Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1889 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC. A saloon-keeper at Dupont, 0., was whipped by White Caps. The Civil Service Commission is exam ining alleged irregular appointments of the Minneapolis postmaster. A deputy United States <jt>ll.ector unexpectedly appeared at Guthrie, Ind. T., and arrested twenty-two liquor-sellers, such sales being prohibited. C. G. Sayle has been granted letters of administration upon the-estate of Davis S. Terry, lately killed by Marshal Nagle. The estate is valued at about SIOO,OOO. Bob Younger, the youngest of the noted outlaw Younger brothers, died, Monday night, in the State Prison at Stillwater, Minn. He bad been sick for several months of consumption. During, the absence of the cashier, a bank at Hurley, Wis., was robbed of $40,000. The money was left with the bank by the United States Express Company, which will suffer the loss, as the funds were not

regularly on deposit with the bank. Minister Ryan transmits for the information of the State Department statistics of the value of American machinery imported annually from the United States to Mexico from 1880 to 1887, inclusive, which shows that the exportation grew in value from $462,384, in 1880, to 84,000,000 in 1887. A dispatch from Sacramento, Cal., says: The stage between Forest Hill and Auburn was stopped, Monday morning, by one masked man, who demanded the WellsJ. Fargo Company’s treasure box. The box was given him and he escaped with it. It

is not known how much money he secured. An important railroad decision was rendered at Pittsburg, Thursday, by Judge « Ewina in Common Pleas Court. L. D. B. Reese was expelled from a train of the Pennsylvania road because he refused to pay the 10 cents extra for cash fare, the money to be refunded at any office of the company on presentation of receipt: The Judge held that the 10 cents extra was wrong and so instructed the jury. Reese obtained a verdict for $250. Several weeks ago Deputy Collector Fuller came to Jackson, Mich., to investigate a complaint made .against Carl Eberle, the brewer. He visited the brewery, and caught Charles Haucks in the act of sticking cancelled revenue stamps on beer kegs, and secured about twenty worthless stamps. Haucks was arrested and taken to Detroit. Wednesday morning Deputy Marshal Moore arrested Carl Eberle, who was taken to Detroit, and waived examination to the November term of the United States Court. For some time two young fellows, who made Milford Center,O.,their headquarters have done astonishing business in pianos. They have sold nearly two hundred in this, Champaign, Clark and Madison counties in the past three months. They claim to have secured a lot of first-class pianos in exchange for advertising. They sold them at ridiculously low prices. It is now known that a maker of cheap pianos in New York shipped the men unstenciled pianos, on which they placed the name of the piano wanted by the buyer, as ascertained by an advance visit by one of the men. Ixmis Westergren, of Rockford, 111., aged forty-five, an unmarried cabinet-maker out of work, who had been dissipating for several weeks, committed suicide Monday night. On that evening he dressed himself in his best, blacked his shoes, was shaved, lighted a cigar, walked down to the river, selected a neat grassy spot, laid down on his back, crossed his feet and, drawing a pistol,drove a bullet into his temple. He even tied a handkerchief around his neck with the ends covering his shirt front so that the blood would not soil it. He was found, resting peacefully in death, with the cigar in his mouth and a satisfied look on his face.

At Cincinnati on Sunday night last Manager Fennessey gave a musical entertainment at one of his theaters, and he and others who participated were arrested. It was regarded as an effort to resume Sunday theatrical entertainments. Thursday the cases were heard before Judge Ermston, of the police court, on a demurrer. The court found that the statute clearly prohibited on Sun day any theatrical or dramatic performance as well as various other performances but that it is silent as to a musical performance. The rule requiring criminal statutes to be strictly construed prevents making a musical performance a crime or misdemeanor by implication, and hence the defendants were dismissed. This will open the theaters to Sunday concerts if they choose to try them.

FOREIGN. A letter signed “Jack the Ripper” has been received at a London news agency, in which the writer states that in about a week another murder will be added to the | ist of Whitechapel horrors. The elections in France occurred, Sunday, with no disturbances. The Republicans made large gains, and Boulangerism received another backset. Re-ballots are necessary in a third of the districts. The government is charged with unfairness K counting the Boulanger vote.

MRS. HAMILTON CONVICTED. The Wife of Robert Ray Hntnilton Sent to \ __:_lPrison for Two Years. Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton, who stabbed her nurse girl at Atlantic City, N. J., four weeks ago, was convicted and sentenced to the penitientary for two years. The cause of the stabbing was a quarrel with her husband th whiqh the nurse girl took part, and upon Mr. Hamilton leaving the room she assaulted the girl. Mrs. Hamilton was a woman of bad character and during her imprisonment awaiting trial detectives, under Inspector Byrnes, of New York, unraveled a plot the denouement of which is equaled only in Action. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the family of which Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s first Secretary of the Treasury, was the founder. He was a member of the New York Legislature, a railroad president, is , ‘wealthy, and heretofore was an honored and respected citizen. He met the woman whom he afterward married in a house of prostitution, and* she in league with her lover named JBsh Mann, and the lovey's mother, a Mrs. Swinton,

concocted a scheme whereby Hamilton would be induced or forced to marry her. An infant was procured frogi a mid-wife, and the woman palmed it off upon Hamilton as his child, and appealing to his sense of honor and his duty to his offspring, she persuaded him to.consent to the marriage. They were married, and it has since been shown that thewoman continued her relations with the said Josh Mann, for whom she took money from her husband. Mr. Hamilton seemed completely unconscious of his wife’s infidelity and bad character until friends employed detectives to look into the matter. They had a cottage at Atlantic City, N. J., where they had been spending the summer. Hamilton had settled $5,000 a year upon his wife for household expenses while he was away from home on business. But having arranged his affairs so that he could be at home, he was discussing with her the project of with drawing the $5,000 and paying the family expenses himself. This angered Mrs. Hamilton, and she assaulted him. The nurse girl, Mary Ann Donally, interfered, and Mr. Hamilton left the room to procure aid in subduing Mrs. Hamilton, she being drunk at the time. While he was absent she stabbed the nurse girl. The closing scenes of the trial at May’s Landing, Thursday, were dramatic. She was taken to the Trenton Prison, Saturday morning, in company with a half dozen other criminals convicted at this term of court.

POLITICAL. lowa Democrats, Wednesday, nominated Horace Bois, for Governor; S; L. Bestow, of Chariton, for Lieutenant governor: Judge W. H. Brannon, of Muscatine, for Supreme Judge (long and short terms): Thomas Irish, of Dubuque, for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and David Morgan, of Poweschiek, for Railroad Commissioner. The platform adopted indorses the national platform made by the Democracy,at St. Louis,in 1888; denounces the tariff as unjust to all classes, but especially to the farmers; favors the Australian system of voting and the doctrine of State and national control of the railroads; denounces the action of the present administration in ruling that “the dishonorable discharge of a soldier from the service of the United States is no bar to a pension,” and also favors liberal pensions to all soldiers injured in the line of duty.

A reporter, Thursday, asked ex-Presi-dent Cleveland for his opinion on the action of several recent Democratic State conventions in approving the tariff-reform plank of the last National Democratic Convention. Mr. Cleveland expressed himself as much pleased with these evidences that the attitude of the Democratic party on this question was still courageous, consistent and aggressive. He thought that the careful examination of the tariff question by the people was bearing good fruit, and that all indications pointed to the triumph of the Democratic party’s view of the subject. He added: “If among those counted as Democrats there are found timid souls not well grounded in the faith,who long for the flesh pots of vaccillating shifts and evasions, the answer to their fears should be, ‘party honesty is party expediency. ” The Herald says that Carl Schurz is the candidate of the County Democracy for the late Congressman Cox’s seat. Many candidates are in the field, however. New Jersey Republicans, Tuesday, nominated Gen, C. B, Grubb for Governor.

TITHES IN WALES. The bitter feeling in Wales over the tithe question shows no sign of abatement. The opposition to the payment of the tithes is deeply rooted, and has its origin in the fact that, though the benefits for which this tax was an equivalent have long since ceased to be shared by the people, all complaints and efforts to secure a repeal’or reduction of the burden have been disregarded by the government. The office of tithe collector is just now by no means an easy one to fill, nor even a safe one. In various places streets and houses are barricaded, and it is a task of great difficulty for the collector to reach the persons of whom they are to .demand tithes. They aro then likely to find that those whom they are seeking have fled, as the approach of the official is heralded from afar by means of guns and horns, the inhabitants all working together in their resistance to what they consider oppression.

KILLED IN A PRIZE FIGHT. A Shocking Story From St. Louis—A Boy Killed. A brutal prize-fight occurred at St. Louis Monday night in the saloon of the Daly Brothers, local bruisers of considerable note, which has resulted in the death of one of the participants. Thomas E. Jack son, aged eighteen years, is the victim. He fought Ed. Ahearn, local light-weight champion, eleven bloody rounds, and at the opening of the twelfth fell fainting in his second’s arms. Blood was brought in the first round, more of it in the second, and by the time half a dozen rounds had been fought the men and their seconds were covered with blood, as was the sawdust on the floor of the ring, while the water with which the fighters were sponged was as red as blood itself. When Jackson fell unconscious in his second’s arms he was carried to a room above the Dalys’ saloon and three physicians called in. They worked vigorously but without avail, and at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning Jackson died. The affair has created intense excitement, as prominent people will likely become involved. The referee was the sporting editor of a leading morning paper. The spectators were principally pool-alley sports, who made up a purse of S3O, for which the men, or rather boys, contested. Twoounce hard gloves were used. Bob Farrell and Charley Daley seconded Ahearn and Steve Burns and Mike Mooney looked after Jack. r »>n. Tho fight started at midnight End the eleven bloody rounds can be described as wholly without science,and give and take, with blood everywhere about the 1 ring, until Jackson succumbed. j Chief Huebier has ordered the arrest of all parties concerned in tac affair. >

REVENUE REDUCTION. Southern members of the House of Representatives deny that they intend to make any special demand for legislation on that part of their section of country. With one voice they say it is. their purpose to work for legislation of equal importance to every section. They are extremely anxious to have the tobacco tax abolished, but they do not intend to ask it as a consideration for voting in favor of any one for Speaker for the one, if no other reason > that they do not consider it necessary: They say the Republican party is pledged to do this, and Mi reports about demands they will make in the formation of committees are fabricated. Almost immediately after the House is organized and the committees announced—surely on the first call of the States for the introduction of bills—a bill will be passed to abolish the tobacco tax. The committee on ways and means will be expected to report tins from its ferat regular meeting, as the propriety of doing so has long since been settled. It sconsideration

by the House will be demanded very early. As this will be the basis of the future action on the revenues, and Will, in a large measure, govern a large revision of the tariff, it is expected to consume much time; but it is expected to pass before any positive step is taken on a tariff bill. Then Congress will know exactly how much tariff revision the revenues of the country Can stand. ' Republicans generally believe that the work of reforming the tariff will proceed by piece-meal—that is, it will be done by specific bills, affecting only one article at once. For instance, sugar will be worked upon byitself. Then, if it is advisable to go further into a reduction of the revenues, other articles will be taken up by themselves. Bills will be introduced by the hundreds on every phase of the tariff, thus

going round the old way of proceeding with a general bill affecting almost every article an the list. If the tobacco tax is abolished there will not be more than half the present latitude for work on the customs laws. If half the sugar tax is removed the incomes will be reduced to about the minimum. General Browne,one of the oldest and most influential members of the House, and an experienced member of the committee on ways and means, was the first to advance the idea of specific Legislation on the tariff, and the suggestion is being almost universally indorsed. Be the work done as it may, there will be no more lengthy committee hearings and long bills.

WASHINGTON NOTES. Washington City is becoming a national Gretna Green. Marriage licenses are easily obtained there, and elopements are numerous in consequence. Congressman Samuel J. Randall, with his family,*lß now, and has been nearly all summer, at Wallingford, Pa. Mr. Randall is suffering again from his old enemy, the gout. He will, however, be on hand at the convening of the House. The Secretary of War has decided to accept the offer of the Indian Rights Association to purchase a tract of land in North Carolina for Geronimo’s band of Indians, now confined at Mount Vernon barracks, and to establish them there in a more civilized mode of life.

The estimated requirements of the sinking fund for the present year are $48,000,000. The total amount already applied to this purpose since the beginning of the sis cal year, by the purchase of bonds, is $32,940,573. The principal of these bonds was $27,237,600, and the premium paid $5,702,973. The expenditures on account of the bonds included $24,257,541 for $19,053,350 four-per-cents, and $8,683,032 for $8,184,250 four-and-a-halfs. There is yot about $15,000,000 required for sinking-fund purposes. Secretary Windom Tuesday appointed Robert H. Terrell, of Massachusetts, chief of the navy pay division of the Fourth Auditor’s office, vice Mr. Martin, of Alabama, resigned. The new appointee is a colored man. He is a graduate of Howard University and is at present engaged as a teacher in the colored normal school at Washington. Terrell is the son of Harrison Terrell, the faithful servant of General Grant, who was with him during his last illness, and who is now a messenger in the War Department.

Secretary Windom has decided that in the purchase of silver for coinage into standard silver dollars he will hereafter accept the lowest offers for the amount required, provided the price is within the market rate as required by low. This reveises the practice of the Department under the last administration of making counter offers, and is a return to the practice which prevailed prior to 1885. The change in the practice is said to be due to representations by bankers and others that the practice of making counter offers was in effect an attempt by the Government to “bear” the silver market by forcing down the market rate. Secretary Windom, in speaking of the matter Thursday said this action meant nothing more than appeared on the surface, and was not to be understood as indicating any change in the policy of the administration in the matter of the coinage of silver.

DISASTERS IN JAPAN. ‘— ' ~~ “*,■■;'* .... • Ten Thousand Lives Lost by Recent Floods—A Destructive Land Slide. Advices from Japan place the total number of persons drowned in the flood of Aug. 20, in the city of Wakayumo, and in the districts of Minamihmuro, Mighasi-Muro, Nishi-Muro and Pidajca, at 10,000, and the number of persons receiving relief at 20,424. The riverCinokuni swelled from fourteen to eighteen feet above its normal level, and the embankments and the city of Iwahashi were washed away. Immediately the village and about fortyeight other hemlets were covered by the raging waters. On the morning of Aug. 19, an enormous mass of earth fell from the mountahi near the village of Tennokawa, stopped the course of the river of the same name, and which being already swoolen greatly, submerged the village and drowned nearly all the inhabitants. A number of the villagers belonging to Tsujido took refuge in their temple, which was on high ground, but when the land slide occurred about fifty persons were buried alive.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The Democrats at Indianapolis have nominated Judge Thomas L. Sullivan for Mayor and C. B. Swift for Clerk. A monstrosity in the shape cf a calf with four eyes, four nostrils and four ears, and a mouth like a fish.is exciting the citizens of Jennings township, this xranty. It belongs to a Mrs. Brown, and a large number of people have gone to see iti | Mrs. William Saddler, of Springfield , township, Lagrange county, was struck by i lightning at the bedside of her son, who : was lying ill at the time. She was seriously though not fatally injured. The bed was wrecked by the bolt, but the boy escaped injury. John Hart, a colored “trusty” at theJef fersonville prison, escaped Tuesday evening, and has not been recaptured. He worked at the warden's residence, and, going up to Steward Sam Montgomery's room, discarded his convict garb, and putting on a slo’pair of pants, and a shirt, coat and vest, took his departure. He had thirteen months to serve.

Tuesday morning while Everett Bailey,of Monrovia, was unloading some empty barrels at the I. & V. depot, he unthoughtedly knocked the hot ashes out of his pipe into the bung-hole of a gasoline barrel, which caused an explosion that was heard for two miles around, blowing the barrel to atoms and the young man about fifteen feet, fortunately doing him very little injury. Acting upon the opinion of the city attorney that the saloon license law is unconstitutional, the City Council, at Terre Haute, Tuesday night, refused to pass the two hundred and fifty aollat ordinance. The city attorney’s opinion was based on the fact that the law repealed theone hundred dollar law by implication only, whereas the Constitution requires that the law to be repealed, must be incorporated in the repealing act. Wm, E. Curtis, the special agent of the Department of State, who has charge of the arrangements for the international American Congress, is receiving requests from numerous cities in Indiana to have a visit from the Congress when it goes to Indianapolis. Mr. Curtis says he has promised that if the Congress can visit any city in the State outside of Indianapolis it will be Muncie, where the progress made by the development of natural gas is to be viewed. Elijah Gunn, a well-known Elkhartian,

realized that he was under the weather a few days ago, but instead of consulting a regular physician he visited a “Christian science” healer, and was treated by him. He refused medical assistance, but continued with the Christian science man until Thursday, when Gunn’s death took place, the result, it is understood, of neglect. Physicians say his sickness at the outset was insignifleent, and that regular treatment would have brought him around in a day or two. At an early hour Thursday morning a morose-looking couple were seen wandering aimlessly about the streets of Windsor, Ontario. Later in the day their dead bodies were discovered lying side by side in what is known as the old nursery grounds. Therman had been shot through the heart, evidently by her companion, and an ugly wound in the man’s forehead disclosed the cause of his death. Their. appearance was that of a country couple in holiday attire, and it is probable they were visitors to the Detroit Exposition. From papers found upon the man his name was evidently Silas Densmore, of Rushville, Ind., and the woman was presumably his wife.

Patents were granted Indiana Inventors Tuesday as follows: James A. Becher, Mishawaka, bolt threading machine; Chas. E. Blosfeld and C. Schnur, Mount Vernon, assignors by mesne assignments to said Schnur, foot-warmer; Gharles A. Blume and F. N. Armstrong, said Armstrong assignor to D. Lanum, Colfax, running-gear for vehicles; Alvin B. Clark, assignor of one-half to O. T. Knode, Richmond, bar monica holder; Andrew J. Forsythe and G. L. Gwinn, Kokomo, tension device for fence machines; William B. Heindel, Majenica, clayj fence post; William F. Judy, Indianapolis, type writing machine; Samuel J. Seigfred, Chicago, assignor of two-thirds to F. W. Munson. Logansyort, and L. L. Munson, Chicago, type writing machine; William Tennison, Mt. Vernon, mosquito net frame and sham pillow holder. A number of prominent citizens of Indiana were, Thursday, invested with power by the Governor to represent the State at important gatherings. As delegates to the International American Congress, which convenes at Washington October 2, the appointments were Hugh Hanna, Indian apolis; John H. Bass, Ft. Wayne; Joseph D. Oliver, South Bend; B. F. Masten, Lafayette; John M. Gaar, Richmond; N. T. DePauw, New Albany; William Heilman, Evansville: Adams Earl, Lafayette; A. C. Remy, Indianapolis. Besides these the following representatives of the military interests of the State were appointed delegates to the Congress: D. H, Ranck, Indianapolis; M. S. Blish, Seymour; W. H. Kidder, Terre Haute; Robert Ruston, Evansville; P. O. Harris, Greencastle,and James L. Evans,Noblesville. The Farmers’ National Congress will meet this year on November 13, at Montgomery, Ala. It is customary for the Governor of each State to appoint delegates to the gathering. In pursuance of this custom the Governor has appointed as delegates R. M. Lockhart, of Waterloo; Robert Mitchell, of Princeton; James A. Harbison, of Breckenridge ; D. P. Monroe, of Saluda; Uriah Coulson, of Sullivan; J. M. Sankey, of Terre Haute; W. H. Goodwine, of West Lebanon; J. C. Stevens, of Centerville; J. A. Allen, of Rockville; D. J. Terhune, of Linton, and Hesry F. Work, of New Washington. All of these gentlemen who attend the Congresses to which they are appointed will experience the feeling of independence which arises from paying their own expenses. ■

HE DENIES IT.

No Truth tu the Statement that Dectec. tivec Are Guarding tho President. The statement that he was guarded by detectives is denied by the president. He said he never traveled more unattended; that instead of protecting himself from the G A. R., he would turn to them for a guard if he ever needed one.

KICKED INTO FORTUNE.

How a Thrifty Mechanic Out* witted a Big Capitalist. “Speaking of cables,” said a man or the ferryboat in the hearing of a Sar Francisco Examiner reporter, “reminds me of a good one I heard th< other day on the late Charles Crocker You know he was at the head_of the great Market Street cable system and was a close figurer in financial matters. Well, When the Market Street cables were put down the contractors employed Henry root to superintend the construction. There was lots to learn about cable roads in those days, and even after the contractors had turned the road over to Crocker and his associates every day’s run suggested something in the way of improvement. Without any particular understanding Root was kept along to look after things generally, and especially to secure patents on the dozen and one devices which the construction and operation of the road had suggested. He was pa id a small salary, only about SIOO a month, but so loyal was he to the company that when an offer came to him from Denver urging him to take charge of the city’s new cable road at a fat salary he refused it, and went on until he had about perfected his patents. “When he had been thus employed some menths Nir. Crocker came back f rom the East and at once began looking over the expense account and payroll of the cable company, with a view to retrenchment and a more rigid economy. After a time he came to Root’s name. .

“ 'See here,’ said he to his manager, ‘what’s this man Root doing on our pay roll?’ “ ‘Oh, we’ve kept him along looking after various things and arranging about patents.’ “ ‘Well, he has po business here at all,’ said Crocker, sharply. ‘He was employed by the contractors, and when they turned over the road to us his emloyment ceased. Now, I want you to teh Mr. Root that not only will we no longer pay him anything, but that I shall expect him to return to us all the salary he has received since we assumed control of the road.’ “Perhaps you don't think Root was astonished. There he had refused a permanent position at a good salary just because he felt it his' duty to stay by the Market Street company, and of course he had spent the S7OO which he had received from the company in the way of compensation for seven months’ work. It was a big wad of money to the Root of those days, too. and he had a heap of trouble to raise it. But he »tood up all his friends, mortgaged a lot; and finally managed to square himself with Crocker, taking a receipt from that gentleman showing on its lace that he was not in the cable company’s employ for the seven months, and that the money had been wrongfully paid to him. “Then he went on and took out his patents in the name of Henry Root “By and by Crocker, Hallidie and the rest ot the cable men began the organization of their big pool. When they got well along with it Hallidie said one day: ‘See here, Crocker, where are your patents on all these improvements which you people operate? I don’t see your showing. “ ‘Oh, we’ve got ’em somewhere,’replied Crocker, confidentially, but when he came to look into the matter he found he didn’t have ’em by a long shot. He found the patents for some of the most important devices in use on his system were in the name of Root. “He sent for Root “When that thrifty mechanic appealed before the magnate the latter said: •Root there are a lot of devices which we use and which I see are patented in your name. I wish you’d just make them over to the company.’ “ ‘Why?’ asked Root simply. “ ‘You worked them out and patentid them when in our employ, and of course you know that the laws of the state provide that when an artisan takes the time for which an employer pays him to work out a patent the pate cntjbelongs to the employer.’ “ ‘Certainly; I know that’s the law,’ replied Root, in his most respectful bone, ‘but here’s your receipt, Mr, Crocker, which shows that during the time I was at work on these patents I was not in your employ. Now, my dear Mr. Crocker, you can have those patents for just $25,000.’ “Crocker paid. “From Root’s connection with the road he learned of the projected extension out Haight Street, put his $25,000 Into lands along that highway, realized on them when the boom came, made enough to keep the wolf from his door, thus found time to perfect a cable system of his own, forced them to take him into the pool and is enjoying a rajah’s income from it now, “There’s a man absolutely kicked into a fortune.”

Bachelor Buttens.

Before you lay the button on the cloth, put the thread through so that the knot will be on the right side. That leaves it under tho button, and prevents it from being worn or ironed away, and thus b eginning the loosening process. Then, before you begin sewing, lay a large pin across the butI ton so that all your threads will go over I the pin. After you have finished filling , the holes with thread draw out the pin and wind your thread round and round :beneath the button. That makes a | compact stem, to sustain the possible pulling and wear of the buttonhole. It is no exaggeration to say that my , buttons never come off, and I’m sure, yours won’t if you use my method of sewing.—Youth’s Companion.

Smokeless Powder.

The trial of smokeless powder by the field artillery of the Twelfth Saxon corps recently in its maneuvers before the king of Saxony at Zeithain-Roderau was perhaps the most conclusive yet attempted. After several hours of ribnonading the air over the battle round was perfectly clear. Not even a puff of smoke showed itself. The Berliner Volkszeitung, by the way, says that the new powder requires bronze cannon and that all the steel guns will have toga.

WOOL MANUFACTURERS.

VongTCM to Be Asked to Afford Relief by Remedying Defect* in the Tariff »■ Raw Material*. Pursuant to a circular of Aug. 18, the executive committee of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers met at Boston, Tuesday, to taka some action toward seeking relief from the present trade and tariff restrictions through Congressional action. Among those present who were invited to confer with the committee was George Merritt, of Indianapolis. The meeting was originally intended to be secret, but, having become public, freedom of speech was greatly hampered by the denunciations of the wool growers of the West—protectionists who suspected that the association might favora reduction of the tariff on raw wool. In fact the remarks showed to the meeting that the high tariff on wool kept figures on the domestic clip up to the highest notch, which, to purchase it, rendered any chance of profit hopeless in competing with foreign cloth,which had a much lower corresponding tariff. It was either an issue of lower tariff on wool or higher on cloth, and the meeting decided on the latter, appointing a sub-committee to prepare suitable resolutions to Congress, praying for the relief needed and to solicit the aid of wool growers’ associations in persuading Congress to the effect desired. Mr. Merritt favored this policy.

A CANADIAN CASUALTY.

A Land «lide at the City of Quebec Demolishes Houses and Entombs People. Thursday night several thousand tons of rock slid from Cape Diamond, at the end of Dufferin’s Terrace, to Champlain street, Quebec, 300 feet below. At the foot of the cliff is a narrow street, which occupies all of the space between the cape and the river. Along the river side of the street were situated the houses which were crushed by the terrible avalanche of rockIn May, 1841, a similar landslide occurred, which destroyed several buildings and killed thirty-two people. From present indications it is feared that the loss of life in this landslide will be equally as great. In 1852 another slide caused the death of several persons about half a mile from the scene of the recent disaster. The street is entirely filled with the wreckage, and a large force of men is at work clearing it away. Several families are known to have been entombed, and it is feared all are dead. About ten houses were demolished. Sixteen people have been taken out of the debris dead and more are under the rocks. Twenty-five were seriously injured Twenty-one victims of the terrible land slide near Quebec were buried Sunday.

Industrial Notes Our tramps are placed at 50,000. Carnegie’s cook gets $3,000. a year. At London 300 retail bakers are in a trust. Krupp uses 3,000 tons of coal and coke daily. Indians are the best workmen in New York hop fields. In France husband and wife work in shops together. r Natural gas saves Pittsburg 7,000,000 tons of coal per year. ’Whites took the places of striking Chinese at Fresno, Cal. We have more railroads than the rest of the world combmde. San Francisco has 40,000 Chinese. They earn $12,000, 000 a year. In France workers stop at 10:30 a. m. for lunch. Sunday work is common. A New England rubber company made 22 per cent, last year on a capital of $10,000,000. Lake City (Fla.) butchers must exhibit the ears and hide of the meat Of” animals for sale. Some American sailors refused 1 to take the places of the London strikers even at triple wages. Railroaders have asked the government to compel the use of automatic brakes and couplers.

THE MARKETS.

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