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NUMBER TO BE AFFECTED
Hy the Eight.ifour Movement Directly mn,
Iuuttectly In Chi.,vo

Hy the Eigttt.lIour aiovemcnt Directly md
Indsrcctly In Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 24.-Joseph Gruenhut,
who has long held n prominent place
among the Socialistic labor ayitatora of
this city, and who is now tenement
house inspector and sta,islician OF the
Health Department, has compiled IL
table OF figures Of the number of labor.
Ing people OF this city who will either
strike for eight hours on the first OF MAY,
or be made idle by strikes in collateral
industries on which they depend. His
estimate is: Wage workers, male and le.
male, 223, 900. This only covers tue city
as it was previous to last years annexa-
ton Of the towns OF Lake, Hyde Park,
Lakevicw, Cicero aud Jefferson, The
Importance OF this statement will be ap.
parent when it is stated that the town
OF Lake alone contains $1,000 people d.
rec,ly affected by the strike now con.
templated. &c,
The report shows the number OF en-
ployes, male and female, who are affect.
ed by the eight hour movement TO be as
follows: Fuel and light, 1920: drugs,
1861; transportation, 43. 4O9: printing
and publishing, l4,7i9; financial renting,
etc, 7,2ll; leather and leather goods,
6.057; building trades, 27,727; wooden
materials, goods, etc, 26,9iS; food aud
drink, 2G,S4l; textiles, 24,l2S; metals,
minerals and chemicals, 39,S7S. or this
aggregate 10000 are males and 23,G50
females. The number OF firms involved
ia II EO7
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ONCE roo OFTEN.
HuIihns Stone Il u. s. .. irlin and Injure II
Brakeman.

HuIihns Stone Il u. s. .. irnin and lnjuro II
Brakeman.
WASHINGTON, Pa, April 24.-Several
weeks ago a party OF toushs attempted to
board freight train at West Alexander,
on the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad, and
were put of by the crew. Ever since
they have kept watch for that train and
thrown stones at the trainmen whenever
they saw it pass.
Last night four Of the gang gathered
at the track as the train came up and
threw volley OF stones, one OF which
struck and painfully Injured a brake
man. The cars were at once stopped and
all hands went in pursuit OF the stone
throwers. They succeeded in catching
one OF the rufiians, bound him hand and
foot and placed him in the cnboose.
When the train reached here he was
taken Oft aud placed in the county jail.
A Baltimore 4 Ohio official will pre-.
Ter charges against him, and they will
probably send him to the neni,entiary.
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THE kANANHA < 0iil0
Chnnses 1iands Tho Now Management
UE VIII Take Charge.
Susntdl NisnaLrh In LIZ I,I.uInn.,a..

Chnnscs finnds-Tho Now Management
NJ WIN Take Charge.
Special Dispatch to he IntelligeIlctr.
CnAELEsroN,.W. Va, April e4.-The
Kanawha 4 Ohio railway will hereafter
be known rs the kanawha & Michigan.
At n meeting OF the stockholders of the
latter. company, held this afternoon in
this city, II. L. Woodward and E. J.
Jones, OF Athens, Ohio, r. W. Kelley,
D. W. Patterson, jr., and Frank Cox, OF
this city, werelelected directors. They
met and elected Robert W. Kelley, who
has been forseveral years General Man
ager and recently Receiver OF the Kama.
wha l. Ohio road, President OF the new
kanawha 4 Michigan. Nelson Robin
son and W. 3. Post, Of New York, the
purchasers OF the kanawha & Ohio at
foreclosure sale on March 4, were in the
city, having arrived this morning with
Messrs. Woodward and Jones, and trans
ferred the kanawha X Ohio railway to
the kanawha & Michigan.
1t is understood there will be no
change in the management here, unieas
the Chesapeake * Ohio take chnrge un-
der the lease which they claim to have
on the X. & O.. The X. & 0. people
claim that although negotiations are
pending for the lease of the road, it has
not yet been etfectedfand may not be,
and they are making preparations to 90
ahead under the new organization.
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Gobb1et by til. Hhiskey Trust,

ST.. PAUL, April 2l.-Tbc St. Paul dis
tillery has been m eyesore to the
Whisky Trust for the last six months.
The company has been doing large
business. On Tuesday Messrs. Wool
ner and Hennesy, OF Peoria, Ill, rerre.
senting the trust, came to St. Paul aud
made the St. Paul stockholders an ofIer
for their interest amounting to Sl5O, 900
and bonds OF Sl90,000. Yesterday the
stockholders accepted the Offer Messrs.
Woolner and Heunesy paid over the
amount Of the purchase price and took
possession OF the plant. The trust
bound itself to keep the distillery in
operation for two years, when it will
close its doors. Meanwhile the plant
will be run only two.thirds OF it's
canacitv
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FOR SlDERlA'S VICTIMS,
Association Tor the Relief OF tho Unfortun.
ute Russian Exiies.

Association Tor the Relief OF tho Unfortun.
ute Russian Exiies.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 24.-At a
meeting Of the Siberian Exile Petition
Association in this city yesterday,
George KEENAN,, the Siberian traveller,
gave his views as to what can DO done
for the relief OF the exiles. The petition
which he suggested last iall, he eaid,
nromited to be one Of the largest ever
presented to any ruler. He did not an
ticipate that it would have any effect in
making the Czar acquainted with any
new facts, but, by showing the intense
feeling abroad in relation to the unfort.
unate exi|es, it would exert a great
moral effect.
Mr.. kennan read an affecting letter
written 4 few hours before his execu.
ton by kohan. Bernstein, an exile, to
his child, and he thought that such
matters should be published in pamph-
let form for gratuitous distribution. lie
suggested, also, that the movement for
the relief Of the exiles could be carried
forward in connection with that OF the
petition, saying that the former would
heighten the effect oil the latter.
Rev. DR.. McVickar, the chairman of
the Association, stated that the commit.
tee at times was met with the objection
that the stories Of Russian cruelty had
been denied.
To this Mr.. kennan said he fell back
on the official Russian documents, and If
he could not overthrow any reply Of the
Russian authorities 10 his charges he was
willing 10 sink into obscurity.
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.THB DOCTOR WAS DOSBD.
By the Preacher Who Gave
Him a Hard Brick Pill.
HE WANTED TO KILL HIM,
hut Was Prevented by the, Officers.
A Former Resident or COnlburS
Tries to Butt Out His brains,
But Is Lodged III jail.
Sptcfai Dfspateh 70 n. fnttiii1enetr.

ePtSH DNpHteh ~ inc IhiehtctHctf. e..
'CnAnLEsToS, ". Va, April "4.-Dr. l..
Carr, a prominent physician Of this
city, was kaocked down to-day by Rev.
Rufus Workman, who hit him with a
brick. Both had been among the crowd
in attendance on the County Court,
which had met ..ior tho granting Of
liquor licenses Among those who al.
dressed the court was Rev. Workman,
who opposed the granting OF licenses.
DR.. Carr took otIense at something he
said in his remarks and the two went to
the Court House yard, where fight
ensued. The doctor attempted TO strike
the preacher with bis cane, but the rev.
erend gentleman WAS too quick for him
and felled him with q brick. The doc.
tor went to his room; secured a revolver
aud started on hunt for Workman,
swearing he would kill him. Officers
stopped him, when he remarked that
they might as well let him kill that
man, as he fully intended to do 50 at
some time.
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IRE CIVIL SERVICE
Meets With Some Opposition
in the House Yesterday.
THE APPROPRIATION PASSED,
Hut the Commission IL Touched Un
Pretty lIivcly-Clargcs orIncnl.
cheney Made against It-Tho
Debate In tho House.
Special Dispatch TO the fntttiige.cer.

'Ptcia DNDdtchf 70 ne fh'fWge,lctT.
WASHINGTON. D. c., April o4.-Tht
Civil Servico system as at present con
slituted has received some hard blows
during the last two days, ending to-day
with Judge tiauk's motion to strike out
the appropriation for It's maintenance,
Though the motion was. OF course, de.
ieatcd, as everybody knew 1t would be,
yet 1t was by no overwhelming majority.
The opponents Of Civil Service are about
equally divided between the two parties.
Grosvenor, Cummings and Houk have
led tho assault, and ono has been about
as bitter as another. Nobody doubts
that II the members could have voted
according TO their preferences and con.
yiclions the majority would have been
the other way.
The opposition TO the law wifi not end
with this attempt to defeat the nppro.
priation, for llouk lias u Civil Service
bill Of his own which he proposes 10
Introduce ut the first opportunity. This
bill abolishcs the present law aud sub.
stttutes for It It system OF examinations
in each Department and Bureau which
will establish special fitness for the
particular place to be filed instead OF
trusting to luck in securing n proper
official or cmploye as at present. Some.
thing Of this kind is bound u be sub.
stituted for tho present law sooner or
later.
The recent revelations Of crookcdness
and Hypocrisy in its administration have
made Civil Service more that obuoxious
to nearly every one who is at all &C.
quainted with it. An improvement will
have to be effected, or very soon Con.
gressmen will have the courage OF their
convictions to repeal the whole law.
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THE LABOR LEADERS
Of the Chicago Organizations
Fear Their Strength.
WILL KEEP THE STRIKE DOWN
And do Their Best TO Prevent n Gen.
cral Strike OH tho First OF MAY.
The Carpenters are Greatly
Encouraged Mt Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 24.-Thc Efforts OF the
local labor leaders, Is is stated this even.
Ing, will be devoted during the next
week To an endeavor to restrain the
strike FOYER which seems to have seized
the wolkingmen Of tho city. Chicago
was chosen as the battle ground upon
which the first general engagement was
to be fought, and the carpenters were
placed in the advance line. 1t
was the intention that all the
other trades should remain at work
until the carpenters should have won,
Trade alter trade has organized and de-.
clared that 1t, too, must have tho eight
hour day. According 10 current reports,
the monster demonstration which has
been arranged for May l, as IN expres.
sion OF sentiment, only may, it is now
feared, turn into the beginning Of n
strike which the leaders viii
Dc unable to direct, mitch lesu control. |
The stock yard and packing house Gun.
ployes, the stair builders, mill carpen.
ters, gas oilers, Iron moldess and harness
makers have already announced their
intention Of striking. Besides these the |
tailors, shoemakcrs, plas.eyers, laborers !
malt workers aud many other lines OF
labor Beem determined TO Join tho ranks.
1t WAS rumored among the men this
that the building bossrs would
anticipate the proposed general strike
ksxt. l.
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THE FATHER WAS CRAZY.
He browns Two or Ills Children nnd Then
|..nF. Suicides.

He browns Two or Ills Children und Then
t..n' Suicides.
SnEInuESE, OST., April 24.-Word
reached here this morning that we'll.
to.do farmer, named Morrison, living
two miles from here, after drowning
three OF his children in a barrel Of rain
water, attempted to drown himself in a
creek. Some OF the neighbors found him
lying by the creek in precarious con.
di,ion. There are no hopes OF his re-
coyery. No reason can be assigned for
the terrible tragedy. ...--~
Mrs. Morrison had gone away from
home for few days, lea wing her hus'
band in charge OF their five childr, n,
the oldest girl Of Is and the youngest
a boy Of 3. These two slept together,
aud when the girl awoks this morning
she WIS surprised to find her bro,he,
missing, aud on searching found
his body and those Of the two
other children laid on the kitchen floor
beside the water barrel. Near by was Q
table on which was bottle, partly filled
with lAndanum. 1t would appear tina,
Morrison, in tit Of temporary insanity
had drowned tho children, taken i
large quantity Of laudanum and ther
attempted to drown himself. When
found by neighbors he was lying beside
creek some distance from his home
unconscious. He cannot recover. ~.
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FEDERAL, ti,LGTi0N BILL
To 10 Reported To the Scuato-Wllut It

To 10 Reported To the Scuato-What It
Provides For.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
by a strict purity vote, authorized sena-
tor uoar to report his Federal Election
bill to the Senate.
It is Il carefully prepared document
and authorizes any city or town having
10000 inhabitants or upward, or any
Congressional district, no part Of which
is in such city or town, whenever 100 or
more qualified voters shall make appli-
cation 10 tho Chief Supervisor Of elec.
tions for the judicial district in which
said city or town is situated, it shall be
duty Of the Circuit Judge within 10 days
to open court in said judicial district,
which shall be kept open until the
second day succeeding the election. and
during its slttings appoint supervisors OF
election. p.
The bill is very elaborate and defines
with great exactness tho duty Of the
supervisors at the place OF election, the
mauuer Of the certilcation Of he-result,
aud imposes heavy fines and penalties
for any interference or bribery. It pro.
yiles Tor separate box, to be labelled
"For members Of Congress" and another
"For Presid, ntiai Electors" >.
The Democrats notified the majority
that they would prepare II minority re-;
mort, and gave notice that they wonlt
resist the measure by all possible means
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A NEW SILVER DILL
introduced In tho Senate ia n Substitute for
tho Jnnea Hi.

tHe JOues bllI.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Mr. Teller
introduced the following bill as q substi.
tute for tho Jones Silver Eli, now on
the Senate calender:
SECTION l.-That any person may dc.
post at any money Office OF the United
States, either In gold OF silver bullion,
or both, in quantities Of not less than
five ounces Of gold, or eighty ounces Of
silver and demand and receive coin or
coin certificates therefor at the rate Of
one dollar in coin or certificates for %
$40 grains troy weight OF standard gold,
and at the rate Of one dollar in certificates
a2l grains Of standard silver. Tint the
coin certificates provided for In this act
shall be receivable for all taxes and dues
to the United States Of every description,
and shall be a lawful tender for the nay.
ment OF all debts, public and private.
. SECTION 9. That it shall be the duty
OF the Secretary OF the Treasury to cause
q sufficient number oil certificates OF the
various denominations hereby author.
lied, 70 be. prepared and distributed
among the United States depositories to
enable them to comply with the provi-
sions OF this act, and the sum OF $1,000
ls hereby appropriated to enable him to
prepare and distribute said certificates.
SECTION 8. That this act shall tako
affect thirty days after its passage, the
$4,000 appropriation. however, to be
Immediately available.
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DIED IN Ills ARMS.
Tho Sad Sequel OF an Elopcment ns Told by
ti,e Girls Lover.

Tho Sad Sequel OF AN Elopcment as Told by
ths Girls Lover.
New YoRK, April ga young man
came to the Mercer street station last
night and asked Sergeant Douglas to
send an ambulance to G. Great Jones
street, where, he said, "His love was
dying" An ambulance arrived Mt the
address given within fifteen minutes,
but the woman was already dead.
The man who went to the police sta
ton was Charles Flower. lie told a
very sad story, OF which the death Of his
sweetheart was the latest chapter. He
is German, and tailor by trade. The
dead wonan's name was Ross Sch welt
ger. She was 90 years old and decidedly
pretty.
Flower and Rosa fell in love about six
months ago. Rosa's parents were pros
porous and respectable aud did not con
slider Flower good enough. They would
not consent to the marriage aud turned
him out OF the house. TIE lovers con-
tinued to meet frequently, and five weeks
ago Rosa eloped with Flower. He
promised to marry her, but he declares
that on the very day which was fixed
for the ceremony she fell sick, and the
wedding was necessarily postponed.
He took furnished room at G2 Great
Jones street and there they lived to.
gether. o.
From the day the girl left home she
was Ill, and was confined to bed most OF
the time. Her lover aud 4 friend named
Hulda Feltman were in constant attend
ance on her. The disease which at
tackled her was rapid consumption. At
midnight she tainted, and within aquar.
ter oi an hour was dead. Flower sol-
emily asserts that he wished to make her
his wife, and that he was only waiting
till she was!sutliciently recovered for.the
marriage ceremony 10 be performed. She
died in his arms.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April 24.-Tho cold,
threatening weather kept the attend.
ance down to about one hundred per-
sons at to.day's game. It was the best
played game seen here in a long time.
St. Louis, 6; Toledo, 5. .
BosToS, Mass, April o4.-The M
tional League game was abruptly closed
in the seventh inning by WEIGH, after Il
squabble with the umpire, refusing to
continue to pitch, tho game being
awarded to Boston by score Of to
nothing.
BosroS, April a4.-N1urphy pitched
a great game to-day on the Brotherhood
grounds and held the Dostons down for
seven innings. Score: Boston, I;
Brooklyn, ). :.
BUFFALO, N. Y. April M.-The home
team took the straight fourth game from
the Cievelands to-day in very uneven
contest. Buffalo, Is; Cleveland, 10.
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THE DEBATE
In the House on the Civil Service Commits.
si0n-Iioul's Speech.

In the House on tho Civil Service Comnis
sion-Iiouk's Speech.
WASHINGTON, D. G., april 24.-The
House today again took up the Legisla.
tive Appropriation bill. Mr.. Cummings,
ofNew York, moved to increase the sal.
aries OF the laborcrs known as cloak room
men from 5000 to SEQ. He did So he
said, to make the salaries equal to those
OF other laborers.
The motion Of Mr.. Cummings was re-
jected.
When the clause appropriatingsala
for the Civil Service Commission was
reached, Mr.. Cummings, OF New York.
made the point OF order that it was not
properly in the bill. The commission
was neither legislative, executive nor
judicial. The point Of order was over
ruled.
Mr.. Spinola, OF New York, denounced
the law as an infamous swiudie. There
were not ten men on the floor who fay.
ored civil service reform. 1t was as
complete humbus us. was ever estab-
lished.
Mr.. Perkins, Of Kansas, offered an
amendment exemptiug ex.soldiers from
the provisions Of the civil service law.
The amendment was ruled out.
Mr.. Houk, OF Tennessee, moved to
strike ou, the entire clause. [Applause. ]
He thought that it was not proper at
this time to make the appropriation.
He was not here TO oppose the highest
possible pcrfet ton 10 be attained in the
civil service OF the Government. He
desired that the Government employees,
high and low, should be selected by rea.
son Of their merit, but the difference
between him and the professional civil
service .rcformcts was that the latter di-
vided mankind into two classes-we, the
Saints and pure people; and you, the
spoiismen and rascals.
The law was conceived in sin and
brought forth in iniquity. Pendteton
was It's father; George William Curtis
was its granny, and Dorman B. Eaton
was its nurse and ctout- washer"
After some further discussion the mo-
ton to strike out was lost, 6l to l20.
Pending further action tho committee
rose aud the house adjourned.
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WENT INSANE. '

The Peculiar Antics of n Former Resident
q r OF Co'lburs.
Special Dispa'thto 10 Aae Lat.4i9esces.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 24.--A
man named West, a former resident oi
Coalburg, but who has been absent from
there for about ten years, returned yes
terday and in his conversation with his
friends seemed to DO in rather de-
spondent frame OF mind, saying he had
been having domestic trouble. In the
evening he went to the residence Of
Ben Oakes, an old acquaintance OF l,is,
living about mile and quarter below
the town, md in the night be awoke a
raving lunatic.
He rushed out Of doors, and when
found was trying to butt out his brains
against a rock. 1t took five men to over
power hiut and prevent him from kill
ing himself, but they finally succeeded.
and tied him to tree. He was broug hit
to this city this. evening and placed in
iail. ~ ~ - "a
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TIE bible IN THE SCHOOLS.
A Clergyman Opposch ths Heading Of the
Old Testament. r.

A Clsrg,m Opposed tho IsradinG Of the
Old Testament.
NoEw,ciI, April o4.-The Rev. L. W.
Jenkins, OF this city, pastor Of the Uni.
versalist church, has caused a breeze by
publishing I'M open letter to the Norwich
Board Of Education, demanding that the
teachers Of public schools refrain from
reading aloud any passages from the Old
Testament at tho opening exercises In
the schools.
"For some months" says the clergy
man, IN certain teacher in one OF our
city schools has been reading repeatedly
from the Old Testament accounts OF
murders, human sacrifices, torturing, fire
falling from heaven, human beings
stoned and tortured to death, threaten.
ing 10 cut the Chaldeans 10 pieces. the
pieces burned, ETC., to her scholars MS III
opening exercise. BY repeated commu-
nications, ! have appealed to the Super.
iutendent and to the Board to limit the
Scripture reading 10 the New Testament,
or to introduce manual OF Scriptural
selections suitable to be read TO children.
l can get no reply or satisfaction, having
done my best since November IS, lsS9.h
In conclusion Mr.. jenkins says:
snow, 1 claim that there is enough that
is beautiful, helpful and comforting in
the Bible, without reading such selec-
tions Us have been read by this teacher
iu the last six months to her scholars.
And claim, moreover, that your hon.
orable body ought to honestly face the
matter and settle 1t, and settle ii right"
One local paper champions Mr.. Jen.
kins' cause aud insists that the custom
OF reading the Old and the New Testa.
m ent in the public schools ought to be
abolished altogether. AS rule, local
Protestant cleryymen and their ilocks
are opposed to Mr.. Jenkins project,
about which there is great deal Of
heat,,d discussion in NIL parts OF the
State. Not a few eminent men in the
State have written the clergyman, ap.
proving his stand, but they are dread.
fully cautious lest their identity may be
disclosed. 1t is likely that some action
will be taken by the Board Of Educa.
ton prescribing the reading Of the
most obnoxious passages.
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A SefnrlDiis DusInssy,

MONTREAL, April ga notorious pro.
curess was before the Police Court yes.
terday charged with sending girls to
other cities for immoral purposes. Two
young men who were charged with being
accomplices Of the woman, were also In
custody. On Tuesday night fifteen
young girls were shipped 10 Chicago,
but two OF them were arrested as they
were boarding the train. The evidence
at the examination was not sufficient to
secure conviction, ant all the parties
were discharged. 1t is n well known
fact that large number OF girls are sent
out from here. for immoral purposes,
chiefly to American cities, and tho au-
thorities are making strenuous efforts 10
stop the practice,