Show SILVER COINAGE Secretary WInJora Explains anil De ftnds lib Famons Sllifr Policy PROGRAMME OF THE WEEKS WORK IN CONGRESS Eiprrss Employes in Striral Large Western CitIes Jiay Strike DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS IN A CHURCH A Bride Bobbed of 2300 Worth of Jewelry at JIcFarland Kansas Dj Telegraph to the N ELI V1X1IOJI OV SILVER The Keerrtarjr or the Treasury Captain bin INMlllon WASHINGTON April 20 Reports received at the War Department for the nine months beginning with the fiscal year of July 1SS9 show that there have been 137S desertions from the regular army in that pcrjod For the corresponding months of the previous year there were 1893 desertions de-sertions The reduction this year was over 10 per cent The percentage percent-age of desertions to the enlisted strength of the army has been for this ipOriod 01 per cent and for the sameperiod last year 76 jier cent Secretary Proctor has taken auactlve personal 1 Interest In thIs subject and is laboring diligently to reduce this evil with bomehuccoois the figures show The hou haRlrdI passed hills in the line of Secretarys suggestions and he believes that i thesamepasatlieSemteand become laws Uiey will enable him to accomplish ac-complish much in tills direction VI DOMS POLICY Secretary Yliid9m tonight Ir milled a reporter of the Associated Trees to make a copy of the following follow-ing which Is taken from a letter addresMd by him tn a Western correspondent respondent In answer t comments and inquiries upon the preseut ilatus of the sliver question The bill recommended by the Treasury was formed mainly fortwo purposes first to meetthcdemand lor an increased circulation and iunoi second to enhance the value of silver by providing for it an additional ad-ditional and safe nee for money I Cnr it will In m approved hI Congress wi I > judgment accomplish both these Jects antI at the nine Ume alRiril a fair and Just basis for hinnouy of action on the diver question To the silver interests I aifiirdH every ubstanlial beuefU that can be granted grant-ed without > eril to our financiil advantages system and fa greater Logos than can b found In freetoolnage To those who de maud more money It offers an annual an-nual increase of from fifty to sixty millions To those who Insist I upon milons found currency I gives the amplest of guarantee against degradation the American dollar Hut to those who would Inflate the current by Injecting into I a large volume of money without adequate safeguards agaiuet depreciation offers no comfort com-fort whatever and right here Is fcund the secret of much of the 8P porltlon t o some of its redemption features In reply to your friendly criticisms cisms let me inviteyonr attention to chnllet the extraordinary concessions which areoUered to the silver sentiment of the country First U Is proposed to absorb all prp the silverproduced by themlncsaud reduced uy the workeof the United States thereby withdrawing from the market nearly onehalf of the entire sliver product of the world and thug greatly enhancing the value of the whole Second Not content with the concession whIch is surely Ithout parallel as to any other product the lento rlel2 commit insist that the Government be compelled to purchase pur-chase S 1500000 worth silver each month making 31000000 a year which with the amount needed for the arts and trade with China will exceed our own production by about 10001X000 per pucIon How is this excess to obtained Only by purchase from abroad In the event of an unfavorable balance of trade when our gold will b most needed at home we will b compelled to export ex-port 510000000 of gold which we will then sorely need to pay for the wi ne py 10000000 In silver which we will not need at all This compulsory purchase of 5 great an amount will pr thoelargstopela make Treasury operator opera-tor in the most gigantic comer ever organized gntc Third The bill reported by the House committee provides that the notes issued for silver bullion be redeemed in standard silver dollars I demanded by the holder This will give the owners of silver bullion bul-lion power to convert every ounce i produced in this country into standard stand-ard silver dollars at their will and pleasure I i true that there Is not the slightest dangerthat thin will lie exerclved because no power wi exen sane man will prefer to convert Treasury notes wlilch the government govern-ment is bound redeem in gold or its equivalent into standard silver dollars unless he may want limited 1 number of them fur some rpecidc pul Under tills hill the govern gTem ment will not force sliver doll into circulation bud will permit anyone any-one to have coined as many of them as ho call pay for with treasury notes What more can the dTO rates of silver coinage demand Surely nothing unless they dl lr tn compel the treasury to foreestand ant dollars Into our cirulition for the sole purpose hem of depreciating and degrading 1 I is not enough that we take nearly onehalf the worlds silver I and lock it in order to product up increase tlr value of the other half i that we join the silver producers in the most gigantic corner ° ever organized and that we give to the owners of silver bullion the tight and awer t convert every ounce of our production into standard silver dollars Jf they choose For all of these unparalleled uonccnions to the silver Inter what Is demanded in return Only the privilege of protecting pro-tecting the honor and credit of UI Nation by a grant of jMwer to re deem its notes cither in gold or its OTtlriint of silver bullion All bills on this subject contemplate contem-plate a policy to extend over an indefinite in-definite period ali which will t wIt In tho issue of a very large vol umo of Treasury notes I they be made redeemable in lawful money they must bo paid in the best lawful money If demanded in accordance with the high rule which tills of hodor whih hi government has thus fa maintained and by established its credit which it ba Ctblihed It tat pride and boast of our people lIthe balance of trade turnsagainst us or if distrust arises a to our ability to pay In cold as it sorely will uujersuch a law or I for any other ron we be unable to redeem In gold when demanded the government ernment will b compelled to Ila criminate against silver dollars when gold will at once command n premium and this nation will step down from Its present proud position and Lake III place on the financial basis of China India and South America I I to save us from this danger that I have Insisted so strenuously for a provision to redeem deem In gold its gld or It equivalent in silver bullion i i I know of but two ways by which the proposed issue of treasury notes can L anchored t recognized values in the commercial world One is the bullion redemption feature fea-ture provided In the treasury bill and the other Is authority to I bonds In order to provide a reserve fund to meet the constantly increasing in-creasing voume proposed treasury notes The latter prop to be both unnecessary and unjustifiable The former I believe entirely practicable prac-ticable and safe Even with this safeguard against the destruction of the far fabric of our national credit the extraordinary concessions abovementioned above-mentioned approach a near to the dangerous edge of peril as prudence will dare tread Rather than go one step further In that direction I firmly believe it will bo far Utter Ject to have no legislation on the st Jectc CONGRESSIONAL IlUXJIlAililE The Worlds Fair bill and the District of Columbia bill are on the clend In the Senate for tomorrow tomor-row It is exiiected however that the former will 1 give way Senator Hawley hojxs to we the Worlds Fair bill pass before adjournment Senator Mitchell has announced his intention of making some remarks re-marks on Tuesday In support of the proposition for a constitutional amendment to provide for the election elec-tion Senators by the eople After the Worlds Fair and district dis-trict appropriation bills a disposed of the administrative customs bill will b taken up and will likely be debated on at length The land grunt forfeiture bill stands next A democratic lUC will b held tomorrow to decide upon a course of action in respect to business of general gen-eral interest proved by the republicans repub-licans The week will oren in the House with the Oklahoma bill which has been reported by a conference committee com-mittee After it the remainder of tomorrows session will be consumed by action on Indian and land Mils oITered by the committee The present pres-ent lrgromm contemiIatc lU sideratlou of legislative executive and judicial appropriations on Tuesday Tues-day and tills may 0 followed by the llankruptcy bill or thu bill t admit > ew Mexico CoijsiJeratlou of these matters depends lion ever upon the action of the Republican caucus tomorrow night Tim International Inter-national Copyright bill I ab among thu subjects up for action Ilxpm Employee May Strike CHICAGO April 20Tue great I ItratL faction among the employee of the United States Express Company Com-pany ur thu order reducing their salaries culminated today In a mass meeting of Urn Chicago employee at which 300 men V ere present 1 n tense feeling wax manifested and a decision was reached to make a firm stand against the reduction General Agent Wyant left the meeting after making a brief ooh explanatory of the reduction Ho saId that the United States and tome other ex presi comjanles are paj Ins the meet of their profits to railroads and tbo future of the express business Is not bright A btrike ho said would to fruitless Ono of the principal speakers said that if the cilice had made unfortunate unfor-tunate contracts with the railroads nd got the company in a hole the mployes should not suffer thereby Communications were received from the employes nt Milwaukee Detroit SL Louis and other ell announcing willingness to standby stand-by tho decision of the Chicago meeting metng A committee 0 appointed con cUUngof two men from each branch of the comjanys service to wait upon VIcerresideut Grobby and make an effort to adjust matters by arbitration and report next Sunday IftbecommUUu falls In its mission a strike on May 1st seems likely Clinrth How In thlrnzo CJIICAOO April 20The action J II of the two rival l conferences of the Evangelical Church In each np ointlns l a pastor for every church 1 u the State rtrh serious trouble trou-ble at the JIumboldt 1ark Church this city today Jlev Mr Morloch was to prrach lib farewell sermon amid his successor was to b Installed The adherent and appointees of both conferences were on haud Ksherg conference had Ilishop lnrcrlr appointed ap-pointed Itev John Vetter and the other faction Iluv lltilmau When Pastor Morloch and Pastor elect Ilellman attempted to close Sunday school pre < amtory to other servicer Superintendent Krutgcr and Pastorelect Vettcr demanded their authority Immediately the congregation I leaped from their seaji and one < trty seized VUUr while HeihnanjumiHrU down from the pulpit The confu 10wn cDu sion was made worse by the women and children rushing for the door Vettera friends shrieking They are killing our preacher while his opponents yelled Out with him III J Vetter was finally landed on the outside and uotttitlistamllng his license to the conference was refused fused admittance by Ilellman who stood in thu dory When Vet tsrs adherents hail retired fiev deplored Morloch preached hb sermon plored the occurrence but saying that Christ was the only bishor they were recognizing at the present The excitement in tjiat quarter over the affair is intense Grace raid I to lieMayor a reporter l yesterday that he had received word from Ixmdon to the effect that the first Ii ue of 7500000 debentures of the company whtch is known as the Peruvian Corjoratliii is all taken up thus a uriug tin entire SUCCCSH up the schema fiinucially The capital of thu corporation S10300 OOOnr double the amount of Perus original national deLL I is n t sed t only raise tin money as fast as needed Thirty million dollars will b realized by the issue of debentures de-bentures through Uie tanking housn of Anthony Gibbtt ten and it Lo n series in the Issue for which subscription sub-scription was stilted last week The IUa = ororI Lisuox April 19The Codes was opened today by the King In person Iteferring to the dispute between Portugal and England concerning territory in southeast Africa the King said that thou nego Nations now 1Inu prointeal t result in a settlement honorable tooth to-oth countries linsebati Mn CHICAGO April 19The season of the Players Ijeague and the 2Ca tlonal League basttall clubs opened today Tlieltrotlierlioodaiid Itasuo clul were in comivUUon nt three joints and if the rating of attendance attend-ance at the games may tw taken an an ge majority cf the public patronage seems to b with the Brotherhood At Plttsburg 7000 people attended the Brotherhood game and were fn enthusiastic I elr applause on the appearancu of theold JJyn At the League game Ito opla were present pres-ent and witnessed a close and Interesting Inter-esting game At Boston 0500 people attended the Players Lcajuo game and 1000 the National Ieagiie At New York both ttarr paraded tan streets setUp haniii rr thus contest nod much enthusiasm via cntt an4 1 entbaa I 1 UrfRhretl The Brotherhood had the best of the attendance again 12000 people going to their grounds as against 5000 at those g07U the League Prrrsmnwj April 19This was a great day for tbe baseball enthusiasts enthu-siasts Previous going to their respective parks both leagues paraded par-aded the streets headed by brass bands About 1000 persons witnessed the opening game between tho Alle gbanys and Cleveland of the atonal a-tonal League The game was close and interesting the home team winning by bouncing their hits aided by Beatlus wildness A Ilrlilr llobbnl KANSAS CITY April 21 W S Johnson Jr of Chicago a bride of five days was robbed of 2500 worth jewelry In a Pullman car at McFomnti Kiss Friday and Thomas Babcock colored an employe thedinhugear is in jail Tojieka charged with the cruise I Mr and Mrs Johnson were on their bridal tour en route to Denver The bride I had worn her jewels In the lining car nero they attracted much attention The train stopped quite a time at Me Far Ian4 on Friday and the ycuug couple with tho other passengers went out bra promenade on the platform leaving the Jewel try In n satchel on the teat When Johnson returned the jewels were gone and as no one but Babcock had been seen to cuter the car hew he-w as suspected lie was not arrested however until his return toTojwka He insists on ills innocence No trace of UiejeneL was found Tie 1anAmrrlrsmo FORTE MoMtoE Va April 2OTh members of the laD American Conference after breakfast break-fast upon the In proceeded to the fort and were received by Commandant mandant Frank and staff Guard mount was witnessed this ofllcers quarters visited and the room here Jiflenon Davis at one time was confined was regarded with interest Tho party then boarded the Uirpatch for a sail down to i Hampton Beads An hour was also i spent at flue Portsmouth Navy Yard I where Commodore Weaver anti stair conducted the arty aboard thou new war vessel liultimore and the working of the two great 11ton guns which hurl 203 pound shells eight miles was exhibited Our conference rendered these great gu us necessary remarked Clem Studebakcr of the American delegation i liut they do no harm resting hen In their quiet strength added ad-ded Senor Zegarra The party returned at dusk and I lory at 11 oclock started for lllchmond ii i i Ilrvnolnlnl bf Torumlo CJIJCAOO April I 20A dispatch I from Mobile Ala says that a jor f JI tx I tion of Geneva County Alabama devastated by a terrible tornado Saturday Much rnvrty was destroyed de-stroyed The region belnjjspariely settled and remote from communication communi-cation detail of thueasualtlesare not learned but it is understood eihtor Mine persons were killed r aud a dozen Injured t This maybe exaggerated however InnlrmI lif ills fnrlr CllAMimtsuuitu Pa April 20 John Rhodes a Willknown firmer lixlng near Grrencss ° tie shot and killed bit nephew William Ithodes Ia t evening during quarrel The uncle taunted the ncpheTabout the tatters crippled son and the young man threatened to shoot him lUiodcs then got his gun and fired A Girl AIla McKccsronr Ia April 20 Sixtecnjyearjold Mary Stewart J under arrest charged with poison ins her four ear old brother Friday Fri-day pius made soup for dinner of which all but herself partook heartily heart-ily Soon all were taken violently ill and the physician pronounced it arsenical poisoning The our year old boy fo dead and three other are seriously rue ill Mary asserts her Inn TjnrUcl fur Alton FAYEXTEVIMI Tenn April 20 Lost month Steve Jacobs colorcd was placed in jail charged with arson ar-son lynching was threatened but tins Was finally abandoned Last week another barn was burned and the attention of tl farmers was thereby ai iin directed to Jacoln Early this morning 100 men inarched to the Jail and on the refusal refu-sal ol the sheriirto open it loitered in the doors Jacobs was taken out and hanged to a tret lilllnl by 111 Mnllirln Ij > w NEV Yom April 2OTonlght Charles George won quarreling with his wife when his motherinlaw rn Itllcy seized an oxu and fractured jury frac-tured lib skull Inflicting a fatal in s LouIs 1lnyfn Angry tisriLLE April 20 The crowd which numbered nearly 12 0 P filled the grounds at tbe Association As-sociation game today that certain temporary rules were agreed upon If i At the close of SL Louis half of r third inning the score stood 3 to nothing for St Louis Ryan of Louisville then hUed the ball Into the crowd where the le wher le temporary rules were in t Ue and he was given run by the umpire SU Louis protested and refused to layout lay-out the game and the umpire gate the same to Louhvlllu by a score of 9 toO St Louis then agreed to play out the game as an exhibition t satisfy tire spectators which resulted re-sulted ing in a tie both clubs tnd coujnur Columbus 4 I Toledo 0 Tlirrr 3Ilnrr tnlTorMrff SluG ALU Ills April 2 A fire started in one ot tho coal fhf this morning Fivu nun went down to sutidue IL In a few minutes three of them were overcome over-come t > y smoke and gig and nufTu cated The other two managed to c eL to the cage j and were brought up When the unfortunate trio were taken tak-en out they were beyond human aid AH have large families Mnnlrj nt Rrn rls Bnesstxs April 20Stanley this evening attended a banquet In the town hall given by the burgomaster burgomas-ter of Brussels After the banquet Stanley had a conversation with the king Whenever Stanley nl > pears In public he receives a nova tion Enormous numbers of cable dlpalchei letters and presents n ren chin him Burgomaster BilLs In proposing the health of Stanley prophesied that Africa would become what America i today1 |