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WAHPETON, DAKOTA.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the author
»f "The Autocrat. o! the Breakfast
rabid," has decided that English peo
ple are taller, stouter, and healthier
than the New Englanders.
The movement of gold toward this
sountry from Europe during the last
lew months is regarded with great fa
for in business and finantal circles,
•nd indicates a large balance of trade
to favor of the United States.
There are only 400 Mormon bish
ttps in Utah, 2,423 priests, 2,947
teachers and 6,854 deacons. Seems
to be a surplus of deacon. The whole
outfit is busy tithing. Every Mor
mon has to give the church a tenth of
bis gains every year.
Dr. Jam esB. Agell, the presidnt of
the Michigan university, has been in
vited by President Cleveland to act
with the secretary of war in settling
the fisheries trouble with Canada.
Principal Gilbert, of the Newbury
port, Mass., public schools, has noti
S ed the tobacco dealers of that city
that they will be prosecuted if they
sontinue to sell cigarettes to school
children. A fund has been raised to
institute proceedings against the first
offender.
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physician says that there is need
of especial care at this season of warm
days and cool nights. The heat of the
Bummer, accompanied by moisture,
has produced a relaxed and debilitat
ed condition of the system, which ren
ders it less able to resist the attacks
of disease than at any other seasons
o^the year.
Secretary Whitney is quoted assay,
ing of the spectacle presented in New
York harbor, when the splendid fleet
of excursion boats swept along with
the racing yachts, that it was "the
greatest marine picture that mortal
eyes had ever beheld," and that it
would prove a "powerful lever in en
couraging American ship-building."
Gen. 0. 0. Howard has been present
ed by some of his San Francisco ad
mit ers with a unique gift in the shape
of a flag robe, in shape, size and col
ors of the regular storm flag of the
United States army. The body of the
flag is of the flnest wool and bound
with satin. Thirty-eight stars are
wrought into the blue shield with silk.
The United States supreme court
having decided that privilege taxes on
drummers are not constitutional, a
suit has been instituted in Mississippi,
to compel the disgorging of ail such
taxes, which were collected before this
decision. The suit will hardly
amount to anything. Mississippi
promptly acquiesced in the supreme
court decision.
It is clear that the financial tone of
the country is improving. If there
were ereat need ot money the offer of
the government would be much more
extensively accepted. As it is, the re
ceipts of the Treasury during the
month just ended will very nearly
equal the disbursements, the large sum
expended for the redemption of bonds
being included.
According to Bradstreet's, the busi
ess failures in the United States for
£rst nine months of 1S87 were 6,058,
as against 7,518 for a like period in
1886, 8,433 for the corresponding
months of 18 5, 8,302 for nine
months of 1884 and 7,358 for nine
months of 1883. It is calculated that
the whole number of failures for the
current year will be about 9,700.
The people of the United States will
be surprised to hear that the century
which has elapsed since the adoption
of the Constitution is a "century of
injustice." Susan B. Anthony and
her associates in the National Wom
an's Suffrage Association have de
clared it to be so. They say that the
government is reposed in the people,
and that one-half of the people who
are women are allowed to have no
voice either in forming or executing
laws.
Geo. Alfred Townserd, when in
Scotland recently, visited the estate
of the Duke of Bicxleuch at Dalkeith.
The Duke of Buccleuch is considered
the richest man in Scotland. In spite
of this fact, however, he is somstimes
hard up for money. He has an
income of about $1,500,000 a year,
but has five establishments to keep
up and so many poor relations, re.
tainers, pensioners. &c., that this
enormous amount of money quickly
disappears under the great sponging
process.
John Swinton, who has bankrupted
himself in efforts to establish an or
gan for workingmeu in New York City,
lias declined to head the ticket of the
Progressive Labor Party in the pres
ent campaign. Mr. Swinton says that
be is without fortune, health and the
sources of lite, and he is forced to
temporarily withdraw from tne serv
ice of his fellow-men. The case of Mr.
Swinton is hard, but not peculiar, as
many othert who have tried to serve
tbeir fellow-men, have been equally
unfortunate. When he gave up a
lucrative position some years ago, to
advocate the cause of laboring-men, he
had ample means to carry him through
ow he is almost destitute
yu
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Reproductions of the Famous
••Puck" Cartoons—The Best
Ever Presented. iK"'"-,?
IllwwWi Warn Welcome.
_Atter reviewing the military camp near
Chicago, accompanied by May
or Roche and
Gen. Terry, the President and wile board
ed the cars for Milwaukee, where they were
received unparaleled demonstrations by
vaet crowds. The military presented
a fine appearance. It was the larg
est parade ot mUitia that has
been seen in Milwaukee since the great re
union in 1880. As the procession travers
en the lino of march there were 're.iuent
bursts of cheering, and the president bow
ed repeatedly and lilted his *hat in re
sponse to salutations. Mrs. Cleveland
bore herself as serenely as a queen.
The military and the civic societies that
participated in the parade then passed in
review, after which Mayor AVallbor arose
and welcomed the president and his wife
to Milwaukee and introduced the nation's
ruler to the assembled thousands. The
President made a happy reply, in which he
said:
There has been element of character dis
played among the people eyery where on
our travel, which has been universal, and
not disturbed or changed by anv difference
in place or circumstance. No state lines
have circumscribed, 110 local pride has di
minished ard no business activity lias in
the.least stifled the kindness and cordiality
of the oeople's welcome. There is
bitterness enough in the partisan
feeling which seems inseparable
from our political methods but the good
people of the United Staies have, I believe,
decreed that there are occasions when this
shall have no pjace. I cannot forget my
interest in municipal affairs, arising from
an active experience at one time in city
government and I found myself very much
inclined to scrutinize such statements
as fall under my eye demonstrating their
financial condition. With all its exten
sive public improvements, unless I am
much at fault, the city of Milwaukee has
less ol public debt than any of its popu
lation in the United States excepting one.
In these days, when the temptation to lo
cal public extravagance is not often
enotigh withstood, you may well be proud
ot this exhibit, and besides the satisfac
tion which this financial condition pro
duces has a practical
Eide
to it. Largo
terprises arc often much influenced in their
location bv such consideration, and they
are apt to be established where the burden
of taxation is the least and where the
share of public indebtedness to be born by
them is the smallest.
I® the evening there was a grand ban
quet. Mr. Cleveland entered on the armot
t. C'. Andrews, president of the Merchants'
association. He was received with ap
plause and made a neat little speech. Ho
said:
I feel like thanking you for remembering
on this occasion the president of the
l.mted States tor I am suro you but in
ten 3 a respectful recognition of the magni
tude and importance of the high office I
for the time being hold in trust for you
and for the American people. It is a high
office because it represents the sovereignty
of a tree and mighty people. It is full of
solemn responsibility and duty, because it
embodies in a greater degree than any oth
er office on earth the suffrage and trust ot
such a people. As an American citizen,
chosen from the mass of his fellowcountry-
belongs to as all. And because it belongs to
all the people, the obligation is manifest on
their part to maintain a constaut and
continuous watchfulness and interest
concerning its care and operation. Theit
duty is not entirely done when they have
exercised their suffrage and indicated theit
choice of the incumbent nor is their duty
performed by settling down to bitter, ma
lignant and selfish abuse of what is don«
or attempted to be dons by the incumbent
selected. The acts of an administration
should not be approved as a matter ol
course and for no better reason than
that it represents a political party
but more unpatriotic than all othert
are those who, having neither party
discontent nor fair ground of crit
icism to excuse or justify their conduct,
ran because of personal disappointment,
who misrepresent for sensational purposes
and who profess to see destruction in the
rejection of their plans of governmental
management. After nil, we need have 110
fear that the American people will permit
this high office of president to suffer. There
is a patriotic sentiment abroad which, in
the midst of all party feeling and all party
disappointment, will assert itself and will
insist that the office which stands for the
people's will shall in all its vigor minister
to their prosperity and welfare. On Fri.
he went to Madison.
The run from Milwaukee to Madison
was charming. It was through a lake and
hill country, whose lands are as fertile as
those of Italy. The villages along the
way sped the passing train with
their cheers, and in several instances
stations and streets were adorned with
evergreens and steamers.
The arrival at Madison was made upon
time. The party was accorded an enthus
iastic reception at the capitol, where tho
welcoming address wasmadeby Judge Cole,
chief justice of Wisconsin. In reply Presi
dent Cleveland highly complimented the
beauty ot Madison, where he "proposed to
take a rest." I am already prepared to ven
ture the assertion, based upon very slight
observation, thatthisis the hon.eol kind,
hearty and hospitable people. The influ
ence upon a community of such a univer
sity as has its seat here—the alma
mater or hundreds of educated and
useful men scattered throughout
I our entire western country—is greater
I than is at first glance aporeciated. It fos
ters a certain refinement and cultivation
which radiate to all the homes within its
I sphere, vastly enhancing their value as
nurseries of steady and intelligent citizen
1 expect to heartily enjoy my stay
here, and to always hereafter cherish
pleasing recollections of your city and its
inhabitants.
en­|ship.
Later there was a tremendous crowd at
Hnd
the usual handshaking.
Mrs. ilas gave a dinner to the president.
It was a quiet affair ot twelvo or fifteen
covers. Among the guests were Gov. and
Mrs. Rusk, Chief Justce Cole and Mayor
Conklin and wife.
A murder growing out ot a quarrel be
tween men who were drinking together and
partially intoxicated, occurred at a farm
house a short distance from Blair, Wis.
The victim was Carl Holte, and the mur
derer Gustav Helberg.
At Omaha, Peter Lutz shot and killed
W. W. Lynch, his wifo's paramour. Mrs.
Lutz ran away from home in Monand
county, Iowa, abandoning her husband
and children. She came to Omaha and
started a boarding bouse.
Oen. Oarlandten the Iowa Kvletlone.
Washington 8pecial: In regard to the
alleged evictions in Iowa, the attorney
general said:
The circumstances in connection with
that matter so far as they are known to
me are simply these: About a year ago a
gentleman named Baker, whom I now as
certain Is attorney general for the State
of Iowa, came to me and had what ho at
the time wished to have considered
as an informal talk upon this subject. He
desired to have me intervene in the name
of the United States in the matter of this
dispute as to the title to these lands.
There are a good many people in this
country who think that the United States
can do anything, especially in re
lation to any mutter with which the
the word "settlers" is associated, forget
ting that the United States, like the citi
zen, is controlled by law. From Misstate
ment of the case that was then
made to me the Tnitod States had no
more right to intervene in this matter than
any citizen had anil there the matter
ended, and it has newr since been brought
to the attention of justice until this re
cently. 1 have just received a letter from
this same Mr. Baker, in which he makes a
very different statement of the situation
from that which ho made to me a year or
two ago. This letter I have referred to
Hie secretary of the interior.
An Important
ltallroad
Case.
In the United States District court at St.
Paul, the station agent at Moorliead, Mr.
F. AfcFeoly, wan indie toe I fora violation of
the interstate law. lie is agent of the Mani
toba road and is accused of refusing to re
ceive from the transfer track between the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba roads cars
of the Milwaukee ror.d for tliu purpose of
loading wheat belonging to one C. B. Ben
nett, who ia the complaining witness. The
wheat was stored in the elevator of the
Minneapolis & Northern Elevator Com
pany und situated on the tracks of the
Manitoba. Mr. F. McFeeley was held by
the United States commissioner at Moor
head in $1,000 bail. The Manitoba road
is also indicted for aiding and abetting
him. The trial of the case will open up
some interesting questions regarding the
interstate railway law. The penalty is
$5,000.
Olrmargarlne Law Constitutional,
An interesting case growing out of a
seizure of oleomargarine, was tried at St.
Paul before Judge Brill without a jury.
Several months ago Dairy Commissioner
Ives instituted a suit under the stffte law
against B. I. Broyton, a commission
merchant, to condemn about $185 worth
ot oleomargarine, which was seized by
Deputy Commissioner Howard. The de
fendant filed a demurrer to the complaint,
which after a hearing before Judge Wilkin
was overruled. The case came up in the
order of court canes before Judge Brill and
after an exhaustive hearing the action
was sustained and judgment awarded the
state. It is a test case and involves the
constitutionality of the law. Judge Brill
sustained the position of the commission
ers at every point and there can be no
doubt but it is the death blow in the traffic
in spurious butter in this state.
The Case Well Pot.
Dakota has one-sixth ths area and one
sixth the population contained in the Unit
ed States of America when the War of the
Revolution was fought and national inde
pendence achieved and formed the nucleus
of the greatest nation and best govern
ment cn the face ot the globe, and yet Da
kota is only considered an outlying com
mon upon which the discarded political
fungi and carpetbag pilgrims are sent to
forage. Dakota has nearly half as large
an area as the entire original thirteen
states, whose aggregate representation in
the national congress consisted of twenty
six senators and sixty-five representatives,
'and yet one delegate without a vote is con
sidered representation enough tor Dakota
in the national assembly.
Sens from Washington.
PoBtoflicesestablished: Minnesota—Elm
wood, Hennepin county. Iowa—Last
Chance, Lucas county. Fourth-class post
masters appointed -Wisconsin: Dous
man, A. H. Gifford
Lx-Gov. George Pattison, chairman of
the commission to investigate the Pacific
railways, gave a comprehensive denial of
the published statements that the commis
sion incurred a bill for $22,000 journeying
over the Central Pacific railroad.
The treasury department has decided
that rawed square pino timber imported
from Canada is dutiable at the rate of $2
per thousand feet, instead of at the rate of
20 per cent ad valorem, as assessed by tho
collector of Plattsburgh, N. Y.
Gen. Robert MacFeeley, commissary gener
al and acting secretary of war, seems to
have taken advantage of his position to
give his own department about as com
plete a shaking up as it has had for some
years. A large number ol oflicers have
changed stations with others.
The treasury has decided that tourists
who visits Canada in the summer and pur
chase winter clothing will have to pay duty
on it. The treasury is endeavoring to
reach more definite regulations as to what
articles a tourist may bring into this
country free of duty, as a part of his bag
gage.
The following pensions have been grant
ed^ Wisconsin: Mother of S. S. Brown,
Chippewa Falls. Original: P. Hoyt, Mil
waukee D. Chose
more. Buck Creek C. Kuf
fenkam, Milwaukee R. D. Sawyer, Wau
sau J. Anderson, Arena W. Brindley, Bos
cobel. Minnesota: J. G. Loomer, Delavan
Station.
Secretary Fairchild has issued a circular
letter to the customs officers in which ho
says: The conditions of the
appropriations
lor defraying the expenses of collecting the
revenue from customs demands that the
business ot the several customs collection
districts be transacted with the strictest
regard to economy.
The acting secretary ot war has ordered
aboard of oflicers, to consist of Colonels
C. G. Sawtelle and B. C. Card, deputy
quartermaster genernls, and Lieut. Con
stantine Chase, Third artillery, to ex
amine and report upon tho qualifications
ot applicants as superintendents of na
tional cemeteries.
Fourth-class post mas tars appointed:
Dakota: Grand Rapids. R. W. Cainpficld
Pine Ridge agency, D. F. Wallace. Min
uesotn: Moreow, R. A. Register. The
postmaster of Ashland, Wis., with the
citizens, has applied for the establishment
of free delivery service. The postmaster
general order inspector to that point to
report.
The following pensions have been grant
ed: Wisconsin: J. Rilis, Milwaukee It.
Ford, Wynega B. .loyal, Bloomer W. H.
Weier, Excelsior I. A. Stringham, Milwau
kee J. H. Rogers. Clear Lake J. Gutlien,
Madison R. McMichael, Viroqua J. Burr,
Stewart G. Amanu, Victory A. Duvall,
Mcrillan. Minnesota: G. Cronk, Bridg
man R. Hartford, Aitkin II. G. Bennett,
Minneapolis U. V. Lobb, Austin C. Brun
tier, St. Paul H. Jordan, Pelican Rapids
G. Ibach, Preston. Dakota: I. X. Fry,
Palisade T. A. French, Chamberlain A.
Thompson, Galena M. F. Dunham, Mitch
ell .1. Brown, Wcssington.
The Utah commissioners in their report
says: "Now while the great mass of the
Mormon people are making an effort for
the abandonment of the practice of polyg
amy we are asked to recommend further
legislation ol a hostile and aggressive char
acter, almost, if not entirely, destructive
of local self-government, thereby inflicting
punishment upon the innocent 'as well as
the guilty. This we decline to do. The
commissioners, instead, recommend the
adoption of an amendment to the consti
tution of the United States prohibiting the
institution or practice of polygamy in any
form in any of the states or territories."
Personal Item*.
Maurice Strakosch, tho trainer of Mine.
Patti, is dead.
J. Randolpb Tucker of Virginia will join
.*el
VfcfcPMsldeni
Bank.has resigned. Mr., __
hlm to be responsible for the
in wheat speculation. Senator PalTS5e
elected to Mr. Brander'e place.
President Cleveland when in Chicago ex
pressed a desire to see the historic sight of
the haymarket massacre at the corner ot
Desplaines and Randolph streets, where
Mayor Roche described the terrible trage
dy. The president viewed the Bcene with
profound interest as his carriage moved
slowly around the Haymarket square.
Senator Hawley's marriage will be the
first ot a senator since the matrimonial ep
idemic began, which has affected every oth
er branch of government since this admin
istration came in 1885. The president,
two members ot his cabinet (Manning and
Lamar, for Secretary Manning was mar
ried not long before the inauguration of his
chief, one justice of the supreme court
(Judge Matthews), several members of the
house of representatives, including Long of
Massachusetts, Ira Davenport of New
York, Glover ot Missouri and McMillan ot
Tennessee and many sons and daughters
ol official personages.
Tho tour young ladies chosen recently by
the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary
society at the West embarked from New
York. They include Miss Bertha Wept ot
Milwaukee, Wis., who will go to Burmali
Miss Amy Harris of Wintereet, Iowa, who
will accompany and labor with her Miss
Layina Mead of Luverne, Minn., who is
assigned to Ongole, India, and Miss Elina
Simons of Lodi, Wis., who goes to Toun
gon, Burinab. They are accompanied by
Miss Charlotte Russell of Boston, who will
engage in missionary work in Assam, In
dia, and by Miss Nellie Fife of Minneapolis,
who goes to Seudal, Japan.
The CaiMlt Record.
At Ada, Minn., W. A. Osborne, running a
threshing machine, had his arm caught in
tho belt and pulled out by the socket at
the elbow. It is not likely that he will
live.
The Criminal Calendar.
An attempt to wreck the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul excursion train return
ing to Yankton, Dak., from Sioux City
with 200 passengers was made near Jeffer
son.
At Toledo, O., while a cistern was being
cleaned out jt was found to contain the
bodies ot thirteen infants. The house was
formerly occupied by a midwife, who has
been arrested.
In the Hanibal, Mo., court of common
pleas, E. J. Ohmer, proprietor of a hotel
and restaurant, was fined $100 lor selling
cigars on Sunday, contrary to the state
law prohibiting the sale of all articles ol
merchandise not of immediate necessity.
In Mississippi, tho negro Masons charged
with the killing ot Harry Taylor and wife,
have been jailed. It was discovered that a
resolution to kill Mr. Kerney, a white
man who had a fight with one of their
brothers, was passed during one ot their
meetings.
At St. Louis, a warrant has been issued
for the arrest of Rabbi Semon Gerstman,
on a charge ot accepting money from Dr.
Willis P. King of Sedalio, Mo., for his ef
forts to secure from Acting Gov. More
house a pardon for King's son. Robert,
sentenced for six years tor stealing $50,.
Foreign News Note*.
At Paris, Gen. Caffarel, chief pt the
war department staff, has been suspended
for trafficking operations.
The hunters and race horses belonging to
Lord Aylesbury, who were recently warned
off New Market heath by the Jockey club
for instructing a jockey to pull a horse will
be sold immediately.
The Nautical Society of Hamburg has
offered a prize of 50 marks for the best es
say on the subject ot "Calming the Sea by
the Use of Oil." The essays are to be writ
ten in English or German, and sent beton
Nov. 1,1887, to the president ot tho Nau
tical society, director of the navigation
school, Capt. F. E. Matthiesen, Hamburg.
A combined meeting of anarchists and
socialists was held in London to protest
against the execution of the Chicago an
archists. William Morris, the poet, pre
sided. In his speech he said that the Chi
cago cases showed him how soon the ve
neer of civilization over mere brutality was
removed and the human beast exposed. A
man named Bartlettot the socialist league,
moved a resolution protesting against the
sentences passed upon the Chicago an
archists. He was supported by several
speakers. One named Seymour, said:
"Every anarchist at the Chicago meeting
ought to have thrown a bomb at the po.
lice, and he hoped nil would do so if the
sentences were carried out. If he were
brought beforo Judge Gary he would con
sider it his proudest duty to rid the world
of such a villain. The resolution was
adopted.
Miscellaneous Xews Notes.
Stafford &~Murphy, livery men and con
tractors, Chicago, made an assignment
Liabilities, $-10,000 assets, nominally
§50,000.
At Chicago, Stafford fc Murphy, livery,
men and street contractors, made an as*
Bignment. Liabilities, $40,000 assets,
nominally $50,000.
Bohemian Catholics of Minnesota as.
sembled at New Praguo to celebrate tho
sacerdotal jubilee of tho pope. A congrat
ulatory telegram was forwarded to liis
holiness, who acknowledged the same by
cabling his blessing.
The statements in the telegram froui
Washington reciting sundry cruel evictions
in Northwestern Iowa are corroborated
by one of the most reliable citizens ot
O'Brien county, Iowa. The settlers pro
pose to carry the matter into the courts
and maintain their rights if possible.
The failure ol -A. Pollock & Co. at Oma
ha carried down their branch houses at
Huron, Dakota. A local bank filed a
mortgage for $4,000, the Merchant's Na
tional bank of Omaha filed one for $41,000,
the Howard National Bank ot Baltimore
one for $4,000 and several other smaller
ones in favor of private parties. The fail
ure at Omaha is said to be for $130,000.
Judge Brewer has just rendered a very
important decision of far-reaching effect,
whereby removals of cases to the United
States courts will be greatly impeded. Tho
question presonted involves the construc
tion of the removal act of 1887, and the
judge holds that in a case in which there is
but a single controversy, and in which re
moval is sought on the ground of citizen
ship alone, the right of removal is restrict
ed to iion-resident defendants.
On Friday the "th inst., at Sioux City,
there was the laying of the corner stone of
the chamber of commerce building. The
stone was laid with Masonic ceremonies,
the officers
of the state grand lodee officiat
ing. The Masonic parade was a line affair.
1Jhe column led by six commandries ol
Knights Templar, was followed by a line
of over 3,500 persons. In the evening
there was an Indian war dance, in which
over 200 Sioux, Winnebago and Omaha
warriors took part.
The dissatisfaction which has been preva
lent among the Crows for the past
year, and which has culminated in the
present outbreak, started with tho visit ol
Sitting Bull and one hundred Sioux braves'
last summer to the Custers battleground.
There they held a war dance in memory ol
their great victory. The comparisons
made at thnt time by the Sioux ot the
treatment of the two nations by the gov
ernment greatly excited the jealousy of tho
Crows, and since then tliere has been a
rapidly growing dissatisfaction.
A flurry was created at Nashville, Tenn.,
by an occurrence in the McKendree Metho
dist church. Rev. Dr. W. Chandler, tho
pastor, had delivered a bitter invective
against the stage, in which he impugned
the habits of many of its notaries. Emma
Abbott, tho noted actress, was in thcaudi
ence, and at the conclusion of the service
arose and defied anyone in the whole
world to say a word against her fair name.
There was a ripple of applause, after which
Mr. Chandler said: "I will not undertake
to reply to the lady.
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but
®ucb a performance ie more suited in tho
theatre than in the houge o! God.1'
••••tor Workman Powderly tx
plalna the Attitude of the Catholic
Churoh Toward the Knlghte.
The letter prepared by General Master
Workman Powyerly upon tho attitude of
the Catholic Church towards the Knights
ot I.abor was presented to the grand as
sembly at Minneapolis. The main points
refer to an interview with Cardinal Gib
bone, by Mr. Powderly, Brothers John W.
Hayes and Tom O'Rielly, and their expla
nation of the principles of the Knights of
Labor.
During the interview, which of long dura
tion, Cardinal Gibbons said in substance:
"After what we have just learned, tho
present condition of the order is to us an
unmistakable indication that the control
of your organization still restB with the
conservative element, and is a guarantee
that there will be no raBh and dangerous
departurestrom those features of its policy
which command the forbearance and re
spect, if not the approval ol the entire
country. We do not infer that the objects
of the Knights of Labor are praiseworthy
and in no ways opposed to the views of
the Catholic church. The Catholic pre
lates will declare in favor of labor. The
Catholic church in America will take side
of the weaker against tho stronger. We
readily believe that to rescue the toiler
from the grasp of the selfish is a work for
the noblest and best of our race, and we
recognize that it is the accomplishment of
that tho grand object that the order ol
Knights of Labor is bending its every
energy. The church is justly watchful
against all.
SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.
There is no need of secrecy where tho
ends and the methods of organization are
justifiable, and secrecy raises a presump
tion that there is something which will not
bear the light ol day. The Catholic church
is most visible to- all creation, and it in
stinctively guards against secrecy and con
cealment. We condemn the work of an
archists. Like Samson of old, they would
fain pull down the edifice of the constitu
tion which shelters them, even though they
should |ierish in the ruins. The man that
would endeavor to undermine the laws
and institutions of this great and glorious
country deserves the fate of those who laid
profane hands on the ark of the living God.
Socialism takes a defiant position beyond
the pale of the church, and announcessuch
an extreme policy that one does not need
to hesitate a moment to reach a conclu
sion as to its merits and influence. It
boldly abolishes all religious restraint as
fatuous, denounces all extant forms of
worship, and goes back to what it calls
"nature" and what the worlJ calls
atheism. We express full faith in the
maintenance of friendliness between
the church and the order so long as you
keep tree from affiliations with dangerous
associations and devote yourselves to the
fulfillment of your legitimate mission."
His eminence intimated to your commit
tee his intended journey to Rome, prom
ised to explain the purposes of the organ
ization at the Vatican, and requested per
mission to pledge the order to tho mainte
nance ol a lawful and orderly behavior.
How this prince of the church fulfilled his
covenant made with us. and how he cham
pioned our cause in the eternal city, we
know full well and the expression of pon
tificial good will for the order of the
Knights of Labor, which came to us last
March, was due solely to tho earnest and
intelligent advocacy of our cause by Cardi
nal Gibbons. His eminence knew well how
to express and communicate the impulses
of his own inspired soul, and our grateful
and profound thanks are due to him for
the extraordinary favors he has bestowed
upen our order in overflowing measure. In
his report to the propaganda his eminance
ssid: 'In submitting to the holy see
the conclusions which, after several months
of observation and deep reflection seem to
I me to sum UD the question of the associa
tion of the Knights ot Labor, I am strong
ly convinced of the vast importance of this
question, which forms but one ring in the
great chain of the social problems of our
day and especially of our country. The
order is not hostile to religion. We have
I not found in the constitution, by-laws and
1 official declarations the elements which the
holy see so clearly indicates as condemna
tory, and the formula of the organization
contains neither oath or obligation which
precludes those who do not belong to it
from becoming acquainted with their af
fairs. This has been especially explained
to us by the principal oflicers. No promise
of blind obedience is required. Not only
their objects and their rules are nothostile
to religion or the church, but the very con
trary. It seems to me plain that the holy
see cannot entertain the proposal to 'con
demn the Knights of Labor.
First—Because such a condemnation
does not appear to bo justified, either by
tho letter or by the spirit o! its constitu
tion, of its laws, or by the declaration ot
its heads.
Second—That such a condemnation does
not appear necessary in view of the tran
scent form of the organization and of the
social condition of the United States.
Third—That it should not be prudent,
on account of tho reality of the wrongs of
the workingmen, and the fact that the ex
istence of such is admitted by tho Ameri
can public.
Fourth—That it would be dangerous to
the reputation ol the church in our demo
cratic country.
Fifth—That it would be powerless to com
pel the obedience of our Catholic workmen
who would regard it as false and iniquit
ous.
Sixth—That it would bo destructive in
stead of beneficial in its effects, forcing the
sons of the church to rebel against their
mother and to range themselves with
condemned socialists which they have
hitherto avoid- d.
Seventh—That it would turn into doubt
and hostility the marked devotion ot our
people toward the Holy See.
Eighth—That it would be regarded as a
cruel blow to the authority of the bishops
of the United States, who, it is well known,
protest against such condemnation."
Thus it will be seen that his eminence
made a forcible public plea for the work
ing classes. The bearing ot the Vatican,
toward the order lias been friendly and
conciliatory. The Knights ot Labor re
main untouched, and it will be our par
ticular duty to prevent the order from
committing anything against the
CIVIL. AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAWS
which might be condemned by the church
or state. His holiness, the pope, wisely
determined not to provoke au antagonism
between the church aud the mighty indus
trial power that is now making itself felt
throughout this free land of ours, and
Leo XIII has shown that lieis neither rash
nor illiberal. Mr. Powderly then quotes
letters from Cardinals Manning and Gib
bons giving tt'eir views in relation to the
order. Cardinal Gibbons' letter closes as
follows: "Remember that the eyes ot your
countrymen are upon you, and that they
will watch your proceedings with
the deepest interest, AB a law abiding and
industrious body, seeking by all honorable
means to improve your condition, you
owo it to yourselves aud to the good name
of your order to set your laces against
anarchists, nihilists and other dangerous
associations which are guilty of the base
ingratitude of attempting to undermine
the government that protects them and
the temple of the constitution that shel
ters them. Do not permit your reputation
to bo tainted by any morbid sympathy
for men who have no substantial griev
ance to redress, and who strive to make
their cause respectable, by obtaining the
connivance, if not the sanction, of
your powerful organization. God grant
that your deliberations may be marked by
wisdoin and discretion and a spirit of true
patriotism, which while seeking to advance
your temporal interests, will merit the ap
proval of heaven, as well as of vour fellow
citizens." There is no reason to fear that
the order, as an association, will falsify
the good character given it by tho Ameri
can prince of the church. Our organization
is entirely free from the elements of sectar
ian, religious or irreligious discussion, and
its fundamentals are ot a kind to guard it
against disturbing influences outside of the
sphere to which it was created.
Postoflices discontinued in Minnesota:
Huntington, Cottonwood county Lake
Belt, Martin county.
Thomaa Acton, the alleged biftaiL
incarcerated at Necbe, has !eeA^i
leased, the conrt which tried hint not
having jurisdiction. He retains
No. 1. The other goes to Canada..-^-}" ••.•••'
At Watertown, four hundred exciir*
sionists from Benson and Appleton,
Minn., were escorted about the city v**,.'
in carriages until their departure.
The Dayton tract, adjoining Aber.psp
deen, recently declared vacant by -Sti
Washington officials, is causing great
excitement. Parties have been rush*
ing around selecting small tracts of a
few acres each, woich they expect to
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acqure when the land becomes city
property.
John Price stood
of the main street
out a knife and cut
Judge Spencer has leased a house at
Huron and will begin housekeeping in
it when his family "returns from New
York. This settles a question that
has agitated the property owners of
Htiron, Watertown and Aberdeen for
several months.
Two young men, Thomas and fid
ward Moran, brothers, arrived in
Chicago and registered at the Adams
house, near the Illinois Central depot.
In the morning they were both found
dead in bed, suffocated by gas. The
two young men were aged twenty*
eight and twenty-six years, respective
ly. They came from Ardake, Dak.
A shooting affray occurred at Dev
ils Lake. W. F. Robertson of Bottineau
accused T. F. Woods, lately of the
same place, of being on intimate terms
with his sister and requested him to
marry her. Woods denied the accusa
tion and refused. Robertson shot at
him. None of the bullets taking effect,
he commenced belaboring him with
the butt of his revolver. Robertson
was arrested.
The Breslau Dramatic company,
which played to big houses at Mitchell,
disbanded because of the non-pay
ment of salaries by the manager. The
company was billed for Canton.
At Fargo, W. L. Smith a book
agent tried to commit suicide at the
Washington house. He paid a man
25 cents to hang him. They went to
the barn, found a rope, and when
about ready to commit the deed, his
assistant returned to the bar for a
drink and did not return. Smith then
went to his room, secured a dose of
morphine and placed it in some whis
key. Before he could drink it tlie pro-.
prietor of the hotel broke into his
room and took it away. Smith was
arrested.
Christine Peterson, a single woman
twenty-eight years old, committed
suicide at Sioux Falls, by shooting
herself in the head. This was her
fourth attempt at self-destruction.
At Bismarck, Henry G. Baker, in
dicted at the last March term of the
territorial court for the murder of
Peter Oleson, his brother-in-law, by
strychnine poisoning last December
was acquitted.
In the United States court at Bis
marck, Herman Gunt-her was tried
for mayhem. He was indicted last
spring for kicking out the eye of Pri
vate Edward Kemble at Fort Yates.
Gunther was sergeant of cavalry. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Prof. Honer L. Sprague, of Boston,
han arrived at Grand Forks and in
all probability will be elected to the
presidency of the North Dakota Uni
versity. He Is a prominent author
and educator and enjoys a great rep
utation as a lecturer. He was colon
el of the 06th Ohio through the war
and interests himself greatly in G. A.
R. matters.
Canton has a social club patterned
after clubs of larger cities. The char.
ter members are: Delegate Gifford,
Railroad Commissioner Bovnton. Col.
Gale, T. J. Fosdick, A. L. Carter, C.
M. Keby, H. C. Hichborn. G. E. Car
ter, R. H. Hichborn, S. B. AveriU, D.
H. Kean, George Franklin, E. S.
O'Neil.
Bismarck special: Gov. Church has
appointed a new Yankton asylum
board composed of Messrs. Grose,
Wooley and Cox of Yankton, Quigley
of Parker and Gale of Canton. The
latter is now colonel on the governor's
staff and a banker at Canton. Quig
ley is an attornev at Parker. Cox is
a merchant and Grose and Wooley are
also business men and Republicans.
The governor says the idea of the old
board continuing is simply ridiculous.
He has had abundant evidence of
their malfeasance while members of
the former board, but not until they
denied his authority and attempted
to expend funds without his sanction,
according to law could he act.
A letter from President McSouth,of
the agricultural college at Huron, say
that M. V. Miller did not have any
college funds with him when he went
East. There are still uglier reports
coming in about the departed official.
Immigration Commissioner McClure
writes that immediately on the com
pletion of his book on statistics h«
will remove his office to Pierre.
Xo Need to Have Told Him.
From the Lewiston Journal.
Jesse Packard, of Duckfield, son o(
Daniel Packard, one of the early set
tlers in that towr, was something oi
a character.
He liked a "little a waller" occasion
ally, as he termed it,and sometimes got
too much. On one occasion he came
home from the village, pretty full, and
picking a needless quarrel with his
neighbor Lothrop, was hit over the
eye and knocked down, where he lay
as if dead. One of the boys ran to an
other of the neighbors with a request
for assistance to get the supposed
dead man to the house, and when it
arrived and Packard was being car
ried to his home, he revived somewhat
as one of his sons exclaimed: "Oh,
dad, you are kilt, you are kilt!" "Well,
it, don't you s'pose I know it?"
was the response.
mm
on the sidewalk
at Huron, took
throat. The
gash was a severe one, but a physician
saved his life.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to kill Supt. Greene, of the Missouri
division, Northern Pacific railway, at
Bismarck. A man named Kelly" had S
been working for the road as brake
man and claimed 70 cents more than
had been paid. He pulled a Winches
ter, fired and just missed Greene's
head.
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