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THE TEIBUNE. F. M. & J3. M. K1M3IEIX , Tubs. MoCOOK , : : : : NEB OVEE THE STATE. A CABE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. $ w"pn Keil , of battery D , First artillery , im..cd at Fort Sidney Wednesday from Alcatraz Island , Cal. , in charge of a man supposed to be Michael Fitzgerald , who deserted from A company , Twenty-first infantry , in May , 1883. Tho prisoner says his namo is not Fitzgerald , but Harry Byres , and that he never belonged to the army. He was arrested at Los Angeles , Cal. , Septem ber 14 , 1885 , by the captain of police and Bent to Alcatraz Island a week later in charge of two soldiers. After he had been at the island over a month Lieut. Merrill , who was judge advocate of a court , sent for him and read charges against Michael Fitzgerald , a deserter , and asked him how ho would plead. He replied that he would plead nothing , that he was not Michael Fitzgerald and not a deserter. Some time after that he asked Lieut. Merrill what he was going to do with him and was told that he could do nothing and that he had noth ing more to do with the case. Byres says ho believes the officers at Alcatraz * Island knew he was not Fitzgerald ; that Faulkner , formerly in A company , Twenty-first infantry , now enlisted in tho battery at the island , told persons that lie was not Fitzgerald and did not look anything like him. Byres says ho is twenty-three years old , was born in Dub lin , has been in the United States about five years , was in and around Los Angeles eighteen months before he was arrested and was working at the timeforL.R. Hodgkins , who told tho captain of the police that he was no deserter and that his name was Harry Byres. The captain of the police replied that ho deserted a long time ago. Byres says that ho was at Antelope Valley on the Southern Pacific railroad in May , 1883 , and that he had no money or friends or he thinks he would have been released long ago. Captain Stone and First Sergeant Me Carty , of A company , and some of the men of the company who knew Fitzgerald said as soon as they saw the prisoner that ho was not Fitzgerald. A communication wa3 at once sent to tho war department by the commanding officer at Fort Sidney and an order for Byres release will probably arrive next week. Sidney Telegraph. LEGAL VOTFJGS FOR SCHOOL , OFKIOERS.-- There having been soma discussion in Lincoln concerning the ruling of the judges of election by which some voters for the board of education were rejected , the Jour nal publishes the law on the subject , as fol lows : Sec. 4. Every voter and every w3man who has resided in the district forty days and is over twenty-one years of age and who owns real property in the district , Bhall be entitled to vote at any district meeting. Every voter and every woman , who has resided in tho district forty days and is over twenty-one years age and who owns personal property assessed in his or her name at the last assessment shall be entitled to vote at any district meeting Every voter and every woman , who has ro sided in the district forty days and io over twenty-one yeare of age and who has chil dren of school age residing in the district , shall be entitled to vote at any district meeting. Sec. 5. If any person offering to vole at a school district meeting shall be challenged as unqualified by any legal voter in such district , the chairman presiding at such meeting i-hall declare to the person chal lenged the qualifications of a , voter , and if such person shall state that he or she is qualified , and the challenge shall not be withdrawn , the s.iid chutrman shall admin ister to him or her an oath , in substance as follows : "lTou do hereby swear ( or aflirm ) that you aro twenty-one years of age , that you have raided in this school district for forty days 'artt past , that you own real property iti tno district or personal prop erty thatwas assessed inyour name at the last assessment ( or have children of school age residing in the dibtrkt ) ho Iit > lp yonr God. " And every person taking xvh oath shall tm permitted to vote on all questions proposed at such me STATE HATTERS. WASHINGTON special : Six more Omaha Indians arrived from the reservation with Interpreter Fontanelle and will have an in terview with Indian Commissioner Atkins. These Indians favor the bill for the sale of the Winnebago reservation. Chairman Wellborn , of the house committee on In dian affairs , has asked Representative Dor- Bey to appear with Mr. Fontanolle before the committee for general discussion of lu- diarn affairs. Dr. Bland publishes in his Council Fire a letter from C. W. Perry , of the Winnebago reservation , alleging that the Northern Nebraska Land and Improve ment company is a syndicate to cheat tho Winnebago Indians out of a part of the reservation by the bill now in congress. Perry charges Congressman Dorsey and Senator Van Wyck with certain motives in pushing the bill. A PETITION has been received by the ladies' aid society , of Omaha , stating that a prairie fire had swept over Brown county , rendering homeless not less than seven families , including thirty-five children , who are destitute of clothing. The ladies re quest donations of clothing of every kind to be sent to the aid rooms , which will bo forwarded to the sufferers. THE name of tho superintendent of school * at Edgar is Thrasher. He has im difficulty in preserving ordr. . A BEATRICE special says : James Martin Davis , whose home was at Blue Springs , in this county , wandered away from home last Friday. From inquiries madehere it was learned that he bought a ticket for Burlington , Iowa. His mother , living at Kirkwood , 111. , was yesterday telegraphed regarding him , and but a short time after word was received here of his death at that place. It was doubtless a suicide , as his mind for some time has showed signs of failing. Mr. Davis was a business man at Blue Springs , and was greatly respected for his honesty and integrity. SNEAK thieves entered an Omaha tailor shop the other day , and while the clerk was biS3r got away with § 160 worth of goods. No arrests ANOTHER passenger train will be put on the St. Joe and Grand Island April 10th. HASTINGS will put in a system of incades- cent lights. THE Douglas county horticultural society will hold their next exhibit in connection with the Douglas county agricultural so ciety. THE Beatrice gas mains are to be ex tended , material for which is now on the ground. A NUMBER of Beatrice business men have organized a bank at Wano , Kansas. THE Ogallala Cattle company sustained considerable loss by the latest and heaviest eaowfall ia Nebraska. DR. HILDRETH writes totheTekama Unr tonian from Lyons , that the prospects foi Mr. Evnretts recovery are very good ; and the report that a couple of brothers of the outlaw ( Wright ) were on the ground ' 'with blood in their eye" is probably due to the fact that a reporter for the Police Gazette made a vain attempt to coerce the coroner to open up the grave for his inspection. ANOTHER Omaha woman has taken hei life. This time it isLauraPhillips , a young woman of questionable reputation , who had no desire to live after her "man" went back on her and showered his affections upon another of the gentler sex. She worked herself off by morphine. A WASHINGTON special says that Senator Manderson , from the committee on mili tary affairs , reported favorably his bill for the sale of Fort Omaha and the erection ol another fort in its place. The report is accompanied by letters from Secretary En- dicolt and Gen. Sheridan recommending the passage of the bill. Tho amendments are that the new site shall comprise from 320 to 480 acres. THE Elkhorn valley association of Con gregational churches will meet at Pierce Tuesday and Wednesday , April 27 and 28. THE position of state veterinarian is vacantDr. Gerth having tendered his resig nation. His successor has not yet been named. DEMOCRATS of Omaha secured but two out of the six councilmen at the recent election. HIGH license won at tho election in Hast ings. MANY of the farmers who iad corn in the field all winter , report that considerable ol it is spoiled , some claiming that fully one- third is not marketable. ARTICLES of incorporation have been filed in Grand Island of the G. A. R , building association. GEN. THAYER , of Grand Island , has gone east in the interest of the reunion. He will visit Washington and extend personal in vitations to General Logan , President Cleveland and other notable persons to visit the Nebraska reunion , and look after other interests of the occasion. MRS. CIIAS. EMMELL , tho young woman from Morton who was committed to the Gago county jail March 2 on charge of causing the death of her infant child by criminal negligence , was released last week on a writ of habeas corpus from the county court. This was done because the court believed there was not sufficient evidence to hold her. THE Lincoln Journal says that on going to her dressing room in the opera house just after the thir.l act of "Tho Shadows of a Great City , " Mis's Edna Carey missed a valuable gold watch and chain which she had left on the dressing case. The police were notified but failed to discover any trace of the missing property. Miss Carey cried bitterly over the IOHS , but on getting ready to retire in her room at tho Commer cial , her sorrow was turned to joy at find ing the watch safe in an inside pocket of her underskirt , where she had placed it for safe keeping. CURTIS is about to get a new bank , Fos ter & Eustis beint ; the gentlemen who will manage tho institution. Mr. Foster has long been with the First National bank of Omahii. and Mr. Eustis isabrother of Gen eral Ticket Agent Eustis of the B. & M. They v > \ \ \ give Curtis a sound and well- managed financial institution. WASHINGTON special : Senator Van Wyck made a lively speech on the Logan bill to increase the efficiency ot the army. In the course of tho debate the senator charged that the corporations of Washington , street railways , national banks and gas companies controlled congress , and by their influence the people of the cit } ' , who were powerless to resist , were robbed. THE contractors for the Missouri Pacific Railroad company are distributing posters calling for men and teams to work on the grade between Lincoln and Weeping AVater. J. M. THAYER POST G. A. R. at Ogallala has received its charter. AT the Fullerton election the principal issue was license or no license. A proposi tion to issue bonds for water works to the amount of § 7,000 was also voted on. A very full vote was polled. The election was closely contested and resulted in a victory for the prohibitionists , they electing three members of tho board and the license party two , which means no saloons for the coming year. C. II. GODFREY , formerly of tho Omaha fire department , has the contract for tho water works well at Fremont. ON a train which left Hastings the other day a verdant youth was relieved of about § 75 in cash , and a watch and chain by a couple of confidence men. LIBERTY , now about four years old , has 1,000 inhabitants. THE mayor of Omaha said before the re cent election that if the democrats did not elect four of the six conncilmen he would resign. They elected but two and his resignation is now in order. AT Hastings a man attempted to board a switch engine as it was backing up to the round house , but not setting a square foot ing slipped , and in falling tho engine struck him , crushing his head badly. DR. WATERMAN , of Louisville , packed his trunk for a journey and sent it to tho depot. During the night it was taken out and rifled of its contents. Tho thieves were not caught. FRANK GOGFREY , of Rushville , has in vented an electric signal for use at bridges ' or dangerous places on railroads. W. J. COOPER & Co. , of Lincoln , were awarded tho contract for furnishing the plumbing and steam heating supplies for the new insane hospital at Norfolk. Mr. Cooper's bill was $4,750.74 and this is 51,449.26 lower than the highest bid. OMAHA is making extensive preparations for the celebration of the 67th anniversary of Odd Fellowship on the 26th inst. CITIZENS of Auburn are raising tho sum of $25 for the purpose of paying for telegrams From old "Probs" on the question of hoist ing the black flag. DAVID OSWAL , of Bismarck township , Platte county , wont beaver hunting and liad pretty good luck , shooting two beavers , three minks and one muskrat. JOHN L. GIDEON , an employe of the Bur lington and Missouri River Railroad com pany nt Omaha , found guilty of uttering 'orged tickets , was sentenced to twenty Jays in the county jail. A LODGE of the Ancient Order of United . SVorkmen with a large membership has 3ccn organized at Gordon. SCHYLER citizens have decided that the Platte river bridge must be repaired , and a subscription paper with this end ia view las been started. MK. CHABDES PETERSON , near Ogallala , ins received two hundred young German rp fiah from Ohio , and'will put tho same n a large pond on. a tract ol hie laud. A CASE of poisoning which occurred at Omaha last week , 1ms connected with it something of a mystery. A family of four wore taken with peculiar symptoms ohortly after breakfast. The family consisting ol Mrs. Dort , a son and two daughters were seriously sick , Mrs. Dort dying. The two daughters and son recovered. The physi cians in attendance are unable to explain the cause of the sickness , though both agree that it was poisoning of some sort. THE board of public lands and buildings aro about to make an ofHcial visit to Nor folk to inspect the new insane hospital now in ouree of erection at "that place. CHARLES FRUIT was arrested at Falls City on complaint of William Sullivan , charged with stealing a horse of Sullivan. A CORRESPONDENT writes the Lincoln Journal that at Liberty he met Master Arthur Loos , one of the smallest , if not the smallest , midgets in the world. He is a son of Col. Loos of the Commercial hotel. He is sixteen years old ; was born at West Union , la. , and at his birth weighed eleven pounds. Ho was a healthy child and grew rapidly until ho was four years old , but , liko Grandfather's clock , stopped then , never to grow again. To-day he is a bright , active little follow , thirty-four inches high and weighing thirty-four pounds , just twenty-three pounds more than ho did at birth. Col. and Mrs. Loos are averaged sized people , and the other children are not different from other children of their ages. Master Arthur is a curiosity and well worth a trip to see. THE Hastings Gazette-Journal advocates the passage of a law compelling all men who drink to take out a license. IT is probable that Dr. Ramaciotti , of Omaha , will succeed Dr. Gerth as state veterinarian. AN Omaha Herald special from Lyons says the Steadman tragedy , recently enact ed near that place in Burt county and which ended at the Johnson barn , is still agitating the people of Burt county. Tho list of killed narrows down to two Her man C. Steadman and Challengly , the mur derer , who took his own life in the barn. Everett , who was shot by the desperado in the barn , will recover. The wounded have recovered. Tho county commissioners will retime to pay the damage of the tire , claim ing there is no legal authority for them to do so. Johnson's real damage is not less than § 5,000. Johnson , through no fault of his , has been ruined unless his loss can be recovered in some way. Every possible means was used to capture the murderer without destroying the property , but there seemed to be no other resource. The stories reported that friends of the assassin are lurking around Oakland bent on ven geance are entirely groundless , and origin ated wholly in the imagination of an irre sponsible correspondent. WILLIAM CASSEY , who is believed to have had something to do with robbery of the stage coach between Chadron and Fort Robinson some months ago , has been put in the Dodge county jail for safe keeping until his time for trial. Cassey was driver of the stage that was robbed. ARTICLES incorporating the Lincoln Pros pecting company have been filed in tho office of the comity clerk of Lancaster county. Its place of business will be in Lincoln. Capital stock $20,000 ; object , to sink experimental wells in search ot water , salt , coal , oil and natural gas ; to provide water power and water supply for manu facturing and other purposes ; to collect and reduce brine and engage in tho manufacture and sale of salt. EDGAR suffered a small fire last week , tho loss being about § 800. DURING tho fiscal year just ended there were eighty-six firo alarms in Omaha , and the losses by fire were estimated at § 50.- 355.75. The expenses of the firo depart ment for the year were § 31,598. KIMBALLCheyenne county , wants a flouring mill and canning factory , and tho Observer of that place says that it is tho best location in Nebraska for such enter prises. Kimball is a new but live town on the Union PacificroadimvesternNobraska , PERSONAL AJfD OTHER ZfOTES. Private Dalzell denies tho rumor of his broken health and poverty. Mrs. T. A. Ilendricks has left Indianapolis 'or an extended tour of tho Pacific coast. The health of Sir John Macdonald , the Canadian premier , continues to improve. Sergeant S. Weigler , United States army , stationed at Ship Islaud , committed suicide iy shooting. The members of the Iowa senate havo presented a gold watch and chain to Lieu- tenant-Governor Hill. Horatio Seymour and Justice Hunt were : lose and old-time friends. There wero anly fourteen days difference in their ages. Gov. Gray , of Indiana , is said to fear the the approach of old age , and to hide the jvidence of its coming has taken to dyeing : iis beard. The czar and czarina will soon visit the Crimea to'inspect the fortifications of Se vastopol and Nicolaieff and to witness the aunching of ironclads. James Gordon Bennett will steam among the Grecian Islands in his yacht and go bhence to the Indian ocean , where he will emain several months. John Kerlin , trustee of Princeton town- ihip and postmaster at Seafiel , Ind. , has taken a trip to Canada. A shortage of ibout § 4,000 exists in the township treas- Henry Irving has been visiting W. Court- ley , of Oxford , the palron-in-chief of ama- : eur acting in the university of Oxford , and i result of tho visit is an invitation to de- iver a lecture on acting before the univer- lity. lity.With With regard to the cable dispatch from Xome to tho effect that the archbishops of Baltimore and Quebec would attend the icxt papal consistory , Archbishop Gibbons says that ho does not contemplate a visit ; o the Eternal City in the near future. The Civil Servico Reformer for April con- ; nins an opon letter from Prof. Ely , of the Cohn HopTiins university , to the Knights of Liabor , urging labor organizations to sup- ) ort civil service reform as a means to iecuro intelligent legislation. Prof. Ely is ; he author of "French and American So- : ialism , " and is regarded by the Knights of Labor as friendly to their interests.- DESTRUCTION OF MISSION HOUSES. Advices from the Phillipine Islands state hat February 15th , a party of Mohame- an fanatics attacked the mission house at iamoutacs , on the island of Mildano , set re to the mission house , as well as tho treiijTig house of the priests , tho old church , nd the now church , now in process of erec- ion , and the store houses , the whole being educed to ashes. The loss is estimated at 18,000. A Spanish force was sent to liastise them , when twelve were killed and everal wounded , the loss on the Spanish P ide being ono captain of the infantry and jur men wounded and one man killed. 'hree days previous thesame bund burned he'vilhige of Arnudeo and the naval coal epot. The loss is v rjr great. 1 y SZTOTZKW..Y. T/ic Labor A-onbles in East St. Zoiiis Result in Fatal Shooting Tlie Populace Greatly Excited. . ST. Louis , April 9 2:40 p. in. The deputy guards stationed at tho Louisville and Nashville yards ; near Broadway , fired into a crowd of 300 strikers about 2:20 this afternoon. Five men and one woman were shot. Threo of the men were killed and the woman is supposed to be mortally tvounded. The killed are : Pat Bristol , an employe of the water works and not a striker ; Oscar Washington , a painter ; John Bohmnn , a water works laborer , not a striker , and T. E. Phompton. Major R chman was shot in the head and shoulder and will probably die ; Mrs. John Pfeiffer was shot in the back and is prob ably mortally wounded. An unknown man was shot at the bridge approach. Tho crowd had made no attacks upon the yards , but were standing on the Cahokia bridge , near the Louisville and Nashville yards , jeering at the guards , when , without the slightest apparent provocation , the , deputies levelled their rifles and fired two volleys. The crowd i in media tely separated , running in all directions , and the deputies retreated over the Cahokia bridge , towards the Missouri river bridge , still holding their rifles and firing to cover their retreat. When it was known by the strikers that the guards had fled , the for.ner re turned to recover their dead. 1 hey found PatBriscoll and Oscar Washington lying on the Cahokia bridge , and they were dead when picked up. John Brohman was also found on the bridge , but showed signs of life. He was taken to the switch house , but died in a few minutes. Mrs. P eiffer was found lying on the railroad about ono hundred yarda from the Cabokia bridge , and was carried by her husband to a drug store on Broadway , near the crosning , where she is now in a critical condition. Major Rychman was taken into a hotel near by , where physicians are now attend ing him. The crowd , after the firing began , ran up Broadway shouting : "To arms ! to arms ! We will get guns and return that fire. " The women and children ran out of their houses and met them in tho streets , weeping and wringing their hands. After tho crowd returned to the scene and the excite ment had abated , several of the leading strikers drew their revolvers and swore that they would drive all the deputies out of tho city "even at the loss of their own lives. HOW THE RIOT BEGAN. Ever since the railroad employes in East St. Louis ceased work in support of tho striking knights in the Gould system , rumors of riot and bloodshed have daily gained circulation , but until to-day no Borious conflict occurred. To-day opened with but little prospect of serious trouble , although some of the strikers intimated that the roads would find it IPS ? easy to run trains than they had anticipated and early in the morning the yards presented an animated scene. Switch engines were running backwards and forwards and trains were arriving and departing without any interference. This condition of affairs con tinued until noon and it was thought the day would pass without any demonstra tion from the strikers. At that hour , how ever , the trouble which afterwards grew to such alarming proportions begun. A num ber of strikers , without apparently having formed any preconcerted plan , congregated at the relay depot , and began a discussion of the general bituation. As time passed the number was augmented till the original knot of men increased to fully 200. The discussion became animated and the crowd more demonstrative , till some one proposed they go to the Louisville and Nashville yards and drive out the men employed there. The cry of "On to the Nashville yards" was caught up and the crowd ad vanced. As they proceeded their numbers again increased , some journeying with the mob aa spectators and others in full sym pathy with the movement , till 300 to 400 were advancing towards the yards. Arriv ing there they swarmed into the yards and persuaded the men at work to desert their posts. The crowd remained in the yards for some time , and though considerable ex citement pie vailed , no violence was resort ed to. Just at this time , however , a Louis ville and Nashville freight train was alowly passing through the yards , guarded by eight deputy sheriffs armed with Winches ter rifles. In tho meantime crowds of men , women and children had congregated on Broadway , where the Louisville and Nash ville tracks crossed the street , and at Sou- pon , where the Broadway bridge spans the Cahokia creek , and in the open apace to the east. Just as the train reached theBroad- wav crossing thtrouble began. The crowd on the bridge began to yell and jeer at the officers , and it is asserted that stones were thrown which struck two or three of them , and it was also said that a pistol was discharg-d. The deputies im mediately leveled their rifles and fired two volleys into the crowd on the bridge with fatal effect , four men being killed and one woman mortally wounded , as Above de tailed. Immediately after the shooting the depu ties at the approach of the strikers started' over the bridge. The scene on the bridge was one of confusion and excitement. Coal teams and other teams and wagons were ( allopiug westward and the drivers were shouting to all pedestrians and teams ta run back. AVomen and men on foot were running towards this city and waving back all they met , while immediately behind came the deputies , pursued by the van guard of the crowil from E.ist St. Louis. One of the frightened guards throw his ijuii into tho river , while another hid hie weapon in a wagon thatwas in full retreat. On arriving in this city tho deputies went ; it once to the Chestnut street police station , where , after stating the facts , they surrendered to the sergeant in charge mid were taken to the Four Courts , where they were placed in custody after givins bhe following names : P. W. Hewlett , John Hague , Sam Jones , John F. Williams. G. Luster , Stewart Martin. Gco Marnell. and W. F. Laird. About half an hour after the shooting an excited and angry mob lathered in the square between the city liall and police station. A man named IJwyer , a gambler , in no way connected ivith the strike , became the center of a . crowd , who cheered the incendiary stateL inents which he uttered. He urged the men to "hang and kill. " Mayor Joyce , after the encounter with the deputies on the bridge , when he at iempted to arrest them in their flight , went through the excited crowds to his office. F Ho attempted to calm the men , but found Ft Fc Fc it useless. The streets and sidewalks were c blocked with men , women and children , t who rushed in every direction. Reaching c'li lis office about an hour after the shooting. li 10 at once it-sued a proclamation to close 11 11h ill saloons and warning women and minors h ; o keep off the streets. He was aeon with iih Messrs. Bailey and Hayes , Knights of iitl tl Jabor. who were urging him to do all in tlti lis power to calm the men. He said he had tic tin lotified the governor two weeks ago , but n : .hat he had done nothing and that he was C ( itterly powerless. w life WILT. PAY FOR fe fePi The following message was sent from Pi .tchison , Kansas , to H. M. Hoxie : si tc " 'J he city of Atchigon will pay all dam- tl ges to the company's property in the cor- tlT oratelimits no theresultof thelawlessness T rowing out of the late strike , as may be bi greed upon bjr a competent board of ap- raisers. ; a [ Signed ] S. H. KELSBT , Mayor. " J cl : TUB C03I3IEROE J.V CEREAT.S. Secretary Hai/ard Replies to tho Ssnttta's RMolutlon Reyarillny Ute TfAcaS Trade With Foreiyn Countries. On February 7th ttio sonato passed a resolution asking tho secretary of state to report to the senata tho information at hia command in relation to the commerce be tween tho United States and foreign coun tries in cereals. Bayard , in reply , says the conclusions to be drawn from tho statistics collected by our consuls are : First Tho rye and wheat culture in European counties , Russia exceptod , is sta tionary and , while low prices prevail , will probably retain its present limit and may even decline. Second Europe , Russia exceptod , re quires on an average of about 174,000,000 bushels of foreign wheat for tho needs of its people , and these needs becomes greater each year. Third Russia and India arc active com petitors of the United States only under favorable conditions , and even supposing them , to be capable of greatly increasing their export , the situation is not calculated to develop further capacity. Fourth The South American countries promise , so far us the imperfect statistics at hand , to become tho ii.ost dangerous rivals that tho United States will meet in the whole market of the world , but in thnir present undeveloped state they oxert only a moderate influence on the markets. Fifth While these new countries possess a great extent of territory now unoccupied , but capable of being devoted to wheat cul ture at a cost that is little more than nominal , there will be an abundant supply nf wheat for the world's needs , and with a favorable harvest prices will remain lower. Sixth Tho hostile tariffs of wheat con suming countries havo practically made Great Britain tho only market for wheat and have resulted in prices lower than have ruled for more than a century in a market which controls prices for the world. Seventh Tho influences tending to main tain low prices aro more active than thoso which would , if acting alone , result in high prices. Tho population of Europe is con stantly increasing , while lost year tho whole crop fell off. Mr. Bayard concludes that the homesup- ply of wheat in Europe is becoming less able to meet the homo demand , and that a con tinually increasing quantity of foreign wheat will bo needed to feed its people. The sta tistics show , taking the last ten years as a basis for an average , that Europe , except Russia and the Balkan pro vinces , conntimes all tho wheatgrown , and about 174,000,000 bushels of foreign wheat. This deficiency in tho supply is made good from the crops of Russia , India , Australia and North and South America , and with so many Com peting to draw from each has varied Irom year to year under national laws of trade , as well asunderartificial influences imposed by the government , as well us by indi viduals. Tho Russian crop is likely to de cline in volume. The large export in tho past few years has drawn severely on tho resources of the country , while the methods of agriculture aro such as to make it cer tain that tho competition with other coun tries can't be maintained. How docs tho secretary of state think the conditions of India are to be regarded as favorable to the maintenance of a sharp competition with the United States ? EXTRTES UrOX rUJiLIC LAXDS. JTo Longer Any 2fccd for Enforcement of Order. The secretary of the interior , says a Washington dispatch , has revoked the order of Commissioner Sparks , April 3 , 18S5 , suspending final action upon entries upon public lands. The following is tho secretary's letter to the commissioners. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR , WAhiiLVG- TON. To commissioner of the general land office , sir : On April 3 , 1885 , you issued the following order : Tho practice of the suspension of the rules for final action in this office upon all entries of public lands , except private cash entries , and such script locations as are not dependent upon acts of settlement and cultivation , is suspended in the following localities , viz : All west of the first guide meridian west , in Kansas ; all west of 17 range west , in Nebraska ; the whole of Col orado except laud in the late Ute reserva tion ; all Dakota , Idaho , UtahVashing - ton. New Mexico , Montana , Wyoming , and N'evada , and that portion ot Minnesota north of the indemnity limits of the St. L'aul , Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad. In addition , final action in this office will ! > e suspended under the act of June 3 , 1878 , and also cases of desert land entries. fSignedV. . A. SPARKS , Commissioner. April 3. 1885. Whatever necessity may have existed at the time of its promulgation has ceased to i > e sufficient to longer continue an order suspending all action and involving in com- : non condemnation of innocent and guilty , lonest and dishonest. While I earnestly irgu the exercise of the strictest vigilance to itrevent , by all agencies within your power. , he land claims , yet when the vigilance of ill these agencies shows no substantial evidence of fraud or wrong , honest claims ihould not be delayed or their considera- ion refused on general reports or rumors. fhe above order , as issued by you , is there- ore revoked , and you will proceed in regu- ar , orderly and careful consideration and lisposal of claims suspended by it. Very espectfnlly , ( Signed ) L. Q. C. LAMAR , Secretary. MAyXIXG 1YIT.T. XOT GO Jl.lCK. peculation Rife About It'/io Will lie Ills Successor. Washington special : It is said mostposi- ively that there is no foundation for'the umors of a disagreementbetween thepresi- lent and Secretary Manning at the cabinet neeting on tho day of the secretary's at- nck , or for the statement that he had rritten his resignation. Howeverthis may ie , the impression is stronger than ever hat Mr. Manning will not go back to the rcasury. At the treasury this is accepted s settled , and gossip there on the subject ) principally concentrated upon the pros- ective choice of the president for his suc- ? ssor. It is freely asserted , although , of ourse , neither of the two could be expected 3 admit it , that Assistant Secretary Fair- " lild and Treasurer Jordan each"would ke to step up to the head of the depart- lent. The president , it is reported , has ad some talk with each of the.segentlemeii L reference to treasury department affairs , lit it has not transpired that either of icm was asked hi.s opinion as to the selec- on of a new head for the treasury. Con- trning the selection of a new secretary , the icntion of Gov. McLane's natn > in this mnection is favorably received every- here , and u , statement which finds beo jvers is that the president has in the last a w days sounded several of the moro -ominent members as to their opinion of ich an appointment. It was also rumored -day , but this it is not possible to verify , lat Gov. McLane had been cabled to at uris for an expression of his own views. lie president certainly could not make : i stter appointment. It is well to say , how- er , that unless in the event of Mr. Man- ng's illness having a fatal termination it not anticipated that any immediate lOice of his successor will be made. J THE LABOR STRUGGLE. Ita Condition Set Forth In an Address From tho Knights. ST. Louis , April G. The joint exccutivo hoard ot assemblies 101 , 93 and 17 of tho Knights of Labor this afternoon issued tho following address : To tho Workingmon of the World- Friends and Brothers : Hear us. for wo pleml for our rights. Men of equity , look against giants or upon us , for we struggle wrong. Mad with the frenzy of pride and self adulation , begotten as it is of tho sue- cess ot outrage and infamy , there stands before us a giant of aggregated and incor porated wealth , every dollar of which is built upon blood , injustice and outrage. ' That giant of corporate wealth has cen tralized its power in and is impersonated by an eager fiend who gloats as lie grinds tho life out of his fellow men and grimaces and dances as they writhe upon his instru ments of torture. 0 ! ye workingmen of America , who love your liberty and your native land , ye great creators of Avealth , who stand us the foundation of all nntion- nl good , look upon your brothers to-day. Gould , the giant fiend ; Gould tho money monarch , is dancing , as he cloims , over tho crave of our order over the rntn of our homes and blight of our liveBefore him the world has smiled in beauty , but his wake is the graveyard of hopes , the cyclono path of devastation and death. Our strong arms have grown weary in building the tower of strength , and yet , , he bids us build on or die. Our young lives have grown gray too soon beneath tho strain ot our unrequited , con stant toil. Our loved ones at home nro hollow-cheeked and pale with long and weary waiting for better days to como. Nny. more than this , the graveyards nro hiding his victims from longing eyes. Brother workmen , this monster fiend has compelled some of us to toil in cold and rain for five and thirty cents a day. Others have been compelled to yield their time to him for seventeen and thirty-six weary hours for the pittance of nine hours' pay. Others who havo dared to assort their man hood and rebel against his tyranny aro black-listed and boycotted all over tho land. lie has made solemn compacts with the highest authority in our order and then has basely refused to fulfill his pledie. Ho lives under and enjoys all the benefits of a republican form of government , and yet advocates and perpetuates tn most de basing form of white slavery. JTe robs the rich and poor , high and low , with ruthless V ' 1 hands , and then appeals to corrupt and purchased courts to help him take our little homes away. He breaiks our limbs and maims our bodies , and then demands that we shall release him from every claim for damages or black-listed forever. He goes to our grorers and persuades them not to give us credit , because we refuse to i ) be ground in his human mill. He turns upon us hordes of lawless thugs , who shoot among our wives and children wilh deadly j ' intent and then he howls for government help when he gets his pay in coin alike. Fellow workmen , Gould must be over thrown. His giant power must bo broken , or you and T must be slaves forever. Tho Knights of Labor alone have dated to be a David to thisGoliah. Thebattle i.s not for to-day ; the battle is not for to-morrow ; but for the trooping generations in coming ages of the world ; for our children and our children's children. It is thegreat question of the age : shall we , in coming age.s. be a nation of slavo.s ? The question must bo decided now. The cltninsarealready forged that are to bind us. Shall wo await until they are rivited upon our limbs ? Nay , God forbid. Workmen of the world , marshal yourselves upon the battle-field. Workmen of every trade and clime , on to the fray. Gould and his monopolies must co down , or your children must be slaves. Think of the little olive plants around yonr hearthstones that will be blighted by its cur e. Think of the little home he is Hcek- ing to rob j on of. Think of the wife from whose eyes he lias wrung floods of tears and from whose heart he has tortured drops of blood. Who can look calmly upon his perfidy , his outrage and his crime ? for ho has sought to incite felony among our rank and file ; he has bought the j > er- fidy of vile men to entrap the unwary that he might stain our fair name and gloat over your misfortunes. Once for all. fel low-workmen , arouse. Let every hand that toils be lifted to heaven and swear by Him thatliveth forevcrthat these outrages must cease. Let every heart and brow bo turned toward our common foe and let no man grow weary until , like Goliah , our- giant is dead at our feet. EXECUTIVE EoAnns _ P. A. 101. 07 AND 17 _ sows cossri : TUB river and Harbor appropriation bill1 , ns completed by the house committee , , makes a total appropriation of § 15.164- 200 , which will become available imme diately upon the passage of thu bill. As there was no appropriation made for river and harbor improvements last Mission , the- present appropriation virtually covers a period of nearly two years. Tin ; national council of the National Union league held its annual session at tho Ebbitt house. There was a very full repre sentation of states. Officers for the year were elected as follows : President. C. II. Grosvenor ; vice-presidents. Win. K. Chand ler. Thomas R. Rich. James b" . Xe ley , J. S. Robinson , L. C. Houck , J. E. O 'llara C. A. Boutelle. B. K. Bruce , Nathan Got ) and Lewis JlcKenzie ; corresponding secre tary , J. E. Bryant ; treasurer , A. M. Clnpp , chaplain , J. J. Cooper ; marshal , J. H. Bayne ; sargeant-at-arms , S. J. Demar. THE senate in executive , session , con- Irmed the nomination of John D. Oberly ind Charles Lyman. of Connecticut , to bo : ivil service commissioners. Senator Mor- ill reported from the finance committee a esolution declaring on the authority of ; he secretary of the treasury that there aro 10 papers in his department affecting tho noral character or official record of any ol : he suspended internal revenue collectors * ibout whom the committee had made in- liiiries. The resolution , Morrill hai.I. Wn3 ulopted by a unanimous vote ot the com- nittee. SOLICITOR General Goode was before tho 'an-eJectric committee on the 6th and , on , ros.s-examination stated that he was not .ware of using any undue or unusual haste- n ordering suits agaiust the Bell company- cither had he given any thought to tiio notives of the attorneys who offered to ppear in the suits without compensation : om the government. T.TTTT.V . In reporting back to the house the bill to. onsolidate certain bureaus of tho depart- icnt of the navy , the committee on naval- f fairs that the say present organization of- lie navy department is largely the creature f executive orders and customs so long cquiesced that they have almost the force f positive law The bureaus at present Jenw to stand tn relation to each other nd to the secretary in a manner precisely i nalagous to the relations that the several epartments of the government bear to ( r ich other and to the president. In other ords , these right little bureaus havo b" ) me eight little navy departments and lould be abolished. This division ! < owers and duties brings about many con- icta of authority and results in much. 2edlesa expenditure ol money \ ,