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.