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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES 6c CUANCEY, Publishers UNION, OREGON. TRADES-UNIONS AND SOCIALISM. Tho VorliltiKiiicii of Kuropo Orncr nlly Infected with Social istic Ideas. Mr. Adolph Smltli, the official English Inter prctcr to the workman's congress lately licltl In Paries lias published Ills notes. They should be read by everyone who wants to understand the International labor question, s.ns The Loiuhn Xettt, nnd they will bear reading for their dramatic ns well as for their economic interest. The congress had Its plot and its situations, ns well as Its monologue'. The plot may lie briefly described as an attempt to force the English delegates Into declarations in tavor ol socialism, it mil not succeed, Dill It wis not so completely defeated as to pre clude anxiety ns to tnc issue "next lime." For there Is to be n next time, nud u next. Tlio liitcrtintfoti.il trndcsunlon congress has established tlro't de cdt among the congresses of (he world. Vic may expect great doings In the anniversary year of 'a!, and the year be tween tlll not be Idle. The rejxirt shows once more that, outside of England, the workmen of Etliope, one might almo-st say the workmen of I he world, look sololv to socialism for social salvation. The spread of socialism Is the theme of well-nigh every titleranee at the con gress. The subject is si wats handled In two part", and the llrst Is a terrible recital of the sufferings of the workman. In the speeches of these skeptic, labor seems to figure once more ns the primal curse. The delegate from Belgium could photograph the osltloii of his country In a sentence: "If be were not a so cialist ho would be ashamed to lc n Bel gian." There were 5,000,000 Inhabitant of Belgium; there were but tiO.OOO electors, and of these onlr 30,000 were ludejieud cnt. The miners earned but 1 shilling il pence a day, and some, who worked five hundred ynrds below the surface, took the 9 ieiicc only. The laborers did not receive more than 10 or 11 pence a day; the wenveis 5 to (I shil lings a week. "I do not exaggerate. J swear that what I say Is true; we workmen Hud no pleasure In reeding our hearts to exaggerat ing the misery of the people." The Austrian delegate told much the same story, with one slight, difference. In Belgium, he showed, the workmen had thu tight to complain, while In Austria be had only the right to be locked up for complaining. The Swede painted In the sumo gloomy tints. Starvation wages pre vailed thioughoiit his country, with the execu tion of two or three towns. The German told of checkered futilities thirteen social demo crats returned to parliament. In spite of I'rlnce Bismarck's laws, and by virtue of I'rlnee Bis marck's nearly .50 societies broken up, and a thousand prints suppressed, nnd all In beven years. Distant Australia took up the mournful tale In statements, some of which, by the way, were confirmed no later thau yesterday froin another quarter. The colonial aristocracy were shee-brcedlng absentees, whocarcd noth ing for the bleed of men. There was little agriculture nnd less Industry throughout the colony. Skilled artisans at Sidney were some times" glad to wotk us navvies for IK shillings n week, to take a ration of bread and cheese from public charity, and to borrow a blanket iron) tnc Jim. tiate niueu emiL'ration was u delusion; It simply sent the surplus misery of Europe to swell l he misery oi tins newer wot Id ino J'.ngllHi ileingnwwus hardly more cx lillarutlng. Ills milliner made the chief differ ence between himself and his foreign col leagues. Mr. Mnwdsloy could not forget that ho stood for the parliamentary committee of the trades-unions, and he measured his words. All the English building trades, he said, were in nail position; so were otltcr leading trades; nud their depression was felt In a thousand minor callings. 'I hero could he no Improve- incut till workmen looked more closely to their own Interests. But what remedy could thee bel lie did not iinderstuud their boelallsiu; lie had not studied It as perhaps ho ought to have done, "lie had not studied their social ism." Wo may Imagine thu effect of such nil avowal on thu assembled delegates! From every quarter of the hall, In more or less cour teous phrase, tlio speaker was told that It was a pity lie hail not. The Belgian delegate had previously regretteil the British workmen's want of education In socialism, much as ho might have regretted their Inability to sign their own names. Tlio Svls3 Ifoptiblic. During the recent proeecdlii gs In New York, at the dedication of ''Liberty," the Swiss re publicans overlooked In the mutual congratu lations of the great American nud the great European republic. It Is well, therefore, to recall the fact that political liberty Is not only more advanced in Switzerland than In France, but that the establishment of the republic in tlio smaller country antedates that In thu larger by n good nmny years. Switzerland was a league of semi-Independent states up to 1818, when it became u united confederacy, Tho present constitution, based on fundamen tal laws passed In 18IS. came Into force May 29, ISM, having received thu national sanction by u general vote of the people, given April it), IBM. It vests the supreme legislative aud executive authority lu a parliament of two chambers, the statu council nnd the national council, closely resembling our senate nnd house of representatives. The chambers united are thu Swiss federal nssembly, or, ns wo should say, congress, nnd represent tho supremo government of tho republic A federal council, consisting of seven members elected by the federal assembly, administers the chief executive authority. The president aud vletj president of the federal council arc tho tlrst magistrates of the lepublfc. They are elected for the term of one year at a united meeting of tho statu council and tho national council. Each canton of Switzerland Is sovereign, like each one of our states, ho far ns Its Independence, and legislative iiowers are not restricted by thu federal constitution. Tho principle of the absolute sovereignty of tho people Is tho basis of nil government In Switzerland, municipal, of the canton, nud of the federation, lfenee It is not surprising Hint ino mile country nas n weii-eiiucatcu, progressive, nnd linnnv inundation. The president for lttl Is Adolf Deucher, of tuc canton lHurguu. mi term, wuicti Hegnti on Jan. 1, will end on Dec 1)1. President Deucher was vice president last year. As president ho receives n salary of $U,OO0 u year. l'rcsldoitt Lincoln's Gift. When President Lincoln was before Peters burg (o review tho troops tho situation became in uncomfortable one before ho was aware of It. Ho was at Dutch gap In October, 18di, md thu weather became very foggy, so that rven at a short distance It was Impossible to distinguish a lebcl from a union soldier. The rebels made an advauco on thu union Hues, which were In command of Gen. Butler. The l'lie president and stall of eight or ten thought It wise to move out. There was only one safe route, aud It fell to tho lot of Lieut. 'Wilson to conduct tho party to a place of safety. Their route whs down through a narrow ravine, ami by paths known only to natives nud scouts. Lieut. Wilson was a scout and belonged to the secret scrvlve under Col. Buker. When the lieutenant was about to leave tho presi dent nud party Mr. Lincoln called him buck and ns a rewind drew from his Kekot u small revolver with pearl handle and gave It to htm with the remark: "Hero, take this, and re member thogivcr. Old Abe." Tho "Lieut. Wit ton" of Col. Baker's corns lslt.T. SiK-rry, of this city. Mr Siierrv exhibits the revolver with a UKxlcst pride and prizes It highly, as well he may. It was one of the best-made weapons of the time, though considerably Improved ujkju uovr. The battle of Strawberry (Jains occurred within a few hours after tho lucldeut almost where Mr. Lincoln had lieen. Sperry was one of tho hots whu went to war against his par ruts' withe', and enlisted under another numo to keep fioui being found, lie belonged to IhaStli Connecticut.-Maura X. 1'.) (Vutrf.V- C ocaine bus nearly brought to tho grave Dr. P N Moore, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, who for weeks bus buttii iiirrltig from ualiuolna tlous. UTTER WRECK AXD ItVlX. A Schooner limited to Piece Xear Golden Gate Harbor. 8an FnANCisco, Cat., Jan. 10. At midnight the merchant's exchange received n telephone message from Point Lobes signal station, stat ing that the schooner Parral had been driven on the rocks near Golden Gate and probably u ould prove n total los. An hour later another message was received stating that an Immense quant. ty of giant powder aboard the vessel had blown up, de stroying the CHIT house and other buildings on shore In the neighborhood. The Parral sailed Fildav with n cargo of ecn eral merchandise for Aslorln, Oregon, nnd pro ceeded norm until compelled iy strong Mean winds to return. She reached Ino entrance to Golden Gate icsterday evening. I he wind bad died out "and being caught by a strong tide the vessel was swept ashore nt the south end of Point Lobes, Inside the famous seal rocks opposite the Cliff house. tub chew i:scap:s in jioats, The life fiivlng station people near by were promptly uotlllcu anil Hastened to llie scene o; the wreck. The captain aud all hands aboard had taken to the lKMts, hut as It was linpossl- uic lor tiicin to iiiuko a landing in toe heavy surl then runnltiL' tliey stood away lor an en trance to tliu huroor. After belnir abandoned tho vessel drifted south into n small cove where she poiiuited against the rocks and at mlunlght was rapidly bi caking up. It wa known that she had n large quantity of iowdcr aboard, but no dan irer was aniirehcuded. The men from the life saving station seeing nothing could be done, ami knowing the schooner had been abandoned b.' her ofllcers and crew, withdrew at n few minutes before 1 o'clock from the scene. FitioiiTroi. B.xruisioN or rownnit. Tlio men hud hardly reached the station building when a fearful explosion occurred. scattering destruction on all sides. The schooner, lu beating against the rocks, had caused the uowdcr to Ignite and the entire quantity aboard, nearly 100,000 pounds, had exploded. To those living In the neighborhood the effect was frightful. The signal station was completely demolished ami the llfesavlng station was wrecked, while the west side of the Cliff hoil'e, notwithstanding Its elevation, was blown out aud every window pane In the building lirokiti. A large concert room on tho beueb and other buildings lower down bad all their windows broken and were other wise more or less damaged. The long car nagc shed adjolulugthc Cliff bouse was tum bled Into a mass of ruins. Adolph .euro's conservatory, on the hcirhts above, was shat tered to atoms auu an uie w-imiows in tne house broken. 1.IKK HAVKltS 1IADLY INJl'ltlH). Three members of tho llfc-savhig crew, wlio on l It tin: lire on llie Leach and decided to re main near thu wreck, were hurled Into the nlr oy llie concussion and suvcrely Injured l)y lie tn tr again dashed to the earth. The remaining mcmncrs oi me crew, wno nail returned to tne station, rushed to thu rescue of the Injured, as It was feared their cloo nioxlmllv to the explosion must have resulted to their injury, They cnrrled them to thu station, where uictl leal (mention was summoned nud ever' neeeseary to relieve their Injuries was (lone One of the men. Horace Smith, had his limbs so frlghtfullv dMolncil as to make his suITerliigs intense. For a time his life was despaired of. The two others, Chnrles Kogers aud John Wilson, escaped with less serious injuries. now tub kxi'i.obiox vntvr. Captain llflyslon, lu command of the life saving station, describes the explosion ns follows: "At 1 o'clock the sleepers were thrown from their beds by the great explosion which miidu them think that the carthouakc had upheaved tho cliff or n tidal wave swept from tlio Pacific. A great wave Unshed up nun vanned over (lie unu noiiu minding. The whole shoro nnd cllir literally trembled nnd shook ns no earthquake had shaken thu earth for years. Tho penplu were rudely thrown from their beds by the force of tlio explo'loe. The lurnlture nud bedsteads were tossed aud heaped about the room." The famous clllf bouse presents n scene be yond description. Tlio west side of the build ing, overlooking the ocean, Is completely ru ined, and Is only held together by the cross beams; windows are smashed, doors twisted oil their hinges and left In a shattered condi tion, ami wliat Ik left of the hous't if It docs not topple over into the ocean will have to bo torn to pieces. Till! CUI'.W AM, WAFIi. As nothing hud been seen or heard of the captain nud crew of the schooner, up to day light, fetus were entertained as to their safe ty. These, however, were dispelled on their arrival this moiiilng on tlio ferri boat from Saucellto. On their taking to the small boat the tide was so strong that they were carried to Saucellto before they could uiake n lauding. The captain could not lo seen, but Peter Ilnusnu, one of the seamen, made the follow ing statement to-night: "When the captain realized the danger of his tHisitloii ho east an chor, but It would not bold. Soon thu schoon er struck, nud, knowing the dangerous charac ter of the cargo, bo ordered i ut the boat and we all left tho vessel. Ah It wns Impossi ble to make the lauding through the surf, the captain ordered the boat headed for tho Gol den Gate nuil the tide carried us to Saucellto." m.'Aitn a iti'simtni milks. Tho Powder was shipped by Baudmnn, Nell son fc Co., of this city, and Intended for rail road construction purixiscs. The vessei was literally obliterated, n few nieces of lloatlug wreckage being all that can no seen, Sho was valued at f7,0i0 ami owned bv S. 11. Peterson, of this city, and Insured for $0,500. The explosion wns distinctly heard at Oak land, San Jose, nnd even as far as Sacramento, n distance of over 100 miles. Cantaln Jordan. of the ship Commodore, which airlved today from Port Discovery, says that they felt tho shock llfteeu miles on', nt sea. Tho Injured life saving nieu mo progressing favorably. Tilt! 1WKKI.V CHOI' Sl'MM.tllV. Tlio Chicago Fnrinern' Itovlow him tho fol lowing weekly crop minuimry: 'The gen eral tenor ol reports from winter wheat ntaton continued to bo favorable for ueedod grain. Fourteen Ohio counties making re turns: tliU week, nil niiulo favorable reports. Thu llohla are well protected with snow and tho plantH look very healthy. Similar re ports: are, nuulu from thirteen Indiana coun ties, with ono oxception l'iko which r porta it number ot fields showing severe in jury from freezing, Klght Michigan coun ties niako tv uniformly fiivornlur showing. lleporlH were jecol veil this week from twenty-seven Illinois counties, embraeln one third of those crowing winter wheat. All but live ot these report tho winter wheat outlook lie favorable. Reports: from Clay. Franklin, Ilnrdiu, Lawrence, anil Wayne counties allow that wheal tins been frozen, nnd that llelds ure covered with Irozeti Hleot. lu lltteen Kiinsns counties: the pros peet for grow linj grain in- considered fair to good, while Harper, Lyon, nuil Pioneer counties report the wheat outlook hh look log badly, Nino Wisconsin counties report mo wnuai outiooK as generally fa voraiiie, 11 os cholera is prevailing with considerable virulence in Illinois nnd Iowa, anil prevails with more or less virulence lu Missouri, Indiana, ud Ohio. In Johnson coun'y, Iowa, tU lioga are dying in very large nuiu Vera 371 k .i.vri.t7.i.y.iii.i.v nu.u .Mr. llolinont, of New York, introduced in tho house on the 17 tH a bill to protect American vessels against unwarrantable and unlaw (ill discrimination in parts oi British North America. The bill author izH tho president to prohibit vessels bear ing the llritUh ting and coming from such norls from entering oortH of tho I'nlud States or from exercising such privileges therein as he may define. It also uutbi r Ilea the president to forbid enhance by and lrom the provinces of British North America ol all luerehandls. ulso all ours. locomotives, or other rolling stotk ul any railroad company chnrtttrvd umlrthe law ul nuiu provinces, HHMMl TUB CIimiSALS COSFESS. Tli Mytttry Surrounding llie 3Iti$ouri Paci fic Wreclt Cleared Up. Kansas Citt, Jan. 15. The Journal says Mr. J. W. Dalby, division superintendent of the Missouri Pacific, In this city, received a dis patch from Nebraska City, Neb., yesterday, to the effect that David Huffman and James Bell, the two men under arrest for wrecking the passenger train near Dunbar, bad made a full confession of their terrible crime A special telegram received bv the Journal from Nebraska City later on con firms ttie mes sage to Mr. Dalby. It says: -'Huffman and Bell, the men accused of wrecking tho Missouri Pacific passenger train at Dunbar and causing the death of Engineer James De Witt, made a confession at the Grand Pacific hotel Tuesday night In the presence of Sheiiff McCullotn and Missouri Pacific detectives, who have been w ith the two men since their arrest Two men who registered as George Falrchlhl and Frank K. Tutt, Kansas City, came to the Grand Pacllle late 'Ihursday cwnliig and were assigned to room !. Alxnit midnight Stierllf McCullotn nnd the state's attoniev came to the room with Duvu Huffman wliotemaiui d hcic for about nil hour. Bell was then broudit In and remained for an cnual length of time. Their stoilcs were exactly similar, although Huffman tried to turow the principal part In the fiendish deed on Bell. This Is not believ ed to be the case, as the facts already show that it was nurrMAjr who tunned inn wnrxK, There Is now no doubt of their guilt and it will be no surprise If they arc taken from Jail ami speedily lynched. I lie guard at tne coun ty 1all has been Increased aud ofllcials are on the alert to prevent any nttemnt to bang the prisoners. Excitement it at high mark nnd shows no sign of kbatenicnt. Bell lives near Umadllla, u small station on the Builington & Missouri KlTcr, fourteen mllea from Dun bar. Bell Is a renter, while llullman wns formerly a brakemau on the Chicago. Burling ton it Qulncv, but has lately been living on a farm with his brother, near Dunbar. Bell came to Dunbar list Saturday with a train and nMit his tunc In drinking nt Mof fat's saloon. Huffman was his constant companion aud up to luesday night they were intoxicated most of the time. Tuesdsy a farmer named Kogers camu down to Dunbar from Umadllla to s-ce about Bell's team, on which he held a chattel mort gage, and which he thought Bell was trying to dlsiHise of. He pressed Bell to satisfy" the mortgage, nnd Tuesday evening they liad a row in .Molfal s saloon, which culminated in the airest of both. They were taUen before u lustlei! and cave security for their amicarauce. Huffman and Bell soon returned to thu saloon, but about 10 o'clock their conduct became so Tiolsv that CitvMaisbal Nelson ordered Moffat to close the doors of his saloon, which he did. II u lima n and Bell went out on to the street and soon dbappcatcU. Then tbclr dcvilih work began. It seems that they had planned lor several wcrKs to wreck a train Foit tub ruiii'osK or iioniutnr. Both of them were broke nud they wanted to leave thu country, hut could not do so on account of thclrstrulleucd circumstances. Tho express ear contained In the neighborhood of tlG.COi) In Its safe, and carried eighteen huge silver bricks consigned to Kansas City, which were wortli fully $1,000 each. Shortly after they left Moffat's saloon they made for the Missouri Pacllle train and fol lowed it up In a noitheily direction. A short distance o'lt of town tlio" Burlington and Mis souri Kiver crosses the .Missouri t'acllle track, nnd ut this point llie two men stopped to bieak in n tool house and carry away n claw bar and track wrench with which the spike were drawn and the llslinlates removed, it was a clear, moon light night, and ns the wreckers re.-umed their Journey, lliey could see three miles o strirglit track before tliem. Huffman said in Ills con fession that the llsli plates had been taken olf nnd some of the spikes drawn, when the ln-ad-light ot a locomotive loomed up lu the dbt.mce and the east bound passenger came thunder ing along with its load of sixty human lives. Huffman and Bell threw down their tools, nud not stopping to carry away the plain evidence of their guilt, scampered oil into u ravine. They heard plainly the crash, the hissing of the escaping stenin, and the cries of the pas sengers, but they stopped for a moment only. They then rail up through acorn Held nud turning east approached the house of lluif ninn's brother, John Huffman, a rccctible young farmer, w lilch was nbout 3 O yards lrom the K)int of the wreck. Huifman had gone to Uie assistance of the passengers, and his wife, who hud been aroused, was' STANIIINd XKAlt THE HOUSE. Ilulfiiian went unto her and she said. "Ilnvii von si-en tint wieeklo "Vo " lu n. plied, with apparent surpriso and before go ing to it stopped to Introduce Bell and say that they hail walked trom Dunbar to spend the night. Huifman and Bell went out to the wreck and ottered to asslr.ttho passengers, but did not do so, and returned to Huffman's brother's house, lleie is where their nerve went back on them nnd IkiHi agree that they Intended to rob tlio express car of Its valua bles but they did not have the opportunity. Huifman said tliey had no idea of tho amount of money that was on the express that night, but they knew they would certainly get something If they Itched the down passen ger. Idle they were working on the track Hill weakened and suggested that they go home without tampering with It nuv further. saing that several m-oplu would surely be killed. Hulfinnn replied, "It don't make a -n bit of difference how tunny get killed. m1 want llie money." Hulfuinu nnd Bell sto stopped the remainder of .so of the former's brother's the nlghr nt the house and were formulating plans to leave the eoun try in ease there was any suspicion nroused ngnlnst them, when they were supposed to ap pear before the coroner's juiy, which began Its investigation of the wieck ut Dunbar on Wed nesday, the stmitot'Nnixo countiiv had been thoroughly aroused bv the fright ful deed, nnd ikisscs of farmers were sneedllv oiganlzed and staited out In every direction. At the coroner's Inquest the next day John Huffman tcstlllcd that about 11 :!(0 o'clock Tuesday night he went out to draw a bucket of water aud saw two men walk lug on the track, one of whom he recognized as his biother. 'Ihen, too, footprints were found In the snow which eorresixinded exactly to the shoes of Huifman aud llell. They wero fol lowed fioin the track down into the ravine nnd through the cornfield Into the bouse. Huif man nud Bell both testified that thev had come hum Dunbar by an entirely dllfercnt route, nud that they lied was shown bv tho trucks In the ravine aud through the coru'lield. Sheriff McCullom wrested them shortly after they left tho witness stand, and with Mr. Dal by of the Missouri Pacific, brought them to this city to pt event them from being huched. Titr.v i.i:it NOSE TOO SOON. ' For lu ten minutes after they departed with Bell nud Huffman, both heavily iiinuucJcd, a umu of citizens appeared at the full and de manded the prisoners. Sheriff McCullom has spread it around that the prisoners were to bo taken away en the train, but Instead of this the quietly secured a sleigh, ami managed to hustle them out of town bcfoio the in-ople nere aware they had gone. The mob was surprised nt being so cleverly outwitted, and seeing pursuit would be of no avail, disband ed. 'Neither of tho two men belong to the Knights of Labor and their sole olject, ac cording to their own confosslous was to rifle the expresi ear after It had been thrown Into the ditch. They thought that the confusion would enable them to do this, but thev were mistaken, anil the fruit of their crlme doubt- less made them weaken. Their preliminary examination occurred yesterday, and they waived their hearing, being bound over until the next term of the district court without bond. Bell is about & feet 8 inches tall, of Scotch-Irish descent, and unmarried. "He is apparently about SO years old and Is rather dUtlivitcd. Huffman Is two I tubes ta ler and Is a mail of tine tbs!nue. Ho has two brothers now employed as bnikemen ou the Chloago, Burlington ec Ouincv. llu has a florid complexion and iu the vicinity of Dun- uar uas in io reputation of being a thorough bully." A chi tract to extend toe Deuvw and Kin Gmnde load from It d i i.lf t.i GlauHuouil nririK. uji Auui 1. ha tvui takui by Jamiw CailUe fw f2,!A.yi0o. HXM THE XEirS IS' A XUTSUELL. TexnB expended over $2,000,000 for the public schools during Inst year. Ono ninyor of n Paris nrondissement di vorccd .100 couples the other day. There were over 3,000 miles ol new rail rands built in this country Inst year. It is now belcived Hint Archer, tho fain ons English jockey, left a fortune of $1, 000,000. A Uetnchment ol United Stntcs soldiers fired upon n party invnding Oklahomn, which they had ordered back, nnd killed one man. The cholera hns appeared in Chill. Father McGlynn has neain been sum moncd to Home, but refuses to obey The Itcv. W. K. Parsons ol Washington Citv 'hiivs that city is "the wickedest" in tho union. During the first six months of last year in England 440 persons were killed by rail- rond accidents, nnd 1,080 wero injured. Oi the killed 202 wero railroad employes, nnd of the injured 058 wero employes. A tnble compiled from dispatches to tho Boston Post from thoinanagfrsof the lead ing clearing houses ol the United States gives the total gross exchanges lor the week ending January 11, 1887, compared with those ol the corresponding, period of 1880 to be $082,210,048. Omaha, stands thir teenth on thu list with a total of $4,707,- 28,'); increase, 451.8 per cent. In consequence ot the llMicalth of tho archbishop of Armogli t lie pope has nc- corded him a cn-ndjutor bishop. Negotiations were completed nt Jackson, Fin., by which a Dutch syndicate of bank ers iu Amsterdam, Holland, acquired from the Florida Laud and Mortgage company limited, a vast body of timber land in West Honda. The purchase embraces a solid urea ol nearly 1)00 square miles, heavily timbered. This is the largest transaction nuido in tho state since tlio great Disston sale in 1881, The syndicato proposo to form a grcatlund and coloniza lion company building a railroad into tho purchase and colonizing from Holland Parsons (Kns.) dispatch nays: LtiBt week tho Christian church, three miles north of here, wns totally destroyed by fire. The origin, of the fire was a mystery until to-day, when a half-witted young man named Ktiby Coiilfman confessed that he bad set tho building on fire to warm tho cattle that were shivering with cold iu the pasture near by. The young man was rested and lodged iu jail nt Erie. ar- A 'it A TTI. f.0 SET- TO. II It teh irs Decided tit the End of tlie Twenty-Eighth Itoiind. Lawrence (Mass.) dispatch: A remark nblo prize fight was fought here last night iu Uie presence of a small number of sport ing people, between Jack McAul free, of Brooklyn, champion light weight of Ainer- ten, and Harry Giluiore, of Toronto, light weight champion of Canada. They fought for Hoik's international diamond prizo belt for light weights and a puisu of $i00, In addition $fl,000 wns put up inside tho ring on bets. Tho men wero in excellent condition and both scaled within a limit of 1. 'Hi pounds. Twenty-eight rounds wero fought, occupying an hour and fifty-two minutes. Tlio fight was only finished iy Gilmiiro fulling senseless iu tho ling under tho terrible blows indicted by MeAuliffe llieru was considerable fighting mi to tlio sixth round, MeAuliffe evidently coming out tlio belter man. hrom tho h!x th to tlio twenty fifth round thu fortunes ol the men varied nud McAulihVs confidence wns visibly iiii'reiised. In tho twenty-iiltli round MeAuliffe started in to finish (iilinoiv, who had begun to show signs of weakness, but the latter, whoso In eo wns puffed up badlv, fought with des peratioii and continued to mnke a good tight. .MeAuliffe gut t ho best of the twenty- eighth round, lint (iiluion continued to show "game," and it wns not until tho twenty-seventh round that he began to give away, .McAuliflo reining blows upon him unmercifully. In the twenty -eiijlith round Gilmore wns very groggy r.nd MeAuliffe struck him fully ten heavy blows in the face, liilmore mini y lulling senseless on tho lloor and was un able to respond when lime wns called Aulilfo claimed the light and it was awarded to him. Gilmnro recovered mid decided to continue thu light, but wns prevented by his backers nud roferees. Ho wns fright fully punished and wns put to bed with physicians iu attendance upon him. A MiritltEltEH'S ESI). John Wilson was hanged in th jail yard at Norristown, Pa., on tlio 13th. The crime lor which Wilson a u He red was tho murder ol Anthony W. Dealy, a tanner ol Mont gomery county, iu a dispute about wages in January, 18S0, ho cut De.tly down with a cleaver, aud then attempted to destroy traces by cutting tho body into pieces and throwing tnem into tho stream. Wilson confessed the deed two years utter the tnur Uer, while delirious with drink in Chicago, Till: QUEEX'S JUlllLEE. London, Jon. 17. At n meeting at Oldham, the mayor presiding, a motion to Ignore the ueen's uibllee was earned, wnereupon uie nni vor Rufil there were enough nresent In favor of the celebration to warrant his going on with . - - . . . . , . . the preparations for tlio event. A great uproar ensued, ino mayor being rouuiuv uisseu auu hooted. TEXAS ASn THE TAIttFF. Austin special: The house to-day passed a resolution requesting the Texas delega tion in congress to vote for the repoal ol die present tariii laws ami lor such internal revenue and tariff laws ns may be required for mi economical government nud for de serving pensioners. aoi'Eitxoi: of texas. Austin, Tex., Jan. 18. General Lawrence Sullivan Boss was Inaugurated governor of texas at noon to-ilav for a term of two vears. The r. tiring governor. John Itvlnml is tht? IcatUnir cnmliilates (or (leuvrul .Maxeys BKiKK 111 UIU VIIIUU CIHU'S MUaU Lincoln's Wist Words on Labor. mere is no lauding pla. e on the stairway from labor up to capital. Thero are no bolted doors along the ascent It is treason to make out mi Irrepressible oonlhct botweou them. The fact was never better put than by Mr. Lincoln lu his tlrt auuuil message: "There s no such relation " he said, 'betnoeu capltnl ind labor ns aumod, nor s there any ami such tulug as a free man being tlxed for life In the condition of a lured laborer. Itotn these assumption are faUe, and it 1 intoreucea from them are grxm miles. Many Indepen dent men everywhere in those states a few vears twek iu their lives wero lilred lauomra. The prudent, uniles beginner lu the world labor, for wages for awhile, save a surplus with which U. buy tools or jaud for hiuuelf, tueu labors on his own account fur awhile, and at leueth hii.san. t t-r m-wUiH help hint. This is thi put and g, nerous Mell Wlllell tn. 111,. wBy i,, ai fl,f , to all, srnt i. .li-, ,,, nt i-ii.-rgv und n.g't- aatl tm; .n.jiicut ,-1 .m.lit.ou t all -t ,.t THE HADDOCK CASE. Sioux City special: A decision wns reached to-day as to when the HnUUock murder and conspirators are to be tried. March 21 wns selected nnd on thatUay thelamous trial will begin. The state wns granted the right to select which one ol the defendants u in hi? tr lei I llrst. it is generally uiiuur- Btood that Arensdorl w'll be tried last. THE SEXATE AXD HOUSE. Wltat U Detng Done In lloth Eranclics the Xatlonat Congress. of Senath, Jan. 13. The sennto resumed tho conference report on tho inter-state commerce bill. The matter was discussed at sonic length, but no final action wns taken. At the conclusion ol Senator Evarts' speech. Senator Cullorn stated Ids desire that a vote should be taken to-day, but Senator Hoar suggested Hint he and other senators desired to speak and that there was no desire to delay the vote tin necesinrily. Finally unanimous consent was given thnt a vote shall bo taken to morrow. Tho nnti-polygamy bid (tho sen nte bill with the house substitute) having been received lrom tho bouse, the amend meat was non-concurred in, and a confer ence asked, and Messrs. Kdniunds, Ingalls and Pne.li were nppoiutcd conferees on the part ol the senate, Housn, Jan. 14. Mr. Caldwell, of Ten nesiee, submitted the conference report on the electoral bill and it was agreed to with out debate- or revision. After the recep t'.on of a number of committee reports the house went into committeo ol tho whole for consideration ol sennto bills upon the mi vote calendar. At 4 o'clock tho com mil tee rose and tho house unseed hall a dozen private senate bills, including one for the relief of sufferers from the wreck of the steamer Ashulot. The house then took a recess until 7:.'J0, the evening session to be for tlio consideration ot pension bills Housk, Jan 13. The house passed the bill amending tho lnw regulating tho re moval ol causes from state to federal courts. The bill incienscs the minimum jurisdiction of the circuit courts from $500 to $2,000, takes away from circuit courts the jurisdiction ot causes in favor of ns signecs of promissory notes and bills of ex change; nnd restricts to the defendant tho right to remove n. cause from a statu to a leuerai court. .Mr. JueKer then called up the bill providing tor the bringing of suits ngninst the government of the Un ted States, and utter a very brief discussion it was passed. The next bill called up wns ono extending forone yenr from its passage the right ol action in eases arising under tho captured and abandoned property act rending debate, tho house adjourned Senate, .Inn. 14. Mr, Cullom moved to proceed to the consideration of the confer ence report ou the inter-stato commerce bill. Agreed to 37 to 12. After debnto. the presiding ollicer having slated that the question wns on agreeing to the conferonco report, Mr. Frye moved to recommit tlio report with instructions to the senate con ferees to insist on htriking out section 4 nud Hiilistit nting section 5 of thesenate bill; also on htriking out section o and substi tuting I lierefor section 10 of t lie senate, bill, which provides for an investigation of the subject of pooling. Mr. Evarts said ho would vote to recommit, believing Hint ac tion would bring congress and the country nearer to a good bill than over before. Mr, Cullom said he should regard tho vote on the motion to recommit as a test vote on tlio question. The voto was taken and re suited yeas, 25; nays, 3G. The conference leport wns agreed to yeas, 4"'; nays, 15 House, Jan 15, In tho morning hour tho house proceeded to tho consideration ot the joint resolution authorizing the in vestigation ol tlio bonks, accounts and methods of tho Pacific railroads which bavo received aid from the United States Tlio morning hour having expired tho com mitteo rose without action. Crisp, of Georgia, presented a conference report on the inter-state commerca bill, stating that he did not do so for tlio purpose of asking action upon it ut this time, tint iu order that it- might be printed iu the ltecord, nnd iu a lull from this ordered. Crisp gave no tice Unit ho would call up tlio report, at an eailyday. Tlio river and harbor bill was then considered until adjournment. lloi'si:, Jan. 17. Hills wero introduced Hy Anderson, ot Kansas, calling upon tlio ntthoruey general for information as to the legal authority under which tlio direc tors of the Union Pacific railroad company consolidated Hint company with tlio Knn sas i'licilie company and Denver i'ncilic railroad company, and reorganized tlio same under the name of tho Union Pacific railroad company, lly Fiudhiy, of Mnry hind (by request), to niako gold and silver inin jointly legal tender, J lie, house re fused, yens 113, nnys 137, to consider tho interstate coiuiuern report. The li II passed for tlio relief of doncudeut im rents of honorably discharged soldiers nud sail ors, w ho are now- disabled nud dependent upon their own labor lor support. The totul number of persons who will bo bene fited by the second section is estimated at 33,105, nnd the annual cost to the govern inent will not reach $0,000,000. Senate. Jan. 17. Tlio Bennte proceeded to consider nnd pass the pension bills on tiio calender. Forty pension bills, prpici pally houso bills, were passed, and tho pen sion appropriation bill, appropriating $75,000,000, was taken up nnd passed witli only immaterial amendments. Tlio army uppropriatiou bill wns then taken up. The bill wns passed with a few uniiu pnrtnnt amendments. Tho sennto bill to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with agricultural colleges was taken up ns unfinished business. Senator Infills characterized tlio bill as exceeding ly crude nud imperfect. Without definite action tlio senate adjourned. House, Jan. 18. Tlio houso in tho morn ing hour resumed consideration ot tho joint resolution for an investigation of the ac counts of the Pacific rnilrouila. which wns passed without division. It authorizes tho secretnry ol state to appoint and fix the compensation of tlireo competent persons, the compensation not to exceed $3,000 each per nniium, with necessary expenses, to exumine t lie workings and financial manageiuoiit of the Pacific railroads and to ascertain whether -tliy have performed the obligatipns tliey nre under to tho Uni ted States. The resolution nium-n th details to bo examined into nnd nrovides lor access to nil books and accounts ol the companies indebted to tho United Stutes. Senate, Jan. IS. Senator Hawley re ported a joint resolution providing for tho appointment of a joint committee ol live beiiatois and eight representatives, to con sider the expediency ol holding, in 1S02, nn lateniatlonal exhibition ol the industries u,,l productions of nil countries; passed. A letter was recently received nt the treas ury department from It. G. Hold, nrasidnnt of the International Range nssociatioii, asking that an order bo issued or.ililliitlnr. tho importation ol cattle into the United States from nil countries where rontupious timelines e,xiBi. une senate then took up .i. . . . . . : nun passed uie nouse bin to ueelnre a for feiture of bonds granted the New Orleans. ilaton Itousw ,V Viclisbuiv rxilrond conio- any (I tuck bull rond). the forfeiture to no- ply to funds tmat ol the Mississippi anil to ...... M.. .1... V , r I i-'iiurni iu 1M nwn UIIFHIIS tV I NCIOC rail- r.' id fowpiiny (assignee ot the other romii- any utmr emitted lands not forfeited. Senate, Jan. 10. The b li authorizing tho construction of a bridge across tho Mississippi river at St. Louis, between tho Ends bridge and the mouth ol tlio Missouri river, wns taken up nnd passed. Edmunds reported n bill to authorize the president ol the United States to protect and defend the right ol American fisliing vessels, Amer ican trading vessels and other vessels in certain enses, and for other purposes. Sen ntor Mitchell reported back favorably the Iioubo bill for the relief ot dependent pa rents nud honorably discharged soldiers nnd sailors, now disabled und dependent ou their labor for support. liofsi:, Jan. I1.). Mr. Wnrthinglon re ported a bill lor the completion of tlio pub- I e bui'diug ut Nebraska City, Neb. He ferie.l to committee nt tho whole. Mr. Oulhwiiite (Ohio) offered a reso.ution which whs referiod to tho committee on Pueillc rnilr.inds, that the secretaiy ol tho treasury be requested to inform tlio houso of representatives ns to the sums of money winch were owing to the Uiutfd States on the first day of January, 1SS7, from tho Paeilic railroads that have received aid from the government; and what will bo the result to thu treasury, and the effect upon these debts if tho house bill No. 8,138 (thu Funding bill) should beeomo a law, nud its provisions bo complied with. The Inter-state Lommerce bill wns considered, but no vote reached. LET JUSTICE UK DOSE. A Determined Effort lt Ferret Out tmd 1'un tnh the lltiddiiclc Murderers. Sioux City special: The news thnt tho indicted pnrties connected in the Haddock murder case would have their trial March 21 has been already telegraphed and com mented on in these columns, but, your cor respondent will give thenilcrclap and inoro full particulars up to date concerning mat tcis in this ease, of both prosecution and defense. Tlio nttornoy for the defense will plead for nil the indicted conspirators except, as to Graiidla, for whom Judge Pendleton will fight. Orandia will bu tried first, ns ruling ot Judge Wakefield. The enses will no doubt bo tiied before Judge Lewis who will bu called iu by Judge Wakefield. Tlio defense made a hard light to have Arcns dort's trial come up first, but the judge de cided in favor of Prosecuting Attorney Marsh. Now that the trial liasbeon set for March both the defense and prosecution nre show ing their bauds, i. c., that, nt no time were the sheriff, 1). W. Wood, defense, or prose cution sure of the wliurealioiitsof Peters or Treiber. the latter two making a linker's dozen thnt wero indicted for tlio conspiracy to tio up tho Itcv. Haddock. The approach ing trial lias loiiud the defense iu u better shape to fight tlmii tlio prosecution, and tlio failure of tho latter may, to a large ex tent, belaid at the door of D. W. Wood, the attorney who li.nl t lie confidence of tlio Law nnd Order league, and tho paid attor ney of tlio Methodist Episcopal associa tion. Wood's bad break was n thunder bolt iu the camp and compelled new coun sel to lie employed, nnd an entire now theory or line or action to be employed. Your correspondent had n half hour's conversation yesterday with one nf tlio lo ding attorneys Jor the defense, and while the fact thnt (frandia's case will come up llrst nnd Aivnsdori last, does not in tlio least cause any doubt in tlio miniU of tlio defense of thu nhility to get a fair trial for Arensdorf. In fact, it tins been intimated to your correspondent that the defense had rather rest their ease in the hands of Judge Lewis, he being more familiar with the trial nud rulings of criminal cases; that if thu defense should score any points iu the trial or un acquit I it 1. thnt any errors made or exceptions made in tlio rulings would have moro weight throughout the state or in courts. lie this ns it may, this unfortu nate ease will be tried by both sidos, and the hope is only Unit outsiders will not bo too hasty to condemn a young and grow ing city for where is there u city but what has its good us well as evil associates? The prosecution must fight this ciish to tho end nnd nn example bu mndo of nil evildoers. There is not n citizen of this nlace but what desires the guilty parties brought to trial md tarnished, if it can lie proven that ho wns the one who fired the fatal shot. Tho parties for both the prosecution and de fense are able and competent to handle tlio ease, ami nro determined to uilhor convict or acquit. There is no justice iu insinuat ing tlint Sioux City upholds the murder; that a fair trial cannot bolind, ns the mug wump ( hicago News will bavo it. Tho above named paper is unfair to both sides, and it is fawning to gain a point hero in Iowa ami elsow here, w bile it neglects to wateli and keep an eye on its own wicked State and Chirk streets. As indicated or noted in a former article, the attorneys on both sides and the judge are g.mtlemou of ability, nnd are fully able to try the case. 1 lie statement of Leuvitt. and tho report ed utterances of a few ol the other idieted ones, must be proven. A few saloons are still opv&und thov are of tlio upper class, running day and night whisky straight, 15 cents. Tlio worst ruin-holes nre closed, and just what will bo done with tlio few time alone will tell. Tho places open iu defiance, of law nro orderly, and so far no proceedings iu law have been lodged against any of the owners. In neither of tlio saloons is a very large stock of liquors kept on hand. Tho man who wants his bitters isjavilling to pay, nnd no questions nre naked ol the barkeeper ns to when ho will bo enjoined. THE II OIlK COMPLETED. Washington dispatch: Tho department of agriculture's estimates ol the area, pro duct and vnluo of corn, wheat and outs for permanent record nro completed. The of ficial work ol tlio year lias been thoroughly reviewed with the nid of state co-operation, and all available data of crop pro duction and aggregates aro substantially those recently reported. The corn crop, in round numbers, aggregates 1,050,000,000 bushels, grown on 75,000,000 acres, and lias a farm vnluo ol $015,000,000. The yield is 22 bushels per ncro & bushels Iims than that of lust year. Thero is an in ciense ol nrea of over 3 per cont and a de crease iu product ol 14 per cent, while the averago prico has increased 12 per cent, or from 32.S to 30.0 cents per bushel. the gregate product ol wheat is -157.000,000 bushels from an nrea of nearly .k.wou.uou oill I Jllll acres, having a farm value oi on.uuo, (100. The averago value is C8.7 cents per bushel against 77.1 for the previous crop, nnd (11.5 cents for tho groat crop ol 188 1. This is a 35 per cent ro luetion from the ineriie.' vnluo between loiU and ibsu. The yield ol spring wheat centers is bettor than wns expected early in tlio season nnd on tlio Pacific coast much worse. The gen eral average for winter nud spring wheat is nearly 32.4 bushels per acre. The product ol oats is 020,000,000 bushels, 5,000,000 less than last yonr from un area o! over 23.000.000 ncres, producing a value $180,000,000. The averago yield is 20.4 liiisli is, against 27.0 Inst year. The aver age vauie is u.o rents per ousuei; lust year 28.5 cents ht bushel. 1VAUXED TO HE UIUDY. London, Jan. 17. Several Germans In Eng land have received telegrams from the Ger man oottul lu London roqueting thm te oe prepared to return to Gormany at il hours" UMMeaiMi reuort lo their rosuaciive nuiuarr raone headquarter.