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t THE SOCIALIST FIENDS MUST GO. Keimtnble, Citizen Aroused Over Their Illoody Work untl Uclcriiilned Tliut Tliey Jlust bo Put Down. Chicago, 111., May 5. Tlie situation to night, while not lull ol riotous conditions, is ono ot grave apprehension. A feeling prevails that any moment may inaugurate 11 rer.ewal ol the horrible butchery of last uijht. The police in the disturbed district nre now tinned with two 44-enlibre revol vers and a Winchester ritlo each, nnd they lire not inclined to trille with the rioters. The grit of the polico may bo appreciated when it is stated that Officer Kelley, who wns painfully wounded in the left hand by the dyrirriite bombs last night, reported for duty this morning. The olllcer says lie enn still wield his clubs or press t lie trigger of his revolver with his unwounded hand. Late this afternoon the police depart ment tool: possession of the typo forms of the Zietung. A few papers were struck off before tlio seizure. Tlio office is imw guarded by tlio polico and no or admitted. About noon to-day a squad ot ollicers visited the offlcoor the Arbeiter ZeituHgnnd arrested theentire working forco of the con corn, twenty-five i.i number. They were immediately committed for trial May 11, on a charge of murder, and bail refused. llosenfeld's drug storo was mobbed by anarchists at the corner of Eighteenth street nnd Centre avenue, this afternoon, nnd is a complete wreck. What was left ol the stock nnd fixtures was carried off to a place of t-nfety. At times the spectators became so obstreperous that the services of a dozen big policemen were required to prevent them from destroying the wngoiis, and after the druggist's chattels had been removed became bold. It choked Centre avenue from tlio viaduct to Twenty-first street and overran the side streets. At 5 o'clock Captain O'Donnell, of the Twelfth street station, decideil to disperse the multitude. "Fall in, men," hoshouted, and fifty officers, many of them neatly faint from exhnustion, nnd others suffering from wounds received in last night's light, stepped out upon the sidewalk where two patrol wngnns were waiting them. The vehicles were quickly londed and then hurried on arun to Eighteenth street. When the nunrcliists saw the familiar wagon coming down upon them at breakneck speed they slunk away to other quarters. Tliey ran into hallways and crawled under sidewalks, nnd climbed upon the roofs of sheds. As the wagons were crossing Eigh teenth street a pop bottle was liurlei. from the tool of a tall building. It hit Sergeant Bowler on tho right wrist, breaking the bone. At the same instantascore of shots were fired into the officers from the win dows ot Anarchist hall, on the corner Tho missiles flew wide of their mark and buried themselves in the pavement. The officers then leaped out of the wagons amid a storm of stones and shot, and drawing up in a lino fired a volley into tlio hall. This had theeffect of silencing the lire ot the soeinlists. Tho rioters in tho street wero then charged nnd seven of their nuniner cap tured. One had a revolver of 41-enlibro, and nnother was found to have a largo sheath knife in his breast pocket. Ono of tho prisoners, a muscular tallow, was bleed ing profusely from a wound in the head, lie had been hit with a club. Although largo crowds assembled in tho neighborhood dur ing the evening no further trouble occurred. JkN'OTnEIS OPPICEll MORTALLY WOUNDED. A horrible outcome of the excitement re sulting from last night's rioting occurred this evening shortly after 0 o'clock. Two officers had been stationed on tlio Des plnine street viaduct, near tho Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight yard, to prevent crowds gathering and idlers from guying tho men at woik in tlio phico of, tho (striking freight handlers. Tho officers no ticed two particularly suspicious looking individuals slowly cross tho viaduct and enter a saloon on Desplaines street, near Carroll avenue. Officer Michael Madden, of tho Desplaines street station, who was somewhat closer to the saloon than tho other two policemen, was given tho signal to keop his eyes on tlio ugly pair that bad attracted attention. At this moment a revolver was thrust from tio saloon door by ono of tho men nnd a shot fired into tho street in the direction of tlio ollicers. Mad den stepped briskly to tlio door and nt once grappled with tho man who bad tlio revolver, while tho other two officers hur ried to his aid. In tlio scnfllo tho man with tho revolver pointed tho muzzle of his weapon against Madden's breast and fired. Madden reeled, but, steadying himself almost instantly, brought his own revolver into proximity with his assailant's bond nnd pulled tho trigger. Madden and his prisoner, locked in each other's arms, reoled to tho floor just as Officers Daly ami Hnrncll, running, readied the saloon. Tho companion of Mudileu's assailant find van ished. UcHh Madden r.'n. bis prisoner wero taken to tho county lospital. Tho doctors say tho man was somewhat muLr the influence of liquor and the result of his injury cannot yet be told. A paper found on his person shows that his name is John l.oeffeliinidt, of Englowood. Officer Mad den's wound is mortal. THE COltONEIl'S VERDICT. The inquest over tho remains of Polico Officer Diegan, who wns murdered by the anarchist mob last night, wns concluded nt S o'clock this evening. Chris. Spies and Michael Schnwb, two of tho prisoners, mndo a statement in their own bohall which damaged rather than helped them. Schwab admitted that ho did not believe in a personal God. Fielden made a state ment that was uninteresting and unim portant. August Spies mado no stateu. t and tho jury retired. They wero out halt an hour and then agreed on a verdict re commending that all the prisoners be held for murder without bail, and that Parsons bo apprehended and held. Ono ot tho policemen who raided the Arbeiter Zietung office gnvo so i.e sensational testimony. He said that on a shelf in Spies' privato room ho found n bundle containing saw dust, ennd, and nitro-giyceriue. It looked exactly tho snmo ns that found in Des plninos street after theexplosion last night, only it was not so hard. The witness described the effect ot the explosion upon some rocks underneat'i which it wns placed. Fragments of the bouldors were carried away an immense distance. "Most of the stuff," concluded tho officer, is "stored in a vnult, and one of our men, who is an oxport, says there is enough in it to blow up t Ilia building." AN INCENDIARY PLOT. A secrot plot among tho Iloheminn nn nrchists in the southwestern section of the city to start incendiary fires in tho lumber district to-night wns rovealed to the police by a man in the employ of tho detectives lato this afternoon. The plan included preparations to cut tho hose of the fire department and disable their machin ery when they responded to tho alarm. The prepar -Hons of tho polico are ample to cope with the incendiaries. An extra fire tug will bo sent up the rivpr and the district will le carefully patrolled. The polico nt Hindmnn street are on tho alert and any attempt on the part of tho incen diaries will bo met with summary dealing. IS SCIIWAII THE MAN? The police authorities are extremely dose-mouthed in regard to the report that the man who threw the bomb last night is in their hands. From other sources it is learned the detectives claim to have posi tive or at least convincing information that Michael Schwab is the man who threw the bomb into the midst ot the police cOl cers. His actions after hLj arrest bare gone a long way toward confirming tho story, nnd tliey will begin at onco to run down every clew that may settle tho cow ardly crime on him. Schwab himself vehe mently denied the chnrgo when ho wns ac cused, but it is a fact worthy ot notice that his sallow features blanched more than usual and his nervousness incrensed until he was unable to maintain n standing posi tion. I.ieut. Shea is given as an authority for tho statement that Schwab is tlio man under suspicion for this fearful act. It ia understood that ho got tho facts from a young man who was looking directly at tho 'anarchists. RA1SINO RELIEF FUNDS. The fund raised for tho policemen wound ed bv last night's bomb throwing amounts to night to $27,000. Of this about $12, 000 were contributed by members ot the board ot trade, $10,0715 by railroads cen tering in Chicago, and tho balance by pri vato individuals. Tlio wholesale grocers are also raising a largo fund to be turned over to-morrow, nnd so far none of them have contributed less than $100 each. THEY SHOT TO KILL AT MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee:, Wis., May 5. By 0:30 this morning -100 Poles assembled near tho large Polish cliutch in tlio southern section of tho city, cncli bearing a huge club, iron bar, or some other implement o' v.n fare. The men formed into lino nnd proceeded in the direction of Hay View, raising tho cry ns they went: "Kill the militia and burn tho mills." Major Traumer ordered tho four companies under his command from inside the rolling mills enclosure where they had been encamped during the night, nnd stationed them in the best position to check tho ndvancingmob. Major Traumer ordeied them to stop, and gave fair warn ing that to advanco meant certain death. The crowd ignored tho caution nnd pressed forward to thobridgo. Major Trutiiiierhi'd orders to keep tho crowd from approach ingtlio mills, and to tiro upon them as a last resort, it orders could not otherwise bo enforced. Accordingly, when no attention hnd been paid to tlio second warning, ho gave tho order to fire. Six companies emptied their guns witli steady fire into the throng. See ing several or their number tad, wounded or killed, tho mob throw themselves tint on tho ground niH sought tho Bhelter of tiio rail road embankment. Tho lovoo of South liny street and Lincoln avenue was also sought by tlio frantic men, who tumbled hea luiig into the water. There was every evidenco on surrounding objects to show that the militia hud tired low and "with in tent to kill," as one of them express 'd it. The result of tho first volley having such a sulutury effect, tho militia companies stacked their arms, and a portion oT tho routed mob returned to tho scono ot tho tragedy. A squad of polico also put in an appearance and began to assist tho wounded. Several ot tho latter were taken to neighboring saloons and dosed with whisky, after which they were conveyed to their homes. Tlio killed and wounded are: llucholski, a laborer, shot through the breast. He expired shortly nfterward. Franz Kunkel, aged Gil years, shot through tho heart by a stray bullet whilo feeding chickens in his yard. Johajiu Masseka, laborer, shot through the bowels, the ball going through him. He died in great agony. Martin Jankowiak, laborer, shot through tlio chest, tlio ball entering in trout and missing out in tho rear. Albert Erdmnr., shot through tho abdo men nnd cannot live. Casemir Dudiko was shot in tho loft check nnd nrm, and half his lower jaw carried away by two bullets, llo is not expected to live. Frank Nowntsak, aged in, a school boy, shot sideways through tho abdomen by u bullet, nnd cannot live. John Osmski, shot in tho right shoulder, not serious. Fred Goldbeck, shot through thighs, not dangerous. Tho excitement throughout tho Four teenth (Polish) ward reached a high pitch and threats of vengeance wero heard on every corner. Knots of men wero seen gesticulating nnd discussing tlio tragedy. All nro indignant over what they termed the uprovoked murder of their country men. Egan (n England. Patrick Egan, president of the Irish Xn tional League of America, forwarded the following cable to Mr. Parncll: "To Charles S. Parncll, London: The tntouionts of the Standard, Globe, Daily Telegraph and St. James Gazette charging our countrymen with instigating socialist riots in Chicngo aro unfounded libels. Not a singlo Irishman was amongst the anarch ists, while most of those who foil defending tlio public order wero ot our nationality. Tliis latest malice on tho part ot the Eng lish press has greatly helped our cause amongst American people." Failed for Hig Money. Tlio R. L. Spencer novelty company ot Wallingford, Conn., has failed for about $150,000. Now York, IJoston and Chicago firms aro tho principal creditors. Cholera in Italy. Rome dispatch: Ten cases of cholera aio reported nt Venice, and a serious outbreak ot cholera is announced at Pari. THE MARKETS, OMAHA. Wiii:at-No. 2 Hari.ev No. 2 Rye No. 2 Corn No. 2 mixed Oats No. 2 11 utter Choi eo table Hutter Fair to good Kous Fresh Chickens Livopor doz Lemons Choice Oranoes Mcsiuu Plans Navys Onions Per hbl Potatoes Per bushel Wool Fine, por lb Seeps Timothy Seeds Illue Grass Hay Paled, per ton Hay In bulk 1 loos Mixed packing Peeves Choice to extra... Siieei' Heavy grndos NEW VORI Win: it No. 2 red Wheat Ungraded red Corn No. 2 Oats Mixed western 00 lei 80 ( on uu 17J4' :i7 (ifl Pork. 0 25 0 15 1 lAliD CHICAGO. Flour Winter -1 -1 Flour Patonts -1 (I Wheat Perlmsliol 7 Corn Per bushel 8 oats Per bushel 2 Poiik 8 01 Lard 5 8 lloos Packing itshipping. .'1 0 Cattle Stockors !1 0 Siieuf Natives 2 01 ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 red 8 i orn Per bushel 2 85 20V ;io i on 1 .'15 4 00 CI 27? 80g 4 20 a 05 3 us Oath Per bushel 2 Hooh Mixed paeking !1 8i attlk atockerstt feiMiers :i so m buEin Common to choioo ,'i 00 KANSAS CITY. Wheat Perbushel CO ( orn Per bushel 20' Oats Per bushel 25! Cattle Stockers .1 10 lfoas Good to choice !f 01) Sheep Common to good.. X 00 STANOIXU UP F0K HOME HULK. The I'iirlinnietititr)' Mrus&lc Over ttio Question About In lie Inaugurated. London special: It may bo stated on very good authority that the cabinet coun , cil recently held resulted in a decision on i the part of tho government not to mnko any official conciliatory overtures for tho support of tho malcontent liberals nn.i radicals. The government will, therefore, begin tlio parliamentary struggle over tho homo rule bill to-moirou- ;ith hands en tirely five. Ot course, whateverconccssions Mr. Gladstone may havo mado thus far in tho wny of modifying the clauses of the bill according to the nil vice of those whoso ei iticisms were in the spirit ot friendliness to tho main object ot the measure, wilrhold good, but any nltack upon the bill which is undo in a wholly antagonistic spirit, will be boldly met ami opposed. It is not un likely that some further modifications ot tho original dratt ot the bill will be con sented to in the course of debate in order to meet the wishes of such of tho support ers of the government as have not yet had opportunity to consult Mr. Gladstone, and ho will therefore express tliair views in parliament. Ono of the propositions which Mr. Glad stone has been asked by the adherents nt tho government to consider is intended to solve the difficulty which has existed in re spect to Irish representation in the imper ial parliament. The plan is for tlio Irish parliament to appoint, a delegation of its members to meet a similar delegation from the imperial parliament, or, if preferred, for tho Irish parliament to have power tos nd at any time a delegation to sit in tlio im perial parliament itself. Mr. Gladstone bus, up to this time, declined to favor either of these plans on account ot his be lief Hint, when tlio parliaments were thus united by delegation, consideration id im perial affairs would bo necessary; whereas facilities for such discussion would becrudo, and no logical votingarrangemeiit could bo devised. It is thought, however, some pro position of this nature will ultimately be agreed to by tlio premier, nnd that it will meet the approval of tho majority of tho party. llartington and Cliambcrlnin, tho most prominent seceders from among Mr. Glnd stone's supporters, held a protracted con sultation last night presumably for the purpose of agreeing upon a conrso of con certed action against tho homo rulo bill in the coining debate. As the decisivo mo ment grows nearer, party bitterness inten sifies, and hardly anything could bo more venomous than thelangiiago otsomo ot tho journals which aro active in opposing tlio measures under public discussion. Mr. Tyndall writes that Gladstone i3 guilty of a treasonable surprise; that ho is trying to drug and debauch tlio nation. Vanity Fair, which lias been tho organ of tho English advocates of armed Irish pro tcstant resistance to home rulo, snys: "It is time to stop talking. If tho people of Ulst r nro handed over to Ford and Egan nnd forced to fight for t heir skins like rats in a pit, nny able-bodied Englishman is a coward if lie stands by and sees this rriino committed. England is still worth living in, but so sure as Irisli-Americau repro bates aro allowed to plant themselves in power on our very coasts, so sure will Eng land become a niiino of contempt." The St. James Gazette says: Ulster must bo ready to resist any attompt to placo tlio provinco tinder tho rule of a foreign govern ment composed ot Amcricnn-Irisli Jacobins and priests hungering for spoils and re venge. A goodly proportion of tho provincial papers indulge in similar statements. Al though Lord Wolseley refuses either to contradict or to explain certain statements attributed to him, it is well known ho shares tho hostility of the bulk of tlio army officers ngainst Mr. Gladstone. This reel ing is not duo solely to distrust of Glad stone's Irish policy, but is partly oc casioned by resentment for what they con sider his policy of sacrilico and surronder in Afghanistan, tho Transvaal and the Soudan. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. A favorable report will bo mndo on tho scnnto bill prohibiting trespnssing on In dian lands. Tho bill is amended by a pro vision relating to pennltics, otc. Tlio com mittco nlso ngrced to call up in tho holing for consideration on tlio 28th nnd 2!)th insts., which days havo been set apart for tho com m it tco on Indian affairs, the bills. It has on tho calendar in tho following order: The allotment of lauds to Indians in severalty, the Sioux reservation in Da kota, general right of way through tho In dian territory, Mission Indians in Cnlifor nia, and tho trespassing bill. Tho house committeo on postofilces and postronds hns agreed to report favorably lllount's bill confirming tlio construction placed upon tho nctknown ns tho "Spauld ing net" by Postmaster-General Grcsham for adjustment of postmasters' salaries between tlio years 1801 and 187-1, nnd limiting tlio timo in which claims may bo presented to January, 1887. An effort was mndo to ngreo upon n report on tlio bill prohibiting tho uso of the mails for tlio transmission of newspapers nnd other pub lications containing lottery advertisements, but action wns postponed. A majority of tlio committeo favor tho bill. Pcnator Van Wyck nnd Representative Dorsey introduced in tlio senate and houso on tho 10th duplicates of tho bill recom mended and petitioned for by tlio citizens of Nebraska, for tho relief ot tho Union Pa cific Railroad company. Tlioro will bo no increase in postnl facil ities for at least two yenrs. Tho houso committeo on postofilces and postronds ngreed to not report the postal telegraph bill or the postal savings bunk bill. This inaction is at tlio request of friends of tho measures, who prefer no action to adverse action. The party in powor has deter mined that tho general expenditures of the government shall not bo incrensed at this time, or until Hie tariff is reformed, as ma terial iucreuxeg in expenses of tho govern ment lessens the scope for work or. tho tariff. It was believed, during tlio Inst congress, that penny letter postngo would b the roMllt of the change in the adm lus tration but tliero will bu no penny postago under this regime. Tho suproino court of tho United Stntcs dismissed the throe Snow polygamy cases for waul of jurisdiction; also recalled tho innudato in tho Cannon polygamy case, nnd sat aside tho former judgment and di miasud it for want ot jurisdiction. Gladstone lii London. Gladstone arrived in Loudon on the 5th and met with a most enthusiastic receji tion. Great crowds ot people surged around tho premier's carriago as It left th railway station. Tho horses became rest ivo and wero controlled with difficulty, nnd for a timo the occupants of tho carriage wero in imminent danger. Gladstone is en joying robust health. The emperor ot Austria bat ordered the ills notation of the municipal council of Stry, and appointed a commission to supervise tho in bulldlnc of the burned pirtlon of the illy bv means of a municipal loan guaranteed by the empire. MILWAUKEE SOCIALISTS. Cooil ItcatllM of tlio Arrct of tlio Leaders. Milwaukee dispatch: Tho arrest of (irott gan, the socialistic leader, mid several of his followers, had an excellent effect upon Unit troublesome class. The district attorney's re quest for a call of the grand jury, before whom the socialists will be prosecuted, has b.-en granted. At 10 o'clock a crowd of several hun dred strikers assembled near lliewestcr.i limits of the city and were scattered by the pol e. The arrest of socialists n hi have been In strumental In urlng on the riots 1ms been con tinued this afternoon. In the houses of two i f these were found a number of guii. pistols and a largo amount of ammunition conceiled In bcddlrg. Gov. Rusk informed Alderman liiidlnskl that the latter would be l.cld respon sible for any trouble which may herenltcr ar.se from the doings of Poles who havo been prompted to act bv Rudinskl's speeches. Were It not foi tho presence of the state troops, a stranger might not devlne what fear ful fceiies were witnessed here I'.ur'ng the lust two dins in and around the city. Lverythlm; Is quiet to-night. The nwfiiliiess of death proved too much, even for the most rail ion 1 of the socialists, who succeeded so well In uslint the cailv stirred up and mi-led l'oI.md.T ti further tl. crown schem.-s. The arrestof Grott gan had a great deal to do with pacifying the malcontent strikers. Threats ot revenge bv socialists were frequently made last night and eagerly supported, hut not carried out. Mem bers of the Central labor union this m.irning employed counsel for Grottiran, but their at tempt to have Him released on b.ill proved futile, they not being able to raise the required sum of 5,000. (iustav Roessler, who was arrested with hlai, alo under charge of Inciting to riot, came to Mil waukee two weeks ago from Clibago. lioth of them will he indicted by a grand jar.-, the call for which has been issued. The In landers are loud and emphatic In their con demnation of the course taken by Governor Ruk. The relatives of somo of tho victims Intend to sue Ul state for damages. A ldi tlonal reports ofcasualtles came In today ni:ik tho total sixteen. Most of them are consider ed not fatal, however. Tho inquest on the dead will be held tomorrow. This noon Frank lllrth, a e!gar mike-, and Cliailcs Simon, a barber, both of them bloody anarchists, were arrested. They have been very loud-mouthed, but were considered less dangerous having but little Inllnence. A num ber of guns and several hundred rounds of am munition were found In their houses and con fiscated. To-night A. Mossinger, another an archist, was arrosto! and not admitted to ball. This make.'i the fifth, nnd thev will nil be brought before the grand Jury May IS. This afternoon It was discovered that a dynamite vault in Stark Pros.' stone quarry near the city had been broken open and ;t;K) caps and two bars of dynamite stolen. No trace of the thieves was found. The anarchists have made threats recently that they would blow up the conn house.but no furthe trronhle Is expected. Th- troops at Pay View were withdraw n to night and taken to the armory on llroadwaj . The light-horse sqiia Iron was on duty all duv Indifferent parts of tho city, but everything was quiet. The socialists held a mass-nice . Ing at tho base-hall grounds this ufternorfi, but it was a very tame affair. POLITICAL AND OTHER NOTES. The totnl vote polled in Rliodo Island on tho prohibition amendment was 21,1 10. Tho Chicago Tribuno thinks tho republi cans will gain three congressmen in Illinois this fall. General Gordon is said to bo using Jeffer son Davis as a bait for tlio Georgia gover norship. Tho Vermont republican convention meets Juno 10. There will bo 700 delegates, which Is a very largo porcontago of tho voting population. Secrot ary Lnmarsays whon ho wants to roach the country ho prefers tho intorviow form, as lie has always been fairly treated by tho representatives of tlio press. Tliero is talk nbout leaving tho tariff bill rest just where it is until tho next session of congress, nnd it is likely that it will be done. It is plain that the bill cannot be passed, and tlio situation resolves itself into u question of expedience. Secretary Manning informed tho sonnto that tho republican collectors of internal revenue wero removed and democrats ap pointed in their places for tho good of tho servico and to promote tho success of tho policy ot tho administration. Tho present cablnot is ono of heavy weights. Tlio president wolghs over 1100 pounds. Mr. Manning at tlio timo of his nttack weighed 1120. Mr. Garland and Mr. Lamnr aro both largo men, weighing over 200 pounds each. Messrs. Pnyard and Endlcott, though tall, aro rather spare. They each tip tho scales nt about 200, whilo Messrs. Whitney and Vilas will each mark about 175 pounds. Washington special: Moro has boon said hero during tho past week, and moro is be ing said hero now, about tho labor strikes and tho riots growing out of thorn than of nny other or in fact all othor subjects. It is tlio unanimous opinion ot tlio great thinkers in liith parties that tho labor question is tho most profound and serious ono that congress will havo to worry over from this timo forward. I low to avoid strikes and how to treat strikes and riots when they cannot bo controlled, aro tho serious aspects. How to employ reason instead nt weapons of destruction, is tho issue, and congress, all concede, will havo its hands very full of it hereafter. Recruiting tlio Mormon Ranks. A cablegram from Geneva says: Mormon missionaries aro actively enguged in all parts of Switzerland in securlngcon verts to Mormouism, and confine their proselyting efforts almost exclusively to young women. To theso they proiulHo a condition ot happiness and prosperity in Utah that rare ly fails to increaso the number of converts, homo of tho Swiss converts, who went to Utah a few mouths ago, havo written to friends hero bitterly bewailing their fato and warning others against embracing tho Mormon faith, but tho experience of theso unfortunates seems to have little deterrent effect. Eighty Thousand Pcoplo Homeless. Advices received by tlio steamer Aleincda from Honolulu givo nn account of a disas trous conflagration which occurred thoro April 18th. A fire stnrtod in tho cook house ot tho Chinese qunrters nnd soon got beyond control. Efforts were then directed toward staying tho progress of tho tiro by blowing up the buildings. It wns not until eight entire squares, comprising sixty ncres of tho most thickly populated ChinesoiUnr tcrs, wore destroyed that the fire's advance wus tayeed. About 80.000 people, most ly Chinese, wero left homeless. The loss U estimated lit Jl.r.OO.OOO; Insurance, $2:10,. 000. Only two lives were lost. GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES. The ntinrcliisls ot Chicngo mado nn nt tcmpt to hold meetings in several of their customary assembling places on tho 8th, but were in each case dispersed by tho police. At ono phico twenty men wero found by n detail of police. They said they were tho "Hod Carriers' Union," and wanted to argno the point with tlio polico lieutenants. Tho police were in no mood for nn argument, nnd utter searching every mint present ordered them to return to their homes. Periko Fernandez, a rich Cuban of Haw thorne, N. J., wus shot in tho right breast by Ills wife, Pelle. Tho woman then plnred the pixtol to her temple, blowing her bruins out. Poth aro dead. No cause is known for the deed. At Wiixahachio, Te-cas. George Young, the negro wife murderer, was executed in the presence ot r,000 persons. Young was cool and collected, llo made a speech, de claring ids innocence, nnd exhorting nil to profit by his fate and shun bad ways and dissolute hnbits. After banging eleven minutes life was declared extinct, and Itis body wns cut down and delivered to friends for burial. Prank Penoit's farm bouse, twelve miles west ot Jackson, Minn., burned on the 0th. Nothing wus saved in tlio house. Three childicn ngeil t, 15 nnd " years perished in the fiames. Tho father was carrying tho mail at tho time nnd mother working in a distant part of the farm. On seeing tho house burning sho came running to tlio scene nnd would havo rushed into the 11 ro had she not been rest rained by a neighbor who arrived nt the moment. T. G. Hewlett, tho leader of the deputies who fired on and killed several of tho mob in Fast St. Louis, about a month ago, nnd who hns been held in tlio jail of that city on charges of manslaughter and being a fugitive from justice, wnsnllowed to furnish bail in tho sum of .",800. Immediately after tho bond wns approved Hewlett armed himself as a menus of defense ngainst possible attack by sympathizers of the East St. Louis victims, nnd hoarded a train nt the union depot for his homo at Meri dian, Miss. Representative Ward, of Chicago, s"iit the following cablegram to the Hon. Ed ward Gray, Freeman's Journal, Dublin, Ire land: "As tho represent nt i vein the American congress of tlio Chicngo district, w here the re cent riot took place, I desire t osay in refuta tion i.t the slanderous articles of certain English newspapers that not a single per son of Irish biith, or of Irish extraction, wns with tlio nnarchists who incited, or ganized, or participated in the assaults, but on tho contrary tho lives of several brave Irish-Americans were lost in protect ing the lives nnd interests ot Chicago citi zens." Martin Irons, of the executive committeo ot District Assembly 10 1, was asked what he know-of the publication in eastern pa pers of the story of his ambition to become a rival of '1'. V. I'owderly for the place of general master workman of the order. Ho smiled nnd said: "It has no foiindullou whatever. I have never thought of it, much less written letters upon the subject. I have no desire Tor such distinction urn would not think of becoming a candidate against Mr. I'owderly." Tho famous case ot Hugh L. Prooks, alias Maxwell, was called in tho criminal court of St. Louis on tlio 10th, both sides being ready for trial. Tho work of select ing u jury wns taken up and proceeded witli until ndjoiirmucitt. At that timo seven hud beon selected out of thirty-six. When Maxwell appeared in court upon cull of the case, he exhibited a calmness only miirred for a moment by a natural nervousness. Ho wns very neatly dressed and looked us though ho had been gotten up for the occa sion. Powderly Outspoken. Sctunton, I'a., May 5. General Master Workman I'owderly vigorously denounces the Chicago anarchists and their desperate work. In tho course ot an Interview this evening lie said: "Theso scenes of bloodshed and d's order which have occurred In Chicago hit dh gniccful, uncalled for and deserving of the Lni'nmal I'l mi I, ,111 tl II 1 1 111 mill llllll islllliell . Honest labor is not repn-s-'iited in the ranki- of those who array themselves under the ml Hag of anarchy which lb the emblem of blood and destruction," .Mr. i'owderly added that It was the duty oi every organization of wnrkingincii In America to condemn the outrages committed In Chica go In the mime of labor and t-afil the working men bad a mora powerful weapon than the bullet In the ballot; that none of the nurachl-t leaders were knights of labor; and that If inn knights had taken part In the murderous pro cccdlngs rcisirted tliey should bo promptly "X polled from tho order. "Our organization," Mr. I'owderly contln lied, "lias no niitiigonlsm with necessary eapl tal, and It is tlio duty of every knight of labor to suppoit the laws mndo to harmonize the In terests of capital and labor. There Is not a trades union In America that will counten ance wrong-doing or uphold those men In till . cngo who havo been engaged In the destruc tion of life and property. The aim of tradeM unions Is to uphold and dignify labor, while the anarchists Iry to tear It down and degrade It. Tho anarchist lih-.i Is uu-Ainerlcan and It has no business In lids country." Ruined by Ants. Pi of. S. A. Forbes, state entomologist, was in Ploouilngton, III., recently, returning from Mount Palatine, Putnam county, where ho wus summoned to view the work of damaging in sects, lie visited tho farm of John Wilson, near Mount Palatine, and found that his prem ises hud been almost completely destroyed by wlilto ants, a species very common fit Ameri ca, but very similar to the white nuts of India and Africa. Tho Insects first attacked an out door cellar, working on the underside, of tho roof and tho middle of tho walls. Their working Is confined to the woodwork, and thev eo hollowed out the roof nod sides of the col lar that It collaiiscd. From tho cellar they spread to tho residence, and havo completely ruined a good part of tho building. Hero they worked through tho bills, In the tduddlng, In tho weathcrboaidliig, window and door cas ings, and the rafters and thlnglcs. They also laid hold of tho granary, which was built of hard wood, and m worked on the tills and oak plank lloor that tho floor of Its own weight lcll In. The cellar Is completely ruined; a part of the house will bo liable to bo torn down, as will also the granary. The loss entailed Is several hundred dollars. The professor ad vised that all tho wood a fleeted bo destroyed and tho remainder saturated with gasoline. He says that ho has known ants to work In rotten logs and in culverts and bridges, but never knew them to attack buildings. He sajs that tho light Is olleuslvo to them, and that their work Is not easily detected, lie sug gests that railroad men Miotild exercise great care that these ants do not get in their bridges. Wilson's premises are In tho uiiiUt of a large prairie. I'rof. Forbes says that tbo ants havo been there four or five years, but their pretence there ho can not account for, unless tliey were conveyed from the woods In a log that tliey went working He Bays they are very proline and dllllcult to destroy. AX Louli uloU-Vtmocrat, Suicide or nu Actor. At Newark, N, J., on the Hth, Frank Clement, of the Modjeska company, com mitted micldo nt tho Market street rail road stntion by throwing himself In trout ot a train. His head was severed from hi body. I'liX Gitinc in IMontnnn. :sew York fun A prvrty of three cowboys, in riding up a lonely ravine in search of a lost .steer, ciiine suddenly upon nine cinna mon bears, who wero lunching oil tho stcerin question. Thccowboysbeata hasty retreat, although well mounted, for tho bears in this section can out sun tho lleetest cayuso pony on tho range, and tho odds of threo to ono were a little too much for the row boys. About thirty-live miles north west of Helena, threo boys, Ernest, Sain and Philip llean, were out hunt ing at tho head of Lyons creek. Whilo tracking up a mountain lion, or a Rocky Mountain panther, which must havo been a big lellow from the size of his footpints in tho snow, thoy suddenly encountered two bears a, she bear and her cub, tho young one, however, being as big as its mother. Tho animals first showed a disposition to inquire into the reason of tho visit, but a volley of hot lead for a moment satisfied their curiosity. The old bear retired with n broken back to the seclusion of a lu.ibercd gulch near at hand, but tho young one stood his ground and showed fight, w hereupon Ernest and Ham gave him two moro shots, to which ho paid no moro attention than if ho had been fired at with paper balls. Philip, tho youngest of tho trio, and only twelvo years old, then raised his gun and tired, shooting the shaggy monster dead, a feat of which no is justly proud. The old bear was atterward tracked somo distance through tho brush and timber, and linaly over taken and killed. Tho two skins wero brought to Helena, and tho eara punched at a cost to tho Territory of $8 for each animal. Tho boys afterwards doubled this figuro by a salo of tho hides, which wero hand somely silver tipped. Tliero is lots of money made by tho killing oil of the wild animals in Montana, and yet their numbers do not in tho least appear to diminish, but. rather to increase. Tho Territorial bounty last year for ear punching alone amounted to $12,-000. Juryman's Tribulations. At amusing instanco of how jurioa aro sometimes befogged was told re cently by air. Charles P. Norton in his legal talk before tho HulTalo Young Men's Christian Association. Tho incident was related in tho pathetic words of one who spoko from experi ence, as follows: "Tho caso was about a man named Hrown, who married tho half-sister of a man named Adams, who afterwards married Urown'a mother, and sold Hrown a house ho had got from Hrown's grandfather in trade for a gristmill, of which tho other half was owned by Adams' half-sister's first husband, who left all his property in trust to a soup society till his son should como of ape, which ho never did, but left a will which gavo half of his mill to Brown, and the suit was detween Hrown and Adams, and Hrown again and Adams' half sister, who was divorced from Hrown, and a man named Hamsey, who had put up a now overshot wheel for the grist mill. Tho caso wa3n't an easy ono to understand, and it didn't get finished tho wIioIq day. They argued over it a lull week. When thcro wero no moro wit nesses to carvo up, ono lawyer mado a speech, and ho set that crooked caso ho clear that you could see through it from the overshot wheel clear back to Hrown's grandfather. Then another lawyer mado a speech, and he set tlio whole thing up another way. It was just as clear to look through, but ifc was another caso altogether and no more like the other one than an applo pio is like a mug ot cider. And then they took it up and thoy swune, it around them till it was twisted and knotted and wound up and tangled worse than a skein of yarn in a nest of kittens. And then thoy gavo it to tho jury. Well, when them jurymen went out there wwisn't ono of them as knew whether it wns Hrown or Adams as was dead or whother tho mill was to grind soup, or to bo run by soup power. Of course thoy could not agree; threo of them wanted to givo a vordict for tho boy that died; two ol 'em was for Hrown's grandfather, and tho rest wab goin' in for damages to tho wit nesses who ought to getsoinothing for having' their character ruined, and so they was discharged." Mob Itepulscrt by Monks. Wm. II. Hurlbert describes in his last cable letter in tho Now York Sun an instructive episodo of tho recent Helgian riots. Alohs of rioters havo bcon destroying property and robbing indiscriminately in tho neighborhood of tho Trappist Convent, at Chimay. The monks sent a potition to General Von Dor Smisson praying that troops bo sent for thoir protection. Tho gen oral roplied that 81 well-fed, robust monks, armed with bludgeons, cer tainly ought to bo moro than a match for any band of robbers in Helgium. Tho monks took courngo at this nnd armed themselves. That night tho convent was attacked, and the monks sallied forth in defence. They scatter ed their assailants in all directions, and ono of tho mob who was afterward arrested declared, whilo accounting for tho badly bruised condition of his head and body, that Trappist monks aro moro dangerous adversaries than Helgian troops, Tlio Uarl ol'Finffal Oil' lor Somo Fun. Tho Earl of Fingal, Ireland, was reg istered at tho Southern a few days ago. Tho noblo Earl was much sur prised when aGlobo-Domocrat report er sunt up his card. "I only camo over for a bit of shooting, you know," ha protested, "and I can't seo whero ib will interest tho musses at all, you know." "Whorodoyou expect to find this Bhootinc, my Lord?" "Why, around San Francisco, of conrso, I am told that big game is plenty all around the bloody placo, you know, nnd I havo brought a brace of fowling Sleeps that would kill an elephant, ba ove!" St. Louis Globe-Domociat.