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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
THE BELGIAN SOCIALISTS.
Fifteen Thousand Strikers Refuse to Work
"A Revolution Considered Imminent

Fifteen Thousand Strikers Refuse to Work
"A Revolution Considered Imminent
BRUSSELS. April about fifteen thousand
strikers refuse to return to work in the Char
leroi district. The mon are no longer riotous,
however. There is more or less agitation among
the strikers at Marchiennes, Fleuris and Cha:a-
lineau, and at these points troops are still
needed to preserve order.
The miners at Courcelles and Dunord went
out on strike to-day. They are disorderly, and
many of them have been arrested.
1t is altogether probable that the great Social
ist meeting which is proposed to be held at Brus-
sells on June 13 will be prohibited by the author
tiles, and trouble is almost certain to result from
the issuance of orders preventing it The organ
izers of the meeting are not apparently appre-
hensive that the police will 60 to the extreme of
attempting to dlsperse the gathering, and are
conducting their preparations for the event open
ly. Moreover, they boldly threaten to march
100000 men from the mining districts into
Brussels and pillage the palace and public
buildings If the meeting is interfered with
Serious danger yet remains in the evaporation
of the reserves, who were called from their
homes to assist the regular troops and gen darmes
in the restoration of order. They complain, and
justly, too, that while the regulars have been
well armed and bountifully supplied with ra-
tions etc., they have been scantly fed and so
indifferently armed that in the encounter with
the rioters they were almost incapable of self
Defense through physical weakness and the in
adequacy of their weapons. Altogether, they
claim that they have Jared as badly as the mob
against which they contended, and they are in
dignant almost TO the point of violence.
The total number of rioters killed Is twenty
six. 1t Is doubtful whether the penal code pro-
vides for the punishment of those who simply
incite risings
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
OBITUARY.
Sudden Death of Judge John Baxter, of the
United States Circuit Bench.

Sudden Death of Judge John Baxter, OF the
United States Circuit Bench.
KEoxvILLE. Tenn, April IA telegram an
n6hpces that Judge John Baxter, of this city,
died to-day at Hot Springs, Ark. after an illness
Of only few hours He was sixty seven years
Old. and was appointed by President Hayes, in
1877. to succeed Judge r. 81. Emmons.
DETROIT, Mich, April 1.-THE sudden death
Of Judge Baxter seriously obstructs business in
the United States Courts in Michigan. The
Free Press, In the morning, will say: ''With
gudge solomon L. Whitney iii in California,
where he has been for several months in
The hope of recruiting his failing health, and
Judge Henry B. Brosa confined to his resi-
idence with prospect of not getting out inside
Of two months the death of Circuit Judge Bax-
tor, who would naturally supply the place of
sither, were they unable to exchange
benches, becomes matter of grave
Importance. The business of the two Michigan
districts has been performed for some time by
yudge Brown. who has thereby been considera-
hk55y k55sy oseFworksd. Shou1d he, also be unable to
perform his duties. there would be no one
10 sic on the bench Of either circuit
The death Of Judge Baxter, therefore, means
possible suspension and serious delay to United
Btates Conrt cases IN Michigan An early
8ppo!ntment Of his Successor is Q matter Of
asaye necessity."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
At Other Points.

HANNIBAL. Mo-, April 2.-The Missouri Pa
ciic company sent out a freight train to day
without molestation. Most of the men have re-
turned to work in accordance with an agree
ment with State Adiutant-general Jamison, who
left here yesterday for Jefferson City.
SEDALrA, Mo-, April 2.-Trains are running
to-day without interference The strikers still
await orders. The men arrested yesterday for
assaulting workman were all discharged to-
DAY, except one, who was fined $25 Numbers
of men still show disposition for violence.
KANSAS Cry. No.. April 2-There is nothing
new Ia the Missouri Pacific situation. The
strikers are still out, while the company's busi-
ness proceeds without interruption.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
ALONG THE LINES.
Old Employees Put to Work at Atchison-In-
dignation Meeting of Citizens.


ATcHIsoN, Kan, April 2.-The strikers are
rapidly quieting down here. Twenty four of the
old employees were put to work in the shops this
morning and others are waiting until there is a
demand for their services. 1t is reported to-
night that the strike has been formally ordered
off by the local committee. A dispatch to ST.
Louis paper from Lawrence, quoting United
States Marshal Jones as having said that the
sentiment of the officials and citizens at Atchison
was on the side of the knights of Labor was the
cause of an indignation meeting of citizens this
afternoon. at which a set of resolutions was
adopted denouncing Jones for cowardice in Office
and malicious falsifying and calling upon him
to resign. The meeting also pledged the citi-
zens to the protection of the lives and property
of the people of this county and of the property
of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company. A
law and order league was also formed, with
number of prominent officials and citizens at the
head. A resolution was adopted calling upon
the county authorities to arrest and prosecute
all persons who have obstructed trains or de-
stroyed property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Failures for Three Months.

New YORK, April 2.-The mercantile agency
of R. G. Dun & Co. report that the business
failures in the United States for the first quar-
ter of 1886 number 3,203, with liabilities slightly
over $4,000 000 The failures for the first three
months of 1886 numbered 1868, with liabilities
Of $40 000 900. The liabilities for the last quar-
ter $29, 600 000 are less than in any similar pc
riod since 1873. The decline in the middle States
is very marked the liabilities for the first quar-
ter of 1886 being Sc, $4,000, as compared with
ST. 173, 600 in the first quarter of 1885, and $l3,
600, 600 for the first quarter of 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Nothing Doing I'm East Sc. Louis,

ST. Louis, April 2-The large freight houses
in East St Louis have not yet been thrown
open, for the Knights of Labor are no.less deter
mined to-day than they have been for week.
not to allow any supplies to be handled in that
vicinity, either by wagon or by train. The
crowds assembled in the railroad yards there this
morning are as large as at any time since the
strike was begun, and seem determined that the
roads shall not resume freight traffic until thsi r
grievances shall be arbitrated and settled. No
attempts have, a. yet, been made to run freight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
trains this morning and no disturbances have

occurred.
Everything up to noon, in East St Louis, has
remained quiet. The strike of the transfer men
renders the reception of freight at the depots
impossible, and therefore no freight trains have
been started out from there this morning
Switch engines however, have been running
back and forth in the yards without interference
from the strikers. A heavy snow is falling at
this hour, and the crowds around the relay depot
and railroad yards have decreased considerably
since the early morning. Those who remain are
less demonstrative than usual and have main
tanned perfect order.
The Wabash sent out train of twenty cars Of
live stock, east-bound, since noon, and the Van
dalia brought in coal train Of fifteen cars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Judge Thurman yictimized,

COLUMBUS, April 2-Judge Thurman Is the
victim of local forger, who has been securing
money on notes presented to leading business
men, and some of which have been offered yes
terday and to-day for payment The swindle
will amount to several hundred dollars. The
detectives are looking for the forger. and as
nothing has been said locally about his move
ments it is thought they may succeed In secur-
ing him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03

sian government to devise means for the devel-
opment of the Apsheron peninsula petroleum
fields and rules for the regulation of the Rus
sian oil trade. The reason of this action is the
rejection by the majority of the retail dealers in
the congress Of the proposition to give the man
ufacturers vote for every three hundred poods
tabout thirty-six barrels) of raw, every one
hundred poods of naphrha products made by
them. The retiring dealers have joined in pc
tition asking the government to make the dis
puted regulation compulsory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Rumored Riot at Fort Worth

ST. Louis, April "A dispatch from Dallas
Tex, says it is reported that there is trouble at
Fort Worth between deputy United States mar
shals and the civil authorities. and that the
strikers ''hold the fort" United States Marshal
Cahill and number Of deputies have just left
for the scene. A riot is feared. The marshal
threatens to ask for United States troops. All
is quiet here
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Rioting in Milan.

MILAN, April 2-Serious riots have occurred
here in consequence Of resistance to the octroi
tax on bread, on the part Of workmen residing
in the suburbs and employed in this city. The
police are making the most strenuous efforts to
suppress the disorders. Seventy-fve arrests
have already been made Gas and electric lamps
have been wrecked in all parts of the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
THE PENSION BUREAU.

The Tables Being Turned ON Commissioner
Blacks Charges of Partisanship.
Washington Special.
The illustrations which were given the othei
day by General Black Of the operations Of the
civilservice law in the Pension Office. undsy
which ne was able to secure the appointment q
seventy two Democrats out Of q total Of seYenty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
The Executive Board.

COLUMBUS. O., April 2--Secretary Turner
and associates tried every effort to arbitrate
with the Champion works at Springfield to-
day, but Mr.. Whitley, who received them
kindly would not recognize them as board
of arbitration or representatives Of any organ
izasion. The Knights Of Labor then proceeded
70 St Louis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Defeated by Revolutionists.

MoNTEvIDEo, April IA strong government
force, under Generals Tajae and Arribio ha
been attacked near the River Dahn by the rev.
olutionists The government troops were de-
feated with loss Of 400 men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
Three Children Burned to Death.

PLANO, Tex, April News reached here
to-day of the burning Of three negro children,
last night, In cabin on the farm Of A. Bedell,
about four miles southeast OF this place, during
the absence of their parents. 1t is supposed
that bundle OF clothes near the fire became
ignited and set the building on fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
MIR. POwDERLY.

He Is Seriously Ill, and Must Not Be Held Re-
sponsible for the Acts of Irons.
New YORK, April IA Scranton. Pa, special
to the World says: "Since Mr. Powderlys re-
turn from New York he has been confined to his
bed, and unable to see visitors of any kind. The
strain upon his physical and mental resources
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

A Hitch In the Arrangements for Developing
Russian Petroleum Fields.
BAKE April Fifteen large firms have with
drawn from the congress summoned by the Rus
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03

NEURALGIA 10 cured in a siugle night by St
Jacobs Oil, the greatest remedy Of the age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-03
The Powers Agree to Send a Final Re-
m0nstrance to the Greek Government,
Entering Protest Against Its Warlike Atti-
tude, and Serving Notice that the Big
Nations Will at Once Take Action.
Hints that Mr.. Gladstone Is Cunningly
Scheming for Defeat of His Policy.

Fifteen Thousand Belgian Strikers Refuse to
Return to Work-Fears that Revolution
Is Imminent-Notes by the Cable.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
WHY IT WAS VETOED.

Late in the recent session of the legiS-
lature GOV. Ormsbee vetoed the bill for
temperance instruction in schools: and,
Il, his reasons seem not to be well under
stood. it is worth while to state them.
section of the vetoed act read:
1t shall be the duty of the proper Off
GERS in control of any school described
in section one of this act to enforce the
provisions of this statute: and any teacher
who shall neglect or refuse to comply
with the requirements of this act shall
be discharged and the vacancy filled as
in other cases; and any such officer,
school committee or superintendent who
shall neglect or fail to make proper pro-
visions for the instruction required and
in the manner specified by the first and
second sections of this act, for all pupils
in each and every grade of all schools
under his or her jurisdiction, may be cited
before any Judge of the Supreme court
upon complaint of any voter in such
town, and upon hearing, such judge shall
make such order in the premises as will
secure a full compliance with the provi-
sions of this act, and may punish any
disobedience of such order as in cases of
contempt.
In his veto message Gov. Ormsbee, re-
ferring to this passage, said:
This section contemplates a summary
hearing by IA Judge without ordinary pro-
cess and apparently without jurisdiction.
A party alleged to have violated "A statute
is entitled to a jury trial, which this act
denies him. There is no provision for
any record of the process, the pleadings
or the proceedings there is no clerk of
the court provided, but the Judge is to
decide the matter otf-hand, construe the
law according to his best Judgment,
without revision or right of appeal, and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

is to punish disobediencc of his own or
der as in cases of contempt
In proceeding of contempt there is
no limit upon the amount of fine or the
extent of Imprisonment which a Judge
may impose. Proper cases for the eXer-
else of this power are rare. and it does
not naturally or properly apply to the
enforcement of statutes. Such Il method
of administering justice might perhaps
he efficient in respect to all our laws: it
would apparently he as proper in respect
to other statutes a. to this. but it would
be decidedly novel in form and rather in
accordance with oriental methods than
with the principles of constitutional gov
crnment.
These considerations are of special
weight in view of the fact that the first
and second sections are certainly suScep-
tible of construction which would re-
quire the pupils of primary classes to be
provided with teXt-boollS before they
have mastered the alphabet. and that
these textbooks should be kept in their
hands and in daily use year after year in
every grade of the school system
~ have before said. the object of the
bill i highly commendablc, but believe
it i cncumbered by Il provision that is
unconstitutional and which is certainly
Il violation of well-recognzed principles
which lie at the foundation of our gov
ernment
| can but conclude that the bill. as to
the features and provisions to which your
attention is hereby called, passed without
Il full understanding of them.
The veto was sustained by large vote.
but the friends of the measure drew up
another without the features to which
the governor demurred and it is now a
law. Gov. Ormsbee's action was wise
and deserves the cOmmendatiOn of all
who wish prosperity to the temperance
cause. Even a good object is not fur
thered by unwise means.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
Y. M. c. A. NOTES.

The service last Sunday was well at
tended and good interest manifested.
On Wednesday evening of next week,
at 30, the board of directors will hold
a business meeting at the rooms.
On Friday evening of this week at 30
the young mems meeting, usually held
on Wednesday evening, will take place.
Next week it will be held at the usual
time and place.
The farmers, who have business in
town and an hour to spend, are cordially
invited to visit the rooms, where they
will find a warm room and welcome, the
leading agricultural papers, the best dai-
lies and weeklies, besides large number
of first-class magazines.
The Ladies' auxiliary gave supper
and held fair at the association rooms
on Wednesday evening. The arrange
ments were carefully made and the pro
gramme was vigorously and enthusiast
cally carried out. There was a large at
tendance and all enjoyed the feast of
good things, including vocal and instru-
mental music and cheerful conversation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROPOSED.

Mr.. L.J. Wing, the agent of the Thorn
son-lIouston Electric Co. of Boston,
who has put the electric lights into sev.
eral places in the State, had an interview
with the trustees and some other of the
business men of the village on Thursday
afternoon to explain to them plan foi
lighting the streets and stores with arc
and incandescent lights to be run by the
water power now unused.
1t was estimated that plant of - are
lights of 2000 candle-power for the
streets and an incandescent plant OF
$50 lG-candle-power incandescent light
would supply the present needs.
1t was agreed among the trustees tC
canvass the matter and it is expected
that Mr.. Wing will be here again soon
to make further arrangements looking tC
! the establishment of Il plant in this vii
| lage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

of ours does not exist upon the face of
the globe. 1t implies infants here and
adults elsewhere. Such is not our repu-
tatiOn. 1t implies that amid competition
universal. where the titteSt survive, we
shall perish. But it is everywhere else
believed that whenever we shall release
ourselves from bad laws and enter that
competition unmanacled. rivals will be
distanced. and our primacy established
i'm the markets and commerce of the
world. such is also my own belief,
making allowance for those misleading
forms of speech which we seem obliged
to use. but which state industrial inter-
course in terms of strife. 1t is Il mistake
to conceive it 50. In warlike encounters
one may gain what another loses, but ON
the whole. in industrial intercourse. cV-
cry desired exchange is profitable to both
parties. and this relation of things eXhib-
its the nature of property and is a corner
stone of society.
The secretary of the treasury is a plaus-
ible reasoner and his statement of the
case is calculated to capture the crowd.
But it is exceedingly doubtful whether
he can make Congress take his view.
Well-informed Washington correspond
ents say there will he no tariff legislation
whatever this session.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

REV. FATHER BOYLAN. who died. in
the 5Gth year of his age. at Rutland, the
other day, was a typical Irish priest such
as one seldom sees outside the covers OF
Levers novels. \ strong man physical
ly and mentally. he went to Rutland
when it had Just begun to grow. and did
Il noble work in training up and guiding
in the way they should go the somewhat
turbulent element that for years made
up large part of the towns population.
and many Il dance where liquor flowed
too freely has been broken up by him
and his stout cane.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
AN ARGUMENT FOR SMALL COLLEGES

Writing on the subject, ''IlOw ! Was
Educated', for the Forum, President
Dwight. who is at the head of one of the
greatest colleges in the country, makes,
perhaps unintentionally, very strong
plea for the small college when he says ;
The movement since my college life
has not been without any mistakes, and
the perfect methods are, no doubt. in the
future. But | cannot help feeling, in
view of my own college course, and of
all that ! have seen since then that the
great defect of the past and present edu-
cation lies in the want of personal and
individual intercourse between the teach
er and his pupil-immcdiate contact of
the mind of the former with the mind of
the latter-iu such II degree as is to be
desired for the pupils highest inspiration.
Our system of education, which has been
growing in popularity of late in our
higher institutions of learning, places
the student far too much in "A kind of
great machine, where his individuality
i, lost in the working of the machinery
1t j. the mind and the man which we
need to develop, and to this END some
thing more than textbooks and eXamin-
atOn> are necessary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE TARIFF

THE AOMlNlST TRATlON AND THE TARIFF.
1t will be noted that Mr.. Cleveland in
his message takes very mild ground on
the tariff. He simply advises a reduc-
tion of the revenue in such manner as not
to bear harshly upon amy industry or
upon the laboring classes. But his re-
marks are more in the line of glittering
generalities than of specific recommended
tions. Secretary of the Treasury Man
ming, however, thinks he sees way out
of the difficulty, and his utterances may
therefore be taken as voicing the opinion
of the administration, in so far as it has
any opinion, on proper tariff legislation.
Mr.. Manning's scheme is the old one of
abolishing duties on raw materials. He
says:
Taxes on imports are levied by all ma
tions. Last year England raised a reve-
nue. of S95,97S, ,5S3 from taxes on imports
France, S6S ,6l6.325; Germany, S47 ,557, :
100. But no foreign nation taxes raw
materials. Such taxes injure home in
dustries, in which those materials are
worked up and increased in value by
home labor. "PrOtectiOn" is also a mis-
nsmer. It implies superiority elsewhere,
That superiority over any great industry
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

THE alleged wits of the newspaper
press have long devoted their energies
during the summer to questioning the
veracity of fishermen. They might Sc
cure "A winter job by applying the same
process to owners of thermometers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The new board of railroad commits
sioncrs. composed of eX-Gov. Pingree.
+. &. Fletcher of st. .Johnsbury and Hon.
II. l.. Clark of CaStleton. met at Mont
pelier. the other day. and chose Alfred
+. Watson of Hartford. who was Mr..
Pingree's secretary of civil and military
atlaias. clerk. The board is to meet
monthly AT Montpelier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
ADDISON COUNTY COuRT.

The December term of the county
court opens on Tuesday next with Judge
II. :. Taft of Burlington presiding. IN
the list of petit jurors printed last week
the name Norman W. Foot in the Corn
wall jurors should have been Norman W.
Frost.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

THE Coln-C Camphell divorce case,
wherein my lord" and my lady seek
to destroy each Others reputations-or
what little there is left of them-i~ STIR
ring up England. and the dirty details
are telegraphed over here. 1t almost
equals the SaXton-Mason performance at
Burlington.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

THE "most available" candidate for
the Republicans to place at the head OF
the national ticket in lSSS is Gresham, if
some western Journals are to be believed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10
FRIDAY. DECEMBER, 10, 1SSG.

THE Democrats now claim that they
will have majority of fifteen in the next
Congress.