Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 25, 1886, Page 1

THE OMAHA DaiLy BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR, MENACED BY THE IRON PRINCE Is the Gorman Ohancellor Oonniving With the Obinese Government. GREEDY CAPITAL GAS COMPANY. Van Wyck Scores the Overcharging Monopoly in the Senate—Opposed to a Bankrupt Law—Wash- ington Notes, Our Duty Toward China. Wasnixarox, March 24.--[Special Tele- gram.]—A few weeks ago the Critic of this City printed a sensational inferview with a member of one of the legations, giving the reasons which induced the president’s mes- sage to congress showing the strained rela- tions between this country and China and Impliedly asking the legislative branch of the government to take some action in the mat- ter. 'This evening's paper contains another interview on the subject. It represents the president and cabinet as being very much concerned for fear China may levy an inden- nity on our seaboard cities in retaliation for the destruction of the life and property of Chinese residents in this conntry unless gome vigorous action shall be taken, The article states that not only is England en- couraging the Chinese government to this course, but Geri as well. “Within the Past two ye ticle continues, “Ger- many has affected a great friendship for China, She has, built for her four powerful iron-clad uyeraging from 4,800 to 6,400 tons each, arnie with the finest Krapp guns and ready for in- stant se The predominance of German influence in China is shown by the fact t! the contract for constricting a system of rail- roads from the interior of China to the sea- const has been granted to the great Berlin banker, Bluechroder, one of Bismarck's staunchest friends. He believes some s { secret treaty has been entered into b tween Germany and China. Not the least interesting incident of the presenttime i that a German squadron, consisting of four men-of-war, is now cruising in the soutl: and central African waters within three days steam of our coast, the first that ever came here of so many sail. It is under the com- mand of one of thebest sailorsof the German navy, Commodore Henzel, The squadron consists of the Stein, carrying sixteen guns, the Moltke, sixteen guns, the Sofia, ten guns, and the Ariadne, nine guns. The oflicers and crew of the fleet amount to 1,820 wmen, ‘What they are doing just at this time in Ame n waters i atter of some int; In view of Bismarck’s action resmrdir Ameriean products and American natural- ized citizens, it means nothing 1 the United States, you may be cert: The interview concludes in the: “Some answer must be given the Chinese minist demand, and very soon, too. The question, I learn, was considered yesterday (Tuesday) at the cabinet meeting, It has been suggested to the president that he take a course which I think would be approved by the entire count Mr. Blaine was the choice of nearly one-half the American peo- ple for the presidency. ‘This Chinese matter is not a political question at all. It belongs to both parties—to the wlole countr The president found it where it is to-day. His administration is not responsible for its existence. Let him send for Mr. Blaine and ask him to assist i formulating some method of dealing with it in a broad, statesmanlike manner, which both parties can unite in supporting, a precedent for this in the McLeod ca Mr. Webster was made secretary of state then, The question involved was one of great delicac, He felt that both vpolitical parties w equally interested and should be consulted, 50 he invited gentlemen of the highest per- sonal standing of the opposition to aid him with their advice. They met the invitation in the spirit in which it was tendered, and the result maintained the nation’s reputation in a manner that was worthy the best days of American diplomacy. VAN WYCK WAGH Senator Van Wyclk’ ous monopoly, the W company, is all the many years this cor) A BITTER WAR, war upon that notori- hington Gas Light k here to-night, For . oration has boen a by den upon the taxpayers here, 1t has charged enormous rates for gas, beginning at about $4 per 1,000 cubie feet, untii it has reached $1.50, Senator Van Wyck is showing that the company can furnish gas here where coal is cheap and consumption large for $1 a thou- sand and make large profits, All the steps which have been t: to secure through congress charters for rival companies have been smothered, until this monopoly has grown to enormous proportions. Senator Van Wyck made a yery telling speech on the subject te-day., He said that Washington scems to be controlled by three kinds of cor porations—national banks which pay no- taxes, milroads by steam and street, and the Washington Gas Light company, Van Wyck reviewed tke operations of the gas company, When chartered in 188 the eapital stock was tixed at $500,000, The capital stock was inereased to $1,000,000, and then to $2,000000, all out of the earnings. The stockholders only invested $500,000, and tho stock has been inereased to $2,000,000, and there was 500,000 more, making in all £2,000,000. The company had added to the plant, not from the pockets of the stock- holders, but from the pockets of the peop! T'wo millions had been taken from the peopl: over and above large annual dividends, and the stock Is worth §1,000,000 today, yet, he said, these people are under the protection of cons gress, and this corporation is under the reg- ulation of congress. ‘The cowpany, not con- tent with plundering and stealing irom the people here §2,000,000, had {0 have large divi- dends on what they had en, Mr, Van Wyck has the almost unauimous support of ens in his fight, ED 10 A BANKEUPT LAW, A petition, largely signed by pronunent professional and business wen of Sionx City, Towa, was presented in the house to-duy by My, Dorsey of Nebraska. ‘The petitioners strongly antagonizes the passage of a bank- rupt faw. ‘They say they oppose a baukrupt law-~first, bacanse the country Is rich and prosperous, and such legislation has never been asked or given except to relieve un- fortunate debtors who hiave heen broken by war prices or unexpected prostration ot business ecaused by the coutinued failure of crops, and even then granted only at long intervals and for short periods; second, because it en- courages gambling upon wargins and othe rash speeulations, bordering upon dishonest practices and based upon false business prin- elples; third, it wpairs public contidence in contracts by affording dislionest wen an vasy escape from the payment of their just debts; fowrth, it absorbs ju exovensive 1 tion the assets of (hedebtor; fifth, it creats and wdds to thearmy of federal ofiice holders: who must be sypported by the petiple, WORKIN OINEBHASKA FouTs. B An ovigiti bl fias been unzutmoysly re- poited 1o tie bouse from_ the. commitiea on wilitiry . af g appropriations fox rebuilding military posts, it comtains a Luge appropr » rebuila Fort tive Dorsey OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING., MARCI 25, 1886, NUMBER 225 of Nebraska credit for this is due. He went before the commitfee on military affairs and made an argument in which hie showed in convineing terms the necessity of rebuilding Fort Robinson. Another bill has also been reported from the committees, making an ap- propriation of 600,000 tor the completion of the Improvements already begun. Out of this Forts Niobrara and Omaha, Neb,, will be provided for, Mr. Dorsey said to your cor- respondent to-day that Fort Robinson would be made new, with all the modern conveni- ences, and Niobrara and Omaha put in good condition. e has no doubt of the pas- sage of these measures, as they are regu- Iar appropriation bills, and therefore privi- leged. M CONDITION, The Sccretary's Allment More Serious Than His Physicians Admit, Wasitixaros, D.C, March 24.—Inquiry at Secretary Manning's house this morningy elicits the information from his private sec- retary that Manning is doing well, and lis physician says everything 1s favorable. His sprained ankle eauses him considerable vain WASHINGTON, March 91.—Dr. Hamiiton statement to Assistant Secretary airchild this afternoon in regard to the con- dition of Secretary Manning. ~He las symptoms of apoplexy, and is not rezarded outof danger. Hamilton says he will be confined to his bed for sone time. At 11 o'clock to-nicht the physicians in attendance upon Secretary Manning stated that his condition was about_unelianzed, al- though e moves himselt in his bed with rather more ease and appears more comfort- His f hed, and his breathing 1’ Tesponse to ques- t will bo several days yet before all danger is passed, and se s before he can - safe 3 urrence of the attack of yesterday is greatly feared, and the extreme “gravity of the case ecan be overestimated.” It is impossible to 1 from professional sources the see y's true condition, in his phy: 18, out of respect {o the wishes of the fam- ily, decline to give o detuled statement of thie case, BLACK'S CHARGE, The Commission the Se r Cleverly Caught by ate Committee. WAsHINGTON, March 24—The examina- tion of Pension Commissioner Black was continued by the senate committee on ex- penditures of publke money this morning. Senator Harrison took up the case of Cap- tain John A. WHhitsit, one of twenty cases furnished by Commissioner Black to su his charges that the pension oflice had been managed as a political machine by his prede- cessors. Commissioner Black said he did not wish to be examined this morning on that case, and he would withdraw it. Senator Harrison asked Whether his with- i n consequence of the polities of the claimant. k declined to answer the ques- asked whether his withdrawal ccause of the discovery that 1 democrat. Witness said he didn’t know yet; he hadn’t completed the ease. Senator Harrison asked the reasons which compelled the witness to withdraw the se, In reply General Black said he was told yest by a.man that the committec had an excellent joke which they we going to spring on hiin. wse of one man who was a democrat and chairman of a smoeratic county committee. e (Ar. Black) ran over his list hurriedly. came satislied tha S demacrat. Harrison asked if the witness knew that the claimant had always been ademocrat and was ehairman of the demoeratic committee of Indianapolis, to which the commissioner re- plied in the negative. Commissioner Black said he had not dropped Whitsit. He did not know whether lie should do if. Emphatically he thought the testimony was insufficient” to keep him on the rolls. Piumb called attention to another on the docket which he asked witness to read. Jommissioner Black read as follow: ENSION OFFICE, Jan, —Clajmant, gh Hon. A. H. De 5 informed s dropped as additional evidence does not change s Commissioncr have heard of this : . In reply to Plumb he t it would indicate that the thing had been *‘jockeyed” within my oftice. A man who has “only one or t clerks of s own persuasion in a great div sion like that has to take some charges. The committee adjourned to meet one weelk frow to-day. FORTY Harrison WASIINGTON, March ay, at 2 o'clock, the arm The resolutions reported from the judi committee were taken up, and M addressed the senate in opposition to the m jority vote, Considerable crossfiring oceurred in the de- bate between Messis. Hoar, Gray, Edmunds, Butler and Harris, and without action on the resolutions the senate adjourned, House. WasniNGrox, March 24.—The house to- day, after a debate upon an amendment offered and rejected, passeed the Indian ap- propriation bill—yeas 226, noes 5. he house immediately went into com- mittee of the whole on the postoflice appro- priation bill, Mr. Blount, chairman of the committee on postoflices and post. roads, brielly explained the provisions ot the bill. It apy L id, $54; 555 as against an e 854,958,166, and an appropriation of W90 for the current y Mr. Burroughs called the attention of the committee to the fact that the estimate for the pay of railway postal elerks was too low, and spoke at considerable length on the gen’ eral question The committee then rose and the house ad- journed. Clements Withonut Ole WAsHINGTON, March 24,~The winority report ntalive Clements, of eorgl sey’s biil to repeal the clvil serv /, takes the ground that the grave abuses that grew up under republican rule do not demand or justify a new and rad- ical departure in the principles embodied in the civil service law.” Any attempt to limit the president’s power of appointin moyal 5 not_a valid L. crate through exceutive fequi conelusion the report attacks the pres tem of distribution of appointments stutes, and declares that 1f we are to have o anent oficial community it should be ed on & better basis, but the most di- rect way to reform it would bo through a re- 1 of The law, ene; it or re- n only op- ce.” In Nt Sy to {he Hazen Defends His Bureau. WASHINGTON, Mareh 26, —General Hazen, chief sigual ofticer, appearcd before the house comuittee on expenditures in the war depart- today in answer fo charges made inst the signal service by Second C sler Maynard, He said while the lias led the cost was $300,000 less D when he chir leclared the and unauthorized expenditure of publie moey by the signal scrvice to be un- true, and_mainiained 1o expenditur e proper il necessary and wore wuthor: d by a ligher authority thau the chief sigual oflicer, Oasey Young's Ex mination Contin- WasmiNGroyN, March 4,—The telephone co! Ltee resumed the o Young to y him, or any one at he would ‘bring mupany, Until he had itiu the papess he had ard that the.uttorney general was to I er that Goode might bring the suit. Wit UCSE Was e ned at - great length, bug nothiag of general interest w fod, -unict the commitioe adjouraed, DISTRIBUTING STATE WEALTH The Committee's Appropriations For Towa's Various Public Institutions, CLARINDA FOLKS DISSATISFIED. The Governor Makes Two Import- ant Appointments—The Senate Secks Information—Assems bly Notes, Appropriations For State Institutions. Towa, March 24.—[Special lic house comumittee on appro- priations reported to-day on most of the state institutions, Their reports give to the Fort Madison penitentiary,£11,700;to the Anamosa penitentiary, 831, enwood insti- tute for feeble minded children, $11,2003 for the state normal chool at Cdear Falls, i to the Vinton college for the blind, 200; to the agricultural college at Ames, 3003 to the Prisoners’ Aid association, : for the expenses of the Towa exhibit at the New Otleans exposition, $20,000; for the deaf and dumb institute at Council Bluffs, $1450, The bills providing appro- priations for the three insane asylums, already reported, were the speeial order in the house, but as they were likely to occasion agood deal of debate, they were lald over till after the other appropriation bills were received, and will be the special order for Friday at 9 a. m. “There is much dissatisfaction with the re- port of the committee in allowing only §10,000 for the new hospital being built at Clarinda. The trustees asked for £300,000 to continue the work, but the committee pro- pose that work shall be stoppedd until the floating debt of the state is paid. They allow for building additions to the asylums at In- dependence and Mount Pleasant, but their increased capacity will still leave 1,500 insane in the state for whom there s no provision. A strong fight will be made for an appropriation to keep up work on the Clarinda hospital. Cer- tain rumors affecting the location of the hos- there and the manner in which the last appropriation was expended have been cur- rent, but the friends of the hospital are ask- ing an opvortunity to refute the charges and demand a vindication. They hope to get an appropriation over the adverse report of the committee, Owing to the depleted condition of the treasury it is probable that no appro- priation will be made for the capital or for the new state fair grounds, 0 IMPORTANT AP POINTMENTS. vernor Larrabee made two important appointments to-day—Peter A. Dey of Towa City to be railrond commissioner, and John Blanchard of Dubuque to be state oil in- spector, Mr. Dey’s nomination is referred to the executive couneil for confirmation, and Mr. Blanchard’s to the senate. Both will undoubtedlybe confirmed. Mr. Dey suceeeds himself on the railroad commission. He is the democratic member of the board, the other two being republicans. Mr. Blanchard is the editor of the Dubuge Times and brother to B. W. Blanchard, the present mspector, who was appointed two years ago. )R INFORMATION. senate to-day passed a concurrent reso- Intion asking the governor for information upon the following points: 1—The present condition of the finances of the state, ineluding the amount of the real deficit, If any now exists. 2—The prospective revenue of the state for the next biennial period. 3—As to the number, condition and distri bution of the insane in Tow 4—The number in public and_ private hos- pitals, with any suggestions upon these que: tions that may be of interest to the legisla- ture. $ “The governor will, in a few days, send a speclal message to the legislature answering these qu PU TO PAY TAXE! The execut now engaged in making assessments on the railroads, islock- ing horns with the Pullman Sleeping Car company. Heretofore it has been customary to assess this company for the amount of rolling stock owned by them and used in tius state and apportion the amount of tax to each of the roads using the Pullman cars, to be paid through them. The company, having been successful in resisting tax collection suits in Wisconsin, Indiana and Tennesse, now announce their intention of refusing to pay their tax m Iowa. The Chicago, Bur- lington & Quiney accordingly filed with lie couneil Saturday a supplemental report under protest, showing the number of Pull- man ecars used on their lines, and stating that the Pullman company was refusing to pay their tax through this road, The council has taken no action yet on this refusal, but Governor Larrabee stated to-night that he thought the Towa statutes will allow the state to recover if the company persists in re- fusing. ‘The attention of the leglslature will probably be ca ASSEMBLY NOTES, The house passed the bill providing that ors of any township may form inde- pendent school districts. The house con- curred in the senate resolution to adjourn April 3, but the motion to reconsider was filed. The bill allowing the Chicago, Towa & Northern Pacifie railroad right of way over the state fands near Anamosa was passed, The house bill providing for the examination of insurance companies and prescribing in what securities thefr funds. may be invested was passed. The bill requiring railroads to glve rebate tickets for extra fares paid on cars was passed. In the senate the military committee reported the bill establishing a soldiers’ home an pre 100,000 for that purpose, ator Se ed o substitute providing the the Soldiers’ Orphan home, at Davenport, be used for the soldiers' home, but pending discussion the senate received a message from the governor nominating John Blan- chard, of Dubuque, state oil inspector vice B, W. Blanchard, whose term expires, and went uto executive session to consider it, Outrage By Masked Men, Krokuk, lowa, Marcl "he residence oceupled by Joe Horner in the suburbs of the city was burned at 1 0’clock yesterday morn- ing, Horner claims that three mesked men entered the house,’gagged ana bound him, fter pouring coal-oil on_the furniture L saying: “Youcan't give ‘I'he door Was left slightly open, Horner rolled out to the front gate, where his groans attracted the neighbors, He had a struggle with' the men, whose wasks came off. All were ngers, 1t is not known whetlier the motive was robbery or revenge, Horner had had trouble with s wite, and she is now at Memphis, Mo, In Deep Water With Dabts, CHicAGo, Mareh 24.—A Daily News svecial from Peoria says: Itugg & Ryan, owners of the Advance elovator, aid grala Commission wen of this eity, are in decp water. The Merchants’ Natlonal bank threw out $5,000 of tlieir paper (o-day. A board of trade coms mittec 1s examining - their books to.day. Thiere is swall hobe of tiding it over, Jachue Secures Bail, New Youk, March 24, —Alderman Jaehne and his boudsimen were met by JudgeGilder- sleeve {o-day, 1lo accepted bis proffered Suivlica, J. C. MORG STABBED. The Postmaster at Kearney Slashed by a Crazy Trayeler. KrARNEY, Neb,, March 94,—[Special Tele- gram.|—An insane man, who got off the west-bound train this morning, créated a sensation all day on the streets, and was put in charge of Special Policeman Moore, who took him to the Union Pacific depot. While sitting in the ticket office he became excited and grabbed night operator J. G. Lowe's 44-calibre revolver and snapped it three times at him and also at Pat Sampson, a switch- man, He then rushed out and meeting J. C, Morgan, postmaster and editor ot the Buffalo County Courier, on the platform stabbed him four times and made his escape. Morgan's wounds are supposed to be not dangerous. Constable Will Learn arrested a notorious character named Joe Hautz for fighting. Hautz plead guiity, was fined and leaves for Omaha on the morning train to fill a position asdrugelerk, Defaulter Mathewson's Affairs, NORFOLK, ch., Mareh 24.—[Specin) Telegram.|—Friends of Charley Mathewson have settled down to_the conviction that he was frightened away by his financial difticul- ties, and that he could have extricated him- self by making known his needs, but he was usually reticent about his affairs even to those who were closely associated with him, The aggregate of attachments on his property amounts to $5,000, representing really about $50,000 actual labilities, Ilis realty has been appraised at a eash valuation of 32,000, It has just been ascertained that there is a deficiency in the Kenneth Mathe- son estate of about $6,000. The bondsmen are I, C. Brome, N. A. Rumnbolt, Dr, Bear,S. 8. Colton of Norfolk, E. S, Butler of Neligh, W, T, Searls of Platte county. Heavy Fire at Hastings, HAsTINGS, Neb., March 24.—[Special Tele- gram.|—A 812,000 fire occurred in Hastings this morning, the heaviest loss being in fine fast stock. It occurred on the fair ground in the box stalls, and one of the men there em- ployed taking care of the horses nearly lost hislife. Hisface and hands were terribly burned. He was getting out one of the horses when it threw him down, and before he could get out he was terribly burned. It is thought that as some boys were up near there shooting the fire originated from o burning gun wad falling in the grass just beslde the stalls. Some of the stock was vesy valuable, being fast animals. A, J. Weigle 15 the heaviest loser. ing Boom Starts Well, tAsKA Crry, Neb., March 24.—[Spe- elegram.]—The Nebraska Distilling Company was reorganized to-day, with eapi- tal inereased to $100,000. They will prepare the plant at once and start Ithe work within sixty days. The incorporators are ¢ L. Woolsev, D. T. Mills ot Boston, and E. C. Gaffield of New York. The pay roll will be $40,000 a year. The spring boom begins, Cheerfully Corrected. CreTE, Neb, March 21.—[Special]—The statement in the Be t., in re- gard to White & Glade's dam having gone out, is incorrect. Their dam is, and has been, all right, and the mills_are running rogu- laxly. il A FAMILY MURDERED. Revolting Crimes in the South Ameri- can State of Santander. New Yoni, March 2. —Panama advices of the 16th inst. say a series of terrible murders have been committed at Arboledas, in the state of Santander. An entire family was assassinated. The names of the victims are Carbelon Marciales, Facunta Ortega, his wife, Camila, a girl of 12 years, Volel 10, Ricardo, aged 8, Cayetano, aged gibia, aged' 2, "and an infang 'to wh mother had given birth in the excitement which preceded the wholesale murder. The assassins are five in number—Antonia an, Francisco Marclales, Meguel anta Lon Rosea and-a deaf and dumb mar The apprehension of the assassins has brought to light other criies of revolting character. s, N, S A A Denial From Headquarters. Bostox, Mareh 24.—[Special Telegram,|— shington dispatch to a local paper states that “Charles Francis Adams,president of the Union Pacific, has made a proposition to the house committce on Pacific railroads to the effect that his company is willing to turn over to the United States, in any njan- ner that may be deemed best, all branch roads owned and operated by the Union P cifie, as security for payment of the amount to which that company Is now indebted to the government.” It Lias been ascertained that neither Adams nor any other ofiicer of the road has made a proposition to congress or its committees on Pacific railroads in rely tion to the matter referred to, —_—— Blew Out His Worthless Brains. AND, Ohio, March 24.—A farm ed Charles Meyer, employed by Villinn Avan ot Brighton, a village iit miles from Cleveland, attemyted to kiil © of his former employer, J. E, Wy- man, who lives near the Av: M, yester- day, Alter firing two shots ather he ran from the house, 1le was pursued by members of the family and some laborers, The chuse was Kept up fora mile. Meyer held the pistol in Bis hand as he ran, and just as he was e iausted and i danger of being cauzht ) turned, and, before thy pursuers eould come up, biew out his brains, dying instantly. It is supposed that he was in love with Mrs, Wyman; who scorned him, and that his pur- posa Whs to Kill both her ahd himeelt, - Toth the bullets aimed at her missed. Meyer was yeass old, and aquiet, hard working fel- 0. LA - Six Horsethieves Exterminated. Brssanck, D, T, March 24—A report which reached here to-day says that a paity of cowboys came upon a nuinber of ho thieves in the timber on the river bank 100 miles north of Bismarck, und after the ange of several shots the thieves at- al to escape. Ghakles Braddock and jrien, twoof the outlaws, were killed ght on the river bank. Four of the sves reaclic iver und rode out on the ce, hoping to escape. Two of the horses broke through the ice and, with their rider were swept away. ‘The fwo other thie returned to the bank and surrendered, probable they will “be ‘Iynched ashion, hout ™ 1tis cowboy g A Rick All Apound, ClicAGo, i 24,—The Northwestern Traflic association, which by limitation e pires March 51, met heye this morning, The claim was at once made by the Northwestern road that its Washburn route should not be subject to the Howed to meet the com wl & Du- luth, The S 1 such ease the business of the St. e and the I should also be outside of the pool jurisdiction. Afteran all day discussion adjournment was taken until toILoITow. —— Restored to the Public Domain, WAsHINGTON, Mareh 24.—The secretary of the interior rendered a decision restoring to the public domain lands along the line of the Atlantic & Pa doad for a distanee of 554 miles, in which he holds that the railroad bas no legal claim to it. i Death of a Pasteur Patient, Pamis, March 24.-Oue of the Rus peasants who were bitten by wolves and we sent to M, Pasteur for treatment died Mou- y night in‘terrible agony and with all the svinptoms of hydrophobia, * AL Pasteur is un- dismayed, however, and says that too lons a time was allowed.to pass before the man was put under Ueatineut, . N0 ROOM FOR COMPROMISE. Jay Gould Intends to Fight the Battle to a Desperate Finish, KNIGHTS LIABLE FOR DAMAGES. The Wizard of Wall Street Blusters and Bluffs — The HKansas City Switchmen's Strike Ended—La- bor Troubles sewhere, A Fight to the Bitter End. New York, March 24.—The Tribune to- morrow will publish a long interview with Jay Gould in relation to the strike on his lines. The following is the substance of Gould’s remarks: There can be no compro- mise in this case, There is no room for com- promise, for the strikers have confessed in effectthat they have no grievance against the company. 1 am bound to fight the question to the bitter end, and for this reason I have asked the opinion of Judge Dillon as to_our Jegal rights under the clreumstances, and his decision Is that it is our duty as well as our right to prevent the interrup- tion of the business of the road by all legal means. He says that the com- ny has a clear legal reimedy against the iights of Labor organizatioli for suits, and we propose to test this question in the courts. We shall sue the members of the organiz- tion, and in fact papers in the case are being prepared in accordance with Judge Dillon’s opinion. \We propose to. recover damages of every member of the organization who has any property. A greatmany of the employes of the Missouri ic lave homes which they bought out of their savings, Tl responsible to us for the losses we have fered if they are Knights of Labor, We will show them we intend to enforee’ our leg: rights. I propase to fight it out on thi "Theie s another feature of the c that Is, th shipper and manufacturer, and every person who lias suifered loss from the strike, has the samo redress the rail- road company has. 'l s of this ike, he safd, would unsettle confidence shout the' worid, and these workmen would be the first to feel its disastrous consequences, He had no news, he said. which would fead him to_suppose’ that the 5l o would extend to the east, and intimated that he might ask for injunctions restraining the working Kuights of Labor from contributing 10 the Support of thoso on strike, Gouid then showed the correspondence Detween himself as president of the Missouri Pacific company and Dillon and Swayn. s olicitors. ~ Gould writes uuder date of tho 23d, setting forth the blockade of therond by the strikers and asking what the legal rights of the comp: nd particularly whether the str le_to the com pany for dnmages. ‘The attorney’s reply is substantially the same as_Judge Dillon, and closes: “A body which directs illecal acts, as well as all persons who aid, abet. counsel’ or assistin furthering their 'accomplishment, are equally liable, and each is liable to the extent of the who'le aggrezate dama all o ay be sued therefor ry, in suit, in nowise aifeets eriminal lia® Progress of the Great Strike. St. Louts, March 24.—The three executive boards of the Knights of Labor now in ses- sion haye decided to meet with the business men of the city to-nightin Mercantile Library halland advise with them upon the situation before adopting any further mensures fn- tended to result in an extension of the strike to other railroads and other cities. Sr. Louts, March 24.—A freight train of fifteen cars was made up this morning at Union depot and started over the Missouri Pacific tracks in the direction of Seventeenth Strect, Arriving at that point the crowd called upon the engineer and fireman leave their posts, which they did. mob soon 'became S0 denso that it was deemed advisable to clear the yards and the police were summoned. Soon aforce of 150 men, commanded by the chief police and all the captains, arrived on the ene. The crowd was then ordered to dis- perse, and upon- their refusing to do so the olice made a charge upon them, hoping o drive them away without using thoir clubs. The later alternative, however, be- came a necessary resort, ‘the miob ' still resisting. During the strugle whiel ensued, several strikers were severely beaten by the police, some of whom in turn wers badly bruised from rocks thrown by the mob. After abrief fight the crowd was dispersed and driven from the yards. Another engine was then proeured which, after being convled to the abandoned freight (raim, drow it from the scene of the riot under aguard of about fifty police, who accom- panied it as far as the eity limits, no inter ference having been met with, How far be yond this point the train will be able to pro- seed cannot bo conjectured, for the strikers v at any thne renderits progress impossi- 51, Louis, March 24,—A brief dispateh from Kirkwood, twenty wmiles west of heve, ys that a freight train passea that point at from Atehi fic railrond” officials morning to send out ¢ their road, but failed to s The first train_succeeded, without any intérference, in runnitg to a point about one mile from the union depot, where a num- ber of the strikers boarded it and set the brakes. ‘The engine was killed and brought back {0 the city with a switch engine. A sce- ond attempt was then made to start under the protection of the eity marshal, the sheriff a number of policemen, The train suee in getting as far as thy limits, buta short disfan k control and brought it bac i Wits lerabl ement dining the attempts to move these traing, but no serious disturb- ance, All the Missouri Pacific engines here, except two are disabled, ST, LGUIS, Mareh 24,--A Josenh, Mo, 10 the at noon to-day the & St Joe and Kar Blufis yards struck entirely suspended. ost-Dispatel special “The Missouri P special from St. Dispateh says that ard men in the annibal City, St. Joe & Council and t traflic is A 111, Mareh — The rail- 1 strike ~ is doing g al damage \is part of the state. - Mathessiar & Hig- ox receive their ore for the manufacture of from Missouri, and but a small quantity of the mincral, and can't get any shipments, 1f these works are compelled to shut doww, one thousand men will be tempo- rarily thrown out of employment, At leqst sixtéen hundred men in the Peru zine works will also be laid off, The Switchmen's Trouble Ended, KaNsas Ciny, March 24, 93 - thing remaius in statu quo this morning, No freight is moving, and all is quiet at the yards, Armour & Co, began loading five hundred tons of provisions on a steamer to- day which they have chartered, and which they will start for St. Louis and Cineinnati. KAxsAs Ciry, March 24.--A meeting of the superintendents is now n session, Nothing has transpired as to its action, No freight trains ha 1as yot, It is reported that the Wabash will attewpt to send out a train to-day, Kansas Crey, March 24 perintendents did nothing session e it to discuss the situation, They meet again this afternoon, when they wifl probably confer with the strikers, A promi- nent official expresses the opinion” that (he railroads would grant the switchmen's de- mand for the Chicago seale of wages it they Id_guarantee it should end the strike as fur as Kansas City is concerned, ofhierwise the demand will probably be refused. The state t in the previous dispateh quoting Mr. Nettleton as saving the switeh- men’s strike was settled on the basis of Chi- cago prices was made on the authority of an evening paper. Neftletou, being asked later by an Associated press representative, said hie had nou-such statement. He cos anly say that the strike had been settied, and that, “he presumed, ‘was what | the publle “desiced most to kuow. - The ferms are - kept, as yet, . - scerel. The men refurned 10 work. st night by order of Mr. Moy thelr orgapization, and are the | raut ot the prices fixed upon, ¥ ‘The railroad su- t their morning n, chief of -hold 1ves 1gnoe | is s shi taing | ceoded o makii are rolling in and out of the yards to-night, aud they will be crowded to thielr fullest ca: rm'il) for some day umerous trains had heen sidetracked in the vicinity on their way here and will now be brought forward as rap- idly as possible. KANsAS Ciry, March 24.—General Man- ager Nettleton, of the sas City, Fort Scott & Gulf road, at whose office the confer- ence of railway officials was leld this afte noon, at 4 o’clock gave notice that a compro- mise had boen effected with the switehmen, and that the nien_would retarn to work at once. By the settlement the goneral man- Agers agreo to pay the switehmen the Chicago schedule price. ~ This raises the blockade from this city except as regards the Missouri Pacitic rond. Will Not Reach Chicago. Ciicaco, March 24, —The Journal says Deputy Master Workman John Foley, of the Chicago Kuights of Labor, when talked with this morning, said: “I tell you candidly and on information from the head, that there is no probability abor tronbles in rail- roud cireles reachi o right away. In faet, we do not consider that the workmen of the Southwest did the best thing in starting this trouble. ey would have been wiser if they had contribited to the support of the man first discharged. We must use judgment in these matters. CHICAGO, local railroad i “The situation in pming more and more strained ea 1 an oflicial of one of the roads this morning, “While I do not look for a strike on allthe roads just at present, the outlook on the Wabash is not at all reassuring.” This statement was veriticd by a Daily News reporter. ‘The engineers, firemen and switchmen, while they spoke guardedly on the subjectadmitted thatif they received “orders at any moment from the Knights of Labor to go out they would not be surprised. The Dayton Street Car Strike. DAyToN, Olio, March The strike among the drivers of the Third Street car line still continnes with, no prospects of sef tlement. Four to five thonsand men are now congregated in the vicinity of the west end stables_expecting that the company will make another attempt to run their cars, but this will not be done for the vresent, The Oakwood line men struck to day and it is ex- peeted that the Fifth and Wayne street lines will follow in the sirike to-morrow. The molders in the city are all off duty, not on a strike, but aiding the ailroad striker: All the employes of the glass and ciga manufactories struck to-day becanse the pr ors refused to make them union facto- Pressing Forward For Wages, NEW Yok, March 24.—To-day all the clonk- belonging to the Independent Cloak- union joined the ranks of the The cloak cutters also stopped work. Altogether about 7,000 persons are idle in the diiferent branches of the clonk- aking trade. Six firm have acceded to the demands of ‘the strikers. The strikers de- mand that no work shall be glven to_outside contractors, the prices herctofore p contractors: to be paid the employes dirrect, all of whom shall be members of the union, and that no work be done on Saturday (He* brew Sabbath.) Object to Strikers' Pickets, Cncaco, March 24.—Bruschke & Ricke, turers, to-day decided to n injunction against Furniture * Union No. Las an organization and four memborsandividuaily, to pre- their factory when a “picketing” the firm means th strikers haye guards along all the streets leading to the factory by whom non-union hands who might be goi there to work are intercepted and di couraged. Shop Men Ask For Eight Hours, Inter-Ocean’s Milwaukee special says: A petition is being cireulated for siguatures among the employes in the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road shops and_yards in Milwa Manager Miller fo reduce the working timo to cight hours and pay the same pri now paid for ten hours, - The petition as ko that time and a half wages bo paid 1o overwork and double wages for Sund “The cirenlation of the petition Is casing a great deal of uneasiness, — STILL BATES' CRIME. A Brutal Wife Murderer Who Hails From Council Bluffs, Ricmyoxnp, Ind., March 34.—A most cold- blooded and atrocious murder was comm ted about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a I town, sixteen miles north of here, A 8. Bates, a laborer, cut his wife's throat with a pocket-knife, killing her instantly. The sheriff was telegraphed for and brought him to jail here, or he would undo o been lynched. e says Lo years old, and was born nd at Council Bluffs, Towa. Early he met Kittie Hoover. and in August of that year, ous_parts of Towa q X to Council Bluffs early in April then left him and came to hel Hagerstown, Ind., and last Dec lowed her, and they have lived together ever nee, tholigh never very happily. About 2 elock in the afternoon e wits at work grub. bing up some ground, when he broke Lis hoe and caiie to town to have it repaired. While the blacksinith was at work Lie weit home, and found his wife dressing hersel ‘I ad some words abont._her attending church that night,when he elaims she struck him with x handle, 1le took it away from herand ruek her with it, She then ‘threatened to poison him. She” was leaning nst the cupboard at the time, with ler lettarm on it and her right hand 'to her face. He canght of her right hand and, drawing his pocketlnife, slashod her neross the thioat, She made a° gurgling noise and fell to the floor dead, He says he had no intention of Killing her, but struck her with the knife in a moment of sion, He told his story in o perfeetly cool, deliberate manner, and showed no emotion or exeitement. They have two small ehildren, who were absent their uncle’s when the tragedy oceurred, - the Train Robbery, Jovzr, 111, Mareh 24.—~The comt room was thrown inte great confusion yesterday when Henry Schreiber, of Lockport, rushed in and start ind the room in sear he said, of the robbers of the Rock Island ex- press train. e was put out with difiiculty, and when tearing down_the stairs met Colo- nel John Van Arman, Suddenly turning, he charged the colonel with beiniz one_of the robbers and threatened to kil him. By this time a crowd of deputies had gatliered, and after a desperate struggle the maniac was overpowered and Colonel Van Arman res- cued fram his grasp. Sehieiber has become violently insane over the train robbery, - Che Nincteenth Che NEW Onirans, Marel game Of the series in the chiess contest, be- tween Zuckertort and Steinitz, was played to-day. ‘The opening was the queen mbit declined, Zuck yed with the white Steinitz taking ity-ning moves lie def . Time: Zuckertort, one | sinitz, one hour and four wintes. Steinitz L W Won nine gumes, and peeds but one more 10 win the series, Th BAN I, the Chin recover v strike is progr 5, and returned 1884, She brother's at mber he fol- Insane Oy s Game, I'he nineteenth SRes- 5t Chingmen Knocked Out, 1v the sult of m Eureka, Cal, to <e Lo property and 837, 000 for , Judge Sa t United States cireuit conrt today z the motion to strike out the latter cla This prac @ S0iL, 48 10 PROD was [t e An Eagle Atacks o Child, Mareh ounty, Monda measiring aboyt seven tect from tip to tip tuied to earry bl Davis, b b it dospos not. Beriously THE LATE COUNCIL'S DECREES Rules Laid Down For the Government of TFaithful Oatholic Communicants, THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE. The Church Fair and Festival Must Go—Appeals For the Education of the Colored Man and the Untutored Savage. Decroos of the Plenary Counoll. BavTivonk, March 24, —The decrees en- acted by the plenary couneil held in this city in November, 1884, which were sent to Rome forapproval and returned several months ago, were given to a few persons to-day In printed form. They extend over 400 pages and are in L The Amcrican will to- morrow publish an extended summary of them, The opening deerco is on faith, followed by decrees on ecelesiastionl persons, divino worship, the sacraments, the educa- tion of the cler the instruction of Catholic youth, Christian doctrine, zeal for souls, church property, ceclesiastical courts and eeclosiastical tri- bunals. There is a prefatory exhorting all to faithfully observe the enactments of the second plenary couneil of Baltimore, and a final title regarding the promulgation and publication of these decrees. Some of the regulations are very eloquent in expression on the dignity of the elergy. Sanctity and science are to be the objects of labor, and this s to insure them last- ing influence over the flocks en- trusted to their care. It is recommended that a special house in charge of some re- ligious order should be erceted for the recep- tion of priests who have been suspended for serious faults who yet give hopes of con ini their vicions inclinations, Special atten- tion 1§ to be paid to the music adopted in the churches to add solemnity to the sacred ser- of the most important decrees Is that concerning maf v, It holds that since MArTigge Was ralse ignity of a sncra- solely to the chureh, to whom the administration of the sncrament was en- trusted, to pass judgment on the validity, rights 'and “obligations of marriage. No Tegal divoree has the slightest power beforg God to loose the bond of marriage and make a subsequent ong valid. ~Adulteiy, though it may justify “separation” from bed and board, eannot loose the marriage tie, so that either of the parties may marry again. Though the churchsometimes pepmils tle marriage of Catholics with non-Catholics, slio nover does so without the deepest regret and with the explicit understanding that the children of those parties must be brought up in the Catholie faith, “The council orders that within two years from the promulgaticn of these decrecs a parochial school must be erected and_ started near each ehureh, unless the bishop for grave reasons should defer for a_time the building of such school. "I'he §,000,00 colored people are the subject of a_vigorous plea for help from all those who would place this important element of the future in a place to act for the weal of this republic. Tlie Indian tribes have also been considered, and ar- rangements have been made for s yearly collections to be taken up ‘in all churches throughout the country to help in promoting ~ Catholicity ~aniong the colored people and Indian tribes, Societies which are secret, as the chureh_ under- stands this term—such as Masonic lodges and other similar confraternities—ire not to be joined by Catholies. The council dircets the pastors to huve in every church a free space, and admonlshes ~them — from fating the people in public if they do actly keep within the limits of ‘that The sale of intoxicating liquors not o " allowed “in ‘any " caso. also are not to be held without special permit trom the bishop, and not on Sun, and no intoxicating liquors can be sold by them, Suppers and dinners, social partics and balls ziven at night for raising money are prohibited. S HE FIRED A WAD AT VIO, Investigation Proves It a Harmless Picce of Paper. LoxnoN, Mareh 14.—The report of the en- gagement late in February, in which the French were defeated, proves to have been crroneous, It is stated thal a desperate quarrel has en place between Lord Randolph Church- nd William Henry Smith, both of whom were members of Lord Salisbury’s eabinet, and {1 result Smith threatens to with- draw from the conservative party unl he ' receives an apology from Churehill, “The queen. accompanied by the Princess Beatrice, we) an open carriage to Iyde Parl ternoon and every where were ed by erowds of people. Among the erowd which bordered the palace park on the north was a man in by clothes and wearing a slouched hat, appeared to be mueh agtated. and el 1 his way to the edge of the assembloge When the royal turnout reached a point oppo site him he threw something into the car- inge. Great excitement followed, and ha as quickly taken into custody and hurried from the scenc, 1t was subseaiiently learned that the article' was not an explosive, which had been feared, but only a picce of paper, \e paper_contained nothing more thi pelition for redress for a personal grievi n the petition the n Aims he was of his pension. e is held for an inquiry, sseph Sanderson, member of for North Arimagh, said he doubted if lish troops the, Orangeme; would use their Th were thousands of Orangenien in” the British vol- untecr army who wonld be willing to go to Trelund at proptheer mowment, The Delgian Labor ftiots, Brussirs, March 24 trile e the iners at Li fortnight ing rapidly all over that region, 1t as now praciically assumed a universal denand by the of the country foran increase of W accompanied by w deerease in tho ours of labor. This labor movement at Liege is under the control of the eity is really at their merey, stances mobs of anarchists have stop ped y plo in the streets and demanded mone threatening violence If not given them, ‘Chey have also broken windows i a great number of houses and shops, The gariison within the barracks is in_ readiness for pamnphilet called *Tne Catechism of ple? 15 being industriously cirenlated. {eachies the doctrine of the general tion of wealth, and urges the use of {oreo to accomplish its practice, n by 205 extends In som the I Recoiy © Queen, LoxDoN, Marc e queen held & drawing-room in Buckingham palaco Tue y afternoon, ‘The weather was summers like and pleasant, and a wost brilliang sembly of titled and noted persons were present, AMrs, 1*helps, wife of the United States minister, attiacted attention by tho taste and elegance of her altive, Sho wore & it with a bodice of brocade and o ay velvet liy h gray brocade, legation, and o the gueen train of ¢ Jlenry Charle by Min Soria, Mureh 24.—-Prince severes in his elaim that he i of Lastern Lo exander per- life governor elia, and refuses to acceds tssi desive Lo Lave a ive year lmib d on his title. Che British Whip (he Burmiese, RaNGOON, March tish troops have dufented 400 Buriese near Yemethen, killing | sixty and ecanturing many pris and guns ald i nwinber of elepbinis, - stice Hunt, = Ex-Justice Wa Death of Wasinxarox, Mach Havut dlied bore this smos