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The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The bOot-blacks of Kansas City win have
to get out license now to 'shine EN- ups
Cigarmakers' union has issued an address
to the bosses, setting them right on some
Of the provisions of the new revenue law
on the subject Of tobacco,
The BrownelI & Wight Car company of
St. Louis, are running day and night in
every departments and expect to turn out
more cars this year than ever before in
their history,
After the 1st of April the capacity of the
works Of the Standard Foundry company
of St. Louis will he largely increased by
Improvements. Their new additions, now
building, will consist of a brick building
two stories high, As feet in breadth and 60
feet deep, the lower floor Of which will be
used in connection with the foundry and
the upper as a pattern-shop. and a new
brick office
The preliminary steps have been taken
in organizing another branch of industry
in this city into an assembly of the knights
of Labor. The assembly has been formed
and is working well, meetings being held
upon Sunday afternoon. As soon as the
charter is received a more extended notice
than is now deemed advisable will be
given-San Francisco Truth.
1t is reported that a corps Of IaDorers
will begin construction work from Homo
chitto river southwark on the New Orleans
and Mississippi Valley railroad.
There are $50,O00.0OO Of capital and 49,
900 hands employed in Southern cotton
factories,
It is estimated that from 1000 to 3,O0O|
Patterson, New jersey. silk operatives are
idle,
Eve cotton mills at Augusta. Georgia.
had to stop work recently on account oil
high water
A new yarn mill has recently been
started at Granite, North Carolina, by
Shutord, Gwin & Co.
The Lasters' union Of Massachusetts
held a convention at Beverly. recently, to
take steps toward pertecting their orgmi-
zation and to secure a uniform system off
prices
One hundred and fifty railroad Iaborers
engaged in putting some of the PennsvI-
vania's fourth tracks at Netuchen. New
Jersey, returned to work. the company
having granted the additional IS cents
day'tor which they struck.
From Berlin we learn that the police
have discovered the existence Of secret
union among foreign Iaborcrs at Hides
helm, Hanover Several arrests have been
made, and papers have been seized.
At Syracuse, New York, 200 Iaborers on
the West Shore railway struck against an
order increasing their days work from
nine to ten hours without any increase of
wages, They have received &1.35 for nine
hours, and demand $50 for ten The
company have not accedcd to the demand.
The directors Of the Dexter mills. at
Dexter Maine, have decided to entirely
suspend operations. The company. has
three large mills: employs about $50
hands, and has monthly pay roll of about
| $4,000. The principal reason assigned for
this decision is the high price of WOOL
At Springfield, Illinois, between 500 and
900 men employed in the Springfield
Rolling mills are on strike because Of the
employment of non-union men in some of
the departments. Some of the non-union
Imen have joined the strike. All the de-
paFtments except the plough plate mill are
shut down.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24
JOHN B. LENNON.
Colorado Con1 Chunks.

Chairman Campaign Committee.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-24
Young Men.

Who may be suffering from the effects Of
voTthfuI foIIipS or indiScreti0ns will do well
fo avail themselves Of this THE greatest boon
ever laid Att the altar of suffering humanity.
DR. Wagner,WiII guarantee to forfeit $500 for
every case of seminal weakness or private dis
ease of any kind and character which ht an
dp1takpS and fails to cure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

up a convention hall would be divided be-
tween the TWO parties, and the best and COM
pletest sort of wigwam could be readily and
easily built. Judge Martindale said his in
vestigations had shown that Indianapolis
conld accommodate from 1900 to 5000
people outside of the boarding houses
and private houses, which would be thrown
open upon such an occasion. The opinion
that indianapolis could care for the conven-
ton comfortably was Endorsed by General
Streight and Mr. A. D. Lynch, while Chair
man Overmyer, General Grose, Hon. J. R.
Gray, and other leading men of the State,
urged that every effort be made 10 secure the
location of the convention in this city. A
committee was appointed, consisting of the
Republican members of Congress- Hon. John
G. New, Col. w. w. Dudley and Postmaster
general Gresham, to represent the interests
of Indianapolis before the national commit
tee, at its meeting in Washington, on the
18th of December, proximo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

SERGEANT Mason says he did not intend to
kill Guiteau, only to wound him, and give
him "a spinal disease" as Guiteau did Presi-
dent Garfield. In the next breath he says if
tried by jury. and he would have rather
fallen into the hands of jury than a court
martial, for he knew no jury would convict
Mason's story does not consist. He is evil
IDENTIFY weak minded, bad-hearted fool. and
did what he did for the notoriety he thought
would come to him. He expected the
plaudits of the babblers, and got it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

not an intelligent well-informed citizen
anywhere who does not know to his own
satisfaction that both white and colored Re-
publicaps in the South have been threatened
and beaten and shot until the elections
there give no more indication of popular
sentiment than if the results were at once
made up in Democratic committee rooms
and published without the formality of a
ballot. 1t was hoped that these schemes
were of the past but the Danville and Halle
hurst murders prove that the methods will
still be resorted to whenever the majority
threatens to take control of affairs out of
Democratic hands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28
THE REAL EASTERN QUESTION.

The Eastern question of greatest interest
to western Europe and to America is not
whether the French shall occupy Tonquin or
whether the False Prophet shall overrun
Egypt, but it is rather whether the cholera
shall be carried through the winter until
spread from the Golden Horn to the Golden
Gate. The fact that this dreaded epidemic
did not exceed the bounds Of Egypt
last summer is no guaranty that it
will not do so next summer. In
deed it would be unreasonable to ex-
pect to again escape SO easily, should
the disease appear in the region visited but a
few months ago. The sanitation of the
western world is better, perhaps, than ever,
but it is not perfect. and no nation in the
temperate zone is proof against visitation
from this plague. Physicians, profting by
the experience OF all who have gone before,
are more skillful than those of former years;
but they are not able to successfully cope
with epidemic cholera, and no specific has
yet been found. 1t would be
but a most reasonable precau-
ton for the governments interested to
make special inquiry into this matter, to
discover, if possible if any probability of a
new outbreak of cholera exists in Egypt,
and if SO to devise some plan of concerted
defense. Let it be grappled with at the out
set, and it may be that the danger can be
measurably, if not wholly, averted. Gov
ernments send expeditions to the remotest
islands of the sea to observe transits and
eclipses, and it is certainly of no less inn
portance that qualified corps of scientists
look after the periodical epidemics.
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cratic colored men, colored men who
have been officers of Democratic con-
ventions, and colored men who have
been the nominees of the Democratic
party. There is no "risk' in colored man
lis, and there has never been a colored man
shot down in the streets of indianapolis for
voting a free ballot, as there have been in
colored men of indianapolis were in danger
was when the Democratic police attacked
them, in obedience to a statement made by
Democratic State officer that if colored men
should try to vote they should bring their
collins with them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

NORTH CAROLINA has a liquor law, one
provision Of which is that keepers of bar
rooms or saloons shall not use screens or
blinds behind which to make their sales, but
shall conduct their business openly so that
pleasing to the temperance people, and
highly unsatisfactory to the liquor dealers,
to say nothing of that part of the community
nerve than the average tippler of the ire
spectacle" variety can command to enter a
saloon and unscreened from observation,
partake OF Intoxicating refreshments The
effect of the open windows is said to be a
noticeable decrease in the sale of drinks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

AN able Washington correspondent an
nounces that President Arthur can not be
renominated because he doesn't stand we'll
with the colored citizens of the District of
Columbia. The correspondent has made
this discovery through talking with several
represen tatives Of the race, who have failed
to receive appointments in the government
to the presidency is a matter that time will
tell; but it may be worth while to suggest
right here that residents OF the District OF
Columbia will have very little to do about it
one way or the other.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE Sentinel says if Lieutenant-governor
Hanna had lived in France he would have
had a short trip to the guillotine. The
bowling Democratic mob, on more than one
occasion, were armed, and had they not
been towards as we'll as conspirators, there
might have been bloodshed The Democratic
bummers lacked only the courage of their
convictions to have inaugurated the scenes
of the French revolution in this city in the
furtherance of their mad schemes for parti-
san plunder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

We print in another column a letter from
John Brown, written within one week of his
execution, to Rev, DIR. Humphrey, of
New York, kinsman. 1t is a
valuable contribution to the Brown
literature, and will do much to fix
the present estimate of his character 1t is
a complete answer to the recent ridiculous
paper of Rev. DR.. Udder, which fell abso-
lutely stillborn upon the country John
Browns soul still goes marching on.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE Shelbyville Democrat, a strong Nc
Donald organ, foresees great trouble to the
Democracy of Indiana regarding the cam
paen Of 1884 unless some agreement is
reached among the leaders. 1t says:
1.-THE State convention will soon be called,
and if things continue as they now are,
high old time may be expected Suppose the
convention was to take place tomorrow,
what would it do as between Mcdonald and
Hendricks? 1t might not instruct for Nc
Donald; we know it would not for the old
ticket, but might allow the district to elect
the delegates. The result of the whole bust
ness would be that the delegation would go
to the national convention divided, and all
Indiana would get would be the big finger
1t is very evident to our mind that somebody
should throw up the sponge-get off the
track-stand back-do anything, we don't
care what, so that Mcdonald will have
walk over"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE cry of the bloody shirt will not de-
ter the friends OF popular suffrage and
political liberty from condemning assas-
sination for partisan reasons. If it be
"boody shirt" to denounce the men who de-
lberately murdered colored men because
they were not Bourbon Democrats, if it be
"boody shirt" to cry out against the assas-
sinaton of the chairman of the Republican
central committee of Copiah county, Miss,
then will the 'bloody shirt have to wave.
Southern Democrats have stained it afresh
and again unfurled it. 1t can hardly be
treason to call attention to the fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Jouruan

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis JOurual
WHAT is the name of the Chiefjustlce and his
associates of the United States2
What are the names of President Arthurs cab
met officers?
Who is our present Chinese minister
1. Morrison r. Waite. Samuel F. Miller,
Stephen j. Field, Joseph Bradley, w. B. Woods !,
Stanley Mathews, John NJ. Harlan, Horace Gray
Samuel r. Blatchford
2. Frederick T. Frelnghuysen, Secret airy of
State; Charles j. Folger, secretary of the Treas
ury; Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War; W. E.
Chandler, Secretary of the Navy; Henry M. Tel
Ter, Secretary of the Interior; Walter Q Gresh-
am, Postmaster-general; Benjamin Harris
Brewster, Attorney general.
3. John Russell Young.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

MRS. SULLIVAN, of Chicago, who is going to
write book ireland, has, 1t is announced
been travelling in that country incognito. Why
incognto2 What has a Sullivan to fear on the
green isle, and did she disguise herself under
the American name of OToole or MoFlynn2 An
interested public would Ike to know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THERE was good attendance at the Bates
House meeting last night. and much interest
manifested in the effort to secure the session
of one or both of the national conventions in
this city. Judge Martindale stated that he had
the assurances of leading Democrats to the
effect that should the Republican convention
come here, the Democratic convention would
likely follow. OF course, should both the
conventions meet here the expense OF fitting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

the mouth and stomach, which constitute about
threequarters of the whole body. The carcass
is two feet wide and three and halt feet long
1t has pair of large fippers on It's back undtr
which capacious gills lead into mouth which
does not seem to be divided from the stomach.
The mouth is set IN bony framework. measur-
ing, when shut, nineteen inches from Eide to side.
ana, when open. one foot from lip TO lip. 1t has
three outer rows of sharp teeth and two rows of
inner teeth. where the tongue usually is. The
whole jaw is encircled with irregular whiskers.
On the under side is pair of fiippers, which
strongly resemble an infants hands. There is d
feeler seven inches long on the nose, and over
each eye are two small horns, which ''shihe like
diamonds in the dark" By looking in at the
mouth one can see right into the monsters tail,
which is partially hollow, and strong ribs line
the sides of the stomach. When the fish was
caught it began to puff itself up with wind BUTT
died two hours later.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The Journal will publish the annual
message of the President of the United
States, the day after its delivery to Congress,
in supplement form for the use of such
county papers as may desire to give the
document in full to their readers. 1t will
be furnished at the uniform rate of So per
thousand Orders should be sent in as soon
as possible to insure prompt receipt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

In all the legislative history Of Indiana,
since the adoption of the present consttu-
ton, there never has been a whisper that a
bill could be legally presented to the Gov
ernor on the last two days of the session OF
the General Assembly. That was reserved
for an occasion when the infamous record of
an infamous Democratic Legislature de-
manded heroic repair
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

Mr.. ROBERT P. PORTER, the secretary of the
Europe for some time, addressed the Fair
Trade conference held at bennington, Eng
land, on the 10th inst In that address Mr..
Porter presented some facts and figures
which are of value as illustrative of the
effects of protection upon the wages and con-
diJions of working people. Mr.. Porter said:
II have this year made careful COMPARE
son of the average earnings of labor in the
important branches of industry in Great
Britain, Germany, France, Belgium and Hol-
land with the average earnings of the same
classes of workers in the United States. In
prosecuting this inquiry | have visited the
industrial centers of these countries, and am
prepared to further substantiate my conclu-
sions with details if necessary. l find that
in the United States wages are from go to
100 per cent. higher in the various industrial
pursuits than they are in the above-men-
toned European countries. At the same
time the difference in the purchas-
ing power of a dollar between free
trade and protection countries is
absurdly exaggerated by the Golden
Clubites. In Germany and France, especially
in the former country, the workmen can
live far cheaper than in England. Rent, in
the great iron and steel and coal centers, such
as Essen, Dortmund Bochum Osnabruck,
and half a score other places, ! found varied
from f2 to f5 per annum for comfortable
houses with gardens. For less than a shl-
ling week rent the laborer enjoys good
house and garden. The vlest novels in
South Wales and in the Staffordshire min
ing districts, or Worcestershire nail regions,
rent for Is Cd. week, or about three times
as much. improvement is being made in
this respect in France. In some of the iron
and coal centers small towns, consisting en-
tirely of workmen's houses, have been built.
l have obtained samples and price-lists of a
variety of manufactured articles in these
countries, which may be called necessities of
civilized life, and fiIid the difference in the
prices of commodities in a condition to use,
small indeed, The purchasing power of
dollar, so far as the wants of the working
man is concerned, when the cost and quail
ity of the food is taken into consideration,
is about the same in the United States as in
England, though wages are otter 100 per
cent. higher in America"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

HELEN WIIMANs cards the Chicago Tribune
in defense OF cheap and unlimited liquor. She
boldly denies that saloons have created the de-
mand for strong drink; they simply supply 1t,
and it is demanded because "as the race retines
and spritualizes las it is certainly doing it calls
for more stimulating and spiritualizing senti-
ment." The lady philosopher goes on to say
that "there was an age when man lived on
roots and berries; when the ordinary contents
of a mo dern cuisine would have stimulated his
feeble and animal brain to the verge Of insani-
ty." BY parity of reasoning the contents of a
well stocked larder of these days ought to be
able to thus stimulate and intOxicate an animal
But such effect is not noticeable TO ordinary OBJ
servatiOn. The defense is certainly unique. but
its strangest feature is that il is a woman who
comes to the rescue of saloons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE Rev. DR.. Deems. of New York, has
strongly lnveighed against the evil of squeezing
each others hands when shaking hands. He
thinks a gentleman need not seize u lady's
dainty fingers though they were made of
iron, but should "hold them in proper manner,
and not too long" But, there's the rub. What
is the proper manner, and how long is too longa
Would the Doctor think four hours about right;
or would he cruelty step in on Sunday night
and put a stop to the business of the evening"
What young folks want specifications.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

IT has been discovered that the original
copy of the celebrated resolutions of 1913
has disappeared from its supposed place
of custody and cannot now be found. This
is a dreadful blow to the Democratic party.
But the original copy of the constitution
which made the United States Nation, with
a large and constantly increasing IN" is
still to be found when necessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

SOMEBODY cards the New York World to ask
If "this old and familiar phrase is properly con-
structed" 1.-THE wish is father to the thought"
The inquirer goes on to argue: "Can thing be
wished for before it is thought of In other
words must not the thought necessarily pre-
cede in ones mind the WISH and, therefore, is
not the thought father to the wishl' The World
declares that this is fine point 1t is plain
enough for any bright school-boy to unravel.
The word Thought" in this case is used in the
sense of opinion. man "thinks" II will be an
open winter, and that, therefore, he will not
have to buy an oVercoat. The wish is evidently
father to the "lhought"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

1T is we'll known that in Indianapolis,
where most of the colored voters reside, a
colored citizen votes the Democratic ticket
at risk. 1t is generally believed that col
ored voters fare better il Eirxinia than they
do in indianapolis. "-Losshsport Pharos.
The Pharos says what is VIGOROUSLY un-
true. In Indianapolis there are Demo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE decision of the Supreme Court
throws the blame of the failure of the pass
ing of the appropriation bills where it justly
belongs-upon Lieutenant-governor Hanna
Hon. Byron K. Elliott, Republican judge
rendered the decision. The bill was duly
passed and signed by the Speaker of the
House, and was presented to Mr.. Hanna
who stuck it away IN pigeon-hole. Had he
signed the bill, and the Governor approved
it, the courts could not have inquired into
the matter"
We propose to hit this palpable lie wher-
ever we find it. The above is in a column of
Indiana swash in the Cincinnati News Jour
nal. The decision of the Supreme Court de-
wolves the duty-as does the constitution of
the State-of evidencing properly-enacted
bills upon the Lieutenant-governor and the
Speaker Of the House. The general appro-
priation bill was not duly" enacted, and if
Mr.. Hanna had said it was, by putting his
name to it, ne would have lied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE Extraordinarily babblers must be
greatly grieved to learn that their hero
martyr, Sergeant Mason, treated his wife
wit, she had used some of the money sent
her by the Honorable Society of Mutton
heads to brighten up her personal wardrobe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE French government under what
seems to be reasonable and proper safe
guards, has resciuded the regulation inter
dieting the importation of American pork
into that country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

MONTREAL man sued artificial leg-maker
for damages because the leg furnished to him
VIII not bend when he tries to Kneel in prayer.
In consequence of this stiffness of the limb he
has suffered greatly in body and spirit. Sad TO
say the story OF his tribulations had no effect
upon the judge, and he refused him any finan-
cial recompense. A maker of praying legs can
find customer in Montreal now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

THE Louisville Courier-Journal is discuss
ing the resolutions OF 1898. There seems to
be what might be called a State rights and
"nigger walloping" renaissance throughout
the South
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-28

How little man knows of the Inhabitants of
the deep On Friday last sailor caught a
strengthening fish in North river the like of
which had never been seen by men familiar with
such matters. 1t is a huge, fat fish. of dull
brOwnish color, and somewhat resembling
skate The most remarkable thing about 1t is