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WILL NOT STRIKE.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
DECLINES TO WALK OUT~
In Order to Assist the A. R. IT. In Wtn
alag It« Strike—bneli Move Woald
Be Saloldal, nil Woald Accomplish
Motbinf—Deln' Proposition to th*
Mtntgen Returned Unanswered.
CHICAGO, July 18.—The conference
of the American Federation of Labor
adjourned at 7:30 p. mM after having
decided against a general strike. The
action of President Debs and the •. R.
U. was indorsed, however, and $1,000
voted for a defense land for the coming^
Jrial of Debs. The following address
to the public was issued after a long
discussion:
The great industrial upheaval now
agitating the country has been care
fully, calmly and fully considered in a
conference of the executive council
of the American Federation of Labor
and the executive officers and represen
tatives ot the national and international
unions and brotherhoods of railway
men, called to meet iu the City of Chi
cago on the 12th day of July, 1694.
In the Light of All the Evidence
obtainable and in view of the peculiar
complications now enveloping the situ
ation, we are forced to the conclusion
that the best interests of the unions
affiliated with the American Federation
oi Labor demand that they refrain from
participating in any general or local
strike which may le proposed in con
nection with the present railroad trou
bles. In making this declaration we do
not wish it understood that we are in
any way antagonistic to labor organiza
tions now struggling lor right or jus
tice, but rather to the fact that the
present contest has become surrounded
and beset with complications so grave
in their nature that we cannot consist
ently advise a course which would but
add to the general confusion.
Debs* Proposition.
CHICAGO, July 13.—The following is
the text of the proposition made by
President Debs to the General Man
agers' association through Mayor Hop
kins. The managers sent the document
back unanswered, declining to accept
any proposal bearing the signatures of
labor leaders: The existing troubles
growing out of the Pullman strike hav
ing assumed continental proportions
ana there being no indications of relief
from the widespread business demoral
iz .lion and distress incident thereto,
the railway employes through the board
oi directors of the American Railway
union, respectfully make the following
proposition as a basis ot settlement:
Tney agree to return to work in a
body at once provided they shall be
restored to their lormer positions with
out prejudice, except in cases, if there
be any, where they have been convicted
oi crime.
Believing this proposition to be fair,
reasonable and just it is respectfully
submitted with the belief th«t its ac
ceptance will result in the prompt re
sumption of traffic, the revival of in
dustry and the restoration of peace and
order.
Puiltn •n Makes a Statement.
NEW YORK, July 13.—George M.
Puiiman has issued a lengthy statement
of the attitude of his company in refer-
enceio the strike, its causes, its merits condition of American industries
ami ita nott on.ont TTo.
A
and its settlement. He does not de
clare definitely ag dnst submitting to
arbitration, but urges that it would be
unbusinesslike to consent to an arbitra
tion which mi^ht decide
man works be operated at a loss.
..
CLEVELAND WILL ACT.
The President to Appoint a Commission
of Arbitration.
WASHINGTON, July 13.— It was offi
cially announced at the White House
th.-.t the president will appoint a com
mission by tne authority given him by
the arbitration act of 1888 to investi
gate the labor troubles at Chicago and
elsewhere and to report to the president
and congress. The commission to be
appointed has not been selected and it
will be a number ef days before the
appointments are announced. This de
termination on the part of the presi
dent was arrived at after an interview
with Secretary-Treasurer Hayes of the
Knights of Labor, Messrs. McGuire
and French of the executive committee,
aud Mr. S honfaber, who were intro
duced to the resident by Senator Kyle
anJ who came bearing credentials from
the A. R. U., the Pullman employes
and several labor organizations.
The President Promises.
After discussing the various features
of the situation tor more than an hour4
the president promised that if the lead
ers would return to Chicago and use
their influence towards, restoring peace
and order, he woulu appoint the com
mission as soon as the disturbances had
ceased to such an extent as to render a
careful, thoughtful investigation possi
ble.
The president laid great emphasis on
the fact that no steps could be taken in
this direction until lawlessness had
ceased, and hem ide his promise con
tingent on the pledge of the laoor lead
ers to see to it that so far as organized
labor is concerned the trouble at Chi
cago and elsewhere will
IwinedUteiy
Disappear.
a
the administration to weaken" in the
stand which it has taken, but the presi-
Aant
Gompera I» Sorrjr.
CHICAGO, July 14.—President Gom
pers, when asken about the refusal of
the railroad managers to entertain Mr.
Debs' proposition, said: "I regret it
very much. It was bad for the rail
ways, bad for the men and bitd for pub
lic interest It will,have, however, no'
effect on th* action taken by the feder-:
ation in declining to order a general
•atrike,"
tt
There is no disposition on the Dart of I rcrtificatp of reasonable doubt in the
lully realizes the gravity of the
situation, and, while he will not tem
poriz with he lawless .element he is
determined to do all in his power to
yeach a permanent solution of labor
questions.
ENDEAV0RER8,
In Spite of the Ranr-ad Strike Ibay
Thousands Arc In Attendance.
CLEVELAND, July 14.—Saengerfest
hall, the maiqmoth auditorium of this
city, with a seating capacity of 10,000,
was crowded to the doors at the open
ing of the convention of the Interna
tional Christian Endeavor convention.
It is estimated that 20,000 strangers are
in the city, and since the partial re
sumption of railroad traffic, the num
bers are increasing, every incoming
train bringing large crowds
The exercises consisted of two tre
mendous mass meetings. The one was
held in Saengerfest hall, and the other
in a big tent in the eastern part of the
city. The tent has a seating capacity
of 10,000. The address of welcome was
delivered by Governor McKinley. The
governor wyts very cordially received
and his words were applauded vig
orously.
In the absence of President Clark,
who was un..ble to be here on account
ot illness, Rev. Charles £. Dickens of
Boston presided over the principal
meeting at Saengerfest hall. After
vocai exercises by 1,500 trained voices
and short addresses by prominent mem
bers and leaders of the society, the set-'
retary read his annual report.
Secretary Baer's Annual Report
shows the society to be in a flourishing
proportions,
"The commanding officer," the sec
retary said, "finds that this host is not
a wave of foamy, youthful enthusiasm,
a part of it cast upon the shores of
Lake Erie. On the contrary, it is an
army 'as strong as steel and as flexible
as ribbon.' It is a God-given, God
protected, God-advancing army."
The growth of the society during the
past 12 months has been the largest
since it was organizad 13 years ago. of the horses drawing the caisson
has 1,478 regularly enrolled companies,
including 5b in Scotland and 8b in Ire
land, or a total of 75,u00 individual
members. The gains have been very
heavy in India, Japan, Turkey, China,
France, Spain, Mexico and other for
eign countries. The total individual
membership of the society in Canada at
the present time is 184,580.
MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS
Governor Nelson Renominated by Accla
mation—The Flitform.
Governor, Knute Nelson lieutenant
governor, David M. Clough secretary
of state, Alter Berg auditor, RoLert
C. Dunn treasurer, August T. Koerner
clerk supreme court, Darius F. Reese
chief justice supreme court, Charles M.
hurt associate justice supreme court.
Charles L. Collins.
The Platform.
favors a protective tariff equal to the
difference between wages at home and
abroad, believes in the use of both gold
a?d
silver
as
During that period 7,895 companies in their tracks,, shot through and hor
have been added to the rank, against a
gain ,276 companies added to the rolls blown 50 ieet ahead ag.iinst the trees
during toe prviou« year. England „n ,he boulevard, dying iMfauuly. The
ST. PAUL, July 12.—Minnesota Re
publicans have placed their state ticket ^e missiles.
in the held, again headed by Knute
Kelson and D. M. Clough for governor
and lieutenant governor. The con ven
tion Wednesday w«»s the largest the dead artillerymen could be found.
party ha held in Minnesota, there
Leing 1,017 delegates. The complete
ticket is:
me uresent
The platform deplores the present
1
Hiuusiries,
money metals, at parity
that the Pull- of values, fi.vors restoring silver to the
world's currency, Whnts a tree ballot
and a fair count, opposes trusts and
combinations, wants lai.or justly re
warded, wants objectionable torei^n
people excluded, demands cheaper and
better facilities for shipping farm
products to market, declares for fair
and generous pensions, objects to class
I Privileges, wants railroad lands taxed,
demands a six year term for president,
and declares that -Minnesota's men in
congress are O. K.
OWEN FOR GOVERNOR.
Nominated by the Popnliats, With Lom
I
nae"
Lieutenant Governor.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 10.—S. M. Owen
was nominated for governor by the
Populist convention with gre it enthusi
asm nd by acclamation. State Sena
tor Lommen,of Polk county, was nom
inated lor lieutenant governor A.
Strom berg, state auditor P. J. See^
berger, secretary of sta:e F. Borchert,
state Measurer J. A. Keyes, attorney
general Sumner Ladd, chief justice
John W. Willis, associate justice C.H.
Johnson, clerk of the supreme court.
PRENOERGAST HUNG.
The Murder of Mayor Carter Harrison
Duly Avenged.
CHICAGO, July 18.—Prendergast, the
murderer of Mayor Carter Harrison
was hanged in the Cook county jail at
11:4* a. m. Prendergast made no
speech nor demonstration of any kind
meeting his fate with great coolness
apparently. His neck was broken by
the fall and he was cut down in niue
minutes.
8tay of Sentence Wymao.
NKW YORK. July 14.—Justice Bas
sett, in the supreme court, granted a
Didn't Ob#y DcW Order.
case of %a»tus Wym*n. This acts as uepuues
a stay of sentence, and prevents the Governor Jones, who is still ifrt-igeciiv'
penitentiary* Wyman to the hastily summoned' the Birmingham
1
LOUISVILLE. Ky., July 14.—A special
to The Post from Lexington says
James Murphy, chief of the A. R,
for the Kentucky Union road, has re
ceived a telegram from Eugene V.
Debs, ordering all members of the'order
to strike. The men however, refused
to go out.
Building Trade* Wilt gtuy l„.
CHICAGO. July 14.—The Luilding
trades' council has deserted the cause
of the A. R. U. strike and will not so
out
'^4ft
rt
A
BLOWN TO PIECES?
TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THE EXPLOg
-/WON OF A HOTCHKISS.
Three Soldier* Instantly Killed and
Large Number I Jured— Scene K«
•t mbled a BtUliflitld—Windows Were
Broken For Blocks Around Walls
nnd Roof* Peppered by Missile*.
CHICAGO, July 10.—A caisson of Bat
tery F, Second artillery, U. S. A., ex
ploded with terrific force shortly after
1 p. m. at Grand and Oakwood boule
vards. Two artillery men and one
toooper were instantly killed. Nearly
a score of other persons—troops, resi
dents in the vicinity and passersby—
were injured, some of them fatally.
The list of the killed is.as follows:
J. DONOVAN, private, Battery F, Second
artillery.
EIWARD DOYLE, private, Battery F,
Second artillery.
JOSEPH GAYLER, farrier, Troop B, Sev
enth cavalry.
The troops left Brighton Park for a
long march around the city to exercise
the horses. They were in ommand of
Captain Dodd of Troop F, Third cav
alry, and consisted of Troop F, Third
cavalry, 20 men Troop E, Sixth cav
alry,' 40 men platoon of Battery F,
A no
condition and with an ever-increasing men
membership, almost phenomenal in °°P
ven
cavalry»40 men.
Everything Went Smoothly
and there were no incidents until the
column marched south on Grand
boulevard and was just crossing Oak
wood boulevard. Tnen a terrific ex
plosion occurred. Two men on the
caisson, supposed to be Donovan and
Doyle, were literally blown to pieces
and others were thrown many feet by
the olence of the concussion. Four
fell
caisson was blown to atoms, not apiece
of it larger than a man's hand being
found. The loulevard looked like a
battlefield. There was a quick series
of explosions after the first report and
shrapnel shot rained like had among
the trees on the boulevard and pierced
the surrounding dwellings. The con
cussion broke every window in the
houses for blocks away. The walls and
roofs of the dwellings
Showed the Terrific Effect
rear part of the caisson lay strewn over
the ground.
It was some little time before the two
SIX MEN KILLED.
Fierce Battle Between Miners and Depu
ties N.-ar Birmingham, A!a.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 16.—A fierce
battle occurred at 4:30 p. m. at No. 3
mine at Pratts between mobs of strik
ing miners and deputies, in which six
men were killed and nearly a score
wounded. The full list of dead and
maimed cannot be secured as tne bodies
were carried off quickly after the fight
occurred.
I During the morning amass meeting of
striking miners was held on the creek
near Pratt mines, and it was decided
that the law be taken into their own
hands, and that they would kill or be
killed. About 4:80 o'cloik, the -time
when the employes of the mines quit
work and come out, a mob of men was
secreted in the woods near by. As the
negroes would come out one by one, a
shot would be sent at them and they
would drop to the ground,either fatally
wounded or dead. After the third
negro had fallen, the deputies
Opened Fire on the M»b
and a fierce battle took place. B. W.
Tierce, the commander of the deputies,
fell to the ground. A Winchester ball
had pierced his body just aoove the
heart. Another section of the mob
made an attack on a train, which was
carrying the negroes trom mine No. 4
to their homes. There were several
guards on the engine and the attack
was answered with a fnsdade of
.bullets. The first shot from the strik
ers went through the cab window of
the engine and just missed killing the
engineer and J. J. Moore, the saperin
tendent of the mines. Telegrams were
sent to the town in baste for/help and
Sheriff Morrow snmihbhed 26 deputies.
battalion oi the state troops.
At noon the Second regiment was re
lieved from duty. The Eastlake com
pany was still cninp guarding the
tents and they were marched to a train
and hastily carried :o Pratts with the
deputies. The governor ordered the
Second regiment into camp and closed
all the saloons in the county. Out at
Pratts
*'r f- iK
Poeaee Were Hastily Formed
and the woods were scoured for milw,
ribly mangled, while three others were voted to the consideration of private bills.
i_i sr/» ..» Although several were debated none were
Uuexploded shells of
One
of them, mangled beyond recognition,
ut supposed to be Doyle, had been
blown over a board sign 25 feet high
and was found in a vacant lot behind
it. One leg and an rm were gone.
The other man, supposed to be Dono
van, had been throw about 800 feet di
agonally to the right and was found in
a vacant lot near ine Lake Snore track.
Joseph Gay lor was found near where
he was struck.
Great damage was wrought by the
erosion to neighboring property,
W muows in most of the surrounding
houses were blown out and the damage
to residence-) and park property in the
neighborhood of tne accident is esti
mated at about $10,000.
t»t .h.
escape. The work of hunting up the t®
dead and wounded then began. Ten
men were picked up and six are dead.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Tuesday, July 10
The senate passed the postoffice appro
priation bill.
The senate then took up the diplomatic
appropriation bill oh motion of Mr. Black
burn. He yielded to Mr. Faulkner to move
to take up the bill for the admission of
Utah territory as a state. The bill was
passed with the senate committee amend
ment and without debate or division.
Wednesfl.'jr, .Inly
11.
The senate is making up for lost tim.e
and is now disposing of the appropriation
bills at a rapid rata The record for the
day is three the diplomatic aud consular,
the invalid pension and the military acad
emy. The Only one of them which excited
any debate was the pension bill, and on
this a discussion of the respective pension
policies of the Republican and Democratic
parties was precipitate d.
The house parsed the McRae land for
feiture bill, which provides for the for
feiture of unearned grants to railroads.
It will restore to the public domain about
54,000,000 acres.
Thursday, July 13.
Two more important bills were passed
by the senate during the day, the army
and the fortifications appropriation bills,
while some progress was made on the
river and harbor bill. Several bills of
minor importance were passed and con
ferees were appointed on the military
academy and diplomatic and consular ap
propriation bills.
The house agreed to the senate amend
ments to the bill for the admission of
Utah as a state, and proceeded with the
consideration of bills reported from the
foreign affairs committee. Eleven bills
were passed, none of national importance.
Friday. July 13.v
The river and harbor appropriation bill,
which visually gives rise to sharp debate
and consumes from three days to a week
for its completion, was passed in the sen
ate during the day. Another important
bill—the legislative, executive and ju
dicial—wasimmediately taken up and put
well on its way towards passage before
the senate adjourned.
The house agreed to the report of the
conferees on the pension appropriation
on
4
re a in a a
Saturday, July 14
The house discussed the bill to create a
retired list for. officers of the revenue ma
rine service and listened to eulogies of the
late G. W. Houk.
Monday, July 16
The house adopted a strong resolution
approving the president's course in the
strike. It was passed without division,
the minority not being strong enough to
get the yeas and nays. The remainder of
the day was spent in an effort to press the
Bailey bankruptcy bill, but although it
was engrossed and read a third time, the
quorum failed on the final vote and the
final passage will be taken the first thing
tomorrow. At 5:50 the house adjourned.
The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill passed the senate after
a hard fight, and the District of Columbia
appropriation bill was taken up.
Bodies Recovered.
HASTINGS. Minn., July 17.—Thebod
ieB of Mrs. -orge Schreiner of Du
buque and Wesley E.Brown of Chicago,
who were drowned from the yacht
Mignon above Pine bend were recov
ered. Inquests were deemed unneces
sary by Deputy Coroner Axel Johnson.
The bodies were embalmed and ex
pressed to their homes.
Boycott on spooner.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., July 17.—The
Omaha RailiOad company, on account
of the frequent disturbances at Spooner,
Wis., has decided to remove its shops
I from there to this city and strike the
village from the map, making Superior
the headquarters for this division here
after.
LAfESI iVlAKdi-.'f KiSPORI,
Atilwau e** Oraine
MILWAUKEE,'July
16,1894.
WHEAT—Firmer and higher, No. 1 North
ern, 65t:.
COB X—Steady. No. 3, 35c.
OAL'S—Dull. No. a white, :i8c No 3.
363-4®
mc.
BARLEY Steady. No. 53£c.*
St. Pnul Ui.1
St..ok Yitrtlft.
'AJ .. July 16 3.11.
HOGS—Market opened at a deciine of 5c
from yest relay's rlo&e receipts, 1,(M).
CA'ITLK—Receipts were again light and
market slow.
rime steers, SS
j.Uo^.oU
goad steers $3.00
eft
'•2a prime cows, $.'. good cows, S
2.50 common to fair cows, $l.Z5&3.io hg
veal calves. $3.00-^3.75 heavy calves,
3.00 8to kers. ®1.75 cft-5.o»: tue iern i.
buiis, cl. o®.J. t5.
SHEEP—Steady. Receipts sold to a city
batcher.
•viuiiA/ns. 52.60 -«3 50
M.
3 0.1 {,4.
comrn J. 0
Receipts: Hogs, 1,000: cattle, 00 calves. He
sheep. 207.
luiutu Gr«io.
DDLITTH.
Juiy 16.
WHEAT—No. 1 hard, casiud^c July, 01%
No. Northern cash. 58 No. 2 Northern
68yfa No. 3, Rejected, 49^c. No.
Northern, to arriv-
Mlnne»pnliii Grain.
MINNEAPOLIS. July IK. 1891.
WHEAT—Close. 50^a: July openiug, S0)4c:
highest. BQiie: mwesu 59^c closed, S9-4c
September opening, 5796-: Highest, 57%
lowest, clo.^e. 57j|c. December
opening, highest, -8^c lowest,
5756c closed, 58J^c. On Track—No.
1 hard, 2iia No. Northern, OOttc No.
Northern. 0Ufcc.
Chicago Grain and Provision*,
CHI
AGO, July M.LWT
WHEAT—Steady, foo. 2, cash Sey
tem er, 57J^'(t58c December, 61c.
CORN—Higher. No. 2, cash, 43V£c:
July, 40^c September 496c
OATS-Steady. August, September
2»Xc.
PORK—Higher. July, *12.55 September
$13.60.
AUSTIN MARKRT8.
Wheat—No. 3, 55c Oata, 36c Flax, 1.2(1 Corn,
*TL ^luJot"y- *'-75 Barley, 88c
to45c
10®
to
18°:
tt
00
Clover,
J4.9J Ryo,37c.
CORRECTED BV li'BHIDE, THE GROCER.
Cheese, 9c: Beana. $1.50 to
f*.00 Bugs. 9c potatoes, 60c to 65c.:
AC8TIN PACKING HODHK MARKET.
°dws.Sc to2)4«i lb
a
aai*M.»Ko to 5c Sheep. 2«
Hiflesl to 9c Steam.2/Jc to3c: Bogs. $4.00
to |4.10 Tallow, rendered, 8c Tallow, rough. 2c.
fuiii-cpBiraoirD BV A. H. DECKER.
percord: 3iabn.t4.do.
jk :..
—Blank notes in tablets for sale at
this office.
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.
George B. Monfort of the Windsor
Hotel, St Paul, is dead.
Attorney General Ciapp will build a
handsome residence in St.
Paul.
Ex-Senator March dropped dead of
heart disease at his home in North
Minneapolis.
Chinch bugs are reported to'be doing
considerable damage in the neighbor
hood of Montrose..
Rabbi Marks has resigned the pastor
ate of the Adeath Jeshrum Jewish
church, Minneapolis.
Tne senate has confirmed the nomina
tion of Theodore Bruener to te register
of the land office at St. Cloud.
The cornerstone of the new Cathedral
of the Sacred Hhart at Duluth was laid
Sunday by Bishop McGolrich.
Minnesota Populists organize a state
grain growers' association. It purposes
to get control of a terminal elevator or
two.
James Bender and John Welch were
arrested at Minneapolis on a charge of
compelling a 15-year-old boy to»beg for
them.
The American Loan and Tiust com
pany of Dulutn has assigned. It his
been in voluntary i.qnidation for some
time.
Minnesota's supreme court decided in
favor of the Republicans in the contest
for control
ot
the municipal assembly
of St. Paul.
Big Dick Lennox, a notorious bank
swindler, wanted in St P..ul, Minne
apolis and Duluth, is under arrest at
Newark, N. J.
Ed and John Q-iinn, the two toughs
who assnulted OJScer Nels Nelson at
Minneapolis, wore sentenced to state
prison tor 10 years.
Triplets were born Thursday to the
family of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Neeb, of
Ltrwiston. two girls and a boy. Aggre
gate weight, 15 pounds.
The board of county commissioners
decided to build a $10,000 county jail
at Pipestone and levied a two mill tax
to assist in paying for it.
The state Democratic central com
mittee has issued its formal call for the
state convention, to be held in St. Paul
on Weduesday, Sept. 5. The conven
tion will ue composed of 781 delegates.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, formerly of
Duluth, and a member of the state
senate, was arrested in Detroit, Mich.
He is said to be the head of a gang of
forgers whose operations are extensive.
Secretary H. H. Hart, of the board
of charities and corrections, has just
completed his semi-annual census of
the county poorhouses of Minnesota.
For the year ending June 30 the total
increase in the number of paupers is
almost entirely in the large cities.
Colonel Keifer has succeeded in se
curing a favorable report from the com
mittee on claims on his bill reimbursing
the state of Minnesota $3.189. la. This
is the amount expended out of a state
appropriation by Judge Flandrau in
the rescue of two women captured by
the Ink-pa-du-tah band of Sioux in
1858.
Ar. St, j^aul, Charles E, Leonard, a
clerk of the Omaha road, shot and
instantly killed Charles J. Luth,
Great Northern switchmen. The
tragedy was the direct result of Lurb's
attempted interference with Leonard's
arrangement's with Mrs. Hansen, the
proprietor of the hotel, to furnish
board for some new railroad men.
R. H. Anderson, of Ireland, Mr.
Stevenson of England, and Mr. Gil
christ, of Sv otiand three gentlemen
from the United Kingdom, representa
tive farmers in each of their respective
countries, who area committee sent to
this country to investigate Minnesota
as a farming state, and take back a
report to their homes, are at present
looking over the state. A favorable re
port from them will bring in many
desirable settlers.
GOES OUT OCT. 1.
The Chippewa Indian Com mi ation Soon
to Expire.
WASHINGTON, July 16.—The Minne
sota Chippewa Indian commission will
cease to exist under the law on Oct. 1.
1894. This commission has for several
years been engaged in the removal of
various bands of Chippewas front their
old reservations to the White Earth,
and endeavoring to induce individual
Indians to accept allotment of lands in
severalty.
The secretary of the interior has
finally determined that the game is not
worth the candle. In other words, he
has notified the Indian office to close
the work of the commission at the ear
liest practicable moment. Definite in
structions have therefore been issued
that after Oct. 1 all further efforts
looking, toward the removal of Chip
pewa bands of Indians to the White
Earth reservation shall cease, and that
the Indians entitled to so remove shall
do so before that date. Notification is
to be given to «ll such Indians, and
those who refuse to so remove Shall
thereafter take their allotments u*»di»r
the act of lb89.
Another Calamity Straw.
Many people are considerably agitated
over a mysterious circumstande which is
thought to indicate disaster. It is the
appearance of the letter plainly im
pressed upon blades of oats growing in
fields. Acres and acres in all parts of
tlie county have been found to be thus
curiously marked. It is claimed that
the only other times the letter was ever
found on oats in this manner was just
before the war of 1812 and the late civil
war, and that the stands for "blood
shed, which may now be looked for
again. E&ch blade is marked, the let
ter, about half an inch long, being, as
it seems, pressed into the leaf and dis
cernible «n the other side.—Peru (Ind.)
DtapMoh.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Wedn»»day, July It.
The president sent to the senate the
nomination ot James Carey for post
master at Berlin Wis.
A conference of political leaders was
held in Guatemala to further the plan
for, a Central American union.
The Republican congressional con
vention held at Macon, Mo., nominated
C. N. Clark for congressman for the
First district.
The switchmen and yard hands of the
Louisville and Nashville who struck at
Hendersonville,Ky., last Thursday have
all resumed work.
The E .gle Iron company has closed
its smelter at Spring Valley, Wis. As
a result of this the stone quarries have
stopped work. The strike is the cause.
The property of the Madison Car
company at Edwardsville, Ills., has
been taken out of the hands of Paul A.
Fuss, assignee, and restored to the com
pany.
At the Republican congressional con
vention of the Eighth Iowa district,
held at Osceola Hon. W. H. Hepburn
was unanimously renominated for con-
Thursday, July 18.
The Palais de Ete theatre recently
opened in Brussels was destroyed by
fire just after the performance. Tne
spread to adjoining buildings and the
total loss is estimated at 1,000,000
francs.
At Alderahot Came, Eng., the queen
reviewed 13,090 troops under command
of the Duke of Connaught.
A memorial asking for the impeach
ment of Attorney General Olney has
been prepared by the executive board
of the K. of L. for presentation to
congress.
The cash balance in the treasury at
the close of business Wednesday was
1119,978,322, af which $64,860,717 was
gold reserve.
The secretary of the interior has ae
ied that selections of land for the
fc-ath Dakota agricultural college tan
nos be made in less than quarter sec
tions. Onerhundred and thirty thousand
acres are reserved for the use of the
oollege.
Friday, July 13.
S. M. Stockslager was nominated for
congress by the Democratic convention
at North Vernon, Ind.
Mike btapleton, aged 80, committed
suicide at Lenoir, Caldwell county, N.
C., by drinking 17 bottles of Jamaica
ginger.
The 7-year-old son of George Trias,
living near Hewitt, Wis., lost a leg by
being run down by a mower. He died
in an hour.
The chemical works of Williams &
Clark, at Cateret, N. J., said to be the
largest in the world, were almost to
tally destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Tony Mullane was granted a
divorce and $1,200 alimony from the
base ball pitcher on the grouud of ex
treme cruelty. She was given custody
of their child.
Clifton B. Beach was nominated by
the Twentieth Ohio district Republi
can convention to succeed Congressman
W. J. White, who declined to be a can
didate for re-election.
The French government has issued a
list of 400 anarchists and
other
evil
doers who have been expelled from
Fnince and sent it to the various Cana
dian emigration bureaus.
Saturday, July 14.
The international press congress at
Antwerp has ended.
The state of Kentucky is out of cash.
Payments have been suspended.
Robert A. Anderson was hanged at
Livingston, Mon., for the murder of
Emanuel Fleming.
There wer 143 new cases of cholera
and 54 deaths from that disease re
ported at St. Petersburg Thursday.
Counterfeits are alleged to ie in ex
istence of consolidated 7 per cent bonds
of Erie, Pa. This is the first instance
known of the counterfeiting of munici
pal bonds.
The American line of steamships
aas
cut the steerage passenger rates from
London, Liverpool and Queenstown, to
any American ports to $9 including
outfit.
Professor Hermann Helmholtz, the
distinguished German scientist, who
was taken suddenly ill on Thursday
last, is suffering from paralysis of the
left side.
Two children of Charles Carlston one
six years and deaf and dumb, and the
other four yars old, were killed ly a
passenger train at Bordentown, N. J.
They were playing on the railroad
track.
Monday, July 16.
Dunraven will build another yacht to
sail for the Atneric. cup.
At West Union, Iils., 30 persons were
poisoned by eating ice cream. One
woidan died and. two others are very
low.
Bernar F. Geutsch, one of the best
known German politicians in New
York, suicided at Buffalo.
The spread of cholera .is causing
alarm in Gemany and strict measures
are being taken at the frontiers to keep
out the plagtae.
A bill has '.een favorably reported by
the house judiciary committee provid
ing that all contracts hereafter entered
for the payment of auy money, whether
in gold, silver or coin, may be dis
charged by any money which is by law
a legal tender for the payment of debts.
Tueadsjr, July 17.
Illinois national gnard officials have
abandoned camp duty for this year.
The steamboat Mexico was struck by
lightning at New Orleans and one man
killed and 18 injured.
Christy Church,-aged 32, one of the
best knoyrp young sbciety men of St.
Lonis suicided by shooting Mpnday.
The cash balance in the treasury at
the dose
of
business Monday was
$122,650,253, of Which $64,309,633 was
gold reserve.
Among the petitions placed efore
the New York constitutional convention
was one sh ned by 75.0 0 workmgmen
for an anti-coaspir .cy law. ,v
The Railwav Timeis, the offi -ial organ
of the A.-R. tJ, at Chicago, which has
been publishing daily bulletins since
the trouble began, baa announced that
hereafter it win issue on alternate days.