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I G. GOULD,
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CAPITAL ORGANIZING,
Not To Resist the Knights of
Labor, But to Protect its
Members.
A Huge Organization of the Several Textile
Industries of New England, With
Millions of Capital.
Boston, April 2a The Commercial Bul
letin 4o-morrow will say: "The sudden
" and unexpected collapse of what threat
sned to be a serious strike at the Whitten
ton Hills, Taunton, was caused by the dis
covery that that mill belonged to a huge
organisation of textile industries of New
England, which has been formed so quietly
that it has escaped all notice. This organ
ixation extends over Rhode Island and
Connecticut and already includes forty-
: Bine large woolen mills. This society was
organised for mutual protection. It does
- not recognise the authority of the Knights
of Labor in any way, but is prepared
to use arbitration in the settlement
of strikes. The organisation is growing in
numbers, and it proposes to give each
strike careful consideration and to assist
only those manufacturers who are un
fairly treated by their help. A second
society, embracing; all cotton mills of
. any importance in Maine, New Hamp
shire and Massachusetts, waa quietly
completed, and elected its officers in Bos-
. ton on Wednesday. The Massachusetts
League is the league of cotton mills to which
woolen mills are to be admitted, while the
Rhode Island society was formed by
. woolen mills, and subsequently admitted
cotton manufacturers. During the last
month the cotton mills of this State have
been quietly preparing for organisation
for mutual insurance against labor disturb
ances. The. cotton-manufacturing indus
try is better adapted for the formation of
such an organization than many others, be
cause it is composed of a number of large
mills rather than a large number of small
ones. The quiet organization which
ban taken place, therefore, ' has been
conducted with ranch expedition, and its
result will probably be witnessed at the
next attempt of the mill hands to secure
the discharge of workmen who are not
members of the onion. The society is not
a corporation, and has no stock. The
yearly pay rolls of the Massachusetts mills
that have already joined amount to $15,
000,000. . The aims of the society are not
in any sense aggressive, and its purpose is
not to attack the Knights of Labor, but
simply to protect its members against un
just persecution. The methods of self-defense
which the societv will employ have
not yet been made public."
POWDERLY FIXED IT.
How the General Master Workman Started
an Engine that Wouldn't Go.
' St. Louis, April 23. Borne weeks ago an
engine attached to a passenger train on the
Michigan Central Road suddenly stopped.
The place was between stations, and the
' engineer could neither start the engine
along nor discover what the matter was.
The passengers, many of them, got off the
r!n ana stooa watcning tne engineer's
futile efforts to find out what the cause of
the trouble was. He saw at length that he
would have to give it up, and that the train
would stand thereuntil a new engine could
te brought. Then a quiet man who had
men standing among tne passengers
stopped np to the engineer and said : "Take
. off your overalls and let me put them on."
He was a man of intellectual cast of fea
tures and a pair of eye glasses added force
to this impressiveness. The engineer took
off his overalls and the quiet man put
them on, and with a monkey wrench in his
hands, crawled under the engine, and flat
- on his back, hammered ana tinkered for
a quarter of an hour. Then he mounted
' the cab, opened the throttle valve, and
fit went tne engine as easy as con Id be.
Borne of the passengers thanked the
, quiet man as the engineer mounted the
board, and the engineer himself asked
'his name, but the quiet man would nop
give it. rtevertneiess a man on tne train
knew this bookish-looking mechanic, and
he said to the engineer at the next station :
"The man who fixed your engine was Gen
eral Master Workman Fowderly, of the
Knights of Labor." This happened when
Mr. Fowderly was on his way back from
: his trip to the West to examine into the
troubles which led to the strike.
A Mother's Awful Crime.
Ketpobt, N. J., April S3. Seven miles
south of this place lives J. Monroe Smith.
, Mr. Smith is fifty-five years old, arid his
wife forty-three, and the mother of six chil
dren ranging in age from nineteen years
down to four. Some years ago the wife
and mother was sent to an insane asylum
and was discharged a year later, presum
ably cured. Last fall she had severe pains
in her head and her husband sent her to her
brother's house in Elizabeth, where she
improved greatly and returned home
a short time ago. This morning, fatter
breaxfast, she went to one of the outbuild
ings on the premises, and after swallowing
dose of "Rough on Rats," returned to the
house with an axe concealed under her
dress. Eva, her four-year-old daughter,
was still sleeping when the mother entered
the bedchamber. Lifting the axe above
; the sleeping child, the maniac mother
brought it swiftly down, splitting the little
one's head open, killing her instantly. She
. then attacked Rufus, aged thirteen,
dealing him several savage blows on the
head with the poll of the axe. Bessie, the
ll-year-old daughter, begged for mercy,
but the terrible bloodstained' axe whirled
in the air and went crashing into the
fragile little head. The 18-year-old daugh
ter locked the baby in an adjoining room
and ran screaming outside to apprise her
father of the awful work within. After a
terrible struggle, the woman was secured.
One of the children is dead, and the others
are likely to die before morning. Mrs.
Smith is herself in a very precarious condi
tion. .
Switchmen's Strike Ended.
Chicago, April 23. The Lake Shore
switchmen's strike in this city is ended,
the company having made a satisfactory
arrangement with the men.
A BROKEN LEVEE.
A Million Acres of Cotton Land Flooded in
Arkansas.
Helena, Ark., April -23. The levee on
the Mississippi river broke last evening
fifteen miles south of Helena on the Arkan
sas side. The crevasse is forty yards wide,
and it will be impossible to close it. As in
188a, one million acres of the most fertile
cotton land in the Mississippi Valley will
be covered by water from one to six feet
deeD. Plantine onerations wai-a snsnandarl
three weeks ago, and cattle and farm Btock
were moved to the high lands. Unless the
water recedes very fast the entire cotton
crop in the overflowed district will be
spoiled.
A SINGULAR CRIME.
An Attempt to blow Up One of the
Churches of the City of Madrid.
Madrid, April 23. An attempt was made
this morning to destroy the church of San
Luis in this city. An explosive was placed
inside of the enormous hollow candles
which stand on either side of the altar.
The explosion, instead of takingplace while
the church was crowded, as probably in
tended, occurred before the people began
to arrive. The edifice was badly wrecked,
and two sextons who were in the building
were badly burned.
Internal Revenue Collections Increasing.
Washinoton, April 23. The collections
of internal revenue for the first nine
months of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1888, were as follows: From spirits, $50,
691,796; from tobacco, $20,136,918; from
fermented liquors, $13,6(52,750; from mis
cellaneous items, $179,788, making a total
of $84,571,252, or an increase of $2,974,016
over the collections for the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year.
Cholera Inoculation Authorized in Spain.
Madrid, April 23. The Spanish Sani
tary Council has authorized the practice of
inoculation discovered by Dr. Kenan in
e event of a recurrence of cholera in,
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VOU.XIX-NO. 24.
EATON. OHIO, THURSDAY. APRIL 29, 1886.
WHOLE NUMBER 991.
SETTLED IT AMICABLY.
A Philadelphia Brewer Deeds His Wife to
One She Loved Better.
Rbadino, Fa., April 22. Max Rebstock,
a Fhiladelphia brewer, Frieda Rebstock,
his wife, a prepossessing young woman,
and Albert Wolf, of this city, called at Al
derman Scheetz's office here yesterday and
had that official settle a novel suit between
them. Mr. and Mrs. Rebstock were mar
ried three years ago. She is twenty-four
years of age and moved in excellent so
cietv among the Germans of Philadelphia.
Wolf and Rebstock were very close
friends for years. Last year Rebstock sent
his wife on a European trip. Several years
ago she first met Wolf, a handsome young
German. A strong attachment sprang up
between the two which was quickly no
ticed by Rebstock. A lderman Scheetz was
called upon to amicably adjust their mar
ital difficulties. Mr. and Mrs. Rebstock
signed a paper by which they agreed to
separate, provided she gave him certain
articles which he bought for her when the
were married. Rebstock renounced all
claim to the woman as his wife. He then
left for Philadelphia. Mrs. Rebstock and
Wolf were married yesterday afternoon,
and will make their residence in this
city.
RIOTING AT NEW YORK.
The Sugar Refiners Attack the Police and
Beat Several Men Severely.
Nbw York, April 23. About 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon the strikers at the Have
meyer Sugar Refining Works at Green
Point began rioting. The police were call
ed ont in full force and attacked the
strikers, using their clubs freely, but the
strikers outnumbered and overpowered
the officers, attacking them with
staves and brickbats. Three policemen
were seriously injured and removed to
the hospital. One striker Was
serionslv iniured about the head bv
the clubs of the police and was also re
moved to the hospital. Several pistol
shots were fired, bnt no one was injured
bv the bnllets. After drawinsr the rjolice
from the works the strikers captured sev
eral wagons loaaea witn sugar ana aumpea
the contents into the streets. The fighting,
which began about 1 :30 p. m., was quelled
about 8:10 jp. m., when reinforcements,
from the Sixth, Fourteenth, Eighteenth
and Six teeth Precincts arrived.- and the
Seventh Precinct men, having been sup
plied with their night clubs, were better
able to cope witn tne moo.
QUEER SLEEPING PLACE.
An Old Man Dozes Peacefully All Night in
a Brook.
Wai.tham, Mass., April 22. An old man
of sixty named Murphy was brought to the
police station and put to bed in an ex
hausted condition this morning. He
was found at 7 a m. asleep in Beaver
Brook, immersed to the neck in water
and mud three feet deep. He bore every
appearance of having been in the brook all
night, as his clothes, outside and in, were
drenched with water and black with mad.
onlv one shoulder biincr drv. When his
boots were drawn off about two quarts of
muddy water flowed out of tbem, while
his stockings and flannels, once White,
were injcy as uamiet's ciobk. Apparently
his mind was confused, and he could give
no explanation of his conduct, or state
where he belonged. He was breathing
faintly at noon under the stimulating ef
fect of big horns of whisky, but his appear,
ance indicated that death wpuld shortly
ensue as a result oi nis long Daw.
Skirmish Between Greeks and Turks.
London, April 22. The first gun of the
Turco-Grecian war has been fired, and the
Turks are the aggressors. Last Tuesday
night a body of troops, drawn from the
Turkish outposts, attempted to surprise a
force of Greeks who had been engaged dur
ing the previous day in erecting earth
works upon territory alleged to be within
the neutral belt, which neither side has a
right to occupy: The attack was smartly re
pulsed, and the Turks fled, closely pursued
by the Greeks. In their retreat the Turks
abandoned two field pieces, which fell into
the hands of the pursuers. The Greeks, at
the end of the pursuit, occupied and in
trenched themselves in the positions which
were clearly upon Turkish territory. The
Greek Government has ordered them to
immediately evacuate these positions and
to return to Greek territory. The disposi
tion at Atbeus is to minimmize the occur
rence and treat it as an unauthorized af
fair of outposts, for which no reprisal is to
be attempted. ., ; .
Can Never Be Recovered.
Wilkesbarhe, Pa., April 22. All hope of
recovering the bodies of the twenty-six
miners entombed in No. 1 slope at Nanti
coke has now been given up. A second
bore hole has been driven from the tunnel
to the main gangway, and it was discov
ered to-day that the latter was filled with
quicksand and water. It is - now regarded
as a certainty that the men perished on
the first day of their imprisonment by be
ing caught in the mass of falling sand and
rocks, and that their bodies can not be recovered.
Chinese Indemnity Bill.
Washington, April 22. Senator Morgan,
from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
reported to the senate a bill to indemnify
the Chinese for the losses and damages in
flicted on tbem by the rioters at Rock
Springs, W. T., in September last. It au
thorizes the President to designate not to
exceed three officers of the United States
to investigate and take the testimony of
witnesses as to the nature and extent of
the damage done to the persons and prop
erty of the Chinese. '
Robbed the Mails for Years.
Beverly, Mass., April 22 Edward T.
Shaw, who for twelve years has carried the
mail between the local postofSce jand the
railway station, was arrested to-day. He
confessed to having systematically robbed
the mails for several years, taking between
three and five thousand letters and ob
taining upwards of 1,500.
Justice in Indian Territory.
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Visit a, Indian Tekiutort, April 22.
William Wil worth, a resident; of Coal
Hill, Ark., was robbed of $1,800 by highway
men Monday night. He had sold' a lot of
cattle, and was on his way hornet when an
order to halt greeted his ears, and two Win
chesters were presented. Wiiorth was
taken into a creek bottom near by, robbed,
and kept about two hours. One ( the rob
bers was Jim Proctor, a disreputable char
acter; the other was a mulatto. Yesterday
a posse of citizens struck the trail, and the
robbers were overhauled. The command
to surrender was not obeyed, and was fol
lowed by a volley from the posse. The rob-
uers were suiea, ana me ooaies leit un-buried.
Poisoned by Pussy.
New York, April 22. Owing to the scratch
of a pet cat, Mrs. Thomas Monsby, of
Brooklyn, has spent a week in untold
agony, and is now suffering from blood
poisoning. The cat became frightened by a
dog entering the room suddenly, and in an
endeavor to get away dug one of its paws
in Mrs. Monsby's under lip, on whose lap
the cat was lying. A tiny drop of blood
oozed from the scratch, which caused
hardly any pain, and the lady forgot all
about the occurrence in a few minutes
Towards evening, however, her lip began
to swell, and before night it was as Targe as
an egg. The swelling extended to the
che'ks and parotid glands.
A Mother's Woe.
West Newton, Pa., April 22. While Mrs.
Albert Neff was planting vegetables in the
garden this morning the house caught fire,
and before she could rescue her four chil
dren, who were sleeping up stairs,they were
terribly burned. Two of the little ones are
reported sinking rapidly, and are expected
to die at any moment.
Alleged Dynamiter Not Guilty.
jury befors
whom the case of W. W. Withers, charged
with placing dynamite on the track of a
street railway during the strike of a few
months ago, causing severe damage to the
company's property, returned a verdict to
day of sot guilty.
CAUSES OF STRIKES
The Number, Location, Causes and Results
of Strikes and Lock-Outs for the
Year 1880.
Report of Mr. Joseph D. Weeks, Who Has
Been Employed by the Census Bureau
to Investigate Causes of the
Labor Troubles.
COMMISSIONER WEEKS' REPORT.
Washington, April 24.- Mr. Joseph fi
Weeks, who has beep employed under the
Census Bureau in making att investigation
Into the number, location, causes ah results
of strikes and lock outs during the calendar
year lP8t, has just completed his report, in
his letter of transmittal to the Superintend
ent of the Census, he says: "Those who un
derstand the difficulties in the way of such
an investigation as this will not be surprised
at Its incompleteness, and especially at Its
failure .to secure records of the number of
employes eng-aged In all the strikes and look
outs reported, as well as the number of days
and amount of wages lost."
In the outset of the report he states that
both the employers and employed, as solas,
hesitate to engage in a strike or lock-out,
especially after having experienced the dis
astrous effects of these industrial agitation.
The condition of mutal respect and forbear
ance between these two classes has been
growing in this country, and strikes have
grown not less frequent, but they are under
taken only when it is felt that there is nd
other resource. He states that in his efforts
to get Information bf strikes, he sent but
1,200 circulars to both employes and employ
ers who Wert dlrectiy concerned, and he
adds that most of the replies were received
from employers and very few from the em
ployes. The latter either making no re
sponse or refusing the desired Information,
giving as the'r reason that tt might be used
to their disadvantage by the employers.
From what returns were received he ob
served the tendency of the workmen toman;
nify a strike and of employers to disparage
Its importance, and as the bulk of the in
formation came from the latter, the state
ments made in the report as to the number
of strikes, the men concerned in it etc., ale
understated rather than the reverse.
The difference between a strike and a lock
out is stated to be the stent) aire of work In
the first instance growing out of some de
mand or other action of the emnloves. and in
the latter instance from some demand or
action on the part of employers which IS re
sisted by the workmen. ID some cases, by
agreement between the employers or the em
ployes, work is stopped itt one establishment
because of the existence df B strike or a
lock-out In another. Of the total number of
strikes the word being used to include
both strikers and look-outs renorted in lwu.
which was 71)2, Pennsylvania with 301, New
York with 104 and Ohio wftn 93, are credited
with 501, or 63( per cent.
In the minlnsr and manufacturing States
the strikes are more frenuent, while very in
frequent in agricultural trades, where large
bodies of men are collected together. The
same is true of those enaraired in nrofess on-
si and personal services. Domestic servants
and the n-reat body of unclassified laborers.
wh en two groups include more than 72 pe
cent, of those ens-aired tn tiersorial aftd rirri-
fessional services, do not strike at alf or at
least do not stnKe in suon a way as to get the
ract into tne papers.
The number of strikes reported in certain
prominent trades are as follows: Ztfl In iron
and steel industr ea: 158 in coal mlninir: 40 In
the textile trades; 42 in cigar making; 36 In
building trades; 46 in transportation; 28 in
orlntino- trades: 27 tn niass Industries: 14 In
piano making, and 11 In boot and shoe mak
ing. Mr. Weeks thinks that the frequency of
strikes Is not whol'y due to the aggregation
of workmen at certain points. In Great
Britain more than twenty-five per cent, of
tne Btrixes occur in tne Dunaing- trades ana
while the metal trades, mininir and textile
trades rank next, much the greater propor
tion 71H ner cent. of the strikes renorted
In this country in 18S0 were caused by differ
ences as to rates of wages and of these 62 per
ceire were ior an advance ana vft per cent,
were against a reduction.
Of tho more mportant industries, espeo-
B ly noticeaoie in tne noot ana snoe trades,
methods of work and rules of the shoD oc
casioned as many strikes as rates of wages.
The resu Its of onlv 481 strikes are renorted.
ena oi tnis numt;er dn per oeut. were success
ful. 18 per cent, were compromised and 47
Der cent, were unsuccesslu . Every strike
in connection with hours of labor were un
successful, while those relat'ng to payment
or wares were uniiornuy succeeded, ic
should also be noted that atrkes growing
out of demands for an advance are much
more uniformly unsuccessful than those
as-ainst a reduction.
I n conilit ons of trade that justify an ad
vance, it is much more to the Intel est of the
employer to give in than to have his works
stop un tne otner nana, wnen trace is not
so brisk, it is to the advantage of the em
ployer to have his works stopped: In such
cases the onoosit'on to a demand for a re
duction is not of little effect. The reduction
comes or the works ston.
As to the results of strikes and lock-outs
It appears that these depend largely on the
Gondii on or rraae. in loau, nowever, tnere
was an era of remarkable prosperity, and as
a result strikes were successful In a propor
tion of cases, doubtless much above the
averns-e.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of Pennsyl
vania in the investigation Into strikes in
that State for forty-six years, beginning in
183i. states that 4 of the 135. of which the re
sult was given, were successful, or Kl'ii per
cent., while 66 or 48 4-6 per cent, were unsuc-
cessiui. 'mis corresponds, tne report adds.
In some degree with the results obtained In
the present investigation. As this report
snows mat per cent, were successful wnue
17 per cent, were unsuccessful.
The M assachusetts report, however, shows
a remarkable difference, only twelve per
cent, being reported successful and seventy
three per cent, unsuccessful. This shows
that the industrial cond tlons in Massa
chusetts are widely different from those ex
isting in otner pass or tne country.
It has been known, adds Mr. Weeks, to
careful observers, that strikes are neither so
frequent nor so successful when undertaken
in New isnsrland as In other slates. -
In regard to losses by strikes, the report
states that from 414 of the 7' strikes reported,
dku res are given showing that the
number of men idle In these cases were 12,
wined includes only tnose mfi idle di
rectly in consequence of the strike, and not
those who may have been laid idle in other
parts of the works or n other works by rea
son or i ne striKe. mere are 04 striK.es con
cerning which no statement has been re
ceived as to the number of men Idle By
approximation the number is estimated to
hare been H9,876, wb ch, added to the above,
would give a total of s.l is idle men.
vv .tn relation to ine loss or wages. It is esti
mated that each of these men were idle
twenty-seven days. The returns show that
4.77 employes lost t3.711.Mr7. 'ibis would be
at the rate of f 57 each. As the entire num
ber of employes estimated was 22H.13.-i, the
total loss of wages in this average would be
f lH,(MO,Hii. that is for the time lost. The
wages which would have been received had
the works run constantly, is the amount
named. In case the strike was successful
the men received add tional pay and in cases
where unionism existed the men received
strike pav, but this Was simply refunded
monev that had previously been paid. There
is also another item of reduction in the fact
that the men sometimes obtained employ
ment in other industries during the strikes.
As this ?:, 11.0X7 was lost from 1,98B,K7 days
of idleness it appears that the average rate
of waires earned by the parties striking was
Jl 8H per day. Tables are appended to the
report show iug these facts in detail.
Speaking of sudden deaths as the
result of mental anxiety or excitement,
the Medical News says: " There
is no treatment which will prevent this
class of sudden deaths, and physicians
are powerless to avert its onset. All
they can do is to advise "a calm, unex
citing mode of life, with freedom from
worry and anxiety. Such advice
very easy to give, but as difficult
follow as would be a suggestion that
it is not advisable to die at any given
time."
"Two dozen black-hen's eggs,"
said an old woman to a grocer.
'Black-hen's eggs!" exclaimed he,
don't know a black-hen's eggs from
another colored chicken's." "Troth,
then, I do," said the woman. "Then
go and pick them out yourself," he re
plied, pointing to a large basket
eggs. The woman did so, and picked
out two dozen of the largest in
DasKet.
The crime of the last boy sent
the new Hampshire Kelorm school was
the setting on fire of a passing load
hay, whereby the farmer on top of
was nearly burned to death, vton
JewrnaL
HORRIBLE DEATH.
Fatal Mistake of in Tying a Rope
Around His Waist.
Nokomis. III., April 25. On his return
from town last evening Mr. Jacob Swarey,
living three miles east of here, missed some
colts which he had left in the stable, and
upon Searching for then! found them in a
pasture, and attached to one of then! by a
halter WBs the dead body bf August Middle
camp, a boy about thirteen years old, who
bad been left at home. It is supposed the
lad had attempted to lead the colt to water
ana carelessly uea tne rope arouna nis
waist in a slip-noose, when the animal, un
accustomed to being handled, pulled him
down and dragged him Until exhausted,
as, although it appeared frightened, it did
not run when approached. The boy's body
was badly mangled and nearly cut in two
by the rope, the knot of which was drawn
to only about a four-inch noose.
FILLED A LIGHTED LAMP.
Three Women Undertake It and Have Died
from Their Injuries.
Chicago, April 25. Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Sterling, who is landlady of the Ster
ling House, on Adams street, was in the
kitchen with her daughter Emma and Miss
Whalen, a servant, One of them took a
lighted lamp, and holding an oil can
in one hand commenced to fill it, Sudden-
lv the oil w iffnitAd. and 4-.fi a Ln A-ra
ploded with a loud report. The burning
fluid was scattered over Mrs. Sterling and
her daughter, and their clothes were soon
a mass of flames. Miss Whalen, the domes
tic; Was hot burned, but inhaled the a-as and
smoke. The Are department Was summon
ed, and fireman aide"1 in the efforts to
extinguish the flames and save the lives of
Mrs. Sterling and her daughter, but their
aid came too late. After several hours' in
tense sunering. an three oi the women
died.
TORNADO IN TEXAS.
Buildings Destroyed and People Injured.
a Baby Fatally.
KrmsBN, Tex., April 25. A tornado swept
past Killeen this evening, about one mils
from town. It struck the house
of Jacob Uselton, demolishing the build
ing and injuring the entire family, the baby
fatally. The Norman brothers residence
was also destroyed. The family were saved
havinsr tust taken refutre in a storm-house.
The storm came from the northwest, and
did considerable damage in the town of
juiieen. nan stones as laree as hens' eees
fell, destroying vegetation and fruit trees
ana oreasung many window panes.
Goes Mad by Proxy.
New Yoke. April 25. A curious case has
been developed at Matteawan, N. J. About
six weeks ago Nellie Smith, of that village.
was bitten by a dog. Dr. A. J. Jackson
treated her with apparent success. The girl
has a sixteen-year-old brother Thomas, who
took her case very much at heart. The
stories about hydrophobia which had been
Circulated gave him a trreat deal of anxiet v,
On last Thursday night he was taken sud
denly ill. He became extremely violent, re-
ijuu-uig i,wo ana orcen uiree men to noia
him, and barked like a dog. No one
knew whether he was bitten by a dog or
not. Dr. Jackson savs that he hardly
knows what to think about the case. If he
knew that the boy had been bitten by a
dog he should certainly consider it a case
of hydrophobia. As it is it may be nervous
hysteria brought on by worry about his
sister Nellie. The liitle girl is doing well
unaer ner treatment.
Killed By Lightning.
Crestline, O., April 25. Frederick
Blazer, ofthis place, was instantly killed by
lightning this afternoon. He was working
on the track of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railroad, two and a half miles
east of this place. About three o'clock a
storm came up, when Blazer took shelter
under a tree near by, which was struck by
lightning. He leaves a wife. The storm
lasted about thirty minutes, and was ac
companied by heavy thunder and lightning
ana large uaiistones.
Peculiar Accidental Hanging.
Baltimore, April 25. Henry Fryer, aged
sixty-eight years, who for many years has
been one of the gate-keepers of Druid Hill
Park, was found dead last night hanging
bead down from a tree not more than ten
feet from the gate. He had been training
a wild rose vine to run up the tree, and had
no doubt lost his balance, and in falling
caught his foot in a crotch of the limb on
which he was standing. The body was ac
cidentally discovered while it was yet
warm.
Hydrophobia.
Red Bank, N. J., April 25. Five weeks
ago a little boy named Smith was bitten
by a dog at Matawah. He said nothing
about the matter until to-day. He was
taken ill on Thursday and symptoms of hy
drophobia rapidly developed. He has suf
fered terribly from paroxysms, and to-day
the doctors administered cocaine to quiet
him. It is believed that he will die beforr
morning.
The Convicts at the Greenwood Mines.
Fbankfort, Kt., April 25. The f convicts
employed at the Greenwood Mines were
examined yesterday by Governor Knott
and Cabinet. Sensational stories of the
infliction of barbarous punishments were
disproved. The State troops will remain,
as the free striking miners and others open
ly assert their intention to destroy the
camp the moment it is free from military
protection. -
Gored to Death by a Cow.
Caldwell, O., April 24. Mrs. Lizzie
Way, wife of Charles Way, of Grayesville,
Monroe County, was gored to death by an
infuriated cow which she was milking.
Thecow's horn passed through her neck,
causing almost instant death.
Church-Spire Shattered by Lightning.
Canton, O., April 25. During a severe
thunder-storm yesterday afternoon the
spire of the United Brethren Church was
struck by lightning and shattered its en
tire length to the ground. Luckily it
did not take fire. The damage is about
$1,000.
Colorado's Mineral Output.
Denver, Col., April 25. Official figures
from the Denver Mint give the mineral
output for Colorado for 1885 as follows:
Gold $5,000,000: silver $13, 600,000: copper
$700,000; lead $3,361,000. Total $22,561,000.
Italians Burned to Dea h.
Bradford, Pa., April 25. Six Italians
were burned to death in a building used as
quarters for railroad workers here.
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Seeing the Good.
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of
to
of
it
It is good to be well rounded out, so
good that such a life should be the ideal
towards which every Christian should
work. But it is hard, in this unequal
world to make such an attainment, and
even to keep the mark properly and al
ways in mind. Nearly all men grow
in certain directions; if opposite parts
and qualities do not dwarf, th ;y at least
do not increase, and hence the charac
ter fails of symmetry. But we mistake
when we judge men wholly by their de
fects, or their less-developed parts, fail
ing to give them credit for the good
points that, jutting out here and there,
constitute their better peculiarities. The
right way is to see the good, rejoice in
it, encourage it if possible, and then
hope that this good will some time, as
the predominating trait and growth,
subordinate to itself all the others, and
thus become the real man and Chris
tian. If, for instance, a man have large
benevolence and small reverence, we
should not think wholly of the latter,
but try to see the former, believing
that it w:ll in the end become control-
I ling and determining.- United J'resby
mnmm
XLIXTH CONGRESS.
First Session.
Washington, April 19. Executive com
munications were received, a bin was pas
sed fr the erection of a fl re-proof ball of
records In Washington. After tome routine
business the Senate went into executive ses
sion at J2:4U p. m, ior the lurther considera
tion of the Mexican Weil and L'Abra treaty.
House. A number of bills and resolutions
were Introduced under the call of States. A
resolution tnakina- the bill to increase the
naval establishment a continuing special or
brdec from April 2 tb April JST was lost. A
lmii vtmn idcu caicuujiiii mo unmeaiBlQ ae
llverv system bv estahlishino- It within the
carrier delivery limit of any free delivery
omce anu wuuin one mue or any otner post
office the P stmaster General may designate.
The following measures were then 'passed:
providing for the sale of the Cherokee Res
ervation in the State bf Arkansas; res
olution fixing May 27 and 29 for
the consideration of business from the
Indian Commission. Resolutions setting
apart tne 1st and 8th of May for Territorial
Commission business. Mr. Murnhv na.1. en
deavored to have May 8 set apart for the con
sideration oi tne Hennepin I anal Dill. Lost-
yeas 112, nays ii; not two-tnlras.
Washinoton. April 20. Senate. Execu
tive communications were received. A bill
was introduced for the retirement of disa
bled officers of the army. At 12:45 p. m. the
Senate went into executive session, and after
sonut discussion rejected the treaty for the
reopening of the well and La A bra claims bv
a vote of 82 to 28 not two-thirds. A number
of nominations were confirmed
HOUSE. The Wave and Means Committee
reported a loint resolution to give tiotice to
terminate the Hawaiian treaty. Bills w-re
renorted flxino- the salaries of IT. 8. District
Judges at fS,000tto regulata commercial sales
dt sample, price list, etc, oetween residents
of the several States and Territories; to
Create the office of Assistant Commissioner
or Indian Affairs: for the relief of Wm.
MoGarraa-han: to nrovide for the
study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and
narcotics, and tneir eneots on the
human system. in the military and I
in, i
naval acadamies. and in the Indian nubile
duo i
schools of the Territories and the District of
Columbia; for the establishment of signal
stations on the West India Islands; to give
nonoraoiy discharged soldiers and sailors
preference in public appointments. An effort
was made to secure consideration of the bill
for the relief of the Alabama flood sufferers,
but failed. The river and harbor bill was
taken up, and after making some progress,
the House adjourned.
Washington. Aoril 21. Senate. A resolu
tion was referred to the Judiciary Committee
inauirinar wnat legislation was necessary to
require the U. S. Courts to prevent the waste
ful appropriation of the assets and receipts
ot railroad nronertv in tneir possession.
Four hundred private pension bills were then
passed, leaving but half a dozen on the
calendar. At 4:15 n. m. the Senate went into
executive session, and at 4:45 p. m. ad
journed.
House. A resolution was reported callina-
on tne Ittmmissioner oi Asmoulture Tor cer
tain information in regard to the acreage
and supply of wheat and corn In this coun
try, mils were reported to limit tne juris
diction of U. S. courts in patent cases, and to
nension nnsoners oi war aunng tne renei-
lion. The bill for the relief of the Alabama
flood sufferers was debated without action.
and resumed its place on the calander under
the rules The river and harbor bill was
taken up ano discussed unui o:ai p. m., wnen
tne nouse adjourned.
Washington. April 22. Senate Petitions
were presented. A bill was passed appro
priating cia.iMi lnjaio oi a national monu
ment at Plymouth, Mass. A bill was re
norted to indemnify the Chinese who suffered
oy tne recent outoreHas in Wyoming, nr.
VanWyck addressed the Senate on the bill
to tax railroad errant lands. Mr. Blair
gave notice that on Monday be would call
un the 1oint resolution Droyldina- a con
stitutional amendment prohibiting the manu
facture ana saie ot aiconouo liquors, ax a
o'clock the Inter-State commerce bill was
8 laced before the Senate. Messrs. Sewell and
ullom addressed the Senate. A message
from the President relatinsr to labor troubles
was received and ordered printed. At 4 o'clock
the senate went into executive session, ana
at 5:15 p. m. adjourned until Monday.
House. The electoral count bill was made
the special order for May 6. A Conference
Committee was appointed on the Indian ap
propriation bill. Adverse reports were pre
sented from the Judiciary Committee on a
loint resolution nronosina a constitutional
amendment giving the President power to
veto speoinc items m appropriation diiib, ana
a bill to nrevent the adulteration of food.
They were laid upon the table. The
House passed a bill Amending Sec
tion 2805 Revised Statutes, in relation
to oaths on entries of merchandise.
Bills were passed providing for holding the
terms of the District Court in Mew York and
Colorado. The river and harber bill was
then taken up and twenty-eight of the sixty-
three pages.consiaerea.
Washington, April 23. Senate. Not in
session.
House. The session was continued from
11 o'clock until near noon on the river and
harbor bill. After adjourning, Friday's ses
sion was onened The President's message
on the labor troubles was read. Mr. Springer
moved to refer it to the Committee on Labor.
Mr. Bntterworth moved its reference to the
committee of the whole. The latter motion
was lost yeas TT, nays 14T. After a lively
debate in in which Messrs. Butterworth.
Randall, Gibson (W. Va.), O'Niell, McCreary
and Springer took part, the message was re-
lerrea to ine committee on riaoor, wun in
structions to report on or before May 15. The
Senate bill In aid of a National monument
at Plymouth, Mass., was passed. Mr.
Voorhees, of Washington Territory, of
fered a resolution instructing the Com
mittee on Rules to inquire whether L. D.
Pwett, of Maine, or any other ex-member of
the House admitted to the floor, is interested
as airent or attorney for corporations or
claims. The resolution was finally modified
so as to omit the name or Mr. swett, and
providing for a select committee of five mem
bers to carry on the inquiry. The modified
resolution was adopted. The private calendar
was then taken up. At 4:40 p. m. the House
took a recess until 7:30 p. m the night session
being for the consideration of pension bills.
Washington. April 24. Senate. Not in
session.
House. June 1 and 2 was set apart for the
consideration of business reported from the
Committee on Post-ofnces and Post-roads. A
bill was passed authorizing
the Covington
ana Cincinnati cievaten
Railroad and
Bridge Company to erect a bridge
across the Ohio river. ine noor
was then given to tne Judicinry Committee,
and the following bills were passed: Trans-
ierring tne counties or nowaro, i-mie ruicn
and Sevier from the Western to the East
ern Judicial District of Arkansas: repeal
ing the statute which allows' clerks ot u
S Courts In California. Oregon and Nevadh
double fees. Punishing robbery in the In
dian Territory by a one of not exceeding
$1,(Xi0, or imprisonment not exceeding ten
years, or both. Punisbimr horse-stealing in
the Indian Territory by a Hue not exceeding
$i,uuu or imprisonment not exeeeaing nve
years, or both. Providing that all claims now
existinir aira nst the United States, except
pension claims, must De prrsenu-o ior
adiudication and narment witnin lour
years of the passage of this act, and that all
claims arising hereafter must lie presented
within six years from the time the.- accrued.
Conferring civil jurisdiction lor cases arising
In ine Indian 'lerritory or tne u. e. vouria
exercising original jurisdiction over that
Terr tory. Providing that in all cases of dis
puted nana-wnting, comparison or tne ois
puted writing with anv writing proved to the
satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, shall
be permitted to be made by witneeses, and
such writing and the evidence of
the witnesses in regard to I may be
FUbmitted to the court and juiy as evi
dence or tne genuineness or otnerwise oi tne
rittnir. Krovininir tnat any lunemeDt or
decree rendered in United States courts with
in any State shall taae en eel, notwithstand
ing it is not docketed by wa r of lien, to the
same extent and in like manner as the judg
ment or decree of the State court. To pro
vide for holding terms or court ior tne
Northern District of lilinoi at Henna. Di
viding the State of California into two judi
cial districts.
The lone Valley (Cal.) Echo re
lates the following: A -cow on the
ranch of Mrs. Leary, in Jackson val
ley, was killed in a singular way. A
forkful of hay was thrown to her,
which she had just commenced to eat,
when she started back and began run
ning and jumping wildly about the cor
ral. She soon after fell down and ex
pired, wheu it was ascertained that she
had been strangled to death by a live
snake, which had ran from the hay into
her throat.
Carl Beck, a civil engineer in Eb
ingen, in V urtemberg, has invented a
carriage in imitation of the velocipede
and intended to be used in districts
where there are no railroads by letter
carriers, expressmen, traveling agents
or by private persons, it contains a
covered seat for one person in front
and a receptacle for baggage in the
rear. The inventor claims for his
vehicle a velocity of ten or thirteen
miles per hour, according to the con
dition of the roaas.
It is calculated that there are three
hundred labor unions in New York
City, with an aggregate membership of
one hundred thousand man ana womo
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Legislative Proceedings.
CoLtTMBtra. Anril 17. Sbnatk. Bills intro
duced : Amendina- the lottery law so as to
Srohlbit the advertising of lotteries that have
tken plac i prohibiting 8tate officers from
Becoming trustees oi public institutions.
House. Bills introduced: Making- appro
priation to pay attorney fees in U. 8. Court
cases; repealing tne law allowing townsnip
trustees to let out care of the sick tc Dhvsi
oians: reoraranlzina- the city of Cln innatl;
regulating the fees of court steuotrrat hers In
cities; providing that term of county audit
ors shall commence the second Monday in
March. A resolution Was offered asking Con
gress to oppose tne Morrison tarin Dili, wmcn
went to tne taoie.
Columbus. AditI 19. Sen At. A bill was
introduced nrovidina- that terms of county
auditors shall begin on the second Monday iu
September.
House. Bills Introduced: Flxina- the salary
of members of the Legislature at H.fkiO ret
year, iroyiamg a penalty ior stnaers to in
teriero witn tne Dusiness oi emmoyern.
number of local bills were passed.
Columbus, Anril 20 Rbatk.-. A number
of local bills were nassed. A resolution was
offered to print a roster of the soldiers of
ue varoi 11112. mils introduced! -revenr
ing bankers and insurance agents from sit
ting on boards of equalization; amending
the law relating to peremptory mandamus;
regulating water rents.
House. Bills nassed: Bearulatina' the
pair of county line roads; to punish and pre
vent frauds in sale of grain seed and other
eeteals. A large number of local bills were
aiso paaseo.
COlumbus. April tU-BtM Ate- Bills passed :
Prescribing the in8thods by which the board
of public works can lease bfopeftr belong!
to the State; empowering hamlets to regulate
auctioneers and peddlers; allowing superin
tendents oi puouo institutions to employ ret
SVives as matrons. Bills introduced: Pro
viding that where more than ode bouse is
supplied with Water from one hydrant
tne owner oi tne property snau pay tne rent
..... . .
pronioiting county acnooi examiners lirom
or candi
, : .
dates for office. A joint resolution Was
offered to amend the constitution nrovidind
for the election of Senators and Representa
tives oy districts
House. Bills nassed: Prohibiting- the ad
mission of epileptic and idiotic children in
orphans' homes; providing that companies
incorporated for mutual relief and protec
tion only shall pay a fee of $2 for the privt-
lere or necominor mcornorateo. A resolution
Was adopted asking Congress to grant pen-
June to ex-prisoners ox war.
Columbus. Aoril 22. Senate. Bills nassed !
Comnellinir nnnntv auditors to nnrrect errors
on tax aupucates; providing ror a cnange or
venue in justices courts; nxing jurors lees
in justices courts at nrty cents per day;
making annronriations to meet deficiencies:
authorizing boards of education to discharge
for cause teachers holding State certificates;
amending the health laws so that violators
mkv be nttnishAtl hv Ann: tirovidinn- that thn
term bf office of county auditors shall begin
tne second Monday in September,
House. Bills nassed: To define the riirhts
and liabilities of husband and Wife. The tes
timony taken bv the Pavne Investigating
Committee was ordered printed. A number
ox local duis were passea.
WMJ.IHJ& April U M-S1B. il UUU1W.
of local 'bills wore passed and others intro
duced. The members of the State Board of
Health, with one exception, were confirmed
Adjourned to 4 p. m. Monday.
House. Bills nassed: Authorizing Quaran
tine against diseased cattle: prohibiting mi-
nors from playing pool; relating to the open
ing oi mines ana screening coai. a resolu
tion was offered and referred nroyiding for a
commission to revise tne tax laws oi tne
State.
The 4,200 veterans St Dayton Soldiers'
Home partook of an Easter breakfast, in
eluding in the bill of fare a ton of fried
ham, 1,050 dozen eggs, 2,000 gallons of cof
fee and other things.
The police department of Cincinnati Is
$10,000 in arrears in funds.
Mrs. Mart S. Campbell, mother of the
late Hon. L. D. Campbell, died at Franklin.
She celebrated her hundredth birthday on
the 20th of last March.
A Poland China pie with two snouts and
three eyes has been added to the worldly
possessions of Samuel Small, an employs
at the C, A. 6t C. shops, Mt. Vernon.
George Carlino fell against a circular
saw, near Navarre, and was fatally cut.
Frederick Htllerman, his wife and two
little children, composing a fishing party,
were drowned at Defiance.
Mr. Floris B. Plimpton, for many years
a leading editorial writer on the Cincin
nati Commercial and the Commercial Oa-
tette, died the other evening.
A touno woman named Alice Rossup has
been found to have been systematically
burglarizing a Cincinnati saloon over
which she occupied rooms.
The District Telegraph messenger boys at
Springfield struck and secureu and advance
from eight to ten dollars a month. The
leader of the strike who secured the ad
vance for the other boys was discharged.
A son, aged four, of Robert Heater, in
Coitsville Township, Mahoning. County,
was fatally burned, his clothing taking fire
from an open stove. The mother, who has
been quite ill, was too weak to leave her
bed and rescue the child.
Four little girls, at Lindenville, were
badly mangled the other day by three bull
dogs, supposed to be rabid. Physicians
have been summoned to the village from
adjacent cities, and there is much excite
ment among the people there over the sad
event.
A NiNETEEN-MONTHS-OLD son of George
Stoner, a prominent farmer living two
miles west of Massillon, got hold of a bot
tle of corrosive sublimate and drank part
of it. Three doctors labored to save the
child's life, bat he died in great agony.
The warm weather is having its effect on
the Ohio Legislature, and members are
thinking of closing up business and going-
home soon.
Samuel Satchellb, of Maiden Mills,
while engaged on a long trestle, at Mor
gan's, was so severely hurt by the fall
part of the structure that his recovery
doubtful.
Charles F. Marquette has commenced
suit in court, at Youngs town, against the
Pittsbuigh and Lake Erie railroad, claim
ing damages in the sum of $5,000 for in
juries received while in the road's employ.
Carpenters' Union No. 2, of Cincinnati,
met the other day and resolved that
and after May 1 eight hours should consti
tute a day's work, but that they would
only ask the same rate per hour as they
are now getting.
John Long, colored, died a few days ago
near Milford, aged 119 years. Long was
born on the James river, Va., and at
siege of Yorktown, when he was a boy
fourteen, he attended his young master,
Major Wm. Byrd, jr., who was on General
Washington's staff.
The amount of the Cincinnati Infirmary
frauds, definitely determined, is over $80,
000, not including overcharges of from
twenty to forty per cent, on groceries
dry goods purchased for the institution.
The board of revision will bring
against the bondsmed of swindling
directors.
In a quarrel in a low resort in Cincin
nati, James Flannigan was cut to pieces
with a dirk by an unknown Italian,
escaped. The affair happened at 1 o'clock
in the morning, and Flannigan died on
way to the hospital.
A post-office has been established
Acme, Medina County, and John Geisinger
commissioned postmaster.
The special grand jury of Hamilton
County has made a partial report, handing
in twenty-two indictments.
The Supreme Court affirmed the judge
ment in the case of Anthony Bacciocco,
Cincinnati, for murder in the second degree,
and the murderer goes to the penitentiary
for life.
E. E. Ftjlk, treasurer of Jackson Town
ship, Mahoning County, claims to
been robbed of $1,300, $900 of which
township funds. The thieves picked
from undw bis window.
NOW AND THEN.
Mr. Edmunds, Trying to Explain His Former
Treatment of Blaine—A Foolish
Defense for a Man Who Pretends to Be
Honest.
Nearly two years have passed away
since the country Was filled with the
noise and fury of a Presidential cam
paign. In those two years, as is nat
ural, many things have Happened, and
many reputations hare been shattered;
but what greater and more distressful
contrast is presented by this lapse of time
than that between George F. Elmunds
of to-day and George F. Edmunds of
1884? Then he sat on the cold shores
of Lake Champlain, in the Icy dignity
ot his presumed political integrity, and
the mugwumps admired him. He re-
fusad to speaK in Den ail oi tue candi
date ot his party. There were intima
tions of a letter which had been written
by Mr. Edmunds strongly condemna
tory of Mr. Blaine's attitude on the
Thurman act There was a much
quoted phrase, in which Mr. Blaine
was represented as skulking behind
Un:on Pacific breastworks, "and car
rying a furtive metaphorical gun.
out oi the muzzle oi wmcn ne was ac-
customed to pour shot into the backs of
Mr. tam rids ana Mr. i nurman. a ne
existence of some such letter as this
was never denied. On the contrary,
since the opening ot the Senatorial
campaign in Vermont Mr. Edmunds1
friends nave induced a corresponaent
of the Boston Advertiser to say that
Mr. Edmunds Was willins to speak for
Mr. Blaine oil general principles, but
that, havinsr frankly shown certain let-
ters to the National committee, he was
advised not to take the stump, his pre
viously expressed opinions of tne can
didate not being: consistent with ad
vocacy of him for the Presidency. It
was erraveiv put forth tnat, tnougn jyir.
Edmunds ttiouznt Mr. Blaine a Dad
man. he was nerfectlv willing to speak
for the party which nominated the bad
man.
It would seeui. In the calm and pence
of the present, that one whose words
carry authority and who- is a trusted
servant of the public should actively
contend asrainst the candidate for
whom he can not conscientiously speak.
Moreover it is understood that Mr.
Edmunds votid for Mr. Blaine, not-
withstanding his low opinion of his
character. It really seems strange
that a good man should have expressed
his desire that a bad man should be
President As wo have said, however,
Mr. Edmunds was forgiven bv the
Mugwumps, and more than a few of'
them have assert'-'d since 1884 that they
would be glad to vote for George F.
Edmunds for President,
It is not probable that Mr. Edmunds
has now nearly so many admirers as
be had- at tne beginning oi tne
present session of Congress. Ju
dicious people who had studied his
speeches and deeds rather than the
adulations of his admirers were not
surprised when he entered upon his
present course oi tncicsy paruauuii.
Mr. Edmunds would have made his
issue with the President even if the end
of his Senatorial term was not in the
near future. He loves the byways of
partisanship. He delights in the small
arts of the attorney. He has never
been the author of a great statute, but
he has male innumerable vernal
changes in measures that have been
discussed bv the Senate. It would be
a miracle almost if Senator Edmunds
should sav a p-enerous word of a polit-
ical opponent, unless, HKe jut. inur
man, a Democrat should happen to be
his intimate friend. The contest for
the Vermont Senatorship, which
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now'-in its preliminary stages, is a fresh
incentive, but his own nature ana in
tellectual constitution are at the bot
tom of the light hejis making against
the President. The facts in the Dusikn
case clearly show that Mr. Edmunds in
sist! on the right of the Senate to de
mand papers touching suspensions be
cause the President is a Democrat. He
is moved bv no othar consideration,
and the country knows it. -V. Jr. Star.
A Strange Anomaly.
of
is
on
the
ot
The report that a considerable num
ber of Senators on both sides of
Chamber are in favor of doing away
with secret executive sessions will lead
to the hope that Mr. Pratt's resolution
looking in that direction will pass.
This resolution-is so moderate that it
difficult to see why it should encounter
any opposition whatever. It leaves
the whole matter in effect to the dis-
i-n-.tion of the Senate. Indued, herein
consists the danger that, it may prove
ineff ective. Secret sessions may
.-esumed whenever the benate thinks
it advisable. But it is valuable in
it breaks up the superstition which
hedges the ant:quatcd absurdity now
vogue, and once a departure is effected
it will not bo long before the practice
shall have entirely disappeared. The
general good sense of the body may
trusted so far.
It is even said that . Mr. Edmunds
in favor of some modification of
present system. His difficulty,
rather his defeat, in bringing his party
into thorough submission to bis com
mittee will not prove an unmixed evil
it leads him to support this movement.
' The general sentiment of the people
of both parties is altogether in favor
progress in this respect. Open sessions
would certainly- help Senators to arrive
at a true realization of their responsi
bility to the people. And they would
Increase the dignity of the body
doing away with the strange anomaly
of calling certain of its meetings secret
sessions, while they are invariably
ported wit a especial fullness in
newspapers of the following day.
all means let the people know openly
and honesty how their business
transacted in the Senate. Washington
Post
The Nation Yet Lives.
the
who
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of
was
it
The Republican orators in the
campaign, from Mr. Blaine down,
dicted that all sorts of financial
would result from placing the Admin
istration in the hands of the Democrats.
They "pointed with pride" to the
of the public debt, the large
treasury balance, and a reasonable
of gold, as the results of Republican
rule, and depicted in dark colors
Crobable effect of a change. The voters,
elieving government of the people
be safe in the hands of any majority
the people, decreed a change. A com
parison of the receipts and expenditure
for the nine months from July
1884. with the corresponding period
from July 1, 1885, shows that
has been an increase during the latter
time of $10,000,000 in the revenues,
and a decrease in the expenditures
S23,0 K1.000, a net gain under Dem
ocratic rule of $83,000,000 for three
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Local notices 10 cent per line each insertion. Simple
announcements of marriages and deataa, ana chares
and benevolent society notice, inserted tree. Aoy
addition to obltaary notice, will be charged St. easts
per linn.
Farora nut be banded tn as eerty as Tasadar
trlomlng to In.nre Insertion the same week. Com
munlraitlon. upon aubiects of general or local Inlliaat
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over $51,000,000. II Ibo nepunucmoB
were entitled to credit for . the good
showing sometimes made under their
Administration, the Democrats are de
serving of lust as much now. As .
matter of fact, the people paid th
taxesi that produced these results int
both cases; but it is the universal testi
mony of business men that the man
ageriient of the treasury tinder Secre
tary Manning has been as honest, wise
and firm as it was nnder any of his
pred'soessors. The fiction of Repub
lican indispensahleness is thoroughly
exploded. Boston Sandal Herald. .
THE STAR CHAMBER.
The Old Musty Republican Idea of Secret
Sessions Giving Place to More Enlightened
Views.
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It really begins to look as if we
should soon see the last of the Sena- .
tonal star chamber humbuggery.
Even Mr. Edmupds is thought to bo
about ready to back down. The .futile
ity of all efforts to keep important
proceedings secret . has discouraged
him: and rather than continue
tne
farcical performance of closing toe
aoors oniy to nave
Senators them
selves carry reports to the . press, he
may join those wno aavocate u
abolition of executive sessions. That
wou ld be a creditable step. But, ap
purently, the movement can succeed
without nis aia or favor. - air. A-iaii.
resolution has been gaining support
ers. Uld. musty Ideas about tno
necessity
of shutting out the pub
lie when
certain matters are being
considered, haT gradually disap
peared. They, in fact, belong to the
disUmt past to the early days of
knee-breeches and wigs, when the
flnvarriment. Was hardiv so near the
people as it is to-day. AlTproceedingf
of the Ssnati were held in secret untd
1793, though there was much opposition
to the custom. The doors were first
thrown onen when Albert Gallatin I
right to a seat in the Senate was nnder ,
discussion. The argument in favor pf
publicity, says Lossing, was the one
enforcement of the responsibilities ot
the Senate and its individual members to ;
the 'people, which secret debates tended
lit : - i-. .i thiMa
to diminish; the prevention of those
jealousies naturally aroused by secret
legislation; and the greater confidence
which publicity would inspire. ; inese ,
reasons for conducting legislative bust-
nese; with open doors are good now as
arguments for keeping the doors per-
manently open, and publishing all the
proceedings as the proceedings of the
House are published. ' Old fogies
among Senators can not long retain
the precious privilege of clearing tne .
galleries and bringing cut the little
urown iug. ine custom is w
Cincinnati Times-Star.
MEAN PARTY SPIRIT.
Mr. Ingalls' Speech Unworthy of a Representative
of Liberty—Loving Kansas.
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It must be a source of poignant grief
to -American citizens who decline to
support unfit candidates for office, al
though nominated by the party to
which they belong, that Mr. Ingalls, a .
Republican Senator from Kansas,
thinks that they are politically neither
meu nor women, and announces hit
opinion in such vivid terms, according
to the reports, that ladies fly from the
galleries and Republican senators roai
with laughter. On the other band, tt
can not be altogether pleasant for Be
publicans who remember that Repub
licanism in Kansas once meant a great
and earnest conflict for freedom ana
the rescue of the Union from the slave
power to perceive that Republic
anism in Kansas, as , illustrated
by Mr. Ingalls, has dwindled
into a vulgar sneer at political "
independence ' and manliness ' and
honesty, and ridicule of reform in the
civil service. The tirade of Mr. In
galls against political independence
was but a feeble echo of Mr. Conk-
lings picturesque gibes at .JayhaWlc
ers and skirmishers between the lines." .
But some Republicans perhaps aslc
themselves whether even Mr. Conk
ling's gibes in the height of his polit
ical power and of the unquestioned su
premacy of tne Republican party.
although louaiy cneerea as tne mows
of a. great practical st-tesman pulver
izing the Miss Nancys and and the
Sunday-school prigs of politics, were
readily serviceable to the party, or
whether the Republican jeers of 1884
at purists and Pharisees and snper-
celestial essences for whom no earthly
party is good enough were really of
use to it. Marper s weauy.
A Grand Monument.
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At last there is to bo a National li
brary worthy of the name. . Senator
Voorhees' labor of six years to pass a -bill
appropriating money for a building
fit for so grand an enterprise was 'the
oth er day crowned with success. .' Al
though always a member of the minor
ity m the Senate, he nas been Kept at .
the head of the committee in order that
his zeal and interest in the subject
should be secured for the project. The
bill has passed the Senate several times,
bnt; always heretofore been lost in the
House. The design of the building
will allow space for three million vol
umes, though room for only one million
will l3 secured at present. When com
plete, the edifice will rival the Capitol
in size. When the Smithsonian Insti
tute shall outgrow its demands its ool
lectipns also will probably obtain larger .
and finer shelter, until this country
shall have institutions rivaling tha
British Museum and the imperial li
braries and institutes of the continent
Appropriations for purposes of this
sort would make far nobler monuments
to the memory of Lincoln and Grant
than the meaningless piles of stone
now proposed for them and that . al
ready built to Washington's name.
Detroit Free Press.
DEMOCRATIC BRIEFS.
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duction store
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The assault upon Postmaster
General Vilas for refusing to subsidise
instil steamship lines ccmes from the
steamship companies themselves. De
troit Free Press. -
The only really good effect which
the indefinite expansion of the pension
policy will have upon the growing
generation, will be to add such an ef
fective additional horror to war that
they will not resort to it under any
consideration. Ke-o York World.-
The Republican Senators are
still floundering about in their effort to
make a little party capital out of their
controversy with the President over
nominations, but it becomes daily more
evident that Mr. kdmundsoan not hold .
them to the rule of rejecting men sim- -
ply because they can not get ;P
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