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VOL.. V. KO. 123.
WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY MOBNTNTG, OCTOBEB 9, 1886.
WHOLE NO. 749.
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SiLKS.
SILKS.
SILkS.
Our special drive this week is a lot
of Colored Satin Rhadames in "the
newest shades, and a good quality,
that we can recommend to wear well,
at only $1 per ard.
SILKS. SILKS. SILKS.
We have the exclusive control of
two makes of silk for this market, and
we guarantee every yaru. w e are
making a rua on one number that
usually sells for $1.50 at 1.23; color
black. Call for it at the silk counter
PLUSHES: PLUSHES. PLUSHES.
Thisis a scasou for plushes. "Wc
show the newest colorings in several
qualities and the prices will surprise
you. The closest buyers will admit
they are cheaper than ever seen be
fore. STRIPED VELVETS.
This is important as there is a rage
on stripevclvcts this season. They
are n very desirable trimming for all
kinds of wool dress goods. They are
in two, three and four tones, and
some of the fine goods are perfect
works of art. Prices from $1.20 to
$7.50 per yard. An idea of our as
sortment cau be had from the fact
that we show sixty-eight different
styles and combinations of colors.
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
Wo have shown handsome dress
trimmings before, but never did we
display anything to compare in cle
arance to those wc have opened this
MUNSON t
Opposite
Philadelphia Store
Corner Douglas av. and Market St.
SPECIAL -.- SALE
THIS WEEK.
200 Pair all "Wool
Scarlet Blankets at
$3.50 Per Pair.
Worth Fully $5. -
For This Week Only.
A. KATZ.
.W Corner Douglas
MeNAMARA
Main Street.
season. We earnestly invite you to
examine our dress trimmings.
UNDERWEAR.
One case Ladies Vests and Pants at
35c each, worth 40 per cent more.
One case Ladies all wool Scarlet
vests and pants at 83c each, worth 40
per cent more.
Another lot of fine imported Ruch
ing at 5 and 10c per yard.
One case Ladies all wool, regular
made Hose at 25c per pair.
One of our best bargains in Hose is
a case of fine wool Hose at 50c per
pair, usually sold at 75c.
Ladies, Misses and Children? Sax
ony underwear in cream, pink, blue,
and cardinal. Lovely goods. Call
and examine them.
25 dozen ladies Cashmere Gloves at
25c per pair; very fine and worth"50
cents.
YARNS OF ALL KINDS.
Saxony, Spanish, German, Shelland
Floss, Fairy Floss, Zephyrs.
We are opening new lines of Nov
elties now.
We show choice and pretty Knit
goods for the infants.
DRESS GOODS.
This season our Dress Goods stock
could truthfuliy be called mammoth;
with au endless variety of plain fab
rics; with an endless variety of novel
ties; with an endless variety of combi
nation suits of the latest productions.
We fairly eclipse all previous efforts.
McNAMARA.
Postoffice.
Ave. and Market St.
Another Day consumed by the
Condemned Anarchists
in their
Commingled Pleas for Clemency
and Denunciations of
Accusers.
Enjjel. Fielden and Parsons Plead
their Innocence of the Crime for
Which they Stand
Charged and Have, Been Proven Guil
ty, and with Argumentative
Oratory and
Sympathetic Appeals Prolong the
Time for the Solemn Announce
ment of their Doom.
THE DOOMED DESPERADOES.
The Condemned Anarchists Continue
their Vindictive Denunciations.
Chicago, Oct. 8. The ciowds which
besieged the criminal court this morning
for admission to Judge Garry's court room
was larger than at any time during the an
archists' trial. The speeches which the
condemned men arc making in their own
behalf, and the fact that the date for their
execution is to be given today being ic
snonsible for the great crowd.
Of the friends aud relatives of the pris
oners iu the court were Mrs. Parsons, her
two children, Mrs. Neiebe, her little boy.
Miss Spies, Mrs. Captain Black, Captain
Schaak, and a large number of police and
detectives were in and about the court
room. Many fashionably dressed" ladies
were also present.
"When couit opened George Eugel, one
of the defendants at once began his speech
in answer to the judge's inquiry as to why
sentence should not be passed upon him.
Eugel recounted his experiences iu Ger
many, where he was born, and recounted
his hardships and the tyrannies the people
were forced to submit to there.
He came to this country, sought work in
Philadelphia, Chicago and found the same,
state of affairs existing here. Capitalists
became lieu by oppressing the working
clascs. Eugel then made a study of the
question, lie read Henry George's books
and became a socialist.
Eugel concluded with a tirade against
capitalists. It was 11 o'clock when he
ceased speaking.
Three minutes were spent by the coun
sel and spectators in whispered discussions,
then Siim Fieldeu arose. lie prefaced
what he had to say by reciting the German
of Ferdinand Frciligorth, entitled "Hevolu"
tion." Fieldcn's speech was quiet and
commonplace. It related his connection
with the anarchists, the same as he related
on the witness stand. He said he had not
intended to go to the Haymarket meeting
but went there because he saw a little ad
vertisement and by peeing that advertise
ment lie had come to his death.
He declared that the newspapers had
either misunderstood or misrepresented
him, and were even then the cause of his
going to the scaffold. He had not advised
sacking stores. He was severe on the
jury: said some of them were dependent on
capitalists. Before Fieldeu concluded court
adjourned to 2 p. m.
Fill den said: If I am convicted I am to
be hanged for telling the the truth. It
will be better for that little child on the
West side who kneels by her mother's knee
every evening to ask why papa don't come
home if she never learns to read;'if this is to
be so then why not wipe out every school
house where sentiments of truth are in
stilled? Your honor, after 1 had escaped from
the Haymarket meeting I went home.
The explosion of that bomb was as much a
surprise to me as to any policeman.
Fieldeu devoted his attention to what he
claimed to be discrepancies between the
testimonv of those who had sworn to his
having said, "here come the bloodhounds,
now," as the police came up, and made an
able au argumentive comparison of testi
mony given by these witnesses It was not
the intention ot our organization to take
any life, it was system we were arriving at.
1 defy any one to linu m ni- speech any sug
gestion of violence.
iVfter more remarks in which he denied
having been a friend to Lingg, Fieldeu
concluded his speech as follows:
lodav beautiful as the autumn sun
kisses the cheek of my fellow-men I stand
here never to bathe my head in its rays. If
it will do auy good.I freely give myself up.
I trust the time will come when there will
be a better understandimr. more intelli
gence, and if mountains of iniquity, wrong
onur, and corruption will be replaced bv
truth and justice which will come to bathe
in the pure light of an emancipated world,
then I am satisfied. I thank your honor
for your attention.
Parsons . fallowed and said:
One thing jbeyoud all others
that characterized the great trial was its
virus, its passion, and the rancorous preju
dice that characterized the prosecution.
Now I hold that the execution of the sen
tenca to be imposed ou me is nothing but
judicial murder. It was a trial by a mob
with n mob's howl continually sounding in
our ears. Your honor knows this, and it is
for you to look at the matter from the
standpoint o.f reason and common sense.
Parsons spoke until 4:30 when the court
adjourned at his request.
Minister Jackson Recalled.
New Youk, Oct. 8. A special from the
City of Mexico says: "General Jackson pre
sented a letter of recall to President Diaz
yesterday, and last night left forth? United
States. In the railway depot he received
from the American colony and other for
eigners and Mexicans the greatest ovation ,
ever given to any American in Mexico with
the single exception of General Grant. The
American colony presented him with a
handsome oil pa"iuting of the "Valley of,
Mexico." lie accepted it in a feelingspeech,
full of gratitude to his countrymen" here.
The Missing Anchoria.
Xew Youk. Oct. 8. The non-arrival of
the Anchor Line steamship, Anchoria, is
now beffinnimr to cause considerable uneas
iness, sue is twenty-one days out, eleven
days over due. The general" belief in ship-
plug circles is that an accident has hap-
pened to her machinery, which has causal
her to make for the Azore Inlands, and as ;
there is no direct communication with tho-e i
iManu, it win probably be some time be
fort she is. heard from."
Verdict, Not Guilty,
GkeatBexd, Oct. 8, The jury in the I
case ot C R DiffonhacJinr.-js'sir.vtJ: T
Chapman, of the Great Bend .Knster"fnr
criminal libel, brought in a verdict this
morning of not .guilty.
Weather Report.
Washixgtox, Oct. 9, la. m. Indi
cations for Missouri: Fair weather, south
easterly winds, slight changes in tempera
ture. For Kansas: Generally fair weather,
southerly winds, nearly stationary temperature.
The Farmers Want It.
Special Dispatch to the Dally Eagle.
Lixcolx, Kan., Oct 8. The bond prop
osition in Scott township, Lincoln county,
was carried by a large majority. The
fanners and all others in this section of
the state are manifesting a deep interest in
the enterprise and supporting it most
heartily.
Happy Havpn.
Special Dispatch to tho Dalljr Eagle.
Ha vex, Kan., Oct.. 8. The contract for
the Masonic hall building 23x100, two
stories high, was awarded to Mr. Smith of
Hutchinson, the Haven brick yard to fur
nish the brick. The brick bank block is
up to the Second story. We now have six
trains a day over our road (the Eagle Line)
and we get the Eagle at 10 o'clock on the
morning of publication. Our town is still
going ahead in good style. There is an
opening for a good dry goods store "here.
II.
Railroad Meeting Boy Killed.
Special Dispatch to the Dally Kagle
"Wellington, Kan., Oct. 8. A mass
meeting in the interest of the railroad prop
ositions was held in the skating rink in this
city yesterday afternoon. A large crowd
was out and the speeches of James Hill of
Arkansas City, Robert Mitchell of Gueda
Springs, Mr. Hays of Caldwell, and Dr. P.
A. Wood of this city were well received.
The song The Great Itock Island Route,
by the double quartette of this city brought
forth frequent cheers. It may be that we
will not carry the propositions by as large
a majority as did Sedgwick, but good
judges predict that Sumner county will
roll up a round 1,000 for the railroads on
the 23th inst.
W. W. Cole showed in this city today.
As his circus train was being switched
from the Santa Fe to the Southern Kansas
tracks, at about 10 a. in., a boy about 12
years old was killed. The accident oc
cured at the Main street crossing of the
Southern Kansas, and it is supposed the
lad was hanging to one of the cars or at
tempted to jump on. The head was severed
from the body. A coroner's verdict was in
accordance with the above facts. The boy
was a Xew York boy who had been cared
for by J. C. Smith In this city and known
by the name of Jenks.
Bradstreet's Bulletin.
Xew Youk, Oct. 8. Special teldgrams
to Bradstreet's reporting a moderate check
in sales of some staples, as expected at this
time, make plain the new evidence of the
exceptionally heavy volume of business.
The bank clearings now begin to reveal
the full proportions of commercial transac:
tions, with a very heavy total.
For thirty cities during the current week
by reports specially -wired to Bradstreet's
the aggregate clearings are $1,200,233,489,
against $990,843,323 -List week juid $936,
738,195 in the like week of 1883, showing
a gain of 20.4 per cent this week and of
28.1 per cent against las, year. Heavy
dealings in the Xew York stock market
will account for a share of the increase.
The New York stock market was active
and feverish, and influenced by a highly
speculative feeling, prices advanced irreg
ulary: toward the close of the market a
quieter feeling prevailed, Bonds were
firm, money "vva3 extremely firm and
foreign exchange was weak and close to
the good importing point.
The sales of the dry goods, cotton, wool,
and to some degree ot lumber, have been
somewhat checked; but there remains con
fidence on all sides of a good' demand in
the near future.
Pig iron is nowjl per ton higher in all
directions: Southern and western furances
aie heavily sold ahead and a demand for
300 tons from a dozen customers from Xew
York for early deliveries would put No. 1
up $2 per ton. For this grade 19 is now
asked, with a probability of 00 by Janu
ary. Dry goods are firm; oil cloths arc higher
aud brown and bleached sheetings are Irac
tionally higher. Stocks are not increasing.
Wool is quiet but strong; in spite of
speculative buying home prices are below
foreign.
The loss of cotton in Texas by the late
storm is reported to the amount of over 30,
000 bales.
Estimates of the loss to the western to
bacco crop are placed at from 5 to 10 per
cent, aud cotten and tobacco, as well as pe
troleum remain dull, featureless and with
out material change in price at Xew York.
Host products depressed and lower.
There is no sign of a gain in wheat de
spite the late export demand; crops at the
west and northwest have declined some.
Flour is depressed and lower, with con
tinued heavy foreign consignments.
The industrial situation is disturbed by
an extended .strike and lockout of textile
operatives at Philadelphia; a threatened
lockout of knitting mill hands in the Hud
son river valley, and a threatened strike of
20,000 pork packing employes at Chicago,
agaiustt he re-iuforccment of the ten-hour -a-day
plan.
Improved cane prospects have further
depressed sugar, and increased receipts of
coffee have caused a decline of one-fourth
cent.
Fresh Trouble for K. C.
Kaxjsas Citv, Oct. 8. In the circuit
court of Johnson county at Warrenburg to
day, the jury returned a verdict against this
city in a suit for the possession of' what is
kuown as Sheely park, on Independence
avenue in the ht-art of this citv. This
square was deeded t the city in 1847 for
cemetery purposes, but that 'use was long
since adandoned on the ground that the
heirs of the old town companv, the cjant
ors, maintain that the title should revert to
them. The case was decided in this countv
in the city's favor and change of venue tb
Johnson county results in a verdict for the
restoration of the property, worth about
$200,000, one cent damages and rental of
0 ir month since the premises ceased to
be used for cemetery purposes. The citv
will now appeal to the supreme court.
-v crand Success,
Ehfokia, Kan., Oct. 8. The las; day
of the soldiers state reunion was somewhat
marred by a soakinir rain which continued
from about 9 in the inoruinr until 2 o'clock
when it ceased, but still threatened. The
sham battle and other exercises and evolu
tioas on the running ground-! were, how
ever, witnessed by tlumands and the dav
W5i full ff JntfiTVt tin frt A 0,''t- -1.
the soldier-suite reunion at Emporia, one
of the grandest gatherings of the kind ever
held in the state, was brouirht in a elfw
under the command to break camp, every
body pronouncing it a grand success.
STRIKE AND L01-0E
The Chicago Packers Determine
to Return to the Ten
Hour Plan.
Employes Decline to Accept the
Proposed Change and
Quit "Work.
A Riot Ensued in Which a Number of
Persons Were Injured Forty Ar
restsQuiet Restored.
The Knights of Labor, ly their At
torney, Issue a Statement to
the Public
Explanatory of their Position and Ex
pressing a Determination to Main
tain it to the End.
GREAT STRIKE IN CHICAGO.
Twenty Thousand Packing-House Em
ployes Refuse to Return to the
Ten-Hours Plan.
Chicago, Oct. 8. The fifteen thousand
employes of the twenty-one packing estab
lishments at the stock j'ards have almost
unanimously resolved not to return to
the packing district Monday. The ques
tion as to whether the hog men will allow
the beef men to work is now being dis
cussed. The prevailing impression L that
the locked out men will not alllow auvbodv
to work in airy of the packing houses
Should the conclude to prevent the beef
men from working, about 20,000 men will
be thrown out of employment. There
seems to ha no wavto avoid the crisis. The
packers are determined. The men say they
will never accede.
This morning a committee of fifteen hun
dred men employed by the Chicago Pack
ing and Provision compan waited on the
foreman of the works and demanded that
that the notice be taken down. The de
mand was refused. The men at once left
the building and were soon joined bv 800
men employed in the Silverhorn works
Thus reinforced the large force went in a
bodv to the Armour works to induce the
men there to stop work. There is great ex
citement at the yards, but no trouble has
yet occurred.
The crowd of strikers failed to induce
the Armour employes and the Anglo-American
workmen to stop work. They de
parted without attempting anything " com
pulsory. Everything is quiet at the yards.
This afternoon u large body of addi
tional workmen went on a strike aud a riot
occurred at the works of Johu Morrill,
where a number of persons were hurt. The
entire police force of the town of Lake and
two Pinkerton men armed w ith rifles, have
gone to the scene.
Affairs became more quiet after the ar
rival of the police. It was found that
some of the Morrill employes were injured
by the aUack made upon them, but none
seriously. Three hundred Pinkerton men
are guarding the houses tonight. The
representatives of the Silverhorn packing
house declared that Xew York and other
eastern buyers were sending their orders to
Kansas City, which necessitated the change
to the same hours there.
Armour & Co. posted a notice tonight
notifying the men to cony; and receive
their pay tomorrow. It is deemed positive
that the houses all contemplate keeping
closed down for a short time at least.
S. W. Meek, attorney for the executive
board of the Knights of Labor, tonight on
behalf of the workingmen, issued the fol
lowing to the press:
The posting of the announcement of the
return to the ten hour system ou Thursday
by the packing houses without explanation
caused the men employed by
the Chicago Packing and Provision
company and Silverhorn fc Co, to
leave their work, not for violence and mob
rule, but thoroughly organized for de
termined resistance in a fair and honorable
way, and they ask that the people be not
prejudiced against them by hasty and
erroneous reports of violence, written to
serve the interests of the packers. The
workingmen have taken their stand onlv
after an offer of a fair and honest settle
ment of their differences has been refused
by their employers. Contracts embodying
the agreements already had between the
packers and their employes have been re
jected by the packers and it is simply a
question of the packers keeping their
agreements; the' are on trial and not the
workingmen.
The action of the cutters in returning to
their work and carefully clearing up and
completing the work on hand "by the
directions'bf their leaders shows Wth the
spirit of fairness of 'which they regard the
interests of their employers and the absence
of all desire on their part to cause lo-s or
waste of the necessaries of life. It shows
moreover the perfect organization never
before obtained by the workingmen. a
portion of them returning to their work
for a definite time by the direction of their
leaders for the express purpose of saving
their employers from the loss of perishable
proerty.
The workingmen involved ask from the
public only a fair and honest judgment of
their actions, and to remember that their
interests are the interests of the whole jeo
ple of America.
At G p. m. 1.33 Pinkerton detectives sat
down to supper at the Transit houe with
Winchester rifles between their knees.
Captain Foley in charge said that by to
. morrow he would have 5.00 men in and
about the yards. The strikers express the
idea that the packers have a deep laid
scheme to fill the houses with new men
willing to work ten hours a day. It is said
that to that end the employers had been
collecting men at the outside for months.
The feature of the sirikerfoday was the
beef men coming out at Armour's. This
was a surprise to packers who apparently
intended to confine the llrrlit to the hog in
terests. The firm is left with 3,000 head of
cattle in their yards. Armour's coopers
carae out also. They had asked for 25c
advance and it had not been granted. It i
estimated there are now 2,KX? out of work
and about one-quarter are skilled laborers,
the othe3 Itins obliged to quit on their ac
count for want of work. These appear to
be in hearty sympathy with the move
ments. The men all quit with ihetr knives and
other sharp took on their person. Another
mass meeting has K-en called for tomorrow
afternoon, in which it is feared trouble is
evpected.
Xo Trouble Feared at K. C.
Ka-vSas Citt, 3Io., Oct. $. The pack
ing house employers here all unite in say
ing that they do not fear any trouble with
their men The ten-hour system has been
in force all along and the men appvar satis
fied with their cocditioa
CAPITAL BUDGET.
PBESIDEXTIAI. APPOINTEES,
WAsnrsGTOX, D. C, Oct 8. The presi
dent has appointed the following named
postmasters. Jno. Q A. Sheldon, at Man
hattan. Kan., vice A. A. Sturt suspended;
John H. Corse, at Boston, Mass., vice Ed
ward S. Tobey suspended
BASK STATEMENT CAT.T.EP FOB.
The comptroller of the currency has
called for a statement of the condition of
national banks at the close of business
Thursday, October 7th.
MILLIONS INVOLVED.
An important land office decision has
been made by Commissioner Sparks, in
volving the title of certain valuable lands
in the vicinity of Xew Orleans. The pro
perty has been claimed and possessed since
the middle of the last century under a
French grant which has been surveyed and
segregated from the public domain. Ad
verse claimants asserted their title by vir
tue of certain swamps and other selections
under grants to the state of Louisiana.
Commissioner Sparks holds that the French
grant is a complete title, protected by the
treaty of 1803 and not needing legislative
or other confirmation b the United States
and the lands being private property at the
date of the state grants, did not pas under
these grants. The amount involved in this
decision readies several million dollars.
THE OLEOMAKOAICINE TAX.
The acting secretary of the treasury has
asked the attorney general for an opinion
as to whether the oleomargarine law im
poses a tax on the different ingredients med
in the manufacture of oleomargarine and
also a tax on the article when finished
and placed on the market, or whether the
law contemplatea a tax only upon the fin
ished article. The quotion has been
raised by the opponents of the measure.and
its determination will make a considerable
difference one wav or the other to persons
dealing in oleomargarine. Commissioner
Miller has received proofs of the new oleo
margarine stamps and said that the stamps
wiirbe ready for shipment to the collectors
about the loth inst.
A STATEMENT AND EXPLANATION.
In regard to.the statement in the recent
annual report of Gov. Warren of Wvom-
iug, that immigration aud the settlement of
public lands iu that tcrritoiy are being sen
sibly checked by the severe requirements
exacted from settlers bv the new rules and
regulations of the general land otliec, Sec
retary Lamar said today that the records of
the department show that for the fiscal year
of 1SS0 the land entries in the territory
numbered 3,ol2, as against 2,1)23 in 1SS4;
an increase ot Oso in two vears, the vear
1S8-3 showing 1SS1. The secretary added
that there had been a diminishment in the
desert land entries which could be advan
tageously entered only in large contracts
requiring considerable capital, but in the
number of entries made by individual the
records show a large increase.
THE LA MASCOTTE DISASTER.
Tho Offlccra of the Ill-Fated Boat Ex
onerated from All Rlamc.
St. Louis, Oct. S. The following deaths
occurred yesterday among those injured in
the La Mascotte disaster, making a total
number of thirty: Marshall Wade, colored,
of Walnut Hills: Albert Hoss, colored, of
Cincinnati; W. L. Scherrer, nf Cape Gi
rardeau; Levi Chatham, colored, of I'mlu
cab, Ky. The coroner has- resumed Ju'-j in
vestigation into the cause of the deaths re
sulting from the awful accident. Several
of the La Mascottc's crew testified that Cap
tain Thompson, master of the boat, was the
last one to leave, and that he did all in his
power to save the boat aud her crew and
passengers. They all agreed that the
Eagle could have pushed the La Mas
cotte ashore without endangering hcr-elf.
Captain Thompson testified that after do
ing all that could be done, he jumped over
board, swam to the shore, ran down to
where the Eagle had landed, boarded her
and repeatedly called upon her captain to
lower his life boat. I told him, contin
tied Captain Thompson, that if he did
not I would report him. He replied that
he had no crew. I saw at that time eight,
of the twelve men were on the lower deck.
He finally lowered a boat. Some one was
in it, but it had only one oar. It came
ashore and was afterwards taken back to
the boat. When the Eagle landed there
were passengers from the La Mas
cotte m the river, on the stage or
clinging to it, and one or two clinging to a
line on the bow of the boat. The Eagle
could have gone close enough and taken
some of the passengers off, but Captain
Ebaugh refused to (To thh. Ilk conduct
throughout was heartless in the extreme,
and he seemed utterh indifferent to the
condition of the dying and drowning."
After all the evidence was taken the
jury almost immediately returned a ver
diet exonerating the officers of La Mascotte
from all blame and .severely critcised Cap
tain Ebaugh of the Eagle for his treatment
of the survivors and for not attempting to
run the burning boat ashore, and recom
mended that his lirenvc lw revoked.
Tobacco Crop Ileports.
Baltimoue, Oct 8. The .Journal of
Commerce will publish tomorrow special
reports from the tobacco growing nx-lion
of Maryland, Virginia and .North Carolina
In some few instances the crop is tated to
be as large as Lost year and the quality as
good, but nearly all the reports claim that
the crop will be much reduced, thf tti
mates running from one third to two-thirds
of a crop, and with the quality, especially
in parts of North Carolina and irginia,
very poor Jnthegreit Durham di-trict
the yield is estimated at not over 40 per
cent, of an average and of a very inferior
grade.
Send for Wljfjrins.
Charleston, S C, Oct. H. There
f were three shocks at Summerville last night.
Reports differ w idely as to the intensity of
of the shock-, -nie residents declaring that
they were more severe than any disturb
ances since August '1st, while others re
port that tliev were only slight trcrars.
No one was Iiurt, however, and no damage
was done to procrty A slight shock was
felt here at 3 o'clock this morninjr by early
risers, bat it wa? not generally feft.
A Itailroad Foreclosed.
Piin.vDEDrwt, Pa., Oct. . - Tlw
United State circuit court has granted a
decision for the foreclosure of the Heading
railroad under a general monc&ge boml.
Every effort will be made to" effect an
amicable settlement.
Plcuro m New Jersey.
CoJ&Ejr, N. J.. Oct. 5. Pleuro-pncs:
tnonia recent! v made it appearance near
Vinccotown. Tturiington countv, and i; !&
spread to alarming eteaL The govern
men: department of agriculture lis ordrrt-d
an examination.
Senator l'ike Dead.
Bo-sTO.v, Oct. &.rniwd States iknator
Austin E. Pike died suddenly at t raosim
Falls, N. 11., today. He had Un Ja hU
usual health since" his return from Wash
ington last 3Iay.
The Credentials Committee "Fin
ally Complete their
Report.
The Report Adopted and the
Convention at Last Ready
Tor Business,
Though Nothing was Done up to Ad
journment Last 'iht Worthy
of Publication.
Tho Coroner's Jury which Investi
gated the La Mascotte Disaster
Exonerate Capt. Thompson,
But Censure Captain Ebaugh and
Kecominoutl that Ills License
be Hevoked.
KNIGHTS OP LABOR.
Question: of Contests Finally Decided
and the Assembly Heady for
Business.
Kichmoxh, Va., Oct. t It was under
stood the committee ou credentials of the
Knights of Labor convention had com
pleted a consideration of the case of the Sf.
Louis delegates, and that its report would
be ready for presentation as soou as the con
vention had u-semblul. ami it was expected
that it would soon be disio-cd of and mat
tors of more real importance bo taken up
Every one is growing impatient at the
delay encountered and all aa bogiuninur to
recognize the necessity of settling down to
business, if they hope to conclude the c$
sion of the convention within any reason
able time.
At the clobo of the morning's session it
w:b learned that most of the time had leeu.
occupied in discussing the report of the
committee on credentials concerning the
St. Louis contesting delegations Tho
question at issue was whether delegates
elected at a meeting held at 7 o'clock in the
evening or at a subsequent meeting an hour
later, were regularly elected delegates and
entitled to scuts in the convention. The
report presented to the convention and Hi
cepted by it was in favor of the delegates
elected at the S o'clock meeting.
The assembly is now ready to organize.
At the afternoon session Mr. Pouderly's
address was linally read and the report "of
the committee appointed to investigate the
case of the home club of New York, was
made and adopted. With regard to tho na
ture of that report Mr. Piuvderly declined
to furnish any information. Committees
were appointed on several subjects.
Now that it is known exactly M ho arc
qualified voters it is found that tho total
number entitled to scats, in the convention
is Too; numlwr present, 710.
Live Stock Crop Proapects.
Chicago, Oct. 8. Mallory A- Son, a live
stock commission firm of the Union stoik
yards, furnishes the following reports on
the present outlook for the crop of cuttle
and hogs for the season of ltf$(-7. This
report fs the Mimmary of over siv hundred
rejwU received bv them from Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, WWonsin, Indiana, hlo,
and Michigan. The information comes
from active live stock shippers who
arc continually riding through the- country
and who have opportunities to judge n cu
ratory. The reports are baed on the crops
of lb&o-G, and 100 per cent reprc-a-ni- a
fuH average crop
Sixty one places report n full crop of cat
tie, or more than a full crop, while sit
four points fall short of a full crop. Thfrt
one places report a full iropoi ho ir
more, while ninety thru places report !
than a full crop, and forty three pinto n
port 30 per cent and loss. Fifty four places
report hogs dying with cholera The jtial
ity of hogs L below last year.
Iowa Thirty nine plat.es report nn aver
age crop of cattlc'one hundred mid two
places less than a full crop I lfly pmem
report a full crop and over of hog, and of
places below a full crop, no reiwrts below
r.n ., , i... ...i .... i ... ie&i i.n
i'j ljj i.-;m, ii lining nm as giKrti as i:v J ?v
Missouri r'ortvsiv places wen heard
from in Northern Missouri, five of which
report as many cattle as in 13 0 at no
point is there any more rqujrtod than last
year forty-one "places rcjwrt les than last
year, and thirty nine jwhits les than fifty
per cent Seven places rcjirt nst louny
hogs as 13S5 Q, thirty nine a shortage from
last rear, and others fifty per cent and lew
At thirty-four jKirits hog arc rcjMrtcd
hcalthy.'nnd twehc as dying with cholera
Quality not as good as lbS3 f
Northwestern Ohio, Southern Michigan
and Northern IndianaOf wsventy-tlvp
places heard from a large per cent rejKirt
above an average crop of hogs ami corn
hogs fully as goxl as last year ntid quality
of corn better.
"Wisconsin Of forty-six jwlnts heard
from fifteen report a full crop of hogs and
thirty one less than a full crop- quulltv
alwut the same.
Nebraska Democrat.
LisroT-f. Neb . Oct. H.'lTio J)env
cratic Mate convention m't at Hatting yc4
tcrday After the appointment pf a corn
mittte on resolutions the following slat'
ticket was placed in the field.
Governor James K. North.
Lieutenant-governor C. U. IJolby.
Secretary of state Hidmnl Thompwn
Suite treasurer J.$T, Hale.
Auditor Theodore K. Utngar.
Attorney-general V. L. (ree.
Land commissioner Thomas Smith.
A Sioux City Hcneation.
Siorx Citt, Oct J Important do!
oprnenta have been made In th" Hofblttk
aia.vMnation ca" Lenritt rnak.i a eworn
confesMon in which he cliargw Uiat John
Areauirjrff. foreman of the Yran- lirra
uiiz Co , phot Mr JI&duYck. Lcavitt ears
whiie on the street on the night of August
3rd he nv't Arcnvlnrff, Munchratii, Tnibcr,
Plath, Henry .Sherman and Laugyt TIk-j
told him that two Dutrhmm
had been employed to thnwh tVali.-r
Haddock and TnrnT for pitching: lata
their Imine?- Later on. .av Iarltl m
his confession, we ew Haddock aing
acros Wntor sirrct from ht Columbia
hMiH" No one wid a -rd as J&o Am
dorff lartl toward him HrcoiMUp la
front of Haddock sod iwifced bio hU fa
and he thrrw up hfc. band in front of Had
doc' face. 3fr. Hahlrck pulial sorsf
thins from his rtkt and utrucfc. Arot
dortf llelhm sa Axen!orff irw Jil
gun awl ritfxrt H&ddscfc. I tw &cKids
more of ArenvkrF.
Arnenvkril va arnatsd yesterday ia
Dareaport where he bad gone as a H
taUto the Knight of Prlhis inwUog and
U vxpxUxl to arrive here during the clijai
Paul Ikr tnd flor? JJg Tens arrvl
ed vbi.y sad adtautfd to tInr"aowj Util a
3!'jndjralh asd Sherman. V.'armat ar
oni for oth" rarties Iiar.licatJ fn the two
splracv and U U fcJd I-arUi hn ftMor
aacu ir turnicr ttate' crfdtsee ihnt ltfi
wii escape puniefiaKBt.