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rights as a free American citizen. All others applying for passes expressed no discontent. The order was issued only to cover Sunday. Early in the morning an order was issued directing “Jolonel Smith and the Eighth Infantry to -patrol that portion of the city lying between the Mississippi river east, to the main line of railroad leading to the bridge across the river, and Lieu-tenant-colonel Culver, with the Fifth Infantry, was ordered to patrol the section east of the relay depot The specific orders to the officers are to disperse all crowds of men, even in squads of two and three, and in case of assault or resistance, to arrest the offenders and turn them over to the sheriff. In case of resistance, such as “imperils the lives of the troops or the public peace,” they are authorized to employ all the force at their disposal. This is in strict compliance with the written authority of the sheriff of St Clair county. None of the roads centering here made any serious effort to move trains to-day. This work will be actively entered upon to-morrow, when it is expected that a fair test will be made of the inclination of the men to return to work when afforded protection. A determined effort will be made to resume operations on the Belt-line road, which operates in connection with the Wiggins ferry, landing cars at North St Louis and at warehouses alone the river. The stoppage of this railway for the past two weeks has, more than anything else, created the existing freight blockade at this point. The engineers on thig system claim to have been intimidated by the Strikers, and the company, thus far, has been nnable to fill their places. The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis road sent out two large trains to-day. Among those who availed themselves of the pass privilege to-day were three members of the general executive committee of the Knights of Labor, who desired to communicate with leading members of the order in this city. JAY GOULD, The Scheme of Arbitration He Proposed— Powderly’s Denunciation of D, A. 101. New York, April 11.— The Tribune will tomorrow publish an interview with Jay Gould in regard to the strike in the Southwest. Iu regard to the warnings sent out to the traveling public by the Knights of Labor, saying that the present employes of the Missouri Pacific are not competent mechanics, Mr. Gould said that the charge was without foundation; that the road was in a superior condition, laid with steel rails and ballasted with stone; has bridges mostly f iron and steel, and with rolling-stock in exellenfc condition, only 8 per cent of its locomotives, and about 3s percent, of its cars awaiting repairs. As to the men employed, of the 14,300 on the pay-rolls only 3,70® were Knights of Labor, whose strike, during its pendency. forced idleness upon the others; that, traffic being resumed, the men who are not Kniehts returned to work, and that the services of the Knights can easily be dispensed with, because the number of employes before the strike was too large. Gould was then asked for an explanation of the open dispatch sent to him yesterday from St. Louis by the executive boards of the Knights of Labor. This dispatch quotes the advertisement which was published by the Louisville & Nashville railroad Company in order to obtain “men who have plenty of grit and mean business,” to act as deputy marshals at East St. Louis, and then charges Mr. Gould with responsibility for all the riotous acts of Friday night “Yes, I received the dispatch,” said Mr. Gould, with a grim smile; “as long as the charges are prepaid—as they were in this case—l have no objection to their sending all the dispatches they choose to send over the Western Union wires. But, seriously, the dispatch is extremely silly. I don’t own a dollar’s worth of stock in the Louisville & Nashville, and have absolutely no control over the road. I never knew that the obnoxious advertisement had been sent out." “What do you think of Mr. Powderly’s statement, as reported in this moraine's papers, that a recourse to arbitration would bring the strike to a speedy close?” “The question of arbitration,” said Mr. Gould, “has two sides. When Mr. Powderly *md I were talking these matters over. 1 asked him whether he would coqpent to a scheme of arbitration which should include our grievances against the strikers as well as the grievances of the strikers against us, and whether he would guarantee the payment of an if we should obtain one against the order. This proposition did not meet with much favor in Mr. Powderly’s eyes, and he said the rules of the or’er provided no#methods for the collection f money for such purposes. Mr. Hopkins as present at this interview, and >ard what lam going to tell you. In speaking i District Assembly No. 101, Mr. PowdsrJy iid: ‘Why, they are outlaws. They are one of .he worst sets of men I ever saw. When I tras out there among them I was really afraid for my life. They have broken the laws of the order; they have begun the strike without authority, and to-morrow I intend to issue a circular, righting myself and placing these men In their true light’" Mr. Gould then said that, in response to this statement, and not as a concession, he read to Mr. Powderly the notable telegram to Mr. Hoxie, on the strength of which Mr. Powderly ordered the strike ended, and added that it was a great surprise to him when be saw by the papers the next morning that the Knights were claiming a victory. Mr. Gould added; “If Mr. Powderly would only stick to the sentiments which he expressed in his secret circular, there would be no trouble about arbitration; but while the head of the order puts these labor troubles in a sensational light, he, as executive, sides with ihe riotous elements among the strikers. The executive board first ordered the Knights to go to work, but finding that the men would not obey them, they turned right-face about and ordered the strike to be continued” “What will be the outcome of the Southwestern strikes?” ‘•They will break down through their own weight. These organizations, through their boycotts and their strike*, will make themselves o unpopular that public opinion will no longer support them, and their power will be gone.” CHIEF ENGINEER ARTHUR. Progress in the Solution of the Labor Question—Views on the Pending Strike. Cleveland Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. “What advance, Mr. Arthur, has been made by this country toward the solution of the labor question since the great railroad strike of 1877?” “A decided advance,” was the answer, “in the direction of adjusting the differences by arbitration. Take our Brotherhood, for example. Since the date named all the disagreements with the railroads have been amicably arranged. We have discovered on the part of the railroad managers a disposition to meet committees of workmen and hear them—a thing that did not exist o any great extent before. There has been a otter feeling between ns and the employers, aid, in fact, a long advance toward a solution of ihe labor question bas been made.” “Hat the eourse of the Brotherhood had an effect on other lines of labor?” “Yes, beyond doubt For instance, the Knights of Labor adjusted after onr plan some difficulties that had arisen on the Gould system, and an agreement of compromise was formally entered into.” “What is your opinion of the present strike in the Southwest, and of the merits at the case in issue?” “1 do not care to go into that. I.know nothing the matter from the parties in interest them-

selves, and all I might say would be based on hearsay only. The same evidence is open to all the world that is to me, and an expression of opinion from me would be based on statements that may not be correct, and would, therefore, be valueless and might lead to misunderstanding. So you will have to excuse mo from answering that question. I will be glad to say this, however, that I heartily indorse the sentiments uttered by Mr. Powderly recently, and if bis ideas are carried out no serious difficulty can occur." “What will be the result at the bloodshed in East St. Louis on Friday?" “All this violence and bloodshed can only result in a withdrawing from the Knights of Labor of much of the sympathy of law-abiding and orderly citizens. It is to be deplored that such things should occur. Do not think that I mean to say that the Knights of Labor, as an organization, countenanced anything of the kind, but it is an outcome of the strike and will reflect on the organization that inaugurated the strike. No matter how mueh the Knights may discountenance this disorder, it has come as a result of their movement, and the great public that does not stop to seek out a!: the points will place the responsibility on the Kniehts to a greater or less degree.” “Do you see an early or an easy settlement of the Dresent great straggle?” “I do not I think the final result of the struggle will be a gradual disintegration of the men who are engaged in it Those who have not made themselves obnoxious to the company will probably be given their old places, and again go to work.” “How long will the Knights be able to carry on the struggle?” “I know nothing as to their ability to stand a long contest In my opinion it was a mistake to give any district or assembly the power to order a strike without submitting the question to the organization, whoever they may be, whether as an executive board or certain designated officers. I think the strike will result in the enactment of a law by the Knights that will effectually prevent any such trouble in the future. I see Mr. Powderly takes the same position. It seemed to me from the first that there was a deficit or a weak place somewhere or Mr. Irons could not have ordered a strike without indorsement from headquarters.” “Your organization, Mr. Arthur, is looked upon as a model in its way. I wish you would explain to the country how the Brotherhood of Engineers proceed in case of trouble.” “lean explain that to you in a few words.” Turning to his desk, he took up a copy of the laws of the Brotherhood, and read as follows: “In order to prevent any trouble between brothers of subdivisions and their employers, it shall be the imperative duty of the general standing committees of the several roads, before sending for the grand chief engineer, to first exhaust their own efforts to effect a settlement of all difficulties, aud failing to obtain satisfaction, they shall then notify the grand chief engineer of the facts iu detail as soon as possible. When the grand chief engineer receives such notifica tion he shall give it the precedence of all other business to visit such subdivision or division, as the case may be, and use all honorable and just means to prevent trouble between the brothers and their employers.” “That,” added Mr. Arthur, “is the whole plan in a nutshell. In every instance where we have been received by the general manager a satisfactory settlement has been effected. I would like just here to correct, through the columns of the Enquirer, a report that has gone out and been largely copied and commented on. I have been reported as saying that I was opposed to an eight-hour law, as it only meant more time for drinking. I wish to say that that is not true. I am in favor of any law that will tend to promote the welfare and advance the interests of work-ing-men. There are, however, in my opinion, a large number who would not profit by the enactment of such a law.” “In illustration of the plan followed by the Brotherhood, Mr. Arthur, I would like to know how it nas worked. How many times has trouble arisen that has been settled?” “There have been fully sixty to seventy-five cases since 1877, the date of which we have heretofore spoken, and six or seven of them have been iu the last seven months. We have some troubles to settle of which the ptftriic hear little. In the above case a majority would probably have struck had not compromise come in and effected a settlement. Here is where it is a benefit to the roads, a benefit to the employes and a benefit to the public. The best law I know of for the settlement of labor troubles is for the two sides to get together and arrange the points of difference. Some understanding will almost invariably result." “Has this policy been a success? Has it worked well in the case of the Brotherhood?” “That question is soon answered. Numerically we have doubled since 1877—in fact, we hav.d nearly trebled in that time. We represent not only every State in the Union, but Mexico and the British Provinces as well, and to-day hare 316 subdivisions. The members seem to thoroughly indorse the policy that has been pursued. All that we hoped for in the beginning, and more, has been accomplished. The growth of the order has been steady, and that, too, with no lecturer or organizer in the field, as is the plan pursued by some other labor organizations. We begin to feel that in the twenty-three years in which the Brotherhood has existed it has worked out the true line of policy, and demonstrated that the idea on which it is founded is the true one. You want my opinion on the labor Question, and of Btrikes in particular. Well, sir, j'ou can find it written at length in the history of our Brotherhood. I believe that the final settlement of the relations between capital and labor will be along the line we have marked out. Others are coming to sfee it. I notice that Mr. Powderly is advocating the same principle, Others are coming to adopt it. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Brakemen are modeled on our plan. The idea ia spreading, and I feel that it will eventually result in great good to the land.” HOW STRIKES ARE BROUGHT ABOUT. Mr. Powderly’s Attempts to Pat the Cold Fai. ts Before Would-Be Strikers. Scranton (Pa.) Special. “I have said at some of our meetings,” said Mr. Powderly to the World correspondent this morning, “that I was in favor of supplying every lodge in our order with powder and ball, Gatling guns and Winchester rifles, that is, I added, if we are to go on strikes. The communistic element exclaimed right off, ‘Ah, that is something like business; Powderly is a regular fire-eater after all!’ “ ‘Whenever you go on a strike, I would say, the troops are called out to suppress you. How can you expect to fight them with empty hands*’ I told them that they must look at the matter in its most serious light, and if we expected to have strikes we must prepare ourselves for the struggle, so that we should be able to cope with the forces that would be brought against us. The Communists were pleased with the prospect at first, but most of them were inclined to back down when they looked the matter square iu the face. ‘But,* I resumed, ‘I do not believe strikes are necessary or will prove beneficial in any way; but if you must have them, prepare yourselves for the worst’ “I have never been in favor of strikes, and, as I said to you the other day, I think we have seen the last great strike in the United States. The talk I have referred to about powder and ball was delivered in 1880. i thought it was better to explain the case plainly. No general ever marshaled an unarmed mob together for battle, and yet how often men hqve gone ok a strike without the slightest provision for the future to to maintain their rights and to keep the hungry wolf from the door. Understand me. Ido not advocate strikes or violence in any way, but I wish to show what little judgment or common seuso the strike has behind it j|“How is the average strike brought about? A meeting is held. Grievances are discussed. Some loud-mouthed demagogue gets up and works ud the feelings of the crowd to a pitch of frenzy by a most inflammable speech. Hedraws a dramatic picture of the wrongs of workingmen, and gen erally closes by promising to shed hi* last drop of blood and to starve before he will submit longer to such tyranny. Then a motion is put to go on a strike, which is carried with a shout. What becomes of our loud-mouthed friend after that? Does he come forward atfd offer to serve on committees and fulfill his vehement protestations to shed his blood for the cause? No! The moment the resolution to go on a strike is carried he takes a back seat and keeps out of sight If called upon to serve on the committees he ie not to be found, and if he is, makes come excuse. A few days or weeks later you find him among the first to go back to work. He

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becomes a curb atone orator, and says, ‘Well, I never was in favor of strikes.' It is true of every strike, of which I have knowledge, that the first men to go out are> the first to go back, and the men who opposed the strike are the last to go back. The men who incite a crowd to go on a strike should be made to serve on the committees and bear the burden of the fight. In the next place, no man should go on a strike who has not enough laid by to keep himself and family for a year. The stoutest hearts cannot hold out when they see their wives and little ones starving. They must go back to work. ‘“But it would seem that many prisons were anxious to go on a strike simply to draw $5 a week from the union. At that rate we might pay out over half a million a month and then accomplish no practical good. “I have often felt that I should like to take a club and go on a strike myself amoug the workingmen of the country. I might kill half of them, but I should feel that I had a more intelligent class left to deal with! “It has been difficult to educate many men beyond the point of going on a strike. When wo do that there will be but little trouble between capital and labor. “There are so many ways of securing recognition for the workinemen besides eoing on strikes. We can build our own mills, manufactories and railroads, if necessary, if we maintain oar organization. “In our struggle for better wages, better living and pleasanter homes, I believe we have the press and pulpit on our side. Together they represent public opinion, and public opinion is always right There may be a temporary uncertainty one way or the other, but when the sober judgment of the people is once formed then you may rest assured it is right. Therefore, what is right will always have the support of the masses in the end. I feel that we have that support to-day and cannot fail. The principles and policies I have formed for our platform, l may call it, have not been formed in ten minutes or a day. but represent months of constant work and thought. I have studied weeks and months to determine whether this or that proposition was right, knowing that to just the extent it was right and sound I should have the support and approval of the public. “What has given me the most confidence in my work has been the fact that I have, up to the present time, had the cordial support of the great majority of the Knights of Labor all over the country. “The Knights of Labor is not a political organization in the sense of being identified with either of the two great existing parties, but I have endeavored to impress it upon the members of our order to watch the conduct of orr legislators carefully, and give them their support or opposition according to their acts. It has been ureed that the Knights of Labor should have nothing to do with politics. If that policy should be carried out we might soon have laws passed abolishing our organization and making it impossible for the workingman to obtain justice, and putting us in a worse bondage than ever. It behooves the workingmen, therefore, to be alert, and watch the acts of the politicians critically ii they wish to be free.’’ JAY GOULD’S FRIENDS. How the Knights Are Helping Him—The Only Hope of Safety. Philadelphia Times. Jay Gould’s most efficient friends in his contest with labor are the enemy that in impassioned hate proclaimed him “the giant fiend.” They don’t mean it, but had Jay Gould, in his most subtle cunning, been authorized to control the movements of the Texas and Missouri strikers, he could not have directed them more to his own advantage or more to their own disadvantage. His friends, the enemy, will win Gould's battle if it shall be won at all. Had Jay Gould been consulted as to the best method of paralyzing the rapid growth of the Knights of Labor under the wise and conservative leadership of General Master Workman Powderly, what would he have advised, could his direction be unseen by the world? Can any one doubt that he would have advised — 1. That they precipitate a strike, when there is no complaint as to wages, payments or hours of labor, on a railway that is in the hands of a sworn officer of the United States Court, and for no other reason than that one objection able employe had been discharged without inquiry as to his membership. 2. That the strike against the officer of the United States Courts in Texas should be extended to the Missouri Pacific, when direction has no more power over the'P-urt receiver in charge of the Texas Pacifio than has President Go wen over the receivers of Beading 3. That the strike should be precipitated on both lines in open disregard of the laws of the Knights of Labor which warrant strikes only when authorized by the supreme tribunal of the order. 4. That the strike should be precipitated without formal complaint and attempt at conference or arbitration, in flagrant violation of the solemn agreement with Gould in August last, whereby he was bound to confer and arbitrate any complaint, and the Knights of Labor were bound to demand and exhaust conference and arbitration before resorting to a strike. 5. That when the strike was thus carelessly precipitated, in violation of good faith and of the laws of the Knights of Labor, the strikers should resort to violence aud the destruction of property, and prove to the world that they would dis turb the whole commerce and trade of the country to gratify the hotspurs who obey neither the laws of their order nor the laws of the land. 6. That when the strike was thus inaugurated without reason and prosecuted in violence, it should be maintained against the clear ptiblie sentiment and public interests of the whole country, until Gould can replace the labor of the striking Knights, and distract and disintegrate them by the loss of labor they madly inflict upon themselves. Had Jay Gould been empowered to direct the action of the Knights of Labor in the West, and employed his best cunning to make their action self-destructive, he would have advised just what the Texas and Missouri fellowship has done. His friends, the enemy, have fought his battle by evil counsels and violent action, to an extent that Gouli, with all his scores of millions, could not hare foueht for himself; and unless there shall be a speedy and radical change in the direction of the Western Knights of Labor, or, unless the wise and just admonitions of General Master Workman Powderly shall be promptly accepted, Gould will win his battle simply because his friends, the enemy, are fighting it for him. There is now but one hope of safety to the Western Knights of Labor, and probably to the whole national organization; that is, to stop the strike at once, unconditionally, dismiss lawless members, go back to work, and then demand conference and arbitration. Such action would at once disarm Gould; it would take from him his only defensive position in the contest; it would assure the great business interests of the country of the safety of labor organizations, and it would recall the popular sympathy for organized industry that it has lost by causeless disturbance of business and by violence. Friends of labor, look the truth m the face, and answer whether there is any hope for it in a contest begun without reason, prosecuted in violence, aud continued in defiauce of labor's own laws. LABOR NOTES. The Chivalrous Boycott—Thirty of the Kniehts Apply It to a Woman. New York Evening Post. A chivalrous body of men, calling themselves union bakers, presumably a branch of the Knights of Labor, have declared a boycott upon a plucky woman, Mrs. Esther A. Gray, who keeps a bakery at 508 Hudson street, of this city. A delegation from the anion, consisting of four stalwart men, called upon Mrs. Gray on Monday and informed her that she must make her men join the union or suffer a boycott. She called up her four baker* and asked them if they were satisfied with their pay. They replied that they were. Then she asked them if they wished to join the union, and the answer was: “We are contented the way we are, and do not believe in unions. We want to be let alone.” Mrs. Gray then informed the delegation that the union was at liberty to do what it pleased, but she would not force her men to join it. Then the delegation asked what pay the men were receiving, and were promptly informed that that was none of their business; the men were satisfied. and that was enough. Whereupon the delegation declared a boycott On Tuesday the boycott was begun. About thirty members of the union took their 6tand about the bakery, passing out boycotting handbills, and trying in various ways to drive away customers. They

refreshed them selves frequently et neighboring saloons and became very offensive, but the police did not interfere, probably because of apprehensions that if they were to do so the Snn and Tribune would accuse them of bloodthirstiness. Still the bakery did a flourishing business, and Mrs. Gray has received numerous testimonials of approbation from the respectable people of her neighborhood. She says with a force which ought to make even the blackguards who are annoying her winee: *‘l don’t want any loafers lounging about the place and if there is any law to prevent them from doing so I mean to have it enforced. These men who are boycotting the store have no right to interfere with my business, and I don’t mean to allow them to do so.” Thirty “Knights” of Labor boycotting one woman is a performance which ongbt to make even Martin Irons blush. But where are the police? We urge the friends of law and order to call on their way up town and buy a loaf of her every day as long as the boycott lasts. Increase In the Price of Papers. 6pecial to tho Indianaeoiis Journal. Lafayette, Ind., April IL— The scales of prices adopted by Typographical Union, No. 64, went into effect to-day, and will result in an advance of from $2 to $3 per week to each journey* man employed. All the offices have conceded the demand. The proprietors have formed a combination to offset the extra expense incurred by the increase, and will raise the price of the daily papers from 10 to 15 cents por week. NORTH INDIANA M. *. CONFERENCE. Anniversary of the Church Extension Society —Report of the Examining Committee. fecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Warsaw, April 10. —The Church Extension Society anniversary, held last night, was addressed, in the absence of Dr. Kynett, the corresponding secretary, by Rev. W. H. Hickman, of South Bend; Dr. H. A. Gobin, of DePauw University, and Dr. J. H. Bayliss, editor of theWestern Christian Advocate. The prayer-meeting this morning was led by Dr. M. Mabin. At 9 o’clock Bishop Harris took the chair, and the business of the day began. The minutes of yesterday’s session were read and approved. Dr. J. H. Bayliss was introduced to the conference. A memorial session for the deceased of the year was ordered for 3 P. M. Sunday. Dr. W. P. Strive, of Chicago, agent of the Methodist Book Concern, was introduced. Richmond district was called, and W. S. Birch, presiding elder, reported. There have been conversions in every charge of the district, a number exceeding 2,000 altogether. Besides the faithful work of pastors and local brethren, several evangelists—notably Sayler, of Kokomo; Moore, of New Castle, and Hudson, of Ohio — have helped in revival work. Church buildings and improvements have progressed, and the benevolent collections have been advanced. The case of I. M. Woolverton, who left his charge during the year and engaged in business, was referred to a committee for investigation. D. M. Brown was granted a location, at his own request. The characters of the other effective eiders were passed, and they were continued in the same relation. The examining committee for class of flrst year reported, and the following brethren were advanced to the second year: J. S. Beaty, L. M. Krider, G S. V. Howard, A. L. Porkner, E. Davis, W. W. Brown. Sennoske Ogata was continued on trial. The class for admission into full connection in the conference was called forward and questioned by the bishop as the Discipline prescribes. The examinations of the following brethren were reported, and they were admitted to full connection: H. Bridge, E. E. Neal, S. L. Johnson. W. P Cook and E. R. Small. The following were elected to be ordained eiders: C. U. Wade, A. S. Rogers. J. C. Murray, S- Light, P. M. Stone, L. A. Beeks, O. V. L. Harbour, J. W Bowen, J. L McCoy, W. F. Cook. G. S. V. Howard was elected to local deacons’ orders, and M. L. Campbell to local ol atc* Ar/1 ora The Rev. W. O. Butler, from the United Brethren Church, was recognized as a local elder in the Methodist Church. The board of stewards reported their basis for the distribution of funds to conference claimants. An increase of SBSO above last year’s collections was announced. The report was adopted. Dr. Bayliss addressed the conference in the interest of the Western Christian Advocate. The church is to be congratulated on the new and convenient form of the paper, its value as a religious newspaper and the fact that all the profits from it go to the superannuated preachers. The Advocate is receiving high commendation on every hand. Its policy is that of peace and righteousness. This is its position tonching the labor problem. On temperance it is firm for blotting out absolutely the liquor curse. Dr. Stowe spoke in explanation of Methodist publishing interests—subscription books, Advocate and Sunday-school publications. The latter are to be reduced in price. The book concern distributes this year SIB,OOO to the conferences for the superannuates. Dr. Win, Runyan, of the Cincinnati Conference, and Dr. Gobin, of DePauw, were introduced, the latter briefly addressing the conference on behalf of the theological department of the university. This alternoon an enthusiastic and exciting temperance meeting occurred, the Rev. W. ti. Hickman, of South Bend, making a straight out Prohibition party speech, and E. B. Reynolds, of Wayne county, following with a warm defense of local option as the John the Baptist crying in the wilderness, preparing the way for prohibition in the North, as well as in the South. Col. J. W. Ray, of Indianapolis, closed with a very vigorous speech. What Baking Powder Shall We Use? This plain question comes home to every housekeeper. We all desire pure and wholesome food, and this cannot be had with the use of impure or poisonous baking powder. There can be no longer a question that all the cheaper, lower grade of baking powders contain either alum, lime or phosphatie acid. As loath as we may be to admit so much against what may have been some of our household gods, there can be no gainsaying the unanimous testimony of the official chemists. Indeed, analysts seem to find no baking powder entirely free from some one of these objectionohle ingredients except the Royal, and that they report as chemically pure. We find some of the baking powders advertised as pure to contain, under the tests of Professors Chandler, Habirshaw and others, nearly 12 per cent, of lime, while others are made from alum, with no cream of tartar. This, we presume, accounts for their lack of leavening power, as sometimes complained of by the cook, and for the bitter taste found in the biscuits, so frequentlv complained of by ourselves. But, aside from the inferiority of the work done by these powders, the physiologists assure us that lime aud alum, taken into the srstem in such quantities as this, ajre injurious. They are not decomposed by beat, end not dissolved in mixing or baking. They go with the bread, therefore, into the stomach, where their physiological effects are indigestion, dyspepsia or worse evils. The question naturally arises, why do these cheap baking powder makers use these things? Alum is three cents a pound, lime still cheaper, while cream of tartar costs thirty-five or forty. The reasons for the chemical purity of the Royal Bakine Powder were recently given in the Chicago Tribnne in an interesting description of a new method for refining argols, or crude cream of tartar. It seems that it is only under this process that cream of tartar can be freed from the lime natural to it and rendered chemically pure; that the patents and plant for this cost the Royal Baking Powder Company about half a million dollars, and that they maintain exclusive control of the rights. Professor McMurtrie. late chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., in the interests of commerce, made an examination of this process and reported upon the results attained in the refined cream of tartar. The following extract from his report would seem to answer the question repeated at the head of this article, which we have heard so frequently propounded by our lady friends: “x have examined the cream of tartar used by the Royal Baking Powder Company in the manufacture of their baking powder, and find it to bo perfectly- pure, and free from lime in any form. The chemical testa to which I have submitted the Royal Baking Powder prove it perfectly healthful, and free from every deleterious substance. We McMurtrie, E. M., Ph. D., “Chemist ia Chief U. S. Dep’tof Agriculture.”

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS A New Albany Wife Driven to Suicide by the Brutality of Her Husband. A Wabash Man Pursues and Captures a Burglar —The Aldridge Outrage Case Again Becorniag Interesting—State Gleanings. INDIANA. A Wife Driven to Suicide by a Drunken Husband Who Seized Her Scant Earnings. Louisville Courier-Journal, Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, about 3:30 o'clock, Mrs. Mary MeCrea committed suicide by stepping iu front of a train on the J., M. & L Short-line, about one and one-half mile south of Jeffersonville. Herself and husband had been at New Albany, and were walking home when the tragedy took plaee. It appears that she bad been at work, and on receiving her pay her husband took the money and got drunk with it On the way home she remonstrated with him, telling him their children would starve if he did not do better. He laughed at her, and staggered along the track. Finally, driven to desperation, she stepped on the track about five feet in advance of an approaching train, which was running at the rate of twenty five miles an hour. In an instant she was tossed about the ties by the pilot, ar.d finally dropped about fifty yards from where she got on the track. One hand was cut off, her skull fractured and her body bruised in a hundred different places. The train men carefully picked ud the mangled remains, placed them on a board, and sent for the coroner, who arrived in a short time. When Daniel MeCrea realized the awful fate of his wife he was somewhat aroused from his drunken stupor. With tears in his eyes, he looked at the crowd which gathered in a few moments, and said: “Well, I’m sorry this happened. She was a mighty good womau.” Picking up a little basket, with a few provisions in it, he started off,' saying: “The county will have to bury her. I haven’t got a cent, and I must take these things home to my children, who are starving.” He went home, placed the provisions in front of tho children, and laid down to a drunken sleep. Even now the children, three in number, are not aware of their mother’s death. The neighbors say Mrs. MeCrea led an awful iife with her husband, who would get drunk and beat her every time he got any money. He has been paralyzed in one arm for some years past, and she has taken in washing and supported the family. , Frequently she has been compelled to have him arrested in order to prevent him from doing her bodily harm. On one occasion, during the recent blizzard, he went home drunk, drove his wife out of bed, and she was compelled to walk to Jeffersonville and sleep in the station-house. A few days since she narrowly escaped being killed, and, at the time, remarked to a neighbor: “It would have been better if I had been killed. I would rather be dead than alive. That man will bo the cause of my death.” A Burglar Neatly Captured. Special to tue Indianaooiis Journal. Wabash, April 11.—A burglar attempted to force an entrance, last night, into the residence of Owen Sullivan, a postal clerk on the Wabash railway, who resides on Hill street. Mr. Sullivan gave an alarm, and started out in pursuit of the burglar, clad in his night clothes. The thief started down the railroad track, but was overtaken by Sullivan, who administered some heavy raps about the head, felling the burglar. The latter was carried in a fainting condition to the county jail. His injuries are not considered serious. The intruder proved to be a peddler, known as Rednev, who has been watche * ’1 the winter by the authorities, being seen wi rge sums of money. He is thought to be a .’essional thief. Other unsuccessful attempu i&ve heretofore been made to enter Mr. Sullivan’s house. _ County Recorder Found Dead. Lexington Special. When Michael Stumpff, a Charlestown saloonist, opened his place of business, this morning, he was horrified to discover the dead body of Evan Shelby, recorder of Clark county, lying in the back yard. Shelby resides in Charlestown, but takes the 6 o’clock train every morninr 'or Jeffersonville, and returns home at 8 p. M. Last night he visited the saloon kept by Stumpff, and took several drinks, which caused him to become very drunk. He stepped into the back yard and fell upon his face, and, being unable to arise, died, it is supposed, of heart disease. He was a dissipated man, but was weil liked by the people of Clark county. He leaves a wife and two children. Minor Notes. A young man named Nathan Hodgin, living near Salem, committed suicide by cutting his throat. He was in the last stages of consumption. * There were thirteen applicants for appointment to the West Point cadetship from the Third district. E. B. Funk,-of Lanesville, will be the successful candidate. At Jeffersonville John McCarthy, while assisting in turnings locomotive at the J., M. & I. round-house, was caught by the pilot and his left foot frightfully crushed. Rev. M. W. Darling, of Elkhart, one of the ablest Congregational divines in the West, has just accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Congregational Church of Sioux City, la. Mr. William Shields, of Butlersville, Pa., and Miss Nellie Keigwin, daughter of Col. James A. Keigwin, will be married on Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, at Jeffersonville. Mrs. Sarah West has died at New Washington, Clark county, aged ninety-nine years and four months. She was born in the county and was never fifty miles from home during her long life. Charles Gardner, a young book-binder at Fort Wayne, by the death of his mother at Quincy. 111., has fallen heir to $42,000 in government bonds, deposited in the First National Bank of Quincy. Charles A. Burchard, sixty years old, a native of Vermont, a lecturer on phrenology, and who claims to be a cousin of ex President Hayes, has been arrested at Evansville for safe keeping. He is evidently insane. Bishop Dwenger has made public his intention of erecting, at once at Fort Wayne, an orphan asylum for the Catholic orphans in Northern Indiana diocese, the cost of which will be $30,000. Work will be commenced at once. At Madison, on Saturday, Judge Berkshire, in the suit of the National Branch Bank vs. N. S. Wolf, rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000 and interest, and set aside the transfer of road stock made by Wolf to bis uncle. This secures the bank. Thomas Beydone, one of the leading physicians of Valparaiso, while superintending some men engaged in putting water-pipes from the street into his house, was stricken down with apoplexy and died before he could be taken .nto his bouse. He leaves a widow and several children. At Terre Haute tbe fourteen-year-old son of Perry Carpenter, of Honey Creek township, Vigo county, was thrown under the feet of a team of frightened horses whose beads he was holding and trampled upon. His head was bruised, his arm broken and spine fractured, producing paralysis. He cannot survive ILLINOIS. The Aldridge Case Again Become* a Matter of Interest—The Victim Before the Grand Jury. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon, April 11.—The Aldridge outrage case is again a prominent subject of discussion among the citizens of Windsor. Having recovered sufficiently from her spinal trouble to be taken from her room in safety, Miss Georgia Aldridge was taken to Shelby ville, where she told the grand jurors the story of hear terrible experience cm the night of

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