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chine works of G. IV Pettingill, and other buildings. The losses aggregate $125,000, with about $65,000 insurance. Conflicting reports come from New York as to Robert Garrett's mental condition. Judge Thomas C. Manning, United States Minister to Mexico, died m New York. The Bryn Mawr Hotel, a well-known summer resort near Philadelph ia, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $230,000.

LATEST DISPATCHES.

CLEVELAND. 3fce President in the Metropolis of Western Missouri. i President Cleveiani was given a royal welcome by the people of Kansas City, on Thursday. Mayor Kumpf delivered the address of welcome, and the President replied in a speech considerably longer than those he has been in the habit of making. After referring to the wonderJEuLgrowthof Kansas City, .he -said: When I leave yon I shall go on my -way of travel to visit our fellow-citzens. in the South. I shall bear to older cities the impression made by my observation of the new, fresh, ami astounding growth of these of tne West, I shall see them a section of our country whose prosperity is necessary to your prosperity, I shall not find people heedless of our nation- growth and welfare, but X shall find there, as well aa here, a determined, cheerful, American pride of country, stimulating to activity aud enterprise, and leading not less there than here to .national greatness and glory. The West and the South, and every section are hand in hand in this sublime mission, and no discord or partisan hate and rancor should be ailowed.to iutorxnotthe cadence of their steady tread. SHOCKING CRIME, .A Woman and Her Four Daughters Beaten Nearly to Death by a Bobber. A Foxd du Lac '(Wis.) dispatch says great excitement was -produced in that city by the discovery of a shocking tragedy which wasvcomnuitted near the limits of the town. An unknown burglar entered the house of Mr. William Koehne and her four daughters. He was discovered, and attacked the five women with a club, nearly killing all of them. The walls and floor of the house were spattered with blood and .everything indicated that a terrible struggle was made by the frenzied women. The .assailant s scared $3V after first threatening his mangled victims with immediate death if they made an outcry. A reward of $300 has been offered for the detection of the criminal. The unfortunate victims are in .a critical condition.

EXCITEMENT AT MINNEAPOLIS, .An Editor turned in Effigy and a Picture of Cleveland Hauled Down. A GATHSBXNtit of excited persons at Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday night, rbumed in effigy Alden J. Blethen, editor ,of the Minneapolis Tribune which paper published an editorial commenting in severe terms on the tour ef the President and his wife, and alleging that Jlfce. Cleveland .married the President from motives other than true affection. Alter the straw figure .had been consumed, the men marched to the Tribune office and removed a picture f Mr. Cleveland which had been exposed in a conspic uous position since his visit to ihe city. Twe Noted Women Pass Away. A .Lord ox dispatch announces the death in that city of Mrs. Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, known to fame as the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." She was bora in 182G. A cable dispatch .also reports the death of Lady Brassey, the foremost yachtswoman of the age. She died on board her husband's celebrated jacht, the Sunbeam, and was buried at sea Contract Labor. :TJjotei States Distbict Attorney "Walker tias decided that the case of fiev. XL Walpole Warren, who was called from JEngland to the rectorship of the Church of 4he Holy Trinity, New York, comes under the "contract labor law," and that he will be forced to commence suit against the westry and wardens of the church Foreign News. The Duchess of Cumberland has recovered her reason. A slight earthquake shock was felt in If ales on Wednesday General Boulasgeb denies any complicity in ithe Caffarel matter, and challenges the most searching investigation. The jury in the Mitchellstown case rendered a verdict of murder against Inspector Brown Rigg, Sergeants Kerwan, Ryder, and Brennaxij and Constables Gavan and Dorance. Three hundred Russians, under the guise of merchants, have entered Herat, and the Afghan authorities are greatly wracked up over rthe matter. Telegraphic Brevities. Herman Ehrich, a young man of Kankakee, 111., tried to make a night policeman think he was a burglar and was shot dead. In the disastrous storm on the southern oaast of Mexico Oct 7 and 8, the town of Quelito, a place of 3,000 people, was totally destroyed and many lives were lost The mystery surrounding Owens, the rauwgay express messenger, has beet. tiaanad up. It seems that the man committed cthe robbery for which he was arrested when drunk, and, according to his own etory, he was hardly responsible for the deed. He made off with $2G,000, all but $2,500 of which has been dug out of a hole in SL Louis, where he buried it. At the Illinois River Improvement Convention at Peoria, resolutions were adopted urging upon Congress the expediency of accepting the lock and dams ceded to the General Government by the State of Illinois, and of making suitable appropriations Xor carrying on the work already begun. EAST. A Qr arbexi of long standing ha existed between the families of Charles Schauffert and George Gaeblein. of Breslau, New York, owing to the fact that the former have made use of a path that crosses the garden c the latter. Yesterday Gaeblein flhot Mrs. Schauffert a she was walking along this path, and buried her in a grave he had dug for the purpose. Later on be shot Schauifeit, but injured him only lightly At Ameebury, Mass., fire destroyed the -ferriage factory of Locke & J ewill, the ma-

WEST. President Cleveland and party left the capital of Wisconsin on Monday morning at 9 o'clock. A stop of twenty minutes was made at La Crosso, where the party was escorted through the streets by the Governor's guard. St Paul was reached at 5:30 p. m., and the crowd of 15,000 people assembled at the depot gave the distinguished visitors a hearty welcome. Mayor Smith made a brief speech of welcome. The President in his response said, among other things: My visit to you being a aoctal one, and trusting that wo have a sort of lriendly feeling for each other, I want to suggest to you a reason why I am particularly and personally interested in St. Paul and its people. Some years ago a young girl dwelt among you and vront to school. She has grown up to be a woman and is now my wife. If any one thinks a President ought not to mention things of this sort in publio I hope he or she does not live in Ht. Paul, for I don't want to shock anybody when I thank the good people of this city because they neither married nor spoiled my wife (laughter and applause;, and -when I tell th em that they are related to that in my life better than all earthly honors and distinction. Hereafter you may be sure that her pleasant recollection of school days will be re-enforcod by the no less pleasant memory of our present visit, and thus will our present interest in St. Paul and its kind citizens b increased nnd perpetuated. A largely attended public reception was held at night in the Hotel llyan. Alexander Polack, clothing merchant of Omaha, Neb., has failed. It is said the liabilities will reach $125,000. A number of creditors are secured. A frightful accident occurred on the Chicago and Atlantic Railroad near Kouts Station, Ind. A passenger train consisting of one baggage car, two day coaches, and one sleeper had stopped at a tank for water, when a fast freight moving in the same direction crashed into and telescoped it. The passenger train was consumed by fire, and some twelve or thirteen persons perished in the flames. Many others received injuries more or less serious, Joseph McCooi, of Boston, one of the injured passengers, tells this story of the wreck: "I was in the passenger coach, next to the last car in the train. Just before midnight I went into the smoker, which was just ahead of our car. and chatted for an hour, and came back to the coach with a voung man who sat down near me. That-was" tho last I've ever seen or expect to sec of tho poor fellow. Just as I had stretched myself out; to go to sleep, and almost before I had closed my eyes, there wan an unearthly crash which God help me I never want to hear again. I could feel myself thrown violently toward the top of the car and then I became insensible. While in the air I realized that all was eonfuBion in the car, and that canes, valises, rods of iron, and lamps were in the air about me. I must nave regained my consciousness in a very short time, for, when I a woke, all was darkness in the car, and horrible shrieks and piercing wails of agony almost deafened my ears. In the end of the car farthest from me the Btove was overturned and flames were just starting to spread with magic rapidity. There was some sort of a new gas lamp in the car and reservoirs, reaching from one to the other. The flames reached up the sides, and in less time than I can tell it the cos wus burning the whole length of the coach over our heads. I was wedged between the two seats, where I couldn't move a limb of my body, and there watched the fire slowly creep upon me. It was a tcrribie sight. In the end of the coach near he fire I could flee a lady caught between a eat a as I was. The fice slowly crept across the car, her dreus caught fire, and there, in agony, she burned before my eyes. Just before the accident I noticed across from my seat a father and his wife and daughter. I saw them also crashed together and burned. Jr;st us the flames were blaring, but a foot or two away from me, a man pulled me into the aisle and said : 'Com e to the window. He must have mistaken me for some one else, for the moment he had looked closely at my face he dropped me and hurried through the window with an exclamation of evident disappointment. I then painfully crawled after him in safety," Afteb a pleasant drive through St. Paul, the President and his party left that city at noon on Tuesday for Minneapolis. They were taken to the exposition there and spent some time in sight-seeing. Mayor Ames delivered an address of welcome, and the President responded briefly, complimenting the people of the young city upon their pluck and enterprise. Later there was a reception, and the party left for Omaha. There was a stop of an hour at Sioux C?ty, which was reached at 6:30 Wednesday morning. Although the hour was early, there was an immense crowd at the depot to greet the President, and he was heartily cheered. The State of Michigan is preparing to send to Washington a statue of Lewis Cass, to take its place among the large number now in position in Statuary Hall at the Capitol. The failure is announced of the Niobrara Land fc Cattle Company, incorporated at East St Louis, with nominal assets of $250,000, on which 25 to 50 per cent, will be realized. In an address at Dubuque, Congressman Coffin stated that in the past nine years the old-fashioned car-coupler and hand-brake had killed 441 railroad employes in Iowa, and crippled for life 1,431) persons. Morton . Post & Co., bankers at Cheyenne, Wy. T., made an assignment

for the benefit of thei&ereditors. A statement gives the assets at $903,570, with liabilities of $493,300, but notwithstanding this encouraging showing it is feared that the depositors will lose heavily. The President's train made no stops on . the way from Minneapolis to Omaha except a brief one at Council Bluffs and one of half an hour's duration at Sioux City to enable the travelers to visit the corn palace at that place. The party spent twenty minutes in the palace. There was no speech-making, the whole time being given up to sight-seeing. Mrs. Cleveland said she never dreamed such effects could be wrought out of corn, j "What is this?" asked tho President, pick- ' ing up an ear of corn of various colors. "That is squaw corn, and was raised by the Indians on the reservation in Nebraska," explained Judge Whitinp. "With your permission I will take this," said the President, and it went into his pocket.

The President was in excellent humor, and talked freely. He pronounced the Corn Palace "a grand and wonderful affair,19 and declared it to be "the first new thing ho bud seen." To Colonel Lamont he remarked: "You see, the West beats the East." He expressed himself astonished to find Ximi-v CAtv on Inroa

j and prosperous a city. The party arrived

at umaaa uc iu:u Wednesday morning, and after the usual speeches were taken for a drive. The crowd that greeted the President was the largest ever seen in the streets of the city. It was augmented by people from uli parts of Nebraska and Western Iowa. At St. Joseph, Mo., the President was accorded an enthusiastic welcome, and at Kansas City, which was reached at 8:15 p. m,, be was greeted by an enormous crowd.

The Ohio Asylum for the Insane, at Newburg, was partly destroyed by fire Wednesday night Six women, who were incurably insane, were burned to death, and three others were bndly injured. The flames broke out during the progress of the weekly dance, given for the amusement of the more rational class of patients, and the excitement and confusion attending the rescue of the inmates were of a fearful character. From the testimony taken before the Coroner at Huntington, Ind... with regard to the Eouts disaster, it appears that the list of fatalities will not exceed nine. The railroad men claim tbat the nigbt was so foggy that danger signals could not be seen in time to prevent the accident. SOUTH.

Physicians at Tampa, Florida, do not agree as to the disease that has oaused such a panic there. Some pronounce it yellow fever and others dengue. The Chief of the Quarantine Division of the Marine Hospital Bureau at Washington says that if it is the latter there is no cause for alarm1 Publicity is given to the fact that several days ago the Pacific Express safe, on the Iron Mountain Road, was robbed between Little Rock and the Texat line of about $60,000. An old and trusted messenger, J. B. Owens, is reported missing, and detectives, it is said, are unable to trace him. The peculiar combination of the sfe was known only to agents at principal stations. From the disclosures made at the trial of a number of negro Masons for murder at Greenwood, Miss., it would appear that the lodges among the colored people in that vicinity are criminal organizations, whose principal business it is to exterminate such persons as have been unfortunate enough to incur the enmity of the members. THE Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., was opened Monday, addresses being delivered by H. W. Grady, Governor Gordon, and the Hon. S. J. Randall. A syndicate of Ohio and Eastern capitalists has purchased 68,000 acres of coal lands in Breathitt County, KyM and has organized a company with $3,000,000 capital. Mines will at once be opened and roads built. It is stated that the scourge raging at Tampa, Fla., is unquestionably yellow fever. A special from Brownsville, Tex., says: "Private advices state that the rancheros pursued and caught five of the abductors of Senor Berrera in Starr County, and at once executed them. Senor Berrera, it will be remembered, was captured by these bandits near his ranch on the Texas side of the river, and held eight days until $1,500 was paid by his family for his release. The bandits revealed, before being killed, the particulars of a plot to capture Mr. Yturna, of this city, one of the largest and most prominent capitalists, merchants, and ranch owners of the frontier, and hold him for a

ransom.

POLITICS.

The Nebraska Republican, had a lively two days' session at Lincoln. The issue was between the railroads of the State aud the people. The railroads attempted to defeat the renomination of Jadge Maxwell for the Supreme bench, and u squelch all attempts to adopt resolutions favoring an extra session of the Legislature for the enactment of additional railway legislation. Five hundred and fifty delegates were present. George D. Micklejohn, of Nance County, presided. Judge Maxwell was renominated for Supreme Judge with a hirrrah, only one ballot being required to settle the matter. The platform condemns a syntem of revenue that compels the farmers of the West to pay tribute to the manufacturers of the East, favors pensioning Union soldiers, sympathizes with Ireland, commends the efforts of Parnell and Gladstone, pledges the party to submit a prohibitory amendment, condemns the President for his attempt to return the flags, favors the admission of Dakota, views with alarm the abuse of the veto power of the President, and sustains the Board of Transportation in its efforts to secure reasonable freight and passenger n.tes. This Democratic State Convention at Omaha indorsed Cleveland's administration and nominated Thomas O'Day for Justice of the Supreme Court The National Democratic Committee was requested to designate Omaha as the place for holding the next National Democratic Convention,

LABOR. The report of the Legislative Committee to the Knights of Labor Assembly, as adopted at Minneapolis, approves the Blair educational bill, the eight hours a day bill, and the bill in relation to homefiteads, and demands that the Government building contracts provide for weekly payment of workingmcn, and approves the recommendations of the General Master Workman's address in favor of the Government control of the telegraph and telephone systems of the country.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE. The Interstate Commerce Commission has resumed its open sessions in Washington. The first case heard was that of Milton Evans against the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, in which Evans alleges that a charge of $ 81 m ade by the company for tran sporting a car-load of wheat from Walla Walla to Portland, Oregon, was unreasonably high and extortionate, and praya that the company be required to refund half of that b am. The railroad company maintain in answer that the charge was not extortionate, for the reason that the road between the points named has extraordinary grades and curves, is frequently obstructed by snow and earth slides, and is operated at great expense. GENERAL.

The revenue cutter Kichard Rush, -which arrived at San Francisco the other day from the Arctic, reports that she has seized twelve sealing-schooners during the season, with a total of nearly seven thousand skins. The first game for the barv ball championship of the world, played Monday at St. Louis, was won by the Browns, defeating the Detroit Club 6 to 1. The United States Court at Sitka has condemned the Canadian sealing vessels captured this year, with their cargoes, for illegally taking seals, and decreed their forfeiture to the United States. The decision seems to rest on the claim of the United States, as the purchaser of Russia's rights, to exclusive jurisdiction in Rehring's Sea. It is supposed the Dominion authorities will carry the matter to the United States Supreme Court for its decision on

that point, and that if the lower court's action is affirmed the matter will then be made the subject of negotiation or arbitration. A W ashington dispatch says the Agricultural Department's report gives the general average condition of corn as 72.8 instead of 72.3, lb by the last report. This is a lower condition than has ever been reported, except in 1881, when the average was nearly seven points lower and the average yield 18.G bushels. The indication is now for a yield of a small fraction over twenty bushels per acre. The exact acreage is not yet determined, but will not cause a variation in the final report of moro than 2 per cent, from 1,500,000,000. The average wheat yield is 11.8 bushels, or A bushel less man last year. The increased acreage, particularly in Nebraska, however, will make the product nearly 450,000,000 bushels. Oats average about 25 bushels per acre, and the total yield is fully 600,000,000 bushels. The barley yield is nearly 20 per cent, less than a medium yield, or about twenty bushels per acre The yield of rye is 11.5 bushels per acre, and tho product about 24,000,000 bushels. The condition of buckwheat has dropped from 8) to nearly 77, and that of potatoes from GT.3 to 61.5. The general average of cotton has been reduced from 82.8 to 7(5.5, and that of tobacco has increased from 70.8 to 75.5. A New Yobk telegram says that "J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, has been retained in the case of the Chicago an archists. The announcement caused considerable surprise in legal circles, and it was generally believed that Mr. Tucker must feel pretty sure of securing a favorable hearing before the United States Supreme Court or he would not have taken hold of the case. It was also the general opinion that the selection of the able Virginian as an associate of General Pryor was an excellent one, as Mr. Tucker's long service as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the lower house of Congress adds weight to the cause he is to advocate." Thi: visible supply of wheat and corn is, respectively, 30,980,852 bushels and 7,385, 756 bushels. Since laBt report wheat increased 384,075 bushels, while corn has been augmented 208,308 bushels. A terrific storm at Mazatlan, Mexico, destroyed $300,000 worth of property, and it is feared a. number of lives were lost. The report that Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil is about to abdicate his throne because of ill-health is unfounded.

FOREIGN. "A decheb has been issued under the socialist law declaring a minor state of siege here, and prohibiting the sale on the streets of special editions of papers, " says a Berlin dispatch. Herr Barth, editor of the Keiehsfreund, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for ascribing the growth of the bad tone of Parliament to Prince Bismarck's false and insulting accusations against the liberals, which the latter were so accustomed to hear that they were no longer excited thereby." Tee London Standards correspondent at Tamatave says that the rupture of diplomatic relations between the Hovas and France was caused by a dispute with reference to the exequatur of the American Consul. It is believed that war between the French and the Hovas will soon be renewed. The suppressed branches of the Irish League keep on holding meetings in open defiance of the government. There is some evidence tint Pranzini, who was hanged for the horrible triple murder in the Rue Montaigne, Paris, was not guilty of the crime. Suspicion points now to a man named Romanoff. Two hundred of the poor, homeless, unemployed persons: who sleep at night in Trafalgar Square, marched through London with a black banner bearing in white letters the inscription, " We will have work or bread." London dispatches announce that the Edinburgh Trades Council have adopted a resolution affirming the principle of home rule for Scotland. Pope Leo has intrusted all the arrangements in connection with his jubilee celebration to a commission of four Cardinals, Dhuleep Singh has undertaken a big job. In a letter to the native papers at Calcutta, he declares that he will devote his life to freeing his country from the British yoke. A story comes from Baden-Baden that Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, has announced that he will abdicate on account of impaired health. A dispatch from Shnrghai states that it is the belief there that; the British gunboat Wasp has been lost with all on board.

POWDERLTS MESJ3AGE.

The General Master Workman's Annual Report to the Knights of Labor.

MARKET REPORTS NEW YORK. CATTLK $ 4.50 5.50 Hoos...... 5.00 & 6.75 W HEAT No. 1 White . 86 ( .87 No. 2 Bod .81 V Corn No. 2 53 & .54 Oats White 36 & .40 Pokk -New Mess 15.00 (15.50 CHICAGO. Cattle Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 tg 5.50 Good 4.00 4.75 Common 8.00 3.50 HOGS Shipping Grades 4.00 4.75 Flouji Winter Wheat 8.75 5 4,'J5 Whkat No, 2 Ked Winter 72 3 .72 Corn No. 2 42 ,2 Oats -No. 2... 25 .26 Butt kb Choice Creamery 24 tft .25 Fino Dairy.. 18 .20 Cheese Full Cream, new...... .11 & .12 Egos lreah 17 O .18 Potatoes Choice, per bu 70 .73 PofiK-Meas 14.00 &14.50 MILWAUKKK. Wheat Cash. 70 & ,71 Corn No. 3 43 & .44 Oats :Mo. 2 White 29( .30)4 Ryh No. 1 48 .49 PoBtt Mess 13.50 14.25 ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 Bed .71 .72 Corn Mixed .40 v5 .41 Oats Mixed .24 g .25 Pons New Mess 14,00 (314,60 TOLEDO, Wheat Cash 75 .75$ OoBN May 45 i3 .46 Oats 28 td .30 DETHOIT. Beef Cattle 3.75 9 4.50 Hogs 3.50 4.25 Khkep 4.00 t 4.75 Wheat No 2 Ked 75 & .7G CoilN No. 2 45 t4 .45$ OatsNo. 2 Whito 30 .30)$ CINCINNATL Wheat No. 2 Red , .75 & .76 Corn No. 2 4.' & .45)$ Oats No. 2 .28 ( ,29 Pork Mess 13.fr; tal4.e$ Live Hogs 4.00 & 4.75 BUFFALO. Wheat Old No. 1 Hard 83 (9 .85$ Corn No. 2 Yellow 48$ ,49)$ Cattle 4.25 (3 5.00 HoG 4.50 & 5.00 INDIANAPOLIS, BeefCattlk 3.50 J$ 4.75 Hogs 4.25 & 4.75 Sukep. 3.00 & 4.25 Wheat No. 2 Ked 72 0 .73 Corn 41 ( .41$ Oats Mixed 20 & .27 EAST LIBERTY. CATTI-E--Prime 4.50 & 5.00 Fair 4.00 0 4.75 Common 8.00 9 3.75 Hogs 4.75 & 5.25 Bub bp 8.00 $ 4.75

He Fully Explains His Position on the Anarcluftt, Denver, and Cthor Questions.

Following in an abstract of the address of General Master Workman Powderly to the General Assembly of the Knigats of Labor, recently in session at Minneapolis: "Tho higheBt tribunal known to tho lnv a and regulations, as well as to the true and loyal members of the Order of the Knights oi Labor, is convened for the eleventh time in regular Besaioc.. I am to make to the representative assembly repori; for the eighth lime. I ask that it wilt receive that copsiduration at yot.r bands wkih its nieritu deserve, and that suchzecouimendatiouH as X may make will bo received and acted on according to their importance and necessity. We adjourned a year ago winh aiBension in our own ranks ; that disoutiion was enlarged upon and -scattered to the world by enemies from within and from without. The news of discord reached the ears of the employers of labor, and they In many instances took advantage of wtat they mistook for our weakness uud ruahed in'io conflict with our members in various parts of she country. " Mr. Powderly gavo a complete history of the famous Chicago strike of last year. MX the correspondence, both telegraphic aud written, between Mr. Powdorly and Messrs. T. B. Barry and Carlton, who were in charge of the strike in Chicago, is quoted in fuU aud reasons given lor each step taken. Mr. Powderly then continued : "The relation of the order to anarchy has taken u p so much space :lnthe public press and has been tho subject of so much discussion in the assemblies of some large citien, that it is proper to aptiak of it here and report to you my doings in connection therewith. Let roo say hero that I. have never, as has teen so much asseivt-d in the press of tho loitd, confounded socialis ji with anarchy. I draw a wide Hue of distinction between the two, a? every reading, thinki lg man must. I will aek cf the General Assemoly to define the position of tne order on the attempts that have been made to prostituta it to such base unes as tho ina.irchists would put it. I have nver publicly uttered a sentiment legarding the course of tne seven men who are condemned to death in Chicago (this is written Sept. 10, l87i. 1 win now give my opinion. If these men did not have a fair trialj cuc'a as Is guaranteed evrv man in the Umttd states, then they should bo granted a new trill. If they have not been fonud guilty of murder, they should not be hau god. If they are to be hanged for the actions of others, it is not. just. The man who throw tho bomb in Chicago should be handed and his accomplices f.houid receive the punishment allotted to such olfenaes by the laws of the State of Illinois." All letters relating to the anarchy subject Wire quoted at length. Tho Denver question wus given in full, and of the matter Mr, Powderly said: "I regarded the whole atf iir as an outrage and the questions as being impertinent, rascally, and prompted by malice or revenge The resolution which should pass in one to demand that every avowed anarchist should be obliged to withdraw from the ordor or be expelled. Wo have nothing to fear from the tradeurdon, but everything to fear from tho contaminating influence of the men who preach destruction in the name of our order, and who at the same time assert that they ore Eocialists, while giving the lie to every principle of socialism when they advocate violence ol my kind. As to the Home Club I believe that tiiis report would not be comploto without an exploration of my knowledge of tho Home Clib ol New York and the abuse and ridicule which have been heaped upon me for the last two years in co:aaequence ol my supposed connection with it. Ne w, 1 intend to speak plainly and candidly." Mr. Powderly c,uotei voluminous correspondence and related iacidentally the f acts as known to him of the attempt made to take his life in 1863. Hr. Powderly continued: "For a long time after the adjournment of tho last Gcnerc.l Assembly the re was no notion taken by the Genend Executive Beard on the resolutioii of expulsion of the cigarmakors. From a great many pls.cefl a demand waft made to have the resolu

tion carried out, and the board was nnaliy obliged to take action. I did not favor that reso

lution at Richmond, and do not favor it now.

believe that it wan wrong and in violation of the

laws or the order, boon alter it was Dromul-

gated by the board I prepared a decision regard

ing it and intended t3 lay it before tae board.

I did not present the decision to tho board, and kept it until now. 1 1 resent it for the consider

ation of the General Assembly.

The decision lei ctvrefully prepared and ex

presses Mr. Powderly s belief that tho resolu

tion is unconstitutional and of no binding otfect

except as a warning. After completing hit defense Mr. Powderly

saia: j. now aesiro to mane some recom

mendations to the General Assembly, and I do

most respectfully ask that more consideration be given to them than has been given to others that I made to past general sessions. I be lieve

the day has come x a ik at the handH of Con

gress the passage of a law creating e. Depart

ment of ijahor at the teat or the National Gov

ernment. Wo have to-day a Department of War; wo do not need :it at all in comparison to

a Department or l.aoor. xne prosperity of tho whole country rests on the broad shoulders of

lat or, and there is nothing now so prominently be:!ore the nation and the world as the c uestion of labor. Nearly every action taken' now by the Executive or his Cabinet deals in one way or another with the question of labor; its ramifications extend everywhere, its power is felt everywhere, and its usefulness is now recognized o very where. 1 believe that the Government of th U nited States should operate its own linos of telegraph." "I believe that it is absolutely necesfiary for th'3 welfare and prosperity of tne country that tho Government establish a telegraph sys

tem to bo used in the interest of the people. I

recommend that irteps be taken to have the next Congress act on n bill to establish a governmental telegraph, to be run in connection with tho postal ilervlce. I believe) that we should go before the next Congress asking for tho passage of but one or two measures. Ihey should be important onoi?, and the full strength of the organization should be behind those who make the demand. I believe, however, that nothing can be more imi ortant than the p89ags of laws creating a governmental telegraph and a National Department of Labor. " To deal knowingly and intelligently t?itfc tho questions in our declaration of principles we should have a jouma: published under the control of the order which would rench every member. It should h&vo a department especially devoted to the discussion of tsesevory questions. It must make a radical change in the methods of educating our members. In the Journal of Sept. 10 I published an outline sketch of a plan tor the regulation of Ktate, Territorial, mixed, and trade assemblies I will do no more at this t.a& than to draw the attention of the General Assembly to the matter, and ask either that or a better plan be adopted for the regulation of the order. Ono thin,' that draws our members away from us is i;he facilitian afforded them to secure assist tnco of a pecuniary nature in other organizations, some of whom are not in sympathy with oir order; and if our members could but receive the relief in the order which is g uaranteed to them oatslds of it we would have them with us all the time. 1 recommend tho adoption of a universal benefit plan. "The question of my being a member of the Socialist organization has beeu mad the subject o bo much comment of late tu at I believe it bob fair to this General Assembly to ma .e known my connection with socialism, or rather with the men who in former years were at the head of the Socialistic Labor party, in 1H8C Philip Van Patten, the Nat onal Secretary of the Socialistic La or ptuty, was a number of the General Executive Hot rd of the Knights of Labor. I became very inornate with tiiu, and we frequently discus led the various mea-uves of reform which all men in tho movement regarded as of importance. He t-ont me a red card of membership some time about tne month of August 1880 The card was paid i p by h .m for three months. I ieparded it as a complimentary act on the pan; of Brother Van Pattou. I sa w, however, that ;h3 declaration 3f principle:) of the K nig In i) of Labor ont tin od of socialism that x cired to advocate, and I noter took any action on the card, except to keep it as a nsemcnto of the days when we were ussociated as officers of this "association. I never oast a vote for the candidates ot that party, Tas never a neuiber of any of its (Sections, aid had no connection with it except in the manner related above. The us 9 of Ureerms or dvnamite is not advocated by tho socialists ; th confiscatloii of property or tbi distribution f wealth, or, :n fact, tho bestow it.g of wealth or means on thono who have not wcrked or carnet it, is not socialism; it is robhery; it is rapiiie, and no Bane man can advocate such a doctrine. If believing in the declaration of all tho principles of this order makes me a socialist, thm I have no denials to make; tin; that I am a Member of s,n y other society in vrhich questions of reform s,re dtscut sed I do de ay. "1 cannot speak too highly of the energy and ability dinplayed by the general investigatDr. From the places she lias investigated i hear the nioEt flattering reports of her management, and the disci:! urea that liave been made to her cure of iiueh a nature as to utreugthen my belief

that the office should be mada rxtrmanent and the sphere of usefulness of the departem creased."

A NEW APOSTLE

Train Makes the Chicago Anarchist Happy His Utterances Loudlj Cheered.

f Chicago special. George Francis Train openod hi campaign in Chicago at the Priuceus Theater Bnnday afternoon before a higbly appreciative audience of abont eix hundred. Keariyall tho leading socialists and anarchist" were present and greeted the celebrated crank with a cbeer. His speech was a curious mixture of bombast, eloquence, rhetoric, history, fiction, anecdote, and rinsanity. He caught the audience from the flnir, word spoken and retained their strictest ; attention until the close of his talk. Said he; I have come to Chicago for the purpoe of starting tho Daily Anardiint I crammed Herr ' Most down the throat of the New York labor people. When I started there Herr Most was uppermost among the Socialist taore. After I . had spoken his talk seemed tame and insipid. I told them, and I tell vou, that if these sevea Socialists hang, I will lead 20,000,00) workingmen against Chicago and cnt the throats of the men who so foully murdered them llxm continued applause.! The police have now made a startling dts. cpvery. They have found some tnimhs. A2, those in favor of bombs say ay-e. It is carried. . Wild app'ause and laughter, j I wi!l leave it to tho reporters if I haven't talked long enough All in favor of coming again to-uight say aye. The meeting broke up amid vildi applause and cheers for Train. Several hundred crowded around the? speaker and tried to shake hards with him.. He refused to shake hands with any oney, claiming that it would deprive him of hitpsychological powers. Nina Van Zand:, came forward and was recognized by Train,, who mounted a table and said: Gentlemen: Allow me to introduce to you Mrs. Nina Spies, All those who, in case the Supreme Court refuses to liberate) hr husband.August Spies, will follow me to tae (Comity Jatt and help to liberate him will signify by aayixuri aye. A wild anarchist yell, such as has not : been heard in Chicago for a year, was tho answer given the daring or crazy orator. The crowd gave cheer after cheer for Train, Spies, Parsons, and other anarchists . Train was surrounded by tho crowd, whotacitly crowned him the King of the Anarchists. A dozen or more detectives and$ officers in citizen's clothes made no move, and seemed dazed at the recklessness of? the man who had thrown down the gauntlet to the police force and authorities. Socialists and anarchisis who have not smiled for months went out of the hall with ftv new light in their eyes aud congratulated, each other that a new apostle had arisen..

LUXURY ON WHEELS The Saloon and Dining-Room of the Jteident Car. President Cleveland, says the Chicago News, does not accept any favors from therailroad companies, but pays out of his own pocket for the best conveniences and comfort that modern railroad enterprise can

DIXIKO SIXTY MTLXS A2T HOUU. afford. The saloon of the President's cw is furnished with all the comforts and attractions that brighten the elegant modem parlor, and his bedroom is furnished aachoicely as the upholsterer's art can sug

THE CAR SLVKPIXO ROOM.

gest As Mr. Cleveland peyninfull for at?

ne gets as no goes, there is no danger ox the railroads that carry him coming into any conflict with the Interstate Comment

Commission.

RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

The Ensrlneerbiff News Givm a

of the Work in tho 'West psew York telegram. The Engineering News for this week

publishes a map showing new railroads

completed, building under survey, an? projected on what is deemed to be a reasonably solid basis in the region east of Chicago and north of Norfolk Va., with

tabulation of the same details by companies and States, Following is a condensed summary:

Canada (including all irovinxt east cf Mani

toba) Track laid, 313 miles: under construe--

tion, 382 miles; survey 657 miles; pxoiectedV 880 miles.

New England Track laid. S17 miles: under

construction, 251 milet : surveys, 635 miles:

jrojeoea, wo mues.

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania Tral: laid, Urt miles; under construction, 7JG miles; survrva, 611 miles s.

projected, 406 miles. Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan south of Haokinaw Straits Track laid, lU-J mll-es ; under oon-

Btruouon. dui mites; surveys, 1014 miles: prw jected, 1,123 mileB, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentnokv north

of the latitude of Norf ol k Track laid, tnirtsea miles ; under construction, SCO miles: survey. 591 miles; projected, .1,017 mile. Total for the whole ara east of Chicago and north of Norfolk -Track laid. 7 IS miles: undes

construction, t,c00 miles ; surveys, 3, MS Kiftsftl projected, with some fair ehauceof cosjttnu tiont 4,111 miles.