Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-05-20

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door, but without effect. Judge Mallory,
! in passing sentence. said: The boycotting
| ct Mr.. Fienhold was an outrage, though
/ the defendant and others had been urged
on by demagogues. Such interferences with
/ q mans business were unlawful. TheJudge
was surprised that citizens had stood this
/ sort OF persecution as long as they had.
| Boycotting was nothing less than mob
| law. The fine imposed was the extreme
| penalty under the disorderly conduct
| ordinance.
Ex.President's Arthur's Weight has de.
creased from $50 pounds to 100.
The new Catholic cathedral in San Fran
/ cisco will cost $500, 600. The corner stone
| will be laid July /.
A sea lion weighing 800 pounds was
captured at Astoria, Or, recently.
The Milers' National association met in
| special convention at the Grand Pacific,
! Chicago, about $50 miilers being in attend
/ ance. Much Of the usefulness of the asso-
| citation has been it's effectiveness in fighting
patent suits. 1t has carried on seven suits,
| and spent about 5000, 600 in defending liti.
CATION brought against its members.
! The president has nominated John E.
| Fitzgerald OF Boston to be collector Of in.
| ternal revenue, in place Of Eben +. Pills
bury, rejected by the senate. 1t was under
stood that Mr.. Pillsbury was to be retain
ed in Office until the adjournment OF con-
gress and theu be reappointed but the
president evidently did not give any such
assurance as claimed Or he has refused to
carry it out.
The president nominated the following
| postmasters: Abraham Rose, Ninton,
| Iowa; Charles II. Berner, Sewart, Iowa;
| Frank w. Osburn, Eugene City, Or; James
Il. Crossen, The Dalles, Or; also John
/ Priest collector OF CUSTOMS district OF
| Yazuana Or Senator Mcmillan introduced
| a bin appropriating 81 300 to pay Charles
| A. Ruffee the balance due him as agent OF
| the White Earth Indian agency which was
consolidated in 1880.
! The secretary of state has received re,
port from Consul Brigham at Paso del
| Norte Mexico, in regard to the killing oil
Capt Crawford, U. s. A., by Mexican sol
diers in July last: He says: There is no
way OF obtaining definite Information,
owing to the absence OF witnesses, but it rs
| conceded on both sides that the attack was
| made by irregular Mexican troops EN-
| ployed by the state OF Chihuahua, through
an unfortunate accident, and without
malice. The depredations committed IN
Mexico by Indians nurtured by the United
| States government is a grievance that can
| not be well overlooked. The affair is
being investigated by the Mexican authori-
| ties.
| An extensive lock out of striking tailors
| in Chicago has been inaugurated. This
means that 90, 900 to %, 600 sewing PEG
| people, men and women, were denied work.
| The employers are resolved that 1t will
continue until the strikers withdraw the
demands they have made through the boss
| tailors for an advance.
The following circular, with picture OF
hna, hAaV To hn N
| all the principal cities and towns: Arrest
| for murder and melting riot, 4. X. Parsons,
thrty-fve to forty years OF age, hye feet
| eight or nine inches high, slim built, 40
pounds weight; dark hair tinged with gray,
dark mustache dyed black; known through
| the country as labor asitator socialist,
| and anarchist, and one OF the leaders OF
| the incendary orders who caused the riot
and massacrein Chicago on Tuesday night,
| May L. Frederick Ebersold General Su
perintendent of Police.
Capt. Robert Mcdonald. Fifth infantry,
| has been placed on the retired list, having
reached the age of siXty-four. Capt. Nc
| Donald's retirement promotes First Lieut..
| c. T.. HargOus to be captain, and Second
Lieut.. Walter II. Chattield to be first lieu
| tenant. Lieut.. Avis is the senior second
| lieutenant of the Fifth infantry, but being
under suspension by litigation of sentence
| of dismissal by court martial is debarred
| from promotion while that is in operation.
| Mr.. Sawyer, from the committee on pen
| sions, to whom WAS referred the following
| bills, reported them severally without
| amendment and submitted reports thereon:
| John Parkinson, Nancy Mason, Johanna
| Sofia Enlind Rhoda Williams, Alex Trim
| BILE Mrs Emily NJ Swift, Allen i. Jacobs,
| Samuel w. Bowling, Catherine Whitesell.
r. II. Stapleton, Mary \. Shannon, Mrs.
| NJ. A. Lewis, Lenford Rose, Solomon Mes
! ser, Michael McGray Maria Kite, William
| III. Newt, Il. Kirchner, James Wolfe.
| Secretary Manning now has interviews
| with the heads Of bureaus at the treasury
| department every day, either driving down
| to the building and having them come out
| to his carriage, or sendin Tor them to come
| to his house. There is not the slightest
| sign OF his resignation. One Of his physi.
clans said that he had no doubt that the
secretary would be sitting at his desk be.
| fore fall.
Managers of the railroads centering in
East st. Louis testified before the Curtin
! committee that the strike at that point
| was wholly in support OF the position taken
| by the strikers on this Missouri Pacific, and
| that they had no serious grievance of their
| own Sheriff Ropiquet of East st. Louis
| testified that he had commando the crowd
more than one hundred times to disperse,
! but they paid no attention to him. He
| had asked the mayor to CO. operate with
| him in dispensing the mob but was told
| that he could do nothing, as the police
was resigning as rapidly as possible.
| The Bssel Carpet Sweeper company, OF
| Grand Rapids, Mich, has announced to
| its employees that the eight-hour expert
| ment is not satisfactory, and it will return
| to the old style. Some other companies
| wish to return to the ten hour system and
| the old system OF wages, but the furniture
workers union has decided to insist on
| eight.
At Chicago in accordance with the de-
cision OF the Wholesale Clothing Manuiac.
| turers Association OF Chicago, a gigantic
| lock. was inaugurated. All the Manu-
| facturers notified their cutters that for
| the present no further work would be given
| out. By this action nearly 30, 600 men
| and women are out of employment
| Mrs. Hoyt. sister of the president, arriv-
| ed at the White House the other day, and
will remain with her brother until after his
marriage. Miss Ceveland's return has
been delayed, and she will remain at her
old home, where she is engaged in some lit
erary work.
Labor was the chief topic OF discussion
| by the Western Boot and Shoe Mtnufac.
| turers association at Chicago. About
| thirty delegates we're present, representing
| a majority of the manufacturers OF Chicago
| and other cities West. All the firms agreed
| at meeting few weeks ago to give the
! eight-ho.ur day a fair trial for two weeks
A few days ago they unanimously decided
| to resume ten hours work May II. About
| fifteen hundred employees will be affected
| by this change. 1t was resolved that each
employer should treat directly with his
employees in the matter Of wages. Failing
to agree, either party may call upon the
executive committee Of the association for
| an adjustment.
| A terrible hurricane has just swept across
| the middle OF Spain. In Madrid seventy
persons are known to have been instantly
killed, and 200 Others have been seriously
| injured. The wind struck the city with the
suddenness OF lightning train Of cars
! and cabs were overturned and broken into
| splinters. roofs were dislodged and tele-
| graph wires everywhere torn from the
poles. The parks in and about the city
were devastated, and in some cases entirely
| denuded. One church tower was blown down.
Anumber of houses in the suburbs absolute
| ly vanished before the storm. The queen
| visited various points in the city and sub
! urbs where the damage was most marked.
The damage will exceed $3.50, 900.
Mr.. Leathem, member from Hudders-
| field, Reformer, asked whether Parnell
would accept the bill as a settlement OF the
| Irish question. ParneIl rose in his place
| and emphatieally replied YES. "Iaathem
| retorted that he had been unable to gather
| that idea from Parnell's previous speeches
Healey at this iuncture sprang to his feet
and turning to Parnell excitedly shouted,
Tell him he is liar" Uproar ensued and
| Healey resumed his seat
Xenia, Ohio, was damaged over $780,
| 600 by the tornado, and many lives were
| lost.
! DIR. Reynel Coates, who once slapped
| Andrew Jackson in the mouth died recent
| ly at Camden, n. j.