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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
A TERRIBLE TORNADO IN ARKANSAS.

SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED AND TOWN ALMOST
ENTIRELY DESTROYED.
Little Rock Ark, April ls.-News was received
here to-day of fearful tornado in Fourche
Valley, Scott County The town OF Boles was
almost entirely destroyed Seven persons were
killed and large number injured.
The path OF the storm was half mile in
width, and everything was swept before 1t. The
bodies of a number Of the killed were carried
over half mile by the storm. II is impossible
to get full particulars, but it is known that at
least seven people were killed. and the number
may be much larger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
FUNERAL or THOMAS n. DUDLEY.

Camden. April Is speclaD.-The funeral To-Day OF
Thomas VI. Dudley marked by the greatest
simplicity. brief Friends service was said al ihc
Grange" Mr. Dudey's great pace at Dhdiey on inc
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad There was large gathering
OF prominent Mr.. Dndlcy's large estate goes
10 his son Edward and his two daughters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
B4LLOTEOX STCFFERS GO FREE.


INDICTMENTS AGAINST EXsHEWTF EoB
DAVIS AXD OTHERS QUAsIIED.
Trenton. y. j.. April 1s-Disrict Attorney White
has entered a nole proscqui 20 quash the indiN'
mcnts against cx.sherfn Davis. Of Hudson County.
against whom there four charges OF conspiracy
and snbornaiion Of perjury In connection with the
ballot box cases The District Attorney said that
the death Of sheriff Mcrhilips. Of iudson. eft the
Government without evidence against Davis. IN
Indictment against Mcssrs NoSchcll. Hart aud Fal-
Ion for conspiracy also qnashed for the same
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
SECRETARY HOKE SMITH I'LL.

Washington. April ia telegram was ro',N'"
to-day from Secretary lIoke Smith, from A'h'"'' va,
stating that he was I'll with severe coid pu' "o",'
,,.n ,o w.sht,,,o, In . dov or two. since his
appointment as Secretary Of the Interior Mr' s"nh
has given from fifteen TO eighteen hours day 10 MS
Official duties and In consequence he Is o'er"orheu
nd needs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
c4MIEL I COLGATE'S VIII FILED.

Poughkecpsc. n. f' Aprh ls.-ihe VIII ol 'he
' :, ,,ves his wife, Cora Smith Colgate. all the
a.so,., propcrty. The rest. residue and remainder
=, tyen in trust for the wife during her life and at
ds.b the property Is to revert to the children.
Tn. estate Is estimated to be worth from Ssoooooo
OIL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
yrv PROFESSOR AT CORNELL.

ithaca. y. v. April Is.-The department OF OoAns
q, cornell University has been enlarged Oy ,"e W vS
tabl,shment Of an assistant pro,eSsorS"p m pofa.so,
W. ho"r.d .r.dnaicd al Cornell University IN 1900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
A SUCCESSFUL OBSERVATION OF THE ECLIPSE

San Francisco, April 1s.-Dircctor Ho'deh Oh ''c
, ,c Oservotory has inst received a telegram from
pnfo.e,r sch,sberle that the Lick Observatory ex
d,,Ion to observe the solar eclipse In Chill has been
ptwccrssfu I'm every respect: fifty photographs were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19
,.,,crvryr BoyoKs AT WILLIAMS.

w,nismstown. Mass April is.-I"e .pa"S rrs,,' ~
.,.'...... Collage today announced 'ffunksn -!
w.'nA w.,Ics,ev HIS, Mass, as valedictorian oi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19

Bolcs. Scott County. Is small hamlet near the
western border OF Arkansas. about twenty-five miles
from the Indian Territory line. II Is nearly forty
miles from any Hallway station, and It's population
In 1890 put down at fifty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19

TIE senior Glass. and Louis J. Ballet OF Lockport'
y. V, salutatorlan.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-22

and honor him for 1t, and when q
speaker talks Of preachers who pound
pulpits and whose consciences do not
trouble them,' he does them great in
justice. personally know that there is
concerted action on the part of the
ministers and congregations of the On.
tire country looking towards practical
solution Of the so-cslled labor problem. {"
George D. Sksmper, one Of the men on
the stage, came forward, in the midst Of
cheers which greeted the conclusion Of
Mr.. Amos remarks, and asked, in q
foreign accent: "Whst will become of
the workingmsn if he is unable for q
long time to get work to doP"
There was silence for moment and
then Mr.. Amos answered: "Thst is al
ways deplorsble condition of affairs. It
has perplexed the ssges Of every age.
But l say no man, unemployed or other
wise, who believes in q republic, who be-.
ieves in republican institutions, ever
gave one thought to the use of dyna-
mite"
The widest cheers Of the whole after
noon, which was full of stormy scenes,
broke out They came from all parts Of
the house alike.
As they su bsided voice shouted from
one Of the galleries: 'Thsre is your an.
sWsE"
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-22

the matter in charge has been definitely
decided upon.
The plan to be recommended BY the
subcommittee leaves most Of the details
TO be settled after the final approval OF
the policy. 1t 10 contemplated, however,
that no man shall be subject to an in
come tax who does not have an annual
income Of more than $4,000. It's sug-
gested that the tax shall be 2 per cent.
on the excess up to $4,000. The excess
over $4,000 per annum up to $4,000
shall be taxed at 5 per cent. and ell ex-
cess Of revenue over $4,000 per annum
shall pay 10 per ceut. tax to the gov
ernment. In it's essential features this
system is practically the same as the
one in vogue during and after the close
Of the war and which proved so efica-
cions in raising the revenue necessary to
meet the enormous obligations Of the
government at that time.
Those favorable to the provision for an
income tax are reported TO be Mssars
MCMILLAN, Turner, Montgomery, Whit
ing, Stevens, Bryan, Breckinridge, By
NUN and Tarsney. These gentlemen
constitute the majority Of full com.
mittee and could, Of course, carry their
plan without the aid Of their two demo-
cratic brethren, but IL 10 expected that
the democrats viii not unanimously In
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-22

he makes a great mistake. It is hand
on the honest workingman who cannot
get work to put him in the same cate
CORY with the worthless tramp. But I,
personally, have not been touched until
/ heard the churches attacked. My
father has worked long and earnestly
in the cause OF Christ and Of man. He
has been friend Of the workingmsn
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-22

whatever policy may be adopted. Con-
Rressman Cochran, who comes from Mr.,
ClevslRnd's own state, is understood to
DO prepared to make a vigorous fight
against the adoption Of the policy by the
main committee.
The financial question also seems
likely to engage the attention OF the
ways and means committee. The COM
mittee on public debts has just ordered
favorable report to the main committee
on the bill of Mr.. Bryan, Of Nebraska,
providing for the redemption Of all out
standing 2 per cent. United States bonds.
There are outstanding at this time about
$22,OO0OOO of 2per cent. bonds, which
can be paid st the option Of the govern
ment. Mr.. Bryan urges the bill on the
ground that it will relieve the govern
ment Of the interest now accruing an
nually and also the balance Of currency
in circulation to the extreme value Of
the bonds and thus teDd torslieve the
present financial stringency.
The Louisiana delegation is protest.
ing emphatically against the apparent
intention Of the ways and means COM,
mittee to repeal the present sugar
bounty, Rs the Louisiana members fear
the repeal will be followed by the reten
tion OF sugar on the free list Messrs.
Blanchard, BoRtnsr, and, indeed, the en-
tire Louisiana delegation, have been
urging upon the democratic members OF
the committee the necessity Of Rffording
q protection to the sugar producers, and
they openly declare they will not sup
port q tariff reform measure which re-
peals the bounty and places sugar on the
free list.
In regard to the position Of the dele
cation, Mr.. Blanchard today said: "The
cane sugar industry OF Louisiana and
the best sugar industry Of the west viii
in decade or two supply the amount Of
sugar consumed in the United States,
provided q reasonable tariff duty is re-
imposed upon the importation Of sugar
and the matter is then let alone. Con-
tinued sRitation of this question Of what
should be the governments policy in re-
gard to sugar, keeps capital always
timid from Investment. The treasury
needs money and its necessities can bs
supplied easier by tax on sugar than
on any other article.
"A duty Of IL cents per pound on
sugar will yield e45,0O0OOO revenue
yearly. Besides, it is strictly revenue
tariff; yields the maximum Of revenue
and the minimum Of protection; pays $40
or S12 in the treasury in the way Of reve-
nue. where it pays one to the sugar
grower in the way Of protection, and the
incidental protection which results from
the tax, fosters q most promising aRri-
cultural industry. Yes, | believe q duty
should be placed on sugar in the tariff
scheme under consideration by the WAYS
and means committee. The six votes
from Louisiana in the house could not
support measure which placed auRaF
on The fEes list"
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-22
INCOME TAX.

A Progressive, Though Awkward Step
by the Ways and Means Committee,
WASHINGTON, November 20-Thst an
income tax proposition is to be fsvorably
recommended to the committee on ways
and means by the committee having
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-22
MEETING OF ALL GLASSES.
What Will Become of the WOrkingman
If he Cant Get Work"

CHICAGO, November ia meeting in
Central Music hall was the scene Of
great excitement, caused by the coming
together Of different elements Of society
to hear the address of w. T. Stead, the
famous London editor and sgitatOr.
Preachers and saloon keepers, gamblers
and theological professors, women OF the
town and members Of the Womsn's
Christian Temperance Union, ansrch'
lists and professional people sat side by
side on the platform.
Mr.. Stead, who had rented the hall
and called the meeting, made q speech
and was followed by Thos. J. Morgan,
who became excited and talked about
dynamite as means Of promoting jus
tice. ! He finished amid misses and
cheers, and 80 he sat down woman rose
in the center Of the crowd and cried out:
''Give US q plan Of action" In the con-
fusion the chairman did not recognize
her and she sat down. Mr.. Stead, evi-
dently nervous, hurried to the front and
proceeds d to apologize for Morgan's rad
icRl uttefances nd to declare that he
would not allow another word Of that
kind. II must ask those who speak, !"
he said, ''to defer to some more con-
Venient season the threstenings and the
thunders Of dynamite. There are men
in Chicago with homocidal strain in
their blood to whom the mere mention
of dynamite might come with all the
force of hypnotic suggestion"
Among those on the stage were Sam
Fielden, the recently pardoned anRrch-
ist; Kate Field, of Washington; the Rev.
W. P. Mclean, W. G. Pomeroy, socialist,
and the Rev. DR.. Taylor, professor Of
sociology at the Chicago Theological
seminary. Every element in society
was represented. There we're many
speeches. Kate Field delivered q good
one.
When w. @. PomeroY, president Of the
walters union, was talking, another sem
sational incident occurred. Pomeroyde
nounced the preachers, who ''pound pull
pits, dress we'll and draw large salaries,
but whose cOnsciences are never
troubled"
There were Kisses and cheers, and in
the midst of the noise a young man
stood up in the centre of the house. he
was William G. Amos, of Baltimore, son
Of the Rev. T. E. Amos Of Wilmington,
Del. A dozen men we're shouting at
the same time, and it was five minutes
before the confusion was sufficiently
quieted to give him a chance to be
heard.
"The feeling manifested at this meet
ing" he said, 'has not been in accord
ance with the spirit Of our institutions.
When Editor Stead refers to the unem-
ployed and 70 trampa In the same breath
The morning call., 1893-08-30
VESTED RIGHTS.

A good deal is said about vested rights
when capital is threatened. but little or
nothing when the rights of working peO-
pie are attacked. If patent from the
Government of the United States, issued
in conformity with law under the inter
probation of the proper officials, does not
constitute a vested right in land, it might
be well TO know what does. And yet the
settlers on 100000 acres of land in San JOa-
quin Valley who hold a patent title are in
danger of being deprived of the fruits of
years of toll. The possibility that such a
thing may happen is a. aHavesty on govern
ment. What kind Of al agovernment is th at
which sells land to would-be settlers SUBJ
ject to the decision of courts any time
within a century? Either former Land
Commissioners and Secretaries of the lnte-
rior have been wrong or Judge Ross is
now wrong. 1t certainly is not right to
give a patent to land and after years of
labor suffer that title to be declared null
and void. When person discovers clear
title to land upon which city has been
built since title was given his case, no mat
ter how clear his title may be, is hooted
out OF court No one can recover land on
which city has been built on a title ad-
verse to the holders. A title that is al
lowed to sleep term of years is presumed
TO be dead. But when new judicial in
depreciation Of law declares that men who
have acquired homesteads on land patented
by the United States have no right to their
homes there does not seem to be such a
thing known to law as vested rights.
The morning call., 1893-08-30
NEW LINE SOUTH.
Route Announced for the
Steamer st. Paul.
The Pacific Mail Will Cut Salaries
From New York to Hong
Including This City.

The Johnson-Locke Company announced
yesterday that the steamer st. Paul would
90 on berth next month and take freight
for the following southern ports:
In Lower California-Ensenada, Santa
Rosala, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del
Cabo and La Paz.
In Mexico-Bay of Kino Gulf of Cali
| formal Guaymas, Altata, Mazatlan, San
| Bias, ManzaniIlo and Acapulco.
In Guatemala-Ocos.
What we intend TO do is to give better
service than these ports have had in the
past" said Mr.. johnson to GALL repor-
ter yesterday. 1--WE will not begin busi-
ness with a knife in our hand"
| The Bertha will go on berth soon after
the ST. Paul.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will reduce salaries commencing on Sep
| tember /. 1t is a cut all along the line
from New York to San Francisco and all
Intermediate stations, as we'll as Hong
| Kong.
SIS it to be a horizontal cut?' asked a
CALL reporter to General Agent Alexan-
der Center yesterday
mo, not exactly; the force will be re-
duced wherever it is possible aud salaries
will be cut down. was the reply. "Busi-
ness is dull. and freights are light not only
on the American Atlantic ana Pacific
coasts, but in Central America, and we
must shorten sail to suit the breeze"
Asked whether the reduction would af-
! feet the steamship employees as we'll as the
landsmen, Mr.. Center said he could not
speak by authority, but he imagined the
principal officers on board the ships wonld
not have to stand much reduction. "The
fact is" said Mr.. Center, "Ne are obliged
to do what every other corporation and
I hHO inn m q nl nrrs
penSes, and that Is all there is of it,"
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
has not reduced salaries at sea or ashore,
! and there is no present prospect of reduc-
ton; nor has the Oceanic Company cut
down wages.
The Union Pacific Company has taken
off the steamship Oregon, thus reducing
expenses about $4,000 a month. and leav-
Ing Tor the remaining two steamers profit
able freight and passenger business for
every trip. On July l pursers' salaries
were cut $50 month and steerage stew
ards S5. but no reduction was made in the
pay of navigating officers.
The schooner Mascotte. the second of the
sealing fleet, returned yesterday, "a DAYS
from Copper Islands. She reports the
Agnes Mcdonald and Mary E. Paint at
Copper Islands when she left. The catch
up to the 4th inst. was as follows: Bow
head $50. Agnes Mcdonald 2300, Allie /,
Ager 2100. Umbrina 1900. Hermann $50.
Kate and Ann 500, William Alexander 2SO0
and II. c. Wahlberg 500 seals.
+ The port of CorintO, which was closed
against all foreign vessels during the late
Nicaragnan troubles. is open again, and the
Pacific Mail steamer Acapulco, which il
to sail on September 4. will take freight
for there.
The Pacific Mail steamer Colon arrived
yesterday with 21 cabin and IS steerage
passengers and very light freight.
The morning call., 1893-08-30
NOT QUITE READY.

The Toronto Empire reviews the propo-
sition 10 buy British Columbia in a some
what sarcastic tone. 1t recounts the
achievements of the Dominion Govern
ment in binding her provinces together
with somewhat costly links, and COM
placently reminds the United States that
1t would be we'll to let talk of purchasing 2
any part of Canada wait upon the re-
newal OF good times on the American side.
Concerning the proposition, the Empire
declares it magnificent. The mere presen-
tation of the plan will, it says. meet with
enthusiastic acclaim. England will be so
glad to sell British Columbia that she will
take pay in 412h-grain silver dollars.
Then the Empire puts itself in good humor
by the following bit OF raillery:
The unSelnshness OF the proposal is so great
the generous appreciation OF Canada's efforts
and unity so marked, the comprehension of
Canadian patriotism and British honor so vivid,
that we are completely taken back.
The CALL is willing TO give its facetious
contemporary time 10 think it over. We
do not want an immediate answer. There
are projects that grow as they pass slowly
under consideration. THE CALLS only
purpose was TO let the people of Canada
know that il they find their transcon-
t!nental railroad, their Asiatic steamship
line and their various other efforts to hold
themselves together too expensive to be
borne, there is relief under the Ameri-
can flag. And if the silver proposition
hurts our neighbor's feelings we will
change the kind of currency to gold.
The morning call., 1893-08-30
BASEBALL GOSSIP.
Eastern League Teams Will Visit the
Coast.


The outlook for series of good baseball
games in this city is promising. Negotla-
tions are on foot 10 insure the presence
here during the fall and winter of at least
two of the Eastern National League teams,
and series of midwinter games may be
arranged for between the Eastern cracks
and the San Francisco and Oakland teams.
Correspondence has been carried on for
several weeks past by the promoters OF the
enterprise, and the Cincinnati league
team has already signifed its willingness
10 come to the coast and cross bats with
our local teams. Either the BostOns or
the Clevelands will be the second Eastern
team 10 come. Both have Signlfed their
willingness to do so if satisfactory arrange
ments can be made. 1t is probable that
the series of games thus arranged Tor
will be continued during the holding OF
the Midwinter Fair.
The fourth Of the series of thirty five
games to be PLAYED between the San Fran
clscOs and eX-COlonels viii be contested
for at the Oakland baseball grounds this
afternoon. Arrangements for securing the
Haight-street grounds are not yet COM
pieted, the railroad company reservlng It's
final answer until tomorrow. Ii the
grounds should be secured, half of the
series of games will be played on this side
of the bay.
That public interest in the national game
is OF dead is illustrated by the movement
TO organize baseball teams in the different
companies of the First Regiment. n. G. c.
The matter was discussed on Monday
night, and men were selected to effect the
organization. The nilitiamen propose to
play series of games for trophy.
The morning call., 1893-08-30
WILLS AND REQUESTS.
Estates That Are Waiting to Be Dis.
tributed

The will of Catherine Sullivan was filed
for probate yesterday. The estate, which
is of the value of only $3.50. is bequeathed
to Esther Sullivan. daughter-lu-law of the
testatriX.
Catherine Kelly bequeaths her prorerty,
valued at $500. to her husband, James
Kelly. OF S27 Folsom street.
The will of Peter Lengsbacken leaves
all the property of the testator to his chill
dren, Clara and Charles. The estate is
valued at $4,000.
j. j. Rauer has applied for letters of ad-
ministration over the estate of Thomas j
Benkr. deceased. Benke's estate consists
Of piece of real estate worth only $3.50
ON which there is mortgage of 500,
which is in Rauer's hands, and to recover
which Rauer has filed suit in the Superior
Court. AS all efforts to discover Benke's
nearest OF kin have failed, Rauer has ap-
piled to have letters of administration
granted to himself.
Letters OF administration over the estate
OF Cecilia Henebery, deceased, have been
applied for by Mary g, Barkis, her niece
The petition states that although Mrs
Henebery has been dead for over two
years her husband has made no effort to
get letters OF administration, although he
continues to collect the rents Of the prop
erty, which is valued at $500 Mrs
Barkis, being next of kin, desires TO force
an administration Of the estate and a dis
trlbutlon of the property.
The morning call., 1893-08-30
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

In an article on the Bering Sea arbitra-
ton, the Westminster Gazette adopts a
moderate tone, quite free from rancOr or
Chauvlnism. While frankly rejoicing that
the principle of the freedom of the sea has
been affirmed by the decision, it considers
the crowning feature of the case to be the
further strength it affords TO the principle
of international arbitration. The more
successful cases of reference of interna-
tional disputes multiply. the sooner must
come the day which mankind homes will
dawn, when all questions of difference
will be arbitrated upon. 1t must be said
that at present this hope has a very nebu-
lous foundation. The armies of the fight
ing nations are too huge to permit the
dream of universal peace to be realized,
but what better is our civilization than in
ancient times if the only change in ma
tional methods of settling quarrels is an
Improvement in weapons? Mr.. Carnegie
has vision of the time when the United
States and Great Britain. joining hands.
may be in a position to strike up the
weapons of nations about to plunge into
strife. This vision is very optimistic. but
as our London cOntemp orary points out,
both Congress and the II ouse of Commons
have passed resolutions warmly indorsing
the principle of international arbitration.
On this subject it remarks: "Of course
those who submit to arbitration have no
right or reason to cry out because the
award goes against them. But the Eng
lish are not always governed by right rea-
son, nor are the combative instincts of
peoples exercised all at once by arbitra-
ZION. The result was that the Geneva
award, q generation ago, was strongly re-
sented in this country. Mr.. Gladstone,
one of whose chiefest glories ii is to have
inaugurated the regime of arbitration, in
Cured great unpopuaritv, and the princi-
pie of arbitration itself fell under heavy
cloud. Now that the balance has been
redressed, the ime should rapidly be ripe
for giving effect to the recent resolutions
of the American Congress and the British
House of Commons. and establishing a
permanent high court for the peaceable
solution of all disputes which may arise
between the two political divisions of the
English-speaking race"
The morning call., 1893-08-30
AFTER THE CRUMBS.

Some days ago President Cleveland was
reported as saying that ''office-seekers
Diust wait until the Sherman law is acted
upon" There could be but one meaning
attached to this remark. Patronage would
be reserved for those who voted right. A
Democratic contemporary says thar Mr..
Cleveland is right and added that he would
be "riGhter" still if he would stop the
whole patronage business. 1t is not pos
sble for President of the United States
10 stop the whole patronage business.
But he may refuse to give out patronage
as a reward for votes. A good many men,
bers of the House who could not go home
without crumbs from the Presidential
table voted on the silver bill in the direc-
ton in which the crumbs lie.