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•aid Mr. Allerton was the chairman of the committee that engaged the Pinkerton men, aad was there to explain his action. Mr. Allerton then said the Pinkerton men were engaged because they had no sheriff or governor who coaid be depended upon in case of an outbreak. Mr. Barry suggested that there was no danger of an outbreak. This Messrs. Allerton and Armour denied. Mr. Armour expressed sym pathy for the men locked out, and expressed fear that the strike would end in bloodshed. Mr. Barry said he was unable to see how the Packers’ Association could refuse a settlement of a slight technicality when such great interests were involved. A messenger banded Mr. Armour a telegram announcing that the last batch of Knights tn his employ had been cailed out He road the message aloud, and, tearing the paper into ehreds, closed the interview with the remark, “It’s ten hours or nothing.” Delegate Barry will shortly leave the city for his home in Detroit and from there will go to Richmond to report the result of his mission to the Kniehts of Labor convention for their action in the matter. Itis expected that a boycott of Chicago beef and pork will bo declared by the Knights. To-night the force of Pinkerton detectives at the stockyards was considerably increased, and detectives were- also put on guard at the residences of. prominent packers ou Michigan avenue. THE KNIGHTS’ ASSEMBLY. The Report on the Southwestern Strike—The Co-Operative Board Completed. Richmond, Va., Oct. 15.—When the General Assembly, Knights of Labor, went into session this morning, at 9 o'clock, the first business to be completed was the election of the remaining general officers, two members of the general cooperative board. It was expected that this would tako but a short time, and that the consideration of the report ou the revision of the constitution, presented by the committee on law, would be resumed. This, in turn, was to be followed by reports from other committees, nearly ail of which are ready to report. Among the first to be presented is the report of the committee on the state of the order, of which Ralph Beaumont is chairman. The report indorses the report of the committee on legislation, of which Beaumont is also chairman, and recommends that the supplementary report of the same committee, in which a plan for a congress, composed of representatives of the Knights of Labor, to be established at Washington, be sent out to all the local assemblies for their approval. Mr. Beaumont is daily in receipt of letters, both from Knights of Labor and others, commending his idea. The committee on the state of the order also indorses the general master workman’s address to the General Assembly, and recommends the indorsement of the report of Charles H. Litchman, special agent, appointed by the general master workman to represent the order before the congressional committee appointed to investigate the cause and effect of the Southwestern railroad strike. In his report, Mr. Litohman recites that hearings were held at ▼arions places in Texas and Arkansas, and says: “The testimony in behalf of the railroad was mainly to show what great damage had been caused by the strike to the railroad property and commerce; that it had been begun on a frivolous pretext, without real cause, and that the Order of the Knights of Labor was directly responsible for all damage done and all acts of violence committed. With the unlimited resources at their command, it was comparatively easy for the railroad officials to carefully drill their witnesses in a line of statements which should fit each other, and this preliminary drilling was painfully apparent in the testimony given. Like • lot of parrots, they all ochoed the statement that the only cause they hail ever heard assigned for the Btrike was the discharge of a man named Hall, at Marshall, Tex. The ludicrous tameness of this reply finally upset the dignity of the committee after being repeated some sixty times, never failing to bring a broad smile to their faces. In the testimony presented on behalf of the order, we endeavored to show that the contract of 1885 had been persistently broken, and that a long line of grievances bad been suffered, complained of and considered by the districts involved, and that when the dis trict assembly was in session at Marshall matters culminated in the dischargeof Brother C. A. Hall upon a flimsy pretext.” As an exposition of the case from the standpoint of the men who struck, the testimony before the committee at Parsons, Tex., by Edward B. Hollis, one of the strikers, is quotod. Concluding his report, Mr. Litchman says: 4 *The testimony of other witnesses at various f laces was corroborated by that of Brother lollis, and showed conclusively the existence jf valid reasons of complaint, and a system of petty tyranny on the part of railroad underbosses, which was beyond the power of human forbearance to patient y endure. All through the investigation one fact was plainly shown, which could not fail to gain the admiration of all, and that was the unswerving loyalty of the members, in obedience to the orders of their superiors, when the word to strike came. In many instances the question was asked: ‘Would you strike again under similar circumstances]’ •Most assuredly yes,’ waa the unfailing reply. I cannot but think, ns the result of my investigation, that the railroad company had its spies in our assemblies and was fully informed of every move made and the action contemplated. Knowing that the discontent existing would soon provoke a conflict, the company quetly massed a large surplus of helD in that section and held them in readiness for an emergency. The company was better prepared than the men. I have no doubt that the claim of Brother Hollis is correct—that the Knigits had good reason to believe the engineers would join them, for a prominent railroad official told me personally that the road fully expected that the engineers would join the Knights, and had quietly arranged to bring engineers from a distance to take their places. ‘Pprtunately,' he said, *we were able to make an arrangement by which the engineers remained loyal, and the men from a distance were not needed.’ Perhaps an opportune visit of P. M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, to the Southwest, just at that time, may have been referred to. It is easy enough now to say that the strike was ill-timed, ill advised anu badly managed. It is easy enough now to make Martin Irons a ecanegoat, and say he orderod the strike without authority; but the truth is that every local assembly voted to give the district board power to demand an adjustment of the grievances complained of and the reinstatement of Brother Hall. If the board erred in acting prematurely and without proper consultation with the general executive board, or the knowledge of the resources they could command to carry on the strike, the disastrous failure of the strike is sufficient punishment, without any harsh criticism from me. “Among the interesting facts developed in the course of the investigation was the existence of a black-list, upon which were placed the names of all persons discharged. There is reason to believe that these black-lists are interchanged among the railroads, thus making it difficult for a man discharged by one road to get employment upon another.” Mr. Litchman adds that he purposely submits the report without recommendation, and says he acknowledges with gratitude the consideration witn which he was treated by the congressional Committee. . C. T. Schlieber, of Massachusetts, and ,T. M. Broughton, of Raleigh, N. C., were elected members of the general co operative board. David R. Gibson, of Hamilton, Ontario, was elected Canadian supply agent His duty is to receive supplies of printed documents of all kinds in bulk and distribute them to local assemblies throughout Canada. This completed the full eorps of general officers, and tneir installation immediately followed. * >ow< * er, ?> addressing the General Assembly expressed full confidence in the men elected, and pledged himself to the faithful performance of the duties intrusted to him. He urged upon the assembly the importance of temperance, and asked them to endeavor to impress the importance of this subject on the various local assemblies. He called attention to the fact that not one of the general officers elected at this General Assembly used intoxicating liquors. Each of the general officers then foriDAlly pledged himself to total abstinence from intoxicating liquors during his two-years' term

of office. The general master workman installed all the officers elected. None of them made speeches.

The following resolution was presented by Delegate Barrett, of Pennsylvania. Whereas, reports have been circulated and impressions have been created by the press of the country regarding the position of the Knights of Labor upon the question or social equality: and, Whereas, we believe tne welfare of the order in the South requires that this Oeneral Assembly takp such action as will dispell these wrong impressions, therefore, Risolved, That the organization of Knights of Labor promises the eivil and political equality of all men, and in the broad field of labor recognizes no distinction on account of color, but it has no purpose to interfere with or dilrupt the social relation which may exist between different races in various portions of the country. This resolution was adopted without debate. Mr. Powderly, when asked whether the assembly would be able to adjourn this week, said it was impossible to say. A committee has been appointed to make arrangements for securing another hall, in case the assembly cannot continue in session in Armory Hall, if the sessions should! be prolonged into next week. The secretary-treasurer's report is an 'in te resting one, as it snows the exact membership of the order up to July I, and its enormous growth. The following extracts are significant: On Sept 1 the balance in the treasury of the order was $132,800, of which SIOB,OOO is to the credit of the general executive board as trustee. With this accumulated fund, which will be still greater next year, Mr. Turner suggests that permanent quarters for the order be built. According to the report the number of assemblies organized from July 1, 1885, to June 30, 1886. was more than the aggregate number organized during the previous sixteen years of the order's existence. Assemblies are now being organized at the rate of 300 per month, and Mr. Turner says there is every reason to believe that the membership of the order will be 2,000,000 at the end of 1887. For the year ending June 30, 1886, the number of local assemblies is 4,068; reorganized, 210; lapsed, 117. Number of district assemblies organized, 46; reorganized, 2; lapsed, 3. Number of members in good standing. 702,924; in arrears, 26,753. Total number of members. 729,677. Minneapolis, Minn., has been selected as the place for holding the next annual convention of the General Assembly. This was determined on this afternoon, after a long and tedious cod test. The latter part of the afternoon session was occupied iu discussing the scheme of delegate Barry, of Detroit, to establish a central labor organ newspaper. To-morrow morning the discussion of the proposed newspaper will be continued, and the appeals from the executive board will be taken up if possible. Adjournment to-morrow is not thought at all probable. Members of the executive board anticipate that the session will run into next week, yet at the same time they say the delegates can, and are liable at any time to force an adjournment sine die. There is a feeling that little actual work has so far been done, and that, with so much before the convention, it would be a waste of time and money to adjourn now. A Scathing Review of the Work. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Va., Oct. 15.—This morning's Whig devotes a column and a half to a review of the proceedings of the Knights of Labor General Assembly, and closes with a most severe and scathing reproach. The article is largely composed of an interview with a displeased delegate, and is headlined thus: “AUTOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY. “Remarkable Remarks of a Knight of Good Standing. “He Says that the General Assembly Has Sounded the Death Kuell of the Order.” The Whig says that but half a day out of the ten days of the convention has been devoted to actual business, the rest of the time going to biokeriugs, jockeying, electioneering and scheming for the offices, and that the remainder of the session will be consumed in this work; that delegates who had the good of their contituents at heart would not do as they have done here; that there are intrigues to control the offices which will eventually ruin the organization, etc. The delegate interviewed, the Whig *says, has been a member of trades-unions for nearly forty years, a member of the Knights of Labor for eight years, and has three times been sent to the general conventions. He read some extracts from his declarations, as follows: “This convention will linger long in the minds of all who have attended it for the acrimony, selfishness and political scheming which has characterized its proceedings. I will give the organization just three more years, by the watch, in which to live, and I will tell you why 1 say three years more. The proceedings here leading to and growing from the election of officers have convinced me, and have convinced a majority of the honest delegates, that it will not take more than a year to dissolve the organization after the next general election of officers. That will occur two years hence. In all the officers elected up to noon to day there is not a single man who has worked a lick as a laborer within ten years, and all of them are professional organizers for what money there is in it. The organization of Knights of Labor grew out of trades-unions. It began by amalgamating them, and as soon as it grew strong enough commenced to strangle them. Although owing its strength to trades-unions.it is a more violent enemy to them at this moment than combined capital and the oppression of monopoly. Whenever it fails to force a trades union into its organization, it sets about to break it down. It is a pirate on the great sea of labor and individual rights.” The indignant Knignt reviews, in this vein, the work for the offices, the politics and politicians in the ordor beginning two years ago, and concludes: “The great bulk of the delegates are sincere men. They came here to honestly represent their constituents, but there are enough plotters to defeat their purpose and wreck the organization. Spoils, politics, religion and selfishness will do it. Tom Maguire has his scalping knife drawn, and No. 49 will lead the fight. The dead beats must go; and, mind you, when the leeches are withdrawn, there will be such a gaping wound exposed that the order will bleed to death. Figuratively speaking, three-fourths of the delegates have knives in their sleeves and chips on their shoulders. Unless there is a wonderful reformatiou the Richmond convention will prove the death knell to the Knights of Labor.” The article altogether attracts a good deal of attention among the Knights and is the subject of general comment. I’owderly and the Trades-Union Element. Richmond Specinl in Philadelphia Press. It is impossible for any ono to have a higher appreciation of Mr. Powderly’s many excellent qualities of mind and heart than I have. His attitude on the drink question, on the question of race and his general good sense as a leader of this organization has won for him tho respect of thousands who are opposed to many of the methods of the Knights of Labor. This just recognition of his good qualities, however, ought not to exempt him from fair criticism on account of the mismanagement of this convention. To a very large extent he will be held responsible, not only by the public and those who watch his movements from the outside, but by a very respectable minority within the order, which he has undertaken to govern with a rod of iron. At the Cleveland convention the trades unions pleaded their cases from the outside. They assembled in Philadelphia, and submitted propositions to the Knights of Labor. What was the result! Practically this: “Let us meet harmoniouslv,” said Mr. Powderly. “and reason together.” The trades-union element had a right to suppose this rneaut fair dealing, aud hence the representatives came to Richmond expecting fair treatment within the order. Did they get it? The tradesunionists claim not. They have been ignored ontirely, and in the make-up of committees their leaders have been left out in the cold. Foster, McNeil, Carleton, Barrett, Barry. Mayer, Buchanan are practically left without an important committee, while such men as Litchman, Turner, McGuire, Beaumont, Hayes and. Bailey are running the organization. It was in Mr. Powderly’s hands to mete out justice to the trades-union element, but for reasons best known to himself he has refused to do it. That they will calmly submit to this treatment is not likely. The two first hamed in

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the list of delegates, whose words were onoe a power in the organization, have the ability and power to bring about a real confederation of the the trades-unions of this country, which menace the Knights of Labor and rob them of the element they can least afford to lose. In the face of this, will the ruling powers force through their present programme? At adjournment of the convention to-day the first part had gone through without a break. The completion will be to so change the constitution as to make the local assemblies elect a certain set of managers to the district assemblies and enable these managers to elect a State assembly, while the managers of the State assembly will send in turn their managers to the General Assembly, two-thirds of which body, according to Mr. Powderly’s ruling on Tuesday, can control the organization absolutely. If this plan is adopted in the interest of managers aud against the interests of tiadesand the executive committee, as B';ated is put through, there will be serious trouble r Head for Mr. Powderly and the Knights of Labur. This is not said for sensational purposes; it is not said in a spirit of captiousness because of the master workman’s foolish treatment of the newspapers of the country, but. it is said by one anxious to see the Knights of Labor make the most of their opportunities and not disappoint the best friends of the order. Thinking men, delegates, too, who hava sat day after day in Armory Hall watching with disgust the narrow aims of those who surround Mr. Powderly and seemingly have his ear and confidence, declare they will stand this no longer. They are prepared to SDeak out on the inner workings of the convention, on the motives of the controlline spirits, and to dissect some of the hollow mockeries who are now posing as leaders of labor and friends of t.ie workingmen. These men scout all the secrecy and mystery with which tne Knights of Labor have surrounded themselves, and declare it is merely for the purpose of the better furthering of their own plans. “All is harmonious,” savsMr. Powderly, when he knows the organization is metaphorically resting upon a volcano that may burst forth before the delegates gather together their gripsacks and depart from Richmond. OTHER LABOR NEWS. The Switchmen’s Strike Progressing in the Same Old Regulation Way. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 15.—Superficially, the situation among the various railroads iu MiuneapoHs and St. Paul has developed no new features to-day especially differing fr m the regular progress of such events wherever they occur. The switchmen on the Minneapolis roads are still out, and were joined this afternoon by their colaborers in the St. Paul yards. The managers maintain their position, aud as fast as possible are engaged in securing new men. Some trouble has been caused by the strikers uncoupling cars, and the city police have been called out to assist in maintaining order. In the lower eastern yard, this afternoon, three freight cars were ditched by strikers, and an attempt made to “kill” an engine, but it was frustrated. Trains going out of Minneapolis are guarded by special police till far beyond the yard limits. The managers of the roads met this afternoon and resolved to make no concessions to the demands of the men. * Property in Cigar Labels. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 15. —In the Circuit Court, to-day, in the case of the Cigar-makers’ Union against an individual for counterfeiting a label placed on union-made cigars, Judge Phelps decided against the defendant, stating that the label is the pronerty of the Cigarmakers’ Union, tho igh the body may not be incorporated nor exist in the form of a partnership. The case is new, aud is almost without precedent. THE DELUGE AT SABINE TASS. [Concluded from First Page.] morning of the 14th, an energetic center had formed in the vicinity of Davenport, threatening dangerous winds in its passage down the lakes. Subsequent reports from its route, and especially those from Canadian stations, this morning, indicate that this storm has been one of the most remarkable severity. The track of the storm center has been lost, the telegraph lines being down, but it is thought that terrific winds are prevalent along the St. Lawrence valley and in the St. Lawrence gulf. The people on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico were given about forty hours’ notice of the coming"* l ?!? their storm. It is doubtful—the returns not yet being in hand—whether Chicago signals were displayed before the storm reached that place, but all points east of Chicago were given ample notice. THE GALE AT BUFFALO. Six Lives Lost and a Vast Amount of Monetary Damage Inflicted. Buffalo, Oct 15.—The gale which visited Buffalo last night did a vast amount of damage. For a time the wind reached a velocity of seventy miles an hour. On the lake front, in the vicinity of what is known as the sea wall, forty small houses were totally destroyed by wind and water, and their occupants had to fly for their lives. Several persons are known to have perished, amone them a sailor named Charles Mitchell and an old man named John Edmunds. The bodies of two children were recovered this morning; also, two bodies which are unknown at preseut, on the Hamburg turnpike, near the city. Twenty or thirty families have been rendered destitute, and an appeal for aid has been issued. Throughout the city many buildings were damaged. The most, serious damage was sustained by the splendid new music hall, in course of construction. A large section of the rear wall, which was nearly readv for the roof, was blown down w ith a terrific crash, shaking houses in the vicinity like an earthquake. The damage to the building is estimated at $12,000. and work on the structure will be greatly delayed. Mrs, Roberts’s saloon and boarding-house, on the turnpike road, was carried about five hundred feet, aud tho family were rescued from the building by the police. The officers also found a family named Quinn up a tree. Their house had been demolished. Their hired man, named .John Edmunds, who could not climb the tree, was drowned. Another house on the turnpike was carried away, and the family are missing. The scenes on tho beach this morning, from tho foot of Ganson street for half a mile or more to the east, baffled - description. People were passing in crowds over heaps of wrecked houses and along the beach near the sea wall, whpre the' houses had stood on piles. Os the forty or more houses that stood on that part of the island yesterday, but three or four remain intact. Death from the Bite of a Spider. Special to tue Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Ind., Oct 15.—A Mr. Breeden, living on Locust creek, in Trimbie county, Kentucky, about two miles from the river, above this city, died yesterday from the effects of a spider bite on the hand, received on last Saturday. The arm was swollen to an enormous size, and he suffered greatly from the time of receiving the bite until death relieved him. The poison was so virulent that the flesh dropped from his arm as the corpse was being placed in the coffin. The neighborhood is said to be infested with such numbers of this poisonous species of insect as to cause the inhabitants great anxiety. Steamship News. New York, Oct. 15.—Arrived: Baltic-, from Liverpool. Queenstown, Oot. 15.—Arrived: Adriatic, from New York. Southampton, Oct 15.—Arrived: Aller, from New York for Bremen. Theodore Roosevelt for Mayor of New York. New York, Oct 15.—The Republican county convention, to night, nominated Theodore Roosevelt for Mayor by acclamation. “Neither a borrower nor a lender be;” but take your own twenty-five cents, and go around to your own druggist and buy yourself a bottle of Salvation Oil for your sprains, aches and pains.

OUT-DOOR SPORTS. Two Trotting Races and a Running Race at Terre Haute. Tebre Haute, Ind., Oct 15.—The following is the result of the races to-day. The first race was for a puree of S4OO, for three-year-olds: Nettle Leaf 3 112 1 Diatonic 1 2 2 12 Estella Golddust 2 33 33 Kentucky Hambletonian 4 4 4 dis. Time—2:3s; 2:341*. Second Race—Purse, $000; free for all: Phyllis 1 3 11 Jerome Turner.... 4 12 2 Felix 2 2 4 4 Tom Rogers 3 4 33 Time—2:2o 1 4; 2:19; 2.2014; 2:20*2. Running Race—One mile dash. Won by Dago Ira Bride second. Time, 1:47. Racing at Latonia. Cincinnati, Oct 15.—There was fine weather, the track was in fair condition, and the attendance was good. First Race—Selling; purse S2OO, of which SSO goes to second; for four year-olds and upwards, non-winners; seven furlongs. Watch’Em came in winner; Leas second, Monarch third. Time, 1:31£. Second Race—Selling; purse $250, of which SSO goes to second; for non-winners at this meeting; six furlongs. Swim won by a length; Mattie Corbett second, Probus third. Time, 1:18J. Third Race—Selling; purse S3OO. of which SSO goes to second and $25 to third; mile and a half furlong. Little Fellow won; King George second. Athlone a bad third. Time, 1:52£. Fourth Race—Purse $350, of which $75 goes to second and $25 to third; for tbree-year old nonwinners; one mile. Hattie Carlisle won; Wanderoo second, Hetty S. third. Time, 1:45. Fifth Race—Purse S4OO, of which $75 goes to second and $25 to third; for two-year-olds; five furlongs. Banbure won; Katie A. second, Van third. Time, 1:03£. Base-Ball. Philadelphia, Oct 15.—The Athletic and Metropolitan clubs played off two postponed games this afternoon. They were rather poorly played and uninteresting. The Metropolitans won the first game by outplaying the home team, both at the bat* and in the field. In the second game the Athletics scored a victory by terrific batting. They pounded Lynch for twelve hits, with a total of twenty, in five innings, when the game was railed on account of darkness. Score: Athletics 2 0001010 o—4 Metropolitans 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 *— 8 Earned runs—Athletics, 1; Metropolitans, 2. Home run—Stovev, 1. Two-base hits —Larkin, Meister. Three-base hits—Roseman, Orr, Holbert. Passed balls—O’Brier, 1; Holbert, 4. Wild pitch—Hart. 1. First base on balls—Athletics, 5; Metropolitans, 5. First base hits— Athletics, 6; Metropolitans, 10. Errors —Athletics, 6; Metropolitans, 2. Score of second game: Athletics 5 2 0 2 o—9 Metropolitans 4 0 0 0 o—4 Earned runs—Athletics, 6. Home run—Milligan. Two base hits—Stovey, Larkin, Robinson. Three-base hit—Larkin. Passed ball—Milligan, 1. Wild pitch—Atkisson. 1. First base on balls —Athletics,‘l; Metropolitans, 2. First-base hits —Athletics, 1; Metropolitans, 4. Errors—-Ath-letics, 5; Metropolitans, 5. RUSSIA AND BULGARIA. A Potent Reason Why the Latter Country Will Not Be Occupied by Muscovites. London, Oct 16.—The Post claims authority for stating that, althou?h no explicit agreement has been concluded, England. Austria, Germany and Italy have mutually determined to oppose Russian aggression in Bulgaria. Sweden has also declared her disfavor of Russia’s course, “it is not to be wondered at, therefore/’ says the Post, “that Russia has positively assured Austria and Germany that she does not mean to occupy Bulgaria.” The Telegraph’s Vienna correspondent is informed that 150,000 Russian* soldiers are boing concentrated in the vicinity of Odessa. Mr. Beecher Rouses Clerical Wrath.London, Oct. 15.—Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered an address to-day in Rev. Dr. Parker’s City Temple on “Pulpit Work.” He dwelt upon the aid the newspapers rendered the preacher. A number of questions were asked Mr. Beecher as to his idea of the doctrine of retribution, and his answers caused intense excitement, several divines rising to their feet and loudly protesting against his views. Mr. Beecher retorted that any man believing in retribution who married, entered society, or smiled, was a monster. He preferred working through a fear springing from love than through a fear of the barbaric doctrine of retribution. Italy Preparing for War. London, Oct. 15.—Advices from Rome state that within the past few days eleven Italian regiments have been armed with the latest improved repeating rifle. The work of altering the rifles now in use into repenting rifles is proceeding with all possible dispatch, the factories being kept running night and day. The extreme haste manifested in this work occasions much comment and surprise. Cable Notes. M. Sadi Carnot, French Minister of Finance, has tendered his resignation. He will probably be succeeded by M. Rouvier. At Pesth, yesterday, there were thirty-six new cases of cholera and twenty deaths", and at Trieste eleven new cases and two deaths. Pie iron is quoted at Cleveland, England, at 31s 9d per ton, an advance of 2s 2d since the rise began. Finished iron has risen 2s 6d per ton. Louise Michel writes to the Socialist papers that she will decline a pardon, ifnd will insist upon going to prison unless she is granted full amnesty. The Paris Temps annrtmces that beyond the credits required to alter the infantry rifles and to continue the artillery experiments, General Boulanger will not ask for extraordinary military credits. Abbe Sabouret, of Vionville, is being prosecuted in the Metz court for having had patriotic French hymns sung in his church. The German prosecutor asks that the Abbe bo imprisoned six months. Judgment was deferred Owing to the hostile attitude of some Metz tradesmen during the visit of Crown Prince Frederick William to that city, the German officers resident there have boycotted their shops, acting, it is supposed, on a hint from the German government. The employes of the Paris Revanche, who were arrested on Wednesday for carrying in public lampoons on Bismarck, have been released. M. Poyramont, the director of the paper, will bring an action against the authorities for violation of the press law. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Belvidere, N. J., the jury in the Titus case rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree. Foreman Lake burst into tears after Announcing the verdict. On the first ballot the Jury stood nine to three against the prisoner as guilty of murder in the first degree. Lucy E. Parsons, the colored wife of A R. Parsons, the convicted Chicago Anarchist, addressed a small knot of Cleveland people last night. A hall had been routed, but the proprietor refused to permit her to use it. She will leave to-day for New York, where, she says, she will speak at Cooper Institute. Robert Jamieson, of Detroit, a stone-mason, about twenty-eight years old, was instantly killed, yesterday, by being knocked from a scaffold by a falling stone. He was on a scaffold, twenty-five feet above the ground, repairing an unsafe wall, when a large stone fell out of the wall, crushing his skull and knocking him to the ground, the fall breaking his leg. The National Educational Association will hold its next meeting in Chicago. The selection of the place of meeting was left with the executive committee and with Mr. William E. BheldoOf of Boston, tho president of the association.

Railroad tickets will be sold for the round trip for one fare, plus $2, which will pay for a merabershio ticket in the association, and this in turn will entitle the purchaser of the ticket to have it officially stamped. . The schooner O. M. Bond was wrecked, yesterday, at Rondeau Point, Lake Erie. The vessel and cargo are a total wreck. She was valued at SB,OOO, and carried 22,000 bushels of wheat, with which she left Detroit, on Wednesday, bound for Bnffalo. Paddy Ryan, the mate, and a sailor named James Hughes, were drowned. John B. Green, of Brooklyn, N. Y., by Fred A. Laker, his attorney, filed a petition with the Detroit city clerk, yesterday, asking the ci':y to vacate or pay for all the property occupied by Twenty-third street south of Howard street. Mr. Green claims to have a valid title to this tract, which he estimates to be worth more than SIOO,OOO. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. A Decrease in the Amount of Transactions, but Everything Is Still Very Favorable. New Yoke, Oct 15.—Special telegrams to Bradstreet’s note a moderate check in the movement of general merchandise throughout the country. This appears to be due, in part, to a natural reaction following a season of active trading, and in part to the effect of the late period of unseasonably warm weather. This is notably true at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago and St. Louis. The situation, however, still continues very favorable. with quite a full volume of transactions and a very widespread feeling of confidence in the future. The total bank clearings from thirty cities begin to reflect the chef k to the course of trade, with an aggregate of $1,096,821,644, against $1,205,303,137 last week. The decline on the week is 9 per cent, and the gain, as compared with the second week in October, 1885, is 10 per cent New York lost $76,000,000; Philadelphia, $5,000,000; Boston, $12,000,000; and Chicago, $9,000,000 as compared with last week. The domestic money market, as a whole, has not been quite as stringent as a week ago, Cincinnati particularly reporting money returning from the West The New York stock market has been, in the main, quiet, and with considerable reaction from the higher pressure of the preceding two weeks. Later there was some attempt to revive the “bull” feeling—one stock, Manhattan Elevated, showing a phenomenal advance. The total number of shares of stocks dealt in this week is 2.525,968, against 3.203.719 last week, and 2,859,129 in the corresponding week last year. Bonds have been firm, with advances in some speculative issues. The transactions for the week amounted to $10,107,200, against sll,835,500 last week. Money at New York has been extremely firm, and an increased demand from mercantile sources has kept call loans at from 6 to 7 per cent., as high as 10 per cent, being asked in some instances, with time money scarce and in active demand at 6 per cent. Foreign exchange has been at the gold importing point during the greater part of the week, and while it is firmer to-day, importations of gold are expected. While dry goods have not been quite as active as last week, bleached cottons are $c higher and firm. Print cloths are no more active at the advance. Clothing is being distributed liberally. Southern cotton goods are said to be sold ahead of the supply. Wool is moderately active and prices are easily sustained. The domestic dip is known to be short. Louisville advices are to the effect that the damage to leaf tobacco will not exceed 5 per cent. Breadstuffs are not much stronger. The ate advances do not appear to be permanent. Pig-iron advances, and the demand in the South and West are in excess of those in the East. Failures for the Week. New Yokk, Oct 15.—The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun & Cos., number, for the United States, 160, and for Canada, 19. or a total of 179, a3 compared with a total of 190 last week. Failure at Chicago, Chicago, Oct. 15 —W. H. Miner & Cos., a firm which, at times* ha* had a large business on the Board of Trade, failed to-day. The liabilities are about $50,000. ♦ ,1 Ask the Superintendent Directly, To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Will superintendent of public schools please answer these questions: Why are the principals of Nos. 10 and 26 allowed to open their schools at 8:30 A. M. and Ip. m. when other schools all begin at 8:50 and 1:20? Why is the principal of No. 26 permitted to give dinner pupils but fifteon minutes at noon in the open air? This has been complained of before, and if there isn’t a speedy remedy in that direction there will be a petition from parents go to School Commissioners. A Parent. Those Complaining Os sore throat or hoarseness should use Brown's Bronchial Troches. The effect is extraordinary, particularly when used by singers and speakers for clearing the voice.

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