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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-11-16

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m,,r ro-r rOWERs

i. ss~uug cf gratitude impets me u
acknowledge the great merits OF you,
,S,rr,-,-p,. and cordially recommend II
To the public rs very valuable remedy.
H'N POWERS, BRIp6EPJRT, conn
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and asked why they impeded the progress
OF the train, to which they replied that
they had nothing to do with It, that they
were not armed and had no intention Of
interfering with the road. As the officers
returned 70 the train they noticed several
men sitting or lying on the grass q few
yards from the track, The entire posse
advanced toward the men in ambush un-
til they had reached the ditch alongside
the track, when they commanded throw
ing up OF hands. The command was obey
ed, but as the hands came up they
brought Winchester rides with them
which belChed forth q deadly fire,
The posse returned the fire, 1t Is said,
with fatal effect. There were, perhaps,
100 shots fred. After the first FIRE the
posse advanced and continued firing. The
ambuShsTs retreated behind some piles Of
ties, which proved a most excellent breast
work, and from the security Of which they
poured murderous fire into the posse,
From this position they were finally dis
lodged and driven beyond range OF the
posses pistols.
The casualties among the posse were
found to be three. Police Officer Tiltord,
shot through both thighsi Special Officer
Dick Townsend, shot through the LETT
breast near the nipple, fatal Special OF.
deer Charles 'Sneed, shot through the
heart and law. The casualty among the
ambushers Is only matter Of conjecture,
though there seems to be good ground for
saying that three or more Of them were
wounded, probably fatally,
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The street car strike in Dayton, o., was
settled on d basis Of $l2 per week for hf.
teen and a bali hours work per day.
The Big Miner Run colliery, near Ash.
land, Ia, has suspended work indefinite.
ly, trade not wartanting the working Of
the mines.
Five hundred journeyman bakers Of
New York last night determined TO strike
on May / for twelve hours work Ave days
days ol the week, fourteen on Saturday
and TO board where they chose.
The employees Of the b. P. AlliS ma.
chine shops, Milwaukee, Wis, have been
informed by the company that II they at
tempt TO enforce the eight hour system
the works will be shut down permanently.
Summary action has been taken by
Local Assembly No. 1870, Knights Of
Labor, Of New York, aud galutaty lee.
sorl was read 10 the selt.oonstltuted dele.
cation which visited Albany on Thursday
and attempted to bulldo4e Senator PUNK.
M Ia the interest Of q peEpetuatlon Of the
pfoadyay franchise. The Senator told
thstn they had better 20 home. They
want home ahd now they are suspended;
pending . trial before the District Assem-.
bly, ttl6unpl,
Mr.. Hoxie telegraphs Mr.. Gould that
stfsiFs are getting better every day on the
f6ad, The shipments pi Friday exceeded
those Of Thursday by gSI, and Saturday
Vaa sLill more improved. Such employees
Ss 40 not choose 10 return under The con.
dltions offered are paid OF, Many shops
along the line hare been opened. AT PAT.
Sons. Kas,, trains on the Mlsaoud Pacific
VeFe moved under guard o. millta,
gtikerS are accepting The situation az in'
eyitable, and are getting anxious tor q Job.
The Mayor Of AtchlBon, Kasl has advises
Mf, Hoxio that the city will pay tor AZ
propoaed damages within its corporate
limit by strikers. AZ Alohison and Kan
eas Oily The usual number oi trains art
running on schedule time.
| 4--sHs----
Nathaniel Pollard died al bis home. neal
l go 49, a
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souu Of the experts are Of the opinion
than natural ga. .lu TO be found in this
city, and that we have only to 20 deep
enough TO got II. It iSyery desirable 70
make the test, but after the Intellectual eI-
psuditure Of 90 much money nobody i'
disposed to assume the whole rsSpoSibil-
lty, The best dow in this immediate
vicinity came from the Central GlSii
Works boring, afterwards driven to .
depth Of 1920 feet.
President Scott authorizes the lNrELIi'
OScva to make this offer in behalf Of bis
company; The Central Glass ootnpany,
will contribute III boring ~ IL stands, and
$1,000, to put the well down $500 OF 4,OO0
limay be agreed upon ;,othsr persons IN
tstested in conducive test TO contribute
The remainder, estimated Al about 5000
IL paying supply Of gas iS found the
Central will reimburse the contributors
Ot, the Central will contribute 10 similar
t.a the prospect Of gas be thought bet
tat elsewhere.
ThlsiSa practical and liberal proposl'
lion, Aad the lSrILttu1SonG 10 glad TO Ad'
vlhcOiL in the hope that q pool may h
iOtmsd 10 make the experiment. 1fthett
b1t@srvOir Of sSs 1900 or 1900 feet be
low he, itiI worth a great deal to know \
and 10 have IL. II there d no sat withlh
reach, that IL worth knowing.
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A COMING STORM
Among the IriSh.AmSrioauS-D In
the Land League.

Among the IriSh.AmSrioAuS-D -DiIISnSiona In
the Land League.
New YoRK, April 4.-The Times pub.
fishes an article saying that the Irish Ma.
tionalist movement in this country, which
has presented such placid exterior to
the public for the past two years or more,
ia beginning to show unmistakable signs
Of coming storm, "The recent action OF
President Egan In relation 10 the Collec.
tlon Of money for the Irish Parliamentary
fund by committees outside the National
League, reveals q sharp difference OF
opinion between him and Mr. Parnell, and
a disposition on Mr.. Egan's part to antag-
onize the most respectable, intelligent
and influential element Of the Irish people
In this country. Bitter and heated discus.
sions have taken place within the past
few weeks at the meetings Of the Local
Council Of the organization In the city,
which plainly indicate the presence ol
two organized forces, each struggling for
the mastery, At last Tueaday'S meeting
the question which caused the sharp de-
bate that took up the whole session was
the exclusion from voice In the Council
Of large number OF the Oldest branches
in the city, on the ground OF their retain.
ing In their hands various sums OF money,
and Of not being in harmony with the
Council.
"a very slight investigation will suffice
to show that all these incidents arc part
Of q general conflict, carried on chiefly
away from the public gaze, but gradually
forcing It's way through the barriers that
have hitherto restrained II, Every we'll.
informed Irlshman knows more rless OF
the true inwardness Of these difficulties,
and the reticenCe which, up to q few
weeks ago, prevented an open rupture and
exposure, seems at last to be giving way.
Fact after fact is leaking out, and the feel
ing between the rival factions has grown
so intense that there Is no difficulty in
making the discovery that the real cause
Of difference Is whether the League in
America shall continue to support Mr..
paFnall or flot.n
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NEWS m nli1EF.

The dry goods firm Of Herman and
Leopold Herzog, ST.. Louis. have confessed
judgment for about $4,000.
varnum j. Gard was convicted at War.
saw, Ind, Of forgery, and sentenced 10 the
penitentiary for ten years.
John Hoke, bookkeeper for Lawrence,
Mills 4 Co., Of North Manchester, Ind, %
miBaing. Ills accounts appear 10 be all
right
Il. s. Bennett, wanted at Warren, Idaho,
for $4,000 forgery committed one year
ago, has been arrested at Niagara Falls,
James Hanley Ia under arrest at Uf.
bana, o., charged with forging the name
Of County Commissioner John P. Neer 70
two checks.
George McGormley, an insane farmer
living near Fremont o., committed sui.
eide Saturday morning BY cutting his
throat With razor.
Fire Saturday morning destroyed the
store Of Smith Bros, at Cairo, ILL.,, and the
residences Of Henry AShbon and +. ].
ThiBtlswood. Loss, $4,000.
", ]. Ginger, Police Court Clerk, oi
Chicago, has been indicted on seven
charges, two for forgery, two for falsIylng
records and three for endorsement.
The Ohio State finances, on account of
Democratic miBmanagement, are In q Berl.
ously crippled condition. The deficiency
by January will be about 81 100000.
Commodore Truxton fell In an epileptc
ht al the Ebbitt Hou1e, Washington, Sat.
irdsy afternoon. He has been subject 70
such attacks. His. preeent condition 10
very setlout,
Suit 10 about 10 be brought III the U. &,
Supreme Court Of the State oi illinois,
against the State Of Georgia on some bonds
OF the latter State, Issued In 1869 and 1870,
and since repudiated.
Ex.Aldettnan Kirk, who was indicted
and affestedfof bribery In connection with
the Broadway New York; franchise, ID
said 10 be worth 100000 In his own Right
aud helf 10 S25O,OgO from his lathes.
VIM, Bfapy, who burglatised the house
Of Ohatles Reynolds, Ia New London, o.,
on Wednesday night lost, was arrested on
Friday, and indicted, tried, convicted and
sentenced tothe penitentiaty for ten ypata
on Saturday,
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PRIEST AeA1NsF BISHOP.
Decision iula Salt which win Iutsrsat Cath.


PHILADELPHIA, April S.-Ths suit
brought by the ex,RsI n. P, Stack
against Bishop o'Hars, in the Common
Pleas CoLrt Of this county, wssdeCidsd to-
day in an interesting opinion by Presiding
Judge Thayer. The parties to the suit
were priest and Bishop in the Catholic
Ghuieh,
Father Stack filed declaration ayerrlng
that 1t was the duty OF the defendant aa
Bishop TO assign the plaintiff to the exer-
else Of his office as priest; that the de.
tendant refused to SO assign him, and that
by reason OF this refusal he was deprived
OF the means Of obtaining large sum Of
money,
Iu rendering judgment for the Bishop,
on q demurrer, the judge held that the
question was one in which the defendant
had right, in the exercise Of purely &c.
clesiaaticll function, TO use his discretion,
In the exercise Of that discretion he was
ansWsrabls only to the laws ofthe church,
The,priest, II so disposed, could refuse to
perform o duty to which he was assigned
by the Bishop without mourning any
civil liability, and the mutually ol obliga'
'tlohs was the essence OF all contracts,
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latter responded instantly and success.
fnllv IN zach and when Hnmmeygmith

latter responded instantly and success
fully to each, and when HammeEsmith
bridge Was reRChed the Cambridge boat
was but quarter Of a length ahead.
A mils'and.a.hali had now been rowed
and the contest continued stubborn,
fairly even and exciting up to the twoand-
a.half mile point, opposite Ohiswick
Church. Here Oxford spurted. The boat
responded by fairly shooting along until
its PROV got even with that Of Cambridge
and then passed II by . few feet, The
contestants were urged on by cheering
that was loud and inspiring, The Cam,
bridge men gradually sent their boat up
even with that OF Oxford, and the boats
were kept even until Barnes bridge was
passed. Here neither crew had any Visl,
BILE advantage, and both were straining to
such point that each over'pSsled form
and splashed.
The people along the banks in and on
the boats following were almost wild with
excitement, and cries OF "DeRd heat w
"Dsad hestW were everywhere heard,
But near the finish the Cambridge men
were able to add one more squirt to their
longaustained pull, and it'moved their
craft at ~ strokes to the minute q few feet
ahead, and they passed the limit almost q
half length In advance, winning one OF the
greatest races ever roWed over the Cour'e,
The excitement Ut the close was thrill
ing, AT no point during the entire race
had 1t been possible for either crew to get
mora than half length ahead Of It's rival.
Up to almost the finish the race belonged
to either side, and the excitement among
tho pArtisans along the river banks was
increased from minute to minute from the
start by the continuous eyenness OF the
rowing aud equalization Of advantages,
until the splendid finish relieved the OK.
element, which broke and dlssipated In
2 perfect thunder OF applause. The race
Is everywhere pronounced the greatest
aver pulled on the Thames aimee the dead
heat Of 1877.
The length Of the course was four and
! quarter, The time made by Cambridge
was 22:20!, the longest occupied in any OF
he university races since the contest OF
1871, The tide was poor, and the race
vas rowed against strong headwinds
almost the entire way. These two facts
efficiently explain the time made, in
view Of the continuous hard pulling done
ly tho crews, The men Of both crews
we're very much exhausted at the finish.
Cha Oxford boat was steered badly,
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THIS time the New York Herald bring
on! the suggestion that the Southwestern
railroad strike is stock.iobbing scheme
This would imply not only a phenomena
rscality, but an unusual readiness to taN
q desperate chance. Conspiracy is pro
verbally difficult to prove, but II anybod,
has the points he ought to come forward
with them. A man who would set u
such a job would not hesitate to cut .
throat and rob the corpse.
tits not safe, however, to jump at the
conclusion that the strike Is the work ol
the stockholders, who do 10 many bad
thing. that they are always open 10 the
IuppiCion Of doing more and worse.
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INTERVIEW WITH uoXIE.

The Vice President states His Position to
tho Committee.
sr. LOUIS, April 3.-SeCretary Fred Tur
uer and Committeeman Bailey, Of the
General Executive Committee, arrived in
the city this morning. After breakfast
4lKey-held a long conference with Martin
irons and the Joint committee OF the three
district assemblies. AT 10 o'clock MeBsrs.
Bailey and Turner called at the office Of
Vice President Hoxie, but that gentleman
was not in. They left, stating that they
would be back in 8 short time. At 2:30
they called again, but Mr.. Hoxie was still
absent. The gentlemen felt that they
we're being Bnubbed, but concealed their
feelings.
"OIr understanding" said Mr.. Bailey,
sis that the men should return to work
and that there would be no discrimina.
ton. We stated at the time that we were
suspicious Of the roads good intentions in
that direction, and expressed the fear
that the men would be Disseminated
against"
~ hope that Mr.. Hoxie will make no
mistakes, and that the strike will be set.
tied speedily" Tie trouble" said Mr..
Turner, ''lies in the fact that there is en-.
tirely too much pickering about techni.
calities. Both sides must be prepared to
take a broad stand, and then'all Difficult.
tics can he avoided"
This evening Messrs. Bailey and Turner
had conference with Mr.. Hoxie, and
we're informed that the railroad company
would take back only fifty percent Of the
men who struck. All men who struck are
discharged, and those who will bs taken
back must make application. Another
conference is fixed for Monday.I ~
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LONDON, April 4.-A breaking up OF the
Cabinet IS imminent. Lord Kimberly,
Sir William Harcourt, Mr.. Childer and
Mr.. Mundsll refuse to assent to any Home
Rule measure giving Ireland control Of
the customs, and they threaten TO resign
II such measure be insisted upon
by Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. Morley
demands a modification Of the
plans for the buying out Of the landlords.
Mr.. Gladstone, however, remains inhex.
ible, and will maintain his full scheme In.
tact Cabinet councils are To be held on
Monday and Tuesday, and the climax will
be reached on Tuesday. The ministers
themselves admit thata1 agreement seems
improbable. Mr.. Gladstone may make
his statement on Thursday without the
approval Of the ministry.
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oREsAp,s YIEMs


On Politics In the Interior Of the s'atS-Ths
sSnptorShip,
4teial DLspatch 10 tM IntsIVi1Motr.
WASHINGTON, D. O., April 4.-Hon. .,
j. P. Cresap Is stopping at the National.
He is accompanied by his wife, who is an
invalid, and has been visiting friends in
Virginia. Mr., Cresap says he has retired
from politics, and will not, under any cir.
cumstances, be aCandidate for Legislature
from Randolph county.
"Who will your party put forward In
chat county Hn asked your correspondent.
II have no idea; we have q number ol
good men. l am rather in disgrace
among the Beverly Democrats, because !
would not ask for the removal OF the Re.
publican postmaster there. He was q
good man, and did not see the neCes.
sity for removing him."
"What are Mr.. Camden's chances In
your section2"
"Good, but Wilson has some friends in
our county"
"We are going TO elect a Republican to
succeed him" / yentured.
1T will be cold day when you do,''
said Mr.. Oresap, smiling,
"Will the Grafton and Greenbrier rail.
road extension reach Beverly this CEN
tury2"
"Oh, yes, we will have the road within
twelve miles Of us very soon, now, and
before long Beverly will be out OF the
woods. It will be a great blessing to oul
people.n
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tjOmmiIsIonsr miller.

2ptetal DiIpdleA 70 ne Lattlltgaoer.
WARRINGTON, April 4.-CommiaSioner
Joe Miller has about recovered from his
long spell Of sickness, and has been for
some time attending to his duties at his
office. West Virginia Democrats are not
besieging him as much as they did for
merly, which probably accounts for the
fact that his health Is rapidly. improving.
They have come 10 realize that Mr. Miller
ID not the appointing power Of the Treas
ury Department. am told that he Is
scarcely allowed 10 name 80 mpch as a
messenger in the office. Three Of the
ave Democrats he did, after hard labor,
succeed In securing places for In his
bureau, resigned, after being here long
enough to ascertain that q Government
clerkship Is not Binecure; that there
really 10 something TO do besides drawing
n Aalafv
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TRAPS Ann TRICKS.
The Sensational OOafOssIOn OF TslsgTaE
OpSrAt0r-His Arrest,


The Sensational OORtoSsIOn OF . Telegraph
OpsrRtOr-dis Arrest,
CHICAGO, April 4.-Ths Daily NslcS'
st, Louis special says; A telegraph oper.
ltor named Frank McKslghSn was arrest,
ed to-day, and made a confession which
will create quite a sensation here. He says
he entered into an agreement with
Thomas Furlong, Sheriff OF the Gould
system OF secret aerViCe, whereby Martin
Irons, A, O. Coughlin and other prominent
leaders Of the Knights OF Labor were to be
arrested. A room was engaged in the
third story OF No. 1897 Market street,
past the window OF which ran private
telegraph wire on which II. NJ, Hoxie,
First Vice President Of the Missouri Pa.
cihC railway, was In almost constant com
muniCation with Jay Gould.
MCKeighan engaged another operator
uamed Nichols. The wire was tapped
and an instrument was soon at work. The
arrangement was 10 have Irons, Coughlin,
md others in the room interCepting
.he message between Hoxie aud Gould
when the police would make descent on
ihe place andcapture them and the whole
outfit. The signal for the descent was to
oe lamp placed In one Of the windows.
On Friday night the detectives and a
squad OF police were ready and q lamp ap'
oeared in one OF the windows Of the
second floor. A rush was made
for the room and poor woman
running sewing machine was
ali that WAg found. The raiders
found that they had RtruCk the wrong
room and ascending to the third floor
McKeighan was found alone. Chief Har.
rigan heardot tho matter and McKelghan's
arrest followed.
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London stock Market.

LoNDoS, April 4.-rhe demand for dis.
count during the week was limited. The
rate for three months was percent. The
Stock Exchange loan until next account
is 2t percent. business on the Stock Ex.
change during the week was depressed,
every department except the American
showing lower prices. The Irish ques.
ton, the threatening condition Of foreign
politics, the bull operations Oh the Berlin
bourse combined 10 weaken the market.
American railway securities were In active
demand with q tendency 10 strength. The
market closed at the heaviest Of the week,
but prices were maintained.
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WASHINGTON correspondents are giving
II out, on the authority Of Democratic
Senator's, they say, that the President and
Secretary Manning had a spirited dis
agreement about appointments, and that
hi. piecipitated the secretary's illness
Nj. Manning insisted that the President
ought to persist in his policy Of removing
Republicans ''ior cause" when their Re.
publicanism was the real cause.
1t is further said that the Presidenfs
duck.eating excursion during Mr., Man
nings illness was really with a view 70
hold conference with New York polih'
ciuns concerning q new Secretary Of the
Treasury. There is some probability In
The reported disagreement, for Mr.. Man
ming believes in practical politics and hal
been frank enough to say 90.
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SINCE the United States geographical sur
y.y began in West Virginia, in 1888, az
area Of 1900 square miles has been sur
ysyed. The survey includes the whole Of
tho counties Of Preston, Tucker, Grant,
Hardy, Mercer, Wayne, Logan, Lincoln,
Bone, Raleigh, Wyoming, Mcdowell,
Mineral, Hampshire. Parts Of Cabell,
Kauawls, Fayetto, Monroe, Summers,
MopOngalla, Randolph, Pendleton, Nor
yau, Marion, Taylor, Barbour have been
surveyed. Ills understood that this valu'
able work is to be pushed to completion
al rapidly as possible.
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cAMDEN's onANCEs


For RS.eleotlOn Not so had AS RepoFtod-A
Democratic OpinIOn.
Special Dispatek 10 ne Gglelltgalar
WASHINGTON, D, o., April 4,-Julius
Caesar Holmes, the Democratic boss Of
Jefferson county who holds ons of the
most lucrative positions yet given to West
Virginia by this reform administration, In
firms me that het takes no stock in the re-
ports that Mr.. Osmden's chances for re-
election are diminishing. He says II the
Jefferson county "malCOntents" succeed
in their efforts to send anti.Camden men
to the Legislature, they will have to get
up In the morning an hour earlier than
40 is In the habit OF arising when political
work IL to be done. He says he does moi
feel the least uneasiness about the rest ol
The State, so far as 1t concerns tue ability
of the anti. Camden men to gain control
Of the Legislature. The only fears he has
ia that the Republicans will carry the
State.
Holmes has been travelling through.
out the United States all winter on official
business, and says he Is in position to
know, and states positively, that things
look blue for the future. "Unless the
labor troubles are settled soon," he tells
me, 1.-THE country will be In sad state,
and l tremble when contemplate the
possibilities" He Is very retiCent regard.
ing the possibilities that are in the future
for his party. No doubt, he feels that II
has no future. A man who visits every
city in the union, and is brought In con.
tact with leaders wherever he goes, must
be posted as TO the condition Of the poitl-
cal pulse in all sections. Holmes does NOT
lnpart whatever knowledge he possesses
10 Republicans, however,