THE SPRINGDALE NEWS.
j\0, p. STAKKORP, Mitor.
srRIX(il).\LK, - ARKANSAS.
TOPICS OF THE MY.
News from Everywhere.
CONORF.SSIONAI. rRI>f EF.1iP«rJS.
Tn the Senate, the l*th, d!f cussion of the
hill for the admiss bn of Washington Territory
into the t'nion wan the chief feature of in
ferest of the day s proceedings. The hill finally
went over without action . In the House al
inovt the entire day's •'esMon was devoted to dis
cussion of the tariff. The cotton tie clause and
the glass schedule, wh’eh had been passed over
informally, were dispos'd of, but after th» leaf
tobacco paragraph had been re ched and dis
cussed awhile, the republicans filibustered
and left the House without a quorum because
the Democrats decline* to afford them more
time for debate, and the House adjourned with
out finishing the tobacco paragraph.
IN the Senate, on the 19th, several bills of
nvnor importance were taken from the calen
dar and passed. There hours were spent in
considering the nomination of Samuel J Hlga
low to be District Attorney for New Jersey,
which was vigorously opposed by Senators
Erarts and Edmunds, and finally rejected. Mr.
Fuller s nomination for the Chief Justiceship
was not taken up .In the House eonsidera
tien of the Tariff bill in comm tteeof the whole
was completed, and the bill was reported to the
House, where further considerat on of it was
postponed until the 81st, at 11:30 a. in.
In the Senate, on the 20th. the confirmation
of Mr Fuller to be Chief-Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States was the
principal transaction of the day's proceedings.
In the House the passage of the amended
River and Harbor bill by the ndoption of the
conference report was the event of the day s
proceedings. A heated discussion in censure
and defense of the Pres'dent occurred between
Messrs. Kilgour, of Texas, and Spinola, of New
V ork.
In the Senate, on the 21 »t, the bill to reim
burse the depositors in the Freedman's Hank,
appropriating ll.no »,0W\ was passed, after which
the Fisheries treaty was taken up, and Mr.
Teller, of Colorado, addressed the Senate in
opposition to it.In the House, Mr. Mills
in a formal speech closed the debate on the
Tariff bill, which was then put upon its passage
and carried by a majority of thirteen votes.
of the bill—Messrs. Hope. Whiting, (Mich.),
Belmont, Berry. Glover an<l Granger. Against
the bill—Messrs Randall, HeUtend. Davenport,
Spooner, Brown dud.), and Wood burn.
Messrs. So wden. Green man and Bliss (Demo
crats) voted against the bill, and Messrs. Fitch
andcNelson (Republican*) voted for it. The
four Independent members also voted aye
In the Senate, on the SBkl, Mr. Daw. s deliv
ered a long speech in opposition to the ratifies
Don of the Fisheries treaty. A message from
the President, on the subject of civil service,
was presented, rend and referred to the com
mittee on civil service and retrenchment
Dur.ng the morning hour the conference report
on the River and Harbor bill was agreed to
without discussion or division. Mr Wilson
(In from the committee on judiciary, made a
report in the matter of the Jackson (Miss.)
election, which was ordered printed In the
House, barely a quorum was present, and but
little business was transacted. The conference
report on the bill requiring the Pacific rail
roads to furnish equal facilities to connecting
telegraph companies was agreed to.
PERSONAL ANI> POLITICAL,
Tnir Berlin Xurdhauaen (tnzette has Boon
confiscated on account of its answer to
articles referring to Dowager Empress
Victoria which had appeared in French
papers. The editor will be prosecuted.
Thk Earl of Erne, England, has been
chosen grand master of Orangemen
throughout the world.
OFOKOE W. Hazf.i.tine, of Jamestown,
N. V., who was .serving an eight-year
sentence for the killing of Mamie Thorpe,
of Dong I-land, m Baltimore, Ju*y ID,
lftM. ha been pardoned by Governor
Jackson of Maryland.
On the 19th Sister Mary Frances Glare
Cusack, better known the “Nun of
Kenraare,” dented that she has left the
Catholic church, and demanded the name
of the person who started the report,
which, she says, is false.
On the 20th the House committee on
agriculture failed to reach a vote on any
of the food adulteration bills before it.
On the night of the 19th Johns. Mars,
another of the men implicated in the
alleged frauds in connection with the
contracts for teas and other articles in
the Brooklyn navy yard, was arrested,
and is said to have made rather an im
portant statement.
Whiu out boating with the son of her
landlady, unknown to her husband, on
the 19ih, Mrs. I*. J. Tully, a young mar
ried woman, was carried over the Ameri
can falls at Niagara ami lost.
Rev. Father Gelmoan was released
from the Limerick (Ireland) jail, on the
20th, where he had been imprisoned under
the Crimes act. On leaving the jail.
Father Gelligan made a brief address to
the crowd that had assembled to witness
his release.
By the order of the Emperor of Ger
many the band of a Berlin regiment of
Hussars performed chorals at the grave
of Wagner on the 22*1.
The meeting of Emperor William and
the Czar at Crons tad t, ou the 2dth, is said
to have been extremely cordial. They
will confer upon each other the titlo of
Honorary Admiral.
On the 22d Emperor William of Ger
many attended Lutheran service in St.
Petersburg, and afterward accompanied
the Czar and Czarina t > an orthodox
Greek service in the castle chapel.
Emperor Wuxi am has been invited by
chamois hunt in the Austrian Alps in
September. The King of Saxony will be
one of the hunting party.
On the 22d Congressman Randall was
reported much stronger and greatly im
proved.
On the Sid the Czar gave a banquet to
the Kaiser at the Retorhof Paluc”.
The nomination of Mr. Melville W.
Fuller, of Illinois, to b» Chief-Justice of
the United States Supreme Court was
confirmed by the Senate, on the 20tli. The
vote was 41 to 20.
Tint American party will hold a Na
tional convention in Washington, August
10.
General Boclanoeh sustained a se.
rious defeat in the election which took
place in the Department of Ardeche,
France, on the 22d. by the following vote:
Beaussier. Opportunist, .'iil.VU; Boulang
er. 19,832.
The will of the late Mrs. Richardson,
of Manchester, bequeathes Os',
(Mass.) Theological K- -
thirty-five
>' ary between
.-elSaud dollars.
" ,m. it is thought, will
jisnmt k at Friedrb hsiuUe
on his return to Berlin.
\n order was recently received hy a
Lynn (Mass.) shoe manufacturing Itirm
from Mrs. Cleveland for three pairs of i
Bdson’s shoes. The interesting fact is
learned that Mrs. Cleveland wears ti N’o. 5
B shoe.
On the 23d the funeral of Rev K T Roe
took place at Cornwall. N- N lhc public
services were held at the Presbyterian
Church, after brief exercises at the house.
There was a great crowd in attendance
and business was suspended in the vil
lage. G. A. R. veterans acted as a guard
of honor. There were many members of
the Authors’ Club and of the 1'hilolettiean
Society present
On the 23d Count Herbert Bismarck,
who accompanied the F.mperor o! Gci
many on his visit to Russia, wa- granted
an audience of an hour and a quarter by
the Czar. The Czar bestowed upon the
Count the brilliant decoration of the
Order of Bt Alexander Newski.
O.h the 23d, John A. 1-ogau te egraphed
to the Cincinnati E««jnirrr from Youngs
town, O.: "My mother w-as quite ill foi
two days, but is up and around jow all
right.1'
Rpkakkfi Carlisle has .teeided not to
P° t<> Atlanta to atti nd the meeting of
the Georgia Chautauqua Society on the
2tith.
Ox the "31 a bronze statue, nine feet
hiph, of General Moses Cleavelaud was
unvailed in tlie public square at ('’eve
land, O., by the Earlv Settlers* Assjcia
tion. General Cleavelatnl founded that
city in 1796.
On the 33d General Wm. C. Wirkham,
receiver of the Newport News A Missis
sipppi Valley road, died in his office at
Richmond, Ya. The doctors attribute his
death to heart disease.
When questioned, on the 23d, concern
ing the report that he hud decided to com
mute the deatli sentence of Mrs. Chiara
Cignarele, Governor Hfll of New York
said it was news to him. He has taken no
action in the case.
! r>n. R. W. Martin, of Philadelphia, lias
I piven an emphatic denial to the N*'w
York H'orM’s statement that Mr. Randall
Is suffering from incurable cancer of the
■ stomach.
On the 23d the health of Governor Ames
of Massachusetts had so far improved
that he was able to sit up a part of the
day.
Jake Gacdavh, the oarsman, has re
fused to row William O'Connor, of
Toronto, Out, on the ground of the lat
ter’s want of reputation.|
On the23d President Carnot left Valence
for Paris. His departure was made amid
enthusiastic plaudits.
Kmceki'p. VVii.i.iam’s visit will lie re
turned by the C*ar in th« autumn, stop
ping at Berlin on his way from Copen
hagen to St. Petersburg.
New York City workingmen are sign
ing a petition asking the President to re
move Postmaster Pearson for defying the
Right-Hour law and other alleged of
fenses.
CRIMES ANI> CASUALTIES.
At Northport, Wis., the steamer Lean
der Choate, which makes trips between
Oshkosh and New London, was burned to
the water’s edge, on the 13th. The hull
will be towed to Oshkosh, and it is in
tended to rebuild the boat.
Near Montgomery, on the 17th, Ed.
Cloptou. son of Judge David Clopton, of
I the Alabama Supreme Court, was shot
! by a neighbor named Dr. Bibb. Young
! Clopton and Dr. Bibb were in a party
j chasing a burglar, when Bibb mistook
| Clopton for tbo man wanted, and shot
I him.
! On the 17th Jacob Daucher, who was ar
| rested at Daggott, Cal., for the murder ot
i Louis Schoenberg at Denver, Col., and
i taken to Sun Bernardino for safe keeping.
commiiten suiriae oy Hanging mtnseir in
hi* cell. He left a letter saying he was
innocent of the crime with which he was
charged.
Thf. gang of highwaymen known as th«
Sawyer brothers, who recently killed a
man named James Tarter, at Nashville.
Tenn., has been broken up by the arrest
of the leaders.
At Hudson’s Mills, Miss., John P. Mar
tin, a wealthy planter, offended th«
friends of a young man who had eloped
with his pretty daughter by cursing the
young man in their presence. They
armed themselves and hunted up Martin,
wounding him seriously.
On the 20th, while attempting to raise a
derrick at Circle Park, Indianapolis, Ind.,
it fell to the ground catching Abraham
I Jones and Elijah Middleton in the fall,
and iustantly killing them. Several oth
ers engaged upon the soldier’s monu
ment narrowly escaped death.
At his home in Cornwall, N. Y., Rev. K.
P. Roe, novelist, and author of “Barriers
Burned Away,” “Opening of a Chestnut
Burr,” and dozens of other popular works,
died suddenly on the 10th of neuralgia of
the heart. He had been in the best of
health, and the attack and death were
; simultaneous.
Ov the 20th a collision occurred, in a
t tunnel in the mountains, near White
haven, Pa., between a coal train and the
New York fast freight, by which con
ductor was killed and five train hands
were badly injured.
It is saitl that the richest discovery of
gold ever made outside of the Comstock
| lode, was made at the Lake Superior Iron
Company's shaft, seven miles from lsh
; peming. Mich., ou the 20th.
On the 20tU the position of assistant
secretary of the National Republican
committee was offered to Joel p. Heat
w >le, present secretary of the Minnesota
i Republican State committee and editor of
; the Northfleld Xnrs. He was obliged to
j decline for business reasons, and some
I other Minnesota man will be selected.
While lying at the Commercial wharf,
* New York City, the steamer Thos. P.
i Way, owned by Messrs. Stevens & Con
, dit, ami run as an excursion boat tc
Staten Island and Coney Island, was
I burned to the water’s edge on th» 20th.
Loss, .*>30,000; partially insured.
At New York City the furniture factory
of Frederick Nolle, a six-story brick
building, was burned on the 20th. Loss,
*2**. ox).
On the 20th Hr. Ridley, the medical of
ficer of Tullamore jail, in which tho late
Mr. Maudeville was confined, and who is
said to have died from the result of treat
ment received there, committed suicide.
A bad fire occurred in the Hidden
Treasure mine, near Auburn, Cal., on the
21st, causing the death of several miners.
The bodies of Robert M. Kitchen and
John Bouering were recovered, one
several men who were taken out were
fatally burned.
On tlie 22d officers arrived at San Diego,
Cal., from Yuma, Aria., having in charge
Pedro Yames, the fifteen-year-old bo)
who murdered Station Agent Stevensor
at Glami*. Cal., some time ago.
.V UIU.IM' I'crmi
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trail* and a work train on th“ Norfolk &
Western railroad eight miles west ol
Lynchburg, Va., on the 22*1. Both enei
U6ora, one fireman and five train hands,
and two other men were killed, and both
engines were wrecked.
, Dt HiNo a game of ba>c ball it Lolum*
bus, O., on the -2d, Edward Bauch", ac
eightoon-vear-old lad, w.ifi struck in the
tempk* with a swiftly-pitched ball, with
such force that he died soon after froir
I con curs ion of the brain.
Nea«'. Belmont, O., on the i**2d, an east*
l>ound freight on the Baltimore \ Ohio
railroad, consisting of thirty-fi\- cars,
i jumped the track, completely demolish*
j mg sixteen cars. A br*L '
home is in Newar*
v.i i ^ »-*• *TFiui, whose
: hurt. L-'ss unk' . ,,
W llV * - , k, O., was fatally 1
,,i«wn. \
... -fff^vuing out his well, on the
’ vu. >. B. E l son, a prominent farmer of
ill.'-Chickasaw Nation, was overcome by
f ul air, ami while brine drawn up. fell
from the top and broke his ue< k.
In Ring Him:. N. Y.. on the Ml. Mrs.
Mai v HhoonmaWer ami her fir e-> eat-"hi
grandson. James Barman (colored). were
instantly kille.l ami horribly mutilated
by a passing train.
Mliscr.u. INKOl s.
On the 19th the Huus - ami fienate con
erenee committee on the River and H tr
ror hill reached au agreement, but re
n,ed to make the tenor of it public.
Ttte offers of bonds made the Kecretary
sf the Treasury, oa the 19th, aggregated
aver H,OHO,000, but none were accepted.
A scHKDt l.E of campaign rates will
shortly lie issued by the Pennsylvania
Railway Company. The heavy passenger
traffic expected during the presidential
rente-t ha, necessitated the arrange mem
of a special tariff to provide for the
transportation of la ge bodies. The new
rates will probably be one-half the pres
ent tariff. , , , ,
On the pith, the man found murdered at
Westfield. N. J . several days ago, wa<
identified as Edward Miller, recent!:
coachman lor John F. Lawrence <
w ealthy New York business mau residinf
at Westfield. It is supposed by the au
thorilies that Miller wa. murdered fur hi
| wonev.
On the 21st the twenty-seventh nnni
! versary of the battle of Bull Kim was
celebrated on the battle-held by sur
vivors of the battle and their friends.
On the 10th an earthquake shock, witn
out damage was felt at Dumfries, Scot
land.
ABOfT 3,000,000 feet of lumber was de
stroyed. on the 10th, by fire in the lumber
piles on the docks of Montgomery. Cham
paign A' Co., at I skeside, Mich. A large
i proport ion < if this was choice stock, and
the loss can not fall short of ^*>0,000, about
half of which amount is oovered by insur
ance.
On the 2dth all the Indian Commission,
with the exception of .fudge Wright, of
Tennessee, left Bismarck, Dak., for
j Standing Itock agency, and held tneir
first conference with the Indians on the
I 21st.
Comte de Paris’ reply to a deputation
: of Parisian workingmen, who called upon
him at the Sheen House, was publi^ed
by Lf Soli'll and other Royalist papers,
on the 2'lth. The police have made no
; attempt to interfere with the sale of the
papers.
Accormnii to the report of the director
of the mint for the year lssT the product
of gold amounted to $d.'l,000,0<kl. and of sil
ver to |153,2b7,000. Coinago of the mints
during the calendar year amounted to
4W),.'!7tt, lol.
A select committee of the House of
■ Commons has recommended the closing
i of all public houses throughout Ireland on
I Sundays hereafter, and at nine o’clock on
; Saturday nights.
At Per ham, Minn., the grasshopper war
continues unabated. Although over 10,
000 bushels have been caught, the farmers
are still catching them at a lively rate.
None to speak of have flown.
The steel cruiser Charleston, the first
Government vessel ever built on the Pa
cific coast, was launched from the ship
yards of the T'nion Iron Works, San
Francisco, on the 10th, and was witnessed
by an immense crowd.
Di riso the review of the Russian troops
at Krasnoe, the Kaiser, noticing a regi
irent with adecoration, marking its pres
ence at the capture ot Berlin, smiled and
remarked that that ;was an event of a
century ago, and had been forgotten.
On the night of the 22d the total eclipse
of the moon was seen from New York
I City under the most favorable circum
! stances, and satisfactory observations
were recorded by the astronomers at
I Columbia College. The sky was cloudless
throughout.
The Astronomers at Cambridge and
| Boston were prevented by misty weather
! from taking observations of the lunar
The Czar and the German Emperor re
viewed 50,<)00 men and ItW field I'uns at
! Krasnoe, Russia, on tlie 22d. The Era
! peror William greatly admired the
troops, especially the Cossack artillery.
An effort will be made to induce the
Governor of Ohio to commute the sen
tence of Blinky Morgan, sentence l to
hang at Columbus, Augusts, to impris
onment for life.
On the 22d the steamers Amalfi and
Roetia, from Hamburg, landed 1,2*7 im
migrants at Castle Garden.
A villaok near Wady Haifa, Egypt,
was attacked by four hundred rebels on
the 21st, but they were defeated and re
pulsed with great slaughter.
I'm milks i\ Smith, light-house keeper
at Eire Island, N. Y., and Edward J.
TMahl, his assistant, were dismissed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, ou the
23d, for carelessness and negligence.
\ cut in li eight rate • was announced
by the Union Pacific Railway Company*
I on the 23d, at points in Utah between
Yampa and Lehi Junction, of thirty cent a
on first class freight, twenty cents «n
second, third and fourth classes, fifteen'
cents on fifth class, twenty cents ou A,
and eight cents on B. C, l> and E.
On the ‘Jfil the Senate adopted the
conference report on the River and Har
bor bill, which practically passed the
: measure and left it ready for tlie IVeai
• dent’s signature.
Baltimore, Md., according to the school
! census, just completed, has 110,731 school
I children.
A short meeting was held by the Sen
ate committee to which was referred the
reports of the Pacific Railroad Commis
sioners, on the 23d, but nothing was done
except to order the printing of certain
papers.
On the 23d the striking engineers and
1 firemen of McCook, Neb., voted unani
mously t<» continue the strike against the
CTiicago, Burlington <S: Quincy Railroad
Company.
It has been decided by Manager Good
ing of the Minneapolis Base-Ball Club to
remain ui the Western Association.
It has been decided by the British
Cabinet to hold an autumn session of
Parliament. The two houses will adjourn
in the second week of August, and will
reassemble in October.
condensed* Telegrams.
i
til the Senate, on the 2ith, a spirited de
bate between Messrs. Cockrell and Davis
I of half an hour’s duration occurred on the
resolution to print 5,000 additional copies
of the pension committee’s report on the
subject of vetoed pension bills. The bill
to provide for the construction of new ves
sels for the navy was debated at length.
but no action on it was taken.In the
House there was no quorum present, and
most of the session was spent in discuss
ing the Oklahoma bill, which went over
without action. Senate bill appropriat
ing $200,000 for an appraiser’s warehouse
at Chicago was passed, as was Senate bill
prohibiting the transmission of matter
through the mails in transparent envel
opes, and the bill to forfeit the lands
. road.
| Corst Herbert Bismarck telegi aphed
' an order to the art exhibition at Berlin,
i on the 24th. to send a bust of the Km
i peror to St. Petersburg.
Tiik Herman imperial guests at St. F’e
j tersburg sent splendid bouquets to the
' Queen of Greece on the 24th. In the
afternoon they visited her and congratu
lated her upon her birthday.
Mr. O'Consei.i., the chief clerk of the
New York Court of Common Pleas, com
i plained to the authorities of Queenstown,
j on the 2tth, that he had been
dogged bv detectives
ovm m Ireland.
\r Fleetwood Park. New York City, on
the ->:id, Maud S. trotted a mile in 2:12l4, ‘
the fastest time ever made on the Fleet
wood track. Mr. Bonner is having the
mare put in condition to beat her record |
of 2:08\ iu case he should decide to have
her do so this summer or autumn.
Count Herbert Bismarck will leave for
Koenigstein earl;' iu August to partake
of the waters of the celebrated springs of
that place, and after a short sojourn
there will leave for England in connec
tion with his approaching marriage to a
relative of L >r.l Londonderry, Viceroy of
^Henry B. Ives, of New York, supposed
to be in Canada, unexnectedly surren
dered himself in Judge Schroeder s court
in Cincinnati, on the 24th, to answer to
an Indictment against him. charging em
bezzlement from the Cincinnsti. Hamil
ton & Dayton railroad. Geerge Staynor,
ex-president of the company, also surren
dered. .
The Wisconsin Editorial Association
held its annual meeting »t Milwaukee on
the 24th. After the formal busmens of
the convention was finisW, the members
of the association made an excursion to
Haul t Hte. Marie, crer the Lake Shore*
Western and SauJtSte. Marie roads.
Resident Maoisteate Townsend’s ac
tion for libel a*-amst the Dublin Free
man’s Journal tot impuQug corrupt con
duct to him was settled out of court, on
the 24th. Tie Journal agreed to apologize
ano withdraw the imputation and to pay
aad «*ts
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
The familyanil friends of Mrs. Alton,
I of Independence County, celebrated that
venerable lady’s one hundred and second
birthday recently. Her direct descend
ants number 40>>.
An election has been ordered for Sep
| tember 23, to determine whether the coun
ty seat of the western district of Carroll
; County shall be removed front Berryville
to Green Forest.
Ron. T. J- Stubbs, of Independence
County, several times a member of the
State Legislature, has been elected to the
: chair of mathematics in William anti
Henry College at Williamsburg, Va.
A jail delivery occurred at I’ocahontas, i
a few nights ago, tour prisoners escap- j
. ing. A hole was burned through the jail !
floor and the flames and smoke were eon
, cealed so well as to arouse no suspicion.
W. A. Furguson, the colored clerk ot
Crittenden County, has sent in his resig
nation to the Governor, to take effect im
mediately.
Joseph Wells and hts twin si-ter, Mrs.
Margaret Kelly, were returning to their j
home in Tomlinson, Pulaski Ccunty, in s
buggy, a few days ago, and attempted to
ford a stream. They were caught in the
< urrent and both drowned. The bodies
were recovered.
Captain John Strange, a well-known
Miller County official and brother to
Deputy United States Marshal S. W.
Strauge, died at. Texarkana recently. He j
was the father of twenty-one children.
lu the Howard Circuit Court S. I>. Baggs
was acquitted of the charge of murder in
the first degree, the jury having been out
two days. The crime was committed in
Clark County last December and the
venue was changed to Howard County.
W. M. Green, prosecuting attorney, rep
resented the State and General McMillan,
of Arkadelphia, and Ht>n. W. K. Atkinson,
of Prescott, defended.
Mr. Theodore Johnson, a much re
spected citizen of Texarkana died re
cently of congestion of the brain.
The large lumber mill of W. T. Fogan,
near Texarkana, including several hun
! dred thousand feet of lumber, was con
sumed by fire a few nights ago. Loss es
timated at $1.3,000 to $20,000; partially in
sured by local underwriters.
The store-house of J. K. Martin of Con
way, was broken into a few days since and
$.33 taken from the safe. As the safe was
locked the person who did the deed was
i certainly in possession of the combina
lton. Suspicion points *o Ed Groves,
whose father once owned the safe,
and since it came into the posses
sion of Mr. Martin the combination bad
not been changed. Groves left town the
t ni^ui mr j, uuu uw ' i .i- ■ * j
been heard of once.
Foreman Scott, of the M Q. Townsend’s
place, about five miles north of Little
Rock, who had been missing several days,
was round dead in the woods about three
miles from home. He had ^100 when he
I left the city for home, and it is supposed
that he was murdered for his money. A
| posse of twenty scoured the woods, and
when the body of the missing man was
found it was decayed almost beyond rec
ognition. Scott had been in the State
only about three years coming here from
Mississippi. The matter will be thoroughly
investigated by the officers.
A Mrs. Strickland, living in the extreme
western portion of Little Rnck.was struck
bv lightning, a few days ago, and serious
ly, if not fatally, injured. She was stand
ing on a front porch,when the bolt struck
a tree in the yard and shattered it t«
pieces. A few moments lat“r she was
picked up in an insensible condition and
carried into th*’ house,where it was found
that she was bruised and blackened in
several places. Her eyebrows and lashes
had been singed entirely off by the
electrical current, and her eyes were
badly injured, if not entirely out. The
very best medical attention was secured
immediately, but slight hopes were enter
tained of her recovery.
There is an old man in the insane asy
j him, at Little Rock, whose brother was
once a Congressman from Ohio. Ho was
! committed at the instigation of his young
wife, who then lived in Clay County. She
■ has since disappeared, carrying with her
! an only son, and her whereabouts is un
known, nor c an any trace or clue be
| found. She was of English descent, and
j it is believed that she has crossed the At
lantic to the home of her ancestors. She
disposed of her husband’s property be
fore leaving and carried with her a con
siderable sum of money.
While leaning against an electric light
post in Texarkana, a few night- ago, some
one concealed on the Texas side tired a
charge of buckshot at Tube Barefield,
three shots lodging in his side and right
shoulder. In the early part of the day
Baiefield and another party had a diffi
culty, in which the latter was badly beat
en, and at a late hour in the night Rare
held had a difficulty with members of the
police of the Texas side, in which pistol
shots were exchanged. He left the St,
Louis, Arkansas & Texas depot, where
| the last difficulty took place, and came
across into Arkansas, where he was shot
! in ambush. There is no definite clew as
! to who did the shooting. Barefield’s
wounds may prove fatal. He is the last
of the Barefields. The careers of the fam
ily in Bowie County, Tex., and Miller
County, Ark., have been very unfortunate.
The father of Tobe and two brothers have
been killed within the past eighteen
months.
F. M. Love, about twenty-four years
old, was found in a dreadfully mutilated
condition, just south of the river road,
about two hundred yards west of Con
way, a few days ago. He left town in a
somewhat intoxicated condition to at
tend a primary in Tupelo township, and
was seen by Inge rlifton to get down at
the spot where he was afterward found.
An inquest revealed the fact that his
skull had been fractured, and the seam of
the skull bone opened for several inches.
A bullet-hole was also found in his hat.
but it was not seen where it had entered
his skull, as he was in a state of decom
position, and a very close examination
could not be made. The verdict of the
jury was that deceased came to his
by being struck on the he
wood or some c*1 -*~.d by a billet of
■ blunt instrument in
Qve hands of some unknown person.
Miners are wanted in Pope t'ounty.
pick Walker, a colored man, attempt
ing to steal a ride on the Iron Mountain
A: Southern railway, a few days ago, was
put off by the conductor at a small station
seven miles from Texarkana- The next
day lie was picked up by some negroes
and taken to his home. On investigation
it was discovered that his skull was
brokeu, and consequently he died. A
coroner’s inquest resulted in a verdict
that the company is responsible for his
death.
Robert Fleming, a well-known musi
cian who recently arrived at Texarkana,
from London. England, died a few nights
ago from overheat.
There are seven murder cases on the
docket of Clark Circuit Court.
Collector Williams of Sebastian County 1
has made a final settlement with State ,
Treasurer Woodruff for taxes collected
for 1887. The amount paid in was $41,000,
which places Sebastian County second on
the list of large tax-paying counties. Pu- ,
laski being first.
The sheriff of Crittenden County has
mformed Governor Hughes that the re
cent race troubles have subsided and i
peace reigns once more iu the quiet com
munity of Marion, the county seat.
The Governor has remitted a fine of fifty
dollars assessed against John D. Etherly.
in Crawford County, convicted of carry
j ing a pistol.
The Northern District Press Associa
tion will meet at N'ewoort otj July 21.
3
THE WHITE PASHA.
rh« Speculation. Concerning the Whl(*
I'a.hn of Hahr El C.hi»rel Point lo »<»n*
lej a* the Mysterious Individual Official
»w< Can Not Cong be Delayed, and *e
Anxiously Awaited.
London, July 23.—Sir Francis De
Winter, president ot the Emin Bey relief
issociation, in an interview regarding
the statement <<f sir Richard Burton, the
African explorer, that the white pasha
who has arrived in the Bahr el Ohazel
province is Emin Bey and not Henry M.
Stanley, said: “The last authoritative
news we received stated that F.min Bey
was at the Wadelai on tlie Nile, and we
know that Stanley left the Congo on his
march toward Emin, just a year ago, and
in a few days Stanley had vanished
from the sight of the civilized world.
Stanley hoped to be in communication
with Emin Bey the loth of last August,
lu a letter dated November 2, Emin stated
that up to that date he had heard nothing
whatever of Stanley or his expedition.
Recently, certain Arabs, returning from
the mountainous region of the Upper
Aruwimi. told th« commander at the
namp of Yambunga that they had met de
serters from the expedition, among them
being two Soudeneso, who formed part <»f
the escort. Other information is said to
have reached Yambunga from deserters,
of whom one had returned to a village
only a few leagues distant from the
ramp. But in neither case have the des
erts themselves been seen, and it may be
taken for granted that the Arabs, who
want to reserve Central Africa exclusive
ly for themselves as a kind of human
game preserve, would gladly seize any
opportunity of spreading exaggerated ill
news about the fate of the expedition.
Stanley undoubtedly intended, if he met
with no serious obstacle, to relieve Emin
Bey first and then proceed to
Khartoum to rescue the unfortunate
European prisoners there. Now, unless
this “white pasha** story is an absolute
figment, the “white pasha** can be no one
but Stanley, but if it be Stanley, some
thing extraordinary has happened.
Stanley set out from Aruwimi last June
for the Albert Nyanza. When he got
there, he meant to put his steel whaling
boat together and to set out northward by
water for Wadelai. Now he has turned
up in a province some hundreds of miles
to the northward of that place, and in
stead of marching five hundred miles, he
must have marched something like a
thousand. What has happened?
When the bearers of the last
authentic news from Stanley left the
*■* \ mi mm au^ujji m
within eight days’ inarch of the Mabode
country, and advancing directly towards
the western sh«*re of the Albert Nyanza.
He was only about two hundred miles
from that lake nearly a year ago. The
lake was his goal, and now we hear of
him in the Bahr El Ghazel. We can only
suppose that he found the country be
tween the Epper Aruwimi and the Albert
Nyanza nothing but a vast morass, and
absolutely impassable. Last summer
Emin sent two parties of ten men
each to the Albert Nyanza to
get news of Stanley. They have
found none, or Emin would have given it.
It looks, therefore, as if Stanley had been
obliged to change his object altogether,
and had turned northwest from the Ma
bode country, instead of following the
line he had previously taken, and press
ing on towards Die East. What fact
are known, therefore, point to the gen
eral conclusion that, after pushing east
northeast from Yambunga for some two
or three hundred mile**, Stanley found
further progress impossible along that
line, anti set his face northwards. In
stead of coming upon Emin from tlie
south, he will come upon him from th«
north, but if he does in the long run coins
upon him somehow, that will not mat
ter.”
Further information from Banana re
ceived lat« this afternoon tends to < <*n
firm the report that Stanley is r* illy <>u
his way to Khartoum. It also appears
that Emin Bev has left the neighbor
hood of the Albert Nyanza and is advanc
ing to meet Stanley. The probability of
tlie success of Stanley in relieving Khar
toum is regarded with downright jealousy
in military circles. Lord Charles Here
ford, who took part in the disastrous Nile
expedition, admits the possibility of the
white pasha being Stanley, and in giving
his reasons why an undisciplined body,
chiefly composed of natives, should be
able to accomplish a feat which proved
too much for the Nile expedition, said:
**It must be borne in mind that since that
expedition great changes have come over
the state of Africa. Then the whole sur
rounding country was frantically devoted
to the Mahdi. Now, if we are to believe
the reports which have recently reached
Cairo from the European cap
tives ami from information de
rived from other sources, great
dissatisfaction against the false
prophet prevails, and at the first approaol:
of a hostile force his followers are said t«
be prepared to go over to the enemy. In
my opinion, if the white pa-ha is reall*
Stanley be has undoubtedly some time
since captured Khartoum, and official
news from him can not much longer bf
delayed.
BULL RUN.
The Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of tin
f amous Hattie Olehrate<! on the Hat
tletlelct.
Washington, July 23. -Saturday wa«
the twenty-seventh anniversary of tlie
battle of Bull Kun. In 18bl, th«* 21st ol
July was Sunday. To-day the Seventy
first regiment of New York celebrate*
the anniversary on the battle-field. The
veterans of that command, with four hun*
anil fiftt.* men of tlie nrewent mintin'
xation were the guests of the Riebmonc
Howitzers and the First regiment of Vir«
ginia volunteers. They were reviewed bj
fiovernor Lee, and were accompanied bj
a large number of Richmond people t<
the scene of the first great battle o* thf
late war. To-day the Seventy-first regi
ment will arrive in this city as the gu»*st>
of the Washington Light Infantry
regiment will be reviewgi* ' 1
dent and tin. ''"V the I’n
proposed then that there he a visit to
n navy-yard, because that was the per
anent quarters of the regiment in JWil.
he regiment will leave here for home on
special train at J p. in. to-day.
Patriarchs Militant.
Cincinnati. July 23. One of the great
ntherings with which Cincinnati is to be
onored this year, will be the conclave of
he Patriarchs Militant of the Indopend
nt Order of Odd-Fellows. The festivities
>pen this morning with the appearance of
■isiting bodies, and will continue through
o Saturday. It will bo one of the noted
issemblages held in the e.ountry, and
ully twenty thousand Odd- Fellows are
•xpected to attend, to|-ty nothing of the
mndreds that will come as friends of the
tarticipants. The programme for to-day
will be the reception of Patriarchs
Militant in the forenoon, and the meeting
if the board of thirteen officers at head
ptnrtersfat noon.
ile Continued the Services as Though
Nothing Had Happened.
Chicago, July 23.—During ,he thunder
dorm yesterday morning, while Evangel ’
ist Moody’s old church at l,a Salle street
and Chicago avenue was crowded with
worshipers, the belfry was struck by
lightning, tearing off a large part of the
-late roofing. The congregation was
much alarmed, and a rush was started for
[he street, A panic was averted, how
ever, by the coolness of the pastor, IDv
Charles Goss, who continued the services
as though nothing had happened, and in
a few minutes the frightened auditors re
sumed their seats. The presence of urio 1
Mr. Gush was warmly conrjwauoi}.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
..r rr,,.^T«
gee.. .trcm.pan.vinR the • H , °a
nf the Uivil service < .""'""" I,
the Con.inU.lon H.. Ilnne in »hc " »* »«
Itefonnlng tlir Methods of the_
Washington, July 21. -The PreM. ent
yesterday sent the following communica
tion to Congress:
TOTH* CONOHKSS OK THE l :',Tr‘ ’ ' _ o.
Pursuant to the -vonJ -erron o I ;P^'
of urn laws of 1-si. entitled Aa *'.*t.-,l
and improve the civil aarvic■■ of tin l nit
States' I herewith transmit the foiirtli reoor
of the United States Ovi! Service! ■nmmisslon,
covering the period between the sixb > nth day
of lanuarv. 1S». and the llrs day of .1 .!>. 1 ■
While this report has especial reference to w
operations t,f the commission during UK
period above mentioned, it contains,
with us accompanying appendices, much
valuable information concerning
inception of Civil Service reform audits growth
and progress winch can not Mil to ho interest
ng and instructive Vo all who desire Improve
I n in administrative methods. During the
nine covered by the report |.\HM peraens were
examined for admission in the class tied n
service of the Uovernment, in ail its branches
of Whom 1<>.74« passed the <x am mat ton ,
und fi.toti failed, or those Who assed
the examination '-V*." were applicants
for admission to the department
service at Washington. '.'.MV "ere examined
for admission to the customs s-rv.cc. an •'•*« |
for admission to the postal servic-. During li e I
same period -MV appointments were made from
the eligible lists to the departmental sen,c .
till to the customs service V-'M to the Pos';‘
service, foneernlng acparalions from tie
classified service, the report only informs us or
such as have occurred among employes In the ;
public service who had been appointed from |
eligible lisU under Civil-Service rules "lien ,
these rules look effect they did not |
apply to th. persons then m <he
service, comprising a full complement o
employes who obtained their positions in
dependently of the new law The commission
has no record of the separations in this numer
ous class, and the discrepancy apparent m the
report between the number of appointments
made in the respective branches of the service
from the lists of the commission, and th- small
number of separations mentioned is, to a great
extent, accounted tor by vacancies, of which no
report was made to th- commission, oecurmg
among those who held their places wtlhoul
examination and certification, which vacan
cies were filled by appointment from
the eligible lists. In Die departmental
service there occurred between the
sixteenth d»y of January. 188(.. and the thir
tirth day of June. 1**7. among the employes
apppomted from the . hedde lists under i mi
Service rules. 17 removals, iti resignations and
5 deaths This does not Include It separations
in the grade nf special pension examiners, t by
acmoval, 5 by resignation, and f* by death. In
the classified customs and postal -• rviee Die
reived absolute appointments under Civil
Service rules are Riven for the period between
: the first day of January, i^*- and the thirtieth
day of June, l*4?. It appears that such sepa
I rations In the customs erviee for the time
mentioned embraced removals, f* deaths,
and i« resignations, and in the postal service
»56 removals. 28 deaths and 469 resignations.
More than a year has passe l since the exp’
ration of the period covered by the report of
the commission Within the tirm which has
thus elapsed many important < li m •< s have
i take place in furtherance of a reform in our
civil service. The rules and regulations gov
erning the execution of the law upon the sub
ject have been completely rc mod led in such
manner as to render the enforcement of the
statute more effective, and greatly increase its
usefulness. Amone other things, the scope
-f the examinations pre-crib* 1 for
those who seek to enter the cl.»--died
service has been better defined and n »<!■• more
I practical; the number of name- to be certified
i from the eligible lists to the appointing officers
from which a selection i1- mad- iias !»•-♦ i re
| duccd from four to three; the maximum limita
tion of th* age of persons '■»» » Uh entrance to 1
the classified service to forty-flv* \* ars has
been changed, and reasonable provision has
been made for t he transfer of **in ploy ‘ uir.
me department to another m proper cases A
' plan has also been devised providing for the
examination of applicants for promotion in the
service, which, when in full operation, will
! eliminate all chance of favoritism in the ad
i vaneement of employes, by making promotion
a reward of merit and faithful discharge of
duty.
Until within a few work* there was no uni
1 form classification of employes m the different
! executive departments of the tiovernment. As
a result of this condition, in some of the de
partments positions could be obtained w ithout
Civil-Service examination, because they were
| not within the classification of such depart
ment. while in other departments an ■ x.imina
lion and certification were necessary > obtain
positions of the same grade, because such po
sit-ions were embraced in th* < . at.-uis
applicable to those department-..
The exception of laborers, watchmen and
messengers from examination and classified
tton gave opportunity, in the absence <f any
rule guarding against, it for the employ
mont, free from c vd Service [restrictions, of
persons under these designations w ho were ltn
mediately detaded to do clerical work. All
this has been obviated by th»’ application to a 11
the departments of an extended and uniform
classification, embracing grades of employes
not theretofore included.and by the adoption of
a rule prohibiting the detail of laborers, watch
men, or messengers to clerical duty The path
of Civil Service reform has not at all times be* n
i pleasant nor easy. The scope and purpose of
the reform have been much misapprehended,
and this has not only given rise to strong oppo
sition. but has led to its invocation by
its friends to compass objects not in the
least related to it. Thus partisans of the
patronage system have naturally condemned it.
Those who do not understand its meaning
either mistrust it. or when appo nted, be< auso
in its present stage it is not applied to every
real or imaginary ill. accuse those charged with
its enforcement with faithlessness to Civil
Service reform Its importance has frequently
lH‘en underestimated, and the support of good
men has thus been lost by their lack of interest
in its success. Besides all these difficulties
those responsible tor the administration of the
| tiovernment in its executive branches
have been, and still arc, often annoyed
and irritated by *th«a disloyalty to the service
and the insolence of employes who
remain in place as the beneficiaries
and the relics an<i reminders of the vicious
system of appointment which Civil Service rc
form was intended to replace. And yet. these
are but the incidents of an advance movement.
art', notwithstanding, to he congratulate I upon
the firm practical anti sensible foundation
upon which this reform now rests.
With a continuation of the intelligent leirhtv
which has hitherto rharacteri/.eil the work of
the commission with a continuation and In
crease Of the favor and liberality which have
lately been evidenced hy the Congress in tha.
proper equipment of lie.' _
_ _ n for its
work ~with a llrnt but conservative anil reason
able support of the reform hy all its frit nils,
and with the d is appeal ant r of opposition which
must inevitably follow its bettor un'l- T-tand
inp. the execution of the CivihServiee law can
not fail to ultimately art-a it the hopes in which
it had its origin.
[Signed] tittOVKR Cl.KVBLAND.
Kxccutive Mansion, duly 25. 1SK.H
buldde of a rromiueiit Young Politician.
Hopki.vsviu.k, Ky., July 23. At three
o’clock yesterday afternoon, H. W. Hen
ry, one of the most brilliant young law
yers in Western Kentucky, shot himself
at his residence in ttoulh Main street, liv
ing instantly. He lind been out on a po
litical speaking tour last week. Going
! home yesterday afternoon lie shut him
, self up in his room. Shortly afterward
I three shots were beard, and when his
wile and mother reached him he was
dead, one bullet having penetrated his
heart. Mr. Henry was th>’ nominee for
i Cleveland and Thurman elector for this
district, and had wren mentioned for the
j Democratic nomination for Congress.
He was only thirty years old.
Murderous affray Among Sailors In Chi
cago.
Chicago, July 23.—A desperate affray
i occurred on board tlie schooner Kliodie
Amelia early last evening, in which a
sailor named Edward Kennedy, of Kings
ton, Ont., was fatally stabbed. As the
schooner was about to clear, two of the
| sailors, named Edward Kennedy and
• John Mangen, got into an altercation
over the performance of some work on
! the deck. Before any of the ship’s offl
i cers could interfere, Mangen drew a cut
lass and plunged the long blade into his
i victim’s body half a dozen times. Ken
nedy wax taken to the hospital and Man
i gen was locked up.
INTERNAL REVENUE
The Receipts of the Internal Revenue Hu*
rean for the last Fiscal Vear, as Shown
|>v the Report of Commissioner sillier
to the Treasury ISepartment.
Washington July 25.—Hon. Janies H.
Miller. Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue ui his report to the Secretary of the
Treasury for the fiscal year ended June
isss, shows the following receipts: On
spirit*,'an increase of $3,476,
R41 over the receipts of last year; on to
hncco 30,662.431, an increase over last
vear of $554,361; on fermented liquors,
to'i :i->4 o|S. an increase of $l,492,o:i9; on
oleomargarine. $804,139, an increase of
ilpi.ini: on banks and hankers (not Na
tioual'. Vt,202, a decrease of $8,5; miscel
laneous collections not otherwise pro
vided for, and penalties, $163,313, a de
crease of $84, 1
The aggregate receipts wore $121,326,
171. an increase of *0,489,17:1 over Ust
1'timing the year 688,176 gallons of spir
its were distilled from apples, ties, lies
and grapes, a decrease of 323,356 gaHons;
also 7D,677,310 gallons from materials
other than K|>ples, peaches and grapes,
ml increase of 4,308,451: also 24,689.219
barrels of fermented liquor, an increase
of 1.558,693 barrels.
There were manufactured 3,811.726,650
cigars, an increase of 56,421,207; and 1,862,
726,100 cigarettes, an increase of 278.220,*
of snniT, 7,430,989 pounds were man
ufactured, an increa-e of 87.5,211 pounds.
Of tobacco-chewing and smoking there
were manufactured 20!,936.783 pounds, an
increase of 1,999,040 pounds.
The manufacture of oleomargerine ag
gregated 32,667,735 pounds, an incre iso of
10,871,3.53 pounds over last year.
A statement of the collections by Slates
and Territories during the year ended
June 30 shows that California «■ dl“ote<t
$2,199,415; Illinois, $30,130,903; Indiana,
$4,139,139; Kentucky, $11,182,687; Mary
land, $3,389,377; Massachusetts, $2,589,
971; Michigan, $1,771,319; Missouri, $7,
910,983; Nebraska. $2,778,269: New Jersey,
81,972,246; New York, $15,417,202: North
Carolina, $2,185,168; Ohio, $12,448,312;
Pennsylvania, $8,317,359; Tennessee, $1.
009,290; Virginia, $323,316, and Wisconsin,
$2,985,446,
EXPLANATORY.
Commissioner Trenholm Fsplalns a Tolnt
or Two for the Itrnclll of White llrposlt
ors of the llefiitiet Freedman’s Savings
* Truat Company.
Washington, July 25. Since the pats
age by the Senate of the bill to reimburse
depositors of the Freedman’s Savings &
Trust Company for losses incurred by the
feflnra »hn I', .m ntnil Ar nf thi* ( ': I r TO 11r V.
as ex-officio commissioner, has issued tho
following circular in reply to remon
strances received from white depositor*
against that, provision in the hilt which
limits the relief to depositors *f African
descent:
This hill does not in any wav alter, impair
or affect the rights of any depositor in the
Freedman's Savings & Trust Company to ins
lull share of the proceeds of th** assets of that
institution The corporation is in liquidation,
and that liquidation will proceed, and what
ever is ultimately realized will t*° divided
among all depositors who have proved their
claims in accordance with existing law-. The
• fleet of the lull passed by the Senate will he,
if it becomes i law, s;iuply to make good to
those for whose benefit th** institution was
originally designed the difference he.
tween their share of the assets
of the corporation and the amount
of their deposits This is a pur*1 gratuity
from Congress to these people, and the distinc
tion »n the r favor rests upon the unquosttona
hio f n i i hut nfinc twit Tw*rsf>ns of African d*
scent had ;my right to make use of the Freed
man's Saving k Trust Company in any manner,
i-rto acquire by any means any inle-est in its
assets. Nettner you nor any other white de
positor has any claim upon the bounty of Con
pres" You were hound to know th* limita
tions of the charter of the corpora
tion with which you dealt. and
the retire to know tti.i* its officers
could i "t lawfully take voiir deposit It is not
now intended in any wav to inflict up -a white
depositors any loss, any injury, or even any
censure; they have* been, up t«* this time, treat
ed precisely like those depositors who could
alone lawfully make use of tins institu' ’ »n. and
I know of no reason why they should not con
tinue to i>e treated in the same way, so far as
the assets of the corporation are concerned.
Vcry respectfully, W. L Tueniioi.m,
Commissioner.
A FRISCO SENSATION.
\ liraml dory Report That Show* I p the
Condition of Things in a True Though
IIideous I ight.
San Francisco, July 21 V decided
sensation was created yesterday by the
final report of the grand jury of the city
and county of San Francisco. M"-t of
tlie departments of the city government
the jury criticised severely. Speaking **f
crime, the report says: “We think our
selves justified in assorting that m thi*
city <rime is organized for purpose*
offensive and defensive, and ha it aider*
and abettor". «>ur election.-,primarily and
finally, an* controled t<> a great extent by
1,200 to l.nOO members of the criminal
element leagued together and rendering
‘quid pro quo.* having so-* ailed
‘pulls’ on men in authority and other*
influential with those having power.
Matters have reached such a condition
here that to openly offend the directory
of the criminal element seems to invite
complete political ostracism. Reciproci
ty exists between criminal , prostitutes,
gamblers ami bossism.” Hpeaking of
the Chinese quarter, the report says;
“This Han Francisco Sodom, with all its
loathsome features, has become ;•» famil
iar that it has ceased to inspire horror
among our citizens. It is only strangers
who realize the {lideousnash &A'l filthi
ness of its slums.”
A I>l*;i|>poiiit*m| Knrnrt.
Washington, .Inly 2.Y Messrs F A.
Arnold and \V. T. Turnbull, of Atlanta,
arrived last uighf in a special car to
escort M^fcsrs. Carlisle, Mill* and
^Breid:inritlge, of Kentucky, to Atlanta,
to the Georgia chautau<jua. Speaker
Carlisle, however, persisted in his
declination of the Invitation, and Mr.
Breckinridge could not go on account of
pressing bu moss but Mr. Mills and Mr.
Bynum have consented to g«\ and the
party will leave here at eleven o’clock to
night in company with members of the
Georgia delegation.
Graml Odd-Fellows’ Jteuninn.
Cincinnati, July 2a.—The grand re
union of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, headed by Patriarchs Militant of
the order, which opened here yesterday
morning, is perhaps the largest gather
ing of members of the organisation ever
held in the United Htales. The encamp
ment will continue four days.
A grand inspection, parade and review
will form the most imposing feature of
the cantonment. Over five thousand
chevaliers of the Patriarch* Militant from
different parts of the United States and
Canada, and over fifteen thousand Odd
Fellows of subordinate bodies will be in
line, making one of the grandest semi
military pageants ever seen in the West,
Agitating Withdrawal From tlie Knlghti
of I^ahor.
f me a go, July 24.—A proposition will
be submitted at an early meeting of the
North Side Conductors* and Drivers* As
sombly recommending a secession from
the Knights of l.nbor aud the formation
of an independent union, similar to that
of the West Side ra*‘n. The advocates of
this plan argue that the money paid into
the general treasury of the Knight* of
Labor is virtually thrown away. They
are in favor of reorganizing upon anew
basis, and of then forming a federation
between the three separate unions. This
sc leine has be«*ii talked of for ^ year and
will take definite bhape shortly