Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.
STRIKES are a fine thing provid-

CoRsICANA has given the Grand
Commandery Knights TompIar Il
splendid reception.
THE river and harbor bill has
passed the house; Texas gets
s950.000 as her share.
THE indications are that there
will soon be war IN Europe. The
car of Russia Is the man that
wants war.
ALL the railroads in Chicago re-
sumcd business on Monday morn
ing and are receiving and shipping
all freight offered.
THB bill to punish the adver'
tisement of lottery tickets in the
District Of Columbia was called up
in the house on Monday and
passed.
THB Chicago police think thoy
have got the man who threw the
bomb shell IN the late riot and that
thoy will DO able 10 mako n case
against him.
A TORNADO passed through
Wayne county, Indiana, last Sun.
day night destroying everything in
its track. One woman and two
men were killed.
A FIRE broke out recently in
the Chinese quarter in Honolulu,
and destroyed property valued at
81, 100000. Two persons were
burned to death.
A TOMBSTONE special says that
the American and Mexican forces
are pursuing the Apache Indians.
Gen. Miles says the Indians will
be killed or captured.
THE Chicago furniture manufac-
turers want ten hours work other
hands and q majority of the tacto-
ries have announced their inten-
ton of shutting up till they get it.
P. FERNANDEZ, a rich Cuban Iiv-
ing at Hawthorne, N. j., was on
Sunday last murdered by his wife
who shot him and then blew out
her own brains with tho same pis-
tul.
THERE was a broad famine in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on Monday, among
those who depend upon the bakers
for bread. Of $50 bakeries 120 are
closed, the bakers being out on a
strike.
The Waco Examiner shouted it
self hoarse for Ross and now Ross
in a public speech repudlatos tho
Examiner and says he Is not re-
sponsible for newspaper utter
ances.
IT begins TO look as though tho
eight hour movement will be COM
promised on a basis of nine hours
for days work, at all events this
rule will apply in a good many
trades.
SOME Denison negroes have pre-
scented n petition to congress ask
ing an appropriation 10 convey
about forty of them to Liberia.
They will never get there at gov
eminent expense.
BARNEY GIBBS is now in Washing
ton and has been congratulated on
his recent caustic criticism of Judge
Pardee's opinion on the Texas con-
tempt cases and on the extension
of the doctrine of recelvershIps.
THE mill owners in New England
have formed an organization to
combat strikes, 1t does not recog-
nize the authority or dictation of
the knights of Labor, but is pre-
pared to arbitrate for the settle
ment of strikes.
THE st. Louis Railway Register
says that pooling is decidedly the
best policy for railways. The
wisest way Is to pool through
or competitive business So as TO Sc
cure uniform and remunerative
rates even ifeach company receives
less than what it supposes to be its
share of the whole affair,
The New York Sun says that
Martin Irons ambition now is to
succeed Powderly as grand master
workman of the Knights of Labor.
Mr.. Powderly's successor is to be
elected next fall. Irons has made
Q very undesirable record and his
election as grand master workman
would not do tho organization any
good.
A FARMER named Wymer at
tempted to cross the railway track
with his wagon at Inwood Indiana,
Sunday afternoon; his wagon was
struck by THO express train; Wy
NOR and ono of his children were
killed, his wife and another child
were fatally wounded the horses
were killed and the wagon broken
to pieces.
TEXAS SlFTINGs begins a now
volume with n change in its make
up. 1t is now 9 sIxteen page IN
stead of an eight page paper, and
is about the same size as Puck.
Since its removal to New York
slftings has lost its interest in Tex
as and newsdealers say tho de-
mand for it has materially fallen
off in this section.
A TELEPHONE test was made at
Cleveland, o., the other day over
1000 miles of wire; the test was
satisfactory. The Turnbull inter