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,
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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.