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SUNDAY OPENING.
It In Favored by tlm American Foiloriittoii
of I.nlior Proceeding of tliu Convon
tlon. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10. At tlio
fourth dny'a session of tlio Amcrlcitn
Federation of Luboi Thursday morn
ing a resolution from Delegate Gunter
of tlio Furnituro Workers.' union
authorizing a cancollntion of a SI, 500
loan granted by tlio federation to
striking furnituro workers caused
discussion. Tlio proposition bad been
reported upon favorably by tlio resolu
tions committee, but a statement from
tlio furnituro workers' representative
to the effect that this organization
had almost exhausted its funds caused
eomo of tlio committee to withdraw
tlio support on tho ground that no
application for aid
bo approved itnlcss
had first exhausted
could properly
the applicants,
tliolr own ro
sources.
President Gompers, the amalgamated
iron men and others opposed the meas
ure, but it was vigorously advocated by
delegates whose unions desired similar
favors, amounting in all to S-,500. The
previous question was carried, and on
roll call the donation to tho furnituro
workers was refused by a vote of 155
tio 113. Other applications from tho tan
ners and curriers, qunrrymen, German
typogrnphiu and electrical workers
were then, taken up. Tlio first two wore
granted donations and a reconsidera
tion ordered in tliccnso of the furniture
workers who were 'granted tho cancel
lation of their dobt. No formal request
having been mado by tho typographia
or electrical workers no action was
taken upon their loan.
Before adjourning until afternoon
Miss Mary Kenny, tlio only female
delegate in the federation, introduced
resolutions favoring woman's franchise
and "protection against accident from
machinery on which women aro em
ployed." At the afternoon session 'resolutions
were introduced favoring the organi
zation of "plush workers" in America
and tho organisation of core-workers;
also resolutions to boycott the National
Brewing Company of San Francisco
and George Ehret's Company of New
York; for "tlio abolition of .Sunday
slavery for barbers," and to "sc
ourc legislation prohibiting judges
from directing juries to bring in ver
dicts." The reportof tho committee to whom
President Gompers' address had been
referred was then taken up. Most of
tlio recommendations were approved
until the clause favoring the openl.-jg of
the world's fair was reached. Miss
Kenny, of the shlrt-ironors, op
posed it on tho ground that, it
was an entrenchment upon the
working people's right to a day of
rest aud was supported by the repre
sentatives of the Barbers' International
union, the Chicago trades assembly,
the hotel aud restaurant employes and
others. The president's recommenda
tion favoring Sunday opening waa
finally indorsed by a vote of 50 to 10.
Four other delegates afterward came
in and voted for Sunday opening, mak
ing 5 in its favor.
The question of a labor congress at
tho world's fair was brought up by the
recommendation that the constitution
be altered so as to hold the next
mooting during the Inst week
in August. Delegate Woissman,
the radical representative of tho
Bakers' union,- strenuously opposed
the project ns impracticable, owing
to the wldo divergenco of aims and
opinions between tho working people
of America and other countries. Others
objected to tlio great expense involved.
To test the sense of tlio federation u
motion wns offered that the organiza
tion participate in an international la
bor congress in 180S. At the hour of
adjournment the discussion waa still in
progress.
A COSTLY FIRE.
1'netory of thu HticcjInH Cracker Com
pany In K;lH:m City Destroyed Nur
riiw Kicnpo of Kuiplnyeit.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10. Tho
factory of the lluggins Cracker Coin
pany was destroyed by lire Thursday
night Tho factory was being run
overtime. Tlio flro caught between
tho ovens on tlio se-'ond Hour and spread
with alarming rapidity. Over 200
emplo3'es wore at work at
tho time, sixty-Ova of them being girls
who were employed on the tifth iloor.
They narrowly escaped, as the fire
.spread so fust as to nearly cut off
means of exit. It was thought at ono
lime vhat somo had perished in the
flames, but at midnight all had been
accounted for. Tho factory was total
ly destroyed, causing a loss of 5175,000,
which was insured.
WILL FARM IN MADAGASCAR.
A Chicago Corporation with 19:1,000,000
Capital to KuIko C'olS'ee.
Chicago. Dec 10. Tho Madagascar
Coffee & Mining Company, which will
have headquarters at Chicago, has
been incorporated with a capital of
:,000,00u. It is backed by heavy cap
italists in London, Paris and this
city. Tlio object of thu com
pany Is to grow coffee on a large scale
in Madagascar and provide a method
of having it shipped directly to Amerl
'co.: '"A tract',, of 4,000,' acres will bo
planted with coffee. Experts are to bo
sent from Europe, to prospect for gold
and diamonds, which, if found in suffi
cient quantities, will be mined and
sent to this country. The central of
fice and general depot of the concern
will bo In Chicago.
KmiNittlmiii! Fu''l tit u Dispute Arising
Over u (luntu of Curd.
DiK.'ATUiiviu.i:, Tcnn., Dec. 10. John
Mills and Lon Wulch quarreled
Wednesday over n game of cards and
fought a )ittlo, but woro separated and
"mado friends again. Going out of tlm
mtloon Mills offered to assist Welch to
mount his horse., and while Welch
)i)id ono foot in tho Middle Mills drew a
kmfo and cut Welch's throat from ear
to oar, and then hturted tho horso off
with a knife thrust. Wolch'n foot
Ktiick in tho stirrup, aud tho animal
ill uggod him until his houd was mashed
to a jelly. Tho cowardly xnurdcror fled
lo tho timber.
SENATOR GIBSON.
Death of tho Lmilsluim Statesman After
n Iiunc lllnom 1II Career Hx-Con-irresMniin
Jllnrno, of Massachusetts, IIx
plreit Hmldcnly In a Iloston Hotel.
Hot SfitiNQB, Ark., Doe. 10. Aftor a
lingering b'nt apparently painless ill"
ness Senator It. L. Gibson, of Louisiana,
died at 2:10 p. m. Thursday. At tlio
time of his death ho was surrounded
by tho rncmbors of his family and sev
eral closo friends. Ho had been con
fined to his bed hero since the lath of
November. In accordance with liis
wishes his romalns will bo burled In
SENATOR GIBSON.
Lexington, Ky by the side of his wife,
who died somo years ago.
Randall T.ce Gibson wns born September 10,
1832, at Spring Hill, near Versailles, Wood
ford county, Ky., wns educated In Lexington,
Ky., la Tcrro Itonno parish, La., and at
Yale college. Ho declined the secretaryship of
legation of Spain in 18)5, was nid to tho gov
ernor of Louisiana at tho commencement of
tho civil war, and commanded a company,
regiment, brlgado and division of the confeder
ate army. IIo was prosldent of the board of
administrators of tho Tulano university of
Louisiana; ono of thu udmlulstrators of tho
Howard memorial library In Now Orleans,
ono of tho trustees of tho l'rabody edu
cation fund, a regent of thu Smith
sonian Institution, n lawyer and planter.
Ho was elected to the Korty-tWrd
congress from tho Second congressional district
of Louisiana, but v. as denied admission. Ho
was a representative in the Forty-fourth, Forty
lltth, Forty-sixth und Forty-soventh congresses,
and was elected lo tho United States sennto
without opposition as a democrat, and took his
scat March 4, lbs.!, and was rceloctedjn 18S3
Boston, Dec 10. Ex-Congressman
Leopold Morse called at tho Hotel
Vcndome shortly before 5 o'clock p.
m. Thursday to sco Representative
Hitt, who was attending tho re
ception of the Boston Merchants'
association. While waiting in ono
of tho outer rooms of the hotel he had
an epileptic shock. His physician was
called and just as the guests of tho
Merchants' association were filing into
the dining-hall ha was removed to tho
house 80S Commonwealth avenue,
nearly opposite, wherehe died withiu
an hour.
NEW YORK'S CANVASS.
Alt Democratic IClnctnr Clven n Largo
Majority Amend uirtiti Lost.
Alhanv. N. Y., Dec. 10. The state
board of canvassers met at 2:40 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. Under tho new
law tho board had simply to canvass
the total vote given each elector in
stead of canvassing the vote cast for
each elector by counties. The vote on
electors as canvnsscd shows:
Democratic highest John Lang, ew.908;
democratic lowest Mellaril Croker. 634.83.1.
Ilepubllcin highest Frederick I'. Morris,
609,459: republican lowest l'aul Tuckerman,
e09,'-32.
Prohibition highest S. IV. Mason. SS,193;
prohibition-lowest Daniel 13. Sill. 3.173
Socialistic labor highest Samuel Jncobsoti,
17,953: socialistic labor lowest Krastus Pel
lenz, 17.953.
People's highest 16, 133; people's lowest
16,420.
Tlio board declared that all of the
democratic electors were duly elected
as shown by the certified returns tiled.
The plurality for the democratic doct
or who received the highest vote over
tho largest vote oast for any republican
elector was therefore 50,449, which was
tho highest plurality cast for the dem
ocratic candidates for president and
rice president, through the electors.
The board declared all threo amend
ments lost, the first by a vote of SO,;!.')!,
tho second by a vote of 5,352 and the
third by a vote of 077. The amend
ments were to increase tlio number of
supreme court judges;
mit legislative contests
courts' decisions, and
the Onondaga salt bprings.
to' sub
to tho
to sell
Tlio board
then canvassed tho votes cast for su
preme court judges and for members
of congress in districts comprising
more than a county, and declared the
successful candidates elected.
HEAVY EXPORTS OF GOLD.
The Drain Suld to limn rnllnn on tlio Gov.
eminent' Supply.
New Yoiik, Dec. 10. Tlio Tost says:
"It was known before business opened
Thursday that an extra 500,000 of gold
hail been ordered kite Wednosday from
the sub-treasury for export by a slow
Hamburg steamer. This need not
have been alarming, for tho
financial community had nlreody
made up its mind to a hoavy
gold exportation next week. But
this week's gold engagements havo
appeared at such unusual times and at
such unusual quarters that Wall street
lias invariably been taken off its guard.
Tho operators for lowor prices mndu the
most of their opportunity and attacked
tho market on all siiles. Gold exports
to England wero predicted for Satur
day. A more serious consideration
was tlio fact that in Thursday's report
(dealing with Tuesday's transactions)
tlio treasury's gold balance, which has
been slowly' increasing for a fortnight
past, dropped abruptly down to $1,000,
000, showing tlmt tho drain from gold
exports had oncu more fallen directly
on the government's supply.
Shot irltli 111m Itnliy mi Ills Knee.
BinMiNQiiAM, Ala., Dec. 10. In
Kemper county, Miss., Tuesday night,
William Broham, a rpspcetahlo farmer,
v as sitting In his room, his wifo by his
hide mid his baby on his knee, when
suddenly a bullet cmMicd through tho
w indow und struck him in tho head.
"Take the baby, I am bhot," ho said
and fell over dead. Tlio assassination
was. dono by the Talbort outlaws.
, Hamburg Atfiiln Ktrinkun.
London, Dec. 10. Tho Standard's
liumburg correspondent Bays that four
t.ases of cholera have been recorded In
tb' oltv (nco December 18.
FOUR VICTIMS.
Arroit In "Went Superior, Wis., of it Sinn
AcouhciI o! Klllluc Four Women In
ToXIIK.
West SurKiuoit, Wis., Dec. 17. Bo
hind tho bars of Douglas county jail in
this city is a man charged with tho
most cold-blooded scries of crimes over
committed in Texas. His uamo in
llichard Edwards, alias "Texas Jack."
Ho is charged with tho murder of four
women at Denison on tho night of
May 17 last. Ono after nuother tho
women wero stealthily approached and
shot, without provocation. ltcwards
nggcgatlng 85,000 woro offered for tho
arrest of tho assassin, nnd for bovon
months tho authorities of Denison and
half tho cities in the southwest havo
searched for thu criminal.
Edwards eomo here some days ago
and was taken in custody on informa
tion recoived from St. Louis. Tho ar
rest wus mado threo days r;o, tho faol
being suppressed. Friday tho sheriff
of Grayson county and tho chief ol
police of Denison arrived in Superior
to take tho prisoner to Texas. Appli
cation was at onco mado for requisi
tion papers and as soon as they arrive
the ofllcers will start for Denison with
their man.
Tho crlmo of which Edwards is charged is a
trangcly shocking one. The evening of May 11
Mrs. Hayncs, tho wifo of Dr. Hnyncs, ono ol
tho most prominent residents of "Denison, with
hormothir, Mrs. Garner, who lived In an ad
joining mansion on Wooalawn boulevard, re
turned homo from n church entertain
ment shortly after 10 o'clock. Noticing a llghl
in her room Mrs. Hayncs, remarking to hei
mother that her husband was home before her,
entered her house. A number of tho darner
family heard Mrs. Hayncs nay: "It's me," "It's
me," "It's met" Sho supposed that Mrs.
Hayncs was calling to her husband. Mrs. Gar
ner passed Into her home.
Porhaps two minutes passed by beforo a
loud scream startled tho whole Garner family.
They heard mora cries and pistol shots
Hurrying over to tho Hayncs residence thu
Garners looked in vain for Mrs. Hayncs.
Tho neighbors wcro aroused and a search
ing party was formed. In an adjoining lot, at
thu foot of tho hill, among overturned rocks,
showing thcro had been a struggle.
Mrs. Hnynes' body was found. A pistol
bull hnd gono in at tho forehead and out
at the. back of the head and had hurled itselt
lu tho ground. Another hall hud passed
through the shoulder. Her watch und chain
were gone. A linger had been pounded until
tho bones wero broken nnd a dijiuond ring was
forced oil. Death had followed quickly on tho
second shot.
Halt nn hour after tho Hayncs tragedy and
about tho time It would take n man to roach
what is known as "tho half-acre," whero aro
grouped tho latticed and high-renced abodes
of tho. half-world, two shots wcro heard at
ono of theso resorts. Tho assassin stood on
the porch. Ills mark was Maud Kramer. Tho
girl sat In a low chair in tho center of the room.
About her were four other women and several
men. None of them wcro hurt The shots wero
wellairaed. One ball struck In tho left breast
of tho Kramer girl and the othor a ltttlo lower.
Thu girl lingered a few days and then died.
Forty minutes after the shooting a woman
named Hose Stewart in another resort not far
distant went to her room to chango her dress
for tho purposo of going to the bedsido ot
Maud Kramer. Between the two there had
been a closo friendship. As she threw her
dress over her head n shot was llredfrom tho
outsldo of tho house. A ball struck tho woman
in tho breast. She fell and tho assassin loft
without another attempt, apparently thinking
ho had done his work.
It was now considerably past midnight. A
few minutes after 3 o'clock, perhaps a couple
of hours after tho second shooting lu "tho
half acre," a man raised a kitchen window
nnd crept into tho house of Mrs. Dr. Hawley.
Opening the rear door of tho kitchen to havo
easy exit, tho man passed Into tho sleeping
room of the sisters, Misses Klorcstine and
Alice. Hawley. Tho latter awoke, S ic is ix
cool-headed young lady. Knowing that her sis
ter was exceedingly nervous and would become
hysterical if aroused, Miss Alico tried to parley
with the intruder. "Don't hurt us," sho plead
ed. "You can havo nil our jewelry and all of
tho money wn have, but pleasu don't hurt us."
"No," said tho man, "I don't want that. "I'm
going to kill your slater." Aroused by tho
conversation, Miss Florentine sprang up and
with a scream ran out of the room and to her
mother's bod. Tho mother awoke and put
her arms around the girl. Tho other sister
called for help. A young man who had a
room in tho house ramo to sco what was the
matter. Tho assassin ran out through the
kitchen. Passing around tho house ho found a
window opening into tho room of Mrs. Hawloy.
There was no light, but tho window had been
raised for air. Tho mother nud daughter
could bo seen sitting on tho bed. Ho 11 red.
The bullet passed behind tho mother and en
tered tho bick of the daughter. Miss Flores
tine fell forward in the doorway botween the
roomi.
DEFEATED.
The Proposition for T.nlmr Caiij;rrs
Murine tlm IVurlfl'H I'alr lierelvos Un
fanrul)lo Action In tho American Fed
eration ConvtMitlou.
Pnii.ADKi.i'niA, Dee. 17. At the
morning session of the American Fed
eration of Labor Friday discussion of
the proposition to hold a labor congress
during the world s fair was resumed.
A vote was taken, and the convention
decided by an overwhelming majority
ugainst taking any action toward as
sisting in the project.
Hero a resolution wns recommended
that stirred up a lively debate. It re
lated to the action of the president and
executive council requesting confer
ences with the Knights of Nubor
u ions. The many attacks of tho
Knights of Labor against the trades
union, and especially on local bhoe
rankers, wero deplored. It was said
that all efforts to heal tho breaoh
while they wero on the attack aud tho
federation on tho defensive would only
be a waste of time. Tho committee
recommended tlint the highest duty of
tlio federation was to defend the unions
selected by the Knights of Labor for
uttuc.k, and that tho executive commit
tee tako such action as will enforce
this idea. The recommendation of thu
committee was finally adopted.
A resolution was adopted favoring
the support of labor representation In
the administrative; nud legislative de
partments of tho national and state
governments und advising members to
see tlint friends of labor command tlio
militia rather than the friends of capi
tal. BLINDED HER BABY.
An liifoine Mother 'Ihrit.its u Knife Into
thu llyt-H ol Her Yeur-Olil Int. ml.
lvociKHH Cm", Mich., Dec. 17. lu a.
frenzy of insanity Mrs. Henry Baxter
destroyed tho Mght of hor ycur-old
bubo by thrusting n knifu into each
oyc. For several weeks tho mother has
shown signs of Insanity, but she was
not regarded us dangerous. Eriday
morning sho arose, and, securing a pon
kuifo, went to hor bubo's crib. Forc
ing open the baby's eyelids, sho thrust
tho point of tho knifu square into the
pupils of tlio oyes. When discovered
by her husband she was trying to
aiipVe thn infant to dentil.
A SICK STATESMAN.
Indication Point to nn Early Ctoe ot
F.x-Socrotnry Illntne'i Career Fcnra
Tlmt Ho "Will Novcr ltecovor Some
thing About Ills DUonsr.
Washington, Dec. 17. There is no
material chango in Mr. Blaine's con
dition. Friday ho showed n temporary
improvement nnd during tho afternoon
nnd evening he wns perhaps altttlo hot
ter, lint there woro no signs of a per
manent gain In strength. Those near
nnd dear to hi m had a faint glonm of hopo.
that his strength might yet eomo back
enough for him to bo removed to a
more kindly climate, yet they did not
decelvo themselves into believing that
this was anything more than a remoto
probability, Mr. Blaino's family real
ising that his present sickness is im
llko any attacks ho has had in tho
past.
Mrs. Ulalno is constantly at his bed
sido. James G. Blaine, Jr., Miss 1 1 at
tic lllnlne, Mrs. Damrosch and Mr.
ltlainc's cousin, Miss Dodge, nrc all at
tho family residence. Outsido of his
family nnd physicians, and possibly his
religious advisers, nobody has been
able to sec fcMr. Blaine. Until tho last
day or two his family have been hope
ful that his present attack was only a
temporary one, but tho signs of lost
vitality aro such that they no longer
seek to comfort themselves with this
hope. Thoy do not give up entirely,
out they rcnlizo that Mr. Blaine is in a
much more dangcrouscondltlonthanat
uny previous time.
Tho distinguished patient's present
illness dates back only ten days. He
went out driving then and caught cold,
which was followed by n fever. For a
few days this did not seem likely to
prove more serious than the previous
attacks. Mr. Blaino npparcntly was
rallying from it, but the improvement
did not continue. He has been grow
ing worse since last Saturday, though
ho has had ono or two tenipornry rallies
and has been bright and cheerful.
Mr. Blaine is said to bo suffering
from no special malady beyond tho
general giving way of his physical
powers. It is possible that ho may
really be a victim of Bright's disease,
and the spells of nervous prostration
to which he has been subjected arc due
to this cause, yet there Is noth
ing that can be learned definitely.
Mr. Blaine's spells of illness havo
been so frequent that his family havo
naturally been averso to giving' pub
licity to them. The widespread inter
est in tho foremost private citizen of
the republic justifies the statements
which are innde regarding his condi
tion now. He has practically been an
invalid for three years past, avid
whether chronic disense has been
making ravages on his system or
whether a succession of attacks of mild
illness has weakened him there is no
longer any question that his vitality is
impaired so that his recovery is des
paired of by those who know the facts.
The sympathetic interest is as wide-
oprcad as it is deep. From every cor
ner of tho land and from almost every
part of Europe inquiries come daily to
know how Mr. Blaine is. Tho answer
cannot longer be made cheering.
OFFICIAL VOTE IN WISCONSIN.
l'ook'n Plurality Over llln Itepubllcan Op
ponent I 7,(108.
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 17. The state
board of canvassers has completed the
count on state officers and congress
men, that on president having been
made and announced heretofore. The
pluralities of the democratic state nom
inees are:
Peekfor governor 7.D98
Jonas, for lieutenant governor 0,703
Cunningham, tor secretary of state 7,331
Hannor, for treasurer 8,0i2
O Connor, for attorney general. 7,703
Wells, for state superintendent CSCT
Thompson, for railroad commissioner 7?.7
Itoot, for insur.iuco commissioner. 7,31S
Peck's total vote was 178,098, the
greatest ever given any candidate in
Wisconsin. Tho total prohibition vote"
was 10,185 and labor 9,038. Following
arc tho congressional pluralities:
Cooper (rep ), lirst'dlitrlct 3,783
liar wig (dcru.), second 0.30J
Jlahcook (rep ). third 3,087
Mitchell (dem.). fourth 1,323
Brlchner (dem.), lltth l,t'i
Wells (dem.), sixth '.',305
Shaw, (rep.), seventh 2.S83
names (dem.), eighth 3,0U1
McCord (dem.), ninth 3.2K3
Hansen (rep.), tenth f,07i)
The constitutional amondment re
quiring city charterb to be in form wns
ratified by a majority of 0,013. The at
tempt to have It declared void because
Milwaukee electors failed to vote on it
will come to naught.
FRENCHMEN ARRESTED.
They Wero Connected with Puunmii Cnnal
I'rauilo CrliulnatlnB Documents Found
In Their Homos.
Pabih, Dec 17. M. Charles Alme,
Mario do Lcsseps and M. Marius
Etienno Fontaine and M. Snn-Leroy
have been arrested by tho direction of
tlio minister of justice, M. Bourgeois, for
their alleged connection with tho Paua
ma canal frauds. M. Henri Louis Felix
Cottu, for whoso arrest an order was
also issued, lias fied to Vienna. f3an
Leroy is charged with having accepted
a bribe as a member of the chamber of
deputies. Tho charges against tho of
ficers of the company, on which (sum
monses wero previously served, and on
which they havo now been arrested,
nro that they havo jointly mado
use of fraudulent imaginary credit;
that thoy havo dissipated capital in
trusted to tllein for u specific purpose;
and that thoy have swindled othersout
of pnrt or till of their means of living
on their fortunes. Theso offenses eomo
within the reach of seven articles of
the penal codu.
Death of u Noted Puulluhor.
Pa rib, Dee. 17. Joan George Hack
ottc, head of tho well-known publish
ing house, is dead. IIo was born in
Paris February !38, 1838. IIo was tlio
son of Louis Huchcttu, founder of tho
publishing house which bears his
name. The Hachotto ( n Is known
everywhere us having given to the
woriil some of tho most famous works
of gf'at French authors. Its classical,
bcientiflo and literary editions nro also
wall known. From 1807 to 1S78 Ilia
houses published 1,000 volumes, and tin
number has Increased In proporllui
1 since.
THE LABOR CONVENTION.
Tho American Federation Cnnclmles tta
tVorli HoBolutloim Adopted nud Olllccrg
i;iecteil.
Philadelphia, Dec 10. Tho Feder
ation of Labor convention adjourned
Saturday afternoon nftor reelecting
President Gompors, Socretnry Chris
topher Evans and Treasurer John
Lonnou. P. J. McGulro wob reelected
first !cc president Forsceond vice pres
ident William A. Carney, of Pittsburgh,
who took an active part in the Home
stead troubles, was electod by a largo
majority. Chicago secured the conven
tion for 1893. President Gompers' sal
ary was increased from 51,500 to 81,800
per annum. The salary of tho secre
tary was Increased from Sl.'JOO to S1.500.
Resolutions wero adopted calling on
all the local unions affiliated with tlio
federation to join tho central labor
bodies holding federation charters;
condemning the Rock Island manage
ment for Its hostilo attitude toward
tho telegraph oporators; condemning
tho Baron lllrsch fund and Its recip
ients; demanding restriction of im
migration; condemning tho system
compelling waiters to shave off their
mustaches, and favoring the eight hour
system. A resolution was unanimous
ly adopted asking clemency for tho
imprisoned Chicago anarchists, Nccbo
and Schwab.
Emboldened by this success one of
the socialists present, Delegate Mor
gan, of Chicago, introduced a substi
tute for a resolution favoring govern
ment control of the telegraph and tele-
phono lines, asking that the govern
ment shall control all means of com
munication, transportation and pro
duction. A roll, call resulted in a de
feat for the socialists by a vote of 1,028
to 527.
A resolution favoring direct elections
hy the people was passed unanimously
and the executive council was author
ized to conduct a campaign of educa
tion by appointing lecturers and dis
tributing literature for tho purpose of
nlarging the scope of the federation's
efforts in the direction of political ac
tion, providing that no partisan poll
tics be introduced into thu business of
labor unions. Tho convention then
adjourned. t
MORE LIKE FIENDS THAN MEN.
Mexican KcvolutlonlsU llnthlcssly Murder
AVomen nnd Children.
Galveston, Tex., Dec. 10. A dis
patch from Cnrizzo says: As all partic
ulars of the fight opposite San Ignacio
have not been reported these items will
bo interesting. During the fight Capt.
Segur, of the Mexican troops, seeing ho
was being particularly hard pushed, to
better protect himself, as it was a hand-to-hand
fight, went into the jackal and
fought from there with guus and pis
tols. There were in the jackal a wom
an and three children. The captain
called to the revolutionists, asking that
tho woman and children might go out
unharmed, but the reply was: "No."
The woman thought she would steal
out with tho children, but as sho ap
peared ut the door she was shot down
and the children ran back.
The revolutionists wero unable to
dislodge the captniu from his quickly
chosen fortress und thoy set fire to the
jackal, which drovo the captain
out. As he mude his appear-
unco he was shot dead, his
body thrown back into tho burning
building. The three children wcro
penned in the house by fire and burned
to death. The bodies of dead soldiers
were thrown into the llnmes, and when
the troops from Guerrero went to bury
the dead they found somo of the bodies
bnrned to a crisp.
Another woman, the wife ot a non
commissioned officer, undertook to es
cape by crossing tho Rio Grande to
Texas, but sho wus seen about tho mid
dle of thu stream and shot. She sank
beneath tlio wafers aud her body had
not been found at last accounts. There
aro a number of wounded men at San
Ignacio, all Mexican troops. Only two
of the revolutionists wero killed and
one wounded, so far as can be learned.
MORE EVIDENCE FOUND.
Papers Seized In M. I.nur's Houso by the
Police Members of the Chambor of
Deputies Implicated In the Paiminii
Sciiinlal Will lio Arrested
Paihs, Dee. 10. The determination
of the government to clear away till
the mystery surrounding tho affairs
of the Panama Canal Company
Is undoubtedly founded on tho
belief that in this course alone lies
safely for itself and for tiro coun
try. Any display of hesitancy now
would result in ruin, anil, as their ofll
cinl lives depend on probing tho utfuir
to tho bottom, there cuu bo no doubt
that the whole mass of corruption will
bo clearod away.
Acting under ordor.s from the gov
ernment, the police searched the houso
of M. Laur, n Boulangist member of
tho chamber of deputies, and seized a
a number of documents pertaining to
tho Panama affair. Tho ministry will
ask the chamber of deputies to author
ize tho arrest of any of its members
found to havo been i.nplieatcd in the
svnndul.
La Libre Pnrole, M. Drumont's pa
per, which uppeurs to be exceptionally
well Informed on Panama matters,
status that tho amount of thu bribes
distributed by ngents of the company
reaches the enormous total of 20,000,000
francs.
Tlio republican journals nro unani
mous in their approval of thu course of
the government in causing tho arrest of
MM, Churkss do Lessops, Foil tunc, and
San Leroy. Thoy hold that thure must
bo no turning buck in thu prosecutions.
Wiled for DuimiKeH. i
PiTTSiiuitoii, Dec. 10. Suit has been
sntorcdlntho United Slates circuit court
ugainst the South Fork Fishing club
by James Jenkins and wifo of Youngs
:own, O., in the right of Mrs Jenkins,
for $'J.",U00 damages for injuries recoived
in the Johnstown Hood. This is tho first
iuit over entered directly against tho
South Fork club for its connection with
,he llootl, and is regarded ns a test suit.
K number of suits have boon njudo, and
toino tried, against the Pennsylvania
itailroad Company, but these havo
never conclusively bottled whether
lamages could bo recovered by the vlc
;lma of tho Johnstown disaster.
EIGHT KILLED.
Terrible Iteantt. of n Itnllmiy I)latnr In
Mlmiasotu.
Ai.kxaniima, Minn., Dec Iff. A
frightful accldont occurred on tho
Great Northern railroad Sunday morn
lug at Nelson station, 5 miles cast of
here, in which eight men wero killed
and llvo woro seriously injured.
Thero had been a collision Fri
day morning at Nelson and a number
of cms wero wrecked. Tho wreck
train has been thcro two days clearing
up und wns making up preparatory for
pulling out for tho east. At I o'clock
Sunday morning tho wreck train ca
boose was loft standing on tho main
track with a number of cars. An east
bound freight was duo about 1 o'clock
and had orders to sldo-track for the
passenger train duo hero at 1:20.
The fireman of the freight tells tho
story as follows: There is a heavy
grade west of tho station, and as tho
freight, with thirty-six loaded cars,
under charge of Conductor William
Nickoy and Engineer James Ma
loney, approached the switch
the engine was shut off and
brakes called for. There was no per
ceptible decrease of speed and Con
ductor Nlekey climbed out of tho ca
boose where ho was and began setting
brakes, but the speed was too great
to stop. When within a train length
of tlio caboose they saw the track was
full ahead and both engineer and fire
man jumped.
The engine struck tho wreck train,
threw the caboose on top of the next
car, setting both on fire. Thcro wcro
fourteen men in the caboose. Ono
jumped off, five wcro hurt, threo were
burned beyond recognition and four
were crushed to death. Ono wns total
ly burned up, not a sign of his remains
being found.
The names of tho killed arc:
Ncls O. HoUlten, of Nelson; Christ Marten
son, of OsaUls; OloMarlenson, of Osalds, broth
er ot the above; John Kngstrnnd, of Sprucu
Hill; John Aherson, of Spruce Hill; Kng
strand's nephew, namo unknown; Con Drum
mer, of Yunltton, S. D.; ono unknown.
The injured arc:
A. M. liroscu, of St. Puul, back and head,
serious; Thomas Welch, of Uostou, Mass., bad
scalp cuts, ribs broken; Patllaunon, of Boston,
Mass., shoulder dislocated; David Kcod, of
Nclsuu, slight Injury to head; Henry Ross, 11 ro
man on east-bound froight, shoulder dlslocatod.
This was the worst accident which,
has cvor occurred on this division of
tlio road, and was duo to tho heavy
grade having a curve, und perhaps care
lessness in leaving the caboose on tho
main track or slowness in applying the
brakes.
It is reported that the train was run
ning ubout 12 miles an hour when it
collided with tho wreck train. The:
men killed wero wreck-train hands
and were asleep in tho caboose when,
the engine struck it O. Bergland. fore
man, was tho only one awake, and he
had barely time to call to his men and
jump, thus saving himself, but the warn
ing cry came too late for tho others,
who were all killed or badly injured.
Cincinnati, Doc 19. A telegram
from Danville, Ky., states thut there
was a wreck on tho Cincinnati, Now
Orleans & Texas Pacific (Cincinnati
Southern) railroad Saturday night, 4
miles from that place, and that
several persons were killed. The
railway mail scrvico here has news
that one of the railway clerks has been,
killed in tho wreck and others serious
ly wounded. Charles Fagin. baggage,
master, und United States Express
Messenger Kinnoy wero killed. Several
passengers wero injured.
MONETARY TALK OVER.
Adjournment of the Conference, to Meet In
May.
Brussels, Dec. 10. Tho monetary
conference ndjourncd Saturday until
May 30. The American delegates arc
quite pleased. Sir Montofioro Lovi
made a speech. Baron Deronzis,
tho Italian minister at Brussels, of
fered a resolution. Nearly overy
delegate spoke, but fow delegates said
anything of importance. The resolu
tion offered cxprosscd gratitude to the
United States for giving an opportunity
for tho new study of actual conditions.
While tho metal conference sus
pended labors until May 80 undor
reservation of tho approval ot
tho vurlous governments tho con
ference reserves tho ultimate judg
ment of tho matter proposed and ex
pressed a desire 'that tho interval from
now till the ond of May bo occupied
by profound study und trusts such
study may result in tho recognition
of un equitablo basis for an under
standing In no way affecting the mone
tary policy of the various countries.
Futher and Son Sentenced tu Dentin
Vienna. Dec. 10. The peasant Tnn
zer and his son have been sentenced to
death by tho presiding judge of tho
criminal court In Wiener NoustadL
During tho trial, which began on
Wednesday morning, It was shown that
the father, with the assistance of his
son, murdered the mother of tho fnmi- ,
ly, becaiiho they considered hor a use
less charge on tho property; also, that
Theresa, the daughter, was privy to tlio
plot. She was sentenced to sitf years
imprisonment.
Paused Auuy.
Atlanta, Gil, Dec 10. Col. Henry
W. Ililllard died hero Saturday. Ho
was prominent in southern politics bol
fore tho war. Ho was u brigadier
general in thu confederate provisional
urmy. In 1877 ho was appointed
by President Hayes United States
minister to Brazil. There ho played
nn important part in tho emancipation
of slaves, und Is generally credited
with having been cliieily instrumonta
in bringing ulrmt that event.
Kuropo Will PrnUmt.
Vienna, Dee. 10. Tho cnbinots of
Europe aro arranging for a united pro
test ugainst the threatened restrictions
upou Immigration in America. The
organ of tho Austrian foreign,
office recently urged that tho
application of the methods used
in America against the Chi
nese coolies to the case of Europeans
was unworthy of a civilized country
like tho United States, und that tho in
tuit involved in shutting tho door in
the face of Kuropuuti immigrants was
tho more gross bucauso it was couplod
with tin invitation to visit the world's
lair.