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i COIET ABI? ABBESTEl BLOODSHED FOLLOWS THI Tiai>wAPT> MnTrpwrFNT iJAUX II JU.Vi/ ULV ? . I Montana Allies Defend the Trail They Had Seized?National Troop: Ordered Out?A Train Impressed at Terre Haute, Ind?Strength o; Various Contingents. The first bloodshed resulting from the lashes between tho law and the Industrial or Coxey army movement, which was weeping over the country in a wavo o monster proportions, was witnessed at Bill lags, Montana. At about 11 o'clock n. m that little city was thrown into wild excite ment by the announcement that th contingent of the Coxey army whicl eized the train at Butte' Cit; was rashlnar into the city on a Northeri Pacific train from the West at a high rate o speed, closely followed by a tralnload o United States deputy marshal?. The trutl of the statement was verified a few minute: before noon, when the train of box cars rai into town. Whon the train left Butte City the unem ployed were in possession of the railroai yards, round-housw, freight depots, engine and cars, and the train started oat at th< fate of about forty-five miles an hour. The; were notified ofthe danger to other trains oi the road, and replied that the compan; could take care of Its property Itself; i the road was not clear, it was not thei fault, and the irompany must sa that it was kept clear. The trail went along all right until Boze man was reached when a big landslide wa encountered, and the 500 men spent nearl; the whole of the day in removing it. Thei they started eastward again, but i was not long before they cam to another slide, which they also re moved, passing Livingston at 5.30 p. m The officials of the Northern Pacific Road meanwhile, were in communication with th< United States authorities in the West and a rv.1*~?mi^iuu, U1U AUVIUrj-uiiuwu. VU.U, *fcr a ^>^3patch to the United States Marsha ?t Ft. riui, telling lum to request militar; a^?W?a-. ;e Ixl enforcing the orders of th Court '( he found It necessary, and at th ?am? time the marshal received an orde from Judge Caldwell to seize the Industrial ff they should come into his district. There was no legal difficulty in the way o Government actioa at this stage, as the rail road property is now in the hands of th Cnltfld States courts, acting through a re eeiver, and tbe President may move at one npon the representations of the United State jUUlCItU UU4V/CIO. The Coxeyites were overtaken by the spe eial train of the marshals Jurt they en tered the limits of Billings. A : r their ar rival it was learned that the mi - tls* trail overtook the Hogan contingent ' :> : as the; were palling away from Columbiii (formerl; known as Stillwater), and attempted t arr^t the progress of the train bearinj the 500 unemployed who were in posses dou of the trains. The leaders would no yield to the demands of the marshals to giv< up the train, and instructed their men to g< which was done. The two train1 rune on during the forenoon hours, unti 'SilKngs was reached, when a stop wa orJor-^d. the conflict between the two bodiei resu tinir. Mnrsball McDermott ordered the leader of the captured train to surrender, an: wben they refused to do so a few of th< marshals, before receiving a command to d< tired upon the erowd of men on the cars T it- shots were quickly returned by the In <; list rials. Anumberof shots wera exchanged fcerwaen the parties before Marshal McDer rcott could regain control of his men. Dur ing the firing one of th) deputies wai seriously wounded and one oi the men oi the rear platform car was shot is the groin McDermott decided that his men were no: equal to the odds against them, ani orderer his men to desist firing, which they did The captured train soon after pulled oui from the depot, and McDermott notified tfcu authorities innt his force was inadequate tc capture the 500 men who were determine; lo retain possession of the train. n ucu iucsu iovio nvio w ?uva/v partment of Justice at Washington, thei were brought to the attention of the Presl dent, with the recommendation of the At t'orney-General that the Federal authority b< supported by troops, that being the sol< alternative left to the Go vera neat. In addition to the request of the Judge o the Unite! States Court, the United State' District Attorney and the United States Mar ahal for the District of Montana for Federa aid in arresting the Hogan contingent of th< army of the unemployed for seizing the trail *t Butte. President Cleveland received cm following from the Govenor of Montana: ' Helena, Montana. April 25. fTo the President of the United States : , "Informationreaches me by wire that a bant of Coxeyitea, fleeing the State with a stolei train, were overtaken at Billings by Deput; United States Marshalls, who were trying t< serve a writ emanating Irom the Unltei States Court. A fight ensued. One deput; marshal was wounded and the leader or th' Coxeyites wounded. Deputy marshals wer overpowered and driven off with revolver aad other weapons. The mob then sur rounded the deputies and now hold then prisoners. Train of Coxeyites within < lew hours' run of Fort Keogh. Impos -,k,A #/\? C tatck m f HHn tft nvPPfAt them. As Governor of Montana hereby request you to have Federa troops at Fort Keogh intercept, take int custody, arrest and hold these Coxeyites sub Jecfc to the ordeas of the United States Com Issiilog writ referred to. If Coxeyites pas Port Keogh before orders emanate from yo for their apprehension I request that Federa troops be ordered to overtake them. Prompt ness required. - "(t. E. Bickabts, Governor of Montana." . The President at once called the Genera - commanding the Armv into the consultation and General Schofleld was directed to ca! opon the Commander of the Dep.-utment c i Dakota to send a sufficient force of troops t arrest all persons engaged in the seizure o tb* train and to hold the train and person until they could be delivered to the Unite States Marshal for Montana, subject to th order of the United States District Court. . The order of the President for the troop was Issued solely to command respect fo the mandate of the United States Court, an was not in any sense a National interferes i- uMt . iU icvai uuauc. Ater tho fight at Billings the marshals be ' earne panic-stricken and were surroun led b the Industrials who disarmed them an chased them back to the train on which the arrived, firing revolvers at them to lurthe Intimidate them. The Coxeyites the changed engines and continued their eas ward journey. Me;intime Colonel Sw.iine, commandin the United States Army in tha Department c Dakota, acting under orders received fro: Major-General Scho field. Commander-ij Chief of tho United States Army, orJere Colonel Pag:i, commander at Fort ?dogh, i Intercept the train and arrest the Industr als. ana, If necessary, to pursue them. Tt tram bearing the unemployed hft HUlin; ^nst i cm 1 at 1 p. m.,and moved to war Miles City at the rate of eight or ten miles ai hour. The garrison at Fort Keogh which is tw< miles west of Miles City consisted of flv hundred meD, with a GattHng battery. ant Colonel Paw was In command. The rail road tracks had been torn up at Fort K?ogh lotheHogan train could not pass that point When the Industrial*, numbering GoOmen arrived at Forsyth, Montana, a few minutei hfttorc It p. m.. they were informed that thi United States regulars were waiting for then *t Fort Keogb, forty-thre9 miles east. Tao leaders were considerable disoon ferted over this announcement, but state that they did not propose to turn back or de sen the train. While th<?y were sidetracked dellb'iratin: as to waat would ho thHr n^xt move th? United States regulars left Fort Keogh to in tereept the Coxsyites. The train bearing tin soldiers reached Forsyth before the leader had decided upon advancing on Miles City and Colonel Page ordered tbem to sut render. This they did and all were place under arrest. Train Seized In Indiana. A despatch from Terra Haute, Ind.. says General Frye's branch of the Industrii army seized a train and left here. The arm spent the night and the day about a mile ea; of the city on the Vandalia line tracks. The were in an ugly mood. They had tried to g< out of town on a freight train, but It le without them. Then at 7.30 o'clock p. n they captured a freight train, but tt trainmen, acting under orders., ran it bac !v-v* . I in the yards and abandoned it. This up9< the calculations of the men. They had d clared to Frye that they wouldn't walk ai more, and they were prepared to keep the i word even if there had to be trouble, i All night they burned the Vandalia Coi pnnj-'s ties and made blazing fires, aroui which they tried to sleep. The Vandalia ill was compelled to abandon it3 freight tra service owlne to the stand taken by the me ? in the morning the Mayor and Chief of P ; lice visited the camp and tried to get t i men to move on peaceably. The men sa Pry? had chartered a car for them, that tl ' Vandalia line had broken its agreement, ai the first train that passed would be seizi even if blood was shed. ' The men kept their word. At 2.30 in t! afternoon a Vandalia freight train bound f , the East was made up in the yard In Tori . Haute and was started out. When it reacht Prairie, about three miles out, the arn captured it, and in a moment the cars wei overrun by men. They crowded in tl engine and informed the engineer th 9 he had better run them as far i j Brazil. They had, they said, sever f engineers among them, and if he r j fused they would run it themselves. Abot f an hour was spent in a parley. The 001 I duetor telegraphed to General Superinte: j dent Elliott, and he in return laid the ma s ter before General Manager Williams, j All this time the five trainmen who con posed the crew were practically prisoners < the 303 Industrials. Finally word was se: j out to the conductor to move the train- I 9 did so, and when Brazil was reached tl army clambered oft and camped for tl ? night. * Preparations In Washington. j At Washington Senator Peffer introduce t In the Senate a bill designed to take care < e the Coxeyites and give them work. It pr< ] vided for .an appropriation of $1,000,000, I . be expended in public Improvements in tt TMufplnf r\t Pnlnmhlo a i/iOktivi vfc wiuiuviH? j Reports received at Washington Poll* i Headquarters from the authorities of oth< j places, showed the strength of the varlot e contingents moving on Washington as fc i. lows: Kelly, Neola, Iowa. 1600 men ; Frye, Ter; Haute, Ind., 1003 men,; Frye's second d e vision, McLeansboro, 111., 800 men ; Gra; t son, Platteville, Col., 100 men; Gh y ven, Loveland, Ohio, 200 men; Randal ,] Chicago, 500 men; contingent at Lltt Tails, Minn., 100 men; Butte, Montana, 31 g" men; Monmouth, 111., 100 men; Ottumwi e Iowa, 100 men; Sullivan's force, Chicagi r > 1000 men; contingent at Anderson, Ind., II a men, and Aubrey's force, Indianapolis, 71 men. Total, 6550. [ coxey'iT aemy" e Recruits for the Industrials In tl West?Boston's Detachment. From all over the West news came to Cb " ?ago that the crusade of the Industrials wi * spreading. Over a dozen armies took tl C field. In all the larger towns companii f were rapidly formed. With the advent < 3 warm weather the movement was pxpecte 5 to assume striking proportions. There wei - those who predicted that by Juno 1 Cox1 t would have as many men in Washington f 9 Peter the Hermit led to Palestine. ) The following were armies, detachmpn * and divisions in the field id the West: Gei I eral Kelly, 1600 men, Neola, Iowa ; Generi s Frye, 1000 men. Terre Hnute, Ind. ; Generi s Frye's Second Division, 800 men, McLean; boro, LI.; General Grayson, 100 m en. Piatt 9 ville, Col., General Galven. 200 mei 1 Loveland, Ohio; Sergeant Randall, 6C ^ men, Chicago; 100 men at Litt! 5 Falls, Minn.; 300 men at Butt< Montana; 100 men at Monmouth, 111.; 10 - men at Ottumwa, Iowa; Captain Sullivar ' 1000 men, Chicago, 150 men at Andersoi Ind.: General Aubrey, 700 men, Indiana] ' oils, ma. Besides these armies large numbers of r< crnits wero pushing forward to the varloi lines of march, with the intention of joinin the larger bodies. A dispatch from Boston, Mass., said Pandemonium raged on Boston Commo all day. Coxeyism caused It. Durln its height the New England delegatio of the Coxey "Industrial army" made thel escape from among thirty thousand ej cited men and singly struck out fc Roxbury. This was not, however, unt their banner had been torn to fragments an several of them badly handled. Speech* were interrupted, hissed, drowned in ca calls, and overwhelmed with derish cheers. Luclen Sanlel, of New York, wp unceremoniously dropped on the barbed Mi fence that surrounded the band stand, on his hands severely cat and a brand new soi of clothes torn. Even Morrison I. Swif the leader of the unemployed I the State, was spattered by tobacc thrown at htm while he was speaking Miss Charlotte Smith tried to make a address from a dry goods box under a tre on the outskirts of the mighty gatherlnt but was thrown to the ground and onl rescued by a detachment of police. Fighi were too numerous to count, and the mucl heralded departure of Boston's Coxey contii gent to the rendezvous of the idle in Wast ington was broken up. The dispersed Ir dustrial army were next heard from durin j* the evening at Hyde Park, a suburb of Boi ? ton, where 250 of them assemble* ? having taken various . routes to thi ? place. It was their intention to camp on th ? /I I nyut) rutu i/uuiiouu, uui luo cwiuvtoicu tiu police of tbe town tried to disperse then ? Failing in this, the electric lights about tfe r common were tamed oat and the remnani . of the "army" were left in darkness. Tb ' had the desired effect, and the arm took Its march to Dedham, where they wei t more cordially received. A large hall wa placed at their disposal and in that hall i l)edham tho tired and battered survivors c . the Boston Coxey army spent its first nigt on the road. BIG COAL STRIKE, k The Order of the United Mine Wori H ers Generally Obeyed. J The strlki of the United Mine Workers i 'j America was successfully inaugurated. T1 i reports received at headquarters in Coluc * bus. Ohio, from points where the action of tl , miners was in doubt indicated that the ord< of tbe National Convention had been moi j generally obeyed than President McBrid expected. The strike on the day after Its inaugur; tion involved 91,000 men and paralyze v the soft coal industry of six States. Tl ^ loss in wages in this strike, it was estimate< . would be greater per week than the loss li * volved in the great Durham (Englanc strike vhich blighted British industry la . year. The number of miners who ebeyed tl ? order to strike was approximately as fo LI lows In Pennsylvania, 46,000; in All IT bamn, lO.COO: in Ohio, 15,000; in Illinoi v 12.COO; in Indiana, 5000; in Tennesse j 8000. In parts of Virginia, Kansas, Ioti 0 and Colora lo the men retueed to strlki \ so that about 40,000 out of 182,0( J* bituminous coal miners remained at wor .. The production of these mines la : year was about 75,000,000 tons, and tl 1 miners rec?lvd in wag^s 853,809,627, ai I average of ?407 for each miner, out of whit expenses for powder, oil. tools, etc., hadl 5 be deducted. The strike of 91,000 men ther ? fore was estimated to cause about $125,01 ' loss in wages every day during its contin ance. ? It was conceded that about 50,000 men e: gaged in the production of bituminous co in tho United States, who are not organize 9 would not join the strike at once. 9 The chief difficulty besetting tbe manage II of tbe striko early presented Itself. Th was the question of how to maintain a sol " front in tho face of offers from operators 1 full scale wages and plenty of work. Tl plan of this strike was, at its inception, th no coal sticuld be mined anywhere until tl ' wage scale was paid everywhere. ? M S IN HISTORIC EARTH. * ; Planting of a Liberty Tree In Mcmoi j of Lexington. The Liberty tree was planted in Gold< Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal., with impr< .. elve exercises by Sequoia Chapter, Daugbte il" of the American Revolution. The soil placed around the roots of tl g tree was collected from more than one hui dred and fifty historic spots, among the ? being Lexington battlefield, the tomb Washington, tne graves of Lafayette, Tbom j Jefferson and Francis Scott Key, thetrench Le of Valley Forge and the base of the Bunk i- Bill monument. t ' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. iy Eastern and Middle States. Henbietta Pueceix, a twelve-year-old n* school girl, died in Mount Vernon, N. ,T.. acl f*nm tho e*eea3lve exertion of skiDDinc a j? rope 407 times. n, Massachusetts celebrated Patriots' Day * with a sham battle in commemoration of the ^ battle of Lexington. td Mbs. James Webster, living in Milton, N. be Y.. aged fifty-seven years, gave birth to twin 1(j boys. There is no parallel case In medical 3(i records. The coke-workers at the Mahonintr and ie Atlas plants of the Cambria (Penn.) Iron or Company returned to work; the Oliver Com o pany fired 100 ovens. 'd While telephone men were repairing a wire iy at Philadelphia it became entangled with a ra uve electric light wire. Two of the work10 men were killed and two others seriously injured. The dead are Amos Waters, aged *3 forty; William Pike, aged thirty-eight. Five hokdbed striking ribbon weavers I marched from Paterson, N. J., to New York, traversing eighteen miles of dusty roads to * visit the unemployed weavers who went to / Paterson a week before, and to publish the fact that they were idle and were determined to continue so until their employers acceded ?j to their terms. at The schoolship St. Mary's left her dock, Ie New York City, for another deep sea cruise. ie Mbs. Elizabeth Goes, widow of the fa10 mous pugilist, Joe Goas, committed suicide at Boston, Mass. She was accused of embezzling $600. The Rev. J. W. Eemls committed suicide at Northfield, Vt, by hanging. He was in51 jured in the head several weeks before, and the injury is believed to have affected his ? mind. 10 The sensation of the Yale campus. New Haven, Conn., was the arrest of Boyd Mcer Lean for the theft of two gold watches from u the lockers of the Yale gymnasium. Young ,i. McLean is a member of the academic sophomore class and resides in Jersey City, N. J. re | a large numDer or women joukiu uu li- tigresses against the arrest of two Slavs in Uniontown, Penn., and the deputies had to il- wound several of them before they surrenII dered. le M South and West. ?*. Bansom, III., has been almost totally de?g stroyed by a wind storm. )0 Thbee men were killed and one fatally Injured by an explosion of a boiler at the Keokuk (Iowa) electric light works. Summervillz, in Texas County, Mo., was struck by a cyclone. Mrs. Val M. Keal and three children were killed. te "Doc" Bishop and Frank Latham wore lynched by the settlers llvlnsr near Watonga, Oklahoma, for horse stealing. *" Hon. ChablesA. Tollies, of Atlanta, Ga., w was made President of the Cotton States ie and International Exposition movement. ?s The 8outh Carolina 8tate Board of Control issued orders closing all the State dis)(j pensaries. re James W. Thbockmobton, ex-Governor of >y Texas, died in McKinney In that State. He is was seventy years of age. Tup rhnrrttpf* T,no'isIfttlirfl RPTfiflrl UDOn A Is bill to divide $8/000,000 received from the i- sale of the Strip bonds per capita among all il the Cherokee people. This will give every *1 man, woman and child in the tribe over ?600 s- in cash. Small-pox ^read beyond the control of S: the health officers of Chicago, and broke out in the public schools. T. B. Ripev, of Lawrenceberg, Ky., made iq an assignment. He is the largest liquor disj tiller in the State. His liabilities amount to1 j'f about $600,000. > Two men were killed in a fl lit at a school debate near Winchester, Ohio. ** "Sam" Slacohtf.e, "Tom" Claxton and 13 "Dave" Hawkins, the three colored men conS fined in jail at Tailulah, La., charged with being members of the party which shot and i \ killed Manager Boyce, were taken from their u cells by a mob and hanged to the balustrade g of the courthouse. ? Jesse Seligman, of New York, died at Cor, onade Beach, 8an Diego, Cal. He was the [" hoad of the firm of J. and W. Seligman <fc ji Co., one of the largest banking houses in the country. He was born in Bavaria in 1827. jj Herman Libebt, agod seventy-three, of Deerfleld, I1L. came nome from his wife's ,Q funeral and hanged himself. is e Washington. d 6KKAToes Pefper akd Allen criticised in lt speeches in the Senate the Washington authoritles for preparing to arrest Coxey's n army. 0 A flaw has been discovered in the Bering ? Sea law, the act of Congress prohibiting the " destruction of seal within a zone of sixty miles around the Prlbyloff Islands, "exclu'* Bive" of the territorial waters , whereas the * Paris tribunal "inoluded" the waters., i. The President sent to the Senate a list of x. 150 army officers nominated for brevet rank L. as a reward for gallant and distinguished t. services in Indian campaigns. g The nomination of Charles Taylor, the J- colored man from Kansas, for Recorder of 1, Deeds for the District of Columbia, was it formally acted upon by the Senate District le Committee and a report, against conflrmad tion was ordered. Brigadier-General ORDWAt, commandje ing the District National Guard, directed the 3 annual muster and inspection of tho guard. ~ | Perhaps It was only a coincidence, but all v bix Danauona were caueu uui jwi vxutj vwu8 Becutivelr on dates commencing with the ars rival of the Coxey army. J} Theodobe Davuspobt, of Stamford.Conn., .* late disbursing officer of the PostofHoe Department, owes the Government $3341.01, and the sureties have been notified to make good the amount. Secbetaby Hebbebt sent Admiral Benham a most complimentary letter on his retire> ment irom the Navy, nud especially mentions his brilliant service at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Captain Watsox, of the San Francisco, 16 finds that neither tae natives nor the fora eigners at BluoUelds want to be annexed to lfl Nicaragua, and he recommends the United States Government to preserve autonomy lo ir the people of the Mosquito Reservation. Foreign. l- The marriage of the Grini Duke of Heese ?d and Princess Victoria Mellt.i of Suxe-Coburg 10 took place at Colourg, Germany. Queen Vio J, torla and Emperor William were among the l- guests. Russia will dismiss 209.000 soMiors from Bt the ranks during the coiuiDg summer, with a view to facilitating the gathering of the }? harvest. " Augcste Laubeac was Kuillot'.ned at Di? jou, France, for the mur.ier of his mother, '' his wife and his sweetheart. As a parricide ' he was led to the guillotln-* barefooted, e wearing only a white shirt an i trousers, iiej<j fore he was taken from his cell a olacx veil ^ was thrown owr his heal a-s n. further ais aj tiuguishing mar!i of a parricide. 19 The betrothal of the Grand Duk? Nicholas, a Czarowitz of Russia, to Princess Alix of Hessa :h is officially announced irorn Coburg, Gerto many. Dowe, the tailor of Manhelm, Germany, 30 who claims to have invented a l ullet proof u" cloth, has allowed himself to bo fired at while wearing a coat of his cloth, and the report is that it stood the test successfully, j New Zeal amp's Agent General in London ' has been notified officially of his Governre ment's willingness to undertake the solution lia of the Samoan problem. New Zealand would volunteer to annex the islands, which would 0j then be placed under British protection. ti? Brazil's Government guaranteed life and at liberty to all rebel refugee soldiers In lia Uruguay who wished to return to Brazil. President Peixoto officially announces that peace has been restored in Brazil. Cabxot officially forbids the marrvng ot French diplomats with foreign women, and ,v thoueh it is explained that the decree was y not aimed this way it strikes close to the Patenotre-Elverson wedding in Philadelphia. 3Q The total number of new enterprises organized in the South during the last quarter r3 of 1893 was 430, while for the first three months of this year the total was 662, an increase of 226. This number is larger thaa during any quarter of 1893 except the first. of The Agricultural Department roports th< a3 average condition of winter wheat on April ] eg to be eighty-six per cent, for the entire coun er try as compared with sevei^y-seven last year. 1 LATER NEWS. As explosion of dynamite at Mount Was!) fngton, Penn.. caused the death of Hug Balpb, aged seventeen, and the fatal injur; of two others. Michael Dosneixt shot three times n Patrick J. MeArdle, who had just defeatei him In a lawsuit, in the Court of Commoi Plfiat?. Kfiw York Citr. No one was hurt. The coke strikers in Pennsylvania made i number of demonstrations and were dis persed by deputy sheriffs. A wateespout and tornado played havoa about twelve miles west of Burkeville, Texas All the houses at Gilchrist, except one, were blown down. Flying timbers struck arlflt in Ralph Gilchrist's hands, causing it to discharge. The bullet struck Miss Eosa Gilchrist, inflicting a fatal wound. Jealous Edwin J. Workman, of Lebanon, Ind., fatally shot his wife and himself. Albebt T. Beck, former law partner ol Congressman Bynum. was found murdered Jn his bed in Indianapolis, Ind. James Reqdick, of Caddo, Oklahoma, whipped his stepdaughter, aged ten years, to death, because she disobeyed him in a trifling matter. He has been arrested. The Ohio House of Representatives at Columbus passed by a constitutional majority of two tho Clark Senate bill granting to women the right to vote in school elections. It is now a law. Sa>* Feaxcisco. Cal.f has discovered It has a boolling lot ol policemen, who have been dismissed. Richabd White, the colored man who confessed to assaulting ''Tommie" How, the twelvi-year-old daughter of J. E. How. a well known planter living near Jamaica, Ga., has beenlvnched. Coxeyites seized a truin in Montana nnd sped eastward at the rate of forty miles ac hour until stopped by a cave-in. Frye's "Coxey" army, 300 strong, captured a Van dalia freight train at Terra Haute, lad., but the train crew ran the train back into the yards and abandoned it. Sevebal hundred stand of small arms and repeating rifles were delivered at the Treasury Dapartment from tho War Department. The small arms were turned over to Captain Putnam of the Treasury Watch, and the repeating rifles were placed at convenient points about tho Treasurer's end of the building. The nomination of James T. Yeomans as Iiter-Stato Commerce Commissioner was favorably reported to the Senate. Captain 0. C. Coos, an ex-employe of the Qt-a/il fnmnonr* Vioa nhnrc/ad thflf Vttlliogio UI^VI vvmyauj f uiw . the Bethlehem (Penn.) armor-plate makers paid Sterling Brothers .0 furnish brittle balls for the Indian Head tests, so that their armor would appear better than it is. Secretary Herbert has been investigating for two months. Loed Rosebebt, the British Premier, in a speech, said Englishmen were getting weary of the constant struggle over Irish coercion. A tekbific gale swept the southern coast ol Ireland, destroying many Ashing boats. The American Arctic expedition, under the command of Walter Wellman, sailed from Norway. Thebe were 101 new cases of cholera and three deaths In Lisbon, Portugat. Abe Bczzabd, a famous outlaw In Pennsylvania, and later an ostensibly reformed man, was arrested at Readlns for safe-robbing. The entire Pennsylvania coke region, with the exception of a tew works, is tied up in a general strllft tor the first time since 189L AImo3t every plant is shut down, and fully 6000 men went Out. Hexby F. Bachelob, President of the Stock Growers National Bank, Miles City, Montana, has been convicted of appropriating $40,000 of the bank's money. Ex-Pbesident Habbisok addressed the Republican Convention of Indiana at Indianapolis. The Detroit will be put out of commission for several months for repairs. The number of deaths in the Greek earthquakes is reported to have been 252. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. The Senate. fiSv Day.? Mr. PefferandMr. Allen pleaded for official recognition of the Coxey "army." Mr. Perkins made a speech aeainst the income fax feature of the Tariff bill. 84th Dat.?Mr. Hawley denounced Mr. Allen's speech on the Peffer "Coxey" resolution. Several tariff speeches were made. 85th Dav.?Mr. Quay read a memorial from a party of Philadelphia workincmen protestine against the passage of the Wilson bill. The Tariff bill was then taken ud. and Mr. Dolph continued his speech in opposition to the bill. The discussion for the day ended without Mr. Dolph finishing his speech. ?atw mv _Thfl Senate refused by a vote ol 17 to 26 to appoint a special committee to hear Coxey's representatives. The Senate spent the afternoon hearlne Mr. Washburn make a speech against the Tariff bllL S7th Day.?Immediately after the reading of the journal the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. After half an hour spent In executive session and another half hour given to morning business of no particular Importance tne Tariff bill was taken up and Mr. Mills ad. dressed the Senate In support of the bill by i way of closing what Is designated "general debate." 83th Day.?The day was devoted to a discussion as to the date on which the Wilsou j bill should go into effect. The House. iOoth Day.?The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was conslderod. 1 A bill was passed authorizing the city of i Pittsburg to build a free bridge over tho Monongahela River within the city limits. L IOGth Day.?The day was devoted to the private business calendar. 107th Day.?Tho House continued tho consideration in Committee of the Whole of the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. All amendments as reported by th<i committee were voted down. Without completing the consideration of tho bill, the House listened to eulogies on the late Senator tfibson, ol Louisiana, adopted the usual resolutions of respect, an I adjourned. 108th Day.?After a struggle over the approving of the journal the members settle.! down to local business pertaining to the District of Columbia, which consumed the day. 109th Day.?The Tost office Appropriation bill was passed. 110th Day.?The Diplomatic an i Consular Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. INCENDIARIES LYNCHED. Three Colored Barn Burners Hanged in Alabama. The Sheriff was lured away from ?he county jail at Tuscumbia, Ala., by a trick late at night, and in his absence his wifo was overpowered by a mob of 200 men and tho keys taken from her. Three colored men?Black, Williams and i Johnson?charged with barn burning, were then taken from their colls and hanged from a bridge, I Johus "Hopkiks University, Baltimore. Md., has secured a large portion of tho exI hlblt of the Charities and Corrections Bureau of the World's Columbian Exposition. t GREECE'S BIG CALAMITY '< HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED BY THE EARTHQUAKES. ,1 i' The Walls of Two Churches Fall 3 Upon Worshiping Congregations? Many Buildings Wrecked In j " Athens ? 31any of the Sufferers Camp Almost Unfed In the Fields. Many reports from the towns in Greece which suffered mo9t severely from the two , days' period of the earthquakes have been > received. The loss of life and property is > much greater than was at first supposed. In the Locris district 129 persons are known to have been killed by falling walls, and many others are missing. A parish church in Pros kino collapsed during vespers and thirty men and women were killed outright, while several who were dug out alive from the ruins are likely ! to die. Ninety persons were buried in the ruins in Malesina and sixty of them were killed. The others may recover. In many towns whole households have disappeared. In Martlno thirty-nine persons were killed by falling timbers. Most of them died within the walls of a church whose roof fell In during service. Although there has been small loss of life In Athens and its environs, the damage to property has been enormous. The builriing3 in which the Austrian Lloyd and the Florio Eubbattino companies had their offices were wrecked completely. The roof collapsed, the floors broke and the walls are rent. Hardly a whole piece of furniture was left in either building. For years the work of restoring the famous Byzantine Church at Daphne has been in t progress. The dome and walls had been re, paired, butthevwere cracked and crumbled, and the beautiful mosaics were disfigured beyond hope ot restoration. Appeals for help come in hourly. But little can bo donn toward alleviating the prevalent distress, as there are no charity organizations of importance. Tn dntrona nf fnarna th? linnaM hntm Kaon i deserted, the Inhabitants are camping unsheltered and almost unfed In the fields, and cannot be persuaded to returntotheir homes. The King, accompanied by M. Bouphides, Minister of the Interior, has begun visiting the districts which have suffered most keenly. The reports show that very many of the deaths occurred in the churches. It was Tassion Week in the Greek Church, and religious services were held every day and evening. The services were very largely attended, and, several churches falling, this in a measure accounts for the large loss of life. A majority of the victims were women and children. The Government will be compelled to adopt extraordinary measures to help the poor in the districts affected. Steps to this end have already been taken, and the State authorities are giving quick response to the calls that are being made nnon thorn. QUEEE CASUALTIES. Singular Fat?s That Befell Seven Unfortunates. joon weaver, sevcuiy-mr jcoxa uiu, partially paralyzed, fell Into a brash heap tire on his farm In Gilmer County, West Virginia, and was fatally burned. Clemens S. Hlghley was kicked to death by a horse on his farm, near Lafayette, Ind. He was to have been married the next day. Edward Webster, of Columbus, Ohio, lost an eye in a way almost as remarkable. He fell forward on a stiok, the sharp point of which penetrated the eyeball. A two-year-old child of James Parsons fell into a postholeat Eentuck, Jackson County, W. Va., and was drowned before it could be hauled out. Thomas H. Dally, a banker at Goshen, Ind., died in a dentist's chair. He had just had cocaine applied for the extraction of an aching tooth. Washing ammonia proved fatal for the two-year-old child of Thomas Sexton at Canton. Ohio. The infant thought it was bottled lemonade. Bert Stevens, employed in a stave factory at Pleasant Bend, Ohio, fell forward' on a> saw and cut off his shoulder blade. LOST THE KEARSARGE, Herbert Suspends Lyman and Heyerman for a Year. Commander Heyerman and Lieutenant 1 Lyman will each loeo rank and pay on suspension for one year for the loss of the frigofa Ti'aoi?coFffa on Rnnnflilnr i Secretary Herbert has acted on the findings and sentences of the court-martial which tried these two officers, and his decision has just been announced. Commander Heyjrman was found guilty by the court of running the vessel on the reef and inefficiency in the performanca of duty. He was sentenced to suspension from rank and duty, on waiting orders pay, for two years, the court, however, unanimously recommending him to the clemency of the Secretary, who responded by reducing the length of the sentence to one year. The court found Lleutenent Lyman guilty of neglect of duty and culpable Inefficiency, and sentenced him to suspension from rauk and duty, on waiting orders pay, for one year and to be publicly reprimanded. Secretary Herbert remitted the reprimand and approved the remainder of the sentence " BILLY" M'GAEEAHAH DEAD His CJalm Made Him Well Known During the Lo9t Thirty Years. William McGarrahan, on9 of the mo3t conspicuous figures about tho Capitol for tha last tbirty years, died at Providence Hospital, Washington, a few days ago. The old man, better known by everybody In Washington as "Billy" McGarrahan, was about seventy years old, and has beea prosecuting his claim to tho Mexican grant in California to the Bancho Panocho property for the past thirty years, and before that time for many years in the departments and the courts. It was ons of the measures vetoed by President Harrison after the bill had passed both Houses for the first time, although prior to that time it had frequently passed either one House or the other. William McGarrahan's face has been familiar about Washington, and not a member or Senator has been in Congress during the past quarter of a century who did not know him personally. He has been failing rapidly dur ing tho last year and went to the nospital a few weeks ago. Ho was visited there by many Senators, who have grown attached to the old man. Always kind and courteous, ho has asked Congress to do him justice, but asked in vain. In addition to a complication of diseases, dropsy set in and deatn soon followed. BLEW UP THE HOUSE. Four Fatalities From a Gasoline Explosion Near St. Louis. A frightful explosioa o.vurro l near St. Louis, Mo., by whicii two people were burned to death, two others fatally injured an.I a Ufth slightly hur;. The fatalities were: Lenora Nigg, ag?d two years, burned to death; Eosa Nigs, aged suveu, burned to death ; Casimir Nigg, ago l for;y-!lve, fatally burned. He was rn.i lu totally blind. Mrs. Carolino V'ogel.Mrs. Nigg s mother, fatally burned. Mrs. Casimir Nigg was oalys! 1 giitly burned. Casimir Nigg lived* with Ills family in a twostory Iraiue house two miles south of tho city limits. At 3 o'clock, p. m. he was carrying a live-gallon can of gasoline through tuo kitchen wuen it slipped from bis ban is and broke on tne floor. There was a lighted gasoline stove in the kitchen. Immediately there was an explosion, and in an instant the house was in (tames. Tue building was entirely destroyed, an I the inmates injured as above. The Agricultural Department reports tn<? average condition of winter wheat on April 1 to be eighty-six per cent, for the entire country as compared with seventy-seven last year. A WARNING TO COXEY. Proclamation of the District of Columbia Commissioners. Although General Coxey's ''army" was not expected to reach the borders of the District of Columbia for at least a week, the local authorities at Washington deckled to take time by the forelock and ''warn oft" as vagrants and trespassers the columns converging upon the National Capital. It was decided that Coxoy's battalion of Commonwealer3 should not be allowed to invade Washington as an organized body, and that if any such attempt were made the District authorities would not hesitate to call out the military, if necessary. The advance guard of the army and its sympathizers who had been talking nhnnt fnmlnc thfl flanitol grounds into a camp and demanding tfiat Congress provide subsistence lor the men determined to rearrange their plans. The District Commissioners held a long executive session and consulted in detail with S. T. Thomas, the attorney for the District. Then the following manifesto was prepared and given out: Office of the coaqamiosena of the | Distbict of Columbia, > Washington, April 23, 1894. ) To Whom it May Concern t Whereas. It Is reported that several organized bodies of men are approaching the District of Columbia with the avowed purpose of securing such Congressional action as will relieve the condition of unemployed laborers throughout the country; and Whereas, All unemployed men and others throughout the country whp may be In sympathy with the movement havo been Invited to assemble in front the National Capitol on the first day of May proximo, for the purpose of compelling favorable action by Congress by mere force of number and physical presence ; and Whereas, The constitutional right of petition does not justify methods dangerous to peace and good order, which threaten the quiet of the National Capital,which are contrary to law and opposed to the ordinary means of obtaining legislative relief under our system of government; and. Whereas, It is declared to be the intention of this body of unemployed and destitute people, not only to gather together for the purposes aforesaid at the city of Washington. but there to remain until their mission shall have been accomplished ; and, Whereas.The National Capital is chiefly devoted to public business and is the centre of Federal legislation,and. as aresult of its lack of ordinary means of affording employment, is now taxed to its utmost capacity in charitable efforts to care for its own poor and unemployed ; now, therefore, The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who are charged with the duty of maintaining peace and good order and with enforcing the laws in said District, being sensible of the gravity of the situation and fully appreciating the hardship which must come upon many innocent but misguided people if this ill-considered movement should be continued, do hereby appeal, in the interest of humanity and in furtherance of the peace and good order which are enjoined by the laws in force in said District, to the good J Af oil fhnon on on r?or! in BCUdU UUU pnillUblSUt. VI oil ?y or who contemplate taking part in, the proposed demonstration, and urge them to reconsider their intention to come into the District of Columbia for that purposa. No possible good can come of such a gathering, and, with no proper preparations or means of subsistence, suffering and ultimate disorder will certainly ensue. No wrong can be righted, no condition of labor ameliorated, no remedy for any existing evil realized by the contemplated demonstration of physical force. Every desirable end can be more certainly and effectively accomplished by ordinary and lawful methods. The Commissioners, while in entire sympathy with all people out of employment, and having no desire or purpose to deal harshly with unfortunate but honest* men, who seek relief by reasonable and lawful means, are in duty bound to give notice to those who are tempted under any pretext to swell the number of unemployed persons already here that there is neither work for thom nor means for their maintenance in the Distriet, that the law do9s not permit the soliciting of alms in our streets, and forbids parades, assemblages or orations in the Capitol grounds and the obstruction of any public grounds, streets, highways or avenues and the approaches to public or private buildings. The Commissionets give notice also to the criminals and evil-doers who, under cover of a crowd of unemployed men in our streets, may come here for the purposes of crime and disorder that all such will be appre bended and summarily dealt with. And finally they give notice to all who come here against their advice and protest that the laws in foroe in the District of Columbia are adequate for every emergency and will be rigidly enforced. Johjj W. Ross, Geobge Tbuesdell, Charles F. Powell, Commissioners of the District of Columbia. In the United States Sen-ite Mr. PefTer's resolution to appoint a < alttee to receive and hear the complaints of Coxey's crowd was defeated by the following vote: Teas?Aldricb, Allen, Allison, Cullom, Davis. Gallinger. Hansbroagh. Hawley. Kyle, Martin, Peffer, Perkins, Power, Shoup, Stewart, Teller and Washburn?17. Nays?Bate, Berry, Blanchard. Chandler, Cockrall, Coke.Frye, Georee, Gorman,Gray, Harris, Jones (Ark.), McMillan, Mills, Mitchell (Wis.), Morrill, Palmer. Pasco, Pugh, P.oach, 8herman, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees, Walsh and White?26. DEAD AT LAST, Bill Dalton and Several Members of His Gang Shot. A dust-covered and worn-out courier arrived at Perry, Oklahoma, with the report that a battle to the doath had occurred between the United States Marshals and six members of the famous Dalton gan?, headed by Bill Dalton. The fight is reported to have taken place near Inealls and near the llna dividing tne creet miian iteservation irom Oklahoma. Bill Dalton. Bill Doolan. "Bitter Creek Kid," "Three-finger Jack" Boou, and two unknown allies constituted the outlaw prang, and a posso of eij?ht United States deputy marshals were the opposing party. The I courier says that all the outlaws wero killed. The marshals were headed by City Marshal William Tilchman of Perry and Heck Thomas, Assistant City Marshal. Both men are commissioned deputies under United States Marshal Nix, and are known from the Gulf to Nebraska as men ol unerring aim and iron nerve. The trouble has been brewing for some time. Bill Dalton was a brother to the famous Daltons, two of whom were killed af CofTeyville, Kan., one in California, and one In the Creek country near Fort Smith, Ark. They were cousins of th* Voungers, who terrorized Missouri so lone. II was tho cang which is now reported as exterminated that plundered the depol at Woodward, Oklahoma, some weeks n;,-o, obtaining flO.OOO. Their crimes are too numerous to mention. Over fifty murders are laid to them. The idea that tney have beec wiped out creates preat rejoicing at Perry, ami at other places in Okiahom . and in act* joining States. JAKVIS SUCCEEDS VANCE. The Ex-Governor of North Carolina Appointed a United States Senator. Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis has been appointed by the Governor of North Carolina a United States Senator to snccee J the lato Senator Vance. Mr. Jarvis was Speaker of the North Carolina House in 1372 and was Lieutenant-Governor in 137o. He succeeded Vance as Governor in January, 1879, and was re-elected Governor is 1S30. He was unanimously recommended bj the Le gislature to President Cleveland for a Cabinet place in 1831. but instead was appointed Minister to Brazil. Ho is a freesilver mf\n and an advocate of tho Wilsao bill. Senator Jarvis said that ho would not stand before tho Legislature next June foi tho remainder of Mr. Vance's term. He also said that he stands on the Chicago platform as construed in the South. There are now seventy-four survivors of the famous Balaklava charge, so far as the Biitlsh army authorities cantrace. r "} f } HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. ? / BUBYIKG A FOWL. / The curious method of burying a few! that is either very fresh or threat ens to be tough, which is often adopt' ed by French cooks, may have a suggestion in it to some country house wives. The fowl is wrapped in a cloth and put in a fairly deep hole in the yard and well covered with earth; it is usually left all night, though ii mav be buried in the mornincr for um at a six o'clock dinner. This proces^B vastly improves the flavor and condi^J tion of poultry suspected of not bein^H up to standard quality.?New Yorlflj Times. ; H TO CO XJP HAND KERCHIEF 3. To have your handkerchiefs alway^B looking like new ones wash and iror^B them after the following directions After they have been washed ancHj brought in dried from the line, injflE stead of sprinkling them for ironingjj as you do the other clothes, put twA| quarts of water in a bowl and squeezSj sis drops of bluing into it from th^H bluebag; then take a piece of starch the size of a pigeon's egg ancSj dissolve it in the water, being carefn^H that it does not settle in the bottonBB of the bowl. HI Take each handkerchief separately^! dip it up and down in this water tw<^H or three times, squeeze it as dry a^H possible with the hands; then whe^H they have all been dipped in lay then^N out smoothly in a towel and plac^B them in the clothes basket. Rffi To iron them lay them out flat oiHj the ironing table and smooth them oi^H both sides. After this, make a fol(^B| two inches deep across the handker^H chief and press it in lightly with th^H iron; then make a fold the other wa^Bj across the handkerchief just as theflfl are folded in the boxes when you bu^B them. By laundering them in thi^B way, handkerchiefs will look quitfll new as long ae they last.?New Yorj^B Herald. BB THE STORE-BOOM AND CLOSETS. H However orderly the housekeep^M may be and however carefully she maflH look over her store closets and press^M it is important that at least once ever^H year she empty them of all their hol<SK ings and give them a thorough goin^H over. H Every crack, crevice and crannH| should be examined. It is a good plafll to have the walls of such places verflE carefully hard-finished and all craca^B closed with plaster of Paris or putt^H A good mixture is one quart of -whitHfl lead and linseed oil, such as is use^H for painting wood work. Into th^Hj stir about one pound of putty worke^H soft with oiL Eeep this on hand inH| tin can with a tight cover. When r^H quired for use, pour a small quantit^H into a cup, add one-third to half i^H bulk of finely ground plaster of Pari^B mix thoroughly and apply at onc^H The combination of putty and plast^H makes a firm, gritty mass that mi<flH and moths are not disposed to woi^H through. It can be applied with putty knife and carefully pressed in^H the cracks. After a few times u?irH| the wall and wood-work will becon^B so closely united that there is littBB difficulty experienced in keepii^H moths away. If all of the cracks ^Ej the floor are brushed free from du^B and tilled with this composition ai^H carefully refilled as the boards shrin^H there will soon be a surface as firfl| and smooth as t a china plate, and ox^H that may be wiped off with a dam^B cloth and kept in order with very li^B tie labor. BBj It is a good plan to tack strips ticking or other thick cotton materi^H around the edge of the door and occ^H siocally wet them with strong camph<BH or, if this is objectionable, with oil cedar, that may be purchased at tlflB| druggists, and is an agreeable odor almost every one. Moths do not lil^H it, and are inclined to keep at a dflH tance from it. This, 'however, muBH not be taken as any indication that^M will keep them away altogether. HB only helps a little. HB All shelves should be removaoie, ar^H may be taken out and brushed with^Bj stifi whisk, then wiped over with^H cloth wrung out of naphtha. Wipe tBB hard finished walls and woodwork the closet in the same way, to remo^^l all accumulations of diist and possib^^H eggs ot moths that the industrio^^fl and painstaking miller may have d^H posited there QH Carefully brash all woolen ga^^B ments that are to be used occasional?* during1 the warm season. Sometim^Hj dresses are eaten full of holes with^H a single week, and fars that have be^HH allowed to hang for a few days in dark closets may have enough mot^JH eggs concealed in their folds in t^^H course of three days to work their tot^^H destruction under the very eyes HB their owners. ^^B Precautionary measures are t^^B only safe ones, as far as the preservHH tion of furs and fine woolens is co^^S cerned, and untiring vigilance is t^^B price one must pay for the possessi^^B of such dainty belongings. ?New Yo^H Ledger. recipes. hh Banana Cake?One and one-h^Bfl cupfuls of sugar, one of butter, t'^BS and one-half of ilour, five eggs beatHQg| separately, four teaspoonfuls of sw^^B milk, two teaspoonfuls of baki^BK powder. Bake in layer* as for je^^H cake, and lay sliced bananas betwee^^B Baked Potatoes?The way to co^ffl a potato to get the very best nut^KH ment from it is to bake it and eat^^B skin and all. Wash the potato in t^BB waters, rubbing them well with KB oonr.se cloth ; the potatoes should ^Bfl be of one size so as to bake in a giv^^B time. When ready to serve, take ea^^H one in a cloth and press till the sl^^B bursts; this will cause the steam ^BO escape, and they will be as mealy HM can be. HH Cornmeal Pudding?Heat one qu^BS of new milk to the boiling poi^^H With it scald one small teacupful ^^B white cornmeal, add one-half a spoonful of salt and one coffeecup^^H of molasses. Mix thoroughly a^BB bake three hours in a slow oven. should be baked in an earthen pi^^H ding dish and served in it, as it ^v^^B look so much nicer. It should^^H when done of the consistency ofHH baked custard. Let it cool minutes before serving. A little b^^D ter on the middle of each place |H padding is all the sauce needed