New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-15
IN AND OUT OF CONGRESS-.
FINAL SEA TRIAL OF THE COLUMBIA.
4 CRANK ADDRESSES TIE SPEAKER FROM THE
GALLERY-THE STRIKE ~ INDIAN TER
RrTORY-GOvERNoR TIILMAN

RTORY- GOvERNoR TIIIMAN
LOSES HIS CASE.
Washington MAY Ton the final sea trial trip o.
the Columbia which has been ordered FOR next
Thursday the vessel Is 70 be run for SIX hours a.
,en-kno, speed using the central screw alone io'-
lowed by six hours at fourteen knots using the TWO
side engines and six hours with all three screws ~
a speed Of abou, sixteen knots. thoroughly 90 tes;
the trlpie-screw idea Careful records Will be KEPT
Of the length Of time and OF the number o. mon re-
qured 10 connect and disconnect the various en-
gtnes Small defects have already been discovered
I'm the armament OF the ship which will have 20 be
rernedlei after the trial The X-pounier rap!inre
broadsle guns OF the secondary battery are crowded
.,:o such small compartments that they cann0t De
effectively pointed Il was found on Friday mat
the armof shield too small for the big ecnt-!nch
gun which IL the principal weapon In the snip This
Shield was built FOR q gun OF - ch.of' "n4
the Coutnblas elghi-inch IL Of 20 callbre. rcquir
INK A larger opening IN ihe shed. The opening VII
be enlarged a, once ani the gun may be ie''el al
the coming trial. Reports from the League Islind
Navy Yard. where the vessel IS preparing Tor me
tests indicate that no ship IN the new Navy ever
went into commission In such complete conll'ion as
the Columbia.
During the consideration OF District bill to-day
IN the House considerable exclicmen; was caused
hv a colore1 man in the public gallery. The man
aros. md addressed the Speaker. slyinG that II
the Coxey bin not passed the Whte honse.
Treasury ana CaptOi would be- destroyer Dy thuhuer
and lightning
The Speaker directed the doorkeeper 10 remove the
man which was done with some d!Mculiy.
The cranks name IL Matthew 4. Cherry He IL a
hlR burly negro AMI Is a blacksmith. residing IN
this city lie insists that he is not Insane. but his
mind is manifesily unbalanced
Governor Tiiman has not only lost the right TO
sejl wh,skey IN State dspensaries In South Caro-
Ina bu, his efforts to secure the registration OF
trademark therefor have been IN vain. Commits
soner Of Patents Seymour. II VIII be remembered.
refused the application OF the Attorney-Gencral OF
III. state TO register the trademark "a palmetto tree)
selected 10 Identify State dlspensary whiskey In
this position he upheld by the Court or Appeals
OF the District OF Columbia. from which decision
Tulman by his Attorney General. appealed 70 the
sunrcme Court OF the United States. But Justice
GRAY in an opinion rendered today said the Su-
,renne Court Of the United States had no jursdc
,ion Of the matter as I, did not come within the
SCOPE OK the law regulating appeals TO the Supreme
Court OF the United States. and therefore dismissed
the appeal.
addI,ional kilograms have been received by the
Acting Commissioner OF Indian Affairs from Agent
Wisdom at the Union Agency, Indian Territory
:, the effect that the strike OF the miners at Alder
son is critical and hat riot Is imminent. In re-
ply 10 these telegrams the Acting Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs has instructed Agent wisdom
that the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company II In
the hands "A under control OF the tnlteh
etatea courts and that railway and mining ofncals
should apply the court for relief ana protection
The War Department. in reply 70 the request OF
the Acting Secretary OF the Interior made on Satur
day that troops be to the scene OF the trouble
declines 10 comply with the request. on the ground
that II would be unlawful for them to do 80 until
# has been shown that the Sheriff Is unable to pre-
serve the peace.
Commodore Sampson Chief Of Naval Ordnance.
went TO Bethlehem. Penn. tonight to witness
test Of the turret armor for the Maine. Puritan
and MOnadnock, amounting 10 SV IONS OF cisIt-hcih
curved Plates. which viii be- fired at by n sN-lnch
gun The Bethlehem company has proving ground
with guns OF c. and 10 inch calibre the powder ana
shells being supplied by the Navy Crpartm am
tho tesfs being conducted by naval officers. NJ
tests for guns OF greater caHDre nave 10 De made
at Indian Head.
Mr. Morgan Dem. Ala). chairman OF the Com
miitee on Foreign Relations to-day Introduced in
The Senate a bill experimenting the act approved
April G. 1885, for the ex scution OF Tie award rem
dcred az Paris in relation to the fIr seal. II Is
made necessary by reason Of the recent treaty with
Russia.
II is explained AT the Peruvian Legation here ina,
the censorship over kilograms proclaimed at Lana
"a a result OF the political situation. \ general cec
lion will be held June !. and in order 10 prevent
maicontents from carrying out any plan they may
have TO cause trouble. the Government merely as as,
precautionary measure has directed that all tee
srams shall be examined before tran smss!on or de-
livery Some discomfort among certain politicians
has Developed, but. according TO the peruvian rep
resentatlve In Washington, this Is nearly always
the case and toe army the navy ana me peo-
pie are with the Government no trouble VIII re-
suit
In the course OF his study OF the bank note tax
Representative Springer. chairman OF the Com
mlttee on Banking and Currency: discovered In the
SS Albert Gnan Secretary Of
the Treasury IL Is entitled Considerations on the
Subject OF banking systems OF the United States"
and the edition In question was published az thla-
dcnhia in 1871 In the chapter upon the establish