THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT 24 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Sep. 17,1887. 
Last "Wednesday the Illinois Supreme 
Court unanimously confirmed the sentences 
pronounced against the eight Chicago An¬ 
archists by Judge Gary on Oct. 9, 1886. The 
Supreme Court beard arguments on the case 
at Ottawa, March 17 nud 18, and has since 
beeu deliberating. Seven of the condemned 
men—August Spies, A. li. Parsons, Samuel 
Fielden, Michael Schwab. George Engel, 
Adolph Fischer and Louis Lingg—were sen¬ 
tenced to be hanged on Nov.-11, 1887, and Os¬ 
car Neebe to serve 15 years in the penitentiary. 
Of the lot Parsons is the only born American. 
After a month of constant strikes, a Urge 
crowd of strikers, urged on by Spies ami 
other Anarchists,attacked McCoi mirk’s reaper 
factory on Mav 3, 1886. and after doing much 
damage were driven off by the police, leaving 
lialt-a dozen of t heir members on the ground, 
many wounded getting awav. Next morning 
Spies’s paper, the Arbeiter Zeitung, contained 
a villainously violent, article against the 
“capitalistic beasts” whose bloodhounds—the 
police—had shot, down the strikers. “To 
arms! Revenge!” was the cry. A flaming 
revenge circular, composed by Spies, was 
posted all over the town where the working¬ 
men lived, calling fora meeting at Hayumr- 
ket Square for that evening, at ? l £ o’clock. 
A vast crowd of excited men assembled, and 
their passious were inflamed to frenzy by 
violent speeches bv Spies, Parsons. Fielden 
and others. At 10:30 a body of 150 police, 
filling t.be whole street, marched towards the 
wagons on which the speakers stood, pressing 
the crowd before them. Arriving at the 
wagons, they halted, and. in the name of the 
law, ordered thocrowd to disperse. From be¬ 
hind the wagons a bomb with burning fuse 
was thrown, and as soon as it struck the 
ground between the first and second ranks of 
the police it exploded with a terrific roar. 
Twenty-nme mangled men fell groaning to 
the ground. After au iustaut’s demoraliza¬ 
tion, the policemen’s revolvers wore all out, 
and each shot to kill. Some of the crowd shot, 
also. The crowd at once scattered in all di¬ 
rections. trampling each other in their frenz¬ 
ied fright. The streets were littered with 
dead and wounded, while many sorely hurt 
kept ou with the fleeing rabble. Seven police¬ 
men were killed, 11 permanently disabled and 
50 more, seriously hurt. A large number of 
the best, known Anarchists were arrested, and 
after a wearisome trial the abovb eight re¬ 
ceived the sentences which tins Supreme 
Court has confirmed. There is talk of an ap¬ 
peal to the United States Supreme Court 
under that clause of the Fourteenth Amend¬ 
ment which declares that no State shall de¬ 
prive any person of life, liberty or property 
without due process of law. The theory is 
that if there has been auy error In the trial 
and conviction of these men they are deprived 
of their liberty and are to be put to death 
without, due process of law. If tins were con¬ 
ceded all criminals convicted In State courts 
could appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court, and 
overload it with business. This morning’s 
telegrams say the Anarchists won't appeal to 
Governor Oglesby for mercy; but they expect 
a commutation of their sentences. 
Comptroller Durham has decided that tho 
Smithsonian Institution iu Washington is not 
a Department, or Bureau of the Government, 
but an incorporated institution. 
The fire losses in the United States and Can¬ 
ada since January 1 exceed £85.000,000.. 
Thk convict population of the United States, 
not counting the rogues out of jail, is 64,84$), 
or one to every 030 inhabitants. 
....Lieutenant Governor Waterman, of Cali¬ 
fornia, took tho oath of ofii -e as Governor 
Tuesday, to succeed the late Governor Bart¬ 
lett. Bartlett was a Democrat; Waterman is 
a Republican..Twenty thousand ex-dmfeder¬ 
ates were in session in Mexico, Mo., Wednes¬ 
day. One hundred cattle were barbacued .. 
... .The Supreme Court judges here who tried 
the appeal of Jacob Sharp have 3,0.00 pages of 
printed matter to read. Will decide proba¬ 
bly by the end of next week...Reports 
say Jake is still feeble: but reports aren’t half 
as bad as when he was in danger of Sing Sing 
rightaway. Whatever may be the decision 
of the Supreme Court the case is sure to be 
taken to the Court of Appeals-The amount 
paid for pensions last year was $78,305,5,SL an 
increase over t.he previous year of $0,669,750. 
There were 14,01!* new pensioners last year. 
The sum of $2,141,830 is requested for next 
year for salaries of the pension department.. 
Acting-Cornmmissiouer Stoekslager has issued 
the necessary instruct ions to the local laud 
officials to carry into effect Secretary Lamar’s 
recent order restoring to settlement the in¬ 
demnity lands of the Northern l’aeilic Rail¬ 
road Company. It is estimated t hat, nearly 
9,000,000 acres are involved.About 
200 men employed at the Chicago Steel Works, 
went out on strike on Wednesday. Sometime 
ago improved machinery was introduced in 
the factory, mid as a result, its general output 
increased 70 per cent...Last win ter 
the Montana Legislature authorized a bounty 
of 10 cents for prairie dogs and five cents for 
ground squirrels, and to date t he Territory has 
paid for 698,971 ground squirrels and 153.709 
prairie dogs, or u total of over $50,000. ’The 
Bounty Act hud exhausted all the money in 
the Treasury and was fast running the Terri¬ 
tory in debt, when, three weeks ago, the Gov¬ 
ernor, with the consent of the President, called 
a special session of the Legislature which re¬ 
pealed the law, and adjourned Wednesday 
fast.Ex-Governor Luke Blackburn, 
of Kentucky, died Wednesday at Frankfort, 
agek 71. Began practising medicine in 1834; 
married in*xr, year; elected to the State Legis¬ 
lature in 1843; married (n second wife iu 1857; 
was an aruiv surgeon during the war; elected 
Governor in 1879. Was famous through the 
South for his heroic conduct iu yellow fever 
and cholera epidemics.. .The Volunteer 
and Mayflower on Tuesday and Thursday 
tried to sail a 40 mile race here to find out 
which is the most worthy of defending the 
America’s Cup. No wind; no race. The Thistle 
on Tuesday, starting after tho others, got 
ahead of both, either through better sailing 
qualities or a more favorable fluke of wiud. 
Friday the Volunteer outsailed the Mayflower 
by two miles, or 16 minutes, in a 40 mile run 
aiid a good breeze, and was at once selected to 
compete with the Thistle American prospects 
bright!.. Philadelphia has had a glorious time 
celebrating the Constitutional Centennial. 
President and w ife. Governors of many States 
and other notabilities, together with great 
crowds of people present. City contributed 
$6,000 to t he occasion. Friday, the second 
day. 50,000 troops were iti line, and there were 
500,000 visitors.The great Med¬ 
ical Convention at, Washington ended well; 
but there were many complaints that a quar¬ 
rel between “old and new style” doctors kept 
many of the best native and’ foreign practi¬ 
tioners away. Then tho homeopathists were 
altogether excluded.Strikes are chronic 
in the Pennsylvania coal districts; 4.000 men 
are. now out about Shamokln. The coal 
kings are putting up prices on consumers just 
as if they were increasing the wages of the 
producers.Anarchist Most,, of this city, 
sought to be admitted to citizenship Monday, 
but was denied, because ho asserted that, if 
the laws of the land interfered with t.htyights 
of the people, lie w ould resist them by force. 
He'll try again .Mr. Powderly says be 
has authorized nobody to declare that he will 
retire at the Minneapolis gathering of the 
Knights.Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, 
was re opened last Sunday, after the summer 
vacation. No successor to Beecher vet ap¬ 
pointed ; hardly likely the place will be of¬ 
fered to Dr. Parker, of London, Beecher’s 
friend, now here.The Republican 
State Convention met at, Saratoga, N. Y., 
Wednesday. The nominations were: Secre¬ 
tary of State (the highest State officer elected 
this year), Fred D Grant of New York; 
Comptroller, Judge Jesse L’Amoreaux of 
Saratoga; Attorney-General, .Tames A. Deni¬ 
son of Fulton ; State Treasurer, James H. 
Carmichael of Erie; State Engiueer and Sur¬ 
veyor, O. H. P. Cornell of Tompkins. 
... .Great, cutting of passenger rates on the 
trunk lines. The Pennsylvania R. R. sold 
round trip excursion tickets for oue fare from 
Chicago to the Constitutional Centennial at 
Philadelphia, and the other roads began slash¬ 
ing prices. Tickets now from New York city 
to Chicago, $15; to St. Louis, $18, and to in¬ 
termediate points proportionately—the cheap¬ 
est rates for two years .... 
... The Dominion Government allows an 
annual subsidy to the new provinces for the 
purposes of internal improvement to help to 
put them on an equality in this respect with 
the old. It is now stated that if Manitoba 
does not at once back down from her position 
in regard to the Red River Railway, the Fed¬ 
eral Government will withhold the payment 
of the next half-year’s subsidy, tn that way 
it is hoped to cripple the Provincial Govern¬ 
ment financially and prevent the carrying out 
of the contracts for the construction and 
equipment of the railway from Winnipeg to 
the boundarv line..Tho citizens of 
Seattle, W. T., celebrated last Thursday even¬ 
ing, with boufires, cannons, illuminations, 
fireworks, music and public sneaking, the 
election of Henry VTllard to the Northern 
Pacific Directorate .. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 17, 1887. 
After a session of seven months the British 
Parliament was prorogued on Friday to 
Nov. 30. Only three public measures became 
law—two of them Irish—and 20 private bills 
were passed. The Irish business occupied a 
disproportionate part of the session. The 
Coercion autl Land Bills took up 52 out of the 
150 working days of the session, aud other 
Irish questions occupied a considerable 
amount of time. The estimates of appropri¬ 
ations for the public service, and other rou¬ 
tine matters absorbed most of the time re¬ 
maining, so that the Government was com¬ 
pelled to abandon a loug list of public meas¬ 
ures proposed at the opening of the session. 
The uew rule of “closure,” equivalent to our 
“previous question,” which peremptorily puts 
an end to debate, was frequently applied, and 
still the session lasted hall a year with meagre 
results , all on account of the Irish trouble 
Upon that question the 1'ones have signally 
triumphed, even the Liberal wing of that 
party being unable to force Lord Salisbury 
and his partisans from the high path of re¬ 
pression. Looking at it as a parlamontnry 
struggle, the Premier has scored notable vic¬ 
tories. His lieutenants in the Commons have 
bungled their speeches, Liberal-Unionists and 
Conservative ofliee-holders have broken from 
his ranks, the oratory of a Gladstone, a liar- 
court, a Trevelyan and a 1’arnell has beeu re¬ 
peatedly centered upon him: special elections 
have gone against llomo Rule at almost panic 
figures, foreign opimon has plainly taken the 
same drift, and Ireland itself has been so far 
upon its good behavior iu the matter of 
agrarian crime as to give the Crimes Act, all 
but a humorous aspect—and yet tho Premier 
has triumphed over all. In the larger sense the 
Liberals have gained ground. The heart of 
England is touched, and tiuio will do the rest. 
.Editor O’Brien has been arrests 1 and 
jailed and will soon be tried for an inflamma¬ 
tory speech, under the Coercion Act—the first 
ease. Political prisoners are treated like 
criminals in Ireland -contrary to the usual 
custom in other countries. Five deaths have 
resulted from the police attack ou the crowd 
at Mitchollstown, and the funeral of each vic¬ 
tim has been mode the occasion for a great po¬ 
litical display. The Scotch people are about 
ready to claim Home Rule. Hitherto Scotch 
legislation has been left almost entirely to 
Scotch members of both Houses of Parliament, 
but what is thought to be a majority of Scotch¬ 
men want aParliumouFinEdinburgh, Labor 
troubles and strikes are chronic iu England. 
The nail-makers of Staffordshire and the ad¬ 
jacent country are now out, 70,000 strong. 
Agriculture is depressed even more than us¬ 
ual of late years. A bill making allotments 
of small holdings to farm help was among 
those that fallen to pass. The husiness de¬ 
pression generally is very severe, due 
mostly to growing competition with the 
manufacturers of other countries. 
The success of the mobilization of the 17th 
Army Corps, is still the engrossing topic in 
France. There were only 16,000 men in the 
ranks, and 20,759 were absent on furlough and 
among the “reserves,” aud all had to bo col¬ 
lected from a radius of over 50 miles on all 
sides ot Toulouse, clothed, armed and fully 
equipped for march or battle, in five days. It 
was all done well, and then long marches were 
made and sham battles were fought. This 
Southern corps was not regarded ns among 
the best; and if it did so well, what could 
some of the others do i France now feels she 
is ready for any contest—for revenge—and 
several violent, speeches have been made in 
this line.... An astonishing (ire-arm invention 
has just been introduced. At 3,000 feet dis¬ 
tance 98 per cent hit a uumber of baskets 
representing a company of soldiers.The 
C’ompte do Baris, who claims te> be, dr ju re. 
King of France, has just Issued a manifesto 
to liis followers, showing how isolated Re¬ 
publicanism has made France in Europe, and 
that the safety of the country depends ou its 
becoming a monarchy under his benignant 
rule. Just now Republicanism has a firm 
hold cm the country. It has caused a good 
deal of a sensation! however, and many con¬ 
sider it a prelude to general European hostili¬ 
ties. Germany has been telling Switzerland, 
that iu the event of a Franco-German war, 
she should occupy a part of Savoy; but France 
has been quietly fortifying and garrisoning 
all Alpine approaches from Switzerland to that 
lately acquired territory. 
There has beeu a great deal of diplomacy 
wasted in the effort to bring the Czar and 
German Emperor together. The latter lias- 
gone north to Stettin at the head of a small 
gulf leading south from the Baltic, and the 
Czar’s yacht could easily rnn in on its return 
from Copenhagen to St.’ Petersburg. It would 
also have been quite natural for the Czar to 
visit his great-uncle, who has always been 
personally very friendly towards tho Rus¬ 
sian rulers, nnd whose days must, soon close; 
but it appears certain now that no meeting 
will take place, though one has been several 
times promised. Just as Gornuiuy is relent 
lessly Germanizing the French inhabitants of 
Alsace aud Lorraine, so Russia is treating the 
German inhabitants of Livonia aud her other 
German-Bailie provinces. This begets much 
exasperation. Germans generally are nearly 
as intensely hated in Russia as in France, 
while the French, individual! v undos a nut ion, 
are liked, A war bet,ween Russia and Ger¬ 
many in the future appears inevitable, and 
would be highly popular in Russia, lor there 
appears to be a natural antipathy between 
the Sclav and the Teuton. ... 
....Bulgarian affairs are still iu a muddle. 
Turkey hesitates to Lake any decided step as 
the suzerain, or lord paramount, of the coun¬ 
try aud other nations are waiting for Turkey 
to neb. No doubt a tremendous amount of di¬ 
plomatic work, plotting and counterplotting 
is going on under the surface, but it isn’t time 
yet for auy Bower to show its hand. A news¬ 
paper at Hustehuk said the German Consul 
there had been recalled for flagitious con¬ 
duct. This was uutrue, and Bismarck treated 
the statement as a national insult and refused 
an apology. The paper was then suppressed 
and tho editor imprisoned and a second apol¬ 
ogy tendered, and the Bulgarian Government 
is now anxiously waiting to learn whether this 
reparation will be deemed sufficient. By in¬ 
ternational treaties no war vessel is allowed 
to pass the Dardanelles without the consent of 
the Turkish Government. Bismarck has asked 
permission to send a German man-of-war into 
the Black Sea to threaten the Bulgarian ports; 
but here again the Sultan hesitates. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, September 17, 1887. 
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports 
that the total yalueof the exports of domestic 
breadstuff* from, the United States during the 
mouth of August, 1887, and during the two 
and eight mouths ended August 31, 1887, us 
compared with similar exports during the 
corresponding periods of the previous year 
were as follows: August, 1887, $18,382,444; 
1886, $15,116,881; two mouths ended August 
31, 1887, $84,141, 663; 1886, $36,784,505; eight 
months ended August 31, 1887, $118,800,492; 
1886, $09,547,071.There is a storage res¬ 
ervoir being built in Arizona for irrigating 
purposes that, it is stated, will have a capaci¬ 
ty of 15,000,000,000gallons.The tobacco 
raised for the Spanish and Dutch markets in 
Ohio is safely iu sheds and the seed loaf is be¬ 
ing cut rapidly. The frost would do great in¬ 
jury. Careful estimates are 4,000 and 5,000 
cases of Dutch, 3,000 of Spanish aud 10,000 of 
seed leaf as cigar leufjerop of tho Miami Val- 
luy, Ohio, this season.News from Balti¬ 
more »ays the peaeh-eanuiug interests are iu 
a bad way. Never in their history have the 
numerous canning establishments presented 
such a dull appearance at this season of t.he 
year, lustead of the receipts at tho wharves 
by boats from the great po.cli orehurds of 
eastern Maryland and Delaware averaging 
from 60,000 to 75,000 boxes a day, they have 
not exceeded 8,000 auy single day this season. 
Reports of the same kind come lrotn nearly 
all the cunning districts east of the Rockies; 
but it must be remembered that California is 
canning the biggest fruit crop on record this 
year, and freiguts are cheap across the conti¬ 
nent. There was a great scarcity of suitable 
labor; but the news of the failure of Duit 
crops on this side of the mountains has spurred 
the Californians to the greatest exertions..... 
_At the Cleveland trotting track, Thurs¬ 
day, Patron, winner of the great prize at 
Hartford the other day, was defeated by 
Clingstone, Retting $100 to $30 on Patron, 
with few takers. First heat won by Patron iu 
2:17; second and third by Clingstone in 2:19. 
Emery. Patron's owner, refused to let his 
horse trot any more as he was unwell and out 
of condition. Will trot again Thursday, at De¬ 
troit. .. Heavy losses of sheep from 
recent storms in Buenos Ayres.A single 
county iu Wyoming this year sheared 05,000 
sheep: clip 525,000 pounds—an average of 
a trifle over nine pounds apiece.Texas 
fever has succeeded “pleuro” at Chicago - 
.Viter a visit to Fort Scott, Kan¬ 
sas, where the Department of Agriculture is 
conducting experiments in sorguum sugar 
making, Commissioner Column says he is de¬ 
lighted with the result The Department’s 
experiments at Rio Grande, N. J., are, he 
says, equally successful, He thinks it can be 
proved that sorghum sugar can bo profitably 
made here. Prof Wiley, Chemist of the De¬ 
partment, has expressed a different opinion. 
....Vigorous efforts are being made at Chi¬ 
cago to put a stop to all telegrams of the Pro¬ 
duce Exchange and Board or Trade quotations 
to the various “bucketshops” in tin-Windy 
City and throughout the country. These ille¬ 
gitimate gambling dens greatly lessen the 
business of the legitimate gambling Exchanges 
and Boards. The St. Louis Exchange was 
greatly exasperated the other day by the 
stoppage of Chicago quotations. Tut* Chicago 
folks said that, tlipir quotations were given to 
the “bucket shops” through the St. Louis peo¬ 
ple, and they wanted to find out Who got 
them iu that way. Now the New York Pro¬ 
duce Exchange is indignantly mad because 
President King,of the Chicago Exchange, has 
dared to say the New York body is no better 
than a “bucket shop,” as the prices here are 
regulated by those telegraphed from Chicago, 
freight added. Indeed, the. Chicago people 
claim that the prices quoted in their place 
regulate the prices of produce in all the 
regular Exchanges, as well as iu the “ bucket 
shops” throughout the country. Kicking all 
arouud against such arrogant assumption ! 
New York threatens to cut off Chicago alto¬ 
gether.E. W Todd, proprietor of the 
biggest “bucket shop” here, known as tho 
New York Stock Company, Limited, was ar¬ 
rested Tuesday, on the charge of keeping a 
common gambling house. Out ou bail, and 
business still booming.It has at 
last been decided to hold tho Illinois State 
Fair at Olney, beginning September 24. 
. .The Armour-Cudahy Company has been 
incorporated under the laws of Illinois, for the 
purpose of buying aud selling cattle aud hogs 
lor slaughtering purposes at Omaha, Neb. 
Capital, $750,0014.A requisition is said to 
have been made on tho Union Pacific Railroad 
for 1.000 more stock ears than the company 
can supply, and the shipments of horses and 
cattle from Oregon and Washington, it is 
said, will be greater than has ever been known 
in the history of the road _Au 
“American beef pool” was organized at Den¬ 
ver, Col., September 10. Iis object is by 
organized effort, to increase the net. value of 
the beef products of its membership. It is to 
have directors nud other officers. Any person 
to be eligible tor membership must be a pro¬ 
ducer ami shipper of beef; and the only 
charge to a members for the support of the 
organization shall be 50 cents per head upon 
all beef cattle shipped to or through it. 
....A convention of the representatives of 
the various agricultural colleges and experi¬ 
ment si at ions wdl be held at tho Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, Oct. i s, 19, and 
20. The Hatch Bill establishing the General 
Government Stations, provided tor an annual 
convention of the directors ot the different 
stations to determine some special line of 
work to be prosecuted during tho year to the 
extent of at least 15 per eeut. of the $15,000 
appropriated to each station, and the conven¬ 
tion will be consulted on this subject. The De¬ 
partment of Agriculture also wants a special 
appropriation ot $15,000 for a central station, 
in which the work <>£ the various experiment 
stations in this nud other countries may be 
digested aud the results given to the public. 
The convention is sure to indorse this Imtdible 
project.Hay is being used instead 
of straw for paper making at Chaplin, Vfc. It 
is cheaper.... 
An Opinion Cheerfully Given. 
From their relation to society,the clergyman 
of a growing denomination, the minister of a 
congregation, the pastor of a flock, naturally 
feel groat sympathy for the alllietod. Hence, 
when tho truly pious priest finds a certain 
remedy that is no humbug, but does afford 
genuine, reliable relief, he does not, hesitate to 
give to the world au honest opinion of it. 
The following is from one of the most faith¬ 
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infirmities which our fellow-creatures are suf¬ 
fering or are liable to. With the deepest grati¬ 
tude for all your kindness, I remain your true 
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