Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 12, 1886, Page 1

FIFTEENTH YEAR, OMAHA, MC N DAY MORNING. APRIL 12, 1836. NUMBER 331 ACALM FOLLOWS THE STORM The Military Hold Uomplete Oontrol at Bast 8t. Louis Sunday, FUNERAL OF FIVE VICTIMS. People Prohibited From Crossing the River—No Effort Made to Move Traina—To Prosecute the Murderous Deputies. A Quiet Sunday. Sr. Lovts, April 1L.—The day has been one of absolute quiet. General Reese, with his force increased by seven additional com- panies, which arrived late last night and this moming, has been able to systematically cover every point in the ctty, and any fear which may have been felt from the toreh of the incendiary almost ceased. The funeral of three victims of the tragedy of last Friday ~Driscoil, Washington and Noner—oceurred this morning from St. Patrick’s Roman Catholie church, Mass was celebrated early in the forenoon, and about 9:30 o'clock funeral colmmn procecded to the ce In the atternoon the funeral of Major Ryck- man and Mrs, Preiffer, two othér victims, ocenrred, Hving received information that a lorge crowd of peoj 1o from St. Louis contemplated crossing to Fast St Louis during the d; General R 010 Issiiedd & poromproty ordce b prevent anyone ero 8'nz to this side ot the river, either b b idge or firrics, unless pro- vidid with paises of the bridge company or from the military, This was not to include ny through passengers on railvoad trains, The o as '8 ued only to cover Sunday. me of the roaas centering here made any offort to move trains to-day. Ar- its will be actively entored upon to- row, when it is expeeted a fair test will be miade ot the inclination of the men to return o work when afforded protection, Mr. Bailey, and other members of the gen- eral executive board, as well as prominent local Kuights of Labor, state quite emphat that sherifls who fired on the peopl .+ Louis Friday, wiil be prosecu e full extent of the faw, that plenty of money will be fortheoming for that purpose, that _the best le ent ol will be employed. arge amounts of money are coming here now 1o relieve whataver’ distress may exist among the striking knights. Gould Again Interviewed. New Yonk, April i view with Jay Gould which the Tribune ¥ pub- lish to-morrow, Gould, referring to an intex- view between himself and Powderly, quotes the latter as of District No. 101, Knights of 1 “They are outlaws, They are one of tne worst set of men Lever saw. When 1 wa out ther mong them, I was really afraid for my life, They have broken the laws of the order. They have begun the strike, without authority, and to-morrow Iintend to issuea cireular tighting myself and placing those men in their true light.” “W will be the outcome of the South- western strike: inquired the Tribune re- porter, “They will bieak down through their own ght. These izations, through their boycotts and their strikes, will ma them- selves so unpopular, that public opinio 10 longer support them, and their powe; be gone.” THE SITUATION SATURDAY. The Wires and Mob Fury Subsides Somewhat by Day. wouls, April 1.—At 5 a. m. the fires were got under control. Fifty freight rs, the scale houses and lumber yard were completely destroyed by fire. The round louse and shops were partially saved. No railroad officials were around to direct troops where they were most needed. The fires were all incendiaries, started about 9 o'clock Instnight. Large crowds of strikers and ci zens collected in groups all over the city, still determined to have revenge for yester- day’s massacre. Public sentiment i running The firemen and engincers sent from St. Louis to hielp extinguish the fire, but the hose was cut and the men_intimidated and they returned without assisting. NCIZ FROM ST, LOUIS. [he following mes- sage was sent ut 6 o'clock this morning: 18, April 1.—Tp J. W. Vance, neral. East St. Louis: Your re- id of ouriire department was re- 345 0. m. In response to an alarm 1St evening and to the request Joyce. three engines and ono truek St. Louis and I quickly followed myselt, remaining there uutil Lo'elock when, being unable to find the mayor or any of thé authorities able to protect us, and after re- peated cutting of our hose and continuous ntimidation of our men, 1 ordered their re- turn. lumediately on feceipt of your tele- gram, I ord d Assistant Chief Grass to re- port o you in person, to place several engines at your disposal with'the service of himself and seven men, He wiil see you before the receipt of this, ‘and if necessary, will have alre hed you the aid you request if t his men and ninchinery. ned.| D. R, FraNce, Mayor. G TITE RESPONSIBILITY, The Exeeutive Board of the Knights of La- bor, when the news of the shooting reached them, procceded at once to Lou and conferred with a r ol citiz and got the gene to the terrible aflair, After advising every one against vio- lence the board returned to this side and pre- pared the following telegram and sent it out: “The following advertisement appeared in mgst of the leading papers of the Tth inst Louisville & Nashyillo Railroad Co., Ofiice of Agent, April 0. —Notice: Ten good men from here wanted as deputy marshals in St Louis, to protect Lowisville & Nash- ville cmployes. * Five dollars per day and board will b pald. ~ Also a number of plat- form wen can | nployment, Or men who have plenty of grit wid mean by ness need apply. Apply at once to J. 5, Gen- ung, agent, “low well this high. quest for ceived at 11 o advertisement has been answeied is seen by their work of to-day in East St, Louis, 8Six men and one woman were mrdered by ‘those who had plenty of grit and meant busine By your action in refusing peaceful neotiations solicited by the board for arbitration. you alone must be responsible to the world 1or the lives of those innocent people,” (Signed) By Oider of the Boaxd THE DAMAGE DY FIRE, Louts, April 10-8:30 a. m—The city has been in a state of panie during the entire night owing to the numerous incen- diary fires, but with the presence of the military, which is guarding all main lines of the track diverging from the railway depot something like order appears to promise for the day, It is not possible at this hour to more than approximate the ¢amage by the night’s fires, They were all contined to rail- road property. ‘The ofticers sent with troops report that about tweuty to thirty cars in all were destroyed. These were loaded with merchandise and coal. 'The greatest damage occurred at the Short Line yards, about one mile from the relay depot, where probably fifteen cars were destroyed, and the flanes for a time threatened the destruction of one or two hundred cars in the immediate vieinity, ‘The yards were unprotected by the prosence of an active deputy or officer of any kind, and until Company D, of Cham- paign, arrived at the scene, the . fire was per- mitted to burn at its will, Two mewbers of this company were found who could ftire and runa locomotive and a awiteh engine beiug placed dlicir disposal they succeeded in dia Joun W, HavEs, away from the burning ers fully 100 box and conl cars. Three comvanies of troops from Greenville Paris and Champaign, are now stationed at the Louisville, Nashville & Cairo Short Line yards, The main body of troops, beyond a few sentries, stationed at the rail- road switches, remain in the vielnity of the relay depot. ' No serions opposition of any character beset the troops. THE MILITIAL The first companies to arrive in the city, were Company K of the Eighth regin from Nashvilie, and Company 1 of the Fi from atur, and were temporarily o in the branch ot the Young Men's n Assoclation building near the relay depot. The crowd offered a little wordy op- position but nothing further. The troops after divesting themselves of their clothing, ' bags and blankots, lett to take their allotted stations, which were at first confined to the switehes near the depot. The troops arrested one man in the Cairo Short Line yards, who re- fused to quit the rly this morn- ing. He was turned over to the local author- ities, “Col, Riley Smith is in command of the forces on the ground, eight companies in_ail. He has Nis headquarters at the Martelle house, immediately opposite the relay de- not, where Adjutant_Geieral Vance is also staying. Brig. Gen. Reece, commander of the second brigade, this morning, but will not assume ' command unless other troops are ordered here, which, at present does not appear probable. “The troops on the grounds number abont 300 musk THE STRIKERS QUIET, 10:10 a. m.—~No disturbances of any char- acter oceurred since 5 o'clock this morning. Ata few of the rai crossings and_strect corners there have been small gatlierings of discontented men, “but they are quictly dis- persed by sentinéls, The sheriff has dis- missed all his deputies with thie exception of three or four men, depending entirely upon troops. Under their protection all_plattorm men and yardmen of the Burlington road liave returned and @ freight train_ left this morning without molestation. ‘'wo freight trains arrived over the same road this morn- A portion of the men employed in the go & Alton and Ohlo & Mississippi returned and are handling without difficulty all freightoffered. ‘Lhie incoming passenger trains over all the roads without excey arrived close to schiedule time and were over the bridge into the city, The transfer company also sent over to St. Louis a train of twen The bridge company lias all “its twenty switch engines fully manned, and but for the absence of therr yard;switchmen would be able to handle both Treight and passenger trains without de- lay. The lent of the bridge com- i s morning that had Governor Oglesby — ent o small body ~ of troops here when first requested, none of the men would have been intimidated and would have remained at their posts. A few railrond oflicials have re- mained here on duty, but in the confusion and alarm occasioned by the fires last night. there were very few people in_authority who n guide the troops to the scene of ars, but for wlich little of the railrond property would' liave been con- sumed. IMPRISONED CLERKS RESCUED. General Manager Stone, of the Buriington road, who remained on th scene, personally dispatened all men in his employ at § o'cloak y and in the capa of deputy Sheriffs went to the Louisville ‘& Nashville freight depot, where forty unarmed clerks were imprisoned and were afraid to leave the bulding to_encounter the angry crowds which remained in the vicinity. They found difliculty in leaving the scene under the guidance of these armed civilians. - Both the sheriff and mayor hold the views that the presence of the soldiers was all that was 10quired to restore peace and order. City authority is confessed! ment of the community is illustr what in the fact that some the st ed n few days ago by the she roleased on bail, were sworn in as ¢ licemen, and catie in conlict with the officers ‘represented by the deputy sheris In this crisis there appears to have been n ive than the one resorted to, that of ordering state troops to the scene. have oceurred since the one Iy this morning and the streets of the city and particularly the railrond yards have beei shorh of the excltement which pre- vailed all yesterday afternoon and night. THE CITY QUIET. :30 p. m.—The city "remains quiet. A walk through the business and residence streots; gives the impression that it is_de- rted and dead, except that now and then sullen men are fo be secn at the street co ners, watching at a_distance the movements of troops. The saloons are closed and nes every store, with windows and doors bar “The troops have now been distribute platoons and_companies, at the principal and shops, and in the vieinity of the evators on the levee along the Missis- sipp river. VIEWIN 2 RUL From persoval survey of the morning in which the incendiary night oceurred, the following is a summary of the destruction i the Cairo Short Line Two empty box cars of the Burling- d were burnied and_one caboose car in 1! rds this of last completely ining. The't cale house of the Cairoroad wer In yards of the Illinois & St. Louls the rolling mill, fourteen box_ cars, which were loaded with oak bridse’ ties_and one with coal, were completely burned. Some further damage oceurred in‘the Cairo Short Line yards, further out, but its exact character has v * yet been learned, TOO PRETTY TO SIOOT. 12:30 g m.—The strikers had approached near the relay depot in squads throughout the forenoon and watched the movements of the trrops. Some of these, known to the railroad oflic leaders of the violent sec- tion, have been pointed out and placed under arrest, Seven or eight of these men are now under armed guard near the relay depot. Shortly after 12 o'clock a striker naned Alex ander Sweency was challenged t named Kent, a private in company Infantry. TG the injunction w niove he diew a revolver remarking, are too pretty to shoot,” turned " to walk away,but réturned and turning abruptly lired ot Kent, Tho latter simply elybbed iy musket, knocking away the revolver, and took the mam in charge. He was placed among the others arrested. The affair cr excitement, although the was fired directly in line of the troops civillians about ihe depot. 1t transj a young wan named Andrew J [ shot yesterday e live throngh the make the eighth one killed so far MORE TROOPS D, lverything remains quiet up to ‘The'chief dread is the nignt. To protect miles of railroad cars, will require, in the opinion of the commanding off ho have been over the ground, a larger force of troopsthan is uow on the ground, as even now the squads are widely separated and in very small detachwents. “The hotels of the city and all the proprietors of shops have been warned not to entertain or harbor any of the soldiers or nou-swikers. A RINGLEADER KILLED, The body of J. E. Thompson, who wa by an East St. Louis deputy sheriff yosterday forenoon ou the bridge, and died last even- ingat7:20 p. m. at the ci pital, w taken to the morgue to-day. Dr. Dean, in his statement to the coroner, says that he asked ‘Thompson to make a statement of the occur- s0 that it could be used in case of his but the wounded man would not make any. Thompson was a Scotchman by birth, andnad lived in St Louis but six months, This afternoon H. B, Stone, general manager the Chicago, Burlinglon & Quiney “road, called at the norgue and identified the body as that of the ringleader in the strike across the river. He said; I recognize him as the man I stopped in_our yards Jast Wednesday leading a gaug of 200 strikers,” A QUIET N1GHT. Reports from every portion of the city show that absolute quiet prevailed Saturday night were deserted and there were s trespassers upou railroad property. ‘The night was stormy, Ten Firemen Killed, LAwRENCE, Mass., Aprii 10.—During e at Pemberton Mill™ this afternoon ear walls of the building fell burying tivemen, killing thew all, He will the the ten Death of Ex-Minister Welsh. Pitranisrula, April 10—, ex-minister (0 England, died a morning, 'MAJORITY AND MINORITY. The Two Reports On the Morrison Tariff | Bill to be Made To-Day. THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. The Republicans On the Committee Assert That the Bill is Born of Party Necessity and is Un-American, Favoring the Bill WasmiNGToN, April 11, —Chairman Mor- rison and Hewitt, of the committee on ways and means, have completed the report of the majority of that committee to accom- pany the tariff bill. It will be reported to the house to-morrow. The following are tle prineipal features of the report: The rate of duty or tax on imported goods subject to duty is as low as 5 on some and higher than 200 per cent on others. The average rate for the fiscal year 18% little ex- ceeded 47 per cent, or 840 of tax on £100 worth ot goods, his is the highest rate paid in any year since 188, and above the average 1ate of the war period, froin 1562 to 1838, ns from Presidents Arthur tariff revision, the report continues: The treasury receints for the fiscal year 1885 were $333,000,700, The increased receipts from customs and internal taxes, the princinal sources of revenue for the months of the fiscal year 1886 already passed, over the receipts of the same months last year, justify the estimate that the receints for the present fiscal year will exceed §835,000,000. Nor may our annual treasury receipts be expected again to fall below that sum without reduced taxation, inasmuch as these receipts result chiefly from the taxes on articles of necessity and comfort tobe con- sumed in continually increasing quantities with our ever growing population. The ex: penditures for the fiscal year 1885, including pensions and the legal re ments of the public debt, were $805,830,070.54. Neither the actual needs of an economical administration of the government, nor _the fotic cctations_ of the peonle, y any increase of this enormous annual expenditure, and we may safely estimate the annual surplus to exceed $30,000,000. The reductions to result from the provosed bill are within this estimated surplus and little exceed $24,000,000 on the basis of last year’s importations. Reference is made to Sec 'y Manning's views, as e sed in his first annual re- port, touehing theill effects of the maintain- ance of war duties, pointing out inequalities in the present law, and favoring the admis- sion, free of duty, of raw mate , of which the report says: “These views of Secretary Manning as to the existing condition of the customs service and tarlff taxation, are not partisan, but are in accordunce with the views pressed on congress by his predecessors— Secretaries Folger and McCullough. Itisthe purpose of the bill reported to correct the same of classifications, rid custom laws of the complications of which the secretary com plains, and so change th laws for the better that they will be capable of being inistered with impartiality to all our chants, : of the materials upon which great in- are built, suchas wood, salt, hemn and wool, are 1on the free'list. ' In the past twenty years we have obtained from the tax on imported wood anamount estimated at less than $20,00),000 to encourage the fell- ing of our trees and destroying our forests, In a much shorter period we have given more than 55,00),000 acres of Jand in_the bounty to encourage the planting of other trees. The tax on imported salt 15 remitted to those who catch and trade in fish, and to those who pack meat, for forelgn markets. It is be- ieved this tax should be remitted to all. Af- ter a century of failure to make hemp either a profitable crop or a successful industry through protective taxations, further efforts should be abandoned. "The price of wool has been downward for many years. 1t declined when the tay 3 highest and protection the greatest, on shown by statemen that the duty imposed by General Garfield’s sociates, suceessors and school of economists did not’ promote the growth of sheep hus ndry, and it is proposed to remove it. For this duty ¢ d Wool was $3,164,25,90, The sp imposed on goods, says riield (treat- ing of tne tariff comnm selieme) as near as possible equal tothe duty put upon wool which entered into the manufacture, was $11,500,000, This, with the 3,164, ent duty, is tobe removed and the duty of centum_advalorem on woolen goods, protection to manufacturers against fo competition, remains and will yet beaneeded revenue. Other 1 import ifie du rticles, the rate on which be reduced, s’ cotton yarns, thr coarser cotton cloths™ and now dutiable at unne unreasonably high rat will find compensation in the burdens of taxation sought tobe remedied for rcdue- tions far greater than any proposed by the bill. - Weget from the duties on cotton goods £10,900.000, The rates on goods from wh we collect 2,100,000 of this amount slightly reduced, while the rates on which we colleet the other $5,500,000 are un- changed, Sugar, with the present low price, is left at the high but revenue rate, equiva- lent to 66 po centum, At the resent b er rate we colleet on sugar more ) one-fourth of all the revenue derived from customs, With the still existing high, if not unwarrantable, seale of current ordi- nary expenditure, and one-half of ~ the money obligationd of the late civil war et to be paid, the high rate of taxation must fn' long maintained. And in submitting tl en bill, affecting the cost of the shel of part of the food and of all the clothing of the people, it has been the effort of your com- mittee to adopt such rates of taxation as will be permanent and as will only need to be dis- turbed by an unforeseen national emergency and at the same time to excmpt the neccs sary articles from taxation, and thereby pro- mote domestie industries. ' Al that congres can do in the absence of a general revision of the tariff, with a new and simple classifi tion, is to provide for each cause of com- platntas it arises, i the bill proposed tie most pressing and prominent of grievances are dealt with, A limitation or the value of wi erty which ma passengers, n - the are and 500 has been imposed upon iug apparel and other prop- be brought in free of duty by epting tourists arriving Inited ~ States from abrow This provision, taken in connec- tion with the proposed sections waking it a crime either to give or rece any money for the passage of bagg through the custom house, will, itis belie bring toan end the great abuse’ in_ regard the excessive amounts of haggage brought free in competition with the merchandise importers who have to pay duties, The Minority Report, The report of the republican minority, which has been prepared by Representative McKinley of Ohio, begins with the statement that the substitute agreed upon by the ma- jority, is a new creation and embodies little matter that was included in the original bill as introduced by the chairman, After recit- ing in detail the various articies which it is proposed to place upon the free list, and the reduction to be made on manufactured goods, the minority report says: Nothing is more unsound and fallacions than to assume that a re luction of dutics is demanded when the average ad\alcrem rve- yoits show a high p reentage. In times of busincss cepression and low prices the adva- lorewms, corves ponding with specifie dutfes, sliow incieased percentage over perio’s of aliwrger percentage of the low value than it is of the high ‘éme. There is no attempt in this bill fo equalize the duties upon imported goods in any just principle or to make equitable Yeddetions throughout the tariff list. Of thifty-one or mor» articles dutiable at trom 10 to per eent, not one is dealt with in this bilk while other articles, upon which is imposeda daty from 1 to %0 |-rv‘(-l|l,m’(' cut down of transferred to the ree list, The free list is peculiarly an assanlt upon the agricultural interestsof the country, seek- ing out from 4,000 articles in the tariif their leading products to be driven out by ruinons competition from abroad. The first effort in the direction of free trade is aimed at the organized farmers of the country who are removed from centres of trade, busy on their farms and plantations, unused to meeting committees of congress, and unadvised that their interests were to be dealt an unfriendky blow. They are to be the first victims of British poliey, through the agency of the American congress, a growers and spinners of America protast against tho unjust and unreasonable action of the commitfee in taking flax from the du- tiable list, and at the convention beld in Chi- cago in February, 18%, declared that the re- duction of duty on foreign fabrics would be digastrous to the domestic industry, The committee have accepted and_adopted the secret 's politic creed **that the fir: duties to be safely carded are those upon materials used by aur manufacturers,” and its free list discards, salt,lumber,hemp and all fibres. "The second step will be to discard all duties. upon imported articles competing with our own, and then. at least dutis will be levied upon articles not rrmlu('etl in the United States, among which are tea and coffee. We must dissent wholly from this doe- trine and its conclusions and insist that the true method of levying duties upon imports to raise the requisite revenues for the govern- nient, Is fo jnpose upon those imported articles which compete with the products of our own industries and labor; and while such duties will secure the necessary reve- nues, they will, at the same time, encourage home productions, create a home market, and furnish employment for American working- ||m||.lwlll\0ul Increasing the burdens of the people, '!n' minority declare that the billis born of party * necessity. It Is here because the - democratic party is in control. “The people of the country are not asking forit. Itisin responseé to’ no public senti- ment or national requirement. In the judg- ment of the minority, it will increase, rather than diminish our customs receipts: that it will answer no sentiment for the roduction of the surplus; it will help no Ameriean in- terest it will eripple, If not destroy, all it touches. — e FOR EIGHT HOURS. A Big Demonstration by Chicago Laborers in its Favor. CnicaGo, April 11.—Fully 8,000 working- men crowded into the great armory of the Sixth cavalry on the lake front last night, and possibly 4,000 more gathered in front of the building. "The occasion had been adver- tised as an eight-hour demmonstration under the auspices of the trades assemblies of Chicago. A large procession of the assem- blage came in organizeéd bodlies, preceded by fife and drum, and carrying huge transpar- encies, Few of the men wore any regalia, and apparently no attempt at display was made except in numbers. Neither was there anything resémbling a procession. ‘T'he various unions came trooping in from all directions, and first com served was the rule as to_the ts Nevertheless excellentorder 2 Hats were promptly removed at the of the chairman's “gavel, and two e hundred of the men’s wiyeSand sweethearts who occupied tiers of seats In_the pls honor were shown marked” consideration by the abandonment of pies and cigars in their vicinity., ‘There weremot to excced 4 dozen police to be seen in or about the hall. The nierest centercd In the*transparencies,” and as union after union at irregular intervals marched into the hall and the” crowd caught sight o fthe mottoes, the speakers’voices were lost in rounds of cheers that were renewed again and again, “Eight Hours and No Drones,” “Work Eight Hours Only and Boom the Labor Market,” and *‘Opposé Child Labor,” were fair sumples. Among the trades represented were ca lothing cutters and cigar maker list of others were not far behind numbe George A, Schilling acted as chairman. Ranged about him on the plat- form were the leaders of local unions and men prominent in the labor movement. Among the latter was Judge Richard Pren- dergzast, of the state bench, Alexander Sul- livan also oceupied a seat on the platform, the evening were delivered homas E. Hall, who spoke of the prog- f the eight-hour movement; W. X, on the economic bearing’ of the moveinent on society, and L. H, Sawyer, on its material advantages to the wage workers, “The crowds on the outside were held together by speeches from Richard Powers and several other Knights of Labor, Just as the over- flow eceting was fully under head- y, there emerged from the nall in which the eight-hour demoustration was being held a fi bearing a red . rman inseription which had been c: 1 the progress of the meeting, concealed. Sam Fielding, the anarchist, delivered = harangue to the crowd, which nuinvered about 1,000, "The speaker's negro wife sat at his feet. “The crowd was composed largely of the foreign element and the two men who bore the red flag could not speals English. Fielding was succeeded by Tarsous, tho noted anarchist, who, violentiy assailed the Knights of Labor, after which I of the our meet- hour and made by the v strikes, and ing was but few referel speakers to the existing t then prineipally to pointa 1 in thei gument for the masses to organize till strikes Should be made practically impossible and steady work at reasonable pay could be ob- tained by measares such as the general adop- tion of the eight-hour system. Though the strikes were practically left untouchied by the speakers, an_expression of feeling of the multitude was given in the fol- lowing, which was adopted Dy acclamation amid the wildest enthusiasm Resolyed, That this wass meeting of citi zens of Chieago denounces the perfidy of Jay Gould in breaking his agreewent with thio Knights of Labor to settle the causes of the present strike in the southwest by arbitra- fon. In his letter of Sunday, March 2X last, to T, V., Powderly, grand_ master workman of the Knights of Labor, Gould stated in sub- stance that the grievances of the men now on a strike on the southwestern railroad system would be submitted o arbitration. This letter was written to Powderly aftor two in- terviews on that Sunday at Gould’s houss, and as part of the agreement between Gould and tho Knights of Labor, In a with this agreement'Grand Master Work- man Powderly telegraphed the men on the strike to return to work at once, Gould next day, by falsehood and double-dealing, vio- Inted this pluinly forthe purpose of de ioral: J2ing ths Kniehts of Lubor, We therofors declare that the conduet ‘0f Gould in this matter {5 base in the extreme and we call upon the public everywhere to familiarize themselves with the facts in the case and udge who is to blame for the continuance of he strike, Gould or the Knights of Labor, Some of the city papers estimate that the® thering numbered between 15,000 and 20,000 1 It wsa probaly the kargest labor demon- stration ever held in this eity. i He Loves the World More, NEW Youk, April 11.—Joseph Pulitzer, ed itor of the New York World, yesterday for- warded to the secretary of state his resigna- tion as representative in congress from the Ninth district of New York, stating that it was impossible for him to perform the dutics P,-rmmh.g to the position without neglecting 1is newspaper. - Wants Cheaper News. S1. PAUL, Minn, April 1.—A Mandan (Dak.) special to the Ploneer Press says: The Pioneer Publishing company has sued the Western Union Telegraph company for 5,000 damages for raising rates en news di patches contrary to the terms of & coutract made in 1554, . Weather for To-day. Missourt VALLEY—Increasing cloudiness and in southern portion leeal raius; winds generally waruer, southerly, A POLITICAL ~ PREDICTION. The National Oapital's Press Prophesies the Fall of the Democratio House, MORRISON WANTS HURD SEATED He Needs a Tariff-Reform Orator Fy His Bill-A Queer Rumor About Manning's Illaess tional News. A Divided House. WasmNaron, April 11.—[Special Tele gram. ]—Nearly all of to-day’s local papers vrophesy the loss of the next house of repre- sentatives to the democrats on account of the disturbed eondition of politics throughont the country and the dissatisfaction of the party with the present administration, The pres- ent house has 184 democratic memby of ‘whom 108 are from the south, 32 from the east and 44 from the west, considering all the late slave states south, New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania east, and the rest of the states west, Thedividing line between the parties runs now as it has for years, east and west, the democrats car- rying the house because their members from the north outnumber the republican members from the south. Formerly this same line was drawn in all important votes in congress, Latterly, however, and especially now, the line is purely Imaginary, and, if drawn at all, is rather north and south than east and west, thus tending to divide both parties in- stead of welding together the discordant ele- ment in each, FRANK HURD AND THE TARIFF. 1t is the programme in the house on Tues- day to antagonize the special urder of a month ago to take up the Reagan igter-state commerce bill with the Hurd-Romeis contest- ed clection from the tenth distriet of Ohio. The opinion seems to prevail thatthe effort will fail. The antagonism will be largely one between the tariff retormers and the anti- tariff reformers, but there are those of the for- mer elass, it is reported, who will oppose the seating of Hurd because the majority of the committee on elections—eleven out of fif- teen, which includes four democrats—have reported against the ting of Hurd. If it becomes apparent that it will hurt Hurd's chances before the house the scheme will be abandoned. The fight, if it ensues, i pected to be a terrific one, and will show the strength of tne Morrison tariff bill tolerably well. The istance of lurd is very much desired by Morrison and his followers before the tariff bill is taken up. There are no tariff reform orators in the house now. 1f they should succeed in ing him, it is the intention to tariff bill next week. Thi which is He Is deeply interested in his contest with Mr. Romeis, which will probably begin' on the floor mext Tuesday and continue for several days.” READY TO CUT THROATS. The results of last Monday’s elections in the western states are reccived differently by classes of people here. The republicans are, of course, jubilant over the sweeping victo- ries they won ammiost everywhere, more especially in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. stration democrs termixed with a sort of “I-told-you- pression of countenance that shows that the antis are not wasting any great amount of griof over their party’s defeats. The admin- istration democrats, on the other hand, re- ceived the news with red-not wrath. They say the party has been betrayed and defeated by the old fogy antls because President Cleveland is honestly endeavoring to carry out the platform which these very bourbons and fogies passed at the national conven- tions of 1880 and 1854, The administration democrats, howeve themselyes by saying: **Well, bexal, we can stand it if the bourhons can, We are not all office-seekers, while they are, and if the party goes out of power in 1883 we will nothe any worse off than we have been, while they will lose even what little hope they have now of ing into oflice under the government.” Th sort of talk can be heard wherever the frien of the president congregate, and it shows that throat-cutting time in the party is close at hand, if it has not already arrived. A CURIOUS SUSPICION, A curious suspicion has taken possession of 1y men here, who are accounted to be y “ily” in regard to everything concern- the administration, in regard to Secreta: 1y Manning's illness. These astute gentle men assert that Secretary Manning is not now, and never has been seriously ill. They say that President Cleveland and Manning quarrelled in regard to the latter’s manage- ment of the treasury and he has shut himself up at his residence. and will never again as- sume charge of the treasury department. "These suspielous men are all democrats, and may know more than is given out to the pub- lie. A few days will show whether they do or not. ANXIOUS ABOUT THFE PRESIDENT. Since Secretary Manning’s mishap, many of the intimate friends of President Cleve- land are becoming very anxious in regard to nis health. The president is very much of his secretary’s build and temperament, and the habits of the two men are precisel ik They toil and work all cat abundantly of the but take no exercise whatever, or nexttonone, The consequence is that both ily in arvoirdupois sinec they came here, and that, thercfore, what has spened to the secretary may also befall his at any mom Close observers who have resided he —and this includes many of our most eminent medical men—say that in a walaria-ridden city men eannot safely perform the same amount of brain work that they can elsewhere, unless they are extremely careful as to diet, excreise, and other matters esteemted to be necessary to the enjoyment of good health. Hence this class of people here are indulging in doleful prognostications in regard to the health of the president,and are constantly advising him to take better care of his health, in order that he may be spared to fill out the full measure of his term, 1t is to be hoped that he will heed the advice, for we want no wore acci- dencies, food, GORMAN ON TOP YFE Notwithstanding all that has been sald against Senator Gorman and his methods he is still evidently on top. Of the appointinents already made in Maryland Gorman has se- cured three of every four, and the plums he gets for his friends are all of the very chol est, while he graciously permits the other fac- tion to gather only thie unsound, sour and This man Gorman’s in- and will be better unde, stood when the fact is recalled that it was through his unscrupulous manipulation of the “eount,” which took place in New York city after the election in 1554, that secured the electoral yote of the Empire eity to the democratic eandidate, and thus made Grover Cleveland president of *the United State “The facts in rezard to this stupendous pi of raseality have only becoie known within ghe last thice woulks, aud they show tuat | the introduction by Gorman of his Maryland tactics into the New York count cheated James G. Blaine out of enough votes to se- cure his apparent defeat. 'Therefore Gor- man is paramount to all others in influence with the present administration, and will continie s0 o the end. His unsavory henchman, Eugeno Higgins, will also stick, despite the curses of Cleveland's warmest friends and of the protest of the more decent portion of Mary- land democrats, and there will be more Hig- gineses appointed if Senator Gorman de- mands it, A HIT AT WESTERN WOOL MEN., Within the last forty-eight hours it has leaked out that the democratie delegation in congress from Louisana have been negotiat- ing with Morrison, who is anxious to secure their support for his destructive tariff reform bill. Heretotore the Louisana democrats have resented all free trade measures in order to retain the protection to their sugar grow- ing interests which the republicans secured for them years ago. Morrison offered to leave them about ono-half the present pro- teetion if they would vote with him as to the rest, but they demanded that it remain as it s, promising that if no change Is made they will vote to cut down protection on all north- ern interests generally, and to help cut off all protection to the wool growers of the west and north. Now will the democratic wool growers swallow this attempt of their southern brthren (o sell them out in ex- change tor a little sweetening? Nor 18 this all. The rice growersof the south are also endeavoring to make the same kind of a trade with Morrison—offering to aid him in making a raid upon all northern industries if hie will only permit the protection the repub- licans threw around the rice interest to re- main untouched. These facts are commend- od to the eareful and prayerful consideration of democratic wool growers of Ohio, Indiana and other sheep-keeping states, Their southern brothers are trying to rob them. The remedy is in their own hands. They have only to vote with their rea iends in the future, and the pestiferous Morrison and \iis free trade gang will be rendered unable to further prosecute their raids upon the pro- ducers of wool in the futur ANTIMORMONS ATRAID OF WEST. Among the anti-Mormons here there is no satisfaction over the appointment of West to the governorship Utah. Speaker Carlislo is the influence which secured West's succes: and the fact that the Mormon's like it is re garded bad sign. One of the Salt Lake gentiles said to-day: “Of course, we are dis- appointed. We are afraid of the new man. He may be altright, but things are in such a condition in Ufah that there will be a great deal of anxiety until we know he is. The fact that he is Speaker Carlisle’s choice does presidential aspirations, and the political influence of the Mormons is very great and reaches in a great many direction What a man with that sort of an ambition will do, one can never tell. 1 suppose he controls West, and he certainly has the chance of making an excel- lent deal with such a factor. Will we oppose the confirmation? Oh, no; we will take what we can get, and try to get along with it a3 best wo ca. FORTY- NTH CONGRESS. Senate. April 1L—At 1:30 p. m. ashington territory admi sion Dill was passed without substantial amendment—yeas 80, nays 3. nate then adjourned till Monday. The demoerats voting with the republicans in the aflirmative on the Washington terri- tory admission bill were Messis, Butler, George, Jones of Arkansas, and Morgan. The negative votes were all democratic, among them being that of Hearst, whose first s cast on this bill. 'The bill as passed authorizes the inhabitants of the territory of Washington and the adjacent part of the ter- ritory of Idaho to forn a state covernment with'the name of the state of Washinzton. 1t provides for a convention to formulate and adopt a constitution which shall_ ba republi- can in form and not repugnant to the consti- tution of the United States or the prineiple of the declaration of mdependence, The pe sons who shall be_entitled to vote for mem- bers of the convention are described by the bill to be the qualified electors resident with- in the said boundar Hou Bills were passed authorizing the constr tion of bridges as follows: Across the Mis sippi river near Alton, Iilinois: across the Mississippi river near Keithsburg, Ilinois; across the Illinofs and Des Molnes rivers by the New York and Council Bluffs railroad company ; across the St. Croix riyer at some ble point between Prescott, Wiscon- . and Taylor Falis, Minnesota: across the Mississippi” river at Winona, Minnesotu: aeross the Mississippi river at St Joseph Missouris across the Missouri riverat Couneil Blulls, Low > Missourl river near Chamberlain, Dakota; across the Missouri river at Pierre, Dakota, Adjourned. The Bohannon WASHINGTON, April 11, Attorney General is here to argue the » the supreme court of e pecial T Leese, of Ne- Boliannon case the United e Providing for Poss BImMINGIAM, April 11, cireulation here that if Gladstone’s Irish bill is rejected Lord Salishury will be called upon to form a ministry to continue until next year and that Chamberlain and Lord Liart- ington will consent_to this, provided Lord Salisbury introduct ao contentious 5. vangement 15 said to ba L upon the anxicly of both parties to avoid an ¢l ction atthe present time. Protesting O DuRLIN, Apriljil, angemen, ieorangemen of Ar- maugh made a publie demonstration yester- day against Gladstone's proposal. They adopted resolutions denouncing the premicr, and declaring their allegiance 1o the N DYSPEPSIA Stmses its vietims to be miserablo, hopoloss, contused, and depressed in mind, very irrita ble, languid, and drowsy. It is a diseaso “tihich does not get well of itself, It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off tho causes and tone up the diges- tive organs till they perform their dutics willingly. Hood's Sarsaparilla has proven Tequired remedy in hundreds of cases, ve taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- pepsia, from which 1 have suffered two 1 tried many other medicines, but nong 0 satisfactory as Hood's Sarsaparilla.” Tuomas CoOK, Brush Elcctric Light Co, New York City, _Sick Headache “For the past two years I have been aficted with severe headaches and dyspep- 1 was induced to try Hood's Sarsapie ) and have found great relief. 1cheer y recommend it to wll” Mks K K nLE, New Haven, Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, M sufferer from dyspepsia and sick head- achie, Bhe took Hood's Barsaparilla aud fouud it the best remedy she over used. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Fold by all druggists. £1; six for-§s, Made only by G L JIOOD & CO., Lowell, 100 _Doses One Dollar. | of the o ) the less of the cueditons will be very heavy, IN UTTER CONDEMNATION, Gladstone's Scheme Received With Unbiased Disfavor Excopt By Parnellites, BUT HE IS STILL CONFIDENT, Chamberlain Causes a Tromendous Scnsation by a Personal Thrust at the Prime Minister—The Public Opinion. The World His Audience. LoNDoN, April 11.—[Special Cablegram,] —Englishmen of all parties agreo with pride that no parliamentary inci dent anywhere in the world was ever more dramatic than Thursday’s. Gladstone produced his home rule scheme as upon a stage visible to the universe. London was seething with excite- ment. The house of commons presented & spectacle without precedent. The country was one with interest, surpassing in intensity anything remembered by this generation, Gladstone's specch, by ~general consent, though wanting in some of his highest oratorical qualities, was a masterpicce of Iucid exposition, All concur that the scheme which was developed by him is. whatever else may be thought of it, a great effort of constructive legislation, a work of unequalled power. But the most devoted Gladstoneians are alleged to admit that the speech and ssheme have failed alike to conciliate the opponents for home rule, to unite the liberal party, or to con- vince English opinion. Its sole success 1s with the Parnellites. During the greater vortion of the speech they alone cheered. Parnell's approval of the scheme, though qualified, is suflicient to induce himself and his followers to strain every effort to secure its acceptance. In no other quarter what- evere n the reception of the proposals be decm xd cordial. Every important journai in London is dead againstit, the Dally News exe pted. And even that journal discusses it despondingly. ‘The two most powerful journals in Great Britain, outside of London, are the Min hester Guardian and the Scotch man. Both con lemn the measure, Both re- gard it as equivalent toa separation. Both ictits rejection by the country, Such 1 papers as adhere to Gladstone temper their suppoit with conditions and with d2mands for the modiication of various features of the scheme. All three of Istone’s recent colleagues tock an attitude of uncompromising hostility. ‘Trevelyan spoke on Thursday evening amid continuous Irish interruptions, but when he sat down the louse felt that the question had been taken once for all beyond the region of mere personal and party attachment to Gladstone. Chamberlain, Friday night, in a ) of extraordinary acuteness and power, Closed every door to compromise. Ho de- seribed Gladstone’s bill as embodying the maximum of risk and the minimum of ad- vantage, He objected to the termination of Tnish representation at Westminster becauso sole representation at Dublin could mean only a parliament with ordinate and caual authority with the fmperial parliament, objected to the surrender of the right of im- perial taxation to Ireland. He objected to the surrender of the apporntment of judges and magistrates, He objected to many other things, and insisted that the scheme, as a whole, was one for ultimate separation, not home rule. During his tilt with Gladstono Chamberlain caused a tremendous sensation by referring to the premier's sentiments toward the United States during the war of the rebellion. **8ir,” said he, “1 remember that timg. s when, in its atest erisis, when it was in he most terrible moment ot its fate, my right honorable friend counselled disintegra- tion of the United States.” M, Gladstone—** 1 did not counsel it.” Mr. Chamberlain—*My right honorable friend s he did not counsel it, but he gave the weight of his great name to the s! ent that they had become separate nations. I dare say my right honorable friend him- self would admit that, in that view of the situation he mad ¢ a mistake,” * Hear, hear,” said Gladstone. AN, said Chamberlain, syllable by syllas ble, his finger levelled at the prime minister's bowed head, “are you certain he is not mak- ing take acain?” 1t a temible blow. course, yelled like madmen, arose several eries of “‘shame, Mr. Chamberlain, The latte however, had one more shot to deliver, Lev- eling his tinger again towards the front beneh, almost inarticulate with passion, he demanded what should have peen sald of him, if, like some servile partisans who dis- political life, he had remained on that pretending to serve his country with a lie in his mouth. This was aimed directly at Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and produced another sensation, Lord Harrington’s sneech dealt still heavier blows to the propo Never has he spoke with such decision of purpose, such authority such weight. His final sentenc arried dismay into the ministertal ranks, He separs ated himself on this question absolutely from the parf cepted the probable necessity of the enforcement of law in Ireland, expressed the belief that the people of the country 1e- quired their representatives to sink all minor differences and to unite asone man in de- fense of the empire mherited from their fore- fathers, His speech s mude it mpossible, henceforth, to puta home rule plank into u liberal platform, Thus far not onenon-oflicial member of the hounse, whose support means anything, has defended Gladstone's — proposal, — Par- nellites excepted, The general opinion is that Gladstone’s bill offers Parnell more than was asked, and ereates not merely an Irish parliament, but an Irish state, His par- liament would have powers nominally lmit- ed, but practieally unlimited, “Somberacquiscence,” says the Times, “is the highest base of @pprobation to which Gladstone's wost tried and faithful followers can attain, while active aud energetic com- mendation is freeiy meted out by the stamchs est representatives of every shade of libers ahsin, That, 1 am bhound to say, however disa- greeable the trath may be to believers in home rule, is an seewrate summary of the ovinions expressed by nearly every liberal, with one great exception, Mr, Gladstone alone, or al- most alone, retains heart and hope, and still looks confidently forward to winniug over the country and conferring legislative inde- pendence on Ireland, Forster's death, coming as it dees, in the crisis of the Irigh question, is felt as & nas tional calmuity, The torles, of From the lib- - , Husiness Failure, Bristor, Pa., April 11—Rogers flouring will proprietors, have fmle estimated liabilities are $200,000, whieh are in mortgug notes, Of 1l ings of poor people - who placed all thel money in the hands of the finn, and i w0y cases the oring people, who had innlicit contidenea in the trm, placed their entire savings in their hands.’. No. estimate 15 is obtainable, but the. propert; fuuble. we it is not believed tha Bros.,, ‘I'he 542,000 of $100,008 in, 009 are 5aY- o —