STItIKE AJfl) LOCKOUT STATISTICS.
Itcport of llto Special Agent of the
Oiimin Uurciui.
Advance sheets ot the report of Joseph
D. Wet ). expert nnd special u'ent of the
census li-.ire.4ti, upon strikes anil lockouts
occurring ttitirn the United States during
tho calendar year of 1SS0 have been re
ceived by the interior depnrtinent. The
record shown, he snys, that many strikes
mid lockouts still crow out of the most
trivial causes, yet tho tendency, as stilted,
is toward less frequent strikes and lock
outs. A number of strikos in certain of
the prominent trades ns Riven in the re
port is ns follows: Iron and steel indus
tries. 2:JG; CokI mining, li"S: textile trades,
40; cigar making, 412; building trades, 110;
transportation, 110; printing trades, 2S;
glass industries, 127; piano inn king, 14;
boot and shoe making, 11. Much tho
greater proportion (7Hj per cent) of tho
HtriUes and lockouts reported upon were
canned by differences as to rates of wages,
n total of oOil, or about 80 per cent
oT these relating to rates of wags,
or (!2 per cent of all were for an
advance, and 14 per cent of these
relating to rates of wages, or iH percent of
nil. were against the reduction. Strikes
growing out of the demands for an advance
are much more uniformly successful than
those iigniast a lvduclion. In conditions
of trad'1 that justify an advance, it is much
more to the interest of tho employer to
give it lliau to have his work stop. Of SI-'
strikers the results of 4S1, or fit) per cent.,
are given. Of these Kit), or IJ5 per cent.,
Avere successful; S", or 13 per cent., wore
compromised: and 1247, or 47 per cent.,
were unsuccessful. Of 120 strikes in connec
tion with the payment of wages, ot which
the results are given, 11, or fiS per cent.,
were sucee-sttil, (J were compromised and li
are reported hh unsuccessful. On the other
hand, any strike in connection with hours
of labor of which tho result is given was
unsuccessful. The report concludes. "As
to wages lost, it appears that 01,77!)
employes lost Slt.Tll.OO". This would
bo at tho rate of r7 each. As
the entire number of employes estimated
vas 122S.1!!S, the total loss of wages would
be 5i:5,()o:i.80(5, which would hnvo been re
ceived hud tho works run constantly. Of
course, there would huvo boon a number of
offsets to this. In eu3o the strikes were suc
cessful, this additional wages would com
pensate for a portion of tho loss. In other
cases, where unionism nxisted in tho trades
in which there woro strikes, the men re
ceived strike pay or strike benefits, but tho
strike benefits was, in most cases, simply
refunding money that had been previously
paid. Then, in ninny cases, tho parties on
Btrike secured employment in other indus
tries, and honco their actual loss would bo
what wufes they would hnvo earned at
their old labor, minus what they did earn
111 a presumably less prolitnulu employ
inent."
NEWS NOTES FK03I ABROAD.
Mr. Gladstone cabled his acknowledge
ment oT the resolutions of sympathy mid
endorsement of his Irish policy adopted by
the Quebec assembly April 10.
Tho Uerl'm Art exhibition which opens in
May, will include 150 Uritish works. Tho
entire exhibit will cotnpriso 1,000 oil paint
ings, 1200 pictures in water colors, 1200
pieces of sculpture, and 150 architectural
designs.
Tho city of Mnndnloy was sot on fire by
fifty followers of tho Myingzaing prince,
who were celebrating tho Burmese Now
Year, which was generally celebrated by tho
natives. The liro was started in several
places and spread rapidly. Hundreds of
houses wero burned, including tho treasury,
postolllco nnd other buildings within tho
pnlncoinclosuro.
Lo Temps states that it is rumored tho
Greek consulate at Caudia, Crote, with tho
approval of his government, has been ac
tively engaged in plotting rebellion nmong
tho people, 11 majority of whom are Greeks,
against Turkish authority, and that tho
consuls of other powers huvo asked thoir
governments to interfere to prevent tho
movement from being carried out.
The defection of tho Scotch radical mem
bers of the house of commons has been
growing since tho land bill was made known.
It is estimated that twenty-five will vott
against Gladstone, and that inoro will u
stain from voting. Duncan McLarei.
former member from Kdinburg, and a prom
inent radical since 1S120. denounces the
whole scheme. Ho is Itright's brother-iii
law. Itright's hostility to tho schemo is
pronounced. Ho considers tho terms of
purchnso intolerable. It is reported ho
urges Gladstone to appeal to tho country
if tho home rule bill passes by only a small
majority.
Tho latest estimates of fatalities at Stry
placo the loss of lifo at 100, including fifty
children supposed to liavo been burned to
death in a school-house. When tho firo
commenced tho bulk of tho inhabitants
woro absent at a foto, and on thoir return
they wero so completely dnzed by tho
calamity that tho conllagration was al
lowed to proceed unchecked. When tho
liro at Stry had reached its height tho
prisons wero opened, but tho authorities
had delayed the release of tho prisoners too
long, nnd fourteen unfortuuatos woro
burned to death.
How it is With the Crops.
The Chicago Farmer's Itoviow prints tho
following crop reviow, based on tho returns
up to tho 20th: Tho weather has been
pecially favorablo during tho past ten days
for spring wheat seeding, nnd lias been im
proved to tho utmost in Wisconsin, Iowa,
Nebraska, Minnesota and Dakota. Fully
ono-half to two-thirds of thoontiro aver
age in Dakota and Minnesota has already
been seeded, and under conditions which
could hardly havo beon oxcolled. Seeding
is progressing favorably in Wisconsin and
Iowa, but in Nebraska complaints of wet
weather still continue, and what would
otherwise have been devoted to wheat has
gono to llax and oats. While roports are
not yot comploto, tho indications are for a
slight decrease in acreago in Wisconsin and
Minnosota, and considerable jncrenso in
Dakota.
The reports from tho wintorwhont states
show like variation of tho preceding two
weeks. The Kansas bullotins do not indi
cate nny improvement. Tho outlo ik at
the best is that the yield will not oxceed
one-third to one-half of nn average crop.
In Dickinson and other counties the fniluro
is nlmost total, and the fieflls have boen
plowed under unit devoted to oats and
other grains.
Tiie reports from Michigan also show very
little or no improvement. Tho prospects
are far from 05 to S5 per cent of an nvor
nge crop in the different counties. Iteports
of damage from tho Hessian fly come from
three Michigan counties and from Koauoko
county, in Indiana, but the injury reported
thus far is not serious. The generality of
the reports from Indiana and Ohio nrevery
favorable, while the reports from Missouri
nnd Tennessee continue very flattering.
Governor Hates of Tennessee, has appoint
ed Hon. W. C. Wltthorn to succeed Howell E.
Jackson as United States Senator.
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Tho death sentenco of five of tho eight
Indian Territory murderers, who were to
have hanged at Fort Smith, havo been com
muted to imprisonment for lifo in tho Do
troit house of correction. Those commuted
nro Meridith Crow, who killed a desperado
named Cubb Carlney; Itobingoii Kemp,
chnrged with killingllonry Rich. postmaster
at Fort Washita, and Ho-Wa-Muckee, Luce
Hammond and 0110 Wiley, three half-breed
Chcrokccs, who murdered a pcddlnr named
Owens for a plug ot tobacco.
Tho canning department of ATmour it
Co.'s Chicago packinghouse has been closed
and nearly 000 tncndisniisscd. Mr. Armour
said he was obliged to close, owing to tho
dullness ot trndo and the largo stock on
hand.
Tho steamer Du 1'uy do Lome, from Now
Orleans lorllnrve, with cotton, which put
in at New York sinking, has been lloated
nnd will bo repaired. Her cargo is badly
damaged.
At El Paso, Texas, Alico Abbott, tho pro
prietress of a house of ill fame, was shot
and killed by Emma Clark, the keeper of a
similar house.
Tho City Xntionnl bank of Williamsport,
Pn., closed its doors on the 20th. A state
ment was placed on tho door saying an ex
amination ot the affairs of the bank would
lie made and a statement of its condition
published in n few days. Tho cause is said
to be defalcations amounting to about
520,000, together with a number of heavy
losses. Tho stockholders are responsible
persons and say depositors will bo paid in
full.
A prairie fire consumed tho dwelling nnd
farm buildings of Mrs. Dollinger, nenr
Webster, Dak. When tho buildings caught
Mrs. Dollinger and her mother rushed to
tho bam to save tho stock. The roof fell
in and tho mother was burned to death,
and in attempting to savoher tho daughter
was so badly burned that sho will die. A
son enmo homo at night and tho sight
which greeted him endangers his reason.
Cednr Rapids, Iowa, sent 000 in money
and supplies to tho Coon Rapids tornado
Biiflerers.
It is scml-oulcially stated that Franco
will refuso to join tho other powers in tho
plan proposed by England to forco Grecco
into disarming.
Tho senate confirmed the following nomi
nations: E. Gross, to bo governor of New
Mexico; W. S. Rosecrans, lo bo register of
tho treasury. Indian ngents: W. II. ltlack,
Sacand Fox agency, Iowa; lames McKuglin,
Standi. .g Rock; G. R. Pearson, Indian in
spector; W.Slnploton, inciter nnd refiner ot
mint at Denver.
CominissioncrSparks, ot tho general land
ofllce. is completing tho organization of tho
specinl board of review the duties of which
will bo to examine and report lo tho com
missioner upon nil applications for patents
to public lauds.
The Union Pacific railway company lino
issued notice that it will buy and hold un
called coupons on tho Denver nnd South
Park first mortgago bonds falling duo May
1st. It was stated in Wall street that the
latter road was not earning interest on its
Sl.SOO.ooO (list mortgago bonds. It has
P2,stl0,000 second mortgages owned by
the Union Pacific, and part of thuin aro
pledged as collateral for a trust loan. It
also has 0,1 12,800 stock held by tho
Union Pacific ns an asset. It is said this
purchase will bo resisted, as tho coupons
might bo foreclosed and tho road bought
by the Union Pacific.
Tho furniture factory of A. II. Androws
it Co., Chicago, was entirely burned on tho
22d. The fire started in tho wing of tho
building and burned into tho main build
ing, a brick structure, four stories high,
filled with dried lumber, school and ollico
furniture. Tho loss on stock mid building
is estimated at between $50,000 and
100,000; insurance, 45,000.
A report from Mngdalena, Sonora, an
nounces that Apaches attacked Undo See's
ranch, twenty-fivo miles southeast of Mag
dulcnn, killed three men nnd two women
and destroyed tho property. It is also re
ported that Indians, believed to bo a por
tion of Goroninio's band, attacked a ranch
near Santa Cruz; Mexico, and killed a num
ber of ranchers.
Civil Engineer Robert E. Perry, U. S. N.,
has boon granted leave of absonco for a year
for tho purpose of exploring tho interior of
Greenlnnd. Ilowill loavo St. Johns early
in May for Disco and bo accompanied by
three men. It is a private entorpriso and
entails no cost on tho government.
Tho senate committee on public lands
lias ordored a favorablo report 011 houso
bill to forfeit tho land grant to tho Atlantic
it Pacific Rnilroad company. Tho commit
tee amended the bill so ns to exempt from
forfeiture tho right to tako material for
construction from public lands and tho
right to groundsfor thocompany's mnchino
shops and buildings.
Tho Northern Pacific has reduced freight
rates to Portland, Ore. Tho rntes hnvo
beon 00 cents per hundred pounds regard
'ess of classification. Thcso woro reduced
to 0110-hnlf ot tho minimum rntes, which
nro 00 cents from St. Paul and 05 from
Chicago. This will also involvo a reduction
to interior points.
Tho tnnstor masons ot tho Mnstor Build
ers' association of Itoston havo issued a
lengthy report to tho Itricklnyers' assem
bly of tho Knights of Labor, which report
recommends that tho wholo question of a
reduction of hours of labor bo abandoned
till a moro propitious time, but that on
Saturday eight hours bo accepted as a day's
labor.
Olllcial figures from tho Denver mint gives
tho mineral output for Colorado for 1884
as follows: Gold, S5.000.000; silver. $13,.
500,000; copper, $700,000; lead, $3,301,
000. Total; $22,501,000.
I'arncll I.ctnrns Thnnks.
Tho following cablegram was received in
Detroit on tho 10th:
"London, April 10. Reverend Charles
Roilly, Treasurer Irish National League, De
troit. I thank you for your encouraging
message advising ot tho dispatch ot the
nmgniflcont subscription of $12,000. We
hero attach no credence whatever to the
statement recontly cabled from America as
to tho oxistericoot any ill feeling on the part
of tho Nationnl League ot America or its
leaders towards our movement. W havo
the utmost confidence in tho leadors of the
American league. We value their exertion
and help most highly, and we trust that
our organization may bo mnlntnlned, nnd
extend in its influence and high efficiency
until victory ot tho Irish cause is secured.
Vxusblu."
The Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway
will sell tickets at one and one-thirdfaroto
all delegates desiring to attend the meeting
of thAArnerican Medical Association to be
held in St. Louis, May 4th to 8th. For
tickets or further information call on or
address, F. E. Moores, agent, 1502 Far
nam street, or G. N.Clayton, Northwestern
VMv ucu, UUiBUtt, ilSIM
A imi'TAIi lU'TCIlKHY.
fJeorsic V. Armstrong, or Knnn City
trained by u I'ellow Workman.
K axsas Citt, April 24.- The Time says: A
terrible murder occurred on the third lloor o)
Richards it Conover's hardware house at Fifth
and Wyandotte streets between Sand 9 o'clock
yesterday morning. George W. Armstrong,
the foreman of the lloor, was brained with au
ax by Hiram T. Smith, his assistant.
No one was 011 the lloor at tho time but the
two men.
As soou as Smith had committed the mur
der he walked downstnlrs and told Colonel
John Couover. one of the members ot the firm,
that ho had struck Armstrong and probably
killed him. Colonel Conover' did not think
that a tragedy had been enacted, but went up
to the third lloor. Ho fouuil Armstrong lying
011 the floor In a pool of blood and his brains
oozing out from a turrlblo wound on the left
side of his head.
He at once ran to the elevator and called
down to the men on the first lloor to arrest
Smith. Smith, In the nienntlme had gone out
out of the store and Marled to walk up Wyan
dotte street toward SKth. When Colonel
Conover callec. (low n the elevator way to ar
rest Smith some of the men ran out of the
store and called .smith, lie at once came
lmck. and Colonel Conover mid OIHecr llallor
an, who had arrived liv this time, took him to
the central station wh-re he was locked up.
In a verv short time after the murder was
committed the room nhoio Armstrong lay was
tilled with detective-, physicians and morbid
sight seekers. It was louud 1 lint life was not
quite extinct and Armstrong was placed on a
rudely constructed couch and all done that
was (KHslble under the circumstances.
An ax, of the size commonly called "boy
size," which Ollleer Glynn picked up near
where Armstrong lay, and the pole of which
was covered with blood, told the story of tho
murder. It weighed just three liounus.
The left side of Armstrongs head was
crushed as If it had been an ocg shell and his
brains wcic scattered on the lloor. There was
also a wound on the back of his head that
looked as if it had been made with the sharp
part of the ax. lie never spoko after he had
been struck, but lingered la an unconscious
condition till 4 :;!0 o'clock in the afternoon and
then died. The remains wero removed to
Pallet's undertaking rooms, where the Inquest
will bo held this morning at 10 o'clock.
A careful inquiry Into the motive for the
murder leads inevitably to tho conclusion that
Smith was insane.
DOWN WITH THH OLEOMA KGAUINE.
l'laltcil:i;r 1'rosperts That tlio IJlrty
Miill'Uas Unit lis Day.
The house committee on agriculture au
thorized Chairman Hatch to ropoit favor
ably the bill to regulate thetralllc in fraud
ulent butter, which is substantially identi
cal with that framed by tho AincJan Agri
culture and Dairy association. Tho bill
imposes annual taxes as follows upon thoso
engaged in tho business: Manufacturers,
$000; wholesale dealers, 480; retail deal
ers, IS. Miiiitifni'turcri of oleomargarine
who have not paid tho tax shall bo lined
from 1,000 to 5,000 in addition to tho
tax; wholesale dealers, 500 to 2,000,
nnd retail dealers, 50 to $500. All man
ufiieturors of oleomargarine shall put up
their products in wooden packages stamped
and branded under the regulations pro
scribed by the commissioners ot internal
revenue, and dealers shall be allowed to
ell imitation butter only from packages ho
branded. A violation of these provisions
shall bo punishable by lino and imprison
ment. Every package shall bo labelled with tho
number of tho manufactory. Neither tho
stump thereon nor tho package shall bo re
moved, reused or destroyed under penalty
of 50 lino. Manufacturers shall pay a
tax of 10 per cent for each pound of oleo
margarine manufactured by them, and if
any manufaeturer shall sell or remove for
safe or consumption any oleomargarine 011
which stamps aro not nlllxcd, ho shall bo
liable to iluo and imprisonment in addi
tion to the tax.
Imported oleomargarine shall pay an in
ternal revenue tax of 15 cents per pound
in addition to import duty. Every person
who purchases or receives for sulo oleo
margarine not branded shall bo liablo to a
penalty of $50 for each offense and to a
penultv of 100 in addition to tlio forfeit
ure of tho nrticlo, for receiving oleomarga
rino from a mniiufacturor who has not
paid tho special tax. Tho fraudulent uso
or possession of oleomargariuo shall bo
punishable by a lino and imprisonment.
Rigid penalties aro provided for all in
fractions of tho law. Tho bill shall tako
effect ninety days after its passage
J. (J. Cannon's Hail.
A certificato of deposit amounting to
$25,000 was received at tho treasury de
partment on tho 20th and plncod to the
credit of tho department, being tho amount
of cash deposited by J. Q. Cannon, the
Mormon older, to securo his attendance at
ids trial next month. Mr. Cannon having
fled after his release, his bail is declared
forfeited and this is his contribution to the
treasury.
t.'rain in Sight.
The number of bushels of grain in storo
in tho United States and Canadas, April
24. and tho iucrenso or decreaso compared
with tho provious week, as posted on
'Chnnge, in Chicago, is as follows:
Whout....4 1.554,820
Corn 13,588,142
Oats 1,050,132
Rye 304,523
Hurley.... 575,000
Decreaso. ..1,20 1,232
Increase... 1,040,284
Decreaso... 141,300
Decreaso... 35,928
Decrease... 128,502
Tho amount in Chicugo elevators on tho
dnto named was:
Wheat 11,700,009
Corn 3,882,021
Oats 441,715
Rye 145,480
Parley 50,105
The (5 reck Wnr Cloud.
At a meeting of tho municipal council of
Athens a resolution was adopted wishing
God-speed to tho troops and expressing
tho hope that they would do honor tc
their flag in tho strugglo for Greok unity
and freedom. A resolution was also
adopted inviting citizens to bid tho de
parting soldiers hearty furowoll. Tho gov
ernment has received a friendly nolo from
Franco in which it is intimated that tho
ultimatum of tho French government may
bo expected shortly. M. DoFrcycinet has
writton to Prime Minister DoOnniios assur
ing him ot tho sympathy of France, nnd
begging him to uso his influence to preserve
pence.
Advance in Passenger Hates
The Union Pacific and Hurllngton and
Missouri roads issued a circular on the
20th, advancing passenger rates to the
basis of $00 first class unlimited from the
Missouri river to Ban Francisco. The
Atchison road Bent a notice to the officials
of other roads running west from Chicugo
that it would tako no inoro freight except
at full tariff rate. The Atchison gave
notico also of a change in passenger rates
from tho Missouri river to California points
equivalent to an advance ot $0 011 each
class. Tho now rate takes effect at once,
mid will bo as follows: First class limited,
$30 with a rebate of $10; second and third
classes, $20 with a rebate of $5.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTE.
e-
llope ot securing the pnisuce of a h.Mik
nipt bill has been nbnndone I by the mer
chants aitd bunkers of Itoston, New York,
and other eastern cities who have had ro
rescntuti ves here at work all w inter. They
have abandoned hope for two reasons, no
far us this congress is concerned. There is
doubt whether either branch of congress
would pass tho bill, and great difficulty
would lie exjierienced in securing considera
tion ol it in the house. To push it upon
the house, II indeed that could be done,
would beto unpopulnrizo it, and the friends
of the measure are very desirous of retain
ing all the friends it has nnd making 11s
ninny more as possible.
It is evident now that Secretary Manning
intends to attempt to resume his duties at
the head of the treasury department. Tin
president has visited him within the past
few days and hail a long consultation
Manning is confident thnt he will be nbh
to resume his work within n month, lb
sn that tho very hard work of the posi
tion had been all cleared up except one 01
tm matters ut tho time ot his illness, end
tlu.t from this forward tin' uliain "ill b.
very slight compared with that of the tirtt
your. The president was delighted with
the prosKct of beving his old friend and
personal adviser again at his desk, nnd in
the i- iliinet room. Manning, id course, wii!
not attempt to enter upon nil ihe deta.ls
or the position at present, probably before
next all, and unless he meets with some
thing in the nutuie of a relapse, he expect
to tie at his dosk by tho first ot .luuo.
The postmnstcr general hits issued an
order establishing tho free delivery service
ut Aurora, 111., with seven carriers, to go
into effect May 15th.
Ki'presentativo McComns, of Maryland,
secretary of tho joint republican caucus,
who was authorized to receive tho nil mes
ot the congressional campaign committee
when selected by representatives ot statu
delegations, reports tho following com
mittee which will speedily meet and organ
ize: California, C. N. Fclton; Colorado,
(i cargo G. Syinmes; Connecticut, Joseph R.
Haw ley; Illinois, Joseph G. Cannon; ln
dinna, Georgo W. Steele; Iowa, James F.
Wilson; Kansas, Thomas Ryan; Kentucky,
W.H. Wndsworth; Maine, C. A. Itontelle;
Marvland, Louis H. McComus; Massachu
setts, W. W. Rice; Michigan, Thomas W.
Palmer: Minnesota, John It. Gillillin; Mis
souri, Win. Warner; Nebraska, Geo. W. E.
Horsey; Nevada, Win. Woodburn; New
Hampshire, 11. W. ltlair; New Jersey, Win.
J. '.. Wells; Now York", 11. M. llurloigh;
North Carolina, James E. O'llara; Ohio,
Albert C. Thompson; Oregon, J. N. Dolph;
Pennsylvania, H. II. Itiughnm; Rhode
Island", Nelson Wuldrich; South Carolina,
Robert Smalls; Tennessee, L. C. Hank; Ver
mont, John W. Stewart; Virginia, Win.
Mnbone; West Virginia, Nathan Golf, jr.;
Wisconsin, Lucien it. Caswell; Arizona, A.
C. llean; Dakota, O. S. Gofford; Wyoming,
Joseph M. Cnroy.
Till? IIUS'lflXNinltt'IIASIJ.
1'rovlNioiiH of tlio Hill Iiitroiliiecil bj
Clailsloiie In tlio Commons.
The Irish hind purchnso bill which Uu
house of commons guvo Gladstone pennis
sion to introduce was issued ontho22d
The bill provides that a landlord who de
sires to sell his property shall apnly to tin
state for authority. Tho latter shall rob-i
the application thus made to tho land com
missioner, which, nftortuking iiupiiry.shul '
fix the pricont which tlio property shall in
sold, unless tho stnto authorities have pre
viously conio to mi agreement. If a hind
lord objects to tho price fixed by the com
mission, ho may withdraw tlio application
on paying costs. When tho sale of prop
crty has been effected tho cominissionei
shall pay creditors beforo milking anyothei
disposition ot tho purchnso money. (Vr
tain rent charges may bo brought by tin
state authority, or payment bo continued
from tenants' repayments. In casus ol
property whoroon thcro is reasonable canst
to supposo that valuable mineral exists,
tho coniniisslonorshalladd to the,purehnse
money a fair sum therefor, and minerals
realized from said property shall bo vested
in tho state authorities or such local body
as the Irish legislature may provide.
(Intlstono 011 Homo Ittilp.
Gladstono lias writton tho following let
ter to tho London Chroniclo:
"It is not my custom to answer com
ment mndo by hostllo newspapers, but hav
ing sincere respect for theClironicle, 1 would
call attention to an allegation mndo by it
in a leador that I havo heretofore thought
that homo rulo in Ireland would ho asourco
of imperial danger. I will not challenge
proof of tho assertion, which was doubt
less mndo in good faith, but it is entirely
an error. I havo always asked for an ex
planation of tho meaning of homo rulo in
order to innko clear tho question whether
or not it would bo a source of dnnger. Wo
havo now learned tho demand ot Ireland
from llvo-sixths of her chosen representa
tives. Such homo rulowus, in tho language
of my address of September lust, a sourco
not of danger but of strength. Tlio
dangor, if any, lies in refusing it.
Tho Merchants' mill at Harrbb'irg, Pa.,
was entirely destroyed by lire caused by the ex
plosion of a lam). Tho mill was valued at
f 1,10,000, on which thcro Is au lnsurauco of
$40,000 which will cover loss
The JiiratioiTTjr tlio'Gcese.
Tho wild geese, whose larg;o, V-shaped Hocks
continue to pass over Connecticut dally and
nightly, heading for tho frozen shores of La
brador and Ratlin's bay, aro adding their
lofty testimony to tho multiplying proofs of
tho great fact that at last the long northern
winter Is gone. Tho flight of tho Canadian
wild gooso Is continental. It sweeps from tho
bayous and sounds of the far south to the
desolate shores of tho Icy arctic seas. These
largo birds of tho black head, neck, and feet,
whose wild, gurgling cries, coming down con
fusedly from the upticr nlr, seem to mix and
blend with the wind and the cloud In which
they move, are on their way perhaps from the
everglades of wiutliern Florida; nor n III they
make much delay till they reach the far north
ern wastes where they breed. It would seem
that their winters are passed hi brighter ami
pleasantcr weather than their summers; but
the north Is their true habitat. There they
roar their broods and thev probably best enjoy
life, for theio they spend seven at leaf,, of tho
year's twelve months on shores too chill and
grim for human kind, albeit there theleeinelU
and thcro the sun shines for a while all night.
Jutt at present they must find It au Inhospita
ble region. From the northern shores of the
Gulf of St. Lawrencis on the northward I111I0 -nltely
the rocks aro still deep lu snow and
Ice, and tho weather Is cold. Rut In tho north
great diarizes aro affected rapidly as the sun
mounts higher. Kveu In Lako Champlaln the
lie Is said to bo still two or three feet thick,
but In that curious lake, as In come other
northern waters, the Ice, when It irocs, disap
pears suddenly. It may show at sunset a lake
surface of miles on miles of solid looking Ice
and the next morning not a bit of Ice is to
bo seen I liut Ice or no Ice, It Is all ono to the
wild geese. They are mro of their own pas
tures and still waters albeit the former may
not be very green nor the latter very still; hut
the grim rocks In the chill seas along upper
Labrador, Iialllu's bay, and Smith's iouuu aro
tho places that they arc after. May It also be
that they go still further aud tiud a milder
rlhno surrounding the earth's northern pole I
Hartford Timet.
W nv as itltcally Is.
IiOt 11s tnVo him once to tlio field nnd
put him in tiio ranks so that lie will bo
shot at himself. Lot tho placo bo tho
siogo of Port Hudson in Juno, 1SGII.
Tho I'nion forces havo boon lying about
the placo for some threo weeks and aro
liablo to intorrupiion and dispersion
at any time by tho armies of John
ston, if ho can only check Grant and
get his hands free. Thereforo it is
thought necessary to try to carry tho
rebel works by assault. So tho troops
aro waked andundurarinsat 12 o'clock
in tho morning. Through tho dark
ness they creep along, but most of tho
time tlioy aro waiting, standing still
or lying upon tho ground. It becomes
3, HMO, -l o'clock. Tlio artillery be
gins to roar and globes ol iron htistlo
through tho air. Now and then a
bullet sings by. It is liko playing tho
"Hattlo of l'rauuo" upon tho piano;
only tho keys that strike tlio notes
may at any moment kill a man, and
that man may bo not a mere unit on
a muster-roll, but a living soul, a f on,
a father, a husband. Now that his
own lifo is endangered, our money
making friend is not so sure that
such risks should bo incurred for
tho sake of raising tho price
of wheat. Tlio artillery-duel grows
hotter. Tho troops that preceded
us havo readied their position, havo
moved forward and aro already en
gaged. A man comes limping back
holding an arm that lias been broken
and almost severed by a piece of shell;
his faco is pallid anil distorted with
pain; his clothes aro bathed in blood.
A stretcher is borno past, carrying a
desperately wounded man; tho stretch
er is stained a bright red; tlio blood
drops from it in little spurts as it
swings; tho smell of fresh blood makes
our nostrils tingle. A bullet in some
mysterious way curves over tho
mound that shelters us, and goes to
tho heart of tho man by our side. Ho
gives an agonized glanco at us it
speaks volumes but hooannot speak.
Jlo sinks with a lurch; ho is dead.
How much profit on grain was his lifo
worth? Hut there is no time now for
such thoughts. Draw his body to
0110 side lest it bo stepped upon; lay
his cap over his face; at present you
can do no more. Braco your own
heart to say without a quiver, if you
can, that if during tho day you
do not meet a liko fate, you
will try to bury him decently at
night. Tlio din is growing greater.
Some regiments aro charging with a
shout. Tlio enniy, sheltered by their
earth-works, aro pouring in a terrible
liro and so steadily that tho crack of
their rifles cannot Tjo distinguished,
but sounds liko tho tearing of strong
cloth. A ball passes in front of your
own face .so closely that it tugs at tho
breath in their nostrils. Thoartillery
liro peals and crashes with terrible
noises of every kind. Tho stream of
wounded going to tlio rear becomes
greater. Now you and your regiment
nro wanted; your brother, your son,
aro besido you; tho man that wanted
to make money by war creeps timidly
and painfully behind. You all must bo
Hung upon the altar of tlio iMoloch of
war, with Hcemiiiglv no hopo of escape.
You emergo from this sheltering rnvino
into full view of tlio enemy's works.
Tho enemy sco you and turn their liro
upon you. Almost at onco a capt ain,
a play-mato of your boyhood, is pierc
ed by a bullet as ho is waving his
sword; ho staggers, is caught by two
of his men, and, leaning upon them,
still straight and soldierly, walks
oil tho field where tho work
of his lifo was finished. As ho passes
you, there shines in his eyes tho con
sciousness of approaching deuhanda
light that means tho only good-by that,
wliothor you live or die, you will over
got from him. Tho voice of tlio colonel
rings out, urging on his men, but your
path is blocked by abattis or Blushing,
so that progress is difficult. Tho eno
tny aro protected by their earthworks
and pick oil man after man. You stop
over or upon dead men, or nion still
living, wounded in ovory possibloway,
biting tho earth or turning ghastly
faces to tho unpitying sun. Tlio man
whoso elbow has touched yours on
many a day at drill is struck by
a ball that, passes through both his
eyes; in an agony of pain and desper
ate anticipation of a lifo-timo of blind
ness, ho turns towards tho noises and
with faca covered with blood, curses
friend and foe, heaven and hell, aliko;
in strango and pathetic conttast to tlio
horrors of tho scene, a dovo, freigh ton
ed from her low nest by tho terriblo
noises, flies restlessly hither and
thithor, with soft moanings of mingled
terror for herself and of distress for
tlio safoty of her littlo brood. From
an Address by Prof. II. M. Whitnoy of
Heloit College.
m mi
Why tho Queen "Was Hissed.
Letter to tho Kd i tor ol tho I'all Mall Gazette
I could not help fueling that tho
chairman, Lord Ilobhouao, was undu
ly fulsomo in tho manner in which ho
alluded to tho way in which tho queen
attended to all tho duties of tho stato.
Now, many of thoso proaent had prob
ably nover been to a banquet before,
and may havo thought thoy woro just
ified in hissing at what they did not
consider to bo quito correct. I asked
soveral workingmen why thoy hissed.
Ono said, "Oh, sho doos nothing for us
oxcopt what eho's obligod to do."
Another said, "I don't liko tho way
sho treats Gladstono; sho used to tako
primroses to Dizzy on his birthday,
and sho nover takes any notico of
Gladstone's birthday, although tho
Princo of Wales does." A third said:
"Why did sho Bend tho royal yacht
for Salisbury when ho went to Osborne
and let tho Grand Old Alan go in a
steam tug in rough, dirty weather,
whoa sho ought to havo been in Buck
ingham palaco?" Hearing these facts
in mind, I trust tho public will not too
Hovoroly blatno these men, who, un
der other circumstances, would havo
acted differently. Tho doscriptivo
sketch in tho Pall Mall Gazotto was,
in my opinion, certainly not worthy
tho character given by tho attorney
general in tho houso of commons, but
on tlio contrary, a porfectly fair and
just account,"
A Mnn Who Was Hanged.
St. Louis Globc-Deinocrnt.
Theodore Haker of Springer, X. M.
knows just how it feels to bo hanged,
nnd in tho Territorial penitcntnry at
Santa Fe, whoro ho is a prisoner, ho
recently told a correspondent, linker
is a tall well-formed, mild-mannered,
talkative man. A faint red mark is
visible around his neck, nnd now and
then his wits desert him for a moment,
leaving hfo a blank. These aro tho
only traces of his rough expenenco on
tho night of December 21.
Tlio tragedy that led to tho hanging
was elaborately written up at tho
timo. In brief, Unrow and Haker wero
neighboring ranchmen. Tlio former
had a handsome wife, whom ho had
left alone a great deal because of nec
essary absence on business. Haker
looked after her, to somo extent, in
her loneliness. Unrow becaino vio
lently jealous, and, to innko matters
worse, the men quarreled over tho
boundaries of their adjoining ranches.
One night thoy met. Hoth had been
drinking. They quarrelled and fought
at I'nrow's house, nnd tlienext morn
ing I'nrow wns found dead, with fivo
bullet holes in his body. Mrs. I'nrow
was the only witness to tho tragedy.
Haker gave himself up and wns put in
jail at Springer. Mrs. I'nrow is under
$5,000 bonds. The impression pro
vailed that Haker and Mrs. I'nrow
put up a job to got Unrow out of tho
way.
About 11 o'clock on tho night of
December 24, live masked men went
to the Springer .In.il and compelled tho
jailer to give up tho keys. They went
to linker's cell and ordered him to ac
company them. Haker gives tho fol
lowing account of what occurred:
"1 went with them, and at tho jail
door 1 began to curse them, when ono
ol them put the muzzle of his pistol to
my ear and said: 'Keep still, damn
you, or I'll put a bullet through you.'
1 knew him by his voice, and knew ho
would do it, and I kept still. A littlo
further we came to a telegraph polo.
From the cross-bar swung a new rope.
On ono end was a big slipnoose. They
led me under I ho rope. I tried to
stoop dowiyind pull my boots oil, ns
1 had promised my folks I would not
die with my boots on, but beforo I
could do it the nooso was thrown over
my head and I was jerked oil my feet.
My senses left 1110 a moment, and then
1 waked up in what seemed to bo an
other world. As 1 recollect now, tho
sensation was that everything
about 1110 had been multiplied
a great many times. It seemed
that niy- five executioners had
grown in numberuntil there wero thou
sands of them. I saw what seemed to
bo a multitude of animals of all shapes
and sizes. Then things changed, and I
was in groat pain. 1 becamoconscious
that I was hanging by tho neck, and
that tho knot of tho ropo hud slipped
around under my chin. My hands
wero loosely tied and I jerked them
loose and fried tocatch thoropeabovo
1110. Somebody caught 1110 by tho feeb
just then and gave mo a jerk. Ib
seemed liko a bright Hash of lightning
passed in front of my eyes. It was tho
brighest thin; I over saw. It was fol
lowed by a to.'riblo pain up and down
and across my back, and I could feel
my legs jerk and draw up. Then there
was a blank and I know nothing moro
until 1L o'clock next day."
Haker hung fully fifteen minutes.
Jailor llolcomb ran to Springer, a
quarter of a milo away, and gavo tho
alarm. Ira Galo and Will South ran
from Springer to tho spot where Haker
was hanging and cut him down. A
hasty examination revealed no trnco
of lifo. Thoy could not hear tho faint
est boat of his heart, nor was his
breathing porceptiblu. Hut some
body suggested that heroic rem
edy for all frontier ills, whiskey,
and tlioy began to pour it
down him, and kept at it. A doctor
joined the party and pronounced tho
man dead, and so ho seemed to bo for
several hours. During that timosomo
of tho crowd kept at work at Baker in
a rough way, rolling him over and
rubbing him and administering oc
casional doses of Springer whiskey.
They wero finally rewarded by signs
of lifo, faint at first, but soon strong
ly marked enough to show thatBakor
was getting back into this world.
To take up the thread of his story
whoro ho dropped it when ho was
dangling at tho end of tho rope and
lost his senses:
"My first recollection was being in
tho court room and saying; 'Who
cut 1110 down?' Thoro was a terrific
ringing in my cars liko the beating of
gongs. I recognized no one. Tho pain
in my back continued. Moments of un
consciousness followed during several
days, and 1 havo very littlo recollection
of tho journey hero. Even nfter I had
been locked up in this prison for snfo
keeping, for a long timo I saw double.
Dr. Symmmgton, tho prison physi
cian, looked liko two persons. I was
still troubled with spells of total for
gotfulness. Sometimes it scorned I
didn't know who I was."
A Peculiarity of Gondii.
Judge TourgcoBays of tho lato John
B. Gough that ho was very nervous,
especially when traveling, which was
rather singular, as ho traveled thou
sands of miles ovory year. Ho would
get aboard of a train, and presently
you would bo attracted to him by tho
exclamation. ".My goodness. I havo
lost my ticket; why, I thought I had
put it in this pocket, but it's not
there." Then ho would commence a
hurried search through all his pockets,
and oven going through his baggage.
Ho would generally find it in tho pock
et ho had first searched, after all hope
had deserted him, nnd Ins faco would
at onco rosumo a relieved expression.
In a few minutes ho would again get
norvous, this timo with a thought
that ho would miss tho train ho wished
to tako at the noxt junction. lie
would often consult his watch and
speculate as to whether or not his
train was on timo.
Tlio oyo of an insect contains from
fifty to 20,000 small oyes. It is really
comno8ed of ovct.