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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-04-28
ABOUT MAY DAY.

There was time when England
at this season of the year was
"merrie," and welcomed in the
dawning summer with joyous &c
claim and amusement. The out
door games and festivities among
certain sections Of the people were
many and varied. Every village
had its rustic dance and rustic
music, while the songs and ballads
that recount the pleasures Of "the
fiow'rie MONTH abound in legions.
Though May Day has been claim
ed by the sweeps, it was not until
the year 1896, when on the 1st Of
May the horrible cruelty of sending
boys to climb up the chimneys to
clean them was abolished that the
sweeps called ittheir day. Previous
to that it was called Jack-in-the-
Green's Day, when . burlesque or
imitation Of o Robin Hood and
Maid Marian performances was given
on the village green, and especially
was the custom sustained in Sher-
wood.
But for the real origin Of May
Day We must go back to the times
of the Romans, who dedicated the
day to Flora. whose praises the great
Ovid POLITICALLY chants. The god
dess was the flower deity, and ruled
over all that was beautiful and a.
bundant in the lap Of Mother Earth.
She was welded to Zephyr, and de-
lighted, in the spring to strew the
ground with sweet-scented flowers.
Wherefore the Roman people wor-
shipped Flora, and celebrated her
dominion bymagnifeent ceremonies
and offerings of flowers and the
branches Of trees in bloom, which
through the retention BY the Roman
Church Of Pagan usages remain to
us to this day.
Though garlands and fantastic
arrangements Of flowers and branch
es OF every kind have been associat-
ed with Nay Day from time inn
memorial, the date Of the advent Of
the May-pole cannot be exactly
liked. Though it played promi-
nent part in the entertainment Of
the day in almost every Continental
village, it appears to have possessed
. greater attraction for the English.
for we fnd traces Of it's having been
in request in almost every town aud
city, as we'll as hamlet, in the Brit
ish Isles.
The May poles OF Cheapside Corn
hill, and the Strand belong to an
cient history. The one nearly OPP
posite Somerset House.
where Catherine Street descends into
the Strand"
vas undonbtly gorgeous, almost
national institution, and many
are the accounts that have been
happily written Of the festivities,
the special dances, and the singing
Of roundels and madrigaIs that took
place, supplemented BY the greatest
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lion FREDERICK this season.. No one
can 90 amiss in breeding 10 such horse,
whether they want trotteFs or general pur.
pose horscs. Terms win be made known
BILLINGsLEY GARNER,
Chaptico, Nd.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
PROPOSED REMISSION OF TAX pEx.Ir

PROPOSED REMISSION OF TAX PENALTIES.
A bill introduced in the Senate by Senator
Mcmillan, by request, today, provides that
all persons whose property was involved in suits
Of law. or where minors were owners
at the time the arrearages Of taxes were re-
ceiyed at per cent and penalties of NAV
within six months from the date Of the passage
of this bill have the privilege of paying said ar
rearages of taxes up to July 1, 1892, with re-
mission Of penalties and interest, to be CON-
puted at the rate of 6 per cent.
JURISDICTION OF THE POLICE COURT.
The House committee on judiciary has re
ported the Senate bill which has already been
printed IN The STAR, TO amend an act to de-
fine the jurisdiction Of the police court Of the
District OF Columbia approved March 8, 1891.
THE CONCEALED WEAPONS BILL PASSED.
The Senate yesterday took up and considered
the bill to punish the carrying Of deadly or dan.
gerous weapons within the District of Column.
bia. The bill taken up was the House bill. Mr.
Mills objected to the bill as infringing on the
clause of the constitution which gives the
people the right to bear and carry arms. After
q short debate the bill was passed. Yeas, "a
nays, 13
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
DIRECTOR soUsA's NEW BAND.
He win Leave wsshington About August
to Take Charge.

He WIN Leave Washington About August q
to Take Charge.
Prof John Philip sousa Of the Marine Band
today signed q contract with syndicate Of NEG
York and Chicago business men which makes
him for i've years the directos
OF new military band nov
being formed with headquarters in Chicago.
The name OF the new company il known NJ the
Blakely Syndicate. and the new band viii be
known a. Sousa's Band.
To reporter Of TIE STAR this afternoon
Prof Sousa corroborated the above and saiA
he would leave Washington on the lst OF Auguss
Tor New York where he would drill the
new band. He stated that Col Heywood ha1
agreed 10 discharge him from the marine servs
Ice on the Let Of August. and he would immedi-
ately commence has new duties.
The new band. he said. would be the finest In
the world. He had been given carte blanche 4,
employ whomsoever he saw At and had already
selected some Of the best musicians in the coun-
try. He said the band would De composed Of
seventy musicians
Prof. Sousa showed the reporter the contract.
which provided that he should receive s6. 900
per wear as well as certain percentage OF the
net earnings of the concern.
IL Is stipulated. however. that all musical
compositions owned by Prof Sousa or hereafter
composed by him shall become the property Of
the syndicate.
Prof. Sousa's well-known composition. This
Chariot Race. was sold yesterday 60 Ditson 81
. handsome figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
OUTRAGED AND xURDEnED.


A Colored Woman the Victim Of sAocking
Tragedy Near Laurel.
Special Dizpssch to The Evening Star
LAUnxL, Nd, July 7.-As Dr.. J. r Huntt Of
this place and Miss Naomi B. Naylor Of wash-
ington were returning from . drive about z
O'Clock last evening they discovered q
woman lying dead near the road
at . place called Whisky Bottom, about
one mile from Laurel, in Howard county. Upon
their arrival here they notified Chief Of Police
Robey, who went to the place TO investigate.
He found 1t to be the body Of Rebscca
Henson, oolored, aged about forty years,
who had been living with man
named William eager at village near BY called
Colesville. The body showed she had been
killed by pistol shot through the head and had
been outraged. Roby notified the Howard
county authorities, who summoned Jury Of
inquest.
The jury today rendered . verdict Of death
by pistol shot by hands Of persons unknown to
the jury. The woman has q young child about
three weeks old. II is the general impression
the deed was committed by some one about
Coesville, As the place is notorious for lawless-
ness. Cagers son claims he was blowing in field
near by about o'clock last evening, heard q
scream and three pistol shots, but paid no at
tention to them. The authorities WIN make an
effort TO capture the murderer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
A TOWN OF GLooM.
Ths Workmen % Homeseead Determins
but Preserving Order.

Ths Workmen ss Homeseeod Determined.
but Preserving Order.
Special Dispssch to The EveninT star
HOMESTEAD. Pa. July Tin al Homestead,
with its steady population of about II 900 and
an additional influx Of 1000 nonresident,
there IL not . smiling face. The Carnegie
mill b practically surrounded by Q
Gordon OF strikers and there are pickets
across the Monongahela watching every move
that Is being made within the grounds. II b
evident that the strikers are really inclined 20
be peaceful, for they have permitted the COM
pany's watchmen to take charge Of and police
the immense plant There ID, however, An under
standing between the strikers and the wstchmen
to the effect that should trouble occur the
watchmen Will cease to watch. The Thousands
OF idle men, many Of them looking uncomfort-
ably stiff in their best suits Of clothes, are
especially vigilant
Rumors OF all sorts have come from Pitts
burg and Harrisburg and these are potent 70
disturb. 1t was announced shortly after noon
today that the sheriff could secure only Eve
deputies in all Pittsburg and that in con-
sequence Of this laxity on the part of
the law abiding citizens the governor
would be compelled TO call out . large section
probably q brigade-of the National Guard.
That this story had more than merely . local
circulation was evidenced by the arrival here
today Of fully . thousand mill work.
ers from neighboring towns. These
willing men came to support their
Homestead brethren in anything and everything
aggressive or demonstrstive that would sugges,
itself or come to the surface through force @,
circumstances That there In surliness IN both
sides is plain. Neither party wants to discus,
the difficulty and there is close Relationship
between their methods.
AT the mill all newspaper representatives
were referred to the Office in Pittsburg
At the Office In Pittsburg the official,
declined to say anything. At the Anal.
gamated Association headquarters reporters arr
requested to address their inquiries to the press
committee, and as about every available man
denies having any connection with the commit.
tee it is rather difficult at this time 10 secure
what may be regarded as reliable inside infor.
nation Glib.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
PEACE AT HOMESTEAD


must Be preserved. The massing Of the men
81 central station IL to have them In readiness in
Case tho crowd become stubborn. The superin-
sendent did not think, however, that any
trouble would occur, - he was Of the opinion
that the presence Of the police would be
suffctent to keep any crowds moving
The homo Of b. G. Prick, on Homewood
svenue, East End, was guarded throughout the
night BY two private detectives, detailed for
the purpose. Two others are now keeping
personal guard over Mr.. Frick during the day.
THE MILL owNxRs WILL DO NOTHING.
Mr.. Lovejoy, secretary Of the Carnegie COM
pany, asked this morning what they pro-
posed to do, said: "Do2 We can do nothing
The sheriff is the one in charge Of the situation
and We expect him to restore to us our prop
erty. do not want to be understood az try
ing to unload the work on the sheriff. We are
anxious and willing to aid him in any way we
can and to do anything in reason he asks u.s.
"Do you mean by that" was asked, ''that the
company Il willing to confer with the men or
Dagree to compromise"
"No, was the reply, II do not The time
for that has gone by and. a. we have number
OF times stated, We will hold no more confer
ences with the men, but all who want to work
willing to do anything the sheriff asks us I
mean to help restore order and secure posses
sion Of our property. II he asks US to aid him
in securing deputies we will do SO and furnish
some, but hardly think he should expect us to
do that.
1--WE are Just as determined in our position a.
ever and see no reason to change it. We have
been accused Of being arbitrary and stubborn,
but that is not true. We gave ample notice of
our intentions and our position and there was
no surprise to the men. Mr.. Carnegie is In the
Highlands and is taking no part in the trouble.
We have not heard from him on the question
and do not expect to. He feels that the parties
in Pittsburg are competent to handle the af-
fair
1.-THE barges which were destroyed were
worth about $1,000 each and Of course we will
have to pay for them, but some one will have
to pay us for their loss !"
THE GOVERNORS COURSE COMMENDED.
The course Of Gov Pattison in declining to
order the national guard to Homestead until
Sheriff McCleary had exhausted all means in his
power to preserve order is generally CON-
mended. The prevailing opinion here
is that had the militia appeared on
the scene the bloodshed would have been
much greater. The advent Of the armed and
uniformed men Of the state troops to guard the
Carnegie works to act as protectors Of the non.
union men would have excited the strikers to
all possible resistance. These men at Home
stead are 80 well organized, are under such per-
feet control and are SO great in numbers that q
conflict between them and the militia might be
long and would certainly be a bloody one
Under these circum stances the governors care
full survey Of the state Of affairs and his con.
sentative action call for unqualified approval
from ali sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
THE CARRIAGE INvEsrfGarIoN.
1t Was Practically Finished by the Senate
Committee Til. Afternoon

inns Afternoon.
Senators Hansbrough. Higgins and Harri.
continued the investigation into the garbage
question this afternoon and practically finished
the work. Commissioner Douglass and Auditor
Petty. from the District building. and Chief
Clerk Baily, from the health Office. were pres
ent. The witness examined was Mark j.
Foley who had charge OF the inspectors during
DIR. Townshend's administration. Mr.. Foley
testified that two Of his boys. who had owned
their own carts, had been employed on alley
work ut the regular rates of trade. In re-
gard TO the charge that men had been paid
on by orders on his grocery store he testified
that he had cashed in groceries a large number
OF small orders signed by Mr.. Draney's fore
man which he had done a favor 70 Mr..
Draney and at his urgent request. The amount
OF these orders in all was probably about
81 200 OF which Mr.. Draney still owed him
&9I. FOR which amount he had entered suit
Mr.. Foley charged that be had offered carts to
DIR. Hammett at sS.50 per day for
the collection Of garbage. whereas
the rate paid by Mr.. Clark had been
- or $3.50 per day. He had been referred 10
Mr.. Baily and from him TO Mr.. Clark and Mr..
Clark had stated through the public press that
under no circumstances would he take any Of
Foley's carts even If the price were $3.50 per
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
wORKMEN TO ZEE ARRESTED,
They Will Be Charged With Murder Il
Firing on the Barges.

PITTsBuRa, Pa, July 7.-Secretary Lovejoy
Of the Carnegie Steel Company said this after
noon:
1.-The Amalgamated people who committed
these recent overt acts will probably find
themselves in very bad hole, for
when the proper time arrives a number of
them will be arrested on a charge of murder,
and 1 need scarcely say there will be
no lack of evidence. It will be overwhelming.
think that the national officers of the Amalga-
mated Association have a heavy burden of re-
sponsibility to bear in this case. for timely ac-
ton and prudent counsel on their part would,
in my opinion, have gone far toward prevent
ing this trouble.
This outbreak settles one matter forever,
and that is that the Homestead mill here
after will be run non-union, and the
Carnegie Company will never again recognize
the Amalgamated Association or any other labor
organization. The Homestead trouble will
doubtless also have the effect Of influencing
other mills heretofore union to become nom
union and thus free their owners from
the arbitrary dictation Of labor unions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
THEY WERE NOT DEPUTIES,
Ex-Sherin Grey Was With the Pinkertons,
But Did Not Swear Them I'm.

PrrrsBURe, Pa, July All day yesterday
and this morning rumors were flying that the
Pinkerton detectives had been sworn in as
deputy sheriffs. and that they were
under command Of ex-Sheriff Joseph H.
Gray. When told Of the report that he
had sworn in all the Pinkerton detectives as
deputy sherins he denounced the story as being
utterly without foundation. Il went up on the
boat as a representative of Sheriff McCleary to
note how the boat would be received" he said,
land report to him.
well, how were you received?"
''Well, rather warm, l should say"
Sheriff McCleary, it is stated, also denies the
statement given out on the authority Of Car
negie officials last night that ex-Sheriff Grey or
1.-THE sheriff's chief deputy, attempted to take
800 Of our watchmen who were sent to the works
by boat last night" The sheriff says that Grey
was not in charge Of the Pinkertons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
IN WALL STREET TO-DAY.
Little Animation in the Market, but Pr
Were Generally Firm.

Little Animation in the Market. but Prices
Were Generally Firm.
NEW YoRx, July Money ON call d easy 81
2per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 8 and s.
Sterling exchange Is quiet and firm. with actual
business at 4s711a4s71S for sixty-day bills and
1851 a48S1S for demand. Posted rates, 4sss46sX.
The clearing house statement for today 10 q
follows: Exchanges, el2S, $50, 159; balances,
e7,020, 27s. The subtreasury was debtor 1t thu
clearing house today $605, 1854.
The official report Of the Mercantile Safe De-
posit Company to stock exchange shows: Silver
bullion on hand, 2,099, 1888 ounces; deposited
none; withdrawn, *, 1873 ounces; certificates out
standing, 2,100. Government bonds have been
dull and steady. State bonds neglected. Rail
road bonds dull but firm, except in Union Pa
cifc. which, under severe bear pressure, wa
specially weak.
There was little animation in the stock mar
ket after II o'clock, but q q rule . Armer tenn
per was developed and the best prices Of the
frst hour were reached. The decline In Union
Pacific was only y per cent from it, highest
and had seemingly no influence upon the resi-
Of the list. The market remained dull and d
noon was firm at about the best figures Of The
morning. Bar silver, 66N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07

Nothing Accomplished at the Consultation
of Iron Men.

PITTsBURo, July z. - President Weihe of
the Amalgamated Association attended the con-
ference with the iron manufacturers this
morning, and at the adjournment said: "we
will confer again at p. m. Nothing was
accomplished this morning and cannot fore
tell what will come of this afternoons meeting.
have heard nothing from the governor, but
think the cooler heads at Homestead will be
able to keep the men quiet"
When told that there was a rumor from Chi
cago Of the intended departure of 150 more
Pinkertons from that city this afternoon, he re-
piled in his determined but considerable man.
ner by asking his hearers if they thought il
right to bring the Pinkertons here. They agreed
with him that it was not
Secretary Lovejoy Of the Carnegie Company
positively denies the report that $50 Pinkerton
men will leave Chicago today bound for their
Homestead works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
FOUR PERSONS sUFFoCArED.

A Mother and Her Three Small Children
Lose Their Lives in q Burning Building.
NEW YoRK, July Mrs. Annie Broderick
and her three children were suhocated
in fire at S:45 o'clock this morning
at their home, No. 81 East 11sth street. The
dead children are Mary, aged s years, Rich
ard, eighteen months, and John, aged
nine months. The fire, which was caused BY
the explosion Of a kerosene lamp, had gained
such headway before the fremen could reach
the house, that it was impossible to rescue the
inmates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07
Departure OF the Pinkertons.

PITTsBURa, Pa, July THE $50 Pinkertons,
less the number taken from the train to the
West Penn Hospital, brought from Homestead
to this city at an early hour this morning, were
kept locked in their five coaches on an obscure
side track Of the Pennsylvania railroad in this
city until 10 O'Clock this morning, when an en-
CINE was attached to their train and they left on
a special schedule, destined, it is said, for New
York city.
The men inside the cars presented Q sorry
sight with their bandaged heads and arms
Nothing could exceed their impatience to get
away and they were crazy for papers to get an
idea of the situation at Homestead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-07

TIE ANTI-ORIION BILL
No agreement, was reached by the Senate
Judiciary COMMITTEES today on the Hatch anti
option bin. II was decided to report the
measure TO the Senate without recommsnda-
lions.
COST OF TEE LxAvxs OF ABsxNcx.
The Secretary Of tho Treasury today trans
mitted to the Senate an estimate Of -, 900
nec0Ary 10 carry into effect the NV recently
enacted granting thirty days Leave u abssncs
annually 70 ths employees Of the bureau d en-
craving and printing.
nEfInlHo AncT1o BxSroax1s.
A favorable report was today mads By the
Senate committee on military affairs On . bflI
10 plaos On ths retired hst Of ~ army Gseets.
Longand Connell, la1s u the denal corps and
survivors q ~ Lady vranklia ~ e1pe1iiion.