Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1886, Page 1

FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 11, 18%. NUMBER GLADSTONE'S GREAT SPEECIL, He A:dressos Orowded Galleries in the Hoase of Commons. ANALYZING THE OBJECTIONS. Expressions of American Opinion Pos- sess Great Weight—Irish Autono- my the Aim—Defining the Rela- tions of Parliament, The Home Rule Bill Loxnox, May 10th [Special Telegram.| Long before the hour appointed for the meet- ing of the house of commons this afternoon, very seat on the flaor was taken, while the lleries were crowded with a distinguished audience, which had been at «d by the announciment that Mr. Gladstone would move the second reading of lus home rule bill. Royalty was represented by the Prince of Wales: nobility was present in force and watehed the proc g8 with intense inter- L Gladstone was on hand early, and his entrance was the signal for vociferous cheers from both liberal and Trish niemb Wien t was restored, the premier arose, and in a firm, c moved the second reading of the bill, in his remarks he stated that he did not infend, for to present, to ask for a continuance of ' the debate from FECIT, LoNDoN, Ma . Gladstone’s voice at the outset of his speech in advocacy of his motion was indistinet, hoarse and fecble. but it cleared as he proceeded. He said he de- sired at the opening to make u statement of his personal position, which he had entirely refrained from making when hie introduced bill. He had never at any od de- home-rule in Ireland as i patible al unity, [Cries of oh "] s exaetly %0, [Cheers.] Contribu- tion had comie trom some members wo visited medloth'an making specches stuffed full of totally untrue and worthless asertions [oh, ol andl cheers. | In ISithe had expressed the great satis- faction with which hie had heard the state- ments of the supporters of home rule, as these statements condemplated noth- ing leadding to a ance of the empore | Parneliite cheers. | TWO IMPOSSIILE CONDITIONS, ‘Twoquestionsalways presented themselves to his mind regarding home rui Firstly, 1t must be shown t sired by (ha great wass of the population of That condition had never been ab- ¢ and une;uivoeaily present untii the of e representation of the people [Chneers, ; 5 ondly, ~Was lome rule with' the unuy of That question had e - Parnell who had declar Lought of under the e was sim]ly the autonomy EINAtive e at it was dle- passii act, _compat- the em- answered 1 mat what of honie rul? Treland. 1 reform i d they had equally ¢ medleine of coercion, ¢ 1 the medicine continihlly sing doses and with dimiti- [ Parnellite cheers.] SONS FFOM CANADA, As regards the autonomy of Irciand being amenace to the unity of the empire, he minded the house that the same argument vas employed against Cavadian independ: ence. When it was deterinined to concede homerule to Canada, she was in precisely the temper attributed ‘to Treland to-day. Can- ada did not get home-rule because glie wa al and friendly. She was now loyal and ndly because’ she got home-rule, [Irish cheers.] Ie (Gladstone) sat in parliament during” the wholo Canadian_controversy, taking as & young man_an active part in it, v as the nature of Canadian debate? ada was not parallel to the lopposition cheers|, not in ery particular, As tho bill offered {0 lre- Iand i3 different in imvortant details from acts which disposed of the but although not parallel th analagous. Whiat was the ot Canada? *( street.” These fe peetally, had 1 apylied 'in inere ishing result nd T positions are ue in the case nment from Downing v words embraced the whole controyes “Government from Downing street,” ‘meaning, of course, “Governmen from ' Westunnister.” [Hea | What was the ery of those who resisted autonomy in Canada? 1t was the ery which lias slept v long time, acquiring vigor from sleepins 1t was the cry that the unity of the e would be endangered. In his-opinion of the relations of Canada and England then there was very great danger to the unity of the pire, but it was a remedy for this mischicf, not ‘the mischief itself, ‘which was regarded as dangerous. [Irish cheers.| In this result the cases of Ireland and C; are precise- ly pmallel. “In these days the peo- ple *of Canada were habitually de- nouneed in this house as rebels, | Prolonged government and Parnellite cheers.| Some of those so ealled rebels were protestants of English coteh birth, hut the majority were C; of French extraction, " Was them raised because tl were French extraction Catholies? No, With the English in Upper Canada it was ¢ actly the same thi ebelled. )’ CONNT . He (Gladstone) d - O'Connell in the house in the debate on the Canadian question. referring to the French Canadian leader Papineay, saying. case s just the case of Ireland with The Canadian agitator has nd of his name instead of at the beginning” [ Laughter. | Canadian rebels” were superseded, but at the moment of military victory the politieal difticulty began and " the_victors were vi quished. It “we were military s the Canadians were victorious in the ficld of IV FIND DANGER IN A REMEDY. Tere the speak iistory of the past in an avor to prove that only sure which would ba satisfac tory to Ireland was a settlement of the qu asible. Lliere s danger to the unity empire in th wtions with land, but the o1 nts of the bill applied’ the ery of dunger to the rem of to the existing miselief, Mr, stone then referred to the significant expres- sions of opinion that had across the Atlantic approving the vital principles of the vill. [Cheers and de A PERTINENT QU He asked gentlemen whio appeardd to think that these wanifestations of the opinion of Aumeriea were worthless [Lear, hear] if they would have considered them worthless it sueh manitestations had condemned the bill, [Cheers, | Coming to the leading objections 1o the bill, ne said: He noticed that the first wiis one objceting to the exclusion of the Irish members from the lmperial parliament as & breach of the cadinal prineiple that there ought not to be taxation without The opponents of the bill said ingland could never enforce taxation in Ircland ™ without representation, and that nothing but the consent of Ireland would in- duce them to contemplate sueh action for a moment. “Alany members were not even sat- istied with the consent of Lieland, Hesides this general constitutional oqjection, there pxisted the regret that there woold cease to be a symbolic representation the enpire through the abse members. the unit nce of the L TIE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLE, Now history has shown that in 1orel what he preferred to call over-sea ai the Irish people do not stand in the sam lation as the people of land. [Hear, hear, and n0. ) wonder that in a country with woes so great. and whose hopes have s0 often been doomed to disappointinent, the mind of lhvesenphs should bs contirmed to the position of their own country? An essential principle to ti: Trish peoplé has become o obtain control of their own affairs, Stilt, the bill provides that the Irish shall ‘not be excluded from fmperial affvirs. Clause 20 provide recall of representatives in both house 1rish partigmenc before the parliament can Pproceed to the alteration of a statute upon Which the two countries do not agrce. An- other clause provides that, on certain condi- tions, the Irish assembly’ way vote sus ot for purposes excluded frowm its ordi- cognizance. trusted ‘that should * Great - Brif ain be involved in &' great war where Lreland would be_exposed 10 common danger, the Irish assewbly would respond to a message from the crown by yoting mone; to prosecute the war. [Opposition Jaughter. No great question such as succession to the crown ought to fall under the discussion of this secondary authority. but money ques- tions, such as treaties of commerce, might require direct communication between both parliaments. He would therefore propose on behalf of the government some [an of this kind, He proceeded to explain hat the government rewained undecided as to the conditions under which the Irish mem- bers or an Trish commission should appear in the imperial cabinet. The government did not consider this to be the point, In his opinion if the Irish members eomeback in any nwmbers it would be nee- ssary to devise s new system of election. He wouid certainly have no jealousy of Irish members, 1t the Irish should res their force he would rather have the antily, and je y i CT OF TIE BILT. In conelusion, ie declared that the main object of the bill was to abolish root and branch the discontent prevailing in freland and to restore social order by removal not merely of symptoms, but of “causes ot that content. I the opponents of the bill had n o alternative Yy what was it? he asked, If andholp Chure- hill -~ should undertake the task of settling inland what did he niean to do his plan that pr by the_loya Belfast last Novi . “The English ernment might be daring, but not s darin as to undertake to reconstruct the [rish zov ernment without touching the legislativ difliculty. If Lord Hartington has a plan let him diselose it Heappeared to Lovd Hart- ton to state his solution of the Irish prob- They had reachied a erisis in the his- tory of the nation. h of bolduess was the only path of men ought to " know th ought to tell it. ] OF IRELAND, id could not be passed into the lottery of politics, [ 1le biad bien told that he wa land to certain ruin, Let his op) a way to reseue it, Let Lord Hartington, in ng the rejection of “this bill, trace the visible or palpable road through darkness. *Members of the house of commons have g v to a close 5 1 years ago, and of knitting hands firmer and higher in character than heretofore, the hearts and aife tions of tiie Itish people and of cement; ing the noble fabric of the British nation.” [Loud and continued cheerin, JARTINGTON'S LITTLI SAY. Mr. Gladstone was followed by Lord Hart- ington, who, on rising was grected with cheers, He feared that the premier | ter without matiire conside hreterence to submitting altarnat s, he failed to remember a single in stance in which Gladstone had taken the course he now asked the dissentists to take who were unprepared to suggest in what direction a measure for the house could be i ately revised. e believed that the concession made_tonight would not meet the demands of Mr. Chamberlain.* In conclusion, he moved that the bill be read six mouths hence. The debate was adjourned till Thursday. The Greek Troubles. ArneNs, May 10.—The king has wiitten a leticr to Delyannis, holding him responsible for the prézent condition of affairs in Greece. "The foreign flent, With the exception of one vessel of each power, leit Suda bay and com- pleted the blockade of the Greex coast. The rovernment warned all vessels that 1¢ they eave the port it will be at their own risw. The issue of shipping papers has been stopped, "The commercial world is excited. “There was slight firing {o-day on the frontier troops in disobedience to ord cireutar note o 1he. foreign embassi effect that Greece never* contemplated lostility to the powers: that*the governnent thought the statement that Greece did not in tend to disturb the peace was sufliclent an- swer to the demands of the powers and the ade placed ( cat a_ helpless disad- ge. ‘Tne Greek government. he said idered the action of the powers in block- ports asentirely unjustifia- N The Railroad Rate War. ST. PAUL, May 10—The passenger rate var opened up this morning. The city ticket offices of the Milwaukee, Omaha and and Minnesota and Northwestern began sell- ing second-class tickets to Chicago for $8.50 and from Minneapolis to St. Louis the same, A scalper tolda reporter he would sell for $3 rather than lose a vassenger. ‘There is very Jittle if any cutting on first-class tickets, The short lines say they can afford to ignore the others on firsi-class . A cut of a dollar has but little influence with first-class travel. — - Cutlers on Strike. PiLADELPIIA, May 9.—1t has been de- cided to-night that all cutlers In the employ of wholesale houses should go out on strike on Monday for eight hours work and ten s employ some 600 cutlers, and the withdrawal of these men from di ferent houses on Mondny will throw out of employment between 7,000 and 5,000 persons, The Ohio Senate Squabble, Corvanus, Obio, May 10.—In the Ohio senate this morning, Vancleaf (dem.) of- fered a motion for correction of the journal relative to the proceedings Saturday of seat- ing four republican members. The wmotion ed out of order and @ protest offered cleal against the oceedings on urday was taken under advisement of the president, Se— Fa ng Flashes, BurLINGTON, Towa, May 9.—Yesterday afternoon lightning struck a boarding house in this eity and killed a_young German car- penter, Custay Milf, and knocked down all other ini in the house. The dwelling of Frank ¢ 1 in the south rt of the cit was struck and burned. ‘The storm was very icayy In southern Low Assaulted by Strikers. Dr May 10.—This morning a crowd of strikers zathered about the Michigan car shops and drove away some workmen who attempted 10 go to work, assaulting them with bricks and lumps of dirt. The police wel n hand in toree and twenty-five men resumed work under their protection, s Walk Out, About 600 gar- ment cutters employed in various wholesale clothing establishmen ) this elty, struck to day for eight hours'work at ten hours’ pay. Thestrike throws out seyeral thousand men, women and girls., Miners Resume Work. PIrrsnURG, May 10.—Fifteen hundred colliers employed in the pits along the lieny riverand also at the mines y )\, Pa., resumed ice demanded. St. Louis' Celebrated Case, Sr. Louts, May 10, — The noted case of Hugh M. Brooks, alins W, A, Lennox Max- \wl‘f. charged with the murder of C. Arthur Preller, at the Southern hotel, in this eity, April Tth, 1555, was called in’ the eriminal court this morning at 11:45, RAR I Death of a Leading Bear. NEw Yok, May 10.—8, F. Weerlshoefer died suddenly at the residence of his father- in-law, in Manhattanville, this morning, Woerishoeffer was a leading bear operator i Wall street. il e S A Tornado in Indiana. CONNERSVILLY, Ind,, May 10.—A torn passed through Wayne county thirteen miles north, last night, destroying everything in its track. One woman and two men killed, -— A Wounded Bear. New Yousk, May 10.—George A. Dickin- son failed to He was a bear on the stock excliange, It is thousht that Dickin- son’s labilities will not exceed §50,000, e L A Bear Skinnod. New Yous, May 10.—George F. Dickinson failed to-day, He wasabear on the stock exchauge, IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. Resolutions Enquiting Into the David J. Adams' Seisure, DEMOCRATS AFRAID TO MOVE. General FLogan's Books—Interstate Commerce in the Senate- Demo- orats Afrald of Any Live Ques- tion—Van Wyck's Bill. Senate. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Mr. Dawes offered the following resolutions, both of whicn were agreed (o without debate; Resolved, That the president be requestea to communicate to the senate, if in his opinion not incompatible with the public interest, any information in the possession of the government concerning the alleged seizure of the United States fishing vessel David J. Adams while engaged in lawiul commerce in the ports of the dominion of anada and what measure it any h taken o protect fishing vessc United States while engased in lawful com- merce in the ports the dominion of Canada, Resolved, “That the committee — on foreign Yelations be mstructed to inquire whether the United s fisling vessel David J. Adams has been seized while in lawful con ¢ina portof the Domin- fon of Canada, and what measures, it an C ecesSary o profect persons id prop: 1ty of Ame citizens while engazed in lawfut commeres in the ports of the Domin- fon of Canada, and to report by bill or other- Mr, Stanwick introdueed a bill authorizing Union P alroad _company to con- struct br Reterrod A resolution offered by Mr, agreed to, directing the comniltte ions to report back to the senate tne biil No. 5, providing for the repeal of the limitation on atrears of pensfons.” This 18 the Ingalls bill. A resolution an was on pén- was offered by Mr. Ingalls direeting the postmaster general to report. to the senate all cases of unadjusted salavies of postmasters and late postma in Kan under the act of March 3, with sta ment showing the amount of pay each pos master would have re if paid upon the basis of commissions und act of 18 and the amount_of salary allowed and paid uider the act of July 1, 1864, also the amount allowed under the 1853, and for which such allow- ances was such statement to exhibit by comparison aniounts under different acts, Also ditecting the postmaster general to send to the a copy of the syllabus of the postmaster general's opinion of the act of March, 1885, Mr. Conger moved to amend by extending inquiry to all states instead of confining it to the state of Kansas. The amendment accepted and the Lution amended agrecd Lo, INTEI-STATE COMMERCE. The iuter-state commerce bill was placed before the senate. Mr. Ingalls proposed amendment was agrecd 1o, giving to the comittee the right to 1eport to the United States eireuit cour and geta speedy judement on complaints wiienever companies decline to obey the or- der of the commission. Mr. Walthall entered on an claborate argu- ment ic show the power of Congress in the premises, _ CONGER'S ANENDMENT. An amendinent offered by Mr. Conger was agreed to, modifying the first section of the bill, which relatés to the class of companies to which the bill s made appliva the case of common s re ~ partly ad and partly by water, when both are used for continuous passage or equi ment from one state to another, Mr. Conger amendment limits the bill to ‘such of tho: companies as are under a common central management or arrangement, In the debate to which this amendment gave rise, Mr. Allison said_that. the effect of Conger's’ amendment would be to place the people_who lived on_the lake border ina more favorable condition than those who lived elsewliere in the west. Without further action on the bill the sen- ate adjourned. House, WasHINGTON, May 10.—Under the call of states the following bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Dingley, of Maine, to limit com- 1 privileges'of vesse coun- tries in_ the ports of the United States, to sueh purposes as_are accorded to Amel vessels in the ports of such foreign countrics. The bill provides, that when any foreign country shall exclude any American vessels from any commercial privileges in the ports of sucl: foreign country, the president shall issue his proclamation, limiting the comme I privileges of vessels of the same cha of such forelgn the United States t corded such Ame T'he bill to punish the advertisement’ of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia was called up, and after some time consumed in an effort to securo a quorum, it was pass- ed, 'The house then adjourned. gy SOME STARTLING KACTS, Entries Upon Public Lands Almost Impassible For Actual Settlers, WASHINGTON, May 10— I'he commissioner of the general land office, in his response to the senate resolution calling for the number of special ageuts employed in his office and thewr daties, says, that if the increased force recomniended in his an nual report be grar «d, entries suspended by his order of April 5, 1845, can ail be investigated and disposed of 1n about a year and a half, A large pe centage of these entries he thinks are - ulent. The proportion of new eases that will require such investigation will be much_ less than in those previous to April 8, 1585, Sin the order of suspension had the t0 1 terially check the making or case with under munity offered by the isting laws, and the i ts, he says, thi hasty issuance of paf couraged the — maki and fraudulent entries, thorou in such practices, but great {raud must inevitably ex- ist 50 lony us an opportunity of fraud is pr served in the laws and 50 long as it Is hoped by arers and promoters of fraud that ex- y be impeded or suppressed. The commission ews Lis recommend 1 that the pre-emption of commuted home- stead, timber culture, timber land and desert Jand be repealed, and says, questions, broadly stated, are ‘whether lands shall be protected, and an honest acquisition of title thercto insisted npon, or dishonest appropri- ation aliowed. These guestions cannot long reniain in abeyance. With the present hoeed- less rush of speculation and monopoly the public domain will be absorbed ina period of time 5o brief that even preventative meas. uresugaisnt fraud and misappropriation ma s00n b 100 late to save any considerable por- tion of the public lands for the homes of the people. “The commissioner eloses his communiea- tion with a statewent that his general in- formation leads him to the conclusion that no large amount of publie land remains in the western states and territories jeast of the cattle belt, which an actual setiler can take up without first buying off speculative claims or avoiding some “invaiid entry by contest proceedings, while within the cattle recion it is notorious that actual settlements are gen- erally prevented and made practically im- possible, outside of proximity o towns, hrough the nnlawful confrol of the country maintained by eattle corporations. ‘The demand for free lands for the homes of Awerican citizens, which is daily increas- ing in intensity, ean no longer be” met, un- less unpatented’ lands now unlawfully held or claimed ean be rscovered to the public do- wain future illegal sad fraudulent ap- propriations decisively stopped, nty of - A Democratic Squeal. WasminGrox, May 10.—[Special Tel gram.|—This niorning’s Post has three col- winns of inverviews with democratic senators and representatives in regard to the proba- bilities in the approaching elections aflect- ing the lower house of congress, Many of them readily acknowledge that the chances are against them, and that the republicans will undoubtedly hAve a majority, while others show & . stiff upper lip and claim that their party will hold its own, Ben Hall, of the First Iowa district, is one of the latter class. He com- plains bitterly of the redistricting of the state, and says it 1s for the purpose of return- ing Senator Wilson. Hall says in his inter- view that “it is hardly possible, with the new arrangement of districts to increase the num- ber of democrats and it is almost impossible to hold our ow Murphy’s distriet, which was before democratic by a large majority, is now so overwhelmingly democratic that it conld supply adozen very nice democratic majorities, AlIl these surplus demoeratic voters are lost. My district will remain demoeratie, 1 hope, and possibly Weaver may carry his azain, but it will require a hard squeeze. The district now represented by Frederick is made so hopelessly republican that he says he will not be a candida Murphy's majority was Inereased to take the district from Frederick,” The Representative Dorsey, who has been his home’ in Nebraska for some time, has returned hers ABOUT GENERAL LOGAN. Busy Writing History—The Man Who Lired on Sumter. WASHING T4 May 10.-~[Special Tele- gram.|—General John A, Logan, in_conver- sation with a friend to-day, said that he had finished his history of the cause which led to the great rebellion, and that the copy was now all in the hands of the printer. General Logan further stated that e was now gath- ering material for a military history of the rebellion, which would be sent to press at the earifest possible day. e intends to ake both of these works ‘valuable contribu- tions to the historical record of the stirring thmes to which they relate, The man who_fired the' fi Sumyp i, 1801, was fin, then aar: ed septagent traveled all the way from Richmnond to Charles- ton for thesole pirpose of bezging of Beau- v the privilege of firing the first gun at his country. The request was granted, and the shot that destroved the ac- cursed institution of slavery and opened up the bloodiest d 1 times was fired by this old man’s nerveless hand. But the cause he loved so well perished forever at Ay unable to reconcile him- Se the confederate cause, the aged traitor placed the muzzle ot a shotgun loaded with buckshot, in his mouth and blew off the fop of his head "This fitting ination of the orizinal d to General Logan the other dav, und he expressed recret that the fact had not been made know to him sooner, as he would have used it in his forth- coming history of the steps by which the re bellion was precipitated on the country. Unjust to Logan, New York, May 10.—[gpecial Telegram. ] —The Sun . Logan is_greatly dissatisfied with the election of McPherson as secretary of the republican congressional committee” because McPherson IS a pro- nounced Blaine nmn, . s BUSY D THING. The Administration Laying Back For a Great Effort on Tariff. WASHINGTON, May 10.—[Special Tele- eram.]—There will be no inci in postal s for at least two years. The house committee on postoflices and posroads szreed to not repart the postal telegraph bill or the postal sagings bank bill. This in- action is at tne request of friends of the measures. who prefer no action to adverse action. ‘The party 1n_power has determi that the general expenditures of the govern- ment shall not be increased at th crenses in expenses of the government les- sens the scope for work on the tariff. It was believed, during the lnst congress, that pen- ny letter postage wonld be the résult of the change in the administration, but there will be no penny postaze under this regime, Old republican statesmen promise both postal telegraph and penny postage if they get con- trol of the fiftieth cougress, and in a measure these two things will be pitted against a re- duction of the tarif in the coming campaign. Sibieih s OPPOSED TO SUBSIDIES. Scpator Van Wyck Introduces the Union Pacific Relief Bill, WASHINGTON, D. May 10.—[Special n Wyck and Repre- introduced in th nd om- s of cific d for by the citize , for the reliet of the Union 1 1 company, n Wyck; to the Beg correspondent day, vredicted the defeat of the subsidy wuse put into the postofiice appropriation bill by the senate, when the proposition came up in” the house. The housc, he said, was yery much slower to grant subidies thai the senate, and if he had been here he would have opnosed the amendment while it before the latter body. hip Railway. WASHING 10.—[Special Tele- gram,]—Captain continues to hammer away at congress for the passage of his Te- hauntepee ship it there is not the slightest possibility of success, The house bill makes the guarantee of the goy- ernment for interest on the loan which I is to get somewhere to do his work, 000, and to cover a period of fifteen years, while the senate bill limits the liberty of the government to $7,000.000, and during a period of five years, Of course, Eads wants the house bill passed, and even though congress had a majority n Eads bill, the ideas of the twobraiiches are too far apart to get together, Tehauntepec e Liberal With Pensions, WasmyGros, D, O, May 10.—[Special “Telegram. ]—The lowa members introduced bills in the houso to-day as follows: Henderson: To pension Thomias sett and Lidia B, Vi Auda. By Mr, : ning Henry Durke, By Mr, Increasing pénsion of A. Crouse "By M, Hiek. Scnator Wilson introduced bills in the sen- ate to pension Mis. Arabe oddington, M. Eliza Ferzuson and Mary E, Hedrick. Abbott: Pensloning Mary B. Hed- il L ieid Supreme Court Adjourns. WasnuiNaroy, May 10.—It is now here ordered by the eowrt that all cases on the docket not decided, and all other business of the term not disposed of by the court, be, and the same is h y continiied uutit the next term of court. The court then adjowrned till October next, e A Capital of $1,000,000. WASHINGTON, May 10,—The comptroller of currency to-day authorized the American ange bank of Chieago, [llinols, to begin 5 With a capitalot $1,000,000. S e amy Cases Dismissed, ToN, May 10,—The supreme court Juited States dismissed the the three ygamy eases for want of jurisdic 50 1ecalled the mandate in the Can- non polygumy ease and set aside the former Judgment and diswissed it for want of juris- diction ——— The May Crop Report, WasHINGTON, May 10.—The May erop re- port of the departinent of agriculture indi- cates an improvement during April of two points in wheat, with a general average con- dition of 95. No marked change anywhere, but a slignt advance is noted in the Ohio val- B Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, th Virginfa and Maryland. The May- average. last year was 70. The season has been adinirable WMl the crop is more ad- vanced than wsual. The averages in the rincipal states al nsylvania, 953 Michigan, 91: Tiinois, ¥23 Kausas, 97 Oliio, Indiana, Missouri, 101, The condi- tion o rye averages ¥0; barley, 9 STRIKES AND RIOTS ENDED. Wage-Workers Anxions to Return to Their Employment, MUST RETURN AS INDIVIDUALS. Chicago Pledges Itself to Provide For 1ts Injured Officers—The Com- panies Refuse to Recognize Com« mittees—Arrogant Lumber Mon. Individual Strikers Return. CiicAco, May 10.—[Special Telegram, |— The situation aniong the railroad strikers ap- pears to bo steady, but certainly ehanging. Freight men have yielded and gone back to work, where they could, and there is proba- bility that this is prophetic of the course that may eventually be followed by others. The railroads, with one excention, have declined to treat with any committees from the str ers, but have restored to their places, individ- ually, such mien as they lad room for, Many of thie old hands are at work again, and many more are secking for admission. There was perceptible on all hands a general feeling that the begining of the end of the present labor tronbles was at hand. Avisitto the varwous freight yards this morning showed much activity among the freight warehouses of the roads. committee visited the Chicago, Mil St. Paul road and had a conference with Su- perintendent Erling, who informed them that he would not treat with them as a com- mittee, but if the striking workinen came to him as individuals he would transact business with them, He assures them that the company had determined not to reinstate strikers as a body under any circumstances, but that if any injustice had been done an wen Lie would sec to it that it was remedied. He was sure, however, that no such injustice had been done them, The committee” with- drew, and immeds fter several individ- ual applications for vm}llnynn-m were made by the stiikers, Aany of them were reom- ployed, but with the understanding that they come {has men and not as members of any organization. e Chicago & Northwestern road had a suflicient number of new men employed to andle thelr business and gave the committce 1o encouragement, and refused to make room for strikers by diseharging the new The company, reinstated f the stri ning, and n received from DU 10 work this morning rond had been hancling as much frelght as was brought it and more in pro- portion than any other road in Chi- cago, The company would not discharge men who had worked during the_strike, but as many others as were required were se- lected from the ranks of the late strikers and put o work, and_everything was going on there to-day as if such a thing as a stiike had never beeri heard of. BETTER PROSPECTS ATIAD, Four of the lumber distriets showed signs of roviving industry. There wasa business alr throughout the ‘districts though resump- tion_of work was by 1o means gencral. There was no disorder, There was no law- lessness. Many smokestacks were sending forth volimes of black vaper that formed itself into small clouds. ‘The hiss of steam -and the hum of machinery was heard here and there. Many wageworkers were seen AIth tieir lunch pails hurrying to their old posts to begin the week with the happy pros- of a week ahead and the memory nanxious family behind. But all the signs_yisible on tlie surface were not so i of revival al factories groups of workmen stood about with idleness and uncertainty plainly written on their faces, Their grievances were not yet settl their' money almost exhausted and the po tion of th lies at home was one of sore anxiety. the beginning of a new week. What will the bosses do? they asked among thewselves, A large number of sash, door and blind factories resumed operations this morning, Several forges and i set the naces going, and some minor shops. up afresh, bt the planing mills are yet mo- tionless, and the lumber yards are idle, Measures are making, however, that may soon ond in general resumption in'all depari- ments. All the sash, door and blind factories re- sumed onthe basis of nine hours pay f cight hours work. Planing mills did not re me and will liardly do 5o until t are in in a state of activit nd their 10000 or more Stevadors and all sorts of unskilled Tuborers were still idle this morning. Lum- bermen say they are ready to resume ope tions as suon as their men come back in sufli cient numbers to warrant them in starting up, but that_only the old schedule of hours and wages will be accepted. If the men do not choose to come back on these terms, the works will be left idle indefinitely, they sav, even though the entire lumber trade 6t the city is broken up. They declare that since the sitnation has been” forced upon them, they will not be shaken in the stand they have taken to control their own business and be dictated to by nobody. GAINS AND LOSSES, Closing Scenes in the | strike in Chicago. CiieaGo, May 10.—All of ‘the railways in the city resumed operations this morning,and are accepting and z for all freight with- out limit. The situation. however, as effe ing freight handlers, is still unsettled and developes unexpected phazes, The Balti- more & Ohio set men to work this morning, conceding them an eight-hour working day with nine hours' pay. The freight handlers of this road had not heen acting in concert with other freight handlers, and gained their victory by independent negotiation with the company. 1tis not known what effect this concession will have upon the other roads. A committee of striking freight handlers of the Chicago & Northwestern road called upon the oficials this morning and expressed a desire to return to work on the old basis, The com- sany replied that the men had been given Tt hottee to return to work but failed (o do s0. AS @ cousequence the cowpany had its Dusiness serlousty interfored with and had been put to the tiouble and expense of pro- curing new men. ‘Ihese men filled the entire worklig quota of the eompany, and it had no places to offer the men who had gone out on hestiike, ‘The ultimatum issucd Saturday by the manufacturers of metal goods, in which they distinetly say they cannot grant the eight-hour d ade the situation in tins line of manifacture of interest this morning. The chief point was Crane Iiros.' factory, which gives employment {0 1,200 men, 1t was thousht if these men accepted the sit uation and went to work at ten hours'pay for ten hours' work, their action would have at weight on the men on a stiike in other actories. Before 7 this morning there was quite a crowd in the vieinity of the works, not the least symptom of disorder. In vipe mill 200 men wenl to work and 200 in the general shops. The Chicago Malleable Lron works started up in tull blast ihis mornfng, 800 men being employed at nine hours' pay for eight hours' work. “T'he excitement over the labor troubles this morning 15 princlpally contined to tho lum- ber district.” The only mill to start up was P, Woliler & Co. Xighty men went to work af elght hours with nine hours' pay. - Later in the morning all the sash, door and blind factories started up. About 1,500 men went 10 work at eight hours for nine hours' A committee of stiiking freight Landlers called upon Agent Betz, of the Fort Wayne 1, this worning, and intimated to him el must be taken back o world go to work, He refused the te and safd he would discharge none of the ported wen who wishied 10 stay, A canvass among the new wen showed that a good many of them wished to return Lome, They vill Lu furnished tiansportation, and the old nds witl be tuken back, fhe Wabash strikers' were notified that they would have 1o quit the Freight' Hand- ght-Hour lers’ unton, They agreed to do so. All re- turned to work, but some_were put in_other departments, and the new men retained. The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago re- fused to take the old men back. The com: pany said it had a_ full complement of new men and would not discharge them, The strikers left very much dejected. The Grand Trunk took back all its own men, The Lake Shore strikers were all reinstated at the old ate of pay. Fifty men, employed at the Chicago & Atlantic freight house, were in- formed they could return to work on the same conditions as before they struck. The new men were told they could stay if they wished. Only five of the strikers were taken back by the Chicago & lilinois. it Must Pay for Delay. Creaco, May 10.~The Grand Trunk road to-day notified the board of Cook county commissioners that in case of delay to trains or damage to property by strikers or other porsonis at this point the company would iereatter hold the connty responsible. * Pro- tection for its business was formally de- wanded by the compan - They Are Satisfled. Lovis, May 10.—The striking em- 300 in number. of the Southern 1% company resumed work to- company have conceded them ten hours as a av's work instead of eleven without a re- otion of wage —— A GR UL CITY, The Brave Officers and Their Families to be Cared for. C11cA GO, May 10.—Reminders of the Hay Market bowmb and labor riots poured in on the city council this evening and oceupied nearly all its time. Three aldermen intro- duced resolutions gommending the courage and heroism of the police in the Desplaines street tragedy and expressing sympathy for the familiesof the killed and wounded men. extending the thanks il yor Harrison and the Chiet of Police Ebersold, for their energy in suppressing the riots and to the men at the bomb explosion for their undounted courage und_detenmination to maintain the public peace were unanimously adopted. The eonduct of Captain Ward and Inspector Bonlield were especially commended. Reso- Iutions proposed that provisions be made for pensioniug disabled policemen and the fam- lies of the dead ones in the next appropria- tion bill, "This provi reluctantly stricken’ out when it was exvlained by the mayor and several aldermen that under the charter the city could not pension anyone. To reach a similar end, however, the follow- ing was finally d and agreed to: Resolved, That the city council of the city of Chicago hereby requests the mayor and advises all future mayors to employ “all offi- cers of the police department who were on May 4, 1836, 30 mainied as to render them in- capable of performing police duty in such positions as they can fill, and we pledge our- selves and all” future councils, s far as we can, to_appropriate for the pay of those so emploved suflicient sum_to make their an- nual pay equal to that ot able bodied police- men. Mcasures to add 100 men to the present foree of police were introduced and appro- priately referred A WORTHY ROHANT FAILS. After Paying Up His Old Debts He Has to Succumb, annAskA Crry, May 10.—[Special Tele- gram.]—Our city w v surprised to- t the failure of Phillip Potter, dealer in ware, glassware and jewelry. Mr. otter has een in busines this dity for over seventeen years and has always been considerad one of our best cltizens in every way. His failiro at this time has arjsen from the contipued dullness ot trade while he was struggling to pav off a heavy indebt- cdness incurred a few years “ago in attempting to do some wholesale business, ~ Mr. Potter s paid off 86,000 of indebledness In the past two and hoped to see his way out, but at d to throw up the sponge, Iie has given mortgages on his entire stock for_bor- rowed money to the extent of some $7,000, His total habilities amount to $15,000. We believe he will pay ever lar it hisunsettied ereditors act nicely Potter has the sympathy of our community who believe him to be ai honorable man. WAS HE MURDERED? whose body was found on’ the v morning 8o horribly mangled y passing trains, returned a verdict that the laintiff came to his death by some unknown canse. The deceased lad been drinking some, and was last scen alive in one of the saloons at hout 12:50 Saturday night. The next morn- ing his body was found on the track near his Fome terribly mangled, There seems to be some doubt as to whether he was kiiled by o xing train while in a drunken swupor or been killed and his body thrown on the “The testimony on the point of his be- ing drunik or sober is very conllicting, ~Some think he was killed for money as he had recently sold a far THE TROUBLE AT KEARNEY. Both Men to Whom Lic Issued Arrested. , Neb, May 10.—[Special Tele- As the result of the issuance of liguor license to Billy Winters and A, Weible, last Friday, both men have been ar- rested for selling Tiquor withont a license, “The elaim is that a ticense issued by the clerk pro tem is worthless, Both men when ar- rested appeared in police court and gave bond for appearaiice to-morrow morning. 1t now remains o get the conrt’s opinion of the logality of the licenso under which the men are selling. It of no account, it is generally understood that a multituda ef complaints will be made against both men; it good, the war ends, ses Were KEAR» gram. ) S Tramped Upon by a Teamp. Rivenroy, Neb., May 10.—Last night, while George Deboard, an ol favmer, was on his way from Riverton to his lome two miles he was overtaken by @ tramp, who the distance to Franklin, Deboard Leloven miles. The tramp called him nd knocking him down_ jumped onto and badly pounded him. The tramp cannot be found. - A MOANSTER l'l/l"l TION, California Citizens Appeal to Con- gress to Exclude the Chinese, Wasir May 10.—Representative Morrow has received a monster petition from the Knizhts of Labor of California. It is over 2,000 feet iong, and ¢ he names of gver 50,000 persons. 3 unty and municipal ofticer and_every Knight of Labor of Calitornia has signed the petition. Every male adult in many of the counties of the state has put Lis name to it, 1t prays for action on the part of congress, eithér by appropriate legislation or by eliangé in the present treaty with Ching, a5 may be neeessary, to torever prohibit the further im- into the United State N FAVORING OLEOMARGARINE, Cattle $2 a Head More Valuable on Account of th facture, CHICAGO, May 10 exchange fo-day unanimonsly adopted reso Lutions opposing the bills pending in both houses of congress proposing spe on manufacturers and venders of ol zarine and butierine. ~According to tl - utions pri aitle are now worth in this d more than if the material cture of ole awrgarin by taxation compelled to be utilized in other chianne - Selling a Lous, May 10— fic railroad Parson bondholi been a of August, 1579, until a’ shoxt time ago, when the court ordered the receivers 1o trn it over {0 the trustees, Messis. Giluan and Bull,who weie i twn ofdered to sell it ailroad. lie Quiney, Missouri ola to-day to AN ILL-ASSORTED MARRIAGE: It Results in the Death of Husband, Wife and Supposed Lover. ® A SEPTAGENARIAN HUSBAND: . Married to a Girl of 10—He Become# Jealous of a Nephew and Kills 3 Him, Then S8hoots mself and Wife, Three Victims of Jealousy. nAMPTON, N. Y., May 10—A terriblé tragedy was enacted about four miles fro Oswego this morning, A farmer nam Norman J. Loundsbury, aged 27, shot n:} Killed his wife, aged 17, Horace P’ayson ag about 89 and himself, The weapon used was a shotwun, and Loundsbury inflicted wounds whicli, in cach case, must have pro- duced instantly fatal effect. \ BINGHAMPTON, May 10,—He was first mary rled many years since, but was divorced about twenty years ago. Last winter ho mar< ried Julia Presher, 10 years of age. and hag since lived with his wife in a small house o’ the farm of Horace Loundsbury, his brotherd In Horace Loundsbury’s family lived Horaod Payson, nephew of Mrs. Horace Lounds bury. Payson was coal agent for the Delas ware, Lackawanna & g\Western station ‘5 Loundsbury and the Erie station at Tiog Norman Loundsbury had suspected for some’ time that improper relations existed between; his young wife and Payson, and liad thre ened her life several times. 'she had been to see District Attorney Sears regarding these threats, From all sources of information, it appears that the hushand first shot Ins wife in the back of the head, the charge lodging in the temple, She was tound Iying in bed, which was saturated with her blood. He then re- loaded his gun and proceeded to the home of his brother Horace, where he saw and sho Payson in the head. The charge blew a hol through Payson’s liead, the ball coming oul at the The murderer then went back to his home, relonded his gun, removed hig cont and boots, placed (o wéapon to i torehead and fired. The whole upper por- tion of his head was blown off, and portions of the skull, shreds of flesh, patches of hai and masses of brain were scattered aboul the room, —-— THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The Gross Bank F hanges For the Last Week. Bostoy, May 10.—The following table, compiled from special dispatelies to the Post, from the managers of the leading clearing louses in the United States, shows the gros bank exchanges at each point for the week ending May & in_comparison with the cor- responding week in 1 . CITIES, Increase. New York Boston. Ch OI8/214|° 805,512 Syractise Lowell, Galyeston Total Outside Now York *Denver is not included in th British TLoxnoxn, M 10.—The press, in its review of the British gre for the past week, says: Summe has prevailed; absence of rain ref tation. The wheat trade is hardening. Sales of English wheat during the week were 65, quartersat 31s 5d, against 54,333 quarte at 38 1d during the corresponding period last yea Flour is firm, but slow of sale, For eign wheats are weaker, owing to large res ceipts of American flour. The expectation of a deluge of the Knglish market with Amerl can flour, together with the fact that Amerls can gamblers in wheat are stageering und the load which they are attempting to carfyy weakens the tone of th rket and b"fi lyzes legitimate trade. American flour cheaper, Five cargoes of wheat arriveds three cargoes were sold. one was withdrawn and two remains. Trade forward is stags nant. To-day the market was slow and showed no improvement, Buyers were shyg n trade weather rds veges The Visible Supply Statement. Cimicaao, May 10.~The number of bushs els of grain in store in the United States and Canada, and the increase or de as compared with the previous week, will be posted on change to-morrow as follows: Wheat... 1,50, 808 Corn. Oats, U 1,580103 D number of bushels in -~ Strikes Waninggn Cincinnati, CiINCINNATI, May 10.—The sitnation here is decidedly more hopeful to-day under the shadow of o strong military guard at fair grounds and the assurance of the mayor that all who desire to go to work I»—d.:x should have ample protection. Much wil fear, which hitherto led many doubtful works ingmen to go with their fellows, is gone. Strees repairing has been resumed, A large nume ber of workers in furniture factories are again at work. The new men were not - ed and the indications on every hand are the strike is growing less and’ 1oss for- dable. The furniture manufacturers will not advance wages. ‘The carringe manufaes turers made more or less concessions Lo theip men and work is being resumed to-day under the new arrangements, Nobody now” antiels pates any collision or violence, A Destruc Fornado, ANAMOSA, low 10.—Special Teles gram.|—Last Sunday night, between 10 and 11 o'clack, u tornado passed over this ity and tie country ge estroying property of all kinas, ~ Brick houses, barns and nbmu were blown down in Anau No_fatalls ties are as ve shty head of sheep were killed ona tarm a few miles iy lm\‘ul). The wind came from the soughs =3 west, - - . A Gale at Sea, N3T0WN, May 10.~The stenmer Sers York: *Heavy h Qu via arrived from New gales were encotntered duving the vo On May 2 the forecastle Wwas Swept away huge war@s and (wo seawen vere kitleds