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A little firmness and promptness in \ " enforcing the laws is all that is neoewaty 4 ̂ 4o protect business and property. THE WEST. ' § THE Coroner's inquest at Chicago on the Itody of Policeman Degan, killed by the explosion of the Nihilist bomb, resulted in Striding August and Chris Spies and ilichael Schwab, of the Arbeiler Zeitung, knd Samuel Fielden for murder, and a rec­ ommendation was made that A. It. Far- ions be arrested and held for trial on the ' ^lamp charge. The negro w ife of the latter ; |%as captured and confined in the Central ^ Station. The office of the Arbititer Zeitung, Nihilist organ, was closed by the police. , ihe type of an incendiary proclamation con- • ' jSscated, and twenty-five printers con­ nected with the concern were commit­ ted for murder. The guns in two socialist Armories were taken to police headquarters. *t , The most serious disturbance of the day Vr Occurred at the corner of Eighteenth street "fmd Center avenue, where a drug-store and '-Saloon were wrecked by a mob of Bohemi- ' jfiis, seven of whom were captured. Officers v ^f the St. Paul and Fort Wayne Iloads ob- ; • iairn d warrants for the arrest of four men V ^Irho delayed a mail train at the Madison , Street viaduct, and one of the number wins Jut in irons by Marshal Marsh. The «• tailway managers, at their daily con- . Jerence, sent to Chief Ebersold a check for $10,750 for the relief of the wounded , policemen, and an equal amount was Subscribed by members of the Board of "ITradc. The chief strike of the day occur- . >^<l at the Deering Harvester Factory, on the Northern boundary line of the city, where " .* 1,784 inen quit work because an ad- •«*" J •**woQce in wages was refused. There are | • Under treatment at the Cook County Hos­ pital twenty-seven police officers and nine- * "feen meh arrested as socialists. During ' 4 i .the day Officer Michael Madden entered a ' < ^saloon near the Desplaines street viaduct •'.*? _ ; lind attempted to arrest John Laffelhardt, , .X'i" ' ,who had just fired a pistol in the air. The Srisoner on reaching the door shot Mad-en through the lungs, and the offi- *• cer retaliated by sending a ball into - the ruffian's head and another into his V ' jgToin. Both were taken to the hospital mortally wounded. Mayor Harrison issued fb proclamation warning people to stay at heir homes or places of business, and or- . .V' jderingthe dispersal of any large bodies of persons. The striking freight-handlers, at '<» public meeting, expressed their abhor- rence of the murderous methods adopted ||§:/;:iHby the Socialists. ' * SOME idea of the character of the Chica- 4p§gfi§§jjo Nihilists may be judged from the style 4j|of literature supplied by their newspaper i - .organ, the Arbeiter Zeitung, which has f « 4been suppressed, and its editors, publish- »*aers, and printers thrown into jail on a wharge of murder. The following pas­ sages have been translated into the lau- 'guago of the country from an article in the ^concluding issue of that unlawful pub­ lication: "The war of elMaes is at baad. Iw>>»>»y •workingnieil were shot down in front of McCor- anick s facton- whose blood cries out for revenge. "Who will deny that the tigers who rule us are igreedv for the blood of the workingm&n'! Many sacrifices have been offered upon the altars of the golden calf amid the applauding cries of the •capitalistic band of robbers. One need only think of Cleveland. New York, Brooklyn, East ciSt. Louis, Fort Worth. Chicago, aid many other gjjplaces to realize the tactics of t.'ieee denpoilers. |1 "But the workinRmen are no* sheep, and will pjreply to the white terror with *he red terror. Do you know what that jrieaia? You soon will •: know. "Sooner death than lift in misery. If work- Wingmen are to be shot ai, let UH answer in such Jfa way that the robbers ivill not soon forget it. r: "The inuriierous capitalistic beasts have been made drunk by the smoking blood of working­ -men. The tiger ip crouching for a spring; its > ' eyes glare jnurde>ously; it moves its tail impa- • tiently, and ail it.J muscles are tense. Absolute '• necessity forces-the cry : 'To arms! To arms!'" • These furions words would indicate that >Z, V the villain who wrote them had foreknowl- *"(* * edge of the tragedy that the assassins en- d the evening of the day on which the publication appeared. THE machinery manufacturers of Chi- named Carl Simon--who are kept at the Central Station. Their houses were searched and several guns were seized. Governor Busk obtained from the llock Island arsenal a (ratling gun and ample died at Milwaukee of wounds received in the rioting, and three others are believed to bo beyondr eoovery. Cleveland police circles were excited when 'f it was discovered that during the night the city had been flooded with a circular, printed in English and German, calling all workmen to arms to revenge the killing of some of their number in Chicago. One of these circulars was even posted on the front door of the Central Police Station. It is reported that Parsons is hiding in Cleveland. AT the annual meeting of Ihe Michigan Central Boad, held at Detroit, Cornelius Vauderbilt was the only voter, with $14,- 000,000 of stock or proxies in his gripsack. John V. Farwell was elected a director in place of W. H. Vanderbilt. THE SOUTH. PLAKTERS in the submerged portions of Arkansas deny that there is any suffering among the negroes. They onft fear that the latter will cut the levees to escape fu­ ture work. Several negroes who have at­ tempted to do this have been killed. ... Heavy rains fell Sundav between San An­ tonio, Texas, and the Bio Grande, west­ ward, covering a vast grazing country, where no rains of any consequence has fall­ en for eighteen months, and flooding the country Jefferson Davis unveiled a monument to Senator Ben Hill at Atlanta, in presence of an assemblage of forty thoa- sand persons, among them being fifteen hundred school children. A QUARREL occurred on the Creedmoor plantation near New Orleans between its owner, Major W. P. Green, a prominent sugar planter, and Albeit Smith, a negro laborer, which resulted in the killing of the former and the subsequent lynching of Smith The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia has rendered a decision in the case of T. J. Cluverius, convicted in the hustings court of Bichmond of the murder (March 13, 1885) of Fannie Lillian Madi­ son, sustaining the judgment of the lower court in all particulars. WASHINGTON. THE following is a recapitulation of the national debt statement, issued on the 1st inst.: INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. Bond* a* per cent 1850,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent. ?S7,7f Y.OO Bonds at 3 per cent 16ii,7fr»,3.0 Refunding certificates at 4 per cant. 2\0.701 Navy pension fund! at 3 per cent..... 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per eent. 64.683,513 91,2 o,: C5.7C2 '.|,2T'.I,6 >7 Principal.. Interest... Total 81.21 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal $),f-'56,735 Interest. 20 >,854 Total $tW.'VK; DEBT BEARING.NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes. $34C,738..VJl Certificates of deposit 11 ,"<1'"),000 Gold certificates Hi. 1 ,2'2> Silver certificates I'0,7:13,141 Fractional currency (lesn $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed).... 6,05l,5>7 Principal 510,056,411 TOTAL DKliT. Principal fl,77fi,87!>,001 Interest U,4S6,.K1 Total... tt,76ti,3(13,552 Less cash i tenia available iOr re auc­ tion of the debt 2>2,307,706 Less reserve held for redemutiono/ V. 8. notes 100,000,000 Total.... •3 307,706 Total debt less available cash item&n,4«4,057,847 Net cash in the Treasury. ?7,030,»99 Debt less casb in Treasury May 1, 1886 .#1,407,026,848 THE London papers comment FREALY^pon the Chicago riots and the struggle betarp»p capital and labor. The following excerpts aije sent by cable: m entente ill Chi- . I fean b.i brought lit aft liin ndniiniB- Irelamt the first £R to govern. The lie fain would les in America. &IWW what man- Itese Irish bills- kicago bouihs may I for the Czar or the is uo heed io fear that the law-breakers in Chicago will over­ power the I'Oltoe. It beetles us, however, on this side of the Atlautic, to<|pusider how fptvIre are re«|M)i:sible for the caKo. The saddest chi against Mr. (ilailKtone ia] tratinns have abdicated function of )jov< rument. result is seen in the make to the Irish irreeolv The Chicago riot has show ner of men the suppoti bevond the Atlantic are^ fiondon Sfmuitml-- originally have l>een in^ldi KnRlisli Home Secretary, but it is impossible to in»iire that such wares shall be kept exclusively for foreign consumption when riota break out. London Ihiihj Sews- Tlie territorial dem­ ocracy of America will make very short work of anarchist plots once it lias been aroused, as it is now likelv to be, to action against them. London Daily Times-- The riot in Chicago is a sign that American industry has liDW to contend with all the dilflculties which tragjapitalists of £urope have had to battle with. Vhauows that Americans may have before troubles greater than those -with which we are familiar. The American labor market is unable to absorb the unlimited number of recruits from Kuro(>e. It is a grave fact that America yearly receives a number of restless, unscrupulous spirits from Europe who freely use dynamite and revolver to gain their ends. One chance of safrte, bow- ever. lies in the fact that Americans m not blind to these dangers, and nurse no vi»Tonary hopes aa to the best mode of averting tLuua, Debt less cash in Treasury April 1,1880 1,417,992.235 Decrease of debt during April..... tio.965,387 CASH A,TE THEASUBT AVAILABDS ram REDUC­ TION OF THE HEBT. Gold held for pold certificates actu­ ally outstanding 184,715,225 Silver held for silver certificates aoG> ually outstanding 90,733,141 U. 8. notes held for certificates oC . deposit actuallv outstanding 11,515,000 Cash neld for matured debt |Q. terest unpaid 15,343,347 Fractional currency 9)3 Total available for reduction of the debt. RESERVE TTJNLI. Held for redemption of U. 8. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July l'l 1882 Unavailable for reduction of the debt- Fractional silver coin Minor coin . 12^2,307,700 1100,000,000 $28,861,442 |29,3 il',%73 83,'C2,!.30 77,03U,!K(9 contemplate closing their places of '^business until the employes will agree to ijaccept ten hoars' pay for ten hours' work. • ^Chicago advices of Friday thus oatline the ' indnstrial situation in that city: v ji., 'i Some of the smaller shops, where iron mold- * t t*"t «rs and metal workers are employed, have given "*t saije^ht-hour concessions to their men, but the • ' ^larger employers, like the Crane Brothers, are , i •till standing out. The wood-workerB have •*: • agreed upon eight hours, but without extra pay. The bakers have bettered their condition, , and the brewers now receive full pay with s , shortened hour* of work. The furniture- workers have won in a few cases, though most j(Of them are out on a strike against a solid or- *4, \,ganization of manufacturers. At the McCor- * i r ' ; m i c k w o r k s t h e m e n a r e r e c e i v i n g a n a d v a n c e % : , in per cent in wages. There are 3,500 men t out at the car-shops of the Chicago and North- t V ||western, the Illinois Central, and Chicago. Rock s»j. Island and Pacific. All of ttm men at Pullman - aare still out. In the tobacco factories there are ,J| ^ . 1,000 girls and women working lor to SF4 per ; • week. The Eight-hour League will try to benefit . <hem. The freight-handlers' strike seems to be , <• growing hopeless. They expect the sectioh s' -?imen to strike shortly if none of the skilled .t- , "unions comes to their rescue. The brick- f yards are working, the owners having com- f\", . ; promised the differences between the men !,/ .jaud employers. There are strikes at the ^principal bridge-building works. The em- f ^ ployes at the coal and wood yards are nearly >»H strikine. Tha furriers are formulating demands to be presented soon. The barbers are trying to have Sunday work done away with, hot are not striking. Every organ fac- • tory in the city is shut down, the men being out on strike. The planing mills have started up. The railroads are trying to run ^without the or men, whom they are paying off and dis­ charging. At the soap works of Kirk & Co. 600 ?|perfeOB8 have obtained eight hours. A hopeful J*0"0 pervades many of the striking communi- ^fciec. and they look for the ultimate success of ;3fh® eight-hour movement when the present ex­ citement has subsided. ADVICES from Chicago indicate that the police have broken the backbone of an- t - ^archism in that city. "Polish and Bo- Ihemian colonies of tho West Side," says a ^dispatch from Chicago of Friday, "were unnaturally tame yesterday, the only event of a disturbing nature being a successful raid on the dynamite roost at the corner of Eighteenth street and Center avenue. | Searches were made by the detectives in i other parts of the city, and a quantity of nihilistic devices captured. Officer Bar- V.i '/ rett died at the County Hospital in the I morning, and Officer Miller expired in 4f*' -• his brother's arms just before midnight. Late last night the physicians at the County f§ly 4 4? Hospital did not think that Officers Jacob ' Hansen, Nels Hanson, Timothy Flavin, * and Michael Shehan would live till morn­ ing. Officer John H. McMahon had his leg amputated. August Spies and his con­ federates were imprisoned in the County Jail. An effort is being made to add treason to the charge of murder against them. The contributions to the fund for the support of the families of the dead and wounded policemen reach nearlv $40,- 000. August and Christian Spies, Michael Schwab, and Samuel Fielden, the ring- leaders of the Nihilisti- plotters, visited •M the P°l*ce station to ha*£ their photographs taken for the rogMs" '""gallery, after ; F which they were locked up again." The police of Milwaukee arrested two lead- Total Certificates held as cash Net cash balance on hand Total cash in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's general account.. $492,<62,510 SENATOR FAIH, of Nevada, has written to Secretary Lamar suggesting that the Gov­ ernment purchase the island of Santa Cat- alina, situated in the Pacific Ocean, some some twenty-five miles southwest of Los Angeles, California, as a place of perma­ nent abode for the Apache Indians. POLITICAL. THE Democrats failed to appear in (he Ohio Senate on Wednesday last, leaving no quorum for a settlement of the contest cases. Some of the Democrats have left the State, and the opinion is expressed that none of them will l turn this session unless a com­ promise is effected. THE Iowa Greenback State Convention met at Cedar Rapids and nominated J. O. Sanks, of Dallas, for Secretary of State; L. F. Ellsworth, of Mahaska, for Treas­ urer; J. V. Myers, of Linn, for Auditor; and J. \V. Brown, of Cass, for Attorney General. The platform denounces fusion with Democracy as treachery to principle, demands unlimited coinage of silver, and arraigns both old parties for faithlessness to trusts, etc. ADDITIONAL >EW|. THE riot part of the strike «fn Chicago is virtually over, and "quiet reigns in War­ saw." Meantime the police continue their raids upon the nests and dens of the an­ archists, and the capture of flags, fire­ arms, knives, and dynamite. The police stations contain large stores of such ma­ terial. One of the most prominent devices captured was a red banner fully thirty feet long, to which was hffixed the incription: "Commune de Paris, 1871," in gilt letters a foot high. Two more anarchists were arrested Saturday, who had in their possession dynamite. Like all ihe rest of the cowardly gang, they exhibited great trepidation on being brought face to'face with the laws they have dared to defy. The Coroner's jury, in the in­ quest upon the bodies of Policemen Bar­ rett and Mueller, victims of the Nihilistic riot, returned a verdict that the deceased came to^their death at the hands of persons unknown, and recommended that the said unknown persons be appre­ hended and committed to the County Jail without bail; and that August Spies, Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, and A. li. Parsons be committed as accessories without bail to the County Jail. Parsons is hiding somewhere in the city. The fund for the relief of the killed and wounded policemen has reached $50,000. Another death has resulted at Milwaukee from the rioting there, making five perteons killed by the troopsi who hi&ve been exonorated by tho Coroner's jury. The labor troubles have paralyzed business at Pittsburg. Orders are being countermanded, contracts broken, and manufacturers refuse to buy stock. The losses on the iron and steel trade will prove a serious blow to that in­ dustry. Thirty thousand men were idle in Cincinnati, and an outbreak was deemed im­ minent, and Governor Foraker ordered four regiments of militia to proceed thither without delay. Heir Most, the New York Anarchist, was snid to be in the city plot­ ting mischief. THE fire losses of April in the United States and Canada are estimated at $8,000,- 000. This is $500,000 more than the April fire losses have averaged during the last eleven years. There were thirteen tires in April whose aggregate destructiveness reached $3,500,000. The April fires of $10,000 and upward numbered 145. The fire waste of 1880 will considerably exceed $100,000,000. .. .The motion of Mr. Blake, Liberal leader in the Dominion Parliament, indorsing Gladstone's home-rule bill was defeated. Costigau, the Irish representa­ tive in Sir John Macdouald's Cabinet, op­ posed the<proposition. i » * AT the close of an all-night meeting of the District Assembly, Knights of Labor, at New York, the action of the street-car strikers in refusing to accept the terms of the Third Avenue Company was indorsed, and the resignations of Joseph O'Donnell, John Hughes, and Joseph F. Downing, members of the Executive Committee, were requested, tendered,and accepted.. . Emily Burton, a colored lesident of Newport, R. I., has been sentenced to imprisonment for life for complicity in the murder of her father. THE Greek Government has sent A g#- boat to Constantinople to take away the Hellenic Minister. Greek troops are being hurried to the frontier. The Powers have ordered their fleets to blockade the Greek ports. The Government has announced its intention of defending Greek territory against any and all advances by foreign soldiers. The "populace of Athens are en­ thusiastic over the prospect of war with Turkey, and the soldiers paraded the streets singing patriotic songs. They were every­ where cheered, and are at present the most popular persons in the city.... The rural districts of Germany are said to be nearly unanimous in desiring the ̂ restoration of silver, but the central assembly of indus­ trialists passed resolutions against bimet­ allism .... Henri Rochefort, editor of L'ln- frawiigeant, and M. Portalise fought a duef with pistols near Paris. Four shots were tired by each contestant, none of which did any harm. CONOBRSS did nothing of importance on the 7th inst. The Senate was not in session, and the House devoted the day to the private calen­ dar. Fifty-five bills granting pensions were passed. AN ETOHT-HOUB BAY. The Movement for Its Adoption Vot w .. it jieotod. BEEVES. HOGS WHF.AT- THEMABKET8. NEW YORK. GENERAL. Two HUNDRED United States troops have been sent to Cincinnati to pnmct the Gov­ ernment building in case of riot General Master Workman Powderly denounces doings of the anarchists in Chicago, and says they are deserving of the severest pun­ ishment. He states that if any Knights of Labor have taken part in the murderous work they should be promptly expelled from the order. A PETITION has been sent from Indianap­ olis to Senator Sherman, asking Congress to appropriate sufficient funds to erect a monument above the grave of General W., H. Harrison, near North Bend, on the Ohio* River. THE existing labor troubles were a topic of discussion at the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, in the course of which the riots in Chicago and Milwaukee and elsewhere were referred to, with a view of taking such precautionary measures for the protection of Government property as may be found necessary. FOREIGN. A DISPATCH from Burmah states that the insurgents have got possession of Mandalay and have destroyed by flre 4,000 houses. Among the buildings burned were the Chi­ nese and Siamese bazars. The hostility of the natives who remain loyal to the de- thronged King Theebaw to the Chinese is intense because of China's indorsement of Great Britain's seizure of Burmah. The officers commanding the British forces have telegraphed to Lord Dutt'erin, the Viceroy, that they are powerless to prevent the ive- hellious rioting~of the natives, and bave CATTLE:: uig Anarchists Adam Hirtb and a barber j urgently asked for re-enforcements. No. l White No. 'J Bed COBN--NO. 'i OATS--Western J PORK--Mess " CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers G<XK1 Shipping..,. Common HOGS--Bhipi>in^ Grades FMVR--Rxtra Spring WHKAT--No. 2 Bpring COBN--No. i OATS--No. 2 BuTTEa---Choice Creamery Fine llalrv CHKKSE--Full Cream, new Hkimuied Flats »K»--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per pu PORK--Mean MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash. CORN--No. 2 J" J OATS--No. 2 BYE--No. 1 PORK--New Mess ?S TOLEWFC. WHEAT--Na a. . »* CORN--No. 2. OATS--Xo. 2 v bt. Loin*"" WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--Mixed: OATK--Mixed PORK--New Mess X. „ , CINCINNATI WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2..., PORK--Mess LIVE HOGS DETitdrr. BEEF CATTLE Hoos BHEEP ' \ WHEAT--No. 1 White CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2. INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLE Hoos HHEKP [[ WHEAT--No. 2Bed., CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTX.E--Best Fair Common Hoos • .•; BHKEP. .....; . BUFFALO. » WHEAT-NO. 2 Red......7^. CORN-*-Yellow. 84.75 4.50 .95 .91 .46 .99 & 6.50 & 5.00 « .97 # .91 © .48 & .42 No Concerted Action tJntons-- i re88 of the •»* follon.. ^ . toy the Trades- Outside of the city ot Chicago the movement by the trades-unions for the adoption ot a rule making eight hours a day's labor was not as gen- oral as had been expected. There appeared to be no concert of action among the workingmen, and in only one city--Milwaukee--did the movement reach any magnitude. In that city the demands of the brewery (employes were refused, and 3,000 of them struck. This number included the drivers, and the brewOries can deliver no beer. The men in E. P. Aliis A Co.'a machine shops went out, and enough men in various other trades to swell the num­ ber of strikers in the Cream City to nearly 5,000. It la reported that an equal number of men are forced into idleness in consequence. In St. Louis, St, Paul, Minneapolis, Indianapo­ lis, Akron, O., Boston, Pittsburg, and a number of smaller cities demsnds were made by but few of the trades. In some cases the reduced hours were granted by the employers, in many more answer was deferred, and in others strikes ensued. There ia no report of demands being made by railroad employes. In New York the movement was confined to the carpenters and joiners. There was a monster demonstration in Union Square, at which 20.000 people lintened to addresses by friends of the short-time: move­ ment. It was free from disorder or Commun­ ism. In Chicago thousands of men from the lumber-yards and planing mills paraded the streets with red flags atid listened to incendiary speeches in foreign tongues. The most notable strike at Chicago was with the railroads, all of 1he twenty-flve in Chicago being affected, with the lone exception of the Baltimore and Ohio. Tl»«< .Situation In Chicago. The labor and industrial situation at Chicago on Monday, the 3d inst., was thus outlined by special dispatehes trom that city of that date : It was estimated last night that 40,000 of the 225,003 wage-workers of Chicago have already profited by the eight-hour movement. About 65,000 are" supposed to bo out on strike this morning. In ninny instances, where large bodies of men are solidified under a trade move­ ment, long strikes are threatened if the present attitude of the employers is maintained. The movement has not yet been attended by any violence, though in some quarters the socialist­ ic element has caused seeming bickering and disquiet. Thin is particularly true of the lum­ ber region and North Hide furniture district. The report received that the Milwaukee Sc St. Paul Company was sending 400 men into the city to take the places of the striking freight handlers caused no little uneasiness in railroad quarters. The strikers decided to resist any attempt of the imported men to handle the freight. Previous to Saturday 1,000 brewers, as many bakers, 800 furniture workers, l,b00 clothing cutters, and 100 tuck pointers had secured a re­ duction of their working hours. According to the reports received up to mid* night by Mr. George A. Schilling, chair­ man of the eight-hour committee, the de­ mands of the following have been satisfied: Eight hundred tobacco handlers, 700 streetcar employes, all the members of the Cigar-Makers'; Union, 300 beer-barrel makers, 950 dry-goodj} and notion store employes, 8,500 packers, ;md a large number of workmen employed in smaller industries. Besides, the following unions have adopted the eight-hour standard: Brick-Layers', Ktonc-Masons', Hod- Carriers', Plasterers'", and Lathers'. Out of the thirty-seven establishments where­ in iron-molders are employed, -twenty-three sh' ps have won, five of the firms are resisting the movement, and the remainder are negotiat­ ing. The Machinists and Blacksmiths'Assem­ bly, which is striking for eight hours, with the ten-hours wages scaled, re­ ports general success. The upholsterers are being resisted in nearly every instance. Thirty-three hundred brick makers are striking for eight hours'work at ten hours' pay. About one-half of the 050 butchers in tho city have se­ cured reductions from Bixteen to ten hours. The Shoemakers' Assembly lian modified its demands to eight hours' pay for eight hours' work, and ex­ pects to gain this concession. Tho Clerks' Union will be satisfied with ten hours. Four hundred wagonmakers begin work to-day-under the eight-hour reform. The marble-workers have also won under the eight-hours' pay agree­ ment. The Coopers' Assembly is still standing out for nine hours' pay. The larger iron and brass works are closed to await events. Only one planing-mill was m operation yesterday. The laborers of the Equit- able*Gas Company struck for eight hours' work and full pay. The agitation in Chicago has thus far resulted in no acts of violence. Following is a summary of the workers in the leading trades of Chicago: Fifty packing houses, 15,OOQf to 20,000; twenty-two breweries, 1,500; fifty wholesale bakeries, 1,100; three gas companies,^k9Q0; four street railwavs, 4,500; ^railrofcds, i^BoQ^. one hundred cigar facto­ ries, 1,300; five express companies, 1,200; telegraph and telephone companies, 1,800; sixty-seven boot and shoe^nanufactories, 2,500; forty wholesale clothing manufactories, 5,000; twelve dry-goods dealers, 8,000; twentv brass foundries, 1,000; twenty tanneries, 1,300; eighty- seven foundries, iron-works, and rolling-mills, 8,000; 100 carriage and wagon factories, 1,500; 140 furniture and upholstry, 6,000; forty planing- mills and box factories, 2.500; 200 lumber yards, 7,000 ; 20,000 men are employed in the building trade as carpenters, paper-hangers, lathers, painters, stone and brick workers, stone-cutters, plumbers and gns-fltters, roofers and slaters. The Chicago City Bailway Company's em­ ployes, 75J in number, will receive nine hours' pay far eight hours' work. 'I he Chicago Packing and Provision Company will pay their 2,0 )0 men nine hours' pay for eight hours' work, and the Fairbauk lard refinery will pay their KX) men ten hours' wages for eight hours' work. The retail butchers' employes h:w e, with few exceptions, failed to obtain a re­ duction of hours, but will make a determined effort. The 1.000 bakers of the city will only be re- ouii-ed to work ten hours a day, instead of from t nut sen to eighteen. Thev' may also board where they please, and will receive 84 a week in lieu of their board. , Tfce brick-layers, stone-masons, tuck-pointers, and builders in general will work only eight hours. They number abont five thousand, and are thoroughly determined to carry their point. The hod-carriers will also make the same de­ mand. The brick-makers, numbering nearly three thousand live hundred, will refuse to work over eight hours. The South Side men demand ten hour .I' pay. The 1,400 cigarmakers of the city will work eight hours for eight hours' pay. Two-thirds of the furniture manufacturers of the city will grant the eight-liour day, with ten houra' pay. The manufacturers of Pullman have refused, and the upholsterers of the city Will have to fight hard for their point. At a meeting of the Trade and Labor Assembly of Chicago, A. C. Cameron opposed affiliation with the Central Labor Union, which had no ideas in common with the assembly. W. E. Tomson suggested that when the bearers of the red flag became naturalized and adopt American ideas there will be time to attain their just rights, and that if the eight-hour movement fails it will be solely on account of the Central Labor Union and its leaders. BATTLE WITH A MOB. Chicago Strikers and Police dome In Several ?crana • : "Wounded. : S. i?- ff "i i '/i.p!" End of the Strike on the Gould 8ys* tem of Roadi--Other 5.53 (>l 6.00 4.75 (<i 5.35 400 @ 4.50 :t.75 ("> 4.60 4.50 & 5.00 .78 & .78!$ (S .36 .29 & .30 .18 (dt .20 .14 .15 .10', l® .12 M & .07 .10 ^ ,10'i ® .35 .!» ^ ,10'i ® .35 8.75 & 9.25 .7# «?• .80 .35 .-'Hi .aa (.'«< .30 .64 & .65 8.75 3$ 9,25 .86 & .88 vi7 .# .31 .86 .87 .aa .aa 20 @ .30 9.00 <£) 9.50 .88 .90 .38 & .ao .31 & .33 m 9.75 4.00 & 4.50 4.50 5.50 3.50 (f? 5.00 3.25 l«> 4.50 " .85' .»(<?! .86'i .37 & .38 .33 & .36 . 4.00 & 5.50 3.75 4.25 •AM) & 4.75 .8> (!>> .88 .34 <fh .38 .30 ffi .31 5.50 % 6.00 4.75 «« 5.25 4.00 (<? 4.50 4.0) Vt) 4.50 8.50 m 4.50 .89 @ ..89 )4 .43- .13 * - The Situation Klsewhem. The most of the furniture factories at Grand Rapids, Mich, were closed on the 3d Inst., pre­ paratory to the inauguration of the eight-hour movement. At Cincinnati the factories, em­ ploying about twelve thousand men, were closed, and will so remain until terms can be made. With the other trades there was considerable commotion, but in many instances the troubles were compromised. At St. Louis a great many workmen in the various branches of trade quit because their employers refused to grant their demands for an increase of pay. At Pittsburgh the trouble was confined to the building trades, and in most instances where the demands were not granted a strike was ordered, in which the carpenters and furni­ ture-workers will lead. At Buffalo there was no trouble worth mentioning, though the social­ ists were trying to foment strife. In Washing­ ton there was JIO trouble, but, on the other hand, rejoicing among the street-car men, whose working time was, in accordance with an agreement made some months ago, reduced to twelve hours. The trades, however, were ex­ pected to strike for eight hours. In New York the piano-makers demanded eight hours work, and threatened to quit if they did not get it. From Ohio, where the eight-hour law went into effect, great depression of business was re­ ported. Where employers were unable to get their men to work ten hours, they oither dis­ missed them or hired them by the hour. At Indianapolis all demands were refused and a few of the factories closed. At Boston the trades united in u demand for eight hours with ten hours' pay, and will strike if their de­ mands are not acceded to. At Milwaukee the employes in the breweries quit work because their demand for an increase of wages was not granted. The other workmen joined in a street demonstration, and along the docks there was considerable trouble on account of the interfer­ ence of the strikers with tho men at work. At Detroit the employes of most of the breweries quit work because the em­ ployers refused to discharge non-union men, increase wages, and decrease tho houBe of work. The coal operators at Pittsburgh granted an in­ crease to the miners, and everything was quiet, but in the Monongahela district the advance was refused, and the men were at work. The advance wr.n also refused at Youngstown, Ohio. The strikers at tho New York sugar refineries were paid off. and most of them asked to return to work at tho old scale of wages. The stone-cut- ters of Pittsburgh have generally secured nine hours, but nearlv every furniture factory is closed. Two hundred plumbers quit work in St. Louis and five hundred furniture men in Cin­ cinnati. Five thousand carpenters of Bos­ ton threatened to strike for eight hours. About two thousand journeymen carpenters of Baltimore struck for eight hours' work and Eay. Tho bosses were roady to concede ten ours' wages for nine hours' labor. The proprietors of all the planing-mills at Evans- ville, Indiana, agreed to open their doors to em­ ployes at eight bours' wan and ah Indefinite period. trial Afikii* Serious Blot In Chicago. A very serious outbreak in cdnneotion with the labor troubles in Chicago occurred at the great McCormick Reaper Factory on the alternoon of the 3d inst. About 7,000 strikers gathered in some open lots near the works. They consisted largely of em­ ployes of lumber yards and planing mills. Most of the men were Germans, Bohemi­ ans, and Poles. A rather "tough" looking individual addressed the crowd from an empty beer keg in Ger-. man, and other .speakers delivered harangues in Bohemian and Polish. All speeches were of an inflammatory char­ acter, such as the Anarchists delight to in­ dulge in. Their words did not fail to have an effect upon tha ignorant, excitable audi­ ence, many of whom were under the influ­ ence of beer. When the Anarchist leaders thought that the excitement had been wrought up to a sufficiently high pitch, one fellow exclaimed, pointing to the buildings of the McCormick works; "Do you see that bastile of monopoly? Now is the time for you to wrest it from the hands of vour oppressors!" The crowd set up an approving howl and immediately be­ gan moving toward the factory, arming themselves on the way with bricks and clubs. When they reached the big gate, the work­ ingmen were just emerging from it. They were greeted with yells of "Scab" and "Hats," and bombarded with stones. The surprised work­ ingmen beat a hasty retreat, but the moti followed them into the yard. The men were stoned and every window in the build­ ing was demolished^ When the police in­ terfered they were pelted with stones and fired upon. Two hundred officers were rushed to the scene aB fast as horses could draw the patrol wagons, and a short, sharp battle between the police and the rabble followed. A number of the mob were shot, but were carried away by their friends, so that their names might not be obtained. A dozen policemen were hurt. The officers finally succeeded in driving the men away. A crowd of about 250 sheet- metal workers undertook to compel the suspension of work at the tin-can factory of Norton Brothers, in River street, but were frightened off by the police. The butchers employed by Swift & Co., at the Stock Yards, were forced by a mob to quit work. The managers of tfce railways met at the Burlington offices and 'resolved to act as a unit in refusing all, demands for higher wages or shorter hourfjt An attempt was made at the various yards to handle freight with new men, but con­ siderable difficulty was experienced. The men in Armour's packing-house are to re­ ceive ten hours' pay for eight hours' work. Between 400 and 500 women employed in Chicago tailorshops went on a strike.for better wages and shorter hours. New York* Almost every brauch of labor in New York is more or less disturbed over the de­ termination of the men to obtain a re­ duction in the length of the working day. As a general rule the demand for nine hours live days in the week and eight hours on Saturday has been conceded by the em­ ployers with little or no demur, but there is opposition, more or less omanized, in the different trades, to the granting of the eight-hour day. Pittsburgh. - At Pittsburgh about 5,000 men are on a strike. They are the stonemasons, the plasterers, the carpenters, and furniture- makers. The stonemasons want $3.25 per day for nine hours' work, instead of $3.30, which they have been receiving, for ten hours' work. The plasterers ask for nine hours' work every day except Saturday, when it shall be eight, and no reduction in wages from those paid for ten hours' labor. Carpenters demand a reduction of working hours from ten to nine, wages to remain the same. Washington. » A Washington dispatch of the 4th inst. says: Avery general lockout began here yesterday against the eight-hour demands of the bricklayers, hod-carriers, stone-cut­ ters, stone-rubbers, painters, plumbers, and carpenters, numbering in the aggregate over two thousand men. The demands have been complied with in some instances, and negotiations looking to the adjustments of the difficulties are under way in several others. There has been no disturbance of the peace, and none is threatened in any quarter. Itotrnlt. One thousand men employed in the shops of the Michigan Car Company quit wore at Detroit. There seemed to be no organization, and there was some little con­ fusion as to the demands, but it all amount­ ed to less, work for the same pay. Some wanted nine and others eight hoars' work for ten hours' wages. Boston. Four thousand men--carpenters, paint­ ers, plumbers, and masons--are on a strike in Boston. Work on a number of build­ ings has ceased, while on others the master builders have employed non-union meii to carry on the work. The strike affects buildings in all stages of construction, and contractors have had to shut down on some foundations. St. Louis. The whole force of employes out in St. Louis through the eight-hour movement probably numbers between two and three thousand, reports a dispatch from the Bridge City. As yet there seems to be no likelihood of the movement becoming gen­ eral here, though the indications may be the other way to-morrow. There has been no violence so far, and no request for po­ lice protection has been made. Louisville. The refusal of the furniture manufact­ urers to concede ten hours' pay for eight hours' work caused A general lock-out of furniture workers at Louisville, Ky., which is the second largest furnitnre market in America. About 3,000 men are idle aa a consequence. ______ The tiould Strike at an Kutl. The great strike on the Gould system of railroads has been declared off, and the idle employes of the road will endeavor to regain their old situations. This result, says a St. Louis dispatch, has been brought about by the efforVs of the citizens' com­ mittee, appointed about three weeks ago, which has been in constant communication with the Executive Board of the Knights of Labor aud the Curtin Congressional Investi­ gating Committee, Which recently made a formal request to the Knights to bring the Ntiike to a conclusion. Archbiithop (Jlbbons On the Knights. Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, the coming American Cardinal, said in an in­ terview at Washington, in speaking of Archbishop Taschereau's condemnation of the Knights of Labor: It would be indelicate on my part to criticise the action of a brother prelate; still l will sav that I do not wholly agree with him. Difference of opinion on the subject is allowed until some ac­ tion is tnken by the authorities at Home, who are now investigating tho rules aud practices of tho Knights of Ijabor. When tho Pope's dictum is given forth, however, yon will find unanimity among the Catholic clergy in all parts of the country. As far as I can understand the object of the Knights, without making any special in­ quiries, their principles seem legitimaijJ. I can not comprehend how any one can find fault with the course of men who organize for the benefit of themselves and their follow-workers. It is organization ot one kind and another that holds the religious, sfctal ^HtTcal. ana com- meicial --n»idg. An Organized Attack by Criminal ^ * llld Vicious Men Against Life and Property. Anarohtati sad Socialuts Execute a Laid Flan to Destiif ^ and Kill. Fifty Policemen Wonnded, Many Tkfsia Fatally--Many of the > Hob Slain. of B'oody Scenes Almost Rivaling; the Paris Commune in the Streets of Chicago. The result of tha pernicious and incendiary doctrines which have been for several yean preached in the etieets and halls of Chicago by alien and criminal agitators, says a Chicago pa­ per of Wednesday, was seen last night, when a dynamite bemb was thrown into the midBt of a squad of pclicemen who were performing their sworn duty, and sixty of them wore dangerously wounded, some fatally. That it was an organ­ ised and premeditated attack admits of no doubt, and the outgrowth of the riot at the McCor­ mick reaper-works on Monday, when some an­ archists were most justly punished for an at­ tempt to destroy property. Mbnday night, after that riot was quelled, the following circular was scattered around the city: "Revenge! Workingmen, to arms! Your mas- ters sent out their bloodhounds, the police; they killed six of your brothers at McCormick's this afternoon. They killed the poor wretches he- cause they, like you, had the courage to disobey the supremo will of your bosses. They killed them because they dared to ask for the shorten­ ing of the hours of toil. They killed them to show you, 'free American citizens,' that you must be satisfied and contented with whatever your bosses condescend to allow you, or you will get killed 1 ' "You have for years endured the most abject humiliations ; you have for years suffered im­ measurable iniquities; you have worked your­ selves to death ; you have endured the pangs of want and hunger; your children you have sacri­ ficed to the factory lords; in short, you have been miserable aud obedient slaves all these years. Why? To satisfy the insatiable gr^ed, to fill the coffers of your lazy, thieving masters. When you ask them now to lessen the burden he sends his bloodhounds out to shoot you, kill you! "If you are men. if you are the sons of your grand sires, wiio have shed their blood to free you, then you will rise in your might, Hercules, and destroy the hideous monster that seeks lo destroy you. To arms 1 we call you ; to arms 1 "YOUH BROTHERS. • Tuesday afternoon it was followed by the fol­ lowing, which was thrown broadcast throughout tho streets of the city : "Attention, Workingmen 1 Great mass-meet­ ing to-night, at 7 :30 o'clock, at the Haymarket, Bandolph street, between Desplaines and Hal- sted. Good speakers will be present to de­ nounce the latest atrocious act of the police-- the shooting of our fellow-woi kmen yesterday afternoon. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE." In response to this, a large crowd of anarchists and socialists assembled at the point indicated, and were harangued by a trio of blatant com­ munists. Their talk was of a most reckless and incendiary character. One, Sain Fielden, a socialistic Englishman, -was the last speaker. Said ho : "Wo who come here to address you are socialists; rebolij to the law! legislation will never help you, never! Martin Foran went' to Congress in the interest of labor, and yet he tells you that no legislation can be had for the workingman. Can't we? When the rich man understands that it is not healthy to live among a lot of discontented workmen we shall bo able to get legislation and not before." Fieldm lontiuuel in this strain until 10:20 p. m., when 150 police officers left the Desplaines Street Station and matched north on Desplaines. He stopped when the first line of officers was ordered to halt opposite the wagon from which he spoke. A thousand men had meanwhile gathered. The police marched toward the crowd in pla­ toons, headed by Inspector Bonfield and Capt. Ward. The line of the first division of officers filled the street from side to side. The police marched into the crowd, sweeping it t J the pavements, aud pressing it before them. Whan iho front column reached the speakers' wagon Inspector Bonfield ordered "Halt!" Capt. Bonfield cried: "In the name of the tt ite of Illinois I command this crowd to dis­ perse !" As the words left his mouth a spluttering (park of flre arched through the air from the opening of the alley and over the speakers' wagon. It was the burning fuse of a dynamite lKimb. It was well aimed in its deadly mission. It fell directly in the middle of the street, and between the first two double col­ umns of police. The instant that it struck the ground it exploded with a ter­ rible, sullen roar. It did its deadly work well. Twenty-nine mangled men fell groaning to the tround. The bomb broke the ranks of the officers. A gatling gun could not have cut a wider swath. A scene of horror followed, the details of which may never be known. The officers were demoralized and broko ranks. Many huddled together in tho street and stood their ground. Others fled after and with the crowd. They needed no order to fire. In an instant every man's revolver was in action, and every man shot to kill. For tin in­ stant after the explosion, the crowd seemed par­ alyzed, but with the revolver shots cracking like the tattoo of a mighty drum, and the bul­ lets singing in the air, the mob plunged away into the darkness with a yell of rage and fear. It was almost an indescribable scramble for life. Scores of men were knocked down by those behind them, and trampled upon like cat­ tle in a car, unable to rise. Over twenty wound­ ed persons were picked up and home away. Those on tho inner circle of the crowd were at tho mercy of tho police, and were shot down. 'The police pursued the mob for half a block up and down Randolph street. No man was spared. All who were overtaken by the officers were shot down aud clubbed. In a moment after the ex­ plosion the streets were cleared, but within a radius cf 100 feet of the spot where the bomb had fallen fully sixty men lay wounded on the ground. The center of the street seemed full of writhing, groaning men. calling for help. Un­ der tho iron stairway on the northwest ccr- ner of the street two citizens lay, one in­ sensible, the other moaning feebly and unable to rise. Down the basement stairway, under "tbein, three men lay. Propped against tho lamp-post on the corner was a wounded man, and at his feet, in the gutter, another. Across tho street, on the northwest corntr, three men lay in the gutter. At the head of the basement stairway one lay silently. Another sat up, hold­ ing a bleeding leg and begging the officers not to kill him. Reclining on the stairs below them wero two Buffering men, and in the area-way below, three more. East and west on Randolph street wounded men lay in doorways. Within five minutes after the firing had ceased eight men lay in the alley, near the wagon, between Randcliih and Lake streets. No citizens were dead that had been found within an hour after the riot. For some minutas after the mob had dispersed the police kept up a frenzied search for any who had taken refuge near by. Those who met the officers calmly were allowed to go, but all who attempted to es­ cape were mercilessly clubbed, Tho work of gathering the dead, dying, and wounded was promptly begun. Forty-eight policemen were found to be wounded, eight or ten of them, it is feared, fatally. The fugitives from tho scene of the riot poured into Madison street in an irresistible stream. The open stores, which here offerod the first shelter, were besieged and instantly occupied by breathless and terror-stricken crowds. Close in the rear Of this terrified throng the wounded followed at the best speed their injuries would permit. Men ran at a staggering pace, with tha blood trickling through their clothing. Others rushed frantically through the street, shrieking with pain. Couples and small groups came dragging a wounded friend whom they had the courage to rescue. Several fell fainting in the streets and were picked up by sympathetic men in the crowds. The Ck-neral Industrial Situation at Chi­ cago. Managers of the metal-working establish­ ments of Chicago, at a meeting on Tuesday, agreed that the eight-hour system was imprac­ ticable unless adopted universally throughout tho country, and decided to close down, not to reopen" until the employes agree to work ten hours. This is regarded by the Trades Assembly as the most seri­ ous blow the movement has yet received. The furniture-workers agreed to go to work oil a basis of a 10 per cent, advance in wages, but the manufacturers are disposed to bo stand-offish, and at a meetiug decided to recognize no union but only indiduals in receiving applications for employment. The Lumbermen's Committee flat­ ly refused the demands of the men, andamem- ber of the delegation calling on the committee was subsequently locked up for incendiary lan- guage. ONF. of the curiosities ot light and heat is the fact that rays of the sun should pass through a cake of ice withontr meltiug it at all, as is the case when the thermometer stands a little above zero. That the rays of heat actually penetrate the ice is shown by the fact that a lens of ice may be used for setting fire to inflammable substances. HUGGING sociables at so much a hug, ministers free, are very popular in Butte, Montana. - A TUNNEL under the Irish Channel is now talked of. The distance is twenty-two miles. . A MTIMNIFL HOUSE martyr laid that he mf- fered at the steak. f ' Que Senators took a rest, and the HouinJ i<! Representatives onjv was in session oa the tost. Mr. Cox, of North Carolina, from thai Committee on Foreign Affairs, repeated a nqi amendatory of the Chinese iiomigratloa ac*.. Also, providing indemnity to certain Chtasws-i ter losses sustained within the jurisdiction of 4 tbe United States. Mr. Ward, at Indiana finis J the Committee on Postofflcea and Roads, ra-'i, ported a bill authorizing tha employment of! messengers jn the mail service. Mr. McAdoo, . „ . w Jersey, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the con­ struction of dry-dooks at certain navy-yards, MB. INGAXM' resolution making April BO ht- stead of March 4 the beginning of the Presi­ dential term and of Congress was favorably reported to the Senate on the 3d inst. Mr. Dolph offered an amendment to the fortifica­ tions appropriation bill appropriating fio,- 000,009 for the construction of forti­ fications Mid other works of coast de­ fense. The Senate considered without action the postoffice appropriation bill. Senators Vest' and Colquitt opposed the subsidy amendment. Senator Eustis advocated it. Speeches were made by Senators Ingalls and Miller. The Com­ mittee on Privileges and Elections rejwrted favorably to the Senate a bill creating a com­ mission, to be api>ointed by the President, to 1 select an accurate ballot-box and counting de­ vice, which shall be used in all Congressional elections. In the House of Representatives the j delegate from Arizona introduced a bill to au- j thorize the President to offer a reward of 825,000 ' for the killing or capture of Geronimo, the In­ dian chief. The House passed under suspen­ sion of the rules bills providing for the adjust­ ment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads in Kansas and for i the forfeiture of unearned lands, and appro­ priating £153,000 for the repair and enlarge­ ment of the public buildings at Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, introduced a resolution to give silver certificates a full legal- tender character, and providing for the issue of certificates of the denominations of $1, S'2, and $5. Mr. Findlay introduced a resolution declar­ ing a reduction of the tariff duties impolitic and impractical and abolishing the excise taxes on tobacco and its sale and manufacture. TUB Senate passed the postofflcu appro­ priation bill on the 4th inst., with an amend­ ment giving 9800,000 for transportation of for- eign mails by American steamships. Mr. Hoar read a letter from Mr. Tompkins, Secre- • tary of the committee of the Ohio House that investigated the Payne affair, to the effect that in the copies of the rep5rt printed for I the Senate there appeared an in terpolated para­ graph reflecting on the majority of the commit­ tee. The letter was referred to the proper com­ mittee, and the report was ordered printed in correct form. In the House the Weaver-Catup- j bell election contest from the Sixth Iowa Dis-1 trict was taken up, the majority report in favor j of Weaver, the sitting member, bein; adopted, ] THE bill to grant right of way through the Fort J Seldon military reservation to the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company passed ] the Senate on the 5th inst. The Senate con­ firmed the nomination of Z. M. Zultcktobe Governor of Arizona, and rejected that of Charles Pollard for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana. The nomination of K. S. De- j ment, to be Surveyor General of Utah, adverse­ ly reported from the Public Lands Committee, was recommitted. In the House of Represents^- j tlves an adverse report was made on the Senate bill providing for a commission on the subject | of the liquor traffic. A Bn.li was favorably reported to the Senate I on the 6th inst. to apply to letter carriers the provisions of the section of the Revised Statutes j making eight hours a day's work. The Presi­ dent nominated James H. McLeary, of Texas, I to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of •/ Moutana. The river and harbor bill passed tUe .House j by forty-one majority, after a struggle tifronghj several weeks. It appropriates about 1 0(0. The House Judiciary Committee reported! adversely a joint resolution coi^emplating a| constitutional amendment providing for tsmalo f suffrage. SSHkjl India-Rubber Gathered in Colombia. When the hunter has found a rubber | tree, he first clears away a space from the roots, and then moves on in search of others, returning to commence opera- I tion as soon as he has marked all the trees in the vicinity. He first of all digs a hole in the ground hard by, and then cuts in the tree a Y-shaped in­ cision with % nssbehefce,-fts high aa- h© can reach. The milk is caught as it exudes and flowj into the hole. As soon as the flow from, the cut has ceased the tree is chopped down, and the trunk raised from the ground by means of an improvised trestle. After placing large leaves to catch the sap, gashes are cut throughout the entire length, and the milk carefully collected. When it first exudes, the sap is of the whiteness and consistence of cream, but it turns black on expo­ sure to the air. When the hole is filled with rubber, it is coagulated by adding hard soap or the roots of the mechvacan, which have a most rapid action, and prevent the escape of the water that is always present in the frosh sap. When coagulated sufficiently, the rubber is secured by bark thongs, carried on the back of the Mnter to the bank of the river, and floated down on rafts. • The annual destruction, of rubber trees in Colombia is very great, and the industry must soon disappear alto­ gether, unless the government puts in force a law that already exists, which compels the hunters to tap the trees without cutting them down. If this law were strictly cariied out, there would be a good opening for commer­ cial enterprise, for rubber trees will grow from 8 to 10 inches in diameter in three or four years from seed. The trees require but little attention, and they begin to yield returns sooner than any other. Those that yield the great­ est amount of rubber flourish on the banks of the Simu and Aslato liivers. The value of the crude India-rUbber im­ ported into the States annuallv is at>dut $10,000,000. The "Wittiest of Irishmen. To the bench Curran could be at times unceremonious. In his early days Judge Robinson made an attempt to extinguish the rising advocate. Rob­ inson, it was currently reported, owed his elevation to the publication of po­ litical pamphlets, remarkable only' for their slavish meanness and scurrility. In arguing his case Curran said he had consulted all his law books, and could not find the principle contended for. "I suspect, sir," said Robinson, "thai your law library is rather scanty." j "It is very true, my lord," said Cur/ ran, "that my books are not numerous; but I have prepared myself for this high profession rather by the study of a few good books than by the composi* tion of a great many bad ones." Curran was occasionally nonplused by a witness. Inqu ring his master** age from a horse trainer's servant, be could get no satisfactory answer. "Come, come, friend," urged Corran, "has he not lost his teeth?" "Do you think," retorted the servant,' "that I know his age as he does his horses', by the mark of the mouth ?" ^ Once foiled by a Limerick banket* with an iron leg, Curran in liis addreotf to the jury said that his leg was the softest part about him. In a debate in the House of Com­ mons he stated that he needed no aid from any one; that he was prond to be "the guardian of his own honor." "In­ deed," exclaimed Sir Boyle Roche, "I congratulate Mr. Curran on his holding a sinecure." FROM statements recently made at a meeting of the New York Charity Or­ ganization Society it appears that at least one-third of all who apply to our medical institutions for aid are un­ worthy of free treatment. It was also stated that the average physician spends atleastone-t table work. I €