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THOMAS COUNTY-CAT.
S. P. WOECESTEE & CO., Publishers-
COLBY, KANSAS
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CHeatied by Telegraph end Mail.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
'" The .Naval , Commission appointed by
Secretary Whitney issued its report on the
1st. The report was devoted to the de
scription of vessels the country was'
thought to be most in need of.
Ex-iliNiSTEii Kasson has had several
conferences recently with Secretary of
State Bayard. ' Mr. Kasson is firmly of the
opinion lhatrBismarck is laying his plans
lor the German acquisition of Cuba.
The Imperial Ottoman Legation at Wash
ington "attributed th report cabled from
(Constantinople to the effect that the Sultan
was believed to bo becoming demented "to
the malice of the enemies of Turkey," and
emphatically denied that there was any
truth in it.
It was reported at Washington as an
indication of reviving business, that a
large and increasing demand existed for
small coin.
The President has recognized Julio Gon
zales as Consul General of the United
.States of Venezuela at Washington and
Adolph Ba3s'nere as Consular Agent of
Trance at Louisville, Ky.
A meeting of the Cabinet was held at
Washington on the Cth. Among the
questions considered was the Spanish com
mercial treaty and several appointments
under the Treasury, Interior and Justice
Departments.
F. A. Trible, Governor of Arizona, has
sent his resignation to Washington,
THE EAST.
CnARi.ES Pollin Brainerd, the Boston
lawyer who mysteriously disappeared
nearly a year ago, and who was believed
to have committed suicide, returned home
the other day. Ho was stricken with
pneumonia in Washington, and when he
recovered his reason ho found himself in
the City of Mexico.
A fire broke out the other night in Tay
lor's machino shop at Jersey City, N. J.,
and communicated to N. and S. E. O'Don
nell & Co.'s cooperage warehouse, Gookey's
dry dock and Jones & Wkitmore's dry
dock. The loss reached $100,000.
An importaut suit between Colonel II. B.
iEvers, of London, England, and Thomas
"Watson, of Chicago, involving the owner
ship of a large body of land, was finally
disposed of in the United States District
Court at Oxford, Mass., by the decree of
Judgo Hill, in which all the lands are
awarded to Colonel Evers and associates.
Mrs. Druse, who murdered her husband
with the aid of her son, daughter and
nephew, in Warren, Herkimer County, N.
Y., last December, and cut up and burned
the remains, was sentenced by Judge Wil
liams to bo executed.
TnE New York Daily Commercial Bulle
tin estimates the lire loss of the United
States and Canada for September at
$0,ri2o,00J, which is less by $3,700,000 than
in September, 1SS1.
A large meeting of Irish-American
Nationalists was held in New York re
cently, and appointed representatives to
aid Parncll in the pending elections in the
United Kingdom.
Seven hundred glass blowers, of Phila
delphia, Pa., went on a strike on the Cth.
Cardinal McCloskv was reported se
riously sick at Now York on the 0'th.
A train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
was robbed by four men near Allegheny
Furnace recently. After robbing the pas
sengers thoy assaulted the conductor and
jumped oft", escaping to the woods.
A dispatch from Woods' Run, Pa., says:
Work was resumed to-day in five coal
mines in the third pool at the advance de
manded by the strikers. Several other
pits are preparing to start up in a few
days.
Ex-Governor Talbot, of Massachusetts,
died at his home in Lowell on the 5tb.
Ex-Governor James E. English, of
Connecticut, was married recently to Miss
A. It. Morris, of Brooklyn. He is seventy
jtbre and she a bright brunette of about
thirty years.
The manufacturers of flint glass in
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, New Bed
ford, Merideu and New York met recently
and unanimously determined to refuse the
demands made by employes for increased
wages and decreased output.
, F. O. Prince, of Boston, was nominated
for Governor by the Massachusetts Demo
crats recently. The other nominations
were: Lieutonant Governor, H. H. Gil
,more, of Cambridge; Secretary of State,
'Jeremiah Crowley, of Lowell; Attorney
General, Henry N. Braley, of Fall River;
Treasurer and Receiver General, Henry M.
Cross, of New buryport; Aaditor, James E.
Delaney, of IIol3'fce.
Jay Gould, Russell Sage, George J.
Jould, A. L. Hopkins and Captain Shack
Jord left New York on the 5th for a trip
over the Missouri Pacific and other Soutk
western railways with which they are
lidentifled. The object of the trip was to
iinspect the Southwestern systeio.
Two cases of small-pox were discovered
at Newport, R. I., on the Sth. Stringent
mieasures were being taken to prevent the
disease from spreadiug.
THK WEST.
TiiE-ather night some dranken -tramps
ifired the cattle sheds at the fair grounds at
Tort Wayne, Ind. Au unknown tramp
was burned to d rith, and another giving
xhejiameof Grifliu, was rescued horaibly
Smrned.
'Colonel Cundiff, business manager
ithe Missouri lieptthlican, ied at fit
jToeepu, Mo., on the 4th.
TaEeventi. annual parade of the Veiled
IPropkets, took place in St. Louis on the
light of'the Cth. It consisted of twenty
two floats, representing a dozen of the
Arabian Nights' stories.
W. S. Hcbbell, a well to do and promi
nent fnrnier living thirteen miles east of
Bismarck, D. T., wai killed, receutly by a
runaway team. The blade of the plow to
:which the horses were hitched penetrated
flic chest.
Toe St. Louis street car drivers struck
en the afternoon of the 6th.
. R. C. Bloomfield was convicted at
Denver recently of fraudulently procuring
pre-emption. claiins. He was agent of the
Arkansas Valley Land and CattleCom-
JUPP. "
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The schooner Ansa Tomine from Mus
kegon for Chicago, loaded with lumber,
got waterlogged and capsized the other
morning about fire miles west of Grana
Haven. The crew of six menwere saved
by the life saving crew. ,'
The, citbsens 'of Tombstone, Ari., offer
$230 each for Apache scalps.
Ex-Senator Tmxrariir recently Ad
dressed a large meefingat Toledo, OjHis
remarks were chiefly directed to a refuta
tion of Sherman's allegation that colored
men were maltreated in the South.
The jury at Bloomington, Ind., in the
case of Chesley Chambers, charged with
shooting the baggage and express, messen
ger and robbing the express company, was
discharged. Six were for acquittal and
six for fourteen years' imprisonment.
The streeV carstrikers at StrXoiuis, on
the 7th, got somewhat unruly. Five of the
new drivers were dragged from cars and
assaulted, and several arrest3 followed.
The United States grand jury at Tucson,
Ari., presented indictments against J. A.
Zeabriskri, United States District Attor
ney; Royal A. Johnson, United States
Surveyor General; T. M. Wolfley, Deputy
United States Surveyor; all under thecivil
service act for political contributions in
the last campaign.
There Was great excitement .at Rock
Spings, Wyb., over tho release of the al
leged rioters. The accused were met on
their return from Green River by several
hundred men, women and children, and
treated to a regular ovation.
An attempt to wreck a passenger train
was made recently between Roxbank and
Huntingbufg, Ind., on the AiVLine Road,
by placing ties on tho tracki The engineer
saw the obstruction in time and. saved the
train.
At a meeting of tho "Northwestern, Pa
cific Coast & Western Freight Association,
held at Chicago recently, it was decided to
abolish tho rates on double decked sheep
cars. Heretofore there has been nearly a
prohibiting rate, but now the double
decked cars will be abolished altogether.
John Little, ex-Postmaster at Benning
ton, Vt., who absconded in March, 18S4,
was arrested recently on a sheep ranch
where he was working, about twenty-five
miles southeast of Greeley, Colorado. His
shortage was ;300.
The American Free Trade League has
issued a circular inviting the attendance
of persons of all political parties .who be
lieve in tariff revision at a national con
ference to bo held in Chicago November 11
and 12.
The findings of the ecclesiastical court
of inquiry in tho case of the Rev. H. D.
Jardine, of Kansas City, were made public
on the 8th. Ho was found guilty of inde
cent conduct and Bishop Robertson was
recommended to inhibit him from offici
ating any further in St. Mary's Church.
PniLii Smith, machinist and foundry
man at Sidney, O., has made an assign
ment. His liabilities are 203,003; his as
sets unknown.
About six hundred coopers employed at
tho Armour and Fowler packing houses,
Chicago, went out on a strike recently for
an advance in wages from 2.73 to 3 a day.
The ravages of cholera among tho hogs
in the country near Yankton, D. T., are
becoming alarming. With but few excep
tions all the farmers have lost half of their
hogs.
Five white men and two Indians, who
made a murderous attack upon Chinese
hop pickers in tho Squnek Valley near
Seattle, W. T., two weeks ago and killed
two of the number, have been indicted by
the grand jury for murder in the first de
gree. The largo printing establishment of
Crocker & Co., Snn Francisco, together
with other buildings, was destroyed by
fire recently. Loss, 31a),000; insurance,
230,000. Four firemen were buried in a
fall of the ruins; two were killed and two
seriously injured.
The Chicago Salvationists, convicted
recently of disturbing tho peace, ap
pealed to a higher court, where the cases
were dismissed after the appelauts had
been admonished by tho Judgo.
THE SOUTH.
A little girl named Mary Misner, ot
Sherman, Tex., was teasing a performing
bear recently, when the animal broke its
chain and fatally mauled her.
Sixty convicts working on the Kansas
& Gulf Short Line, near Lufkin, Tex., re
cently made a desperate attempt to escape.
The guards fired om them as they started
for the woods in a body, killing and
wounding twenty-five of the number. The
remainder got nwaj, but were being vig
orously pursued. All were desperate
characters.
The alleged outbreak of sixty convicts
at Lufkin, Tex., was greatly exaggerated.
Only fifteen had tho courage to break
through the lines and run. One of the lat
ter was instantly killed; seven wero se
verely wounded and seven escaped.
TuEj'outhwho robbed the stages near
Cisco and Abilene, Tex., w as arrested at
El Paso and confessed tho crimes. Ho
gave the name of Jesse Jones, and said his
parents wero wealthy people of Eastern
Texas.
The Board of Management of the expo
sition at New Orleans have added to their
list of special days an "American Silver
Congress," assigning it to December 11 and
12, the two days following tho "American
Bankers' Congress."
Twenty-two of the accomplices in tho
lynchingof Culbreath, in Edgefield County,
S. C, have been lodged in jail. The other
three were detained temporarily by sick
ness. General Logan was banqueted by the
"Logan Inviucibles" at Baltimore on the
evening of the Sthf
CKSKRAL.
Tns English War Office has issued the
report of Colonel Ketchner on tho fall of
Khartoum. The Ara"Ls, the Colonel savs.
entered the city by the Boori gate which
was not defended.' He 'acquits Faraz of
treachery. Faraz was charged with hav
ing allowed tho Mahdi's troops to enter
the city.
The fund 'for the benefit of James
Stephens, the ex-Fenian head center,
sj&ounts to only 1,600 and his friends .are
greatly disappointed at the meagerness at
the subscriptions. i--i
- Ix Palermo (Sicily) 14G Hew -cases of J
cauierAuu seventy ueaius were reportea
on the ith. In Parma nineteen new cases
and nine deaths were reported, and in
other places in Italy twelve new cases and
five deaths.
The Gaulofa, of Paris, illuminated its
building because of the Conservative gains
in France. A mob gathered and broke the
windows. Much exoitemenffollowedj and
Meyer, the editor. wa.s somewhat ill-used
wheu he attempted to leve the building.
General Jamais' division of the.Frene
army in Annam is preparing to. occupy
Tonquin. The Black Flags have been re-
organized under a Chinese General.
An attempt was made fhe other night te
blow up with dynamite a Czechian clab
house in Due, a town in Bohemia. For
tunately no one was injured. A bad feel
ing was reported as existing between Ger
mans and Czechs.
It was thought the Conservative or
monarchial successes in the recent French
elections would lead to the expulsion of
the Orleanist Princes. Further disorders
occurred in Paris, mobs parading and
threatening the Gaulois newspaper office.
Small-pox was reported in several of
the towns of Ontario. The Salvation Army
was charged with spreading the contagion
by'persisting in visiting. those afflicted.
M. Sullier, a defeated candidate for
the Chamber of Deputies, has written a let
ter to tho American Consul at Paris re
questing a certificate of citizenship of the
United States. He says he is sick of serv
ing his ungrateful country.
King Milan, of Servia, in a speech de
livered in the Skuptschina on tho 7th. de
clared that he had fully determined to
fight unless Servia's demand for an exten
sion of the boundaries over an area equal
to that acquired by Eulgaria in its union
with Eastern Roumelia were granted.
A dispatch from Berlin of the 7th says:
Germany has dispatched a note to .the
Court of Spain rejecting Spain's claims to
the Carolines.
One of Houston's bullion trains was re
cently attacked by robbers while en route
from the Sierra Mojada mines to Pniral, a
station on the Mexican Central Railway.
It was reported that four of tho escort
were killed.
An unofficial report has reached the
United States Minister at Lisbon that fifty
American Methodist missionaries men,
women and children under the care of a
Bishop, recently landed on tho west coast
of Africa, and were in an utterly destitute
condition. A tract of land was granted
them on which to make a permanent set
tlement. TnE returns issued by the English B.oard
of Trade show that the imports during the
month of September decreased 2,290,000
and the exports 1,8S0,000 as compared
with September, 1SS4. I
The trial of the Socialists, Vollmar,
Bebel, Auer, Deetz, Frohme, Viereck, j
Heiuzel, Mueller and Ullrich, which began
at Chemnitz, Germany, September 2S, was
concluded October 7, the prisoners being
acquitted.
The Secretary of tho Knights of Labor
reported an increase of 700 per cent, in the
membership the past year.
An extensive conflagration took place in
Aldersgate street, Loudon, on the morning
of the Sth. The loss was estimated at over
a million dollars.
A DispATcn from Homo announces that
the Very Rev. D. J. Quiglej', Vicar General
of the diocese of Charleston, S. C, has
been appointed Domestic Prelate, with tho
title of Monsignor. This is the first priest
in the South so honored.
Tub funeral services over tho bodv of
the Earl of Shaftesbury were held in (
Westminster Abbey, London, on the Sth,
and wero attended by hundreds of poor
ptople whom he had befriended.
The fisheries of Labrador proved an al
most complete failure this season. The
Canadian Government dispatched a vessel
loaded with provisions to relieve the neces
sities of tho people, who wero reported on
the verge of starvation.
The New Zealand Government has re
newed the mail service between New Zea
land and San Francisco. Tho Union Lino
steamers will carry the mails via Sydney
and Auckland to Honolulu, and tuo
Oceanic Lino will carry them between
Honolulu and San Francisco.
The movement for annexation to the
United States received fresli impetus re
cently in Cuba. Many prominent Span
iards favored the movement as tho only
way out of otherw iso inextricable difficul
ties. TIIE LATEST.
Serious riots broke out in St. Louis ou
the 3th, occasioned by the street car strike
Large mobs of men surrounded various
cars, overturning them into tho gutters
and beating the driven and conductors
and policemen guarding them. During
one of these riots, Policeman Hannan shot
n striker named Havey through the head,
Killing him. A very bittor feeling was en
gendered in consequence and worse troubles
were expected.
At the Luko Fidler breaker, Shamokin,
Pa., recently, n Polish boy employed as a
slate picker, missed his footing and fell
headlong iuto a box in which were swiftly
revolving a pair of "monkey" yollers. Be
fore the machinery could bo stopped his
body was ground to pieces.
Nearly full and official returns from the
recent town meetings in Connecticut show
that in 102 of the 167 towns, 70 are Repub
lican, 53 Democratic nnd 28 equally divided.
Last year the stauding was almost exactly
the same.
Tns suit to test the validity of the Bell
telephone patents at Washington was dis
missed by Solicitor-General Goode on tech
nicalities. Further attempts would be
made, it was said, to break the telephone
monopoly.
Cardinal McCloskey died at New York
on the 10th, aged seventy-four. Ho was
born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 20, 1S10.
Horse breeders of Bushnell, 111., were
considerably alarmed over the discovery
that glanders exists in J. S. Truman's herd
of range horses. Dr. Paaren, the State
Veterinarian, examined the diseased ani
mals and at onco pronounced the malady
glanders.
Instructions have been received by Dr.
McKinney, Healtfe Officer of Texas, from
Governor Ireland, to discontinue the quar
antine against Mexico.
Captain Claib, of Abilene, Tex., Man
ager of the Sansome Cattle Company, re
ceived informal ion that Indians hod stolen
eighty head of horses from the company's
ranch in New Mexico near the Arizona
line.
The niath annual congress of the Na
tional Liberal League convened at the
People's Theater, Cleveland, O., on the
9tb. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, the Pres-
ideut, not being present, Charles Watts, of
jaiuiiuii, .cugiuiiu, v ice xiuiuoaii, occupies
g cuai'r.
The postmasters at Graniteviile and
JTiefley, small towns adjacent to Boston,
JljMg., have been recommended for removal
for mailing matter at their office that
should have been mailed at Boston. In' the
case of the Sherley postmaster it was al
leged by tho lnspeetor who investigated
the matter that th postmaster paid thirty
per cent, of the value of the stamps to per
sons who brought quantities of circulars
to his office for mailing;
JKANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Topeka daily papers were favored
with lots of brass music during the re-
anion.
Erastcs Scales, one of the veterans
who attended the reunion, was so severely
injured by a Topeka street car that ba died
in a fewheurs. A collection was taken ap
amonf, bis comrades for the benefit of his
familj.
The Prohitntionists of Douglas County
hare put a full ficket in the field for county
officers.
In the band contests during the reunion
at Topeka the following awards were
made: First class two entries, Mar
shall's Military Band of Topeka, com
posed of 24 pieces, and the Dispatch Band
of Clay Center, composed of 1C pieces;
prize, 200 and gold mednl; won by Mar
shall's Military Band. Second class two
entries, Kuights of Pythias Band of Em
poria, and First Regiment Band of Law
rence; prize, 150; won by the First Regi
ment Band. Third class eight entries.
Excelsior Band of Newton, I. O. O. F.
Band of Peabody, niuggold of Hutchin
son, Pleasantoa Band, Wamego Band,
Parsons Band nnd Waterville Bani; prize,
125; won by Parsons Band. Fourth class
six entries, Manhattan Band, Oskaloosa
band. Mechanic's Band, of Peabody, and
the Juvenile Band, of Winfield; prize, 100;
won by the Mechanic's Baud, of Peabody.
In the drum corps contest tho following
awards were made: General class ight
entries first prize, 100; second, 05; first,
won by Fort Scott corps; second, by
Washington G. A. R. Post No. 12, corps, of
Lawrence. Sons of Veterans drum corps
three entries; prize, C0: won by Mound
City corps. Grand Ariny posts three en
tries; first prize, 100, won by McCaslin
Post No. 117; second, 05, won by Abilene
Post No. G3.
Michael Krebs, of Junction City, was
robbed of 140 by confidence men on a
Council Bluffs train at Kansas City the
other day. It was the same old story. He
i met two respectable looking gentlemen at
the Union Depot and one of them sat in
the same seat with him when the train
pulled out. One of the, men asked if he
liad change for "03. When ho pulled out
j his roll one of the men snatched it and
both jumped off the train.
The packing house at Junction City was
burned the other night. It was the work
of an incendiary evidently. Tho fire had
gained such headway before discovered
that it was impossible to save any of the
contents. There was nn insurance of
13,500 on the building, machinery and
stock.
Patents latety issued to Kansas invent
ors: Myron Camp. Sedgwick, doorshield;
James Costxdl, Blue Rapids, refrigerator;
Peter Cool, Manhattan, car-axle bearing;
Alfred Ross, Wichita, automatic blotter
holder.
Kansas post-masters recently nppointed:
Towandn, Androw Swiggott; Oxford,
Melvin Collins; Trenton, D. L. Stratton.
The post-offico at Garden City was burg
larized the other night. The safe was
blown open and all tho niouey, reg
istered letters and valuables taken. Therf
wore thirty-six mono packages for tin
Government Land-office, containing large
amounts. There was no clue to tho burg
lars. During the late reunion at Topeka many
of the militia of 1SJ4 were present. Tb
Price Raid Veterans effected a temporary
organization and adopted resolutions
strongly urging tho payment of Price raid
claims remaining unsettled. The question
of a reunion in the near future of all th
old survivors of the Price raid was deter
mined upon. Colonel G. W. Veale wai
elected President, and W. W. Climenson
Secretary of a permanent organization.
Five Vice-Presidents were chcfu to co
operate, consisting of the following gen-
! tlemen: W. P. Douthett, Colonel J. W.
Brown, E. F. Simmons, of Douglas County;
C. G. Howard, of Riley County, and John
Armstrong, of Shawnee County.
In the late trial of George Prickett, at
Columbus, charged with tho murder ol
Briggs at Galena last November, the jury
was out for four hours and returned with
a verdict of murder in tho second degree.
Quails can only be killed lawfully dur
ing the months of November and Decem
ber. It is stated that thirty counties in Kan- ,
sas have nominated Prohibition tickets,
and it Is expected at least an equal num- ,
ber of Prohibition tickets will bo chosen in j
additional counties.
TnE Commissioner of Indian Affairs j
!,., t:rt Aioron.,. i?T,i.-in f r.nr. !
renc. that his license as post trader at the !
, ., t i- ,. I
agency of the Seawnee Indians will
be
revoked after January 1.
The Presbyterian Synod lately in ses
sion at Topeka passed resolutions protest
ing against the illegal selling of liquor in
the drug stores, and "we consider the
drnggist who takes advantage of the law
in this respect as even more abandoned
than the lowest saloon keeper. We also
affirm that tho business interests of the
State are bettered by the decrease oi
liquor saloons. We are receiving a b-tter
class of immigrants than formerly, many
of whom say they have come to us because
of our prohibition law." A resolution was
also adopted that "to abate the evil grow
ing out of tho abuso of privileges for the
sale of alcohol for medical and mechani
cal purposes, wo suggest the practicability
of placing the sale of liquors exclusively
in the hands of salaried employes of the
State."
Dr. Holcombe, State Veterinarian, re
ports that between thirty and forty coun
ties in Kansas ara now infected with hog
cholera. Th-j disease, he states, is rapidly
spreading, causing the daily loss of thou
sands of swine. Some counties have re
ported a loss of $40,000 from this disease
alone. Dr. Holcombe combats the idea en
tertained by many that the malady is not
cholera, but is some now and fatal disease.
Vomiting or coughing are the first symp
toms marking the first stages of this dis
ease. New counties are filling up.
The report that Mr. Scoville was killed
by a street car at Topeka during tho reun
ion proved to be untrue. His foot was sc
severely injured that amputation was
necessary, but he was in a fair way to re
cover. A purse of between $500 and $C0G
was raised on the grounds and presented
to him.
Joux Asdehsox, janitor in the Leaven
worth post-office, was recently arrested
upon a charge of robbing the mails. Some
of the properly, was fonnd in his possession.
He was taken before United States Com
missioner Clough and bound over in the
gam of $,,000.
S. L. Oil bert has been appointed Ro-
i oeiv of the land-office at Wichita. '
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CINCINNATI SOCIALISTS.
Vfeey Adopt Platform Which CveryOa
t I PriTileced to Read.
Cincinnati, October 9. The Socialist
Laber party in session at Schaepperiea
Hall yesterday adopted the foMowins: plat
form: "As work is the only creation of all
wealth and civilization, in justice, therefore,
tho-ethat'do this work should enjoy its
fruits: therefore we declare that a just and
equitable distribution of the fruits of labor
is impossible under the present system
owing to the production by gigantic
Means. Since the introduction of ma
chinery the acquirement of which is im
possible except to the few. These modern
iueans of production benefit only one class
of society. Where formerly a man worked
for himself alone, there are hundreds
sud thousands who work in shops,
factories and large farms. The re
sult of tlieir labors accrue only to
the -owners of the machinery, factories
mines and toil. This system destroys the
middle class and creatrs two separate
classes of individuals, the waae worker and
the bosses. The evils that rise from the
syhtem are a planless system of general
production, the destruction of natural and
human forces, the continual necessity of
the mntetiat existence of the wage workers,
tne suffering of the proletarian musses ami
the colossal accumulation of wealth in the
hands of the few. These asset tions aie
proven by the present condition of the
wajje workers, who in the midst of their
productions live in poverty and dependence,
while the hardest and most dibagrecabft
woik furnishes the wage worfcer
only sustenance. Those who work
but little or not at all live in afflurnee
through those productions. Such a condi
tion of nfiaivs which must grow worse under
the existing circumstances is against the
interest of manhood and is antagonistic to
all justice and true democracy. It de-ttroys
the very essence of our Constitution, which
says that all shall enjoy life, liberty and the
unrestricted pursuit of happiness. It short
ens and threatens life by creating want and
suffering. It destroys liberty by making
the wage-worker dependent upon his boss,
and also makes political freedom impot
ble. It checks tlie pursuit of happiness,
and happiness Is not obtainable where hfe
and liberty are threatened. To champs
this state of affairs we seek to estab
lish a system of co-operative pro
duction, and the distribution of ito bene-.it
according to the wants and work of the
producers under tiie control of organized
society. To overcome the continued oppres
sion of the wageworker by the capitalist,
the socialistic labor party is formed. We
seek the practical realization of our de
mnnd by striving to gam possession of the
political power tluough all practical means."
SCORCHING TWO CITIES.
A Dlsantrtiu Fire in London AVIich San
I'nincSen Tries to DiiiIiritte.
LoxnoN, October 8. One of the most
disastrous conflagrations that has occurred
in this city in ninny jears broke out at live
o'clock this morning In the Charter Housj
buildings, Aldersgate street, and is still
burning, though partially under control.
The tire spread with marvellous rapidity
nnd in less than four hours after it had
broken out thirteen of the eight-story
houses comprising the propeity wera
destroyed. The buildings wore oc
cupied by stores, mostly fancy
goods and toy emporium's. In ona
of the buildings d&ttioyed was lo
cated a large printing establishment. An
other of the builrtiiwft was occupied as a
bank. Tluough tlie strenuous efforts of tlui
fireren the structure was saved from total
destruction. The firemen experienced
great difficulty in throwing streams ou the
upper stories because of tho lack of water
preBsure. Many o them had narrow
escaweo from deat-from falling walls, etc.
The estimated loss will reach tlaee million
dollars.
Sak Fhaxcisco, Cal., October 9. The
iriMneiise wholesale stationery and printing
eslahlioliment of II. S. Crocker & Co., ou
Bush stieet, burned to the ground this
morning. Four me" wero buried in tlm
ruins. It is estimated tnat xhe loss on tlm
building and tiie stock is about 3500,009.
The first alarm was turned in at 2:10 a. in.,
but ; th fir" o-fcpnatrd in the basement
and m what is known as a "blind fire,"
the flames had already made considerable
headway before the extent of the danger
was known. In au incredibly short time
the whole interior f the largo live story
biiildincr .seenwtl U) Im i mass of flamta
j aj lroSnect of saving it or any of iU
contents was Jwpelcss. The building was
owned by Charles Crocker of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, and was worth
S75.000, but was not insured. The losn of
n- S. Crocker & Co. is 5400,000; insured
fr S'225,000. Schweitzer, Sachs & Co.,
obber of , fanc s, Sansome street, the
rear of whose premises adjoined thosw of
the Crockers. lose heavily from damat: by
water. The ongin of the fire is a mvstery.
Four firemen were burned in the ruins but
two have been rocued. One of them is in
an unconscious stat,'. Tho other two are
undoubtedly dead. The names are Martin
Halin and Pet-er ilealy.
PUGNACIOUS MAYORS-
The Old and the New Hare a Uout In m
I.onisvTlle Court Room.
Louisvillh, Ky., October 9. The Ordi
nance Court room was eu livened yesterday
afternoon by a fistic attack by ex-Mayor
Chailcs D. Jacob upon P. Booker Reed, the
Major. Both men were witnesses in an
ordinance case. Mayor Reed .had refused
to pay an old contract let under Jacob's ad
ministration on the gionnds that it was
irregular and invalid. Referring to this
Mr. Jacob said: "The contract was one that
any honest man would pay, and on that no
honest man would object to." This
caused much excitement, and when Mr.
Iteed asked if he refened to him Mr. Jacob
said "yes," and brought his hand down on
Reed's shoulder. He lepvated the blow and
they were separated. Mav or Jacob apolo
gized to the court aud was fined S3. On
the outside he attain attempted to assault
Sjayor Heed, but was prevented. Mr. Ja
cob refused to recognize the authority of
Chief of Police Wliallen, who attempted to
arrest him, but surrendered to the Marshal
of the court Both gentlemen have been
taken in hand by friends, aud doubtless
there will be no further trouble.
Boena Bon!s.
Washisgtox, October 9. Major Dye,
Chief of Police, to-day was handed a letter
from Mr. Hutchinson, who is in the land
business in Kansas City, stating that the
writer had traded land for 5,000 worth of
seven per cent District bonds, issued Octo
15, 1877, and made payable in Jul', 1S82.
They are signed "Liudley Murray, presi
dent, and E. T. Ferris, secretary.' The
writer said he would like to know their
value. Major Dye lias written a letter in
reply stating that no such bonds have ever
been issued by the District, and that they
are fraudulent He has also notified the
Kansas City police, asking that they make
an investigation.
THE ROCK SPRINGS RIOT.
Itartllag Kvldeaes Before the Graad Jaqr
The ChlaeM Said to Have Fired Their
Owe HWMrl.
Greek Biver, Wto, October 6. Sorar
rwtnnonr of a startling character was,
given to the grand jury yesterday calculated,
to throw new light on the transactions at-.
Keck Springs during the riot there. The
Rev. Timothy Thirloway, tho Congregir
tional minister who resided at Rock:
Springs with his family during the riot,,
made a sworn statement, allowing that the
Chinese set fire to their own houses inw
order to prevent the white men from rob
bing thetn of their money, which wa
buried in the ground under their dwellings.
Subsequent events have shown that this
was the case, for as shown, as the China
men returned to Rock Serines they com
menced excavat ns tinder the ruins and in
one instnnee over 50,000 was found. Tim
othy Thirloway being duly sworn made th'
following statement: ,4I nm a minister of
the compel and was residing at Rock
Springs on September 2 last on which day
the riot occurred and was in the vicinity of
Chinatown on that day. I heard
there was a large number of men moving:
around towr.nl the north end of China
town with cuns, clubs and r'ier weapons.
I stepped out of my house with my wife
and taw the first two houses that were set
on fire. While we were standing there L
could see a number of white men on the
north side of Chinatown and at the same
time four Chinamen came out of a house in
the southeast part, only a short distance
from us. They wero some two hundred
yards from the white men. Tho four Chi
namen had not moved more than twenty
yards from the house with their butulles
when some one called them back, and -they
remained in the house for two or tliree
minutes before coming eut again. In tho
meantime a volley was heard on the north
side of Chinatown and almost instantly the
Chinamen rushed out of the building. They
had hardly left when we saw tiie building
was on fire. No white men were to be
seen near the house and it was apparent
that the house was fired by the
Chinamen themselves. My daughter, who
talked with some of the Chinamen
afterward, can tell you more about
the object of the Chinamen in setting tiro,
to their awn houses. The two houses that
were first burned belonged to the railroad
company and were knowu as numbers 15
and 16. Among the Chinamen that cama
out ef No. 10, the first house set on fire, 1
recognized Ah Quong." The statement of
Miss Ellen Thirloway was as follows: "I
came to Rock Springs last December and
have Riven instruction to tho Chinese at my
father's house in the eveuimr. I think I
had the confidence of the Chinese, who re
garded us as their friends. Just as soon as
they returned some of them came to see us
nnd told us about their troubles. Ah.
Quong. who lived in the cellar of gang
house No. 16, which was the first house set.
on fire, told me that Chlna'boy was scared,
afraid American boy would get things, and
so China boy set fire to the house. Low
Ack Sen. a nephew of Ah Say, the Chinese
interpreter, also told mo the same facts
about setting on fire the houses of other
Chinamen and'that they wero afraid white
men would find their money and for that
reasou the Chiuese set fire to the houses.
LAND THIEVES.
Conviction f the A next of nn Bnglish Com
pany Fraudulent Work or KiIroau.
Washinotox, October 0. The General
Land Office is informed of the trial aud
conviction of R. C. Bloomlield, in Denver,.
Col., on the 21st tilt., for conspiring to de-
' fraud the United States in piocurintr fraud
i ulent pre-emption entries under fictitious
names. Mr. Bloomfield is an Englishman,
1 very wealthy and the managerof the Arkan
sas Valley Land & Cattle Company com
( posed almost entirely of Englishmen. 'Ihis
i company, i: is represented, own over 300,
000 acre of land, controlling the water of
I ast areas nf country through illegal means.
The conviction of Bloomfield is regarded
at tiie Interior D; artment as highly
important in tht it will be likely
to deter others from continuing in
the same illegal business. When the jury
returned its vf rdkt Bloomfield fainted in
open court. II. K. Pinchney, who was in
dicted with Bloomfield, escaped before his
trial came oif. He is represented as having
furnished the meu means to personate ac
tnal settlers. He employed cowbojs until
the supply was exhausted, when he put up
paper men. Pinchney was a clerk in the
local land office, and was of great assist
ance in successfully executing tho fraudu
lent entries. Several agents of the De
partment of the Interior report the
cutting of large amounts of timber
on public lands, adjacent to the line of the
Norilern Pacific Railroad, by largo forces
of the men, who claim to be employed by
the Montana Improvement Company, which
it is alleged, is but a branch of the North
Pacific Railroad Company. Saw mills are
said to be running in full blast among a
vast area of country. It is understood that
suits will be immediately instituted against
the guilty parties. Reports are said to
have been received at the department to the
effect that the Atx-hison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railfoad Company, by making fraudu
lent locations, have secured large areas ot
land to which they are not entitled.
Detpmttt Convlctn.
Rusk, Tex., October 6. Yesterday at
the terminus of the Kansas & Gulf Short
Line near Lufkin, Tex., sixty convicts
working on the road made a desperate
bresk for liberty, just as they had finished
their supper. With deafening yells they
started up in a body and rushed for the
neighboring woods. Guards opened fire on
them with deadly effect The latest report
says twenty-five of them were killed or
wounded. The prisoners were in one large
body, and the guards simply emptied
their repeating rifles and small arms
into the moving mass. Rumors of
an intended mutiny in this camp
have been rife for some weeks past These
rumors were strengthened by the fact that
many of the convict were serving life sen
tences and were known to be desperate
characters and extra precautions were be
ing taken. Every means possible Ls being
used to recapture the thirty-five who suc
ceeded in eluding the rifles of the guards.
All avenues of escape are being guarded
and posses are being organized to scour the
country. The scene of the outbreak is
some miles from a telegraph office.
A Patent Bill Misting.
Washijtgton, October 6. It has been
ascertained that an engrossed bill authoriz
ing the Attorney General to begin proceed
ings looking to tho annulment of patents
obtained through fraud aud misrepresenta
tion, together with all papers relating to
the measure, has disappeared from the
files of the Senate Committee on Patents.
The bin was passed at the last sessioa
by the House of Representatives, and re
ferred by the Senate to the Patent Commit
tee, but was not brought before the Senate
for final action. Senator Piatt, the Chair
man of the Committee on Patents, has writ
ten to this city, requesting a thorough' In
investigation of the.
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