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1BDEBED BY mm FATAL RIOTS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA COKE REGION. J. H. ^Paddock Set Upon by Strikers Wbile Inspecting the Davidson Works and Brutally Killed?A Ranninz Chase for Miles?Several Rioters Are Shot Down. Adispatoh from Uniontown, Fenn., says: Anarchy is running riot throughout the entire coke region of this section of Pennsylvania. More than two-thirds of the thirty big coal mines and of the 17,000 turnaces in which their product is turnert into coke are deserted. Of the 16.000 miners and eokers who should be in thw pits and at the ovens, more than 10.000, mostly Hungarians and Slavonians, whose ideas are as foreign to America as their language, are tramping over the country in bodies of 500 and upward, forcing those who have not joined them in their strike against the mine operators to do so. Crazed by liquor and by the incendiary speeches poured into their ears hour after h?ur by a dozen demagogic leaders, these mobs know no license, recognize no law, Jbavu no mercy and seem to be devoid of reason. Three hundred deputy sheriffs have been -? ' ?t*v. vjfloa BWOra IQ auu <uuiou nuu niuuuuut nuw / for the protection of life and property. The strikers are prepared to go to any length to gain the point of having every mine and oven in the section abandoned. Nine persons, it is said, have been killed and several t wounded. , I The actions of the foreigners, and especially the killing of an official of the Frlak Coke Company, so incensed the better class of people that there was talk of lynching the men wno did the killing. The war began at daylight at the Trotter plant. About 1000 men camped in the woods during the nisrht and at daybreak marched on the men who had refused to join them. One after another plant was raided and the workers driven from the ovens and forced to flee for their lives. The deputy sheriffs eotiU do nothing with the mob. . Se veral of the non-unionists were badly beat -n and left for dead. The wives of the sinkers joined them and led in the assaults. At only one place did the rioters meet with mn..n ppoistance. This was at the Davidson plaut of the Frick Coke Company. About 8 oVlock a mob of 500 strikers gathered at the plant and demanded that the non-unionists throw down their tools. x Chief Engineer Joseph H. Paddock or- * dered his men to stand firm. This order was the sequel for a fusllade of stones, slugs and pieces of iron. Paddock was struck in a dozen plaoes and fell senseless. Then one of the mob shot him through the back of the head. Having scared the o-. -unionists way from the plant, the mob . treated toward Conuellsville. A posse was hurriedly forme; and started In pursuit of the rioters. The kilter passed around Connellsvilie and were met on the Yonehingheny River bridge and were ordered to halt. Thev refused and the posse opened fire. On* of the Hungarians fell, mortally wounded and died in a few minutes. A. terrible hand to hand struggle took place, liuns, revolvers, DiacsjacKb uaa eIol? ware used, Three more men were killed and forty-three of the rioters were clmbed into submission and were taken badly wounded to the Connellsville jail. AmuuR the prisoners is the man who shot Paddock. Sheriff Wilhelm ordered the prisoners removed to Uniontown. 'Assistant Chief Engineer Cole, of theFrick Company, took part In the defense of the Davidson plant and was badly injured, but will recover. He assisted the deputies on the bridge, although badly wounded. Several small battles took place in different parts of the region, and in these, it is said, two persons were killed and many wounded. Several of the rioters arrested on the bridge will not recover. A.t 10 o'olock p. m. there were sixty-four rioters in the Uniontown jail. Outside a wild 'mob clamored for their release. Appeals were made to the Governor for troops. There are several companies of the , Tenth Regiment around Connemviue, ana they, as well as the Pittsburg regiment, were hourly expecting to be ordered out. Camped in Everson Grove, near Seottdale, ore 1500 strikers, mostly Hungarians, Poles and Slavs. They were huddled around a hundred large wood fires, and sympathizers supplied them with provisions. CRISP DECLINES. TIN Spparker Refuses the Appointment as United States Senator. 8poaker Charles P. Grisp, of the House of Bepresdhtatives at Washington, declined, with proper expressions of appreciation, the honor extended to him by Governor Northen, * ?*~ *? ? V? irv> *>A V\? H Cans. ?i lieorpiu. iu au(wiuiiu.s u>iu w uo < ucuator of the United States to succeed Mr. Co'.Slitt. The dfspatoh in which he rut aside e teifiptinjr* offer was sent after Mr. CHsp had consulted with the leading men on the Democratic side of the House, and after he had read the earnest appeals of his associates to refuse the honor which all of them considered him entirely worthy to receive. His resignation just now. in their opinion, would have brought on a contest for the Speakership that might have resulted in the utmost confusion, ill feeling, and party disorganization. ' Speaker Chrlsp sent the following telegram to Governor Xorthen, declining the seat, in the Senate: \ 'House of Representatives, > ' Washington, March 30. f w t xfa?4kan /irtvarnnr atlnnfn a UI have nn ambition to represent Georgia In the Senate ot the United States, and appreciate most highly the appointment you nave piven me, but for the present, at least, I must put aside my ambition. I was, as you know, unanimously nominated Speaker. In accepting that office I have incurred obligations to our party throughout the country. "A. very Urge majority of the Democratic members of the Housa have united in a re fie6t tnat lor me remaiuaor ui mis continue in the position to which they have elected me. They baso this request upon grounds which I cannot, in modesty, repeat, but which I cannot, in duty, Ignore. As 8peaker I feel to some extent responsible lor the action of the House. I fael a pride in Its organization, and have a settled purpose, 00 far as my influence extends, to have . brought before it and voted upon bills which, II enacted into law3, will redeem to the fullest extent our party pledges. Thus, I think, 1 will best servo the interests of the people of Georgia. "I am grateful to you for the honor you have done me. I am grateful to the numerous friends throu^hoat tbe Stato who havo seemed pleased with and who havo ursred my acceptance ot my appointment, and teg that you and they will believe what I in the utmost sincerity say, that in declining it I am sacrificing a cherished ambition to what I regard as a sense of duty. ; . ...... "Charles F. Cmsp." FBITZ KLOETZLEK'S CRIME. Killed His Wife and Four Children and Then Committed Suicide. Fritz Kloetzler killed his wife and fout thildren at his home in Dolgaville, N. Y., and then committed suicide. Kloetzler was formerly employed in the felt shop of Alfred Dolge & Son. For stjveral weeks past Kloetzler has be*?n out of work, and his lamily, which consisted of a wife and four children, were supported by the town. Kloetzler had been conternplatiug this terrible tragedy for several days. He wrote to a former shopmate, now in New York. Baying that he intended killing his wife and children and then committing suicide. It was decided to arrest Kloetzler. At about 9 p. in. Policeman Cramer and assistants went to the house, and after repeated x knocking, and receiving no response, forced the door open. On the second floor in ona of ;tho back bedrooms, lying on a lew blankets. With their heads against the wall, were founa the dead bodies of Kloetzler, Jiis wife, and lour children. ms wina tuew a. calendar rrom tne wau of a Tulare (Cal.) house and caused it tc knock off a bottle of carbolic acid standing co a shelf over a baby's crib. The bottle attack the cradle and broke, throwing the acid into the chfM'a mouth. The doctors fear 5 - She baby will dia TEE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. The largest steel projectiles ever made by the United States army were successfully tested at Sandy Hook, N. J. A geneeax 6trike of the 10,000 coke workers and miners of the Connellsvllle (Penn.) region was ordered by the Executive Committee of the United Mine Workers. Hxkby Schaeffee. a lad. while playing ball at Jeffersonville, Sullivan County, N. Y., was struck in the abdomen by a batted ball. He died soon after. C. E. Mobeis. tax collector at Gravesend, N. Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy, and was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary. A vebdict for $25,000 against Russell Sage was given by a jury in the Supreme Court, in New York Citv. In favor of William R. Laid law. who alleged that the famous flnanoiet used him as a protection against the Norcross bomb. Chabler Brown, fifteen years old, of Kennett Square, Penn., was shot and fatally wounded In a boyish quarrel by his cousin, Andrew Milton, who Is but twelve years old. A defalcation amounting to $33,000 has been discovered at the American Exchange National Bank, New York City. Gusta-v Hagen. a bookkeeper, has disappeared. C. E. Bartholomew, a customer, has bsen arrested for complicity. Bight Rev. Michael J. O'Farrell, Bishop of tho Catholio Diocese of Trenton, died a few mornings ago at the episcopal residence. The biggest labor war Bhode Island has ever seen Is on. It is a struggle of the ?./> > onolnet tha tvm lnnm cratftm a waj a^.inst <m improvement whichthey claim Is impracticable. United States cruiser Marblehead was put in commission at the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Navy Yard. Four women spinners who went to work In a factory in Paterson. N. J., where a strike prevails, were mobbed by a crowd of Infuriated employes, who dragged them through tbe street, beating them, within a block of the police station. South and West. Superintendent Murray, of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, reports the loss to winter wheat by the cold wave more presumptive than demonstrated. It cannot exceed Ave per cent. The Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina strawberry crop is reported as ruined by the cold. Oliver Jackson, one of the Grant mur-3n f MnnfrfAmorL* A lft A new ijruwuounv iuvu^vuav?j f ?? dozen masked men took the prisoner from two deputies and shot him to death. Jackson had committed three murders. Geoegie, a giri eight years old, and Willie, a boy ot Ave, children of William Shaffle, solored, were burned to death at their home in Cairo, 111. Mbs. Viboixia Holt, wife of David Holt, a wealthy merchant, of Beevesville, W. Va., was found dead, hanging to a ventilator, and with two of ner smnll children tugging at her skirts. Republicans carried the municipal elections in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo and Mansfield, Ohio. "Washington. The President nominated George H. Houck to be Customs Collector for the District of Genesee, N. Y., and Henry B. Lovering to be Pension Agent at Boston. Secbetabv Hebbebt's suggestion that the old Kearsarge's name be given to the next hiittlfishin of the naw. meets with marked approval The envoys sent by the American colony at Blueflelds to ask the aid of Uncle Sam arrived in Washington. Majob Fba.sk Bell, for twenty years an examiner in the Pension Bureau, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He was despondent at the time, owing to ill health. The President nominated Thomas E. Benedict, of New York, to be Public Printer. He held the office during Cleveland's first term. CiiAi&iiAN' Voobhees began the tariff debate in the Senate, speaking in defense of the bill reported by the Finance Committee. Foreign. The Emperor of Austria was welcomed to Abbazia by the Emperor of Germnny. j3lukfields 13 ropuricu iu ud iu ( piuiiu and practically without government, though both the Mosquito and Nicaragua flags are flying. Loan Hansen, President of the Parnell Commission and member of the Bering Sea Commission, died a few days since in London, England. Kossuth's body raaaned Budapest; <*..,000 persons lined the streets through which the funeral procession moved from the railway station to the Museum. Thousands of Albanians recently attacked a Montenegrin village on *ue frontier, killIns four and woundinsr seven of the Montenegrins. The fighting, which lasted a whole day, is liable to lead to more serious disturbances. General Bkhioio Mosaics Bebuudez, President of Peru, who had been sick tor a long time, is dead. Honolulu advices report the appearance of another JaDanese warship there and the arrest of seventy Japanese and an editor. Ehead riots have resulted from the prevailing distress in Southern Spain. Ddbinq a battle between troops of the Sultans of Bornu nnd Pabah, Central Soudan, Africa, both Sultans were killod. Nicaragua's President withdrew the exequaturs of the American and British Consuls for their part in the Blueflelds affair. The missing North German Lloyd steamer Ems has been towed into Horta, Fayal, one of the Azores, by the Wild Flower, a British tank steamer, which picked up the Bremen liner after her propeller frame was broken. She broke her uhaft Friday, March 23, and drifted helplessly. The steamer Rappahannock sighted her and offered assistance but ultimately s sailed away, leaving the Ems in distress. March 27 the Wild Flower took the Ems in tow. riTftir k t?/1t7"ic1 t5t"n.tittt"\ a XT iUBMiLIlUA O UlULUUilXt A Remarkable Demonstration In Hla Honor at Frledrichsruli. The band of the Lauenburg Rifles and the Altona Choral Society serenaded Prince Bismarck at his home in Friedrichsruh, Germany, in honor of his seventy-ninth birthday. Telegrams, letters, gifts and flowers flowed Into Friedrichsruh in a constant stream throughout the day. Count von Moltke, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, arrived at Friedrichsruh with an autograph letter of felicitation from the Emperor and a splendid cuirass with epaulets, which Prince Bismarck immediately donned, remarking upon the good fit. The Emperor's letter was moat flattering. It said the steel of the cuirass was a token of sincere German gratitude to which His Majesty desired to (jive expression. Among the Prince's numerous visitors was a deputation from the Halberstadt Cuirassiers. Prince Bismarck said ho hoped to be able soon to enter into personal communication with the regiment at Halberstadt. Presents were brought to the castle so rapidly that it was impossible to unpack them all. Tho castlo yard looked like a freight depot. It was piled high with barrels, kegs, boxes, and bundles of all shapes and sizes. The number of letters and dispatches received by the Prince was beyond all records of his former birthdays. The messages were received by tho basketful every fifteen minutes during the day. They came from all the remote part3 of tho world?Bombay, Calcutta, Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, Tokio, Cairo. New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Rio Janeiro nnd Valparaiso. Messages from the United States were exceptionally numerous. Hardly a European town of more than 10,000 Inhabitacts is unrepresented. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon 7000 letters and 4580 telegrams had been counted and the messengers were still busy bringing more. Bismarck banquets were hold in the evening in Cologne, Essen, Augsburg, Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Halle, Schweinfurf and Heidelberg. Fbitz Gio?*deb, a saloon keeper of 8r. Joseph, Mo., prided himself that he "nevei took a dare." Somebody dared himself tc kill himself, and he went off and blew out his brains. He will never take another dare. FEED'S TWO PRESIDENTS. SENHORBORGONO SEIZES THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT. On the Death of Bermudez He Took i Possession of the Lima Palace, Notwithstanding the Protests of | Canhni. Onlnli rnncfltllHnt1!ll i ULUUUl UViCtt I fuv VV"?v?v?? ? | President. A cablegram from Ltraa, Peru, says: On I the death of President Bermudez his Ministers all sent in their resignations to First Vice-President Solar, but Second Vice-President Borgono, backed by Caceres and the soldiery, took possession of the palace and commenced issuing decrees. Thus Peru has two Presidents, a constitutional one; Senhor Solar, and a revolutionary one, Colonel Borgono. A deputation of about five hundred representative citizens waited on Senhor Solar with assurances of their adherence to him as the constitutional President. 8enhor Solar thanked tbem for their loyalty, begged tbem to preserve the peace and told them that he had sent a message to Caceres asking him to define his intentions In the crisis. He was awaiting the answer before taking any action. Meanwhile the city is patrolled by a strong guard, the church towers are full of soldiers, all the shops are closed, and business is suspended. There has been no rioting, but considerable alarm is felt. Colonel Borgono has already named a Cabinet,_choosing for his Ministers Senhora uarcia, urrutia, uuianto, axuayo ana ijh- j puente. Senhor Solar, being unable to obtain any satisfactory answer from Caceres, sent a severe note to the ex-Ministers, reproaching them for their conduct in only recognizing him on paper, bat delivering up to Colonel Borgono the military forces and all the prerogatives of the chief executive. He charges them with being the authors of the revolutionary movement and holds them responsible for its consequences. Senhor Solar is now in hiding, but it is reported that he has sent a statement of his position and his claims upon the Presidency to the diplomatic corps at Lima. Justiniano Borgono. who, it seems, will occupy the Presidential chair of Peru until August 10 next, is about forty-five years old and is very popular in his own country. He is a native of Trujillo and comes from ono of the oldest Castilian families in Peru. He owns an immense plantation in the Department of Libertad, of which Trujillo is the capital. When the war broke out with Chile Borgono, although not then a soldier, volunteered his services. Ha was promoted in a short time to the command of a regiment and his military rank of colonel has been officially confirmed. Will American interests suffer in Peru as a result of these controversies is a question which is causing the administration some concern. No ship is available at present for duty In those waters, although in an emergency one of the vessels at Montevideo could be sent. If necessary the Hunger, which is at Acapulco, could be sent to that quarter, but she is a member of the Bering Sea fleet, and will be needed in the upper Pacific shortly. rnnnvao Hlnfatnr fn I5 Aril. A later despatch from Lima states that ExPresident Caoeres has been proclaimed Dictator of Peru, the situation being that Teru just now has two Presidents and a Dictator. Congress and the people are hostile to Caceres, but the army is with him. He was one of the candidates for the Presidency. The city Is in possession of the troops who are supporting Caceres, and it Is reported that Senhor Solar, the constitutional President, is a fugitive. The banks are closed and all business Is suspended. Soldiers are patrolling the streets. BBAZH/S PBESIDENT. Prudent? de Monies Electcd to Succeed Peixoto. PENDENTE DE HOBAES. President-elect Prudento de Moraes, of Brazil, says Harper's Weekly, was born about fifty years ago of wealthy and influential parents in Piraoicaba. a large and important city in the middle of the coffee zone of the great State of San Paulo. He was educated in the best schools of his native country and adopted law as a profession. He early went into politics, and gained distinction as representative of his native State in the Lower House of Parliament in the days of the Empire. His course there as a republican in a very small minority was moderate, and distinguished for consummate' tact ani dignity. He made good use' o! his thorough knowledge of parliamentary laws and usages, and em ployed 1113 aoilliy jls u uuuiuur 1u ijuuu au* vantage for his oherished republican principles. In 1889, when the Republic was deolared, Moraes was assigned the difficult position of Governor of San Paulo, which State he organized against the wealthy and influential monarchical party, which, though now in | the minority, still shows formidable strength, defraying, as it does, the larger part of the expenses of the revolution that started in Bio Grande do Sul. In 1890 San Paulo sent | him to the Constituent Assembly, called for I the purpose of promulgating the Republic's | constitution, and he was unanimously elected President by that body. He was then elected J Vice-President of the Senate, of which, ow- I ing to Peixoto's elevation tothe Chief Magistracy of the Nation, he has been the only actual presiding officer. Minister Mendonca, who was a fellow-student in law with President-elect Moraes, describes him as apparently a man of most gentle nature, but in reality very energetic and uncompromising, though just, impartial, and, above all, tactful. He will not take office until November 15, unless Peixoto reslprns in the interests of peace on or after May 3, when Congress assembles. DOWN WITH THE BRIDGE, Eight Carpenters Precipita ted Into a Deep Ravine at Radford, Ya. Four men were killed outright and as many moro received injuries which, it was thought, might prove fatal, by the coiiapso of the bridge over Connelly's Run, a deep j ravine between East and West Radford. West Virginia. The names of tue killed are as follows: Andrews, R. H., a^ed thirty; lived half an hour, dying in his wife's arms. Mabes, Ed., aged twenty; skull crushed. Price, Thomas, colored, aged forty; had large family; died i of his injuries. Thompson, Charles, aged thirty-fire, married and has Ave children, killed instantly. The bridge was a slender wooden affair, i 300 feet long and seventy-threo feet high in the middle. The structure was an old one, and workmen were engaged in tearing it down, as anew steel structure was already going up beside it. About one-third of the bridge had been . taken down, when the falling of a heavy | plank knocked the propa out from under a I section some seventy leet long, which fell Into the ravine with the eight ourpenters. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. I The Senate. 67th Day.?The McGarrahan bill was passed without a division. The House ' joint resolution appropriating 810,000 ad ditlonal to carry out tne provisions 01 tne Chinese Exclusion act was passed. The Senate reconsidered the vote by which it agreed to the resolution offered by Mr. Frye , calling on the Secretary of War for information as to the employment and discharge of men employed on public improvements for political reasons. 68th dat.?The Bering Sea bill was rejected. Mr. Voorhees opened the tariff debate in a set speech of three hours. 69th Day.?Mr. Allison replied to Mr. . Yoorhees's tariff speech. Mr. Harris has taken control of the bill and has given notice < that he will press the bill dally. The I Senate passed the Bering Sea bill. A num- . ber of committee amendments to the tariff bill were submitted. c 70th Day.?The third day's debate on the 3 tariff bill was carried on, Mr. Allison, of j Iowa, speaking against the bill for two and a 6 quarter hours, and Mr. Mills, of Texas, mak- t ing a brief defence of It as a compromise ^ measure. t The House. t 87th Dat.?A veto of the Bland seignior- ' age bill was received from the President. ' The House fought all day over the O'NeillJoy contested election case and the proceed- ' ings were luruuieui. 88th Day?The day was largely consumed I by filibustering. The President's veto oi the Bland bill was read. 1 89th Day. ?The House made recognition of J Speaker Crisp's declination of the Georgia 1 Senatorship by a round of applause as ha ' ascended the steps to his desk. Bj* unani- 1 mous consent the O'Neill-Joy contested elec- < tlon case was postponed. Mr. Catchings < introduced the River and Harbor Appropria- ' tion bill. The House then proceeded to 1 hear eulogies upon the life, character and < services of the late Representative Charles J O'Neill, of Pennsylvania. 1 90th Day.?Mr. Boatner introduced resolu- l tions asking Attorney-General Olney what < has been done to protect Uncle Sam in the j Union Pacific receivership proceedings. j Another day was wasted in the attempt to 1 secure a quorum on the eleitiou contests. 91st Day.?A quorum having been secured i the contested election case of O'Neill-Joy ' from Missouri was decided in favor of Mr. O'Neill, Democrat, by a vote of 155 to 23, no i Republicans voting. Upon an attempt to j unseat Mr. Hillborn, of California, and scat J Mr. English the Democratic quorum failei. I Thn House adoDted a resolution, pre- < seated by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, looking to i a special investigation of Governor Tillman's i action in interfering with the railways and < telegraph in South Carolina. . 1 92d Day.?The attempt to pass the Bland i bill over the President's veto failed. The I contest from the Third California District was decided in favor of W. D. F.u2rli3b, ] Democrat. ] ? < REVOLT IN SAMOA. j Battle Between Insurgents and M*> ] lletoa's Forces. i The steamer Alameda brings news of dis- j tnrbances in Samoa, which threaten serious 1 consequences unless soon checked. The trouble, whioh has assumed the proportions of a war, grew out of the action of i the new Supreme Judge, Ide, of Vermont. < in imposing fines upon some of the minor i chiefs for disorderly conduct, and Imprison- < ins and compelling them to work on the pub 11c roads In default or tne payment or cue flnes. . I The followers of the chiefs arose in armed i rebellion aaainst these Indignities to their i leaders and demanded their immediate re- ] lease. An attempt was made to disarm the i rebellious natives, but they stoutly denied ] the right of European or other foreigners to ] interfere In their affairs and refused to lay down their arms. I The chiefs who had been obliged to do de- i grading work eagerly led their willing fol- ; lowers toward the achievement of revenge j for their degradation and King Maliotoa finally sent a body of troops to attack the rebels. i The Government troops had several encounters with the rebellious bands, in which thirty of the rebels were killed, about fifty wounded end a number made prisoners The Government troops also suffered to the ?L?J Mll/wl nnH mQnx? extent ui a uuwu w mum ^ wounded. In the series of flght3 the Government won. The King's troops celebrated their victory by multilating one of their prisoners in a most horrible manner. The next day they treated another poor wretch lu the some way and finally they made an unprovoked attack of one of the defenseless villages of their late adversaries. With nothing to oppose them they indulged In most frightful atrocities. Houses wore burned, woman were outraged and then killed, and the dead bodies beheaded and finally cut Into small pieces and the maddened soldiers of the King desisted only when there was nothing loft to destroy and nobody left to kill. Meanwhtle the other chiefs rebelled against the action of Judge Ide, and the support given to him by King Malieloa and the cry of "Death to foreigners" spread throughout the islands. The United States, British and German Consuls are making every effort to quell the disturbances and restore the normal condition of thiags, but the hopelessness of their task unaided is apparent and the arrival of a warship is awaited with anxiety. KOSSUTH BURIED, Thousands of Hungarians Follow the Patriot to His Grave. Louis Kossuth was buried at Budapest one ween alter nis ueaco at xurm. j^uurmous crowds had gathered from all parts of Hungary to attend the funeral and mouru with the people of the capital. The streets were filled almost from wall to wall until sunset. The streets leading to the National Museum. where Kossuth's body lay in state, were packed with people before 9 o'clock. The Protestant Bishop and forty-two priests at 10 o'clock entered the temporary chapel, where ex-Premier Tlsza, the Hungarian delegates and Deputies, and twenty-five magnates awaited the opening of tlie service. The religious ceremony was short. There was a pause, and then Maurice Jokai, the author, rose to deliver the funeral oration in behaif of the Hungarian Deputies. While the coffin was being removed to the funeral car, the throng outside sang the revolutionary air, "Szozat." More than 300.000 persons from all parts of the kingdom had gathered in the neighborhood ot the rn onil rta onnir \r:i? ftfhOfid and re echoed down the streets to points half u mile from the spot where the procession was formin.?* . The head of the procession left the Museum at 11 o'clock. The Honveds of 1843 led the line, carrying with them their old standards and flags. Behind them walked 1000 women, clothed in black. Then came twenty canopied cars, the clergy, Kossuth's sons on foot, two carriages with women related to thj family, deputies, delegates, committees, societies, peasants and peasants' wives and hundreds of little children in mourning. The procession was almost as broad as the roadways, and was llvo miles long. Between 14,000 and 15,000 volunteers guarded the route of tho procession, and prevented tho crowds from packing tho streets through which the body was borne to the cemetery. Kossuth was buried between Deak and Batthyanyi, two Hungarian patriots of his *timo and political tendency. AN AMERICAN SHOT. Unwarranted Slaughter by the Governor of the Mosquito Country. Tho New Orleans ricayune's special correspondent in Blueflelds writes: ''News has just been received from Rama to tho effect that William Wilson, an American. was 6hot by tho Governor ol Rama a few nights ago without proVocation therefor. Wilson died at 6 o'clock next morning. The Governor, a Nicaraguan, of tho name of Auguilla, who is a nephew of Lacayo, the Commissioner, refused to let a boat leave Rama with Wilson, who might have been saved if brought to Blueflelds for treatment. "Great escitoment prevails at Blueflelds. One shot flred would cause the death of everj Nicaraguan in Blueflelds." rflE BLAND BILL VETOED. rHE PPJ1SIDENT OPPOSES THE 1 COINING OF SEIGNIORAGE. 1 EJe Declares the Measure to Be III Considered, Carelessly Drawn * and Contrary to Sound Policy? j Its Operation Would Impair Our Credit at Home and Abroad. < Executive Clerk Pruden has transmitted to he Hous9 of Representatives President ' Cleveland's special message vetoing the Jland seigniorage bill. The President puts 1 t on the ground that the bill is loosely Irawn and would rob us ot our gold. < ie says he believes the coining of t he bullion seignioraee might be i iafely and advantageously done provided inthorlty were given the "Secretary of the ["reasury to issue bonds at a low rate of in- ( erest. He expresses a hope for a comorelensive adjustment of our monetary affairs n a short time in a way to accord to silver t ts proper place In our currency. ] The message is In accord with the policy f vhich Mr. Cleveland had hitherto laid down. 6 In the opening paragraph is contained the jisi 01 tue itbsiuoui a renauuuiK . "My strong desire to avoid disagreement with those ia both Houses of Congress who have supported this bill would lead me to approve it if I could relieve that the public good would not ?e thereby endangered, and that such action 5n iny part would b<s a proper discharge of sfflcial duty. Inasmuch, however, as I am unable to satisfy myself that the proposed legislation is either wise or opportune, my conception of the obligations and responsibilities attached to the great office I hold forbids the indulgence of my personal desire, and inexorably confines inp to that course which is dictated by my reason and [udprment, and pointed out by a sincere purpose to protect and promote the general interest of oar people. After referring to the repeal cf the Sherman act, and the gradual revival of business which has followed, Cleveland says "I believe that, if the bill under consideration should become a law. it would be regarded as a retrogression from the financial intentions indioated by our recent repeal o1 the provision forcing silver bullion purchases, that it would weaken if it did not destroy returning faith and confidence in our sound financial tendencies, and that, as a consequence, our progress to renewed business health would be unfortunately checked, mda return to our recent distressing plight 3eriously threatened." Explanation of the seigniorage bill follows, and it is disposed of in a few sentences, In which the President inquires how the so[ iilled cain or seicnioraee. amounting to ?55,156,581, can provide for retiring outstanding notes in clrcalatlon exceeding $152,957.000. "It lollows that while in terms the law leaves the choice of coin to be paid on such redemption to the discretion of the Secretary >f the Treasury, the exercise of this discretion, if opposed to the demands of the holder, Is entirely inconsistent with the effective and beneficial maintenance of the parity between the two metals. "If both gold and silver are to ssrve as as money, ana if they together are to supply to aur people a safe and stable currency, the lecessity of preserving this purity is obvi5US." Specific objections are strongly stated. "The entire bill is most tinfortunately constructed. Nearly every sentence presents unlertainty and invites controversy as to its meaning and intent. The first section is especially faulty in this respect, and it is extremely doubtful whether its language will permit the consummation of its supposed purposes. "I am led to believe that the promoters o! the bill intended this section t< provide for the coinage of the bullion constituting the gain, or seigniorage, as it is called, into standard silver dollars, and yet there is positively nothing in the section to prevent Its coinage into any description of silver coins now authorized under any existing law. "I suppose this section was also intended, J In case the needs of the Treasury called for j money faster than the seigniorage bullion ( could actually be coined, to permit the Issue ] A silver certificates in advance "f such coin- , age; but Its language would seem to permit j the issuance of suoh certificate to double , the amount of seigniorage as stated, one-half 1 of which would not represent an ounce of j silver In the Treasury." ( Dealing then witb the ambiguous phraseology of the measure the President reveals J the difficulties whioh the Treasury I?cpart- ( ment would labor under in endeavoring to carry out its provisions. He says "I am convinced tnat this scheme is 111- ( advised and dangerous. As an ultimate re- , suit of its operation Treasury notes which 1 are legal tender for all debts, public and I private, and which are redeemable it gold j or silver, at the option of the holder, will be ( replaced by silver certificates, which whatever may be their character and description, | will have none of these qualities. "In anticipation of this result, and as an immediate effeot, the Treasury notes will naturally appreciate in value and desirability. The fact that gold can bo realized upon them, and the further fact that their destraction has been decreed when they reach the Treasury must tend to their withdrawal from general circulation to bt immediately E resented for gold redemption, or to be oarded for presentation at a more conveni- | eat season. The sequel of both operations will be a large addition to the silver currency in our circulation and a corresponding reduction of gold in the Treasury.'1 The President then advocates granting the Treasury broader power than now exists lor the issue of bonds to protect the gold reserve, concluding thus: "I am not insensible to the arguments in favor c f coining the bullion seigniorage now In the Treasury, and I believe it could be done safely and with advantage, iltbeSecre- ? tary of the Treasury had the power to issue fcouds at a low rate of interest under authority in substitution of that now existing and better suited to the protection of the Treasury. "I hope a way will present itself In the near future for the adjustment of our monetary affairs in such a comprehensive and conservative manner as will afford to silver its proper place in our currency, but in the meantime I am extremely solicitous that whatever action we take on this subject may be such as to prevent loss and discouragement to our people at home, and the destruction of confidence in our financial management abroad. "Gbover Cleveland, "Executive Mansion, March 29, 1801." NATIONAL FINANCES. Public Debt Statement for the Month of JIarcli. The public debt statement issued from the United States Treasury Department at Washington shows a net Increase In the public debt, less cash in the Treasury during March, of 813,751,472.54. The interest-bearing debt increased $9,068,930. The non-interestbearing debt decreased $26,847.25. The cash in the Treasury decreased $4,712,339.79. The balances of the several classes of debt at ,the close of business March 31, were: Intorest-bearing debt, $634,940,930 ; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,864,120.26 ; debt bearing no interest, $379,593,047.92. Total, $1,016,39S,098.18. The certillcatcs and Treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $614,627,010. an increase of $4,717,133. The total cash in the Treasury was $790,780,717.73. The gold reserve was $100,000,000. Net cash balance, $33,950,025.18. In the month there was a decrease in gold coin and bare of $1,006,752.86, the total at the close being $176,456,044.63. Of silver there was an increase of $1,581,132.85. Of the surplus there was in national bank depositories $16,539,933.88, against $16,320,828.82 at th'o end of the previous month. The Government is preparing to pntro" Bering Sea with a fleet of thirteen vessels. They are the Rush, Corwin, Bear. Grant (revenue cutters), Albatross (fish eornmission boat), Adams, Mohican, Alert, Ranger, Yorktown, Coacord, Petrel and Bennington (cruisers). BicsMOffD, Va., is preparing to hold a great exposition during the coming fall, and Baltimore is discussing the holding of a centennial three rears henca. LATEB NEWS, Expebt Dewox professes to have discov;red that the State of New York has lost over 53,000,000 through a failure of Comptrollers Lo collect the Interstate Commerce tax. At the Gravesend (N. Y.) election for Supervisor the Citizens' candidate defeated :he candidate of the McKaneitea by a majority of 27-50. Govebxob Tillman issued a proclamation is3uming control of the police and marshals In all the cities and Incorporated towns of South Carolina; at tho State Capitol he nade a speech In defence of his course. The nllitla have left Columbia. The President nominated J. B. Brawley, )f Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Register, md G. A. Howard, of Tennessee, to be an Auditor in the Postoffice Department. Don Rafael Iolesias was elected Presllent of Costa Rica. The House of Commons passed a motion kfflrming the desirability of establishing a legislature for Scotland to deal with purely Scottish affairs. Confessions of members of the Gravesend (N. Y.) "gang" show that money was used to bribe the juries that tried McKane, Suth srland and the others. Coiky's "Commonweal" army was forDidden to parade in Allegheny City, Penn. HxnfoABiAS societies turned out to parade In New York City in large numbers, and memorial services wore held in Cooper Union .0 do honor to the memory of Louis Kossuth. Pbaibiz fires have caused much damage in south Dakota. The Democratic ticket was elected Id rexas by reduced majorities. Betubns from Western States that held Sections show marked Republican gains ;hroughout. The German Ambassador gave a dinner in lonor of Secretary Gresham. The Chilean Claims Commission has about :oncluded its work. Assistant Secbetabt of Wab Doe made i eport on New York City's war claim foj 52;095.634 ana interest. PATRICK WALS5, SENATOR. The Editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle Succeeds Colquitt. Governer Northen, of Georgia, appointed Colonel Patrick Walsh, editor of the Augusta Chronicle, United States Senator, to fill the mexpired term of the late Senator Colquitt. Dolonel Walsh, so far from being a candilate, had urged his friend, Major Cumming, or the place. But he signified his acceptmce of the honor. Patrick Walsh was born in Balllngarry, bounty Limerick, Ireland, January 1, 1840. [n 1848 his father emigrated to America with lis family, settling in Charleston, where Patrick was soon apprenticed to the Evenng News to learn the printer's trade. At :he age of eighteen he became a journeyman jrinter, and subsequently pursued his studies in the Charleston High School, earning money for his expenses by setting type at light. He entered Georgetown College, D. 3., where he remained until South Carolina seceded from the Union, when he returned :o Charleston and entered the service of the State. m August, 1002, lit? ociuua m AUjasta, Ga., where he obtained employment 3n the Daily Constitutionalist, working his way to the front and becoming, in 1863, local editor of the paper. He contributed largely to the news and editorial columns, and wag active In shapinsr the journal's policy during the war. In 1861 he became associated with L. T. Blome in tbe publication of the Pacificator, a weekly paper, with extensive circulation in the South, but without entirely severing his jonnectlon with the Constitutionalist. En 1866 he was appointed Southern agent of the New York Associated Press, and [n 1867 he became business manager of the Chronicle and Sentinel, which in 1877 was consolidated with the Constitutionalist, Messrs. Walsh and Wright continuing sole managers and editors. In 1872 Colonel Walsh wa3 sent from Richmond County to the General Assembly of Georgia. He was re-elected in 1874 and L876. He was a delegate to the National Convention which nominated General Hancock for President, and in 1884 one of the delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention, which nominated Grover Cleveland. He was also for four years the Georgia member of the National Democratic Executive Committee. He has thoroughly identified Li " ?uk nf A nfn:cfo anH fa LiiLLJUUli Willi iud ooij vi ? one of the leading journalists of the South. 10,000 MEN STRIKE, Pennsylvania Coke Miners Shoot Workers and Destroy Property. A dispatch from Uniontown, Penn., says: The storm has broken and the scenes of 1891 havA been repeated throughout the coke regions the big coke strike being in full force. The call of the Scottdale convention was obeyed by more than half the works in the coke field and it took folly five thousand men from their work. E\er since the close of the mass meetings there had been more or less rioting and destruction of property, and several calls had been made on the Sheriff for protection. The ranks of the strikers have been so enforced that the lowest estimates give them 10,000 men. From the outset the strike has been turbulent with a tendency to open defiance of law. The Hungarians marched from mill to mill and drove the workers out, under the muzzles of pistols. Several engagements occurred and fully three dozen workmen are very seriously Injured. Several of the operaL ??J milla tors teiegrapneu iur uepuuoa auu will be guarded by them. The district delegate convention, meeting at Scottdale to decide if the strike should be general was largely attended, and there was much division of opinion. Late in the afternoon a resolution declaring a general strike was passed by a big majority. The convention was much disappointed by the failure of the Executive Board of the national body of United Mine-Workers to meet them as per agreement, but determined to appeal for aid to the national gathering of mine-workers, which meets on May 10 at Columbus, Ohio. The demands of the men were fixed at ninety cents per 100 bushels for mining, which is twelve per cent, advance over the rate being paid by the Frick Company. Other companies pay twelve to fifteen per cent, less than Frick. THE BUILDING BLEW UP, Six Persons Killed by a Natural Gas Explosion. The Whiteside building on Main street, at Alexandria. In J., was demolished Just before midnight by an explosion of natural gas, thought :o have resulted from a leak in the basement. Nino persons were buried in the ruins, four of whom were burned to death. Three were taken out badly injured. The killed arn: Ozea Ball, Harry Boyer, Jesse Ilarrell, Charles Hoover and twootuers unrecognized. The injured are: William Heard, bruised about the head and shoulders ; William Pyle, proprietor of the barber shop in the building where all the victims were, was fatally injured ; James Scott, badly burned and crushed, but will recover. The ground lloor of tho wrecked building was occupied by Pyle's barber shop, the American Express Company's office, and tho Whiteside clothing establishment. The floor of tho building roso as if propelled by -n earthquake anil fell in a mass of ruins. Fire started at once and only threo men could be extricated from the ruins before the firemen were driven away by the heat of tho flames. The loss to the building and stocks will not exceed 510,000. Ay ocean swell which came up the Siuslaw Biver, Washington, one day recently, stood four feet high at Florence, five alien from the month of the river. I ' [ FATAL ELEffliiim BLOODSHED AT THE KANSAS CITT AND CHICAGO POLLS. i A Murderous Collision Between the American Protective Association Men and Catholics at the Kansas City Election?One Man Dead? Shootings at Chicago. In an election day riot at Kansas City, Mo., between A. P. A. men and Catholics, one man wa3 shot dead and three more fatally wounded. Several shooting affairs oc- ' nnwrail of ttin nnllq In fihiOACO. The American Projective Association and the Roman Catholics came together in a bloody conflict at the polls in Kansas City. It cannot be stated which side Is responsible for the affray, as the partisans of each loudly S charged the other with causing all the trouble. More than a hundred shots were ex- | changed in less than as many seconds, and when the firing ceased one man was dead, three were dying and two were wounded. j The dead man is E. Callahan, city sidewalk inspector. He was shot through the right side. Harry Fowler, laborer, shot through the back; Con. Brosnahan, contractor, shot through the kidney, and Jerry Pate, deputy constable, shot in the face, were fatally Injured. Patrick Fleming wag shot in the left shoulder and John McGovern, laborer, was shot through the right arm. The riot was the culmination of bitter feeling which had been manifested by action and words ever since the polls opened. The two antagonistic elements were solidly divided for Mavor. The aggressive support of each side during one of the hottest campaigns ever known in Kansas City engendered a strong sentiment of bigotry. The immediate cause of the tragedy was an attempt by Callahan and others to prevent the arrest of one of their companions, who was charged with felonious assault on an A. P. A. man. Constable Pate had a' warrant for the arrest of Jim, John and Bert Pryor. When he attempted to serve it Callahan interfered, and others of his fol- ! lowing came to his assistance. Pate says I Callahan began the firing. Broken heads and police interference marked the opening of the polls in the 8eventh Precinct of the Twenty-third Ward - at Chicago, 111. James Keneally, Democratic clerk, and several of his friends attempted to " 1. ~? !?.! ? I I interiors wuu iuo wui a.ui uw juuKnnuu result was a lively flght. Policeman Nelnangen, who attempted to restore order, was attacked bv the belligerents and severely beaten and kicked. A detail of police finally dispersed the rioters and arrested Kenneally. , Twelve policemen were stationed at the polling place, and voting continued without further disturbance. Rioting and intimidating of voters began aboat noon at the polls in the levee district of the First Ward, and Clark street from Van Buren to Polk street was filled with a howling mam of excited persons. Adherents of 4'Bath house John" Coughlin, the regular Democratic candidate for Alderman, and "Bill" Skakel, of gambling clook fame, the independent candidate, met several times during the ' ? ? J rt f nurrtlwof aKnfu . mornmg uuu ius uwiu u> were heard frequently. "Buff" Schwartz, a 8kakel follower, was beaten by Coughlin men antil he bled from a dozen wounds and was then shot down in the street. The Skakel men say that Coughlin thugs held the polls with the assist* ance and inactivity of the police. John Dee. one of the Coughlin men who attacked Schwartz, was afterwards shot twice in a saloon by Lewis Luther, a colored man, >who declared himflelf for Skakel. Luther was arrested. BROWN EE-ELECTED. The Republicans Elect Their State Ticket in Rhode Island. . ) G0VEBN0K BBOWK. The result of the olectlon iu Rhode Island was an overwhelming victory for the Republicans. Governor Brown and the whole Republican State ticket are elected, and the complexion of the General Assembly, whioh now consists of a Republican Senate and an overwhelmingly Democratic House, is changed. In the new Assembly not over a dozen Democrats will have seats. The returns indicated the election of three Democratic Senators and the same number of Democratic Representatives. To these were probably to be added three or fcur more Beprnaantntl-irnq from PaWtUCket. Districts and towns which have always been regarded as Democratic strongholds have given large Republican majorities. Providence, usually a Democratic city, gave a plurality of 538 for Brown, and the itepubli?an State ticket will have about 8000 plurality. This was the first election in Rhode Island under the Plurality law. Democratic papers concede Brown's election by a plurality of 4914. and say the General Assembly is also the enemy's. Hoxie. Republican, who was last year unseated from the House by the Democrats, which action caused the Grand Committee , deadlock, was elected to the Senate from I Westerly. I The Democratic city of Woonsocket has n??kiun tnr Mia drot tima in a State i^ouc UO^UUU^au fc? election in many years. The entire Woonsocket Assembly delegation is Republicm. | The little town of Tiverton, always considj ered a Democratic stronghold, is also Re1 publican. | The Hon. Franklin P. Owen, the present j Speaker of the Democratic Housa of P.epre! sentatives, has always been returned from the town of Scituate whenever he cared to ' ruD. He was caught in the flood, however, 1 and lost. The result of the election insures the choice ! of ex-Governor George Peabody Wetmore as the successor of Senator Dixon in the United States Senate. The Democrats expected to lose the Legislature, but were fairly confident of electing their candidate for Governor. They did not, however, expect a laud slide. That is what they got nevertheless. The Prohibition vote was much less than last year. HANG-ED THREE AT ONCE. James Upkins, Eduardo Gonzales and Mauuiiig Davis Put to Death. A. triple hanging took place shortly before noon at Paris, Texas. Tho men were James 1 Upkins, Eduardo Gonzales and Manning Davis. They mounted the scaffold at 11.20 a. m. Gonzales mad* a short speech, in | which ho declared his innocence. He was 1 followed by Upkins, who also insisted that he i wa<i innocent. Davis was sullen and refused i to speak. J The crime for which Upkins. colored, and I aged twenty-seven years."was hanged was an I assault on his six-year-old stepdaughter. He said tho girl received Ivjr injuries from i falling down the celiar stairs. Manning Daj vis stabbed and killed his neighbor, John ! Roder, at Eagletown, in the Choc: taw Nation. Davis invited his victim to his house and accused him of insultj ing his wife. Gonzales, J Mexican aged ! twenty-seven years, shot and killed John ! Daniels, a singing school teacher, on May 16, 1893. in Blue County, Choctaw Nation. Some of the young woman attending the school objected to Gonzales's attendance,and when told of this by Daniels, the former became angry and took vengeance on the school i teacher.