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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY STORIES FOR 51AY. Arrangements bare been made by the Indianapolis Journal for tbe publication of the following original stories in the SUNDAY JOURNAL during the month of May. These stories are written exclusively for the coluras of a few of the leading newspapers of the country, the Indianapolis Journal being the only one printing them in the State of Indiana: May 2-“ MY WIPE’S DIAMOND." By a famous American author, who writes under the name of Conrad Nobs. A mysterious and picturesque story. May O—“A LEGEND OP THE SALTELLA.” By Maurice Thompson, author of "The Witohery of Archery," and numerous novels and stories of Southern life. Avery charming tale, dealing with a beautiful old romance of the early planters, and seasoned with a thrilling adventure on the part of the narrator. This story will be richly illustrated by W. P. Hooper. May 16-"THE’CELLO PLAYER." By Allen G. Bioel >w An extremely well told and fascinating story. Kay 23— " THE DIVIDED HOUSE." By Julia D. Whiting, author of "The Story of Myra," in the Cent irv, "A Special Providence," in Harpers, and other stories in the magazines. An interesting tale of New England life. May 30—“A BRAVE DEED." By Elizabeth • Stuart Phelps. This Is a two-part 9tory, and is fresh from the gifted author’s hand. THE EIGHT-HOUR MOVEMENT. "Will be published simultaneously, SUNDAY, MAY 2, in tba Boston Qlobe, Philadelphia Press, Chicago Tribuno. INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, and a few other leading newspapers, a remarkable and attractive SYMPOSIAC UPON THE EIGHT-HOUR MOVEMENT. Among the features of this rare contribution to the literature upon this pregnant topic will be—1. A History of the Klght-Honr Movement from the Beginning. BY SAMUEL GOMPERS, (President of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions for the promotion of the eight-hour day); RICHARD J. HINTON, late Special Agent National Bureau of Labor, aud journalist; also MARINER J. KENT, Statistical 2. Short Articles (from one-fourth to one column in length), by such writers as JOHN SWINTON. who has made a special study of the labor problem during the last thhty years. HENRY GEORGE, author of "Progress and Pov* arty;" recognized as an able writer on both sides of the Atlantic. JOHN JARRETT, ex-president Amalgamated Iron and Steel-workers, tho strongest labor organisation in the United States; one of the ablest writers on the tariff, and is leported to have combined with Andrew Carnegie to inaugurate an immense system of distributive co-operation. JOSEPH GRUENHUT, author of "Communism or Anarchism;”' Recorder of Statistics, Health Department, Chicago, 111. RICHARD J. HINTON, late Special Agent National Bureau of Labor; journalist. JAMES REDPATH, now managing editor North American Review. EDWARD EVERETT HALE—Mr. Hale’s article was written in 1879. He holds the same views today, and wished thtfeirticlo to be presented in the symposium. W. T. HARRIS, of Concord. Mass., formerly editor of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, in St. Louis,' and well known in connection with the philosophical movements of the past twenty years. HENRY C. ADAMS, professor of political economy in Ann Arbor an<l Cornell Universities. HON, HENRY M. TELLER, United States Senator from Colorado, formerly Secretary of the Interior. HON. JAMES B. WEAVER, Congressman from lowa, candidate for the presidency, of the GreenbackLabor party, six years ago. HON. LELAND STANFORD, United States Senator

from California. HON. J. J. O’NEILL, of Missouri, chairman labor committor, House of Representatives. HON, WM. D. KELLEY, Congressman from Philadelphia, Pa, the “Nestor” of the United States Congress. .HON. W. L. SCOTT, Congressman from Pennsylvania, is one of the largest employers of the United States. He is an officer or connected with the management, as director, of more miles of railroad than any zr.au in the world; he is a large owner and operator of coal mines, owns rolling-, mills, and is interested in other manufacturing establishments; lias vessels on the lakes, agricultural and stock farms, and is engaged in various other extensive enterprises, requiring the labor of thousands of men. Besides itvo gentlemen named, there trill be expressions of opinion from leading manufacturers in New England, New York, Pennsylvania *od other States. No such exhaustive treatment of the eight hour movement has been attempted in the country, and it will be both interesting hod valuable to everybody who desires to be informed of one of the most significant labor movements of the age. Agents of The Journal desiring to increase their orders for NEXT SUNDAY’S JOURNAL will please send word to this office as soon as possible. Special orders will be received for the paper up to Saturday night. THE DAILY JOURNAL. i BY JNO. C. NEW A SON, WASHINGTON OFFICE—SI3 Fourteenth St P. S. Hkath. Correspondent WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1886. Telephone Calls. Business Office 238 | Editorial Rooms 242 The number of outrages against firms and corporations that have been boycotted continue, but no one thinks of holding the strikers to accountability. Senator Sherman is said to be "embarrassed” by the situation in which the Payne business places him. In this respect Mr. Sherm&n differs from the other Ohio Senator. Mr. Payne does not seem to be embarrassed in the least. The Washington Poet indulges in the hope that if Mrs. Thompson, the Louisville postmaster, is confirmed, it will be by Republican votes. The Post's wish will undoubtedly be gratified.. As circumstances are in the Senate, she can't very well be confirmed without Republican votes. It is said that the mechanics of Sandukay, 0., are opposed to the eight-hour idea, and refuse to accept it. The movement in favor of a day of eight hours, and pay by the day ingtead of by the piece, is for the good of the

lazy and incompetent man every time, and will work harm to the skillful and industrious. There art) some men worth much more than others, and these will suffer in any arrangement whereby one man is paid as much as another without regard to the amount of work done. The origin of a great many labor troubles may be traced to the dissatisfaction of incompetent or lazy men, who force their imagined wrongs upon those more competent than themselves. After the liberal supply of taffy which Bismarck has been dealing out to the Pope, it was a little unkind in his Holiness to omit to send his love to the Prince when he gave the German delegation assurances of his distinguished consideration for Emperor William and the German Parliament The lynching of Graham, the Missouri wife murderer and bigamist, will destroy the slender chance there was of getting at all the truth in connection with that tragedy. The State might as well release Cora Lee and Mrs. Molloy. The only man who could tell whether they knew anything about the murder has been put out of the way by lynchers. Thus justice is often thwarted by the operations of these self-constituted enforcers of the law. In the State of Virginia last week an election was held on the prohibition issue, and the capital pronounced very decidedly in favor of the old order of things, and the Prohibitionists were overwhelmingly defeated. But in Chincoteague, that State, the Prohibitionists swept things. We don’t know where Chincoteague is, exactly, but “it was a glorious victory.” Chincoteague is determined to have reform, aud as goes Chincoteague so goes the Union. No wonder Committeeman Baily was “mad” when his peculiar business methods were disclosed. It doesn’t take a very accomplished workingman to understand that a cashier who receives thousands of dollars weekly, and keeps the accounts in a pocket memorandumbook and the money in a wardrobe drawer, is apt to make mistakes, however honest he may be. A committeeman who wants to maintain his credit with the Knights should adopt a safer financial system. Forty-five boys, employed as helpers by a glass company in St. Louis, have gone out on a strike, throwing seventy-five men out of employment. Tho firm threaten to fill their places with other boys unless they resume work at once. This should not be allowed. If the boys conclude to stop work, they should see that no one else is allowed to take their places. This is the rule laid down by tbe Knights of Labor, and if it is a good one in one case, why not in alls The men thrown out of employment through no fault of their own should be kept out of work until such time as the striking boys choose to return to work. This is the policy that the labor organizations are trying to enforce all over the country, and it is not more absurd and unjust when enforced by boys than when compelled by men.

As if they hadn’t enough to talk about, and as if the public were not tired of hearing their voices already, a number of statesmen, at Washington, including Senator Voorhees, Congressmen Carlisle, Morrison, Randall, Springer and others, have called a mass-meet-ing for this evening, because they “believe that the voice of public opinion in our country should be heard in the capital, in support of the efforts of Hons. W. E. Gladstone and Charles Stewart Parnell to give Ireland home rule and the blessings we enjoy here.” The anxiety of these eminent legislators to make themselves solid with their Irish constituents is well understood and appreciated; but if they would take the trouble to interview this class of voters they would perhaps be surprised to discover a willingness to take sympathy for home rule for granted, if they will only attend to their legitimate business. The Celtic resident of this country is an American citizen, as well as an Irishman. The New York Times is of the opinion that if the strikers in that city stay out long Castle Garden alone will fill their places. In support of this opinion it proceeds to show how the tide of immigration has increased under the stimulus of the strike, the men coming in with the evident intention of taking the places vacated by the strikers. Os course this shows that the wages paid in this country are much better than in the European countries from which these immigrants come, though the Times does not care to draw the inevitable moral on this fact, as between this country, under protective laws, and those that do not believe in such a policy. What the Times wishes to demonstrate is, that the workingmen of the United States despise what the laborers of other lands*are only too glad to cross the sea and leave their homes to take up. This needs no fresh demonstration, for there is a constant object lesson proving this fact. There are literally hundreds of thousands of mechanics in Europe who would gladly take the places of American mechanics, for the very good reason that the wages paid here are so much better, and the chance of rising so much better. But while this is undoubtedly true, it is very undesirable that foreigners should in any considerable numbers take the place of Americans. It is but natural that the people of each country should like its people best, and no true American but likes the workingmen of this oountry better than those of any other, however oheaply they may be willing to labor. It would be very sbortsightod policy to attempt to find a solution of

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the labor troubles in hiring men from other countries. There is no occasion to look toward Castle Garden, now or hereafter. When American workingmen cannot do the work of this country, without importing men to take their places in order to compel them to work for less than they can decently subsist upon, it will be a good idea to go out of the government business. American labor for Americans is a good motto, and we do not believe it could be improved on. The only fault to be found now is that some American workingmen are not allowed to work by reason of the arrogant interference of a few selfconstituted bosses, who have “organized” for that sort of tyranny. THE C/OUNTY CONVENTION. The Republican county convention meets on Saturday. The intervening days will be full of business, especially ou the part of the candidates for the principal county offices and their friends. But while they are properly and legitimately busy they should not fail to have their thoughts about them. It is possible that all the work they do may be brought to nought. A nomination is not certainly an election. The time when that was true in Marion county has gone by; if tbe ticket is to be successful before the people now, it must be one that will command their support. Let there be no mistake about this, to be repented at leisure, after the convention is over, when it shall be too late. A bad nomination may defeat the whole ticket. We take it that all the men who go before the convention on Saturday desire the success of the party in November more than they do a personal victory for themselves or their friends. If there are any who do not, they have no business in that convention, and should have the grace to give way to less selfish men. There is plenty of material from which to select a winning ticket, and the party and the people will hold the delegates responsible for tbe faithful and intelligent discharge of their self-assumed duties. No one is forced to go to the convention, and if any one is suggested as a delegate who is conscious that he can not unselfishly do his duty, he has no right to burden the party with his service. A good ticket, fairly representative of the spirit and membership of tbe party, and one that can run on all fours before the people, will be elected; a ticket of another character is liable to be defeated.

The convention should not forget, either, that there are some things of even greater importance than who shall make fortunes during the next two or four years out of the fat places. Important as these nominations are thoy are not the only things for which governments are instituted among men, parties organized, and conventions and elections held. We take it for granted that the convention will not listen to the cowardly and foolish talk, indulged in by thoughtless people, that might give currency to this idea. When the convention meets it will have a definite and determinate duty to discharge, and it should do it, if it takes all day and far into the night to do it honestly and well. The idea of holding a distinct convention for the nomination of a judicial and legislative ticket is preposterous. Such a movement would stigmatize the work of Saturday as a mere distribution of spbils, and the men who composed the convention as too selfish or too imbecile to do anything else than farm out the fat places. We waut no such a piece of foolishness to mark the first step of tbe campaign, and we do not believe it is seriously contemplated by those who can think beyond their preconceived notions. There are as good men who can be named for the Legislature on Saturday as there will be found in existence three months hence, and if the right men are named they will be able to grapple with any issue that is liable to arise between now and the date of their service in the Legislature. There is nothing more absurd than the claim that the nominations must be made with special reference to some existing crisis, and therefore we must wait to see what new crisis may arise, and then trim sails to catch the wind that may happen at that time to appear to be blowing. Under that system of philosophy we should be forced to change our tickets in this country about every twenty-four hours, for no man can tell in this blessed Republic what a day may bring forth. WTiat is wanted is a conscientious discharge of its duty by the convention, the nomiuation of a first-class ticket from A to Izzard, and then the people will take care that it is elected, and the men thus chosen for the Legislature will take care of the dreadful crises that are always arising in the minds of those who have an ax to grind, or who are constitutionally affected with political spooks. —Since the above was written the county centra] committee have considered the matter, and it has been determined that all the work for which the convention is to be assembled, shall be completed on Saturday. It is well. It is unofficially given out that the Secretary of State has decided not to send a man to the court at Vienna to represent this country, all because that colossal blunder in statecraft was made when Mr. Keiley was offered to Austria after he had been snubbed by Italy. If Mr. Bayard had wanted to advertise his unfitness for the place he occupies, he could not have done it any more effectually than he has done it in connection with this business, in which he has blundered at every turn. He even showed that he was no statesman by allowing his man to sink into obscurity before a year rolled by. Had Mr. Keiley been the kind of man that Mr. Bayard would have the country to think, he was not the kind to drop into oblivion when the Secretary let go of .1 * • V *. * MT

him. It would have been wiser for tbe Secretary to have kept bis head above water a little ’ longer. “If that resolution can be adopted,” says a Congressman, “it will have an immediate effect on the wool market, pushing the price right up, and this would be fortunate for all wool-growers.” But how about the other fifty odd million people who want to buy clothes that have wool in them? H every workman's coat in the land to be taxed so as wool-grow-ers can have a “fortunate bounty?—lndianapolis News. The writer seems not to have learned yet that competition is the factor in giving the other “fifty odd millions” cheap woollen “clothes.” Under the high tariff on foreign wool, woollen goods were greatly cheapened, for the tariff built up competing woollen factories where none had been, just as in the case of iron and steel. Experience is reckoned to be worth something in such matters, if mere theory is made to look sorry by its side, and thus far the country has not gone off much on theoretical stilts.

They have anew reporter on the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette who is gifted with a copiousness and floridity of language only excelled by that of Mr. Halstead himself. Indeed, his style might easily be mistaken for that of the editor-in-chief, but there are certain indications which forbid the supposition that the gifted "leader” writer has been taking a hand in the local work. There was a suicide in Cincinnati on Monday night, and after mentioning that “it was just such a night that a despondent person would lose what little cheerfulness and hope they bad, and fill their brain with all the horrible things of life,” the reporter of the sad event goes on to say that the body, which was taken out of the river, was that of “a young and beautiful woman, a mother and a wife, yet up to an early hour this morning no one had been to view it, and the most diligent inquiry failed to establish the woman’s identity.” The presence of an infant, which had been rescued alive, gave authority for the statement that the deceased had been a mother, but how the conclusion was reached, in the absence of identification, that she was also a wife is not explained. This omission seems to indicate that the writer is a very youthful person—a “kid,” in fact—and disposes at once of tbe suspicion that the article is from the pen of the responsible editor. The Commercial should cherish the new addition to its force; but until he has become somewhat accustomed to the wicked ways of the world, and of Cincinnati in particular, it might be as well to edit his copy and thus save a great daily from the scoffing comments of the scornful. Mapleson has with him four sergeants of the British army for “orderly duty.” This is certainly a very inadequate number, in view of the fact that they are expected to keep peace in a grand opera company,.and it is not to be won dered at that one of these British sojers should go daft and jump from the train while it was at full speed, as one of them did on the way from San Francisco to Louisville. Mr. Mapleson said he made his great leap with nothing on but a checked shirt This is carrying grand opera to an absurd degree. As in “Nanon,” the distinguishing mark between the grand dame and a member of the corps de ballet is that the dress of the former is cut decollete at the top and of the latter from the bottom. It is not to be thought of that a man even remotely connected with tbe grand opera should have his costume cut in the style of the corps de ballet. The Department of Agriculture, in the forestry division, has prepared a schedule for observations of tree-life: and accompanying it, of weather conditions, for the purpose of aiding an interest in forestry work, and to arrive at certain results explained in the schedules. It is desirable that these observations should be noted by a very large number of persons, and everybody interested will be welcome to apply for the blanks to the department As the season is rather advanced, not all the points required may be taken this year, bat even a partial report will be acceptable.

A small boy of the Journal’s acquaintance, reading advertisements, comes to the foliowing: "For Sale—Barber shop; dirt choap.” Small boy, with look of disgust on his face: "Say, paw, don’t you think it’s cheeky in the owner to want to charge anything for the dirt?” This anecdote teaches that the pnblio school system is sadly deficient in the department which should make pupils familiar with the use of elegant commercial terms. A bundle of Boston papers thrown from a train at a New Hampshire station the other day knocked a man insensible. He may recover, but it will be with the loss of his reason. The Journal has long had a presentiment that the heavy Boston editorials would eventually be fatal to somebody. We are informed, upon good authority, that the statement of a duel about to be fought by two school-boys of Marion, over a contest for the affections of a young miss, was greatly ex aggregated. There was a school boy quarrel, bat the cause was not anything directly concerning any girl. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. The gods have made only two perfect things —a woman and a rose. No fewer than 2,700 babies come squalling into old London town every week. Mlle. Rhea is having built for herself, at Kennebunk port, Me., a cosy summer cottage. Henry M. Stanley, now in Rome, is still-out of health, bat still eager to go back to the Congo. A recently published English novel has the cheerful punning title of “A Corpse in the Copse.” In Turin anew Raphael, it is believed, bas been found. It is a profile portrait, and bears tbe words, "Urbino 1497.” Mrs. Triphenia Bkvans, of Danbury, Conn., has just celebrated her 100th birthday in the bouse where she was born and has always lived. Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, is an amateur photographer, and amuses himself in the summer by tramping over the mountains of his State taking views. Over 2,000 women are compositors in Paris, and are giving the male printers a good deal of trouble because of low-priced labor. Book work is going to Paris from tbe provinces on this account Mr. Laboucherr says that the late William E. Forster was a very soft-hearted and goodnatured man who accepted the Irish Secretaryship under the impression that the Irish would welcome him. M. Dk Lesskp* is splendidly lodged in anew house in the Avenue Montaigne, which was purchased by the money made by Mm*. De Leaseps on her original Suez investments. Her dowry of 100,000 francs was employed in buying sham

when they were below par—that is to say, at the time her marriage was agreed to. That sum last year was swollen to 1,500,000 francs. Congressman William D. Kelley, the “Father of the House,” was seventy-two years old last Monday, but he steps along like a man of forty, is in the best physical condition, and is believed by some to be made of pig-iron. Senator Palmee is very fond of dogs, and it is seldom he has not one or two with him, either following closely at his heels or peeping out from the capacious pockets of the Senator’s coat. He has a tiny toy terrier which he uses as a breastpin—the dog’s head, with its bright, sparkling eyes, appearing just above the top of the waistcoat. An amusing incident happened when the band of the Seventh New York Regiment was serenading General Sheridan lately. In one of the pauses of musio a loud voice said, “Sheridan twenty miles away.” Immediately the whole two hundred of the Seventh’s boys who were in front of the house, shouted in chorus; “But he got there all the same.” Prince Napoleon—Plon-Plon—ls now traveling in Italy, where en passant he called to see his wife, with whom he has not lived for a long time. The news was telegraphed from Rome to a Bonapartist deonty that the Prince, after breakfasting at the Quirinal with the King and Queen of Italy, in order to revive his old recollections audtoketat naught the report that he was an invalid from Bright’s disease, made the ascent to the ball over the dome of St Peter’s, and immensely enjoyed the view he commanded of Rome and its environs. A Paris journal com raents on this dispatch by declaring that this is the first time in over sixteen years that Prince Napoleon has commanded anythiug.

COMMENT AND OPINION. Mrs. Gray should write an elegy on the boycott.—St Louis Post-Dispatcn. Boycotts by their other names are getting to be known as conspiracies.— i/uiladelphia Times. It is well to look out that the eight-hour system shall not be mixed with the no-hour system. —Philadelphia Ledger. There is a prospect that in course of time the whole country will be governed by commissions. —National Republican. The failure of the Delaware peach crop, after being slightly delayed by the floods and the strikes, has arrived.—Richmond Dispatch. With Powderly working from fifteen to eighteen hours a day and Gould wearing a sixdollar suit two years, who says there isn’t provocation for boycotting both of them?—Pittsburg Chronicle. News comes from Georgia that prohibition operates, in one way or another, in 115 counties in the State. The Qualification “in one way or another” unfortunately applies to its operation in other parts of the country.—Boston Record. The loss of wages to workmen by strikes during 1880 foots up $13,003,866. as Mr. Weeks tabulates the figures for the census bureau. If Experience does not bankrupt the American workman in tuition fees, be may finally learn in her school how not to strike.—St. Louis Republican. There is too much strike and too little arbitration, and the more there is of the former the less there will be of the latter. Have labor organizations lost their heads! Their intelligent course of the last two years led their sympathizers to look for better things from them. —Denver Tribune. Thousands upon thousands of very good people, and some very pious people, would rather do without their Sunday sermon m the church than the Sunday sermon laid before them in the morning newspaper, quick with the pulsing movement of the world in which they live. —Philadelphia Record. When his message, untimely on all account •, is declared to be the work of a dolt or a demagogue, it is not to call namos, but to state a simple fact. If he does not know that his message wns an impertinent interference with the work of the legislators, he is stupid to the last degree. If he does know, his message was & bit of demagogism unexampled in the history of his department —Milwaukee Sentinel. What objection eonld be made if employers should agree in great number that they would employ none but free labor! Can a man be called free, if he has bound himself to do what he feels is a crime against his wife and children, or against society, because an association orders it! Surely this is not freedom. Nor can the welfare of free men be promoted in the long run by any such condition of labor. —New York Tribune. We take it that the perfect organization of labor is a long step towards the elevation of labor. It fosters the sense of responsibility, and it promotes both efficiency and self-respeot. It may be used for unworthy ends, like all human agencies, and be so indiscreetly managed as to defeat its own purposes, but no friend of his species will grudge it every legitimate triumph, or throw any artificial obstacle in the way of its accomplishment.—Brooklyn Union. Ir Mr. Powderly is the man for the occasion and for the office he holds he will at once, be fore the sUn sets to-day, take whatever steps are necessary to cause a thorough and efficient patrol of the entire Missouri Pacific by these unemployed men whom the order is supporting. The cowardly thugs and assassins who are taking advantage of the present troubles to ply their nefarious trade are outlaws against society in general, but more especially against the best interests of the workingman.—Chicago News. Who is there, anywhere, who does anything better with his time than to work all that he is able! Is there not danger that two hoars a day unoccupied by the organized labor of the country, for themselves, would be uuprofitably used! Os course this time is not to be passed in idleness. How is it to be made profitable! How will it help the families of the workingmen! If there is nothing earned in those pauses, will there be anything spent that should boss’ ed! —Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. God has a controversy with those who oppress the indigent; there are evils at this point that ought to be remedied, and must be remedied before capital and labor will be at peace; and it is because we would help ou this reconciliation that we declare against the boycott as a foe of freedom, a wrong in the sight of God, and an enemy of laboring men. If capital should resort to the boycott the laud would be full of wailing, and the poor would beg, or starve. Let us be wise and prudent—‘Western Christian Advocate.

WAITING FOR THEIR PENSIONS. Methods Which Have Been Working Gross Injustice to Deserving Claimants. Washington Special. The large number of pension bills which have passed both houses of Congress, and the large number still pending, have given rise to considerable comment as to the reason why pensions in these cases have failed to be favorably adjudicated before the Pension Bureau. General Negley, in speaking on the subject, said to-day: “The numerous applications mads to members of Congress, by old soldiers, asking the passage of special bills for tbeir relief, have caused me to make some inquiry as to tbe causes and methods in the Pension Office. For a number of years the methods have been working the grossest injustice to most deserving claimants. Examiners are permitted to make a record of tbe number of cases they have disposed of, and receive promotion according to the greater number they pass over their associates in the office. The result of this peculiar system is to encourage the examination of cases with brief statements or few papers and laying aside of cases requiring the most labor. It is also found that cases are shoved aside simply to satisfy the convenience of tbe examiner or clerk, to await his inclination to take tbe trouble to procure tbe additional testimony required. I venture the opinion that there are ten thousand cases now that could be passed by a competent and honest board of examiners. “Another evil which should be remedied is the tardiness of the correspondence between the Pension Office and the War Department Inquiries made of the latter by the Pension Office are at least six months behind; in some instances eighteen months. The consequence is that when the claimant is called upon to furnish additional proof, the witnesses have moved aw%y or died, or ho himself has become dissatisfied or discouraged, and the result is that he abandons bis cose and dies in the poor-bouse or applies to Congress. My views upon this matter are not intended to reflect upon the present Commissioner of Pensions. I believe that he is honestly endeavoring to forward the interests of justice and treat each case impartially, bur be has inherited a bad system, whisk should be improved without delay.”

GEORGE GRAHAM LYNCHED. - - - I The Wife-Murderer Taken from the Ja : i at Springfield, Mo., by a Mob, And Hanged at a Convenient Spot in the Edge of the Town—lie States that Mrs. Molloy and Cora Lee Were Entirely Guiltless. Springfield 3peclal to St. LouU Globe-Dcinocrat. About 1:30 o’clock this morning a mob, esa mated at from fifty’ to one hundred men, rode into the city from the west, armed with shotguns and rifles, and halted on College street, opposite the jail, which contained George K. Graham, the wife-murderer. All belated pede* trians who came in their way were ordered tc throw up their hands and commanded to stand away from the street, which order was readily complied with. The Globe-Democrat correspondent, having previously had an inkling of the affair, was on baud and soon heard the knocking at the door of tha Sheriff’s place of residence, which is in the same building as the court-house, part of which is used as a jail. There was the sound of iroe and heavy implements rattling, and then there followed a comparative silence, broken only bj an occasional order from tbe horsemen for spectators to stand back. In about twenty minute* there was a confusion and bustling, which wai caused by the taking of Graham from his cell and patting him in a wagon. Then there was a command, “All ready, go,” and the processior , consisting of the wagon containing Graham and guards, with horsemen in front and rear, proceeded through the square and north on Boon* ville street, nresumbly to a point in tbe wood* near the McCain place, three miles north of town, where the mob was seen to collect to-night A considerable crowd of people followed, but were ordered to stand back at the peril of their live#. They still persisted in following, many of thee* exclaiming: “We want to help you." “We want to look on," etc. By this time it was nearly 2 o’olock. The Globe-Democrat correspondent visited th< - jail and interviewed the wife of Sheriff Donnell relative to what had transpired. She said they were sleeping soundly, not suspecting such a movement, when she was awakened by the knocking at the door. She had some difficult! in awakening her husband, and he opened the door, when about five or six men burst into tha room, seized the sheriff, and took forcible possession of the keys. Mrs. Donnell tried to help her husband, but they were powerless. They opened the door to Graham’s cell, tied a rope around his neck, and half dragged and half pushed him out to the wagon, where four o five held him. Tbe Sheriff and his nightguard went with them and rode on the wagon* and after reaching the spot indicated above it la said that the sheriff made a strong appeal to the mob in favor of letting the law take its course. He said that the punishment of Graham waa only a question or a short lime, as he had con- ' leased the crime. He begged that the prisoner be returned for the sake of the good name and fame of the people of Springfield. His appeal was in vain, however. The rope was thrown over a limb, one report says, and Graham drawn up. The report* are numerous as to the manoef of his execution, and the only thing positive ' about it seems to be that his life was taken aud the murder of his defenseless wife avenged.. The mob proceeded with Graham to the north* west part of the city, where there is a grove, beyond the woolen mills, aud stopped at the first suitable tree they cam<*- to. As to what Graham said while on the wagon nothing is known, but spectators were near enough to hear the mob ask Graham if he wished to make any confession. 1 He said: “Gentlemen, you all want me to tell the truth.” There was a chorus of loud answers in the affirmative from aIL He then said that Mrs. Emma Molloy and Core Lee knew nothing of tbe murder of Sarah Ora- . ham until Feb. 25. This was the date of the die* covery of her body in the well. He was asked if he wished to make any pray • bt, and replied: “No, it, I’m not afraid." Someone offered a brief prayer, after whiofai the rope was put over a limb of the tree and hie Dody hauled up. He made no entreaties 'fbt them to spare him, but went to his death coolly, *; and died apparently without any struggle. In a short time his breath had fled. The mob and spectators theu dispersed in all directions. Tbe following notice was pinned to hie body? “Obituary Notice.—When the ooroner is in possession of this paper, George E. Graham will be dead, and as little punishment will have been inflicted as if he had been banged by legal authority. It is a matter of right to the community and justice to humanity that we, tbe ‘Three Hundred,’ ignore the law in this instance. We recognize the fact that our criminal statutes are not equal to all occasions. Therefore, we have resolved to remove from our midst the worst criminal who has ever infested our county before. He gets tbe ‘benefit of clergy,’ that we may hereafter and forever - live and be without his presence and vicious iqfluence. We heartily welcome all strangers to citizenship who are pure of purpose and act in good fatth, but we give this to the world as a warning to ex-convicte and murderers who may hereafter invade ouf country to impose on our credulity. We ala? give warning that any person or persons of an s rank or station who dare to discover the actor# in this tragedy will be surely and speedily dispatched to hell, where all things are revealed.t# the carious. In justice to the memory of Sarah Graham, a loving wife and dear motner, whose life was sacrificed at the altar of Hecate, we subscribe ourselves, “Citizens of Greene County, Missouri. “To Sheriff Donnell: Keep your mouth shut if you recognize any of us, or you will die the death of a dog.” Sheriff Donnell tells the following story: “I was in bed asleep when thsjr came. Eve since Graham has been in Jail tot the murder I have bad a guard who comes on at midnight and remains until daylight, while I remain up until midnight myself. This guard is R. W. Douglas. He was up when the mob came. Tbe first thing I knew 1 heard them coming in, and as soon ns I could jump out of bed and put on my pants they were passsiug into the room, holding Douglas tight and fast. Two big fellows —and they were big ones, too —grabbed my bands, while twe others caught me behind. I never saw so many shotguns and navies before in my life, and they handled them in a way that was too careless foi comfort All the men wore cloth mask a One of them SAid: “ ‘I want tbe keys.’ “ ‘I haven’t got them,’ I replied. “There is no use of being foolish about the business," said the masked party. “We are friends, but we want Graham, and we are going to have him.” ‘•They then went to the bureau drawer where I kept the keys, but it was locked. They took the key to the drawer freyn my wife, and then, opening the drawer, they took out a bunch of keys, and, leaving two men to guard me, they took Douglass out with them and went back tr the m- i suppose they were gone about Gw minutes, and when they came back Douglas# came in and gave me the keys. 1 diin’t&e# Graham when they took him out. I should think there were twenty-five in the room. When they were ready to leavo they released me and skipped.” Following are the main points of Graham's confession, which caused tbe lynching this morning. The confession was mado Feb. 28: I walked with her down to the Gulf depot, and agaiu tried to induce hor to go to Kansas City. I could do nothing with her, and I started to walk out to the Molloy farm. I thought she would surely never attempt to walk the five miles that night, but she followed right after me. |I left the Gulf depot about &3i) or 9 o'ctock p. m., and walked the entire distance to the farm. It was probably 1:39 a. M., Thursday* Oct 1, when the farm pasture gate was reached. At this point I stopped end said: “Now, >