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May Day, and labor disputes of this
character are general throughout the


country.
The Berlin Post has obtained pos
session Of and published the text of a
telegram from the Emperor IN regard
to the Christian Socialists, of which
party DR.. Stoecker, formerly Court
Chaplain, is the leader. The telegram,
which is dated at the Schloss on Feb
rCary 18th, deals with the rupture be-
tween DR.. Stoecker and the Conserva-
tive party, and says: "Stoecker has
finished as foretold years ago. Polit
ical clergymen are mOnStrOSities Who
ever is a Christian is also a socialist.
This Christian Socialist nonsense leads
to self-conceit, and is directly contrary
to Christianity. Clergymen should
mind the souls of their community and
not mix in politics.
A procession of 1000 students from
the Academy Of Arts grouped on cars,
and 300 others on horseback, attended
the Industrial Exhibition grounds yes
terday The exhibition fetes opened
with a ''polonaise," which resembled a
dream of the middle ages. The process
sion of students in bright costumes
wended its way between the red brick
of "Old Berlin presenting an ex
tremely imposing spectacle. Dancing
followed and there was a freshness in
the quaint exhibition.
The "Statist' estimates that the daily
average attendance when preparations
are finally completed, including the pro-
vincial and foreign visitors, will not ex-
ceed 22,O00 This estimate inspires
fear that there will be a large financial
deficit for the promoters of the exhibit
ton to face, as it requires 10000 to pay
expenses.
Lieutenant Rutven, of the PrusSian
HusSars, whose mother was formerly
Miss Clements of st. Louis, has been
decorated by the Emperor with his own
hands with the Order of the Crown, for
bravery in rescuing a number of his
comrades from drowning upon the occa-
sion of an accident near Potsdam.
A decree has been issued prohibiting
the use by American dentists of title
upon their cards or door plates, unless
they hold Prussian certificates.
A woodcarver named Rammin, who
formerly lived in Chicago, has COM
mitted suicide here by shooting himself
with pistol because he had been de-
serted by his mistress, a circus rider
called La Belle Helene, whom he met at
the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
The wife of General A. Med. McCook,
the United States Commissioner to at
tend the coronation of the Car at Mos
COW, will not proceed to that city with
her husband, but will remain in Dresden
and await her husbands return. Gen
!, o,.fxr tod
Berlin on their way to Moscow on FRI
69V
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THE RED FLAG.
Raising 1t in a Procession Caused a
Riot at Buda-Pesth.

BUDA-PEST, Mar l0.-A serious riot
occurred in tins city to-day. The
agitation in favor of universal suffrage
led to the holding of a procession, in
which it is said $4,000 men took part.
The demonstration was under the
leadership of Deputy Ugron. The pro-
cession was orderly until the socialists
in the ranks raised a red banner. Herr
Ugron pleaded with them not to spoil a
good cause by displaying the emblem
of social disorder, but his words were
uEheeded. Then the real workingmen
attempted to seize the banner and a free
fight resulted, in which great number
Of the processonists took part. The
police, in quelling the disorder, found it
necessary to use their swords, and hum
dredS of the rioters were wounded. A
large number of arrests were made.
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AGAINST ARBITRATION.
Archbishop Ireland Declares War the
Instigation of Patriotism.

ST. LOUIS. May 1O.-Archbishop Ire
land of ST. Paul. in an address delivered
last night at a banquet at the Planters
House, given by Missouri Commandery,
Order of the Loyal Legion, disparaged
the movement now being agitated in
this country and England toward uni
versal arbitration He advanced the
theory that war is the great instigation
of patriotism, and that if we come to
stage where everything in dispute is
to be peaceably settled, We will lose the
interest in the affairs of our country in
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Foster Will be Governor.

NEW ORLEANS, May 10-A tele-
gram from Baton Rouge says all the
members of the Legislature are on
hand and that indications are that
Governor Foster vii be inaugurated for
his second term with scarcely a ripple
to disturb the proceedings. Many SEN
sational stories have been sent abroad
about what is going to happen at the
State Capitol, but the armed men who
il was said would be there to seat Cap
tain Pharr, the Populist- Republican
candidate for Governor. who claims he
was elected. have failed to materialize.
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WILL NOT BE SHOT.
That is the Opinion in Washington
About the Competitors Crew.

WASHINGTON, May 10.-When Sec
retary Olney was asked tonight if any
news had been received during the day
respecting the action of the Cuban or
Spanish authorities upon the cases of
the Americans condemned to death for
participating in the Competitor fiiibust-
ering expedition he briefly responded
that none had been.
The best opinion in Washington coin
cides with the statement telegraphed
from Havana, that the fate of the
Americans concerned will be decided by
the Spanish Cabinet at Madrid The
impression prevails that they will not be
executed
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WHOLE NO. 1908.

Ihe words he spoke We're greeted with
a perfect storm of applause. The i'm
portance of the question settled by the
civil war was dwelt upon at length. 1t
settled the destinies of humanity, the
speaker said, not only in America but
in the world. 1t was the great object les
son to the nations Of the earth of the
stability of a democratic form of Gov
ernment and the victory of the Union
forces was a stunning blow to mon
archy and despotism all over the uni
verse. None of these results could have
been achieved by arbitration
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GRAND LODGE OF B'NAI BIRTH.
Its Annual Convention Opened Yes
terday at Columbus.

COLUMBUS (O), May 10.-The an
nual convention of the Grand Lodge of
District No. of the B'Nai Birth, a
Jewish fraternal organization with
lodges all over the world, opened here
to-day. This district includes the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Colorado and
New Mexico. The convention is COM
posed of about seventy delegates. Off
GERS will be elected tomorrow. This
afternoon the Presidents annual re-
port was read. The society distributed
last year among widows and orphans
S13, 600, and in the twenty-five years
since the year the society was estab
lished it has distributed the sum of
SS56, ,000 Tonight the delegates were
addressed by Victor Abrahams, the
Secretary, and Jacob Furth of St.
Louis.
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Asks for Kildea's Pardon.

MADRID, May 10.-Prime Minister
Canovas del Castillo informed meet
ing of Conservative Deputies and Sena-
tors last evening that it would be i'm
possible for the Government to intro
duce reform in Cuba until the situation
in the island resumes it's normal con6ii-
tion. The British Consul at Havana
has cabled to Queen Regent Christina
asking her to pardon William Kildea,
the Englishman who was mate on the
schooner Competitor.
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Kid Mccoy Arrested.

NEW YORK, May 10.-Charles. COM
monty called Kid Mccoy, the pugilist,
was committed by Magistrate Cornell
in the Yorkville Court to-day in $500
bail for violating Section 45O of the
Penal Code, which relates to prize
fighting.
Mccoy fought Jim Daily of Buffalo at
the rooms of the New Manhattan Ath-
letic Club on last Thursday night. Nc
Coy hit DAILY terrific knockout blow
On Saturday Inspector Brooks heard
that DAILY was lying in Roosevelt Hos
pital seriously i'll with a broken jaw,
the effect of McCoy's blow, and MCCOY
w a arraSfpd
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Nearly Wiped Out.

WYOMING QlL), May 10-This city
had narrow escape from being wiped
out by fire yesterday. Four of the prin-
cipal buildings were consumed Aid
was summoned from Toulon, Galva and
Buda, and when assistance arrived
nothing could be done to check the
flames, as the water supply was very
poor. The fire started about noon in
the drug store building and spread with
great rapIdity to the other buildings
The loss is estimated at $4,000. with
insurance of S11 900. Several firemen
were injured by falling glass, but none
of them Serious1y
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Indian Prisoners Shot

OAXACA (Mex). May 10.-The Fed
eral troops are rapidly quelling the riot
ons Indians who rebelled against the
State authorities. twenty-five partici-
pants in the uprising have been shot
by Official orders at Juquilla and over
100 Indian prisoners have arrived here
for trial They will all be shot.
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Well Known in Savannah.

SAVANNAH Ga), May 10.--La
Borde, one of the men captured by the
Spanish warship on the alleged fill
clustering schooner Competitor. is well
known to several people in Savannah.
He was formerly a conductor on n
Pullman car running on the Plant Sys-
tenn between Savannah and Jackson
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Cars Will Run To-Day,

MILWAUKEE, May 10.-The strikers
and union laborers of the city, about
10000 strong, paraded the streets this
afternoon. The men are very orderly
and no disturbance occurred. No cars
were run all day. but tomorrow the
company promises to run at least 100
cars.
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Cholera in Alexandria.

CAIRO, May 1O.-There were twenty
three cases of cholera ana sixteen
deaths from the disease reported IN
Alexandria to-day. Three cases were
reported in Cairo.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08

flow of the cow. The trouble is in the
nature of garget, but commences IN
an entirely different way. A small sore
like a blister, commences at the very END
of the teat, and refuses to heal, closing
the channel, and to get the milk, 1t mas
to be torn open each time. The dis
ease works its way up inside the teat,
the inflammation getting more marked,
and at last gaining admission to the
udder; the infammatory stages are
rapid, and all the troubles of real
case of garget are present; with this
disadvantage the flow OF milk does
not return with the reduction OF the
fever in the milk glands. All treat
ment seems to be of little avail, and
the cow is ruined. While hot water
and like treatment is valuable, it is too
late to prevent the loss and treatment
must commence at the first appear
ance of the little blister. Take an ounce
of carbolic acid crystals and warm
them to q liquid, and to this add an
ounce of glycerine. Mix this in ten
ounces of linseed oil; and then with
a small glass syringe inject some OF it
into the end of the teat at least three
times day, first washing and cleaning
the teat as well as can be done. The
disease seems to be another OF germ
origin, and as the carbolic acid is death
to germs. the trouble is arrested at the
start In some sections this disorder is
very troublesome, and in our own
stable one of our best COWS has lost
two quarters of her udder, despite our
efforts to cure her, not knowing at
the start the character of the trouble,
or the remedy. When a blister forms
at the end of cows teat, don't delay
but~use the carbolic acid at once"
E. c. Bennett comments on the above
as follows: The dairy editor OF Rural
Life has made the acquaintance of this
malady, but was not aware that il is
common in the country. Two or three
COWS have each lost the use of teat,
and the possibility that more may be-
come affected is not pleasant. The
remedy is therefore given for the bene-
fit of all who are liable to have occa-
sion to use it. AS to its efficiency we
know nothing personally, and do not
usually give full credit to the claims
made for cures by doctoring. 1t will be
noticed that delay is fatal, that the
remedy must be applied when the
| blister first forms. We have no doubt
| that if this is done nearly all cases
would recover, and the reason for this
belief is that we find that many cases
| IL. 4
and the application would hardly pre-
vent recovery, to say the least. How
ever, it may be useful in these cases
which do not recover without treat
ment, and they are by no means as
uncommon, it seems, as could be wish
! ed"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
VIII Keep Five Hundred Hens.

A reader at Marion, Ohio, intends to
keep five hundred hens, and from his
letter below he has much TO learn, and
We give the inquiries for the purpose
of discussing them, says Poultry Keep
err. He says:
I'VE are going to put up one OF the
new hen houses go feet long by Ia feet
wide, capacity of 500 laying hens, 20 to
the pen, 10 by IA feet ueghorns.,
Now do you think they will do as well
by letting these run all together or
shall l keep them separate? VIII
leave runs % feet by 10 feet on each
side of the building, with large win
dow to every pen to the south, ten feet
apart for plenty of light. We want 70
keep 1000 hens for laying, which II at
tended to right and everything Is
looked after and kept clean, there
is money in it. Please give us ideas on
this, for We are sort of laying luck on
your paper for our success"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08

1t would require whole book to
comply with this request to give us
ideas" for there are hundreds OF de-
tails to be onsidered-sickness, lice,
etc.,-but let us look into it some. We
do not advise an inexperienced person
to attempt to keep 500 hens, but to be-
gin with few and gradually increase.
Here is reader who asks if 500 hens
should run together Certainly not
the smaller the fiocks the better. He
says: Eve want to keep 1000 hens,
which, if attended to right" etc. Stop
right there. If attended to right
well, that is just what we have been
trying to find out for over forty years.
Every one means to do it right, thinks
it can be done right, and that it is an
easy matter. But what is ''right?" We
publish our paper every month, hlled
with excellent articles on how to do 1t
right, and we try to add our views, yet
the how to do it right" is not known
yet. Now, the reader at Marion
knows that he has our sympathy, and
that we mean no offense in thus dis
GUESSING his letter, for we admire his
courage. He has the right breed, and
he writes like one determined. We
will say, however, that Leghorns will
not stand confinement we'll, and his
yards are too small. They are active,
and delight to forage. They can be
kept in fiocks of about 40 or so as the
maximum, but must be kept at work.
The plan of the house is correct, but
there should be two yards, one on each
side of the house, so as to give each
flock yard while green food Is grow
ing in another. They may also have
roup, brought by pigeons, or lice may
prevail, "varmints" kill them, rats get
under the floors, egg-eating and
feather-pulling be faults, overlooking
prevent laying. and other drawbacks.
Don't put too much money in them the
first year. Try it and learn with a
few. Experience is worth more than
capital. 1t looks as easy to keep FIVE
hundred as a dozen, but dozen can
have more room and receive care which
could not be bestowed on five hundred.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
Big Deal In Pork.

The Canadian pork syndicate re-
ferred to in our last issue comprises
some Of the wealthiest men in To-
interested to the extent of $1,000,OO0
and are prepared to take delivery of
the pork. The bulk of the purchases
were made at and in the vicinity of
S7.021s per barrel in Chicago. A rich
Toronto lumber firm has purchased
10000 barrels, and other large pur-
chases were made for account of To-
ronto and Montreal firms. This is the
largest pork syndicate since the days
when the late Mr.. Ross, of Quebec,
Messrs. Thomas Workman. Hugh Nc
Kay, Louis Renaud and others. of
Montreal, ran similar deal in Chi
cago over twenty years ago. The
latter syndicate bought the pork and
took delivery Of it, but the quality was
much inferior to that purchased and
after delivery considerable portion
of it was found to be sour and un-
merchantable, so that when the deal
was finally closed it was discovered
that the Chicago men had the best of
it, and the Montreal syndicate lost
nearly $1,000,000. Thousands OF deals
in Chicago pork have been put
through since then, but none of them
approached in dimension that of the
present Canadian syndicate, who have
bought the pork at low figure and
are determined to carry out the deal
even to taking delivery of the goods.
AS stated by us last week, the above
syndicate is rich enough to withstand
! the onslaughts Of Armour and the
other Chicago packers combined.
Therefore the syndicate cannot be
shaken out even if prices decline from
/ this out. 1t appears that the late
heavy purchases by the syndicate have
created quite flutter of excitement
among the packing interests of the
windy city, as they were made in diff
| ferent lots so as not to excite sus-
| picion, but when it was discovered
| that in the neighborhood of 100000
barrels had been bought by rich
| Canadian combine for future delivery
at prices that are considered all right.
and that the stock of contract pork in
Chicago at present is about 10000
barrels, which, along with other
kinds, only amount to 225,000 barrels,
it looked as il for once the Canucks
had made a good deal and had got in
well at figures that must show profit.
Montreal Bulletin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
Butter in Plaster OF Paris.

There seems to be no limit to the
of means for accomplishing the trans
port of the perishable produce of dis
tant chimes to the English market. A
new method, described in the Austral-
asian, is that of packing butter in a
box made Of six sheets of ordinary
glass, all edges being covered over with
gummed paper. The glass box is en-
veloped in layer of plaster of paris,
quarter of an inch thick, and this
is covered with specially prepared pa
per. The plaster being a bad conductor
of heat, the temperature inside the her
metically sealed receptacle remains
constant, being unaffected by external
changes. The cost of packing is about
Id per pound. Butter packed in the
way described at Melbourne has been
sent across the sea TO South Africa and
when the case was opened at Kimber-
", 700 miles from Cape Town, the but
ter was found to be as sound as when
it left the factory in Victoria. Cases
are now made to hold as much as 2
cwt. of butter, and forty hands, mostly
boys and girls, are occupied in making
the glass receptacles and covering them
with plaster. The top, or lid, however
is put on by simple mechanical ar
rangement, and is removed by the pur-
chaser equally easily. A saving of %
per cent on freight and packing is
claimed in comparison with the cost
of frozen butter carried in the usual
way.-EX.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
CAME IN YER NICELY.
How Two Candidates Were Utilized
by a Farmers Wife.

How Two Candidates Were Utilized
by II Farmers Wife.
IF 1t is not too early 1 would like to
tell you campaign story" remarked
the chief Of one of the bureaus of
downtown department. 'One of the
actors in it is to-day very frequently
spoken of as 4 possible candidate be-
fore the Chicago convention, though
he is by no means the most prominent,
and the other, by peculiar combina-
ton of events. had been spoken of in
connection with the nomination as gov
ernor of his state.
The scene was in n Western state,
though neither of the gentlemen resides
in that state now Both were candida
dates for q small country office, and
both then, as they are now, were
hustlers for anything they were after.
They were making a houSe-to-house
canvass, which was necessary at that
time, owing to the sparse population,
and while they cndeavored to work in
different sections, they frequently
found themselves in the same neighbor-
hood at the same time. The occurrence
which l refer to was at farm about
mile distant from the village where
both candidates We're to speak the fol-
lowing day. The candidates kept their
eyes pretty well OH each other during
the early part Of the day, but during
the afternoon they started out to do
some missionary work ut farmhouses.
BY n singular circumstance they landed
at the same farm, though one did not
know the other was there until later
on.
The man first referred to, finding
that the owner of the farm was alb
sent. devoted himself to the wife. and,
Of course. said all kinds Of nice things
to her, making special inquiry after the
children, whether they had caught the
measles. which prevailed at the time.
etc. The lady seemed charmed with
the attention shown her. but said she
would have to be excused. as she had to
milk the COW. The candidate kindly
offered to assist In that performance,
saying that though he Gould not milk,
he could keep the flies off the COW, or 1T
least hold her tail.
while engaged in holding the cows
tail he ventured to ask IL his compet-
tor for the office had been around yet.
oh. yes answered the wife, he is here
now He is in the back barn and is
holding the calf, for this COW will not
give down her mill, If the calf is in
sight baltimore Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
An Artful Dodger.

The disreputable applicant at the door
had told her that he was wounded at
Gettysburg, where Der own uncle had
lost leg, and after he had eaten pretty
much all that there was in the house,
she asked him to tell her all about his
misfortune.
"Well, you see, ma am" he said as he
backed to the door. II was comm
trough that place two years ago on
end collision"
He just lodged skillet and escaped
over the back fence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
The Rroiler Business.

A great many people are now turn
ing their attention to the raising OF
broilers. The prices for this kind of
poultry product has in the past been
fancy. At certain seasons of the year
the birds of one and one-half pound
weight have sold in Chicago for $500 a
dozen. The report thereof has gone
abroad, and the natural consequence
has been that farmers and others have
gone TO figuring, anG have found it an
easy matter to figure themselves rich
on broiler raising. But let us not lose
sight of the fact, that the chief reason
why broiler raising has been so profit
able is the fact that there has been so
few broilers to supply large demand.
We caution our readers not to build
too high hopes on the future high prices
of broilers. The supply tends to in
crease. The time will come when the
difference between the prices for broil-
ers and other kinds Of poultry will be
small. We say these few words for the
benefit of those who may be entering
ON the business or those intending to
enter it. Not that we wish to discour-
age such undertakings, but that We de-
sire the farmer to count the cost of his
venture and so avoid failure based on
wrong calculations.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
SPOKEN LANGUAGE.
The word Language" comes from

The word Language" comes from the
Latin "lingua." the tongue.
The rabbis taught that the Language
spoken by Adam was Hebrew.
The Chinese language has 10000 sim.
pie words and only $50 roots.
Philologists agree that all languages
are developed from one root.
Geiger says that "all words are de,
veloped from a few simple sounds
jaeger, Bleek, Muller and many Others
assume language to be an evolution.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN.

The sack or box coat will be much
In evidence this fall.
Brsiding and sets Of braided garnf-
lures are TO be popular.
Next winter will be winter of broad
brimmed hats and ostrich plumes.
Yokes are universally worn, but a
short. stout figure will look better in
long V.
The coming season promises to be a
fur season. and the long haired kinds
will be in especial favor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
rhe yastness of siberia.

graphic idea of the immense size
of Siberia may be CLEANED from the
following comparison: All of the states
kingdoms, principalities, empires. etc.
of Europe Except Russia), and all o!
the United States, including Alaska
could be placed side by side in Siberia
and yet but Attic more than cove:. thai
immense country