Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — Page 3

POPULIST CONVENTION.

? : — ■ <* ■ The People’s Party Platform and Ticket. Leroy Tfmpleton the Permanent Chair, paan—Sirs. Gotfgar Speaks. > Thc-populists of'liidiuHjt met in delegate convention at Tomlinson Hall. Indiana pol is, Thursday, May 24. The attendance was not as large as had been predicted. A full attendance would have given 2,952de regales, but several counties were not represented. The personnel of the body was almost exclusively agricultural. At 10 o’clock Joshua btrange, chairman of the State Central Committee, came upon the stage and called for the various committees to come upon the platform. Revn Wadsworth opened the meeting with prayer, tTie delegates standing en masse, Mr. Wadsworth said: “We appeal this morning to the God of Abraham and Jacob, the God of Moses and of Israel...the God of Washington arid the God of Lincoln to lift up the oppressed and to succor the needy.” He hoped that “God would put it into the hearts of the voters of Indiana to place good, hone.'t mrm in offl ce. —Give us Godhonorinc men - God -loving men. When the wicked rule the righteous mourn. AL and sedition.” [Cries of “Amen! Amen! God grant it! Amen.”] Mr. Strange addressed the convention briefly and was warmly applauded. Alvin Heimes, chairman of.the commit- “ teeWn Leroy Templeton for permanent chair-

LEROY TEMPLETON.

tnan and Andrew Johnston for seretary. The report was adopted. - Mr Templeton. di. being introduced, said: I h:irr’ brrnT: r H'vHiere t(>ritiy to makeyou speech: now I am not going to make you a speech; 1 aln simply going to give you a little talk, for I realize that you are men of business and want to get home. Now then 1 will say, not that 1 want to make a speech, that we are here to form a government that will protect the weak, and not only protect the weak, but keep down the strong. We are in need of such a government, and if we do not get it, we will soon go back to the government of the strong, ruled by brute for<ce. Now, then, 1 realize when I look around that we have the strong in our midst. You know, and I know, that wo have had such laws in the last years to protect the strong and to keep down the Weak. We have got such laws today that trample upon and keep down the weak. 1 crave your cooperation. and realise that we shall get along pleasantly with the business, and put a good ticket in the Held. It has been hinted and said over this land that we Populists and laboring men are going on to the direction, of anarchy. That is not true, we simply want to have the right prevail. We are going to have it prevail, and that without ’’tramping J on the grass,” Tiie report of the committee on credentials was read by delegate Cary, chairman as the committee. It showed the total number of accredited delegates to the convention to be 2,-952; necessary to a choice, 1,477. Delegates present Were entitled to vote also for those absent. The report was adopted unanimously. A controversy arose over the order of business, and Mrs. Goiryar, being present, was called upon for a speech. She spoke briefly. Among other things she said: God Almighty never put more people on earth or in any one spot than He could take care of. We have allowed vicious politicians to pack our conventions, and we are marching to the Capitol under an independent banner, and we are getting away from the old party whip, determined to make the statutes ol God lhe statutes of man. Wo will worship the golden rule instead of the golden calf. Concerning the silver problem, she spoke of "John Cleveland and Grover Sherman.” She said: “I am not in favor of marching to Washington, bu-t let us march to the ballot box and meet organized wrong with organized right.” The platform committee not being ready to report the convention Adjourned until 1:30 p m. On reassembling in the afternoon the hall was well tilled with delegates and spectators. The platform was then submitted as follows: TliE I’LATFOBM. Another political contest is at hand freighted with consequences of weal or woe to our people to be determined at the ballot-box next November. We meet under conditions that should immediately cause every thoughtful citizen to thing deeply and silently commune with himself on the present conditions of business stagnation, actual distress and poverty attending many hundred thousands of our producing and laboring people, the result of legislation in favor of specially favored classes by the Republican party the past thirty-two years, reinforced by its ally—the so-called Democratic party—under Grover Cleveland. Posing as parties of the people—both of thzm having, since the elections of ’92, repudiated their platforms containing their solemn promises upon which they sent their President into the White House and obtained ’’their seats” in the National Legislature, and have, since the meeting of this Congress, ignored the requests and fietitlonsof the people for remedial legisatlon, as no more than the idle vaporings of so many slaves, and have proceeded jointly with ’’their votes” and the act of ’’their President” to fasten upon the American people the single gold standard of foreign monarchies. We ask all patriotic, honest citizens to assist in destroying the Demo-Republican party at the polls in ’94 and ’96, as they are no longer worthy of confidence orsupport; we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, politcal and material ruin. Corruption dominates the. ballot box, the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine on the bench and corrupts the church. Imported pauperized labor 1 "at s down the wages of labor, and our working peoplware rapidly degenerating into European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are bodily eto.len to build up colossal fortunes for a few. and the. possessors of those in turnfles|>ise the republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice wo. brood the two great classes-—tramps and millionaires. Miivj r, which lias been accepted as coin since the dawn of history, has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power if gold by decreasing the value of all forms of property us well as human lab**’-

and the supply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and to enslave industry. A vast conspiracy against the sovereignty of the American people over theirdomestic financial policy has already taken possession of the American Congress. If not met and overthrown at once it forbodes tdrrible social convulsions, the destruction of civilization. or the establishment of. an absolute despotism. We have witnessed for more -than a quarter oHt eentury the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs. h ave Been inflicted iipdh the strffering people. We charge that the controlling influences dominating both these old parties have permitted the existing dreeadf ul conditions to develop, without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. The Smaller manufacturers are rapidly being crushed out by-the great syndicates and aggregations of capital, while the -common laborer-ha?- become but a mere automatic attachment to a machine. Where Once a dozen intelligent mechanics were employed we now find one speechless machine managed by a foreign outcast or a child deprived of education. The capitalist rolls up his untold thousands and millions by reason of this condition of affairs. while the daily press tells the sad tale of the starvation and suicide of the poor and unemployed. We have tariff laws to protect the man who owns the machine, but no laws to protect the mechanic who formerly did the same-work from convict, labor and foreign competition. When the operative resists a reduction of his wages, the owner of the machine aud the mines, presses an electric button and orders his agent to send on a load of Italian or Hungarian paupers. The two old parties are alike guilty and responsible for this condition of affairs. If we turn from manufacturing to other branches of human effort we find the same, fearful condition. Farming is to-day a prostrate and ruined industry, but it is not the proposed changes by the old parties in duties of the shifting of schedules that will produce more money and financial relief to our people. We pledge our party that if given power -we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation in aceordanw witlvtlie terms of our platform. Invoking the mercy and blessing of God' upon our suffering and distressed people, we commend to the thoughtful considerour declaration of principles and platform, inviting tljesuppporc of every voter who favors the return of prosperity and happiness in place of the present and prospective conditions of pante and poverty, while the government of our beloved country remains under control .of the old, corrupt parties that have outlived their useful-’ ness. — rr =---’ ■ • . ~ We demand a national currency of ?50 per capita, including the free coinage of silver atlthe ratlo of 46 to 1; Issued by the general government only, a full legal, tender for all debts, public and .private, distributed to the people direct, without .i.hi)..i.u.U - rvenucmafbanking. corporations, in payment of all. obligations of the Government, ar.l deniand the issue of non-interest-bearing treasury notes of small denominations. We declare our unalterable opposition, as a party, to tanks of issue, State or national. We also denounce the past and continued use of the Goverpment fiat by Congress to create interest-bearing bonds. We charge that the crime of demonetizing silver in ’73, by the Republican parly, further consummated by the joint action of both the old parties at the extra session of Congress in ’93, has fully accomplished the purpose of the moneyed aristocracy of the United States and England, in placing the American producers of our great staple crops on a level with the poorest paid pauper labor of the world under English control, by changing through this crime against American producers and laborers the pricing instrument for all products and wages to the single standard of gold only. We demand a national graduated income tax oir .salaries orjiiconies in excess of reasonable expenditures for the comforts and necessities of life. -k. .. 2 Wo pledge the People’s party, when given control of the Government, that the gunholders, who put up life to save the Union from secession, shall be equalized with the bondholders, who speculated in human life and the blood of our people, and thoir pensions shall be.treated as a vested right. We favor the election of United States Senators and all postmasters by direct vote of the-people. We believe the people are yet capable of self government and demand of the nex t legislature the repeal of the metropolitan police law. We also denounce the present unfair and unjust law that forbids minorities representation on election boards or witnesses to count of ballots, as a violation of the natural rights of the people; the entering wedge of the destruction of free government; the very essence of party tyranny and taxation without representation! Laws that no honest man can defend. Wo demand a constitutional convention to revise our State constitution and in-

elude therein reform in the methods of taxation and the, initiative and .referendum system of legislation, with the veto power of all the important laws in the nahdS of the people. We demand such equitable adjustment of the statute for the listing of property for taxation that will permit the deduction of all bona-fide indebtedness from sum total listed, Weilemand a reasonable homestcadlaw that no process of any court can touch. We demand a law taxing all inheritances coming to citizens of Indiana, both direct and collateral, at 5 per cent, above 52.000, for the benefit of the State sinking fund. <j Wo demand the most liberal educational facilities for the masses within the. power of the State to provide, and a more efficient administration of the public schocfund. We demand that convict labor shall be taken, as far as possible, away from competition with honest free labor in conduct of the State prisons, recommending that counties work their convicts building and improving country roads. We demand a law at the hands of the next Legislature that will make it optional with debtors in this State to pay any legal obligation in gold, silver or other lawful money of the United States. We demand that our State naturalization laws conform to our national laws upon the subject. We view with alarm the evil Influences of the liquor traffic. We heartily indorse the initiative and referendum system of legislation. The right to Vote is inherent In citizenship, irrespective of sex. We demand an effective enforcement of the laws prohibiting the employment of child labor. We demand that a system of arbitration be established. We favor the reduction of the working hours by law in mines and factories. We demand that cities be speedily empowered to assume ownership and control of public water, transportation and lighting plants.in such manner as to operate wholly in the interest of the people, without imposing burdensome taxation. We are against the giving out of public works under contract to the lowest bidder. The State and the communities should carry out such work themselves under the supervision of experienced officers. We favor an efficient employers’ liability law and the inspection of mines and factories for the protection of life and limb of the workingmen. The roll call of districts being called for nominations for Secretary of State, the names of Dr. C. A. Robinson, of Shelby county; C. A. Power, of Marion countyi

and Dr. Morrison, of Putnam, were presented. The two latter withdrew and Robinson was nominated by acclamation. For Auditor of State J. K. Matthews, of Johnson county; Edgar A. Perkins, ol Indianapolis; and John L. Goberi, oi Crawfordsville, were placed in nomination. Matthews withdrew and a ballot by districts resulted in the nomination ol Perkins by a large majority. Mr. Perkins make a short speech thanking the convention for the honor conferred. _ N. H. Motsinger, of Shoals; A. B. Keeport, of Logansport; and John L. Goben, were placed in nomination for Treasurei of State, The ballot resulted: Keeport, 1,446J<; Motsinger, 907; Goben. 498J<. Thf chair held that it required 1.477 votes to nominate, but on motion of Mr. Motsinger, Mr. Keeport was declared the nominee. David W. Chambers of New Castle, and Silas M. Holcomb of Tipton, were candidates for the nomination of AttorneyGeneral. The ballot resulted, Holcomb, I, Chambers, Two names, those of John R. Thornburg, of M adison county, and J. Harry Montgomery, of Lawrence county, were mentioned as candidates for clerk of ths Supremo Court. The former, however, refused to acceptthedianor and Montgomery was nominated by acclamation. The same course was pursued in the nomination of A, J. Allen, of Vigo county, for Superintendent of public instruction. J. J. Johnson was nominated, but withdrew in favor of Mr. Allen. W. P. Smith, of Indianapolis, was nominated by acclamation as the Populist candidate for State Statistican. The name of Jonn Rumnier was presented but withdrawn before a ballot was necessary. The roll was called for nominationa for State geologist, but no name was presented to the convention. The chairman asked if there was no member of the party smart enough- to classify the rocks, and a man from the First district nominated Edward Kindle, who is an inrtructor in ’theState University at Bloomington. He wasnomin a ted by, acclamation. The nomination fdr Judge of the Supreme Court for the First District was referred to the State committee. David W. Chambers was nominated for the Fourth District by acclamation. There was quite a debate over the adoption of the name to head the ticket. A motion was made to call it the “People’s Ticket” and an amendment was offered to insert the word “Party”. Debate was finally shut off by Mr. Patterson calling attention tn the fact that the amendment was necessary to make the ticket legally the same its the National ticket. The whole thing was finally referred to the State central committee. The plow and hammer was adopted as the emblem. The convention, at 6 o’clock, adjourned sine die.

LANDIS IS NOMINATED.

End of a Bitter Fight in the Tenth District. The bitter contest between Charles B. JJandis, ofJDelphi, and Judge Johnston, of Valparaiso, for the Republican congressional nomination in the Tenth district, culminated in the nomination of Landis at the conyention at Hammond, Thursday. Outside of Lake county Landis had a majority’and had a majority on the committee'on credentials. This majority reported in favor of seating fifteen Landis and fifteen Johnston delegates from Lake county. After almost three hours of debate rhe report was adopted by a small majority. The thirty Johnston delegates from Lake then withdrew and fifteen of their places were promptly filled by Landis delegates. Porter and Jasper counties each followed the lead of Lake and withdrew from the convention. It was then dark, it having taken four hours for the committee to prepare their report, and three more to secure its adoption, and an adjournment became necessary and was taken until 9:30. At that hour the convention was called in the Opera House. The Johnston forces did' not answer to the call. Fulton county, all but one from Jasper, four from Cass and. six from Newton and four from Pulaski and all of Lake and Porter, together with fifteen from Lake, were absent. Upon a 1 call for nominations, C. B. Landis, M. L. Essick and Judges Gould and Hammond were placed in nomination, but the names of Gould and Hammond were withdrawn. A ballot resulted in 103 votes (all present) l for Landis. This being a majority of the full number of delegates, Landis was declared the nominee, and then one of the bitterest fights ever witnessed in Lake county or the Tenth District ended.

Literary Note From the Century Co.

Edward Muybridge, in the eourse of his lectures on “Animal Locomotion” before the learned societies of Europe, felt the need of some improved method of throwing his re-, markable pictures on a screen. After patient experiment he perfected the Zoopraxinoscope, which was based upon the little toy known as the Zoetrope. This served his purpose in giving a rapid succession of pictures so as to simulate motion.although it was crude. It was this that inspired Edison in the invention of the kineto-phonograph kinetoscope. The first authoritative account of the invention will appear in the June number of The Century, written by Antonia and W. K. L. Dickson, the latter being Mr. Edison’s laboratory assistant. Mr. Edison writes an introduction to the article, expressing his belief that in the coming years when the k’rtiet.o phonograph shall have been perfected, it will be possible to give grand opera without any material change from the original, and with artists and musicians long since dead. The Dicksons go still farther than this. “No scene, however animated and exclusive, but will eventually be within reproductive power. Martial evolutions, naval exercises, processions, and countless kindred exhibitions will be recorded for the leisurely gratification of those who are debarred from attendence. or who d’esire to recall-them.” In deed, the mind scarcely dares to speculate As to what may be done with such an appliance. Some people speak at lea»t twice before they think. ’

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

The Senate, Tuesday, disnosed of seven paragraphs of the metal schedule after iight hours’ debate. The . sensational ■ feature of the day was caused by the unexpected presentation by Mr. Jones of an amendment substituting the McKinley bill classification and specific rates on round iron in coils, blooms and Charcoal irornjornewhat higher than those already proposed. This amendment was a surprise to some Senators on both sides, although evidently anticipated by Mr. Quay and a few other of his colleagues. Mr. Hale tried to use it as a text for taunting the Democratic side, and Mr. Teller read him a very plain lecture on the duty of the Republicans to accept such increases as the Democrats were willing to’’ grant, without continually chiding their, adversaries with inconsistencies. When the vote was taken seven • Democrats and two Populists refused to support the Jones substitute, namely, Allen, Berry, Blackburn, Jarvis, Kyle, Mills, Pasco, Lindsay and Peffer, The rates fixed were as follows: Iron ore, 40 cents per ton; pig iron, scrap iron, etc., 14 per ton; round iron in coils, 8-10 cent per pound; slab blooms, less finished than bar, % cent per pound; charcoal blooms, M 2 per ton; beams, girders and other structural iron or steel, 6-10 cent per pound; boiler plate, from 5-10 to 2 per cent, ad valorem; forgings of iron or steel, IK cents; hoop or band iron or steel (cotThe question of civil service was discussed in the House, Tuesday, the occasion being the amendment to strike out the paragraph in the legislative appropriation bill providing for the civil-service commission. It gave opportunity for ■some stirring and not a few amusing speeches, The amendment was adopted by a vote of 109 to 71, amid great Democratic applause and Republican cries of “spoils.” No other amendments of any Importance were made in the biH. the anly ones adopted being to correct the totals of a few amendments to which amendments were made Tuesday. Mr. Pendleton, of West Virginia, claimed that the civilservice commission was established for the purpose of keeping Re-publicans in office, while the Republicans defended the present administration of tbe civil-service laws'. Several Democrats opposed the amendment, vlrtually abolishing the co tn - mission, but it was adopted by nearly a strict party vote. The principal event at Wednesday’s session of the Senate, was the speech by Mr, Gorman on the tariff bill. In speaking of tho dissatisfaction at the delay in the Senate, he said:

It would be idle, Mr. President, to dwell upon the-manifest absurdities of this outgrowth of petulance. But it cannot be denied that the demand for prom pt action seriously impaired. the efficiency of the finance committee’s work, and ultimately became so strong that revision was hastily completed and the bill was reported to tne Senate. I ventured the assertion, in the course of the silver debate, that nowhere was the truth of the old adage, ‘the greater haste the less sqeed,’ better exemplified than in that legislation. So it proved then, and so it was now. Ido not propose to discuss the merits or demerits of either the original Wilson bill or the measure first reported by the finance committee. It is sufficient to say that there has never been a moment when either could command a majority of the votes in this chamber. We might deplore s-uch a condition, and others might and did rail against those in a measure responsible for it. But the fact remained that we could not pass the bill. Such was the situation the Democratic Senators had to meet and they met it by the introduction of a Democratiemeasure of tariff reform which merits, and, I believe, will receive every Democratic vote in this body, the indorsement of the Democratic House, the signature of the Democratic President and the approval of the Democratic party. Mr. Gorman opposed the income tax but agreed to abide by the decision of the Democracic majority. At the close of Mr. Gorman’s speech Senator Teller moved to lay the tariff bill on the table. Great consternation on both sides of the chamber ensued. Pages went scurrying through the corridors to drum up every available Senator. The roll eall was watched with intense interest, curiosity being particularly manifested as to how Messrs. Hill, Irby and Peffer would vote. All three voted against the Teller motion. The Democratic line did not show a single gap, and the three avowed Populists, Allen, Kyle and Peffer, voted with them. The motion was defeated—2B to 38. At 5:30 the Senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. In the House, Wednesday, the fight on the civil service commission was continued. Representative Enloe introduced a bill to repeal the civil service act. The appropriation for commissioners and clerks for the Civil Service Bureau having been stricken out, the next paragraph providing for the transfer to the Civil Service Commission of clerks from the departments was stricken from the bill. The Bouse refused to strike out, however, the appropriation of >6,030 for traveling expenses for civil service examiners. Another amendment to the bill gives the Secretary of the Treasury discretion in the temporary appointment of clerks to wind up the accounts of the divisions proposed to be abolished instead of taking them from the classified service. Prior to going into committee of the whole, the House passed the Senate bill amending an act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouri Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas. The House adjourned at 5:05, after getting half-way through the legislative bill. In the Senate, Thursday, Mr. Kyle’s resolution declaring it was not the purpose of the United States to restore Queen Lilioukalani by force was debated and then went over. The tariff bill was taken up and and Mr. Hale made a sarcastic comment on Senator Gorman’s speech of Wednesday. The Aldrich amendment to increase the duty on tin plate to IX cents per pouhd was laid on the table—36 to 26. I'he Jones tin plate amendment was then adopted, fixing the duty at 1 1-5 cent, as was also the Jones amendment grading the duty on steel ingots, blooms, etc., according to size, value, etc. The surprise if the day was the acceptance by tho finance committee of an amendment by Mr. Allen, the Nebraska Populist, to place barbed wire on the free list. Several Republicans opposed it, but did not carry their opposition to the extent of demanding a record—making vote upon it. The following rates were adopted: Anchors. 1 2-10 cent per pound; axles, IX cent; anrils. IX cent; blacksmith’s tools, IX cent: boiler tubes, IX cent; bolt’, IX cent; cast iron pipe, six-tenths of 1 cent; cast iron vessels, stove plates, etc., eight-tenths of

1 cent; malleable castings, nine-tenths of 1 cent; cast hollow ware, 2 cents; chains, 30 per cent; cutlery, graded according 10 value and averaging about 25 per cent.; shotguns and rifles,. 30 per . cent. At 6 o’clock the Senate adjourned. In the Rouse, after routine business, the body went into committee of the wholecm the legislative appropriation bill until 4 o’clock when the MU was reported to the House. The Hayes anti-docking amend-. ment was defeated—yeas, 104; nays, 127. The amendment of Mr. Enloe, strikingout the appropriation for the Civil-Service Commission, was lost—Bo yeas to 158 nays —amid Republican applause. The legislative bill was then passed. The House bill to incorporate the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias was passed. A resolution was adopted setting aside Saturday, June 22, for eulogies on the late Representative Hou ck, of-Ohle, -ThaHoaseytteh,at a few minutes after 5 o'clock, adjourned. In the Senate, Friday, discussion on the Hawaiian resolution was brought to a termination by the regular order. An angry argument between Mr. Hoar and Mr. Harris ensued. Mr. Hoar protested in vigorous terms against what he termed' tin se repeated “angry and discourteous lectures” from the Senator from Tennessee. “The tariff bill is before the Senate,” retorted Mr. Harris, “and the Senator from Massachusetts is violating the rules by continuing the debate on a resolution that has just gone over. As far as tlie courtesy of the Senator from Tennessee is concerned,” he added in withering terms, “he owes less courtesy to the Senator from Massachusetts than to any other Senator on the floor.” Rates were then agreed to as follows: Table and carving knives and forks at more than ?-l per dozen and razor blades, scissors and shears, wholly or partly finished, 45 per cent, All other■ table knives, forks, steels, etc., 35 per cent. Files, file blanks, rasps and floats of all cuts and .kinds,..four...inches Jn length and under nine inches, CO per cent.; overnine inches, 81, The Jones amendments were agreed to fixing the rates on cross-cut saws at 6 cents per ' lineal foot; mill, saws, 10 cents per foot; pit and dray saws at 8 cents; circular and other saws, 25 percent. The rates on wood screws were fixed at 30 per cen t. and on umbrel I a ribs made 0 f iron * and steel or other metals at 50 per cent. The duty on crude aluminum was fixed at 10 cents per pound; on bronze powder in leaf at 40 cents. The rhte.s on gold and silver leaf were fixed at 30 per cent.

TEXAS TERRORS.

Sensational Bank Robbery at Longview, Texas. Bloody Battle Between Citizens and Robbe *—Ono On Each Side Killed. At 3 p. m„ Wednesday, two mon walked into the First National Bank, Longview, Tex, One of the men handed a note to President Clemmons, which read: “Home, May 23. “First National Bank, Longview: “This will introduce to you Charles Speckeimeyer who wants some money and is going to have it. B.& F.” The bank cashier thought it an importunate subscription to some charity and started to donate, when the robber pointed his Winchester at him and told him to hold up. The other robber rushed into the side wire door and grabbed the cash. Tom Clemmons and the other bank ofliials were ordered to hold up their hands. The robbers hurriedly emptied the vaults, securing (2,600 and seven unsigned Longview bank notes, which may lead to detection. In the meantime two of the gang became engaged in a conflict in the alley in the rear with the city marshal and his deputy. Citizens also rallied to the scene and for a time the firing was lively. The robbers in the bank gathered up their booty and joined in the fight. The bank officials all escaped unhurt. George Buckingham, a citizen, was killed and George Bennett, qne of the gang of outlaws, was left by his comrades dead on the ground. The robbers rode rapidly out of town, displaying their firearms and the money they had secured. An armed posse was soon in pursuit, and when last heard of was fifteen minutes behind them.

COAL MINERS’ RIOTS.

One thousand foreign miners raided the shaft of the LaSalle County Coal Company, at LaSalle, 111., Thursday night. In a conflict with the sheriff and his deputies the sheriff and two deputies were painfully wounded. Five companies of the militia were ordered out by the Governor to preserve order. There*was serious trouble also between strikers and officers at Centralia. At Bull Hill, Colo., there was trouble between strikers and mine owners. A wagon load of powder was backed up against the shaft and exploded. Further details from the Bull Hill, Colo., riot, state that eleven men were in the shaft when the load of powder was exploded. All were killed. This mine is in the Cripple Creek region. There is a reign of terror throughout the mining camps of Colorado.

BLOOD FLOWS AGAIN.

A terrible rict occurred in the Stickle Hollow Pennsylvania coke region. Thursday morning. Strikers attacked the workers and were repelled by deputy sheriffs. The battle occurred at daybreak, when 1,890 strikers attacked the deputies in Washington Run. Eight strikers were killed and ten wounded. The strikers madlf’ two ineffectual attempts this week to bring out the men. Wednesday the strikers arranged to meet with the Youghioghenv and Fourth Pool men and attack Washington Run in a body. The men left Fayette City at 11. o’clock Wednesday night, and were joined by others enroute. Most of the strikers were Hungarians and Slavs. The plant is so far back in the country that the actual facts have not been received a: this hour, although late reports say that eight were killed. The first case against O’Malley, at Crown Point, came to an abrupt termination, Thursday, and the jury was discharged because of charges made against juryman Stearns,who was cited to appear and show cause-why he should not be fined for contempt of court O'Malley’s trial will not bo resumed until the last week in August. There’s talk of establishing a bicycle factory at the northern prison.

MASONIC GRAND LODGE.

• vcnty-Third Annual Meeting at Indlanapvl!». The seventy-third annual meeting Inliana Grand Lodge F’ & A. M. convened :t Indianapolis, Tuesday. Five hundred ielegates were present. Grand Master Moyes’ annual report called attention to < he prosperous condition of the order. Among some of his official aets during the jast year he called attention to decisions ts follows: That a lodge has no right to withhold 1 dimit from a brother upon the sole rround that he has made use of barsh itterances against a brother in the same odge. Permission to confer the degrees upon tn “importer ami wholesale dealer in .vines and liquors” was refused. An invitation to lay a corner stone 00 :he Sabbath was res pee ts nliy declined Dispensation for new lodges have beet* zranted as follows: East Chicago Lodgr. Lake county; Pleasant Lake Lodge,Stenoen county; Farmersburg Lodge, Sullivan county. The Grand Master referred to the face that begging circulars had. been sent out by an Indiana lodge, but that they hal been speedily recalled and suitable apologies made for a violation of th®. Grand Lodge Order, and he recommended that the offense be forgiven. Such a circular had also been received frem a Florida jurisdiction, and had been returned, ac:ompanled by a copy of the resolution of the Indiana Grand Lodge on the subject. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as fellows: Grand Master—Frank E. Gavin, Greensburg. Deputy Grand Master—Ed. O’Rourke, Fort Wayne. Senior Grand Warden—Simeon P. Gillette, Evansville. Junior Grand Warden—Mason J. Niblack. Grand Treasurer—Martin H. Rice, Indianapolis. Grand Secretary— William 11. Smythe, Indianapolis. Trustee (three years)—John Caven, Indianapolis.

FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS.

TheMlnlstrySuffer a Defeat tnth® Dcpwtlea and Thereupon Throw Up 7 The!r Job*.. At Paris tho government was defeated, Tuesday, in the Chamber of Deputies, on the question as to whether th > Minister of Public Works had the authority to allow the employes wf the state railroads to attend the congress of railroad men. Tho Premier, M. Casimer-Perier, demanded the adoption of the order of the day, pure and simple. The Premier's motion was rejected by a vote of 275 to 215, M. Casi-mer-Perier thereupon left the the Palais Bourbon, and tho Ministers subsequently proceeded to the Elysce Palace and handed in their resignations to President Carnot. Previous to the defeat the Socialist Deputy, M. Jules Guesde, moved that eight hours be constituted a legal day’s work for all working people throughout France and demanded urgency for the motion, amid loud cheers and encouraging cries from the Socialists. M. Guesde declared that the time was ripe for the reform urgently demanded bv the workingmen. These remarks called forth violent interruption* from the members of the Center, wbp abused the Socialists. The latter replied in warm terms, and the disturbance becamo so great that the President of the Chamber was compelled to intervene and with difficulty he succeeded in restoring order.

SENATORIAL INVESTIGATION.

The investigation of the alleged attempt to buy the votes of certain Senators on the tariff bill began behind closed doors, Monday. Both Senator Hunton and his son stated that Major C. W. Bnttr was the man who approached young Hunton with a proposition to pay for the Senator’s vote. Senator Kyle stated that he was first approached>by Buttz about two months ago, with the proposition to vote against thetariff bill and receive pay for his vote, the amount offered being>l4,090. In reply to a question Senator Kylesaid he was confident that Buttz represented other parties, and that the proposition,if it had been accepted, would have been made good. Buttz. who was allowed to have his attorney with him, was before the committee for an hour. Fragmentary references to the proceedings leave little room for doubt that when the report, of bis testimony is published it will make very racy reading. He was then confronted with the statement that Senators Kyle and Hunton had identified him as the man who had attempted to corrupt them, and having, in his letter to Senators Hanstrough, laid the responsibility for this charge at the doors of the newspapers and relieved tho Senator from all blame, he was placed in a somewhat embarrassing position, and the brief references to his testimony indicate that he made am attempt to excuse himself and explain away the entire charge.

WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.

United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Crop Bulletin of the Indiana Weather Service ‘n Co-oper-ation with the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue University, Monday, May 21. 1894. The warm weather the first half of the week and numerous good rains continued to be beneficial to crops, but from Friday the temperature fell to almost freezing during the nights and great injury to the crops was only prevented by continuous cloudy weather; snow in the northern portion and rains in tho southern; on Thursday hail and strong wind did injury to wheat, fences and trees in many localities; wheat is heading now nearly everywhere; it is very rank; clover and ry» are in bloom and pasturage in most excellent condition; fruit is falling off; tho planting of corn is not finished yet everywhere; because of frequent and in some localities very heavy rains but little planting could be done; the Hessian fly and cut worms still are doing much damare in some fields; light frosts occurred in few localities on the 18th. 19th and 30th. Patents have been awarded residents of Indiana us follows: A. F. B lease, Hammond, vehicle dashboard and fender; C. R. Jenne, Fort Wayne, clamp sketching :amera; C. P. Thomas. Evansville, powder box; J. J. Wood, Fort Wayne, switchboard and high tension circuits; J. J. Wood, Fort Wayne, electric current Indicator.