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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
A Mans r., mains Encased In lee.

ST. LOUIS, NO., February H.
Yesterday afternoon, while a mum
her OF fishermen were busily en-
gagged in the river, a. the foot
of Elmwood street, Carondolet,
they saw what appeared TO be the
body Of man floating in mid-stream
at some distance away. A boat was
procured, and the men rowed out and
caught the object, which proved TO be
mans body encased in ice. The
body was towed ashore upon the
bank. The appearance of the body
indicated that it had probably been in
the river fully two weeks. Letters
found about the body proved beyond
question that the deceased was the
late Rev. Jesse B. Brady OF Norton.
Vile, KY, and that he committed sui.
eide by jumping into the river, The
cause OF this action is shown TO be
from these same letters, the fear Of
the result of an investigation Their
going on in relation TO his private sf
fairs and habits, which, it is limited
were not beyond reproaoh,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
THE LONDON RIOTERS.
Preliminary Hearing I'm the Bow
street Police Court

street Police Court.
LONDON, February 1.-THE hearing
in the case Of the Socialists Hynd-
man, Burns, Champion and Will
lang, who are charged with melting
riot, contempt OF law, etc, in Connec.
ton with the recent demonstrations
in London, was begun in the Bow
street Police Court this morning. The
court-ro I'M was we'll filed with spec
tators, but not crowded. Mr.. Poland,
Solicitor for the Treasury, in present.
ing the Gaze for the government,
quoted from speeches made by the
defendants at the time OF the riots.
Several newspaper reporters were
called as witnesses, and gave testi-
mony regarding the action OF the
prisoners previous to and during the
disorders.
Mr.. Poland asked that all the pris.
oners DO committed for trial. He said
the prosecution had nothing of po-
litical nature in it, and urged that the
men be prosecuted for misdemeanors.
This, he continued, conslt ted of the
utterance by the different defendants
OF expressions and sentiments with
the intent to provoke a breach OF the
peace. These utterances were made
at the meetings held at Trafalgar
square and Hyde Park on Monday OF
last week. Burns, at the Trafalgar
square meeting, eaid to the assem-
blaVe: "Unless we get bread they will
get lead" and, "The next time we will
sack the bakers shops" 1t was
Burns who suggested to the mob to
march through the West End.
When the mob arrived at Hyde
Park Burns again addressed the
rioters, and said; 1--WE have shown
what stones can do. We will try
powder and shot II they don't accede,
and there will be revolution" Cham.
pion, in his speeches 10 the rioters on
the same day, urged his hearers to in.
fiuence the police and army to join
the people. Williams, in his address
urged the people to organize, saying
he was unwilling to have starving men
confront the soldiery unless the former
we're organized. Hyndman said: "Lei
us show firm front. II peaceable
means fail will be the first to sum
mon you"
The case was adjourned for a week
The prisoners were allowed to give
bail.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
SPIRITUALIsTIC NUISANCES.
Mrs. Hendricks Annoyed by Com
municatiOns from Mediums.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, February IT,
A gentleman who called upon Mrs.
Hendricks yesterday, says; "She has
regained her wonted cheeTfulness, but
whenever the name OF her late hus-
band was mentioned her voice falter-
ed, and grief became apparent. She
has been away but little since her hus-
bands death, and then only for a
short time. She felt better at home,
surrounded by the objects and friends
with whom she and Mr.. Hendricks
were intimately associated. In the
course of the conversation an allusion
was made to spiritualism, etc, and
Mrs. Hendricks remarked that she had
been considerably annoyed by letters
aud alleged communications from Mr..
Hendricks, sent by this class of per-
sons. A medium in Washington had
sent her several pages OF poetry which
she said had been inspired by his
spirit in the spiritland, and that she
had arose ut / 80 O'Clock in the morn.
ing to take them down. Mrs. Hen
bricks returned no answer, and in a
few weeks later another batch Of spirit
poe try was received, with letter mani.
testing displessure that her first COM
nication had not been answered. Mrs.
Hendricks then wrote to her that she
had no confidence in her ability to
communicate with spirits. Another
letter was received fiom a person in
New York, who protested an ability
for spirit communication. This per
son Enclosed letter from Mr., Hen
dricke, claiming that it was genuine,
and went on in his own peculiar style,
There was an undoubted resemblance,
but Mrs. Hendricks characterized 1t as
only clever piece Of imitation, re-
marking that she could easily detect
the difference. The writing might de.
ceive some people, but her familiarity
with his writing enabled her 10 see at
once that it was not his. Concluding
her conversation on this matter, she
said: "0f course, l do not believe in
such things, and do not see that any
good can come from encouraging
them"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAI---THURsDAY FEBRUARY IS, 1856

clerk in the Custom-House, and his
wife, formerly Ada Grey, known for a
time on the circus tIaptzs as Ada
Greylock. Her testimony as 10 their
couriship is as follows: at was four
years ago that Leben wanted to marry
me. l had sprained myself in my
trapeze ftats, and had TO lay off. The
doctor told me not TO 10 that business
any more; it would kill me so made
up my miEd might as well marry
and settle down. l bad another ofier
just ss that time, and it was hard WORK
10 make up my mini which TO accept.
Both then wers coed fellows. took
a week to decide, but when the week
Yves up / wasn't any nearer a decision
than at first. So / concluded to toss up
cent. l did it, and Lebe won. Iguess
| lost, though, f0rhe hasn't turned out
well, while the other man has got
rich" The case is in other respects
ordinary, and has not reached q con-
clusion.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18

carried on while the mass Of the peo-
pie are in a condition Of ignorance.
In a republic, where the popular
voice decides what the law shall be
and who shall administer 1t, general
ignorance would be national ruin;
without general intelligence a free
form of government is impossible.
From the very nature Of the case,
therefore, wise policy, If nothing else,
suggests that education shall be co.
extensive with the ballot and with
the families of the vOiers. In our
country this duty has been recognized,
but there was class OF laborers who
did not vote, aud to them education
was not extended. At a time when
the portion of the country that con-
tanned that class had suffered impov-
erishment and the loss Of large por-
ton Of its male population by war,
the uninstructed population were
made full citizens and endowed
with the voting power. As a
matter OF logical and unavoid-
able consequence it became neces-
sary that these persons, now citizsns,
should receive the education Of citi-
zens, but in what condition were those
among whom they lived to give it?
Their resources diminished by de-
structive war their means were sma |,
yet they used them 30 generously as
to reduce the 100 per cent. Of ignor-
ance to 20 per cent. The 30 per cent OF
gain has increased the desire for educa-
ton among theIemaining 20 per cent,
and the nature Of the case, the public
welfare, demand that the educational
resources Of the States where the
ignorance prevails should be augment.
ed. circumstances require that thst
augmentation shall come in a greal
measure from outside, from those who
thrust an additional citizenship upon
the impo verished States. The Blair
bill now before Congress proposes To
provide the wanted means, in addi-
ton and in propoItion 10 the provision
made by the States themselves. The
wisdom and true policy Of this pro-
ceeding are obvious and unanswer'
able, but as there are people who will
fail to understand that the world ia
round, so even this just and necessary
measure meets with opponents.
Among them Senator Morgan ci
Alabama stands prominent, and
the flimsy arguments and I'M
substantial objections he offers
are more convincing than any effort
on the other side could be, of the
soundness OF the reasons th6t exist
why the Blair bill should become law.
Senator Jackton's reply TO Senator
Morgan, brief synopsis OF which the
APPEAL has published, puffs into air
the bubbles Senator Morgan reliea
upUu W HUhL MS lhlluClob' III Tue
great work Cf educating her citizens,
the heavily-burdened South requires
aid, and that aid is wanted now. The
young of to-day will soon be voters,
and the next generation OF voters, il
our country is TO maintain its emf
hence among the nations of the earth,
must be a thinking, judging, reason
ing generation. To defer the aid the
Blair bill offers is not to put off the
duty of a day but OF a generation,
With one voice the cultivated, reflect.
i've, rational portion of the American
people should insist upon provision
being made to dispel ignorance and
keep up the character the United
States people have attained as an in
structed, intelligent community.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
THE GIANT MONOPOLY,

The people OF the United States un-
derstand the motives which inspire
the insolent Bell telephone monop-
oily in its efforts TO blacken the reputa-
ton Of men whose characters are
without stain or blemish. The Re-
publieaus are trying to show thst the
Pan-Electric combination is on par
with the Credit Mcbilier or the meth
ODDS by which Blaine accumulated a
vast fortune while a member Of Con-
gress, and the Bell telephone monop-
oily expects to crush out al oppose
ton to its stolen patent by attacking
honest men through its lobby and
hired calumniators. This monopoly
is detested by the whole country for
its greediness. II the people would
understand the reasons which prompt
the war on all who dare to intelfere
with the stolsn patent, let them look
at the enormous profits of the Bell
teleph ne monopoly. The total divi-
dends paid to the stockholders in six
years amounts to S4,000,00O. The cap
ital stock of the company on the 3lst
Of December, 1884, wa, $4,000, 900.
Last year an application was made to
the Legislature of Massachusetts, for
au increase to $S0,000,0OO. The first
dividend was declared January l, 1881,
when $220,500 was paid to stoCkhold-
ers on 1880 shares, or 3 per cent.
Another dividend OF equal amount
was paid the same year. Three divi-
dends of that amount we're paid in
1882, two of that amount in 1883 and
also two OF $2S8,063 the same year I;
five dividends Of $2SS,08S each were
paid in 1884; one Of the same amount
was paid January 10, 1886, and several
hsye been paid since. The stock cost
the original investors from $40 to $40
per share. At present they are held
at $3.50 each. Of those who have
prohted from the stock, Prof. Bell ia
said to be worth 100000; w. II.
Forbes, president, is credited with
from 5000, 900 to 81, 900, COO; Gardner
g. Hubbard with S3,O00,000, and a
number of others with similar
amounts. No wonder this mo-
nopoly seeks to crush out
all opposition and to prevent
any investigation which will show
that this patent is swindls and a
fraud. II the high standard of mo-
iahty, which this corporation
breaches but never practices, as il is
robbine the people through tolsn
pa'ent, be adopted, no member of
Congress who owns stock in bank
can vote on question affecting
banks, No member who owns stock
in railroad can vote for or against
Reagan's interstate commerce bill be-
cause it affects the property In which
he is interested. The Bell telephone
gang would make the point so fine that
they would not permit a rich member
OF Congress to vote on the tariff ques.
ton because il affects their interests.
The stockholders of this corporation,
who are millionaires rohbipg the peo-
pie by stolen patent, traduce aud
villitY all who have the impudence TO
comply with the law or any investi.
CATION likely 10 interfere the money
they are pocketing by fraud and
asWindle.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
GLADSTONE'S IRISH POLICY
A SOURCE OF UNRASINESS TO
LORD SALISBURY.
The Pope on Archbishop Walsh's
Address Trial OF the London
RlOterF.

LONDON, February l7.-LoId Sails
bury, spe aking at banquet this even
ing, said that recent events bad cast
grave responsibilities upon the peere.
He feared that Mr.. Gladstone would
not yield home rule to Ireland all at
once, but by installments. Mr.. Glad
stone, he said, was destroying the
power Of the landlords, and was not
creating anything capable of promot-
ing peace and prosperity. The Tory
Irish policy was plain and right, that
Of restoring and upholdiDg the law
and preserving the union.
MR.. GLADSTONE WARNED.
The Freemdn's Journal declares that
the letters between Mr.. Gladstone
and Lord De Vesci on the Irish ques-
ton must be- regarded with suspicion.
While the correspondence was Osten-
sibly inaugurated by the Premier for
the purpose OF obtaining further light
on the needs Of Ireland, the answers
Of De Vesci looks as II jusCificstion
was being sought for an evasion of the
home rule issue. The Journal warns
the government to refrain from at.
tempting TO shelve the home rule
question.
THB PREMIER DOUBLING UP.
Mr.. Gladstone has taken the office
Of Privy SEAL in addition 10 that Of
Premier. This is unusual, and proves
that Mr.. Gladstone is experiencing
difficulty in securing suitable col
leagues.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
THE GREENHOUSE HOLOCAUST
Suspicious OF "a Horrible Crime In
creased by Later DeVeIOpmen =.

CHICAGO, ILL February ia dis
patch from Plymouth, Wis., regarding
the holocaust at Greenbush yesterday,
says: The Ehle House burned like a
paper box, and beneath the thin sheet
Of ashes and charred tmbers in the
basement were the remains Of seven
people. There was nobody to account
for the tragedy or explain its origin
except the hired man, who was the
only member OF the household to es-
cape. He was regarded in the COM
munity SIS q vicious character, and
when he related that he knew nothing
about the holocaust more than that he
was awakened by smoke and contrived
10 make his way into the yard from
his room in the second story, he was
suspected, and he was placed under
surveillance as the probable perpe-
traitor. The smoking ruins were hur-
riedly seafched by the crowd, and they
found what were supposed TO be the
remains of all the victims. The re-
mains were almo st impossible of iden-
LITIGATION, being mere cinders OF bodies
and calcined bones. What are sup
posed to be the remnants Of Mrs,
Ehle and her children were found in
an intricate mass, as If they
had huddled and died together.
The remains OF the younger
Mr.. Ehle were in a position indicating
that he had fallen in another room.
Fragments OF Mrs. Kinney and the
elder Ehle were found as they would
have naturally fallen in their beds.
There is wide diversity OF theory
and belief az 10 whether the fire
concealed crime. Many are in
clined to regard the finding Of the
bodies as related sufficient evidence
that the fire was accidental aud 30
swift that the inmates were unable to
escape from it. 1t is thought that
Mrs. Kinney and old man Ehle were
suffocstsd, but that they might have
been assassinated in bed nobody at
tempts to deny. The relative position
of the remains are made to justify the
suspicion of foul play by those who
are demanding an inquiry. 1t ispos-
sible that the seven people were
killed, the premises soaked with
kerosene and then set on fire. Tba.
the house SHOULD have burned as
quick as it did without the applica-
ton Of some ipflammable liquid woul d
be as mysterious as is at present the
death of its occupants. Greenbush is
a little town on the plank road, seven
miles from here. 1t is destitute OF
railway and telegraph communication
with the outside world, and the deta Is
Of the tragedy are coming in slowly.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Four Little Children Burned 10
Death.

NEW YORK, February IA Herald
special from 0nancock, Va, says
persons arriving here late Monday
night from Tsngier Island, in Chesa-
peake bay, brought intelligence OF
terrible burning accident that &C.
Cured there Sunday afternoon. Four
small children undertook to build n
fire with coal oil. The can exploded,
scattering the burning fluid over the
children and igniting their clothing.
There were no grown people in the
house at the time, and the children
were so frightened that they ran out
with their blszing garments into the
open air. Their cry for help soon at
tracted the attention OF the neighbors,
butnot before the children had been
so badly burned that two of them
have since died, and the other two
are fatally injured. The unfortunate
little ones are children of VIM. Pruitt
and Lee Cooper, two well-known citi-
zens Of the island. All the children
were under twelve years OF age"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
Missouri ProhIbitiOnists.

SRDALIA, Mo-, February l7.-Ihe
State Submissionists Convention
which has been in session in this city,
adopted resolutions yesterday demand
ing OF the next State Legislature the
submission 10 the people at the next
election an amendment to the consti-
tuition forever prohibiting the manu-.
flcture for sale, the giving away and
sale OF all into xicating liquors as bev'
erages, including wine and beer. The
resolutions also demanded of the Leg
islature the passage of local option
law, to be in effect until such time as
prohibition may be adopted by the
people.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
THB PREMIER DOUBLING UP.
The Pope on Archbishop WaIsh's
Address.

RoMR, February 1.-THE Moniteur
de Rome publishes in full the recent
address OF Archbishop Walsh on the
subject of the appointment OF Mr..
John Morley as Chief Secretary for
Ireland. The MOniteur says that the
archbishop, in making such an ad-
dress, acted in direct opposition to the
urgent counsels OF the Pope. IL ex-
presses regret that the Pope had no
power over the Irish clergy in matters
affecting Ireland,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
Married ON the Toss OF a Cent.

NEw York, February IA casual
mention by Roscoe ConkliDg OF di,
Vorce case in which the wife had
chosen her husband by toss Of a
cent, led your correspondent tosearch
out the suit in which the evidence had
been privately taken by aTeieree. The
parties were Leben K, Woermser q
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18

ELECTION NOTICE.
THE annual meeting Of the Stockholders
i OF the Memphis Gas Light Company vii
be held at the office Of the companyi No. %
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, Monday
March \, 1885, TO elect Seven ca Directors "
serve the company during the ensuing year.
Election from 10 am. to pm.
JOSEPH CRAIG, Secretary
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18

THE BLAIR IRRIGATION BILL.
In a monarchy, where a family or a
class exercise the legislative and ex.
eeutive power, government can be
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-18
THE FARMING INTERESTS.
SECOND DAY OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION.
Paper by Congressman Glass OF Ten
nessee-The Wine Industry
Facts and Figures.

New YORK, February 1.-THE con.
veI ton OF the American Agricultural
and Dairy Association waI opened
this morning by the reading OF a
paper by Mr.. S. Sato Ct japan upsn
The Agrarian System of Japan ;
Past, Present and Future" In the
course OF his remarks he said that
out OF a total population of $1,000, 900
the farming population OF JaIaa num-
bers 100000. During the past ten
years the improved breeds CT horses,
cattle and sheep have been intro
duced with good results. The farmers
live principally upon cereals and
fruits. Oats, corn, barley, wheat and
rye are the chief grains produced,
rice, of course, being the largest.
Congressman p. 7. Glass of Tennes.
see read a paper entitled "Wbat We
Have Done for Agriculture, and What
Agriculture Has Done for U.s." He
said that the United States appropri-
ates less for agricultural purposes than
any other country, Switzerland ex-
cepted. France annually appropria'es
$20,000,0O0, Brazil $l2 000,000, Rus.
sia $ll,0O0,000. Austria $5,500,0 900,
Great Britain $795, 600, japan 81, 000,-
600, Switzerland $1,000, and the
United States S652,000. Mr.. Glass
maintained that the amount appro-
pristed by Congress for the advance
ment Ct agriculture was too small to
be CT material benefit. The agricultural
population OF the country was about
81 per cent. Of the entire popu-
la'ion. Mr.. Glass advocated the estsb-
lishment of agricultural stations for
experimental purposes.
p. o. Reynolds of Rochester rad a
paper on agriculture in Weste n
New York" and W. P, Gross of Della
were presented paper on "rhe Della
ware Fruit Exchange"
AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION
Charles A. Wetmore OF California
spoke OF the wine industry of the
United States. This Stste, he sa d,
WAS producing annually 100000
gallons of wine, in addition 10 great
quantities of raisins. Within three
years, the speaker thought, the wins
production would reach 10000, COO
gallons. France to-day imports more
wine than any other country. She
cannot make enough to supply the
demand. California in a few years
would be shiDriug wine to France il
present conditions should continue
There is practically no limit to the
territory upon which grapes can be
raised.
Resolutions were passed recon-.
mending Cabinet officer for sg'i
culture, and indorsing Senator Cul-
lom's bi | regulating interstate com
merce.
At the evening session there wa
talk OF an informal character, the
status Of the negro being discussed 81
some length.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-22
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

EAsrERN.-A Baltimore custom-h5use
official is S20,00o short. u. Sullivan
starts on his tour of the world in a couple
of days.....All the leading New York the
aters have opened for the season.....-A Cali
fornia wine agent in New York has been
swindled By a sInooth-tongued ~adventurer
......Wool is il good demand in the East
highestprice, SIZE. Caterpillars are luiIlng
the fruit crops about Reading. Pa.."..Phe
Presidential party IS homewaTd-bound.....
Earthquake shocks continue in South Caro-
lina.....Six bodies have been recovered
from the Marvin mine at Scandinavian
ter Ashes two-year-old. Vera, fell al
Sheepshead Bay yesterday and was billed
liking of Norfolk won q race and Wa
sold for $2,025---.A citizen of Montrose
Col, shot his wife, thinking she was 8
burglar ......G Government bonds are quoted
in New York at 1879 for Is of 1907
lis Tor AIS; 1907 for IS; sterling, a So
silver bars, 95.
FoREIGN@The Campbell divorce case
comprises a number Of prominent English
society Rioting was INDUCED in yes
terday in several parts of Belfast. .... Morley
supports Pencils land bill..-..A few band;
of rebels still hold outin Epain.-..Gell, the
Amsterdam Socialist-murderer, has been
condemned to death Parnells land bill
was last night refused a second reading BY
a vete of 297 to 202-..-.There sgreat sui
fering among the people on the Labra
dor coast......Silver in London, 43 13-16d
c~onsols, 100 1916; Is of 1907, 1897 AIS
I1l9.
Pacific CoAsT-Pacheco, the escared
Contra Costa prisoner, has been shot nd
killed.....Gus Leaf, a fisherman, b been
found dead near Rio Vista.--.RicharC
Hubbard has been arrested in Arizona for
rape--..Frequent attempts are made tc
wreck railroad trains in Mexico~....The ex-
press Office at Huron, on the Southern Pa
ciiic railroad, was robbed on Monday night
Of S650......J. De Frieze and Jacob SchafeI
committed suicide in San Francisco yester-
day ......N Nicholas Kevern was severely in
jured yesterday by a fall.....Ned Kenyon
was found dead at Salt Lake......The Mexi.
cans and Ysqui Indians have had a severe
battle.