MURDER , FOLLOWED BY ROBBEUY.
A Desperate Affair on the Chicago , Rock
Island .t Pacific A Jiig Reward Offered.
Ono of the most daring and bloody ex
press robberies ever perpetrated in Illinois
occurred on the Chicago , Rock Island &
Pacific west-bound express on the night ol
the 13th , between Jolictand Morris. 'The
facts , as learned from the baggageman , are
that shortly after tho train , which leaves
Joliet at 12:45 : a. m. , had left that city , he
heard a rap at the baggage car door.
Thinking it was tho express messenger he
opened the door and was met by masked
" " robbers , who covered him with revolvers"
and demanded his key to tho express car.
The key was given up and one robber , who
was on top of the baggage car , held a revol
ver on the baggagemaster through tho tran-
eon in the roof of the car while his confed
erates turned their attention to the express
car. Itis thought that they rapped on the
express car door and informed the messen
ger at Kellogg , Nichols , that the baggage
man wanted to get in. At any rate tlie ex
press car door was opened and the despera
does entered. Being confronted by the
murderous villains tho messenger fought for
his life and the property in his trust. The
interior of the express car shows ho fought
the robbers from one end to the other , but
nfc lust the blows that they rained on his
head with an iron poker forced him to suc
cumb , and he was left dead in the car. The
thieves rifled his pocket of the keys to the
* safe , which they robbed of all its contents ,
variously estimated at from $20,000 to
$25,000. Checks and valuable packages
not containing money they left scattered
about the floor.
Nothing was known of the occurrence un
til the train reached Morris , the firat stop
west of Joliet except tho coal shute , where
the train stopped to take on coal. At
Morris the local express messenger rapped
on the express-car door , but a the sum
mons was not answered it was thought the
train messenger was asleep. Upon tho
door of the car being opened tho horrible
evidence of a desperate struggle and the
dead body of Messenger Nichols were dis
covered. In one hand tho dead man
clutched a lock of dark-colored hair , which
must have been torn from the head of one
of his assailants.
The news was at once telegraphed to Jol
iet. - Sheriff Reitz and Chief of Murray at
onee organized a posse and started on a
special engine for Morris , stopping on the
way at tho coal chute , two miles west of
Joliet , to seo if they could find whether tho
desperadoes boarded the train at that
point. Snow was falling lightly at tl.etime ,
'c and the tracks , if any , were covered.
LYTEK. Mr. Wygant , the agent of the
United States Express company , states
this morning that tho loss by yesterday
morning's robbery will be inside of $25-
000. There wns a little over $20.000 in
money and the balance of the stolen mat
ter consisted of packages of jewelry and
other things , which ho thinks were not val-
, ucd above $2,500. It is impossible just
now to fix the loss exactly. The express
company is working jointly with the Rock
Island railway in endeavoring to catch tho
robbers , and the $10,000 reward is offered
jointly by the two companies.
Assistant Agent Hammond of the United
States Express company's office , in this
city , said in regard to the murdered man :
"Mr. Kellogg Nichols was a bravo and
trusted employe of the company. He was
about 49 years of age. and had spent
twenty-nine years with the company , being
one of the oldest employes running on any
road out of thie city. Mr. Nichols was a
married man , but had no children.
Baggageman N. H. Watt , who is a young
man about 24 years of age , told tho follow
ing stor3r in response to various questions :
"I was sitting in the car when all at once I
heard a man say , "Don't move a muscle or
I'll blow your brains out. ' I could only
Bee the lower part of his face. It was cov
ered with some cloth or paper. I sat look
ing toward thoback part of the car , toward
the rear of the train when 1 heard some
one at the safe , which was behind me , and
- could hear a rustling and tearing of papers.
This went on for a while and the man who
stood over me said to me , 'If you move or
stir a hand or foot before the train stops
at Morris , that man up there will blow tlie
top of your head off. ' I rolled my eyes up
and there was a man's hand stuck through
the ventilator-with a gun in it. In about
live minutes , as it seemed to me , the train
slowed up for Morris , and I looked up.
The hand was gone , and I jumped out of
, the car. I heard no noise nor any shoot
ing. The first I heard was , as I said , a man
speaking to me and at the same time put
ting a gun over my shoulder. They must
have gotten into Nichols" car first and got
the key to thesafebefore they came to me. "
The Inter Ocean's Joliet speci.il says :
By comparing notes Conductor Wagner
and several passengers on the train aboard
of which Express Messenger Nichols was
murdered yesterday , have accepted the
theory of murder and robbery perpetrated
by four men , three of whom boarded the
train at the Chicago depot and the fourth
at Blue Island. Two of the men traveled
on a pass issued for R. D. Martin and one ,
good between Chicago and Kansas City.
Before reaching Joliet the conductor be
came convinced that they were suspicious
characters and asked to see their passes
again. On second examination of that
issued as above stated , the conductor
noticed that it had been originally dated
1884 , and that the last figure of the date
had been neatly covered by a paster bear
ing the fizure G. Upon this he refused to
return the pass and ordered the men to
leave the train at Joliet. They did so , but
are believed to have boarded the train be
tween tho baggage and express cars just as
it pulled out. No clue to tho men has yet
been discovered.
Chicago dispatch : A very important
fact in connection with the express robbery
has been made publc. It seems that a
conference of the express and railway offi
cials and detectives yesterday , Baggageman
Walts was placed under a rigid cross-exam
ination. Wygant's secretary took full
notes andwent from the hotel where the
conference was held to the office to write
out his notes. He did not arrive there ,
and after some hours' search was institu
ted but no trace of the missing youngnan
has been found. Wygant has _ every confi
dence in his integrity and is sure that he
has either been abducted or met with foul
play. It is understood that under the
severe cross-examination of tho detectives ,
Walts made some valuable statements , but
just what he has admitted cannot bo ascer
tained.
LATER. The youthful McDonald turned
up to-night in a demented condition near-a
.czml office in a distantpart of the city. He
could give no coherent account of himself ,
and his notes of the baggageman's state
ment are not to be found. There is no clue
to the manner of their disappearance or as
to the cause of the stenographer's sudden
prostration.
PENSIONS AND POLITICS.
The senate committee on expenditures ol
public money on the 17th continued its in L :
vestigation of the charges made by Com- '
missioner Black with regard to tho official
acts of his predecessor. Black again occu
pied tho witness chair , and in reply to a re
quest from Senator Harrison , asking
whether he could produce the name and
number in any claim which had been al
lowed or rejected by his predecessors on ac
count of the politics of the claimant , the th
commissioner replied in substance he could tii
be able to give the committee an abundance
of evidence in support of the allegations pa
made in his report , but preferred to do so or ,
from the files of the oflice. J to
OF LABOR.
Their Objects and Alms at Set ForUi In a Re
cent Circular.
We have formed the order of the-Knights
of Labor , for the purpose of organizing and
directing thepowerof the industrial masses ,
not as a political party , for it is more in
it are crystalized sentiments and measures
for the benefit of the whole people , but it
should be borne in mind when exercising
the right of suffrage , that most of the
objects herein sot forth can only be
obtained through legislation and that it is
the duty of all to assist in nominating and
Bupporting-with'their-votes only-such can- '
didatcs as will pledge their support to
those measures regardless of party. Our
aims are :
1. To make industrial and moral worth ,
: ot wealth , the true standard of individual
and national greatness.
2. To secure tho workers the full enjoy
ment of the wealth they create , sufficient
leisure in which to develop their intellectual ,
moral and social faculties ; all the benefits ,
recreation and pleasures of association ; in
a word , to enable them to share in the
gains and honor of Advancing civilization.
In order to secure these results , we de
mand at the hands of tho state :
3. The establishment of bureaus of
labor statistics that we may arrive at a
correct knowledge of the educational moral
and financial condition of the laboring
masses.
4. That the public lands , the heritage of
the people , be reserved for actual settlers ;
and not another acre for railroads or
speculators , and that all lands , now held
for speculative purposes bo taxed to their
full value.
5. The abrogation of all laws that do
nob bear equally upon capital and labor ,
and the removal of unjust technicalities ,
delays and discrimination in the adminis
tration of labor.
G. The adoption of measures providing
for tho health and s.ifety of those engaged
in tho mining , manufacturing and building
industries , and forindemnificaHon to those
engaged therein for injuries received through
tho lack of necessary safeguards.
7. The recognition by incorporation of
trades' unions , and such other associations
us maybe organized "by the working masses'
to improve their condition and protect their
Mghts.
8. The enactment of laws to compel cor
porations to pay their employes weekly , in
lawful money for the labor of the proceed
ing week , and giving mechanics and labor
ers a first lien upon the product of their
labor to the extent of their full wages.
9. Tho abolition of the contract system
on national , state and municipal works.
10. The enactment of laws providing for
arbitration between employer and em
ployed , and to enforce the decision of the
arbitrators.
11. The prohibition by law of the em
ployment of children under fifteen years of
age in workshops , mines and factories.
12. To prohibit the hiring out of convict
labor.
13. That a graduated tax be levied.
14. The establishment of a national
monetary system , in which a circulating
medium in increasing quantity shall issue
direct to tho people without the interven
tion of banks ; that all national issue shall
bo full legal tender in payment of all debts ,
public and private , and that the govern
ment shall nob guarantee or recognize any
private banks or create any banking cor
porations.
15. That interest bearing bonds , bills of
credit or notes shall ever be issued by the
government , but that when need arises tho
emergency shall be met by issue of legal
tender , non-interest bearing money.
1G. That the importation of foreign
labor under contract be prohibited.
17. That in connection with the post-
ofiice the government shall organize finan-
cial exchanges , safo deposits and facilities
for deposit of the "ings of the people in
small sums.
18. That the government shall obtain
possession by purchase under the right of
eminent domain of all telegraphs , tele
phones and railroads , and that hereafter
no charter or license be issued to any cor
poration for construction or operation of
any means of transporting intelligence , pas
sengers or freight.
And while making the foregoing demands
upon the state and nationail government ,
we will endeavor to associate our own la
bors :
19. To establish co-operative institu
tions such as will tend to supersede the
wage system by the introduction of a co
operative industrial system.
20. To secure for both sexes equal pay
for equal work.
21. To shorten the hours of labor by a
general refusal to work for more than
eight hours.
22. To persuade employers to agree to
arbitrate all differences which may arise
between them and their employes , in order
that the bands of sympathy between them
may be strengthened and that strikes may
be rendered unnecessary.
JAY GOULD Oar THE STRIKE.
Jacksonville ( Fla. ) dispatch : Jay Gould
speaking for tho first time respecting the
strike by the Knights of Labor on the Mis
souri Pacific and remaining portion of tho
Gould southwestern system , said to the
representative of the Associated press : "I
first learned of the strike while at Havana ,
and have been advised by telegraph of tho
character of the trouble , more particularly
since my arrival here. The strike on our
system was a complete surprise to me , for
two reasons : First , we have acceded to
all the demands which have been made
upon us by our employes , and were sup
posed to be working in harmony with them.
Second , the present strike is made upon an
issue with which we have nothing to do
and which we cannot possibly arbitrate or
control. The present strike , continued
Gould , originated in the discharge of a man
named Hall on the Texas & Pacific , which
road is in the hands of the United States
court. We have no more right to attempt
to control the workings of that system
than the workingmen themselves , and
would be as completely in contempt in an
attempt to do so as any other outsider. "
ZST FAVOR OF BOYCOTTING.
Platform of the Anti-Chinese Convention
Held at Sacramento.
A San Francisco dispatch aays the plat-
Form presented-to the anti-Chinese conven
tion demands that the government of the
fjnited ' States takeimmediate steps to pro-
hib'it absolutely this Chinese invasion , and
appeals to the people all over the country
to suppla Chinese with white labor in all
instances here tho former is employed ,
rhe reso tions declare they are not in
favor of unlawful methods in getting rid of
Chinese , but pronounce in favor of boycot
ting any person who employs Chinese di
rectly or indirectly. Discussion of the boy-
ott clause in the platform continued up to
o'clock , whenamui tremendoHs cheerine ,
ihe platform as presented was adopted. (
Ex-Senator Sarg ant , who had strongly
jpposed the boycott clause , immediately
nformed the chairman ol his withdrawal
rom the convention. A
PENSION INCREASE FOR WIDOWS.
The senate haa passed tho bill to increase G
lie pensions of widows and dependentrela- F
ives from ? 8 to $12 per month. The bill w
assed as it came from the house , and now j ' G
nly requires the signature of the president fr
become a law. i b <
ST. PATRICK'S DAT ABROAD.
A Great Event for Irishmen Celebrated. i
London , Dublin and Elsewhere.
London telegram : A banquet in hono *
ol St. Patrick's day was given at the Can
non street hotel this evening. There wer
250 guests , including Earl Ashburnham and
many Parnellite members of parliament.
Many telegrams were read expressing confi
dence in Mr. Parnell and the Irish com
moners. Mr. E.D wyerGray , who presided ,
regretted the absence ol Parnell , who waa
unwell. Amid great enthusiasm ho pro
posed the toast , "Ireland , a nation , " add
ing that if ever a race on the face of the
globe had proved its right to nationhood
the Irish had done so. Inspitoof centuriea
of bitter struggle , unparalleled Bufferings ,
the Irishmen had shown that they were de
termined to obtain the rights of nation and
never wns their determination stronger
than now. He hoped before long Gladstone
would Bolve the problem. The Irishmen
wished to legislate for themselves in their
own country , and would loyally accept any
measure giving them that country , thus
benefitting both countries instead of endan
gering the empire.
Mr. O'Brien , presiding pver n , meeting of
400 Irishmen at St. George's hall , in Brad
ford this evening , made a speech in which
lie said that Ireland's prospects were never
brighter than now. I would not bo the
Fault of Parnellites if the most promising
chance of effecting a conciliation of the two
peoples should be madly and wickedly sac
rificed.
Attorney General Russell was banquetted
this evening by some of his constituents.
In an address he said that Englishmen
might rest assured that Mr. Gladstone's
Irish scheme would be just and equitable
and would unite the liberal party and
strengthen the best interests of the empire.
Numerous meetings in honor of St. Pat
rick's day were held throughout the United
Kingdom. The gatherings were mostly
quiet. O'Connor , speaking at Liverpool ,
said the position of the English parties was
such as to excite surprise and disgust. The
Parnellites had been abundantly justified
in hoping that the conservatives would be
willing to grant home rule.
WASHINGTON GOfSIP.
THE bill which Senator Manderson intro
duced for the proposed sale of Fort Omaha
by the secretary of Avar , has for its object
enlarged and improved facilities for army
quarters. Fort Omaha covers only eighty
acres , which General Sheridan regards in
adequate for the needs of such an import
ant post. It is proposed to purchase 400
acres on the line of the Union Pacific within
threo or four miles of Omaha , and erect
thereon permanent buildings that will ac
commodate at least two regiments ol
troops. It is believed that the proceeds
from the sale of Fort Omaha will be ample
to purchase the new site and leave a sur
plus for a partial improvement. Mander
son feels confident of a very liberal appro
priation for army quarters at the new fort ,
which is to become one of the largest mill
tary posts in the country.
IT ia understood that Major Lewis Mer
rill , seventh cavalry , whose nomination for
promotion to be lieutcnt colonel was with
drawn because he had previously been rec
ommended for retirement , will be again
nominated for promotion by the president.
THE house committee on foreign affairs ,
by a vote of seven to six , postponed the
consideration of the Morrow Chinese bill
and instead took up the president's mes
sage recommending the payment of indem
nity to China for outrages perpetrated on
Chi ese subjects in this country. Belmont ,
the chairman , who cast the deciding vote ,
declared himself opposed to the Morrow
bill on the ground of its being in violation
of treaty obligations.
AN order has been issued from the war
department reliving Maj. Gen. Pope. It is
understood that the nomination of his suc
cessor and of two brigadier generals with
consequent-promotions will be made soon.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS , of Illinois , a mem
ber of the house committee on naval af
fairs , will BQon introduce a resolution in
regard to naval officers who were put on
the retired list by reason of disabilities not
contracted in the line of duty. It is stated
that numbers of young and middle-aged
naval officers have been retired because
they had ruined their health and even their
minds by drunkennes or other ills and ex
cesses , and not in the service. If their
names were stricken off the list the govern
ment would save large sums of money and
the morale of the navy would be materially
improved.
KILLED Ur WHITE AVENGERS.
Ten Ncgros , Held for Attempted Assassina
tion , Shot Dead in a Court Room.
A Wiuoua ( Miss. ) special to the New
Orleans Picayune says : At Carrollton to
day a fearful tragedy occurred , in which ten
negroes who attempted to assassinate J.
W. Liddell , jr. , inflicting some painful but
not serious wounds , were killed. The ne
groes who were engaged in this dastardly
attempt are known to be the most defiant
and lawless in the county , and since the at
tempt on Liddell's life , have been raora
openly defiant than ever.
For some reason unknown they swore out
a warrant a Tew days ago for Liddell's ar
rest. Ifc was at this trial to-day that the
killing occurred. The negroes present were
mostly armed.
About 1 o'clock a party of armed men ,
numbering about forty or fifty persons ,
rode up to the court house. They dis
mounted , and entering the building at onca
commeuced firing on the negroes with the
above result. They then returned the same
route they came. They do not live near
Carrollton.
A later dispatch from Winona throws a
little more light on the assassination. At
the trial about fifty witnesses were present.
Fifty white men , well mounted , and each
carrying a Winchester , came riding up and
surrounded the court house.
They then fired into the building , instant
ly killing ten negroes and wounding three
others , so that they died soon after , and
with the exception of the few who escaped
through the windows , all the other negroes
were more or less seriously wounded.
A special to the Picayune from Grenada ,
Miss. , says : The news of a terrible tragedy
enacted at Carrolton , an interior town
twenty-four miles southwest of Grenada ,
was received here this evening.
Firty men rode into the town and re
paired to the court house , where thirteen
negroes were waiting for their trial to com
mence. The white men walked into the
court room and shot ten of the negroes
dead and wounded the other three.
The shooting grew out of the attempted
assassination of James Liddell , a promi
nent citizen , who was shot and seriously
vounded by these negroes several weeks
igo.
DEBT OF GENERAL GRANT PAID.
Some time before the failure of Grant &
SVard , Mrs. Virginia Corbin , of Jersey City ,
Seneral Grant's sister , entrusted Colonel
Fred Grant wi h § 23,000 which he invested
vith the firm. A day or two ago .Mrs.
Grant sent a certified check for the money
rom the publishers of her late husband's
)0ok.
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PLAIN TALK FRO3Z HO3OE.
.Reasons Why He Will Not Meet Blaster WorTt-
man Powderly and OUtera in a Representa
tive Capacity.
St. Louis dispatch : The hope of a settle
ment of the strike upon the great Gould
southwestern system in the near future
seemed nearer realization to-day than at
any time during tho present difficulty. In
terest in future developments is equally
divided between the course which the dis
charge of Mechanic Hall at Marshall , Tex. ,
shall pursue , and the reply'of Hoxie to
Powderly , now at Kansas City. Many feel
confident that the submission of Hall's
grievances to the United States court will
result in ending tlie strike. The following
reply of Vice President Hoxie to the re
quest of Master Workman Powderly for a
conference was telegraphed that gentleman
late this afternoon.
Missouri Pacific Railway Company , Ex
ecutive Department ST. Louis , Mo. , March
IS ) . T. J. Powderly , Kansas City , Mo. : I
have just received yourlelegram of the 18th
instant , asking if 1 will meet yourself and
committee to arrange a settlement of the
pending difficulties. As this company now
lias contracts and agreements with various
labor unions and organizations , and is not
unwilling to continue to .make such an
agreement as circumstances may require
with such unions and organizations of its
employes as hove shown a disposition to
carry out in good faith their undertaking ;
and as it has had in the past contracts
with your organization , and its representa
tives have heretofore had conferences with
yourself and other members of your execu
tive committee , it is but just and courteous
that I should give you tho reasons for this
company now declining to meet yourself
and its executive committee , which it would
have done before this strike was inaugu
rated.
The usual object of such meetings be
tween railway companies , through their
representatives , and committees of their
emploj'es is either to discuss such differ
ences as may have arisen , in order that an
understanding may be reached of the
rights and relations existing betucen them ,
and such mutual concessions made as will
avoid strikes and losses resulting there
from , or on the other hand to settle and
compromise such differences between the
parties after thegrievances of the employes
have been presented and redress refused ,
and after resort has actually been hdd , to
strike , is the only remedy.
In tlie present case neither of the above
reasons lor a conference exists , but the
anomaly is presented of a strike which is
without redressable grievance which was
entered upon without notice to the com
pany , and which has resulted in the wanton
and malicious destruction of this com
pany's property by vi lence and incendiar
ism , and in the almost total stoppage of
business by threats , intimidation and
force. A review of the last year is essential
to a full understanding of the present con
ditions.
The differences between this company and
its employes resulting in the strike of
March , 1883. were bottled by the voluntary
intercession of the executives and officers of
the states of Kansas and Missouri and not
with your organization. Agreements sub
sequently entered into with committees of
your organization have been faithfully car
ried out by this company. Minor griev
ances under these arrangements have from
time to time been presented , considered by
management , and adjusted in a manner
apparently satisfactory to the petitioners
and for tho sake of peaceand harmony this
company has repeatedly on demands of
your organization madochiinges in its staff
by the removal of ollicials entirely satis
factory to the company but objectionable
to some of your members. In our meetings
with you of last August in New York your
committee then stated that no grievances
or complaints existed against the Missouri
Pacific railway on the part of organization
through the non-compliance with the con
tracts then exi-ting. but that it was neces
sary to utilize your organization upon the
Missouri Pacific road to force an adjust-
justmcnt of difficulties then pending with
nnother corporation. Similar action has
been taken by your organization in three
instances within the last eight months.
First In threatening that members of
your organization upon tho Missouri Paci
fic railway would strike if it continued to
exchange business with the Wabash road.
Second When members of your organi
zation compelled the strike of n portion of
tho employes of this company in carrying
out your boycott against the Mallory line
at Gajveston , Tex. , and
Third In the present instance when the
existing strike was forced upon the com
pany by the discharge of ono C. A. Hall by .
Lhc receivers of the Texas & Pacific rail- '
way , a road in the hands of the United
States court , and in the management of
which this company has no control , a fact
which your organization fully recognized
when your committee made application to
; he receivers of that road for reinstate
ment of said employe.
Instances might be cited where endeavors
lave been made to use this company for
-he purpose of boycotting individuals who
ncurred the displeasure of your organiza-
: ion. An especially aggravated case of the
allure of your organization to carry out
Is agreements was that the workmen at
: hc Palestiao shops who , in the last days
of February , stopped work on account of
an alleged grievance which was thereupon
adjusted in a manner to , their entire satis-
action , so they resumed work for the
agreement to continue under the conces
sions made by the company , but within
vithin ten days thereafter they again left
vork on demand of your organization in
ordering the present strike and without
any grievance whatever against this com-
pany.
These continued stoppages of work of
this company without cause have become
so frequent that believing the future will bo
as unsettled as the past , it cannot consent
to renew an agreement voluntarily and ar
bitrarily abrogated by your organization
and no longer submit to it the management
of our business.
This company , through its representa
tives. is and always has been , willing to
meet public concern and if you yourself or
other intelligent citizens can suggest prac
tical methods whereby the present situa
tion can be changed and traffic permanent
ly resumed , this company will be pleased
to meet yourself or them , as citizens , but
not as representatives of your organiza
tion , to discuss poiidingdifllculties or other
matters of public interest.
In conclusion I desire emphatically to
sta.te that the responsibility for the future
continuance of the present unjustifiable
strike will not rest with the management of
this company , but. inasmuch as your
organization has committed the error of
striking first and endeavoring to negotiate
afterwards , it has power to , and should
end the present troubles by permitting
such of our former employes and others as
desire to work , to do so without fear of
threats and intimidation , leaving this com
pany free to resume its operations and
adjust with its employes , as it is at all
ready and willing to adjust , any grievances
they may have. H. M. Hoxiu ,
First Vice President Missouri Pacific rail
road.
REPLY TO HOXIE.
KANSAS CmMo. . . March 19. The fol
lowing reply was sent to Mr. Hoxie from
hero to-night by Mr. Powderly :
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , March 19. H. M.
Hoxie , First Vice-President , St. Louis , Mo. :
Since you will not meet with me as general
master workmen of the Knights of Labor ,
I must decline to meet with you in any
other capacity , and the responsibility for
future continuance of the strike must not
be charged to the Knights of Labor , since
the executive officer of that order will not
be permitted to meet and co-operate with
you in settling the strike. It was my in
tention , had you consented to meet with
me , to endeavor to effect such settlement
as would prevent impositions as have been
practiced upon employes of your company
by subordinate officials , and put an end to
strikes on your lines for the future.
T. V. POWDERLY.
3LEN OF PRO3HNEXCE.
"Jay Gould. " says tho Hour , "is worth
to-day fully § 100,000,000. "
Ilolman Hunt's pictures have been col
lected and put on exhibition in London.
Prince Louis Napoleon is shooting ele
phants and tigers in the jungles of India.
Theprojectof erectingastatuoof Horatio
Seymour is being agitated in interior New
York.
Sir Alexander Stewart , promoter of the
Transpacific cable scheme , has reached New-
York.
W. H. Hilliard has been commissioned by
Senator Palmer to paint a picture of John
Howard Payne's tomb.
.Gen. Alexander S. Webb , a veteran much
thought of in Pennsylvania , is improving
and may be out by April.
Senator Sawyer , at the.nge of 17 , pur
chased from his father for § 100 the freedom
then generally given young men of 21.
Representative Brecken ridge , of Ken
tucky , is not yet 49 years old , but his
heavy hair and beard are snowy white a
family characteristic.
Ex-Senator Chaffce had a dread of doc
tors and the latter are getting even with
him now by asserting that haJ he obeyed
them he would still be alive.
Senator Vest has a brain trouble from
which the physicians feared serious results
for a time. He wears a seaton in the back
of his neck to get up counter irritation.
Thia , with his proposed trip to tho south ,
will , his friends think , restore him to health.
Judge W. K. Makemson , of Texas , who
defended Holland in the recent murder
trial , says the paradise of hard drinkers is
the town of Laredo , on the boundary line
between Mexico and tho Lone Star state.
He says : "Take an American dollar and
start in and take a drink on the Texas side
of the line and you'll receive as change a
Mexican dollar. Cross tho boundary into
what is known as Nuevo Laredo , take a
drink , tender the Mexican coin and get a
United States standard dollar in change.
You can keep this up all day and you'll
feel like the cowboy pianist when you get
through. "
LABOR TROUIiLES CREATING ALARM.
A Washington specialsaysthelabortrou-
bles are creating a good deal of concern
among the manufacturers of the country.
They look with a good deal of alarm upon
the situation. Some of those who have
been here in attendance upon the hearings
of the ways and means committee , say they
are thinking seriously of closing down their
works until the troubles are over. They
can not , they say , make any calculations
while the present condition of things goes
on. They do not know what to depend on
they do not know when they may have
trouble among their own workmen , or be
obliged to increase wages so that the prices
now paid will be unprofitable. They look
upon the situation as quite alarming.
ENCOURAGING THE GRADUATES.
Charles Francis Adjuns , jr. , president of
the Union Pacific railroad , lectured on the
17th before the students of Harvard col
lege on "Railroad Management as a PrOfes
sion for College Graduates. " After refer
ring to the immense growth of the Union
Pacific , the Pennslyvania Central and one
or two other ' great corporations , the lec
turer said : ' 'That while it is true that men
at the head of these great corporations to
day , are , as a rule , self-made and self-
educated men , he thought their day was
passing away , that they would have to
make room for othersand that theirplaces
would be taken by col' ' j-bred men in the
next generation. "
BULLIONS TURNED TO SMOKE.
Buenos Ayres ( Brazil ) dispatch : Cata-
linas custom house , with all its contents ,
has been destroyed by fire. Tho loss is
$5,000,0000. Two hundred commercial
houses are affected by the losses. It is be
lieved that the fire began Tuesday night ,
although it was not discovered until 7
o'clock the next day. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 C3 @
BARLEY No. 2 47 @
RYE No. 2 40
CORN No. 2 mixed
OATS No. 2
BnriEit Fancy creamery. .
BUTTER Choice roll
EGGS Fresh
CHICKENS Dressed per Ib. . .
TURKEYS Dressed per Ib. . . .
DUCKS Dressed per Ib
LEMONS Choice 4 00
APPLES Choice 2 50
ORANGES Mesina 2 00
BEANS Navys 1 25
ONIONS Per bushel 1 00 .
POTATOES Per bushel 50 " "
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75
WOOL Fine , per Ib 14
SEEDS Timothy 2 25
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50
HAY In bulk G 00
HOGS Mixed packing 3 80
BEEVES Fair to good 2 50
SHEEP Heavy grades 3 00 @
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 9G % @
WHEAT Ungraded red 89 @ 90
CORN No. 2 44 @ 47
OATS Mixed western 37 @ 40
PORK 9 87 " @ 10 00
LARD G 25 @ G 27ft
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Southern 4 00
FLOUR Patents 3 65
WHEAT Perbushel S0 ;
CORN Per bushel 4GJ
OATS Per bushel 29 @
PORK 9 70
LARD 5 92
HOGS Packing itshipping. 410
CATTLE Stockers 3 00
SHEEP Natives 3 24
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red 92 @ 92J
CORN Perbushel 34 @ 35
OATS Per bushel 29 @ 30
HOGS Mixed packing 3 90 @ 4 15
CATTLE Stockers & feeders 300 @ 420
SHEEP Common to choice 2 50 @ 3 50
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel 72 @ 72H
CORN Per bushel 27 @ 27J <
DATS Per bushel 28 @ 28 %
CATTLE Exports 5 00 @ 5 15'
HOGS Good to choice 4 00 @ 4 20
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75 @ 3 15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Sclavonian doilies nrol used as tidies
when edged with coffee colord lace.
Sofa bolsters in leather work are ap
propriate for library sofas or chairs.
Dress caps for morning wear have
generous flows of velvet ribbon with a
multitude of ends.
Hanging censers are now used dis
tributed about tho boudoir , suspended
from hooks screwed into the ceiling.
A pretty affect is given to heavy or
brilliant collorcd hangings by having
them over draped with Madras muslin.
Codfish Steak Fried in a pan , are im
proved by being dipped first in a simplo
batter of milk and egg , ( uncooked. ) or
milk thickened with corn starch.
Tho last dish of a good dinner should
be light and elegant , and convey tho
greatest amount of pleasure to the tasto
with the least possible nourishment.
Little bags for holding tho handker
chief or purse are made of crochetted
silk strung with pearl beads ; they aro
carried with spring costumes , which
lack pockets.
Novf Rose Bowls. Have a glass
stem that lifts the bowl about four
inches above the table cloth. Other
wise they retain their pretty form , liko
a lamp shade , in exquisitely cut glassi
Exquisetc are tlie Japanese portieres
in transparent silk netting completely
covering them , all cmbrordurcd in vari
ous quaint and wonderful designs io
the satin stitch which is the same on
either side.
Soused Pigs' Feet To two pounds ol
feet add one tablespoonful of cloves ,
one of allspice , use popper and salt to
taste. Boil them in vinnegar and wa
ter , half and half ; reduce almost to a
jelly and heat hot or coM.
Whole Tomatoes Come in cans ,
quite firm enough to slice for frying or
for salad. Tomato salad , with thinly
shaved cabbage , dressed with three
spoonfuls of oil to one of vinnegar ,
makes a beautiful dish. A raw egg
makes this dressing a mayonaise ; pep
per and salt to taste.
Hot niilk and sclt/cr water together
aro good nourishment for the nerves.
Take half a tumbier of milk , heat very
hot , but be sure toreniQvu from the tire
before it boils ; add from the : siphon bot
tle sufficient sellzcr water to till up the
tumbler : stir and drink , This is a good
night cap.
Crust for Meat. Pics One quart of
flour , three tablcspoonfuls of lard , two
and a half cups of milk , one leaspn'.mful
of soda wet with hot water and stirred
into the milk , two teaspoonfuls of
cream of tartar sifted into the dry Hour ,
one tcaspoonful of salt. Work up very
lightly and quickly and do not get too
stiff.
Snow Pudding Soak half a box of
gelatine for one hour in half a pint of
cold water ; then add two cupfuls of
sugar , two teaspoonfuls of extract of
lemon , and half a pint of boiling
water. When cool , but not thick , add
the whites of three eggs , beaten to a
stiff froth. Set the dish in another of
ice water , and beat until thick and.
white. Turn into a mold and set away
to harden.
Gateau of Applet Put into a sauce
pan a half pint of water together with
a half pound of loaf sugar. Let it boil ,
and when it becomes a thick sjrup ,
have some tart applpared , cored an-1
sliced , and add a pound of tho. < c to tho
syrup , flavoring tho mixture with tho
zest and juice of a lemon. Allow it to
boil , stirring it constantly ; when the
mass becomes thick , pi-ess it into a
damp mold , and when thoroughly set ,
turn it out on a dish , pour a rich custard
around it and serve. The Caterer.
Batter for Orange Fritters Mix "a
cupful of Hour with 1 he yelk of a raw
egg , a level teaspoon of salt , a table-
spoonful of salad oil and sullicicnt cold
water to make a battw thick enough to
fall in drops fron the mixing spoon.
Just before dipping the quartered
oranges into the batter , beat the white
of the egg to a stiff froth and mix it
lightly in. If you remove the seeds
from the orange sections , your fritters
will be improved. Dust them over
with powdered sugar as soon as they
conic from the smoking fat.
The secret of always having good
fish balls is to make up the lish with
hot potato and fry it immediately.
Cold mashed potatoes arc heavy , when
hot they are like a light batter. The
only cooked thing about a fish ball that
may be put in cold is the fish , two cup
fuls , chopped ; four or Jive potatoes ,
making just a little more than the fish ;
one egg , two tablcspoonfuls of butter ,
one teaspoonful of salt , one-third of a
tcaspoonful of penpor. Add the fish
and seasoning to the mashed potatoes ,
then the well beaten egg. Shape this
mixture into small bafls. Place in a
frying basket and cook in hot lard until
brown.
In a Newspaper Office.
Proof-reader ( reading ) The Hon.
Wiliani Smith arose
Copy-holder With a "y. "
Proof-reader Smithy arose
Copy-holder "With a "y" and an
"e. "
Proof-reader Then why didn't you
say so ? Smythe arose and saw
Copy-holder llan.
Proof-reader llan his fingers through
his hair \
Police-Reporter Smythe hasn't any
hair ; he's as bald as a watermelon.
City Editor ( to reporter who wrote tho
article ) What do you want to work in
Smythe's hair for if he hasn't any ?
Don't you know any better than that ?
5s Reporter ( cliop-fa'Hen ) I didn't no
tice that he didn't have any hair. I
couldn't notice that and take notes at
the same time.
C. E. Then how could you tell what
he was doing with his fingers ? You
had better try our want column and sco
if you can get a situation in a livery
stable.
Proof-reader Well , what shall I do
with it ?
C. E. Cut it all out. 'It is ridiculous
to give a half-column report of aspeech
by a man who hasn't any hair. Kill the
whole article. Rochester Herald.