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fctfc. '§& hope pioneer R. a SIMPSON, Publisher. v.'-"'SuberfpUon, pet im... ux moallii. Eay it for their liberty. Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhohd of ^JtQ3eiii6tive Engineers, has great faith in the efficacy of common sense for the settlement of controversies between employeis and employes. He said at Hartford a few days ago that when ever, during the. past twelve years, the officers of the brotherhood had been met in" a proper spirit by the officers of the roads, there had been no strike. All differences lately aris ing, which have mainly grown out of the Southwestern troubles, have been amicably adjusted and "as far as I know," Chief Arthur says, "the loco motive engineers and the railroad companies are on excellent terms." Judge Pardee, of the United .States Circuit Court for the Northern Dis trict of Texas, in the Matter of Hig gins and others, persons charged with unlawful interference with -the officers and property of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, says: "Labor or ganizations are lawful and generally jdable associations, but they have no legal status or authority and stand before men and the law on no better looting than other social organiza tions, and it is preposterous that they should attempt to issue orders that free men are bound to obey and no man can stand in acourt of justice and shelter himself behind any such organization from the consequence oi his own unlawful acts." The subject and facts of longevity shave been nv de almost a life's study by Prof. Humphrey, of London. His investigations show that in the first year of life the mortality amongmales iV" is much greater than among females —the latter, therefore, have the start I of the former at the very beginning, in inherent vitality. The average gL J* height of women he has found to be fi\e feet three inches and of men five feet six inches in pulse and respira jS&j^vtion, also, the women have theadvan Pf jtage, showing eighty-nine in compari |f\'* '-sson with the men's seventy-three, 'while the latter's respiration is nine teen as against twenty-two of the weaker sex. The bones of men and women which, up to maturity, in creased in weight, after that period ^ost considerably, though with no de crease in size, but more often an in 4 crease, to which latter fact may be at &•- tributed the bony appearance pre rented by many old people. The aver- a8® number of teeth in men and wom en above eighty years of age was six »nd three respectively. The greater 1™?°^ of these old-lived people, J?r°f. Humphrey found, came of long lived families. A' iA .$2 01 .. 1 0(1 HOPE, NOBTH DAKOTA. Russian Petroleum trade ia greatly depressed an acooxmt oJ ovar produc tive capacity and Ugh sates of trans portation. There were more suicides than deaths by railroad oasualities in Z'.'.i- nois last year. The State Coroners'as sociation shows 353 of the former, and only 315 of the latter. The prophets who live by frightening other pe.ople to death have fixed upon 1888 as the year for the final confla gration. In view of the number of times these pretended prophets have had to change the date of the end one would suppose people would be. wary about accepting their predictions in the future. The judiciary committee of the house reported against the proposition to amend the constitution so as to give the president power to veto separate items in appropriation bills. It would, it is urged, give the president a danger ous power. The money of the people, the committee thinks, is safer in the keeping of congress than it would be in that of the president. Mr. Simon Sterne has received a commission from President Cleveland to visit Europe and prepare a report on#the state of railway legislation in the western European states. His work as counsel of the New York chamber of commerce in the railway investigation by the committee of the New Yock legislature cleared the way for the present New York state rail road commission. The signal service bureau says the growing season in the Northwest is from two to three weeks 'earlier than the average. April was a remarkably warm month. The mean temperature was 49.2 degrees, and that is much -higher than that for every April since 1871 to the present time, except April of 1878 and '79, when the mid-spring month was warmer than the one in question. The warmest April since 1871 was in 1878, and the coldest in 1874, the means being 51.1 and 37.5 respectively. It is a crying shame that an extra dition treaty between Great Britain and the United States has not been made to prevent the harboring of thieves from this country in Canada. In the case of the New York Aldermen who are under indictment for selling themselves to Jacob Sharp the Do minion is likely to save many of them from punishment, and sortie are al ready in Montreal. They are held in $25,000 bail, it is true, but that sum probably represents only a fraction of "j "the average amount received from bribers, and they can well afford to 4 POWDERLY PBOTESTa A. Powerfully Written Circular to the Various Assemblies of the Knights of Labor. Noble Order ot the K. of L. of America: Phil adelphia, May 3, 1886.—To the Order Every where. Greeting: The response to the secret circular issued on March 13 has been so gener ous, and tha endorsement of the senti ments contained In it has been so unan .Imous, that 1 feel encouraged and strengthened in the work. Nearly 4,000 assem blies have pledged themselves to act on the ad vice contained in the circular of the 13th ult. 1 feel that it only requires the coming to the front of real men of onr order to set us right be fore the world. We have been losing ground so far ns public opinion Is conoerned for some time. One of the causes Is that we h^ve allowed things to be done under the name Of the Knights of Labor for whioh the organization was in no way responsible. I ask of our members to keep a jo lous eye upon the laboring men who never tabor, and when they charge anything to our order in your locality, set the seal of your condemnation upon it at once by denying it. If a paper criticises the Knights of Labor or its officers do not boycott it, and if you have any suoh boycotts on, remove them. A journal not long since made some uncompliment ary allusions to the general master workman of the Knights of Labor, and at the next meet ing of the nearest assembly a motion was oast to boycott the papec,-not that alone, but every person who advertised in the columns ot the paper. 1 wrote to the assembly asking that they remove the boyoott. and It was done. We MUST BBAB IN MIND that our general master workman Is only man, and is not above criticism. We demand for our selves the right of Iree speech. We cannot con sistently deny it to others. We must tolerate fair, open criticism. It a reply Is necessary, make it in a gentlemanly, dignified manner. If we are criticised or abused by a black guard sheet, treat It as you would the blackguard himself—in silence. That our alms and objects are good is no reason why our members should be regarded as being of a supe rior build or material. We arc no more the salt of the earth than the millions of unknown toil ers who do the work of the world. In our deal ings with laborers and capitalists we must deal justly and fairly by them. If we would have equity done to us, we in turn must do equity to others. This is the aim of the Knights of Labor, and must not bo lost sight of in the future. Let me direct your attention to a few little abuses. I find that whenever a strike occurs appeals for aid are scattered broadcast among the assemblies. Do not pay one cent for such purposes in the future unless the appeal comes from your own district assembly or the general assembly. If boycott notices are sent to you burn them. I have in my possession over four hundred boycott notices which were sent to assemblies with a request that they be acted on. Let me mention some of them: A member is editing a paper. He fears a rival, and proceeds to get into an altercation with him, boycotts him, and then asks the order to carry it out. A certain paper is influential in one or the other of the political parties. Members of the opposing party con ceive the idea of getting rid of the paper, and they invoke the aid of the Knights of Labor, first taking the precaution to have the paper In question sav something uncomplimentary ot the Knlehts of Labor. In fact, our order has been used as a tail for a hundred different kites, and in future it must soar aloft, free from all of them. I hate the word boycott. I was boycotted ten years ago and could not get work at my trade for months. It is a bad practice—it has been handed to us by the capitalists. I have no use for .it only when every thing else fails. Appeals for aid, circulars, petitions, advertisements of everv kind are scattered everywhere through the order. I copy a letter which comes to me on the subject: "A large part of our time has been speht in reading boycott orders and appeals for aid, keeping us 'until 12 o'clock. We were led to believe the Knights of Labor to .be an educational institu tion, but this kind of education is not pro dactiveof good. We have no time for Instruc tion. What do you advise us to do?M I advised them to either burn or table these matters, and now ask of the secre tary of each assembly to do the sam*. If your journal were not boycotted by our mem bers it could be made the medium ot communi cation between the general officers and the order, but the "journal is not read in one-quarter of the assemblies. Some assemblies send out documents in envelopes addressed to 'Secretary of Assembly No. —In many places the secretaries have been discharged because of this practice. No member has the right to address another that way, and If It is ever practiced again, the offender WILL BE PUNI8HTD. In future, the general executive board must not be Interfered with in the performance of S.nightwith rv*&*. ItB eat mo these words: duty. If you have confidence in them sustain them and obey them. If not, ask for their resignation. While the board was endeavoring to settle the Southwestern trouble, assemblies in some places, with the best of intentions, no doubt, were passing and publishing resolutions con demning Jay Gould. These things did no goodt on the contrary they were injurious. In the set tlement of troubles it becomes the duty of the executive board to meet everybody and go everywhere. While they are doing this they must not be hampered by the actions of those who do not know what their task ia. Resolutions do not prevent land stealing, stock wateriug or gambling in the necessaries ot life. hat we want from our members is not gush or windy resolutions about our rights. We know we have rights without passing resolu tions. Men who think, study and. act are re quired. The general assembly will meet lu spe cial session on the 23th of Mav, in the city of Cleveland, From the receipt of this letter you must not address any communication to me, nor need you expect an answer if you do. From now until the general assembly meets I will receivo no committees, answer no letters. I must formulate a plan for the future, and will not be interfered with. What I will say to the General assembly will be said to the entiro order, and you must give me time to prepare it. We have had some troubles from drinking members and from men who talk about buying guns and dynamite. If the men who possess money cnougti to buy guns and dynamite would invest It in the purchase of some well selected work on labor, tney would put the money to good use. Tney will never need the gun or dynamite in this country. It is my opinion that the man who does nob study the politics of the nation and the wants of our people, would make but little use of a rifle. The man who can not vote intelligently and who will not watch the man he votes for after he is elected cannot be depended upon to use either gun or dynamite. If the head, the brain of man can not work out the problem now confronting us his hand alone never solve it. If I kill my enemy I silence him. It Is true, but 1 DO NOT CONVINCE mt. 1 would make a convert rather than corpse of my enemy. Men who own capital are not our enemies. If that theory held good th% workman of to-day would be the enemy of his fellow-toiler on the morrow, for, after all, It is how to acquiro cap ital and how to use it properly that we are endeavoring to learn. The man of capital Is not necessarily the enemy of the laborer on the contrary, they must be brought closer together. I am well aware that some extremists will say I advocate a weak plan, and will say that bloodshed and destruction of property alone will solve the problem. To our drinking 'members I extend tlie hand of kindness. I hate the uses to whfeh rum has been put, but it is my duty to reach down and lift up the man who has fallen a victim to the use of liquor. If there is such a man within the sound of the secretary's voice when this is read, I ask him to stand erect on the fioor of his as sembly, raise his hand to heaven and re- MI am a of Labor, and I believe that every man should bo free from the curse of slavery, whether the Blavery appears In the shape ol monopoly, usury or intemper ance. The firmest link in tho chain of oppression is the one I forge when I drown manhood and reason in drink. No man can rob me of the brain my God has given me, unless I am a party to the theft. If one moment's forgetfalness or inatten tion to duty while drunk brings defeat to the least of labor plans,a lifetime of attention to duty alone can repair the loss. 1 promise never again to put myself in such a position." We have, through some unfortunate misunderstanding, Jpcurred the enmity of several trades unions. While I can find no excuse for the unmanly at tack made upon us by some of these people at a time when we stood face to face with a most perplexing question, neither can I see auy good reason why there should be any cause for a quarrel. We MUST HAVE NO CLASHING between the men of labor's army. If I am the cause of the trouble, I stand ready at a moment's notice to make way for any one of my rivals whom the general assembly may select. Break the power of the Knights of Labor, and you hand labor, bound hand and foot, over to its enemies. Tears ago, ®*5®nded an invitation to men of viiw8 J**50™* a part and parcel of the Knights of Labor. To-day I stand ready to make every honorable concession, to do any thing in honor to bring about a better feeling bet ween trades unions and the Knights of Labor At the special seasion of the general assembly the entire trouble can and must be settled, if £?ve been .made- they must be rectified. If wrongs have been inflicted, they must be righted. But there is one thing that will not be done while I stand at the head of this organization—it will not be ussd to further the schemes of individuals, cliques or parties, and It will be subordinate to no other organization on earth. T. V. POWDERLY, G. W. M. A. General Conference.' Wo,rktnttn Powderly, of the Knljthts ot Labor, tt°tinu under the authority vested In htm by the general executive board, fhf /!l^r fnr ,tlle Y»rtou» asiemblles oi the order 'oroBpeolal aesalon of the general &s jemblv, to be held in Cleveland. Ohio. TanC May 2i£ The causes leading to the calling of theaeealon ore Ktven aa follows- Krat-The rapidly lnoroaala* mambemhlp of 5 aiw I A p- Ski v' r*&' Ann t. the otdec require, chaofts in the lawa whioh the general exeoutlve board have no authority to make. Second—Tho laws in relation to the govern ment of boycotting are wholly Inadequate to oompel obedlonoa on the part of aaaemblles that believe in boyoottinR for every offense, whether —»t or sthail. Phlrd—The laws In relation to strikes do not (Ave the general exechtlve board power .to inter fere 111 such matters until after the strike been ln&ngurate'd. Fourth—The order has become involved In dif ficulties with trade societies, and an effort is being made to create a rupture between these Booleties and the Knights of Labor. The Knlghs Disavow Bloslng, N Resident Egan, ol -the Irish National League of America, was interviewed at Omaha regarding rhe statements in the London papers which attributed the anarchist riots in Chicago to the- Irish ele ment. Mr. Egan was very indignant at the charge. He said: Those English papers, in this instance, as in every other where they refer to Irish men, display the most arrogant ignorance and barefaced lying. If -there, is one feature of the socialistic trouble more noticeable than another or more gratifying to every lover of Ireland, it the fact that up to the present not a single Irishman had been found on the side of tho red flag, while we can point with melancholy pride to the fact that about three-fourths of the gallant fellows who fell in defense ot law and order were of our nationality. Some Irishmen may per haps have gone to extremes in defending their homes and in battlingfor their nation al right, and some of them will, no doubt, do so again and in the near future if English stupidity and English predjudice prevail to thwart the efforts of Gladstone but social ism, as the term is understood by the fol lowers of tlto red flag, never has found and never will find any foothold in Ireland or among the Irish people. It has, however, considerable strength in England. General Master Workman Powderly has written a long letter to the World criticis-' ing the monthly fmanciu [circular of Henry Clews and Co., in which the statement was made that the Knights of Labor were the same as the anarchists. Mr. Powderly is rather severe on grain gamblers and dealers in margins and declares emphatically: The Knights of Labor have no sympathy whatever with the anarchists. Such men as Herr Most and August Spies condemn the Knights because they are too conserva tive, while Jay Gould and Henry Clews de nounce the order because its members will not submit quietly to every injustice or imposition that may be practiced on them. Tho President's Veto Messages.. Washington Special: The president has sent messages to the house return ing a large number of pension bills. It created a decided sensation. Itwas known that the president was giving these bills ex amination, with a view of ascertaining whether they were based upon evidence BUflicent to warrant the relief granted. It was discovered that good grounds were as signed for the disapproval of the two bills vetoed, and that the lecture of the president upon the carelessness ex hibited by congresB withstanding thiB fact, the pension com mittee actually reported the bill favorably, thus showing that the committee had given the case no examination whatever. Arraignment of Chicago Blot Murderers. Chicago telegram: Saturday forenoon Adolph Fischer, for the last five years a compositor on the Arbeiter Zeitung Ger hardt Liziens, a reporter, and Mrs. Lizzie Holmes, an editorial writer on the same paper, were taken before Judge Kogers on a writ of habeas corpus. Liziens, the re- g[olmes, orter, was discharged. In the case of Mrs. Attorney Grinnell signified his willingness that she should be allowed to depart under $500 bonds, and expressed his hope that further investiga tion would prove her innocence of any complicity in the great crime. Mrs. Holmes was released on $500 bail. Fisch er's counscl, Mr. Salamon, asked for his discharge or immediate trial. He boldly asserted his client's innocence, and pleaded against a remand, because ho was a mar ried man, a workingman who had a family dependent on him for their living. Prose cuting Attorney Grinnell interrupted: M^Jor in passing upon th\s class of bills was justi fled by the facts set forth. The message was generally approved by the right-minded men of both sides of the house, and cannot fail to induce congress to be more careful in the future. The two bills vetoed were evidently selected to emphasize the presi dent's objections to the manifest careless ness exhibited by congress in dealing with pension bills, and the objections in both casein arc such tliat upon reconside ration the house will be forced to sustain the vetoes. The houso did not need this admonition from the executive to become convinced that suffici ent care is not shown in passing upon pen sion bills. Early in the present session Mr. Springer introduced a bill to pension a man who was voted a pension at the last ses sion of conaress, by the passage of the iden tical bill presented by ilr. Springer. Not uYes, and so^ had tho gallant policemen who were laid low last Tuesday evening by this mat and his friends." After the conclu sion of Mr Salamon's argument, Mr. Grin nel said: He must ask the court to refuse to set at liberty a man whom he believed he could prove guilty of murder. (Sensation.) It would be imprudent for the state to go in to an examination of this man's case at the present time, because it would disclose prematurely its case against some of his co-conspirators. We have carefullyguard ed our evidence, and have kept it so care fully that even the newspapers have not got hold of it. I have important evidence, and I assure the court that I am confident that that man (pointing to Fisher) assisted in the throwing of the boinb, and if he did not throw the bomb in person he was ac cessory to the whole plan and conspiracy. This we can be able to show by a week from next Tuesday or Wednesday, and tho state asks that Fischer shall be held with out bail until that time. II he is not chief, we will prove him to be the accomplice in the slaughter of the police. Judge Rogers accordingly postponed the hearing until a week from next Wednesday. Mrs. Parsons sat upon the front seat re served for spectators, and was dressed quite pr tentiously. At every stage of the proceedings she was consulted by the at torney for the defense, and informed Mr. Zeisler that bail would be provided. .'Mrs. Parsons Baid to a reporter who was pres ent: "We are not any of us laughing over this. It is awful but we are not to blame." Mrs. Fielden was also a spectator. Mrs. Parsons asked permission for herself and Mrs. Fielden to see tho prisoners—Spies, Fielden and Schwab—but was refused and referred to the sheriff. The Arbeiter Zeitung did not appear to-day because no firm about town would do the press work. iMiaoaStoekinen r«4 a Stock Market. The Montana cattlemen who spent near ly a week examining matters about St. Paul and Minneapolis, with a riew of the establishment of a live stock market, re ported that somewhere immediately con tiguous to the cities of St. Paul and Minne apolis a live stock market is both entirely feasible and practicable. An immense ter ritory described could and undoubtedly would be brought tributary to these cities by the establishment ofunion stock yards, abattoirs, packing houses, fttc., etc. It is a significant fact and one worthy of notice by the citizens of these cities,-that there is not, north of Council Bluffs and Omaha, and west of Milwaukee, a single market where a train load of cattle can be sold. As a result cf this report the Montana Live Stock company filed articles of incorpora tion with the secretary of state at St. Paul. The nature of tho business is to buy, hold, sell and deal in live stock, and to hold such real estate, and to buy and build such buildirifes and other appliances- as may be necessary or convenient in connection therewith. The place of business is St. Paul, and the capital stock $260,000. The incorporators areT. H. Logan, MiUg City, Mont. W. A. Tow- Kansas City, Mo. Thomas J. Bryan, Miles City Granville Stuart, Fort Maggin nis, Mont. Adolph Heller, Milwaukee Robert A. Smith, A. B. Stickney, W. R. Merriam, Ansel Oppenheim, William Lin deke, George E. Finch, Jamea B. 'Power, Bt. Paul, allot whom constitute th» first buard pi directors. ^nrJk^iSq t" 'S^TST "JWfc 3?£i ~T'iS^fV^"rvr -.« v^-'v 5! *. Strait Docllnea B«-«leoUoo. Major Strait authorizes our correspond ent to announce that he will not be a can didate for re-election to congress from the Third district. "I decided upon this course some time ago," said Ma}. Strait, "but have not here tofore made announcement of my purpose, although it was known to a few of my most intimate friends at home. Now that the question ol my candidature is being referred to in the newspapers of Minnesota and I am asked by the Pioneer Press for a direct statement. I have no hesitation in saying to you that I will retire from congress at the close of the present session. With the exception ot two years I have been continuously in congress since 1878, and I now feel that iiot only is a rest needed from the exactions and labors of public office, but that my private affairs require my per sonal and undivided attention. The peo ple of my district have been very kind and indulgent to me, for which I feel more grate ful than I can express, and I flatter myself that my labors in their behalf have not been without result, answer to an inquiry Maj. Strait said he had no idea who would be nominated to succeed him. There would be a number of candidates, and he had no doubt a worthy and competent man would be nominated and elected by the republicans to succeed him. Trade Affected by Strikes. Bradstreet's Journal ot Saturday the 8th inst says: The general trade situation is less favorable than a week ago. This is due mainly to the partial paralysis of busi ness at Chicago and elsewhere. At Chi en ,ro no business of a wholesale character worth mentioning has been done. Bradstreet's telegraphic reports indicate that 325,000 men have taken part in the short-hour movement that 175,000 have Btruck, and that 150,000 have received con cessions without having to strike. Some 35,000 have gained thwr ends by striking. The outlook for an early or general clearing away of indus trial disturbances is not bright. The New York stock market was extremely weak tho first two days of the week, but a stronger feeling developed and prices recovered. The domestic markets are generally dull and easy with loan rates unexchanged. The exceptions are Kansas City and St. Paul, where funds aro in very active demand. Collections are generally poor. The winter wheat plant continues in excellent condi tion. Spring wheat planting is nearly fin ished and prospects for a crop ure good. The general movement of dry goods has been limited. Death of Alex. Gray of Wisconsin. Washington Special: Alex. Gray of Wis consin died at his home in Corcoran street. Mr. Gray was secretary of state in Wis consin thirty-two years ago, when the fa mous Bashford-Barstow contest came up. Gray was alleged to be the man who forged the supplementary returns from Bridge Creek and "Range 25, town 10," by which Barstow was declared elected. When the case was taken into court it was found that the returns from points hundreds of miles apart were written in the same handwriting, and the torn edges of two sheets fitted together exactly. 'Gray went to Washington with the late Senator Mutt Carpenter, and was his private secretary for ten years or more. In early life in Wisconsin they had beeu friends and cro nies. Gray's home was JanesviU'e, where Carpenter for a time lived while holding the office of district attorney. Two years ago he was stricken with paralysis, and has been helpless since. Senator Gray of Delaware is his nephew. Important Pension Deolslon. Second Controller Maynard has render ed the following important decision under the additional bounty act of July 28. 1866: Every soldier who enlisted after April 14, 1861, for a period of not less than two years, and was honorably discharged after serving two years, for the purpose of en abling him to accept a commission, is en titled to the additional bounty of $50 au thorized by the thirteenth section of that act, provided, lie was not entitled to any greater bounty than $100 under the laws existing at the date of the passage of the act, and provided liis claim was filed in time. The decision is not applicable to any claims for such additional bounty which was not filed until after July 1, 1880, the time for filing such cluims having expired by limitation on that day. The strikers at Pittsburg are causing heavy financial losses to buildeis and oth ers. At LaCrosse papers have been filed with the clerk of court in a breach of promise suit ior $5,000 damages, the plaintiff be ing Nellie Horan of Whitewater, whose tri al for the murder other sister and othor relatives by poisoning caused a sensation throughout the state a year ago. The de fendant is F. W. Richardson, of the firm ol Richardson & Frye, shoe dealers of La Crosse. He was engaged to Miss iioran be fore the accusation was .brought against her, and sto od by her faithfully during her trial, although he claims the engagement was definitely terminated by the arrest of Miss Horan. Three more of the New York "boodle" al dermen have been indicted. They are Will iam H. Miller, Republican Charles Dcinp soy, Tammany, and Robert T. DeLacy, County Democracy. There were 172 failures In the United States reported to Bradstreet's during the week ending 7th, against 172 in the prced ing week, and 197, 132,149 and 96 in the corresponding weeks of 1885, 1884, 18S3 and 1882, respectively. About 74 per cent, were those of small traders. Frank H. Nutt of Wisconsin, the famous amateur oarsman, has been restored to his $1,400 clerkship in tho treasury at Washington. About three thousand cloakmakers of Chicago, who work only six months out of the year at an average salary of ?3 per week, have made a demand on the con tracting cloakmakers for eight hours' work and an increase of 25 per cent on their wages. Excitement was occasioned at Pittsburg and Allegheny City a few days ago by the distribution of anarchistic circulars, which urged the workinginen to revenge the kill ing of McCormick's men, and to burn, pil lage and destroy. The secretary of state has received dis patches from Gen. Phelan at Halifax and Commercial Agent Robinson at Yarmouth announcing the seizure at Digby of the American schooner David J. Adams. Capt. Allen, for purchasing bait in Canadian waters, and her subsequent removal with her crew to St. John. The matter will be carefully investigated at once and acted upon as promptly as the circumstances will permit. Harry Lloyd, the young man, who was shot in the altercation with Officer Pierce, at Des Moines, may recovcr. Pierce has been spirited out of town by the authori ties for safe keeping. The shooting of Matt Joyce, the mer chant, by city Marshall Larkin, at Shulls burg, Iowa, grew out of a quarrel over the payment of a bill owed by Larkin to Joyce. Hot words were used, when the marshal drew a billy, and on thii} being snatched by Joyce, covered the latter with a revolver. Joyce endeavored to seize tl Is, and in the struggle for its possession the weapon was discharged, the ball entering Joyce's left temple. Capt. W. Martin, Fourth cavalry, and Gustavus V. AlviB, Ninth cavalry, have been incapacitated for further active serv ice andigranted indefinite leave of absence to await retirement. Gen. Sheridan has concluded toestablish two summer camps of cavalry in Kansas, on the border of the Indian Territory, at such points a« will afford good water and paaturage. Senator Harrison has introduced a bill authorizing the appointment of an assist ant adjutant general of the rank of major of cavalry. This is intended to make a plate for Lieut. Greely, and the passage of the bill will be issued upon the ground that Lieut. Greely is now unable, on Recount of his health, to perform active service,' and does not want to bo placed on the retired list. fc THE AKABOHIflTS. The Authorities Promise the Rigorous Froseoutlon ot the Graceless Foefc -of Law. A. Chicago Special of the 7th says: The events of to-day showed conclusively that the police have broken the backbone of the anarchism in Chicago. Their'determined raids upon all known anarchistic haunts in all parts of tho city, the wholesale arrest of anarchistic lead ers and the seizure of hidden arms, flags and other paraphernalia of lawless ness has completely broken the spirit ol the mobs, who gave battle to the police so frequently during the early part of th» week. The most important work of the police during the day was the capture of a mys terious personage who is known by the name of Gustave Strange. The police have positive information that hchns been man ufacturing explosives tor anarchists and they believe he is the man who threw the fatal bombs into the police ranks. In Strange'a rooms were found tilarge number of guns, ravolvers, anarchistic literature and about four hundred catridges. Tho collection of evidence against the conspirators is progressing rapidly. The Btate's attorney Bays: We will push the prosecution of the men who instigated the riot and helped carry out the murder as far aa the law allows us. We intend and are determined to push these rioters to the fullest extent of the law, and for all there is in it, and we hope justice will not be cheated this time. I think we will bring the matter before the next regular grand jury. To-night the anaTchist, August Spies, ac companied bj liis fellow prisoners, «Sam Fieldan, Michael Schwab and Chris Spies, were marched out of Central station. They were in charge of detectives, each of whom "protected" one of the fellows. The in cendiaries were apparently disheartened, depressed and dejected. As they filed out of the Bquad room they did not lift their eyes. Here are some of the mottoes on the ban ners of the socialists: "Workingmen, prepare for tho revolu tion." "No slaves, no landlords." "Long live the social revolution." "Death to all tyrants." "Workingmen of all countries, unite." "Long live anarchy." "Away with the laws, down with the employers." "Down With the throne, the altar and money bags. Let us in unison destroy them." "Misery is the visitor ofthe poor." "The rich know not want." The people's pity beckons revolution and death." "Work is freedom freedom is death, there fore let the poor man fight with us until death." The Polacks appear to be completely cowed by the militia, and the socialists are terrorized by the arrest of their leaders. Gov. Rusk says the militia will be kept here until perfect quiet is assured and men who desire to work are allowed to without intiniidation, it it takes all summer. De tectives are at work upon the cases of sev eral other socialists, and two or three more prominent arrests will be made. The people are loud in their condemna tion of the course of Aid. Rudzinski, who made incendiary speeches to the Polack mob. It was reported that the mob con templated wrecking the "houses of several of tliemilitia officers who live on the South side, and Gov. Rusk sent for Rudzinski and told him that in view of the riotous course taken by him during the past few days he would hold him personally respon-. sible if any violence were attempted upon either the members of the militia or their homes. The Sinking of the Alabama. ilohn M. Kell, in April Century. "When the firing ceased, Captain Bemmes ordered me to dispatch an officer to the Kearsarge to say that our ship was sinkingi and to ask that they send boats to save our wounded, as our boats were disabled. The dingey, our smallest boat, had escaped damage. I dispatched Master's Mate Fullam with the request. No boats appearing, I had one of our quarter boats lowered, which was slightly in jured, and I ordered the wounded placed in her. Dr. Gait, the surgeon, who was in charge of the magazine and shell room division, came on deck at this moment, and was at once put in charge of the boat, with orders to'take the wounded to the Kearsarge.' They shoved ofi just in time to save the poor feljows irom going down in the snip. "I now gave theorderfor 'everyman to jump overboard with a spar and save himself from the sinking ship.' To enforce the order,I walked forward and urged the mep overboard As soon as the decks were cleared,save of the bodies of the dead, I returned to the stem-port, where stood Captain Semmes with one or two of the men and his faithful Stewart, *r%s who, poor fel low! was doomed to a watery grave, as he could not swim. The Alabama's stern-port was now almost to the water's edge. Partly undressing, we plunged into the sea, and ma de an of fing from the sinking ship, Captain Semmes with a life preserver and I on a' grating. "The Alabama settled stern fore most, launching her bows high in the air. Graceful even in her death strug gle, she in a moment disappeared from the face of the waters. The sea now presented a mass of living heads, striving for their lives. Many poor fellows sank for the want of timely aid. Near me I saw a float of empty shell boxes, and called to one of the men, a good swiipmer, to examine it he did so and replied, 'It is the doctor, sir, dead.' Poor Llewellyn! he perished al most in sight of his home. The young Midshipman Maffit swam to me and offered his life-preserver. My grating was not proving a very buoyant float, and the white caps breaking over my head were distressingly uncomfortable, to say the least. Maffit said: 'Mr. Kell, take my life-preserver, sir you are almost exhausted.'" The gallant boy did not consider his own condi tion, bat his pallid face told me that his heroism was superior to- his bodily suffering, and I refused it. Aft er twenty minutes or more I heard near me some one call out, 'There ia our first lieutenant,' and the next mo ment I was pulled into a boat, in which was Captain Semmes, stretched out-in the stern-sheets, as pallid, as death. He had received daring the. action a slight contusion on the hand, and the struggle in the water had almost exhausted him. There were also several of our crew in the boat, and in a few moments we were alongside a little steam yacht, which had come among our floating men, and by throwing them ropes saved many lives. Upon reaching her deck, I ascertained for the first time that she was the yacht Deerhound, owned by Mr. John Lancaster, of England. In looking round I saw two French pilot boats engaged in gavirig our crew, and finally two boats from the Kear Barge." "A Mean Old Thing." Auctioneer—"Here, ladles, is. a set of crockery that would retail at $150 how much am I offered for HP't^adies (in unison)—"Ten cents." Auctioneer (to hig assistant)—"Here, distribute this.set of crockery among the poor." Ladies (in unison)—"Mean old thing. Does he think we are the wives of bank CMhieraf"—Macon Telegragh, Postal Saving* Banks. From Harper's Weekly. There are about $450,000,000 of savings in the savings banks of New York, and from $12,000,000 to $15, 000,0C0,are deposited annually. In the city of New York during less than seven years twenty-two savings banks failed, and 76,834 depositors from amongthe poorest people lost $4,575, 061. l)uring the two years that Mr. Fairchild was attorney general of the state he was officially obliged to put into bankruptcy institutions repre senting about $4,000,000 of savings, and he. says that the state laws were «nableto help the depositors, who had absolutely nothing to depend upon but the good faith of the managers. These facts show what an uncertain 'reliance for the very poor even these excellent institutions are. But there is another important fact, and that is the unequal distribution of savings banks, so that in some parts of the country where they would be of the greatest service they do not exist. In his report for 1880 Comptrol ler Knox said that in New Eng land there were 422 such banks, and in the middle states 181. But in the western states and territories there were but fifty, and in the southern Btates only five. The committee on the postomce reported to the house of representatives in 1882 that in the dense population of New England there is a savings bank to every 9,436 persons but in the other thirty-two states the average is but one bank to every 225,000 persons. To supply the people of these states as New Eng land is supplied would require nearly 5,000 banks more. This situation, and the great desirability of furnishing both a convenient and a secure place of deposit for the savings of the poor est persons, have led to the sugges tion of government or postal savings banks. In England the plan was pro posed eighty years ago. But it was stoutly and successfully resisted for fifty-four years, until in 1861 300 pos tal banks were opened in England for business. At the close of the first year there were 2,635 postoffices engaged in savings-bank business, and the amount of deposits was $8,270,336. 27, and at the close of the year 1880 the amount was $164,336,383.19. The postoffice pays two and a half per cent, interest on deposits. The feasibility and value of the sys tem have been so fully demonstrated in England, and its convenience and desirability here are so clear, that the committee recommended the passage of a carefully-prepared bill establish ing such banks to pay interest at two per cent., to be paid from the invest ment in United States bonds or bonds guaranteed by the United States. The interest should be low, so as to pro mote withdrawal of proper sums to be invested elsewhere. When, in the course of paying off the national obli gations, interest could be paid no longer, there would remain absolute security for the depositor. It is not a scheme to supercede private savings banks. On the contrary, in England the private banks held on deposit in 1876 about $10,080,000 more than in the year before the opening of the postal banks. The scheme- conflicts with private banks only as the postal carriage of merchandise conflicts with the express companies. Both have plenty of business. The postal banks nave been urgently recommended by postmasters general and committees of congress, and it is understood that the present committee is favorably in clined to the bill. The system is so convenient and excellent that its friends will not be disheartened by any disappointment, and'the plan will be pushed until its usefulness secures its adoption. Moved to Penitential Tears. Chicago Rambler: "John!" "Yes, dear." "Do you remember coming home last night and asking me tothrowyou an assorted lot of key holes out of the Window, so that you might find one large and steady enough to get you latch-key in?" "Yes, dear." "And do you remember the night before how you asked me to come down and hold the stone steps stiM enough for you to step on?" "Yes, dear." "And the night before that how you tried to jump into the bed as it pass, ed your corner ef the room?" "Yes, dear." "And still another night when you sarefully explained to me that no man .was intoxicated as long as he could lie tlown without holding-om, and then attempted to go to bed on a peroen* ilicular wall?" "Yes, dear." "John, do you realize that you have come home sober but two nights in the past week?" "Have I, dear?" "That's all and you ought to be ashamed of yourself, too. The idea of a man of your age But, John, why, you're crying. There,there,dear, I didn mean to bo too severe. After all, you did come home sober two nights." "Yes, that's what makes me feel so bad." And then the meeting ad journed." An Enthusiastic Dry Goods Mer chant on the Honesty of Wom en. New York Star: "Do women embez zle?" "No, they don't," replied a dry goods merchant. I never knew a wom an who handled other people's money to steal a cent. I have employed women as cashiers for years. They are quicker^ at making change than men they will detect counterfeit mon ey quicker they keep their cash ac counts clearer, and don't want to run the whole store as men do. They are almost invariably honest. I have heard of young women as clerks who have pilfered small articles—collars and handkerchiefs—but the cases are rare. Most sales-women and cashiers live at home, and that's the secret of it all. They keep out of the streets nights, and from questionable places of aipusement. Many belong to good families and to churches. They are in every sense respectable. "Newspapers nowadays are full of wicked embezzlements. Bank presi dents ru)i away ftith fortunes, wreck, homes, families lives, reputations and' public institutions Cashiers gamble, iteal, forge, abscond, speculate and use money entrusted to them by poor working people. They lie, dissemble, deceive, and finally rob the directors of corporations employing them—but women do not steal. Loolc at the sni :ides, caused, by these breaches of trust! See the beggars these sleek-, tongued villians have made—but worn-! sn do not en^bezzle. i. ~x 1 dTft initir^^ A, ®V rtVW vs »«•W«0^)W.'--'-'i*TSf-"r Sumptuous BedroonjUUr [Tew York Mail and Express. Mrs. H. McP. Twombley has a su perb chamber, which is' said tt have cost—in decoration merely—$20,000. The ceiling is a painting in three panels by Mr. Edwin H. Blashfield. That of the centre is a circle with design sig nificant of rosy sleep. The other',two paniels are oblong, and one is a beautiful piece of decorative work, in which a spirited panoplied figure is chasing away the spirit of evil dreams. The room is fitted up in mahogany, and this has been very beautifully carved. Tne principal motives of.the design are children's heads, and' these are conceived in the best spirit- of Renaissance decoration. Mr. J. W. Bookwalter has recently brought over from -Italy soifie iri&ghifi cent bedroom furniture which he. has had made for his house at Springfield, O. This is of Italian walnut darker and richer in color than our walnut. The bed was designed under his direc tions. Across tne top of the head board is a design which suggests birds perched upon telegraph wires, fcrith their heads tucked under their wings and ready for sleep. Below, the prin cipal ornament is a ring of children dancing, carved in relief, as that above, in the wood: On the footboard is a female figure reclining and about given over to the benign influence of sleep, and near her birds nestling, ready 'to p} close their eyes. On the two low posts of the foot are children seated, carved out of the solid wood. The bed-room of a young girl in one of the newly built housesislike abower. The wood is white mahogany, with its satmy grain. The roof of a bay window makes an alcove in the room. This is entered through a pillared arch. The columns are fluted with capitals of called roses. Festoons of carved roses drape the alcove. Inside is a dressing-table of white mahogany fitted up with swinging brass mir ror and salmon-pink silk dra peries. The.two flanking windows* of the alcove are hung in salmoii/pink Bilk curtains, and have window-seats upholstered in pale-blue brocade, and fortified by silk cushions. of various hues. The beadstead is of white joaa hogany, carved in garlands of roses, ana from the half canopy hang pale *blue silk curtains. The furniture' of the room carries out the design. Over hanging all this is a ceiling of pale blue, With radiating circles and sections. They are garlanded with pink roses, and among the roses swallows are perched. Opening off the room'is a toilet-room fitted up with every lux ury. From the point of extravagance, nothing exceeds that of the bedroom m of a child, a little girl of 9. The floor {J is inlaid and in the centre is a carpet of thickly-plied Wilton, pearly .."in ground, o.verstrewn with roses., TJie ceiling is painted. A lattice apparent ly half shuts it in, and over it climb wild roses. In the center the sky ap pears. One trailing branch has wab dered out across the blue, and around the roses on its stem a swarm of but terflies flutter, making, in fact,'t,He central ornament of the ceiling. The walls are hung with pale-gray silk, bro caded with rosebuds. The woodwork is white mahogany, beautifully carved. The mantel ha3 festoons of roses carved in relief above the fire-facings of white onyx. Just outside the brass fender-rim is a cushion of blue velvet,where the little feet are warmed. The furniture is of white mahogany. The bed has a half canopy and on the outer edge twod'oves are perched, and from their beaks, on each side, aregarlands of carved wood, carried over to the guardian doves perched on the posts. These garlands confine curtains of silk bolting cloth, thin as a fairy web, embroidered with roses, pink and yellow, dropping their petals from fold to fold. On the bed is a spread' on which roses Seem to have been thrown in careless luxu riance. The mirror reaches to the floor and is set between two chests of drawers. It is framed in composition ornamented with cream and gold, and above ia a panel model in. relief, in which a mermaid combs out her long hair. Off this chamber, the appoint ments of which cannot be enumerated, is a dressing room lined with white enamel tiles. Here is a porcelain bath and marble toilet, on which are laid TV the superb silver-mounted toilet arti cles and where ance. a maid is in attend- A Story of General Buell. From the Chicikgo Inter-Ocean. On one occasion near CaveSpringhe (General Buell) ordered the men to.keep away from a fine spring, buttheguard was overrun by thirsty men, and Buell rode with his stern, official dignity to the spring to stand guard himself. He wore at the time a little straw hat and his fatigue uniform. A large, en ergetic six-footer came up very thirsty' and impatient to fill his canteen. He rubbed against Buell as he passed and stepped with one foot in the water to fill his cup. Buell said quietly but de cidedly. "Take your foot out, sir." Still stooping, the six-footer lookod up and said: "You go to Greenland's icy mountains. I don't want any quartermaster's clerk ordering me around." For an instant the com mander of the Army of the Ohio was stunned by the unexpected reply. Then he said quietly but emphatical ly: "General Buell orders you to take your foot—out—of—that—water*" The man gave the General a glance tf unmistakable admiration -and. said quickly: "I'll do it, sir. If General Buell would order me to jump head first into.a cannon I would do it. Out comes the foot. Why didn't you say so before." This reply bothered the General a good deal, but he said noth ing. Theatrical Gossip, A theatrical manager of long exper ience tells the New York Herald that in sections "where you would natur ally suppose a certain kind of attrac tion would be popular it is not, and as a rule, they want just the other ex treme." When people go to the the atre they want to see a style of life portrayed that they are not familiar with. In the Southwest .melodrama and blood-and-thunder do not dr^w while Shakespearean plays always have crowded houses, especially in Texas, where with "Hamlet" in any town the people will come from fifty miles around, whole families and their hired men and women, to attend it. In the South melodrama is most pot ular, while variety acting and horse play takes best in Puritanical New England. Fashionable people at 'A '•vN? r& ir.r New port and other places shun society pieces, which thrive in the rural dis tricts, and the Quakers of Philadelphia ^Pennsylvania are the best patrons