'EEEE TEIBUNE.
F. M. & E. HI. K13JI3IKI.I , , Pubs.
McCOOK. : : : : NEB
OYER THE STATE.
FUTDLTfG A. FLOATER.
Auburn special to the Omaha Republi
can : Coroner Opperraan received a tele
gram Saturday afternoon that a floater
was found lodged against ) a sandbar two
miles northeast of Peru. As ho arrivcc
there late it was considered unsafe to make
* /ho trip by boat , hence the inquest was
postponed until Sunday morning. The re
mains were those of a man of medimi
height , about 35 years old , good teeth , nm
little finger of right hand missing. lie was
dressed in blue diagonal vest and pants ,
but no coat , new hook-lace sewed shoes am"
cotton nocks. His vest pocket container
about 20 cents in silver and a round , brass
check one and one-half inches in diameter
and stamped "European House 2. "
two-bladed , black , bone-handled knife was
also found. The skin was all off the hands
and face , and the body HO badly decom
posed that the coroner was unable to give
any opinion as to the length of time it had
lain in the water. After the inquest tho
body wan placed in a box and buried. It
is possible that friends may yet come to
claim it.
THE WAY TO jtuiLD A CHURCH.
Lincoln has three of the best churches in
the state , and the Methodists , the Presby
terians and tho Congregationalists tiro
justly proud of their houses of worship.
The other congregations are not distanced ,
however , and have only been saving their
strength for a spurt. Yesterday the Rev.
C. C. Pierce prepared a surprise for his con
gregation , many of the most prominent
members of which have stood out stoutly
against the erection of a new church build
ing this year. When they gathered in for
morning worship they were puzzled to sac
a huge blackboard standing tip behind the
pulpit. After the services were over the
pastor stepped up to the board and wrote
the sum of $1,000 eight times and asked
who omong the congregation would give
that much toward a new church. There
was a liberal response. He then wrote a
series of § 500 and § 300 and so on down to
§ 5 and when the last scries was completed
it was found that something over ? 17,000
had been subscribed. The church has pur
chased a lot on the corner of Fourteenth
and K streets and there is no doubt that
they will erect a fine building this season.
[ Lincoln Cor. Omaha Herald.
FEDERAL COtntTS i
Washington special to the Omaha Repub
lican : The house to-day passed Mr. Dor-
sey's bill rearranging United States district
and federal courts in Nebraska. It adds
four places to the three where courts are
now held , viz : Hastings , Norfolk , Falls
City and Kearney. Of its passage in the
senate there is some question. Senator
Edmunds is opposed to vjmt he calls
"courts on wheels , " not realizing that the
people of Nebraska have to travel 300
miles in many cases to transact business in
the United States court. Senator Mander-
son said he hoped to effect a compromise ;
and get the bill through with the four
courts provided for , Omaha. Lincoln , Ne
braska City and Hastings. If five courts
are allowed'Norfolk will doubtless be added.
These places are regarded as affording the
most needed relief to the greatest number
of people. The bill provides the following
terms of court : At Omaha , two terms
each year , to begin on the fir.st Tuesday in
January and .Tune ; at Lincoln , two terms
each year , to begin on the first Tuesday in
March and September ; at Hastings , two
terms each year , to begin on the first ; Tues
day in April and October ; at Nebraska
City , two terms each year , to begin on the
third Tuesday in April end October ; at
Norfolk , one term each year , to begin on
the first Tuesday in November ; at Falls
City , one term each year , to begin on the
first Tuesday in December , and at Kearney ,
one term , to begin on the second Tuesday"
in May. One grand and one petit jury
shall be summoned to serve at each term
hereiu provided for.
TOO zrucii siLconoL.
Beatrice special to Lincoln Journal : An
unknown man was found on the street by
the police hero yesterday in an insensible
condition. Ho was immediately taken to
the City hotel , where ho died to-day in
spite of the efforts of i > hysicians. His
death 'is thought to have been caused by
drinking nlcoliol.
It was learned from papers on his body
that he hailed from Troy Mills , Iowa , and
his name is John Casey. The authorities
at Troy Mills have been notified of his
death , and his relatives , if any can be
found , will be notified. Ho was about 35
cars of age.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE ZIATIERS.
THE population of Chadron is now esti
mated at 3,000.
Ay infuriated Texas steer created quite a
panic on the streets of Lincoln. A big fat
drummer jumped into the window of an
omnibus to escape being gored.
MKS. MARY BARLOW , of Elkhorn , return
ing home from a visit to town , was thrown
from the carriage. She struck heavily ,
bruising the back of her head and left
shoulder. It may prove fatal.
ATTORNEY GENERAL LEESE has returned
from Washington. lie think ? that he will
pet a decision in the Bohanau case in a few
days.
THE commissioners of CumSng .county
have issueda proclamation for a special
election to be held on Tuesday , May ISth ,
to vote upon a proposition to bond the
county for § 20,000. The money will be
used for building bridges.
W. L. MAY , of Fremont , has been elected
vice president of the American Fisheries
Association , which held its aunuel meeting
at Chicago last week.
THE Reform club at Tekamah will insti
tute war on the saloons at that place.
TnE real estate men of Omaha have
formed an association , similar in workings
to a board of trade.
LINCOLN'S bonded debt is § 317,500.
WORKMEN atYork are engaged in moving
the cild court house to make room for the
new building.
TnE Plattsuiouthbar passed fitting reso
lutions to tho memory of tho late Judge
M.tehell.
THE Omaha papers resent tho action of
the Lincoln police the other day in sending
back to that city a dozen and a half able
bodied tramps.
A KNIGHTS OP LABOB lodge has Tjcen or
ganized at Columbus.
MRS. TUCKER , formerly assistant matron
at the Home of the Friendless in Lincoln ,
thinks that institution is not conducted
quite as satisfactory to the inmates and
general public r s it ought to be.
"BUFFALO BiLL"who is well tnown in
Nebraska , is going to take his "Wild West"
show to Europe next year.
WASHINGTON special : Senator Van Wyck
reported with favorable recommendation
from tho committee on improvement of tho
Mississippi river , to the senate , his bill
making appropriations of § 50.000 for tho
improvement of Eastport , opposite Ne
braska Citj : . He added an amendment ap
propriating § 5,000 for improvement of tho
Missouri river at Plattsmouth and § 50 ,
000 at or near Omaha. x
Tun annual meeting of tho Nebraska
division of tho traveler's protective asso
ciation will be held at the office of tho Ne
braska implement company , in Omaha , on
tho 15th of May at 8 p. m.
PRESIDENT C. A. HULL , of the First
National bank of Blair , had a brother who
was also a banker , killed in the recent Min
nesota cyclone.
Ax Omaha teamster lost control of his
horses while descending a steep hill. He
was thrown forward under the animals ,
first being trampled upon and then run
over by the heavy wagon. His injuries it
is thought will prove fatal.
THE meeting of the Home for the Friend
less association recently held at Lincoln
was attended by about thirty-five delegates
from the different auxiliary societies. The
corresponding secretary's report showed
that during the year seven auxiliaries had
been organized and two disbanded , making
a gain of five. The total number of aux
iliaries now in operation is fifty.
THE HON. H. II. MOSES , formerly of Ohio ,
has taken up his residence in Wayne. He
was formerly circuit judge in the Buckeye
state and has written a work on mandamus.
THE office of tho Hastings Nebraskan is
being enlarged and is rumored that new
German paperwill be started iu connection
with it.
A WARRANT has been issued for tho ar
rest of Henry C. Lebberts , of Omaha ,
charged wibh seduction , on complaint of
Mary E. Netihans. Lebberts was recently
married and is of good family. The dis
closure creates no littlesurprise and tho
honeymoon is sadly clouded.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Fullerton Jour
nal sends an account of a fatal shooting on
the Skeedeeof Harry Bulla , the 13-year-old
son of Q. A. Bulla. He and his brother
Rolland wore out goose hunting , and
while Holland was in the act of shooting
Harry stepped in front of the gun , the
charge glancing in the right side of his head ,
sufficiently deep to uncover the brain for a
space of one-half by one and one-half
inches. He was taken to his homo uncon
scious , and remained so with the exception
Df a few moments , in which he recognized
liis father's voice , until death released him
the following morning.
THE mill company at Fullerton have is
sued an order to the effect that no Sunday
Selling will be permitted at the dam , and
Charley Boyd , says the Journal of that
place , declares that not even a bony sucker
: an be yanked from the Cedar within his
bailiwick on that day not by a dam site.
IT is reported that the temperance peo-
) le of Bennett will contest both the village
ind school election.
Two Lincoln men are digging for hidden
wealth in Grand Island. They claim that
a gold watch and chain , a diamond pin ,
51GOO , are buried in tho fair ground , that
.he boodle was stolen from a traveling
nan during the firemen's tournament ; that
.he thief was convicted and sentenced to
he penitentiary for another crime , and
; hat he confided the secret to one Pierson ,
vho in turn confessed to them.
FRED KRULL , says the Lincoln Journal ,
a well known farmer of Cenlerville , is a
very large man and for fifteen years Austin
lumphrey has been trying to get him
veighed , to which Mr. Krull has been mildly
nnd modestly adverse. But Austin caught
lim the other day , and gave him a weigh at
367J-J pounds. He is probably the largest
man in the state.
Miss MINNIE SELDEN , of Blair , was a few
days ago presented with a handsome gold
rutcli by. her parents as a token of their
appreciation of her excellent record while a
mpil 12 ihe public schools oi tnut city.
R. S. SMITH , aged 78 , died in Fremont
ast week , was the father of eleven children ,
one of whom is Mrs. Moses Shinn of Omaha.
THE claim of Johnson , whose barn was
> urned to dislodge the murderer , Stead-
man , near Oakland , a few weeks ago , has
> een rejected by the county commissioners ,
vho claim thev cannot pay it legally ,
'ohnson's damages were $4-,000 , the
amount he asked the commissioners to
lay.
SECRETARY BARSTOW , of the Nebraska
Trotting Horse Breeders' association says
hat fifty-six entries have been made in the
lake races to be trotted in Omaha in July.
Most of the colts are of high grade and some
lively contests are expected.
THE question oi pay for the trainmen is
nob yet , nettled. A committee of two of
the brotherhood arc traveling over Uic
Toad wnUing upon each assembly , in order
to determine tho general feeling. The it-
suit of their investigations will be laid be
fore the officials at an early day.
M. M. STANXARD has found a quarry of
stone eight miles west of Creighton , which
is said to contain marble in its first stages
equal to the best Ohio frc < j stone.
THE Brewster News'admonishes citizens
of Blaine county who desire to borrow
monej' on real estate , that they cannot do
so until the county is organized.
AN important and somewhat singular
suit has been commenced in the district
court of Otoc county. Some time ago Gco.
L. Free , of Camp Creek , had a party of
boys and men arrested for breaking up re
ligious meetings. Some of the defendants
entered a plea of guilty ; one of them , how
ever , arranged to fight the case , and the
charge was withdrawn. This defendant
George Hanks , now brings suit against Lee
for libel in the sum of § 5,000.
Hox. J. STERLING MORTON , the originator
of Arbor Day , put in his time on that day
planting trees on his place near Nebraska
City.
Gov. DAWES planted trees Arbor Day on
his place at Crete.
JOHN W. LAUER , recently tried in Omaha
for killing his wife and found guilty of man
slaughter , says it is not true that he has
intended to waive his application for anew
trial. His attorneys are instructed to go
ahead with argument for a new trial.
THE prohibitionists were in secret council
in Lincoln last week , arranging details of
the fall campaign. It is their avowed in
tention to run straight congressional and
legislative tickets in every county , and
have n district or precinct organization to
get out the vote. They hope by a thorough
canvass to poll fully 20,000 votes.
MR. McCLUSKEY , superintendent of in
struction for Lancaster county , is the first
official in the state to file his report for the
current year. Mr. McCIuskey makes the
school population of the county 12 263 ,
against 11,013 in 1885. The school popu
lation in Lincoln city is 5,520 , agaiust
4,413 in.1885.
AN Omaha firm have decided to adopt a
new and co-operative plan in tho matter ol
paying their employes. Beginning with
May 1st they will divide the profits of their
business as follows : After deducting 10
per cent interest on actual capital invest
ed , the remaining profits will be divided
equally , in proportion to the total amount
of wages paid and the capital invested.
Every employe who has been with them
six months , and has not been discharged
for good cause or voluntarily left their
service , will be paid his share in proportion ,
to the amount of wages earned and capital
invested. In all cases where the firm is
compelled to deduct from bills of customers
because of faulty work or carelessness of
workmen , the costof laborwill bo deducted
from the pay roll of the persons perform
ing the work.
JUDGE WAKELEY rendered an opinion at
Omaha in the suit brought by tho gas com
pany to restrain the passage of an ordin
ance by tho city council granting a charter
to a new company. The decision reviews
tho history of the gas company and the
ordinance passed on , and concludes with
the opinion that it is within the power of
tho city to pass the ordinance , but that
does not restrain the present company
from continuing their business.
ODD FELLOWS of Beatrice , by resolution ,
decided not to attend the celebration at
Omaha because they could not gut better
rates on the railroads.
"Dicic DE'ADEYE , " a notorious tough who
has been hanging about Omaha for some
time past , has been given orders to mako
himself sccirce in that locality from this
time forward.
HASTINGS surprises strangers with the
number of elegant turnouts that appear on
its streets.
LAST week Sheriff Fowler , oi Nemaha
county , took to the penitentiary Mark
Hall , of that county , who plead guilty to the
murder of David Worrel , and was sen
tenced at the last term of court to two
years at hard labor. Two years ago the
coming Fourth of July , Hall struck Wor
rel with a billiard cue , in the saloon of J.
G. Maclay , in Auburn , the blow resulting
in tho death of Worrel soon after. The
prisoner made a statement to Judge
Broacly to the effect that Worjol began the
quarrel , using abusive language , and that
he struck the fatal blow in self-defense.
BOHANAN has received a message from his
counsel that the United States supreme
court had overruled Attorney General
Lecse's motion to throw Bohanan's case
out of court , and have ordered the case to
be argued on its merits. The next step
by the prosecution will be tho filing of a
motion asking that the case be advanced
on the docket. This no doubt will be done
and the case argued some time this fall.
THE bids for the erection of the new-court
house of York county were opened on the
20th. There were five complete bids filed :
R. K. Allen , of St. Joe , § 00,000 ; D. R.
Howard , of Lincoln , § 52,000 ; J. F. Cau-
sand , of Lincoln , § 52,000 ; W. U. Patvin ,
of Lincoln , § 57,700 ; Ilutchinson & Collier ,
of York , § 56,000 , and § 51,000 without
jail.
ASHLAND has a fine large new hotel which
is to be opened about May 1.
IT is said that last year there were more
weddings iu Wayne , according to the popu
lation , than in any town of the slate , and
the matrimonial market opens very brisk
this season. There will be boveral matings
at an early day. . ,
A LAND , loan and building organization
has been effected at Columbus.
COUNTY organization is tho principal
topic of argument iu Blaine county at the
present time.
THE postmaster at Western locks the
boxes of delinquent patrons until they
come down with the rent.
THE total number of children attending
school in the state is 233,238. To teach
them 7,692 instructors are employed at an
annual cost of § 1,492,340.
A PETITION is out for a daily mail from
Chadron to Fort Fetterman. A diagram
will also be sent in showing the present
mail route by way of Omaha and Cheyenne ,
a distance of nearly 2,000 miles.
THE Baptists of Wj-more are erecting a
house of worship 26x42.
EUGENE KRAUSE , of West Point , came
near having a leg broken while soldering
pipes in the water , works ditches in that
place , the other day , by the caving of the
bank. Help being at hand he was speedily
released from his painful position. One lea
wns bent over the pipe in such a way as to
severely strain it.
THE Moline plow men are casting about
for a location in the west. It is possible
Omaha may secure the manufactory if
the citizens exhibit a spirit of liberality
commensurate with the importance of
the enterprise.
THE unknown child that was found in u
barn in Lincoln ono night last winter , dr-
at the Home of the Friendless n Vw days
ngo. Then ; wns a mystery about the
desertion of this child , which the police
were at one lime in a fair way of solving ,
when they were hauled off the trail.
AONG the prominent enterprises which
nro on foot at Fail-field is : i butter ami
cheese factory. The building and apparat
us will cost § 7,000.
ONE of the institutions of FiiirfbM is
the Norman stud stables owned by J. W.
Sinnll. Some of the finest and best stool *
in the stale , or in the west , for that matter ,
can be seen at these stables.
THE Odd Fellows of Juniata will hold a
celebration of their own onlhc20th.be-
lieving the railroad rates are too high to
o to 0iahu.
A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting was
held at Huntington , Oregon , last week , in
favor of the Huntington and Pine Valley
lailroad. Fitty per cent of Ihe assessment
on stock was paid in , and a survey order
ed. This road opens up a large mining dis
trict to Nebraska , whose trade has hereto
fore gone to Portland.
DR. FITCH is negotiating for material with
which to start a temperance paper at
Hastinss.
THE contractor for the Beatrice water
works is on the ground ready to begin op
erations.
CHARGE IT UP ro RU3T.
Edward Bagley and Alfred Twoomey , of
Somiuerville , Mass. , were young men who
had been like brothers from childhood.
Baglpy was 19 years old , and Twoomey is
21. Both worked at the Union Glass
works , and both had widowed mothers de
pendent upon them for support. Their in
timacy continued unbroken until the other
day , when they went to Boston and became
intoxicated and when they returned home
in the evening , got into a dispute , wlrch
they proceeded to settle with a fist fight.
Bngley was frequently knocked down by
Twoomey , and upon being taken home died
from the effects of the beating. Twoomey
was arresled. After being placed under ar
rest , he said : "He was the best friend I
over had. and this would never have hap
pened but for rum. "
A GREAT INDUSTRIAL COXTROrERST.
TItinfjs That 3fnst bo Taken Into Consider
ation in Arbitrating Labor DlS2 > utes.
The Rev. Dr. Bclirends , of Brooklyn , ia
delivering the fifth in his series of discourses
on "Christianity and Modern Socialism , "
on Sunday last said on the subject of "Uhe
Rights of Labor : "
There are no rights which aro not
grounded on reason , antf which cannot be
justified by an appeal to sober fact. Firm
ness is indispensable in tho prosecution ol
every just claim , but when firmness breaks
with intelligence , it degenerates into sullen
obstinacy and invites defeat. In tho de
bate that , labor conducts , there aro some
things that no combinations can alter , and
that must be accepted as entering into tho
reat industrial controversy. There is ,
first of all , the fact that inequality in phy
sical and mental endowment is original )
ultimate , and unalterable. It can no more
be ignored in the economic life of man ,
than can tho force of gravity in mechanics.
There is 11 great deal of nonsense about
what is called the accident of birth.
Nothing is less accidental than an
cestry and blood ; and nil social improve
ment , to bo ladical and permanent , must
begin with the habits of parents , and the
earliest care of the new-born babe. A vig
orous infancy and childhood are the best
fortunes parents can give to their children.
There is an inequality for whidivhestate is
responsible , so long as under its guardian
ship any child is born in a den where pure
air is unknown and impossible. There is
an inequality which the state cannot re
move , but whose guilt must be charged
against careless fathers and mothers , who
spend in the saloon what is needed at home ,
and who doom their children to industrial
servitude. There is an equality , too , that
is inherent and permanent. Neither public
statute nor private virtue can dp away
with it. He who fights it fights against na
ture and God. AH that anyman can claim ,
and all that public justice can secure to
him , is a fair opportunity. And there never
can be equality in the possession of mater
ial goods so long as there is inequality in
human nature. Another equally prosaic
fact is that there is no way of annulling
Ihe necessity of hard work. It is sheer
folly to deceive the poor with the notion
that play can over take its place. Leisure
must always remain a luxuri' , however
widely its enjoyment may be extended. It
may be true that every human being needs
only about three pounds of food per day , a
few yards of cotton or woolen cloth a year ,
two or three tons of coal and a given num
ber of cubic feet of space , sheltered by a
roof. But scanty as such provision may
seem to be , there never has been a time
when mucn more than that could be secured
by the most patient mid persistent toil.
Savagery is a , perpetual struggle for exist
ence. Farming is not a life of ease , where
the hours of labor can be reduced at will.
Agriculture is the most exacting of pur
suits. The world actually lives from hand
bo mouth ; is always within a year from the
brink of starvation , and the universal
failure of a single harvest would produce
widespread famine and disasctcr. There is
still another dream that rules much of ex
isting discontent the notion that vast
stores of grain and merchandise are piled
up in warehouses , whose jirompt distribu
tion would make wautunknown and meas
urably increase average comfort. A sober
study of the actual facts dissipates tho
illusion. The total wealth of our country ,
now the richest in the world , is reported nt
§ 15,500,000,000 , in a population of 50-
000,000 , with a total of 17,500,000 pro
ducers. An enormoussum in theaggregate ,
representing , however , the accumulation of
250 years , much of it in land , buildings
and machinery. An equal division
would give to each man , woman
and child a capital of only § 870 , much
of it relatively worthless to the individual
owner , or § 2,500 to each producer. The
latter sum represents the limit of average
wealth attainable. There is no more to be
had. The same result is emphasized by
analyzing the annual production. The
most careful estimates place this at § 10-
000,000,000 annually. From this must
bo deducted $700,000,000 paid in taxes ,
§ 1,300,000,000 to make good the annual
wear and tear of the means of production ,
leaving § 8,000,000,000 , to be divided
among 50,000,000 consumers , without
allowing anything for interest on invested
capital or for its increase. Allowing 5 per
cent for these , the net production is re
duced to § 5,725,000,000. Throwing lapi-
tal out of the account there is only § 160 a
year for each inhabitant , or of § 115 if
capital is entitled to a dividend an
average of from 31 to , 44 cents a day.
Forty cents a day must suffice , on the
average , to feed , clothe and shelter
the people of this country. Or divid
ing the"annual production among tho
actual workers , the average income
will be between § 327 and § 457 a year.
Three hundred and fifty dollars a year
must buy bread , raiment , pay house rent
ami provide a margin for saving in every
family of three persons. T\vo dollars a
day is far above the average income that
the productive energy of the country can
pay. He who secures it belongs to the
privileged classes , with many perhaps above
him , but with many more below him ; and
every man belongs to the bloated plutoc
racy , against whom socialism urges its cru
sade , who owns § 2,500 worth of property ,
or who receives more than § 400 a year lot
his work. . If such commonplace things
were only generally understood , the classe1-
that now are most restless and discontent
would be deaf to all insurrectionary ap
peal ? , and modify very materially theii
traditional conceptions about the tyranny
of capital. Contentment with food and
raiment is not only the recommendation o !
a religion that discounts material treasure ,
but no less the injunction of a hard com
mon sense , which encourages every man tc
secure all he can.
THE HISUOl' OF KAURID SHOT.
Sliiuglcrcd on Hie Steps of Uic Cathedral by
a 1'ricst.
At 10:30 o'clock on the morning of the
ISth , while the bishop of Madrid was
ascending the steps leading to the entrance
of the cathedral , he was shot with a re
volver by a priest standing at the top of
the steps , the ball entering his abdomen.
Tins-was followed by another shot , which
wounded the bishop in the side , whereupon
the wounded man fell upon the steps. The
priest then descended the steps and fired
still another shot , which took effect in the
bishop's thigh. The bishop was borne in
nn unconscious condition to his private
chamber in the cathedral , where the last
sacraments for thedyingwere administered
to him. The priest was arrested. Being
Palm Sunday , tho cathedral was more
than usually crowded by worshippers , and
when the fearful work of the priest was
realized a furious mob followed the car
riage in which he was conveyed to prison
by gendarmes , whose presence alone pre
vented his being lynched. 1 he motive for
the crime was revenge. The man who fired
the shots was recently dismissed from the
priesthood , and had fruitlessly applied to
the bishop to be reinstated. .The priest
made an attempt to commit suicide.
THE WABASII , ST. Louis & PACIFIC RAILWAY
will sell tickets at one and one-third fare to
all delegates desiring to attend the meeting
of the American Medical Association to be
held in St. Louis , May 4th to Sth. For
tickets or further information call on or
address , F. E. Moores. agent , 1502 Far-
nam street , or G. N. Clayton , Northwestern
Passenger Agent , Omaha. Neb.
THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.
Tlio Report of Special Agent WcvJts
Strikes and Lockouts.
Advance sheets of tho report of Joscpl
D. Weeks , expert and special agent of tho
census bureau , upon strikes and lockouts
occurring within the United States during
tho calendar year of 1880 have been re
ceived by the interior department. The
record shows , he says , that many strikes
and lockouts still grow out of the mos
trivial causes , yet the tendency , as stated
is toward less frequent strikes and lock
outs. A number of strikes in certain o
the prominent trades as given in tho re
port is as follows : Iron and steel iiidus
tries , 236 ; coal mining , 158 ; textile trades
46 ; cigar making , 42 ; building trades , 36 ;
transportation , 36 ; printing traded , 28 ;
glass industries , 27 ; piano making , 14 ;
boot and shoe making , 11. Much tho
greater proportion (71J-J ( per cent ) of the
strikes and lockouts reported upon were
caused by differences as to rates of wages ,
a total of 503 , or about 80 per cent
of these relating to rates of wages ,
or 62 per cent of all were for an
advance , and 14 per cent of these
relating to rates of wages , or OJ.j percent of
all , were against tho reduction. Strikes
growing out of the demands for an advance
are much more uniformly successful than
those against a reduction. In conditions
of trade that justify an advance , it is much
more to the interest of the employer to
give it than to have his work stop. Of 812
strikers the results of 481 , or 59 per edit. ,
are given. Of these 169 , or 35 percent. ,
were successful ; 85 , or 13 per cent. , were
compromised ; and 247 , or 47 per cent. ,
were unsuccessful. Of 20 strikes in connec
tion with the payment of wages , of which
tho results are given , 11 , or 58 pur cent. ,
were successful , 6 were compromised and 3
are reported as unsuccessful. On theother
hand , any strike in connection with hours
of labor of which the result is given was
unsuccessful. The report concludes. "As
to wages lost , it appears that 64,77' )
employes lost § 3,711,097. This would
be at tho rate of § 57 each. AH
the entire number of employes estimated
was 228,138 , the tofal loss of wages would
bo § 13,003,866 , which would have been re
ceived had the works run constantly. Of
course , there would have been a number of
offsets to this. In case the strikes were suc
cessful , this additional wages would com
pensate for a portion of tho loss. In other
cases , where unionism existed in the trades
in which there were strikes , the men re
ceived strike pay or strike benefits , but the
strike benefits was , in most cases , simply
refunding money that had been previously
paid. Then , in many cases , the parties on
strike secured employment in other indus
tries , and hence their actual loss would be
what wages they would have earned at
their old labor , minus what they did earn
in a presumably less profitable employ
ment. "
BRIEFS FRt3I THK OLD WORL11.
A conflict on the Greek frontier is hour
ly expected. The Greeks have assumed a
very provoking attitude , which has had
the effect of making Turkey furious.
The M.trquis of Salisbury , tho leader of
the conssrvatives , in a letter states that
lie is convinced that the nation will in
dignantly reject Mr. Gladstone's "desper
ate scheme" for the government of Ireland.
Mine. Aibani will sing "Tennyson's Ode"
at the opening of the Indian and Colonial
exhibition on May 4th. Fabulous prices
ire being paid for seats , the applications
'or which have reached an unprecedented
number.
A conference of the conservative associa
tion of Great Britain , will beheld May 15 ,
to consider the home rule question and to
organize the party. Lord Salisbury will
address a meeting at St. James hall in tho
evening.
Advices from Mandelay F.O.J that the
British expedition sent against the Kach-
yen tribe has been compelled to retreat.
The rebels , in overwhelming force , made a
desperate attack on the British , driving
the expedition back.
Madrid dispatch : Tho remains of tho
jishop of Madrid , who was shot by a priest
on Sunday last , were buried in the center
of tlio cathedral. The body was dressed in
the bishop's robes and lay in an open
coffin , which was borne from the Episcopal
residence to the cathedral by canons , pre
ceded by 300 priests and followed by tho
papal nuncio , tho cabinet ministers , cor
poration authorities and other prominent
persons. Tho procession wr-s witnessed by
immense crowds.
Lord Speneet , speaking at Newcastle ,
said there were two ways of settling the
Iiish problem coercion and concession.
The former is a dangerous means by which
to restore order. Hut what then ? lie coin-
baled the accusation that Mr. Gladstone
was handing the government ; of Ireland
over to crime mongers. Judging from evi
dence obtained during hit * term of o'liccns
lord lieutenant of Ireland , ho hud not
found that the supporters of tinP.irncll
policy encouraged crime and conspiracy.
Theolt ! - : gii' s of Mr. Parnell , hcbiiid , have
a ivil affection for the country , and their
ability is undoubted. Tax-payers will Sn-
< nr no risks from the land scheme prupajed
by Mr. Gladstone.
3IEX DCSERTIXG THEIR I'OSTS.
JHbrc Trouble EjcpcrieHcetl by the Railroads
at St. Louis.
St. Louis special : The various railroads
are becoming alarmed in consequence of
the new turn of affairs , and arc not sure
but at any moment they may be. deserted
by the force which they had so much
trouble in getting together. Some of the
.nen who quit gave as a reason that they
were afraid to continue work any longer ,
while others charge that the roads have
brokpn faith with them in reducing their
wages. The Chicago & Alton switch en
gineers are still out , and their work is
being done by the road engineers. This
afternoon five switchmen in the Carondulet
yards of the Iron Mountain road yielded
to the arguments of the strikers and quit
work.
The general executive board received to
day § 8,000 in drafts and postal orders for
the strikers' fund. One contribution of
§ 2,500 wn.s received from the New York
Protective association through General
Secretary Turner , accompanied by the in
formation that the subscription would be
duplicated , if necessary , every week until
the settlement of the strike. The cases of
the nine Enst St. Louis deputies , who are
charged with being fugitives from justice ,
were set for a hearing in the court of crim
inal correction to-day. It was continued
for a week , a note having been received
from Mr. Yantis , Gov. Marmaduke's pri
vate secretary , stating that the governor is
absent from the state and that Lieutenant
Governor Moorehouse was also absent , but
was expected to arrive at Jefferson Gty to
day. As soon ns he arrived he would prob-
ablv take some action on tho application
of 'Governor Oglesby , of Illinois , for the
requisition of the prisoners.
Jefferson City ( Mo. ) dispatch : Lieut.
Gov. Moorehouse this evening refused to
honor the requisition of the governor of
Illinois for the surrender of the deputy
sheriffs charged with the East St. Louid
shooting until the case against them for
the killing of C. H. Thompson , of St. Louis ,
the same day , has been trisd.
CUL\ESE co-urvo A
For tho Regulation of Which Congress Will.
- fiction.
Tho housecommittee on foreign affairs--
has taken important action in reference to-
Chinese legislation. Tho registration bill ,
introduced early in tho session by Repre
sentative Morrow , of California , has beeiii
acted upon finally and ordered to bo favor
ably reported to tho house , but with *
amendments which change it very mater
ially. The first section , which fisted the life
of a certificate of departure to'two years ,
was stricken out entirely. The twenty-
year clause was reduced to ten , and to tho-
eighth section , which limited tho number of
passengers to ono to every fifty tons of the-
registered tonnage of tho vessel , was added
the clause that these should not apply "to
any persons who arc entitled to enter tho
United States under existing treaties. "
This last amendment , itis claimed bythoso-
whp are interested in thoauti Chinese legis
lation , is fatal to any beneficial > persi-
tion of the bill. The negative vote-
was by Messrs. Beliuonl , chairman
of tho committee ; Phelp.s , IlUt. Ketcham
and Rice , all republicans , except Mr. Bel-
inout. Mr. Morrow , the author of the bill , *
is much chagrined at its emasculation , awl
says that unless the last amundnuMit is
withdrawn or modified the whole Pacific
coast delegation will oppose the bill. In an
interview with Mr. Belniout. Mr. Morrow
explained to him tho frauds that were
practiced in Chinese immigration and tho
urgency for somo additional restrictive
legislation upon the subject until we had
first , tried what could be accomplished by
treaty. He referred to the fact that a new
Chinese minister would soon be in Washing
ton who had doubtless been fully instructed
by his government , which was as desirous
as our own to prevent these frauds upon
the immigration laws , and that an oppor
tunity for a conference jvith him ought to-
be hud before the enactment of any nnti-
Chineso legislation. In addition to tho
action by the Morrow bill , the committee
agreed to report favorably Mr. liclinout's
Chinese indemnity bill , appropriating § 147- ,
000 to pay those Chinese who suffered loss
of property in tho Rock Springs outrages.
HOI ! ' If IS J'E/IA" IS RECEd'ED.
of Ojtinioin From ] 'ri niicit.
3'i-oiila on the I'n-xiilciit'.t Hcstiujc.
Washington special to the Omaha Bcor
There was much comment in congressional
circles to-day upon the message of Prc-si-
dent Cleveland received in the senat-yes
terday afloruoon in reference to arbitra
tion of labor trouble. Senator Beck says
if he.could have his way , lie would naino
Allen G. Thurman , Joseph E. McDonald
and Roscoc Conkling as labor commission
ers , and give them § 10.000a year. Such a.
commission would command the respect of
all parties and would settle labor troubles.
Senator Van Wyck says the idea of the
president is a very good one , and that good
results might be attained.
Representative Grain , of Texas , a mem
ber of the special committee investigating
the strike in the southwest , expresses the
opinion that the HO nth had not read the-
bill as it passed the house. The only dif
ference between the message and tho bill
was , that it made the commission perman
ent. He thought the other plan better , as
arbitrators selected from localities where
troubles exist would be anxious to make-
settlements which would be satisfactory to-
all parties , while it would be a cold-blood
ed matter of fact with a commission such
as the president suggests.
T. V. Powderlv. general master workman
of the Knights of Labor , who has been here-
several days testifying before the labor in
vestigating committee , said tho president's
suggestions were better than those in tho-
bill before congress. "I want a department
of labor , " said Mr. Powderly. "I don't
believe in doctoring those troubles. I wanU
to go to the" root of the disease. Strikes
aro but medicine. They relieve the patient
fora time , but his sickness comes back on
him. The matter must be seriously and
carefully strained. We need a department
of labor to have records on file , to make a
careful and constant study of the labor
question , and to be ready to act and to re
commend action at any time. Arbitrations
should bo conducted from this depart
ment. "
STRIKERS RETURN' TO WORK.
The great strikeof the Lake Shore switch
men is at an end. At a meeting of tha
strikers , held in their hall on Wcntworth
avenue , Chicago , on the 23d , terms of set
tlement were agreed upon , and at tho secret
session the term' ! were unanimously rati
fied. The meeting was largt-ly attended ,
mid adjourned with three rousing cheers.
The scene at the yards whi-n the men re
sumed work was nn exciting one. Tho
crowd cheered lustily when the announce-
wnt that the striktwas over was made ,
and there wis a genera. ! shaking of hands
and rejoicing among the men.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 i
BARLEY No. 2
RYE No. 2 <
COISN No. 2 mixed . '
, No. 2 . '
IJc EI : Choice table. . '
IJ : Fair to good
l-If ; Fresh
'I IENS Live per doz 3 :
TURKEYS Dressed j.erlb. . . . ' .
LEIIONS Choice 5 (
APPLES Choice 2 ;
ORAMIES Mebiiia 3 '
BKYNS Navvs 1 ;
ONIONS Per bbl 3 :
POTVTOES Per bushel
Gict.EX APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 '
WOOL Fine , per lb
SEEDS Timothy 2 :
SEEDS Blue Grass . ' . 1 :
HAY Haled , per ton 5 i
HAY In bulk 6 <
lions Mixed packing 3 (
BEEVES Fair to good 4 <
SHEEP Heavy grades 4 . '
*
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 93 ( a )
WHEAT Ungraded red
COKX No. 2
OATS Mixed western
PORK 9 GO
LARD 6'
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Winter 4 -
FLOUR Patents 4 I
WHEAT Perbushel '
CORN Per bushel J
OATS Per bushel *
POKK 9 ]
IjARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * - > '
Hoos Pa eking tt shipping. 4 i
CATTLE Stackers 2 ;
SHEEP Natives 2 i
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red
CORX Perbushel I
OATS Per bushel *
HOGS Mixed packing 4 (
CATTLE Stackers ifc feeders 3 (
SHEEP Common to choice 3 (
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel (
Coisx Per bushel ' .
OATS Per bushel 2S ( fi
CATTLE Stackers 350
HOGS Good to choice. 3 50
SHEEP Common to good , . 3 65