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POPULIST CONVENTION.
The Second National Gathering
Meets at St. Louis.
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WAIbUIN run Vlut-rnuolUtlil I.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, Made Permanent
Chairman of the Convention-?
Nominations for Vice-President Ahead
of That for President?The Platform in
Fall?Details of the Convention's W orlt.
8t. Louis, Mo., July 25.?The Populist National
Convention nominated Thoma3 E.
Watson for Vice-President. It was decided
to proceed to the nomination of a candidate
lor Vice-President first, and the names of
Arthur Sewall, of Maine; ex-Congressman
Watson, of Georgia; Congressman Skinner,
of North Carolina, and others were presented.
The ballot was taken after midnight.
The "Middle of the Road" faction made a
determined fight against the indorsement of
Sewall, and finally won the contest.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Allen at ten o'clock a. m. After
prayer a gavel male of forty-eight different
kinds of timber, representing every State,
was presented to the Chairman by Delegate
Denoe, of Ohio, as a ''middle-of-the-road"
gavel. Then a couple of fantastically attired
Individuals, dressed to represent the characters
of Unole Sam and Colum bia, ascended
the platform. They were a Mr. Lloyd, of
New York, and Mrs. Bennington, the "Sweet
8lncerof Arkansas." They entertained the
convention with a song, and then the delegates
proceeded to business.
H. Z. TACBENECK.
(Chairman National Executive Committee
of the Populist Party.)
Then came the reading of the minority report
of the Committee on Eules. It recommended
a change in the order of making
nominations so as to make the nomination
of Vioe-President before that of President.
;This was a move of the "'middle of the
road" men. Delegate McGrath, of Illinois,
promptly moved to lav tne minority report
thA tahlB. flonirresam&n Howard and
I Barney Glbbs, of Alabama, demanded to be
'heard on the motion. The plain purpose of
the straight-outs was to test Sewall's
strength. The proposition would show the
extreme high-water strength of the antiBryan
men. There was some parliamentary
squabbling and a number of speeches were
made.
With some difficulty the speechmaking was
cut off and the vote was taken by States on
the adoption of the minority report recommending
the nomination of Vice-President
before President. The roll call was followed
with intense interest, and resulted 785 to 615
In favor of the minority report, which was
the signal for an enthusiastic anti-Bryan
demonstration.
General J. B. Weaver, Chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, was then reoogBized
to read the platform as agreed to by
the committoe. He was received with applause.
He prefaced the reading by saying
that the committee had had a protracted
meeting, and that while its proceedings had
been harmonious, there was not entire
aanimlty, as Kearby.of Texas, and Coxey,of
Ohio, both desired to offer minority reports.
xn? minority reports were iaiu ua iuo luuie. ?
Then the platform as adopted by a majority
of tbe committee was adopted and a recess
was taken.
Immediately after the convention was
called to order after recess a message from
the Silver Convention stating that Byran and
Bewail had been nominated was read. At
lb? conclusion there was a terrific outburst
?f applause.
Then the call of States for nominations for
Tice-President was begun. Mr. Baumann,
of Alabama, appearing as the 'spokesman of
that delegation to nominate Representative
Skinner, the Populist Congressman from
North Carolina.
- wjkpresentative Howard, of Alabama,
placed in nomination Thomas E. Watson,
tho late Populist Congressman from Georgia.
Mr. Watson'3 name was received with demonstrations
which Tully attested his popularly.
Mr. Sovereign. Master Workmanjof the
l&Ughts of Labor] and Delegate Johnson, of
-California, seconded the nomination.
t being called, yielded to Lafe
fc2ce, who nominated Mr. 89wall.
Mr. Weller. of Iowa, nominated Frank
Bnrkilt, of Mississippi.
TyKiatue'cY yielded to Captain Burnam, of
Tv'-g'j;S^G, who nominated A. L. Mlmrns, of
ae3J26ssee, and Illinois, which by request
ha 1 been passed earlier in the evening, seconi|?.
this nomination.
urMr Ba'cnian, of Maine, responded when
BIS St a*, e was called, and protested against
the nomination of Sewall for Vice-President.
He then placed in nomination Mann Page,
of Virginia. President of the National Farmers'
Alliance.
Jcwt at midnight nominating speeches
wxied the State3 proceeded to vote.
The: 5?solt of the first ballot was: Sewall,
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SENATOr. rEFFEE.
iTli" K-.Dsas. leader who was on the Committee
ou Resolutions.)
236: Sc inner. 133: Uurkott. 193; Mimrns, 108;
103. nu>l Wutsou, 536.
ATr ftnrkett withdrew bis oame. Mr.
Mimms also withdrew from the contest anil
asked his friends to vote for Watson. Texas
hanged her vote and cost 103 for Watson.
Tcuufsset? cave her 77 to Watson. At
this |K>iut Wntsna was nominated unanimously
juj i a ?r?at demonstration occurred.
Wiiit" tie convention shrit-ked the lightf
sndiVniv went out. For near.y a quarter ol
Mi huic the multitude made the buildins
vjbrn'e with its shouting in the gloom. Tbt
STirnant-at-Arms sereamsd out that the
. u.'uiiv out oi the lights was the result of a
( lot. Suddenly \he lights flashed out again.
Thou tu?5 coi> -an udjouru'.*J.
SECOND DAY'S SESSION.
Senator Allen, or Nebrankat Elected Per- ^
raanent Chairman.
St. Loris, Mo., July 24.?The Populists
be:;;iu to aisvsr.blo in good time Thursday
; for the second morning session, and at ten j
j minutes past ten o'clook Senator Butler, <
l the Temporary Chairman, called them ^
j to order. The body of the hall was
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MA.BY E. LI.A3E. <
(The Kansa3 orator and politician who addressed
the Populist Convention).
about two-thirds full and there were
not over two hundred persons in the {galleries.
After prayer Chairman Butler called
tor the report of the Committee on Credentials,
but that committee was still unprepared
to report, and was given further time. The
roll ol States was then called for the names of
the committeemen on organization, resolutions
and notification of nominees. These
committees were requested to retire for consultation.
The Platform Committee also
withdrew to complete its work. A motion
to take a recess until 3 o'clock was successful,
an<J the Temporary Chairman, at a
quaver to one, declared the convention adjourned
until that hour.
It was half-past three p. m. when ISenator
Butler called the convention te order and
stated that the Committee' on Credentials
was prepared to make a partial report.
Thereupon Mr. Wardell, of California,
Chairman of the committee, submitted
a majority report, recommending that
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all the uncontested cases: that In the 1
cases of the first seven Illinois Congressslonal
districts both contestants and contestees
be seated with the right to cast half
votes, and that, In the case of Colorado, the
delegates known as the Patterson delegates
be seated and cast the full votes of the State.
Minority reports, the Chairman stated,
would be submitted In these casa6.
That part of the report for t&e admission
of the delegates whose seats were uncontested
was agreed to, and then the Illinois
case was taken up. The report of the majority
declared that the Taylor delegates from
Cook County, Illinois, are not entitled to the
seats, and that the contestants are. The
minority report is in favor of the Tayior delegates.
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After an hour's hot debate the roll was
called, and both delegations were seated, | c
eaoh with the privilege of casting halt a vote. 1
In Missouri the contestants withdrew their 1
claim, and the regulars were seated. The I
next contest was that from Wisconsin. This c
was decided against Oole, and Mr. Isaacs, 8
proxy for Henry Smith, was seated. e
The report from the Committee on Perma- ^
nent Organization'was then presenjed by Mr. ?
Cox, of Virginia, Chairman. Mr. Cox stated s
the recommendations of the committee, the 9
name of Senator Allen, of Nebraska, being I
reported as Permanent Chairman amid loud ^
and prolonged applause. *
The minority report was then read, pre- I
senting the name of Jame3 E. Campion, of *
Maine, as Permanent Chairman. 1
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CONGRESSMAN C. A. TOWNS, OP MINNESOTA. c
(Free 8ilver man who bolted from the late- F
National Republican Convention.}
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Then the "middle of the road,r men stood,
on their chairs and shouted. Th? excite^ \
ment lasted for ten minutes, thfr guidons of t
Mississippi, Alabama, Ohio, Texas and Tea- p
nessee and the "middle of the road*" banners f
being carried around in tumultuous proces- t
sion. C
A motion to table both reports wa& lost o
and the vote on the minority report by n
States began. The roll call lasted for an
hour, and resulted in the election of Senator a
Allen. The total vote was: Allen* 758; p
Campion, 564; Donnelly,. 1. a
As soon as the vote was announced the I
Bryan section of the convention broke out t
into a wild shout of triumph, delegates c
standing up and waving bats and fans and
again a procession of guidon bearers took up
the march through the convention hall, yelfIng
madly. 1
Finally a certain degree of order wa9 re- (
stored, when Watklns, of California, stepped
to the platform and said that the Campion
men (of whom he was oue) had been squarely ,
whipped. He then moved to make the nomi- ,
nation of Senator Allen unanimous. The
motion was adopted with a whoop. , (
Senator Allen was escorted to the chair by
"Cyclone" Davis and Ignatius Donnelly. He
made an address which aroused great enthusiasm.
At the conclusion of Chairman
Allen's address the report of the Committee
on Rules was presented, but without action
on it the convention adjourned till next day.
WATSON A FARMER AND A LAWYER.
Was Elected to the Fifty-Second Conyress
as a Democrat.
Washinotos, July 25.?Thomas E. Watson.
ot Thomson, G?., Populist nominee for
was bora in Columbia
County, Georgia. September 5. 1836. He received
a c jmmon school education and was
then 3ent to Mercer University, Macon,
Ga. At the end of the sophomore
year he left college for lack
of funds and taught school two years. He
read law under Judge W. R. McLaws, ot
Augusta. Ga., and was admitted to the bar,
commencing the practice of the profession at
Thomson, Ga., his old home, in Novembar,
1876.
He was a member of tho Georgia Legislature
1832-3 and was Democratic Elector
for the State-at-large in 188S. Besides practising
law, ho has been and is still largely
interested in farming. He was elected to the
Fifty-second Congress as a Democrat, receiv
ing 5456 votes, as against 597 votes for Anthony
E. Williams, Republican. He was
i twice de.eated for Congress as a Populist,
i Watson's unique personality made him a
; conspicuous figure in the House of Repre>
sentatives. He was a flery debater and took
i part in numerous hot pari amentary flghts.
i In personal appearance Wat3on is thin and
, angular, with a close-shavon face ofintel- ;
' lectual cast and a thick mop of auburn hair.
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THE POPULIST PLATFORM.
't Favor* Free Coinage, an Income Tax
and Government Railroads.
St. Louis, JIo., July 25.?The Populist
ilatform, as reported by the majority of the (
Committee on Resolutions and adopted by
:he convention, is as follows:
The People's party, assembled in National
Convention, reaffirms its allegianoe to the I
principles declared by the founders of the I
Republics, and also to the fundamental prin- 1
jiplea of just government as enunciated in I
:he platform of the party in 1892. We recog- |
lize that, through the connivance of the
present and preceding Administrations, the
country has reached a crisis in its National
life, as predicted in our declaration four
years ago, and that prompt and patriotic ac:ion
is the supreme duty of the hour.
We realize that while we have political independence,
our financial anil industrial iri?
lependence is yet to be attained by restor- i
ng to our country the Constitutional con,rol
and exercise of the functions necessary '
:o a people's government, which functions \
lave been basely surrendered by our public
.orvanf-a fr> mrnnntfl mnnrtnnlW The In- I
luence of European money changers has '
)een more potent in shaping legislation than '
:he voice of the American people. Execu:ive
power and patronage have been used to
:orruDt our Legislatures and defeat the will
>f the people, and plutocracy has thereby
toen enthroned upon the ruins of Democracy.
To restore the Government intended
"by the fathers, and for the welfare
md prosperity of this and future generations,
we demand the establishment of an
economic and financial system which shall
make us masters of our own affaire and independent
of European control, by the adoption
of the following:
Declaration of Principles.
1. We demand a National money, safe and
sound, issued by the general Government
only, without the intervention of banks of
Issue, to be a full legal tender for all deDts,
public and private; a just, equitable and
affloient means or distriDution airect to uh
people and through the lawful disbursements
of the Government.
2. We demand the free and unrestricted
joinage of silver and gold at the present
legal ratio of sixteen to one, without waiting
tor the consent of foreign Nations.
3. We demand the volume of circulating
medium be steadily increased to an amount
jufflclent to meet the demands of the business
and population and to restore the just
level of prices of labor and production.
4. We denounce the sale of bonds and the
increase of the public interest-bearing debt
made by the present Administration as unlecessary
and without authority of law, and
lemand that no more bonds be issued except
by specific act of Congress.
5. We demand such legislation as will present
the demonetization of the lawful money i
)f the United States by private contraot.
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D. wt) ueraauu luai vuo uuiuumumi
payment of its obligations, shall use its
iption as to the kind of lawful money in
which they are to be paid, and we denounce
ihe present and preceding Administrations
for surrendering this option to the holders of
Government obligations.
7. We demand a graduated income tax, to
;he end that aggregated wealth shall bear its
ust proportion of taxation, and we regard
:he recent decision of the Supreme Court reative
to the Income Tax law as a misinterpretation
of the Constitution and an in- I,
rasion of the rightful powers of Conprress [
>ver the subjecf of taxation.
8. We domand that postal savings banks :
)e established by the Government for the
lafe deposit of the savings of. the people and
;o facilitate exchange.
Transportation.
1. Transportation being a mean? of exihange
and a publio necessity, the Governnent
should own and operate the railroads
n the Interest of the people and on a non)artisan,
basis, to the end that all may be ac:orded
the same treatment in transportation,
ir>/? ?Ko fiTMnny nnrt nnHMnal nnwur now I
xercised by the great raiTroad corporations (
vhich result In the Impairment, if not the
lestruotlon, of the political rights and peronal
liberties of the citizen, may be de- I
troyed. Such ownership is to be accom- j
dished gradually in a manner consistent
vith sound public poiloy.
2. The interest or the United 8tates in the
)ubllc highways built with public moneys, j
md the proceeds of extensive grants of land
o the Pacific railroads, should never be
ilienated, mortgaged, or sold, but guarded ,
ind proteoted for the.general welfare as pro- j
rided by the laws organizing such railroads, j
Che foreclosure of existing liens of tneUnited .
States on these roads should at once follow j
iefault in the payment thereof of the debtor !
:ompanie3; and at the foreclosure sales of
said roads the Government shall purchase
he same if it becomes necessary to protect j
rs interests therein, or if they can be pur:hased
at a reasonable price; and the Gov- .
irament shall operate said railroads as pub- I
ic highways for the benefit of the whole
people, and not in the interest of the few, I
inder suitable provisions for protection of .
ife and property, giving to all transporta:ion
Interests equal privileges and equal ,
ates for fares and freights.
v)i VY y Q9QUUUUH bUO iuiuiuvuo i
ichemes for refundiog these- debtsP and denand
that tbe laws now applicable thereto
>e executed and administered according to
heir interest aod spirit.
4. The telegraph, like the post office sysem,
being a neoessity for the transmission
>f news, should be owned and operated by
he Government In the interest oI the people.
Land.
1. True policy demands that the- National
md State legislation' shall be suoh as will
iltimately enable every prudent and indusrious
citizen to secure at. home, and thereore
tbe land should not be monopolized for
peculative- purposes. All lands now held
ty railroads and other corporations in exess
of their actual needs should by lawful
ueans be reclaimed by the Government and
teld for actual settlers* only, and private
and monopoly, as well qb alien ownership,
hould be prohibited.
2. We condemn the l&nd prant frauds by
rhich the-Paoiflc railroad companies have,
hrough tbe connivance of the Interior JDe?artment^
robb?d multitudes of actual bona
Idesettleis of their homes and miners of
heir claims, and we demand legislation by
Jongress-which will enforce the exeentlon of
aineral land from surA grants after as well
a hnfripRtf-hrt naffint.
3. We? demand that* bona fld? settlers on. [
,11 pubWc lRnds beg*anted fro* homes, as. j
irovidad in the National Homestead law.,-j
-nd thait no exception be madein the case ot j!
ndiam reservations-when opened for settle- i
pent,, and that all lands not sow patented: I
iomeunder this demand.
Direct Legislation.
Wfc favor a sysiern of diwct legislation
hroach the initiative and roferendum,. unler
proper constitutional saf&guards.
Gentnl Propositions.
1. We demand the election of President.
Rce-President and United States Sjenaioxs
>y a direct vo.eof the people.
2. We tondw to the &atriotic psoole of
Cuba our deepest sympaAv in their heroic
struggle for poliiicai freedom ;\nd independence,
and we heliev> the time- has-oome
when the United S ates. the greut Republic
ohAnifl tKaf Huha. is
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and of right ought to be a freo and independent
State.
3. We favor home rule in th.> Territories
and theDistrct of Columbia and the early
admission of the Territories as States.
4. public salaries should be made to
correspond to the price of labor and its product.'?.
5. In times of creat industrial depression
idle labor should be employod on public
works as far as practicable.
6. The arbitrary course of the courts in assuming
to imprison citizens for indirect contempt
and ruling them by injuuctiou should
be prevented by proper legislation.
7. We favor jUit pensions for our disabled
Uuiou soldiers.
8. E lieving I hat the elective franchise and
an untrammelled bal.oi are essential to irovernmeut
of, for, au I by the people, the People's
party condemn the wholesale system of
disfranchisement adopted in some of tne
States as unrepublioan and undemocratic,
and wo declare it to bo tho duty of the several
State Legislatures to take such action as
will secure a full, free and fair ballot and an
honest count.
9. While the foregoing propositions constitute
the platform upon which our party
stands, and for the vindication of which its
organization will be maintained, we recognize
that the great and pressing issue of the
pending campaign upon which the present
?hii ??rn is the financial question.
and upon this great and specific IVsum between
the parties we cordially invite the aid
and co-operat-on of all organizations and
citizens agreeing wth as upon thiij vital
question.
E JAMESON IS GUILTY.=
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The Transvaal Raider and His Aids J
Sent to Prison.
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PUT IN CONVICT GARB AT ONCE. 1
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The Leader Sentenced to a Term of Fif- J
teen Months' Imprisonment?Five of ?
Hid Fellow-Freebooters Also Convicted
of Violating the Foreign Enlistment *
Act and Receive Lighter Sentences, 1
Lokdos, England, July 29.?Dr. Leander t
L. Jameson, Major Sir John Wllloughby '
Major Raleigh Grey, Colonel H. F. White J
ilajor R. White and the Hon. Henry F. Coyintry,
charged with violating the Foreign 2
Snlistment Act by their part in the Transraal
raid of last December, were convicted '
yesterday. Dr. Jameson was sentenced to ^
dfteen months' imprisonment, Major Wil- p
loughby and Colonel White to ten and seven s
ind the others to three months each, without
hard labor. 1
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DB. L. L. JAMEBOS. \
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The trial was concluded In the High Court ?
of Ju3tice before Lord Chief Justice Russell,
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The defendants were charged with violating *
the Foreign Enlistment Act of 1870 in that 5
they took part in an armed expedition
against a State with which Great Britain was
at peace. Counsel for the defence and the 0
prosecution submitted their cases and Lord 81
Chief Justioe Russell summed up the case. *
A.t that time the court room was crowded,
interest in the case reviving as it drew to a C
close. Among those present were many a
well-known society women.
In summing up Lord Russell emphasized -j
the Importance of the trial. He said that tbe j
crime with which the defendants was charged
might entail consequences which nobody
could foresee. L Continuing, the Lord Chiei ?
Jnstloe said that if such things as the de- <j
fendanta were charged with had been done d
by the Queen's authority tbey would have a
amounted to an act of war. Done by the
Queen's subjects, without her authority, C
they amounted to an Illegal filibustering a
raid.
Lord Bussell concluded his summing up at e
4.20 o'ciock and the case was then given to 3
the jury, who at once retired to consider
their verrdiot. All the defendants wore ,
found guilty.
The Court sentenced Dr. Jameson to fif- *
teen months' imprisonment. MajorSir John
Willoughby was sentenced to ten months, t
Colonel flu 7. White to seven months, ana a
the other defendants to three months' im- 9
prisonment each. None of the prisoners t
will be compelled to do hard labor daring
his incarceration. a
A large crowd hrcd gathered outsido the
courtroom to await the exit of the prisoner?, c
and cheered vooifaronsly when they made j
their appearance.. Many shouts of "Sod j
bless you" were heard as the prisoners weit j
brought out on their way to HollawayJadl,
where they are to bo eonflned temporarily. _
Jamesonand his fellow-prisoners were placet? Jin
cells in the Holloway Jill, where they were jj
dressed In the garb of ordinary conviotu-and c
received the common prison fare. Theii
treatment will differ in no way from that of c
other prisoners unless their appeal for first- fc
class treatment be granted. <3
The Jameson trial wa9 a "trial at bar,'*" a
form of oriminal Inquiry which differs from o
any other in British jurisprudence. It must
taike place before a jury and more than one e
nunoMilu thrpp. Annthnr differ- 1
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enoe Is that the proceedings "at bar"" j,
are not final, And a> rehearing may '
be applied for, and held,, by reason of evidence
Improperly admitted or rejected,.or I
because the verdict is against the weight of .
It,.or on aocount of some informality or in- j
ooirreotness in the proceedings. Tbe sen- : I
teocea are extremely ligtbt, considering"the' ' 1
gravity of the offence,, but are probably j 5
Bewere enough to satisfy the exact demands .
of justioe. A marked ohange of sentiment !
has taken place in the six months since the- 1 c
facts of the Jameson raid became known, and ' >
there are very few now who do not believe' I
that the raiders really deaervo to be mad? an< ' I
example of. The incursion into the Trans- i J
vaul was perpetrated at'tbe very end of the 11
last year, between Christmas, 1895, and New |
Year's Day, 1896, and tbfe' new year dawned . i
om the defeat of the raiders, after the failure' i
of the Uitlandeis in Jbhannesberg to rise ;
and flook to their assistance. The story oi , ,
the prisoners since that has been anvthing ,
bvrt cheerful, and the fitting result of their. 1
error has been reached!.
HORRIBLE DEATH FOR TWO; \l
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Oranken Man Pulls* a-. Fireman From Uli |
Cab and Both Are Killed. ' <
Micky Higglns, a-, pugilist, twenty-five ! j
years old, and Nathan B: Lowe, a flr&man or ;
a switch engine of tfte Boston and Maine I
Bailroad, were boti run over by tht ! 1
ansine In the- freight yard at [
, Lynn, Mass. Higglns was .under > i
j the influence of liquor and walk- i
iDg upon the track. As the enginn i i
1 neared him he stepped to one side;. and then. ;
saught at the handle bar near the cab, as i!
to swing on. The fliremaa put out his hand
to ward Higgins- off. when the puffilial
caught tne hand and pulled tile fireman
from the cab.. They fell in 3uch a wa>
across the rail, tkatthe engine- passed cxer
both men.
Fifty Persons Killrtd.
An accident) resulting in tire loss of Aft)
live?, occurred on the rallwa?between Sambay,
India, and Delhi. The Iratn was. running
at good; spee.i, whent it was tbrowi
from the rails and a number of the coaehu
wrecked. Most of the kilted were cAtivef.
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Canada Has Good Crops.
Dispratches from all pacts of Ontario, Canada,
and the greater portion of the Provincf
of Quebec show the ccatlitlon of ths ciopstc
be, os the whole, very sntisfaoto-rj except
perhaps, the bay crop, which in some locult
ties is a total failure. The prospoets for th<
apple orop iu the Niagara district are verj
tarorable, but the peach crop, it is believed
will fall somewhut short.
Short in HU Accounts.
James Byers, agent for the Yaudalia Lin<
and Adams Express Company, at Mo ran. Ind.
killed himsolf because he was short in hi.!
accounts.
Shot bv Ills lirothor-lu-Law.
Michael L. Lehmaier, a solicitor of advertisements,
was shot and mortally wounded id
New ^ork City by his brother-in-law, Charles
A. Johnson, a sllverplater. Johnson says
that the shootlnfc was dono in self defence
while ho wus defending his sister, Mrs.
Lehmaier, from what she"feared was a murderous
attack by her husband. The trapredy
was the culmination of Mr. and Mrs.
Lehmaier's Ave months of unhappy married
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Complicated Politics lnJMalne.
Maine Democrats must nominate another
candidate for Governor, acoordlng to the
Secretary of State, Mr. Wlnslow having
failed to file his acceoUuuie at A.u<?nsta,
THt NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington Itaraa.
Tho President has appointed Johi Rherlian,
of West Virginia, a Government diector
of the Union Pacific Railway Com>any,
in the place of Fitzhugh Lee, now
Consul-General at Havana.
The gold reserve in the United Stntes
treasury is now 8104.832,523, and when
>ledge3 by Philadelphia banks are redeemed
t will be 5112.000.000.
Auditor Baldwin finished the compiling of
he sugar bounty claims. They aggregate
!6,085.156.66. yhere was appropriated 85,100^000
to pay tBe bounty, and eighty-two
>er cent, of the claims filed and allowed will
>e paid immediately.
The Quartermaster-General of the Army,
Jrlgadier-General Richard N. Bachelder,
ras, by special orders, placed on the retired
1st on reaching the age limit of active series.
General Bachelder was awarded a
aeda! of honor for most distinguished galantry
in action against Mosby's guerillas.
According to Turkish official reports from
Jrete the Christian insurgents in that island
,re burning Moslem villages and are murlering
women and children.
The withdrawals of gold from the Treaslry
aggregated 858,800, of which $48,700
tos in coin and $10,100 In bars. None went
>ut for export. Now York banks put $875, 00
in gold coin Into the Sub-Treasury,
welling the gold reserve to $108,951,891.
A medal of honor has been presented t?
Jichard Beddows, late private Tnirth-fourth
'few York Battery, for most distinguished
gallantry in action at the battle of Spottsylranla
C. H., May 18, 1864.
The State Department has been informed
hat Ye Pom Gin has been appointed Minls:er
of Korea to the United States, to succeed
?om Kwang Soh. The latter is recalled to
jerform the duties of President of the Privy
3ounoll, to which he has just been ap(olnted.
Domestic.
BEOO&D or THS LSAQUE CLODS.
Par Ptr
CIab?. Won. ct I Club'. Wap. I/nt. ct.
UaoInnatlGl 27 .693 Phlladel. .88 44 .463
laltimore.53 27 .663|Brooklrn.38 45 .458
'Ieveiand54 30 .643, VV'shing'n34 45 .430
!hicapro..52 38 .578.Now York33 48 .407
Joston. ...43 38 .531 St. Louis.27 57 .321
>Itt9bura:.44 39 .530 Louisville21 60 .259
The Denison (Ohio) Deposit Bank closed
Is doors. No statement was made, but the
labilities were thought to be heavy.
George JlcConnell, Grand Keeper of Kec>ds
and Seals of the Knights of Pythias, of
)regon, disappeared and his accounts are
aid to be about $2000 short.
/I M "RHaa woa nnnnlnfflrl TrflAQIirPr of fllfi
?
tepublican Nationaf Committee at the first
lectins:, in New York City, of the Executive
Jommitlee.
Major Morehead, formerly City Attorney
f Pittsburg, Penn., and his assistant were
entenced to the penitentiary for embezzleaent.
The large paper manufacturing firm of A.
K Elliot &, Co.. of Philadelphia, failed on
ccount ol the depreciation fe securities.
The Democratic State Committee of New
rork called this State Convention to meet in
Jufftilo on September 16.
Dennis M. Mlneham entered the office of
uperintendent Peddle3, of the New Jersey
!entral Railroad, in Jersey City,. N- J., and
emanded $2,000,000 In bonds. After belntt
rrested he was discharged as ''harmless."
By the explosion of a boiler in the Wood
Jounty (Ohio) oil field, three men were
:Hlod.
Mark A. Hannro, Chairman of the-Bepublian
National Committee, arrived ia New
rork City and selected Eastern headquartere.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme
!ourt has' decided the Rapid Transit Act for
Fftw nifw f/-v. Sft^nnaUfntlnnftl.
The- Walker & Pratt Foundry, at Waterown,
Mass., started up on full time and with
.11 hands. The- plant has been shut down
ince July 8. Steady work is expected for
he fall and winter.
Grace Wilson, ten years old. was killed'by
, truck while riding a bicycle in Brooklyn*
Edward M. Clark, of Nafr York, and' his
omDanion, Henry Sanford, of Columbus,
To., have undoubtedly been lost on the
lojave desert, California, while prospecting
or gold.
Daniel Shroyer,. a well known resident of
'ark Ridge,, was shot dead In Chicago by
lis son-in-law, who- mistook him for at
mrglar.
I. N. Coffee, President of the State Board'
?f Pharmucy, in Cairo, III., was stabbed and
:illed by Dr. Ctabtree,in front of the latter'sIrug
store. Crabtree to in jail. Both men
cere prominent.
A 1 T)Q Fir Tit A
A. liJClUUO SCIUUn. vumiu ino. r
Tounds, near Cleveland. Ohio, completely
lestroying eight or nine houses, a large tabmade
and other valuable property. The033
Is estimated at many thousands of dolars.
8lxty Ute and Phobia radians have stirred
ip a commotion by introdacing "the corn:
lance." Tho visiting Indians evaded Indian
Lgent Woodson, and gave their new dance
u a secluded spot;, and against his orlers.
for teaching the new dance, the Cheyennes
ma Arapuhoes gave the visiting braves a.
Ine herd of ponies/
A race riot occurred'fffteec miles northeast
>f Jasper, Fla., in which six men were killed
ind eight persons wounded. Two of thealter
were women. Those killed aresaid to
>e Henry Jackson. Albert Sullivan, Edward
fobnson, WOKO; J1DQ- CKMomon, Amos uauip?I1,
Ike Mitchell, ool'ored.
William Henry Smith, formerly general
nanager of the Associated Press, died at his
home. Lake Forest, III'.. He was born in 1832.
The draft of the first live chapters of the
Breater New York charter was made public.
Groat damage was-done by floods In West
7irRinia and Ohio..
The National Co-operative Union was organized
in St. Louia
Major McKlnley- addressed at Canton,
Dhio, 400 delegates to the National Convention
of wlndow-glase workers and afterwards
2at a flfty-flve ponnd Georgia watermelon
presented to him by a party of railroad ofScials.
The Northern Pariflc Railroad was-sold in
New York City forr Si3,000,000. It waabought
k>y the reorganized company.
Several oyster a&hermen have been ar?
rested for dredsring on the beds leased from
the State of Now York by Staten- Island
oystormen. Under the new law their boats
may be confiscated.
W. C. Whitney, in an Interview in New
York City, said that in the light of the present
political situation, a third ticket was
inevitable.
Mrs. James jr. Coogan, of New York, was
robbed of $35,000 worth of diamonds in the
Mathewson Hotel, Narragansett Pier, R. I.
George WaJlaee Jones, formerly a United
States Senator, died at his bome in Da>
buque, Iowa. He had been la poor health
for some time and his death wss not unexpected.
Mr. Jones was born. In Ylncecnes,
Ind., on April 12, 1804.
Major McKlnley visited Alliance, Ohio,
and macte two speeches.
Mrs. Mary Bogardus Livingstoa was
burnecS to death at Annandiale, N. Y.
William Hennessy was accidentally shol
and killed by bis sixteen-yoar-old schoolboy
friend Simonton, near Camden. N. J.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, William Willey, a
tailor, thirtv-seven years old, shot and
killed his wife, flrins four shots at her, all
of which took effect. Ho then committed
snicido. Four children survive them.
Fordcn Not#*.
President Alfaro, of Ecuador, is marchinj
acjainst the rubels. who are said to be In pos
session of Cuenca.
The American champion, Pillsbury's de
4 " - ? ? - .vf fho nhoai
leat 01 LiOSKCT was it icaiuiu 'H
tournament at Nuremberg. Germany.
The Irish Land bill passed tho House o
Commons.
The Venezuelan dispute was brought U|
in tho British Houso of Commons by ques
tious from John Morley.
The London Board of Trade has deoidei
that the loss of the steamship Drummoni
Casilo off Usliant on Juno 16, resulting u
tho drowning of about 250 persons, was du
to the fact that she was not navigated witl
proper seamanllke care.
The International Socialist Trades Cod
press met in St- Martin's Town Hall, Lon
don; the Anarchist delegates forced an en
trance Into the hall.
A crazy man forced his way into the pes
ence of Premier Canovas, of Spain, in Mad
rid, nnd threatened to kill him. The JunaH
was arrested.
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THEIR ALL SWEPT AWAY.
A Terrific Cloadbnrat In the Wild* of Weit j
Virginia.
The n9W3 of a cloudburst and by far the
most destructive which has occurred in West
Virginia has just oeen received. This time
the scene of destruction was in Calhoun
County, in the central part of the State, in
the territory bordering on Steer, Yellow and
Straight Creeks. The elements broke loose
with terriflo foroe, flooding the entire county
with a deluge of water ten feet deep. The
three creeks &welled to enormous proportions,
and hajdly a building of any kind remains
lo mark the course of the streams.
xofeo totalities are reported. Mrs. woortJ?r
and her daughter and Sarah Stephens In
their efforts to save their household effects
were carried away In their own homes and
drowned.
On Yellow Creek four houses and a sawmill
were carried the entire oourse of the
stream. Several booms containing thousands
of log3 were forced from their moorings.
There is not eveh a fence to be seen
to mark off the division of the farm lands.
The scene of this disaster is in the wilds of
West Virginia, where there are neither telegraphic
communication nor railroads. A
poor class of farmers make up the population,
and to-day they are without a single
possession. All the crops were destroyed,
leaving them without means of food. Unless
assistance can be sent to them, starvation
will follow. Farmers who were in good circumstances
are penniless. To estimate the
loss Is impossible. This is the fifth cloudburst
ocourlng in West Virginia during the
last month, each one being worse than the
former. Entire reconstruction was necessary
AK1 a a ^IcfinPQ ftt
UU IUO jjaiuuiuxn ?uu vutu iVi ? VAUJI?*AWV v*
fifty miles.
CONVICTS BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
The Prison Guards Shoot Some of Them
and All Are Recaptured.
A gang of forty convicts from the United
Stales Penitentiary were working on the
prison farm on the Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
reservation when they became mutinous and
made a break for liberty. The guards started
shooting as sgon as the prisoners ran, and
nearly all the convicts dropped to the
ground to avoid being killed.
George Yeast, the leader of the outbreak,
refused to surrender, aud tried to get into
some brnsb. Six loads of buckshot were
emptied into him, and he received deato
wounds. least is an Indian Territory desperado.
S. F. Dove refused to stop running
until he was shot in the hip and abdomen
ana was knocked down with the butt end of
a pistol. Sam Mills gained the Missouri
River bank and was about to jump in when
he was shot in the left leg and badly wounded.
The prisoners shot were long term Territory
horse thieves with bad records.
When the prisoners who were shot were
brought to tne jail yard 200 convicts started
a second mutiny, and the guards, to protect
themselves, were Rbout to fire into them.
Warden French arrived ju3t In time and got
the men into their cells.
Robert Garrett Dead.
Ko%ert Garrett, ex-President of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company and the
head of the widely known banking house1 of
Robert Garrett & Sons, died at Deer Park,
Md. Mr. Garrett had been in poor health
since fre retired from the- Presidency of the
Baltimore' and Ohio system In 1887. Id reJ
cent yenrs be had been mentally, as well as
pbystoally.. anflt to take part In businessRobert
G&rrett was the eldest son of John W. '
Garrett. H<* was born In Baltimore on April
9, 1847. His father was President of the' i
Baltimore'and Ohio Railroad Company from
1857 until his death at Deer P&rk on Beptem- !
ber 26, 1884.
Engine rails Through s> Bridge.
A locomotive went through- tfte Vandallo
Railroad Bridge, over Walnut^Fork, Ind.f
killing three men. The run was being made
to see if th9 track was safe after the heavy
rain. Five men were aboard the engine
when it went down. Engineer Frank Bowman,
of Terre- Haute, escaoed with a few
bruises. Road Supervisor J. Si Brouthers
was severely injured. The killed are: John
Hibber, flreraany of Lopansport; N. B.
Fowler, conductor, of Terre Haute; Charles
i McKenzle, brakeman, of Terre Hivate.
Suicide of ? Notorious Swindler.
! Roman I. Zubof, alias Reuben- LIpman,
j who called himself a Russian Count, one of
. the most successful adventurers- who ever
fmposed upon society in this country, committed
suicide by Banelng himself in Jeffer*'
son Market Prison, New York City. Anj
, hour before, as he-was boarding the Ameri!
can Line steamship New York, hound,for
! England, he had been arrested oaachargf
' at swindling. Zubof handed himself with an
, oidlnary linen handkerchief.
:
Porto RIcomm Called to Arms.
| A revolutionary-address to the residents of
; Forto Rico was read in all the towns of that!
: Island. Advices from the island stated that,
j tbe people are preparing for ani uprising I
I against spain'9 oppression, anu win juia
hands with Cuba in battling for liberty. The!
! address to the Porto Ricoans was' issued bv
1 Er. J. Julius Henna, of New York City, the!
'.President of the Revolutionary COiamitteo of I
; Porto Rico In the United 8tates.
German Cruiser Lost.
j The German third-class cruiser litis was
lb6t In a typhoon on July 28; ten miles
i northward of the- 8han-Tung Promontory,
;;Cfcina. Ten of the men were saved. All of
, the others, about seventy-five men. includi
iosr the officers, perished. The- litis was a
: small cruiser of 489 tons displacement, with
litwoten and one-half centimetre guns and
' itwo light guns.. 8he was launched In 1878, t;
i luivlng oost about 9138,000.
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Silver Headquarters Cttosen.
William P. St.. John, acting' tor the Demo.
?ratic and FreeSilver National Committor
' engaged headqisarters for both committees
at the Bartholdi Hotel, New York City. The
building is atr Twenty-third street and
- Broadway, and its northerly front is oa
Madison Square, within a stone's throw af
i jthe building where the Repuirdican National
(headquarters-is situated.
Damage-bj Hall in Sonth Dakota*.
The loss-by the recent hail storm in Yankton,
Clay,affl/d Union Counties, South Dakota.
* Is now estimated at 5100,000. Growing-crops
i were absolutely ruined iathe district visited,
and many bogs were killed.
Sew Convention in 9Ialne>
The Jfaine Democratic Committee' called a
new coavention to aaeet at Waterville cn
August 6 to nominate a free sllTer candl
.date for Governor in place of EL B. Winslow,
who has withdrawn,
i
S-JOO.OOO Fire lm Ilfracombcs England.
Part of the tovra of Ilfracombo, Deroo
,shire, England, ooe 01 tne msuiuuuuio nuu
i Imost attractive seaside resorts in Europe,
1 was burned. There were many visitors in
i the town and there was much excitement, it
[ being feared at one time that the whole town
would be destroyed. So far as known nobody
was hurt. The loss is $4.00,000.
f Spain's New Terror.
Spain so much fears a mutiny that the
great body of reinforcements to be dis3
patched to Cuba in August will be sent unarmed,
other vessels taking their equip,
f ments.
The National Game.
L Friend is turning out a winning pitcher for
Chicago after all.
i Rogers and Crooks nave strengthened the
i Louisville team wonderfully.
a Baltimore is the only club in the League
e that carries a salaried mascot.
1 Ehret. of the Cincinnatis, at present leads
ihe pitcners of the National League.
The cry, "Wait till nest year!" is beginning
to be sounded all along the lines.
The New Yorks gave in exchange for Beckley
Outfielder Harry Davis and a cash con?
aideration.
c It looks now as if there might be more
Western clubs in the first division than Eastbra
at the wind up, _ 1
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BIG STRIKE OF TAILORS.
Iboiuudi Refnae to Be Driven to th*
Sweating; System.
The great strike of clothing workers in
New York City. Brooklyn and vicinity spread
until nearly 80,000 men, women and girls
were in enforced Idleness.
The loss to them in wages during the continuance
of the strike amounted to nearly
$50,000 a day. There were 2090 operators
out, the same number of basters, 2200 finishers,
1500 pressors. 500 bushelers. 1200
overooat and sack coat makers. Also on
strike were 5000 pants makers, 4000 children's
jacket makers and 8000 vest makers.
More than fifteen hundred shops were idle
within two days after the strike started, each
shop averaging twenty workers and four or ,
five sewing machines. The food consumed
by this army of the idle cost $150,000 a week,1
as there are fully 100,000 human beings dependent
upon the earnings of the strikers. i
This makes the cost to the strikers $450,000
o ttt/ialr A aonmlnr* flia /iam t w> /? a mi an?i
a ?T ODOi AOOUUilU^ IUIU kUU ?;uuuauivio QUU '
manufacturers lose only one-quarter of that |
sum, which they claim is a very moderate
estimate, the total cost of the strike is over
half a million dollars a week.
The schedule of prices to obtain whioh the
strike was begun, was submitted to a meet-'
lng and agreed to. According to this
schedule first class operators must receive
(18 a week; second olass, $16; first class
basters, $16; second class, $12; preesers,
$12; first class finishers, $11; second class,
$9. The hours are to be fifty-nine per weekThere
must also be a more binding agreement
with contractors, and the bonds for Its
carrying out must be substantial
In an address by Leader Solovotsky, he j
announced that for the present the Interests
of the strikers and contractors were pretty j
much the same. It was the manufacturers
who, this time, were Intent upon driving the
garment makers baok to the sweating svstem,
but they would fail as dismallv as did
the contractors last falL
OPENED WITH A FIGHT.
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Socialist* and Anarchists Used Their Flgta
In Their Congress.
The fourth International Socialist Trade
Congress opened In London, England, eight
hundred delegates from all parts of Europe j
and from the United States, Australia and1
the Argentine Republic belnsr present. \
Among the delegates are one hundred and
sixty representatives of British trade unions.
Among the American delegates are Laden .
Sanial, of the Socialist Trade and Labor AI? j
'iance; Matthew Magulre, who represents
the Socialist Labor party of New Jersey; H. j
Bestold, who represents the brewery emploves,
and M. Dalski.
There were several Anarchists present who
lemanded seats as delegates and claimed
:he right to be heard. The English and Ger-:
nan delegates warmly opposed their being !"
illowedto air their views on any subject be-;
fore the oongress, and olamored for an imme
liate vote on the question of their expul- j
lion.
A prolonged uproar followed. Finally the j
Anarchists tried to storm the platform, and [
:lien occurred a most disgraceful soene. j
Their opponents rallied in front of the platform
and burled the Anarchists back, beating
them with their fists. i
The delegates of the British Independent j
Labor'party sided with the Anarchists la J
their efforts to command recognition. It j
aaving been found impossible to restore even]
i semblance'of order, the Chairman declared j
the congress adjourned and ordered the hall J
co be clearecL
STRIKE FINALLY" SETTLED. ' 1
Brown CTork^ Lockout in CI ere land
Reache* an AmlcaWo End.
The Brown ffotst and Conveying Works' i
lockout at Cleveland, Ohio, is ended. This i
Is a virtual victory for the ment TheproposU
:ion of the company as accepted is to remove;
ihe blacklist and reemploy all union men, :
Irrespective of the part they have taken in !
the'trouble at the works.
Tbo action on the part of the- men was!
unanimous. The union is recognized and;
:he men will get holidays, and pay and a i
hair for all over time. All old men are to be'
takes back. Committees are to be recog-!
aized when a grievance common* to all of
one-trade exists.
It* was the strike- at the Bhrwn works j
which caused numerous riots' during the (
past three weeks. The police and ttre work-!
men- same into conflict several times. To
suppress this lawlessness the- militia was,
finally called out, and this body had several ; '
bloody encounters with' the men> who had >
beeni locked out. '
FLAMES IN A SHIPYARD*
HaittrndA Wolff1! Plant,. In Belfast, lx*?,
land, Wipei' Oat.
The-great shipbuilding- yards- of Hhrianfl,
4.Wolff, in Belfast, Ireland,, were nearly destroyed
by Are. The loae wae $11,250,000.
The- yards, with the marine engineering"
works attached, cover an. area of nearly
eighty-acres. The firm employed upward of
eight ttiousana nanas.
The fire began in' the engine fitting
department, and the ffamea
spread rapidly, being oommtmlcated to
tho-buildings in the shipyard of Workman,
Clark Jt Co.. adjoining flarland <fc- Wolff's.
The buildings in both' Tarda,, which were
mostly bugh wooden structures,, were destroyed!
An immense quantity of valuable
machinery belonging to vessels- now in course
of finishing at the yards was- rnined^.ae were
also the tools and machinery belonging to
the various shops.
WpTLER TO TAKE THE HELD.
The Captain-General of Cuba Wilt Direct
the Campaign. A*aln?t Uaaeo.
Captain-General Weyier, of' Cube, will
: take toe neia in persoai wuem reimurvrciucuuj
will have reacisd Havana from SpaLu. He
will direst the campaign against Antonio
Maceoln the province-of Pinardel Rio.
There were several skirmishes- in Pinor
del Bio and Santa Clara recently, in one of
which eighteen Cubans were killed. Twentyone
Spaniards were wounded.. Colonel Allan
defeated a body of iasurgeDts at Del Medio,
killing eleven of them. Major Ygleslas, at
Congo Mountain^. eapturea the Cubans' H
camp and destroyed a hospital used by the I
inssrgents. The tatter had fiv? men killed. 9
Perilous Trip of Caban Znrargoiitt. E
Colonel Enrique Ceepedee, a nephew of |
Vice-President Masso, of the Cnban Repub- I
lij; Captain Mario Carlilo, sou of Isaao Ca- I
rilio, of New York; Eduardo Laborde, a B
brother of Captain Laborde, who was taken H
cc the Competitor and a New York news- flj
?-n. rPfti>h?;l \HS3flU. in the
Panamas, from Cuba, in a twenty-seven foot H
whaleboat. They made the trip from tb? K
Cuban coast in three day9, and the Journey H
under the Mistering tropical a an was one of' H
the mo3t awful hardships throughout es- B
1 pedes lb the bearer of despatches from the h
Insurgent Government to.the Cuban Junta In H
New York. H
Shot Each Other In Church. I
Carl Hightower and Noah Beadenower,
sons of well-to-do. farmers, some time ago
had a fist fight at the wedding of a neigh- H
bor's daughter. Thoy met afterward at
Mount Pleasaut Church, Wllliamstown, Ky. H
Hij?htowor pulled his gun and fired two shots |H
^ * o'rtAf moWnrt ft oHo?hf
at fieaaonuwcr, nuu ouui ua>un u .....
wouail, aud then started to run. As he did
so Readenower flred at hiai, the ball striking
him la the back and killing him almost Instantly.
A Mother's Awful Deed.
Mrs. Mary Harman, of Camden, N. J.,
while insane, drowned her two children and
tried to drown herself.
The Labor World.
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California has 18,003 miners.
China has many labor unions. ?
! ? ? x-onAA hr-3
U03IUL1 uua ?vw -*?. ..
Slipper makers organized a union in Brook- fl
lyn.
8t. Louis is to have a co-operative oon
gress. MB
ftjicrinaw. Mich.. has a Ladles' Union La- H
bor League.
New York sheep butchers commenced form- B
ing a union. 9
A National Building Trades Council lila I
I course of formation. |H
Philadelphia jacket makers won a strike H
I for jhortw hours apd *ee?ly pay.
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