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TEE OREGON SCOUT. JONKS A: OIIANCKY, lMlblUhcra. UNION, OREGON. GLADSTONE'S HOME KULE SCHEME. IIo Announce It In I'nrllmiiGiit In llio 1'rcKcnco of n Vnt Throng. London dispatch of the 8tli: Gladstone Blcpt well last night. Ho roso curly in ex ccllenthcnlth and fiiioBpirits. Immediately niter breakfast ho repaired to IiSh odicinl rooms. Thcro ho found prepared for his perusal the morning papers, scorns of tele grams bearing on tho tnsk of the day and moro than one lotter from close personal friends and advisers bearing words of cheer and congratulation. Gladstone wns mani festly Interested incvcrythingwhlchshowod popular concern in tho work before him. Beforo tho night wntchman iii thu house wns relieved or the lights wcro extinguished a number of mombcrsof parliament, gentle men possessed of assured admittance, begun to nrrivo to muko themselves doubly cer tain of their privileges by getting to their Beats eleven hours beforo Gludstono would reach tho house, and retaining them during tho long interval. McDonnell Sullivan, na tionalist member for Month, was tho first man to gain entrance to thohoiiHc, Ilogot in as early as fi::iO this morning and at onco proceeded to makoccrtnin of his place. It is alleged that Sullivan sccuro.l hiH ad vantage by bribing a friendly policeman to permit him to hnvo access by way of tho back stairs. Before going to tho houso of commons Gladstone took a drlvo through St. .In es park, going away from tho crowd by tho west end of Downing street, lie desired to be far nwhilo in Iresli air beloro going to parliament. Ho returned to Ills residence and in a lew moments emerged on tho way to commons. Tho police had opened thu way lor him topiirllumontstrcot.nnddown that across llndgo street to tho house. They had to work hard to make this puss ngoway and harder yot to keep it open. Gludstono went in by open carriage and ills appearance was greoted by deafening cheers. Tho enthusiasm of tho people nil tho way from tho doorof his houso to tho commons entrance was spontaneous and thriliing. It vented itself at tho beginning o! tho journey in a roar of uppluiiHC, hearty and great enough to make most statesmen dizzy, mid when 1 1 10 whole immenso multitude caught the signal ono tremendous long-sustained cheer was scut up, tho llko of which was novcr beforo hoard in London and which was plainly heard in tho house. Tho cheering continued long after Gludstono had entered tho parliament building. 'Within tho building thu prime minister's reception, though loss demonstrative, was fully enthusiastic, with that ho hud just had without, llo was apparently in tho best cplrits and bowed right and loft to 1 1 i k uc(uuiutancrs as he passed them. As soon as the usuullormulltlesattoiidiiig the open ing of parliament were over it was voted to postpone the reading and answering all questions on tho notice paper. Hardly had tills been done when, at I : :t( p. in., Gladstone entered tho house, II in entrance was followed by loud and prolonged cheers, which Hero continued for several minutes among tho Liberals and I'ariiellites, and tho wildest enthusiasm prevailed and it is unto to say no such scene was over witnessed beforo in commons. As soon as tho cheer ing ceased, Ghidstouo roso and moved for permission to introduce a hill to amend previous legislation and to muko provision for thu future government of Ireland. As noon ns (pilot was restored, Gladstouo en tered upon a brief review of tho geaeral features ol past legislation for Ireland. IIo dwelt upon the coercive and repressive measures which had been put in force from timo to time and deprecated any further resort to rude remedies ot intimidation. "Since 18811," ho said, "only two years paused without coercive legislation for Ire land, and in spite of all this the law con tinues to bo disregarded because it is in vested in the oves ot tho Irish with a foreign aspect." Gludstono spoko far threo hours and a half, resuming hi seat amid bursts of enthu siastic cheers. Ho was followed by George Otto Trovalyan and l'urnelt. MU. SPADES HEADED OFF. HI l'uiiioiiH Order of April .'Id, lSSts Aiming llio Tilings thai Were. Washington special to thoOmahii E"ib llcan: Tho premonitory rumors that have been floating out ot tho interior depart ment tor a fortnight past ot Secretary Lamar's Intontlon to ruvoko Lund Com missioner Sparks' famous order of April it, 1885, suspending final action on laud entries over tho greater purl of tho west, woro to-day confirmed by a formal order to that effect. Tho history ot tho struggle that has thus culminated is ono of the most remarkable in tho history ot our pub lic land Hystoni. Within two weokii after entering on his dutloj tho commissioner de cided to suspend the issuing ot patents in what ho called the infected districts, or, in tho language ot tho order, "All west of the first guide meridian in Kansas, nil west ol range seventeen in Nebraska, all ot Colo rado, except tho I'to reservation, nil ol Dakota, Idalio, Utah, Washington terri tory. New Mexico. Wyoming and Nevada and Northern Minnesota and all timberaud desert land entirely." There followed this order a general protest from outryiuon mid capitalists who had loaned money on their claims, and for thu year past Com missioner Sparks has had little peace or rest from one ot the strongest fights any ono man over hud on his hands in his otllce. Last December tho ptoplo ot Dakota held u convention and sent a committee to Washington to urge on tho president the necessity ot revoking the order. A long memorial signed by tho Nebraska and Min nesota delegations and others were sent to tho president. Ho remained convinced until recently that tho commissioner should bo sustained, Ono thing that moro than anything else prevailed on him to stand by CommUslonvr Sparks was an open lotter from Hon, K. It. Washburn, ol Illinois, approving Sparks' course. Assist ant Secretary Junks, ot tho interior do. partmeat, however, took a lawyer-like view ot the situation and saw- that with nu iuudumiutu force of agents to ex amine land entries, many honest men suffer ed in being kept out ot their patents. Four weeks ago the president said ho would sanc tion nu order requiring Sparks to show cuuho why the order ot April II should not bo revoked. This was done and a week's time Allowed for an answer, which was from timo to time extended. No answer was made and yesterday Secretary l.aniar brought tho matter up in tho cabinet meet ing, Tho attorney-general and Secretary Manning were absent. There was below each member ot tho cabinet u printed his tory ot the question at stake. Tho de cision was to revoke Mr. Sparks' order ut onco and it wiih done to-day promptly and unceremoniously. It is stated nu good authority that Sparks' resignation will be called for and Congressman Forney, ol Alabama, bo appointed commissioner. Kpurks denies ho has resigned, but says II tho president will say ho is not In accord with tho udmlulstrutlou be will stop dowu And out. THE EIGHTS OF CHINESE SUHJECTS. I'ull Text or I'rcwlilcnt Clcvolniiil'n JTIpnxiiso to tlio McDuto In Iteercnco to the .Hatter. Following is thofull tcxtot the president's message sent to the senate respecting tho treaty nnd rights of Chincso subjects. To thoSenato and House ot Representa tives ot tho United States: I transmit herewith for tho consideration of congress, with a view to appropriate legislation in tho premises, a report of tho secretary of btatc, with certain correspondence touch ing tho treaty right of Chincso subjects other than laborers to go and como ol their own free will nnd accord. In my an nual mcssago ot tho 8th of December last, I said: "In tho application of acts lately passed to executo tho treaty of 18S0 re stricluro of the immigration of Chinese la borers in the United Stated, individual cases of hardships liavo occurred beyond tho power of tlio executivo to remedy, and calling for judicial determination." Tlicso cases of individual hardship aro duo to the ambiguous nnd defective propositions ot tho acts of congress, approved respectively on tho Cth of May, 1881 and nth of July, 1881. Tlio hardship hns in somo cases boon remedied by tho action of tlio courts. In other cases, however, wlicro thop ruscol ogy ot tho st'itules has appeared to ho con clusive against any discretion on tho part of officers charged witli tile execution of tho law, Clilneso persons, expressly entitled to tree admission under tho treaty havo been refused a lauding and sent back to tho country whenco tlioy came, without being afforded any opportunity to show their right to tlio privilege ot frco ingress and egress, which it was tlio purposo of tho treaty to sccuro. In tho language of ono of thu decisions ot tho supremo court ot tho U dted States, to which I havo referred, "tlio supposition should not bo indulged Unit congress, while professing to faithfully executo tlio treaty stipulations and recog nizing tlio fact that they sccuro to a certain I class tho right to go Iiom and go to the United States, intended to make its protec tion depend upon tho performance of con ditions which it is physically impossible to perform." U. S. Deports, 11 a, pugo 551. Tlio act of July 5, 1881, imposes such an impossiblo condition in not providing for tlio admission, under propor certificate, of Cliineso travelers of tho exempted classes in tlio cases most likely to arise in ordinary commercial intercourse. Section 1 ot tho treaty provides that tho limitation shnll apply only to Clilneso who may go to tho United States as laborers'. Article 2 says that Chincso subjects, whether proceeding to tlio United States as teachers, students, merchants, or from curi osity shall bo allowed to go ami como ot their own freedom and nrcord, ami bo granted tlio privileges accorded to citizens of tho most favored nation. Section (1 of tho Chiueso immigration net of 1881 purports to secure theso rights by means of certificates of their status, which certifies shall bo solo evidence to establish their right ot entry into tlio United States, hut it provides for tlio issuance of certifi cates in two cases only, namely: Cliineso depart lug from China, and Clilneso wlio may at tlio time bo subjects ot somo government other than China. A statuto is certainly most unusual which, purport ing to executo a treaty ith China in re spect of Cliineso subjects, enacts formalities as regards subjects of other governments tliau China. 1 call attention of congress to tlio fact that tlio statuto makes no provision for tlio numerous classes ot Chiueso persons, subjects ot other countries than China, who dosiro to como from such other countries to tho United States. They may not bo sub jects of tlio country where they rcsido and trade, yet if such a Chinese subject, head of a houso at Uoug Kong, Honolulu, Havana or Colon, desires to como hero ho must pro duce a prescribed form of certificate in English, issued by the Cliineso government. If there bo at Ids place of residence no rep resentative of China competent to issuo such form of certificate, ho can obtain none, and is by this law unjustly barred from entry to tho United StutoH. There boing, therefore no provision by which such per sons may prove their exemption, tlio secre tary of tho treasury undertook to remedy the omission by recognizing as lawful cer tificates those issued by Cliineso consuls or diplomatic officers at foreign ports when visited by tho United States consul. This seems a just application ot tlio spirit ot tlio law. He, however, went beyond tho spirit of tho act by providing a circular, dated January 1-1, 1885, tor tho original issuance of such certificates by tho United States consul at tlio post of departure in tlio absence of a Chinese representa tive, for It is clear that thu inter vention of thu United States consul was intended by the act to bo supervisory only. It became necessary, therefore, to amend this circular, and this was douo June 1!1 following by striking out the chuiso prescribing' original certification by tho United States consuls. Thu complaint ot tlio Chiueso minister in his note ot March 21, 188(5, is that tlio Chiueso merchant Lay Sang, of King Leo it Co. of Sail Francisco, having arrived at San Francisco from Hong Kong, and exhibited a certificate ot tlio United States consul at lloug Kong as to his status as a merchant, was refused per mission to laud and sent back to Hong Kong. While liiscertificatu was insufficient under thu present law, it is to bo remem bered that there is at Hong Kong no repre sentative ol China competent to issuo tho required certificate. Tho intent of congress to executo tho treaty is thus defeated and conditions arc exacted by the supremo court that are "physically inipossilile to perform." This anomalous feature should bo reformed in order that tlio recurreucoof such cases may bo avoided and the Imputation removed, which would otherwise rest upon tho good faith of the United States in tho execution ot their solemn engagements, Giiovku Cli:vi:i.and. Few momboru boliovo that a bankruptcy bill can be pushed through tho house dur ing the present session, notwithstanding tho fact that the question has been greatly agitated and strong arguments made forit. Senator Hoar, who has charge ot tho Low ell bankruptcy bill in tho upper branch of congress, said that ho behoved the bill would be passed by tho senate within n week or two. Tlioro is too much business ot a more pressing character in the house to permit its discussion there. It is stated that tho president regrets very much having become involved in a contest with tho senate, and that ho is glad that things tiro levelling dowu to their normal condition, so far as the considera tion ot nominations is concerned. Soniii ot tho republicans who voted for tlio Edmunds resolutions regret their action, too, now that effort is I wing made to hold them to tho strict spirit ot their declara tions. The third resolution, announcing that in every case where the president re fuses to furnish the papers, the nomination shall bo rejected, bus been declared a nullity already, as It prejudges eases. Nebraska postmasters were commissioned ns follows: Suinuol K. Higg, Beatrice; Tims. Miirton, Nebraska City; George A. J. Mos, Pawnee City; and Iowa postmasters ns fol lows: James Mnmoii, Mnrkey; James Gra ham, Preparation; Mart V Miller, Sumner; Albert J. Welter, Atbia; D.nld M. llossert, Jefferson; Juntos F. Vogt, Lemurs; Thus. J, Hudson, Wlutorwot. David I), llryan has been unpointed postmaster ut lloutou, u new olllco in Maniteo county, Iowa. AX EIGHT IIOUK DEMOSTitATH)N. A I'oriiiltlnblc .Heeling or Clilcngn W'orklnsnieii Speeches and UchoIii- tlOIIN. Fully 8,000 workingmon crowded into tlio great nrmory ot tho Sixth cavalry, on tho lake front, in (lilcngo, a fow days ago, and probably 1,000 morogathercd In front of tlio building. Tho occasion hnd been advertised as an eight hour demonstra tion, under tho auspices of tlio trades as sembly. A largo proportion ot the assemb lage cumo in organized bodies, proceeded by fifo and drum nnd carrying hugo trans parencies. Few of tho men woro any re galia, and apparently no attempt at dis play was mado, except in point of num bers. Neither was tlioro anything resemb ling a procession. Tho various unions camo trooping in from all directions, and "first como first served" wns tlio rulo as to seats. Nevertheless, excellent order was maintained, hats woro promptly removed at tho first tap ot tho chuinnuu'H gavol, and the two or threo hun dred ot tho men's, wives and sweethearts, who occupied tiers of seats in a place of honor, were shown marked consideration by tlio abandonment of pipes and cigars in their vicinity. A curious feature of tho meeting was llio noticeable absence of youths and aged men as well. Thu audience wns almost wholly composed of limn be tween 125 and -10, comfortably clad, and fow, if any, showing i sign ot liquot. There woro not to exceed u dozen police to bo seen in or about tlio hall. Interest centered in tlio transparencies, and as union after union, at irregular intervals, marched into tho hall and tlio crowd caught sight of tlio mottoes, tho speakers' voices woro lost in rounds of cheers that woro renewed again and again. "Eight Hours and no Drones," "Work Eight Hours Only and Doom the Labor Market" and "Oppose Child Labor," were fair samples. Speeches w'eru mado by a number of gentlemen. Though tho strikes were left practically untouched by tlio speakers, an expression of tlio feelings of tlio multitude was given in tho following, which was adopted by acclamation, amid tlio wildest enthusiasm: "Kesolvcd, That this mnss mooting of citizens ot Chicago denounces tlio perfidy of Jay Gould in breaking his agreement with tlio Knights of Labor to scttlo tho causes of tlio present striko in tlio Southwost by arbitration. Dv his letter of Sunday, Marcli 28 last, to T. V. Powderly, general niustor workman ot tho Knights of Labor, Gould stated in snbstnnco that tho griev ances of tlio mon now on a strike on tho Southwestern railroad system would bo submitted to arbitration. This lotter was sent to l'owderly after two interviews on that Sunday at Gould's, as part of tho agreement with tho Knights of Labor. In accordanco with tlio sumo agreement, Gen eral Master Workman l'owderly tele graphed tho men on tlio strike to return to work at once. Gould tho noxtduyby falso hood and double dealing violated this agreement, and ho did tills plainly for tho purposo of demoralizing tlio Knights ot Labor. Wo thereforo declare that tho con duct of Gould in this matter is baso in tho extreme, and wo call on tho public every where to familiarize themselves with tho facts, and judge who is to blumo for tho continuance of tlio striko Gould or tlio Knights of Labor." Somo of tho city party papers cstimnto that tho gathering numbered between 15, 000 and 20,000 mon. It was probably tho largest labor demonstration over held in Chicago. H00DWINia:iniYTHEAI,ACHE. How (.nronlnio'M ICeeeut ISxcnpe, from Croolc In Arizona In ItcKiirtlctl. Delegate Bean, of Arizona, In an inter view at Washington on tho reported cscapo of Goronimo from Lieut. Mans' command, said that ho was at first disinclined to credit tlio rumor, but upon consideration of tlio circumstances concluded it was cor rect. This Mr. llean accounts for by tho ,ict that Gen. Crook had evidently managed to havo tlio Mexican troops in his roar, so liilit Goronimo and iiudhisbund of hostiles were botween tho two forces and could not eseapo without encountering tlio Mexicans, llenco Gcronimo, fearing extermination by tho latter, concluded to surrender to Crook, and, so soon us opportunity presonted, give liim the slip. This strategy, it scorns, ho executed, thus avoiding tlio Mexicans as well as tho vengeance of tho Arizona people, which ho greatly feared would bo wreaked upon him for ids many murders, and from which ho did not boliovo Crook could protect him. Mr. llean is of tho opinion that in this movo Goronimo outgeneraled Crook and Mans, leaving Nana. Natchez and tho other reno- gadu Apachu chiefs to moot tho responsibil ity. Mr. Jlcau expresses tits appreueiisious that Goronimo ai.d tlio scoro of outlaws who escaped with him will turthor raid tho sottloinonts and commit ronowed murders nnd pillage, since ho is no longer incum bered with squaws, nuu enn go wneu nnu where ho pleases. Mr. Dean added that it tho published statements woro true con cerning tho plot to assassinate Gen. Crook, t lieu (.took nail escaped irom uoronimo rather than tho lattor had escaped from Crook, and the purview was on our side. .Mr. llean was not inclined to discuss tho recent change by which Gon. Crook is as signed to another command and super seded by Gen. Miles. Ho ndmitted, how ever, that tho feeling against Gen. Crook's administration ol military aiiairs was very bitter in somo portions of Arizona. GENEKAL NEWS AND NOTES. A schemo Is on foot to forco Georgia to redeem bonds donated to tho Illinois Sol diers' home. President Kuguii (Ionics that tlioro is any conllirt in tlio National Laud league, as does John Doyle O'Doilly. On the Otli Hoxio tologrnphed to Jay Gould as follows: Two hundred mid fllty- eight trains aro moving on the sybtem, nnd seventy-six more are ready to move. .Moro applicants for work than any day since the strike. Four members ot tho Gladstone cabinot refuse to assent to any home-rule measure giving Ireland control of tho cus'oms, and threaten to resign If such a measure is in sisted upon. Tlio majority ot the house committee on elections has decided to reject tlio claims ot Frank H. Hard to the seat Irom Ulilo, now held by Uoiuois. Tlio surplus resorvo of tho Now York banks has fallen to ?12,7S7,2i:t. The weeklv statement shows a decrease ot $(!, 252.000 in loans and ot SO.iail.OOO in do- posits. Tlio clearings ot tho t hicago bHiiks for the week wore $-10,505,5111. Tho dry goods firm ot Herman it Leopold Horxog, ot St. Louis, owing $00,000 to Eastern houses, has suspended business. For tho past throe months the waters ot Luko Michigan havo maintained a higher rango at Chicago than for fllteon years previously. It is stated that vessels have two more feet leeway in draught through the St, Clair Hats. Miss Geneva Armstrong, one ot the teachers ot music in Elmlra College, has in vented nnd patented a device for feeding and watering rattle while they are journey ing In cattle cars. John D. Bent has been appointed re ceiver of tlio First Nationnl bank of Wash ington, Dakota. Tho president has with drawn the nomination of Timothy O' Byrnes to bo Indian agent nt Yakima, Washington territory. A mail car on Lake Shoro train No. 4, with the mail matter from the west for all the important points cast ot Toledo, caught lire cast of Oak Harbor, Ohio, on tho Hth. The car was side-tracked at Oak llnibor, but the flames had such control that tho car and contents woro entirely de Btioyed. A hare-knuckle prizo fight took plnco near Elizabeth. Pa., Wednesday afternoon, between two coal minors named Morris nnd Kellt. Morris displayed tho most science and In tho fifteenth round knocked his op ponent senseless. Tlio fight lasted forty minutes. Sun Wah, a Chinaman, wns married in Ciiicngo last Wednesday to Miss Augusta Miller, a comely German girl, 22 years old, by Dev. Geo. D. Walker, a Baptist minis tor. Tlio bride is said to bo a respectable girl whom tlio groom mot in a restaurant where she was employed as waitress. Senator Mandorson has boon nppointed visitor to tlio West Point academy. Tlio bill annulling tlio charter of tho Broadway Surface railroad of Now York City, passed the state scnato by an almost unanimous vote. At tho annual mooting of tlio Southern Press association nt Augusta, Ga., a reso lution in favor of tlio uso of typo-writcri by operators taking tho press reports was adopted. Eight cases of small pox havo boon dis covered at Fonguovillo, a suburb of Mon treal, nnd no precautions havo been taken to prevent its spread. Tho central board ol health threaten to quarantine tlio town. At Palmyra, N. Y., there has boon the. worst flood known for years. Four tracks ot tho Central road woro submerged, nnd a largo section of tlio roadway was washed out. Tho water is now subsiding. THE I'ACIFIC HAILK0ADS. Examination Into tho AVorlclngN ami Financial IMiuincemciit of llio Same. Tlio houso committee on Parific railroads Instructed Bepresontativo Iticliardson, of Tennessee, to report back tho following sub stitute for tlio IIenly resolutions: Itesolved, That the secretary of the in terior bo authorized to appoint and fix tlio compensation of three competent peri-tons to examine into tlio workings and financial management of railroads, or such thereof as ho may deem expedient, that hnvo re ceived aid from tlio government in bonds or lands, to ascertain whether they havo observed all obligations imposed upon them by the laws under which tlioy receive such aid or since passed in reference thereto, and whether their books and accounts are so kept as to show tho not earnings of tlio aided roads not reduced by construction, mileago on branch roads, or average mile age between aided and non-aided roads or parts of roads, and whether there is a division of aided roads to less productive branches, or any other wrongful or improper purpose, and, if so, how much, and whether there is discrimination of rates in favor of unaided against aided roads, and whether any, and if so, how much money is duo and owing to tlio United States on ac count of mistaken or erroneous accounts, reports of settlements mado by said roads, or whether tho proceeds of any trust funds or lands, loaned, advanced orgranted, havo been diverted from their proper uso. Tlio persons appointed shall havo power to ox ainino all books, papers and methods of said companies, employ experts if acces sary, summon and compel tho attendance ot witnesses, and to administer oaths. They shall at all times bo under tho imme diate direction and control of tlio secretary of tho interior, and may at any timo bo re moved in hisdiscretion. Tliocomniitteeon appropriations is hereby directed to pro vide necessary funds, not to exceed tho sum of SIiO.000 for tlio purpose of this investi gation. PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTE A westorn cowboy is giving piano con corts in Now York. James Uusscll Lo-vell has gono back to England anil will probably writo a book about America. Tho famous Morgan poachblow vaso is said to bo a fraud. Tlio peach part of it may bo, but certainly tho blow is gunuinu. Chihuahua hopes that Crook will not keep him imprisonod very long, tor ho fears that ho will lose a wagon which ho has at the reservation. Tlio English hnvo mado such sorry work of ruling Ireland, Gladstouo is glad enough of the ehaiico to lot tlio Irish try their hands at tho job. Now York women now carry artificial fruit on their heads, just as women in trop ical countries do, only tho lattor havo tho genuine article tor mile. Sovonty-slx Apaches who surrendered to General Crook on March 29th aro to bo sont to St. Augustine, Fin., as prisoners ot war. Tho cold weather in tlio northern ntate.4 is about over, and it is time tourists in Florida were returning homo anyway. Kansas City Journal: An Omaha dis patch convoys tho intelligence that an Omaha young woman has committed sui cide and has loft a note, written in blood, stating that previous to hor deceased sho sold her soul to the devil. It all people would bo tlioughtfuletiough to leave behind such explicit information in regard to the disposition of their personal effects, a vast amount ot trouble would ho avoided. Thu session ot the Iowa G. A. U. state encampment closed on tho 8th at Sioux City with a public installation of the offi cers. The principal oflicors aro: Comman der, W. A. Meltenry, Denison; 6enior vice commander, 1'. H. Hawkins, Sac City; junior vice commander, J. L. Goddes, Ames; medical director, G. P. Hauuawnlt, Des Moines; chaplain, John 11. Lozler, Mt. Vernon. Dubuquo was chosen as tho place of tho next encampment. Nashvillo was indorsed tor tho nationnl encampment in 1887. Strikers Sontonootl. Judge Turner, ot tho federal court at El Paso, Texas, passed sentence upon oight strikers who were guilty ot unlawful con duct during the recent disturbances. Ho said he had no desire to punish the pris oners unduly and yehe felt ho must make ot them an example which would not bo forgotten for tho protection of society nnd thegovernineut Itselt. Ed Wales, J. Hughes, Joseph Smith, Hubert Wren, James Welden, J. Scarborough and Fred Giroux were each pentfiiced to ninety days in jail, nnd Charles Mott thirty days. Americans Killed in Mexico. A Tombstone (Arizona) special says: A Mexican arrived hero this aftornoon from Nncosari, nnd reports two American pros pectors killed near thnt placo a few davs ago by Indians. Ho was uuablo to stute their nnuiu, A MAD MOB IN ST. LOUIS. Deputies I'lro Into tho Crowd nnd Set Going; n?Iol of Inlurliitcil l'coplc. St. Louis, April 02:10 p. m. The deputy guards stationed nt tlio Louisvlllo and Nashvillo yards, near Broadway, fired into a crowd of 300 strikers about 2:20 this afternoon. Five men and ono womnn wero shot. Threo of tho men were killed and tho woman is supposed to bo mortally wounded. Tho killed are: Pat Bristol, an employe of tho water works and not a striker; Oscar Washington, a painter; John Buhman, a water works laborer, not a striker, and T. E. Phompton. Major H; chman was shot in tlio head and Bhouldor and will probably die; Mrs. John Pfeiffer was shot In tlio back and is prob ably mortally wounded. An unknown man was shot at tho bridgo approach. Tlio crowd had mado no attacks upon tho yards, but were standing on tho Cahokia bridgo, near tlio Louisville and Nashvillo yards, jeering at tlio guards, when, without tlio slightest apparent provocation, tlio deputies levelled their rillos and fired two volleys. Thecrowd immediately separated, running in all directions, and tho deputies retreated over tlio Cahokia bridge, towards tho Missouri river bridgo, still holding their rifles and firing to cover their retreat. When it was known by tho strikers that the guards had fled, tho former re turned to recover tlteir dead. '1 hey found Put Briscoll and Oscar Washington lying on tho Cahokia bridgo, and they wero dead when picked up. John Brohman was also found on tho bridge, but showed signs of life. Ho was taken to tlio switch houso, out died in a few minutes. Mrs. P.eiffor wns found lying on tlio railroad about ono hundred yards from tlio Cahokia bridgo, and was carried by her husband to a drug store on Broadway, near tlio crossing, where sho is now in a critical condition. Mnjor Hychmau was taken into a hotel near by, whore physicians aro now attend ing him. Tho crowd, after tlio firing began, ran up Broadway shouting: "To arms! to armsl Wo will get guns and return that lire." The women nnd children ran out ot their houses nnd met them in the streets, weeping and wringing their hands. After tlio crowd returned to the sceno and the excite ment had abated, several of tho leading strikers drew their revolvers and swore that tlioy would drivo all tho deputies out of tho city even at tlio loss ot their own lives. HOW TUB 11IOT ni:oAN. Ever sinco tlio railroad employes in East St. Louis ceased work in support ot tlio striking knights in tlio Gould system, rumors of riot and bloodshed havo daily gained circulation, but until to-day no herioiiH conflict occurred. To-day opened with butlittlo prospect of serious trouble, although somo ot tho strikers intimated that tho roads would find it less easy to run trains than they had anticipated nnd early in tho morning tho yards presented an animated scene. Switcli engines woro running backwards and forwards and trains wero arriving and departing without any interference. This condition of affairs con tinued until noon nnd it was thought tho day would pass without any demonstra tion from tho strikers. At that hour, how ever, tho trouble which afterwards grew to such alarming proportions begun. A num ber of strikers, without apparently having formed any preconcerted plan, congregated at tho relay depot, and began a discussion of thu general situation. As timo passed tlio number was augmented till the original knot of men increased to fully 200. Tho discussion beeamo animated and the crowd more demonstrative, till some one proposed thoy go to tho Louisville and Nashvillo yards and drivo out tho men employed there. Tho cry ot "On to tho Nashvillo yards" was caught up and tlio crowd ad vanced. As they proceeded their numbers again increased, somo journeying with tlio mob as spectators and others in full sym pathy witli tho movement, till 1100 to 100 wero advancing towards tho yards. Arriv ing there they swarmed into the yards and persuaded tho men at work to desert their pusts. Tlio crowd remained in tho yards for somo time, and though considerable ex citement prevailed, no violence was resort ed to. Just at this timo, however, n Louis villo and Nashvillo freight train was slowly passing through tho yards, guarded by eight deputy sheriffs armed with Winches ter rifles. In tho meantime crowds of men, women and children hud congregated on Broadway, where tho Louisville and Nash villo tracks crossed the street, and at Sou port, where tlio Broadway bridgo spans tlio Cahokia creek, and in tho open space to tho cast. Just ns the train readied the Broad way crossing tlu trouble began. Tho crowd on thu bridgo began to yell nnd jeor at tho olllcers, and it is asserted that stones wero thrown which struck two or threo of them, audit was also said that a pistol was discharged. Tlio deputies im mediately leveled their rilles and fired two volleys into tho crowd on tho bridgo with fatal effect, four men boing killed and ono woman mortally wounded, as above do tailed. Immediately niter tho shooting tho depu ties at tlio approach of tho strikers stinted over the bridge. Tlio scene on tho bridgo was ono of confusion and excitement. -Coal teams and other teams and wagons woro galloping westward and tho drivers wcro shouting to all pedestrians and teams tD run back. Women and men on foot woro running towards this city and waving back all they met, whilo immediately behind came tho deputies, pursued by tho van guard of the crowd from East St. Louis. Ono of tlio frightened guards threw his gun into tlio river, while another hid his weapon In a wagon that was in full retreat. On arriving in this city tho deputies went at once to tho Chestnut street polico station, whore, after stating tlio facts, thoy surrendered to tho sergeant in charge anil wero taken to tho Four Courts, where they wore placed in custody after giving tlio following names: P. W. Hewlett, John Hague, Sam Jones, John F. Williams, G. Luster, Stewart Martin, Geo. Marnell, and W. F. Laird. About halt an hour after tlio shooting an excitod nnd nngry mob gathered in tho square botween tlio city hall and police station. A -man named Dwyor, a gambler, in no way connected with tlio striko, became tho center of a crowd, who cheered tho incendiary state ments which ho uttered. IIo urged the men to "hang and kill." Mayor Joyce, after tho encounter with tho deputies on tho bridgo, when ho at tempted to arrest thoni in their flight, went through the excited crowds to his office. Ho attempted to calm tho men, but found it useless. Tho streots and sidewalks wore blocked witli men, women nnd children, who rushed in evory direction. Benching his otllce about an hour alter tlio shooting, he nt onco issued a proclamation to close all saloons and warning women and minors J to Keep on mo streets, iio was seen wltl -Messrs. uuney anu tinyea, iiiuglits 01 Labor, who woro nrpino litm lr nil !.. his power to calm the men. Ho said ho had notiiied tne governor two weeks ago, but that ho hud donn nntliln.. mwl f l,f 1, ------ ... .- . .....v . V ,,,.9 utterly powerless. Boycotting' Denounced. Tho Farmers' ulliancoof Hookins con ntv. Texas, passed resolutions denouncing boy cotting ae uetrlmontnl to the financial, so chil, moral nnd political interests of all classes, nml lan1n rl ..1n n...i ...v....h w,w mii,o 1,1111 uur poses of the alliance to be as distinct from those of the Knights of Laboras light from darkness. CATASTROPHE ON THE HAIL. A PneHKcr Trnln IIoIIk Dow n nil lim k mi Ion nit Over Two Hundred Feet High with Terribly ratal ItcsiilU. Gnnnxrini.n, Mass., April 7. A terrible disaster occurred on tlio Fitchburg railroad to-night, midway between Duudvillo terry and West Deerfield station. The east bound pnssenger train, due nt Greenfield at 6:05 p. m., went over nr. embankment two hundred feet high. The train was the east rra express and consisted of baggage car, smoker, sleeping car, mail car and two ordinnry passenger cars. The point where the accident occurred is the most dangerous on tho road. Trains run on the edge of nn embankment 200 feet nbove the Deerfield river. The bank is stoop nnd nnd is covered witli hugo boulders and masses of rock. Whoa tlio train arrived at this point tho track commenced to scttlo under it for a distnnco covering its entire length. Tho coaches broke from their trucks and went rolling over and over down the precipice. The engine broke from tho tender, tearing up tho track for twenty feet. Below rolled the Deerfield river, on tho very edgo of which tliocnrs were.thrown. Amonnsthoy struck they caught fire from the stoves. Tho sleening car was nn cut ire wreck. It wns oc cupied by several passengers, not ono of whom, nt this hour, is known to have es caped injur. One man, whose name is un known, is imprisoned in tlie w-eck of tho sleeper, where he is being burned alive. Ono little girl wns picked up dead. A soon na the news readied Greenfield n special train was mado up and sent to tho sce ie of tho disaster, having on board several physi cians, section men nnd a few citizens. On the arrival at tlio scene of the wreck a hor rible sight was witnessed. Du-kness had settled over the spot. Far down on the river bank could bo seen tho smouldering, embers of tho holocaust. It was impossi blo to tell who was hurt and who wns killed. Stout-hearted trackmen were lowered cau tiously down tho treacherous height and tlio work ot rescuo began. Meriitt Seoly, superintendent of tho National Express company, ot Boston, wns found in tho wreck and taken into tlio relief car. IIo hnd a wound four inches long and a half inch wide over tho left temple. His left thigh was broken nnd also his left leg at tho knee, besides which lie sustained internal injuries from which ho will die. D. Crnndell, postal clerk, was plunged into the river and got nshoro with difficulty. Ho was wounded about tho head and his nrm wns fractured. Tho Fitehburg coach was tlio only ono thnt escaped tlio con flagration. Deputy Sheriff Bryant, of Greenfield, who was in tlio car, rescued two children from the flames, but one was dead and tho other dying. Their parents wero on board but cannot bo found. Somo or tho injured and (lend woro taken to Shel burno Falls, and some of tho wounded to Greenfield. C. It. Bell, of Nashua. N. Y., wns cut slightly on tlio head and leg, but not seriously hurt. Ho was thrown head foremost into the river and wont to tho bottom, barely escaping drowning. Con ductor Foster is reported safe and but slightly injured. D. Cowells, of Andovcr, had his shoulder hurt and his head cut. The car in which ho was riding was broken in two and stood on end within a few foot of tlio river bank. Nicholas Dorgan, of Greenfield, had his left arm and nnklo broken and wns seriously injured in ternally. A little girl who was a passenger on tho train died in his arms from injuries. .1. E. Priest, of Littleton, N. Y.. had his faco and head cut. Engineer Littlejohn, of North Adams, was badly scalded, it is believed fatally. A. K. Warner, chair man of tho (ircenfiold board of select men, was badly hurt, but his injuries aro not fatal. Great oxcitement prevails along tlio road between hero and North .'.dams. Being interviewed by wire to-night at Shclburno Falls, Conductor Foster said: "I am unablo to stato How many wero on iiio train. Only threo men havo thus far Seen found who escaped injury and thoy set tho number of passengers all tho way' from 25 to 100. No doubt half a dozen wero killed outright while falling and ns many moro wero fatally injured." Tlio nest-hound express was delayed at Groen leld and West Deerfield two hours, whilo the relief train witli surgeons nnd their as sistants was sent out on its time. Tho locouiotivo is a completo wreck, but re aiains on tho track, whilo its tender is down tlio bank. Fears are entertained thnt tho morning will increase tlio list of deaths and casualties. A portion of tho. mail is reported lost in the river. At 11 o'clock to-niglit men wero still working nt the wreck. It is learned that the injured lit Shelhurno Falls number nineteen. L.tTiut. Engineer Littlejohn is dying. Hurry C. Conilliard will die beforo morn ing. Threo more dead bodies have been ound at tlio wreck. Tho train, at tlio timo of tho accident, wns running at tlio rato of About twenty miles nn hour. Frank Lnuk. of Boston, u salesman for a Now York firm, who jumped from tho train, is believed to bo tho only person who saw tho cars go down tho em bankment. Ho says there wero threo pas sengers in tho drawing-room car. At midnight it was reported that four more dead bodies wero removed from tlio wreck, and it was believed that otliors hud been swept down tho river.. Of four bodies ono was recognized as that of ISrakeinan Shyor. It is impossiblo to give a complete list of tlio killed and wounded to-night. Latku. It is thought now that twenty persons wcro seriously injured nnd soveu killed, with a scoro of others moroorlesa Injured. Tho bodies of C. A. Temple, of Wakefield, Mass., nnd Cliailes Ourgin, ol Boston, wcro taken from the wreck. Only threo persons on tho cntirotraiu nreknown to lo uninjured. Ed Whitehouso probably never knew what killed him. Tlio wound over lelt his eye was a terrible one, nnd must hnvo pro duced litter unconsciousness. When tho car struck tho water ho was buried under its weight, nnd his body wns found under mx feet of water. E. E. Ilayden must havo died in fritghtul agony. When found his right nrm was raised nbove his head as though he had attempted to clutch some support. The lingers ot his hand wero burned to cr sp, nnd the top of his head was literally roasted. His mouth wns open ns though ho had been shrieking witli ngony. Sinco Inst night not less than 10,000 per sons havo visited tlio spot, somo ot thoui walking from six to ton miles to view tho wreck. As viewed by daylight, tlio sceno is far worse than wns reported lust night. It is considered marvelous that anyone escaped alive. The descent is 130 feet by nctual measurement. Crowds of people, hovered nbout tho precipice to-day, and hundreds descended to the river by moans of strong cables which tlio wrecking crew had stretched to tho river bank. l our curs wero thrown into tlio river, among whicl? was the sleoper. The tender was thrown to tho vory bottom ot tho preci pice, a mass ot twistd nnd brokon iron nnd steel, robbed of all senlanco ot their inner shape. Tlio Wyoming Stock H wers. ThoV"yomingStoik Growers" association tina Iitur rm rinded a two days' session. The question as to whether the Wyoming RtnM.- firnwors association shall unite and become a constituent element ot tho othor In the national range asso .aiions. wincou ditionstobe that m'tie belonging to meiOjors ot tho Wyoni'ic association shall i.. .. ..i.:..t n nn nssossmrfiit . not to exceed. lie on mcv v .... - - cent per head to go to the uses of the in- ternationni ubhuciuwuu, nui irjst.t.u most unanimously.