People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1894 — Page 2

A LAWLESS BAND.

Btriking' Miners Ruin Several Plants in Alabama A !Uo*> Two Hundred Strong Uses Dynamite—The Mines of Two Firms Rendered Useless-Strikes and Strikers In Other Quarters. A MIDNIGHT RAID. Birmingham, Ala, May 8. —The long expected has happened. About midtiight a mob of strikers and others, about 200 strong, went to the mines of Thomas Price at Horse Creek, Walker county, and commenced the work of destruction. The miners at Price’s had refused to join the strikers. The mob first put dynamite under the boiler and engine in the mines and blew them up. They then destroyed tnc main ways of the mines and supplies and other property. From Price’s they marched to the Victor mines, a few miles distant, and blew up a railroad car loaded with timbers. Several ether cars they turned loose down the bill and wrecked. Sheriff Guthrie telegraphed Sheriff Morrow of this city and to the governor for assistance. He also sent a posse to the scene only to find the mob had dispersed. He then wired countermanding his appeal for help and now thinks he can take care of things if no further outbreak, occurs. Several ringleaders are known and »re being hunted. Gov. Jones has put troops upon orders in preparation for further trouble. Operators are iu great alarm and attacks on the Pratt City and Coalbdrg miners are feared. Coke Striker* Led by Their Wive* Charge Upon the Deputies.

Uniontown, Pa.. May 7. Friday was a day of bullets and axes and the wildest lawlessness reigned. In a tlaylight battle at the Painter plant fifteen Hungarians were shot, several fatally, and at least three drfad comrades are thought to have been carried off the battlefield and buried secretly. Superintendent ban ford White, of the Painter plant, and E. B. Roddy, bookkeeper at the same works, were horribly beaten and both are lying at the point of death. Sixty-three Slavs are now in jail charged with rioting. By contract with the McClure company thirty workmen reported for duty at the Painter mines. The report spread among the strikers and about daybreak they began gathering on the common. There were many women in the crowd. A charge was made with the women In front, the men daring the deputies to open fire on them. They were soon In the yards, regardless of the presence of the deputies, and sweeping everything before them. In the first conflict fully ten Hungarians fell to the ground and were carried away to their settlement, while a great many were injured by flying missiles. The sight of the wounded and the dying falling at their sides only infuriated the mob, which rushed on the deputies like wild men and women. Deputy Sheriffs Mat Allen and John Biehards took a posse of deputies and started at once for the scene of the riots. Jhey found the men and women all in the houses, and without meeting the least opposition arrested sixtythree of those who composed the mob. They were brought to jail here under the protection of twenty-five Winchesters. In the gang of prisoners ■were twelve women and ten children. At the time of the trouble thirty meu were at work, all of whom have since quit. The works are idle. An Interstate Conference. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May s.— Coal mine HiparAtors from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania met in this city Thursday and decided to take eteps to settle the strike. After a conference among themselves they sent for the miners’ officials. With the latter they talked the situation over and agreed upon a joint call for an interstate conference to be held in Cleveland May 15. The call is as follows: “To the Operators and Miners of the Bitumin ous Mines of the United States: A meeting ■will lie held ‘n Cleveland, 0., Tuesday, May 15, at 2 o'clock p. m., to take such action as may be deemed wise to bring about an adjustment of the differences that exist between the operators and the miners in the various states. All ■operators and miners are invited to attend the .mee ting.” The call is no half-way measure. It was drawn up by President Mcßride, in accordance with the wishes of the operators, and signed by all present Shot a Mesalm Striker.

Duluth, Minn., May 7.—Marshal Al Free tried to suppress a slight disturbance among the striking miners at Mountain Iron Friday evening when Mat Matson threatened him with a revolver. Free promptly shot him twice in the abdomen and he will probably clie. Notice of the affair was sent to the strikers at Virginia and a mob of 1,200 started for Mountain Iron with the avowed intention of lynching Free. Ten minutes after the mob left for Mountain Iron a train left.with the sheriff and militia. The train beat Ac mob by ten minutes and arrived Jaere at midnight with Free aboard. Adjt Muehlberg called out company H to go to Mountain Iron and it left at midnight The strikers cut the telegraph wire at midnight and there is no other communication. Only Six Mines at Work. St. Louis, May 7. —The reports received from the mining districts of Illinois in the vicinity of this city show that but six mines are now being operated—Staunton No. 6, Clyde, Gillespie, Sandoval, Odin and Bunker Hill. The net result of the crusade of strikers Thursday was the stopping of work in No. 7, Breese, Trenton, Troy, Brookside, Hillsboro, Coffee and Carlin▼ille mines Bloomington, 111., May s.—The 350 miners of the McLean County Coal company struck Friday. A Coal Famine Chicago, May 8 —The soft coal famine is beginning to be seriously felt in Chicago and some surrounding towns. Coal that ten days before hardly went at $3.75 a ton was eagerly sought at so a ton, and in some cases even $5.50 was obtained for small quantities. Many

of the railroads centering her* are desperately pushed for coaL With one or two exceptions all the western roads are more or less seriously affected. The famine is also making itself felt among the factories and large office buildings of the city.

ABUSE OF POWER.

Charged Against Judge Jenkins by Congressional Investigators. Washington, May 5. —Representative Boatner, of Louisiana, chairman of the special committee of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives appointed to investigate the Northern Pacific injunctions of Judge Jenkins, on Friday submitted in behalf of the majority of the investigating committee a report to the full judiciary committee. The report The subcommittee find that the object and purpose of both writs of injunction was to prevent the employes of the Northern Pacific railway from striking; that is, withdrawing from the service in a body, which the court was informed by the officers of the road would result in a suspension of its operations, inflict great damage to the property and inconvenience to the general public. The order which practically compelled the employes to accept a lower rate of wages, and which prevented the officers of the labor organizations from the discharge of one of the most important functions in their possession, is, in the opinion of the committee, a gross abuse of judicial authority, without the. warrant of law, and void. The committee finds no sufficient evidence to sustain any charges against the judge, as he may have conscientiously believed that he had the power to issue the writs complained of and that a proper occasion for the exercise of this power was presented. The committee recommends, however, that, to set at rest any doubt on the subject, a prohibitory statute be enacted which will prevent a recurrence of such orders. It also recommends the enactment of a statute defining and limiting the powers of United estates judges in proceedings for contempt.

It also recommends that a statute be enacted which will declare the causes for which a railroad receivership may be ordered in the United States courts.

COXEY IN COURT.

diarized with Trespassing; on the Grounds of the Capitol. Washington, May 7.—Jacob S. Coxey and his lieutenants, Carl Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones, were arraigned for violation of the capitol grounds act on May 3. Coxey and Browne had both attempted to speak from the capitol steps. Browne had been arrested for disorderly conduct. Coxey had been led away and then released. Coxey, later appearing as a witness in court for Browne, was arrested on the charge for which he was tried. Attorneys Ilytnann and Lipscomb appeared for the defendants in the preliminary proceedings and raised the issue of constitutionality of the law under which their clients were arrested. The point was argued at considerable length by Senator Allen, of Nebraska. Judge Miller, after the arguments closed, overruled the objections of counsel for the defense to the information, the judge holding that the capitol grounds act was constitutional. He denied Coxey a special trial. The court reassembled at 1:30 o’clock, and after some delay a jury was selected and sworn. Assistant District Attorney Mullowney then addressed the jury, explaining the charges against Coxey, Browne and Jones, and the law applicable to the charges. Maj. Moore, the chief of police, in his testimony repeated the conversation with Coxey on April 30, when the general asserted his intention of carrying out the programme of speaking from the capitol steps.

SPLIT IN THE RANKS.

Randall’* Army Is N w Divided Into Two Hostile Camps. Valparaiso, Ind., May 9.—Randall’s army left this city in two divisions. I Gen. Randall had called his men before him and delivered a speech on discipline, after which he dismissed Capt. Sullivan, company C, and Cant. McKane, company E. A loud protest was made to this by a portion of the men who proposed to stand by their captains. The command to march was Riven the army by Col. Iloeffler, when companies E,.C and F, with 100 men, seceded. After a minute’s consultation a raid was made for the companies’ colors, which were captured, and the men formed in line and marched into the road headed for YVestville. Westville, Ind., May 9.—Capt Sullivan. reached Westville first, and asked the citizen’s committee that his men be Riven their share of the provisions. His wishes were gratified. While his men were waiting the Randall portion of the army came up. Twenty-five deputy sheriffs prevented any outbreak. The commonwealers marched up the principal street and down a hill and the town was lost to view. Gen. Randall went on ahead and met Farmer Ezra Geist, who owns a sugar bush \ miles east of here. After a conference Ezra Geist agreed to allow thi men to camp on his grounds. The loyal men marched in first after their 16-mile tramp and pitched their camp in a patch of blooming May apples. Capt Sullivan and his contingent came up the hill an hour later and were given the west end of the sugar bush. The deputy sheriffs occupied the central grounds between the two hostile camps.

LittleGirl Commits Suicide.

Philadelphia, May 7. —Emma Mark, 9 years of age, committed suicide by jumping into the Delaware river. She spent a penny from money given her to make a purchase. Her mother upbraided her, and the father added: “I never thought I would raise a thiet” The child then deliberately walked nine blocks to the river and drowned herself.

The Kansas board of agriculture reports a notable improvement in crop prospects during ApriL

THE TARIFF.

The Senate Committee Completes Work on the Wilson Bill. It Makes Many Alterations, All of Them In the Direction of Increased Unties— Synopsis of the Most Important Changes. THE COMPROMISE MEASURE. Washington, May a—For the thixxi time the senate committee on finance has revised the Wilson tariff bilL The latest changes in the measure are completed, and they are final so far as the committee is concerned. They include all the so-called “compromise” amendments which have been agreed upon. Most of them are in the nature 6f changes from ad valorem to specific duties. This is a radical change of the provisions of the Wilson bilL That measure changed most of the duties from specific to ad valorem, the McKinley law being mainly specific duties throughout. The specific duties imposed by the amended bill range from 25 to 30 per cent, lower than the corresponding duties imposed by the McKinley law. The latest changes which have been agreed upon as a result of the compromise are generally in the direction of higher rates than were at first reported by the finance committee. Sugar and Income Tax. The provisions of the sugar schedule as agreed upon have already been printed. An ad valorem duty of 40 per cent, wilt be imposed upon raw sugar, and the retined article will be given an additional specific duty of oneeighth of a cent All sugars which are Imported from or are the product of any country which at the time the same are exported therefrom pays, directly or indirectly, a bounty on the export thereof, shall pay a duty of one-tenth of 1 cent per pound in addition to the foregoing rales. Provided that nothing contained in the bill shall be so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States and the king ot the Hawaiian islands on January 30, 1875. The amendments to the income tax provision have been announced, and that feature of the bill is to last only five years. No change is made in the coal schedule from that already reported. There are several changes in the free list.

The following are the principal changes which will be Included In the compromise bill: Drags anrl Perfumery. Alcoholic perfumery, including cologne water and other toilet waters and alcoholic compounds not specially provided for in this act, 12 a gallon and oO per centum ad valorem; senate and house bills, 32 a gallon and 25 ad valorem. All coa' tar colors or dyes by whatever name known and not specially provided for in this act, 25 per cent; senate and house bills, 20. New paragrups inserted are as follows: •‘Drugs, such as barks, beans, berries, balsams, buds, bulbs, bulbous roots, excrescences, fruits, flowers, dried libers, dried insects, grains, gums and gum resin, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables, seeds (aromatic), seeds of morbid growth, weeds and wood 3 used expressly for dyeing, which are not edible, advanced In value or condition by refining or grinding or by other process or manufacture, and not specially provided for In this act 10 per cent ad valorem.” Epsom salts are made dutiable at 1-5 of a cent per pound. Other changes are: Morphia or morphine salts thereof, 50 cents per ounco. Flaxseed and poppy oil 20 cents per gallon instead of 15 cents In former bills. On olive oil for salad purposes the house rale of 35 cents per gallon is restored instead of ihe senate committee rate of 25 per cent The Ulan Schedule. A portion of tho glass schedule Is changed so as to read as follows; “Green and colored, molded or pressed, and flint and lime glass bottles holding more than one pint and demijohns and carboys, covered or uncovered, and other molded or pressed green and colored and flint or lime glass bottleware not specially provided for in this set, five-eighths of 1 cent per pound. Green and colored; molded or pressed and flint and lime glass bottles and vials noldmg not more than one pint and not less than one-quarter of a pint, three-fourths of a cent per pound; if holding less than one-fourth of a pint 'io cents per gross, whether filled or unfilled, whether their contents be dutiable or free." Tne senate rate on the above is 40 per cent; house rate, 30 per cent Another change In glass is as follows: “Unpolished cylinder, crown and cotton window glass, not exceeding 10 by 15 inches square. I cent per pound: above that, and not exceeding 10 by 24 iuobes square, 1)4 cents per pound; above that, and not exceeding 24 by 3j inches square, 1% cents per pound: above that, and not exceeding 24 by 36 inches square, cents per pound; all above that 134 ceuts per pound. "Provided that unpolished cylinder, crown and common window glass imported in boxes shall contain 60 square teetas nearly as s:zes will permit, and tuat duty shall be computed thereon according to the actual weight of tho glass.” There is a change of sixes as well as of rates, and comparisons cannot be made Plate glass. 24 by 36 inches, is taxed 23 cents per square foot; senate and house bills, 2l> cents: all plate glass above these dimensions, 38 cents per square loot; senate and house bills, 86 cents. Lo,o king glass plates are added to glasses, dutiable aa U per cent, ad valorem, iu addition toother rates chargeable thereon. Changes in Iron Duties. The pig Iron paragraph is amended to read as follows: "Iron in pigs, iron Kentledge, Spiegeleisen, ferro mangenese, ferro silicon, wrought ami cast scrap iron and scrap sieel, J 4 per ton; but nothing shall be deemed scrap iron or scrap steel except waste or refuse iron or slum, Ut only to be manufactured. “Reams, girders, joists, augies, channels, curtruck channels, T columns or posts, or parts or sections of columns or posts, deck and buib beams and building forms, together with all other structural shapes ot iron or steel, whether plain or punctured or fltteu for use, 6-10 of a cent a pound.” Senate bill 35, house bill 30 per cent. "Kailway bars, made of iron or steel or railway bars made in part of steel, ‘T’ rails, and punched iron or steel flat rails, 7-20 of a cent a pound.” Senate bill 2314 cents a pound, restoring the house rate; senate bill 1 per cent. Cutlery Schedule. The cutlery schedule is changed to read as follows: “Penknives, pocketknives or erasers of all kinds, valued at not more than 3J cents per dozen, 25 per cent ad valorem; valued at more than 30 cents per dozer, and not exceeding 50 cents per dozeu, 12 cents per dozen; valued at more than 50 cents per dozen and not exceeding 81 per dozen, 25 cents per dozen; valued at more than II per dozen and not exceeding 81.50 per dozen, 40 cents per doten: valued at more than U 50 per dozen and not exceeding S 3 per dozen, 75 cents a dozen: valued at more than S 3 a dozen, 60 per cent ad valorem, and in addition thereto, on all the above valued at more than 30 cents a dozen, 25 per cent ad valorem; provided t'hat blades, handles or any other parts of any or either of the articles named in this paragraph, imported' in any other manner than assembled in penknives, pocketknives or erasers, shall be subject to no less duty than herein provided lor penknives, pocketknives or erasers valued at more than 30 ceuts a dozen.” The senate and house bills 15 ceius.

Tobacco Schedule.

The touucco schedule Is changed to read as follows: “Wrapper tobacco, unsteromcd, imported in any bale, box or package, or in bulk, il SO per pound; if stemmed. i!!3 per pound." House and senate bills, 11 and iI.SS respectively ou above article*. “Filler lobacoo, uasteauacd. imported to any

bale, box. package or 1b bulk, ft cents per pound; if stemmed, SO cents per pound; no change in rates. “Snuff and snuff flour manufactured of tobacco, ground, dry or damp and pickled, scented or otherwise, of all descriptions, 50 cents a pound:” senate and house bills, 40 cents. Duty on Clears. The cigar paragraph is amended to read as follows: “Cigars, cigarettes, cheroots of all kinds, 84 a pound and 25 per cent, ad valorem: and paper cigars and cigarettes, including wrappers, shall be subject to the same duties as are herein imposed on cigars." The duty on cigars in the house and senate bills is 13 per pound and 25 per cent Hairy Products, Etc. Butter and substitutes therefor are taxed 4 cents per pound, which is the house rste: senate bill 20 per cent; cheese, 4 cents per pound: senate and house bills. 26 per cent; milk, fresh, 3 cents per gallon; senate and house bills free; broom oorn, *6 per ton; senate and house bills free: eabbage, 2 cents each: senate and house bills free: eggs, 8 cents per dozen; senate and house bills free: hay, 82 per ton (house rate), senate 20 per cent; honey, 10 cents per gallon (house rate), senate bill, 20 per cent.; hops, 8 cents per pound (house rate), senate bill, 20 per cent: onions, 20 cents per bushel (house rate), senate bill, 20 per cent Leather and Lumber. Leather and the manufacturers of leather are to be treated substantially as provided for In the house bill, except that the duty is changed from ad valorem to specific. All through the revised edition of the bill the ad valorem duty has been stricken out in favor of the specific duty. Lumber remains about the same as it came from the house. The Cotton Schedule. It Is provided that on all cotton cloth not exceeding IU‘J threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted or printed, valued at over 7 cents per square yard, 25 per centum ad valorem; bleached, valued at over 9 cents per square yard. 25 per centum ad valorem, and dyed, colored, stained, painted or printed, valued at over 12 cents per square .yard, there shall be levied, collected and paid a duty of 39 per oent ad valorem. Duties on Woolen Goods. On blankets, wool and flanDels for underwear and felts for paper makers’ use and printing machines, composed wholly or in part of wool, the hair of the camel, goat or alpaca, or other animals, valued at no more than 30 cents per pound, the duty will be 25 per centum ail valorem; valued at more than 30 "and not ! more than 40 cents” per pound, 30 per centum ad valorem; "valued at more than 40 cents per pound, 35 per centum ad valorem:” the change consisting in restoring the quoted words In the house bill The women’s and children's dress goods, ' coat lining, Italian cloth, bunting or goods of similar description or character "or all manufactures, including such as have any rubber as a compenent material,’’ composed wholly or in part of wool worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca or other animal, and not specially ! provided for in this act, the house rate of 40 per cent, is restored. Senate bill, 36 per cent, and the following words added: i “Valued at not over 81 a pound, 40 per cent. ■ ad valorem; valued at more than 80 cents and not more than $1 a pound, 45 per cent ad valorem; and all of the foregoing valued at more than 51 a pound, 59 per cent" , On ready-made clothing composed of any above-mentioned materials the house rate of 45 per cent is restored. Senate bill, 40 per cent , The following paragraph stricken out of the house bill by the senate committee is now restored: ,

"On cloaks, dolmans, talmas, ulsters or other I outside garments for ladies’ and children’s ap- ; parel, and goods of similar description or used 1 for like purposes, composed wholly or In part ! of worsted, hair of the camel, goat or alpaca, or ! other animals, made up or manufactured wholly or in part, ;ho rate is changed trom 45 to 50 per centum ad valorem. "Brussels carpets, figured or plain, all carpet of like character or description, 35 per cent i ad valorem. House and senate bills 30 per | cent "Velvet and tapestries, velvet carpets, fig- ! ured or plain, printed on the warp or otheri wise, and all carpets or carpeting of like char- ; acteror inscription, 35 per cent ad valorem; j house and senate bills, 30 per cent I Tapestry Brussels carpets, figured or I plain, and all carpets and carpeting of like character or description, printed on tha warp or otherwise, 35 per cent ad valorem; : house and senate bill, 30 per cent. Treble ingrains, three-ply and all the Venetian carpets, 35 per cent, ad valorem; house and senate bills, 30 per cent Wool. Dutch and two-ply Ingrain carpets. 30 per cent; house und senate bills, 25 ; per cent” Changes In the Free List. Added to the free list are the following: | "Dressed fur pieces suitable only for use io the manufacture of hatters’ fur. “Molasses testing not above 40 degrees potariscope test and containing 20 per centum of ; moisture. "Opium, crude or manufactured and not adul- ' terated, containing 9 per centum and over of morphia. "En Fleurage, pomades.” ■ In the free list after the words, "petroleum, crude or refined,” Is inserted the following: “Provided, that if petroleum, crude or refined, is imported from any country which in> poses a duty on the same exported from the United States, then there shall be levied, paid and collected upon such petroleum, crude or refined. the rate of existing duty prior to the passage of this act.” The inflowing is added to the paragraph ia i the free list relating to agricultural imple- : ments: i "Provided, that all articles mentioned by this ’ paragraphs, if imported from a country which lays an import duty on like articles imported from the United States, shall be subjected to the duties existing prior to the passage of this : act.” i Lodge's Amendment. Senator Lodge (rep., Mass.) intro* : duced an amendment to the tariff bill ! in the senate Monday, of which he Rave notice some time ago, providing ; that as against Great Britain :or any of her colonies, a duty ; double the amount imposed in ! the proposed tariff bill shall ba : levied, and a duty of 35 pe” cent, on all articles on the free list, such duties to eon tin ud until Great Britain shall as- ■ sent to take part in an international agreement with the United States for ! the coinage and use of silver.

TWO. HUNDRED STARVED.

La§t Winter Was a Hard One in the In. terior ot Labrador. Ottawa, Out,, May B.—a letter has been received here from A. P. Bow, of the Canadian geographical survey, leader of the government explorinß party that left Lake St. John in June last to endeavor to reach Ungava bay by traversing the entire Labrador peninsula from south. to north. Mr. Low wrote from Hamilton inlet, where his party was forced to go because of the scarcity of provisions at Ungava bay. He reports that mora than 200 Indians in the vicinity of Uu gava bay had died of starvation during the winter.

Big Meeting at Cleveland, O.

Columbus, 0.. May 8. —John McBride has telegraphed Calvin Morris, of Cleveland, to provide for at least 1,000 operators, miners and visitors at the Cleveland meeting to .settle the mining question. This will he the largest meeting of the kind ever held in this country.

Counting Millions.

Chicago, May B.—John R. Tanner turned over the subtreasury to Delos I*. I’helps Monday. Experts ere engaged in countiug the $17,00C,W in the vaulU.

RANDALL ARRESTED.

He Refuses to Obey Orders to Keep Out of La Porte, Ind. La Porte, Ind., May 9. —Mayor Scott has stopped the march of the Chicago division of the commonweal and thrown its leaders into the county jaiL Randall and his staff eare behind the bars and two captains of Snllivan’s army are also under arrest The mayor has decided to keep all these commonwealers in jail the full limit allowed by law without a hearing. They will not be permitted to give bail. In the meantime the city prosecutor is trying to find charges on which he can convict his prisoners. Monday night the council held a meeting and empowered the mayor to employ a special police force to act in conjunction with the sheriff to* keep the armies out of the city. Mrs. Randall was at the meeting and asked to be heard, but was not permitted to speak. Rev. Addison Parker told the city fathers to meet the army and make it disband. The mayor issued a proclamation Tuesday morning saying it was advisible to keep the army out of the city because it came from Chicago, where a smallpox epidemic is raging. Together with Sheriff Frehse, Marshal James Purcell and 200 deputies, armed with clubs and six-shooters, the mayor intercepted Randall’s army at the intersection of the village and Yellow river roads and Randall was pulled out of his buggy by two deputies. Then the mayor ordered the arrest of Henry R Loefler, Martin Lynch and .J. C. Gibson. They were taken to the jail, and Edward H. Randall was arrested at the Lake Shore depot while sending telegrams to Chicago, but was soon released. Steven J. Welch and John Devine, of Sullivan’s army, were taken into custody because they entered the city without permission. Ihe charge to be made is that the men are conspiring lo spread the dread disease kn«wn as smallpox among the families who live around La Porte. Another charge to be preferred against Gen. Randall is that he is bringing paupers into the county. For this offense the general may be fined SIOO. Another charge is that the men passed the quarantine limit of the city. Randall’s followers are camped in Henry Morrison’s grove, 3 miles east of the city. H. W. Holmes is in command, and the men have decided on staying in Camp La Porte until their leader and staff are released. Randall has telegraphed to Dr. Greer and C. 8. Darrow for assistance. They are expected to arrive here to assist in his defense. A number of local lawyers have also signified their intention to aid the defense, and the trial promises to be an interesting legal battle.

A REMEDY.

How Mr. Terry Proposes to Reform Federal Court Abuses. Washington, May 9.—Representative Terry (Ark.), who, with Representatives Boatner and YV. A. Stone, have been investigating Judge Jenkins’ antistrike injunction, has prepared a bill designed to reform the practice by which federal courts are practically engaging in the railroad business through the appointment of receivers. Most of the subsidy roads of the west in the hands of receivers appointed by federal courts. The courts thus secure absolute authority over railroads, and as th« receiverships run from year to year the courts succeed the railroad officials in conducting the business of the road. Mr. Terry’s bill will attempt to put a limit fc to these railroad receiverships in order to avoid the charge that the courts are going into the railroad business. It is said that not only is the time of the federal courts consumed and their functions diverted by this practice, but many incidental abuses have sprung up. One of these is the practice of cutting off all current debts for supplies, repairs, labor, etc., in order that the receivers may pay all the income of the road to the first-mortgage bondholders. The latter usually apply for the api pointment of receivers and when they are appointed they cut off all debts I save those of the bondholders. Judge Caldwell, of the United States , circuit bench, has recognized this abnse, and in appointing a receiver for a railroad attached the condition that the receiver should pay debts due from the railroad for work, labor, materials, machinery, fixtures and supplies of ! every kind, including damages to per- ; sons or property, which accrued after the execution of the mortgage under ; which the receiver was appointed. Mr. - Terry’s bill will seek to incorporate l Judge Caldwell's ruling into permanent statute law.

GEN. EZETA WOUNDED.

Salvador's Loyal Commander Forced to Retire—Hundreds Killed In Rattle. La Libektad, Salvador, via Galveston, Tex., May 9. —Vice President Antonio Ezeta has been wounded in the severe fighting between the government forces and the revolutionists. Big battles have been fought by the opposing forces around Santa Ana, and in one of these conflicts Gen. Ezeta was wounded in the head. His injuries were‘so severe that he was forced to retire from the field and the command of the government troops before Santa Ana devolved upon Gen. Bolanos. The revolutionary forces gained advantages in some battles, it is said, and have forced the government troops to retreat from Santa Ana. The fighting has been attended with considerable loss of life to both sides.

Millers After Foreign Trade.

Kanbas City, Mo., May 9.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the Southwestern Winter Wheat Millers’ association here, the movement to organire a national congress of flour millers was indorsed. The proposed organization is intended to look after the foreign interests of American millers and to promote the trade of American millers abroad in every particular.

To Succeed Croker.

New Yoke, May 9.— Either Mayor Gilroy or ex-Mayor Grant will probably succeed Croker in the leadership of Tammany.

CHUNKS OF ICE.

They Fall During; a Fierce Storm la lowa City, la. lowa City, la.. May B.—A deluge of rain fell for twenty minutes Saturday afternoon. Hailstones, averaging 3 inches in circumference and some of which reached 8 inches, fell continually. Every pane of glass facing west and many facing south were instantly smashed. Every tin roof was perforated. and as almost all the business houses had tin roofs the money damage was great The excitement was intense. When the storm began horses left standing in the street and scores of vehicles without drivers went flying down the streets. Smash-ups were inevitable. The buildings most seriously injured were those of the state university, the west sides of which were entirely riddled. The extensive green houses with their collection of plants are a total wreck. Minneapolis, Minn., May 8. —A cyclone swept across the prairie and through the heavy timber near Royalton, Minn., about 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The village was visited by a tearing wind, accompanied by a heavy hailstorm. Several buildings were unroofed in the village and few panes of glass Jest unbroken. At Little Falls there was a heavy windstorm, accompanied by rain and hail. Much timber was prostrated a short distance south of the city and several buildings unroofed. No lives were lost

Arlington was visited by a heavy wind and rainstorm that did some damage. At Gaylord considerable hail fell, and a large barn filled with hay and grain was struck by lightning and completely destroyed. , , Emporia, Kan., May B.— The hailstorm and waterspout of Friday night was not so severe in this city, but at Reading, 15 miles northeast of tl)is place, considerable damage was done. The hail was so forcible that in one instance some went through a shutter, window pane and heavy curtain. Lots of them went through the roof. Some of the chunks of ice measured 13 inches in length. Some cattle were killed and most of the herds stampeded. All kinds of crops, gardens and fruits ary ruined. Fairbury, 111., May B.—A destructive storm swept over this section Saturday night., Great trees, fences and weak structures were leveled to the ground. Signs in the business part of the town were torn loose and hurled through the glass fronts. Several buildings sustained heavy damage. Arcola, 111.. May 8. —The worst hailstorm that has visited this section of the country for years fell Sunday. Much damage was done to growing crops. Huntington, W. Va., May S.— A terrible hurricane and thunderstorm passed over this region about 5 o’clock Sunday evening, doing considerable damage. At Central City, 3 miles west of here, the Ohio river railroad shops and several houses were completely demolished, with a loss of 530.000.

A LOSS SHOWN.

Decrease In the Volume of Trade Attributed to Strikes. New Yoke, May s. —Bradstreet’s review of trade says: “The movement of general merchandise throughout the country Is smaller In volume. Spring trade Is finished, and orders for fall delivery are, with few exceptions, not meeting expectations Jobbers in leading linos at almost all larger cities report sales almost without exception as of a hand-to-mouth description. The extension of the coal and coke strike, accompanied by riots at Cleveland and Mesaba, has emphasized the depression. The industrial situation, therefore, has not improved. Strikes of iron ore miners, among the building trades, with an extension of the coal miners' strike and the almost total cessation of operations in the coke regions, have swelled the total number of Idle industrial workers to fully 215,000. Shut-downs of industrial concerns, de-' pendent on coke or soft coal for fuel, are Increasing, notwithstanding an attempt of coal operatives and operators to get together to arrange a basis of settlement. Corn, oats, cotton, coffee and refined sugar are all lower, and wool and some varieties of woolens and cotton goods heavy, with a marked tendency of quotations to weaken. Wheatscored its fifth or sixth lowest price on record during the crop year, 6U>4 cents at New York. A relatively favorable Industrial report oomes from Detroit, where there are lewer unemployed. Another contrast is seen in New England shoe factories running on short time, while at St Lonis four months’ shipments are in excess of last year. Transactions in wool have slackened and prices of some grades are weaker. San Francisco telegrams report a reviving general trade, now that much less damage is known to have been done to California wheat than was previously asserted. Exceptionally .favorably crop reports are received from Nebraska.” K. G. Dun & Co. in their weekly review of trade, say: "The most encouraging sign is the marked decrease in liabilities of firms failing, wfitch were only 31,448.144 for the last week of April, and for four weeks 58,722,708, of which *3,722,220 were of manufacturing and 34,644,267 of trading concerns. The amount of liabilities at the south was 32,919,419, against 33,111,032 in eastern and 52,692,257 in western states. The failures this week have been 233 in the United States, against 216 last year, and thirty-five in Canada, against twentyseven last year.”

PATTON IS CHOSEN.

Gov. Rich Names a Successor to the Late Senator Stockbridge. Lansing, Mich., May 7.—Gov. Rich on Saturday afternoon appointed John Patton, Jr., of Grand Rapids, United States senator to succeed the lata Senator Stockbridge. He was notified of his good fortune but a few minutes before the matter was made public. Mr. Patton is an able and successful lawyer, an orator, and a genial and approachable gentleman who is very popular. He comes from a family of marked ability, his father having represented his district in congress two terms, one in the Thirtyseventh congress and again in the Fiftieth. Gov. Rich says that aside from Patton’s great personal worth he was led to make the appointment because Patton was more generally indorsed than any other candidate and because he came from practically the same section of the state as did Stockbridge. The nomination is generally satisfactory to the party.

Counting- Millions.

Chicago, May a—John R. Tanner turned over the subtreasury to Delos P. Phelps Monday. Experts are engaged in counting the $17,000,000 in the vaults*