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Daiunlefe special.
Ex-United States Senator Davis, of West Vir-
ginia, and wife; Judge Taylor Beattie, of Louis
lana; Mr. J. F. Hackford, Of Honolulu, Sand
wich Islands Mr. S. Levi, of Baltimore Mr.. A.
NJ. Hottie, of Philadelphia, and party compris
ing some forty more ladies' and gentlemen,
reached this city last evening. The train on
which they were passengers left Cincinnati via
the Cincinnati & Baltimore railroad on Thurs
day last Just after the train had crossed the
bridge over Little Hooking river the structure
was carried away by the food. On reaching the
next station it was ascertaned that the tracks
on the bridge over the Great Hooking were COW
cred by water to the depth of several feet and
there the passengers were compelled to remain
for forty eight hours. At last the water sub
sided sufficiently to make travel possible, and an
effort was made to reach Parkersburg.
The journey was extremely slow and very haZ
ardous. Runs of five miles each were made, but
it was only after wreeking train had felt its
way for the distance, and returned with the re-
port of those in charge that any move was made
at all. AT every few hundred yards it was found
that the supports of the tracks had been washed
away. and frequently the forward end of each
car would be so much lower than the rear por
ton, that those in the seats could see entirely
over the roof of the car in 'front.' 1t was impos-
sible to attain a greater speed than about three
miles an hour.
Finally Belpre o. opposite Parkersburg, W.
v, was reached. 1t was found here that con-
siderable portion of the bridge approach was
gone The bridge was, however, reached by
switching to the Marietta road and by making a
long detour At Parkersburg a second delay,
lasting thirty eight hours was made: but at the
end of that time the Baltimore q Ohio railroad
officials succeeded in getting steamboat, to
which the passengers were transferred when
they were ferried up the Kanawha river ten
miles, and up Waterss creek five miles, where
the Baltimore & Ohio lines were again reached
and the passengers placed in the cars, by which
| they at last reached Baltimore. Between forty
aud fifty miles of the journey from Cincinnati
was through water the depth of which ranged
| from a few inches TO five feet.
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Socialism in Austria.

VIENNA, Feb. l4.-In the lower house of the
Austrian Reichsrath the Minister of the Interior
said the exceptional law will be applied solely to
stop the plottngs of anarchists and protect citi-
zens from assassination. Socialism, he thought,
could be cured in some other way than by sus-
pension of liberty, and the government were
considering plans to bring this about
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Dr. Newman NAV Resicn.

New York, Feb 1.-the troubles Of the
Madson-avenueC Congregational Church were con
tinued this evening in Harvard rooms, Sixth
They adopted the following resolution:
Resolved That the real interests of the Madison
avenue Church will be best served by discontinue
of Dr. ]. r. Newman minister by the 31st Of
March, 1884, and, that do hereby discontinue his
services as supply pastor after that date"
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The Rebels Dispensing.

SUAKIM Feb. 13--News of the dispatch Of
British forces is spreading rapidly, and the rebels
are dispensing.
An official decree has been promul1 gated at
Cairo suppressing the Council OF State.
General Wood declares if the Khedive's troops
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are thought to be unfit to fight alongside Of
British tSoops they had better be dsbanded.
FL Mahdi recently sent two moiahs TO tho
ruler of Katfa province, at the source of the Blue
Nile, to order Him and his subjects to renounee
fetish worship and embrace Islamism The
molahs, after they had delivered El Mahdis
orders, were strangfed by the natives.
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Aid from Worthington.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WoRTHNGToN, Feb IA subscription paper
was started here this morning on behalf of the
Ohio river sufferers. Nearly one hundred dol
lars have been subscribed and paid in, and more
is being added. The money will be forwarded
to a relief committee at once.
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GENERAL Beckwith,s plans.

CINCINNATI, Feb 14.-General Amos Beck
with arrived from st. Louis about tonight
having spent nearly twenty-four hours on the
trip. He had conference with Major Bell, who
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New Castles Contribution.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 14.-New Castle has sent
carload of provisions and clothing to the relief
Of the food sufferers at Jacksonville.
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The treaty with Spain.

MADRID, Feb 14.-The Correspondence says:
''The commercial convention with the United
States was signed last evening. 1t takes ctsect
on March l. except certain clauses referred 10 the
meeting of the Cortesp
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planned that they only fred to keep the boats
from washing the endangered houses. The man
who fired into the pilot-house, they said, was in
danger of being mobbed The steamer John
Lomas under the commando Capt. l.. w. Ingle-
bright, left Parkersburg at 9:20 A. NJ. on Thurs
day, for Martins Forty with a number of Wheel
ing passengers on board, and made good time
through fog buildings, telegraph wires, etc.
Opposite ew-Matanoras some citizens opened
reaching Sistersville the boat was fired on, some
fifty shots being discharged AT New Martins
vile they were fred on from every direction.
The boat was held there until o'clock, and
after leaving with the permission of the mayor
of the town, was fred upon ia the upper end of
the town. They came on to Captina with occa-
sional shots. They were fired upon from the
second story of Mr.. Rarnsey's large brick house.
One gunshot was aimed at the pilot, and the
bullet passed under the pot-house through the
skylight. Captain Ingiebright has the bullet in
his nnssession
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Rschmond Appronrintes S5. Geo.

RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE Council to-day
appropriated $1,000 for the benefit Of the
food sufferers. A citizens meeting
called on the Congressional delegation from In
diana to advocate a 81, 600, 600 appropriation by
the government
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pestruetive Water-snont.

LIMA, Feb. IA waterspout caused i'm
mense damage in Ariquipa and environs. The
loss is estimated at 500 soles. Several persons
We're drowned.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY,

i ASSAWIteu stTeeL
His Way to Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-ATr Gladstone was the sub
ject of an unpleasant experience this afternoon.
He was walking in Bond street. unattended on
his way to the House of Commons, when sud
denlya man seized him by the collar and brought
him to a standstill Mr.. Gladstone, with some
difficulty, shook off his assailant and continued
on foot to his destination It is asserted the man
made the attack on a wager
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Assistance for JefersonviIle.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENcAsTLE, Feb. 14-The employees of the
Greencastle Iron and Nail Works have contrib
uted and forwarded 1925 to the mayor of
Jeffersonville for the benefit of the food suffer-
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The Governments Policy Denounced.

LONDON, Feb. IA meeting, attended by
fifteen thousand people, was held at Sheffield,
last night The mayor presided. A resolution
was adopted denouncing the Egyptian policy of
the government as a sacrifice of national honor
and prestige
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,

WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Feb. u.s. A. NJ
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley-Fair
weather, slowly rising temperature, north to
west winds, followed by falling barometer in
west portion rising, followed by falling barome-
in the eastern portion
For the Upper Lake Region-Fair weather,
winds shifting south and east; rising, followed
by falling barometer, a slight rise of tempera-
ture in southern portion; falling, followed by
rising temperature in the northern portion.
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Steamship News,

New York, Feb. 14-Arrived: Polynesia.
from Hamburg; Helvetia, from Antwerp.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 14,--ArFived Illinois,
from Liverpool
LONDON, Feb. 14--Arrved: Manhattan, from
Boston; Gellert from New York.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsv1LLE, Feb. H-An enthusiastic
meeting was held in the courthouse last night
to devise plans for aiding the food sufferers
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The susquehanna's Boom.

WILKEsBARRE Feb 14-The Susquehanna
has risen ten feet since last night and is still ris
ing an inch an hour.
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Maximum temperature, 26.7 minimum tempera
lure 60
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Local Observations.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. Il
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25
OUR SITUATION.

The reports from every part of the
country show an increasing number OF
idle men. Manufacturers form unions
Ia privilege denied their slaves with a
view to diminishing production. Some
of their number agree to close their fac
tories and be compensated by those who
continue running. This bonus can easily
be made by reducing wages as large num-
bers of laborers are thrown on the mar
ket. Thus while laborers get small pay
for big work, some of the bosses get big
pay for doing no work, and for keeping
thousands of men from working. Those
at work must make enough to furnish
profit on idle capital besides the profit
paid to th cir own boss. This beautiful
scheme ha 8 not been noticed nor &C
counted for by any of our authorities in
political economy.
The upholders of our industrial system
say that profit is just because capital
assists in production. How will they
justify this new deal in which capital re-
ceives prefit as compensation for keeping
out of production
The effect is to raise the price of the
kind of goods they refuse to produce, and
through the laws Of exchange, to limit
production of other kinds of commodi-
ties Here is one reason why men are
idle.
There is another class of idlers famil-
lar to US all, but very nicely described by
a New York correspondent to the Chi
chago Herald, who is not in any sense an
agitator nor labor champion. The class
he describes differs from the Hooking
valley ldlers this much; The latter are
starving and would work if they could,
while the former are long way from
starving and would not work under any
circumstances. They are greater bur-
den on 6ociety than the inmates of our
poor houses, because the latter are con-
tent with much simpler fare, Charity
paupers are but the refuse of society,
but these gilded paupers are the very
germs of anarchy and destruction. Let
the Herald man describe them: .
"Year by year the amount of money
withdrawn from active use in business
grows immensely, and the number of
rich idlers increases proportionately.
Among all the young sons of the Asto1s
and Vanderbilts there is not one who
has an active pursuit save that of pleas
ure, and I mention these names because
they are familiar, and not for exception
atty. Go into the evening resorts of
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25

1T would bea strange sight, indeed,
to see these starving operatives parading
in the Blaine torchlight processions.r
And Just as strange to see them in a
Cleveland procession. How does a Cleve-
land torch bring peace and plenty? If
the difference of merit of the two candi-
dates lies not in the kerosene they use,
where is it? They both advocate the
same mode of distribution, and differ in
nothing else of Importance.
Another editorial comes right home to
us all, especially those who have been
compelled to adopt Beecher's advice con-
cerning bread and water- + 80
"The kick against dear bread, in the
face of wheat cheaper than it has been
for century, has also struck Ireland.
The Cork Constitution has been yentilat-
ing the subject. In that city about 10
cents had been paid per four-pound loaf
of best bread. Still, though in Chicago
where wheat is much cheaper, four and
one-half pounds of best bread costs %
cents, the citizens of Cork considered The
price an outrage. It is in the city of
Limerick, however, that the Ioudest COM
plants are heard. But there the differ
ence in the price of wheat and -four and
that of bread reached such proportions
that wealthy citizen of Cork, Sir John
Arnot. established large bakery, and Is
now selling bread at greatly, reduced
prices. proposed also to establish a
similar bakery in Cork, but the bakers
there, taking alarm, at once reduced the
price to about 9 cents the four-pound
loaf. Where is the Sir John Arnot of
ChicagoT"#
Now, Mr.. Stone, you can go on and tell
about the discriminating. railroad. rates
which make wheat cheaper in Ireland,
than in New York and Chicago; also
about the gamblers who get up corners
and acquire fortunes which are made up
by plunder from all consumers of bread,
and all the. other vain tricks and dark
ways used to make bread dear. Go right
on with all the evils you know of and
when you get to the end begin at the
first and give plan to abolish each one.
Keep up the agitation, cautiously if you
wish, but keep itup. ZENo.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25
HOW WE STAND,

Too many people are prone to follow a
crowd; too many voters allow them
selves to be influenced by noise and blue
' lights. There are a great many men
who have long since become convinced
that there is nothing good to be expected
from the old political organizations; that
new political power is necessity to
save this government from dissolution
there are great many men OF this kind
who yet lack the moral courage to unite
with what seems to be the minority for
the triumph Of the true principle. There
are too many voters who belong to that
foolish class which don't want to throw
their votes away"-iorgetting that about
half of them have been doing that very
thing for upwards of twenty years, and
the remainder doing worse than throw
ing them awa," for half that time.
Now, for the benefit of that class of
citizens, everyone of whom ought to be
in the Peoples ranks, l want to review,
briefly the condition of political affairs
in the country to-day and show the po-
sition held by the Peoples party. =
For twentY;four years the rel ublcan
party has been in power in national af
fairs. During the last fourteen years OF
their reign they have been the robbers
of the people, and have fastened onto us
system of monopoly which has stabbed
the nation to the heart and has filled
the land with paupers and misery. Has
not vote for that party been worse than
thrown awayr
The democratic party has been ia
power in majority cf the states for a
number of years, and has had control of
the United States congress for nearly
four years, and defy anyone to point
out a single thing that they have done,
state or national, to check the crimes Of
their political opponents" or to- insure
justice to the people. dare any man to
investigate the work Of the two parties
during the past ten years and then to
prove the honesty of either; or refute
the charge which l here make: Both
parties are owned anG controlled by the
same thieving moneyspower of this coun-
try and Europe, which keeps them alive
for the sole purpose of distracting the
people while the robbers filch them.
All this difference between the demo-
cratic and republican parties is no differ
ence at all. Those meaningless things,
. the platforms, differ only in the head
lines, and the prominent leaders are the
unprincipled workers" J. G. Blaine
and "our Tom Patterson vote and work
together for the great Union Pacific steal.
With a democratic state executive
in Colorado, 1900 Idle men tramp the
streets of Denver, and 1000 miners and
their families are starving in the coal
camps of Fremont county. With re-
publican administration in Massachu-
setts, little children are toiling twelve
hours day for 25 cents.
Look these things fairly in the face,
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25

md bee ifsshers isn't sDnsthing needed
that the old parties sre powerises, from
their y9fy nature, to supply something
which thev dare not embody in their
platforms. because of tho power which
controls them.
How does the Peoples party stand on
these questions? Does it fear to declare
for the rights Of man, for protection Of
the industrious and the punishment Of
crime? Read the platform and see for
yourself. Who are its exponents, what
the character Of the men who are cham
pioning the cause? They have always
been found on the side of the right; they
have ever been found fighting the cor
ruptionists, following them from one
party to another. Would You not prefer
defeat in such company, with such prin-
ciples, to victory with the vampires who
know no platform but rascality, no aim
save desireito wiring the sweat from
the toilers of the nation ?
The main point with great many
seems to be the "chance of success" On
this head l want to say ord
There can be no question that the
Peoples party will receive . larger vote
than was ever polled by third party
before in the political history of this
country, and IN many localities it will
be successful in others it will hold the
balance of power. In national matters
the prospects are Frightening every day,
and it is now positively certain that
General Butler will have score or more
votes in the electoral college. What the
outcome SO far as president is concerned
will be, it is difficult to say, but it is moi
at all improbable that both Blaine and
Cleveland will be kept out of the presi
dental chair.
Wouldn't thai be glory enough for one
campaign ?
After that it stands this way /: There
will be two recognized parties in the
field in 1888 one will be the Peoples
party. Will you be with the People, Oh
against them? Will you come in now
and share in the glory of this year, OF
will you wait until the battle is fought
and won7 Make up your minds at once
and Heaven help you to be men. D..
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25

For several years there have been at
tempts made at every election to secure
representatives of the workingmen's
interests on the legislative ticket of this
county. There has been fusion with one
or the other Of the old parties to secure
this end, and in nearly every instance
we have fallen short of the. object. But
that is neither here nor there now; there
is another point in this connection te
which | desire to call the attention Of
the workingmen of this city at this time
A great many conscientious workingmen
have said to me on previous occasions!
why don't we get up our own ticket
independent of the old parties, which
we know will sell us out? Why don't
we nominate men out of our own ranks
am opposed to ticket which is only
baited to catch us. Give me clean
ticket, composed of our kind of people
and I'll vote it." Now, fellow workmen
we ask you to make that promise good
this fall. The Peoples party, the indus
trial citizens of this county, have put in
the field just such ticket as you ask
for. They have selected artisans from
the ranks of the industrial army as then
candidates; men not only of ability and
integrity, but men who are credits to the
various braRches-of labor in which they
are engaged, and men who have the re-
spect and confidence of their associates
We are about forming party of the peo-
pie, party which shall recognize as the
standard of greatness industrial, moral
worth, not wealth. We are of you and
for you, and we ask you to comewith US
Uninfuehced by the corrupting powers
and unreliable promises of the political
thieves who have made the Peoples
party necessity, that party has placed
in nomination men of honor, sobriety
industry and intelligence, and they ask
you to vote for them, to make good your
declarations of the past. Cut the ticket
out of this paper, put it in your pocket,
90 and interview the candidates yourself
and ask your neighbors about them, and
never again say you have voted for your
political enemies because you had not the
opportunity to vote for yourselves.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25

The News presumes to advise the
greencackers. What next? 1t charges
that General Butler is not greenbacker,
and it knows it lies. 1t required twelve
years to make the supreme court admit
the validity of the greenback, but Gen
eral Butler staid with them till he made
them to do it. He was greenbacker
before the News found out there was
such a party. Everything the News
says about Butler are lies; but they will
not deceive anybody.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25
Boycott Them,

P. 81. Riddell and j. Dawson employ
ing plasterers of this city, have refused
to conform to the equitable rules of the
Plasterers' Union. and are now employ.
ing scab workmen; all good citizens are
therefore requested to refuse to give
them work, and organized labor is re-
quested to boycott said Riddell and
Dawson. By order -..
TRADES ASSEMBLY.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25
Keep It Up.

For The Enquirer. - - = =
Our leading journals" sometimes faith
fully describe the evils of our CONNER
cial system, but seem to be cropping about
helplessly for a remedy. They condemn
without hesitation the remedies of social
theorists, of reform journals, and of new
political parties. They cling to some
such puerile remedy as the tariff, or ex-
tol one of the old parties and its candi-
The Labor enquirer., 1884-10-25

time-kilIers and you IN as avery turn
meet fellows who Do Absolutely nothing
useful from the beginning Of : year to Its
end. They are the beirs Of dead-and-
gone workers. They are destitute Of
manly pride, but full Of the foolish van
tiles Of dandyism. Vicious. slso7 natur-
ally. Their extravagances in that direc-
ton are just now remarkable. It has
suddenly become the fashion among
them to keep bachelor apartments, no
matter how adequate to all rational re,
quirements their homes are. Within
two years dozen or more magnificent
buildings have been erected on the
French fiat plan. except that no women
or Kitchens are included. Suites Of two
to four rooms are rented at $1,000 to
81, 900 per annum, usually tosbe lavishly
furnished by the tenant, who is very
often rich family's scion who is on his
rapid way to the devil"
| Here, gentlemen, professors, statesmen,
doctors and preachers, here are the re-
suits of the system you tell US is founded
on your infaHible science" of political
economy. Here are the blessings brought
us by your lmmutable laws of trade, pro-
duction, demand and supply" your
"iron law of wages" and your population
riddles.
How do you like it2 Is it mot time to
revise your science" before Hooking
valley rises up and makes kindling wood
of those French fats? Such a thing
may happen, because hungry men cannot
comprehend your theories as easily as
they can grasp the subtle logic of boiled
beef They may not know their best in
terests, but you will learn that they are
strong just the same. No friend to labor
Twill advise violence, but riots have oe
| Cured and may occur again. III