Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1885 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The Knights of Labor called upon General Manager Tailmage, of the Wabash Kailroad, at St. Louis, on the 4th inst., and submitted their ultimatum, demanding the reinstatement of all employes locked out since June 16, 1885, and the issuance of an order forbidding any further discrimination against the organization. Mr. Tailmage said he could not promise compliance with the de mands, as he had neither work for the men nor the money to pay them. A crematory is to be erected at Buffalo by a stock company composed of wealthy and influential citizens. Clergymen, undertakers, and cemetery associations are antagonizing the project. The Waterways Convention at St. Paul, on Thursday, the 3d instant, was largely attended. Governor Hubbard, of Minnesota, called the body to order, and, alter explaining the object ot the gathering, warmly ■welcomed the delegates. Ex-Gov. Bross, of .Chicago, was made temporary Chairman. After the various committees had been announced a long discussion arose on the question of representation, the call of Governor Hubhard being finally fixed upon as the basis. William Warner, of Kansas City, and Platt B. Walker, of Minnesota, were elected permanent President and Secretary, and after an address by Governor Bross on the necessity of improving the rivers of the West and Northwest, the convention adjourned for the day. On Friday, the 4th, the opening address was made by Mr. Chase, of Omaha, who asserted that there was no hostility intended toward the railways. The Hon. Ignatius Donnelly and Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, followed, the latter gentleman eliciting applause by the remark that all sections should stand together to Bpcure a betterment of the waterways. Congressman Hatch, of the First Missouri District, assailed the Hennepin Canal scheme, but fitting replies were made by Mr. Murphy, of lowa, and ex-Gov. Bross and Col. Clark E Carr, of Illinois. At the afternoon session resolutions were reported calling for an annual appropriation of $25,000,010 for the improvement of the rivers and harbors of the country. The special claims of the Mississippi, between St. Anthony's Falls and Cairo, were set forth; then followed the Missouri and its tributaries, after which the needs of the Hennepin Canal were fullj' stated. Next in order of mention were the Sault Sto. Marie Canal, Red River of the North, the Yellowstone, Fox, and Wisconsin, and the Chippewa and St. Croix, the resolutions closing with a plea for th? extension of the lighthouse and snagboat system on the Mississippi. After the enthusiastic adoption of the foregoing, John T. Altgeld, of Illinois, offered a resolution setting forth the injustice of the country west of the Alleghenies only receiving one-third of the river and harbor appropriation when it possessed more than half of the shipping and furnished three-fourths of the funds expended in public improvements. Judge Frye, of New York, addressed the gathering in favor of the Florida Ship Canal, and after the adoption of a memorial to Congress, invoking speedy action on the suggestions offered, the convention adjourned sine die. A fire which broke out in the glaz-ing-shop of R. MeM Hen & Co.'s sash and blind works at Oshkosh, Wis., caused a loss of SIOO,OOO, upon which there Is $50,000 in-

surance. Several cars loaded with glass and finished doors, blinds, etc., were destroyed. Herman Peschel, of Grant County, Wisconsin, who claims that his legs, arms, head, face, back, spinal cord, knees, hips, and other parts of his body were injured by an accident while he was employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company, in August, 1882, has sued that corporation tor $40,000 damages. The Hon. Charles Upton, late member of Congress, died at Coldwater, Mich., Of heart disease. The water of Lake Minnetonka is falling so rapidly that steps are being taken to remedy the evil. A late oensus report makes Dakota’s total population 415,661; farms, 82,767; manufactories, 1,054. Two men are under arrest at Lexington, Mo., and one at Kansas City, charged with complicity In the recent train-robbery on the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Clingstone and Harry Wilkes will trot at Detroit, Sept. 26, for a purse of $2,500, after which the latter will be matched against the stallion Phalias for a race at Cleveland. United States troops were sent to Rock bprings, Wyoming, the scene of a massacre of Chinese by miners, to preserve order and arrest the ring-leaders. A large number were arrested and jailed, and will be tried for murder and arson. Thirty-four bodies have been recovered, and it is believed as many more are buried in the debris of burned houses. Chinamen at various points along the Union Pacific Railroad have been ordered to leave, and are joining the Rock Springs refugees at Evanston. Two companies of infantry have been sent to Rock Springs, and one company, with a Gatling gun, to Evanston. General Manager Calloway, of the Union Pacific, says that mining operat ons will not be resumed in any of the camps in the disturbed territory until all employes are assured of full protection.