Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 November 1886 — Page 1

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Dsolalon that is a Clincher in the Meagher CMS.

The Indiaeapola UntiMl a Bad Break for •eagber.

MEAGHER'S CASE.

More Ooavip About the Vigo Justice WiO Want* to Sit In th Legl latine. The following decision of the 8upreme court is a clincher in the Meagher case, 90th Indiana, page 374 According to the decision, when Meagher took the cath of office and filed his official bond he became a justice of the peace. The decision reads:

Ko. 11,681. The State ex rel. llliott vs. Bemeoderf. County commissioners—Vacancy Holding over—Offioe and Officer.—Where on* is elected county commissioner, qualifies by taking the oath required by law, and dies before his term begins, his predecessor cannot hold over.

Elliott, C. J.—The relator claims the affiec of oounty commissioner, and for the purpose of securing the office filed the information against the appellee, who asserts a right to the same office. The info, matioa charges that tbe relator was elected for the Heoond district of Elkhart eonnty, at the general •lection ia October, 1880, and that he was duly Inducted into of. floe in November of that Tear that William MoVitty, an eligible candidate, was dmly elect) as tbe relator's eucoeesnr at the neral election held in November, 16H2, and within ten days from the time of receiving tbe certificate of election, duly subscribed the

proper oath of office,..which

Here follow references tc similar decisions ol the Supreme courts of other states. We are satisfied that the right of the relator to hold the offlcc ended at the time McTitty qualified, and that upon his death a vacancy occurred whioh it was proper for the board of commissioners to fill by appoi ntment.

Judgment affirmed at tbe costs of the re latoi. ______

THE SENTINEL AND MEAGHER

The Paper's Claims for Con's Eligibility Beautifully Sqat-lchcd The In'-ianapolis Sentinel of yes terday prints the following in regard to the Meagher case:

The Hontincl has taken some pains to atcer tain the precise state ol facts in relation to the alleged ineligibility of Cornelius Meagher, representative elect of Vigo oounty, an finds tt.em to be as follows- Ouder the sta'ute the number oi justices of the peace is to be fixed by the board of oounty commissioners, and may consist of not exoeeding three for each civil to wnship, and two additional, it is claimed, fo. any township in which there is an incorporated city Pior to Aptil 18, 1888, the number of juatioes of the peace in the civil township iu whioh Terre Han is situated was fixed at four. Oa the la*t named date the board of comity eemmissioueis, in speoial session increased the number to five. There is some qaeetioi as to the legality of this order, the matter of tne increase tiot being embraced in the notice for the speoial session, and it being questioned whether at that time the board had the power to make such inoreaoe. The board also at that speoial session appointed David Goldman to All the plaoe thus created

At the April eieetion, 1886, five Justio«s of the peaoe were de l*red elected in that town ehip. At this election Mr. Meagher was voted for, and received the lowest number of votes •f an of the five candioatea who were declared eleoted. William M. 8 anghter succeeded David Goldman, and is st'll In offioe O' the other four osndidatee, three have taken th® places made vaoant by the expiration of the terms of their predecessors, succeeding in the order of the number of votes received by them at the election.

In the anticipation of snooeedisg he last of the five jiistioes who were in office at the time of the eleotlon when his term should expire, Mr. Meagher had filed hie bond and taken the oath of office, bu before the expiration «f that term, which ended October 38. 1886, the board of oounty commissioners of Vigo county, at the September session, reduced the number of justices to four, and thus abolished the office to whioh Mr. Meagher had been declared elected, so that when the term of

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CORNELIUS MEAGHER, ESQ. iTPRDF

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Copy of tbe Order that Created tbe Fifth Jaatiee for rlaraoo Tewoiblp.

thc bark of the oertifieatc as the statute re qairet th .t on the 3d day of March, 1888, Mr MuTitty died, and that, at the tine of his death, his term of offi had not commenced that oa the 8d day of December, 1888, the board pf commissioners declared that a vaoanvy existed by reason of MoYittj's death, and •lectcd the appellee to fill the vacancy.

The eon tent ion of tbe relator's counsel is that MoVitty died before bis term of "office oommenocd, he was never qualified, and, therefore, no saocescor to the relator was ever eleoted and qualified. The position is not tenable. The right of MoVitty to the officc was vested at the time he took the oath in the aaaaer and term required by law, and his subsequent death did not entitle the relator to hold over. A vacancy resulted for the reason that successor to the relator bad been du'y eleoted aad qualified, and this having taken place his right t* hold over terminated. It cannot be legally poasible that when the right to an offioe has snot been destroyed or terminated, the subsequent death of the person who had been •looted and who had dulv qualified revives the right whioh the eieetion and qualification had pot an and to, for the right to hold over exists only in oasts where there is no legally •tasted and qualified sucoessor. When the rights of the suoceesor vest, thoee of the incumbent terminated, and they do veet after election and qualification, according to law. This is clear on principle, bat authorities are not wanting.

The term "qualified" ns used in the statute does not mean possessed of the necessary, political, mental or mural endowments, but means the acts performed aftei election, as taking an official oath and executing an official bond, "the term "elidible" expresses the meaning whioh the relator aeka us 10 affix to the term "qualified." Eligible means oapable of being ohosen while qualified means the performance of the acts which the person chosen is quired to perform before he oan •nter into offlcc. Abbott, in defining th*1 word "qualify," says "It means to take the oath and give the bond required by law from an administrator, sxeoutor, public officer, or the like, before he may enter on the discharge of his dutiss." L. Diet. In Strimbaok vs. State cx rel, 88 lnd. 488, it was said: "The term qualified waa not used in its ordinary or popular aignification, as possessed of endowments or accomplishments, or intellectual capacity, or moral wor to discharge the duties of an office, but the framers of the constitution intended tberebj that a person who had been eleoted to an offioe, and given bond, where a bond is required, was qualified and had the right to assume and discharge the daties of such offloe."

legal point that® man

l.ted out of offi e. The Revised 8tatntea

contain tbe following sections, pag--nnrlor th** hfladioff JUStlCeS of tbe Jre

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ander the heading Justices of the .Peace. Numbsb. —The number cf justices of the peace in each township shall be regulated by the board of county commissioners of the rannty, by proper orders of record but ths

number shall -iot exceed three for each town- |,at Prjce8 ITI

ship, and one in addition thereto for eaeh incorporated town therein, and two in addition thereto for each incorporated city therein and authenticated oopiee of such orders shall be furnished by 'he auditor to the olerk of the Circuit oourt. liner o* BBDUOTIOK.—Tbe reduction of such number shall not operate to remove any justice from office.

On the 22d of September, 1886, the county commsssioners reduced the number of justices of the peace to three- Upon the commissioners' record the following appears:

For reasons satisfactory to the board, now shown, it is oriered that the number of justices of the peace, in and for Harrison township, Tig® count}, Indiana,, shall not exceed three, bnt it is not intended that this order shall apply to officers now elected who may qualify, and said order may be rescinded at any time for reasons satisfactory to the board.

According to the state la# Mr. Meagher could not be, an was not legts lated out of office. The commissioners following the law to a letter, entered upon their record "but it is not intended that thia order shall apply to officers now elected who may qualify." Mr. Meagher was not included among the number of those who "may qualify. He had qualified. The pretense that Meagher is not a justice of the peace because the commissioners reduced the number to three, and because Mr Meagher has not performed^ an official act as justice of the peace, is sufficient grounds for eligibility to the legislature, is the merest foolishness. This was the Democratic last hope in the Meagher case, and now it is beautifully put aside.

The following is the notice of the county auditor 1i the county coramis-

goners for" the special session that in creased the number of justices in Harn-

ton township to five: Whtreu, ID 'ho opinion of the county auditor the public interests of tbe county de maud a special session of the boa'd of commiMiooera, and for the porpoae of oonvening •aid board he iMuea to the sheriff of Yigo 0"mty a writ, which ia in word» aud figures, following: 7b the Sheriff of Said County, Greeting.

Summons John W. Wilton, hn F. Roedel and Martin K. Lee, commissioners of said county, to meet in special session, at the com misaioners' court room in the court house of Vigo county, on the 15th dfty of Aoril, 1885, at 10 o'olcok a m., to meet and form a special session 'or the transaction o' important busi* as. Herein fail not and return this writ.

Witness my Maine aud the seal of tbe board of countv •ommiasioners, this 9th day o*. April, 1885. [8BAL.J ANDBSW GRIKKS, Auditor.

The foilowiug is a copy of the order made by the board, of co nmii-sioners creating the office fifth of juttice at this st ssi 'D:

Whereas, It appearing to the board that there are four justioes of the peace in the township of Harrison, iu the city of Terre Haute, Vino eonnty, in the State of Indiana, therein situated, and it further appearing to the boar) by teason of the inor« se of the population of said township and city, and th* .rcrease of businesb therein, an additional justice of the pf a-, for said township and city is required aad neoossary.

It is therefore hereby ordered that the nnm ber of justices of the peace in said Harrison township, and in said city of Terre Haute, situated therein, be increased to five. It is now therefore ordered that Davi Goldmau be, and _a hereby appointed to fill said vacancy until his successor is eleoted and qualified.

It is further ordered that the auditor certify a copy of this order to the governor of the state, duly attested bv the seal of this court.

Joan F. BOKDJX, ComJOHN W. WILSON, missionMABTIN E. LIB, ers.

IGNORANT POLITICIANS.

Tliey Bo Not Seem to Know that Mpagher 1, a Full-Flod»od Justice. Special to the Enqnirer.

INDIAMAPOLIS, November 12.— "Meagber is all right," was the almost simultaneous greeting of John E. Lamb and Senator Voorhees to your reporter at the Grand hotel this evening. The Enquirer was the first journal to publish the reports that Cor nelius Meagher's eligibility as a represent ttive to the state legislature was questioned. He had last spring been electea as a magistrate from Vigo county The constitution of this state provides that any man' elected to a judicial office is disqualified, from holdany other office during the term for which he was elected. Ttie Dem crais had but a majority of two in the legislature on joint ballot, and if Meagher's ineligibility was proved his competitoy at the election would take the seat., and the legislature would be a tie Thin fact, of course, was a source of considerable worriment to the

I emocrats The matter was discussed upon all •idee. From the first such men as Senator Voorhees, John E. Lamb, Judge McNutt, Ex-Senator McDonald and others, nmued that there would be no trouble. Yet they failed to impart any inf rmation of a cons ling nature. It now appears that this reticence upon their p«rt was in accordance with a line o' policy adopted a few days alter the election, when the political complexi of the legislature was so ch in donbt M*»gher's eligibility was tiie first matter sprung by R-public-ai to flket the apparent Democratic

m»iority. Yest-rday Mr. Meagher, accompanied by his attorney, S Himill, come to Indianapolis. A consultation of promiinent Democrats was held at th* Grand h' tel to-day, and the real facts in the case wer- giv out. Mr. Me»g! er was e|.

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inenmhent expired here was no longer ny office for him to fill. Bis election being contingent upon the right of the board of commissioners t. abolish th- offioe, anc It having b-ea abolished before it was possible for him to oooupy it or exorcise its powers and duties, did not constitute his election to a judicial offioe within the meaning of the constitu-ion.

This is the opinion of the beet legal talant to which theee facts have been submitted, and is not in conflict with any decision of the 8apreme court, so that no legal objection exists to Mr. Meagher's right to a seat in the legislature, and to attempt to displaee him would simply be to exercise an unwarranted power on the part of the majority.

While the facta set forth in the ftenti nel in regard to Mr. Meagher's election and theaction ef the commissioners in creating two new justices of the peace, and then reducing the number to three, ia true in the main, the Ixpnsa desires to sail attention te farther facts la the ease. I.

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a igi-tr*te, and he did qualify

to the offii* He was to tike hold upon the 22d of October, but during the early part of Sep'ember tbe county commissioners cf Vigo county, who had created the office, abolished it. There were five magistrates »lt*cred, Meagher receiving the smallest majority of any of those chosen. He wa* also the l*st who was to take hold. While awaiting the time at which his term of office was to commence tHe office was atK.lished, and it now h. Id, if curse, as there was no office for him, |iis jn icial functi ns ceastd with the at. luion the office

The question of the eligibility of legUl* tors is destined not to die with Maegher being proved all right, however. Hie leading Democrats appear to think that this will settle the mttt -r. [The Enquirer correspondent is also behind the times when he states that his piper was the firs to publish repons that Meagher was ineligible. The Express published the law in the case the day after Meagher was nominated.]

The California Congressmen. SAN FRANCISCO, November 13.—Dispatches to-night give Vandevere, the Republican candidate for congress in the southern district, a plurality of 200 over Lynch, the Democrat, and the laiter is regarded as beaten. This gives the Democrats only two of the six Galitorni* coBgreauaea, namely: Thempsoa aad Biggs.

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Beporti From the Flouring Milto Show Little Im-. provement.

Foreign 1 qairles are Satlaraetor},

Low.

Reports From tbe Iron Industries and tbe Nnmsroai MUIa and Factories.

THE LOCAL REVIEW.

Reports Fiom the Various Industries In Teire H«nte. The regular report of the city flouring mills for the past week shows but blight improvement in the situation in this trade. Markets are close'and dull, trade alternately shifting from south to east, there being no export. Foreign markets are still low and dull, which combined with the fact that prices have fallen and ocean rates advanced, has wholly shut off this branch of trade. The inquiry is highly satisfactory, bnt offers are uniformly low, leaving a very limited margin. Prices, locally, remain the same. The tollowiu is the industrial report for the week and shows a totsl output of 4,500 barrels from four mill J:

Conant A Sons ran half tune. W. L. Kidder 4 Sons, a little over half time.

Jenckes & Mering ran two days on hall time. They will probably run daring the entire coming week.

Willard Kidder ran half time during the t-ntire week also one night.

Iron Industrie*.

Griffith & Hedges report a very heavy business last week in their tile machinery, one oar load of which was shipped yes. terday to Ash Giove, Indiana.

The Phoenix foundry and machine works are *Ml working mostly on repairs and small jbbing. There are no heavy contracts on hand at presei t.

Austin's scale works report very good trade last week. Several scries were sold, atnrng them a wagon scale for parties in Evansville, two wagon scales for Vincennes, one wagen scale to the HudData, and a track seal© to the Pulaski Coal company, at Pulaski, 11'.

The Eaele I*0" works are working mostly on contract* received. Cliff & Co. .have repairs at pon.t throughout the surrounding country lynoue them work on Cushman & Crowders' boilers at Merom, which a.e being placed in position. An order wa received from the city water works company for »duplicate of the boilers recently made for them.

Poultry and Eggs.

The usual heavy trade in the poultry business was reported last week. Markets remain the same,, dealers paying about the same prices as noted last week. The following is tbe report of local houses:

J. E Sullivan reports about the same shipments in pouliy and eggs aa last week. Owing to the fact that a furnace and building extension were added, re ceipts were somewhat lighter than usual

Arthur Jordan shipped ninety-fivf barrels of dressed poultry, twenty-five barrels of eggs, and one car of live stock.

Electric tight Plant.

The company has received a dynamo from the United States Electric Light company, and to-morrow will commence stringing their wires preparatory to lighting the entire plant with the arc electric lights. For the present only the yards, plaining 11, and erecting de partments will be lighted, as only twelve lights will be placed in position Formerly when the force was com pelled to work late, and on dark days, gasoline lamps were nsfd, but this »?S" tem will be a great improvement. The light will be in operation by Wednesday

The Paper Mill.

The Elesworth paper mill rsn all week at partial capacity. Under the management of the new company, the prospects for ihe mill have greatly improved, and the products are finding a ready market at good prices. The pape" /manufactured is of hi-jh grade is rapidly creating a binding /or itself, not only in this city, bu J|Aer centers all over the country.

Hom-iy Mills.

The situation in the homminy mills is about the same,the millsrunn ng a little lighter than usual this week. A large amount of coin is coming in. the millers paying from 28 to-80 c-nti a bushel tor it.

Newharr's ran about the same as last wee*, making about. 1,500 barrtlj, Hudn'.t's ran fu time, with the exception of two days.

Oar Works Hates.

new roof is being placed over the blacksmithing department. Another wheel floor will probably be added in the wheel department.

Two car 1 iads of whet Is were shipped to Vnn lnlia, 111, Wc-ek. Mr. John Wtlih has resinned bis position in the moul lin* depaitment.

Mr. Louis W«hr, of Hamilton, Ohio» has taken a position in the foundry. Mr. Wick Johnson, of the Phoenix, bsa accepted a potition in trie moutdiug d« partment.

Mr. John Han'om, who was recently burned in the wheel department, has re turned to work.

Mr. Henry Ellis, of the wheel foundry, ofl duty the last part of the week on account of sickness.

Mr Mike Ryan, formerlv of the wheel room, has returned fr^m St. Louis and will shortly leave for Indianapolis

On account of an accident to the cupola tbe men in the moulding depart ment worked till 10 o'elock last Weanes day evening.

KRBCTIN'G DEPARTMENT.

The force in the erecting department was employed all week on the Minneapelis A Pacific box-car contract, fifty of these eais being turned out. This eon tract calls for fifty more cars. In the White line shop, the force worked the entire week on flat cars and M. & P. cabooses.

Industrial Not*#.

J. F. Brinkman's stave factory ran all week. Gilman A Reynolds' iactory ran fnll in both cooper shop and stave department all week. •reiser's shoe factory ia turning eat a Tery large amount of work, and the foree

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THE VINCENT.

The Celebration of Bryant's Day—Paper by Mr. E.M. Goodwin.

The Vincent Chautauqua Circle met at Mrs. Will Shryer's, on south Fifth street, last evening, and celebrated Bryant's Memoral Day. The following programme was rendered:

I. Bemarks by the president, Mrs. H. J. Durham. a. Sketch ef Bryant—Mis. Frank Bannister.

S. R°ading—Thanatopsis, Mr. James W. Land rum. 4 Pnper—The Distinctive Characteristics of Bryant's Poetry, Mrs. Samuel McKeen.

S. Becitatioa—Waiting at the Gat®, Mr*. H. i. Spruhan. 0. Paper—Bryant's Time and Contemporues—Mr. B. M. Goodwin. 7. Beading—Tird of November, Miss Lu Peters. 8. Quotations from Bryant.

The following is the paper read by Mr. Goodwin on "The Times and Contemporaries of William Cullen Bryant:

We find the law of adaptation of organism to environmenyust as applicable to the lives and works of men ns to the sxistence and habits of animals. Just as ceitain forms of life existed and per' formed their parts in paleosoic times that coald not be of use or even exist now so each individual is adapted by natnre to live end work in just that age, and under just those circumstances, in which he does live He is needed then, but not until then, and not after then. George Waohmgtjn was the father of his country in 1776. He might have been her destroyer ia 1881. When conquett is to be made or reb 11 ion to be subuued, ldiew are born. Wuen new continents are to be discovered, explorers are born When the world ia ready for the an nouncement of new truths in science and phil isophy, men are raised up who can reveal those marveh to us. When a deeper insight into the truths of nature is to be given us, and savage men are to be civilised, potti are given us.

Tbe man is tbe organism fie times or circumr tiuces in which he lives and his coworkers or cor t-mporariea are his en vironments. Just »s the coral polyp appropriates to himself froti tie sea in which he lives ceitain chemical substances ti* 11 there in solution, aDd leaves them in the form of his skeleton tj be of use to higher forms of life in future ages so each individual stl cts from the sea of ideas and affairs in which he lives those atoms that seem to im worthy of preservation, and crytaliaing them about himself deposits on the accumulations of the past bis life work, which in turn becomes the foundation for future buildin

The sea in which Bryant lived.was rich in thoughts and acts worthy of preservation. The time in which he lived was pre-eminently a time of growth and progiess. Within bis life _time this people has made more pid strides toward a higher civilisation than has ever been made by any people in a l'ke time. Vast tracts of wilderness have 1- ri made to "blossom as the rose." Thee tinet has been girdled by railroads, and threaded by telegraph lines. Someof the most wonderful and most useful inventions known to mankind have seen the ight in the years in which h* lived. The telegraph, the cottongin, the reaping machine, the tteam locomotive, the sewing machine and the type writer, are a few of the labor saving, life shot tuning inventionr that have been developed witbin that time Wonderful improvements have been made In older methods and machinery. His life wituessed the discovery of *cld «nd t'ie wonderful di velopement of the extreme Western pait of our country. The oil excitement in Pennsplvania, and the development ef the mineral and agrirultual resources of the western and central states are indidents of that me. It has been the youth ol the American nation that dangerous period of life between 16 and 20, when the habits of thought and action are formed.

Bryant, among others, was given us that those habits might be pure and right. His life witnessed some of the grandest revolutions ii political, social and moral affairs that have ever taken place in this or any other country. It was Bryant's part to help in these great reforms. His pen and the influence of his life were always on tbe side of purity of character and life.

What a noble band of cc-workersht had. 8uch statesmen as Webster, Clay and Calhoun. Such patriots as Lincoln. Such military le*der» as Grant and Sherman. Such inventors as Goodyear, Howe, BtevenBOn and Mors*. Such

fdentists

THE EXPEE88, T*™"8 Rb-UTF-, oUJNUAY, KOVJSMttt^t 14, 1886.—EIGHT J'AGE.

ap, during the previous week. The blfet furnace still continues in full operation, having orders ahead which will furnish work during the entire winter.

The Keyes Manufacturing company report the "hub and spoke" fsctory running at fall capacity, and a large amount of work is being done, for which ready orders wait on file.

Miller's cracker factory is assuming proportions not generally estimated. The force of men employed is very large and the rapidly increasing trade continually demands additions.

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tamed oat

Ju. Nichols' cooper shop about the tame number of barrels «a»t

as Agassis*,' Darwin and Hux

ley. Such philosophers ss Spencer, Catlyle and Emerson! Such preachers as DurBin, Simps and Taylor. Such novelists as Sent, Dickens, Thackery, Hawthorne, Stowe and Holland.- Such poets as Hood, Longfellow, Whittier, Tennyson and Lowell. E*ch of tbe men did a work peculiarly his own. They lived ia the same age, breathed he same atmosphere, ate substantially the same food but one g*ve succeeding Jgeneration* the sewing machine, an ther freed a million slaves, an

other

led great armies victry, another inspired the soldier and the statesman with his songs of freedom, another invented the telegraph, another gave urubber overshoes. Tnese individuals are not all. There were thous nds of others whose names are worthy of m- ntion as having had a part in the work in which Bryant was a factor. Each had his own art. None of them could have done

Irvant's work he could have done the work of no other. His part waa not so much to inspire us with enthusiasm, and stimulate us to over-exerti n, as it was to withdraw us for a whil from the attrition of commer cial things, and by resting us in the soothing arms of nature, to send us forth strengthened for renewed endeavor.

The time in which he lived, and in which we live, 5s pre-smin^ily a commercial time. Everything is measured by the standard of dollars aad cents. .He gives us a higher view of affairs, lnd would lead us away from the wonhip of Mfcmmon to the worship of|the true God whoee |gl»jy the Heavens declare. The work of a large part of his oootempori ries may net seem to be in harmony with his bat when we have reached the poiat where we can view the lives of men and nations as para of one great plan, we will Had that they all harmoniaa, and that they an all co-workers with Qod.

AND lABOR NEWS.

The btMt Ifews From th* Orwt OhMMgo Park Packers' atrik*.

Bradfirts eral

Review oa the Basineas «f th* Gentry.

Tbe babor Party of Now Irork 2 Iaeaee an Address to Their Brethren.

THE CHICAGO STRIKB.

The Latest News of That Interesting Event. CHICAGO, November IS.—A call was made at several of the packers' offices down town, and nearly of them said they wen ignorant of any contemplated conference. Further hunt wsa instituted, aad at last a gentleman closely associated with one of the members of the packers' executive committee was foand. He said the statement was true that a conference would take plaoe within a few hours, and would be attended by Mr. Carlton, Mr. Hately and Congressman Frank Lawler, who woald act as mediator. Later this important piece of information waa confirmed by Mr. Hately himself. He was found alone in his office, and promptly acknowledged that he was waitingjor Con gressman Lawler and Idi. Carlton. Mr. Hately declared he did not know how Congressman Lawler came to interest himself in the matter. "All I know about it," he said, "is that I received a message from Mr. Lawler, asking me if I would be willing to meet himself and Mr. Carlton at my office this morning. said I most certainly wonld, and I am now waiting for them to come. What the outcome of the conference will be I, of course, cannot say."

The first intimation received that Congressman Lawler has taken any interest in the stock yards troubles, and his adVent into the councils of the opposing leaders as "an angej of peaoe" will be looked on with interest. At 10:45 'clock Mr. Lawler and Mr. Carlton entered Mr Hately's office and the oonferenoe began.

An Inri tent of the Strike. CHICAGO, November 13.—About 4:30 il ck this afternoon, a crowd of nearly ,000 strikers gathered aboat the dwelling of the'Armour's employe who was tracked yesterday while attempting to move his household goods to another neighborhood. The ire of the strikers againtt this man is owing to the fact that he is a Koigtit of Labor, and refused to go out with the others. He again had his goods upon wagomihis afternoon when set upon the mob. Company E, of tbe First regim'nt, arrived before much damage was done, and charged the mob, which fell back. Company S then divided into detachments, which were stationed at tbe street corners in the vicinity. A patrol wagon load of Pinkerton'a men left to protect the goods of the unpopular employe. Another crowd was quickly organised and had nearly overpowered be Pinkerton guard when Company C, of the Second, arrived on double quick, and charging through the mob arrested six men and put the others to route. No casualties are reported.

Ordered Off.

CHICAGO, November 13.—At

HAWTE EXPRESS.

a meeting

of the strikers, to-night, a dispatch was read by Mr. Barry, from Mr. Powderly, ordering the strike ofl, and the men to return to work. The sentiment of the meeting was equally divided, and further action on the matter was postponed until Monday.

ORGANIZED LABOR.

A Circular from the Central Labor Union of Now Vo k. NEW YOBK, November 8.—The campaign executive .committee of the Central Labor union of this city, hss just issued an address to "organised labor throughout the United States." After referring to the "great moral victory" achieved in securing €8,000 votes for Henry George for mayor, and expressing the btlief that a successful national movement may be organised, the address says: "This campaign has shown us that in spite of sll differences and divisions, it is possible to unite the political power of labor upon a platform confined to fundamental rinciples. What we have done in New _Tork has been accomplished in the face of greater obstacles than exist anywhere else throughout the country, ^fte see that it is only neceisary improve our organization hen to carry this city, and we believe that a general organisation must result in the formation of a national party that will sweep the country. We call upon or• ganiced labor throughout the countrv to form political assemblies in esch locality upon these principles.

BRADSTREET'S REPORT.

Bodnctlon In Bank U1- arlngs—Advance In Raw Iroa. NEW YORK, Novembei 13.—Special telegrams to Bradstreet's show a continued lack of general activity in the distribution of staples, with the exception in favor of iron, steel aad lumber.

Dry goods continue to bear the brunt of the falling off in demand, while tex tiles generally and produce an quiet. At a few points retail trade has been stimu lated by colder weather, but wholesale merchants now explain that country orders have not disposed sufficiently of their recent heavy purchases to warrant a nvival in buying.

The industrial troubles at Chicago and in Eastern New York knitting mills have not seriously affected general tride yet, although 40,000 employee have been rendered idle.

The labor troubles and a check to the foreign demand for American securities created a dullness in the stock market, with some tendency to lower prices. Speculative activity waa for a time trans fernd to a number of neglected specialties and southern stocks. The market became somewhat lower toward tbe close of the week.

The transactions of the New York stocx exchange for the week amounted to 1,052,682 shares against 1,MS,081 shares last week. Bonds wens fUm advancing. The transactions of the weak w«n $13,147,3000 against $9,816, 100 last week.

Money ia caste, the antral of

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«nto tending to improve the situation. The stoppsge of offerings of bills against securities gives foreign exchanges a tinner tone. Money is returning from the West more generally than a week ago, although at Kaneaa City and MilSea- waokee the country demand is heaw.

gold from Europe together with the TUC PDIIflC PAIEilfliD activity of the treasury in anticipating IIIL UflllVIC UHLCVVUnna December aad January interest pay-

The total bank clearings at thirty cities are $1,037,633,521 against $1,063,387,611 last year.

American mskers of pig snd finished iron an confident of the future. A moderate advance in prices of raw iron ia looked for in a few weeks, say $1 per ton. Tbe rail mills have contracted about 700,000 tons for 1887 delivery, nearly one-half tkeii capacity.

Petroleum certificates have generally broken oat of the rut in which they have lain at about 65 cents per barrel, and on Thumday advanced to 72} cents, closing at 711 cents.

Wheat continues heavy and prices low. The enormous stucks at the Northwest make Minneapolis incline to bearishf seas. In Minnesota and Dakota 55 pecenL of the total crop is npoited out or farmers' hands.

NATIONAL POLITICS.-

The Providential Co" test—Cleveland, Blaine and Shennan the Lending Figured—Forecasting Sena Changes. 8pssfkl to the Indianapolis Mews.

WASHINGTON, November 13.—Every day stnngthens the belief that Mr. Cleveland will be the candidate of his party in the next contest. Then seems to be no other man on whom the party can unite, even with the unanimity that they could agree upon Mr. Cleveland. Should they attempt to take McDonald, for in stance, the pntection element of the party would not stand it. Should they attempt to take Randall, the other wing of the paity would rebel. Morrison or Carlisle would not be more available, because of their tariff views. On the other side the contest seems to be probably between Blaine and Sherman. Then is no doubt that Sherman is gaining stnngth with his party. The very safe financial views of this statesman make him popular with a large section of the country, irrespective of party. This is particularly noticeable with the class who nfused to support the extreme views of tho Morrison-Carlisle school Yet there is no man whose every movement attracts such attention as those of Mr. Bla'ne. And then is no man whose name caa create the enthusiasm which his name awakens.

Tne Next Senate.

Now that the legislatures which are to elect the new senators .an all chosen, then is a good deal of speculation as to the makeup of the senate Of course, its political complexion will njt be changed though it is probable turn the R»puoIican majority will be cut down c«'Mid erabl/. In New Hampshire ex-Secre-tary Chandler is hoping to get the appointment foi the temporary occupacy the seat now vacant. The Cinuectic indications are that Senator Hawlty »ill succeed himself. The opposition to him did not develop as much strength on the vote as was expected, fo New York Warm-r Milirr will probably control the 1-gislnure and l-ci himself again. In New Jersey tnere is talk of tryiog to capture tne one 1 ibor vote that is said to control its pol ticil complexion for William Walter Phelps. This pi in is, howtver, of doubtful practical iluy, tnd it ia not probable that there will be any change in New Jersey membership in the senate. In laware Mr. Gray oilldoubtlese succeed himself. In West Virginia "the chances seem to be about evenly divided betveen ex-Senator Davis and the present member, whose term expires on the 4th of March next. In Tennessee tbe fight promises to be aver warm one. It ia understood that Bob Taylor has an eye on tbe senatsrial seat now temporarily filled by Mr. Whittnorne. Governor Bates is an avawed candid ate for the place. So is ex-Congress mn House. The name of e*-Governor Porter, the present assistant secretary of state, is mentioned very often in this connection though he ia not understood to be a candidate, and since the victory won by Mr. Colyar, the head of the Nashville Union, in the local contest there, his name is mentioned hen as likely to be a prominent one in tLe fight and quite likely to win. In Florida it is probable that Governor Perry may succeed Senator Jonea. In Minnesota Senator McMillan will probably succeed himself In Michigan it is probable that Father Conger will be sent back to parade his swallow-tail coat and pink vest for another term of six years. Indications are that the railroad oppo4tion to Van Wyck in Nebraska did net succeed. We shall be probably blessed with his bow legs and characteristic antics for another term.

A Political Piophet.

During the last session of the legislatun Warren Sayns, a member of the bouse of representatives from Wabash, offered a resolut on requiring the state librarian to set aside titty-five reats the north side of tbe house for the occupancy of the Republican representatives, elected in 1886. The resolution at the time was looked apon as a huge joke, but the result of the recent election proves Mr. Sayns to have been a true prophet, as exactly tbe above number of Repute licans were elected to the house, among them Mr. Sayres himself.

A BIG BLAZE.

A Bad Fire and a Serious Aeeident at Lnulsvtlle Last Night. LOUISVILLE, November 13.—Three alarms at 8 o'clock to-night called out all the fin engines in the city to suppress a fin which began in the middle of the Ahmar block of business buildings in the rear of Robinson Bros.' wholesale bard wan ttor-, and soread rpidly to the surrounding buildings on the north side of Main street b-tween Sixth and Seventh streets. The ti mes origin-ted in a defective flue, and had such head way that tbe Robinson store and that of

Win. Cornell, wholesale notion*-, wen completely gutted tef.re he fin

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It waa thought the Louisville h« 1 was on fin, and a gn-t ciowd gathered. A large cistern at Sixth and Main expired and ton up the Kreet This was caused by foul ga«. Two engines were demolished by the explosion, and James Cennell, engineer of No. 1 company, was killed outright, Charles Obst, captain of No. 9 company, had three ribs and a leg broken, and Denny Hamilton a- S-m 8Mnlac^ fireman, wen painfully incontrol

jnnd. The fin was under o'clock. Loss, $225,000.

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How Do Ton Know?

CirisLBErroN, W. Va., November 13 Then ia a plan on foit among the politicians to clect Robt Carr, Fusion it state senator, te the presidency of the state HDtte at the meeting of the legislature next January. Upon the elation of Carr to the presidency of the senate, his friends will aid in tbe election of Governor Wilson to the United States senate in place of Senator Camden, bnt aa the senate Is Democratic, this mora will be by Gaadea'a friands.

Hyst"r ous Crime a Mysterious Household at Cleveland.

Hotel Waiter Olrl Sbicts •Lever, and Thai Herself.

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Life and Murder.

CLEVELAND, November 13.—A very mysterious murder is occupying the minds of Cleveland people to-day. Benjamin Wheller and his wife Jane, the former 80 years old and the latter 85, lived on Eagle street, near the center of the city. He was originally a blacksmith. Being very economical, he managed to save a little, and in a few years be married a widow named Mrs. Fudge. She bad about S5,000. A certain patent bucket appearing about this time took the blacksmith's fancy, and dealing in this scheme he nalized largely. Several ui successful deal in real estate then augmented his fortune, and in the panic both be and his wife made large amounts of money. Their combined fortunes an by many placed at $100,000. The life of the couple was ae peculiar as the individuals themselves. Though living under the same roof, the Wheellers, wen as separate in the majority of matters as dsfferent families, occupying a double house when Mrs. Wheller conducted her own business affaiis, and Wheller knew nothing of them beyond what she chose to tell him at nightly chats before the kitchen tin when they ate their supper and drank their beer. He was equa ly silent about his own»money afiairs, and lways addressed bis wife as a Mrs. Whleler instead of "Jane."

If Jane did anything to gratify Wheller or made any improvement in his clothing she charged bim money tor it, and he paid it. If Wheller had anything among his possessions that his wife wanted she had to pay him for it, altnough it might have been a trinket of scarcely any value. Many stories an afloat about the neighborhood concerning the business deals the Whellars had with each other. A1 though both were rich, they resided in the poor*st style, and the old man wears coat that a rag picker would hesitate to bargain for. Frid*y night about o'cl ck, according to Wh 11-sr's story tbe old coui le when setting in the ffice of their residence as usual reading newspapers, when the door was thrown open and Patrick Graves c«mia. Graves struck Whe 1-r with SOUK tipavy instru- ent, felling the old man to h« fl or Whe 1 says that after this he was muffled and his hands were tied, and hen he remembers litt 1 -J that occurred after, except that he managed to cra»l along the fljor to the front room to hided. He look around before going nto the front room and saw his wife at tbe office door strug^ltng with Graves. The old man finally reached and got into his bed, where he lay for an unknown time, and hy repeated efforts finally succeeded in freeing his hands from the corda that bound them. He then gave an alarm After the old man left the room it is pre sumed Mrs. Wheller was attacked by Graves, and after a desperate struggle throttled and laid on the floor. After this the murderer escaped. Such is the story told by Wheller. Suspicion was directed toward him, and he was arrested aloLg with Graves, who claims that he can prove an alibi. The house was racsaeked, and a claim is put forth that robbery was the motive of the murderer whoever he was.

THE EXPRESS ROBBERY.

The Detectives Believed to Be Still In the Dark. ST. LOUIS, November 13.—Who the Adams express rabbets an, and where they are, are questions which none but the detectives working upon the case can answer, and, although they state that both "Jim Cummings" and "Richard Roe" are known to them, and will bear rested when the proper time shall arrive, the belief is expressed by many that they areas much in the dark as evei.

Tate Republican says: Late last night ihe handwriting of the "Cummings" letters was carefully compared wim hat of a former employe of the Adams Express com pa y, and the two were found to be very like each other. The employe, whose name is not given, was seen at his house early this morning, and, while he reoognized the similarity, stated that he knew nothing whatever of the' robbery beyond what he had read in the papers. He4s under surveillance, but could no be arrested on account of serious injuries, which he rece.ved in an accident, the natun of which is not stated, some two weeks ago.

The Globe-Democrat states that beta "Cummings" and Ree have been located, and will be arre-ted as soon as it is discovered when the stolen money is concealed.

GIRL AND GUN.

She Shrots Her Lover and Tncn Herself. WlNFiELD, hs., November 13— A fearful tragedy occurred in room twentjthree of the Bretton house, in this cit) early this orning. Lillian Quinn, a waiter girl of the hotel, bhot Frank E Lockwood, the ball from a thirty-eigh revolver entered tbe head above the lei' ye She then shot herself through tbe head and died iostintly. Lock wo jd still alive, out cannot recover

Lock wood was formerly conductor Southern Kansas railroad, and et landltrdof the Grand Cemr»l hot«l Medicine Lodge. Whil- in that business, Lillian linn was in bis employ «r waiUr girl, de paid her assiduu» temion, and she became infatuated him. Since then she has been with hn often. Sne has been in the *mply of the Bretton for some time, and has been fearing that Lockwo. was going to abandon ber. During the morning hours she went to Lockwood's room with tbe above result.

A North Carolina Incident. RALBIQH, N. C., November 13.—Dr.T. C. Powell, a physician of high social and paofessional standing, shot and killed William Sharpe, son of Stst-: Represent-ative-tlect Jol Sharpe, in a bar-room in Bocky Mount, last evening. The shoot ing was dons in a delirium of drink. Dr Powell was given into the hands of deputy to be committed to Tarboro jail [Tbe tone of the telegram indicates that the man who can drink the most whisky and pnll a gun the quickest has the "highest social standing" in the vicinity.]

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The Fight for tbe Control of the Legisla ure. INDIANAPOLIS, November 13.—The ten days allowed by law for the filing of notices of contest after tbe election expired yesterday, and the privilege has been exercised to an unuual extent. The legislature elected ou Tuesday, Novemb 2, as shown on the face of the returns will stand, on joint ballot, 76 Democrats and 74 Repullicai s. giving the Democrats two majority. Tbe Republicans will have control of the house and the Democrats of the senate. The coming contest is on the election of a United States tienator to succeed General Harrison, and both parties will make a stubborn fk'ht for the prize. The Democrats have filed notice of contest against four Republican members elect of the house and against six of the nine senators elected by the Republicans. The charges on which the coate- ts are based elude intlifciblity on constitutional grounds, bribery, corruption, etc. The Republicans propose to contest the seats of three Democratic members of the house and one senator. The legul Unre will assemble on Thursday, January 6th, and an exciting time is considered certain.

SULLIVAN-RYAN.

John L. Says Ho Intends to Knock Ryan Out in no Tiuu. SAN FRANCISCO, November 13.—An appeal was made yesterday by the Society for the Suppression pf Vice to Mayor Baxtlett to have him withdraw the license granted for the Sullivan-Ryan glove contest to-night, but the mayor declined to take and further action in the matter. Owing to a fashionable enteiuinmtnt given nigbt in the Grand Opera house for the benefit of the Charleston earthquake sufferers the manager of the contest have arranged that Sullivan and Ryan shall pot appear until 11 o'clock ao as to give those who attend the Charleston benefit entertainment an opportunity of reaching the pavillion in time to witness the Sulli-van-Ryan performance. The men will fi){ht witL four ounce gloves, and under the revised Queeosberry rul-s, the agreement being that the winner shsll take 75 per cuit. aui the loser 25 per cent, of the gate money. Pat Sheedy, Sullivan's manager, says tonight that the match will not 1 at tiftet minutes, that Sullivan intends to knock Ryan out so suddenly that he won't even give the police a chance to ir.t-rfere. The greater bulk of the male population was on the ti(.t if excitement at the prospect of a clein "knock out/' and although t^e CsiarlfsbentfU m«T not sutler, il wotil 1 perhips, have been well'lor it if th« do'uhle CV' nt had not occurred on tbe same uight.

A Honv, Snow Storm.

WATERTOWN, N. Y., November 13 10 a.m.—There was a lie«vy snnwr full last night, a^d snow i« gull falling. It is now over eigtre- ini hes deep. The trains a uiorn thin mi hour late on all roads leading to the t".

ALBANY, November 14—10 a. m.— There is over a foot of ni on the ground here, and it is still snowing.

GENEVA, N. Y., November 13.—10 a. m.— I he heaviest suow irm ever experienced tnis eaily in the season if-now prevailing here. 'Ihe suow i- twenty inches deep on a level, and in drifts fro*»i three to six feet deep. Trains on all the roads centering here are two hours late.

Peace for the Present.

PESTH, November 13.—Count Kaluoky, minister of foreign affairs for the whole Austrian eirpire, in accordance with a request from the committee of delegations, hi.t he make an explicit statement of the Austro-Hungarian foreign policy, appeired before the committee to-day and made an address outlining the policy of the empire. His speech was very pacific and confirmed the de 1 iration of Herr Tisza, the Hungarian premier, that peace for the present was assured.

LandSUde In the Alpi.

PARIS, November 13.—A land elide at Sisteron, a town of France iu the passes of the Alps to-day, caused a railway arcilent by which three persons were killed and thirteen wounded.

Miner Killed.

Special to the Express. COAL BLUFF, IND., November 11.— John Foster was fatally crushed by falling slate at the Powell shaft this morning.

Nothing Hut News.

Henry Ward Beecher declines a public reception, tendered by Major Whitney, of Brooklyn.

An injunction against the Wallace Telephone company has been issued in New York at the suit of the Bell.

Matthew 8. Quay, state treasurer, will snooeed John I. Mitohell as United Bcates senator from Pennsylvania next ye«r.

Only one corresponded in Newspaper Bow, it is said, is friendly to the administration, and he represents a Mugwn up organ.

Cresson (Pa.) dispatch repons Mr. Andrew Carnegie steadily improving. He has not yet been told of his mother's death.

There is an increase of 25 p«r cent, of oharooal Iron and 80 per cent, of hitnmlnons ron overl ist year's onput at this time.

Tho Baltimore & Ohio will put on a line of steamers to Daluth from Fairport, O thus -lecuring a northwest route oatoide of Chicago.

A decision of the Massachusetts supreme court is to the effect that all shops, stores bakeries, liv-ry stablts and any nlaceof business enpt op»n on Sundays is so kept open in vio ation of the statutes.

A oounty s«at war is racing in Porte county, vlinuesota, aud Thursday night th court touse at Lmcqai wus broken into by a alob •opposed to be from Madison, to whion place he people have voted to remove the s*at of ?oy rnment, and the records and funds carted off.

A speoial fro Beirdstown III., says that Sorts are being id* bv Madini -inoorats mHuo" Congressman Anderson to resiKn Uis ••eat from the Twelfth tJi-iric, in oifler that Vlr. Morrison may b-« ,-lecied in his place. This district is safe for fiom 6,00 to 10,000 Democratic m*j»rity.

The Duffy Mati-wMskey company of Baltimore has been placed in ihe hands of Hunry dtookbridge, HS receiver. The faimre is due the branching out «.f the company into various unprcdDO'ive schemes, such as the Bay Bidge improvement company of Baltimore and the French Hotel company of New York.

The Buzzard gang of Welsh mountain bandits, near lteadine, Pa., haa not been stamped out, although the leadeis arv, in the penitentiary. Lambert C. Bobmson, postmaster and general store keeper at Uockville, Che ter county, was ac.ive in prosecuting the gang, and Thursday night bis store was set on tire and destroyed.

A meeting h-ld in Metropolitan hall, San Francisco, laat night to xpreas indignation at the murder of little Mamie Kelly, who was so cowardly shot down on Wednesday last by Alexander Goldenson, nearly resulted in a parallel to the Berner riots of Cincii nati tw yean ago. bnt the )ail was well guarded and the flMb finally dispersed.

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