Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1888, Page 2

£2 | PREPARING 10 PLAY BALL “Porsonnel of the St. Paul Base Ball B Club. WILL VISIT OMAHA IN APRIL. . Weaker In the Box and Stronger in ww.. Fielding and Base Running Than Last Year—Other Sporting News, Ordered to Report For Duty. 81, Pavn, March 8.—[Correspondence of the Bre.|—All the players under contract with the St. Paul base ball club have been ordered to report for duty at Ciucinnati on . April 3, where they will cross bats with the famous Red Stockings, and from whence they will work west, bringing up in Omaha on the 15th. There areat present sixteen men under contract, end on this trip Manager ® Barnes will endeavor to sclect from this number a team capable of making a good showing tho coming scason in the Westorn qehgue. The men signed are Earle and Kemmler, catchers; Duryea, Anderson, Tuckerman, Sowders and Vogel, pitchers; Morrissey, first base; Shafer, sctond base; Reilly, third base; Pickett, short; Veach, Jeft fleld; Murphy, center, and Car- “roll, right. . Besides ~ theso Quest ““ind Corbett, both second basemen, ars under contract to St. Paul, but the above is looked ' * upon by the management as the way the men. are most likely to be placed. Quest was signed to captain the tean, as it was thought his long experience ws a ball player would peculiarly fit him for the position, ‘but 1t is doubtful if he is given a place on the team, as he is considered by a greéat many to be put. of his element with the young blood that will compose the Western league this season. At eny rate, he will have to put up an exceed- ingly good game on the practice trip if he is retained on ‘the team. - Corbett will be used 88 & general aubstitute, Earle will support the older and steadier of. . the pitchers, while “Baron” Rudolph Kemm- Jdar. will be called upon to steady the young- . #ters and give them confidence in themselves, *&: faculty which the Baron possessesto a large degree. Earle is a heavy.hitter and fine “base runner. g Of ‘the bitchers, Duryea, Anderson and vTuckerman were in the Northwestern league “Tust season, while Sowders and Vogel are the Yyoung blood.” Sowders is a left-handed nzbrother of Billy, of Boston fame, and letters from Indianapolis ball players say he will -surely develop into a puzzler. Vogel pitched 4 it year for the Reserves, a crack amateur “'éub of this city, without lesing a game, and, in fact, never has occupied the box in & los- .dng game; but of course the management hardly look for him to continue thiis record, “Fle is almost the exact image of Duryea In both height, weight and style of delivory, nderson did as much as any of the Milwau- kee's pitchers in landing that club in second “place last season, both by his fine pitching and his good work with the bat. Tuckerman was overworked early last season’ by ‘Minneapolis, and, as a_result, nursed a lame arm the greater t of the season. He has “4ully recovered the use of his arm, however, and will undoubtedly do some. good work, Duryea's work last season for St. Paul, and A durlns the past winter for' Los Angeles, has caused the mnnnge ent . to expect great things from him tI season, He is a hard “hitter, leading all of the Northwestern jeaguo pitchers at the bag last season, but isa “poor base runner. His fine pitching’ against _the Chicago club last fall has given him ‘confidence in himself, & want of which has always been his great draw-back. He-didn't . really know how good .a p!whot he was him- .y melf until he faced Anson's nine. L Mo ¥, who will hold down first base,is s ) giant in ‘stature. He is great on one- “““handed stops of wild thrown balls, is & hard - worker, always playing to win. He is a. fair ."hitter, but.slow on ‘the bases. Shafer; who will undoubtedly guard bag No. 2, is a great -hitter and base-runner, and his peculiar wmethod of coaching has won for him the titlo * of “the Latham of the Northwest.” Pickett made such.a good showing -at short last Boason that he will be kept there this - year) “provided Reilly shows up as well at third as s expected, If Reilly fails, then Pickett will go to third, Quest d and Shafer o short, Reilly will probably hold his own, however, for while he was with Eau Claire last season he developed - into a' veritablo slugger. He covered lots of ground and man- aged to get around the bases as rapidly os the best of them. The outfield will compare favorably with eny in the leagué, Veach is a great ball layer. He covers lots of ground, is a hard .-hitter, and a fine base-runner. He led both ‘the right fielders and first basemen last sea- * son, and Des Moines will regret letting him get'away before the season is over. He will receive $000 at the end of the season if he abstains from drink.. Murphy and Carroll J‘t:l' ‘;:m‘efl“ flelders, good base-runners and « falr T8, :@Compared with last season the club is probably considerably weaker in the box, and at the bat, while it is greatly strengthened .adn both flelding and base running. The team work last season was wretched. Pickett, ““who captained the team, had only himited . _suthority over the players, besides which he “iwas himself woefully ignorant of the rules. _This soason, however, the captain will be en full charge of the men on the field, and tter results as to work are sure to result. 4= In looking over theofticial list of players signed by the clubs of the different leagues, ~the other day, I noticed that the name of, 1. J. O'Connell docs not appear with o) e of the other players signed ~ Omaha. Whether this is merely an oversight, or whether his contract has not ot beon sent to the secretary for approval, [ mow not; but in the list of Kalamazoo < pluyers the nume of P, J. Connell occurs, ad it beén with any other club than Kala- mazoo, 1 probably would have paid no atten- tion to it, but the similarity of the names struck me, and after looking over all tho “base ball literature I had at hand fora *‘Con- ell” without finding one, I gave it up and earae to the conclusion that it was an error, ;:.qm however, Kalamazoo has O,Connell So well as Shanuon, John P, Ciow and Mike Conley, the Ithaca £giant, have finally come to an understanding, after months of newspaper fighting, and, “providing nothing happens to prevent, will meet in & six-round contest in April. a8 had every concession there was possible make. Heis to wear skin gloves, while nley is'to doff four-ounce mits. The “‘gate” is to be divided 75 and 25. After all the #=hiuff and bluster between these two about fighting to a finish, for £1,000 a side, the win- *mer to take everything, thisis a deeided drop; but Clow wouldn’t fight unless he got the terms he wanted. Conley was obliged to agree to them or forego the meeting. Clow cannot be blamed for getting the best terms he could, as he will be fighting against %°bdds of nearly thirty pounds in weight, not ; 1o mentioh the fact that Conley is considered * %o be fully as clever us any of the big heavy- * weights who make their home in the north west Since Frank Herald met and defeated him invne round, Coniey has met several . good wen, all of whom ne has defeated. He never touches liquor inany form, is always in good trim, and is well spoken of by all who know him, He has got a good sized job on his hands in his match with Clow, but if he » wins, he will undoubtedly make Killen, Car- diff and the other big ones look closs 1f they ‘wish to retain their laureis. The Washington rink, Minneapolis, has fell into a state of innocuous disuetude, us far as listic events are concerned. The old ing hys been the ecene of 8o many fakes it the roof has trembled. This, however, 5 be repaired, and a portion of it used as ller toboggan slide.” Oue end of it will be xed up for wr&;pmx matches, but with the v nt state feeling in ag-,_ city iv is ibtful if even John L, could draw a crowd | respectable proportions. . ON-LOOKER. bd Local Sporting Notes. * Shannon will not play witli the Omahas, S<Walgh and Dwyer are the ofily profes- ~mlonul base ball players in the city. Ed Fusselbdck has ot last put his name to 5 lnlf::bd. Me., coutract. He will guard Secretary Worley thinks that ‘all .the Omaha players will have rted here by the fifilhpo the month. 1 The uttipire has begun ‘to thaw out: Six more weeks and the melody of bis chin will be heard echoing mmm}n the land. “Stub” Bamdle will prooable manage: a team at Fremont. He is in receipt ofa handsome offer, and will accept . should nolhklm( better turn up within the next two weeks, .Krehmeyer has gone to Albany.- The boys say he will stand & good chance of countin the ties home this sammer, as the financial backing of the Albarys is of a very question- able character. Lew Hibbon, the well-known Douglas street saloon keeper, was 4 great ball player in the early days. He was one of the first of the pitchers ~to master the in-and-out- curve, and occupied the box one season for the famous Chicago White Stockings. e THE CR PRINCE. All the Docters Agree That His Days Are Numbered. . |Copyright 15884 by James Gordon Bennett.] SA¥ Rewo, March 4 —[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bue.]—R. Waldeyer, the greas Berlin cancer specialist, has con- cluded his report: which -is being forwarded to the kaiser fo-night. Waldeyer is con- vinced that the disease is cancer of the larynx of the most malignant type and incur- dble. All the doctors—eéven Mackenzie— now reluctantly agree with him.- As to the time likely to-elapsé before death there is still some difference of opinion, but it is believed that unless some unexpected development of malignant character intervenes it is a ques- tion of woeeks, and ‘it will be a miracle if the patient lives a year. The crown prinee passed & fairly quiet night, but the coloring of his expectorations steadily increases. Even the crown . prince has given up hope. All the members of the house of Hohenzollern have been informed of the result of Dr. Waldeyer!s examination. | Prinice ‘William, who'leaves ' for Berlin to- morrow, expressed himself shocked at the change in his father's appearance since his Inst visit, Dr. Wildeyer leaves Tuesday. [Préss.]—The crown prince’s strength has irrcreased dince the'sleeping draught has been discontinued and the mucus. from the throat i8 but slightly tinged with blood now. It is stated that the crowri princess has telegraphed Queen Victoria, saying: “Thank God, there is again room for hope.” s g it 26t ST . A Vacant Dukedom. [Copyright 1888 by James Gordan Bennett.| Loxvoy, March' 4—{New York :Herald Cable—Special to the Bex.]—The Duke of Rutland's ~ death - conspicuously . revives tho title Marqujs of Granby. Mr. Henry Man- ners is now presumptive heir to the.dukedom and Lord Salisbury's principal private secre- tary. . Hedied of goutand died .as he had lived, ono of the fow strong tarift. protection- ists in England. His death vacates the new seat in the commons but this will, make no, political change, the seat being a secure tory one. The uew Marquis of Grauby will prob- ably succeed his fathier i the:commons. 3 —_——— Zoriila’s Pronunciamento. Maprip, March 4.—A ‘manifesto. from Zo- rilla to the republican party is published in which he denies that thie party are lovers. of revolution. Their only desire, he says, is the restoration of the eonstitution of 1869, to ena- ble the people to declare whether they want a monarchy or & republic. Inthe eventof the national will being denied 'he advocates revolution hy protest. He promises numesr- ous reforms and economies, phm e I 2 Suakim Attacked. Suakny, March 4--Suakim was attacked -to-day by a large force of rebels. After four hours fighting the rebels retired, leaving sev- cral hundred killed " and wounded on the fleld. " On the British gide Coionel Lap and 1i Eg‘_\'ptimls were killed and fourteen wounded. ‘The British gun boats ‘Dolphin and Albacore assisted the garrison and poured a deadly fire on the rotreating rebels. ey . italy's Subjects Insulted. Rome, March 4. —Premier Crespi has sent a telegram to the Italian ambassador at Paris instructing him to_demand. of the French government the punishment of fifteen French soldiers who stopped some Itilian railway ofticials at Modane, and by threatening them fith bayoncts forcéd them to kneel before them. —_——— Meany's Remains. in Iveland. QuEeeNsTOWN, March _ 4—The body of Stephen J. Meany arrived here to-day on the steamer Wyoting from New York, and was taken to Ennis, The proceediugs of the arty accompaning the body were watched y detectives. S Y ‘Sujcided. Prris, March 4.—M. Boulan, directer of the assurance financiere, committed suicide to-day.: A deficit of two and a half million francs is found in his accounts, —— A Narrow Escape. CricAo, March 4. - [Special Telegram to the Beg.]—A policeman barely escaped lynch- ng this morning at the hands of an infuriated mob in the Bohemian district, northwestern part of the city. Wenzel Cap, a saloonkeep- er, was found by his twelve-year-old son dying behind the bar. The man had been shot and terribly pounded. “Father, father,” cried the boy, ‘‘who hurt. yout Who shot 'you”. : Cap opencd his eyes, and said fecbly: “Slater, Slater, get Slater.” ‘The policemuan on that beat is named Sla- ter. The boy ran out screaming that his father had been murdered by Slater. Sev- eral Hundred Bohemians, men, women and children, quickly gathered, and providing themselves with clubs, stones and a luufi rope started for Slater’s house. ‘They ha been preceded by a police lieutenant, who was coming toward Slater's house in a buggy wheon the mob startes He took Slater in with him and an e: ng chase between the mob and officers ensued for half a mile. sec- “tions of the Bohemians cutting across lots and hurling volley after volley of stones and sticks at the ofticers. - Slater and the lieuten- ant finally reached the station in safety, and subsoquent developments showed that Slater was home in bed when the saloonkeeper was attacked, the murderer being another man. Cap intended evidently to tell the boy to call the ofticer, but was misunderstood. — The Death Record. Loxnoy, March 4.—Sir Astley Cooper Ney, a distinguished officer of the British navy, is dead. Loxnboy, March 4.—Charles Cecil John Manners, Duke of Rutland, is dead. + BostoN, March 4.—A. Bronson Alcott, a well known author, died to-day, aged eighty- eight years. Harrtrogn, Conn., March 4. —Dr. William T Karr, profassor of, aystemtio theology in the Hartford theological seminary, died to- day aged sixty. ——— Reported Lynched. Dereorr, Mich,, March 4,—It is rumored here to-night that Homer Hart and Oliver Hart, father and son, of Mount Pleasant, who were arrested Friday on the charge of assaulting the five year old daughter of the last named have been lynched. There is no telephone counection with the place and the telegraph offig: being closed particulars are not likely to be heard to-night. i e The Graham Murder Case. OzarK, Mo., ‘March 4.—The indictments against Mrs. Emma Malley, chaired with being an accessory Yurore and after the fact of ths inurder of Sarah Graham, and of be- ing acoessory to the factof bigamy of George Grabaw and Cora Leé, were nolle prosequied yestorday. This ends the famous Graham murder case, —~— Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Light to fresh easterly widds, warmer, fair weather. For lowa: Light to fresh northerly winas beeoming variable, warmer fair weather: For Eastern and Southern Dakota: Fair in northern parts. rain or snow.followed by fair ip southern portions, warmer, light to fresh variable winds, . . 2 ‘THE OMAHA: DALY ‘BEE: MONDAY, :MARCH MISERLY NOT~ MERCENARY, —r vh | [('_vmw‘ From First Page.) e E and was brought before the . district rvt.;urt olorhfo?ln%u‘ihe Justics mflil: ‘est Omaha; Joe Boine: w? n of A driver, never ran -Ip::mqt vne&‘m and Fasburg, a grocer's clerk, who lud(hhll jumped from the counter to the cab. ' The company offered a first-cluss passenger run to a man named Havelin in Lincoln; who' 18 demented and irresponsible, but. who had sense enough to decline. He was Nnuhlr&ffl by the company some_years 0. The_first triur days of the strike show a dozen en- gins g DISABLED BY THE SCATS running out of Lincoln. No, by Trainmaster F. S.Gran 25, burned out by a bridge carpenter at on 3 55, burned out on the Atchison & Nebraska; 156, broken cylinder; 170, burned out the Lincolu yard; 470, froze up at Waverly; b4, burned out on the Atchison “& Nebraska. A seab started out from Lincoln, Saturday morning with the Ravenna passenger. By the time he reached the Lincoln stock yards the engineé was frozen up. A switch engine pulled him into town and thawed hinf out. The train was then taken out by another crew, five hours late. How long do you sup- se the rolling stock will hold out in such ncompetent hands! The traveling publié, being aware of these facts, wiil not place their lives in the keeping of jack-screw en- gineers. But, with the officials, ‘any port willdoin & storm. They would’ squander millions to crush the brotherhood rather than to pay a dime to skilled and tried workmen." “NOW ABOUT WAGES. The company printed a car load of eirculars burned out giving & comparative. statement of w‘ggln‘, i p showing the differenco between the system of wages in vogueand the miléage system asked for by the men. The company: selécted some of the best paying runs for ex- amble, and to deceive the public by claiming that our demands were unjust. - One of the runs cited is that between Holyoke and Cheyenne, a distance of 151 miles, By the trip system of pay the - engineer's wages was about $14) per month, provided he made the run every day. By the -mileage syston, the same number of runs would net him about $180. The average day's work for an engineer. is 100 miles on nearly all roads i the country, 80 you can_readily see that & round teip on_the ‘Cheyenne divieion. is equal to threo and a half days' work. The same service on the Union Pacific would net the engineer $13.47. for the round trip. The Burlington pays. $3.50. The cmnsmn_v’ wisely refrained from making any mention of the number poor-paying runs in the state, and did not . make any reference to the poverty pay of the | second and third class engingers, The com- pany also positively refused to adopt the mileage- system of . wages, yet the wages of thie.-men were computed on that basis, or $3.10 per 100 miles for first-class engineers on main line runs.” 0 ‘‘Has there been any break in the ranks of the brotherhood " L . s NOT ONE. “f am proud to say that every bhrotherhood engineer and fireman, and a ‘score .of men who belorig to’ neither order; haye not the _slightest intention of returning to work. It is a battle for thé life or death of the organ- ization. - The men on all lines. connecting with the Burlington are ready to respond to : the orders of the chiefs, either with. financial aid or to stop every wheel ,in. their - charge. You can look for startling news in the "next. forty-eight hours,” added the engincer, 8ig- nificantly pointing’in the' diréction. of Chl- cago. A 3 - g “THEN STRIKE AND BE DAMNED,"! ‘Vanderbilt's famous- declaration, “The public be damned,’ has been ' slightly modis | fied in its application, and 'adopted as the motto of Manager Stone of tho Burlington, When Chief Arthur of the enginecrs, and ‘Mr. Sargent of the firemen, presented the grievances of the men, previous to the strike, .the conference moved-along' harmoniously until the third article, relating to wages, and demand the. mileage system -6f- pay, was. reached, Mr. Stoner wheeled his chair, and facing the employes’ committee, said in tones of an emperor: it ““The Chicago, Burlington & Quiney road adopt the. mileage nyawma and . never and Mr. Stone emphasized the words by bringing his fist down on the table, f ““Is that the company’s ultimatam " asied - Chjef Arthur. “Yes, sir.” s rnve 1ot “Then our business here is fini ," -said the chief, as he arose, and with his compan- ion started for the door. % “‘Why, where are you going?” . asked Mr. Stone, jumping to his feet and exeitedIy pac- ing l'.h(! room, his face as pale as'the whitened walls, ¥ i M'If you hnve any further business withus,” respanded Chief Arvthur, “you will find us at. the Grand Bacific. I shall give my consent to a strike.” 6 Mr. Stone jumped on a chair and hissed at the retreating committee: f x #Then strike and be damned " Protesting Against the = Pinkertons Lixcony, Neb.,, March 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bre]—The feeling of .re- sentment against the Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy railroad in their bringing to the- state arnied Pinkerton men, is growing in this city. Such men as G. M.. Lambertson, Judge Mason, Patrick Egan, John B, Wright, and scores of others condemn it in. unméas- ured terms. One of the most prominent citi- zens in the state said to-day: “The strike of the engineers and firemen on the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney railroad is a matter of regret. It has been & calamity; an injury to the publie aid a detriment to the various business interests of the state, but it must be admitted vhey had a right to quit the serviee of the company if they choose so to do, and leave the company free and undisturbed to employ any who chose to take their places. Thls they Sid. - But what right has the com- pany to bring in armed foreign mercenaries and distribute them over the state under the pretext of protecting their Erflporl,\'l Their property was sccure under the protection of the law. The same law, the same officers, the same police force, executive and judicial oficers protected this great corpora- tion, that protected the humblest citizen. Besides all was peace and quiet when this corporation imported a large force of armed and uniformed men under the name of Pinkerton's detectives, and distributed them over the state under the specious pretext of enforcing law and order, They parade our streets with a military and defiant air and by looks, acts and deeds provoke the strikers to violence and lawlessness. This act of itself was one of lawless violence, an insult to the people of the state and to the udicial and executive department thereof. t was an was more; it wasan insnlt and outrage upon every home builder and laborer in this state. Had this act been done private eitizen what would have been said of it! How would it have been characteri; It may truthfully be said this corporation has imported among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of the legisiature, They have quar- tered large bodies of armed men among us in the persons of these so-called detectives. This company has hired a multitude of new police officers and sent hither scores of them to harass and insult our people and eat out their substance. This act of the corporation, in any view that can be taken of it, is an insult and an outrage upon the state, Itisan open declaration to the world that its vast property is insecura and that the civil and military authorities of the state are unable to protect it. That tha state is inhabited by lawless avarchists like Chicago and castern cities, Every citizen of this state and every resident official knows (i'i'.lhor or any of these assertions to be utterly alse."! Lixcouy, Neb., March, 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the B he B..& M. road was practically at rest in strike matters yes- terday. The storm was not favorable to sending out new men on'unknown routes, but preparations for running trains in greater number the coming week are in ackive prog- ress. The guards-shivered in the cold blast and snow and there was but one incident to break the monotony of the day,..Thia oc- curred when two tramps gathered some refuse and built a firein an eurpty box car pear the Wisconsin Furaituré company’s warehouse, They were. promptly arrested. The brotherhood, however, were, active and vigilant throughout the day and as confideit us they were a woek ago. The customary telegrams were received and sent out. Duriug the duy ton etifteeniof; the i men were brought into the hall and held sultations with the brothérheod men. ow Souk | . J of these were booked to go out on the road in | gmounted to §38.400,00. -1l the morning and asbbrtion of -them had not et been assigneds poajtions.: They were all, {c'wer. free to exjregs an opinion that they were ready to go hotus, ©One of them who addressed the mef, hall said that things were not_as reptédented to them before coming, They, a¥l h@! expressed. it, had a Srocky' trip of it wnd were mot favorably impressed with the awprk. He stated that Mr. Rhodes in had guaranteed them # a day wheth ey worked or not but they found y were to be put on the old schedule e before tho strike. This schedule, lh\‘i’ ‘stated, did not pay the wages that the road did and they cited as an illustratioh thdt the Reading road rinld £3.10 per day lor("rd engines, while the T, g ur]lnimn paid o1 Another of the ng men sald that it was plain that the raifroads were trying to use both the brotl and the nnights of Labor to kll gther off with and he thought there would' be no differences be- tween them in the common contest to better their condition. He asserted that the new mon here would all return if the new men on the Reading road were called off. Another * of the ~ new men said he thought they would be doing justice to keep out of the cotitest and he was tired of the attempt to take the brotherhood men's places, To-night the leading ofticials of the nights of Labor organization in the state are in the city in sccret sossion and it is unt derstood one of the questions that is en- grossing their attention, 18 of what authority they have over the knights who have come to take the Flm‘efl of the brotherhood men. There is evidently a close sympathy between the Knlfihu of Labor in_the state,and the brotherhood in the impehding struggle. An anxious feeling prevails for the outcome of the Chicago meeting to-morrow. Confident and Enthusiastic. LixcoLN, Neb;, March 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—John J. Haunahan, ef Chicago, vice grand master of the firemen’s brotherhood, arrived here to-night, and -the most enthusiastic mecting held. during the strike was had. Tho wen are more. deter- minéd than ever. ' Mr. Hanuashan states that the members of both brotherhoods through- out the. wost will stand by any action of the grand ofticers at Chicago. " Bad. Breaks of a Scab. Haryoke, Colo,, March 4.—[Special to the Ber:|—Trains are still runuing very irregu- larly here. On the arrival of the train from the east Iast night the scab’ éngineer, o man named Kelly, who was picked up on & home- stead near Wallace, Neb., made a bee linc for & saloon, where he pawned his watch for #20, and then proceeded to drink that amount in liquor. He got roaring drunk and ubusive, and was given a sound thrashing by a gentle: man living some eight miles east of here Kelly was finally got to bed at King's hotel, where .he' made such a ‘disturbance -as to drive away n number of boarders.. He was on.the streets to-day in a very. dazed .condi- tion, with-one eye black and closed and the other nearly 0. Some mischievous person had pinned a placard on his' back on which was printed the word scab. in large letters. When last seen Kelly was on his way te Snpirlnwndent Phelan’s office to ‘report for work, At Keokuk, * KEokuUK, In, March 4.—Nine locomotive crews of Reading men arrived in the city to day to go to work on the Burlington éystem. Manager Morzil] Confident. .. St. Joserst, Mo., Margh 8.—|Special Tele gram to the Ber.]—fverything is quict so far as the strike is conperned. General Man: ager Merrill, in an intdrview to-day said: “We are on top and-within thréa days we shall have every engine qn our entire system in operation, We bave brought .our engi- neers out here and will npt discharge them, The brotherhood Wi gi;Pcu fair notice and cannot expect employment on our roads.” . Endorsing the Strike. * §t. Patr, Minn,-March 4—Two hundred and fifty brotherhood engineers in a meeting: here to-diy endorsed the' Burlington strike, guaranteed dample finacial assistance, and recommended thats #anetal strike be ardered in case any of the' Worthwestern. lines handled Chicago, Burlirgton & Quiney pas- \sengers and freigh o The Position of the Knights. PriiapeLraia, March 4.—A statement was prepared to-night by National Organizer tastman, of the Knights of Labor, and en- dorsed by ‘the Reading railroad employes’ éxecutive hoard, in which the old grounds of complaint. against the brotlierhood engineers are gone over again. The statement closes as follows: ‘‘After passively enduring de- feat on these several oceasions .through the instrumentality of the brotherhood, forbear-. ance at last ceased to be a virwe and the knighs adopted a law of retaliation, and I say authoritatively that they will not relinquish the pasition taken until Arthur redresses the wrong perpretrated . against them: by with- drawing every brotherhood man on. the Reading system, including the Round Brook diyision.” Edward Kent, of the executive committee of the brotherhood, was seen this evening ‘but would impart .no. information. Mr. De- laney, delegate frem Chicago, says that in- stead -of finding that 200 brotherhood men took the places of strikers on' the: Reading road they found not more than two or three ;‘gg)dwere in’'good standing in the brother- hood. Other Strikes Threaiened. Cnrcago, March 4.—At a meeting to-day 1,200 painters, members of the Knights of Labor, resolyed to strike March 15 if. their recent demand for a minimum rate of 874 cents an hour for an eight hour day were not complied with, ‘The carpenters are also threatening to stop all building operations in the city next month if their demand for 35 cents an” hour is not conceded. SRR SR G Spooner's Omnibus Bill, WasniNaroy, March 4.—Representative Springer, in behalf of the majority of the committee on territories, has prepared a re- port which he will present to the house, rec- ommending the passage of what is known as the “omnibus” bill, to enable the people of Dakota, Montana, Washington territory and New Mexico to form state governments, and be admitted into the union. Dakota, it says, has 90,505,480 acres, an estimated population in 1557 of 508,477 and a taxable property valuation of $157,034,305, 1t is credited that in point of population, ag- ricultural and mineral resources, and all other matters which eonstitute a state, Da- kot is fully prepared for admission, and in Tact no other territory equally well fitted for statchood has heretofore failed of ad- mission into the '‘unfon. This failure is attributed to, ,0,"’53, fact that all organized efforts ' Herctofore made have had division iy, wvie. Regret is ex pressed that even noyg.thgre are some well- disposed people in thg; tayritory who insist that Dakota should ugthadmitted into the union a8 one stato, apg Who profar shat there should be no admission @il o diision is ac- complished. Attentlon'{&?called to the fact that 26,347,115 acres, ®mprising more than one-fourth of the entire erea of the territgiy is Indian reservatiorr Isndand excluded from the jurisdiction of thew proposed. state. The olimate in the northevs piziion of the terri- tory and the charac fithe lands west of the Missouri river, ar 3 stated to be such as preciade the pos %‘30 of & dense popula- tion in those region \ however, the In- dian titles should heieaftel be extinguished and the population “bUcome so great as to make a single state government unwieldy, congress may provide for a division into two states. Montana has an area of 02,016,643 acres, a population estimuted ut 175,000, and a taxable property valuation in 1886 of 55,076,571, The ndlan roservations in the territory comprise 20,574,045 acres. he area of Washington Territory is placed at 44,796,100 acres, of Which 4,107,555 is in Indian reservations lands. The population in November next is estimated at 180,000, ux the taxable property in 1557 was given us atbut §56,000,000, uot including railrosd prop- orty. Reference is also - made to its great mineral resources, The area of New Mexico is placed a 8, - 640 acres, of Witeh 9,356:225 is comprised within the Tndian reservation; ofticial census of 1555 showed the population to- be 14,141, and the able’ property . in 1¥85 L ‘Lo growth of the O thé 5, 1888, RO a iy e vonoludes: ‘‘The four territories whose ad- mission is provided for in this bi)l, have a the un- _population, area and resources which entitle, them t6 admission into the union. It should bo the policy of congreas to admit territories into the union whenever these conditions are realized. The committoe thorefore -recom- mends the passage of the bill reported.” Natfonal Capital Notes. Wasuixaron, March ‘The senate com- mittee on appropriations intend to call up Monday or Tuesday the urgent deficiency bill. Jtits expected 1t will be disposed of without much delay. « The dependent pension bill is unfinished busiuess, having the right of way over every- thing but the appropriation bill. The undervaltation bill, which gave way & ‘week ago to the pension bill, will be taken up @8 800n as the Iatter is disposed of. Itis expected the senate committee on finance will on Tuesday take up and report baok favorably the house bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to purchase United States honds with the treasury surplus, and an opportunity may possibly bo found during the weck to bring it befofe the senate for passage, The Alabama contested election case will be called up in the house to-morrow. The indications are that a bitter party strife will be developed and that at least two days will be required to dispose of it. The committee on Indian affalrs have bech ascignied two days of the week for con- sideration of its bills, the most important of ‘which are those for the division of the great Sioux reservation in Dakota, and the res- toration to public domain of apartof the Uintah reservation in Utah. One or more of the various labor bills now on the calendar are likely to be diseussed and acted upon during the week. D Mo To Cancel Swenson's Patent. W4sHINGTON, March, 4.—The attorney gen- -eral has caused. to be prepared a bill of com- plaint bringing suit against Magnus Swen- son, the purpese being to cancel tlhe sorghum sugar . patent taken out by him. -The docu- ment sets forth that Swenson’s discoveries were madé while he was an employe of the government, rec¢iving a salary for “conduct- ing experiments in that 'lir ~; that ‘the im- provement is of great public importanve and the research was made by the department of agriculture, to the. end that \h‘@ industry should be made ayailable and remunerative all citizons who desired to enguge therein ; that the réspondent is demanding large sums of ‘money for the use of this process so as 10 estublish'a monopioly and grievously oppress thé peopie upon invalid patents. 'The com- missioner of agriculture referring to the bitl says he is informed a.trust is being formed to coiitrol the manufacture of sorghum sugar by means of the Swenson patent. He says the case of the government is very strong. THE GOLD MINES OF VENEZUELA, Many Nationalites Engaged in Mining ¥ —Life and Activity. ¥ South American = correspondence: Passihg” several freight carts, whose animals are resting after the tremend- ous pull “up the steep banks, we ride through the: woods, the rain having ceased, and into the wild mining - town of Calloa, crowded with its rough, -par- ticolored and many-raced ppopulation, Everything is life and - activity. The sound of many languages is on every ‘side, horsemen dash here and there through the streets and above all is heard the monotonous booming of the great mill of the Callao company, near the river. The laborers---gayly clad ‘West Indian negroes, natives and for- eigners of all nations-~*“off shift,” and hanging around the stores, grog shops, gambling. and billiard ‘saloons, . look recoguition - to those of our party. they had seen before, stare at the strangers and exchange guffaws with the grin- ning peon, who still brings up the rear, Passing from Callao again into the for- ‘est. ‘-’lttt.‘h'!'l;’_ bore and there glimpses “the turbulent river. through the trées, we soon- reached Nacupul, the sottlement originally formed around the worksof the Orinoco Exploring and Mining company, and then ride on to the town of Caratal, round about which are scattered the mills and settlements of a number of other companies some several miles distant. - The houses of Caratal are built as usual in the country, of one story, with lay walls and floors and roofs of tiles; arrata palm lea or corrugated zine. The List has come ‘into use largely now as aroof for the better class of build- ings. The windows of dwelling houses, as inall Venezuela, are protected by iron " bars, and glass is somewhat un- sual. There is a large plaza, on which 1 small church, and the unpretending buildings in which governmental affairs are transacted. The gold-bearing quartz seams, which form a perfect network over the ooun- try run through the town. - One shop= keeper talked of forming a company to wm‘ the lode under hiscounters, and uartz veing coming out in the streets. [n Caratal there are, as in.the neighbor- ing town of Callao, many large stores doing an. immense trade. In these stores everything can be bought firom a miner’s ‘pick to a lady’s bonnet, Sad- djes, hammocks, guns, pistols, hosiery, dress goods, shirts * and ‘ready-made clothing are jumbled up with -bottles of French preserves, American canned- goods, liquors, English bottled ale and the three-feet in diameter cakes of cas- sava bread and the white cheese of the The West Indian negroes, who form the bulk of the mivers, spend much of their earnings in these stores, decorat- ing themselves in bright-colored shi searfs and kerchiefs, A negro minerin his Sunday best is a queer sight, a com= bination of many colof Stores aud houses cluster about the plants of nearly all the mining companies. Little tgac! farms are scattered between the settle- ments. Near Tupuquen, several miles awuy, there ave sugar ecstates, and in other ,parts some horse and cattle farm, There are over a_dozen gold minin;f companies in all. First in products aud yrobably in importance as to dividends s the native company, known as the Compania "Minera_ del Callno. They have a fine mill and the richest ore. The stock s principally owned in Veneczuela. The first president Toa e Colared man, who grew rich from this mine, hoving come to the mines originally as a carpenter. The other companies are English and Venezuelan chiefi; They have a mining union for general affairs and the transporiation of bullion, and work guite harmoniously together, with the exception of the usual squabbling ou the labor question. The oMeers of the various companies are American, English, German, French and Venezuelan, Under this head come the superintendents and min engineers, bookkeepess, chief machi ists, amalgamators, mining captair engineers, boss carpenters, The miners are, as hefore stated, chiefly ne- groea from the islands of Trinadad, Grenada, $t.. Vincent, Dominica and Barbados, but there are also many French, Belgian, Italian, Venezuelan and German miners, Among the “sur- face men are some Chinese and East In- dian cool! who live in their own little settlement, . The shopkecping popula- tion is.of all nations. ours the Pavis ived 1,000,000 Me - Duying the last thi Grapd_opiera house rec from six wur performances of net's “Le Cid,” 2 fral forty-four.of Paladithe's *Patrie 053 “from thirry-three of *Rigoletto™ and 74,606 rom fifty-three of Reyer's “Ligurd'““the latter a Gallicized ver- sion of “Die Walkure.” A DOG ON THE WITNESS STAND. ‘He Testifies in a Minneapolis Court in & Conclusive Manner. Pioneor Press: The intelligence of animals and more rticularly man’s best friend, the dog, has been the sube r-cc of almost. numberless stories and legonds, both ancient and ‘modern, but it is an occurrence as rare as it is won- derful that a dog has been brought into court before judge and jury to give evi- dence and plead in his own cause. The rocords of the district courtof Hennepin county show one of these unparalleled cases. and its details furnish material for a very interesting little narrative. The case of Burton vs Goobringer was on the calendar recently, and the bare facts only found their way into. the court reports in the papers. But there is an exceedingly interesfing story, one worthy of the pen of a Dickens. Some two years ago H. J. Burton, of the Plymouth clothing house, Minne- apolis, lost a valuable Gordon setter dog. It wasa splendid animal—a clean- limbed, finely proportioned thorough- bred, that had been the pet and pride of the family since its birth. Mrs. Bur- ton, in particular, lavished great affec- tion on the dog, regarding him almost in the light of one of the family, and she grieved sorely at his loss. e was, wmoreover, as intelligent as he was hand- some, and Mrs. Burton has taught him many entertaining little tricks. Sport, as he was called, was on many occasions called upon to exhibit his ac- complishments toadmiring visitors. The whole family mourned Iong their lost pet and took every means in, their wer to find him, but in vain: They ad long since lost all hope of ever see- iug him again, whien a couple of months ago Mr. Burton ran across Sport on the street and took him home, where he re- ceived an enthusiastic ' ovation of the sort. accorded the prodigil son .of old. At this juncture, however, Chris. Goeli- ringer, the bridge saloonkeeper, ap- peared on the scene and claimed the dog as his own, alleging that he had bought him two .years previously.: Of course, there was an animated dispute, but it.ended in Mr. Burton retaining possession of Sport, and.to guard against a possible kidnapping he sent. him to a friend liviug in the country. During his two years'.ownership Goehringer; too, had become greatly attached to the dog, and was not disposed to relinquish his: title to his ownership without ‘a . vontest, ' .and aecordingly at once began legal proceedings’ to re- cover him. A writ' of replevin was is- sued; and Mr. Burton was compelled to produce the dog on the occasion: of the trial, which took place before Judge Start.and a jury recently.. Plenty of reliable évidence piled up on bothsides, and from the teéstimony it ‘seemed to be a question beyond the power of ‘man to decide. Mr. . Burton produced wit~ nesses to prove that he had owned the dog since his ‘pup|l¥,homl. On the other hand, Goehringer brought in the p son of whom he had purchased Sport, a man of unblemished reputation, who, -on his part, produded witnesses equally as trustworthy as Mr. Burtan's, to prove that he had owned the dog asa. puppy and up.to the time he sold him to Goehringer. There appeared to be a case of mistaken identity somewhere, all parties concerned apparently being perfectly honest and sincere: in their belief as to the true .ownership of ‘the dog. Judge and jury alike were in a terrible quandary. - Justice seemed to depend-on a hit-or-miss depision. t this juncture Mr. Burton, who was evidently prepared for such a crisis ns this, nalked thocourt it he might he. al- lowed = to “introduce. ‘the of the dog. No objections were made to. this novel - notion, and every one'in the court room was all at- tention at once, wondering exceedingly what.was coming. Then Mr. Burton; mindful of the accomplishments which his wife had taughe Sport in his _youth, turned to-the dog, who, to tell the truth was a very disinferésted-appearing spectator, and said.in a‘carelpss tone of voice, “*Coine, Sport, go. and shut ‘the door!” . Without.a momént’s hesitation, the intelligent ¢reiture trotted over to the door of the court room; whiche hap- pened to be ajat, shoved it shut, and then trotted back to -his master and looked expectantly -up into: his fa The latter then took a bone out of ‘hig pocket and laying it.on the floor at. his feet, said: “Well Sport, that was well done: and now would you like your din- ner?”’ The dog’s head nodded ‘an emphatic ~ afiirmation, but he seemed to be in no hurry totuke the bone, appearing to - be wait- ing for somm preliminary proceedings. “You do, you do?” said Mr.: Burton; “but you must remember that it is necessary for a good orthodox dog tosay. grace before eating.” Upon the word the dog dropped down on his stomach, extended his head along the floor, and reverently covered his eyes with his paws. In this respectful position he re- mained a minute or 80, after which Mr, Burton came out with a loud and fer- vent ‘nmen.” Sport sprang to his feet like a flash and seized the bone without any more ceremony, crounching it be- tween his strong jaws with a relish that would show that the grace had added to, rather than detracted from, its tooth- some flavor, Mr. Burton then explained that if the jury cared to sce any more entertainments in that line he wonld have the dog do his famous ‘‘gallant” act. In this, he smid, Sport would sit upon his haunches with a hat on his head. When asked how he-saluted a gentleman when meeting him, he would deftly touch the edge of the hat with his right paw; but when asked how he saluted o lmsy under the same cir- cumstances, he would bring up the paw und knock the hat off his head. All concerned, however, appeared to be well satisfied with what they had seen, and without any more delay Judge Start charged the jury. Ho spoke very briefly, merely bringing to their notice the fact that the evidenco on each side was practically paired by that on the other, and the upimsinu witnesses all equally reliuble, 1t was for them to decide the question as it seemed right for them, He made no al- lusion to the evidence furnished by the dog, wisely leaving the jurors to act on their own responsibility “as to the value of that novel and unlovked-for testi- mony. The jurywent out, and in a few minutes came back with a verdict for Mr. Burton. Mr. Goehringer and his witnesses were naturally astonished at the dog’s wise actions, knowing nothing of his accomplishments in that line Bnt they were thoroughly satisfied th they had been mistaken s to the ident- ity “of the dog, and confessed that Mr. Burton must be the rightful owner, Sport followed his triumphant master out of the court room and to his home, little imagining, no doubt, how impor- tant a factor he had been 1n the suit for his possession, — e .——— A First Rate Haunl. Arkansas Traveler: A party of east- e capitalists. were riding’ along & lonely road in a wild district of Ala- bama. Suddenly, upon @ turn in the road, they saw a woman wringing her hands. One of them ordered the driver to stop. “What's the matige,my good woman?" some one eglled. ¢ +0, Lordy! O.Lordy! they have hung ‘my poor, husband!” = Then, pointing, she showed tha-strangers the body .of a man hunging from & tres *0, Lordy! they com: evidenco to our house &n’' tuk him out an’ hung him jest bes cause he told the deputy marshals when they axed him that the Phillips bo; wuz a-makin’ uv whisky. O, rdan know what I'm goin’ to do. Thae aln’d nothin’ in the hourse fur the childun te eat an'-" here she broke down. “‘Let's cat him down!" exclaimed on of the capitalist springing out the wagon, . ‘‘Perhaps he is not dead.” 3 *'(, yes, he is,” the woman ‘monrned, “They hung him this mawnin’ nhou‘ daylight, an’ swore tho)"d shoot anye lxnlf‘ that cut him down,” The capitalist climbed back into the wagon, $Ay My mother has gone airter a justice uv the peace,” said the woman, *‘but I don’t see whut good he kin do. O, Lordy! whut'l become of my po’ chillen$ Gentlemen, ain't you got nothin' to Ol! in yo' waggin? Kf you ain’t got nothin!' but a piece uv bread, fur the Lawd's sake let me have it,” “Madam,” said the man who seemed to be the leader of the party, ‘‘we brought a lunch with us, but unfortun- ately ate it a fow miles back; but we'll see that you do not suffer. Here, boys, T'll start the ball with $10. Chip in an help this poor woman.” Pocketbooks flew open. FEach man contributed something, and the woman with many tears of gratitude, accepte the contributions. The capitalists drove Laway, and when their wagon was out of sight, a lank man poked his head from behind a tree and said: *‘How's the haul, Lize?” ::flrst rate,” t'hgls woml:ln roplied. i emme seo,” he. said, approachin, her. . “Bled ltko n stuck pig, aidn b um{\-" he added, s he took: \f\e moneys ““Times is improving slow. ‘but shore." “Samy atod to :take ‘this yere money. Them - men - ’peared to- be teched.” g ‘‘Oughter be teched to see a pore man hangin’ i the woods thiser way. ' Hat ter take the money!. W'y it's my pen- sion gal. The gover'ment ought togive- & man a pension, no -matter whut side he fout'on, an’ ef the gover'ment won't do it, w'y'a. man jest hustér to'collect the bost. way he ken. Reckon we'd better take down the gentleman," nuddinF a4 the figure that nung from the tree, “an move him away. Q,T tell youa p'ruv ole boots, somé ole :clothes an’a little wheat straw pans out purty well some- times.” “‘Sam, I still think .we oughtn't fer tuck. it.™ i “Wly, gal, don’t yer know they feel jest 0od ez of that thing hangin’ thar wuz me,'an’ I know that 1'm better off, 80 the thing has turned outall right, Ef the wuz so teched they mout be glad ter knowthat: yore pore husband ain’s dead. . It don't make no diffunce tera man’s - feelin’s whether he's done good ur not, jos’ so he thinks - he has. ’fhe’ think they've done good, an’ we knos we have.. 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