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KNIGHTS OF LABUR.
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Basebahists-Geron Des-
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ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD UNION. /
DOMESTIC NEWS.
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
| Knights OF Labor.
RICHMOND, October 20th.-The General
Assembly began its last session of the Con-
vention of 1886 this morning at O'Clock
| The first business taken I'D was the report
of the Standing Committee on Co-opera.
! ticn. After that came reports of half a
dozen special committees One of these
was the Committee on Woman's Work
Among the recommendations it presented
was one in favor of the appointment of a
woman who should investigate and report
on all subjects connected with female wage
workers, and aid in the organization OF
local Assemblies of women employed in
the various industries throughout the
country.
APPEAL FOR THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the General Assembly: " Resolred, That
this General Assembly appeals for mercy
for the seven men of Chicago who are con-
demned to be executed. ResOlred, That
while asking for mercy for the condemned
men, We are not in sympathy with the
action of the Anarchists, believing that
peaceful methods are the surest and best
means of securing necessary reforms"
All business having been disposed of
Powderly made brief speech, congratulate
ing the members upon the good work per.
formed during the session, and urging them
10 depart with determination to push the
work of intoxicating the principles of the
Order. T. O'Reilly, of the Telegraphers
District, New York, sang Zone of the
French Proletariat," the delegates Joined in
| the pbOrns and tho Eanarol A hlx, Cd
journed sine die.
Religious Bodies.
CHICAGO, October 30th.-At the session oil
the Protestant Episcopal Church to-day, the
committee reported in favor of a Joint COM
mlttee of fifteen to open communication
with the various other Christian bodies and
ascertain whether there is a disposition
among them for union on the basis of the
Apostolic Greed, the breaking OF bread and
prayer.
| THE CONTEMPORARIES.
CHICAGO, October 2Oth.-At the National
! Council of the Congregationalists resolu.
ton approving the public school system
was unanimously adopted. A resolution
declaring for arbitration to prevent interna-
tional war was also adopted, and also q
resolution urging the proper observance Of
| the Sabbath.
The Champion Baseballists.
CHICAGO, October 20th.-The third game
in the contest for the worlds champion
ship was played this afternoon before an
audience of 5000 The game was fought
hard from first to last, but the Chicagos
played with even more than their wonted
vigor. Clarkson's work in the box was ex-
cellent, while Carruthers was not so hard
to hit as on yesterday. The score stood:
Chicago OOII2S 2-1l
ST. 0 0 . l.
Pitchers-Clarkson. Williamson and
Carruthers. First base hits-Chicagos. IL F.:
St. Louis, 8. Errors Chicagos, :; st.
Louis, Z. Umpire ]. Kelly.
Collector Hager Sustained.
WASHINGTON, October 20th.-Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild has
sent letter to the Collector of Customs at
San Francisco, approving his action in col
Letting S92 from +. DERRICK & Co.. as COM
pensation for the Inspectors of Customs
employed in experimenting the landing
of grain bags exported by the firm for the
benefit of the drawback during the month
OF August. Fairchild, however, directs that
for the present the Collector shall suspend
the collection of expenses that may be in
CURED in the official inspection and land
ing of bags entered for draw backs, pro-
vided such expenses do not exceed the
amount OF the legal retention of 10 per cent.
from such drawback.
A Little REFORM" Needed.
WASHINGTON, October Goth. = Colonel
Wilson, Superintendent of Public Build
ings and Grounds is the subject of con-
siderable comment regarding the purchase
OF the mourning emblems with which the
public buildings were draped in honor of
General Grant and Vice President Hen
bricks. According the estimates from the
Treasury Department, the Grant decora-
| lions cost 81, 442, while those for Hendricks
cost 50, 40. The reason for this difference
is not apparent on the surface Those for
Grant were more profuse than We're those
for Hendricks, and some of the critics
allege that much Of the material employed
at the Grant ceremonies was used over
again when Hendricks died
Catholic Indian and CoIored Missions,
BALTIMORE, October 20th.-Several Bish-
ops OF the archdiocese of Baltimore and
Others arrived here last night to attend
conference with Cardinal Gibbons looking
to the extension of the Colored and Indian
Missions in this country. OF late years the
Catholic Church has made great progress
| among the colored people In several
Bishops have inaugurated Colored MIS-
sions, and at New Orleans the colored
Catholic population is very strong, and has
valuable church, educational and charitable
property. In Leavenworth. Kansas the
ColoTed Mission has church, orphan asy-
lum and weekly newspaper of large circu-
lation. The most prominent mission is
that under the care of the Josephite
Fathers in this city, The mother house of
the order is at Mill HILL London.
Lands Open TO Settlement.
WASHINGTON, October 20th.-The Secre-
tary of the Interior has ordered that certain
lands in the Walla Walla Land District in
Washington Territory, lying on the branch
line of the Northern Pacific Railroad run
ming between Wallula Junction and Walla
Walla, now withdrawn for the benefit of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, be restored
to settlement and entry. 1t appears that
this tract, which comprises about $4,000
acres, was overlooked, in the general resto-
ration of 1881, of those lands which by a
change in the general route of the road are
thrown outside of its withdrawal limits.
The Loyal Legion.
PHILADELPHIA. October 20th.-The au-
nual Encampment of the Commandery-in-
Chief of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion COIiiUltllStu utfG I@A-I resi-
dent r. b. Hayes presided. 1t devolves
upon this session to elect a successor to
General Hancock. Ex-President Hayes,
since the death of General Hancock, is
senior ranking officer. Lieutenant General
Philip III. Sheridan was elected Command
er-in-Chief to fill the vacancy caused BY the
death of Major-Generat Winfield S. Han
cock.
An Elephant Gone Wrong.
New YoRK. October 20th.-The elephant
Alya, that has done duty in the show
Around the World in Eighty Days at
the Brooklyn Theater, nearly killed its
owner, Hazelton. last night. When being
taken along the street, followed by large
crowds, the elephant grasped Hazelton
about the waist and slammed him down
upon the pavement. The act was done
suddenly, and the spectators stood awe
stricken. When his friends picked Hazel
ton up he was insensble. a physician was
called in, and he plastered the wounds as
well as he could. The injured man was
taken to his home, and at a late hour last
night he was doing rs we'll as could be ex-
pected. 1t is said that the elephant was in
! toxicated.
Lo, the Poor Indian.
WASHINGTON, October 20sh.-The Secre-
tarx- Of War has ordarad General Sheridan