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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 193.
THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
Indian Appropriations Consid=
ered in the Senate
SCHOOLS TO BE PROVIDED
To Take tbe Place of tbe Sectarian
Institutions
The Bond Investigation Delayed—A ITeasly
Little Sunt for Enlarging tbe Loa
Angelee Poetofftce
Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—With the
thermometer standing at 80 degrees, less
than twenty senators were on the floor
when President pro tent. Frye called
the upper house to order. During the
morning hour a joint resolution fur
the appointment of Gen. Franklin, ol'
Representative Steele, Gen. Hale and
Gen. Henderson as members of the
hoard of managers of tbe national sol
diers' home, was adopted without de
bate.
Cannon (Rep., Utah) introduced a bill
for the construction near Washington of
a ground map of the United States on
a scale of an inch to a mile.
Mitchell (Rep., Ore.) gave notice that
Wednesday next he would ask to take
up the bill to pension the survivors of
Indian wars.
Allison (Rep., Iowa) followed with a
report of the sundry civil appropria
tion bill, and said he would seek to
take it up at the earliest possible day.
The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up on motion of i'ettigtew. Tho
pending question related to sectarian
schools. Carter (Rep., Mont.) bad of
fered an amendment striking out the
provision that no appropriations be
made to sectarian schools. Peffer made
a further amendment directing tho
secretary of the Interior to provide
temporary schools for any Indian chil
dren cut off from school facilities by
closing the sectarian schools. Tnis
amendment was adopted.
Cockrell (Dem.) of Jlisouri, offered
a substitute for the entire proposition.
The substitute provides for contracts
With existing schools for 1S!)7 to the
extent of 50 per cent of the contracts
of 1895. It adds the following: "And
it is hereby declared to be the settled
policy of the government to make no
appropriations whatever for the edu
cation of Indian children in any sec
tarian schools just as soon as it possible
for provision to be made for their ed
ucation otherwise, and the secretary of
the interior is hereby directed to make
such provision at the earliest practica
ble day, not later than July 1, IS9S."
Further consideration of the sectarian
school amendments was deferred,
owing to the absence of Carter.
There was a sharp criticism on the
appropriating various amounts to i:; 0
lawyers In connection with the settle
ment with the Western Cherokee Indi
ana,
Tn the course of a lengthy discussion
Mr. Pettilgrew, in charge of the bill,
explained that the Cherokees had set
aside 35 per cent of their claim of $800,
--000 against the government for the serv
ices of J. W. Bryan and others. The In
dians had received all their share, and
this was divided into the 35 per cent.
Mr. Teller gave a detailed explanation
of the claims, with which ho was per
sonally familiar.
After the Indian discussion had pro
ceeded for some time, Mr. Peffer asked
to have the bond resolution laid before
the senate.
Mr. Pettigrew insisted on continuing
with the Indian resolution, and Sir. Pef
fer, to avoid this, sought an amendment
for a vote on tho bond resolution.
"It is utterly impossible," said Mr.
Call, "to say when the senate will con
clude, as several senators have indi
cated a purpose to speak. For that rea
son it is Impossible to agree now as to a
time fora vote," and he refused several
requests to name a limit for debate.
Air. Allison, chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations, appealed to Air.
Peffer to defer the bond resolution
when Hie appropriation bills were out of
the way, and Air. Peffer was about to
nsesnt, saying that Mr. Allison's state
ment was evidently in good faith, but
Air. Stewart objected to delay.
Air. Wolcott appealed to Mr. Stewart
to yield, saying that tbe friends of the
bond resolution would certainly gain by
accepting the suggestion of Mr. Allison
ns the resolution would thus secure the
aoded support of those who weie HOW
urging appropriations bills as against
the bond resolution.
■ st r,\ v , art y |el< leo reluctantly, turn
ing to Allison behind him and savimr-
It might as well be known that when
Ihe time comes there will be a contest
to an end on this subject. We will stand
to i every day to the end. It will be no
childs play. The Administration is
Kghtlng it. Now, when the tight comes
will the senator (Allison) be here"
"I am likely to be :„ this neighbor-
Hood, answered Air. Allison.
The unanimous agreement was there
upon made to postpone temporarily the
bond resolution until appropriations
now reported were disposed of '
The debate on the Cherokee claims in
the Indian bill then proceeded
At 4:15 p. m. the senate adjourned
APPROPRIATIONS AIADK.
The senate committee on appropria
tions today reported the sundry civil
appropriation bill. The important in
creases are as follows: Public build
igns at Boise City, $50,000; Increasins
the limit cost from $150,000 to $200 000-'
public building at Cheyenne. Wyoming
$50,000. increasing the limit of cost from'
$150,000 to $200,000; public building at
Helena., Montana. $50,000, increasing the
limit cost from $150,000 to $:i00.000; an
addition to the Los Angeles public build
ing, $12,000; San Francisco harbor light
vessel, $80,000; surveying public lands.
5)50,000; topography surveys,s2s,ooo; be
ginning the construction of a military
post at Spokane, Wash., $50,000; con
tinuing the work on the military post
at Helena, Mont.. $60,000; improvements
at tort Snell, Wyo., $50,000; improve
)",.'!? tne harbor and bay, Humboldt,
t.ai., $66,000; expenses of California de
bris commission, $15,000; salaries and
fees United States marshals, $68'l,00O;
salaries and fees United States district
attorneys. $195,000; salaries of United
States district attorneys, $85,000.
IN THE HOUSE
Appropriations Considered In Committee ol
the Whole
r,^L S ? l li? TON - A P r " 20-For the
1.7 LIL . . h,B aession Speaker Reed was
r,v J n » a t the capital. Clerk Me-
Dow ell called the house to order and
e£c?»n nCe £ *,V at . , a "Peaker pro-tern bo
elected' * Was unan ««°usly
,„tVi h Ji Rh th,s was suspension day.
Hp Ll h ™.» Ules> chairman of
« .toS ™ n i. ttee °T appropriations, in
ffiSLfS. P Km eed ,L n * w,tn the general
deficiency bill. The house went into
™, ot . th S hole for " ts consider-
S.J he , *" t ot tne regular ap
propriation bills. X
When Items relating to Indemnities
to be paid Frederick O. Dawson, wife
and daughter, for loss of property and
injuries Inflicted in Nebraska Mercer,
Republican, of Nebraska, called at
tention to the great vigor with which
Great Britain pressed this case, $40,000
having been claimed from Nebraska.
He commended the vigilance of the
British government in protecting her
subjects, and said It was in strange con
trast with the action of our government.
He thought the testimony showed the
Dawsons were as much to blame as
the McCartys in this particular case.
It was a brawl on the highway.
Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, said the testimony showed
the women 1 had been outrageously mis
treated. As the result of Injuries the
daughter was today suffering from
chronic epilepsy.
Ho] kins, Republican, nf Illinois,
thought inasmuch as the Dawsons were
in Nebraska with a view of making it
their permanent home, although they
had not been naturalized, they should
not be permitted to invoke the protec
tion of the British government after be
coming involved in a brawl.
Mr. Cannon said that the claim was
raised by the state department. It was
a matter of international honor. We had
exacted heavy indemnities from China.
Mr. Livingston, Democrat of Georgia,
called attention to tbe. fact that we
were now preparing to make a claim
against Spain for the imprisonment of
Bishop Diaz in Cuba.
The Indemnity allowed was $2200.
Mr. Hainer, Bepubliean of Nebraska,
who said he had thoroughly investi
gated the circumstances, thought in
demnity should be paid. The item was
passed without amendment.
Mr. Willis, Bepubliean of Delaware,
offered an amendment authorising and
directing the president to Invite the
commercial nations of the world to meet
in international conference for the pur
pose of fixing an international ratio for
the coinage of gold and silver.
Mr. Cannon interposed a point of or
der tn cut off debate, and he was sus
tained. He said that substantially such
legislation already existed, but it bad
not been executed.
A protracted discussion of appropria
tions and expenditures was precipitated
by Mr. Hopkins, who asserted that it
iost 1734,000 more to collect $169,000,000
from customs last year than it did to
collect $192,000,000 from customs in the
last year of the Harrison administra
tion. A deficiency of $859,000 for the col
lection of customs was reported in this
pending bill.
Mr. Hopkins thought tbe change of
the system from specific to ad valorem
duties made by the repeal of the Mc-
Kinley law and the enactment of the
Wilson bill might be responsible for the
great increase in the cost of collecting
the customs.
"Would you prefer the McKinley law
with its $10,000,000 sugar bounty?" asked
Mr. Snyers.
"As against the present law. yes: one
thousand to one," replied Mr. Hopkins,
Mr. Dockery, Democrat of Missouri,
asked the Republican side what effort
they had made with 160 majority to re
peal the so-called Wilson-Gorman bill,
which they denounced. He taunted
them with having done nothing. He re
called the campaign book of blank
pages circulated by the Republicans in
1804, entitled What Congress Has Done,
comparing that record with the "do.
nothing" record, ol this congress. H"
suggested that the Democrats could
effectively circulate a similar book in
the coming Campaign,
"What has this congress done?" he
asked. "What has been done to bridge
the chasm between Inadequate reve
nues and increasing expenditures.'
Where is the Dlngley bHl —pigeon-holed
by the votes of liv c Republicans?"
""How many Democrats voted to pui
it there?" asked Mr. Brumm (Republi
can of Pensylvania.)
"All ot them, ef course," replied Mr.
Dockery. "Democrats ale opposed to
increasing taxation."
Proceeding, Mr. Dockery ridiculed the
mjority for making no effort at cur
rency legislation, which tbe bulness In
terest.-! of the country demanded. The
policy of tbls congress, he said, was one
of delay. That policy had 'X en dec lare .!
by the speaker at the opening of th"
session when he announced himself
against "crude and hasty" legislation.
Mr. Dlngley, chairman of the ways
and means committee, was stung b.v
Mr. Dockery into a reply. The charge
that nothing bad been done, he said,
must be looked t in the light of the sun.
The house, senate and president togeth
er macle legislation, Unless they con
curred, no legislation was possible. The
house alone of those three factors in
legislation was under Republican con
trol. In tbe house the Republicans were
responsible. They were not responsi
ble for a Democratic, aud Populistic sen •
ate and the influence of a Democratic
executive.
"We did everything we could do un
the circumstances," said .Mr. Dlngley,
"ami here ami at the other end of the
cpitol mcl tiie united opposition of Dem
ocrats and Populists. The only hing to
do is to appeal to the people and let
them say whether we shall have a pres
ident and a senate who will block our
way. or who will co-operate with us in
giving the treasury suiticient revenue
nd restore prosperity to the country,"
(Republics n applause.)
"ls not Tom Carter chairman of the
Republican national committee?" asked
Air. McMillen. "Do you claim thai
Messrs. Wolcott, Dubois and Teller are
Populists? If you do you cut off a good
deal of the respectability of your
party."
"Have not the Democrats and Popu
lists n majority iv the senate?" asked
.Mr. Dlngley, who now became in turn
inquisitor.
Mr. McMillen adroitly parried an
other query, which Mr. Dlngley thrust
at him repeatedly b.v dwelling on the
"four recalcitrant Republican sena
tors," and the "swap" of the "biggest
committee in the senate for the loaves
and lishes that Ileal about the senatr
waters."
Mr. McMillen concluded b.v referring
to Ihe necessity lor a bankruptcy bill,
a Pacific roads refunding bill, a cur
rency bill, etc., and charged the Re
publican side with cowardice in not
meeting these questions instead of pre
paring to adjourn and run away.
Mr. Hepburn (Rep.. Iowa). Mr. oCoper
(Rep., Vt.) Air. Terry (Dem.. Ark.) and
Mr. annon (Rep., 111.) also participated
in the debate.
Mr. Lewis (Rep.. Ky.) offered an
amendment!te) pay Taylor county (Kv.)
$16,000 anil Aieade county $1000 for th >
use of court houses during the war as
barracks. Air. Lewis declared that
the refusal to pay this money to those
counties would be an act of "dishon
esty and shameful repudiation."
The amendment was voted down.
Mr. Evans (Rep., Ky.) offered an
amendment to pay the state of Ken
tucky $22,000 Tor the cost of raisin.'
troops during tiie rebellion. (the
amendment went over on a point of or
der.
The bill was passed amid some ap
plause.
Mr. Pickler (Rep., S. D.) nixed to
suspend the rules and pass a resolution
setting aside tomorrow, Wednesday
aud Thursday for the consideration of
the general pension bill reported from
the Invalid pensions committee, with
a provision for a vote on Friday.
The vote on the adoption of the res
olution stood 62 to 5.
Mr. Allen (Rep.. Miss.) made the point
of no quorum and at 6:05 the house ad
journed.
THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES. TUESDAY MORNING-. APRIL 21, 1896.-TEN PAGES.
AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA
AN Bechuanaland Infected With
Rinderpest
BULLWAYO NOW FEELS SAFE
Behind Its Defenses of Dynamite aod
Barbed Wire
President Kruier Declines to Visit England
and Transvaal natters Are Still In
Unsatisfactory Shape
Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, April 20.—A dispatch from
Mnf> king to the Times, datcil Saturday,
says:
There has been a, meeting here of rep
resentatives of Cape Colony, Natal, the
Transvaal, Orange. Free State and the
Chartered South Arflca company, by
whom the whole of Bechuanaland was
decided to be Infected with the rinder
pest, ft was resolved that there was
necessity for combined action. A largo
force of Doers, estimated at 1500, is
massesd twenty-five miles from Mafe
klng, on the borders of Transvaal, with
a machine gun. Their purpose osten
sibly is to prevent the spread o fthe
rinderpest, but they are really there be
cause another raid is feared, owing to
tbe massing of the British troops here,
to be forwarded to Uuluwayo. Dr.
Jameson's raid started into the Trans
vaal from Mafeking.
Dr. F. Duncan has telegraphed to
Early Grey from Buluwayo that the
chief fear there is from the treachery
of the natives inside the town. He adds
tbat, owing to tiie employment of dyna
mite and barbed wire, and th" addi
tion ol' new forts, tbe laager is now con
sidered impregnable.
The South Urban situation still ab
sorbs a large share of public attention
and apprehensions for the safety of
England in Matabeleland and particu
larly in Buluwayo are not yet abated.
There is an appreciable sense of relic
over the news that a supply train from
Mafeking has sol through to Buluwayo
and that the reinforcements of imperial
troops from Mafeking are geing rap
idly pushed forward for the relief 0 f the
place, which is to ail purposes beleag
uered, so closety Invested by the natives
that numerous skirmishes are occurring
almost in the outskirts of the town.
Friends of the people in Uuluw ayo (and
this includes, so fai' as sentiment is
concerned, ail England) are relieved to
bear that no extensive offensive move
merit is planned at present against the
natives. There have been grave fears
dial tbe whites would Vie rash and In
vite disaster. The reply of president
Kruger to the invitation of the colonial
secretary to visit England and discuss
with him what remedies can be applied
to the grievances of ihe I'iUanders in
lie Transvaal is the newest factor in
I lie South African problem. The re
oly is viol accorded a very kindly recep
tion by th" English people.
in its editorial commenting upon
President Krueger's reply to Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain, the Times
Kays:
"If President Kruecvr and his sup
porters wilfully close their eyes to ob
vious facts and obdurately refuse to
redress the grievances of the UI Handl
ers, circumstances may occur that, will
force us to rely upon the primary right
of ail communities to save themselves
from imminent peril."
The Times tomorrow will publish a
dispatch from Pretoria which says:
"President Krueger's reply to Mr,
Chamberlain is friendly and concilia
lory, 1 it,i It (nils to advance the negotia
tion. It repeats that the president can
no* ask the Yolksraad to consent to his
visit to England until a basis for the
discusion is settled."
THE BIuUSST CRUSER
Th* Indiana Shows Hjrjflf an Able Fighting
Sh p
NEW YORK. April 20.— The battle
ship Indiana, the largest United States
warship, steamed from Hamilton roads
up the coast on Saturday with the na
tional board of inspection. She ap
peared off the Highlands. This is the
Indiana's first visit to this port. The
inspection board came ashore and took
the tirst train for Washington. The
board are to determine and report on the
advisability of having the turrets on the
new warships as they are on the In
diana, tbe eight-inch guns over the
thirteen inch guns, or to place them as
they are on the Kearsarge and Ken
lucky.
Naval sharps claim that there is a
saving of weight in placing one turret
above another, but the tiring of the up
per guns is liable to stun the men tn
the turret below. Two shots were tired
on the way up. Lieut, Henderson was
in the hold below the eight-inch guns
aft and experienced no bad effects.
Lieutenant Commander Wm. Swift
says that the Indiana has shown her
self to be a very able fighting ship and
that she was the best sea boat he was
cvi i' aboard.
Tho battleship w ill remain six weeks
in port. Her decks are to be caulked
and some repairs made to the machin
ery.
0. A. R. MEN
Will Find a Hearty Welcome at Santa
Cruz
SANTA CRUSS. Cal., April 20.—This
city is being decorated with the na
tional colors In preparation for the
Grand Army encampment: which will
begin on AVednesday. Tomorrow even
ing the department oflieers and the coun
ctl of administration will arrive and be
received at the depot by the reception
committee and escorted to the head
quarters. Large delegations ar" ex
pected from Oakland, Napa, San Fran
cis™ and San Jose. Salinas so far is the
only town in the field after the next en
campment, and the entire post of that
city will attend tn a body to make a
tight for the encampment. Among the
visitors expected are Gen. Walker of
Indianapoll.t, the national commander,
with his chief- of staff, and Governor
Budd.
A Pretty Poor Game
BOSTON, April 20.—The largest
crowd that ever assembled on the Bos
ton baseball grounds witnessed a poor
game between the Bostons and the
Baltimores. Attendance 18,000. Score:
Boston, 21; base hits, 28; errors, 7.
Baltimore, 6; base hits. 8; errors, 6.
Batteries—Nichols, Mains and Ber
gen; McMahon, Hemming and Robin
son.
Masonic Election!
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20,-The
grand council of Royal and Select Mas
ters of Masonry met today and elected
the following officers, who were install
ed this afternoon:
Most illustrious master, W'lliam Hew
son Day of Sacramento; right illustri
ous deputy grand master, Henry Aeh
croft of San Francisco; right illustrious
principal conductor of work, Robert
Ashe of San Francisco; right illustrious
treasurer, Franklin 11. Day of San
Francisco; right illustrious grand re
corder. Thomas H. Caswell of San
Francisco; right illustrious grand cap
tain of the guard, August Wackenbarth
of Los Angeles; right illustrious grand
conductor, Alexander Gardiner of Sac
ramento; grand chaplain, Thomas Kyle;
grand director, George Perlington;
grand organist, Samuel D. Mayer;
grand sentinel, James Oglesby.
KOCK. AND WATER
The Sixteenth Annual Report ol the O-olotri
cal Surrey
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Many im
portant papers of an economical na
tune are embodied In part IT. of tin",
sixteenth annual report of the Geologi
cal Survey, which has just been Issued
here. These relate mainly to geology
and water supply problems and are all
written hy authors of national reputa
tion. The report comprises the fol
lowing: ecology and mining industries
of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado;
a geological renaissance across Ohio;
the geology of the road building stones
of Massachusetts, with some consid
eration of similar materials from other
parts of the United States: economic
geology of the Mercur mining district
of t'tah: the public lands and their
water supply; water resources of a
portion of the Great Plains,
The hulk of he report will be deliv
ered to congress.
SWIFT'S COMET
It'a a Long Wav Of! Still His a Short
Tall
MOUNT HAMILTON, CI., April 20.—
Swift's new comet was observed at Lick
observatory on April 11, 17 and 1!) by
Professors Hussey and Aitkin. From
these observations Prof, Altken com
puted an orbit which shows the follow
ing elements: Time of perihelion, April
17. ,79 Greenwich mean time: longitude
of perihelion, 180 degrees 12 minutes;
longitude of node. 177 degrees ">8 min
utes; Inclination, OB degrees; perihelion
distance, 0.5645 tabout 60,000,000 miles)
The brightness today was 20 per cent
greater than at discovery, but will de
crease after this. The comet having
passed perihelion, is now receding from
the sun. It is almost visible to tbe na
ked eye in the northwest after sunset
and has a short tall.
THE FATAL YON KOTZ DUEL
Leads lo Efforts lo Prevent Other
Similar Affairs
The Go-, crnment Party in the Reichstag
Evinces no Particular Eagerness to
Act in the Matter
BERLIN, April 20. — Heir Bachem,
j Centrist, in the reichstag today, called
i upon the house to laV: action to prevent
I dueling. He dwell upon the public- in
-1 riignation caused b.v the killing of Baron
! yon Schroder by ('mint yon Kotz, anil
aSked why the police had allowed the
! meeting to occur when they knew of
1 Yon Kotz' intention te, light tbe baron.
| Continuing, Heri' Bachem said that
! the prince consort had obtained the
! abolition of the duel Iv England, and de
] maded why the emperor could not find
I v remedy for it in Germany. (Cheers).
! Dr. yon Boetttcher. minister for the
I Interior, replied for the ehaneelor, Prince
I yon Hohenlohe, who, lie said, wasindls
! posed and unable to attend.
The government, he asserted, sincere
ly regrett'-d the duels, but it could not
be blamed for failing lo prevent them,
i .Murmurs from the members of the left.)
Dr. yon Boettlcher added that duelists
1 would always find means to gain their
end. However, Prince Hohenloe was
seriously perparlng measures to assure
icspeet for the lav.; upon the part of all
classes.
Herr Rlckett declared that th" reform
i must comply with the military courts
I of honor.
Herr Chall endorsed Herr Baehcm's
', view of the ease.
Herr Bebel said that the Socialists did
not object to the "so-called higher
classes" doing the work of mutual self
destruction, but he added the middle
: classes were aping the vices of the aris
: tocracy and dueling was spreading be
' cause the duelists were confident of par
don,
j The house was then adjourned.
I Ohio Weather
t FREMONT. 0.. April 20.—A tornado
: accompanied by a heavy rainfall swept
i ever the; northwestern part of San-
I dusky county about 3 oelock this after
noon, killing two persons, injuring a
number of others and doing great dam
age to buildings and Other property.
The tornado came from the southwest
Willi great fury, and every building nnd
tree in its path was swept away. After
smashing a road bridge and blowing a
big tree across a Wheeling and Haiti'
Erie freight train, which crushed the
caboose and came near killing a number
of trainmen, the wind began to play
havoc with farm buildings.
The barns of Jacob Engles, J. E. Ho
flinger, Upton Burgon ami Anthony
Swift first went down by it. Then the
house of James Greene was destroyed.
Greene's aged father, William L.
Greene, was killed outright. His wife
was fatally hurt and the baby carried
across the road in its cradle. The child
escaped uninjured. Next the barn of
Amos Harrick, in which Harriek and
John How were shearing sheep, was
crushed. Low was blown across a field
I against a tree, being instantly killed.
Other buildings destroyed were the
barns of Al Fairchild, William Henson.
Perry Parish, George Waggoner and
Charles Tucker. Tucker's child was
badly hurt.
At Booktown, a hamlet near here,
nearly all the buildings were destroyed,
but there was no loss of life. The storm
covered a wide track and it is posible
that further damage will be reported.
The Columbian Medals
WASHINGTON. April 20.—The long
expected distribution of Columbian
world's fair diplomas and medals has
begun at last, and today about 2000 di
plomas and medals covering all of the
successful Gorman exhibitors at tho
fair were turned over to Baron Thlel
mann, the German ambassador, who
will hip them to his government for dis
tribution. Those awarded to American
exhibitors will be ready for delivery
wdthin tho next ten days or two weeks
at the farthest, and the awards to Eng
land, France, Rusia. Spain. Italy and
other foreign countries will be ready
for delivery to their respective diplo
matic representatives within a month.
Steamers In Collision
HAMBURG, April 20.—The Gemanr
steamer California, Capt. Schmidt,
bound from this port for Baltimore,
collided today with the English collier
Tynemouth. The Tynemouth was se
verely damaged and had to be beached.
The California was obliged to return
to her dock as her stem was stove in.
GLASGOW, April 20.—The steamer
Marsden collided with the Brittßh bark
Firth of Solway yesterday, near the
Klsh lightship, causing the latter to
sink. Thirteen men and Capt. Ken
drick's wife and child were drowned.
POLITICS AND GUNPOWDER
In Dangerous Proximity at Ope-
lousas, Louisiana
TWO REGULATORS KILLED
A Battle Probable for the Possession of
the Court House
Alabama Sllverites Will Control the State.
Some Illinois Democrats Rally Around
Altgeld and Silver
Associated Press Special 'Wire.
OPBLOUSAS, La., April 20.—At this
hour (.". p. M.i live hundred armed men
of both parties are on the move and
a desperate conflict is expected at any
time. Over 250 regulators armed with
IWnoheSters have surrounded the town
.and their ostensible object is the cap
ture of the court house. On the vote
of the Opolousas ward depends their
sueeess or defeat in the parish, and
they are concentrating their efforts
here. They realize that if a full vote
is polled the combine will win. Tha
report, came to this place early today
that the regulators were assembled at
Bellevlew bridge, three miles south of
town. At 10 o'clock arrivals from the
country reported that 200 men on horse
back and armed With Winchesters,
shotguns and pistols were gathered
there and were planing an invasion ot
the town. Upon the receipt of this
news the cambined people, or anti-reg
ulators, began to assemble around the
court house square armed to the teeth
and prepared to resist the invasion.
The sheriff was in town when the news
first arrived, but did not attempt to go
and disband the aimed body of men.
District .Judge W. C. Perrault rode out
to the camp of the regulators and en
deavored by persuasion to get them
to disband, but. his efforts availed no
tiling. This afternoon Diomedes Du
rio, a leading planter. O. M. Thompson,
clerk of the district court, and five or
six friends were in front of Durlo's
house.
"I was under a tree with my children
near me," said Mr. Durlo. "Suddenly
thirty regulators, led by one Keed.
passed my house. They stopped be
hind a clump of trees. 1 went out into
the field to see what they were doing.
When near them they fired six shots at
me. My friends came to my assist
ance and we returned ten or twelve
shots. We then lay down and the reg
ulators fired fully fifty shots at us,
shooting my horse in two places. Half
of them then ran away. The others
remained behind a group of trees anil
appeared to lie helping some one on a
horse. I don't know whether we hurt
any of them or not. We sent word to
town for reinforcements, but when the
boys came the regulators were out of
sight."
Mr. Thompson corroborated-Mr. Du
riu's story. It Is rumored 'hat two reg
ulators were shot and one killed. It is
Impossible to verify the rumor.
LATER.—The struggle over the ques
tion of negro ballots reached a crisis
tonight. Two hundred armed and
mounted men surround this place with
the avowed purpose of taking the town,
v. bile almost as many are camped about
the courthouse, determined to resist.
Bloodshed can hardly be averted to
morrow.
It Is now stated positively that one
regulator, Alee Reed, waa killed and
another mortally wounded In the skir
mish at Durio's, three miles from here,
this morning. At 11:9) tonight the
town is onlet. Armed squads are on
duty at every road entering the place
and the courthouse is a perfect arsenal.
The Washington. ouißiana, boys, who
I'eame down to light with the citizens
against the regulators, have hurried
home. A courrier brings the news that
Washington is being surrounded and
that the regulators are creating con
sternation among the inhabitants of
Bellaire Cave. All day long there has
not been a stale or parish officer, not
even a constable in town. It is impos
sible for a town to be in a more martial
state. It is believed now that the regu
lators will not come into town until
morning. There are Kill armed men
waiting for them. Tbe district attorney
has sent in word that his regulators will
enter town tomorrow and that lie hits
twenty Winchesters at his back to say
"No negro shall vote."
The trouble In Opelousas grew out o"
an effort on the part of white Demo
crats to prevent registration of the ne
groes. A military company was sent
there and the negroes all registered.
They are in the majority and the move
ment of the regulators or white suprem
acy crowd now is intended to prevent
tiie negroes from voting tomorrow.
ALABAMA SIDVERITKS
MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 20.—The
silver men of Alabama are in the saddle I
here today. They w ill control the Demo- I
cratic state convention tomorrow and i
it is apparent they will place the De- j
mocracy of this state on a Hi to 1 silver I
platform.
Hon. J. H. Bankhoad. congressman
from tho Fourth district, will preside
over the convention and Hon. E. W.
PettUS of Dallas will be chairman of the
committee on resolutions. All of the
minor state officers will be renominated
excepting the auditor, treasurer and
commissioner of agriculture, whose sec
ond terms expire in December, and
w hose successors w ill be named tomor-
Joseph F. Johnson of Jefferson county
w ill be nominated for governor by a
vote of 256 to 148, although this does not
represent or approximate the vote tbat
will be cast on the tree silver proposi
tion. Many of the Johnson delegates
are sound money men who supported
Capt. Johnson because of his presumed
availability, good capacity and valiant
party service. There is undoubtedly a
safe majority for the 16 to 1 ratio, and
unless something unlocked for happens
the plank will be inserted.
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS
CHICAGO. April 20.—The Democratic,
state central committee today decided
to hold the state convention at Peoria
on Tuesday, June 2H, by a vote of, 21 to 0.
The meeting was comparatively tame,
as the contending gold and silver fac
tions had their tilt before the confer
ence began. Hinrlchsen, secretary of
state, the official head of the Demo
cratic machine, vfus there and had at
his back many of Governor Altgeld's
friends. Springfield made a plucky fight
for the convention, but was shy seven
votes of a majority. The only crumb of
comfort the gold men got out of the
meeting was the apportionment of dele
gate representation on the Cleveland
vote of 1592, which gives Cook county
262 delegates out of a total ot 1069. This
is what the anti-silver people earnestly
desired, aud the 16 to 1 men acceded to
their request, stating that the more
delegates in the convention the better it
would be for Altgeld and silver.
WHITNEY HAS FRINEDS.
PROVIDENCE. R. 1.. April 20.—The
Democratic delegates of Rhode Island,
who met in state convention last March
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to nominate candidates for governor
and other state officers, will reconvene
tomorrow and with the same organiza
tion will appoint the delegates to rep
resent this slate at the Chicago conven
tion. The delegation will be for Whit
ney for president, with ex-Gov. Russell
of Massachusetts as second choice.
STATE POLITICS.
SACRAMENTO. April 20.—The Pop
ulists of the twentieth assembly dis
trict tonight elected the following dele
| gates to the state convention: T. H.
Waterland, W. H. Woods and A. Dlt-
I mer. The twenty-first district elected
I Dr. W. FL Henderson. Judge J. H. Me
' Kune and Dr. X. Pyburn.
j It was stated today by Talbot H. Wal
lis. chairman of the hall committee of
the state convention, that the delegates
to the Republican state convention to
be held in Sacramento May sth will be
assigned their peals in the pavilion by
the Republican state central executive
committee, and that the several con
gressional district convei ions will be
held in different parts ol the pavilion.
All necessary arrangei i nts for the ac
commodation of reporters are being
made by the press con mlttec. of which
B. B. Willis Is chairman.
A COLORADO SPLIT.
PRESCOTT. Ariz.. April 20.—The
county Republican convention which
met toady to select delegates to St.
Louis was a remarkable one. The two
v lngs clashed, resulting in a split and
pandemonium reigned, the delegates
stamped,strong language prevailed and
the wildest scenes were enacted. Two
sets of delegates were elected. One is
I strong for McKinley and free silver
and the other is non-coirmital.
CLEVELAND'S CANDIDACY.
CHICAGO, April 20.—James H. Eck
els comptroller of the currency, ar
rived here from Cincinnati today. In
talking of politics Mr. Eckels said:
"I do not know anything positive
about President Cleveland's intention
or wishes relative to the presidency, but
mv impression is that he feels that there
is'no reason why he should be unwill
ing to enter another political cam
paign." ■
NEBRASKA'S STORM
Serious Demage Done to Railroad snd Fsrm
Property
OMAHA, Neb.. April 20 —A special to
the eße from Moorefleld, Neb., says:
! Details of a flood which occurred in
I this section of the state on Saturday
right show that it did great damage.
The scene of the greatest damag • is
on the Burlington and Missouri, four
| miles west of Farnum. The damage
to railroad property far exceeded any
dea entertained before the full extent
I of the effects of the storm were real
i ized.
Where the greatest damage occurred
i the track follows a deep cpt. starting at
I the end of Plum Creek ca:.on. Tho
torent of water came through the can
on with frightful velocity. When it
reached the point where the canon In
tersects with the railroad track, the
flood was diverted through the deep cut.
The railroad track, ties and bed were
! swept down the stream like so much
i drift wood. At the west end of the cut
j the topography of the country changes
■ abruptly"" and instead of a deep cut
I there is a till seventy-five feet high and
! two hundred feet long. The embank
i ment was washed completely away.
The steel rails were/ bent and twisted
I by the violence of the flood as If they
{ were so many pieces of lead, and drain
age tiles weighing 1000 pounds were
: torn out of tbe ground in which they
i were originally buried seventy-five
j feet deep and washed down the canon
i for a distance of four hundred yards
' All traffic Is suspended. Wrecking
i crews are at work on both ends of the
I washout. About half a mile of the
! roadbed has been washed away, but
i the wrecking crews will construct a
| temporary track for Immediate use. All
! westbound trains are stopped at C'ur
i tis and those eastbound stop at Eus
i tis. Damage to property of farmers
] in the valley cannot yet be ascertained.
! No lives were lost so far as known.
A Defaulting blk
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.—The Post
says that William C. Dudley, secretary
of the Golden Gate lodge of Elks, is a
i defaulter to the amount of J2OOO. Dudley
' is well-known and has performed in all
! the interior cities and tow ns of the state.
■ Not long ago, while in San Luis Obispo.
! he became involved In financial trouble,
; which was only settled when his lodge
I took the matter up.
WIRE WAIFS
LONDON, April 20—There was a
large attendance at the National Sport
ing club tonight, the event of interest
being the contest between Steve O'Don
ncll of America and Owen Sullivan of
Soutli Africa. O'Donnell beat Sullivan
in ten rounds.
LONDON, April 20.—Wararnta for
tho extradition of William Dunlop and
William Turner, the two men arrested
here on the charge of being in posses
sion of stolen jewelry recognized as
having been the property of Mr. I.
Townsend Burden of New York, were
granted today.
HEALDSBCRG, April 20.—Miss Alice
Haigh was elected queen of the Healds
burg floral festival tonight. Miss Haigh
received G4lO votes, while Miss Nellie
Betray had 2600. The outcome of the
contest is satisfactory, as Miss Haigh
is a native daughter and very popular.
WILLIOWS, April 20.—The examina
tion of jurors in the trial of W, A. Se
i.orn is proceeding slowly. Two jurors
were secured this afternoon, and a new
venire of twenty names was returned.
The case has been in progress one week,
and the three jurors thus far secured
are Miles Hayward of Elk Creek. K. E.
Casey of Germantown and J. M. Wilson
of Germantown.
WASHINGTON', April 20—The com
mittee on irrigation of arid lands today
authorized a favorable report on a bill
amendatory of the Carey act. The
amendments provide that where the
greater part of a legal subdivision is
desert in character, the whole shall be
so considered. In order to be entitled
to desert lands the states and territor
ies must cause to be irrigated and occu
pied not less than twenty acres in each
160. Such tracts must be cultivated by
actual settlers within ten years of the
dale of segregation.
NEW YORK. April 20.—A World spe
cial from Chaumont, N. V.. says:
Though the Rev. William N. Cleveland,
the deposed pastor of the Presbyterian
church in this village, preached his
farewell sermon last night to his re
bellious flock, it is not at all certain that
it was the last sermon he will preach in
the place. It is probable that he will
dispense the gospel in Chaumont for
years to come, but not in the little
church over which he has presided for
the last four years. There ls a great
row among the church members.
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., April 20 —
Thomas Davenport was this afternoon
held to the district court to answer for
the murder of J. T. Eamborn. the rich
Fall Leaf farmer, on February 17, and
Charles and Annie Lamborn, children
of the murdered man. were held to an
swer for aiding and abetting the crime.
The ball will be fixed next week. The
prisoners were unnerved by the decis
ion which came at the close of a three
days' preliminary trial.
CITY PRICE, PER SINGLE COPY, » CBNT9
ON TRANSPORTATION LINES, g CENTS
FROST IN THE FRUIT BELT
AH tbe Northern Sections Havt
Suffered Severely
REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING
But All Agree That the Damsfe Will
Be Great
Vineyard* are Ruined and In Many Placet
the Prult Crop Will Be •
Total Failure
Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.—Tela
that heavy frosta last night did muck
damage to fruit. In many cases th*
damage is said to he so great that tha
crop will not be picked. The damage Is)
said to have been the heaviest tn low
lands, although fruit on the higher lev
suffered severely. The following tele
grams indicate the extent of the dam
age
At Woodland the heavy frost of Sat
urday night was followed by another
equally destructive on Sunday night.,
fn both instances they were preceded
by light showers and as a result losses
which will aggregate many thousand*
of dollars, have been inflicted upon tha
fruit growers and vitlculturlsts of TolO
county. There are a great many con
tlietlng rumors, but all agree that tha
damage has been very heavy. The
only difference of opinion ls as to the
extent of the loss.
A telephone message from L. I. De
pue at the Yolo orchard says the al
mond and apricot crops are probably
not seriously damaged, but the peach
and prune crops will be nearly a total
loss.
Telephone communication extends no
further up Capay valley than to Capay.
The general opinion ls that the damage
to both fruit and vegetables In Capay;
valley has been very heavy.
Winters advices are that nearly ev
erything in the fruit and vegetable line)
in the district of Winters has been kill
ed. West of town the damage ls not so
bad.
The Pleasant Valley reports are alsi»
very discouraging. The weather that
followed the showers was freezing cold
and this caused more damage than the
frost.
At Knight's Landing beans, potatoes
and grapes have suffered severely ex
cept in a few field where they were
sheltered by the favorable location of
groves. The frosts of Saturday and
Sunday nights were the heaviest ever
known.
At San Jose the third killing frost of
the season did a large amount of dam
age to fruit last night. Apricots and
peaches were again damaged, but the
prune crop seems generally to escaped,
damage.
The Healdsburg section was visited
by a most disastrous frost, and reports
coming to hand show that vineyards
on the low lands have been badly dam-
aged. The hill vineyards escaped ma
terial Injury.
The heaviest frost of the season
struck Santa Rosa Sunday night. Farm
ers say that very serious damage has
been done to peaches, pears, prunes and
grapes. Jji jpme places the fruit crop
will be nearly a total failure. Fruit on
the uplands escaped serious injury. It
is not believed that fruit In the lowest
lands will hardly be worth gathering.
A Walnut Creek dispatch says that
almost every vineyard in that vicinity
has turned black from the heavy frost.
Cherries and apricots have suffered and
are falling off. The grain crop looks to
be heavier than for many years past.
Reports from various sections of
Fresno county indicate that the princi
pal damage by frost will be to the raisin
crop, which has been practically de
stroyed so far as the grapes on the pres
ent growth is concerned. The propor
tion of a crop which will develop on a
second growth cannot now be estimated,
but will be comparatively small. In
the higher foothills much of the fruit
has been killed, but in the valley and
lower hills it is believed that an average
yield ot fruit is left on the trees. No
damage to citrus trees or fruit is re
ported, the orchards being generally irt
sheltered localities. Another rain is
anxiously looked for. Grain along the*
cast side of the valley is still looking
well.
SACRAMENTO, April 20.—The fol
lowing synopsis of the weather crop'
conditions during the week ending Mon
day, April 20, is issued by the State,
Agricultural society. In co-operation
with the United States climate and
crop service, James A. Barwick, section
director:
The average temperature for tha
week ending April 20th (Monday) wan
as follows for the weather bureau sta
tions named: Eureka, 46 degrees; Fres
no, 50! Los Angeles. 52; Red Bluff ,48j
Sacramento. 51; San Francisco, 52; and
San Diego, 54.
As compared with the normal tem
peratures there were large heat defi
ciencies shown at all points as follows i
Eureka, 4 degrees; Fresno, 12; Los An
geles, 8; Red Bluff, 12: Sacramento. Ss
San Francisco 4; and San Diego, 5 de
grees.
The very large heat deficiency, ac
companied by frosts in all portions of
the state, has been very detrimental to
all crops, by retarding the growth of
grain and hay and by injuring a vast
amount of fruit throughout the state;|
the' damage in some places is total,
while other localities only report tin*
damage equal to a proper thinning of
the various fruits. There is a cer
tainty that the fruit crop has been very
greatly lessened by the frosts of the last
week. The lowest temperature report
ed war at Jolon, Montrey county,
where it was reported to have fallen to
26 degrees.
Some of the raisin grapes were total
ly destroyed by the severe frosts; many
vineyards were saved by the timely
warnings sent out by Forecast Officer
Ham,non from San Francisco ani
where the vineyardists resorted •to
smudging to save and protect their •
vineyards.
The high, drying wind in the San
.Toaquin valley and in Southern Cali
fornia has sucked the moisture from
the ground, thereby injuring the grain
and hay prospects.
Taking the week altogether its lack
of heat and moisture over what is usu
ally received at this season of the year
has made the climatic conditions 011
the growing crops very severe.
If more favorable weather is experi
enced the coming year it will brins:
along the crops of all kinds to an extent
that will be a surprise even to a native
son of the golden west and will be a
wonderment in the eyes of visitor*
from the east.
A Successful Strike
PITTSBURG. April 20.—The strike ot
the plasterers of Pittsburg: and Alle
gheny, which was inaugurated two
weeks ago for an advance in wages of
50 cents a day, endedr today in favor
of the strikers. Work wil be resume*
tomorrow at the increase. About 4M
men were affected. ,
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