Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1888 — THE WORLD IN A WORD. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD IN A WORD.

The Latest Intelligence, Domestic and Foreign, Transmitted Over the Electric Wires. Political, Bailroad, and Commercial News, Accidents, Fires, Crimes, Etc., Etc. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. A LONG STRIKE. C., 11. & Q. Engineers Idle—l’assenger and Freight Traffic at a Standstill. What promises to be one of the most reremarkable str.kes ever known in this country began at Chicago on' Monday morning. The strongest labor organization in existence hastened war against the largest railroad corporation in the West, and one of the greatest in mileage and wealth in this country. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has ordered its men to quit working for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers numbers about twenty-five thousand members—the total number of engineers in the country being in the neighborhood of 30,000. At the head of the brotherhood is the greatest labor organizer and manager in America, P. M. Arthur. In April the' brotherhood will be twenty-five years old. From twelve members It has grown to 25,000. In eleven years (his is the first strike Mr. Arthur has been unable to settle. The elevated-railroad strike was not under his direction, and was inaugurated in defiance of the rules of the order. It was not successful The policy of the order has always been pacific. Chief Arthur has the respect and admiration of every lawabiding citizen in the land because of his wise and prudent management of the difficulties that have arisen from time to time between his men and the railroad companies. The order is the richest in this country and best able to maintain a long struggle.

WILLIAM K. MOKRISON A CANDIDATE. He Wants to Run on the Ticket with President Cleveland. A Washington special says that “William II Morrison, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has decided to become a candidate for Vice President on the ticket with Mr. Cleveland. Some months ago Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson was thought to be a candidate, but he is now concentrating his efforts upon the Governorship, and is said to be working in harmony with Black. The entrance of Col Morrison into the field will make matters lively. ” In Foreign Lands. London dispatches announce that Mr. Gladstone, in an article in tho Contemporary Review, makes another appeal to tho Conservative party regarding home rule in Ireland. The war cloud is still threatening, aud tho powers are making preparations for war, but m the meantime there is a protracted comedy of negotiations which will precede tho tragedy of war. The gamo of diplomacy is exceedingly interesting to outsiders. A ItussoFranoo alliance is said to have been consummated.

The silver wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales bids fair to dim the splendor, if not eclipse the effulgence of last summer’s rejoicings. That the popularity of the future King and Queen of Great Britain is in no way on the wane is made quite apparent by the extensive preparations which are being everywhere made within the realm to celebrate the event in a royal and befitting manner.

Home Again.

The Presidential party arrived in Washington at an eafly hour Sunday morning from their trip to Florida and the South. Owing to the unseasonable hour of their arrival there were no persons at the station except the railway employes and a few drowsy travelers awaiting the departure of their trains. The members of the party immediately entered the carriages which were in waiting, and were driven to their homes. They are all well and in good spirits, but are naturally quite fatigued from their journey, and spent j the day indoors enjoying much needed rest ! The reception given to the President and Mrs. ; Cleveland and the party, both on their jour- ! nev to and through the land of flowers and on their return home, was hearty and enthusiastic. They were delightetf with their trip. ' * The Corcoran Estate. Mr Cobcoban’s will was offered for probate on Tuesday. It is underetood that he changed it many time 3. His estate foots up something less than $4,000,000. Much of this is in real estate in Washington. The Corcoran building is worth at least $500,000 and the Arlington Hotel property as much more. Mr. Corcoran’s residence is willed to his grandsons, and will be kept by them as their home. The land in the rear of Connecticut avenue and I street will be sold for buildißg sites. Mr. Corcoran signed a check for the last time about a week before his death. He retained intimate knowledge and control of his large affairs until the very last He was a remarkable mam Telegrams In Brief. Belle Coea Fellows, of Pierre, D. T. will marry Chaska, a full-blooded Indian in March. Bobebt LntDWABM, of Milwaukee, sat down on a railway track, having a whisky bottle for company. He had taken the pledge and broken it, but will never break it again. A deadly feud is reported between the brothers Chesrown, at Mohican, Ohio, for the possession of their father, and two constables who were sent to take the father from some of the sons were shot