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Volume III.
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BREVITIES.
The Indian smokes the pipe of pence,
the Irishman a piece of pipe.
The pitcher, whether in a base ball
nine or not, is very popular nowadays.
Little Philologist: "Father, if cows
are cattle, why. are not calves kittle?"
"What is the matter with Ann Eliza for
a chemist's girl's name? 3'. Y. Star.
It is mean to hit a man who is down
in the mouth. Youngstown Telegram.
If all men were to pay as they go,
there would be less going and more paying.
The A, U, C, of socialistic disturbance
Anarchy, Beer and Clamor. LoiceU Cou
rier. .
The real estate dealer doesn't want the
earth; he is only trying to sell it. Boston
Cunrb-r.
A man is seldom very much hated un
til he is successful. Philadelphia 'North
American.
When two fat people run against each
other it can properly be spoken of as a
mass meeting.
The Interstate - Commission will ask
for an appropriation of . $200,000 this year.
It looks like a long haul on the Treasury.
Philadelphia Press.
Uncle liandall will start the machin
ery at the Atlanta Exposition. He knows
lots about machinery of one kind and an
other. PhUa. Press.
Ticket Agent Johnny, how old are
you?
.Fifteen-year-old-Boy Where do yer
mean? On the railroad or ter home?
There is a young lady in this city who
keeps a little book in which she writes
down the things she should buy, but can
not afford; she calls it her ought-to-buy-ography.
X Y. Star. . ,
Sunday School Teacher (after reading
the parable of the loaves and fishes Do
you know, Robert, who wrote that story?
ltobert (grinning) No, but it sounds a
good deal like my dad! Texas Sif tings.
When a man conveys to you in a loud
tone of voice and th'e language of slang,
profanity and bad grammar the informa
tion that he is a gentleman, it is a waste
of time to doubt him. Xeic Orleans Pica
yune. .
Asiatic people, strange as it may
seem, are noted for their temperance and
self-control, but oppose prohibition. They
claim that a man has a right to use his jug
gernaut just as he has a rnind to. Duluth
Pardgrapher.
The newspaper liar who got up the
story about the Northwestern Ohio oil
wells spouting up stones with Greek in
scriptions on them will please go to the
head. He is the champion liar of the sea
son. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Emil Zola received $00,000 from his
pen last year and a Western paper says
there is a hog raiser in Kansas who got
twice that from his pen. And no doubt
that the hog raiser's pen is the cleaner of
the two. Norristoicn Ilerahl.
"What's the matter. Pat?" "More
fun in the family this morning, sor." "Yes,
twins again?" "No, sor, faith and its trip
lets this time." "You're getting on."
"Getting on, is it? By hivins, sor, I be-
lave the next'll be quadrupeds." San Fran
cisco Herald.
Democratic Contraction by Increasing
the Cash in the Treasury. The "total
cash in the treasury" on October 1, 1887,
as shown by the official report is $600,172,-
219. .The "total cash in the treasury"
March 41885, was $379,166,353. Increase
in the treasury during the thirty-one
months of democratic rule, $221,00o,866.
The Chicago Neics this morning in its
special edition glorifying the president pub
lished the following "poem," headed "In
Illinois." If you want to see the point
read downwards the first letters of the
lines make "Hurra for Blaine." The poem
was no doubt cabled over by Mr. Cowen,
the paper's special correspondent with Mr.
Jtsiaine:
Here in this land of promise,
Under the glorious sky
Reaching a wide o'er shore and tide,
.Ruler and bride, do thou abide,
And.' heart of the West, beats high!
Forgetting the dismal rancor
Of years that should be dead,
Rally we all from cot and hall,
Blessing our nation's head.
Long life to you, O ruler, V
And to your gentle wife -
In prosperous ways God guide your days,
Nor count them past till you at last
Enjoy the endless life!
Gut Wilsox.
WESTERN UNION'S ACQUISITION.
Plilladalphli to Take Pomuloii of B.
and O. Property In That City. j
New York, Oct.4 7. The arrival of Mr.
Robert Garrett from Europe this morning
gave ft new Interest to the Baltimore and
Ohio telegraph sale consummated yesterday.
Mr. Garrett arrived in the Ems from South
ampton. . He seemed to be in excellent
health, but was not disposed to talk for pub
lication, j
The consolidation of the rival lines was an
absorbing theme of
conversation in
business circles to
day. ! Many brok
ers, merchants and
others who have
occasion to use the
wires feared that
the next step to be
taken by the West
ern Union man
agers would be an
advance i in tele
graph tolls. The
public has so long
enjoyed the bene- -Robert oarbett.
fit of the cheap rates which grew out of the
lively, competition between the two rival
enm ns n ifj thai-. Vi i -rViti- nnVoa fnr tliA trans-
1 o" i w I
mission of messages will not be paid without j
protest. ; I
Already the members of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Board of Trade and
Transportation, as well as the brokers in the
down town exchanges, are talking of a move
ment for the purpose of obtaining such na
tional and state legislation as will regulate
charges. -
Secretary Green, who spoke for President
Green, said there was nothing to change the
situation regarding the purchase of the Bal
timore and Ohio telegraph property. The
president was preparing an official statement
to be given to the public.
Mr.i George Gould was found in his office
adjoining the rooms of Mr. Jay Gould on the
second floor of the Western Union building.
He inf crmed the reporter that the public
need jfear no advance in telegraph , tolls.
There might be some slight adjustment of
rates, but the general average would be
maintained, taking all the points reached by
the combined lines into consideration.
"I think the consolidation will result to the
benefit of all concerned," Mr. George Gould
added, "and we feel much pleased with the
outlook. . We do not regard an advance in
rates as at all necessary, as we can afford to
transmit messages at the present prices. No
effort will be spared to improve and main
tain the efficiency of our service. 1 here is
complete harmony in the management, and
it certainly seems to me that there is very
good ground to congratulate all hands. I
do not as yet know all the terms and stipu
lations upon which the transfer was made.
These facts are familiar to President Green
of the Western Union, and with him rests
the task of furnishing a synopsis for the
press. " - ;
Mr. Terry said that the company had no
intention of closing any large number of
Baltimore and Ohio offices, and that few
changes would be made in the business for
the present. - f
New York, Oct. 7. Jay Gould said upon
leaving his office for the day: "We hav,
bought the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph.
We have j paid for it, or arranged to da so,
and the price is $5,000,000." Mr. Gould
stated the price. was to be paid in Western
Union stock. ' , I
According to Edward Lauterbach, the
Western Union has not bought the B. and O.
outright, but taken a fifty year lease, pay
ing f 5,000,000 in stock and 500,000 per an
num to the B. and O. Railroad company,
which is to keep the line irvrepair. The con
tract, he says, is similar to that of the United
States Express company for the U. and J.
express system. . i ms iorm oi purcuase
avoids the state laws against consolidation
of corporations. It is as good as a purchase
outright. : : : I
Philadelphia, Oct. 7. lu the . common
council yesterday a resolution was offered
instructing the city solicitor to iuquire into
the consolidation of the Baltimore and Ohio
and Western Union Telegraph companies,
and on proof of such consolidation, that the
city take immediate possession of the prop
erty ia this city of the former company, and
collect the amount of the bond given by it to
the city to sec ore its agreement not to merge
with any other company.
POLITIC AND POLITICIANS
It is asserted as probable that S. S. Cox
will be the next chairman of the ways and
means committee of the national house of
representatives. ...
The,V orkingmen's party elected the treas
urer in Covington, Ky., and most of their
ticket in Newport. I
There was only one delegate at the state
convention of the National Reform party-at
Rochester, N. Y., and he adjourned the con
vention sine die. j
Thirteen delegates were present at the
Greenback convention at Albany, N. Y.
Rev. Dr. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira,
was nominated for secretary of state. The
balance of the ticket is as follows: For comp
troller. Sylvan as Tripp, of Dutchess county;
state treasurer, Madison Hall, of Madison;
state engineer, EI win A. Stillman, of Ontario
county. , ' .
Judge Thurman has agreed to make two
speeches during Ohio's coming campaign.
Rev. Huh O. Pentecost is the United
Labor candidate for mayor of Newark. j
Eight hundred and twelve United Labor
election inspectors have been sworn in in
New York. The question of the legality of
their appointment is pending in the courts.
ExMayor Murphy, of Troy has been
chosen chairman -of the New York state
Democratic committee. f " . !
The ! California State Democratic club is
trying to secure the holding of the next
Democratic national convention in , San
Francisco. I -
Still another party has entered the political
field in New York state. Its purpose is to
help the election of senators and assembly
men who will favor a "continental Sunday,"
or, in other words, freedom to drink beer on
Sunday.
Denni3 Kearney, of California, is coming
to New York to take part in the politica
campaign.
The striking shoemakers in Philadelphia
refused to obey an order of the Knights of
Labor: executive committee to return to
work and will be expellcxL- "
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THE MASTER WORKMAN.
HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Au Exhaustive Review of the Work
Accomplished In the Past Tear lb
Labor ;Ladra Opinion of the An
archist. 1 I '
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 7. At yester
day's ; morning session of the Knights of
Labor a proposition to reinstate D. A. No.
126, of New York, and admit Master Work
man Morrison to a seat in the assembly was
quickly "downed" by the refusal of Mr.
Powderly to put the motion. The Pittsburg
delegation was appointed a special commit
tee to report what action should be taken
relative to the proposed monument to the
late Thomas A. Armstrong. A God-speed
was sent to the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, in session at Terra Haute, Ind.
For over four hours in thej afternoon the
stillness in Harmonia hall was broken only
by the voice of one man and frequent bursts
of applause. It was a strong, clear voice
when it started, but before the close it was
hoarse and cracked. The speaker, or rather
the reader, was Grand Master Workman
Powderly, and the matter was his annual ad
dress to the general assembly. It was con
tained in a pamphlet of sixty-four pages of
closely printed minion.
Speaking of the Anarchists the speaker
said: j
I have never, as has been so often asserted in
the press of the land, confounded socialism with
anarchy. I draw a wide line of distinction be
tween the two, as every reading, thinking man
must. Whenever I have had occasion to say any
thing concerning anarchy it has been reported
that I assailed socialism. X have said very little
concerning either one, except from the public
platform, and to my mind altogether too much
prominence has been iven to the subject by the
press. Within the order not enough of interest
has been awakened until lately regarding the
matter. It was taken for granted that the order,
being so large and Influential, could afford to put
up with the presence of a few of the rankest
Anarchists. I have thought otherwise, and be
cause I have taken issue with these men in their
efforts to make the order of the Knights of Labor
subordinate to the element known as the Anarch
ist element I have been taken to task more
than once. Some of our prominent members
in speaking of these things, have said:
"Powderly is only speaking for'himself when he
assails the Anarchist." I will lay the case be
fore the general assembly, and when I have done
so will ask of this body to say whether I was
right or not. I will also k of the assembly to
define the position of the ordgr on the attempts
that have been made to prostitute it to such base
uses as the Anarchists would put it. I have never
publicly uttered a sentimeut regarding the
course of the seven men who are condemned to
death in Chicago. (This is written Sept. 10, IfcST).
I will now give my opinion. If these men did not
have a fair trial, such as is guaranteed every man
in the United States, then they should be granted
a new trial: If they have not been found guilty
of murder, they should not be hanged. If they
are to be hanged for the actions of others, it is
not just. The man who threw the bomb in Chi
cago should be hanged, and his accomplices
should receive the punishment allotted to such
offenses by laws of the Btate.
The! speaker then went on to refer to hi
connection with the Anarchists of Chicago
as affecting the Knights of Labor. He felt
it his duty to insist that men who held such
nefarious doctrines should have no control
in the order, though he never went so far as
to interfere in Chicago politics or advise
Knights to remain away from Mrs. Neebe's
funeral. In conclusion he said:
" I have not in any way interfered in the inter
national affairs of any of the various societies to
which any of these men may belong, and in
doing what I did I faithfully carried out the in
structions received from my predecessors, and
have lived up to the obligation I took when in
stalled as master workman. I place them before
you so that steps may betaken to put a stop to
the interference of the Anarchists in the affairs
of this order. I am not actuated by malice, spite,
a desire for revenge, or for any other purpose
than to shield the order from the attacks of men
who have grown insane on the subject of bring
ing the millenium to a few after they have blown
the many to attorns. The resolution which we
should pass is one to demand that every avowed
Anarchist be obliged to withdraw from this order
or to be expelled.
That I have been denounced by these people Is
only because I would not allow them to dictate
the policy of the Knights of Labor, aud whoever
takes my place must do the same, or the order
sinks into oblivion.
The j Home club next camo in for a large
share of consideration, the speaker denying
that he was under the influence of any clique
within the order.
Mr. S Powderly recommends the order to
urge upon congress the adoption of the
postal telegraph system and a department of
labor. I
At this afternoon's session of the assembly
General Secretary Litchman presented his
report. The number of members reported in
good standing at the last session was 702,924,
and the number of members in arrears 20,753.
Thi3 made the apparent membership of the
order. as then reported, 72J,677. The tre
mendous growth in the early part of 1SS6
brought to the organization n mass of ma
terial that proved itself to be a weakness
rather than a strength. In spite of all the
opposition since the Richmond convention
the total number of members reported in
good standing on July 1 is, in rpund num
bers, Ada to this nearly wno
are in arrears and the membership of the
order would be 535.000 July 1, 1S!7. This
would indicate an apparent decreas3 of
about 195,000 members. The receipts for the
fiscal year ending July 1, are $3SS,731, giv
ing, with the balance ou.nana, a grana.totai
of $503,047.
A Great Musical Teacher Dead. -
Loxdon, Oct. 10. Maurice Strakosh, Mme.
Patti's original vocal teacher died Saturday.
M. Strakosch passed away quietly at mid
nisht. ! He had been suffering from asthma
of late and had a somewhat sharp attack at
the beginning of June last, but he rallied
ouickly on that occasion, and his sudden end
was so little expected that he actually gave
three lessons to pupils Saturday. "When he
fell back Saturday his wife thought that ne
had fainted, and could not at first believe
that life was extinct. The funeral took place
this afternoon at Pere la Chaise.
; A. Banning Itecord Srolceu.
Helexa, M. T., Oct. 10. An exciting
foot race took tlace Saturday between Fred
Stone, of PhiladelDhia. and Billy Barker, an
Australian snrinter. for $500. The distance
was 100 yards, and Fred Stone won, beating
hi3 opponent ten yards. The time was.
O.-OK." the fastest time on record. Over
$10,000 changed bands on the race,
A CONVICT BANKER'S PRISON LIFE.
Fond Devotion of a Faithful Daughter.
Fish la poor Health.
New York, Oct. C Warden Durston, of
the Auburn state prison, was met yesterday
at the Hoffman bouse by a reporter, anil in
the coarw of some conversation about the
institution over
which the warden
exerts authority
the name of ex
President James D.
Fish, of the Marine
National bank, was
mentioned.
The warden said
that Mr. Fish had
been in general
xood health since
nis con linemen 6 m
A 'nri'sirm un to about
three weeks ago,
Jakes D. nsa ana mat wnue ne
was not now in any dangerous condition for
a man of his years, he was nevertheless ex
periencing a spell of poor health. Up to
three weeks ago Fish had always been
favored with an excellent appetite no in
mate of the prison seemed to relish his food
more tbn Mr. Fish did. But about three
weeks ago his appetite failed, and since then
he had been ailing more or less. Mr. Fish
did not appear to be suffering, however.
from any special illness and he was one or
the most patient, well disciplined, uncom
plaining men in Auburn. He is now em
ployed at light work In the shoe factory, ms
business being to put the tags on the unman
ufactured goods just after they leave the
cutters' hands and before they go into tho
hands of the sewers and finishers.
"If ever a man had a good, faithful, loving
daughter," said the warden, "Mr. Fish has
one. She is entirely devoted to him and Is
as constant in her visits and general atten
tion to him as the prison rules will permit."
Miss Fish, sinoe her father's confinement,
has made her home at Auburn, so as to be
near him and see him as often as possible.
The poor little waif whose mother, Sallie
Reber, the sweet singer, died In giving birth
to, at Leonia, a fewmiles out in 5jTew Jersey,
is being cared for by Miss Fish. The ,httle
girl is now nearly 2 years old, and it will be
remembered that Mr. Fish claimed,- alter
Miss Reber's tragic death, that he had been
secretly married to the fair young cantatrice
just before tho collapse of the bank.
MINOR CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Six prisoners in jail at Allen town, Pa., re
fused to work. Armed with iron bars they
defied the keepers, but were overcome and
shackled. :
The blooded Jersey bull Tryim, owned by
William Wilkes, of Albion, N. Y., gored
Alonzo Whyland to death. The - bull was
afterward shot.
Ex-Senator L. S. Crighten, of San Fran
cisco, has fled to escape sentence for bribing
a jury. ' i
A. H. Snell, paying teller at the Fulton
bank, Brooklyn, has been arrested for cash
ing, checks he knew to be worthless to the
amount of $12,000.
During the gale in the. Mexican gulf two
weeks ago a lighthouse tender with fifteen
persons was blown out to sea from near
Brazoria, Tex., and nCthing has since been
heard from it. All are supposed to be lost.
A negro prisoner, in attempting to burn his
way out of the Coffee c&unty jail, at Macon,
Ga., set the jail on fire and was burned to a
crisp. '
Reynolds, the Castle ton, N. Y., mail rob
ber, has been arrested at Chicago. A pouch
containing $16 worth of postal cards was
found in his room.
An attempt to rescue a drunken man from
certain death on a railroad track in Phila
delphia resulted in the killing of the rescuer
by a train.
Charles Heimbach, aged 18, and August
Pfeiffer, aged 40, were smothered at Weiler's
ore mine, near Reading, Pa., by the giving
way of the embankment of the dam which
they were clearing of mud.
David Ogletree, wife and two children, of
Taladega, Ala., are all dead from the effects
of drinking whisky with strychnine in it, the
mixture having been prepared by Mrs. Ogle-
tree with suicidal and murderous intent.
Dennis O'Shea and James Delaney, while
racing homeward after burying a brother of
O'Shea at Omabjj, Neb., Wednesday even
ing, were struck in crossing a railroad track
by an express train and instantly killed.
The loss qf the Fulton bank, of Brooklyn,
$12,ti24.9.',; by the peculations of the paying
teller, Hazzard, is more than covered by his
bond. ;
SPORTING SALAMAGUNDI.
Arrangements have been perfected in Nova
Scotia to build a yacht to compete for the
America's cup is 1SS3L
Jake Kilrain, tJie prize fighter, who has
gone over tha water to fight Jem Smith for
the world's championship belt, is in Loudon
and in perfect health. He had to pay $35
duty on his diamond championship belt.'
John L. Sullivan will sail for Europe 23th
inst. Harry Phillips, of Montreal, will be
his manager. Sullivan says he is going after
money, but will meet all comers. ,
Nolan and Clow attempted to give a prix
fighting exhibition at Cincinnati in face of a
prohibitory order from the sheriff. Princi
pals, seconds and referee were arrested in
the ring. 1 .;
Jake Kilrain is making a favorable im
pression in London. His boxing go with
Mitchell was eagerly witnessed by 2,500 peo
ple, including Jem Smith and all the leading
authorities on the prize ring. The general
impression gained from his work is that he
will give Smith all he can do if not more;
but Smith himself is contemptuous and con
fident.
Pat Killeen has challenged John L. Sulli
van to a ten round go in some western city
before he sails for England.
The entire Metropolitan baseball outfit
franchise, players and all has been sold to
Brooklyn. The best of the players will be
reserved by Brooklyn and the remainder
sold singly or in job lot.
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Tha United States government will inves
tigate- the murder of Leon Baldwin, an
American, by Mexican bandits.
Southern trenerals propose a reunion of
veterans on both sides, to take place on
"Grant day," for a mutual, surrender and
burial of all flag and bloody shirt issues.
PURELY PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Less than forty people attended Aimee's
funeral In Paris.
Thomas J. Mooaey, who tried to burn the
steamer Queen, at New York, has been ad
judged insane.
Mr. Gladstone objects to the word "Glad-
s toman" as a synonym for Liberal
A Texas committee gives it out that when
they called on President Cleveland to urge
their candidate for the supreme court bench
vacancy, to succeed the late Justice Wood,
Air. Cleveland Informed them that he ex
pected to appoint Secretary Lamar to the
position.
After evicting a family at Gweedore the
aspect of the crowd frightened the com
mander of the police, and he ordered his
men to make ready to fire. Constable
Haughley advanced from the ranks, threw
down his rifle and refused to obey.
Thomas Kent, one of the oldest and most
extensive woolen manufacturers of Phila
delphia, is dead.
It is authoritatively denied that Minister
Manning has resigned from the Mexican
consulate. He is merely on a vacation.
Bishop Moore, of Florida, has sent another
application to the pope to have the case of
the Rev. Dr. McGlynn reopened.
Lord Mayor Sullivan was triumphantly
acquitted and marched triumphantly back
to his mansion.
O'Connor and Esmonde have gone to Bos
ton. They were greatly pleased with their
reception and entertainment In New Yorki
President Garrett, of the Baltimore and
Jhio, landed from the steamship Ems, at
iew York,, and began getting the facts
.bout the sale of his company's telegraph
roperty to the Western Union company.
fhe Western Union ratified the purchase by
Mr. Gould.
Lorenzo Dimick, of Buffalo, who jumped
his bail to avoid imprisonment, is at St.
Catharines, Canada.- His bondsman for $10,-
000 has informed the district attorney that
tho money is ready when called for.
Gus Williams, the Dutch dialect comedian.
has been notified by a New York matrimo
nial agency that if he don't pay up at once
a fee of $100 for obtaining a wife he will be
sued and exposed. Gus says there is a mis
take, and that he never purchased a wife
from the agency. He thinks it is a black
mailing scheme. v
George James Webb, of Orange, N. J.,
author of "The Morning Light is Breaking"
and other hymns, and a musician of note, is
dead.
Frank Quevedo, ex-secretary of the Brook
lyn park commission, walked off the pier at
Coney Island and was drowned. His eye
sight was dim.
CoL A. W. Quinn, U. S. A., hung himself
at Manchester, N. H., through grief at the
death of his wife.
Ex-Speaker Randall has arrived in At
lanta, and will deliver an address at tha
opening of the Piedmont exposition.
Several members of the arbitration depu
tation sailed for New York with Mr. Andrew
Carnegie.
Miss Emma Abbott created a decided sen
sation in a Methodist church at . Nashville,
Tenn., by defending tha stage against a Lit
ter denunciation of it by the pastor.
A rumor was in circulation to the effect
that Mr. Robert Garrett had become men
tally affected and had started for Baltimore
under the guardianship of medical men and
attendants.' The rumor was entirely denied
by several friends of Mr. Garrett.
Sir Robert N. Fowler, M. P., ex-lord
mayor of London and a member of parlia
ment for the city of London, has arrived in
New York.
Mile. Dosne, sister-in-law of the late M.
Thiers, is building a magnificent chapel
mausoleum in memory of the dead president.
It will be the finest thing of its kind in
France. .
Poisoned Himself to Avoid Disgrace.
' Poxtiac, Mich., Oct 10. Charles De Groat
was convicted of perjury in thisciiy Tuesday
and was remanded to jail. Rather than en
dure the disgrace of being sent to a penal in
stitution he took a dose of opium and died
from the effects of the poison.
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST..
The negro insurrection near the Lawrence
and Pike coimty line, in Mississippi, has been
suppressed.
Old operators say they never knew such a
demand for coal.
Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, is con
fident the Chinese concession will stand.
New Hampshire legislators are telling the
investigating committee that they have been
offered from $:5,000 to $5,000 for their votes
by railroad lobbyists.
Heavy earthquake shocks have recently
been felt in Santiago.
The "Old Floyd Ireson' episode has been
partially repeated at Baltimore,' where a
number oi lnaignant women sounaiy
thrashed a wife beater with rawhides.
Judge Bond has decided that Virginia
must take the interest coupons on her state
debt in payment of taxes.
An order in council of the Canadian gov
ernment forbids importation of rajs from
the Mediterranean, on,account of cholera.
William Patterson, tried in Louisville,
Ky.f for the murder of Jennie Overman, was
convicted mainly on the testimony of Albert
Turner, who confessed the crime and swore
Patterson was his accomplice. Turner was
hanged July 1. On the scaffold he declared
Patterson was innocent. The Kentucky
court of appeals has approved the finding of
the trial court, and Patterson stands con
demned to death.
A vein of rock salt, twenty-five feet thick,
and another not yet penetrated, have been
reached at Ithaca, N. Y., in a well 2,230 feet
deep, which is to be made 1,000 feet deeper,
unless oil or gas is found.
Several ladies we're among the successful
contestants for scholarships at Cornell Uni
versity.
An expert is examining the accounts of the
Jersey City board of public works, and it U
alleged that his report will show a deficiency
of nearly $200,000.
The reception to Gen. Paina and Designer
Bnrges3 at Faneuil hall, Boston, was a happy
affair. Appropriate speeches were made and
poems read, all lauding tne piucK ct uen.
Paine and the skiil or iir. ju urges.
Evictions are in prcgress in O'Erieu cctm
ty, la., which rival those in Ireland for
heartlessness. aud cruelty.
CHURCH AND KNIGHTS.
CARDINAL GJEDON-S LETTER TO THE
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN.
Advied to Keep Aloof front Organiza
tion That Do 'ot Conform to the Law
The Prelate's Iiellef In Mr. Iow1t1j
Cobw rrm tlam.
SXIxxxapous, Minn., Oct. 10. Mr. Tow-
derlys long expected report In relation to
the order and the Catholic church was given.
out last evening. AfUr referring to tho
council which was held at Baltimore In
reference to the standing of the Knights
with the Catholic church, and tho assistance
Cardinal Gibbons had given them in Florae,
the General 'Master Workman submit the
following letter from Cardinal Gibbons i
Baltimore, Sept. 21, 1S7.
Mr Dejlr Sib: Your letter was received
yesterday informing me that the next con
vention of the Knights of Labor will be held
in Minneapolis on the 5th prox.
When absent from America I did not hesi
tate to advocate tho just rights of the labor
ing classes and to point out the wrongs under
which they were suffering, and now that I
am again at home I may bo permitted
to speak in a friendly spirit of . the
duties and responsibilities which they
owe to themselves to their coun
try and to society. I entertain the
hope that good councils nill prevail in
your deliberations, and that a calm, con
servative spirit will control all your proceed
ings. It Is self evident that there should be
no conflict between capital and labor, since
both are necessary for the common weal, and
one cannot subsist without tho other, and,
therefore, no measures should bo counte
nanced which do not provide for tho protec
tion of both.
Experience has proved that strikes are a
questionable remedy for tho redress of your
grievances. They paralyze industry; they
foment fierce passions and lead to the destruc
tion of property, and, above all, they result
in inflicting serious injury on tho laborer
himself by keeping him in enforced idleness,
during which his mind is clouded by discon
tent while brooding over his situation, and
his family not infrequently suffers from the
want of even the necessaries of life, strikes.
therefore, should be rarely, if ever, re
sorted to.
Boycotting, as far as I understand its
methods, infringes on the just rights of
others, and will therefore never meet with
approval from an observing public Pe
member that the eyes of your countrymen
are upon you and that they will watch your
proceedings with the deepest interest.
As a law abiding and industrious body.
seeking by all honorable means to improve
your'condition, you owe It to yourselves and
the good name of your order to set your face
against Anarchists, Nihilists and other dan
gerous associations, which are guilty of the
base ingratitude of attempting to undermine
the government that protects them and the
temple of the constitution that shelters them.
Do not permit your reputation to be tainted
by any morbid sympathy for men who have
no substantial grievance to redress, and who
strive to make their cause respectabla by ob
taining the connivance, if not th sanction.
of your powerful organization. But for my
part I have no fear that they will succeed in
infusing the leaven of their poison into the
ranks of the honest sons of toil. "For what
concord hath Christ with Belial, or what
participation hath justice with injustice, or
what fellowship bath light with darkness.
My only motive in venturing to offer these
suggestions is my sincere affection for the
laboring classes, whose sterling virtues I ad
mire; my sense of the dignity of their calling,
and of their influence on the future well
being of our country, as well as my ardent
desire for their material and moral elevation.
God may grant that your deliberations
may be marked by arisdom and discretion
and t spirit of true patriotism which, while
seeking to advance your temporal Interests,
will merit the approval of heaven as well as
of your fellow citizens. Permit me, in con
clusion, to express my appreciation of tho
successful efforts you have personally made
in fulfilling the delicate and arduous duties
which have been devolved upon you as presi
dent of the Knights of Labor. I am your
obedient servant in Christ,
Jakes, Cardinal. Gibboxs,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
To Mr. T. V. Powderly, bkxanton. Pa.
The report concludes as follows: There Is
no reason to fear that the order as an ossoci
tion will falsify the good character given it
by the American prince of the churcb. Our
organization is entirely free from the ele
ments of sectarian, religious, or irreligious,
discussion, and its fundamentals are of a
kind to guard it against disturbing influ
ences outside of the sphere to wbicn it was.
created. "
3Iurder In CennectlcuL.
New Have, Conn., Oct. 10. Charles- FT
Warner (colored), an employe at the Branford
Iron works, left a saloon near his house in
that town late Saturday night and was not
seen again until yesterday morning, when
his dead body was. found near the railroad
track, a mile west of Branford depot. The
skull had been, fractured, apparently with a
club, and ether wounds on the body indi
cated that it had been, placed on tho track
after the murder, and had been thrown
aside by a train. There is no clew to the
murderer. Warner was a generally sober
and industrious man. He had a few dollars
in his pocket when be left the saloon, but no
money was found on the body.
, YarlIk Preparations."
Loxdox, Oct. 8L The excitement oca-.-iozed
by the report of the death of the Sujtr-n
of Morocco and the departure of Frtach
iron clad for that country is rapidly1 in
creasing. Spain seems tU tennined t a main
tain her prestige in Morocco, and prepara
tions of formidable proportions,, which are
nothing If they are not warlike, are being
pushed rapidly to completion at the Spanish
naval stations and mihtary depcUs TLs sal
tan has been succ'ded by hU 15-year-old
son, who took the oath cf clILce over tha dead
body cf his father, and irr.rrlatcly ejea
assuming tha threes appointed Lii farcrita
uncle grand vizier.
The f riendJ of the Uta TLcmas A. Arm,
itrcr.j. editor cf Tfcs Vii'.il'izz Labor Tri
bnse are raising fusil to cre;S a U.nuT.cr.:
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