The Oregon scout., March 27, 1886, Image 2

THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES A: OUANCnV, l'libllslicm.
UNION, - - - OREGON.
A Horse Tiller's Fnto.
A Copperas Cuvc (Texns) special says;
Rctwcen 12 find 1 o'clock Inst night a band
of eight mngked men called ut tlio house of
T. 0. Polk, Bclzcd hint mid carried him into
tlio.vnnl. where ho wns knocked down with
u heavy chili mid rovolvcrH. After tl rjc.;i ri
tin- insensible nmn somo distance, feet foro
litost, through tlio Ih-uhIi, the mob took
Polk up nnd carried him linlf a mile and
hung him to a tree, where the body wan
found next morning, Polk's neighborssus
peeled him of belonging to a band of horso
thieves who had been depredating Cnryll
county. No arrests have been made.
THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
A Itecord of l'roccodlnei In Itoth
ItrnnclicN of lliu Same.
8kxatk, March 9. Under tlio head of un
finished business thesenntetookup the res
oliitlonn reported by Edmunds from tho
judiciary committee. These resolutions,
among other things, condemn tlio attorney
goncral for refusing to transmit to tin) sen
ate papers cnlled for by tho Bonnie, and
declare that refusal to bo a violation by
tho attorney general of his olllclul duty
and subversive of tho fundamental prin
ciples of tho government and good admin
istration. Tho resolutions also condemn
the dischargo from tho government service
of ex-union soldiers. Tlio resolutions wcro
read by thochief clerk nftorwhich Edmunds
addressed tho sonato. In conclusion ho
said it did not seem to him that tho senate
could fall to cot tho minors on tho ground
that the statute on thosubject had become
obsolete, or gone into a stnto "inuocuou
desuetude." Laughter. Tho president
iiimscii nail sent to tho senate OKI in
stances of obedienco to that law. 0 III nnm
iuatitiiiu iiiadii under it, nnd Edmunds
therefore took it that tho law was still in
force. Tho committoo on commerce ro
ported tho bill authorizing tho Central Mis
Hour! railway to consruct a railroad bridgo
across tho Mississippi rlvor at or near
Alton, III. Tim bill was rond tlio third
timo and passed, l'ugh obtained tlio floor
nnd tho somite went into executive, session
nnd soon adjourned.
IIouhh, March 9. Tlio houso passed tho
Mil requiring tho I'nclllc railroads to pay
tho cost of surveying their lands and to
talio out patents thereto. On behalf
of tho commltto on labor, James called
up tlio bill to prohibit any officer, sor-
vantorngont of tho government to hlro
or contract out any labor of prisoucru
Incarcerated for violating tho laws of
tho United States government. Tho bill
was passed yens 210. nays 8. Tho Indian
appropriation bill was then considered
without final action.
Sknatk, March 10. -Thi land grant for
feiture bill was taliou up. An amendment
offered by McMillan was rejected after somo
debate. Tho chair laid before tho sonato
resolutions from tlio judiciary committee
concerning tho relations of tlio senate nnd
president, l'ugh said ho had expressed his
views lull v in tlio report miulo irom tlio ju
diciary committee by tlio minority nnd tho
main object ho had now in addressing thi
Hcnnto was to reply to tlio senator from
Vermont. It was to prevent, if it was in
his power to do so, which ho admitted was
u dilllcult undertaking, tho senator from
changing tho character of the question be
tween tlio sonato and president. The real
character of that controversy could bo
misunderstood or misrepresented, as it has
arisen from facts apparent upon record anil
reported by a majority of tho judiciary
1 committed, rugli related tlio nets con
nected with tho Diiskin case and said tho
senate resolution did not call for public or
olllcial documents, hut lor private docu
incuts and papers relating exclusively to
an olllcial act of tho president in the sus
pension of Diiskin as district attorney.
Tlio senate adjourned, leaving tho Edmunds
resolution as tho unfinished business.
Ilotisn, March 10. Rogors, of Arkansas,
from tho committee on Pacific railroads,
reported tho bill requiring the Northorn
Pacific railroad company to pay tho cost
of surveying its laud. Placed on tho house
calendar. Tho morning hour having ex
pired, pending action, the Iioiiho wont Into
committee of tlio whole (Townshond in the
chair; on tho Indian appropriation bill.
IIouhk, March 11. In roinmlttco of tho
whole Weaver quoted from tlio report of
tho superintendent of Indian schools to
nhow that at the Bhiloroo school then) was
no law available to protect tlieschoolfrom
incursions of Indians or raids of cowboys.
Tho cattlemen grazed their herds on the
school farm and dolled any ono who at
tempted to Interfere with them. A race
course had been laid out on tlio school
farm and horse-racing and whisky belling
bad been Introduced, and it was safe to say
that more drunkenness could bo seen at
that school than at all the agencies in the
Indian territory. If this was true of the
school generally then ho pronounced the
industrial school a farce and a shame, and
u blot upon our rivl lint Ion. Hot hen went
on to advocate opening to settlement tho
Oklahoma and Cherokee strips and reser
vations to tlio suuthwu.it of Oklahoma.
On motion of Morrow a resolution was
adopted nuihuriilng tho appointment of a
committee of seven members to join a
similar cnmiuittco on tho partot thoscnato
to accompany tho remains of Senator J. F.
Miller from Washington to California.
Sknatk, March 11. Hawloy, from tho
committee on civil servlco reform, reported
adversely tho Vunco bill for tho repeal of
tho civil service law. Logan, from tho
minority of tho committee on military af
fairs, submitted Its views on tho l'itz John
Porter bill, which is tho same as that pie
Heuted by tho minority in tlio last congress,
with tho addition of tlio Logan matter ut
reply to tho Grunt article in Tho North
American ltovlew justifying the conduct of
Porter. The bill for tho forfeiture of apart
of tho land granted to tho state of Ion a in
tho construction of railroads was debated
and laid over. Senator Stanford intro
duced suitable resolutions regarding tho
death of Senator Miller, which wero
adopted and, after executive session, tho
nenuto adjourned.
8enate, March 12. On motion of Plumb,
the senate resumed consideration of the
bill to forfeit tlio lauds granted to the
ttatoof Iowa in aid of railroads. Plumb
opposed tho amendment horotoforo ottered
by St oner, withholding from the operation
of tho net certain of tho lauds us to which
suit is now pending in tho United Status
tmpromo court. Tho bill ' Wlf. Plumb said,
provided n perfectly Impartial tiilmii'il for
tho bcltlemeut of tho rights of all claim
ants. Tho bill was a bi ll for pence. J lo
feared tho amendment might prove to bo
u Troibaii horse Tho amendment was ro-
ecU'd, mid niter considerable debate tho
wan pubed. Discussion then took
Jilaco on resolutions reported from the
udiclury committee on tho relations be
tween the president nm! scuutu .ns to-the
right of tho enuto to have papers and In
formation relating to upuitloue from
dike.
Ilofsn, March 12. Weaver, of Nebraska,
nBked leave to offer tho following preamblo
and resolutions: Whereas, Nearly every
congress embraces ono crank; and wherens
tho present congress is no exception to tho
rule; and whereas, It should not bo in tho
nower of an idiot, iusaiio man or crantt to
nrevent tho consideration of any measure;
therefore, bo it resolved, that tlio rules of
this liouso be so amended that it shall re
iiulro at least two members to object to tho
consideration of a bill. The reading of tho
resolutions was greeted witli applause, but
Springer objected to it on tlio ground that
it was not rcsnecllu to tno nouse. aho
house, at Its evening session, passed forty
fivo nension bills and at 10:10 p. in.
adjourned until to-morrow.
Bi:nati:, March 15. Among the petitions
presented and referred to committees were
a number from local assemblies of tho
Knights of Labor throughout the country
favoring the buildingof the Hennepin canal
The resolution was agteed to appointing:
Rev. J. (!. Itntler, I). I)., of Washington,
chaplain of tho sonato. After a brief (lis
(tlssion of thf house hill increasing the pen
sions of widows and dependent relatives of
deceased soldiers tho sonato adjourned out
of respect to the memory of Kepresontntivu
llalin.
Not'Ki:. March lo. Immediately after
rending of the journal the house adjourned
out of respect to tho memory of Michael
1 1 uli ii, ut Louisiana.
MOB DISPERSED BY MILITIA.
Tlio Tumult Tliat n I'roliltilllmi lo-
llccinun Canned III lien IMolnce.
Des Moines special to tho Omaha lice:
Last night Special Policeman John Shaffer
went to a II tlio shanty at .'100 Knst Seven
teenth street, occupied by an old German
shoemaker named Duerr and his wife, and
attomplcd to search tho liouso for liquors,
under a senrch wnrrant. Suspecting that
liquors wcro kept under a trap door in tho
door, Shaffer was making for that when
Mrs. Duerr sat down on it nnd refused to
let him examine it. Tho old man told her
In Oeriiau to say thatsho did not under-
st-tiud English and to hold tho fort. This
sho was doing, and Shaffer tiled to remove
her forcibly, but she resisted nnd her bus-
baud became enraged and struck at tho
ulllcer, who warded oh tho blow, and when
a second whs struck, drew his billy with Ilia
left hand atul knocked tlio old man down,
indicting a bloody wound on tho head nnd
knocking him senseless. Alarmed at tlio
fearful effect of tlio blow Shall -r left, taking
with him Joel Jilair, a young man whom
.10 had requested to usslf t in the seizure.
J loth Shaffer and lllair weionoon alter ar
rested by tho polico and locked up in the
city jail. Shaffer will bo hold for assivult
with intent lo commit groat bodily injury
or a graver chargo if tho old man dies,
which, however, seems iinprobablo, ns he
was much bettor this forenoon.
Tho feeling among saloon men wan very
bitter during tlio day, and at 11 o'clock at
tiight tho vicinity of tlio court liouso was n.
scene of indcscrihablo pandemonium. A
mob or at least 1100 men had congregated
in thu yard. '1 hey wcro all friends of Deurr,
'lie assaulted shoemaker, and wero bout on
wreaking summary vengeanco on his as
sailant. Shaffer. It was tho climax of an
enraged condition of public feeling, that
grew stronger and moro Intense ns tho d..y
advanced into night. In the meantime, in
view of the surroundings and the posslbll!
ty of trouble in preserving tho prisoner,
Shuffer was roinoved beyond reach of the
mob. Their chimoi ous calls for him crow
louder and stronger, and tho chief of polico
addressed them, counseling them to return
to their homes, as there was no possibility
of their discovering tho whereabouts: of
their man, at tho siiiuetiiiioinforinim: them
he was not in tlio jail nnd telling them of
the precautions taken for his safety.
Thu mob still hung about the enclosure,
refusing to disperse at tho request of th
duel, not believing Ins statement as to the
whereabouts of Shaffer, boon after mid
night they made another demand for him.
Deputy Sheriff Compton told the crowd
that Shaffer was not in tho pill, hut ho ro
fused to take them in. Tliereunoii they
attempted to break In and raid the jail.
'J hey broko the outside door, when several
shots wero II red and tho crowd fell back
Deputy Sheriff Coinplou, who was on tho
inside wns shot, the bullet glancing off his
henii, iutlicllug only a slight wound, and
his brother, also a deputy, was shot in the
i gut 1 1 ii in I . Alter soveru 1 sliotH had been
II red ndulnchmoiitof tho governor's guards,
under command of Captain Parker, witli
loaded guns, arrived and scattered tlio
mob. Tho ollleers displayed great nerve,
and resisted all ths overtures of tho mob.
As Shaffers whereabouts are unknown
tho rioters luivo dispersed, uud no trouble
Is apprehended to-uiglil.
NATIONAL CAPITAL JiUTES.
The liouso committeo on ways and menus
rnvo a hearing to representatives of tlio
Amalgamated Association of Iron uud
Steol winkers. The president of the asso
ciation said that tlo agitation for a re
ductioii in tho iron and steel schedule
had created great alarm amoiu! tho
woikers in those materials through
out tho country. If tho Iron and
Meet which wns exported dining the past
year had been mado in this country (here
would not have been so many Idle hands
around tho mills, and Hie reduction in the
into of duty would only increase the num
ber of idle hands. For this leason the
Amalgamated association, which leoresents
between 70.000 ami S0.000 moil. desired to
enter its protest against the proposed legis
lation. V. F. Stewart, who had had thirty
years experience us an iron worker, gave it
as nis opinion Hint a general reduction of
wages invariably followed u general re
duction of tariff duties.
Tho president has mitigated tho sentence
of dismissal from the army in tho rase of
Lieutenant U. S. Avis. Fifth Infantry, re
cently tried, at Fort Keogh, and has
ill reeled that ho bo suspended from duty
one year ou halt pay.
Tliomiis A. Edison has (lied an applica
tion for a patent lor his invention of tele
graphing from iv moving train. Last Octo
ber Lucius .1. Phelps, of Now York, ob
tained quietly from tho patent olllre and
without any newspaper notoriety u patent
for telegraphing from a train by induction.
His method Is not unite tlio sumo as Mr.
Edison's, for the latter telegraphs from tho
roof of tho car to wires upon a polo, while
Mr. Phelps proposes to lay a wlrenlongtho
track iwlwcen two rails and telegraph from
tho bottom ol tjui cur. The principle, how
ever. I the siunv. . and is broadly covered
by Mr. Phelps' iluleiit.
Second Comptroller Mnynnnl has settled
an important question arising from the
act of April 2a, 1872, which direcls that
every volunteer soldier who enlisted for
tlircio years prior to July 22, ISlll, under
tho president's proclamation of May :i.
1801, and cutlers ol the war department
hjsued In pursuance thereof, and was
actually mustered Into mtvIco for three
yearn befoie August II, J 80 1, and who was
honorably discharged, shall be paid the full
bounty of 5100, iiules already paid- Tlio
second comptroller holds that said bouuty
is payable to heirs of every deceased soldier
who, if living, would be entitled thereto,
whether he died before ornfter tho pumugc.
A BUREAU OP ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Itcprcscntntlvo Hatch Instructed liy
tlio Agricultural Committee to Itc
port IIU mil 1'iivornbly.
Tho committeo on agriculture have in
structed Itcpresenlatlvo Hatch to report
favorably the bill prepared by him amenda
tory of the act establishing a bureau of ani
mal industry and providing menus for tho
suppression of contagious diseases among
cattle. Tho limit of twenty peisons as tho
number of employes to bo allowed in tho
bureau of animal Industry is removed nnd
the number is left discretionary with tho
commissioner of ngriculture. Tho chief
amendment to tho bill is in flection
which relates to tho suppression of con
tnginus and infectious diseases. This sec
tion is amended as follows: Thnt it shall
bo the duty ol the commissioner of ngricul
tm o to prepuie such rulcfl and regulations
as he may deem necessary for the speedy
nnd effectual suppression and extirpation
ol said diseases and to certify such rules
and regulations to the executive authority
of each slain and territory, and invite said
authorities to co-operate in tho execution
and enforcement of this act. Whenever tho
plans and methods of the commissioner of
agriculture shall be accepted by any statu
or territory in which pleiiro-pneunioiiia or
other contagions, infectious or communi
cable disease is declared toexist.atid when
ever thegovern or of a stilt e or other properly
constituted authorities signify their leudi
iiess to co-opernto fortiie extinction of any
contagious, infectious or commuiiicuhlcdm
cuso in conformity with tlio provisions of
this act, the commissioner of agriculture is
hereby authorized toexpond so much of tho
money appropriated by this act as may be
necessary in such investigations in pay for
animals it is deemed necessnry to slaugh
ter, as hereinafter provided, and in such
disinfection nnd other menus o! protection
ns may be necessary to extirpate disease,
piovided, that tlio coiiiinissiouerof agricul
ture shall cause special investigations to bo
made as to the existence of pleuro-pneu-moniii.foot
and mouth disease, ami rinder
pest in any part of tlio United States where
lie may have reason to suspect their exist
ence and upon discovery of any of these
disrases, tho commissioner of ngriculture,
witli the consent, approval or co-operation
of tho governor or other properly
constituted authority of tlio state wheio
such disease may bo found, shall cause
the appraisal of the animal or animals
affectid witli or that have been exposed
to such disease, ami, under tho laws of
the state providing for the condemning of
private pioperty for public use, shall cause
the same to bo destroyed, and pay tlie
owner not to exceed thiee-fourths of such
amount as t ho appraisers may determiiio
to liuxo been the viiluobeforo being diseased
or exposed, out of any monies appropria
ted by congress for this purpose. Pro
vided further, that he shall not pay moro
than ono hundred ami sixty dollars lor an v
animal with a pedigree recorded or record
able in recognized herd books of breeds to
which it may belong, or more than (!0 for
an animal pedigreed, and that in no
case shall compensation be allowed forany
animal slaughtered under the provisions of
this act that may have contracted or hnvo
been exposed to such diseaso in a foreign
country, nor shall compensation bo al
lowed to tlio owner of an animal whoro by
reasonable diligence lie could have prevent-
d Ins animals from becoiningexposed: and
provided further, that whenever the state
or territory in any section of which conta
gious or infectious diseaso exists which tlio
commissioner of agriculturo has declared
to he dangerous lo tho animal industries
of tho nation, fails to make pro
visions for its extirpation, or to co-opernto
with tlio plans of tho commissioner
of agriculturo for the extirpation of such
disease, the president of tho United Slates,
on presentation of tlio facts by tho com
missioner of ngriculkire, shall bu author
ized to declare in quarantine said state or
ten itory, or such part of said state or ter-
utory as lie may deem dangerous to tlio
animal imlustriis of the country and to
regulate or prohibit the transportation ol
ii 1 1 lo out of said state, territory or dis
trict. The act is amended so ns to trans
fer the duty of guarding tlioso diseases in
the District of Columbia from the district
oiuinissionei'.i to tho commissioner of
ngriculture. It is furtlierameiided so us to
allow a day or timo of inspection of places
whero cuttle nro kept in tlio District of
Columbia and punish by lino and imprison
liiont any person wlioeudenvorsto prevent
such inspection, and a similar penalty is
fixed for any person who knowingly con
reals tho existence of any such diseaso on
his premises. The bill miikcsunupproprin-
t ion ol 5'jr)0,0U0 to carry Us provisions
into effect.
A PETRIFIED FEMALE "STIFF."
Tlio Ilody or ii female. Turned to Stone
lllhuovurud In Wyoming.
Rapid City (Dak.) special: Mesirs. La
fayette Spuko and Al Simpson, of Wyom
ing, have ou exhibition in the Grant build
ing, next to tlio Don Ton rostnnrunt, n
genuine curiosity in tlio shape of a petrified
linuian being. Tho body is evidently that
of a feuiule, and was found by Spake In a
cavo in the bad lauds of Dakota, ihty-eight
miles Bouuicnst ol Kapiil City, near tlio
Dig Cheyenne river. There is no doubt of
the genuineness of tho "stiff." which is that
of an ill-formed being about three feet and
a half high, in a half sitting
posture. The nrma nnd body nro very
long, while tlio legs nro short, especially
Irom tlio knee to tlio hip. Tho head is
small, and judging by its shape the
creature, when alive, possessed a very
small amount of brain power. Tho eyes
are gone, but tho rest, of tlio head Is in a
good state of preservation. The mouth is
slightly open and the teeth are yet in tho
jaws. Just how old the being was at
death or how long tho body had been
where it was found can only bo mere
matters of speculation. When found,
about half of the body was imbeded in
the earth, and this (tho lowor) portion is
completely petrilied. The upper portion
of the body lookssomethlug llkoa mummy.
Spake and Simpson, who are cowboys, ex
hibited tho "Ibid" in Itaiiid City and other
towns in tho ltlack Hills, realizing a good
income from tho admission fees. They are
now on their way east with the curiosity.
Tho March report of tho department ot
ngriculture on tho consumption and distri
bution of grain crops makes tlio proportion
of com still in tho hands ot farmers is 10
per cent of tho lust crop, Ono year ago the
proportion of tho crop on baud was ;17.0
per cent. The proportion Is the lowest iu
tlie west, where heavy winter feeding is re
quired, averaging !IS per cent in twelve
states. It is lo per cent iu the south. The
proportion merchantable is 82.0 per cent,
wh'eh is still slightly above the average for
n series of years. The stock of wheat iu
tlie hands of farmers is !H).l per rent of tlio
crop. It was lilt. I last year and 2S.-1 two
jours ago. It amounts to 107,000,000
busheld. against 1(111,000,000 last March
and 1 10.000,000 two years ago. It is only
u.ouip.uoo nusiieiH moro man In .March,
1SS2, the shortest Invisible supply in re
cent years. The visible and Invisible huix
piy March Ut was. therefore. 150.000.000
lituheU, against 200.000.000 last M roll.
The proportion of the crop estimated for
consumption within the country where tha
jrulu is U il.H per cent.
THE GREAT LABOR STRIKE.
in Addrc by II. HI. Hoxle, Vlco Pres
ident of tbe Missouri l'aclllc
St. Loui?, March 8. H. M. Iloxle, first vice
president of the Missouri Pacific itallroad com
pany, furnished tho associated press with the
following statement regarding the strike exist
ug on that road. It Is as follows:
To the employes of the .Vi.ttourl Pacific Jlnli
road ComjKiny, leased and ojKrated linen: Tlia'
all may understand the present condition ol
'.llairs, whereby some 10,000 men have been
inrown out of employment, tlio operation 'of
about G,000 miles of railway stopped and the
tratllc of four states, affecting over 4,003,000
people partially paralyzed, I desire you to read
and carefully consider tho following facts for
which abundant evidence can be produced and
which cannot be controverted. On the 15th of
March, 1885, the strike then pending over thl.
entlre system was settled by the voluntary
mediation of tho executives of Kansas anil
and Missouri, and a circular Issued which was
sullleiently satisfactory to cause an entire re
sumption of work. During the sixty days sub
sequent to tho above date, the committee rep
resenting employes at dUTercnt jHilnts, and
also labor organizations to which thev be
longed were met and all grievances enndldh,
discussed. Satisfactory agreements were then
entered Into, no that on May 19, 1&85, Itf-cemeil
that perfect harmony existed between all n.-co-laborers
of these companies. Any Infrac
tions of this spirit or letters of understanding"
or agreements made by the company, and ltd
employes were speedily rectllled as soon as
brought to the attention of the proper mithoi
Itles. This apparent harmony and go-xl un
derstanding continued until the i-eptcmboi
following, when this company was notilied Ik
the Knights of Labor that It must not perform
anv work for, nor interchange any buslues
with the Wabash Hallway, with which that or
ganization had dlllleultles pending. The exe
cutive committee of the Knights of Labor stat
ed at that time thut no came of grievance ol
anv nature existed against thcMKsouri l'nellle
railroad and its associated companies, hut that
to force the Wabash, which was in tho hands
of the United States court, It became necessa
ry to Involve the .Missouri Pacific: Hallwuv on
account of supposed Identity of the stockhol
ders' Interests. In order that there might be
no jiosslhle cause for destroying the good feel
.i.g then existing between this company and
Its employes thu order above referred to was
acquiesced with until the Wabash dlllieultle?
were adjusted. On December 10. lsS., the
United States court took poi-sesslon of the Tex
as tfc Pacilie railway In Louisiana and Texas,
for the benefit of Its creditors, and from that
day tho severance of that railway from this
svstem has been as complete as if no amicable
relations had ever existed between It and these
companies. The employes of the Texas Pacific
railway became employes of the agents of the
United States court, and the Missouri Pacific
management ceased to have any control over
them. Messrs. lirown and " Sheldon, the
receivers, took possession of the Texas A
Pacific Hallway, appointed their own agents,
aud made such arrangements with their em
ployes as they deemed proper and lit, and as to
which the management of the Missouri Pacific
railway exercised no voice or contirl what
ever. "It is learned that on March 2 the em
ployes of tho Texas it l'aciflc railway inaugu
rated a strike, giving as a reason that one C. A.
Hall, of the car department of that road in
.Marshall, Texas, was dlsehaigcd without duo
cause. On Thursday, the -lth Inst., the Knights
of Labor ordered a boycott of Texas 4t J'nclfic
cars and traffic over these roads and Mich ar
rangements were thereupon made as not to per
mit that order to disturb tho apparently pleas
ant relations with our employes. At 1(1 a. in.
on Saturday the 0th Inst., without previous
notice all of tho shopmen, most of the yardmen
and many of the trackmen stopped their work
and voluntarily refused to continue as employ
es of this company, merely stating to their
several foremen that they had received orders
requiring this from the executive ollleers of
Knights of Labor and alleging us their only
grlevanco the dlscliargeof an employe by the re
ceivers of the Texas it Pacific railway, an alien
road In the bauds of the United States court.
Since the commencement of this strike, at.
many points the local committeo of the Knights
of Labor has notified our foremen and superin
tendents that they would appoint and place
their ow n watchmen over our property to pro
tect It from loss anil damage, and to take care
of the fame; but as these, self-appointed watch
men assume the authority as to who shall and
who shall not enter tho grounds and property
of the company except through theirown order,
It Is virtually dispossessing ill's company of its
property, and assuming control and X)ssesslou
of tue same in violation of all rights of prop
erty anil contrary to the very basis of all gov
ernment. This company has made no objec
tions to the existence of organizations and
combinations of employes which thelattercon
slder for their mutual 'benefit; It has recog
nized and met the committees of such organ
izations and made agreements with the same
without any distinction and carried them out
as exactly as jMisslhle, promptly adjusting all
complaints and dllTerenees which have "from
time to time arisen. When loyal employes
permit themselves to be governed and con
trolled by discontented co-laborers, thev neces
sarily suffer equally with them, the" consequence-
of ill-advised action, therefore tho ne
cessity of their Individual efforts to restore
proper relations between the company and Its
employes. It must bo well known nnd recog
nized, that the capacity of the corporation to
meet us pay runs aim vouchers, uepenuson lis
capability to earn 11101103-, and that when Its
earning pow er ceases, its ability to pay employ
es and Its other creditors, ceases at the samo
time ns Its dally and monthly payments tire made
from Its dully and monthly receipts. The com
pany Is legally ronuirod to do all In Its (Hiwer
to perform Its obligations to tho public and to
the government and its management will take
every proper measure to comply with these re
quirements, and I earnestly hope that every
Independent and free-thln'khi!' laborer who
has been or Is In the employ of these compa
nies will consider these facts and Infoi in him
self on all sides of tho subject, remembering
that there lias never before been an act so ar
bitrary, useless and uncalled for as this of last
Saturday, when by a few men to whom you
have voluntarily given the power are depriving
thousands of their co-laborers of their ac
customed wages. dlvoMl.ig this company of the
capacity to pay their employes for their mtvI
ces, t-hiittlng up avenues of tralllc: In four
states and preventing some millions of people
from obtaining their' customary supplies and
the necessaries of life, because, It is claimed,
that one of the employes of the earilepartment
of the Texas it Pacilie road at Marshall, Tex
as, a road overwklch thl company has no con
trol, has been discharged by the agents of lb
United Slates courts. II. Mi llnxin.
(Signed.) . First V ce-President.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Tho Illll Ilepeiilliis II10 I.mv Consid
ered by u lloiite Committee.
Tlio session ot tho liouso committee on
civil service reform on the 10th was princi
pally consumed in a discussion of tho re
port prepared by Mr. Pulitzer advorso to
tho repeal ol tho civil Rervlce law. Stone,
of Missouri, will tile the minority report,
which was agreed to by all tho other mem
bers and was subsequently laid hofor the
house. It is as follows: Your committeo
llud that this bill, instead of either Im
proving or oularging tlioscopoot tho pres
ent law, simply proldes tor unconditional
and iilwtoliito repeal. They report adverse
ly and ask that tho bill lie upon the tablo
for the following further reasons:
First The principle of divorcing tho sub
ordinate olllcot) ol the government from
polities and elections and making the term
of otlli-o dependent, not upon party service,
but upon moral aud good behavior, is a
jood one aud so far ns this principle is sus
tained by tho present law, the committeo
there should bo 110 change.
Second The present law has not been on
the statute books long enough to have had
a full and complete trial. If for un reason
than this, -the committed will oppose ant
measure providing for an absolute rcpea-
Third No reason or Information ha
been presented to this committee justify
ing an unconditional repeal ot the present
law. It may perhaps need improvement,
but the remedy U umcudmcut, not total
repeal.
DESPERATE AND BRUTAL WORK.
An Kxnrc Cur 011 tlie Hock Iftlnud
ami l'nellle loitered, tlio ,MrM-ii!!r
.llurdercil, and Hie Sufe Hilled of It
Content.
Ono of tho most daring and bloody ox
press robberies over perpetrated in Illinois
occurred on tho Chicago, Hock Island it
Pacific west-bound express on the night of
tho i:ith, between Jolietund Morris. Tlio
facts, as learned from tho baggageman, aro
that shortly after tho train, which leaves
Jolietat 12:45 a. m., had left that city, he
heard a rap at tho bnggngo car door.
Thinking it was tho express messenger ho
oponed tho door and was met by masked
robbers, who covered him with revolvers
nnd demanded his key to tho express car.
The key was given up and one robber, who
was on top of the baggago car, held a revol
ver on the baggngemimtcrlhroush the tran
son in the roof of the car while ids confed
erates turned their attention to th express
car. Itis thought that they rapped 011 tlio
express car door and informed tlie messen
ger at Kellogg, Nichols, that the baggage
man wanted to got in. At any rate the ex
press car door was opened and tho despera
does entered. Doing confronted by the
murderous villains the messenger fought for
his life and the property iu his trust. Tlio
interior of the express car shows ho fought
tlio robbers from one cud to tho other, but
at hist tlie blows that they rained on Ids
head with an iron poker forced him to suc
cumb, and he was left dead iu tiie car. Tho
thieves rilled his pocket of the keys to th 1
safe, which they robbed of all ils contents,
variously estimated at from $20,000 to
S2.",000. Checks and valuable packages
not containing money they left scattered
about the floor.
Nothing was known of the occurrence un
til the train readied Morris, tho fir.t stop
west of Juliet except tlio coal sliute, where
tho train stopped to take on coal. At
Morris the local express messenger rapped
on the express-car door, but a tho sum
mons was not answered it was thought the
train messongor was asleep. Upon the
door of the car being opened tho horrible
evidence of a desperate struggle and tlio
dead body of Messenger Nichols were dis
covered. In one hand the dead man
clutched a lock of dark-colored hair, which
must have been torn from the head of 0110
of his assailants.
Tlio news was ut onco telegraphed to Jol
let. Sheriff Heitz and Chief of Murray at
once organized a posse aud started on a
special engine for Morris, stopping 011 tho
way at tho con I chute, two miles west of
Juliet, to hoc if they could find whether the
desperadoes hoarded tho train at that
point. Snow was falling lightly at tho time,
and tho trucks, if any, wero covered.
Lti:u. Mr. Wygant, tho agent of tho
United States Express company, states
this morning that tlio loss by yesterday
morning's robbery will bo inside of $2o,
000, There was 11 little over $20,000 in
money and tho balaueo of tho stolon mut
ter consisted of packages of jewelry and
other things, which ho thinks were not val
ued above 2,r()0. It is impossible just
now to llx the loss exactly. Tho express
company is working jointly with tlie Hock
Island railway iu endeavoring to catch tho
robbers, and tho $10,000 reward is offered
jointly by tho two companies.
Assistant Agent Hammond of thcUnited
St.:tes Express company's olllce, in thin
city, said iu regard to tho murdered man:
"Mr. Kellogg Nichols was a bravo and
trusted employe of the company. lie was
about -10 years ot ago and had spent
twenty-nine years with the company, being
one of tho oldest employes running on any
road out of thiecity. Mr. Nichols was u
married mini, but had no children.
Daggiigenian N. II. Watt, who is a young
ninn about 21 years of age, told tho follow
ing story in response to various questions:
"I was sitting in the car when all at onco I
heard a man say, "Don't move a niusclo or
I'll blow your brains out.' I could only
see the lower part of his face. It was cov
ered with somo cloth or paper. I sat look
ing toward the back part of tho cur, toward
the rear of the train when I heard somo
one at the safe, which was behind me, and
could hear a rustling and tearing of papers
'i'liis went on for a while and the man who
stood over 1110 said to me, 'If you move or
stir a hand or foot beforo tho train stops
at Morris, that nmn up there will blow tlio
top of your bond off. 1 rolled my eyes up
ami there was a mini s hand stuck through
the ventilator with a gun in it. In about
live minutes, as it seemed to mo, tho train
slowed up for Morris, and I looked up
The hand was gone, and I jumped out ol
tlio car. J lieard no noiso nor any shoot
ing. Tlio first I heard was, ns I said, a man
speaking to me and at tho sumo time put
ting a gun over my shoulder. They must
have gotten into Nichols car first and got
the key to thesafebeforcthey came to me.'
Tho Intor Ocean's Juliet special snvs
I!y comparing notes Conductor Wagner
nnd several passongerson tho tram aboard
01 which r.xpress .Messenger .Mciiols was
murdered yesterday, hnvo accepted tlio
theory of murder ami robbery perpetrated
by four men. three of whom boarded tho
train nt the Chicago depot and tho fourth
at llluo Island. Two of tho men traveled
on a pass issued for U. D. Martin and one,
good between Chicago and Kansas City,
lleforo reaching Joliet tlio conductor be
came convinced that they were suspicious
characters and asked to see their passes
ngain. Un second examination of that
issued as above stated, tho conductor
noticed that it hud been originally dated
1SSI. and that tlio last figure of thednto
had been neatly covered by a pastor bear
ing the luuro 0. Upon this ho refused to
return the pass and ordeied tho men to
leavo tho train at Joliet. They did so, but
are believed to have boardod the train bo-
I ween tiie baggage and express cars just as
it pulled out. No cluo to tlio men hao yot
been discovered.
Chicago dispatch: A very important
fact in connection with tlie express robbery
lias been mado publ'c. It seems that a
conference of tho express nnd railway ofli
cials and dotectives yesterday, Ilaggageinan
Walts was placed under a riid cross-examination.
Wygant's secretary took full
notes and went from tho hotel where tho
conference wns held to the olllce to writo
out his notes. Ho did not arrivo there,
and after some hours' search wns institu
ted but no trace of tlio missing young man
has been found. Wygant has every confi
dence in his integrity and is sure that ho
has either been abducted or met witli foul
play. It is understood that under tho
severe cross examination of tlio dotectives.
Walts made some valuable statements, but
just what he has admitted cannot be ascer
tained. Latkii.-Tho youthful McDonald turned
up to-night iu a demented condition near a
coal olllce iu a distant part of thu city, lie
could gie no coherent account id himself.
I nnd his notes of tlie bn gugemun's state
1 ment are not to lie found. Then is no clue
J to the manner of their disuppearuuco or as
iDiiii) caune 01 in stenographer s sudden
prostration.
Tho largest reduction yet mado In pas
senger rates to tho Pacific coast woitt into
elfect on the 15th. A cut of $10 ou both
first and second-class tickets was obtained,
snvHrt Chicago dispatch, nnd Arbitrator
Wilson, of tho Chicago, SL Louis nnd Mis
souri River 1 issenger association, issued a
circular announcing not rates from Chicago
to California points by nil lines as follows:
First-class, $30.50; second-class, $17. Tho
Northwestern and St. Paul roads hnvo
restored passengor rates eust from Council
D!ul!a.
GENERAL .NEWS A?iD NOTES.
The eecretary of war has transmitted to
tho house the reports of Chic! ol Engineers
Newton nnd Mnj. Handburg ol the engineer
corps, in rcferenco to surveys for the Hen
nepin cnnal. Mnj. Handburg recommends
what is known as the Mnrals de Odier
route. Ho estimates the cost of the ennui
by this route at $G,8 11,. '107, or about $1,
090,000 less than by the other route sur
veyed. This estimate ii exclusive of the
cof of tho Dixon feeder, which is common
to all routes, and which will cost $ 1,00-1,
117. Mnj. Handburg says tho Mnrois do
Osier route is better, cheaper, and'atfonlst
abetter regular supply of water than the
other route surveyed. Gen. Newton ad
heres, however, to his previous recommen
dation of the Hock Island route, nnd says
It offers the greatest commercial advan
tages. Tho select committeo ol tbo house,
charged with tho telephone investigation,
held n meeting for organization on tho 0th.
It wns the general sentiment of tlio com
mitteo thnt the examination of witnesses
should bo publicly conducted. A nul-cotn-mittco
consisting of Messrs. Hale nnd Mil
lard, will proceed to take tho doposilion of
Senator Nest, who requested that ho bo af
forded an opportunity to explain his con
nection with the issue of tho Pan-Electric
Btock.
A Paris newspaper assorts that r srcriopsi
difference of opinion between Prauee and
China has arrested tho progress of negotia
tions for a settlement of tho Toucpiin
question.
Observing a firo in n livery stablo nt
Cli irleston, West Virginia, Sunday evening,
a private iu tho Salvation army rushed
through tho flames nnd rescued eight
horses.
A number of tho lending )ndien of New
York havn organized a tropical flower
show, on which $25,000 will be expended
for decorations. On the main floor of tho
Metropolitan opera house will bo a
pyramid of roses, thirty feet high. A fino
collectiou was shipped from Honduras.
Tlio steamer Acton, on the voy.ngo from.
Daltimoro to Quoenstown, had two men
washed overboard, and another killed at
the wheel. Por Iiouib she wuh at tlu merry
of the waves, which wore at laiit quickly
modified by casks of oil.
A Pittsburg dispatch enys the falcs ol
steel rails during tlio last ten days of Feb
ruary footed up 50,000 tons. Tho total
output this year will probably reach 1,
ooO.OOO tons, whilo tho productive capa
city is 1,500,000 tons. Tho prcnont pro
duction will build over eleven tttuusund
miles of rond.
Mrs. John T. Green, soys a Troy (N. Y.)
dispatch, died here Friday of what was
thought at tho timo to bo a tumor in tho
stomach. A post-mortem held by several
prominent physicians to-day rovcalod ono
of tlie most singular cases known to medi
cal science. Death was caused byu largo
roll of silk fibres which hud st.qipie.up tho
intestinal passage. Soveru) ycum ago Mrs.
Green worked iu a silk factory ami was in
the habit of biting off tha ends of tho silk
threads and chewing them. These threads
accumulated in the stomach and caused
her death.
Mrs. Amelia Day ton nnd hnr son Clifford,
William Harris and his wife Ada, nnd
Minnie Ilrown and her mother, an aged
woman, wero nrrcstcd at St. l.onis for
shoplifting. Tlio poi sons mentioned mov cl
in respectable circles, and hod carried on
their pilferings tor a long period
Tlio organization of thoKnighto of Labor
has a membership in Pittsburg, Pa., ol
12,000,an increnso of 5,000 since 1882.
So many applications to join hnvo beo
mado recently that tiio master workman
there has nsked for assistance.
Tho sonato committeo on commerco has
favrably reported a bill providing that the
public lands along tho eastern boundary of
Colorado for a width of two miles shall bo
reserved from settlement nnd sala under
tho land laws for tlio period of ten years,
and bo set apart for that period ns a na
tional livestock highway.
Tho Toledo house of refuge, In tho out
skirls of that city, burned to the ground
Somo twenty boys were sick in tho iufirma
ry, but all wero carried safely out. The
loss will amount to $10,000.
Advices from Sonnrii, Mexico, state, that
United States troops hnvo ben forbidden
to cross tho Mexican lino until the compli-'
cations resultingfromCrawford's death aro
settled.
An Oborlin (Kansas) dispatch says: Thi
plnco was stirred up to-day over an at
tempted suicido. Isaac Thonw, .a gen'lo
man fifty-nino years of ago, attempted to
kill himself by shooting with a 22-culibie
revolver, the shot eitering just below thu
heart. Tho physician pronounces tho
wound fatal. Mr. Thorno has boon a tin
ner for some timo in the haidwaro store ol
K. K. Stewart. He is still livlnu and may
recover. .Mrs. P. S. Hancock, of Falls City,
Neb., is a daughter of his. Ho also has
two daughters iu Quiney, III. Otherwisohi)
leaves 110 family. Ho is rational, and gives
as a reason for ids act that ho lias not
boon happy since his wife died iu Kansas
City twelve- years ngo.
Tho lowest passengor rates yot made dur
ing tho radroad war, says a S.tn Francisco
dispatch, wore mado by tlio Atlantic it Pa
cific railroad today on limited tickets.
Tlio rates are: Chicago $10.00, New . York
$.'11.00. A change was also made in cmi
grant tickets. Tlio purchaser is allowed a
rebate 011 the latter, which makes tho rate
to Chicago $15.00 and Now York $20.00.
H is ollicially announced that tho Rend
ing railroad syndicate hns accepted tlio re
construction trustees' plans without
amendment. This means thnt nil tho
road will soon bo reorganized. Tho details
of tho plan ol organization will not be
mado public beforo next Tuesday.
Stiidebakor Ilros. havo issued a card to
tlio public, giving tho history of tho strike,
their roasons for not niaking a general in
crease iu wnges, nnd announcing that tho
whistles will bo blown March 20 for aro
sumption of work. All employes nro in
vited to return. Tho pay roll will bo re
vised nnd wages Increased whero justice do
mnnds it.
American residents in Mexico are an
noyed by rumors thnt tho United Slates
will avenge Crawford's slaughter.
About 12,000 miners nro now out on a
strike in eastern Pennsylvania, Virginia
and West Virginia.
Tho Dominion government hns decided
not to send a flying column through the
northwet territory for tho presont.
The Knights of Labor boycott of Chicago
boot and shoe firms, who used convict la
bor, has been raised, tho firms all comlpj
to time.
The exports otgold to Europe from Now
York during the curront week ncjregatcil
$16t,SS:i. nnd of silver $127,220. to II .y-
mm, gold $121,000, silver $1,250. The
imports of specie aggregated $207,700.
Tho lock-out ut Iieverly, Mass., which is
keeping 2,000 shoemakers idle, is iu a fair
way to bo onded in two or three days, The
manufacturers have decided to reroguUo
the Lnighta of Labor municipal board, and
nsked for a conference. A board of arbi
tration is now ut work.
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