THE RURAL HEW°VORKER. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, June 5, 1886. 
The Knights of Labor and Trade Unions 
Convention at Cleveland, Ohio, is over. No 
definite agreement was made between the two, 
the Knights wanting the control of strikes and 
boyeottings; the Trades insisting that each 
trade should decide upon and manage these 
for itself. A large number of “trade-union¬ 
ists” arc also Knights, and in case of a conflict 
these would withdraw, Powderly and the 
other old officers of the K. of L, remain iu 
power, but six new ones were elected, and 
these with some others already in control will 
be likely to form a majority with a more vio¬ 
lent policy than that of Powderly, who is op¬ 
posed to strikes and boycotting. By his efforts 
it was agreed that hereafter the Executive 
Board must approve all strikes, and, except 
in certain grievous cases where immediate ac¬ 
tion is necessary, a strike or boycott will not 
be allowed without their approval. Twelve 
propositions are embodied iu a demand on 
Congress made by the Knights of Labor. The 
first seven relate to the public lands—keeping 
them for actual settlers, fully taxiug those 
owned liy corporations, forfeiting un-earned 
grants, barring alien ownership, etc.; the 
eighth aslcsthe abolition of all laws requiring 
a property qualification for voters; the ninth 
favors an income tax; the 10thprotests against 
the cutting down of the appropriation for the 
Labor Bureau; the 11th asks for the passage 
of the bills approved by the Congressional 
Labor Committee; the 12th asks for a passage 
of a law prohibiting the employment of min¬ 
ors for more than eight hours per day. Con¬ 
gressmen who pay no attention to this de¬ 
mand will be put “on the list." They also 
want Congress to regulate interest on money 
by openiug loan offices where money can be 
got at three per cent on prime security. 
.It is not unlikely that 
the newspapers in favor of Capital against 
Labor, are exaggerating the dissensions, faults 
and shortcomings of the convention. 
Labor troubles quieting down. Eight hour 
movement collapsed. Third Avenue strike 
here a complete failure. Employers every¬ 
where organizing for a war of resistance 
against future demands ; Example, 47 hosiery 
manufacturers of Philadelphia, Pa. , employing 
over 12,000 hands, have organized for mutual 
protection on account of the recent demands 
of employes. Nearly all the prominent 
manfa cturers were represented at the meeting. 
. ..Last Friday and Saturday (May 29 and 80) 
the tracks on the Southern railroads (15,000 
miles), were changed from five-foot to the 
standard gauge for the rest of the country. 
The trucks of engines and cars were also 
changed to suit the new gauge; yet all was 
done with such lightning rapidity along the 
various liues, that only an occasional through 
train was delayed a little. Henceforth one sort 
of engine or car can travel on 90 per cent, of the 
roads of the country — Although a constitu¬ 
tional amendment has prohibited the liquor 
traffic in Maine sincel884, the Collector uow re¬ 
ports the traffic steadily on the increase!.. .The 
Senate lias passed the bill “to prevent the ac¬ 
quisition of real property (land) by aliens”— 
in the Territories, of course .Of late 
the “Salvation Army" has caused a great deal 
of trouble by its public vagaries in large and 
small towns nearly all over the country—its 
chief illegal fault in most cases heiug its abso¬ 
lute refusal to 'obey the orders of the muni¬ 
cipal authorities forbidding its noisy street 
parades. At Beloit, Wis., it caused a serious 
riot the other day by refusing to obey the 
Mayor’s orders.... The bill to tax railroad 
lands, which now escape in most cases in the 
Far West, because the railroads won’t pay 
the cost of surveys, is being vigorously pres¬ 
sed by the Western Senators in the Senate; 
also a bill compelling the roads to have their 
grants surveyed’at once, and in case of neglect, 
refundingthe cost of surveying to outsiders who 
have done the work.Neither Washington 
Montana nor Dakota TeiTitories will be admit¬ 
ted into the sisterhood of States this year. The 
first and last are Republican, and the Demo¬ 
cratic House know their votes would outr 
weigh those of Democratic Montana. 
About 250 representatives of stove-makers, 
assembled. Wednesday, at Cleveland, Ohio, 
and decided to raise the price of stoves 
throughout the whole country. 
Gov. West, appointed to succeed Murray in 
Utah, went the other day to the penitentiary 
where 49 convicted polygamists are serving 
their sentences, and after some “goody-goody" 
talk, promised to secure their pardon if they 
would renounce polygamy. They have just 
answered they value polygamy above all 
other relations human or divine,and will all re¬ 
double the practice as soon as they get a chance. 
Document circulating like wild-fire through 
MormondonCand encouraging the “Saints” 
everywhere. West has “slopped over” as 
Murray would never have done.The 
House, after having shamefully pigeonholed 
Edmund’s Senate anti-polygauy bill, now pro¬ 
pose to bring iu one still more severe—mere 
“bunkum” to bamboozle indignant constitu¬ 
ents. All know it is uow too late to pass such 
a measure—Mormon lobby triumphant!. 
Maine Democrats have nominated Clark S. 
Edwards for Governor...The lately 
established New York State Board of Ai'bi- 
tration, organized, Thursday, with William 
Purcell, of Rochester, os President. Quite a 
number of States have lately established such 
Boards, which must, give advice without 
power to enforce it.Ex-Treasurer 
Martin O. Van Fleet, of Huron County, Ohio, 
charged with having misappropriated #65,000 
of the County funds, has been extradited by 
the Dominion authorities. They should do the 
same with the numerous other American 
swindlers skulking in hotels and boarding¬ 
houses, but, then, the rascals squander their 
plunder freely!......... The work of Congress 
to Thursday is thus briefly epitomised, from 
Speaker Carlisle’s examination of the books 
of the House: Introduced in the House, 9,125 
bills and 178 resolutions. Of these, the House 
has passed 191 public and 741 private hills, and 
the Senate has concurred in 72 public and 384 
private bills. There have been 2,580 bills and 
68 joint resolutions introduced in the Senate, 
of which that body has passed 157 public and 
323 private bills; and the House has concurred 
in 36 public and 87 private bills. Thus the 
total result of the labors of Congress to Thurs¬ 
day last was 11,951 bills and resolutions intro¬ 
duced. and 108 public and 471 private bills 
acted upon by both Houses. Nearly all the 
“private bills” were pension bills giving pen¬ 
sions or increasing the same iu cases not pro¬ 
vided for by the existing laws.... No pros¬ 
pect of passing the general bankruptcy bill 
through Congress at this session, as the West 
and South are strongly opposed to a measure 
supposed to be contrived in the interest of 
Eastern dealers and money lenders. Many 
others object to the bill as increasing the secu¬ 
rity for debts, and therefore likely to enlarge 
their amount. The bill would be splendid for 
lawyers, as it would force 'into involuntary 
bankruptcy all .30 days bellind in their pay¬ 
ments. What a tremendous crop of lawsuits 
from this clause alone!!!.Herr Most, a 
lately landed, loud-mouthed, virulent, coward¬ 
ly German Anarchist, who through his catch¬ 
penny paper in this city, tried to incite riot, 
pillage and assassination, has been just con¬ 
victed of having done so, and sentenced to one 
year’s imprisonment aud a fine of #500—the 
highest penalty. One of his fiery, blatant 
confederates got nine months, and $250; an¬ 
other nine months without a fine.New in¬ 
dictments against the Chicago rioters; and in¬ 
dictments also found against the Milwaukee 
Anarchists. This foreign scum is lashed all 
round.A Congressional report intim¬ 
ates the practical failure of Ead’s jetties at 
the mouth of the Mississippi. He really did 
deepen the channel, but the accumulating 
mud brought down by the river causes constant 
bars_Decoration Day a glorious success here 
and everywhere else. Here Grant’s tomb was 
magnificently decorated, flowers coming from 
all parts of the country, oven from California. 
The Emperor of China ordered his Minister 
to come from Washington to decomb 1 the 
tomb. Logan spoke ....John H. Deane, 
of this city, for years counsel for the Ameri¬ 
can Baptist Missionary Union, is “short” 
#150,000 in its funds entrusted to his honesty. 
....The Presbyterian General Assembly 
which adjourned Monday at Minneapolis, ob¬ 
jects to advertising in Sunday papers; ami 
allows music iu the churches.Subscrip¬ 
tions for the families of the Chicago mur¬ 
dered policemen amount to over $70,000. 
The New York Supreme Court has affirmed 
the conviction of Al lernmn Jaehne. 
Canada is to investigate the Northwestern 
Indian trouble.The Dominion Parlia¬ 
ment at Ottawa was prorogued Wednesday. 
Governor-General iSmsdowne congratulated 
both Houses for granting proper representa¬ 
tion in the Commons to the Northwest Ter¬ 
ritories ; on the completion of the Canadian 
Pacific R. R. ; on the repayment by it of the 
advances it had received from the public trea¬ 
sury, and on the establishment of a public 
printing office like that at Washington. 
The Canadian export duty on pine logs has 
been reduced from $8 per 1,000 feet to $2. 
Oregon is prospering from new immigration 
this year as never before, and it is almost ex¬ 
clusively American, as foreigners are generally 
too poor to travel so far. Portland has ad¬ 
ded 2.0(H) to her population. Agriculturally 
the State is “boomiug.”.Rhode Island pro¬ 
hibitionists are much excited at the election 
of Brayton as chief constable to enforce the 
Prohibitory Amendment to the Constitution 
lately passed. They say he is a very bad man, 
and his bondsmen had to make up a deficit of 
$30,000 in, his accounts while Postmaster 
at Providence. 
.Our government has released that Cana¬ 
dian schooner without exacting the $500 fine. 
Canada has seized another of our fishing vessels. 
Bait is being clandestinely sold by the ’long¬ 
shore Provendals. Our fishermen have lost a 
good deal by the Dominion embargo on bait 
and ice, and some won’t pay expenses where 
usually they would have made a good surplus. 
Negotiations still in progress between Wash¬ 
ington and London. Looks as if the British 
Government will side with Canada. Much 
complaint at the dilatoriness of Sec. Bayard. 
“Reprisals” the favorite cry. War talk here 
and there; war thought, nowhere. 
.Denver, Col,, greatly excited over the 
striking of oil in the heart of the city by peo¬ 
ple who were sinking an artesian well. Oil be¬ 
gan to flow at a depth of 1,100 feet. Old oil 
men from Pennsylvania say that the prospect 
is good for a big flow...James G. 
Blaine made n rattling, Irish-vote-catching 
speech at the “Gladstone meeting” at Portland, 
Me., the other night.The public 
debt was decreased $8,828,5(50 last month, 
against a decrease of 810,005,388 in April. 
The debt, less $302,104,274 available cash items 
(including $100,000,000 reserve) and #76,142,611 
net cash in the Treasury.is now $1,398,198,282. 
.... Pasteur’s hydrophobia cure is to be tested 
in this city. Dr. Mott and assistants are 
“producing” rabies-virus, and two patients 
are waiting to be inoculated. ... .The 
Dominion Government has refused to sanction 
the anti-Chinese legislation passed by the gov¬ 
ernment of the Province of Columbia. 
.... We are glad to learn that the enterprising 
dry goods house of Messrs. James McCreery & 
Co. are falling into line in the early closing 
movement. For the month of June the}' will 
give one-half of their employes, alternately, 
the whole of Saturday each week. For the 
months of July and August they will give one- 
half of their employes, alternately, the whole 
of Saturday in each week, besides closing as 
usual every Saturday at 12 M. during these 
months. This arrangement, though somewhat 
novel, is quite satisfactory to all concerned... 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, June 5, 1886. 
Little foreign news of general interest 
during the week. In England the Home Rule 
bill is still bitterly debated in the Commons. 
A vote on the second reading will be taken at 
2 o’clock next Tuesday morning, and how it 
will go is still extremely doubtful; but it is 
probable it will be defeated. Gladstone will 
theu dissolve Parliament, a new lot of mem¬ 
bers will be elected, and the people will thus 
decide the question. In Ireland the Orange¬ 
men are enrolling themselves and drilling; an 
army of 75,000 men is reported to be ready to 
take the field to oppose a Parliament iu Dub¬ 
lin. Many tenants still refuse to pay rent, 
and much consequent distress prevails among 
some of the poorer landlords. A great deal 
of forced idleness aud consequent privation 
among the laboring classes all over the Uuited 
Kingdom..— 
.In Spain the young King is getting along 
well. Don Carlos has issued a proclamation 
that he will never, under any circumstances, 
resign his right to the Spanish throne. 
In Italy cholera has been making little head¬ 
way of late. The Pope and the King are 
becoming more friendly. Great distress aud 
poverty among all working classes, especially 
the agricultural.In Germany Bismarck 
is redoubling his efforts to stamp out socialism 
and agitation of all kinds, while keeping a 
watchful eye on the movements of Russia 
against Turkey and British India. 
.In France the bill expelling all the des¬ 
cendants of former sovereigns is pretty certain 
to pass the Legislature. It will not lie left, to 
the option of the government to expel them; 
nor will expulsion be confined to the promin¬ 
ent members—all are to be exiled, not by the 
Government, but by the Legislature. The 
“princes” arc preparing for exile. A good 
deal of labor trouble, especially amofig metal 
workers and miners. Strikers becoming riot¬ 
ous and threatening to use dynamite. 
Russia is massing troops iu the south, and 
thereby disturbing Turkey and Austria, as 
they fear the Czar is meditating a march on 
Constantinople.Greece aud Turkey have 
made peace without the intervention of the 
“ Powers,” aud the Turks huve surrendered 
1,200 prisoners made iu those frontier scrim- 
ages, so it seems Greece got much the worst 
of the fighting.. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Juno 5, 1886. 
The sudden appearance of myriads of grass¬ 
hoppers has created a panic among farmers in 
Williamson, Bell and Falls Counties, North¬ 
eastern Texas. Farmers hurridly assembling 
to devise means for averting the destruction 
of their crops .The English Privy 
Council, last Wednesday, made Dundee, Scot¬ 
land, an open port to foreign cattle. Glas¬ 
gow, Hull, Liverpool, London, Cardiff, Bris¬ 
tol, Plymouth. Portsmouth aud London have 
hitherto been the only ports open to this trade, 
and American trade has almost exclusively 
been with Glasgow, Liverpool and London, 
the other ports dealing almost entirely iu Con¬ 
tinental cattle. The opening of Dundee will, 
it is thought, improve the trade in American 
cattle.The sugar crop of Egypt is 
very small this year, and some of the public 
sales have been stopped because prices are so 
very low. Bad news this for English, French 
and German bondholders. Egypt is held and 
farmed by the English with the single object 
of wresting from the wretched, standing fella¬ 
heen taxes enough to pay interest on these 
bonds, which bear preposterous interest, and 
were given for money wastefullv and wicked¬ 
ly squandered by the Khedive Islimael. The 
condition of the Egyptian fellaheen, under 
British rule, is worse oven than that of the 
Hindoo ryots or the Irish peasantry. 
Tremendous drought all through Texas, but 
especially iu the Western section, including 
48 counties and embracing a region larger 
than Illinois, Reports from the interior bring 
horrible accounts of suffering from drought. 
The loss of live stuck will rise high among the 
millions, perishing from thirst and starvation 
by tens of thousands on the dried-up prairies 
and along the dusty, parched water-courses. 
All growing crops ruined or cut down fully 
one-half. Even in Galveston, where cistern 
water alone is used by a population of 40,000, 
fresh water is peddled in the streets at. 50 cents 
a barrel. Hotels, etc., are using salt water 
for washing purposes. Fresh water has to be 
brought in tanks from Houston, 45 miles 
away. The longest and severest drought 
known in the history of Texas.Just as 
we go to press the telegraph tells us a wide¬ 
spread rain has partly relieved the distress in 
a great part of the State. 
Epidemic at Ohcmnitz, Germany, from eat¬ 
ing raw beef—not pork—133 victims reported: 
disease still spreading.The receipts of 
the Chicago citnis fair cover expenses so that 
California oranges, lemons, etc., have had a 
good advertisement gratia .The Clydes¬ 
dale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ire¬ 
land, will present valuable medals for compe¬ 
tition at the Clydesdale show, to open at Chi¬ 
cago, September 6, 1886. Competing animals 
must be entered in the British or American 
Clyde stud-book.Jack rabbits are so 
unprecedentedly multitudinous as to be a griev¬ 
ous plague to the stockmen of Nevada, Utah 
and parts of Idaho. They swarm in the 
valleys eating more grass than all the herds 
and flocks. Tbe last Legislature put a 
bounty, ou the scalps of eayotes, the next will 
be urged to take it off, as the increase 
of the pests is attributed mainly to tbe 
slaughter of the “wolves of the prairies” 
which used to feed upon them.Over 
12,000 acres beloncring to Jay Cooke & Co., 
in Minnesota and Wisconsin, were uuotioned 
off in Chicago the other day. Prices generally 
low .At several of the grain warehouses 
at Chicago, 1884 wheat is said to have been 
mixed with that of 188ft, to prevent shippers 
from drawing out the “old ” wheat which is 
preferred to the “new.”.Frosts and 
hall storms have been very destructive to the 
potato crop in some parts of Ireland. 
Not only are our foreign cattle syndicates 
aud barons turning their attention to the Cana¬ 
dian Northwest for grazing lands at a nominal 
rental, but many of our native “kings” are 
doing so too. Several are already seeking to 
rent, large areas there, for grazing. Will the 
Canadian Government be os “liberal” as 
Uncle Sain has been ? -“Is ranching 
doomed ? ” isboeoming a question in the West. 
Especially ThoiidhUiil People. 
In common with other thoughtful people, 
clergymen look with interest upon any method 
of relieving suffering. But they are very 
cautious about giving their names as wit¬ 
nesses to the value of any new candidate for 
favor iu the healing art. They see many 
poople anil hear discussions of the merits and 
demerits of everything asking attention. The 
testing thus afforded secures them from mak¬ 
ing the mistake of hasty judgments, and 
gives to their utterances a value which those 
of few others can have. When so many 
therefore cheerfully make statements like the 
following, the seeker after health has reason 
to take courage: 
Rev. Edward J. Fisher, Pastor of a Presby¬ 
terian Church, Bristol, Morgan County, Ohio, 
writes:—“A Treatment cured mo of a severe 
attack of pneumonia, and I used only two- 
thirds. The rest cured a neighbor of pneu¬ 
monia in its last stages.” 
Rev. Anthouy Atwood, a widely known 
superannuated Methodist Clergyman, of the 
Philadelphia Conference, at, the age of eighty- 
four, writes:—“I recommend Compound Oxy¬ 
gen to all who suffer from throat diseases.” 
Rev. J. U. Chandler, Missionary thirty-eight 
years to Siam, represent ing t he Baptist Church 
of America, now returned, and li viug at Cam¬ 
den, New Jersey, writes:—“To ull diseased, 
worn-down, disheartened fellow-sufferers, of 
every land and tongue, I beg^to say, there is 
