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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1885.
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REPUBLICAN CLERKS.
lssessei ly a Republican Starte Committse
Afraid to Pay tie Partisan Tax.
A Variety of Philosophic Speculations, In
duiIineSome Comments on Civil Service
Reform Düring the Administration of
President Taj lor -Other Slatters.
Special to the Sentinel.
Washington. Sept. 7. Will those Repub
lican departmental clerk?, who are being as
fessed by the Republican committee, resjKtnd.
or will they plead the statute of limitation
and contribute no more? Their action will
be regarded with the widest interest.
Why are those individuals upon the pay
roll of the country to-day? They are hav
ing a good time, cash in pocket, and pie for
dinner. 'Whatever there is in the way of
sott place, and a soft thing in this life, they
are certainly having. Compared witli
them the other sons and daughters of toil
are merely step-children around the family
board. WLerefo'-e this evident favoritism ;
simply for the reason that they were Re
publicans. For all that they are indebted
to the Republican party. Its bounty and
beneficence lias enrolled them to tread on
Krüssels, recline on velvet, fare sumptuously
and draw fat pay.
To-day the grand old party I use the
term in no ironical sense is in hard luck.
It calls for help. What will the Republican
do? Will he contribute t place it in power
and purple again, or will he leave it out in
the sobbing rain to jerish of famine.
Some philosophers assure us that the Re
publican party survived its usefulness; but
that it is the beneficiary of the department
clerk there is no question. But for it he
would never have had official and the cor
responding social existence so long enjoyed,
lie is its favorite son. taken from 10,1 xj sons
altogether lovely. Will lie contribute to its
relief, or will he, from the window of a
Washington office, quietly watch the pro
cession move over the hill to the poor-house?
Mv eyes are upon him.
Here is an occasion for the aspirin? Re
publican to achieve distinction and win the
admiration of mankind. Now is the accepted
time. The Carthagerrian woman sold her
jewels to defend her city. Kngland is mis
tress of the seas to-day for the reason that
fcixtv years ago the average Briton was sell
ing his shirt for money with which to put
down the French. Nothing glorious in party
or country was ever achieved without per
sonal sacrifice.
Is the department clerk destitute of grati
tude or loyalty? What would be his course
if in his estimation it was sure to come again
into power? His patriotism will now deter
mine whether it shall live or die. The exam-
tle of h:s contribution, or if that is not al
wed, his ready resignation, to devote him
self to party service, will determine its fu
ture. The "Republican party can be restored,
and the Department clerk" can bring about
that restoration. More potent than all the
campaign sjeeches that orators can make, or
the presses can print, would be the example
of Jiis resignation to enter the canvass in
Ohio, 'or John Sherman. The spectacle of
devotion to party so selfless would be worth
a thousand voters for every resignation. It
would be ersonaJ sarifice for the good of
the party that would force George Bancroft
to write another chapter, to say nothing
about James !. Blaine. Not only my eyes,
since 1 have come to think, but the eyes of
the world are upon them. Ly refusing to
mate this sacrifice they dishonor the Repub
lican I arty and show that their own
past political life is one of fal-e pretense.
Thev have claimed that the prosperity of
the Republic rested uon the party that has
voted the rebellion down at every election
since Iee's surrender. All his country's
hopes are centered in hi party. He knows
Lis duty, will he do it not?
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General Taylor came to the Presidency as
a civil service reformer. Military men ex
clusively because of their military achiev
menfc have never excited large enthusiasm
with the Americ an people as candidates for
executive office. The acknowledged greatest
minds of the country have disdained or at
least avoided referring to Washington in
comparison. I believe the inscription on
the sword presented by Frederick the Great,
of Prussia, to le the absolute truth. "From
the greatest soldier in Euroje to the greatest
soldier in the world."
Conquering the British at New Orleans was
merely an incident in the life of Andrew
Jackson. Refore becoming a soldier he had
achieved large distinction in civil affairs and
through a reputation acquired in politics he
secured his commission. It may be
said of General Taylor and General Grant
that they are the only Presidents chosen
because of their service in war. But the
Whig party, recognizing the fact that its
candidate could not run upon his war
record alone, sought to quicken a sentiment
in favor of civil service reform, and was suc
cessful. The ieop"le very naturally are
quick to suspicion that something may not
le exactly right within those marble walls.
The idea of a change is never particularly
disagreeable to the great mass of American
voters, and sometimes to secure it
they will take risks as they did
last fall when the Democratic party
wa3 returned to power. The central idea of
the sentiment that culminated in the elec
tion of Mr. Cleveland was open the books,
new men in every department of the Gov
ernment, a complete change.
Tbe military record of the Whig chief was
merelv one feature of the campaign that re-
fultef in the elec tion of General Taylor to
the lres:dency, and played a no more effec
tive part than the "woolly Horse" did for
Fremont. General Taylor was a civil ser
vice reformer. The only difference between
"Old Rough and Ready" and Mr. Cleveland
was this: The former use the term "active
partisan" instead of "offensive partisan."
There were appointments made by I "oik
after the election of Taylor, just a.s there
were appointment made by Arthur after the
election of Cleveland: but Taylor ruled out
all such as frauds upon the incoming admin
istration. Taylor would have made short
work of the Lafayette Postmaster, whom
. Cleveland accepts.
The four years for which Taylor was
elected and Filiniour served is not" regarded
as a successful administration, for the reason
that public sentiment did not approve filling
places of trust with the President's political
friends. At every point it was: 'Iiemote.
unfriendlv, melancholy, slow." What could
a Whig do with Democratic clerks? As an
experiment it proved a great failure, so great
that was never seriouly tried by any party
responsible for the affairs of Government
from the the election of Pierce nntll the de
feat of the last Republican President.
Jap TrRrEX.
Pout master Commiiilontd )U1I Koatea
Maton' Iitriet.
Special to the Sent IneL
Washington, Sept. 7. Commissions were
to-day issued to the following Indiana post
masters; Francis M. Million, Burnett's
Creek; Francis M. Runyon, Charleston, Ind.;
John A. Willermood, Newport; Lewis C.
Fout, North Judson: Horace G. Douglass,
Plainlicld; W. A. Davis, Sheridan; Charles
G. Md'iintock, Stanton.
The following, affecting the Inniana mail
service, is announced today: Danville to
New Maysville, leave Danville daily except
Sudavs, at 12:'So p. m. Arrive at New Mays
ville by 4 p. m. Leave Mew Maysville daily
except Sunday, at 8 a. m., arrive at Danville
by 11 :." a. m. AdoptjSeptember 14, 1XS3.
Congessman Matson hascompleted the rec
ommendation for postmasters in his district,
and General Stevenson has ordered the ap
Iointments made.
UNITED STATES TREASURY.
The Public Debt Statement for the Month
of August.
Washington, Sept. 1. The following is a
recapitulation of the debt statement issued
to-day :
Interest bearing lebt
Fonds at 4J J per cent. S 2".O,noo,0O.) 00
lutiuls it 4 per cent 7:;.7:tUJ 0
l onds at 3 per cent l'J l.l'.xi.-VK) ih)
Kcfuixliug ccrtif.i-HU-s at 4 per cciiL. "J-JS.-VJ.) K)
Navy ciisioii fund at 3 per cent...- H.ino.km ik)
I'Hciiie railroad bonds at 1 per cent, f.l.t'tfl, 1 DO
lYincifuil l.'jat.77;.9i-2 00
Interest - 10.7W.Vi.; 03
Total 1.271.1,:i0;l
IVIt ou which interest lias evel since ma
turity iTim-iTui! : IJ.Wl.TtV -V
Interest iT?.7M) si
Total 5 4.H5.54G V
TVr.t licarine no interest
11 U inivmt anl legal tender notes..? 3t".7.W.01ti 07
ertilicates of denosit - :0.stM,tni0 tw
;ld certificate - 1 .!3v. I'.W (
silver certificates yi,07l,"Jti 00
Fractional currency, less Ss.37.VJ31,
estimated as lost or destroyed fi.0f1.102 KS
lYiucipal .. 00t,".KJ,s KS
Total debt
Principal 1,6!.22S..I2 1 1
I utcrot lo.'.'l i.titl M
Total 1,S0,172,175
Less cash item available lor reduc
tion of the debt 3 2--G,"C'.-X
Less reserve neid for redemption
of 100.000 OVO I' nited States notes... S.V..7&5.2!"i
Total debt less available cash itcnis..l..73.l()s,ss
Net cash in the Treasury 4'J,71fi,."72 t''J
lebt less cash in the Treasury Sep
tember 1. Ivo, l,t73,7;2.S7
IVbt less cia iu the Treasury Au-
jrust 1.; l.vv I,17',i71.35'. '.".
Decrease of dcht during the month
as shown bv this statement . 2,V7'.i.0VJ 17
fash in the Treasury available for
reduction of the lebt
Gold held for gold certificates actu
ally entstand i iu: 123hvU90 00
Silver held for silver certificates
actually outtandiiir W,07'J,J,.k; 00
United States notes held for certifi
cates of deiosit actually outstand
ing .ULK'-'.dlO W
Cash held tor matured lebt and in
terest unpaid .".'.::i .13" (Hi
Fruttioual currency -.071 7
Total available for reduction
f the debt ;.7t3,J?:
Reserve fund held for redemption
of t'nited States notes, act 01 July
lilssj $ 100,000,000
t navuilable for reductiou of
rtebt-
1 ractional silver coin 5 21,721,27
Minor com 817,0.".;
00
Total 2.",.V7,311
Certificates held as cash issuetl but
not outstaudiiiÄ S ffl.0U.12U
Net cash Indamv on hauii 4'., 71 6,572
Total cash in the Treasury as shown
lv the Treasurer's general ac
count 492.(JC5,32'.
ARRIVAL, OF THE PRESIDENT.
He I Considerably Tanned by the Sun, but
Much Improved by Hi Trip.
WAt-HiSGTON, Sept. 7. President Cleveland
arrived here at 8 o'clock this moaning. The
Iresident's carriage was in waiting at the
depot, and he was driven to the White
House, where, after breakfasting, lie settled
down at once to.work. The President, who
is well tanned by the sun, ami who appears
much improved by his trip, says that he has
had an excellent time, ami has enjoyed per
fect health. He has not been ill a single day
s. nee he left, and is at a loss to understand
how the report of his serious sickness origi
nated. A CABINET MLKTIXO CALI.KI.
A meeting of the Cabinet will be held to
morrow. The members who are absent from
the city have not however been summoned
to attend, as there is no business to be con
sidered requiring their presence. It is ex
lotted that all the Cabinet otliccrs will have
returned to Wa-hinjrton bvthel?th. It is
stated at the White House that the President
froposed to dispose of pending questions he
ore neriously considering matters to bo
brought to the notice of Congress in his an
nual message.
THE WYOMIN. DIsTl RBANCK.
The latest intelligence received at the War
Department from the scene of the recent
disturbances in Wyoming N a dispatch from
General SchotieM to General Drum, dated
yesterdaj' as follow: There is no report of
further trouble since the troops went to the
scene of disturbance; none is likely to occur
in the presence of troops, I do not see bow
any necessity for further instructions being
given.
Adjutant General Drum had a conference
with the President txxlay in regard to the
troubles in Wyoming Territory, and gave
him an account of the steps already taken
by the War Department to suppress the lis
tnrbance. The question as to further action
on the part of the Government, will be laid
before the Cabinet at the next meeting.
AITOINTMENTS.
The Acting Postmaster General to-day an-
Pointed the following named fourth-class
ostmasters:
Ohio At Jaybird, Isaac Smalley; Mt.
Holy, Eli R. lteel.
Indiana At llartonia, Richard Stoekdale;
Yorktown, 8. D. Overmver; Centreville, G.
W. Meeker: Freedom, W. J. Suffrall.
Illinois At Keninpton, John AI. Kalston;
Gilmar, Elias W. Knjrer.
Alexander II. (iamhrill, of Illinois, han
been appointed Chief of a division in the
second Auditors Ottice.
WHEAT AM) CORN MCPORT.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has de
termined to publish the monthly wheat and
corn reiort at noon, instead of at 4 p. tu., as
heretofore. The change is in compliance
with petitions of Western Doanls of Trade.
THE lOritT Or ALABAMA CLAIM.
First Comptroller Durham to-day stopped
a requisition to pay the. salary of J. A.J,
Cresswtll, Government counsel of the Court
of Commissions of Alabama Claims, for the
month of August until it is settled that there
is any balance due liiin.
Mist -tu.Ayr.ui s.
The issue of stanlarl silver dollars from
tbe mints during the week ended Seprember
5 was H57,ir.il. The Issue for same time last
year was $34., 407.
Surgeon Main, of the Marine Ho-pital ser
vice, has reported to the Surgeon General at
Washington details of a visit of Inspection
to Tarn pico. I'.iidad, San Fernando and
other cities of Mexico near the bonier lines,
from whkht appears there is no danger of
the introduction of an epidemic of any kind
from that quarter.
Thomas Hughes, Postmaster at Albuquer
que, N. M., and Assistant Postmaster (.'lark,
have been arrested, a Khortage of $1,'2XJ hav
ing been discovered in the accounts of the
cilice.
THE ARMSTRONG CASE.
Mr. Stead, Mrs. Jarrett, General Booth and
Others in Bow Street Police Court
To Anrnrrr the Charge of Abducting the
Girl, Kliza Armstrong Police Unable
to Control the Mob Assembled to
Hear the Proceedings.
London. Sept. 7. Mr. Stead, editor of the
rail Mall Gazette, Mrs. Ja: rett, Bramwell
Booth, Mrs. Coombs, Mr. Jacqties and Mme.
Maurey, the defendants in the so-called ab
duction case, appeared in the Bow street
police court to-day in answer to the charges
against them. Mr. Stead conducted his own
case, while counsel represented the other.
Tbe excitement in the court room and in
the vicinity has seldom, if ever,
been equalled. The police were powerless to
control the mob who had assembled to bear
the preaching. Members of the Salvation
Army were arriving all the morning in cabs,
and were hooted and jostled on their way to
the Court-room. In the Court there was a
compact mass of people. A number of re
porters were present; also many members of
the Salvation Army and quite a sprinkling
of brothel keepers. Mrs. Jarrett sat in the
prisoner's dock. Mr. Steal and Bramwe'l
Booth had seats in front of the doxk. Mr,
Poland, Solicitor for the Treasury, opened
the case for the Crown with a
long speech in which he
gave a description of how the
girl was obtained troni the mother, the out
rages to which she had been subjected after
she Jwas installed in Mme. Maurey's estab
lishment and ill treatment she had received
from the time she left her mother until she
was rescued and taken home. Mrs. Jarrett,
during Mr. Poland's statement, sat with a
calm leineanor, her eyes closeil and her
head nodding, closely resembling Charles
Dickens' "Sally Brass" in the "Old Curiosity
Shop." Mr. Stead appeared unconcerned,
smiling occasionally and at times denying
Mr. Poland's allegations. At the conclusion
of his address to the court, Mr. Poland de
manded the committal of all the
defendants for trial. The child,
Eliza Armstrong, was placed on
the witness stand and identified Mrs. Garret
us the woman wiio had secured her from her
mother on plea of needing her assistance to
do housework. The girl then gave in detail
all the circumstances connected with her
abduction. Eliza Armstrong further testi
fied that at the medical examination imme
diately after she was decoyed from home,
the pfiysician tested her innocence despite
her screams, and that afterward she
was dispatched to France to prevent
the police from getting possesion of
her for her mother she wrote
several letters home, but the members of the
Salvation Army who had charge of her sup
pressed them. This ended the girl's testi
mony for the day. The defendants indicated
that they would contest the accuracy of manv
of the girl's statements. The court then ad
journed until to-morrow.
The mob at the doors of the conrt tried to
overturn Booth's carriage, and molested
other numbers of the Salvation Army.
The defendants were all released on bail.
Mr. Stead ami Mrs. Jarrett were hissed by the
crowd as they were leaving the court.
AGRARIAN CRIMES.
Hamstringing and Mutilating Cattle.
Indn, Sept. 4. The Government is much
jK-rplcxed over a new form of agrarian crime
which is becoming alarmingly prevalent in
Ireland. At the last Assizes in County Ker
ry Judge Palles decided that persons whose
cattle Lad been stolen were not entitlel to
compensation nnder the malicious injuries
act, although those whose cattle had been
houghed or hamstrung were entitled to com
pensation. I'nder the decision the mutila
tion of catUe has become unpopular among
the moonlighter, since by these acts they
intlict no injury upon the owners of the cat
tle, and only "cause Buffering and death
to the unoffending animals.
Instead of mutilating the cattie of obnox
ious landlords, bailiffs, etc., the moontight
ers now steal the cattle outright and run
them off to remote parts of the country or
keep them snugly concealed until the hne
and cry is over. The cattle thieves are well
organized. anl the animals are kept moving,
being passed from one gang to another until
they have been driven across two or three
counties, ami to a distance of hundreds of
miles from the scene of tiie raid. Jlobberies
of this kind are now of nightly occurrence
in some parts of Ireland, and of all such cases
which have occurred the police have not yet
succeded in tracing and reclaiming a single
animal
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Further I'urt icnlnrs of the Caroline Ilaml
Imbroglio Between Spain and Germany.
Mapkid, Sept, 7. Dispatches just received
regarding the German occupation of Yap
fdate that the Spaniards on the island had
hoisted the Spanish Hag, and had lowered it
at sunset for the night, as is customary with
all nationalities, and that immediately after
ward the German gunboat ran in, landed
marines and sailors, hoisted the German col
ors, and formally occupied the' place lespite
the protestations of the Spaniards. Prince
Bismarck hasoffered to withdraw the German
forces from Yap, provided Spain will not oc
cupy it pending a diplomatic solution of the
juestion as to Spain s claim over the island.
Germany will acknowledge Spanish occupa
tion of Yap, provided Spain prves that the
Spanish rlapr had been hoistel on tbe island
before the German gunboat had arrived in
the harbor.
The excitement in Madrid over the alTair
has quietel down. Everything was tranquil
last night.
Count Von Hatzfeld!, in his statement
to Count Binonian regarding the or
ders that had been given to the
German gunboat, meant that the
gunboat had been forbidden to hoist the Ger
man Hag where the Spanish flag had already
been hoisted. He said that the disobedience
of the commander of the gunboat would not
alTect the situation.
Bkklin, Sept. 7. The Kreul Zeitung says
that Germany 011 obtaining reparation from
Spain refrains from adding to the totible? of
a friendly sovereign. The Kreuz Zeitung is
confident tljat Prince Bismarck's reasoned
judgment and firm hand will conduce to a
settlement of the dispute. Other newspapers
praise the calmness displayed by the citizens
of Berlin.
A Fenian Committed for Trial.
London, Sept. 4. In the examination to
day at Solihull of Henry DufT, a Fenian ar
rested in London July 20 on a charge of hav
ing murdered Stephen Gately in a tavern
yard at Solihull in 1S.0, several witnesses
testified 10 seeing DufT in company with
(Jately just previous to the latter's body be
ing found in the yard. Two witnesses stated
that the prisoner and murdered man were
drinking in the tavern together and went
out in the yard seemingly on good terms.
Gately, it was alleged, incurred the enmity
of the Fenians by disclosing some of their
secrets, and the prosecution endeavored to
show that a price was put upon his head,
and that Duff was detaifed to kill him. The
prisoner's solicitor complained to the court
of the alleged unfairness of the examination,
stating he had not been allowed to see his
client, and that the object of the Crown ap-
fiearcd to him as a determined effort to
iang Duff if possible merely because he was
an Irishman. In conclusion he said that
the prosecution of Duff was a farce, and no
wonder Irishmen do their utmost to frus
trate the lesignof England. Duff was com
mitted for trial.
The Cholera Scourge.
Madkip, Sept. 7. Yesterday's cholera re
turns, compared with those of the 30th ult.,
show that the epidemic has increased in
Barcelona, Cadiz and Tarragon, and has de
cieased about .'H) jer cent, in the remaining
Prvin es.
There were 'J,l."2 new cases of cholera and
;l! deaths from the disease reported yester
day througtiout Spain.
Tomon, spt. 7. Eight deaths from
cholera were reported in this city today.
Nine patients were almitted to the hos
pitals, eight were discharged cured, and 118
remain under treatment.
Ma KsKt 1 i-ks, Sept. 7. Sixteen deaths from
cholera here to-day.
Minister Phelps' Speech to a W01 kingman's
Club.
Loxpox, Sept. 2. Mr. Thelps, the Ameri
can Minister, opened a workingmen's club
near Ilugby to-day. In a sjeech to the mem
bers he said that the prosperity of America
was lue to the jersistent energy of her peo
ple. There was employment in America for
all who desired it, prosperity for all who de
served it, and for all welcome. He advised
all who thought of emigrating , to consider
the matter well. There was no room in
America for Kile, worthless pexq4e.
The Ameer of Bokhara Abdicates.
Lonihn, Sept. 7. The Ameeifof Bokhara
lias abdicated in favor of his son, Turani,
who is friendly towards England. Russia
ias determined to extend its railway system
through Bokhara despite the protestations
of Turani. A Bokhara Embassy is at pres
ent in St. Petersburg discussing t lie question
with the Russian Minister. The concession
for building the railway was obtained by
Kussia from the father of Turan;.
Hclonchintaii SnbWtixel.
Yiknxa, Sept. 7. It is reported here that
the Government of India has' arranged a
convention with Be loot histan, by the terms
ot which the latter is 10 assist AignanMan
with oO.ooO troops in the event of a Ilusso-
Afghnii war. in return lteIoochistan is to
be subsidized equally with Afghanistan, and
the hiettah Railway is to be connected with
Kelat, the capital of Beloochistun.
SpiiituaVists Suopieioued of Munler,
Paris, Sept. '2. The remains of Baron and
Baroness Matre have been exhumed for ex
animation. The couple died within a short
time of each other, alter bavins for a long
time !een under the influence of a spiritual
ist and bis wife, who were benefitted by the
death of their noble patrons. It is now sus-
pectei both the larou ami U.vones died
from poison.
ArchbiKhop Walsh Inlallel.
Di'KLiM, Sept. 7. Archbishop Walsh was
installed in office to-day in the Dublin Ca
thedral. The ceremonies were witnessed by
the Lord Mayor and Corpora t inn Council,
Messrs, Davitt and O'Doherty. twelve Parlia
mentary snpiorters of Mr. 1'arnell, ami a
vast concourse of citizens.
Five Thoumil Workmen Strike.
Lopox, Sept. 2. Five thousand workmen
employed in sir William George Armstrong's
machine and gun works, at KUwiek. near
Newcastle, struck, to-day, Itorause theirem
plovcr refused to dismiss two managers who
had made themselves obnoxious to the em
ployes.
.Foreign Noten.
Ten thousand persons employe! in jute
mills at Dundee, Soot laud, went out on a
strike yesterday.
The municipal authorities of Cork, Ire
land, have unanimously refused to pay for
extra police service.
The Karl of t'arnarvan and Iiis wife ar
rived at Belfast yesterday. They met with
an enthusiastic reception.
One hundred and eighty Spaniards held an
anti-German demonstration at Tarbonne,
department of AnUe, yesterday.
At a meeting of 'ubans at Havana on Sun
day to take action in regard to the seizure of
the Carolines by Germany, one merchant, in
the name of the merchants of Havana,
oliered ?.,OXi,00o toward purchasing men-of
war for the Spanish Government.
CHICAGO SOCIALISTS,
The Ilel Banner Flaunted A Large Pro-
c-eiin and IMciiic .
Chic a ,o, Sept. J. The red banners of
ecialism daunted in Market Square here to
day. Processions of men, women, boys and
girls were marching and countermarching.
Each woman had either a crimson featherin
her hat or wore a piece of red ribbon pinned
to the bosom of her Iress. The men had red
bands about their hats, and more of the same
material fastened to their coats The child
ren wore red stock insrs. The occasion of
this display was the socialistic
picnic, organized in opposition to the Trades
Assembly lemonstration to-morrow, lie
cause the latter organization had voted to
taloo the red tlag. Speeches to the assem
bling crowd were made by Messrs. Fielden.
1 'arsons and Spies. A tirade against capital
was indulged in by all the sjeakers, each
putting much stress upon the assertion that
poverty is closely allieil to social degradation.
A red rlag was presented to the Metal Work
ers' Society. Then the crowd cheered, and
the bands struck up a lively air.
Though chilled by a raw wind from
off the lake, and though the sky
threatened rain, the Socialists formed in
line, ami set out to walk to Ogden's Grove,
live miles away. Between 3,miO and 4,000
men and women were in line. The previous
advertisements of the affair had estimated
10,000 would be the number. All were evi
dently bent on having a good time. A no
ticeable feature was the absence of Drum
Majors, or indeed any leaders. Neverthe
less, the procession got through all right.
Along the line of march, however, but little
excitement or curiosity was manifeste!.
In addition to the usual" socialistic mottoes
were banners bearing denunciatory legends
against Mayor Harrison ami Governor Ogles
by for their respective parts in the Chicago
street-car strike and the Lemont quarry
troubles. In the ncighlorhood of Division
and HaL-tead tstreet swhen two-thirds of the
route had been covered, occurred the first
expression of public enthusiasm.' Deafen
ing cheers irreeted the cries against Mayor
Harrison. At tbe grounds dancing and beer
drinking were continued until a late hour.
A DEADLY CONFLICT
Eetvreen White Jtliners and the Chinese at Rock
Springs, Wyoming Territory.
Fifteen Killed, a Large Number Wounded,
Several Burned to Death and the liest
Driven Into the Mountains All
uiet at Present.
Rock Snjixos, W. T., Sept. 4. Yesterday,
for the first time in many years, there was
not a Chinaman in Rock Spring's streets ex
cept tbe dead and woundel. The five or six
hundred who were at work in the mines
here have been driven out, and nothing but
heaps of smoking ruins mark the spot where
Chinatown stood. The feeling against the
Chinese has been growing stronger all sum
mer. The fact that the white men had been
turned off the sections and hundreds of
white men were seeking in vain for work,
while the Chinese were being shipped in by
the car load and given work, strengthened
the feeling against them. It needed but lit
tle to incite this feeling into an active cru
sade against the Chinese and precipitate the
little battle of "Wednesday. At No. 0 mine,
about one mile north of town, through
some misunderstanding, two Chinamen took
a room in the mine belonging to two white
men. "When the white men came they
ordered them out. They would not go, and
a tight ensued, which was participated in by
nearly all the whites and Chinamen in the
mines. The Chinamen were worsted in the
fight and four of them were badly wounded,
one of whom has since died.
The white miners then came out, armed
themselves with firearms, and notilVed the
men in the other three mines to come out in
the afternoon. .Meantime all was excite
ment. In Chinatown the tlag was hoisted as
a warning and the Chinese working in dif
ferent parjs of the camp tied to their quar
ters. After dinner the saloons closed, and
no liquor has been sold since then. The min
ers gathered on the frnt street, about one
hundred of them, armed with guns, revolv
ers, hatchets and knives, and proceeeded to
ward Chinatown. Before reaching there they
sent a committee of three warning the China
men to leave in an hour. This they agreed
to do, and started to pack up, but in about
a half an hour the white men grew impa
tient and advanced upon the Chinese quar
ters, shouting and firing their guns in the
air. Without offering resistance the Chinese
tied, with whatever they could snatch up, to
the hills, about a mile east of the town, the
miners firing at them as they went.
tkon a black smoke was seen issuing from
the peak of a house in Hong Kong, then
from another, and very soon eight or ten of
the largest of the houses were in flames.
Half choked with lire and smoke numbers of
Chinamen came rushing from the burning
buildings with blankets and bed quilts over
their heads to protect themselves from stray
rille shots. They followed their retreating
brothers into the hills at the top of their
speed. A launday in town was next visited
and the offensive inmatesshot dead. All the
employes of the coal department of the rail
road were ordered to leave town, which they
did on the evening Jtrain. During the
night all of the Chinese houses in town,
numbering nearly fifty, were burned to the"
ground. A number of Chinamen who were
hiding tied from the burning buildings.
t The light of Thursday morning revealed
some terrible sights. In the smoking cellar
of two Chinese houses the blackened bodies
of six Chinamen were seen. Three others
were in the cellar of another and four more
bodies were found near by. From the posi
tion of some it would seem as though they
had begun to liga hole in the cellar to hide
themselves, but the tire overtook them, burn
ing their extremities to a crisp and leaving
the upper portion of their bodies untouched!
At the east eml of Chinatown another body
was lound charred by the flames and muti
lated by hog. The smell that arose from
the smoking ruins was horribly suggestive of
bumin; Hesh. Further east were the bodies
of four more Chinamen shot down in their
flight.
A Coroner's jury was summoned, which,
after examining the bodies, returned a ver
lict that eleven of the Chinamen had been
bunted to leath and five shot by parties un
known to the jnry. A number were f 011 nil
seriously woundeti. and how many more
may still 1e woumled out in the hills is un
known. Large numbers of Chinamen have
been picked up by the trains going west, and
a quantity of provisions has been .scut out
for them.
It is rumored that the Mormon miners will
be orderel out, but no action in this direc
tion has yet been taken. The miners here
are entirely unorganized in the crusade, and
although a large number of them are Knights
of Lalor, the move was not made under their
direction. The miners have not been work
ing since Wednesday, and business is almost
entirely suspended. Everything is quiet,
however.
According to advices from Evanston, where
the second largest coal-mining camp of the
Union Pacific Railroad is located, the move
ment against the Chinese was preconcerted.
It had been arranged that the first attack
upon the Chinese was to be made in Carbon,
a mining town alout 15) miles east of Ilck
Springs, to be followed by like movements
in tbe later place and at Evanston. The
Bock Spr.ngs miners, however, took, the in
itiative. Superintendejit Evans, of the Cove
Mine, has been warned to leave town, and he
did so with alacrity. Nothing can be heard
from Carbon. The telegraph operator there
is evidently afraid to send news.
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
The Dead Body Identified as That of II.
Sulvin, of Springfield, Maas.
Chicago, Sept. 4. Further investigation
in the case of the man found dead at Cole
ham, Wednesday, establishes the fact that
the deceased was not McKinney, the school
teacher, but was doubtless H. Sulvin, of
Springfield, Mass. Sulvinwas a native of
Monitor, Vt. Before he was of age ho was
started out in life by his atlopted father,
William llosford, of that town, with $."0b.
He studieil for the priesthood a year in St.
Charles College, Baltimore. He was em
ployed for a year afterward in a clothing
store in Springfield, when he went to Con
necticut and joined a colony of Shakers.
He traveled for several months for a manu
facturer of silverware and for the Meridian
Britlania Company. Holyoke became
his residing place at this junc
ture, where lie retailed iKjriodi
cals and knicknacks until turned
out. Setting out once more in the world he
iriited to Boston, where hegotsonie friendly
Unitarians interested in him, and Rev. Dr.
Chapin found for him a place to labor in the
cause of this church in the West. Friends
here have since heard that he married a
Shaker woman somewhere in the West, and
the last news of him in this place was re
ceived in a letter from a woman who irave
her address as - Mrs. II. Sulvin, 1S3 Vine
street, Cincinnati, saying that she had ap
plied for a divorce. Sulvin's real name was
Patrick Henry Sullivan, but he changed the
spelling and dropped the Patrick while here,
giving as a reason a distaste for the
family appellation. About 8 o'clock
last night word was received from Ham
mond, Ind., that McKinney was there.
A warrant for McKinney's arrest was sworn
cuCtlast night by Mrs. Kosmoeller, the
mother of one of the little girls who is al
leged to have been assaulted, and Captain
Hunt telegraphed to the police at Hammond
to make the arrest, at the same time he
startel for Hammond himself, but at 10
o'clock this morning he had not found his
man. McKinney is Known to be hiding in
the vicinity of Hessville, about three miles
from Hammond, and it is expected he will
be captured during the day.
Dr. Bluthardt made a post mortem exam
ination of the body at South Chicago Morgue
this morning, and found that the man came
to his death by drowning. The windpipe
was full of sand, and the lungs were con
gestel. The mark on the back of the head
which was taken jor a bullet wound was due
to an eruption caused by disease.
TEXAS SCHOOL LANDS.
Over Twelve Million Acres StoIen in Ten
Years.
Galvestox, Tex., Sept. 0'. The Daily News
some weeks ago charged that nearly $2.000,
OoO had been lost to the people and the
school fund of Texas by the mismanagement
of State land affairs or something worse. In
its issue this morning the News editoriallv
says on the same subject: "To
show to what extent the school
fund has been robbed in the last
ten years, some oiHcial figures are submitted.
In 17.) the new constitution gave one-half
of the public domain to public schools, be
sides the alternate sections located by rail
way scrip. At that time there were afready
located for the school fund ll,:;sö,0)
acres, and there were (;7,5S,12Ü acres
of vacant unappropriated public
domain, which latter has been
exhausted during the past ten years. The
school fund under the constitutional provi
sion donating half the public domain to that
fund, ought to have received 33,790, W0 acres,
being half the land disposed of in that time,
which, added to the acreage owned by the
school fund in 1875, would make
a grand total of 45,17G,(iG4 acres of school
lands, less the 8,037,S04 acres that have been
sold. Thus the school fund ought now to
have unsold located lands amounting to
37,137.Sb0 acres, but has, in fact, onlv 21,
U7K.297 acres."
I he fund, savs the News, has been le
frauded of 12.4öy,ö;3 acres, worth 2:,(00,000.
Some time there willbeasureenough investi
gation of laml matters in this state. Twelve
million acres may be a small matter, but it
is worth hunting up. It is about thirty
acres for every pupil in the public schools.
"How would it do. ' says the News, "for the
firass Commissioners to be put on the trail
of these lost lands?"
THE CATTLE DISEASE,
Its Progress in a Number of States North
and South.
Spbim.fielp, 111., Sept. 2. The Live Stock
Commissioner prepared and transmitted to
the Governor yesterday a communication
stating that they have received reliable in
formation to the effect that the'eontagious
disease, known as plenro pneumonia, among
cattle, now exists, and is epidemic in the
counties of New York, Richmond, King's
and Queen's, in the State of New York; the
counties of Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union,
Hunterdon, in the State of New Jersey : the
county of New Castle, in the State of Dela
ware; lhecounties of Baltimore and Prince
Georges, in the State of Maryland; the county
of Fairfax, in Yirginia; th county of Mont
gomery, in Ohio; the county of Madison, in
Kentucky, ami the District of Columbia, am!
recommending that he issue a proclamation
scheduling such infected localities, absolute
ly prohibiting the iniortationof cattle from
such infected localities into the State of Illi
nois. The commission further says that they
also believe that the conditions" are such as
to render cattle from any other part of the
infected States of New Jersey, Delaware,
Marylaud, Yirginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Ten
nessee and that part of the State of Pennsyl
vania east of the Alleghany Mountains, and
that part of the State of New York south of
the Mohawk River and east of the Chenango
River, liable to convey such disease, and rec
ommends that the Governor prohibit the
importation of cattle from such localities un
less accompanied by an affidavit from the
shipper that they have not been exposed to
tbe disease, and certificates from County
Clerks and veterinarians acting under State
or National authority to the same effect.
ELECTRIC MOTOR.
A Satisfactory Trial of Daft's Motor on the
Elevated Iload.
Nkw York, Sept., 1. The managers of the
elevated roads are making preparations to
run their cars by electricity. Last night the
Daft electric motor was given a trial trip,
which was in every respect satisfactory. The
motor was attached to a regular Ninth ave
nue passenger coach with about thirtv 10
ple on board. At 10:30 o'clock the signal
was given by Mr. Daft, and without the least
jarring the train started out from the Four
teenth Street Station up the steep grade. It
ran smoothly and without noise, the inter
mittent Hashes of electric light and sparks
from the still rusty rail marking its progress.
Thirty-fourth street was reached at 10:37.
From" this on to the Fiftieth Street Station
the motor sped without stop, reaching tlie
end of the electric road at 10:42. On the re
turn trip the run from end to end was made
in seven minutes. The schedule of the roail,
including stops, is nine minutes. Hundreds
of people along the route cheered and waved
as the silent train sped by.
The Cleveland Fire.
Cleveland, O., Sept. 7. At 2:20 this morn
ing a fire occurred at the Doane Oil Works
which caused an explosion of three stills.
The overflowing and flaming oil emptied in
to Kingsbury Cr?ek and ran into the Stan
dard Oil Yards, setting fire to the agitators
south of the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio tracks. The loss to the company is
scarcely in proportion to the magnitude of
the lire. Not more than 5,000 barrels of oil
were lost, and the value was less than $5.000.
The loss on the plant is estimated at from
530, 000 to $40,000.
Shot Three Children Unintentionally.
Milwaukee, Sept. 7. Joseph Jarvek, a
saloonkeeper, is under arrest for shooting
three children. Jarvek purchased a gun on
' Friday and loaned It to a neighbor to go
hunting. It was returned Sunday afternoon.
The man being unable to discharge it Jarvek
took the gun into the back yard and when
fifteen feet from the fence discharged it, in
tending, he savs, that the 6hot should enter
the ground. The cartridge passed through
the close, high-board fence and exploded as
three children were passing.
MANAGER CALLOWAY,
Of the Union Pacific, Makes a Statement Re
garding the Mining Troalles.
The White Men Strike Without Any Griev.
Rnrra All, lloth Chinee and American,
Make Gool Wages United PUUes
Troops on the Ground.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. C. General Manager
Calloway, of the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany, was asked this afternoon to make a
statement of the situation at Rock Springs,
Evanston and other mining camps on the
line of that road regarding the existing
trouble between the white men and Chinese
miners. Mr. Calloway replied that notica
had been served on thecoal-mine contractors
at Rock Springs and Kvanston to remove all
Chinese from Kvanston by to-lay, otherwise
serious trouble would ensue. The
United States Government has sent
troops there, and he assumed
that order would soon be restored.
"In consequence of the difficulty experi
enced," continued Mr. Calloway, "in getting
reliable American miners in the territories,
a contract was made some ten years ago un
der which a certain proiortion of Chinamen
were engaged." Both classes, he averted,
are now paid fully 30 per cent, higher wages
than are paid in Kastern mines. At Rock
Sprincs, where the massacre occurred, the
coal company's returns show that during the
past month there were employed about J
miners; at Evanston, :X); at Carbon, ."i0.
All those at Carbon were Americans, while
at the other two places they are divided,
two-thirds Chinese and one-third Americans.
Their pay is from seventy-fivecents to $1 ier
ton, mined, according to the width of the
veins and difficulties encountered in getting
out the coal. Both classes are" paid
at the same rate, ami have been
averaging about $3 per day to the man for
eight hours work. The" Americans being
more industrious andskillsul get out a larger
number of tons than the Chinamen, and
many of them earn over $100 er month.
This scale has been in force for many years
and was supposed to be satisfactory to the
men. The only advantage claimed by the
coal company in the employment of Chinese
was that it enabled them to mine a sutlieient
quantity of coal to keep the trains moving
when the other men were off on strike?. Last
winter all of the men went out by
order cd tbe Southern Colorado Coal
Miners' Union, while they ad mitte I
having 110 grievances of their
own. The Mormons and Chinese will not
join these unions and therefore come under
their ban. The !iorraon miners are now
moving their families away, fearing a repeti
tion of last week's trouble. Mr. Calloway
was asked to define the policy of Iiis com
pany. He replied that inoffensive employes
of the coal department and some of its
officers have been driven from their homes,
had their property destroyed, and many of
them were foully murdered. They are now
awaiting protection from the Territorial or
Federal authorities, and when they can be
assured of this, we will resume operations.
MINERS' NATIONAL CONVEN
TION. Delegates From the Vicinity or Pittsburg
Coming to the Convention to be 11 eld
Here ou WettoeiKlay.
PiTTSBfRG, Sept. 7. The delegates from the
various coal mining districts adjacent to
Pittsburg, headed by State President Harris,
will leave to-morrow for the National Con
vention of Coal Miners, which meets in Indi
anapolis on Wednesday. The delegation,
which represents tl,("0 miners, will advocate
tbe formation of a National Association,
with the view of securing uniform rates in
competing districts, and also, when nec?s
sary, to manage strikes similar to the one in
the Hocking Valley, )., a year ago, where
the interests of the miners of several States
were involved. At the present time they
claim it is impossible to secure a higher rate
for mining unless a general deciand is made.
Charge AgMinst the WanhinRion Police
Washixi.tox, Sept. 6. The Citi7ens' and
Liquor Dealers' Beneficial Association of this
city has sent a communication to the Dis
trict CommKsioners asking for an investiga
tion of the "iolice spy system." Acts of
gross immorality are charged against the
"spies." It is asserted that certain officers
have, during the pursuit of duty, made a
rendezvous of a negro shanty,
where liquor has lecn lought and
the grossest immoralities committed;
that little children have been brilx-d by offi
cers to inveigle liquor dealers to sell to
minors for the Purine of convicting the
dealers; that men have been summoned be
fore the Police Court and. without a hearing
and on the evidence of ioliceonly, comj'cllecl
to pay fines for offences never committed:
that abandoned women are shadowed and
compelled to purchase silence in regard to
offences never done.
Visible Supply of Grain.
Chicaoo, Sept. T. The following figures
taken . from a statement compiled by the
Secretary of the Board of Trade, to be josted
on 'Change to-morrow, show the quantity of
grain in sight in the Unitel States and
Canada on Saturday, September 3, together
with the increase or decrease from the pre
ceding week:
IncnT.se.
Wheat 4:!.'."M,1 14J..W
Corn ä.7V.JVH 274. Kt
Oat . 4.:ftvVf7 4wi.eil
Kye U4.7SC. !7,71.1
Barley :,2wJ
The amount of grain in torc in Chicago
elevators of the same date was: Wheat,
lWJ,." bushels; corn, !vj,.r10 bushels;
oats, 271,f4.1 bushels; rye, 11'.553 bushels;
barley, 17,272 bushels.
White, the Counterfeiter or Brazilian Treas
ury Noten.
St. Lous Sept. 4. Jailer Scigruund, who
has charge of Lucius A. White, under arrest
here fr counterfeiting- Brazilian treasury
notes, received to-day a letter from United
States District Attorney Pearce, of Waco,
Tex., stating that a writ of habeas corpus had
been issued for White, who is wanted to tes
tify against his brother, Joseph H. White,
now under arrest fr tbe same offence at
Waco. Jailor Seigmund will probably start
for Waco with his prisoner to morrow.
A Hard Hearted Married Mas.
Shelbvville, 111., Sept. 6. Quite a sensa
tion has been caused in Ilose Township by
the elopement of Andrew Bechtel, Jr., a
married man, having a wife and three chil
dren, wjth Miss Anna Patrick, a young lady
of the neighborhood. Bechtel converted all
of his projierty into cash, and disposing of a
team, given his wife as a wedding present,
before leaving, left her penniless.