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nanntlnns ~ Ronhn.

The ladies Of the w. G I u. report
that up to noon to day forty-one volumes
for the free reading room had been re.
ceived Among these we're James Fen
nimore Cooper's works. in fifteen vol
umes, from Mrs Job II. Jackson; and
fourteen miscellaneous books from Mrs
George w Bush Books will be received
until o'clock tonight
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

THE new German Chancellor Caprivi
was born in Berlin ia 1881. He entered
the army at the age Of Is and served as
an active soldier ever since Bismarck
perhaps WAS not military enough for the
ambitious young soldier Emperor.
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

IT is said that Bismarck resigned at the
suggestion Of the young Emperor who
wishes to be his own Prime Minister u
was not stated that way, but the effect
Il the same The Emperor asked him to
remain as Chancellor, but TO resign the
Presidency Of the Imperial Ministry 50
that each minister should Ae directly re-
sponsible to the Crown for bis own de
partment This OF course, meant that
she Emperor intended to be his own
Prime Minister.
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United Lenten service.

st. Johns Church was filed last night.
the occasion Of the ffth united Lenten
service. The choir Of the church was
assisted by that OF Trinity Church. Rev.
H. Ashton Henry, rector OF Trinity
Church, preached the sermon.
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

THE announcement that President
Harrison has accompanied ex Governor
Sewell Of New Jersey on duck hunt
with headquarters Al Bengies, near Tri-
umph, Md. has caused great comnotion
among the hog-raising farmers. The
President cannot distinguish hog from
a duck.
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Er-nfarnr For Sinking.

ATLANTIC CITY. ~ j.. March 90 -Ex-
Mayor Fox is sinking rapidly and his
physician, DIR. Crosby, who is in constant
attendance, does not believe he will sur
vive the night. His dissolution Is
momentarily expected.
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Shore Rnhhed.

RISING sun, Nd, March 20.-The store
Of ~ # Worrall. Cecil county, was rob
bed on Monday evening of S25 in silver
1t Is supposed that the thief entered IN,
store early in the evening before thi
burglar alarm was set
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THE REWARD.

After our time Of toiling,
After our tide of tslrs,
Alter our stormy voyage
At last port appears.
After our time of anguish,
After Our love and loss,
After oar test by FIRE,
The gold eschews the dross.
Aftsr our heightened struggle,
After our iife's last wave.
After Our pain and passion
We nada quiet gravel
Chicago Herald
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

Prince HATzFELpT, lately purchased
by Mss Hunting on Of New York, is
gambling heavily in Paris. He is re-
ported to have lost SIS 900 in one night
recently. It must be a great satisfaction
to the railway magnate, Coils p Hunt
ington. TO know that his millions are
being diminished in that princely
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

THE tremendous cut that the Repuoli-
cans propose to make in the sugar tariff
is partisan measure II will effect the
planters Of Louisiana who are supposed
to be Democrats.
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THE sudden increase ia the value Of
III G. Mahatfy's real estate must be very
gratifying to that earnest and generous
professional taxpayer.
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TnE young German Emperor is said to
be much encouraged d in his determination
TO be bis own premier By Speaker Reed 5
course
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

WE give the picture Of General Won
Caprivi. who will be Bismarck's sue
cessor in office, not his successor IN in
fiuence or power. This century will give
us only one Bismarck
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LErTERs FaoM rAe PsopLg.
..Read lhe An.wer a. lhe sIar..n

Read the Answer In the stars"
Editor EvENNG JOURNAL.
Rev j. b. Stansbury saws, "when your
friends 60 back on you, why, You must
put your hands in your pockets aud
whistle, but he did not say what you
must whistle
How would Dan. McGinty suiti
MuLNOX.
xVtlrnfnofnp Morch on
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Mn STONE viii hide his diminished
head when he sees how Mr.. MahaffY's
real estate transactions are advancing his
claims on the post office.
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THE action Of the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club in initiating discussion cf
reform Of county government, the large
and representative crowd who attended
the meeting last night, the admirable
speeches Of Messrs Vandegrift aud
Bates, the interest which the audi
ence took in the subject all
point to sturdy and deter
mined effort at reform in Delaware. II
is an honest and wholesome reform fol
the benefit OF the commonwealth, and
not simply for buncombe. The Dem,
Gratis are thoroughly in earnest, and they
mean 10 discuss the question thoroughly
and then after full understanding O
the evils to be corrected, and the bes
manner Of correcting them a proposition
to that effect win be made.
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Mr.. vASDEGRrFT explained the failure
OF the bill to put the affairs Of the
county in the hands Of commissioners.
The Republican legislature allowed the
Senate only five days to consider q
change Of court that has been in exist
ence ever since Delaware was state
When the Senate offered an amended bill
proposing an auditor under bond snth
cient to protect the county from loss, anc
five districted commissioners instead Of
three commissioners, who might come
fromaiss Same hundred, the Republicans
eiected the reform entirely. They did
not want reform; they were there foi
bnneombe.
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.eet g.4s sh1 11.H
TRAINS

rNTUTUfIN
Leave Reading 90 noon. Arrive Birdsborc
10 s5l ~ nj Leave Montcnanin 10 p. m, New
bridge 30 p. m Arriye Wilmington % p
d Junction ~ p. m Arrive wilmington
% y. m. !. x.,,,.. .s........ ,..,4,, I, M
a "a n ~. at B. & o. junction with 3. 30
N n RI. at Chadd's Ford junction with p.
W n III r. r ,, at Coatesville and Waynes-
bnre function with Perna. r. r., at Birds.
boro with p. a.. X. r. r. and p X. R.l, at
Reading with r. a. r. r. r. and p X R-l
zee timetables at all stations.
BOWNEsS BRIGGS. g4en. Passenger ARs
A f5 MrffA a fTSIs AMI. Su~arfr+e-ae~f
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and city affairs. II men were honest
there would be no tarii robbers, pension
scandals aud subsidy heggars.
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THE fall Of snow yesterday ranged
from six to eleven inches deep In many
towns of Pennsylvania.
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Additional Trains.
Daily except Saturday and Sunday, leavo
Wilmington II p. m, 3. Il o. Junction IS
.. m, Newbridge 8 A p. m Arrive Monte
chanin 9 SO p. m.
on Saturday only, win leave Wilmington 40
5l7p m. Arrive at Newhridge at 5 Al p. m.
Leave Wilmington ~ - p. m. Arrive at New
bridge 10 35 p. N. !, and Montchanin 10 S. p. NJ.
Leave Birdsboro ! 10 D. m. Arrive Reading
l 40p. IN. - -
Daily SUNDAY
Daily lex Sunday Only
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The New noston ,olk b ,oi..

NorristOwn Herald
Boston firm announces a book called
Poker Boiled Down Evidently cook
book; but we should think poker would
require considerable boiling to make it
digestible The author should also tell
us How TO Cook a Coal Shovel"
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what ths Senate ought 10 Know.

Chester Times.
The United States Senate ought to
know that newspaper reporters do not
have 10 attend the meetings in order to
write up pretty accurate account Of the
services
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wANAmAKERss.
PHILADELPHIA. Thursday March 20, 1890
Tie aOeatAey today Is hkeL,
10 be clear.

NE make and sell the best
Shirts foy tie a1Oney to be Aaa
IA this country.
That's the pith Of the whole
matter. Not a bit Of guess
work. We've seen every Shirt
that claims to be the best; seen
the outside, which is open to
everybody, and the inside,
which only know-how eyes and
fingers can truly get at
There's the test.
1t isn't in the cloth for any
maker to get up a better Shirt
than we can for the money
our fault if we're equalled. We
don't mean to be. We surely
are not now. Just as oul
Shirts of the past led compe
tition in the past, SO our Shirts
of to-day are in the very from
of the front rank.
Crown unlaundered, 75c.
Crown, laundered, ooc.
Conqueior, unlaundered, 81
Conqueror, laundered, $I.I5
University, unlaun'd, SIPS
University, launder'd, $I.4c
OF course It is an un-
/ derstood fact that our
| Shirts-to Order busi-
ness is a v, ry impor-
i tant factor. and that Both ends of
We are organized in the store.
/ such manner that 1t
/ Is pleasure for you to
| even leave your meas
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The uhInaman oalchInr on

Pitts lurg Press.
with a friends $50, 600. There seems to
be no further reason why the Chinese
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OF course It is an un-
derstood fact that our
Shirts to Order busi-
ness is a v ry impor-
tant factor, and that
We are organized in
such a manner that 1t
is a pleasure for you to
even leave your meas
hre.
Evening journal., 1890-03-20

XAf IbM1N9ION AND NORTHERN ha1lla
w ROAD. Timetable Ia effect Nov. %. 1885,
GOING NORTH.
Suns
Daily dag
le1 Sunday Daily. only
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GRAINS OF GOLD.
he house showeth dc Owner.

The house showeth the owner.
They most assume who know the least
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue
it has.
Let your first, last and best confdante
be your mother.
Stagnation is something worse than
death, it is corruption also.
Mistaking taste for genius is the rock
upon which thousands split.
The hand of the Law strikes the poor;
its shadow strikes the wealthy.
Would that experience had a soul
which remembered the tears it cost.
God intended for women two prevent
ives against sin-modesty and remorse.
Temperance is bride of gold; he who
uses it rightly is more like god than a
man.
We must labor increasingly to render
our piety reasonable, and our reason
pious.
A man never outlives his conscience,
and for this cause only, he cannot
outlive himself.
Don't fret about what your reputation
will be after death. Tombstones are
mighty charitable.
Do not allow idleness to deceive you;
for, while you give him to-day, he steals
tomorrow from you.
Let us be of good cheer remember
ing that the misfortunes hardest to bear
are those which never come.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant
man as silence; and if he were sensible
of this he would not be ignorant.
There are four varieties in society
the lovers, the ambitious, observers and
fools. The fools are the happiest.
1t is necessary to love ones friends as
true amateurs love pictures; they fix
their eyes upon the good points and see
nothing else.
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campment, and adopted a resolution de-
manding a service pension.

campment, and adopted a resolution de-
manding a service pension.
THREE persons were arrested at Chi
cago on the charge of defrauding the
wealthy capitalist, 4. H. Loeb, of eighty
acres of real estate, valued at $4,000
EDWARD Ellis, a river man whose
home is in Chicago, was murdered near
Evansville, Ind, and his body put on the
railroad track, where it was crushed by a
train.
PROF. p. J. CARMICHAEL, formerly
Principal of the public schools of Love
land, 10, who was compelled to leave the
place for debauching the morals of his
young pupils, was arrested near Leroy,
y. Y, and will be taken to Cincinnati
for trial.
The second largest lump pension ever
granted soldier by the Government,
was granted to Philip Flood, the totally
blind soldier, of Elyria, o. He received
S14,96 in cash as arrears, being paid at
the rate of eight dollars per month from
November II, 1862; twenty-five dollars
lper month from July 4, 1874, and seventy
two dollars a month from June II, 1879,
the date upon which he became totally
blind.
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TEACHERS QUESTIONS.
The following questions were pro-
pounded at the Teachers Examination
held at Barnesville, Saturday, May 3D.:
uTSTnDV
HlSlOR1.
Omit tCO.
S. c. MURPHY.

1. Give an account of the life of An
drew johnson, including the troubles be-
tween himself and Congress.
2. What body besides Congress has been
in session at Washington for several
months? What was the object of the
meeting?
3. What is the presiding officer of the
House of Representatives styled? Who
fills the position at present? What Others
have filled it in the past?
T. Mention some facts in connection
with the lives of the following: Mont
gOmery, Pontiac, General Harmer, Gen.
Forrest, and John Smith.
5. Give an account of the religious per
secutiOns of colonial times.
6. Give an account of the expedition of
BraddOck, giving time, place, object, and
result.
I. Name the several nations that made
settlements in \. A. and locate the settle
ment of each.
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Pine Forests DESTROYED.

SALTWATER, MINI, May 5-Millions
of feet of pine are being consumed in
the St. Croix Valley by forest hres. For
miles the air is so filed with smoke that
breathing is almost impossible. Hun
dreds of men are at work plowing about
their meadows to prevent the spread of
the forest fires. The woodland cannot
be saved and the fire will cease only
after exhausting its supply Of combus-
tibles. Many woodsmen have deserted
their homes and gone southwark.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WEDNESDAY.

GEORGE CRAIG was fatally gored by a
bull near Bloomville, o.
THE body of an unknown man was
found on the railroad track near Ripley,
Ohio.
w. J. MCDONALD, a sewing-machine
agent from Sharon, Pa, suicided at
Bloomfield, o.
WHILE the blast furnace of the Ohio
Iron and Steel Company, at Lowellville,
was being blown out the entire stack fell
to the ground.
ROBERT TOWNSEND. a convict in the
Ohio Penitentiary, cut his throat with a
razor, in the presence of Warden Coffin
and Warden elect Dyer.
JACK ACKERMAN, weIl-known thief,
highwayman and train robber, was killed
by his wife in the Police Court at Mem
phis. 1t was caused by his beating the
woman.
DANIEL WASHINGTON, aged IL years,
shot and killed his stepfather, Berry
Ward, at Harveysburg, Warren county.
w olu was a Uo1o Cllbl dObCl clho W Clo LII
the habit of beating his wife almost
daily.
THURSDAY.
CoLoRED people In Oklahoma are in a
state of destitution.
THERE is no present suffering in the
Mississippi flooded districts.
AUGUST SCHMADEL suicided with q
razor at New Albany, Ind.
SENAToT SHERMAN's antitrust bill
passed the House.
RAILROAD Commissioner James A
Norton took charge of his department.
WARDEN-ELECT DYER, of the Ohio
Penitentiary, has appointed a number OF
guards.
WISCONSIN Republicans deem it un
wise to make the Bennett education law
an issue.
THE Board of Directors of the Penn.
sylvania Railroad declared dividend OF
3 per cent.
GENERAL JOIN G. MITCHELL has as
sumed charge OF the Pension Agency al
Columbus, o.
ISAAC CAHILL has sued John Hopley
editor of the Bucyrus, o., Journal, fol
$4,000 damagea for libel
Mrs MORAN, of Beaver, Pa, has been
arrested for the murder of a wealthy
farmer named Falmer Rich, of Norwich
n. Y, in 1888.
A RICH Kentucky farmer named Land
was swindled out of $1,000 by two con-
fidence men, who proposed to start a
town near his farm.
THE body of E. D. Walker, of Brook
lyn, n. Y, editor of the Cosmopolitan
MGgazi3e, was found floatingin Roanoke
River at Weldon, n. G..
THE G. A. r., Department of Ohio
elected delegates to the National En-
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A MOTHER INSANE,
Two of Her Children Killed and Two
Others Badly Injured.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, May 5.-Willie
and Clara Fitzpatrick, aged Sand 6years
respectively, were killed and two other
children seriously, perhaps fatally, in
jured by being thrown from carriage
yesterday. Mr.. Fitzpatrick had just
placed the children in the carriage, when
Willie struck the horse with a whip,
causing the animal to run away. Mr..
Fitzpatrick was dragged a long distance
and badly hurt in trying to stop the
horse. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was driven in
sane by the tragedy.
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SOCIALISTIC DEMONSTRATION.

Workmen to Obtain the Eight-Hour Con-
cession by Legal Means.
MADRID, May 5.-An extensive Social
istic demonstration was made here yes
terday. After listening to violent
speeches the participants marched to the
residence of Premier Sagastasta, who
received a deputation bearing resolutions
in favor of the eight-hour day. Senor
Sagasta refused to consider the subject
matter of the resolutions, whereupon
the deputation informed him that the
workingmen proposed to obtain the
eight-hour concession by legal means, if
possible, but otherwise by force. There
was no disorder.
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A Strike Averted,

NEW YORK, ,5.-The threatened general
strike of the house smiths Of New York
and Brooklyn has been averted, the
bosses having agreed to the proposed new
scale, as follows: For hnfshers; class /,
S3.50per day; class A, 900 per day derrick
men, S2.75; helpers S2.6. The result
was announced at mass meeting Sat
urday over which Grand Master Work
man Powderly presided.
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Cardinal Gibbons Opens the Fair

New YORK, May 6.-Cardinal Gibbons
opened the fair in aid of the Castle Gar
den Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary
with brief address last night at the
Thirty-ffth street armory. There was
large audience, including many dis
tinguished prelates. The cardinal wore
the robe and cap of his high office. His
address recited the benefits conferred
upon young girl immigrants by the
rosary mission and was received with
great appreciation.
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Fifteen Hundred Bakers Strike

BUDA PEsTH, May 5.-Fifteen hun
dred bakers here have struck and have
camped in tents upon an island in the
Danube. They have cattle with them
and can subsist for some time They
have been joined by 700 striking girls
from the jute factories. Five hundred
bakers have been detailed from the army
and ordered to Pesth.
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ATLANTA, GA, May 6.-John NJ.
Bradley, grocer, was shot and killed
yesterday by Charles NJ. Osborn, COM
mission merchant, during a dispute over
a small account. Osborn asserts that
Brady first attacked him and that he
fired in self-defense. There were no
witnesses to the affray.
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WHOLESALERS LEFT.

Supreme Court sustains the Philadelphia
Judges in Refusing Certain Applicants.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-The supreme
court yesterday, in deciding some local
liquor license appeals from would-be
wholesalers, the lower court was sus-
tanned in refusing wholesale license
to an applicant, against whom it was
proved that his bartender had sold on
Sunday prior to the high license law. A
mandamus was granted in a Mercer
county case where hotel was refused a
license because the citizens of Green
will did not want liquor sold in the town.
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Threaten to Closs the Mill.

NEwBURGH, N. Y, May 6.-The strike
at the cotton mills continues, both sides
being determined to hold out. Yester,
day few weavers went to work, but
quit shortly afterwards. Superintendent
Beclman says if the weavers do not
come back at once he will shut down
the whole mill, thus throwing about
900 hands out Of employment, mostly
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FATE OF A DESERTER.
A Sailor Starts for the Shore Only to be
Eaten by Sharks.

BEAUFORT, S. c., May 5.-Saturday,
as one of the phosphate freight vessels
was going to sea, a sailor named Jordan
tried to desert. He jumped overheard
while the ship was making its way
through Coosane river and attempted to
swim to the shore, which was not more
than 100 yards distant A boat was
lowered and sent after him, but there
was no capturing him. A couple of
man-eating sharks got ahead of the boat
and the poor man was torn to pieces and
eaten before the boat could reach him
The man was Norwegian seaman on
board the Sea Queen, a sailing vessel
which had been in port some days and
which was on her way to Liverpool.
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ATEKAS HURRICANE.
Two Persons Killed and Several Injured
Every House in the Town More or Less
damaged.

WILLsPoINT, TEX, May "a hurri-
cane struck here at noon Saturday and
every house in town is more or lees
damaged. Two persons were killed out
right and several injured. The killed
are: Mrs. Bowen, caught under a fall
ing wall and crushed to death; negro
girl Il years old, daughter Of Sam
Mitchell. The injured are: Jack Bal
lard. internally, dangerous: a son of A.
McManus, arm broken in two places;
Mrs Mitchell. colored, mother of the
girl killed. Mrs. Freeman's residence
was blown over, the family Just getting
out in time to escape injury. The
Methodist church and public building
were demolished, while other churches
were blown off their foundations. a
number of stores and residences were
blown down. The hurricane also visited
MesquotO, Thornton, Terrell and other
points, doing great damage
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Supposed to be Ringers.

LoGANsPoRT, IND, May "a 100-yard
race for a purse of 81 200 took place
here yesterday between sprinter giving
his name as St Clair, of Wisconsin, and
a man named Jent, of Marion. Ind, but
who is said to he Gibbons, an English
professional St. Clair won easily.
Time, 10 IA seconds. Two thousand
dollars changed hands on the result.
Both men are supposed to be ringers.
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To Back Corbets for ANY Amount.

New YORK, May phil Dwyer, the
well-known sporting man, has expressed
a willingness to baca Jim Corbett, Of
San Francisco, to fight any of the heavy.
weight pugilists, including John L. Sui
hvan, for any amount up to $50, 1000
Mr.. Dwyer says he is willing to back
Sullivan against Kilrain, but he thinks
Corbett can defeat Sullivan.
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Fears of Renewed Riotinr.

PARIS, May 5.-The situation at Tur-
Going is tranquil. At Roubaix the strike
continues, and there was much disorder
Saturday night, some arrests being
necessary. Yesterday, however, passed
without trouble. The employers and
their workmen have not been able to
reach an agreement, and there are fears
of renewed rioting,
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Declared the Fight on.

New ORLEANS, May 6.-The Bowen
Myer fight is off. Myer claims that he
has been sick and desired to postpone
the event for two weeks. Bowen, who
has been training for eight weeks, and
is now In prime condition, would not
consent to postponements. There being
no forfeit up Myer declared the fight of,
as far as he is concerned.
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AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
Congress Petitioned to Stand Firm fol
Free Coinage of Silver.

Free Coinage of Silver.
DENVER, May 5.-At meeting Of the
Colorado Silver association, held at
Opera House block, Hon. II. A. W.
Tabor. the president, called the nesting
to order. A committee on credentials
was appointed, with P D. Morse as
chairman. After several ringing
speeches were made the following reso-
luton was adopted amid great enthusi-
aSm:
Resolved, That we urge upon our senators
and representatives, in congress to stand hrm
for the free and undiminished coinage Of sill
yer on the same terms and basis with gold,
and we call upon the Farmers alliances all
over the country TO join us in securing its
passage. II successful they will bring back
the price of the lands and the products of the
labor TO where they we're in 1873, when silver
was demonitiZed.
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Demonstrations Very ORDERLY.

LONDON, May 5.-Labor meeting were
held yesterday in Barcelona and all the
other large cities of Spain. Petitions
were adopted everywhere asking the
governors of provinces to favor the
legislation, looking to the adoption of
the eight-hour day. All the demonstra-
tions were of an orderly character.