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, 1886-03-07
Burning of a Million.

CLEVELAND, March 6.-At , o'clock
this morning a fire broke out in the ex-
tensive oatmeal mills of Ferdinand Schu-
macher, at Akron. These mills are the
largest in the country and consist of sew
eral immense buildings. The fire was dis
covered in a seven story wooden structure.
The flames spread with alarming apidity
and were soon beyond control. The
building first attacked was soon entirely
enveloped; the fire next communicated to
the dry house, which was also destroyed.
A 1000 bushel elevator was next eaten
up, and at last reports another mill was
threatened. The Universalist church,
across the street, and the freight house of
the Cleveland, Akron d Columbus road
were on fire. The Windsor hotel, also
owned by Schumacher, and valued at
$4,000, was also threatened. The fire.
men were unable to cope with the flames;
they gradually increased in fierceness and
before an hour had passed the entire
square seemed doomed to destruction.
The fine brown stone Office Of Schumacher
was entirely destroyed. About 4 o'clock
calls were sent to Cleveland, Canton and
Kent. Canton sent an engine, as did
Kent. The large elevator containing
10000 bushels of wheat was destroyed
The fire spread from this structure to the
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio depot
and entirely destroyed it, together with
most Of the contents. The loss is now es-
timated at 81, 900, 600. Schumacher car
ried an insurance of $4,000.
, 1886-03-07
ON THE WARPATH.
A Texas Editor Goes Cunning
for a Marshal.
Two OF Three Harmless Spec
tators Suffer.
Fatal Duel Between Two Prom
inent Mexicans.
A Texas Editor on the warpath.

A Texas Editor on the Warpath.
KINGSTON. Tex, March CIV. b.
Howard, editor of the Hunt county
Chronicle, deliberately shot A. V. Russell
on the street Yesterday. Howard dis
charged both barrels of a shot gun at
Russell; stray bullets hit a spectator
named Overholt, and a boy named Kirk
patrick. Howard left Immediately on
horseback. He was pursued about half an
hour later by the sheriff. Russell, Over
holt and kirkpatrick are all fatally
wounded. Russell is the city marshal of
Kingston. Howard was an eccentric
young man; as editor he bitterly assailed
the saloonkeepers in his paper, charging
that Marshal Russell, and his officers
were gamblers. This caused Russell and
saloonkeepers to visit Towards Office
a few days ago and chastise him. Smart
ing under their redress, Howard threaten
ed to attack Russell on sight, and on
several occasions on meeting, both men
near drawing their weapons and
firing. Yesterday when Russell was re
turning from the post Office, Howard sud-
denly emerged from his office and fred
both barrels at Russells back.
, 1886-03-07

Articles of incorporation Of the Butte
Ditch company were filed in the Office of
the county clerk. The objects for which
the company is organized arr sufficiently
indicated by the name, and yet in some
respects it differs from most ditch com
panies in that it has no capital stock and
none il required in order to effect an or.
ganization. The legal existence of the
company is fixed at the term of fifty
years and the principal place of business
will be at Cheyenne. Luke Voorhees,, G.
y. Miller and X. b. Horrie, are the truss
tees and corporators.
, 1886-03-07
Trouble Among Miners.

SHENANDOAH, Pa. March Give
hundred men and boys have been thrown
out of employment by the lockout at the
Knickerbocker c%olliery, operated by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company. The trouble arose out of a
disagreement about the price to be paid
for mining new vein coal. The officials
served a notice on the miners that unless
they resumed work on Monday at the
company's terms the colliery will be shut
down indefinitely.
, 1886-03-07

The Wyoming Meat company have re-
ceived orders from Boston for four ears Of
dressed beef The order will be filed this
week.
Nh. Stoddard, Of the Stoddard 4 How
ard Live Stock company of Wyoming,
was in Fort Worth, Tex, tins week, in
tending to buy 5000 yearlings and twos
before his return to Wyoming.
The Warren Live Stock company sold
this week in Chicago 504 head Of l0l
pound sheep Tor 81, . q. The sheep had
been wintered near Gibbons, Neb.
Charley Hecht. whose ranch is near
Laramie City, delivered yesterday to the
Wyoming Meat company, 100 head OF
fine bceves, which have been fed on hay
during the winter and will average ! 300.
, 1886-03-07

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,


WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1886.
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals
for Beef" and directed to the commits
sioner of Indian affairs, Washington, ID.
c., will be received at this office, until |
O'Clock of Monday, March %, 1886. for
the delivery atthe owagency, Montana.
during the current fiscal year, of about
100000 pounds Of gross beef, the first de-
livery to be made not later than April "a,
1886.
The contract will be made for good,
understandable beef, and will be subject to
rigid inspection before accepted.
The cattle are to be furnished on the
hool, and must be steers and COWS tho
bulls or stagsl not over Z years OF age and
must average not less than $50 pounds
gross at each delivery.
No animal will be accepted hat weighs
less than 700 pounds or that nets less than
80 per cent of its gross weight. The price
must be figured gross, but for all cows de-
liyered under any contract a discount Of
20 per cent from the proposed price will
be made. Bids must specify whether the
cattle to be offered were wintered north or
south of the south line of Kansas. The
right is reserved 10 reject any or all bids
or n part of any bid il deemed best for
the interest of the service; the further
right is also reserved to increase or dimin-
ish the amount of beef specified in any
contract to the extent of % per cent,
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check or draft ON some United
States depository, made payable to the
undersigned, for at least 5 per cent of the
amount of the proposal. which check or
draft will be forfeited to the United
States in case any bidder or bidders re-
ceiving an award, shall fail to promptly
execute II contract with good and sufficient
suretics, otherwise to be returned to the
bidder. j. d. G. ATKINS.
Commissioner.
, 1886-03-07
studebaker,s Mem "Tie UP"

Chicago, March 6.-Reierring to the
strike this afternoon Of over 1000 men
employed by Studebaker Brothers, wagon
manufacturers, at South Bend, Ind, Mr..
p. Y. Studebaker, treasurer Of the firm,
said to an Associated Press reporter to-
night When our mon discharge them
selves they do what weneyer did by them
Our works have been in operation for
, 1886-03-07
A Brute Put ont OF the WAY.

A Brute tut Gut OF me way. ,
EAroNrowN, N. j.. March 6.-Sam
johnson, a negro, aged e5, was lynched
last night for %assaulting and ~outraging the
l~9-year-old daughter of Henry Herbert.
The young woman was returning home
last evening about dusk. About a mile
out of town she passed a negro. He
turned and struck her a severe blow on
the head with an axe which he carried; he
then brutality outraged her and left her
unconscious and nearly dead. She was
discovered half an hour later and taken to
her home near by. The .~neighborhood
was soon aroused and every able bedied
man in the vicinity turned out to hunt for
the villain. He ran to the woods and
thence ventured to go to his home in
South Eatontown, where he has a wife
and four grown children. The Wheeler
boys, two active and strong young men of
Eatontown, went to his home about $3.50
O'Clock last night, and after a severe
struggle bound the negro and proceeded
toward the town Jail in Eatontown. While
on the way they were met by a crowd of
citizens, who could barely be kept from
killing the culprit her aud there, but his
captors succeeded in locking him up,
though not until he had been terribly
beaten by clubs. Later lie was taken
from Jail and hanged to the grating over
| r. sasI Io.r
, 1886-03-07
Dynamite Exploaion.

New York, March q. -Dittman, Hex
ter 4 Co. 5 dynamite mandatory at Bay
Chester was blown up last night Helm
rich Hilman, watchman, was in the build
ing at the time. but no trace Of him has
been found. The building was a small
structure, wheer the dynamite for use on
the new aqueduct was made. 1t con
tanned 200 pounds of dynamite and two
tanks of nitric and sulphuric acid. There
is a big hole filed with sticks and pieces
of timber to mark the spot where the
building stood.
, 1886-03-07
Raising wages ln Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, March 6.-The PEG.
pies Passenger Railway company, Of this
city, this afternoon decided to reduce the
hours of labor of their employees to
twelve and to fix the rate of pay at sl.75
per day, 10 apply uniformly to both con-
ductors and drivers. The conductors are
now receiving 81 and the drivers 81 rs per
day but have not made full time. Under
the new arrangement they will make full
time. The employees have accepted the
proposition and are jubilant over the vol
untary concession of their employers. The
move of the Peoples line, it is thought,
will result in concessions on the part of all
che street railway lines in the city.
, 1886-03-07
LABOR TROUBLES.
The Missouri Pacific Shop
mems Strike.
Studebaker's Men Ask For
Higher Wages.
General Labor Notes From
all Parts.
Tying Up the Gould System.

ST. LOUIS, March 6.-All Knights of
Labor in the Gould system centering in
this city ven IL and struck this morning
at II o'clock. No particulars are known
at present, but the strike is supposed to
have been ordered by the central commit
tee of Knights of Labor at the suggestion
of the Texas assembly of that organiza-
ton. Information from DeSoto, Mo-, is
to the effect that the men at that point
also have gone out, There are 5000
Knights of Labor in the strike on the
Gould system.
, 1886-03-07
Trouble Among steam Heaters.

New YORK, March 5.-The strike OF
the engineers of the New York Steam
Heating company continues. This morn
ing the coal bins were nearly empty, and
the company sent word to the United
States officers and post Office that they
could not perform their contract TO fur
nish heat to the various departments un-
less perfect protection was offered by the
authorities. He was referred to Superin-
tendent Murray, who ordered Capts.
Gastlin and Berghold to furnish all neces-
sary police. The company had five boat
loads Of coal at pier 3, North river,
which the longshoremen refused to
handle. Police were placed along the
route from the dock to the company's
structure and a number OF Swedes were
employed to handle and cart coal The
Brotherhood Engineers have issued or
ders, it is understood, hat no member
shall haul coal for the Steam Heating
company.
, 1886-03-07
The baltimore Street Car Mem.

BALTIMORE, March 6.lThe PROPOSE
ton OF Ex-Governor Bowie, president of
the City Passenger railway, Yesterday
Sixteen hours a day for $3.50 per day.
with two days a week off, has been re-
jected by the drivers and conductors At
a meeting it was determined by the drivers
and conductors that they wanted 81 day
and twelve hours to constitute a days
work. Gov. Bowie claims that to put a
double set of men, which the twelve hour
system would necessitate, would bankrupt
any street railway in Baltimore. The
men have the sympathy of the public and
meetings are being held at which proml-
nent citizens are inviting ministers OF the
gospel to participate. The urge the COM
pany to reduce the hours of labor. The
drivers and conductors have been for the
past week organizing an assembly of
Knights of Labor. They have a mem
bership of about ZOO. The men will en-
deavor to settle the difficulty without re-
sorting to a strike.
, 1886-03-07
From California to Kansas City for
One Dollar.

Los ANGELES, Gala, March 6.-The
excitement in the passenger rate war here
was intense to-day, when it was announced
that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
and Southern Pacific were cutting into
one another with the f~icrcest ardor. Rates
now ruling are: Limited to Kansas City,
81; Chicago, IS; New York, 500; immi-
grant tickets are sold at a dollar or two
less. Much business is being dony.
The Southern Pacific kept lowering the
rates until they reached one dollar to
Kansas City; Chicago s. for limited
tickets. After quite a number of
tickets had been sold at these rates
prices were advanced to those maintained
by the agent of the Atchison, Topeka K
Santa Fe system, viz: Kansas City. lin
tied, $40; emigrant, IS; Chicago, limited,
SIS; emigrant, Sls; New York, limited
$2S; emigrant, $25.
, 1886-03-07

BosToN. March h.-At / O'Clock this
afternoon a FIRE broke out in the Ameri-
can house. Two alarms have been turned
in and it is hard to tell at this hour what
the loss will be. The retreat of a mum
Der of domestics was cut off and they
were driven to the root, where they were
rescued with great difficulty by the fire
men
, 1886-03-07
Royootting the Conviots.

LOUISVILLE, March G.. - Governor
Knott sent a message to the legislature
to-day, saying 300 free miners, armed, hsd
appeared before the state inspector in
charge of the convicts at work in mines in
Pulaski county and given him two days in
which to remove the men, saying they
would burn the camp. The governor has
ordered troops to the place.
, 1886-03-07
roLLrn ANGUS STOCK Fon SALE


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One 10 mos. $3.50.
Eighteen 4Sear old COWS in calf to the 3
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The bunch for $720 (the calves are worth
the money at 6 weeks old).
Also twelve three quarter blood young
bulls for 1925. if taken soon.
The above mentioned stock Offers one Of
the best opportunities to start u Polled
Angus herd.
Address BENNETT, BoYD K Co.,
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, 1886-03-07
The Missouri Pacific Shopmen's
Strike.


ST. LOUIS, March 6.-The officers of
the Missouri Pacific railroad are very re-
! ticent and positively decline to make any
statement further than that they do not
anticipate the possibility of supplying the
places Of the strikers. Master Workman
McGeary, Of this district assembly, refuses
TO state the direct cause OF the difficulty,
and is as r~eticent as the railroad officials.
1t is stated here, however, that the action
of the Texas Pacific officials in discharg-
ing a foreman of the shops at Marshall,
Tex, for activity in engaging in organ
izing a Knights Of Labor assembly at that
place is the cause of the present trouble.
The Knights there objected to this action
and refused to work for the company,
which positively refused to reinstate the
foreman. Matters remained in this state
for some time, each remaining firm in
their intention to defeat the other. To
day a general strike upon the entire sys-
tenn, ordered by the central committee Of
the Knights, is the latest move by the
workmen to force the company to accede
to their demands.
The order calling upon the Knights of
Labor to strike on the Gould Southwest
system applies to shopmen only, and does
not affect in the least the trainmen.
PARSONS, Kan, March 6.-All the
men employed in the Missouri Pacific
shops at this place struck to-day and
freight trains are not permitted to run.
The cause of the strike is said to be the
violation by the Missouri Pacific of an
agreement entered into last fall, and the
Knights Of Labor have several other
grievances which will not be made public
No disturbance is anticipated.
LITTLE Rock, March 6.-The strike of
the employees OF the Iron Mountain rail-
road, at this point, was ordered by the
central committee Of the knights of
Labor, who ordered the men to cease
work on account of the strike of the Texas
Pacific railroad. There has been no in
reference with passenger trains, but no
freight is being handled here. Large
crowds Of strikers c%ongregate about the
depot in this city and at the shops, but
every body is in good humor and no dis
turbance occurred.
DESIsoN, Texas, March 6.-At 10
O'Clock this morning a prolonged blast Of
whistles was heard a the Missouri Pacific
railroad machine shops, (which proved to
be the signal for a general strike. All
laborers. mechanics, car %repairers, carpen-
tiers and painters put AWAY their tools and
took their departure. This being a rail-
road center, a strike Of this character is
something nonmou The Knights of
Labor are non-communicative, hence very
little can be learned as to their intentions,
The strike has now reached all points on
the Gould system in Texas. There are
about $50 cars of freight in the yards,
and as fast as engines com in they are
filled and sent to tho round house. Not
a car wheel is moving except passenger
trainu
, 1886-03-07
The New York Strike.

New York, March 6.-Trouble again
arose among the street-car drivees in New
York to-day. but both sides went into a
conference. At last an agreement was
reached, and the men will receive 81 per
day for twelve hours work, with forty
minutes for dinner. The other differ
ences were referred to arbitrator, and the
running of cars was resumed tonight
, 1886-03-07
Iowa farm For sale or tsehanxe

A first class feeding farm in Iowa for
sale or exchange Tor ranch and cattle in
terest. This farm is situated "a miles
from the town of Spencer, on the Chicago
Milwaukee X St. Paul railroad and con
sists of 1000 acres in all, 500 of which
are fenced and improved as under, 400
acres enclosed pasture with creek, $50
corn land, 1853 hay land, 4 acres shade
trees, 3 acres ornamental lawn and garden,
two very gooddwelling houses, first class
barn and cattle sheds, 3 big corrals with
windmill waterpower, scales, etc. Apply to
L. SHIvEs, Spencer, Iowa.
, 1886-03-07

MACON, Ga, March Miss Carrie
Rains and her neice, Miss Ella Hum
phreys, were murdered Thursday evening.
near Milledgeville, while going to the
house of. Frank Humphreys, Ella's
brot~her-in-law, accompanied by him.
Yesterday morning he reported that the
party were attacked by four masked men,
himself beaten and the ladies' killed. The
evidence before the coroner pointed to
Humphreys as the murderer, and he was
arrested. Miss Humphreys had been
outraped
, 1886-03-07
An Officers Tragic Death.

BERLIN, March CA tragic occur
renee is reported from Vienna. Capt
Gerstel, of the Austrian army, was tried
by court marshal in that city for slight
offence and was convicted. As a matter
Of form, n high sentence was imposed
upon him. He heard the sentence with
composurc and bowed respectfully to the
court, then drawing a revolver and plac-
ing it Il his head, he fired two shots and
fell dead.
, 1886-03-07
The Prevailing Weakness IN a
Poets Family.

PORTLAND, Ore, March Joaquin
Miller's mother, who two years < mar
ried a boy aged 20, and was deserted by
him, has obtained a divorce and on Friday
she married again a young man named
Kline. The ceremony was performed by
a Justice of the peace.
, 1886-03-07
The Merry War Goes On.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-Limited
tickets underwent another decided cut
this morning. The following open rates
are made by all roads. Chicago, $50;
New York, $35; Boston, s37; round.trip
tickets to New York, allowing thirty days
stop over, were sold this morning at 500
similar tickets to Chicago. $62 80.
, 1886-03-07
FOR plans for the Hook and
Ladder building.

Plans for a hook and ladder building,
will be received until March 9, at the of
fee of Riner 4 johnson. For particu-
lars apply to C. w. RINER,
Chairman Fire Committee.
, 1886-03-07

CHICAGO, March 6.-Cattle-Receipts
l,700 head; market slow and steady;
shipping steers, $50 to 1900 pounds,
SO. 9OCS5- Is; stockers and feeders, $500
@4.S; through Texas cattle, $3.50
Iln4hn
, 1886-03-07

The largest stock OF hue b~randies, old
WHISTLES. choice hqneurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
atrnara ----
, 1886-03-07

Charlie Wong, dealer in all kinds of
French, Japanese and Chinese goods.
Call and examine them. No. l7l5 Fergu-
son street
, 1886-03-07

Remember the Fox coal is the best in
the city. Telephone No. 1853 to A. G..
McGregor, and get full weight.
, 1886-03-07

Superior coal and Muddy Creek
hay. Order office with Stock Journal.
Telephone ISL, yard sO4 Twentieth street.
, 1886-03-07

One hundred cases of claret wine for
sale, S3:75 per case. at Masters.
, 1886-03-07

FoR RENT. Furnished rooms, Iilden
block. with privilege of baths, twelve to
fifteen dollars per room. Corner six
teenth street and Warren avenue.
, 1886-03-07

FoR RENT. Large front room, suitable
for office, over WIN. Myers dry goods
store; steam heat Inquire at l. r. Bres-
nahen's meat market.
, 1886-03-07

WANTED-Ladies to work for us-at
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sample of the work sent for stamp Ad-
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, 1886-03-07
WANTS.

WANrED-A frst-class and experienced
dining room girl at the Metropolitan.
None but first class need apply.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-05-28
Speaking Through the Eyes.

Medical and Surgical Reporter.
Prof. Hugo Maguas recently deliver.
ed in Berlin a lecture on "The Speech
of the Eyes" First he showed how
various thoughts and emotions may
find their expression through the eyes
how rage, JOY, sadness, sympathy, al
may be indicated by one look, and
how question may be asked or bere
piled to simply by one scarcely OBJ
servable movement of the eye. But
the most interesting part Of his
lecture was a point with which many
physician may not be acquainted,
not from ignorance, but simply be-
cause he has never given the subject
any thought, viz: the fact that all the
various expressions of which the eye
is capable are not at all made by the
eye itself, i. e.. by the eyeball, but
by the movements of neighboring
parts. The eye itself may be station.
ary, not the least motion may be
observed in it, and yet the rising ofthe
lids expresses our surprise, half closing
them together with contraction of tt
brow indicates eur dIspleasure, and
peculiar abrillar-like movement of tn
lids, the orhicularis palpebrarum, and
the parts around the nose together
form what we are in the habit of call.
ing "a merry twinkle" Many a one
who will read these lines will at once
acknowledge that such is thecase, and
that the facts are as stated, but at the
same time he will acknowledge that he
had never thought about it, and had
never imagined that as all the mani.
fold expressions which we ascribe to
the eye-the mirror of the soul--the
eye itself has no share. When crimi-
nal has his character pictured in his
eyes, it is not they that tell us the NOR
al depravity of the man, but the play
of the neighboring muscles, which, per,
haps for years, always obeying the I'M
pulse of the brain, form together the
group we call physiognomy.