The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-30

onment in the Detroit house of correc-
ton. Three of the party killed ped
dler for plug of tobacco.
The Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis
and Omaha Road has sold To the s +.
CrOix Lumber Company and John
Glover. of Hudson. = 158, SSS acres of
S anding pine IN w, shburne county.
Wisconsin, on private terms.
A. p. Moore, of BroclSton, Massa-
chusetts, who has pledged the support
OF the New England Knights of Labor
to the Gould strikers in the southwest,
is charged with enlightenment, for
which his bondsmen are still held.
Strikes were inaugurated Friday in
several of the st. Louis public schools,
the children demanding shorter SEES
siOns. One boy who refused to join
the strikers at the Madison school was
given thrashing BY his school fellows.
The majority report OF the Payne In
vestigating Comm ee. recommending
that the evidence ndduced be certified
Senate, was adopted by the Ohio
House by a strict party vote-61 to 33.
The village of East Lee. Massachu-
setts, was inundated at o'clock Tues
day morning by the giving way of q
dam at Mountain lake. Eleven persons
were drowned. and several factories
were wrecked, including two paper
mills.
The str king switchmen of the Balti-
more and Ohio road ut Chicago re-
Sumed work Monday morning. The
men to whom they objected solved the
difficulty by requesting +. III. Britton,
division superintendent, to transfer
them to another field Of labor.
On papers received from Washing
ton, the authorities at st. Paul have
released from Jail, after six months
confinement, an alleged murderer from
the Northwest territory named Bull
dog" Kelly, whom the Canadians have
been trying to secure for trial.
An agreement made by the district
assembly with the International Cigar
makers Union, OF Milwaukee. has been
rejected by the local assembly of the
knights of Labor. who have resolved
10 boycott the union and the firms OF
Segnitz q Co., and l.. Kndling.
1t is now thought certain that it was
the schooner Charles ii. Morse which
owned in Bath, Me-. ana at the time Of
the accident was on the way from Bal
timore to Boston with Il cargo of coal.
Her crew of nine men all persisted.
A jury at Pttsburg gave citizen
named McMulleu verdict for $2i ,623
against the directors of the wrecked
Penn bank, on the ground that they
knew the concern was msoivent when
they induced him to leave his deposit.
The decision involves nearly 100000.
A firm Of printers in Washington
has attracted national attention by
publishing the speeches Of congress
men. in packages of ole hundred, at
government rates. Yet the house COM
mitJee on labor has reported in favor
of increasing wages III The government
Office - per cent.
President Cleveland has nominated
John &. Kelley for postmaster at Gin
cinnati, and Mrs. Virginia {. Thomp-
son for similar position at Louisville.
lie also named as government direct
ors of The Union Pacific road Franklin
Mac Veagh. of Chicago, and James w.
Savage, of Omaha.
Miss Helena Hull entered suit at
Detroit. Mich, Friday against her
sister. the wife Of the Rev. MI. Spiers,
for $4,000 damages. alleging that two
wears ago, when Mrs. SpierS was the
spouse of the deceased millionaire
Mabley. she beat, choked. and at
tempted to kill her.
Ire sons of the late William III. Van
derbilt have given $250.0J0 To the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons in
New York to build and endow u build
ing to be used exclusively for clinics.
The building will cost $50 900. 1t will
be known as the Vanderbilt clinic, in
honor of their father.
Colonel II. b. Roberts. for many
years the western attorney of the
Pennsylvania company, died Monday
afternoon in Chicago, aged 50 years.
He commanded the LIST Pennsylvania
reserve regiment throughout the pen
insJlar campaign. His remains will
be taken to Pittsburg for inlerment.
The Union Pacific and Burlington
roads have fixed upon $50. with rebate
of $3.50, us the price of limited first
class tickets from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coast. The Atchison road
charges $295J net for through passage.
and has given notice that it il out of
the market for California freight bust
ness except at full tariff rates.
At mass-meeting Of Knights of
Labor in Washingl on, presided over by
Representative Farquhar, Senator
voorhees, urged workingmen to organ
iZe. and prom sed his vote and intiu-
desired. Speeches were also made by
Representative Weaver. Murphy, and
OHara.
4 Waterman and policeman fired
several shots at John b. Murphy, fore
man of the st. Paul yards, at Milwau-
kee, Thursday night, MISLEADING him
for Il burglar. One bullet lodged in a
no e-book in Mr.. Murphy's breast
pocket and another found resting
place on the buckle Of one Of his sus-
penders.
Forty citizens of Anthony, Kansas.
took the sheriff prisoner, early Monday
morning, overpowercd the brothers
Weaver. imprisoned for the murder of
Abel Shearer. ana Killed them with re-
volvcrs, for fear of being interrupted
in the work of hanging. The affair
was witnessed by the mother of the
victims and the wife OF one of them.
At st. Louis Sunday. knights Of La
Dor called upon the butcher firm which
supplies Mr.. Hoxie. of the Missouri
Pacific Road, with meat. and requested
them to desist on pain Of being boy
cotted. The Knights demand was re-
iaofa1 hpuaun1. thn lutnl,arc couinn