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ESTABLISHED 1867.
TELEGRAHPIC SUMMARY.
All the miner at Oal Creek are out
on a strite. They claim that they can
remain out six months or more. The
death of Senator Stock bridge, of Michi
gan.was announced in the Senate yester
day by Senator Mc Mil lia, colleague of
thedeceased Senator.- Geo. W. Abell,
owner of the Baltimore Sun, is dead.
The publication of a new daily paper, the
Morning Bulletin,, was begun yesterday
at Alexandria, Va. Page McCarthy
is editor.' Coxey's much talked
of march upon Washington ended yes
terday in a complete lizzie. Only 600
men participated. Coxey was prevented
speaking from the Capitol steps by offi
cers who hustled him unceremoniously
off. Secretary Carlisle has accepted
the resignation of J. W. Oast, supervis
ing inspector of steam vessels for Nor
folk, Va., district, Fifty cierks are
dropped from the records and pension
office of the Treasury Department.-
The charge is delivered to the jury in
the Lawrence Spiller murder trial.
Suit is entered at Richmond against the
American Tobacco company for $20,-
000.- The Third Ohio Congressional
district goes Democratic in a special
election held yesterday. Chief Mar
shal Browne, of the Commonweal
army, after having been confined
in the Fifth precinct station house for
several hours, was released on a bond of
f 500, furnished by a lady of Washington;
Gen. Coxey has taken out license to
charge gate money for admission to the
camp and the privilege to hear him lec
ture. -The shipment of a car load of
merchantable bar iron by the Alabama
rolling mills, of Birmingham, to San
Francisco,-marks an important era in
Southern finishing iron manufacturing.
The Atlantic Coast Line, Plant sys
tem and Pennsylvania railroads have ar
ranged summer schedules. Nine
thousand laborers paraded New York on
May Day. The strike of 5,000 em
ployees on the Great Northern railroad
is declared off. 'k
SD PERINTENDBNT MONCURE,
4f t he (ieaboard Air Line, to Resign
Escape of Convicts Supreme
Court Decisions. j '
Special to ttie Messenger.
' Raleigh, C., May 1 There is a
rumor here, which appears well founded,
that William Moncure will resign as
superintendent of this division of the
Seaboard Air Line. -
The Supreme court filed several opin
ions this evening. In the case of Carter
vs. Long, from Hyde, error is found. All
other decisions are of cases from beyond
the mountains. J
Ed. Chambers Smith left for Washing-;
ton to-day to intercede with the revenue
comvuibsioner for B. II. Yelvington,
whose licensed whiskey distillery at
Clayton was recently seizedunder orders
of Special Agent Colquitt for irregulari
ties. . .
Two white convicts made a daring es
cape from the workhouse gang to-day.
They were shot at several times but not
hit.
The last payment of the JBaptist Fe
male university site has been made and
deed given. Several thousand dollars in
building subscriptions are on hand. A
change of name of the institution is
quite, probable. Yates colleges is sug
gested as a name.
Lamber Mill Burned.
Special to the Messenger.
Selma, JT. C.'May 1. Lynn & Bros.,
lumber mill and dry kilns were burned
to-ni ht at 9 o'clock. Loss $7,500. In
surance $2,500.
May Day Parade.
New York, May 1. The May
labor parade to-night in this city
not quite as successful as expected.
Day
was
The
Central Labor union was out of it and it
was confined altogether to the Central
Labor Federation, the Socialists and the
United Hebrew trades. It is a liberal
estimate to say that 9,000 people took
part in it all told, but more than three
times that number looked on. The
Socialist element seemed to preponder
and there were more red flags than any
other in the line of march. The parade
was divided into three sections. They
;ame from different parts of the city,
meeting at Union square where they
were reviewed and dismissed. Then
they gathered in the plaza where they
listened to speeches by several labor ora
tors, most of whom were socialists.
A Motion to Restrain Denied.
New York, May 1.. In the United
States Circuit court to-day Judge La
combe denied the motion of the Ameri
can Tobacco company, or otherwise the
Cigarette trust, to restrain the American
Cigarette and Tobacco company from
using certain machines. It was claimed
that these machines, which are used in
the manufacture of cigarettes, were in
fringements on patents owned by the
trust. The decision is the second blow
recti ved by the trust this week, the other
being an order of a similar nature in
Chicago on Monday. But for these two
decisions the entire right to manufacture
cigarettes in the United States would
haye been" vested in the trust. -
Railroads Arrange Summer Scned
..." J ulesj.
Washington', May l.-There was a
laeet jig of the presidents, general man
agers and general superintendents of the
Atlantic Coast Line, Plant system and
Pennsylvania railroads here to-day to
arrange the summer schedule of these
lines. Which will take effect May 13th.
The Jacksnvute train No. 35, now leav
ing New York at 9:30 o'clock a. m. will
leave at 9 o'clock a. m., this city at 3:30
oVWk r. m.. arrive at Jacksonville,
Fta.. 12:30 o'clock next day, and Tampa
m nVlonk r. m.. making close connee
tion with steamer for Havanna and
Cuba. ,
Bar Iron Shipment.
Birmingham, Ala., May 1. The Ala-
Jbaina rolling mill company of this city
wiJl to-morrow shin a train oi cars
loaded with merchant bar iron, manu
far-tared bv them, to San Francisco. This
ahirment sold in competition with East
ern mills that have the advantage of
f-jfriifa marks an important era in
Southern finished iron manufacturing,
Trouble at Davis School.
l imit Rhinnlast week requested the
resignation of the Senior Captain and it
nroa hnnfitxl in. VV UBU WHO UWU1D
known many students were indignant
nri tvo innior officers, all of them de-
'riarofi t.hev would resiaro if the resigna
ftioii was accented. Apparently there is
a quandary, for if all resign the school
s a militarv school would be broken up.
The Senior Captain is blamed with be
ing the leader in sone recent trouble.
Winston Sentinel April 30th.
Jot
to
A BIG FIZZLE.
THE ARMY MARCHES UP THE
HILL AND DOWN AGAIN.
The "Wealers" Parade th-3 Streets of
Washing ton Only 6jj Men in
Line Baby "Legal Tender" In
It Coxey Forced From the
Capitol Steps Exciting
Scenes Around the
Capitol Grounds.
Washington, May 1. Jacob S.
Coxey's much advertised demonstration
on behalf of .the "Commonweal of
Christ," in favor of good roads and the
repudiation of National obligations to
pay interest on bonds, ended to-day in a
ridiculous fizzle. All told, about 600
men out of the originally promised hun
dreds of thousands marched up the Capitol
hiH and marched down again. 'In this
six hundred were included all the un
employed of the Capital who could be
drummed into support of the movement.
The local contingent dispersed after
the Capitol fiasco was over, and only
the original three hundred marched
down into the newly-selected camp near
an open sewer canal, condemned as an
unhealthy resting place by the health
officers, where they have been placed on
exhibition by their leader, who has taken
out a license to charge gate money for
admission to the camp and the privilege
of hearing him lecture.
Coxey himself , who studiously courted
martyrdom, but was careful to shield
himself from personal harm, was con
temptuously turned loose after he had sup
posed he had secured his purpose of being
arrested. His burly lieutenant, Browne,
who deliberately attempted a movement
to force access through the Capitol
grounds to the steps of the Capitol to
sustain Coxey in his efforts to speak,
and the leader of the Philadelphia con
tingent, Christopher Columbus Jones,
who went to his assistance, both landed
in the lock up, Browne with a damaged
head from a police clubbing and without
his befeathered hat.
The day opened with conditions more
favorable to the rank and file than yes
terday, that is, they got their breakfast,
such as it was, at a more reasonable hour
and camp was struck and the march be
gun by 10 o'clock. The day was warm
and pleasant, the road from Brightwood
to the city good but dusty, and down hill
nearly all the way. The route was down
Fourteenth street to Pennsylvania
avenue, to the foot of Capitol hill, south
to B street and along B street to the east
ern end of the Capitol grounds.
At the head of the soldiers of peace
were three mounted policemen. Then
came Mrs. Anna L. Piggs, the Populist
orator of Kansas, in an open barouche,
with her husband and two daughters.
Then came Miss Mattie Coxey, dressed
in white, her blonde hair flowing loose
down her back and with a small liberty
cap upon her head. She rode a white
horse. Some person had taken compas
sion upon her near the city boundary
and had given her an old parasol, with
which Bhe sheltered her head from the
rays of the sun, by this time too warm
for comfort. Two old soldiers, one a
Federal and the other a Confederate,
both members of the Commonweal,
marched on foot by her side,
forming a guard of rlonor. Carle Browne
followed upon a large gray Norman
stallion. Then seven footsore musicians,
Mrs. Coxey and the baby, Legal Ten
der," came next in a phaeton. Alter
them came the rank and file divided into
communes or companies, separated by
the baggage wagons. The greater part
of the contents of these wagons seemed
to be composed of the p&raphernalia of
Carle Browne's panorama, which he ha3
exhibited at each stopping place along
thej route. The men were, as a rul a
harmiess looking lot. A large proportion
of theme were mere boys, another large
proportion were clearly of foreign birth,
and few countenances indicated even
average intelligence.
Bringing up the rear came the Phila
delphia contingent of Christopher'Colum
bus Jones, by far the best looking of the
party, and embracing a few who seemed
to be respectable workingmen. Along
with Jones rode another young lady, the
opposite of Miss Coxey, a pronounced
brunette. She was dressed in dark blue,
was draped in the American colors and
also wore liberty cap upon her head.
Her name is Miss Layajette.
At the boundary was dratrn up the
Washington contingent, eyen more un
promising in appearance than Coxey's
men after their long march. These num
bered about 150 and accessions along the
route swelled the total to 300 by the time
they reached the Capitol hill. The streets
along the march were lined with people
who showed" much interest and curiosity
but little enthusiasm. They were the
ordinary throng that a public display of
any kind always draws to the streets of
Washington, largely women and chil
dren. The parade reached the cijty at 11:20
o'clock. It was not permitted wefc of
Fourteenth street at the instance of the
President, who thought it inadvisable
to hazard a possible demonstration by
some crank in front of the White House
or Treasury building. Coxey wanted to
pass pnese iwu pumio, uuv e-j
i j K.- UTo-i
Moore
firmly insisted on the
Fourteenth street
line of march. . . .
The parade moved without incident
until the head of it reached Second and
B streets, southeast, the end of the Capi
tol grounds. Coxey had dropped out of
line at the JNew Jersey avenue isoum;
entrance to the Capitol grounds when he
left his buggy and proceeded on foot to
the main stairs of the Capitol. Half, a
dozen steps has been mounted when he
was confronted by tne captain oi ponce
and two lieutenants. Coxey removed
his hat. ehodk hands with the officers
and started to the head of the stairs. Be
fore he had time to turn round to face
the crowd and, in fact, before he could
reached the top of the steps, Capt. Kel-
lev. the police officer, informed him ne
could make no speech there. Coxey
replied:
xnen l wisn to enter a nrotesc.
You cannot do that either," said the
police officer.
1 wisn to reaa a programme,
said
rvvpv.
It cannot ne reaa nere," repuea uio
Coxev showed no racfination to yieia,
orirl Via wj 11 nr.eremoniouslv hustled off
the steps out into the nuaaie oi in
broad plaza in front of the capitol. He
nn nVivRieftl resistance, but pro
tested all the while and the crowd gath
ered aroung him and oDstruciea tne way
somewhat, but it was not a nuaue ui
aafjAnoa hnfc enpmed more likS CUriOSlty.
The whole affair did not last over sen
minutes. He was taken by tne police w
th Adam n iha fmwd without any diffi
culty and entered tus carnage, apc
Kellev said:
" Where do you eo now. Mr. Coxey?
"To our new grounds in Southwest
Washington," Coxey replied. He then
gave the army the order to march and
the disappointed yvealers again
started on a hot tramp for a new resting
place. '
When Coxey, under police escort.
nassed out 'of the Capitol grounds to
rejoin his army, the party was followed
by at least 10,000 people, and the officers
fnnriH the passage a difficult one.
Finally the police and their charge
-mnVxaA the head of the procession on
n otrwh directlv in front of the resi
dence of Congressman Springer, of
finmebodv set no a cheer ana
AUU4Vu - - f f
was joined in as the head of the Com
monweal pushed the way to his carriage.
The mob became so dense and noisy that
the police had hard work to keep them
from running over the Commonwealers.
i A rush was made birthe mass of peo
ple and many ran pell-mell to the plaza,
over the lawns, trampling down shrub
bery and vines. The white horse on
which Misa Coxey was mounted became
frightened and attempted to run away,
but was held back by a young man who
clung to the horse's bridle. Coxey finally
managed to get into the carriage with
his wife and the crowd cheered him
again and again: "You'll have to start
this procession." cried out a policeman.
"Speech, speech," came from hundreds
of throats, and, rising in his phaeton,
Coxey started to speak. But his voice
could be heard by a few only, so he
waved his hand for the procession to go
ahead. The Commonwealers who had
tramped more than five miles to the
Capitol to find ther plans frustrated,
meekly followed their leaders and were
conducted quietly to their new camp on
M street, between First and Second,
southwest. The camp is situated about
a mile from the Capitol.
When the procession had halted on B
street, between New Jersey avenue and
First street, Browne rode up and down
the fine waiyine his "banner of neace'M
and making every effort to obtain the
plaudits of the crowd. It was plain that
he was getting ready for his coup dC etat.
"What do you intend to do?" demanded
a police sergeant in command of the offi
cers stationed with the army. "I pro
pose to form my men in line and march
them up to the Capitol steps," responded
Browne, waiving his banner, and the
sergeant was too astonished to say or do
anything. Finally Browne rode up to
Coxey's carriage and leaning pver asked
Coxey, "Are you ready?" Coxey nodded,
and kissing his wife, he stepped out of
the vehicle. Browne dismounted,
took off his big sombrero to Mrs. Coxey
and turning to Miss Coxey. : said :
"You won't be afraid to stay here, will
you?" The girl nodded he head, and
Browne and Coxey pushed into the
crowd in the direction of the big white
building. They walked along beside the
low stone parapet surrounding the
grounds as if seeking an entrance, fol
lowed by a thousand people. "Jump
over the wall," suggested some one.
Coxey was quick to take the suggestion
and he leaped quickly over the parapet
and made his way like an eel through
the dense thickness of humanity to the
steps of the Capitol there to receive his
dramatic repulse as elsewhere recorded.
Browne followed, evidently with the in
tention of backing Coxey up, but he be
came separated from his chief.
The mounted policemen, a dozen or
more, who had been directed to attend
to Browne through the day, hesitated a
moment as the two leaders disappeared
amid the shubbery. Then a blue coated
officer whipped up his horse, dashed
across the pavement, over to the para
pet and into the grounds. His comrades
followed, and into the crowd went this
platoon, trampling flowers and shrubs in
their rush. People scattered right and
left and the foremost officer soon reached
the chief marshal, easily distinguishable
by his leather coat and white sombrero.
The police officer struck Browne and the
shock threw him to one side. He dodged
behind a tree and the officers lost sight
of him for an instant.
People in the crowd, in danger of be
ing trampled by the officer's horses,
seized them by the bridles. The. police
seemed to think that this was an attack
on them and responded with, their
batons, Browne
tween a line of
became wedged
mounted police
in be
and a
number of officers on foot, and when one
of these tried to seize him he resisted. A
shower of blows descended on his shoul
ders. Brown fought like a tiger, shout
ing out that he was an American citizen
and had constitutional rights. He was
seized by several officers and pushed
through the crowd.
All this happened on the edge of the
grass lawn adjoining the House side of
the asphalt plaza, and within plain sight
of the crowds 6a the Capitol steps. Old
Christopher Columbus Jones, leader of
the Philadelphia contingent, attempted
to rescue Browne from the officers, and
it is "said that a number of Coxeyites
assisted him. The old man's silk hat
was jammed over his ears in a jiffy, and
he too was piaped in custody, vvitna
mounted officer on each side of him ,
their hands grasping his leather collar,
and followed by more officers with Jones,
the sensational leader of the Common
weal forces was dragged off to a ceil in a
police station. Just before they entered
the police station Officer Stramline
passed his hand over Browne's hips and
pulled a small reyolver out of his trous
er's hip pocket. When arraigned,
Browne gave his name as Carl Browne,
data of his brith July 4th, 1849, at Spring-
field 111. , and his occupation as that or a
journeyman artist. He had $7.35 in
cash, geveral niedalp and a gold watch.
When the officer was aked what the
charge was he replied s 'Disorder ly con
duct and for assaulting me." Browne
was not charged with the assault
however. The pistol he claims to have
aken from one of his followers, as he
had strictly enjoined them not to carry
weapons of any kind, Jrnowing the strict
ness of the laws of the DistHci; agajnst
carrying concealed weapons. It was a
misevabje little affair, unloaded and
broken. It was perfectly useless ana no
charge was preferred against him on
this ground. He was placed in a cell
arid had nothing to say except: "I am
going to let the American people speak
tor me."
When Jones was arraigned ae gave
his name slowly and distinctly: "Chris
topher Columbus Jones," his age as 59,
and his occupation as that of a pump
builder. He bad only 7iJ .cents in money,
nanAf of ping and a knife. When
aavi tn talk he (!(! "The press done
the whole of it." He then said the Lord's
prayer to himself and laid down on the
bench in his ceu, reiusing to say auy
thing else.
When Jesse Coxev. wlio is lo years
old. rode alonar the line and tola tne
Commonwealers that the cruet marsnai
' " . , . m 1 1
had been taken off to a police station,
the men appeared surprised, but made
no loud comments. Browne is not very
popular with the rank and file and his
soldiers vieweq nis incarceration wim
finiianimitv. Browne, when the officer
took him into custody, turned to Jesse
Coxey and said: Jess, 1 turn over tne
command to you." But Jesse was too
young for so important an ofhee, so
Marshal Broderick. who does not ride
hnrsfihack. was substituted for Browne
Hardby what is left ot tne oia canai
. T . rr . - . 1 1
in Southwest wasnineion me vjuacj?
army rested after the exciting scenes at
t.he CamtoL Coxevwent to the new
camp with the men, and then left with
great promptitude for the purpose as
thev supposed, of eivine: aid and pom-
fort to his chief lieutenant, Browne, at
t.h Txilica station. It transpired later,
however, that he had left for an entirely
HiffArfiTit nurpose. which was to secure
a license from the Lhstrict commission-
or-o tr nut. his miserable followers on ex
hibition at a fixed price. Coxey
appealed for a permit to charge an
admittance fee at the camp without
the payment of any license, on
the ground that the entire receipts were
k. nai for charitable purposes, that
is feeding and clothing the members of
the Commonweal. The commissioners
said that they would take the request
under advisement, but in the meantime
suggested he had better take out a reg
ular license' for one day, which he did,
and paid the fee.
Coxev returned to the camp about 2:30
o'clock p. m. The men were greatly
fatigued and as soon as camp was
reached the commissariat opened up with
a dinner oi bard boiled eggs, soup.
bread ana water.
WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2,
Police Justice Miller remained at his
court until after 3 o'clock this afternoon
waiting to give a hearing to the two ar
rested Coxey leaders. But up to the
time he had received no official notice of
the arrest of Browne and Jones and he
left the court.
About 6 o'clock to-night Chief Marshal
Browne was released from the Fifth pre
cinct station house on a bond of $500,
furnished by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Haines,
a dry goods dealer in Southeast Washing
ton. Browne was not in a pleasant
mood when he went to the clerks desk
to receive the articles taken from him
when arrested and to questions he made
surely and unsatisfactory answers. He
did not ask for the return of the broken
revolver and that matter was passed
without comment. He talked in his
usual strain about his Constitutional
right and being on an errand of peace
and stated that he would fight the case
in the courts. He went to the house of
Mrs. Briggs, who. was willing to go on
the bond of Jones, but was not permitted
to do so on account of her property be
ing incumbered. There he took dinner
and was almost lionized by, a party of
admirers who gathered about him. Sub
sequently he went to find Coxey to make
report.
' Coxey'gives his version of his failure
to get a hearing from the Capitol steps
as follows:
"I proceed to the centre portico, and
had just started to walk up when sev
eral police officers stopped me and told
me to go back. 'I want to speak here,'
I said. 'You can't, said one of the po
licemen. 'I have a right to speak as an
American citizen it is my Constitu
tional right' I said. They refused to let
me proceed, and then I drew a written
protest from my pocket, handing it to
the principal officer and telling him
what it was. He refused to receive it,
and then I said that I would read it. The
officers refused to let me read my protest.
They would not let me speak; they
would not let me protest, so I went back
to my carriage."
This is the story of Coxey's "arrest,"
as related by Capt. Garden, the chief of
the Capitol police, to Col. Bright, the
sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, and Sen
ator Voorhees, of Indiana, Jwho was
sitting in the sergeant-at-arms' office
when Capt. Garden came in to make his
report: "Coxey came up at the head of
his band. He stopped when he reached
me. I was standing at the, foot of the
steps leading to the rotundd. Coxey said
he wanted to deliver an address from
the front of the Capitol, I told him he
could not do so. He demanded the
reason why. I told him my instructions
were to permit no speech making in the
Capitol grounds. He then said he had a
protest he desired to read, I told him
he could not read it. He again demanded
to know why and I again told him that
these were my instructions. A number
of newspaper men were standing by.
Coxey threw the protest to them. I
then approached him and walked him
off through the crowd."
"You did not arrest him?" queeried
Col. Bright, with some interest in his
tones. "I did not arrest him" replied
the Captain. "I Bimply walked off. with
him."
"That is rjght." broke in Senator Voor
hees approvingly.
"ihat is right," said Col. Bright, echo
ing the Senators words. "No arrest."
I "I then," continued the Captain,
Vwalked Coxey across the grounds in
front of the library building, then south
toward B street, where I left him. I do
not know where he went,"
"Was Carl Browne with him?"
quired Col. Bright.
"No, qid not see him."
"Did Coxey make anv disturbance?'!
asked Senator Voorhees.
He did not. He was just as nice as
he was in hi9 interview with you in this
room yesterday afternoon."
The Sun's Cotton Ileview.'
New York, May 1. The Sun's cot
ton report says: Liberal receipts at the
ports, generally favorable weather at
the South, and dullness of trade in cot
ton goods, were adverse features which
were offset by the unexpected firmness
of futures in Liverpool and a stronger
tone at New Orleans, where futures ad
vanced, and where, moreover, there was
a better spot demand from the Conti
nent. There was less anxiety here to
sell in any event, and this fact also con
tributed to the firmness of the market
to day. There were reports that quite
a large business had been done in New
Orleans. "On the rise here there was
more or less realizing, and part of the
improvement was lost. The speculation
was still on a small scale, and the buying
was mostly to cover shorts. One firm
6aid: "While some1 of the shorts
have covered, some j of the stronger
short interest has increased its Bhort line
by selling more at to-day's improvement.
It remains to be seen whether sellers will
be sufficiently numerous to encourage
further pressure on the short side, and
enable those $ho are already pretty well
sold to cover at a profit, as they have for
some time past. In other words will the
market be put lower.' Our own impres
sions are that there will be good buying
from this time forward on all easy peri
ods, as the aggressively bearish feeling
here has been checked, and we hardly
think it will revive until crop accounts
become favorable or trade conditions be
come worse, it is hardly expected that
the latter be made so, and crop outlook
so far cannot be said to be promising,
although it has not yet suffered any seri
ous drawback, except that of late plant
ing. The Bureau of Agriculture of North
Carolina last week reported that indica
tions were for a smaller acreage in that
State than iast year.' The Georgia bureau
announces to-day its April report, showr
ing that acreage is 2 per cent, less than
that of 4ast year, ana tne ponaiuan oj
the crop 91 per cent, against an average
of 100 per cent, for the past five years.
Our feeime is mat tnis ioresnauows
somewhat similar conditions in all States
except Texas, and there we find an in
creased acreage out a late crop.
Coal Creek Miners Qutt Work.
Jellico, Tenn., May 1. All of the
miners at Coal Creek quit work last
night. Their contract expired to-day.
There is not a mine working in district
No. 19, which includes Goal Greek, Jel
lico, Laurel and Cincinnati Southern
road regions, except at Rockwood, Tenn.,
and possibly at Mingo Mountain, Ky.
There are about 125 convicts at work at
Coal Creek. The coal supply is ample
for two or three months yet, as all the
side tracks between here and Knoxville
are full of loaded cars. The miners
claim they can remain out six months or
more, although mere is uttip yisioie
means of their sustenance. There are
no indications of violence in this region.
There is a gigantic move on foot among
the idle miners here to organize a Coxey
division and a reform club, and a meet
ing is to be called soon for lull organi
zation. Highest of all in Leavening
Li k
DEATH THE REAPER
AGAIN INVADES THE SENA
TORIAL HALL.
The Death of Senator Stockbridge
Announced m the Senate Senator
McMilltn Offers the Usual Res
olutions A Committee of
Seven Senators Appointed
to Attend tbe Fun
eral Services.
SENATE.
Washington, May 1. For the third
time in the short space of five weeks, the
Senate met to-day only to hear the an
nouncement of another gap made in its
ranks by deatbi A fortnight ago to-day
funeral ceremonies were held in the Sen
ate chamber over the remains of Senator
Vance, of North Carolina. Three weeks
before that day the like sad ceremonial
had taken place over the remains of Sen
ator Colquitt, of Georgia, and to-day the
announcement was made of the death of
Stnator Stockbridge, of Michigan, who
died yesterday in Chicago, These other
two Senators had died in Washington.
The meeting of the Senate to-day bad
been postponed from 11 o'clock a. m. to
noon, so as to give Senators an opportu
nity of paying their last tribute of respect
to the memory of Mrs. Morgan, wife of
the Alabama Senator, whose funeral
took place this morning, and in the chap
lains opening prayer they were reminded
of the death of their associate from
Michigan whose desk and chair in the
outer row of the Republican seats were
covered with black cloth.
An unusually large number of Sen
ators were present at the opening prayer,
Tbe formal reading of yesterday's jour
nal was dispensed with, and then Sen
ator McMillin, the colleague of the de
ceased, made the announcement of
Senator Stockbridge's death. The usual
resolutions were then offered by Senator
McMillin and were agreed to. They ex
press the great sorrow of the Senate at
the announcement of Senator Stock
bridge's death, and provide for a com
mittee of seven Senators to attend the
funeral at Kalamazoo, Mich. Senators
McMillin, Frye, Washburn, Cullom,
Jones, of Arkansas; Gibson and Blanch
ard were appointed such committee, and
then at 12:10 o'clock the Senate ad
journed until to-morrow at 11 o'clock
a. m.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In his opening prayer to-day Chaplain
Bagby referred in a feeling manner to
the death of Senator Stockbridge, of
Michigan.
Mr. Dingley called up the bill reported
by the Dockery Commission, reorganiz
ing the accounting branch of the Treas
ury department, abolishing the offices of
second comptroller and deputy second
comptroller; and the House went into
cotnmittee of the whole, with Mr. Hatch
in the chair, for its consideration.
Since the bill was reported, said Mr.
Dingley, the provisions of the bill pre
viously passed abolishing the office of
commissioner of customs and deputy
commissioner of customs had been in
corporated in it, so that the whole sys
tem of Government accounting should
be regulated by one measure. Some
other slight changes had also been made
in the bill to meet criticisms and objec
tions made against the bill as originally
reported. After the bill and accom
panying reports had been read the com
mittee rose, leaving the bill the unfin
ished business.
At 1 :30 o'clock a message was received
from the Senate announcing the death
of Senator Stockbridge. Mr. Burrows
offered the usual resolution respecting
the announcement. The resolutions
were adopted and the Speaker an
nounced the following committee to re
present the House at the funeral: Messrs.
Burrows, Thomas, Aitken and Linton,
of Michigan, Bynum, of Indiana,
McCreary, of Kentucky, Boutelle, ' of
Maine, Richardson, of Tennessee, and
Payne, of New York.
At 1 :35 o'clock the House was declared
adjourned until to-morrow at noon.
Base Ball.
Philadelphia, May 1. Philadelphia,
3; Boston 7- Batteries--Carsey and
Clement; Lovett and Merritt.
Cincinnati, May 1. Cincinnati, 6;
Pittsburg, 7, Batteries Barrott and
Vaughn; Killen and Mack.
Louisville, May 1. Louisville-Chicago
no game.
" St. Louis, May 1. St. Louis, 0; Cleve
land, 7. Batteries Gleason, Hawley
and Buckley; Clarkson, O'Conner and
Virtue.
New York, May 1. New York, 7;
Baltimore, 4. Batteries Meekin and
Farrell; McMahon and Robinson.
Washington, May 1. Washington,
0; Brooklyn, 9. Foifeited in sixth in
ning. Macon, May 1. Macon, 4; New Or
leans, 5. Batteries Hill and Hoover;
Kling and Trost.
Charleston, May 4. Charleston, 18;
Memphis, 5. Batteries Blackburn and
Zahner; Neal, Bolan and Omeara.
Savannah, May 1, Savannah, 7;
New Orleans, 5. Batteries Pepper and
Jantzen; Reilly, Flood, Schabel.
Atlanta, May 1. Atlanta, 6; Nash
ville, 10. BatteriesConover and Boyle;
Borchers and Stallings.
The Strike Declared Off.
Minneapolis, May 1. The strike on
the Great Northern railroad, which in
volves 3,700 miles of line and which has
suspended traffic, both freight and pas
senger for two week8 is over. This was
accomplished by adjudication of the
claims of the employes and the road
rather than by arbitration, the court
being a joint committee of the represent
atives of leading business organizations.
The result of the conference, whioh
lasted until late in the evening, is that
the strikers gain nineteen-twentieths
of their points made. At the close there
was great rejoicing ann i5grams were
sent out along the line as official notice
hafc the strike was off.
To-morrow Messrs. Rogers and How
ard will accompany the representatives
of the western section of the strikers
over the line to personally notify the
employes and install them with a good
feeling towards the road.
Suit for Damages.
Richmond, Va., May 1. -John E. Har
rison to-day entered suit here for f 20,00ft
against the American Tobacco company
for damages for injuries to person by a
box falling upon him. He was an em
ployee of the Allen & Ginter branch of
the company.
Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
1894.
THE SUPREME REGENT
OF THE ROYAL ARCANUM
ARRIVES IN RALEIGH.
Bishop Capers to Preach a Memorial
Sermon on tne Iiate Bishop T. B.
Lyman The Electric
Railway to be Sold To-day
Continued. Drought ..
Cutting of the Straw
berry Crop.
Messenger Bureau, t
Raleigh, May 1. (
jNine convicts arrived at the peniten
tiary to-day from Cleveland county, two
from Cumberland and two from Edge
combe. Mr. H. H. C. Miller, supreme regent
of the Royal Arcanum, arrived here to
day from Chicago. He was entertained
by local members of the order and will
be at the banquet to-morrow evening.
He will also install the officers of the
Grand Council. The present officers are
Dr.Way, regent; Mr. Bell, secretary; Mr.
A. M. Powell, treasurer.
Bishop Capers will on the 30th inst.,
at St. Paul's church, Winston, preach a
memorial sermon before the Episcopal
diocese of North Carolina, bis subject
being the life and character and work
of Bishop Theadore B. Lyman.
Rev. P. G. Elsom last evening began
revival services at the First Baptist
church. It is expected these will con
tinue two weeks.
The drought continues and is said to
be considerably cutting off the straw
berry crop. The weather has been very
favorable to farming operations and the
farms are remarkably clean and well
tilled. The loss of time in work has been
very small since February 15th. All the
farmers are well up with their work of
every kind.
The .State board of dental examiners
is in session at Durham. It has fourteen
applicants to examine. -
To-day a petition was presented to
Governor Carr, urging him to committ
to life imprisonment the death sentence
of Orange Page, the negro who broke
the neck of old Rosa Haywood. Page's
accomplice got off ' with life imprison
ment, and she was unquestionably as
guilty as Page. Both ought to have
been hanged.
To-morrow the Raleigh street railway
will Be sold, without reserve. Mr. Cut
ler, of Boston, who is a representative of
the General Electric company is here,
as is also Mr. Connell, of Washington, ah
electrician of that company. It is said
that no bid will be made by the former
owners of the road, who are represented
by Mr. Tome and Mr. George, of Balti
more. The prospects of a purchase of
the road did not to-day appear to be
flattering, though no one appears to
know, or will say, just what will be
done.
The Executive committee of the
North Carolina Lutheran synod was in
session at Salisbury yesterday.
1 In the Supreme court yesterday the
case of Merony vs. the Georgia Building
and Loan company was argued on ap- j
peal. The principal point at issue was '
that the contract was made in Georgia
and with reference to the Georgia law,
and the defendant company therefore
set up the claim that the North Carolina
law did not affect it. The ,Nojrth Caro
lina law requires supervision of all these
companies. Mayor Ellyson and Mr.
Wellford, of Richmond, heard the argu
ments in tnis case.
The Supreme court is now engaged in
hearing arguments in cases at the end of
the docket. All or nearly all of these
are Second district cases.
At the academy of music here this
evening there was a May day fete on
quite an elaborate scale, in aid of the
King's Daughters which have now an
extremely large membership in this city.
ine ionowing shentts have made . full
settlements of State taxes: Edward Til-
lett of Carteret, $1,902.44; R. M. McAr-
thur of Forsyth, $21,756.52. To date
sixty-four sheriffs have made full settle
ments. It is specially to be desired that there
may be an early adjustment of the dif
ferences at the State university between
the Greek letter fraternities and those
students who do not belong to those so
cieties. It is said that the Chester and Lenoir
railway is making arrangements to build
a branch line in this State.
It seems that no regular proposition
in regard to the encampment was made
by Asheville, but merely an invitation
was extended to encamp there, the prop
osition being to have troops from other
States there. The only real propositions
come from WrightsyiUe and. Morehead
City.
He Hashed Up tbe Barber.
Barber Your hair is getting very thin,
sir.
Victim Yes. I've been putting anti
fat on it. I always did dislike stout hair.
Barber Seriousiy, I think you ought
to put something on it.
Victim I do every morning.
. Barber May I ask what?
Victim Certainly. My hat. Now, if
you'll give me a close shave and 15 cents'
worth of silence, I'll be much obliged.
Easily Taken Up
Cod Liver Oil as it
appears in Scott's
Emulsion is easily
taken up by the
system. In no
other form can so
much fat-food be
assimilated with
out injury to the
organs of digestion
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos
phites has come to be an article
of every day use, a prompt and
infallible cure for Colds, Coughs,
Throat troubles, and a positive
builder of flesh.
Prepared by Scott A Bownc If. T. AH drnggirts.
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That very few persona have perfect eyes. It
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work to uuinstructed dealers are criminally care
less of the most valuable of all the senses, their
sight. DR. M SCHWAB'S Glasses correct all
visual imperfection that may exist. Spectacles
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spectacles ana jsjb masses repaired. This Opti
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