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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
o1ryrIAvD Ar woER.
G.. A. "a. Men, shuriaan and sheT-
u,nn al inc white House rogetheE

IaW.
q. A. "a. Men, sheridan ana Snea
man At the white House Eose.ner
WAsuNaroN, Dec 1.-THE presiden,l,
although still suffering from rheulhh w,
pnins In HIS knees, WIS able 70 resume niS
ofiicial routine to-day. He received IN ~. w
usually large number OF eonRresslohnl WEI
tors this morning and about noon no r.
,,airad 10 the East Room and thook nhu t.
with the members Of Gabriel H. PAU fest,
No. I0I. a. A. r., Of New Jersey, now IN u
visit to this city. The latter were intro-
ducsd by Governor elect Green.
As the grand army men were filing out Of
the East Room Generals sherman ana snet-
iian. who had just concluded visit to me
President In his private OH edescended me
stairway and fell In with the crowd when
allied the hall. They were imme'
dlately recognized by many OF the
veterans who had served under ihoi men,
during the war, and IS ail
desired TO pay their respects to them, ihs
two eminent generals stood IN the hali ana
shock hands aud exchanged greetings, win
the GRIND Army men Is they passed out,
THIS accidental meeting was happy ope
mud was the cause Of much pleasant com
mDnt
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
POLITICAL.

Senator Jones of Florida, was thrown
from carriage by runaway horse in
Detroit Thursday and badly strained on
the loft side. He says, however, that he
"expeots, after the holidays, to be in
Washington again."
The lower house of Ihe Alabama gen
eral assembly Thursday passed a general
revenue bill containing clause leVying q
tax of $4,000 on all dealers, brokers OF
bucket shops that buy and sell future
contracts on commission. ''The tax is
virtual prohibitory, and the cotton inter
ests of Montgomery will make a strong
fight against it in the senate, when il
comes up for consideration to-day"
Congressman Swinburne of the Nine
t9enth district of New York Thursday
served notice of contest on Nicholas I.
Kane, elected to succeed him in the 60tI
Congress. The notice alleges ''that
through reporters and minors, Mr.. Kane
added very largely to his vote in various
districts of WnterVliet and Cohoes, anC
that from 90 to rs illegal votes were giver
Mr.. Kane in each of the 38 election dis
tricts in Albany" Il also AYERS 'ttha
many votes cast for Mr.. Swinburne wer,
not counted, and that upwards of $2,00t
votes cast for James G.. Franklin, thu
Labor candidate for Congressman, wer,
transferred from Mr.. Franklin to MIR
Kane.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
ANOTHER rELBeRArH RuMoR
The III. a. q. and the Western Union
win Probably wora In Harmony.


The III. a. q. and the Western UniOp
VIII Probably wora In Harmony.
PrrrspuRa, Pa, Dec. "a few days
ago O. A. Tinker, general superintendent,
and Charles o Rowe, division superin-
tendent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, paid quiet visit to this city,
and made thorough inspection of the
Baltimore Il Ohio telegraph office. About
the same time General Thomas T. Eckert
and other Ligh officials made similar in
spection of the general offices of the Bal
timore x Ohio at Baltimore.
These movements occasioned consider
able talk in telegraph circles here, but
their full significance was not revealed
until this evening, when the statement
was made, by several persons who pro-
fessed TO have derived the information
from official sources, that the two tele-
graph companies have perfected arrange
ments whereby they will hereafter work
in harmony. Manager Clark, of the
Western Union, was asked to verify or
contradict the statement, when he said he
knew that negotiations of some kind had
been in progress for some time, but he did
not know what they had reference to. An
official Of the Baltimore q Ohio said;
There is good foundation for the report.
| A consolidation does not necessarily mean
that the Baltimore 4 Ohio offices will be
closed. Offices OF lines purchased by the
Western Union have generally been kept
| open but, il mistake not, on the first
of January the rates at all offices of the
Western Union and Baltimore & Ohio
whore there is competition now will be
advanced. II will boom stocks in botE
companies, and this is, no doubt, one Of
the objects of the move. They will Their
both join in fighting the Postal and othel
independent companies at all competing
points, making rates lower then any thai
now exist, and still have larger earnings
because the Baltimore & Ohio can I'D
vance rates in dozen places where il
| will reduce in one.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
RI Ess OPINIONS.

The tariff does not "down.n Mr.. Nor.
rill of Vermont, was the first senator on
the Republican side TO recognize the I'M,
welcome guest yesterday. He saluted il
with the same speech he has made SC
often. Mr.. Beck replied and then Mr.
Sherman took bis turn. The Ohio sena.
tor is prepared TO meet a reduction of the
tariff in almost any form but that Of cut
ting down protective duties. This he
cannot stand. But he will have TO stand
it sooner or later. He has to admit that
taxation is too high, and he hints that the
sugar duties would be the proper thing
TO go first. We are much mistaken if the
people of the country will consent to take
the duties of sugar while leaving higl
taxes on wool, on metals, and the ma
terials and implements of industry, The
high tariff men are on the defensive, ant
their prompt recognition of the fact il
very significant. Y. Times.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
1 arobably FatsI solIo. E.pIo.ioa.

BosToS, Dec. ia boiler IN Hazlett &
Underhills dry house aud hex factory at
Cambridge, exploited this morning iDjuring
seven men, three Of whom ii is reported are
fatally hurt.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
u. or L. DTSTRICTs.
A Change 10 National Grade BisiEi, 4
Assemblies.

CHICAGO, Dec ia movement OF con-
siderable importance is going on within the
ranks Of the Knights of Labor, which will
have great effect In lessening the power
and Importance Of the district assembly.
It is the formation OF national trade dis
triet assemblies which ara essentially after
the plan OF the various international
unions, Maehinists Assembly, M 5i9i
oted last night to withdraw IRON, St4,rlct
assembly, No. Il, to which # h5e taen
attached since IT'S organization. 10 order to
iolu In ths machinists trade district recently
organized Mt Cincinnati, the recommend
ton of Its delegate to the convention at that
place being concurred In. To make this
change will require the consent OF District
Assembly No. 81, but this will probably be
granted.
This week thu clothing cutters Of the
United States are trying at Cincinnati to
form clothing cutters national trade dis
trict. The convention has three delegates
from the Chicago assembly Ia that trade
which will doubtless go into the movement,
thereby Withdrawing from district No. "a.
The effect of this movement will be to give
concerted action to the trades In all por-
lions of the country and withdraw them
from local matters.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
rnr rnppRArrp rRApHs.
No Agreements with tine knights Of
Labor.

E.
The Federated Trades adjourned sine
die in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, after
resolving to enter the new Federated
Trades of North America, whose organi-
zation was completed on that day. In
the Trades Conference the cigarmakers'
and bakers labels were adopted, and the
action of the boss brewers convention at
Buffalo in regard to the blacklistinR
union men aud the New York 1%i6une's
treatment of union printers were de-
nounced. At the afternoon session of the
Trades Federation the resolution was
adopted that, while they favored eight
hours for days work and believed II
would be ultimately adopted, it was first
necessary to secure nine hours in all
branches now working ten, and in those
trades working more honrs to re-
duee still further. The conference
committee that met the Knights of Labor
committee submitted a written report
stating that there Ind been no agreement
that the Knights of Labor committee hat
refused to consider the trades-uniui
| treaty, and recommended that the execu
tive council of the newly organized fed
| Grafton issue an address to the public oI
| tho subject of the differences between tn,
organizations. The constitution adopted
| forms q new federation ON similar basil
to the knights of Labor, placing the powe
| in the executive council, consisting o
Samuel Gompers of New York, President
| George Harris of Pennsylvania, FRS
| Vice President G. W. Smith of Spring
| field, Illinois, Second Vice President z
J. Mcguire of Philadelphia, Secretary
and G. Eimonston Of Washington, d. q.
| Treasurer.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
a Renor,er nn,ily .t.a,s,.

CHICAGO, Dec. paul Hull, the re-
porter of the Daily Nous, who wrote up a
debauch in Wasserman's beer cellar and
was assaulted Tuesday evening by Com
missioner "Buck" Mccarthy of ths stock
yards, was unconscious nearly all of
yesterday and his condition last night be-
sent for. The shock resulting from the
blows inflicted, his physicians say, was
alone sufficient to cause him serious
injury, but in addition, the doctors think
that the roof Of the left eye is fractured
and that the remitting internal hemor-
rhage may cause death.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
Ntus. be WIN me Fac,.

DOStoh FOet-
If ii is not too late, Mr.. Blaine should
give attention to another part Of his
Maine and Pennsylvania speeches which
sadly needs CORRECTION, or Reputation,
to correspond with tine facts, For it now
appears, by reports in the Richmond
Dispatch, that negroes in Virginia, instead
of suffering in slavery to employers who
pay them half the wages given white
workmen, are being supplanted by whites
imported to work at lower rates. The
Old Dominion Steamship Company has
been obliged to bring a complement of
white stevedores from New York to take
the place of negroes at Norfolk who
struck for higher wages than the com
pany cared 10 pay, and the same thing
has happened at Newport News. The
negroes, by the way, show the same sort
OF spirit as their white brethren under
like circumstances, the services Of the
police being required to prevent them
from mobhing the ,sosb'l steyedores who
came from the north to "cut UNDER the
rates paid Mr.. BlRine's oppressed colored
men. In this case there seems to be
something seriously wrong either with the
facts, with Mr.. Blaine's logic or with the
stenographar again.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
,n.ro4oY-rArD suoeEsrEp.
risrrs LoriItasa en Capital and

Ffarre L0riltasd gn Capital and
labor.
Pierre Lorillard contributes short
hut very significant article to the Deoem-
Der North American Revieio, touching the
'sburning questions" Of present political
economy. He says, for one thing, II
believe In limited political socialism; that
oceans, rivers, canals, railways, postal
aud telegraph systems should be owned
by the national govern aent, for the use
Of all, at as low toll nj. will provide for
their proper mRintenatine; that liz, for
the use OF labor in both its forms, in
dustry and capital.
"Righis Of private property should BIO
respected. A mans earnings, whether by
ability, lnok or wit, should be his entirely
and without restraint during his life.
There should be no income. tax, which
only offers a premium on fraud, and OPP
presses the energy OF both labor and
capital. A legacy tax should be laid, to
the extent of say 10 per cent, ON all for
tunes in excess OF 5000 600. This legacy
tax would not Cypress the heir receiving
so mueh property, and should not be re-
GREETED by the dead, who was indebted 20
tue protection of the government which
enabled him 10 accumulate his wealth.
This leeacy.tax, leading to distribution
through division of estates, could bt
fairly collected. II would give handsome
returns in the state, and cause a consider
ablerednction off taxes. It would render thu
perpetnatlon of immense fortunes in few
families impossible, and would thus OBJ
yiate that grave impending danger, th,
concentration of wealth in single familie
which wrecked the Roman empire"
Mr.. Lorillard's article shows that, lik
many other able men--the wealthy ant
practical as well as the 'dreamers" AM
''theorisis"-he has been earnestly con
sidering the "signs of the tines H
closes his paper thus II trust that thes
few words will be of some service TO m
brother-workers, labor and capital.
wish to see them work hand in hand ia
that great end, the improvement and Ell
lightenInent of the industrious humanit
now closing our 10Th century"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16

Three authors stood upon the beach
And watched the fishing smaeks heaye to-
As far as human eye could reach
Swept one eSpanse of saline blue.
First Hawthorne spoke: while Gibbs the
tide
Suppose We three a-ilshing go2n
"'TiS WE'LL the whits hurried StoddaId
ctind
tncr snrse ttsy n. T. Roe
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
aronar sAnp ON rpuoArroN.
Common Studies Charged with Be
ing a Sort os murder.

One OF the most uaique and suggestive
articles Of The North american RtUteU Tor
December, Is posthumous paper BY ,ho
great Frenca novelist, Grorge sand, in
which shs givep her mature thought and
Judgment on the modern system Of mental
training.
'sYoang people," she says. "who are the
offspring OF such varying cliissea that they
cannot possibly held any ain, interest, or
ambition In common, are, when II comes To
matter NJ mental training, melted, as II
wero, and then run into the same mould.
The process Is like that OF rlveling
large number Of shawls, mixing the fibers,
aud then weaving he wnols mass Of mate
riis into one tremendous pieee OF goods.
The total weight Ia unehanged and there
are, aiso, the same number OF square feet
OF woven goods Cut them up, II yon Ike,
into tbs same numbnr OF sbawls you origi-
naIly had-but here the meiest semblance
Of lha former condition Of things Is NJ an
| q, 4 Each shawl Il lite its former self only
| In sias aud eight Thn respective person
| allty Of each Is DESTROY q each retaining
/ only Ia pHrt the elements which lent u dts
| tinctinn iroin the others; neii her pisseSs-
| ing any attribute which Ail the Others can
/ not also boast All are now brought upon
i nearly a eommnn level, but originality l.
slain and there Is general decentralization.
Again she says: "The very thought OF
elase drill or instruction. which is wholly
| incorrect, Is In itself abominable and alb
horrent TO any thinking youth. The forcing
OF common studies aft, general fashion
upon all children, is the BLACKLIST crime Of
the intellectual world. 1t Is kind OF muir
der-far worse. too, than that which Is gen
orally called murder, since that mercifully
releases the mind from the hampeSng flesh
and Is the ending, rather than the begin
ming, of misery.
"The hardest, bitterest and most degener
ating task that Is the lot OF every man and
woman, Ia the unlaarning In maturer year
OF the bulk of that which Ia taught them al
children, and the shaking OF, too, Of tht
hlndering and 0bstructing manacles OF sys
tenn, fashion and method. The emancipatol
| of man and woman from this most direful
UNDESIRABLE and disastrous of all bondage
| will win for himself more lasting glory thar
has yet been awarded to any emancipato
| of other slayesn
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
-l-.1I77771- ? . . :, :,
nv IMPORTANT RAILROAD MOTE
r.d, aynrinr - secure ConIrol o

rrd, aynriug 10 secarr ConIrol 81
me 4. X vt. L. -Stw I.iaa 60 N"r-
f0lN.
sr. LOUIS Dsc. II. The Republicdn this
morning says. II il stated on high authority
that Mr.. o. p Huntington Is negotiating
for the control of the Illinois Il 81. Louls
railroad, and TINT he will be In possession
OF the majority Of the voting power ui inc
company before January lat.
The agent OF Mr.. Huntington In the trans
action, is a prominent st. Louis business
man who is also one Of the largest stock
holders Of the railroad company and hi
finds no difficulty III securing the property
at fair valuation.
The total mileage owned and operated b,
the Illinois & st Louis Company is only y
miles of main line aud Is of sidlngs, hut
owns the most desirable terminal ground
OF any road centring ut East st. Louis AMI
| its cnarter, which was granted In lSil, SO
cures almost unlimited rights and privilege
| to the company. Should Mr., Huntingtol
succeed III securing the control OF the roa'
| the plan OF Its originators will be carries
| ont, and the road will be extended to MOI
folk, Va, via. Cincinnati.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
A TEXAS TRAIN noBBED.
Even Regular soldiers Give Up
Their Arms.

Even Regular soldiers Give Up
Their Arms.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 12.-Particulars of the
train robbery yesterday, near Bellevue
station, Texas, are that the three robbers,
who were unmasked and made no effort
at concealment, arrived at the water tank
few minutes before the train. When
the train arrived one of the robbers, with
drawn pistol, ordered Engineer Ayres and
his fireman, and D. g. Miller, another
engineer who was riding in the cab, to
alight, which they did.
a, 80 ,.'aTTctns tsear. 7- de ~ riet,t
FROM fhs aaiL ard weEt through ineIl
taxing all the yNluRbles taey mad While
.al5 Wis sS4as - the SsEO1 ..o I.iaA TtHs
through the train. 1t appears that ono
of the passengers in the rear car who waR
looking ont of the window and saw the
operation with the train men, diyining
the situation, went into the forward cars
and notified the other passengers of what
was going on, and told them to secrete
their money.
This they did in various ways, giving
most of it and their diamonds to several
ladies aboard. Miss Kate Haas of Fort
Worth, took charge of 50, 600 and other
valnables. Mrs. Chambers OF Pottsdam,
N. Y. received S., 900 and some diamonds;
Mrs. Wittick of Carthage, Mo-, took her
husbands gold watch and several hundred
dollars. Mrs, Wittick was greatly in
censed ut the proceedings and boldly
stood up in the car and asked il 40 men
were going to talnely submit to such All
outrage at the hands of two highwaymen.
About $4,000 in money and S4, 900
| worth of diamonds and other yaluables
were left by the robbers in their Taste to
get through the train and because they
did not search The ladies. They were eyi-
| IDENTIFY novices in the business, aud went
away with the paltry sum of $l05, three
| gold watches, ten silver watches, five re-
volyers and one gold ring
| The robbers left the train at the rear
nd of the sleeper, mounted horses stand
ing near by and rode rapidly away. The
train was then hurried on to Bellevue,
where kilograms wara sent to Superin-
tendent Frost at Fort Worth, who imme-
diately replied, offering $3.50 reward for
each robber, aud in less than an hour i've
posses OF officers and citizens we're IN
pursuit under Sheriff McI.ain of Monta-
que, Marshal Black of Bowie and others.
Sheriff McL4in says he knows the
robbers, and has no doubt Of his ability
to capture them. Superintendent Connors
was on the train, having in charge two
deserters, with guard of five negro sol.
diers of tue Twenty.fourth United States
Infantry
MIR. Counors ordered tho soldiers to
draw their revolyers and fight the robbers
but several passengers opposed thit
strongly and plead 50 earnestly in behalf
Of the women and children on board thai
the superintendent Reluctantly acceded
When the rDbbors renched the soldiers
and demanded their weapons they quietly
gave them up
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
g. ia. IL. Engineers and Flreme

g. 10. IL. Engineers and Flremen.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-The Times Pitts
burg special says: 1.-THE engineers and
firemen of the Pennsylvania road are
joining the Knights of Labor, and that a
number of assemblies have already been
organized. They will have separate dis
trict assembly il is stated in order to keep
themselves aloof from mixed organiza-
tions. The correspondents informant
asserts that they will also retain their
membership in the Brotherhood of En-
gineers and Firemen and that those
organizations will work in harmony with
the knights.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
A. X. QUITTING.
what He sage 90 n Reporter Abeua
the OolonixasiOm schesnai

ST.. LOUIS, Dec. liza. X. Cutting, the
Texas editnr, arrived In this city Yesterday
from Fort Worth, Tex. To u R'Puof,edh re,
porter he stated last night mat he had
abandoned his plan OF leetnling Ia INC
south for the present, but thet the prelimi-
nnrIos OF his Mexican colonization scheme
were being still vigorously pushed He 10,
tends to lectnrs throughout the north, and
devote the proceeds to the fand for thepay
ment Of the board Of dduaselors who have
the work Ia change.
"wo have" he said, ''abnut 1000 mel
enrolled already, and the work 4 stu goinl
on. In Chicago syndicate OF capitalists
told ns that II we could raise seven or eignl
thousand men for the work, they would
furnish Sls 600 600 to pay tho expenses o.
the undertaking. SO you ses we shall no.
Rtk money!"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
INC Pa..enRer Aeenl. nonn Aar.e

CHICAGO, Dec. lit. II. Goodman,
general passenger agent OF the Southern
Pacific railway system yesterday 'ee-
graphed to Assistant Commissioner Daniels
OF the Central Traffic Association that the
Wabash representative on the Pacific coast
positively refused to sign the pas.
senger agreement aud as Ii consequence
the old state of decentralization
again ruled. The general passenger agent
of the Wabash denies that HIS line is wholly
responsible for this stute Of affairs and
claims that other roads are equally reluctant
In afflxing their signatures, the condition
not being altogether satisfactory. MIR. Good.
mans telegram names no other road han
the Wabash.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-16
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
She Conserrces Tome 90 an UDder-
hlaudtug 0n Important Points

WASHINGTON. Dec 9.-Ihe eonferfees
ON the Interstate Commerce bill finished
their lahors this morning, and will report
their bill ns soon as it can lie printed.
On the question Of enforcing the act the
commissions feature of the Senate bill Is
accepted by the House conferrees, while
the Senate conferrees accept the system
proposed in the Reagan bill, under which
shipper is entitled to sue for damages in
United States courts in his own behalf.
This gives shippers the option of making
complaint to the commission instituting
suit in Federal court. Railroads are
prohibited from charging more for short
than for Il longer distance upon their own
lines in the same direction the shorter
being included within the longer distance
and the circumstances and conditions being
| the same, but the commission is authorized
upon application of railroad, and after
| investigation of tie facts to relieve the
roads from the operation of the general
rule in special cases. The Senate con.
. ferrees agree 10 the absolute prohibition
of pooling contained in the House bill.
/ These were the main features of differ
ence. On the question of publicity Of
rates, the provisions of the two bills
have been merged so as to require each
railroad to make public the rates between
| points upon its own road as proposed in
the House bill, and in addition the com
mission is required to secure publicity OF
through rates in SO far as it may be found
necessary.