey be brought into court to sub
stantiate the charge to which he had
sworn.
District Attorney Head, in a short but
forcible speech, deuied the right of the
court, in view of the evideuce, to entertain
such an unheard-of motion.
ln the midst of a wordy wrangle be
tween tho opposing attorneys, court was
adjourned till 0 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing.
liUKXED TO liEATH.
An lowa Farmer Loses His Life In tho
Flames.
Burlington (la.), July 20.—George
W. Dee, a farmer living eight miles from
Wilburton, was burned to death in his
house last night. He was 87 years old,
and weighed 000 pounds, and had been
confined to his bed. In some way the
house took fire, and when discovered the
ilanies were around Dee's bed. His son
in-law, Scott Devault, attempted to assist
him out of the house, but the sick man
was uuable to walk. Devault partly car
ried and dragged him as far as the door,
w lieu the flames swept upon them aud
Devault was compelled to abandon the
invalid to his fate. The flames soon re
duced his form to a blackened mass in
full view of the horrified spectators. His
aged wife was terribly burned.
Fatal Mine Accident.
Wilkesbarre (Pa.), July 26.—At the
Exeter shaft of the Lehigh Valley Com
pany at Pittstown the bottom fell out of a
carriage as it was descending the shaft to
day, and Colonel Mason, Superintendent
Robert Mercer, Assistant Superintendent
William Wiisou and another official were
precipitated to the bottom. Mason was
killed outright. The others were fatally
injured.
.*.
Henry George.
>* _w York, July 26.—The many friends
of Henry George are talking of putting
him in nomination for Congress.
WISCONSIN HEARD FROM.
Vilas Replies to Gorman's Attack
on the President.
A SCATHING REBUKE TO THE MARY
LAND SENATOR
The Personal Charnctor nnd Integrity
of Mr. Cleveland Eulogized lv tho
Most Glowing: Terms—The Senate
Itecedes From Its Amendment Put
ting the Duty on Coal at Forty
Cents Per Ton.
Special to the It ecoud-Union.
Washington, July 26.—Senator Vilas
who was Secretary of the Interior aud
lator Postmaster-General duriug Mr.
Cleveland's first administration, replied
to-day to Senator Gorman's attack upon
the President. For two hours he hold
the floor, amid the wrapt attention of the
Senate and galleries, delivering his scath
ing rebuke to the Maryland Seuator. Ho
denounced Gorman's assault as wanton,
reckless and unjustifiable, and though he
declared Mr. Cleveland needed no defense
at his hands, ho took up, seriatim, the
charges made by Gorman, and met them
with masterly skill and logic. Ho made
his statomout, he said, iv the interest of
the truth of history.
Mr. Gorman was not in the Senate at
the time, and this fact the Wisconsin
Senator called attention to with regret.
ln conclusion he eulogized tjie personal
character and public iutegriiy of Mr.
Cleveland in the most glowiii_|terins, de
claring, with dramatic fervor, that the
President of the United States, who had
received so many evidences of the honor
and respect of the people, could not suf
fer from this attack of the Marylaud Sen
ator. At tho conclusion of his speech Mr.
Vilas explained that in view of the fact
that Messrs. Gorman and Smith had as
sured him that his motion to rocede from
the one-eighth differential iv favor of the
reiiners of sugar must fail, aud the fur
ther fact that a Democratic caucus had
decided to agreo to a further conference
without instructions, he would withdraw
the motion.
Alter some general remarks by Mr.
Stewart against the interference of tho
Executive with tho legislative branch ot
the Government, Hill's motion that the
Senate recede from its amendment plac
ing a duty of forty cents a tou on coal and
iron was voted on aud deieatod, the Re
publicans, except Hansbrough of >.'orth
Dakota, joining with the Democrats
bound by tho caucus agreement against
it. The vote stood oto 05 and oto 04. Mr.
Irby of South Carolina was the only other
Democrat except Hill who voted for free
coal and iron. The Populists—Allen,
Kyle and Pefl'er—also voted in the affirm
ative.
Washburn (Rep.) of Minnesota re
newed Vilas's motion to instruct the con
ferrees to recede from the one-eighth dif
ferential on refined sugars, but Mr. Gray
im mediately made the point of order
against it that it was not competent for
the Seuate to instruct iv a full and free
conference.
The point of order was discussed for
some lime, but had not been decided
when tbe Senate adjourned.
Tnere was no doubt, however, that it
will be sustained and this motion ruled
out. The general impression is that the
bill will go back to the conference to
morrow.
By agreement the conferenco report on
the tarilf bill was deferred when the
Senate met to-day until 2 v. ML, for the
purpose of giving the Republicans timo
to consider.
On motion of Huntoon, the resolution
directing tho Secretary of the Treasury
to transmit a list of tne claims iv the
hands of accounting officers of the Gov
ernment; also, all claims passed upon by
the Court of Claims, requiring appropria
tions at this session, was adopted; also,
Allen's resolutions, calling on the Attor
ney-General for copies of all correspond
once with railroad officials in conuectiou
with the recent strike.
At 2 o'clock Jones called up the confer
ence report ou the tariff bill.
Quay withdrew the sugar amendment
he offered yesterday.
Vilas said ou Monday a Democratic
Senator saw fit to attack the President.
This was without precedent, he thought,
or if there was a precedent for it it ought
to be shunned instead of followed. It
was a personal assault upon the Presi
dent and his character. He had hoped,
he said, the remarks of Gorman and
those who had joined him ou that occa
sion would have appeared in the Record
before he (Vilas) replied, but he pre
sumed the engagements of the Maryland
Senator were so pressing- that he had no
time to revise them. Vilas considered it
his duty to reply to that assault.
Vilas said Cleveland needed no defense,
but he would correct the discoloration of
facts by which the President h ad been
placed in a false light. Vilas then pro
ceeded to answer the charge that Cleve
land had been guilty of duplicity, had
eucroached upon the prerogatives of
Congress, or traduced tho Senate.
He would speak as the personal, as well
as the political, friend of the President.
He rejoiced in the honor of Mr. Cleve
land's friendship. It was a pride to him.
Of the rewards, lew and stinted, that come
to public men, one of the greatest to come
to him was the intimate association with
that lofty and distinguished man. It was
his honest testimony to his character that
never at any moment, in any temptation,
political or personal, had ho failed to see
In Mr. Cleveland the pure white light of
an upright purpose. For such a man he
saw fit to say some words—not in defense
(he needed none) but some correction of a
discoloration of facts by which Mr.
Cleveland had been placed in a false light
before the country. He would make this
statement in behalf of truth of history.
"What were the points of accusation?"
inquired Vilas, "iv the remarkable as
sault to which I have alluded?" He re
gretted, he said, that Gorman was absent
irom the Senate Chamber. The lirst, ac
cusation, he proceeded, was that the
President was open to the charge of du
plicity. That was based upon a letter in
which Mr. Cleveland expressed the hope
that iron and coal would go on the free
list in the tariff bill. Tbe second was
tnat the Executive had encroached on
the prerogatives ol Congress, and third,
that the President had traduced the Sen
ate. Those charges were true or false,
not as a matter of argument, but as a
matter of fact.
"With regard to coal and iron," said
Vilas, "let us examine the facts. And I
desire to say here that I am under deep
obligation to the Senator from New
York, who never in his public career
made such an able exposition of any sub
ject as ho did on Tuesday last."
Vilas then reviewed at length the
President's position iv favor of tree raw
materials, his letter of 1837, aud other
public utterances up to his message to
Cougress at the opening of the preseut
session. Constantly, Vilas declared, Mr.
Cleveland bad insisted upon this prin
ciple. It was everywhere proclaimed by
his supporters to be the first step in the
enfranchisement of labor from the
thraldom of unjust taxation. Could
it be possible, he asked, that anyone sup
posed he had abandoned the principle
that lay at the base of any scheme of
tariff reform ? What was the principle
adduced in support of this allegation and
change of heart? Mr. Gorman himself
had no personal testimony to offer. Ho
called on Mr. Vest, who offered a conver
sation—hearsay testimony—that would
have been excluded from any court of
justice. He had no personal testimony.
The distinguished Senator from Arkan
sas, whose labor in behalf of tho bill had
earned so much respect from his col
leagues, testified that he had personally
talked with the President about the Sen
ate bill. Did Mr. Jones claim that all the
details of the bill had been laid before
Mr. Cleveland? Necessarily not. Only
tho general principles on which the
amendments were made. In regard to
those two amendments upon which the
specifications of Mr. Gorman's charge
had been founded the testimony of Jones
was clear that the President, whenever
coal and iron were mentioned, expressed
the hope that they would go on the free
list. Was there auyoue desirous of doing
open and free justice to the President
who, after reading Jones' own statement,
would not say that Mr. Cleveland bad
never faltered in his urgent demand for
free coal and iron? Without duplicity,
but with the openness and boldness that
always characterized hiui, Mr. Cleve
land had ex prossed to the Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee the
hope that the result he desired would be
accomplished in conference.
He had a right io say it after his con
versation, as detailed by Senator Jones;
he had a right to insist and urge it by any
proper meaus. But it was said tho Presi
dent's letter constituted an encroachment
upon tho prerogative of the Senate. His
right to send it was not denied. Vilas
quoted the text of tho letter. "Was the
language that of a man who sought to
reach beyond his power?" he asked.
"Was it not rather the honest outpouring
of a genuino Democratic address, iv sup
port of principles the President had so
nobly carried through two trying Presi
dential contests?"
Vilas then quoted and ranged along
side Mr. Cleveland's utterances the state
ment by Gorman, that tho Senate bill
could not pass if it did not have the
hearty support of Mr. Cleveland. "Atthe
very time tho President was writing this
letter to Mr. Wilson," Vilas went ou,
dramatically, "the Senator from Mary
laud and his co-workers were appealing
to Mr. Cleveland to induce him to sup
port them in an effort to qualify the en
actment of Democratic principles instead
of crystallizing them into iaw. How ut
torly wanton is this cry of interference
now; because he has seeu lit to throw his
weight of influence with the House in
favor of Democratic principle*; because
he refused to stand with him, they make
his action a ground of complaint here,
and in horror cry out against executive
interference."
Vilas referred to the fact that President
Washington came to the same'ehamber,
accompanied by his Secretary, to urge in
person the ratification of a treaty he had
negotiated. President Jackson's course
in making his views felt by Congress was
also referred to.
Mr. Vilas said he was content to leavo
to fair-minded men whether the Presi
dent had wantonly encroached upon the
rights of Congress. The charge was
made that the Senate had been traduced.
Extracts from the letter to Mr. Wilson
were read to show that the President's
purpose was not to traduce tho Senate,
but to plainly state his aspiration toward
tarilf reform. Tho President had stated
that tho abandonment of that great party
priuciplo would be perfidy and dishonor.
No ono would question that such an
abandonment of principles would be dis
honorable. The shaft was not aimed at
any Senator. It was not a personal ac
cusation. It was not an accusation lev
eled at the Senator from Maryland (Gor
man) or the Senator from Missouri ( Vest),
or the Senator from Arkausas (Jones;, or
against any Senator. The President un
derstood tho situation in the Senate. He
knew the stanch aduerence to tariff re
form of the Texas Senator (Mills), the
Senator from Delaware (Gray) and the
two Senators from Arkansas (Jones and
Berry), but there was no arrayal of theso
views. The President's letter was wholly
impersonal.
\ das said the views of the Senator from
Maryland could mean only one thing. It
was au effort to array Democrats together
in a spirit of resentment, and thus carry
out the compromise of tariff reform. The
Wilson bill had passed amid public ac
clamation. The people accepted it as the
honest execution of a party and pledge.
But when this reveuue reform measure
was debated in the Senate, iron aud coal
were placed on the dutiable list. More
over, it was debated week in and week
out. The public was wearied of that de
bate, and yet the Senate could __.; 'h no
result. It was at this juncture that the
Seuator from Arkansas (Jone_; had
brought forward over 400 amendments.
Those wero to be the solution of the
problem, aud were to bring the deb.de to
a close. Still tho discussion proceeded
fifty-tive days.
Mr. Vilas said he had recognized the
necessity of yielding to these amend
ments. It was essential to have a re
vision of the existing tariff law quickly.
It was essential, too, to reinforce a de
pleted treasury.
Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada began a
speech on the respective prerogatives of
Congress and the Executive. He de
clared the conditions were such tnat a
member of Congress must obey tho
Presideut or leave Congress. The power
aud influence of the Executive was such
that it could control the election or de
feat of a mouiber. It was trifling with a
great question, he said,- for the Presideut
to roopen it if a compromise had beeu
reached for the purpose of taking4o cents
a ton oil coal and iron.
When Stewart concluded the President
pro tern, announced tho question to be ou
Hill's resolution tnat the Senate recede
from its amendments making coal and
iron ore dutiable at 40 cents per ton.
Mr. Hill deuianded a division on the
question, so the vote was first taken on
irou ore. The Republicans, except Mr.
Hansbrough, voted with the Democrats,
and tho first half of tho resolution was
lost—o to 05. The six affirmativo votes
were: Hill (New Yorlt), Irby (South
Carolina), Democrats; Hansbrough
(North Dakota), Kepublican; Allen,
Kyle and Peffer, Populists.
On that portion of the resolution re
coding from the amendment on coal iv
shared the fate of its predecessor, being
defeated ti to 04. The same Senators
voted for this motion as for the iron ore
proposition.
Mr. Washburn (Rep.) of Minnesota
then submitted a motion to instruct the
Senate coufereuces to recede from tnat
portion of the sugar schedule placing the
one-eighth of a cent differential on sugar
above sixteen Dutch standard.
Mr. Gray of Delaware made the point
of order against the motion, that it was
not competent foi tue Seuate to instruct
the confrrees of a full and free conferrence,
to insist upon or recede from any par
ticular amendment. To do so would be to
prevent the free and untrameled con
sideration of amendments in conference.
Hale contended that an instruction to
the conferrees to recede from any amend
ment put upon the bill by the Senate
would not tramel the conferrees. it
would simply eliminate the subject of
difference.
Mills bolstered Gray's point of order
with another that the Senate could not re
cede from a portion of an amendment,
and therefore the Senate could not in
struct its conferrees to do that which it
could not do itself.
Upon the discussion of the point of
order the Senate, at 4:45, adjourned.
IN TKB HOUSE.
Washington, July 20.—T0-day's pro
ceedings in the House were dull in the
extreme, and one by one the members
left their desks, until by _:_0 o'clock there
were not half a hundred members in the
chamber. The conference report on the
fortifications bill was agreed to.
To-day had been assigned to the Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce, and some twenty or thirty bills
expected from the committee were passed,
among them the bill making Oakland,
Cal., a port of entry.
At 4:52 the House adjourned.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
War Said to Have Been Declared
Between the Two Countries,
THE KING OF COREA HELD A PRIS
ONER BY JAPAN.
Eleven Chinese Steamers On Tholr
"Way to Coroa—Some Vessels Pre
vented From Landing Troops—The
Powers Urging Peace—The Japa
nese Minister to Washington Re
called.
Special to the RECouD-UNrov.
New York, July 27.—A Herald's Lon
don dispatch says: The Central News has
this dispatch from Shanghai: "War has
been declared between China aud Japan.
The Japanese have seized the King of
Corea and hold him prisoner.
"Eleven Chinese steamers are on their
way to Corea. Most of the troops aboard
thorn are coolies, armed with bows and
arrows. Some Chinese steamers which
have arrived at Corea have beeu pre
vented by the Japanese from landing
troops. It is reported that tho Japanese
artilleried several of them."
NO PROSPECTS OF PEACE.
Shanghai, July 27, 10 a. m.—A tele
gram was received yesterday from a high
authority at Tien Tsiu reporting that the
prospects of peace were more favorable.
To-day, however, news was received that
war between China and Japan has been
declared. There have also been rumors
that several Chinese warships are in
trouble. The information received here
is meager, and the exact status of affairs
in Corea cannot be learned. Telegraphic
communication from Corea is inter
rupted.
THE POWERS URGE PEAI j__
London, July 20.—Sir Edward Gray,
Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign
Ortice, explained in the House of Com
mons to-day that in accord with tho con
vention of 18S5 between China and Japan,
both these nations iv case of trouble in
L'oroa wero at liberty to send troops to
restore peace. Sir Edward added that the
relations between China ami Japan were
becoming critical. July 14th the British
Government instructed the envoys at
Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris and Borne
to ask the Powers to uirect their envoys at
Pekin and Tokio to use their good offices
to avert war. Such directions were sent.
J.U'AN'FSi: MINIsTKII KEI'AI.LEI).
Washington, July 2&—M. Tateno, the
Japanese Minister, has beeu recalled.
His recall, it is slated, is due not to any
thing in connection with the present Jap
anes-Corean-t hiuese diiiicuity, but mat
ters growing out of receut treaty negotia
tions.
The fact is the Japanese Government is
conducted under strict civil service rules,
and one of the features is a rotation in
office. No Japanese Minister serves
more than three years at one post, save
in exceptional cases where negotiations
in progress cannot be safely transferred
Irom one Minister to another. M. Ta
teno has served iv Washington nearly
four years, and his relations with our
Government have been of tbe most cor
dial nature. He is not, it is stated, de
tached from the Japanese diplomatic
service, but will return to Japan bearing
the rank of Envoy Extrardinary, unat
tached, and if the precedents aro followed
probably will become Vice-Minister to
one of the departments, a sufficient evi
dence that no stigma attaches to his re
call.
M. Tateno's history is interesting. He
comes from one of the best families in
.Japan—one of the "two sworded class."
He was originally, and for many years,
an officer of the Imperial household, aud
when General Grant visited Japan he was
especially designated by the Emperor to
escort the General on his tour through
the empire. A strong attachment sprang
up between tho two. Many valuable
presents were exchanged and a friendly
correspondence was kept up between
tho two until the death of General Grant.
M. Tateno afterward became a Governor
of the provinces of Uzakoa, and by his
kindly administration endeared himself
to the large foreign colony, which recog
nized his efforts in their oehalf, aud
especially ou the occasion of great floods,
by handsomo testimonials. He held this
position ten years and then became a
member of the Japauese Senate, which
place he relinquished to accept the ap
pointment in January, 18'Jl, of Japanese
Minister to Washington.
Mr. Kaneko, who will succeed M. Ta
teuo, is a man of erudition aud distinc
tion iv his own country. Ho was edu
cated in tho United States, and is a grad
uate of Harvard and of the Cambridge
Law School. He is about 42 years of age,
and has acquired fame as a parliamen
tarian. He visited the leading countries
of Europe, and made an exhaustive study
of their systems of government, and re
turned to Japan. He was General Secre
tary of the Imperial House of Peers, a
position corresponding to that of Secre
tary of the Senate in our country, and
since thou has hold the post of Vice-Min
ister of Agriculture aud Commerce.
Inasmuch as tho treaties have been
erroneously suggested as a cause for the
change in the legation, it may be stated
that the Japanese Government has been
for many years striving to securo a re
vision of these treaties, aud with every
prospect of iinal success. In tho treaties
of 1867 and 18.">8 between the United States
and Japan, it was stipulated that a man
committing offenses iv Japan should be
tried by the American Consul-General
or Consuls.
Other nations followed this lead in their
treaties, and thus the country foil under
what is known as "extra territorial"
jurisdiction, which is equivalent to plac
ing the affairs of foreigners in.Japan com
pletely under tho rather arbitrary control
uf courts composed of Consuls represent
ing tbe commercial powers. There was
uot much objection to this when Japan
was in the early stages ot civilization,
but of recent years tho sentiment of the
country has resented keenly the degrada
tion of being classed With semi-barbar
ous nations, and has striven to have the
treaties rovised so as to pormit the well
organized judiciary to try all matters
within its jurisdiction in civilized
countries. The United States was tho
first nation to hold out a promise of more
liberal treatment in this respect. This
promise was not fulfilled, aud in recent
years it has suffered othor nations to ad
vance so far beyond it that tho treaties
with them have practically been com
pleted by which Japan takes her stand
among civilized nations with full admis
sion of her ability to administer justice.
WARM WEATHER.
The Thermometer Goes Over the Hun
dred Alara.
Omaha, July 28.—A more withering
blast never swept across the prairie than
that which scorched tbe great plain be
tween the Missouri River and tbe Bocky
Mountains to-day. For two days a
simoon has blown from the southwest,
but each day was hotter than its prede
cessor. The temperature was StP at this
point; to-day it was 10j q. From ail over
the territory tributary to Omaha, a strip
3<>o miles north aud south and SUU miles
east and west, come i sports of the terri
ble effect of the hot wind. Wherever the
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EIGHT CENTS
Is all the RECORD-UNION charges
its subscribers for each number of
the HARPER WAR SERIES.
WHOLE NO. 16,468;
ground was already dry the growing
crops have been balked. Where there
was auy moisture left there is still hope
for the crop. A rain in twenty-four or
thirty-six hours would be worth a good
deal of money. Small grain has been
harvested generally, and will suffer none.
Potatoes are faring better than corn. The
latter crop is just setting in the oar, aud
is, therefore, more susceptible to tbe heat.
News from Chadron says rain fell just
after 5 o'clock. Tho temperature there
reached 105°.
Very few prostrations have been re
ported. A. M. Wright, Private Secretary
to Governor Crounso, was overcouio at
his desk at the Capitol at Lincoln, and
was found unconscious. His condition is
critical. A policeman was also overcome
at Lincoln. He may recover.
DISCOURAGING REPORTS FROM KANSAS.
Toi-EKA, July 2i).—Reports from cen
tral and western Kansas are very dis
couraging in more thau half the State. In
the half of the western part of the State
the crop is ruined, while in the central a
fair crop will be raised only in sections
where local rains have fallen. The corn
iv many of tho fields has burned up, and
duriug the past three days hot winds
have swept over the western half of Kau.
sas, leaving destruction in their path.,'
City of Peking Ashore.
Yokohama, July 26.—The American
steamer City of Peking, Captain S< arle,
which sailed from Hongkong July 11th
for San Erancisco, via Yokohauia, ia
ashore in Yeddo Day, Japan, and she was
obliged to jettison a part of her cargo.
She lies in an easy position, and, it is ex
pected, will float the next high water.
Race War ln Indiana.
Sullivan (Ind.), July 20. —A race war
has broken out between the white and
colored miners employed at Linton. In
a fight last night ono white man was
killed and the excitement is at a high
pitch. The telegraph and telephone wires
were cut. The white miners propose to
drive out or exterminate their white com
petitors.
TRAGEDY AT RENO.
A Nevada State Senator Killed by a
Womnn.
Reno, July 26.—Mrs. M. A. Hartley
this evening shot and killed State Senator
M. D. Foley. *
The cause of the shooting is not known.
Mrs. Hartley is an artist, and has rooms
in the Bank of Nevada building, where
the shooting occurred. Foley was shot
in the stomach, and died in half an hour.
Mrs. Hartley has been arrested.
Only Foley and the woman were pres
eut at the time of the shooting. He made
no ante-mortem statement, and she de
clines to say anything except that she
lired the shot. The bullet entered near the
navel aud ranged downward, cutting the
intestines aud severing the femoral
artery. The supposition is that tho affair
is the result of an intrigue, as the de
ceased was an admirer of the fair sex.
The shooting of Senator Foley caused
the greatest excitement here, for he is one
of the most prominent men in the State,
having occupied a conspicuous place in
politics, aud having been President of the
Bauk of Nevada. Mrs. Hartley, when
asked to make a statement, said she had
nothing to say, except that she had shot
Senator Foley, and intended to do it.
She had known Foley since last Octooer.
Mrs. Hartley is a widow. L)r. Philips,
in whoso office Foley died, said ho heard
two shots. He steppod to his office door
and saw Foley at tho head of the stairs.
Foley waved his hand at Mrs. Hartley
and ordered ber back. Then he waikad
inlo the doctor's otiice, announced that
he had been shot, aud became uncon
scious, dying in twenty minutes.
NOTED CHARACTER DEAD.
A Woman Who Onco Moved ln Good
Society.
San Francisco, July 26.—Ellen Healy,
one of San Francisco's most noted char
acters, died to-day at the Receiving Hos
pital from a complication of diseases re
sulting from over-iudulgence in liquor,
ihe woman at one time moved in good
society. After she became a victim to
strong drink she frequented the slums
and spent most of her time iv jail. She
had a mania for breaking expensive
show windows, aud was a terror
to all she considered her enemies.
She had an especial aversion at
being mentioned iv the newspapers,
aud whenever her name appeared
ia print she avenged herself by breaking
the windows of the olfender. She terror
ized saloon-keepers who refused to give
her liquor in the same manner.
TALK OF LYNCHING.
John Craljr Lodged In the County Jail
at Los Aujjoles.
Los Angeles, July 20.—John Craig,
arrested last night and charged with the
murder of his divorced wife, father-in
law and mother-in-law and attempted
murder of his brother-in-law, has been
arraigned for murder and lodged in tho
County Jail. There is great talk of lynch
ing him, but it would be a hard matter to
j;et him from jail if that suouid be at
tempted. It appears be attempted to
murder his brother-in-law, Georgo Hun
ger, one week ago, and failed. He also
iried to hire two Italians to blow up the
bouse of his wife's old parents in this city
wiih dynamite last week, but the Italians
refused.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A Woodehoppor Instantly Killed Near
Arroyo Grande.
Arroyo Grande (Cal.), July 26. —
Frank Tapia was instantly killed two
miles east of this place this morning. He
bad felled a tree, and while prying the
trunk from the stump the tree swung
round and caught him, crushing his head
to a jelly.
At the funeral of H. H. Bardin to-day,
while passing through town, a sudden
stopping caused the seat ln one of tho
wagons to tip backward, throwing Mrs.
Browning aud Miss Evadne Shirley out
ju their heads. Tho latter, a deaf mute,
is fatally injured. The former was seri
3usly injured in the spine.
Stockton National Guardsmen.
Stockton, July 2,).—Companies A and
B, N. G. C, Colonel Nunan, returned
from Hunsuiuir on the 12:10 train to-day.
They were met at tho railway station by
the Sixth Infantry Band and a large
jrowd of citizens. Tho soldiers marched
iown Main streot to the Plaza, where
Uoloncl Nunan addressed them. He paid
the boys a high compliment for their
faithful and valiant service for their
country's cause and theu dismissed them
to their armories.
A Firm Going: Out of Business.
San F'p.ancisco, July 26.—1t is an
nounced that the firm of Root dc Sander
sou, the oldest wholesale grocery house
on the coast, is going out of business.
The stock will have to be sold. The firm
was established thirty years ago by P. J.
White. The late Georgo H. Sanderson,
at one time Mayor ot Sau Francisco, was
a member of the firm. Elliott M. Boot,
the surviving partner, retires on account
of oid age.
Boom In California Dried Fruits.
San Francisco, July 26.—A boom in
California dried apricots is expected this
year. Tho crop will be an enormous
one, some growers estimated it as high as
12,000 tons. Owing to the fact that last
year's crop has been used up on account
of'the small fruit yield in the East, tbe
California growers are anticipating iancy
prices for their apricots.