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SKi THE OMAHA DAILY FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , SATURDAY , EVENING , APRIL 24 , 1880. NUMBER 20G. End of tie Great Lake Slioro Switchmen's ' Strike At Obicago. THE MEN EFFECT A COMROMISE. Everybody Elated tlmt the TrouMo KIHH ! Without Violence and Illood- ThcStrlkct-H Taken Uack and Ti-nlllu Returned. Htrlltoi-H Return to Work. CmcAflo , April 2 : ) . [ Special Telegram. ] The great stilko of the Lake Shore switch men Is nt an end. At n mcctlnir of the strik ers , held In their hall on Wentworth avenue this aftcinoon , the terms of settlement wcro agreed upon , and at tlio secret session tlie terms were unanimously rallllcd. The meet ing was largely attended , nnd adjourned with three rousing cheers. County Commissioner McCarthy , who was present at the ratification meeting , tele phoned to the sheriff's ollico that the switch men would letitin to v.oil : and be < dn moving trains as soon as tlio switch engines could be filed up and got In readiness this afternoon. There Is irreat rejoicing among thestrlkeis and their frlcudl over the amicahlo adjust ment of the light. Tlio committee that suc ceeded In bringing about the adjustment con sisted of Commissioner McCatthy , Chairman Slahl , President Moroghan , Nelson Morris and Sheriff Hanchetl. Tlie latter , it is said , icprcscntcd the railroad company. The basis of agreement , as given by the men. Is that the Lake Shore olllclals had ngiecd on their pai t to dispose of the eight non-union switchmen lu some manner within thu next sixty days by placing them in some other department or otherwise caring for them ; In any event to take them away from the yards where they are at present working. On the other hand President Newell said this afternoon that tlio switchmen return to work without any stipulation whatever on his puit , and tlie non-union men resume their places ns switchmen. " 1 have just received a dispatch from Com- mittceman Slahl , who represents tlie men on strike , " said President Newell , nti:15n'cloclc : : , "saying that Ills men had all gone back to work. The strike is settled. Tiiu eight men , with whom the trouble was , go luck to work with the others. All tlie men , unless some of them have committed ovcit acts , will be taken hack. " "Have any of the men committed overt nets'1 "No ; none that I know of. " "You have kepi In close communication with the division snpciintendeiitV Does ho know of any of the men who have commit ted any violence ? " "No : they do not take exceptions to any of tlio men. , ' "The eight non-union men ire to work with ' ' ' ' the others' . ' Yes that Is what the ; company was light ing for. " Several prominent business men interested themselves in bringing about tlio settlement. Nelson Morris , the millionaire dressed beef packer , has offered to lake all thu men over whom tlio tumble arose , and to guarantee them places for a number of years at tlio pamo wages now received by them , lie uses the Merchants' Dispatch refrigerator cars , and has been unable since "the strike was inaugurated to move a car of meat. For this reason a settlement was very much sought after by him. Several other offers of the same kind were made by other parties who , from ono motive or another , have been anxious to have the trouble at an end. Tlio scene at the yards when the men re sumed woik this attenioon was an exciting one. The crowds cheered lustily when tlio announcement that the strike was over was made , anil then ; was a general shaking of hands and rejoicing among the men. When engine 407 was run out a number of the switchmen's committee wcicon board. They were loudly cheered. The crowd was so great that It was slow work netting the en gine through. Knglno No. 4CS soon followed , and the third engine to como out was 4r > S. Tom Collins was surrounded by a crowd. Ho said : "They have conceded our point. It is better that wo compromise than lo carry this so far tliat it will load to a strike on all the roads , and the laboring people would suf fer. The company has agreed to take away tlieso men inside of sixty days and they may leave lu twenty-four hours. Tliero lias been no blood spilled and wo have gained our lights. " By fltfO o'clock half a dozen switch engines were on the tracKH , and the cheers of the men nnd the bells of the engines proclaimed the Lake Shoui strike ondcd for tlio present. A company of United Slates troops passed through the union depot to-day , having been transferred from ono pott lo another. Tholr presence In the city caused homo litt.'o ' excite ment among persons who Imagined that they had been brought hero to suppress the strikers. The soldiers proved to bo a com pany of thirty regulars , witli n captain and two sergeants , on route from Coliiiulms , Ohio , to the western frontier. They left for Council Bluffs over Iho SI. Paul road. A VICTOHV rou TIM : STUIICIHS. : rFmtlier Investigation to-night indicates that the Milkers have vlitnally gained their point. Chairman Staid , of the stilker.s' committee , to-night produced a copy of tlio agreement on the htronglh of which tlio men returned to work , and said to a reporter : "I'll read tills to you , because I uon't want you to get the signature. " Mr. Staid then lead as follows : "CinrAuo , Apill 23. W. L. STAIIL. Chairman - man Sir : If all the switchmen of tlio Lake ShoioiV Michigan Southein Railway com pany In Chicago or Cook county return to work at once 1 will personally guuianteo that , within sixty days from this date , ( lie cluht objectionable switchmen will bo fui- nltdicd with oilier employment , ami perma nently lemoved fiom their piesent positions. " ( Signed ) UY AuTiioiurv. ' Staid said though ho was not at liberty to give the name of the signer of tlio ngiccmcnt , It was genuine and tally sanctioned by Mr , Newell , and sworn lo. Ho .said fnttherthat nil tlio prosecutions begun against the still- ITS \\eie to no dismissed. A numberof pack ers at tlio slock yards and other business men , who are known to have interested themselves in r.dhliig tlie blaekadc , when seen to-nlclit wetealMi under tint bond of seeieey. Hut enough has been learned to warrant the con clusion that they bioiiKht sulllelcnt piessuro ( o bear upon the company to liului'O tliuiu to capitulate as above lelaied. Tlio fid-net Cur Strike. Niw : YOKK , April ! . ' 3. A numberof new drivers were assaulted to-night while leavinir the company's stables , but none of them were seriously hurt. The Milkers am confi dent of fcucrt'.ss. They say that competent tuii'ii cannot bo secured loiill their places ; hat their pickets during the day prevented a number ot accidents which threatened to it > btilt Irom the iiu'tiinpctcncy of tlio drivers , nnd Induced t-00 people not to patronize the line , and that a largo number of laboring or- tranl/all.om have resolved to boycott thu Third Avenue line. . Plasterers on a Sirlko. . ' SAX ANTONIO , Tuv.\i > rll ax Thoplas - . tere.rat.-w6ik thronglumt the city all Miuc'i ; yesteiday. They demand Sil for cl bt hours ur.Si for It'll hours work pcr-day. . _ : . ; STUIKKj.STATISTICS. FACIA and KlgurcH ns Reported to tlie Interior Department. WARHi.vfiTON , April 23. Advance sheets of the report of Josenh I ) . Weeks , expert and special agent of the census bureau upon stilkcs and lockouts occurring within thu calendar year 1SS5 , have been received by tlie Interior department. The record shows , ho says , that many strikes and lockouts still crow out of the most trivial causes , yet the tendency , as stated , is iowatd less frequent strikes and lockouts. The number of strikes In certain of the prominent tradc.s , as given In the report , Is as follows : Iron and steel industries , 2:50 : ; coat mining , l.VS ; tex tile trades , 42 ; building trades. 30 ; transportation , 31 * : piinting trade.- ) , 21glas \ Industries,27 ; piano making , U ; boot and shoo making , 11. Much of tlio greater proportion (72'tf ( ' per cent ) ot the strikes and lockouts reported upon were caused by differences as lo tlio rates of wages. A total of M)3 ) , or about ( -0 per cent of those relating to rates of wages , or 02 per cent of all. were for an advance ; and ' < i , or 14 percent of those relating to rates of wages , orltUj per cent ol all , were luulnst a ( eduction. Strikes glowing out of de mands for an advance are much more uni form ! v successful than those against a reduc tion , lu conditions of trade tnat justify an advance , It is much more to the Intoiostof tlio employer to give It than to have his work stop. Of S13 strikes , tlie results of 431 , or fill per cent , are given. Of those , irai , or ! fi per cent , were successful ; W , or lit per cent , were compromised ; and 227 , or 47 percent , were unsuccessful. Ot 20 strikes in connection with the payment of wages , of which the re sults are given , 11 , err > 5 per cent , were suc cessful ; ( were compromised ; and ! J nro re ported as unsuccessful. On the other hand , every strike In connection with the hours ot labor , of which the result is given , was tin- successful. Tlio report concludes : "As to wages lost , It appears that 01,771) ) employes lost 8:1,711,01)7. : ) This would hunt the tide of 8.T7 each. As the en tire n umber of employes estimated was 223- iis : , tlio total loss of wages would be Sl3,0o- : ; tWO , which would have been received had the works inn constantly. Of course , there would he a number id' offsets to this. In case tlio strikers wore successful , the additional waire.s would compensate for a poition of this loss. In other cases , where unionism existed In the trades In which there were strikes , the men received strike ) pay or strike benefits ; but stiiku benefits wcie , In most cases , simply refunding money that had been previously paid. Then , In many cases , parties on strikes secured employment in other Industries , and hence tholr actual loss would be what wages they would have earned at their old labor , minus what they did earn in presumably less prolitabloemployment. " JIAVUS .MAKKS CHARGES. Kvldciicc Collected to Convict Rail- war OIllclalH of Inciting Riot. Nr.w iiur.vswicic , N. J. , April 23. John W. Hayes , member of the general executive board of the Knights of Labor , returned lo tills city last evening. Ho says no progress lias been made toward a settlement of the dillicuitles between the strikers of tlio Gould system and the railroad olllclals. Ho says the reports sent out by the railroads that they arc handling all the freight tliov want to every day are untrue. The toads are all blocked up , and what freight is run out goes under the protection of deputy sheriffs and militia. Hayes says that the uncalled for massacre of Innocent people by the deputy sheriffs was instigated by the railroad authorities. They knew they could not get the help of the state militia until soifie act of violence was committed , They , therefore , got together a gang of roughs , who brought on the trouble , and the governor then or dered tlio militia on the scene. Ho further says that the lawyers employed by the Knights of Labor have now in their posses sion ample evidence to convict prominent of- lieinlsol the Lonisvillo it Nashville road for instigating tills riot. The Strike Rooms Sugar. NKwYomc , April 20. Tlio strike of tlio workmen in the Williamsburg sugar refiner ies has boomed prices. Granulated sugar , quoted at C,1/ cents on Saturday last , yester day reached 7 ! cents. It is said prices are sure to advance still higher. The slock of rcliucd sugar on hand amounts to practically nothing. Ilusincss has been slack and dealers have been buying sturar in quantities just snllicient to supply tlio demand. Now that the country demand has Increased the strike lias caused prices to advance out of proportion to tlie natural causes of trade. Raw sugar was quoted at fl 11-10 cents on April 14 ; yesterday it was 5cents. This shows a slight advance in cost of tlio raw material , which Is not accounted for by the present strike , but will account for some- tiling of an advance In tlio price of relined smrar. The strike has tended very much to strengthen the advance. Sn ar factories Closed. HuxTr.ii's POINT , L. L , April 2 : ! . There was no renewal of tlio trouble at Hnvcuicy- er's snirar refinery at Green Point this morn ing. Woik on all branches of tlie sugar house was susvjonded. Ten arrests of strikers who were engaged in yesterday's riot have been made. Three of them had been severely clubbed by the police. Sugar llcfliiprti Incicnse Wages. Jinsiv : CITV , April 2:5. : Matthloson & Weieher'H sugar , refining company an nounced to-day nn Increase of 10 per cent In thu wages of lt-00 men employed uy them , to talio effect May 1. A I\\K \ European Strike. ItnrsSKi.s , Apill 23. The strike Inaugu rated by the watchmakers of Grammout , In F.ast Flanders , Is spreading and Is growing serious. Reinforcements of gen d'aimtishave been summoned. The strikers lurricadcd the bridges over tlio Dendor river , and Irom behind tlieso obstructions made an attack with stones upon gen d'arnios. A light en sued resulting In the rant of the rioters and the arrest of a largo numberof them. "Mouoy Tor Strikers. G.u.vnsTo.v , April 2J. A special to the News from Marshall says : Tholocal executive committee of Urn Knights of Libor received a Sr > ,000 draft to-day Irom northern knights with which to pay off the strikers of tlio Texas i'aeillc shops at this point , The money will bo distributed to-mnirow. A K. < iT 11. Assembly Lapses. Niw : Youic , April 2:5. : The following dis patch was received In this city to-day : "Ruts , ICas. , April ii' ! . Sunflower as-sein- lily , No. 47H ( ! , Knights of Labor , burremlored its chatter to-day , " Strike of Iron Works. GiiKKNsiiunn. 1'a. , April 23. The em- ployes ot the National Foundry and Tnbo works at Scottdalo struck to-day for an ad- viincu of wages. The greater portion of the men are Knlghtsof Lubor , yesterday's Huso Hall Games. Tlio games played by the leading base b.ill clubs of the country yesterday resulted as fol lows : At I'hiladelphia-Philadclphlas 10 , Roches- ters 2. At New York Metiopolltans 0 , Athletics At Rrool.lyn Hrooklyns 9RaltlmoresS. At Cinciiiimti-Cineliiiiatls 13 , Piltsburgs 7. 7.At Newark Dctroits 7 , Nowarkb 3. A Family Drovniod. DiU'iANCi : , Ohio , April 23. Frederick Hilloiman , aged 30 , went out in a boat with ills wife and two chlldre.il to-day , flic boat rap.si/.ed about thhty feet from thu shore , and all occupants were drowneu. Weather I'm-To-day. Mjsioviu' VAI.I.KV. Fair weather , prc- iii nortliem pe tbit by luaal rains ; liecoi.'iiiisr variable ; tilowly. rising tew pwuuin. % . MOST FAVORABLY RECEIVED , Expressions of Opinion From Prominent People on the President's ' Message , POWDERLY ON THE MEASURE. His Ideas of AVIiat the Government Should -Do-Cleveland Deserted by His I'nrtv National Capital NCWH. The President's Plnti Kndor ed , WASIII.NOTO.V , April 2. ! . [ Special Tele gram. ] There was much comment in con- gics.slonal circles to-tiny upon the message of President Cleveland received In the sen a to jestcrday afternoon In reference to arbltra tion of labor tumble. Senator Heck says if he could have Ills wav , he would name Allen ( ! . Thnrman , Joseph H. .McDonald and Uos- coe Conkllng as labor commissioners , and give them Sin.OOO a year. Such a commission would command the respect of all parties and would settle labor troubles. Senator Van Wyck says the idea of tlie president is a very good one , and that good results mluht be attained. lii'presentatlvc Craln , of Texas , a member of the special committee Investigating the strike In tlio southwest expresses tlio opinion that tlio south hul not read the 1)111 ) as It passed the house. The only difference be- Lwoi'ii the message and the bill was that it made the commission permanent. Ho thought tlio other plan better , as arbitrators selected from localities where troubles exist would bo anxious to make settlements which would be satisfactory to all parties , while It would bo a cold-blooded matter of fact with a commission such as tlio president suggests. T. V. Powderly , general master workman of the Knights of Labor , who lias been hero several days testifying before the labor in vestigating committee , said the president's suggestions were better than those in the bill before congress. " 1 want a department of labor , " said .Mr. Powderly. " 1 don't believe I n doctoring those troubles. 1 want to go to the root of tlie disease. Strikes are but medi cine. They relieve the patient for a time , but his sickness comes back on him. Tlio matter must he seriously ami carefully strained. Wo need a department of labor to have records on tile , to make a careful and constant study of the labor question , and to be ready to act and to recommend action at any time. Arbitrations should be conducted from this department. " TIIKY DON'T cio xr.Ait HIM. It is a singular fact that comparatively few democratic representatives or senators now c.dl upon the president , or have any but the most frigid olllcial intercourse with him. They slum the white house as if it were a pest house , and the yellow llui : was Hying above its voof-top. There is something almost pathetic in the sad loneliness which now surrounds tlielicad of this nation. Day after day ho delves into tlie ever accumulat ing pile of papers before him , surrounded by his ollicial tamily only , while the men who but lately made the welkin ring for him , now stand afar oil and indulge in tlio most savage criticism of his ollicial con duct and make the nir blue with the curses they hurl at him. They neglect their legiti mate duties anil put in the most of tlio time denouncing him. lleforc his election they made tlio solitudes , even , vocal , with eulo gies upon the very line of policy lie is now , amid many dillicuitles and over many obsta cles , trying to carry out. They huzzahcd for "Cleveland and reform , " and almost tattered the tails of their nether garments in their efforts to commend the new reformer to the people. They got down on their knees and did tlio koto to a knot of disaffected republicans in New York , and swore by tlie beards of their fathers that Cleveland could do just what ho Is doing In order to secure their decisive votes. On their prompting he wrote letters giving Ids personal pledge to tlio disaffected republicans , and now they curse him and desert him because ho will not falsify those pledges. ly ? doing so they are not hurting him materially , but they are demonstrating to the whole country their hypocracy , tlioir contempt for their own pledges , and their slight opinion of the intelligence of the people because tlio presi dent has proven himself a better man than they arc. Thny have boycotted him politically , and ho is left to bear the burden by himself. The people are watching this contest closely more closely than the politicians imagine and it may yet turn out that the stone that was rejected by tlie builders has become the head of tlie corners. And many democratic senators and representatives who now seem to lloat upon a full tide of popularity may soon lind that they have been left stranded high and dry by a rellect popular opinion , never more to grace the halls of legislation. Old tilings have passed away , and all things have become new , ami Iho growlers would do well to recognize the fact as soon as possible. I.YMAN'S IMIXSIOX nn.i. . Tlio bill introduced by Keprcspntatlve Lynian , of Iowa , on last Monday was not to increase the pension of soldiers who have lost a foot or a hand to SIS a month , as was reported In these dispatches. The rate of pension paid for this injury paid to the tlmo of the passage of the act of 1BSJ was S18 a month , with a proportionate amount for pro portionate Injmies , The act mentioned in creased the pension' for such loss to 821 per month , but made no provi sion for dividing tlio full rate In case of partial disability. Hence the com missioner of pensions has held that where a man Is rated as entitled to thirteen- clglitccntlK ! , lor Instance , ho shall bo paid only Slil per month , or thlrteen-elghtoonths of the old rating. Itepresentativo Lyman's bill Is for the purpose of making the 21 rating dlvtsatilo so that In the instance men tioned tlio soldier would receive thliteen- eightcenths ot S--I Instead of a like fraction of 518. I'OSTAI , CHAXnr.o. James W , Ingalls lias been appointed post master at Ingallston , a new ollico in Drown comity , Neb. Commissions liavu been Issued for thi ) following postmasters : \Vilbwt \ V. Stockton , Hambnig , Nub. ; Cornelius Van Dlcst , Pclia , Neb. ; Isaac U. Carson , Kirk- villc , Iowa ; Leonard Loff.'lholz , Sand Spring , Iowa , Post ollico Appropriations , WASHINGTON , April 23. The senate com mittee on appropriations to-day finished tlio consideration of the postotllco appropriation bill , and .Mr. Plumb will report it Monday. Tlie only important amendments are tlio fol lowing : 510,030 added to the appropriation for increasing special mall facilities to make connection with Cuba ; Fryo'samendment , In substance , is adopted appropriating 500,000 for the foreign mall service ; and last year's provision , that no inorotnan3i\000 ( snail DO uscu tor the extension of the free delivery service is ix'-adoptcd. Want to ItrldKO the Ohio. JACKSOV , Miss. , April 'it. At a largo mass .meeting held hero to-day resolutions wcro adopted urging reprc entatlves In congress to gnppoi't fho measure now pending asking pet missisii on behalf of .the Illinois Ccutial system of railroads to build a biidge over tlio Ohio river at or near Cairo , FOUTY-N1NXU CONGUKSS. House. WASIIIXOTOS , April 23. The house met at 11 o'clock in continuation of yesterday's ses sion , and Immediately wont Into committee of the whole on the rivcr.and . haibor appro priation bill , A few moments befoio noon Iho committee rose , the house adjourned , and the session ot Friday opened. The president's messaso on the labor troubles wns ivad by the clerk. Mr. Springer moved its reference to the committee on labor , with Instructions to the committee to report upon it , by bill or otherwise , on or be fore May 15. Mr. Bntterworth moved to refer tlio mes sage to the committee of the whole. Mr , But- terworth's motion was lost yeas 77 , nays 147. There being thirty minutes debate allowed under the rules , Mr. Hitttcrwortli secured the lloor. in conclusion he said that congress owes to Itself to take tip the labor question and consider it carefully , and thnu refer tlie subject to an appropriate committee. If it were referred to a committee now ho feared Ihat n measure would bo reported leprescnt- Ing not the needs of the hour , hut the politi cal necessities of tlie coming campaign. M r. Weaver was In tavorof a motion to commit with Instructions , that the message might be calmly considered. Tbo gentleman fiom Ohio ( lintterworth ) said it could only receive deliberate and calm discussion In the committee of the whole , but without that nninie calmness , which the gentleman himself - self had set. he had not enggosted any remedy for tlio trouble. It was easy to tind fault , to liarp and criticise , but It required statesman ship and calm deliberation to meet the un derlying causes of tno iircscnt labor tronbes. ! Mr. Springer supported Ills motion , con tending that the committee on labor was the iiroper committed to consider tlio message. lie opposed tlio motion to refer It to tlio com mittee of the whole because it would bo burled - led theie. Mr. Springer's motion was then igrced to. Tlie liouo then went Into committee of the whole , Hatch in tlio chair , on the private cal endar. The house , at Its evening session , passed sixty pension bills and adjourned. Conunlttco Work. WARtiixnTO.v , April iM. Tlio house com mittee on labor to-day heard Itepresentativo IJegan in opposition to the education bill. After a session of two hours the connnittco adjourned without action. Tlio committee on education did not obtain a quorum until a low moments before the meeting of tlie louse , ami then adjourned till the third trl- day in May. The labor investigating com mittee , at 1:30 : i ) . in , , closed its sitting in Washington , and it was arranged that the members should leave tills city for St. Louis Monday morning. GOO AND THIS GOVISRX.HENT. National Kol'ormerri Urjo tlio Unity of Clmrch and Stntc. Ci.rvr.iANi > , April 23. At tlio closing ses sion of tlie Ohio state and national conven tion of the National Keforin association at Woostcr , Ohio , resolutions were adopted lioltliin : that tlio state is a moral agent ; that Ills tlio duty of the state to acknowledge its accountability to Clod , nnd to recognize Christ as the supreme ruler of nations , and tlie moral precepts ot the bible as the found ation of all law ; that the generalization of government is practically Impossible in this country ; that the cultivation of the morals of the people , theioby securing justice to all , is the highest work of tlio state ; that conform ity by church and state to tlio same religious principles is no union of church and state ; that tlio bible should be given its proper place In tlio public school , that the dlvitu-.oriirin of Christianity has been established , ami that It should no loinccr be considered as on trial. The resolu tions concluded with the assertion that tlio rights of man are properly understood and maintained only whcio the responsibility to Cod ! is deeply lelt , A CHimoil AVUKCICED. Madrid Miscreants Kc l" the Use of MAHitin , April 23. An attempt was made this morning to destroy the church of San Luis in tills city. An explosive was placed in tlio side of ono of the enormous hollow candles which stand on cither side of the altar. The explosion , instead of taking place while the church was crowded , as war probably intended , occurred before tlio people began to arrive. The edllice was badly wrecked. Two sextons , who were in the building , were badly burned. The outrage has produced profound and widespread ex citement and indignation in the city. No trace to tlie identity of the persons engaged in the conspiracy has yet been found , A Town Council Bounced. VIKXXA. April 2. ! . The mnniclnal council of Stry.by imperial order , has been dissolved , upon the charge of pnlpablo ollicial negli gence in having failed to provide tlio town with lire engines. Cholera Iiinocnlatlon. MAnnin , April 23. The Spanish Sanltaiy council has authorized the practice of Inoc ulation discovered by Dr. Fcir.in in tlio event of a iccureiicc ot cholera in Spain , A M1MSTI3UIAIJ I'ARATA'/HR. A Hai > tist Domliiio IMoturns tlio Fate ol' An Kditor Who dial- loiiKcd Him. RICHMOND , Ya. , April 2 : ) . [ Special Tele gram. ] Tlie temperance question Is being holly diseis-'ed : in Virginia , and local option is being submitted to the voters. A few days ago Rev. T. U. Hawthorne , a liaptKt minis ter of Georgia , at a temperance meeting in Richmond , said that Homo anti-prohibition friends were quoting Scripture in support of their course ; that even the State newspaper of Richmond quoted Scripture against him , and ho half playfully said that the devil quoted Scripture and did it when ho stood with the Immaciilato Christ on the pinnacle ot the temple. Ho added : "What Christ said to him I would say to the Richimmd State and its supporters , 'Get then behind me , Satan. ' " These roimirKs were considered by Richard Relrne , editor of the State , as Insults to him self and staff , and hu at once wrote a letter to Hawthorne Intimating that Ids cloth alone Hayed him from a duel or other punishment. Last night at a temperance meeting llaw- thorno replied to the letter by saying , "I am a minister of Jesus Christ ; I am not a man to settle a dlfllculty with pistols. I nm very sorry that anybody wants to fight mo. I have had a great many different emoll- tions In my life , but if I have had any such emollton as fear of mortal man I have not been conscious of it. Moreover , I will say this ; There Is not salt enough In the Atlantic ocean to save the man who puts his hands on me. It would take a magnifying glass that would magnify ono hundred thousand times to tee what is left of him. I think , 1113' friends , we had better not light. " This sally created a tre mendous uproar and applause from the dominie's adherents. What action Reirno will lake is unknown , but the result Is anx- o nsly looked for by sensation lovers. . . , Failure * ) . Niw : YOUK , April 23. Total number of business failures during the last seven days throughout the United Slates and Canada , Wl. - * - Dentil of Judge Whltolr. WILMINGTON , April 23. Judge Whltcly , associate juilio of the superior court , died this morning of hemuraago of the stomach , after a lingethur illness. Murdnrer D , . .ICy.H'rjl 3-5. Hubert Fowker was hanged llcru a.t iO ; 0 n. m. , foi tlio uiuidcrolMiss Um licit. MOST MARVELOUS OF THE AGE Such is Deo'aretl to Have Been Gladstone's Speech for Homo llulo , THE GREAT EFFORT REVIEWED. Gndorricincnt of the Scheme and the Illots AVItlch lie Would Kcinovo HenJy'B OrAiid nml 3lnstorly Address. Ilotnn lluln for Ireland. [ Tlit ltcc' Ionian / ' . /.tdfiim-iifitn/ / < err. ( ] LONDOX , April 10. Home rule for Ireland 9 now the Issue definitely laid ucforo the tarliamnnt of Great Hrltalu by the great speech of Mr. Gladstone on the evening bo- 'ore ' last , when ho movoil for leave to bring n a bill to amend the futnro government of reland. The substance of that speech will n all likelihood have appeared printed In our columns long before this letter readies ou and tlio result of the division which may irobably be taken on It on Monday next , he 12th of Api 11 , will also be published by on. I make bold with an assertion now no bllowlm ; events can ever upset , I think , vhen 1 say that Gladstone has killed the act > f union In this great speech of his on Thuis- lay last. A very natural query is WHAT WAS TIti : Sl'KKCII MICK/ and it Is not easy to answer it. First as Iho simplest way of estimating U as a physical and rhetorical performance by a man of 77 years of ago and fifty-four of pnblle life it will stand out In history as the most narvelous of our present age. For hrco hours and twenty-live minutes the old man enchained his audience oblivious of time while ho unfolded to them the grad- tal process of political development which uade some scheme such as his necessary , or else the alternative of a coercion of Ireland such as has never yet been attempted oven In hat country. Ho traced the history of tlio Irish parliament , and showed for it a con- inucd existence of GOO years , and oxliiblted .ho ovll effects of the suspension for the past eighty-six years of that existence. He spoke of the undlminlslied desire , of the craving of the Irish people for self-government , not withstanding any attempt on the part of the Kngllsh parliament. lie said that the Irish K-oplo dlil not want laws that came to them n a foreign garb , and weald never bo satis- led until they hul : control of their domestic eglslatlon. TIII : srnr.Mi : ITSIU.F s one of wonderful ingenuity. It gives to Ireland whatever the Irish members ami tlio Irish people readily acknowledge as a sub stantial measure of homo rule , while it safe guards imperial unity and secures the strongest guarantees for the protection of the minority In Ireland. Indeed , ono of the greatest objec tions to the scheme is that it goes a little too tar In the latter direction , and if it be slow in its developing etl'ects on Ireland the failure must rather bo attributed to the too heavy drag put on tlio machinery by theses precau tions than to any full speed ahead disposition ot the popular representatives of Ireland. MIt. I'AllXKia.'s OIMNIO.V on it was listened to with Intense , silent in terest by the whole house , and when his speccli elicited tlio impulsive applause of his eighty-five followers , that applause was heartily chorused by the radicals and liberals opposite. One of the finest passages in ills speech was that in which ho praised the courage of Gladstone for facing this question at his present age , and in the face of the desertion of ministers from his cabinet. "Ho saw , " said Mr. I'arnell , "the officers who should have stood by his side leaving him one by one , and drawing their swords upon liim. " Jlr. 1'arncll did not deny there wcro In the scheme blots which it would bo tlie effort of himself and ids party to eifaco in committees. IIo partlculary Instanced four features of the measure as it was about to bo proposed. The arrangement for the pay of the police from Irish revenue and tlio continuance of imperial control of them. The collection of Irish customs by imperial authority. The disproportion on tlio basis of wealth of the part Ireland would have to contribute lo the imperial exchequer and the probability of deadlock frequently occurring in the domestic legislation of Ireland owing lo the anomalous powers by which one-third of its senate could hinder the legislative designs of tlio other two-thirds. Hut lie said these were matters on which tlio Irish members would present their views to tlie committee when tlie bill got. there , and lie thoiurlit it butter , subject to these views , to take tlio first opportunity of giving the hearty and cordial assent of the lilsh people to the measnro as a whole so far as it was foreshadowed for them in the speccli of tlio premier. The first note of warning of ofATTACK ATTACK FIIOM TUP IIIIAIl on the ministry was sounded by George Otto Trcvelyan. Ho went liisidnously to work to try and expose the defects ot tlio scheme ol the prime minister availing ol his knowledge of cabinet secrets to effect this purpose and even going so far as to attempt a criterion in advaneo of Iho mooted govern ment scheiuo for the purchase of land in Ire land. The speaker called him to oidcrand reminded him that it was not competent for him to discuss on tlio motloli hetoiothuhousa the dot ills of a measure for which leave had not been asked to Introduce a hill , Itelnct- antly ho resigned a formal obedience , hut ho managed to get out enough for his purpo.se , which evidently was to knit up tlio two schemes for the prejudiced condemnation of tlio Kngllsli taxpayers who , of course , will not ba wishing to lend l-o,000,000 : for tut ) purchase of Irish landlords. Ho had a wonderful passion for tlio continuance j'd' the crimes act and coer cion in Ireland , and talked of Karl Spencer's courage and firmness and raked up the attacks Irish members had made on him. lint to this portion of his speech A STINOIXn IIP.TOIIT was made in tlio foremontioued speech of Mr , 1'arnell , who imnillled that "tho Irish members attacked Lord ' Kpimccr's adminis tration , that they had nothing to withdraw of what they then said , lint If the Irish people owing to their hatred of his policy , could not admire Lord Spencer , at least the English could , for everyone is Impelled to admire the pluck of a man who lights Ids corner. Lord Spencer did Unit , but did the right honorable gentleman for tlio border burghs do the same' ' No he ran away and left Lord Spen cer to fight alone. Would ho now\ if there wcro a return to tlio policy he suggests , reaccept the position of chief tcciotary for fit-land ? Or if not , what dear t'liend would lie recom mend for that postV" A GlIttATKU CA6TIOATIOX STII.I , , and perhaps the severest ever inllicted on a statesman of his rank , was that by Mr. llealy on Joseph Chamberlain , the ex-presi dent of the local uovemmunt board , and for merly president of the board of trade in tin. same administration. This occurred on the second night of the dcbatt.Mr. . Chamber lain having moved the adjournment on the pievions night at half past twelve , was It possession , and ho rose amidst the plaudits ot his old enemies and now found friends , ho torles , to criticise the scheme of the prc- nler and to explain ids reasons for quitting he cabinet. Ho had all his letters to Mr. Jladstone filed and at hand , and the replies of the prime minister , hut ho did not make nncti of them. He , too , trlod to Ret Into the and question discussion in advance , and being barred by the speaker , wrig gled like Trevclyan throtiRh with what ho ladto say on It all the same. The Irish members gave him mostly n silent hearing , except when they wanted to emphasise Iho ory applause ho was celling. Hut when loaly we to speak from the Irish benches n reply , the cheer that greeted him was full > f confidence in the ability of the speech ho vottld make , and that confidence was not be- rayed. Chamberlain's pet scheme by way if alternative , which was drawn from him by lie liislt members , was a plan of i.MiT.iii.u , rr.nr.nATio.v , and tins Is how ho would go about U : He vould Introduce a measnro for tlio stoppage of evictions for six months. This received lot lory apphnse. Hut ho would advance ! M.OOOCOO of sstato money to Irish land- ords lest they may stiller any hardships in lie meantime. He would then Institute a onimlsslon , composed of members fiom all > arts of the house , to dovlso a scheme of pur. ilmse , and then lie would also go In tor the mpcrhl federation of all the colonies , and re-land's tmii would doubtless come In ( lie Ipe fullness of time. Mr. Hcaly pointed out that fedcrnlizatlon presupposed tlio exist- nco of legislatures , ami lux said ho as an rlshman would not say one word against It vhen tlio time for it came. Hut when would hat lime for it come'.1 Wcro the people of reland to wait till the people of Canada , of Vnstralla , of Tasmania , of Newfoundland , anil even of Nova Xembla all agiecd that cderall/.allon was the best policy ? Meantime he colonies had domestic legislatures ; they jovernetl themselves , and they could alTord 0 wait. Then he criticised the sensitiveness of the right honorable gentleman about the mrso of the Hritlsh taxpayer when It was 1 question of lending money toliish tenants , nnd Ills liberal proposals to obvlato any In convenience to Irish landlords. Ho continued , o criticise , as it were In parallel columns , ho schemes of Chamberlain and Trevclyan , mil he was sure the Marquis of Hartlngton , vhen ho rose would have another and a dlf- 'creut one , Mr. Gosehen a different one still , inil the tory leaders would have ono as widely differing from one another as they would from all those pioposed. "Vet , " said Mr. llealy , "they are going to reject the mea sure brought forward by the greatest states- nan of the age , nnd which is accepted by Jive- sixths of the representatives ol the Irish peo- ) Ic. If they succeed , what a lovely cabinet hey will nuike. It certainly will require a strong scheme of imperial federa- ion to keep them together. Old Gladstone listened with Intense visible lellght to llealy's speccli , and he afterwauls expressed the opinion that it was one of the ablest debating speeches ho had ever heard fit were not too bitter. AH the same the old man relished its bitterest hits with un- nlstakablo satisfaction. TIII : iMionAin.K IIKSITI.T of the debate may ba an undecided first read- ng or an unusual division fortlio rejection of : ho measure before it is printed. Yet that will not end the matter even If Gladstone were defeated on it. If lie ap peals to the country he will probably sccuio i majority , and if not , a combination niinls- .ry , or sort of dry well cabinet , will be formed that cannot hold together for any time. Wo are urgent because our country's case requires Immediate at- .entlon. Hut if wo are forced to wait , nothing wjU bo lost by waiting. Tlie American sympathy is cheering. It las been cabled In words and money. The tone of your trans-Atlantic press is splendid nnd the cable of 500,000 from New Orleans ast night shows the confidence of our race i'i your midst. KDWAUO HAKIII.NGTON. JIOOK ISIjAND K.VTKNS1ONS. Seven Hundred Miles of Iload Pro jected in Kunsno and XclmiKkn. Nu\v Yonic.April 23 [ Special Telegram ] The Times announces that the projected ex tension of the Chicago , Itock Island & Paci fic road is to become a fact foitliwith , the contract having been signed in Wall street yesterday by which Knlin , Loeb & Co. sub scribe for 810,000,000 in new bonds to bo is sued by the company. Seven hundred miles of new road are projected , the greater pait to be known as tlio Kansas and Nebraska di visions. Theicls said to bo a great deal in the piopositlon that docs not bode much good for the Uock Island's competitors. TUB CKDAn IlLOCIC KING. Oinnlia Contractors Itlddin On Chicago cage I'avcmontH. CincAno , April 2 * [ Special Telegram. ] Several Omaha contractors are In this city for the purpose of bidding on street Im provements. They say Chicago men came to their town and tried to take tlie work away from them and they have come hero to help break np the Cedar block ling. The competition for paving sticcts this year promises to bo lively and it is not Improba ble that the work will cost less than the average pi Ice paid last ycsr. The Power * Against Oroooc. 1'Aiiifi , April'J I. Ji ) > Fieyclnct announced during the cabinet meeting yesteiday that tlio government was participating In tlio en deavors of the powers to urge Greece to keep the peace. It Is understood Franco will join the other powers In the Issue of an ultimatum Insisting upon Gicceo abandoning her war like prepaiatlon.s , mil will icfnso to join them In any naval dcmon > > tiiitoii ! intended to coeico Greece. That extreme tired feeling which is BO dis tressing and ofon ! 1,0 imaecountalilo In thu fijirhig months , Is entirely overcome by Hood's Karsnparllla , which tones the whole body , purifies the Mood , cures bciofula and all humors , cures dyspepsia , cicntcs an appetite , rouses the torpid liver , biaccs up the ncncs , and clears the mind , Wo solicit a comparison of Hood's Barsaparllla with any oilier blood purifier In tlio market for purity , ccouomy , strength , and medicinal merit. Ttrcd all the rttno "I had no nppetlto or strength , and felt tired nil the time. I attributed my condition to scrofulous humor. I hail tiled several kinds of medlciao without benefit. Hut as coon as I had taken half a l > ottlu of Hood's Barsaparllla , my appetite wai restored , and my stomach felt better , I have now taken nearly three bottles , and I never was so well. " Mus. JESSIU r. Doi.ur.AUK , Tascoaf , It. I. Mrs. 0. W. Marriott , Lowell , Mass. , as comjilctcly cured ot sick headache , wlilcii Mm had 10 years , by Hood's Sarsapatltla. GATHERED FROM TWO STATES All the Happenings of n Day in Nebraska and Iowa. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE , A LendingKimlncfiB Mntt nt lllalr Sup ported to Ilavo Suloldctl A ( Irfcon- l > nck Convention Called. Sc > .iol Clillilreii Ulrlko A Prominent. Ainu Ili.Aii : , Neb. , April 2:5 : , [ Special. ] E. C. Pierce , for many years coroner of this conn- tv , ninl thu leading I'uinlturu dealer of this city , left homo on last Tuesday evening. tell ing his wife that IIP was going to Omaha to attend nn oinbalmer's coiivcntlun. Nothing having been heard Horn him since , his wlfo became uneasy ami to-day hail his safe searched , In which was found a letter to his wife ami chlldiun , bidding them u lust fare well , saying he could not II vu longer ami could not illo In Ulalr. He has been acting very stiangoly lately , nntl It Is generally sup posed that lie hits commltteil suicide. Ho has an estimable family , ami n good business. Olllcersnio scaiclilng for htm. A Straight Greenback Convention Called. CMIAU R.U'ins , Iowa , Apill 23. ThoV leading null-fusion grcenbackors hi session \ hero to-day , issued a call for a state conven tion of straight greonlmckor.s of Iowa to beheld held at Cedar Kaplds May G , of the present year. The purpose of thu convention Is to nominate a state ticket , for the coming elec tion. The call denounces the policy of fusion as destinctive to the ellicacy of the green back party ; declines that the present ad ministration has brought no lellef to the people ple of the country from the depression In business and oppression of labor ; ami calls upon mocnbacKors to stand by their iirlncl- ples and oppose fusion , co-operation or al liance with other political parties , Iowa Railroad Improvement. DKS MOINI.H , la. , April St. [ Special Tele gram. J Messrs. Cillettc & Woodman , of New Hampshire , heavy stockholders in the Du.s Mollies , Osccola & Southern railroad , are In the city arranging for broadening the gnaco and extending the road to Kansas City. They represent tour-lil'tlis of thu capital stock of the road , and are favorably disposed to the chanze.s proposed , and will so report to the eastern bondliolders. Contrnl > and Ileor Captured. Iis : MOIMS : , Iowa , April S ! . [ Special Tel egram. ] The first test casa under tlie Clark prohibitory law occurred to-day. J. ( ! . llar- rlgan , an expressman , was arrested this inornimr for delivering in Ids wagon two cases of beer without having tlio comity au ditor's certificate as required by the new law. Tlie beer wns declared contraband ami la now in a justice's olllco waiting a final dis position of the case. Tjliicoln School Children Strike. Lixcor.x , Neb. , April 21 ! . [ Special Tele gram. ] The scholars of the seventh grade of. tlie high school made a cjuiot and unopposed strike to-day. The length of the school day has been increased fifteen minutes , and when tlie usual time for closing caino one of the scholars gave the usual signal for rising and passing out and they were obeyed to the last scholar. _ _ _ _ _ A Peculiar Accident , Dnr.uqui : , Iowa , April 2 : ! . [ Special Tele- cram. ] Asingularacciilent occurred to-day at thoNatloual Iron and Brass works. A young man , named Henry .Meyer , was endeavoring to drive a red-lint chisel into apiece of wood for a handle , when the burning iron slipped and euteied his breast nearly three Indies , 'nlliclinga ' probably iatal wound. The Fate of a Keel Alderman. CKDAI : RAIMDS , la. , April 23. Alderman \V. \ T. Jlrown , while under the influence ) of whisky last night , attempted to cowhide V. W. Faulkes , of the Hvcnlng Gazette. Fatilkcs laid his head open with a cane and made his face nn familiar , and was declared an easy winner. 15rown will bo expelled from the council. _ Railroad Ruildlnt ; in NorthwcHtcru Iowa. O.VAWA , Iowa , Apill 2i : : [ Special Tele gram. ] The right of way agent and engi neer corps of the Chicago it Northwestern company are here at work on the extension of the Maple Itivcr branch fiom Mapicton to this placo. They say the road will bo built Immediately. This gives the Northwestern the shortest line between Chicago and Sioux City. MyHtcry Solved. DBS MOIM.S : , Iowa , April 2:5. : [ Special Telegram. ] i'ercy Cross , tbo 7-year-old boy who mysteriously disappeared last Saturday , was found lloatmg In the river seven ml lea below tills city this forenoon. It is now sup posed he fell In the river here while fishing. Court In Hurt County. OAKLAND , Neb. , April 2. ! . ISpccIal. ] Tim district couit lor Hurt county 1ms been in session since Monday and a number of cases have been disposed of. Judge Wakoley occupies the bench and has yet considerable business to come before , him , including tlirco cilinlnal eases. The most Impoilant suit of the term is that of Slioitel vs. Voting' , which Is set for nest week. It involves ( lie title to 1TX ) acres of valuable land , and Its progress will bo watched with great interest. A hlroni but unsuccessful attempt has been made by ono of Oakland's attorneys tobecnro the disbarment of ,1. (1. ( Aithtir for alleged I'.vcrybody needs niul should take a good FprhiB medicine , fur two reasons : 1st , Tlio body Is new niuru titisceptlldo to bcncflt from medicine thnii at any other f-e.nson. 2d , The linjiuiltlcslilrh \ have acciiinulatcd In tlio Mood bhoiild bo expelled , anil thu sys tem given tone anil fctrcngtli , licfoni llio pros trating effects of warm weather are felt. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the best H > I Ingim-ilU cine. A blnglo tilal will convhico you f Its bujicriorlty. Take It bcfoie It I.i too lute. The llest Sin'lit'j "I take Hood's Sarsaparilla for a spring incdlrhio.aml inmUtjust the tiling. U tones up ! " ) system and makes 1110 feel like a differ ent man. Myvifo takes it for dyspepsia , and him derives great benefit from It. She says it Is the host medicine fiho ever took , " ! ' . 0. TIIUNIUI , Hook d Ladder No. 1 , Hoston , Mass. "Last bprlag I was troubled with liolls , caused by my blood lielnj ; out of order , Two bottles of Hood's Karaaparllla cured mo , I can recommend It to all troubled with affec tions uf the Hood. " J. Scuocir , 1'ioria , Hi. Sola by all drufiuliti. flj tlx lor JS. Prepared SoW by all driiK"i'.ti. fl ; sir for ? 5. Prepared by C. I. HOOD A CO. , A j.olliccarlci'l.aivcll . , Mass. uy V , I.lloob Je CO. , Afutliccarlos , J.ow6ll,51an. V IOO Doses Ono Dollar j ( OO Doses Ono Dollar
